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Ellen Borowy Casey was an extremely talented 6-rotation Women’s Volleyball player at Clarion from 1981-1984.  She was the school’s first Academic All-American in 1983 and became the school’s first back-to-back Academic All-American in 1984. She also was the first volleyball player to earn Academic All-American in the PSAC in 1983 and the first volleyball player to repeat the award in 1984.  A program that struggled before her arrival, Ellen, twice named co-captain, helped the team improve its record every season. In 1984, her senior year, she helped lift the Golden Eagles to a 5^th place Atlantic Region final ranking (its highest regional ranking in school history), while the team posted a record of 25-13 and a spot in the PSAC-West and PSAC Playoffs. During her senior year, she posted 278 kills, 172 digs and 61 blocks demonstrating her all-around contributions. Her .361 attack percentage was a single season record, while her 58 solo blocks contributed to a team record, season high of 362 total blocks and 295 solo blocks. A team co-captain, she was voted as a Third Team CoSida Academic All-American and First Team Academic A-A District 2.  In her junior season (1983), she helped Clarion to a 23-19 overall record and a spot in the PSAC-West and PSAC Playoffs with the Golden Eagles also seeing its first ever Atlantic Region ranking (6^th). A team co-captain, Ellen collected 231 kills, 148 digs and 36 blocks.  Ellen earned First Team CoSida Academic A-A District 2 honors and then was voted a Third Team CoSida Academic All-American, becoming the first Academic All-American in Clarion history and also becoming the first volleyball player in the PSAC to earn an Academic All-America award.  She was named 1984 Athlete of the Year by the Sequelle (yearbook) and the same honor in 1983 & 1984 by The Clarion Call (student newspaper).  In her final two seasons Ellen collected 509 kills, 320 digs, 97 blocks and 32 aces. A four-year starter, she played all four seasons under coach Sharon Daniels-Oleksak, finishing her senior season with a school-high career .249 attack percentage. Graduating Cum Laude with a B.A. degree in Math in 1985, she added a Master of Science Degree in Statistics at Bowling Green State University in 1987. Ellen is a native of Elyria, Ohio and a 1981 graduate of Elyria Catholic High School. Ellen and husband Brian Casey (’86) have a son Jack and reside in Carmel, N.Y. She is Managing partner of Bullseye Analytics Group.