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MIGUEL CABRITA - CAMP DIRECTOR

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Coach Cabrita played for the Falcons of Saint Joseph High School in Metuchen and continued on to play at the national level with the Rutgers New Brunswick Men's Volleyball Team.

In 1994, Coach Cabrita began his coaching career as an assistant coach for Saint Joseph H.S. and helped the team earn their first ever State Championship Title in 2002. In 2005, Coach Cabrita took over as Head Coach, and in 2006 he led his team to a State Sectional title and the overall State Championship title. In 2008,
Coach Cabrita captured another State Championship title, and set a state record for most wins by a team in a season in all sports in the state of New Jersey with a record of 43-1. In 2009, Coach Cabrita led his team to the State Sectional Finals and in 2010, his team captured the State Sectional title and received Team of the Year Honors from the Star Ledger. In both 2011 and 2013, Coach Cabrita captured two more State Sectional Championships. In 2016 and in 2022, Coach Cabrita captured two more GMC County Championships and took his team to the State Sectional Finals in both years.

In 2008, Coach Cabrita was named Coach of the Year by the NJSIAA, Coach of the Year for the GMC and Coach of the Year by the Home News Tribune. Additionally, he received 2009 Coach of the Year accolades from the Star Ledger. In 2013, Coach Cabrita was named GMC Coach of the Year. Coach Cabrita was also selected as Coach of the Year by the Home News Tribune both in 2013 and 2014. In 2022 Coach Cabrita was named GMC Coach of the Year as well. 


Coach Cabrita has also coached several high school girls programs. He was an assistant coach at J.P. Stevens H.S., and the Head Coach at Wardlaw Hartridge H.S., Rutgers Prep H.S., and West Windsor-Plainsboro South H.S. where he received Coach of the Year accolades and helped the team earn their first ever conference championship.

Additionally, Coach Cabrita worked at the collegiate level as an assistant coach for the Division I, Rutgers- New Brunswick Women's Volleyball Team and also as Head Coach for the Rutgers Men’s Club Volleyball Team. He led the Men’s team to a third place finish at Nationals in his final year coaching. Furthermore, Coach Cabrita has worked at numerous collegiate summer volleyball camps including Rutgers University and the University of Delaware. He is also a Volleyball Clinician and travels to various local high schools and middle schools upon request.

Coach Cabrita is also a certified volleyball official with the CJVOA for over 20 years and in 2010 was selected as NJ Girls Volleyball Official of the Year by the NJSIAA.

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2006 NJ STATE CHAMPIONS
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2008 NJ STATE CHAMPIONS
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2013 NJ STATE SECTIONAL CHAMPIONS
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2011 NJ STATE SECTIONAL CHAMPIONS
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2010 NJ STATE SECTIONAL CHAMPIONS

NJ PREMIER CAMP COACHES


DAN REILLY 
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Men's Assistant Coach

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Dan Reilly has joined the NJIT men’s volleyball staff in October 2020 as the Men's Assistant Coach. Reilly comes to NJIT after one stint at Ohio State University as the volunteer assistant for the men’s volleyball program.  Prior to joining the men’s staff, he worked as the video coordinator for the women’s program in 2018.

A native of Pittsburgh, PA, Reilly served as an Assistant Coach at University of Charleston, assisting the men’s and women’s volleyball programs. 

During his time as the women’s assistant coach from 2016-2018, Reilly helped lead the squad to a 42-29 record, second-place finish in the Mountain East Conference and coached three first team All-MEC players.

Reilly’s time with the men’s volleyball program in the Spring of 2018 led to a 16-10 record, with a 5-9 mark in the EIVA, both of which are program records. He provided skill instruction to players, analyzed video and prepared scouting reports.
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A 2015 graduate of Penn State Altoona, Reilly was a four-year member of the men’s volleyball program. 
During his fifth year, Reilly served as an undergraduate assistant coach for the Penn State men’s volleyball program while finishing his degree in Kinesiology and minor in Psychology. 


MICHAEL BURKHARDT 
​​Stevens Institute of Technology
Men's Assistant Coach
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Coach Burkhardt began his playing career at Whitehall High School in Pennsylvania and also with Velocity Volleyball Club.  He then went on to play as a Middle Blocker at Adrian College where he was a four year starter and two year captain. He earned several honors including being the 4th All-Time Kills leader, 3rd All-Time in hitting percentage, 1st Block Assists All-Time, and 1st Total Blocks All Time. 

Twice, Coach Burkhardt was selected as MVCL Player of the Week. He was 1 of 15 D3/NAIA players selected to play overseas in Italy through Beyond Sports. Coach Burkhardt received MVCL All Academic Team for 4 years. 

Coach Burkhardt joined the Stevens Institute of Technology Men's Team in November 2021 as the an Assistant Coach helping to lead the team to a MAC championship and NCAA Semifinalist result in the 2022 season. 



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NIKO LAMBERT 
​​Saint Francis Brooklyn College
Men's Head Coach
Women's Assistant Coach

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Niko Lambert joined the Terriers’ coaching staff after wrapping up his collegiate career as a men’s volleyball student-athlete at the Stevens Institute of Technology.

​Lambert played libero for the Ducks and totaled 453 digs over the course of four seasons. Lambert and the Ducks achieved nothing but success during his time in Hoboken. The program recorded a four-year record of 115-24 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament each year Lambert was a member of the program. Coach Martinez served as Lambert’s assistant coach on staff at Stevens from 2017-18.
 
Lambert was a decorated student-athlete at Stevens as he received a number of awards and recognitions which included the Presidential Scholarship, President’s List: Fall 2015-Spring 2019, 2017 United Volleyball Conference Academic All-American, 2018 United Volleyball Conference Academic All-American, 2017-18 RA of The Year, 2019 John A. Davis Award, 2018-19 Resident Advisor of the Year, 2019 Residence Life Service Award.
 
He graduated from Stevens with his Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering degree in the Spring of 2019 and earned his Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering degree from Stevens in the Spring of 2020.

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SHAUN ERMI 
Springfield College
Men's Assistant Coach

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Shaun Ermi returns to the Springfield College men's volleyball program as a graduate assistant for the 2021-22 campaign.  A native of Rush, N.Y., Ermi is working on his Master's degree in Advanced Level Coaching.  

As a student-athlete at Springfield College, Ermi was a part of historic time for the men's volleyball program as it appeared in four NCAA Division III National Championships during his career, and culminated in a pair of national titles in 2014 and 2017. 

​After earning a degree in Accounting and Finance from Springfield, Ermi went overseas to play semi-professional volleyball in the United Kingdom, where he earned a Master's degree from the University of Essex in 2018.


Carlo Edra 
New Jersey City University
Men's Head Coach
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Coach Edra is one of the most successful coaches in New Jersey City University's program history. Coach Edra coached the program on a part-time basis from 2008-11 and returned in 2019 after taking time off to start a family. He is the second winningest coach in school history with 101 victories. 

Coach Edra coached the Gothic Knights to their seventh 20-win season in 2009 in his second season at the helm of the program, guiding his alma mater to the ECAC Division III South Tournament semifinals as the No. 3 seed, and a 20-16 record. 
 
In 2010, he coached NJCU to its fifth best winning percentage in school history (.621), an 18-11 ledger and to the finals of the ECAC Division III South Tournament. NJCU finished just two points shy of the championship, losing in extra points in the fifth set (18-16) in perhaps the most dramatic match in program history. NJCU also reached the North East Collegiate Volleyball Association (NECVA) Tournament as the No. 16 seed. 
 
In his first season as head coach of the Gothic Knights in 2008, NJCU went 14-17 overall and 4-5 in the difficult NECVA Metro Division, which featured conference champion Vassar, along with nationally-ranked programs such as Stevens, Ramapo and SUNY New Paltz—with a starting lineup that included as many as five rookies on any given night. 
 
Coach Edra will enter his seventh overall season at NJCU. Under his tutelage, Kevin Rodgers, now the head women’s volleyball coach at Division II East Stroudsburg, was a two-time All-NECVA Metro Division honoree, earning first team honors in 2008 (Second Team in 2009) and his brother Chris Edra was Second Team All-NECVA Metro in 2009. He coached two NECVA Metro Division Player of the Week winners and eight NECVA Metro Rookie of the Week selections, including Justin Beaumont, the current NJCU women’s volleyball coach, in 2008. Furthermore, his players earned nine All-Tournament Team honors in his four years.

In 2017, he worked with the Garden Empire Volleyball Association (GEVA) to help select the open division team representing the region. In 2018, he took over as head coach of the GEVA Open Division Team Freedom, guiding them to National Runner-Up distinction at the USAV Open National Championships. The roster of 13 players included five Division III and two college club players. In 2019, Team Freedom, competing independently as an adult club team, placed fifth nationally in the Gold Bracket.

Coach Edra won the Skyline Conference in 2021, the first conference championship in program history and also qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history as well. He was named Coach of the Year for the Skyline Conference and the NJ Athletic Conference. 


Jordan Robinson
New Jersey City University
Women's Head Coach
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​Jordan Robinson took over as the head coach of the New Jersey City University Women's Volleyball Program in July 2021.

Robinson comes to Jersey City with a wealth of experience, both as a coach and a player. Currently, he plays professionally for Team Freedom — coached by NJCU's very own Carlo Edra, head coach of the men's volleyball squad — of the National Volleyball Association (NVA). Previously, the team was known as the Garden Empire Volleyball Association (GEVA) and that organization competed at USA Volleyball nationals, placing fourth in 2015 and finishing as runners-up in 2016. He and the squad also traveled to Iceland in 2017 to compete in, and win, the Reykjavík Invitational.

As a coach, Robinson touts a strong background, most recently as the top assistant coach with Division II Holy Family University for the 2019 and 2020 seasons. During that time he helped guide the Tigers to a 33-11 record, a trip to the 2019 NCAA Division II Women's Volleyball Tournament and the 2020 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Tournament Championship.

​Previous to Holy Family, Robinson spent three seasons from 2016-18 as an assistant on the Alvernia University staff. With his help, the Golden Wolves amassed 30 victories, advanced to the 2017 Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Commonwealth Tournament semifinals and earned a berth to that season's Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championship tournament. Prior to his collegiate coaching experience, he spent three seasons at his high school alma mater, Brandywine Heights in Mertztown, Pa., first as the head JV coach and an assistant at the varsity level in 2013 and 2014, and then as the head varsity coach in 2015.

A 2010 graduate of Brandywine Heights High School, Robinson was a four-year member of the Bullets' varsity boys volleyball program. As a junior, he became the first-ever libero to earn All-County accolades. Following high school, he moved on to perennial Division III powerhouse Springfield College and spent two seasons with the Pride. Springfield finished as the National Runner-Up in 2011 and won the National Title in 2012. He then transferred to Delaware Valley University and played two seasons of soccer for the Aggies in 2013 and 2014, serving as team captain in his final year. Robinson graduated from Delaware Valley in 2015 with a B.S. in pre-professional biology.



Brittney Moyer 
Kutztown University
Women's Assistant Coach

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​Brittney Moyer enters her first season as an assistant coach with the Kutztown University Women's Volleyball Team in 2021.

A standout for the Golden Bears from 2016-18, Moyer earned team MVP honors in each of her three seasons on campus and was an All-PSAC Third Team selection as a senior.

Moyer, an outside hitter, compiled 1,026 kills, 871 digs, 108 service aces and 87 blocks during her time in the Maroon and Gold. She ranks sixth in career kills and 10th in career aces at KU. Adding in her freshman season, which was spent at Lock Haven, Moyer completed her college career with 1,324 kills, 1,181 digs and 138 aces.

During the 2016 season, Moyer posted 27 kills in matches against Chowan and Millersville, which remain tied for the fifth most in a single match in team history.

Moyer earned a Bachelor of Science in criminal justice from Kutztown in 2019.

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Louis Kang Stevens 
Bloomfield High School
Boys & Girls Head Coach


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​Louis Stevens began his playing career at Midwood High School in Brooklyn, NY in 1987. Coach Stevens went on to St. Bonaventure University where he worked as an undergraduate assistant for 3 years with the Women's Volleyball Team.

Coach Stevens coached for several high school volleyball programs including Westfield High School, Cranford High School, Elizabeth High School, and Linden High School before taking over both the Boys and Girls volleyball programs at Bloomfield High School in 2005.

Coach Stevens has led his boys program to 4 County Championships (2006, 2008, 2009, & 2010). In 2008, Coach Stevens was named the Star Ledger Boys Volleyball Coach of the Year.

In 2004, Coach Stevens began coaching with the AVVC where he  served as coach and also Technical Director. Coach Stevens is USAV CAP Level 2 Certified and Gold Medal Squared Level 1 Certified.


Brett Killman
Holmdel High School
Boys & Girls Head Coach

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Brett Killman is currently the Head Boys and Girls Volleyball Coach at Holmdel High School heading into his second full year. Coach Killman has also been coaching for Sixpack Volleyball Club for 10 years.

Coach Killman has coached men's players on each of the final four teams from the 2021-2022 EIVA Division 1 Programs.(Penn State, Princeton, Harvard and NJIT). Many players, both male and female, have moved on to great careers in college and on the beach after playing under Coach Killman's teams at various levels. Some have gone on to become college and high school coaches as well.

Coach Killman is the former Assistant and Head Coach for both the Men's and Women's programs at Ramapo College and restarted the Women's Team at Ocean County College. 

Coach Killman played Division III Volleyball at Ramapo College where he served as Captain as well. He was named to NECVA All-Conference Team twice, and NEVCA  All-Tournament Team as well.  He also has competed at Club Nationals for many years as well as playing beach volleyball for most of his life. Brett has been around volleyball as a player, coach, and referee since finishing college. 

Coach Killman resides in Monmouth County NJ, with his wife Kendale and daughter Morgan, and continues to play volleyball competitively.

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Scott Timko
John P. Stevens High School
Boys & Girls Assistant Coach

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Coach Timko played for the  Hillsborough High School volleyball program, and he holds the school record for kills.

During his time in high school, he played club volleyball for Warren SixPack volleyball club, where he attended regional and national tournaments.

During his undergrad years, he played for the Club Volleyball team at Rowan University and double majored in Biology and Chemistry. After his undergrad, Coach Timko earned his Masters in Science Teaching at Rutgers.

​Coach Timko is currently an assistant volleyball coach for John P. Stevens High School and has coached several Al-Conference and All-State players. 


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Dan Young 
Saint Joseph High School
SixPack Volleyball Club
Bucknell University

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Dan Young is a 2018 graduate of Saint Joseph High School and was a three-year varsity player.

As an outside hitter, he led his team in kills his two years as a starter, and was team captain his senior year. He was also voted Reader’s Choice GMC Boys Volleyball Player of the Year.

He began coaching NJ Premier’s camps in the summer of 2018. Using skills he learned through working with various coaches, he has been able to implement drills and run practices for his college club team, serving as both player and head coach.

He went on to Bucknell University to major in mechanical engineering with a minor in physics. He continued his volleyball career playing on the club team as well as in several independent outdoor volleyball tournaments. He served as the captain of Bucknell’s team sophomore and junior year, and now serves as the President of the Men’s D1 Club Volleyball Team for his senior year.

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Josh Dewitt 
Old Bridge High School
SixPack Volleyball Club
The Ohio State University

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Josh played for Old Bridge High School where he helped lead his team to two state championships. Josh earned First Team All-State Libero as well as GMC All Conference Team.

Josh also played for Sixpack Volleyball Club where he competed at the national level.

Josh currently also coaches for Sixpack Volleyball Club and Great American Volleyball during the summer where his teams compete at the regional and national level. 

Josh is currently playing at The Ohio State University.


Dana Collins 
Ridge High School
Atlantic Valley Volleyball Club
​Central Jersey Volleyball Academy
SUNY New Paltz

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Dana has been playing volleyball since she was 11 years old. She played club volleyball on the national level for 6 years at Atlantic Valley Volleyball Club and CJVA.

Dana also played at Ridge High School and served as captain her senior year. She loves playing volleyball with her friends, and occasionally plays beach volleyball. 

Dana is currently playing at SUNY New Paltz at the Division 3 level. She is a sophomore setter for her team. She majors in Communication Disorders and is double minoring in Deaf Studies and Linguistics.

Andrew Hopman 
Old Bridge High School
Boys & Girls Head Coach

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Coach Hopman has been with the Old Bridge volleyball program for over a decade. He has coached both the boys and girls teams leading them to several county championships. 

In 2015, Coach Hopman was named National Federation High School Coach of the Year. Additionally, he was named 2010 and 2013 Star Ledger Central Jersey Coach of the Year. 

Coach Hopman coaches in one of the most competitive conferences in the state and was selected Greater Middlesex Conference Boys’ Coach of the Year in 2006 and 2013 and Greater Middlesex Conference Girls’ Coach of the Year in 2014. 

Coach Hopman led his team to 4 consecutive Boys Volleyball State Championships from 2018-2022, with COVID ending the volleyball season for all in 2020. 





Jaime Almafe
Colonia High School
Boys & Girls Assistant Coach

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Coach Amalfe began her volleyball career at a young age, inspired by her parent’s love of the game and playing experiences.  Amalfe is a Daniel Boone High School (PA) graduate where she was awarded All-County First Team, County Player of the Year, All District First Team, as well as All-State First Team selection her senior season.  She went on to play collegiate volleyball and graduate from Kutztown University with a Bachelor’s in Art Education. 

As a member of the Kutztown University Women’s Volleyball team, Amalfe was a four-year starter as both a setter and libero. During her collegiate career, Amalfe set two school records for single season aces and aces in a career. She sits first, third and sixth in the record books for single season aces.  She was sixth in the nation for aces per set her senior season. Amalfe also ranks 11th in career assists, 9th in single season digs, 4th in career digs, was awarded PSAC 2nd team honors her junior year, PSAC first team and team MVP her senior season.  

After college, Amalfe volunteered at Daniel Boone Middle School (PA) before coaching the Daniel Boone High School Junior Varsity Team for three seasons. She moved to New Jersey in 2016, where she began teaching at Colonia High School, the same year she obtained her Master’s Degree in Special Education. In her second year teaching, she became the Assistant Girl’s Volleyball Coach.  Amalfe has also been the Assistant Boy’s Volleyball Coach since 2020.


Tyler Kwinta 
SixPack Volleyball Club
Sacred Heart University

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Coach Kwinta has played club volleyball for Atlantic Valley Volleyball Club, Core Volleyball Club and during his final 2 years in high school he played for SixPack Volleyball Club. 

Coach Kwinta has been playing volleyball since he was in the 5th grade and has played at the national level with SixPack Volleyball Club.

Coach Kwinta is currently playing Division 1 Volleyball at Sacred Heart University. He is a setter and a Captain of his team. He is double majoring in Marketing and Sports Management. He is part of the student athlete advisory committee and has earned EIVA- All-Academic Team. Coach Kwinta has also been coaching with SixPack Volleyball Club, which is the premier boys volleyball club in New Jersey. 

Additionally, Coach Kwinta plays beach volleyball. 


Thomas Young
Saint Joseph High School
SixPack Volleyball Club
​Quinnipiac University

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Thomas Young graduated from Saint Joseph High School in 2020 and played varsity his sophomore and junior years. Tom was poised to break the school’s current ace record heading into his senior year, but boys volleyball was shut down across the state due to COVID-19.

In his junior year Tom won the All Conference Award and Red Division Award. Thomas has played at clubs such as Princeton Volleyball Club and Warren Sixpack, and has traveled to nationals. 

Thomas now attends Quinnipiac University and is a Biomedical Sciences major, while also playing for his school’s club volleyball team. Thomas' team won the Division II New England Collegiate Volleyball League tournament after an undefeated season. This was the programs first official year as a team and Thomas was selected as the Team's MVP.    

Thomas has coached at NJ Premier since 2020 and has also volunteered at Saint Thomas Aquinas to help their teams since 2018. Throughout the years he has learned a lot from various coaches and has played in different settings which allows him to help players fix overlooked areas. 


Mahmoud Serour
Kearny High School
Sideout Sports Volleyball Club
New Jersey City Univeristy

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Mahmoud played for Kearny High School, where he was a 3 year Varsity starter and captain. as well as Sideout Sports Volleyball Club. 

Mahmoud received Second Team All-NJAC honors in 2021 as well as Skyline Libero of the Week, NJAC Rookie of the Week, and Skyline Rookie of the week all in his 2021 season. 

Additionally, Mahmoud led the team in aces and recorded a program-record 10 single match aces. 
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Daniel Esteva
Union High School
New Jersey City University
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Daniel graduated from Union High School in 2018 as a three-time varsity player and captain. He and his team won the Union County Championship title for the first time in the program’s history back in 2017.
 
After making a brief appearance in the NCAA Division III National Championship in 2021, Daniel Esteva earned First Team Academic All-NJAC in 2021, and in 2022 he attained Frog Jump Team of the Week Libero, two-time Skyline Conference Honor Roll, three-time Skyline Conference Libero of the Week, Second Team All-NJAC Honors, and First Team All-Skyline Conference.
 
Daniel has two years of head coaching experience for the boys’ volleyball program at Central Jersey Volleyball Academy.

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