UIndy Athletics

Aimee Coonfield just wrapped up her third season with UIndy after helping the Hounds finish 17-17 overall and 11-7 in the GLVC.

A former setter, Coonfield worked closely with Maggie Gibson this past season, helping Gibson earn GLVC Freshman of the Year honors. She totaled 810 assists, second-most as a freshman in school history.

During the 2014 campaign, Coonfield's second, UIndy finished 19-11 (15-3 GLVC) and reach their eighth straight NCAA Tournament and ninth overall.

Coonfield mentored former setter Meghan Binkerd during the 2013 and 2014 seasons, as Binkerd earned All-GLVC First Team (twice), All-Midwest Region First Team (AVCA twice, Daktronics) and All-America Second Team (AVCA) and Honorable Mention (Daktronics) while working with Coonfield. Binkerd's 5,616 career assists rank first in UIndy history.

Coonfield helped the 2013 squad finish 25-10 (15-3 GLVC), marking the program's 10th 25-win season. The Hounds won their fourth-ever GLVC Tournament, and also earned their seventh consecutive NCAA Tournament berth.

As a student-athlete, Coonfield was a four-year starter at setter and team captain for NCAA Division II Holy Family (2007-10), leading the Tigers to a 76-67 record and the 2010 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference South co-championship.  The Tigers also reached the CACC Tournament championship game with Coonfield leading the way as a senior.

Coonfield is the career leader in assists (3,889) and service aces (205) for Holy Family, while also graduating fourth all-time in digs (1,077).  She was two-time Second Team All-CACC (2007, 2010) and honorable mention in 2008, while making the Academic All-CACC Team three times (2008-10).

She led the CACC with 10.14 assists per set on a school record 1,318 assists as freshman and ranked 44th in the country with 0.6 aces per set on 78 markers in 2007.

The native of Avon, Ind., graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor of science in elementary education and minor in communications from Holy Family in May 2011.  She was also heavily involved in student-athlete leadership as the CACC Student Athlete-Advisory Committee liasion to the NCAA.  She was the national SAAC D-II representative for three years, which included speaking responsibilities at the national convention.

Coonfield went on to earn her master of sport administration at Belmont University in May 2013.  During her time in Nashville, Tenn., she was a facilities graduate assistant in the Belmont Department of Fitness and Recreation responsible for the hiring, training and supervision of more than 50 student employees in a 62,000 square foot recreation facility.  She also assisted in the Belmont athletic department with academic support for student-athletes.

She has coached in the club ranks working with Club Integrity in Philadelphia and traveled the country working camps with Gold Medal Squared.

Coonfield comes from a long line of athletes and coaches as her father, Steve, was the head girls basketball coach at Avon High School for 10 years (2001-11) after spending 21 seasons as an assistant boys basketball coach at LaPorte (Ind.) High School.  Her older brother, Steve Drabyn, Jr., is currently an assistant men's basketball coach at Stetson and was a four-year standout at Belmont (2000-04).  Her older sister, Kristin, was a four-year letterwinner in women's basketball for UMBC (2004-8) and is an assistant coach at IUPUI after stints at UMBC, Holy Cross and Texas Tech. 

She is married to UIndy assistant soccer coach Rob Coonfield. The two have one daughter, Addison Mae, born Aug. 8, 2015.