Women's Basketball

Shaw University

118 E. South - Raleigh, NC - 27601
Team Office: Tel: (919) 546-8597 Fax: (919) 546-8444
Team website: www.shawbears.com/

Shaw University, founded in 1865, is the first historically black college of the South. Shaw is a private, co-educational, liberal arts university affiliated with the Baptist Church. Majors offered include Education, Religious Studies, International Relations, African Studies, Therapeutic Recreation, and Computer Information Systems. US News 2008 Report on America's Best Colleges ranked Shaw in the 4th tier among universities in the south offering a Bachelor's degree.

Shaw University is located in Raleigh (pop.300k).

School website
www.shawuniversity.edu

College Profile

Type:

private, co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

Baptist

Enrollment:

2,100

Getting In:

Not Difficult: SAT 25/75: 630-840

Tuition + Room & Board:

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

Most Popular Majors

Business - Security/Protective Services - Social Sciences

Misc. Information

Head coach Jacques Curtis enters his eighth season at Shaw University in 2007-08. Inheriting a program that was DOA in 2000-01, Curtis struggled his first two seasons but has since produced one of the most potent D2 programs in the nation. Over the last five seasons Curtis has led the Lady Bears to a 133-19 record, won 71 of 74 league games, made four NCAA tournament appearances, and was nationally ranked among the top 20 teams four times! Shaw began his coaching career as an assistant for Shaw's men's program. From there, he took the head men's coaching position at his alma mater, Savannah State, before coming back to Shaw to guide the women. In 2006-07, he led his team to a 14-6 record.

Team Name	Lady Bears
Colors	Maroon and White
Division	NCAA Division II
All-Time Record

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	14-6	29-5	32-2	84-60 (.583)
Conference	8-2	16-0	16-0	45-29 (.608)
Conf. Finish	1	1	1	1, 1, 3, 4, 6
Post Appear.	n/a	Elite 8	Elite 8	NCAA 2x
Final 25 Rank	NR	#21	#3	2x

Coaches

Head Coach	Jacques Curtis
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Shaw	2000-01
Contract Expires
Record as Head Coach	TBD
Record at Shaw	153-52 (.746)
Coaching Awards

Asst. Coaches	Charrisse Perry, LaTasha Shipman, Ebony Tanner

Recruiting Coordinator

Jacques Curtis, (919) 546-8597, jcurtis@shawu.edu

Conference and Schedule

Shaw belongs to the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (www.theciaa.com), the oldest African-American athletic conference in the United States. The CIAA is comprised of 11 teams from Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina. The conference is divided into two divisions, east and west. Shaw plays in the more competitive eastern division. Shaw will begin conference play in January and plays each team in its own division twice, home and away, and teams in the west once for a total of 16 games. The CIAA's annual basketball tournament is the third most attended athletic event in collegiate sports after the Atlantic Coast Conference and Big East tournaments.

Conference Opponents

West: Fayetteville St, Johnson Smith, Livingston, North Carolina Central, and Saint Augustine. East: Virginia Union, Elizabeth City St., Saint Paul's, Bowie State, Columbia Union, and Virginia St.

Facilities

Spaulding Gym
Capacity: 1,000