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Gary
VanCauwenberge is in his sixth season
as the head coach for the Lake Erie
College softball team. He earned
Co-Coach of the Year honors in the
Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference
in 2004 and his 2006 squad set the
program record for wins in a season
with 26. Under his direction, the
team made three conference post-season
appearances and posted the second
above .500 season on record. Sixteen
of his players have earned All-AMCC
honors, including last year's record-high
of eight honorees. Ten of his players
have also earned AMCC Player of
the Week accolades. Prior to his
arrival, the team had never won
a conference game nor had any player
ever been selected as a conference
player of the week.
A
2000 graduate from Ohio Wesleyan
University, VanCauwenberge earned
a health and physical education
degree. He played three seasons
of volleyball as an outside and
middle hitter for the Battling Bishops,
serving as captain. VanCauwenberge
also played one year as an outfielder
for the Ohio Wesleyan baseball team.
After graduating from OWU, VanCauwenberge
received a Masters of Exercise and
Sports Studies and a National Council
for Accreditation of Coaching Education
Level IV certificate from Smith
College in 2002.
In
addition to his duties as head coach
of the Storm softball team, VanCauwenberge
serves as the head coach for the
Lake Erie volleyball squad and is
the academic liaison for the athletic
department.
Prior
to coming to Lake Erie, VanCauwenberge
spent two seasons at Amherst College
in Massachusetts as an assistant
volleyball coach. While at Amherst,
the Jeffs made a second round appearance
in the NCAA Championships and won
the New England Small College Athletic
Conference title.
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