University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point Men's Volleyball

Abiad enters his third season as the head coach of the UW-Stevens Point Men's Volleyball team in 2026. The 2025 season saw Abiad up his team's win total to 19, nearly doubling the program's first season success. In his first season, the Pointers finished with a 10-8 record and .556 win percentage in their inaugural season. The men's volleyball team were the only new program introduced in the 2023-24 academic year to have an above .500 win percentage. Abiad came to UWSP after serving as club director for Wisconsin Flight and was the club director for One Wisconsin Volleyball Club from 2018 to 2022.   Prior to that, Abiad spent 18 seasons as an assistant coach for the women’s volleyball program at Cleveland State University. There, he helped CSU win five Horizon League Tournament and five Horizon League regular season titles. Under his tutelage, Abiad coached seven All-Americans while at Cleveland State. The Vikings had 13 all-region selections and 19 first-team all-conference selections. Abiad holds a bachelor's of science in marketing from Cleveland State.

Johnson comes to UWSP after a four-year playing career at UW-La Crosse. At UWL, she played in every match in 2021, 2022, 2023 and in 2024 for the Eagles. She completed her career at UWL with 1,061 kills, 11th-best in school history. In 2022 and, again in 2024, Johnson was named to the All-WIAC honorable mention team.   She was also a member of the UWL track and field team, three times competing at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. In 2023 and 2025, she earned second-team All-America honors in the javelin throw.   Prior to UWL, Johnson attended St. Cloud State in 2019-20. There she was a member of the volleyball team in 2019. She redshirted the season at SCSU. She also competed on the SCSU track and field team during the indoor season.   Johnson was the volleyball coach for Velocity Volleyball Club in 2022-23. She has also worked a number of summer camps from 2017 through 2024 at SPASH, St. Cloud State and UW-La Crosse.   A native of Plover, she graduated from UW-La Crosse in May 2024 with a bachelor’s degree in communication with a minor in sociology. Johnson is the daughter of UWSP wrestling coach Johnny Johnson.