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2017-18 Susquehanna Women’s Basketball Susquehanna Administration President Jonathan D. Green Jonathan D. Green, College and Vice President for Academic President, is a native From 2011 through 2017, Green served Affairs, which included serving as the of upstate New as Provost and Dean of the Faculty at Athletics Direct Report. During his service York. He earned a Illinois Wesleyan University. At IWU, he in that position, the College hosted the first Bachelor of Music was the Athletics Direct Report. During conference-wide NCAA athletic-academic degree from the his service in that role, IWU added men’s integration program, renovated its tennis State University and women’s lacrosse, increased overall facilities, built a modern fieldhouse, added of New York at athletic participation by over 100 students, varsity softball, and hosted two national Fredonia in 1985 and significantly expanded the Shirk Athletic equestrian competitions. Green was twice a Master of Music Center, won 2 national championships, named winner of the Robert Barlow Award from the University 8 individual national champions, made 6 for outstanding service, support, and of Massachusetts additional team top-four appearances, and devotion to athletics at Sweet Briar. at Amherst in 1987. He participated in a posted 13 new Academic All-Americans. summer seminar at Oxford University’s He received the 2017 Coaches Recognition Trinity College in 1987, and went on to Award at IWU. earn a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in conducting from the University of North Green was a member of the faculty at Sweet Carolina at Greensboro in 1992 where he Briar College from 1996 to 2011. The last was a University Excellence Fellow. eight of those years, he was Dean of the Director of Athletics Pamula S. Samuelson, Ph.D Pam Samuelson has been the Director of College in Milton, Mass., Samuelson graduated from Division III Athletics at Susquehanna since July 2003. where she oversaw all Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1981 with Samuelson came to Susquehanna after aspects of the Colonels’ a Bachelor of Science degree in business serving as assistant director of athletics at 12-sport Division III administration and physical education. the University of Massachusetts-Boston program. She earned her master’s degree in physical since 1998. education administration from Chadron At Division III Beloit State College in Nebraska in 1985 and a While at UMass-Boston, Samuelson was College in Wisconsin, Ph.D. in higher education administration involved in all aspects of the Beacons’ she was coordinator of from Boston College in December 2003. 18-sport NCAA Division III program in women’s athletics, coordinator of athletic addition to helping oversee the sports recruiting, director of the sports center and She is a member of NACDA and serves on medicine and sports information programs, director of intramural sports over a 10-year the NADIIIAA Executive Board, the NCAA academic advising for athletes, the Student- period. Research Committee and Women Leaders in Athlete Advisory Board and the strength & As the head coach of both the volleyball and College Sports. She is a member of both the conditioning program. softball teams at Beloit, Samuelson directed Nebraska Wesleyan University and Lincoln those teams to conference championships. Northeast High School Halls of Fame and Prior to 1998, Samuelson served for three She also served as an assistant track & field resides in Lewisburg, Pa. years as the director of athletics at Curry coach at Beloit for three years. Athletics Support Staff Crystal Gibson Kelly Vergin Jack Burns Mike Keeney Zach Mohondro Kathi Deckard Jerry Foley Travis Empson Morgan Herold Joe Schoenleber Connie Erdley 2017-18 Susquehanna Women’s Basketball Head Coach Jim Reed After leaving Susquehanna, Reed Reed graduated from Bucknell in 1985 served as an assistant men’s with a Bachelor of Science degree basketball coach at NCAA Division II in civil engineering. He worked as University of Indianapolis during the a structural engineer for four years 1994–95 season and as an assistant before turning to coaching. He played girls’ basketball coach at Indian Valley one season of football as a defensive High School (Pa.) from 1995-1998. back and lettered twice in track & field. The Reedsville, Pa. native In 1998, Reed returned to his alma is a 1980 graduate of the former mater, Division I Bucknell, as an Kishacoquillas (Pa.) High School and assistant women’s basketball coach a 1981 graduate of Mercersburg and helped the Bison to a then Academy (Pa.). school-record 20 victories during the 2000–01 season before moving on to Wilkes. Jim Reed enters his 13th season as the head coach of the Susquehanna women’s basketball team in 2017-18. After posting a 14-11 record in 2016- 17, his overall record at Susquehanna is 156-130 (.545 winning percentage). Combined with his 27 wins as head coach at Wilkes, he has accumulated 183 career victories. Reed was named the head women’s basketball and head women’s golf coach at Susquehanna in August 2005 after serving as the head women’s basketball coach at Wilkes University from 2001-2005. He guided the Susquehanna women’s golf team until 2012. Reed is no stranger to Susquehanna, having served as an assistant women’s basketball coach under Mark Hribar for three seasons (1989-1992) and as a men’s basketball assistant under Frank Marcinek for two seasons (1992-1994). During his previous stints at Susquehanna, Reed also served as an assistant baseball coach from 1991-1994 and as the head women’s tennis coach from 1993–94. 2017-18 Susquehanna Women’s Basketball Assistant Coaches Alexandra Kebetz was Kathy Fedorjaka joined Jim Todd Goclowski joined added to the Susquehanna Reed’s staff prior to the start the coaching staff for the University Women’s of the 2012-13 season after Women’s Basketball team Basketball prior to the start of a lengthy Division I head at the start of the 2016-17 the 2017-18 season. coaching career with nearly season. The veteran head 300 career victories to her coach brings a wealth of Kebetz graduated from credit. successful experience to Salisbury University in Susquehanna as a coach and 2016 with a major in Most recently Fedorjaka mentor at the NCAA Division I Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration completed a 15-year and III levels. in Physical Education and English for Speakers head coaching career at Division I Bucknell of Other Languages (ESOL) and a minor in University where she racked up a program- Goclowski posts a stellar career record of Athletic Coaching. record 209 victories, two Patriot League titles 209-69 in stints as an NCAA head coach and two NCAA Tournament appearances. with Lebanon Valley College (LVC) and Curry Kebetz gained her coaching knowledge She was a two-time Patriot League Women’s College. At LVC, he was a two-time conference from a variety of areas, she was the Student Basketball Coach of the Year as well as a two- Coach of the Year and two-time regional Coach Assistant Coach for the Salisbury University time Bucknell Coach of the Year. of the Year leading Lebanon Valley to the NCAA Men’s Basketball team in 2015-16. During Elite 8 in 2011 and the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2012. her time with 2015-16 men’s team, the Sea Prior to her tenure with the Bison, she spent LVC won three conference championships Gulls found their way to the Capital Athletic three years as the head coach at Bloomsburg and made five NCAA appearances under his Conference(CAC) Championship Tournament, University where she guided the Huskies to direction. a 21-7 overall record and a conference record three top-three finishes in the Pennsylvania of 13-5. State Athletic Conference. Off the court, Goclowski has earned a reputation as a leader in community service, Also at Salisbury, Kevetz served as the student having worked integrally with Special assistant for the Women’s team for the 2013- Olympics, American Cancer Society and the 14 season where they posted an overall record Penn State Hershey Breast Center among of 18-9, a conference record of 12-4 and a trip others. In 2008, Coach Goclowski received a to the CAC Championship Tournament. “V-Day’ award from student organizations at LVC in recognition for leadership promoting Kebetz was also the Head Coach for Worcester social justice for women. He was also the Prep JV Girls’ Basketball Team for the 2014-15 founder and architect of LVC’s annual “Pink season. Before starting at Susquehanna, she Game,” a fund-raiser for the fight against was a trainer at Evolution Basketball Training. breast cancer. At LVC, he mentored 24 All-Academic conference award winners and an NCAA post-graduate scholarship award winner. He has also been an assistant coach at Cornell University, Northeastern University, Brandeis University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The Clark University graduate with a degree in Government and American Politics was a member of the WBCA State Farm All-American committee from 2009-12. He currently enjoys a role as a ‘wish granter’ for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Meet the 2017-18 River Hawks SENIORS Courtney Megan ADAMS 11 McFADDEN 30 Position: ................................................................Center Position: ............................................................. Forward Height: ....................................................................... 6-1 Height: ..................................................................... 5-11 Hometown:............................................... Hamilton, N.J. Hometown:...........................................Greenbrook,