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Experience the excitement of UConn Volleyball with this exclusive video featuring Doga Kutlu and Emma Werkmeister. Follow along as we explore their journey from different corners of the world to the courts of UConn. Learn about their training regimen, game-day rituals, and the friendships they've forged along the way. Join us for an intimate look at the lives of two talented athletes as they chase their dreams and leave their mark on the volleyball world

Born in San Diego, Calif.

Intends to major in business marketing and entrepreneurship

Has two sisters

Older sister Cambria played volleyball and track and field for Air Force

Parents are Craig and Melinda Galloway of San Diego, Calif.

AVCA All-America honorable mention

All-Big West first team

Started 30 of 31 matches played

Finished third on the team in kills per set (2.48), hitting at a .305 clip

Also finished with 1.46 digs per set and 0.64 blocks per set and served 14 aces

Posted a double-double with 11 kills and career-high 12 digs vs. Penn State in the NCAA Tournament semifinals (May 5)

Recorded double-digit kills in 11 matches

Season-high 14 kills in season-opener against Ball State (Jan. 12)

Averaged 3.00 kills per set, hitting .389 in Big West play

Ohio State Volleyball player

Jacob Pasteur, he shares his great volleyball journey from Maryland to OSU and the National Team.

He also talks about cracking 80 mph with his serve!

AVCA First Team All-American (2023)

MIVA Player of the Year (2023)

Ohio State Scholar Athlete (2022, 2023)

First Team All-MIVA (2022, 2023)

USA Volleyball Nations League Team (2022)

MIVA Academic All-Conference (2022)

Academic All-Big Ten (2022)

MIVA All-Tournament Team (2023)

Preseason All-MIVA (2023, 2024)

Jaylen Reyes joined the Nebraska volleyball program as an assistant coach in March 2018. Reyes coaches the Husker liberos and defense while helping coordinate game plans and scouting reports and assisting with other positions. He also serves as the Huskers’ recruiting coordinator.

Jaylen Reyes is now the lead assistant women’s volleyball coach at Nebraska. He is the recruiting coordinator for a team that consistently brings in the best high school players from all over the country.

He got started with the men’s team at BYU and he’s now in his fourth year at Nebraska.

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Meet Erik Shoji an American professional volleyball player who plays as a libero for ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle and the U.S. national team. Shoji was a bronze medalist at the Olympic Games Rio 2016 and the 2018 World Championship; the 2014 World League and 2015 World Cup winner, and a two–time Champions League winner (2022, 2023) with ZAKSA.

Member of U.S. Men's National Team since 2013

Finished first among diggers and second among receivers at first Olympic Games (Rio 2016)

Has played professionally in Germany, Austria, Italy, Russia and Poland

Became first four-time First Team All-American in history of AVCA honors while at Stanford

Represented U.S. on Men's Collegiate National Team, Men's Junior National Team and Boys' Youth National Team during junior career

A phenomenal volleyball player from Greece that was recrutied to come play for @hawaiiathletics Men's Volleyball program. As he enter his senior season he sits down with me and shares his journey and what is next!

Meet Coach Ellen and hear about the team she is building to be competitive in the Big East and beyond. Trying to mirror the success the men and women's basketball team have built with a winning culture.

The Toledo, Ohio native played professionally with Sagres NUC, one of the top teams in the LNA, the top professional league in Switzerland. During the 2011-2012 season, she was match MVP three times, and helped out the Neuchatel, Switzerland club to finish second in the league. Sagres also reached the Swiss Cup final and the quarterfinals of the CEV Challenge Cup, a European-wide championship. Returning to Neuchatel the following season, she was awarded match MVP five times and the team finished third place in the LNA.

In 2010, she competed for VT Aurubis Hamburg, a member of Germany's 14-team premier league, the Bundesliga. During her brief stint in Germany, she received MVP honors during two matches.

Prior to her professional career, Herman-Kimball trained with the U.S. National Team during the summer of 2009 and competed with the U.S. National Team on their Tour of China during February of 2010. She also competed with the U.S. A2 Team, earning Most Valuable Player honors at the Adult Open Championship in 2008.

Herman-Kimball , a two-time All-American, led the Bobcats to four successful seasons during her collegiate career, including three Mid American Conference regular season championships, three MAC tournament championships and four NCAA tournament berths. She was named the MAC Player of the Year as a junior and senior and also earned MAC Freshman of the Year accolades during her rookie campaign. The four-time first team All-MAC selection left Ohio University as the OU and MAC all-time leader in kills, as well as OU's all-time leader in points and attacks.

Herman-Kimball , who earned Academic All-MAC honors three times during her collegiate career, graduated with a Bachelor of Health Administration from Ohio University in June 2010. She was inducted into the MAC Hall of Fame in 2020.

Meet Maire Zidek, she stopped by the podcast to share her volleyball journey.

It was a fascinating conversation about more than just the game of volleyball. Marie is really focused on creating a better place for women's volleyball and carrying on the torch from the last generation of female coach's that brought volleyball to what it's current level is today.

Marie Zidek was named the sixth head coach in DePaul volleyball history on Dec. 22, 2017 and entered her sixth season as the leader of the program in fall of 2023.

Zidek’s team boasted an outright seventh place conference finish, marking the highest finish for DePaul since BIG EAST reconfiguration in 2013-14. The Blue Demons saw significant improvement in the final RPI year-over-year, finishing over 100 points higher than 2018. The 2019 squad notched its highest RPI win since joining the BIG EAST with a 3-1 victory over then-ranked No. 48 Villanova.

Pauly had served on the USC coaching staff since 2020, when she joined the Trojans as an assistant coach. USC's lead recruiting coordinator, Pauly moved into the associate head position in spring 2023.

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Meet Leisa Rosen

Head coach of the Fresno State Volleyball team!

In her first year she coached her team win the Mountain West championship!

In her time in Ann Arbor, Rosen coached 12 All-Americans and guided the Wolverines to postseason play 19 times. Michigan earned a total of 468 victories, including 66 wins over Top 25 opponents in her tenure and was ranked or received votes in the AVCA Top 25 poll in each of the last 14 seasons.

Compiling 20 winning seasons in her tenure, the Wolverines advanced to seven Sweet 16s, two Elite Eights and the 2012 Final Four. Michigan racked up 38 All-Big Ten selections, 25 AVCA All-Americans and in the classroom earned 135 Academic All Big Ten honorees.

Coming off a 17-win campaign this fall that included a sweep over ninth-ranked Penn State, Rosen began at Michigan in 1999, spending her first two seasons as an assistant coach before being promoted to associate head coach in 2001. She worked primarily with the Wolverines' defense overseeing Michigan's middle blockers and liberos while managing and coordinating all of Michigan's recruiting efforts.

Prior to her time at Michigan, Rosen spent time at Boise State (1998) and Northern Michigan (1994-97), helping lead the Wildcats to the 1994 Division II National Championships and four Division II Final Four appearances racking up a 134-16 (.893) overall record.

Rosen began her coaching career with the Central Ohio Volleyball Club in 1992. She followed that with a two-year stint as the 16-Gold coach of the Kern River Volleyball Club in Bakersfield, Calif. (1993-94). While coaching the Kern River Volleyball Club, Rosen played professionally for the San Diego Spikers of the National Volleyball Association.

Before her professional coaching career, Rosen was a standout collegiate performer for the Ohio State University Buckeyes (1988-91). During her collegiate career, the Buckeyes won two Big Ten Conference championships (1989, '91) and advanced to the 1991 NCAA Championship Semifinals.

Rosen also garnered numerous individual accolades at Ohio State. As a senior, she was selected the Big Ten Conference Player of the Year, AVCA All-America second team and was the Ohio State Female Athlete of the Year. Rosen was named to the AVCA All-Mideast Region team three times (1989, '90, '91). She captured Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors in 1988 and also competed in the United States Olympic Festival in 1989 and 1991. She was inducted into the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2001.

A native of Wasilla, Alaska, Rosen was honored as one of the 50 greatest sports figures of the 20th century from the state of Alaska by Sports Illustrated. Rosen earned her bachelor's degree in political science from Ohio State in 1992. She is married to Mark Rosen, and the couple has two sons, Brady and Cameron.

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