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Kelly Barzak (Warren, Ohio / Howland) was a four-time All-Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) selection in volleyball and basketball. She was also named to the PAC 60th Anniversary Teams in both sports.
A three-time All-PAC First Team selection at middle hitter, Barzak holds program career records for kills (1,292) and blocks (449). She helped lead the Tomcats to three conference championship tournament title match appearances (2009, 2010, 2012) and was an Academic All-America Third Team honoree, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), in 2012.
Barzak was a three-time All-PAC Second Team selection in basketball and was an Academic All-America Third Team selection, as selected by CoSIDA, in 2013. She holds the program record for career blocks (288) and ranks fourth in points (1,401) and seventh in rebounds (773).
Named to the NCSA Athletic Recruiting’s 2013 Athleader All-American Team, Barzak received Thiel’s J. Lynn Trimble Award. She graduated with summa cum laude honors and was her senior class commencement speaker. She received the Dean’s Key as an eight-semester Dean’s List student. She served as the president of Thiel’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and was her senior class vice president.
Barzak was Thiel’s women’s volleyball head coach from 2014-16. She is now the head women’s volleyball coach at Allegheny.
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