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Dear Freshman, As your coach, I want you to know that your talents and abilities are valued, but so are the qualities that make you unique. As you start your college experience, there will be challenges and pressures that can make it easy to lose sight of who you are, but I encourage you to stay true to your values and maintain your character throughout your time here. I want you to work as hard as you can athletically and academically, but remember that you are more than you

Ever heard the phrase, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger?” Nietzsche and Kelly Clarkson were both onto something, although I’m guessing Nietzsche didn’t expect his philosophy to eventually become a pop song. In athletics, weakness isn’t always a bad thing. Sometimes the areas where you struggle are exactly where the most growth needs to happen. The key is being honest enough to identify those weaknesses and disciplined enough to work on them instead of hiding them, ma

As spring turns to summer, college life changes pretty quickly. NARPs, or what athletes jokingly call “non athletic regular people,” are thinking about summer jobs, vacations, internships, and having a little more freedom. For college volleyball players, summer looks a little different. Preseason comes fast, and what you do during those months matters. Summer is also one of those times when coaches learn a lot about their athletes without actually being around them every day.

The transfer portal, one of the biggest developments in modern college sports, has completely reshaped how student-athletes move between institutions. Since the NCAA changed its rules, athletes can now transfer multiple times without losing a season of eligibility, not just once, the way the rule originally worked. Combined with a windowed system that sets specific dates for entering the portal sport by sport, and a newer age-based eligibility model, movement between programs

Today's post looks at the parable Jesus tells in Matthew 21:28-32, and the message underneath it: sincerity matters more than saying the right words or making promises you don't keep. It's a parable about actions outweighing words, and about what's actually in someone's heart mattering more than what comes out of their mouth. That lesson lands hard on a college volleyball team, where a player's actions and her actual commitment to the goal are what determine whether the team

The phrase “I’d rather be lucky than good” gets thrown around a lot, usually as a way to explain outcomes we can’t fully control. And in sports, there’s some truth to that. Matches can turn on a bad call, a net cord, a weird bounce, or an opponent having an uncharacteristically great night. You can do everything right and still lose. You can play average and still win. But building your mindset around luck is a losing strategy. Volleyball—like life—is full of variables you do

For college athletes, being an athlete is rarely just something they do. It becomes part of how they see themselves. Their schedule revolves around practices, lifts, film, travel, competition, recovery, and their teammates. They spend years being introduced by their sport, recognized for their accomplishments, and measured by what they can contribute to a team. That athletic identity can build confidence, discipline, resilience, leadership, and an ability to handle pressure,