Whitney Erb Elam enters her second season as the Union College head volleyball coach. She is the 10th person to take the helm of the Lady Bulldogs.

In her first year as the team's head coach, Elam guided the Lady Bulldogs to a 25-12 overall record and 14-4 Appalachian Athletic Conference mark. Union also advanced to the AAC Tournament Championship match in 2008. In addition, she has had four players named to the All-AAC First Team, four to the Academic All-Conference Team, two to the AVCA All-Northeast Region Team and one the AAC Setter of the Year.

Prior to assuming the head coaching duties, Elam served as the team's assistant coach during two separate terms. The Sarasota, Fla. native spent one year as the team's assistant in 2005 before serving as an assistant at NCAA Division I Seton Hall (N.J.) University. As a member of the Pirates' staff, the team posted a 16-14 overall record in 2006.

In 2007, Elam returned to Union as an assistant coach as the Lady Bulldogs captured its first-ever Appalachian Athletic Conference regular-season championship.

She has also coached the Cut Shot, Birmingham and Alabama Junior Volleyball clubs. She also traveled with the Bring It Promotions International Volleyball Juniors Summer Tour to Austria, Italy and Crotia in 2003 and 2004, and to Greece in 2007. In June of 2008, she coached a club in Nicaragua. During the summer of 2009, Elam and the Lady Bulldogs went to Nicaragua in partnership with Bring It Promotions.

A 2005 graduate of the University of Montevallo (Ala.), Elam was a four-year member of the Lady Falcon squad.

Prior to Montevallo, Elam played for Sarasota High and the Whitesands Volleyball Club. She was a three-time All-Area Selection and helped her team win the regional championship in 2000 to place 11th at the nationals that year.

Elam is married to Brandon Elam, and the couple resides in Barbourville.

Ashtyn Humerickhouse is starting her first season as a member of Lady Bulldog volleyball staff.

Humerickhouse comes to Union after completing her playing career at Indiana Tech. She was a four-year member of the squad as a middle blocker. Humerickhouse was on Indiana Tech's inaugural team in 2005.

During her playing career, Humerickhouse was named to the All-Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference First Team three times with a Second Team and Freshman All-WHAC honors as well. Humerickhouse was named the WHAC Player of the Week during her senior campaign.

She also help lead Indiana Tech to the NAIA National Tournament in 2008. Humerickhouse was selected as a NAIA All-American by the AVCA after earning AVCA All-Region Team honor.