Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Women's Volleyball

Gallops 12th as the head coach of the Embry-Riddle womens volleyball team. The third head coach in the 21-year history of volleyball at ERAU, Gallop has charted a 256-112 record in her first 11 seasons.   In 2010, Gallop led the Eagles to one of the most successful seasons in program history. Under Gallops leadership, the Blue and Gold went undefeated in conference play for the second straight season, racking up a 12-0 record and capturing the third regular season title under Gallop, and capturing the conference tournament title for the first time since 1998. As a result, Gallop was named The Sun Conference Coach of the Year for the second consecutive year and third overall. Gallop also guided the Eagles into uncharted territory, winning an NAIA National Championship Opening Round match and advancing to the NAIA National Championship Final Site. Both accomplishments were firsts for the ERAU Volleyball program.   The 2011 campaign saw Gallop lead the Blue and Gold to a 30-6 overall record including a perfect 12-0 record in conference play. The Eagles won the conference tournament for the second straight season and earned a bid directly to the NAIA National Championship Final Site by virtue of holding a top-11 national ranking in the final regular season poll. Gallop's Eagles advanced to the quarterfinal round for the first time in program history where they lost to eventual national champion Texas at Brownsville. After the season, Gallop was named the AVCA Southeast Region Coach of the Year.   In 2012, Gallop brought Embry-Riddle back to the NAIA National Championship Final Site for the third consecutive season after going undefeated in conference play and winning its third straight Sun Conference championship. The Eagles finished 1-2 in pool play and were defeated by Hastings in a one-set tiebreak to advance out of pool play.   Gallop guided the Eagles to a 22-12 record in 2013, including a perfect 11-0 mark in league play for the fourth straight season. The Eagles continued to find success in the postseason, winning their fourth straight Sun Conference title and advancing to the NAIA National Championship, where ERAU defeated Mobile in the Opening Round to earn a fourth-straight trip to the final site in Sioux City, Iowa.   In 2014, Gallop led the Eagles to a 13-1 record in conference play and captured the programs fifth consecutive Sun Conference Tournament title in ERAUs last season as a member of the league. The Blue and Gold earned its final trip to the NAIA National Championship, falling to Coastal Georgia in the Opening Round.   Under Gallops guidance, a number of Embry-Riddle student-athletes have garnered individual recognition, including 41 All-Conference selections. Her protégé accolades include conference Player of the Year honors for Janelle Marinos (2005), Abby Hall (2009, 2010 & 2011) and Jordan Holcomb (2012), Newcomer of the Year honors for Hall (2008) and Jordan Holcomb (2009) and Libero of the Year recognition for Julia Frasetto (2009), Nina Kontrec (2010 & 2011) and Hannah Gray (2012, 2013 & 2014). Gallops setters have also been recognized as the best in the conference as Marissa Gonzalez was tabbed as the leagues Setter of the Year in 2007 and 2008, while Adriana Vazquez earned the same honor every year from 2009-12. Tamires Ferreira became the third Setter of the Year honoree under Gallops tutelage, winning the award in 2013 & 2014.   Gallop inherited a that team finished 3-30 in 2004 the worst campaign in the 10-year history of the program. The Eagles losing record didnt hinder her enthusiasm and the teams success over the last four seasons is a tribute to her commitment to turn Eagle Volleyball into a successful program.   Before taking the helm at ERAU, Gallop faced a similar challenge of transforming a program when she was a two-year assistant coach at St. Marys College (Calif.), an NCAA Division I institution. She was an integral part of bringing St. Marys womens volleyball to national prominence as the Gaels finished the 2004 campaign ranked No. 13 in the final USA Today/College Sports Television Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Gaels finished the year at 25-4 overall, which included defeating 2004 NCAA National Champion Stanford twice and advancing to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. In 2003, St. Marys finished with a 20-13 record and advanced to the first round of the NCAA tournament.   With the Gaels, Gallop was responsible for assisting head coach Jon Stevenson in day-to-day team operations, practice planning, scouting, recruiting and office administration. Gallops primary on-court responsibilities focused on the defensive aspects of the game with special concentration in blocking, while helping players hone their hitting skills.   Prior to her work with the St. Marys program, Gallop assisted head coach Craig Choate from 2001-02 at her alma mater San Jose State after completing her playing career in 2000.   A native of Roseburg, Oregon, Gallop was a standout student-athlete as an All-American player from 1997-00 at San Jose State. One of the most decorated Spartan volleyball players in San Jose State history, Gallop was a two-time honorable mention ASICS All-American and a two-time first team All-Western Athletic Conference selection. Gallop was the 1999 WAC Player of the Year and the 1997 WAC Pacific Division Freshman of the Year. Gallop holds four career, three single-season and one match record in the Spartan record book. She is the Spartans all-time kills leader with 1,966 and blocking leader with 456 total blocks. She also set career records for kill average at 4.40 per game and block assists with 391. Gallop set the San Jose State single-season kill record in 2000 with 630. In 1999, she set the season-best hitting percentage mark at .382, and the best kill average at 5.60 per game.   Gallop, who graduated from SJSU in May of 2002 with a degree in liberal studies, ranks in three other San Jose State career categories. She is second in hitting percentage at .310, digs with 1,052 and sixth in solo blocks with 65. Gallop also made an impact on the WAC record book as she is the conferences all-time kill leader. She broke the WAC single season kills per game record in 1999 (5.60) and the WAC matches only kill record with 312 and kills per game (6.24).   Most recently, Gallop was named to the 15-year All-Western Athletic Conference womens volleyball second team as voted by WAC fans in an online poll.   In the spring of 2008, Gallop was selected as head coach for the youth High Performance Teams through USA Volleyball. She served as the head coach for the Select Team ages 12-14 that traveled to Tuscon, Ariz. where the team took sixth in the nation. In the summer of 2009, she served as the head coach of the Youth Team for 15-16 year olds in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.   Gallop traveled to Venice, Italy in the winter of 2008 with the Bring It USA Volleyball Organization. During this trip she took 10 Florida high school players to compete in international volleyball with the goal of youth developmental skills.   In the winter of 2008, Gallop and former ERAU assistant Blake Rawlins launched the Atlantic Coast Juniors Volleyball Club. She serves as the Director of Coaches and the Program Manager for the club program.   Gallop and husband John Fairbanks have two children, Cole and Jarrett. The family resides in Daytona Beach. Joslynn Gallop San Jose State (2002) The 2016 season marks Joslynn Gallops 12th as the head coach of the Embry-Riddle womens volleyball team. The third head coach in the 21-year history of volleyball at ERAU, Gallop has charted a 256-112 record in her first 11 seasons.   In 2010, Gallop led the Eagles to one of the most successful seasons in program history. Under Gallops leadership, the Blue and Gold went undefeated in conference play for the second straight season, racking up a 12-0 record and capturing the third regular season title under Gallop, and capturing the conference tournament title for the first time since 1998. As a result, Gallop was named The Sun Conference Coach of the Year for the second consecutive year and third overall. Gallop also guided the Eagles into uncharted territory, winning an NAIA National Championship Opening Round match and advancing to the NAIA National Championship Final Site. Both accomplishments were firsts for the ERAU Volleyball program.   The 2011 campaign saw Gallop lead the Blue and Gold to a 30-6 overall record including a perfect 12-0 record in conference play. The Eagles won the conference tournament for the second straight season and earned a bid directly to the NAIA National Championship Final Site by virtue of holding a top-11 national ranking in the final regular season poll. Gallop's Eagles advanced to the quarterfinal round for the first time in program history where they lost to eventual national champion Texas at Brownsville. After the season, Gallop was named the AVCA Southeast Region Coach of the Year.   In 2012, Gallop brought Embry-Riddle back to the NAIA National Championship Final Site for the third consecutive season after going undefeated in conference play and winning its third straight Sun Conference championship. The Eagles finished 1-2 in pool play and were defeated by Hastings in a one-set tiebreak to advance out of pool play.   Gallop guided the Eagles to a 22-12 record in 2013, including a perfect 11-0 mark in league play for the fourth straight season. The Eagles continued to find success in the postseason, winning their fourth straight Sun Conference title and advancing to the NAIA National Championship, where ERAU defeated Mobile in the Opening Round to earn a fourth-straight trip to the final site in Sioux City, Iowa.   In 2014, Gallop led the Eagles to a 13-1 record in conference play and captured the programs fifth consecutive Sun Conference Tournament title in ERAUs last season as a member of the league. The Blue and Gold earned its final trip to the NAIA National Championship, falling to Coastal Georgia in the Opening Round.   Under Gallops guidance, a number of Embry-Riddle student-athletes have garnered individual recognition, including 41 All-Conference selections. Her protégé accolades include conference Player of the Year honors for Janelle Marinos (2005), Abby Hall (2009, 2010 & 2011) and Jordan Holcomb (2012), Newcomer of the Year honors for Hall (2008) and Jordan Holcomb (2009) and Libero of the Year recognition for Julia Frasetto (2009), Nina Kontrec (2010 & 2011) and Hannah Gray (2012, 2013 & 2014). Gallops setters have also been recognized as the best in the conference as Marissa Gonzalez was tabbed as the leagues Setter of the Year in 2007 and 2008, while Adriana Vazquez earned the same honor every year from 2009-12. Tamires Ferreira became the third Setter of the Year honoree under Gallops tutelage, winning the award in 2013 & 2014.   Gallop inherited a that team finished 3-30 in 2004 the worst campaign in the 10-year history of the program. The Eagles losing record didnt hinder her enthusiasm and the teams success over the last four seasons is a tribute to her commitment to turn Eagle Volleyball into a successful program.   Before taking the helm at ERAU, Gallop faced a similar challenge of transforming a program when she was a two-year assistant coach at St. Marys College (Calif.), an NCAA Division I institution. She was an integral part of bringing St. Marys womens volleyball to national prominence as the Gaels finished the 2004 campaign ranked No. 13 in the final USA Today/College Sports Television Top 25 Coaches Poll. The Gaels finished the year at 25-4 overall, which included defeating 2004 NCAA National Champion Stanford twice and advancing to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. In 2003, St. Marys finished with a 20-13 record and advanced to the first round of the NCAA tournament.   With the Gaels, Gallop was responsible for assisting head coach Jon Stevenson in day-to-day team operations, practice planning, scouting, recruiting and office administration. Gallops primary on-court responsibilities focused on the defensive aspects of the game with special concentration in blocking, while helping players hone their hitting skills.   Prior to her work with the St. Marys program, Gallop assisted head coach Craig Choate from 2001-02 at her alma mater San Jose State after completing her playing career in 2000.   A native of Roseburg, Oregon, Gallop was a standout student-athlete as an All-American player from 1997-00 at San Jose State. One of the most decorated Spartan volleyball players in San Jose State history, Gallop was a two-time honorable mention ASICS All-American and a two-time first team All-Western Athletic Conference selection. Gallop was the 1999 WAC Player of the Year and the 1997 WAC Pacific Division Freshman of the Year. Gallop holds four career, three single-season and one match record in the Spartan record book. She is the Spartans all-time kills leader with 1,966 and blocking leader with 456 total blocks. She also set career records for kill average at 4.40 per game and block assists with 391. Gallop set the San Jose State single-season kill record in 2000 with 630. In 1999, she set the season-best hitting percentage mark at .382, and the best kill average at 5.60 per game.   Gallop, who graduated from SJSU in May of 2002 with a degree in liberal studies, ranks in three other San Jose State career categories. She is second in hitting percentage at .310, digs with 1,052 and sixth in solo blocks with 65. Gallop also made an impact on the WAC record book as she is the conferences all-time kill leader. She broke the WAC single season kills per game record in 1999 (5.60) and the WAC matches only kill record with 312 and kills per game (6.24).   Most recently, Gallop was named to the 15-year All-Western Athletic Conference womens volleyball second team as voted by WAC fans in an online poll.   In the spring of 2008, Gallop was selected as head coach for the youth High Performance Teams through USA Volleyball. She served as the head coach for the Select Team ages 12-14 that traveled to Tuscon, Ariz. where the team took sixth in the nation. In the summer of 2009, she served as the head coach of the Youth Team for 15-16 year olds in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.   Gallop traveled to Venice, Italy in the winter of 2008 with the Bring It USA Volleyball Organization. During this trip she took 10 Florida high school players to compete in international volleyball with the goal of youth developmental skills.   In the winter of 2008, Gallop and former ERAU assistant Blake Rawlins launched the Atlantic Coast Juniors Volleyball Club. She serves as the Director of Coaches and the Program Manager for the club program.   Gallop and husband John Fairbanks have two children, Cole and Jarrett. The family resides in Daytona Beach.

Biography Alyssa Hanley was announced as the head coach for the Eagles' volleyball program on January 6, 2026. With over a decade of coaching experience, Hanley comes to Daytona Beach after previously coaching at the University of Virginia's College at Wise where she was at the helm of the Highland Cavaliers' program since February of 2022. While at UVA-Wise, Hanley oversaw all facets of a program that had seen limited success in recent years. Under her leadership, Hanley improved results year-over-year, elevating the program to its highest winning percentage since the 2015 season. In addition, she led the program to 14 wins in 2025 – a program second-best in the UVA-Wise's NCAA era. The UVA-Wise volleyball program produced a 14-15 record in 2025 and earned back-to-back South Atlantic Conference Tournament berths. In conference play, Hanley led the Highland Cavaliers to an 8-10 record – a program record since joining the SAC in 2019. Prior to her time at UVA-Wise, Hanley spent five seasons as the head volleyball coach at Schreiner University. During her tenure, Hanley helped build Schreiner volleyball into a competitive program, qualifying for the 2020 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament for the first time in eight years. In addition, Hanley helped develop at least one All-SCAC student-athlete each season at the helm of the program. The Denton, Texas native has also spent time as an assistant coach at Missouri Southern State (2016-17), as well as a graduate assistant coach for Concord University (2014-16) where she earned her master's in health promotion. She also has several years of experience coaching club volleyball in Texas. Hanley played at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette out of high school before electing to transfer to West Texas A&M where she would go on to graduate with a degree in mass communications. PERSONAL Hometown Denton, Texas Education B.A. in Mass Communications (West Texas A&M); M.A. in Health Promotions (Concord)

Roberto Rodriguez joined the Embry-Riddle volleyball program as an assistant coach in the spring of 2020. Rodriguez spent the 2019 season as the assistant coach at the University of California San Diego in La Jolla, California. He joined a program that had gone 11-12 the previous year and helped turn things around quickly, as the Tritons went 18-9 last year and earned their first NCAA II Tournament bid since 2015.   In 2018, Rodriguez served as a volunteer assistant coach at California State University, Los Angeles. In his lone season there, the Golden Eagles improved from 15-12 to 22-6. Working primarily with the middle blockers, Rodriguez helped lift the team’s attack percentage from .182 to .224 and increase the team’s total blocks by nearly 15 percent from the previous season.   From 2012 to 2016, Rodriguez was the Head Beach Volleyball Coach at the Universidad del Sagrada Corazon (University of the Sacred Heart) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he was voted as the school’s Coach of the Year twice.   In addition to his collegiate coaching experience, Rodriguez was the varsity head coach at Temecula Valley High School in 2017 and 2018. In 2018, he was named Inland Empire Coach of the Year after leading the Golden Bears to a CIF (California Interscholastic Federation) Division I state championship.   Besides coaching, Rodriguez is a decorated beach volleyball player, having represented Puerto Rico in 50 NORCECA (North, Central America and Caribbean Confederation) tournaments between 2008 and 2015, earning medals in 36 of those (7 gold, 13, silver, 16 bronze). He has also played on the AVP Tour for several years, earning four podium results, including a win at the 2018 San Francisco Open. Indoors, Rodriguez played for a number of professional clubs in Switzerland and Puerto Rico between 2009 and 2015.   Rodriguez earned a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science and Health Promotion with a minor in Marketing from Universidad del Sagrada Corazon in 2012.   He resides in Daytona Beach with his wife Anna, son Nico, and daughter Arianna.