HEATHER ROBERTS
ASSISTANT VOLLEYBALL COACH

Heather Roberts begins her first season as an assistant volleyball coach at Colorado School of Mines in 2008.

Prior to her arrival at CSM, Roberts spent the 2007 season as an assistant coach at the Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly University of Missouri - Rolla). From 2005 to 2007, Roberts served in the capacities of assistant coach and interim head coach at Bemidji State University.

Roberts' coaching experience also includes a pair of club-level positions with the USA Junior Olympic Volleyball organization. The head coach of the Po'okela Volleyball Club in Lihue, Hawaii, from 1999-02, Roberts also guided the Central Missouri Volleyball Club from 2003-05. During the summers of 2002-05, Roberts also spent time as an assistant coach for the Kauai High School varsity volleyball team in Lihue.

A 2005 graduate of William Woods University (NAIA) in Fulton, Missouri, Roberts was a starting setter and right-side hitter on the Owls' volleyball team from 2001-04. Roberts, who served as a co-captain for the Owls, earned First Team All-Conference, Academic All-Conference, Honorable Mention All-Conference, Region V Setter of the Week, AMC Setter of the Week and WWU Student-Athlete of the Month during her collegiate career.

Roberts, who earned her master's degree in Sports Studies from Bemidji State in 2007, currently resides in Golden.