Midwestern State University Women's Volleyball

Honors AVCA South Region Coach of the Year (2): 2005, 2006 Gulf South Conference Coach of the Year (1): 2015 GSC East Division Coach of the Year (3): 2005, 2006, 2009 Stephanie Radecki was hired as the 10th head coach in Midwestern State volleyball history on April 14, 2022. Radecki took over a program that won four matches in 2021 and finished with a 7-22 record in her first season at Midwestern State. After winning just two conference matches the previous year, the Mustangs were 5-11 against Lone Star Conference opponents and finished with a 5-4 record at home in Radecki’s inaugural campaign. Aaliyah Burras, who transferred from Nicholls State, led MSU and was seventh in the conference with a .311 hitting percentage. Burras also led the team with 2.53 kills per set. Freshman Sadie Portmann led the team with 863 attacks and finished with 2.49 kills per set. Radecki possesses a proven track record which includes a 14-year run at the University of North Alabama where she led the Lions to 326 wins including a national runner-up finish in 2006 while also leading UNA to nine appearances in the NCAA Division II Tournament. Radecki guided North Alabama to at least 20 wins in 12 of her 14 seasons in Florence including a 36-win season in 2005 and followed up with 35 wins in 2006 when the Lions advanced to the NCAA Division II national final. During her tenure with UNA, the Lions also won five Gulf South Conference (GSC) championships, and one NCAA South Central Region title. Radecki was a two-time American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) regional Coach of the Year, a three-time Gulf South Conference East Division Coach of the Year, and overall GSC Coach of the Year once. She has also coached players who won all-conference honors 41 times with 28 all-region selections and 10 All Americans. She started her collegiate head coaching career at Saint Leo (Fla.) University in 2003, then spent the last four years leading the volleyball program at Southern Miss. Playing Career A 1998 graduate of Edinboro University, Radecki was a four-year letter winner and team captain as an outside hitter on the school's volleyball team. She was chosen as Female Athlete of the Year at Edinboro once, was Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Player of the Year as a senior and was tabbed All-PSAC and All-Atlantic Region twice. Edinboro made two Elite Eight appearances during her collegiate playing career, including two Atlantic Region crowns and one conference championship. Radecki gained induction into the Edinboro Athletics Hall of Fame in 2008. The Radecki File Head Coach at Saint Leo (Fla.) -- 2003 Head Coach at North Alabama -- 2004-17 Head Coach at Southern Miss -- 2018-22 Head Coach at Midwestern State -- 2022-   Year School Overall Conference Conf. Finish Postseason 2024 Midwestern State 15-14 (.517) 7-9 (.438) 11th (LSC) 2023 Midwestern State 4-24 (.143) 1-15 (.062) 17th (LSC) 2022 Midwestern State 7-22 (.241) 5-11 (.312) 15th (LSC) 2021 Southern Miss 11-17 (.393) 3-9 (.250) 6th (C-USA West) 2020 Southern Miss 9-10 (.474) 4-8 (.333) 6th (C-USA West) 2019 Southern Miss 3-26 (.103) 1-13 (.071) 13th (C-USA) 2018 Southern Miss 17-15 (.531) 7-7 (.500) 7th (C-USA) 2017 North Alabama 27-8 (.771) 14-2 (.875) 2nd (GSC) NCAA Division II South Regional (First Round) 2016 North Alabama 29-6 (.829) 16-4 (.800) 3rd (GSC) NCAA Division II South Regional (First Round); GSC Champions 2015 North Alabama 26-8 (.765) 17-3 (.850) 2nd (GSC) NCAA Division II South Regional (First Round); GSC Champions 2014 North Alabama 20-12 (.625) 16-4 (.800) 3rd (GSC) 2013 North Alabama 8-25 (.242) 4-14 (.222) 9th (GSC) 2012 North Alabama 12-18 (.400) 7-9 (.438) 6th (GSC) 2011 North Alabama 24-10 (.706) 11-3 (.786) 2nd (GSC) NCAA Division II South Regional (First Round) 2010 North Alabama 21-10 (.677) 8-2 (.800) 2nd (GSC East) NCAA Division II South Regional (First Round) 2009 North Alabama 20-15 (.571) 7-3 (.700) 3rd (GSC East) NCAA Division II South Regional (First Round) 2008 North Alabama 24-11 (.686) 10-2 (.833) 2nd (GSC East) 2007 North  Alabama 20-15 (.571) 9-3 (.750) 2nd (GSC East) 2006 North Alabama 35-6 (.854) 12-0 (1.000) 1st (GSC East) NCAA Division II National Runner-Up; GSC Champions 2005 North Alabama 36-2 (.947) 14-0 (1.000) 1st (GSC East) NCAA Division II South Central Regional (Second Round); GSC Champions 2004 North Alabama 24-7 (.774) 11-1 (.917) 1st (GSC East) NCAA Division II South Central Regional (First Round); GSC Champions 2003 Saint Leo 11-19 (.367) 2-12 (.143) 8th (SSC) Totals 22 Seasons 403-300 (.573) 186-134 (.581) 5 Conference titles 9 postseason appearances Midwestern State Totals 3 Seasons 26-60 (.302) 13-35 (.271) Southern Miss Totals 4 Seasons 40-68 (.370) 15-37 (.288) UNA Totals 14 Seasons 326-153 (.681) 156-50 (.757) 5 Conference titles 9 postseason appearances SLC Totals 1 Season 11-19 (.367) 2-12 (.143)

Jennifer McCall came to Midwestern State as an assistant volleyball coach in 2022. "I am very excited to have the opportunity to work with Jennifer McCall again," MSU coach Stephanie Radecki said. "Her experience is an asset, her knowledge of the game is invaluable, and her top-notch recruiting and managerial skills are essential in building a championship culture at any level." Radecki and McCall proved to be a dynamic duo over the past 12 seasons. The duo coached North Alabama to five NCAA Division II tournament appearances and claimed back-to-back Gulf South Conference postseason championships in 2015 and 2016. McCall served the last four seasons with Radecki at Division I Southern Miss as the program's associate head coach. The Littleton, Colorado native has 25 years of coaching experience, including time as a head coach at the NCAA Division I level. McCall most recently served as head volleyball coach at North Carolina-Wilmington, where she spent five seasons at the helm of the program. Prior to her stop at UNCW, McCall served one season as associate head coach at Gardner-Webb University. She previously spent three years as assistant coach and associate head coach at Iowa State (2000-02). She also served five seasons at Auburn as an assistant, the first two as a graduate assistant before moving into the assistant role her final three seasons with the Tigers. McCall also enjoyed an outstanding playing career at Florida State where she helped the Seminoles to three NCAA tournament appearances as a four-year letter winner. The setter remains ninth all-time with 2,888 career assists, while her 1,452 assists during the 1993 season rank third on the single-season list. McCall was the starting setter on FSU’s co-championship team in the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1992 and was voted Team MVP in 1993. A three-time team captain and member of the league’s All-Academic Team, McCall earned the Golden Torch Award from 1991-93 for posting the team’s highest grade-point average and earned her bachelor’s degree in physical education in 1994. After her playing career, she spent five years on the staff at Auburn where she earned her master’s degree in health and human performance in 1997. She helped the Tigers compile a 98-52 overall record with the Southeastern Conference Western Division regular season title in 1997.