Elena Conway has made an impact devoting lots of her time for Cabrini athletics as a student and an assistant coach.
Conway is the assistant coach of the women’s tennis team. She started in January 2018 and graduated from Cabrini University in 2017. Conway got her bachelor’s in finance and minored in economics and sports management.
During her time as a student-athlete, Conway was named All-CSAC First Team in singles freshman, sophomore and senior year. She received All-CSAC Honorable mention in singles junior year. In doubles, Conway All-CSAC Honorable Mention freshman and junior year. She was also named All-CSAC second team for doubles sophomore and senior year.
Conway earned CSAC All-Academic Team freshman, junior and senior year. She was named to CSAC All-Sportsmanship Team junior and senior year. Conway was named CSAC Player of the Week and CSAC Honor Roll in her sophomore year. Lastly, she earned the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Scholar-Athlete award senior year.
As a student-athlete, Conway lead four straight CSAC postseason appearances while fighting for and winning a total of 81 singles and doubles matches.
“I love Elena,” junior Miranda Smith said. “She has been here for seven years and has shown us her love for Cabrini tennis.”
Before coaching with alumnus Sean Jaeger, Conway coached with her good friend Terra McHenry who graduated from Cabrini a year before Conway did. McHenry was an interim Conway’s senior year but stepped up when the previous head coach left for medical reasons.
They coached together for a year before McHenry left and that’s when coach Jaeger, head coach of the men’s tennis team since 2018, stepped up and became head coach of the women’s tennis team as well.
Aside from being an assistant coach, Conway currently works in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey for Freedom Mortgage.
“Elena is very busy,” Smith said, “but when she can be at practices, she is one of the most supportive people ever. She is always giving advice and always offering a solution for your next point in the match. She is all-around just a great person.”
During her first year of coaching, the women’s tennis team had six wins and nine losses overall, and in the conference, had five wins and five losses. This year, the team just ended their fall season with seven losses but captured a win against Penn State Berks.
