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Sheila A. Gisbrecht
Office Phone: (413)-265-2378
Office E-mail: gisbrechts@elms.edu
Sheila Gisbrecht enters her fourth season as the head
men’s and women’s volleyball coach.
The 2010 women’s volleyball campaign saw the Blazers reach
its third consecutive New England Collegiate Conference (NECC)
Championship tournament and had four players named
all-conference.
Since taking over the program in the 2008 season, Coach Gisbrecht
has had one player named NECC Player of the Year and Rookie of the
Year, five players named First Team All-NECC, four earn second team
honors, and two players named Honorable Mention All-NECC.
Prior to Elms College, Coach Gisbrecht served as the assistant
coach of Ohio Wesleyan University’s women’s volleyball
program for 11 seasons. During Coach Gisbrecht’s tenure, the
Battling Bishops posted five 20-plus win seasons.
Coach Gisbrecht’s collegiate and professional playing
credentials are equally impressive. During her collegiate career,
she was a four-year volleyball letter winner at Ohio Wesleyan, a
three-time All-North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) selection,
and she capped her career by earning NCAC Player of the Year honors
as a senior in 1994.
Also a four-year track and field letter winner for the Battling
Bishops, Coach Gisbrecht was a two-time NCAA All-American as well
as an Academic All-American. In 2005, she was inducted into Ohio
Wesleyan’s Athletics Hall of Fame.
Coach Gisbrecht earned her bachelor’s degree with a teaching
certification from Ohio Wesleyan and received her master’s
degree in exercise and sports studies at Smith College. In addition
to her coaching duties, she serves as the athletic
department’s strength and conditioning coach.
Annette Bischoff
Office Phone: (413)-265-2378
Office E-mail: bischoffa@elms.edu
Annette Bischoff is in her sixth season as assistant women's volleyball coach.
Coach Bischoff brings a combined 15 years of club, high school and collegiate coaching experience in the sport of volleyball to Elms College.
Following a two-year collegiate playing career with the women's volleyball program at Ricks College (ID), Coach Bischoff, who also served as women's intramural director at the College during that time, then served as the team's assistant coach from 1987-88.
Coach Bischoff earned her bachelor's degree in physical education from Utah State University in 1991.
