Northwest Missouri State Athletics

Jacquie Cason is set to begin her first season as an assistant coach for the Northwest Missouri State University Bearcat volleyball team after serving the previous two years as a graduate assistant coach.
 
In this role, she trained the middle and pin hitters. One area of focus assigned to Cason was on improving the blocking efficiency of front-row players. The 2019 Bearcats finished second in the conference for blocks per set, and junior middle hitter Bethany Elkins led the conference in blocks per set. As the graduate assistant for head coach Amy Woerth, she assisted with scouting reports for the team and helped organize meals on the road.
 
Before Northwest, Cason spent one year at Eastern Illinois University and one year at Nicholls State University as the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. She was involved with scouting, film preparation and analysis, coaching the offense and developing blocking schemes at both schools.
 
After graduating from college, Cason coached at Sacred Heart Academy in Louisville, Ky., where her junior varsity squad recorded the best record in the state in 2016. She also served as an assistant varsity coach during Sacred Heart's successful 2016 state championship run, the school's first state championship in 13 years. Sacred Heart finished that season with a No. 3 three ranking in the nation among high school programs. 
 
Cason played collegiately at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), where she played as a pin hitter. She served as team captain her senior season and totaled 100 or more kills in each season with the Miners. Cason amassed more than 250 hours of community service over her five-year career. She was a four-time Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll selection and a seven-time honoree on the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher). 
 
She earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from UTEP in 2015. She earned her master's degree in applied health sciences at Northwest Missouri State in 2021.