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Title: Associate Director of Physical Education & Athletics--Senior Woman Administrator E-mail: sextons@lclark.edu Phone: 503-768-7073 Hometown: Centerville, MA.
College: St. Bonaventure (BA), Ashland (M.Ed.)
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Sharon Sexton was named the Assistant Director of
Athletics/Senior Woman Administrator at Lewis & Clark in July
of 2007 and was promoted to Associate Director of Athletics in July
of 2008. Before coming to L&C, Sexton spent eight years working
at Otterbein College, a Division III institution in Ohio, where
she served as the Head Women's Volleyball Coach and Head
Women's Golf Coach. At Otterbein, her volleyball teams qualified
for the OAC Tournament in each of her last seven
seasons. Eight athletes, who played under Sexton, are
listed as OAC season, or career-record holders. Her
players consistently found success in the classroom where they
were recognized for seven consecutive years by the
American Volleyball Coaches Association as Team Academic Award
Winners. The 2005 squad maintained a 3.659 cumulative grade-point
average throughout the entire academic year and ranked among the
top of all NCAA Division III institutions. Her golf teams won
four straight OAC titles (2003-2006). She is a four-time OAC
Women’s Golf Coach of the Year selection, earning the honor
in 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006.
A native of Centerville, Massachusetts, Sexton coached at Otterbein
after serving two years as an assistant coach at NCAA Division II
Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio. During her stint as an
assistant at Ashland University, Sexton completed her
Master’s Degree in Education in 1999. Sexton played her
collegiate volleyball at NCAA Division I St. Bonaventure
University, a member of the Atlantic Ten Conference, located in
Olean, N.Y. A four-year letterwinner and team captain, she competed
at both the middle and outside hitter positions. Sexton completed
her undergraduate education in 1996 with dual degrees in English
and Spanish and a minor in Psychology.




