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Wofford College Athletics
 429 North Church Street Spartanburg, SC 29303
Division 1 South Carolina Southeast
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Elissa Post

Elissa Post was named the sixth head coach in Wofford women's soccer history on May 24, 2023. She became head coach after serving two seasons as an assistant in 2021 and 2022, including serving as the associate head coach in 2022.


While at Kansas State working with head coach Mike Dibbini, her responsibilities with the program included video analysis and scouting, on-field instruction with K-State’s student-athletes and assisting at K-State’s various camps and clinics.


Prior to arriving at Kansas State, Post served as an assistant coach at Emporia State from 2016 until 2018. While working with the Hornets, Post was responsible for facilitating practice plans, conditioning and recovery of athletes. She also coordinated on- and off-campus recruiting and helped configure the team’s schedule and travel plans and itineraries.


Before her time at Emporia State, Post served as a youth club coach with Sporting Kaw Valley in Manhattan, as she helped with the development of the U12 boys and the high school girls programs.


Post also worked as a KSYSA staff assistant coach for the 2001/02 girls program. She also served as the junior varsity girls head coach and an assistant varsity coach with Manhattan High School with two stints with the program, the first from 2014 to 2016 and the second in 2018.


She is certified with NSCAA goalkeeper level 1, USSF national C, D and E licenses and NFHS fundamentals of coaching, concussion certified and first aid certified.


Post graduated from Kansas State in 2015 with a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education with an emphasis in social studies. In 2018, Post completed her Master of Science degree in HPER from Emporia State. She and her wife, Felicity, have a daughter, Serenity, and a dog, Luna.

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Gaby Alfaro

Wofford College head women’s soccer coach Elissa Post announced the addition of Gaby Alfaro as an assistant coach to her staff in late June of 2023. Alfaro joins the Terriers after two seasons as an assistant at Nova Southeastern University and enters her first season at Wofford in 2023.


“I am ecstatic to have Gaby join us at Wofford,” said Post. “She is first and foremost an incredible person and has a brilliant soccer mind. Gaby will make an immediate impact and help us continue to grow the program in various aspects.”


Alfaro spent the 2021 and 2022 seasons as an assistant coach at her alma mater, Division II Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Florida. In her two years as an assistant, the Sharks posted back-to-back winning records and made an NCAA Tournament appearance in the 2022 campaign. In that 2022 season, the Sharks outscored their opponents 30-13, allowing less than one goal per game (0.81).


Outside of the college ranks, Alfaro has been heavily involved as a coach in the club and academy scenes. She served as a girls academy coach for Florida United Soccer Club in 2022. For six years since 2017, Alfaro has served as the lead coach of the GVA Soccer Training Academy in Davie, Florida. She served in her club and academy coaching capacities whilst she was still a full-time student-athlete.


Before joining the NSU coaching staff, Alfaro spent three seasons playing as a defender for the Sharks. A team captain, Alfaro logged over 3,600 minutes of playing time between the 2016-18 seasons, scoring two goals and notching two assists. She helped her squad post double-digit wins in each of her three seasons, including 13 victories in her final season in 2018. The Sharks made an appearance in the NCAA Tournament during all three of her seasons, and she helped lift her team the 2017 Sunshine State Conference Regular-Season Championship, the program’s first. She earned recognition on the 2018 Fall SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.


Alfaro also competed internationally for her country, representing Costa Rica as a captain for both the U17 and U20 National Teams.


"I'm thrilled to take on this exceptional opportunity,” said Alfaro. “The vision Elissa holds for this program undoubtedly guarantees its growth and success. I'm excited to see where this journey takes us. Go Terriers!”


A native of San Jose, Costa Rica, Alfaro graduated from Nova Southeastern University with a Bachelor of Science in finance and business administration in May of 2017. She added a Master of Business Administration in Human Resources from NSU in May of 2019.

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Kellsey Weaver

Kellsey Weaver joined Emily Grant's staff at Wofford in the spring of 2023 to start her collegiate coaching career. Prior to joining Wofford, Weaver served as the goalkeeper coach for several clubs in the Metro Atlanta area including Southern Soccer Academy, AFC Lightning, Decatur- Dekalb YMCA, NASA Tophat, and individual private lessons.


Weaver was a four-year starter in goal for Furman University. In her time as a Paladin, she earned a spot on the Southern Conference All-Freshman squad in 2016 and All-Conference teams in the 2017 and 2019 seasons. In her sophomore year, Weaver recorded a personal-best eight saves in a 1-0 victory over Mercer and went on to shut out Samford in the regular season finale to lift Furman to a share of the SoCon regular season title. Weaver earned SoCon player of the month honors in September 2018 after recording 0.68 goals against average. In her four years as a Paladin starter, Weaver maintained a save percentage of .806 and tallied 22 shutouts.


A native of Newnan, Georgia, Weaver graduated with her Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies from Furman University in 2020.

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