North Park University Athletics

The 2019 season will be the first for Coach Bethany Besancenez.

Besancenez enters her first year as a graduate assistant coach after a successful playing career at Division II Florida Southern College. A team captain in 2017 and 2018, Besancenez was also named an NCAA Division II All-American and American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) First Team All-South region selection each of those years. 

Additionally, Besancenez excelled in the classroom, garnering Sunshine State Conference (SSC) Honor Roll status in 2015, 2016, and 2017 while being named to the Google Cloud Academic All-District Team in 2018.

Besancenez also enjoyed a deep run in the 2017 NCAA Division II playoffs, leading Florida Southern to a runner-up finish in the National Championship while securing All-Tournament Team recognition.