Tanya Hockman (volleyball coach)

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Tanya Hockman is the head coach of women's volleyball at Malone College in Canton, Ohio. Hockman recently completed her ninth season as head coach of the Pioneers with a season record of 23 wins and 18 losses,^[1] for a lifetime coaching record of 236-136.^[2]. She also served as an assistant Malone women’s basketball coach from 1995 to 2001.

Hockman is also currently serving as an adjunct instructor in the Department of Theology (Sports Ministries) at Malone College. She is also the National Christian College Athletic Association East Region Volleyball Chair, a position she has held since 2005 and is a former board member of both the Association of Church Sports and Recreation Ministries and the Regional Sports Consortium.^[3]

[edit] Coaching achievements

At Malone, Hockman has coached two NAIA Honorable Mention honorees (Angela Lockhart and Brandie Beebe), two AMC Player of the Year recipients (Angela Lockhart and Kim Slone) and six NAIA All-America Scholar Athletes. Hockman was awarded Coach of the Year by the American Mideast Conference in 2000,^[4] 2001^[5] and the Tachikara/AVCA NAIA Region IX Coach of the Year in 2001.^[6]

[edit] Personal life

Hockamn graduated with a BA in Christian Ministries at Malone in 1994 and in 1999 completed a masters in Christian Ministries also from Malone. She and her husband Scott and three daughters reside in North Canton, Ohio.

Tanya and her husband, Scott, also a Malone graduate (1994), and their 3 daughters reside in North Canton.