Montana Tech Athletics

Kristi (Witt) Arntson joined the Oredigger volleyball staff ahead of the 2013 season as assistant coach.

Arntson was the Frontier Conference Assistant Coach of the Year in 2018 after helping the Orediggers win their first Frontier Conference regular season title since 1990 and reached the Final 16 Team bracket at the NAIA National Tournament for the second straight year.

Arntson played volleyball for Montana Tech from 2005-08 as a libero. The three-year captain was part of two squads that went to the regional NAIA tournament. During her junior and senior seasons, she earned team MVP honors for the Diggers. Witt was also an Academic All-American for the Orediggers.

Originally from Butte, Arntson was a multi-sport athlete at Butte High School before attending Montana Tech. Witt has coached high school basketball at Butte High and still coaches jumping events and the javelin for the Bulldog track team.

Arntson graduated from Montana Tech with a degree in Occupational Safety and Health Administration in 2009 and finished her master’s degree in Industrial Hygiene in 2011. She lives in Butte with her husband, Bryan.