Taylor Marcella finished her third season as member of the Union College women's volleyball staff in 2025.
Marcella and her fellow coaches were named the Liberty League Coaching Staff of the Year in 2025 after guiding the Garnet Chargers to their best season in a decade, posting a 22-9 overall record and a 7-1 mark in Liberty League play. The team earned its first top-two conference regular-season finish since 2015, while its .875 conference winning percentage was the program's highest since regular-season conference play started in 2011. Three players earned All-Liberty League honors for the third year in a row and senior Shannon McGrath became the fifth player to earn back-to-back first-team honors, while the senior also earned AVCA All-Region first-team laurels and was named the seventh AVCA All-American in program history with an honorable mention.
Marcella (née Vonasek) played four seasons on the volleyball court and the basketball court for Hartwick College from 2012-16. During the fall, she was named to the All-Empire 8 Conference second team as a senior after putting down 146 kills with 60 blocks, and for her career registered 425 kills and 229 blocks to rank ninth in program history in blocks. She also was a two-time All-Empire 8 selection and a 2016 D3hoops.com All-Region honoree on the hardwood for the Hawks basketball team.
Marcella earned a bachelor's degree in biology from Hartwick in 2016.
