GENERAL INFORMATION

COACHING STAFF

NAME OF SCHOOL

Clarion University

HEAD COACH

Margaret “Gie” Parsons

CITY/ZIP

Clarion, Pa. 16214

ALMA MATER, YR.

Slippery Rock (1971)

FOUNDED

1867

RECORD AT SCHOOL (YRS)

249-197 (16)

ENROLLMENT

6,300

CAREER RECORD (YRS)

359-270 (24)

NICKNAME

Golden Eagles

BASKETBALL OFFICE PHONE

814-393-2200

SCHOOL COLORS

Blue & Gold

BEST TIME TO REACH COACH

Late Morning

ARENA/GYM NAME

W.S. Tippin

ASSISTANT COACHES (Alma Mater Year)

Scott Creighton – Edinboro (1988)

GA – Mike Whitling –

Clarion (2004)

CAPACITY

4,000

AFFILIATION

NCAA-II

CONFERENCE

PSAC-West

PRESIDENT

Dr. Joseph P. Grunenwald

ATHLETIC TRAINER

James Thornton

ALMA MATER, Yr.

Youngstown St. (’70)

ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

Dave Katis

ALMA MATER, Yr.

Clarion (’85)

ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT PHONE

814-393-1997

TICKET OFFICE PHONE

814-393-2423

HISTORY

TEAM INFORMATION

1st YEAR OF BASKETBALL

1973-74

OVERALL RECORD LAST YR.

Total

home

Away

Neutral

OVERALL ALL-TIME RECORD

366-393

23-7

11-1

11-4

1-2

NO. YRS. IN NCAA TO./LAST

6/2004-05

Conference record/finish

10-2/2^nd

NO YRS. IN NIT/LAST

N/A

Final rankings last year (Poll)

5^th

LAST POST-SEASON OPPONENT

Charleston (W.Va.)

Poll

NCAA East Region

RESULT

Charleston 79, Clarion 57

Starters Returning/Lost

2/3

Letterwinners Returning/Lost

6/4

SPORTS INFORMATION

MEDIA INFORMATION

SID

Rich Herman

RADIO STATION

WCUC-FM (91.7)

OFFICE PHONE

814-393-2334

STATION PHONE

814-393-2330

HOME PHONE

814-226-6766

RADIO CONTACT

Bill Adams 814-393-2544

wadams@mail.clarion.edu

E-MAIL

Rherman@clarion.edu

ASSISTANT SID

Chris Rossetti

ANNOUNCERS

Dan Zangrilli

OFFICE PHONE

814-393-2334

NETWORK

RedZone Media

HOME PHONE

814-223-4973

E-MAIL

crossetti@clarion.edu

WEB ACCESS

www.redzonemedia.com or www.clarion.edu

OFFICE FAX

814-393-2082

BB PRESS BOX

814-393-2165

WEB RADIO

Selected Games

MAILING ADDRESS

Alumni House, 974 Wood St. Clarion University Clarion, Pa. 16214

NEWSPAPERS

Oil City Derrick – Ed Brannon - Editor

1-800-352-1002 ext. 3

WEB

www.clarion.edu

Clarion News – Nick Cammuso - Editor

814-226-7000

Courier-Express/Tri-County Sunday in DuBois – Scott Shingledecker - Editor

1-800-442-4217 ext. 166

TEAM INFORMATION (CONTINUED)

STARTERS RETURNING (R) and LOST (L)

HT

CL

POS

GP/GS

Ppg

Rpg

Other

(R) Melba Melton

5-7

SR.

G

30/29

11.8

2.8

142 assists, 65 steals

(R) Ashley Grimm

5-7

SO.

G

30/30

5.7

3.6

125 assists, 60 steals

(L) Heather Cigich

6-1

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F

28/22

17.0

9.7

82 assists, 63 steals, 19 blocks

(L) Shay Godwin

6-2

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F/C

30/30

14.2

9.9

44 steals, 43 blocks

(L) Amelia Harris

5-11

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G/F

30/29

10.7

5.3

91 assists, 38 steals, 12 blocks, 64 3-pointers

OTHER KEY RETUNEES

Jessica Albanese

6-0

SO.

F

28/8

6.9

4.5

27 steals, 4 blocks

KEY NEWCOMERS

HT

CL

POS

GP/GS

Pts

Reb

Other

April Gratton (Bethel Park/Bethel Park/James Madison)

5-11

SO.

F

9/0

2

0

1 steal

Katrina Greer (Centre Hall/Penns Valley)

5-9

FR.

G

N/A

1,987 Career Points, Avg. 23.2 ppg as Sr.

N/A

3rd Team All-State selection in '05, 3-year D6 All-Star, made 53 free throws in a row

Leah Shrift (Ebensburg/Bishop Carroll)

5-7

FR.

G

N/A

Over 1,000 career, Avg. 18.7 ppg as Sr.

N/A

1^st Team All-State ’05; 2^nd Team All-State ‘04

All-star candidates (Names only): Melba Melton, Ashley Grimm