Support Staff
Adam
Hughes
Director of Volleyball Operations Second Year at Penn State PENN STATE • 2006
Adam Hughes begins his second season as the Director of Volleyball Operations with the Penn State women’s volleyball team. His duties include team travel logistics and day-to-day organization, as well as being the primary technical operator of the Data Volley and Data Video software. A 2006 graduate of Penn State, Hughes spent two years in California serving as a coach and recruiting advisor with the TCA Volleyball Club. He was an assistant coach for multiple teams, including the 2008 18-Open Junior Olympic National Champions and the 2009 16-Open Junior Olympic
Kelly
Saxton
Athletic Trainer Third Year at Penn State EAST CAROLINA • 2006
Silver Medalist. In addition, Hughes was also the volunteer assistant coach for the women’s volleyball team at UC Irvine. At UCI, Hughes handled video exchange, statistical analysis, helped build scouting reports and developed and implemented practice plans. Hughes served as a volunteer assistant and manager for the Nittany Lion women from 2003-08. During that time, he assisted in team training, worked with Data Volleyball and DigVid, supported recruiting efforts and served as gym coordinator for four courts during the Penn State individual and team summer camps. Following graduation, Hughes was an assistant coach with the State College Area High School boys varsity volleyball team and the head coach of the junior varsity squad. He was responsible for player development, served as the State College Invitational Director, where he oversaw a 24-team tournament, and also built and coached the Nittany Elite Volleyball Club program for off-season training. Hughes earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the Penn State Smeal School of Business. Hughes resides in State College.
During her time at UT Chattanooga, Saxton received first place recognition for her graduate research on eccentric scapulothoracic strengthening of female overhead athletes. Prior to her time in Tennessee, Saxton spent four years earning a B.S. degree in Athletic Training at East Carolina University. Saxton is a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA). She has worked with numerous action sport athletes, including BMX riders, skateboarders and gymnasts. In her spare time, Saxton enjoys mountain biking. Saxton, formerly Jacob, married her husband John in 2009. They reside in Centre Hall.
Kelly Saxton enters her third season with the Penn State women’s and men’s volleyball teams as a certified athletic trainer. Her duties include injury and illness assessment, rehabilitation, therapeutic treatments and various manual therapies, as well as working closely with the team physicians and strength and conditioning staffs. Saxton came to Penn State from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where she earned her M.S. in Clinical Exercise Physiology. As a graduate assistant, Saxton worked with the Lady Moc softball and volleyball teams.
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