',
Marcella Tabbed as Cross Country Coach at Keuka
August 12, 2009
Katie Marcella, assistant women’s basketball coach at Keuka College last season, has been named the Storm’s head men’s and women’s cross country coach.
Marcella will remain in her assistant women’s basketball coach roll for the 2009-10 season. In her first season with Dave Sweet’s hoops squad, she helped lead the team to a 17-8 overall record that included a 15-game winning streak, a North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) Tournament championship, and Keuka’s second trip to the NCAA Tournament in the past three seasons.
Marcella succeeds Jason Paige as cross country coach. Paige will now concentrate solely on his men’s lacrosse program. Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams placed fifth at least year’s NEAC Championship.
Marcella is a 2007 graduate of SUNY Brockport, where she starred on the basketball court before earning her degree in physical education.
She was a four-year starter and two-time captain for Brockport while being named to the All-SUNYAC second team as a junior and first team as a senior. She amassed 987 points and would have reached the 1,000 point milestone if not for a torn ACL. She finished her career third all-time in steals and 3-pointers, sixth all-time in rebounding, and seventh in 3-point percentage. Marcella was also named to the JPMorgan Chase All-Tournament first team her senior year.
Marcella attended Guilderland High School and was three-sport star. She lettered five times in track and field and cross country and three times in basketball. She held the long jump record at her school upon graduating and was named her school’s Female Athlete of the Year as a senior.
Marcella is pursuing a master’s degree in Athletic Administration at Brockport.
