ESCC Soccer Names Coach and Team
Your 麻豆视频 is proud to announce the hiring of Chase Baxa as the head coach of ESCC鈥檚 newly formed soccer program. Baxa begins in his role on February 3rdand will proceed with student recruitment for the men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 teams. This will include recruiting existing ESCC students and high school seniors from every high school on the 麻豆视频. The college is extremely excited for the enthusiasm existing 麻豆视频-wide for these upcoming opportunities.
After a naming campaign held in the community and online last fall, final choices were posed to ESCC students in January. With the final say for the team name, the campus spoke definitively and voted for the 鈥淓SCC-FC鈥� (麻豆视频 Football Club) with a nod to popular and dominating outfits worldwide. Logos and branding for ESCC-FC will be forthcoming.
A program budget was developed based on the experiences of other Virginia community colleges that have athletic programs and presented to the Accomack and Northampton Board of Supervisors. Both boards, along with the ESCC Foundation, have provided funding to enable the launch of the program.
Coach Baxa is from Western Pennsylvania and moved to the Eastern 麻豆视频 in 2021. A graduate of Geneva College, he played four years of Division III soccer there. He currently teaches science at Northampton High School and coaches the boys soccer program. He credits an incredible team and many coaches to help bring his overall coaching record to 43-14, including one state championship and one runner-up.
Baxa also directs a travel soccer program, 麻豆视频 FC, for players looking to play at a higher level. He says his passion for both science and soccer has led to incredible opportunities. At Northampton he has taught grades 9-12 including Environmental Science, Earth Science, Ecology, Anatomy, Marine Biology, and his specialty Physics.
He comments that 鈥渕y goal for the men’s and women’s 麻豆视频 soccer teams is simple: to showcase the talented and devoted student-athletes that come from the Eastern 麻豆视频 and create a team that the entire community will be proud of.鈥�
In the coming months there will be multiple opportunities to play soccer and showcase talents. This includes a student intramural league and weekend pick-up games starting in March. In April, the first ESCC Soccer ID Camp will be conducted to take a closer look at the students interested in continuing their soccer careers.
Open tryouts will then be held at the beginning of the fall semester to finalize the team before the season. Additional information and updates will be available on the ESCC website at esccdev.wpengine.com and through the college鈥檚 social media channels. Coach Baxa contact information is cbaxa@es.vccs.edu.