Stephany Ellison was appointed assistant women’s soccer coach at Alfred University in April 2017.
Ellison is a 2015 graduate of Houghton College, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in inclusive childhood education. She is currently a special education teacher in the Alfred-Almond Central School District.
While at Houghton, Ellison played three seasons (2012-14) for the Highlanders’ women’s soccer team, earning NCCAA All-American honors and NCCAA East Region Player of the Year honors three times. Twice, in 2013 and 2014, she was named the Empire 8 Conference Offensive Player of the Year. She also played one season of basketball at Houghton.
Ellison played one season (2011) of women’s soccer at Division I Eastern Kentucky University before transferring to Houghton. She has played soccer semi-professionally the last two summers: in 2014 for the Charlotte (NC) Lady Eagles and in 2015 for the Knoxville (TN) Force.
A native of Whitesville, NY, Ellison served the fall 2016 semester as Life Skills Coordinator in the AU Department of Athletics. The Life Skills Coordinator is responsible for meeting regularly with first-year student-athletes to counsel them on resources available to help them make a successful transition to college life. Ellison served as a graduate assistant for the AU women’s soccer team one season (2015) before taking over the Life Skills Coordinator position.
Ellison has served as a substitute teacher at Whitesville Central School and Alfred-Almond Central School and was a long-term substitute at Whitesville Central from March-June 2016. She completed her student teaching at Alfred-Almond (January-March 2015); did her teaching practicum at Belfast Central School from 2013-14; and completed a teaching internship at Waterfront Elementary School in Buffalo in May 2013.
