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Nate Kitrush begins his first season with the Penn State women's volleyball team as the Director of Volleyball Operations and technical coordinator. His duties include team travel logistics and day-to-day organization as well as being the primary technical operator of the Data Volley and Data Video. "We had a lot of people who were interested in our opening for Director of Volleyball Operations and Nate was the one who I thought best filled the needs that we had in the area of video and technical analysis," said head coach Russ Rose. "It was a very important hire for us and I have been very pleased with his focus and skills." A 2008 graduate of IPFW, Kitrush was most recently an assistant coach for the IPFW men's volleyball team as well as a volunteer assistant coach with the Purdue women's volleyball team. With both squads his duties included opponent video analysis and breakdown, charting offensive and defensive tendencies, aiding with on-campus recruiting and a multitude of organizational responsibilities. Kitrush was also involved in the coaching aspect of the game with the Mastodons, helping the team to a berth in the NCAA National Semifinals in 2006. Kitrush played for legendary IPFW men's coach Arnie Ball for one season before moving over to the managerial side and has also coached within the club ranks, helping the Munciana 17-1's squad to a third-place finish at the Junior Olympic Championship in 2005. He has been an active camp clinician since 2004, working with the IPFW and Purdue women's camps as well as the Ohio State men's camps. Kitrush has also been the coordinator for the IPFW alumni squad that annually participates in the USAV Adult Open Nationals. A native of Fort Wayne, Ind., Kitrush began his volleyball career as a three-year letterwinner at Northrop High School. He was an all-conference and all-state honoree as a senior and helped lead the squad to the state tournament three times, including two appearances in the state finals.
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