Colorado State Rams volleyball explained

The Colorado State Rams women's volleyball team represents Colorado State University, located in Fort Collins, in the U.S. state of Colorado, in NCAA Division I volleyball competition. They play their home games at the Moby Arena and are members of the Mountain West Conference.

Conference affiliations

• High Country Athletic Conference, 1983–1989
• Western Athletic Conference, 1990–1998
• Mountain West Conference, 1999–present

Head coaches

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!Coach!G!W!L!T!WPCT!From!To

Sandy Caldwell	37	10	27	0	.270	1976	1977
Merri Dwight	153	64	85	4	.431	1978	1982
Rich Feller	466	299	167	0	.641	1983	1996
Tom Hilbert	801	637	164	0	.795	1997	2022
Emily Kohan	31	19	12	0	.613	2023	Pres.

Updated through November 26, 2023.

Year-by-year results

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Season	Coach	Record		Regular Season	Conference Tournament	NCAA Tournament
		Overall	Conference
NCAA Division I Women's Mountain West
1999	Tom Hilbert	30–3	13–2	2nd	Champions	Sweet 16
2000	Tom Hilbert	32–5	13–1	1st	Runners-Up	Sweet 16
2001	Tom Hilbert	29–4	13–1	1st	Runners-Up	Sweet 16
2002	Tom Hilbert	22–10	12–2	1st	Semi-Finalists	1st Round
2003	Tom Hilbert	30–5	14–0	1st	Champions	Sweet 16
2004	Tom Hilbert	26–4	13–1	T-1st	Champions	1st Round
2005	Tom Hilbert	21–9	12–4	2nd	Semi-Finalists	2nd Round
2006	Tom Hilbert	20–10	11–5	3rd	Champions	1st Round
2007	Tom Hilbert	23–8	13–3	1st	Semi-Finalists	2nd Round
2008	Tom Hilbert	23–7	12–4	2nd		2nd Round
2009	Tom Hilbert	25–6	15–1	1st		Sweet 16
2010	Tom Hilbert	26–5	14–2	1st		2nd Round
2011	Tom Hilbert	25–6	12–2	1st	Champions	2nd Round
2012	Tom Hilbert	21–8	13–3	T-1st		1st Round
2013[5]	Tom Hilbert	28–2	19–1	1st		1st Round
2014[6]	Tom Hilbert	31–3	17–1	1st		Sweet 16
2015[7]	Tom Hilbert	26–4	18–0	1st		1st Round
2016[8]	Tom Hilbert	21–9	15–3	2nd		1st Round
2017[9]	Tom Hilbert	29–4	17–1	1st		2nd Round
2018	Tom Hilbert	23–8	15–3	1st		1st Round
2019	Tom Hilbert	29–2	18–0	1st		1st Round
2020	Tom Hilbert	9–6	9–6	3rd
2021	Tom Hilbert	18–10	14–4	T-1st	Semi-Finalists
2022	Tom Hilbert	19–11	12–6	3rd	1st Round
2023	Emily Kohan	19–12	12–6	2nd	Runners-Up

Updated through November 26, 2023.

AVCA All-Americans

First Team:

• Diane Saba (1987)
• Angela Knopf (2000, 2001)

Second Team:

• Sherri Danielson (1984, 1985)
• Angie Knox (1987)
• Catie Vagneur (1999)
• Courtney Cox (2000)
• Soraya Santos (2001)

Third Team:

• Mekana Barnes (2007)
• Katelyn Steffan (2011)
• Megan Plourde (2011)
• Dana Cranston (2012)
• Deedra Foss (2014)
• Adrianna Culbert (2015)

Updated through 2022 season.

Conference awards

Mountain West Coach of the Year:

• Tom Hilbert (1999–2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017–2019)

Mountain West Player of the Year:

• Angela Knopf (2000, 2001)
• Melissa Courtney (2003, 2004)
• Mekana Barnes (2007)
• Danielle Minch (2009, 2010)
• Katelyn Steffan (2011)
• Dana Cranston (2012)
• Samantha Peters (2013)
• Deedra Foss (2014)
• Adrianna Culbert (2015)
• Katie Oleksak (2017–2019)

Mountain West Newcomer of the Year:

• Deedra Foss (2011)
• Alex Reid (2015)
• Kirstie Hillyer (2016)
• Breana Runnels (2017)
• Annie Sullivan (2021)
• Emery Herman (2023)

Mountain West Freshman of the Year:

• Tess Rogers (2002)
• Katie Oleksak (2016)

Mountain West Setter of the Year:

• Allison Peckman (1999–2001)
• Melissa Courtney (2003, 2004)
• Ashley Fornstorm (2007, 2008)
• Deedra Foss (2013, 2014)

Mountain West Defensive Specialist of the Year:

• Kristen Vance (1999)
• Lindsey Kerr (2002)
• Katelin Batten (2009)

WAC Coach of the Year:

• Tom Hilbert (1998)

WAC Freshman of the Year:

• Catie Vagneur (1996)
• Angela Knopf (1998)

WAC Defensive Specialist of the Year:

• Kristen Vance (1998)

HCAC Player of the Year:

• Sherri Danielson (1984, 1985)

HCAC Offensive Player of the Year:

• Diane Saba (1987)

Updated through 2023 season.

Current roster

	Pos.	Name	Class	Ht	Prev. School	Hometown
1	MB	Malaya Jones	R-JR	6'0"	Santa Margarita HS	Santa Ana, CA
3	OH	Brooke Holman	FR	6'1"	Littleton High School	Aspen, CO
4	S	Emery Herman	SR	6'0"	Georgetown HS Arizona	Georgetown, TX
6	L/DS	Aine Doty	JR	5'7"	Doherty High SchoolIdaho	Colorado Springs, CO
7	MB	Jessica Lawton	FR	6'3"	Whitnall High School	Hales Corners, Wisconsin
8	OH	Taylor Pagan	SO	6'1"	Mater Lakes	Pembroke Pines, FL
9	MB	Naeemah Weathers	GR	6'1"	Palmer Ridge HS	Colorado Springs, CO
11	DS	Jordyn Tynsky	FR	5'8"	John H. Guyer High School	Denton, Texas
13	MB	Jazen DeBina	R-SO	6'0"	Liberty HS	Las Vegas, NV
17	OH	Kennedy Stanford	GR	5'10"	Lamar HS	Grand Prairie, TX
18	DS	Kate Yoshimoto	R-JR	5'2"	Punahou	Honolulu, HI
22	DS	Delaney McIntosh	R-SO	5'10"	Verona Area HS	Madison, WI
23	S	Erin Debiec	FR	6'1"	Bishop O'Connell High School	Potomac, Maryland
26	OH	Maria Brun	FR	6'1"	CV Sant Cugat Club	Barcelona
33	MB	Kekua Richards	R-FR	6'7"	Seabury Hall	Pā'ia, HI
42	MB	Karina Leber	GR	6'3"	Wilmot Union HS	Trevor, WI

Coaches:

• Emily Kohan (Head coach)
• Sonja Anderson (Assistant coach)
• Ted Kopacz (Assistant Coach)
• Bri Olmstead (Director of volleyball operations)

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: EMILY KOHAN. csurams.com. 2023-11-15.
2. Web site: 2023 Volleyball Media Guide . 2023-11-18 . Colorado State Athletics . en.
3. Web site: 2023-09-15 . Mountain West Women's Volleyball Record Book . 2023-11-15 . Mountain West.
4. Web site: 2023 Volleyball Schedule . 2023-11-16 . Colorado State Athletics . en.
5. Web site: 2013 Mountain West Women's Volleyball Standings. themw.com. en. 2018-10-05.
6. Web site: 2014 Mountain West Women's Volleyball Standings. themw.com. en. 2018-10-05.
7. Web site: 2015 Mountain West Women's Volleyball Standings. themw.com. en. 2018-10-05.
8. Web site: 2016 Mountain West Women's Volleyball Standings. themw.com. en. 2018-10-05.
9. Web site: 2017 Mountain West Women's Volleyball Standings. themw.com. en. 2018-10-05.