University of Houston Director of Athletics Mack Rhoades announced the hiring of Kaddie Platt as the Cougars' new head volleyball coach. Platt becomes the sixth head coach in program history after spending 17 years as head coach at Houston Baptist.
UCF head volleyball coach Todd Dagenais will once again have an active summer as he was appointed head coach of the U.S. Women's Junior A2 Program earlier this week by USA Volleyball.
UCF Athletics announced Friday that it has extended the contract of volleyball head coach Todd Dagenais through the 2014 season. In 2011, the Knights completed their best season since 2003 after amassing a 20-11 record and program-high 12 Conference USA victories.
Tulsa's Tyler Henderson and Lucy Charuk of Houston were named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association All-America second and third teams, respectively. Henderson repeats her honor from a year ago while Charuk becomes the fourth player in league history to earned third team laurels. The league also had nine student-athletes to earn AVCA All-America honorable mention honors.