Disgraced volleyball coach and teacher Markus Hicks came face to face today with the young student athletes he deceived, used and sexually abused.

Three of the half dozen victims chose to read their impact statements aloud, the shame, guilt, anger and disgust moving most in the packed courtroom to tears.

They spoke of innocence taken and trust betrayed by the person who was supposed to mentor and prepare them for the future.

Instead, they were deceived by Hicks’ “unspeakably grotesque intentions,” all the while wondering how he was able to get away with it for so long.

Hicks would connect with victims on social media, pretending to be a woman, with the promise of sex through a so-called glory hole in his house.

He was facing more than 200 charges but he has pleaded guilty to 54. They

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