On Wednesday, April 24, 2019, Morgan State head volleyball coach Ramona Riley-Bozier announced the hiring of Sanky Sanny, as her new assistant coach.
“I am excited to add Sanky Sanny to the Morgan Family. Sanky is very passionate, confident and I believe he can add to areas of the game that has been missing in the program,” said Riley-Bozier. “I am looking forward to having his innovation and his commitment to helping each athlete improve their skill level.”
Sanny comes to Morgan State after spending the past two seasons as a volunteer assistant coach at Holy Family University in Philadelphia, Pa. While with the Tigers, he worked with the team’s liberos and defensive specialists and helped the team compile a combined 52-16 overall record and a 33-5 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) mark in two seasons.
Last season he helped Holy Family to a 31-6 overall record and 18-1 in league play, as the Tigers captured the program’s first-ever CACC title and advanced to the 2018 NCAA Division II East Region Championship match.
During his time with Holy Family, Sanny mentored CACC Player of the year, AVCA East Region Player of the year and AVCA Third Team All-American Chase Wassel. Sanny worked in numerous roles with the Holy Family volleyball program. He managed the day-to-day operations of the team, provided live, in-game statistics to the bench as well as pre-match scouting packages for the coaching staff for every game played. He was also responsible for statistical input using DataVolley as well as opponent scouting.
Sanny previously served as the boys’ and girls’ varsity assistant coach, as well as the junior varsity head coach for both teams at Abington High School in Abington, Pa., from 2012-16.
Since 2016, Sanny has also been the head coach at the Infinity Volleyball Academy in Hatfield, Pa. for 15U and 16U. He’s also a USA Volleyball CAP I certified coach, American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) member, and a USA Volleyball High Performance tryout evaluator and court coach.
Sanny compiled a prolific playing career as an outside hitter on the Temple University men's club team, helping the Owls earn their first-ever Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Volleyball Conference (MACVC) title in 2015.
He would earn all-tournament Most Valuable Player honors in 2015 and helped Temple finish ninth at the National Collegiate Volleyball Federation Tournament in Reno, Nevada in 2014. Sanny has been a part of Kerala Volleyball League of North America since 2010 and toured all around North America and Canada playing competitively for the Tampa Tigers, a club team in Tampa, Florida.
Sanny earned his Bachelor of Science degree in athletic training from Temple University in 2017.
“I want to thank Coach Bozier and the Morgan State Athletic Department for providing me with this amazing opportunity," Sanny said. "I feel so fortunate to be able to help continue to build on the tradition and success of the Lady Bears volleyball program. Coach Bozier has a great vision of where she wants to take this program and I can’t wait to be a part of that journey.”
