VOLLEYBALL 2019 CRUVOLLEYBALL 1 CRUVOLLEYBALL 1 2 CRUVOLLEYBALL 2 CRUVOLLEYBALL CRUSADERVOLLEYBALL Table of Contents UMHB Quick Facts Contents & Quick Facts...................................................3 Location ..........................................................Belton, Texas Head Coach Mark Pryor .................................................4 Enrollment ....................................................................3,900 Assistant Coach Jacey Smith ................................5 Founded .........................................................................1845 2019 UMHB Roster ...........................................................6 Nickname .................................................................The Cru Cru Returners ......................................................................7 Colors ............................................... Purple, Gold & White Cru Newcomers ................................................................13 President ................................................Dr. Randy O’Rear UMHB Sports Medicine ................................................15 Director of Athletics .................................. Randy Mann 2018 Stats ...........................................................................16 Athletics Phone .......................................(254) 295-4618 UMHB Administration ..................................................17 This is UMHB ......................................................................18 Head Coach .......................................................Mark Pryor 2019 UMHB Schedule ...................................................19 Alma Mater ..........................................................Baylor '95 UMHB Record ......................................................... 1st Year Overall Record ...................................................... 182-152 Credits Lettermen Ret./Lost ...................................................11/2 The 2019 UMHB Volleyball Program is a publication of Starters Ret./Lost ..........................................................6/0 the UMHB Sports Information Office. Photos provided 2018 Record .............................................28-5 (15-0 ASC) by the UMHB Sports Information Department and Stadium ..................................Mayborn Campus Center Andrew Zavoina. Capacity .........................................................................2,500 Sports Information ......................................... Jon Wallin You can follow the UMHB Volleyball Team on the SID Phone ..................................................(254) 295-4611 Internet all season long. Visit www.cruathletics.com SID Fax .........................................................(254) 295-4274 and follow our social media accounts. SID Address ............................................ UMHB Box 8010 ..................................................................900 College Street .....................................................................Belton, TX 76513 ............................................................ Sarah Harborth, Asst. .........................................................................(254) 295-5585 .........................................................................(254) 295-4274 ...................................................................... UMHB Box 8010 ..................................................................900 College Street .....................................................................Belton, TX 76513 CruSports @CruVolleyball @CruSports @CruSports CRUVOLLEYBALL 3 CRUVOLLEYBALL 3 COACHPRYOR Long-time Division I Head Coach Mark Pryor became the head coach of the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor volleyball program on April 25, 2019. Pryor comes to Mary Hardin-Baylor after a successful five-year run as the Head Volleyball Coach at the University of North Dakota. He led the Fighting Hawks to a 117-58 record, two Big Sky Conference Tournament Championships and a Big Sky Conference regular season title. Pryor also guided UND to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearanc- es and was named Big Sky Coach of the Year in 2016. Pryor has also been a head coach at Texas A&M-Commerce, Louisiana-Monroe and Southwest Baptist University. He won Lone Star Conference Coach of the Year honors at TAMU-Commerce in 2009 and earned Southland Conference Coach of the Year honors at ULM following the 2005 sea- son. Pryor has an overall head coaching record of 182-152. Pryor also served as Head Coach at North Central Texas College and has made Division I assistant coaching stops at Baylor University (2010-14), Boise State University (2003-04) and New Mexico State (1999). Pryor also spent one year working with USA Volleyball. He has trained three All-Americans, three conference Liberos of the Year, a conference MVP and three NCAA statistical national champions during his career. Pryor has recruited three top 20 ranked recruiting classes during his time at Baylor. Pryor graduated from Baylor University in 1995 with degrees in Speech Communication and Journal- ism. He earned a Master of Arts in Communication from Louisiana-Monroe in 1998. Pryor and his wife, Amanda, have two sons, Myles and Mason. 4 CRUVOLLEYBALL 4 CRUVOLLEYBALL COACHSMITH ASSISTANT COACH JACEY SMITH Jacey Smith joined UMHB as a graduate assistant coach for the vol- leyball program in August of 2019. She is working on her Master's Degree in sport administration. Smith comes to UMHB after a standout playing career at Abilene Christian University. Smith was a four-year starter for the Wildcats and was a two-time All-Southland Conference selection. She also earned a spot on the SLC All-Tournament Team in 2017 and was a three-time Academic All-Conference honoree. Smith has coaching experience at the ACU Volleyball Camp and as a private lessons instructor. She has also worked at the Wimberley ISD Speed and Strength Camp and as an intern in the ASC Athletics Marketing and Promotions office. Smith also volunteered with several organizations during her career at ACU. Smith graduated from Abilene Christian in May 2019 with a degree in Kinesiology, Sport and Recreation Management. She earned Dean's List honors in each of her four years on campus and was a Presidential Scholarship recipient. CRUVOLLEYBALL 5 CRUVOLLEYBALL 5 2019TEAM No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl.-Exp. Hometown (Previous School) 0 Kylie Metcalf MH/RS 5-10 Jr.-TR Pflugerville, Texas (Connally/HPU) 1 Sierra Pompa OH/RS 5-8 Fr.-HS Devine, Texas (Devine) 2 Corinne Novak OH 5-10 Jr.-2L Georgetown, Texas (East View) 3 Holly Wilson S/OH 5-8 Fr.-HS Lubbock, Texas (Cooper) 5 Sarah Paolini MH 5-11 Sr.-3L Kalispell, Mont. (Stillwater Christian) 6 Kayla Janikula MH 6-0 So.-1L Kingwood, Texas (Kingwood) 7 Miranda Klein S/RS 6-0 Sr.-3L Georgetown, Texas (East View) 8 Cory Jo Martin S/RS 5-10 Sr.-1L Manvel, Texas (Manvel/LCU) 10 Maddison Heibel S 5-6 Fr.-HS Inez, Texas (Industrial) 12 Mattison Doffitt OH 6-0 So.-1L Carthage, Texas (Carthage) 15 Adrien Valdez L 5-8 Jr.-2L Pearland, Texas (Dawson) 16 Rebekah Pasquinelli OH/RS 5-8 Fr.-HS Combine, Texas (Kaufman) 17 Kelsey Surovik S/OH 5-10 Fr.-HS Belton, Texas (Belton) 18 Hope Hoelscher MH 5-11 So.-1L Lott, Texas (Rogers) 21 Lauren Williams OH 5-11 So.-1L Houston, Texas (Second Baptist) 23 Jenna Gillean OH 5-10 Sr.-1L Midland, Texas (Midland/Cameron) 6 CRUVOLLEYBALL 6 CRUVOLLEYBALL CRURETURNERS JENNA GILLEAN SENIOR • OUTSIDE HITTER • 5-10 • MIDLAND, TEXAS #23 2018: AVCA Honorable Mention All-American … AVCA All-West Region … ASC West Di- vision Most Valuable Player … All-ASC Team … ASC First Team All-West … ASC All-Tour- nament Team … hit 370 kills for a 3.01 kills per set average … had a season-high 21 kills against Our Lady of the Lake (Oct. 27) … recorded 19 double-digit kill performances … ranked second on the team with 438 digs … added 33 service aces and 41 blocks. Jenna is a nursing major at UMHB and wants to be a labor and delivery nurse. She was a four-time all-district volleyball player at Midland High School where she was named MHS High Impact Player three times and MHS Offensive Player of the Year twice. Jen- na was also a four-time academic all-district selection and four-time academic all-state honoree. She played two years of collegiate volleyball at Cameron University where she was named Lone Star Conference Freshman of the Year and twice earned All-LSC hon- ors. Jenna is the daughter of Roy and Tami Gillean. Year SP K K/SET A A/SET TB B/SET DIGS D/SET 2018 123 370 3.01 22 0.18 41 0.33 438 3.56 MIRANDA KLEIN SENIOR• SETTER • 6-0 • GEORGETOWN, TEXAS #7 2018: AVCA Honorable Mention All-American … AVCA All-West Region … ASC Second Team All-West … ASC Tournament Most Valuable Player … hit 236 kills for a 1.90 kills per set average … ranked second on the team in assists (661) and service aces (34) … added 392 digs and 105 blocks … hit a season-high 21 kills against Whittier (Sept. 7) … recorded a season-high 59 assists against McMurry (Nov. 2). 2017: AVCA Honorable Mention All-American … AVCA First Team All-West Region …All-ASC Team … ASC First Team All-West … led the Cru with 879 total attacks and 2.99 kills per set… ranked sec- ond in assists (89) and kills (308) … added 60 kills and 15 service aces … hit season-high 18 kills against Birmingham Southern (Sept. 8) and Trinity (October 18) … recorded five double-doubles. 2016: Second Team All-West Division … ranked second on the team with 140 assists … added 198 kills and 282 digs … blocked 71 attacks served 37 aces … hit