Kansas State University Athletics
Volleyball
- Title:
- Assistant Head Coach
- Phone:
- (785) 532-5705
Email Coach Sorensen
THE TRENT SORENSEN FILE
Born: November 23, 1983 (Fontana, Calif.)
High School:Â Highland High School (Palmdale, Calif.)
College: Brigham Young University, B.A. in Business Marketing, '08
Family: Wife: Kim; Children: Aiden, Sienna, Reece, Gavin
Playing Career
BYU (2005-08)
Coaching Career
Tejas Volleyball Club (2009-15)
K-State, assistant coach (2015-19)
K-State, assistant head coach (2019-pres.)
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Trent Sorensen, a veteran prep volleyball coach and former collegiate player at BYU, was promoted to assistant head coach in March 2019 after joining the program as assistant coach with K-State volleyball in February 2015.
With the Wildcats, Sorensen assists with training as well as coordinates recruiting, utilizing his years of experience coaching in the club circuit of prep volleyball.Â
K-State and Sorensen landed a top-30 recruiting class in three consectuve seasons (2018-20), according to PrepVolleyball.com. The 2020 class, which was ranked No. 23, featured five impactful freshman in outside hitter Aliyah Carter, middle blocker Kadye Fernholz, defensive specialist Mackenzie Morris, outside hitter Jayden Nembhard and outside hitter/opposite Tessa Mati.
Carter was named 2020 Big 12 Freshman of the Year, the program’s second-ever honor, in addition to being tabbed 2020 AVCA Midwest Region Freshman of the Year. Carter and Nembhard combined to collect eight Big 12 Rookie or Offensive Player of the Week awards in their initial seasons.
The 2019 class, which featured five freshmen, was tabbed as the nation’s 20th-best. The class included setter Teana Adams-Kaonohi, outside hitter Anna Dixon, defensive specialist/libero Loren Hinkle, defensive specialist/libero Dru Kuck and middle blocker Faith Hammontree.
Dixon earned a spot on USA Volleyball’s Women’s Junior National Team and competed at the 2019 FIVB U20 World Championships in Leon and Aguascalients, Mexico.
The 2018 freshmen class was ranked No. 26 by PrepVolleyball.com and was highlighted by 2018 AVCA Midwest Region Freshman of the Year and All-America Honorable Mention selection Gloria Mutiri.
In his first two seasons at K-State, he helped guide the Wildcats to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances and top-four finishes in the Big 12 standings.
His first season with K-State in 2015, he helped lead a group of Wildcats that had no seniors and a 1-3 start in Big 12 play to its best finish in the conference standings since 2011 and a trip to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time over the last five years.
Prior to joining the Wildcats, Sorensen was a coach within the Tejas Volleyball club program, which is based outside of Fort Worth, Texas. Over his tenure with Tejas, he coached the 15- and 17-year-old age groups, including his last two years as the head coach of the top 15’s team.Â
In addition to his club volleyball coaching experience, Sorensen played for the BYU men’s volleyball team starting in 2003, but he accumulated most of his matches played from 2006 to 2008 after serving a church mission in Mexico City for two years. For his entire Cougar career, he played in 87 matches and tallied 337 kills and 202 blocks. During his senior campaign, he only missed only one set over the course of 30 matches and went on to rank second on the team in blocks and attack percentage, helping him earn all-league honorable mention and be a nominee for an AVCA All-America nod.Â
A native of Fontana, California, the former middle blocker played high school volleyball at Highland High School as well as club for the Santa Monica Beach Club Team.Â
Sorensen is married to the former Kim Wilson, who also played collegiately at BYU. The couple has four children: Aiden, Sienna, Reece and Gavin.
