Women's Volleyball
Melo, Giovana
Giovana Melo
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach
- Email:
- gmelo@uoregon.edu
Giovana Melo was named the associate head coach for Oregon volleyball in February 2025.
Melo spent the previous 11 seasons as the head coach at CSU Bakersfield where she led her team to three postseason appearances and two Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Tournament titles. Melo and the Roadrunners advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 2014 and 2017 and played in the NIVC in 2021.
Between time playing in the WAC and Big West, Melo coached her CSUB athletes to 27 all-conference accolades, nine WAC All-Tournament awards including two MVP honors and 29 all-academic selections. Eleven of her student-athletes earned first- or second-team certificates including Carol Grasso who was the 2016 WAC Player of the Year.
Melo made an immediate impact in Bakersfield, leading the program to its first-ever WAC Tournament title and subsequent NCAA Tournament appearance in 2014. They repeated the postseason success in 2017 with a second WAC Tournament title and a second appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
During the respective runs, Molly O’Hagan and Aleksandra Djordjevic were the WAC Tournament Most Valuable Players in 2014 and 2017. The Roadrunners beat Seattle U in the 2014 conference title match and UTRGV in the 2017 final. That 2017 title push including a win over top-seeded New Mexico State in the semifinals.
In her first four seasons at CSU Bakersfield, Melo led the Roadrunners to a top-three finish during the regular season including a second-place finish during the 2015 campaign. In 2018, Melo’s fifth season, CSUB put together a seven-match winning streak and finished the season with 14 wins.
After a nine-win season in 2019 and the COVID-cancelled season in 2020, Melo had her team back in double figures with an 18-11 season in 2021, its first in the Big West. The Roadrunners also posted 11 conference wins that season on their way to an NIVC appearance.
Prior to her time at CSU Bakersfield, Melo spent six seasons at Western Nebraska Community College. She led her team to five NJCAA Division I Final Four appearances and the 2010 NJCAA national title. In that time, Melo posted a 262-20 record and Western Nebraska won six Region IX championships.
Melo was a five-time Region IX Coach of the Year, four-time AVCA Two-Year College West Region Coach of the Year and four-time AVCA ‘Thirty Under 30’ recipient during her time at Western Nebraska.
Also a standout player, Melo began her collegiate career at Western Nebraska before transferring to Arizona State. She was a two-year starter at setter for the Sun Devils and served as a team captain in 2004. Melo stayed in Tempe to begin her coaching career where she was an assistant for three years.
She graduated from Arizona State with a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology before earning her masters in higher and post-secondary education, also at ASU.
Melo, a native of Ribeirao Preto, Brazil, is married to Trisha Lacey, and the couple has two children, Eva and Leo.
Melo spent the previous 11 seasons as the head coach at CSU Bakersfield where she led her team to three postseason appearances and two Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Tournament titles. Melo and the Roadrunners advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 2014 and 2017 and played in the NIVC in 2021.
Between time playing in the WAC and Big West, Melo coached her CSUB athletes to 27 all-conference accolades, nine WAC All-Tournament awards including two MVP honors and 29 all-academic selections. Eleven of her student-athletes earned first- or second-team certificates including Carol Grasso who was the 2016 WAC Player of the Year.
Melo made an immediate impact in Bakersfield, leading the program to its first-ever WAC Tournament title and subsequent NCAA Tournament appearance in 2014. They repeated the postseason success in 2017 with a second WAC Tournament title and a second appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
During the respective runs, Molly O’Hagan and Aleksandra Djordjevic were the WAC Tournament Most Valuable Players in 2014 and 2017. The Roadrunners beat Seattle U in the 2014 conference title match and UTRGV in the 2017 final. That 2017 title push including a win over top-seeded New Mexico State in the semifinals.
In her first four seasons at CSU Bakersfield, Melo led the Roadrunners to a top-three finish during the regular season including a second-place finish during the 2015 campaign. In 2018, Melo’s fifth season, CSUB put together a seven-match winning streak and finished the season with 14 wins.
After a nine-win season in 2019 and the COVID-cancelled season in 2020, Melo had her team back in double figures with an 18-11 season in 2021, its first in the Big West. The Roadrunners also posted 11 conference wins that season on their way to an NIVC appearance.
Prior to her time at CSU Bakersfield, Melo spent six seasons at Western Nebraska Community College. She led her team to five NJCAA Division I Final Four appearances and the 2010 NJCAA national title. In that time, Melo posted a 262-20 record and Western Nebraska won six Region IX championships.
Melo was a five-time Region IX Coach of the Year, four-time AVCA Two-Year College West Region Coach of the Year and four-time AVCA ‘Thirty Under 30’ recipient during her time at Western Nebraska.
Also a standout player, Melo began her collegiate career at Western Nebraska before transferring to Arizona State. She was a two-year starter at setter for the Sun Devils and served as a team captain in 2004. Melo stayed in Tempe to begin her coaching career where she was an assistant for three years.
She graduated from Arizona State with a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology before earning her masters in higher and post-secondary education, also at ASU.
Melo, a native of Ribeirao Preto, Brazil, is married to Trisha Lacey, and the couple has two children, Eva and Leo.
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