Gonzalez coached five All-MEAC selections at 2018 Volleyball Schedule Hampton and earned a reputation as a relentless recruiter, drawing student-athletes from Bulgaria, 8/17-18 @ Cardinal Stritch Tournament Canada, Columbia, Latvia, Israel, Macedonia, Puerto 8/24-25 @ Lancer Classic Rico and Serbia. He also served as the MEAC’s 8/27 IU NORTHWEST 7 p.m. representative on the NCAA Head Coaches Committee. 9/4 ST. FRANCIS • 7 p.m. Gonzalez previously coached three seasons at Colby 9/6 @ Trinity Christian • 7 p.m. Community College (2004-06), surpassing the 20-win 9/11 CALUMET ST. JOSEPH 7 p.m. mark in his last two seasons at the Kansas school. 9/14-15 @ Manchester Invitational Gonzalez has coached for the Chicago Elite (2017) 9/17 @ IU Northwest and Energy (2013-16) volleyball clubs and is 9/18 @ Moody Bible 7 p.m. a member of the American Volleyball Coaches 9/20 SILVER LAKE 6 p.m. Association (AVCA). 9/25 IU SOUTH BEND • 7 p.m. A native of Las Milpas de Los Gonzalez, Sinaloa, 10/2 @ Olivet Nazarene • 7 p.m. Mexico, Gonzalez played two volleyball seasons and 10/5-6 @ CCAC Crossover received a degree in psychology from the University of 10/9 @ St. Francis • 7 p.m. La Verne in 2001. 10/11 TRINITY CHRISTIAN • 7 p.m. 10/13 @ William Penn Career summary 10/16 @ Calumet St. Joseph • 7 p.m. College Experience: 10/17 @ IU Northwest 7 p.m. 10/18 @ Silver Lake 6 p.m. NCAA Division I — 2007-12 10/23 MOODY BIBLE 7 p.m. Head Coach/Instructor 10/26-27 @ CCAC Crossover Hampton University 10/30 @ IU South Bend • 6 p.m. 11/1 OLIVET NAZARENE • 7 p.m. NJCAA Division I — 2004-07 Head Coach/Psychology Instructor HOME matches in ALL CAPS (played at the Athletics & Colby Community College Recreation Center) • Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference NJCAA Divison I — 2003-04 All times are CT; matches without times are TBA Assistant Coach (schedule is subject to change) Colby Community College

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Season Review finished with a 3.09 grade-point average with Gonzalez, The third season of varsity volleyball at Governors Maras and Savik Salgado recording straight A’s. Head Coach State saw the program compete at its highest level yet. On Senior Night, GSU honored Anastasija Jurisic, who Pedro Gonzalez Spurred on by a 3-0 start, the Jaguars hovered around finished second all-time in career digs (557). In addition, Pedro (Pete) Gonzalez enters his third the .500 mark most of the year and finished 15-21 GSU recognized three players who returned for an extra season as head coach of the Governors overall, setting a team record for wins in a season. year of eligibility — Pickert, Gonzalez and Salgado. State women’s volleyball team. He was The Jaguars went 13-6 against non-conference “Pickert set the bar for what a middle should be,” said named the program’s second head opponents, earning series wins against Moody Bible Coach Gonzalez. “She not only was a dominate hitter and coach on July 18, 2016. (3-0), Great Lakes Christian (2-0) and IU Northwest blocker, but played defensively in the back row and was a In 2017, Gonzalez guided GSU to 15 (2-1). GSU won six straight games against IUNW after great all-around player for us.” wins, including three straight for the dropping five sets in a row to start the series. At the best start to a season in program history. Along the way, Crimson Wave Invitational, GSU rallied for a 21-25, Assistant Coach Dean Jennings the Jaguars recorded nine wins by sweeps (3-0 scores) and 22-25, 25-19, 25-21, 15-12 win over IUNW — marking Dean Jennings begins his third captured season series from four opponents (Calumet St. the first time the Jaguars won a match after going season as assistant volleyball Joseph, Great Lakes Christian, IU Northwest and Moody Bible). down two sets. coach at Governors State University In the classroom, GSU produced four NAIA Daktronics Scholar- As expected, the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic and his 24th year overall working Athletes. Conference schedule challenged the Orange and Black, at GSU. Jennings is the program In his first season with the Jaguars, Gonzalez led the team to who placed fifth in the CCAC South Division with a director as well for the GSU 12 victories — 10 more than the previous year. The Jaguars 2-15 mark. GSU also hosted a CCAC Crossover for the Department of Athletics and swept season series from IU Northwest (3-0) and Calumet first time, a two-day round robin affair pairing three Recreation. St. Joseph (3-0) and posted wins over NCAA Division III teams from the North Division against three teams Jennings, who served three months opponents Wilmington and Concordia. Gonzalez also coached from the South. as interim head coach, assists with five student-athletes who were named to the Chicagoland While the results didn’t always appear in the form match strategy, practices, recruiting, conditioning and Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) All-Academic Team. of victories, GSU Head Coach Pedro Gonzalez saw administrative duties. During matches he oversees the Prior to arriving at University Park, Gonzalez served as head progression with his squad in 2017. team’s service and service reception schemes. coach at Hampton University for six seasons (2007-12), “I think we started to make noise, pushing some of A native of Blue Island, Illinois, Jennings coached guiding the Pirates to three appearances in the Mid-Eastern the conference schools more than in the past. I think the GSU club volleyball team for four years and was Athletic Conference (MEAC) Tournament. His teams advanced overall we played more consistent, showed focus and instrumental in starting up varsity athletics at the to the MEAC Semifinals in back-to-back seasons (2011, were tougher on our opponents.” school. A former volleyball player himself, Jennings is 2012) with the 2012 squad tying the school record for most Academically, GSU placed six student-athletes on the a licensed athletic trainer and has been certified as Division I wins (19) in a season. In 2011, the Pirates excelled CCAC All-Academic Team and had four players earn a sports performance enhancement specialist by the defensively, leading the MEAC in digs per game with a 13.02 NAIA-Daktronics Scholar-Athlete Awards. The team National Academy of Sports Medicine. average.