NCAA Women
April 1, 2024
Simone Asque-Favia is the third-year volleyball coach at Siena College in upstate New York. She was an all-ACC player at Virginia and after playing professionally in Cyprus, Denmark and Slovakia got into college coaching. Her last stop was as an assistant at Seton Hall before taking over at Siena, which competes in the MAAC. Asque-Favia also still plays. She has Jamaican roots, played for that country in her 20s, and then last year rejoined the national team:
Last summer, Siena volleyball coach Simone Asque-Favia played a major role in helping Jamaica win its first-ever CAZOVA (Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association) Senior Women’s Volleyball Championship.
It wasn’t an easy road.
When Jamaica first approached her about playing, Asque-Favia knew she faced many challenges. She had just finished her first year as the head coach at Siena and was in the midst of recruiting for her second season. She was getting older, and Asque-Favia wondered if she still had what it took to play at the highest international level. And she was also recovering from severe injuries sustained in a major auto…
