Volleyball

Jane Passa is entering her eleventh year as head coach of the NDSCS volleyball program. With a coaching record of 286-125, Passa finished the 2008 season with a Region XIII title and runner up finish in District O. In 2007 the Wildcats finished with a Mon-Dak Conference title, as well as District O and Region XIII titles and a birth to the NJCAA Division II National Tournament. During her tenure as head coach, the Wildcats finished Region XIII runners-up in 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005 and 2006. The Wildcats were Region XIII champions in 2001, 2007, and 2008. They were also Mon-Dak champions in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. Passa lead the Wildcats to their first National Tournament in 2001 as NJCAA Division II National runners-up and District G and Region XIII champions. Coach Passa was selected Mon-Dak Conference Coach of the Year in 2006, 2007, and 2008, along with Region XIII Coach of the Year in 2007 and 2008. In 2007 she was named District O coach of the year, making it the second time she won a district coach of the year award, in 2001, she was named District G.

The Wildcats are on pace for another successful season in 2009 with goals of competing for the Region XIII championship and another trip to the national tournament.

Coach Passa came to NDSCS after teaching and coaching at North Dakota State University, where she helped lead the Bison to runners-up in the 1998 National Division II Collegiate Women's Volleyball Tournament. She also served as an assistant coach at Minnesota State University-Moorhead for two years. Passa earned her bachelor's degree from the University of North Dakota and master's from North Dakota State University.

Along with coaching and teaching duties at NDSCS, she serves as chair of the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Department. Jane and her husband, Jayme, have two daughters.

After a two year break Coach Hemberger is back to assist the Wildcats. Coach Hemberger was an assistant for Passa during the 2005 and 2006 seasons. She was also a standout hitter for the Wildcats in 2001 and 2002. She helped lead them to a National Tournament Runner-up finish in 2001 and was a captain for that team. She was named to the All-Region XIII and Mon-Dak All-Conference teams. She is currently number four in the record books for kills at 738.