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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact: Mallory Benz, 704 337-2452
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McGuire to lead women's volleyball team
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (July 1, 2008) — Angela McGuire has been named the new head coach of the Royals women’s volleyball team at Queens University of Charlotte. McGuire hails most recently from Northwestern High School in Rock Hill, S.C., where she has served as the director of the Trojans junior varsity and varsity programs since 2005. Prior to this position, she served as head coach at Lander University and Converse College.
During her tenure at Northwestern, McGuire has coached four All-Region player selections and two All-State recipients. In addition, Northwestern’s varsity team qualified for the Region III-AAAA playoffs twice under her leadership. When McGuire was the head volleyball coach for Lander University, she broke the school record for the most conference wins in a single season, coached three Peach Belt “Players of the Week” and significantly increased the team’s winning percentage.
“We are very excited to have Coach Angela McGuire at the leadership helm for our volleyball team,” said Jeannie King, director of athletics at Queens. “She brings proven experience and possesses the necessary energy and passion to get immediate results from our student-athletes. This is a strong hire for our program and I am extremely pleased with the opportunities ahead and the potential growth for our program.”
McGuire is a 2002 graduate of the University of Saint Francis in Joliet, Ill., where she received a bachelor’s degree in mass communication/journalism. During her collegiate career at the University of Saint Francis, she was a member of the Cougars volleyball team. Before transferring to the University of Saint Francis, she competed on Troy State University’s Trojans volleyball team as well.
Queens University of Charlotte is a private, co-ed, Presbyterian-affiliated comprehensive university, with a commitment to both liberal arts and professional studies. Located in the heart of historic Charlotte, Queens serves approximately 2,200 undergraduate and graduate students through its College of Arts and Sciences, the McColl School of Business, the Presbyterian School of Nursing, the School of Education and Hayworth Evening Programs.
Queens University of Charlotte’s Sesquicentennial year, celebrated during the 2006-2007 academic year, marked the 20th anniversary of its Royals co-ed athletics program. Established in 1987, Queens’ NCAA Division II program continues to offer diverse, exciting, intercollegiate athletics competition to its student-athletes through its 16 men’s and women’s sports teams and 65-acre, state-of-the-art sports complex facility. The women’s volleyball team competes at in the Ovens Athletics Center, located on the University’s Myers Park campus. For more information, please visit www.queens.edu/athletics.
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