Head Coach

Bio

Heather Pavlik has served as the Head Women’s volleyball coach at Juniata College since 2011, building one of the most successful stretches in program history. She is truly a Juniata legend and stands among the best ever in Division III volleyball to take the court as a player and coach.  

• 409-74 overall record 
• Three National Championships as head coach (2022, 2023, 2024)
• Second-best winning percentage, .847 in program history 
  • Second-best among active DIII coaches
  • Fourth-best among active coaches across all NCAA Divisions
• 85-2 Landmark Conference regular season record
• 28-0 Landmark Conference postseason record
  • 14 Landmark Conference Championships as head coach
  • 16 Landmark Conference Championships as an assistant/associate head coach
• 14 NCAA Tournament Appearances
  • 36-10 (.783) record
  • Three National Championships (2022, 2023, 2024)
  • Five Final Four Appearances (2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
• 2024 AVCA Coach of the Year
• 5x AVCA Mid-Atlantic Regional Coach of the Year (2013, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024)
• 9x Landmark Coach of the Year (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
• NCAA Division III Longest Winning Streak of 103 consecutive matches

Recent Seasons

• 2025:
  • 28 wins, Landmark Conference Champions (44th consecutive)
  • NCAA Tournament Round of 32 Appearance
  • 7 ranked wins 
  • 103 consecutive wins, breaking the NCAA Division III record of 87 consecutive wins
• 2024:
  • NCAA National Champions (third consecutive)
  • Landmark Conference Champions (43rd consecutive)
  • Undefeated season, 35 wins
• 2023:
  • NCAA National Champions (second consecutive)
  • Landmark Conference Champions (42nd consecutive)
  • Undefeated season, 35 wins
• 2022:
  • NCAA National Champions (first under Pavlik)
  • Landmark Conference Champions (41st consecutive)
  • 34 total wins

• Two Division III Honda Athlete of the Year Awards (Across all sports)
  • Olivia Foley (2023, 2024)
• Two AVCA National Player of the Year Awards
  • Olivia Foley (2023, 2024)
• One AVCA National Freshman of the Year Award
  • Emma Davis (2019)
• 37 AVCA All Americans 
  
  • 13 First Team Awards 
    • Amelia Kepler, Kelly Reynolds (2x), Nakita Gearhart, Marybeth Weihbrecht (2x), Mackenzie Coley (3x), Olivia Foley (2x), Kiona Sky Rousset-Hernandez
  • 10 Second Team Awards
    • Libby Morrison, Megan Moroney, Dejia Danhi, Victoria Taylor (2x), Olivia Foley (2x), Kiona Sky Rousset Hernandez (2x), Molly Mishinkash
  • Four Third-Team Awards
    • Courtney Greenberg, Nakita Gearhart, Emma Davis, Audrey Muth
  • 10 Honorable Mentions
    • Moira Folan, Victoria Taylor, Kiona Sky Rousset Hernandez, Lily Podolan (2x), Audrey Muth (2x), Bella Rushing, Ava Gummer, Elizabeth Cleveland
  • One 4x All-American 
    • Olivia Foley (2021-2024)
  • Three 3x All Americans
    • Victoria Taylor (2018-2019, 2021)
    • Mackenzie Coley (2022-2024)
    • Audrey Muth (2023-2025)
• Six AVCA Academic All-Americans 
  • Mackenzie Coley (2x), Olivia Foley, Lily Podolan, Kennedy Christy, Bella Rushing
• 58 AVCA All-Region Awards
• 81 Landmark All-Conference Awards 

• Heather Blough Pavlik was a three-time American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) First Team All-America selection (1992, 1993, 1994), and a three-time Asics/Tiger All-American. Blough was named to the NCAA Division III Women’s Volleyball Silver Anniversary Team. She was named the 1994 Commonwealth League (now MAC Commonwealth) Most Valuable Player, and was a two-time Commonwealth League First Team setter in 1993 and 1994. Coach Pavlik led Juniata to four-straight MAC titles, a 160-24 overall record, and a perfect record in conference play. The Juniata teams she was a member of finished third (1991), fifth (1992), national runner-up (1993), and third (1994) at the NCAA Division III Championship. In program history, Blough is second in career assists (6,331), and she is fourth (1,719) and fifth (1,717) in most assists in a season. She also has the most assists in a match (93). Blough is seventh in career aces (248), eighth in most aces in a season (94) and has the most aces in a match (10). She was named to the MAC100 Women’s Volleyball All-Century Team (1993-2002). She was inducted into the Juniata College Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.