Women's Basketball

Fontbonne University

6800 Wydown Blvd - St. Louis, MO - 63105
Team Office: Tel: (314) 889-1413 Fax: (314) 889-4524
Team website: http://www.fontbonne.edu/athletics/teams/

Founded in 1923 by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, Fontbonne College offers nearly 30 programs including its nationally acclaimed deaf education program. Other majors offered include Fine Arts, Dietetics, Peforming Arts, Biotechnology, and Communication Disorders. Its deaf education program is nationally renowned. Women comprise nearly 3/4 of the student body. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Fontbonne in the third tier among colleges in the midwest offering a Master's degree.

The campus is located Clayton, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis (pop. 350k).

School website
www.fontbonne.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

Catholic

Enrollment:

2,300

Getting In:

Minimally Difficult. ACT 25/75: 18-23

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$25,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Business (43%) - Organization Behavorial Studies - Education

Misc. Information

Head coach Keith Quigley completed his 12th year at Fontbonne in 2007-08. Quigley, a former men's basketball players at Fontbonne, took over the reins of the women's program in 1996-97 after serving one year as an assistant for the men's program. During his tenure, Quigley has averaged 17 wins per season while posting five 20+ wins while in the process picking up five COTY awards and five conference championships. In league play, Quigley sports a 100-20 record over the last eight years. In 2000, 2001, and 2003 the Lady Griffins made their only three NCAA appearances under Quigley. After several sub-par seasons, Lady Griffins appear to be headed in the right direction, going 17-10 in 2007-08.

Team Name	Lady Griffins
Colors	Purple and Gold
Division	NCAA Division III
All-Time Record

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	17-10	14-12	13-13	89-39 (.695)
Conference	13-3	13-5	10-4	59-9 (.867)
Conf. Finish	2	2	3	4, 2, 1, 2, 1
Post Appear.	n/a	n/a	n/a	NCAA 2x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	NR	n/a

Coaches

Head Coach	Keith Quigley
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Fontbonne	1996-97
Contract Expires
Record as Head Coach	207-100 (.674)
Record at Fontbonne	207-100 (.674)
Coaching Awards	SLIAC COTY 5x

Asst. Coaches	Maureen Roberts,Greta Grothe

Recruiting Coordinator

Keith Quigley, (314) 889-1413, kquigley@fontbonne.edu

Conference and Schedule

Fontbonne is a member of the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (www.sliac.org) which is currently comprised of ten schools located Missouri and Illinois. Among D3 conferences, it is not considered that formidable. Fontbonne will play each team twice, home and away, beginning in January with league games usually played on Wednesdays and Saturdays and piggybacked with the men's. The season concludes with the SLIAC post season tournament which includes the top four teams, single elimination, with the winner an automatic qualifier to the NCAA tournament.

Conference Opponents

Blackburn, Eureka, Lincoln Christian, Maryville, Principia, Webster, Westminster, MacMurray, and Greenville.

Facilities

Maybee Gym
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