Upcoming Event: Volleyball at Texas A&M on August 28, 2026
Volleyball
at Texas A&M
Grand Canyon University Athletics
Volleyball
Emily Witsaman
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- emily.witsaman@gcu.edu
- Phone:
- 602-639-7288
Emily Witsaman was named GCU women’s volleyball assistant coach in January of 2018.
Witsaman comes to GCU from Upper Iowa, where she helped direct the Peacocks to a 21-9 mark. Before her time at UIU, she spent two seasons as a graduate assistant with the volleyball program at Heidelberg University in Tiffin, Ohio.
The Berg went 50-16 over Witsaman’s tenure and notched a 17-1 record in the OAC reaching the NCAA Regional Tournament twice and claiming the OAC Regular Season and Tournament Championship in 2015.
Prior to her successful run with the Heidelberg coaching staff, Witsaman was a four-year letter winner for the Retrievers of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, an NCAA Division I institution and a member of the America East Conference. As a senior, she was named to the America East All-Conference first team as a middle blocker after finishing the season with the second best hitting percentage in the conference (.295) and leading the team to a runner-up finish in the America East Tournament. As a junior, Witsaman led the conference in blocks and closed out her career with the Retrievers ranked sixth in program history in block assists and tenth in total blocks. She also kept busy off the court serving on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, or SAAC, Executive Board and also earned a spot on the America East Commissioner’s Honor Roll as a senior.
A native of Medina, Ohio, Witsaman graduated from Medina High School before attending UMBC. She completed her Master's degree in business administration from Heidelberg. She is also a graduate of the NCAA Women's Coaches Academy Class 43.
Witsaman comes to GCU from Upper Iowa, where she helped direct the Peacocks to a 21-9 mark. Before her time at UIU, she spent two seasons as a graduate assistant with the volleyball program at Heidelberg University in Tiffin, Ohio.
The Berg went 50-16 over Witsaman’s tenure and notched a 17-1 record in the OAC reaching the NCAA Regional Tournament twice and claiming the OAC Regular Season and Tournament Championship in 2015.
Prior to her successful run with the Heidelberg coaching staff, Witsaman was a four-year letter winner for the Retrievers of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, an NCAA Division I institution and a member of the America East Conference. As a senior, she was named to the America East All-Conference first team as a middle blocker after finishing the season with the second best hitting percentage in the conference (.295) and leading the team to a runner-up finish in the America East Tournament. As a junior, Witsaman led the conference in blocks and closed out her career with the Retrievers ranked sixth in program history in block assists and tenth in total blocks. She also kept busy off the court serving on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, or SAAC, Executive Board and also earned a spot on the America East Commissioner’s Honor Roll as a senior.
A native of Medina, Ohio, Witsaman graduated from Medina High School before attending UMBC. She completed her Master's degree in business administration from Heidelberg. She is also a graduate of the NCAA Women's Coaches Academy Class 43.
"It would be really cool to beat my mom's record." - Aubrey Goodere | Volleyball
Tuesday, January 06
Bella Nunez | Women's Volleyball
Monday, November 10
Kendra Potts Post Match Press Conference | GCU vs NAU 9.7.25
Monday, September 08
“You don’t know what it’s like.” | The Lope-a-Palooza Experience
Saturday, August 30
