Summer Nash recently completed her first season as volunteer assistant coach at Stanford in 2021, playing a key role in helping Stanford to its first-ever NCAA Championship appearance.
The Cardinal set a new program record with 23 wins in 2021, finishing 23-13 overall and earning the No. 6 seed in Gulf Shores at NCAA Championships. From March 6 to April 3, Stanford won 13 straight matches to set a new school record.
Stanford had 11 wins over ranked opponents during the 2021 season, including a program-record five, Top-10 victories.
No. 1 pair Xolani Hodel and Sunny Villapando earned AVCA First Team All-America in 2021, the program's first-ever First Team All-Americans.Â
Nash played her indoor volleyball  at San Diego State for four year. During that time, Nash was a team leader and dominant force on the court, helping the Aztecs win their conference in 2013. She was invited to play with the Junior National (U-21) team for beach volleyball and played one season on the beach at Florida International University, where her team finished fourth place at the National Championships in 2015.
Nash went on to play three professional beach seasons, where she qualified for the Manhattan Beach Open and competed in several FIVB tournaments.
While training for the AVP, she continued to coach in Florida for a local youth team. After returning to San Diego, she became an assistant beach coach for Mira Costa College for one season. In 2017 the team won the junior college state championship.
In 2020 she became the Torrey Pines High School beach head coach before joining the Cardinal program.
