Women's Basketball

Rollins College

1000 Holt Avennue - 2730 - Winter Park, FL - 32789
Team Office: Tel: (407) 646-2476 Fax: (407) 646-1562
Team website: www.rollins.edu/athletics/

Founded in 1885, Rollins College is the oldest four year institution in Florida. Located on the shores of Lake Virginia, Rollins offers 28 undergraduate and six graduate degree programs. Some of the programs offered include International Relations, Enviornmental Studies, Latin American Affairs, and Theatre Arts. Women make up nearly two-thirds of those enrolled. US News 2008 report on America's best colleges ranked Rollins #1 among universities in the south offering a Master's degree.

The campus located in the quaint community of Winter Park (pop. 27k) an attractive residential community adjacent to the city of Orlando; along the shores of Lake Virginia.

School website
www.rollins.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

2,300

Getting In:

Moderatey Difficult. SAT 25/75: 1090-1260

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$42,000
Out-of-State: same

Most Popular Majors

Social Sciences - Psychology - Visual and Performing Arts

Misc. Information

Head coach Glenn Wilkes, Jr. enters his 22nd season at Rollins in 2007-08. Wilkes arrived in 1986-87, inheriting a program that posted just 2 winning seasons in the previous 15 years. Wilkes has put Rollins College on the map, producing seventeen 20+ winning seasons in the last 21 years while averaging 22 wins per season. Over that time span, Wilkes has garnered seven first place finishes and made eight NCAA appearances. Wilkes played at Stetson and served as an assistant for one year after graduation. In 2006-07, the Tars went 24-7 but were beaten in the first round of the NCAA tourney by ArkansasTech.

Team Name	Tars
Colors	Blue and Gold
Division	NCAA Division II
All-Time Record

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	24-7	28-2	21-10	128-27 (.826)
Conference	13-3	16-0	9-7	58-12 (.829)
Conf. Finish	1	1	5	1, 3, 1, 1, 1
Post Appear.	1st Rnd	1st Rnd	1st Rnd	NCAA 4x
Final 25 Rank	NR	#8	NR	1x

Coaches

Head Coach	Glenn Wilkes
	Birthday: 1951-06-23
Started at Rollins College	1986-87
Contract Expires
Record as Head Coach	470-148 (.760)
Record at Rollins College	470-148 (.760)
Coaching Awards

Asst. Coaches	Eddie Cole, Tami Stark

Recruiting Coordinator

Glenn Wilkes, (407) 646-2476,

Conference and Schedule

Rollins plays in the Sunshine State Conference (www.ssconference.org) which is comprised of nine schools, all in Florida. Conference play starts in January. The 16 game schedule provides for playing each team twice, home and away. Games are typically played on Wednesday and Saturday evenings and are piggybacked with the men's. The season concludes with the Sunshine State Tourney which takes all nine teams with the winner receiving an automatic NCAA berth.

Conference Opponents

Barry, Eckerd, Florida Southern, Florida Institute of Technology, Lynn, Nova Southeastern, St. Leo, and Tampa

Facilities

Enyart Filedhouse
Capcity: 2,500

Style/Stats

In 2005-06, Rollins College was ranked #4 in defense, holding opponents to 47.9 ppg. In 2006-07, they were ranked #7 at 52.2.