Katie Schumacher-Cawley

Katie Schumacher-Cawley

Schumacher-Cawley in 2022
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Penn State
Conference	Big Ten
Record	49–17 (.742)
Biographical details
Born	(1980-03-10) March 10, 1980 Chicago, IL
Alma mater	Pennsylvania State University
Playing career
1998–2001	Penn State (volleyball)
2001–2002	Penn State (basketball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002	Illinois (Volunteer Assistant)
2003–2009	UIC (Assistant)
2009–2016	UIC
2017	Penn
2018–2021	Penn State (Associate HC)
2022–	Penn State
Head coaching record
Overall	174–163 (.516)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame (2008) Girls Catholic Athletic Conference Hall of Fame (2003)

Katie Anne Schumacher-Cawley (born March 10, 1980) is an American former volleyball and basketball player and is the head coach of the Penn State women's volleyball team. After serving as the associate head coach since 2018, she was named head coach on January 10, 2022, following Russ Rose's retirement from coaching.

Career

Prior to being named the head coach at Penn State, Schumacher-Cawley was the head coach at UIC and Penn

A 2002 graduate of Penn State, she was a two-time American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-American, three-time All-Big Ten selection, and three-time AVCA All-Region selection volleyball player for the Nittany Lions. She was a member of the 1999 NCAA national championship Team and ended her Penn State career with 1,310 kills, 772 digs and 299 blocks. Schumacher-Cawley also played basketball for the Lady Lions basketball team in 2001–2002, and was part of the team's 2002 Sweet Sixteen run.

A native of Chicago, Illinois, she was inducted into Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame in 2008 and was named to the Girls Catholic Athletic Conference Hall of Fame in 2003.

In her first season as Penn State's head coach in 2022, the team went undefeated in its pre conference season, starting at 11–0, despite having lost 7 starters from the previous season to graduation or transferring. Penn State went 13–7 in conference play, finishing in 5th place. Further, in 2022, she coached several players to conference and national recognition. In the Big Ten, senior outside hitter Kashauna Williams and junior middle blocker Allie Holland were named to first team, while senior setter Seleisa Elisaia were named to the second team. Freshman outside hitter Alexa Markley rounded out conference awards by being named to the All-Freshman team, and graduate student middle blocker Katie Clark earned the sportsmanship honor. Penn State went 13–7 in conference play, finishing in 5th place. In the NCAA postseason, Penn State earned the #4 seed in the Wisconsin regional. She was the only first year head coach in 2022 to lead her team to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament. Moreover, Seleisa Elisaia, Allie Holland, and Kashauna Williams were recognized as AVCA all region first team players.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
UIC Flames (Horizon League) (2009–2016)
2009	UIC	16–18	8–8	5th
2010	UIC	13–18	7–9	6th
2011	UIC	14–15	7–9	5th
2012	UIC	19–13	10–4	2nd
2013	UIC	9–21	4–10	7th
2014	UIC	14–17	7–7	6th
2015	UIC	12–19	5–11	7th
2016	UIC	16–14	4–12	7th
UIC:		113–135 (.456)	52–70 (.426)
Penn Quakers (Ivy League) (2017)
2017	Penn	12–11	7–7	5th
Penn:		12–11 (.522)	7–7 (.500)
Penn State Nittany Lions (Big Ten) (2022–present)
2022	Penn State	26–8	13–7	5th	NCAA regional semifinal
2023	Penn State	23–9	15–5	T–3rd	NCAA regional semifinal
Penn State:		49–17 (.742)	28–12 (.700)
Total:		174–163 (.516)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

External links

• Penn State head coach profile