Vicki Brault completed her 17th season as a collegiate head coach in the fall of 2007, including her 13th at Baldwin-Wallace College. Coach Brault is one of the most successful coaches in Division III.
NCAA Division III Coaching Records (Updated prior to 2008-2009)
In both 2000-2001 and 2004-2005, Coach Brault was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Coach of the Year. In 17 years overall, Coach Brault has compiled an impressive career mark of 341-211 and was ranked 37th on the all-time winning percentage list among Division III coaches prior to the 2007 season. Her career mark includes an outstanding 272-161 mark at B-W in 13 seasons. B-W finished 18-14 in 2007 while again playing one of the strongest schedules in the country.
In 2006, Coach Brault's squad compiled an impressive 26-7 record and won an OAC regular season co-title. In addition, B-W was nationally ranked for the ninth time since she came to Berea. During her 13 seasons on the B-W sideline, Coach Brault has led three teams to OAC regular season crowns (2001-2002, 2003-2004 and 2006-2007) and one team to the OAC Tournament title (2000-2001) and a pair of her teams have advanced to NCAA Division III National Tournament.
"Our program continues to have goals of winning an OAC title and participating in the NCAA Division III National Tournament with the ultimate goal of being an NCAA Division III National Champion," said Brault. "To do this each year, we know we must play against top-fight competition and be prepared to play well each day.
"We are both proud of the tradition that Marcia French began at Baldwin-Wallace in the late 1960s, 70s and into the 1980s, and are equally proud of the success of our current teams," said Brault, who trails only French on the all-time Yellow Jacket career coaching list. "We know that we have a great challenge ahead of us each season in terms of playing both a competitive nonleague schedule and in some outstanding tournaments and then competing in the OAC -- one of the best NCAA Division III conferences in the nation."
Prior to arriving in Berea, Coach Brault was a successful head coach at the Division III level at Claremont (Calif.) McKenna-Mudd-Scripps College for four years. Brault guided her teams to a 70-50 record, two Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles and two appearances in the national tournament. Coach Brault graduated from Western Michigan University and received her master's degree from Azusa Pacific University. In addition to coaching volleyball at Claremont McKenna-Mudd-Scripps, she was a physical education instructor and the head softball coach.
At B-W, Coach Brault also serves as an assistant softball coach.
To contact Head Coach Vicki Brault, please call her at 440-826-3254 in her office or call the B-W Athletic Department at 440-826-2184 or e-mail her at vbrault@bw.edu.
ASSISTANT COACH CARRIE RITCHIE
Carrie Ritchie is in her second season as an assistant coach in 2007-2008.
Ritchie recently completed degree requirements at NCAA Division II Ashland University and graduated in June with a Bachelor of Science degree. She majored in Fashion Merchandising with a minor in History.
As a student-athlete, Ritchie was a standout volleyball student-athlete at Ashland. She also has served as varsity and junior varsity volleyball coach at Ashland High School August of 2005 through October of 2005).
In just two seasons as a player at Ashland, Ritchie established herself as one of the best players in Division II. As a senior in 2004, she earned first-team AVCA (American Volleyball Coaches Association) All-American, AVCA All-Region honors and became the first player in school history to be named the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Player-of-the-Year. She was just the second player in Ashland University history to earn All-American honors. Ritchie led AU and the nation in all divisions in kills per game both as a junior and senior.
Ritchie owns all five of the Ashland top-five performances for kills in a single match including a top mark of 48 kills as a junior against Lake Superior (Mich.) State. She also holds all five of the top-five performances in school history in total attacks in a single match including the school record of 120 which she set as a junior against Gannon (Pa.). In a single season, Carrie holds the school record for most kills (718) and total attacks (1,837). She is second all-time for most digs in a single season with 463. In her career, Carrie ranks third all-time in kills (1,417), fourth in total attacks (3,582) and fifth in career hitting percentage (.257).
Ritchie began her collegiate career as a player at the University of Michigan before she transferred to Ashland University.
ASSISTANT COACH KATE JERE
Kate Jere is in her first season as an assistant coach with the Yellow Jacket program. She comes to B-W from the Premiere Volleyball Club in Toledo, Ohio and served as the Junior Varsity Coach at Perrysburg High School. Jere also served as an Assistant Coach at Cleveland State University in 2005.
Jere brings a wealth of knowledge to the B-W program as she played collegiately at Owens Community College (1999-2001) and Wayne State (Mich.) University (2001-2003) and has coached at the high school, club and collegiate levels.
While at Owens C.C., Jere played on a pair of teams that finished third nationally in 1999-2000 and 2000-2001, served as a team captain in 2000 and was named honorable mention All-Conference and second-team All-Region. Jere graduated from Owens C.C. in 2001 with an Associate degree in Adolescent Education.
Following her playing career, Jere served as a Student Assistant Coach and graduated from the University of Toledo in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sport Management. She then coached at Rossford (Ohio) H.S. in 2004, Airport (Mich.) H.S. in 2004-2005 and has been a player and then coach with the Premiere Volleyball Club since 2000. In addition, Coach Jere has served as a camp instructor at the 2006 Chuck Voss Camp at Cleveland State University, at the 2004 KIm Berington Camp at Eastern Michigan University, from 2003-2006 at the Mark Rosen University of Michigan Camp and at the 2003 Jodi Schramm Elite Camp at the University of Findlay.
This page was last updated by the SID on December 8, 2007.
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