INTRODUCING OUR STAFF & COACHES 

Kenny Herbert played club volleyball at Central Michigan University from 2013-2017 as an outside hitter. He then went on to coach JV volleyball at Beal City for 2 years and Port Huron Northern for 2 years before becoming the varsity coach at New Haven. He has 7 years of club experience with Michigan Elite at the national level. Kenny joined Dead Frog in 2022, coaching at the national level each season. He also has been the head coach at Mendon High School for the last 4 seasons, winning a district title in fall 2023 and 2024. In 2025 he and his team won the D4 District, Regional, Quarterfinal and Semifinal matches before finishing as a State Finalist. Kenny enters his fourth season with Dead Frog, and third as co-Director. This season he will coach 17 Black. 

Reeghan Boyer is in her second season on the Dead Frog coaching staff. She is a graduate of Montini Catholic High School in Downers Grove, IL where she had an overall record of 105-21 and helped the team win a state championship during her senior season. Reeghan was a four-time Girls Catholic Athletic All-Conference selection and named AVCA All-Region and an Honorable Mention AVCA All-American.

Reeghan has continued her playing career at Western Michigan University where she just finished her senior season as the libero for the Broncos. This fall she was named to the Mid-American Conference All-Tournament Team.

Madison Jaqua is a Dead Frog alumni and new to the coaching staff this year. She graduated from Portage Central High School, where she was a four-year varsity player. She then went on to play 4 years of Division I volleyball at IPFW where she was named Offensive Player of the Week, Academic All-League and Team Captain. She coached at Summit Volleyball Club for 3 years during her time in Fort Wayne. During the 2024 club season, Madison was the assistant coach for our 17 Black team that placed 3rd at MEQs and won a bid to USAV Nationals in Las Vegas. Madison works in the real estate industry and lives in Grand Rapids. 

Judy Mason has been the Head Coach at Kellogg Community College since winter of 2023, after spending many years as an assistant within the program. Mason has coached at all levels throughout her volleyball coaching career, middle school, AAU club, and at the high school level.  Her goals include inspiring discipline that respects the game of volleyball and developing young athletes both academically and athletically to succeed at their next level of play. 

In her third season as head coach, Mason led the team to a 18-14 record overall, and 8-4 record in the MCCAA Western Conference. The team also qualified for the NJCAA Region XII Great Lakes District Tournament for the third consecutive year.

This is Coach Mason’s first season with Dead Frog and she’s excited to help her team learn and grow.

Annemarie Bates attended Portage Northern High School. She played collegiately at the University of Pittsburgh for former USA Olympic Silver medalist Sue Woodstra.  During her time at Pitt, Annie won 4 Big East Championships and competed in the NCAA tournament each of those years. She was named First Team Big East All-Conference. While in Pittsburgh she also coached with Pittsburgh Nike Elite VBC. After graduating, she was an assistant coach at Eastern Kentucky University. She then received the opportunity to come home and coach at Western Michigan University under Head Coach Cathy George, where the team won a MAC championship. Annie has coached with Dead Frog VB since 2014. She met her husband Clayton while working at WMU and they have two daughters Lyse and Sydney.

Dawn Jaqua graduated from Portage Central High School and went on to play at KVCC. While finishing her degree at WMU, she coached varsity at Otsego High School for 3 years and was the assistant coach at Kalamazoo College for 2 seasons.  She continued her collegiate coaching career as an assistant coach at Western Michigan University under Coach Cathy George. She was the head coach at Portage Central High School for 20 years, where she had an impressive career including over 800 wins, 15 conference titles, 2 regional championships and 1 runner up finish in the 2009 state finals. She has run the national program for Dead Frog for several seasons and is in her fifth year as a co-Director. Dawn is also the main Lead Coach for the national and elite teams.

Erin Onken is the Varsity Coach at Portage Northern High School.  She has been coaching for 19 years and in her first five seasons at Northern, her team has won two SMAC conference championships, four District titles and a Regional Championship. Additionally, Erin has been named the MIVCA Region 11 Coach of the Year in 2023 & 2024 at Northern and also has been named the MHSCA 2024 Coach of the Year. 

In her nine seasons as Varsity coach at Schoolcraft High School, her teams collected nine conference championships, eight Districts titles, five Regional titles and three State Runner Up finishes, while being named Regional Coach of the year three times.  Before landing the Schoolcraft position, Erin coached at Parchment High School for three years and Fennville High School for two.

Erin graduated from Parchment High School where she competed in volleyball, basketball and softball. Then continued her education and played volleyball at KVCC and Lake Superior State. She resides in Schoolcraft with her family and dogs. Her daughter Kayla just graduated from Grand Valley State University and her son Beau works full time in construction. Aside from coaching, Erin works from home as an office administrator for her husband’s residential construction company.

Erin loves coaching at Dead Frog because of the high level of training all athletes receive, the level of energy and commitment shown by the athletes, the collaboration of the coaching staff and being surrounded by players and coaches who share a growth mindset.  The Dead Frog gym is a place where you can be yourself and grow as an athlete, teammate and a coach, if you're willing to be challenged and put in the work.

​Perri Reurink is entering her first year coaching club volleyball. While playing, she placed 2nd at USA Volleyball’s National Championship in 2015 and 1st at AAU’s National Championship in 2016. Throughout her club career, she competed with programs in both Washington State and Illinois, gaining diverse training perspectives and exposure to elite competition. Perri also serves as the assistant varsity coach at Otsego High School, a role she has held for two years.
Outside the gym, Perri graduated from Western Michigan University and is currently in her second year teaching math at Otsego Middle School. She also got married over the summer.

Lizzie Britner is from Indianapolis, IN. In high school she played in the AAU National Championship with Team Indiana and a State Semi-Final with Roncalli High School. Lizzie then went on to play 4 years of Division I volleyball at IPFW where she was named Defensive Player of the Week, Academic All League and Team Captain. After graduating she coached with Team Indiana and Summit Volleyball Club before coming to Dead Frog in 2020. Lizzie has been with our national program as both an assistant and head coach. Last season with Dead Frog, she helped lead 17 Black to several tournament championships. She also assisted the varsity team at Otsego High School in the 2023 season, which included a co-conference championship, District Championship and Regional Runner Up. Lizzie works in the real estate industry and lives in Kalamazoo

Mikayla Shell is a graduate from Croswell-Lexington High School and went on to play at Wayne State University. At WSU she was a four-year starting middle blocker and three-year captain. In her senior season (2016) she helped lead the Warriors to the most wins for the volleyball program since 1999.

Mikayla has been coaching volleyball for 12 years at the AAU and USAV national club levels and joined Dead Frog in the 2022 season. During her time coaching, she has served as a national level head coach, camp lead, training lead, and assisted athletes in the recruitment processes. She also coached collegiately at St. Clair County Community College (SC4) as an assistant coach who played a key role in recruitment, scouting, and training for the team. 

Mikayla is the Assistant Athletic Director at Kellogg Community College in Battle Creek, Michigan.