Florida Atlantic University Athletics
No. 15 Women's Beach Volleyball
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- Assistant Coach
Karolina Marciniak joined the FAU coaching staff in the summer of 2017.
Marciniak (nèe Sowala) was born in Poland where she received her Bachelor’s degree in physical education. When she began her professional beach career, she was given the chance to represent her home country of Poland on the FIVB Swatch Tour between 2009-12. Two of the highest achievements in her career were third place in U21 World Championship in Brighton, England in 2008 and third place in the U20 European Championship in Scheveningen, Netherlands in 2007.
In her first year as an assistant, Marciniak helped sophomores Erica Brok and Mackenzie Morris (No. 2) and seniors Amanda Silva and Nicole Grant (No. 3) earning AVCA Top Flight Awards. Brok and Morris set the school record for career wins as a pair and also became the first pair in school history to win CCSA Pair of the Week. FAU achieved success off the court as well, achieving a perfect APR, having 14 players make the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll senior Carly Scarbrough named to the CCSA All-Academic Team for the second year in a row.
Stateside, Marciniak was one of the top performing athletes in the National Volleyball League. She has taken 12 victories over the past four seasons and multiple awards for her efforts. Currently, she is competing on AVP and has recorded two top-five finishes.
In 2014, Marciniak received her Master’s degree in sport business management from Webber International University. She began her coaching career in 2013 and is one of the head coaches at VB Beach Club in Boca Raton. Marciniak is married to fellow AVP professional Piotr Marciniak. The couple welcomed their first child, Michael, in March of 2019.
