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Assistant Coach
keydrick.hunter@gmail.com
Rider
Division 1
Segur joined the Broncs as an assistant coach in the summer of 2021.
Segur is currently involved with USA Volleyball High Performance as an assistant coach for the
youth team that competed in the 2022 USA All-Star Championship. He also serves as a camp
coach, tryout evaluator, and court coach.
While at Rider, Segur was a recipient of the 2022 American Volleyball Coaches Association
(AVCA) Diversity Award. Within this award, he participated in a sequence of educational
seminars that focused on professional and personal development for coaches. He was the only
recipient of the award in the MAAC and one of 18 sponsored award recipients
nationally.
Prior to Rider, Segur served as the Head Coach for the International Volleyball Club 15-1s team
from 2018-2020. He also served as the Head Coach for the Princeton Volleyball Club 18-1 and 12-1 from 2021-
2022.
femily8@gmail.com
Occidental
Division 3
rtaylor-toomay@laverne.edu
La Verne
Division 3
sflowers1@csustan.edu
Cal State - Stanislaus
Division 2
Head Coach
dansess@ecok.edu
East Central (OK)
Division 2
Danielle Essix completed her first season at East Central University as the Head Coach. In her first season, the Tigers clinched a spot in the 2023 GAC Championship Tournament. Essix spent the last five seasons as the head coach at Lee College, an NJCAA team in the Region XIV Athletic Conference in Baytown, Texas. During her time with the Navigators, she guided the program to more than 70 wins and helped produce one Libero of the Year, three First Team All-Conference selections, four Second Team All-Conference selections, seven Honorable Mention All-Conference selections, and four Academic All-Americans.
Prior to her tenure at Lee College, Essix was the assistant coach at Blinn College in Brenham, Texas, for the 2016 and 2017 seasons before serving as interim head coach for five months. There, she assisted the team to a first-place finish during the 2017 conference season and a second-place finish in the Region XIV Conference Championships.
Essix's first coaching position began at ECU, where she was a graduate assistant from 2014-15 under longtime head coach Dave Thorn, who started coaching the program in 2008.
Before entering her coaching career, Essix was a stand-out on the court from 2010 to 2013, where she left her name on several ECU Career Top-10 lists, including No. 2 in kills and attacks, No. 3 in service aces, points, and double-doubles, No. 4 in matches played, and No. 6 in sets played. In Essix's senior season in 2013, she earned Second Team All-GAC and landed a spot on the All-Tournament team at the GAC Championships.
A native of Commerce, Texas, Essix received her degree in athletic training in 2014 and completed her master's degree in sports administration in 2015 from ECU.
Head Coach
laura.ratto@gcccd.edu
Cuyamaca
Junior College
Professional Experience
Since its inception in 2005, [Ratto Consulting](https://rattoconsulting.com/) has focused on business development and consulting to sports entities both domestic and international with a specialization in sports psychology and program development. Her podcast, [The Sports Mastermind](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sports-mastermind/id1572550528) explains how to implement the fundamentals of mental training in segments that are 10 minutes or less. Ratto continues to consult athletes and teach courses at the Junior College and College level and is currently creating curriculum for an emphasis in Sport Psychology for Kinesiology majors at a local University.
Laura Ratto earned her Masters in Kinesiology with a specialization in Exercise and Applied Sports Psychology from San Diego State University (December 2005). She earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology from University of California Riverside (December 2000). Ratto also received her NSCA-CSCS, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist from the National Strength and Conditioning Association in 2006. Ratto is constantly interested in learning and is also SAFESPORT and IMPACT certified and has completed both the BCAP I and II certifications for USA Beach Volleyball Coaching Accreditation program.
Coaching Experience
Ratto has been coaching since 1996 and has coached at every level. Internationally, she has coached Olympic beach volleyball athletes in the pipeline in both skill and mental drills. She developed and implemented an Olympic Sports Psychology Program for the Olympic Training Center in Poland. In Italy, she was the head international coach and was responsible for all coaches for Randuni Sportivi (2013-2017). Ratto was a Professional Athlete and Coach for Volleyball Vacations in Turks and Caicos, a play and party with the pros adult experience. She coached the Mauritius National Team at the Swatch FIVB World Championships (2011). She has taken professional hopefuls to Puerto Rico (2005) and recreational adults to Italy (2017) and coached in Turkey and Australia.
Domestically, she is currently the head indoor coach at Cuyamaca, has been an assistant beach volleyball coach at University of Saint Katherine (2021-2022), evaluator for USA Volleyball Elite Development Program (2015), Assistant Director and coach of Beach and Bay Volleyball Club (2006-2011), Assistant Volleyball Coach at Southwestern (2008-2010), Assistant Soccer Coach at Southwestern (2010), Head Intercollegiate Club Coach at San Diego State University (2004) and has been a head varsity and assistant varsity coach for multiple schools and sports (2001-2010).
Athletic Experience
Ratto played D1 indoor volleyball at University of California, Riverside. While there, she was a 2-year captain, Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2000), All CCAA Academic Award, Rhodes Scholar Nominee, and still holds 2 records: 3rd in career assists and first in single season career attack percentage. Following a brief time playing indoor overseas, Ratto returned to start playing beach volleyball professionally on the AVP tour (2003-2010, 2015-2016). She also represented the United States twice internationally; once at a NORCECA event in Mexico (2009) and again at an event in Orleans, France (2009). She has also competed and won the Beach Volleyball Marathon in Bibioni, Italy; the largest beach volleyball tournament in the world (2015).
Education
Laura Ratto earned her Masters in Kinesiology with a specialization in Exercise and Applied Sports Psychology from San Diego State University (December 2005). She earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology from University of California Riverside (December 2000). Ratto also received her NSCA-CSCS, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist from the National Strength and Conditioning Association in 2006. Ratto is constantly interested in learning and is also SAFESPORT and IMPACT certified and has completed both the BCAP I and II certifications for USA Beach Volleyball Coaching Accreditation program.
Ratto was the VP of Operations for the NVL, a professional domestic beach tour, launched the Volleyball Network (which provided online live broadcasting of professional and junior beach volleyball and indoor events worldwide) and Ratto Consulting.
As part of our COVID-19 safety plan, the indoor sessions traditionally held on the first day of camp will be shared online.
Sessions will be accessible for the week prior to camp. They are available on-demand and can be completed at the athlete's
convenience.
This approach allows us to continue offering these valuable sessions so athletes arrive to camp ready to maximize the experience,
while still maintaining a safe experience.
Your camp footage will be accessible to the below colleges, who have participated in EXACT's events. Instructing coaches at camp are listed under Confirmed Coaches.
Director of Operations
andrewfischer@berkeley.edu
Cal-Berkeley
Division 1
Andrew Fischer just completed his second season as director of volleyball operations with the Cal Golden Bears in 2022.
Fischer spent the previous two years as a graduate assistant coach at Springfield College where he worked closely with the setters and offensive system. Working under head coach, Charlie Sullivan, the winningest coach in Division III men's volleyball history, the Pride led the country in hitting percentage in 2020 and finished third in hitting percentage in 2021.
During his time at Springfield, Fischer coached five All-Americans, including Brennen Brandow and Jarrett Anderson, the 2020 AVCA Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year, respectively. Brandow and Anderson both received First team All-American honors in 2021, while the team compiled a 24-3 overall record in his time on staff due to COVID-19 shortened seasons.
Prior to Springfield, Fischer spent four seasons with the Ohio State volleyball program as a manager and technical coordinator. He helped the Buckeyes to Sweet Sixteen appearances in 2015 and 2016.
Fischer graduated from Springfield in 2021 with a Master of Education in Advanced-Level Coaching after earning his Bachelor of Science in education at OSU.
Assistant Coach
ja3445@columbia.edu
Columbia (NY)
Division 1
Entering her third season at Columbia, Julia Anderson was announced as Assistant Volleyball Coach by head coach Allison Keeley prior to the 2019 season.
Her role at the helm of the setters, duing the 2019 season, saw junior setter Audrey Cheng pass 2,000 assists in her career. And under Anderson's tutelage, Cheng positioned herself as third on the all-time career assists list for Columbia.
Anderson came to Columbia after spending two seasons as the First Assistant Coach at Fairfield from 2017-19.
Anderson focused primarily on the setters, during her time at Fairfield she coached First-Year setter Alexis Rich, who was an unanimous pick for the 2018 MAAC Rookie Team. Along with Rich's success, Anderson was key to Manuela Nicolini earning MAAC Setter of the Year and First Team All-MAAC honors following the 2017 season. Fairfield also won itself a 2017 MAAC Championship with Anderson as a key part of the staff.
Anderson has also spent time with the USA NY club, coaching there from 2014-15 and from 2017-present. During her time there she has had experience coaching on an international stage and in 2018 and 2019 she was the head coach as the club took part in the Global Challenge in Pula, Croatia. For 2021 Julia assisted coaching a U23 team at the Global Challenge.
Before beginning her time as a coach, Anderson was a three-year letterwinner at Delaware, where she graduated from in 2017, and during her freshman season she earned a letter at Maryland before transferring to Delaware. During her time at Delaware Anderson totaled 495 digs, 74 kills, 71 blocks and 46 aces, finishing her career ranked seventh in school history with 2,406 career assists and eighth with 8.07 assists per set. Anderson is originally from Cornwall, N.Y.
Assistant Coach
kremerc@upenn.edu
Pennsylvania
Division 1
The University of Pennsylvania's head volleyball coach, Iain Braddak, has announced Christina (Ludwick) Kremer as his new assistant coach. Kremer joins Penn after two years as the head coach at MidAmerica Nazarene University, an NAIA school located in Olathe, Kan.
"I am thrilled to welcome Christina to the staff and to our program," said Braddak, who completed his first season at the Quakers' helm in 2018. "She is driven and enthusiastic, and has an unmatched work ethic that will help Penn Volleyball succeed. I am confident Christina will connect with our current players, alumni, and recruits, as well as the rest of the University of Pennsylvania community."
Under Kremer, MNU finished the 2017 season ranked No. 25 in the nation in the NAIA. Kremer coached five Pioneers student-athletes to all-conference honors and two more to AVCA All-American honors. At MidAmerica Nazarene, she implemented the first junior varsity program in addition to the current varsity program. The Pioneers were named a NAIA scholar team in 2017.
Prior to her tenure at MidAmerica Nazarene, Kremer was the head coach at St. Thomas University, an NAIA school in Miami Gardens, Fla. for the 2016 season. The Bobcats went 25-7 that season, the program's most wins in more than ten years. She also took the program to its highest national ranking in the NAIA since 2002 (No. 21), second place in the Sun Conference regular-season standings, and a runner-up finish at the 2016 Sun Conference Tournament.
Kremer began her college head coaching at Central Christian College in 2013, inheriting an NAIA program that finished 1-26 in 2012. She turned the program around, taking the 2014 team to its first appearance in the MCAC Conference Playoffs. She then set a school record for wins and took the program to its first appearance in the NCCAA Division I Regional Tournament in 2015.
Since 2017 Kremer has been a member of the National Tournament Committee with NAIA volleyball, where she has helped direct the NAIA National Volleyball tournament in Sioux City, Iowa. She has also been a member of the NAIA Head Coach Committee.
As a player, Kremer was a four-year starter and a three-year captain for Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Mass., where she earned multiple NCAA All-Academic and All-Conference Academic honors, while also serving as the President of the Student Athletic Advisory Committee.
A New Hampshire native, Kremer graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Sports Management from Eastern Nazarene. She also holds a Master's degree in Sport Administration from Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn.
dmerriman@fsu.edu
Florida State
Division 1
Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
ben.lee@lmu.edu
Loyola Marymount (CA)
Division 1
Graduate Assistant
nzclark@siue.edu
Southern Illinois-Edwardsville
Division 1
My name is Nzingha Clarke I will be representing Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. I have been experience coaching age groups from 13-18s in both high school and club.
SIUE is a division 1 volleyball program located in Edwardsville, IL. We are a part of the Ohio Valley Conference and ended this past season placing 4th overall as a team.
Head Coach
rcefra@niagara.edu
Niagara
Division 1
Cefra was named the head coach of the Niagara women's volleyball program in March of 2022.
Cefra most recently served as an assistant coach at Temple University from 2015-22. In his position, he assisted with recruiting, planning and organizing team and individual training sessions, budgeting, scheduling, academic monitoring and alumni relations. He also was responsible for gathering team statistical information and live game statistics and coordinated travel, organized practice schedules and team equipment ordering.
While at Temple, the Owls were 2020 AAC Tournament runners-up and made it to the second round of the 2017 National Invitational Volleyball Championships. He coached eight All-AAC First Team honorees, seven All-AAC Second Team selections and the 2020 AAC Libero of the Year.
From March to July of 2015, Cefra served as the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Minot State University. Prior to Minot State, Cefra was the Director of Volleyball Operations at the University of Nevada Reno from July 2014-February 2015. Cefra was a volunteer assistant coach at St. John's from 2012-14.
Cefra began his collegiate coaching career at Division II Chaminade University as an assistant coach from 2008-10. He also has almost 10 years of experience coaching at the club level and has five years of experience coaching high school volleyball.
Cefra was the recipient of the 2016 AVCA Diversity Award. Cefra has an associate's degree in liberal arts from Leeward Community College and earned a bachelor's degree in public administration from the University of Hawaii West Oahu. He played two years of collegiate volleyball at Santa Barbara City College from 2000-02, where he was a libero.
Assistant Coach
keydrick.hunter@gmail.com
Rider
Division 1
Segur joined the Broncs as an assistant coach in the summer of 2021.
Segur is currently involved with USA Volleyball High Performance as an assistant coach for the
youth team that competed in the 2022 USA All-Star Championship. He also serves as a camp
coach, tryout evaluator, and court coach.
While at Rider, Segur was a recipient of the 2022 American Volleyball Coaches Association
(AVCA) Diversity Award. Within this award, he participated in a sequence of educational
seminars that focused on professional and personal development for coaches. He was the only
recipient of the award in the MAAC and one of 18 sponsored award recipients
nationally.
Prior to Rider, Segur served as the Head Coach for the International Volleyball Club 15-1s team
from 2018-2020. He also served as the Head Coach for the Princeton Volleyball Club 18-1 and 12-1 from 2021-
2022.
Assistant Coach
b.oswald.vball@gmail.com
Air Force
Division 1
Current Assistant Coach at Air Force Academy
Graduate Assistant Coach at Northwestern Missouri State University (2021-22)
Assistant coach at Briar Cliff University (IA) in 2019
Coached club in California (Synergy Force VBC), Colorado (Rocky Select VBC), and South Dakota (MVP United) for 9 years
Assistant Coach
paul.vink-lainas@marist.edu
Marist
Division 1
ncollins@wcu.edu
Western Carolina
Division 1
Collins arrives in Cullowhee after working with the MidAmerica Volleyball Association (MAVA) in Louisville, Ky. as the head coach of 17 Elite, 18 Elite, and 12 Great White since the summer of 2020 in his second stint with the organization. He spent the spring of 2020 as a volunteer assistant coach at Bowling Green State University.
He worked at MAVA for just over two years in his first stint from January 2018-February 2020 primarily working as an assistant coach of 17 Elite and 18 Select. Collins spent the 2018-19 collegiate season as a volunteer assistant coach at Eastern Illinois where he oversaw recruiting efforts, positional training, and daily operations for the Panthers.
Assistant Coach
hdrock@wm.edu
William and Mary
Division 1
Rock spent the Fall as the head of scouting and video analysis for the Tribe's 2022 campaign. The program had their most successful season as the squad had their season end in the conference tournament semi-finals. Rock spent the year specializing with the outsides/right side units and helped with Eleanor Stothoff to all-conference recognition.
Hunter Rock joins the William & Mary volleyball staff prior to the 2022 season. The assistant coach played collegiate volleyball and has experience coaching at a variety of levels.
A fiveyear player at Hiram College, Rock helped build a proud program as a part of the Terriers inaugural season in 2017. Rock was a captain of the 2021 Hiram team that captured the AMCC title and earned a trip to the NCAA Tournament.
Rock began his coaching career in 2020 when he was an assistant with Everest Volleyball Club in Twinsburg, Ohio. Rock was a practice coach, traveling with the 16s national team. In 2021, Rock worked as an assistant coach with the Stow-Monroe high school boys program and helped the team to a regional final appearance.
Most recently, Rock was a Graduate Assistant at Augustana College working with both the mens and womens programs. In this role, Rock was responsible for scouting all opponents and creating detailed scouting reports. In addition, Rock helped with recruiting and was active in practice drills.
Rock received a Bachelors Degree from Hiram College in 2021, majoring in Education. He is currently finishing his Masters Degree from Western Illinois University in Higher Education Leadership.
Assistant Coach
vazquez5@canisius.edu
Canisius
Division 1
Lenika Vazquez just completed her third season at the helm of the Canisius volleyball program after she was named the 11th head coach in school history. In her short tenure with the Golden Griffins, Vazquez has led the program to new highs, producing 10 All-MAAC selections. She was also instrumental in Sofia Lopez Acostasdevelopment into the 2018 MAAC Libero of the Year.
Vazquezs team had a historic season in 2018, ending with its first-ever appearance in the MAAC Championship match and first winning season since 2012. The squad started the 2018 campaign by going on a program-record home winning streak, putting together 10 consecutive wins at the Koessler Athletic Center that began with wins in the last two home matches of 2017. The Griffs also matched a program-best with 14 conference wins in 2018 and posted 17-or-more total wins for just the third time in Canisius history. These wins included a sweep of rival Niagara and ending Fairfields NCAA-best 58-match winning streak in conference play.
Individually, Vazquez had six players earn postseason MAAC honors in 2018. Sara Wesley and Leah Simmons were selected to the All-MAAC First Team, Lopez Acosta and Cassidy Ceriani earned All-MAAC Second Team honors, while Camila Vazquez and Melina Woods made the MAAC All-Rookie Team.
In her first two seasons with the Golden Griffins, Vazquez helped Katlyn Tyler (2016 Second Team), Ceriani (2016 All-Rookie), Wesley (2017 Second Team) and Claire Leonard (2017 All-Rookie) earn All-MAAC selections. The 2017 team also beat rival Niagara in the regular season for the first time since 2013.
Vazquez came to Canisius after serving four seasons as an assistant coach at Butler. As a member of the Bulldogs staff, Vazquez helped her squad to 73 wins, highlighted by back-to-back 20-win campaigns in 2013 and 2014.
Butler also earned a berth into the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament in 2013, followed by a trip to the Big East semifinal round in 2014 after the team went 20-10 overall and 12-6 in league play. In her time on the staff, two Bulldogs were named to the AVCA All-America Team, with Erica Stahl being a 2013 Honorable Mention and Belle Obert earning a Honorable Mention in 2014. Additionally, six players were selected for all-league honors and setter Makayla Ferguson was named the Big East Freshman of the Year in 2014.
Before taking over as an assistant at Butler in the winter of 2012, Vazquez coached at South Suburban College in Illinois.
Vazquez was named head coach at SSC in South Holland, Ill., in the fall of 2010. At South Suburban, Vazquez was charged with recruiting and developing players. Vazquez also co-founded Illiana Explosive Volleyball Club in Crete, Ill., a south suburb of Chicago. In addition to coaching in the Chicago area, Vazquez worked as a Personal Training Director at an LA Fitness in Oak Brook, Ill.
Prior to her time at South Suburban, Vazquez was the head coach at Chicago State University for three seasons. While at CSU, Vazquez proved to be a talented and relentless recruiter and coach. She had three players break school records for kills, blocks, assists and digs, and had several players earn various academic honors.
After coaching two seasons as a head coach at the high school level in Illinois, Vazquez began her collegiate coaching career in 2002 as an assistant coach at her alma mater, Southern Illinois. While at SIU, Vazquez was involved with recruiting, travel, training, game management and community service projects. In her first season at SIU, she helped the Salukis to a 23-10 season and a first-ever appearance in the Missouri Valley Conference final.
As a player, Vazquez was a defensive specialist at SIU from 1996-99. She was an integral part of Southern Illinois' 1998 squad that went 19-12 and 12-6 in the MVC. She played in college for Sonya (Locke) Hopkins, who is now a coordinator of academic support for Butler.
A native of Buffalo, N.Y., Vazquez earned a degree in business management from Southern Illinois in 2001.
Assistant Coach
rhuynh@oxy.edu
Occidental
Division 3
Most recently, I just finished my 5th season as the assistant women's volleyball coach at Occidental College. When I was first brought on, my primary responsibilities were to train the setters and change the offensive strategy to include a faster offense. Since then, I have taken a bigger role in the program and now have implemented strategies on both sides: offensively and defensively. In addition, I also help with recruiting as I attend primarily the local tournaments held in Southern California as well as a couple of tournaments held in Las Vegas. My primary role as a recruiter is player evaluation.
Before Occidental College, I have been a head coach at the high school and club level. I have also been an assistant coach at the junior college level. In addition, I was a volunteer coach at a Division II college.
I am finishing my Master's degree in Coaching and Exercise Science at Concordia University, Irvine.
gmcampbell@smith.edu
Smith
Division 3
Head Coach
olson1@kenyon.edu
Kenyon
Division 3
Emma Olson was hired as head coach of the Owls volleyball program in the summer of 2022.
Previously, Olson served for three seasons as an assistant coach at Washington and Lee University, an NCAA Division III institution in Lexington, Virginia. In that time, the Generals put together a combined 66-18 record, including a 31-3 performance within Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) competition. She helped direct teams to a pair of conference championships while coaching two players who collected American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-America honors, four who earned all-region accolades and seven who were named to all-conference teams.
Her duties and responsibilities at Washington and Lee included, but were not limited to, creating and implementing practice plans, scouting and film analysis of opponents, recruiting, specialization in setter training, as well as providing assistance in installing offensive systems for each Generals' match.
During the 2021 campaign, the Generals registered a 26-8 overall record, won the ODAC and made an appearance in the NCAA Division III Tournament. Earlier in the calendar year, the Generals, playing in the spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic, rang up a 16-0 record to go along with a No. 22 national rank.
Prior to her time at Washington and Lee, Olson, a 2017 graduate of the University of Mary Washington, returned to her alma mater in 2018 and served as the Eagles assistant coach. That season, the team went 21-12 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Following the season, Olson served as interim head coach for a few months. In her time at Mary Washington, she coached one All-American, two all-region and three all-conference student-athletes.
In her own playing days at Mary Washington, Olson was a setter who piled up 3,461 career assists, a total that still ranks third best in the teams record book. She was the first All-America honoree in program history, and, in her senior season of 2016, led the Eagles to 31-4 record and a run all the way to the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals.
In 2021, Olson earned a master of science in sports management from Southern New Hampshire University.
Head Coach
cstraubel@wpi.edu
Worcester Poly
Division 3
Head Coach
sadavis@wooster.edu
Wooster
Division 3
Davis, Woosters career wins leader enters her 14th season at the helm of the Fights Scots program. In 2019 she earned her 200th Wooster victory and mentored 1st year Hayley Nash to 1st team All-Conference honors. Davis has five top-three finishes in the NCAC to her credit, highlighted by vaulting into second-place in the conference standings in 2008, which marked the Fighting Scots highest finish since 1985 and resulted in NCAC Coach-of-the-Year honors. Additionally, Wooster has three 20-win seasons during her tenure, with a high mark of 22-10 coming in 2011. Davis has coached an AVCA third-team All-American (Ali Drushal in 2008), a first-team Academic All-American® (Kelley Johnson in 2012), an NCAA Div. III statistical champion (Zoe Zwegat in blocks in 2013), and 16 other different all-conference players. Off the court, Davis fosters an atmosphere focused on academics and service. The Scots have earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award 11 of her 13 years, the most of any NCAC school during that stretch, and the team annually participates together in a significant service project.
Davis came to the area following a three-year stint as the assistant at the University of Wis.-La Crosse. There, she helped guide the Eagles to a 75-24 mark (.758), highlighted by advancing to the quarterfinals of the 2004 NCAA Div. III Championships and a final ranking of No. 9 in the AVCA poll that year. Prior to that, Davis spent two seasons in the NCAC as a member of the staff at Earlham College, first as an assistant coach during 2002 and then as interim head coach of the Quakers for the 2003 campaign. Additionally, Davis was the head coach of an Athletes in Action volleyball team that toured Latin America in June 2003. A native of Gilbert, Iowa, the former Sarah Edwards was a multi-sport athlete at Luther College, earning eight varsity letters in volleyball, softball, and indoor track & field. She was a right-side hitter and defensive specialist on the volleyball team. Academically, she holds a bachelors degree in communications from Luther (2000) and a masters degree in exercise sports science from Wis.-LaCrosse (2006). She resides in Wooster with her husband, three daughters and one son.
Assistant Coach
aregan17@gmail.com
Bard
Division 3
Head Coach
pdill@mit.edu
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
Division 3
Dills involvement in volleyball has spanned both sexes, nearly all age groups, and two continents. With the women's team at MIT, he has built what has become one of the premier Division III volleyball programs in New England.
Dill has worked with the MIT volleyball program since 1992. He served as an assistant coach for three years for both the MIT mens and women's varsity programs. Named head women's coach in 1996, Dill has guided the Engineers to 12 NCAA post-season bids, two ECAC Championships, four NEWMAC titles, and the NCAA Elite 8.
Entering his 26th season, Dill is currently ranked top 15 out of over 400 active Division III coaches in the nation in overall winning percentage (.760), averaging 27 wins and single-digit losses per season during his career. He has never collected fewer than 20 wins in a season and has five 30-win seasons under his belt, lifting his combined men's and women's career record to over 1000 wins. A four-time AVCA Division III New England Region Coach of the Year, Dill has also been named the NEWVA Coach of the Year three times. He also collected NEWMAC Coach of the Year honors in 2002, 2016 and 2017.
Dill began duplicating this success with the MIT mens team which he coached from 2004-2017. He led the mens program to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2014 and an overall record of 328-132. Before coaching the MIT mens squad, Dill directed the Emmanuel College mens squad to a 12-8 record in its first season of varsity competition. He also co-coached the England Women's Junior National Team for four years and was an assistant coach for a Division I National League womens club team in the English Volleyball Association. Other experience includes coaching the University of Connecticut mens volleyball club team while earning his MBA, serving as the manager of the Bates College women's team as an undergraduate, and coaching the mens open division of the Bay State Games.
Interim Head Coach
enricoc@augsburg.edu
Augsburg
Division 3
Assistant Coach
dscott@csusb.edu
Cal State - San Bernardino
Division 2
Scott, the AVCA 2009 Assistant Coach of the Year begins his 15th season as an integral member of Kim Cherniss's staff. He was an assistant coach for the 1997 and 1999 seasons before taking time off to secure a post-graduate degree in 2000.
He rejoined the staff in 2001 and has played an instrumental role in building the Coyotes into a national powerhouse. CSUSB has won the last seven straight CCAA titles and won six NCAA West Region titles since Scott's return.
He was a member of the Coyotes mens volleyball team in 1998, the last year the sport was offered, leading CSUSB to its best season ever. Before that, he was an all-conference player at San Diego Mesa College.
Scott is a Cal State San Bernardino graduate with a degree in kinesiology. He is head coach of the Rancho Valley Volleyball Club and in 2006 took his 18s team to the championship of the Reno Volleyball Festival.
Scott is married to former CSUSB volleyball standout Mary Thornton. The couple and their twin children reside in Hesperia.
Head Coach
mgraf@webster.edu
Webster
Division 3
Merry Graf has 22 seasons as the head women's volleyball coach at Webster University. The Gorloks have won the SLIAC Tournament eight times automatically qualifying for the NCAA Championships those eight years. In addition to her coaching role, she is the Assistant Athletic Director and Senior Woman Administrator at Webster.
Webster was awarded the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award 17 times during Graf's tenure.
Coach Graf has been named the SLIAC Coach of the Year four times and has compiling a stellar 280-60 (.828) record in the SLIAC. Graf has over 470 collegiate wins overall and has a record of 415-245 (.628) guiding the Gorloks. She has coached 90 SLIAC All-Conference players, six SLIAC Newcomers of the Year, seven Defensive Players of the Year, five SLIAC Players of the Year, three All Region and an AVCA All-American.
Prior to Webster, Graf spent five seasons as the head volleyball coach at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy. Graf has coached grade school, high school and USA Juniors volleyball teams in the area as well.
She graduated from Millikin University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communications and earned a Masters of Education in Kinesiology from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. She is also a USA Volleyball Coaching Accreditation Program (CAP) Level II Coach. Graf was a standout collegiate athlete in softball and volleyball, earning the Millikin University's Best Blocker Award for volleyball and setting a record for most hits in a game with 5 for softball.
ealeman@dom.edu
Dominican (IL)
Division 3
kfultz@bw.edu
Baldwin Wallace
Division 3
Graduate Assistant
janeese.vervelde21@mckendree.edu
McKendree
Division 2
Janeese VerVelde is currently the Graduate Assistant at McKendree University for both Mens and Womens Volleyball teams. McKendree competes in the MIVA and GLVC. Most recently Janeese coached at the USA All-Star Championships where her team took home the silver medal in the international youth division.
Janeese played at the University of Charleston in West Virginia where she earned multiple All-Tournament and All-Conference honors. At Charleston, Janeese was also the student assistant for the mens volleyball team.
Janeese is originally from Wisconsin where she played club at Milwaukee Sting.
Assistant Coach
dbroekemier@noctrl.edu
North Central (IL)
Division 3
Assistant Coach
balichru@lewisu.edu
Lewis
Division 2
Balich is an assistant coach for the Lewis University womens volleyball program. The Flyers own a 219-60 overall record since she began with the Flyers in 2011. Each of the squads she has assisted with have qualified for the NCAA Tournament. Lewis has gone to the Final Four in 2016 & 2018 during her tenure. Additionally, Lewis has received it's first ever 1st place national ranking in 2017 with a 33-3 record.
Balich was a four-year starter at Division II Winona State. She finished her career second all-time in digs at Winona State with 2,145. She was named a co-captain from 2005-08. She was selected as the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Defensive Player of the Week three times. Academically, she was a member of the Deans List and an All-Academic selection each of her four seasons. Off the court, Balich was the womens volleyball representative on Winona States Student Athlete Advisory Committee.
She owns a masters in Reading Literacy from Lewis.
Rudi Balich
Assistant Coach
Head Coach
jespersen@rowan.edu
Rowan
Division 3
Deana Jespersen is entering in her 9th season as head womens volleyball coach at Rowan University and last year led the team to their most successful season in her tenure winning the NJAC Championship!
Last season in 2021, Coach Jespersen led the Profs to an NJAC Championship and NCAA Tournament berth. The Profs were ranked second in the region. Deana Jespersen was also named NJAC Coach of the Year (3rd time in her career) and Region IV Coach of the Year. Additionally, senior Outside Hitter Natalie Ogden was to the AVCA Division III All America Team, Honorable Mention. She also received All Region Honors. Junior Simone Sparano was named Co-Defensive Player of the year and three Profs were named to First Team All -Conference.
The 2019 Profs went 19-15 for the most wins since 2013 and posted a 7-1 conference record, formerly the best in Jespersens six seasons. Rowan, which enjoyed a six-match winning streak late in the year, earned its first-ever NCAA regional ranking of 10th in the final weeks of the regular season.
A total of 18 Profs have earned All-Conference honors under Jespersens guidance, including four players in 2019 Cassidy Abdalla, Kailey Gallagher, Megan Jacobi and Natalie Ogden. A milestone for the program was also achieved as Gallagher became the first-ever Prof to be named to the AVCA Division III All-America Team, receiving honorable mention. She also earned All-Region honors, becoming just the second player to do so.
In 2018, Jespersen earned the NJAC Joy Solomen Coach of the Year award for the second time in her career as she guided Rowan to a 17-16 mark, and a 6-2 league record to earn the second seed in the conference championship.
The Profs have earned a spot in the NJAC Championship Tournament for all eight years of Jespersens tenure and in 2017, qualified for their 11th consecutive tournament, posting a 4-4 league record and 12-20 overall mark. The 2016 team went 4-4 in the NJAC and 9-23 overall with the Profs going 11-22 and 5-3 in the NJAC in 2015.
Jespersen joined Rowan in 2014 and led the Profs to a 6-2 NJAC record to clinch the second seed in the conference tournament. She was named the leagues Coach of the Year for her efforts, which included a 16-16 overall mark.
Jespersens coaching career spans 16 seasons as she came to Rowan after 10 years as the head coach at Neumann UniversityHer teams at Neumann won three Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) championships, in 2007, 2008 and 2012, while the Knights advanced to the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament each of those years. She earned the CSAC Coach of the Year award five times, including in 2012 when she led the team to a perfect 11-0 conference mark. Neumann was the CSAC runner-up three times and made three appearances in the ECAC Tournament (2013, 2011, 2006).
Jespersen coached the 2012 CSAC Player of the Year at Neumann and saw three of her players earn the conferences Rookie of the Year award. One of her student-athletes also received the NCAA Ethnic Minority and Womens Enhancement Postgraduate Scholarship for Careers in Athletics.
Jespersen has served as the head coach of the Mystique Volleyball Club since 2004. Prior to beginning her stint at Neumann, she was the head coach at Swarthmore College in 1999 and was an assistant coach at Eastern University from 1996 to 1997.
A 1996 graduate of Elizabethtown College, she served as team co-captain and received the teams Most Valuable Player award three times while earning All-Middle Athletic Conference honors as a senior.
Head Coach
bear.grassl@sonoma.edu
Sonoma State
Division 2
Bear Grassl heads into his 22nd year at Sonoma State University and will coach his 21st season during the 2023 fall season for the Seawolves women's volleyball program. The Seawolves return to competition this fall after going 21-9 overall and 12-6 during their 2022 CCAA campaign. During the 2022 season the Seawolves advanced to the NCAA Division II West Regional tournament making the NCAA tournament for the 10th time in 17 years.
The four-time CCAA Coach of the Year has registered an overall record of 356-214 in 20 seasons at the helm of the SSU program, including a 245-151 record in conference play.
During the 2017 season the Seawolves advanced to the NCAA Division II West Regional tournament where they drew No. 1 California Baptist in the first round. Sonoma led the match 2-1, the top ranked seed rallied back to force a fifth set and knock the Seawolves out of the regional running.
In 2016, Sonoma State went 15-12 and finished second in the CCAA North Division standings with a 12-6 mark, but the Seawolves missed the NCAA tournament, ending an eight-year streak of appearing in the national postseason event.
In 2015, the CCAA Coach of the Year guided the Seawolves to their second straight CCAA title, their first CCAA Tournament championship in the conference's inaugural postseason event, and an appearance in the NCAA Division II Volleyball Championship Tournament for the eighth straight season, compiling a program-best 26-4 record.
In 2014, Grassl took the program to new heights, capturing the CCAA title for the first time in Sonoma State history and becoming the first team other than Cal State San Bernardino in nine seasons to win the CCAA banner. The Seawolves continued on to the NCAA West Regional in Nampa, Idaho as the No. 7 seed, and after upsetting No. 2 Alaska Anchorage and No. 6 Cal State San Bernardino in the first two rounds, they captured the regional championship after a 3-1 win over No. 8 seed Dixie State to advance to the NCAA Division II Championships in Louisville, Ky. Despite taking a 2-0 lead over Southwest Minnesota State in the national quarterfinal, Grassl and company saw their magical season come to an end after losing the next three sets in heartbreaking fashion.
The Seawolves, however, placed two of their players on the All-America Team, including the 2014 CCAA Most Valuable Player, senior Kelsey Hull, and the 2013 CCAA Most Valuable Player, junior Caylie Seitz. Hull was also later named the 2014-15 CCAA Female Athlete of the Year despite missing the first six games of the 2014 season due to injury. She finished the year with the fourth-most kills per set (3.67) and points per set (4.38) in the conference while leading the CCAA in service aces with 40 (an average of 0.46 per set). Defensively, she recorded the third-most digs on the team with 289 (an average of 3.32 per set), to go along with 37 total blocks (0.43 blocks/set) and a .943 serve reception percentage.
In 2013, Grassl led the Seawolves to their most-ever wins in a season, sporting a 26-6 record, including an 18-4 mark in CCAA matches. Sharing CCAA Co-Coach of the Year honors with longtime Cal State San Bernardino coach Kim Cherniss, Grassl guided Sonoma State to just its third NCAA postseason victory in the team's history with a 3-0 triumph over Western Washington in the first round of the 2013 NCAA tournament, but the Seawolves would see their record-breaking year come to an end with a 3-0 loss to Cherniss' Coyotes in the regional semifinal.
Also in 2013, Grassl coached the program's first CCAA Most Valuable Player in sophomore outside hitter Caylie Seitz, who led all outside hitters in the west region with a .330 hitting percentage and ranked among the top five in the CCAA in kills (443) and points per set (4.3). She also ranked eighth among outside hitters in the nation in hitting percentage and 16th in the nation in kills per set. Her 443 kills also broke the SSU sophomore kills record of 401 that was set in 2009. Seitz, along with three of her teammates -- Kelsey Hull, Madelyn Densberger and Hayley Ross -- earned AVCA All-American recognition in 2013, the most in program history.
The 2009 Seawolves got out to the best start in program history, winning their first 11 matches on their way to a 23-8 overall record and their highest national ranking ever. Led by a core group of local players and a roster that featured a pair of All-Americans, the Seawolves advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year, where they were upset by Cal State L.A..
The Seawolves then burst on to the scene in 2008 when they won 14 of their first 15 matches. As the season went on, Sonoma State stayed close in the CCAA title race but went 9-5 the rest of the season and finished tied for second in the conference (15-5). However, the Seawolves had a stellar home record, going 14-1 on the hardwood of the Seawolf Gym. Sonoma State also appeared in the NCAA Division II West Regional Tournament for the first time since 1993 but a first-round loss to conference-foe Chico State knocked the Seawolves out of national title contention.
Grassl took the reigns in 2002 and led the Seawolves to a 15-14 record. He repeated the feat in 2003 (15-14) and then went 14-12 in 04. In 2005 and 2006, the Seawolves struggled in the win column playing in the tough California Collegiate Athletic Association with a young squad.
In 20 seasons at Sonoma State, Grassl has coached 19 All-Americans and countless All-Conference and All-Region performers.
In addition to his success on the court, Grassl's teams have also displayed exceptional effort in the classroom in recent years, earning numerous Academic All-District honors, among other prestigious scholastic awards. In 2011, one of his players (Keala Peterson) earned the nation's top scholastic honor -- the Capital One Academic All-America of the Year Award -- as well as the CCAA's Female Scholar Athlete of the Year honor.
A 1991 graduate of Sonoma State, Grassl was head coach at El Molino High School from 1992-2001. During that span, he guided the Lions to six Sonoma County League championships, seven North Coast Section titles, five Northern California championships and one California state championship, in 1999. His career coaching mark at El Molino was an impressive 267-78.
Assistant Coach
cscully2@washcoll.edu
Washington Coll. (MD)
Division 3
Scully previously served as assistant coach at William Paterson University for the 2021 fall season. The team qualified for the NJAC playoffs and multiple players earned weekly conference honors.
Scully was the head coach at Mount Saint Dominic Academy (2019-21), Golda OCH Academy (2017-18) and Atlantic Valley Volleyball Club (2018-21). She was also an assistant and head coach for Phoenix Volleyball NJ (2013-18), she has served as a site director for GEVA High Performance Volleyball (2017-21) and has worked numerous camps in the tri-state area.
Head Coach
pbarry@knox.edu
Knox
Division 3
Pat Barry joined the Prairie Fire staff as the head volleyball coach in December of 2018. He comes to Knox after a stint as an assistant coach at The University of Louisiana. He has experience at the club volleyball level and played collegiately at Carthage College.
Barry was an All-American at Carthage and competed in the NCAA Division III Men's Volleyball Championship in 2012. He is top-10 in Carthage history in kills (844), points (988), digs per set (3.32), and points per set (3.89). He also holds the school season record for kills per set (4.27).
Barry has previous experience coaching at the Division III level at Dominican University. He also had stops as a volunteer coach with Division I schools Loyola University and Northwestern University. Barry has five years of experience at the club level, including two years as a Program Director for Division1 Volleyball Club in the Chicago area.
Barry is a 2015 graduate of Carthage College, where he earned his bachelor of arts in Broad Field Social Science. He double minored in Secondary Education and Womens and Gender Studies.
Head Coach
hdoerfler@linfield.edu
Linfield
Division 3
Assistant Coach
todd.raasch@lmunet.edu
Lincoln Memorial
Division 2
In my first year as an Assistant Volleyball Coach at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, TN. We are an NCAA Division II level institution, and compete in the SAC (South Atlantic Conference). We are consistently top contenders in our conference and qualify for the NCAA Division II National Tournament. This past season we finished the regular season in 3rd place and lost in the finals of the SAC Tournament to finish 2nd. We also went on to qualify for the 2018 NCAA Division II National Tournament again.
I'm the recruiting coordinator and have done all the recruiting for the program in my time here. I am also as equally involved in the on-court training of the team, from individual skill development to team systems. One other primary duty of mine is to scout all of our opponents and put together the scouting reports and the game plan against them.
I'm involved in all the day to day functions of running a successful program as well. I assist the Head Coach in all aspects of the program from scheduling, budgeting, travel, etc. Prior to LMU I have coached extensively and quite successfully over the past 28 years at all levels. Including winning an NCAA Division I National Championship at the University of Nebraska in 1995. I've also helped develop formerly average teams at the Division II level into consistent Top 25 programs, winning numerous conference championships and qualifying for the NCAA National Tournament
Head Coach
llondonlaw@washjeff.edu
Washington and Jefferson
Division 3
Lauren London-Law (Hiram '10) enters her fourth season as head volleyball coach at W&J in the fall of 2020.
During the 2019 season, senior libero Makenzie Coughlin was the 2019 NCAA statistical champion in digs per set (6.77) and set the program-single match record for digs (55) twice in the same week against Westminster and Saint Vincent. Coughlin earned All-PAC First Team laurels and finished second in program history in career digs (1,947).
In her second season leading the Presidents, the Red and Black finished with an 18-10 overall record and a 14-2 league mark in 2018. W&J qualified for the PAC Tournament for a fifth straight season, securing the No. 2 seed to advance to the Semifinals. Under London-Law's direction, five Presidents gained All-PAC honors, including PAC Player of the Year Madison Lydic. Lydic became the seventh overall and first W&J player since 2005 season to claim the league's top honor. Lydic was joined by Abbey Eich and Mallory O'Brien on the PAC's First Team.
London-Law guided the 2017 W&J volleyball team to a 14-11 overall record, including an 11-7 mark in the Presidents' Athletic Conference, and the PAC quarterfinals as the four-seed. She coached four student-athletes to All-PAC recognition in her first year, including Madison Lydic who earned First Team laurels, tied for the most All-PAC selections in a season in program history. London-Law was honored as an American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Thirty Under 30 recipient following her first season at W&J.
London-Law also serves as the advisor to W&J's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and an advisor for Alpha Lambda Delta Society.
Before coming to W&J, London-Law served as the first full-time assistant coach at Carnegie Mellon University, she helped the Tartans to more than 100 wins (102-38) and a postseason appearance each season, including a pair of trips to the NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship. In 2016, Carnegie Mellon achieved its highest ranking ever in the American Volleyball Coaches Association Top 25, reaching No. 14, en route to a 25-8 season and NCAA Tournament appearance. Three student-athletes garnered All-America recognition for their performances in 2016.
During the 2015 campaign, CMU posted the second most wins in school history (29) and entered the national rankings for the first time since 2004. The Tartans also topped 20 wins in her first two seasons, posting 25 victories in 2013 and 23 in 2014.
London-Law was chosen to attend the NCAA Women Coaches Academy in 2014, which is a four-day educational training open to NCAA coaches of all experience levels that offers non-sport-specific program management strategies, with a special focus on philosophy development and building skills and knowledge about planning, communication, legal issues, ethics, hiring, supervising staff, conflict resolution, learning styles and achieving success.
At Carnegie Mellon, London-Law also served as an instructor in physical education, assistant to the director of intramurals and Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) staff liaison.
Prior to arriving at CMU, London-Law served one year as an assistant coach at Denison, helping the Big Red to their best season in 10 years by finishing 21-10.
London-Law is a 2010 magna cum laude graduate of Hiram (Ohio) where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and a minor in history. She earned her master's degree in Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) in 2012.
While at Hiram, London-Law was a four-year letterwinner and senior captain for the Terriers. She was part of two NCAA Tournament teams and a member of the school's first-ever NCAC Tournament Championship squad in 2006. That same season, the team set a school record with 33 victories. In four years as a Terrier, the team compiled a 103-38 record with 51 wins in conference play. London-Law was a four-year member of the SAAC, serving as the SAAC president, vice president and secretary throughout her college career.
Head Coach
frizzella@obu.edu
Ouachita Baptist
Division 2
Originally I am from McKinney, Texas but found my way to the Natural State of Arkansas. I was the libero for 4 years at Ouachita Baptist University (OBU) from 2009-2012. I graduated from OBU double majoring with a B.A. in secondary education and mathematics with a coaching endorsement. During my time at OBU, I was a 4 time all conference member, including Freshman of the year, 2 second team all conference and 1 first team all conference. I was the 2011-2012 GAC Female Athlete of the Year and was nominated in 2013 for NCAA Woman of the Year.
In 2013-2014, I was the Graduate Assistant for OBU until I became the head volleyball coach and head women's soccer coach at Lakeside High School in Hot Springs, AR, where I also taught Algebra 2. I was in charge of 7th-12th grade with 2 assistants. During my 4-season stint at Lakeside, our high school varsity volleyball team went 101-29-1, increasing our number of wins each year. Our conference voted me Coach of the Year for all four seasons as we went undefeated 4 years in a row and competed in the State Tournament each year. I also coached club for Hot Springs Force for 4 seasons coaching 4th-7th graders and two years at Elite Volleyball Academy in Little Rock, AR.
In January of 2018, I became the head volleyball coach at Ouachita Baptist University. Since then, we have had the 2028 GAC Setter of the year, the 2022 GAC Freshman of the Year, two All GAC First team members, three All GAC second team members, five all GAC honorable mention members, 11 GAC Distinguished Scholar Athletes and two GAC Elite Scholar athletes. We had two girls represent USA in the summer of 2018 in Brazil and we had two representing the summer of 2019 in Spain. Summer of 2023 I was able to represent the American International Sports Tours in Italy as the head volleyball coach while a team member also represented the USA in Italy through Beyond Sports. We have also received the AVCA Academic Award the last 5 years. I am so blessed to be back at my alma mater as it is my home! Go Tigers!
Head Coach
jonesma@quincy.edu
Quincy
Division 2
Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics [Marty Bell](https://quhawks.com/staff.aspxstaff=1) announced today (Apr. 1) that Mark Jones has been named the new head women's volleyball coach.
Jones comes to QU after serving two seasons as an assistant coach for the Indiana State women's volleyball team.
During his time at Indiana State, the Sycamores accumulated 21 wins in two seasons and made an appearance in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament in 2017, which included their first tournament win in school history.
Prior to Indiana State, Jones served eight seasons as the head women's volleyball coach at Division 1 Manhattan College.
Jones led Manhattan College to five trips to the MAAC Tournament and four 20-win campaigns and is one of only two coaches in Jaspers program history to accumulate over 100 victories. During his time at Manhattan, he coached 11 All-Conference players, including the Freshman of the Year in 2012 and the Conference Player of the Year in 2014. He was also named Conference Coach of the Year in 2010, his second season.
Familiar with the Midwest area, Jones served as the head men's and women's volleyball coach at William Woods University in Fulton, Mo. During his time at William Woods, Jones led the Owls men's volleyball team to a NAIA National Championship in 2002.
Jones said of his new position "I would like to thank [Marty Bell](https://quhawks.com/staff.aspxstaff=1) for this great opportunity to be the head women's volleyball coach at Quincy University. I'm very impressed with Quincy University's commitment to athletic excellence and the overall support for their student athletes. I'm excited to be a part of the Quincy family and continue the tradition of academic and athletic excellence. I also want to thank head coach Lindsay Allman for her support and guidance during my time as an assistant at Indiana State University."
Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics [Marty Bell](https://quhawks.com/staff.aspxstaff=1) stated, "We are pleased to have Coach Jones lead our women's volleyball program. He has a wealth of successful experience which will bring stability and create a solid foundation for the immediate and long-term success of our program. Our women's volleyball team has made steady progress and improvement over the past few years and I believe Coach Jones has the leadership experience we need at this time to move the program to a championship level. We welcome Mark to the Hawk athletic family."
Assistant Coach
etodd3@uco.edu
Central Oklahoma
Division 2
Joining the University of Central Oklahoma volleyball team in 2021 is Emily Todd, who will be the assistant coach and will also assist with recruiting.
Todd comes to Central Oklahoma from Henderson State. The former assistant coach spent three seasons there in the same role. She guided HSU to back-to-back 20-win seasons and one appearance in the GAC Championship.
Todd spent three seasons at Arkansas Tech prior to moving to Henderson State. Following a two-year standout playing career at ATU, Todd moved into coaching and helped the Golden Suns to a sensational 35-1 season. ATU went undefeated in the regular season and won the GAC Championship with its only loss coming in the national tournament.
As a player at Tech, Todd helped the squad win 54 matches in two years, winning two conference titles and earning two bids to the NCAA Tournament. She was a two-time All GAC selection and was also named the GACs Newcomer of the Year in 2013.
Todd also played for the University of Colorado Boulder and Navarro Junior College before finishing her career at Arkansas Tech.
Todd received her bachelors degree in Health & Physical Education and has a masters degree in College Student Personnel, both from Arkansas Tech.
Head Coach
newberry@hendrix.edu
Hendrix
Division 3
Brittany Newberry recently took over the Hendrix College Volleyball program as Head Coach for the 2018 season. We are a private, NCAA Division III school located in Conway, Arkansas that competes in the Southern Athletic Association. The 2018 season will be her first at the helm, but she takes over a very successful program with three conference championships from 2014-2016 and a NCAA Final Four appearance in 2015.
Prior to being named Head Coach at Hendrix College, Newberry served as the assistant volleyball coach at Mississippi State for two years (2015 & 2016). In her first season she helped lead the Bulldogs to a 17-15 record, posting the first winning season at State since 2006. The 17 wins marked the most for MSU since 2006, while State's six SEC wins were the most since winning seven conference matches in 2011. In her second year, Newberry helped the Bulldogs set a new program record with the most home wins in a season with eleven in 2016.
Before her time at Mississippi State Newberry was an assistant coach for the University for Central Arkansas volleyball team from 2012 through 2015. She helped coach the Sugar Bears to a combined 46-6 conference record where they made two consecutive NCAA Tournaments appearances and won back-to-back Southland Conference regular season and tournament championships.
Assistant Coach
yajaira_cadet@baylor.edu
Baylor
Division 1
Yajaira (Ja-hi-duh) Cadet came to the Bears in early January of 2022 after serving as the head coach of club team Excel Volleyball for seven years, coaching teams from 10U to 17U.
It is with incredible excitement, enthusiasm and rejoicing that we are able to announce Yajaira Cadet as our next assistant coach, said McGuyre. I feel incredibly blessed that God has called such a passionate and skilled teacher to our program. As an athlete, Yajaira led the SEC in digs and was a two-time national champion.
As a teacher/coach, Yajaira is skilled in instruction, communication and motivation. She recognizes and implements timeless principles into her life and others daily. I am confident she will be an immaculate servant and mentor to our student-athletes, both as competitors and women of character. Her strengths flourish on and off the court. Yajaira will add to an already servant-hearted staff and strengthen our ability to Prepare Champions for Life.
In addition to her club volleyball coaching, she also was a private coach while serving as a bilingual instructional specialist and principal intern at Memorial Elementary in the Plano school district for the past four years. She has served as a bilingual educator and coach for a total of 12 years.
Prior to being with the Excel club, she was a volleyball graduate assistant at the University of Evansville in Indiana from 2007 to 2009. Cadet earned her masters degree in public service administration in 2009 from the university while assisting the Aces with training the primary passers and outside hitters.
During her time there, Evansvilles passing statistics improved, and she coached the Missouri Valley Conference Libero of the Year, Julie Walroth. At the time, Walroth was one of only 25 players in NCAA history to have 2,000 digs in her career.
I coach because I have a passion for teaching the sport of volleyball to the future generations of players, Cadet said previously. I coach to serve and share the gift of volleyball. My coaching is focused on developing the mechanics of the sport, a competitive mindset and decision-making of the game.
Cadet had a storied playing career. She started out on the Dominican Republic indoor and beach volleyball national teams, competing in several international tournaments, including Olympic qualifiers and earned a silver medal in the North, Central and Caribbean Tournament (NORCECA). She played for the junior and major national teams between 1994 and 2000.
Starting her collegiate career at the University of South Carolina in 2001, Cadet led the SEC in digs as a sophomore in 2002. Transferring to California Baptist, she served as team captain and helped the Lancers to back-to-back NAIA national championships in 2004 and 2005 under McGuyre. Cadet played outside and right-side hitter, as well as libero, in her career.
In 2004, she was named AVCA All-America first team and also received Golden State Athletic Conference All-Conference and Academic All-Conference honors.
Cadet became a member of the CBU and city of Riverside Sport Hall of Fame after her senior campaign with the Lancers, graduating with her bachelors in psychology and Christian studies in 2006. At the time of her induction, she was third all-time in single-season records with 616 kills, fourth with 4.57 kills per match and fifth with 536 digs.
She played six years of professional volleyball, winning five national titles in the Dominican beach volleyball league and was team captain of Bameso that won the U.S. Volleyball Open in 2005.
Born in Montecristi, Dominican Republic, Cadet and her husband, Abraham, have three children Isaac, Abigail and Abraham Jr.
Assistant Coach, Recruiting Coordinator
brianrosen@creighton.edu
Creighton
Division 1
Brian Rosen was named an assistant coach with the Creighton Volleyball program, head coach Kirsten Bernthal Booth announced on Friday, Feb. 18. Rosen has spent the past three years as the head coach at Nova Southeastern, and last fall led the Sharks to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2009.
Although it is bittersweet to be moving on from such an amazing group of young women at NSU, I am so excited about this new opportunity that Coach Booth has provided me to join the Bluejay volleyball family, said Rosen. She has created a culture of winning and prioritizing family, which are both so important to me. I look forward to using my strengths and experience to build on all of the success Creighton Volleyball has experienced since Coach Booth and Angie arrived. My family and I cannot wait to be in Omaha!
Rosen arrived at Nova Southeastern in 2019 and guided the Sharks to a 20-13 record in his first season. His program won their final six contests to clinch Nova Southeasterns first 20-win campaign since 2008. NSUs 12 Sunshine State Conference wins were a program record, and a pair of student-athletes were named AVCA All-Americans. His team posted a 3.61 GPA to earn a second consecutive AVCA Team Academic award.
After the 2020 season was cancelled due to COVID-19, Rosens team stormed out of the gate with 13 straight victories to open the fall of 2021. The 19 straight victories (counting the end of 2019) were one of numerous school records set in the fall. NSU established program-best marks for Sunshine State Conference victories (16), and .800 winning percentage in SSC play, best overall winning percentage in the NCAA-era (.828) and most home wins (16).
The 2021 Nova Southeastern squad qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the first-time since 2009 and had three Sharks earn AVCA All-American Honors, AVCA All-Region awards, and All-Conference recognition. NSU finished 25-6 overall with a No. 19 year-end ranking in the AVCA poll. The Sharks were one of two teams to defeat eventual national champion Tampa, but the Spartans returned the favor to eliminate NSU in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament.
What Brian has done at Nova Southeastern, turning around that program, is remarkable, said Booth. He cares about his student-athletes, and I think hell connect really well, not only with our players but with recruits. When you look at our past hires for that position, three of the five have been former head coaches, so clearly, I like people that have been able to navigate their own program and bring new ideas to ours. Were excited for Brian to do that with us.
Rosen joined the NSU coaching staff after spending two years at Davidson College as the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator. In his final year at Davidson, Rosen helped improve the Wildcats' hitting percentage by over .100. In addition to coaching for the Wildcats Rosen also served as the Carolina Juniors Club Director, where he coached seven consecutive teams to USAV National Championship bids.
Immediately before joining the Wildcats, Rosen served as the head coach at Providence (N.C.) High School, producing an undefeated regular season for conference and tournament titles, garnering 2016 Conference and South Charlotte Weekly Coach of the Year honors.
Prior to starting at Davidson, Rosen spent seven years (July 2009-May 2016) as the girl's head volleyball coach at Charlotte Country Day School. During his tenure, he coached the program to an overall record of 169-66, earning two state championship and conference championship titles in 2013 and 2014. After those two stellar seasons, he was named the Charlotte Observer Coach of the Year. In 2012 and 2013, he was named the South Charlotte News & South Charlotte Weekly Coach of the Year. In addition, he was honored with the AVCA Thirty Under 30 award in 2013; one of just two high school coaches to receive the honor.
Since the start of his coaching career in 2005, Rosen has also spent time as a volunteer assistant coach at Winthrop and served as the head coach of the men and women's club volleyball teams at the University of South Carolina.
Rosen earned his bachelor's degree in Sport and Entertainment Management, graduating cum laude from the University of South Carolina in 2008. He will be joined in Omaha by his wife Angelica and their daughters Bryce and Brady.
Assistant Coach
matt.huskey@slu.edu
Saint Louis U.
Division 1
Assistant coach
tebbecke@elon.edu
Elon
Division 1
Before coming to Elon, Ebbecke was an assistant coach at The Citadel since March 2020, helping the Bulldogs capture the 2021 SoCon Championship title and the program's first-ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Additionally, the team earned its first ever AVCA East Coast All-Region selection, its first SoCon First Team honoree along with three All-Conference selections, had the conference Freshman of Year, and secured wins over College of Charleston and ETSU for the first time in series history.
Ebbecke spent the 2019 season as an assistant with the Purdue University volleyball program. He primarily served as the co-defensive coordinator as well as the middle and opposite hitters coach. During his time there, the Boilermakers made their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen since 2013.
A graduate of Mount Olive, Ebbecke helped the volleyball team to a pair of Conference Carolinas championships in 2010 and 2011. He broke the school record for blocks per set (1.20) and finished fourth in the program's history in solo blocks, block assists and total blocks.
Head Coach
chris.feliciano@unh.edu
New Hampshire
Division 1
Associate Head Coach
zweinberg@tntech.edu
Tennessee Tech
Division 1
Zach Weinberg was named Tennessee Tech's beach volleyball head coach in April 2022, serving as the first head coach in program history for a team that will begin competition during the 2023 season.
In addition to serving as the head coach of the beach volleyball team, Weinberg also serves as the associate head coach of the indoor program, kicking off his fifth season with the Golden Eagles in 2022. He was promoted from assistant coach to associate head coach in June 2021 after initially joining the program in February 2018.
Prior to coming to Tech, Weinberg was an assistant coach at UNLV, where he helped the Runnin' Rebels to the program's first-ever at-large bid and win in the NCAA Tournament in 2016. UNLV finished 24-8 that season with a program-high No. 33 finish in the national RPI.
Weinberg worked heavily with team defense, liberos and recruiting at UNLV, and the team ended both the 2016 and 2017 seasons ranked within the top 70 programs in the country in total blocks. His 2017 recruiting class received an honorable mention honor from PrepVolleyball.
Weinberg earned his master's degree at Northwestern State University, where he worked as a graduate assistant coach and video coordinator for the volleyball team. The Lady Demons captured the program's first-ever Southland Conference tournament championship and NCAA Tournament berth in the 2014 season. Senior Mackenzie Neely was named the Southland Conference Tournament's MVP and received all-conference first-team honors.
During Weinberg's time at Northwestern State, the Lady Demons also ranked with the top 40 teams nationally in four statistical categories: opponent hitting percentage, aces per set, digs per set and blocks per set.
He received the opportunity to become the head coach of Maccabi USA's women's youth and open women's beach volleyball teams from April 2015 to January 2016. Maccabi USA is a not-for-profit organization that fields athletic teams composed of Jewish athletes. Weinberg hand-selected athletes from throughout the continental United States and guided both teams to gold medals at the 2015 Pan American Maccabi Games (an Olympics equivalent) in Santiago, Chile.
Weinberg served as a student assistant coach at his alma mater, Ohio, after working as a student manager from Dec. 2008 to Sept. 2009. The Bobcats won three regular-season and three MAC conference championships to qualify for the NCAA Tournament. Concurrently, he was the president, head coach and four-year starter for the Ohio men's club volleyball team.
Weinberg has additional head coaching experience from his tenure at Camden Catholic High School in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and the ALETA Aces Volleyball Club in Athens, Ohio.
Zach and his wife, Paige, were married June 30, 2018 and have one son.
WEINBERG AT A GLANCE
BEACH COACHING CAREER
Tennessee Tech University, head coach
April 2022 present
INDOOR COACHING CAREER
Tennessee Tech University, associate head coach
June 2021 present
Maccabi USA Women's Volleyball, head coach
April 2021 July 2022
Tennessee Tech University, assistant coach
February 2018 June 2021
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, assistant coach
June 2016 February 2018
Maccabi USA Youth Volleyball, head coach
April 2015 January 2016
Northwestern State University, graduate assistant coach/video coordinator
January 2014 April 2016
Camden Catholic High School, head coach
August December 2013
Ohio University, student assistant coach
September 2009 March 2012
ALETA Aces Volleyball Club, head coach
March 2011 March 2012
Ohio men's club volleyball, president/head coach
September 2008 March 2012
EDUCATION
Northwestern State University, M.S. Health and Human Performance
December 2015
Ohio University, B.S. Sport Management
March 2012
Assistant Coach
gcalloway@oru.edu
Oral Roberts
Division 1
Gabrielle Calloway enters her first season as an assistant coach with the Oral Roberts volleyball program.
Calloway joins the staff after four-year playing career at Hampton University, where she served as the team captain from 2019-2022. With the Pirates, Calloway was a two-time team MVP and the Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sport Scholar Award winner in 2021. In 2022, Calloway was named the Student Athlete Academic Committee Golden Rule Award winner.
Throughout her four-year career as an Outside Hitter for the Pirates, Calloway tallied 726 kills, 732 digs and 84 service aces.
While attending Hampton, Calloway assisted with the Williamsburg Volleyball Club. Following her college career she served as a head coach and recruiting coordinator for the club.
Calloway earned her Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences in 2022 from Hampton and is currently working towards a Master of Science in Sports Administration.
Head Women's Volleyball Coach
harreche@skidmore.edu
Skidmore
Division 3
B.A., University of Puerto Rico, 1979
Hilda Arrechea has been Skidmores head volleyball coach since 1995. She looks forward to improving on an impressive 524-314 24-year record. Arrechea has led the Thoroughbreds to four Liberty League championships and taken the team to seven NCAA tournaments.
Arrechea and her husband, assistant coach Jerry Rodriguez have been named Liberty League Coaching Staff of the Year nine times (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2012, and 2017).
Arrechea was a member of the Puerto Rican National Volleyball team and was the 1981 Collegiate Player of the Year in Puerto Rico.
Assistant Women's Volleyball Coach
keyesk@whitman.edu
Whitman
Division 3
Kate Keyes joined the Whitman College womens volleyball staff in January of 2021 as an assistant coach.
Prior to joining the Blues' staff Keyes spent 10 years coaching volleyball and softball at Walla Walla High School.
A 2009 graduate of Western Washington University, Keyes utilized her Bachelor of Arts degrees in Spanish and Recreation to work internationally with youth and family programs in Montevideo, Uruguay. During this time she trained and competed with a local club volleyball team.
After returning home, Keyes completed a Masters in Teaching program through Grand Canyon University and began her teaching and coaching careers with Walla Walla Public Schools, giving back to the same programs where she made an impact as a 12 season athlete. Throughout her time with WWPS, Keyes organized camps for kids of all ages, and donated her time working with the community recreation programs. She worked with young athletes and facilitated coach trainings to align skill development to build consistent programming across all levels. When she isn't traveling, Keyes spends her summers training high school volleyball players in both technical skill and strength and conditioning.
Head Coach
jgetzin@winona.edu
Winona State
Division 2
Getzin is entering his third season as the head volleyball coach at Winona State.
In his second year the Warriors continued to show improvement, reaching the NSIC Championship game. The team won 20 games and were ranked 22nd in the final AVCA Poll. During the season the Warriors had four wins over top-ten ranked opponents on the year.
Upon completing his first season, Getzin helped lead the Warriors to one of their most successful years in program history. The Warriors finished 2014 with a 19-8 record and a 14-6 record in NSIC play, finishing fifth in the conference. Getzin's .703 win percentage in his first season at WSU marks the second-best single season win percentage in program history since LaVonne Fiereck led WSU to a 28-10 (.737) record in 1990.
Getzin also helped mold outside hitter Danielle Rampart into a great player in her first year in the program, helping her earn all-NSIC First Team accolades as well as earn AVCA Central Region Freshman of the Year honors.
The Warriors performed just as remarkably in the classroom away from the court under Getzin, earning the AVCA Team Academic Award for the ninth straight year.
Before coming to WSU, Getzin spent 12 seasons as the head coach at Ole Miss, taking a program stuck at the bottom of the SEC and leading it to three appearances in the NCAA Tournament. An outstanding recruiter and in-game coach, Getzin was named the SEC Coach of the Year in both 2006 and 2007.
Getzin also oversaw a team that was extremely successful in the classroom. During his 12 seasons on the Ole Miss bench, 59 volleyball players were named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll and 15 were Freshman Academic Honor Roll selections. His team captured the 2006 Chancellors Cup, given each year to the Ole Miss athletic program with the highest grade point average.
Prior to earning the top job at Ole Miss, Getzin spent two seasons as the top assistant at South Carolina. Getzin helped the Gamecocks go 42-12 during the 2000-01 seasons, with the program advancing to the NCAA Tournament both years.
Getzin spent the 2000 season as the head coach at the University of Portland after serving for three years as the head coach at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Ariz. Starting the program at Embry-Riddle from scratch, Getzin led the team into the NAIA national rankings in just the teams second year. He was also the director of the Yavapai Junior Volleyball Club from 1995-99, overseeing more than 100 players age 10-18.
He spent the 1995-98 seasons as an assistant at South Carolina and was also an assistant at the University of Arizona from 1988-91, helping lead the Wildcats to the NCAA Tournament in 1989 and 1990. Prior to coaching at Arizona, Getzin was the coach of the Southern Arizona junior team.
Getzin began his coaching career at Saint Francis High School in Wheaton, Ill. from 1986-87 while also coaching the Chicago Breeze, a womens Major League Volleyball team. He also served as the Western Zonal Coordinator for the 1989 U.S. Olympic Festival.
Getzin earned his bachelors degree in Physical Education from George Williams College in Downers Grove, Ill. in 1986. Getzin and his wife Andrea have two children, Sara Rose and Erin Elizabeth.
Assistant Coach
anabel.bustamante@tamiu.edu
Texas A&M-Int'l
Division 2
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