Ellen Andrews joins volleyball staff
5/26/2010 8:37:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
The Bancroft, Ne. native played in 122 matches for the Augustana Vikings, where she finished fifth all-time in kills (1,328), while compiling a .269 hitting percentage and 299 total blocks as a right side hitter. During her time at Augustana, the Vikings qualified for the NCAA Division II central regional volleyball championships three years.
For her efforts, Andrews was named All-NCC Honorable Mention in 2006, All-NCC First Team in 2007, as well as All-NSIC Second Team in 2008. She was also named to the 2008 Daktronics, Inc. All-Central Region Volleyball Second Team.
Andrews was graduated Summa Cum Laude with a 3.97 grade point average while earning degrees in Exercise Science and Fitness Management. Because of this, she was a four-time Academic All-NCC/NSIC selection, as well as a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team selection. At the end of her career, she received the NSIC Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award.
Most recently, Andrews has been the assistant for the Nebraska Elite L.O.D. club volleyball team, which recently qualified in the 17 Open division for the USA Volleyball Girls' Junior National Championships in Reno, Nevada this summer. In addition, Andrews assisted with several USA Volleyball high performance tryouts in 2010.
"I am honored to be able to start my collegiate coaching career at an institution with as much promise as Sam Houston State. I want to thank Coach Gray and Coach Lind for this opportunity, and I look forward to helping the program in every way possible," Andrews said.
Andrews will be working toward a Master of Arts in Exercise Science while at Sam Houston State.
Coach Gray on Andrews: "Throughout our search of high quality candidates that applied for our open Graduate Assistant position, Ellen stood out to us as someone who is eager to learn, and will be able to add a new dimension to our program from a high level of technical training, academic support and leadership, as well as being a mentor to our young student athletes. She is a very bright young lady, who the team will immediately respect due to her composure and experience. She adds a lot to our coaching staff, and compliments myself and Assistant Coach Joe Lind very well. We are excited to have her join us in July, and what she'll bring to us."
