Women's Basketball

Baldwin-Wallace College

257 Eastland Road - Berea, OH - 44017
Team Office: Tel: (440) 826-3299 Fax: (440) 826-6980
Team website: www.bw.edu/athletics

Founded in 1845, Baldwin-Wallace is a private liberal arts institution offering over 30 Bachelor degrees and Masters degrees in Business and Education. It is home to the Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music, an internationally renowned music school. Not surprisingly, it is strong in Musical Theatre, Music Therapy and Music Performance. Majors offered include Broadcast Journalism, Theatre Arts, Family & Consumer Sciences, International Relations, and Physical Education Teaching and Coaching. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked B-W #12 among universities in the midwest offering a Master's degree.

Baldwin-Wallace is located in Berea (pop.20k) about 30 miles from Cleveland.

B-W places great emphasis on the academic performance of its players with its women's basketball team frequently ranked among the top 20 programs having the highest GPA.

School website
www.bw.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

Yes

Enrollment:

4,600

Getting In:

Moderately difficult. ACT 25/75: 21-26

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$30,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Business - Education - Psychology

Misc. Information

Head coach Cheri Harrer completed her 18th season at Baldwin-Wallace in 2007-08. B-W's all time winningest coach, Harrer inherited a mediocre, middle of the pack program and has turned it into one deserving of national recognition. Over the last 18 seasons, Harrer has guided her teams to ten NCAA post season appearances. Since the mid-90's, however, Harrer has been even more impressive, rolling up eleven 20+ winning seasons. Harrer, a four-year starter and NAIA All- American at University of Findlay, coached at Bowling Green State University, Bluffton College, and Findlay prior to arriving at Baldwin-Wallace in 1990-91. In 2007-08, the Yellow Jackets went 27-3 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA tourney before falling to Hope.

Team Name	Yellow Jackets
Colors	Brown and Gold
Division	NCAA Division III
All-Time Record	497-341 (.593)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	27-3	19-7	27-5	118-25 (.825)
Conference	16-2	13-5	17-1	77-12 (.865)
Conf. Finish	1	3	1	1, 1, 2, 2, 1
Post Appear.	2nd Rnd	n/a	Elite 8	NCAA 3x
Final 25 Rank	#13	#23	#10	2x

Coaches

Head Coach	Cheri Harrer
	Birthday: 1963-06-07
Started at Baldwin-Wallace	1990-91
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	374-129 (.743)
Record at Baldwin-Wallace	374-129 (.743)
Coaching Awards	Ohio Women's Basketball COTY (00)

Asst. Coaches	Jim Verba, Sean Strickland, Dale Morse

Recruiting Coordinator

Cheri Harrer, (440) 826-3299, charrer@bw.edu

Conference and Schedule

Baldwin-Wallace plays in the Ohio Athletic Conference (www.oac.org) which is comprised of ten teams, all located in Ohio. The OAC is the third oldest conference in college athletics. Conference play can begin in late November or early December with games often played on Wednesday evenings and Saturday afternoons. B-W will play each team twice, home and away, for a total of 18 games. The farthest confernce game is in Wilmington, some 200 miles from campus. The season concludes with the OAC tourney which takes the top eight teams with the winner receiving an automatic NCAA berth.

Conference Opponents

Capital, Otterbein, Heidelberg, Wilmington, Mount Union, Marietta, John Carroll, Ohio Northern, and Muskingum

Facilities

Ursprung Gym
Capacity 2,800, Average attendance: 450