Commitment of the Director…

The Director of Glass City Volleyball Co., Dana Hooper, has a true passion for the sport. A life-long resident of the Toledo area, she began playing volleyball at the age of 13, when the Ohio High School Athletic Association began its first State Championship at Start High School.  This being her 37th year in the sport, she has dedicated herself in every facet of the game, and her credentials are unlike any other’s.  Dana formerly played collegiate volleyball at the University of Toledo, where she acquired two Bachelors degrees in Education and Business. She then began officiating high school volleyball. After eight years of officiating, she began coaching the varsity team at Cardinal Stritch High School for the next three years, always working full time. After the birth of her two children, Ashley and Bryan, she moved to the varsity team at Saint Ursula Academy, where she turned around an 0-18 record into a City Championship.  She is the only coach in the Toledo City League to have coached back-to-back City Championships at two different schools. Dana has been selected City League Coach of the Year.  After three years of back-to-back City Championships at St. Ursula, she left to coach her daughter in the Catholic Youth Organization.  She coached her daughter at St. Joseph in Sylvania and served on the Athletic Board.  When her daughter began 7^th grade at Arbor Hills Junior High, she moved there and coached for two years.  Dana began Glass City to give players from all schools the opportunity to play club volleyball, showing no affiliation or preference with any high school and has maintained that standard throughout its fifteen years. Dana is currently coaching and being club director. Dana is not only passionate about her family and volleyball, she is a community advocate and has served on the