Katie Baccaro

Athlete

Katie Baccaro graduated from Berlin High in 1985 where she was a three sport athlete. During her volleyball career at Berlin she was a Northwest Conference All Academic selection, an All Northwest Conference selection, and an honorable mention All State member in 1992. Also in 1992 she was a tri-captain, received the coaches’ award, and the Ace Award with a total of 109. She was also a member of the Northwest Conference championship team.

Katie excelled in track where in 1990 she was the Northwest Conference champion in the high jump. During the 1991 season she was the Northwest Conference champion again in the high jump but also the 100m hurdles where she also captured the Class M State Championship for that event. That same year she was the Nutmeg Games Silver medalist for the 100m hurdles. In 1993 she again won the 100m hurdles in the Northwest Conference and the Class M State championships, was an All Northwest Conference selection and received the coaches’ award. She also participated in gymnastics from 1989-90.

Katie graduated from the University of Connecticut with a degree in communication from the College of Liberal Arts. While at UConn she was an assistant volleyball and track coach at E.O. Smith high school in Storrs. She went on to work a brief stint in New York City before moving to Los Angeles and beginning her career in the television and movie industry, working as a production assistant on various TV pilots and commercials. She became a producer on the ABC family channel show “Greek” for the eight year run of the show. Currently she is working as a producer on several projects for MTV. In her spare time Katie enjoys spending time with friends and is actively involved in physical fitness and hiking.

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