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Helm took over the reins of the Whitman volleyball program heading into the 2012 season. His leadership has mentored eight players in four years to All-Northwest Conference honors including first-team selections Jillian Davis and Olivia Nielson in his inaugural season. The Molokai, Hawaii, native has also been published in the AVCA Journal, penning an article titled 'Coaching and Dealing with Grief.' Helm made an immediate impact in that first season. In 2012 the Missionaries tallied their highest conference win total (9-7) and finished over .500 in the league for the first time since the 2007 season, securing a fourth place finish within the final conference standings.
Under Helm's guidance, Whitman won six of its last seven matches finishing the 2012 campaign with an 11-12 overall mark -- the eleven wins was the most by a Whitman volleyball team since the 2007 squad that produced a 13-11 record, and marked a seven-win improvement over the previous season with essentially the same team.
Helm's coaching philosophy is "teaching life lessons through collegiate competitive volleyball. What does that mean" says Helm. "That life is above and beyond just volleyball, that we take our work ethic, our relationships, our adversities on the court and relate them to life and how they will prepare us for life after college."
Towards that end, Helm says he tries to create a family environment within the team. "I want to have good relationships with my players where we have trust, open communication, we have faith in each other and I work collaboratively with them. It's not a dictatorship, obviously. Rather, we're striving to achieve goals that we all come together to agree upon."
Prior to arriving at Whitman, Helm had a stellar eight-year stint as head coach of Molokai High School in Hawaii. The Farmers won four league titles and earned six consecutive trips to the state tournament, including the 2010 championship, during Helm's tenure. Helm's win-loss record at Molokai was 79-37.
Helm gained his initial coaching experience at the University of La Verne in California where he served one year as an assistant coach. Coaching positions at California's Baldwin Park and Sierra Vista high schools followed.
As a player, Helm starred at La Verne. Named a captain in his freshman season, Helm, an outside hitter, went on to gain all-conference and Player of the Year honors. La Verne was still a Division I program at the time.
On coaching at Whitman, Helm says, "Coaching a Whitman student-athlete is unique. Their passion for working at getting better is very important to them. We try to create a competitive environment every day in the gym so that when we get into that situation in a game, we know how to handle it. And I think our players respond well to that, especially in the second half of the season."
Matt and his wife, Erika Helm, have four children: daughter Noelani and sons Kahili, Kahiau and Makaio. Erika Helm, a native of Chino, California, competed in track and field at La Verne and also has coached the sport at the high school level while also working as an elementary school teacher. She currently teaches kindergarten at Edison Elementary in Walla Walla.
Career Record at Whitman College
Matt Helm
Head Volleyball Coach
Matt Helm took over the reins of the Whitman volleyball program heading into the 2012 season. His leadership has mentored eight players in four years to All-Northwest Conference honors including first-team selections Jillian Davis and Olivia Nielson in his inaugural season. The Molokai, Hawaii, native has also been published in the AVCA Journal, penning an article titled 'Coaching and Dealing with Grief.' Helm made an immediate impact in that first season. In 2012 the Missionaries tallied their highest conference win total (9-7) and finished over .500 in the league for the first time since the 2007 season, securing a fourth place finish within the final conference standings.
Under Helm's guidance, Whitman won six of its last seven matches finishing the 2012 campaign with an 11-12 overall mark -- the eleven wins was the most by a Whitman volleyball team since the 2007 squad that produced a 13-11 record, and marked a seven-win improvement over the previous season with essentially the same team.
Helm's coaching philosophy is "teaching life lessons through collegiate competitive volleyball. What does that mean" says Helm. "That life is above and beyond just volleyball, that we take our work ethic, our relationships, our adversities on the court and relate them to life and how they will prepare us for life after college."
Towards that end, Helm says he tries to create a family environment within the team. "I want to have good relationships with my players where we have trust, open communication, we have faith in each other and I work collaboratively with them. It's not a dictatorship, obviously. Rather, we're striving to achieve goals that we all come together to agree upon."
Prior to arriving at Whitman, Helm had a stellar eight-year stint as head coach of Molokai High School in Hawaii. The Farmers won four league titles and earned six consecutive trips to the state tournament, including the 2010 championship, during Helm's tenure. Helm's win-loss record at Molokai was 79-37.
Helm gained his initial coaching experience at the University of La Verne in California where he served one year as an assistant coach. Coaching positions at California's Baldwin Park and Sierra Vista high schools followed.
As a player, Helm starred at La Verne. Named a captain in his freshman season, Helm, an outside hitter, went on to gain all-conference and Player of the Year honors. La Verne was still a Division I program at the time.
On coaching at Whitman, Helm says, "Coaching a Whitman student-athlete is unique. Their passion for working at getting better is very important to them. We try to create a competitive environment every day in the gym so that when we get into that situation in a game, we know how to handle it. And I think our players respond well to that, especially in the second half of the season."
Matt and his wife, Erika Helm, have four children: daughter Noelani and sons Kahili, Kahiau and Makaio. Erika Helm, a native of Chino, California, competed in track and field at La Verne and also has coached the sport at the high school level while also working as an elementary school teacher. She currently teaches kindergarten at Edison Elementary in Walla Walla.
Career Record at Whitman College
Coach Massey is currently the Head Coach at the University of Puget Sound, and has produced over 20 All-American athletes, and 13 "Top-20" ranked teams. He was recognized in 1992 as the Asics/Volleyball Monthly NCAA-II "National Coach of the Year." His 1992 Cal State LA team advanced to the NCAA-II Final Four; three of his Puget Sound teams have advanced to the NCAA "Elite 8" Championship.
Massey holds a B.S. degree from Furman University (Greenville, SC) in Biology/Physical Education, a Master's degree from Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY), and is at the ABD stage of a Doctorate in Education at Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY), specializing in Sport Psychology. Massey is also a noted speaker at coach education workshops on topics ranging from high-speed offense, to video feedback techniques, to Motor Learning applications in the gym. He was a featured speaker on "Swing Attack" at the 1999 NCAA Volleyball National Convention in Hawaii. He conducted a "How to Teach the Swing Attack" drill session at the 2001 AVCA National Convention in San Diego. More recently, he has presented at the Convention on "Skills Without Drills," as well as "Video Feedback Toaster - Pop in a Player, Pop Out a Performer."
His outstanding collegiate coaching career includes Cal State Los Angeles ('89-'95), Northeastern University (Boston, '84-'89), Winthrop University (Rock Hill, South Carolina, '83), and Syracuse University (New York, '80-'82). He is ranked #4 among the "NCAA Top 20 Winningest Coaches All-Time) in NCAA D-III.
This was Sams first year as an assistant coach at Pacific University. He has over 7 years coaching volleyball at the high school and club levels and really enjoys training athletes. His coaching philosophy is to build upon the mental and physical health of athletes by instilling confidence and teaching technique while allowing growth through adversity. It is imperative that athletes learn how to persevere when things get tough but remembering to embrace success in a graceful manner.
When Sam is not coaching, he enjoys spending time with his family, lifting weights and playing competitive racquetball.
Coach Kip Yoshimura recently completed his 12th season at NCAA DIII Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. He has over 35 years of volleyball coaching experience, including 28 seasons as a head collegiate coach where he has amassed an impressive overall record of 446-358. Yoshimura's student-athletes at Pacific University have earned nineteen All-Northwest Conference selections, 81 All-NWC scholar-athletes and seven consecutive AVCA All-Academic team honors (3.64 GPA in 2020-21).
Yoshimura experienced his best success in his nine seasons leading the powerful Lewis-Clark State program in Lewiston, Idaho. From 1993 to 2001, Yoshimura led the Warriors to five NAIA National Tournament appearances, including a national semifinals berth in 1998, as well six conference or regional championships. A six-time AVCA Pacific Northwest Region Coach of the Year and a six-time conference coach of the year, Yoshimura coached 16 NAIA All-Americans, 25 all-region performers, 40 all-conference selections and 13 NAIA All-America Scholar-Athletes. Yoshimura is the winningest volleyball coach in Lewis-Clark State history (251-72). His 1996 team went 35-4, also the best record in Warrior archives. His success at Lewis-Clark State led Yoshimura to Gonzaga, where he led the Bulldogs Division I program for seven seasons (2002-08). During his tenure, Yoshimura coached 10 All-West Coast Conference performers and eight WCC all-academic honorees. His best season was in 2007 when Gonzaga went 17-13, which at the time was the best mark for a Bulldog volleyball team in 14 seasons.
Yoshimura arrived in Forest Grove in 2012 after one season as an assistant coach at Vanguard University, a NAIA school in Costa Mesa, Calif., where helped lead the Lions to an appearance in the 2011 NAIA National Tournament. Prior to arriving at Vanguard, Yoshimura spent one season as an assistant coach at UC Davis. I want each and every student-athlete in my programs to enjoy the whole college experience, Yoshimura says. Part of that is on the court, part of that is certainly in the classroom and part of that is socially on campus. At the same time, we want players who want to win and play at the highest level that they can. We want them to aspire to be better than they are and hopefully as a coaching staff we can provide that opportunity to play on a team where their goals are met.
At the club level, Yoshimura has served as head coach of the 951 Elite Volleyball Club, the Snake River Juniors Volleyball Club, Ogden Juniors Volleyball Club, Huntington Beach Boys Volleyball Club, California Junior Volleyball Club and Inland Empire Volleyball. Yoshimura played junior college volleyball at West Valley College in Saratoga, Calif., where he was a two-year starting setter and an all-conference performer in 1985. He also played one season for the mens club program at San Jose State University. A native of San Jose, Yoshimura graduated from Long Beach State in 1990 with a degree in mechanical engineering.
Aiyana Henderson joined the Linfield coaching staff as an assistant volleyball coach in September.
She brings experience coaching both club indoor volleyball and club beach volleyball for the past four years in Washington, California, and Oregon.
Henderson played collegiate indoor and beach volleyball at Multnomah University, Corban University, and Los Angeles Harbor College.
At Los Angeles Harbor College, she earned first team all-South Coast Conference recognition and was among the top five producers in the SCC in eight different statistical categories for indoor volleyball.
At Corban, she was a part of the 2023 Warriors team that reached the NAIA Beach Volleyball Championships before finishing as the national runner-up.
She graduated from Multnomah University in 2024 with a bachelor's degree in business administration with a concentration in marketing.
The Spokane, Washington, native is a graduate of Ferris High School where she competed in varsity volleyball and track.
First season as Head Volleyball Coach at Linfield University 2024.
Former Assistant Volleyball Coach at Pacific University 2023.
Former Youth Volleyball Development Coordinator and Coach at Volley Ball Pexinois Niort, France 2017-2023.
Former Professional and semi-Professional volleyball player 2006-2021. Clubs played for: Volley Ball Pexinois Niort, CAM Epinal, Villers-les-Nancy.
Aoki, who has led Pacific Lutheran to Northwest Conference championships in 1999, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013 and 2014 has posted a 360-161 record in 20 years as head coach of his alma mater's volleyball program.
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McGourn, a three-time Division III national title winner, joined the Yale womens volleyball program as an assistant coach in 2014.
McGourn will join the Bulldogs as an assistant coach after winning three straight national championships at Springfield College. As an outside hitter, McGourn was on national title teams in 2012 and 2013, then won a third in a row as an assistant coach in 2014.
In the fall of 2013, McGourn began his collegiate volleyball coaching career as an assistant coach for the Springfield College women's team. McGourns primary responsibilities included video breakdown and scouting opponents.
The Southington, Conn., native also brings several years of club volleyball coaching experience. McGourn has worked with the Husky and Mizuno East Volleyball Clubs.
Bailey Williams is in her first season at Rutgers serving as the Director of Volleyball Operations.
Williams comes "To The Banks" after spending the last two seasons at George Washington. She joined the Colonials staff as the team's director of operations before serving as an assistant coach this past fall.
While at George Washington, Williams was a recipient of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Diversity Award. She participated in a series of educational, developmental and relationship-building experiences in conjunction with the annual AVCA convention and remains a member of the alumni group that continues education and mentoring. She was the only recipient of the award in the Atlantic 10 and one of 26 sponsored award recipients nationally.
Prior to joining the coaching ranks, Williams played at George Mason leading the Patriots to their first Atlantic 10 postseason appearance in 2018. During her career, she tallied 961 kills, 970 digs, 129 total blocks and 85 service aces and earned A-10 Second Team All-Conference. She was nominated as NCAA Woman of the Year and named the team's Most Valuable Player.
Williams graduated from George Mason in 2020 with a degree in communications with a concentration in media production and criticism and minor in sport communication in 2020. She is currently working towards her master's in sports management.
Kelsey Lahey is in her first season as Marquette's Director of Volleyball Operations during the 2021-22 academic year. At Marquette she runs and organizes all aspects of travel, uniforms and Data Volley.
Lahey spent the previous two seasons as an assistant coach at her alma mater, Marist. Following the 2019 season, her first year as an assistant, Lahey was recognized by VolleyballMag.com as one of the top up-and-coming coaches in the country, spanning NCAA Division I women's volleyball, as well as beach volleyball and Division I and II men's volleyball.
Lahey graduated from Marist College in 2016 with a bachelor's degree in political science, following a senior season in which she collected 372 total kills, which was good for a team-high for the year, as well as the eighth most kills in a single season in program history.
She ended her career at Marist sixth on the program's all-time kills list with 1,014 kills. She eclipsed the 1,000 career kills mark by accumulating 16 of the teams 24 kills against Fairfield in the MAAC Championship match in 2015. She is also currently fourth all-time in career attacks (3,253) and tied for sixth all-time in kills in a single match (25).
Her career accolades include being a two-time MAAC All-Championship Team selection, a three-time MAAC All-Academic Team selection, and a one-time All-MAAC First Team and All-ECAC Second Team selection. She was also named to the Crosstown Tournament All-Tournament Team in 2015, as well as the Volley in the Valley tournament MVP in the same year.
Following her time at Marist, Lahey earned her Master's of Fine Arts in Sculpture at Boston University. After grad school, Lahey spent one year as an assistant volleyball coach in Maumee, Ohio for the Premier Volleyball Academy.
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.
Andre Foster was hired as an assistant volleyball coach in August of 2022. He joins the Musketeers after a one-year stint at Purdue Fort Wayne as a graduate assistant.
In 2021, Foster assisted in coaching Katie Crowe to the All-Horizon League Second Team. He also served as the head coach for Empowered Volleyball Academy in 2021.
Prior to working in Fort Wayne, Foster was a volunteer assistant coach at UC Davis from 2020-21. He also served as the head coach for OMNI Volleyball Club in 2020-21.
Foster played collegiately at the University of Charleston (2015-17), Mount Ida College (2017-18) and Nichols College (2018-20).
The Davis, Calif., native holds a bachelors degree in sport management from Nichols College (19) and a masters in business administration from Nichols College (20). He is currently pursing a masters in organizational leadership from Purdue Fort Wayne.
Hi, my name is Shai Bloom and I'm the new technical coordinator for University of Virginia women's volleyball. As technical coordinator, I work in data analytics and film review to help support the rest of the coaching staff. Prior to my time at UVA I was an assistant coach at Dominican University of New York, primarily working with the defense and serve receive. This past year I also coached 15s at Garden State Elite Volleyball Club. While in college I started at Libero for the George Washington University men's club team and work as the practice player for the women's D1 team. I've really tried to combine all my experiences to inform my coaching style and approach to volleyball. I love volleyball and I look forward to sharing that passion with you!
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.
Ryan Windisch joins Arizonas staff after spending the past five years at Irvine Valley College coaching the Womens Volleyball, Womens Beach Volleyball, and Mens Volleyball teams.
I am extremely excited to have the opportunity to join Ritas first staff here at Arizona, said Windisch. She is the true definition of Arizona Volleyball and I look forward to helping her vision come to life!
During his time at Irvine Valley, Windisch led the womens and mens volleyball teams to conference championships and state championship matches. Most recently, he coached the womens volleyball team to the 2022 Orange Empire Conference championship and was named the 2022 Orange Empire Conference Coach of the Year. He also led the mens volleyball team to a third-place finish at the State level in 2022.
In 2021, Windisch coached the mens volleyball team to the Orange Empire Conference championship and earned the Orange Empire Conference Coach of the Year award.
Windisch led both the womens and mens volleyball teams to State CCCAA runner-up finishes in 2019. In his first year at Irvine Valley, he coached the womens volleyball squad to the 2017 California Community College State Championship.
Prior to joining Irvine Valleys volleyball programs, Windisch was the head coach at Balboa Bay Volleyball Club and the mens volleyball head coach at Golden West College. He is also the USA Womens National Team Volunteer Practice Coach.
Windisch graduated from Long Beach State in 2015, where he was the starting libero on the mens volleyball team.
Andrew Kroger, who spent three seasons as an assistant volleyball coach at Villanova, is in his fourth season as an assistant coach at La Salle in 2016.
Kroger helped the program achieve a nine game improvement in the win column in his first season on campus. Kroger helped Ashley Felton record 54 block assists in 2014 which was the most in a season for La Salle since 2007.
In his second season at 20th and Olney, Kroger saw Jensen Sharrits recognized on the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team, the fourth to be recognized for All-Rookie in team history and saw the team honored with the AVCA Team Academic Award for squads who maintained a 3.30 cumulative average.
"Having Andrew join our staff is a great win for the La Salle volleyball program," head coach Caitlin Rimgaila said. "He brings a wealth of knowledge and prior Division I experience to our gym. Andrew has a great passion for the game and a tremendous technical knowledge of the sport. I look forward to working with him to bring La Salle volleyball into a new era of success."
Kroger worked with the middle blockers at Villanova and was also responsible for video analysis and tape exchange, as well as event management, team planning and statistics.
"I feel incredibly fortunate and I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to work alongside Coach Rimgaila at La Salle," Kroger said. "I look forward to being a part of the La Salle community and helping the volleyball program grow in competitiveness in the Atlantic 10 and nationally."
During the 2012 season Kroger helped to coach a young Wildcats team which received excellent performances from its middle blockers. Freshman Gabby Pethokoukis led the team in blocks and averaged over one block per set while ranking among the BIG EAST leaders in total blocks.
Prior to arriving at Villanova, Kroger was an assistant coach at Sycamore High School in Cincinnati and also coached at the Team Z Volleyball Club, where he was head coach for the 15 Navy and 15 Orange squads.
Kroger is a 2011 graduate of Xavier, where he was the president of the men's club volleyball team and also played on the squad for three years.
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Dave Zelenock was named the head coach for The Citadel volleyball program in February of 2018 after serving five years as the head coach at Tennessee Tech.
Zelenock led his 2014 and 2015 Golden Eagle volleyball teams to back-to-back appearances in the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Tournament semifinal round. His 2014 and 2015 recruiting classes earned High Honorable Mention honors from PrepVolleyball.com for strength of recruiting class.
In the classroom, his teams earned the Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award four times (2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2016-17) and 21 of his student-athletes earned spots on the TTU Athletic Directors Honor Roll. The Golden Eagle volleyball program has the longest streak among all the teams within the TTU Athletic Department of uninterrupted semesters (35) with a team GPA exceeding 3.0, a stretch which began in fall 2000.
He also saw 21 student-athletes earn a spot on the TTU Athletic Directors Honor Roll. Twenty-nine athletes also made the OVC Commissioners Academic Honor Roll during his time, and two earned a Medal of Honors for achieving a perfect 4.0 through both the fall and spring semesters.
The Golden Eagles also recorded their first All-OVC athlete and All-Newcomer team member under Zelenocks tutelage. In the summer of 2015, one of his student-athletes, Cody Dodd earned a place as one of 36 athletes to participate in the U.S. Collegiate National Team (CNT) program.
Prior to his stint in Cookeville, Tennessee, Zelenock spent six seasons on the volleyball staff of Central Michigan, helping reshape the landscape of the program. He was named the associate head coach in 2009. With Zelenock on the recruiting trail, Central Michigan secured five-straight nationally ranked recruiting classes in his six seasons as well as two more that felt his impact even after he departed for the head job at Tennessee Tech.
Zelenocks responsibilities at CMU included acting as the programs recruiting coordinator and future opponent scouting. In the gym, he was in charge of outside hitter development/training.
During his six seasons at CMU, the Chippewas forged five winning seasons and a 107-78 overall record. In 2007, his first season on the staff, Zelenocks scouting abilities helped CMU to its first 20-win season since 1985 and first postseason victory in 25 years. The Chippewas won 20 straight sets over the course of eight matches midway through the season. In 2008, the Chippewas missed their second straight 20-win season by the slimmest of margins (19-11).
CMU posted its fourth straight winning season in 2009, and reached the MAC Tournament semifinals for the first time since 1996. The Chippewas tallied postseason victories over Eastern Michigan and Northern Illinois to reach the semis.
The 2011 CMU team ended a 33-year drought as the Chippewas won the Mid-America Conference championship and earned the schools first trip to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament.
Individually, during his six seasons on the staff Zelenock saw seven CMU players earn all-MAC honors as well as two capture all-freshman awards.
A 2005 graduate of Central Michigan, Zelenock also served as an assistant coach at Northwood University for two years and Delaware State for one season before returning to his alma mater in 2007. At Northwood, he helped the team to a 44-21 two-year record and two NCAA Tournament appearances.
As an undergraduate at CMU, Zelenock was a four-year starter for the mens club volleyball team. He served as captain for three seasons, club president for two years and was a coach for two years.
He earned his bachelors degree from CMU in 2005, majoring in physical education with a minor in secondary physical science. Zelenock and his wife, Jamie, have two sons, Jacoby and Zander Lee.
Dustin has been an assistant volleyball coach on the staffs of James Madison University and UC Santa Barbara's women's teams. He has also coached club volleyball in Virginia for many years and coached at various collegiate camps throughout the country.
2nd year as assistant coach
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.
Jenn McMonagle is finishing her second year as the head women's volleyball coach at Dickinson College. McMonagle came to Carlisle after serving as the head coach of both mens and womens volleyball at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pa. Prior to her arrival at Wilson, McMonagle was on the staff at Gettysburg College where she helped guide the volleyball team to its first 20-win campaign in 11 years.
Originally from Hanover, McMonagle returned to south-central Pennsylvania following a one-year stint as the assistant coach at Union College in Barbourville, Ky. McMonagle helped the Bulldogs post a 34-11 overall record and win the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) regular-season and tournament championships. Union advanced to the NAIA National Championship and became the first AAC school to win a match after going 2-2 at the event.
Prior to arriving at Union, McMonagle served as head c-team coach and assistant varsity coach at Kings High School in Seattle, Wash., while completing her masters degree at the University of Washington. She led the c-team to a conference title and helped the varsity team finish fifth in the state tournament.
McMonagle played and coached at Penn State Mont Alto. As a player, she was a two-time All-Penn State University Athletic Conference (PSUAC) First-team selection and was named the conferences Setter of the Year in 2009. McMonagle was named United States Collegiate Athletic Association All-America Honorable Mention and Academic All-America in 2009. She was also recognized with the John S. Egli Scholar-Athlete Award as a player.
After receiving her bachelors degree in Human Development and Family Studies from Penn States main campus in 2012, McMonagle returned to Mont Alto to coach the mens and womens volleyball teams for three years. After going 8-14 in her debut season with the women, she led the Lions to a 37-14 mark in her final two campaigns. She coached four USCAA Academic All-Americans, five All-PSUAC First-team players, and one PSUAC Newcomer of the Year.
Mitchell McPartland was named Head Volleyball Coach for the Maroons in March 2022. Now in his fourth year on staff, McPartland was the Interim Head Coach for the 2021 season after serving as assistant coach in 2019 and 2020.
The 2022 campaign featured a 20-13 season record and a return to the NCAA Division III Championship for the 11th time since 2010, with the Maroons advancing to the Second Round.
The 2021 Maroons were nationally ranked throughout the fall season and posted a 17-10 overall record. After playing one of the toughest schedules in the nation, UChicago qualified for the NCAA Tournament. McPartland and Assistant Coach Thom Guzi also received the University Athletic Association (UAA) Co-Coaching Staff of the Year award.
The historic 2019 season featured numerous program firsts for the Maroons. UChicago was ranked No. 1 in the national coaches poll during the regular season, set a new school record for winning percentage (.875), won 23 matches in-a-row and advanced to the third round of the NCAA Championship. Three Maroons were named All-Americans - setter Emma Griffith (1st Team), middle hitter Madison Pearson (Third Team) and outside hitter Anne Marie Stifter (H.M.). UChicago ranked highly in the nation in kills per set (9th), digs per set (12th) and assists per set (13th).
UChicago was honored as 2019 UAA Coaching Staff of the Year after the Maroons posted a perfect 7-0 Round Robin record and runner-up finish in the UAA Championship.
McPartland worked the 2018 season as a volunteer assistant women's volleyball coach at University of South Florida. USF finished with 20 wins and earned its first postseason appearance in 17 years. His primary position groups were the defensive specialists and outside hitters. McPartland's other NCAA Division I experience came at Drake University in the 2016 season as an assistant coach. He worked heavily with serve receive and defense, helping the team rank 10th nationally with 17.67 digs per set.
He also spent over five years as a club volleyball head coach at St. Pete Volleyball Club (Florida), Iowa Power Volleyball and All Iowa Attack Volleyball Club.
As an undergraduate, McPartland was a four-year starter on the men's volleyball team at Grand View University. He was picked as the NAIA North Division Libero of the Year in 2014, and also excelled in the classroom with three Academic All-Conference honors. During that time, the Vikings finished in third place twice and runner-up once at the NAIA National Invitational Tournament.
McPartland graduated from Grand View with a bachelor's degree in health promotion. He also spent one season as head junior varsity coach and assistant varsity coach at his alma mater.
Mitchell resides in Hyde Park with his husband, Anthony.
Coach Jason Butch was the recipient of the 2023 USAV Rebecca B Howard Diversity & Inclusion Award. Coach Butch is in his fourth season as the Assistant Coach at Oklahoma Christian University where, for the first time in program history, they finished the season with a winning record in Fall 2022. Prior to that, he was the Assistant Varsity Coach at Mount St. Marys Catholic High School where he helped lead the Rockets to multiple State Finals. He has coached club volleyball for over 10 years.
During the summer, Coach Butch manages and coaches OKC Sharks, a successful beach volleyball program in Oklahoma City. In the past 6 years, OKC Sharks has garnered over 110 national bids with one of those teams competing in the gold bracket at Nationals.
Jason has coached for over 15 years and is a CAP 2 Indoor Certified coach.
Pickett joins Southwestern University volleyball staff after serving as the Temple College head Coach since June of 2017. The growth in Pickett's coaching era went from 2 wins in 2017, to 18 wins and placing 3rd in the NJTCAC Conference in one season. In the 2021 season, the Leopards made it to the Regional Championship and finished the year as the number 1 blocking team in the nation. She has a 100% success transfer rate for players that desire to play at a 4 year institution. Since joining the Leopard Athletics staff, she has coached 3 All-Region athletes, 1 New Comer of the Year, 6 First-Team All-Conference athletes, 10 Second-Team All-Conference athletes, and 6 Academic All-Americans. 40% of her transfer athletes have transferred to Division-I universities. Another 40% transfer to Division-II, then the other 20% to NAIA and Division-III institutions.
From 2015-2017 Pickett coached a range of national teams at Austin Performance, while positional training pins and middles. In 2015, Pickett coached under Tyler Albarado (Baylor University). In 2014, Pickett student-assisted at University of Arkansas Fort-Smith, under Johnny Neely, who is now the BYU Women's Volleyball 1st assistant.
Pickett most recently played in the Bring It USA Professional Volleyball Tour in Slovenia, Croatia, and Italy in 2016. She played her junior and senior year of college at University of Arkansas-Fort Smith. In 2012-2013 Pickett was awarded 1st Team All-Conference for the Heartland and 1st Team All-Tournament for the Heartland Conference Tournament. In 2012 Pickett was awarded NCAA D2 Honorable Mention All-American. Prior to University of Arkansas-Fort Smith, Pickett played at Temple College, after transferring in from California State University East Bay, where she spent her freshman year. While with the Leopards in 2011, Pickett was awarded 1st Team All-Region, 1st Team All-Conference, and was the Region V North Co-Offensive MVP.
Pickett graduated from the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith with a Bachelor of Science in English Literature with a Teacher Licensure.
Outside of coaching, Pickett enjoys teaching Pilates, health and wellness, and being involved in women's ministry.
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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.
Jacquie Cason enters her first season as the head women's volleyball coach. Prior to joining the S&T staff in March 2024, she was with Northwest Missouri State. She was with the Bearvats for the last five years, the first two as a graduate assistant coach before becoming the top assistant in the Bearcat program in July 2021. In her time at Northwest, the Bearcats had a record of 100-39 that included NCAA Division II Tournament appearance in 2021 and 2022 and trips to the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Tournament in each of those five seasons.
Northwest reached the championship game of the MIAA Tournament in the spring season in 2021 and again in the fall season of that calendar year. The Bearcats also won the MIAA regular season title in 2022 and while playing in the highly competitive MIAA and in the same region with teams in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, recorded 18 wins over nationally-ranked teams during those five seasons. One of those 18 wins came over No.-1 ranked Washburn during the 2021 campaign which was among five victories over teams ranked in the top five in the nation since the start of the 2019 season.
At Northwest, Cason was involved in numerous aspects of the program that included being the program's recruiting coordinator, working with budgets and fundraising projects and with academic progress as well as practice planning and travel coordination. Her primary coaching areas centered around training the middle and pin hitters.
Northwest finished among the top five in kills and attack percentage in the MIAA in four of the last five seasons including leading the conference with 13.3 kills per set in the spring of 2021 and also ranked among the top five in blocks in three of those seasons.
Before going to Northwest, Cason spent one year at Eastern Illinois University and one year at Nicholls State University as the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. She was involved with scouting, film preparation and analysis, coaching the offense and developing blocking schemes at both schools.
Cason began her coaching career at Sacred Heart Academy in Louisville, Ky., where her junior varsity squad recorded the best record in the state in 2016. She also served as an assistant varsity coach during Sacred Heart's successful 2016 state championship run, the school's first state championship in 13 years. Sacred Heart finished that season with a No. 3 three ranking in the nation among high school programs, which included championships at the LIVT Tournament held in Louisville and the Nike Tournament of Champions in Phoenix.
Cason played collegiately at the University of Texas at El Paso, where she played as a pin hitter. She served as team captain her senior season and totaled 100 or more kills in each season at UTEP, where her attack percentage mark of .306 during the 2010 season still ranks as the sixth-best single-season mark in program history.
In addition, she amassed more than 250 hours of community service over her five-year career. She was a four-time Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll selection, a seven-time honoree on the Dean's List for a semester grade point average of 3.5 higher and received the Conference USA Commissioner's Medalist award in 2011.
She earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from UTEP in 2015 and earned her master's degree in applied health sciences at Northwest Missouri State in 2021. She is originally from Vail, Ariz.
Coach Kip Yoshimura recently completed his 12th season at NCAA DIII Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. He has over 35 years of volleyball coaching experience, including 28 seasons as a head collegiate coach where he has amassed an impressive overall record of 446-358. Yoshimura's student-athletes at Pacific University have earned nineteen All-Northwest Conference selections, 81 All-NWC scholar-athletes and seven consecutive AVCA All-Academic team honors (3.64 GPA in 2020-21).
Yoshimura experienced his best success in his nine seasons leading the powerful Lewis-Clark State program in Lewiston, Idaho. From 1993 to 2001, Yoshimura led the Warriors to five NAIA National Tournament appearances, including a national semifinals berth in 1998, as well six conference or regional championships. A six-time AVCA Pacific Northwest Region Coach of the Year and a six-time conference coach of the year, Yoshimura coached 16 NAIA All-Americans, 25 all-region performers, 40 all-conference selections and 13 NAIA All-America Scholar-Athletes. Yoshimura is the winningest volleyball coach in Lewis-Clark State history (251-72). His 1996 team went 35-4, also the best record in Warrior archives. His success at Lewis-Clark State led Yoshimura to Gonzaga, where he led the Bulldogs Division I program for seven seasons (2002-08). During his tenure, Yoshimura coached 10 All-West Coast Conference performers and eight WCC all-academic honorees. His best season was in 2007 when Gonzaga went 17-13, which at the time was the best mark for a Bulldog volleyball team in 14 seasons.
Yoshimura arrived in Forest Grove in 2012 after one season as an assistant coach at Vanguard University, a NAIA school in Costa Mesa, Calif., where helped lead the Lions to an appearance in the 2011 NAIA National Tournament. Prior to arriving at Vanguard, Yoshimura spent one season as an assistant coach at UC Davis. I want each and every student-athlete in my programs to enjoy the whole college experience, Yoshimura says. Part of that is on the court, part of that is certainly in the classroom and part of that is socially on campus. At the same time, we want players who want to win and play at the highest level that they can. We want them to aspire to be better than they are and hopefully as a coaching staff we can provide that opportunity to play on a team where their goals are met.
At the club level, Yoshimura has served as head coach of the 951 Elite Volleyball Club, the Snake River Juniors Volleyball Club, Ogden Juniors Volleyball Club, Huntington Beach Boys Volleyball Club, California Junior Volleyball Club and Inland Empire Volleyball. Yoshimura played junior college volleyball at West Valley College in Saratoga, Calif., where he was a two-year starting setter and an all-conference performer in 1985. He also played one season for the mens club program at San Jose State University. A native of San Jose, Yoshimura graduated from Long Beach State in 1990 with a degree in mechanical engineering.
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.
I am the Assistant Coach with Albany State University in Albany, Georgia. We are a highly competitive Division 2 HBCU and part of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association. I have been an Assistant Coach with ASU since 2015 and the Recruiting Coach since 2019. During which time we have had 2 Freshman of the Year, 8 All Conference recipients, and have been Division East Champions 3 times.
Ana Pego, one of the rising young stars in the collegiate volleyball coaching industry, has been named head coach of the Le Moyne volleyball program, it was announced by Director of Athletics Bob Beretta on Wednesday, December 21, 2022.
Pego served as a graduate assistant coach, assistant coach, recruiting coordinator and ultimately, head coach, at perennial Northeast 10 Conference-power New Haven. Most recently, Pego has worked as an assistant coach and the recruiting coordinator at Division I University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She becomes only the seventh head coach in the history of the Le Moyne volleyball program.
We are very excited to name Ana Pego to lead our volleyball program, Beretta said. She brings a wealth of knowledge and coaching experience to Le Moyne. Ana is extremely familiar with the Northeast 10 Conference and understands what it takes to be successful at the highest levels of the sport.
Ana owns deep recruiting ties in the Northeast and South, in addition to her vast international network. Anas personal value set, her passion for developing student-athletes as leaders on and off the court and a strong desire to build a championship program at Le Moyne separated her from other candidates throughout the interview process.
While at New Haven, Pego was a member of teams that earned five consecutive NCAA Tournament berths, and registered two Elite Eight appearances. She helped guide New Haven to a 28-win season and an undefeated record in conference play in 2017. That year, New Haven was awarded a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
Pego was named head coach at New Haven prior to the 2018 season following the retirement of longtime record-setting mentor Robin Salters.
During her collegiate head coaching debut, Pego led New Haven to a 15-3 record before stepping down due to personal reasons at midseason. The Chargers finished 26-6 that year and reached the semifinals of the NCAA East Region Championships. In all, New Haven posted an overall record of 105-43 (.709) and 43-13 (.768) in NE10 action during Pegos time coaching on the Charger sidelines. New Haven captured four NE10 titles in her five years with the program.
I am ecstatic and honored to join Le Moyne College as its next head womens volleyball coach, stated Pego. I would like to thank President Linda LeMura, Director of Athletics Bob Beretta, the Search Committee and everyone involved in the hiring process for this incredible opportunity.
I am very excited to become a part of the Phin family, and I am looking forward to getting to work and to continue to build on the solid foundation and culture that surrounds this amazing institution.
While at New Haven, Pego worked with the Chargers setters, including All-Region and All-Conference performer Kristine Rios, who topped the Chargers in assists in each of her four seasons and still ranks among the schools all-time leaders.
As recruiting coordinator, Pego was instrumental in shaping classes that experienced tremendous success at New Haven.
Following the 2015 season, Pego was one of seven recipients of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Minority Coaches Scholarship.
Pego joined the staff at UNC Charlotte as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator in 2019. During her time at Charlotte, the 49ers garnered three consecutive Conference USA Tournament berths, reaching the league tournament semifinals of the highly regarded conference for the first time in school history in 2020.
She also coached nine players that received All-Conference USA first- or second-team honors, the C-USA Libero of the Year and the C-USA Freshman of the Year. Five of her players were named to the C-USA All-Academic team, two collected C-USA All-Freshman honors and four gathered AVCA All-South Region certificates.
As a team, Charlotte earned a pair of Conference USA Team Academic Awards, while posting an overall record of 52-49 (.515) during her tenure with the 49ers.
Following her graduation from Alabama State University, Pego served as a student assistant coach for her alma mater from 2012 to 2013. During her undergraduate days at ASU, she was a two-year starting setter for the Lady Hornets and served as team captain during her senior campaign.
A member of the Deans List, Pego completed her Bachelors degree in Marine Biology at Alabama State in 2013 and graduated Summa Cum Laude. She was selected to the Beta Kappa Chi Honor Society. Pego also holds a pair of Masters degrees from New Haven in Environmental Science and Sport Management.
In addition to her experience playing Division I college volleyball and coaching collegiately at the Division I and Division II levels, Pego has also directed club volleyball for the Chelsea Piers Athletic Club in Connecticut and worked in operations for the New England Black Wolves lacrosse team.
Im entering my 4th year as the assistant coach/recruiting coordinator at Millsaps College. I primarily work with our setters, developing our offense, but I work with all position groups. Throughout my 3 seasons, Ive coached multiple SAA all conference players, and our team has received the USMC/AVCA team academic award every year.
Kathryn Sizemore is going into her second year as a graduate assistant coach at Valdosta State University. Sizemore is originally from Asheville, North Carolina and moved to Valdosta in 2019.
Prior to VSU, Sizemore was an assistant coach for the volleyball team at T.C. Roberson High School in Asheville and has five years of experience coaching at the club level at Burke Elite Volleyball Club (2014-2018) and Xcel Volleyball Performance (2018-2019). Sizemore completed her four years of athletic eligibility as a member of the volleyball program at Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, North Carolina. She graduated with a bachelors degree in Instructional Studies with focuses in Mathematics and Special Education. In her time at Lenoir-Rhyne, Sizemores team won the SAC conference tournament and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the National Tournament in 2015.
Kelli Trautmann completed her 8th season as the head coach of the University of Dallas volleyball team. She joined the Crusaders in 2017.
Hired in May, 2016, NCAA Division III Allegheny College located in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Trautmann was brought on as an assistant but served as the acting head coach once 30-year head coach Bridget Sheehan took a leave of absence for the 2016 season due to medical reasons.
Prior to that, Trautmann was the assistant volleyball coach at NAIA Williams Woods University in Fulton, Missouri. The team went 22-15 and 9-3 in the American Midwest Conference (AMC) when she was an assistant in 2015.
During the 2014-15 school year, she worked at NCAA DIII Millsaps College. While with the Majors, Trautmann served as an assistant coach for volleyball and was the assistant for the Track and Field team. The volleyball team in 2014 rolled to a 22-6 record and 11-3 in the Southern Athletic Association (SAA). The Majors led all of NCAA DIII in digs per set at 22.32.
Before assisting at Millsaps, Trautmann was the head volleyball, assistant junior varsity basketball, and head throws coach for track & field at Waterford Union High School in Wisconsin.
Prior to coaching, Trautmann starred for both the volleyball and track & field teams at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Her career-high 36 digs in a match ranked fifth highest in program history, and she claimed Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Sportsmanship honors in 2010 and WIAC All-Defensive Team accolades in 2011. The Warhawks won a regular-season WIAC title, a pair of WIAC Tournament crowns, and advanced to four NCAA Tournaments during her career.
Trautmann earned her Masters of Education in Athletic/Activities Administration at William Woods University in June 2017.
In May 2013, Trautmann graduated from UW-Whitewater with a Bachelor of Science in Education, Physical Education, Emphasis on Health, Human Performance and Recreation with an Athletic Coaching Minor.
Gabrielle (Gabby) Bennett is in her first season as Illinois Tech Assistant Womens Volleyball Coach in 2023-2024. She has spent the previous three years coaching at the club level at Michio Chicago Volleyball Academy and completed coaching her first high school season as the Junior Varsity Coach at Oak Lawn Community High School in 2022.
Prior to her coaching days, Bennett graduated from Wesleyan University, in Middletown, CT where she studied Psychology, Classics, and Education Studies. She was a starter for the Cardinals as a Middle Blocker and earned Conference Player of the Week honors in 2016. That year, she helped lead her team to their first NESCAC (New England Small Conference Athletic Conference) Tournament appearance in over 25 years, in 2017, their first NESCAC Tournament win in program history, in 2018 she accompanied the team on their first Regional Championship win and NCAA DIII Elite 8 appearance, and 2019 helped lead them to a Regional Tournament run. Throughout her career, she was a varsity starter and leader in both conference blocking and hitting percentage statistics.
Bennett grew up on the south side of Chicago, Illinois and attended St. Ignatius College Prep for High School where she played volleyball and was awarded Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2015.
Dustin Sahlmann is entering his second season as the Lyon College Head Volleyball Coach in 2021-22.
In his first year at the helm, Coach Sahlmann posted an 8-14 record and a sixth-place finish in the American Midwest Conference. The Scots made the AMC Tournament for the eighth consecutive season and three players earn All-AMC Honors. In year 2 Lyon 11-18 finishing 7th in the AMC. Lyon reached the AMC tourney for the 9th straight year and had 2 All AMC players.
Sahlmann comes to Lyon following four seasons as the head volleyball coach at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. During his time at UAPB, the Lady Lions won more conference matches in three years than any other coach in school history (26). Sahlmann led UAPB to its first wins over Jackson State and Alabama A&M in program history during his tenure. He coached 19 Southwest Athletic Conference Player of the Week recipients. Sahlmann also coached 2017 SWAC Newcomer of the Year, Lisa Casimie. In 2018, UAPB OH Kendalle Howard led the SWAC in kills per set, points and points per set. UAPB had a pair of all-conference selections that season. Sahlmann helped raise the team grade-point average from a 3.0 to a 3.775 during his time at UAPB.
Prior to his time at UAPB, Sahlmann spent one year as the assistant volleyball coach and recruiting coordinator at Louisiana Tech. Before his time at Louisiana Tech, Sahlmann served as the assistant volleyball coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of New Orleans until he was promoted to the interim head coach at UNO.
Sahlmann earned his first head coaching position at the collegiate level in 2011 at Philander Smith College. During his two-year tenure with PSC, Sahlmann had one player earn First-Team and another earn Second-Team All-Gulf Coast Athletic Conference honors. He was also played an integral role in helping PSC host the 2020 GCAC Tournament.
Sahlmann also spent time as the head volleyball coach of the Little Rock Juniors and at Pulaski Academy High School after beginning his coaching career as a student assistant at the University of Arkansas in 1994.
Spangler led the Lady Comets to a 16-4 record and a runner-up finish in District 2 during the fall season. In the spring campaign, he led the boys to a 12-3 finish and second place in the Lackawanna League. Prior to taking the coaching position at Abington Heights, Spangler spent four years (2009-12) as the head coach of the Pittsburgh womens volleyball club, a student-run organization at the University of Pittsburgh that competed in approximately three to five events each semester, including the National Collegiate Club Volleyball Championships in the spring. While at Pittsburgh, Spangler served as the president of the University of Pittsburgh mens club volleyball from 2007 to 2009. The club team is a member of the National Collegiate Volleyball Federation, which promotes organized collegiate club volleyball for men and women. The team at Pitt annually competed in tournaments both at Pitt and at other universities across the country in both the fall and spring semesters. Spangler is the 12th head coach in the Royal women's volleyball program's 39-year history. In his first three seasons at the helm, Spangler has led the Royals to berths in the Landmark Conference Tournament in each season. In 2013, Scranton defeated Moravian College, 3-1, in the quarterfinals before dropping a 3-1 decision to seven-time champion and NCAA powerhouse Juniata College in the next round. A native of Clarks Summit, Spangler has a bachelors degree in natural sciences from the University of Pittsburgh and is currently pursuing his secondary education certificate at Kings College in nearby Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 60-47 (.561) 2013, 2014, 2015 Julia Crilly (1st team, 2013, 2014), Kirstin Kirwan (2015), Stephanie Klug (2015) Julia Crilly (2014)
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.
Alexa Keckler enters her fifth year as the head coach of the Lehigh volleyball program in 2022.
At the helm of the program, Keckler has led Lehigh to the Patriot League Tournament with five players earning All-Patriot League honors including three Academic All-Patriot League selections.
In 2019, Keckler led the Mountain Hawks to their first Patriot League Tournament appearance since 2017. Under her guidance, senior Emily Poole and junior Hannah Wright earned Second Team All-Patriot League selections for the second consecutive season. For the second season in a row, senior Lauren Bright was named an Academic All-Patriot League honoree.
During her first season at the helm, Keckler led the Mountain Hawks to a 20-8 overall record and had the program's best start to a season at 11-1 entering Patriot League play. She has coached two Second Team All-Patriot League selections through her first year.
Hired in February 2018, she brings to Lehigh 13 years of collegiate head coaching experience, including the last eight seasons as the head coach at Muhlenberg College.
At Muhlenberg, Keckler's teams reflected her commitment to recruiting nationally, to high academic achievement, to community service, and to competitive consistency. In addition to team successes, Muhlenberg volleyball student-athletes earned All-America, All-Region and All-Centennial Conference recognition, as well as Academic All-America and All-District honors.
Competitively, Keckler compiled a record of 141-96 (.595) at Muhlenberg and owns an overall mark of 237-151 (.611) in her 13 seasons at the collegiate level. Prior to Muhlenberg, Keckler spent five seasons at fellow Centennial Conference member Gettysburg College, where she won a conference title and led the Bullets to five-straight postseason appearances.
Keckler ranks third in Centennial Conference history with 88 wins in conference matches and ranks fourth with seven wins in conference postseason matches. She accumulated 237 total wins during her time at Gettysburg and Muhlenberg, which ranks eighth in Centennial history.
Just three seasons after tying for last place in the Centennial Conference, Muhlenberg won 20 matches and advanced to the conference championship match for the first time in 12 years in 2013. The following season, Keckler led the Mules to the championship match again in a landmark season that saw the program win 25 matches, set the school record for the longest winning streak (13), receive votes in the national poll for the first time ever and crown its first All-American in 10 years.
Inheriting a young, rebuilding team in 2010, Keckler began her stint at Muhlenberg with a 6-21 record and capped off her tenure with a 24-6 campaign in 2017. In her final season, Keckler led the program to its highest-ever NCAA regional ranking (fifth) and once again had the Mules receiving votes in the national poll.
Prior to arriving at Muhlenberg in 2010, Keckler spent five years as head coach at Gettysburg, where she compiled a record of 96-55 (.636), including a record of 40-10 (.800) in Centennial play. The Bullets posted at least 18 wins in each of her five seasons and captured their league-best 11th Centennial Conference Championship in 2005. During Keckler's tenure, Gettysburg reached the conference championship match three times and advanced to the NCAA regional semifinals in 2005.
In her 13 seasons at Gettysburg and Muhlenberg, Keckler coached two All-Americans, two All-Region selections, 35 All-Centennial Conference selections, the 2013 Centennial Conference Rookie of the Year, a 2016 Centennial Conference Volleyball Scholar-Athlete Award recipient, two Academic All-Centennial selections, three CoSIDA academic All-District selections and two CoSIDA Academic All-America selections.
Prior to entering the college coaching ranks, Keckler piloted her alma mater of Smithsburg (Md.) High School to an 18-2 record in 2002 and guided Littlestown (Pa.) High School to an 18-5 mark and a district playoff appearance in 2004. In between those assignments, she served as head coach of the Tri-State FCA Volleyball Club's 15-and-under girls team, leading that squad to a 49-25 record in 2003-04.
An all-region most valuable player and junior college All-American at Hagerstown Community College, Keckler earned her associate's degree in 1998 before graduating from Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) University with a bachelor's degree in sports and exercise science in 2000. She was a two-year letter winner with the TNU volleyball program, earning TranSouth Athletic Conference academic honors both seasons.
She acquired a master's degree in human performance from Frostburg State University in 2002 and also has CAP 2 coaching certification from USA Volleyball. In addition to her coaching duties, she has served as the director of the Mid-Maryland Volleyball Camp since 1996.
Keckler and her husband, Moravian University men's basketball head coach Darryl Keckler, have three daughters, Olivia, Camryn and Mallory, and a son, Maddox.
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.
Mary Marcum enters her first season with the Sewanee volleyball program.
Head Sewanee volleyball coach Nancy Mueller-Culver has announced the addition of Mary Marcum to he coaching staff.
Prior to her arrival on the Domain, Marcum served as a volunteer assistant coach for King University in Bristol, Tenn. for the 2018 season. At the NCAA Division II institution, she was responsible for practice planning and execution, film breakdown, game planning and organizing travel plans. On the court, she led service receptions, defensive schemes and individual setting techniques.
Before she began her coaching career at the collegiate level, she served as a varsity assistant coach with North Oldham High School in Louisville, Ky. She was also the head coach of the junior varsity squad during the 2017 season.
In club volleyball, Marcum works with A5 Chattanooga and has previously worked with Kingsport Volleyball Club, Union Volleyball Club, Kentucky-Indiana Volleyball Club and the Orlando Volleyball Academy.
Coaching volleyball since 2011, Marcum graduated from the University of Central Florida in 2014 with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice.
Marcum lives in Chattanooga with her husband Justin, and their two dogs Panda and Chloe.
Head Coach at Carleton College (NCAA Division III). Small liberal arts college in Northfield, MN
Maliah Blakemore was hired as the Knox College Head Volleyball Coach and Senior Woman Administrator in December 2023.
Most recently, Blakemore was the Assistant Volleyball Coach at Kansas Wesleyan University. She helped lead the Coyotes to the opening round of the NAIA National Championships in 2023.
Blakemore arrived at Kansas Wesleyan after spending the 2021 and 2022 seasons as the head coach at Hannibal-LaGrange University (HLGU) where she led the Trojans to 25 wins. She was named as the American Midwest Conference (AMC) Coach of the Year in 2021, leading HLGU to a nine-win improvement from the prior season. She also helped HLGU to its best record in the last 15 years.
Prior to becoming the head coach at Hannibal-LaGrange, Blakemore was a graduate assistant for the Trojans for one season in 2020.
Before arriving at HLGU, Blakemore played four seasons at Lincoln Christian University (LCU) where she was selected to the Association of Independent Institutions (AII) Second Team All-Conference in 2016 and 2017, followed by First Team All-Conference selections in 2018 and 2019. She was named as the 2019 AII Setter of the Year.
She was selected to the AII All-Tournament all four years at Lincoln Christian. She finished her career ranked third all-time in assists at LCU. While at LCU, the women's volleyball team qualified for the NAIA National Volleyball Tournament twice.
Blakemore played at Quincy High School in nearby Quincy, Ill., and was a three-year starter. As a senior she led Illinois High School Class 4A in assists.
She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in communications from Lincoln Christian, and a Masters degree in organizational leadership in business from HLGU.
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.
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As a parent of a student athlete, this program surpassed all expectations. The staff went beyond our goal of giving not just physical but mental training. They encouraged and critiqued those skills need to make our athlete even better than when she arrived. We all loved attending, and our daughter looks forward to next year or attending another one soon. Thank you for a great experience!
Player
Everyone was amazing and helpful, I enjoyed the exposure to college coaches! I learned so much more during this one day camp than I did during a 3 day camp I attended last year. I would definitely recommend EXACT, it helped me to become a better player overall!
Player
I was actually so nervous going into the camp, but once I got the to camp all of my nervousness went away. The coaches were all very nice and the camp was a comfortable place with everyone being very supportive. Not only was it enjoyable, I was able to talk to the coaches one-on-one, and get honest and thoughtful feedback to improve my athletic abilities and talents.
Before attending the EXACT Camp, I was very uneducated about college sports and didn't have a set school I was interested in, but this camp helped me have a better understanding of what to look for in the future.
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I thought the EXACT Camp really gave me the extra push I needed to become a recruited college athlete. Being able to talk face to face with college coaches made me feel in control of the process. I loved the competition and I think I improved as a player over the course of the days. It was definitely the best camp I attended all summer.
Player
The EXACT camp allowed me to gain valuable college exposure, talk to college coaches, and receive advice about becoming a student athlete. From this camp, I feel more confident in myself because of the positive feedback I received from the coaches, and encouragement from the girls I was with. The 1-on-1 evaluation from a college coach was extremely beneficial and will help me improve to become a more dynamic player!
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Player
I really enjoyed how I was able to meet one on one with every coach, and I was able to show my skills in front of them. I also loved how informational the coaches were about recruiting process, and how I was able to see and experience the different coaching styles. I also enjoyed how there was a coach from every division including NAIA.
Player
The EXACT Camp is my second exposure camp and it was way bigger and better than my first! It was amazing to be around girls with the same aspirations as me, hopefully I’ll compete against them in the future at the collegiate level. My experience with EXACT has been invaluable and extremely informative. It's definitely the easiest and best way to be exposed to college coaches. Thanks so much EXACT!!
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Your showcase opened my daughter's eyes that she needs to start preparing now to fulfill her dream of being on a collegiate volleyball team. Her attitude is now focused on what she needs to do to achieve her goal. The college coaches were outstanding, and were very informative about what they expect, and do with their teams. It was our first EXACT showcase, but definitely not our last one we will attend in the upcoming future. Our overall experience exceeded our expectations. Thank you for everything, and connecting us to valuable college coaches.
Player
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Player
I went into this camp not knowing what to expect. I came out, and I loved it. I loved the environment, direct exposure to the coaching staff, and learning new techniques from a variety of different coaches. Everyone here was very positive, and made sure to include everyone.I would definitely recommend the EXACT camp and hope attend one in the near future!
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Largest college coaching staff of any organization -- camp, tournament or club (bringing in 1000 amazing college coaches every year)!
Hugely successful supporters of high school athletes -- 70.2% of participants have gone on to play NCAA or NAIA college athletics.
Only training camp organization that has received funding from the NCAA.
Official behavioral training partner of US Women's National Team.
The only camp staff that has expertise in developing athletes from high school to college to pro (we also work with over 60 pro teams).
The only exposure organization that blends the 4 pillars of development through our mental training expertise (EXACT is funded by the National Institutes of Health).
This is a sample schedule. Registered athletes will receive a final schedule prior to camp.
EXACT will provide you with a digital link within twenty-one days after camp. This link will allow you to purchase raw (unedited) gameplay footage from camp, which you can use however you'd like for your recruiting efforts.
Additionally, we offer a professional-grade highlight video package for athletes looking to create a polished showcase of their skills and stand-out moments from camp.
We will also be sharing the raw gameplay footage from camp with our national network of college coaches, further increasing your exposure.
Upgrade options, including our professional highlight video package, are available. For more details, review the Highlight Video package.
EXACT will provide you with a digital link within twenty-one days after camp. This link will allow you to purchase raw (unedited) gameplay footage from camp, which you can use however you'd like for your recruiting efforts.
Additionally, we offer a professional-grade highlight video package for athletes looking to create a polished showcase of their skills and stand-out moments from camp.
We will also be sharing the raw gameplay footage from camp with our national network of college coaches, further increasing your exposure.
Upgrade options, including our professional highlight video package, are available. For more details, review the Highlight Video package.
