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TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents 2015-16 Roster Season Preview The Coast Guard Academy Coast Guard Superintendent Director of Athletics Athletics Facilities Strength & Conditioning Staff Directory
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Coast Guard Women’s Basketball Coaching Staff Player Bios Results/Program History Schedule
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The 2015-16 Women’’s Basketball Media Guide is a publication of the Coast Guard Academy’s Athletic Media Relations Office.
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2015-16 NUMERICAL ROSTER No.
Name
Yr.
Pos.
Ht.
Hometown (Last School)
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Micaela Martinelli
Fr.
F
5-11
Vero Beach / Vero Beach, Fla.
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Kristina Bynum
Fr.
G
5-9
Churchland / Portsmouth, Va.
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Meghan Fornaro
Sr.
G
5-8
Shepherd Hill / Charlton, Mass.
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Jayla Joyner
Fr.
G
5-8
Hickory Grove Christian / Charlotte, N.C.
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Amanda Klawinski
So.
G
5-6
St Joseph / New Kensington, Pa.
20
Shelby Threlkeld
Fr.
G
5-9
South Forsyth / Buford, Ga.
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Torie Sutherland
Sr.
F
5-9
Clear Lake / Houston, Texas
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Amanda Roy
Jr.
G
5-6
Stonington / Stonington, Conn.
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Bekah Muller
Jr.
F
5-8
Turlock Christian / Denair, Ca.
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Jill Bray
So.
G
5-8
East Catholic / Glastonbury, Conn.
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Michelle Hernandez
So.
G
5-6
Bella Vista High / Folsom, Ca.
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Johanna Moolenaar
Fr.
F
6-0
East Lincoln / Denver, N.C.
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Gill Gerton
So.
F
6-0
Bishop Dennis J. O’Connell / Lorton, Va
Coaching Staff
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Head Coach
Alex Ivansheck (4th season)
Assistant Coaches
Jessica Farley, Scott Hawk, Catherine Lewis
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2015-16 SEASON PREVIEW The Coast Guard women’s basketball team looks to improve on a season that saw them reach the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) semifinals for the first time since 2007-08 season and win 19 games for the second year in a row. Fourth year head coach Alex Ivansheck has built a strong program having winning seasons in back to back years for the first time since 2001-02 and 2002-03 years. This year’s team is led by the experienced and talented senior duo of Meghan Fornaro and Torie Sutherland. Fornaro, who was first team All-NEWMAC last season, led the team with 16.6 points, 3.3 assists, and 2.3 steals per game. Fornaro is 37 points away from becoming the seventh player to score 1,000 points in Coast Guard women’s basketball history. She is in the top ten in four statistical categories at the Coast Guard: ninth in points (963), eighth in assists (219), eighth in steals (157), and ninth in 3-pointers (107). Sutherland, who was second team All-NEWMAC for the second time in her career last season, was first in rebounds with 8.6 boards which was also fifth in the NEWMAC and second on the team in scoring with 11.5 points per game.
In the junior class, Amanda Roy returns looking to add depth at the guard position and be a valuable shooter in reserve for the Bears. Joining the team this season is Bekah Muller. Through the preseason Muller has been a force on the boards for Coast Guard and will be a strong defensive presence for the Bears this year.
Bray saw time in 22 games last season and will be another skilled shooter for the Bears. Hernandez adds depth at the guard position and will come off the bench to be an asset on defense and push the pace of the Coast Guard offense. Joining the team for her first year is sophomore Amanda Klawinski. She is a team first player who has shown a strong work ethic this preseason. Ivansheck is bringing in her largest freshman class this season with five athletes joining the program: Micaela Martinelli, Kristina Bynum, Jayla Joyner, Shelby Threlkeld, and Johanna Moolenaar. All five players will look to make an immediate impact on the court this season. The Bears open up their season finishing out the first semester on the road with early season NEWMAC games against Clark, Smith and Wheaton. The team will then travel to play in a tournament in Puerto Rico over the holiday break with games against Simpson and Gustavus Adolphus before they return to school in January for the heart of their conference schedule. “We have four team values we are stressing this season,” commented Coach Ivansheck. “Selflessness, discipline, trust, and passion, and this does not only pertain to the court. I want the players to take these values and apply them to their entire life. The team is definitely coming together around these values, and I am looking forward to this season.”
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“Torie and Meghan have had a lot of experience over the past three years, so we will be counting on them on the court this season,” said Ivansheck. “Between the two of them, I will look to them to create plays this season as they have played together the longest on the team. “
tied for second on the team with 5.3 rebounds per game. Gill had three double doubles last season and in the last four games of the season she scored in double figures.
The last two seasons Coast Guard has won a combined 38 games and will look to add to that success this season with a blend of veteran leadership and talented youth. The Bears open up their season on the road against Westfield State at the UMass Dartmouth Invitational on November 14th at 2:00 pm.
In the sophomore class Gill Gerton, Jill Bray, and Michelle Hernandez return to the team tallying valuable minutes in their first year at the Academy. Gerton led the team in blocked shots with 32 and was
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COAST GUARD ACADEMY One of the smallest of the five U.S. Military Academies Four-Year Bachelor’s of Science degree program Founded in 1876 aboard the schooner Dobbin Highly selective admissions standards No tuition, traditional application process No congressional nomination necessary Education includes academics, physical fitness, character and leadership development 85 percent of graduates choose to serve beyond their five-year commitment Two graduates have been NASA Astronauts 80 percent of graduates go to graduate school (most paid for by Coast Guard)
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COAST GUARD QUICK FACTS The Coast Guard Academy has 25 Intercollegiate sports (12 men’s, 10 women’s, 3 co-ed) The Bears have been members of the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) in 15 sports since 1999 Coast Guard has won NEWMAC championships in Volleyball, Men’s Swimming, Men’s Basketball, Women’s Crew and Softball Teams have competed in the ECAC Championship tournament in men’s soccer, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, baseball and softball in the past five years The Bears have advanced to the NCAA Tournament Elite 8 in both Volleyball (2006) and Men’s Basketball (2007-08) COAST GUARD ACADEMY CORPS OF CADETS DEMOGRAPHICS - about 1,000 cadets enrolled - 48 states and 11 foreign nations represented - 100% of students housed on campus - 20 NCAA Division III athletic teams - 31% of cadets are women - 22% of cadets are minorities - 1 faculty member for every 8 students - 19 Cadets in an average class
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REAR ADMIRAL JAMES E. RENDON ACADEMY SUPERINTENDENT FIRST YEAR Rear Admiral Rendon assumed the duties of the 41st Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, June 1, 2015. He reported to the Academy after serving as Director, Joint Interagency Task Force West (JIATF West), the U.S. Pacific Command’s executive agent for planning and conducting counter-drug strategy in an area of operations covering more than 105 million square miles.
Prior to this assignment, Rear Admiral Rendon served as Assistant Superintendent of the Coast Guard Academy, the Superintendent’s direct representative to oversee day-to-day operations. Prior to his first Academy assignment, he served as Director of Staff to the Vice Commandant.
Rear Admiral Rendon is a surface operations specialist with a diverse list of assignments over his 28 year Coast Guard officer
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career. He served as Commander, Sector Northern New England in Portland Maine, as well as, Chief Response, Fifth Coast Guard District in Portsmouth, Virginia.
Rear Admiral Rendon is a cutterman with afloat tours as Deck Watch Officer aboard Durable, a 210-foot cutter home-ported in Brownsville, Texas; Executive Officer aboard the Patrol Boat Ocracoke in Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, and Commanding Officer of the Surface Effect Ship Petrel in Key West, Florida. Other operational ashore assignments consist of staff advisor, Seventh Coast Guard District Intelligence and Law Enforcement Branch in Miami, Florida, Operations Officer for Group Key West, Florida, as well as Commander, Coast Guard Group Mayport in Northeast Florida.
Rear Admiral Rendon served as Aide de Camp to the 20th Commandant of the Coast Guard. He also completed a Congressional Fellowship in our nation’s Capital, where he worked for the House of Representatives, Government Reform Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources, followed by a two-year assignment as Drug Policy Advisor to the Speaker of the House.
Rear Admiral Rendon’s personal awards include a Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal (6), Coast Guard Commendation Medal (3), Coast Guard Achievement Medal, and a variety of other unit awards and service ribbons. He is authorized to wear the Cutterman’s Insignia and the Boat Forces Operations Insignia.
A 1983 graduate of the United States Coast Guard Academy, Rear Admiral Rendon holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering and a Master of Science degree from the University of Illinois. He also completed study at the National War College, Class of 2005, where he earned a Master of Science degree in National Security Strategy.
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TIM FITZPATRICK DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS FIFTH YEAR Tim Fitzpatrick is in his fifth year as Director of Athletics at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and on his watch the USCGA’s athletic program has seen growth in several key areas.
programs. Additionally, Fitzpatrick managed IU’s external units, including marketing, ticket operations, licensing, merchandising, website, and publications.
In addition to securing a comprehensive, five-year shoe and apparel agreement with adidas America for the academy’s 23 NCAA sports, he oversaw a rebranding initiative that has resulted in new logos and marks and created an athletic booster organization, the CGA Bear Club, as an annual giving entity to fund athletics “margin of excellence” projects and initiatives.
Additionally, he negotiated a 6-year, $21,000,000 shoe and apparel agreement with adidas America and administered the Hoosiers’ multi-media partnerships with Learfield Sports and the Big Ten Network. During his tenure, Indiana realized a ticket sales revenue increase of 15-percent over annual budgeted projections.
Under Fitzpatrick’s guidance, the department now conducts an annual women’s professional development seminar (the Women’s LeadHERship Symposium), which features prominent national leaders in women’s athletics for female USCGA athletic staff members as well as attendees from colleges and universities throughout New England.
Prior to the Academy Fitzpatrick was the Director of Athletics at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi for two years prior, after spending the previous four years as the Deputy Athletic Director at Indiana University. At Texas A&M – Corpus Christi, Fitzpatrick secured major gifts for construction of a new outdoor tennis center, as well as renovation of the university’s baseball and softball stadiums. He additionally served on the NCAA’s Division I Women’s Basketball Issues Committee while in south Texas, and executed a strategic plan which increased the department’s corporate sponsorship revenue by nearly 40%. While at Indiana, he was responsible for internal administration of the department, oversaw capital construction and facilities management, and had oversight of the football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball
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He arrived at West Point from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, where he served as the associate athletics director for external affairs and executive director of the athletic foundation during the 1998-99 academic year. Prior to Army and Charlotte, Fitzpatrick served in a similar role at the University of Pittsburgh. Fitzpatrick was a senior associate athletics director at the University of North Texas from May 1994 to June 1996. He was instrumental in UNT’s transition from NCAA Division I-AA football to the Big West Conference. He gained considerable experience as Assistant Commissioner of the Southwest Conference from 1992-94. Fitzpatrick began his athletic administration career as the assistant marketing director at Army before moving on to Virginia Commonwealth as the director of marketing and Ticket Sales (1984-87) and Assistant Athletics Director for Marketing and Public Relations from 1987-92. A 1981 graduate of Hampden-Sydney College with a bachelor’s degree in English, Fitzpatrick earned his master’s degree in sports administration from Ohio University in 1982..
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He has launched an external program for sale of corporate sponsorships and partnerships, established a Faculty Affiliate program, began the annual Celebrate New London football game initiative and was the driving force in the men’s basketball teams appearance in the Armed Forces Classic on ESPNU last season.
Fitzpatrick came to IU after spending the previous five years as COO and associate athletics director for external operations at the U.S. Military Academy.
COAST GUARD ACADEMY NITCHMAN TRACK & FIELD COMPLEX The Track & Field Complex was constructed in the summer of 2007 first used for the men’s and women’s soccer games that Fall. The FieldTurf surface lies on the banks of the beautiful Thames River and is also home to the men’s and women’s track & field program.
COMMANDER JOHN MERRIMAN GYM Merriman Gymnasium is home to the women’s volleyball program and the men’s and women’s basketball programs. The gym holds three basketball courts used for varsity practices and games, as well as intramural competition. The 1200-seat facility has been home to numerous league and regional championships.
ROLAND POOL Roland Pool is home to our men’s and women’s swimming and diving program. The eight-lane, 50-yard pool is also used daily for athletic training programs for our cadet-athletes, physical education courses, as well as military training programs necessary to carry out the missions of the Coast Guard for all cadets.
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NITCHMAN BASEBALL FIELD Nelson Nitchman Field is home of the Coast Guard Academy baseball team. The picturesque view from the field overlooks the Thames River.
NITCHMAN SOFTBALL FIELD Nelson Nitchman Field is home of the softball team. The Bears have enjoyed tremendous success winning three of the last four NEWMAC tournament championships and going to the NCAA tournament four straight seasons (20092012).
CADET MEMORIAL FIELD Cadet Memorial Field was made into a FieldTurf surface in 2004 as a gift from the Class of 1952. The facility features a twostory press box that includes two coaches rooms, a room for radio broadcasting and video recording, space for media personnel, and two lounge lounge areas for additional seating. The 1500seat stadium overlooks the Thames River and the Gold Star Memorial Bridge.
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Coast Guard Athletics has two weight rooms, each featuring state-of-theart equipment for our cadets and cadet-athletes to use to improve their overall health and fitness. The facility in Roland Hall is dedicated to freeweight exercising while our Billard Hall facility holds our nautilus, cardio, and other guided machine equipment.
Shaakira Hassell
Strength and Conditioning Coach Hassell, in her first season at the Coast Guard Academy, was most recently the fitness manager at XSport Fitness in Chicago. She has a degree in Self-Designed Sports Science from Beloit College in Wisconsin where she was the class president as well as master’s degrees in Health and Physical Education from Valdosta State and Sports and Fitness Management from Troy University.
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She was the tactical strength and conditioning coach at Fort Bragg from 2013-2104 and prior to that the strength and conditioning coach at IMG Academy in Florida from 2011-2013. Hassell began her career as the strength and conditioning graduate assistant at Georgia Southern during the 2004-2005 academic year before moving onto Valdosta State as graduate assistant for two years. She then served as the assistant strength and conditioning coach at Troy University from 2007-2011 before taking the position at IMG Academy. Hassell played for both the Chicago Force and the Atlanta Xplosion Women’s of the Independent Women’s Football League (IWFL) and her Atlanta team won the 2006 IWFL Championship. She was also a member of the US Virgin Islands Women’s National Basketball team practice squad.
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ADMINISTRATION Name Tim Fitzpatrick Dan Rose Tim Opstrup Chris Parsons Art Lamoureux Jason Southard Casey McGarvey Andrea Stewart Donna Koczajowski Katherine Bossardet Vi Oliver Bruce Cobb Marc Grindstaff Dave Fraboni
Title Director of Athletics Associate AD/Director of Physical Education Associate AD for Finance, Logistics and Facilities Associate AD for Compliance and Admissions Support Assistant AD for Operations Director of Media Relations Media Relations Assistant SWA/Travel Coordinator SWA/Director of Club Sports Associate Office Manager Administrative Assistant Equipment Manager Equipment Manager Equipment Manager
Phone 860-444-8600 860-701-6798
860-701-6799 860-444-8604 860-444-8600 860-444-8580 860-444-8606 860-444-8663 860-444-8663
Title Head Athletic Trainer Assistant Athletic Trainer Assistant Athletic Trainer Assistant Athletic Trainer Strength & Conditioning Coach
Phone 860-444-8619 860-701-6415 860-701-6416 860-701-6617 860-
Title Head Coach Assistant Coach
Phone 860-444-8581
Title Head Coach Co-Defensive Coordinator/ Recruiting Coordinator Co-Defensive Coordinator Offensive Coordinator Wide Receivers Defensive Line Defensive Line Tight Ends Offensive Assistant
Phone 860-444-8584 860-444-8605
860-444-8602
MEN’S TENNIS
860-444-8601 860-701-6800
Name Matt Nakagawa
BASEBALL Name C.C. Grant Mike Turgeon
C.C. Grant Ray LaForte Jordan Berrian Jay Driscoll Chris Strand Dave Ratner Don Miller
860-444-8581 860-701-6805 860-701-6767
Phone 860-701-6132 860-444-8588
Title Director of Rowing/Head Coach
Phone 860-444-8679
Title Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach
Phone 860-444-8590
Title Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach
Phone 860-701-6805
Title Head Coach Assistant Coach Goalkeeper Coach
Phone 860-701-6197
MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY Name Ethan Brown Greg Ahnrud Mariette Ogg
Name Richard Hawkins
Title Shooting Sports Coach
Phone 860-701-6886
Title Director of Sailing Head Offshore Coach Head Intercollegiate Coach
Phone 860-444-8577 860-701-6291 860-444-8325
Title Head Coach Assistant Coach Pitching Coach
Phone 860-444-8604
Title Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach
Phone 860-701-6594 860-701-6960
Title Director of Rowing Head Coach
Phone 860-444-8679 860-803-4435
Title Head Coach
Phone 860-701-6744
Title Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Goalkeeper Coach
Phone 860-444-8582
SAILING Name Doug Clark Jack Neades Brian Swingly
SOFTBALL Name Donna Koczajowski Dana Fleischmann Erin Miller
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Name Alex Ivansheck Jessica Farley Scott Hawk Catherine Lewis
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Name Bill Randall Jodi Hope
WOMEN’S LACROSSE Name Ruth Ness Name Susan Grant Beth Nakagawa Andrea Giuliano Katie Shveda Anthony Occhialini
WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING Name John Westkott Mary Westkott Ken Pancoast
Title Head Coach Assistant Coach Diving Coach
Phone 860-444-8586 860-701-6374
Title Head Coach Assistant Coach
Phone 860-444-8589
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL Name Mike Bynon Ashley Coyle Name Ethan Brown Greg Ahnrud Mariette Ogg
Title Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach
Phone 860-444-8590
Title Head Coach Assistant Coach
Phone 860-701-6595
WRESTLING Name Kevin Bratland J.R. Lewis
MEN’S SOCCER Name Chris Parsons Patrick McCarney Anthony Occhialini
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MEN’S LACROSSE Name Ray LaForte Dave Fraboni Mike Higbie Pat Powers
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Title Head Coach Associate Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach
MEN’S CREW Name Bill Randall
Title Head Coach
Phone 860-444-8586 860-701-6374
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MEN’S BASKETBALL Name Kevin Jaskiewicz Bob Bono Grant Johnson Joe Cyr
Title Head Coach Assistant Coach Diving Coach
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FOOTBALL Name Bill George Dana Fleischmann
Name John Westkott Mary Westkott Ken Pancoast
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ATHLETIC TRAINING Name Ken Niedzwiecki Maura Gillon Jake Ibey Shannon Nickels Shaakira Hassell
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ALEX IVANSHECK HEAD COACH FOURTH SEASON
ALEX.E.IVANSHECK@USCGA.EDU
Alex Ivansheck is in her fourth season at the United States Coast Guard Academy after being named the head coach in June of 2012. In her first season led the Bears back to the NEWMAC tournament for the first time since the 2009/10 season. She has increased the team’s win total in each of her first two seasons at the helm posting 10 in 2012/13 and 19 in 2013/14 and enters this season with a career mark of 29-22. The ten victories posted during the 2012/13 season were the most since the 2007/08 team recorded 25 on their way to the ECAC New England Championship. Ivansheck spent the previous six seasons as an assistant coach at Ithaca College where she helped the Bombers post a 116-50 record, including a 81-11 mark in Empire 8 games. Ithaca made three NCAA playoff appearances, won four conference regular-season titles and two postseason tournament championships and recorded the league’s first 16-0 record ever in any sport during her time there. She is no stranger to Southeastern Connecticut, growing up in Salem and graduating from Norwich Free Academy in 2000. While at NFA, she played for legendary coach Bill Scarlata and won a pair of Class LL state championships while the team qualified for the ECC and state championship in each of her four seasons on the basketball team. Ivansheck was also a four-year member of the cross country team that participated in both the state and New England Championships for four consecutive seasons. Prior to arriving at Ithaca, Ivansheck spent the 2005-06 season with the women’s basketball staff at William Smith, where she helped the Herons to a second round of the NCAA playoffs. William Smith finished 22-8 and won the Liberty League’s regular-season and championship tournament titles. Ivansheck played at Ithaca from 2000 to 2005 (an injury sidelined her for all but five games of her senior season; she received a medical hardship waiver from the NCAA and played a fifth season while pursuing a master’s degree). A point guard, she helped the Bombers to a record of 109-28 during her career, with NCAA playoff berths each season. Ithaca won Empire 8 titles in 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2005. In her career, Ivansheck scored 567 points and pulled down 309 rebounds. Her career totals of 333 assists and 253 steals are both fourth on the program’s all-time lists (she was third in both categories after finishing her career). She received honorable mention to the Empire 8 all-star team in 2002 and 2005. She interned with the Women’s Sport Foundation as an undergraduate at Ithaca. Ivansheck earned her bachelor’s degree in sport management, with a minor in coaching, in 2004 and received a master’s degree in business administration in 2005 at Ithaca. Ivansheck will also serve as an instructor in the Academy’s Health and Physical Education program.
JESSICA FARLEY ASSISTANT COACH SECOND SEASON Jessica begins her second season as a member of the Bears coaching staff.
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She was a graduate assistant at her alma mater Ithaca for the 2012-’13 season as year in which the Bombers won a schoolrecord 27 games, won a the conference championship and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament. Farley, who graduated with degree win Exercise Science and earned a Master’s Degree in Exercise Science from Ithaca, was a three-year starting guard for the Bombers as the team won an Empire 8 championship while current Coast Guard head coach Alex Ivansheck was an assistant coach. The Bombers had a then school-record 24 wins during her senior season while in her sophomore season, the team finished a perfect 16-0 in Empire 8 play for the first time. Farley was an honorable mention All-conference selection as a senior as she led the Bombers with 90 assists and 66 steals and finished among Ithaca’s career leaders in both categories (seventh with 246 assists and eighth with 194 steals) as well as in three-point baskets (ninth with 77).
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SCOTT HAWK ASSISTANT COACH SECOND SEASON Scott begins his second season as member of the Bears coaching staff bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience from all levels of basketball. He was an assistant coach for the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun for ten seasons (2003-2012) as the team made numerous playoff appearances and won a pair of Eastern Conference Championships. Prior to coaching in the WNBA, Hawk won both a boys and girls basketball state championship as a head coach. He was head coach at Omaha Cathedral High in Nebraska from 1985-1990 winning a Class C state championship and earning Coach of the Year honors in 1986. Hawk was head girls basketball coach at Omaha Creighton Prep from 1990-2003 leading the team to a Class A state championship and earning Coach of the Year honors in 1994. Hawk was also head girls basketball coach at Bellevue West High in Nebraska from 1999-2003 where he turned a team that had never had a winning record in 22 years to a team that went 20-2 and earned a spot in the state tournament semifinals. He is a graduate of University of Nebraska Omaha with a degree in Education before earning a Master’s Degree in Educational Technology from Lesley University.
CATHERINE LEWIS ASSISTANT COACH THIRD SEASON Catherine is in her third season as a member of the Bears coaching staff. She graduated from Ithaca in May with a degree in Athletic Training. She was a four-year member of the women’s basketball team which made three NCAA tournament appearances during her four years including a trip to the Sweet 16 in her senior season. Lewis started eight games for the Bombers her senior year and was the women’s basketball All-Empire 8 Sportswoman of the Year honoree. She was part of three Empire 8 tournament championship teams during her days at Ithaca. Catherine, who played for current Coast Guard head coach Alex Ivansheck for three seasons at Ithaca is a 2009 graduate of Wheeler High School in North Stonington, Conn. She was a three-time All-league selection, earning first-team All-league honors during her senior season. She was a two-year captain and team MVP as both a junior and senior. Catherine was also a four-year member of the soccer team.
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ATHLETIC TRAINER THIRD SEASON Shannon is in her third season as an assistant athletic trainer at the Coast Guard Academy. She is originally from Florida and received a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Athletic Training from the University of West Florida in Pensacola, Fla. in 2010. Following West Florida, she received a graduate student position at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. While getting her Master’s, Shannon worked with a nearby D3 college (Marietta College) and was the supervising athletic trainer for women’s volleyball and men’s and women’s indoor & outdoor track teams. Also while in school she completed a thesis titled “Validation of Physical Activity as a Functional Outcome Measure Following a Concussion”. Shannon received a Master’s Degree in Athletic Training in June of 2012.
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MEGHAN FORNARO
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JUNIOR - GUARD - 5-7 CHARLTON, MASSACHUSETTS Meghan started all 27 games last season and was named first team All-NEWMAC for the first time in her career. Fornaro led the Bears in scoring (16.6), steals per game (2.3), assists per game (3.3), and field goal percentage (.480). Meghan scored a career high 28 points against Wheaton in a 81-77 win. Fornaro scored 20 points or more nine times last season and had a career high 449 points. Meghan is 37 points awar from reaching 1,000. BEFORE CGA Fornaro was captain, two-time team MVP, 1,000 point scorer and Central Mass. Player of the Year for coach Hackenson at Shepherd Hill Regional High. Meghan was also the Most Valuable Offensive Player on field hockey team. Her uncle Mark served in the Coast Guard for four years and Fornaro has two older brothers Brandon and Taylor. Meghan is the daughter of Richard and Candy Fornaro. GETTING TO KNOW MEGHAN Her favorite food is chinese while her favorite snack food is cheez-its. Meghan’s favorite TV show is Saturday Night Live and her favorite movie is We’re the Millers. A Boston Celtics fan, her favorite athlete is Paul Pierce while she lists the greatest coach to ever live as Mike Krzyzewski. If she could meet anyone living or deceased it would be Rob Dyrdek. CAREER STATS Year 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 Total
GP 25 26 27 78
FG-FGA 87-272 101-278 169-352 357-902
FT-FTA REB 29-50 90 50-77 127 63-102 143 142-229 360
RPG 3.6 4.9 5.3 4.6
A 45 84 90 219
S 47 48 62 157
PTS 234 280 449 963
PPG 9.4 10.8 16.6 12.2
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TORIE SUTHERLAND SENIOR - GUARD - 5-9 HOUSTON, TEXAS
Torie earned second team All-NEWMAC honors last season for the second year in a row as she played all 26 games and was secodon the team with 15.7 points per game and was first with 8.6 rebounds per game. Sutherland had four double doubles last season including 15 points and 18 rebounds against WPI on 1/21/15. Torie now has 11 career double doubles. A Marine and Environmental Sciences major she was on the Dean’s List during the first semester of her freshman year. BEFORE CGA Sutherland was captain, third team All-Region and Co-Offensive MVP in the region for coach Kirby Killingsworth at Clear Lake High. Her sister Allie graduated from West Point and was a member of the track & field team. Torie’s parents Scott and Patrice Sutherland both served in Desert Storm. Sutherlands’s dad was an All-American rugby player at Army while her mom was on the marathon and cycling teams.
CAREER STATS Year 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 Total
GP 25 26 27 51
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FG-FGA 82-229 105-281 120-288 307-798
FT-FTA 65-91 60-85 48-72 173-248
REB 140 173 232 545
RPG 5.6 6.7 8.6 6.9
A 18 53 59 130
S 21 15 32 68
PTS 249 303 310 862
PPG 10.0 11.7 11.5 11.1
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GETTING TO KNOW TORIE Her favorite food is sushi and her favorite snack food is anything with peanut butter. Torie’s favorite TV show is How I Met Your Mother and her favorite movie is Spiderman. A Pittsburgh Steelers fan, her favorite athlete is Heath Miller and she says the greatest coach to ever live is her first basketball coach Dawn Kahan. If she could meet anyone living or deceased it would be Justin Timberlake.
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AMANDA ROY JUNIOR - GUARD - 5-6 STONINGTON, CONNECTICUT
Amanda saw action in five games last season and scored 19 points including a career-high 14 against Clark in the Bears 8232 win on 2/18/15. She is a Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering major. BEFORE CGA Amanda was captain for coach Paulla Solar at Stonington High School and was also a first team All-ECC selection and scholar athlete as member of the field hockey team. Roy was amember of the National Honor Society at Stonington. Amanda’s grandfather was enlisted in the Air Force. She is the daughter of John and Chulaluk Roy. GETTING TO KNOW AMANDA Her favorite food is her mom’s fried wonton and her favorite snack food is chocolate. Amanda’s favorite TV show is That 70’s Show and her favorite movie is Love and Basketball. Roy’s favorite actor is Channing Tatum and her favorite athlete is Maya Moore. A New York Giants fan, she lists the greatest coach to ever live as John Wooden. CAREER STATS Year 2013-14 2014-15 Total
GP 7 5 12
FG-FGA 7-18 6-17 13-35
FT-FTA 0-0 3-4 3-4
REB 2 4 6
RPG 0.3 0.8 0.55
A 3 0 3
S 1 0 1
PTS 17 19 36
PPG 2.4 3.8 3.1
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JILL BRAY SOPHOMORE - GUARD - 5-8 GLASTONBURY, CONNECTICUT
PLAYER BIOS
Jill saw action in 22 games last season and scored 45 points. Bray scored a season high ten points in a 89-33 win against Pine Manor on 1/8/15. She also had nine points and a career best five rebounds in a 82-32 win over Clark on 2/18/15. Jill is a Government major. BEFORE CGA Bray attended East Catholic where she played basketball for head coach Katie DaCosta. She was also a member of volleyball team at East Catholic. Her father Joe served in the Navy. She is the only daughter of Wendy and Joe Bray and has two older brothers, Joe and Tim. GETTING TO KNOW Jill Jill’s favorite athlete is Diana Taurasi and her favorite pro sports team is the Patriots. Her biggest pet peeve is lying and the greatest coach she believes to ever have lived is Geno Auriema. The most used app on her phone is snapchat and if she could meet anyone dead or alive it would be her grandfather. CAREER STATS Year 2014-15 Total
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GP 22 22
FG-FGA 18-43 18-43
FT-FTA 0-0 0-0
REB 22 22
RPG 1.0 1.0
A 6 6
S 0 0
PTS 45 45
PPG 2.0 2.0
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GILL GERTON SOPHOMORE - FORWARD - 6-0 LORTON, VIRGINIA
Gill played in all 27 games last season for the Bears averaging 8.3 points a game, 5.3 rebounds, and a team high 1.2 blocks per game. She is already 13th all time in career blocks at the academy with 32. Gerton scored a career high 18 points and collected ten rebounds against MIT on 2/25/15. Gill recorded three double doubles and scored in double digits 11 times last season. She is a Marine & Environmental Science Major. BEFORE CGA Gerton played basketball at Bishop Denis J. O’Connell high school for coach Aggie McCormic-Dix. She served as team captain for three years and also was a member of the volleyball team and softball team. Both of Gill’s parents attended West Point where here father Paul was a member of the water polo team and her mother Teresa was on the swimming team. She has an older brother Matthew and an older sister Katherine. GETTING TO KNOW Gill If Gill could meet anyone living or deceased it would be Ronald Reagan. Her favorite restaurant is Coastal Flats and her favorite food is tacos. Gerton’s biggest pet peeves are slamming doors and bad grammar and the greatest coach she believes to ever live is Coach K. CAREER STATS Year 2014-15 Total
GP 27 27
FG-FGA 88-198 88-198
FT-FTA 43-64 43-64
REB 142 142
RPG 5.3 5.3
B 32 32
S 25 25
PTS 224 224
PPG 8.3 8.3
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MICHELLE HERNANDEZ SOPHOMORE - GUARD - 5-6 FOLSOM, CALIFORNIA
Hernandez saw action in 26 games last season for the Bears averaging 1.6 points per game and 1.3 rebounds. In the NEWMAC semifinals last season Michelle has a career high seven points, two assists and two rebounds in a 74-85 loss on 2/28/15. Hernandez, a management major, is also a member of the Bears volleyball team. BEFORE CGA MIchelle attended Bella Vista High School where she played both basketball and volleyball. Hernandez attended Marion Military Institute. She has an older sister Maryann and is the daughter of Lito and Tess Hernandez. GETTING TO KNOW MICHELLE Michelle’s favorite food is In-n-Out Burger and her favorite snack food is jalapeno chips. Her favorite TV show is Family Guy while her favorite movie is The Other Woman. Michelle’s favorite band is Florida Georgia Line and her favorite athlete is Kerri Walsh. If she could meet anyone living or deceased it would be her grandmother. GP 26 26
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
FG-FGA 19-55 19-55
FT-FTA 1-3 1-3
REB 35 35
RPG 1.3 1.3
A 19 19
S 21 21
PTS 41 41
PLAYER BIOS
CAREER STATS Year 2014-15 Total
PPG 1.6 1.6
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2014-15 RESULTS --- 19-8 (12-4 NEWMAC) Date Nov. 15 Nov. 16 Nov. 22 Dec. 3 Dec. 6 Dec. 9 Dec. 28 Dec. 29 Jan. 3 Jan. 8 Jan. 10 Jan. 13 Jan. 15 Jan. 17 Jan. 21 Jan. 24 Jan. 29 Jan. 31 Feb. 4 Feb. 7 Feb. 11 Feb. 14 Feb. 16 Feb. 18 Feb. 21 Feb. 25 Feb. 28
Opponent vs Cortland St. @ Skidmore College @ Skidmore @ UMass Dartmouth @ WPI * @ Wellesley * CONN. COLLEGE vs Nazareth @ Embry-Riddle vs Colby @ Embry-Riddle BABSON * PINE MANOR EMERSON * @ Smith * SPRINGFIELD * @ MIT * WPI * WELLESLEY * MERCHANT MARINE @ Wheaton * MOUNT HOLYOKE * @ Babson * WHEATON * @ Emerson * @ ALBERTUS MAGNUS CLARK * MIT * MIT (NEWMAC Quarterfinals) Wheaton (NEWMAC Semifinals)
Result L 60-55 W 67-63 L 68-58 WL59-50 W 54-43 L 74-65 W 75-60 W 67-65 L 75-62 W 89-33 W 66-54 W 55-48 L 55-50 L 63-53 W 58-57 W 64-45 W 76-69 W 72-65 W 74-61 W 65-61 W 81-77 W 71-51 W 80-57 W 82-32 W 58-55 W 81-56 L 85-74
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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HISTORY ECAC TOURNAMENT BERTHS 2001-02 2007-08 (CHAMPIONS)
RESULTS/HISTORY
NEWMAC TOURNAMENT BERTHS 1998-1999 1999-2000 2001-2002 2003-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006
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