Missouri Southern State University Women's Volleyball

Kalie Mader is in her third year as the head coach of the Missouri Southern Volleyball team.  Year two saw the Lions qualify for the MIAA Tournament falling to eventual MIAA and Regional Champion Nebraska-Kearney in the opening round. The Lions had three earn All-MIAA in Janelle Brehm, Morgan Nash and Alicia Pickett. The team once again posted the top GPA in the athletic department as the squad finished with a 3.58 cumulative mark after the spring semester. Ten of Mader's student-athletes were named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll, while Nash, Pickett and Brehm all were named MIAA Scholar-Athletes. Pickett earned the MIAA Academic Excellence Award as she finished her four-year career with a perfect 4.00 GPA.  In her first year, Mader helped guide Alicia Pickett to her third-straight All-MIAA campaign, while posting the highest women's GPA in the department as the Lions Volleyball team posted a 3.61 cumulative GPA. That earned the team the AVCA's Team Academic Award. Mader came to Southern after three years as the head coach at Blinn College in Texas where she helped the Buccaneers to a 73-43 record, three-straight NJCAA Regional appearances and a trip to the NJCAA Championship.

Joshua Moore was named Missouri Southern's Head Volleyball Coach on Nov. 24, 2025, after serving one season as Interim Head Coach. Prior to serving as interim head coach, Moore spent the previous three seasons as an assistant coach with the program.  In his time as an assistant at MSSU, Moore coached eight All-MIAA selections, four MIAA All-Tournament Team selections, five CSC Academic All-District Honorees, and three Glen Dolence Leadership Award Winners. In 2024, he served as acting head coach for the latter half of the season. In 2023, Moore helped the Lions finish over .500 for the first season since 2010. MSSU also won its first conference tournament match in program history. In 2022, MSSU won eight matches against ranked opponents and qualified for the conference tournament. Moore is a 2020 graduate of Missouri Southern with a bachelor's in Secondary English Education. He also earned his Master's of Science in Management from Southern in 2023. He served as an assistant coach and English teacher at Carl Junction High School for three years. Moore has also coached with Club JOMO Volleyball during that time period.  Prior to CJHS, Moore was a junior high volleyball coach in the Neosho (Missouri) School District and has also served as a staff member, coordinator and tutor with the Boys and Girls Club of Southwest Missouri.  A native of Webb City, Missouri, Moore is a graduate of Webb City High School.  Joshua is married to Olivia Moore.

Hannah Poyner joined the Lions as an assistant volleyball coach ahead of the 2025 season.  Poynor came to Southern after spending the 2024 campaign at Kent State. As an assistant coach with the Golden Flashes, she was responsible for scouting and logistics.   Prior to Kent State, Poynor was an assistant coach at Randolph-Macon College. She helped guide the Yellow Jackets to a 19-10 record in 2023, an Old Dominion Athletic Conference Tournament finals appearance and had three players earn all-conference selections including outside hitter Grace Parker who was named AVCA All-American. Poynor was responsible for logistics, recruiting, summer camps, and opponent scouting at Randolph-Macon College.  In 2022, Poynor was the Director of Volleyball Operations at Virginia Commonwealth University and was responsible for taking care of all the behind-the-scenes needs of the squad including logistics, stat tracking, and team travel.  Poynor earned a Bachelor of Arts in American Sign Language from Lamar University in May 2020 and completed a Master of Arts in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies with a focus on Higher Education from University of Texas at Arlington in December 2021. A Frisco, Texas, native, Poyner has a four-year-old Bernedoodle named Keaton.