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May 15,
2007
Volleyball Names New Head Volleyball Coach
Ali Oliver is the latest addition to the Whittier College
coaching staff as the new head volleyball coach for the Poets.
Oliver has been the head coach at Cerritos College for two seasons, and
led the Falcons to a second place finish in the South Coast Conference
last season.
Oliver began playing volleyball at San Gabriel High School where she was
a four-year letter winner. She went on to play for Cerritos
College and led the state in kills as a freshman. Her junior
season, she received a scholarship to play at Southeastern Louisiana
University. An injury forced her to transfer once again, this time
to Sonoma State, where she was the starting outside hitter and team
captain. She graduated from Sonoma State in 2000 with a Bachelor's
degree in Communications, and
in 2003, returned to Sonoma to earn her Master's degree in Kinesiology. |
Ali Oliver |
Oliver's coaching career got started during
her freshman year of college, when she was the head coach of the
Huntington Beach Volleyball Club's fourteen and under team. She
has also had extensive coaching experience at the junior high, high
school, club and collegiate levels at various schools.
"I am very excited to be coaching at Whittier." said Oliver. "I am
thrilled for the opportunity to coach at a 4 year institution and look
forward to the upcoming season. I hope to finish in the top 3 in
conference this year and challenge for the conference title within 2
seasons. I'm eager to see what my girls can do and I'm looking forward
to bringing in some new recruits to help make Whittier volleyball
successful." |
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