Former Oregon State volleyball star Arica Nassar will re-join the program as a graduate student assistant, OSU head coach Mark Barnard announced. “I’m really excited to be back in Corvallis,” Nassar said. “My role will be different this time around but I am ready for this new adventure and I can’t wait to be back in Gill Coliseum with Beaver Nation behind us. Go Beavs!” Nassar returns to Corvallis after working as a volunteer assistant at UCLA in 2017. One of just two players in OSU history with 1,000 career kills (1,033) and 500 blocks (540), Nassar ranks third all-time in blocks, 13th in points (1,380), and 15th in kills. She led the Beavers in blocks per set all four seasons.
She earned a degree in chemistry in 2015 and was a three-time Pac-12 Academic Honorable Mention selection. Nassar played professionally in Finland (WomanVolley, 2015-16) and Sweden (Engelholm, 2016-17), helping Engelholm to League and Gran Prix Championships.
