“I’m so excited to continue to work with this age group and with the Metro family! Watching the continued growth and improvement of these young athletes during the course of the a season brings me overwhelmingly joy! ”

Candace returns as the 13 Travel Assistant Coach for her 2nd year with Metro VBC.  In 2021, the 13 Travel team finished their season with a record of 48-17 after winning the Silver bracket of the 13 National Division at the 2021 GJNC. Their 9th place finish at Nationals is the highest season finish of any 13 Travel team in club history. The team had 4 tournament wins to include the CHRVA 13 Open Championship, a 2nd and two 3rd place finishes against 13 and 14s teams.

Candace Novoselnik is the Head Volleyball Coach and PE Teacher at Sidwell Friends School.  She led the program to a 2014 AA ISL Division Championship more than 15 years. Sidwell  was recently the runner-up in the DC State Championships the same year she was awarded DCSAA Coach of the Year in 2018.

Prior to her coaching career, Novoselnik played volleyball professionally for 11 seasons and was a member of the USA Women’s National Team, and including pipeline teams Youth, Junior, A2 National Teams as well.  She was a setter in the 2002 World Grand Prix team.  Throughout her career, Novoselnik played in countries such as Spain, Slovenia, Germany, Turkey, Indonesia, France, and Italy.  She was voted Best Setter in France in 2010 and as well as was one of the top servers in the league (Ligue AF).  While in Germany, her team won the 2007 DVV Cup Final (Deutsche Bundesliga) and finished top 4 in the league (Serie A1) in Italy.

After finishing her professional career, Novoselnik began coaching in Ljubljana, Slovenia with UOK Vital volleyball club.  She worked with 13-14 year old’s and guided them to a 11-1 record her first season. 

Played NCAA volleyball and graduated from UC Berkeley with a BA in American Studies.  Made the Pac-10 All-Academic Team and broke Cal hitting percentage record with .971 hitting percentage (11 kills, no errors, 12 attempts). 

Candace currently lives in Olney, MD with her husband, Damjan and their three young children, Ella, Urban, and Vida.