Penn State's head coach took home yet another award for her perseverance.
Coach Katie Schumacher-Cawley earned the Kathy Deboer Courage Award at the annual AVCA awards celebration.
She exemplifies everything this award is about!Congrats, @CoachKatiePSU!#WeAre pic.twitter.com/CP9GNM1WeH
— Penn State Women’s Volleyball (@PennStateVBALL) December 19, 2025
Last year, while coaching the Nittany Lions to their eighth national championship in program history, Schumacher-Cawley was battling breast cancer off the court.
In defeating cancer, Schumacher-Cawley was also awarded the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance at the 2025 ESPYs.