Scott Wong

 

Head Coach

Pepperdine alum Scott Wong was named the Waves' head women's volleyball coach in December of 2014, becoming the fifth head coach in the program's history. 

Wong was a three-time All-American for the Pepperdine men's volleyball team from 1998-01 before serving as an assistant coach for two legendary volleyball instructors. He first assisted Marv Dunphy on the Waves' sideline for four men's seasons between 2005-09. Since 2010, Wong has been associate coach for Dave Shoji and the Hawaii women's volleyball squad. Shoji is the all-time winningest coach in NCAA Division I women's volleyball history. 

The 2001 graduate of Pepperdine University grew up in Pearl City, O`ahu, and played his high school ball at Punahou School in Honolulu. 

The Rainbow Wahine enjoyed tremendous success during Wong's time with the program. UH won four league titles and advanced to the NCAA Tournament all five seasons with Wong on the sideline. Hawaii reached as far as the regional semifinals in 2011, losing a tightly contested match to USC. The `Bows just recently concluded the 2014 season with a 22-7 record after reaching the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

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Brittany Lindsey

Camp Director

Coming from a background in education and athletics, Brittany Lindsey joined the coaching staff with a desire to empower and enhance young athletes to reach their highest potential on and off the court.

Having been an athlete throughout her life and coaching student-athletes for many years, Brittany sees the impact of positive coaching, with a foundation in hard work, has on developing athletes. She earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology and Master’s degree in Educational Counseling from Azusa Pacific University. Brittany has been working with middle and high school students since 2006 in various roles, primarily as a school counselor and coach. She sees the position of Director as an opportunity to create an experience for student-athletes to develop a strong work ethic, create memories, and grow in their abilities to become outstanding volleyball players. Brittany desires to add to the camp atmosphere of not only enhancing volleyball skills but helping young people understand that lessons learned in volleyball are so parallel to life.

Brittany is married to her husband Kevin, and they live in Conejo Valley with their two incredible daughters. 

Blossom Sato

Assistant Coach

Head Coach Scott Wong brought Pepperdine women’s volleyball alumna back to the sidelines as an assistant coach in February of 2022.

Sato graduated from Pepperdine in 2019 after a standout two seasons as a setter for the Waves in 2018 and 2019, including an All-WCC first team nod and having led the program to an NCAA second round appearance in 2018. After finishing up her playing career, she immediately hit the sidelines, serving as Pepperdine women’s volleyball’s volunteer assistant coach in 2019 for her first collegiate coaching stint.

While on the Pepperdine sidelines, Sato helped six Waves to All-WCC honors and two to AVCA Pacific South Regional awards. She analyzed video with VolleyMetrics to create strategic and effective scouting reports and made developing relationships with club and high school coaches, prospective student-athletes, colleagues and other coaches a priority. She directed, organized and promoted seasonal camps and clinic to draw national caliber student-athletes to campus. She also assisted in all aspects of the volleyball program including but not limited to recruiting prospective student-athletes, promoting student-athlete and team performance through video and preparation, assisting in statistical breakdowns and scouting reports, and working alongside the director of operations for all logistical and day-to-day functions.

Most recently, Sato worked as an assistant coach for Portland State for two seasons, helping lead her players to three Big Sky first team honors and two Big Sky Libero of the Year nods. She coached the squad to the first Big Sky Championship semifinal appearance since 2017, the best league record since 2013 and the first postseason appearance in the NIVC since 2010 throughout her time with PSU.

While with the Vikings, she primarily focused on assisting in the development and execution of high-quality practices by implementing intense drills focusing on skill development and strategy, analyzed video through VolleyMetrics and motivated the players towards the commitment of high academic goals and continued personal development.

Sato also served as head coach of the North Pacific Juniors Volleyball Club since 2020 and has previous coached as a Head Coach for Oaks Volleyball Club and Assistant Coach for Mizuno Long Beach Volleyball Club.

In addition to her awards while playing with the Waves, Sato started all 31 matches as a senior in 2018. She ranked 3rd in the league and 42nd nationally with 10.76 assists/set. Along with a career playing for the Waves, Sato also spent a few seasons playing for Mississippi State, where she recorded the fourth-best assist total by a freshman in program history.
Sato currently resides in Santa Monica, Calif.

Korrin Wild

Assistant Coach

Head Coach Scott Wong announced the hiring of Korrin Wild to the sidelines as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator in February 2023.  

Wild had spent the last nine years on the collegiate and club sidelines in various capacities, though prior to joining the coaching side of the game, she played professionally for one of the top Division I club teams in France.
 
Most recently since 2019, Wild had served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the Nevada, Reno women’s volleyball team.  She was promoted to associate head coach in 2020.  Throughout that time, she worked as the program’s lead for donor relations and fundraising, while managing individual player development.  She also directed national searches for future student-athletes, having implemented an internal tracking database, while also planning and arranging all team travel, monitoring all NCAA rules and regulations, managing community outreach and serving as the video coordinator.
 
Prior to that, Wild was an assistant coach at Seattle Pacific from 2017-19.  She was the assistant recruiting coordinator and assisted in player development and practice planning.  She also served as the statistician, technical and video coordinator, among other things.
 
From 2015-17, she served as the Director of Volleyball Operations for Fresno State, with a brief stint as interim assistant coach.  During her tenure, she managed the volleyball program’s operational budget, served as the Data Volley statistician and assistant video coordinator, was responsible for tracking NCAA CARA hours and planned and arranged all team travel.
 
Before joining the coaching sidelines, Wild played for one of the top Division I club teams in France with the Vannes Volleyball Club.  She also interned at the Fresno Convention and Entertainment Center, completing a 12-week summer internship developing skills in event and staff management. 
 
Wild graduated from Fresno State in 2013 and was ranked among the program’s top 10 all-time for kills, digs, aces and sets played.  She was an All-Mountain West first teamer in 2013 and received second team recognition in 2011.