Women's Basketball

Wheaton College

501 College Avenue - Wheaton, IL - 60187
Team Office: Tel: (630) 725-5736 Fax: (630) 725-7007
Team website: www.wheaton.edu/athletics

Founded in 1860, Wheaton is a private, liberal arts, interdenominational institution offering nearly 40 Bachelor degree programs as well as pre-law, pre-med, and pre-engineering programs. Wheaton also offers graduate degrees in Theology, Education, and Psychology. Other majors offered include Ancient Greek, Computer and Information Sciences, Environmental Science, and International Relations. Wheaton is often called the Harvard of evangelical colleges. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Wheaton 59th among liberal arts institutions.

The college is located in Wheaton (pop.50k) about 25 miles west of Chicago.

School website
www.wheaton.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

Christian, Evangelical

Enrollment:

2,400

Getting In:

Very Difficult. SAT 25/75: 1220-1460

Tuition + Room & Board:

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

Most Popular Majors

Social Sciences - Education- Theology

Misc. Information

Beth Baker completed her 22nd season in 2007-08 as Wheaton's all-time winningest coach. Baker has proudly kept the Wheaton winning tradition alive. Since the program's inception in 1960, Wheaton women have a .687 winning percentage. Baker's teams have accounted for more than half of those victories. Except for 2008, she has never had a losing season. Baker makes defense her top priority. During the 90's, Wheaton averaged 19 wins per season, finished 1st or 2nd in conference play six times, and made four consecutive NCAA appearances (96-99). A former player at Wheaton, Baker coached at the prep level before being given the head coaching job in 1986-87. In 2007-08, the Thunder went an uncharacteristic 12-13.

Team Name	The Thunder
Colors	Blue and Orange
Division	NCAA Division III
All-Time Record	656-298 (.687)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	12-13	20-8	25-5	103-27 (.792)
Conference	4-10	12-2	11-3	56-14 (.800)
Conf. Finish	6	1	1	1, 2, 3, 1, 2
Post Appear.	n/a	2nd Rnd	Swt 16	NCAA 1x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	#18	0x

Coaches

Head Coach	Beth Baker
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Wheaton (IL)	1986-87
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	405-166 (.709)
Record at Wheaton (IL)	405-166 (.709)
Coaching Awards	CCIW COTY 3x, IBCA D3 COTY 2x

Asst. Coaches	Kent Madsen

Recruiting Coordinator

Kent Madsen, (630) 752-7057, kent.r.madsen@wheaton.edu

Conference and Schedule

Wheaton plays in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (www.cciw.org.index) which is comprised of eight schools. The CCIW is generally considered one of the more competitive D3 conferences. League play can commence in early December with non-conference opponets mixed into the schedule. After a two week break, league plays picks back up in January. Wheaton plays each team twice, home and away, for a total of 14 games. Games are often played on Tuesday or Wednesday evenings and Saturday afternoons. The conference winner receives and automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Currently, the CCIW does not have a post season tournamnet.

Conference Opponents

Millikin, Illinois Wesleyan, North Park, North Central, Augustana, Carthage, and Elmhurst.

Facilities

King Arena
Capacity 2,650, Average attendance (?)

Style/Stats

In 2005-06, Wheaton was ranked #9 in defense, holding opponents to 50.4 ppg.