COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO - The following coaches have been selected by their region representatives as Tachikara/AVCA NAIA Region Coach of the Year. Each of the honorees will represent their region on the National Coach of the Year ballot. The awards will be officially presented at the Tachikara/AVCA Coach of the Year Banquet in Dallas on Thursday, Dec. 18, at the 2003 American Volleyball Coaches Association Annual Convention.

Region I Coach of the Year
Amy Heuiser, Carroll College

Region II Coach of the Year
Aaron Seltzer, Biola University

Region III Coaches of the Year
Todd Lowery, National American University (S.D.)

Region IV Coach of the Year
Tom Van Den Bosch, Dordt College

Region V Coach of the Year
Melinda Wrye-Washington, Columbia College (Mo.)

Region VI Coach of the Year
Kaddie Platt, Houston Baptist University

Region VII Coach of the Year
Brenda Williams, Olivet Nazarene University

Region VIII Coach of the Year
Jerry Abraham, Madonna University

Region IX Coach of the Year
Cass Dixon, Walsh University

Region X Coach of the Year
Not Selected

Region XI Coach of the Year
Andrea Hudson, Lee University (Tenn.)

Region XII Coach of the Year
Robin Farris, Indiana University-Southeast

Region XIII Coach of the Year
Gretchen Speed, Spring Hill College

Region XIV Coach of the Year
Hector Martinez, St. Thomas University (Fla.)