Women's Basketball

Capital University

- Columbus, OH - 43209
Team Office: Tel: (614) 236-6551 Fax: (614) 236-6178
Team website: www.capitalcrusaders.net

Founded in 1830, Capital University is a mid-size liberal arts institution that offers over 40 Bachelor degree programs. Capital also offers graduate degrees in Taxation, Law, Business and Nursing. Women make up more than 60% of the student body. Capital's debate team is nationally recognized. Other majors offered include Art Therapy, Athletic Training and Sports Medicine, Criminology, Physical Education Teaching and Coaching, Piano and Organ, and Radio and Television. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Capital #17 among universities in the midwest offering a Master's degree.

Capital University is located in the middle of the state in Columbus (pop.725k).

School website
www.capital.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

Evangelical Lutheran

Enrollment:

4,000

Getting In:

Moderately difficult. ACT 25/75: 21-26

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$31,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Education- Health- Multi/interdisciplinary Studies

Misc. Information

Completing her 23rd season at Capital in 2007-08 is head coach Dixie Jeffers. Jeffers has brought national fame to herself and the university. Along with Washington University in Saint Louis, Capital has produced one of the winningest women's programs in the nation as attested by its 263-34 record during the 1990's -- the best among all D3 programs -- averaging 26 wins per season. Among active D3 coaches, Jeffers ranks among the top 10 in total victories and winning percentage. Through Jeffers tenure, the Crusaders have won the Ohio Athletic Conference regular season title eight times and made eleven NCAA appearances. In 1994 and 1995, Jeffers won back-to-back national coach of the year honors. Prior to coming to Capital in 1983-84, Jeffers was head coach at Rio Grande University (NAIA). In 2007-08, the Crusaders posted a 17-10 mark but did not make an NCAA appearance.

Team Name	Crusaders
Colors	Purple and White
Division	NCAA Division III
All-Time Record	577-155 (.788)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	17-10	20-7	26-4	87-40 (.685)
Conference	10-8	14-4	15-3	65-23 (.738)
Conf. Finish	4	2	2	3, 1, 5, 3, 2
Post Appear.	n/a	n/a	2nd Rnd	n/a
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	#9	NR

Coaches

Head Coach	Dixie Jeffers
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Capital	1983-84
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	535-149 (.782)
Record at Capital	483-228 (.679)
Coaching Awards	Nat'l COTY 2x, OAC COTY 3x

Asst. Coaches	Melissa Shininger, Jason Wright

Recruiting Coordinator

Dixie Jeffers (614) 236-6551, djeffers@capital.edu

Conference and Schedule

Capital plays in the Ohio Athletic Conference (www.oac.org) which is comprised of 10 schools, all in Ohio. The OAC is the third oldest conference in college athletics. Conference play, which consists of 18 games, can start in late November or early December. League games are usually played on Wednesday evenings and Saturday afternoons. Capital will play each team twice, home and away. Capital usually takes a two week break at Xmas. The season concludes with the OAC conference which takes the top eight teams with the winner receiving an automatic NCAA berth.

Conference Opponents

Baldwin-Wallace, Otterbein, Wilmington, Heidelberg, Mount Union, Marietta, John Carroll, Ohio Northern, and Muskingum.

Facilities

Capital Center
Capacity 2,100, Average attendance (?)