Meghan Keck Hometown: Chicago, Ill. Position: Assistant Coach Alma Mater: Illinois-Chicago '04

AT A GLANCE

Hometown: Chicago, Ill.

Education: B.S. Marketing, University of Illinois-Chicago, 2004

Coaching Experience:
First Alliance Volleyball Club: Coach/Co-director, 1998-2006
Northwestern: Volunteer assistant coach, 2005
DePaul: Assistant Coach, 2006-07
Ohio: Assistant Coach, 2008-present

Playing Experience:
Auburn: 2000-01
Illinois-Chicago: 2002-03

No stranger to high levels of collegiate women's volleyball, Meghan Keck lends expertise in setter training and development to the Ohio volleyball staff, while also serving as the Bobcats' offensive coordinator and heading up the team's recruiting efforts.

Her in-depth knowledge of the setter position paid immediate dividends for the Ohio program in 2008, as the Bobcats finished third in the MAC with an average of 12.60 assists per set in her first year on the bench. Keck also played an integral role in the development of setter Michelle Jantsch, who earned second-team All-MAC honors after handing out 1,220 assists in 2008 - the ninth-best single-season total in program history.

Keck also helped direct the Ohio offense to the third-best kills-per-set average in the MAC in 2008, finishing with a mark of 13.62 per frame.

Keck came to Ohio after spending two seasons as an assistant coach at DePaul University, a member of the BIG EAST conference. Her role with the Blue Demons mirrored her duties at Ohio, as she specialized in setter development and oversaw the recruiting and travel aspects of the program.

Prior to joining the DePaul staff, she was a volunteer assistant on the 2005 Northwestern coaching staff that guided NU to the second round of the NCAA Championship. Ohio head volleyball coach Ryan Theis was an assistant and the recruiting coordinator on the same staff.

Keck's coaching experience also extends to the club ranks, where she served as the team coach, private lessons director and co-director of setter training for the Lions/First Alliance Volleyball Club from 1998-2006.

During Keck's collegiate career, she spent two years as Auburn's starting setter and team captain before transferring to Illinois-Chicago in 2002. Keck had an immediate impact with the Flames, as she was named Horizon League Newcomer of the Year in 2002. She also set UIC's single-match hitting percentage record (.900), and currently ranks third on the school's all-time hitting percentage chart and sixth in total assists.

In 2004, Keck was named UIC Female Athlete of the Year and was awarded the NCAA Sportsmanship Award. An academic standout at both of her collegiate stops, she graduated in 2004 with a 3.9 grade-point average and a degree in marketing.