Former All-American Amber Rolfzen is in her second year as assistant coach with Bradley Volleyball after joining the Braves for the 2020-21 season.
The Papillion, Neb., native was a two-time All-American at Nebraska and helped the Huskers to the 2015 National Championship. Rolfzen came to Bradley after playing professionally in Europe the previous four years, with stops in Germany, France and Italy. In addition, she helped Team USA to the title at the 2016 Pan Am Cup in Canete, Peru, following her collegiate career.
In her first season on The Hilltop, Bradley was one of just five teams to play a full Missouri Valley Conference schedule in 2020-21 and the Braves finished the regular season with a league-high 12 conference victories. The 12-win Valley season is the fifth-best conference win total for the Bradley, which finished fourth in the final conference standings. In addition to once again ranking among the top five nationally with a school record 20.41 digs per set, the Braves averaged 2.25 blocks per set (72nd nationally) for the team’s best average since 2007.
As a senior at Nebraska, Rolfzen took home AVCA Third-Team All-America honors; hitting .319 and averaging 1.38 blocks per set. The Huskers reached the NCAA Final Four each of her final two seasons and she was an All-Big Ten pick both her junior and senior seasons.
Rolfzen finished her career with 500 block assists to rank fifth in Nebraska history in the category. During her collegiate career, she started 129 of the 130 matches she appeared in and the Huskers posted a combined 112-24 record, reaching at least the NCAA Regional Finals in all four years.
Named to the NCAA Championship All-Tournament team as a junior, Rolfzen received AVCA Second-Team All-America honors following a junior season in which she hit .358 and averaged a career-best 1.58 blocks per set. Her 1.58 blocks-per-set average ranked fourth nationally and was the best season average at Nebraska dating back to 2005.
A 2016 graduate with a degree in businesss administration, Rolfzen was a two-time AVCA all-region selection and a four-time Academic All-Big Ten performer. She was a two-time Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year at Papillion-La Vista South, where she helped her high school team to three consecutive state titles.