Courtney Awe

ALYSSA KVARTA

Alyssa began working with Patterson Sports Ventures in 2025 after earning her CHAMP10N Sports Life Coach® Certification. A former collegiate volleyball player at East Tennessee State University (ETSU), Alyssa brings her experience as a student-athlete, team captain, and Sports Life Coach® to her work, helping athletes develop both in sport and in life.

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Alyssa played volleyball for East Tennessee State University from 2015–2018, where she experienced firsthand the demands, opportunities, relationships, and transitions that come with being a collegiate student-athlete.

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As a student-athlete and professional, Alyssa’s accomplishments include:

• 4X Captain for ETSU Volleyball

• Helped make ETSU program history during her senior season, including victories over the University of Tennessee, Duke, and No. 22 Washington State

• Member of the first team from the Southern Conference (SoCon) to earn an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament

• B.S. in Clinical and Rehabilitative Health Sciences, with a focus on Nutrition (2019)

• M.S. in Sport Management (2021)

• Earned her CHAMP10N Sports Life Coach® Certification

• Experience helping athletes navigate the challenges of collegiate sport, identity, performance, and transition

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Personally, Alyssa is committed to living her life to the fullest and staying INTENT10NAL about how she chooses to win going forward. The “Every Day is Game Day” mentality has changed the way she approaches her own Journey of Life. She continues to discover her 10s, make intentional choices, and use the Sports Life Coaching tools in her own life before sharing them with others. She wants athletes to know that living your 10 life does not require perfection – it requires being INTENT10NAL about what matters and how you choose to show up.

Professionally, Alyssa is passionate about empowering high-school and collegiate athletes to develop the skills they need to succeed beyond their athletic performance. Because she personally understands how challenging the student-athlete experience can be, she brings both empathy and experience to her coaching. She is especially passionate about helping student-athletes navigate identity, change, competitive pressures, and the transition from sport to life. Through Patterson Sports Ventures and Life Training Academy, Alyssa continues to develop as a Sports Life Coach® while helping athletes learn to train for life as intentionally as they train for sport.

Philanthropically, Alyssa is committed to the Live It 2 Give It model. She wants to use what sport has given her and what she has learned through Sports Life Coaching® to help the next generation of athletes become CHAMP10NS in their own lives. She believes creating change in yourself gives you an opportunity to create change for others, and she is committed to using her experiences, coaching, and relationships to G.I.V.E.H.O.P.E.

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Alyssa’s life and work reflect the Life Training Academy 3D Model:

PERSONALLY — BE ME.
Live INTENT10NALLY, discover your 10s, and invest in the person behind the athlete.

PROFESSIONALLY — BUILD WE.
Use experience, coaching, and relationships to help athletes develop, transition, and win beyond sport.

PHILANTHROPICALLY — G.I.V.E. H.O.P.E.
Live It 2 Give It by using what sport and life have taught you to help other people excel.

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Alyssa brings the perspective of a former collegiate athlete, four-time captain, and Sports Life Coach® to the Life Training Academy mission of training people to win their lives as intentionally as they train to win in sport.