Liz Hert-Rey starred at the setter position for the Pacific women's volleyball team from 1984-87. She helped guide the Tigers to a combined 137-18 record over her four years, as well as back-to-back national championships in 1985 and 1986.
Hert-Rey stands as one of the top setters in program history as she continues to rank third in the Pacific career record book with 4,386 assists. The 1986 and 1987 seasons were perhaps her best seasons as a Tiger on the volleyball court. In 1986, Hert-Rey earned Volleyball Monthly All-America honors and directed the Tigers to their second consecutive NCAA Division I national title while earning honors as Pacific's Co-MVP.
In 1987, Hert-Rey earned All-PCAA First Team honors while being named to the AVCA All-America First Team and the Volleyball Monthly All-America Team. On Oct. 6, 1987, she set a Pacific single-match record with 88 assists against UCLA, a mark she continues to hold to this day. During the summer of 1987, Hert-Rey participated at the World University Games in Yugoslavia.
Currently, Hert-Rey holds three of the top eight single season assist marks in the Pacific single season record book. She is also tied for ninth in the Pacific career record book with 125 service aces.
After her outstanding career at Pacific, Hert-Rey played professional Major League Volleyball in 1989 in Portland, Oregon. She then went to France and played professionally from 1990-94. While in France, she was and English teacher at an engineering university in Lyon.
