
Chris Miron is in hisfourth season as the head women's volleyball coach at Clarke College. Miron's 2007 squad posted 25 wins, the third-highest win total in program history, and a record .694 winning percentage (25-11).Miron also serves as the head coach of the Crusaders' men's volleyball program.
Miron guided his 2005 women's team to a third-place finish at the Northern Illinios - Iowa Conference tournament. He earned Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Coach of the Year honors in 2006 after leading his men's squad to the Coleman Division regular-season championship.
A native of Dawson, Minn., Miron formerly served as the assistant volleyball
coach at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. He was as a volunteer assistant
coach from 2000 to 2002, and was named the Eagles' assistant coach in June of
2003.
Miron had served as a K-8 physical education teacher and as a
pre-K-12 adaptive physical education teacher with the Caledonia (Minn.) Public
School System since 1999. From 1999 to 2003, he was the head volleyball coach at
Caledonia High School. In his four-year coaching stint at Caledonia, his squad's
compiled a 92-29 overall record and a 34-9 mark in
conference play. Miron
coached his teams to tournament, conference and sub-section championship
matches.
Miron played collegiate volleyball at Winona State University. During his playing career, Winona State qualified for the National Intramural Recreation Sports Association (NIRSA) Club National Tournament in 1996 and 1997, and was consistently nationally ranked by the NIRSA governing committee.
In his two years as an assistant at UW-La Crosse, the Eagles compiled a 64-12 overall record, captured two NCAA Midwest Region championships and advanced to the NCAA Elite 8 in both 2003 and 2004. UW-La Crosse won the 2003 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) tournament championship and was the WIAC regular-season co-champion.
Miron received his bachelor of science degree in physical education, adapted physical education and coaching from Winona State University, and his master of science in education degree in exercise and sports science and physical education from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
| # | Name | Cl. | Pos. | Ht. | Hometown | Previous School |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kylee Miller | FR | OP/S | 5-10 | Durand, Ill. | Keith County Day School |
| 4 | Ashley Shields | SO | MH | 6-0 | Harvard, Ill. | Harvard HS |
| 6 | Heather Jansen | SO | L/DS | 5-7 | Hazel Green, Wis. | Southwestern HS |
| 8 | Keri West | SO | OH/MB | 5-8 | Dubuque, Iowa | NICC |
| 12 | Raychel Nicks | SO | DS/L | 5-6 | Hazel Green, Wis | UW Platteville |
| 14 | Tina Zielinski | FR | S | 5-8 | Menomanee Falls, Wis. | Menomonee Falls HS |
| 18 | Erin Scheiber | JR | S | 5-6 | Sioux Falls, S.D. | Sioux Falls O'Gorman HS |
| 19 | Katy Rockafellow | SR | OH/DS | 5-9 | Savanna, Ill. | Savanna HS |
| 20 | Shelly Reittinger | SR | OH/OP | 5-10 | Dyersville, Iowa | Beckman HS |
| 21 | Carissa Vietmeier | SO | L | 5-3 | Forreston, Ill. | Forreston HS |
| 22 | Brittany Batteram | SO | MH | 5-11 | Hazel Green, Wis. | Southwestern HS |
| 23 | Hannah Grow | FR | S | 5-8 | Oregon, Wis. | Oregon HS |
| 24 | Abby Nauman | FR | MB | 5-11 | Dubuque, Iowa | Hempstead HS |


