“Ann Bath is a gifted athlete and coach but her true magic lies in her ability to empower young women.  Participants in Ann's Volleyball Club and in the River Forest Youth Softball program learn to believe in themselves.  Ann teaches young women to harness their inner strength and understand that they matter, that they are strong and that hard work yields results.  Ann sees every moment, every play, every at bat, every warm up and every side out as a teachable moment.  She masterfully builds an incredible amount of social capital with each student athlete so that her skills coaching is received with grace, humility and a desire to improve.  Young women in the River Forest Youth Softball program cannot escape the power of being coached by a strong woman who seeks opportunities to build them up and teaches them the importance of creating communities where women and girls seek opportunities to raise one another up.”

Susan Bedell , Vice President of Student Life, Trinity High School, D90 Parent

”Ann is the amazing founder & coach of the Girls Volleyball Club in our town, River Forest. Recognizing the gap in sports available to "tween" girls in our community - at such a critical age for fostering confidence, inclusion and collaboration as a team - Ann created & developed the Girls Volleyball Club from the ground up. It has now expanded to multiple schools within our community. Targeting late elementary through middle-school aged girls (including my 4th grade daughter!), This incredible program was designed with a strong focus on teamwork, sportsmanship and developing sound leadership skills on and off the court. Additionally, Ann integrates an underlying foundation of charitable contribution into the inter-school matches which is a wonderful way to engage these young athletes into their broader community. We are so fortunate that Ann has leveraged her passion for volleyball into this empowering program for our girls!”

Megan Hodge, Founder, Cultiver LLC, Willard PTO Member, D90 Parent

“ I highly recommend Ann and her team!  The mega-success of the volleyball skills class she brought to our after school programming at Willard is amazing.  Ann is organized, enthusiastic, kind, inspiring and energetic.  Her ideas and ability to execute them successfully made the program what it is today.  We had one session planned to see how it would go and ended up adding three additional sessions because of the popularity of the program, which can be attributed to Coach Bath.  Most importantly, students are closing their experience with a newfound love of sports, teamwork and sportsmanship."

 Caren Teclaw, Willard PTO President, 2018-2020, D90 Parent