Hall of Fame
The setter for ICC's 3rd Place and National Runner-Up Volleyball teams in 1983 and 1984, Kim Wells-Lauwers joins the list of inductees for the 2024 ICC Athletics Hall of Fame.
Wells-Lauwers would gather quite the list of accomplishments while at ICC, including 1st Team All-American, All-Region, and All-District. Despite not having won the 1984 National Championship, for her successes, Wells-Lauwers was still selected as the 1984 NJCAA National Tournament MVP, the first such distinction within the NJCAA. In 2002, she was inducted into the NJCAA Volleyball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
Wells-Lauwers went on to play after ICC at what's now known as NCAA D1 Texas State. For the Bobcats, Wells-Lauwers was the team captain and helped them to a 1986 NCAA Tournament appearance. In her senior year, she gathered 1356 assists, 312 digs, and hit .294 with 185 kills to be named her conference's Player of the Year. At the time, she was second in the NCAA in assists percentage.
As accomplished as she was as a player, her coaching career is just as impressive. She has coached at the University of Alaska-Anchorage (1998-2004), and for the Dimond High School Lynx in Alaska, where she is still the Lynx's head coach. Her coaching accomplishments include 11 State Championships, 16 Championship Game appearances, the 2013 AVCA National High School Co-Coach of the Year, and the 2018 All-Region AVCA Coach of the Year.
