Peder brings years of volleyball experience to Summit-Nitro Volleyball. He started his volleyball career in his native Sweden with the club Sollentuna VK, first as a youth player and then as coach of both boys and girls teams in the 14 to 18 year range. Peder played for Rudbecks Academy, during his sophomore year they advanced to the National championship match. Since moving from Stockholm to Dallas, Peder has played and coached men’s USVBA/USAV A and BB teams, as well as girls with Dallas Summit, Dallas Premier, and NorTex. Up until 2011 Peder was volunteer coach at All Saints Catholic school, and took their 6th grade team to a Dallas Parochial league Championship in 2008. Peder is an Executive Board member with Garland Volleyball Association. During his prior 5 seasons with Summit/Premier, Peder coached 13, 14, & 15′s, as well as assisting in many of VIP’s camps and clinic. The 2008 season his Summit 14′s Elite team won the NTR (non-bid) Regional Championship. 2010 season he was head coach for Premier 15 Molten and the year before, an assistant with Dallas Premier 14 Mizuno, that qualified for Open Nationals. Peder is IMPACT certified (USA) and corresponding to CAP II (Sweden).
Briana Garcia is from San Antonio, TX and moved to the DFW in 2014. She is a graduate from the University of Texas at San Antonio who earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Exercise Science. Briana started coaching volleyball at age 18 in youth sports leagues, camps and clinics. She then moved to USAV Club Volleyball in 2008 where she coached under the Lone Star Region for 6 club seasons with ages 10 – 17. With in here 6 yeas of coaching she consumed her IMPACT and CAP I certification. Briana continued her career in 2AA TAPPS at Keystone Private School as the Head Junior Varsity and Assistant Varsity coach from 2011 -2013. During her time at Keystone Private School, the varsity teams were Area Champions in 2011 and Bi-District Champions in 2012. Alongside of coaching volleyball, Briana is a sports performance coach who has over 5 years of training experience with athletes from youth to professional sports from volleyball to NFL athletes. When working with teams or individuals she is determined to help each player accomplish their goals and push them to their positional on and off the court.