West Virginia Wesleyan College: Volleyball

Head Coach
APRIL DECOSTE

Hometown:
Ajax, Ontario
Alma Mater/Yr.:
Georgia State University/2005; M.B.A., West Virginia Wesleyan College/2007
Coaching Record at Wesleyan (Yrs.):
16-13 (1)
Career Coaching Record (Yrs.):
16-13 (1)
Notes:
Had coaching stints for the North Atlanta Volleyball Club (2003-05) and the Scarbourough Titans of Canada (2005). DeCoste graduated from Georgia State with a B.A. in Finance. She also completed her M.B.A. from Wesleyan in 2007.
Playing Career:
A four-year setter for Georgia State, DeCoste holds many individual, conference, and national records...NCAA: second player in 30-point era to achieve 5,000/1,000 (assists/digs) mark (2004); Atlantic Sun Conference: career record holder for assists - 5,391 (2nd place - 4,102), First Team (2003 & 2004), All-Freshman Team/Freshman of the Year (2001); Georgia State: first player in school history to record 1,500 assists in a season (2003), New Comer of the Year (2001).

E-mail: decoste_aa@wvwc.edu

Assistant Coach
Jackie Murphy

Hometown:
Richmond, Va.
Alma Mater/Yr.:
West Virginia Wesleyan College/2006
Notes:
Murphy is now in her second year as the assistant coach for the Lady 'Cats. She graduated from Wesleyan with a B.A. in Elementary Education and is now working toward her M.B.A.
Playing Career:
A four year Wesleyan setter, Murphy's career assists total 4,233. She also snagged over 1,000 defensive digs. Murphy made the second team All-WVIAC in 2005 and 2003, the first team in 2004, and the WVIAC all-tournament team in both 2003 and 2004.

E-mail: murphy_js@wvwc.edu