Alex Wetherell, a member of two CAA championship teams and a competitor in a pair of NCAA Regionals for the Seahawks, is in his fourth season on the coaching staff of his alma mater.
The Cary, N.C., product tasted the postseason again in 2016-17 - this time on the coaching side - when he helped the Seahawks win their fifth CAA title and advance to the NCAA Regionals. He was named the Carolinas Region Assistant Coach-of-the-Year for his efforts.
Wetherell served as an assistant coach at Dartmouth for three years before returning to UNCW in 2014-15. He played four seasons for the Seahawks and graduated in May of 2011.
Wetherell played a key role as the Seahawks set a record for most wins in a season (19), earned the program's first national ranking and captured their first CAA crown in 2009. The Seahawks entered the tournament as the top seed for the first time in program history and defeated No. 2 seed, VCU, 4-3. Wetherell paced the Seahawks to another CAA title as a captain in 2011 and closed out his career with a 46-23 mark in singles
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Wetherell was named UNCW's Most Improved Player as a freshman in 2008 and received the team's Sportsmanship Award in 2010 and 2011.
In Wetherell's first year at Dartmouth, the Big Green earned many program firsts as they earned 18 victories on the season and were ranked as high as No. 49 in the ITA rankings. Two Big Green players earned All-Ivy League accolades in doubles under his tutelage.
In his second year with the Ivy League team, Wetherell led the team to a national ranking for the second straight year and a pair of Big Green players earned All-Ivy League honors in doubles.
Before leaving Hanover, N.H., Wetherell helped the Big Green recruit the No. 12-ranked recruiting class in the nation for the upcoming season.
Wetherell earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at UNCW in 2011, with a concentration in Human Resources.
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