MEET OUR COACHES

Owner and Director

Coach Lucie has been coaching for almost 15 years. She is the former Head Coach at Ruston High School. Coach Hunt led the Bearcats to multiple winning seasons, district championships, and playoff appearances. She is originally from Hot Springs, AR where she grew up playing volleyball. She has her Bachelor’s Degree from Louisiana Tech in Kinesiology and her Master’s Degree from Arkansas State in Educational Leadership. She can’t wait to see the program develop young players and help them grow the game!

Shreveport/Bossier Director

She has coached all levels since being with our program! She is originally from Dallas, Texas where she began playing volleyball at 8 years old, she played not only school volleyball but travel volleyball since she was 11. Her first year in Travel Volleyball at just 11 years old she was named “Best Athlete in AAU.”

In 2014 she was recruited to play volleyball at Centenary College. Desiree was a 4-year athlete there where she made history by becoming the first Centenary volleyball player to record more than 1,000 digs and 1,000 kills in a career. While there she became the first volleyball player in program history and the second overall to be named All-conference. She also was named to the Louisiana Sports Writer Association (LSWA) All-Louisiana Second Team. In her senior season she led the team by playing in every match (35) and set (123) on the season, finished second in conference, and placed 60th in the nation with 401 Kills in one season.

Desiree graduated from Centenary with a degree in Business Administration and minor in Communication. Out of college she became the head coach at C.E Byrd High school where she led her teams to winning seasons.

This is Jessica Szymanski’s 5th season with RocketFuel Volleyball Club. She is the Head Coach of the RocketFuel 18s Team!

She’s from Seguin, TX, where she lettered in volleyball and basketball for four years at Seguin High School. She received her undergraduate degree in Kinesiology from Texas Lutheran University (TLU) where she played 4 years as the starting middle blocker. She received her master's degree in Exercise Physiology from Auburn University in Auburn, AL.

Additionally, she is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) with the National Strength and Conditioning Association. While at Auburn, Jessica worked with 18 Olympic sport teams (volleyball included) for 2 years as the first female Graduate Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach. She was Head Volleyball Coach at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, GA for 1 year and helped improve their previous season finish of 2-24 to 12-12. As a former All-American Middle Blocker at TLU and Hall of Fame inductee at both SHS and TLU.

Kaylyn Brazzel is from Ruston, Louisiana and this is her first year on the coaching side of Rocketfuel Volleyball Club! She played for Rocketfuel Volleyball Club and Ruston High School for 5 years. In high school, Kaylyn made 1st team all district Middle and 2nd team all region in 2021, and 1st team all district in 2022. She continued her career to the college level, but has returned to her home town to pursue coaching instead. Recently, she has taken an assistant position coaching at Downsville Community Charter School. Kaylyn is currently majoring in Nursing at Louisiana Tech University, and she can’t wait to start coaching with RVC this year!

I am from Richmond, Texas and played volleyball all 4 years of high school and am currently playing for Lousiana Tech University while working on my Bachelors in Kinesiology and Health Sciences. I am a sophomore at Tech and have been playing volleyball for 11 years now. When I was younger, I was an outside and set for school, but from 14s and on I’ve been a libero. I played club at Houston Skyline Juniors for 5 years before coming to college. Last year I played as a DS and this past season I was the libero. Over the summer, I help out and coach at Skyline with any age group to help build their knowledge and skill about the game. I’m super excited to coach this season and continue to share my love for the sport!

Bio coming soon!

This will be Jenna’s first year coaching for our program and we are excited to have an energetic and knowledgable coach to add to our coaching staff!

I am from Lafayette, Louisiana and played volleyball all 4 years at St. Thomas More Catholic High School. During my time there, I earned STM 2 state championships. After leaving STM, I went on to play collegiate volleyball at Spring Hill College for a year. During my time there, I competed as a setter and a defender which helped my team win our conference. Leaving Spring Hill, I went to University of Louisiana at Lafayette to obtain my Bachelors in Kinesiology. While I was at UL, I led the women’s club volleyball team as well as competed on it for a year. I am now currently in pursuit of my doctorate degree in physical therapy at LSUHS.

When I moved back to Lafayette, I got involved in the coaching side of volleyball. I first got a call to help my former high school coach out. While I was there, I helped STM earn 2 state championships and a runners up. I have also coached for last 4 years for Louisiana Volleyball Lafayette. I ran setters training as well as helped out with several clinics.

Coach Swanier is a New Orleans Native, wife, and mother with over 20 years of experience in the world of volleyball. Her passion for volleyball began at the age of 10 playing in a church league and continuing to play competitively throughout school, on multiple club teams, and even in some adult leagues after graduating college where she earned a degree in early childhood education. 

Having captained multiple teams across various leagues, she deeply understands the demands and rewards of being a student-athlete. Her coaching philosophy is rooted in F.A.I.T.H.: Fostering Accountability, Integrity, Team cohesiveness and Hard work. Perfection is impossible; however, Excellence is not. Her passion and commitment is to the development of each individual as a whole. 

She has experience in Clinical & Developmental coaching, coaching in a middle school league and is currently the Head Volleyball Coach at Caddo Magnet High School. She is extremely excited to be a part of the Rocketfuel Family for another season.

Coach Lexi began her volleyball journey at age 9, competing with NWLA Flying Aces. She played as a libero at Evangel Academy in Shreveport and later continued her club career with Wrecking Crew VBC in Longview. With 3 years of coaching experience, she is now in her 2nd season with RocketFuel and recently finished her 3rd season as Assistant Coach at Loyola College Prep, where she is dedicated to helping players grow their skills and passion for the game.

Bio coming soon!

Coach T started her volleyball career at Evangel Academy in Shreveport, LA, while playing with NWLA Flying Aces. She then went on to further her volleyball career in college and played at Central Baptist College. Coach T has 6 years of coaching experience under her belt. She has coached for clubs in Little Rock, Houston, and Shreveport. She served as an assistant coach at Loyola College Prep for two years before becoming the Head Coach.

Hi my name is Olivia Carroll and this will be my 1st year coaching at RocketFuel volleyball club. I have been playing volleyball since I was 13. Throughout high school, I was a utility hitter for St. Joseph’s Academy and played club volleyball for Red Storm in Baton Rouge. I attended college at Louisiana Tech University where I obtained my Bachelor’s in Kinesiology and Health Sciences. During my time in college, I played club and joined intramural teams. I’m currently pursuing my Doctorate degree in physical therapy at Louisiana State University Health Shreveport. I’m super excited to coach this season and continue to share my love of this sport!

We are thrilled to have Olivia coaching our younger age groups in the Shreveport area!

Sydney is from Jonesboro, AR. She was a two-time Class 6A All-State selection at Jonesboro High School where she helped lead JHS to two 6A/7A East Conference Championships along with a Class 6A State Championship in 2013. She then was voted the 2013 Wendy's High School Heisman Winner and a member of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette All-Arkansas Prep First Team which then selected her to the Arkansas Activities Association Eastern All-Star team.

Out of high school, she played for Tyler Junior College in East Texas where she helped the team become undefeated in conference and end up top 4 in the nation for the NJCAA volleyball. Sydney transferred to Henderson State University after her freshman year where she earned Second-Team All-GAC honors and Honorable Mention. Recorded a HSU & GAC record for digs in a four-set match against Arkansas-Monticello with 54, most digs in a 3 set match with 38, and most digs tallying 54 in all of GAC.She then graduated with her bachelors and went on to pursue her masters and continued to help coach Henderson State to the finals where they finished runner-up in 2018. Sydney went on to become a head Junior Volleyball Coach and assistant senior high for Wynne High School where she finished out her Masters. She’s coached club for Arkansas Storm out of Jonesboro, Force Volleyball out of Lakeside High School, and Swarm out of Wynne.

She now has a Bachelor and Masters of Science in Sport Admin & currently is a personal trainer out of El Dorado, AR