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valerie
DIEDE
NUMBER POSITION HEIGHT YEAR MAJOR
11 MB 6-2 SENIOR PSYCHOLOGY
HAWKS TIDBIT: Diede leads the Hawks with 42 total blocks, ranking seventh overall in the America East in the category.
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WEEKEND MATCHES The Hartford volleyball team continues its 2021 campaign this weekend with two America East matches held inside the Hartford Volleyball Gym. The Hawks will take on NJIT on Friday at 7 p.m., before hosting UMBC on Sunday at 1 p.m.
the season, including an 0-1 mark in America East play. NJIT opened the season with a three-set sweep of St. Peter’s before dropping its next 13 contests. Junior Adriana GoetzMorales leads NJIT in points (116.5) and kills (94).
SCOUTING UMBC The Retrievers, who take on LAST TIME OUT New Hampshire Friday, are 6-10 The Hawks came up short in three sets in their America East on the season, which includes a 1-0 record in America East opener at New Hampshire this past Sunday. Freshman Camryn play. UMBC returns nine players from last season’s team that Luginbuhl led the way with a went 11-4 in an abbreviated team-high 11 kills. Senior Alex season and won the America Lucero contributed a gameEast Championship. Among high 17 digs, while sophomore the returners is sophomore Morgan Galligan compiled a Aysia Miller, who was named team-high 19 assists. the America East Rookie of the Year last season. The SCOUTING NJIT The Highlanders enter Friday’s sophomore leads the team in digs (145) and digs per set match with a 1-13 record on (3.02).
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LINDSAY STAYS BUSY A two-time member of the America East All-Conference Second Team, junior Maddie Lindsay returns as Hartford’s top outside hitter. As a sophomore, she ranked second in the conference in kills per set (3.81) and third in points per set (4.13). The junior compiled 28 kills during the Hartford Hawks Invitational, including a season-best 16 against Dartmouth on Sept. 17. GALLIGAN’S ISLAND Sophomore setter Morgan Galligan has exploded onto the scene in 2021, leading the Hawks with 415 assists and 8.14 assists per set. She has registered 20 or more assists in 10 matches this season, most recently posting
33 helpers in a loss against Bryant on Sept. 21. ALEX THE GREAT Senior defensive specialist Alex Lucero has proven to be a stalwart on the Hartford line, leading the conference in digs per set (4.76), while ranking third in total digs (238). A native of Plano, Texas, she has led the Hawks in digs in 10 contests this season, including a career-best 34dig performance in a win over Quinnipiac on Sept. 3. NEXT ON TAP The Hawks will be back in action on Friday, Oct. 8 when they head to Albany, N.Y., for an America East match against UAlbany. First serve is set for 5 p.m. inside the University Gym.
AMERICA EAST S T A ND INGS
OVERALL AE W-L PCT W-L PCT
Binghamton
6-8 .429
2-0 1.000
New Hampshire
8-6 .571
1-0 1.000
UMBC
6-10 .375
1-0 1.000
Stony Brook
6-9
0-1
UAlbany
4-11 .267
0-1 .000
Hartford
2-12
0-1
NJIT
1-13 .071
.400 .143
.000 .000
0-1 .000
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(2-12 OVERALL, 0-1 AMERICA EAST)
# Name
Yr. Pos. Ht.
Hometown/Last School
1
Kaleigh Fitzgerald
So.
DS/L 5-9
2
Morgan Galligan
So.
S
5-10
Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan
3
Lika Nkenchor
Jr.
OH
5-10
Ashburn, Va./Flinthill
4 Sophie Paspal
Fr.
RS
6-3
Canton, Mich./Salem
7
Uzezi Ijoma
So.
OH
5-10
8
McKenna Reiswig
So.
RS
6-4
Forest Hill, Md./Bel Air
9 Robin Helms
Jr.
MB
6-2
Merced, Calif./El Capitan
11 Valerie Diede
Sr.
MB
6-2
Keizer, Ore./McNary
12 Maddie Lindsay
Jr.
OH
6-3
Lehi, Utah/Lehi
13 Sara Gasparotto
Jr.
MB
6-1
Mansue, Italy/Collegio Brandolini Rota
15 Camryn Luginbuhl
Fr.
OH
6-0
Tolland, Conn./Tolland
19 Alex Lucero
Sr.
DS/L 5-7
Plano, Texas/Plano West
21 Greta De Gasper
Jr.
DS/L 5-10
Wales, Wis./Reading Memorial
Westfield, N.J./Westfield
Colle Umberto, Italy/Liceo Classico G. Marconi
HEAD COACH VINH NGUYEN - Fourth Season - Cal Poly Pomona ’00
ASSISTANT COACHES JAIME SNYDER - Third Season - Suny Brockport ’15 MEGAN ANDERSON - First Season - Hartford ’21
NJIT HIGHLANDERS (1-13 OVERALL, 0-1 AMERICA EAST)
# Name
Yr. Pos. Ht.
1
Asher Vallone
Fr.
2
Kyla Lannert
3
Udo Nwosu
Hometown/Last School
5-11
Laredo, Texas/John B. Alexander
So. S
5-10
South Elgin, Ill./St. Charles North
Sr.
OH
5-8
4 Adriana Goetz-Morales Jr.
OH
5-10
5
Jr.
S/L
5-9
Rahway, N.J./Bishop George Ahr
6 Courtney Branch
Jr.
MB
6-0
Willow Springs, Ill./Lyons Township
7
Cami Augustine
Fr.
OH
5-10
8
Ines Varela
Fr.
MB
6-0
Lisbon, Portugal/Excola Secundaria Comilo Castelo Branco
9 Campbell Walker
Fr.
L/DS 5-9
Alexandria, Va./Thomas Edison
10 Michaela Dungan
Sr.
MB
6-0
Reading, Pa./Berks Catholic
11 Elley Torres
So.
OH
5-9
Newtown, Pa./Pennsbury
12 Juliana Impaglia
Jr.
S
5-7
Colonia, N.J./John F. Kennedy Memorial
13 Emma Godwin
Jr.
RS
6-0
Chicago, Ill./Lane Technical College Prep
14 Kelle Anwander
Fr.
MB
6-4
Toms River, N.J./Toms River South
16 Katelyn Bliesner
Jr.
MB
6-2
Mequon, Wis./Homestead
17 Makayla Greenfield
S
5-9
Sr.
18 Kaitlyn Arias
So.
L
5-5
CJ Trevino
OH
Riverdale, Ga./Community Christian School
Breinigsville, Pa./Parkland
Belleville, Ill./Belleville East
Williamsville, N.Y./Williamsville East Wildomar, Calif./Murrieta Valley
HEAD COACH PEDRO TREVINO - Third Season - NJIT ’01
ASSISTANT COACH RAY BELLO - Fourth Season - Hunter ’03
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UMBC RETRIEVERS (6-10 OVERALL, 1-0 AMERICA EAST)
# Name
Yr. Pos. Ht.
1
Loren Teter
Gr.
L
5-7
Redondo Beach, Calif./San Diego State
2
Andjelija Draskovic
Jr.
S
5-11
Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia/Northeastern Junior College
3
Michela De Marzi
So.
MB
6-0
Milan, Italy/Liceo Scientifico Volta
4 Grace Rigsbee
Gr.
OPP 6-2
Suwanee, Ga./Georgia Tech
5
Fr.
OH
6-2
Zagreb, Croatia/Prirodoslovna skola Vladimira Preloga
6 Kayla Tomas
Jr.
L
5-6
Silver Spring, Md./James Hubert Blake
7
Aysia Miller
So.
L
5-10
8
Lauren Cox
Fr.
MB
6-4
Bendigo, Australia/Radford College
9 Beste Ayhan
So.
MB
6-4
Istanbul, Turkey/Zeytinburnu Cevizlibag Doga
10 Paige Krenik
Sr.
OH
5-11
Foothill Ranch, Calif./Trabuco Hills
11 Weronika Wrzesinska So.
OH
6-0
Frednowy Poland/Zespol Schemicznych i Ogolnoksztalcacych
12 Emily Fleckenstein
Fr.
S
5-11
Elmhurst, Ill./York Community
14 Kamani Conteh
Jr.
MB
5-10
15 Kira Givans
Fr.
OH
6-2
Sacramento, Calif./Rio Americano
17 Emily Ferketic
Jr.
OPP 6-2
Pittsburgh, Pa./Avonworth
18 Mila Ilieva
Fr.
OH
Mia Bilusic
6-0
Hometown/Last School
Mililani, Hawaii/Mililani
New Castle, Del./Wilmington Christian
Vidin, Bulgaria/PMG “Ekzarh Antim I”
HEAD COACH CHRISTINA ROBERTSON- Fourth Season - LIU ’05
ASSISTANT COACHES TERRENCE ROBERTSON - Fourth Season - Campbell ’11 RONALDO PACHECO - Second Season - Tulsa ’12
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kaleigh
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sophie
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robin
FITZGERALD
SO | DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST
PASPAL
FR | RIGHT SIDE
HELMS
JR | MIDDLE BLOCKER
2
morgan
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uzezi
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valerie
GALLIGAN
SO | SETTER
IJOMA
SO | OUTSIDE HITTER
DIEDE
SR | MIDDLE BLOCKER
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lika
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mckenna
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maddie
NKENCHOR
JR | RIGHT SIDE/OUTSIDE HITTER
REISWIG
SO | RIGHT SIDE
LINDSAY
JR | OUTSIDE HITTER
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sara
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JR | MIDDLE BLOCKER
camryn
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FR | OUTSIDE HITTER
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VINH NGUYEN HEAD COACH Fourth Season
alex
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SR | DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST/LIBERO
greta
De GASPER
JR | DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST/LIBERO
JAIME SNYDER ASSISTANT COACH Third Season
MEGAN ANDERSON VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH First Season
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HARTFORD HAWKS 2021-22 Hartford Women's Volleyball Overall Team Statistics All games
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2021 T EA M S T A T I S T I CS
Game Records Overall
2 - 12 AMERICA EAST: 0-1
Team statistics
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0-1
ATTACK Kills Errors Total Attacks Attack Pct Kills/Set SET Assists Attempts Assist Pct Assists/Set SERVE Aces Errors Attempts Serve Pct Aces/Set SERVE RECEPTIONS Errors Errors/Set Attempts Reception Pct DEFENSE Digs Digs/Set BLOCKING Block solo Block Assist Total Blocks Blocks/Set Block Errors Ball handling errors ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date Neutral Site #/Avg Current win streak Home win streak Match wins by #sets Team
Hartford Opponents
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th TOTAL 0 0
0 0
1 8
0 4
1 0
OVERALL:Home2-12
Conference
2 12
HOME: 0-4
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0-4
Away
1-4 AWAY: 0-4
Points by set Team
Hartford Opponents
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th TOTAL
254 258 290 65 15 348 341 330 125 13
882 1157
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Neutral
1-4 NEUTRAL: 2-4
HART
OPP
457 298 1679 .095 9.5
599 230 1632 .226 12.5
419 1528 .274 8.7
550 1459 .377 11.5
50 110 775 .858 1
84 103 1007 .898 1.8
84 1.8 926 .909
50 1 685 .998
691 14.4
785 16.4
33 127 96.5 2 21 36
30 195 127.5 2.7 11 22
533 4/133 5/28 0 0
642 5/128 -
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2021-22 Hartford Women's Volleyball Overall Individual Statistics All games Game Records Overall
Conference 0-1
Team Box Score
1 2 3 4 7 8 9 11 12 13 15 19 21
Fitzgerald, Kaleigh Galligan, Morgan Nkenchor, Lika Paspal, Sophie Ijoma, Uzezi Reiswig, McKenna Helms, Robin Diede, Valerie Lindsay, Maddie Gasparotto, Sara Luginbuhl, Camryn Lucero, Alex De Gaspar, Greta
HARTFORD Opponents
## Player 1 2 3 4 7 8 9 11 12 13 15 19 21 -
Fitzgerald, Kaleigh Galligan, Morgan Nkenchor, Lika Paspal, Sophie Ijoma, Uzezi Reiswig, McKenna Helms, Robin Diede, Valerie Lindsay, Maddie Gasparotto, Sara Luginbuhl, Camryn Lucero, Alex De Gaspar, Greta TEAM
HARTFORD Opponents
Home
Away
Neutral
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## Player
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SP MP-MS
48 48 22 39 33 24 47 48 25 8 48 47 46
48 48
SP
48 48 22 39 33 24 47 48 25 8 48 47 46 -
48 48
14-3 14-14 11-0 14-3 12-5 12-0 14-14 14-14 8-6 8-0 14-14 14-0 14-11
14-14 14-14
K
4 18 1 19 51 16 50 52 54 1 186 3 2
457 599
K/S
0.08 0.38 0.05 0.49 1.55 0.67 1.06 1.08 2.16 0.13 3.88 0.06 0.04
0-4
Attack E
9.52 12.48
Receptions RE TA PCT
6 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 38 19 6 8
84 50
193 4 0 0 25 0 14 4 43 1 282 289 63 -
926 685
.969 .750 .000 .000 .920 .000 .929 1.000 .930 1.000 .865 .934 .905 -
.909 .927
5 8 0 17 43 17 30 32 30 1 113 0 2
298 230
TA
35 74 2 87 221 54 175 227 221 8 559 7 9
1679 1632
PCT
-.029 .135 .500 .023 .036 -.019 .114 .088 .109 .000 .131 .429 .000 .095 .226
Dig DIG DIG/S
93 72 5 10 10 1 13 16 21 0 128 223 99 -
691 785
1.94 1.50 0.23 0.26 0.30 0.04 0.28 0.33 0.84 0.00 2.67 4.74 2.15 -
14.40 16.35
A
7 381 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 8 12 6
419 550
BS
0 3 0 1 2 1 10 13 1 0 2 0 0 -
33 30
1-4
Set A/S
0.15 7.94 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.00 0.17 0.26 0.13
8.73 11.46
BA
0 18 0 16 6 9 26 29 8 2 12 0 1 -
127 195
TA
31 1283 2 6 7 4 15 13 9 1 35 91 31
1528 1459
PCT
.226 .297 .000 .000 .000 .000 .133 .154 .111 .000 .229 .132 .194
.274 .377
Blocking TOTAL
BLK/S
96.5 127.5
2.01 2.66
0 21 0 17 8 10 36 42 9 2 14 0 1 -
0.00 0.44 0.00 0.44 0.24 0.42 0.77 0.88 0.36 0.25 0.29 0.00 0.02 -
1-4
SA
SA/S
Serve SE
50 84
1.04 1.75
110 103
10 6 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 1 13 3 9
0.21 0.13 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.15 0.04 0.13 0.27 0.06 0.20
BE 0 0 1 3 0 2 4 5 0 2 4 0 0 -
21 11
BHE 0 35 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
36 22
18 11 12 0 1 0 0 8 5 1 16 15 23
TA
138 116 47 1 7 0 0 76 10 3 127 116 134
775 1007
PCT
.870 .905 .745 1.000 .857 .000 .000 .895 .500 .667 .874 .871 .828 .858 .898
Points PTS PTS/S
14.0 36.0 1.0 28.0 56.0 21.5 73.0 86.5 60.0 3.0 207.0 6.0 11.5 -
603.5 810.5
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0.29 0.75 0.05 0.72 1.70 0.90 1.55 1.80 2.40 0.38 4.31 0.13 0.25 -
12.57 16.89
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vinh
NGUYEN Entering his fourth season as head coach of the Hartford volleyball team in 2021, Vinh Nguyen has transformed the Hawks into a winning program. Under the brief tutelage of Nguyen — who became the 11th head coach in the 44-year history of the program in February 2018 — the Hawks have become a potent threat in the America East Conference. In just his second season at the helm, Nguyen and the Hawks were on the doorstep of claiming the program’s first-ever NCAA Tournament berth. Earning the program’s first victory in the 2019 America East Tournament with an upset win over No. 2 New Hampshire, Hartford, which posted the most wins since the 2014 campaign, fought top-seeded UAlbany down to the wire in the title match. However, the Hawks fell just short of earning the league’s coveted automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament in five sets. That postseason run was an historic one for Hartford for several reasons, as it also marked the first time in program history that the Hawks qualified for the America East Tournament in back-to-back seasons. In his debut season at Hartford in 2018, Nguyen led the Hawks back to the conference tournament for the first time since 1996, ending a 22-year postseason drought for the program. Hartford also made a five-win improvement that season, posting 11 victories in 2018. Nguyen has brought the Hartford volleyball program to new heights in just three seasons. One year after he piloted the program its first top-four finish in the America East since 1995, he led the Hawks to their best ranking — a third-place finish — in the league standings in 26 years in 2019. In addition, that squad, which went 6-4 in conference play, posted the highest winning percentage (.600) since 1993, a season that saw the Hawks claim both the North Atlantic Conference Regular-Season and Tournament Titles. The 2020-21 season, Nguyen’s third at the helm, was unconventional for the Hawks. In addition to the typical fall season getting moved to the spring of 2021, the campaign was shortened to just 10 matches due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Behind three America East All-Conference performers, Hartford dominated on its home court inside the Hartford Volleyball Gym, posting a perfect 4-0 mark. The winning ways and recent postseason appearances aren’t the only indicators of the success of the program since Nguyen’s arrival. The numbers are also proof of the continued upward trajectory of the Hartford volleyball program. In 2019, Nguyen propelled the Hawks to the top of the America East statistics in nearly every category, both on the offensive and defensive side of the net. Hartford closed the book on one of its best seasons in recent years by finishing as the league’s stat leader in a plethora of offensive categories, including hitting percentage, total kills, kills per set, total aces, aces per set and assists per set. Defensively, Nguyen and the Hawks led the way in solo blocks, digs and digs per set. To go along with all of the team’s successes, Hartford’s players have flourished under Nguyen in his three seasons.
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Jenna Bridges, a 2020 graduate who led the league in hitting percentage, kills per set, blocks per set and points per set in 2019, made history that season when she became the first Hawk since 1992 to earn recognition from the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) by earning a spot on the East All-Region Team.
VINH NGUYEN’S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS AE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES 2018, 2019 AE TOURNAMENT FINALIST 2019 2 AE PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS Jenna Bridges (2018, 2019) 1 AE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD Maddie Lindsay (2019) 1 AVCA ALL-AMERICAN Jenna Bridges (2019) 9 AE ALL-CONFERENCE HONOREES Megan Anderson (2x) Jenna Bridges (2x) Abbie Nash (2x) Maddie Lindsay (3x)
In addition, Bridges became the third player in program history — and the first since 1993 — to win America East Player of the Year honors, when she took home the distinction as a junior in 2018. She continued to make history in her final season, as she began Hartford’s first-ever repeat America East Player of the Year honoree after leading the league in five different statistical categories. Garnering an America East and program-record nine America East Player of the Week awards during her four-year career, Bridges went on to graduate as the program’s all-time leader in block assists. Nguyen and his Hawks made program history in several ways in 2019. Maddie Lindsay, a current junior, joined Bridges in earning a major award from the America East. A seven-time Rookie of the Week recipient, she became just the second Hartford player to earn Rookie of the Year honors, joining Stephanie Volkers, who took home the award in 2001. Nguyen has continued to demand excellence in the classroom from his student-athletes. For the ninth straight season, the Hawks took home an AVCA Team Academic Award. Most impressively, Hartford earned AVCA Team Academic Honor Roll distinction for the fourth time in as many seasons in 2020-21, as the squad’s 3.79 GPA was one of the top 46 marks among all Division I volleyball teams. Of the 15 members on the volleyball team last year, 14 student-athletes posted at least a 3.0 GPA during the academic year, with 11 of those Hawks achieving at least a 3.75 GPA. Since Nguyen’s arrival, the Hawks have combined for six America East All-Academic Team members, as 2021 graduate Megan Anderson, a three-time recipient of the award, joins Bridges, Abby Nash (’21) and Lindsay in earning the honor in 2019. Anderson also made program history in Nguyen’s first season by becoming Hartford’s first CoSIDA Academic All-American since 1992. Nguyen arrived at Hartford by way of North Texas, where he spent four seasons as an assistant coach, including three as the women’s volleyball team’s Associate Head Coach from 2015-17. He played an integral role in all aspects of Mean Green volleyball, specializing in the training of the middle and pin hitters, arm swing development and offensive/defensive blocking systems. Nguyen was hired full-time for the Mean Green in 2015 after spending the second half of the 2014 season as a volunteer assistant, helping lead the team into the Conference USA Tournament. The Mean Green had an outstanding year with Nguyen’s guidance in 2017. North Texas captured the CUSA Championship and finished the season with the best record in program history, a 29-3
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mark. Nguyen’s expertise translated to individual success as well, as he coached three Mean Green student-athletes to First Team All-CUSA honors and one to Freshman of the Year accolades in 2017. In addition, he guided Carnae Dillard to two CUSA Player of the Year honors and a pair of All-America nods in 2014 and 2015. Nguyen brought 18-plus years of coaching at the collegiate level to North Texas, logging six season as a member of Cal State Fullerton’s coaching staff and 12 as an assistant at Cal Poly Pomona. At Cal State Fullerton, Nguyen reinvigorated the Titans’ offensive attack, as two hitters earned Big West Player of the Year awards and three received AVCA All-American honors. In addition, the squad led the Big West Conference in kills per set (14.45) in 2010 while calculating a school-record .246 team hitting percentage. That season, Nguyen helped propel the Titans to a BWC Championship and the program’s first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. Nguyen also enjoyed a great deal of success at Cal Poly Pomona, leading the Broncos to 18plus wins in six seasons, including a 24-3 mark in 2005. That year, he also helped Pomona win its first California Collegiate Athletic Association Championship since 1990. Prior to his work at Cal Poly Pomona, Nguyen coached at five high schools in Southern California. He also worked with the San Gabriel, Magnum and Power Volleyball Clubs. Nguyen brings a wealth of experience outside of collegiate coaching to Hartford. In the summer of 2009, he was named the administrator to the Southern California High Performance teams that participated at the USA Championships in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he oversaw the four SCVA HP teams. As a result, the SCVA Select Red Team earned a gold medal at the HP Championships. In 2007, Nguyen was hired by the USA Men’s National Team as a staff member to help them prepare for their run at World League, Pan-Am Cup, America’s Cup and Norceca Cup championships, which resulted in two gold medals, one silver and one bronze medal. He has also been involved with the USA High Performance Pipeline since 2003, and he has coached several development A2 camps throughout Michigan, Colorado, Montana and California. Nguyen played volleyball at Mt. San Antonio College and Long Beach City College before transferring to Long Beach State. He finished his schooling and graduated from Cal Poly Pomona in 2000 with a degree in kinesiology.
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