Johns Hopkins University Women's Volleyball

BALTIMORE, MD Johns Hopkins Director of Athletics [Alanna W. Shanahan](https://hopkinssports.com/staff.aspxstaff=1) announced the hiring of Matt Troy as the university's head volleyball coach today.  Troy returns to Johns Hopkins after serving as the head coach at Mary Washington for the last six seasons; he had previously been the head coach at Johns Hopkins from 2010-12 and will officially return on February 11.   "We are thrilled to welcome Matt Troy back to Johns Hopkins to lead our volleyball program," Shanahan noted.  "He has a proven record of success over a period of nearly 10 years and his passion for and love of Johns Hopkins was evident throughout the interview process.  He has a demonstrated ability to identify individuals who can compete at a high level both in the classroom and on the court and we look forward to the leadership, guidance and mentoring he will provide our student-athletes as they pursue their academic and athletic goals."   Troy posted a 133-57 record at Mary Washington and led the Eagles to three trips to the NCAA Tournament and one Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) title.  His 2016 team posted a 31-4 record, claimed the program's first CAC championship since 1991 and advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals.  He also guided Mary Washington to the NCAA Tournament in 2015 (first round) and 2018 (second round) and the Eagles won at least 20 matches four times in his six seasons.   During his first tenure at Johns Hopkins, Troy quickly turned a solid Blue Jay program into a Centennial Conference power.  He compiled an overall record of 73-21 (.777), including a 54-9 (.857) mark in his final two seasons.  Johns Hopkins posted a 27-3 (.900) record in Centennial Conference regular season action and claimed the first two Centennial titles in school history (2011, 2012).  The Blue Jays made the program's first two appearances in the NCAA Tournament under Troy's direction in 2011 and 2012 and the 29 wins the 2012 team amassed remain a school single-season record.   Collectively, Troy has earned four Coach of the Year honors with one selection from the Centennial Conference (2011) and two from the CAC (2016, 2018).  He was also the 2016 AVCA North Region Coach of the Year.   "I would like to thank Alanna Shanahan, [Kelsie Gory](https://hopkinssports.com/staff.aspxstaff=10) and the entire search committee for this tremendous honor to once again lead the women's volleyball program at Johns Hopkins University," Troy noted.  "My family is excited to return to a place that we have always considered home. I'm looking forward to getting to know the team and working together as we write the next exciting chapter in the history of the Hopkins volleyball program."   After leading the Blue Jays to the 2012 Centennial Conference title, Troy accepted the full-time head coaching position at Mary Washington.  At the time, the head coaching position at Johns Hopkins was part-time.   Previously at Johns Hopkins, Troy coached eight players who earned All-Centennial Conference honors and the 2012 Centennial Player and Rookie of the Year.  He also coached three AVCA All-Americans, three AVCA All-Region players, the 2012 AVCA Regional Rookie of the Year and four CoSIDA Academic All-District selections.   Troy graduated from West Virginia University in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in physical education and health. In 2009, he completed his master's from West Virginia in athletic coaching education.   Troy and his wife, Melissa, have four daughters:  Alexis, Kamryn, Emily and Brooke.

Updated:  February 19, 2025 First Day at Johns Hopkins: February 10, 2025 Bayleigh Braswell was named the 11th head coach in Johns Hopkins volleyball history on February 6, 2025. Braswell came to Homewood from nearby Loyola Maryland, where she spent the last three seasons as an assistant with the Division I Greyhounds.  She took over for Matt Troy, who departed to become the head coach at Elon University.   Braswell inherits a team that posted a 33-3 record in 2024, won the Centennial Conference and NCAA Baltimore Regional titles and advanced to the NCAA Semifinals.  Johns Hopkins has currently won eight consecutive Centennial Conference titles, made eight straight appearances in the NCAA Tournament and won the 2019 NCAA Championship.  Since 2019, the Blue Jays have posted a record 151-17.   Braswell had served as an assistant at Loyola since 2022 and had a hand in all facets of the program's operation, including practice and game-planning, scouting and recruiting.  She served as the program's recruiting coordinator, the de facto director of operations and also managed the team's social media accounts.   She helped the Greyhounds to three consecutive appearances in the Patriot League Tournament.  The Greyhounds hosted a Patriot League Quarterfinal match in 2022 for the first time in program history and scored the program's first-ever win against at Big 12 opponent in 2023.   During her tenure with the Greyhounds, she helped coach three All-Patriot League selections, three players who were named to the Patriot League All-Academic Team and one Patriot League Scholar Athlete of the Year.  The team also earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association's (AVCA) prestigious Team Academic Award in each of her three years there.   Prior to her time at Loyola, Braswell spent three years as a member of the staff at Elizabethtown College.  After joining the program as an assistant coach, she was elevated to associate head coach and served as the interim head coach for a four-month span in 2022.   Braswell helped the Blue Jays reach the Landmark Conference semifinals in each of her seasons there after the program had not reached the league playoffs in the five previous seasons. She was a part of Elizabethtown's considerable success in 2021, when it went 21-9 overall and 6-1 in the Landmark.   At Etown, she coached eight players who earned All-Landmark Conference honors, nine all-tournament representatives and an NCAA Woman of the Year nominee. The Blue Jays were also recipients of the AVCA's Academic Honor Roll Award during each of her seasons at Elizabethtown.   In addition to her collegiate coaching experience, Braswell coached at Spooky Nook Sports as the 17 National Team head coach from 2019-22 and was the beach volleyball coordinator at Spooky Nook as well.  With the club program, she coached 18 players who went on to compete collegiately. As a student-athlete, Braswell began her collegiate career at Louisiana Monroe in 2014 as an indoor player, appearing in all 118 sets for the Warhawks. She led the team and topped all Sun Belt Conference freshmen with 989 assists, an average of 8.38 per set, while finishing fourth in the league with 0.31 service aces per set.   She then took her skills to the beach where she went 11-8 in her first collegiate season, including posting a key win in an upset win over then-No. 19 Tulane. Braswell again led the indoor team in assists during the 2015 season, posting 912 (8.5 per set) before returning to beach that spring.   Braswell then went to Penn State, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in labor employment relations in 2019. During the 2018 season, she played in 19 matches as a defensive specialist as the Nittany Lions went 26-8 overall and reached the second round of the NCAA Championships.   Braswell and her husband, Luke, reside in nearby Parkville, Maryland.

Updated:  April 8, 2025 First Day at Johns Hopkins:  March 25, 2025 In her first year as an assistant coach at Johns Hopkins is Caitlin Churney, who joins head coach Bayleigh Braswell's staff after concluding her playing career at nearby Loyola Maryland in 2024. Churney, who played at Loyola during Braswell's tenure as an assistant coach with the Greyhounds, played in 82 matches and 279 sets during her career.  She collected more than 500 kills (505) as a middle blocker and added 173 blocks.  She punched up a career-high 185 kills and added 47 blocks as a graduate student in 2024 and had 152 kills and a career-high 67 blocks as a senior in 2023.  Churney served as a team captain during his time at Loyola and helped the team to the Patriot League Semifinals as junior. Churney graduated from Loyola with a degree and dual certifications in elementary and special education and is currently pursuing a master's in curriculum and instruction for social justice.