SAINTS HEAD COACH

MELISSA DERAN

 

mderan@stlawu.edu

 

Melissa DeRan, a former Division I volleyball player at Murray State University who was most recently assistant volleyball coach at Otterbein College has been named head coach of the St. Lawrence University women’s volleyball team.

 

DeRan replaces Anne Schneider who retired as Saint coach to take care of her young family.

 

DeRan is a 1999 graduate of Murray State where she was an all conference player in volleyball and team captain. She was head volleyball coach and an assistant track coach at Division II Tiffin University, coaching six all conference athletes and four Academic All Americas in volleyball and a number of national qualifiers in the throws in track and field.

 

She also was an assistant coach at Capital and coached teams of USA Athletes International and Junior Olympic Volleyball.

 

“I am excited about the potential of the St. Lawrence volleyball program,” said DeRan. “Anne Schneider did a good job in building the program up, so the ship is certainly pointed in the right direction. She laid the foundation for a lot of success, and I am thrilled to come in and give the players the opportunity to win games and championships.”

 

DeRan will also assist with the track and field program in addition to her duties as head volleyball coach.

 

 

ASSISTANT COACH SHELBY GOLDMAN

sgoldman@stlawu.edu

Shelby Goldman, a three-time first-team All America East selection in volleyball for the University at Albany, joins the St. Lawrence staff as assistant volleyball coach.

 

Goldman, a 2007 graduate of UAlbany and a two-time America East All Academic selection in volleyball as well as earning all-star honors on the court, helped the Great Danes to two America East championships during her career and two NCAA tournament appearances. She is Albany’s all-time kills leader and was a AVCA All-Northeast Region player.

 

Shelby is from Whitby, ONT. and was a member of the Canadian Junior National Team. She graduated from Anderson Collegiate High School and was a member of the club team which won the 2000 Ontario Provincial Championships and finished second in the national tournament.