Big Ten Conference volleyball
Big Ten volleyball is made up of the women's volleyball programs from the Big Ten's 14 member universities. Through 2019, the Big Ten has earned a combined 33 NCAA national semifinal appearances by eight different teams. In 1987, Illinois became the first Big Ten program to make an appearance in the national semifinal. In 1999 Penn State won the conference's first national championship, and they have won seven overall, including a record four consecutive titles from 2007 to 2010. Minnesota, Illinois, and Wisconsin (three times) have each made national championship game appearances.
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Association | NCAA |
Division | Division I |
Members | 14 |
In 2011, former Big 12 member Nebraska joined the Big Ten. The Cornhuskers have won five national championships, with two of these coming since the school joined the Big Ten.
Teams
School | Head coach | Big Ten titles† | National semifinal appearances | Best NCAA finish |
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Penn State | Russ Rose | 17 (1992, 1993, 1996–99, 2003–10, 2012, 2013, 2017) |
13 (1993, 1994, 1997–99, 2007–10, 2012–14, 2017) | Champions (1999, 2007–10, 2013, 2014) |
Nebraska | John Cook | 3 (2011, 2016, 2017) | 15 (1986*, 1989*, 1990*, 1995*, 1996*, 1998*, 2000*, 2001*, 2005*, 2006*, 2008*, 2015–18) |
Champions (1995*, 2000*, 2006*, 2015, 2017) |
Illinois | Chris Tamas | 4 (1986–88, 1992) | 4 (1987, 1988, 2011, 2018) | Runner-up (2011) |
Wisconsin | Kelly Sheffield | 6 (1990, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2014, 2019) | 3 (2000, 2013, 2019) | Runner-up (2000, 2013, 2019) |
Ohio State | Geoff Carlson | 3 (1989, 1991, 1994) | 2 (1991, 1994) | National semifinal |
Michigan State | Cathy George | 2 (1995, 1996) | 1 (1995) | National semifinal |
Minnesota | Hugh McCutcheon | 3 (2002, 2015, 2018) | 6 (2003, 2004, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2019) | Runner-up (2004) |
Purdue | Dave Shondell | 1 (1985) | Regional final (2010) | |
Michigan | Mark Rosen | 1 (2012) | National semifinal (2012) | |
Iowa | Vicki Brown[1] | First Round (1989) | ||
Northwestern | Shane Davis | Regional semifinal (1981) | ||
Indiana | Steve Aird | Regional semifinal (2010) | ||
Maryland | Adam Hughes | Second Round (1996) | ||
Rutgers | CJ Werneke | Qualifying round (1982) | ||
† Since 1985, when double round-robin play was introduced
* As a member of the Big 12
Big Ten Award History
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Big Ten volleyball in the AVCA
The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) annually awards National Coach of the Year, Player of the Year, and Freshman of the Year. The following lists coaches and players from the Big Ten who have received these awards.
National Coach of the Year
- 1985 – Mike Hebert, Illinois
- 1990 – Russ Rose, Penn State
- 1995 – Chuck Erbe, Michigan State
- 1997 – Russ Rose, Penn State
- 2007 – Russ Rose, Penn State
- 2008 – Russ Rose, Penn State
- 2013 – Russ Rose, Penn State
- 2015 – Hugh McCutcheon, Minnesota
National Player of the Year
- 1994 – Laura Davis, Ohio State
- 1999 – Lauren Cacciamani, Penn State
- 2004 – Stacey Gordon, Ohio State
- 2008 – Nicole Fawcett, Penn State
- 2009 – Megan Hodge, Penn State
- 2014 – Micha Hancock, Penn State
- 2016 - Sarah Wilhite, Minnesota
National Freshman of the Year
- 2001 – Stacey Gordon, Ohio State
- 2005 – Nicole Fawcett, Penn State
- 2006 – Megan Hodge, Penn State
- 2010 – Deja McClendon, Penn State
- 2014 – Ali Frantti, Penn State
- 2017 - Dana Rettke, Wisconsin