Induction Yr Sport Years

2019 Volleyball 2000-2002

Standing here with Coach Speasl.

An Alaska native, Rashinda Reed was an outstanding volleyball player at SWOCC during the early 2000. She garnered all-Northwest Athletic Conference Second-Team accolades in 2002 before transferring to the University of Georgia, where she played from 2002-2004.

After graduating in 2005 from the University of Georgia with a bachelor's degree in psychology, Reed spent five seasons playing professional volleyball overseas. During that time, she competed for Austria's VC Tirol Volleyball Club (2005-06), Spain's El Algar Volleyball Club (2006-07), Holland's Plantina Longa Volleyball Club (2007-08) and Finland's PislaPloki Volleyball Club (2008-09). She also continued her education, studying anthropology and Hungarian at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary in 2005 and German at Innsbruck University in Innsbruck, Austria in 2006.

Her coaching career began as an assistant at the University of Southern Indiana (2009 to 2011). While there she mentored one All-American, two all-Midwest Region performers and two all-Great Lakes Valley Conference honorees. In 2010, the Screaming Eagles reached the NCAA Division II Tournament.

Reed also served as an assistant at Binghamton University from 2011 to 2014, helping the Bearcats capture the American East Conference Championship in 2012 and secure an NCAA Division I Tournament berth. She held the same position at Northeastern University for one season.

While on the Binghamton University staff, Reed coached seven all-conference selections, including the conference's 2014 Rookie of the Year and 2012 Setter of the Year. She was also responsible for coordinating the Bearcats' summer camp, leading a staff of 12 coaches, managing the budget and designing on and off-court activities for over 200 campers.

During her time in Binghamton, N.Y., Reed also served as the club director of the Whirlwind Volleyball Club, where she managed 14 coaches and 140 athletes.

Reed spent the 2016 campaign as an assistant coach at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where she guided a Conference USA all-conference honoree and helped manage year-round recruiting. In the summer, she directed the Blazers' highly successful summer camp, which involved 40 coaches and over 800 campers. She also served as the head volleyball coach at Northern Michigan University in 2016-17.

At the University of Illinois, Reed is currently entering her third season (2019) as assistant coach. She has helped lead the team to an NCAA Sweet 16 appearance in 2017, before making the program's fourth-ever trip in the NCAA National Semifinals as the No. 3 overall seed in the 2018 NCAA Tournament and ended the season ranked No. 3 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Coaches Poll. One of the most successful teams in program history, the 2018 squad registered a 32-4 overall record and finished in second place in the Big Ten Conference with a 17-3 mark, with the 32 victories ranking tied for fourth-most wins in school history. Under her tutelage, the Illini middle blockers have been some of the nation's best!