Wisconsin Lutheran College Women's Volleyball

Former Michigan State University standout and 2020 AVCA Thirty Under 30 award winner Jenilee Voss is in her ninth season as head women's volleyball coach at Wisconsin Lutheran College. Voss guided WLC to NACC Tournament appearances in each of her first four seasons as head coach, including a North Division tournament championship five seasons ago after finishing 9-2 overall and 6-2 in the NACC. She has coached 10 different players to a total of 16 all-conference honors and her teams have earned the AVCA Team Academic Award each of the last eight seasons. Voss, the 10th head coach in program history, joined the Warriors after spending three-and-a-half years with the Michigan Elite Volleyball Academy (MEVBA), the nation's largest youth volleyball club. She served as webmaster, travel director, business director, and coach of three different club teams while with MEVBA. Voss has also held head coaching positions with River City Volleyball Club and Legacy Volleyball Club. For four seasons (2012-2015), Voss was an assistant varsity volleyball coach at Notre Dame Preparatory High School in Pontiac, Michigan. She helped lead the Fighting Irish to a state championship, state runner-up, regional championship, district championship, and conference championship during her stint at NDP. Voss completed an exceptional playing career at Michigan State University in 2012, when she received a master of science in sports administration after earning a bachelor's degree in marketing from MSU in 2010. She was the recipient of the Big Ten Medal of Honor her senior year, while also earning AVCA Third Team All-America and CoSIDA Second Team Academic All-America accolades. Voss was also a candidate for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award. A two-time unanimous First Team All-Big Ten selection, Voss finished her Spartans' career as the all-time leader in sets (496) and matches played (142) and was seventh all-time at MSU in block assists (334) and eighth in kills (1,505). She was also named a three-time Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner and Distinguished Scholar and two-time team MVP and team captain. A three-sport standout at Mount Pleasant High School, Voss garnered First Team All-State and First Team All-Saginaw Valley League honors in volleyball. She also earned the league's MVP award during her junior and senior seasons. In addition, Voss was a two-time First Team All-League selection and team MVP in basketball and a member of the Oilers' 800m relay state champion and 1600m relay state runner-up track & field teams. A native of Mount Pleasant, Michigan, Voss and her husband, Aaron, who serves as pastor at Living Water Lutheran Church in Wind Lake, live in Muskego with their daughter, Adelyn, and son, Jason.

Kaitlyn Merrill is in her first season as an assistant coach for the Wisconsin Lutheran College women's volleyball program. Merrill makes her way to Milwaukee following a successful four-year (2020-2023) collegiate playing career at Marian University in Fond du Lac, where she helped guide the Sabres to their first NACC Tournament appearance in nine years. A three-time team captain, Merrill earned NACC Honorable Mention recognition as an outside hitter her junior and senior year, as well as CSC Academic All-District® honors senior year. The Livonia, Michigan native recorded 931 kills, 467 digs, and 111 total blocks over the course of her career at Marian, where she earned in bachelor's degree in exercise and sports science in 2024.  Merrill most recently served as head coach for the West Bend Juniors Volleyball Club 17 Select, and assistant coach for the Marian men's volleyball program and Team Detroit Volleyball Club. She was a two-time First Team All-KLAA selection and three-time KLAA Scholar-Athlete at Livonia Franklin High School. Merrill is enrolled in WLC's Sport and Recreation Management master's program.