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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.
My name is AJ Ruttenberg and I'm currently the volunteer assistant at Northwestern University. My main responsibility is running DataVolley. I came to Northwestern after spending a year and half at Cardinal Stritch University where I was playing on the Men's volleyball team as well as being a student assistant for the Women's volleyball team. I have coached for a couple different clubs. This season I coached for MOD Volleyball Club where I was a 15's head coach. Then in the spring I started coaching at Pipeline Volleyball Club where I was the 14 Silver Head Coach.
With Shannon Hunt (Wyckoff) guidance, libero Kate Sommer, the first WSU recruit by the Greeny staff, claimed the school digs record with 1,954 digs in her four-year career. Sommers season totals of 521 digs (2014), 495 digs (2013), 479 digs (2015), and 459 digs (2012) rank fourth, sixth, seventh and ninth-best in WSUs single season school records. The Cougars held their 2015 opponents to a .190 hitting percentage average, the lowest since the 2002 season. Hunt (Wyckoff) was an outstanding student and athlete at WSU from 1994 through 1997, and a teammate of Greeny. During Hunt's collegiate career the Cougars volleyball team played all four years in the NCAA Championship Tournament and advanced to the Elite Eight once and to the Sweet Sixteen once. She was the first Washington State player to reach 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in a career. Her 1,254 career digs was the WSU all-time list leader from 1997 until 2008 and is currently second-best all-time. Hunt tallied 1,051 career kills which was fifth-best at the time and now ranks ninth-highest in school history. In addition, her career 83 service aces total is ranked 11th-best at WSU. At Washington State, Hunt started on the left side as a freshman and missed only six matches in the starting lineup, due to injury, during her four-year career. As a sophomore Hunt's 376 digs led team and 3.72 digs per game was third-best in conference. She set a school record with 32 digs in a match at South Florida in 1995. She was named to two all-tournament teams as a junior and was an important cog in the Cougars advancing to the NCAA Championships Elite Eight. As a senior, Hunt continued amassing kills and digs as an outside hitter, earned two more all-tournament honors, and helped lead the Cougars to the Sweet Sixteen at the NCAA Championships. Hunt was recognized for her academic excellence with Pac-10 All-Academic second team and honorable mention selections as well as being named to the GTE/CoSIDA District VIII Academic All-America Teams three times. After graduating from WSU in the spring of 1998 with a degree in education, Hunt taught at the elementary level in the Vancouver, Wash., and coached volleyball at Prairie, Heritage High and Hockinson High Schools. Prior to returning to WSU Hunt taught and coached in the Vancouver, Wash., area for a dozen years. Hunt lives in Pullman with her sons Grayson and Austin.
Alesha Wilson was hired as an assistant volleyball coach in May of 2021.
Wilson completed her graduate assistant position at the University of Dallas in 2021. During her time there, the Crusaders went 40-46 overall with two fourth place finishes in the conference, making it to the post-season each year.
She also coached for one season as an undergraduate assistant at her alma mater, North Carolina State in 2015, helping the Wolfpack go 16-16 that fall.
Wilson graduated from North Carolina State in 2014 and was a four-year member of the Wolfpack volleyball team. As a sophomore, she was second on the team in total blocks and fourth in total attacks, helping the team make its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1987.
Wilson went on to earn her Bachelor of Science in chemical and biomolecular engineering with a Spanish minor in 2016 and her Master of Leadership in 2021.
Diogo de Andrade Silva
Nationality: Brazilian
Age: 43 years old
Languages spoken: Portuguese (native speaker), English, Spanish and Italian.
Education
2019 - Impact USAVOLLEYBALL 2019 - Graduation in Physical Education - Universidade Taubaté 2005 - Post-Graduation in Business Administration - Universidade FAAP 2003 - BA Degree in Advertising & Marketing - Universidade Paulista
Volleyball Coach Career:
Absolute Volleyball Club ages 15 to 17 since November/2019 USF - University of San Francisco since October 2020 - Volunteer USF - University of San Francisco since May 2021 - now
Professional Volleyball Career:
Italy: Framasil Pineto & Gioia del Cole Turkey: SSK & Galatasaray. Argentina: Náutico Acoja. Brazil: Banespa, Santo André, Pinheiros Esporte Clube, Montes Claros, Vivo/Minas, Sesi-SP, Medley Campinas, Brasil Kirin/Campinas, Ziober/Maringá, São José dos Campos, Volei Renata/Campinas, Corinthians/Guarulhos. Member of the Brazilian National University Team World University Games 2005
Professional Business Background
Beauty, Hair and Esthetic Beauty - Hair Brasil Fair - 2002 to 2005 Sales & Promotion coordinator for key accounts - Responsible for six key accounts and other 40 exhibitor customers.
Couromoda Collections Fair 2005 Coordinator for the luxury leather fair with 170 exhibitors. Responsible for all the logistics which included assembling, monitoring visitors and assisting exhibitors. Contributed with market research and preparation of business cases for the development of new products for the company.
Shopfacil website - 1998 to 2000 Sales assistant Responsible for finding new customers to the Brazilian website Shopfacil, preparation of proposals, product promotions and development of Marketing campaigns; Monitored approximately 100 Brands that used the portal as a sales channel.
Others:
Voluntary Work - Turma da Sopa - Sao Paulo Help with the reintegration of homeless community, distributing food and blankets; also offering courses, drug addiction treatment, birth / marriage certificates. Voluntary Work - Head coach at Saint Hillarys School - CYO Volleyball
Achievements and Awards
2018/19 - 5th Best scored at Brazilian Superliga
2017/18 - 8th at Brazilian Superliga
2016/2017 - 11th Best spiker at Brazilian Superliga
11th Best reception at Brazilian Superliga
13th Best dig at Brazilian Superliga
2015/16 - 4th Best spiker at Brazilian Superliga
8th Best scored at Brazilian Superliga
4th best scored service at Brazilian Superliga
2014/15 - 6th at Brazilian Superliga
2013/14 - 2nd Paulista Championship
3rd at Brazilian Cup
3rd at Brazilian Superliga
2012/13 - 2nd Paulista championship
2011/12 - Champion Paulista Championship
Champion South American Club
4th place in world clubs championship
2010/2011- 4th place at Superliga
3rd Best spiker at Superliga 2010/2011
8th best reception at Superliga 2010/2011
2nd Mineiro Championship
2009/2010 - 2nd at Brazilian Superliga
Best spiker at Superliga 2009/2010
Champion in Mineiro Championship
Champion in Challenge Globo/Minas
2008/2009 - 2nd place at Italy Cup
2 th place at Italy championship
5 th Best score at Italy league A2 and best corner player score
Best Outside player at Italy A2
2006/2007 - 5th place at the Turkish National League.
2006/2007 - Silver medal at the Flanders-Volley Tournament held in Belgium.
4th best scorer and 3rd MVP
2006 - Champion at the Izmir Tournament.
2005/2006 - 6th place at the Turkish National League.
2005 - 4th place at the World University Games held in Izmir, Turkey.
Best service and 2nd best spiker of the championship).
2004 - Gold medal at the São Paulo State League.
2003 - Silver medal at the São Paulo State League.
2000 to 2005 - Five times champion at the São Paulo University Games.
(MVP in 2000 and 2005).
1999/2000 - 4th place in the Argentinean League.
2nd best service and 6th best spiker of the League
1998 - 3rd place at the South American Clubs Championship held in Lima, Peru.
1997 - Gold medal at the Brazilian Junior League.
1996 - Gold medal at the São Paulo State League.
1995 - Silver medal at the São Paulo State Junior League.
1994 - Gold medal at the São Paulo State Junior League.
Katie Oleksak enters her third season with San Diego volleyball in 2023, serving as the team's first-ever Director of Volleyball Operations. She was the Toreros' graduate assistant in 2021 and 2022.
Before joining the staff at USD, Oleksak played professionally in Switzerland in 2020 where her team placed third in the Swiss Volley League. Prior to her professional career, Oleksak was the starting setter at Colorado State from 2016 to 2019.
At CSU, she broke the career assist record (5,083) and earned All-American honors each of her four seasons. Oleksak was voted captain of her team and earned Mountain West Player of the Year three consecutive years (2017-19), as well as Mountain West Freshman of the Year (2016). Additionally, she earned two Academic All-Conference awards and was an Academic All-American her senior year (2019).
In 2018, Oleksak was named to the USA Collegiate Womens National Team where her team won the Global Challenge tournament. During her time at CSU, the Rams made four consecutive NCAA appearances and won the Mountain West conference three times.
As a junior player, Oleksak prepped at Sunnyslope High School in Phoenix, Ariz. and played for Arizona Storm Volleyball Club.
A native of Phoenix, Arizona, Oleksak enjoys spending time with family, journaling, and going on bike rides in her free time. She completed a masters degree in Leadership Studies at USD and has a bachelors in Health and Exercise Science from CSU. She is excited to transition from being a player to a member of the Torero coaching staff.
Peter Maniscalco is in his first season as a volunteer assistant with the Loyola womens volleyball program. He joins Amanda Berkleys staff in Rogers Park after serving as an assistant coach for both the mens and womens teams at North Central College.
Hired as the first assistant coach in North Central mens volleyball history, the Loyola Chicago graduate successfully helped the program make the transition from a collegiate club sport to NCAA Division III status. In 2018, North Central reached new heights, going undefeated in conference play (9-0) to win the Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League regular-season title. As an assistant coach with the womens program at NCC, Maniscalco guided the Cardinals to a 12-7 overall record in 2017, his only season with the womens team.
After beginning his collegiate playing career at Loyola, Maniscalco transferred to Carthage College, where he helped the Red Men program to a NCAA Final Four appearance and a 23-8 overall record in 2014, tying for the team lead with 31 service aces that season.
He previously coached at Division I Volleyball Club in the Chicago area for three years and is the founder/director of volleyball operations at Rip City Sports Performance, Chicagos first volleyball-specific physical training company.
Maniscalco graduated from Loyola in 2015 with a degree in communications.
Former Camel standout Kayla Schanback was named assistant coach at Campbell University in September 2020. A two-time all-conference performer during her playing days, Schanback returned to Buies Creek after coaching stops at Virginia Tech and Eastern Kentucky.
I am ecstatic that Kayla has decided to come back to the Creek and continue to help develop our team and round out our strong staff, said Goral, who is in his ninth season in charge of the program. She was a huge component in the foundation of this program as an athlete and has several years experience as an assistant coach to now provide quality leadership to our young players.
Her first calendar year with the Camels saw two full seasons completed, with the 2020 season postponed to spring 2021, and then the traditional 2021 fall season. Schanback was part of the staff that helped the Camels finish second place during each regular season.
Schanback helped lead the 2021 team to its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance after a record-setting 21-10 season and 14-2 conference slate, marking a program record for conference wins in a season. The Camels then faced No. 10 Nebraska in the first round in front of a crowd of 7,884, the largest ever for a Campbell match.
Working primarily with serve receive and defense, she helped turn the unit into one of the best in the nation, finishing the season with the 12th best opponent hitting percentage at .152. She has helped libero Claranne Fechter to a pair of all-Big South nods, making the second-team in 2020 and honorable mention in 2021.
Schanback returned to her alma mater after spending the 2019 season on the staff at Eastern Kentucky. In her position at Campbell, she assists with recruiting, training, scouting, match preparation, team travel, marketing, social media and overseeing summer camps.
What stands out about Kayla is her passion for Campbell volleyball as well as coaching the sport at an elite level, said Goral. This university and program are forever part of Kayla and that appreciation shows in how she approaches every day. She has been relentless in her professional development so that she has the tools to be successful on the court, out recruiting, as well as in the office. She also excels at building relationships and knows firsthand how I train and develop athletes; how we operate in a first class manner and the atmosphere and culture we are striving for. But most of all, I look forward to working with someone who truly loves her profession and another truly dedicated person who loves this place and this program.
While at Eastern Kentucky, Schanbacks responsibilities included serving as the program's camp director, managing travel and game-day operations, establishing the defense/defensive philosophy, scouting, assisting with all recruiting efforts, and supervising social media platforms.
During her time as volunteer assistant coach at Virginia Tech, Schanback managed on court and video work with players, scouted opposing teams, supported recruiting, assisted with game day operations, and coordinated equipment.
One of the most decorated defensive players in school history, Schanback ranks third in school history in career (1457) and single-season (566) digs, and eighth in career sets played (446). Her 35-dig performance against Gardner-Webb during the 2016 season is tied for the eighth-most digs in a match in the program record books.
A native of Casselberry, Fla., Schanback helped the Camels reach the 2015 Big South tournament final. In addition, Schanback played a key role in the 2017 squad that won 20 matches and earned the programs first-ever post-season berth (NIVC). She was named to the All-Big South Conference second team twice.
I am ecstatic about the opportunity to coach at Campbell. I want to thank Coach Goral for giving me the chance to return home, said Schanback. I believe strongly as a Campbell alumna that my passion for the sport, program, and University will be transparent in my everyday work as a member of our staff. Campbell Volleyball has proven to be a competitor in the Big South and with the talent, commitment, and positive team culture, I have no doubt we will make history again soon. I am excited to, not only work with everyone, but to make an impact that will help our student-athletes achieve their goals on and off the court.
Following graduation, Schanback was a student assistant at Campbell, where she helped coach the freshman defensive players, and organized the recruiting matrix.
A three-time member of the Big South Conference Presidential Honor Roll, Schanback earned her bachelor's of business administration degree with a minor in sport management in 2018.
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.
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.
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.
Enomoto is in her sixtg year as the head coach for the Beloit College Buccaneers volleyball team. She is originally from Honolulu, Hawaii and is of Hawaiian-Japanese-Filipino-Chinese descent. Enomoto is a Beloit College graduate who followed in the footsteps of her mother who also graduated from Beloit in 1968.
Enomoto first attended the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1987-1989. She was the back-up setter and defensive specialist as a freshman, then the 5-1 setter her sophomore year. Enomoto then transferred to Beloit College in 1991 and helped her squad to a runner-up finish in the Midwest Conference as an outside hitter. She returned as a 5-1 setter in 1992, was named captain, and earned All-Midwest Conference honors that fall. Currently, Enomoto is still fifth in the record book with 58 assists in a match! Each spring at Beloit, Enomoto was in track and field, competed in discus and shot-put, and was a track tri-captain her senior year.
After earning a degree in sociology and a minor in journalism from Beloit College in 1993, Enomoto went on to earn a number of teacher certifications, a Master's degrees from the University of Phoenix-Hawaii campus, and a doctorate from the University of Southern California -- all in education. Prior to her move back to Beloit, Wisconsin in 2019, Enomoto was a classroom teacher, resource specialist, and curriculum coordinator at Kamehameha Schools-Kapalama, a K-12 private school for Native Hawaiian students.
Enomoto's volleyball coaching experience dates back to 1989 and ranges from coaching elementary, middle school, and high school to club programs, including a successful run coaching and directing Team Piko Volleyball in Honolulu. Enomoto oversaw club teams from grades 4-12 that competed on regional and national levels. She led Team Piko to nine consecutive Junior Nationals appearances including accolades such as: 10th place in the 15s Open in 2012; two championships in the 14s National in 2011 and 14s American in 2015; second place in the 13s American in 2010; and third place finishes in the 13s National in 2014 and 15s Patriot in 2016. Enomoto's most prolific player was libero Tita Akiu who earned Second Team Big 12 conference honors as a sophomore at Texas Tech and First Team Big West conference honors as a senior. Akiu went on to make the U.S. Collegiate National Team-Minneapolis in 2017 and had a good run almost making the U.S. Women's National Team after being asked by Coach Karch Kiraly to attend additional tryouts and workouts in March and June of 2019.
The Beloit College volleyball team had 8 of 16 players earn All-Academic Midwest Conference honors and achieved an American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award four years in a row. Go Bucs!
Robinson was named the ninth coach in Rollins program history on February 3, 2016.
She joined Rollins after spending eight seasons as head volleyball coach at Berry College in Mount Berry, Georgia, where she amassed a career record of 169-88 with three conference championships and a pair of NCAA tournament berths. In addition to her head coaching duties, Robinson was promoted to Assistant Athletics Director and took on the responsibilities of Senior Woman Administrator as Berry began their transition to NCAA D-III in 2009.
The Tars finished 12-19 in Robinson's first season at the helm of the Tars program. Under her guidance, junior Bri Civiero was named a AVCA Honorable Mention All-American.
In her first season at Berry in 2008, Robinson guided the Vikings to a 23-13 overall record and a first ever Southern States Athletic Conference regular season championship. For her efforts, she was named the SSAC's Coach of the Year.
Before Berry, Robinson served as Associate Head Coach at Idaho State, helping lead the Bengals to their third consecutive appearance in the Big Sky Conference Tournament in her first season in 2005. Robinson also served as the program's recruiting coordinator. She went on to earn a Master's degree in Physical Education with an emphasis in Athletic Administration from ISU in 2006.
As an active member of the American Volleyball Coaches Association, Robinson has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the AVCA, the AVCA Assistant Coaches Committee, and the AVCA ACC Drills and Skills Committee. She has represented the Southern Athletic Association on the AVCA D-III Head Coaches Committee and D-III Volleyball Marketing and D-III Sand Volleyball Committees as well as acted as the Chair of the South Regional Advisory Committee.
Robinson is a 1996 graduate of Harvard, where she spent four years as a member of the volleyball team. She was named the team's captain as a senior before graduating Magna Cum Laude with a degree in psychology.
After earning her degree from Harvard, Robinson went on to coach several club teams for the Gainesville (Fla.) Juniors Volleyball Club, as well as serve as the head coach at Buchholz High School, where she led her team to four straight district championships and one elite eight appearance, and was named Gainesville Sun 3A-5A Coach of the Year. In addition, her team received the AVCA Team Academic Award in 2004 and 2005.
Robinson and her husband, Clint, have a daughter, Bryce, and a son, Clay.
Nikki Dieball returns to the volleyball coaching staff in 2025 for her sixth season as an associate head coach, making this her twelfth season a part of the SNU coaching staff.
Dieball played an integral part in SNU's GAC Championships run in which the Storm won the schools first GAC Tournament title and advanced to the NCAA Division II National Tournament in 2016. She has coached numerous All-Conference team members during her tenure at SNU.
Dieball came from Oklahoma City University where she coached the Stars for three seasons. Dieball became just the second coach for OCU since the program restarted in 2006. She joined the Stars after serving as the Head Coach at Mid-America Christian the previous two years.
In 2011, Dieball mentored three All-Sooner Athletic Conference performers along with three NAIA scholar-athlete award winners. The Stars advanced to the Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament in all three years, reaching the semifinals in 2013.
In 2013 she coached OCUs first SAC Freshman of the Year and Region VI Freshman of the Year in Kristen Macy. The Stars garnered three All-SAC selections, two honorable mentions, and two Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes.
At Mid-America Christian, Dieball directed the Lady Evangels to a third-place finish in the National Christian Collegiate Athletic Association Central Regional in 2009 after a runner-up finish the previous year. Outside hitter-middle blocker Cris Smith received an NAIA All-American honorable mention, NCCAA All-Region selection, NAIA Scholar-Athlete and All-Sooner Athletic Conference First Team performer last season.
Prior to Mid-America, Dieball served as interim coach at St. Gregorys. Dieball also spent two years as graduate assistant at Central Oklahoma.
As a student-athlete, Dieball played on three national championship teams. Dieball played basketball and volleyball for Mid-America Christian as a freshman, aiding Mid-America to the 2001 NCCAA Division II volleyball championship and received the Region Defensive Player of the Year and All-American honors. Then Dieball joined Southern Nazarenes basketball and volleyball teams, playing on Southern Nazarenes 2003 and 2004 NAIA womens basketball title teams. She became an All-SAC pick as a senior and a three-time Academic All-SAC selection.
From Mustang, Oklahoma, Dieball (nee Floyd) became an all-state volleyball player and Indian All-State in basketball. In 2024, she was inducted into the Mustang High School Athletics Hall of Fame.
Nikki is a certified mental performance coach through Positive Performance.
She is USAV CAP Level II impact certified and is the President and Director of Rise Volleyball Club. She served for 10 years on the Board of Directors for the Oklahoma Region Volleyball Association. She coached numerous teams for the Oklahoma Region High Performance /All Star programs.
Dieball earned her bachelor's in psychology from Southern Nazarene in 2006 and her master's in general psychology from Central Oklahoma in 2013. She and her husband Jonathan have two sons, Kasyn and Kyler.
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I have assisted and managed recruiting for Westminster College since 2017. Master's in Sport Psychology, work as a Mental Performance Coach for HeadStrong Consulting and work with teams and athletes to improve performance through mental skills training. I have coached high school and currently coach club as well. I love working with young athletes, engaging in the recruiting process, and building the Westminster program to empower our student athletes to compete at a high level while engaging in a rigorous education.
COACHING ACCOLADES
Sun Conference Coach of the Year (2021, 2022, 2024, 2025)Sun Conference Regular Season Championships (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)Sun Conference Tournament Championships (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)NAIA National Tournament Appearances (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) NAIA National Tournament Final Site Appearances (2023, 2024, 2025)20-plus win seasons (2021, 2023, 2024)30-plus win seasons (2024)AVCA 30 Under 30 Class of 2025BY THE NUMBERS27 All-Sun Conference members5 AVCA All-Americans1 AVCA All Region Defender of the Year 11 AVCA Southeast Region Members 4 Sun Conference Libero of the Year2 Sun Conference Freshman of the Year2 Sun Conference Setter of the Year
Penn has led the Brewer women to the NCAA Tournament in five seasons, the last coming in 2006. Before that, the Brewers appeared in the NCAA Tournament in 2001-03, again finding a spot in the national tournament in 2005. In 2001 and 2002, Penn guided the womens team squad to the regional semifinals, while posting eight 20-win seasons since 2001. 2016 saw Penn lead the Brewers to the most Liberty League victories in program history, winning nine times within the league while earning the right to host the Liberty League Tournament. Penn led the Brewers to a record six straight Liberty League Championships from 2001 through 2006. The 2005 title was accomplished in near-perfect fashion, three straight sweeps of St. Lawrence, Union and Skidmore and a four-game win over Clarkson. In all, Vassar has reached the postseason 16 times in Penn's 20 seasons at the helm, also participating in the New York State Womens Collegiate Athletic Association Championship and the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament. Penn had one of his career highlights in the 2014 season, as he eclipsed 300 wins with a victory over Mount Holyoke in the Seven Sisters Championships. He finished the 2016 campaign with 343 career wins, after posting his 200 victory back in 2008 with a win over Montclair State. Penn also amassed 158 wins as head coach of the Vassar mens volleyball team from 1996-2011. That tenure includes one conference championship, two trips to the final four, a national runner-up finish (2008) and an American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) National Coach of the Year award. Volleyball teams under Penn at Vassar have received 14 AVCA Team Academic awards, given to teams maintaining a 3.3 (on a 4.0 scale). Active with the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) and NYWSCAA, Penn arrived at Vassar from Santa Monica (Calif.) College where he began coaching in 1989. At Santa Monica, he served two years as the women's assistant, three as the women's associate coach. In addition, he was the men's assistant coach for three years and the head coach for three seasons. While completing a bachelor's degree in English from UCLA in 1990 and a master's degree in Education at California State University at Hayward in 1993, Penn worked with various youth and adult programs in the greater Los Angeles area. He also served as a counselor at numerous volleyball camps. As scholarship player at Penn State, Penn won championships on Junior Olympic squads and later competed in the Olympic Festival. In 2003-05, he coached the mens Hudson Valley Open Division team in New York's Empire State Games, also playing in the masters Division for five years, earning three bronze medals. Penn and his wife Patricia have a son and a daughter, and reside in the Town of Poughkeepsie.
Win # vs. Opponent NOTABLE WINS FOR PENN 1 WCSU Posted his first collegiate victory (9/13/1996) 50 Swarthmore 3-1 win in Seven Sisters Tournament (9/9/1999) 88 Skidmore Helped Vassar to its first UCAA title (2001) 89 Skidmore Vassar's first ever NCAA Tournament win (2001) 100 Scranton Three-set win, 100th win (9/28/2002) 200 Montclair St. Three-set win, 200th victory (9/13/2008) 300 Mt. Holyoke Seven Sisters Tournament (9/14/2014) (500) Ramapo Combined 500th win between MVB and WVB at Vassar (10/29/16) Jonathan Penn, the winningest volleyball coach in school history, joined Vassar in 1996 as head mens and women's volleyball coach. During his tenure Penn has led the Brewer women to the NCAA Tournament in five seasons, the last coming in 2006. Before that, the Brewers appeared in the NCAA Tournament in 2001-03, again finding a spot in the national tournament in 2005. In 2001 and 2002, Penn guided the womens team squad to the regional semifinals, while posting eight 20-win seasons since 2001. 2016 saw Penn lead the Brewers to the most Liberty League victories in program history, winning nine times within the league while earning the right to host the Liberty League Tournament. Penn led the Brewers to a record six straight Liberty League Championships from 2001 through 2006. The 2005 title was accomplished in near-perfect fashion, three straight sweeps of St. Lawrence, Union and Skidmore and a four-game win over Clarkson. In all, Vassar has reached the postseason 16 times in Penn's 20 seasons at the helm, also participating in the New York State Womens Collegiate Athletic Association Championship and the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament. Penn had one of his career highlights in the 2014 season, as he eclipsed 300 wins with a victory over Mount Holyoke in the Seven Sisters Championships. He finished the 2016 campaign with 343 career wins, after posting his 200 victory back in 2008 with a win over Montclair State. Penn also amassed 158 wins as head coach of the Vassar mens volleyball team from 1996-2011. That tenure includes one conference championship, two trips to the final four, a national runner-up finish (2008) and an American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) National Coach of the Year award. Volleyball teams under Penn at Vassar have received 14 AVCA Team Academic awards, given to teams maintaining a 3.3 (on a 4.0 scale). Active with the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) and NYWSCAA, Penn arrived at Vassar from Santa Monica (Calif.) College where he began coaching in 1989. At Santa Monica, he served two years as the women's assistant, three as the women's associate coach. In addition, he was the men's assistant coach for three years and the head coach for three seasons. While completing a bachelor's degree in English from UCLA in 1990 and a master's degree in Education at California State University at Hayward in 1993, Penn worked with various youth and adult programs in the greater Los Angeles area. He also served as a counselor at numerous volleyball camps. As scholarship player at Penn State, Penn won championships on Junior Olympic squads and later competed in the Olympic Festival. In 2003-05, he coached the mens Hudson Valley Open Division team in New York's Empire State Games, also playing in the masters Division for five years, earning three bronze medals. Penn and his wife Patricia have a son and a daughter, and reside in the Town of Poughkeepsie.
Win # vs. Opponent NOTABLE WINS FOR PENN 1 WCSU Posted his first collegiate victory (9/13/1996) 50 Swarthmore 3-1 win in Seven Sisters Tournament (9/9/1999) 88 Skidmore Helped Vassar to its first UCAA title (2001) 89 Skidmore Vassar's first ever NCAA Tournament win (2001) 100 Scranton Three-set win, 100th win (9/28/2002) 200 Montclair St. Three-set win, 200th victory (9/13/2008) 300 Mt. Holyoke Seven Sisters Tournament (9/14/2014) (500) Ramapo Combined 500th win between MVB and WVB at Vassar (10/29/16)
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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.
My name is AJ Ruttenberg and I'm currently the volunteer assistant at Northwestern University. My main responsibility is running DataVolley. I came to Northwestern after spending a year and half at Cardinal Stritch University where I was playing on the Men's volleyball team as well as being a student assistant for the Women's volleyball team. I have coached for a couple different clubs. This season I coached for MOD Volleyball Club where I was a 15's head coach. Then in the spring I started coaching at Pipeline Volleyball Club where I was the 14 Silver Head Coach.
With Shannon Hunt (Wyckoff) guidance, libero Kate Sommer, the first WSU recruit by the Greeny staff, claimed the school digs record with 1,954 digs in her four-year career. Sommers season totals of 521 digs (2014), 495 digs (2013), 479 digs (2015), and 459 digs (2012) rank fourth, sixth, seventh and ninth-best in WSUs single season school records. The Cougars held their 2015 opponents to a .190 hitting percentage average, the lowest since the 2002 season. Hunt (Wyckoff) was an outstanding student and athlete at WSU from 1994 through 1997, and a teammate of Greeny. During Hunt's collegiate career the Cougars volleyball team played all four years in the NCAA Championship Tournament and advanced to the Elite Eight once and to the Sweet Sixteen once. She was the first Washington State player to reach 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in a career. Her 1,254 career digs was the WSU all-time list leader from 1997 until 2008 and is currently second-best all-time. Hunt tallied 1,051 career kills which was fifth-best at the time and now ranks ninth-highest in school history. In addition, her career 83 service aces total is ranked 11th-best at WSU. At Washington State, Hunt started on the left side as a freshman and missed only six matches in the starting lineup, due to injury, during her four-year career. As a sophomore Hunt's 376 digs led team and 3.72 digs per game was third-best in conference. She set a school record with 32 digs in a match at South Florida in 1995. She was named to two all-tournament teams as a junior and was an important cog in the Cougars advancing to the NCAA Championships Elite Eight. As a senior, Hunt continued amassing kills and digs as an outside hitter, earned two more all-tournament honors, and helped lead the Cougars to the Sweet Sixteen at the NCAA Championships. Hunt was recognized for her academic excellence with Pac-10 All-Academic second team and honorable mention selections as well as being named to the GTE/CoSIDA District VIII Academic All-America Teams three times. After graduating from WSU in the spring of 1998 with a degree in education, Hunt taught at the elementary level in the Vancouver, Wash., and coached volleyball at Prairie, Heritage High and Hockinson High Schools. Prior to returning to WSU Hunt taught and coached in the Vancouver, Wash., area for a dozen years. Hunt lives in Pullman with her sons Grayson and Austin.
Alesha Wilson was hired as an assistant volleyball coach in May of 2021.
Wilson completed her graduate assistant position at the University of Dallas in 2021. During her time there, the Crusaders went 40-46 overall with two fourth place finishes in the conference, making it to the post-season each year.
She also coached for one season as an undergraduate assistant at her alma mater, North Carolina State in 2015, helping the Wolfpack go 16-16 that fall.
Wilson graduated from North Carolina State in 2014 and was a four-year member of the Wolfpack volleyball team. As a sophomore, she was second on the team in total blocks and fourth in total attacks, helping the team make its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1987.
Wilson went on to earn her Bachelor of Science in chemical and biomolecular engineering with a Spanish minor in 2016 and her Master of Leadership in 2021.
Diogo de Andrade Silva
Nationality: Brazilian
Age: 43 years old
Languages spoken: Portuguese (native speaker), English, Spanish and Italian.
Education
2019 - Impact USAVOLLEYBALL 2019 - Graduation in Physical Education - Universidade Taubaté 2005 - Post-Graduation in Business Administration - Universidade FAAP 2003 - BA Degree in Advertising & Marketing - Universidade Paulista
Volleyball Coach Career:
Absolute Volleyball Club ages 15 to 17 since November/2019 USF - University of San Francisco since October 2020 - Volunteer USF - University of San Francisco since May 2021 - now
Professional Volleyball Career:
Italy: Framasil Pineto & Gioia del Cole Turkey: SSK & Galatasaray. Argentina: Náutico Acoja. Brazil: Banespa, Santo André, Pinheiros Esporte Clube, Montes Claros, Vivo/Minas, Sesi-SP, Medley Campinas, Brasil Kirin/Campinas, Ziober/Maringá, São José dos Campos, Volei Renata/Campinas, Corinthians/Guarulhos. Member of the Brazilian National University Team World University Games 2005
Professional Business Background
Beauty, Hair and Esthetic Beauty - Hair Brasil Fair - 2002 to 2005 Sales & Promotion coordinator for key accounts - Responsible for six key accounts and other 40 exhibitor customers.
Couromoda Collections Fair 2005 Coordinator for the luxury leather fair with 170 exhibitors. Responsible for all the logistics which included assembling, monitoring visitors and assisting exhibitors. Contributed with market research and preparation of business cases for the development of new products for the company.
Shopfacil website - 1998 to 2000 Sales assistant Responsible for finding new customers to the Brazilian website Shopfacil, preparation of proposals, product promotions and development of Marketing campaigns; Monitored approximately 100 Brands that used the portal as a sales channel.
Others:
Voluntary Work - Turma da Sopa - Sao Paulo Help with the reintegration of homeless community, distributing food and blankets; also offering courses, drug addiction treatment, birth / marriage certificates. Voluntary Work - Head coach at Saint Hillarys School - CYO Volleyball
Achievements and Awards
2018/19 - 5th Best scored at Brazilian Superliga
2017/18 - 8th at Brazilian Superliga
2016/2017 - 11th Best spiker at Brazilian Superliga
11th Best reception at Brazilian Superliga
13th Best dig at Brazilian Superliga
2015/16 - 4th Best spiker at Brazilian Superliga
8th Best scored at Brazilian Superliga
4th best scored service at Brazilian Superliga
2014/15 - 6th at Brazilian Superliga
2013/14 - 2nd Paulista Championship
3rd at Brazilian Cup
3rd at Brazilian Superliga
2012/13 - 2nd Paulista championship
2011/12 - Champion Paulista Championship
Champion South American Club
4th place in world clubs championship
2010/2011- 4th place at Superliga
3rd Best spiker at Superliga 2010/2011
8th best reception at Superliga 2010/2011
2nd Mineiro Championship
2009/2010 - 2nd at Brazilian Superliga
Best spiker at Superliga 2009/2010
Champion in Mineiro Championship
Champion in Challenge Globo/Minas
2008/2009 - 2nd place at Italy Cup
2 th place at Italy championship
5 th Best score at Italy league A2 and best corner player score
Best Outside player at Italy A2
2006/2007 - 5th place at the Turkish National League.
2006/2007 - Silver medal at the Flanders-Volley Tournament held in Belgium.
4th best scorer and 3rd MVP
2006 - Champion at the Izmir Tournament.
2005/2006 - 6th place at the Turkish National League.
2005 - 4th place at the World University Games held in Izmir, Turkey.
Best service and 2nd best spiker of the championship).
2004 - Gold medal at the São Paulo State League.
2003 - Silver medal at the São Paulo State League.
2000 to 2005 - Five times champion at the São Paulo University Games.
(MVP in 2000 and 2005).
1999/2000 - 4th place in the Argentinean League.
2nd best service and 6th best spiker of the League
1998 - 3rd place at the South American Clubs Championship held in Lima, Peru.
1997 - Gold medal at the Brazilian Junior League.
1996 - Gold medal at the São Paulo State League.
1995 - Silver medal at the São Paulo State Junior League.
1994 - Gold medal at the São Paulo State Junior League.
Katie Oleksak enters her third season with San Diego volleyball in 2023, serving as the team's first-ever Director of Volleyball Operations. She was the Toreros' graduate assistant in 2021 and 2022.
Before joining the staff at USD, Oleksak played professionally in Switzerland in 2020 where her team placed third in the Swiss Volley League. Prior to her professional career, Oleksak was the starting setter at Colorado State from 2016 to 2019.
At CSU, she broke the career assist record (5,083) and earned All-American honors each of her four seasons. Oleksak was voted captain of her team and earned Mountain West Player of the Year three consecutive years (2017-19), as well as Mountain West Freshman of the Year (2016). Additionally, she earned two Academic All-Conference awards and was an Academic All-American her senior year (2019).
In 2018, Oleksak was named to the USA Collegiate Womens National Team where her team won the Global Challenge tournament. During her time at CSU, the Rams made four consecutive NCAA appearances and won the Mountain West conference three times.
As a junior player, Oleksak prepped at Sunnyslope High School in Phoenix, Ariz. and played for Arizona Storm Volleyball Club.
A native of Phoenix, Arizona, Oleksak enjoys spending time with family, journaling, and going on bike rides in her free time. She completed a masters degree in Leadership Studies at USD and has a bachelors in Health and Exercise Science from CSU. She is excited to transition from being a player to a member of the Torero coaching staff.
Peter Maniscalco is in his first season as a volunteer assistant with the Loyola womens volleyball program. He joins Amanda Berkleys staff in Rogers Park after serving as an assistant coach for both the mens and womens teams at North Central College.
Hired as the first assistant coach in North Central mens volleyball history, the Loyola Chicago graduate successfully helped the program make the transition from a collegiate club sport to NCAA Division III status. In 2018, North Central reached new heights, going undefeated in conference play (9-0) to win the Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League regular-season title. As an assistant coach with the womens program at NCC, Maniscalco guided the Cardinals to a 12-7 overall record in 2017, his only season with the womens team.
After beginning his collegiate playing career at Loyola, Maniscalco transferred to Carthage College, where he helped the Red Men program to a NCAA Final Four appearance and a 23-8 overall record in 2014, tying for the team lead with 31 service aces that season.
He previously coached at Division I Volleyball Club in the Chicago area for three years and is the founder/director of volleyball operations at Rip City Sports Performance, Chicagos first volleyball-specific physical training company.
Maniscalco graduated from Loyola in 2015 with a degree in communications.
Former Camel standout Kayla Schanback was named assistant coach at Campbell University in September 2020. A two-time all-conference performer during her playing days, Schanback returned to Buies Creek after coaching stops at Virginia Tech and Eastern Kentucky.
I am ecstatic that Kayla has decided to come back to the Creek and continue to help develop our team and round out our strong staff, said Goral, who is in his ninth season in charge of the program. She was a huge component in the foundation of this program as an athlete and has several years experience as an assistant coach to now provide quality leadership to our young players.
Her first calendar year with the Camels saw two full seasons completed, with the 2020 season postponed to spring 2021, and then the traditional 2021 fall season. Schanback was part of the staff that helped the Camels finish second place during each regular season.
Schanback helped lead the 2021 team to its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance after a record-setting 21-10 season and 14-2 conference slate, marking a program record for conference wins in a season. The Camels then faced No. 10 Nebraska in the first round in front of a crowd of 7,884, the largest ever for a Campbell match.
Working primarily with serve receive and defense, she helped turn the unit into one of the best in the nation, finishing the season with the 12th best opponent hitting percentage at .152. She has helped libero Claranne Fechter to a pair of all-Big South nods, making the second-team in 2020 and honorable mention in 2021.
Schanback returned to her alma mater after spending the 2019 season on the staff at Eastern Kentucky. In her position at Campbell, she assists with recruiting, training, scouting, match preparation, team travel, marketing, social media and overseeing summer camps.
What stands out about Kayla is her passion for Campbell volleyball as well as coaching the sport at an elite level, said Goral. This university and program are forever part of Kayla and that appreciation shows in how she approaches every day. She has been relentless in her professional development so that she has the tools to be successful on the court, out recruiting, as well as in the office. She also excels at building relationships and knows firsthand how I train and develop athletes; how we operate in a first class manner and the atmosphere and culture we are striving for. But most of all, I look forward to working with someone who truly loves her profession and another truly dedicated person who loves this place and this program.
While at Eastern Kentucky, Schanbacks responsibilities included serving as the program's camp director, managing travel and game-day operations, establishing the defense/defensive philosophy, scouting, assisting with all recruiting efforts, and supervising social media platforms.
During her time as volunteer assistant coach at Virginia Tech, Schanback managed on court and video work with players, scouted opposing teams, supported recruiting, assisted with game day operations, and coordinated equipment.
One of the most decorated defensive players in school history, Schanback ranks third in school history in career (1457) and single-season (566) digs, and eighth in career sets played (446). Her 35-dig performance against Gardner-Webb during the 2016 season is tied for the eighth-most digs in a match in the program record books.
A native of Casselberry, Fla., Schanback helped the Camels reach the 2015 Big South tournament final. In addition, Schanback played a key role in the 2017 squad that won 20 matches and earned the programs first-ever post-season berth (NIVC). She was named to the All-Big South Conference second team twice.
I am ecstatic about the opportunity to coach at Campbell. I want to thank Coach Goral for giving me the chance to return home, said Schanback. I believe strongly as a Campbell alumna that my passion for the sport, program, and University will be transparent in my everyday work as a member of our staff. Campbell Volleyball has proven to be a competitor in the Big South and with the talent, commitment, and positive team culture, I have no doubt we will make history again soon. I am excited to, not only work with everyone, but to make an impact that will help our student-athletes achieve their goals on and off the court.
Following graduation, Schanback was a student assistant at Campbell, where she helped coach the freshman defensive players, and organized the recruiting matrix.
A three-time member of the Big South Conference Presidential Honor Roll, Schanback earned her bachelor's of business administration degree with a minor in sport management in 2018.
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
Jeannette Phillips is in her ninth year as the head coach of the Tennessee Tech volleyball team in 2024 after being named the eighth leader in program history in December 2017.
The sixth campaign under Phillips' direction saw the 2023 squad overcome a sluggish start to OVC play, one that saw Tech facing an uphill battle halfway through with a 2-9 mark. The Golden Eagles soared to the finish line, winning each of their final seven matches of the regular season to secure a 9-9 OVC record and the No. 6 seed in the league's postseason tournament. Tech secured 13 or more wins for the third straight season, a first since 1997, 1998, and 1999. The Golden Eagles also tallied at least nine league wins for a program-record fifth consecutive season.
For the first time in school history, the Golden Eagles secured three or more All-OVC First or Second Teamers for a third consecutive year. Senior middle blocker Skylar Boom and junior outside hitter Madolyn Isringhausen each earned All-OVC First Team honors, Isringhausen's second straight such nod and the third overall honor from the league. Sophomore setter Jordan Karlen locked down All-OVC Second Team recognition despite battling through injury during the season.
Phillips' fifth season in charge in Cookeville saw the Tech program continue its rise under her watch, posting the most regular season wins (17) and OVC wins (14) since 2008 for the second straight season. At 14-4 overall in OVC play, the Golden Eagles finished the season second in the final league standings, marking another trip to the OVC Tournament. Throughout the year, Tech won a program-record 10 straight league matches, representing the second-longest winning streak in school history and the longest since 1983. Additionally, the purple and gold swept Morehead State in the season series for the first time since 2014 and picked up just the fourth and fifth wins at Southeast Missouri in program history, securing the school's first-ever series sweep of the Redhawks.
For the first time since 2008, the Golden Eagles had four members earn All-OVC accolades, led by rookie sensation Jordan Karlen, who became the first player in league history to earn both OVC Setter of the Year and OVC Freshman of the Year in the same season. The first Golden Eagle ever to win Setter of the Year, the rookie was one of three Tech players named to the All-OVC First Team. She was joined by senior middle blocker Taylor Dorsey, who earned her third-straight First-Team honor, and sophomore outside hitter Madolyn Isringhausen. Junior middle blocker Skylar Boom picked up her second consecutive All-OVC Second Team accolade as well.
During her fourth season at the helm of the program, the Golden Eagles returned to the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament, tying for fourth in the regular season standings after turning in the most total wins (16) and league wins (11) since the 2008 championship squad. The team was led by a trio of All-OVC selections (a first for the team since 2008), with returning junior middle blocker Taylor Dorsey and senior setter Ashley Hand earning First Team honors and returning freshman outside hitter Madolyn Isringhausen picking up Second Team accolades.
The 2022 squad turned in its first 4-0 start to OVC play since 1993 and set the program record for team blocks in a match with a whopping 22.0 at Morehead State.
The 2020-21 season provided several challenges across the NCAA landscape, and in the OVC in particular, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The league opted to postpone play to the spring while limiting teams to an OVC-only schedule, reducing the overall competitive season to just 16 matches overall. Student-athletes were also required to wear masks while in competition as well, just one of several protocols adopted for the protection of the players.
Despite the challenges, Tech turned in a 9-7 mark in league action, finishing sixth in the final standings, typically good enough for a berth into the OVC Tournament. However, the league opted to reduce the field to just four teams because of the shortened season and COVID-19 protocols. Junior Taylor Dorsey turned in a breakout year under Phillips' guidance, garnering All-OVC First Team accolades while establishing herself as the top middle blocker in the league.
Year two of the Phillips regime saw a significant improvement in OVC play, winning four more games to tie for fifth place overall. Tech earned a spot in the 2019 OVC Tournament behind a 9-7 league mark, and 13-17 overall finish, the program's first postseason bid since the 2015 season. The Golden Eagles were led by a duo of All-OVC candidates during the campaign, including First-Team recipient Ali Verzani and Second-Team honoree Taylor Dorsey.
It was an immediate impact for the Golden Eagles by Phillips and her staff in Cookeville in 2018, leading the purple and gold to a seven-win improvement in her first season in the Eblen Center. Tech turned in an 11-19 mark overall and 5-11 finish in league play, but saw significant strides from a competitive standpoint. JUCO transfer Ali Verzani and senior Rachel Thomas led the charge in the first year of the team's new culture.
Prior to taking the helm of the Golden Eagle program, Phillips served for four months at Missouri State University as the Lady Bears assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. Phillips helped lead Missouri State to one of its most successful seasons in program history, including the 2017 Missouri Valley Conference regular-season and tournament titles and the programs first-ever undefeated season in conference play. The Lady Bears made their 13th NCAA Tournament appearance and ended the 2017 season with a 28-6 record with Phillips on staff, achieving a No. 25 ranking in the AVCA Division I Coaches top-25 poll multiple times throughout the year.
Before arriving at Missouri State, Phillips coached spent three seasons on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay staff as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator before a promotion to associate head coach following the 2016 campaign. She helped turn around a Green Bay program that won five matches her first year in 2014 to a 21-9 record and No. 75 RPI ranking her third season in 2016.
She coached one Horizon League Defensive Player of the Year and one AVCA All-Region selection while with the Phoneix. Green Bay appeared in the Horizon League tournament in 2015 and 2016 and reached the 2016 tournament championship for the first time since 2003 as well.
Prior to Green Bay, Phillips worked for two seasons at OVC rival Belmont University as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. The Bruins won the OVC Tournament and earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament in 2012, Phillips first year at Belmont and the programs first year in the conference. They also reached the conference tournament in 2013.
The Topeka, Kan. native got her start on a Division I staff as a volunteer assistant coach at the University of Minnesota, where she worked with the 2010 Big 10 Defensive Player of the Year and helped the Gophers advance to the NCAA Regional Semifinals/Sweet 16 in 2011.
Her coaching career began as an assistant at Benedictine College from 2008-11. She also served as the head coach of the junior varsity team at Benedictine College. During her time with the Ravens, she helped the program finish second in the Heart of America conference. While Phillips was with Benedictine, she served as head coach for a year with Team KC Volleyball Club.
She also led the Sandshark Volleyball Club to victory in the Won Gold Heart Challenge and top finishes in the Power League and Omaha National Qualifier.
Phillips was a four-year letterwinner at William Jewell College, a Division II program in Liberty, Mo., from 2002 to 2006. She played as a defensive specialist for the Cardinals, serving as team captain during her junior and senior seasons. Phillips graduated from William Jewell in May 2006 with a bachelor of arts in organizational communication and earned her education certification from Avila University in December 2010. She earned her master's in professional studies in December 2020, graduating Summa Cum Laude with a certificate in strategic leadership.
The former Jeannette Waldo was married in November 2021 and resides in Cookeville with her husband Levi.
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.
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.
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.
Enomoto is in her sixtg year as the head coach for the Beloit College Buccaneers volleyball team. She is originally from Honolulu, Hawaii and is of Hawaiian-Japanese-Filipino-Chinese descent. Enomoto is a Beloit College graduate who followed in the footsteps of her mother who also graduated from Beloit in 1968.
Enomoto first attended the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1987-1989. She was the back-up setter and defensive specialist as a freshman, then the 5-1 setter her sophomore year. Enomoto then transferred to Beloit College in 1991 and helped her squad to a runner-up finish in the Midwest Conference as an outside hitter. She returned as a 5-1 setter in 1992, was named captain, and earned All-Midwest Conference honors that fall. Currently, Enomoto is still fifth in the record book with 58 assists in a match! Each spring at Beloit, Enomoto was in track and field, competed in discus and shot-put, and was a track tri-captain her senior year.
After earning a degree in sociology and a minor in journalism from Beloit College in 1993, Enomoto went on to earn a number of teacher certifications, a Master's degrees from the University of Phoenix-Hawaii campus, and a doctorate from the University of Southern California -- all in education. Prior to her move back to Beloit, Wisconsin in 2019, Enomoto was a classroom teacher, resource specialist, and curriculum coordinator at Kamehameha Schools-Kapalama, a K-12 private school for Native Hawaiian students.
Enomoto's volleyball coaching experience dates back to 1989 and ranges from coaching elementary, middle school, and high school to club programs, including a successful run coaching and directing Team Piko Volleyball in Honolulu. Enomoto oversaw club teams from grades 4-12 that competed on regional and national levels. She led Team Piko to nine consecutive Junior Nationals appearances including accolades such as: 10th place in the 15s Open in 2012; two championships in the 14s National in 2011 and 14s American in 2015; second place in the 13s American in 2010; and third place finishes in the 13s National in 2014 and 15s Patriot in 2016. Enomoto's most prolific player was libero Tita Akiu who earned Second Team Big 12 conference honors as a sophomore at Texas Tech and First Team Big West conference honors as a senior. Akiu went on to make the U.S. Collegiate National Team-Minneapolis in 2017 and had a good run almost making the U.S. Women's National Team after being asked by Coach Karch Kiraly to attend additional tryouts and workouts in March and June of 2019.
The Beloit College volleyball team had 8 of 16 players earn All-Academic Midwest Conference honors and achieved an American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award four years in a row. Go Bucs!
Robinson was named the ninth coach in Rollins program history on February 3, 2016.
She joined Rollins after spending eight seasons as head volleyball coach at Berry College in Mount Berry, Georgia, where she amassed a career record of 169-88 with three conference championships and a pair of NCAA tournament berths. In addition to her head coaching duties, Robinson was promoted to Assistant Athletics Director and took on the responsibilities of Senior Woman Administrator as Berry began their transition to NCAA D-III in 2009.
The Tars finished 12-19 in Robinson's first season at the helm of the Tars program. Under her guidance, junior Bri Civiero was named a AVCA Honorable Mention All-American.
In her first season at Berry in 2008, Robinson guided the Vikings to a 23-13 overall record and a first ever Southern States Athletic Conference regular season championship. For her efforts, she was named the SSAC's Coach of the Year.
Before Berry, Robinson served as Associate Head Coach at Idaho State, helping lead the Bengals to their third consecutive appearance in the Big Sky Conference Tournament in her first season in 2005. Robinson also served as the program's recruiting coordinator. She went on to earn a Master's degree in Physical Education with an emphasis in Athletic Administration from ISU in 2006.
As an active member of the American Volleyball Coaches Association, Robinson has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the AVCA, the AVCA Assistant Coaches Committee, and the AVCA ACC Drills and Skills Committee. She has represented the Southern Athletic Association on the AVCA D-III Head Coaches Committee and D-III Volleyball Marketing and D-III Sand Volleyball Committees as well as acted as the Chair of the South Regional Advisory Committee.
Robinson is a 1996 graduate of Harvard, where she spent four years as a member of the volleyball team. She was named the team's captain as a senior before graduating Magna Cum Laude with a degree in psychology.
After earning her degree from Harvard, Robinson went on to coach several club teams for the Gainesville (Fla.) Juniors Volleyball Club, as well as serve as the head coach at Buchholz High School, where she led her team to four straight district championships and one elite eight appearance, and was named Gainesville Sun 3A-5A Coach of the Year. In addition, her team received the AVCA Team Academic Award in 2004 and 2005.
Robinson and her husband, Clint, have a daughter, Bryce, and a son, Clay.
Nikki Dieball returns to the volleyball coaching staff in 2025 for her sixth season as an associate head coach, making this her twelfth season a part of the SNU coaching staff.
Dieball played an integral part in SNU's GAC Championships run in which the Storm won the schools first GAC Tournament title and advanced to the NCAA Division II National Tournament in 2016. She has coached numerous All-Conference team members during her tenure at SNU.
Dieball came from Oklahoma City University where she coached the Stars for three seasons. Dieball became just the second coach for OCU since the program restarted in 2006. She joined the Stars after serving as the Head Coach at Mid-America Christian the previous two years.
In 2011, Dieball mentored three All-Sooner Athletic Conference performers along with three NAIA scholar-athlete award winners. The Stars advanced to the Sooner Athletic Conference Tournament in all three years, reaching the semifinals in 2013.
In 2013 she coached OCUs first SAC Freshman of the Year and Region VI Freshman of the Year in Kristen Macy. The Stars garnered three All-SAC selections, two honorable mentions, and two Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athletes.
At Mid-America Christian, Dieball directed the Lady Evangels to a third-place finish in the National Christian Collegiate Athletic Association Central Regional in 2009 after a runner-up finish the previous year. Outside hitter-middle blocker Cris Smith received an NAIA All-American honorable mention, NCCAA All-Region selection, NAIA Scholar-Athlete and All-Sooner Athletic Conference First Team performer last season.
Prior to Mid-America, Dieball served as interim coach at St. Gregorys. Dieball also spent two years as graduate assistant at Central Oklahoma.
As a student-athlete, Dieball played on three national championship teams. Dieball played basketball and volleyball for Mid-America Christian as a freshman, aiding Mid-America to the 2001 NCCAA Division II volleyball championship and received the Region Defensive Player of the Year and All-American honors. Then Dieball joined Southern Nazarenes basketball and volleyball teams, playing on Southern Nazarenes 2003 and 2004 NAIA womens basketball title teams. She became an All-SAC pick as a senior and a three-time Academic All-SAC selection.
From Mustang, Oklahoma, Dieball (nee Floyd) became an all-state volleyball player and Indian All-State in basketball. In 2024, she was inducted into the Mustang High School Athletics Hall of Fame.
Nikki is a certified mental performance coach through Positive Performance.
She is USAV CAP Level II impact certified and is the President and Director of Rise Volleyball Club. She served for 10 years on the Board of Directors for the Oklahoma Region Volleyball Association. She coached numerous teams for the Oklahoma Region High Performance /All Star programs.
Dieball earned her bachelor's in psychology from Southern Nazarene in 2006 and her master's in general psychology from Central Oklahoma in 2013. She and her husband Jonathan have two sons, Kasyn and Kyler.
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Coach Kalmink is in her third season with Saint Leo University where she helped lead the sandy lions to a 22-13 record. Before Saint Leo she was the assistant coach for the State College of Florida Manatees.
In my first year as an Assistant Volleyball Coach at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, TN. We are an NCAA Division II level institution, and compete in the SAC (South Atlantic Conference). We are consistently top contenders in our conference and qualify for the NCAA Division II National Tournament. This past season we finished the regular season in 3rd place and lost in the finals of the SAC Tournament to finish 2nd. We also went on to qualify for the 2018 NCAA Division II National Tournament again.
I'm the recruiting coordinator and have done all the recruiting for the program in my time here. I am also as equally involved in the on-court training of the team, from individual skill development to team systems. One other primary duty of mine is to scout all of our opponents and put together the scouting reports and the game plan against them.
I'm involved in all the day to day functions of running a successful program as well. I assist the Head Coach in all aspects of the program from scheduling, budgeting, travel, etc. Prior to LMU I have coached extensively and quite successfully over the past 28 years at all levels. Including winning an NCAA Division I National Championship at the University of Nebraska in 1995. I've also helped develop formerly average teams at the Division II level into consistent Top 25 programs, winning numerous conference championships and qualifying for the NCAA National Tournament
After a robust national search, we are excited to have selected Chad Koenegstein as the next Head Coach for Women's Volleyball here at UCSC Athletics.
Chad joins UCSC from DIII Colorado College, where he started as the assistant coach in 2018, and worked to assist them through what is their most successful stretch in program history, posting a .791 winning percentage during his time. In 2022 Chad was awarded the AVCA (American Volleyball Coaches Association) Thirty Under 30 award, which honors up-and-coming volleyball coaching talent at all levels of the sport. During his time at Colorado College, he coached 8 All-Americans, and helped lead the team to three NCAA tournament appearances. Prior to Colorado College, Koenegstein worked at USA Volleyball in coaching education and began his collegiate coaching career at University of Colorado Colorado Springs in 2017.
Born and raised in Chester, Illinois, Koenegstein earned a bachelors in elementary education from Murray State University, and is currently pursuing a masters in sport coaching through University of Denver. For the dog people out there, he comes to Santa Cruz with his two retired show dogs, Theo (GCHB) and Maz (CH) who are Portuguese Water Dogs.
Jacquie Cason joined the Truman State University volleyball staff in 2026 as Assistant Coach, bringing a diverse coaching background spanning multiple levels of collegiate volleyball and a deep connection to the Missouri and Midwest recruiting landscape.
Cason came to Kirksville after serving as Head Volleyball Coach at Missouri University of Science and Technology from March 2024 through December 2025. As the program's only full-time coach, she recruited 13 athletes in two years, developed three GLVC Players of the Week, and guided a freshman middle blocker who led the entire conference in blocks per set during the 2025 season. She also recruited corporate sponsors, organized a preseason tournament, and presented at the American Volleyball Coaches Association Convention on the use of personality testing in recruiting and team building.
Prior to Missouri S&T, Cason spent nearly three years as Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at Northwest Missouri State, where she served as the primary contact for prospective student-athletes, helped balance the program budget, and developed team blocking schemes that contributed to the Bearcats' success. She also served as Camp Director at Northwest Missouri State, organizing and hosting more than 300 campers annually. Additional coaching stops include Eastern Illinois University, Nicholls State University, Texas A&M Commerce, and Sacred Heart Academy, where she was part of a staff that captured the 2016 Kentucky State Championship.
Beyond her on-court coaching work, Cason has served on the AVCA Assistant Coaches Committee and has been a Lead Coach for the EXACT Volleyball Showcase Camp program in the Midwest region since 2021, working with college coaches on drill selection, timing, and player evaluation.
A former collegiate athlete, Cason competed as a volleyball player at the University of Texas at El Paso, where she earned Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll recognition every semester of her career and accumulated more than 250 hours of community service, earning the UTEP Director of Athletics Community Service Team Award four times. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from UTEP and a Master's in Applied Health Science from Northwest Missouri State, where she graduated with a perfect 4.0 GPA.
I have assisted and managed recruiting for Westminster College since 2017. Master's in Sport Psychology, work as a Mental Performance Coach for HeadStrong Consulting and work with teams and athletes to improve performance through mental skills training. I have coached high school and currently coach club as well. I love working with young athletes, engaging in the recruiting process, and building the Westminster program to empower our student athletes to compete at a high level while engaging in a rigorous education.
COACHING ACCOLADES
Sun Conference Coach of the Year (2021, 2022, 2024, 2025)Sun Conference Regular Season Championships (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)Sun Conference Tournament Championships (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)NAIA National Tournament Appearances (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) NAIA National Tournament Final Site Appearances (2023, 2024, 2025)20-plus win seasons (2021, 2023, 2024)30-plus win seasons (2024)AVCA 30 Under 30 Class of 2025BY THE NUMBERS27 All-Sun Conference members5 AVCA All-Americans1 AVCA All Region Defender of the Year 11 AVCA Southeast Region Members 4 Sun Conference Libero of the Year2 Sun Conference Freshman of the Year2 Sun Conference Setter of the Year
I am the Head Womens Volleyball Coach at Lawrence Tech. I will also lead the Men's Volleyball program. I am originally from Brazil, where I grew up playing volleyball and eventually competed through college and at the professional level before moving to the United States.
I hold a Master's in Business Data Analytics, and I bring that analytical mindset directly into my coaching. I love breaking down the game, building systems that make sense for the athletes I have, and developing teams that are disciplined, resilient, and committed to getting better every day.
Im passionate about helping players not only improve their performance but also understand the why behind what we do. I believe in building a competitive, accountable culture where athletes push themselves, support each other, and take pride in the details.
Robert Pitre joined the Wolf Pack womens volleyball staff in the spring of 2018, helping to guide Loyola to the quarterfinals of the SSAC Championship tournament in his first year. In his second year as assistant coach in 2019, the Pack went 9-4 in SSAC play, the best conference record since 2011, while finishing with 19 wins overall, the highest mark since 2012.
Pitre came to Loyola after coaching the Mississippi Gulf Coast Volleyball Club to a 16-10 record. During the 2017 volleyball season as the assistant coach at Northwest Christian University in Eugene, Ore., he helped guide the team to a historic year, garnering the most conference wins in school history. Earning their first playoff appearance for the program since 2014, their season was highlighted by an upset against the No. 15 team in the country, Corban University. Working with the 16U Webfoot Juniors Volleyball Club in Eugene, Ore. during the 2015-16 season, the team went 16-2 and placed eighth at the Pacific Northwest Qualifier in 2017.
Pitres other coaching experiences include volunteering with NCU volleyball during the 2014-15 season and earning the 2010 Baseball Willamette Valley Championship as the 12U Willamette Valley Babe Ruth Volunteer Head Coach.
He graduated with Cum Laude Honors from the University of Oregon in June of 2015 with a bachelors degree in economics. Pitre married his wife, Kelly Pitre, in 2015 and welcomed his first child in the winter of 2016, Elijah.
The Eagles Volleyball program is incredibly fortunate to have another extremely qualified and experienced coach a part of the program, said head coach Chuck Rey. One goal of Eagles Volleyball is to make a deep run in the NCAA Tournament. Heather has done so as a coach and a former student-athlete. For us to achieve lofty goals, we need to surround ourselves and be led by those that have experience. Having experience as both a coach and student-athlete will provide great insight for our current team members.
Before joining the Eagles, Gearhart served as the assistant volleyball coach at the University of Akron for the 2019 season. During her time with the Zips, the team finished with the most overall wins since 2003 and made its first MAC tournament appearance since 2012. Prior to that, Gearhart served as the volunteer assistant coach at the University of Tennessee for the 2018 season. The team saw its largest single-season turnaround in program history with an overall 14-win increase, earning a NCAA tournament berth and advancing to the Second Round. Gearharts expertise is in backcourt defense and serve-receive.
The Chula Vista, California native was student-athlete at the University of North Carolina, where she earned a Bachelors Degree in Exercise & Sports Science with a minor in Coaching Education and was a four-year member of the volleyball team. During her time as a Tar Heel, the team made four NCAA Tournament appearances, advancing to the second round in 2012 and 2015. During the 2014 season, the Tar Heels were ACC Champions, went to the NCAA Elite 8, had the highest RPI ranking in school history at #5, highest AVCA ranking at #7, and the longest winning streak in school history with 20 wins. Off of the court at Carolina, Gearhart was a member of the Dean's List, ACC Honor Roll, and ranked Top 15 out of all female student-athletes in the weight room. In 2015, Gearhart went to the USA Open Tryouts and was a member of the USA Collegiate National Team.
Following her collegiate career, Gearhart attended the University of Nottingham to earn her Masters Degree in Marketing. While in England, she played for Nottingham's university team and professional team. She served as team captain of both teams, finishing the season Top 8 in the UK.
Gearhart currently lives in Charlotte with her husband, Derek Sullivan, who played at and now serves as the Mens Head Volleyball Coach at Belmont Abbey College.
Augustana College
Assistant Varsity Coach
Head JV Coach
2021-present
Lauren is going into her second season coaching at Villanova University. She stopped playing professionally in Europe after 6 years in 2019 to join the Wild Cats in the 2020 season. She has professional playing experience in multiple countries including China, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Australia, Peru, and Puerto Rico. During this time, she also spent multiple summers training in the USA National team gym. Previously to playing professionally Lauren set at the University of Oregon from 2010-2014. During her time at Oregon, the team made 3 NCAA tournaments appearances including making it to the National Championship game in 2012.
· 6 years professional playing experience
· NCAA National Runner-Up
· NCAA 2x All-American
· 2X National Division I Player of the Week
· PAC 12 Setter of the Year 2012
· NCAA Highest Assist Per/Set Mark Leader (13.37)
· 3x All-PAC 12
· All-PAC 10 Freshman Team
· All time University of Oregon Assist Leader
· USA Jr National Team played in the World Championship
Herman is entering the second year of her second stint the Huskies, re-joining the Huskies in 2014 after also serving as an assistant in 2011. Herman joins the UConn staff after playing professionally in Europe and after a standout career at Ohio University.
The Toledo, Ohio native most recently played professionally with Sagres NUC, one of the top teams in the LNA, the top professional league in Switzerland. During the 2011-2012 season, she was match MVP three times, and helped the out of Neuchatel, Switzerland club finish second in the league. Sagres also reached the Swiss Cup final and the quarterfinals of the CEV Challenge Cup, a European-wide Championship. Returning to Neuchatel the following season, she was awarded match MVP five times and the team finished third place in the LNA. In addition to her coaching duties at UConn, Herman also serves as the Director of the Connecticut Volleyball Institute.
In 2010, she competed for VT Aurubis Hamburg, a member of Germany's 14-team premier league, the Bundesliga. During her brief stint in Germany, she received MVP honors during two matches.
Prior to her professional career, Herman trained with the U.S. National Team during the summer of 2009 and competed with the U.S. National Team on their Tour of China during February of 2010. She also competed with the U.S. A2 Team, earning Most Valuable Player honors at the Adult Open Championship in 2008.
Herman, a two-time All-American, led the Bobcats to four successful seasons during her collegiate career, including three Mid American Conference regular season championships, three MAC tournament championships and four NCAA tournament berths. She was named the MAC Player of the Year as a junior and senior and also earned MAC Freshman of the Year accolades during her rookie campaign. The four-time first team All-MAC selection left Ohio University as the OU and MAC all-time leader in kills, as well as OU's all-time leader in points and attacks.
Herman, who earned Academic All-MAC honors three times during her collegiate career, graduated with a Bachelor of Health Administration from Ohio University in June 2010.
Ren Cefra came to Temple as an assistant coach for the Owls in 2015. Cefra brings a broad range of experience to Temple, with stops at NCAA DI, DII, club and prep programs.
Cefra helped the 2017 squad make history as the first Temple team to qualify to post-season play in 15 years. The Owls finished 20-10, advancing to the second round of the National Invitational Volleyball Championship. Temple finished second in The American, going 15-5 in conference play.
Individually, the Owls placed four on the All-Conference team, including Temple's first ever unanimous first-team American player, Izzy Rapacz. Senior Kyra Coundourides, junior Iva Deak, and redshirt freshman Dana Westfield also appeared on the American Athletic Conference teams. Temple racked up a program-record 11 American Weekly Honor Roll selections, while junior Mia Heirakuji was named Defensive Player of the Week, and Rapacz earned both Offensive and Defensive POTW nods during the season.
In 2016, Cefra helped lead the team to their third-straight 20-win season. The Owls finished 22-8 overall with a 15-5 record in American Athletic Conference play. For the third-straight season, Temple defeated every opponent in The American, at least once during the year, including road wins over SMU and Cincinnati. The Owls also captured the 2016 Philadelphia Big 5 title.
Cefra's first season as an Owl saw the 2015 squad record a 24-8 overall record, including a 15-5 mark in the American Athletic Conference. The Owls finished alone in second in the conference, having defeated each conference opponent at least once during the season, while also recording seven-straight wins to close the season. The 2015 squad tied the 2014 team for wins, the program's best record since 2002.
Before Temple, Cefra served as the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for Minot State. Prior to his brief stint with the Beavers, he spent a year as the director of volleyball operations for the University of Nevada.
Cefra spent two years as a volunteer assistant for St. John's University, helping to guide the Red Storm to three All-Big East team selections in his time there. He was also a part of the team's 2012 Big East Tournament appearance.
Before coming east, Cefra was the assistant coach for Chaminade University in Honolulu from 2008 to 2010. He also served as an assistant coach for the Asics Rainbows, helping the U-14 club to a first-place finish at the 2012 Southern California Qualifier and a third-place finish at the 2012 Junior National Championships.
Matthew Cribbin was named the next head coach of the Holy Cross volleyball program on Dec. 29, 2024, as announced by Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics Kit Hughes.
A three-time Northeast-10 Coach of the Year and three-time AVCA East Region Coach of the Year, Cribbin arrives on The Hill from American International College, where he built one of the regions most dominant programs at the Division II level. He spent the last 13 seasons as the head womens volleyball coach for the Yellow Jackets, and was promoted to Director of Volleyball in 2021 after the department added a mens program.
During his tenure, Cribbin won two NCAA East Region Championships and made seven NCAA Tournament appearances, while winning both the NE10 Tournament and regular-season titles a total of three times in 2021, 2022 and 2024.
He amassed a 238-142 record (.626) during his time with the Yellow Jackets, including a 110-48 (.696) record in league games. AIC made conference tournament appearances 11 times throughout his tenure.
Cribbin has coached 13 AVCA All-Americans, six NE10 Players of the Year, two NE10 Rookies of the Year, two NE10 Defensive Players of the Year and two NE10 Setters of the Year. His players have earned AVCA East Region Player of the Year honors on four occasions, including three-time honoree Andrea Serra-Rosa. In total, his players have amassed 24 AVCA All-East Region selections and 52 NE10 All-Conference selections. An additional 12 student-athletes have received Academic All-Conference honors.
Most recently, in 2024, AIC made its fourth straight NCAA regional appearance while also winning its third conference title in four years. The Yellow Jackets went on a 20-match win streak during the season, including sweeping their conference slate with a 10-0 record in NE10 action. Cribbin earned NE10 and AVCA East Region Coach of the Year laurels for his achievements.
Other recent highlights include back-to-back NE10 titles in 2021 and 2022, with the Yellow Jackets posting a 30-win campaign in 2022. Since the start of the 2021 season, AIC has won nearly 100 matches (96-28, .774) with a 41-5 mark (.891) in league games.
The Yellow Jackets advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals in 2016 and 2018 after AIC won the East Region Championship both of those seasons. AICs victory over Le Moyne in the first round of the 2016 East Regional marked the first-ever NCAA Tournament victory for the Yellow Jackets.
Before his successful run at AIC, Cribbin was the head coach at Division III Sarah Lawrence College, where he was named the Hudson Valley Womens Athletic Conference (HVWAC) Coach of the Year in each of his three seasons (2008-10). Cribbin guided Sarah Lawrence to the 2010 conference championship and led the team to a runner-up finish in 2008.
He was also named a 30 Under 30 Award recipient by the AVCA, which honors 30 of the up-and-coming volleyball coaches under 30 years old in the sport at all levels of the game.
A native of Madison, Connecticut, Cribbin earned his bachelors in sports management from the University of New England in May 2008. He served as a student assistant with the NorEasters womens volleyball team for three seasons while also serving as head coach and captain of the mens club volleyball team.
Penn has led the Brewer women to the NCAA Tournament in five seasons, the last coming in 2006. Before that, the Brewers appeared in the NCAA Tournament in 2001-03, again finding a spot in the national tournament in 2005. In 2001 and 2002, Penn guided the womens team squad to the regional semifinals, while posting eight 20-win seasons since 2001. 2016 saw Penn lead the Brewers to the most Liberty League victories in program history, winning nine times within the league while earning the right to host the Liberty League Tournament. Penn led the Brewers to a record six straight Liberty League Championships from 2001 through 2006. The 2005 title was accomplished in near-perfect fashion, three straight sweeps of St. Lawrence, Union and Skidmore and a four-game win over Clarkson. In all, Vassar has reached the postseason 16 times in Penn's 20 seasons at the helm, also participating in the New York State Womens Collegiate Athletic Association Championship and the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament. Penn had one of his career highlights in the 2014 season, as he eclipsed 300 wins with a victory over Mount Holyoke in the Seven Sisters Championships. He finished the 2016 campaign with 343 career wins, after posting his 200 victory back in 2008 with a win over Montclair State. Penn also amassed 158 wins as head coach of the Vassar mens volleyball team from 1996-2011. That tenure includes one conference championship, two trips to the final four, a national runner-up finish (2008) and an American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) National Coach of the Year award. Volleyball teams under Penn at Vassar have received 14 AVCA Team Academic awards, given to teams maintaining a 3.3 (on a 4.0 scale). Active with the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) and NYWSCAA, Penn arrived at Vassar from Santa Monica (Calif.) College where he began coaching in 1989. At Santa Monica, he served two years as the women's assistant, three as the women's associate coach. In addition, he was the men's assistant coach for three years and the head coach for three seasons. While completing a bachelor's degree in English from UCLA in 1990 and a master's degree in Education at California State University at Hayward in 1993, Penn worked with various youth and adult programs in the greater Los Angeles area. He also served as a counselor at numerous volleyball camps. As scholarship player at Penn State, Penn won championships on Junior Olympic squads and later competed in the Olympic Festival. In 2003-05, he coached the mens Hudson Valley Open Division team in New York's Empire State Games, also playing in the masters Division for five years, earning three bronze medals. Penn and his wife Patricia have a son and a daughter, and reside in the Town of Poughkeepsie.
Win # vs. Opponent NOTABLE WINS FOR PENN 1 WCSU Posted his first collegiate victory (9/13/1996) 50 Swarthmore 3-1 win in Seven Sisters Tournament (9/9/1999) 88 Skidmore Helped Vassar to its first UCAA title (2001) 89 Skidmore Vassar's first ever NCAA Tournament win (2001) 100 Scranton Three-set win, 100th win (9/28/2002) 200 Montclair St. Three-set win, 200th victory (9/13/2008) 300 Mt. Holyoke Seven Sisters Tournament (9/14/2014) (500) Ramapo Combined 500th win between MVB and WVB at Vassar (10/29/16) Jonathan Penn, the winningest volleyball coach in school history, joined Vassar in 1996 as head mens and women's volleyball coach. During his tenure Penn has led the Brewer women to the NCAA Tournament in five seasons, the last coming in 2006. Before that, the Brewers appeared in the NCAA Tournament in 2001-03, again finding a spot in the national tournament in 2005. In 2001 and 2002, Penn guided the womens team squad to the regional semifinals, while posting eight 20-win seasons since 2001. 2016 saw Penn lead the Brewers to the most Liberty League victories in program history, winning nine times within the league while earning the right to host the Liberty League Tournament. Penn led the Brewers to a record six straight Liberty League Championships from 2001 through 2006. The 2005 title was accomplished in near-perfect fashion, three straight sweeps of St. Lawrence, Union and Skidmore and a four-game win over Clarkson. In all, Vassar has reached the postseason 16 times in Penn's 20 seasons at the helm, also participating in the New York State Womens Collegiate Athletic Association Championship and the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament. Penn had one of his career highlights in the 2014 season, as he eclipsed 300 wins with a victory over Mount Holyoke in the Seven Sisters Championships. He finished the 2016 campaign with 343 career wins, after posting his 200 victory back in 2008 with a win over Montclair State. Penn also amassed 158 wins as head coach of the Vassar mens volleyball team from 1996-2011. That tenure includes one conference championship, two trips to the final four, a national runner-up finish (2008) and an American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) National Coach of the Year award. Volleyball teams under Penn at Vassar have received 14 AVCA Team Academic awards, given to teams maintaining a 3.3 (on a 4.0 scale). Active with the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) and NYWSCAA, Penn arrived at Vassar from Santa Monica (Calif.) College where he began coaching in 1989. At Santa Monica, he served two years as the women's assistant, three as the women's associate coach. In addition, he was the men's assistant coach for three years and the head coach for three seasons. While completing a bachelor's degree in English from UCLA in 1990 and a master's degree in Education at California State University at Hayward in 1993, Penn worked with various youth and adult programs in the greater Los Angeles area. He also served as a counselor at numerous volleyball camps. As scholarship player at Penn State, Penn won championships on Junior Olympic squads and later competed in the Olympic Festival. In 2003-05, he coached the mens Hudson Valley Open Division team in New York's Empire State Games, also playing in the masters Division for five years, earning three bronze medals. Penn and his wife Patricia have a son and a daughter, and reside in the Town of Poughkeepsie.
Win # vs. Opponent NOTABLE WINS FOR PENN 1 WCSU Posted his first collegiate victory (9/13/1996) 50 Swarthmore 3-1 win in Seven Sisters Tournament (9/9/1999) 88 Skidmore Helped Vassar to its first UCAA title (2001) 89 Skidmore Vassar's first ever NCAA Tournament win (2001) 100 Scranton Three-set win, 100th win (9/28/2002) 200 Montclair St. Three-set win, 200th victory (9/13/2008) 300 Mt. Holyoke Seven Sisters Tournament (9/14/2014) (500) Ramapo Combined 500th win between MVB and WVB at Vassar (10/29/16)
Trinity College Assistant Womens Volleyball Coach, Hartford, CT 2014-2017, 2018-Present
Instruct setter training and defense
Recruit student-athletes
Scout opponents
Review practice and game film
Prepare facility for match day
Any other duties assigned by Head Coach or Athletic Department
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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 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)
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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.
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 |
