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Assistant Coach
keydrick.hunter@gmail.com
Rider
Division 1
Segur joined the Broncs as an assistant coach in the summer of 2021.
Segur is currently involved with USA Volleyball High Performance as an assistant coach for the
youth team that competed in the 2022 USA All-Star Championship. He also serves as a camp
coach, tryout evaluator, and court coach.
While at Rider, Segur was a recipient of the 2022 American Volleyball Coaches Association
(AVCA) Diversity Award. Within this award, he participated in a sequence of educational
seminars that focused on professional and personal development for coaches. He was the only
recipient of the award in the MAAC and one of 18 sponsored award recipients
nationally.
Prior to Rider, Segur served as the Head Coach for the International Volleyball Club 15-1s team
from 2018-2020. He also served as the Head Coach for the Princeton Volleyball Club 18-1 and 12-1 from 2021-
2022.
Head Coach
dbrooks@desu.edu
Delaware State
Division 1
Head Coach
twalsh@coppin.edu
Coppin State
Division 1
Head Coach
amueller@iona.edu
Iona
Division 1
Assistant Coach
paul.vink-lainas@marist.edu
Marist
Division 1
jcraig5@bryant.edu
Bryant
Division 1
lydiaredman@muhlenberg.edu
Muhlenberg
Division 3
Head Coach
rsmith22@immaculata.edu
Immaculata
Division 3
Head Coach
david.gurst@rutgers.edu
Rutgers University Camden
Division 3
The winningest coach in Rutgers-Camden volleyball history, David Gurst enters his ninth season with the Scarlet Raptors during the 2023-24 scholastic year.
Over his eight seasons with the Scarlet Raptors, Gurst has compiled 107 victories and led the team into the New Jersey Athletic Conference playoffs and the ECAC playoffs on four occasions apiece.
Rutgers-Camden finished the 2022 season with a 14-15 mark in a fall campaign that featured a match in The Palestra in Philadelphia, saw Brinn Hassan break the programs career assist record and saw three players earn All-NJAC honors. Hassan and Isabella Choice were both named to the NJAC Second Team, while Erica Nebrich captured NJAC Honorable Mention.
Gurst led the Scarlet Raptors to one of the best seasons in program history in 2021, posting a 21-10 record, qualifying for a New Jersey Athletic Conference playoff berth for the fourth time in his tenure and reaching the ECAC championship match. Gursts team also produced the programs first All-American as Kaliyah Moss earned AVCA All-America Honorable Mention among a host of other honors.
In addition to Moss earning NJAC First Team and NJAC Rookie of the Year honors, Morgan Fox captured a berth on the NJAC Second Team in 2021. The Scarlet Raptors also earned three NJAC academic honors, including Savannah Hayes, who was Rutgers-Camdens female representative on the NJAC Academic First Team. During his eight seasons, Gurst has seen 23 of his players capture NJAC Academic honors.
Although the volleyball program posted a 3-4 record during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, which was held in March, 2021, the Scarlet Raptors managed to capture their first New Jersey Athletic Conference playoff victory under Gurst. That came during a 3-0 NJAC quarterfinal sweep over New Jersey City University on March 18.
The 2020 Scarlet Raptors saw both Devyn Cobb and Brinn Hassan capture NJAC Second Team honors, while Nebrich earned both the NJAC Rookie of the Year and NJAC Honorable Mention recognition.
During the last pre-pandemic season, Gursts 2019 team fashioned a 13-15 record, including a pair of three-match winning streaks. It also produced a program-record six NJAC Academic Honorable Mention performers. Gursts 2018 Raptors produced four NJAC Academic Honorable Mention players for the second consecutive year.
The seventh head coach in program history, Gurst led his first Scarlet Raptor team to the first round in the NJAC Tournament and the first round in the ECAC Div. III Metro/Upstate Volleyball Championship in 2015. Those Scarlet Raptors finished with a 13-14 record overall and a 4-4 mark in the NJAC, only one season after the team went 5-26 overall and 1-7 in the conference. Three players on Gursts first Raptor team were recognized by the NJAC for their performance on the court as Olivia Rowland captured NJAC Second Team honors, while both Brooke Hassan and Erin Thompson earned NJAC Honorable Mention.
Gurst led the team to back-to-back 16-wins seasons in 2016 and 2017, tied for the third-highest total in program history. His 16-16 club in 2016 posted the first .500 season at Rutgers-Camden since 2012, while becoming the first team in program history to reach back-to-back ECAC tournaments. His 2017 team finished 16-17, while earning the programs third straight ECAC tournament berth.
In addition to his volleyball coaching, Gurst served as an interim head coach of the Scarlet Raptors softball team, inheriting the position partway through the 2017 season.
A 1980 graduate of Cherry Hill High School East, Gurst coached on the high school level from 1984 until taking the job at Rutgers-Camden in 2015. Most recently, he coached at Cherry Hill High School West as the head softball coach from 2004-2014, compiling a record of 132-102. Gurst led the Lions to two conference championships and is a six-time recipient of Cherry Hill West Coach of the Season. He also received the prestigious NJEA Public School Hero Award in 2008.
Gurst also was the head volleyball coach at Cherry Hill High School West from 2002-2012. Prior to his position at Cherry Hill High School West, he was the head volleyball coach at Cherry Hill High School East from 1993-2002, leading the Cougars to four conference championships.
He compiled a record of 294-120 as the head volleyball coach for all schools.
Gurst also coached swimming at Cherry Hill High School West from 2004-2014, helping the Lions win two state championships and five South Jersey championships.
Gurst graduated from Glassboro State College in 1984 with a Bachelors degree in Health and Physical Education. He taught Health and Physical Education for 34 years
Assistant Coach
doshir@moravian.edu
Moravian
Division 3
Head Coach
hope.johnston@waynesburg.edu
Waynesburg
Division 3
https://waynesburgsports.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/coaches/hope-johnston/2123
Hope Johnston was named the head women's volleyball head coach in March 2024. Johnston boasts a seasoned resume with experience at a pair of Division III institutions as well as in the club ranks.
Johnston comes to Waynesburg after spending the 2023 season at Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) rival Westminster College as a graduate assistant coach. There, she was part of the staff that led the Titans to an appearance in the PAC Tournament, their first such appearance since 2021.
Prior to Westminster, Johnston had a successful two-year run as an assistant coach at Hanover College in Indiana. The Panthers went 30-24 during her stint with the team.
Johnston got her coaching career started with the Frisco Flyers Volleyball club in Frisco, Texas as she was a head and assistant coach at various age levels ranging from 10 to 18-year old's. She took a hiatus from the club scene when she was named assistant at Hanover but returned in 2023 when she joined Topspin Volleyball Club in Lawrence County, Pa. There, she was a head coach for 14 through 17-year old'ss.
Johnston was an accomplished club player as she qualified for the Junior National Championship and won a bronze medal at the AAU National championships.
She graduated from The University of Oklahoma with a degree in communication and a minor in religious studies in 2018. While in Norman, she was a member of the Sooners' rowing team and was a Big 12 Championship Runner up in 2015.
df3831@princeton.edu
Princeton
Division 1
Coach Dan Ford was the starting setter at Saint Francis (Pa.) from 2014 2017 and was named to the All-EIVA First Team in 2017 and the All-EIVA Second Team in 2016. He tallied 2,680 career assists along with 400 career digs and helped SFU earn its first wins (3) over Penn State in school history, as well as the programs highest season-ending American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) of No. 15. In addition, Coach Ford was a VolleyballMag All-American Honorable Mention in 2017, named to the Off The Block 2nd Team EIVA All-Decade Team (2010-2020), to the 2017 California Baptist Invitational All-Tournament Team and was the EIVA Offensive Player of the Week on Jan. 30, 2017. Ford graduated from Saint Francis with a B.S. in Business Administration in 2017. He then went on to play 2 years as a professional; his first season in Finland's 1. Mestaruusliiga with Hurikaani Loimaa and second season with SWD PowerVolleys Duren in Germany's 1. Bundesliga. Prior to arriving at Princeton, Ford spent his first season as an Assistant at Lafayette College in 2023.
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.
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.
Coach
cnbock@asu.edu
Arizona State
Division 1
Bock is a Chandler, Arizona native and grew up playing club volleyball in Arizona. She has a wide range of experience, playing at many different clubs throughout the Valley. She played at Hamilton High School in Chandler where she competed in back-to-back state championships in 2013 and 2014.
After high school Bock continued her volleyball career at Fresno Pacific University in California. She played at FPU as an outside hitter from 2015-2019. At FPU, she was a starting outside hitter who led the PacWest Conference in kills per set her senior year. She made the Pac West All-Conference Team as well as being named Fresno Pacific Senior Athlete of the Year.
Bock has experience coaching volleyball as well. While at FPU, she coached at Central Cal Volleyball Club for five years as both an assistant and head coach. She also coached at Clovis North High School in California for both the boys and girls programs in 2018 and 2019. For the last three years, she has been coaching with Spiral Volleyball Club in Chandler. She currently is the Director Of Volleyball Operations for Arizona State University.
Associate Head Coach
dwilli33@syr.edu
Syracuse
Division 1
Derryk Williams joined the Syracuse Volleyball coaching staff in the summer of 2018. Prior to arriving at Syracuse, Williams had stints at Hamilton College, Colgate and Ithaca College.
In his first season on the coaching staff, Williams helped lead Syracuse to one of the most successful seasons in program history culminated with the programs first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2018. Syracuse ranked second nationally with 3.08 blocks per set while Syracuse was one of only two schools nationally to have a pair of players in the top-30 nationally in blocks per set. The Orange concluded their season in the second round of the NCAA Tournament after defeating Yale, 3-0, in the opening round of the tournament. Syracuse finished with a 19-9 record that included a 14-4 mark in ACC play. The Orange's fourth-place finish in conference play tied for the best in program history and included a victory over #22-ranked Louisville.
The Orange posted a 12-13 record in 2019, with Williams overseeing the performance of Polina Shemanova, who led the conference in kills (485).
As an assistant coach at Hamilton during the 2017 season, Williams helped the program post its most conference wins (seven) in history on the way to earning the No. 4 seed in the NESCAC conference tournament, the best in program history. While working primarily with the team's middle blockers, Williams coached the fourth-best blocker in Division III, Margaret O'Brien, who recorded 1.24 blocks per set.
Williams spent the 2017 season as a volunteer assistant coach at Colgate following an assistant coach position in 2016. In his two seasons, the Raiders finished 36-22 overall with a 2016 runner-up finish in the Patriot League. The 2017 Raiders posted an 18-11 record before concluding their season in the National Invitational Volleyball Championship (NIVC).
He began his coaching career at Ithaca College in 2015. The Bombers won the 2015 Empire 8 Tournament title for the first time since 2010 and advanced to the NCAA Regional Tournament semifinals. Ithaca posted a 31-5 overall record, featuring a 7-1 conference mark.
rwindisch@arizona.edu
Arizona
Division 1
Ryan Windisch joins Arizonas staff after spending the past five years at Irvine Valley College coaching the Womens Volleyball, Womens Beach Volleyball, and Mens Volleyball teams.
I am extremely excited to have the opportunity to join Ritas first staff here at Arizona, said Windisch. She is the true definition of Arizona Volleyball and I look forward to helping her vision come to life!
During his time at Irvine Valley, Windisch led the womens and mens volleyball teams to conference championships and state championship matches. Most recently, he coached the womens volleyball team to the 2022 Orange Empire Conference championship and was named the 2022 Orange Empire Conference Coach of the Year. He also led the mens volleyball team to a third-place finish at the State level in 2022.
In 2021, Windisch coached the mens volleyball team to the Orange Empire Conference championship and earned the Orange Empire Conference Coach of the Year award.
Windisch led both the womens and mens volleyball teams to State CCCAA runner-up finishes in 2019. In his first year at Irvine Valley, he coached the womens volleyball squad to the 2017 California Community College State Championship.
Prior to joining Irvine Valleys volleyball programs, Windisch was the head coach at Balboa Bay Volleyball Club and the mens volleyball head coach at Golden West College. He is also the USA Womens National Team Volunteer Practice Coach.
Windisch graduated from Long Beach State in 2015, where he was the starting libero on the mens volleyball team.
tknuth@tulane.edu
Tulane
Division 1
Assistant Coach
blossom.sato@pepperdine.edu
Pepperdine
Division 1
Blossom was born and raised in Santa Monica, California and played club at Mizuno Long Beach and Sunshine. She then played two years at Mississippi State before transferring back home to Pepperdine University for another two seasons. There, she helped her team to a NCAA second round appearance and was named to the WCC First Team.
Coming from a volleyball family, her mother Liane Sato, was a member of the US Women's National Team and appeared in the 1988 and 1992 Olympics capturing a bronze medal. her uncles Eric and Gary were also standouts in the sport, playing and coaching alongside legendary Pepperdine men's coach Marv Dunphy for Team USA when the squad won the gold in 1988. Gary, now an assistant coach at USC served as the US head coach for the 1985 FIVB World Cup gold medal finish and served as an assistant for the US Men's National Team from 1984-88, 1992, and 2009-12. Her cousins, children of Gary, both played collegiately. Andrew was a member of the Long Beach State Men's team and Katie played at California State University Northridge.
She is now the Volunteer Assistant Coach under Scott Wong at Pepperdine.
Assistant Coach
b.oswald.vball@gmail.com
Air Force
Division 1
Current Assistant Coach at Air Force Academy
Graduate Assistant Coach at Northwestern Missouri State University (2021-22)
Assistant coach at Briar Cliff University (IA) in 2019
Coached club in California (Synergy Force VBC), Colorado (Rocky Select VBC), and South Dakota (MVP United) for 9 years
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.
Assistant Coach
mddunn@siena.edu
Siena
Division 1
Former Indiana University Setter
Volunteer Assistant Coach
- Bloomington HS North and South
Owen Valley HS Varsity Head Coach
RIPTIDE Sand Volleyball Founder/Head Coach
- 2021 30Under30 Beach Coaches award recipient
Tier Ten Sports Campus Club Coach
- Head of Athlete Development, Skills Clinic Coordinator
Advocate for Student-Athlete Mental Health
Former IU Womens Club volunteer coach
Current Siena College Assistant Volleyball Coach
Assistant Volleyball Coach
seth.alstrom@acu.edu
Abilene Christian
Division 2
Seth Alstrom is at the start of his fifth year as an assistant coach for Abilene Christian volleyball. He was named to his current position of Aug. 1, 2017.
Alstrom came to ACU from Benedictine University in Mesa, Ariz., where he served as an assistant women's coach from 2015 to 2017, working with outside hitters and defensive specialists. Benedictine went undefeated during the 2016 conference season and went on to place second at the league's tournament.
Alstrom additionally coached women's volleyball for one season at Arizona Christian University, specializing in middle blocker and setter development. With Alstrom's help on the bench, the Firestorm went from winning one match in 2013 (1-23) to 10-15 the following season.
A 2013 graduate of Grand Canyon University, Alstrom also has coached volleyball and cross country while teaching at two Phoenix-based high schools. He was the assistant girls' (2012-14) and head boys' volleyball (2012-2016) coach at Scottsdale Christian Academy in addition to serving as the assistant track and cross country coach (2013-16). Alstrom later moved on to coach cross country at Copper Canyon High School beginning in 2016.
At the club level, Alstrom coached girls with Arizona Desert Sky from 2010 to 2017, and in Cheney, Kan. with Ligers Volleyball Club during the 2009-10 season.
Alstrom's Bachelor of Science degree in biology qualified him to teach chemistry, biology and physics at both Scottsdale Christian and Copper Canyon. He served as Scottsdale's assistant athletic director during the 2013-14 academic year.
Volunteer Assistant Coach
philip.boahen@drake.edu
Drake
Division 1
Assistant coach
mjohann@coastal.edu
Coastal Carolina
Division 1
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.
Assistant Coach
fox6@stolaf.edu
St. Olaf
Division 3
Damien Fox is in his fourth season as an assistant coach for the St. Olaf volleyball team in 2021-22.
In his three seasons at St. Olaf, the Oles have posted a record of 53-14 (.791), including a mark of 18-8 (.692) in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC). St. Olaf qualified for the MIAC Playoffs in Fox's first two seasons on staff and advanced to the championship match in 2019 before making the program's first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2010.
In 2019, St. Olaf also earned its first national ranking from the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) since early in the 2011 season by checking in at No. 23 on two occasions late in the season.
Prior to joining the coaching staff at St. Olaf, Fox was the head coach at Faribault High School from 2013-15 and was an assistant coach at Lakeville North for the 2016 and 2017 seasons. At Lakeville North, he helped coach the 2017 Class AAA state championship team.
Fox also coaches for the Northern Lights Volleyball Club, where, in 2015, his team won an AAU National Championship. During the summer months, he coaches camps at Northern Lights, the University of Minnesota, St. Olaf and for Midwest Volleyball Instructors.
Head Coach
marykate.boland@fandm.edu
Franklin & Marshall
Division 3
Former volleyball standout Mary Kate Salko '01 returned to Franklin & Marshall College in the fall of 2003 as the 10th head coach in Diplomats' volleyball history and has had a dramatic impact on the program.
In 17 seasons, she has amassed 326 victories, passing Steve Coulson, who had 251 wins over a span of 12 seasons, on the programs all-time list with a 3-0 shutout of Scranton on Sept. 7, 2016. Salko is the only Centennial Conference (CC) coach to earn all 300 career wins in the CC era, notching her milestone with a 3-2 victory over Gettysburg on Oct. 10, 2018.
Salko has guided the Diplomats to 15 winning seasons in her tenure, including three Centennial Conference (CC) regular-season titles (2012, 2013, 2018) as well as the 2010 and 2014 CC Championship - the fifth and sixth in school history.
Following another historic campaign in 2018, Salko was named the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year for the first time in her career and earned Centennial Coach of the Year for the second time. The Diplomats earned the program's ninth NCAA Tournament berth, ending the season with a 23-8 overall record and a perfect 10-0 mark in Centennial Conference (CC) action.
The Diplomats became the first No. 5 seed to ever win the CC Tournament in 2014, taking down Muhlenberg with a 3-2 win. With a 24-6 overall record in 2013, F&M captured the most victories under the direction of Salko and the highest total since 2002. The Diplomats went undefeated in the Centennial Conference at 10-0 on the way to their second straight regular-season crown.
Under Salko, the Diplomats have recorded 20 or more victories eight times and have had six All-Americans come through the program, in 2006 CC Player of the Year Margot Phelan (2006), Nicole Morano (2009), two-time CC Player of the Year Julie Harvey (2011, 2013) Ellie Ezekiel (2014), 2018 CC Player of the Year Grace Maggiore (2018, 2019) and Allison Franke (2018, 2019)
Salko was inducted into the F&M Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013. A three-time All-CC setter (1999, 2000-First Team, 1998-Second Team), she completed her career as the all-time leader in assists (4,062) and is the only player ranked in the top 10 in career kills, digs, service aces, blocks, and assists.
A 1998-2000 American Volleyball Coaches Association All-Mid-Atlantic Region Player, she averaged 10.19 assists per game to lead the Diplomats to a school-record 34-6 mark, a perfect 10-0 conference record, the Centennial Conference Tournament title and a "Sweet 16" finish in the NCAA Division III Volleyball Tournament as a senior.
During her playing career, she led F&M to the 1999 and 2000 Centennial Conference Championships and four consecutive NCAA Division III Tournament appearances while recording a 120-32 record from 1997-2000, the best four-year mark in program history.
Co-captain of the Diplomats in 2000, Salko holds school assists records for a game (23, vs. Roberts Wesleyan, 10/27/00), a season (1309 in 1999), a career (4012) a four-game match (63, vs. Pomona-Pitzer, 9/15/00) and a five-game match (75, vs. Grove City, 10/3/98). Her 4012 career assists rank sixth in Centennial Conference history.
A native of Wayne, Pa., Salko graduated from Franklin & Marshall College in the spring of 2001 with a degree in Business Administration.
Assistant Coach
aregan17@gmail.com
Bard
Division 3
Assistant Coach
kstansbu@oberlin.edu
Oberlin
Division 3
Katie is entering her second year as the assistant coach at Oberlin College. She works mostly with defense and serve receive as well as with the pin hitters. Before Oberlin, she was the JV head coach and assistant varsity coach at Padua Franciscan High School. She also coaches club volleyball at Cleveland Volleyball Company (CVC) and has worked with the 14s and 18s age groups.
Katie was a 4 year started at division 1 Colgate University as an outside and libero.
Assistant Coach
ckoenegstein@coloradocollege.edu
Colorado College
Division 3
Chad Koenegstein joined the Colorado College volleyball staff in 2018 and has filled important roles on and off the court during what has been the programs most successful era.
During Koenegsteins tenure, the Tigers have amassed a 111-14 overall record, good for a .889 winning percentage, won a pair of Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships and earned a berth in the NCAA Division III Womens Volleyball Championship each season.
During the 2021 spring season, the Tigers earned the No. 1 ranking in the America Volleyball Coaches Associations Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll when they posted a 17-0 record, the first undefeated season in program history.
Koenegstein coached three CC players who earned All-America Honors Lizzy Counts (2018-19), Marguerite Spaethling (2018) and Georgia Mullins (2021), while Jenny Jenks (2021) and Mullins (2019) earned honorable mention status.
At the same time, Tigers earned three of the four SCAC major awards, including multiple recipients of Player of the Year (Spaethling, Mullins), Setter of the Year (Isabelle Aragon-Menzel, Jenks) and Freshman of the Year (Meaghan Hohman, Isabella Lipacis) awards.
Colorado College also excelled in the classroom, earning the AVCAs Team Academic Award each season and having more than 80 percent of its players earn a spot on the SCAC Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to his arrival at Colorado College, Koenegstein worked at USA Volleyball for two years in coaching education.
He began his collegiate coaching career as an assistant coach at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs during the 2017 season.
Koenegstein earned his bachelors in elementary education from Murray State University in 2013 and currently is pursuing a masters in sport coaching at the University of Denver.
Head Coach
mjohnsto@macalester.edu
Macalester
Division 3
Head Coach
sspellma@marymount.edu
Marymount
Division 3
Shane Spellman enters his first season as the head women's volleyball coach at Marymount University for the 2023 season. He was hired in May 2023.
Spellman joins Marymount after being the Director of Player Development for Starlings Volleyball out of Falls Church, Va., a role he has held since October of 2019. During this time, he has also spent time on the high school court, having coaching stints at both Wakefield, where he has been the head coach since 2021, and Thomas Jefferson , where he was an assistant during the spring of 2021.
Spellman has also been the head 18s coach for Virginia Volleyball Club, where he handles all facets of the club.
Adding to his resume, Spellman brings a wealth of collegiate coaching experience. Most recently, he was the assistant beach volleyball coach at Division I Tulane during the 2017-18 academic year, where he was responsible for many of the day-to-day operations of the program while spearheading statistical analysis to help with player development.
Prior to his time at Tulane, he was the assistant volleyball coach at NAIA Cardinal Stritch University for both the men's and women's programs, helping with day-to-day operations and recruiting efforts for the programs. During October of 2016, he was the named the interim head coach and helped the team finish second in the CCAC North Division.
During his playing years, Spellman made three appearances at the Division III NCAA Tournament from 2012-14 at Rivier University, while being a two-time Second Team All-Great Northeast Athletic Conference selection.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Rivier and a Master of Science in Sports Management from Cardinal Stritch.
Head Coach
jordanf@dbu.edu
Dallas Baptist
Division 2
Jordan Fish is in her third season as the Head Volleyball Coach at DBU. In her first two seasons at the helm, Fish has guided the Lady Patriots to the NCAA Tournament in 2023, marking DBUs first trip to the postseason since 2013, and back-to-back appearances in the Lone Star Conference Tournament. Over the course of two seasons, Fish has compiled a 39-15 record and a 24-9 mark versus Lone Star Conference opponents.
Under Fishs direction, the Lady Patriots have produced four AVCA All-Americans including a program record three in 2023. In her first year at DBU, Halee Van Poppel was tabbed an Honorable Mention All-American after finishing the year with the seventh-highest kills per set (4.41) average in the country. In 2023, the trio of AJ Koele, Lauryn Burt, and Shaylee Shore each garnered All-American honors. Koele became the first player in program history to be named a First Team All-American after registering the 20th-most kills (449) in the nation and ranked 16th in the country in kills per set (4.08). Both Burt and Shore were selected as Honorable Mention All-Americans. Burts 1,194 assists ranked as the 21st-most in the country while Shores .386 hitting percentage was the 16th-best in the NCAA Division II ranks.
YEAR-BY-YEAR
The 2022 season proved to be a record-setting year as the Lady Patriots won a school record 25 matches and earned the programs first-ever at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. DBU posted a 14-2 record versus conference foes to finish in second place in the Lone Star Conference standings. After qualifying for the LSC Tournament for the second consecutive year, the Lady Patriots reached the LSC Championship for the first time in program history where they eventually fell to West Texas A&M. Making their first trip to the NCAA South Central Regional since 2013, the Lady Patriots took No. 18 Colorado Mesa to five sets dropping a 3-2 decision.
At seasons end, DBU saw three players earn All-American recognition including Lauryn Burt, AJ Koele, and Shaylee Shore. Koele was also selected as the South Central Region Player of the Year and was joined by Burt and Shore on the All-South Central Region Team. Additionally, Burt was named both the LSC Setter of the Year and the leagues Newcomer of the Year, while Leah Palensky picked up LSC Academic Player of the Year honors. Five Lady Patriots were also named to the All-LSC Team including First Team selections Lauryn Burt, AJ Koele, and Shaylee Shore. Both Delaney Fuller and Lindsey Otero each earned Honorable Mention accolades.
In her first year at the helm, Fish began a rebuilding project that saw her guide the Lady Patriots to a 14-8 record, marking their first winning season since 2015. She also led DBU to their first-ever win in the LSC Tournament where they reached the quarterfinal round.
Following the 2021 season, Halee Van Poppel was tabbed an AVCA Honorable Mention All-American and the LSC Newcomer of the Year. Along with Van Poppels All-American accolades, Fish produced three All-Lone Star Conference performers in 2021 including Van Poppel (1st Team), Leah Palensky (Second Team), and Audrey Nunes (LSC All-Freshman Team).
DBUS SEASON RECORDS UNDER FISH
2021: 14-8
2022: 25-7 (NCAA Regional)
TOTAL: 39-15 (.722)
Fish came to DBU from Hill College where she spent four seasons at the helm and developed the Rebels into one of the premier NJCAA Division I programs in the country. In four seasons at Hill, Fish led the Rebels to three trips to the National Tournament, four consecutive Region 5 North Championships, three conference titles, and a pair of undefeated conference seasons.
Fish was recently named the Northern Texas Junior College Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 2021 and was tabbed to the American Volleyball Coaches Association's (AVCA) Thirty Under 30 Coaches list, recognizing the top up-and-coming coaching talent in volleyball. She was also a three-time District Coach of the Year and developed four players that received All-American honors during her four-year stint at Hill College.
Prior to arriving at Hill College in 2017, Fish served as the assistant coach at Charleston Southern University in South Carolina where she helped lead the Buccaneers to their best season in 30 years. Fish was the primary setting coach for Rachel Smith who led the Big South in assists and was the only setter to be named to the All-Freshman team.
Fish was a standout in her own-right on the court as a four-year letter-winner at the setter position at Virginia Tech. As one of the all-time greats in program history, Fish finished her career ranked fifth all-time in assists in school history, topping the 2,500 assist milestone. A standout in the classroom as well, Fish was a two-time All-ACC Academic Team selection.
Following her collegiate career, Fish played professionally in Denmark and Sweden where she was a two-time Most Valuable Player selection and led her team to their first Final Four appearance in program history. Fish also served as a head coach for the Amager VK 16U team and worked clinics at various local middle schools in Copenhagen.
In addition to her decorated volleyball coaching and playing careers, Fish has been a fixture serving in the communities that she has been a part of. Most recently, Fish developed and led weekly volleyball classes through Mission Waco, a Christian nonprofit organization serving the poor and marginalized. She also helped coordinate and lead the first Fellowship of Christian Athletes Volleyball Academy for 3rd-6th graders in Waco. Additionally,
During her time at Virginia Tech as a student-athlete, Fish was a three-year member of the Virginia Tech Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and was an active member in the campus ministry organizations, Athletes in Action and Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Among her other experiences on and off the court, Fish served a 10-week internship with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes organization in Huntington Beach, California, in the summer of 2015 that focused on developing and equipping college players who wanted to know God more and use volleyball to impact their team and community.
Fish has also served abroad working alongside a group of athletes from Virginia Tech that traveled to Eleuthera, a small island in the Bahamas, helping to build a local church, teaching sport, and feeding and providing other basic needs for the Haitian refugee community.
Additionally, Fish traveled to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic as a student leader for a summer course that focused on global citizen leadership and taught HIV/AIDS awareness and education through sports camps.
Fish is a 2015 graduate of Virginia Tech University with a Bachelor of Science in Human Development and is pursuing a Masters in Organizational Leadership from Lincoln Christian University. Jordan is a member and actively involved at Highland Baptist Church in Waco.
Assistant Coach
pickettl@southwestern.edu
Southwestern (TX)
Division 3
Pickett joins Southwestern University volleyball staff after serving as the Temple College head Coach since June of 2017. The growth in Pickett's coaching era went from 2 wins in 2017, to 18 wins and placing 3rd in the NJTCAC Conference in one season. In the 2021 season, the Leopards made it to the Regional Championship and finished the year as the number 1 blocking team in the nation. She has a 100% success transfer rate for players that desire to play at a 4 year institution. Since joining the Leopard Athletics staff, she has coached 3 All-Region athletes, 1 New Comer of the Year, 6 First-Team All-Conference athletes, 10 Second-Team All-Conference athletes, and 6 Academic All-Americans. 40% of her transfer athletes have transferred to Division-I universities. Another 40% transfer to Division-II, then the other 20% to NAIA and Division-III institutions.
From 2015-2017 Pickett coached a range of national teams at Austin Performance, while positional training pins and middles. In 2015, Pickett coached under Tyler Albarado (Baylor University). In 2014, Pickett student-assisted at University of Arkansas Fort-Smith, under Johnny Neely, who is now the BYU Women's Volleyball 1st assistant.
Pickett most recently played in the Bring It USA Professional Volleyball Tour in Slovenia, Croatia, and Italy in 2016. She played her junior and senior year of college at University of Arkansas-Fort Smith. In 2012-2013 Pickett was awarded 1st Team All-Conference for the Heartland and 1st Team All-Tournament for the Heartland Conference Tournament. In 2012 Pickett was awarded NCAA D2 Honorable Mention All-American. Prior to University of Arkansas-Fort Smith, Pickett played at Temple College, after transferring in from California State University East Bay, where she spent her freshman year. While with the Leopards in 2011, Pickett was awarded 1st Team All-Region, 1st Team All-Conference, and was the Region V North Co-Offensive MVP.
Pickett graduated from the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith with a Bachelor of Science in English Literature with a Teacher Licensure.
Outside of coaching, Pickett enjoys teaching Pilates, health and wellness, and being involved in women's ministry.
Head Coach
jespersen@rowan.edu
Rowan
Division 3
Deana Jespersen is entering in her 9th season as head womens volleyball coach at Rowan University and last year led the team to their most successful season in her tenure winning the NJAC Championship!
Last season in 2021, Coach Jespersen led the Profs to an NJAC Championship and NCAA Tournament berth. The Profs were ranked second in the region. Deana Jespersen was also named NJAC Coach of the Year (3rd time in her career) and Region IV Coach of the Year. Additionally, senior Outside Hitter Natalie Ogden was to the AVCA Division III All America Team, Honorable Mention. She also received All Region Honors. Junior Simone Sparano was named Co-Defensive Player of the year and three Profs were named to First Team All -Conference.
The 2019 Profs went 19-15 for the most wins since 2013 and posted a 7-1 conference record, formerly the best in Jespersens six seasons. Rowan, which enjoyed a six-match winning streak late in the year, earned its first-ever NCAA regional ranking of 10th in the final weeks of the regular season.
A total of 18 Profs have earned All-Conference honors under Jespersens guidance, including four players in 2019 Cassidy Abdalla, Kailey Gallagher, Megan Jacobi and Natalie Ogden. A milestone for the program was also achieved as Gallagher became the first-ever Prof to be named to the AVCA Division III All-America Team, receiving honorable mention. She also earned All-Region honors, becoming just the second player to do so.
In 2018, Jespersen earned the NJAC Joy Solomen Coach of the Year award for the second time in her career as she guided Rowan to a 17-16 mark, and a 6-2 league record to earn the second seed in the conference championship.
The Profs have earned a spot in the NJAC Championship Tournament for all eight years of Jespersens tenure and in 2017, qualified for their 11th consecutive tournament, posting a 4-4 league record and 12-20 overall mark. The 2016 team went 4-4 in the NJAC and 9-23 overall with the Profs going 11-22 and 5-3 in the NJAC in 2015.
Jespersen joined Rowan in 2014 and led the Profs to a 6-2 NJAC record to clinch the second seed in the conference tournament. She was named the leagues Coach of the Year for her efforts, which included a 16-16 overall mark.
Jespersens coaching career spans 16 seasons as she came to Rowan after 10 years as the head coach at Neumann UniversityHer teams at Neumann won three Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) championships, in 2007, 2008 and 2012, while the Knights advanced to the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament each of those years. She earned the CSAC Coach of the Year award five times, including in 2012 when she led the team to a perfect 11-0 conference mark. Neumann was the CSAC runner-up three times and made three appearances in the ECAC Tournament (2013, 2011, 2006).
Jespersen coached the 2012 CSAC Player of the Year at Neumann and saw three of her players earn the conferences Rookie of the Year award. One of her student-athletes also received the NCAA Ethnic Minority and Womens Enhancement Postgraduate Scholarship for Careers in Athletics.
Jespersen has served as the head coach of the Mystique Volleyball Club since 2004. Prior to beginning her stint at Neumann, she was the head coach at Swarthmore College in 1999 and was an assistant coach at Eastern University from 1996 to 1997.
A 1996 graduate of Elizabethtown College, she served as team co-captain and received the teams Most Valuable Player award three times while earning All-Middle Athletic Conference honors as a senior.
kingk2@queens.edu
Queens-Charlotte (NC)
Division 2
Head Coach
bsmith1@millersville.edu
Millersville Univeristy of Pennsylvania
Division 2
Brian Smith has won more matches than any other coach in Millersville volleyball history and enters his 12th season as the program's head coach in 2021 coming off of an historical 2019 season. Since taking over the program in 2010, Smith has returned the Marauders to perennial postseason contenders and mentored numerous players to record-setting careers and awards.
Smith, a 1987 graduate of Millersville University, led the program to back-to-back PSAC Tournament appearances in 2012 and 2013--a first at Millersville since 2004-05. In 2018, Smith guided the Marauders to their first divisional title and best PSAC winning percentage since 1999. In 2019, the Marauders won a school-record 26 matches and reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1995.
He has coached 15 All-PSAC honorees including 2019 PSAC Athlete of the Year Jayci Suseland and three-time honoree Brooklyn Smith, who was also named PSAC East Defensive Athlete of the Year in 2013.
Five of Smith's players--Suseland, Lindsey Blevins, Allison Huss, Katie Lesinski and Erin Harman--entered into rare company at Millersville, totaling 1,000 career kills. They are five of just 11 Marauders to reach the milestone. Suseland set the program's all-time kills record. Lesinski also won the PSAC East Freshman of the Year Award in 2011. Harman was one of three players in program history with 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs. Defensively, libero Brooklyn Smith set the school record for digs in a career with 2,429. In 2019, setter Katie Laughman set the single-season record for assist.
Assistant Coach
miranda.rodriguez@pittstate.edu
Pittsburg State
Division 2
Miranda Rodriguez begins her third year as an assistant volleyball coach at Pittsburg State University.
Rodriguez came to Pitt State after spending the previous two seasons as a graduate assistant at MIAA member Washburn University. She helped the Ichabods compile a 60-9 (.870) record in her two seasons including a 33-5 record and an appearance in the NCAA Division II national semifinals in 2018.
A native of Joilet, Ill., Rodriguez went to Washburn after a successful collegiate career at Quincy University in Quincy, Ill., where she was a four-year starter (2014-17). During her career with the Hawks, she directed the team's offense as the primary setter and finished her career ranked fifth all-time in school history with 2,179 assists. She also became only the fifth player in program history to eclipse the 2,000-assist mark.
Prior to joining the WU coaching staff, Rodriguez had two years of coaching experience as an assistant coach at Quincy Junior High School from the 2016-17 seasons. Additionally, in the spring of 2018, she took the reins of the Quincy Elite Volleyball Club 17U team as the head coach. She also has been an assistant coach for the Topeka Impact the past two seasons and helped the squad finish ninth at USAV Junior Nationals (USA).
Rodriguez graduated from Quincy (Ill.) in May 2018 with a bachelor's in sports management with a minor in marketing. She is currently completing her master's degree in communication and leadership from Washburn.
Assistant Coach
rcamposa@pointloma.edu
Point Loma Nazarene
Division 2
Assistant Coach
hanvoss17@gmail.com
Rockhurst
Division 2
Rockhurst University Volleyball - Division II - Great Lakes Valley Conference
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
jalvare7@uccs.edu
Colorado-Colorado Springs
Division 2
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.
eruhl@ltu.edu
Lawrence Tech
NAIA
Assistant Coach
rlpitre@loyno.edu
Loyola-New Orleans (LA)
NAIA
Robert Pitre joined the Wolf Pack womens volleyball staff in the spring of 2018, helping to guide Loyola to the quarterfinals of the SSAC Championship tournament in his first year. In his second year as assistant coach in 2019, the Pack went 9-4 in SSAC play, the best conference record since 2011, while finishing with 19 wins overall, the highest mark since 2012.
Pitre came to Loyola after coaching the Mississippi Gulf Coast Volleyball Club to a 16-10 record. During the 2017 volleyball season as the assistant coach at Northwest Christian University in Eugene, Ore., he helped guide the team to a historic year, garnering the most conference wins in school history. Earning their first playoff appearance for the program since 2014, their season was highlighted by an upset against the No. 15 team in the country, Corban University. Working with the 16U Webfoot Juniors Volleyball Club in Eugene, Ore. during the 2015-16 season, the team went 16-2 and placed eighth at the Pacific Northwest Qualifier in 2017.
Pitres other coaching experiences include volunteering with NCU volleyball during the 2014-15 season and earning the 2010 Baseball Willamette Valley Championship as the 12U Willamette Valley Babe Ruth Volunteer Head Coach.
He graduated with Cum Laude Honors from the University of Oregon in June of 2015 with a bachelors degree in economics. Pitre married his wife, Kelly Pitre, in 2015 and welcomed his first child in the winter of 2016, Elijah.
Head Coach
acunningham@fhu.edu
Freed-Hardeman
NAIA
Amanda Cunningham is the Head Volleyball Coach at Freed-Hardeman University. Before attaining this position, Amanda served as FHU Assistant Coach for three seasons. She also spent four years as the Head Volleyball Coach for Hardin County High School in Savannah, TN., and helped coach at Hardin County Middle School. Originally from Cookeville, TN., she spent her college career at Freed-Hardeman as a four year starting middle blocker. She currently sits at 6th all time in career blocks for the program.
Assistant Volleyball Coach
gearharth@winthrop.edu
Winthrop
Division 1
The Eagles Volleyball program is incredibly fortunate to have another extremely qualified and experienced coach a part of the program, said head coach Chuck Rey. One goal of Eagles Volleyball is to make a deep run in the NCAA Tournament. Heather has done so as a coach and a former student-athlete. For us to achieve lofty goals, we need to surround ourselves and be led by those that have experience. Having experience as both a coach and student-athlete will provide great insight for our current team members.
Before joining the Eagles, Gearhart served as the assistant volleyball coach at the University of Akron for the 2019 season. During her time with the Zips, the team finished with the most overall wins since 2003 and made its first MAC tournament appearance since 2012. Prior to that, Gearhart served as the volunteer assistant coach at the University of Tennessee for the 2018 season. The team saw its largest single-season turnaround in program history with an overall 14-win increase, earning a NCAA tournament berth and advancing to the Second Round. Gearharts expertise is in backcourt defense and serve-receive.
The Chula Vista, California native was student-athlete at the University of North Carolina, where she earned a Bachelors Degree in Exercise & Sports Science with a minor in Coaching Education and was a four-year member of the volleyball team. During her time as a Tar Heel, the team made four NCAA Tournament appearances, advancing to the second round in 2012 and 2015. During the 2014 season, the Tar Heels were ACC Champions, went to the NCAA Elite 8, had the highest RPI ranking in school history at #5, highest AVCA ranking at #7, and the longest winning streak in school history with 20 wins. Off of the court at Carolina, Gearhart was a member of the Dean's List, ACC Honor Roll, and ranked Top 15 out of all female student-athletes in the weight room. In 2015, Gearhart went to the USA Open Tryouts and was a member of the USA Collegiate National Team.
Following her collegiate career, Gearhart attended the University of Nottingham to earn her Masters Degree in Marketing. While in England, she played for Nottingham's university team and professional team. She served as team captain of both teams, finishing the season Top 8 in the UK.
Gearhart currently lives in Charlotte with her husband, Derek Sullivan, who played at and now serves as the Mens Head Volleyball Coach at Belmont Abbey College.
Head Coach
ellen.herman@uconn.edu
Connecticut
Division 1
Herman is entering the second year of her second stint the Huskies, re-joining the Huskies in 2014 after also serving as an assistant in 2011. Herman joins the UConn staff after playing professionally in Europe and after a standout career at Ohio University.
The Toledo, Ohio native most recently played professionally with Sagres NUC, one of the top teams in the LNA, the top professional league in Switzerland. During the 2011-2012 season, she was match MVP three times, and helped the out of Neuchatel, Switzerland club finish second in the league. Sagres also reached the Swiss Cup final and the quarterfinals of the CEV Challenge Cup, a European-wide Championship. Returning to Neuchatel the following season, she was awarded match MVP five times and the team finished third place in the LNA. In addition to her coaching duties at UConn, Herman also serves as the Director of the Connecticut Volleyball Institute.
In 2010, she competed for VT Aurubis Hamburg, a member of Germany's 14-team premier league, the Bundesliga. During her brief stint in Germany, she received MVP honors during two matches.
Prior to her professional career, Herman trained with the U.S. National Team during the summer of 2009 and competed with the U.S. National Team on their Tour of China during February of 2010. She also competed with the U.S. A2 Team, earning Most Valuable Player honors at the Adult Open Championship in 2008.
Herman, a two-time All-American, led the Bobcats to four successful seasons during her collegiate career, including three Mid American Conference regular season championships, three MAC tournament championships and four NCAA tournament berths. She was named the MAC Player of the Year as a junior and senior and also earned MAC Freshman of the Year accolades during her rookie campaign. The four-time first team All-MAC selection left Ohio University as the OU and MAC all-time leader in kills, as well as OU's all-time leader in points and attacks.
Herman, who earned Academic All-MAC honors three times during her collegiate career, graduated with a Bachelor of Health Administration from Ohio University in June 2010.
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
Head Coach
hamptond@uncw.edu
North Carolina-Wilmington
Division 1
UNCW is Hamptons third head coaching position following tenures at Niagara (2012) and South Carolina (2017-interim). She has served as an assistant coach on the staff at Coastal Carolina.
Hampton helped the Chanticleers compile a 24-6 record overall and 13-3 mark in the competitive Sun Belt Conference. The Chants finished first in the Eastern Division and came up just short to Texas State in the finals of the SBC Tournament.
Prior to joining the Coastal Carolina program, Hampton served as an assistant at South Carolina from 2014-17, finishing the 2017 season as interim head coach. In Hamptons four seasons in Columbia, the Gamecocks racked up 60 wins.
Hampton was previously the head coach at Niagara, piloting the Purple Eagles to a 15-14 record overall and 12-6 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in 2012.
Hampton served as an assistant coach at five schools. She served on the staffs at Indiana (2005-06), former CAA rival George Mason (2007-10), Pittsburgh (2011) and Butler (2013). In 2009, she helped George Mason post a 23-9 record, capture the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament championship secure and NCAA berth.
Hampton is a 1998 graduate of Purdue-Fort Wayne, where she was a three-time All-Great Lakes Valley Conference and two-time All-Region volleyball honoree. Hampton was an AVCA All-America selection as a senior.
Following her collegiate career, Hampton played four seasons professionally in Europe.
Assistant coach
tebbecke@elon.edu
Elon
Division 1
Before coming to Elon, Ebbecke was an assistant coach at The Citadel since March 2020, helping the Bulldogs capture the 2021 SoCon Championship title and the program's first-ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Additionally, the team earned its first ever AVCA East Coast All-Region selection, its first SoCon First Team honoree along with three All-Conference selections, had the conference Freshman of Year, and secured wins over College of Charleston and ETSU for the first time in series history.
Ebbecke spent the 2019 season as an assistant with the Purdue University volleyball program. He primarily served as the co-defensive coordinator as well as the middle and opposite hitters coach. During his time there, the Boilermakers made their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen since 2013.
A graduate of Mount Olive, Ebbecke helped the volleyball team to a pair of Conference Carolinas championships in 2010 and 2011. He broke the school record for blocks per set (1.20) and finished fourth in the program's history in solo blocks, block assists and total blocks.
Head Coach
davisct@wssu.edu
Winston-Salem State
Division 1
Chanel Davis joined the Winston-Salem State University athletics staff in the fall of 2019 as the volleyball head coach for the Rams. She will look to lead the Rams in their continued quest for success.
Coach Davis began her career on a high note with an impressive first season with the Rams. She led the team to a 17-10 overall record and a 13-4 record in Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) play and a fourth place finish in the CIAA Southern Division. The team led the CIAA in total blocks (172) with freshman Niyonna McIntyre leading the conference with 77 total blocks (22 solo).
Davis comes to Winston-Salem State after serving as the head coach at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. She began her coaching career at West Virginia Wesleyan College where she spent time both as an assistant coach and as an interim head coach. She also served as a head coach at Cape Fear Volleyball Club and Tsunami Volleyball Club in Atlanta, Ga for one season.
She is a graduate of the University of West Alabama where she played for two seasons and had a great career. She broke the school record for attack percentage in a single match (.750) during her junior season. She earned All-Gulf South Conference honors twice and she finished her career with 558 kills and 175 total blocks. She began her collegiate playing career at NCAA Division I Kennesaw State where she played for two seasons.
She earned a Bachelor of Science in Integrated Marketing Communications from the University of West Alabama. She is a native of Wilmington, N.C.
Associate Head Coach
zweinberg@tntech.edu
Tennessee Tech
Division 1
Zach Weinberg was named Tennessee Tech's beach volleyball head coach in April 2022, serving as the first head coach in program history for a team that will begin competition during the 2023 season.
In addition to serving as the head coach of the beach volleyball team, Weinberg also serves as the associate head coach of the indoor program, kicking off his fifth season with the Golden Eagles in 2022. He was promoted from assistant coach to associate head coach in June 2021 after initially joining the program in February 2018.
Prior to coming to Tech, Weinberg was an assistant coach at UNLV, where he helped the Runnin' Rebels to the program's first-ever at-large bid and win in the NCAA Tournament in 2016. UNLV finished 24-8 that season with a program-high No. 33 finish in the national RPI.
Weinberg worked heavily with team defense, liberos and recruiting at UNLV, and the team ended both the 2016 and 2017 seasons ranked within the top 70 programs in the country in total blocks. His 2017 recruiting class received an honorable mention honor from PrepVolleyball.
Weinberg earned his master's degree at Northwestern State University, where he worked as a graduate assistant coach and video coordinator for the volleyball team. The Lady Demons captured the program's first-ever Southland Conference tournament championship and NCAA Tournament berth in the 2014 season. Senior Mackenzie Neely was named the Southland Conference Tournament's MVP and received all-conference first-team honors.
During Weinberg's time at Northwestern State, the Lady Demons also ranked with the top 40 teams nationally in four statistical categories: opponent hitting percentage, aces per set, digs per set and blocks per set.
He received the opportunity to become the head coach of Maccabi USA's women's youth and open women's beach volleyball teams from April 2015 to January 2016. Maccabi USA is a not-for-profit organization that fields athletic teams composed of Jewish athletes. Weinberg hand-selected athletes from throughout the continental United States and guided both teams to gold medals at the 2015 Pan American Maccabi Games (an Olympics equivalent) in Santiago, Chile.
Weinberg served as a student assistant coach at his alma mater, Ohio, after working as a student manager from Dec. 2008 to Sept. 2009. The Bobcats won three regular-season and three MAC conference championships to qualify for the NCAA Tournament. Concurrently, he was the president, head coach and four-year starter for the Ohio men's club volleyball team.
Weinberg has additional head coaching experience from his tenure at Camden Catholic High School in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and the ALETA Aces Volleyball Club in Athens, Ohio.
Zach and his wife, Paige, were married June 30, 2018 and have one son.
WEINBERG AT A GLANCE
BEACH COACHING CAREER
Tennessee Tech University, head coach
April 2022 present
INDOOR COACHING CAREER
Tennessee Tech University, associate head coach
June 2021 present
Maccabi USA Women's Volleyball, head coach
April 2021 July 2022
Tennessee Tech University, assistant coach
February 2018 June 2021
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, assistant coach
June 2016 February 2018
Maccabi USA Youth Volleyball, head coach
April 2015 January 2016
Northwestern State University, graduate assistant coach/video coordinator
January 2014 April 2016
Camden Catholic High School, head coach
August December 2013
Ohio University, student assistant coach
September 2009 March 2012
ALETA Aces Volleyball Club, head coach
March 2011 March 2012
Ohio men's club volleyball, president/head coach
September 2008 March 2012
EDUCATION
Northwestern State University, M.S. Health and Human Performance
December 2015
Ohio University, B.S. Sport Management
March 2012
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.
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.
Volleyball Head Coach
jackismith@carleton.edu
Carleton (MN)
Division 3
Head Coach at Carleton College (NCAA Division III). Small liberal arts college in Northfield, MN
Head Coach
scleary@franciscan.edu
Franciscan-Steubenville
Division 3
Head Coach
slaurendine@mc.edu
Mississippi College
Division 2
[SHAWNA LAURENDINE SEASON-BY-SEASON RECORDS](https://stats.ncaa.org/people/7798sport_code=WVB)
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COACHING MILESTONES
-2003 Gulf South Conference Coach of the Year
-2012 Southern Athletic Association Coach of the Year
-Win #1 | Sept. 6, 1996 vs. King College (3-0)
-Win #100 | Sept. 13, 2002 vs. Incarnate Word (3-1)
-Win #200 | Oct. 29, 2016 vs. Wesleyan (Ga.) (3-0)
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POSTSEASON
GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE (GSC)
-GSC Tournament Appearances (1996, 2003, 2019)
SOUTHERN ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (SAA)
-SAA Tournament Appearances (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
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PLAYER ACCOLADES
GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE (GSC)
-Player of the Year (1): Brittany Wright (2003)
-First Team (9): Brittany Wright (2003), Melinda Pitcock (2003), Brandi Patterson (2003), Brooke Barnett (2001, 02), Regan Adams (1997), Amy Douglas (1996), Dee Dee Long (1996), Angie Lobb (1996)
-Second Team (4): Lexi Laurendine (2019), Brandi Beeson (2004, 05), Brittany Wright (2002)
-All Tournament (1): Dee Dee Long (1996)
-Academic Honor Roll (26): Kate Bass (2019), Sloane FitzHenry (2019), Madelyn Keene (2019), Levi Lennard (2019), Noa Parks (2019), Gwenyth Prenter (2019), Lexi Richards (2019), Ingrid Savola (2019), Jill Brown (2018), Brandi Bundy (2018, 19), Erin Davis (2018, 19), Lexie Laurendine (2018, 19), Erin Markham (2018), Rylee Markham (2018), Julia Martin (2018, 19), Shelby Grace Mays (2018), Makenzie McLendon (2018), Kendall Platt (2018, 19), Hannah Rue (2018, 19), Kaitlyn Wilson (2018)
SOUTHERN ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (SAA)
-Defensive Player of the Year (1): Sara Jayne Sutton (2014)
-Newcomer of the Year (1): Destiny Stewart (2017)
-First Team (2): Destiny Stewart (2017), Sara Jayne Sutton (2014)
-Second Team (7): Caroline Montgomery (2015), Diamond Stewart (2015, 16), Jamie Sue Wilson (2012, 13, 14), Kayla Sewell (2012)
-Honorable Mention (8): Peyton Parent (2017), Constance Connolly (2017), Mason Gardella (2016), Sara Jayne Sutton (2016), Kayla Sewell (2013), Diamond Stewart (2013, 14), Jamie Kosman (2012)
-Academic Honor Roll (41): Claire Crow (2017), Constance Connolly (2016, 17), Sara Jayne Sutton (2016), Mason Gardella (2016, 17), Caroline Montgomery (2015), Diamond Stewart (2015, 16), Amerlia Burruss (2014), Walker Buxton (2014), Elizabeth Gill (2014, 15, 16, 17), Kristen Gray (2014, 15, 16), Casey Hassett (2014, 15), Caroline Owens (2014, 15, 17), Maggie Stanford (2014, 15), Breanna Ayala (2013), Lucy Riddle (2013, 14), Sarah Fleming (2012), Jordan Grant (2012), Rebecca Hannigan (2012, 13), Blair Johnson (2012), Desiree Kamerman (2012, 13, 14, 15), Nicole Klug (2012), Rachel Schuman (2012, 13, 14)
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COLLEGIATE COACHING EXPERIENCE
-Was an assistant coach at her alma mater, the University of Montevallo (1994-96).
-Was the head coach at the University of West Alabama (1996-99).
-Served as the head coach at Southern Arkansas University (2001-05).
-Coached six seasons at Sewanee University (2012-2017).
-Named head coach at Mississippi College on January 11, 2018.
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PLAYING CAREER
-During her career she earned NAIA First Team All-America, AVCA First Team All-America, Asics Tiger First Team All-America and NAIA District 27 Freshman of the Year.
-Helped UM to the second longest win streak in NAIA history during her senior season (42 consectuive).
-1994 Sington Trophy, given annually to Alabamas outstanding athletes of the year.
-Named to the UM Hall of Fame in 1999.
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EDUCATION
-Received her Bachelor of Science in Physical Education in 1994
-Earned her Masters Degree in Physical Education in 1996.
Head Coach
apritchard@marian.edu
Marian (IN)
NAIA
Head coach Ashlee Pritchard finished her ninth season at the helm of the MU volleyball program in 2020-21 after being named the program's third head coach on March 24, 2012.Pritchard continued the Knights' success established over the last few seasons in 2020-21, leading the Knights an 18-5 record and to the NAIA Tournament for the fourth consecutive season while asserting the Knights as one of the top-15 teams in the NAIA.Pritchard led Marian to a 10-2 record in [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) play after going through challenges with the COVID-19 pandemic, and had six Knights earn All-[Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) Team honor, including Skyler Van Note, who was named Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. Van Note also earned First Team NAIA All-American honors for the second straight year, becoming Pritchard's first two-time First Team All-American.After the 18-5 record in 2020-21, Pritchard improved her overall record at Marian to 187-100. With a 10-2 record in [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) play, Pritchard is now 102-54 all-time in [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) matches as the Knights head coach. Since the 2017 season, Marian has a combined record of 114-22 under Pritchard's leadership. Pritchard led the team to a historic 2019 season, accomplishing several professional and personal milestones in her eighth season as the head coach of the Knights.
She led the team to a 38-2 overall record, setting a program best mark en route to winning the first NAIA National Championship in program history. Pritchard also guided Marian to their third straight Crossroads League Regular Season Championship with a regular season record of 17-1, and reached the [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) Tournament Championship for the second straight season. 2019 was the third straight season Marian has qualified for the NAIA National Tournament, by passing the opening round for the first time in the three year stretch.
After the 38-2 record in 2019, Pritchard improved her overall record at Marian to 169-95. With a 17-1 record in [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) play, Pritchard is now 92-52 all-time in [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) matches as the Knights head coach. Since the 2017 season, Marian has a combined record of 96-17 under Pritchard's leadership.
Marian defeated several ranked opponents on their way to winning the NAIA National Championship. During the regular season, they defeated (RV) St. Xavier, (RV) Trinity Christian, No. 16 Aquinas, (RV) St. Francis (Ind.), No. 3 Indiana Weselyan, and (RV) St. Francis (Ind.). In the NAIA National Tournament, they defeated No. 21 Embry-Riddle, (RV) Ottawa, No. 6 Viterbo, No. 5 Southern Oregon, No. 4 Missouri Baptist, No. 8 Jamestown, and (RV) Westmont in the NAIA Championship Game. The win over No. 3 Indiana Wesleyan is the highest ranked team that the Knights have defeated in program history.
In 2019 Ashlee Pritchard added to her awards collection as a coach, claiming the honor of being named the NAIA Coach of the Year. Pritchard was also named the NAIA All-Tournament Team Coach. In addition to the coaching accolades, Pritchard added to her family welcoming her second child, Drummond Lee, on October 1.
For the third straight season, Pritchard coached an NAIA All-American. In 2019, she guided Skyler Van Note to a First Team NAIA All-American Honor, and Sarah Spangler to a Honorable Mention Team All-American honor. Van Note is the first player in program history to be named to the first team All-American Team.
Pritchard and her staff coached five players to All-[Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) honors in 2019, including three players to make the first team. Of those on the first team, Skyler Van Note and Megan Hawley earned extra honors as Van Note was named the CL Player of the Year and Hawley was named the CL Libero of the Year. Marian also had three players named to the AVCA MidCentral Region Team.
Helped Marian to a national ranking of No. 11 prior to entering the NAIA National Tournament. In the final poll, Marian was ranked No. 1 for the first time in program history.
She led Marian to seven national rankings statistcally as a team in 2019, ranking fifth in the NAIA in assists with 1827, fifth in digs with 2753, sixth in kills with 1973, eighth in hitting percentage at .246, ninth in kills per set at 13.8, 11th in assists per set at 12.78, and 12th in digs per set at 19.25.
She finished the 2018 season with a 131-93 overall record as the Marian head coach, leading the team to their first 30-win season with a 30-7 record. The Knights won their second straight [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) Regular Season Title after winning in 2017. Pritchard also guided the team to it's first ever [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) Tournament Championship, taking the Knights to the NAIA National Tournament for the second time in school history.After entering the 2017 season with a career record of 73-78, Pritchard has guided the Knights to a 58-15 mark over the past two seasons (2017-18).Pritchard led the team to it's second straight NAIA Opening Round win, defeating Faulkner in three sets in the inagural volleyball match held in the newly renovated arena. She then followed that win with a 3-0 sweep over No. 8 Northwestern, defeating the first top-10 program in school history while winning the first ever match at the NAIA National Tournament Final Site.In 2018 Pritchard added to her personal award collection, winning the [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) Coach of the Year for the third straight season. She was also awarded the AVCA All Mid-Central Region Co-Coach of the Year, winning the honor for the second year in a row.For the second straight season coached an NAIA All-American, as Sarah Spangler, Skyler Van Note, and Hannah Trout all were named to the Honorable Mention All-American Team in 2018. In 2018 she coached five players five players to the All-[Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) Teams, coaching Sarah Spangler and Skyler Van Note to the All-[Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) Freshman Team. She also led three players to the NAIA AVCA All Mid-Central Region Team. She finished the 2017 with a 101-86 overall record after leading Marian to 28-8 in 2017, guiding the Knights to the first [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) Title since 1988. She led the Knights to a 16-2 conference record, including the programs first win against Indiana Wesleyan since 2010. She led the Knights to the [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) Tournament for the fifth time in her six years, picking up her 100th win against Mt. Vernon in the [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) Quarterfinal. Pritchard led the team in 2017 to its first ever NAIA Tournament Appearance, picking up the first ever postseason win in the NAIA Opening Round against Xavier (La.).Earned the 2017 [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) and AVCA NAIA Mid-Central Region Coach of the Year for the second straight season.Coached the 2017 [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) and AVCA NAIA Mid-Central Region Player of the Year in Kacee Salyers, as well as the 2017 [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) and AVCA NAIA Mid-Central Region Libero of the Year in Vanessa Lay. Salyers also received NAIA All-American Third Team honors under Pritchard's supervision.In 2017 she coached five players to the All-[Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) teams, as well as three to the AVCA NAIA Mid-Central Region team.She finished the 2016 season with a 73-78 overall record after an 22-12 campaign in 2016 that saw MU finish 10-8 in league play. She has led MU to the [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) Tournament in four out of her first five seasons.
Earned the 2016 [Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) and AVCA Midcentral Region Coach of the Year.
In 2016 she coached six Knights to all-league recognition, including Freshman of the Year Anne Strevels.
Pritchard guided McKenzie Mason and Lauren Gregory to All-[Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) Second Team honors in 2014. She has led eight Knights to all-league recognition in her first three seasons and has placed four student-athletes on the all-league first team.
She has coached 11 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athletes and guided Ashley Francis to AVCA All-America honorable mention as well as Tachikara All-America honorable mention in her first season.
She earned the American Volleyball Coaches' Association (AVCA) "Thirty Under 30" award twice in her career.
Prior to taking the MU job in 2012, Pritchard, a Pendleton, Ind., native, spent 2009-12 as the assistant coach at Taylor University where she also served as assistant director of athletics for event management. She was a integral part of three Mid-Central College Conference championship teams that also earned berths in the NAIA National Volleyball Championship. In her three seasons as assistant coach, the Trojans were ranked in the NAIA Volleyball Coaches' Poll and had four student-athletes honored as NAIA All-Americans. The Trojans compiled a 103-24 record, including a 41-1 mark in the MCC, during her time at Taylor University alongside head coach Brittany Smith. In her position at Taylor University, she also served as the recruiting coordinator and focused on defensive specialist and libero training. She was also responsible for the strength and conditioning regiments of the program as well as the day-to-day program operations, including travel.
She had served as a coach for the Munciana Club volleyball program for four seasons prior to Marian at different age levels within the club. She served as an assistant coach for the 12-and-under team in 2009, was the head coach for the 16-and-under program from 2010-11 and was the head coach for the 17-and-under national team in 2012. She also served as coach for the Momentum Volleyball Club from 2006-08 in Upland, Ind., with the 14, 16 and 18 age groups.
Pritchard also has a wide array of volleyball camp experience. She has worked the Liberty Christian Summer Volleyball Camp and worked at the University of Notre Dame Summer Volleyball Camp in 2011. She also served as the top instructional assistant at the Trojan Select Volleyball Camp at Taylor University while an assistant there.
A graduate of Taylor University, Pritchard played volleyball for four years as a Trojan and served as team captain as a senior. As a defensive specialist, she accumulated 1,676 digs in 472 career sets to place her fourth on Taylor's all-time career digs per set list. She was part of back-to-back MCC championships during her final two seasons as a Trojan.
Pritchard graduated from Taylor with a bachelor's degree in exercise science with a minor in management in 2009 and earned a master's degree in sports administration from Liberty University. She and her husband, Nathan, reside in Indianapolis and welcomed their first child, Charlotte, on Thursday, June 11, 2015. On October 1, 2019, Ashlee and Nathan welcomed their second child, Drummond Lee.
Pritchard's ResumeYEARRECORDCONF. RECORDPOSTSEASON201214-1411-7 201318-1112-6 201411-236-12 20158-185-13 201622-1210-8 201728-816-2
NAIA National Tournament;
[Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) Champions
201830-715-3
NAIA National Tournament;
[Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) Champions;
[Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) Tournament Champions
201938-217-1
[Crossroads League](http://www.crossroadsleague.com/) Champions
NAIA National Champions
NAIA National Tournament
TOTALS
169-95
(.640)
92-52
(.639)
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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