Inga Kurgonaite

Assistant Coach
E-mail: ikurgona@nmu.edu
Telephone: 906-227-1173

Inga Kurgonaite begins her second season as an assistant coach on the Northern Michigan University volleyball staff.

Kurgonaite spent 2011 as an assistant coach at Kent (Ohio) State University. She was a graduate assistant coach at Bucknell University (Lewisburg, Pa.) for three seasons (2008-10). The native of Lithuania helped with coaching, recruiting and opponent scouting as part of the BU coaching staff.

Kurgonaite was a right-side hitter at Lock Haven (Pa.) University from 2004-07. As a third team All-American in 2006, she led the Lady Eagles to three straight NCAA Elite Eight appearances (2004-06), three NCAA Atlantic Region championships (2004-06) and a pair of Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) titles (2004, 2006). A four-time All-Atlantic Region selection, she ended her career third in kills (1,459) and hitting percentage (.303) and fourth in blocks (426).

Kurgonaite was a 2007 NCAA Leadership Conference participant and was the co-president of the Lock Haven Student-Athlete Advisory Committee as a senior in 2007-08.  She received a bachelor’s degree in recreation and event management there and a master’s degree in education with a concentration on college student personnel at Bucknell.