Coach Vandiver enters her third season at Murray State College. A native of Goodland, Kansas, Vandiver played collegiately at Neosho County as well as Southwestern Oklahoma State University, starting all four of her college seasons, including an All-Conference campaign her final year at Neosho. She earned the hustle award at Southwestern as a junior before her final campaign was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vandiver's coaching career began as a volunteer assistant for one season at Northwest Kansas Technical College before moving onto Neosho County Community College. While there, she helped the Panthers to a 61-38 overall record and a high of number 15 national ranking while coaching nine All-Conference and five All-Region honorees.
In her two seasons at Murray State, Vandiver has helped the Lady Aggies to an astonishing 122-10 record. In that time, the Lady Aggies have also been undefeated (60-0) in Region 2 play.
This past season, the Lady Aggies accumulated a 62-3 record and claimed their fifth consecutive Region 2 Southwest Plains Tournament Championship. The Lady Aggies also earned a berth to the NJCAA Division II World Series for the fifth straight year. Murray State College won three games at the World Series, finishing fourth in the country.
The year before, the Lady Aggies accumulated a 60-7 record, en route to a third-place finish at the NJCAA Division II World Series.
In just two years at Murray State, Vandiver has coached nine NJCAA All-Americans and 15 NJCAA All-Region 2 recipients.
