About Us
Excellence begins with Effort!
772 Volleyball Club was founded by husband-and-wife team Carmelo "Melito" Eleutiza and Olivia Eleutiza, residents of Indian River County who share the passion for volleyball, youth development, and serving the local community. After years of experiences working with athletes, families and volleyball programs, they have set out to create their own club that combines high-level training with a positive, family-centered culture. Their vision for 772 Volleyball Club is to provide athletes with exceptional coaching, meaningful mentorship and an environment where hard work, character and teamwork are valued just as much as success on the court. Coach Melito and Coach Olivia are committed to helping every player grow in confidence, develop their skills and reach their full potential while fostering a lifelong love for the game and creating an experience that families are proud to be apart of.
Carmelo "Melito" Eleutiza
Co-Club Director
Carmelo “Melito” Eleutiza brings over 25 years of coaching experience at the Club, High School and Collegiate level along with the professional league in Puerto Rico. Carmelo started playing volleyball at the age of seven, and eventually played at the collegiate level with the Interamericana University in his homeland of Puerto Rico. He comes with a strong volleyball background in Puerto Rico including six USAV Girls National Championships with Arsel Volleyball Club. Carmelo was the former head coach for the City of Toa Baja, P.R semi-professional volleyball team, where his team earned a 53-16 record in his first two years and an undefeated season in his third year along with claiming the semi- professional league championship. He then moved on to the professional ranks where he was an assistant coach for the Captains of Arecibo and Llaneras of Toa Baja in the Puerto Rico Girls Professional Volleyball League.
Carmelo has coached at the collegiate level here in the States as well. He was the former Head Volleyball & Softball Coach at Bluefield State College in West Virginia (NCAA Women’s Division II). He was an assistant for University of Central Florida (NCAA Div. 1) in Orlando and is now the current Head Coach of Eastern Florida State College (NJCAA Div. 1) in Melbourne Florida.
He has also had much success at the club level in Orlando and Vero Beach area. Carmelo established Champions Volleyball Club in 2006-2008 and was the Co-Director for Top Select Volleyball Academy. In 2013 he started working Orlando Volleyball Academy (now OTVA). Carmelo was the Facility Director of North and coached for both North & South locations. He started the OTVA North location with 5 teams and now has the facility up to 19 teams. The growth of OTVA North and the club had a lot to do with Carmelo’s hard work, dedication and ability to teach the game of volleyball to all levels of players.
In 2019 Coach Melito and his wife moved to Vero Beach and helped establish Vero Elite Volleyball Academy as Co- Club Directors. At Vero Elite the program started with 3 teams and he helped it to grow to 15 teams. For the past 7 years Melito ran an exceptional program emphasizing on proper volleyball technique and opportunity for all that put Vero Beach on the club volleyball map!
Throughout his club career he has 10 National Titles in the Open level and was named AVCA Club Coach of the year in 2016.
Olivia Groody Eleutiza
Co-Club Director
Olivia Groody Eleutiza brings over 10 years of coaching experience at the club level. She has been playing volleyball since she was 15 years old. She started her career at St Thomas Aquinas High School located in South Florida. Her Junior year of High School her family relocated, and she transferred to Vero Beach High School where she continued playing varsity volleyball. Olivia accepted a scholarship to play volleyball at the collegiate level at Palm Beach State college in West Palm Beach. She played Outside hitter and Defensive Specialist.
While she studied and played in West Palm, she also began her club coaching career at Palm Beach Juniors. When she began coaching, she learned how much passion she had for the game and truly enjoyed developing athletes into better players and helping them understand the game. Olivia moved to Orlando and began working for Orlando Volleyball Academy (now OTVA) in 2012. Olivia was the Assistant Facility Manager, Office Manager, and coach for the North Facility in Oviedo. She was also the Billing Manager for all 8 locations of OTVA at the time. She also was an assitant coach at the South (main) facility. She was with the North location from the start and has contributed to the growth and development of the location. Her customer service and marketing skills have helped create a strong volleyball culture in the Oviedo area.
In 2019 Coach Olivia and her husband moved to Vero Beach and helped establish Vero Elite Volleyball Academy as Co- Club Directors. At Vero Elite the program started with 3 teams and she helped it to grow to 15 teams. For the past 7 years Olivia's excellent organization, customer service and true passion for her athletes/families created a family environment and exceptional program to be remembered.
Throughout her club career she has qualified numerous teams throughout her coaching career at OTVA and won 1 National Championship title.
