Gale Lackey
- Head Women's Volleyball Coach
(860) 685-2925 - glackey@wesleyan.edu
Now in her
30th year at Wesleyan, Gale
Lackey will handle the volleyball Cardinals for a 23rd
term in 2007. Gale has compiled a 378-305 mark over her 22
seasons with the volleyball team. Gale is closing in on the 400-win
mark for her career as she now has 391. Gale
joined the Wesleyan staff in 1978 after spending a
year coaching volleyball at the University of Bridgeport.
Prior to that, Gale coached volleyball at Spring Grove
(Pa.) High School for seven years. She is a 1970 graduate
of West Chester (Pa.), and later
earned her M. Ed. degree there.
Named 2001 NESCAC Coach of the Year after guiding her
squad to a best-ever 30-6 record, a first-place
regular-season finish in the NESCAC with a 9-1 mark, and
a first-ever invitation to the NCAA Division III
tournament, Gale also took her 2000 squad to an ECAC
North Region Division III title. In between, Gale
arranged for her squad to take a memorable trip to Cuba
during the winter break in January 2001. There her team
competed against a Cuban junior national team.
Gale, who holds the rank of adjunct professor of
physical education at the college, is the athletic department's senior
woman administrator and was named an associate director of athletics in
2001. Gale has Stage 1 level international coaching certification
from the FIVB.
Joe Rouse -
Assistant Coach
(860) 685-3655 - jrouse@wesleyan.edu
A member of Wesleyan's philosophy department since 1981, chairman of the
Science in Society Program and vice-chairman of the Wesleyan faculty, Joe Rouse will serve
as Gale's assistant coach for a 23rd year. A 1973
graduate of Oberlin College, Joe had been active as a
U.S. Volleyball Association club player, helping his
squad finish second at the national tournament in the
40-and-over division in 1995 and seventh in the
45-and-over division in 2000. Joe received his master's
and doctoral degrees from Northwestern University, was
granted tenure at Wesleyan in 1986 and elevated to full
professor in 1991.
Ellie Belcher -
Assistant Coach
Assisting Gale for the first
time in 2002 and again in 2003, Ellie Belcher is now in her third season
after a three-year hiatus. A 2001 graduate of Eastern Connecticut State U.
where she was a four-year varsity player and
three-year starter as a defensive specialist in
volleyball, Ellie played in every match for the Warriors
during her junior and senior seasons. Ellie was the
recipient of the ECSU/e-club Scholar-Athlete Award both years. She also
was named to the Little East All-Tournament team as a senior. With
coaching experience gained from two years handling a Connecticut squad
at the Junior Olympics and summer camp activity at Norwich (Conn.) Free
Academy, Ellie landed a spot as a graduate volleyball assistant while
beginning a master's program at Washington College (Md.). She ended the
2001 season as the interim head coach there. Having just completed
her work toward an M. Ed. degree from St. Joseph College in West
Hartford, Conn., Ellie is an eighth-grade English teacher at Sage Park
Middle School in Windsor, Conn.
Now in her
30th year at Wesleyan, Gale
Lackey will handle the volleyball Cardinals for a 23rd
term in 2007. Gale has compiled a 378-305 mark over her 22
seasons with the volleyball team. Gale is closing in on the 400-win
mark for her career as she now has 391. Gale
joined the Wesleyan staff in 1978 after spending a
year coaching volleyball at the University of Bridgeport.
Prior to that, Gale coached volleyball at Spring Grove
(Pa.) High School for seven years. She is a 1970 graduate
of West Chester (Pa.), and later
earned her M. Ed. degree there. 
A member of Wesleyan's philosophy department since 1981, chairman of the
Science in Society Program and vice-chairman of the Wesleyan faculty, Joe Rouse will serve
as Gale's assistant coach for a 23rd year. A 1973
graduate of Oberlin College, Joe had been active as a
U.S. Volleyball Association club player, helping his
squad finish second at the national tournament in the
40-and-over division in 1995 and seventh in the
45-and-over division in 2000. Joe received his master's
and doctoral degrees from Northwestern University, was
granted tenure at Wesleyan in 1986 and elevated to full
professor in 1991.
Assisting Gale for the first
time in 2002 and again in 2003, Ellie Belcher is now in her third season
after a three-year hiatus. A 2001 graduate of Eastern Connecticut State U.
where she was a four-year varsity player and
three-year starter as a defensive specialist in
volleyball, Ellie played in every match for the Warriors
during her junior and senior seasons. Ellie was the
recipient of the ECSU/e-club Scholar-Athlete Award both years. She also
was named to the Little East All-Tournament team as a senior. With
coaching experience gained from two years handling a Connecticut squad
at the Junior Olympics and summer camp activity at Norwich (Conn.) Free
Academy, Ellie landed a spot as a graduate volleyball assistant while
beginning a master's program at Washington College (Md.). She ended the
2001 season as the interim head coach there. Having just completed
her work toward an M. Ed. degree from St. Joseph College in West
Hartford, Conn., Ellie is an eighth-grade English teacher at Sage Park
Middle School in Windsor, Conn.