Clarke University Women's Volleyball
Chris Miron
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COACH PROFILE
Chris Miron - Head Coach

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.


 
2008 Women's Volleyball Roster
#NameCl.Pos.Ht.HometownPrevious School
1Kylee MillerFROP/S5-10Durand, Ill.Keith County Day School
4Ashley ShieldsSOMH6-0Harvard, Ill.Harvard HS
6Heather JansenSOL/DS5-7Hazel Green, Wis.Southwestern HS
8Keri WestSOOH/MB5-8Dubuque, IowaNICC
12Raychel NicksSODS/L5-6Hazel Green, WisUW Platteville
14Tina ZielinskiFRS5-8Menomanee Falls, Wis.Menomonee Falls HS
18Erin ScheiberJRS5-6Sioux Falls, S.D.Sioux Falls O'Gorman HS
19Katy RockafellowSROH/DS5-9Savanna, Ill.Savanna HS
20Shelly ReittingerSROH/OP5-10Dyersville, IowaBeckman HS
21Carissa VietmeierSOL5-3Forreston, Ill.Forreston HS
22Brittany BatteramSOMH5-11Hazel Green, Wis.Southwestern HS
23Hannah GrowFRS5-8Oregon, Wis.Oregon HS
24Abby NaumanFRMB5-11Dubuque, IowaHempstead HS
Chris Miron - Head Coach
Joe Collier - Assistant Coach