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Assistant Coach Melissa DeLuca
E-mail Coach DeLuca: mjdeluca@wingate.edu
Call Coach DeLuca: 704-233-8382

Melissa DeLuca joins the Wingate University coaching staff after a record-setting four-year Bulldog career. The setter led Wingate to 97 victories, three NCAA Division II tournament appearances, two Food Lion South Atlantic Conference tournament titles and two SAC regular season championships. DeLuca is Wingate’s all-time leader in assists with 4,869 helpers. She averaged a school-record 10.99 assists per game in her four-year career while finishing third on the school’s list with 182 career aces.

“Melissa will add so much to our program in her new role as an assistant coach.” Says head coach Shelton Collier. “With so many exceptional personal qualities, she will be an ideal role model in addition to being an excellent coach. She knows what it takes to be a successful student-athlete here, and is well aware of what is required to win championships here, so she will be a very positive influence in many aspects of our program.”

A three-time all-SAC performer, DeLuca was also a two-time Food Lion SAC tournament MVP. She was an all-region performer her senior year. In addition, DeLuca was named to the 2007 AVCA honorable mention All-America team. She was the first Bulldog volleyball student-athlete to earn AVCA honorable mention All-America honors.

DeLuca was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® volleyball first team (college division) as a senior. The College Sports Information Directors of America announce the teams each November. An Elementary Education major, DeLuca also received an NCAA post-graduate scholarship.

In her senior season, DeLuca was 13th in the nation with 12.90 assists per game. Thanks to the efforts of DeLuca and her teammates, the Bulldogs compiled a 33-2 overall record in 2007. Wingate’s winning percentage was number one in the NCAA Division II. Wingate went 26-2 in SAC play in DeLuca’s final two seasons. The Bulldogs did not drop a game during the Food Lion SAC tournament in 2006 and 2007.

DeLuca graduated from Wingate in 2008. She is currently enrolled in the Wingate MAED program.