{"id":430670,"date":"2018-03-21T15:12:32","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T21:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=430670"},"modified":"2018-03-21T15:12:32","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T21:12:32","slug":"listen-bayside-volleyball-coach-ann-schilling-on-prep-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/listen-bayside-volleyball-coach-ann-schilling-on-prep-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"LISTEN: Bayside Volleyball Coach Ann Schilling on Prep Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Ann-Schilling.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-430674\" src=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Ann-Schilling.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Ann-Schilling.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Ann-Schilling-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Ann-Schilling-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Ann-Schilling-82x82.jpg 82w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>By Scott McInnerney<br \/>\nWNSP Reporter<\/p>\n<p>MOBILE, AL \u2013 Bayside Academy has won 23 state championships in volleyball over the last 31 years, and head coach Ann Schilling is responsible for most of that success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI count my blessing every day,\u201d Schilling said. \u201cWe play a pretty tough schedule, but I think it helps prepare us for when that time comes that we play in the state championship. The kids are put into difficult situations, and they know how to respond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This November, Bayside Academy won its 16th straight AHSAA State Championship under coach Schilling, but the unprecedented success doesn\u2019t phase Schilling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t talk about it much,\u201d Schilling said. \u201cThey know, and we know what we have to do.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The kids work hard, and they\u2019re dedicated. They\u2019ve got the commitment, and they persevere. There\u2019s been really good groups of kids and parents who have really bought into the program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Because of her outstanding success in high school volleyball, Schilling was inducted into the AHSAA Sports Hall of Fame on March 19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just wanted to win one state championship,\u201d Schilling said. \u201cWhen we did that, success just breeds success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more, you can listen to the full interview below and tune in to Prep Spotlight Wednesdays at noon and Sports Drive on WNSP weekday afternoons from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-430670-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/AnnSchilling3-21-18.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/AnnSchilling3-21-18.mp3\">http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/AnnSchilling3-21-18.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By Scott McInnerney WNSP Reporter MOBILE, AL \u2013 Bayside Academy has won 23 state championships in volleyball over the last 31 years, and head coach <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/listen-bayside-volleyball-coach-ann-schilling-on-prep-spotlight\/\" title=\"LISTEN: Bayside Volleyball Coach Ann Schilling on Prep Spotlight\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4489,"featured_media":430674,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[147,149,106,176],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-430670","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured-news","8":"category-high-school","9":"category-on-the-air","10":"category-top"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Ann-Schilling.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":430675,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430670\/revisions\/430675"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}