After leading the Panthers s the Interim Head Coach for the second half of the 2022 season, Alejandra Jimenez was officially named the Head Volleyball Coach by Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics Mark Shook in December of 2022.
From 2020 until her appointment as Interim Head Coach, Jimenez served as an assistant at Wesleyan. Along with her duties in Owensboro, she is also a coach at the Evansville United Volleyball Academy across the river in Indiana.Â
A native of Puerto Rico, Jimenez began playing volleyball at age five, where she fell in love with the sport. After an outstanding youth career, she went on to become a four year starter at Division I Louisiana Tech, where she currently is the program's all-time leader in career digs, digs per set, and digs in a single match. She was a multiple time all-conference honoree and graduated in 2017 with a Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Arts with a minor in Graphic Design.Â
