Women's Basketball

Azusa Pacific University

901 E. Alosta Ave - Azusa, CA - 91702
Team Office: Tel: (626) 815-5081 Fax: (626) 815-5084
Team website: www.apu.edu/athletics/

Founded in 1899, Azusa Pacific is a Christian liberal arts institution offering twenty master's degree programs and four doctorates in addition to the more than forty undergraduate programs. Majors offered include Communications Studies, Computer and Information Sciences, Physical Education Teaching and Coaching, and Divinity/Ministry. Sixty-four (64%) is of those enrolled are women. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Azusa Pacific in the third tier among universities nationally.

The 103 acre campus is located in Azusa (pop.32k) situated in the foothills of the San Gabriel Valley, 26 miles northeast of Los Angeles.

School website
www.apu.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

Yes. Christian Interdenominational

Enrollment:

8,200

Getting In:

Moderately Difficult. SAT 25/75: 980-1200

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$32,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Business - Liberal Arts - Communication

Misc. Information

Head coach TJ Hardeman took over from Danelle Liles in 2007-08. Under Liles, Azusa Pacific had reeled off four consecutive 20+ winning seasons and four NAIA tournament appearances. Hardeman comes to Azusa Pacific after spending the past three seasons as the women’s head coach at conference rival Hope International where he put together one of the most remarkable turnarounds in conference history. Prior to taking over the Hope program, Hardeman spent 20 seasons at the prep level, serving 7 years at Paramount (Calif.) High before moving on to Troy High in Fullerton, Calif., where he coached for 13 more campaigns. While at Troy, he led the Warriors to the CIF playoffs 11 times. In TJ's inaugural season (2007-08), he led the Cougars went 24-8 mark but lost to Wiley in the first round of the NAIA I national tournament.

Team Name	Cougars
Colors	Orange and Black
Division	NAIA I
All-Time Record

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	24-8	24-8	24-10	104-59 (.638)
Conference	16-4	15-5	14-6	69-29 (.704)
Conf. Finish	3	3	2	4, 3, 5, 1, 1
Post Appear.	1st Rnd	1st Rnd	2nd Rnd	4x
Final 25 Rank	#9	#13	#10	3x

Coaches

Head Coach	T.J. Hardeman
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Azusa Pacific	2003-04
Contract Expires
Record as Head Coach	86-74 (.537)
Record at Azusa Pacific	24-8
Coaching Awards	GSAC COTY (06)

Asst. Coaches	Dan Ploog, Irene Kim, Megan Fate

Recruiting Coordinator

TJ Hardeman, (626) 815-5081 x5185, thardeman@apu.edu

Conference and Schedule

Azusa Pacific plays in the Golden State Athletic Conference (www.gsacsports.org) which his comprised of 11 teams all in California, all Christian based institutions. The GSAC is among the top NAIA I conferences in the nation. The Cougars will play each team twice, home and away. There is a two week break at Xmas. More often than not, league games are on Tuesday or Wednesday and Saturday evenings. The farthest away game is at Westmont, about 120 miles from campus. The winner of the regular season gets an automatic NAIA bid as does the winner of the eight-team GSAC tourney.

Conference Opponents

Westmont, Biola, California Baptist, San Diego Christian, Concordia, Fresno Pacific, Hope International, The Masters, Point Loma, and Vanguard.

Facilities

Felix Event Center
Capacity 3,500

Style/Stats

In 2005-06, Azusa Pacific was ranked #7 in offense, averaging 81 ppg. In 2006-07, they were ranked #13 at 77 ppg.