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poseyc@umkc.edu
Missouri-Kansas City
Division 1
Coach Posey enters the 2024 season with a 211-162 (.583) record . The 2024 campaign will be her 14th as a college head coach and 41th overall, combining high school (16), college assistant coaching (11) and college head coach duties (14).
In 2023, Posey and assistant coaches Will McCall and Maddie Renn guided the Roos to a 22-9 record winning the Summit League and extending their season with an NIVC invite. The Roos won 2 preseason tournaments at FAU and Missouri State while placing 2nd at the Oakland Tournament.
With the teams success, Posey has moved into the top spot on the Kansas City all-time wins list (211) and most seasons coached (13). Her 362 games coached is also the most in KC program history, passing Steve Dallman (245) during the 2019 campaign. Posey is the ninth head coach in school history and is the only one with a winning percentage (.583).
In her thirteen previous seasons, she has amassed a winning record in 10 campaigns after the program accumulated just one winning season in the 24 years prior to her arrival. The 24 wins in 2014, 22 victories in 2023, 21 victories in 2018 and 2021 are the three most-successful seasons for any volleyball coach in program history.
Posey was named WAC Coach of the Year in 2014 and again as Summit League Coach of the Year in 2023.
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Prior to joining the Kansas City program, Posey spent 11 seasons as the top assistant and recruiting coordinator at the University of Kansas, where she landed the No. 26-ranked class in the nation according to PrepVolleyball.com in 2010.
While at Kansas, Posey worked with the teams setters and defensive specialists, while also serving as the teams recruiting coordinator, overseeing the teams managers, team room and camp administration, and acting as a liaison between the team and its sports psychologist, promotions department and the weight room.
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Prior to heading to Lawrence, Posey served as the head volleyball coach at Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park, Kan., from 1993 to 2000. During that time, Posey led the Huskies to KSHSAA state tournaments in each of her eight seasons, winning the state championships in 1996 and 1997, while finishing third three times. At Blue Valley Northwest, Posey also served as head girls basketball and assistant softball coach for the Huskies and was named a member of its inaugural Husky Hall of Fame class.
While coaching the Huskies, she was named the 1999 Johnson County Volleyball Coach of the Year by the Kansas City Star, the 1997 Coach of the Year by the Kansas Volleyball Association and Kansas Sport Magazine after leading her team to a perfect 44-0 record, including a second-straight KSHSAA state championship and the 1996 Coach of the Year by Kansas Sport Magazine and Sports Connection after guiding her team to a 41-3 record and the state championship. Posey was inducted into the Kansas Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2015.
Before taking over the coaching duties at Blue Valley Northwest, Posey served in the same position at Halstead (Kan.) High School from 1983-90 where she was selected to serve as head coach at the 1990 Kansas Volleyball Associations annual All-Star Game after being named co-Coach of the Year by the KVA. Four times her squads qualified for the state tournament, including a third-place finish in 1990.
In her 18 years as a high school coach, Posey compiled an overall record of 392-171.
During her college career, Posey lettered in volleyball and softball at Wichita State as a freshman and sophomore before transferring to Kansas for her final two years of eligibility, where she was a standout first baseman and outfielder for the KU softball team.
Posey received a bachelors degree in education from University of Kansas in 1982 where she majored in physical education and minored in health education.
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.
claire.scully@ic.edu
Illinois College
Division 3
leeesh3@gmail.com
Illinois College
Division 3
mfellerblakemore@knox.edu
Knox
Division 3
Maliah Blakemore was hired as the Knox College Head Volleyball Coach and Senior Woman Administrator in December 2023.
Most recently, Blakemore was the Assistant Volleyball Coach at Kansas Wesleyan University. She helped lead the Coyotes to the opening round of the NAIA National Championships in 2023.
Blakemore arrived at Kansas Wesleyan after spending the 2021 and 2022 seasons as the head coach at Hannibal-LaGrange University (HLGU) where she led the Trojans to 25 wins. She was named as the American Midwest Conference (AMC) Coach of the Year in 2021, leading HLGU to a nine-win improvement from the prior season. She also helped HLGU to its best record in the last 15 years.
Prior to becoming the head coach at Hannibal-LaGrange, Blakemore was a graduate assistant for the Trojans for one season in 2020.
Before arriving at HLGU, Blakemore played four seasons at Lincoln Christian University (LCU) where she was selected to the Association of Independent Institutions (AII) Second Team All-Conference in 2016 and 2017, followed by First Team All-Conference selections in 2018 and 2019. She was named as the 2019 AII Setter of the Year.
She was selected to the AII All-Tournament all four years at Lincoln Christian. She finished her career ranked third all-time in assists at LCU. While at LCU, the women's volleyball team qualified for the NAIA National Volleyball Tournament twice.
Blakemore played at Quincy High School in nearby Quincy, Ill., and was a three-year starter. As a senior she led Illinois High School Class 4A in assists.
She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in communications from Lincoln Christian, and a Masters degree in organizational leadership in business from HLGU.
Assistant Coach
etodd3@uco.edu
Central Oklahoma
Division 2
Joining the University of Central Oklahoma volleyball team in 2021 is Emily Todd, who will be the assistant coach and will also assist with recruiting.
Todd comes to Central Oklahoma from Henderson State. The former assistant coach spent three seasons there in the same role. She guided HSU to back-to-back 20-win seasons and one appearance in the GAC Championship.
Todd spent three seasons at Arkansas Tech prior to moving to Henderson State. Following a two-year standout playing career at ATU, Todd moved into coaching and helped the Golden Suns to a sensational 35-1 season. ATU went undefeated in the regular season and won the GAC Championship with its only loss coming in the national tournament.
As a player at Tech, Todd helped the squad win 54 matches in two years, winning two conference titles and earning two bids to the NCAA Tournament. She was a two-time All GAC selection and was also named the GACs Newcomer of the Year in 2013.
Todd also played for the University of Colorado Boulder and Navarro Junior College before finishing her career at Arkansas Tech.
Todd received her bachelors degree in Health & Physical Education and has a masters degree in College Student Personnel, both from Arkansas Tech.
Head Coach
amy.beall@stmary.edu
Saint Mary (KS)
NAIA
Amy Beall has completed her eighth year as the Head Coach at the University of Saint Mary. In 2022, the Spires were KCAC Tournament Runner-up. During the 2020 season, the Spires made their second straight NAIA National Tournament Opening Round appearance and finished the season at 15-14. During the 2019 season, the Spires set a new school record for wins going 30-13, while also winning the KCAC Regular Season Championship. The team also made their first ever NAIA National Tournament appearance in program history, picking up an Opening Round win and qualifying for the NAIA Final Site in Sioux City, Iowa. Beall was also named the KCAC Coach of the Year.
During the 2018 season, the Spires went 25-15 and finished 4th in the KCAC.
In her first three years the program has been on the rise. In 2016 the Spires earned five more wins than the season before going 12-20, in 2017 they went 18-18 and tied the school record for most wins in a season, and in 2018 they were 25-15 breaking the previously held school record for wins.
Beall came to USM after spending five years as the assistant coach at the University of Nebraska - Kearney. Refenes helped guide her teams to a 151-23 record, three conference championships, five NCAA tournament appearances and a Sweet 16 birth in 2012. Refenes helped coach 6 different All-American performers.
Prior to UNK, Beall was the head coach at Seminole State College. She turned that program around into a national competitor as they earned a spot in the NJCAA National Tournament for only the second time in school history. The Trojans won two Region II Championships and amassed a record of 87-69 during Refenes's four years. She coached one NJCAA All-American and four Academic All-Americans. In 2009 Refenes was named District B Coach of the Year.
Prior to SSC, Beall got her start in coaching at Barton County Community College in Great Bend, KS. During her two seasons, the Cougars went 67-19.
A native of Lebo, Kansas. Beall attended Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College to begin her collegiate playing career. As a freshman their team finished ninth in the NJCAA National Tournament. After two years at NEO, Refenes attended Marist College where she completed her playing career. She was named as a team captain for the Red Foxes and earned All-MAAC Academic Honors as a senior.
Beall is a resident of Leavenworth. She has a eight year old daughter, Maclee, and one year old daughter, Tori. She is married to Chris Beall.
History Under Beall:
2022: 22-14 record - 5th in KCAC - Tourney Runner-up
2021: 22-10 record - 5th in KCAC - Tourney semi-finals
2020: 15-14 record - 6th in KCAC -Tourney Runner-up
2019: 30-13 record - 1st in KCAC - Tourney Runner-up
2018: 25-15 record - 4th in KCAC - Tourney semi-finals
2017: 18-18 record - 6th in KCAC
2016: 12-20 record - 7th in KCAC
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Volunteer Assistant Coach
brendan.mcgourn@yale.edu
Yale
Division 1
McGourn, a three-time Division III national title winner, joined the Yale womens volleyball program as an assistant coach in 2014.
McGourn will join the Bulldogs as an assistant coach after winning three straight national championships at Springfield College. As an outside hitter, McGourn was on national title teams in 2012 and 2013, then won a third in a row as an assistant coach in 2014.
In the fall of 2013, McGourn began his collegiate volleyball coaching career as an assistant coach for the Springfield College women's team. McGourns primary responsibilities included video breakdown and scouting opponents.
The Southington, Conn., native also brings several years of club volleyball coaching experience. McGourn has worked with the Husky and Mizuno East Volleyball Clubs.
Director of Operations
bwilliams@scarletknights.com
Rutgers (New Brunswick)
Division 1
Bailey Williams is in her first season at Rutgers serving as the Director of Volleyball Operations.
Williams comes "To The Banks" after spending the last two seasons at George Washington. She joined the Colonials staff as the team's director of operations before serving as an assistant coach this past fall.
While at George Washington, Williams was a recipient of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Diversity Award. She participated in a series of educational, developmental and relationship-building experiences in conjunction with the annual AVCA convention and remains a member of the alumni group that continues education and mentoring. She was the only recipient of the award in the Atlantic 10 and one of 26 sponsored award recipients nationally.
Prior to joining the coaching ranks, Williams played at George Mason leading the Patriots to their first Atlantic 10 postseason appearance in 2018. During her career, she tallied 961 kills, 970 digs, 129 total blocks and 85 service aces and earned A-10 Second Team All-Conference. She was nominated as NCAA Woman of the Year and named the team's Most Valuable Player.
Williams graduated from George Mason in 2020 with a degree in communications with a concentration in media production and criticism and minor in sport communication in 2020. She is currently working towards her master's in sports management.
Assistant Coach
wesleyds@umich.edu
Michigan
Division 1
Sjoerdsma joins the Wolverines as a volunteer assistant coach after a one-year stint at Coastal Carolina as the volunteer assistant. A 2021 AVCA Coaches 4 Coaches Scholarship recipient, he was responsible for training the Chanticleers defensive specialists, scouted opponent serve receive to help inform the team's defensive game plan for each match, led bi-weekly individual film sessions with pin and DS starters and developed team post-match evaluation reports.
Prior to joining the Chanticleers coaching staff, Sjoerdsma spent three and half years with the Island Thunder Volleyball Club (Seattle, WA), heading the 13s, 15s and 16s teams (2018-2021). Sjoerdsma was the assistant head coach and setters coach at Air Academy High School in Colorado Springs, CO for the Fall season of 2018, a Team Colorado Volleyball consultation and analysis coach (2017), and a collegiate womens and mens club volleyball coach (2014-2017).
Assistant Coach
shannon.hunt@wsu.edu
Washington State
Division 1
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.
dmerriman@fsu.edu
Florida State
Division 1
ritsona@duq.edu
Duquesne
Division 1
Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
ben.lee@lmu.edu
Loyola Marymount (CA)
Division 1
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.
Assistant Coach
andres@usna.edu
Navy
Division 1
Director of Operations
kthomas4@udayton.edu
Dayton
Division 1
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.
Volleyball Head Coach
ctorok@bradley.edu
Bradley
Division 1
Carol Price-Torok was named the ninth head coach in Bradley Volleyball history in February 2016 and is entering her fifth season on The Hilltop.
Price-Torok, who took over the head coaching duties at Bradley after spending the previous eight seasons at Arkansas, led the Braves to improved overall and MVC win totals in each of her first three seasons to mark the first time Bradley had higher overall and Valley win totals in three consecutive seasons since 1992-94.
Taking over a program which won 30 MVC games in the 10 years combined prior to her arrival at Bradley, she has led the Braves to 29 league wins in her four years on The Hilltop, including 24 over the last two years.
During the recently completed 2019 season, Price-Torok had a team primarily made of freshmen and sophomores and led them to a fourth-place conference finish as the Braves had back-to-back seasons with 11 or more Valley wins for just the second time in school history and first time since the 2001 & 2002 campaigns.
Bradley has ranked in the top 11 in the nation in digs per set in each of the past three seasons, including ranking second nationally in both 2018 and 2019.
Price-Torok was named one of VolleyballMag.coms 40 Under 40 Coaching Hotshots in January 2020.
The 2018 MVC Coach of the Year has mentored four First-Team All-MVC selections during her time at Bradley, which is equal to Bradley's total of first-team all-conference picks from 2003-16. Hannah Thompson was named the 2018 MVC Freshman of the Year and the Braves have produced a pair of First-Team CoSIDA Academic All-District V honorees.
After the first postseason appearance in program history in 2018, Bradley went 15-15 in 2019 for the first back-to-back seasons with .500 or better records in nearly two decades. The 2019 campaign included the first regular-season sweep of I-74 rival Illinois State since 2001. Thompson, who was the third sophomore in program history to earn First-Team All-MVC honors, teamed with Second-Team All-MVC pick Rachel Pranger to give Bradley its first combo in program history with 340 kills and at least 375 digs.
The youthful Braves played nine five-set matches in 2019 and received over 70 percent of its kills, digs and blocks from underclassmen last fall. Thompson broke the Bradley season record with 24 double-doubles and was the only player in the nation with at least 380 kills and 550 or more digs.
A historic 2018 campaign culminated in the first postseason appearance in program history (second round of the NIVC). Bradley had the second-largest win improvement (+14) in the nation in 2018, posting a 24-9 record and the teams 10-win improvement in Valley play, which resulted in a third-place league finish and 13-5 mark, matched the best single-season improvement in conference history.
Bradley ranked among the top defensive teams in the nation in 2018, closing the season second nationally in digs per set and the Braves were 36th in the country in opponent hitting percentage. Three Braves earned All-MVC honors during 2018 with Erica Haslag, who was one of 30 national Senior CLASS award candidates, becoming just the seventh two-time First-Team All-Valley honoree in program history as she capped her career third in career kills at BU and 10th in MVC history. Yavianliz Rosado also earned First-Team All-MVC honors after ranking third in the nation in digs per set, with her school season record dig total of 758 third among MVC season marks and 11th in NCAA history under the current 25-point set format.
In addition, Thompson was the 2018 MVC Freshman of the Year and a Second-Team All-MVC pick. Thompson posted 20 double-doubles, ranking second on the team in both kills and digs as she broke the Bradley freshman records in both categories. Thompson joined Lindsay Stalzer as the only other Brave to earn MVC Freshman of the Year honors and was Bradleys first freshman to earn All-MVC honors dating back to 1993. The only freshman in the country to tally 380 kills and at least 525 digs, Thompson was one of just two players in the nation to do so in 2018.
The 2017 campaign was highlighted by Bradleys first First-Team All-MVC selection (Haslag) since 2005 after the junior outside hitter ranked 11th in the nation in total kills and 15th in total points. Haslag became just the third player in program history to reach 1,000 career kills as a junior as she helped pace a Bradley offense which boasted its best kills-per-set average since 2006 and the best season hitting percentage since 2011.
In addition to Haslags efforts, broke the Bradley season digs record which dated back to 1985 during the 2017 campaign. Rosado was 11th in the country in total digs, while breaking the Bradley season digs per set average at 5.28 per set. Defensively, Bradley ranked 11th nationally in digs per set (18.21) with the teams highest average since rally scoring was introduced following the 2000 season.
Setter Hannah Angeli also helped highlight the 2017 season with the most assists by a Brave since 2003. Angelis team-high 22 double-doubles in 2017 tied for the second most in program history at the time and were the most by a Bradley player since Sam Hardwick in 2001.
The associate head coach and recruiting coordinator her last four seasons at Arkansas, Price-Torok helped the Razorbacks to back-to-back NCAA Tournament bids in 2012 and 2013.
Prior to her arrival at Arkansas for the 2008 season, the Razorbacks were ranked 140 in the RPI, but climbed to 36 by her fifth season (2012) with the program and earned their first NCAA Tournament spot since 2006 to cap a 22-10 season. After a 7-23 first season in Fayetteville, Ark., Price-Torok helped Arkansas improve its record in each of the next four seasons, culminating with a 13-7 SEC record and second-place West Division finish in 2012.
The Razorbacks were .500 or better in SEC play in four of her last five seasons and posted a combined 88-66 overall mark over her last five campaigns.
Individually, Arkansas produced four All-Americans, five all-region picks and eight All-SEC selections during her tenure. Price-Torok helped lure the 16th-best recruiting class in the country to Fayetteville, Ark., in 2013 after the 2012 recruiting class was 26th nationally.
A 2005 graduate of Texas A&M, Price-Torok was an assistant coach for the 2006 and 2007 seasons at Texas-San Antonio before moving to Arkansas. While with the Roadrunners, she helped guide UTSA to a 19-13 overall record during the 2006 season and mentored a pair of First-Team All-Southland Conference selections.
Price-Torok ventured into coaching upon wrapping up her collegiate career at Texas A&M, serving as an assistant coach at Southwestern University during the 2005 season. In her one season in Georgetown, Texas, she helped the Pirates to the NCAA Division III Tournament and coached an all-region performer in addition to two individuals who garnered all-conference honors.
During her collegiate career, she was part of four consecutive NCAA Tournament teams at Texas A&M and started her final two years at outside hitter after playing middle blocker as a freshman and sophomore for the Aggies. The teams 2003 offensive MVP, Price-Torok was selected as Big XII Player of the Week twice during her senior year and was a Second-Team Big XII Scholar-Athlete that same season. She helped the Aggies to the NCAA Elite Eight in 2001 along with a Sweet 16 appearance in 2003.
Off the court, she served as a student-athlete advisory committee representative at Texas A&M and also lettered for the Aggies womens basketball team during the 2003-04 season.
Volunteer Assistant Coach
philip.boahen@drake.edu
Drake
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.
Assistant Coach
mdelong@colgate.edu
Colgate
Division 1
Ryan Baker announced the addition of Matt DeLong as an assistant coach in June 2018.
DeLong comes to Hamilton after one season as a volunteer assistant coach at Syracuse.
"I'm very excited to add Matt to our staff, Baker said. His experience and knowledge at the setter position will be a great addition and complement to our staff. Matt had a stellar Division I playing career and his coaching experience at Syracuse will allow him to hit the ground running."
During his season with the Orange, DeLong was responsible for assisting the Syracuse staff with video breakdown, statistics, scouting, drills and recruiting. The Orange went 22-14 overall and 12-8 in the ACC in 2017 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the National Invitational Volleyball Championship (NIVC).
In addition to his time at Syracuse, DeLong has also spent time coaching on the club circuit. He most recently has worked with Club SYRV and NETVC club.
DeLong graduated from King University in 2017 with a bachelors degree in physical education. He was a member of the volleyball team at King and helped them to a 28-4 record in 2017.
A local native, DeLong was a four-year letterwinner, a two-time regional and state champion and named state MVP as a senior at Victor High School.
Assistant Coach
rhuynh@oxy.edu
Occidental
Division 3
Most recently, I just finished my 5th season as the assistant women's volleyball coach at Occidental College. When I was first brought on, my primary responsibilities were to train the setters and change the offensive strategy to include a faster offense. Since then, I have taken a bigger role in the program and now have implemented strategies on both sides: offensively and defensively. In addition, I also help with recruiting as I attend primarily the local tournaments held in Southern California as well as a couple of tournaments held in Las Vegas. My primary role as a recruiter is player evaluation.
Before Occidental College, I have been a head coach at the high school and club level. I have also been an assistant coach at the junior college level. In addition, I was a volunteer coach at a Division II college.
I am finishing my Master's degree in Coaching and Exercise Science at Concordia University, Irvine.
Assistant Coach
chunter3@babson.edu
Babson
Division 3
Assistant Coach
adeloid@averett.edu
Stevens Institute of Tech
Division 3
Annie DeLoid joined the Stevens Institute of Technology volleyball program as an assistant coach in March 2019.
DeLoid spent two seasons as a Graduate Assistant at Averett University in Danville, Virginia. At Averett, DeLoid helped coach two AVCA All-Americans, two COSIDA Academic All-Americans, one USA South Player of the year, seven all-conference selections and one vaSID Player of the Year.
A native of Plymouth, Massachusetts, DeLoid played four seasons at Division III Framingham State University. She finished her career with three Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference championships, including back-to-back MASCAC Tournament titles and NCAA Tournament appearances in her final two seasons with the Rams.
DeLoid's additional coaching experience includes two years one season the junior varsity coach and assistant varsity coach at Westwood High School in 2016. She also served as a head coach at Southern Alliance Volleyball Club from 2012-2017 as well as Pura Vida Volleyball Club from 2017-2019.
DeLoid earned her bachelor's degree in business administration from Framingham State in 2016. She is currently pursuing her master's in business administration from Averett.
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.
Head Coach
cstraubel@wpi.edu
Worcester Poly
Division 3
Head Coach
kim.r.falkenhagen@lawrence.edu
Lawrence
Division 3
Kim Falkenhagen was hired as the Head Volleyball Coach at Lawrence University on February 25, 2019. She brings with her over 18 years collegiate coaching and recruiting experience and 12 years collegiate administration experience. She made the move to Lawrence from Northland College (Ashland, WI), where she was the Athletic Director and Head Volleyball Coach for 6 years.
Falkenhagen has also had coaching stints at Eastern New Mexico University (HC), Bemidji State University (HC), Northern Michigan University (AC), and West Texas A&M (AC). During her tenure she has had the privilege to coach 4 NCAA All-Americans, and over 30 All Conference Players. She has also been the NCAA tournament 6 times (4 times as a coach and 2 times as a player).
Falkenhagen played volleyball for Northern Michigan University, which won the national title in 1994 and were runner-up in 1995. For the 1995 tournament she was named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team after posting a hitting percentage of .867, which still stands as a NCAA Division II tournament record. Falkenhagen was also named to the NCAA All- tournament team, the GLIAC all-region teams, the AVCA all-region team, and the GLIAC all-conference teams during her career. She began her collegiate playing career at Weber State University (1992-93). Along with her 1995 teammates, Falkenhagen was inducted into the Northern Michigan University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000.
Head Coach
ehayes2@bates.edu
Bates
Division 3
Emily Hayes, head coach at Lewis & Clark College from 2018 to 2021 and a former assistant at St. Lawrence University and Hope College, was appointed head coach of womens volleyball at Bates College in July 2021, announced by Director of Athletics Jason Fein.
To be at Bates and in the NESCAC is just beyond exciting for me. This was an opportunity that I couldn't pass up, said Hayes. To work at an institution with so much history and culture, and with a volleyball program with both a history of great success and then in recent years, the improvement that the program has seen -- its just thrilling to be able to build on and continue in that direction.
Hayes is the 13th head coach in the history of varsity women's volleyball at Bates, a proud program that began in 1967 and once enjoyed a 36-0 campaign in 1989.
We're elated to welcome Emily Hayes as our new head volleyball coach," said Fein. "Her work ethic, attention to detail, and history of creating a winning culture in a highly competitive atmosphere make her the perfect choice for our program, and to lead our student-athletes. Her playing and coaching experiences will serve her well.
In 2018, Hayes was promoted from assistant coach to head coach after a year at Lewis & Clark, and she quickly won the colleges Coach of the Year award for 2018-19 after turning the Pioneers record around from 2-21 in 2017 to 13-10 in 2018. She developed three all-conference players in two seasons while establishing a culture of pride, trust and commitment within the program.
Hayes coaching style, she says, is one that is obviously going to be playing high level volleyball and developing a championship program, but I take the responsibility really seriously to be a role model and inspire young women in more areas than the volleyball court. So developing women leaders and immersing ourselves in the community and excelling academically while also holding ourselves to incredibly high standards in terms of volleyball.
Originally hailing from Austin, Texas, Hayes attended Hope College in Michigan, where she earned a bachelors degree in classical studies in 2014. She played setter for a year at Hope before becoming a student assistant coach for the next three seasons, in the meantime helping the Flying Dutch advance to the NCAA tournament in 2011, 2012, and 2013, including the Elite Eight in 2013.
After graduation, she assistant-coached mens and womens volleyball for a year at Lourdes University, then joined the staff at St. Lawrence University as a graduate assistant coach in 2015. While at St. Lawrence, Hayes had six student-athletes earn All-Liberty League recognition and nine chosen for conference all-academic honors. She also established core and weightlifting programs for the team while earning a masters degree in educational leadership.
She became assistant coach at Lewis & Clark in 2017, and head coach in 2018. Throughout her six years as a collegiate coach, Hayes was part of coaching staffs that mentored eight All-Americans.
Interim Head Coach
enricoc@augsburg.edu
Augsburg
Division 3
Assistant Coach
isabelvalentine@lclark.edu
Lewis & Clark (OR)
Division 3
Valentine returns to her alma mater after playing at Lewis & Clark for her final four seasons. The 2024 season will be her third season on the sidelines.
Valentine was a member of the Pioneers program from 2012-15. She overcame multiple season-ending injuries to put together a career season as a junior. During the 2014 season, she led the team in solo blocks (16) and finished second in block assists (47), kills (196) and kills per set (2.65). For her career, she posted 264 kills and 98 total blocks. She still is tied for the program record for blocks assists in a single match. Valentine posted eight block assists in a five-set win over Whitworth University.
She began her coaching career before she even graduated Lewis & Clark in 2016. Over the past eight years, Valentine has worked as an assistant coach and mentor with the Oregon Juniors Volleyball Academy in Beaverton, Oregon. In 2022, Valentine helped lead teams to top-10 finishes at national tournaments at the 15 and 16 age levels. Over the past two years, she has coached the number one team in the Columbia Empire Volleyball Association Regionals at the 16 (2021) and 15 (2022) age level. Outside of coaching teams, she has also led numerous Nike camps, coached skill workshops and offered individual and group lessons.
Assistant Coach
dscott@csusb.edu
Cal State - San Bernardino
Division 2
Scott, the AVCA 2009 Assistant Coach of the Year begins his 15th season as an integral member of Kim Cherniss's staff. He was an assistant coach for the 1997 and 1999 seasons before taking time off to secure a post-graduate degree in 2000.
He rejoined the staff in 2001 and has played an instrumental role in building the Coyotes into a national powerhouse. CSUSB has won the last seven straight CCAA titles and won six NCAA West Region titles since Scott's return.
He was a member of the Coyotes mens volleyball team in 1998, the last year the sport was offered, leading CSUSB to its best season ever. Before that, he was an all-conference player at San Diego Mesa College.
Scott is a Cal State San Bernardino graduate with a degree in kinesiology. He is head coach of the Rancho Valley Volleyball Club and in 2006 took his 18s team to the championship of the Reno Volleyball Festival.
Scott is married to former CSUSB volleyball standout Mary Thornton. The couple and their twin children reside in Hesperia.
Head Coach
mgraf@webster.edu
Webster
Division 3
Merry Graf has 22 seasons as the head women's volleyball coach at Webster University. The Gorloks have won the SLIAC Tournament eight times automatically qualifying for the NCAA Championships those eight years. In addition to her coaching role, she is the Assistant Athletic Director and Senior Woman Administrator at Webster.
Webster was awarded the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award 17 times during Graf's tenure.
Coach Graf has been named the SLIAC Coach of the Year four times and has compiling a stellar 280-60 (.828) record in the SLIAC. Graf has over 470 collegiate wins overall and has a record of 415-245 (.628) guiding the Gorloks. She has coached 90 SLIAC All-Conference players, six SLIAC Newcomers of the Year, seven Defensive Players of the Year, five SLIAC Players of the Year, three All Region and an AVCA All-American.
Prior to Webster, Graf spent five seasons as the head volleyball coach at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy. Graf has coached grade school, high school and USA Juniors volleyball teams in the area as well.
She graduated from Millikin University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communications and earned a Masters of Education in Kinesiology from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. She is also a USA Volleyball Coaching Accreditation Program (CAP) Level II Coach. Graf was a standout collegiate athlete in softball and volleyball, earning the Millikin University's Best Blocker Award for volleyball and setting a record for most hits in a game with 5 for softball.
Assistant Coach
jason.butch@oc.edu
Oklahoma Christian
Division 2
Coach Jason Butch was the recipient of the 2023 USAV Rebecca B Howard Diversity & Inclusion Award. Coach Butch is in his fourth season as the Assistant Coach at Oklahoma Christian University where, for the first time in program history, they finished the season with a winning record in Fall 2022. Prior to that, he was the Assistant Varsity Coach at Mount St. Marys Catholic High School where he helped lead the Rockets to multiple State Finals. He has coached club volleyball for over 10 years.
During the summer, Coach Butch manages and coaches OKC Sharks, a successful beach volleyball program in Oklahoma City. In the past 6 years, OKC Sharks has garnered over 110 national bids with one of those teams competing in the gold bracket at Nationals.
Jason has coached for over 15 years and is a CAP 2 Indoor Certified coach.
Graduate Assistant
janeese.vervelde21@mckendree.edu
McKendree
Division 2
Janeese VerVelde is currently the Graduate Assistant at McKendree University for both Mens and Womens Volleyball teams. McKendree competes in the MIVA and GLVC. Most recently Janeese coached at the USA All-Star Championships where her team took home the silver medal in the international youth division.
Janeese played at the University of Charleston in West Virginia where she earned multiple All-Tournament and All-Conference honors. At Charleston, Janeese was also the student assistant for the mens volleyball team.
Janeese is originally from Wisconsin where she played club at Milwaukee Sting.
Assistant Coach
williamssa@william.jewell.edu
William Jewell
Division 2
July 1, 2021 - Named Assistant Volleyball Coach
Comes from Park Hill South High School where she coached for the Panthers since 2015
Led the program to five conference championships in six seasons, along with mentoring eight All-State players
Heavily active at the club level around the metro
Was a two-time All-American at Pittsburg State
Earned four All-MIAA honors
2005 MIAA Freshman of the Year
Finished her collegiate career as the all-time kills leader at Pitt State with 1,825 over four seasons
Is second in attacks and sets played and ranks in the top-10 in hitting percentage, digs and blocks
Was only the fourth player in school history to record more than 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in her career.
Played three seasons professionall with the Lindsberg Volleyball in the Swedish Volleyball Professional League
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
kjone42@uis.edu
Illinois-Springfield
Division 2
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.
Head Coach
latifa.raheem@jefferson.edu
Jefferson
Division 2
Latifa Raheem is in her fifth season as head volleyball coach in 2022-23.
The Rams reached the top of the CACC mountain in 2021, claiming the program's second CACC Championship and first since 2016. Jefferson also made its second NCAA Tournament appearance and ended the year with a 26-5 record. The third-seeded Rams ran the table in the CACC Tournament, with 3-0 sweeps of Felician in the quarterfinals and Bloomfield in the final. Sandwiched in the middle was an epic five-set thriller versus Holy Family in the semifinals where the Rams overcame a 2-0 deficit in the match and a 14-10 deficit in the fifth set to advance in an all-time classic. Jess Molen was selected the AVCA East Region Freshman of the Year and the CACC Rookie of the Week while also earning CACC Tournament MVP honors. In addition, Molen was the NCAA Statistical Champion for Service Aces Per Set.
In 2019, Jefferson went 17-12 and qualified for the CACC Tournament. In her inaugural campaign of 2018, Raheem led the Rams to a 23-10 record, including a 16-3 CACC mark, and a CACC Tournament berth. Jefferson placed four players on the All-CACC Team.
Raheem came to Jefferson following three seasons as the assistant volleyball coach at Bryn Mawr College. There, she assisted with day-to-day operations of the volleyball program, creating practices plans and scouting reports for upcoming games. Raheem also hosted camps and clinics, facilitated tournaments and produced recruiting materials while meeting potential student-athletes.
Raheem has also been a club head coach for Sparks VBC and Philadelphia Storm for girls ages 12-17. With her club teams, she arranges tournament schedules and team travel while preparing practice plans and game strategies. She also helped her teams stay engaged in the community with numerous volunteering opportunities.
Raheem graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in communications and currently resides in Coatesville, Pa.
njray@bsc.edu
Birmingham-Southern
Division 3
Present:
Head Coach; Birmingham-Southern College
Previous:
Assistant Coach; Juniata College
Graduate Assistant Coach: Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Education:
Midway University 22
Assistant Coach
mdahl1@csuchico.edu
Chico State
Division 2
Assistant Coach
graham2003@gmail.com
Austin
Division 3
2016-Present
Assistant Volleyball Coach Austin College
Middles and Blocking Coach
Head Coach
rhinej@spu.edu
Seattle Pacific
Division 2
Head Coach
wbattoe@stu.edu
Saint Thomas (FL)
NAIA
BIOGRAPHY
Coach Battoe enters her third season as the Head Indoor and Beach Volleyball Coach for the Bobcats.
In her first season at the helm of the Bobcats, Battoe guided the Bobcats to a 10-7 record and the program's first Sun Conference Tournament victory since 2017. STU placed four players on the Sun Conference First-Team (Kyleigh Beecham, Tyran Chenault, Arianna Bolinger, and Victoria Fernandez).
Year two was a great one for Battoe making a statement and reclaiming the title as Sun Conference Regular Season Champions for the first time since 2017. Battoe was also named Sun Conference Coach of the Year. St. Thomas' freshmen libero, Bianca Grassi made history being named the SUN Defender of the Week a record seven times and earning Libero of the Year recognition. The Bobcats had four All-Conference members with three on first team (Tyran Chenault, Bianca Grassi, and Amanda Allende) with one on second-team (Kyleigh Beecham).
2021 marked Battoe's first 20-win season as a coach going 21-7 on the season and 12-2 in conference play.
In addition to her role as the Head Volleyball Coach, Battoe currently is the Assistant Director of Admissions.
PLAYING EXPERIENCEFour-year starter at St. ThomasThree-time NAIA All-American (Honorable Mention 2015-16; Third-Team 2017)Two-time Sun Conference Player of the Year (2015, 2017)First-team All-Sun Conference (2015-17)Second-team All-Sun Conference (2014)STU all-time leader in kills (1,371)2017 Sun Conference Regular-Season Champion
YEAR-BY-YEAR (Indoor Volleyball)
YearOverallWin Pct.ConferenceWin Pct.Post-Season202010 - 7.5887-6 SUN.538Sun Conference tournament appearance202121 - 7.75012-2 SUN.857Sun Conference Regular Season Champions, semifinal appearanceOverall30 - 14.68219 - 8.704
Head Coach
dh1056@georgetown.edu
Georgetown
Division 1
David Heller enters the 2020 season as the head coach of Georgetown volleyball program after a season as assistant coach with the Hoyas in 2019. He came to the Hilltop with extensive coaching experience on both the men's and women's side of the sport.
Prior to his move to the Nations Capital, Heller was the head men's volleyball coach for six seasons at Mount Olive, an NCAA Division II program in North Carolina, while also serving as an assistant coach with the women's team. He finished his time with the Trojans with a program record 98 wins while coaching 26 all-conference honorees including both an offensive and defensive player of the year recipient, three CoSIDA Academic All-Americans and one AVCA All-American.
Additionally, Heller had spent three years as an assistant coach for Team USA and the Collegiate Men's National Team, representing the United States at the World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea in 2015 and in Taipei, Taiwan in 2017.
Heller graduated from Lewis University in 2008 with a degree in human communication and earned his masters in marketing management in 2013 from Durham University in the United Kingdom.
Assistant Coach
jonferrari2@gmail.com
Colorado State
Division 1
Head Coach
adamsry@lafayette.edu
Lafayette
Division 1
Entering his third season at the head of the Leopards volleyball program for the fall 2021 season, Adams was introduced as the second full-time head coach in Lafayette College volleyball program history on Feb. 2, 2019.
In his first year on College Hill, he led the Leopards to the most wins the program had seen in 10 years, leading the Maroon and White to a 13-19 overall record.
In a shortened 2021 spring season, he led the Maroon and White to a 2-5 season, including a weekend sweep of crosstown rival Lehigh. He also coached outside hitter Leanna Deegan to the programs first Patriot League First-Team selection since 2006.
Adams came to College Hill after a pair of stints as an assistant at Bucknell from 2014-16 and in 2018. In his first two years in Lewisburg, the Bison ranked up 21 combined wins, including 13 Patriot League victories and were on the doorstep of the conference tournament berth in 2015. He played a large role in the programs first winning season in nine years.
A 2009 graduate of Cal State Northridge, Adams was named an Academic All-American while earning his degree in urban studies and planning. He began coaching in 2012 when he became a volunteer assistant coach at the University of Idaho and served as an academic coordinator for the athletic department.
After his first stop with Bucknell, he spent one season on the William & Mary coaching staff, while also serving as the head coach of the Williamsburg Volleyball Club 18 National team. Eleven players from that squad went on to play in college, including five at the Division I level.
In 2017, Adams served as the assistant coach at Princess Anne High School in Virginia. He helped guide the Cavaliers to a 27-4 record and a runner-up finish in the Virginia State Tournament. Along with his assistant coach duties, Adams was the head coach of East Coast Volleyball Club 16 Travel which went 31-16 under his guidance and ranked second in the Old Dominion Region.
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
robmcvicker@muhlenberg.edu
Muhlenberg
Division 3
Rob McVicker, an assistant for the past three years, was named head volleyball coach at Muhlenberg in February 2021. McVicker joined the Mule coaching staff prior to the 2018 season and has assisted in all components of running the program. In his first season, Muhlenberg went 20-8 and received its highest vote total in the Division III national poll in program history.
Since 2015, McVicker has been head coach of 15-, 16- and 17-and-under teams at the East Coast Power Volleyball club. He also served as recruiting coordinator for the club in 2019 & 2021.
McVicker also served as varsity assistant and junior varsity head coach at two area schools, Southern Lehigh High School and Freedom High School. At Freedom, he helped coach the boys to their first district and conference playoff wins in 10 years in 2019.
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
amcalloway@smcm.edu
St. Mary's (MD)
Division 3
Alexis Calloway was named the 16th head coach in the history of the St. Mary's College volleyball program in July 2022.
In 2022, Calloway stepped into her first collegiate head coaching job after four successful years coaching at the high school level in Virginia (2018-2022). The Williamsburg, Va., native also spent time as a head and assistant national coach with the Williamsburg Volleyball Club.
In two seasons at Warhill High School (Williamsburg, Va.), Calloway led the Lions to a pair of Virginia High School League (VHSL) Region 4A runner-up finishes as well as a semifinal appearance in the 2021 VHSL Class 4 State Championships. She mentored three VHSL All-State players and five all-region selections, posting a two-year record of 30-12 at Warhill.
Calloway coached both volleyball and basketball at Bruton High School, her alma mater, between August 2018 and March 2020, leading the Panthers to a quarterfinal appearance in the 2018 VHSL Class 2 State Championships for Bruton's first state playoff appearance since 1996.
A 2018 graduate of Randolph College, she earned a bachelor of arts in business administration with a minor in sports and exercise studies. Calloway was a four-year member of the Wildcats women's basketball team and currently ranks fifth in the Randolph record books in blocked shots (74) and ninth in rebounds (613).
While at Bruton, she was an All-Bay Rivers District performer in both volleyball and basketball in addition to being a district champion in track & field.
Assistant Coach
rodrir73@erau.edu
Embry-Riddle (FL)
Division 2
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!
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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