USD Volleyball 2008

JENNIFER PETRIE 10th Season as Head Coach Jennifer Petrie has done an out–

daughter Jane, as well as time with her husband Mark and let her top as– sistant for the previous five seasons, Brent Hilliard, take the reigns. Petrie, a San Diego native, has proven to be one of the country 's best young coaches-needing just five seasons to reach 100 career victories. Her 169- 69 overall record heading into the 2008 season ranks her among the winningest coaches in WCC history. Averaging over 20 wins per year as San Diego's head coach, Petrie has USD consistently ranked in the AVCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. Under Petrie the Toreros enjoyed a banner season in 2004, finishing as the undefeated (14-0) wee Champi– ons, qualifying for the NCAA Sweet Sixteen, and earning a national rank– ing as high as No. 11 by the American Volleyball Coaches Association-all new USD school records. Recruiting and developing some of the game's best young players, Petrie has taken USD into the NCAA Tourna– ment's Second Round a total of four times, including winning both first and second round matches in 2004 to advance into the NCAA Regional Semi-Finals in Louisville, Kentucky. Following San Diego's appearance in the NCAA Regional Semi-Finals the Toreros had a school record three players earn AVCA All -America hon– ors at season's end. The 2008 season will be Petrie's 10th at the University of San Diego after serving as USD's top assistant in 1997 and 1998. She became the third head coach in USD program history in 1999, succeeding three-time WCC

standing job directing the fortunes of San Diego volleyball since taking over as the Toreros head coach in 1999. Honored as the 2004 West Coast Conference Coach of the Year, Petrie continues to establish the University of San Diego as one of the top

volleyball programs in the nation. In eight complete seasons as head coach, Petrie has led San Diego

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to seven appearances in the NCAA Tourna–

ment (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 & 2007).

returned to the NCAA

Tourna– ment for

the seventh consecutive season. Petrie took the fall semester of 2006 off to spend time with her now two– year- old son Charles, her five-year old