{"id":50777,"date":"2025-04-23T15:07:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T19:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=50777"},"modified":"2025-04-23T15:07:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T19:07:32","slug":"craig-pro-volleyball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/craig-pro-volleyball\/","title":{"rendered":"Alum Scores as Team Owner in First Women\u2019s Pro Volleyball League"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Entrepreneur Colleen Durham Craig \u201992, who competed in two sports for the Big Red, heads Georgia\u2019s Atlanta Vibe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By <strong>Melissa Newcomb<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Volleyball is one of the most popular sports for female athletes\u2014but for decades, it had no professional women\u2019s league in the U.S. So when former Big Red player Colleen Durham Craig \u201992 learned in the early 2020s that one was in the planning stages, she jumped at the opportunity to help lead it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, Craig is the owner of Georgia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/provolleyball.com\/teams\/atlanta-vibe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atlanta Vibe<\/a>, part of the eight-team Pro Volleyball Federation (PVF) that launched in January 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/team-14-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A team picture of the 1989 women's volleyball team including Coleen Durham Craig wearing jersey number 14.\" class=\"wp-image-50788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/team-14-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/team-14-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/team-14-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/team-14-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/team-14-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/team-14-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/team-14-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/team-14-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/team-14-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/team-14-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/team-14-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/team-14-A-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/team-14-A-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/team-14-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/team-14-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/team-14-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/team-14-A-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/team-14-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"rkv-image-credit\">Cornell Athletics<\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Craig (second row, third from left) wears #14 on the 1989 Big Red volleyball team.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an authentic sport; the athletes play because they love it,\u201d Craig says of volleyball, which has grown to involve nearly half a million girls at the high school level annually. \u201cThey love the team spirit and the fun of going out there to bang a ball.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of late April 2025, the Vibe\u2014whose head coach is an Olympic bronze medalist\u2014was ranked second in the league, with a 17-8 record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>It\u2019s an authentic sport; the athletes play because they love it. They love the team spirit and the fun of going out there to bang a ball.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Its competition: the Columbus (Ohio) Fury, Grand Rapids (Michigan) Rise, Indianapolis (Indiana) Ignite, Omaha (Nebraska) Supernovas, Orlando (Florida) Valkyries, Las Vegas (Nevada) Thrill, and San Diego (California) Mojo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As <em>Atlanta<\/em> magazine observed of the third home match of the team\u2019s sophomore season, when it beat the Las Vegas Thrill: \u201cIt really is a vibe. \u2026 The team took to the court surrounded by fans and a remarkable hype machine that was hard to resist.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"919\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/Colleen-Craig-2-A-1024x919.jpeg\" alt=\"Colleen Durham Craig\" 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performer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After graduation, Craig earned an MBA from Harvard\u2014she distinctly recalls missing part of Slope Day to take the GMAT\u2014and went on to work in finance, including starting her own hedge fund. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She\u2019s also a longtime entrepreneur, launching such ventures as <a href=\"https:\/\/rallyvb.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rally Volleyball<\/a>, which runs beach and indoor tournaments, camps, trainings, and other events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the PVF debuted, opportunities for women players have only expanded, with a second league launched and a third in the works. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/03_15_25_SDatATL_Atlanta_131-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The Atlanta Vibe team 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href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@realprovb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">streamed on YouTube<\/a>, dozens are being <a href=\"https:\/\/provolleyball.com\/news\/2025\/01\/extensive-and-expanded-national-broadcast-schedule-announced\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">broadcast nationally<\/a> on CBS, Fox Sports, and other networks during the 2025 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI always found it fascinating that volleyball was as large as it is, but didn\u2019t have a pro element\u2014there was a gap at the top of the pyramid,\u201d Craig observes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou give volleyball your life; you practice every day, you play in college\u2014then you graduate, and that\u2019s just it? I wanted to use my background to do what I could to change that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Top: Craig and her players celebrate a win. 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