Lahey and Netisingha join volleyball staff

MILWAUKEE – Marquette University head volleyball coach Ryan Theis has announced the addition of Kelsey Lahey as director of operations and Peter Netisingha as volunteer assistant coach.

Lahey spent the previous two seasons as an assistant coach at her alma mater, Marist. Following the 2019 season, her first year as an assistant, Lahey was recognized by VolleyballMag.com as one of the top up-and-coming coaches in the country, spanning NCAA Division I women's volleyball, as well as beach volleyball and Division I and II men's volleyball.

Lahey graduated from Marist College in 2016 with a bachelor's degree in political science, following a senior season in which she collected 372 total kills, which was good for a team-high for the year, as well as the eighth most kills in a single season in program history.

She ended her career at Marist sixth on the program's all-time kills list with 1,014 kills. She eclipsed the 1,000 career kills mark by accumulating 16 of the teams 24 kills against Fairfield in the MAAC Championship match in 2015. She is also currently fourth all-time in career attacks (3,253) and tied for sixth all-time in kills in a single match (25).

Her career accolades include being a two-time MAAC All-Championship Team selection, a three-time MAAC All-Academic Team selection, and a one-time All-MAAC First Team and All-ECAC Second Team selection. She was also named to the Crosstown Tournament All-Tournament Team in 2015, as well as the Volley in the Valley tournament MVP in the same year.

Following her time at Marist, Lahey earned her Master's of Fine Arts in Sculpture at Boston University. Lahey has also spent the past two years as an assistant volleyball coach in Maumee, Ohio for the Premier Volleyball Academy.

Netisingha coached at four different NCAA Division I institutions before joining the Milwaukee Sting Volleyball Club in 2018. He serves in an administrative and coaching role with the Sting and has been the head coach of the 17 Gold 2019 and 2020 teams as well as 15 Gold 2021.

The Hinsdale, Illinois native spent the 2016-18 seasons as an assistant coach at Illinois State and helped the Redbirds to a pair of Missouri Valley Conference championships in 2017 and 2018 and an appearance in the NCAA tournament in 2018. Prior to that he worked as a graduate assistant at the University of Nebraska from 2014-16 where he helped the Cornhuskers to an Elite Eight appearance in 2014 and an NCAA Championship in 2015.

He also served as a volunteer assistant at both Wisconsin in 2009-11 and at Ohio on the coaching staff of Ryan Theis in 2013 in addition to the 2014 campaign in Athens.

Netisingha graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2012 with a bachelor's degree in sociology. He began is collegiate career playing volleyball at St. Ambrose University in 2009.

Keep up with the Marquette University women's volleyball program through social media by following on Twitter (@MarquetteVB) and Instagram (@MarquetteVB) and 'liking' on Facebook (/MarquetteVolleyball).

Related Videos