Hiram College Women's Volleyball

Roell enters her third season on the women's volleyball coaching staff in 2026 and her fsecond year as head coach of the Hiram program following a four-year playing career at the University of Rio Grande (NAIA | Rio Grande, OH). Roell made a major splash in her first season as head coach in 2025, earning PAC Coach of the Year following the team's run to a 26-3 record, PAC regular season championship and a run to the PAC Tournament finals. The team's .897 win percentage during the season was its best in a single season in program history, and the prosperous season was capped off with Kelly Hoffman earning PAC Player of the Year in her final season in the blue and red. Roell also played a key part in developing four other All-PAC performers, including Sofia Smotek (first team), Megan Chiang (second team), Brooke Fishback (second team) and Maggie Riley (honorable mention). As an assistant coach with the team in 2024, Roell helped lead the Terriers to their 24th straight NCAC Tournament berth and a number of notable results against PAC opponents ahead of the program's return to that conference. Roell served an integral role leading Hiram throughout the 2024-25 academic year, assisting both on the court and in the program's day-to-day operations in the offseason. Alongside former head coach Brittany Dye, Roell helped the team to a 5-3 record against PAC opponents in 2024, which included a five-set loss to the eventual conference champion, Allegheny. Roell also worked extensively with All-NCAC selections in Cate Maguire and Emily Richardson. During her playing career, Roell started all four years as a setter and hitter for the Red Storm, which included three seasons as the team captain and three scholar-athlete awards. Roell earned her bachelor's degree in business management and also minored in marketing and banking. She is from Farmersville, OH and attended Valley View High School.

Hoffman enters her eighth year as an assistant coach with the Terriers women's volleyball program and fifth season with the men's program in 2026-27, having joined the programs following a two-year playing career at Hiram. In addition to her role as an assistant coach for both teams, Hoffman also serves as an admissions counselor for the Hiram College Office of Admissions. A 2019 graduate of Hiram College, Hoffman played two seasons for the Terriers, serving as a captain both years. Hoffman was named First-Team All-NCAC her senior year, appearing in all 28 matches and 98 sets. In 2018, the Streetsboro native ranked in the top-15 in Division III in assists per set, leading the conference in total aces (55), aces-per-set (.56), total assists (1047) and assists-per-set (10.68). She also ranked second on the team and top-10 in the conference in digs (352), tallying 20 double-doubles on the season, posting 30+ assists in 24 out of the 28 matches, and posting a career-high 60 assists in a 3-2 win over Wooster. With Hoffman as captain, the Terriers finished third in the NCAC in 2018 and recorded the third-highest winning percentage in school history.  Hoffman earned her bachelor's degree in integrative exercise science from Hiram College in 2019 and her master's degree in interdisciplinary studies degree from Hiram in 2021.