Scott Mebruer – Executive Director

To say that volleyball is Scott’s driving passion may be an understatement. His love for the game began while watching his older sister play for Cor Jesu Academy in the early 80’s. It only grew as he was drug into the backyard to shag her serves. Eventually shagging led to learning how to pepper with his sister. Watching the Men and Women teams’ medal at the ’84 Olympics only added to his excitement for the game, and when parish leagues offered the sport in 1986 Scott found his passion for the sport would only continue to grow as he played through high school and college. Scott is one of seven original founders of St. Louis High Performance VBC which was founded in 2000. The club was founded in 2000 to provide a consistent training and coaching philosophy for boy’s teams to allow for increased player development that would increase the opportunities for boys to play collegiately. The 7 friends who founded the club all came from the same background that began at St. John Vianney High School which is one of the premier boy’s high school programs in the country with 17 Missouri State Championships in the past 26 seasons. Born from that tradition of excellence and sense of family, Scott strove to build a similar foundation with High Performance and relentlessly pursues to build upon those goals to this day. As the Executive Director of now both a Girl’s as well as a Boy’s club, those goals have not changed. Scott continues to tirelessly look for ways to improve the club and support and expand its mission to help players reach their full potential and assisting them to realize their dreams of playing collegiately. Scott oversees the operation of all club duties, responsibilities and programs while staying focused on short and long term organizational strategy. Scott attended and played volleyball at Seven Holy Founders Catholic grade school, St. John Vianney High School, and Lewis University.

Cary Cusumano – Girl's Division Director & Associate Club Director

Cary is in his 7th year with High Performance. Cary has a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Education with certificates in Secondary Education – Social Studies, Character Education and Gifted Education. Cary has 7 years of high school coaching experience with boys and girls, 7+ years of collegiate coaching experience on the men’s and women’s side, three stints with the USA High Performance coaching staff and 15+ years of experience coaching for various clubs in the St. Louis area.  At Lindenwood University, Cary coached 7 seasons with the Men’s program and was on staff for the 2009 NAIA National Championship season. He coached 7 seasons with the Lindenwood Womens’ program and his duties included recruiting, practice planning and implementation, scouting and game planning. With High Performance, Since Cary has been Girls Director, HPSTL girls teams have won 5 medals competing in the USAV Girls Junior National Championships.   As Associate Director, Cary assists in planning and implementation of Coaches Education, Player Development and College Recruitment. Along with other staff members, Cary helps to develop coaching evaluations and volleyball systems for the club.

Bryan Pieschel – Boys’ Division Director

Bryan is entering his 8th season as the director of our boys program and his nineth year as a full-time staff member of High Performance. In 2009, upon completion of his 5-year tour with the U.S. Army, Bryan returned to High Performance.  Bryan is responsible for the day-to-day operations of our boy's programs. He oversees all of our teams and also hires, assigns, manages, and mentors all boys’ coaching staff, and works with the Executive Director and the club's CFO to create ‘Team & Program Budgets’ for all of the boy's programs. Bryan also serves as the Head Coach of 17 Royal and the Summer Developmental Program Director. In addition Bryan has served as a coach in the USA High Performance Boys Program in the Select Age Group for the past 4 years. He was one of the founding members of the club in 2001.   

Matt Martin - Operations Director

Matt Martin is beginning his 10th season with St. Louis High Performance. A 2004 graduate of The Ohio State University with a B.S. in Education/Sport and Leisure Studies, he brings 10 seasons of Division 1 collegiate men's volleyball coaching experience to our program. In 2010, Coach Martin was named the AVCA Division I/II national assistant coach of the year. He has been very active with USA Volleyball and has worked with all levels offered including teams that have earned medals in international competition. 

Tony Stratman – Non-Team Program Director

Tony Stratman joined High Performance in 2012 as the Non-Team Director. Tony graduated from Missouri Baptist University in 2008 having majored in Business Administration and Marketing. After graduation, Tony started a career in sports management (Volleyball Director & Rental Coordinator, St. Louis Sports Center). In 2011, Tony founded StratmanSports.com. StratmanSports.com has grown into one of the Greater St. Louis area's largest and best adult & junior sports organizers - featuring indoor & sand volleyball leagues, tournaments, camps, etc. In 2013, Tony received the Robert L. Lindsay Meritorious Service Award from USA Volleyball. (Named in honor of a former USA Volleyball President. The award recognizes those individuals who have contributed greatly to the sport of volleyball on a regional level). Tony also serves as an advisory board member for the Gateway USA Volleyball Region. When Tony is not directing or organizing volleyball programs, he loves to be on the court playing. Tony lives by his motto: "VOLLEYBALL...All day everyday!"