Andrew Fuller

Director, Boys Program

Andrew Fuller has been at The Academy since it opened in 2014, and he is in his seventh season as club head coach. In 2019, he was named the Director of The Academy Boys Program.

Andrew is the Boys Varsity Head Coach at Guerin Catholic (Noblesville, Ind.) High School, having founded their boys program in Winter 2016. With Guerin Catholic, Andrew has brought three winning seasons and four sweet sixteen finishes,  as well as a regional championship in 2021 in just four seasons.

In 2021 Andrew was the Head Coach for the 16 Adidas program where he led them to a top ten national ranking throughout the entirety of the season (per Advanced Event Systems or AES) as well as leading them to six championship matches,  eight gold bracket appearances/top five finishes, and three tournament championships as well as a 2021 Open Bid to the USAV Boys Junior National Championships in Kansas City, MO. 

Andrew was named the Girls Varsity Head Coach for Shelbyville (Ind.) High School in 2018 where he led the Golden Bears to their first .500 season in five seasons in his inaugural year. The Golden Bears were 6-17 in 2017. He concluded four seasons with Shelbyville exceeding 60 wins. 

Andrew was the online broadcast voice of Purdue Volleyball for the Fall 2017 season, traveling with the Boilermakers during regular season and postseason play. He spent previous falls coaching girls high school teams: Varsity Assistant at Center Grove (Greenwood, Ind.) High School in 2016, and Freshmen Head Coach at Zionsville (Ind.) Community High School in 2014-15. Andrew has contributed two sectional championships at both Zionsville and Center Grove.

Andrew began playing volleyball at age 11, eventually becoming a standout libero at Carmel (Ind.) High School, where he played on teams that won back-to-back state titles and were ranked in the top 25 nationally (2011, 2012). He was also a member of club teams that finished third at Asics Junior Nationals and fourth at USAV Junior Nationals.

Andrew was most recently named to the 2021 AVCA 30 Under 30 High School Coaches awards which ranks him amongst some of the best and prestigious high school coaches in the country under the age of 30. 

Andrew’s brother, Travis, is The Academy’s Director of Coach & Player Development.

Austin Hillman

Assistant Director, Boys Program

Austin Hillman enters his third season The Academy after directing Indy Elite Boys VBC for four years. He has many years of experience coaching nationally and locally and youth and high school ages. Austin also serves as the Assistant Boys Director, Master Youth Coach and Youth Director for the Academy boys program.

Austin, alongside his assistant Andrea Pawlik, have led five USAV qualified teams in the U14 division: three different Indy Elite 14U boys teams to Open bids at USAV Nationals (2016, 2018, 2019), an Academy U14 team to a USA bid (2020) and most recently an Academy U14 teams to an Open Bid and a 10th place finish at USAV Nationals. Prior to starting Indy Elite, he coached two seasons at South Indy VBC.

Austin is currently the Boys Coordinator at Saints Francis and Clare, where he has captured five City Championships and five Runner-Up finishes in the Catholic Youth Organization. He has also served on the girls and boys staffs at his alma mater, Center Grove High School in Greenwood, Ind. He previously assisted Roncalli High School’s boys program, helping them to State Runner-Up finishes in 2015 and 2016.

Austin is a graduate of the Indiana University Kelly School of Business, with a concentration in marketing and supply chain management. He is the Vice President of Commercial Solutions for Offprem Technology, a Salesforce Implementation Firm. He live with his Fiancé, Mackenzie, daughter Remi, and two dogs, Finnigan and Oakley.

In his free time has enjoys skydiving, being a Scuba Diving Instructor, and rock climbing.

Carlos Capo

Boys Program Advisor

For years, Carlos Capo has been a driving force behind the development of boys volleyball in the Indianapolis area, and he will be back for his sixth season at The Academy.

Carlos is currently the Varsity Head Coach at Fishers (Ind.) High School. In 2014, he restarted the boys program at the school, and just five seasons later, the team captured the 2019 State Championship with an in-state record of 36-0. Carlos was named Indiana Coach of the Year in 2019, and Conference Coach of the Year in 2017 and 2019. Other team achievements include three consecutive Regional Championships (2017-19), a conference championship (2019), and Indy Metro Tournament Champions (2019).

In 2021, the Tigers of Fishers repeated as State Champions only dropping one match the entire year. They also kept their active regional, metro, and conference championship streak alive.

In 2010 and 2011, Carlos ran a boys league, and that league has grown into an official CYO program since the 2012 season. He was the original Boys Volleyball Coordinator and a coach at St. Pius Catholic School in Indianapolis and served in those capacities for six years. In 2015, Carlos received the CYO Monsignor Albert Busald Service Award in recognition to his volunteer contributions to CYO Boys Volleyball. In 2013, he led the 5th/6th A Team to an undefeated season and the school’s first City Championship. He also captured another City Championship in 2015 with St. Pius’ Cadet A team. Prior to developing boys volleyball in the area, he coached a St. Pius 7th/8th grade girls team for three years.

Additionally, Carlos helped with Irish Juniors during the 2011 and 2012 seasons.

Carlos was born and raised in Puerto Rico, where volleyball is a very popular sport. He started playing the sport in seventh grade and eventually played for the Purdue Men’s Club Volleyball Team, for which he was a two-year captain. He continues to play in indoor and outdoor competitive leagues and tournaments.

Carlos earned his bachelor’s from Purdue University in hospitality management before obtaining his MBA from The University of South Florida. When not involved with volleyball, he enjoys spending time with his wife and two sons, golfing and playing basketball.