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| Jackie Torgerson, Director |
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| Jackie is a 1992 graduate of Turtle Lake High School, where she participated in volleyball, basketball and track and field. While in high school, she played two years with the Red River Valley JO program out of Fargo, N.D. and one year with Superior Coast Juniors program out of Duluth, MN. She later accepted a volleyball scholarship at the University of Minnesota – Duluth, where she played for two years before transferring to Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN. At Purdue, Jackie focused on her studies and earned a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Environmental Health (Industrial Hygiene) in 1996. She currently works as a Senior Loss Control Consultant for Berkley Risk Administrators Company out of Minneapolis, MN. In 2005 she got involved with the Turtle Lake volleyball program and has been the head coach since 2008. In addition to her head coaching responsibilities, she also runs the youth program and coaches the 8th grade each spring. Jackie currently resides in Turtle Lake, WI with her husband, Shad, and three children: Caden (11), Lucas (9), and Anika (7).
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| Sadie Schradle, 17U Head Coach |
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| Sadie graduated from Clayton High School in 2009. She was a 4 year varsity starter on the volleyball team and 3 year team captain, helping lead the 2008 team to the Division 4 State Runner-up Trophy. Throughout her high school career, she played club volleyball for St. Croix Valley Juniors, Northern Lights Juniors for 2 years, and Eau Claire Air Volleyball Club. After graduation, Sadie attended the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire where she pursued a degree in Nursing and played volleyball for the Blugolds. She recently transferred to Globe University/Minnesota School of Business to finish her Bachelors of Science degree in Nursing and now resides in Eagan, MN. She has gained coaching experience throughout her high school and college careers coaching youth and middle school teams for the Clayton Volleyball Club through Great Northwest League and has assisted at the Varsity level. Sadie has also coached two years of club volleyball at the 15’s and 16’s level as well as coaching many UWEC Volleyball Camps and running her own skills camp. She looks forward to helping advance the level of volleyball in this area through coaching for Wisconsin Fury.
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| Corey Davis, 15U Head Coach |
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| Corey grew up in Chetek, Wisconsin, graduated in 1990 and attended Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA. A founding member of the Cornell Men's Volleyball Club team and was coached by a former Olympic volleyball player. After graduating from Cornell, he attended graduate school at UW-RF where I also played on the Men's Club Team. Currently a teacher at Menomonie High School and have been teaching Social Studies for the past 15 years. He was hired as the Menomonie Varsity Head Coach and coached for 10 years until he stepped down to spend more time with my wife (Kara) of 16 years and my 4 children (Madison, McKinley, Carter and Harrison). He’s a certified Level 3 WIAA Volleyball Official and also continues to play competitive baseball during the summer. Corey states that he looks forward to stepping back into coaching on the club scene with WI Fury and helping to enhance the quality of volleyball in northwestern Wisconsin.
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| Alicia Mizer, 15U Head Coach |
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| Alicia was born and raised in Barron where she played volleyball, basketball and track. After graduating from Barron she went to UW-Stout and Graduated in 2010. She majored in Human Development and Family Studies with a concentration in Gerontology. She played for the Women’s Volleyball Team where she started for 4 years. Along with being the Team Captain for 2 years she also set the school records for most career Digs of 1479 and 600 Digs in a season. During college she worked at volleyball camps in Minnesota (MVI and SMSU volleyball camps). A former teammate and she also have put on their own DS/Hitter camp. Since graduating she has been hired as the JV Coach at Regis High School and Assistant to the Varsity Coach, in addition to coaching Club Volleyball last winter. Alicia works at Dove Healthcare as a Recreation Director. She enjoys spending time with my friends and family members, working out, playing volleyball, going shopping and being outdoors.
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| Valerie Pumala, 14U Head Coach |
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| Valerie graduated from Bayfield High School, where she played volleyball and softball. She attended UW-Eau Claire, graduating in 1994 with a degree in Elementary/Middle Level Education, received her Master's Degree in Education from St. Scholastica in 2000, and is currently working toward her National Certification in early-adolescent Science. She's been teaching 7th and 8th grade Science in Cameron for 16 years and has coached 7th and 8th grade volleyball for the last 15 years, working closely with the high school coaches to to create a seamless program. Additionally, she co-organizes the youth program in Cameron and believes strongly in the importance of developing strong fundamental skills in all her players. Valerie lives in Cameron with her husband of 19 years (Raymond) and two children, Cody (16) and Chelsea (13).
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| Mindy Widiker, 13U Head Coach |
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| Mindy's coaching resume began when she played high school volleyball for coach Janet Kaminski at Weyerhaeuser. She was a three sport athlete in high school. Mindy graduated from UW-River Falls in 1995 with a major in Physical Education and Coaching. She taught P.E., Health and coached in Rochelle, Illinois for two years before moving back to Wisconsin in 1999. She has taught P.E., Health and coached Volleyball at Webster High School for 13 years. She has been Head Volleyball Coach at Webster the past ten years. Mindy has expanded the program at Webster to participate in summer leagues and youth spring leagues. She looks forward to taking the next step with club volleyball and is excited to be a part of the inaugural year of the Wisconsin Fury Volleyball Club. She currently lives in Webster with her husband, Tim and two children Abby (10) and Trae (7).
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