Women's Basketball

State University of NY: Cortland

P.O. Box 2000 - Cortland, NY - 13045
Team Office: Tel: (607) 753-5788 Fax: (607) 753-4929
Team website: http://www.cortlandreddragons.com/

Founded in 1868, SUNY Cortland was originally established as a state teacher's college. Today it retains that focus and is hme to the largest teacher education program in the Northeast and 9th largest in the U.S. offers over 50 Bachelor degree programs and nearly 20 Masters, the majority of which are in the education field. Some of the undergraduate majors offered include Athletic Training/Trainer, Early Childhood Education and Teaching, Film/Cinema Studies, African-American/Black Studies, International/Global Studies, and Recreation and Leisure Studies. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked SUNY:Cortland #70 mong universities in the north offering a Master's degree.

The campus is located in the traditional college town of Cortland (20k), about 50 miles from Syracuse. The College's main campus covers 191 acres.

SUNY Cortland is one of only six universities in the U.S. to have finished every year among the Top 20 NCAA Division III programs in the Sears Director' Cup.

School website
www.cortland.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public, co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

6,500

Getting In:

Moderately Difficult. SAT 25/75: 980-1130

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$12,000
Out-of-State: ~$18,000

Most Popular Majors

Education - Physical Ed - Communication- Reading Teacher Education

Misc. Information

Head coach Jeanette Yeoman completed her 10th season at SUNY Cortland in 2007-08. In 2000-01 she guided the Red Dragons to a school best 27-3 record and the program's first NCAA Sweet 16 appearance since 1992. In her short tenure, Yeoman has won seven conference titles and made five NCAA appearances. Prior to her arrival in 1998-99, Yeoman served as head women's basketball coach at Alfred University (D3). A 1990 alumna of St. Joseph's College (IN), Yeoman graduated as the school's all-time leading scorer with 2,280 points. In 2007-08, Yeoman produced a 24-6 record but did not earn an NCAA bid.

Team Name	Red Dragons
Colors	Red and White
Division	NCAA Division III
All-Time Record	448-176 (.717)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	24-6	26-3	23-5	106-35 (.751)
Conference	12-4	15-1	15-1	69-14 (.831)
Conf. Finish	1	1	1	3, 1, 4, 2, 1
Post Appear.	n/a	2nd Rnd	1st Rnd	NCAA 2x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	NR	0x

Coaches

Head Coach	Jeanette Yeoman
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at SUNY College Cortland	1998-99
Contract Expires	tbp
Record as Head Coach	263-119 (.688)
Record at SUNY College Cortland	230-54 (.809)
Coaching Awards	SUNYAC COTY (00), BCANY COTY 3x

Asst. Coaches	Chrissy DeHay

Recruiting Coordinator

Jeannette Yeoman, (607) 753-5788, yeomanj@cortland.edu

Conference and Schedule

Cortland plays in the State University New York Athletic Conference or SUNYAC (www.sunyac.com) which is comprised of 11 public universites, all from New York state. League play can commence in early December and games are usually piggybacked with the men's. Cortland plays about half the teams twice and the remainder once. The 16 league games are typically on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. The farthest conference away game is at Plattsburg, some 300 miles from campus. The season concludes with the SUNYAC tourney which takes the top eight teams with first round byes for the top four. The tournament winner receives the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Div. III playoffs.

Conference Opponents

Oneonta, Geneseo, Buffalo, Fredonia, New Paltz, Plattsburg, Brockport, Oswego, Potsdam and SUNYIT

Facilities

Corey Gym
Capacity 3,500, Average attendance ?