Greg Fargo ’06 enters his third season as Head Women’s Ice Hockey and Golf Coach at Elmira College.  

Following his graduation from EC, Fargo served on the Men’s Ice Hockey coaching staff at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY since 2006. His many responsibilities with the Golden Griffins included the planning and implementing of game and practice plans, as well as scouting, video analysis, community outreach, and recruiting.

In his two seasons with the program, one of his key focus areas was working with the goaltenders, which yielded a combined seven Atlantic Hockey Association (AHA) Goaltender of the Week honors for the Griffins.

Off the ice, Fargo also contributed greatly to his player’s success in the classroom, helping the team’s overall grade point average increase from a 2.99 to a 3.14 in just his first season with the team.

As a player for the Soaring Eagles, from 2002-2006, Fargo had one of the most prolific careers between the pipes ever. In his tenure at Elmira, Fargo helped the Purple and Gold earn two appearances in the ECAC West Championship finals and the NCAA Division III Frozen Four.

To date, Fargo still holds the all-time career saves and minutes played record at Elmira recording a combined 2,565 saves in 5,123 minutes played in his four seasons. His 2005-06 save percentage of .926 is still the all-time best at EC, while his goals against average in that same season ranks him second in the programs 34 year history.

In addition to competing as a standout goaltender, Fargo was a member of the Men’s Golf team.

Fargo received his masters of science degree in Physical Education with a concentration in Coaching at Canisius, and holds a S.B. in Adolescence Education and Social Studies from Elmira College. Along with his coaching responsibilities, Fargo will be responsible for teaching Physical Education courses.

Shera Vis is entering her second year at Elmira College as the Assistant Women’s Hockey Coach and Head JV Women’s Hockey Coach.

Before joining Elmira College, Vis was a four year letter winner at Division I Minnesota State University, Mankato in the WCHA Conference. She earned a B.S. degree in Physical Education Teaching. During her collegiate career, Vis was named team captain during her final season and was also awarded the Most Improved Player Award. Along with these accolades she also received the Tiffany Searles Award (all around student athlete), the Daniel L. Mundahl Community Service Award, and the Maverick Achievement Award (possessing a GPA of 3.5 or higher).

Shera has served as Mankato East High School Assistant Girl’s Hockey Coach during 2008-2009, and served as M.A.H.A. U10 Assistant Girl’s Hockey Coach during 2007-2008. Vis has also obtained experience serving as the Northern Hawks AAA Assistant Girl’s Hockey Coach, where she was responsible for the evaluation of players at tryouts, execution of practices, establishment of systematic on-ice play, and coordinating on and off ice strength and conditioning training.

Vis also has experience as a Physical Education Teacher, Substitute Teacher, and has worked for M.A.H.A hockey camps and Rick St. Croix Goalie School. She is also working towards earning a Master’s Degree at Elmira.