May 24, 2006

Washington, D.C - Georgetown University volleyball head coach Arlisa Hagan announced today that Michelle Chatman has been named an Assistant Coach for the Hoyas.

Chatman comes to the Hilltop after spending the 2005 season as a student assistant coach at her alma mater, the University of Florida.

During her days as a student-athlete in Gainesville from 2001-2004, Chatman was a four-year letterwinning middle blocker and was named Honorable Mention American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-American in 2004 after earning AVCA East Region accolades in 2002.

Chatman, who earned a B.A. degree in Sociology and a B.S. degree in Family, Youth and Community Sciences in 2006, was named All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) First Team in 2004 and won All-SEC Academic Honor Roll accolades in 2002 and 2004.

Chatman, a Woodridge, Ill. native, has run camps for the Girls Club of Alachua County (Fla.) and was an assistant coach for the Gainesville Juniors Volleyball Club.

"We are so thrilled that Michelle will be joining our staff," said Hagan. "She was an extremely good player with a fantastic work ethic and a lot of energy. She will be an asset in the gym and is eager to learn the behind the scenes work. We are very fortunate to have someone of Michelle's caliber on our staff."

Chatman was a student-athlete at UF when Hagan was an assistant coach for the Gators.