Candice Parent has been involved with the Colby volleyball program since the fall of 1993 and is entering her ninth season as head coach. Her program was honored in 2002 when Parent was named NESCAC Coach of the Year after leading the Mules to a 23-10 record. In 1997 and 2001 her colleagues selected her as the Maine State Coach of the Year. In December 1999 Parent was selected as the female recipient of the Rick Pierce Award, a regional award based on sportsmanship, competitiveness, and volunteerism given out annually by the Yankee Volleyball Association. Parent continues to play volleyball at the highest-level tournaments in New England through the USA Volleyball Association and each year she participates in the USA Volleyball Nationals at various sites across the country. Parent and her husband, Mark, were blessed by the birth of their second child, Matthew Gabriel, in December 2002.

2003 Roster
#	Pos	Name/Year	Hometown	High School
1	S	Kimberly Prescott '04	Buena Park, Calif.	Los Alamitos HS
2	DS/L	Jennifer Murphy '07	Newtown, Conn.	Newtown HS
4	MB	Kaitlin Adams '06	Athol, Mass.	Athol HS
5	OH/MB	Julie Hike '07	Falmouth, Mass.	Falmouth HS
6	OH/L	Jennifer Radcliffe '06	Eugene, Ore.	South Eugene HS
8	MB	Abbey Stella '04	Westfield, Mass.	Westfield HS
9	OH	Cait Cleaver '06	Kennett Square, Pa.	Unionville HS
10	OP	* Alyssa Henley '04	Spokane, Wash.	St. George's School
13	MB	Johanna Schroeder '04	Salmon, Idaho	Salmon HS
14	OP	Mariah Daly '06	Baltimore, Md.	McDonogh School
16	MB	Liz Wyckoff '06	Canton, N.Y.	Hugh C. Williams School
21/14	OH	Megan Devlin '06	Branford, Conn.	Branford HS