Meet Our Staff

Director Joey Simmons

Joey is known for his expertise in running a highly successful program call Team Lex which is sponsored by Adidas. Joey has gotten over 1000 athletes scholarships for basketball and some have gone off to play for the WNBA. Joey is on the McDonald All American committee and ESPN Hoop girls committee.  Joey is very excited  to help bring attention and more scholarships to athletes in Volleyball. His passion is in sports and he's excited to oversee the Hard Hitters program and help our athletes become successful. Joey also enjoys spending time with his grandchildren and family. 

Co-Director/Manager Tracie Pruitt

Our director is a Graduate of the University of Tennessee at Martin where she obtained a Bachelors Degree in Universal Studies specializing in Healthcare Administration. She was offered a full basketball scholarship from UTM after attending Des Moines Area Community College out of Iowa where she obtained an associates degree. She found an interest in Volleyball while in high school, Earning 2nd team all conference, and Honorable mention as an outside hitter and middle. After graduating college, Tracie has focused on giving back to the community by helping develop young athletes talent so that they can one day earn a full ride scholarship to pay for college. 

She built a basketball organization out of Saint Louis, MO along with our director below, hosting up to 150 athletes and traveling throughout the United states to help get them exposure so that they can one day play basketball in college. She also had partnered with feed the families so that the organization could give back to homeless during the winter season. She founded Non profit ATX Hard Hitters Volleyball in November 2021. She will be expanding the organization from Austin, TX to Dallas, TX.  She believes that Success is not based on your final destination but is based on how many obstacles you overcame to get there. Her ultimate goal is to help each athlete bring out their hidden talent from within and help them get full ride scholarships. She understands that Hard work + No Excuses +Dedication= Success in Life and in Sports. 

Strength and Conditioning Coach George

Hard Hitters  is  so excited to have our Strength and conditioning coach is a graduate of Des Moines Area Community College  earning an associates in Business.  He was offered a full ride scholarship for basketball at UTM. He's also a firm believer in Hard work. He built a training program for basketball in Austin, TX entitled ATX basketball training academy. He has successfully run camps every season helping our youth increase their talent level. He has also been the Strength and Conditioning Coach at our Volleyball Camps focusing on development of our athletes. Outside of his work in management he  has also done volunteer work to help Autistic children develop fundamentals in sports. He just really enjoys helping people.

He takes pride in helping children succeed in the classroom and well as in all sports    

Coach Jay 

Coach Jay passion for for Volleyball is like no other. He has coached for many seasons in the Mansfield Fieldhouse Volleyball league. Continuously developing young aspiring athletes. Coach jay has two beautiful daughters and enjoy taking vacations and seeing the world. 

Coach Alix

Coach Alix played volleyball for many years perfecting her position as an Outside Hitter. She enjoys developing and working with athletes in Volleyball. She enjoys spending time with her beautiful family and is heavily involved in church.

Coach Kay

Coach Kay is born and raised in Carrollton, TX and moved down to Mansfield to pursue a Bachelors of Science in Biology at the University of Texas at Arlington. Before she started coaching she played Volleyball for 6 years but stopped to be apart of her schools sports medicine program. Outside of coaching she enjoys spending time with her friends and family. She also enjoys baking and going to the farmers market.

Coaches information will be updated soon