Women's Volleyball
Addie Lyon
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- volleyball@liberty.edu
Former collegiate volleyball standout and Penn State graduate Addie Lyon joined the Liberty Volleyball staff in April 2026 and currently serves as an assistant coach.
Lyon joined the Lady Flames after finishing up her playing career at Penn State, where she played for one season. She previously played at both Missouri and Saint Louis.
A setter from O’Fallon, Mo., Lyon finished her playing career with 2,633 career assists, 531 digs, 81 aces and 77 blocks. She spent the 2025 season as Penn State’s starting setter after transferring from Saint Louis. During her redshirt senior season with the Nittany Lions, Lyon led Penn State with 1,092 assists while distributing for an offense which hit .250 as a team. Penn State entered the NCAA Tournament ranked 25th nationally before going 1-1 at the NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship.
She began her career at Missouri, where she started 15 matches as a freshman before redshirting the following year. Lyon then transferred to Saint Louis, where she competed for two seasons (2023, 2024) and was named A-10 Player of the Week on Oct. 16, 2023
Lyon was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll in 2022, while also receiving the University of Missouri Heather Morris Courage Award that same year. She earned Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll in 2023 and received the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award last year.
While balancing college and volleyball, she also gained coaching experience, serving as a camp coach for Missouri’s volleyball camp in 2021 and Penn State’s volleyball camp in 2025. From 2023 until the present, she has coached in the USAV Open Division for the Rockwood Thunder Volleyball Club, gaining experience as an assistant coach at the highest division for 15U, 17U and 18U teams.
During her time at Missouri, she participated in in the Mizzou Made Leadership Program, a competitive leadership development program. Recently, she has been a spokesperson for the NIL Huddle for Hearts program. Lyon has raised awareness about heart health, including social media outreach, in addition to representing the Peyton Walker Foundation Heart Screening.
She graduated from Saint Louis in May 2025 with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration: marketing, before earning a graduate certificate in business management foundations in Dec. 2025.
Lyon joined the Lady Flames after finishing up her playing career at Penn State, where she played for one season. She previously played at both Missouri and Saint Louis.
A setter from O’Fallon, Mo., Lyon finished her playing career with 2,633 career assists, 531 digs, 81 aces and 77 blocks. She spent the 2025 season as Penn State’s starting setter after transferring from Saint Louis. During her redshirt senior season with the Nittany Lions, Lyon led Penn State with 1,092 assists while distributing for an offense which hit .250 as a team. Penn State entered the NCAA Tournament ranked 25th nationally before going 1-1 at the NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship.
She began her career at Missouri, where she started 15 matches as a freshman before redshirting the following year. Lyon then transferred to Saint Louis, where she competed for two seasons (2023, 2024) and was named A-10 Player of the Week on Oct. 16, 2023
Lyon was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll in 2022, while also receiving the University of Missouri Heather Morris Courage Award that same year. She earned Atlantic 10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll in 2023 and received the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award last year.
While balancing college and volleyball, she also gained coaching experience, serving as a camp coach for Missouri’s volleyball camp in 2021 and Penn State’s volleyball camp in 2025. From 2023 until the present, she has coached in the USAV Open Division for the Rockwood Thunder Volleyball Club, gaining experience as an assistant coach at the highest division for 15U, 17U and 18U teams.
During her time at Missouri, she participated in in the Mizzou Made Leadership Program, a competitive leadership development program. Recently, she has been a spokesperson for the NIL Huddle for Hearts program. Lyon has raised awareness about heart health, including social media outreach, in addition to representing the Peyton Walker Foundation Heart Screening.
She graduated from Saint Louis in May 2025 with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration: marketing, before earning a graduate certificate in business management foundations in Dec. 2025.
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