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Rochelle Short |
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Rochelle Short, Head Coach
Rochelle Short was hired as the seventh coach in the history of PLNU
volleyball on February 11, 2008. She returned to lead her alma mater in the hopes
that the move would return the program to national prominence.
Though the 2008 season
had its ups and downs; that’s exactly what the former All-American delivered. PLNU
ended up with a 22-11 overall record, finished with a No. 13-ranking and
reached the quarterfinals of the NAIA National Championships.
A 2004 PLNU graduate with a degree in industrial organizational psychology,
Short has experience as a volleyball coach and administrator for many years,
mainly at the club level. She mentored for two seasons under respected ex-USC
coaches, current Sacred Heart Head Coach Rob Machan and current Azusa Pacific
Head Coach Chris Keife. Short’s most recent position was Assistant Director for
the Temecula Volleyball Club where she was responsible for the management of
more than 20 teams.
Short earned multiple accolades during her playing career as a middle blocker
for Point Loma (2001-03). She was named as an all-conference, all-region and
NAIA first-team All-American in both her junior and senior seasons and was
selected as team MVP in 2003.
She played on PLNU teams that compiled a 92-19
overall record and finished second, third and fourth at the NAIA National
Championships. Short is in the university record books in 13 places, including
third in career blocks and fourth in career kills.
Rochelle is married to husband, Mark, a police officer in the city of Newport
Beach. The couple lives in Murrieta,
CA, and are the parents to three
children: Brooke, Bryce and Ryleigh. |
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