Women's Basketball

Pacific Lutheran University

1010 122nd Street South - Tacoma, WA - 98447
Team Office: Tel: (253) 535-7353 Fax: (253) 535-7584
Team website: www.plu.edu/~athletic/

Pacific Lutheran was founded in 1890 by a group of mostly Norwegian Lutherans. PLU offers a liberal arts curriculum that includes over 40 Bachelor degree programs and four graduate programs in Business, Education, Nursing, and Marriage and Family Therapy. The university is particularly known for its music department and touring ensembles. Other majors offered include Scandinavian Studies, Computer and Information Sciences, Physical Education Teaching and Coaching, Women's Studies, Chinese Language and Literature, and Drama. Over 60% of those enrolled are women. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked PLU #13 among universities in the west offering a Master's degree.

The campus is located in Tacoma (pop. 195k) about 35 miles south of Seattle.

School website
www.plu.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

Lutheran

Enrollment:

3,642

Getting In:

Moderately Difficult. SAT 25/75: 970-1220

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$33,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Education - Business- Nursing

Misc. Information

Head coach Kelly Warnke completed her first season at Pacific Lutheran in 2007-08 and first as a head coach. Warnke takes over from Gil Rigell who in the previous 10 years produced a .742 winning percentage, captured five conference titles, and made six trips to the NCAA tourney. Warnke most recently served as an assistant coach at Baldwin-Wallace College - a program also profiled at CBSAguide. Warnke played on Wisconsin-Oshkosh's undefeated 1996 NCAA Division III national championship team and helped the Titans reach four straight NCAA tournaments. In her inaugural season, Warnke went 14-11.

Team Name	Lutes
Colors	Black and Gold
Division	NCAA Division III
All-Time Record	471-436 (.519)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	14-11	13-11	24-3	97-35 (.734)
Conference	7-9	8-8	14-2	61-16 (.792)
Conf. Finish	4	3	1	3, 3, 2, 1, 2
Post Appear.	n/a	n/a	Swt 16	NCAA 2x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	#15	0x

Coaches

Head Coach	Kelly Warnke
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Pacific Lutheran	2007-08
Contract Expires	Year-to-year
Record as Head Coach	14-11
Record at Pacific Lutheran	14-11
Coaching Awards	n/a

Asst. Coaches	Jamie Redd

Recruiting Coordinator

Kelly Warnke, (253) 535-7353, warnkekm@plu.edu

Conference and Schedule

Pacific Lutheran plays in the Northwest Conference (www.nwcsports.com) which is comprised of nine schools from Washington and Oregon. (The conference is made up of teams mostly affiliated with the NAIA's now defunct Evergreen Conference.) PLU plays each team twice, home and away. Conference play usually starts in January with games often played on Fridays and Saturdays. The farthest conference away game is at Whitworth some 290 miles from campus. Presenly, the Northwest Conference does not have a post season tourney, however, plans are underway to bring it back.

Conference Opponents

Pacific, Willamette, Lewis and Clark, Puget Sound, George Fox, Linfield, Whitworth, and Whitman.

Facilities

Olson Gym
Capacity 3,300, Average attendance: 600