Pike Road Patriots Volleyball

Varsity Volleyball

Head Coach: Julianne Matthews

Bio: Hometown: Deatsville, AL.

Junior High Physical Education Teacher, Varsity Head Volleyball Coach, one year at Pike Road, Faulkner University graduate.

- Bachelor of Science in Physical Education

- Master of Science in Management

She won numerous MVP awards and First Team All-Conference honors in each sport and was a nominee for Elmore County’s Joe Sewell Award in 2012 and 2016. She played both softball and volleyball all four years in college. She was on the All-Academic list twice for volleyball and three times for softball. She was named a First-Team All-SSAC defender in all four seasons and voted to the All-Freshman team in 2016 and the All-Tournament team in 2017 and 2018. In 2018, she helped lead Faulkner to the first berth in the program’s history at the national tournament. She was named SSAC Libero of the Year and an All-American Honorable Mention for her efforts that season, when she finished tenth in the nation in total digs, tallying 782 and receiving 97.1 percent of serves hit to her. She totaled 2615 digs, 369 assists, 144 kills, and 98 aces in 494 career matches. Wilkes is the first athlete in Faulkner's history to be selected for First-Team All-Conference Teams for four straight years.

Contact: julianne.mathews@pikeroadschools.org

Assistant Coach: Peyton Williams