Ruben VoltaTitle: Head Coach Experience: 2nd Year Alma Mater: Sacramento State, '93 Email:rvolta@csus.edu Bio:
Ruben Volta begins his second year as head coach at Sacramento State in 2009 after taking over for Debby Colberg, who retired after 32 years with the Hornets.
The upcoming season will mark the 10th year Volta has been a member of the Sacramento State coaching staff, including one year as the associate head coach (2007), five years as an assistant (2002-06), and two seasons as a volunteer assistant (2000-01).
During Volta’s nine-year tenure with the program, Sacramento State has combined for a 208-86 overall record (.707 winning percentage), a 107-27 mark in the Big Sky Conference, seven Big Sky Tournament championships, five regular season conference titles and seven NCAA Tournament appearances.
Also during that nine-year span, Sacramento State players have combined for 41 all-academic selections, 35 all-conference awards (including 15 first team selections), three MVPs and three all-Pacific Region selections.
Last season, in Volta's first as the head coach, he led the program to its 33rd consecutive season with double figures in wins and an 8-8 mark in conference despite losing both starting outside hitters, both starting middle hitters and the starting libero from the previous year.
The 2008 squad featured two all-conference performers (Rose Burke and Desiree Hoyum), and set the program record for most Big Sky all-academic selections in a season with eight. In fact, seven members of this year’s team currently have grade point averages of at least a 3.30.
A graduate of Sacramento State in 1993 with a degree in physical education, Volta starred for the Hornet men’s club team that went undefeated and won the National Club Championship in 1995. That season, Volta earned All-America honors as a setter and was named all-tourney at the Big 10 Tournament.
In 1995, he opened the High Voltage volleyball facility in Sacramento, and began running a juniors club. During one point in 1997, the club operated 18 juniors teams of different age groups.
In the seven years of High Voltage’s existence, the team qualified for the junior nationals (18-open division) five times, including an 11th-place finish in 1996. The junior nationals include the top 32 teams in the country.
Some of his former club players with High Voltage include past Hornets Tasman Dwyer, Brenda Moorlag, Korri Kuelper, Sharon Stutts, Kazmiera Imrie, Holly Olmsted, Sandra Bandimere, Jackie Coudert and Michelle Franz. In 2006, he coached the Gold Cal (18-under) Juniors club volleyball team to an 11th-place finish at the junior nationals. That team featured current Hornet sophomores Anna Schoener and Cayti Crowton.
In the summer of 2008, he was the assistant coach for the 18-under Gold Cal Junior Club team that placed fifth in the American division at the Junior Olympics. That team featured current Hornet sophomores Kelsey Elston and Shannon Wilson.
He also spent the 2001 season coaching the 18-under Davis club team and spent time as an assistant coach at Rio Americano High School for one season (1999) where he helped guide the Raiders to the Sac-Joaquin Section championship. Prior to that, Volta spent two seasons as the varsity head coach at Country Day High School (1998-99) where the team finished third in the section championships. He started his coaching career at Grant High School in 1992, spending two years as the varsity head coach for the boys and girls teams.
Volta, who resides in Sacramento, also taught physical education at Sacramento’s St. Philomenes School from 1999-2002.
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