Preston HS senior to play volleyball at University of Mount Saint Vincent in the fall – Bronx Times
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Stephanie Rodriguez, a standout member of Preston High School’s Class of 2025, will continue her athletic and academic journey at the University of Mount Saint Vincent this fall, where she has committed to playing on the women’s volleyball team. Rodriguez, who plans to study business during her […]
Stephanie Rodriguez, a standout member of Preston High School’s Class of 2025, will continue her athletic and academic journey at the University of Mount Saint Vincent this fall, where she has committed to playing on the women’s volleyball team.
Rodriguez, who plans to study business during her four years at the Riverdale-based college, wrapped up an accomplished high school career both on and off the court. As a senior, she served as Vice President of Co-Curricular Affairs on the Student Council and was inducted into the National Honor Society as well as the English, Math, and Spanish Honor Societies.
Athletic Head Coach (Track & Field and Cross Country) in Mesa, AZ for Mesa Community College
Details Posted: 26-Jun-25 Location: Mesa, Arizona Type: Full-time Salary: $52,525 – $68,282/annually, DO Categories: Coaching Coaching – Cross Country Coaching – Track & Field Sector: Jr. Collegiate Sports Preferred Education: 4 Year Degree Under the direction of the Athletic Director, the Athletic Head Coach will provide supervision, direct coaching instruction. Serve as head Women’s and […]
Under the direction of the Athletic Director, the Athletic Head Coach will provide supervision, direct coaching instruction. Serve as head Women’s and Men’s Cross-Country coach and head women’s and men’s Track and Field Head Coach to develop, implement, and maintain the college’s Cross Country/Track and Field program. Responsible for but not limited to: meet success; revenue generation for the athletic department; academic achievement, and public relations; including but not limited to; academic support, and academic leadership for the student-athletes, coaching, scouting, scheduling, recruiting, study hall monitoring, mentoring, travel coordination, teaching sportsmanship, life skills, discipline enforcement, and program administration.
Bachelor’s Degree from a regionally accredited institution in physical education, sports management, sports coaching, kinesiology, recreation therapy, athletic training, sport psychology, or another field related to athletics or sports, management, communications, health, coaching, or a similar discipline, and four (4) years of experience as an athletic coach, preferably at the college level, which includes recruiting experience and two (2) years of senior level or lead experience.
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An equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above, unless otherwise subject to any other requirements set forth in law or regulation.
About Mesa Community College
Mesa Community College is the largest of 10 colleges in the Maricopa County Community College District. Our seven-member governing board and chancellor provide leadership for the district. Dr. Richard Daniel serves as president of Mesa Community College, supported by a senior leadership team and guided by our mission, vision and values.
Nooksack Valley volleyball heads to Phoenix for summer tournament | Sports
The Nooksack Valley volleyball team is competing in a four-day tournament in Phoenix, Arizona, from June 26 to 29. (Dennis Cairns for the Tribune) EVERSON — Nooksack Valley volleyball is heading to Arizona this summer for a new kind of challenge. The Pioneers will take part in a four-day tournament in Phoenix from June 26 […]
The Nooksack Valley volleyball team is competing in a four-day tournament in Phoenix, Arizona, from June 26 to 29. (Dennis Cairns for the Tribune)
EVERSON — Nooksack Valley volleyball is heading to Arizona this summer for a new kind of challenge.
The Pioneers will take part in a four-day tournament in Phoenix from June 26 to 29, a first for the program under head coach Holly St. Marie, who enters her second season after leading the team to an 8-7 league record in 2024.
“We always sit and kind of plan out our summer and as I’m just looking at different opportunities, I felt like it would be good for us to kind of get out and travel somewhere and just experience like different types of teams,” St. Marie said. “There’s not a ton of opportunities for tournaments in the summer, especially, so in my search, I found this Phoenix one.”
Lynden volleyball is also attending the tournament. Once the idea was introduced to players and families at Nooksack, it quickly gained traction.
“It sounded like something everyone was interested in,” she said.
The tournament features roughly 130 teams with a wide range of skill levels expected. For a team used to playing against familiar local competition, the change presents a welcome opportunity for growth.
“When we play locally, we see a lot of the same athletes, a lot of the same teams,” St. Marie said. “They usually know the kids across the net kind of thing. I think it’ll be a really good opportunity for them to just experience some different volleyball down south.”
St. Marie said the trip also serves as a way to bring the team together after time apart and get reps in before fall season prep begins.
“Our goals are always to do our best to win matches, win games, but I think because it’s so early in our summer, it’s always important for us to just develop the little things,” she said. “Just building that cohesion amongst each other… getting that cohesion back together is something that I’m looking forward to for them.”
Nooksack’s summer preparation has included team camps and local scrimmages. While those remain part of the schedule, traveling to a large out-of-state tournament marks a new step.
“Historically have done like team camps and some local scrimmages and that sort of thing,” St. Marie said. “But no, this is the first time, at least for me, traveling to go take the team to like a bigger size tournament.”
St. Marie said she expects the level of play in Phoenix to vary but believes the Pioneers will be able to hold their own.
“There could be some really good teams, there could be some that maybe [are] on a lower level, but I expect us to get to a point where we’re competing at a pretty high level,” she said.
Planning a trip like this involves extensive logistics, but St. Marie said she was comfortable taking the lead.
“This is what I do outside of Nooksack, so I feel really comfortable planning trips like this,” she said. “It was just working alongside Tom Harman obviously and just making sure that everybody was in alignment with us doing it… I checked in with a lot of folks to just make sure it was something that everyone thought would be a great idea for this program.”
The group also organized fundraising efforts to help make the trip possible. One unique factor they’ll have to manage is the heat—summer temperatures in Phoenix often exceed 100 degrees.
“It’s going to be pretty hot down there, so just making sure that we’re taking care of ourselves,” St. Marie said. “It’s more volleyball than the girls have seen in like a short period of time, so just preparing ourselves for that as well.”
With many returning players from last year’s varsity squad, the group has high expectations.
“They always want to compete to win,” St. Marie said. “But I do want to get us to a place where we’re thinking about who do we want to be in the fall. So it’s just building that back, coming into the summer.”
Above all, she hopes the experience strengthens the team and creates lasting memories.
“Obviously building memories and… just building that trust with each other,” she said. “I’m looking forward to getting a lot of time together with the team and getting to coach them through some really good opportunities to play.”
Lions Return to the Court: 2025 Volleyball Schedule Is Here
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LOS ANGELES – The 2025 LMU women’s volleyball schedule is officially set, with first-year head coach Kolby O’Donnell leading the Lions into an exciting season ahead. The team is slated to play 28 matches this fall, including 14 at home in Gersten Pavilion. LMU kicks off the season on […]
LOS ANGELES – The 2025 LMU women’s volleyball schedule is officially set, with first-year head coach Kolby O’Donnell leading the Lions into an exciting season ahead.
The team is slated to play 28 matches this fall, including 14 at home in Gersten Pavilion.
LMU kicks off the season on Aug. 30 with a home game against Denver, followed by a matchup against USC on Aug. 31. The following weekend, the Lions hit the road for a trip to Tempe, Arizona, where they’ll face Florida Gulf Coast and Arizona State on Sept. 6–7.
The Lions return home to host a three-day tournament from Sept. 11–13, featuring matchups against Western Michigan, BYU, and another meeting with USC.
Next, the Lions travels to College Station, TX for the Texas A&M Invitational, where they’ll compete against Southeastern Louisiana, New Hampshire, and the host team, Texas A&M.
West Coast Conference play begins on Sept. 25, when LMU hosts Seattle. The month wraps up with a road match at San Diego on September 27.
October starts with three consecutive away games before the Lions return to Gersten Pavilion to face Washington State and Portland on Oct. 9 and 11, respectively. LMU closes out the month with additional matches on Oct. 16, 18, 25, and 30.
In November, LMU opens with a home game against San Diego, followed by a trip to Oregon to play Portland and Oregon State. The Lions finish the regular season with four more home matches, culminating in Senior Day on Nov. 29 against Pacific.
Last season, the Lions posted an impressive 25-6 overall record, going 16-2 in conference play to claim the WCC title and earn an automatic NCAA Tournament bid.
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UCLA Athletics finished fifth in the 2024-25 Learfield Directors’ Cup with 1149 points, its highest finish and highest point total since placing second with 1326 points in 2017-18. Just 4.25 points separated first, second and third place. Texas edged out USC for the Directors’ Cup, totaling 1255.25 points to USC’s 1253.75 and Stanford’s 1251.00. North […]
UCLA Athletics finished fifth in the 2024-25 Learfield Directors’ Cup with 1149 points, its highest finish and highest point total since placing second with 1326 points in 2017-18.
Just 4.25 points separated first, second and third place. Texas edged out USC for the Directors’ Cup, totaling 1255.25 points to USC’s 1253.75 and Stanford’s 1251.00. North Carolina placed fourth with 1195.25 points.
The Bruins were bolstered by men’s water polo’s national championship and runner-up finishes from gymnastics and men’s volleyball. UCLA also earned third-place finishes from women’s basketball, beach volleyball and women’s water polo and fifth-place showings by baseball, softball and men’s tennis. Also adding to UCLA’s point total were men’s basketball, men’s golf, women’s golf, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, swimming & diving, women’s tennis, men’s track and field, and women’s track and field.
UCLA’s 2024-25 inaugural season in the Big Ten Conference was hugely successful. The Bruins won seven Big Ten titles, tied for second-most in the conference. Women’s soccer won UCLA’s first-ever Big Ten title after winning the conference tournament. Gymnastics was the first program to win a Big Ten regular season title and also captured the conference championship. Women’s basketball won the conference tournament en route to a Final Four appearance. Men’s tennis and men’s golf won their respective tournaments on the same day (April 27). Baseball captured a share of the regular season title on their way to a Men’s College World Series appearance. Additionally, three Bruin teams won regular season conference titles in the MPSF – men’s water polo, men’s volleyball and women’s water polo – bringing UCLA’s total of conference titles to 10, most among Big Ten schools.
In 2024-25, UCLA was the only school in the nation to advance to the College World Series in both baseball and softball. Additionally, UCLA was the only school with teams competing in the Men’s and Women’s College World Series and the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments.
Four CAA Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Programs Garner Major Awards
Four CAA Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Programs Garner Major Awards
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RICHMOND, Va. (June 26, 2025) – Four separate programs – Delaware, Elon, Monmouth, and North Carolina A&T – garnered a major award winner following the 2025 CAA Outdoor Track & Field season. North Carolina A&T’s Spirit Morgan was […]
Four CAA Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Programs Garner Major Awards
Ben Kane
RICHMOND, Va. (June 26, 2025) – Four separate programs – Delaware, Elon, Monmouth, and North Carolina A&T – garnered a major award winner following the 2025 CAA Outdoor Track & Field season.
North Carolina A&T’s Spirit Morgan was named the Field Athlete of the Year, while Delaware’s Olamide Ayeni garnered Rookie of the Year honors. Monmouth’s All-American Yasmeen Tinsley earned Track Athlete of the Year and Elon’s Mark Elliston was named the Coach of the Year.
Morgan earned Second Team All-American honors from the USTFCCCA after finishing ninth nationally in the women’s high jump. The CAA Outdoor high jump title holder had the sixth-best jump coming out of the NCAA East Regional. Morgan’s 1.85m leap at the conference championship ranked 12th among Division I athletes this season.
Tinsley had a prolific season, leading to her holding 10 program records with the Hawks. The newly crowned Second Team All-American in the 400m hurdles placed 15th at the national semifinal with a time of 57.53, marking the fastest time by a Monmouth athlete at the NCAA Championships. Tinsley won both the 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles at the CAA Championship.
Ayeni took home the CAA Discus Throw title with a 52.53m toss, while also coming in seventh in the shot put with a mark of 14.33m. The first year’s season continued at the USATF U20 Championships in late June, placing second in the discus throw after setting a new personal record of 52.93m.
Elliston led the Phoenix to its fourth CAA Women’s Outdoor Championship in the past five seasons, scoring 147 points in the conference meet. Under his guidance, Elon had four individual outdoor champions and saw two individuals qualify for the NCAA East Regional.
The following student-athletes earned All-CAA honors for placing top three in their respective event(s) at the 2025 CAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
2025 Women’s Outdoor Track & Field All-CAA Honorees
SWOSU Volleyball Signs Six Freshmen for 2025 Class
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WEATHERFORD – SWOSU Volleyball Coach Josh Collins has announced the addition of six incoming freshmen to the Bulldogs’ roster for the 2025 season. “I am thrilled to welcome this talented and dynamic group of freshmen to our program,” said Collins. “Each of them brings a unique combination of experience, […]
WEATHERFORD – SWOSU Volleyball Coach Josh Collins has announced the addition of six incoming freshmen to the Bulldogs’ roster for the 2025 season.
“I am thrilled to welcome this talented and dynamic group of freshmen to our program,” said Collins. “Each of them brings a unique combination of experience, skill, and competitive drive that will undoubtedly elevate our team. With multiple state championships, district accolades, and a strong background in multi-sport athleticism, this class is poised to make an immediate impact. I’m excited to have them join the Bulldog family and am ready to see them develop, grow, and thrive in our program’s culture.”
Fresh off the first Great American Conference championship in program history, SWOSU will look to continue its momentum by adding the six freshmen to a group of seven returners. Collins, now a three-time GAC Coach of the Year, enters his 14th season as the head coach of SWOSU Volleyball in 2025.
“Mackenzie comes to SWOSU following an extremely decorated high school career. As a three-time 3A State Champion and two time State MVP in Texas, we expected her to bring that experience to SWOSU and impact this program immediately. As a setter, she navigates the game at an extremely high level. We are excited for Mackenzie to become a DAWG!”
“Sydnee comes to SWOSU as a very dynamic athlete. Coming from a family that is heavily involved in college athletics, it is in Sydnee’s blood to be a competitor. She has had great success playing in numerous sports in high school and we cannot wait to add her competitive spirit to our program.”
“We are excited to add Preslee’s length to our program. She is a decorated district blocker who reads the game very well. We know Preslee will not only come in and develop this program, but we expect her to excel in the culture as well.”
Claire Occkiogrosso
Right Side | 5’10
Arlington, Texas (Grace Prep Academy)
“Claire brings state championships experience to SWOSU. She has played in a very competitive 4A private school division in Texas. As a left-handed right side, she adds versatility to our offense. We expect Claire to come in and continue to build the culture of this team and program. We’re excited for Claire to be here and be a DAWG.”
“We are excited for KK to bring a high level of volleyball IQ to our program. She has competed on very competitive club and school teams and has won 2 state championships in Indiana. Her experience in many different positions and ability to impact all sides of the game will be a great addition to this program.”
“Katja is another multi-sport high school athlete that is very decorated. As a middle, she will be very dynamic for this program and we expect her to use her poise to make an impact quickly. We cannot wait for Kat to join the Bulldog family.”
