Women's Basketball

Seattle Pacific University

3307 Third Avenue West - Seattle, WA - 98119
Team Office: Tel: (206) 281-2851 Fax: (206) 281-2266
Team website: www.spu.edu/depts/athletics/

Founded in 1891, Seattle Pacific is a Christian liberal arts institution offering over 60 Bachelor degree programs and 11 Master's and pre-professional programs (law and medicine). Women make up 2/3 of the student body. Majors offered include Russian Literature, Missionary Studies, Drama, Physical Education Teaching and Coaching, Marine Biology, and Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Seattle Pacific #14 among universities in the West offering a Master's degree.

SPU is located in Seattle (pop.500k).

School website
www.spu.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

Yes, Free Methodist

Enrollment:

3,600

Getting In:

Moderately difficult. SAT 25/75: 1050-1280

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$33,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Business - Social Sciences- Psychology

Misc. Information

Judy Van Beek enters her third season as Seattle Pacific's head coach in 2007-08. Van Beek took over from Gordy Presnell who became head coach at Bosie State. Under Presnell, the Falcons never had a losing season and made 13 NCAA tournament appearances in 18 seasons. Van Beek comes from Trevecca Nazarene where over nine years she posted a 162-119 record. Prior to that, Van Beek was an assistant for Oklahoma’s Southern Nazarene. Van Beek's inaugural season (2005-06) was impressive, going 24-6 and advancing to the Sweet 16 before being upended by Chico State. In 2006-07, she led the Falcons to a 20-9 record and second round NCAA appearance before losing to Cal State Chico.

Team Name	Falcons
Colors	Maroon and White
Division	NCAA Division II
All-Time Record	542-343 (.612)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	20-9	24-6	30-3	126-20 (.863)
Conference	12-4	16-2	17-1	80-13 (.860)
Conf. Finish	1	2	1	1, 1, 1, 1, 3
Post Appear.	2nd Rnd	Swt 16	Finals	NCAA 5x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	#2	2x

Coaches

Head Coach	Julie Van Beek
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Seattle Pacific	2005-06
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	206-134 (.605)
Record at Seattle Pacific	44-15(.745)
Coaching Awards	WBCA COTY 3x, PAC COTY 3x

Asst. Coaches	Michelle Skyles, Sasha Anderson

Recruiting Coordinator

Julie Van Beek (206) 281-2851, vjanbeek@spu.edu

Conference and Schedule

SPU plays in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (www.gnacsports.com) which is currently comprised of 9 schools. Currently, SPU plays all schools twice, home and away. League play usually commences in late November or early December. Games are often played on Thursday and Saturday evenings. Currently, the GNAC does not offer a post season tourney. The regular season conference champion receives an automatic NCAA bid.

Conference Opponents

Alaska Anchorage, Alaska Fairbanks, Central Washington, Northwest Nazarene, Saint Martin's, Seattle U., Western Oregon, and Western Washington. Montana State-Billings will join the conference in 2007-08.

Facilities

Royal Brougham Pavillion
Capacity 2,650, Average attendance (400)