Brooke Peugh- Head Coach  

I started playing volleyball in the 7th grade. I played 4 years at Ironwood High  School and led the team in blocks, kills, and aces my senior season.I was a  member of the Arizona High Performance team in 2002. I was also awarded All  Region, All-State, and 2004 Prep Volleyball.com All-American during senior  year. I played one year at UTEP where I was third-team All-Conference USA as well as on the All-Freshman team. I was also twice named C-USA Player of the Week, All-Midwest
Region honorable mention and Sun Bowl all-tournament team as a freshman. I was second on the team with 3.09 kills/gm and my 104 blocks ranked ninth in the conference. I had 12 blocks in one match at Tulsa which was the second-highest total in C-USA.

I transferred to University of Georgia in 2006 and started off my career in red and black with 14 kills, eight total blocks (which tied my season high), a hitting percentage of .480 and five digs during a 3-1 win over UAB. I achieved a new career-best hitting percentage (.480 ) against UAB. I registered a career-high 16 kills during a five-game battle against Auburn and finished our match against Georgia State with eight
total blocks and a season-high seven digs. I completed the 2006 season with a double-digit kill total in 10 matches. In 2007, I started off the season with gaining all tournament team at the Georgia Southern Tournament and was leading the team with a hitting percentage of .365 during the middle of the season which was one of the highest in the SEC, but my final season was cut short due to surgery for a shoulder injury. I will be graduating in December and will come back to Arizona upon my graduation.

I was the Assistant Coach of the 16-1 GA-5 club team in Georgia last season and am looking forward to teaching all that I've learned to those athletes willing to work hard, have an open mind and have fun!

 

 

 

 

 

Trisha Thurston

I am a graduate of West Virginia Wesleyan College, where I received a Bachelor's of Science degree in Exercise Science and was captain of the softball team. I am currently a certified strength and conditioning specialist by the NSCA, and will soon begin working as a personal trainer at Rio Vista Community Center. I am also currently the coach of the freshman volleyball team at Ironwood High School.