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Lori Duncan was connected with EKU athletics for nearly 30 years both as a volleyball player and volleyball coach. She was a four-time All-Ohio Valley Conference selection from 1980-83; an OVC All Tournament Team honoree in 1983; and an All-AIAW choice in 1980 as an outside hitter playing for legendary Hall of Fame coach Geri Polvino. Duncan was chosen EKU’s Female Athlete of the Year in 1984 and won team awards for Best All-Around Player and Best Defensive Player following her senior year. She still sits third among all EKU volleyball athletes with a .271 career hitting percentage.
Following an ACL knee injury her senior year, she had played two matches too many to get redshirted, her playing career ended.
Duncan began her coaching career at Penn State – McKeesport where she served as women’s and men’s head volleyball coach. While at PSUM, she compiled a 78-14 record with the women’s team. Her best season there was in 1991-92 as PSUM won the Penn State Commonwealth Athletic Conference title. Duncan led her Junior Olympic volleyball teams to the East Coast Championship for three straight years. Her overall Junior Olympic coaching record was a very impressive 226-66.
She would return to EKU as head coach of the Colonels in 1998, inheriting a team ranked last in the OVC. Duncan captured consecutive OVC regular season titles in 2004 and 2005. The Colonels won the conference tournament title in 2004 earing the conference automatic berth to the NCAA national tournament. She was named OVC Coach of the Year that year as the Colonels compiled the program’s second highest single season winning percentage with their outstanding 27-5 record. During her tenure at EKU, she won 272 matches, coached six first-team All-OVC selections, two All-AVCA All-Region players and one All-American.
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