Saint Ignatius High School

Dominick Adornato '11 officially took over the Saint Ignatius volleyball program in 2021 and finished his fifth season. 

Adornato is the successor to Greg Herceg '09. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, Herceg was not able to coach for the Wildcats.

Adornato is the fourth head coach in program history and takes over a program that has been to 10 OHSBVA State Tournaments and the 2017 OHSBVA State Championship.

As a student-athlete at Saint Ignatius High School, Adornato was passionate about volleyball. While playing basketball for the Wildcats, Adornato was injured and began training for the next season. The former Head Volleyball Coach, Casey Marcelo, asked Adornato to try out for the volleyball team.

"Marcelo saw me working out in the gym and asked me to try out for volleyball my sophomore year," says Adornato. "I fell in love with volleyball and became a three-year letter award winner."

As Adornato's knowledge of the game grew, so did his passion, as he would go on to the University of Kentucky and compete at the Division I level for volleyball. "Very surreal to play volleyball at Kentucky," Adornato says. "I was playing with guys that have been playing volleyball since a very young age, and I was behind about 5-6 years playing experience."

Adornato graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2017 with a B.A. in Biology and a minor in Business communication. Coaching has been in the blood of Adornato for years. While as a student-athlete at Kentucky, Adornato was the JV Head Coach for the women's volleyball team at West Jessamine High School, where he had a record of 37-3 in three seasons of coaching.

In 2017, Adornato became a Head Volleyball Coach at Seton Middle School, where he led seventh and eighth graders to a perfect 18-0 record and won the postseason championship.

Adornato would return to the high school level in the fall of 2019, creating the first men's volleyball team in school history at Western Reserve Academy.  Adornato built the program from the ground up, training future coaches and players, and distributing practice plans, shot charts, and training regiments.

After missing the 2020 season due to COVID-19, coach Adornato led the Wildcats to the OHSBVA State Semifinal in 2021. 

In 2023, volleyball became an OHSAA sport. After wrapping up the 2024 season, Adornato led the Wildcats to a 24-4 record and finished the season with the third-ranked team in the state and 18th in the country. The Wildcats were the 2024 OHSAA Division I State Runner-ups. 

In the 2025 season, coach Adornato led the Wildcats to their first OHSAA State Championship and second title in program history. He would be named Regional Coach of the Year in a 25-3 season which saw the Wildcats sweep 21 opponents. On May 30, 2025, in the OHSAA State Semifinal, Adornato earned his 100th career victory as head coach.

As of June 2025