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COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CAA YEARBOOK The Colonial Athletic Association .....................................................................2-3 Colonial Academic Alliance .....................................................................................4 CAA National Honorees ...........................................................................................4 Commissioner Joe D’Antonio ..................................................................................5 CAA Media Services .............................................................................................6-7 CAA Notebook.............................................................................................................8 CAA Championship ....................................................................................................9 Composite Schedule ...................................................................................... 10-11 TEAM PROFILES College of Charleston Cougars .................................................................... 12-13 Delaware Blue Hens ...................................................................................... 14-15 Drexel Dragons ................................................................................................ 16-17 Elon Phoenix .................................................................................................... 18-19 Hofstra Pride .................................................................................................... 20-21 James Madison Dukes .................................................................................. 22-23 UNCW Seahawks ............................................................................................ 24-25 Northeastern Huskies ................................................................................... 26-27 Towson Tigers .................................................................................................. 28-29 William & Mary Tribe ..................................................................................... 30-31 2017-18 IN REVIEW 2017-18 Team Leaders ............................................................................... 32-33 2017-18 Individual Leaders ...............................................................................34 HISTORY & RECORDS All-Time Records ............................................................................................. 35-40 Championship Records .........................................................................................41 Annual Leaders ............................................................................................... 42-43 Season Summaries ........................................................................................ 44-55 Postseason Results ....................................................................................... 56-58 CAA in the WNBA ....................................................................................................59 James Madison’s Kamiah Smalls is the 2018-19 CAA Preseason Player of the Year, while CAA Women’s 25th Anniversary Team .............................................................60 Elon enters the season as the two-time defending CAA champion. BRACKETS 2019 CAA Championship Bracket.....................................................................61 2019 NCAA Championship Bracket .................................................................62 CREDITS The 2018-19 CAA Women’s Basketball Yearbook is a digital publication which is produced annually by the Colonial Ath- letic Association. EDITORS: Bill Potter, CAA Assistant Commissioner for Communications; Rob Washburn, CAA Associate Commissioner for Communications PHOTOGRAPHY: Cathy Kushner, Greg Carroccio and Gavin Baker. Special thanks to the 2018-19 CAA Basketball SIDs 2018-19 CAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL • 1 COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION ABOUT THE CAA The Colonial Athletic Association has established itself as one of the Tnation’s top collegiate conferences both athletically and academically for more than 30 years. The CAA encompasses many of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas with a geographic footprint that stretches from Boston to Charleston, S.C. The conference has produced 17 national team champions in four different sports, 33 individual national champions, 14 national players of the year, 13 national coaches of the year and 13 Honda Award winners. Just as impressive, however, are the honors accumulated away from competition, which include five Rhodes Scholars and 24 NCAA post- graduate scholars. In 2016-17, more than 2,000 of the league’s 4,000 student-athletes received the Commissioner’s Academic Award after posting at least a 3.2 grade point average while lettering in a varsity sport. The conference had 39 teams in 15 different sports receive NCAA Public Recognition Awards based on the latest Academic Progress Report released in 2017. The landscape of the conference stretches along the majority of the East Coast, and includes several of the nation’s top media markets – New York (1), Philadelphia (4), Boston (7), Washington, D.C. (8) and Baltimore (27). The number of television homes in the CAA market exceeds 19 million. The CAA conducts championships in 22 sports. Male athletes compete for championships in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis and track & field. Female athletes battle for conference titles in basketball, cross country, field hockey, golf, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field and volleyball. In 2016-17, 25 teams earned NCAA Tournament berths and 42 student-athletes received All-America honors in 13 different sports. The 2016-17 season was one to be remembered as the conference brought home two national titles. Delaware captured its first NCAA The conference also excels in many other sports. Four CAA women’s Field Hockey Championship with a 3-2 victory over North Carolina and soccer teams received NCAA berths for the first time in league history in James Madison defeated Youngstown State to claim the NCAA Division 2015. The conference has sent multiple teams to the NCAA Men’s Soccer I Football Championship. In addition, Towson reached the semifinals of Championship in six of the past seven years. James Madison received the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship after upsetting seventh-seeded a No. 7 national seed in the 2016 NCAA Softball Championship and Penn State and No. 2 Seed Syracuse. Tigers Head Coach Shawn Nadelen became the second team in conference history to advance to the Super was named the USILA National Coach of the Year. Regionals, joining Hofstra in 2012. College of Charleston’s baseball team reached the NCAA Super Regionals in 2014. William & Mary distance The conference has made its presence known nationally in men’s runner Regan Rome earned first-team All-America accolades in track and basketball. CAA teams have combined to win 43 games in postseason field for the second year in a row in 2017. Two CAA men’s golfers – CofC’s play since 2006, including a pair of NCAA Final Four appearances (George Will Rainey and JMU’s Ryan Cole – advanced to the NCAA Men’s Golf Mason -2006 and VCU – 2011). The conference has had at least five Championship in 2016 in 2017 and CofC’s Laura Fuenfstueck reached teams compete in postseason play in five of the last nine seasons and the NCAA Women’s Golf Championship in 2017. was ranked 11th among 32 Division I conferences in the NCAA RPI last year. CAA member institutions are committed to excellence in the classroom. The Colonial Academic Alliance was created in 2002 by the league’s In women’s basketball, Elon captured its first CAA championship in 2017 presidents with a goal of expanding their partnership to all aspects of while James Madison made its 12th consecutive postseason appearance. university education and life outside of intercollegiate athletics. The In 2013, Delaware became the 12th CAA team to reach the Sweet 16 of Alliance has facilitated leadership exchanges to promote professional the NCAA Tournament and Drexel captured the WNIT championship. CAA development, developed an academic resource sharing program to teams have recorded 26 victories in postseason play over the past five support student athletes, and created opportunities for institutions to years. partner on a wide range of initiatives that enhance student success. 2 • 2018-19 CAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION ABOUT THE CAA CAA schools are also very active in community service projects. The CAA Blood Challenge, which is held each fall, has raised more than 43,000 CAA Membership History units of blood over the past 15 years. Current Membership On July 1, 2016, Joseph D’Antonio began his tenure as only the second College of Charleston (2013-present) Commissioner in the history of the CAA. He replaced Thomas E. Yeager, University of Delaware (2001-present) who guided the CAA from its inception in 1985. Drexel University (2001-present) Elon University (2014-present) The conference traces its roots back to 1983 when two of its current Hofstra University (2001-present) members - James Madison University and the College of William and Mary James Madison University (1983-present) - were aligned with East Carolina University, George Mason University, University of North Carolina-Wilmington (1985-pres.) the United States Naval Academy and the University of Richmond as a Northeastern University (2005-present)