Women's Basketball

Bowdoin College

5000 College Station - Brunswick, ME - 04011
Team Office: Tel: (207) 725-3649 Fax: (207) 725-3019
Team website: www.bowdoin.edu/athletics/

Bowdoin offers a traditional liberal arts curriculum offering over 30 Bachelor degrees including Envionmental Studies, Archeology, African Studies, and Russian. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Bowdoin #7 among the nation's liberal arts institutions.

Bowdoin's 110-acre campus is a brief walk from downtown Brunswick (pop. 22k), Maine. The town is 25 miles from Portland, and approximately 120 miles from Boston.

School website
www.bowdoin.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

1,600

Getting In:

Most Difficult. SAT25/75: 1300-1480

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$46,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Political Science/Gov't - Economics- English

Misc. Information

Head coach Adrienne Shibles begins her first season at Bowdoin in 2008-09. Shibles took over from Stefanie Pemper who through 10 seasons compiled a sterling 235-48 record. A 1991 graduate of Bates College, Shibles was a two-time captain of the women's basketball team and a 1,000-point scorer. Shibles was the head coach at Swarthmore (Pa.) College from 1996-2005. In her last five seasons at Swarthmore, Shibles averaged over 19 wins per year. In 2007-08, the Polar Bears went 19-9 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA tourney before getting beat by Amherst.

Team Name	Polar Bears
Colors	White
Division	NCAA Division III
All-Time Record	518-251 (.673)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	19-9	29-2	27-3	129-17 (.883)
Conference	6-3	9-0	8-1	42-4 (.913)
Conf. Finish	2	1	1	1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Post Appear.	2nd Rnd	Elite 8	Elite 8	NCAA 5x
Final 25 Rank	NR	#1	#7	2x

Coaches

Head Coach	Adrienne Shibles
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Bowdoin	2008-09
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	138-96 (.590)
Record at Bowdoin	0-0
Coaching Awards	WBCA District 4 COTY

Asst. Coaches	Allison Smith

Recruiting Coordinator

Adrienne Shibles, Ph. (207) 725-3649, ashibles@bowdoin.edu

Conference and Schedule

Bowdoin plays in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (www.nescac.com) consisting of eleven highly selective liberal arts colleges located in New England and New York. Several of the colleges in this conference are sometimes referred to as the Little Ivies. League play starts in January with games often played on Friday evenings and Saturday afternoons. There is a two-three week break at Xmas. The farthest conference away game is at Middlebury, some 300 miles from campus. The top seven teams qualify for the NESCAC tourney; single elimination, top seed hosts, first place team receives first round bye, with the winner receiving an automatic bid the to the NCAA tourney.

Conference Opponents

Amherst, Bates, Colby, Connecticut College, Hamilton Middlebury, Trinity, Tufts, Wesleyan, and Williams

Facilities

Morrell Gym
Capacity 2,000. Average attendance: 1,250

Style/Stats

In 2005-06, Bowdoin was ranked #7 in defense, limiting opponents to 50.3 ppg. In 2006-07, they were ranked #2 at 47.6.