Ashley Petak enters her third season as an assistant volleyball coach for the 2015 season.
During her second year with the Vikings, Petak helped with the continued development of several key players, including having two players in Courtney Ysker and Ashley Wilson earn All-NSIC honors.
In her first season with Augustana, Petak helped the Vikings to one of their best offensive seasons in program history.
A native of Omaha, Neb., Petak helped setter Marissa Johnson to second-team All-NSIC honors. Johnson tallied 12.63 assists per set, the fifth-best mark in Augustana volleyball history.
Helping with the direction of Augustana’s offense, Petak assisted Holly Hafemeyer earn AVCA first-team All-American honors and Courtney Ysker AVCA honorable mention All-American honors. Hafemeyer and Ysker were both named to the All-NSIC first team in 2013.
Petak graduated from Truman State University in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science and served two years as a member of the Minnesota State University, Mankato volleyball staff from 2011-12.
During four seasons as Truman State’s starting setter, she led the Bulldogs to a 118-35 record. Truman State won the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association regular-season and tournament championships in 2007, and in 2008 advanced to the NCAA Division II Final Four.
She is third in career assists at Truman State (3,461), fifth in service aces (138), eighth in assists per set (6.22), and ninth in digs (1,336). She was named to the All-MIAA third team in 2010.
Petak contributed to four Nebraska Class A championships at Bellevue West High School. She was named to the All-State first team in 2006, and was a three-time Class A All-Tournament selection. She holds the school record for career assists (3,975) and set the single-season assist record (1,333) in 2004. In 2003 she competed with the Junior Olympic national championship team.
Petak earned a master’s degree in Sport and Exercise Psychology from Minnesota State University, Mankato in May, 2013.
