Women's Basketball

Shawnee State University

- Portsmouth, OH - 45662
Team Office: Tel: (740) 351-3537 Fax: (740) 355-2381
Team website: www.shawnee.edu/off/athl/index.html

Previously a community college, Shawnee State became the state's thirteenth university in 1986. Shawnee State offers nearly 30 Bachelor degree programs and Associate degrees in another 20. Majors or programs offered include Occupational Therapy/Therapist, Radiation Biology/Radiobiology, Sport and Fitness Administration, Dental Hygiene/Hygienist, and Ceramics. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Shawnee State in the 4th tier among universities in the midwest offering a Bachelor's degree.

Shawnee State's 50-acre campus is situated between the Ohio River and downtown Portsmouth, Ohio (21k) near the Kentucky border and about 100 miles from either Columbus or Cinncinati.

School website
www.shawnee.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public, Co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

3,600

Getting In:

Not Difficult. ACT 25/75: 17-23

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$12,000
Out-of-State: ~$16,000

Most Popular Majors

Psychology - Business - Political Science

Misc. Information

Head coach Robin Hagen-Smith completed her 20th season at Shawnee State in 2007-08. Hagen-Smith has taken the Bears to the NAIA national tourney finishing with three Sweet Sixteen's, two Elite Eight's, one Final Four, and a National Championship in 1999. She has led the Bears to the conference championship in seven of the last twelve seasons. She has a career winning percentage of .798 and ranks among the top 10 active NAIA coaches. Robin has won 20 more games 16 times and four of those were 30 or more! Robin was a standout player at Rio Grande where she was inducted into their Hall of Fame. In 2007-08, the Bears finished with an overall record of 27-3 but lost in the first round of the NAIA tourney to Minot.

Team Name	Bears
Colors	Blue and Gray
Division	NAIA II
All-Time Record	?

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	27-3	19-13	25-8	128-33 (.795)
Conference	13-1	10-8	13-5	76-16 (.826)
Conf. Finish	1	4	2	3, 2, 2, 1, 1
Post Appear.	1st Rnd	n/a	1st Rnd	NAIA 5x
Final 25 Rank	#7	NR	#10	3x

Coaches

Head Coach	Robin Hagen-Smith
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Shawnee St	1988-89
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	504-127 (.798)
Record at Shawnee St	504-127 (.798)
Coaching Awards	AMC COTY 4x, NAIA Nat'l COTY (99), WBCA COTY (98)

Asst. Coaches	Gregg Smith, Kyle Copley

Recruiting Coordinator

Robin Hagen-Smith, (740) 351-3271, rhagen_smith@shawnee.edu

Conference and Schedule

Shawnee State plays in the American Mid East Conference (www.amcsports.edu) the largest and one of the most formidable conferences in the NAIA. The conference has recently expanded and is now comprised of schools outside of Ohio. There are now 20 teams in two divisions: North and South. Shawnee State plays in the South and plays each team twice in its own division, home and away. Conference play can begin in December but non-league opponents are mixed in until January. League games are often played on Tuesday and Saturdays and are piggybacked with the men's. The season concludes with the AMC tourney with the top AMC South team playing the top AMC North team to determine the overall AMC champion. Both of those teams get automatic berths in the NAIA II Tournament. The next four teams in each division square off with the tourney winner getting the third and final automatic berth in the NAIA II Tournament.

Conference Opponents

South: Walsh, Urbana, Malone, Cedarville, Tiffin, Rio Grande, Ohio Dominican, Wilberforce, and Mt. Vernon. North: Saint Vincent, Daemen, Roberts Wesleyan, Houghton, Geneva, Carlow, Seton Hill, Notre Dame, Point Park, and Ursuline

Facilities

Rhodes Center
Capacity 1,500, Average attendance: ?

Style/Stats

In 2005-06, Shawnee State was ranked #14 in offense among NAIA II programs, scoring 75.2 ppg.