Women's Volleyball

Alyssa Whitney
- Title:
- Director of Operations
Alyssa Whitney enters her fifth season as the Beavers’ director of volleyball operations in 2021.
“I’m excited to have Alyssa join our volleyball staff,” Barnard said at the time of her hiring in May 2017. “She is passionate about working in a volleyball setting with student-athletes and cut her teeth in a similar role on campus. Having worked with her in various roles for the last several years, I’m certain she will be an outstanding fit with our program.”
Whitney, who was raised in nearby Albany, Ore., is an Oregon State graduate who has devoted her career to organizing volleyball squads and tournaments throughout the region and the nation.
Prior to joining the volleyball staff, Whitney spent two years as the sport programs specialist in Oregon State’s Recreational Sports office. In that role among other duties, Whitney coordinated travel for 40 sport club teams and coordinated intramural leagues.
She has also been the volleyball tournament director for CEVA (Columbia Empire Volleyball Association) coordinating and organizing tournaments since December 2015.
Before her stint with OSU Recreational Sports, Whitney worked as a national sport programs coordinator for the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) where she ran regional and national tournaments in 2014-15.
Whitney also has practical experience with volleyball teams helping coach and manage the high school team at Santiam Christian in Adair Village, Ore. from 2007-14. She has also volunteered with volleyball squads at Corban University before being hired for her current role.
Whitney graduated from Oregon State in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in exercise and sport science and a business minor. She participated in volleyball at West Albany High School.
“I’m excited to have Alyssa join our volleyball staff,” Barnard said at the time of her hiring in May 2017. “She is passionate about working in a volleyball setting with student-athletes and cut her teeth in a similar role on campus. Having worked with her in various roles for the last several years, I’m certain she will be an outstanding fit with our program.”
Whitney, who was raised in nearby Albany, Ore., is an Oregon State graduate who has devoted her career to organizing volleyball squads and tournaments throughout the region and the nation.
Prior to joining the volleyball staff, Whitney spent two years as the sport programs specialist in Oregon State’s Recreational Sports office. In that role among other duties, Whitney coordinated travel for 40 sport club teams and coordinated intramural leagues.
She has also been the volleyball tournament director for CEVA (Columbia Empire Volleyball Association) coordinating and organizing tournaments since December 2015.
Before her stint with OSU Recreational Sports, Whitney worked as a national sport programs coordinator for the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) where she ran regional and national tournaments in 2014-15.
Whitney also has practical experience with volleyball teams helping coach and manage the high school team at Santiam Christian in Adair Village, Ore. from 2007-14. She has also volunteered with volleyball squads at Corban University before being hired for her current role.
Whitney graduated from Oregon State in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in exercise and sport science and a business minor. She participated in volleyball at West Albany High School.