Jennifer Calloway Hometown: Aviston, Ill. Last College: USC Upstate Position: Head Coach Experience: 12th Year Graduated: 1995

Jennifer Calloway is in her 12th season at the helm of the USC Upstate volleyball program. In total, as a player and coach, Calloway has spent the last 14 years on the North end of Spartanburg, not once experiencing a losing campaign in that time. Now, she will look to lead Upstate into a new era as it enters the Division I Atlantic Sun Conference.

Calloway has led USC Upstate to a 235-133 (.639) record and two appearances in the NCAA Tournament in 11 years. She has also been awarded Peach Belt Conference Coach of the Year honors twice, in 2001 and 2003.

Calloway led the 2006 Spartans to a 23-11 record in its final season in Division II and the Peach Belt Conference. it marked the eighth time in 11 seasons that Calloway has led Upstate to a 20 wins or more.

Calloway guided the 2005 squad to a 21-win season as two players earned All-Conference honors and Shannon Pallardy earned the school's Female Student-Athlete of the Year award. She led the 2004 Spartans to a solid season as two players were named All-Conference and another earned PBC Tournament All-Tournament team honors. In 2003, she led USC Upstate to a 24-7 record overall and an 11-3 mark in the Peach Belt Conference, earning Peach Belt Coach of the Year honors for the second time in three seasons. She also coached two All-Conference selections and the league Freshman of the Year.

In 2002, Calloway continued her string of 20-win seasons and coached two All-Conference selections. The 2001 Spartans finished the season with a 25-8 record and a berth into the national tournament. USC Upstate claimed a second-place finish in the Peach Belt Conference as Calloway earned conference Coach of the Year award. Senior Kim Pitman was recognized as the league Player of the Year and four Spartans earned All-Conference honors.

The 2000 team earned the program's first ever bid to the NCAA Tournament and Pitman and Kristin Korte were named All-Conference. USC Upstate finished the year with a 24-11 record.

After serving as an assistant coach for Dr. Don Bowman for one season in 1995, she assumed the reigns of the program in 1996 and immediately led the Spartans to back-to-back 20-win seasons.

Calloway (then Jennifer Rakers) was a standout on the USC Upstate volleyball team in 1994, leading the Spartans to a 38-4 record and their second consecutive Peach Belt Conference championship as the team's setter. She led USC Upstate with 10.7 assists per game and 73 aces, and was third on the team in digs with 1.5 per game. She was named to the All-Tournament teams at Jacksonville State and North Florida. USC Upstate became the first Peach Belt volleyball team to crack the Top 25 rankings, reaching No. 24 late in the 1994 campaign.

Calloway began her career at Belleville Area College in her home state of Illinois. She played two seasons at the school and was named the Great Rivers Athletic Conference Most Valuable Player and All-Region in 1992. She holds the single-season school record for assists (1,509), which is the fifth-highest total ever recorded at any junior college. She also led the team in aces (98) and digs (370). She was recognized by Who's Who Among Students in Junior Colleges in 1992-93. She moved on to Avila College in Missouri for the 1993-94 school year and was named the team's Most Valuable Player. She transferred to USC Upstate for the 1994-95 academic year where she established the third-highest career assist mark in school history (1,463).

Calloway earned a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies from USC Upstate in 1995.

Calloway is a native of Aviston, Ill. She and her husband, Brad, are the proud parents of two sons, Joel and Nathan, and one daughter, Jenna.