Tanya Hockman (volleyball coach)
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Tanya Hockman is the head coach
of women's volleyball
at Malone University in Canton, Ohio
. 2010 will be her eleventh season at the school as head coach and through the 2009 season, her lifetime coaching record is 260-151. She also served as an assistant Malone women’s basketball coach from 1995 to 2001.
Hockman is also currently serving as an adjunct instructor in the Department of Theology
(Sports Ministries) at Malone University. She is also the National Christian College Athletic Association
East Region Volleyball Chair, a position she has held since 2005 and is a former board member of both the Association of Church Sports and Recreation Ministries and the Regional Sports Consortium.
All-America Scholar Athletes. Hockman was awarded Coach of the Year by the American Mideast Conference
in 2000, 2001 and the Tachikara/AVCA NAIA
Region IX Coach of the Year in 2001.
in Christian Ministries at Malone in 1994 and in 1999 completed a Masters in Christian Ministries also from Malone. She and her husband Scott and three daughters reside in North Canton, Ohio
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Tanya and her husband, Scott, also a Malone graduate (1994), and their 3 daughters reside in North Canton.
Coach (sport)
In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
of women's volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
at Malone University in Canton, Ohio
Canton, Ohio
Canton is the county seat of Stark County in northeastern Ohio, approximately south of Akron and south of Cleveland.The City of Caton is the largest incorporated area within the Canton-Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area...
. 2010 will be her eleventh season at the school as head coach and through the 2009 season, her lifetime coaching record is 260-151. She also served as an assistant Malone women’s basketball coach from 1995 to 2001.
Hockman is also currently serving as an adjunct instructor in the Department of Theology
Theology
Theology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...
(Sports Ministries) at Malone University. She is also the National Christian College Athletic Association
National Christian College Athletic Association
The National Christian College Athletic Association is an association of approximately 100 Christian universities, colleges, and Bible colleges in the United States and Canada which see collegiate sports primarily as an opportunity for Christian fellowship and ministry. The national headquarters...
East Region Volleyball Chair, a position she has held since 2005 and is a former board member of both the Association of Church Sports and Recreation Ministries and the Regional Sports Consortium.
Coaching achievements
At Malone, Hockman has coached two NAIA Honorable Mention honorees (Angela Lockhart and Brandie Beebe), two AMC Player of the Year recipients (Angela Lockhart and Kim Slone) and six NAIANational Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...
All-America Scholar Athletes. Hockman was awarded Coach of the Year by the American Mideast Conference
American Mideast Conference
The American Mideast Conference is an affiliate of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics that includes eight member institutions in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Massachusetts. Founded in 1949, it was known as the Mid-Ohio League, and named the Mid-Ohio Conference from 1962...
in 2000, 2001 and the Tachikara/AVCA NAIA
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...
Region IX Coach of the Year in 2001.
Personal life
Hockman graduated with a Bachelor of ArtsBachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
in Christian Ministries at Malone in 1994 and in 1999 completed a Masters in Christian Ministries also from Malone. She and her husband Scott and three daughters reside in North Canton, Ohio
North Canton, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 16,369 people, 7,114 households, and 4,382 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,697.1 people per square mile . There were 7,506 housing units at an average density of 1,236.8 per square mile...
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Tanya and her husband, Scott, also a Malone graduate (1994), and their 3 daughters reside in North Canton.