Gabby Leo
Gabby Leo
EVJ Leadership Team
Administrator
Social Media Coordinator
2024-2025
Head Coach
10 Navy-Tempe
Assistant Coach
14 Elite
A message from Coach Gabby:
This will be my third season coaching after playing club volleyball for nine (9) years and collegiate indoor and beach volleyball at the University of the Pacific for four (4). My volleyball career has consisted of many championship matches, traveling to different states, and most importantly creating lifelong friendships. I remember my first year of club playing for the EVJ 10s team, and how exciting it was when I got my first serve over the net from behind the end line! I look back on that team and it is amazing to me that I formed friendships with girls I am still best friends with today.
Volleyball is my passion. It is an incredible sport that provides players with skills not only on the court, but off. It instills discipline, teamwork, leadership qualities, respect, etc. My goal this season is to provide my players with foundational technical volleyball skills that can lead to high level skills and to teach them how to be great teammates by working together. I also strive to teach my players to love the game and to work hard because they want to, not because they have to. I cannot wait to keep sharing my knowledge of this sport with my players and teaching them the values of commitment and perseverance!
Go EVJ!
Coaching Experience:
Club Volleyball:
- East Valley Juniors Volleyball Club, Phoenix, AZ
2022-Present (Indoor Girls Head Coach, 10s & 15s)
- 2024-2025, Girls Indoor Head Coach, 10 Navy-Tempe; Assistant Coach, 14 Elite
- 2023-2024, Girls Indoor Head Coach, 10 Navy-Tempe; Assistant Coach, 15 Select
- 2022-2023, Girls Indoor Head Coach, 10 Navy-Tempe - EVJ Beach, Phoenix, AZ
2022-Present (Beach Coach) - Volleyball Unlimited, Phoenix, AZ
2017-Present
- Player Development Training, Camps & Clinics - University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
2018-2022
- College camp coach
School Volleyball:
- Desert Vista High School, Phoenix, AZ
2023-Present (Head Coach, Girls Freshman Volleyball)
Playing Experience:
- University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
2018-2022 (Woman's Indoor Volleyball Team, Setter)
- Earned full Div I volleyball scholarship
- 4-time West Coast Conference All Conference Academic Team
- In shortened career due to the pandemic, led Pacific with 2,009 assists over 84 matches and 321 sets played for an average of 6.26 assists/set. Also racked up 712 digs for 2nd best on the team during career at Pacific.
2018-2021 (Woman's Beach Volleyball Team)
- Defender, #1 & #2 team
- 2018-2019 All-Freshman Team
- Mountain Pointe High School
Class of 2018, Girls Volleyball 4-year varsity starter, Setter
4-year 6A Conference All Academic List
Junior and Senior Year Team Captain
Three top five 6A State Playoff Finishes (2nd, 3rd, 5th)
2018 MPHS Female Athlete of the Year
Senior Year (2017-2018):
- 6A Girls Volleyball State Playoffs, Final Four-3rd Place Finish
- 1st Team All-State (AZ) - 2-TIME ALL ARIZONA TEAM-SETTER
- All-Arizona Volleyball Player of the Year FINALIST
- 1st Team All-Conference (6A)
- 1st Team All-Region (6A-Central Division)
- All-City Team (Tempe)
- Team Captain, 5-1 setter, 6A Conference/Region, #1 Assists (1,339-MPHS Record-Broke Own Single Season Record) and #1 Assists/Set (11.5)
Junior Year (2016-2017)
- 6A Girls Volleyball State Championship, Runners Up
- 1st Team All-State (AZ) - ALL ARIZONA TEAM-SETTER
- 1st Team All-Conference (6A)
- 1st Team All-Region (6A-Central Division)
- All-City Team (Tempe)
- Team Captain, 5-1 setter, 6A Conference/Region, #1 Assists (1,228-MPHS Single Season Record), #1 Assists/Set (10.4), and #1 Aces (88)
Sophomore Year (2015-2016)
- Westwood Tournament - All-Tournament Team
- MaxPreps/AVCA HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER OF THE WEEK-10/10/16
- Prep Volleyball High School "High Honorable Mention" All-American
- 6-2 setter (with sister Jessica), 425 assists (7 errors), 225 digs, 63 service aces with a serving percentage of 91.6% in 108 sets played
Freshman Year (2014-2015)
- 6A Girls Volleyball State Playoffs, 5th Place Finish
- Nike Tournament of Champions - All-Tournament Team
- Division I Section I #1 Aces Leader (63), #3 in Division I
- 6-2 setter (with sister Jessica), one of two freshman to make varsity
- East Valley Juniors Volleyball Club
2009-2018, Setter
- 2014 USAV NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, 14-National Division
- 2016 USAV National Championship Runners-Up, 16-Open Division
- 2016 USAV Nationals All Tournament Team
- 2016 MLK Fiesta Classic CHAMPIONS, 16-Open Division
- 2013 Volleyball Festival CHAMPIONS, 13U Division
- Qualified for USAV nationals all six years of eligibility including 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 teams earning USAV Open Bids
- AVCA Phenom List, 2014, 2015, and 2016
Education/Other:
- University of the Pacific
2022, Benerd College
- Master of Arts in Education; earned this degree in four years
2021, Eberhardt School of Business
- Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration/Accounting Emphasis (Magna cum laude); earned this degree in three years - Passed all necessary Arizona State teaching certification tests for elementary education
- Mountain Pointe High School, Phoenix, AZ
Class of 2018
- 4.278 GPA, 20/646 class ranking
- Principal's Honor Roll (2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018) - Leadership & Community Service
- National Honor Society Member
- Mu Alpha Theta Member (mathematics honor society)
- MPHS Accelerated Leadership Program Member
- Vacation Bible School
- Feed My Starving Children
- Ahwatukee Little League Baseball - Fun family facts
My Mom was a Division I scholarship setter at Arizona State University. My sister Jessica was a Division I scholarship setter at UNM and I was a Division I scholarship setter at the University of the Pacific. Jess and I shared the court at Mountain Pointe High School for two years running a 6-2, in 2015 our team finished 5th in the 6A conference state playoffs.