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Paul Lawson
Head Coach
(George Williams College, 1984)
Fifth Year |
Hired July 1, 2003,
Paul Lawson became the eighth head
coach to lead the Lady Spires Volleyball
program. A graduate of George Williams
College in Downers Grove, IL, Lawson
is well established in NAIA volleyball.
Currently the chairman of the NAIA
men’s volleyball poll, he is
also the tournament director for
the NAIA men’s volleyball national
championships, and the commissioner for the men's MAMVIC conference.
A native of Chicago
Heights, IL, Lawson moved to
the University of Saint Mary after
spending one season at Saint Mary
College in Omaha, NE. Previously,
he directed both the men and women’s
programs at Marycrest International
University (Davenport, IA) from 1999-2002
and Dominican University (River Forest,
IL) from 1989-99.
His men’s programs
have appeared in the NAIA national
championships on three different
occasions, while his women’s
teams qualified twice for the NAIA
Region VII tournament. In 2001, Lawson
directed the Marycrest men to a runner-up finish at the NAIA national event.
In 2002, Lawson was selected
as the Midwest Regional Coach of
the Year. Twice selected as the Chicago land
Collegiate Athletic Conference Men’s
Coach of the Year, Lawson has
accumulated a 240-160 overall record.
Lawson has brought
a competitive approach to USM. The vision is to continue
to recruit student athletes that
have winning character.
Prior to starting his
coaching career, Lawson spent four
seasons (1984-1988) overseas playing
professionally in Denmark. A
certified USAVB volleyball official,
Lawson currently resides in Leavenworth
with his wife, Stephanie, and their
two children Amanda (13) and Deion
(12).
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Haylee
Becker
Assistant Coach
(Saint Mary College, 2003)
Fifth Year
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Haylee Littler (Becker) will enter her fifth season coaching with Lawson since graduating from the University of
Saint Mary. Becker, a four year
letter-winner for the Spires volleyball
program, played in 430 games during her
tenure. A tenacious defender, Becker
collected 1,376 digs and had 775 kills
during her collegiate career.
A native of Valley, NE, Becker coaches club volleyball during the off season. She has coached one season with Invasion as an assistant and for the past two season has been with Club North for the 18 & under team as an assistant. This past club season she was the assistant coach for Lawson Volleyball which is based in Leavenworth. The 18 & Under team went 34-8 and won the silver regional tournament. With USM, Littler is responsible for assisting with
recruiting and on-court performance. She also is responsible for putting the Alumni game together.
Litter recently got married on January 28, 2006 in Nassau, Bahamas. Currently Littler resides in Leavenworth with her husband, Todd Littler, and her dogs Amos and Rocky. She works as a Consultant/Programmer for Booz Allen & Hamilton.
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Pam Frederiksen
Assistant Coach
Second Year
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Pam Frederiksen enters her second season with Lawson. Frederiksen has coached both softball and volleyball on the high school level for ten years. Frederiksen is the defensive coordinator. She is responsible for training on court performance.
I look forward to her working with our defense. She has a lot of good training techniques and I see our team just improving under the defensive guidance of Frederiksen.
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