Addie Picha

Biography

Addie Picha, a standout middle blocker at the University of San Diego, was hired as assistant coach of the Cal Poly volleyball program in the winter of 2023 and enters her third season with the Mustangs in 2025. Picha joins the Mustangs' staff after spending the last two seasons as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Gardner-Webb University in North Carolina, where she helped coach six players who earned All-Big South honors. Prior to that, she spent one season as a volunteer assistant coach at University of San Diego in 2020-21 in which the Toreros reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament. As a middle blocker for the Toreros, Picha was a four-year standout as she was twice named an AVCA All-American and First Team All-West Coast Conference. She was also selected to the U.S. Women's Collegiate National Team in 2018. As a senior in 2018, she helped lead the Toreros to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament as she led the team in hitting percentage (.389), blocks (166), and blocks per set (1.48) that season. She finished her USD career tied for third all-time in program history in hitting percentage (.365), fourth in total blocks (452) and block assists (346), and seventh in solo blocks (106). Following her indoor career at San Diego, Picha played one season of beach volleyball at Washington in 2020. A Puyallup, Wash. native, Picha graduated from USD with a psychology degree in 2019.