Former Griffon volleyball student-athlete Kayla Ruff rejoined the program in August of 2025 as an assistant coach.
"I could not be more excited to be back at MoWest," Ruff said. "the opportunity to return to my alma mater and coach at a place that means so much to me is truly an honor. I am very grateful to Coach Fey, Theresa (Grosbach) and Athletic Director Andy Carter for giving me the chance to part of the Griffon program again."
Ruff joins a Griffon volleyball renaissance that has reached a sustainability of success under head coach Jessica Fey. The Griffons are coming off two straight 21+ win seasons, including an NCAA Regional berth in 2024. Prior to last season, MWSU's last regional appearance came in 2017, where Ruff was a 2nd-team All-MIAA libero and helped lead the Griffons to the program's first-ever MIAA conference championship and an NCAA tournament victory. During her 2017 senior season, Ruff set the single-season school record with 705 digs, and exited MWSU second all-time with 1,768 career digs in 363 sets.
Most recently, Ruff served as head coach of MAVS Volleyball club program in Lenexa, Kansas, guiding the MAVS 816 18 National Team from 2024-25 and is slated to lead the MAVS KC 17 National team for the 25-26 club season.
Prior to her time on the club circuit, Ruff served as the assistant volleyball coach at Morningside University in Sioux City, Iowa from 2020-23, helping to guide the program to the NAIA National tournament in her final season.
A 2018 MoWest graduate, Kayla earned her Masters Degree from the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota, where she was a graduate assistant volleyball coach in 2018-2020.
