Courtney Materazzi is entering her seventh season leading the Fairmont State volleyball program in 2020. Materazzi enters the year with a 120-72 career record, earning her 100th career victory on Oct. 13, 2018 with a 3-1 win over Concord University.
During the 2019 season, Fairmont State volleyball finished the year with a 16-15 overall record and earned the No. 7 seed in the MEC Tournament. Following the season a trio of Falcons earned All-MEC honors, including second-team selection Rebecca Feeney. Julia DiPaola also garnered MEC honorable mention, and Amelia Moore was named to the MEC All-Freshman Team.
In 2018, the Falcons finished the year with a 13-17 overall record and earned the No. 8 seed in the MEC Tournament after winning nine of their final 13 matches. Following the regular season, senior libero Megan Clerico earned MEC honorable mention. Clerico finished third in school history in career digs with 1,943.
The Falcon volleyball program also earned academic honors from the AVCA for the third-consecutive season after recording a team GPA of 3.32 during the 2018-19 season.
In 2017, Materazzi led the Falcons to their eighth-straight season of at least 20 wins - four of which have been under her leadership as head coach. The 2017 Fairmont State volleyball team finished the year with a 21-11 overall record and appeared in the regional rankings late in the season before missing out on a regional bid.
Three Falcon volleyball standouts earned postseason honors following the 2017 season, including Mackenzie Harrison - the 2017 D2CCA National Player of the Year. Harrison led the country in kills with 710 as a senior in 2017 and was also named the MEC and Atlantic Region Player of the Year for her efforts. She earned All-America honors from D2CCA and AVCA and also wrapped up her career as the all-time leader in kills at Fairmont State with 1,968.
Libero Megan Clerico and setter Jessica Furda also earned MEC honorable mention following the 2017 season.
In 2016, Materazzi led the Falcons to their first NCAA Tournament bid since 1998 as FSU finished the year with a 21-14 overall record.
Following the 2016 season, junior right-side hitter
Mackenzie Harrison earned All-America honors from D2CCA after totaling the second-most kills in a single season at Fairmont State (581). In addition, setter
Jessica Furda and libero
Megan Clerico both earned postseason honors from the Mountain East Conference, and middle hitter
Rebecca Feeney was named to the MEC All-Freshman Team.
The Falcons also garnered academic honors from the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) for the second-consecutive season - totaling a 3.46 team grade-point average during the 2016-17 academic year. In addition, nine FSU players earned MEC academic honors following the fall semester.
In each of her first three seasons leading the FSU volleyball program, the Falcons finished runner-up in the Mountain East Conference Volleyball Tournament, tallying a conference record of 38-10 over that stretch.
In 2015, the Falcons went 25-8 overall and had a 14-2 mark in MEC play, only falling to the NCAA Division II National Champions, Wheeling Jesuit, in conference play.
A total of five players earned Mountain East Conference honors in 2015, including first-team selections Mackenzie Harrison and Erin Harwood. Seniors Kaitlyn Witsman and Courtney Kress both earned MEC honorable mention and Megan Clerico was named to the MEC All-Freshman Team.
In addition to their on-court success, the Falcons also had 11 players earn MEC academic honors in 2015. The 2015-16 FSU volleyball team was also recognized by the AVCA by earning the team academic award. The Falcons had a team grade-point average of 3.54 during the 2015-16 academic year.
A Fairmont State volleyball player received the Jasper H. Colebank Award during four-consecutive athletics seasons from 2015 to 2018, including Mackenzie Harrison (2018), Breanna Blot (2017), Erin Harwood (2016) and Tabbie Bias (2015). The award is presented annually to the senior student-athlete at Fairmont State University that does the most to promote the best interest of Fairmont State Athletics.
The 2014 volleyball team finished with a 24-7 overall record and a 13-3 mark in MEC matches, landing three players on MEC postseason honor teams. Seniors Tabbie Bias and Tiff Smathers both earned first team All-MEC honors while Mackenzie Harrison was named to the All-MEC second team. Bias and Harrison each earned all-region honors.
In addition to those honors, Kaitlyn Witsaman also earned first team Capital One Academic All-District for her work on the volleyball court and in the classroom.
Prior to being named head coach, Materazzi served as an assistant volleyball coach for six seasons, including five at Fairmont State.
In 2013, Materazzi helped lead the Falcons to a 27-7 overall record and runner-up finish in the inaugural Mountain East Conference Volleyball Tournament. She also helped mentor four first team All-MEC performers, including Bri Swann, who also earned second team Capital One Academic All-America honors.
During the 2012 season, Materazzi helped coach Fairmont State to a 24-9 overall record with three FSU players earning postseason honors from the WVIAC.
In 2011, Materazzi served as an assistant coach for the indoor program and the inaugural sand volleyball team at Stetson University. The Hatters sand volleyball team finished with a 9-8 record, finished second in the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament, and had a pair compete at the AVCA Championships. Julia Bassett was named the A-Sun Freshman of the Year.
In her first stint at Fairmont State from 2008-10, Materazzi helped the Falcons increase their win total each season with her on the bench, culminating with a 20-10 overall record and a runner-up finish in the WVIAC standings in 2010. That season, two players earned first team All-WVIAC honors, the first from FSU to earn that honor since 2005.
Materazzi came to Fairmont after a stellar career at Cal State Monterey Bay. As a senior for the Otters, she was a team captain and second team all-conference selection. She was also named player of the week during her senior season and was named to the league’s all-academic team. During her career, the volleyball team was twice selected as the women’s team of the year.
She and her husband, Christian, were married in the summer of 2010. They are parents to Dominic James (3) and Chiara (5 months).
| Season |
Overall Record |
MEC Record |
| 2014 |
24-7 |
13-3 |
| 2015 |
25-8 |
14-2 |
| 2016 * |
21-14 |
11-5 |
| 2017 |
21-11 |
11-5 |
| 2018 |
13-17 |
7-9 |
| 2019 |
16-15 |
9-7 |
| Total |
120-72 (.625) |
65-31 (.677) |
*earned NCAA Tournament bid
