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A highly successful coach at every level she has worked, Trish Kissiar-Knight joined the Texas Tech program on January 3, 2009 after amassing a record of 676-170-3, earning 10 consecutive Region 16 championships and making 10 consecutive appearances in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I Women's National Volleyball Championship tournament with the Missouri State-West Plains program she began in 1993. Knight led the Lady Grizzlies to their first NJCAA national tournament in 1999, finishing eighth and since then, returned every season reaching the championship match in 2002 and 2003. She earned 12 Region 16 Coach of the Year honors, 10 NJCAA District Coach of the Year honors, two American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Tachikara Junior College/Community College Midwest Region Coach of the Year honors, and was elected to the NJCAA Volleyball Coaches Hall of Fame in 2005. Knight also was named "Most Caring Coach" by USAToday Weekend Magazine in 2005, and was inducted to the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in February 2008. She has developed 25 NJCAA All-Americans, including 13 first-team selections; eight NJCAA Academic All-Americans, including three Distinguished Academic All-Americans. Known for success in the classroom as well, her Grizzly squads received the NJCAA's Fall Academic Team of the Year honor four times (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006). Prior to leading the MSWP program, Kissiar-Knight coached at the high school level leading West Plains High School to four-consecutive state championships. She has served as coordinator of the Junior Olympic volleyball program and is very active and respected in the American Volleyball Coaches Association. Kissiar-Knight played four years at the former Southwest Missouri State University and was inducted into the SMSU Athletic Hall of Fame. |
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