Xavier University of Louisiana women's volleyball

Franziska Pirkl

  • Title
    Women's Volleyball Assistant Coach
     •  2020-21 academic year is her third on the XULA coaching staff
     •  XULA highlights during her first two coaching seasons (2018 and 2019):
     — 2019: First XULA team to reach the NAIA National Championship Final Site
     — Gold Nuggets won Gulf Coast Athletic Conference regular-season and tournament championships both years
     — The program's highest-ever national ranking: among "others receiving votes" (29th place) in the NAIA postseason coaches poll (Dec. 12, 2019)
     — 2019: School season records for victories (31) and blocks per set (1.93)
     — 2018: School season record for hitting percentage (.262)
     •  Played volleyball for XULA from 2012-15 . . . She's the Gold Nuggets' career leader with 3,293 assists
     •  Four times she was first-team All-GCAC
     •  She was the GCAC's inaugural Setter of the Year in 2015, her senior season
     •  Two-time Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete (2014 and 2015)
     •  Transferred to XULA from NCAA Division II Alaska-Anchorage, where she redshirted in 2011
     •  Graduated magna cum laude from XULA in 2016
     •  Earned master's degree from University of New Orleans in 2019
     •  Works at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine as a grant management specialist
     •  From Munich, Germany