Meredith Schamun was hired as head coach of the University of Pennsylvania volleyball program in March 2020. Schamun's first season as head coach (2021) started with three straight wins, Penn winning its own Sheraton University City Invitational, and ended with the Quakers' first true sweep of an Ivy League weekend since the 2012 season as they beat both Cornell and Columbia by 3-0 scores at The Palestra. Junior outside hitter Autumn Leak earned second-team All-Ivy honors as the Red and Blue exceeded preseason expectations. Schamun (pronounced shah-MOON) came to Penn from the Main Line, as she helped Villanova to a 39-23 record in two seasons as the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the Wildcats. A highly decorated setter at Rice University, Schamun also served two seasons as an assistant coach at Tulane and two seasons at UCF following a professional playing career.Her recruiting connections around the country, especially in her native Southern California, will serve the program well. I look forward to watching Penn volleyball compete for Ivy League championships in the future.” “Meredith impressed our search committee with her experience, technical knowledge, leadership and passion for volleyball,” the T. Gibbs Kane, Jr. W'69 Director of Athletics and Recreation Dr. M. Grace Calhoun said at the time of her hiring. “She was an outstanding student-athlete at Rice and has a true appreciation for the Ivy model of intercollegiate athletics, which provides an unrivaled academic and athletic experience for our student-athletes."
Sara Parson joined the University of Pennsylvania volleyball staff in February 2023 as an assistant coach under Meredith Schamun. Parson came to University City from the University of Kentucky, where she spent two years as a graduate assistant with the women’s volleyball program under head coach Craig Skinner. During Parson’s time on the UK staff, the Wildcats won a pair of Southeastern Conference (SEC) titles—going a combined 32-4 in conference play across the two seasons—and made the NCAA Championship both years. Kentucky went 22-8 overall last season and advanced to the NCAA Round of 16, while in 2021 the ‘Cats went 25-5-1 and advanced to the NCAA second round.Prior to her stint at Kentucky, Parson spent two years on staff with the University of North Texas women’s volleyball program as the Mean Green’s operations coordinator.
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Wyatt Emenaker joined the University of Pennsylvania volleyball staff as an assistant coach in February 2024. Emenaker came to University City from VCU, where he spent the last two years as a graduate assistant for the Rams. Among his duties in that position, he worked with the pin attackers. During Emenaker’s tenure, VCU improved its Atlantic 10 record from 9-9 in 2022 to 13-5 in 2023 and advanced to the A-10 Tournament semifinal round this past season. A native of Newton, Mass., Emenaker preceded his VCU tenure with a three-year stint as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. Read More
Michaela Dungan joined the University of Pennsylvania volleyball program as a volunteer assistant coach ahead of the 2022 season. Dungan helps to assist the Quakers coaching staff while also performing her duties as a Clinical Research Coordinator at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP). Dungan recently graduated from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), where she was a four-year letter winner for the Highlanders’ volleyball team. She also was a member of NJIT’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and served as its President for two years. Dungan was the America East Conference’s SAAC Vice-Chair as a junior and an NCAA Division I representative as a senior. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from NJIT with a degree in biology, making the Dean’s List every semester.
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