Cedarville University Women's Volleyball

Greg Smith is the seventh head coach in the history of Cedarville University women’s volleyball beginning with the 2018 campaign. He has guided the Lady Jackets to six appearances in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Tournament and  was voted the NCCAA Midwest Region Coach of the Year in both 2020 and 2022.   Cedarville Career Coaching Record: Overall Conference W L Pct W L Pct Place --------------------------------------------------------------- 2018 13 18 .418 11 8 .579 4th of 7 West Division 2019 16  11  .593     8   4  .667  tie 4th of 13 2020     9   4  .692     8   3   .727  4th of 12 2021    11  12  .478     8   8   .500  4th of 6 South Division 2022    13  15  .464    11   6   .647  3rd of 6 South Division 2023    15  16  .484     10   9  .526  4th of 7 South Division 2024    14  11  .560    10   5  .667 1st of 4 South Division --------------------------------------------------------------- Totals 91  87  .511    66  43  .606 G-MAC Tournament Qualifier: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024 AVCA Team Academic Award: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 1 AVCA Division II All-America Honorable Mention 1 AVCA Division II Midwest Region Freshman of the Year 8 NCCAA All-Americans; 14 NCCAA Scholar-Athletes 3 NCCAA Midwest Region Players of the Year 22 All-NCCAA Midwest Region players 1 D2CCA Midwest Region player 1 G-MAC Freshman of the Year 18 All-G-MAC players; 64 G-MAC Academic All-Conference players 2 G-MAC Elite 23/26 Award recipients Collegiate coaching prior to Cedarville: 20+ years of experience at the NCAA Division I level Head Coach at University of Toledo (2009-17) Guided the Rockets to 102 total victories and 51 in the Mid-American Conference UT made four trips to the MAC Tournament Won share of the 2013 MAC West Division title Toledo earned the AVCA Team Academic Award all nine seasons Top assistant and recruiting coordinator at Notre Dame (2006-08) Head coach at Virginia Tech (2000-05) Hokies posted 81 victories overall and 37 conference wins Competed in the Big East Conference from 2001-03 before moving to the Atlantic Coast Conference 2002 Big East Conference Coach of the Year Assistant Coach at Ohio State (1997-99) Assistant Coach at Hofstra (1995-96) Assistant Coach at Indianapolis (1994) A native of Rochester, Indiana, Smith is a 1990 graduate of Westmont (Calif.) College where he lettered in tennis and earned a bachelor’s degree in business and economics. He earned another bachelor’s in secondary education from the University of Indianapolis in 1994. Greg and his wife, Erica, reside in Cedarville with their two daughters, Peytan and Reagan, and son, Logan.

Cassadi Colbert is the new women’s volleyball assistant coach at Cedarville University and she began her role in January, 2025. She joins the Lady Jackets and Head Coach Greg Smith’s staff after coaching one season at Warsaw Community High School in Indiana. Colbert served as the freshman volleyball head coach as well as the varsity assistant coach. Additionally, she was an AAU head volleyball coach in Warsaw. The Claypool, Indiana native was a five-year collegiate volleyball player. She began her career at Division I University of South Alabama for one season before transferring to Grace College in Winona Lake, Indiana. Colbert played in 102 matches with the Lancers piling up 734 kills with 75 blocks. She was voted to the 2022 All-Crossroads League Second Team and twice was honorable mention. She was a member of the 2023 NCCAA National Championship team, was a three-time NCCAA Scholar-Athlete, and earned a spot on the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Team. Colbert also received the prestigious Quintillion Award in 2022. The honor is voted on by Grace College faculty members, who select a student excelling in the classroom as well as contributing to the college and community in positive ways. Cassadi is a 2023 Summa Cum Laude graduate of Grace College with a degree in communications and is currently pursuing a master’s at the school in athletic administration.