Milwaukee, WI- As she looked to find Mount Mary's next Head Volleyball Coach, Director of Athletics Natalie Balleto needed to only look to her past to find the perfect candidate to be her successor and next leader of the Blue Angel Volleyball program.

MMU has announced Maida Wolff as the next head coach of Mount Mary's volleyball team, Wolff is the former head women's volleyball coach and men's assistant volleyball coach at Cardinal Stritch University, where she also played under Balleto as a Volleyball Student Athlete.

Upon her graduation from Cardinal Stritch in 2019 with a Bachelor of Arts in Sports Management, Wolff served as a Graduate Assistant in the Sports Management department (earning a Master's of Science in Sport and Recreation Business), while also serving as an assistant Volleyball Coach at Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School. 

In January of 2021, Wolff was elevated to Head Volleyball Coach at Cardinal Stritch.  While serving as the head coach at Cardinal Stritch, Wolff shone in recruiting, landing multiple difference making new players in her tenure leading the Wolves. 

Wolff had this to say regarding taking leadership of the Blue Angel Volleyball team, "Thank you to Natalie Balleto and the other athletic staff members for giving me the opportunity to lead this program. I am honored to become a part of Mount Mary and equip these ladies with the many life lessons that the sport brings both on and off the court."

Director of Athletics, Natalie Balleto added, "We are thrilled to have Maida join our Athletics staff. She brings great experience as a former collegiate student-athlete and collegiate head coach. I am excited to see the volleyball program excel to higher levels under her leadership and for our players to elevate themselves in new ways on and off the court!"

Wolff inherits a young and promising Blue Angel squad.  The 2023 MMU team finished the season with two consecutive victories to complete a 7-18 campaign.  Stay tuned to www.mtmaryathletics.com for all updates and coverage of Blue Angel Volleyball.