Stahly, who finished her academic career with a perfect 4.0 grade point average, was also named a Google Cloud Academic All-American in 2018-19, just the 16th such recipient of the highest academic honor in Louisiana Tech Athletics history. “Brooke needs no introduction to Louisiana Tech University,” said Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey. “She is Lady Techster basketball! Her history with the program speaks volumes. She was loved as a Lady Techster player, and she will be loved as the head coach.” Prior to Louisiana Tech, Stoehr inherited a Northwestern State women’s basketball program that had won a total of six games the previous season. In four seasons, NSU compiled a record of 71-58 as the Lady Demons won back-to-back Southland Conference Tournament championships in 2014 and 2015. Those victories produced the first consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances in program history. In her last season in Natchitoches, Northwestern State earned an appearance in the Women’s Basketball Invitational, extending its run of national postseason appearances to three. On the court, Stoehr developed three-year starting point guard Janelle Perez from a player who had no other Division I scholarship offers into a 1,000-point career scorer, the 201213 Southland Conference Freshman of the Year and a 2014-15 first-team All-Southland Conference selection. During Stoehr’s tenure in Natchitoches, she has also guided Keisha Lee on a path that led the shooting guard to become the 25th player in program history to score 1,000 points and Trudy Armstead in becoming just the seventh player in school history to record at least 1,000 career points and grab at least 700 career rebounds. Armstead also earned 2014 Southland Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player honors before signing to play in Romania. The maturation of shooting guard Beatrice Attura into the Southland Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player only served to underscore further Stoehr’s ability to develop quality guard play, something that marked her playing career at Louisiana Tech.
Off the court, Stoehr demands just as much or more from her players and the numbers prove it. In the classroom, Northwestern State finished with the nation’s 16th-best cumulative GPA (3.461) in the 2014-15 season and had the fifth-highest among NCAA Tournament teams that season. The team GPA for the Fall 2015 semester was 3.48, trending NSU toward another high ranking nationally when the 201516 review is released this summer by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association. Each player who completed her athletic eligibility during the Stoehrs’ tenure earned a degree from Northwestern State. In addition to her time at Northwestern State, Stoehr spent time as an assistant coach at Texas Tech (2009-12), Southern Mississippi (2008-09), LA Tech (2005-08) and UALR (2003-05). Stoehr played for the Lady Techsters from 1998 through 2002 and helped guide the program to four NCAA Tournament appearances, two Elite Eights and one Final Four. She ended her LA Tech career as the NCAA’s all-time leader in free throw percentage. Brooke and husband Scott have a 11-year-old daughter, Aubrey, and a 9-year-old son, Cooper.
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