Assumption University Women's Volleyball

Kazmierczak comes to Assumption after spending two seasons as head women's volleyball coach at Merrimack College.  “I am humbled and honored to join the Assumption community as the next Head Women’s Volleyball Coach,” stated Kazmierczak. “I would like to thank Vice President for Enrollment Management William Boffi, Director of Athletics Eric Gobiel, and the entire search committee for trusting me to lead Assumption Volleyball into the future. It is wonderful to return to the NE-10 now as a coach and work towards bringing an NE10 Championship to Assumption. When I visited campus, it was evident that Assumption deeply cares about the student-athlete experience and that we share the same values. I’m excited to work with these talented, hard-working players in building this program.” COACHING CAREER Head Coach at Merrimack College for two years Guided the Warriors through the second and third years of their NCAA Division I reclassification period from 2020-21 as a member of the Northeast Conference Helped develop a program that was honored with the 2021 USMC-AVCA Team Academic Award and 27 NEC Academic Honor Roll selections Assistant Coach at Niagara for two years Kazmierczak was involved in all aspects of the program that advanced to consecutive Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Tournaments in 2018 and 2019 Her roles included assisting with drill design, practice plans, video analysis, student-athlete development, setter training, serving as offensive coordinator during matches, and aiding in recruiting Head Coach at D'Youville College for four years Guided Spartans to consecutive Allegheny Collegiate Conference Championship appearances, including a run to the AMCC Semifinals in 2016 She won 34 matches as the D'Youville Head Coach PLAYING CAREER  She competed at Pace University at the Division II level and Buffalo State College (DIII) as a student-athlete Ranks 13th all-time in Setter’s history in career digs with 1,377 and was named to the NE10 All-Championship Team in 2009 At Buffalo State, she was a State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) all-conference second-team selection after a team-best 935 assists and 40 aces PERSONAL LIFE In 2018, she completed her Master of Science in sport management from SUNY Cortland Kazmierczak graduated from Buffalo State with a business administration and management degree in 2011