Women's Basketball

University of Pittsburgh Johnstown

450 Schoolhouse Road - Johnstown, PA - 15904
Team Office: Tel: (814) 269-7173 Fax: (814) 269-2026
Team website: www.upj.pitt.edu/athletics

Pittsburgh at Johnstown is one of five campuses in the University of Pittsburgh system. This regional campus has been repeatedly recognized by US News as among the best comprehenisve colleges in the region for liberal arts and professional fields such as Business, Nursing, and Education. The university offers over 40 Bachelor degree programs. Majors offered include Environmental Science, Optometry, Journalism, International Relations, and Physical Therapy. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown # 26 among universities in the North offering a Bachelor's degree.

The campus is located in Johnstown (pop.40k), 70 miles east of Pittsburgh.

School website
www.upj.pitt.edu/

College Profile

Type:

Public, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

3,100

Getting In:

Not Difficult. SAT 25/75: 890-1110

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$17,000
Out-of-State: ~$26,000

Most Popular Majors

Business - Education - Engineering

Misc. Information

Head coach Sasha Palmer (formerly Sasha Leverentz) begins her first season in 2007-08 and first as a head coach. Palmer replaces Jodi Gault who completed her 25th season at Pittsburgh-Johnstown in 2006-07. Palmer has big shoes to fill. Gault produced .776 winning percentage, averaged over 21 wins, and made 16 NCAA appearances over the last 25 seasons. Since inception, the women's program has won 686 games against just 181 losses. Palmer spent four seasons as the assistant women’s coach at Shippensburg - a program also profiled at CBSAguide - where her duties included recruiting and working with the post players. A native of Watertown, Wisconsin, Palmer is a 2000 graduate of Northern Michigan where she had an outstanding playing career for the Wildcats. Palmer also played professionally in Europe. In 2006-07, Lady Cats finished at 21-8, their fifth consecutive 20+ winning season and advanced to the NCAA second round before getting beat by Indiana (PA).

Team Name	Lady Cats
Colors	Blue and Gold
Division	NCAA Division II
All-Time Record	686-181 (.791)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	21-8	20-7	21-6	104-36 (.743)
Conference	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Conf. Finish	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Post Appear.	2nd Rnd	n/a	n/a	NCAA 3x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	NR	?

Coaches

Head Coach	Sasha Palmer
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Pittsburgh-Johnstown	2007-08
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	0-0
Record at Pittsburgh-Johnstown	0-0
Coaching Awards	n/a

Asst. Coaches	Katie Rogers

Recruiting Coordinator

Katie Rogers, (814) 269-2032, karogers@pitt.edu

Conference and Schedule

After playing an independent schedule for several years, Pittsburgh-Johnstown joined the West Virigina Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (www.wviac.org) in 2006-07. It is one of the oldest D2 conferences. Of the 16 teams all except Pittsburgh-Johnstown and Seton Hill are from West Virginia. Conference play can start in early December though non-confernence opponents are scheduled until January. For 2006-07, the schedule will be mixed. The Lady Cats begin playing a league schedule and competing for conference championships in 2007-08. The WVIAC tourney takes all teams (top seed gets a first round bye) with the winner receiving an automatic berth in the NCAA tourney.

Conference Opponents

Charleston, W. Virginia Tech, Alderson-Boraddus, Bluefield St., Concord, Davis and Elkins, Fairmont St., Sheperd, W. Virginia St., Ohio Valley, W. Virginia Wesleyan, West Liberty St., Wheeling Jesuit, Seton Hill, Salem-Int'l and Glenville State.

Facilities

Sports Center
Capacity: 2,400. Average attendance: 160