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A 1995 graduate of Arizona State University, Nancy (Christian) Todd is no stranger to collegiate volleyball as a player and a coach. Todd was a standout outside hitter/middle hitter on Tech head coach Jeff Nelson's Arizona State University squad for four seasons. During her career at Arizona State, Todd earned numerous honors including being named team captain in 1993. Todd also received the Coaches Award for outstanding contribution to the program, named a one-time second-team All-American at the U.S. Open, selected to the All-Rookie U.S. Open team in 1994 and played on Sun Devil teams that made two NCAA appearances and advanced to the National Invitational Volleyball Championships once. As a freshman at Arizona State, Todd was named to the Pac-10 All-Freshman team. Her 108 blocks was the fourth highest season total in Sun Devil history and she became only the seventh player in school history to have 10 or more block assists in a match (vs. Arizona on September 13). ASU finished 19-16 that year. In 1991, she posted a career-best 22 kills at California and added 13 digs for a 14-12 ASU squad. She was in double figures in kills eight times and in both kills and digs twice. As a junior, for a 23-8 squad, she finished 19 matches with 10 or more kills and had 21 matches with double digit digs. Todd switched positions from outside hitter to middle hitter prior to her senior season, when she led the 20-8 Sun Devils in both block solos (27) and block assists (110). In addition to playing at ASU, Todd also served as head coach for the East Valley Juniors 16 & under squad from 1993-95 and was assistant coach at Corona High School, which placed third in the 1994 Arizona State championships. A 1990 graduate of Scottsdale Saguaro High School, Todd was a three time All-State selection and was named the Arizona's Most Valuable Player as a senior. In addition, she was named to Volleyball Monthly's Fabulous 50 in 1990. She was a three-time all-conference selection and a two-time division most valuable player at Saguaro. Todd, who received her B.S. in Family Studies/Child Development from Arizona State in 1995, also played professional 2-on-2 beach volleyball in 1995. She married Mike Todd in Lubbock on April 7, 1996.
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