Eryn Leja-Martin

Head Women's Volleyball Coach, University of Saint Katherine - Member of the NAIA California Pacific Conference                 

• December 2019-Present
• USK Career record 86-38 (.694)
• 14 NAIA Scholar Athletes
• Three conference tournament finals and one conference tournament semi-final appearances in 4 seasons
• 2023 California Pacific Conference and AVCA Southwest Region Coach of the Year
• 2023 California Pacific Conference Regular season Championship with first undefeated record in school history (20-0)
• Most wins in a season with 30-5 record and highest program finish at #17 in the NAIA (2023)
• Earned first program victory over top-25 ranked opponent, national ranking, NAIA player of the week, and national tournament appearance in school history (2023)
• Recruited and trained both 2023 California Pacific Conference Player of the Year & NAIA National Defender of the Week honorees
• Two CSC Academic All District Selections & USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award recipient (2023)
• Recruited Cal Pac "Newcomer of the Year" selection 4 seasons in a row
• Recruited and trained two Cal Pac "Attacker of the Year" and two Cal Pac "Defender of the Year" selections
• Recruited and trained one NAIA 2nd Team All-American and 2 NAIA All-American Honorable Mention selections
• Recruited and trained seven 1st team, two 2nd team and 5 honorable mention All-Conference selections
• 25 match win streak (2023)
• Recruited first volleyball player to earn professional contract in Europe

Associate Head Coach/Assistant Coach & Recruiting Coordinator, Houston Christian University - Member of the NCAA Division I Southland Conference (Formerly Houston Baptist University)

• March 2017-December 2019
• Three Southland Conference Tournament appearances in 3 seasons
• Two Semi-Final Conference Tournament appearances
• Trained three SLC first team selections & three second team selections
• 2019 HBU Barcelona Sports Invitational Co-Tournament Champions
• One 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-District 7 first team selection
• Helped the program to a 21-10 record tying the highest conference finish with an 11-5 conference record (2017)
• Won the 2017 Sawyer Camillo Memorial Classic Tournament
• Two SLC All-Academic first team selections (2017)
• Coordinated all indoor recruiting, managed travel and equipment budgets, practice planned and handled positional training, managed all team travel arrangements along with apparel and equipment, created scouting reports on opponents and broke down film, managed social media accounts and directed all summer camps

Head Coach, Vanguard University of Southern California - Member of the NAIA and Golden State Athletic Conference

• April 2011-January 2017
• Vanguard career record 126-78 (.618)
• 2015 GSAC and NAIA Southwest Region Coach of the Year
• NAIA Scholar Team for 5 consecutive seasons, 13 NAIA-Daktronics/GSAC scholar athletes
• Won Golden State Athletic Conference Championship for the first time in program history (2015)
• 5 NAIA National Tournament appearances in 6 seasons
• Highest NAIA ranking in school history at #7 (2015)
• Quarter Final NAIA National Tournament appearance for first time in program history and earned a national ranking as high as #4 along with 1st place votes (2015)
• Recruited and coached 2015 First Team NAIA All American, GSAC POY & All NAIA Southwest Region POY
• Recruited and trained 13 NAIA/AVCA All-Americans, 17 All GSAC players, 2 GSAC Liberos of the Year, 2 NAIA All National Tournament players and 1 GSAC Player of the Year
• Broke top ten national ranking for the first time in program history in inaugural 2011 season
• Assisted a player to earn a professional contract in Germany (2016)

Assistant Coach, Vanguard University of Southern California - Member of the NAIA and Golden State Athletic Conference

• May 2010-April 2011

Club Camps

• Coached high level college camps in summer of 2017 and 2018 throughout the top clubs in the state of Texas including San Antonio Magic, TAV Houston, Willowbrook, Woodlands Revolution, Absolute Volleyball Academy and Texas Tornados

951 Elite Volleyball Club

• Coached teams, ran camps and managed tryouts from 2007-2013
• Earned Gold medal at GJNC as an assistant for the 17-1 Team (2009)

Desert Sports Volleyball Club

• Coached teams, ran camps and managed tryouts from 2005-2007

Assistant Athletic Director for Internal Operations, University of Saint Katherine - 

• August 2022-present
• Oversee Student Athlete Advisory Committee, help direct game management staff with facility layout for game days and manage general oversight of the athletics facility
• 2-time Tournament director for the California Pacific Conference Beach Volleyball West Qualifier at the Olympic Training Center

Interim Director of Athletics, University of Saint Katherine -

• November 2022-April 2023
• Lead the athletics department while 5 sports were competing
• Represented USK at the annual directors meeting
• Served on a sub-committee for the new 'Great Southwest Conference' to develop a new logo and name

Senior Woman Leader, University of Saint Katherine -

• August 2022-Present
• Serve as the USK female representative for the California Pacific Conference
• Serve as additional, staff resource for all student-athletes to heighten their overall experience

College of the Desert - NJCAA

• 2005-2007
• 2 year team captain, 2X Foothill League 1st team selection, team MVP, and 2X All-Tournament player
• Female Athlete of the Year

University of California Riverside - NCAA DI

• 2007-2008 (Redshirt season)

Chapman University - NCAA DIII

• 2008-2010
• Team Captain, 2nd Team All SCIAC Conference selection and AVCA All Academic Team honoree