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2016 TOWSON TIGER VOLLEYBALL 2016 TIGERS Don METIL Head Coach • 4th season California University of Pennsylvania, ‘96 Career Record: 293-164 (.641) Towson Record: 63-35 (.663) In just three seasons at the helm of the Towson volleyball program, head coach Don Metil has made the Tigers into a consistent threat at the top of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) standings. Entering year four, Metil will be looking to help the Tigers take the next step. In 2015, Metil and the Tigers posted their second straight season of 25 or more wins. Towson beat James Madison in the final match of the regular season to clinch a share of the CAA Regular Season Title. Metil helped the Tigers lead the conference in hitting percentage, assists per set, kills per set and digs per set. The Tigers ranked among the top 10 nationally for assists per set, kills per set, team assists and team kills. Under Metil’s guidance, freshman Jocelyn Kuilan was named the CAA Rookie of the Year while redshirt freshman Anna Holehouse became the program’s first CAA Defensive Player of the Year. Metil took home CAA Coach of the Year accolades for the second straight season. Jessica Lewis was a first team All-CAA honoree while Haley Pa’akaula took home second team honors on Metil’s watch. Kuilan was also named American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-Region Honorable Mention, just the fourth player in program history to do so. In his second season at Towson, Metil got the Tigers back to the CAA Tournament. Towson posted a 27-5 overall record and a 13-3 conference mark. Metil helped the Tigers engineer one of the largest single-season turnarounds in program history (10 wins in 2013 and 27 in 2014). Metil saw six Tigers earn all-conference honors including seniors Saitaua Iosia and Victoria Williams who were first team selections. In addition Metil was named the CAA Coach of the Year. Under Metil’s guidance libero Paige Sekerak broke the school record for career digs as she finished her career with 1,869. In his first season at Towson, Metil guided Iosia to third team All-CAA honors. He also tutored Sekerak, a CAA All-Academic squad member. Sekerak recorded the 1,000th dig of her career and became just the third player in school history with over 500 digs in a single season. Metil was named the 11th head coach in program history in March 2013 after spending six years as the highly successful coach at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. At UMES he compiled a 145-44 (.767) record during his tenure. Metil led the Hawks to the Mid- Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Championship in 2011 and 2012 and appeared in the NCAA Tournament each of those years. He guided UMES to the best season in school history in 2012. In addition to posting a 28-6 record and an 11-1 MEAC mark, UMES won three in-season tournaments and the MEAC Tournament before falling to Nebraska in the NCAA Tournament. A three-time MEAC Coach of the Year, he led UMES to six straight MEAC Northern Divisional titles and four undefeated conference seasons. Metil’s squads won at least 20 matches in each of his six seasons at UMES and finished among the top five in the nation for service aces per set during each of those years. He had 18 players earn all-conference honors during his six years with the Hawks. That group included the MEAC Rookie of the Year four times and two MEAC Players of the Year. Prior to his tenure at UMES, Metil served as the head coach at Coppin State for two years. He helped the Eagles qualify for the MEAC Tournament twice and coached the 2005 MEAC Rookie of the Year. Metil was also the head coach at Lees-McRae and the College of Notre Dame of Maryland. Before starting his collegiate coaching career, Metil led a high school team and junior Olympic club team coach in the Baltimore Metro area while teaching at Dumbarton Middle School. Metil earned a dual bachelor’s degree in secondary education and sports medicine from California University of Pennsylvania in 1996. He played collegiate volleyball for the Vulcans, serving primarily as a setter. He earned a master’s degree from Loyola University in secondary education in 2002. 2
TOWSONTIGERS.COM • @TOWSON_VB • #TOWSONTIGERS 2016 TIGERS Eric HAMMOND Assistant Coach • 4th season Salisbury, ‘00 Kayani Turner Assistant Coach • 2nd season Illinois, ‘08 Eric Hammond enters his fourth season at Towson, 10th season working with Don Metil, and his 12th season coaching college volleyball as the 2016 campaign begins. A key contributor on Metil’s staff, Hammond serves as the program’s recruiting coordinator. Last fall, Hammond helped guide the Tigers to a 26-6 overall record and a 12-4 mark in Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) play. Hammond helped lead the Tigers to a share of the CAA Regular Season Title with a sweep of JMU on the final day of conference play. Under Hammond’s guidance, the Tigers ranked among the national leaders in kills and assists per set and total team kills and assists. Hammond worked with the Tigers’ pin hitters (opposites and outsides) along with guiding the serving game and some passing. He played a key role in the development of Jocelyn Kuilan, the CAA Rookie of the Year. Hammond worked with Haley Pa’akaula, who set the school record for kills in a single-match with 30 against Utah Valley. He helped guide the Tigers to a 27-5 overall record and a 13-3 mark in CAA play in 2014. That season he specialized in training the outside and opposite hitters in attacking. He also coached team blocking and serving. Hammond helped the Tigers lead the league in hitting percentage and service aces. Three of the Tigers’ All-CAA players were pin hitters, outside hitter Saitaua Iosia, opposite Victoria Williams and outside/middle Haley Pa’akaula. Hammond, who spent eight years at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), moved to Towson in the spring of 2013 to continue his work with former UMES and current Towson head coach Don Metil. Hammond served as a volunteer assistant coach at UMES during the 2002 and 2006 seasons before being promoted to assistant and then associate head coach when Metil was hired in 2007. He was also named the Hawks’ recruiting coordinator in 2009. Hammond played a major role in the 2011 and 2012 teams winning the MEAC Championship and earning the program’s first two berths in the NCAA Tournament. While at UMES, Hammond was involved in all areas of on the floor coaching, match preparation, player development, recruiting and scouting. During his time in Princess Anne, Md. he helped Metil and the Hawks post seven straight seasons of 20 or more wins, four undefeated conference regular seasons and six MEAC Northern Division regular season championships. UMES posted a 61-3 record in conference play during that run. Since 2012, Hammond has worked for USA Volleyball’s Beach High Performance programs as an assistant coach for camps, and an evaluator and court coach for tryouts with males and females in several age groups. He has worked USAV Beach camps around the country, including the world-class Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California. Most recently, he was a training and tournament coach for the USA U17 Boys A2 team at the USAV High Performance Championships in Hermosa Beach and Santa Monica, Calif. in July of 2015, and the U19 Womens A2 team in July of 2016. He coaches indoor volleyball camps for both females and males in the U.S. and Canada with Towson Volleyball Academy. He also spent two years as a head coach with the Delmarva Juniors/Timeout Volleyball Club. Hammond is nationally certified by USA Volleyball in Beach CAP I, IMPACT, and Beach IMPACT. Hammond is an editor and writer for multiple national volleyball magazines. He is a member of USA Volleyball and the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA). He is also the CAA conference representative on the AVCA’s Assistant Coaches Committee, and the chair of the AVCA Assistant Coaches Publications subcommittee. Hammond earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from Salisbury University in 2000. He competed for the club volleyball team for two years, primarily as an opposite hitter. In just her first season on the bench with the Black and Gold, Turner helped guide the Tigers to a share of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Regular Season Title. She helped the Tigers post 26 wins as the team had the CAA Rookie of the Year and CAA Defensive Player of the Year. Under Turner’s guidance the Tigers ranked among the Top 10 in the nation for kills per set and team kills. Turner was responsible for working with the Tigers’ middle blockers and blocking game. During the off-season, Turner attended and graduated from the NCAA Women’s Coaches Academy. Turner came to the Tigers from Southeast Missouri where she spent four years on the staff, working for Head Coach Julie Yankus. At Southeast Missouri, Turner was the primary coach for the outside hitters and recruiting coordinator. She also assisted in the scouting of opponents, film breakdown and practice planning. The Redhawks won 63 matches in the four years Turner was in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Southeast Missouri made their first appearance in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament since 2008 and won its first OVC Tournament contest since 2006. The Redhawks showed significant improvement in their hitting percentage and kills per set during Turner’s time on the sidelines. Prior to joining the staff at Southeast Missouri, Turner was a graduate assistant coach at Western Illinois University. There she was in charge of pre and postgame administrative duties. She also helped scout Western Illinois’ serve receptions and the Leathernecks’ opponents’ serving tendencies. Turner earned her bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Illinois in 2008. She was a stand-out player for the Illini. As a sophomore she led the team in kills with 391. During her senior season, Turner helped Illinois reach the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. She finished her career with 642 kills and 117 blocks. She also earned a master’s degree in sport management from Western Illinois. Turner also brings experience from coaching club volleyball to the Tigers’ sidelines. She served as the head coach of the Prime Time Volleyball Club in Illinois and as a camp coach for Illinois and Precision Volleyball Camps. Turner is a local product who graduated from John Carroll High School in Bel Air, Maryland. She was the Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Maryland in 2004 and is a member of the John Carroll Hall of Fame. 3
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