University of Central Arkansas

201 Donaghey Avenue - Conway, AR - 72035
Team Office: Tel: (501) 450-3252 Fax: (501) 450-5115
Team website: www.ucasports.com

Founded in 1907 as a teacher's college, Central Arkansas has retained that emphasis today. The university offers over 50 Bachelor's degrees and Master's degrees in more than 30 subject areas. It also offers a PhD in Physical Therapy and School Psychology. Other majors offered include Audiology, Medical Technology, Family & Consumer Sciences, Journalism, Occupational Therapy, Chiropratic, and Respiratory Therapy. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Central Arkansas #56 among universities in the south offreing a Master's degree.

The campus is located in Conway (pop.45k), about 30 miles north of Little Rock.

School website
www.uca.edu

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Most Popular Majors

Family/Consumer Sciences- Health Sciences- Biology

Misc. Information

Head coach Checola Seals-Horton enters her 4th season at Central Arkansas in 2007-08. In 2004-05, Seals took over from Ron Marvel whose teams won an average of 20 games per season during the last 23 years. Seals, a two-time All American, was an assistant under Marvel for five years. Seals, from England, holds nearly every offensive record at UCA, including career points (2,459). Her junior year she averaged 30 ppg. During her tenure as an assistant, the Sugar Bears were 110-41 and made three trips to the NCAA tourney. Prior to returning to UCA in 1999, Seals served as an assistant coach at West Alabama and St. Louis University and was head coach at Paschal High School in Forth Worth. In 2004-05, Seal's season debut, she led the Sugar Bears to a 28-7 record. In 2006, she turned in a 17-11 record but stumbled in 2007, going 14-14.

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

Coaches

Head Coach	Checola Seals-Horton
	Birthday: 1970-09-01
Started at Central Arkansas	2004-05
Contract Expires	July 2008
Record as Head Coach	59-32 (.648)
Record at Central Arkansas	59-32 (.648)
Coaching Awards	GSC West COTY (2005)
Asst. Coaches	Carone Harris, Tiffany Phillips. Audrey Seeger

Recruiting Coordinator

Jill Murders, Ph. (501) 450-3157, caroneh@uca.edu

Conference and Schedule

Central Arkansas plays in the Gulf South Conference (www.gulfsouthconference.org) which is the largest D2 conference in the nation, comprised of 18 teams from six southeastern states. The GSC is divided into two divisions and Central Arkansas plays in the West division. The 16 game conference schedule starts after January 1 with games often played on Monday and Thursday or Saturday evenings. Though there are two divisions, there is no cross-divisional play. The Sugar Bears will play each team twice in its own division. The farthest conference away game is at Delta State some 200 miles from campus. The season concludes with the Gulf South tourney where all members play a double round robin versus teams in their own division. The top four teams in each division advance to the single elimination tourney and the winner is an automatic NCAA bid.

Conference Opponents

East: West Florida, Valdosta St., West Alabama, North Alabama, West Georgia, U. Alabama-Huntsville, Mississippi-Women, Lincoln Memorial, and Montevallo. West: Arkansas Tech, Quachita Bapstist, Delta State, Christian Bros., Harding, Southern Arkansas, Henderson St., and U. Arkansas-Monticello

Facilities

Farris Center
Capacity 6,500 Average attendance: 870

Style/Stats

Prefers to run, score points in transition, and shoot the 3. Prefers man-to-man to zone offense; tenacious on defense, with alternating zone and man-to-man press coverage throughout the game.