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mkolze@gmu.edu
George Mason
Division 1
MJ Kolze is in her third season with the George Mason University Women's Volleyball Team. As the Technical Coordinator, Kolze takes detailed practice stats, creates developmental and strategic statistical analyses focused on both the Patriots and opponents, and conducts mental performance training with the team.
Kolze was recognized by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) as one of its Thirty Under 30 HS honorees, a program created to recognize 30 up-and-coming volleyball coaches age 30 and under. She earned the AVCA Networks Award and Innovation Award in 2020 and 2021. In December of 2023, Kolze was selected as a presenter at the AVCA Convention, utilizing her background in Industrial / Organizational Psychology to share about Taming the Intangibles. She is one of 24 speakers scheduled for the 2024 AVCA coaches' education webinar series (presentation to air in October, 2024). Her workbook for student-athletes, In Season Focus, will be available for purchase on Amazon in May 2024.
Kolze currently works with Manassas Volleyball Club. Prior to her time at Mason, Kolze was the inaugural varsity head volleyball coach at Lightridge High School in 2020-21. The team earned the AVCA/USMC Team Academic Award (2020) and Dig Pink Philanthropic Achievement Award (2020 and 2021). In addition, Kolze is an adjunct professor for Trinity Washington University, teaching psychology courses.
Kolze played for Missouri State (2010-14) where she earned at-large bids to two NCAA Tournaments and garnered Academic All-Conference honors her senior year. The Bears posted 20+ wins in four of her five seasons.
A native of Tempe, Ariz., Kolze earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from Missouri State in 2012 and master's degree in industrial and organizational psychology from Mason in 2018.
Assistant Coach
lashton@coppin.edu
Coppin State
Division 1
I am a middles/blocking coach at Coppin State University, an HBCU in Baltimore,MD. This was my 4th season.
I was a MH at a Division 1 program almost 20 years ago. Im high energy and have fallen in love with seeing young women grow their love for volleyball at the collegiate level.
Head Coach
dbrooks@desu.edu
Delaware State
Division 1
Assistant Coach
arritson1@geneva.edu
Geneva
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.
Head Coach
travis.hinkle@fairmontstate.edu
Fairmont State
Division 2
Fairmont State Head Volleyball Coach 2021-current
Notre Dame College Head Volleyball Coach 2018-Spring 2021
West Liberty University Assistant Volleyball Coach 2012-2018
Club Volleyball Coach 2020-current
Coached 1 All-American, 3 Academic All-Americans, 3 All-Region, Head Coach of 12 All-Conference Players, 4 time AVCA All Academic Team Award
Member of American Volleyball Coaches Association
jfm6077@psu.edu
Penn State-Altoona
Division 3
Jamie McGreal is the assistant women's volleyball coach at Penn State Altoona. She began her coaching career at Ivyside in fall 2021.
After serving as the Lions' assistant coach for the 2021 and 2022 seasons, McGreal became the interim head coach of the program in 2023. In that season, she guided the Lions to their third-ever Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference championship, which led to the team's third NCAA Division III postseason appearance. For her success with the program, she was voted the AMCC's 2023 Coach of the Year in women's volleyball.
Prior to the beginning of her time at Penn State Altoona, McGreal was the head coach at LaGrange College (Ga.) from 2014-16, where she posted a 53-50 record, culminating with a 22-14 record and appearance in the USA South tournament semifinal. Under her tutelage, McGreals program produced the first USA South womens volleyball all-conference selections for LaGrange in team history.
After her time at LaGrange, McGreal has served as the Hollidaysburg Area Senior High Schools girls volleyball head coach, helping to lead the Golden Tigers to back-to-back PA District VI playoff finals. She also spent time as an assistant coach with the Saint Francis University (Pa.) womens volleyball program for one season.
McGreal was also a standout volleyball player for Frostburg State University (Md.), where she was a team captain and led the Bobcats to four consecutive conference championship titles three coming in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference and one in the Capital Athletic Conference. McGreal was a two-time all-league selection, including earning second team honors as a senior in 2010. In the Bobcats all-time records, she still ranks second in service aces (237), fourth in digs (1,532), and 10th in kills (962). McGreal also holds Frostburgs single-season (92) and single-match (11) records for service aces.
Head Coach
mcgeede@hollins.edu
Hollins
Division 3
David McGee is his third year leading the Hollins Volleyball program.
Since 2010, McGee has been the head volleyball coach of the 16's Open team for the Roanoke United Volleyball Club, and, since 2012, has been the head coach of the James River High School volleyball team. While at James River, he has led the Knights to five district championships and two region championships and took the team to the VHSL state quarterfinals in 2012.
Prior to his time James River, he was the head coach at Bath County High School from 2004-2012. He took Bath County to three-straight VHSL state semi-final appearances, bringing home a state championship in 2011. He was also named the 2011 VHSL Coach of the Year. He developed a feeder program for youth volleyball in the Bath County area and helped the team to a winning season in his inaugural year, the school's first in over 20 seasons. In his nine years at the helm at BC, he was voted the District Coach of the Year five times and Region Coach of the Year three times.
McGee founded and directed the Virginia Highlands Volleyball Club, which is based in Bath County from 2003-2010. He has a level two coaching accreditation through USA Coaching.
He has a bachelors in mathematics from Virginia Tech and a masters in Kinesiology, with focus in sports psych, from AT Still University.
Assistant Coach
doshir@moravian.edu
Moravian
Division 3
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As part of our COVID-19 safety plan, the indoor sessions traditionally held on the first day of camp will be shared online.
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Associate Head Coach, Recruiting Coordinator
billye@ku.edu
Kansas
Division 1
Billy Ebel enters his third season as an assistant coach on Ray Bechards coaching staff at the University of Kansas in 2020. Ebel joined the Jayhawks after five seasons at Lipscomb University.
Billys infectious enthusiasm will serve our program very well, Bechard said. He is a great ambassador for volleyball. His hunger to learn and gain experience has made him an outstanding teacher in the gym. In addition to his time at Lipscomb and UMKC, he has played at the highest level of the mens game, has been involved with USA Volleyball programs, and worked numerous summer camps including ours at KU. He puts the athletes first hes most concerned about their development.
During his time at Lipscomb, Ebel helped lead the Bisons to three Atlantic Sun Conference regular-season titles and three appearances in the NCAA Tournament. In 2014, Ebel and the Bisons earned the ASUNs first-ever at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. After three seasons as an assistant coach he was promoted to associate head coach by Lipscomb head coach Brandon Rosenthal in 2016, which was the first time Rosenthal had named an associate head coach.
The Overland Park, Kansas, native also has extensive coaching experience with U.S. Womens National Teams, where he has crossed paths with KU All-Americans Kelsie Payne and Ainise Havili on the national team circuit.
Ebel graduated from Ball State University in 2010, where he was a standout mens volleyball student-athlete and served as team captain, earning all-conference honors during his senior year. In 2010, he set the schools single-season record with a 3.05 digs-per-set average.
He cut his teeth in the coaching career as a volunteer assistant at UMKC under Bechards former KU assistant, Christi Posey.
Prior to joining the UMKC staff, Ebel served as a defensive coordinator at Bishop Miege, his former high school team. He helped the Lady Stags to the 2010 Kansas State Championship. While in college, Ebel served as a volunteer assistant coach at prep powerhouse Muncie Burris Laboratory High School in Muncie, Indiana, for three seasons. He helped guide the Owls to the Indiana Class 2A State Championship in each season and one national runner-up finish.
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
ja3445@columbia.edu
Columbia (NY)
Division 1
Entering her third season at Columbia, Julia Anderson was announced as Assistant Volleyball Coach by head coach Allison Keeley prior to the 2019 season.
Her role at the helm of the setters, duing the 2019 season, saw junior setter Audrey Cheng pass 2,000 assists in her career. And under Anderson's tutelage, Cheng positioned herself as third on the all-time career assists list for Columbia.
Anderson came to Columbia after spending two seasons as the First Assistant Coach at Fairfield from 2017-19.
Anderson focused primarily on the setters, during her time at Fairfield she coached First-Year setter Alexis Rich, who was an unanimous pick for the 2018 MAAC Rookie Team. Along with Rich's success, Anderson was key to Manuela Nicolini earning MAAC Setter of the Year and First Team All-MAAC honors following the 2017 season. Fairfield also won itself a 2017 MAAC Championship with Anderson as a key part of the staff.
Anderson has also spent time with the USA NY club, coaching there from 2014-15 and from 2017-present. During her time there she has had experience coaching on an international stage and in 2018 and 2019 she was the head coach as the club took part in the Global Challenge in Pula, Croatia. For 2021 Julia assisted coaching a U23 team at the Global Challenge.
Before beginning her time as a coach, Anderson was a three-year letterwinner at Delaware, where she graduated from in 2017, and during her freshman season she earned a letter at Maryland before transferring to Delaware. During her time at Delaware Anderson totaled 495 digs, 74 kills, 71 blocks and 46 aces, finishing her career ranked seventh in school history with 2,406 career assists and eighth with 8.07 assists per set. Anderson is originally from Cornwall, N.Y.
Assistant Coach
ljmurra2@ncsu.edu
North Carolina State
Division 1
NC State volleyball head coach Linda Hampton-Keith announced the addition of Luke Murray to her staff as an assistant coach prior to the start of the 2019 season. Murray comes to Raleigh having spent the past five seasons as an assistant coach at Colorado State. He primarily works with the team's setters and leads all scouting efforts for the Wolfpack.
In his first season at NC State, Murray helped guide Nina Sharpton to 1,012 assists in her debut season. Sharpton became the first freshman in the rally-scoring era of the program to eclipse 1,000 assists in a single-season. Sharpton and the Wolfpack ranked second in the ACC following the regular-season with 1,439 total assists.
During Murrays time with the Rams, Colorado State reached the NCAA Tournament each season and finished the year ranked among the top 25 of the final American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) poll three times.
Colorado State compiled a 130-28 overall record during Murrays tenure, highlighted by an impressive 82-8 clip in Mountain West Conference play. He helped lead the squad to conference titles in four of his five seasons 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018.
The 2014 campaign, Murrays first at Colorado State, saw the team post a banner year with a 31-3 record, the second-best winning percentage (.912) and second-highest win total in program history. The Rams were ranked as high as No. 6 nationally that season, winning the Mountain West and ending the campaign ranked No. 12. A perfect 18-0 conference clip led Colorado State to the 2015 Mountain West title.
In 2017, Murray added another conference championship to his résumé as the Rams went 29-4 overall and 17-1 in the Mountain West to take home the title. Murray played a role in coaching a conference-record six All-Mountain West players, including Player of the Year Katie Oleksak. Colorado State went on to repeat as conference champion in 2018.
Before arriving in Fort Collins, Colo., Murray was an assistant at East Tennessee State for two seasons (2012-13) where he helped guide the Buccaneers to a pair of conference titles and a 45-22 overall record. In 2012, ETSU earned its first-ever berth to the NCAA tournament after going 23-13 and winning the Atlantic-Sun Tournament. While with the Buccaneers, Murray coached ETSUs setters, including Megan Devine who was the 2012 Atlantic-Sun Player of the Year and tournament MVP and a 2013 AVCA All-American.
A former setter at Penn State, Murray brings a wealth of volleyball experience to the table as a player and a coach. In his senior season, Murray helped lead Penn State to a national title earning himself a spot on the NCAA CHampionship All-Tournament Team and AVCA Second Team All-America honors.
The Nittany Lion captain ended his collegiate career with 3,191 assists, which ranks eighth all-time in Penn State history. The squad reached either the national semifinals or finals during all four seasons that Murray was on the roster (2005-08).
Murray trained with the U.S. National Team in Anaheim, Calif., following his collegiate career and went on to play professionally in Cyprus and Puerto Rico from 2009 to 2012. He also spent three summers (2011-13) as a volleyball clinician with U.S. Elite Volleyball and two summers (2009-10) as a lead coach for Gold Medal Squared.
A native of Washington, Pa., Murray graduated from Penn State in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history. He is married to the former Kendall Grow.
Assistant Coach
kremerc@upenn.edu
Pennsylvania
Division 1
The University of Pennsylvania's head volleyball coach, Iain Braddak, has announced Christina (Ludwick) Kremer as his new assistant coach. Kremer joins Penn after two years as the head coach at MidAmerica Nazarene University, an NAIA school located in Olathe, Kan.
"I am thrilled to welcome Christina to the staff and to our program," said Braddak, who completed his first season at the Quakers' helm in 2018. "She is driven and enthusiastic, and has an unmatched work ethic that will help Penn Volleyball succeed. I am confident Christina will connect with our current players, alumni, and recruits, as well as the rest of the University of Pennsylvania community."
Under Kremer, MNU finished the 2017 season ranked No. 25 in the nation in the NAIA. Kremer coached five Pioneers student-athletes to all-conference honors and two more to AVCA All-American honors. At MidAmerica Nazarene, she implemented the first junior varsity program in addition to the current varsity program. The Pioneers were named a NAIA scholar team in 2017.
Prior to her tenure at MidAmerica Nazarene, Kremer was the head coach at St. Thomas University, an NAIA school in Miami Gardens, Fla. for the 2016 season. The Bobcats went 25-7 that season, the program's most wins in more than ten years. She also took the program to its highest national ranking in the NAIA since 2002 (No. 21), second place in the Sun Conference regular-season standings, and a runner-up finish at the 2016 Sun Conference Tournament.
Kremer began her college head coaching at Central Christian College in 2013, inheriting an NAIA program that finished 1-26 in 2012. She turned the program around, taking the 2014 team to its first appearance in the MCAC Conference Playoffs. She then set a school record for wins and took the program to its first appearance in the NCCAA Division I Regional Tournament in 2015.
Since 2017 Kremer has been a member of the National Tournament Committee with NAIA volleyball, where she has helped direct the NAIA National Volleyball tournament in Sioux City, Iowa. She has also been a member of the NAIA Head Coach Committee.
As a player, Kremer was a four-year starter and a three-year captain for Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Mass., where she earned multiple NCAA All-Academic and All-Conference Academic honors, while also serving as the President of the Student Athletic Advisory Committee.
A New Hampshire native, Kremer graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Sports Management from Eastern Nazarene. She also holds a Master's degree in Sport Administration from Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn.
Graduate Assistant
nzclark@siue.edu
Southern Illinois-Edwardsville
Division 1
My name is Nzingha Clarke I will be representing Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. I have been experience coaching age groups from 13-18s in both high school and club.
SIUE is a division 1 volleyball program located in Edwardsville, IL. We are a part of the Ohio Valley Conference and ended this past season placing 4th overall as a team.
Assistant Coach
jreber@mail.smu.edu
Southern Methodist
Division 1
Graduate assistant at the University of Findlay for the 2017 to 2018 season.
Assistant coach at McNeese State University in 2019.
Current Volunteer assistant coach for SMU
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
ncollins@wcu.edu
Western Carolina
Division 1
Collins arrives in Cullowhee after working with the MidAmerica Volleyball Association (MAVA) in Louisville, Ky. as the head coach of 17 Elite, 18 Elite, and 12 Great White since the summer of 2020 in his second stint with the organization. He spent the spring of 2020 as a volunteer assistant coach at Bowling Green State University.
He worked at MAVA for just over two years in his first stint from January 2018-February 2020 primarily working as an assistant coach of 17 Elite and 18 Select. Collins spent the 2018-19 collegiate season as a volunteer assistant coach at Eastern Illinois where he oversaw recruiting efforts, positional training, and daily operations for the Panthers.
Assistant Coach
hdrock@wm.edu
William and Mary
Division 1
Rock spent the Fall as the head of scouting and video analysis for the Tribe's 2022 campaign. The program had their most successful season as the squad had their season end in the conference tournament semi-finals. Rock spent the year specializing with the outsides/right side units and helped with Eleanor Stothoff to all-conference recognition.
Hunter Rock joins the William & Mary volleyball staff prior to the 2022 season. The assistant coach played collegiate volleyball and has experience coaching at a variety of levels.
A fiveyear player at Hiram College, Rock helped build a proud program as a part of the Terriers inaugural season in 2017. Rock was a captain of the 2021 Hiram team that captured the AMCC title and earned a trip to the NCAA Tournament.
Rock began his coaching career in 2020 when he was an assistant with Everest Volleyball Club in Twinsburg, Ohio. Rock was a practice coach, traveling with the 16s national team. In 2021, Rock worked as an assistant coach with the Stow-Monroe high school boys program and helped the team to a regional final appearance.
Most recently, Rock was a Graduate Assistant at Augustana College working with both the mens and womens programs. In this role, Rock was responsible for scouting all opponents and creating detailed scouting reports. In addition, Rock helped with recruiting and was active in practice drills.
Rock received a Bachelors Degree from Hiram College in 2021, majoring in Education. He is currently finishing his Masters Degree from Western Illinois University in Higher Education Leadership.
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
jacey-smith@utulsa.edu
Tulsa
Division 1
https://tulsahurricane.com/sports/womens-volleyball/roster/coaches/jacey-smith/1904
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.
jessica.aschenbrenner@du.edu
Denver
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
cstraubel@wpi.edu
Worcester Poly
Division 3
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
atorline@wesleyan.edu
Wesleyan (CT)
Division 3
Aly Torline enters her second season as an assistant coach for the Cardinals staff in 2018. A year ago, she helped guide Wesleyan to its first NESCAC Championship in program history and its second Little Three title. The Cardinals reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament as they finished the year 22-6 overall and 8-2 in the NESCAC.
Torline graduated from California State University, San Bernardino in 2016 with a Bachelors degree in Political Science. She finished her playing career as the University record holder for career points scored, and was also named CoSIDA First Team Academic All-America, AVCA All-America, CCAA Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year, CSUSB Student-Athlete of the Year, and was a two-time CSUSB Scholar-Athlete of the Year. While in college, she also coached club volleyball at Rancho Valley Volleyball Club.
Assistant Coach
aregan17@gmail.com
Bard
Division 3
Assistant Coach
aliciawood@depauw.edu
DePauw
Division 3
Head Coach
mmcpartland@uchicago.edu
University of Chicago
Division 3
Mitchell McPartland was named Head Volleyball Coach for the Maroons in March 2022. Now in his fourth year on staff, McPartland was the Interim Head Coach for the 2021 season after serving as assistant coach in 2019 and 2020.
The 2022 campaign featured a 20-13 season record and a return to the NCAA Division III Championship for the 11th time since 2010, with the Maroons advancing to the Second Round.
The 2021 Maroons were nationally ranked throughout the fall season and posted a 17-10 overall record. After playing one of the toughest schedules in the nation, UChicago qualified for the NCAA Tournament. McPartland and Assistant Coach Thom Guzi also received the University Athletic Association (UAA) Co-Coaching Staff of the Year award.
The historic 2019 season featured numerous program firsts for the Maroons. UChicago was ranked No. 1 in the national coaches poll during the regular season, set a new school record for winning percentage (.875), won 23 matches in-a-row and advanced to the third round of the NCAA Championship. Three Maroons were named All-Americans - setter Emma Griffith (1st Team), middle hitter Madison Pearson (Third Team) and outside hitter Anne Marie Stifter (H.M.). UChicago ranked highly in the nation in kills per set (9th), digs per set (12th) and assists per set (13th).
UChicago was honored as 2019 UAA Coaching Staff of the Year after the Maroons posted a perfect 7-0 Round Robin record and runner-up finish in the UAA Championship.
McPartland worked the 2018 season as a volunteer assistant women's volleyball coach at University of South Florida. USF finished with 20 wins and earned its first postseason appearance in 17 years. His primary position groups were the defensive specialists and outside hitters. McPartland's other NCAA Division I experience came at Drake University in the 2016 season as an assistant coach. He worked heavily with serve receive and defense, helping the team rank 10th nationally with 17.67 digs per set.
He also spent over five years as a club volleyball head coach at St. Pete Volleyball Club (Florida), Iowa Power Volleyball and All Iowa Attack Volleyball Club.
As an undergraduate, McPartland was a four-year starter on the men's volleyball team at Grand View University. He was picked as the NAIA North Division Libero of the Year in 2014, and also excelled in the classroom with three Academic All-Conference honors. During that time, the Vikings finished in third place twice and runner-up once at the NAIA National Invitational Tournament.
McPartland graduated from Grand View with a bachelor's degree in health promotion. He also spent one season as head junior varsity coach and assistant varsity coach at his alma mater.
Mitchell resides in Hyde Park with his husband, Anthony.
Head Coach
mmeixl01@hamline.edu
Hamline
Division 3
Maggie Meixl was named head coach of the Hamline volleyball team in 2017 and is in her seventh season (61-85, six seasons) during the 2023-24 academic year. Before taking charge of the program, Meixl was the assistant coach in 2015 and 2016.
The 2021 season resulted in many benchmarks for Meixl and the volleyball program, who eclipsed the 20-win threshold for the second time in program history with a 20-8 overall record. The No. 3 seed Pipers qualified for the MIAC Tournament for the first time since 2013, and came through with their second-ever MIAC Tournament victory via a 3-2 decision over No. 6 seed Saint Benedict at Hutton Arena on November 3, 2021. Meixl earned 2021 MIAC Volleyball Coach of the Year, the first Hamline representative since 2006. The 2021 campaign resulted in a program-best four Pipers on the MIAC Volleyball All-Conference Team, the first MIAC Rookie of the Year since 2006, and four MIAC Athletes of the Week. Hamline also achieved a program-first NCAA Regional Ranking (No. 6), and AVCA All-Region Honorable Mention selection in 2021.
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.
Head Coach
haley.paonessa@ursuline.edu
Ursuline
Division 2
Head Coach
kipyoshimura@pacificu.edu
Pacific U. (OR)
Division 3
Coach Kip Yoshimura recently completed his 12th season at NCAA DIII Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon. He has over 35 years of volleyball coaching experience, including 28 seasons as a head collegiate coach where he has amassed an impressive overall record of 446-358. Yoshimura's student-athletes at Pacific University have earned nineteen All-Northwest Conference selections, 81 All-NWC scholar-athletes and seven consecutive AVCA All-Academic team honors (3.64 GPA in 2020-21).
Yoshimura experienced his best success in his nine seasons leading the powerful Lewis-Clark State program in Lewiston, Idaho. From 1993 to 2001, Yoshimura led the Warriors to five NAIA National Tournament appearances, including a national semifinals berth in 1998, as well six conference or regional championships. A six-time AVCA Pacific Northwest Region Coach of the Year and a six-time conference coach of the year, Yoshimura coached 16 NAIA All-Americans, 25 all-region performers, 40 all-conference selections and 13 NAIA All-America Scholar-Athletes. Yoshimura is the winningest volleyball coach in Lewis-Clark State history (251-72). His 1996 team went 35-4, also the best record in Warrior archives. His success at Lewis-Clark State led Yoshimura to Gonzaga, where he led the Bulldogs Division I program for seven seasons (2002-08). During his tenure, Yoshimura coached 10 All-West Coast Conference performers and eight WCC all-academic honorees. His best season was in 2007 when Gonzaga went 17-13, which at the time was the best mark for a Bulldog volleyball team in 14 seasons.
Yoshimura arrived in Forest Grove in 2012 after one season as an assistant coach at Vanguard University, a NAIA school in Costa Mesa, Calif., where helped lead the Lions to an appearance in the 2011 NAIA National Tournament. Prior to arriving at Vanguard, Yoshimura spent one season as an assistant coach at UC Davis. I want each and every student-athlete in my programs to enjoy the whole college experience, Yoshimura says. Part of that is on the court, part of that is certainly in the classroom and part of that is socially on campus. At the same time, we want players who want to win and play at the highest level that they can. We want them to aspire to be better than they are and hopefully as a coaching staff we can provide that opportunity to play on a team where their goals are met.
At the club level, Yoshimura has served as head coach of the 951 Elite Volleyball Club, the Snake River Juniors Volleyball Club, Ogden Juniors Volleyball Club, Huntington Beach Boys Volleyball Club, California Junior Volleyball Club and Inland Empire Volleyball. Yoshimura played junior college volleyball at West Valley College in Saratoga, Calif., where he was a two-year starting setter and an all-conference performer in 1985. He also played one season for the mens club program at San Jose State University. A native of San Jose, Yoshimura graduated from Long Beach State in 1990 with a degree in mechanical engineering.
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
balichru@lewisu.edu
Lewis
Division 2
Balich is an assistant coach for the Lewis University womens volleyball program. The Flyers own a 219-60 overall record since she began with the Flyers in 2011. Each of the squads she has assisted with have qualified for the NCAA Tournament. Lewis has gone to the Final Four in 2016 & 2018 during her tenure. Additionally, Lewis has received it's first ever 1st place national ranking in 2017 with a 33-3 record.
Balich was a four-year starter at Division II Winona State. She finished her career second all-time in digs at Winona State with 2,145. She was named a co-captain from 2005-08. She was selected as the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Defensive Player of the Week three times. Academically, she was a member of the Deans List and an All-Academic selection each of her four seasons. Off the court, Balich was the womens volleyball representative on Winona States Student Athlete Advisory Committee.
She owns a masters in Reading Literacy from Lewis.
Rudi Balich
Assistant Coach
Assistant Coach
kylie.bishopp@bobcats.gcsu.edu
Georgia College & State
Division 2
I recently graduated from Davidson College and am finishing my first year as the Assistant Volleyball Coach at Georgia College. This past season, we finished 2nd in the Peach Belt Conference and competed in the NCAA Southeast Region tournament, advancing to the round of 32 teams. I am passionate about mentoring players so that they can get the most out of their collegiate volleyball experience. Georgia College is a challenging academic institution, so I strive to help my players achieve success in the classroom just as much as I work to help them be successful on the court. I value hard work, dedication, communication, and positivity and believe that these values are key to building strong players and teams. I am looking forward to working the Southeast Academic Volleyball Showcase this summer!
Head Coach
colchagoff@findlay.edu
Findlay
Division 2
Head coach Wick Colchagoff is now entering his 22nd season with the Oilers in 2019 and has recorded a 453-249 mark at Findlay. Coach Colchagoff has also recorded 16, 20-win seasons during his coaching career at Findlay and Nebraska Wesleyan.
During his time at Findlay, Colchagoff has won seven GLIAC South Division titles and has coached 25 first team all-conference players and 27 second team all-league athletes. He has also seen 13 players earn All-American honors and another 32 capture all-region accolades.
In 2018, Colchagoff guided the Oilers to a 24-7 record. They reached the finals of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) Tournament and had two individuals earn all-region accolades and one capture All-American honors.
2015 was a historic year for the Oilers program under the leadership of Coach Colchagoff. The team finished with a 26-9 record, which includes a win over #1 Wheeling Jesuit who went on to win the national championship, and played in its first NCAA Regional event since 2003. Along with team success, the Oilers were able to place three players on NCAA DII All-American teams including the National Freshman of the Year, Hailee Olson.
Colchagoff captured a South Division title in 2014 and earned GLIAC Coach of the Year honors for his efforts in guiding the squad to a 23-7 season. The team reached the semifinals of the GLIAC Tournament, but were upended by Ferris State University. During the 2014 campaign, the Oilers captured four GLIAC South Division Player of the Week honors and had one national player of the week.
Colchagoff led the Oilers to their first 20-win season since the 2006 campaign by going 20-12 during the 2013 season as the team qualified for the GLIAC Tournament for the second consecutive season. The 2013 campaign followed a record of 14-17 in 2012. The Oilers reached the GLIAC Tournament in 2012, the first time they had done so since 2007.
Colchagoff led the team to a 15-12 campaign in 2011 a year after going 13-15 in 2010. He also achieved 15 wins with a 15-18 record in 2009. He guided the team to a 12-22 mark during the 2008 campaign and finished with a 19-14 record in 2007.
During the 2006 season, he led the Oilers to a 22-8 campaign, which followed a 22-10 mark during the 2005 season. In 2004 he guided Findlay to a 24-8 record and had his squad ranked as high as 22nd in the nation during the year.
In 2003 Colchagoff guided the Oilers to a 29-8 record and their fourth consecutive GLIAC South Division title. Findlay, who advanced to the semifinals of the GLIAC Tournament for the first time ever, earned a four-seed in the Great Lakes Regional Tournament before being upended by Northern Kentucky in the quarterfinals.
The 2002 Oilers were 25-10 and co-champions of the South Division of the GLIAC. Findlay athletes were recognized as the South Division player of the week, six out of 11 weeks during the season, but the Oilers were eliminated in the first round of the GLIAC Tournament.
Findlay concluded the 2001 season with a 29-7 record, losing to Grand Valley State in the finals of the Great Lakes Regional. The squad finished the season ranked 21st in the country, marking the highest ranking the Oilers volleyball team has ended with in the history of their program. The Oilers also won the South Division of the GLIAC for the second straight year.
In 2000 Colchagoff led the Oilers to a 25-12 record. The Oilers were co-champions of the GLIAC South Division and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Regional before falling to Northwood University. This marked the first time that an Oilers volleyball team qualified for the NCAA Tournament.
During his second season in 1999, Colchagoff led Findlay to their best finish in school history. He coached the Oilers to an impressive 38-10 overall record, earning their first ever birth to the NAIA National Championships where they took fifth. He finished with a 9-26 mark in his first season with the club in 1998 as well.
Prior to arriving at Findlay, Colchagoff was the head coach at Nebraska Wesleyan. The Plainswomen compiled a 17-20 record in Colchagoffs first year and a fourth place finish in the Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference during the 1995 season. In 1996, Colchagoff guided Wesleyan to a spot in the Sweet 16 at the NCAA Division III Championships. That year, the Plainswomen finished the season ranked eighth in the final AVCA poll with a 23-12 mark.
In 1997, the Plainswomen earned their second consecutive bid to the NCAA Division III Championship after being ranked as high as sixth in the Division III national poll.
Coach Colchagoff and his wife, Lori, reside in Findlay with their two daughters, Colbi and Sydni.
mbouse@truman.edu
Truman State
Division 2
Head Coach
pbarry@knox.edu
Knox
Division 3
Pat Barry joined the Prairie Fire staff as the head volleyball coach in December of 2018. He comes to Knox after a stint as an assistant coach at The University of Louisiana. He has experience at the club volleyball level and played collegiately at Carthage College.
Barry was an All-American at Carthage and competed in the NCAA Division III Men's Volleyball Championship in 2012. He is top-10 in Carthage history in kills (844), points (988), digs per set (3.32), and points per set (3.89). He also holds the school season record for kills per set (4.27).
Barry has previous experience coaching at the Division III level at Dominican University. He also had stops as a volunteer coach with Division I schools Loyola University and Northwestern University. Barry has five years of experience at the club level, including two years as a Program Director for Division1 Volleyball Club in the Chicago area.
Barry is a 2015 graduate of Carthage College, where he earned his bachelor of arts in Broad Field Social Science. He double minored in Secondary Education and Womens and Gender Studies.
Head Coach
nahaleak@wou.edu
Western Oregon
Division 2
Good people first. Good volleyball second.
Live Aloha. Always and All Ways!
Currently the Head Womens Volleyball Coach at Western Oregon University. Before that, Nahale-a was the interim head coach at Lewis & Clark College. He spent nearly five years as the assistant volleyball coach at Concordia-Portland. He also spent time in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference as an assistant coach at Saint Martin's.
Nahale-a is the former high school head coach at Beaverton where he was named league co-coach of the year in 2015 after leading the Beavers to the state tournament for the first time since 2004. Before becoming a coach at Athena Volleyball Academy, Coach Kaiao was also involved within the CEVA region by becoming the founder of Live Aloha Volleyball Academy (LAVA), and coaching youth/high school volleyball with Guy Enriques Volleyball Team Camps.
He competed in varsity volleyball and graduated from Kamehameha Schools Hawaii in 2010, and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Concordia in 2015.
Head Coach
llondonlaw@washjeff.edu
Washington and Jefferson
Division 3
Lauren London-Law (Hiram '10) enters her fourth season as head volleyball coach at W&J in the fall of 2020.
During the 2019 season, senior libero Makenzie Coughlin was the 2019 NCAA statistical champion in digs per set (6.77) and set the program-single match record for digs (55) twice in the same week against Westminster and Saint Vincent. Coughlin earned All-PAC First Team laurels and finished second in program history in career digs (1,947).
In her second season leading the Presidents, the Red and Black finished with an 18-10 overall record and a 14-2 league mark in 2018. W&J qualified for the PAC Tournament for a fifth straight season, securing the No. 2 seed to advance to the Semifinals. Under London-Law's direction, five Presidents gained All-PAC honors, including PAC Player of the Year Madison Lydic. Lydic became the seventh overall and first W&J player since 2005 season to claim the league's top honor. Lydic was joined by Abbey Eich and Mallory O'Brien on the PAC's First Team.
London-Law guided the 2017 W&J volleyball team to a 14-11 overall record, including an 11-7 mark in the Presidents' Athletic Conference, and the PAC quarterfinals as the four-seed. She coached four student-athletes to All-PAC recognition in her first year, including Madison Lydic who earned First Team laurels, tied for the most All-PAC selections in a season in program history. London-Law was honored as an American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Thirty Under 30 recipient following her first season at W&J.
London-Law also serves as the advisor to W&J's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and an advisor for Alpha Lambda Delta Society.
Before coming to W&J, London-Law served as the first full-time assistant coach at Carnegie Mellon University, she helped the Tartans to more than 100 wins (102-38) and a postseason appearance each season, including a pair of trips to the NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship. In 2016, Carnegie Mellon achieved its highest ranking ever in the American Volleyball Coaches Association Top 25, reaching No. 14, en route to a 25-8 season and NCAA Tournament appearance. Three student-athletes garnered All-America recognition for their performances in 2016.
During the 2015 campaign, CMU posted the second most wins in school history (29) and entered the national rankings for the first time since 2004. The Tartans also topped 20 wins in her first two seasons, posting 25 victories in 2013 and 23 in 2014.
London-Law was chosen to attend the NCAA Women Coaches Academy in 2014, which is a four-day educational training open to NCAA coaches of all experience levels that offers non-sport-specific program management strategies, with a special focus on philosophy development and building skills and knowledge about planning, communication, legal issues, ethics, hiring, supervising staff, conflict resolution, learning styles and achieving success.
At Carnegie Mellon, London-Law also served as an instructor in physical education, assistant to the director of intramurals and Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) staff liaison.
Prior to arriving at CMU, London-Law served one year as an assistant coach at Denison, helping the Big Red to their best season in 10 years by finishing 21-10.
London-Law is a 2010 magna cum laude graduate of Hiram (Ohio) where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and a minor in history. She earned her master's degree in Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) in 2012.
While at Hiram, London-Law was a four-year letterwinner and senior captain for the Terriers. She was part of two NCAA Tournament teams and a member of the school's first-ever NCAC Tournament Championship squad in 2006. That same season, the team set a school record with 33 victories. In four years as a Terrier, the team compiled a 103-38 record with 51 wins in conference play. London-Law was a four-year member of the SAAC, serving as the SAAC president, vice president and secretary throughout her college career.
Assistant Coach
krsizemore@valdosta.edu
Valdosta State
Division 2
Kathryn Sizemore is going into her second year as a graduate assistant coach at Valdosta State University. Sizemore is originally from Asheville, North Carolina and moved to Valdosta in 2019.
Prior to VSU, Sizemore was an assistant coach for the volleyball team at T.C. Roberson High School in Asheville and has five years of experience coaching at the club level at Burke Elite Volleyball Club (2014-2018) and Xcel Volleyball Performance (2018-2019). Sizemore completed her four years of athletic eligibility as a member of the volleyball program at Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, North Carolina. She graduated with a bachelors degree in Instructional Studies with focuses in Mathematics and Special Education. In her time at Lenoir-Rhyne, Sizemores team won the SAC conference tournament and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the National Tournament in 2015.
Assistant Coach
graham2003@gmail.com
Austin
Division 3
2016-Present
Assistant Volleyball Coach Austin College
Middles and Blocking Coach
Assistant Coach
etodd3@uco.edu
Central Oklahoma
Division 2
Joining the University of Central Oklahoma volleyball team in 2021 is Emily Todd, who will be the assistant coach and will also assist with recruiting.
Todd comes to Central Oklahoma from Henderson State. The former assistant coach spent three seasons there in the same role. She guided HSU to back-to-back 20-win seasons and one appearance in the GAC Championship.
Todd spent three seasons at Arkansas Tech prior to moving to Henderson State. Following a two-year standout playing career at ATU, Todd moved into coaching and helped the Golden Suns to a sensational 35-1 season. ATU went undefeated in the regular season and won the GAC Championship with its only loss coming in the national tournament.
As a player at Tech, Todd helped the squad win 54 matches in two years, winning two conference titles and earning two bids to the NCAA Tournament. She was a two-time All GAC selection and was also named the GACs Newcomer of the Year in 2013.
Todd also played for the University of Colorado Boulder and Navarro Junior College before finishing her career at Arkansas Tech.
Todd received her bachelors degree in Health & Physical Education and has a masters degree in College Student Personnel, both from Arkansas Tech.
Head Coach
newberry@hendrix.edu
Hendrix
Division 3
Brittany Newberry recently took over the Hendrix College Volleyball program as Head Coach for the 2018 season. We are a private, NCAA Division III school located in Conway, Arkansas that competes in the Southern Athletic Association. The 2018 season will be her first at the helm, but she takes over a very successful program with three conference championships from 2014-2016 and a NCAA Final Four appearance in 2015.
Prior to being named Head Coach at Hendrix College, Newberry served as the assistant volleyball coach at Mississippi State for two years (2015 & 2016). In her first season she helped lead the Bulldogs to a 17-15 record, posting the first winning season at State since 2006. The 17 wins marked the most for MSU since 2006, while State's six SEC wins were the most since winning seven conference matches in 2011. In her second year, Newberry helped the Bulldogs set a new program record with the most home wins in a season with eleven in 2016.
Before her time at Mississippi State Newberry was an assistant coach for the University for Central Arkansas volleyball team from 2012 through 2015. She helped coach the Sugar Bears to a combined 46-6 conference record where they made two consecutive NCAA Tournaments appearances and won back-to-back Southland Conference regular season and tournament championships.
volleyball@dominican.edu
Dominican (CA)
Division 2
Deo Boongaling has coached at various clubs and colleges in Northern California, starting his coaching career at his alma mater, California State university of East Bay. While there, he served as an undergraduate assistant for the pioneers in the 2019-2020 season. At East Bay, he primarily worked with the pin hitters and liberos. Through CSUEB, he met former east bay player, Leslie Ray (current Red Rock Director) where they began their friendship and professional relationship, coaching together. From 2020 to 2023, Deo served as either an assistant or head coach on coaching staffs 13s, 14s, 15s, 17s and 18s. He also served as an assistant director for fall and summer camps.
In the summer of 2022, Deo forged relationships with University of California Berkeley and St Mary's College of Moraga, as a summer camp coach working alongside Sam Crosson, Jennifer Dorr, Otavio Souza, Rob Browning and Albert Ahedo.
For the 2022 NCAA season, he joined the staff of the University of San Francisco, a division one program in the West Coast conference. In 2021, the USF Dons went 0-28, and in his first year on staff in 2022, the Dons had a turnaround season finishing 14-15. They started the season off red hot, with a 7 game winning streak. From the month of October to November, USF was able to complete a 6 game winning streak with notable wins against Loyola Marymount University and a reverse sweep comeback against the #36 team in the nation at the time, Pepperdine University. While there, he primarily worked with middles and liberos, tracking stats in practices and games and collaborating on opponent's scouting reports alongside the other assistants.
In 2023, Deo will join the Penguins of Dominican University in nearby San Rafael as an assistant coach.
Aside from coaching women's volleyball in club and college, he has also yielded success on the men's side as an assistant coach for the Moreau Catholic men's high school volleyball program in Hayward, California. While an assistant coach, he helped the program go 23-1 in the MVAL league and finish second place in the North Coast Section Division 3 championships in back to back years.
Prior to his coaching career, Deo played varsity volleyball at St. Patricks - St. Vincents high school in Vallejo, California for 3 years (2012-2015), where he won one NCS division 4 championship and 3 TCAL league championships. He also was named 2nd team all league his junior year and during his senior year he was named team captain, 1st team all league, Team MVP and TCAL league MVP. During high school, he also played for Diablo Valley Volleyball club from 2013-2015. After his high school career, he was recruited as an outside hitter to San Diego City College where he played for the 2015-2016 season as an outside hitter and libero.
A native to the bay area, Deo grew up in Vallejo, California, attending St. Patricks- St. Vincents high school and graduated in 2015. After playing and attending San Diego City College (2015-2016) and Diablo Valley College (2016-2018), Deo transferred to and graduated from California State University of East Bay in 2021 with a bachelors in science for Kinesiology. He hopes to one day become a NCAA head coach himself and open up a club of his own after his coaching career is done.
Deo's favorite thing about coaching volleyball is the ability to empower young athletes and help them explore and grow their passion for a sport that he loves himself. Deo understands the life lessons that volleyball teaches are far more worth than just the physical and athletic skills he's able to teach. Knowing he can leave a positive impact on a young athlete's life, just as his own coaches had left on his, he tries to remind all of athletes he comes across to always have fun, continue to be curious and open to learning and to make the most of every opportunity this sport presents them.
His favorite quote is " The illusion is that the finish line is the destination, but the act in it of itself is the destination" - Phil Knight.
Assistant Coach
gbennett1@iit.edu
Illinois Tech
NAIA
Gabrielle (Gabby) Bennett is in her first season as Illinois Tech Assistant Womens Volleyball Coach in 2023-2024. She has spent the previous three years coaching at the club level at Michio Chicago Volleyball Academy and completed coaching her first high school season as the Junior Varsity Coach at Oak Lawn Community High School in 2022.
Prior to her coaching days, Bennett graduated from Wesleyan University, in Middletown, CT where she studied Psychology, Classics, and Education Studies. She was a starter for the Cardinals as a Middle Blocker and earned Conference Player of the Week honors in 2016. That year, she helped lead her team to their first NESCAC (New England Small Conference Athletic Conference) Tournament appearance in over 25 years, in 2017, their first NESCAC Tournament win in program history, in 2018 she accompanied the team on their first Regional Championship win and NCAA DIII Elite 8 appearance, and 2019 helped lead them to a Regional Tournament run. Throughout her career, she was a varsity starter and leader in both conference blocking and hitting percentage statistics.
Bennett grew up on the south side of Chicago, Illinois and attended St. Ignatius College Prep for High School where she played volleyball and was awarded Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2015.
Head Coach
dustin.sahlmann@lyon.edu
Lyon
NAIA
Dustin Sahlmann is entering his second season as the Lyon College Head Volleyball Coach in 2021-22.
In his first year at the helm, Coach Sahlmann posted an 8-14 record and a sixth-place finish in the American Midwest Conference. The Scots made the AMC Tournament for the eighth consecutive season and three players earn All-AMC Honors. In year 2 Lyon 11-18 finishing 7th in the AMC. Lyon reached the AMC tourney for the 9th straight year and had 2 All AMC players.
Sahlmann comes to Lyon following four seasons as the head volleyball coach at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. During his time at UAPB, the Lady Lions won more conference matches in three years than any other coach in school history (26). Sahlmann led UAPB to its first wins over Jackson State and Alabama A&M in program history during his tenure. He coached 19 Southwest Athletic Conference Player of the Week recipients. Sahlmann also coached 2017 SWAC Newcomer of the Year, Lisa Casimie. In 2018, UAPB OH Kendalle Howard led the SWAC in kills per set, points and points per set. UAPB had a pair of all-conference selections that season. Sahlmann helped raise the team grade-point average from a 3.0 to a 3.775 during his time at UAPB.
Prior to his time at UAPB, Sahlmann spent one year as the assistant volleyball coach and recruiting coordinator at Louisiana Tech. Before his time at Louisiana Tech, Sahlmann served as the assistant volleyball coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of New Orleans until he was promoted to the interim head coach at UNO.
Sahlmann earned his first head coaching position at the collegiate level in 2011 at Philander Smith College. During his two-year tenure with PSC, Sahlmann had one player earn First-Team and another earn Second-Team All-Gulf Coast Athletic Conference honors. He was also played an integral role in helping PSC host the 2020 GCAC Tournament.
Sahlmann also spent time as the head volleyball coach of the Little Rock Juniors and at Pulaski Academy High School after beginning his coaching career as a student assistant at the University of Arkansas in 1994.
Head Coach
james.spangler@scranton.edu
Scranton
Division 3
Spangler led the Lady Comets to a 16-4 record and a runner-up finish in District 2 during the fall season. In the spring campaign, he led the boys to a 12-3 finish and second place in the Lackawanna League. Prior to taking the coaching position at Abington Heights, Spangler spent four years (2009-12) as the head coach of the Pittsburgh womens volleyball club, a student-run organization at the University of Pittsburgh that competed in approximately three to five events each semester, including the National Collegiate Club Volleyball Championships in the spring. While at Pittsburgh, Spangler served as the president of the University of Pittsburgh mens club volleyball from 2007 to 2009. The club team is a member of the National Collegiate Volleyball Federation, which promotes organized collegiate club volleyball for men and women. The team at Pitt annually competed in tournaments both at Pitt and at other universities across the country in both the fall and spring semesters. Spangler is the 12th head coach in the Royal women's volleyball program's 39-year history. In his first three seasons at the helm, Spangler has led the Royals to berths in the Landmark Conference Tournament in each season. In 2013, Scranton defeated Moravian College, 3-1, in the quarterfinals before dropping a 3-1 decision to seven-time champion and NCAA powerhouse Juniata College in the next round. A native of Clarks Summit, Spangler has a bachelors degree in natural sciences from the University of Pittsburgh and is currently pursuing his secondary education certificate at Kings College in nearby Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 60-47 (.561) 2013, 2014, 2015 Julia Crilly (1st team, 2013, 2014), Kirstin Kirwan (2015), Stephanie Klug (2015) Julia Crilly (2014)
Assistant Coach
yajaira_cadet@baylor.edu
Baylor
Division 1
Yajaira (Ja-hi-duh) Cadet came to the Bears in early January of 2022 after serving as the head coach of club team Excel Volleyball for seven years, coaching teams from 10U to 17U.
It is with incredible excitement, enthusiasm and rejoicing that we are able to announce Yajaira Cadet as our next assistant coach, said McGuyre. I feel incredibly blessed that God has called such a passionate and skilled teacher to our program. As an athlete, Yajaira led the SEC in digs and was a two-time national champion.
As a teacher/coach, Yajaira is skilled in instruction, communication and motivation. She recognizes and implements timeless principles into her life and others daily. I am confident she will be an immaculate servant and mentor to our student-athletes, both as competitors and women of character. Her strengths flourish on and off the court. Yajaira will add to an already servant-hearted staff and strengthen our ability to Prepare Champions for Life.
In addition to her club volleyball coaching, she also was a private coach while serving as a bilingual instructional specialist and principal intern at Memorial Elementary in the Plano school district for the past four years. She has served as a bilingual educator and coach for a total of 12 years.
Prior to being with the Excel club, she was a volleyball graduate assistant at the University of Evansville in Indiana from 2007 to 2009. Cadet earned her masters degree in public service administration in 2009 from the university while assisting the Aces with training the primary passers and outside hitters.
During her time there, Evansvilles passing statistics improved, and she coached the Missouri Valley Conference Libero of the Year, Julie Walroth. At the time, Walroth was one of only 25 players in NCAA history to have 2,000 digs in her career.
I coach because I have a passion for teaching the sport of volleyball to the future generations of players, Cadet said previously. I coach to serve and share the gift of volleyball. My coaching is focused on developing the mechanics of the sport, a competitive mindset and decision-making of the game.
Cadet had a storied playing career. She started out on the Dominican Republic indoor and beach volleyball national teams, competing in several international tournaments, including Olympic qualifiers and earned a silver medal in the North, Central and Caribbean Tournament (NORCECA). She played for the junior and major national teams between 1994 and 2000.
Starting her collegiate career at the University of South Carolina in 2001, Cadet led the SEC in digs as a sophomore in 2002. Transferring to California Baptist, she served as team captain and helped the Lancers to back-to-back NAIA national championships in 2004 and 2005 under McGuyre. Cadet played outside and right-side hitter, as well as libero, in her career.
In 2004, she was named AVCA All-America first team and also received Golden State Athletic Conference All-Conference and Academic All-Conference honors.
Cadet became a member of the CBU and city of Riverside Sport Hall of Fame after her senior campaign with the Lancers, graduating with her bachelors in psychology and Christian studies in 2006. At the time of her induction, she was third all-time in single-season records with 616 kills, fourth with 4.57 kills per match and fifth with 536 digs.
She played six years of professional volleyball, winning five national titles in the Dominican beach volleyball league and was team captain of Bameso that won the U.S. Volleyball Open in 2005.
Born in Montecristi, Dominican Republic, Cadet and her husband, Abraham, have three children Isaac, Abigail and Abraham Jr.
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.
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
jkgarcia@butler.edu
Butler
Division 1
Assistant Coach
amugler@murraystate.edu
Murray State (KY)
Division 1
At Murray State
2020 is her second season as MSU assistant coachIn 2019, assisted in coaching the Racers to a 19-11 overall record including 12-4 in the OVCIn 2019, assisted in coaching of AVCA All-American and OVC Player of the Year Rachel Giustino
Before Murray State
Spent nine years as head coach of Toledo Volleyball Club from January 2010 until 2019Assistant volleyball coach at St. Ursula Academy in 2018Assistant volleyball coach at Owen's Community College from July 2009 to December 2011Business Director at Toledo Volleyball Club from January 2010 to February 2012
Playing Career
Played four years at Murray State under head coach David SchwepkerAccumulated 1,104 kills (9th all-time) and 1,699 digs (6th all-time), one of just eight Racers in the 1,000/1,000 clubRacked up 174 assists, 126 blocks and 75 service aces in her career as well2005 OVC All-Newcomer Team selection2008 OVC All-Tournament Team selection2007-08 OVC Commissioner's Honor RollGraduate of St. Ursula Academy in Ohio and won the state championship in 2004First-Team All-City, All-District, and All-State in 2004 was inducted into school's Hall of Fame in 2018
Head Coach
vjones@amherst.edu
Amherst
Division 3
I will submit later, I can not be officially listed until June 1 after the recruiting ban has been lifted. Thank you for understanding.
Assistant Volleyball Coach
elorenzen@stlawu.edu
St. Lawrence
Division 3
I am the assistant coach for Saint Lawrence University, a small division 3 school in Upstate NY. Saint Lawrence University is a highly competitive academic school with roughly 2400 undergrad that offers over 100 academic programs. The multi-field major allows for students to explore the opportunity to create their own interdisciplinary program.
Saints athletics places a high importance in the D3 experience. There are 33 different teams on campus including Division 1 mens and women's hockey. Saint Lawrence volleyball competes within a highly competitive conference known as the Liberty League. We went 17-11 in the '21 season and 4-3 in conference. We were runner up finalist in our conference championship game.
We are graduating five seniors, including OHs, L, RS, MB. We are looking to recruit first years that can come in and make a difference in all areas both physically and as leaders.
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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