2011 TIGER FOOTBALL 22013-14013-14 TigerTSectionig eHeaderr ||W Women’somen’s BBasketballasketball JJuniorunior CCiaraiara WWebbebb 1 2013-14 TIGER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL || Table of Contents Quick Facts Mailing Address: 8000 York Rd., Towson, Md. 21252-0001 Web Site: www.TowsonTigers.com Founded: 1866 Enrollment: 21,464 Nickname: “Tigers” Colors: Gold, White & Black Conference: Colonial Athletic Association President: Dr. Maravene Loeschke Director of Athletics: Tim Leonard Deputy Director of Athletics: Tricia Turley Brandenburg Women’s Basketball Game Manager: Pat Donnelly Faculty Representative: Dr. Gail Gasparich Top Majors: Business, Biology, Mass Communication, Psychology, Elementary Education Degrees: B.A., B.F.A., B.M., B.S., M.A., M.S., M.A.T., M.Ed., M.F.A., M.M. Home Court: SECU Arena (5,200) Head Coach: Niki Reid Geckeler (Georgetown, ’93) Reid Geckeler’s Record: First season at Towson Basketball Phone: 410-704-5787 Coach’s E-Mail: [email protected] Seniors Nyree Williams and Tanisha McTiller will be counted on to lead the Tigers in 2013-14. Assistant Coaches: Brian Johnson (Drexel, ‘98) James Simmons (Belford, ’98) TABLE OF CONTENTS Christie Rogers (Washington, ’09) Director of Operations: Shanae Baker-Brice (Towson, ‘10) Quick Facts, Contents 2 Basketball History 43-58 Offi cial Scorer: Bob Clark This is Towson Basketball 3-4 Year-by-Year Records 44 Returning Letter Winners: 10 Coaching Staff 5-8 Honors and Awards 45 Letter Winners Lost: 2 Outlook 9-11 Team Records 46 2012-13 Record: 12-18 2012-13 CAA Record: 6-12 2013-14 Roster 12 All-Time vs. Opponents 47 All-Time Record: 542-598 Player Profi les 13-25 Single Season Individual Records 48 Head Athletic Trainer: Nathan Wilder SECU Arena 26 Career Records 49 WBB Athletic Trainer: Dr. Julie Frymyer Athl. Equipment Mgr.: Ben Ginn 2012-13 Season Review 27-38 1,000-Point Club 50-51 Asst. Athl. Equipment Mgr.: Mike McIntosh Season Statistics 28 1969 WNIT Team Feature 52-53 Athletic Media Relations Dir.: Dan O’Connell Game-by-Game Statistics 29 All-Time Roster 54 Assoc. Ath. Media Relations Dir.: Dustin Semonavick Game-by-Game Recaps 30-38 Year-by-Year Results 55-58 Asst. Ath. Media Relations Dir.: Megan Bradshaw Asst. Ath. Media Relations Dir (WBB Contact).: Megan O’Brien Colonial Athletic Association 39-42 Athl. Media Relations Intern: Kevin Hess 2012-13 CAA Standings/Honors 40 Athletic Media Relations Phone: 410-704-4972 2012-13 CAA Team Statistics 41 Athletic Media Relations FAX: 410-704-3861 2012-13 CAA Individual Stats 42 2013-14 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA NOTES INTERVIEWS: Media can contact the Offi ce of Athletic Media Relations by calling 410-704-4972 POST-GAME INTERVIEWS: Following the game, post-game interviews will take place in media at least one day in advance to avoid interfering with practice and classes. room of SECU Arena. Ideally, the visiting coach and players will attend fi rst. CREDENTIALS: Requests for credentials should be made by calling 410-704-4972 or by faxing FOR MORE INFORMATION: Information, including game notes and statistics, are available on a request on offi cial letterhead at least 48 hours prior to the game. They may be picked up Towson’s offi cial athletics website, www.towsontigers.com. at will call on the day of the game, beginning one hour before tip-off. Photo credentials are LIVE STATS: Are available for all home games by visiting Towson’s offi cial athletics website, only issued to accredited photographers on assignments (photographers are only permitted www.towsontigers.com. to shoot from the baselines). The 2013-14 Tiger Women’s Basketball Media Guide is published by the Towson University Department of Athlet- PARKING: Requests for parking passes should be made at the same time as credential requests. ics. It is written and edited by Megan O’Brien of the Towson University Offi ce of Athletic Media Relations with If requests are not made, parking may not be guaranteed. assistance from Dan O’Connell, Megan Bradshaw and Kevin Hess. Further research assistance provided by Tom Judd. Photography by Kanji Takeno, Rich Riggins, John Aronson, Rob Brown, PJ Dunn, Cathy Kushner and Scott RADIO: Towson provides phone lines (POTS and ISDN) for radio broadcasts at a cost of $75.00 Thornton. per line or whatever the visiting station’s institution charges. 2 CCoachingCoacheso ||a 2013-14ch TIGERin WOMEN’Sg SStaff BASKETBALLtaff 5 2013-14 TIGER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL || Coaches Niki Reid Geckeler HEAD COACH – 1ST SEASON Georgetown, ‘93 Niki Reid Geckeler, who led Howard University to back-to-back 20-plus-win seasons Prior to her tenure at Howard, Geckeler served an assistant coach and recruiting and three post-season tournament appearances, was named the ninth coach in Towson coordinator at Georgetown (1996-2002; 2004-08) and as an assistant and associate University women’s basketball history in April, 2013. head coach at Fordham (1995-96; 2002-04) where she coached a combined 11 conference Prior to Geckeler’s fi rst season with the Bison in 2008-09, Howard won just four all-academic team selections and one Rhodes Scholar fi nalist. games. In 2011-12, Geckeler compiled a 24-9 mark, tying the program’s all-time record While at Georgetown, she signed the No. 6 recruiting class in the country in 2007-08 for wins in a season. She amassed 85 career wins at Howard, including 44 in her fi nal - a group that led the Hoyas to three NCAA Tournament berths. She also signed Katrina two seasons alone. Under her guidance, the Bison earned the fi rst ever preseason Wheeler, the fi rst McDonald’s All-American women’s basketball player to attend George- WNIT berth and went to the postseason WNIT twice (2011, 2012) and the 2013 Women’s town. Her 1999-2000 recruiting class was also ranked in the top 30. At Fordham, Geckeler Basketball Invitational (WBI). These were the fi rst three postseason bids in program signed a top 50 recruiting class in 2003-04. history. Geckeler, a 1993 graduate of Georgetown University with a bachelor’s degree in She coached the 2010 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Rookie of the Year psychology, was a four-year starter at point guard for the Hoyas. She served as team and the 2011 MEAC Player of the Year, Saadia Doyle, as well as three fi rst team all-league captain and led Georgetown to the 1992-93 Big East Conference co-championship and honorees. In her fi nal two seasons, two of her players ranked in the top 15 and three a berth in the NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen. Geckeler fi nished her career as a Hoya ranked in the top 35 in the nation statistically, in points per game, assist/turnover ratio ranked in the top 10 for 3-point fi eld goals made, 3-point fi eld-goal percentage, assists and assists per game. Her teams were in the top 15 in the country in scoring defense and games played. in 2012 (14th - 53.0 ppg) and 2013 (sixth - 50.3 ppg). Geckler is the married to Timothy Geckeler, a former football player at Rutgers, Geckeler is committed to her student-athletes’ academic success as well. At and they have four-year old daughter, MaKenzie. Howard, she had a 100 percent graduation rate and eight student-athletes earned spots on the MEAC All-Academic team. 6 Coaches || 2013-14 TIGER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Assistant Coaches Brian Johnson James Simmons Assistant Coach Assistant Coach 1st Season 1st season Drexel, ‘98 Belford, ‘98 Former Towson women’s basketball assistant James Simmons, who lent his coaching talents coach Brian Johnson returned to the Tiger sidelines to Coach Reid Geckeler for two years at Howard will continue to do so, this time on the Towson sidelines. in the spring of 2013. He helped guide the Bison to a postseason Johnson served as assistant coach for Coach appearance in each of the last two seasons. Reid Geckeler at Howard University prior to rejoin- Prior to joining the staff at Howard, Simmons ing the Tigers. spent three years as an assistant coach for the men’s basketball team at Hampton Univer- Johnson completed his fourth year at Howard as the 2012-13 season came to an end, sity. There he was in charge of player development, fi lm breakdown, scouting, recruiting where he helped the Bison reach the postseason in each of the last two years. Johnson and assisting with day-to-day operations. Simmons helped Hampton capture the 2011 MEAC also served as an assistant coach for Rider University, Morgan State and American. He Tournament and advance to the NCAA Tournament. Simmons spent 10 years working at Bowie State with both the men’s and the women’s served as an assistant coach under former Tiger coach Ellen Fitzkee from 1999 to 2001. basketball programs as an assistant coach, the associate head coach and as an interim In addition to his collegiate coaching experience, Johnson coached in the WNBA. He head coach. Bowie State made three appearances in the NCAA Division II tournament, served as the lead scout and and assistant coach for the Washington Mystics during the was the 2003-04 CIAA Champions and were ranked as the No. 1 team in the country while 2008 season and as an assistant advance scout and video coordinator for the New York Simmons was on staff. He also served as the assistant boys’ varsity coach at Laurel High Liberty during the 2001 season. School for six seasons. Johnson earned a bachelor’s degree from Drexel in 1998. Simmons earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Belford University.