About Boys

Kevin Owens

Munciana Boys Club Director

Playing Career

• Began playing as a freshman at Cathedral High School
• Won three state championships in his four years and earned AVCA First Team All-America honors
• Four-year varsity letterwinner at Ball State University where he earned First Team All-MIVA and Third Team All-American honors
• Played professionally for three seasons after graduating from Ball State

• • Cocuri Pribram (Czech Republic)
  • Capitanes Arecibo (Puerto Rico)
  • Durham Palatinates (England)

• • • National Cup Champions as well as National Cup MVP

• Has spent the last eight seasons competing in various startup professional leagues in the US for Indiana’s semi-professional Team Pineapple

• • Team Pineapple won the US Open Championships in 2015 and 2016
  • Kevin was named a PVL (Premier Volleyball League) All-Star in 2016

• He now competes on the beach as well as the hard court, touring the country with fellow Munciana Boys coach Nathaniel Berg, playing on the AVP qualifying circuit

Coaching Career

• KO’s passion for coaching began at Cathedral High School as a three-year manager for the women’s volleyball program
• Under the tutelage of Coach John Kesterson, Sr., his love for the game took off from the first time he helped run a practice
• Joined the Muncie Burris coaching staff as a varsity assistant in 2011 and helped the team achieve top rankings in the state in multiple seasons
• Served as an assistant for Munciana 15-1, 17-1, and 18-1 teams

• • Finished 9^th and 2^nd at nationals
  • Athletes earned dozens of all-America honors and collegiate scholarships

• • After returning from his playing career, Kevin joined Vision Volleyball Club as the 17-1 assistant (and later head) coach
  • Has served as the Munciana Boys Director since 2019, coaching the 18-1 Raptors for the last three seasons
  • Kevin also has years of experience working college camps, running club cam

Janet Berg

Office Manager

A graduate of Logansport High School, Janet attended Tri-State University (now Trine) where she played volleyball all four years and served as assistant coach one year. After college, Janet taught and coached in Michigan for three years before getting married and moving to Indianapolis. During her tenure in Indy, she taught and coached at Lawrence Central for eight years. It was under her direction that Lawrence Central started a boys volleyball program. As a member of the Indiana Boys Volleyball Coaches Association (IBVCA) board, Janet helped strengthen and promote boys high school volleyball in Indiana. After teaching preschool for six years, Janet has decided to pursue her volleyball passions full time.

When she’s not at the club or on the court, Janet is busy with her husband of 26 years, Frank, as well as their daughters Kyla (22) and Jada (20). 

Alyssa Lingenfelter

Recruiting Director & Youth Programming

• 4th year with Munciana
• Recruiting Director and Youth Programming
• 12th year coaching club volleyball, formerly with K2 in Knoxville, TN
• Graduate and former volleyball player for The University of Tennessee
• Married to Mike and mother to five children: Kiley, twins Kody & Kory, Kaleb and Krew

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