Sonoma State senior Jake Spain comes from Aptos, CA and while he may not be graduating this year, he has one more semester of his history major to look forward to before starting his teaching credential program.
“I’m hoping to get my credential either here or at Dominican University,” said Spain. Spain hopes to become a high school US history teacher after getting his degree.
This history major is passionate about teaching others and not just history but volleyball as well.
“I played volleyball my freshmen year here at Sonoma and then I broke my hand my sophomore year and then started coaching in Petaluma,” said Spain. “And I’ve been coaching ever since.”
Spain may have started his coaching career in Petaluma but now he just coaches at two schools.
“I currently coach volleyball at Dominican University and I just got hired at Marin Catholic as a coach,” said Spain. Dominican University and Marin Catholic are both located in San Rafael.
For this dedicated student, school and volleyball are pretty much his life right now.
“I go to school, and then I’m either coaching club volleyball, high school volleyball or college volleyball,” said Spain. “That’s my life right now.”
Sports seemed to have played a big role in Spain’s life growing up so it’s no wonder he’s still so passionate about them today. While he may only focus on volleyball right now, he wasn’t that way in high school!
“I played sports all my life,” said Spain. “In high school I played football, I wrestled, and I played volleyball.“
We expect great things from this future teacher, so keep a look out for him on campus, volleyball in hand!
And for all you ladies out there: this Campus cutie is currently single. Not that he’ll stay that way for long!
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Sonoma chapter.