Women's Volleyball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- sstrasne@tulane.edu
- Phone:
- 862-8236
Tulane alum Sarah Strasnerย enters her fourth season as an assistant coach for the volleyball program in 2021.
Strasner was a four-year letterwinner as a middle hitter with the Green Wave from 2013-16, appearing in 119 matches and starting more than half of those contests. As a senior in 2016, her only season under the tutelage of Barnes, Strasner guided Tulane to an 18-14 overall record and a 10-10 mark in the American Athletic Conference, good for a fifth place finish in the league and the most improved team in the nation after a turnaround of 150 spots in NCAA Division Iโs RPI standings.
A native of Houston, Texas, Strasner ranks third in Tulane history in attack percentage (.322), fourth in block assists (335), fifth in total blocks (412) and solo blocks (77) and sixth all-time in blocks per set (0.98). She also lettered for the Green Waveโs beach volleyball program for four years, posting an overall record of 65-59.
For the 2017-18 season, Strasner was a sixth grade mathematics teacher at Nolan Ryan Junior High in Pearland, Texas, where she also served as head coach of the volleyball and cross country teams. She was also an assistant coach for the Houston Stellar Volleyball Clubโs 16 Elite.
Strasner earned her bachelorโs degree as a double major in marketing and management from Tulaneโs A.B. Freeman School of Business in May of 2017. She received Tulaneโs Student-Athlete Leadership Award in 2015.
