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Bruere took over the leadership of the Mountaineer program in January 2023.
In Bruere's 2
nd season as a Mountaineer, she took the program to new heights. In the 2024 season Bruere took the Mountaineers from 13
th to 8
th in the RMAC and clinched a spot in the RMAC tournament. Bruere set a standard and built a culture that players, staff and the community want to be a part of. In her second season the Mountaineers broke some records and shattered expectations. The Mountaineers swept Chadron State for the 2
nd time in school history and the first time in 12 years. The Mountaineers also beat the #3 ranked at the time, Colorado School of Mines for the first time since 2015 and the 3
rd time in school history. The 2024 Mountaineers gained 3 all-RMAC awards, they finished the season 12-16 and 7-7 in RMAC play.
Bruere came to Western from Dodge City (Kansas) Community College. In just three years as the head coach of the Conquistadors she turned around a program that won four games the season before her arrival, into a squad that finished 22-9 in 2022, played in the NJCAA Region VI Semifinals, and produced six all-conference performers.
Dodge City had one honorable mention all-conference performer in 2019, but in Bruere’s first season the Conquistadors earned a first-team All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference selection as well as two honorable mention players.
The team doubled its win total that first season, then doubled it again (16-9) in year two. The 22 wins and 10 conference victories in 2022 were each the most since 2010, and those successes were rewarded by hosting the opening round of the Region VI Plains District Playoffs. The Conquistadors’ 3-1 win at the Regional was the program’s first region triumph since the 2012 campaign.
With Bruere assisting at Otero (Colo.) College, the Rattlers won a region championship and became a national contender, finishing seventh at the 2019 NJCAA D-I national tournament.
Her successful recruiting background got much of its start at Otero, where she set up the recruiting database, created player evaluations and contact points, and built extensive connections in such states as Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, while also growing her international connections that proved important when transforming the Dodge City program.
At NCAA Division I Louisiana Monroe, she assisted with both the indoor and beach volleyball programs. Bruere handled the setters and was the offensive coordinator for the indoor program, and in the spring was in charge of the non-traditional indoor season while also spearheading the outdoor beach program.
Bruere is no stranger to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. She played four years, from 2012 to 2015, for the Colorado State University Pueblo volleyball program, appearing in over 80 matches and amassing over 1,000 set assists and more than 600 digs for the ThunderWolves. She earned inclusion on the RMAC Academic Honor Roll in each of her final three years with the program.
Western also has a place within her history, as Bruere’s brother, Easton, was part of the Mountaineer football program from 2017 to 2019.
