Guinea-Bissau RPCV Emilio Torres brings wealth of experience to Noll as new volleyball coach at deceased wife's alma mater



Torres brings a wealth of volleyball experience to the Warriors. He's been an assistant at Thornton Fractional South in Illinois, head coach at Cabrini College in Pennsylvania, helped begin the Mozambique women's national team, played the sport for the Puerto Rican Junior National Team. He also coaches the Diamond Elite Volleyball Academy 17s team that includes Northwest Indiana and northeast Illinois players.

Guinea-Bissau RPCV Emilio Torres brings wealth of experience to Noll as new volleyball coach at deceased wife's alma mater

Torres brings wealth of experience to Noll

* Diamond Elite club coach is new coach at deceased wife's alma mater.

June 1, 2009

By Steve T. Gorches, Post-Tribune deputy sports editor

There are numerous ways Emilio Torres can honor his deceased wife Amy Sosnowski.

You can be sure he's done many of them since she died in 2005 of malaria while the couple was working with the Ministry of Sports Development in Mozambique.

But on Sunday Torres officially added another that Sosnowski's spirit is likely smiling upon when he was named the new head volleyball coach at Bishop Noll at the school's sports banquet.

Sosnowski graduated from Noll in 1995.

Torres brings a wealth of volleyball experience to the Warriors. He's been an assistant at Thornton Fractional South in Illinois, head coach at Cabrini College in Pennsylvania, helped begin the Mozambique women's national team, played the sport for the Puerto Rican Junior National Team. He also coaches the Diamond Elite Volleyball Academy 17s team that includes Northwest Indiana and northeast Illinois players.

Out of all those stops, though, he might remember Cabrini College the most, though it's hard to judge. And he compares the atmosphere at Noll to that experience.

"It's a small school, small program and has a real good support system from the parents," Torres said. "While coaching club, I've dealt with parents a lot. I feel very welcome by the parents and coaches on Sunday."

He added that he "doesn't like big schools" and that 2A Noll is just the right size for him.

Torres also has plenty of life experiences to pass on to his players, including a stint in the Peace Corps in West Africa.

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When this story was posted in June 2009, this was on the front page of PCOL:




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Join Us Mr. President! "We will double the size of the Peace Corps by its 50th anniversary in 2011. And we'll reach out to other nations to engage their young people in similar programs, so that we work side by side to take on the common challenges that confront all humanity," said Barack Obama during his campaign. Read how RPCV's rallied and and marched to the White House to support a bold new Peace Corps for a new age.

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PCOL's Candidate for Peace Corps Director Honduras RPCV Jon Carson, 33, presided over thousands of workers as national field director for the Obama campaign and said the biggest challenge -- and surprise -- was the volume of volunteer help, including more than 15,000 "super volunteers," who were a big part of what made Obama's campaign so successful. PCOL endorses Jon Carson as the man who can revitalize the Peace Corps, bring it into the internet age, and meet Obama's goal of doubling the size of the Peace Corps by 2011.

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Director Ron Tschetter: The PCOL Interview Peace Corps Director Ron Tschetter sat down for an in-depth interview to discuss the evacuation from Bolivia, political appointees at Peace Corps headquarters, the five year rule, the Peace Corps Foundation, the internet and the Peace Corps, how the transition is going, and what the prospects are for doubling the size of the Peace Corps by 2011. Read the interview and you are sure to learn something new about the Peace Corps. PCOL previously did an interview with Director Gaddi Vasquez.

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