South Puget Sound Community College (SPSCC) is proud to announce the hiring of Emme Price as the new Clipper Volleyball coach.
“I see the potential with the growing program here. With SPSCC Volleyball not being even a decade old yet, the foundations that were put in place to create a team that has made it to the postseason the past two years, I could not be more excited for what the program can become,” said Coach Price.
Price comes into SPSCC with an impressive resume, both as a player and as a coach. They played Division III volleyball at State University of New York (SUNY) at Potsdam from 2018 to 2021, and were named the captain of the team during their last season at the school.
After graduating from SUNY Potsdam with a degree in history and a minor in political science, Price became an assistant coach at SUNY Plattsburgh in 2022. During their second year at SUNY Plattsburgh, Price helped the Cardinals finish with their best season in a decade and qualify for the State University of New York Athletic Conference Tournament for the first time since 2013.
In 2024, Price was named the co-head coach for the men's and women's volleyball programs at Nichols College in Dudley, Massachusetts. At Nichols, they guided the men's team to a New England Volleyball Conference championship and an automatic bid for the NCAA Division III Tournament. The Bison managed to advance to the Elite 8 for the first time in program history after a historic upset of #3-ranked Stevens Institute of Technology.
Now at SPSCC, Price has lofty expectations for the Clipper Volleyball program. “Within my first year of coaching here at SPSCC, I want to make it to the postseason again and take the team further than they did last year,” said Price.
The Clipper Volleyball program has steadily improved since its inception in 2016. In the past two years, the Clippers have finished in the top four of the West Region and have qualified for the Northwest Athletic Conference (NWAC) Volleyball Championship. In both years, the volleyball team was bounced out in the regional stage of the championship tournament.
“My short-term expectation for the team is to help in the overall individual growth we can put in one season at a time. I want them to be able to push themselves and accomplish what they set out to do as volleyball players. In the long term, I expect the foundations built on individual growth will help us to become a top competitive force in the NWAC,” concluded Price.