OUR DIRECTORS
Marco Paglialunga
Club Director
Technical Director
Marco Paglialunga has 20+ years of volleyball experience as a coach. He coached the Italian Women's National Teams for 7 years as Assistant and Head Coach of the Youth, Junior and Senior Teams, collecting 8 International Medal and one World Cup in 2011.
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Marco also coached 4 years in the Italian Serie A, the best Professional League in the world, and he collected 4 National Championships while coaching junior clubs.
In his tenure at Menlo School (CA), his team won one State Championship (2016), two League Titles, and three Northern California Tournament appearances; in 2017, he was named California Rookie Coach of the year.
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His former players play now in many collegiate programs (Stanford, UW, Brown, Yale, Cal, and many others) and in many Professional Leagues around the globe.
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Marco is currently the Varsity Head Coach and Assistant Athletic Director at Carrollton School of Sacred Heart in Miami.
He is married to Mia Causevic, former Pro volleyball player and director at Miami Wave VB Club; Marco and Mia have two daughters, Nina and Luna.
HONORS and AWARDS
6 Times Italian Champion
1 California High School State Championship
1 Time California Coach of the Year
10 National Medals
1 Time World Champion
1 Olympic Qualifications
8 International Medals
8 Years Italian National Team Coach
4 Years Italian Professional League Coach
MIA
CAUSEVIC
Club Director
Little Waves & Afterschool Director
Brand Manager | Events Coordinator
Mia Causevic comes from a family of high-level volleyball players (both her parents played professionally for several years and her father Nurko was one of the top players in the World, a pillar of the Jugoslavian National Team).
She started playing when she was 10 years old and she fast became one of the top players in Croatia. When she was 14, she was recruited and got under contract with Teodora Ravenna, one of the top clubs in the Italian Pro League (Serie A), which started her Italian career.
While playing, she got her BA in Fashion at NABA and she then started her career in education and Fashion at the Fashion School - NABA in Milan in 2010.
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She moved to Miami in 2019 where she founded Miami Wave Volleyball together with her husband Marco Paglialunga and she is currently the Assistant Chair at the Fashion Institute at MDC.
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She is married to Marco, former Italian National Teams coach and director at Miami Wave VB Club; Mia and Marco have two daughters, Nina and Luna.
HONORS and AWARDS
3 Times Junior Italian Finalist
2 Times Junior Croatian Champion
1 Time MVP Jr Italian National Championship
One of the Youngest Pro Players in Europe to reach Serie A (14 yo)
Played as Pro Player for more than 10 years
OUR COACHES
Ciro Zoratti
Wave International Program Director
Wave Technical Advisor
20+ Years Coaching Experience
Muri Hvalac
Former NCAA Div 1 Player
Former Coach at TAV and other TX clubs
Tori Boulay
Former NCAA Div 1 Setter
3 Years of Club VB Experience
Randi Gonzalez
5 Years Coaching Experience
Current Hialeah HS Head Coach
Steven Soriano
Barry University Assistant Coach
Former Staff Syracuse University
Former U23 Puerto Rico NT Assistant Coach
Cathryn Schara
College Athlete of the Year
HS and College Hall of Fame
5 Years of HS and Club Coaching Experience
Diana Guevara
2nd Season at Miami Wave
Afterschool Coach
Varvara Osychenko
Barry U Player
2023 SSC Freshman of the Year
Avery Clark
Barry U Men Program Coach
Former NCAA Div II Player
3 Years Club Experience
Alanna Perez
Former NCAA Player
3rd Season at Miami Wave
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Diana Akopova
2022 NCAA Div 2 MVP
3 Years of Coaching Experience
Vanessa Trujillo
5th Season at Miami Wave
Afterschool and Little Waves Coach