Justin Ford

Katie Merly

  • Title
    Assistant Coach

Katie Brandenburg is a local player hailing from Kelso High School where she graduated in 2018. She played varsity her junior and senior years and helped the Hilanders to state appearances both years and earned first team GSHL all league. While in high school, she played club for Aces and NW Reign volleyball club.

Katie received a volleyball and academic scholarship to play at Concordia University in Portland, Oregon. She played there as a starter her freshmen and sophomore year, then the university closed down and she transferred to George Fox University to finish her bachelors in Elementary Education. Katie graduated from George Fox in 2021 and accepted a job teaching 3rd grade at St. Helens Elementary in Longview, WA.

She is engaged to Isaac Merly and they will be getting married in the summer of 2022.Â