Allison Lawrence Position: Assistant Coach

The 2011 season marks Allison Lawrence's second year as an assistant coach with the Montana volleyball program. She joined the Grizzlies in the summer of 2010 after one season as an assistant coach at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.

In Lawrence's first season as an assistant, Montana advanced to its third straight Big Sky Conference tournament.

Lawrence, from Alta Loma, Calif., was a four-year starter at outside hitter for Oregon State from 2001 to 2004. She graduated from OSU in 2005 and added a master's degree from Claremont in 2008.

Lawrence was a freshman on Oregon State's NCAA tournament team in 2001 and would go on to become an honorable mention All-Pac-10 selection as a junior and senior. She earned Pac-10 academic honors in 2002, 2003 and 2004 and was a CoSIDA Academic All-District selection as a junior.

One of the top outside hitters in Beaver history, Lawrence ranks sixth in OSU history in career kills (1,255) and 12th in digs (965). She had her best statistical season as a junior in 2003, finishing with 425 kills, 388 digs and 47 service aces. All three totals continue to rank in the top 10 on the program's single-season records lists.

Lawrence was a volunteer assistant coach at Oregon State in 2005 and an assistant coach at Pomona-Pitzer in 2007 and La Verne in 2008, both NCAA Division III schools in southern California.

She also gained extensive coaching experience at the club level in California. She was an assistant coach on the Club West 16 Elite team that placed fifth in the Open division at the 2009 USA Volleyball Junior Olympic national tournament.

Lawrence spent the 2009 season at Trinity. She assisted with leading the Tigers to a 30-win season and a spot in the NCAA Division III national quarterfinals.

Montana year-by-year under Lawrence
2010 ... 13-15, 9-7 BSC (t-3rd) ... Advanced to Big Sky tournament