Women's Basketball

Northern Kentucky University

Nunn Drive - Highland Heights, KY - 41099
Team Office: Tel: (859) 572-5195 Fax: (859) 572-5427
Team website: www.nku.edu/~athletics/

Northern Kentucky is the youngest of Kentucky's eight state universities. Founded in 1968, NKU is now the second largest university in the Cincinnati area. NKU offers a broad range of programs emphasizing the traditional liberal arts, professional, and career studies. Nearly 50 Bachelor degrees and seven Master degree programs are offered as well as a JD in law. Other majors offered include Aviation, Commercial and Advertising Art, Criminal Justice, Journalism, Nursing, Physical Education Teaching and Coaching, Radio and Television, and Respiratory Therapy. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Northern Kentucky in the third tier among universities in the south offering a Master's degree.

The campus is located in Highland Heights (pop. 7k) just minutes from the Ohio border and the city of Cincinnati.

School website
www.nku.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

14,000

Getting In:

Not difficult. ACT 25/75: 18-23

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$11,000
Out-of-State: ~$15,000

Most Popular Majors

Business - Education - Health

Misc. Information

One of the top coaches in women's D2, head coach Nancy Winstel enters her 25th season at NKU in 2007-08. Winstel, who has never had a losing season, averages 22 wins per season, maintains a .720 career winning percentage, and has captured five COTY awards. Among active D2 coaches, she ranks 6th in total victories. In 24 years, she has made 17 NCAA appearances, been nationally ranked 16 times, and won or shared in nine conference championships. In 1999-00, she guided the Norse to the national championship. A former player at NKU, Winstel's first head coaching job was at Midway College (NAIA). After serving as an assistant coach at NKU for two seasons, Winstel was promoted to the top job in 1983-84. In 2006-07 the Norse went 21-8 but lost in the first round of the NCAA tourney to Ferris State.

Team Name	Norse
Colors	Gold, White and Black
Division	NCAA Division II
All-Time Record	693-269 (.720)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	21-8	27-5	16-12	126-33 (.792)
Conference	14-5	16-3	13-7	80-20 (.800)
Conf. Finish	2	1	5	5, 2, 1, 1, 1
Post Appear.	1st Rnd	2nd Rnd	n/a	NCAA 5x
Final 25 Rank	#24	#22	NR	?

Coaches

Head Coach	Nancy Winstel
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Northern Kentucky	1983-84
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	559-217 (.720)
Record at Northern Kentucky	520-176 (.747)
Coaching Awards	GLVC COTY 5x

Asst. Coaches	Matt Schmidt, Danielle Zimmerman

Recruiting Coordinator

Matt Schmidt, (859) 572-6538, schmidtm1@nku.edu

Conference and Schedule

Northern Kentucky plays in the Great Lakes Valley Conference (www.glvcsports.com). The GLVC is one of the premier D2 conferences. The GLVC is comprised of 14 teams in five states. The league is split into two divisions. NKU competes in the east. The Norse will play each team in its division twice and each team from the other division once for a total of 19 games. NKU may begin playing conference opponents in late November or early December but only consistently after January 1. Each opponent is played twice, home and away, with games often played on Thursdays and Saturdays. It is common for league games to be piggybacked with the men's. The season concludes with the GLVC tourney which takes the top eight teams with the winner receiving an automatic NCAA berth.

Conference Opponents

West: Rockhurst, Drury, Southern Indiana, Missouri-St. Louis, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, Quincy and Missouri-Rolla. East: Kentucky Wesleyan, Saint Joseph's, Bellarmine, Lewis, Indianapolis, U. of Wisconsin-Parkside.

Facilities

Regents Hall
Capacity: 1, 685. Average attendance: 525