Alverno College

Neilee' Newton '20 begins her second season as the Head Coach of the Alverno volleyball team in 2025.

Before she brought her talents to Alverno, Newton served as the Head Coach at Reinas De La Cancha Volleyball Club. In her role, she developed offensive and defensive strategies, schedules, and practice plans. Before starting with Reinas De La Cancha Volleyball Club, she also served as Head Volleyball Coach at St. Anthony's High School. 

Newton is a proud graduate of Alverno College, where she played for the Inferno from 2017 to 2020. The former outside hitter recorded 77 matches, 267 kills, 44 assists, 67 service aces, 448 digs, two solo blocks, and 30 block assists over her collegiate career and served on the Leadership Committee. 



2024 Season
In her first season at the helm, Newton mentored two All-Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) selections, the first time in program history that multiple players had won the award in the same season. The award was also the fourth of senior Rolin West's career, but her first outside of the honorable mention team. Newton picked up her first collegiate head coaching win against Mount Mary on Sept. 6, defeating the Blue Angels in four sets. She also led the team to a season sweep over Maranatha Baptist, the first time the team had defeated the Sabercats twice in the same season, and just the second and third wins over the program.

• NACC Second Team (1): Rolin West (2025)
• NACC Honorable Mention (1): Izzy Gianniou (2025)

• Head Volleyball Coach, Reinas De La Cancha Volleyball Club (2022-2024)
• Head Girl's Volleyball Coach. St. Anthony's High School (2022)

• Originally from Lafayette, Louisiana
• Graduated from Westminster Christian Academy in Opelousas, Louisiana in 2017
• Graduated from Alverno College in 2020 with a degree in Biomedical Sciences
• Played for the Alverno Volleyball team from 2017 to 2020.