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Deahna Kraft

Deahna Kraft

Waves alumna Deahna Kraft joined the Peppedine beach volleyball sidelines as a volunteer coach in August 2021.
 
She graduated from Pepperdine in 2020 after having played for the Waves for four seasons, though her senior campaign was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  During her time competing on the sand for Pepperdine, she earned AVCA, DiG Magazine and Volleyball Magazine All-American honors, garnered a 2018 West Coast Conference Defender of the Year nod and was a two-time All-WCC first teamer. 
 
She finished her career in the navy and orange with a 67-30 (.691) overall record, including 15 wins in the top-spot, a 26-10 record in the No. 2 position and a 26-6 output from the No. 4 slot.  Her 67 wins currently ranks 11th in the Pepperdine beach volleyball career record books.  She helped lead her squad to two-straight WCC Championship crowns and a pair of top-five finishes in the NCAA Tournament, including the runner-up finish in 2017.
 
After graduating from Pepperdine, she spent her final year of eligibility getting a Master’s degree in Education Leadership and Policy Analysis from University of Wisconsin, Madison, while playing for the Badgers’ indoor program.  The Badgers ranked No. 1 in the AVCA Coaches Poll for most of the 2020 season, which was played in the Spring of 2021, finishing with an impressive 18-1 overall record, an undefeated season in the Big Ten and a NCAA Championship semifinal appearance.  
 
Kraft has been putting her education to good use in the coaching arena, studying the Foundations of Coaching, taught by world-renown volleyball coach and Pepperdine’s Head Coach Emeritus Marv Dunphy, who recently helped Team USA indoor women’s volleyball to a gold medal finish in the 2020 Olympic Games. 
 
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