Molly Shurr Palmer - Women's Volleyball

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 2006

Molly (Shurr) Palmer is the only women’s volleyball alumni to have participated in a national tournament as both a player and as a member of the coaching staff. During her playing career, SAU was 119-55, the best four year span since records were kept (after 1981). Her teams won four consecutive Midwest Classic Conference Championships and continued for a fifth while she was an assistant coach.

Molly is near the top of most of the career statistical categories. She is second on the career kills list with 1510 kills and ranks in the top 10 all-time in kills per game, digs and Ace Serves.

Molly was a two year team captain under current coach Bruce Billingsley and was twice named the Midwest Classic Conference Player of the Year. She was a two-time All-American and was twice selected as an NAIA All-America Scholar-Athlete. Coach Billingsley describes Molly as “a true leader, on the court, in the classroom and in everyday life. She is the kind of player that makes everyone around her want to work to be better.”

Molly received her BA in 2000 and her Masters in Occupational Therapy in 2001. She and her husband Jeff reside in Coralville, IA.