Central Catholic High School

WHEELING – Central Catholic High School will be playing volleyball with grace this season. The CCHS Athletic Department has announced the hiring of Grace White as the next head volleyball coach. White takes over for the reins of the program from Beth Blake, who stepped down after two seasons at the helm of the Maroon Knights program. White comes to CCHS after spending one season at Bridgeport High School as the Bulldogs head coach. “I am grateful and excited for the opportunity to be the head coach of CCHS’s volleyball team,” White said. “I am ready to get to work with a fantastic group of student-athletes, faculty and administration.” White, who is a graduate of Keyser High School and Wheeling Jesuit University, got her coaching start in Tennessee when she and her husband, Camden, were living in Clarksville. She helped establish the CForce Volleyball Club and also served as an assistant coach at Clarksville Academy. Upon returning to the valley, White has worked with Club Gold South Volleyball and now oversees the club’s boys program. “The goal is for (Central Catholic) fans to see a team that is competitive, like-minded on the court,” White said. “I am excited to see this team develop both athletically and as volleyball players. My hope is that fans are excited to come watch the girls and feed off the energy they create on the court” White is currently a faculty member at Wheeling Country Day School and just this month completed her master’s degree in developmental psychology from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. Central’s overall “culture and history” along with its athletic tradition are some of the things that White learned of when she was an undergraduate student in the Ohio Valley. “When I moved back to Wheeling, I immediately knew I wanted to be a part of a community that supports each other and its student-athletes,” White continued. “Getting to meet various members of CCHS has only confirmed what I thought to be true of this community.” White and her husband reside in Wheeling. The couple has two dogs.