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From November 20, 2008 issue

Nalley-Schembra inducted to Volleyball Hall of Fame

Roncalli High School's health teacher Kathy Nalley-Schembra was recently inducted into the Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association Volleyball Hall of Fame. She was the head coach at Roncalli High School for 37 years and the only coach in school history prior to this 2008 season.

Roncalli Principal Chuck Weisenbach comments, "Kathy deserves all the recognition she gets for having built one of the state's most respected and most successful volleyball programs. No one was ever going to outwork Kathy. Her teams were always well prepared and represented the school in exemplary fashion."

She currently serves as the department chair of Health/Physical Education at Roncalli High School, where she teaches Health, Child Development, and Driver Education. To her students, she conveys the importance of taking up "favorite causes", as Kathy is an avid supporter of the fight against breast cancer, being a survivor herself.

Her personal volleyball accolades include Indianapolis Metro coach of the year seven times, Indiana South Coach of the year in 2005, and ICGSA's State 3A Coach of the year in 2006. She has been featured in Sports Illustrated Faces in the Crowd. Amassing an incredible 900 plus wins in her career puts her as the second "winningest" coach in Indiana Volleyball history. But as always, she would share that all of her accomplishments would not have been possible without the hard work and dedication of her assistant coaches and players over the years.

In her tenure at Roncalli, her teams have won five Marion County Championships, 10 Indianapolis City Championships, 24 Sectional, 11 Regional, four Semi-State and three IHSAA State Championships. It is easy to see why she is recognized by her peers as one of the finest volleyball coaches in the state.

Kathy has been fortunate to have matriculated some great athletes, coaching 31 All-State performers, 77 All-City, 20 All-County, 11 Indiana All-Stars, the 2006 Gatorade Volleyball Player of the Year, and the National Setter of the Year.

Kathy and her husband Larry have four children, three grandchildren and a fourth one on the way in January. She retired as Head Volleyball Coach for the Rebels after 37 seasons in order to watch her favorite volleyball player ever, her daughter, Kaylee, play at Ball State, her alma mater, this year.

 

 


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