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Former AU Standout Klimova Named Head Coach at NJIT
Makes transition from assistant position at Wagner

August 15, 2003

WASHINGTON — Former American University standout Pavlina Klimova was recently hired as the first full-time head volleyball coach of the New Jersey Institute of Technology. This is Klimova’s first head coaching position.

“It’s exciting,” said Klimova. “I’ve enjoyed the interaction with the kids, I want to teach them something.”

Klimova comes over from Wagner College, where she served as a graduate assistant and fitness center coordinator the past two years. This past spring she earned an MBA in marketing from Wagner.

The former captain for AU volleyball coach Barry Goldberg was a four-time Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Scholar-Athlete, graduating with a degree in business in 2000. Klimova earned a spot on the All-CAA Tournament Team as a senior and ranks among American’s all-time top 10 in digs per game in a single season.

A native of the Czech Republic, Klimova was a member of the junior national team where her team, KP Brno, captured a pair of national championships.

American University, which fields a 19-sport NCAA Division I athletics program featuring 10 women’s sports and nine for men, recently completed its second year of membership in the Patriot League. Since joining the Patriot League, the University has captured league championships in men’s cross country, women’s cross country, women’s lacrosse, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, men’s tennis, women’s tennis and women’s volleyball, and a regular-season title in men’s basketball.

Chartered by an Act of Congress in 1893, American University features students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and more than 160 nations worldwide.