| Title: | Head Women's Volleyball / Track and Field Coach |
| Phone: | 420-2631 |
| Phone: | 420-2294 |
| Email: | santiap@farmingdale.edu |
Patric Santiago was named the Interim Head Coach of Women's
Volleyball in July 2009 and Indoor/Outdoor Track in July 2011.
Santiago, a 2006 Farmingdale State graduate, has also been an
Assistant Coach for five sports, while also serving as an Adjunct
Professor of the volleyball, golf, and racquetball PED classes.
An active member of USA Volleyball, Santiago has competed in AVP
Tour events, as well as Open level competition around the
country.
While competing for the Rams, Santiago was a 4-sport athlete,
excelling in soccer, golf, indoor and outdoor track. He is the only
student-athlete to ever compete in four sports in school history
and was Captain of all four sports during his career.
In soccer, a starting goalkeeper for four years, Patric finished
his senior year with 109 saves and four shutouts, helping the team
to a ranking as one of the most improved teams in Division III in
2005. In golf, he was the #1 player of the golf team for four
years, carrying a 1.5 handicap, while registering nine career
rounds under 75.
Patric was a two-year Captain in both indoor and outdoor track,
competing in the High Jump and Triple Jump. He finished in 4th
place in the Triple Jump at the 2005-06 Indoor Track ECAC
Championship's and 8th at the Collegiate Track Conference
Championship (CTC's) in 04-05. In outdoor track, he finished 3rd at
the 2006 CTC's and 4th at the 2006 ECAC's in the Triple Jump and
took 4th place at the 2005 CTC's. Patric leaves the Track and Field
team on Farmingdale State's Top-Ten Performance List for the Triple
Jump in 3rd place.
Academically, Patric graduated with a GPA of 3.96 with a
Bachelor's degree in Business Management. Patric was named an ESPN
The Magazine Academic All-American in 2006. He was a member of Phi
Theta Kappa and the Vice President of our Student-Athlete Advisory
Committee. He was the first student-athlete at Farmingdale to
receive the Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence in 2005, was
a two-time recipient of the Chancellor's Scholar-Athlete Award
(2005 and 2006) and a two-time Farmingdale State Male Athlete of
the Year (2004 and 2006). He also received the 2006 ECAC Robbins
Scholar-Athlete Award, which is given annually to just one male and
one female student-athlete throughout Divisions I, II and III.


