Hailey Cowles - Assistant Coach - Women's Volleyball Coaches - South Dakota State University Athletics

Hailey Cowles

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
Hailey.Cowles@sdstate.edu

Hailey Cowles is in her fifth year as the assistant coach at South Dakota State. She is the Jackrabbits’ recruiting coordinator and is responsible for their outside hitters and defensive specialists along with coordinating the squad’s travel.

Prior to joining the SDSU program, Cowles spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Concordia University in St. Paul.

A former Minnesota Golden Gopher standout, Cowles joined the collegiate coaching ranks in 2011, helping lead Concordia to its sixth and seventh NCAA Division II national titles. In 2013, the Golden Bears posted a 35-3 overall record.

Working with the setters and the defense, Cowles helped setter Amanda Konetchy earn American Volleyball Coaches Association all-America honors.

Cowles has also spent seven seasons as a head and assistant coach with the highly successful Mizuno Northern Lights Club team. As assistant coach of the U15 and U17 teams, Cowles won a pair of AAU national titles.

A native of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Cowles played four seasons at the University of Minnesota, helping the Gophers advance to the NCAA Final Four in 2009. The two-time team captain was named to the NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team after leading the Gopher offense with 12 kills in a loss to No. 2 Texas. She also added two assists, two service aces and six digs. In five tournament games, Cowles collected eight service aces.

In the 2009 season, the outside hitter played in 35 of 36 matches, averaging 2.71 digs and 1.46 kills per set.

After tearing an ACL in 2010, Cowles returned to the lineup for her senior year. She ranked first on the squad in total attacks (807), second in service aces (21) and digs (370), and fourth in kills (255, 2.06 per set) and assists (74). Cowles finished her career eighth in career digs (1,286).

Cowles played club ball for Northern Lights. She was named to the all-tournament team when the club went undefeated and won the national championship in the U17 Junior Nationals in 2006.

A 2007 graduate and four-year letterwinner from Eden Prairie High School, Cowles was named Ms. Minnesota Volleyball, Gatorade Player of the Year and was the Star Tribune Metro Player of the Year in 2006. She was named a prepvolleyball.com high school all-American as a senior and to the prepvolleyball.com “Senior Aces” list. Cowles earned all-state honors in her final two seasons, was named a 2005 Star Tribune All-Metro and 2006 Pioneer Press First-Team All-Metro honoree. She is the only Eagle to record over 1,000 career kills and 1,000 career digs.

The 2011 Minnesota graduate has a degree in business and marketing education.