Indiana State women’s volleyball head coach Lindsay Allman has announced the hiring of Katie Adams as the program’s assistant coach.
“We are all very excited to welcome Katie into our program as she is definitely an up and coming coach in this profession,” Allman said. “Katie’s excitement and energy is nothing short of contagious and the team looks forward to having her in the gym this week.”
Adams joins the Sycamore coaching staff from Blinn College in Brenham, Texas where she served as an assistant coach for a season. During her time at Blinn, Adams helped the Buccaneers to a 29-8 record and a Region XIV Tournament appearance. She also helped coach the Region XIV Freshman of the Year and an AVCA and NJCAA Player of the Week, Essence Clerkley.
Prior to her time at Blinn College, Adams was a three-year captain and four-year member of the volleyball program at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Adams started every match during the last two seasons of her career and finished seventh all-time in career assists at Parkside. She also tallied the most triple-doubles in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and was second nationally while leading the team in assists. Adams finished second in points and kills and third in digs during her senior season to receive Honorable Mention All-Conference honors.
In addition to playing volleyball at Parkside, Adams was also a member of the track & field team during her senior year. During her time with track & field, Adams broke the school record in the javelin throw with a toss of 35.67m (117-00).
Outside of athletics at Parkside, Adams served for two years as the president of the Ranger Student Athlete Advisory Committee where she communicated with administration, the GLIAC, and NCAA; organized and fundraised for Make-A-Wish Foundation; Mental Health Awareness Week, Special Olympics Fair and Ranger Awards Banquet; and was a liaison for student-athletes to the Director of Athletics and the Chancellor.
Adams was the 2016 James R. Spalding Sportsmanship Award recipient and she was the back-to-back winner of the Student-Athlete of the Year at the Ranger Awards. The Student-Athlete of the Year is an award combines athletics and academics.
In 2019, Adams was nominated for the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.
Working as a summer volleyball camp coach, Adams has had the opportunity to teach and coach at camps for Parkside, Purdue, Marquette, Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Adams graduated from UW-Parkside in 2019 with a degree in Business Management and Certificate in Sales.
