Volleyball

Whittier College Names New Head Volleyball Coach

Whittier, Calif. -- Ali Oliver is the latest addition to the Whittier College coaching staff as the new head volleyball coach for the Poets.  Oliver has been the head coach at Cerritos College for two seasons, and led the Falcons to a second place finish in the South Coast Conference last season.
 
 Oliver began playing volleyball at San Gabriel High School where she was a four-year letter winner.  She went on to play for Cerritos College and led the state in kills as a freshman.  Her junior season, she received a scholarship to play at Southeastern Louisiana University.  An injury forced her to transfer once again, this time to Sonoma State, where she was the starting outside hitter and team captain.  She graduated from Sonoma State in 2000 with a Bachelor's degree in Communications, and in 2003, returned to Sonoma to earn her Master's degree in Kinesiology.

Oliver's coaching career got started during her freshman year of college, when she was the head coach of the Huntington Beach Volleyball Club's fourteen and under team.  She has also had extensive coaching experience at the junior high, high school, club and collegiate levels at various schools.
 
 "I am very excited to be coaching at Whittier." said Oliver. "I am thrilled for the opportunity to coach at a 4 year institution and look forward to the upcoming season. I hope to finish in the top 3 in conference this year and challenge for the conference title within 2 seasons. I'm eager to see what my girls can do and I'm looking forward to bringing in some new recruits to help make Whittier volleyball successful."