| April Jauregui |
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Playing Honors
Career
• 18th all-time in Memphis history with 1,017 kills
Single-Season
• 494 kills in 2000 rank 11th on Memphis's single-season records list
• 1317 attempts in 2000 ranks 4th all-time at Memphis
Match
• 30 kills vs. Christian Brothers (11/7/00)
• 29 kills vs. Ole Miss (9/16/00)
• 27 kills, 24 digs vs. Tulane (11/11/00)
• 25 digs at Southern Miss (10/1/00)
All-Tournament Selections
• University of Portland Tournament, 2000
For the first time in 12 years the University of Memphis volleyball program is under new leadership.
On Mar. 5, 2008, former University of Memphis assistant coach and All-American player April Jauregui was named the head volleyball coach at Memphis, replacing its longest-tenured and all-time winningest coach Carrie Yerty.
The eighth head coach in the 38-year history of Tiger volleyball, Jauregui (pronounced How-duh-gee) takes the reins of the Memphis volleyball program after a three-year stint as an assistant under Yerty. As the assistant, she served as the outside hitters coach, as well as being responsible for the program's recruiting efforts. Jauregui is now prepared to take on the new responsibility that accompanies the transition from assistant coach to head coach.
Jauregui has built a solid foundation in NCAA Division I level coaching. She brings a youthful energy and excitement to the program, as well as six years of coaching experience at three Division I institutions that has prepared her for the task of being a head coach.
Taking over the Tiger volleyball program at her alma mater is a dream fulfilled for Jauregui, who has her eyes set on building on the past successes of Memphis volleyball and raising the program to an elite status.
She will be tested early on, as she inherits a squad that showcases just one senior and just three other returning letterwinners with significant exposure to the Division I game. In addition to its returnees, Memphis will welcome five newcomers that include four true freshmen and a walk-on transfer.
Upon the completion of her volleyball career and graduation from the University of Memphis in 2001, Jauregui moved on to Ohio University, where she served as the Bobcats' volunteer assistant in the fall of 2001, while working towards her master's degree. While at Ohio, Jauregui oversaw the program's recruiting and travel. On the court, she was in charge of coaching the Bobcat outside hitters. After a solid first year, Jauregui took on added responsibilities as a full-time assistant under former Bobcats head coach Mike Lessinger in 2002. In her two seasons with the OU program, Jauregui helped the Bobcats to a 36-25 mark, including assisting the them to a 25-9 finish in 2002. That squad won the program's first-ever MAC tournament match en route to advancing to the semifinals of the MAC tournament.
Prior to taking the assistant post at Memphis, the Orange County, Calif., native spent the 2003 and 2004 seasons as an assistant coach under former U of M assistant Fiona Simmons at Lamar University.
Jauregui made the return to her alma mater in 2005 and quickly took charge of the Tigers outside hitters. Her impact has been felt as Memphis has posted over 1,800 kills in each of the last three seasons, while outside hitter Ashley Liford posted a pair of the program's top performances from an outside en route to an All-C-USA season in 2007 under Jauregui's tutelage.
The former Memphis star began her coaching career at the club level, while still in her playing career at Memphis. She led the Memphis Jr.'s and later coached Spike Volleyball Club in Nashville, Tenn.
The former April Harriman was a standout outside hitter for Yerty at Memphis from 1997-2000. A highly-decorated player on the court, she still ranks 18th all-time at Memphis with 1,071 career kills. Over her four-year career, Jauregui played in 129 matches and averaged over 250 kills per season. She led her 2000 club with 494 kills (a mark that still stands in the program's top 10). One of five Tiger volleyball players to ever record 30 kills in a match, Jauregui became the third to do so when she slammed down 30 kills in a win over cross-town foe Christian Brothers in the 2000 season.
A true student-athlete, she also excelled in the classroom as an eight-time Dean's List student. She was selected as the University of Memphis' top female athlete in 2000, when she earned the Elma Roane Award. She was tabbed the University's Female Student-Athlete of the Year Award in 2000. A four-time recipient of the Conference USA Commissioner's Medal, Jauregui earned an honor that no other Tiger had ever recieved in 2000 when she was tabbed a CoSIDA Academic First Team All-District performer and also became Memphis volleyball's first-ever CoSIDA Academic All-American.
She graduated from Memphis Summa Cum Laude in 2001 with a degree in communications and political science. She completed her master's studies in organizational communication at Ohio University in the spring of 2002.
Jauregui came to Memphis after a storied high school career at Bretheren Christian in Los Angeles. A two-time all-league performer, Jauregui departed the BCHS program with the single-match records for kills, blocks, aces and digs. Jauregui became the school's first female athlete to go to school on an athletic scholarship when she made the decision to come to Memphis. Jauregui was the salutatorian of her class at BCHS and was named the California Intercollegiate Federation's Scholar Athlete of the Year for the 1996-97 school year.
An all-around athlete, Jauregui also lettered on the hardwood, earning honorable mention honors as a forward.
Jauregui is married to Gabriel Jauregui, who is a special education teacher and a freshman/junior varsity volleyball coach at Cordova High School.
