Coach Grace Mans

As a player

Grace is from Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin and played high School volleyball for Fort Atkinson. She played five years of club at Capital Volleyball Academy and one year at Fox Cities Elite, While also playing beach on the USA Beach Volleyball A1/A2 team. She also achieved the AAU Academic All-American award. She then committed to the University of Wisconsin - Whitewater and played one year of indoor. Later deciding to continue playing beach Volleyball tournaments independently throughout the United States. She met Kerri along the way and chose to begin her coaching journey.

As a coach

Grace started coaching with The SandBox in 2018 using her knowledge from USA Beach Volleyball Spending most of her childhood at Bradford beach, she learned how to approach the game mentally and physically. As far as credentials, Grace is Beach Coach certified from the Art of Coaching.

Outside of volleyball you can find Grace traveling and exploring the outdoors.