HARTFORD, Conn. - Trinity College Volleyball Head Coach Jen Bowman was selected for induction into the Connecticut Volleyball Hall of Fame Class of 2025, announced by the Hall of Fame committee. The Class of 2025 will be inducted on Tuesday November 25, 2025 at the Aqua Turf Country Club in Plantsville, Connecticut.
 
Bowman becomes the ninth collegiate Head Coach to be elected to the Hall of Fame, joining Debbie Chin, Floretta "Pinky Crabtree, Dr. Joan Barbarich, Marilyn Mather, Gale Lackey, Michael Brienza, Richard Myers, and Erin Appleman.
 
Bowman enters her 22^nd season as head coach of the Trinity College Volleyball team for the 2025 season and is Trinity's all-time winningest volleyball coach with a 265-222 record and a .544 winning percentage over 21 seasons, including 13 appearances in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Championship Tournament. Bowman has logged 16 seasons with double-digit win totals, including a 19-win seasons in 2011 and 2024, the mark second-most wins in a season, one victory behind the 20-7 mark set in 1987.
 
During her 20-plus years at the helm, Bowman has produced two American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-Americans (Hannah Brickley, 2011; Bella Caffuzzi, 2024), seven AVCA All-New England selections, and 13 All-Conference selections.
 
Prior to joining Trinity, Bowman won over 71 percent of her matches in four years at Bates College, including a 31-9 mark and an appearance in the NCAA Division III Championship Regional Finals in 2000. In four years, Bowman guided Bates to four NESCAC Championship Semifinals and two NESCAC Finals appearance. Bowman compiled a 177-50 record in six years as the head volleyball coach at Frostburg State University and Bates College. Bowman owns a career record of 442-272 (.619) over her 27 seasons as a head coach. As a widely-respected coach, Bowman has served on a number of AVCA committees and has been the NCAA representative for NESCAC.
 
A graduate of the NCAA Women's Coaches Academy, Bowman received a bachelor's degree in geography in 1997, and her master's degree in post-secondary education from Salisbury in 2004. As a student-athlete at Salisbury, serving a team captain for both the Volleyball and Softball teams. On the volleyball court, Bowman ranks second all-time in career service aces (255) and fifth in career assists (2,121). Bowman owns the single-season record for service aces (100) and second-most aces in a match with 12. Bowman was a four-time ESAC All-Conference selection, including Player of the Year honors in 1992, and a two-time All-Region choice. On the softball diamond, Bowman was a two-time Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) First Team All-Conference selection (1995,1997) and was selected as the 1995 Player of the Year. Bowman was inducted into the Salisbury Athletics Hall of Fame in 2007.
 
Founded in 1997, the Volleyball Hall of Fame seeks to honor those from Connecticut, who, in a superlative fashion, have contributed to the enhancement of women's volleyball through participation, service, support, or achievement.  Perfection, Achievement, Effort, Dedication – these hallmarks of excellence reflect the lives and careers of our Hall of Famers.  Excellence speaks with a voice of its own.  In those elected to the Hall of Fame, we are privileged to hear that voice.  The Connecticut Women's Volleyball Hall of Famers exemplify the finest achievements in the sport of volleyball.

Connecticut Volleyball Hall of Fame Class of 2025
Corinne Horanzy - Scholastic Player, Southington HS
Victor Rivera - Scholastic Coach, Maloney HS
Michelle Abraham - Scholastic Coach, New Britain HS
Noelle Emmette Raymond - Collegiate Player, Bryant University
Jen Bowman - Collegiate Coach, Trinity College
Dominic D'Aurio - Official
Ruth Hewston (Posthumous) - Honorary