Bio

Braeden Melton enters his second season as a full-time assistant coach with the UW-Oshkosh women's volleyball program and seventh overall in 2023.

Melton, a part-time assistant coach at UW-Oshkosh from 2017-21, serves as the Titans' director of volleyball operations while assisting with recruiting, social media, middle training, opponent scouting and fundraising.

UW-Oshkosh has compiled a 108-58 record and five straight winning seasons with Melton on the sidelines since 2017. The 2020 campaign was canceled due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The Titans went 31-6 during Melton’s first season in a full-time role in 2022, advancing to the second round of the NCAA Division III Championship and concluding the year ranked 15th in the country.

Melton played for the UW-Oshkosh men's club volleyball team and earned his bachelor's degree from UW-Oshkosh in 2017.

Melton, a Beloit Memorial High School graduate, was a girls assistant volleyball coach at Waupun High School during the 2013 and 2014 seasons, working with the freshman and junior varsity teams in 2013 and the varsity squad in 2014, when the Warriors compiled a 37-12 record and advanced to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 State Tournament.

After two years at Waupun, Melton joined the Winneconne High School girls volleyball coaching staff for the 2015 and 2016 seasons. His two years as the Wolves' varsity assistant coach featured a conference championship and a berth in the WIAA Division 2 Sectional Final in 2015.

Playing for the UW-Oshkosh men's club volleyball team, Melton earned National Collegiate Volleyball Federation All-America honors as a middle blocker in both 2015 and 2017. He helped the Titans finish second at the national tournament in 2015, and fifth in both 2016 and 2017.

During the summer of 2019, Melton helped launch Spiketown USA, a volleyball club program with satellite locations throughout Wisconsin. Spiketown USA provides club opportunities for underserved areas of the state as well as programming for multi-sport athletes.

Melton lives in Oshkosh with his wife, Katelyn, a former UW-Oshkosh volleyball player and two-time NCAA Division III All-American, and their daughter, Roslyn.

(1/19/23)