Women's Basketball

Lakeland College

P.O. Box 359 - Sheboygan, WI - 53082
Team Office: Tel: (920) 565-1222 Fax: (920) 565-1399
Team website: www.lakeland.edu/Athletics

Founded in 1862, Lakeland College is a liberal arts institution that offers 25 Bachelor degree programs and graduate programs in Education, Business, and Theology. The majority of students are business majors. Over 60% of those enrolled are women. Other majors offered include Creative Writing, Religious Studies, and Kinesiology and Exercise Science. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Lakeland in the fourth tier among universities in the midwest offering a Master's degree.

The campus is located in the city of Sheboygan (pop. 50k) which is on Lake Michigan and about 60 miles north of Milwaukee.

School website
www.lakeland.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

United Church of Christ

Enrollment:

3,300

Getting In:

Moderately difficult. ACT 25/75: 18-23

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$24,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Business (68%) - Computer Science - Education

Misc. Information

Head coach Teri Johnson enters her first season in 2007-08. Teri replaces April Arvan, Lakeland's most successful coach, who captured eight Lake Michigan Conference (LMC) titles, made five NCAA appearances, and averaged 20 wins per season during her 13 year tenure. Johnson comes from MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Ill., where she was head coach for the past two seasons. Prior to that, she was an assistant coach at Augustana College. Johnson was a Lakeland basketball standout during her career from 1996-2000, and she still ranks sixth in the record books for career assists with 282. She was a four-year starter and a member of Lakeland's first-ever NCAA Tournament qualifier in 1998-99. In 2006-07, the Muskies finished with a 15-11 overall.

Team Name	Muskies
Colors	Navy 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	15-11	21-8	18-10	113-25 (.818)
Conference	12-7	13-3	10-4	54-6 (.900)
Conf. Finish	4	1	2	1, 2, 1, 1, 1
Post Appear.	n/a	1st Rnd	n/a	NCAA 3x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	NR	NR

Coaches

Head Coach	Teri Johnson
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Lakeland College	2007-08
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	15-42 (.263)
Record at Lakeland College	0-0
Coaching Awards	n/a

Asst. Coaches	tbp

Recruiting Coordinator

Teri Johnson, (920) 565-1564, johnsonts@lakeland.edu

Conference and Schedule

Lakeland plays in the newly formed Northern Athletic Conference (comprised of former teams from the Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference and Lake Michigan Conference). The NAC (http://northernathleticsconf.com) consists of 12 colleges and universities from the shared-border states of Illinois and Wisconsin. Currently, teams play an 18 game schedule playing seven teams 2x and three teams 1x with one or two games during the week and a game on Saturday. The league schedule starts in December. Teams in the NAC will be eligible for automatic NCAA postseason berths in 2008-09. For the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons the NAC will gain access to the NCAA postseason through both independent (Pool B) and at-large (Pool C) berths.

Conference Opponents

Alverno College, Aurora University, Concordia University-River Forest, Concordia University-Wisconsin, Dominican University, Edgewood College, Benedictine University, Maranatha Baptist Bible College, Marian College, Rockford College and Wisconsin Lutheran College.

Facilities

Wehr Center
Capacity 1,200, Average attendance: ?

Style/Stats

in 2005-06, Lakeland was ranked # 2 in defense, limiting opponents to 48.2 ppg.