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FLORENCE -- University of North Alabama volleyball coach
Stephanie Radecki has been selected by her fellow UNA head coaches
as the school's Coach of the Year for 2006-07.
In three years
at UNA, Radecki has a 95-15 record which gives her the highest
winning percentage by a coach in school history.
In her first
three seasons, the former UNA graduate assistant coach has won three
Gulf South Conference championships, one NCAA South Central Region
championship and a berth in the 2006 National Championship match.
Radecki’s 2006
team went 35-6 and gave the school its first Elite Eight appearance
since 2003. After winning their third straight GSC championship, the
Lions went on to claim the south central title, including a win over
top-ranked and regional host Truman State in the semi-finals on Nov.
10. UNA downed Central Missouri 3-0 in the region championship
match, then defeated Ashland and West Texas A&M at the Elite Eight
in Pensacola, Fla.
UNA lost to
Tampa 3-1 in the national championship match to finish the season at
the 2006 national runner- up.
Radecki was
named GSC East Division and American Volleyball Coaches Association
(AVCA) regional Coach of the Year, both for the second time in her
career. She also coached five all-conference players, three
all-region players and two All-Americans.
The UNA Coach
of the Year award began in 2005-06 with football coach Mark Hudpseth
as the first recipient. |
