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Candace Martin enters her second year with the Alabama State University women's volleyball team as the Associate Head Coach and Director of Volleyball Operations in 2026, after returning to Alabama State Athletics in February of 2025. A proud ASU alumna and Memphis, Tenn., native, Martin brings a wealth of experience in collegiate athletics and volleyball operations to her dual leadership role within the Hornets program.
In addition to her coaching and operations responsibilities at ASU, Martin currently serves as the SWAC representative on the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Assistant Coaches Committee, contributing to national conversations around professional development, advocacy, and the advancement of the sport.
With Martin on staff, the 2025 edition of the Hornets achieved a 12-4 mark in SWAC play and reached the SWAC Semifinals to close out the season. Sophomore Kamrynn Clay was named the Setter of the Year by the conference, while she was joined by middle hitter Kaylen Hines and outside hitter Jyriah Morgan on the All-SWAC First Team. The Hornets added more individual accolades in the postseason, as Morgan and senior Brooke Adams were named to the All-Tournament Team.
She is no stranger to ASU or the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). As a student-athlete at Alabama State University from 2014 to 2018, she was a standout volleyball player who helped lead the team to four SWAC championships. Her decorated collegiate career includes honors such as First Team All-SWAC (2018), SWAC Co-Player of the Year (2018), All-SWAC Tournament Team (2017), ASU Female Student-Athlete of the Year (2018), and the prestigious title of 2019 SWAC Woman of the Year.
Madison Beasley, a proud alumna of Alabama State University, begins her second season coaching at the collegiate level after joining head coach Penny Lucas-White's staff in 2025.
With Beasley on staff, the 2025 edition of the Hornets achieved a 12-4 mark in SWAC play and reached the SWAC Semifinals to close out the season. Sophomore Kamrynn Clay was named the Setter of the Year by the conference, while she was joined by middle hitter Kaylen Hines and outside hitter Jyriah Morgan on the All-SWAC First Team. The Hornets added more individual accolades in the postseason, as Morgan and senior Brooke Adams were named to the All-Tournament Team.
Beasley was a four-year setter for the Hornets from 2019 to 2023, playing a pivotal role in leading the team to a SWAC Championship. Her standout performance earned her First Team All-SWAC honors and the title of 2023 SWAC Setter of the Year.
Following her playing career, the Gilbert, Arizona, native began coaching at Mana Toa Volleyball Club in Prattville, Alabama, where she helped develop young athletes and grow her coaching foundation.
She holds a bachelors degree in psychology with a minor in sociology (2023) and a Master of Business Administration in June 2024. Now back on campus, Beasley is eager to give back to the program that shaped her as a student-athlete, as she returns with a strong background as both a player and a coach, along with a deep passion for the game.
With a coaching career spanning over two decades, as a coach I brings passion, experience, and a winning tradition to the Lane College volleyball program. When I took the reins at ECSU I quickly made my markleading the team to an undefeated 10-0 record in the CIAA Northern Division and capturing the division title in my very first season. My leadership also propelled the team to the 2023 CIAA Championship Tournament, where we finished as the tournament runner-up. I hold a bachelors degree in business administration with a concentration in Health Care Management, as well as a masters degree in the same field. My educational background complements my leadership on the court, helping her manage programs with professionalism and strategic insight
Talladega College athletic director Andre Payne has announced the appointment of Janay Yancey as the new head coach of the Tornadoes womens volleyball program. Yancey comes to Talladega from the University of Tennessee Southern (UT Southern) where she spent two seasons as the head coach. Her teams produced two AVCA All-Region players and five players who were named to the Southern States Athletic Conference all-conference team. She also had stints as head coach at Tuskegee University and Mississippi Valley State University.
I am thrilled to have Coach Janay Yancey as our new head womens volleyball coach, said Payne. She brings years of experience from all levels. I know she will continue the success that we have established at Talladega with our program. We look forward to her leadership on and off the court for our student-athletes.
A native of Columbia, Tennessee, Yancey began her coaching career as a student assistant at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) in 2010, when MTSU won the Sun Belt Conference championship with a 29-6 record and made its fifth NCAA appearance. After a stint as a graduate assistant coach at the University of South Alabama, Yancey joined the volleyball program at Hampton University as an assistant coach. Under her leadership, the Lady Pirates ranked fourth in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) in blocks during the 2014 season. That season, Hampton also saw their first two-time AVCA All-America Honoree, a two-time MEAC Player of the Year, and their first NCAA Division I Tournament appearance. In 2015, Yancey helped lead the Lady Pirates to their second NCAA appearance.
In 2016, Yancey moved on to Alabama State University (ASU) where she assisted the Lady Hornets in winning the 2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament Championship and its third NCAA appearance in program history. At Tuskegee University, Yancey served as only the second full-time head coach in program history. There, Yancey produced a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) All-Conference Team member, Players of the Week, and a Newcomer of the Week. She also spent time at Alabama State University as an assistant coach and at Mississippi Valley State University as head coach.
Yancey began her collegiate playing career at North Carolina State University where she lettered there for two seasons as a middle blocker. She transferred to MTSU where she was named to the All-Sun Belt Tournament Team, the Sun Belts Commissioners List for academic excellence, and the Sun Belt Conference Championship in her final season. Yancey currently ranks fifth in program history in career blocks per set and fifth all-time in attack percentage.
Yancey holds a Master of Science in exercise science from South Alabama and a Bachelor of Science in exercise science from MTSU. In 2011, she was a recipient of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Minority Coaches Scholarship. She is a 2014 Women Coaches Academy graduate.
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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.
Billy Ebel enters his third season as an assistant coach on Ray Bechards coaching staff at the University of Kansas in 2020. Ebel joined the Jayhawks after five seasons at Lipscomb University.
Billys infectious enthusiasm will serve our program very well, Bechard said. He is a great ambassador for volleyball. His hunger to learn and gain experience has made him an outstanding teacher in the gym. In addition to his time at Lipscomb and UMKC, he has played at the highest level of the mens game, has been involved with USA Volleyball programs, and worked numerous summer camps including ours at KU. He puts the athletes first hes most concerned about their development.
During his time at Lipscomb, Ebel helped lead the Bisons to three Atlantic Sun Conference regular-season titles and three appearances in the NCAA Tournament. In 2014, Ebel and the Bisons earned the ASUNs first-ever at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. After three seasons as an assistant coach he was promoted to associate head coach by Lipscomb head coach Brandon Rosenthal in 2016, which was the first time Rosenthal had named an associate head coach.
The Overland Park, Kansas, native also has extensive coaching experience with U.S. Womens National Teams, where he has crossed paths with KU All-Americans Kelsie Payne and Ainise Havili on the national team circuit.
Ebel graduated from Ball State University in 2010, where he was a standout mens volleyball student-athlete and served as team captain, earning all-conference honors during his senior year. In 2010, he set the schools single-season record with a 3.05 digs-per-set average.
He cut his teeth in the coaching career as a volunteer assistant at UMKC under Bechards former KU assistant, Christi Posey.
Prior to joining the UMKC staff, Ebel served as a defensive coordinator at Bishop Miege, his former high school team. He helped the Lady Stags to the 2010 Kansas State Championship. While in college, Ebel served as a volunteer assistant coach at prep powerhouse Muncie Burris Laboratory High School in Muncie, Indiana, for three seasons. He helped guide the Owls to the Indiana Class 2A State Championship in each season and one national runner-up finish.
Treibit joined the Red Storm volleyball program prior to the 2000 season. He is responsible for game day preparations and assisting with recruiting efforts. Treibit also serves as an on-court technician and assists with the program's film coordination.
Treibit has many years of experience coaching men's national teams in Holland (Interim Head Coach, Associate Head Coach) and Israel (Head Coach) as well as women's national teams in the United States (Assistant Coach) and Puerto Rico (Head Coach).
In the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, he was instrumental in the Dutch Men's National Team earning a Silver Medal. In the same year, the Dutch squad reached the finals of the World League - the highest level of men's volleyball in the world. As an assistant coach for the U.S. women's national team, he helped the Americans, who earned the world's top ranking that year, qualify for the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, Russia. Four years later, Treibit was a member of the coaching staff that guided the U.S. team to a Silver Medal at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, Calif.
Treibit's leadership and guidance led to three of his former players becoming national team coaches themselves for England, France and Israel. Treibit is also a former head coach of the men's volleyball team at Rutgers University-Newark. Over his four-year tenure with Rutgers, the Scarlet Raiders had a winning percentage of .883 (128-17), appeared in two NCAA Division I national semifinals and won the Eastern Collegiate championship in 1977 and 1980. Treibit was also named the Eastern Collegiate Division I Coach of the Year in 1980. In April 2006, Treibit was inducted into the Rutgers Hall of Fame.
Also a respected official, Treibit has refereed over 250 international matches. Those appointments included serving as the head official at the U.S. Olympic Festival in Los Angeles in 1991, and the head official at the 1994 World Military Championship in San Diego. He was also selected as an official for the Special Olympics World Summer Games in 1995, 1999 and 2003. The games featured over 7,000 participants from all over the world in a variety of events. Treibit's officiating is so well respected that he received the 2009 Wilbur H. Peck Referee Emeritus award, which was presented to him at USA Volleyball's Boyce Banquet.
From 2002-08, Treibit coached the New York City women's volleyball team to five straight gold medals (2004-08) and two silver medals (2002-03) at the Empire State Games. Interestingly, Treibit is the only person in the United States to coach and officiate at the Finals for both the U.S. Open and the NCAA. He's also the only person in the world to earn the highest international title in officiating and an Olympic medal as a coach. In 2011, Treibit was inducted into the USSR Veterans Hall of Fame - which is reserved for top athletes, coaches and media members of USSR descent.
In 2000, Treibit coached the World All-Star Team in footvolley - a 4 v. 4 competition played on a beach volleyball court using all parts of the body but the hands - against the Brazilian team in San Paolo, Brazil.
Member of St.J University VB Coaching Staff - 2018 Big East Coaching Staff of the Year
Treibit earned dual master's degrees in electrical engineering and sports and physical education while in the USSR. He is also fluent in five languages (English, Russian, Romanian, French and Spanish). Treibit currently resides in Flushing, N.Y., with his wife, Tatiana. His youngest son, Ronald, is a student at St. John's University, Pharmacy D and his eldest son, Alexander, graduated from Cornell University in 2005.
DePaul Volleyball program Associate Head Coach, De Souza arrived in Chicago following a three-year stint as an assistant at West Virginia where he helped the program to go to their first ever NCAA appearance.
Prior to his time at West Virginia, De Souza was the head coach at Louisiana Tech. The Brazil native has been an assistant coach at Illinois State, Miami University (MAC Tournament Champion, NCAA qualifier) and a volunteer assistant at Kent State.
Internationally, De Souza has mentored youth at many different levels of the game, from beginners to expertise. He served as the men's volleyball coach at the State University of Campinas winning sectional titles in back-to-back seasons. In 2001-2002 De Souza worked and studied closely with the head coach from the Brazilian Women Junior National team Antonio Rizola in developing tools for performance development.
While taking his undergraduate courses, De Souza served as a liaison and interpreter for the U.S. Women's National Team (1994) and Japanese National Junior Team (1993) while both were competing in the FIVB World Championships in Brazil.
De Souza has spent a career in the States helping programs reach new levels of performance through his player-centered approach. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in physical education and a second in Sports Training/Coaching from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) in São Paulo, Brazil and completed his master's degree in Sports Studies at Kent State University.
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.
Adam Kessenich enters his second season as the assistant coach of the Northeastern women's volleyball team during 2021, having joined the staff in April 2020. He is directly involved in all aspects of the Northeastern women's volleyball program, including player development, match scouting and recruiting.
COACHING CAREER:
Assistant Coach at Minnesota (2018, 2019)Helped the Gophers compile a 54-10 across the two seasons he spent with the team2018 Big Ten ChampionNo. 2 overall seded in the NCAA tournament and a semifinal appearance (2019)Head Coach of Milwaukee Sting Volleyball Club Boys 17 Gold team for two season (2016, 2017)Assisted the varsity and junior varsity girls' volleyball teams at Shorewood High School
I am going into my 3rd year coaching at W&M! I played here for the last two years of my career in 2022 and 2023, and now I get the honors of working with our team everyday! I work primarily with our setters and offensive systems but collaborate with our other coaches in all skills!
Hunter Rock joined Steve Opperman's staff as an assistant coach in July of 2023 and now enters his second season with the Dukes.
Rock, a Pittsburgh native, comes to the Bluff from William & Mary where he served as an assistant coach in 2022.
Rock worked as a graduate assistant for both the mens and womens programs at Augustana College prior to his stint at William & Mary.
Rock was part of the inaugural mens volleyball team at Hiram College, where he played from 2018-21. Rock, an Academic All-AMCC pick in 2020, served as team captain in 2021 when Hiram captured the AMCC title and earned a trip to the NCAA Tournament.
Rock began his coaching career in 2020 as an assistant with Everest Volleyball Club in Twinsburg, Ohio. He also worked as an assistant coach with the Stow-Monroe High School boys program and helped that team to a regional final appearance.
Rock, who attended nearby South Park High School, earned his bachelors degree in education from Hiram in 2021, and recently completed his masters degree in higher education leadership from Western Illinois University.
Maggi Linker '20 enters her 6th season as the Assistant Coach of the Tiger volleyball team for their 2026 season. Linker was named to he AVCA Thirty under 30 list in 2025.
Coach Linker joined the Trinity Volleyball coaching staff in preparations for the 2021 campaign, and was promoted to full-time status ahead of the 2022 season. The Wimberley, Texas-native returned to the Tigers' program following her graduation in the spring of 2020 which capped a four-year Trinity career where she was a three-year team captain and member of the Tigers' 2019 NCAA III National Championship semifinalist team.
As a coach and player, Linker has supported the Tigers to 7 Conference regular season titles and 5 tournament titles. In addition to the conference success, the Tigers have won 5 NCAA Regional Titles in the last 6 years (19, 21, 22, 23, 25) and were NCAA National Runner-up in 2022.
As a student athlete, Linker was awarded the Trinity Presidential Award of Excellence. Maggi graduated from Trinity with a Bachelors in Psychology in 2020.
Jerry Lucio is currently the volunteer assistant at Cal Tech. He is going on 11 seasons with Cal Tech.
Jerry has coached at the high school level and club level both in Arizona and California. Jerry is a California native playing high school as a defense specialist for Chatsworth High School. After high school, Jerry went on to join the military and played volleyball as a setter for the regional teams in the Marine Corps, both stateside and in Japan. Jerry has over 20 years of coaching at elite levels and hopes to pass on his knowledge of the game to the student athletes. Jerry participates in several camps with different organizations throughout the year.
Shayla Chalker just finished her second season as an assistant coach for the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's volleyball team in the 2017 season. Shayla helped guide the team to 2017 National Championship on the back of a 31-5 season and a 22 match win streak to finish the year.
Before joining the CMS staff, Shayla was the head coach at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill. for three seasons. During her time at Knox she helped turn around a program that had not won a conference match in four years beginning with a conference win vs. Illinois College in 2012 that marked the first victory against them since 1990. In her final season at the helm, Knox finished the season with the most conference wins since 1995 and a freshman All-Conference Player.
Prior to becoming a head coach, Shayla served as an assistant coach at Quincy University in Quincy, Ill. in 2009 before joining the staff at Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Mo. working for Olympic Bronze Medalist Caren Kemner.
A native of Melbourne, Australia, Shayla played on the Australian National Team from 2000-2011. She was also part of three consecutive National Championships as part of the Victorian State Team and a four-time recipient of the Australian All-Star 6 Award. A 2009 graduate of Coe College, Shayla was a two time All-American and four time first-team All-Conference athlete.
Derryk Williams led the William Smith College Volleyball program in their second season ever to a 2nd place finish and a trip to the Liberty League Championship. Through the first two years as a program, William Smith holds a 31-16 record. Williams has coached 3 Honorable Mention All Americans and multiple all-conference players during the first two campaigns.
Williams helped the Orange to a 55-44 record, rising from assistant coach to associate head coach. In his first season, he helped SU to a 19-9 overall record, a fourth place finish in the ACC and the programs first NCAA tournament appearance, which included a triumph over Yale in the first round. Syracuse was second in the nation in blocks that season and was one of two teams with two players in the top 30 in the country in blocks per set.
At Syracuse, Williams played an integral role in recruiting, budget management, student-athlete development and scheduling practices and competition.
Williams began his coaching career at his alma mater, Ithaca, in 2015. During his season on the sideline, the Bombers won the Empire 8 Tournament title and advanced to the NCAA tournament regional semifinals. The following year, he became an assistant coach at Colgate. The Raiders finished with a 36-22 record during his two seasons, and advanced to the Patriot League tournament championship game in 2016 and earned a National Invitational Volleyball Championship bid in 2017.
Williams was the assistant coach at Hamilton College while also serving as a volunteer assistant coach with the Raiders in 2017. At Hamilton, he helped the Continentals to the most conference wins and best seed in the NESCAC Tournament in program history.
A graduate of Ithaca, Williams played two seasons with the Bombers mens tennis team before serving as a two-year captain of the club volleyball program. He earned a bachelors degree in television/radio with a minor in coaching.
Natalie Cohen joined the Carnegie Mellon University volleyball staff as a full-time assistant coach in August 2019. Cohen came to Pittsburgh after serving as the head men's and women's volleyball coach at Dean College in Franklin, Massachusetts.
Cohen's first season on the sidelines for the Tartans witnessed a 22-8 season with the program's fourth straight appearance in the NCAA Championship tournament. The Tartans had two different win streaks of six and a season-opening win streak of seven, topped three nationally-ranked teams, and finished the regular season ranked 22nd in the nation.
Cohen's second season was stripped to just four matches, all played in the spring, because of COVID-19 canceling the fall season. The Tartans went 3-1 in those matches with the lone loss coming on the road to a Division II program.
In 2021, the Tartans finished with a 14-14 mark, placed fourth in the UAA, and had five players earn All-Association recognition.
Cohen's fourth season on the sidelines saw the Tartans return to the NCAA Championship tournament and win a first-round match. The Tartans placed fourth in the UAA Tournament for the third straight time and won more the 20 matches for the second time during Cohen's tenure.
Cohen received her masters in Sport Coaching from West Virginia University in 2020 and will complete the master of science in Counseling Psychology program at Chatham University in August of 2024.
Lindsey Veersma is entering her 5th season as the Head Women's Volleyball Coach at Bard College in 2026.
During the 2024 season, Veersma coached three Raptors named to the Liberty League All-Academic Team and three named to the CSC Div. III All-District Team.
During the 2023 season, Veersma coached the Raptors to its first double-digit wins in a season since 2015. Nine Raptors were named to the Liberty League All-Academic Team and four Raptors were named to the 2023 Division III Academic All-District Team. Veersma helped senior Adi David, and Ryan Lum etch their names in the schools record book (David is 3rd all-time in career assists, Lum is 3rd all-time in kills, and digs, and fourth all-time in aces). During the summer, the women's team was recognized with the AVCA Team Academic Award, including the team earning AVCA Team Academic Honor Roll distinction, which recognizes the top 20% of the team based on GPAs national by division.
In her first season at the helm, Veersma helped Bard have its best conference season ever, defeating Union and St. Lawrence, which has never been done in school history. Veersma coached Ryan Lum, who was later recognized as an All-Liberty League Honorable Mention for the second consecutive year. Eight Raptors were named to the Liberty League All-Academic Team.
Lindsey Veersma arrived at Bard in August of 2022 from Centre College in Danville, Ky., where she was an assistant coach as the Colonels went from 2-10 in 2020 to 17-9 in 2021. Before Centre, Veersma was the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Franklin College in Franklin, Ind., where she helped the Grizzlies put together their best conference record since 2002, with five players earning all-league honors and one named Defensive Player of the Year. Veersma additionally coached at 2 of the top club programs in the nation, including The Academy VBC Indianapolis and Lexington United VBC during her time as an assistant.
Veersma has a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration and a Masters Degree in Management with a concentration in Sports Administration from Robert Morris University.
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
Valentine returns to her alma mater after playing at Lewis & Clark for her final four seasons. The 2024 season will be her third season on the sidelines.
Valentine was a member of the Pioneers program from 2012-15. She overcame multiple season-ending injuries to put together a career season as a junior. During the 2014 season, she led the team in solo blocks (16) and finished second in block assists (47), kills (196) and kills per set (2.65). For her career, she posted 264 kills and 98 total blocks. She still is tied for the program record for blocks assists in a single match. Valentine posted eight block assists in a five-set win over Whitworth University.
She began her coaching career before she even graduated Lewis & Clark in 2016. Over the past eight years, Valentine has worked as an assistant coach and mentor with the Oregon Juniors Volleyball Academy in Beaverton, Oregon. In 2022, Valentine helped lead teams to top-10 finishes at national tournaments at the 15 and 16 age levels. Over the past two years, she has coached the number one team in the Columbia Empire Volleyball Association Regionals at the 16 (2021) and 15 (2022) age level. Outside of coaching teams, she has also led numerous Nike camps, coached skill workshops and offered individual and group lessons.
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.
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.
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
Roberto Rodriguez joined the Embry-Riddle volleyball program as an assistant coach in the spring of 2020. Rodriguez spent the 2019 season as the assistant coach at the University of California San Diego in La Jolla, California. He joined a program that had gone 11-12 the previous year and helped turn things around quickly, as the Tritons went 18-9 last year and earned their first NCAA II Tournament bid since 2015.
In 2018, Rodriguez served as a volunteer assistant coach at California State University, Los Angeles. In his lone season there, the Golden Eagles improved from 15-12 to 22-6. Working primarily with the middle blockers, Rodriguez helped lift the teams attack percentage from .182 to .224 and increase the teams total blocks by nearly 15 percent from the previous season.
From 2012 to 2016, Rodriguez was the Head Beach Volleyball Coach at the Universidad del Sagrada Corazon (University of the Sacred Heart) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he was voted as the schools Coach of the Year twice.
In addition to his collegiate coaching experience, Rodriguez was the varsity head coach at Temecula Valley High School in 2017 and 2018. In 2018, he was named Inland Empire Coach of the Year after leading the Golden Bears to a CIF (California Interscholastic Federation) Division I state championship.
Besides coaching, Rodriguez is a decorated beach volleyball player, having represented Puerto Rico in 50 NORCECA (North, Central America and Caribbean Confederation) tournaments between 2008 and 2015, earning medals in 36 of those (7 gold, 13, silver, 16 bronze). He has also played on the AVP Tour for several years, earning four podium results, including a win at the 2018 San Francisco Open. Indoors, Rodriguez played for a number of professional clubs in Switzerland and Puerto Rico between 2009 and 2015.
Rodriguez earned a bachelors degree in Exercise Science and Health Promotion with a minor in Marketing from Universidad del Sagrada Corazon in 2012.
He resides in Daytona Beach with his wife Anna, son Nico, and daughter Arianna.
My name is Kennedy Shelstead and I am the assistant volleyball coach at Arkansas Tech University. I have been with the ATU Volleyball program for 3 years now as a Graduate Assistant my first 2 years and 1 as the Assistant Coach, GO SUNS! I Graduated from and played at Abilene Christian University as a Middle Blocker.
Rockhurst University Volleyball - Division II - Great Lakes Valley Conference
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)
Augustana College
Assistant Varsity Coach
Head JV Coach
2021-present
Currently the Director of Operations for the University of South Carolina. She coordinates practice times, travel and works on yearly budgets. She has coached D1 for the past 3 year before entering this role. In her career as a student-athlete, Cole was a two-time Big East Champion and NCAA Tournament participant at Creighton University from 2018-19, where she was a two-year starter at setter. Cole was named to the All-Big East Team in both seasons and was an AVCA Honorable Mention All-American in 2019
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.
At Murray State
2020 is her second season as MSU assistant coachIn 2019, assisted in coaching the Racers to a 19-11 overall record including 12-4 in the OVCIn 2019, assisted in coaching of AVCA All-American and OVC Player of the Year Rachel Giustino
Before Murray State
Spent nine years as head coach of Toledo Volleyball Club from January 2010 until 2019Assistant volleyball coach at St. Ursula Academy in 2018Assistant volleyball coach at Owen's Community College from July 2009 to December 2011Business Director at Toledo Volleyball Club from January 2010 to February 2012
Playing Career
Played four years at Murray State under head coach David SchwepkerAccumulated 1,104 kills (9th all-time) and 1,699 digs (6th all-time), one of just eight Racers in the 1,000/1,000 clubRacked up 174 assists, 126 blocks and 75 service aces in her career as well2005 OVC All-Newcomer Team selection2008 OVC All-Tournament Team selection2007-08 OVC Commissioner's Honor RollGraduate of St. Ursula Academy in Ohio and won the state championship in 2004First-Team All-City, All-District, and All-State in 2004 was inducted into school's Hall of Fame in 2018
Janice Pressley joined the Abilene Christian volleyball staff in March 2025 as an assistant coach. A native of Jacksonville, Fla. and a former Division I volleyball student-athlete, Pressley carries over 20 years of experience in coaching and leading volleyball organizations at the collegiate and club levels.
Pressley steered the Wildcats to a historic campaign in 2025 as they collected 13 victories, their most since 2018. ACU hosted the Western Athletic Conference Tournament at Moody Colisuem, the program's first time staging a conference tournament since 2005, where it secured the fourth seed to match its highest conference tournament seeding in the Division I era. With a five-set win over reigning WAC champion UT Arlington, the Wildcats captured their first WAC Tournament victory and first win in a conference tournament since 2017. Four Wildcats garnered All-Conference honors, the most in the program's DI history. Hannah Gonzalez led the way with All-WAC First Team distinction, becoming the first Wildcat to be named to an All-Conference First Team since 2020-21. Rachel Koss collected All-WAC Second Team recognition, and Brennan Ramirez and Hadlee Welch represented ACU on the All-WAC Freshman Team. It was the first time two Wildcats had been named amongst the top freshmen in the WAC. In the classroom, Gonzalez, Koss, Izabelle Larson and Avery Thaler received Academic All-District accolades from College Sports Communicators.
Pressley joined the ACU volleyball program after serving as executive director and owner of Divine Sports, a youth volleyball organization founded in 2020 and based in Cypress, Texas, outside of Houston. There, she oversaw all business and organizational aspects, including budgeting, scheduling and staffing. Pressley recruited, trained and managed a team of coaches while designing and implementing strategic plans to grow club memberships and boost participation. She coordinated tournaments, camps and clinics for over 150 participants and was also responsible for the organizations marketing and social media strategy.
From 2020-22, Pressley was associate director of Texas Tornados Volleyball Club, one of the states premiere youth volleyball organizations. She created, registered and coordinated competitive play schedules for each of the clubs 19 teams, communicating them to over 30 coaches and 300 families. Pressley designed the organizations College Coaches Program to assist student-athletes in their recruitment to play volleyball at the collegiate level. She supported a number of players that signed with Division I, II and III programs.
Pressley served as the assistant club director at Willowbrook Volleyball from 2012-20, where she developed practice schedules for all ages and competition levels. She developed the curriculum for the programs summer camps and clinics for seven years while crafting a coaching curriculum to best support student-athletes. Pressley got her start in managing club volleyball in 2005 as assistant club director and regional teams director at Jacksonville Juniors Volleyball Association, where she worked until 2012. She guided coaches on how to lead their teams and planned practices for a range of ages and competition levels. Pressleys responsibilities also included developing and operating curriculum for the organizations summer camps and clinics while hiring and coordinating camp staff.
Pressleys collegiate coaching career began in 2007 as an assistant coach at the University of North Florida. She was on the Ospreys staff for two years, training and recruiting the teams middle blockers and outside hitters while coordinating team travel logistics and itineraries and equipment management.
From 2009-11, Pressley was an assistant coach at Florida State College at Jacksonville, working alongside the Manta Rays middle blockers and outside hitters. She assisted in leading the team to a division championship and an NJCAA Tournament berth while training multiple student-athletes to All-American and All-Conference nominations.
Pressley was a two-year letterwinner at Georgia Southern University from 2003-04.
MJ Kolze is in her third season with the George Mason University Women's Volleyball Team. As the Technical Coordinator, Kolze takes detailed practice stats, creates developmental and strategic statistical analyses focused on both the Patriots and opponents, and conducts mental performance training with the team.
Kolze was recognized by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) as one of its Thirty Under 30 HS honorees, a program created to recognize 30 up-and-coming volleyball coaches age 30 and under. She earned the AVCA Networks Award and Innovation Award in 2020 and 2021. In December of 2023, Kolze was selected as a presenter at the AVCA Convention, utilizing her background in Industrial / Organizational Psychology to share about Taming the Intangibles. She is one of 24 speakers scheduled for the 2024 AVCA coaches' education webinar series (presentation to air in October, 2024). Her workbook for student-athletes, In Season Focus, will be available for purchase on Amazon in May 2024.
Kolze currently works with Manassas Volleyball Club. Prior to her time at Mason, Kolze was the inaugural varsity head volleyball coach at Lightridge High School in 2020-21. The team earned the AVCA/USMC Team Academic Award (2020) and Dig Pink Philanthropic Achievement Award (2020 and 2021). In addition, Kolze is an adjunct professor for Trinity Washington University, teaching psychology courses.
Kolze played for Missouri State (2010-14) where she earned at-large bids to two NCAA Tournaments and garnered Academic All-Conference honors her senior year. The Bears posted 20+ wins in four of her five seasons.
A native of Tempe, Ariz., Kolze earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Missouri State in 2012 and master's degree in industrial and organizational psychology from Mason in 2018.
Nicole Kessner Taylor is an accomplished volleyball coach and former collegiate standout, currently serving as an Assistant Volleyball Coach at Radford University. She brings a wealth of experience from various levels of the sport, including high school, club, and collegiate coaching, as well as a distinguished playing career.
Before joining Radford, Kessner Taylor made significant contributions to volleyball in the New River Valley. She served as the head coach at Blacksburg High School for 9 years, leading the team to impressive records, including a 25-5 overall record in the 2019-20 season and a 24-1 record in the 2020-21 season. The program had multiple regional championships and state quarterfinal runs. Her leadership helped elevate the program's competitiveness within the region. She also was an assistant coach at Bluefield State University for 3 years, where she contributed to the growth and competitiveness of the women's volleyball program.
In addition to her high school coaching, Kessner Taylor is the Club Director of River Valley Juniors Volleyball, a nonprofit organization based in Radford, Virginia. Under her guidance, the club has provided young athletes in the New River Valley with opportunities to develop their skills and compete at higher levels. Nicole has assisted more than 30 athletes of the NRV to play at the next level.
Kessner Taylor's volleyball journey began as a standout setter at Norfolk State University. During her collegiate career, she led the Spartans and ranked seventh in the MEAC with 767 assists (7.3 per set) in the 2009 season. She also contributed 186 digs, 130 kills, 21 aces, and 20 blocks that season. Her exceptional performance earned her a second-team All-MEAC selection, making her NSU's first All-MEAC volleyball player under head coach Jennifer Fry. In recognition of her outstanding contributions to Norfolk State athletics, Kessner Taylor was honored as the university's Female Athlete of the Year in 2009. Nicole holds multiple records at Norfolk State currently, and also served as SAAC president for 4 years.
Kessner Taylor is known for her dynamic coaching style and her ability to foster both skill development and personal growth among her players. Her dedication to the sport and her athletes continues to make a positive impact on the Radford University volleyball program.
Pat Robidoux joined the Centre Athletics staff as head volleyball coach in the spring of 2019. Following one year with the Colonels, he was recognized with an [AVCA Thirty Under 30 Award](https://centrecolonels.com/news/2020/4/30/womens-volleyball-centres-robidoux-receives-avca-thirty-under-30-award.aspx).
Centre went 7-18 during his inaugural season, doubling the number of conference victories from the previous year. Robidoux earned his first win as a Colonel in a 3-0 sweep against Huntingdon (Aug. 31), and he went on to guide two All-SAA selections in Peyton Vacala and Meredith Phillips. His 2019-20 squad also received the AVCA Team Academic Award (3.30 GPA) for the first time since 2012-13.
Robidoux joined the Colonels after a successful two-year stint at Southern Vermont College, where he led both the men's and women's programs. His SVC women's team went from 5-20 in the season prior to his arrival to a 21-7 record and conference title and NCAA Tournament appearance this past year, just his second at the helm.
He earned New England Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year honors for his efforts, and also mentored the league's Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year.
Robidoux's other coaching experience includes a stop at Brandeis University and work with various club teams in Massachusetts.
As an undergraduate, Robidoux captained the Newbury College men's volleyball team and served as Student Athlete Advisory Committee President while earning a B.S. in Sport Management.
MacKnight begins her tenth year as head coach of the Adelphi University womens volleyball team after serving as interim head coach for part of the 2006 season and has compiled a record of 210-96 in that time. MacKnight led the Panthers to their second straight Norhteast-10 Tournament championship in 2015, as they posted an undefeated season in conference play. They went into the NCAA Division II East Regional Championship ranked #1 in the East Region, advancing to the regional semifinals for the first time since the 2012 season. Four members of the team earned NCAA D2CCA All-East Region honors and AVCA Division II East All-Region. Shelby Stoner and Megan Manierski were both named AVCA Honorable Mention All-Americans. Sierra Crook earned ECAC Defensive Player of the Year and NE-10 Libero of the Year honors, while Manierski was named NE-10 Player and Setter of the Year. After a rocky start to the 2014 season, MacKnight and the Panthers won 13 straight-contests from September 18 to October 25 to set a new school record. After toppling Saint Rose in the quarterfinal and the top-seeded New Haven in semifinal, Adelphi defeated Bentley for its second NE-10 championship in program history. The win also clinched the programs eighth straight NCAA Division II Tournament berth. Middle blocker Kaitlyn DeStefano collected several honors, including NE-10 First Team All-Conference, Daktronics First Team All- Region, AVCA First Team All-Region and AVCA All America Honorable Mention. The 2013 season was another successful one for Adelphi, with a record of 19-13 overall and 10-4 in the Northeast-10 conference, which left the Panthers in fourth place at the conclusion of conference play. The Brown and Gold were invited to a seventh straight NCAA Division II Tournament, falling to New Haven in five sets. Three players earned inclusion on the Northeast-10 All-Conference or All-Rookie squads, while junior Kaitlyn DeStefano was honored as an All-American for the second straight year. In the 2012 season, MacKnight and her Panthers posted a 25-10 overall record, finishing 13-2 in the NE-10, putting them in 2nd place for the regular season. This was the programs sixth consecutive NCAA tournament berth and third straight appearance in the NCAA Division II East Regional Semifinal. Four members of the 2012 squad were named All-Northeast 10, three earned AVCA All-Region honors, two ere names to the NCAA All-East Regional team and the program had its first named All-American. MacKnight and the Panthers posted the programs fifth straight 20-win season in 2011, culminating in Adelphis first Northeast-10 Conference Tournament championship and fifth straight NCAA Tournament berth. The team did not drop a set in the Northeast-10 Tournament, posting a 3-0 victory over the College of Saint Rose in the finals. The team finished with a 23-8 overall record and a 12-3 record in NE-10 play, advancing to the NCAA East Regional Semifinals for the second straight year. In addition, MacKnight had three players selected as All-Conference honorees, three AVCA All-Region picks and three academic All-Conference selections. The 2010 season was another successful campaign for MacKnight and the Panthers. They posted another 20-win season and earned their fourth straight trip to the NCAA Tournament. Adelphi also advanced to the Regional Semifinals for the first time in the programs history after a 3-2 victory over C.W. Post in the first round. MacKnight guided the Panthers to a 12-4 mark in NE-10 play and advanced the Panthers into the conference semifinals. The Panthers had three players receive All-Conference recognition, an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American and two AVCA All-Region Honorees. In 2009, MacKnight guided the Panthers to a third consecutive NCAA Tournament berth. She also led the Panthers to a 27-10 record, her third consecutive season with 27 wins. The Panthers posted a 14-1 mark in league play in their first year in the Northeast-10 Conference. They finished second in the regular season standings and fell to UMass Lowell in the NE-10 Finals. MacKnight also received the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Thirty Under 30 Award as one of the top 30 coaches under the age of 30 in the nation at all levels. Also in 2009, the Panthers produced three All-Region players, three All-Conference and two on the NE-10 All-Academic Team. In 2008, MacKnight guided her Panther squad to a 27-11 overall record and 11-5 in East Coast Conference action. The 27 wins tied the record for most wins set a season earlier during her first year. The Panthers made their second consecutive trip to the NCAA Regionals and had three All-Conference performers and two All-Region selections. Under her direction, the 2007 season proved to be a record setting one as she coached the Panthers to a 7-2 ECC record, finishing in second place. They finished 27-8 which is a school record for wins including an 11-game win streak which set another school record. She produced two All-Conference players and the team earned the schools first ever NCAA Northeast Regional bid. MacKnight also earned ECC Co-Coach of the Year and was honored by the Nassau County Sports Commission as Female College Coach of the Year. MacKnight earned her Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Stony Brook in 2005, where she was a four-year member and starter on the Seawolves volleyball team from 2001-04. She currently holds the school record for block assists in a career (318) and holds the single match record for attack percentage (.800). In addition, MacKnight is ranked second all-time in total blocks (425) and third in blocks per game (1.06) at Stony Brook. Born and raised in Valley Stream, N.Y., MacKnight attended Valley Stream Central High School where she lettered in both volleyball and basketball. MacKnight is also a graduate of Adelphi, receiving her Masters in physical education/teaching in 2007.
Danielle MacKnight
Head Coach/Assistant Athletic Director
Head coach Ashlee Pritchard finished her ninth season at the helm of the MU volleyball program in 2020-21 after being named the program's third head coach on March 24, 2012.Pritchard continued the Knights' success established over the last few seasons in 2020-21, leading the Knights an 18-5 record and to the NAIA Tournament for the fourth consecutive season while asserting the Knights as one of the top-15 teams in the NAIA.Pritchard led Marian to a 10-2 record in [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) play after going through challenges with the COVID-19 pandemic, and had six Knights earn All-[Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) Team honor, including Skyler Van Note, who was named Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. Van Note also earned First Team NAIA All-American honors for the second straight year, becoming Pritchard's first two-time First Team All-American.After the 18-5 record in 2020-21, Pritchard improved her overall record at Marian to 187-100. With a 10-2 record in [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) play, Pritchard is now 102-54 all-time in [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) matches as the Knights head coach. Since the 2017 season, Marian has a combined record of 114-22 under Pritchard's leadership. Pritchard led the team to a historic 2019 season, accomplishing several professional and personal milestones in her eighth season as the head coach of the Knights.
She led the team to a 38-2 overall record, setting a program best mark en route to winning the first NAIA National Championship in program history. Pritchard also guided Marian to their third straight Crossroads League Regular Season Championship with a regular season record of 17-1, and reached the [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) Tournament Championship for the second straight season. 2019 was the third straight season Marian has qualified for the NAIA National Tournament, by passing the opening round for the first time in the three year stretch.
After the 38-2 record in 2019, Pritchard improved her overall record at Marian to 169-95. With a 17-1 record in [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) play, Pritchard is now 92-52 all-time in [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) matches as the Knights head coach. Since the 2017 season, Marian has a combined record of 96-17 under Pritchard's leadership.
Marian defeated several ranked opponents on their way to winning the NAIA National Championship. During the regular season, they defeated (RV) St. Xavier, (RV) Trinity Christian, No. 16 Aquinas, (RV) St. Francis (Ind.), No. 3 Indiana Weselyan, and (RV) St. Francis (Ind.). In the NAIA National Tournament, they defeated No. 21 Embry-Riddle, (RV) Ottawa, No. 6 Viterbo, No. 5 Southern Oregon, No. 4 Missouri Baptist, No. 8 Jamestown, and (RV) Westmont in the NAIA Championship Game. The win over No. 3 Indiana Wesleyan is the highest ranked team that the Knights have defeated in program history.
In 2019 Ashlee Pritchard added to her awards collection as a coach, claiming the honor of being named the NAIA Coach of the Year. Pritchard was also named the NAIA All-Tournament Team Coach. In addition to the coaching accolades, Pritchard added to her family welcoming her second child, Drummond Lee, on October 1.
For the third straight season, Pritchard coached an NAIA All-American. In 2019, she guided Skyler Van Note to a First Team NAIA All-American Honor, and Sarah Spangler to a Honorable Mention Team All-American honor. Van Note is the first player in program history to be named to the first team All-American Team.
Pritchard and her staff coached five players to All-[Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) honors in 2019, including three players to make the first team. Of those on the first team, Skyler Van Note and Megan Hawley earned extra honors as Van Note was named the CL Player of the Year and Hawley was named the CL Libero of the Year. Marian also had three players named to the AVCA MidCentral Region Team.
Helped Marian to a national ranking of No. 11 prior to entering the NAIA National Tournament. In the final poll, Marian was ranked No. 1 for the first time in program history.
She led Marian to seven national rankings statistcally as a team in 2019, ranking fifth in the NAIA in assists with 1827, fifth in digs with 2753, sixth in kills with 1973, eighth in hitting percentage at .246, ninth in kills per set at 13.8, 11th in assists per set at 12.78, and 12th in digs per set at 19.25.
She finished the 2018 season with a 131-93 overall record as the Marian head coach, leading the team to their first 30-win season with a 30-7 record. The Knights won their second straight [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) Regular Season Title after winning in 2017. Pritchard also guided the team to it's first ever [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) Tournament Championship, taking the Knights to the NAIA National Tournament for the second time in school history.After entering the 2017 season with a career record of 73-78, Pritchard has guided the Knights to a 58-15 mark over the past two seasons (2017-18).Pritchard led the team to it's second straight NAIA Opening Round win, defeating Faulkner in three sets in the inagural volleyball match held in the newly renovated arena. She then followed that win with a 3-0 sweep over No. 8 Northwestern, defeating the first top-10 program in school history while winning the first ever match at the NAIA National Tournament Final Site.In 2018 Pritchard added to her personal award collection, winning the [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) Coach of the Year for the third straight season. She was also awarded the AVCA All Mid-Central Region Co-Coach of the Year, winning the honor for the second year in a row.For the second straight season coached an NAIA All-American, as Sarah Spangler, Skyler Van Note, and Hannah Trout all were named to the Honorable Mention All-American Team in 2018. In 2018 she coached five players five players to the All-[Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) Teams, coaching Sarah Spangler and Skyler Van Note to the All-[Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) Freshman Team. She also led three players to the NAIA AVCA All Mid-Central Region Team. She finished the 2017 with a 101-86 overall record after leading Marian to 28-8 in 2017, guiding the Knights to the first [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) Title since 1988. She led the Knights to a 16-2 conference record, including the programs first win against Indiana Wesleyan since 2010. She led the Knights to the [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) Tournament for the fifth time in her six years, picking up her 100th win against Mt. Vernon in the [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) Quarterfinal. Pritchard led the team in 2017 to its first ever NAIA Tournament Appearance, picking up the first ever postseason win in the NAIA Opening Round against Xavier (La.).Earned the 2017 [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) and AVCA NAIA Mid-Central Region Coach of the Year for the second straight season.Coached the 2017 [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) and AVCA NAIA Mid-Central Region Player of the Year in Kacee Salyers, as well as the 2017 [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) and AVCA NAIA Mid-Central Region Libero of the Year in Vanessa Lay. Salyers also received NAIA All-American Third Team honors under Pritchard's supervision.In 2017 she coached five players to the All-[Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) teams, as well as three to the AVCA NAIA Mid-Central Region team.She finished the 2016 season with a 73-78 overall record after an 22-12 campaign in 2016 that saw MU finish 10-8 in league play. She has led MU to the [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) Tournament in four out of her first five seasons.
Earned the 2016 [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) and AVCA Midcentral Region Coach of the Year.
In 2016 she coached six Knights to all-league recognition, including Freshman of the Year Anne Strevels.
Pritchard guided McKenzie Mason and Lauren Gregory to All-[Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) Second Team honors in 2014. She has led eight Knights to all-league recognition in her first three seasons and has placed four student-athletes on the all-league first team.
She has coached 11 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athletes and guided Ashley Francis to AVCA All-America honorable mention as well as Tachikara All-America honorable mention in her first season.
She earned the American Volleyball Coaches' Association (AVCA) "Thirty Under 30" award twice in her career.
Prior to taking the MU job in 2012, Pritchard, a Pendleton, Ind., native, spent 2009-12 as the assistant coach at Taylor University where she also served as assistant director of athletics for event management. She was a integral part of three Mid-Central College Conference championship teams that also earned berths in the NAIA National Volleyball Championship. In her three seasons as assistant coach, the Trojans were ranked in the NAIA Volleyball Coaches' Poll and had four student-athletes honored as NAIA All-Americans. The Trojans compiled a 103-24 record, including a 41-1 mark in the MCC, during her time at Taylor University alongside head coach Brittany Smith. In her position at Taylor University, she also served as the recruiting coordinator and focused on defensive specialist and libero training. She was also responsible for the strength and conditioning regiments of the program as well as the day-to-day program operations, including travel.
She had served as a coach for the Munciana Club volleyball program for four seasons prior to Marian at different age levels within the club. She served as an assistant coach for the 12-and-under team in 2009, was the head coach for the 16-and-under program from 2010-11 and was the head coach for the 17-and-under national team in 2012. She also served as coach for the Momentum Volleyball Club from 2006-08 in Upland, Ind., with the 14, 16 and 18 age groups.
Pritchard also has a wide array of volleyball camp experience. She has worked the Liberty Christian Summer Volleyball Camp and worked at the University of Notre Dame Summer Volleyball Camp in 2011. She also served as the top instructional assistant at the Trojan Select Volleyball Camp at Taylor University while an assistant there.
A graduate of Taylor University, Pritchard played volleyball for four years as a Trojan and served as team captain as a senior. As a defensive specialist, she accumulated 1,676 digs in 472 career sets to place her fourth on Taylor's all-time career digs per set list. She was part of back-to-back MCC championships during her final two seasons as a Trojan.
Pritchard graduated from Taylor with a bachelor's degree in exercise science with a minor in management in 2009 and earned a master's degree in sports administration from Liberty University. She and her husband, Nathan, reside in Indianapolis and welcomed their first child, Charlotte, on Thursday, June 11, 2015. On October 1, 2019, Ashlee and Nathan welcomed their second child, Drummond Lee.
Pritchard's ResumeYEARRECORDCONF. RECORDPOSTSEASON201214-1411-7 201318-1112-6 201411-236-12 20158-185-13 201622-1210-8 201728-816-2
NAIA National Tournament;
[Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) Champions
201830-715-3
NAIA National Tournament;
[Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) Champions;
[Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) Tournament Champions
201938-217-1
[Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) Champions
NAIA National Champions
NAIA National Tournament
TOTALS
169-95
(.640)
92-52
(.639)
Ruth McGolpin is the Head Volleyball Coach at Westmont College. Westmont College is a small, private, Christian school located in the hills of Santa Barbara, CA and 5 minutes from the beaches. We compete as a top volleyball program in the NAIA division and are in the Golden State Athletic Conference. In Ruth's 3 years as head coach, she has amassed an overall record of 67-21, two GSAC championships, and a Runner Up in the NAIA National Championships in 2019. Ruth's passion for the game is evident in her coaching style, and she is a very relational coach. Westmont College will also be headed to NCAA DII in 2023. We are excited for the transition and we join the PacWest conference starting in Fall '23.
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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.
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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.
| FEATURE | D-1 | D-2 | D3 | NAIA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletic Scholarships | Full | Partial | No | Yes |
| Academic Flexibility | Medium | High | Very High | High |
| Competition Level | Elite | High | Competitive | Competitive |
| Recruiting Intensity | Very High | High | Moderate | Moderate |
