Julie Morgan (right) was inducted into Illinois State University's Athletics Hall of Fame.
Illinois State
University’s all-time winningest volleyball coach, Julie Morgan, a familiar
face to many at Salt Lake Community College, was inducted recently into the ISU
Athletics Percy Family Hall of Fame.
Morgan, who has
taught volleyball, Flexibility for Fitness, racquetball and other courses at
SLCC, led ISU to seven NCAA Tournament appearances from 1987-99. She amassed a
289-133 win/loss record at ISU for 13 seasons as head coach of the volleyball
team. She was a five-time Gateway/Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year.
Morgan was among
four Redbirds inducted into the ISU’s Hall of Fame during an Oct. 13 ceremony
at the university.
“This honor belongs
to so many people who made it possible for Illinois State Volleyball to be
recognized as one of the premiere volleyball programs in the country,” Morgan
said. “The players, coaches, staff, administrators, fans, parents, the
president, the institution and the community all deserve the recognition. I am
deeply grateful to receive this honor on behalf of all of them.”
From 2000-03
Morgan was the head volleyball coach at SLCC and taught in the Health and
Lifetime Activities (HLA) department. She left SLCC from 2003-06 to coach
volleyball at the University of Hawaii-Hilo and returned in 2007 to teach full
time in SLCC’s HLA. She retired from full-time teaching in 2016 and is now an
adjunct family member at the college.
You can watch
Morgan’s induction at ISU on YouTube by clicking here. Her portion
begins at about 1:34 (1 hour, 34 minutes) into the video.
Photo courtesy of Julie Morgan and Illinois State University