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Just several years removed from her N-P playing days, Amber Carter takes over Husky volleyball program

Press photo by John Burbridge First-year Nashua-Plainfield volleyball coach Amber Carter hopes her team can continue a string of conference titles that started back in 2013 when she was a senior player with the Huskies.
Press photo by John Burbridge
First-year Nashua-Plainfield volleyball coach Amber Carter hopes her team can continue a string of conference titles that started back in 2013 when she was a senior player with the Huskies.

By John Burbridge

sports@charlescitypress.com

NASHUA — Lou Boudreau became the Cleveland Indians manager at the ripe age of 24.

Amber Carter is the new Nashua-Plainfield varsity volleyball coach. She’s only 20.

So young.

So what?

“It’s not that unusual at this school,” Carter said. “We have a lot of young coaches here.”

Carter graduated from N-P in 2014, then continued her volleyball playing career for two years at North Iowa Area Community College.

“My high school coach (Jill Smith) was moving out of the area when her husband took another job, so she talked to me about taking over the program,” Carter said. “I coached AAU and many of these girls over the summer, so I thought it would be a good opportunity.”

Senior outside hitter Sierra Fisher was a teammate of Carter’s back when she was a freshman.

“I’m excited about having her as my coach now,” Fisher said. “She’s accomplished so much as a player while helping build this program.

“When she was a freshman, I don’t think (Nashua-Plainfield) won a single match. By the time she was senior, we were conference champions.”

The Huskies won two more conference titles during the years Carter was at NIACC.

“And we expect to keep on winning them,” junior libero Britney Holthaus said.

That will depend on a youth movement that’s going to have to grow up fast. The Huskies lost nine seniors from last year.

“And four of them were major contributors,” Carter said. “That’s why our theme this year is to rebuild one brick at a time.”

Carter has continued her education at the University of Northern Iowa where she is majoring in physical education.

“I’ll love to eventually teach at this school and stay in this community,” Carter said. “It’s where I grew up and where I plan to stay.”

Junior setter Hansen also plans to stick around … for at least another two years.

“We have a lot of younger players, and were going to playing together for a long time,” Hansen said.

The Huskies were 22-11 last season.

“Right now, our biggest competition is ourselves,” Carter said. “We’re not worried about what anyone else is doing.”

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