Vicki Brault recently completed her 18th season as a collegiate head coach in the fall of 2008, including her 14th at Baldwin-Wallace College. Coach Brault is one of the most successful coaches in Division III.
NCAA Division III Coaching Records (Updated prior to the 2008-2009 season)
In both 2000-2001 and 2004-2005, Coach Brault was named the Ohio Athletic Conference Coach of the Year. In 18 years overall, she has compiled an impressive career mark of 354-232. Her career mark includes a 284-182 mark at B-W in 14 seasons.
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. She 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 SANTIAGO
Carrie Santiago completed her third season as an assistant coach in 2008-2009.
Santiago is a graduate of Ashland University and majored in fashion merchandising with a minor in history.
As a student-athlete, Santiago 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, Santiago 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. Santiago led AU and the nation in all divisions in kills per game both as a junior and senior.
Santiago 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).
Santiago began her collegiate career as a player at the University of Michigan before she transferred to Ashland University.
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