The Michigan Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association (MIVCA) has voted NDPMA coach and athletic director Betty Wroubel into the 2014 Volleyball Coaches Hall of Fame. She will be formally inducted on Friday, July 25, at 7 p.m. at the MIVCA coaches banquet in Battle Creek, Mich.
The criteria for induction into the MIVCA Hall of Fame is as follows: the individual must be a former or current member of MIVCA in good standing, have 500 career wins and/or 20 years of coaching the sport of volleyball at the high school level, have demonstrated leadership in the sport and have demonstrated commitment to the sport.
Wroubel, who has coached at the varsity level for 36 years at Clawson, Pontiac/Oakland Catholic and Notre Dame Preparatory School, has earned an overall record of 1203-274-117. Her teams hold 21 conference championships, 23 district championships, seven regional championships, two state final four appearances and two state championships (2007 and 2013). Wroubel also is head coach of Notre Dame Prep's softball team.
Diane Tuller of Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central and Kathy Trenary of Mendon High School also have been inducted into the MIVCA Hall of Fame this year.
Summary of Wroubel's accomplishments:
– 36 years coaching varsity 1203-274-117
– 21 conference championships
– Three CHSL title (interdivisional post-season tournament)
– 23 district championships
– Seven regional championships
– Two state final four appearances
– Two state championships (2007 and 2013)
– Numerous conference coach-of-the-year honors, several regional coach-of-the-year honors, eight Oakland County honors
– State coach of the year 2007
– AVCA National High School coach of the year 2007
– Inducted into:
• Catholic League Hall of Fame (1990 softball and volleyball)
• Michigan High School Coaches Association (2010 basketball, softball and volleyball
• Michigan USSSA Hall of Fame
• Michigan High School Softball Coaches Association Hall of Fame
– Registered official for over 30 years
– Committee member for the MHSAA rules, site and officials selections
– MIVCA executive board member,
– Team academic all state chairperson, region/all state selections representative 35 years, assisted at all-star matches, Ms. Volleyball committee member
– CHSL Womens Coaches Association
– Serves on the Catholic High School league executive board as the CHSL Coaches Association president (for all sports)
– Notre Dame Prep's volleyball teams have been academic all state every year since inception
– AVCA all academic honors for the past six years
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About Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy
Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy is a private, Catholic, independent, coeducational day school located in Oakland County. The school's upper division enrolls students in grades nine through twelve and has been named one of the nation's best 50 Catholic high schools (Acton Institute) four times since 2005. Notre Dame's middle and lower divisions enroll students in jr. kindergarten through grade eight. All three divisions are International Baccalaureate "World Schools." NDPMA is conducted by the Marist Fathers and Brothers and is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. For more on Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy, visit the school's home page at www.ndpma.org.