Coach Austin comes to St. Mark's having served as the assistant coach for the CMASS Juniors Volleyball Club 16's National team. Coach Austin had a very successful career playing at the club, high school, and college levels. She played at CMASS Juniors and SMASH VBC in high school, where she attended Nationals in Orlando three times. Coach Austin played for Westborough High School, winning a state championship in 2017, and played for the USAV Nationals A2 team the same year, where she trained for a week in Colorado Springs with USAV Olympic Coach Karch Kiraly. She also worked with Olympic setter Courtney Thompson at Babson College. Coach Austin had a stint playing Division I volleyball at Loyola University Maryland and is very familiar with high-level college recruiting.