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Associate Head Coach
adesouz1@depaul.edu
DePaul
Division 1
DePaul Volleyball program Associate Head Coach, De Souza arrived in Chicago following a three-year stint as an assistant at West Virginia where he helped the program to go to their first ever NCAA appearance.
Prior to his time at West Virginia, De Souza was the head coach at Louisiana Tech. The Brazil native has been an assistant coach at Illinois State, Miami University (MAC Tournament Champion, NCAA qualifier) and a volunteer assistant at Kent State.
Internationally, De Souza has mentored youth at many different levels of the game, from beginners to expertise. He served as the men's volleyball coach at the State University of Campinas winning sectional titles in back-to-back seasons. In 2001-2002 De Souza worked and studied closely with the head coach from the Brazilian Women Junior National team Antonio Rizola in developing tools for performance development.
While taking his undergraduate courses, De Souza served as a liaison and interpreter for the U.S. Women's National Team (1994) and Japanese National Junior Team (1993) while both were competing in the FIVB World Championships in Brazil.
De Souza has spent a career in the States helping programs reach new levels of performance through his player-centered approach. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in physical education and a second in Sports Training/Coaching from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) in São Paulo, Brazil and completed his master's degree in Sports Studies at Kent State University.
Assistant Coach
jbuckman@uchicago.edu
University of Chicago
Division 3
Jennifer Buckman was hired as Assistant Volleyball Coach for the Maroons in May 2022.
The 2022 campaign featured a 20-13 season record and a return to the NCAA Division III Championship for the 11th time since 2010, with the Maroons advancing to the Second Round.
Buckman came to the Hyde Park campus from Ithaca College, where she held the role of assistant coach for three seasons (2019-21). In addition to her work with the middle blockers position group, she also assisted with coordinating recruiting, practices and strategy planning for the team. The Bombers advanced to the NCAA Round of 16 during the 2019 season and finished the year with a 20-11 overall record. Ithaca made its return to the NCAA postseason in 2021, after the 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID pandemic.
As a collegiate student-athlete, Buckman played volleyball at fellow NCAA Division III school Transylvania University from 2015-18. She played outside hitter and was a team captain for the Pioneers. Buckman helped lead the team to its first-ever regular season conference championship in 2018. She was also an academic all-conference honoree during her career.
Buckman has been an active coach in the club volleyball scene. She was the head coach at Lexington United (Kentucky) and Little Red Volleyball Club (New York) at the U13, U14 and U16 club levels.
The Louisville, Ky. native graduated from Transylvania in 2019 with bachelor's degrees in both psychology and Spanish language & literature. She earned her master's degree in exercise & sport sciences from Ithaca in 2022.
morgan.lemner@kzoo.edu
Kalamazoo
Division 3
claire.scully@ic.edu
Illinois College
Division 3
leeesh3@gmail.com
Illinois College
Division 3
dbroekemier@monmouthcollege.edu
Monmouth (IL)
Division 3
Head Coach
goodlm@alma.edu
Alma
Division 3
Leah Good was named Head Volleyball Coach on December 16, 2022.
"After a nationwide search, we believe that Leah is the best candidate for this position. Her ambition, passion, and experience with coaching and recruiting will help her to build up our program. We look forward to seeing how she can connect with the team, and help each individual grow their talents to become even more competitive as a group."
Good joins Alma from Hiram College, where she served as the lead Assistant Coach.
Alma College provides student-athletes with an outstanding education as well as a competitive athletic experience All of the players individually have their strengths and my hope is to guide the team to meet their full potential. I want to thank Vice President of Athletics Sarah Dehring for guiding me through the hiring process. I know she will be a strong mentor for me. I want to thank President Abernathy, the Search Committee, Athletics Staff, and Senior Staff for the time they spent with me during the interview process. Additionally, I would like to thank Brittany Dye for supporting me through this process and giving me my first opportunity to coach in college athletics at Hiram."
Good spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach with the Hiram women's volleyball program. She joined Hiram from the Ohio Valley Volleyball Academy, where she served as the volleyball coordinator and a coach for two years. During her time with the Terriers, the program amassed a 29-28 record, with a 87 record in NCAC paly. The team qualified for the NCAC Tournament in both seasons. Good helped to coach one first team All-NCAC player, and three second team All-NCAC players.
Good graduated from Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia in 2021. While there Good was a four-year member of the women's volleyball team, helping the Bison to the 2018 Presidents Athletic Conference (PAC) Championship, and serving as a team captain her senior year.
A native of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, Good earned her bachelor's degree in finance from Bethany College in May of 2021.
Head Coach
jonesma@quincy.edu
Quincy
Division 2
Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics [Marty Bell](https://quhawks.com/staff.aspxstaff=1) announced today (Apr. 1) that Mark Jones has been named the new head women's volleyball coach.
Jones comes to QU after serving two seasons as an assistant coach for the Indiana State women's volleyball team.
During his time at Indiana State, the Sycamores accumulated 21 wins in two seasons and made an appearance in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament in 2017, which included their first tournament win in school history.
Prior to Indiana State, Jones served eight seasons as the head women's volleyball coach at Division 1 Manhattan College.
Jones led Manhattan College to five trips to the MAAC Tournament and four 20-win campaigns and is one of only two coaches in Jaspers program history to accumulate over 100 victories. During his time at Manhattan, he coached 11 All-Conference players, including the Freshman of the Year in 2012 and the Conference Player of the Year in 2014. He was also named Conference Coach of the Year in 2010, his second season.
Familiar with the Midwest area, Jones served as the head men's and women's volleyball coach at William Woods University in Fulton, Mo. During his time at William Woods, Jones led the Owls men's volleyball team to a NAIA National Championship in 2002.
Jones said of his new position "I would like to thank [Marty Bell](https://quhawks.com/staff.aspxstaff=1) for this great opportunity to be the head women's volleyball coach at Quincy University. I'm very impressed with Quincy University's commitment to athletic excellence and the overall support for their student athletes. I'm excited to be a part of the Quincy family and continue the tradition of academic and athletic excellence. I also want to thank head coach Lindsay Allman for her support and guidance during my time as an assistant at Indiana State University."
Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics [Marty Bell](https://quhawks.com/staff.aspxstaff=1) stated, "We are pleased to have Coach Jones lead our women's volleyball program. He has a wealth of successful experience which will bring stability and create a solid foundation for the immediate and long-term success of our program. Our women's volleyball team has made steady progress and improvement over the past few years and I believe Coach Jones has the leadership experience we need at this time to move the program to a championship level. We welcome Mark to the Hawk athletic family."
Assistant Coach
jcasonvball@gmail.com
Northwest Missouri State
Division 2
Jacquie Cason enters her first season as the head women's volleyball coach. Prior to joining the S&T staff in March 2024, she was with Northwest Missouri State. She was with the Bearvats for the last five years, the first two as a graduate assistant coach before becoming the top assistant in the Bearcat program in July 2021. In her time at Northwest, the Bearcats had a record of 100-39 that included NCAA Division II Tournament appearance in 2021 and 2022 and trips to the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Tournament in each of those five seasons.
Northwest reached the championship game of the MIAA Tournament in the spring season in 2021 and again in the fall season of that calendar year. The Bearcats also won the MIAA regular season title in 2022 and while playing in the highly competitive MIAA and in the same region with teams in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, recorded 18 wins over nationally-ranked teams during those five seasons. One of those 18 wins came over No.-1 ranked Washburn during the 2021 campaign which was among five victories over teams ranked in the top five in the nation since the start of the 2019 season.
At Northwest, Cason was involved in numerous aspects of the program that included being the program's recruiting coordinator, working with budgets and fundraising projects and with academic progress as well as practice planning and travel coordination. Her primary coaching areas centered around training the middle and pin hitters.
Northwest finished among the top five in kills and attack percentage in the MIAA in four of the last five seasons including leading the conference with 13.3 kills per set in the spring of 2021 and also ranked among the top five in blocks in three of those seasons.
Before going to Northwest, Cason spent one year at Eastern Illinois University and one year at Nicholls State University as the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. She was involved with scouting, film preparation and analysis, coaching the offense and developing blocking schemes at both schools.
Cason began her coaching career at Sacred Heart Academy in Louisville, Ky., where her junior varsity squad recorded the best record in the state in 2016. She also served as an assistant varsity coach during Sacred Heart's successful 2016 state championship run, the school's first state championship in 13 years. Sacred Heart finished that season with a No. 3 three ranking in the nation among high school programs, which included championships at the LIVT Tournament held in Louisville and the Nike Tournament of Champions in Phoenix.
Cason played collegiately at the University of Texas at El Paso, where she played as a pin hitter. She served as team captain her senior season and totaled 100 or more kills in each season at UTEP, where her attack percentage mark of .306 during the 2010 season still ranks as the sixth-best single-season mark in program history.
In addition, she amassed more than 250 hours of community service over her five-year career. She was a four-time Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll selection, a seven-time honoree on the Dean's List for a semester grade point average of 3.5 higher and received the Conference USA Commissioner's Medalist award in 2011.
She earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from UTEP in 2015 and earned her master's degree in applied health sciences at Northwest Missouri State in 2021. She is originally from Vail, Ariz.
Coaches Hired Weekly
As part of our COVID-19 safety plan, the indoor sessions traditionally held on the first day of camp will be shared online.
Sessions will be accessible for the week prior to camp. They are available on-demand and can be completed at the athlete's
convenience.
This approach allows us to continue offering these valuable sessions so athletes arrive to camp ready to maximize the experience,
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Your camp footage will be accessible to the below colleges, who have participated in EXACT's events. Instructing coaches at camp are listed under Confirmed Coaches.
Director of Volleyball Operations
kelsey.lahey@marquette.edu
Marquette
Division 1
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.
Volunteer Assistant
andrew.ruttenberg@northwestern.edu
Northwestern
Division 1
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.
Assistant Coach
ljmurra2@ncsu.edu
North Carolina State
Division 1
NC State volleyball head coach Linda Hampton-Keith announced the addition of Luke Murray to her staff as an assistant coach prior to the start of the 2019 season. Murray comes to Raleigh having spent the past five seasons as an assistant coach at Colorado State. He primarily works with the team's setters and leads all scouting efforts for the Wolfpack.
In his first season at NC State, Murray helped guide Nina Sharpton to 1,012 assists in her debut season. Sharpton became the first freshman in the rally-scoring era of the program to eclipse 1,000 assists in a single-season. Sharpton and the Wolfpack ranked second in the ACC following the regular-season with 1,439 total assists.
During Murrays time with the Rams, Colorado State reached the NCAA Tournament each season and finished the year ranked among the top 25 of the final American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) poll three times.
Colorado State compiled a 130-28 overall record during Murrays tenure, highlighted by an impressive 82-8 clip in Mountain West Conference play. He helped lead the squad to conference titles in four of his five seasons 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018.
The 2014 campaign, Murrays first at Colorado State, saw the team post a banner year with a 31-3 record, the second-best winning percentage (.912) and second-highest win total in program history. The Rams were ranked as high as No. 6 nationally that season, winning the Mountain West and ending the campaign ranked No. 12. A perfect 18-0 conference clip led Colorado State to the 2015 Mountain West title.
In 2017, Murray added another conference championship to his résumé as the Rams went 29-4 overall and 17-1 in the Mountain West to take home the title. Murray played a role in coaching a conference-record six All-Mountain West players, including Player of the Year Katie Oleksak. Colorado State went on to repeat as conference champion in 2018.
Before arriving in Fort Collins, Colo., Murray was an assistant at East Tennessee State for two seasons (2012-13) where he helped guide the Buccaneers to a pair of conference titles and a 45-22 overall record. In 2012, ETSU earned its first-ever berth to the NCAA tournament after going 23-13 and winning the Atlantic-Sun Tournament. While with the Buccaneers, Murray coached ETSUs setters, including Megan Devine who was the 2012 Atlantic-Sun Player of the Year and tournament MVP and a 2013 AVCA All-American.
A former setter at Penn State, Murray brings a wealth of volleyball experience to the table as a player and a coach. In his senior season, Murray helped lead Penn State to a national title earning himself a spot on the NCAA CHampionship All-Tournament Team and AVCA Second Team All-America honors.
The Nittany Lion captain ended his collegiate career with 3,191 assists, which ranks eighth all-time in Penn State history. The squad reached either the national semifinals or finals during all four seasons that Murray was on the roster (2005-08).
Murray trained with the U.S. National Team in Anaheim, Calif., following his collegiate career and went on to play professionally in Cyprus and Puerto Rico from 2009 to 2012. He also spent three summers (2011-13) as a volleyball clinician with U.S. Elite Volleyball and two summers (2009-10) as a lead coach for Gold Medal Squared.
A native of Washington, Pa., Murray graduated from Penn State in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history. He is married to the former Kendall Grow.
Associate Head Coach
adesouz1@depaul.edu
DePaul
Division 1
DePaul Volleyball program Associate Head Coach, De Souza arrived in Chicago following a three-year stint as an assistant at West Virginia where he helped the program to go to their first ever NCAA appearance.
Prior to his time at West Virginia, De Souza was the head coach at Louisiana Tech. The Brazil native has been an assistant coach at Illinois State, Miami University (MAC Tournament Champion, NCAA qualifier) and a volunteer assistant at Kent State.
Internationally, De Souza has mentored youth at many different levels of the game, from beginners to expertise. He served as the men's volleyball coach at the State University of Campinas winning sectional titles in back-to-back seasons. In 2001-2002 De Souza worked and studied closely with the head coach from the Brazilian Women Junior National team Antonio Rizola in developing tools for performance development.
While taking his undergraduate courses, De Souza served as a liaison and interpreter for the U.S. Women's National Team (1994) and Japanese National Junior Team (1993) while both were competing in the FIVB World Championships in Brazil.
De Souza has spent a career in the States helping programs reach new levels of performance through his player-centered approach. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in physical education and a second in Sports Training/Coaching from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) in São Paulo, Brazil and completed his master's degree in Sports Studies at Kent State University.
Assistant Coach
kremerc@upenn.edu
Pennsylvania
Division 1
The University of Pennsylvania's head volleyball coach, Iain Braddak, has announced Christina (Ludwick) Kremer as his new assistant coach. Kremer joins Penn after two years as the head coach at MidAmerica Nazarene University, an NAIA school located in Olathe, Kan.
"I am thrilled to welcome Christina to the staff and to our program," said Braddak, who completed his first season at the Quakers' helm in 2018. "She is driven and enthusiastic, and has an unmatched work ethic that will help Penn Volleyball succeed. I am confident Christina will connect with our current players, alumni, and recruits, as well as the rest of the University of Pennsylvania community."
Under Kremer, MNU finished the 2017 season ranked No. 25 in the nation in the NAIA. Kremer coached five Pioneers student-athletes to all-conference honors and two more to AVCA All-American honors. At MidAmerica Nazarene, she implemented the first junior varsity program in addition to the current varsity program. The Pioneers were named a NAIA scholar team in 2017.
Prior to her tenure at MidAmerica Nazarene, Kremer was the head coach at St. Thomas University, an NAIA school in Miami Gardens, Fla. for the 2016 season. The Bobcats went 25-7 that season, the program's most wins in more than ten years. She also took the program to its highest national ranking in the NAIA since 2002 (No. 21), second place in the Sun Conference regular-season standings, and a runner-up finish at the 2016 Sun Conference Tournament.
Kremer began her college head coaching at Central Christian College in 2013, inheriting an NAIA program that finished 1-26 in 2012. She turned the program around, taking the 2014 team to its first appearance in the MCAC Conference Playoffs. She then set a school record for wins and took the program to its first appearance in the NCCAA Division I Regional Tournament in 2015.
Since 2017 Kremer has been a member of the National Tournament Committee with NAIA volleyball, where she has helped direct the NAIA National Volleyball tournament in Sioux City, Iowa. She has also been a member of the NAIA Head Coach Committee.
As a player, Kremer was a four-year starter and a three-year captain for Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Mass., where she earned multiple NCAA All-Academic and All-Conference Academic honors, while also serving as the President of the Student Athletic Advisory Committee.
A New Hampshire native, Kremer graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Sports Management from Eastern Nazarene. She also holds a Master's degree in Sport Administration from Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn.
Head Coach
kroger@lasalle.edu
La Salle
Division 1
Andrew Kroger, who spent three seasons as an assistant volleyball coach at Villanova, is in his fourth season as an assistant coach at La Salle in 2016.
Kroger helped the program achieve a nine game improvement in the win column in his first season on campus. Kroger helped Ashley Felton record 54 block assists in 2014 which was the most in a season for La Salle since 2007.
In his second season at 20th and Olney, Kroger saw Jensen Sharrits recognized on the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team, the fourth to be recognized for All-Rookie in team history and saw the team honored with the AVCA Team Academic Award for squads who maintained a 3.30 cumulative average.
"Having Andrew join our staff is a great win for the La Salle volleyball program," head coach Caitlin Rimgaila said. "He brings a wealth of knowledge and prior Division I experience to our gym. Andrew has a great passion for the game and a tremendous technical knowledge of the sport. I look forward to working with him to bring La Salle volleyball into a new era of success."
Kroger worked with the middle blockers at Villanova and was also responsible for video analysis and tape exchange, as well as event management, team planning and statistics.
"I feel incredibly fortunate and I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to work alongside Coach Rimgaila at La Salle," Kroger said. "I look forward to being a part of the La Salle community and helping the volleyball program grow in competitiveness in the Atlantic 10 and nationally."
During the 2012 season Kroger helped to coach a young Wildcats team which received excellent performances from its middle blockers. Freshman Gabby Pethokoukis led the team in blocks and averaged over one block per set while ranking among the BIG EAST leaders in total blocks.
Prior to arriving at Villanova, Kroger was an assistant coach at Sycamore High School in Cincinnati and also coached at the Team Z Volleyball Club, where he was head coach for the 15 Navy and 15 Orange squads.
Kroger is a 2011 graduate of Xavier, where he was the president of the men's club volleyball team and also played on the squad for three years.
Head Coach
bernson@gwu.edu
George Washington
Division 1
Sarah Bernson enters her fourth season as head coach of the George Washington volleyball program in 2020.
In her first season at the helm, Bernson led the Colonials on an improbable run to the final four of the Atlantic 10 Championship after guiding the team to a historic upset in the quarterfinals of the tournament. The Colonials became the first team in Atlantic 10 history to win a quarterfinal match as a No. 6 seed since the tournament shifted formats in 2009. GW outlasted No. 3 seed Saint Louis in five sets at Duquesne's A.J. Palumbo Center.
GW finished the season with an 11-21 overall record and a 6-8 mark in the Atlantic 10. GW surged in the later portion of the season to make the postseason, going 3-2 in a critical five-match stretch at the end of the regular season to earn a spot in the A-10 Championship field.
In year two, the Colonials once again ended the season strong by winning the final three matches to finish with an 11-15 mark. GW showed remarkable resilience under Bernson, posting a 6-1 record in five-set matches, accounting for more than half ot the team's victories on the season.
Bernson led GW back to the A-10 Championship in 2019 with a four-win improvement from the year prior. The Colonials earned the No. 4 seed in the tournament, their highest since 2015. Senior Skylar Iott earned second team All-Conference honors, becoming the first Colonial to earn a postseason award under Bernson.
Bernson was announced as the ninth head coach in GW Volleyball history on July 5, 2017.
Bernson came to GW after serving as assistant coach at nearby American University for the five seasons. During her tenure at American, Bernson helped the Eagles to a dominant stretch that includes a five-year record of 136-36 (.795), four consecutive Patriot League championships and four straight trips to the NCAA Tournament.
In 2013, the Eagles rolled through the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament with 3-0 sweeps over Georgia and Duke to make the program's first-ever Sweet 16 appearance.
At American, Bernson played a large role in recruiting, training and operations and helped in the development of six All-Patriot League selections, two Freshmen of the Year and one Libero of the Year.
She also has served as the head coach for the Rising Tide of the Premier Volleyball League (PVL), USA Volleyball's professional league, where she has coached former GW Volleyball players such as Maggie Skejelbred '16, Lauren Whyte '13 and Candace Silva-Martin '13.
Prior to her time at American, Bernson spent eight years at Cornell University, including three seasons as head coach, where she helped lead the Big Red to a trio of Ivy League Championships (2004-06) and two NCAA Tournament appearances. While at Cornell she also recruited and developed the program's first-ever All-American and all-time kills leader.
She also had a collegiate coaching stop at Cal State Monterey Bay (Assistant Coach, 2001-04) where she helped in the school's transition from NAIA to NCAA Division II.
Bernson played collegiately at Saint Mary's (Calif.) where she was a team captain as a senior. She earned her bachelor's degree in English and Art in 1999.
Assistant Coach
andres@usna.edu
Navy
Division 1
Assistant Coach
biatrizsberti@gmail.com
Mercer
Division 1
I am from Sao Paulo, Brazil, I started playing volleyball when I was 9 years old and I played volleyball for 14 years. In the United States I started my career at Western Nebraska Community College before transferring to Navarro College and ultimately I wrapping up my final two seasons at Lynn University,FL. I joined the Mercer University volleyball coaching staff in the Fall of 2021. In my year freshman and sophomore I was named NJCAA Women's All Region XIV. In my last year at Lynn University I earned Sunshine State Conference Setter of the Week for three-straight weeks and I was named AVAC Player of the Week.
Head Coach
dsilva7@usfca.edu
San Francisco
Division 1
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.
Assistant Coach
dayanerrah.taoete@ucr.edu
Cal-Riverside
Division 1
Volunteer Assistant Coach
norto2da@ucsb.edu
Cal-Santa Barbara
Division 1
Dustin has been an assistant volleyball coach on the staffs of James Madison University and UC Santa Barbara's women's teams. He has also coached club volleyball in Virginia for many years and coached at various collegiate camps throughout the country.
Assistant Coach
okhrystenko56@gmail.com
Cal-Davis
Division 1
Volleyballs experience, which includes professional player experience, coach and managers experience, more than 50 years.
Good knowledge of the pedagogy and psychology.
mkolze@gmu.edu
George Mason
Division 1
MJ Kolze is in her third season with the George Mason University Women's Volleyball Team. As the Technical Coordinator, Kolze takes detailed practice stats, creates developmental and strategic statistical analyses focused on both the Patriots and opponents, and conducts mental performance training with the team.
Kolze was recognized by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) as one of its Thirty Under 30 HS honorees, a program created to recognize 30 up-and-coming volleyball coaches age 30 and under. She earned the AVCA Networks Award and Innovation Award in 2020 and 2021. In December of 2023, Kolze was selected as a presenter at the AVCA Convention, utilizing her background in Industrial / Organizational Psychology to share about Taming the Intangibles. She is one of 24 speakers scheduled for the 2024 AVCA coaches' education webinar series (presentation to air in October, 2024). Her workbook for student-athletes, In Season Focus, will be available for purchase on Amazon in May 2024.
Kolze currently works with Manassas Volleyball Club. Prior to her time at Mason, Kolze was the inaugural varsity head volleyball coach at Lightridge High School in 2020-21. The team earned the AVCA/USMC Team Academic Award (2020) and Dig Pink Philanthropic Achievement Award (2020 and 2021). In addition, Kolze is an adjunct professor for Trinity Washington University, teaching psychology courses.
Kolze played for Missouri State (2010-14) where she earned at-large bids to two NCAA Tournaments and garnered Academic All-Conference honors her senior year. The Bears posted 20+ wins in four of her five seasons.
A native of Tempe, Ariz., Kolze earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Missouri State in 2012 and master's degree in industrial and organizational psychology from Mason in 2018.
Assistant Coach
shayla.chalker@cms.claremont.edu
Claremont McKenna
Division 3
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.
Head Coach
cassellc@denison.edu
Denison
Division 3
Carter Cassell returns for his fourth season as Denison's head volleyball coach in 2020.
In three seasons with the Big Red, Denison has won 44 games and has advanced to the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament in all three seasons. In 2019, Cassell and the Big Red enjoyed a breakthrough season where DU posted an overall record of 18-8 while reaching the NCAC Tournament Championship match. Cassell was also named the NCAC Coach of the Year for the first time in his career following the team's success in 2019 while Lucy Anderson was named NCAC Newcomer of the year and to the All-NCAC first-team. Denison also turned in a 10-match winning streak from Sept. 14-Oct. 8, which is the longest winning streak in program history since 1993.
In 2017, Denison finished with a 15-14 record and advanced to the NCAC Tournament semifinals before being eliminated by top-seeded Wittenberg. Kristin Thewes and Leah Reinfranck received All-NCAC accolades, with Thewes receiving the Libero of the Year award from the NCAC. In 2018 the Big Red finished 11-15 but ended the campaign in strong fashion, winning four of its last six matches. First-year Peyton McElfresh was named the NCAC's Newcomer of the Year and was also a second-team All-NCAC selection in addition to being named to the NCAC All-Tournament team.
Cassell came to Denison after three seasons an assistant coach at Kenyon College. Cassell joined the coaching staff at Kenyon in 2014 along with new head coaching hire, Amanda Krampf. The new staff was charged with rebuilding the Kenyon program and Cassell was heavily involved in all aspects of planning practices, organizing the teams strength and conditioning to scouting and recruiting. In years two and three, Kenyon posted consecutive winning seasons for the first time since 1989-90. In 2016, Kenyon finished 18-12 placing third in the North Coast Athletic Conference regular season standings. Outside hitter Delaney Swanson was named to the All-NCAC first-team and two players earned honorable mention.
In addition to his assistant coaching duties at Kenyon, he also served in various game management roles and was a building manager for the Kenyon Athletic Center.
Cassell is a 2014 graduate of The Ohio State University where he received a B.S. in education while majoring in sports industry and minoring in business. In the summer of 2018, Cassell completed his masters degree in coaching and athletic administration from Concordia University-Irvine.
After a standout prep career which saw him be named the 2010 Ohio Boys Volleyball Player of the Year and a second-team American Volleyball Coaches Association High School All-American. In 2011, Cassell attended Lewis University where he was a member of their NCAA Division I mens volleyball team. He transferred to Ohio State the following year and was a member of the Buckeyes nationally-ranked club volleyball team. In 2013, he was named the Big Ten Mens Volleyball Association Player of the Year.
Cassell is the seventh head volleyball coach in Denison history.
Assistant Coach
ncohen2@andrew.cmu.edu
Carnegie Mellon
Division 3
Natalie Cohen joined the Carnegie Mellon University volleyball staff as a full-time assistant coach in August 2019. Cohen came to Pittsburgh after serving as the head men's and women's volleyball coach at Dean College in Franklin, Massachusetts.
Cohen's first season on the sidelines for the Tartans witnessed a 22-8 season with the program's fourth straight appearance in the NCAA Championship tournament. The Tartans had two different win streaks of six and a season-opening win streak of seven, topped three nationally-ranked teams, and finished the regular season ranked 22nd in the nation.
Cohen's second season was stripped to just four matches, all played in the spring, because of COVID-19 canceling the fall season. The Tartans went 3-1 in those matches with the lone loss coming on the road to a Division II program.
In 2021, the Tartans finished with a 14-14 mark, placed fourth in the UAA, and had five players earn All-Association recognition.
Cohen's fourth season on the sidelines saw the Tartans return to the NCAA Championship tournament and win a first-round match. The Tartans placed fourth in the UAA Tournament for the third straight time and won more the 20 matches for the second time during Cohen's tenure.
Cohen received her masters in Sport Coaching from West Virginia University in 2020 and will complete the master of science in Counseling Psychology program at Chatham University in August of 2024.
Assistant Coach
aliciawood@depauw.edu
DePauw
Division 3
Head Coach
pdill@mit.edu
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
Division 3
Dills involvement in volleyball has spanned both sexes, nearly all age groups, and two continents. With the women's team at MIT, he has built what has become one of the premier Division III volleyball programs in New England.
Dill has worked with the MIT volleyball program since 1992. He served as an assistant coach for three years for both the MIT mens and women's varsity programs. Named head women's coach in 1996, Dill has guided the Engineers to 12 NCAA post-season bids, two ECAC Championships, four NEWMAC titles, and the NCAA Elite 8.
Entering his 26th season, Dill is currently ranked top 15 out of over 400 active Division III coaches in the nation in overall winning percentage (.760), averaging 27 wins and single-digit losses per season during his career. He has never collected fewer than 20 wins in a season and has five 30-win seasons under his belt, lifting his combined men's and women's career record to over 1000 wins. A four-time AVCA Division III New England Region Coach of the Year, Dill has also been named the NEWVA Coach of the Year three times. He also collected NEWMAC Coach of the Year honors in 2002, 2016 and 2017.
Dill began duplicating this success with the MIT mens team which he coached from 2004-2017. He led the mens program to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2014 and an overall record of 328-132. Before coaching the MIT mens squad, Dill directed the Emmanuel College mens squad to a 12-8 record in its first season of varsity competition. He also co-coached the England Women's Junior National Team for four years and was an assistant coach for a Division I National League womens club team in the English Volleyball Association. Other experience includes coaching the University of Connecticut mens volleyball club team while earning his MBA, serving as the manager of the Bates College women's team as an undergraduate, and coaching the mens open division of the Bay State Games.
Head Coach
mmcpartland@uchicago.edu
University of Chicago
Division 3
Mitchell McPartland was named Head Volleyball Coach for the Maroons in March 2022. Now in his fourth year on staff, McPartland was the Interim Head Coach for the 2021 season after serving as assistant coach in 2019 and 2020.
The 2022 campaign featured a 20-13 season record and a return to the NCAA Division III Championship for the 11th time since 2010, with the Maroons advancing to the Second Round.
The 2021 Maroons were nationally ranked throughout the fall season and posted a 17-10 overall record. After playing one of the toughest schedules in the nation, UChicago qualified for the NCAA Tournament. McPartland and Assistant Coach Thom Guzi also received the University Athletic Association (UAA) Co-Coaching Staff of the Year award.
The historic 2019 season featured numerous program firsts for the Maroons. UChicago was ranked No. 1 in the national coaches poll during the regular season, set a new school record for winning percentage (.875), won 23 matches in-a-row and advanced to the third round of the NCAA Championship. Three Maroons were named All-Americans - setter Emma Griffith (1st Team), middle hitter Madison Pearson (Third Team) and outside hitter Anne Marie Stifter (H.M.). UChicago ranked highly in the nation in kills per set (9th), digs per set (12th) and assists per set (13th).
UChicago was honored as 2019 UAA Coaching Staff of the Year after the Maroons posted a perfect 7-0 Round Robin record and runner-up finish in the UAA Championship.
McPartland worked the 2018 season as a volunteer assistant women's volleyball coach at University of South Florida. USF finished with 20 wins and earned its first postseason appearance in 17 years. His primary position groups were the defensive specialists and outside hitters. McPartland's other NCAA Division I experience came at Drake University in the 2016 season as an assistant coach. He worked heavily with serve receive and defense, helping the team rank 10th nationally with 17.67 digs per set.
He also spent over five years as a club volleyball head coach at St. Pete Volleyball Club (Florida), Iowa Power Volleyball and All Iowa Attack Volleyball Club.
As an undergraduate, McPartland was a four-year starter on the men's volleyball team at Grand View University. He was picked as the NAIA North Division Libero of the Year in 2014, and also excelled in the classroom with three Academic All-Conference honors. During that time, the Vikings finished in third place twice and runner-up once at the NAIA National Invitational Tournament.
McPartland graduated from Grand View with a bachelor's degree in health promotion. He also spent one season as head junior varsity coach and assistant varsity coach at his alma mater.
Mitchell resides in Hyde Park with his husband, Anthony.
Head Coach
burtkd@stthom.edu
St. Thomas (TX)
Division 3
[Bio](https://www.ustcelts.com/sports/wvball/coaches/Keanne_Burtview=bio)
University of St. Thomas alumna Keanne Burt was named as the fourth head coach in the volleyball programs history when she was hired in May 2014.
After six seasons coaching the team in the NAIA and the Red River Athletic Conference, Burt guided the teams transition to the NCAA and the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference in time for the 2019 season.
During the teams tenure in the RRAC, Burt led the team to winning records in four out five seasons. The Celts claimed a share of the regular-season RRAC championship and went 25-7 during the 2018 season. The 2018 team broke 16 team and individual records and went undefeated at home while maintaining a 3.49 GPA in the classroom.
Burt has coached one conference Player of the Year (Bresha Orange, 2018) and had two players named Defensive Player of the Year on her watch. As well as DaVette McCall earning Setter of the year in the RRAC Candace Grosjean was a two-time Defensive Player of the Year in the RRAC, and Kaylyn Latin was a two-time SCACs Back Row Player of the Year in 2019 and 2021.
Under Burts watch, Celts players have earned eight All-Conference first team honors and 14 All-Conference second team honors, All-Region and 2 All-Americans.
Through her first seven seasons as USTs head coach, Burt has compiled a career record of 103-91.
Prior to UST, Burt spent four years with the volleyball program at Huffman-Hargrave High School. Under her leadership, the Falcons had their most successful season in the schools history, advancing to the Regional Tournament. The Falcons also received many accolades including District Selections, All-Area, All-Region, Academic All-State, selection to All-Star games, and top 10 rankings from TGCA.
Earning a winning record of 52-16 in two years as the head coach, Burt also received the All-Area and Southeast Texas Coach of the Year awards and was also selected to coach in the SETCA All-Star game. Not only did the Huffman volleyball program excel on the court but the team also maintained a 3.5 GPA.
Burt, who earned her bachelors degree from UST in 2010, played three seasons for the Celts. As team captain and libero, she helped lead the Celts to back to back Association of Independent Institution conference championships and NAIA National Tournament appearances in 2008 and 2009.
She earned First Team All-Conference honors in each of the teams two AII championship seasons, and at the conclusion of her career, was the programs all-time leader digs, a record that stood for several years.
Burt resides in Huffman with her husband Jarrod and their sons Hogan and Palmer.
Head Coach
mgraf@webster.edu
Webster
Division 3
Merry Graf has 22 seasons as the head women's volleyball coach at Webster University. The Gorloks have won the SLIAC Tournament eight times automatically qualifying for the NCAA Championships those eight years. In addition to her coaching role, she is the Assistant Athletic Director and Senior Woman Administrator at Webster.
Webster was awarded the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award 17 times during Graf's tenure.
Coach Graf has been named the SLIAC Coach of the Year four times and has compiling a stellar 280-60 (.828) record in the SLIAC. Graf has over 470 collegiate wins overall and has a record of 415-245 (.628) guiding the Gorloks. She has coached 90 SLIAC All-Conference players, six SLIAC Newcomers of the Year, seven Defensive Players of the Year, five SLIAC Players of the Year, three All Region and an AVCA All-American.
Prior to Webster, Graf spent five seasons as the head volleyball coach at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy. Graf has coached grade school, high school and USA Juniors volleyball teams in the area as well.
She graduated from Millikin University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communications and earned a Masters of Education in Kinesiology from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. She is also a USA Volleyball Coaching Accreditation Program (CAP) Level II Coach. Graf was a standout collegiate athlete in softball and volleyball, earning the Millikin University's Best Blocker Award for volleyball and setting a record for most hits in a game with 5 for softball.
ealeman@dom.edu
Dominican (IL)
Division 3
Graduate Assistant
janeese.vervelde21@mckendree.edu
McKendree
Division 2
Janeese VerVelde is currently the Graduate Assistant at McKendree University for both Mens and Womens Volleyball teams. McKendree competes in the MIVA and GLVC. Most recently Janeese coached at the USA All-Star Championships where her team took home the silver medal in the international youth division.
Janeese played at the University of Charleston in West Virginia where she earned multiple All-Tournament and All-Conference honors. At Charleston, Janeese was also the student assistant for the mens volleyball team.
Janeese is originally from Wisconsin where she played club at Milwaukee Sting.
Volunteer Coach
gene.krieger@cui.edu
Concordia (CA)
Division 2
https://cuieagles.com/news/2019/5/15/krieger-named-cui-beach-volleyball-head-coach-indoor-assistant.aspx
Assistant Coach
emily.kalmink@saintleo.edu
Saint Leo
Division 2
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.
Graduate Assistant
avhodge1@converse.edu
Converse
Division 2
I am the current Graduate Assistant at Converse University, where I just finished playing 5 seasons as an outside/right side hitter.
Assistant Coach
kylie.bishopp@bobcats.gcsu.edu
Georgia College & State
Division 2
I recently graduated from Davidson College and am finishing my first year as the Assistant Volleyball Coach at Georgia College. This past season, we finished 2nd in the Peach Belt Conference and competed in the NCAA Southeast Region tournament, advancing to the round of 32 teams. I am passionate about mentoring players so that they can get the most out of their collegiate volleyball experience. Georgia College is a challenging academic institution, so I strive to help my players achieve success in the classroom just as much as I work to help them be successful on the court. I value hard work, dedication, communication, and positivity and believe that these values are key to building strong players and teams. I am looking forward to working the Southeast Academic Volleyball Showcase this summer!
Head Coach
colchagoff@findlay.edu
Findlay
Division 2
Head coach Wick Colchagoff is now entering his 22nd season with the Oilers in 2019 and has recorded a 453-249 mark at Findlay. Coach Colchagoff has also recorded 16, 20-win seasons during his coaching career at Findlay and Nebraska Wesleyan.
During his time at Findlay, Colchagoff has won seven GLIAC South Division titles and has coached 25 first team all-conference players and 27 second team all-league athletes. He has also seen 13 players earn All-American honors and another 32 capture all-region accolades.
In 2018, Colchagoff guided the Oilers to a 24-7 record. They reached the finals of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) Tournament and had two individuals earn all-region accolades and one capture All-American honors.
2015 was a historic year for the Oilers program under the leadership of Coach Colchagoff. The team finished with a 26-9 record, which includes a win over #1 Wheeling Jesuit who went on to win the national championship, and played in its first NCAA Regional event since 2003. Along with team success, the Oilers were able to place three players on NCAA DII All-American teams including the National Freshman of the Year, Hailee Olson.
Colchagoff captured a South Division title in 2014 and earned GLIAC Coach of the Year honors for his efforts in guiding the squad to a 23-7 season. The team reached the semifinals of the GLIAC Tournament, but were upended by Ferris State University. During the 2014 campaign, the Oilers captured four GLIAC South Division Player of the Week honors and had one national player of the week.
Colchagoff led the Oilers to their first 20-win season since the 2006 campaign by going 20-12 during the 2013 season as the team qualified for the GLIAC Tournament for the second consecutive season. The 2013 campaign followed a record of 14-17 in 2012. The Oilers reached the GLIAC Tournament in 2012, the first time they had done so since 2007.
Colchagoff led the team to a 15-12 campaign in 2011 a year after going 13-15 in 2010. He also achieved 15 wins with a 15-18 record in 2009. He guided the team to a 12-22 mark during the 2008 campaign and finished with a 19-14 record in 2007.
During the 2006 season, he led the Oilers to a 22-8 campaign, which followed a 22-10 mark during the 2005 season. In 2004 he guided Findlay to a 24-8 record and had his squad ranked as high as 22nd in the nation during the year.
In 2003 Colchagoff guided the Oilers to a 29-8 record and their fourth consecutive GLIAC South Division title. Findlay, who advanced to the semifinals of the GLIAC Tournament for the first time ever, earned a four-seed in the Great Lakes Regional Tournament before being upended by Northern Kentucky in the quarterfinals.
The 2002 Oilers were 25-10 and co-champions of the South Division of the GLIAC. Findlay athletes were recognized as the South Division player of the week, six out of 11 weeks during the season, but the Oilers were eliminated in the first round of the GLIAC Tournament.
Findlay concluded the 2001 season with a 29-7 record, losing to Grand Valley State in the finals of the Great Lakes Regional. The squad finished the season ranked 21st in the country, marking the highest ranking the Oilers volleyball team has ended with in the history of their program. The Oilers also won the South Division of the GLIAC for the second straight year.
In 2000 Colchagoff led the Oilers to a 25-12 record. The Oilers were co-champions of the GLIAC South Division and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Regional before falling to Northwood University. This marked the first time that an Oilers volleyball team qualified for the NCAA Tournament.
During his second season in 1999, Colchagoff led Findlay to their best finish in school history. He coached the Oilers to an impressive 38-10 overall record, earning their first ever birth to the NAIA National Championships where they took fifth. He finished with a 9-26 mark in his first season with the club in 1998 as well.
Prior to arriving at Findlay, Colchagoff was the head coach at Nebraska Wesleyan. The Plainswomen compiled a 17-20 record in Colchagoffs first year and a fourth place finish in the Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference during the 1995 season. In 1996, Colchagoff guided Wesleyan to a spot in the Sweet 16 at the NCAA Division III Championships. That year, the Plainswomen finished the season ranked eighth in the final AVCA poll with a 23-12 mark.
In 1997, the Plainswomen earned their second consecutive bid to the NCAA Division III Championship after being ranked as high as sixth in the Division III national poll.
Coach Colchagoff and his wife, Lori, reside in Findlay with their two daughters, Colbi and Sydni.
Assistant Coach
calvin.king@asurams.edu
Albany State
Division 2
I am the Assistant Coach with Albany State University in Albany, Georgia. We are a highly competitive Division 2 HBCU and part of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association. I have been an Assistant Coach with ASU since 2015 and the Recruiting Coach since 2019. During which time we have had 2 Freshman of the Year, 8 All Conference recipients, and have been Division East Champions 3 times.
Head Coach
mcgeede@hollins.edu
Hollins
Division 3
David McGee is his third year leading the Hollins Volleyball program.
Since 2010, McGee has been the head volleyball coach of the 16's Open team for the Roanoke United Volleyball Club, and, since 2012, has been the head coach of the James River High School volleyball team. While at James River, he has led the Knights to five district championships and two region championships and took the team to the VHSL state quarterfinals in 2012.
Prior to his time James River, he was the head coach at Bath County High School from 2004-2012. He took Bath County to three-straight VHSL state semi-final appearances, bringing home a state championship in 2011. He was also named the 2011 VHSL Coach of the Year. He developed a feeder program for youth volleyball in the Bath County area and helped the team to a winning season in his inaugural year, the school's first in over 20 seasons. In his nine years at the helm at BC, he was voted the District Coach of the Year five times and Region Coach of the Year three times.
McGee founded and directed the Virginia Highlands Volleyball Club, which is based in Bath County from 2003-2010. He has a level two coaching accreditation through USA Coaching.
He has a bachelors in mathematics from Virginia Tech and a masters in Kinesiology, with focus in sports psych, from AT Still University.
Head Coach
pbarry@knox.edu
Knox
Division 3
Pat Barry joined the Prairie Fire staff as the head volleyball coach in December of 2018. He comes to Knox after a stint as an assistant coach at The University of Louisiana. He has experience at the club volleyball level and played collegiately at Carthage College.
Barry was an All-American at Carthage and competed in the NCAA Division III Men's Volleyball Championship in 2012. He is top-10 in Carthage history in kills (844), points (988), digs per set (3.32), and points per set (3.89). He also holds the school season record for kills per set (4.27).
Barry has previous experience coaching at the Division III level at Dominican University. He also had stops as a volunteer coach with Division I schools Loyola University and Northwestern University. Barry has five years of experience at the club level, including two years as a Program Director for Division1 Volleyball Club in the Chicago area.
Barry is a 2015 graduate of Carthage College, where he earned his bachelor of arts in Broad Field Social Science. He double minored in Secondary Education and Womens and Gender Studies.
Head Coach
llondonlaw@washjeff.edu
Washington and Jefferson
Division 3
Lauren London-Law (Hiram '10) enters her fourth season as head volleyball coach at W&J in the fall of 2020.
During the 2019 season, senior libero Makenzie Coughlin was the 2019 NCAA statistical champion in digs per set (6.77) and set the program-single match record for digs (55) twice in the same week against Westminster and Saint Vincent. Coughlin earned All-PAC First Team laurels and finished second in program history in career digs (1,947).
In her second season leading the Presidents, the Red and Black finished with an 18-10 overall record and a 14-2 league mark in 2018. W&J qualified for the PAC Tournament for a fifth straight season, securing the No. 2 seed to advance to the Semifinals. Under London-Law's direction, five Presidents gained All-PAC honors, including PAC Player of the Year Madison Lydic. Lydic became the seventh overall and first W&J player since 2005 season to claim the league's top honor. Lydic was joined by Abbey Eich and Mallory O'Brien on the PAC's First Team.
London-Law guided the 2017 W&J volleyball team to a 14-11 overall record, including an 11-7 mark in the Presidents' Athletic Conference, and the PAC quarterfinals as the four-seed. She coached four student-athletes to All-PAC recognition in her first year, including Madison Lydic who earned First Team laurels, tied for the most All-PAC selections in a season in program history. London-Law was honored as an American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Thirty Under 30 recipient following her first season at W&J.
London-Law also serves as the advisor to W&J's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and an advisor for Alpha Lambda Delta Society.
Before coming to W&J, London-Law served as the first full-time assistant coach at Carnegie Mellon University, she helped the Tartans to more than 100 wins (102-38) and a postseason appearance each season, including a pair of trips to the NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship. In 2016, Carnegie Mellon achieved its highest ranking ever in the American Volleyball Coaches Association Top 25, reaching No. 14, en route to a 25-8 season and NCAA Tournament appearance. Three student-athletes garnered All-America recognition for their performances in 2016.
During the 2015 campaign, CMU posted the second most wins in school history (29) and entered the national rankings for the first time since 2004. The Tartans also topped 20 wins in her first two seasons, posting 25 victories in 2013 and 23 in 2014.
London-Law was chosen to attend the NCAA Women Coaches Academy in 2014, which is a four-day educational training open to NCAA coaches of all experience levels that offers non-sport-specific program management strategies, with a special focus on philosophy development and building skills and knowledge about planning, communication, legal issues, ethics, hiring, supervising staff, conflict resolution, learning styles and achieving success.
At Carnegie Mellon, London-Law also served as an instructor in physical education, assistant to the director of intramurals and Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) staff liaison.
Prior to arriving at CMU, London-Law served one year as an assistant coach at Denison, helping the Big Red to their best season in 10 years by finishing 21-10.
London-Law is a 2010 magna cum laude graduate of Hiram (Ohio) where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and a minor in history. She earned her master's degree in Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) in 2012.
While at Hiram, London-Law was a four-year letterwinner and senior captain for the Terriers. She was part of two NCAA Tournament teams and a member of the school's first-ever NCAC Tournament Championship squad in 2006. That same season, the team set a school record with 33 victories. In four years as a Terrier, the team compiled a 103-38 record with 51 wins in conference play. London-Law was a four-year member of the SAAC, serving as the SAAC president, vice president and secretary throughout her college career.
Assistant Coach
hh160@humboldt.edu
Cal Poly Humboldt
Division 2
Hills enters her second season at Cal Poly Humboldt as the top assistant coach under Angela Spoja. She comes to Cal Poly Humboldt from Eastern Washington, where she was the assistant coach for one season with the Eagles.
Prior to being an assistant volleyball coach at her alma mater, Hills was the head coach of the U15, U16, U17 and U19 programs for the East Kootenay Volleyball Club in Cranbrook, British Columbia, from 2015-20. Her U18 squad captured the Division 2 national championship in Canada in 2017.
Hills started her coaching career as an assistant coach at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia from 2011-13 helping the program to its first-ever playoff berth in 2012.
Besides her two stops at East Kootenay Volleyball Club and Thompson Rivers University, Hills spent the past ten seasons coaching in Canada. From 2012-14, she was the head coach of the Volleyball Canadas Center of Excellence in Kamloops, B.C. During her time there, she trained and developed athletes of all ages and levels using specific program guidelines, lesson plans and resources provided by Volleyball Canada.
Hills was a four-year letter-winner for the Eagles volleyball team during her intercollegiate career from 2006-2009. She was the 2008 Big Sky Conference Most Valuable Player and a three-time All-Big Sky Conference First Team selection.
The 2008 Big Sky Championships All-Tournament Team honoree helped the Eagles to their first regular season title that season. During the 2008 campaign, Eastern Washington finished 18-11 overall and 12-4 in the Big Sky Conference.
She is second on the Eagles career list with 1,428 kills and is 17th in Big Sky Conference history. Her career average per set of 3.85 kills remains second in school history and 15th in the Big Sky. Twice during her career, she had 30 kills in a single match, ranking her third and she set a record for four-set match. Hills recorded at least 20 kills on 23 occasions, ranking her second at Eastern Washington including seven-straight matches in 2007.
In her senior season, Hills had a team leading 375 kills (3.50 kills/set to rank fourth in the conference) and was second on the team with her 292 digs (2.73 digs/set). During her career, Hills was named the Big Sky Conference Player of the Week six times including her senior season with impressive performances in victories over Montana and Montana State.
During her final three seasons at Eastern Washington, Hills played a key role in the Eagles going 26-6 in home matches.
Hills graduated from Eastern Washington with her bachelors degree in communication studies in 2010.
Assistant Coach
hanvoss17@gmail.com
Rockhurst
Division 2
Rockhurst University Volleyball - Division II - Great Lakes Valley Conference
Assistant Coach
graham2003@gmail.com
Austin
Division 3
2016-Present
Assistant Volleyball Coach Austin College
Middles and Blocking Coach
Assistant Coach
etodd3@uco.edu
Central Oklahoma
Division 2
Joining the University of Central Oklahoma volleyball team in 2021 is Emily Todd, who will be the assistant coach and will also assist with recruiting.
Todd comes to Central Oklahoma from Henderson State. The former assistant coach spent three seasons there in the same role. She guided HSU to back-to-back 20-win seasons and one appearance in the GAC Championship.
Todd spent three seasons at Arkansas Tech prior to moving to Henderson State. Following a two-year standout playing career at ATU, Todd moved into coaching and helped the Golden Suns to a sensational 35-1 season. ATU went undefeated in the regular season and won the GAC Championship with its only loss coming in the national tournament.
As a player at Tech, Todd helped the squad win 54 matches in two years, winning two conference titles and earning two bids to the NCAA Tournament. She was a two-time All GAC selection and was also named the GACs Newcomer of the Year in 2013.
Todd also played for the University of Colorado Boulder and Navarro Junior College before finishing her career at Arkansas Tech.
Todd received her bachelors degree in Health & Physical Education and has a masters degree in College Student Personnel, both from Arkansas Tech.
Assistant Coach
skjones@westminstercollege.edu
Westminster (UT)
NAIA
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.
Assistant Coach
dm1599@princeton.edu
Princeton
Division 1
Assistant Coach
johnachi@gmail.com
Seton Hall
Division 1
John Chang was named the fourth head women's volleyball coach in Felician College/University history in July 2014. His recent teams have been the most succesful in the history of the program.
Chang was voted the 2019 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Coach of the Year after leading Felician to its first regular-season division championship and its first appearance in the league semifinals. The Golden Falcons (16-18, 13-6) established overall and conference school records for victories for the second consecutive season, capturing the CACC North crown after having never before finished higher than fourth. Felician saw four players named all-CACC, more than the program's first 15 years combined, and CACC Defensive Player of the Year Sierra Gallagher became the first Golden Falcon to ever be named All-Region, earning D2CCA First Team honors at libero. Felician reached the CACC semifinals again during the repositioned Spring 2021 campaign coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, upsetting Caldwell University in Caldwell, N.J., in the opening round of the playoffs.
Chang had guided the 2018 Golden Falcons to school standards of 13 victories and eight CACC wins. Felician reached the league playoffs for the first time since 2013 and extended eventual champion Holy Family University to five sets in its quarterfinal loss.
Early in Chang's first season of 2014, Felician swept a tri-match for the first time in program history, defeating Goldey-Beacom College and Bowie State University at home on Sept. 20. Chang's 2015 Golden Falcons won seven matches, the school record to that point. During the 2017 campaign, he became Felician's all-time leader in coaching wins.
Chang spent the 2017 men's season as the head coach at Sarah Lawrence College, delivering the Gryphons' first victory in four years. He has previous collegiate experience at Polytechnic University, guiding the Blue Jays' women's and men's squads from 2005-06 to 2007-08. He inherited a women's program that had won one match in 2004 and posted a three-year won-lost record of 46-33. He was named the Skyline Conference Coach of the Year in 2007 after his team went 22-8.
Chang won 26 matches in three years leading the Blue Jay men. He was a women's assistant at Kean University in 2009 and 2010.
Chang came to Felician following two seasons as the head girls' coach at Cranford High School. More recently, he spent one year each as a girls' assistant at West Orange High School and Golda Och Academy before taking over the head coaching position at Rutgers Preparatory School during the 2020-21 academic year. During his first season, he led Rutgers Prep to the sectional finals.
On the boys' side, Chang was the head coach of the GOA varsity from 2005-18, winning two division championships, and since then has been an assistant at West Orange High. With Chang on staff, the Mountaineers won the Super Essex Conference championship and earned a state tournament berth during their inaugural season of 2019.
Chang established the Conquest Elite Volleyball Club in Cranford in August 2013 and was its director for six years.
Chang began his undergraduate studies at Rutgers University-Newark in the mid-1990s before earning a bachelor's degree in social science from Ashford University in 2009. He is tri-lingual (Korean, Spanish), and is certified by IMPACT USA Volleyball. He resides in Cranford with his wife, Jaclyn, daughter, Rachel, who attends Rutgers University, and son, Evan.
jacqueline.ahlers@njit.edu
New Jersey Tech
Division 1
Assistant Coach
renwick.cefra@temple.edu
Temple (PA)
Division 1
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.
sethomas@eiu.edu
Eastern Illinois
Division 1
Volunteer Assistant Coach
phhavenaar@davidson.edu
Davidson
Division 1
Phoebe Havenaar joined the Davidson volleyball program as volunteer assistant coach in March, 2020.
Havenaar is a former standout at Division II power Wingate University.
Phoebe is an excellent fit for the Davidson volleyball program, said head coach Chris Willis. Her All-American experience at Wingate and desire to pass along her knowledge will add value to our program. From the first day I met Phoebe, I knew that her personality would translate to the coaching world and to the culture were developing at Davidson. She has a bright future ahead, and I cant wait to see wait to see the mark she leaves on our program.
A native of Naperville, Ill., Havenaar graduated magna cum laude from Wingate in 2019, with a degree in sport management. Her last two seasons, she earned all-conference honors in the South Atlantic Conference and NCAA All-Region recognition. A middle blocker, she was named an AVCA Third-Team All American in 2018 with 3.28 kills per set and a .333 hitting percentage.
I am so excited to be joining the Davidson volleyball coaching staff for the upcoming season, said Havenaar. I feel prepared and motivated to be a part of a high-level experience here at Davidson. I've got a ton of respect for the team, and it's an amazing opportunity that I get to work alongside Aubrey Marsellis, Chris and their student-athletes.
After graduation, Havenaar worked as marketing director and associate event coordinator at Charlotte-based SportsLink.
Havenaar helped the Cats in their first victory over Virginia Commonwealth University since 1994 this passed Spring.
Head Coach
cindy.cavanagh@kzoo.edu
Kalamazoo
Division 3
Coach Cavanagh guided the Hornets to six straight wins to start the 2019 season marking the second-best start in school history.
Cavanagh came to Kalamazoo from Finlandia University where she was the head volleyball coach and assistant athletic director for student development in 2018-19, leading the Lions to the American Collegiate Athletic Association championship match.
Immediately before her time at Finlandia, Cavanagh was the program manager of Top Flight Volleyball Club in Illinois, leading her 2017 team to second place at the 2017 AAU Nationals.
Cavanagh worked in various training and coaching roles with the Wisconsin Juniors Volleyball Club as well as in a graduate assistant role at her alma mater, Carthage College. In her third year as a GA, the Lady Reds won conference regular season and tournament championships and advanced to the NCAA III regional championship match.
Cindy graduated from Carthage in 2012 with a bachelor's degree in exercise sport science (health minor). She earned her master's degree in higher education leadership studies (sports leadership) at Carthage in 2014. As a player, Cindy helped the Lady Reds win three conference championships, four conference tournament championships, along with a regional championship and national semifinal appearance her senior year. She earned all-conference honors twice and was named to the regional and national all-tournament teams as a senior. In addition to volleyball, Cindy was a four-time all-conference honoree in track and field.
Assistant Coach
pmaneggi@trincoll.edu
Trinity (CT)
Division 3
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
CAP II expired
Head Women's Volleyball Coach
harreche@skidmore.edu
Skidmore
Division 3
B.A., University of Puerto Rico, 1979
Hilda Arrechea has been Skidmores head volleyball coach since 1995. She looks forward to improving on an impressive 524-314 24-year record. Arrechea has led the Thoroughbreds to four Liberty League championships and taken the team to seven NCAA tournaments.
Arrechea and her husband, assistant coach Jerry Rodriguez have been named Liberty League Coaching Staff of the Year nine times (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2012, and 2017).
Arrechea was a member of the Puerto Rican National Volleyball team and was the 1981 Collegiate Player of the Year in Puerto Rico.
Head Coach
ktrautmann@udallas.edu
University of Dallas
Division 3
Kelli Trautmann completed her 6th season as the head coach of the University of Dallas volleyball team. She joined the Crusaders in 2017. Trautmann has a .424 winning percentage, good for 3rd all-time win list at University of Dallas.
Hired in May, 2016, NCAA Division III Allegheny College located in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Trautmann was brought on as an assistant but served as the acting head coach once 30-year head coach Bridget Sheehan took a leave of absence for the 2016 season due to medical reasons. The Gators posted a 9-16 record that campaign.
Prior to that, Trautmann was the assistant volleyball coach at NAIA Williams Woods University in Fulton, Missouri. The team went 22-15 and 9-3 in the American Midwest Conference (AMC) when she was an assistant in 2015.
During the 2014-15 school year, she worked at NCAA DIII Millsaps College. While with the Majors, Trautmann served as an assistant coach for volleyball and was the assistant for the Track and Field team. The volleyball team in 2014 rolled to a 22-6 record and 11-3 in the Southern Athletic Association (SAA). The Majors led all of NCAA DIII in digs per set at 22.32.
Before assisting at Millsaps, Trautmann was the head volleyball, assistant junior varsity basketball, and head throws coach for track & field at Waterford Union High School in Wisconsin. She also held positions as a volleyball lessons and camp instructor, club volleyball tournament director, and Badger Region USA volleyball official.
Prior to coaching, Trautmann starred for both the volleyball and track & field teams at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Her career-high 36 digs in a match ranked fifth highest in program history, and she claimed Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Sportsmanship honors in 2010 and WIAC All-Defensive Team accolades in 2011. The Warhawks won a regular-season WIAC title, a pair of WIAC Tournament crowns, and advanced to four NCAA Tournaments during her career.
Trautmann earned her Masters of Education in Athletic/Activities Administration at William Woods University in June 2017.
In May 2013, Trautmann graduated from UW-Whitewater with a Bachelor of Science in Education, Physical Education, Emphasis on Health, Human Performance and Recreation with an Athletic Coaching Minor.
Assistant Coach
andrews@hope.edu
Hope (MI)
Division 3
My name is Charley Andrews, the assistant coach for Hope College. I graduated Western Michigan University in 2021 where I earned my bachelors and played volleyball.
Starting off in my coaching career, I am eager to share my love of the game and all that comes with it!
Assistant Coach
anabel.bustamante@tamiu.edu
Texas A&M-Int'l
Division 2
As part of our COVID-19 safety plan, the indoor sessions traditionally held on the first day of camp will be shared online.
Sessions will be accessible for the week prior to camp. They are available on-demand and can be completed at the athlete's
convenience.
This approach allows us to continue offering these valuable sessions so athletes arrive to camp ready to maximize the experience,
while still maintaining a safe experience.
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