UCI women’s volleyball adds Bodipo-Memba

Ben Bodipo-Memba has been named an assistant coach for the UC Irvine women’s volleyball team, Coach Paula Weishoff announced.

Prior to joining the Anteater staff, Bodipo-Memba spent seven years on staff at Georgia Tech, serving as the program’s associate head coach the last two years. During his tenure, he helped the Yellow Jackets to three NCAA appearances, two Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season titles (2003, 2004) and an ACC Tournament championship (2002). Bodipo-Memba was in charge of the Georgia Tech offense for five years before becoming the program’s defensive coordinator in 2007, producing three honorable mention All-American middle blockers and four all-conference selections. Last season, Bodipo-Memba helped the team to the top spot in the ACC in kills and assists with two Georgia Tech middle blockers ranking third and fourth in hitting percentage. Senior middle blocker Callie Miller collected honorable mention All-America honors in 2008 after finishing 26th in the nation in hitting percentage under Bodipo-Memba’s guidance.

Bodipo-Memba played collegiately at San Diego State and Grossmont College in the late 1980s. He earned a starting spot at middle blocker for the U.S. Olympic Festival silver medal team in 1990 and also competed from 1993-95 with the U.S. national team. Bodipo-Memba also played professionally in Finland for Raison Loimu in 1996.

— From staff reports