Casey Schoenlein joined San Diego volleyball in the fall of 2023 as a graduate assistant. She was promoted to assistant coach in June of 2024 and will enter her fourth season with the Toreros in 2026.
With Schoenlein on its coaching staff, USD has won a WCC Championship (2025), secured an NCAA Tournament berth (2025), and developed:
- Two WCC Setters of the Year
- Two Freshmen of the Year
- 10Â All-WCC First Team selections
- Three All-WCC Second Team selections
- Five All-WCC Honorable Mention selections
- Five All-WCC Freshman Team selections
- Three WCC All-Academic First Team selections
- And four WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention selections
In 2025, Schoenlein helped lead USD back to the postseason for the first time since 2022 as San Diego posted a 25-5 overall record and an 18-0 mark in WCC play. After going 7-4 through a formidable non-conference schedule that included four wins over Top-50 teams and clashes with five programs that went on to qualify for the 2025 NCAA Tournament, the Toreros closed the regular season on an 18-match win streak and went undefeated in West Coast Conference play to win the 2025 WCC Championship and become the first team in the country to qualify for the 2025 NCAA Tournament. USD clinched the conference title with a memorable 3-0 sweep of rival Pepperdine before a season-high crowd of 1,103 in the Jenny Craig Pavilion on November 20, then completed just the third perfect WCC season in program history when it beat Gonzaga on Senior Day at the JCP nine days later.Â
USD’s dominant campaign earned it the WCC's automatic qualifier to the postseason and the No. 8 seed in the Nebraska quadrant of the 2025 NCAA Tournament bracket, where it matched up with Kansas State at the renowned Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln. The Toreros took the first set and rallied for a thrilling 28-26 victory in set three, but eventually suffered a narrow 3-2 loss to conclude a thrilling year that vaulted San Diego back to national prominence as it totaled the fourth-most victories in a single season in program history.
After the 2025 season concluded, Nemo Beach was named the 2025 WCC Player of the Year, Kylie Munday was named the 2025 WCC Setter of the Year, and Olivia Bennett was named the 2025 WCC Libero of the Year. Four San Diego players earned 2025 All-WCC honors, including four to the First Team, one to the Second Team, two as Honorable Mentions, and one to the Freshman Team.
Schoenlein's tutelage also helped a Torero dynamic duo receive national recognition. Beach was named a 2025 AVCA All-American Honorable Mention, while Munday was selected as a 2025 AVCA All-Pacific Region Honorable Mention. Additionally, Bennett was named to the 2025 WCC Volleyball All-Academic Team, while Munday and Tatum Lane received 2025 WCC Volleyball All-Academic Honorable Mentions.
With Schoenlein’s assistance, the Toreros posted a strong 19-9 overall record and a 14-4 finish in WCC play in 2024, tying for second place in the conference. The team’s season was highlighted by an undefeated run at the LSU Invitational and statement victories over No. 17 BYU and WCC rival Pepperdine. Isabel Clark was named WCC Freshman of the Year, while Kylie Munday earned WCC Setter of the Year honors. Clark, Kristen Erland, and Haylee Stoner were selected to the All-WCC First Team, Nemo Beach was named to the All-WCC Second Team, and Madi Allen and Kennedy Osunsanmi received All-WCC Honorable Mentions. Stoner was also recognized on the All-WCC Academic Team, with Olivia Bennett earning a WCC Academic Honorable Mention.
In her first season in San Diego, the Toreros finished with a 16-10 overall record and a 12-4 mark in conference play, which was good for a third-place finish in the West Coast Conference. Outside hitter Nemo Beach was named the WCC Freshman of the Year alongside All-WCC First Team selections for Leyla Blackwell, Kylie Pries, and Amber Stivrins, and an All-WCC Second Team recognition for Haylee Stoner. Additionally, Stoner (First Team) and setter Isadora Tercariol (Honorable Mention) earned WCC academic honors.
Schoenlein came to USD after a distinguished playing career that spanned both the college and professional volleyball ranks. She spent four years at Washington State as an opposite, earning an All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention in 2016 alongside four Pac-12 All-Academic First Team selections (2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017) and Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year recognition in 2017. In 2016 and 2018, she was selected to the USA Collegiate National Team. Following her graduation in the spring of 2018 with a bachelor's degree in Journalism and Media Production, she served as the student coach for the WSU volleyball team that fall. During her time as a Coug, Schoenlein helped the program reach the NCAA Tournament three times, including two trips to the second round as a player and an appearance in the Sweet 16 as a student coach.Â
After her season as a student coach in Pullman, Schoenlein began her professional career in January 2019 with the Sta. Lucia Realtors in Manila, Philippines. Following that rookie season, Schoenlein spent the next four years competing professionally in France on several different teams.
Schoenlein was born and raised in Bellevue, Washington with her parents and two siblings. Her passions include spending time with family and friends, being active outdoors, and traveling.
