Rachel Kater begins her second season on the OUAZ women’s volleyball bench as an assistant coach for the 2020-21 year. She will move up to the lead assistant after one season as a graduate assistant.
Kater made the move to the bench after playing her senior season at OUAZ. Along with her OUAZ duties, Kater coaches for the Revolution Volleyball Academy and works with Imagine Prep High School.
In her lone season at OUAZ, Kater set the program record for assists in a season (951) and assists in a match (58). She added 122 kills and .340 hitting from her setter position while getting 226 digs and 36 blocks. Following the season, Kater was named NCCAA Second Team All-American.
Before making her way to OUAZ, Kater ran the floor at MidAmerica Nazarene University for three seasons under current OUAZ head coach Kristin Steele. During her junior season, Kater helped the Pioneers to the NAIA National Championship final site and she was named NAIA First Team All-American and Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete. This past summer, Kater was named to the MNU All-Decade Team.
Kater graduated from MNU with a degree in Kinesiology in 2017 and she earned a Master of Arts and Leadership from OUAZ in 2020.
