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TOBY WYNN NAMED SEVENTH HEAD COACH IN LADY HORNET HISTORY THE WYNN FILE April 6, 2018- Director of Athletics Kent Weiser has announced that Toby Coaching Career at Seward County CC Lady Saints Head Coach Wynn of Jayhawk Conference Champion Seward County CC, will be the seventh head coach of 2017-18...... 31-4...... 21-3...... 1st the Lady Hornet basketball program. An introductory press conference will be held on Monday, April Region VI Tournament Champion 9 at 2:00 p.m. in the Sauder Alumni Center on the Emporia State campus. NJCAA National Tournament 5th Place 2016-17...... 32-3...... 25-1...... 1st Region VI Tournament Runner-Up "I am humbled and honored to be named head coach of the Lady Hornets," said Wynn. "Emporia NJCAA National Tournament 5th Place State is a nationally known power and my job is to maintain and build on that success." 2015-16...... 25-8...... 14-5...... 2nd Region VI Tournament Runner-Up 2014-15...... 28-6...... 13-3...... 2nd Wynn just completed his 13th season as head coach at Seward CC in Liberal, Kan with his sec- Region VI Tournament Semifinals ond straight trip to the NJCAA national quarterfinals. He has led the Lady Saints to four Jayhawk NJCAA National Tournament 9th Place 2013-14...... 26-6...... 10-4...... 2nd Conference regular season championships and two Region VI Tournament titles. He is 349-84 at Region VI Tournament Quarterfinals Seward with a 180-47 record in conference games. 2012-13...... 20-11...... 10-6...... 4th Region VI Tournament Quarterfinals 2011-12...... 23-8...... 11-5...... 2nd "We are very excited to welcome coach as our Head Women’s Basketball Coach. Region VI Tournament Quarterfinals Coach Wynn has established himself as a great coach and recruiter, and has built solid community 2010-11...... 21-11...... 10-6...... 4th relations in Liberal, just as we enjoy here in Emporia," said Weiser. "I’m looking forward to working Region VI Tournament Quarterfinals 2009-10...... 31-3...... 15-1...... 1st with him to maintain and exceed the success Lady Hornet Basketball has earned." Region VI Tournament Runner-Up 2008-09...... 28-6...... 13-3...... 2nd The Booker, Texas native led the Lady Saints to at least 20 wins in each of his 13 seasons in Liber- Region VI Tournament Runner-Up 2007-08...... 23-9...... 13-3...... 2nd al, including four 30 win seasons and at least 25 wins in each of the last five years. Seward County Region VI Tournament Quarterfinals finished this past season 31-4 and advanced to the national quarterfinals of the NJCAA National 2006-07...... 36-2...... 15-1...... 1st Tournament for the second straight season. His 2006-07 team went 36-2 falling in the national Region VI Tournament Champions NJCAA National Tournament 3rd Place semifinals before rebounding to take third in the NJCAA Division I. 2005-06...... 25-7...... 10-6...... 4th Region VI tournament Quarterfinals The 42 year old Wynn has coached 39 Jayhawk West All-Conference selections, 26 NJCAA Career...... 349-84.....180-47 Four NJCAA National Tournament Appearances All-Region VI performers, and 13 All-Americans. In the summer of 2011 Wynn was asked to par- Four Jayhawk Conference Championships ticipate with Team USA Women's Basketball during their 18-U National Team tryout camp. From Two Region VI Tournament Championships 2011-15 Wynn served as president of the NJCAA Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Assistant Coach at Seward County CC 2004-05...... 35-3...... 14-2...... 1st The Lady Saints excelled both on and off the court under Wynn's leadership. Seward is a two-time Region VI Tournament Champions WBCA National Academic Champions for the community colleges and a five-time top ten finisher NJCAA National Tournament 5th Place in the WBCA academic rankings. They were the 2015-16 NJCAA Academic Women's Basketball Head Coach at Liberal HS Team of the Year with a 3.57 team GPA and have been in the top 15 of the NJCAA Academic 2001-04 Head Girls Basketball Coach Awards in each of the last four years. Head Coach at Balko (Okla.) HS 1999-2001 Head Boys and Girls Basketball Coach Wynn served as the Assistant Coach for the Lady Saints in 2004-2005 under former Seward County and current Oklahoma State head coach, Jim Littell. In his one season as assistant, the ESU COACHING HISTORY Coach Years W-L Pct. Lady Saints finished 5th at the NJCAA National Tournament and were Region VI Tournament and 2010-18 199-58 .774 Jayhawk West Conference champions with a 35-3 overall record and a 14-2 conference record. NCAA Tourney: 2012-17 MIAA Champion: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 1998-10 306-72 .810 "My time at Seward will always be special and dear to me," said Wynn. NCAA Tourney: 1999-2001, 2003-2010 MIAA Champion: 1999-2001, 2004, 2008-09 Before coaching at Seward County, Wynn was the Head Girl’s Basketball Coach at Liberal HS and 1995-98 65-25 .722 NCAA Tourney: 1997, 1998 coached Boy’s and Girl’s Basketball at Balko (Okla.) HS. Wynn played basketball at Northwestern MIAA Champion: 1998 Oklahoma State for one season. Wynn then attended and graduated from Oklahoma State where Val Schierling 1981-95 212-182 .538 he earned his Bachelor’s in Business Education. CSIC Champion: 1982, 1985 Debbie Jones 1976-81 89-43 .674 CSIC Champion: 1979-81 The Lady Hornets are set to return five players that started at least nine games this year including Linda Caruthers 1974-76 30-12 .714 four of their top five scorers. They will also get back seniors Addie Lackey and Kyrstie Miller along Totals 1974- 901-392 .697 NCAA Champions: 2010 with sophomore Daley Handy who all missed the entire 2017-18 season with injuries. NCAA Final Four: 1998, 1999, 2010, 2015 NCAA Elite Eight: 1998-2000, 2006, 2010, 2015 ###HORNETS### NCAA Tourney: 1998-2001, 2003-2010, 2012-17 Coach Wynn will not be available to the media until Monday's press conference. The press MIAA RS Champs: 1998-2001, 2004, 2008-09 conference will be available live on The MIAA Network at themiaanetwork.com/esuhornets. MIAA Tourney Champs: 1998-2001, 2013-2017