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2 MATT M SHANE HEAD COACH FOURTH SEASON UC SANTA BARBARA 1977 BYU 1982 THE McSHANE FILE Hometown...Santa Monica, Calif. Alma Mater...UCSB Physical Education Alma Mater...BYU Exercise Science...Computer Science PLAYING EXPERIENCE UC Santa Barbara, All-American (1974) COACHING EXPERIENCE Air Force Academy - Head Coach, 2010-present U.S. Junior National Team - Assistant Coach, 2010 U.S. National A2 Team - Assistant Coach, Head Coach, 2002 University of California-Berkeley - Assistant Coach, University of Utah - Assistant Coach, IVA High Performance Team - Assistant Coach, 2001 U.S. Women s National Team - Assistant Coach, 1996 Yaohan International Team - Assistant Coach, 1996 University of New Mexico - Associate Head Coach, Brigham Young University - Associate Head Coach, COACHING HONORS Named one of the nation s 10 Best Assistant Coaches by Volleyball Magazine while at Cal-Berkeley Matt McShane returns to the sidelines for his fourth season as the head coach of the Air Force volleyball program. McShane, who became the squad s eighth head coach in 2010, has brought an optimistic attitude to the team and guided Air Force to milestone after milestone in just three short years. During his first year on the bench, McShane guided Air Force to its first victory in Mountain West Conference action since 2005, while breathing life back into the program. The Falcons collected four total wins, including an impressive 3-1 win over San Diego State and a thrilling 3-2 season-opening victory over two-time NCAA Tournament team, Long Island. McShane coached one of the nation s youngest teams during the 2011 season, as the roster featured just four returners on a 13-member roster. The Falcons accounted for three wins, including a 3-0 sweep over service academy rival Navy to mark the program s first true road win since Backed by a stellar recruiting class, McShane and his assistant coaches received High Honorable Mention status from PrepVolleyball.com in 2012, marking the first time in program history that a class of Air Force recruits has been honored with such an award. Last season, McShane and the Falcons captured the program s first road win in conference play since 2003, as a 3-1 win over Nevada snapped the program s 66-match losing skid in MW action. Air Force tallied nine total wins, including three in conference play, for the most victories in both categories during the past decade. The Falcons also edged service academy rival Navy for the second straight year during the Service Academy Challenge at the Pentagon an event spearheaded by McShane. Under McShane s direction, the program has moved back to the friendly confines of Falcon Court at East Gym. By becoming more involved in the community, Air Force set a new Division I single-season attendance record in 2010 and have accounted for three of the top-five season averages in the program s Division I history. In just three years, the Falcons have accounted for five of the 10 best single-match attendance totals in Air Force Division I history. His athletes have also shined academically, as the team has accounted for 12 academic all-conference certificates, eight Mountain West Scholar-Athletes and one CoSIDA- Capital One Academic All-District selection in his first three years. Named as one of Volleyball Magazine s 10 Best Assistant Coaches, McShane joined the Falcon program on January 26, 2010, after a five-year stint as an assistant coach at the University of California-Berkeley. During his tenure at Cal, the Bears posted a overall record, produced seven AVCA All-Americans and finished every season ranked in the nation s top 20, including a No. 4 ranking in Cal earned a berth into the NCAA Tournament every year McShane was on the bench. In 2009, his last season in Berkeley, the Bears (21-11, 11-7 Pac-10) advanced to the regional championship match for the third consecutive year, before falling to defending national champion Penn State. McShane is no stranger to the Mountain West Conference. Prior to his stint at Berkeley, McShane spent four years as an assistant coach at the University of Utah. In 2004, the Utes went 24-7 overall and 13-1 in league action and captured a share of their first-ever MWC title. Before joining the Utah staff, McShane was an associate head coach at the University of New Mexico ( ). In 13 years in Albuquerque, he helped guide the Lobos to a record, two conference championships and six trips to the NCAA tournament. Additionally, McShane served as an assistant coach at BYU from GOAIRFORCEFALCONS.COM

3 The Falcons new coach also has a tremendous amount of experience at the national and international coaching level. McShane served on the coaching staff of the U.S. Women s Junior National Team, which won the gold medal at the 2010 NORCECA Continental Championships in Mexico. Competing against teams from North America, Central America and the Caribbean, the U.S. team posted a perfect 5-0 record, sweeping the competition in straight sets. The squad, which won its fourth consecutive NORCECA title, also qualified to the 2011 FIVB World Championships. In the summer of 2007, McShane was an assistant coach for USA Volleyball s National A2 team. During the summer of 2002, he also served as the head coach for the USA National A2 Team. In the summer of 2001, he was the head coach for the Intermountain Volleyball Association (IVA) High Performance Team that toured Europe. In 1996, McShane was named an assistant coach of the USA Women s National team at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. While with the U.S. National team, McShane designed and ran practice sessions, did video analysis of Team USA and other major teams in the world, and prepared scouting reports on U.S. opponents. McShane s coaching background also includes assisting former USA Women s National Indoor Volleyball team coach Jenny Lang Ping with the Yaohan International Volleyball Team in The team was comprised of the best American and Russian players who competed against the Chinese and Cuban National teams in cities throughout China. He is a member of the USAV Coaches Accreditation Program Cadre (CAP Level III), and each year he runs numerous clinics throughout the U.S., teaching other college, high school and junior coaches the fundamentals of volleyball. As an undergraduate at UC Santa Barbara, McShane played on the only intercollegiate team to win the USAV Open National Championship. The UCSB teams finished second in the NCAA Championships in 1974 and 1975, and finished third in the NCAA Regional Championships in He was an All- American for the Gauchos in McShane earned his bachelor s degree from UC Santa Barbara in 1977 and his master s degree from BYU in While at BYU, he played on the men s club team that finished third at the USAV Open National Championship in RECORD AT AIR FORCE MW MW MW RECORD VS OPPONENTS Akansas State Army Boise State Bowling Green Bryant Buffalo BYU Cal State Northridge Citadel Colorado Colorado State CSU Bakersfield Denver Fresno State Hofstra La Salle Long Island Memphis Navy Nevada New Mexico Norfolk State North Dakota State Northern Arizona Northern Colorado Oklahoma Pepperdine Purdue Rice San Diego State Seattle South Carolina Upstate South Dakota State St. John s TCU Tennessee State UC Davis UNLV Utah Utah Valley Washington State Wyoming RECORD VS CONFERENCES Atlantic Atlantic Sun Big Big East Big Sky Big Ten Big West Colonial Athletic Assoc Conference USA Great West Independent Mid-American Mid-Eastern Athletic Northeast Ohio Valley Pac Patriot League Southern Summit League Sun Belt West Coast Western Athletic AIR FORCE VOLLEYBALL 7

4 LOUELLA MAXWELL ASSISTANT COACH FOURTH SEASON CAL POLY SLO 1997 CALIFORNIA 2001 THE MAXWELL FILE Hometown... Los Angeles, Calif. Alma Mater...Cal Poly SLO History Alma Mater... Cal-Berkeley Education PLAYING EXPERIENCE Air Force, AVCA All-American (1994) - Two-Time AVCA All-Region Cal-Berkeley, 1995 Cal Poly SLO, Team Captain - Big West Scholar-Athlete of the Year COACHING EXPERIENCE Air Force Academy - Assistant Coach, 2010-present U.S. Girls Youth National A2 Team - Assistant Coach, 2008 Washington University (St. Louis) - Assistant Coach, U.S. Girls Select A1 Team - Assistant Coach, 2007 U.S. Junior National A2 Team - Assistant Coach, USAV High Performance Pipeline - Assistant Coach, University of Notre Dame - Assistant Coach, Golden Bear Volleyball Club - Assistant Coach, University of California-Berkeley - Volunteer Coach, 1998 Louella Maxwell is entering her fourth season as an assistant coach of the Air Force volleyball team. A former All-American setter at Air Force, Maxwell joined the Falcons program in 2010 after stints as an assistant coach at the University of Notre Dame and Washington University in St. Louis. Known throughout the Academy record books as Louella Lovely, Maxwell is one of five NCAA All-Americans in Air Force history. Despite playing just two seasons, she remains ranked among the Academy s top-10 lists in career assists (3,022) and digs (1,352), while holding program-best marks in career assists per game (10.87) and digs per game (4.93). In addition to holding the team s single-season record with 5.13 digs per game, Maxwell holds the single-match records for assists (83) and digs (45). As coach of the Air Force setters, Maxwell saw sophomore Hillary Keltner become just the program s seventh Division I player to surpass the 1,000-assist mark. In just two years under Maxwell s guidance, Keltner has already accounted for the fifth-highest Division I total and the 10th-highest all-time total in program history (1,551 assists), while ranking among the conference leaders in assists-per-set (9.60). Backed by the Falcons strong setting, Air Force has improved its hitting over 20 points to a mark of its best season average since A strong recruiter, Maxwell helped Air Force to High Honorable Mention status from PrepVolleyball.com in 2012 marking the first time in program history that the Falcons have brought in a nationally-recognized recruiting class. Prior to joining the Falcons program, Maxwell spent two years as an assistant coach at Washington University in St. Louis ( ). During her two-year stint with the Bears, Washington University compiled a record and won the 2007 NCAA Division III national championship title. The squad also advanced to the regional championship game in Prior to her time in St. Louis, Maxwell spent four seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Notre Dame. During her tenure, the Irish accumulated a overall record, three Big East regular-season titles, a pair of conference-tournament championships and four trips to the NCAA Tournament. The Irish were ranked in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) national polls throughout her four-year stint, peaking at a fifth-place mark in As coach for the Notre Dame setters, Maxwell led Ashley Tarutis to break the school record for assists in a season (1,573) as a sophomore. She also coached Kristin Kinder, who was the first-ever Irish setter to earn honorable mention All-America status by the AVCA. Maxwell also spent time as a volunteer coach at California in 1998 and coached for the Golden Bear Volleyball Club from In addition to her coaching experience at the collegiate level, Maxwell has been selected to USA Volleyball s High Performance Pipeline coaching staff for four years. She served as an assistant coach for the U.S. Girls Youth National A2 Training Team in 2008 and was an assistant for the U.S. Girls Select A1 Team in In 2005 and 2006, she was an assistant for the U.S. Junior National A2 Team. Maxwell spent her freshman and sophomore seasons at the Air Force Academy, garnering AVCA all-region honors both years and AVCA All-America honors in She spent the 1995 season at Cal, before finishing out her collegiate career at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo. As a member of the Mustang squad, Maxwell was named the Big West Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year and received the NCAA Ethnic Minority Postgraduate Scholarship. Raised in Los Angeles, Calif., Maxwell graduated from Cal Poly SLO in 1997 with a degree in history. She completed her master s degree in education from Cal in Maxwell is married to Lt Col Mel Maxwell, a 1997 graduate of the Air Force Academy, who is currently in command of the 721st Aerial Port Squadron at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. They have a four-year-old daughter, Mikayla Leigh. 8 GOAIRFORCEFALCONS.COM

5 MARC SWINDLE ASSISTANT COACH FOURTH SEASON NEW MEXICO 1992 THE SWINDLE FILE Hometown... Albuquerque, N.M. Alma Mater... New Mexico University Studies PLAYING EXPERIENCE New Mexico, USAV Regional Player of the Year COACHING EXPERIENCE Air Force Academy - Assistant Coach, 2010-present University of New Mexico - Volunteer Coach, New Mexico Juniors - Head Coach (16s), Director, Marc Swindle enters his fourth season as an assistant coach for the Air Force volleyball team. Swindle, who brings over 20 years of club coaching experience to the Falcons bench, helped recruit a class that received High Honorable Mention status from PrepVolleyball.com in Like head coach Matt McShane, Swindle is no stranger to the Mountain West. He joined the Academy staff after spending two years as a volunteer assistant at the University of New Mexico. During his time on the sidelines, New Mexico compiled a record, which included its first appearance at the NCAA Championships in 15 years. Swindle spent over 20 years as a club coach, with his teams winning 16 age-group regional championships and 14 qualifications to the USA Volleyball National Championships. Two of the athletes he coached, Colleen Smith and Jeannie Fairchild, went on to receive AVCA All-America status as college players. Swindle also spent 10 years as the director of the New Mexico Juniors program, which grew from just four teams to the largest club in New Mexico in just three years. In addition, Swindle has served as the president of University Athlete, Inc., since its inception in The company helps college volleyball coaches find, identify and communicate with over 100,000 club volleyball players. He is also the vice-president of Synch, Inc., a marketing and advertising agency that has assisted such companies as the Santa Fe Opera and the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. Swindle graduated from New Mexico in 1992, following a four-year career as a member of the UNM men s volleyball team. He was named the USA Volleyball Regional Player of the Year during the seasons. AIR FORCE VOLLEYBALL 9

6 SUPPORT STAFF AJ JOSEPH VOLUNTEER COACH THIRD SEASON ECKERD 1993 Andrew AJ Joseph returns to the bench for his third season as a volunteer coach with the Air Force volleyball team. Joseph brings a strong resume to the Falcons program, having coached championship teams at both the college and high school level. Most recently, Joseph spent three years as the head coach of the men s volleyball team at Johnson and Wales University in Denver. The JWU men s team spent two seasons ranked in the NAIA Top 10, rising as high as second during the 2011 season. That year, the team earned an at-large bid to the NAIA National Championships and outside hitter Chris Schardt was named the conference player of the year, as well as JWU-Denver s first-ever NAIA All-American. As the head coach of the Eckerd men s volleyball team ( ), Joseph led the program to two Final Four appearances and the 2000 NIRSA National Collegiate Championship. He also coached the women s program at Eckerd during the seasons, leading the Tritons to top-10 rankings in the NCAA Division II Southern Region. Joseph also spent five years on the UCCS staff, as both a coach and assistant athletic director with duties in fundraising and travel. At the high school level, Joseph coached the Cheyenne Mountain High School boys team to the 2009 state semifinals. He also spent one year as the head coach of the boys and girls volleyball teams at Fountain Valley School in Colorado Springs. Under his direction, the boys team won the Colorado state championship title with three all-state selections, while the girls team finished as the district runner-up. Joseph is a 1993 graduate of Eckerd College. While with the Tritons, he was a four-year starter and all-conference selection on the men s intercollegiate club team. As a senior, he captained Eckerd to the NIRSA Final Four. He and his wife Jennifer, the Athletic Director at Fountain Valley School, have two children, five-year old Canyon and three-year old Ainsley. OFFICER REPRESENTATIVES Capt Laura Barnes... First Season Lt Col Jose Cintron...Second Season Col Kathleen Harrington...Third Season LARRY BRYANT Eligibility Chair Travel OR 13th Season HOLLY GREEN Administrative Assistant Third Season VALERIE PERKIN Media Relations Director 10th Season KIM PINSKE Strength Coach Seventh Season JENNY STONE Athletic Trainer Sixth Season CADET MANAGERS Suzanne Baltar...Junior Third Season Casey Boyle... Senior First Season Claire Bieber...Senior Second Season Lizzy Carpenter...Junior First Season Ali Green...Freshman First Season Danielle Kaufman...Sophomore First Season Taylor Nelson...Freshman First Season PRACTICE PLAYERS Stu Corbett...Junior First Season Tyler Hajewski...Freshman First Season Sam Hunt...Junior First Season Dustin Johannsen...Freshman First Season Seth Miller... Junior Second Season Kekai Nu uhiwa... Junior Second Season Tyler Pennella... Freshman First Season 10 GOAIRFORCEFALCONS.COM