Katie Schumacher-Cawley

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Katie Schumacher-Cawley
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Schumacher-Cawley in 2022
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Penn State
Conference Big Ten
Record67–18 (.788)
Biographical details
Born (1980-03-10) March 10, 1980 (age 44)
Chicago, IL
Alma mater Pennsylvania State University
Playing career
1998–2001 Penn State (volleyball)
2001–2002 Penn State (basketball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002 Illinois (Volunteer Assistant)
2003–2009 UIC (Assistant)
2009–2016UIC
2017 Penn
2018–2021 Penn State (Associate HC)
2022–Penn State
Head coaching record
Overall192–164 (.539)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame (2008)
Girls Catholic Athletic Conference Hall of Fame (2003)

Katie Anne Schumacher-Cawley (born March 10, 1980) is an American former volleyball and basketball player who is the head coach of the Penn State women's volleyball team. After serving as the associate head coach since 2018, she was named head coach on January 10, 2022, following Russ Rose's retirement from coaching.

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Personal life

Schumacher-Cawley is from Chicago, Illinois, growing up in Morgan Park. She attended Mother McAuley High School, graduating in 1997. In her high school career, she played both volleyball and basketball and was arguably the greatest athlete to ever come out of Mother McAuley, leading the volleyball team to two state titles in 1994 and 1995, and a runner-up finish in 1996. [1] In 2014, she was named to McAuley's Hall of Honor. [2] She was inducted into both the Girls Catholic Athletic Conference (GCAC) Hall of Fame and the Catholic League Hall of Fame in 2003 and the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame in 2008. [3]

She is married to Mike Cawley, who played football for James Madison University from 1993-95 and a sixth-round pick by the Indianapolis Colts in the 1996 NFL Draft. Together, they have three daughters. [4]

In October 2024, she announced that she was diagnosed with breast cancer. [5]

Career

Playing career

Schumacher-Cawley played both volleyball and basketball at Penn State, primarily focused on volleyball. With the volleyball team, she was a two time AVCA All-American, and helped lead Penn State to the 1999 national championship and three Big Ten Conference crowns. [1]

Coaching career

Prior to being named the head coach at Penn State, Schumacher-Cawley was the head coach at UIC and Penn. [6]

A 2002 graduate of Penn State, she was a two-time American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-American, three-time All-Big Ten selection, and three-time AVCA All-Region selection volleyball player for the Nittany Lions. She was a member of the 1999 NCAA national championship team and ended her Penn State career with 1,310 kills, 772 digs and 299 blocks. Schumacher-Cawley also played basketball for the Lady Lions basketball team in 2001–2002, and was part of the team's 2002 Sweet Sixteen run. [7]

In her first season as Penn State's head coach in 2022, the team went undefeated in its pre conference season, starting at 11–0, [8] despite having lost 7 starters from the previous season to graduation or transferring. [9] Penn State went 13–7 in conference play, finishing in 5th place. [10] Further, in 2022, she coached several players to conference and national recognition. In the Big Ten, senior outside hitter Kashauna Williams and junior middle blocker Allie Holland were named to first team, while senior setter Seleisa Elisaia were named to the second team. Freshman outside hitter Alexa Markley rounded out conference awards by being named to the All-Freshman team, and graduate student middle blocker Katie Clark earned the sportsmanship honor. [11] In the NCAA postseason, Penn State earned the #4 seed in the Wisconsin regional. She was the only first year head coach in 2022 to lead her team to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament. Moreover, Seleisa Elisaia, Allie Holland, and Kashauna Williams were recognized as AVCA all region first team players.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
UIC Flames (Horizon League)(2009–2016)
2009UIC 16–188–85th
2010UIC 13–187–96th
2011UIC 14–157–95th
2012UIC 19–1310–42nd
2013UIC 9–214–107th
2014UIC 14–177–76th
2015UIC 12–195–117th
2016UIC 16–144–127th
UIC:113–135 (.456)52–70 (.426)
Penn Quakers (Ivy League)(2017)
2017Penn 12–117–75th
Penn:12–11 (.522)7–7 (.500)
Penn State Nittany Lions (Big Ten)(2022–present)
2022Penn State 26–813–75th NCAA regional semifinal
2023Penn State 23–915–5T–3rd NCAA regional semifinal
2024Penn State 18–1†8–0†TBDTBD
Penn State:67–18 (.788)36–12 (.750)
Total:192–164 (.539)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

† As of October 21, 2024

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