Completed Event: Volleyball versus Georgia Southern on October 24, 2025 , Win , 3, to, 2 , (25-17, 13-25, 20-25, 25-23, 15-11)
VB
Final
James Madison
3
vs Georgia Southern
(25-17, 13-25, 20-25, 25-23, 15-11)
2
James Madison University | Official Athletics Site
JMU Athletics Hall of Fame
Samantha Smith Barany
- Induction:
- 2022
- Class:
- 2001
A standout student-athlete and coach for JMU women's swimming and diving, Samantha Smith Barany is one of only two individuals in JMU Athletics history to win a conference championship as both an athlete and a coach, joining fellow Hall of Famer Shelley Klaes. In 2001, she helped lead JMU to its first team title since 1994. As an athlete, she won individual CAA Championships in 2001 in the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke and team titles in the 200- and 400-yard medleys and established JMU program records in all four events. She was the first in program history to achieve a NCAA qualifying standard, which she reached in the 100 breaststroke. As a coach, she gradually built the program to consistent top-three finishes in the CAA, emerging with a championship in 2012. The Dukes have finished first or second every season since. She was named CAA Coach of the Year in 2012. Accomplishments by her athletes as coach included an Olympic qualifier, US Olympic Trial qualifier, the program's first NCAA qualifier, 30 NCAA B qualifying marks, 13 relay NCAA B qualifying marks, 65 school records, two CAA records and two league Rookie of the Year honorees. Samantha Smith Barany continued her impact on the sport and the program, departing for family reasons but working as championships coordinator for the CAA, including the swimming and diving event, among others. Between the announcement of her selection and her induction, she was named executive director of the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America.
JMU Volleyball | Eight In a Row
Saturday, October 25
JMU Football | Coordinators Weekly Media Availability - Oct. 25, 2025
Saturday, October 25
JMU Football | Players Weekly Press Conference - Oct. 23, 2025
Thursday, October 23
JMU Football | Bob Chesney Weekly Press Conference - Oct. 23, 2025
Thursday, October 23
