San Antonio - Trinity University Director of Athletics Bob King has announced the appointment of Allison Lawrence as assistant coach of the Tigers' volleyball team.

Lawrence replaces April Fricke, who became the head volleyball coach of Birmingham-Southern College. Birmingham-Southern and Trinity are members of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.

Most recently, Lawrence was an assistant coach at the University of La Verne (Calif.), The Leopards advanced to the 2008 NCAA Division III championship match. Lawrence also has been an assistant coach for Pomona-Pitzer College (Calif.) and three outstanding youth club teams.

Lawrence was an outside hitter - and four-year starter -- for the Oregon State University Beavers, where she earned the Bachelor of Science degree in 2005, in liberal arts (philosophy). She was ranked in the Beavers' top five positions for career kills (1,268), and was on the top-10 list in seven categories, on both offense and defense.

A team captain her junior and senior years, Lawrence earned All-Pac 10 Honorable Mention honors for four years. Lawrence also was elected to the All-PAC 10 Academic Teams four times. She was appointed a volunteer assistant coach at Oregon State, before the 2005-06 season.

Lawrence earned the Master of Arts in applied women's studies for Claremont Graduate University (Calif.) in 2008.

Trinity is led by head coach Julie Jenkins, who completed her 24^th year at the Tigers' helm.

"Allison will be a great addition to our program," coach Jenkins said.  "Along with having an impressive career as a player at Oregon State, she has gained valuable coaching experience under three different collegiate coaches. "

Trinity won its 15^th (and 11^th consecutive) SCAC championship. The Tigers, who completed the season with a 31-10 record, made their 17^th straight trip to the NCAA Division III playoffs. Trinity hosted the regional tournament and advanced to the semifinals.