Coach CJ Roberts (previously Hensch) enters her second year as Head Coach for Umpqua Community College. 

As a Pacific Northwest native, Roberts was excited to be returning after 7 years away to continue her passion for coaching. Last year, Coach Roberts lead the RiverHawks to their winningest season since 2012, with an overall record of 19-15 (.559) and a conference record of 8-8 (.500). They ended conference tied for 4th and fell just short of entering the conference tournament. As a team, they were ranked top half in all statistical categories in the NWAC with 5 total players earning conference accolades as well as 4 continuing on to play at the next level.

Roberts attended Prairie View A&M University in Prairie View, TX where she played 3 seasons from 2015-2017 while earning her undergraduate degree. Roberts is a three-time letter winner at middle blocker for PVAMU. As a freshman, she was named SWAC Newcomer of the Year. She ranked top 5 in hitting for the SWAC all 3 years and in 2017, Roberts received preseason All-Southwestern Athletic Conference honors and was a recipient of the Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award.

Roberts started coaching as a sophomore in high school. Through high school she helped run and coach her local youth program. She also coached club at her home club for 2 seasons. While attending and playing for Prairie View A&M University, she was the head coach (and club president) for the PVAMU Club Volleyball team for two years. After graduating from PVAMU, Roberts moved on to pursue her graduate degree at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, LA.

Roberts spent two seasons as the Assistant Volleyball Coach for Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, LA. While coaching at NSU, Roberts assisted with coaching, travel, and recruiting for the University. While taking a break from collegiate coaching, most recently Coach CJ was the Head Junior High coach and Assistant High School coach at Providence Academy in Rogers, AR for 2 seasons. Coach CJ also coached for Ozark Juniors Volleyball Club, a top 100 club in the nation, for 3 years. In total Coach Roberts has been coaching for 9 years and has experience coaching ages 5-25 in all positions.

Roberts has always participated in athletics from the young age of 6. She was a 4-sport varsity athlete at Mossyrock High School in volleyball, basketball, softball and track and field. Roberts received honors for both basketball and volleyball through high school. Her volleyball accolades include All-Conference, All-State, All-Area and Powerful Examples of Excellence. Roberts also led her team to state her sophomore and senior season. She played club volleyball for a small local club, LC Spikers, for 3 years while in high school. Although she received collegiate scholarship offers for volleyball, basketball, and track, she chose to continue her volleyball career in college.

Coach Roberts is originally from Mossyrock, WA. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from Prairie View A&M University in 2018 and her Master of Science in Sports Administration from Northwestern State University in 2019. Previously, Roberts worked at Ozark Juniors Volleyball Club as the Director of Marketing and Programs and helping with recruiting. Outside of volleyball, Coach CJ enjoys concerts, traveling, fishing, lake days, game nights, and playing basketball with her husband, Justin and playing with their dog, Bob.