PROVO, Utah — BYU women’s volleyball associate head coach David Hyte and former women’s volleyball head coach Shawn Olmstead will be inducted into the BYU Athletics Hall of Fame on Friday evening as members of BYU men’s volleyball National Championship teams.
Hyte and Olmstead were teammates on the 2004 title team. Olmstead was also on the Cougars’ 2001 Championship team and is now the current BYU men’s volleyball head coach.
BYU men’s volleyball’s three National Championship teams (1999, 2001 and 2004) were celebrated at BYU's 46th Annual Hall of Fame Induction Banquet. They will also be honored during halftime of the BYU-Sam Houston football game at LaVell Edwards Stadium on Saturday night.
Hyte, a middle blocker, played in 16 games during the 2004 season, posting nine kills on 11 attempts for an .818 hitting percentage to go along with five blocks. He joined the Cougars in 2003 after playing two seasons on Utah Valley State College’s club team, also helping the Wolverines to a national title in 2001.
A member of the BYU women’s volleyball coaching staff since 2014, Hyte serves as the defensive coordinator and works specifically with the middle blockers. He has coached six different All-American middles since returning to Provo.
Olmstead was a freshman in 2001 and the starting libero on the 2004 Championship team, recording 230 digs and 38 assists in 33 matches. He finished with 302 digs and 53 assists on his career.
The women’s volleyball head coach from 2011-2014, Olmstead led the team to back-to-back Sweet Sixteens before a run to the national title game in 2014, a first in program history. Coaching three All-Americans that season, he was also named the 2014 AVCA Division I National Coach of the Year.