Bio

Shayla Chalker is entering her fourth season as an assistant coach for the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women’s volleyball team in the 2019 season. Before joining the CMS staff, Chalker was the head coach at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill. for three seasons, where she helped turn around a program that had not won a conference match in four years. The turnaround began with a conference win vs. Illinois College in 2012, the first victory in the series against them since 1990, and culminated in 2015 with the most conference wins since 1995 and a freshman All-Conference Player.

Prior to becoming a head coach, Chalker served as an assistant coach at Quincy University in Quincy, Ill. in 2009 before joining the staff at Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Mo. working for Olympic Bronze Medalist Caren Kemner.

A native of Melbourne, Australia, Chalker played on the Australian National Team from 2000-2011. She was also part of three consecutive national championships as part of the Victorian State Team and a four-time recipient of the Australian All-Star 6 Award. A 2009 graduate of Coe College, Chalker was a two time All-American and four time first-team All-Conference athlete.