Women's Basketball

Menlo College

1000 El Camino Real - Atherton, CA - 94027
Team Office: Tel: (650) 543-3770 Fax: (650) 543-3769
Team website: athletics.menlo.edu/

Menlo College (founded 1927) is a four-year liberal arts college in Atherton, California. Degree programs incorporate a management component into three majors - management, liberal arts and mass communication. The undergraduate education is built on a strong foundation of liberal arts courses, from literature to history to economics. The US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges did not rank Menlo School.

The sprawling campus is on the border of affluent Atherton and Menlo Park located in the heart of Silicon Valley. Stanford University is within walking distance.

School website
www.menlo.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

700

Getting In:

Moderately Difficult: SAT 25/75: 830-1050

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$38,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Business (83%) - Communications - Liberal Arts

Misc. Information

Head coach Caitlin Collier enters her 10th season at Menlo College in 2007-08. Collier initiated the women's basketball program upon her arrival in 1998-99. Over the last three seasons, Collier has averaged 23 wins per season and made two NAIA tourney appearances. Collier began her coaching career at her high school alma mater (Nevada Union in Reno) and was an assistant at Dominican University prior to coming to Menlo College. Collier, an outstanding prep player who had her high school jersey retired, attended/played at UC Davis. Her 2007 team garnered several accomplishments including most wins, second best defense among NAIA II schools, and went 16-0 in league play. She also picked up her second COTY honors. In 2006-07, Collier guided the Oaks to a 25-3 record but lost in the first round of the NAIA II tournament to Iowa Wesleyan. With only one graduating senior, look for a repeat performance in 2007-08.

Team Name	Oaks
Colors	Navy blue and white
Division	NAIA II
All-Time Record	158-82 (.658)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	25-3	25-4	19-9	71-61 (.542)
Conference	16-0	15-1	13-5	66-21 (.759)
Conf. Finish	1	1	?	?
Post Appear.	1st Rnd	2nd Rnd	n/a	n/a
Final 25 Rank	#7	#11	NR	NR

Coaches

Head Coach	Caitlin Collier
	Birthday: 1971-01-20
Started at Menlo	1998-99
Contract Expires
Record as Head Coach	158-82 (.658)
Record at Menlo	158-82 (.658)
Coaching Awards	Cal Pac COTY (2x)

Asst. Coaches	Shelley Stover, Maria Gomez, Ashlynn Dolcini

Recruiting Coordinator

Caitlin Collier, (650) 543-3770, ccollier@menlo.edu

Conference and Schedule

Menlo College 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 generally begins in January. Menlo 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 with the winner receiving an automatic berth in the NAIA tournament.

Conference Opponents

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

Facilities

Haynes-Prim Pavillion, Capacity: 900

Style/Stats

In 2006-07, the Oaks were second in scoring defense, limiting opponents to 49.6 ppg.