Penn State beat Louisville in the final of the 2024 NCAA women's volleyball championship in a historic win for coach Katie Schumacher-Cawley.

Players and coaches who will make history in Sunday’s NCAA volleyball championship still find it hard to believe that a female coach hasn’t won one already.

Penn State are the 2024 NCAA Volleyball Champions. Penn State delivered a stunning victory over Louisville in the 2024 NCAA Women's Volleyball

Jess Mruzik made 29 kills with a .315 hitting percentage, and Schumacher-Cawley became the first female coach to win an NCAA volleyball championship as Penn State defeated Louisville, 3-1, in Sunday’s final.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — What’s remarkable is not that two women are coaching for the national championship and one will win a title for the first time in the 44 years of NCAA women’s volleyball. It’s remarkable that these women, Katie Schumacher-Cawley and Dani Busboom Kelly, are the two doing it. Because they are the ideal representatives.

Penn State women’s volleyball head coach Katie Schumacher-Cawley made history on Sunday night, three months after being diagnosed with stage II breast cancer. Schumacher-Cawley, 44, became the first woman head coach to win the national championship since the NCAA tournament began in 1981,

Penn State's Katie Schumacher-Cawley took in her milestone moment with a big smile, hugging confetti-covered players and supporters before hoisting the championship trophy that sets her apart from other volleyball coaches.