Head
Coach
Kelley Hartley Hutton
A stellar 2005 campaign opened with eight straight wins, including titles at the Hofstra and Western Illinois Invitationals, before falling to the No. 7 Florida Gators on the road. Ranked among the top 10 teams in the Midwest Region throughout the year, IPFW Head Women's Volleyball Coach Kelley Hartley Hutton directed the Dons to a 24-6 overall record for their third consecutive 20-plus win season in just its fifth year of division I competition. That mark was good for 24th in the nation in winning percentage (.800), while the squad was also among the nation’s best in digs per game (33rd, 17.85 dpg).
The women’s volleyball team “won” in the classroom a year ago too. Hartley Hutton’s team turned in a combined 3.6 grade point average last fall while juggling a hectic travel schedule. Middle blocker Claire Jackson, now a senior, earned Independent All-Academic recognition and has achieved a perfect 4.0 in Biology six straight semesters.
Hartley Hutton enters her eighth season at IPFW and reached the 100 victory plateau just four matches into the 2004 season. Bowling Green State proved to be win number 100 for Hartley Hutton while at the Northwestern Labor Day Invite. The Dons then went on and added 22 more wins to finish their fourth Division I season with a 24-10 record, their best so far. The Dons ended the 2004 ranked 13 th in the Mideast Region and Hartley Hutton was voted “Independent Coach of the Year” for the second-straight year after leading the Dons to its second Independent Tournament Title in three tries.
Hartley Hutton now boasts a 146-73 (.666) record while at IPFW and a career record of 283-140 (.669) over a 12 year career. She ranks fifth in winning percentage among NCAA head coaches with more than five years at a four-year college, but fewer than five years in Div. I.
Carrying the torch through the Dons' final two years of Division II play and Hartley Hutton then led the Dons through a transition to the serious, Division I volleyball force it is now. She directed IPFW to a 2000 regular-season championship its last year competing in the Great Lakes Valley Conference and compiled an overall record of 23-7 that season. In 2001, the Dons first year of Division I play, they posted a 13-14 mark followed by a 16-18 season in 2002 - just shy of the .500 mark again. In 2003 the Dons rolled to a 22-10 record, and in 2004 they improved to a 24-10 record.
For the educational and cultural experience of her student-athletes' lifetime, Hartley Hutton took the squad to Brazil in May of 2003 for competitions, tourist excursions, and team bonding. It also meant "going home" for graduate assistant Fabiana Souza (a native of Belo Horizonte , Brazil ) and playing in front of her family in an IPFW jersey. Souza shattered IPFW career record for kills setting it at 2,305, the previous stood at 1,895 and repeated as Independent Offensive Player of the Year in 2005. She was 16 th in the nation in kills per game (4.94 kpg).
Off
the court, Big Brothers/Big Sisters is Hartley Hutton's favorite
non-profit organization and she has made time to mentor an area "little" since
2002, a relationship she cherishes. IPFW women's volleyball
matches are standard fall events for the organization's First
Friends Program. After those matches, Hartley Hutton and her
team use this as an opportunity to talk to area youth about
the importance of education and setting goals.
Hartley Hutton came to IPFW in 1999 after serving one year
at Robert Morris University rebuilding that program. In just
one year, her recruiting class led the Colonials to a Northeast
Conference championship and an NCAA Tournament berth in 1999,
redeeming
a seventh place league finish the year before. Hartley Hutton
began her coaching career at Walsh University in North Canton,
Ohio for four seasons (1994-97), leading the team to back-toback
Mid-Ohio Conference titles and the NAIA tournament (1996 and
1997). At Walsh, she compiled a record of 131- 44, earned MOC
Coach of the Year twice, and was the league's chairperson and
regional representative. She also served as the assistant athletic
director and senior woman administrator at Walsh.
A 1991 graduate from the University of Toledo, Hartley-Hutton
played four years for the Rockets serving as captain her junior
and senior years. She earned a M.S. in sports administration
from Bowling Green State University in 1993 while working at
the Mid-American Conference office. After completing a one-year
NCAA internship with the MAC, she was appointed to a full-time
position in 1992.
Kelley and her husband, Craig Hutton, were married in February
2004 after meeting at IPFW. They reside in Fort Wayne with their
dog, Sir Robert Marley.
| School |
Win |
Loss |
Pct. |
Year |
| Walsh |
28 |
13 |
.683 |
1994 |
| Walsh |
30 |
13 |
.697 |
1995 |
| Walsh |
38 |
8 |
.826 |
1996 |
| Walsh |
35 |
10 |
.777 |
1997 |
| Robert Morris |
6 |
23 |
.207 |
1998 |
| IPFW |
24 |
8 |
.750 |
1999 |
| IPFW |
23 |
7 |
.767 |
2000 |
| IPFW |
13 |
14 |
.481 |
2001 |
| IPFW |
16 |
18 |
.400 |
2002 |
| IPFW |
22 |
10 |
.687 |
2003 |
| IPFW |
24 |
10 |
.705 |
2004 |
| IPFW |
24 |
6 |
.800 |
2005 |
| Totals |
283 |
140 |
.669 |
12 yrs. |
 Assistant Coach
Stephen Florio
Stephen Florio begins his fourth season as assistant volleyball coach at IPFW. Florio has seven years of NCAA Division I coaching experience as well as eight years of high school, junior high school, and USAV Juniors coaching experience.
Most recently, Florio has served as head coach of the Great Lakes High Performance team at the USA High Performance Tournament for the past two summers. He also serves as the AVCA Assistant Coaches Representative for Division I Independent Women’s Volleyball teams.
Florio played two years of volleyball at Nassau (N.Y.) Community College in 1994 and 1995 before transferring to Division I St. Francis College (Pa.) and playing two years for the Red Flash. At Nassau, he helped the Lions to a regional championship in 1994 and a runner-up spot in 1995. At St. Francis, Florio served as a defensive specialist for the Red Flash.
Prior to IPFW, Florio served 4 years as an assistant coach at Hofstra University. While at Hofstra, Florio assisted in leading the Pride to two conference championships and two consecutive NCAA tournament appearances in 1999 and 2000.
Florio’s eight years of high school experience is highlighted by five years as the head coach of the boys varsity volleyball team for Division Ave./MacArthur High School in Levittown, N.Y. During that time, Florio led the team to its first ever playoff appearance in 2000, and a Nassau County Conference II-A Championship in 2003. Along with winning a conference championship, Florio was named Conference Coach of the Year in 2003.
Florio also has eight years of USAV Girls Juniors coaching experience. In New York, he coached for the Long Island Big Apple Volleyball Club for two years and the Creole Big Apple Volleyball Club for three years. Florio is currently the girls 18-under coach and 9’s and 10’s training coach for the Fort Wayne Volleyball Club.
Since the summer 1993, Florio has lent his experience to camps and clinics at the University of Illinois, Ball State University, Bowling Green State University, Syracuse, Hofstra, IPFW, the Premier Elite Camp, World Volleyball Training Center, and the Great Lakes High Performance Camp.
Florio received his bachelor’s degree in marketing from St. Francis (Pa.) in 1998 and his master’s degree in secondary education in 2002 from Dowling College. He and his wife, Julie Florio, recently celebrated their 2nd wedding anniversary.
Send
mail to: FlorioS@ipfw.edu
 Graduate Assistant
Coach
Fabiana Souza
Fabiana Souza enters her first year as a graduate assistant coach at IPFW this season. Souza started her master's degree in communications at IPFW in August of 2005. She completed her bachelor's degree at IPFW in August 2005, while a player on the women's volleyball team.
Souza currently holds the career kill record with 2,305 kills in her four-year career at IPFW. In 2004, she set a new, single-season record for kills with 621. The previous record stood for 20 years. Souza finished her collegiate career nationally ranked in kills per game, averaging 4.94/game and was 16th in the nation. Souza finished with an average of 4.88 kills/game, 3.04 digs/game, and a .237 hitting percentage for her career.
Souza was named MVP of three tournaments in her career and was named to eight All-Tournament teams. She was named to the All-Independent team in 2003, 2004, and 2005 and was Offensive Player of the Year in 2003 and 2005. In 2004, IPFW won the Independent Tournament, and Souza was named tournament MVP.
 Athletic
Trainer
Scott Knerr
Knerr
begins his seventh year as associate athletic trainer at IPFW. He received a bachelors
degree in athletic training from Ball State University in 1995.
Knerr completed a master’s degree in sports management at
the University of Utah. While at Utah, he was a graduate assistant
athletic trainer with the Ute’s women’s soccer team and nationally
ranked women’s gymnastics team.
Knerr
resides in Fort Wayne with his wife Jen, and his
children; Parker (5), Claire (3), and Liam (1).
Any
Questions?
Send mail to: HartleyK@ipfw.edu
or FlorioS@ipfw.edu |
