Amber Cannady begins her third season as a member of the Chargers coaching staff.
A middle hitter, Cannady was a Daktronics First Team All-America and AVCA Honorable Mention All-America selection in 2013. She helped lead the Chargers to a second consecutive Northeast-10 Championship, fourth straight Northeast-10 regular season title and third straight appearance in the NCAA East Region Championship Match. In the process, she was lauded individually as Daktronics East Region Player of the Year, AVCA All-East Region, Northeast-10 Player of the Year, First Team All-Northeast-10, Most Outstanding Player of the Northeast-10 Championship and a member of the NCAA East Region All-Championship Team.
Cannady was selected as team MVP and the University of New Haven Female co-Athlete of the Year in the spring of 2014.
Over her career, Cannady was a part of three Northeast-10 Championships, four NE-10 regular season championships, four NCAA postseason appearances and a trip to the 2012 NCAA National Quarterfinals. Cannady finished her career ranked fourth in blocks per set (1.25), fifth in block assists (353), sixth in total blocks (471), eighth in attack percentage (.300), ninth in solo blocks (118) and 10th in matches played (109).
Cannady graduated in 2014 with a degree in Psychology.
