T E X A S A & M V O L L E Y B A L L S U P P O R T S TA F F
KELLY STUMPH DIRECTOR OF VOLLEYBALL OPERATIONS
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elly Stumph, Texas A&M Class of 2003, is in her third season
as the Aggies’ director of volleyball operations. Her responsibilities include coordinating and organizing team travel, on-campus recruiting, tape exchange, equipment inventory and summer camps exclusively for the volleyball program. In addition, Stumph is helping the program develop a larger presence in the community.
Born in Fort Worth and raised in nearby Azle, Texas, Stumph gained extensive experience in the sport of volleyball and made invaluable contacts on the national and international scales since graduating with honors from A&M, where she majored in sport management and minored in business. Stumph returned to Aggieland after serving nearly three years as manager of awards and events support at the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA). She was responsible for managing all aspects of the AVCA awards programs for both men’s and women’s college volleyball players and coaches at the NCAA Division I, II and III levels, as well as NAIA and two-year
colleges. Stumph also developed and instituted the AVCA High School Senior All-America program. Other responsibilities included overseeing the annual AVCA All-America/Player of the Year Banquet and the AVCA Hall of Fame induction ceremony, as well as the Molten Division III Men’s Invitational Volleyball Championship, including the bid process, tournament site and team selection, championship banquet and VIP relations. During her final semester at A&M, Stumph interned at the United States Olympic Committee’s U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif. Following her graduation from A&M in 2004, Stumph served as technical coordinator intern at USA Volleyball, where she helped current A&M assistant coach Robyn Romansky and the women’s national team with statistical analysis of athlete performance, as well as team practices and all the logistical arrangements for athlete travel, tournament entry and equipment distribution. Stumph’s hobbies include snowboarding, wakeboarding, watching college football and basketball, and outdoor activities.
MINDY PHILLIPS ACADEMIC SUPERVISOR
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indy Phillips is in her second year as athletic academic supervisor at Texas A&M, where she works with the baseball, softball and volleyball teams. A 2005 graduate of Texas A&M University with a bachelor’s degree in recreation, park and tourism sciences, Phillips earned her master’s degree in higher education administration from A&M in 2007.
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Upon her graduation from A&M, Phillips spent one year as an academic advisor for the Baylor University football and women’s basketball teams prior to returning to Aggieland in 2008. The former Mindy Garrison was a four-year letterwinner for the Aggie women’s basketball team from 2001-05, earning three Academic All-Big 12 citations during her career. As a senior, she helped the Aggies to postseason play for the first time in nine years. A native of San Marcos, Texas, Mindy is married to Ryan Phillips, A&M Class of ’03. She is a member of the National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics.