Amanda Martin

Assistant Coach

Cristina Ibarra

Manager

Head Coach: Christy Clawson

Christy Clawson took over as head coach of the Texas Wesleyan University volleyball program in 2006.

Last season Clawson led the Rams to a 9-2 conference record that was good for the third seed in the RRAC Tournament. The Lady Rams reached the RRAC semifinals before being ousted in an epic five-game match by the eventual champion, Wiley. The 2008 Lady Rams featured six All-Conference selections, including Defensive Specialist of the Year, Katlynn Romig.

In her first season with the Rams, Clawson led the team to a 20-10 record, an 8-3 mark in conference play, and an appearance in the RRAC Semifinals. The team featured three All-RRAC players, two All-Region VI selections, one Academic All-American, and one All-American in Liz Meng.

In 2007, Clawson led the Rams to a 32-16 record and a perfect 10-0 mark in the RRAC North Division. The team reached the RRAC championship match and took thrilling five set wins over Wayland Baptist and Lubbock Christian to reach the Region VI final. The 2007 Lady Rams featured five All-RRAC players, three All-Region VI selections, and one Academic All-American, while Liz Meng won her second All-American award.

Clawson had previous collegiate coaching experience at Texas Woman's University where she served as assistant volleyball coach and home event manager from 2002-2004. As assistant coach, she was integral in on the court training, strength and conditioning, travel, recruiting, fundraising, directing and developing camps and tournaments, and mentoring athletes. She also served as an assistant coach at Texas Lutheran College in 1995.

In the fall of 2007 Clawson was inducted into the Texas Lutheran University Athletic Hall of Fame. As a setter at Texas Lutheran, she was a team captain and was named 1st-team All-Heart of Texas Conference and 1st-team All-Region while leading the Bulldogs to the 1993 NAIA National Tournament. She still holds several school records including single season records for service aces (114), service aces per game (.717), and assists (1,810), as well as career records for service aces (247), service aces per game (.585), and assists per game (9.858).

Clawson has also held internships at both the Southland and Lone Star Conferences where she worked on eligibility, compliance, scheduling, record keeping, statistics, and championships.

In addition, she has extensive high school coaching experience. She joined the Rams from Keller High School where she served as outdoor education instructor and coordinator while assisting with the volleyball and soccer teams. From 1996-2002 she held coaching and teaching positions in the Liberty Hill, Eanes, Pflugerville, and Lake Travis ISDs.

Clawson is a member of the American Volleyball Coaches Association, as well as USA Volleyball and holds an IMPACT Certification and CAP level I & II. She received her bachelor of arts in kinesiology and secondary education from Texas Lutheran College and completed her master of science in kinesiology with a specialization in sport administration at Texas Woman’s University.

Coach Clawson resides in Fort Worth with her husband, David Diver, and their son, Jackson.

Assistant Coach: Amanda Martin

Amanda Martin is in her third season as an assistant coach at Texas Wesleyan University.

During her tenure at Texas Wesleyan, Martin has helped the Lady Rams to a 46-42 overall record and a 19-2 mark in conference play. Under her guidance the program has produced 11 All-Conference selections and one All-American.

Martin also coaches 16 Molten for Texas Advantage Volleyball Club, the #1 club in the State of Texas for the sixth year in a row. Her 16 Molten team won a National Championship in the American division at the Junior Olympic National Tournament in 2008. In 2009, the team posted a 16th place finish in the open division at the Junior Olympic National Tournament. She has served as the director of the Metroplex program for TAV for the last five years. Since 1999 her travel teams have posted 3rd, 5th, and 9th place finishes at the open national level.

Martin has had previous coaching experience as an assistant at North Texas High Performance, which posted two 3rd place finishes at the international level in 2006-07. From 2004-06 she served as head junior varsity and varsity assistant coach at All Saints’ Episcopal School. From 2001-03 she held the same position at Trinity Valley School.

Martin is IMPACT certified through USA Volleyball, and is a USA certified referee and scorekeeper.

A graduate of Arlington High School, Martin played collegiate volleyball at North Central Texas College where she earned All-Conference recognition as a defensive specialist.

Martin currenlty resides in Arlington, TX.

Strength & Conditioning Coach: Robert Brown

Robert Brown begins his first season with Texas Wesleyan in 2009. He is the Founder and CEO of the well-regarded Robert Brown Sports Performance, which is one of the country's only facilities specializing in volleyball performance training.

A well-known, respected and outspoken leader in the Volleyball Sports Performance industry, Robert has written feature articles for sport training magazines throughout North America including Protraineronline, Performance Conditioning (Soccer, Softball, Cycling, and Volleyball) and Volleyball Magazine.

An accomplished presenter, Robert provides educational seminars covering Volleyball Sports Performance and training topics to Sport coaches (Junior High, High School, and Collegiate) throughout the USA.

Additionally, Robert currently serves as Primary Master Instructor for the USA Volleyball Conditioning Accreditation Program (VCAP), which is an educational entity certifying Trainers and Coaches as Volleyball Conditioning Instructor (VCI) worldwide. Lastly, Robert serves as Master of Sports Science for the International Sports Science Association (ISSA) in Carpentaria, CA. He is certified as a Performance Enhancement Specialists thru The National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM).

Manager: Cristina Ibarra

Cristina Ibarra is in her third season with the Texas Wesleyan volleyball team.

Cristina played volleyball for coach Jack Warren at Arlington Heights High School and helped the team to an undefeated district season.

She is the daughter of Raul Ibarra and Imelda Garcia and is majoring in education.