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Lorelee Smith is in her first season as head women's volleyball coach and is the fourth head coach in the 33-year history of the Lewis women's volleyball program.

Prior to arriving at Lewis, Smith served as assistant women's volleyball coach at the University of Central Missouri for five seasons. At Central Missouri, Smith worked under head coach Peggy Martin, the winningest active head coach on the NCAA Division II level. The Jennies finished in the top 10 nationally and had nine All-America selections during Smith's time as an assistant.

Smith responsibilities with the Jennies were full recruitment, game preparation, practice assistance, on-floor coaching, training and conditioning, video review and summer camp organization. She also assisted in the UCM athletic media relations office and in the day-to-day operations of the university's multipurpose building.

Prior to joining the staff at Central Missouri, Smith served two seasons as girls' junior varsity volleyball coach at John Adams High School in South Bend, Indiana.

Smith played college volleyball at the University of North Carolina-Asheville under head coach Julie Torbett. An Academic All-America selection her senior season, Smith was a four-time all-conference and two-time all-region pick. She also was a Big South Conference Scholar Athlete. Smith finished her collegiate career as the university's, conference's and region's all-time assist record holder.

Smith has played volleyball professionally with the Midwest Professional Volleyball Association. She competes in the United States Volleyball Association and is a contracted tour player and spokesperson for Extreme Volleyball Professionals, a beach volleyball tour.

A native of Mishawaka, Indiana, Smith is a graduate of Mishawaka High School. She received her bachelor's degree in management/marketing from UNC-Asheville in 1998 and earned a Master of Business Administration degree from UCM.