Tomás Goldsmith, Owner & founder
Tomás is a prominent member of the Midwest volleyball scene as a player, coach, and director of leagues and tournaments. He has 10+ years of experience in professional league management at Bradford Beach, including as the Bradford Beach Volleyball Director in 2015 & 2016, and again since 2019, and has been the Grant Park Beach Volleyball Director since May 2018.
As Director at Bradford Beach, Tomás has managed thousands of teams, directed numerous tournaments in the Bradford Beach Volleyball Series, and hosted the NVL tour, the Junior Volleyball Association National Championships, multiple EVP tour events, and the largest ever (up until then) USAV Junior Beach Tour National Championships. He has also revitalized beach volleyball at Grant Park, hosting leagues and tournaments there since 2018. Tomás is committed to continuing to grow the Milwaukee area volleyball community.
Tomás has played indoor, sand, and grass volleyball for 13 years as a professional and semi-professional athlete. Indoors, Tomás has played with all-time great players such as gold medalist Lloy Ball, Olympian Dave McKienzie, Champions League MVP Marcus Nielsen, and numerous other world-renowned players. He has won four professional indoor titles, including the 2021 Danish League Championships and the 2018 National Volleyball Association Championship. On the beach, Tomás has won numerous titles, including the 2017 EVP World Championships, the 2018 EVP Winter Championships, and EVP Racine, and qualified for numerous AVP tournaments, including two 9ths at Virginia Beach in 2022 and 2023 and qualifying for the Manhattan Beach Open in 2021 and 2023. Tomás has also won several major grass volleyball tournaments, including the 2023 Waupaca Boatride, the 2022 Pottstown Rumble, and the Clash in 2022 and 2023. His most unique playing opportunity was to represent Team USA at the FIVB Snow Volleyball Series opener in Moscow in December 2018. In addition to his professional career, Tomás was a four-time All-American player for UW-Milwaukee, two-time Conference Player of the Year in the Midwest-10, and a freshman starter for the NCAA D1 Rutgers Men's Volleyball team.
Tomás also served two years as the Assistant Coach for the Men's and Women's Volleyball teams at Cardinal Stritch University under head coach Dan Mathews. During his tenure, the men’s team won Conference twice, qualifying for the National Championships, and the women placed fourth twice. Beyond coaching at the university, Tomás served as the Head Coach for Whitefish Bay High School Boys Varsity, Shorewood High School Boys JV, and many years as a camp and private lessons instructor.
Outside of volleyball, Tomás is an accomplished musician, graduating Summa Cum Laude in 2014 from the Peck School of the Arts at UW-Milwaukee with BFAs in Jazz Studies and Music Performance. He enjoys gigging with friends and considers himself to be a karaoke all-star.
"I look forward to seeing you at the beach!"
Tomás Goldsmith
Amanda Yenter, League director
Amanda grew up playing indoor girl’s volleyball in middle school and high school. Her proudest moment was being a starter on the varsity team the first (and only) year her high school competed at the state tournament.
While attending St. Norbert College she took a short break from playing volleyball competitively, but continued her athletic career with the track and field team, specializing in short sprints and hurdles. In 2014, Amanda graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. She continued her education at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse where she earned her Masters and Education Specialist degrees in School Psychology.
After graduating from UWL in 2016, Amanda moved to the lovely city of Milwaukee to begin her career as a school psychologist with the Milwaukee Public Schools, where she continues to work to this day. Amanda was floored by the size and talent of the volleyball community in Milwaukee, and has been playing in leagues and tournaments year-round ever since moving here. This is her third year as a member of the Volley Life staff!