ES sports – Feeling the VIBE
VIBE Volleyball Lab co-owners Nikki Jagd and Leah Hinkey. (Photo ) Former NCAA Division 1 indoor players Nikki Jagd and Leah Hinkey who are co-owners of VIBE Volleyball lab. The two met at SoHo Yoga in Hermosa Beach. Jagd was a setter/serving specialist at UCLA after having been an All-Bay League selection and two-time team MVP at Peninsula High School. Hinkey, who hails from Glenwood Springs, Colorado, was a two-time All-American middle blocker at the University of Tennessee. She moved to the South Bay in 2011 to live with her brother Trevor and focus on playing beach volleyball. They started a beach volleyball program call MB 17 named after 17th Street in Manhattan Beach. When a father of one of their clients mentioned he had a warehouse in El Segundo with extra space, Jagd and Hinkey jumped at the opportunity and opened VIBE Volleyball Lab in July 2016. “Our growth has allowed us to include more trainers — from club directors to professional players –along with more class options,” Jagd said. “Our college counseling is a big hit with our players.” Jagd has been impressed by College Recruiting Director Katie Charles. “She is great at recruiting and at the administrative side of…
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