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Kari Herbst

Coach, Girls’

Coach Kari Herbst graduated from Bartlett High School in 2005 and received several honors during her high school career as a setter, including MVP freshman year, Upstate Eight All Conference Academic Award 3 years in a row, 3-year JV/Varsity player, and Sportsmanship award senior year. In 2005, she represented Chicago, Illinois in the Bi-Annual Korean Sport Festival and helped her team to a gold medal. This past summer she competed again and her team won the silver medal. In addition, she was named MVP of the tournament.

Coach Herbst graduated from Concordia University-Chicago in December 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary/Middle School Education. She student taught at Robert Frost Middle School in Schaumburg where she taught 7th grade Math and 8th grade Science. In 2008 she finished up her collegiate volleyball career, again as a setter. She was a starter since her freshman year and received several honors, such as All-Tournament team at the Concordia Invitational Volleyball Tournament, Athlete of the Week, Northern Athletic Conference honorable mention, Northern Athletic Conference 1st team, and the 1st CUC setter to record over 3,000 assists.

Coach Herbst has worked at several different volleyball camps around Chicagoland, including Trinity Lutheran, Lake Forest College, Concordia University-Chicago, Bartlett High School, and Energy Summer Camp. In addition to helping with volleyball camps, she has also coached summer league for Bartlett High School and was an assistant club coach for Hawk Attack. With 13 years playing experience and over 6 years of club coaching experience, Coach Kari brings her knowledge, enthusiasm, and love of the game to her third year at Energy VBC — some say she lives for Volleyball.

Coach Herbst is available for private lessons, which you can arrange by contacting her directly via email.

Email: herbst@energyvbc.com
Cell Phone: 630.621.6823