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Former college basketball coach and current professor of sport psychology at the University of New Hampshire, Ben Chase joined Brooks School as the girls 1st basketball coach in 2022. Chase brought with him more than a decade of coaching college basketball with stints at three Division 1 schools, Army, Boston University and Houston Christian. Originally from the North Shore, he graduated from Newburyport High School before attending Emerson College where he was a four-year letter winner and academic All-American on the basketball team. Chase also earned a master’s degree in physical education, health and coaching from Boston University in 2011. In addition to teaching, he runs High Perception Hoops, a basketball training organization dedicated to developing basketball IQ and decision-making skills. Chase and his wife Kim reside in Merrimac with their two daughters, Brady and Tova.

Alexandria Sacco is a science teacher at Brooks, where she began as assistant coach for girls 1st soccer in 2014. She came to Brooks after graduating in 2009 from New England College, where she got her bachelor's degree in kinesiology. Sacco was a four-year starter for the women’s soccer and softball programs. She earned Female Rookie of the Year as a freshman, and went on to represent her team as a two-year captain. Sacco continued on to coach while completing her degree in Radiologic Technology. She worked at Lowell General Hospital for 10 years as a radiographer and switched gears to join the faculty at Brooks in 2021. When she is not teaching and coaching, she looks for her next travel adventure.