USD Volleyball 2009

JENNIFER PETRIE head coac~if-• 11th season

Jennifer Petrie has done an outstanding job directing the fortunes of San Diego volleyball since taking over as the Toreros head coach in 1999. Honored as the 2004 and 2008 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 nine complete seasons as head coach, -~~ .. ~~. Petrie has led San Diego to eight appearances in the NCAA Tournament (1999, 2001, 2002, , ~--'\ · . 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 & 2008). . :, ,,, .: ·1,. n 2008, P.etrie orch~strated the Toreros to their third consecutive WCC championship, becom- ing ttie first program at USD to achieve such a feat. USD posted a 12-2 mark in the WCC and '.we~ overai (, earning its eighth consecutive trip the NCAA Tournament. Under Petrie's tutelage, Amy:Mahinalani DeGroot was tabbed the WCC Player of the Year and went on to \ ~h become USD's sixth AVCA All-American in program history. In 2007, Petrie ·h~lped guide USD to its second consecutive West Coast Conference champion- ship a~d.third in the past four years.The Toreros also returned to the NCAA Tournament for ' the seventh consecutive season. . , .. _' Petrie took the fairsemester of 2006 off to spend time with her family and let her top assistant ,. 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 're~h 100 career victories. Her 192-74 overall record heading into the 2009 season ra e g the winningest coaches in WCC history. Averaging over 20 wins per year as n Diego's neaa'coach, Petrie has USD consistently ranked in the AVCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll, _ Petrie tlie1Toreros_enjoyed a banner season in 2004, finishing as the undefeated (14-0) ~' "'r -:-a. liamRions; qualifying fm the NCAA Sweet Sixteen, and earning a national ranking as s No. 1 ~ l he Amer~ ~n Vo.lleyball Coaches Association-all new USD school records. ana developing some ofthe game's best young players, Petrie has taken USD into NCAA ifourn~ment's Second Round a total of four times, including winning both first and i;ij;=~~.u~n,_.d matches in 2004 to advance into the NCAA Regional Semi-Finals in Louisville, I< • liowing San Diego's appearance in the NCAA Regional Semi-Finals the Toreros ;:::-:,.'-'.: had a school record three players earn AVCA All-America honors at season's end.

07 season will be Petrie'sl th at the University of San Diego after serving as USD's - ~ tii!anitt in 997 and 1998. She became the third head coach in USD program history in

ree-time WCC Coach of the Year Sue Snyder.The Toreros enjoyed immedi– etrie, finishing 23-6 and advancing into the NCAA Tournament's Second Round during her inaugural season in the fall of 1999.

te coaching career began when she joined the volleyball staff at Indiana State re she served as top assistant from 1992 to 1993. Petrie then took the top as– a North Carolina, Chapel Hill from 1994 to 1997, before joining Sue Snyder's of San Diego for the 1997 campaign. Petrie helped San Diego win back- tocb,ack WCC Ch_ampionships as the Toreros'top assistant in 1997 and 1998. ....,1'1•1-1,• . School. In 1992, slie graduated from the College ofWilliam and Mary with a degree in Art His- -~ ffli competed her Master's Degree in Sports Administration at North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1997. Petrie played for the Sa~ Diego J~niors Volleyball Club and graduated from Mt. Carmel High

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Petrie resides in San Diego with her husband, Mark and their two children, son Charles (3) and daughter Jane (6).