AVCA Under 30 Winners

Happy National Volleyball Day! The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) announced their 2018 Thirty Under 30 Award winners and we have a representative from the DIII West Region – Trinity’s assistant volleyball coach, Alyssa (Aly) Lilley. The award was created to honor up-and-coming coaching talent across all levels of the sport. To qualify, the nominee……

2017 Conference Records

Do you know the feeling where you start a project but have a feeling that someone else has already done the same project? So, you go looking for it but never find it. And then go do the project but live in fear that someone way smarter than you will then leave a comment when……

Linfield Replaces a Legend

No pressure! Last season, Linfield’s volleyball coach of 2,000 years (slight…very slight overstatement), Shane Kimura, announced 2017 was to be his last. After 40 years with the Wildcats, Coach Kimura participated in his last collegiate volleyball match as Linfield upset Whitworth (his 666th win in his career). Coach Kimura ends his amazing run in the……

St. Thomas (Houston) to Join DIII/SCAC

As mentioned in a previous post, there was a rumor of another school entering the NCAA Division III exploratory process, which is the first step towards gaining eligibility. This school (made official today) is the University of Saint Thomas – Houston. St. Thomas is currently a member of the NAIA and the Red River Conference.……

SCAC 2018 Schedule Changes

I thought about putting this information in my previous post about JWU and the SCAC, but there is a lot here. To start off with, the SCAC is awesome. I don’t say that because Southwestern is in the SCAC but because they’ve always been so accommodating to my requests and usually give me more than……

JWU Denver & SCAC News

With the news on Friday that UT-Tyler was moving to DII, it seems only fair that we move a school into DIII. It was announced last year that JWU Denver was exploring a move to Division III, and yesterday the NCAA Membership Committee announced that Johnson & Wales Denver has been accepted as a provisional……

UT Tyler – Moving to DII

Friday, UT-Tyler officially submitted their application for Division II membership. The NCAA will now decide later this year if the application should be accepted for review. If this occurs, then UT-Tyler will start on a three-year process where they will implement Division II policies and procedures. During these three-years, UT-Tyler will not be eligible to……