Molly
Alvey,Molly Alvey enters her first season
at the helm of the University of Southern Indiana volleyball program after
spending the last three seasons as an assistant with Temple University.
Alvey inherits a Screaming Eagles' program that has recorded four straight
20-win seasons and that has appeared in four consecutive conference
championship matches. The Eagles were 21-9 overall (8-6 GLVC) in 2003 and
return five starters.
“We are very excited to have someone of Molly’s qualifications come in to lead
our successful volleyball program,” USI Director of Athletics Jon Mark Hall
said. “She has been a part of great success at Temple and has learned under
one of the top coaches in the country.”
As an assistant at Temple, Alvey helped lead the Owls to the Atlantic-10
Conference regular-season championship in 2003. She helped the Owls to both
the A-10 regular-season and tournament championships in 2002 as well as an
appearance in the NCAA Division I Sweet 16.
Prior to Temple, Alvey was a four-year starter and an All-Southern Collegiate
Athletic Conference performer in both basketball and volleyball at Centre
College in Danville, Kentucky.
As a volleyball player, Alvey set the school’s all-time record for assists and
was a three-year team captain. In basketball, she finished third in the nation
(NCAA Division III) in three-point field goal percentage and helped lead the
Colonels to the NCAA Division III Sweet 16.
“Molly has been successful as a student-athlete and a coach…bottom line, she
is a winner,” Hall stated. “Her energy and drive will be contagious and the
young women will respond to her positively.”
A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Alvey graduated with a bachelor’s degree in
economics from Centre. She graduated with a master’s degree in international
business administration from Temple.
Shannon
Wells
Assistant Volleyball Coach
Shannon Wells enters her first season as an assistant coach for the USI volleyball program. Wells will assist Head Coach Molly Alvey in all facets of the USI volleyball program.
Arguably one of the greatest players in USI volleyball history, Wells is
the Screaming Eagles’ all-time leader in career kills (1,866), service aces
(319), and digs (1,353). She also finished second in her career at USI in
attacking percentage (.285).
The three-time All-GLVC and All-Region performer led the Eagles to the 2002
GLVC Championship and a berth in the NCAA II Tournament, both firsts for the
USI volleyball program.
Wells was named the GLVC Player of the Year as a senior in 2002 after leading
the league in total kills (553), kills per game (4.81), total service aces
(125), and service aces per game (1.09). She was second in the league as a
senior in total digs (458), third in digs per game (3.98), and tied for 12th
in attacking percentage (.284).
She was named the 2002-03 GLVC Paragon Award winner in May of 2003 and was the
inaugural USI/Integra Bank Female Student Athlete of the Year in 2002-03.
Following her volleyball career, Wells played basketball for the Eagles where
she averaged 10.1 points and 4.8 rebounds per game in two seasons. The
Merrillville, Indiana, native helped lead the Eagles to a 20-10 mark in
2003-04 and a berth in the NCAA II Tournament.
