Kele Eveland

Kele Eveland, one of the most decorated female student-athletes in Georgia Tech school history and the only first-team AVCA All-American in the history of the Atlantic Coast Conference. She is the assistant coach at San Diego State University. Prior to joining the Aztec volleyball coaching staff she served as a volunteer assistant coach at her alma mater, Georgia Tech, during the 2008 campaign. Last season, Eveland assisted the Yellow Jacket staff with all aspects of coaching and provided valuable insight on head coach Bond Shymansky’s offense after serving as his starting setter his first four years at Georgia Tech. Eveland was the Yellow Jackets’ starting setter from 2000-03, and finished her career ranked fourth in the NCAA record books with 6,464 assists. The 2003 ACC Player of the Year, 2000 Rookie of the Year and three-time all-ACC honoree averaged 13.38 assists per game and still ranks in the top-10 in the Tech career annals for digs and block assists. She holds the school record and three of the top seven marks in Yellow Jacket history, for assists in a season. Following her graduation from Georgia Tech in 2004, Eveland spent four years playing professionally in Granada, Spain, before retiring in May, 2008. Eveland was honored as the recipient of the Georgia Tech Total Person Award in 2004, recognizing the top Yellow Jacket student-athlete of the year. She also earned Academic All-America honors her senior year and was a recipient of NCAA and ACC Postgraduate Scholarships. Eveland became the first - and only - female in Georgia Tech history to have her jersey retired when the school did so in a pre-match ceremony at O’Keefe Gym September 9, 2005. After receiving her degree from Georgia Tech in management in 2004, Eveland went on to earn a master’s degree in organizational leadership from Gonzaga in 2006. Eveland, 27, is one of five athletic children born to Jack and Jay Eveland. She is one of several women in her family to have played collegiate volleyball, including her mother (Central Michigan) and sisters Mya (George Washington) and Ki (Boise State). Eveland’s other sister, Breanna, was a three-time All-American pole vaulter at Kansas State who is now married to San Diego Charger Jeromey Clary. Her father played rugby at Central Michigan and her brother, Derik, is currently a baseball and basketball coach in Phoenix, Ariz.