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Salima Rockwell begins her second season on the Penn State women's volleyball coaching staff and her first as an assistant coach after last year serving as the Director of Volleyball Operations. The former Salima Davidson was a three-time All-American setter for the Nittany Lions from 1991-94 and served as a two-time team captain of the U.S. National Team during her time with the squad from 1995-99. She returns to Penn State after spending the 2005 season as an assistant coach at Oregon State under legendary head coach Terry Liskevych.

"It's great to have Lima in a position where she can interact and help the players. The types of contributions that she makes are huge. Most importantly she understands how I run the program. She has an infectious personality that makes everyone around her comfortable. She had attained great success as a player, both in high school and college as well as with the U.S. National Team. The players know that she knows what she's talking about and she's not afraid to tell them the truth. She is going to make a great contribution this year and in the future, especially with our setters."

A native of Pittsburgh, Pa., Rockwell was an assistant at the University of Pittsburgh from 2001-03 where she worked primarily with the Panthers' setters. She was also the Panthers' lead recruiter and signed four of their top five recruits in 2002.

Rockwell captained the USA National Team in 1997 and 1998, serving as the starting setter for the Americans and earned the Coaches' Award, MVP and the Team Award in each of those seasons.

Rockwell also spent three years in the ultra-competitive world of pharmaceutical sales, consistently ranking as a top selling representative.

She still ranks fourth all-time on Penn State's career assists list with 5,455, and sits third on the career assists per game list (12.34). She ranks fifth on the career digging charts with 1,278 and sits 12th all-time on the career hitting percentage list (.301). An all-around player, Rockwell also ranks 10th on the career total blocks chart with 382 and was inducted into the Pennsylvania Volleyball Coaches Hall of Fame. A two-time member of the NCAA Championship All-Tournament team (1993 & 1994), Rockwell also earned All-Big Ten accolades four times, including three first-team selections. She graduated in 1994 with a Bachelor's of the Arts in Speech Communications.

Rockwell and her husband, Jeff, have one son, Logan, who was born in October of 2004.