LEXINGTON, KY. (November 16, 2022) – The American Volleyball Coaches Association is pleased to recognize its second group of teams and clubs that earned the AVCA Community Voting Award.This new award, which was started in 2020 to encourage eligible coaches and student-athletes to exercise their civic duty through participation in the democratic process, awards teams who had 100 percent of their eligible student-athletes and staff vote in the 2022 November election. This year, 35 schools are receiving the award: 22 colleges teams and 13 high school teams or clubs.“Our goal as leaders of young people is to model responsible behavior and to instill good habits,” said AVCA Executive Director Kathy DeBoer. “Whether it’s the court, the classroom, or the voting booth, coaches matter in the lives of their players. This award is another way to highlight that fact.”Winning teams receive a congratulatory letter, a frameable certificate, and the AVCA will send a letter of acknowledgement to the institution’s director of athletics and president.The AVCA Community Voting Award will be offered again in November of 2024, the next national election day.All recipients listed below are indoor teams unless otherwise noted.

NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN (HEAD COACH)

Bowling Green State University (Danijela Tomic)
Dartmouth College (Gilad Doron)
Florida Gulf Coast University (Matt Botsford)
Michigan State University (Leah Johnson)
Portland State University (Michael Seeman)
St. Francis College-Brooklyn (Amable Martínez)
University of North Carolina Charlotte (Karen Weatherington)
University of Oregon (Matt Ulmer)
Yale University (Erin Appleman)

COLLEGE BEACH WOMEN

Santa Clara University (Jeff Alzina)

NCAA DIVISION II WOMEN

Southwest Minnesota State University (Tyler Boddy)
Texas Woman’s University (Jeff Huebner)
Western Colorado University (Margaret Billingsley)
Winona State University (Joe Getzin)

NCAA DIVISION III WOMEN

Agnes Scott College (Shanna Trone)
Smith College (Greg Walker)
St. Olaf College (Emily Foster)
Swarthmore College (Harleigh Chwastyk)
University of Wisconsin-River Falls (Dipen Patel)

NAIA WOMEN

Kansas Wesleyan University (Jessica Biegert)

NJCAA DIVISION I WOMEN

Hutchinson Community College (Delice Downing)

NJCAA DIVISION III WOMEN

Milwaukee Area Technical College (Shel DeLisle)

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS

Harris County High School, GA (Rob Grant)
Portsmouth Christian Academy, NH (Kevin Carreiro)
Hinsdale Central High School, IL (Kelly Stapleton)
Langley High School, VA (Susan Shifflett)
St. Vincent’s Academy, GA (Nichols St. Louis)
Brandon High School, MS (Kelsa Walker)
Community Christian Academy, KY (Rhet McMullen)
Elite Scholars Academy, GA (Catherine Lawrence)
Alvin High School, TX (Kylie Kunefke)
Olmsted Falls Volleyball, OH (Brigid Radigan)
Dunbar High School, KY (Jenni Morgan)

CLUB GIRLS

Eastside Volleyball Club, IL (Tim Vande Schraaf)
Chesapeake Elite Volleyball Academy, MD (Kameron Beans)

OTHER

American Volleyball Coaches Association Staff (Kathy DeBoer)

Award Type

  • Voting Community Award

AVCA Staff Member

Brad Wilson

bradley.wilson@avca.org