Women's Basketball

Vanguard University of Southern California

55 Fair Drive - Costa Mesa, CA - 92626
Team Office: Tel: (714) 556-3610 x206 Fax: (714) 668-6144
Team website: www.vanguard.edu/athletics/

Founded in 1920, Vanguard was originally established as a bible training institute. Vanguard offers over 30 Bachelor degrees with graduate programs in Religion, Education, and Clinical Psychology. Nearly two-thirds of those enrolled are women. Majors offered include Family and Marriage Counseling, Pastoral Studies, Radio and Television, and Film/Video Production. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Vanguard #4 among colleges in the west offering a Bachelor's degree.

The suburban 38 acre campus is located in Costa Mesa (pop. 108k) about 40 miles southeast of Los Angeles

School website
www.vanguard.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-educational, 64% women

Religious Affiliation:

Yes, Assemblies of God

Enrollment:

1,800

Getting In:

Minimally difficult. SAT 25/75: 880-1130

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$31,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Business - Psychology - Social Sciences

Misc. Information

Head coach Russ Davis completed his 12th year at Vanguard in 2007-08. Up until Davis's arrival in 1996-97, the women's program had losing seasons in 9 of the previous 12 years. Vanguard won three straight conference championships between 1998 and 2000 and averaged 27 wins per season before going 17-12 for both 2001 and 2002. Davis took Vanguard to the NAIA national tourney in 1997-98 - its first trip to the post season since the program's inception in 1985. Over the last six years, Vanguard has averaged 30 wins per season. Davis coached at the high school level before coming an assistant coach at Vanguard in 1995-96. A year later he was promoted to head coach. Davis went 29-5 in 2007-08 and won the NAIA I national championship by beating Tevecca Nazarene.

Team Name	Lions
Colors	Navy Blue and Gold
Division	NAIA I
All-Time Record	?

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	29-5	31-1	31-2	125-41 (.753)
Conference	18-2	20-0	20-0	77-21 (.785)
Conf. Finish	2	1	1	1, 1, 1, 3, 4
Post Appear.	Nat'l Ch	Final 4	Final 4	NAIA 5x
Final 25 Rank	#4	#1	#1	3x

Coaches

Head Coach	Russ Davis
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Vanguard	1996-97
Contract Expires	tbp
Record as Head Coach	318-82 (.795)
Record at Vanguard	318-82 (.795)
Coaching Awards	GSAC COTY (3x)

Asst. Coaches	John Barney, Lisa Faulkner

Recruiting Coordinator

Russ Davis, (714) 556-3610 x206, rdavis@vanguard.edu

Conference and Schedule

Vanguard plays in the highly competitive Golden State Athletic Conference (www.gsacsports.org) which his comprised of 11 teams, all in California, all Christian based institutions. The GSAC is among the top NAIA I conferences in the nation. The pre-season usually includes several D2 opponents. Confernence play can commence in late November or early December and teams play each other twice, home and away. Games are usually held on Tuesday and Saturday evenings. The farthest away game is at Westmont (Santa Barbara) about 140 miles from campus. The top eight teams in the conference are invited to the GSA postseason tourney with the winning team receiving an automatic bid to the NAIA national tourney..

Conference Opponents

Azusa Pacific, Biola, California Baptist, Christian Heritage, Concordia, Fresno Pacific, Hope International, The Masters, Point Loma, and Westmont.

Facilities

The Pitt
Capacity 1,200, Average attendance (?)

Style/Stats

In 2005-06, Vanguard was ranked #3 among NAIA I teams in scoring offense at 83.2 ppg. In 2006-07, they were again ranked #3 at 83.5. In 2006-07, they were ranked #6 in defense, holding opponents to 56.4 ppg.