Welcome!
Zoo City Volleyball Club promotes physical fitness and athleticism in a fun, safe, and clean environment. We are one of the top Volleyball Clubs in the Randolph County area. Become a member of Zoo City Volleyball Club today!
About Us
Our History
It all starts with a dream: We dream to be #1. At Zoo City Volleyball Club, we’ve been making dreams come true for many years. Our club was started years ago and the original girls have now graduated college. After some time off and adding new staff, we are growing super fast. Our coaching staff has been designed to provide an outstanding learning environment for athletes of all levels and abilities. Whether you’re just beginning or you’ve been playing awhile, reach your potential with Zoo City Volleyball Club.Currently due to COVID-19, we only offer three teams. In the future we would love to grow and help more girls reach their volleyball goals.
Contact Us
If you’d like more information, please get in touch with us today!
Our Coaches
Kathryn Dixon
Kathryn grew up playing volleyball and started playing JO at 12 years old. She played four years of high school volleyball at Asheboro High School. Varsity lettered 3 of those 4 years. She made all Conference junior and senior year, varsity captain senior year, and won the Sportsmanship Award for Randolph County her senior year. Kathryn also played on the senior All-Star team in 2008.
Kathryn played two seasons at Pfeiffer University as a right side hitter and middle hitter before getting injured that ended her volleyball career. After relocating, she coached JV volleyball at Ragsdale High School for 4 years and then assisted the varsity level for an additional 3 years at various high schools. She’s been coaching JO for nine years.
Owen George
Owen grew up a multi-sport athlete at Erie Cathedral Prep in Erie, PA participating in Football, Basketball, and Track & Field. At college, he was a member of the Washington and Jefferson Football team, serving as captain his senior year, while being awarded All-Conference and Honorable Mention All-American accolades for his playing career.
Owen enters his 21st year of teaching and coaching at Asheboro High School. He has coached Football, Track and Field, Golf, Middle School basketball, and now holds the position of Assistant Athletic Director at AHS. In the community, Owen has coached YMCA Volleyball and also has assisted in JO Volleyball now for 3 years.
Todd Dark
Todd played basketball and soccer throughout high school. He was captain in basketball his Jr/Sr years.
Todd has coached JO for 6 years. He has coached a 15’s, a 17’s, four different 18’s teams and 2 AAU teams. He has worked with multiple players to compete at the next level.
Todd also coached high school volleyball for 3 years. Helping take a program that missed out on state playoffs for over a decade and in the first year making the first round and in the second making it to the championship. In his last year, they were forth in the state.
Ashley Dark
Ashley started playing JO at 14 and continued through her Senior year of high school. She played varsity volleyball and basketball at Vandalia Christian as well as two seasons of AAU volleyball.
Ashley was the varsity captain her 11th and 12th grade years. She was All-Region in 10th grade and All-State and MVP in 11-12th.
Even though she had several options to play in college, Ashley chose to attend UNCG to pursue nursing and focus on coaching.
Kate Dark
Katie started playing competitive sports in 7th grade. She attended Vandalia Christian Academy. During high school, she played volleyball, soccer, and basketball. Katie began playing JO with Tri County Volleyball Club during her junior year of high school. She ended her high school career by being a two-time MVP for all sports she played, she was female athlete of the year her junior and senior year, and All Region in her 3 sports.
While being recruited to play soccer at West Virginia State, she chose to play volleyball and pursue a degree in dental assisting at Davidson County Community College.
Zoo City Volleyball Club Facilities
Gym
We are affiliated with the Randolph Asheboro YMCA. Our facility has 3 volleyball courts and room for agilities.
http://randolphasheboroymca.com/
Sister club
We might be Zoo City but we are super close with FOUR13. One of our head coaches started FOUR13 to bond with his daughter (another head coach).
Club verse Philippians 4:13 — I can do ALL THINGS through Christ which strengthens me