Jenni Horvath is in her fourth season as assistant coach on the Bulls’ volleyball staff and serves as the team’s recruiting coordinator. Horvath came to UB following one year as an assistant coach at fellow MAC member, Toledo.

Last season, Horvath helped guide one of the youngest teams in the nation to its third straight season with double-digit wins.  Horvath helped with the transition to a new full-time setter as sophomore Dani Reinert took over the duties.

In 2010, Horvath helped a team with six newcomers reach the Quarterfinals of the Mid-American Conference Tournament.  She worked with a freshman libero for the second straight year as Kelly Svoboda finished amongst the MAC leaders in digs.  

In her first season with the Bulls, Horvath helped setter Lindsey Schlegel put up career numbers as she effectively led the UB offense.  Horvath was also in charge of UB’s back row where she helped Tori Beckman reach a school record for digs in a season and make it onto the MAC’s All-Freshman Team.

With the Rockets, Horvath helped lead the team to a 14-17 record and a first round victory in the Mid-American Conference Tournament.

Horvath played a key role at right-side hitter for the Musketeers’ 2007 NCAA Tournament squad as a senior, ranking third on the team in digs (2.88) and service aces (0.19) per game and posting 2.27 kills per game and a .206 hitting percentage for a balanced offensive attack. She received A-10 All-Tournament Team honors after posting 14 kills and 20 digs in a semifinal win over Saint Louis and nine terminations and 11 digs in the championship match vs. Dayton. Horvath also earned A-10 All-Tourney honors as a junior when she tallied a then-career high 19 digs against Dayton in the semifinals. During her playing career, Xavier posted a 83-45 (.648) overall mark and an impressive 43-10 (.811) Atlantic 10 ledger.

A native of Oxford, OH, Horvath holds the school record for kills at Stephen T. Badin High School (Hamilton, OH). She was selected to the Cincinnati Enquirer’s All-Star Volleyball First-Team two years in a row and also was named to the Southwest Ohio Volleyball Coaches Association’s First-Team All-City as a senior.

Horvath comes from an athletic family with her grandfather, Bob Ptacek, earning team MVP honors as a quarterback at the University of Michigan in 1958 before playing professionally with the Cleveland Browns (1959) and the CFL’s Saskatchewan Roughriders (1960-65). In addition, her father, Thomas, played baseball at Eastern Kentucky, and her sister, Allie, was on the swimming team at the University of Pittsburgh.

Horvath graduated from Xavier in 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in advertising.