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Director of Operations
michaelf@pitt.edu
Pittsburgh
Division 1
2021 15-1s Coach for Yorktowne Boys Volleyball Club
2022-2023 - Volunteer Assistant, University of Pittsburgh Volleyball Team
2023-Current - Director of Volleyball Operations, University of Pittsburgh
Head Coach
jason.kennedy@bc.edu
Boston College
Division 1
Jason Kennedy is in his fifth year as head coach of the Boston College volleyball program, arriving at The Heights in January of 2018. Through his first four seasons, Kennedy became the fastest coach in program history to 50 wins with a 3-1 victory over Fordham on September 11, 2021. In 2021, the Eagles captured their first postseason victory with a 3-0 win in the first round of the NIVC. Kennedy led the Eagles to 20 wins in 2019 - its most in program history - highlighted by a 5-0 start to Atlantic Coast Conference play and breaking a program record with 11 ACC victories in a single season. Amaka Chukwujekwu earned All-ACC honors in 2019 and 2020 becoming the first Eagle to earn conference honors since 2015. In his first four seasons, Kennedy has led the team to 3 seasons of .500 or better volleyball. In 2018 in his first season, Kennedy achieved that mark for just the first time since 2003.
Boston College made its second postseason appearance in three years in 2021; earning hosting position for the first two rounds of the NIVC. The Eagles hosted postseason play for the first time in program history. BC finished the year 17-17 overall; its third year at or above .500 in Kennedy's first four years.
The 2019 Eagles went 20-12 overall and 11-7 in the ACC; picking up a big to the NIVC. BC claimed five road wins in the league, beginning conference play with wins at Clemson and Georgia Tech.
In his first season at the helm of the Eagles' program, Kennedy led the team to a 15-15 overall record, headlined by a program-best 9-0 opening run.
Kennedy comes to Boston College after spending the previous three seasons as a member of the USC womens volleyball staff, the last two as the teams associate head coach. Over the past three seasons at USC, the womens volleyball program compiled a record of 75-25 and made three appearances in the NCAA Tournament.
In his final season on staff at USC, Kennedy and the Women of Troy advanced to the NCAA regional final. It marked the programs 27th consecutive NCAA tournament appearance and the 35th all-time. In 2015, Kennedy helped guide the Women of Troy to the 2015 NCAA regional final while playing a key role in the recruitment and development of AVCA National Player of the Year Samantha Bricio.
For four seasons, from 2011-15, Kennedy served as the technical director for both the mens and womens volleyball programs at USC. In that role, Kennedy was responsible for the preparation of all team scouting reports and game plans and in-game strategy. He also oversaw video analysis, exchange, and distribution for both programs.
In 2011 with Kennedy as technical director, the Women of Troy reached the 2011 NCAA national semifinals, and made appearances in back-to-back regional championship matches in 2012 and 2013. He was also part of the staff for the Trojans mens squad that advanced to the NCAA Championship match in 2011.
Kennedy was a scout coach with the 2012 U.S. Olympic Beach Volleyball mens and womens programs in London, where he created scouting reports for all opponents while responsible for all video analysis and breakdown. In 2013 and 2015, he served a similar role on the FIVB World Tour.
Away from the college ranks, Kennedy served as the highly successful head coach of the Club Troy 17s squad that captured the bronze medal at the 2014 Junior National Championships and led Los Altos High School to four consecutive California Interscholastic Federation playoff appearances from 2007-10.
A native of Honolulu, Kennedy has a strong Jesuit educational background. He was the setter and team captain at Santa Clara from 2004-07, where he received bachelors degrees in biology and psychology. In 2009, Kennedy earned his master's degree in sport management from the University of San Francisco.
Assistant Coach
rgomes3@providence.edu
Providence
Division 1
Richard Gomes Jr. joined the Providence College women's volleyball program as an assistant coach and will embark on his first full season with the program in the Fall of 2019. He spent the 2018 season as head coach of the women's volleyball program at Bridgewater State.
Gomes also served as an assistant coach for five seasons at Brown University and eight seasons as the head boys volleyball coach at his high school alma mater, Greater New Bedford Regional Voc. Tech. He was also a volunteer assistant coach for the mens club programs at the University of Rhode Island (2013-2018) and the Community College of Rhode Island (2012-2013).
Gomes, who received a Bachelor of Science degree in Digital Recording Arts from New England Institute of Technology in 2014, coached the top 18U team at Blast Volleyball Club from 2012 to 2015 and has served as the head coach for the Coastal Boys team at the Bay State Games since 2011.
A native of New Bedford, Massachusetts, Gomes is a 2002 graduate of Greater New Bedford where he earned Boston Globe Player of the Year honors in 2002, after helping lead the Bears to a South Sectional title.
Director of Operations
andrewfischer@berkeley.edu
Cal-Berkeley
Division 1
Andrew Fischer just completed his second season as director of volleyball operations with the Cal Golden Bears in 2022.
Fischer spent the previous two years as a graduate assistant coach at Springfield College where he worked closely with the setters and offensive system. Working under head coach, Charlie Sullivan, the winningest coach in Division III men's volleyball history, the Pride led the country in hitting percentage in 2020 and finished third in hitting percentage in 2021.
During his time at Springfield, Fischer coached five All-Americans, including Brennen Brandow and Jarrett Anderson, the 2020 AVCA Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year, respectively. Brandow and Anderson both received First team All-American honors in 2021, while the team compiled a 24-3 overall record in his time on staff due to COVID-19 shortened seasons.
Prior to Springfield, Fischer spent four seasons with the Ohio State volleyball program as a manager and technical coordinator. He helped the Buckeyes to Sweet Sixteen appearances in 2015 and 2016.
Fischer graduated from Springfield in 2021 with a Master of Education in Advanced-Level Coaching after earning his Bachelor of Science in education at OSU.
Volunteer Assistant
andrew.ruttenberg@northwestern.edu
Northwestern
Division 1
My name is AJ Ruttenberg and I'm currently the volunteer assistant at Northwestern University. My main responsibility is running DataVolley. I came to Northwestern after spending a year and half at Cardinal Stritch University where I was playing on the Men's volleyball team as well as being a student assistant for the Women's volleyball team. I have coached for a couple different clubs. This season I coached for MOD Volleyball Club where I was a 15's head coach. Then in the spring I started coaching at Pipeline Volleyball Club where I was the 14 Silver Head Coach.
Assistant Coach
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
fostera19@xavier.edu
Xavier (OH)
Division 1
Andre Foster was hired as an assistant volleyball coach in August of 2022. He joins the Musketeers after a one-year stint at Purdue Fort Wayne as a graduate assistant.
In 2021, Foster assisted in coaching Katie Crowe to the All-Horizon League Second Team. He also served as the head coach for Empowered Volleyball Academy in 2021.
Prior to working in Fort Wayne, Foster was a volunteer assistant coach at UC Davis from 2020-21. He also served as the head coach for OMNI Volleyball Club in 2020-21.
Foster played collegiately at the University of Charleston (2015-17), Mount Ida College (2017-18) and Nichols College (2018-20).
The Davis, Calif., native holds a bachelors degree in sport management from Nichols College (19) and a masters in business administration from Nichols College (20). He is currently pursing a masters in organizational leadership from Purdue Fort Wayne.
Associate Head Coach
adesouz1@depaul.edu
DePaul
Division 1
DePaul Volleyball program Associate Head Coach, De Souza arrived in Chicago following a three-year stint as an assistant at West Virginia where he helped the program to go to their first ever NCAA appearance.
Prior to his time at West Virginia, De Souza was the head coach at Louisiana Tech. The Brazil native has been an assistant coach at Illinois State, Miami University (MAC Tournament Champion, NCAA qualifier) and a volunteer assistant at Kent State.
Internationally, De Souza has mentored youth at many different levels of the game, from beginners to expertise. He served as the men's volleyball coach at the State University of Campinas winning sectional titles in back-to-back seasons. In 2001-2002 De Souza worked and studied closely with the head coach from the Brazilian Women Junior National team Antonio Rizola in developing tools for performance development.
While taking his undergraduate courses, De Souza served as a liaison and interpreter for the U.S. Women's National Team (1994) and Japanese National Junior Team (1993) while both were competing in the FIVB World Championships in Brazil.
De Souza has spent a career in the States helping programs reach new levels of performance through his player-centered approach. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in physical education and a second in Sports Training/Coaching from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) in São Paulo, Brazil and completed his master's degree in Sports Studies at Kent State University.
dmerriman@fsu.edu
Florida State
Division 1
Assistant Coach
info@aleshawilson.com
Dartmouth
Division 1
Alesha Wilson was hired as an assistant volleyball coach in May of 2021.
Wilson completed her graduate assistant position at the University of Dallas in 2021. During her time there, the Crusaders went 40-46 overall with two fourth place finishes in the conference, making it to the post-season each year.
She also coached for one season as an undergraduate assistant at her alma mater, North Carolina State in 2015, helping the Wolfpack go 16-16 that fall.
Wilson graduated from North Carolina State in 2014 and was a four-year member of the Wolfpack volleyball team. As a sophomore, she was second on the team in total blocks and fourth in total attacks, helping the team make its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1987.
Wilson went on to earn her Bachelor of Science in chemical and biomolecular engineering with a Spanish minor in 2016 and her Master of Leadership in 2021.
gmcampbell@smith.edu
Smith
Division 3
Head Coach
mcmonagj@dickinson.edu
Dickinson
Division 3
Jenn McMonagle is finishing her second year as the head women's volleyball coach at Dickinson College. McMonagle came to Carlisle after serving as the head coach of both mens and womens volleyball at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pa. Prior to her arrival at Wilson, McMonagle was on the staff at Gettysburg College where she helped guide the volleyball team to its first 20-win campaign in 11 years.
Originally from Hanover, McMonagle returned to south-central Pennsylvania following a one-year stint as the assistant coach at Union College in Barbourville, Ky. McMonagle helped the Bulldogs post a 34-11 overall record and win the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) regular-season and tournament championships. Union advanced to the NAIA National Championship and became the first AAC school to win a match after going 2-2 at the event.
Prior to arriving at Union, McMonagle served as head c-team coach and assistant varsity coach at Kings High School in Seattle, Wash., while completing her masters degree at the University of Washington. She led the c-team to a conference title and helped the varsity team finish fifth in the state tournament.
McMonagle played and coached at Penn State Mont Alto. As a player, she was a two-time All-Penn State University Athletic Conference (PSUAC) First-team selection and was named the conferences Setter of the Year in 2009. McMonagle was named United States Collegiate Athletic Association All-America Honorable Mention and Academic All-America in 2009. She was also recognized with the John S. Egli Scholar-Athlete Award as a player.
After receiving her bachelors degree in Human Development and Family Studies from Penn States main campus in 2012, McMonagle returned to Mont Alto to coach the mens and womens volleyball teams for three years. After going 8-14 in her debut season with the women, she led the Lions to a 37-14 mark in her final two campaigns. She coached four USCAA Academic All-Americans, five All-PSUAC First-team players, and one PSUAC Newcomer of the Year.
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.
Head Coach
kim.r.falkenhagen@lawrence.edu
Lawrence
Division 3
Kim Falkenhagen was hired as the Head Volleyball Coach at Lawrence University on February 25, 2019. She brings with her over 18 years collegiate coaching and recruiting experience and 12 years collegiate administration experience. She made the move to Lawrence from Northland College (Ashland, WI), where she was the Athletic Director and Head Volleyball Coach for 6 years.
Falkenhagen has also had coaching stints at Eastern New Mexico University (HC), Bemidji State University (HC), Northern Michigan University (AC), and West Texas A&M (AC). During her tenure she has had the privilege to coach 4 NCAA All-Americans, and over 30 All Conference Players. She has also been the NCAA tournament 6 times (4 times as a coach and 2 times as a player).
Falkenhagen played volleyball for Northern Michigan University, which won the national title in 1994 and were runner-up in 1995. For the 1995 tournament she was named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team after posting a hitting percentage of .867, which still stands as a NCAA Division II tournament record. Falkenhagen was also named to the NCAA All- tournament team, the GLIAC all-region teams, the AVCA all-region team, and the GLIAC all-conference teams during her career. She began her collegiate playing career at Weber State University (1992-93). Along with her 1995 teammates, Falkenhagen was inducted into the Northern Michigan University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000.
Assistant Coach
aliciawood@depauw.edu
DePauw
Division 3
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
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.
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.
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
Volunteer Coach
gene.krieger@cui.edu
Concordia (CA)
Division 2
https://cuieagles.com/news/2019/5/15/krieger-named-cui-beach-volleyball-head-coach-indoor-assistant.aspx
Assistant Coach
emily.kalmink@saintleo.edu
Saint Leo
Division 2
Coach Kalmink is in her third season with Saint Leo University where she helped lead the sandy lions to a 22-13 record. Before Saint Leo she was the assistant coach for the State College of Florida Manatees.
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.
thais.vieira@lindsey.edu
Doane
NAIA
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)
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Director of Operations
michaelf@pitt.edu
Pittsburgh
Division 1
2021 15-1s Coach for Yorktowne Boys Volleyball Club
2022-2023 - Volunteer Assistant, University of Pittsburgh Volleyball Team
2023-Current - Director of Volleyball Operations, University of Pittsburgh
Head Coach
jason.kennedy@bc.edu
Boston College
Division 1
Jason Kennedy is in his fifth year as head coach of the Boston College volleyball program, arriving at The Heights in January of 2018. Through his first four seasons, Kennedy became the fastest coach in program history to 50 wins with a 3-1 victory over Fordham on September 11, 2021. In 2021, the Eagles captured their first postseason victory with a 3-0 win in the first round of the NIVC. Kennedy led the Eagles to 20 wins in 2019 - its most in program history - highlighted by a 5-0 start to Atlantic Coast Conference play and breaking a program record with 11 ACC victories in a single season. Amaka Chukwujekwu earned All-ACC honors in 2019 and 2020 becoming the first Eagle to earn conference honors since 2015. In his first four seasons, Kennedy has led the team to 3 seasons of .500 or better volleyball. In 2018 in his first season, Kennedy achieved that mark for just the first time since 2003.
Boston College made its second postseason appearance in three years in 2021; earning hosting position for the first two rounds of the NIVC. The Eagles hosted postseason play for the first time in program history. BC finished the year 17-17 overall; its third year at or above .500 in Kennedy's first four years.
The 2019 Eagles went 20-12 overall and 11-7 in the ACC; picking up a big to the NIVC. BC claimed five road wins in the league, beginning conference play with wins at Clemson and Georgia Tech.
In his first season at the helm of the Eagles' program, Kennedy led the team to a 15-15 overall record, headlined by a program-best 9-0 opening run.
Kennedy comes to Boston College after spending the previous three seasons as a member of the USC womens volleyball staff, the last two as the teams associate head coach. Over the past three seasons at USC, the womens volleyball program compiled a record of 75-25 and made three appearances in the NCAA Tournament.
In his final season on staff at USC, Kennedy and the Women of Troy advanced to the NCAA regional final. It marked the programs 27th consecutive NCAA tournament appearance and the 35th all-time. In 2015, Kennedy helped guide the Women of Troy to the 2015 NCAA regional final while playing a key role in the recruitment and development of AVCA National Player of the Year Samantha Bricio.
For four seasons, from 2011-15, Kennedy served as the technical director for both the mens and womens volleyball programs at USC. In that role, Kennedy was responsible for the preparation of all team scouting reports and game plans and in-game strategy. He also oversaw video analysis, exchange, and distribution for both programs.
In 2011 with Kennedy as technical director, the Women of Troy reached the 2011 NCAA national semifinals, and made appearances in back-to-back regional championship matches in 2012 and 2013. He was also part of the staff for the Trojans mens squad that advanced to the NCAA Championship match in 2011.
Kennedy was a scout coach with the 2012 U.S. Olympic Beach Volleyball mens and womens programs in London, where he created scouting reports for all opponents while responsible for all video analysis and breakdown. In 2013 and 2015, he served a similar role on the FIVB World Tour.
Away from the college ranks, Kennedy served as the highly successful head coach of the Club Troy 17s squad that captured the bronze medal at the 2014 Junior National Championships and led Los Altos High School to four consecutive California Interscholastic Federation playoff appearances from 2007-10.
A native of Honolulu, Kennedy has a strong Jesuit educational background. He was the setter and team captain at Santa Clara from 2004-07, where he received bachelors degrees in biology and psychology. In 2009, Kennedy earned his master's degree in sport management from the University of San Francisco.
Assistant Coach
rgomes3@providence.edu
Providence
Division 1
Richard Gomes Jr. joined the Providence College women's volleyball program as an assistant coach and will embark on his first full season with the program in the Fall of 2019. He spent the 2018 season as head coach of the women's volleyball program at Bridgewater State.
Gomes also served as an assistant coach for five seasons at Brown University and eight seasons as the head boys volleyball coach at his high school alma mater, Greater New Bedford Regional Voc. Tech. He was also a volunteer assistant coach for the mens club programs at the University of Rhode Island (2013-2018) and the Community College of Rhode Island (2012-2013).
Gomes, who received a Bachelor of Science degree in Digital Recording Arts from New England Institute of Technology in 2014, coached the top 18U team at Blast Volleyball Club from 2012 to 2015 and has served as the head coach for the Coastal Boys team at the Bay State Games since 2011.
A native of New Bedford, Massachusetts, Gomes is a 2002 graduate of Greater New Bedford where he earned Boston Globe Player of the Year honors in 2002, after helping lead the Bears to a South Sectional title.
Director of Operations
andrewfischer@berkeley.edu
Cal-Berkeley
Division 1
Andrew Fischer just completed his second season as director of volleyball operations with the Cal Golden Bears in 2022.
Fischer spent the previous two years as a graduate assistant coach at Springfield College where he worked closely with the setters and offensive system. Working under head coach, Charlie Sullivan, the winningest coach in Division III men's volleyball history, the Pride led the country in hitting percentage in 2020 and finished third in hitting percentage in 2021.
During his time at Springfield, Fischer coached five All-Americans, including Brennen Brandow and Jarrett Anderson, the 2020 AVCA Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year, respectively. Brandow and Anderson both received First team All-American honors in 2021, while the team compiled a 24-3 overall record in his time on staff due to COVID-19 shortened seasons.
Prior to Springfield, Fischer spent four seasons with the Ohio State volleyball program as a manager and technical coordinator. He helped the Buckeyes to Sweet Sixteen appearances in 2015 and 2016.
Fischer graduated from Springfield in 2021 with a Master of Education in Advanced-Level Coaching after earning his Bachelor of Science in education at OSU.
Volunteer Assistant
andrew.ruttenberg@northwestern.edu
Northwestern
Division 1
My name is AJ Ruttenberg and I'm currently the volunteer assistant at Northwestern University. My main responsibility is running DataVolley. I came to Northwestern after spending a year and half at Cardinal Stritch University where I was playing on the Men's volleyball team as well as being a student assistant for the Women's volleyball team. I have coached for a couple different clubs. This season I coached for MOD Volleyball Club where I was a 15's head coach. Then in the spring I started coaching at Pipeline Volleyball Club where I was the 14 Silver Head Coach.
Assistant Coach
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
fostera19@xavier.edu
Xavier (OH)
Division 1
Andre Foster was hired as an assistant volleyball coach in August of 2022. He joins the Musketeers after a one-year stint at Purdue Fort Wayne as a graduate assistant.
In 2021, Foster assisted in coaching Katie Crowe to the All-Horizon League Second Team. He also served as the head coach for Empowered Volleyball Academy in 2021.
Prior to working in Fort Wayne, Foster was a volunteer assistant coach at UC Davis from 2020-21. He also served as the head coach for OMNI Volleyball Club in 2020-21.
Foster played collegiately at the University of Charleston (2015-17), Mount Ida College (2017-18) and Nichols College (2018-20).
The Davis, Calif., native holds a bachelors degree in sport management from Nichols College (19) and a masters in business administration from Nichols College (20). He is currently pursing a masters in organizational leadership from Purdue Fort Wayne.
Associate Head Coach
adesouz1@depaul.edu
DePaul
Division 1
DePaul Volleyball program Associate Head Coach, De Souza arrived in Chicago following a three-year stint as an assistant at West Virginia where he helped the program to go to their first ever NCAA appearance.
Prior to his time at West Virginia, De Souza was the head coach at Louisiana Tech. The Brazil native has been an assistant coach at Illinois State, Miami University (MAC Tournament Champion, NCAA qualifier) and a volunteer assistant at Kent State.
Internationally, De Souza has mentored youth at many different levels of the game, from beginners to expertise. He served as the men's volleyball coach at the State University of Campinas winning sectional titles in back-to-back seasons. In 2001-2002 De Souza worked and studied closely with the head coach from the Brazilian Women Junior National team Antonio Rizola in developing tools for performance development.
While taking his undergraduate courses, De Souza served as a liaison and interpreter for the U.S. Women's National Team (1994) and Japanese National Junior Team (1993) while both were competing in the FIVB World Championships in Brazil.
De Souza has spent a career in the States helping programs reach new levels of performance through his player-centered approach. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in physical education and a second in Sports Training/Coaching from Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) in São Paulo, Brazil and completed his master's degree in Sports Studies at Kent State University.
dmerriman@fsu.edu
Florida State
Division 1
Assistant Coach
info@aleshawilson.com
Dartmouth
Division 1
Alesha Wilson was hired as an assistant volleyball coach in May of 2021.
Wilson completed her graduate assistant position at the University of Dallas in 2021. During her time there, the Crusaders went 40-46 overall with two fourth place finishes in the conference, making it to the post-season each year.
She also coached for one season as an undergraduate assistant at her alma mater, North Carolina State in 2015, helping the Wolfpack go 16-16 that fall.
Wilson graduated from North Carolina State in 2014 and was a four-year member of the Wolfpack volleyball team. As a sophomore, she was second on the team in total blocks and fourth in total attacks, helping the team make its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1987.
Wilson went on to earn her Bachelor of Science in chemical and biomolecular engineering with a Spanish minor in 2016 and her Master of Leadership in 2021.
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.
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
ckremer@gardner-webb.edu
Gardner-Webb
Division 1
Christina Kremer is entering her first season as the Gardner-Webb head volleyball coach in 2020.
Kremer, who spent the previous season as an assistant coach at Penn, brings over seven years of experience as a coach at the collegiate level to the Runnin' Bulldogs.
This past season at Penn, she helped lead the Quakers to an 11-10 overall record, an increase of five wins from the previous year. Under Kremer's guidance, Penn freshman Autumn Leak earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors late in the season, the first Quakers freshman to be honored since 2017.
Prior to her arrival at Penn, Kremer spent the previous two seasons as the head coach of MidAmerica Nazarene, where the coached five student-athletes to All-Conference honors and two more to American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-American honors. The Pioneers finished the 2017 season ranked No. 25 in the nation among NAIA schools and were also a NAIA Scholar Team that year.
Kremer spent the 2016 season as the head coach at St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens, Fla., leading the program to a 25-7 record, its best season in over a decade. She also led the program to a No. 21 ranking in the NAIA, and second-place finishes in the Sun Conference regular season and tournament.
Kremer began her collegiate head coaching career in 2013 at Central Christian College of Kansas, turning around a program that was 1-26 the season prior to her arrival to a program-record 17 wins in 2015 and the team's first appearance in the NCCAA Division I Regional Tournament.
Before joining the college ranks, Kremer was the head coach for Club West, a national recognized club program from Nashville, Tenn. for four years, and was an assistant coach at Ravenwood High School in Brentwood, Tenn. for the 2010 season. Her coaching career began in 2009 as the head coach of the Alliance Volleyball Club.
As a player, Kremer started all four years at Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Mass., where she was a three-year captain, earning multiple NCAA All-Academic and All-Conference Academic honors, as well as the President of the Student Athletic Advisory Committee.
Kremer graduated from Eastern Nazarene with a Bachelor's Degree in Sports Management and also holds a Master's Degree in Sports Administration from Belmont University.
gmcampbell@smith.edu
Smith
Division 3
Head Coach
mcmonagj@dickinson.edu
Dickinson
Division 3
Jenn McMonagle is finishing her second year as the head women's volleyball coach at Dickinson College. McMonagle came to Carlisle after serving as the head coach of both mens and womens volleyball at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pa. Prior to her arrival at Wilson, McMonagle was on the staff at Gettysburg College where she helped guide the volleyball team to its first 20-win campaign in 11 years.
Originally from Hanover, McMonagle returned to south-central Pennsylvania following a one-year stint as the assistant coach at Union College in Barbourville, Ky. McMonagle helped the Bulldogs post a 34-11 overall record and win the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) regular-season and tournament championships. Union advanced to the NAIA National Championship and became the first AAC school to win a match after going 2-2 at the event.
Prior to arriving at Union, McMonagle served as head c-team coach and assistant varsity coach at Kings High School in Seattle, Wash., while completing her masters degree at the University of Washington. She led the c-team to a conference title and helped the varsity team finish fifth in the state tournament.
McMonagle played and coached at Penn State Mont Alto. As a player, she was a two-time All-Penn State University Athletic Conference (PSUAC) First-team selection and was named the conferences Setter of the Year in 2009. McMonagle was named United States Collegiate Athletic Association All-America Honorable Mention and Academic All-America in 2009. She was also recognized with the John S. Egli Scholar-Athlete Award as a player.
After receiving her bachelors degree in Human Development and Family Studies from Penn States main campus in 2012, McMonagle returned to Mont Alto to coach the mens and womens volleyball teams for three years. After going 8-14 in her debut season with the women, she led the Lions to a 37-14 mark in her final two campaigns. She coached four USCAA Academic All-Americans, five All-PSUAC First-team players, and one PSUAC Newcomer of the Year.
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.
Head Coach
kim.r.falkenhagen@lawrence.edu
Lawrence
Division 3
Kim Falkenhagen was hired as the Head Volleyball Coach at Lawrence University on February 25, 2019. She brings with her over 18 years collegiate coaching and recruiting experience and 12 years collegiate administration experience. She made the move to Lawrence from Northland College (Ashland, WI), where she was the Athletic Director and Head Volleyball Coach for 6 years.
Falkenhagen has also had coaching stints at Eastern New Mexico University (HC), Bemidji State University (HC), Northern Michigan University (AC), and West Texas A&M (AC). During her tenure she has had the privilege to coach 4 NCAA All-Americans, and over 30 All Conference Players. She has also been the NCAA tournament 6 times (4 times as a coach and 2 times as a player).
Falkenhagen played volleyball for Northern Michigan University, which won the national title in 1994 and were runner-up in 1995. For the 1995 tournament she was named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team after posting a hitting percentage of .867, which still stands as a NCAA Division II tournament record. Falkenhagen was also named to the NCAA All- tournament team, the GLIAC all-region teams, the AVCA all-region team, and the GLIAC all-conference teams during her career. She began her collegiate playing career at Weber State University (1992-93). Along with her 1995 teammates, Falkenhagen was inducted into the Northern Michigan University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000.
Assistant Coach
aliciawood@depauw.edu
DePauw
Division 3
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
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.
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.
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
Volunteer Coach
gene.krieger@cui.edu
Concordia (CA)
Division 2
https://cuieagles.com/news/2019/5/15/krieger-named-cui-beach-volleyball-head-coach-indoor-assistant.aspx
Assistant Coach
emily.kalmink@saintleo.edu
Saint Leo
Division 2
Coach Kalmink is in her third season with Saint Leo University where she helped lead the sandy lions to a 22-13 record. Before Saint Leo she was the assistant coach for the State College of Florida Manatees.
Graduate Assistant
avhodge1@converse.edu
Converse
Division 2
I am the current Graduate Assistant at Converse University, where I just finished playing 5 seasons as an outside/right side hitter.
Assistant Coach
kylie.bishopp@bobcats.gcsu.edu
Georgia College & State
Division 2
I recently graduated from Davidson College and am finishing my first year as the Assistant Volleyball Coach at Georgia College. This past season, we finished 2nd in the Peach Belt Conference and competed in the NCAA Southeast Region tournament, advancing to the round of 32 teams. I am passionate about mentoring players so that they can get the most out of their collegiate volleyball experience. Georgia College is a challenging academic institution, so I strive to help my players achieve success in the classroom just as much as I work to help them be successful on the court. I value hard work, dedication, communication, and positivity and believe that these values are key to building strong players and teams. I am looking forward to working the Southeast Academic Volleyball Showcase this summer!
kingk2@queens.edu
Queens-Charlotte (NC)
Division 2
Head Coach
hdoerfler@linfield.edu
Linfield
Division 3
Assistant Coach
bstrong@cornellcollege.edu
Cornell College (IA)
Division 3
Brianna Strong enjoyed a record-setting career at NCAA Division I University of Northern Colorado from 2010-14. Strong earned First Team All-Big Sky Conference honors as a senior, and was a second team choice in 2013. A two-time team captain, Strong helped guide the Bears to three Big Sky Tournament championships and three NCAA appearances during her time in Greeley, Colo. Strong led the Big Sky in attack percentage two consecutive seasons, including a conference-record .403 clip in 2013. She is Northern Colorado's Division I career-record holder for solo blocks and attack percentage. Strong also boasts the programs top season marks for solo and total blocks under the 25-point scoring format. In 2013, Strong was voted Northern Colorado's Fall Athlete of the Year and Break-out Athlete of the Year. She finished among the programs career leaders in blocks per set (0.95 second), total blocks (353 third), block assists (302 third), points (1,073 sixth) and kills (870 seventh). She played in 372 career sets while helping the Bears to three 20-win seasons.
Strong joined the Cornell staff in 2015 and helped the Rams to 5 Midwest Conference Regular Season Championships and 3 NCAA appearances. Coached 11 All-Conference performers, 4 All-Region, 4 All-Americans since her start at Cornell College.
Head Coach
frizzella@obu.edu
Ouachita Baptist
Division 2
Originally I am from McKinney, Texas but found my way to the Natural State of Arkansas. I was the libero for 4 years at Ouachita Baptist University (OBU) from 2009-2012. I graduated from OBU double majoring with a B.A. in secondary education and mathematics with a coaching endorsement. During my time at OBU, I was a 4 time all conference member, including Freshman of the year, 2 second team all conference and 1 first team all conference. I was the 2011-2012 GAC Female Athlete of the Year and was nominated in 2013 for NCAA Woman of the Year.
In 2013-2014, I was the Graduate Assistant for OBU until I became the head volleyball coach and head women's soccer coach at Lakeside High School in Hot Springs, AR, where I also taught Algebra 2. I was in charge of 7th-12th grade with 2 assistants. During my 4-season stint at Lakeside, our high school varsity volleyball team went 101-29-1, increasing our number of wins each year. Our conference voted me Coach of the Year for all four seasons as we went undefeated 4 years in a row and competed in the State Tournament each year. I also coached club for Hot Springs Force for 4 seasons coaching 4th-7th graders and two years at Elite Volleyball Academy in Little Rock, AR.
In January of 2018, I became the head volleyball coach at Ouachita Baptist University. Since then, we have had the 2028 GAC Setter of the year, the 2022 GAC Freshman of the Year, two All GAC First team members, three All GAC second team members, five all GAC honorable mention members, 11 GAC Distinguished Scholar Athletes and two GAC Elite Scholar athletes. We had two girls represent USA in the summer of 2018 in Brazil and we had two representing the summer of 2019 in Spain. Summer of 2023 I was able to represent the American International Sports Tours in Italy as the head volleyball coach while a team member also represented the USA in Italy through Beyond Sports. We have also received the AVCA Academic Award the last 5 years. I am so blessed to be back at my alma mater as it is my home! Go Tigers!
Assistant Coach
hanvoss17@gmail.com
Rockhurst
Division 2
Rockhurst University Volleyball - Division II - Great Lakes Valley Conference
Assistant Coach
graham2003@gmail.com
Austin
Division 3
2016-Present
Assistant Volleyball Coach Austin College
Middles and Blocking Coach
Assistant Coach
jalvare7@uccs.edu
Colorado-Colorado Springs
Division 2
sflowers1@csustan.edu
Cal State - Stanislaus
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.
thais.vieira@lindsey.edu
Doane
NAIA
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
icarpio@mtholyoke.edu
Mount Holyoke
Division 3
Iris Carpio was named the head volleyball coach at Mount Holyoke in July of 2017. She also serves the Physical Education department as a lecturer.
In her first season with the Lyons, Carpio helped guide the squad to a 10-12 overall record, the most wins for the team since the 2013 campaign. MHC also snapped a 25-game conference losing streak under her guidance, upsetting WPI on the road with a 3-2 victory.
Carpio came to Mount Holyoke College following a two-year stint as the assistant volleyball coach at Santa Fe College. During her time with the Saints, she helped the program to a 40-21 record, capping the 2016 season with an NJCAA National Final Four finish. She also served as head coach for a number of club teams for the Vision Volleyball Club in Gainesville, including coaching a previously unknown 18U college prep club team to a USAV National qualification.
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.
jacqueline.ahlers@njit.edu
New Jersey Tech
Division 1
Assistant Coach, Recruiting Coordinator
brianrosen@creighton.edu
Creighton
Division 1
Brian Rosen was named an assistant coach with the Creighton Volleyball program, head coach Kirsten Bernthal Booth announced on Friday, Feb. 18. Rosen has spent the past three years as the head coach at Nova Southeastern, and last fall led the Sharks to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2009.
Although it is bittersweet to be moving on from such an amazing group of young women at NSU, I am so excited about this new opportunity that Coach Booth has provided me to join the Bluejay volleyball family, said Rosen. She has created a culture of winning and prioritizing family, which are both so important to me. I look forward to using my strengths and experience to build on all of the success Creighton Volleyball has experienced since Coach Booth and Angie arrived. My family and I cannot wait to be in Omaha!
Rosen arrived at Nova Southeastern in 2019 and guided the Sharks to a 20-13 record in his first season. His program won their final six contests to clinch Nova Southeasterns first 20-win campaign since 2008. NSUs 12 Sunshine State Conference wins were a program record, and a pair of student-athletes were named AVCA All-Americans. His team posted a 3.61 GPA to earn a second consecutive AVCA Team Academic award.
After the 2020 season was cancelled due to COVID-19, Rosens team stormed out of the gate with 13 straight victories to open the fall of 2021. The 19 straight victories (counting the end of 2019) were one of numerous school records set in the fall. NSU established program-best marks for Sunshine State Conference victories (16), and .800 winning percentage in SSC play, best overall winning percentage in the NCAA-era (.828) and most home wins (16).
The 2021 Nova Southeastern squad qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the first-time since 2009 and had three Sharks earn AVCA All-American Honors, AVCA All-Region awards, and All-Conference recognition. NSU finished 25-6 overall with a No. 19 year-end ranking in the AVCA poll. The Sharks were one of two teams to defeat eventual national champion Tampa, but the Spartans returned the favor to eliminate NSU in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament.
What Brian has done at Nova Southeastern, turning around that program, is remarkable, said Booth. He cares about his student-athletes, and I think hell connect really well, not only with our players but with recruits. When you look at our past hires for that position, three of the five have been former head coaches, so clearly, I like people that have been able to navigate their own program and bring new ideas to ours. Were excited for Brian to do that with us.
Rosen joined the NSU coaching staff after spending two years at Davidson College as the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator. In his final year at Davidson, Rosen helped improve the Wildcats' hitting percentage by over .100. In addition to coaching for the Wildcats Rosen also served as the Carolina Juniors Club Director, where he coached seven consecutive teams to USAV National Championship bids.
Immediately before joining the Wildcats, Rosen served as the head coach at Providence (N.C.) High School, producing an undefeated regular season for conference and tournament titles, garnering 2016 Conference and South Charlotte Weekly Coach of the Year honors.
Prior to starting at Davidson, Rosen spent seven years (July 2009-May 2016) as the girl's head volleyball coach at Charlotte Country Day School. During his tenure, he coached the program to an overall record of 169-66, earning two state championship and conference championship titles in 2013 and 2014. After those two stellar seasons, he was named the Charlotte Observer Coach of the Year. In 2012 and 2013, he was named the South Charlotte News & South Charlotte Weekly Coach of the Year. In addition, he was honored with the AVCA Thirty Under 30 award in 2013; one of just two high school coaches to receive the honor.
Since the start of his coaching career in 2005, Rosen has also spent time as a volunteer assistant coach at Winthrop and served as the head coach of the men and women's club volleyball teams at the University of South Carolina.
Rosen earned his bachelor's degree in Sport and Entertainment Management, graduating cum laude from the University of South Carolina in 2008. He will be joined in Omaha by his wife Angelica and their daughters Bryce and Brady.
Assistant Coach
matt.huskey@slu.edu
Saint Louis U.
Division 1
Assistant Coach
jonferrari2@gmail.com
Colorado State
Division 1
Head Coach
adamsry@lafayette.edu
Lafayette
Division 1
Entering his third season at the head of the Leopards volleyball program for the fall 2021 season, Adams was introduced as the second full-time head coach in Lafayette College volleyball program history on Feb. 2, 2019.
In his first year on College Hill, he led the Leopards to the most wins the program had seen in 10 years, leading the Maroon and White to a 13-19 overall record.
In a shortened 2021 spring season, he led the Maroon and White to a 2-5 season, including a weekend sweep of crosstown rival Lehigh. He also coached outside hitter Leanna Deegan to the programs first Patriot League First-Team selection since 2006.
Adams came to College Hill after a pair of stints as an assistant at Bucknell from 2014-16 and in 2018. In his first two years in Lewisburg, the Bison ranked up 21 combined wins, including 13 Patriot League victories and were on the doorstep of the conference tournament berth in 2015. He played a large role in the programs first winning season in nine years.
A 2009 graduate of Cal State Northridge, Adams was named an Academic All-American while earning his degree in urban studies and planning. He began coaching in 2012 when he became a volunteer assistant coach at the University of Idaho and served as an academic coordinator for the athletic department.
After his first stop with Bucknell, he spent one season on the William & Mary coaching staff, while also serving as the head coach of the Williamsburg Volleyball Club 18 National team. Eleven players from that squad went on to play in college, including five at the Division I level.
In 2017, Adams served as the assistant coach at Princess Anne High School in Virginia. He helped guide the Cavaliers to a 27-4 record and a runner-up finish in the Virginia State Tournament. Along with his assistant coach duties, Adams was the head coach of East Coast Volleyball Club 16 Travel which went 31-16 under his guidance and ranked second in the Old Dominion Region.
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.
Head Women's Volleyball Coach
harreche@skidmore.edu
Skidmore
Division 3
B.A., University of Puerto Rico, 1979
Hilda Arrechea has been Skidmores head volleyball coach since 1995. She looks forward to improving on an impressive 524-314 24-year record. Arrechea has led the Thoroughbreds to four Liberty League championships and taken the team to seven NCAA tournaments.
Arrechea and her husband, assistant coach Jerry Rodriguez have been named Liberty League Coaching Staff of the Year nine times (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2012, and 2017).
Arrechea was a member of the Puerto Rican National Volleyball team and was the 1981 Collegiate Player of the Year in Puerto Rico.
awilkins@pace.edu
Pace
Division 2
Head Coach
ktrautmann@udallas.edu
University of Dallas
Division 3
Kelli Trautmann completed her 6th season as the head coach of the University of Dallas volleyball team. She joined the Crusaders in 2017. Trautmann has a .424 winning percentage, good for 3rd all-time win list at University of Dallas.
Hired in May, 2016, NCAA Division III Allegheny College located in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Trautmann was brought on as an assistant but served as the acting head coach once 30-year head coach Bridget Sheehan took a leave of absence for the 2016 season due to medical reasons. The Gators posted a 9-16 record that campaign.
Prior to that, Trautmann was the assistant volleyball coach at NAIA Williams Woods University in Fulton, Missouri. The team went 22-15 and 9-3 in the American Midwest Conference (AMC) when she was an assistant in 2015.
During the 2014-15 school year, she worked at NCAA DIII Millsaps College. While with the Majors, Trautmann served as an assistant coach for volleyball and was the assistant for the Track and Field team. The volleyball team in 2014 rolled to a 22-6 record and 11-3 in the Southern Athletic Association (SAA). The Majors led all of NCAA DIII in digs per set at 22.32.
Before assisting at Millsaps, Trautmann was the head volleyball, assistant junior varsity basketball, and head throws coach for track & field at Waterford Union High School in Wisconsin. She also held positions as a volleyball lessons and camp instructor, club volleyball tournament director, and Badger Region USA volleyball official.
Prior to coaching, Trautmann starred for both the volleyball and track & field teams at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Her career-high 36 digs in a match ranked fifth highest in program history, and she claimed Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Sportsmanship honors in 2010 and WIAC All-Defensive Team accolades in 2011. The Warhawks won a regular-season WIAC title, a pair of WIAC Tournament crowns, and advanced to four NCAA Tournaments during her career.
Trautmann earned her Masters of Education in Athletic/Activities Administration at William Woods University in June 2017.
In May 2013, Trautmann graduated from UW-Whitewater with a Bachelor of Science in Education, Physical Education, Emphasis on Health, Human Performance and Recreation with an Athletic Coaching Minor.
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
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92-52
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