volleyball - Feather River College

Coaches
HEAD COACH • 7TH SEASON • CHICO STATE UNIVERSITY (2002)
COACHING LEDGER
FEATHER RIVER HEAD COACH
(2006-PRESENT)
BUTTE COLLEGE ASSISTANT COACH
(2002-2005)
PLUMAS VB CLUB (2007-PRESENT)
CHICO VB CLUB (1999-2005)
EDUCATION
CHICO STATE UNIVERSITY, 2002
BA.: LIBERAL STUDIES
BUTTE COLLEGE, 1998
AA.: LIBERAL STUDIES
SARAH RITCHIE GREW UP IN SONORA, CA AND GRADUATED FROM SONORA HIGH SCHOOL IN
1996. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE DELTA VLLEY VOLLEYBALL CLUB AND PLAYED IN THE
JUNIOR OLYMPICS IN 1996. SHE THEN WENT ON AND ATTENDED BUTTE COLLEGE, WHERE
SHE WAS A TWO YEAR CAPTAIN AND WAS AN ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTION. AFTER ATTENDING
BUTTE, SHE TRANSFERRED TO CHICO STATE UNIVERSITY. IN 2002, SHE GRADUATED WITH A
DEGREE IN LIBERAL STUDIES. UPON ATTENDING CHICO STATE, RITCHIE WAS NAMED THE
ASSISTANT COACH AT BUTTE. IN HER TWO SEASONS THERE, SHE HELPED THE ROADRUNNERS
TO AN UNDEFEATED CONFERENCE SEASON AND AN APPEARANCE AT THE ELITE EIGHT STATE
TOURNAMENT.
IN 2006, RITCHIE WAS NAMED THE FEATHER RIVER COLLEGE HEAD COACH AND GIVIEN THE
TASK OF RESTARTING A PROGRAM WHICH HAD BEEN CEASED FOR THREE YEARS. IN HER
FIRST SEASON AT THE HELM, RITCHIE LED HER TEAM A SECOND PLACE CONFERENCE FINISH.
IN 2007, RITCHIE LED HER SQUAD TO THEIR FIRST PLAYOFF APPEARANCE. IN 2008 SHE
LED HER PROGRAM TO THE ELITE EIGHT STATE TOURNAMENT WHERE THEY FINISHED WITH AN
EIGHTH PLACE RANKING IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
NOW IN HER 7TH YEAR OF COACHING FOR FEATHER RIVER, RITCHIE ADDED HER 2010 AND
2011 GOLDEN VALLEY CONFERENCE COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD TO HER LONG LIST OF
HONORS AS SHE HAS TAKEN THE GOLDEN EAGLES TO THEIR SECOND CONSECUTIVE
UNDEAFETED GOLDEN VALLEY CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP.
RITCHIE IS ALSO THE DIRECTOR AND 18’S BLACK COACH FOR PLUMAS VOLLEYBALL CLUB,
NOW IN ITS 6TH YEAR OF EXISTENCE.
RITCHIE AND HER FIANCE, BRANDON, RESIDE IN QUINCY WITH THEIR TWO BOYS JAMISON, 3,
AND MARCUS, 2.
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