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Leo Fahey |
Head Women's Volleyball Coach lfahey@wpi.edu 508-831-5807 |
Leo Fahey enters his second season as head volleyball coach. In 2007, the Engineers enjoyed success on and off the court. The Crimson and Gray collected 11 victories while being recognized by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) for academic excellence. The team posted a WPI best 3.55 GPA during this past academic year.
Fahey came to WPI after a four-year stint as co-founder, director and coach of the Central Mass Juniors Volleyball club, which featured 12-18 year olds and produced numerous eventual college volleyball players. After a year off, Fahey will return to the program in 2008.
Prior to his tenure at Central Mass Juniors, Fahey coached at Coast Volleyball and Sharks Volleyball club.
For ten years previously, Fahey led the Hudson High School varsity program. He guided the team to undefeated Mid-Wach B championships for the first time in 2001 and 2002. In both seasons, the Hawks reached the Central Mass Division II quarterfinals.
Upon coming to WPI, Fahey said that he was excited about the opportunity to take the reigns of the women's volleyball team. "I feel extremely lucky to be part of a program that stresses both academic and athletic excellence and look forward to working with such talented student-athletes", said Fahey.
"My main goal is to continue the process of building a successful volleyball program that will be able to compete in a very tough NEWMAC conference."
Coach Fahey graduated from Assumption College in 1986 with a degree in Political Science. He played football, basketball, and track scholastically at Hudson High School and now works in the insurance industry. He and his family currently reside in Hudson.
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Heather Baker |
Assistant Women's Volleyball Coach |
Heather Baker begins her second year as assistant women's volleyball coach at WPI. Heather enjoyed a standout career as a middle hitter at Bentley College.
Baker began her career as Northeast-10 Rookie of the Year 1990. She was named to the All-Northeast 10 First team in her and AVCA Division II All-Northeast Region team in her junior year. Baker, finished up her career by winning Bentley's distinguished scholar athlete award in 1993.
Baker graduated from Bentley in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and earned her Masters in Elementary Education in 1996.
Her volleyball coaching experience includes a stint as assistant coach at Division I Holy Cross.
Baker and her family currently reside in Worcester.