Lexington, KY. (2/23/12) The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) is pleased to announce its Thirty Under 30 Awards. This award was created in 2009 to honor up-and-coming coaching talent at all levels of the sport. To qualify for the award nominees had to be 30 years old or younger in 2011. The list of winners will be featured in the upcoming March edition of Coaching Volleyball 2.0.

Dominican College head women's volleyball coach, Stefanie Carrington, is one of the 2011 award recipients.

Carrington is in her fourth season at the helm of the Lady Chargers volleyball program.  She has led the team to three consecutive Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Tournament appearances and one CACC Tournament Semi-Final appearance in 2009.  During the 2009 season, she led the team to a 22-10 overall record and was named the CACC Coach of the Year. 

"I love this award! said AVCA Executive Director, Kathy DeBoer, "And even more, I love how our membership has embraced this award. The number of nominees now ranks in the hundreds, and they are coming from all parts of our membership, bright, hard-working, passionate, talented young volleyball coaches!"

Of the thirty recipients, 19 are head coaches and 11 are assistant coaches. Ten are NCAA Division I women's coaches, four coach NAIA squads, four are NCAA Division III and another four for high school. There are also three NCAA Division II recipients along with three Club coaches and two Two-Year College coaches.

Also, one of the recipients doubles-up as the head men's coach and an assistant women's coach at the DIII level. One of this year's recipients – Flavia Siqueira (2011) is a repeat recipient, while Coley Pawlikowski (2009, 2011), Kelly Morrisroe (2009, 2010) and Erin Virtue (2010, 2011) have each received the award for the third time.

Thirty Under 30 Award Recipients

Sean Airola, Head Coach
Carl Sandburg High School, Orlando Park, IL (High School)

Lauren Amundson, Head Coach
Stonehill College, Easton, MA (NCAA Division II)

Jenifer Bahner Head Coach
Cowley College, Arkansas City, KS (NJCAA Division II)

Lisa Beauchene, Assistant Coach
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (NCAA Division I)

Stefanie Carrington, Head Coach
Dominican College, Orangeburg, NY (NCAA Division II)

Rachel Cooper, Assistant Coach
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (NCAA Division I)

Jamie DeTurck, Head Coach
Colleyville Heritage High School, Colleyville, TX (High School)

James Goodridge, Head Coach
Lees-McRae College (Men), Banner Elk, NC (NCAA Division II)

Lindsey Gray, Assistant Coach
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (NCAA Division I)

Ellen Hayes, Assistant
University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, IL (NCAA Division I)

Anna Howle, Head Coach
Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, OK (NAIA)

Sue Jacobson, Assistant Coach
Saint Louis University, Sant Louis, MO (NCAA Division I)

Laura Jensen, Assistant Coach
Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH (NCAA Division III)

Trevor Johnson, Assistant Coach
Concordia University (CA), Irvine, CA (NAIA)

Meghan Keck, Assistant Coach
Ohio University, Athens, OH (NCAA Division I)

Jeff Lennox, Head Coach – Men, Assistant Coach - Women
Elmira College (Men's and Women's), Elmira, NY (NCAA Division III)

Mary Leventis, Assistant Coach
Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC (NCAA Division I)

James Lundgren III, Assistant Coach
Azusa Pacific University, Encinitas, CA (NAIA)

Kelly Morrisroe, Interim Head Coach
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY (NCAA Division I)

Coley Pawlikowski, Assistant Coach
Northern Illinois University, Sycamore, IL (NCAA Division I)

Kathryn Reeber, Head Coach
Cardinal Gibbons High School, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (High School)

Shelly Riemer, Co-Club Director, Coach
Woodlands Wave Volleyball Club, Spring, TX (Club)

James Sackley, Head Coach
Sky High Volleyball Club, Mundelein, IL (Club)

Lauren Sands, Club Director, Coach
Atlanta Extreme Volleyball Club, Ft. Suwanee, GA (Club)

Flavia Siqueira, Head Coach
College of Central Florida, Ocala, FL (NJCAA Division I)

Leigh Ann Swartz, Head Coach
Mount Union College, Alliance, OH (NCAA Division III)

Alesia Vaccari, Head Coach
Simmons College (MA), Boston, MA (NCAA Division III)

Erin Virtue, Assistant Coach
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (NCAA Division I)

Kristen Wright, Head Coach
Tri-City Christian High School, Oceanside, CA (High School)

Ashlee Zeigler, Assistant Coach
Taylor University, Upland, IN (NAIA)