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   Director of Operations Jessica Klein

Jessica Klein, who played for Iowa State for two seasons (2005-06), is in her fifth season as Director of Volleyball Operations for the Cyclones.

Klein is responsible for team travel, community outreach and facility and camp coordination.

After beginning her playing career at Marquette, Klein left the Milwaukee, Wis., school following her freshman season in 2002.

Her arrival at Iowa State in 2005 coincided with head coach Christy Johnson's arrival in Ames and she made an immediate impact, teaming up with Erin Boeve to form one of the best blocking tandems in the Big 12.

As a senior in 2006, Klein stuffed back the fourth most opponent attacks in school history, posting 137 block assists and helping Iowa State earn a berth in the NCAA Tournament. She ranked sixth in the Big 12, averaging 1.37 blocks per game.

Klein finished her Cyclone career with 520 kills and 244 block assists, which ranks 13th all-time at ISU. Her .238 hitting percentage is also 11th in the career record books.

The Lena, Ill. native coached with the Rockford (Ill.) Volleyball Club in 2004-05.

Klein earned her degree in communications in 2008.

Assistant Coach Dawn Sullivan

Dawn Sullivan is in her seventh season as an assistant coach at Iowa State boasts a tremendous record of success as both a player and a coach.

Sullivan's responsibilities include coaching outside hitters. In seven years under Sullivan, the Cyclones have recorded four of the top-five single-season hitting percentages in school history, including a school-record .259 hitting percentage in 2010.

Under Sullivan's tutelage, Victoria Henson and Carly Jenson each earned AVCA All-America honors for their success on the outside. Henson was just the third Cyclone ever named to the all-America first team and Jenson earned her honor as a senior in 2011. After playing a limited role in her first two seasons, Jenson was thrust into the starting lineup in 2010. In two years, Sullivan turned Jenson from a part time player into one of the best outside hitters in the nation culminating in an all-America second team selection and unanimous selection to the First Team All-Big 12.

In 2011 the Cyclones hit .254, second only to the 2010 squad and ranked 19th in the nation with 14.21 kills per set and finished 24th in hitting.

Sullivan came to Iowa State after serving as an assistant coach and associate head coach at Illinois State for three seasons (2002-04), helping build a strong Redbird volleyball tradition. Her playing career at Kansas State was brilliant. Sullivan, like ISU head coach Christy Johnson-Lynch, is one of the best players in Big Eight/Big 12 Conference history. The former KSU All-American still ranks prominently in the Wildcat and Big 12 record books.

As a coach, Sullivan was instrumental in helping Illinois State post winning seasons in each of her three years in Normal, Ill. Sullivan helped the Redbirds post their 23rd consecutive winning season in 2004. In her three years at Illinois State, three Redbirds earned all-conference honors. Her efforts helped Illinois State draw tremendous crowds that ranked among the top-20 nationally in attendance in 2003.

Sullivan also helped forge strong alumni support system through her organization of an annual alumni reunion gathering, in addition to assisting in the foundation of "Point Illinois State," a booster club designed specifically for Redbird volleyball. She was a key member of the Illinois State athletic department and was a highly respected ambassador for the Redbird volleyball program.

Sullivan's coaching career also includes a stint as a student assistant at Kansas State and as a club coach with the Flint Volleyball Club in Manhattan, Kan.

Sullivan was a record-setting collegiate player at Kansas State. The 5-10 outside hitter, who played for the Wildcats from 1996-99, racked up 1,611 kills and 1,258 digs in her remarkable career, one of only five KSU players to record more than 1,000 kills and digs in a career. Sullivan ranks third all-time in kills and fourth in digs  at the school.

Named an All-American and All-Big 12 as a senior, Sullivan captained the 1999 Wildcat squad, which made the school's fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance en route to Kansas College Female-Athlete-of-the-Year honors in 2000. Sullivan also earned first-team academic All-Big 12 distinction in each of her four seasons at KSU. Following graduation, Sullivan played professionally for the Grand Rapids Force of the United States Professional Volleyball League.

Sullivan and her husband, Josh, have three daughters (Katie, Sarah and Emily) and a son (Matthew).

Assistant Coach Trudy Vande Berg

Trudy Vande Berg is in her fifth season as an assistant coach for the Cyclones after spending the previous four seasons in the same capacity at Duke.

In addition to her responsibilities as recruiting coordinator, Vande Berg assists in coaching middle blockers for the Cyclones.

Cyclones Jamie Straube and Tenisha Matlock have flourished under the leadership of Vande Berg. Straube was a unanimous choice for the Big 12 All-Freshman Team in 2009 and has made the all-league first team in each year since. Moving from right side to middle blocker at the beginning of the 2011 season, Matlock averaged 1.28 blocks per set in league play, second in the Big 12, and collected 102 block assists, the first Cyclone to post 100 block assists in a season since 2008. Matlock earned her first weekly conference award in 2011 for her defensive play at the net and finished with three matches of eight block assists.

In her four years on the Durham, N.C. campus, Vande Berg helped the Blue Devils reach the NCAA Tournament each year while capturing Atlantic Coast Conference titles in 2006 and 2008. Duke advanced to the second round all four seasons.

At Duke, Vande Berg oversaw the training of 11 All-ACC players, including two ACC Player of the Year recipients. She was responsible for all facets of recruiting where she helped the Blue Devils corral the 26th-ranked recruiting class in the country in 2008.

Prior to her stint at Duke, Vande Berg served as a volunteer assistant with Iowa State head coach Christy Johnson-Lynch at Wisconsin. Vande Berg assisted Johnson in training the middle blockers and setters.

A former All-Midwestern Collegiate Conference performer at Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Vande Berg worked for two seasons as the first assistant at North Florida, where she helped produce a Division II All-American and assisted in all aspects of the nationally-ranked program.

Vande Berg has also spent time on the club circuit, working with Team Florida High Performance as well as stints with the Milwaukee Chapter of Starlings, a volleyball club for underprivileged student-athletes. She also coached for Sky High-Milwaukee.

Vande Berg played four years at UW-Milwaukee for head coach Kathy Litzau from 1994-97, setting school records for blocks in a match and career blocks. A first team all-league player, Vande Berg currently ranks in the top-10 for career kills, aces and digs for the Panthers.

Vande Berg earned her bachelor's degree in health care administration from Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1999.

Volunteer Assistant Coach Joe Lynch

Joe Lynch is in his seventh year with Iowa State and third as a volunteer coach after serving as an assistant for four seasons. Lynch's primary responsibility is defensive training.

In Lynch's first six years, Iowa State established itself as one of the top defensive programs in the country, posting the top-three blocking seasons in school history and landing four conference dig leaders, including Kristen Hahn in 2011. In the six years since the creation of the award, Iowa State has captured a Big 12 best 23 defensive player of the week honors.

Iowa State's libero has been named the Big 12 Libero of the Year in each of the last four seasons with Ashley Mass taking the honor from 2008-10 and Hahn receiving her first award in 2011. Mass was a two-time all-American at Iowa State and holds the Big 12 record for career digs with 2,294. Hahn picked up her first nod, an honorable mention, in 2011.

The Cyclones were the only Big 12 team to collect more than 18.00 digs per set in league play in 2011, averaging 18.21 digs per set to lead the conference. The squad also led the league in opponent hitting percentage, limiting foes to .162 hitting.

Lynch came to the Cyclones as one of the most highly experienced club and prep coaches in the Midwest. The Wauwatosa, Wis., native had spent his career on the sidelines at the prep and club level, building some of the most successful high school and club teams in the state of Wisconsin following his successful playing career. His efforts have earned him national accolades as one of the most highly respected prep coaches.

Lynch affirmed his ability as a coach at the junior level and cemented his reputation as one of the finest prep coaches in the nation in 2005, when he was honored as the AVCA Prep Coach of the Year. His efforts brought national recognition to the ISU staff early in its tenure.

Lynch is an accomplished coach and player with over 20 seasons as head coach of several prominent high school and club teams in Wisconsin. He has two state titles and eight conference crowns as a head coach and has earned several honors as a player.

A 1998 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Lynch earned a degree in education. At UW-Milwaukee, Lynch competed on the men's volleyball team, starting three seasons and serving as team captain for two of those campaigns. He was a second-team all-conference performer in 1993.

Lynch was a member of a USVBA men's team from 1994 to 2002 and earned a spot on the USVBA All-Rookie team in 1994, earning second team All-America honors that season. He led his team to a fourth-place finish in 1997 and seventh-place distinction in 1994.

During his playing days, Lynch also embarked on a successful coaching career. He worked at a number of summer camps prior to becoming the head volleyball coach at Milwaukee-St. Joan Antida High School in 1990. In 1991, Lynch took the top job at Wauwatosa East in his hometown and promptly led the Red Raiders to eight conference crowns, four runner-up finishes at the Wisconsin state tournament and state championships in 1992 and 1994.

Lynch also served as an assistant at his alma mater in 1996 and as the head coach of the Milwaukee Sting volleyball club beginning in 1990. The Sting captured a national championship in 2004 in the 16-year old division, while earning five other top-three finishes in both the 16- and 18-year old group competitions. Lynch has also served as a member of the Board of Directors and as camp director for the Sting.

Lynch is the husband of ISU head coach Christy Johnson-Lynch. The couple resides in Ames and has one son, Jamison, and a daughter, Addison.