2017 Women's Basektball Yearbook
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2017 WOMEN’S BASEKTBALL YEARBOOK 2017-18 Women’s Basketball EVERYTHING MATTERS 2017-18 SCHEDULE Day Date Opponent Location Time Friday November 10 Elon Elon, NC 7:00 p.m. Sunday November 12 DUQESNE Rock Hill, SC 2:00 p.m. Wednesday November 15 NC WESLEYAN Rock Hill, SC 7:00 p.m. Saturday November 18 SOUTH CAROLINA ST.% Rock Hill, SC 1:00 p.m. Tuesday November 28 Akron Akron, OH 10:30 a.m. Thursday November 30 Marshall Huntington, WV 6:00 p.m. Sunday December 3 EAST TENNESSEE ST. Rock Hill, SC 2:00 p.m. Saturday December 9 WOFFORD Rock Hill, SC 2:00 p.m. Sunday December 10 Duke Durham, NC 2:00 p.m. Sunday December 17 Mercer Macon, GA 2:00 p.m. Tuesday December 19 Tennessee Tech Cookeville, TN 6:00 p.m. Tuesday January 2 Radford* Radford, VA 7:00 p.m. Saturday January 6 CAMPBELL* Rock Hill, SC 2:00 p.m. Tuesday January 9 Liberty* Lynchburg, VA 7:00 p.m. Saturday January 13 HIGH POINT* Rock Hill, SC 2:00 p.m. Tuesday January 16 Charleston So.* Charleston, SC 7:00 p.m. Saturday January 20 UNC ASHEVILLE* Rock Hill, SC 2:00 p.m. Tuesday January 23 Presbyterian* Clinton, SC 7:00 p.m. Saturday January 27 GARNDER-WEBB* Rock Hill, SC 5:00 p.m. Tuesday January 30 LONGWOOD* Rock Hill, SC 7:00 p.m. Saturday February 3 UNC Asheville* Asheville, NC 2:00 p.m. Tuesday February 6 PRESBYTERIAN* Rock Hill, SC 7:00 p.m. Saturday February 10 Gardner-Webb* Boiling Springs, NC 3:00 p.m. Tuesday February 13 High Point* High Point, NC 7:00 p.m. Saturday February 17 RADFORD* Rock Hill, SC 2:00 p.m. Tuesday February 20 LIBERTY* Rock Hill, SC 7:00 p.m. Saturday February 24 Campbell* Buies Creek, NC 2:00 p.m. Tuesday February 27 CHARLESTON SO.* Rock Hill, SC 7:00 p.m. Saturday March 3 Longwood* Farmville, VA 12:00 p.m. Thurs.-Sunday March 8-11 Big South Tournament Lynchburg, VA TBA % Homecoming * Big South Conference game ALL TIMES ARE EST 2017-18 Women’s Basketball EVERYTHING MATTERS Quick Facts Location: Rock Hill, S.C. Founded: 1886 Enrollment: 6,000 Nickname: Eagles Colors: Garnet (PMS 201) & Gold (PMS 123) President: Dr. Daniel F. Mahony Athletic Director: Dr. Ken Halpin Conference: Big South Conference Home Court (Capacity): Winthrop Coliseum (6,000) Press Row Phone: (803) 323-2156 Head Coach: Lynette Woodard (Kansas, 1981) Career Record (Years): 0-7 (2 years) Winthrop Record (Years): 0-4 (1 year) Assistant Coaches: Kevin Lynum (American Military Univ, 2012), Tesia Harris (St. Johns, 2012), Tobias Pinson (USC Upstate, 2015) Director of Basketball Operations: Gabe Holguin Basketball Office Phone: (803) 323-2129 ext. 6221 2016-17 Record: 2-29 (Overall); 2-13 (H); 0-12 (A); 0-4 (N) 2016-17 Conference Record (Finish): 1-17 (T-9th) 2016-17 Conference Tournament Record: 0-1 Last Post-Season Appearance: NCAA 2014 (Lost to Duke, 87-45 Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3 Letter Winners Returning/Lost: 8/7 WBB Contact: Rick Rogers Office Phone: (803) 323-2129 ext. 6067 Cell Phone: 843-327-0773 FAX Number: (803) 323-2433 E-mail Address: [email protected] Website Address: www.winthropeagles.com 2017-18 Women’s Basketball EVERYTHING MATTERS The 2017-18 Winthrop Women’s Basketball Team The members of the 2017-18 Winthrop women’s basketball team are pictured, sitting, from left: Airneisha Gamble, Marissa Cantrell, Anika Riley, Emily Kelley, Kayla Brown, Naima Jackson, Noell Kellers, Miquela Santoro, Courtney Hagaman, Samariya Fantt; standing, Jena Ready (Strength Coach), Alex Skelley (Athletic Trainer), Kevin Lynum (Assistant Coach), Tobias Pinson (Assistant Coach), Ronata Rogers, Zaria McBride, Uchechi Ufochukwu, Angela Coello Perez, Kayla Atkins, walkon, Lynette Woodard (Head Coach), Tesia Harris (Assistant Coach), Gabe Holguin (Director of Operations), Devin Jones (Manager), La J’ai Reed (Manager) 2017-18 Women’s Basketball EVERYTHING MATTERS 2017-18 Winthrop Numerical Roster No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown / Previous School States (8) 1 Kayla Brown Fr. G 5’8 Charlotte, NC / Cato Middle College H.S. Arizona (1) 12 - Noell Kellers 2 Wykeria Jones Jr. G 5’6 Bowman, SC / Columbia International Univ. Florida (1) 3 - Airneisha Gamble 3 Airneisha Gamble Fr. G 5’4 Gainesville, FL / The Rock School Georgia (2) 15 - Naima Jackson 10 Miquela Santoro So. G 5-7 Clarksville, OH / Clinton Massie H.S. 20 - Marissa Cantrell 12 Noell Kellers Jr. G 5-6 Scottsdale, AZ / Trinity Valley College New Jersey (1) 25 - Courtney Hagaman 15 Naima Jackson Sr. G 5-8 Clarkston, GA / Tucker H.S. North Carolina (3) 1 - Kayla Brown 20 Marissa Cantrell So. G 5-6 Atlanta, GA / Westlake H.S. 21 - Anika Riley 23 - Ronata Rogers 21 Anika Riley Fr. G 5’8 Charlotte, NC / Davidson Day School Ohio (2) 10 - Miquela Santoro 23 Ronata Rogers Gr. F 6-0 Greensboro, NC / Greensboro Day School 34 - Zaria McBride South Carolina (1) 25 Courtney Hagaman Jr. G 5’9 Toms River, NJ / Ocean County College 2 - Wykeria Jones 30 Uchechi Ufochukwu So. C 6-4 Washington, DC / Archbishop Carroll H.S. Washington, DC (1) 30 - Uchechi Ufochukwu 34 Zaria McBride So. F 6-2 Reynoldsburg, OH / Whitehall Yearling H.S. Countries (1) 55 Angela Coello Perez So. F 6-1 Vigo, Spain / Real Club Celta Spain (1) 55--Angela Coello Perez Head Coach - Lynette Woodard (2nd year) Assistant Coach - Kevin Lynum Assistant Coach - Tesia Harris Assistant Coach - Tobias Pinson Director of Basketball Operations - Gabe Holguin Meet The 2017-18 Coaches and Players 2017-18 Women’s Basketball EVERYTHING MATTERS Head Coach Lynette Woodard Lynette Woodard, a two-time U.S. Olympian, a four-time All-American, the all-time Division I women’s scoring leader, a 10-time Hall of Fame inductee, and the first woman to play for the world-renowned Harlem Globetrotters is beginning her first full season as head coach of the Winthrop women’s basketball program. A native of Wichita, KS, Woodard played college basketball for the Kansas Lady Jayhawks and noted head coach Marian Washington. During her four-year career, Woodard scored 3,649 points and helped lead KU to three straight Big Eight championships while breaking 24 school records. She was voted to the Kodak All- American team all four years, was the 1981Wade Trophy winner which goes to the college player of the year, and was a GTE Academic All-America selection. Wood- ard graduated from Kansas in 1981 with a degree in speech communications. Woodard, who is considered a pioneer in women’s basketball, was inducted into the Kansas Hall of Fame in 1990, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002 and 2004, the Globetrotter Hall of Fame in 2004, and the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005. While still in college Woodard began playing in international tournaments, traveling to the Soviet Union in 1979, where she helped the U.S. women’s team win a gold medal in the World University Games. In 1980 Woodard earned a place on the U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team. This achievement was dimmed, how- ever, when the United States boycotted the Moscow Olympic Games. She was also part of the U.S. team that captured the gold in the 1983 Pan Am Games in Caracas, Venezuela. When Woodard graduated from Kansas, she played two years in the Italian Women’s Professional League before returning to the U.S. in 1983 and made the most of her second Olympic opportunity when she cap- tained the 1984 U.S. Olympic team to the gold medal at the Los Angeles Games. After winning the gold, Woodard had a chance to make a childhood dream come true when she tried out for the Harlem Globetrotters. She was among 10 women who competed for a chance to play with the Globe- trotters and made history when she became the first female to join the famous team of basketball ambassa- dors in 1985. In 1987 Woodard decided to leave the Globetrotters and return to professional play abroad. She played two more seasons in Italy, helping her team to the Italian league championships in 1989, and then went to Japan, where she played for the Daina Securities team from 1990 to 1993, winning the division championship in 1992. She returned to the U.S. and worked for a time for the New York Stock Exchange before taking the posi- tion of director of athletics for the Kansas City, KS school system for two years until 1997 when she came out of retirement to play in the newly formed Women’s National Basketball Association. She played one year for the Cleveland Rockers and one year for the Detroit Shock before officially retiring as a player. In 1999, she returned to KU as an assistant coach under Coach Washington where she served for four seasons alongside Cook. When Washington retired for health reasons in 2003, Woodard served as interim head coach in 2003-2004. In 2006, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius appointed her to serve as co-chair of her new Governor’s Council on Fitness. 2017-18 Women’s Basketball EVERYTHING MATTERS Assistant Coaches Defense Information School (Fort Mead, MD), receiving top hon- 15th in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. Harris graduated St. Kevin Lynum ors. He also worked with the U.S. Army Soldier Show, which is a Johns University with a Bachelor’s degree in English with a minor worldwide traveling entertainment stage show. in sociology. Kevin Lynum, a native of In 2012 Lynum graduated from the American Military University Harris began her basketball career at Half Hollow Hills West Gainesville, FL was hired in June with a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Administration.