Nadia Erickson Edwards serves as a a Director of Regional Development at the University of Notre Dame. In her role she works with friends, family and alumni in San Diego, Santa Barbara and the Central Coast who aspire to make a transformational impact on the mission of Notre Dame.
Prior to his role at Notre Dame Nadia spent several years as a volleyball coach at the college level including at Ohio University, Ohio State University, and DePaul where she spent eight seasons as the head volleyball coach. Under her tutelage, multiple players were recognized as Big East All-Conference performers, and the team earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award six times.
Nadia is a native of Frankfort Illinois and attended Penn State University for undgrad where she a member of the Nittany Lions volleyball team. During her career the team compiled an impeccable record of 135-10, and a conference record of 75-5. She was a member of four Big Ten Championship teams and reached three NCAA national finals including one national championship, the first in the programs history. From Penn State she received her bachelor’s degree from the Smeal College of Business School in Marketing and received a Masters in Sports Administration from Northwestern University.