Director Info

Sarah Powers-Barnhard
Club Director | Head Coach | Mid-American Conference Hall Of Famer | Superwoman

Coach Sarah comes with a well decorated resume.  She started her career with the nationally ranked club program Sports Performance in Chicago, Illinois. While playing, Coach Sarah traveled to Germany, Japan, China and Canada.

Powers-Barnhard went on to earn a scholarship to Division 1 Western Michigan where she competed in the NCAA tournament Elite 8 losing to UCLA to go to the Final 4. Coach Sarah was named an NCAA All American in 1985 and that summer was picked to travel to China and Japan representing the United States.

An accomplished Outside Hitter who was named First Team All-MAC in 1984-85 and Second Team All-MAC in 1983, Barnhard was part of Broncos teams that went 70-0 in the MAC and won four MAC Championships, appeared in four NCAA tournaments and achieved an overall record of 110-22.

Powers-Barnhard graduated WMU with school records for kills (1,387), digs (964), and points (1725.5), and her total of 173 career service aces still stands as the school record. In 1994, she was one of seven Broncos named to the All-Decade team, and she was inducted into the WMU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1997.

From 1987-1989 Coach Sarah Played professionally for the Major League Volleyball Association’s Chicago Breeze. Additionally, Powers-Barnhard has over 25+ years of competitive Beach Volleyball experience. 

Coach Sarah was inducted into the Mid American Conference Hall Of Fame 6/1/2016 as the first volleyball player to be inducted.