(Story taken from the Sewanee website)
SEWANEE, Tenn. - Jessica Cortese has been named
the next head volleyball coach for Sewanee, according to Sewanee AD
Mark Webb.
Cortese comes to the Mountain from the Maclay School in
Tallahassee, Florida, where she was the volleyball coach and a
teacher. She has compiled a 60-28 record at the helm of Maclay's
squad and won three district championships, two regional
championships and was the 2008 Big Bend Coach-of-the-Year.
Cortese earned a M.S. from Florida State University and was a
graduate assistant coach while there. She is a Cum laude graduate
of Gettysburg College (B.A. Psychology 2005). As a player at
Gettysburg, Cortese was All-American, All-Region, conference
Player-of-the-Year and was the team captain.
The Lancaster, Pennsylvania native attended Hempfield High School,
where she is a 2010 inductee of the Athletics Hall of Fame. She
played volleyball as well as soccer. Cortese will begin her duties
July 1 and plans to live in Sewanee.
"I would like to thank Mr. Webb for giving me this opportunity to
join the Sewanee community as Head Volleyball Coach," added
Cortese. "I am honored to be joining such an elite academic
institution and an athletic department of the highest caliber. I
believe the players are committed to working hard and improving
during the upcoming season, and I am excited to hit the ground
running with recruiting."
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