Women's Basketball

Holy Names University

3500 Mountain Blvd - Oakland, CA - 94619
Team Office: Tel: (510) 436-1000 Fax: (510) 436-1199
Team website: www.hnu.edu/athletics/

Founded in 1868, Holy Names University is a small, catholic liberal arts institution offering nearly 20 Bachelor degree programs and a dozen graduate degrees. Majors offered include Music, Family Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner, and Business. US News 2007 Report on America's Best Colleges ranked Holy Names in third tier among universities in the west offering Masters degrees.

The 60 acre campus is located in the hills of Oakland (pop.400k) across the bay from San Francisco.

School website
www.hnu.edu/home.html

College Profile

Type:

Private, co-educational, 78% women

Religious Affiliation:

Yes, Catholic

Enrollment:

800

Getting In:

Moderately Difficult, 62% accepted.SAT 25/75: 950-1030

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$30,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Nursing - Business - Psychology

Misc. Information

Steve Spencer completed his fourth year as head coach with HNU in 2007-08. Spencer took over from Dennis James who moved over to coach the men's team. While new to the position, Spencer is familiar with the program having served as the top assistant under Jones for five years. Under James, Holy Names won six consecutive Cal Pac championships and appeared in six straight NAIA tournament games, giving national acclaim to this small San Francisco Bay area college. Spencer spent the 2003-04 season as the head women's basketball coach at the University of California at Santa Cruz, a NCAA Division III Independent. In addition to his coaching duties, Spencer serves as the department's Director of Sports Information. Spencer played his college ball at Mendocino College in Ukiah, CA. In 2007-08, the Hawks went 19-14.

Team Name	Hawks
Colors	Red, Black and White
Division	NAIA II
All-Time Record	312-136 (.696)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	19-14	13-12	20-11	138-32 (.811)
Conference	14-2	13-3	13-3	71-3 (.959)
Conf. Finish	1	2	2	2, 1, 1, 1, 1
Post Appear.	n/a	n/a	2nd Rnd	NAIA 5x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	NR	5x

Coaches

Head Coach	Steve Spencer
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Holy Names	2004-05
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	79-44 (.642)
Record at Holy Names	79-44 (.642)
Coaching Awards	n/a

Asst. Coaches	Marcie Haduca

Recruiting Coordinator

Steve Spencer, Ph. (510) 436-1583, spencer@hnu.edu

Conference and Schedule

Holy Names plays in the California Pacific Conference or Cal Pac (www.calpacathletics.org) which is comprised of ten teams, all in California. Members include schools in the California State University system as well as religious and liberal arts colleges. Conference play begins in January after a two week break at Xmas. Holy Names will play each team twice, home and away. Games are typically played on Fridays and Saturdays and are piggybacked with the men's. The season concludes with the Cal Pac conference which . . (tbp, explain seeding)

Conference Opponents

Simpson, Dominican, CSU-East Bay, CSU-Maritime, Menlo, Mills, Pacific Union, William Jessup, and Bethany.

Facilities

Tobin Hall
Capacity 500, Average attendance (?)

Style/Stats

In 2005-06, Holy Names was ranked #19 in defense among NAIA II programs, limiting opponents to 58.3 ppg.