Niko Paul is entering her sixth season as head women's volleyball coach at Mitchell College.

The Mariners have qualified for the NECC Championship in two of the past three years under Paul's guidance. She has also produced four all-conference honorees during that time.

Paul began her collegiate coaching career at Mitchell in 2005. Prior to joining the Mariners she served as head girls volleyball coach at Montville High School since 2001.

Paul, who learned the game of volleyball while living in Okinawa, Japan, played on her high school team in Burkburnett, TX. Following graduation she served in the United States Navy for four years. She resides in Groton, CT, with her husband.

Trina Sexton is entering her second year as an assistant volleyball coach at Mitchell College.  

Sexton learned the game of volleyball in high school, earning two most valuable player awards before moving on to compete at the college level. In 2007, she was a walk-on setter and co-captain for Mitchell College while earning her place as a student-athlete in the National College Athlete Honor Society. She continues to play competitive volleyball year round.

Sexton graduated from Mitchell with a cumulative 4.0 GPA in 2007 and with a Bachelor of Arts degree in criminal justice. She was awarded the Board of Trustees Award for Academic Achievement for Scholastic Attainment In Maintaining the Highest Academic Standing in the Class of 2007, as well as the Criminal Justice Award. She is a member of Phi Theta Kappa, Psi Beta; National Honor Society in Psychology for Community and Junior Colleges and Alpha Chi; Connecticut Epsilon Chapter, National College Honor Scholarship Society. She served as President in Alpha Phi Sigma; Zeta Omega, National Criminal Justice Honor Society. She began her graduate studies in criminal justice at the University of New Haven.

Sexton is employed by the State of Connecticut Department of Correction. She began her career with the department as a correction officer at Gates Correctional Institution and was promoted to correctional ocunselor at York Correctional Institution. She recently earned the Circle of Merit Award in recognition for her outstanding job performance. She has earned multiple certifications, most recently in women’s risk and needs assessment.

Sexton's greatest achievement and source of pride is her family. She is married to Marc Sexton, an avid volleyball player who is both a setter and outside hitter. They have three children: Michael, 15, Tyler, 8, and Ayla, 7. Duke, the family’s two-year-old black lab, completes the Sexton household. The family happily resides in North Stonington, CT.