2014-2015 Bellarmine Women's Basketball
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22014-2015014-2015 BBellarmineellarmine WWomen’somen’s BBasketballasketball ##4040 SSeniorenior MMorganorgan CClemonslemons Radio Chart Bellarmine Knights 4 10 11 14 21 Mariah Gador Whitney Hartlage Mackenzie Martinez Rachel Young Kelsey Adwell 5-9 • Guard 5-8 • Guard 5-7 • Guard 5-7 • Guard 5-8 • Guard Jr. • Cincinnati, Ohio So. • Louisville, Ky. Jr. • Louisville, Ky. Fr. • Georgetown, Ky. So. • Louisville, Ky. 22 23 24 30 35 Raven Merriweather Sarah Galvin Destony Curry Nicole Bryant Beth Bowers 5-7 • Guard 6-0 • Forward 5-7 • Guard 5-10 • Forward 6-0 • Forward Fr. • Louisville, Ky. Jr. • Henderson, Tenn. So. • Louisville, Ky. Jr. • Prospect, Ky. Fr. • Indianapolis, Ind. 40 44 45 Morgan Clemons Jennifer Smith Genesis Claure Navia Megan Weaver Alexandria Th ompson 5-9 • Forward 6-1 • Center 6-2 • Center Manager Manager Sr. • Louisville, Ky. Jr. • Greenville, Ind. So. • Cochabamba, Bolivia Jr. • Louisville, Ky. Fr. • Augusta, Ky. ALPHABETICAL 21-Kelsey Adwell PRONUNCIATION 35-Beth Bower GUIDE 30-Nicole Bryant Bellarmine: 45-Genesis Claure Navia bell-UHR-men 40-Morgan Clemons 24-Destony Curry Gador Guh-door 4-Mariah Gador Destony Dest-iny 23-Sarah Galvin Claure Clar-eh 10-Whitney Hartlage Navia NAV-ee-uh 11-Mackenzie Martinez Dugan Doo-gan 22-Raven Merriweather Jessica Philpott Chancellor Dugan 44-Jennifer Smith Student Assistant 3rd season 14-Rachel Young Sr. • Mt. Washington, Ky, Page 1 Table of Contents Bellarmine Knights Roster.........................................................................3 BELLARMINE UNIVERISTY Coaches.....................................................................4 Players..................................................................5-15 FAST FACTS 2013-2014 Statistics................................................16 Name: Bellarmine University Individual Records.................................................17 Location: Louisville, KY Bellarmine Records................................................18 Founded: 1950 Honors.....................................................................19 NCAA Tournament History.................................20 Enrollment: 3,609 (Fall 2014) All Time Record...............................................21-24 President: Dr. Joseph J. McGowan Team-By-Team Record..........................................25 Director of Athletics: Scott Wiegandt GLVC Information.................................................26 Nickname: Knights Bellarmine University Leadership........................27 Bellarmine Athletics Administration/Coaches..28 Colors: Scarlet and Silver Bellarmine Athletic Facilities..........................29-30 Affi liation: NCAA Division II Conference: Great Lakes Valley Home Arena: Knights Hall ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATION Athletics Director, Scott Wiegandt 502.272.8381 Capacity: 2,222 Associate Athletics Director, Pam Stackhouse 502.272.7997 Offi ce Manager, Linda Burt 502.272.8381 Athletics Phone: 502-272-8380 Athletics Secretary, Traci Siemens 502.272.8380 Athletics FAX line: 502-272-8450 Sports Information Director, John Spugnardi 502.272.8078 Cell phone 502.905.0922 Mailing Address: 2001 Newburg Road, Director, Athletics Events Management, Chris Cooper 502.272.8036 Louisville, KY 40205 Assistant Director of Athletics, Compliance Melanie Brunsdon 502.272.8408 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HISTORICAL DATA HEAD COACHES Baseball, Larry Owens 502.452.8278 First Year of Women’s Basketball: 1971-72 Basketball-Men, Scott Davenport 502.272.8383 Basketball-Women, Chancellor Dugan 502.272.8382 Overall All-Time Record: 717-381 Cross Country-Men & Women, Jim Vargo 502.272.8042 NCAA Appearances: 14 Cross Country-Women/Distance, Kris Horton 502.767.3853 Field Hockey, Mark Blankebaker 502.272.8380 Last NCAA Postseason Appearance: 2007-08 Golf-Men, Ernie Denham 502.272.8380 Golf-Women, Art Henry 502.272.8380 NCAA Tournament Record: 12-15 (.444) Lacrosse, Kevin Burns 502.272.8397 NCAA Final Fours: 1 (1994) Soccer-Men’s, Tim Chastonay 502.272.8043 Soccer-Women’s, Chris Tinius 502.272.8106 Soft ball, Renee Hicks 502.272.8041 Swimming, Men’s & Womens, John Brucato 502.272.7727 Tennis - Men’s & Women’s, John Mican 502.272.8380 Track & Field - Men & Women, Jim Vargo 502.272.8042 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Volleyball, Jenni Grzebin 502.272.7461 COACHING STAFF INFORMATION Head Coach: Chancellor Dugan OTHER CONTACT INFORMATION Sports Information e-mail: [email protected] Alma Mater: Eastern Kentucky (1982) Athletics Website: BUKnights.com School Record (Yrs.): 32-25 (.561) (2) MEDIA INFORMATION For information regarding media passes and seating location Career Record (Yrs.): 352-315 (.528) (23) for the media, please contact the sports information offi ce at Offi ce Phone: 502-272-8382 502.272.8078. Email: [email protected] Interviews with coaches can be set up through the sports information offi ce or by calling the coaches directly. To Assistant Coaches: Shannon Litton, Crystal arrange an interview with a student-athlete, media should Kelly contact the sports information offi ce to set up a time. Knights Hall is equipped with wireless capability. Phone lines for electronic transmissions are available on request. Page 2 2014-2015 Roster Bellarmine Knights NO. NAME POS. HT. YR. HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL 4 Mariah Gador Guard/Forward 5-9 Jr. Cincinnati, OH Turpin 10 Whitney Hartlage Guard 5-8 So. Louisville, KY Mercy 11 Mackenzie Martinez Guard 5-7 Jr. Louisville, KY Butler 14 Rachel Young Guard 5-7 Fr. Georgetown, KY Scott County 21 Kelsey Adwell Guard/Forward 5-8 So. Louisville, KY Pleasure Ridge Park 22 Raven Merriweather Guard 5-7 Fr. Louisville, KY Sacred Heart 23 Sarah Galvin Forward 6-0 Jr. Hendersonville, TN Pope John Paul II 24 Destony Curry Guard 5-7 So. Louisville, KY Manual 30 Nicole Bryant Guard/Forward 5-10 Jr. Prospect, KY North Oldham 35 Beth Bowers Forward 6-0 Fr. Indianapolis, IN Roncali 40 Morgan Clemons Forward 5-9 Sr. Louisville, KY Sacred Heart 44 Jennifer Smith Center 6-1 Jr. Greenville, IN Floyd Central 45 Genesis Claure Navia Center 6-2 So. Cochabamba, Bolivia St. Margaret’s School HEAD COACH: Chancellor Dugan ASSISTANT COACHES: Shannon Litton, Crystal Kelly TEAM MANAGERS: Alexandria Th ompson, Megan Weaver, Jessica Philpott TEAM TRAINER: Brad Bluestone SPORTS PERFORMANCE: Steve Hartman Page 3 Coaches Bellarmine Knights Head Coach- Chancellor Dugan Assistant Coach- Shannon Litton On June 22, 2012, Chancellor Dugan became the sixth head Shannon Litton has been an assistant for the coach in Bellarmine Univer- Bellarmine University women’s basketball sity women’s basketball history. team under Coach Chancellor Dugan since Dugan took over a Bellarmine 2012, but their relationship extends far be- basketball program that made 14 yond their days together with the Knights. appearances in the NCAA Tour- nament since 1986 and captured Litton has been by Dugan’s side since their four regional championships. days at Southern Indiana, which continued at Florida Atlantic. Th e duo had success in Dugan made an immediate both stops, leading USI to a 30-2 season in impact on the team in her fi rst 1996-97 that included 29 straight wins and season. Inheriting a program a national runner-up fi nish, and guiding coming off two losing seasons, Florida Atlantic to the 2005-06 Atlantic Sun championship. she turned the Knights around in 2012-13 and led the team to a Originally from Maysville, Kentucky, Litton graduated from Mason 19-11 record that included a 10-1 start to her tenure. County High School aft er helping lead the girls’ basketball team to three Kentucky state tournament berths. She played collegiately at Dugan, a Sacred Heart Academy graduate, spent 13 seasons Morehead State, graduating in 1993 with a degree in physical educa- as head coach at Division I Florida Atlantic University before tion and health. taking the helm at Bellarmine. At FAU, she led the Owls to their respective conference postseason tournament each year. Aft er graduating from MSU, she was the head JV and assistant varsity In 2005-06, FAU captured the Atlantic Sun championship coach at Monroe County and Fleming County before joining Dugan and earned the conference’s automatic berth to the NCAA at USI. She has been inducted into the KHSAA 10th Region and the Tournament. USI Hall of Fame. Prior to her stint at FAU, Dugan was head coach at Great Assistant Coach- Crystal Kelly Lakes Valley Conference rival University of Southern Indi- ana, where she coached the Screaming Eagles to four NCAA Aft er a heralded career collegiately and Tournament appearances in eight seasons from 1991-99 professionally, Crystal Kelly joined the including an appearance in the 1997 NCAA Division II Na- tional Championship. Dugan guided USI to a 30-2 record in Bellarmine University women’s basket- 1997 that included 29 staight wins. ball coaching staff starting in the 2012-13 season. In 1997-98, Dugan picked up GLVC Coach of the Year hon- ors for the second consecutive season, leading USI to the an- In her fi rst season as an assistant, Kelly other regular-season title and capturing the inaugural GLVC helped lead Bellarmine to a 19-11 turn Tournament at Roberts Stadium in Evansville, Indiana. around aft er the Knights went 13-14 the previous season. Dugan’s players have accumulated a combined eight fi rst- team all-conference (GLVC, TAAC/Atlantic Sun, Sun Belt) Regarded as one of the top prep athletes selections, 12 second team, 13 third team/honorable men- to ever come out of the city of Louisville, Kelly was a two-time tion, two all-conference freshman team honors, four confer- Gatorade Player of the Year in Kentucky