Completed Event: Women's Soccer at George Mason on August 24, 2025 , Win , 4, to, 1
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James Madison
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Sajko, Whitney
Whitney Sajko
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
Alma Mater:Â William and Mary '99
Year at JMU:Â Fourth
Whitney Paynter Sajko, a former two-time Colonial Athletic Association soccer tournament most valuable player, joined the JMU soccer staff as assistant coach in August 2005.
Sajko has coaching experience on both the college and high school level.Â
She was an assistant coach at Dartmouth in 2000, the head boys' coach at Broadway (Va.) High School in 1999-2000 and assistant girls' coach at Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax, Va., from 2001-04. Robinson won the 2002 Virginia group AAA state championship.
The 1999 William and Mary graduate was a four-year starter on defense for the Tribe and a member of W&M's 1996, 1997 and 1998 CAA champion teams.
Sajko was voted the CAA Tournament MVP and was named to the Virginia Sports Information Directors' all-state team in 1996 and 1998. She was named the Tribe's most improved player in 1996, won the team's Coaches Award in 1997 and received the school's President's Award for sportsmanship, citizenship and leadership in 1999. Sajko served as a team captain during her senior season in 1998.
During Sajko's four years at W&M the Tribe participated in four NCAA tournaments and advanced to the 1997 NCAA quarterfinals while setting a school record with 20 wins. William and Mary was ranked as high as fifth in the national polls that year. The Tribe had an overall record of 65-24-3 during her four years on the team.
A native of Chantilly, Va., Sajko earned a bachelor's degree in history from William and Mary in 1999. She received a master's degree in education leadership from George Mason University in May 2005.
She and her husband, Jason, have a son, Bayden, age 4 and a daughter, Adeline, age 2. They live in Bridgewater, Va.
Year at JMU:Â Fourth
Whitney Paynter Sajko, a former two-time Colonial Athletic Association soccer tournament most valuable player, joined the JMU soccer staff as assistant coach in August 2005.
Sajko has coaching experience on both the college and high school level.Â
She was an assistant coach at Dartmouth in 2000, the head boys' coach at Broadway (Va.) High School in 1999-2000 and assistant girls' coach at Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax, Va., from 2001-04. Robinson won the 2002 Virginia group AAA state championship.
The 1999 William and Mary graduate was a four-year starter on defense for the Tribe and a member of W&M's 1996, 1997 and 1998 CAA champion teams.
Sajko was voted the CAA Tournament MVP and was named to the Virginia Sports Information Directors' all-state team in 1996 and 1998. She was named the Tribe's most improved player in 1996, won the team's Coaches Award in 1997 and received the school's President's Award for sportsmanship, citizenship and leadership in 1999. Sajko served as a team captain during her senior season in 1998.
During Sajko's four years at W&M the Tribe participated in four NCAA tournaments and advanced to the 1997 NCAA quarterfinals while setting a school record with 20 wins. William and Mary was ranked as high as fifth in the national polls that year. The Tribe had an overall record of 65-24-3 during her four years on the team.
A native of Chantilly, Va., Sajko earned a bachelor's degree in history from William and Mary in 1999. She received a master's degree in education leadership from George Mason University in May 2005.
She and her husband, Jason, have a son, Bayden, age 4 and a daughter, Adeline, age 2. They live in Bridgewater, Va.
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