• Four straight 20-plus win seasons (2010-14) • Has guided 21 All-MAC selections • Coached a program-first WNBA draft pick in 2015 with Crystal Bradford going 7th overall to the L.A. Sparks, the highest draft selection in Mid-American Conference history • Coached 10 of the program’s 26-member 1,000 point club • Surpassed 250 career wins in 2015 Quick Facts General Information Coaching Staff Location ................................................. Mount Pleasant, Mich. Head Coach ....................................Sue Guevara (9th season) Enrollment ........................................................................... 27,069 Alma Mater ...................................Saginaw Valley State, 1982 Founded ...................................................................................1892 CMU Record ..................................................131-123 (.515) Nickname .................................................................... Chippewas Career Record .................... 253-206 (.551) (15 seasons) Colors ............................................................... Maroon and Gold Associate Head Coach .................................Heather Oesterle Conference............................................................Mid-American Assistant Coach ...................................................Raina Harmon President .........................................................Dr. George E. Ross Assistant Coach ....................................................Kristin Haynie Athletics Director .....................................................Dave Heeke Director of Operations ......................................Phil Wendland Web ............................................................CMUChippewas.com Video Coordinator ................................................Shonda Long Facebook .....................................Facebook.com/CMUWBBall Twitter...................................................................... @CMUWBBall Athletic Communications Instagram ............................................................... @CMUWBBall Dir. of Communications ....................................... Rob Wyman Associate Director ...........................................John Regenfuss Team Information Assistant Director/WBB Contact .......................Maria Rivera 2014-15 Record .................................................................... 13-18 Office Phone ..................................................989-774-3277 2014-15 MAC Record/Finish ...................... 7-11 / 6th (West) Cell Phone ......................................................248-915-8556 MAC Tournament Finish .................................. Second Round E-Mail ............................................. [email protected] Letterwinners Returning/Lost..............................................8/5 Assistant Director ..............................................Andy Sneddon Starters Returning/Lost ..........................................................1/4 Press Box Phone ....................................... 989-774-3579/3594 Newcomers .....................................................................................6 Web Site ..................................... CMUChippewas.com/media Program History Local Media Information Program Record (%) ...........................................581-612 (.487) WBB Radio Play-By-Play ...............Jesse Goldberg-Strassler MAC Record (%) ..................................................265-298 (.470) Morning Sun Reporter .............................................. Jim Lahde MAC Regular Season Titles .................................. 2 (1984, ’85) [email protected] MAC West Titles ............................................................... 1 (2014) MAC Tournament Titles .............................3 (1983, ’84, 2013) NCAA Tournament Appearances ...........3 (1983, ’84, 2013) WNIT Appearances .........................................3 (2011, ’12, ‘14) The 2015-16 Central Michigan University women’s basketball guide was published by the Athletic Communications Office, 100 Rose Center, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859. The guide and covers were designed, written and edited by Maria Rivera and Rob Wyman. Photos by Tim Fitzgerald, Robert Barclay and Peggy Brisbane. Printing by CMU Printing Services. Table of Contents Quick Facts/Table of Contents ................ 2 Amani Corley ...............................................21 All-Time vs. Opponents ...........................36 Media Information ...................................... 3 Jewel Cotton ...............................................21 All-Time Game-by-Game ........................37 Roster/Pronunciation Guide .................... 6 Reyna Frost ..................................................22 MAC Game-by-Game ...............................45 Radio/TV Roster ........................................... 7 Jasmine Harris.............................................22 Postseason Games ....................................50 Head Coach Sue Guevara ......................... 9 Karli Herrington .........................................23 Year-by-Year Results .................................52 Assoc. Head Coach Heather Oesterle ..... 11 Aaliah Hill......................................................23 Individual Records.....................................53 Assistant Coach Raina Harmon ............12 Presley Hudson...........................................23 Team Records ..............................................56 Assistant Coach Kristin Haynie .............13 Chelsea Lynn ...............................................24 Year-by-Year Statistics ..............................58 DOBO Phil Wendland ...............................14 Tinara Moore ...............................................24 Video Coord. Shonda Long ....................14 Jaeda Robinson...........................................25 Team Photo ..................................................15 Aleah Swary .................................................25 Athletics Director Dave Heeke ..............16 Da’Jourie Turner .........................................26 Athletics Administration ........................18 2013-14 Statistics ......................................30 Head Coaches .............................................18 2013-14 MAC Recap .................................32 Gabrielle Bird ..............................................20 Honors ...........................................................34 Cassandra Breen ........................................20 All-Time Letterwinners ............................35 1 Preseason Notes New Year, New Team Familiar Face The Chippewas have a new, youthful Former Chippewa Shonda Long squad that features 10 freshmen and has joined the CMU staff as video sophomores. All five sophomores coordinator. Long ranks seventh made at least two starts last season, all-time in career points (1,439) and the most among any MAC institution. second in three-point field goals made (230). Before her return to CMU, CMU’s Roster is Home Grown Long served as an assistant coach at Central Michigan’s roster features 13 of Alma College. its 14 players who hail from the state of Michigan. The 13 student-athletes A Heathly Cotton Ready to Go from Michigan ranks first among the Redshirt junior Jewel Cotton is state’s Division I programs, followed by healthy and ready to begin the 2015- Oakland (9), Michigan State (7), Eastern 16 campaign. Cotton went down four Michigan (5), Western Michigan (5) and games into the 2014-15 season with Michigan (3). a knee injury last year during the Chippewas’ trip to Las Vegas. Guevara Inks Five-Year Deal On March 27, 2015, Central Michigan Harris Becomes Eligible University announced that it had Jasmine Harris, a graduate of North signed women’s basketball coach Sue Farmington High School in suburban Guevara to a new five-year contract. Detroit, joined the Central Michigan Having joined CMU in 2007, Guevara women’s basketball team last season. has coached 10 of the program’s The 6-foot-1 guard transferred from 26-member 1,000-point club and six UMass and will have junior eligibility of the top-10 three point shooters. after sitting out the 2014-15 season In 2013, Guevara led the Chippewas under NCAA transfer rules. Harris to their first MAC Tournament title averaged 20.8 minutes, 8.1 points and and first appearance in the NCAA 3.1 rebounds in 57 games (25 of them Tournament since 1984. CMU also starts) at UMass. won its first West Division title in 2014. During her time at Central O Canada Michigan, Guevara has coached two The Chippewas travled to Toronto in players to MAC Freshman of the Year August for a three-game exhibition honors, three to the MAC Sixth Player series in which the Maroon and of the Year award and six MAC All- Gold went 3-0 over the Ontario Freshman selections, as well as the Crown, Humber College and Ryerson program’s second MAC Tournament University. MVP. Guevara has guided 21 All-MAC selections, including two-time first- MAC Tournament team selection Crystal Bradford. The Last year marked the ninth senior also became the program’s consecutive season the Maroon first MAC Player of the Year and its and Gold made it to Cleveland first Defensive Player of the Year in for the Mid-American Conference 2014. Bradford earned a gold medal Tournament. The Chippewas with USA Basketball at the 2013 bowed out in the second round World University Games. Last season to in-state