Fresno State Athletics
Pausewang Named Head Women's Lacrosse Coach
8/19/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
Aug. 19, 2011
FRESNO, Calif. - Fresno State Director of Athletics Thomas Boeh announced the hiring of former Oneonta State head coach Jessica Pausewang as the head women's lacrosse coach Friday.
"We are extremely pleased to have someone with the experience and characteristics Jessica brings to the table join the Fresno State community," Boeh said. "She has shown the ability to provide an excellent experience for the student-athlete and continues to help grow the sport of lacrosse nationally."
Pausewang will be the second head coach in the program's history, replacing Sue Behme who resigned last fall. Pausewang spent the past four seasons as head coach at Oneonta State. Pausewang's resume includes coaching two All-Region All-Americans and multiple SUNY all conference selections and coaching Rendcomb Junior College to a United Kingdom National Championship final.
"I am really looking forward to becoming a Bulldog," Pausewang said. "Fresno State has so much to offer and to get a chance to build the program is a wonderful opportunity. Also, turning it into a nationally competitive program is something I am looking forward to. I'm really excited to start working in Fresno, I fell in love with the city when I came to visit."
SUNY Athletic Conference was familiar territory for Pausewang, as she graduated from SUNY Geneseo in 2006, where she played four years of lacrosse and three years of field hockey for the Blue Knights. As a goalie for the Blue Knights, she finished her career ranked second in career saves with 629, including a season-high 180 saves in 2004. She received multiple accolades and graduated as the most decorated goalie in Geneseo history.
Pausewang arrived in Oneonta in the spring of 2008 after living in England coaching and playing lacrosse.
In England, Pausewang coached lacrosse for two years at Rendcomb College. She also coached the Developmental team, University College of London, and other various schools with the English Lacrosse Association. She played and coached for the Hitchin Lacrosse Club in England from 2006 to 2007 and also played and coached for the Cheltenham Lacrosse Club in England before returning to the United States.
"I have served on the banquet committee and All-American committee for the IWLCA (Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association) with Jessica and I feel she is one of the up and coming coaches for lacrosse and very organized and thorough with her preparation," said head of the IWLCA governing body Gothard Lane.
A Long Island, NY native, Pausewang is a Level II certified international lacrosse and field hockey coach. She is also an international qualified lacrosse referee.
Pausewang enjoyed her time and experience with Oneonta state and she wishes them the best of luck with everything.
"I want to thank Oneonta State as I appreciate everything they have done for me and I wish them the best of luck," Pausewang said. "I also want to thank my friends and family for all their support with everything as well."
Pausewang graduated with a dual degree in communicative disorders & sciences from Geneseo.
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