Devon Wells Announced as Head Women’s Volleyball Coach

Women’s Volleyball | Mon, Jun. 13, 2022

Des Moines, IA – The Grand View Athletics Department is excited to announce the hire of the new women’s volleyball Head Coach, Devon Wells. 

“Grand View has been a special place for me the past 15 years starting from a player and continuing into my coaching career,” said Head Coach Devon Wells. “I am incredibly grateful for this opportunity and feel confident with this transition since I have had the privilege of learning from some of the best staff over the past 10 seasons as a coach. I am excited for what is to come for this program’s future.”

Wells will begin her 10^th season with the Vikings but in a new role, Head Coach. While at Grand View she has coached a 258-91 record. She has coached several All-conference and All-Region players as well as 11 student-athletes that were named NAIA All-Americans.

During her tenure as an assistant coach at Grand View, the Vikings made it to the final site for nationals eight times including three elite eight finishes and three top 16 finishes.

Wells began her collegiate volleyball career in 2009 where she received first-team All-Conference and All-Region honors all four years. Along with the conference and region recognition, Wells was named Conference Player of the Year three of her four years at Grand View (2009, 2010, 2011).

At the national level, Wells was a 4x All-American earning honorable mention honors in ’09, third-team in ’10, first-team in ’11, and second-team in ’12. During her career at Grand View, she accomplished many individual and team milestones. Individually, she tallied more than 2,600 kills and over 2,100 digs. She was also one of the top kill leaders in the NAIA during her four seasons at Grand View.

There were also several team milestones she was a part of, some of those include: being nationally ranked for the first time in school history, beating teams that were ranked in the top 10, winning conference championships, playing in the NAIA first round, and making it to the final site at the NAIA championships.

Coach Wells’s athleticism goes beyond the volleyball court, she was also an All-Conference and All-American track and field thrower. In her fifth year at Grand View, she played women’s basketball where she received Heart of America All-Conference honors.

“I am very happy that Devon Wells has agreed to become the next Head Women’s Volleyball Coach at Grand View,” said Athletics Director Troy Plummer, “She is…