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Tyler White

Tyler White (nee Brown), a three-time First Team AVCA All-American as a player for the Titans, enters her sixth season as an assistant coach in 2025. She works primarily with IWU’s outside hitters and defense, while also serving as the program’s recruiting coordinator. 

In her first five seasons on the coaching staff, White has assembled some of the best recruiting classes in the CCIW. She has guided Jessica McCall, Taylor French, and Hannah Tellor to All-CCIW honors. French was also recognized as the conference’s top newcomer in 2022 and the conference's Offensive Player of the Year in 2023 and 2024, while she reeled in AVCA Third Team All-American honors in 2022, Second Team All-American honors in 2023, and All-America Honorable Mentions in 2024. The 2024 season saw White and the Titans sweep the CCIW en route to the conference regular season championship, a CCIW Tournament Championship, and an NCAA Sweet Sixteen Appearance, tying for the best finish in program history.

As a player at Illinois Wesleyan, White was one of the best to ever don the Green the White. In addition to earning First Team All-American status from the AVCA, White was selected as Division III’s AVCA Freshman of the Year in 2015. She was chosen as the CCIW’s Player of the Week a program-record eight times throughout her career. The CCIW’s Offensive Player of the Year in 2018, Brown was also a College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-District awardee.

A captain on the 2018 squad, White led the Titans to a program-best record of 27-6 and a perfect 8-0 CCIW mark. IWU, which won both the CCIW regular season and tournament titles, swept California Lutheran in the opening round of the NCAA Division III Tournament. The Green and White then defeated WashU in four sets for its 22nd straight win, a program record, before falling in the NCAA Regional Final to Aurora, where Brown’s storied career came to an end. 

A four-time Most Valuable Player, as voted by her teammates, Brown is the program’s record holder in kills (1,777) and digs (1,987).

White graduated from Illinois Wesleyan in 2019 with a degree in accounting. Outside of volleyball, she works with Illinois Wesleyan's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and oversees intramurals.

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