2018 - Riann Mullis will enter her third season as for the Eagles. This past season brought 10 wins, making it the most successful season for CSC volleyball since 2007. Seniors Emily Bruce and Gabriela Varela received All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference honorable mention recognition. A total of five volleyball athletes also received Academic All-RMAC honor roll recognition.
Prior to Chadron State Mullis was Head Coach at Cowley College. She was a part of two NJCAA Championship seasons while at Cowley, and one runner-up finish. In 2012, she was named the American Volleyball Coaches Association Two-Year College Assistant Coach of the Year.
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In her five seasons with the program, Cowley College volleyball won over 85 percent of their matches compiling a record of 167-29. As a head coach, Mullis went 56-22 (17-1 conference), earning two conference and two district championships, and she finished both seasons among the top six teams at the national tournament. She was named the Jayhawk Conference East Division Co-Coach of the Year in 2014, her very first year as a head coach.
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In both 2014 and 2015, Mullis produced a pair of All-Americans. Sophomore setter Lana Da Silva earned first team NJCAA honors in 2014, with freshman outside hitter Aliya Higginbotham named to the second team as the team finished third in the nation. Higginbotham was a first teamer following her sophomore campaign in 2015, and libero Alexandra Jost, also a sophomore, collected second team recognition for the Tigers, who were sixth at the national tourney.
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As a player, Mullis was an all-conference and all-district libero at Neosho County Community College. After playing two seasons at Neosho County, she transferred to NCAA Division II Pittsburg State, where she served as a defensive specialist and helped lead the Gorillas to a pair of top-25 rankings and a trip to the NCAA Division II National Tournament.
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She and her husband, Scot, have a daughter, Ruby, and reside in Chadron.
