Ouachita Baptist University Women's Volleyball

--Updated 12.15.2025-- Education: B.A. Secondary Education and Mathematics (Ouachita, 2013); M.S.E. Educational Leadership (Henderson State University)      Seasons at Ouachita: 8 as head coach, 1 as graduate assistant coach, 4 years as a student-athlete Record: 133-93 following the 2025 season 2025 Great American Conference Coach of the Year Allison Frizzell-Kizer became Ouachita's first former volleyball player to take the reins of the program as head coach when she returned in 2018. Since then, she has turned the program into one of the best in the Great American Conference with five winning seasons and five top five finishes in the league, highlighted by the 2024 GAC tournament championship team and the 2025 GAC regular season championship squad. The 2024 team made the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history. The 2025 Tigers finished 26-5 overall, marking the second-most wins in a season in program history and the most in the NCAA era (1996-present). The .839 winning percentage also marked the program's highest in the NCAA era. Along the way in 2025, the Tigers were a perfect 13-0 at home and went 15-1 in GAC matches to win the league's regular season championship for the second time in program history. It was the second straight 20-win season for the Tigers and 10th overall in program history. In addition to Frizzell-Kizer winning the league's coach of the year award, the 2025 squad featured GAC Setter of the Year Courtney Hanson and five total All-GAC selections. The 2024 Tigers finished 22-10 overall, which was the ninth 20+ win season in program history and what was then the third in the NCAA era. Frizzell-Kizer helped Ouachita win its first ever GAC tournament crown in 2024, which gifted the team its first ever appearance in the NCAA tournament. Also during the 2024 campaign, she eclipsed 100 career wins as Ouachita's head coach, just the third coach in program history to reach the milestone. Throughout her coaching tenure at Ouachita, Frizzell-Kizer has mentored three GAC setters of the year, one GAC tournament MVP, one GAC freshman of the year, six All-GAC first team selections, five All-GAC second team honorees, 12 All-GAC honorable mentions, and four GAC Elite Scholar Athletes.  Frizzell-Kizer came to Ouachita after four years as the head volleyball and women’s soccer coach at nearby Lakeside High School in Hot Springs. While at Lakeside, she accumulated a 101-29-2 record, including a 33-5-1 mark in her final season. Lakeside won the conference every year under Frizzell-Kizer’s watch, and the team went undefeated in district play in 2016 and 2017. During those undefeated campaigns, her teams led the conference in total kills, assists, digs and hitting percentage. She was selected as the 5A South Coach of the Year four years in a row, and was selected to coach at the Arkansas Activities Association All-Star Game in 2015. As a student-athlete at Ouachita from 2009-12, Frizzell-Kizer was a four-year team captain and an NCAA Woman of the Year nominee. Her highly decorated playing career started out with the 2009 Gulf South Conference West Division Freshman of the Year award and Ouachita Volleyball's Defensive Player of the Year. In 2010 as a sophomore, she earned All-GSC West Second Team honors as well as a spot on the GSC West All-Academic Team. She repeated as the team's defensive MVP that season. In 2011 as a junior, Ouachita's first year as a member of the Great American Conference, she was selected as Ouachita's Most Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year, was a finalist for the GAC Female Athlete of the Year award, and earned All-GAC First Team honors. Her final season as a student-athlete yielded All-GAC Second Team honors, as well as repeat honors as Ouachita's Female Scholar Athlete of the Year and finalist for the GAC's top academic honor. Frizzell-Kizer ranks second at Ouachita in career digs with 2,226 and fourth in single-season digs with 640 in 2011. In the summer of 2023, Frizzell-Kizer was selected to coach in Italy for the American International Sports Tour. Frizzell-Kizer is married to Arkadelphia High School football and track coach Chris Kizer. The couple have a Welsh Corgi puppy named Roxy. THE FRIZZELL-KIZER COACHING FILE Ouachita Baptist Volleyball Head Coach: (2018-Present) Lakeside High School Volleyball Head Coach: (2014-2017) Hot Springs Force Volleyball Club Head Coach: (2014-2017) Lakeside High School Women’s Soccer Coach: (2 years) Ouachita Baptist Graduate Assistant Coach: (2013)     

Education: B.F.A. 3D Design (Henderson State University, 2007); Masters of Arts in Teaching (Henderson State University, 2009); Principal Endorsement (Henderson State University, 2015)         Davis joined Ouachita volleyball in the summer of 2021 after five years as the assistant volleyball coach and eight years as the head men’s and women’s bowling coach at nearby Lakeside High School (Hot Springs, Ark.). While at Lakeside, he coached volleyball for one season under Babbs Blaggs and then four seasons under Allison Frizzell-Kizer. While under both coaches, the Lakeside team went undefeated in conference play while recording over 120 wins for the five years. Davis’ role as the assistant was player development with an emphasis on physical and mental wellbeing.    Davis’ women’s bowing teams were conference runner-up twice as well as state runner-up once during his time at Lakeside. His men’s team won state twice and runner-up once. They won conference five of his eight years with one conference runner-up. In 2019 Davis was selected as Arkansas’ Bowling Coach of the Year.   Davis was in education for 14 years teaching middle school (6th-8th) at Sheridan School District for four years and ten in the High School (8th-12th) at Lakeside School District. Davis taught various levels of art including AP Art and AP Art History.    Davis’ daughter, McKaila, a high school All-State runner in Cross Country and Track, is a sophomore at the University of Arkansas Double majoring in Exercise Science and Fine Arts.    Coaching Experience: Ouachita Baptist Volleyball Assistant Head Coach: (2021-Present) Lakeside High School Volleyball Assistant Head Coach: (2013-2018) Hot Springs Force Volleyball Club Head Coach: (2015-2017) Lakeside High School Women’s and Men’s Head Bowling Coach: (2013-2021) Lakeside High School Track Volunteer Assistant Coach (2012-2020)    

Eva Baumgardner joined the Ouachita volleyball coaching staff in February of 2026, bringing with her three years of coaching experience and a lifetime of playing experience, including four years at the NCAA Division II level. Her coaching career includes three years as the head coach for the Mountain Monsters Volleyball Club, while at the same time leading clinics and private lessons for girls ages 11-18. Baumgardner lettered four seasons at NCAA Division II member West Virginia State University, where she was a team captain her senior year and member of the Mountain East Conference championship team in 2024. Her team made the NCAA tournament in 2023 and 2024. Born in Georgia, Baumgardner went on to play for Brookstone High School and also played for the A5 Volleyball Club and PAC Volleyball Club. Baumgardner graduated from West Virginia State with a bachelor’s degree in business administration with concentrations in agriculture and marketing. She and her husband, Tyrus, have a dachshund named Spencer.