Women's Volleyball
Pendergast, Megan
Megan Pendergast
- Title:
- Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
- Alma Mater:
- Texas A&M, '13
- Year at UCLA:
- 4th in 2022
Megan Pendergast begins her third season as the Bruins' assistant coach/recruiting coordinator this Fall.
In her two seasons at UCLA, the Bruins have posted a 34-19 record and reached the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament both seasons. In the Spring 2021 campaign, the Bruins finished 19th in the nation in assists per set, 22nd in kills per set and 35th in hitting percentage, while also ranking first among Pac-12 teams in aps and kps, third in hitting and fifth in digs per set and blocks per set. Mac May and Zoe Fleck were named All-Americans, while Fleck earned Pac-12 Libero of the Year honors.
Pendergast, who was named to her current post on Jan. 24, 2019, came to Westwood after spending the 2018 season as an assistant at Oklahoma. The Sooners posted a 17-11 record, the program's best mark since 2014.
Prior to her time in Norman, Pendergast was an assistant for the Tulsa women's volleyball team for four seasons (2014-2017). In her final year with the Golden Hurricane, they finished second in the nation in team digs and third in digs per set. Pendergast spent one year (2013) as a student assistant at her alma mater, Texas A&M.
In College Station, Pendergast, who was the starting libero for 59 of her 62 matches, posted 860 digs in two seasons, recording 419 (4.03 per set) as a junior in 2011 and 441 digs (3.90 per set) as a senior in 2012. As a senior, she earned SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Week honors and tied for the team lead with 27 service aces. All told, she had 49 double-figure digs contests. Pendergast began her playing career at Nebraska (2009-2010).
The League City, Texas native graduated from Texas A&M in 2013 with a degree in psychology.
In her two seasons at UCLA, the Bruins have posted a 34-19 record and reached the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament both seasons. In the Spring 2021 campaign, the Bruins finished 19th in the nation in assists per set, 22nd in kills per set and 35th in hitting percentage, while also ranking first among Pac-12 teams in aps and kps, third in hitting and fifth in digs per set and blocks per set. Mac May and Zoe Fleck were named All-Americans, while Fleck earned Pac-12 Libero of the Year honors.
Pendergast, who was named to her current post on Jan. 24, 2019, came to Westwood after spending the 2018 season as an assistant at Oklahoma. The Sooners posted a 17-11 record, the program's best mark since 2014.
Prior to her time in Norman, Pendergast was an assistant for the Tulsa women's volleyball team for four seasons (2014-2017). In her final year with the Golden Hurricane, they finished second in the nation in team digs and third in digs per set. Pendergast spent one year (2013) as a student assistant at her alma mater, Texas A&M.
In College Station, Pendergast, who was the starting libero for 59 of her 62 matches, posted 860 digs in two seasons, recording 419 (4.03 per set) as a junior in 2011 and 441 digs (3.90 per set) as a senior in 2012. As a senior, she earned SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Week honors and tied for the team lead with 27 service aces. All told, she had 49 double-figure digs contests. Pendergast began her playing career at Nebraska (2009-2010).
The League City, Texas native graduated from Texas A&M in 2013 with a degree in psychology.
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