POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – Marist Volleyball has hired Kelsey Lahey as an assistant coach ahead of the 2019 season, head coach Sean Byron announced.

Lahey graduated from Marist College in 2016 with a bachelor's degree in political science, following a senior season in which she collected 372 total kills, which was good for a team-high for the year, as well as the eighth most kills in a single season in program history.

"Kelsey was not only a great player here at Marist, but she was also a great competitor and an amazing person," Head Coach Sean Byron said. "I am excited for those of you that do not know her to have the opportunity to meet and work with her this fall."

She ended her career at Marist sixth on the program's all-time kills list with 1,014 kills. She eclipsed the 1,000 career kills mark by accumulating 16 of the teams 24 kills against Fairfield in the MAAC Championship match in 2015. She is also currently fourth all-time in career attacks (3,253) and tied for sixth all-time in kills in a single match (25).

Her career accolades include being a two-time MAAC All-Championship Team selection, a three-time MAAC All-Academic Team selection, and a one-time All-MAAC First Team and All-ECAC Second Team selection. She was also named to the Crosstown Tournament All-Tournament Team in 2015, as well as the Volley in the Valley tournament MVP in the same year.

Following her time at Marist, Lahey earned her Master's of Fine Arts in Sculpture at Boston University. Lahey has also spent the past two years as an assistant volleyball coach in Maumee, Ohio for the Premier Volleyball Academy.