Bond to lead Ilwaco volleyball
Published 1:13 pm Thursday, August 1, 2024
- Molly Bond
ILWACO — Molly Bond has been named head volleyball coach at Ilwaco High School.
Bond was the Lady Fishermen’s JV and assistant coach with Stephanie Ellsworth in 2022.
Bond, whose specialist position was as a setter, played volleyball for two years at Highline Community College in Des Moines, Wash., after playing varsity at high school in Port Angeles.
She has been hired as a physical education teacher at Hilltop School in Ilwaco for the coming school year after teaching last year in Longview.
“Basketball used to be my favorite sport, but I switched to liking volleyball in my freshman year of high school,” she said. “I enjoy the technique and finesse needed to play volleyball — not everybody can play it. I like that part of the sport.”
Looking ahead, she is eager to get started. “I think we have a lot of young talent,” she said. “We have seen some success in Ilwaco with baseball and softball. It would be nice to be able to get volleyball up there with the other sports.”