Michaela is currently a certified Personal Trainer and trains athletes in SAQ to elevate their level of play. Michaela started her volleyball career playing 3 years on Varsity at John Marshall High School in San Antonio, Texas. During her high school career she made All-City her junior and senior year. She went on to play for the University of the Incarnate Word as a Middle Blocker where she set and still holds the record for most blocks in a season. While in college she started coaching the 12U team for Texas Juniors and continued to coach for the past 13 years in various age groups. Most of her club coaching experience is at the National 15-17U level. She is in her fifth season with Austin Juniors.