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The Ohio State women’s volleyball program and Head Coach Jen Flynn Oldenburg announced the addition of Michelle Bartsch-Hackley to the Buckeyes’ coaching staff on March 9, 2023. Bartsch-Hackley will serve as an assistant coach.
“I am thrilled to add Michelle Bartsch-Hackley to our staff,” Oldenburg said. “Her knowledge of the game, experience and success at the highest level will have an immediate impact on our program.”
“I’m really excited to be joining the coaching staff and to be a part of a program that I have grown to love from afar,” Bartsch-Hackley said. “I’m grateful for this opportunity and want to thank everyone who has welcomed me to Ohio State.”
In 2024, the Buckeyes finished 14-16 overall and were 7-13 in conference play. Ohio State earned a sweep against Miami FL when the ‘Canes were ranked No. 20 as the highlight to a 7-3 non-conference slate. Following the season, graduate student Emily Londot was named AVCA All-Region for the fifth time in her career and once again earned All-Big Ten First Team honors before being selected 10th overall in the 2024 PVF Draft by the Omaha Supernovas. She was also named CSC Academic All-District. Ohio State had 10 student-athletes named Academic All-Big Ten despite the large freshman class being ineligible for the award.
Ohio State set attendance records in two venues in 2024. The Buckeyes drew the program’s largest-ever attendance of 8,844 as OSU played in the Schottenstein Center for the first time in program history, facing Michigan. Less than one week later, the Buckeyes broke their Covelli attendance record with 4,156 at the Nebraska match.
In 2023, Ohio State finished 11-18 overall and 8-12 in conference play with mostly new pieces. Notable returners included former All-Americans Emily Londot and Rylee Rader. Londot moved all the way up to fourth in program history in both career kills and points during the 2023 season, leading the Big Ten and ranking in the top-6 nationally in both kills/set (5.06) and points/set (5.51). She was named to the AVCA All-Region Team, CSC Academic All-American Second Team and was a unanimous choice for All-Big Ten First Team. Rader was named All-Big Ten Second Team despite missing the last few weeks of the season. Mia Tuman started most of the season at setter, despite being a freshman, and moved up to 19th in program history in career assists after ranking fifth in the Big Ten in assists/set (9.53) during the season. The Buckeyes had seven named Academic All-Big Ten following the conclusion of the season.
Bartch-Hackley resumed her professional playing career on March 23, 2024 when she signed with the Columbus Fury.
Bartsch-Hackley was a part of history as Team USA won Olympic gold for the first time ever at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by sweeping Brazil. She was named Co-Best Outside Hitter following that Olympic run, alongside one of her teammates. Bartsch-Hackley also won gold as a member of the U.S. Team in the FIVB Volleyball Nations League Tournament in 2021, earning the title of Best Outside Hitter and Tournament MVP. Bartsch-Hackley was an alternate for Team USA for the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Bartsch-Hackley began her professional playing career in 2012 with Llaneras de Toa Baja in Puerto Rico. She won the German Cup in 2014 with Rote Raben Vilsbiburg before winning the 2015 and 2016 German Championships as a member of Dresdner SC. Bartsch-Hackley went on to win gold as a member of the U.S. National Team at the 2015 Pan American Games and 2017 Women’s Pan-American Volleyball Cup and a bronze medal at the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Grand Champions Cup. She also played in Italy, China and most recently Turkey.
Bartsch-Hackley, a 2012 Illinois graduate with a degree in sports management, was inducted into the Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame in 2020. She led the Fighting Illini to the NCAA Championship match her senior season after three-consecutive Sweet 16 appearances and played for Oldenburg for all four seasons, as Oldenburg was an assistant coach. Bartsch-Hackley earned multiple All-American, All-Region and All-Big Ten accolades as she was also the AVCA Regional Freshman of the Year and Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2008.
