COLTON - After two Olympic silver medals and a combined 20 years of coaching and playing professional volleyball, Humboldt State head volleyball coach Sue Woodstra was inducted into her hometown of Colton's Sports Hall of Fame on March 20.

Woodstra began her road to success lettering in volleyball, basketball, softball and field hockey at Colton High School. During her collegiate playing experience at the University of Southern California, Woodstra won the 1977 Association for Intercollegiate Athletic Women (AIAW) Volleyball National Championship.

During her time on the U.S. National team from 1978-84, she guided the 1984 U.S. Olympic team to a silver medal as team captain at the Los Angeles games. After her stint with the U.S. national team, she played professional volleyball in Japan.

Woodstra began her head coaching career at the University of Pittsburgh from 1988-92, and  in 1993 she went overseas to coach USC Münster, a professional team in Germany. Upon returning to the states Woodstra was at the helm of the University of California at Berkeley's volleyball program for three years.

In 2002 she became the 10th head coach in the history of the volleyball program at Humboldt State. While directing the Lumberjack program, Woodstra has compiled 43 wins in her six seasons. She took a hiatus at HSU from late 2007 into 2008 to serve as the first assistant coach for the U.S. Olympic team, helping it earn a silver medal at the games in Beijing, China.

Woodstra's accolades also include earning the United States Volleyball Association (USVBA) "Flo Hyman" Female Volleyball Player's Award in 1993, being named to the USVBA 75th annual woman's all-era team in 2003 and being inducted into the  American Volleyball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2006.