Former SUNY Broome women's basketball player, Alyssa Polosky, enters her 5th year as an assistant coach with the Geneseo Knights. As a player, Polosky has won championships at Union-Endicott, SUNY Broome and Geneseo. As a coach, she has become an invaluable member of the Knights coaching staff since her playing career ended in 2012.
Alyssa graduated from Union-Endicott High School where she led the Tigers to a Section IV Championship and was the recipient of the 2007 NYS Section IV Officials Player of the Year award. After graduation from UEHS, Polosky attended SUNY Broome where she majored in Liberal Arts while playing basketball for the Hornets. In 2008 Polosky and current Broome associate coach, Brittany Finkle, led an unselfish team to the school's first NJCAA #1 national ranking and the MSAC Championship. Polosky earned All-Conference and All-Region honors during her tenure at Broome as well as being named captain her sophomore year. Upon graduation from Broome in 2009 and several trips to Binghamton from Geneseo head coach Scott Hemer, she made the choice to attend SUNY Geneseo to finish her basketball career there. Once again Alyssa helped capture another championship, this time it was the SUNYAC Championship. While playing for the Knights she was named captain her senior year, made the First Team All-Conference, Second Team All-ECAC and was a State Farm All-American Honorable Mention in 2011.
Alyssa graduated with a degree in Elementary and Special Education in 2012 and earned her Master's degree in Literacy in May of 2014. This is her second year teaching at Avon Central School District in Avon, New York just south of Rochester where she is a reading specialist.
Now entering her entering her 5th season as an assistant coach at Geneseo for the women's basketball team her duties are many but her primary responsibilities include developing forwards, serving as recruiting coordinator, directing film exchange and developing all areas of social media for the women's basketball program.
When asked about Alyssa's contributions to the Knights program, Coach Hemer promptly responded, "Alyssa has been my rock for the past five years as an assistant coach since leaving her stamp on our program as an All-American (played center from 2009-11) and was a member of our 2010-11 SUNYAC Championship team. I can always count on her to keep me organized as she's often a step ahead when it comes to everything we do to manage the program. Alyssa forms great connections with our players and is usually who they turn to when they need an ear. She has developed our social media network from the ground up and has worked diligently towards establishing a connection with alumni. In all, Alyssa's loyalty to the program is unmatched and her contributions toward developing a nationally ranked program will be a large part of her legacy at Geneseo."
Wherever Alyssa Polosky has been she has left her mark. The question is where will it be next……On the court, in the classroom or both?
