Women's Basketball

Wingate University

P.O. Box 159 - Wingate, NC - 28174
Team Office: Tel: (704) 233-8172 Fax:
Team website: www.wingate.edu/athletics/home.asp

Wingate University offers more than 30 Bachelor degree programs and graduate courses in Business and Education as well as a Pharm D (Pharmacy). Other majors offered include Athletic Training and Sports Medicine, Community Organization and Advocacy, Music Management and Merchandising, and Parks, Recreation & Leisure Facilities Management. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Wingate in the fourth tier among liberal arts universities.

The campus is located in Wingate (pop.3k) about 25 miles from Charlotte.

School website
www.wingate.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

Baptist

Enrollment:

1,300

Getting In:

Moderately Difficult. SAT 25/75: 900-1110

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$25,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Business - Park and Rec - Communications

Misc. Information

Head coach Barbara Nelson enters her first season in 2007-08 and first as a collegiate head coach. Nelson takes over from Johnny Jacumin who, over 27 seasons, won 18 regular season or tournment titles, made 19 NAIA or NCAA appearances, and compiled twenty 20+ winning seasons. Nelson comes from the prep ranks where she was head varsity girls’ basketball coach at Providence Day School in Charlotte for 21 seasons. While there, she compiled a 437-176 record and garnered seven state high school championships. In 2006-07, the Lady Bulldogs finished with an overall record of 23-7 but fell in the first round of the NCAA tourney to Georgia College.

Team Name	Bulldogs
Colors	Navy Blue and Old Gold
Division	NCAA Division II
All-Time Record	591-218 (.730)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	23-7	25-7	21-11	92-50 (.648)
Conference	14-2	13-1	11-3	44-28 (.611)
Conf. Finish	1	1	1	1, 3, 6, 2, 5
Post Appear.	1st Rnd	Swt 16	n/a	NCAA 1x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	NR	?

Coaches

Head Coach	Barbara Nelson
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Wingate University	2007-08
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	0-0
Record at Wingate University	0-0
Coaching Awards	n/a

Asst. Coaches	Debra Savino, Brooke Wilkinson

Recruiting Coordinator

Barbara Nelson, (704) 233-8172, bnelson@wingate.edu

Conference and Schedule

Wingate plays in the South Atlantic Conference (www.thesac.com) which is comprised of nine religious-based schools from South Carolina, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Conference play begins in January and each opponent is played twice, home and away. League games are usually played on Wednesdays and Saturdays and are piggybacked with the men's. The farthest conference away game is at Carson-Newman about 230 miles from campus. The season concludes with the SAC conference which takes all eight teams with the winner receiving an automatic NCAA berth.

Conference Opponents

Carson-Newman, Presbyterian, Newberry, Catawba, Mars-Hill, Lenior-Rhyne, Lincoln Memorial, and Tusculum. Presbyterian will move from D2 to D1 in 2007-08.