Our Player designed summer uniforms are in
What's Cool this summer?
How about uniforms designed and made here in Pittsburgh by Proknit.
Anyone can order from a Punks company and look like everyone else.
Only one team from the Burgh will be representing our home town in Player designed custom made threads that represent our city.
Be an Original Be Exile
Summer tryout info coming soon
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Our Exile 17 National team competed very strongly at
Washington and Jefferson College's
pre AAU National Championship scrimmage on Friday night. Afterwards the guys showed some Florida sun style in their new shades
Look out Orlando the Exile 17's are ready
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Summer prep for the
AAU National Championships
in Orlando
is going well. 10 players will make the trip in early July.
But first up we will play in a
Pre-Nationals Scrimmage
at Washington and Jefferson College
on Friday June 20th
Our Exile Boys will be ready to compete
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It's that time of year--when Exile Boys go to Pro Knitwear to design the summer uniform
Six players contributed this time to a Hawaiian themed jersey and shorts
Based in Black with Black Cherry undertones enhanced with Hibiscus Flowers
Exile Volleyball always has the best and most original uniforms
Because the players design them
Summer practice starts on Sunday June 1st
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Exile Volleyball Club
Players named to
All Section teams for the spring WPIAL season
Congratulations to everyone!!!
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Exile Volleyball is excited to announce the addition of
Mike Marchionda
as a team coach for the upcoming 2025-26 season
Coach Marchionda is a WPIAL Champion both as a player and a coach at Montour High School. A distinction very few people can claim.
Coach Marchionda went on to set for Ohio State for two years before completing his degree at Robert Morris and then Pitt.
He also coached the Robert Morris women's team for two successful years.
Want to play for the most knowledgable and experienced coaching staff in the region?
Play for Exile
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In 2024-25 Exile Volleyball was comprised of 93 players and 12 coaches representing 17 different schools in Pennsylvania and West Virginia
Frequently the battles between our boys when they play for their high school teams gets intense, but in the end we are all still teammates and friends
Two photos from the Seton LaSalle/Deer Lakes match last night
Two WPIAL playoff bound teams
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We love to see our players experience success in life
Four year Exile player
Adam Smith of Plum
has received his Congressional Appointment to the
US Air Force Academy
Sleep easy tonight because in the near furture Adam will be defending our Freedom
All of Exile Volleyball is looking to the sky to see Adam Smith flying over in a US Air Force jet
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Another big weekend for Exile at the Cleveland Open
Exile East 18-1 continued their hot streak with a overall 4th place finish in 18 Open
And Exile 17 Red took home a trophy in the 17 Open bracket
All 9 teams will compete at the Nike Steel City Freeze this weekend at the Pittsburgh Convention Center
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A special gift for Exile Volleyball this Christmas from Mama Volleyduck
An Executioner's Helmet to match the Exile Logo
Modeled here by three current Exile players
Will you venture a guess as to who they are?
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Exile Volleyball wins BIG in Columbus
Those boys from Exile East 18 Green just keep on winning placing 2nd overall at the OVR Holiay Reindeer Ruckus
Owen Ward was named to the All Tournament team also
In all 8 Exile teams competed last weekend. Every team won matches and most finished with winning records
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It's a Fine day when two Exile teams compete in the finals of a tournament.
This week Exile East Green won a tight match against Exile East Black at Ambridge to take home the Gold
Congratulations fellas!!
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Three Tournaments and 3 First place finishes
Exile East 18-1 wins at
Mount Union
Wheeling
Ambridge
Congratulations to our
Exile East players and coaches
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Exile shows strong at BVP 18's Ambridge Tournament
Exile East 18-1
Coached by Drew Vosefski
won the tournament with a 5-0 record
All Exile teams will be in action again in Wheeling this coming Sunday
Champions Exile East 18-1
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Pro Knitwear Custom made choices for the player's warmup this year
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Exile Volleyball is excited to announce that
Mike Palaschak
has joined us as a coach.
Coach Palashak was a four year starter at Mercyhurst and is the cureent Head Coach at Norwin High School
Exile Boys Volleyball has the undisputed strongest coaching staff in the Pittsburgh Region
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Exile Coach Feature
Exile Volleyball is extremely excited to announce
Dave Gealey
as a training and team coach. Coach Gealey will be charge of our 14-under team for matches and will teach skills to everyone.
Dave Gealey was a four year starting Outside Hitter at Penn State. He was an All State and All WPIAL play er at Baldwin High School
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Exile Coach Feature
John Lawrence
Coach Lawrence is Exile Volleyball's Founder and Director
He started the first year round Boy's Volleyball club in the Pittsburgh area under the Renaissance banner in 1998.
5 of his teams have won medals at the Junior National Championships.
Has coached 23 Juniors All Americans
Has trained more Collegiate players than anyone in the Pittsburgh region.
Has trained 151 All WPIAL, 58 All State and 4 WPIAL Players of the Year.
WPIAL AA Champion in 2021 with Seton LaSalle, Runner up in 2019
Six time Section Champion
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Exile Coach Feature
Drew Vosefski
Coach Vosefski is a graduate of California University of PA.
Coach V is currently the Boy's and Girl's head coach at Greater Latrobe High School where he has developed his teams into consistant WPIAL playoff qualifiers.
Coach Vosefski founded the Boy's program at Greater Latrobe and has been their only head coach since it's inception
Coach V's teams won 3 medals at the USAV BJNC and he has coached many players who have gone on to play collegiate volleyball.
Coach V is one of the original Exile coaches when the club was started in 2006
Interested in playing for the most qualifed coaching staff in the Pittsburgh area?
Coaches with a long proven track record of training strong players?
Play for Exile
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Exile Coach Feature
Kaleb Krebs
Coach Krebs is back for his 2nd season with Exile
Coach Krebs is a graduate of the University of Mount Union where he played three seasons on their volleyball team as a middle and right side hitter prior to graduating early
Coach Kaleb is currently a Junior High Health and Physical Education teacher
He is also the Girl's Head Volleyball Coach at Seton LaSalle Catholic and an assistant on the Boy's team
While at Seton LaSalle Coach Krebs was named Captain of the Soccer, Basketball and Volleyball teams
Interested in playing for a club run and coached by experienced and responsible Adults?
Play for Exile
Tryouts in mid September for all age groups
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Exile Coach Feature
Mike Hensler
Coach Hensler is back with Exile for his 5th season
Coach Mike is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and is a Chemical Engineer for an International Steel Manufacturing company.
Coach Mike played high school volleyball at Montour High School where he was an All WPIAL player.
He is curently an assistant coach at Seton LaSalle Catholic for the boys team and Quaker Valley for the girl's team.
One of the best backcourt players in the Pittsburgh region Coach Mike teaches excellent passing and floor defensive skills
Do you want to play for experienced knowledgeable Adults?
Play for Exile
Tryouts in mid September
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Exile Coach Feature
Brian Ceponis
Coach Ceponis is back with Exile for his 6th season.
Coach Ceponis works with our Middle Hitters.
A graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Central Catholic High School Coach Brian was 1st Team All State and 1st Team All WPIAL.
However his HUGE volleyball acomplishments came after college when he played for 10 years as a professional in Switzerland, Norway and Ireland. Coach Ceponis was a 2 time MVP of the Irish Professional League. He also trained with the USA National team for over a year.
Want to play for the most experienced and qualified Adult coaching staff?
Play for Exile
Tryouts in mid September
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Exile Coach Feature
Ed Josefoski
Coach Josefoski comes back for his 6th season with Exile
Coach Ed is a graduate of Penn State where he was a four year member of the Men's Volleyball team
Coach Josefoski was a two year Captain, Two time NCAA All American, Two year professional player in Brazil and trained with the USA National team for a year.
Coach Ed played for Penn Hills High School where he was a four year starter, 1st Team All State and 1st Team All WPIAL and a WPIAL Champion
Want to play for Adults with real Collegiate playing experience?
Play for Exile
Tryouts in mid September
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Exile Boy's Alumni Playing in College
Evan Frank Chatham
Alex Smith Geneva
Gavin Poe Marymount
Corey Obeldobel Mt. Aloyius
Bryce Lizanich Thiel
Tyler Nelson St. Vincent
Josh Havrilla St. Vincent
Aidan Price St. Francis
Jake Strnisa St. Francis
Luke Mumpower Penn State Behrend
Kevin Skweres Penn State Behrend
Tyler Hussey Thiel College
Shawn McSwiggen St. Vincent College
Chris Lewis Carlow
Jim Stone Carlow
Dominic Rossi Thomas More
Andrew Ubinger Geneva College
Carson Owens Baldwin Wallace
John Santonastasso Mount Union
Devin Reiher Baldwin Wallace
JC Govannucci Thiel
Ethan Cooper Thiel
Brandon Miller Adlerson Broaddus
Kaleb Krebs--Mount Union
Cullen Vereb--Mount Union
Zac Smith--Thiel
Nick Koorsen--Thiel
Wes Hoge--Geneva
Paul Belak--Belmont Abbey/TCU Men's Club
Mason Hoydick- Pitt Men's Club
RJ White--Penn State Club
Nate Donahue--Penn State Club
Zach Horensky--Slippery Rock Club
Dan Dixon--Baylor Club
And we will add more from this year's upcoming senior class
Exile Boy's Alumni News
Exile Alum
Shawn McSwiggen
of St. Vincent College
named Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference
Player of the Year
Shawn played for Exile for two seasons and dominated play for his college conference this past season
Congratulations Shawn!!!
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Jake Strnisa
Named to Volleyball Magazine's High School All American team!!!
Jake made the list as an Honorable Mention
WOW those awards just keep Piling up for Jake.
On to St. Francis for College Volleyball now!!
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Exile Volleyball is proud to announce our 9th College Committed athlete for the 2023 graduating class.
Evan Frank, an Outside Hitter from Deer Lakes High School has chosen to continue his Academic and Athletic careers at
Chatham University.
Evan had several offers and chose to stay close to home and family.
Evan is a four year Exile player and has always been a hard working very coachable young man.
Congratulations to Evan and his family from all of Exile Volleyball!!
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Senior Ben Barker to attend Penn State
Ben Barker of Deer Lakes High School has chosen to attend Penn State University Park to study Sports Journalism
Ben will cover the Volleyball programs for the PSU Sport Information Department as part of his course of study.
Congratulations Ben from all of Exile Volleyball!!!
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Tyler Nelson commits to
St. Vincent College
After an extensive search Tyler Nelson of Greater Latrobe High School has chosen St. Vincent to continue his academic and athletics careers.
An extremely hard worker Tyler will play Outside Hitter for the Bearcats
Tyler is Exile Volleyball's eigth
senior to commit to playing on in college this year
Congratulations Tyler!!
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Josh Havrilla makes his College playing decision
Josh Havrilla, of Greater Latrobe High School has chosen to continue his acdemic and athletic careers at St. Vincent College where he will play Setter and Backcourt.
Josh is Exile's seventh committed player for the 2023 graduating class.
Congratulations Josh from all of the Exile Families, Coaches and Alums
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Gavin Poe is Exile Volleyball's sixth College Committed athlete for 2023
Gavin has chosen to continue his Academic and Athletic careers at Marymount University in Virginia, a Top 15 DIII program
Gavin plays middle hitter and is a Captain for Seton LaSalle Catholic and had many choices of where to attend college and play volleyball
Congratulations Gavin on your BIG SUCCESS
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Alex Smith Signing event
Plum High School senior Alex Smith signed his
Letter of Commitment to
Geneva College this past week
Alex joined Exile last summer and has been a key element in the success of our 18's team
Alex with his Dad Andy at his signing
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Exile 18's Volleyball player
Ty Tamborino
Accepts an appointment to the
US Coast Guard Academy
Where he will play Football and Men's Club Volleyball.
Ty has been acepted into their Scholars Program.
Ty plays for Seton LaSalle Catholic
Rest assured that this young man will protecting our Freedom in the future
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Exile Volleyball is proud to announce our 5th College Committed Athlete for the 23 Grad year.
Corey Obeldobel of Hopewell High School has chosen to continue his Athletic and Academic careers at Mount Aloysius in Cresson PA.
Congratulations Corey from all of our Exile Volleyball families
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Signing Day Part II
Aidan Price of Seton LaSalle Catholic High School and his family at his signing event.
The newest St. Francis Red Flash.
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Signing Day 2023
Bryce Lizanich of Montour High School and his family at his signing event.
Thiel College gets a All WPIAL and All State Middle Hitter
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Aidan Price of Seton LaSalle Catholic and Jacob Strnisa of Hopewell
Two St. Francis recruits after their tournament win on January 14th
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And then there were 4
Exile Volleyball is proud to announce our fourth College committed athlete of the 2022/23 season!
Jake Strnisa, a 6'6" Outside Hitter from Hopewell High School has accepted an offer to compete for St. Francis University
Jake is a two time All WPIAL, two time All Section and a Ohio Valley Region High Performance All Star player.
Congratulations Jake from all of Exile Volleyball
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Exile Volleyball is very excited to announce our third College committed athlete for the 2022/23 season
Aidan Price, a 6'4" Setter from Seton LaSalle Catholic High School has accepted an offer to play for St. Francis University
Aidan was All WPIAL and is a two time All Section player.
The newest Red Flash player
Congratulations Aidan!!
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Exile Volleyball is excited to announce our second College Committed athlete for the 2022/23 season.
After an exhaustive search Bryce Lizanich a 6'5" Middle from Montour High School has accepted an offer to continue his Academic and Athletic careers at
Thiel College
Congratulations to Bryce and his family from all our the Exile Players, Coaches and families
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Exile Volleyball is proud to announce our first college committed player for 2022/23
Alex Smith a 5'11" Libero, from Plum High School has committed to Geneva College here he will continue his Academic and Atheletic careers.
Congratulations Alex from all of Exile Volleyball!!
