West Texas A&M University

P.O. Box 60907 - Canyon, TX - 79016
Team Office: Tel: (806) 651-2692 Fax: 806-651-2688
Team website: gobuffsgo.collegesports.com/

West Texas A&M was established in 1910 as a teacher's college and was formerly known as West Texas State. It now offers over 50 Bachelor degree programs and over 30 Master's with a primary liberal arts focus. The school prides itself in the fields of Education, Music and Dance, Agriculture, Business and Nursing. Other majors offered include Fire Fighting, Music Therapy, and Commercial and Advertising Art. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked West Texas A&M in the third tier among universities in the West offering a Master's degree.

West Texas A&M is located in the panhandle in the rural town of Canyon (pop. 13k) about 12 miles south of Amarillo (pop. 160k).

School website
www.wtamu.edu

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Most Popular Majors

Multi Disciplinary- Business - Liberal Arts

Misc. Information

Head coach Krista Gerlich enters her second season at West Texas A&M in 2007-08. Gerlich took over from Bob Schneider who coached the Lady Buffs for 25 seasons and made it one of the best D2 programs in the nation as attested by an overall won-loss record of 593-176. Prior to joining West Texas A&M, Gerlich spent the last three seasons as an assistant to Marsha Sharp at Texas Tech. During her time in Lubbock, Gerlich helped guide the Lady Raiders to two NCAA tournament appearances. Gerlich got her first coaching job at Lockney High School. During a stellar playing career at Texas Tech, Gerlich played shooting guard from 1989-93 and helped guide the squad to the 1993 National Championship. She also ranks third in assists and her number 21 was retired and now hangs in the rafters at the United Spirit Arena. Coming off a 28-4 mark in 2005-06, Gerlich proved she was the right person for the job, guiding the Lady Buffs to a 28-5 mark (14-0 in league) in 2006-07 and advanced to the Elite 8 of the NCAA tourney before falling to Clayton State.

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

Coaches

Head Coach	Krista Gerlich
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at West Texas A&M	2006-07
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	28-5
Record at West Texas A&M	28-5
Coaching Awards	N/A
Asst. Coaches	Kevin Baker, Vinay Patel

Recruiting Coordinator

Vinay Patel, (806) 651-2698, ladybuffhoops@yahoo.com

Conference and Schedule

West Texas plays in the Lone Star Conference (www.lonestarconference.org). The conference is comprised of 15 teams spread over three states (Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma) and is split into two divisions, north and south. West Texas plays in the South. The LSC is among the most respected D2 athletic conferences. Conference play can start in early December and generally includes teams from the north division. However, cross divisional games do not count in the conference standings. West Texas will play each team twice in its own division beginning in January plus several teams in the other division for a total of 18 games. League games are often played on Thursday and Saturday evenings. Games are usually piggybacked with the men's. The farthest conference away game is at ______some_____miles from campus. The season concludes with the LSC tourney which takes . . .(explain seeding)

Conference Opponents

South: Angelo State, Texas A&M-Commerce, Mid-Western State, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Eastern New Mexico, Texas Woman's, Abilene Christian. North: Northeastern State, Tarleton State, Central Oklahoma, East Central, Southwestern Oklahoma, Cameron, and Southeastern Oklahoma

Facilities

Event Center
Capacity 4,800, Average attendance: 1,000

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