Mayville State University Women's Volleyball

Elora Passa took over the Mayville State Comet Volleyball team as the head coach in the spring of 2025 after serving as a graduate assistant under head coach, Katie Aasen. In addition to her coaching responsibilities, Passa is an instructor in the HPER department at Mayville State. Passa is a former standout Mayville State Volleyball student-athlete, who earned her bachelor's degree in elementary education in 2023. She also earned a Master of Education degree in innovative teaching practices from Mayville State in 2024, and she is currently pursuing a second master's degree in leadership in physical education and sports. During her 5 year career as a Comet, she posted a total of 1,362 kills, 3,128 assists and 1,294 digs. Passa's sister, Samantha Passa, was a four year player for the Comets and her mom, Jane Passa, is in her 27th season as head coach of the NDSCS volleyball program, where she has an overall record of 704-262.

Payton Richter joins to Mayville State Volleyball coaching staff as of June 1st, 2025.  Richter, originally from Casselton, N.D. and head coach Elora Passa's former teammate, played five seasons for the Comets from 2019 until 2023. She was a setter and a defensive specialist where she tallied a career total of 1,055 digs and 423 assists. In the 2022 season, Richter accumulated over half of her career digs with 561 on the season. Richter played 5 seasons for Comet Volleyball and was part of the team that made it to the National Tournament in 2020-21.