Kayla Katarzynski joined the Aurora University men's volleyball coaching staff as a graduate assistant in the fall of 2019.
Katarzynski brings a wealth of playing experience as a libero where she was a four-year starter and two-time captain at the University of Illinois - Springfield. In her career at UIS, she finished holding four of the first six spots of individual season records for digs. #2 - 480, #3 - 473 digs, #5 - 404 digs and #6 - 363 digs. She also holds records for digs in a match (39) and is second in individual career digs with 1,720 as she recorded double digit digs in 21 contests.?
She was an AAU national champion in 2017 and has coaching experience as a varsity coach at Rosary High School in Aurora, Illinois.