Gallaudet University volleyball coach Lynn Ray Boren has earned two distinctive awards from his Alma Maters. Boren was selected to be inducted into the Texas School for the Deaf Alumni Association Hall of Fame and receive the 2010 Outstanding Young Alumnus Award presented by the Gallaudet University Athletic Association.

Boren was selected to the Texas School for the Deaf Alumni Association's Hall of Fame for its sports category. He played four sports the Texas School for the Deaf including football, baseball, basketball and tennis and was on three national championship teams between 1988 and 1989. Boren was the 1989 Class Salutatorian before he attended Gallaudet University as a student. He was slated to be inducted into the Texas School for the Deaf Hall of Fame last fall but due to schedule conflicts he will accept his plaque at the next Homecoming in 2010.

The Outstanding Young Alumnus Award is presented to a Gallaudet alumnus who has graduated from or left the University within the past 15 years. It is awarded by a vote of the GUAA Board to an individual who has performed an impressive service to the University and/or the Deaf Community, or for bringing favorable recognition to the University through some notable achievement. Boren met the criteria and will be honored on Saturday, April 17, 2010, during the Charter Day Brunch and Awards Program held at the Ole Jim at 10 a.m.

This past season Boren completed his fifth season as the head coach of the Gallaudet University volleyball program where he has accumulated a 122-66 career record. Boren coached the Bison to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) South Region championship as the Buff and Blue posted a 27-14 record and finished as runners-up in the Capital Athletic Conference championship.

Prior to coaching the GU volleyball program, Boren spent 12 years coaching at the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, including nine years as head coach where he won 217 games and four national championships. Boren graduated from Gallaudet with a bachelor's degree in 1996 and received his master's degree from McDaniel College in 1999.

Boren also has a strong international coaching and playing experience as he recently led the United States of America Deaf Volleyball team to the silver medal in the 2009 Deaflympics held in Taipei. He is also a competitive handball player as he participated in three Deaflympics as a player in 1993, '97 and 2001 as he won a bronze medal with the last two teams. In 2005, he coached the USA Deaf Handball team to a silver medal in Australia.