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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2010-2011 1 GROVE CITY COLLEGE TABLE OF CONTENTS 2010-2011 SCHEDULE ADMINISTRATION Nov. 16 ALLEGHENY 6:00 President Dr. Richard Jewell _______________________ 3 Nov. 19-20 Buffalo State Tournament Nov. 23 at Carnegie Mellon 7:00 Athletic Director Dr. Don Lyle _____________________ 3 Dec. 1 at Thomas More* 5:30 COACHING STAFF Dec. 4 WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON* 1:00 Dec. 8 at Hiram 7:30 Head Coach Michelle Bruns _______________________ 4 Dec. 11 WAYNESBURG* 1:00 Assistant Coach Chelle Fuss ______________________ 4 Dec. 14 DENISON 7:00 Jan. 6 at Bethany* 6:00 THE SEASON Jan. 8 THIEL* 1:00 2010-2011 Outlook _______________________________ 5 Jan. 10 CHATHAM* 7:00 Jan. 12 at Geneva 5:30 Team Roster/Team Picture ________________________ 6 Jan. 15 SAINT VINCENT* 1:00 THE VETERANS Jan. 17 MOUNT UNION 6:00 Megan Gebrosky (Cranberry Township, Pa.) ________ 7 Jan. 19 at Westminster* 6:00 Jan. 22 THOMAS MORE* 1:00 Leah Gibson (North Canton, Ohio) _________________ 8 Jan. 26 at Washington & Jefferson* 6:00 Megan Gibson (Littlestown, Pa.) ___________________ 9 Jan. 29 at Waynesburg* 1:30 Feb. 2 at Chatham* 7:00 Jenna Johnston (Strattanville, Pa.) ________________ 10 Feb. 5 BETHANY* 1:00 Alicia Maust (Natrona Heights, Pa.) _______________ 11 Feb. 9 at Thiel* 6:00 Feb. 12 GENEVA 1:00 Christine Slater (Aliquippa, Pa.) ___________________ 12 Feb. 16 at Saint Vincent* 6:00 Alison Wells (Waterville, Vt.) _____________________ 13 Feb. 19 WESTMINSTER* 1:00 Feb. 22-26 Presidents’ Athletic Conference THE NEWCOMERS Championship Tournament Sarah Cessar (Slippery Rock, Pa.) _________________ 14 *Presidents’ Athletic Conference Games Home Games in CAPS Hannah Coneby (Maple Shade, N.J.) ______________ 14 Inge Rasmussen (Darnestown, N.J.) _______________ 14 2010-2011 QUICK FACTS Location _______________________ Grove City, Pa. Annie Wells (Waterville, Vt.) ______________________ 14 Enrollment ______________________________ 2,500 SEASON REVIEW Founded ________________________________ 1876 President ____________________ Dr. Richard Jewell 2009-2010 Results and Statistics _________________ 15 NTRODUCTION Athletic Director _________________ Dr. Don Lyle THE PRESIDENTS’ ATHLETIC CONFERENCE I AD Phone _________________ (724) 458-2900 Nickname _________________________ Wolverines About the Presidents’ Athletic Conference _______ 16 Colors ______________________ Crimson and White Conference Opponent Profiles ___________________ 17 Home Court _ Grove City College Arena (1,800) Conference __ Presidents’ Athletic Conference PROGRAM HISTORY First Season _____________________________ 1977 Record Book ____________________________________ 18 All-Time Won-Lost ____________________ 410-344 The 1,000-Point Club_____________________________ 19 Head Coach ___________________ Michelle Bruns Alma Mater _____ Southwest Minn. St. 2005 Individual Game Records ________________________ 19 Record at Grove City _______ 0-0 (1st year) Through The Years _______________________________ 21 Career Record ______________ 0-0 (1st year) Basketball Phone __________ 724-450-1531 Season Records__________________________________ 22 Assistant Coach ___________________ Chelle Fuss All-Time Opponent Series________________________ 23 2009-2010 Record ______________________ 12-14 2009-2010 Conference Record/Finish_ 8-6/3rd GROVE CITY COLLEGE Last Postseason Berth _____________ 2005, ECAC Grove City College Sports _______________________ 24 ____________________ Lost to DeSales, 71-63 Conference Championships_________________ 6 About Grove City College _______________________ 26 (1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987) Grove City College Athletic Facilities ____________ 27 Starters Returning/Lost ___________________ 3/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost _____________ 7/2 Schedule _______________________________ Back Cover Sports Information Director _________ R.A. Briggs SID Office Phone _______________ 724-458-3365 CREDITS SID Home Phone _______________ 724-748-3718 The 2010-2011 basketball guide was produced by the Grove City College Sports Web Site ______________ www2.gcc.edu/Sports Information Office. Editor: R.A. Briggs. Assistance by Megan Gebrosky and Chris- tine Slater. Head shots taken by Gregg Studio, Grove City, Pa. Action photography taken by Dave Miller, ADM Photography. Cover photo by Bob Gregg. Printed by SCP Group, Sharon, Pa. 2 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2010-2011 PRESIDENT RICHARD JEWELL Dr. Dick Jewell is a 1967 In addition, he captained the 1967 swimming and diving graduate of Grove City Col- team and was a two-time Penn-Ohio College diving cham- lege as well as a graduate of pion. the University of Michigan Law School. He begins his He was editor-in-chief of The Collegian, the College’s news- eighth year as Grove City paper, president of the Student Government Association College’s eighth President. and earned Grove City College’s Omicron Delta Kappa Senior Man of the Year award in 1967. Prior to joining the College, Jewell had a long private sec- Jewell was inducted into the College’s Swimming and tor career as both a trial and Diving Hall of Fame in 1989 and received the College’s corporate attorney as well Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2001. He was first as being a shareholder and elected to the College’s Board of Trustees in 1974 and director of the nation’s larg- just prior to his selection as President, he served on the est forensic accounting firm. Executive Committee and chaired the Board’s Develop- ment Committee. He also directed the applied research operations of the University of Pittsburgh, reporting to the Chancellor. He also served as co-chairman of the College’s capital campaign. Jewell currently holds faculty rank in the busi- Prior to becoming President in September 2003, Jewell ness department as professor of business law and pub- had a 40-year relationship with the College as a student, lic policy. national alumni president and longtime Trustee. A veteran, Jewell served in the U.S. Army from 1969-1971. A Jewell graduated cum laude from Grove City with high Jewell and his wife Dayl, a retired PNC Bank vice presi- DMINISTRATION honors in political science. dent, have an adult daughter, Jessica. ATHLETIC DIRECTOR DON LYLE Dr. Don Lyle is in his ninth Lyle also directed Grove City to a share of the PAC men’s year as athletic director at soccer title in 1996 as Grove City went 16-2. The Wolver- Grove City College. ines set a school record for victories in a season and won their first ECAC title. Lyle is Chairman of the De- partment Physical Education Lyle-coached teams also advanced to post-season play and Athletics and Athletic in 1976, 1980 and 2000. In 34 years as head coach, he Director. compiled a 277-206-37 record. The College inducted him into its Men’s Soccer Hall of Fame in October 2006. In that role, Lyle oversees the College’s fitness and Lyle also started the women’s softball program at Grove wellness program, its City, posting a 91-61 (.599) record from 1980-88 as head newly-developed exercise coach. He remains the program’s all-time wins leader. Lyle science major and Grove then spent nine years as baseball coach at Grove City. City’s 19-sport varsity ath- In addition to his academic duties as department chair, letics program. Lyle is a professor of physical education. He is also chair- man of the Grove City College Athletic Hall of Fame Se- Lyle coached Grove City’s men’s soccer team from 1972- lection Committee. 2005. As head coach, he led the Wolverines to six post- season berths, including a pair of trips to the NCAA Cham- A native of Calcutta, Ohio, Lyle earned his bachelor of pionship Tournament. arts degree from Muskingum College in 1971. He also earned his master’s degree in education from Miami of In 2005, his final season as head coach, Lyle guided Grove Ohio. Lyle received his doctorate from Indiana University City to its first-ever outright Presidents’ Athletic Confer- of Pennsylvania. ence title and a trip to the finals of the Eastern College Athletic Conference Southern Championship Tournament. Lyle and his wife Barbara live in Pine Township. They have He earned the PAC’s Coach of the Year award that year. three adult children and eight grandchildren. 3 GROVE CITY COLLEGE HEAD COACH MICHELLE BRUNS A new era of Grove At Adams State, she helped the squad triple its City College women’s win total while also recording the program’s first win- basketball begins this ning record in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Confer- winter as Michelle Bruns ence since 1992. enters her first season Bruns also worked as Adams State’s Senior Woman as the Wolverines’ head Administrator during the 2007-08 academic year. In ad- coach. dition, she advised the school’s Fellowship of Chris- She will look to di- tian Athletes chapter. rect the Wolverines A native of Hecla, S.D., Bruns scored 1,645 career back to the top of the points at Southwest Minnesota State. She earned Presidents’ Athletic Daktronics Division II All-America Honorable Mention Conference. as a senior, along with North Central Region Co-Player A 2005 graduate of of the Year honors. Southwest Minnesota Bruns also earned the Northern Sun Intercollegiate State University, Bruns joined the Grove City staff dur- Conference’s Player of the Year honor and SMSU’s ing the summer of 2010 after working as an assistant Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year award as a senior. master trainer/performance enhancement specialist at In addition, she earned CoSIDA Academic All- the Army Center for Enhanced Performance in West America distinction in 2005. Point, N.Y. since January 2009. Bruns graduated from Southwest Minnesota State Prior to her position at West Point, Bruns spent in 2005 with a bachelor of science degree in wellness three seasons as an assistant women’s basketball and human performance. coach. She completed her master of arts degree in hu- She worked as a graduate assistant coach during man performance and physical education in December 2008 at Adams State. TAFF the 2005-06 season at Eastern Washington University. Bruns then served as the head assistant women’s The sixth head women’s basketball coach in Grove S basketball coach at Adams State (Colo.) College dur- City history, Bruns holds the rank of assistant profes- ing the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons.