Women's Basketball

Stanford University

Arrillaga Sports Center - Stanford, CA - 94305-6150
Team Office: Tel: (650) 723-0284 Fax: (650) 725-8642
Team website: www.gostanford.com

Founded in 1891, Stanford is internationally renown with a faculty that is one of the most distinguished in the nation. Famous alumni include Sandra Day O'Connor, Ted Danson, John Elway, Scott Thurow, Tiger Woods, and John Steinbeck. The university is organized into seven schools: Earth Sciences, Education, Engineering, Business, Humanities and Sciences, Law, and Medicine. Stanford offers more than 50 Bachelor degrees and over 60 Master's and PhDs. Majors offered include Public Policy Analysis, International Relations, Computer and Information Sciences, and Drama. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Stanford #4 among national institutions

Stanford is located mid-way between San Jose and San Francisco in the suburban city of Palo Alto (pop. 60k). The campus is among the most beautiful in the PAC 10.

School website
www.stanford.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

13,000

Getting In:

Extremely Difficult SAT 25/75: 1340-1540

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$45,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Social Sciences- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies- Engineering

Misc. Information

Head Coach Tara Van Derveer enters her 23rd season at Stanford in 2007-08. Van Derveer has a stellar .790 winning percentage for her career, putting her 3rd among active D1 coaches. At Stanford, she has led the Cardinal to two national titles, 16 Pac-10 titles, and 19 NCAA appearances. Prior to coming to Stanford in 1984-85, Van Derveer led Ohio State to four Big 10 championships in five years. A former player and graduate of Indiana University, Van Derveer also coached the U.S. Olympic team to the gold medal in 1996. In 2006-07, the Cardinal went 29-5, won its fifth straight conference title, but were shocked in the second round of the NCAA tourney by Florida State.

Team Name	Cardinal
Colors	Cardinal and White
Division	NCAA Division I
All-Time Record	713-270 (.725)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	29-5	26-7	32-3	126-35 (.783)
Conference	17-1	15-3	17-1	72-18 (.800)
Conf. Finish	1	1	1	1, 1, 1, 1, 2
Post Appear.	2nd Rnd	Elite 8	Elite 8	NCAA 4x
Final 25 Rank	#5	#14	#5	1x

Coaches

Head Coach	Tara Van Derveer
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Stanford	1984-85
Contract Expires	Mar-12
Record as Head Coach	689-183 (.790)
Record at Stanford	537-132 (.802)
Coaching Awards	Natl'l COTY 3x, District COTY 3x, Pac 10 COTY 4x

Asst. Coaches	Amy Tucker, Bobbie Kelsey, Kate Paye

Recruiting Coordinator

Amy Tucker, (650) 723-0284, atucker@stanford.edu

Conference and Schedule

The Cardinal play in the PAC 10 (www.pac-10.org) which is comprised of ten teams from four states. No conference has more NCAA team titles than the PAC 10. Currently, Stanford plays a 18 game schedule with conference play commencing in January with most games played on Thursday evening and Saturday afternoon. Stanford will play each team twice, home and away. The farthest away game at the Universty of Washington, some 850 miles from campus. The season concludes with the PAC 10 tourney which includes all teams with the top six teams receiving first round byes. Tourney winners receives an automatic NCAA berth.

Conference Opponents

Arizona, Arizona State, California (Berkeley), UCLA, USC, Oregon, Oregon State, Washington, and Washington State

Facilities

Maples Pavillion
Capacity 7,391, Average attendance 3,700

Style/Stats

In 2005-06, Stanford was ranked #5 in scoring offense at 78.6 ppg.