2010 Volleyball
Record: 15-18 Home: 6-5 Away: 4-7 Neutral: 5-6 MCC: 2-6
Coaches
Rick Blackwell
Head Coach- 5th Season
Overall record: 60-113 (through 2010)
Blackwell was girls' volleyball coach at Cedar Rapids Xavier High School for two seasons (2003-04), leading the Saints to their first-ever Iowa Class 3A state volleyball tournament in 2004. He is currently the principal at Regis Middle School in Cedar Rapids and is a volunteer coach and organizer for USA Volleyball, having worked with Xplosion and Rapid Spikers. Blackwell, a 1976 graduate of Coe, also received a Masters of Arts from the Iowa in 1993 and the Educational Leadership and Superintendent's Certificate from Northern Iowa in 2005.
Deb Marlin
Associate Head Coach- 5th Season
Marlin has been involved in volleyball at the high school, college, and club levels for most of the past 20 years. She played volleyball for Morningside, where she ranks third in career assists and third in assists per game.
Marlin served as head volleyball coach at Kirkwood Community College when they finished fourth at the NJCAA Division II national volleyball tournament. She is also an invited clinician for many area summer camps.
While her primary focus is the setters, Marlin works with all players on improving their game and court awareness.
Jessie Ryan
Assistant Coach- 1st Season
Maddie Franz
Manager- 1st Season
Krista Johnson
Assistant Coach- 4th Season
Johnson was a four-year volleyball letterwinner at Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School and helped lead the J-Hawks to a 23-9-2 record and the state tournament her senior year. She earned all-Metro honors and all-Mississippi Valley Conference honors as well that season. Johnson also lettered in track, earning all-Metro honors in track as a sophomore, junior, and senior.
Johnson attended Missouri, where she was a powerful force in the middle. She ranked second on the squad in total blocks (98) and hitting percentage (.334), finished ninth in the Big 12 in hitting percentage, and had a career night against Texas Tech with 16 kills on 34 attacks and six blocks assists, all of which are career highs. Possibly the most athletic Tiger, Johnson recorded six matches with a .500 hitting percentage or higher her junior year.
Johnson continues to be actively involved in playing volleyball indoors and in the sand. She has coached club with the Rapid Spikers and last year coached with the Pride. Her primary responsibility at Mount Mercy is coaching the front row players in their hitting and defensive techniques.
Angie Gaul
Manager- 4th Season
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