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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2015-16 WOMEN’SBASKETBALL 1 WOMEN’SBASKETBALL 1 CRUSADEROATH CRUSADERBASKETBALL The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) developed a Student-Athlete Oath for the 2009-2010 academic and athletic year. The oath outlines the Table of Contents UMHB Quick Facts expectations accepted by all UMHB Student-Athletes and also details the pride those student- Location ..........................................................Belton, Texas athletes feel to be a part of Cru Athletics. Student-athletes began using the oath for the first Student-Athlete Oath .....................................................2 Contents & Quick Facts...................................................2 Enrollment ....................................................................3,300 time in the fall of 2009 and it became a prominent and permanent part of the UMHB Student- Head Coach Mark Morefield ........................................4 Founded .........................................................................1845 Athlete experience. The Cru Student-Athlete Oath is listed below: Assistant Coach ..................................................................5 Nickname .................................................................The Cru 2015 UMHB Roster ...........................................................6 Colors ............................................... Purple, Gold & White Cru Returners ......................................................................7 President ................................................Dr. Randy O’Rear Cru Newcomers ................................................................13 Director of Athletics .................................. Randy Mann The Crusader Oath UMHB Sports Medicine ................................................14 Athletics Phone .......................................(254) 295-4618 2013-14 Stats ....................................................................16 As Crusader Student-Athletes we pledge to: UMHB Administration ..................................................17 Head Coach ..............................................Mark Morefield This is UMHB ......................................................................18 Alma Mater .................................................. Valparaiso ‘98 2014-15 UMHB Schedule........................................ Back UMHB Record ................................................... 1st Season Pursue excellence in the classroom and in competition; Overall Record ................................................. 1st Season Assistant Coach ....................................Rebecca Neuger Support our fellow student-athletes and other members of the Credits Lettermen Ret./Lost ...................................................11/5 The 2015 UMHB Women’s Basketball Program is a pub- Starters Ret./Lost ..........................................................3/2 Crusader student body; lication of the UMHB Sports Information Office. Photos 2013-14 Record ................................... 13-13 (9-11 ASC) provided by David Morris and the Sports Information Stadium ..................................Mayborn Campus Center Be fair, open, and honest; holding ourselves to highest standards Department Capacity .........................................................................2,500 of sportsmanship and integrity; Sports Information ......................................... Jon Wallin You can follow the UMHB Women’s Basketball Team SID Phone ..................................................(254) 295-4611 Be positive role models within our community; on the Internet all season long. Visit www.cruath- SID Fax .........................................................(254) 295-4274 letics.com and follow our social media accounts. SID Address ............................................ UMHB Box 8363 ..................................................................900 College Street Glorify Christ through our actions and abilities; .....................................................................Belton, TX 76513 Honor and embrace the privilege of wearing Purple, White, and ................................................................ Sarah Minton, Asst. .........................................................................(254) 295-5585 Gold. .........................................................................(254) 295-4274 ...................................................................... UMHB Box 8010 Wherever we go and forever, we represent the University of Mary ..................................................................900 College Street .....................................................................Belton, TX 76513 Hardin-Baylor. CruSports @CruWomensHoops @CruSports @CruSports Go CRU! 2 WOMEN’SBASKETBALL 2 3 WOMEN’SBASKETBALL 3 COACHMOREFIELD ASSISTANTCOACHES Mark Morefield became the ninth head coach in UMHB women’s basketball history in April of 2015. He joins the Cru after a long and successful stint as a Division I men’s basketball REBECCA NEUGER, ASSISTANT COACH assistant coach. Rebecca Neuger joined the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor women’s basketball coaching staff as a full-time assistant in July 2015. Neuger comes Morefield spent eight seasons as an assistant coach on Scott Drew’s to UMHB from Baylor University where she spent last season as a graduate staff at Baylor University. The Bears advanced to two NCAA Tournaments manager for the Bears men’s basketball team. She was part of a team that during his tenure, including an appearance in the Elite Eight in 2010. finished 24-10 overall and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. Neuger Morefield also coached three future NBA players at Baylor, with two of completed work on her Master’s Degree in Sports Pedagogy at Baylor this those going in the first round of the NBA draft. He was twice named one spring. She also spent two years as an assistant girls basketball and track of Rivals.com’s Top 25 recruiters and helped recruit six Top 20 national and field coach at Holy Family High School in Victoria, Minnesota prior to recruiting classes over a ten-year span. With the Bears, Morefield served moving to Baylor. as the team’s recruiting coordinator, oversaw the offense, supervised individual workouts and scouting. Morefield moved to Baylor after Neuger is a 2011 graduate of St. Olaf College, an NCAA Division III school in spending five years as an assistant coach at Valparaiso University under Northfield, Minnesota, with a degree in Exercise Science. She was an Aca- Homer and Scott Drew. The Crusaders posted four 20-win seasons in that demic All-American in track and field for the Oles and earned a total of 14 time and made three NCAA Tournaments appearances. He spent four athletic letters. Neuger was a four-year letter winner in basketball, soccer years as a student assistant at Valparaiso and the Crusaders recorded at and track and also earned two letters in indoor track at St. Olaf. least 20 wins in each of those seasons, made three NCAA Tournament appearances and advanced to the Sweet 16 in 2008. Morefield has one year of professional experience as an assistant coach with the Texas Legends of the NBDL and was also a draft consultant for the NBA’s New Orleans Hornets in 2012. He has coached a pair of professional teams in interna- tional competition in the off-season and has also coached two Athletes in Action teams on international tours. Morefield spent the 2014-15 season as the boys’ basketball coach at Vanguard College Preparatory School in Waco. He led the Vikings to a 26-5 record and the TAPPS Sweet 16. He also served as girls’ basketball coach at Texas Christian Academy in Waco for one year and also works with a developmental basketball program in Waco. Morefield is a 1998 graduate of Valparaiso University. He is married to Danika, the daughter of Baylor Women’s Basketball Associate Head Coach Bill Brock. The couple has two sons, Harrison and Ryan. 4 WOMEN’SBASKETBALL 4 5 WOMEN’SBASKETBALL 5 TEAMROSTER CRURETURNERS #10 KOURTNEY BEVERS 2015 UMHB WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER SENIOR, GUARD, 5-7, LIBERTY HILL, TEXAS No. Name Pos. Cl.Exp Ht. Hometown (Previous School) 2014-15: Played in 25 games with 11 starts … totaled 170 points for a 6.8 average … 1 Meghan Turner PG 5-3 So.-1L Midlothian, Texas (Midlothian) shot .350 from beyond the arc (14-40) and .800 from the free throw line … added 112 rebounds, 37 assists and 24 steals. 2013-14: Played in 24 games for the Cru with 12 4 Destini Oakmon G 5-6 Jr.-2L Pflugerville, Texas (Pflugerville) starts … totaled 153 points for a 6.4 average … made 48 field goals and 46 free throws 5 Tyra Gatson PG 5-5 Fr.-HS Plano, Texas (East) … added 105 rebounds and 47 assists … recorded 25 steals. 2012-13: Played in all 25 10 Kourtney Bevers G 5-7 Sr.-3L Liberty Hill, Texas (Liberty Hill) games … scored 178 points for a 7.1 average … had 45 assists and 27 steals … ranked second on the team in three-pointers (17). 15 Tori Tucker G 5-9 Sr.-3L College Station, Texas (A&M Consolidated) 21 Reagan Magee G 5-7 So.-1L Conroe, Texas (Conroe) Kourtney is a visual communications major at UMHB. She participated in cross coun- 22 Kendra Wynn G 5-10 Jr.-TR Arlington, Texas (Timberview/McLennan CC) try, basketball, softball and track and field at Liberty Hill High School, where she was a four-time softball MVP and three-time basketball MVP. Kourtney was also a three-time 23 KeOsha Wilburn G 5-6 Fr.-HS Fort Worth, Texas (Haltom) all-state selection in both basketball