Owen Monroy begins his first season with the Penn State women[apos]s volleyball team as the volunteer assistant coach. He joins the Nittany Lion family after serving as an assistant coach at the collegiate level, a head coach at the club level and a player.
Most recently Monroy was the First Assistant at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah. While there he was involved in all areas of technical coordination, recruiting, court coaching and operations. Monroy was also an assistant coach for the Utah Unity, a professional team, which debuted in the inaugural tournament for the PVL (Premier Volleyball League) at the 2012 U.S. Open.
During the summer of 2011, Monroy served as a head coach with the USAV High Performance Indoor program through the Intermountain Volleyball Association. In addition, he also spent two summers as a head coach with USAV High Performance Beach.
Monroy coached at the club level with High Country Volleyball Club from 2010-12 and with the Capital Area Volleyball Association from 2004-2008.
Monroy graduated from Messiah College in Grantham, Pa. in 2008 with a B.A. in music business. While at Messiah, Monroy was a member of the men[apos]s volleyball team aiding the team to the NIRSA 2008 Div. II National Championship, as well as three Mid-Atlantic Conference Championships. He earned first-team honors as an outside hitter in the Mid-Atlantic Conference. Monroy resides in Centre Hall.