Dolan, Rabesa Join Wheaton Women's Soccer Coaching Staff
NORTON, MA- The nationally-ranked Wheaton College women's soccer
team has added a pair of new assistant coaches for the 2008 season,
as Scott Dolan and Jenna Rabesa join the staff of the team
ranked 12th in the National Soccer Coaches Association of America's
(NSCAA) preseason poll. Dolan returns for his third stint with
the program, while Rabesa has been added to the staff
following a standout four-year career with the Lyons.
Dolan helped lead Wheaton to NCAA tournaments in 2004 and
2006, including its first national semifinal in 2004, and is
charged with coaching the goalkeepers. He has 14 years of
experience coaching competitive soccer, including as head coach of
the U18 Rhode Island Rays United Soccer Club girls' team from
2002-07 and a recent stint with Oliver Ames High School in North
Easton. Earning a national diploma and regional goalkeeper diploma
from the NSCAA and a license from the Massachusetts Youth Soccer
Association (MYSA), Dolan's coaching experience covers all levels
of the game.
On the professional level, Dolan worked with the Rhode Island Rays
of the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL). At the
collegiate level, he was an assistant and goalkeeper coach at the
University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth in 2002, an assistant and
goalkeeper coach at Stonehill College in 1998, 2000 and 2001,
and a men's assistant with Massasoit Community College in 1994.
While at Massasoit, the team placed fifth nationally and first in
New England. Dolan also had coaching positions at the scholastic
level, including being at the helm of two state tournament teams
with Norton High from 1999-2000 and three state tournament squads
with Mansfield High from 1995-97. While at Oliver Ames in 1998,
1999 and 2007, he served as the goalkeeper coach, helping the team
win a state title each season.
Dolan attended Massasoit as a student-athlete in 1992, playing for
a soccer program that finished third in the nation and first in the
region. He earned an Associate of Science degree from Massasoit in
spring 2008 and is pursuing a bachelor's degree in education from
Northeastern University.
A 2008 Wheaton graduate and a two-time New England Women's and
Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) all-league selection, Rabesa
appeared primarily at forward and in the backfield during her
career while compiling 107 points in 98 games. She is tied for
sixth in program history in points while ranking fifth in assists
(35) and seventh in goals (36).
Rabesa earned All-New England honors from both the NSCAA and
D3Kicks.com during her senior year while being selected to compete
in the New England Intercollegiate Soccer Association (NEWISA)
Senior Bowl.
Rabesa graduated with a degree in history.
Wheaton (Mass.) Transaction - Named Scott Dolan and Jenna Rabesa
assistant women's soccer coaches.
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