For the Wolfpack, football is no longer the only sport that utilizes technology to get the job done. Its volleyball program has stepped into the future with one of the most innovative consumer electronics products around, the iPad.

One application for the iPad that the Pack’s coaching staff has been utilizing is for recruiting.

“We use it for recruiting,” coach Pete Hoyer said. “There’s a database that’s used for all of the major club tournaments. Recruiting wise, there’s an organization called University Athlete. When we go to major tournaments with multiple courts at a convention center those tournaments hire university athlete to put all of the rosters in a schedule for every hour with who’s playing and on what it.”

The iPad can not only be used as a recruiting tool, but it is also used by the coaching staff to record player stats during the matches.

“Right now I use the iPad to stat our passing, our serve/receiving passing, and the other teams’ passing,” coach Stevie Mussie said. “It’s just to know that we have good serving targets and we know exactly what their efficiency is immediately instead of having everything calculated out or do math,” coach Stevie Mussie said. “It’s a program called Tap Recorder. You can set up the formulas anyway you want. It’s an awesome done.”

As college athletics is moving into the future, so are the Wolfpack. With the desire to gain a competitive edge in every aspect of competition, it is clear that N.C. State is striving to stay ahead of the curve.