Shepherd College Women's Volleyball

Hoekstra enters his second season as head volleyball coach for  the Rams. Hoekstra led the Rams to a 16-17 overalll mark with a 9-7 record in conference play in 2015. Shepherd advanced to the MEC Tournament semifinals where they fell to eventual national champion Wheeling Jesuit. As an assistant Hoekstra helped lead the Rams to an 18-13 overall mark with a 10-6 record in MEC play to finish third in the conference standings in 2014. The Rams advanced to the MEC Tournament semifinals. Hoekstra came to Shepherd after a three-year stint as the assistant volleyball coach at Western New Mexico University. At Western New Mexico Hoekstra's responsibilities included opponent scouting, skill development, recruiting coordination, and strength and conditioning. Under his guidance, a barely .500 Mustangs reach a 23-7 record in 2013 which was good enough for a NCAA National Tournament berth. Hoekstra was also the head coach of one of the nation's best club teams. Elevation 18's out of Mason, Ohio won three out of their five tournaments and placed fourth in Open at MEQ. Hoekstra first started coaching boys volleyball in 2006 for Cincinnati Attack. The Attack teams he coached all qualified for USA Open Nationals. His success on the boys side doesn't stop there, he has also coached two silver medal finalist teams at the USA High Performance Championships. Prior to coaching at Western New Mexico, Hoekstra was a standout player at the University of Mount Olive. As the team's setter and floor captain, Hoekstra ended the 2010 season third in Division I statistics in assists, second in the nation in team hitting percentage, and was honored with the team's MVP award. The Trojans were one of the original teams that pioneered the Conference Carolina's men's volleyball league. The 2010 Mount Olive team won the first ever Conference Carolina Men's Volleyball Championship.