Author, Volleyball Visionary, Entrepreneur for Volleyball Voices.com
Las Vegas, Nevada Area
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- Author at Volleyball Voices, Inc. (Self-employed)
- Creator at Volleyball Voices, Inc.
- Regular Contributing Columnist at American Volleyball Coaches Association
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- Proofreader at MGM Mirage Advertising
- Employment Clerk at Bellagio Resort & Casino
- Trauma Nurse, Stand In on "ER" at Warner Bros.
- International Pro Indoor, Beach Volleyball Player at USA Volleyball
- Professional Photographer at International Freelance (Self-employed)
- Education
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- University of Tennessee-Knoxville
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April Chapple’s Summary
Author: 86 Girls Indoor Volleyball Tips: How To Gain Confidence On The Volleyball Court and How To Stop Serving Like A Wimp. Available for licensing/customization by volleyball companies and sporting good associations these downloadable e-book and e-booklet tips were written specifically for the 3,000,000+ female high school volleyball player audience and are distributed and sold at volleyballvoices.com.
Senior Proofreader/Copywriter: Proofed printed pieces and advertising collateral, Web sites and magazine copy for content, grammar, readability and typographical errors for all MGM MIRAGE properties at MGM MIRAGE Advertising. Primary accounts were Bellagio, City Center, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, Monte Carlo, and The Mirage.
Columnist: Three-year "Five Quick Tips" columnist for the American Volleyball Coaches Association's industry magazine, "Coaching Volleyball".
Volleyball Journalist: Regular contributor to the Las Vegas Sports Magazine, Active.com frequent contributor, author of online content and numerous articles on coaching volleyball.
Creator, Visionary, Entrepreneur: Volleyball Voices.com is a volleyball news hub where female players find inspiration, information and volleyball heroes.
Employment Clerk: Human Resources, Bellagio Resort and Casino
Trauma Nurse: Stand In on "ER" Warner Bros Studios for over six and a half years
Professional Photographer: Italy's major media outlets and regular contributor to Italy's three volleyball magazines
Professional Volleyball Player: USA National Team, FIVB, AVP, CBVA, FIPAV
April Chapple’s Specialties:
Impeccable proofing skills, strong attention to detail; succinct copy construction and flow; proper syntax and grammar; ability to work independently and as a team player; ability to meet deadlines and work in a fast paced environment; superb multi tasking and time management skills; prolific article publisher, researcher and blogger; bilingual Italian/English, English/Italian
April Chapple’s Experience
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Author
Volleyball Voices, Inc. (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Writing and Editing industry)
October 2009 — Present (2 months)
86 Girls Indoor Volleyball Tips:How To Gain Confidence On The Volleyball Court is the second publication from Volleyball Voices. The first booklet in a series of downloadable e-booklets written specifically for the female junior and high school volleyball player. It's contents are available for licensing and customization by sporting good and volleyball product manufacturers, associations and companies in need of unique and targeted marketing tools to promote their brand, goods and services to this highly desirable niche.
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Creator
Volleyball Voices, Inc.
(Sports industry)
November 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)
Volleyball Voices.com is a volleyball news hub where girls high school, club, college volleyball players, parents and fans learn about the indoor and sand volleyball game and its female heroes, with breaking news stories of college and women's pro volleyball players, self-coaching information, beach volleyball pictures and indoor volleyball videos.
Volleyball Voyeur.com, another Volleyball Voices site featuring volleyball players photographed by volleyball photographers.
Myspace.com/volleyballvoices has 5000+ international volleyball players, coaches, friends and fans. -
Regular Contributing Columnist
American Volleyball Coaches Association
(Sports industry)
July 2006 — Present (3 years 5 months)
Coaching coaches as the "Five Quick Volleyball Tips" columnist for three years in the American Volleyball Coaches Association's Coaching Volleyball magazine. In 2008 survey, column was voted by subscribers as one of the most popular items in the magazine.
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Proofreader
MGM Mirage Advertising
(Writing and Editing industry)
July 2007 — September 2009 (2 years 3 months)
Proof all printed pieces, Web site and magazine copy for content, grammar readability and typographical errors.
Ensure copy abides by Associated Press Stylebook and department guidelines; meets all requirements outlined on the job requests and is consistent with creative concepts.
Fast check and verify information is correct. Concept and write copy for various creative pieces.
Assist Copywriting Managers and Copywriting Supervisors with specialty projects. -
Employment Clerk
Bellagio Resort & Casino
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; MGM; Gambling & Casinos industry)
September 2006 — July 2007 (11 months)
Audited, generated multiple daily/weekly/monthly statistical reports summarizing the activity of the Bellagio Resort and Casino Employment Center which is responsible for hiring employees for Bellagio, MGM Corporate, City Center, and New York, New York.
Audited job opportunities, updated ATS Admin Scheduling, activated position vacancy notices, audited job offers, pre-processing audit, high volume phones, employment check-in. -
Trauma Nurse, Stand In on "ER"
Warner Bros.
(Public Company; TWX; Entertainment industry)
August 1999 — April 2006 (6 years 9 months)
Via EPSG Central Casting as a first team member daily duties included reading script and memorizing dialogue; participating in open and closed rehearsals with award-winning directors, principal actors, guest stars;
As first and second team member underwent daily technical prep by medical advisors to provide to, operate and/or use real medical equipment, instruments, tools as needed by principal actors in high paced trauma scenes.
As second team member was principal stand-in for regular and guest starring actresses on ER; Driving in scene and stunt work required as needed.
These duties highlighted my ability to take direction from multiple sources, to act quickly in a fast paced environment, to interpret a variety of instructions in written, oral, diagram or schedule form and to solve practical problems on camera and off while dealing with a variety of concrete variables -
International Pro Indoor, Beach Volleyball Player
USA Volleyball
(Sports industry)
June 1985 — December 2005 (20 years 7 months)
USA National team member
Pro volleyball player in:
Serie A in the Lega Feminile di Pallavolo in Italy,
Major League Volleyball - New York Liberties
Women's Pro Beach Volleyball Association (WPVA)
Budlight Fours (on ESPN) - Team Champion
Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP),
Circuito di Beachvolley Italiano - Italian Beach Volleyball Circuit
FIVB - International Federation of Volleyball Tour
California Beach Volleyball Association - CBVA
Playing, training, coaching, marketing volleyball -
Professional Photographer
International Freelance (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Photography industry)
October 1989 — August 1998 (8 years 11 months)
Contributing Photographer to BLOCK, SuperVolley, PallaVolo and
La Gazzetta dello Sport-Italy's Top Sports magazine
Photographs published : Vogue Italy, MAX, Panorama, Corriere dello Sport, FITNESS magazine, La Gazzetta di Vicenza, La Repubblica
Advertising Campaigns:
Mizuno Sportswear Italy - Olympians Andrea Giani & Keba Phipps.
Aurora Italian Catering Company -corporate presentation materials, brochures.
Discoteca Nord-Est 1994 Corporate Promotional Calendar
(10,000 copies)
1994 European Women's Volleyball All Star Game
Official Brochures, Player Portraits
Barausse Vicenza-Brochures,sponsorship and tradeshow presentations.
Portraiture and Reportage
International and Italian Olympic Champions for the Italian media.
MTV Music Video Awards - press and behind-the-scenes editorial
April Chapple’s Education
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University of Tennessee-Knoxville
BA , Speech Communications , 1981 — 1986
- Activities and Societies:
- Speech Communications Contest finalist, University of Tennessee Volleyball Team
Additional Information
April Chapple’s Websites:
April Chapple’s Interests:
Women's Volleyball and Sports Marketing, Social Media, Internet Marketing, Networking, Investing, Web site Promotion, Photography, Traveling, Beach Volleyball, Italian Culture and language
April Chapple’s Groups:
American Volleyball Coaches Association, Minority Volleyball Coaches Committee, Coalition of 100 Black Women, Las Vegas Association of Black Journalists, USA Volleyball, Women's Sports Foundation, Volleyball Voices,
Screen Actors Guild, California Beach Volleyball Association, Association of Volleyball Professionals, Amateur Athletic Foundation,
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Young Sports Professionals Network -
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Vegas Volley - 2 courts 1 game - many ruling families -
Valley Forge Volleyball -
KOG Volleyball Player -
USA Volleyball -
Dig 4 Kids Education Foundation
April Chapple’s Honors:
PHOTOGRAPHY
1992 Kodak "Let the Memories Begin" and Olympus Int'l Photo Contest 1st place
VOLLEYBALL
USA Women's National Volleyball Team
Italian Pro Volleyball - Series A at Reggio Emilia
A1 Championship Tournament; European Cup of Cups; Italian Cup 2nd place
Major League Volleyball - NY Liberties
1st Round Draft Pick; 1st Team All Pro; All Star Team
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville
Hall of Fame Inductee; All Time Career Record Holder; 4-time All American;
NCAA All Southern Conference Team; MVP SEC Conference Tournament;
All SEC Conference Team
Italian Beach Volleyball Champion - 3 x 3
Lignano Sabbiadoro Open; Marina di Ravenna Open; Modena Open;
Marina di Marittime Open; Cervia Open-1st place
U.S. Budlight Pro Beach 4's Tour (on ESPN)
Team Champion -
1st Round Draft Pick; MVP - Most Valuable Left Side Hitter; 1st Team All Pro;
1st Place Championship Team
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