Caley Carter-Knudsen has been hired as an assistant volleyball coach, as announced by University at Albany head coach MJ Engstrom.
Carter-Knudsen was most recently a professional volleyball player in Europe, where she competed for the last five years. She led the Odense Women’s Professional team to seven championship gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze at the Danish Cup and Danish Nationals Championships. A team captain on back-to-back championship teams, Carter-Knudsen was a two-time Danish Team of the Year Outside Hitter and was runner-up for Danish Player of the Year twice.
Carter-Knudsen, who played for Engstrom at Nicholls State from 2002-04, helped lead the Colonels to a conference championship and was named the Southland Conference Player of the Year. A team captain, she was an all-conference first-team selection and was the Southland Conference Tournament MVP.
Not only a talented volleyball player, Carter-Knudsen also competed in indoor shot put and outdoor discus. She earned All-America status six times at Barton County Community College and won the 2009 Danish National Championship in the shot put.
