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AMY (ALBERS) LACZKOWSKI - VOLLEYBALL - 2000 One of the most decorated student-athletes in Washington University history, Amy (Albers) Laczkowski also ranks as one of the greatest players in NCAA volleyball history. She won consensus Division III National Player of the Year honors in both 1993 and 1994 and was a three-time first-team All-American. In three years at Washington U., she led the Bears to three consecutive national championships, including the first perfect season in Division III volleyball in 1992 (40-0). Laczkowski also holds the NCAA all-divisions records for hitting percentage in a career (.530) and single-season (.551). In addition to winning a gold medal at the 1994 U.S. Olympic Festival after being the first Division III athlete to compete, she won the Honda Award in 1995 as the top female athlete in Division III among all sports. Laczkowski was named the 1994 Academic All-American of the Year for college division volleyball and was a two-time first-team Academic All-American. She was named a "Today's Top Eight" honoree by the NCAA, was the 1995 NCAA Woman of the Year for the state of Missouri.

As were at least 2 other board members.

Not necessarily. In todays game, many coaches have said they prefer an 11-man roster.

Thanks. I guess I'm still in the camp that I will wait to celebrate until it's officially official. But it's certainly a good sign.

I'm trying to figure out where some of you are getting that Schertz is a done deal. I saw Trilly's smoke tweet, but that really didn't say anything. What did I miss?

BAB - I enjoyed meeting you and Ms BAB at the A-10 tourney. I’m glad I asked if it was you.

The NIL budget for this year’s team is upper 6 figures. A couple months ago, Troy felt next season would be the same. I don’t know if that forecast has changed based on how this season went.

Heard some rumblings this week. I was told by a friend that the newspaper in Minneapolis had an article on possible coaching changes. In the article, they speculated that former Minnesota coach, Richard Pitino was headed to SLU. His teams were very up and down at Minnesota, but he had just 1 year of head coaching experience when they hired him. Looks like he has figured out the transfer portal at New Mexico. Thoughts?

From a BVF board member: the budget for this season was high 6 figures. That is as much detail as he would give.

I believe it's actually a little higher than that.

The NIL rules currently don't allow you to structure incentives into the contract based on quality of play or amount of playing time. But those items definitely factor into their ability to negotiate their NIL contract for the following year.

BVF is structuring their contracts in a way that addresses this, but for a different reason. BVF is structuring a significant portion of our NIL payments to be paid after the portal closes each year. This way you have a reasonable expectation that the player will stick around for the following year.

O'Loughlin went to UConn.

Fun 2xOT game last night between Long Beach State and UC Davis. UCD won 93-92. Lassina Traore with 22 pts, 20 rebounds on 9 of 17 from the floor in a losing effort.

Rose Hil 75-71 SLU