ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Women’s Basketball Contact - Samantha Rinkus 2018-19 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QUICK FACTS (O): (202) 885-3030 | (M): (573) 823-3383 @AU_WBasketball | Facebook.com/AU.WBasketball | AUEagles.com [email protected] | @Sam_Rinkus

2015, 2018 CHAMPIONS • 2015, 2018 NCAA TOURNAMENT • FIVE WNIT APPEARANCES

„ GENERAL INFORMATION „ COACHING STAFF Location...... Washington, D.C. Head Coach...... Megan Gebbia Founded...... 1893 Alma Mater...... Towson ‘94 Enrollment...... 7,901 (undergraduate) Record at American (Years)...... 95-65 (5) Nickname...... Eagles Overall Record (Years)...... Same Colors...... Red, White and Blue Assistant Coaches...... Tiffany Coll (UMBC ‘03) Affiliation...... NCAA Division I ...... Nikki Flores (Marist ‘08) Conference...... Patriot League ...... Emily Stallings (Marist ‘12) Arena (Capacity)...... (2,930) Director of Operations...... Nicole Krusen (Loyola Maryland ‘14) President...... Sylvia Mathews Burwell Athletics Director...... Dr. Billy Walker „ ROSTER BREAKDOWN „ TEAM INFORMATION Yr. Pos. Ht. GP-GS 2017-18 Stats 2017-18 Overall Record...... 26-7 Starters Returning (2) 2017-18 Patriot League Record / Finish...... 16-2 / First Cecily Carl Sr. F 6-3 31-30 13.2 ppg, 8.4 rpg 2017-18 Patriot League Tournament Finish...... Champions Elina Koskimies Sr. G 6-0 32-31 7.7 ppg, 3.9 rpg 2017-18 Postseason...... NCAA Tournament First Round Other Letterwinners Returning (4) Starters Returning / Lost...... 2 / 3 TaeKenya Cleveland Jr. F 6-0 30-0 2.2 ppg, 1.3 rpg Letterwinners Returning / Lost...... 6 / 7 Kaitlyn Lewis Sr. G 5-8 29-1 4.9 ppg, 1.3 rpg Newcomers...... 6 Kaitlyn Marenyi Jr. G 5-8 33-3 5.5 ppg, 2.3 rpg Indeya Sanders So. G 5-6 23-0 2.2 ppg, 1.0 rpg „ HISTORY Starters Lost (3) First Year of Basketball...... 1966-67 Michael Harris F 6-1 33-33 8.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg Overall All-time Record...... 616-599 (.507) - 52 years Emily Kinneston G 5-8 32-32 15.4 ppg, 5.2 rpg NCAA Appearances / Last...... Two / 2018 Maria Liddane G 5-8 33-33 5.8 ppg, 3.2 rpg ...... v. UCLA, L, 71-60 WNIT Appearances / Last...... Five / 2014 Newcomers (6) Pos. Ht. Hometown (Previous School) „ ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Morgan Bartner * F 6-2 Florham Park, N.J. (Marist) Associate AD, Communications...... Doug Dull Taylor Brown F 6-1 Lakeville, Minn. (Lakeville North) Assistant Directors...... Nick Guerriero, Sam Rinkus (WBB Contact) Maddie Doring G 5-11 Sayreville, N.J. (St. John Vianney) Rinkus Office Phone...... (202) 885-3030 Jade Edwards G 5-10 Chicago, Ill. (The Latin School of Chicago) Rinkus Cell Phone...... (573) 823-3383 Emily Fisher G 5-7 Melbourne, Australia (Emmaus College) Rinkus Email...... [email protected] Laura Graytok G 5-8 Pittsburgh, Pa. (Latrobe)

Website...... AUEagles.com * - Sat out the 2017-18 season due to NCAA transfer eligibility rules Twitter...... @AU_WBasketball Instagram...... @AU_WBasketball Facebook...... Facebook.com/AU.WBasketball

Press Row Phone...... (202) 885-8232 Mailing Address...... Bender Arena ...... 4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW ...... Washington, D.C., 20016-8005

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„ 2018-19 SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (ET) Fri., Nov. 9 TULSA Washington, D.C. (Bender Arena) 7:00 p.m. Wed., Nov. 14 GEORGE MASON Washington, D.C. (Bender Arena) 7:00 p.m. Mon., Nov. 19 at Denver Denver, Colo. 3:00 p.m. Fri., Nov. 23 at Hawaii (Rainbow Wahine Showdown) Honolulu, Hawaii 1:00 a.m. Sat., Nov. 24 vs. Stanford (Rainbow Wahine Showdown) Honolulu, Hawaii 6:00 p.m. Sun., Nov. 25 vs. FGCU (Rainbow Wahine Showdown) Honolulu, Hawaii 6:00 p.m. Wed., Nov. 28 UMBC Washington, D.C. (Bender Arena) 7:00 p.m. Wed., Dec. 5 at Virginia Charlotesville, Va. (John Paul Jones Arena) 7:00 p.m. Sun., Dec. 16 at Penn State University Park, Pa. (Bryce Jordan Center) 2:00 p.m. Thurs., Dec. 20 at High Point High Point, N.C. (Millis Center) 5:00 p.m. Sat., Dec. 29 OHIO Washington, D.C. (Bender Arena) 2:00 p.m. Thurs., Jan. 3 at Bucknell * Lewisburg, Pa. () 6:00 p.m. Sun., Jan. 6 COLGATE * Washington, D.C. (Bender Arena) 2:00 p.m. Wed., Jan. 9 at Navy * Annapolis, Md. () 7:00 p.m. Sat., Jan. 12 ARMY WEST POINT * Washington, D.C. (Bender Arena) 2:00 p.m. Wed., Jan. 16 LOYOLA MARYLAND * Washington, D.C. (Bender Arena) 7:00 p.m. Sat., Jan. 19 at Lehigh * Bethlehem, Pa. () 4:30 p.m. Wed., Jan. 23 at * Boston, Mass. () 7:00 p.m. Sat., Jan. 26 LAFAYETTE * Washington, D.C. (Bender Arena) 12:00 p.m. Wed., Jan. 30 HOLY CROSS * Washington, D.C. (Bender Arena) 7:00 p.m. Sat., Feb. 2 at Colgate * Hamilton, N.Y. () 4:00 p.m. Sat., Feb. 9 at Army West Point * West Point, N.Y. () 1:00 p.m. Wed., Feb. 13 at Loyola Maryland * Baltimore, Md. () 6:00 p.m. Sat., Feb. 16 LEHIGH * Washington, D.C. (Bender Arena) 12:00 p.m. Wed., Feb. 20 BOSTON UNIVERSITY * Washington, D.C. (Bender Arena) 11:30 a.m. Sat., Feb. 23 at Lafayette * Easton, Pa. () 2:00 p.m. Wed., Feb. 27 at Holy Cross * Worcester, Mass. () 6:05 p.m. Sat., March 2 BUCKNELL * Washington, D.C. (Bender Arena) 2:00 p.m. Wed., March 6 NAVY * Washington, D.C. (Bender Arena) 7:00 p.m. Sat., March 9 Patriot League Tournament First Round Mon., March 11 Patriot League Tournament Quarterfinals Thurs., March 14 Patriot League Tournament Semifinals Sun., March 17 Patriot League Championship

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„ 2018-19 ROSTER BY CLASS NUMERICAL SENIORS (4) No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown (Previous School) Bartner, Carl, Koskimies, Lewis 02 Morgan Bartner F Sr. 6-2 Florham Park, N.J. (Morristown Beard) JUNIORS (2) 03 Kaitlyn Lewis G Sr. 5-8 Scranton, Pa. (North Pocono) Cleveland, Marenyi 04 Emily Fisher G Fr. 5-7 Melbourne, Australia (Emmaus College) 10 Jade Edwards G Fr. 5-10 Chicago, Ill. (The Latin School of Chicago) SOPHOMORES 11 TaeKenya Cleveland F Jr. 6-0 Aurora, Colo. (Regis Jesuit) Sanders 12 Indeya Sanders G So. 5-6 Reston, Va. (Herndon) FRESHMEN (5) 14 Taylor Brown F Fr. 6-1 Lakeville, Minn. (Lakeville North) Brown, Doring, Edwards, Fisher, 21 Maddie Doring G Fr. 5-11 Sayreville, N.J. (St. John Vianney) Graytok 22 Kaitlyn Marenyi G Jr. 5-8 Granger, Ind. (Penn High School) 23 Elina Koskimies G Sr. 6-0 Helsinki, Finland (Makelanrinne Sports High) BY POSITION 24 Laura Graytok G Fr. 5-8 Pittsburgh, Pa. (Latrobe) GUARDS (9) 44 Cecily Carl F Sr. 6-3 Mechanicsburg, Pa. (Mechanicsburg) Doring, Edwards, Fisher, Graytok, Koskimies, Lewis, Lewis, Marenyi, ALPHABETICAL Sanders No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown (Previous School) FORWARDS (4) 02 Morgan Bartner F Sr. 6-2 Florham Park, N.J. (Morristown Beard) Bartner, Brown, Carl, Cleveland 14 Taylor Brown F Fr. 6-1 Lakeville, Minn. (Lakeville North) 44 Cecily Carl F Sr. 6-3 Mechanicsburg, Pa. (Mechanicsburg) 11 TaeKenya Cleveland F Jr. 6-0 Aurora, Colo. (Regis Jesuit) BY STATE/COUNTRY 21 Maddie Doring G Fr. 5-11 Sayreville, N.J. (St. John Vianney) COLORADO (1) 10 Jade Edwards G Fr. 5-10 Chicago, Ill. (The Latin School of Chicago) Cleveland 04 Emily Fisher G Fr. 5-7 Melbourne, Australia (Emmaus College) ILLINOIS (1) 24 Laura Graytok G Fr. 5-8 Pittsburgh, Pa. (Latrobe) Edwards 23 Elina Koskimies G Sr. 6-0 Helsinki, Finland (Makelanrinne Sports High) INDIANA (1) 03 Kaitlyn Lewis G Sr. 5-8 Scranton, Pa. (North Pocono) Marenyi 22 Kaitlyn Marenyi G Jr. 5-8 Granger, Ind. (Penn High School) 12 Indeya Sanders G So. 5-6 Reston, Va. (Herndon) MINNESOTA (1) Brown HEAD COACH: NEW JERSEY (2) Megan Gebbia (Towson ‘94) - Sixth Season Bartner, Doring PENNSYLVANIA (3) ASSISTANT COACHES: Carl, Graytok, Lewis Tiffany Coll (UMBC ‘03) - Sixth Season Nikki Flores (Marist ‘08) - Sixth Season VIRGINIA (1) Sanders Emily Stallings (Marist ‘12) - Sixth Season AUSTRALIA (1) DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS: Fisher Nicole Krusen (Loyola Maryland ‘14) - Third Season FINLAND (1) Koskimies PRONUNCIATION GUIDE CECILY Carl SESS-uh-lee TAEKENYA Cleveland tay-KEN-yah ELINA KOSKIMIES ah-LEAN-uh koh-SKIM-ee-yes Kaitlyn MARENYI mah-REN-ee INDEYA Sanders IN-dee-yah

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2018-19 AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TV / RADIO ROSTER 2 - MORGAN BARTNER 3 - KAITLYN LEWIS SENIOR // F // 6-2 // FLORHAM PARK,N.J. (MARIST) SENIOR // G // 5-8 // SCRANTON, PA. (NORTH POCONO) - Transferred to American from Marist before the 2017-18 season - Tied the program-record for single-game 3-point percentage in 2016 after - 2017 MAAC Women’s Basketball All-Academic Team going 5-for-5 against UMBC - Has played piano for over 12 years - Major: Psychology - Major: Business GP GS FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG PPG 2017-18 29 1 .307 .275 .676 1.3 1.3 4.9 CAREER 85 37 .362 .332 .644 1.7 1.7 5.7

4 - EMILY FISHER 10 - JADE EDWARDS FRESHMAN // G // 5-7 // MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (EMMAUS COLLEGE) FRESHMAN // G // 5-10 // CHICAGO, ILL. (THE LATIN SCHOOL OF CHICAGO) - Selected to the 2016 U-18 Victoria State team - Finished prep career as the school’s all-time leader with 2,150 points - Also competed in track & field at Emmaus College, specialized in the triple - First Team All-State jump - Major: Undecided - Intended Major: Chemistry

11 - TAEKENYA CLEVELAND 12 - INDEYA SANDERS JUNIOR // F // 6-0 // AURORA, COLO. (REGIS JESUIT) SOPHOMORE // G // 5-6 // RESTON, VA. (HERNDON) - Hopes to pursue a career in sports broadcasting - Worked for Uber Eats over the summer - Major: Journalism - Major: Health Promotion GP GS FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG PPG GP GS FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG PPG 2017-18 30 - .419 .259 .778 1.3 0.3 2.2 2017-18 23 - .353 .286 .786 1.0 0.5 2.2 CAREER 34 - .429 .286 .583 1.2 0.3 2.0 CAREER 23 - .353 .286 .786 1.0 0.5 2.2

14- TAYLOR BROWN 21 - MADDIE DORING FRESHMAN // F // 6-1 // LAKEVILLE, MINN. (LAKEVILLE NORTH) FRESHMAN // G // 5-11 // SAYREVILLE, N.J. (ST. JOHN VIANNEY) - 2017-18 Ms. Basketball finalist - Helped lead Saint John Vianney to a 2015 state title - Selected for the 2017-18 Minnesota All-Star Game - Won the 2015-16 Tournament of Champions after closing the season as the - Intended Major: Communications No. 1-ranked team in New Jersey - Major: Undecided

22 - KATIE MARENYI 23 - ELINA KOSKIMIES JUNIOR // G // 5-8 // GRANGER, IND. (PENN HIGH SCHOOL) SENIOR // G // 6-0 // HELSINKI, FINLAND (MAKELANRINNE SPORTS HIGH) - Helped Penn HS to its first-ever state title in girls’ basketball - Tied the pogram-record for single-game 3-point FG’s made vs. Boston Univ. (7) - Major: Elementary Education - Major: Finance GP GS FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG PPG GP GS FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG PPG 2017-18 33 3 .364 .288 .727 2.3 1.9 5.5 2017-18 32 31 .377 .354 .683 3.9 1.1 7.7 CAREER 56 3 .340 .286 .747 1.9 1.4 3.9 CAREER 94 44 .373 .341 .730 2.9 1.0 5.1

24 - LAURA GRAYTOK 44 - CECILY CARL FRESHMAN // G // 5-8 // PITTSBURGH, PA. (LATROBE) SENIOR // F // 6-3 // MECHANICSBURG, PA. (MECHANISBURG) - 2017 First Team All-Section - 2018 Second Team All-Patriot League, Tournament MVP - Older brothers Brian and Sean both play basketball collegiately at Washington - Major: Accounting & Jefferson College and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, respectively GP GS FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG PPG - Intended Major: Communications 2017-18 31 30 .422 .356 .877 8.4 1.5 13.2 CAREER 90 76 .430 .350 .780 6.2 1.0 10.5

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2017-18 American Women's Basketball American Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 24, 2018) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 26-7 16-0 10-6 0-1 CONFERENCE 16-2 9-0 7-2 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 10-5 7-0 3-4 0-1

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds ## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg 04 Kinneston, Emily 32-32 1084 33.9 166-380 .4 3 7 26-66 .3 9 4 135-169 .7 9 9 51 115 166 5.2 76 2 139 78 14 52 493 15.4 44 Carl, Cecily 31-30 951 30.7 152-360 .4 2 2 48-135 .3 5 6 57-65 .8 7 7 21 238 259 8.4 74 1 46 48 36 22 409 13.2 33 Harris, Michael 33-33 904 27.4 110-250 .4 4 0 5-19 .2 6 3 40-68 .5 8 8 38 126 164 5.0 93 4 35 65 15 17 265 8.0 23 Koskimies, Elina 32-31 918 28.7 87-231 .3 7 7 45-127 .3 5 4 28-41 .6 8 3 47 78 125 3.9 68 2 34 39 13 36 247 7.7 14 Liddane, Maria 33-33 973 29.5 62-139 .4 4 6 10-36 .2 7 8 56-75 .7 4 7 29 76 105 3.2 61 0 102 59 4 37 190 5.8 22 Marenyi, Katie 33-3 698 21.2 55-151 .3 6 4 15-52 .2 8 8 56-77 .7 2 7 19 56 75 2.3 40 0 62 44 1 38 181 5.5 03 Lewis, Kaitlyn 29-1 484 16.7 47-153 .3 0 7 22-80 .2 7 5 25-37 .6 7 6 15 23 38 1.3 48 1 38 36 3 15 141 4.9 42 Royle, Maddie 5-0 21 4.2 6-11 .5 4 5 2-5 .4 0 0 3-4 .7 5 0 1 5 6 1.2 2 0 0 1 1 0 17 3.4 12 Sanders, Indeya 23-0 173 7.5 18-51 .3 5 3 4-14 .2 8 6 11-14 .7 8 6 7 17 24 1.0 10 0 11 14 3 4 51 2.2 11 Cleveland, TaeKenya 30-0 232 7.7 26-62 .4 1 9 7-27 .2 5 9 7-9 .7 7 8 11 28 39 1.3 32 0 9 14 3 3 66 2.2 10 Chaney, Io 14-0 112 8.0 11-31 .3 5 5 0-3 .0 0 0 2-2 1.000 4 15 19 1.4 16 0 0 12 0 7 24 1.7 21 Bond, Kate 21-1 134 6.4 13-39 .3 3 3 7-29 .2 4 1 2-6 .3 3 3 6 11 17 0.8 10 0 4 4 3 7 35 1.7 05 Henley, Asha 6-1 16 2.7 0-3 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0-0 .0 0 0 0 2 2 0.3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0.0 Team 57 56 113 12 Total...... 33 6700 753-1861 .4 0 5 191-593 .3 2 2 422-567 .7 4 4 306 846 1152 34.9 530 10 482 426 96 239 2119 64.2 Opponents...... 33 6701 668-1877 .3 5 6 184-601 .3 0 6 388-548 .7 0 8 425 859 1284 38.9 601 15 357 536 107 226 1908 57.8

TEAM STATISTICS AU OPP Date Opponent Score Att. SCORING 2119 1908 11/10/17 at Tulsa W 72-67 322 Points per game 64.2 57.8 11/13/17 LA SALLE W 66-48 390 Scoring margin +6.4 - 11/16/17 at Delaware L 56-72 1466 FIELD GOALS-ATT 753-1861 668-1877 11/20/17 at George Mason L 53-71 481 Field goal pct .4 0 5 .3 5 6 11/24/17 at Vermont W 64-62 906 3 POINT FG-ATT 191-593 184-601 11/25/17 vs Villanova L 60-65 406 3-point FG pct .3 2 2 .3 0 6 11/29/17 at UMBC W 61-48 320 3-pt FG made per game 5.8 5.6 12/2/17 YOUNGSTOWN STATE Wot 78-72 280 FREE THROWS-ATT 422-567 388-548 12/9/17 DENVER W 66-53 182 Free throw pct .7 4 4 .7 0 8 12/17/17 at George Washington L 44-61 653 F-Throws made per game 12.8 11.8 12/20/17 PENN STATE Wot 75-66 372 REBOUNDS 1152 1284 * 12/29/17 BUCKNELL W 68-58 332 Rebounds per game 34.9 38.9 * 01/02/18 at Colgate W 77-55 211 Rebounding margin -4.0 - * 1/5/18 NAVY W 46-41 199 ASSISTS 482 357 * 01/08/18 at ARMY W 64-46 403 Assists per game 14.6 10.8 * 1/11/18 at Loyola W 71-58 1012 TURNOVERS 426 536 * 1/14/18 LEHIGH W 82-64 435 Turnovers per game 12.9 16.2 * 01/17/18 BOSTON UNIVERSITY W 66-50 436 Turnover margin +3.3 - * 01/20/18 at Lafayette W 74-67 577 Assist/turnover ratio 1.1 0.7 * 01/24/18 at Holy Cross Wot 68-63 933 STEALS 239 226 * 01/27/18 COLGATE W 67-44 405 Steals per game 7.2 6.8 * 02/03/18 ARMY Wot 71-63 665 BLOCKS 96 107 * 02/07/18 LOYOLA W 69-56 322 Blocks per game 2.9 3.2 * 2/10/18 at Lehigh W 60-44 787 ATTENDANCE 7116 12525 * 2/14/18 at Boston University W 61-54 211 Home games-Avg/Game 16-445 16-757 * 02/17/18 LAFAYETTE W 74-66 497 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 1-406 * 02/21/18 HOLY CROSS W 72-57 514 * 2/24/18 at Bucknell L 52-57 925 Score by Periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th O T Totals * 02/28/18 at Navy L 49-76 608 American 482 483 526 567 61 2119 03/05/18 LAFAYETTE W 55-35 501 Opponents 454 454 486 481 33 1908 03/08/18 ARMY W 60-49 585 03/11/18 NAVY W 58-49 1001 03/17/18 at UCLA L 60-71 2304

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