STOCKTON, Calif. – Former Division I indoor and beach volleyball player and assistant coach Sydney Wetterström has been named the first-ever head coach of the Pacific beach volleyball program.
"I am thrilled to be adding the new position of Head Beach Volleyball Coach to Pacific Athletics," Director of Athletics Janet Lucas said. "This marks a new opportunity for these student-athletes to grow and for the program to reach new levels of success - and Sydney is the perfect individual to step into this role."
Wetterström comes to Pacific after serving as an assistant beach coach at Southern Miss during the 2023 season, where she helped guide the Golden Eagles to 18 wins, the most in program history. In her lone season with the team, she also helped lead the program to a Sun Belt Conference Beach Volleyball Championship semifinals berth after wins over Mercer, UL Monroe, and second-seeded Charleston.
Along with her coaching responsibilities, Wetterström held administrative duties, including coordinating travel arrangements, placing equipment orders, marketing home tournaments, and implementing fundraising strategies.
Before her time at Southern Miss, Wetterström served as an assistant for the indoor volleyball team at Akron during the 2022 season.
A former Division I standout in indoor and beach volleyball, Wetterström spent four seasons competing at Michigan from 2016 until 2019 before transferring to Florida State to play one season of beach volleyball in 2020.
During her time with the Wolverines, the team accumulated a 90-44 record, averaging 22 wins a season and appeared in four straight NCAA tournaments. In four seasons, Wetterström notched 624 kills on 1,663 attacks, a 0.196 attack percentage, with 36 assists, 400 digs, 109 total blocks and 711 total points.
In her lone season with the Florida State beach volleyball team, Wetterström guided the Seminoles to a 12-1 record in a shortened season, including a perfect 7-0 record at home.
"With Sydney's volleyball experience as a player and a coach, holistic approach with her student-athletes, and passion for the game, we are truly excited about the future of this program," Lucas added.
Off the courts, Wetterström spent her time in the community, co-founding the Student-Athlete Sexual Health support group and serving as the head mental health representative on the Michigan Student-Athlete Athletic Counsel. She also helped found the LGBTQ Student-Athlete Organization at Michigan in December 2019.
Wetterström, a double major, earned a Bachelor of Science in Health and Fitness and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from Michigan in 2020. She earned her Master's in Social Work with an emphasis in Clinical Counseling in 2022 from Florida State.
