Considered by many to be the greatest individual athlete in FPU Athletics history,
Tracy Ainger-Schulte played at FPU from 1994-96 leading the Sunbirds to three straight GSAC titles and two NAIA Final Fours. She was a three-time First Team All-American with her career culminating in being named the 1996 NAIA National Player of the Year.
Despite playing just three seasons, she ranks first in program history in career digs (2,618) and digs per set (6.84), second in kills per set (4.54) and third in overall kills (1,737). Her 1,032 digs (7.22 per set) in 1994 remains the single-season school record. She holds FPU records for most digs in a match with 61 and most aces in a match with 12 (twice). Her #11 jersey is the only number in FPU Athletics' history to be retired.
Prior to FPU she starred in tennis and volleyball at Fresno City College. She attended Reedley High School where she was a standout three-sport athlete (volleyball, basketball, tennis) and was recruited heavily for basketball out of high school.
She has been inducted into three Hall of Fames: the NAIA Hall of Fame in 2003, the FPU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009 and the Fresno Athletic Hall of Fame in 2010.
She also brings a strong academic background and will teach in the university's kinesiology department. Her FCC teams have been awarded the AVCA Academic Team Award and she has been instrumental to the kinesiology department at FCC, designing curriculum for multiple classes.
Ainger-Schulte became the sixth head coach in Fresno Pacific Volleyball history in 2016. Ainger-Schulte also spent three years on staff at FPU (2003-05) where she worked her way up to associate head coach. She was an integral part of the coaching staff for the program's 2003 national championship team.
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