COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 29, 2023) – USA Volleyball was saddened to learn of the death this week of women’s college volleyball coach Stephanie Schleuder, 73.
Schleuder achieved 703 victories over 34 years of coaching women’s volleyball at Bemidji State, Minnesota-Duluth (her alma mater where she was head basketball coach and a volleyball assistant), Alabama, Minnesota and Macalester College.
Schleuder joined the USA Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2004 when she won the Karen M. Johnson Human Resources Award.
In 2007, she won the George J. Fisher Leader in Volleyball Award and in 2019, she was named an All-Time Great Coach.
In 2005, Schleuder was inducted into the Minnesota Volleyball Hall of Fame, and the following year was honored at the Minnesota State Capitol with an award at the Minnesota National Girls and Women in Sports Day.
Schleuder is a graduate of the University of Minnesota-Duluth. In 1991, she became the first woman to be inducted into the UMD Bulldogs Hall of Fame. As an athlete, she competed in volleyball, basketball, badminton, field hockey, softball, tennis and track.
From 2002-2004, Schleuder served as president of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA). She also served as Chair of the AVCA Awards Committee.