Crissy Jones Schoonderwoerd

Crissy Jones Schoonderwoerd is an Assistant Coach for the Bears Women's Volleyball Team.

Crissy Jones Schoonderwoerd is a first-year assistant coach with the Bears in 2023.

Schoonderwoerd comes to Cal with a strong collegiate and professional résumé as a player. A native of Long Beach, Schoonderwoerd played volleyball for four years at Washington, earning an AVCA All-American nod as well as three All-Pac-12 honors while also appearing in two Elite Eights. She was later named an All-American while playing beach volleyball at Cal Poly as a graduate student, leading the team to its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance and making her just the second player in NCAA history to earn All-American distinction in both indoor and beach volleyball. Post-graduation, she played for three years on the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) beach volleyball tour, earning a Rookie of the Year nomination in 2019, while also playing on Team USA in the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) world beach volleyball tour.

Schoonderwoerd was one of the nation’s top recruits coming out of high school, where she was a consensus 2013-14 First Team All-American and ranked No. 14 overall on PrepVolleyball.com’s Senior Aces List, as well as a Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 honoree and the 2011 ESPNHS National Sophomore of the Year. As a senior, Schoonderwoerd led Los Alamitos High School to the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State Championship, where they finished runner-up, and earned CIF 1AA Co-Player of the Year honors. She was one half of the top U.S. duo competing at the 2014 FIVB U19 World Beach Volleyball Championships and also played for Tstreet Volleyball Club, helping the 18s take third at the 2013 Junior Nationals just one year after finishing third with the 17s, and won gold with Team USA at the 2012 NORCECA U18 Championships.

Schoonderwoerd comes from an athletic family, with her parents Stephanie and Derek both having played collegiate basketball at Boise State and Cal State Fullerton, respectively.