Women's Basketball

Howard Payne University

1000 Fisk St - Brownwood, TX - 76801
Team Office: Tel: (325) 649-8110 Fax: (325) 649-8920
Team website: www.hpusports.com/

Founded in 1889 by a Baptist minister, Howard Payne University is a private 4-year institution offering over 50 majors, minors, and pre-professional programs. Among those majors offered: Christian Studies, Multi-Media Communications, Criminal Justice, Business, and Athletic Training. US News 2008 Report on America's Best Colleges ranked Howard Payne #14 among universities in the west offering a Bachelor's degree.

The campus is located in Brownwood (pop.20k).

School website
www.hputx.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

Baptist

Enrollment:

1,400

Getting In:

Moderately Difficult. SAT 25/75: 906-1176

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$19,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Education - Communications - Theology

Misc. Information

Head coach Joshua Prock begins his first season at Howard Payne in 2008-09. Prock took over from Chris Kielsmeir who through 8 seasons produced a 176-47 record including winning the D3 national championship in 2008. Prock spent seven years as an assistant coach for the University of Oklahoma men’s basketball team. After leaving Oklahoma he spent one season as an assistant at Kentucky Wesleyan University before his most current position as an assistant at Ryan high school in Denton, Texas. In 2007-08, the Lady Jackets produced a perfect 33-0 record, beating Messiah for the D3 title.

Team Name	Lady Jackets
Colors	Old Gold and Navy Blue
Division	NCAA Division III
All-Time Record

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	33-0	28-2	24-5	91-40 (.694)
Conference	21-0	20-1	19-3	58-22 (.725)
Conf. Finish	1	1	2	2, 2, 3, 2, 3
Post Appear.	Nat'l Ch	Swt 16	2nd Rnd	NCAA 1x
Final 25 Rank	#1	#3	#19	0

Coaches

Head Coach	Joshua Prock
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Howard Payne	2008-09
Contract Expires
Record as Head Coach	0-0
Record at Howard Payne	0-0
Coaching Awards	n/a

Asst. Coaches	Linda Hatfield

Recruiting Coordinator

Linda Hatfield, (325) 649-8306, lhatfield@hputx.edu

Conference and Schedule

Howard Payne competes in the American Southwest Conference (www.americansouthwestconf.org) or ASC which is comprised of 16 schools in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi. The ASC is split into two divisons. HPU plays in the Western division. HPU will play each team in the West twice and each school from the East once, however, only those games played against western division opponents count in the standings. League play can start in late November or early December though non-league opponents are scheduled in until January. Conference games are usually piggyback with the men's and played on Thursdays and Saturdays. The season concludes with the ASC tourney which includes the top four teams from each division with initial bracketing pitting east v. west. The eventual winner is an automatic qualifier to the NCAA tourney.

Conference Opponents

East: Mississippi College, Ozarks, Austin, Texas-Dallas, Texas-Tyler, East Texas Baptist, Le Tourneau, Louisina College. West: Mary Hardin Baylor, Texas Luthern, Concordia-Austin, Hardin Simmons, Sul Ross St., Schreiner, and McMurry.

Facilities

Brownwood Coliseum
Capacity: 5,500

Style/Stats

In 2005-06, Howard Payne was ranked # 19 in defense, holding opponents to 52.4 ppg. In 2006-07, they were ranked #1 at 45 ppg. They were also ranked #18 in offense, averaging 73.9 ppg.