Kaleena Walters, a former Penn State women's volleyball player, has been named assistant volleyball coach at the College of Charleston, it was announced Wednesday by head coach Jason Kepner.
“I am extremely happy to have Kaleena join the Cougar volleyball staff,” said Kepner, who followed her four year career at Penn State. “Her competitiveness will be valuable to the program as a coach and recruiter.”
Penn State head coach Russ Rose said, “This position will showcase and highlight the positive energy that she always has available and I feel that everyone around her will benefit. She is a great person and she will become a terrific coach.”
As a libero for the Nittany Lions, Walters guided her team to three Big 10 championships (2003-05) and first-team conference accolades her final two seasons. Walters was named honorable mention all-region her junior season, before being named first-team all-region for her senior campaign.
Walters was also tabbed Big 10 Defensive Player of the Year and honorable mention All-America her final year. She is ranked No. 1 in the Penn State annals for career digs.
Walters' classroom experience at Penn State was just as successful as her on-court experience. For three seasons (2003-05), she earned Academic All Big 10 honors and was named to the first-team Academic All-district team in 2005. Walters earned a bachelors of arts in psychology with a minor in human development and family studies in 2006.
Before coming to Charleston, Walters worked with Community Services Group where she assisted with autistic children in behavioral management and daily functioning skills and facilitated treatment plans and goals. She also worked with youth at Volleyball Express Camp in the summers, supervising 15 campers per session on skill enhancement.
Walters' volunteer work includes stint with Big Brother/Big Sister program, LifeLink PSU, Special Olympics and THON.
College of Charleston volleyball finished the 2006 campaign with a 27-8 overall mark, won the Southern Conference regular season with a 17-1 record and won the SoCon tournament, advancing to the NCAA tournament for the third straight year.
