THE KATHY FEDORJAKA FILE

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2 #2 Lynch #12 Brown #14 Dukes #15 Wright #20 Dervarics #21 Foster #22 Collymore Head Coach 11th Year at Bucknell Fairfield 90 CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Patriot League Coach of the Year ( and ) First on Bucknell s win list (157) Longest-tenured coach in Bucknell history KATHY FEDORJAKA THE KATHY FEDORJAKA FILE Personal: Hometown: Groton, Conn. Education: B.A., Fairfield University, Fairfield, Conn., 1990 M.S., Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa., 1992 Family: husband, Frank; children: son, Matt (10); and daughter, Jamie (5) Head Coaching Career: Connecticut College (16-8,.667) : 16-8 (First season as head coach) Bloomsburg (51-30,.630) : (1st season as coach in Pennsylvania) : (Tied for PSAC Championship) : 20-8 (Finished 2nd in PSAC, qualified for Division II NCAA Tournament and received #1 regional ranking) Bucknell ( ,.547) : (Patriot League Coach of the Year) : (Finished 2nd in Patriot League) : (Appeared in PL Championship Game for 1st time in school history) : 20-8 (Set school record for wins in a season) : (First-ever NCAA appearance for Bison) : (PL semifinals for 3rd time in 4 years) : (.500 record for 4th time in 5 years) : (Bucknell s longest-tenured head coach) : (8-win improvement best in program history) : (Patriot League Coach of the Year) Career Coaching Record: (.571) Assistant Coaching Career: : Bucknell Head coach Kathy Fedorjaka with husband, Frank, son, Matt (10), and daughter, Jamie (5). Kathy Fedorjaka became the longest-tenured head coach in the 35-year history of the Bucknell women s basketball program with the start of the season. Now in her 11th season at the helm of the Bison, Fedorjaka has amassed 157 wins and just 130 losses during her tenure in Lewisburg. With a overtime victory against Lehigh on Feb. 24, 2002, Fedorjaka picked up her 78th victory as head coach of the Bison, eclipsing Lori Howard s total of 77 that she won from , to become the all-time winningest coach in Bucknell history. Howard, who spent seven years as the mentor of the Bison women s basketball team, gave Fedorjaka her first collegiate coaching experience during the campaign when Fedorjaka served as a graduate assistant for the first of her three seasons on the sidelines as an assistant coach. After earning a master s degree in education from Bucknell in 1992, the Groton, Conn., native remained as a full-time assistant before leaving to accept her first full-time head coaching position at Connecticut College in In her three years as an assistant at Bucknell, Fedorjaka helped the Bison improve from a 2-24 season in her first year ( ), to an season in to begin one of the most successful periods in the history of the program. For her contributions to Bucknell, Fedorjaka was awarded the ECAC Certificate of Merit. Prior to her initial arrival in Lewisburg, Fedorjaka graduated from Fairfield University in While there, she was a four-year member of the basketball team and served as co-captain during her senior season when she averaged 12.7 points per game. As a sophomore in , Fedorjaka helped lead the Stags to the first NCAA Tournament appearance in school history. The squad also won the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) title that year. During her career, Fairfield posted a sparkling record. Fedorjaka also garnered a number of individual honors during her playing days, including being named to the MAAC All-Academic Team and receiving the Fairfield Scholar Athlete of the Year Award. She was also presented the ECAC Medal of Merit Award. After her three-year stint at Bucknell, Fedorjaka returned to Connecticut for one successful season as the head coach at Connecticut College in New London, Conn. The Camels posted a 16-8 mark that year, a win total they have not reached in the 13 years since. Fedorjaka returned to the Susquehanna Valley after her one-year hiatus to coach the Bloomsburg women s basketball team in She stayed at the helm of the Huskies for three years and amassed a (.630) record and directed her team to the school s first Division II NCAA Tournament appearance in five years. Fedorjaka stands fifth in all-time victories at Bloomsburg, while her.630 winning percentage is fourth on the Huskies career list. Following a campaign when Bloomsburg posted a 20-8 record, Fedorjaka returned to Bucknell, taking over the program in August of 1997 from Juliene Simpson, who had led the Bison to a record in Fedorjaka matched that mark in her first season, but each of her next four years the Bison increased their victory total, leading to a record in That same season Bucknell advanced to its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. The 21 victories in marked the second consecutive 20win campaign for the program. The unforgettable squad that was led by four of the top nine scorers in school history also posted an 11-3 mark in Patriot League play, the secondbest in the program s 17 seasons in the conference. Before the magical NCAA Tournament run in 2002, Fedorjaka guided the squad to a 20-8 mark. She also helped the team became the first squad in Bucknell history to advance to the championship game of the Patriot League Tournament. In her first year at the helm of the Bison Fedorjaka was rewarded for her success as the Patriot League Coach of the Year. She became just the second league coach to earn the honor in her first year in the league. Since taking over the Bison, Fedorjaka has climbed the charts and is now among Bucknell Women s Basketball 58

3 #25 Champion #31 Phillips #32 Schober #33 LeSeur #35 Novacek #44 Sprouse #50 Higham Husband, Frank, is men s lax HC KATHY FEDORJAKA MORE CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Coached 29 players that earned first team, second team or all-rookie honors from the Patriot League Two Patriot League titles (one regular season, one tournament) Four career 20-win seasons the veterans of the Patriot League coaching ranks. She ranks second among conference coaches in career wins with 224, while her 82 league victories rank second. A member of the Patriot League coaching ranks for 10 seasons, Fedorjaka is third in longevity behind only Holy Cross Bill Gibbons (17 years) and Lehigh s Sue Troyan (12 years). Despite winning the Patriot League Tournament just once since taking over the program, Fedorjaka, who likes her teams to play an up-tempo style, has led the Bison to unprecedented success in the postseason. Since experiencing losses in each of her first two tournament contests, Fedorjaka has posted an 8-7 mark in the conference tournament, including two finals appearances, and trips to the semifinals five of the last eight years. Fedorjaka guided the Bison to yet another Patriot League Tournament semifinals appearance. Under her tutelage, the squad posted the largest win improvement in program history, going overall and 10-4 in Patriot League play, after totaling just 10 wins the previous year. The Bison also shattered the program record with seven consecutive road victories midseason. The previous standard was four. Additionally, Bucknell ranked in the top 50 nationally in a number of defensive categories, including field goal percentage defense (7th, 35.2%), scoring defense (33rd, 57.7 ppg), blocked shots (50th, 4.3 bpg) and personal fouls per game (50th, 15.6). That success continued in when the Bison posted the third 20- win season in program history, all coming under Fedorjaka s watch, and won the Patriot League regular-season title with a program-record 12-2 mark. The squad, led by Patriot League Player of the Year Hope Foster and the Patriot PATRIOT LEAGUE COACHES CAREER WINS Name, School Yrs. W L Pct. Bill Gibbons, Holy Cross Kathy Fedorjaka, Bucknell Sue Troyan, Lehigh Tammy Smith, Lafayette Tom Marryott, Navy Melissa McFerrin, American Dave Magarity*, Army Pam Bass, Colgate * posted record in 23 years as men s head coach PATRIOT LEAGUE WINS Name, School Yrs. W L Pct. Bill Gibbons, Holy Cross Kathy Fedorjaka, Bucknell Sue Troyan, Lehigh Tom Marryott, Navy Melissa McFerrin, American Tammy Smith, Lafayette Dave Magarity, Army Pam Bass, Colgate League Defensive Player of the Year Kesha Champion, broke the school record by limiting opponents to just 56.1 points per game, a figure that ranked 20th nationally. The Bison won their league contests by nearly 14 points per game and Fedorjaka earned her second Patriot League Coach of the Year citation. In addition to her outstanding teams, Fedorjaka has recruited and tutored many outstanding individuals. Among the most prominent have been Molly Creamer and Desire Almind. Creamer, who was the first player in school or league history to get drafted into the WNBA when she was a first-round pick of the New York Liberty with the 10th overall selection in the 2003 draft, finished her career in 2003 with 22 school records and 13 Patriot League standards to her name. The only three-time Patriot League Player of the Year, Creamer scored 2,462 points in her career and, in addition to playing with the Liberty, has played professionally in Israel and in the National Women s Basketball League (NWBL) with the Lubbock Hawks. Almind completed her four-year career in 2004 as the school s third-leading scorer and rebounder. She has played professionally in France and with the Birmingham Power of the NWBL. Led by that duo, which garnered seven all-league selections, Fedorjaka has seen her players show up on the first, second or rookie all-league teams 29 times. Fedorjaka has also tutored three rookie of the years, including 2007 graduate Lindsey Hollobaugh, who won the award in Current seniors Champion and Foster were members of the all-rookie squad in 2005, while Foster and current junior Amanda Brown were First Team All-Patriot League choices last year. Sophomores Le Le Le- Seur earned all-rookie honors last season as she was one of four Bison to earn postseason recognition from the league. Fedorjaka s husband, Frank, is in his third year as the head men s lacrosse coach at Bucknell after seven seasons as an assistant. The couple resides in Winfield, Pa., with their son Matt (10), and daughter, Jamie (5). ALL-TIME BISON COACHING RECORDS Name At Bucknell W L Pct. Barbara Testa (3) Rebecca Carr (4) Terrie Grieb (1) Karen Harden (2) Cindy Connelley (1) Lori Howard (7) Juliene Simpson (6) Kathy Fedorjaka (10) Bucknell Totals (34) Bucknell Women s Basketball 59

4 #2 Lynch #12 Brown #14 Dukes #15 Wright #20 Dervarics #21 Foster #22 Collymore Assistant Coach First Year at Bucknell Taylor 93 COREY LASTER THE COREY LASTER FILE Year at Bucknell: 1st Career Year: 7th Hometown: Anderson, Ind. Family: wife, Holly; children: sons, Tyler and Trey; and daughter, Jadyn Education B.S., Counseling/Psychology, Taylor University, 1993 M.A., Student Personnel Administration, Ball State University, 1999 Coaching Experience : Taylor University (Assistant Coach) : Saint Michael s College (Assistant Coach) : Defiance College (Head Coach) 2007-pres.: Bucknell (Assistant Coach) Corey Laster, a veteran mentor with five years of head-coaching experience, was added to the Bucknell women s basketball staff in the summer of 2007 after two years as the head women s basketball coach at Defiance College. Laster, who is a 1993 graduate of Taylor University, helped orchestrate an impressive eight-win turnaround during his two years as the Yellow Jackets head coach. After posting a 6-20 record his first campaign, Defiance improved to last year when four players earned all-conference recognition, including Rookie of the Year. Overall, Laster tutored six all-conference honorees, including the co-mvp in , in his two seasons at Defiance. Prior to his stint at Defiance, Laster spent two years as the top assistant at Saint Michael s College. There, he had a hand in every aspect of the program, including recruiting, fundraising, team conditioning and camps. Laster got his start in coaching at his alma mater in 2000 when he served as the head women s basketball coach at Taylor for three years. He turned around the Falcon program, inheriting a squad that went 4-20 prior to his arrival and leading it to a 25-3 record and a fifth-place showing in the National Small College Athletic Association in Laster arrived at Taylor in 1999 as the associate dean of students, a role he held simultaneous with his head coaching position for one season. Also while coaching at Taylor, Laster spent a pair of years as the community extension director at the Fellowship Church in Fort Wayne, Ind. There, he ran outreach programs for area youth and supervised community-based outreach programs for the church of more than 3,500 people. Additionally, Laster ran the late-night basketball leagues for the church. In addition to those duties, Laster s track record of leadership also includes a stint as the interim multicultural director at Saint Michael s. Laster earned his bachelor s degree in counseling and psychology from Taylor in He followed that with a master s degree in student personnel administration from Ball State University. A native of Anderson, Ind., Laster played college basketball at Taylor, where he ended his four-year career as one of the school s all-time leading scorers and rebounders. At Bucknell, Laster focuses much of his efforts on recruiting. Additionally, he also takes part in scouting and player development, focusing on the post players. Corey Laster with his wife, Holly, and children (L-R): Tyler, Jadyn and Trey Bucknell Women s Basketball 60

5 #25 Champion #31 Phillips #32 Schober #33 LeSeur #35 Novacek #44 Sprouse #50 Higham Assistant Coach Third Year at Bucknell Bucknell 02 MONIQUE LEBLANC THE MONIQUE LEBLANC FILE Year at Bucknell: 3rd Career Year: 4th Hometown: Cumberland, R.I. Family: Single Education B.A., Mathematics and Economics, Bucknell, 2002 M.A., Education, Northern Arizona, 2005 Coaching Experience : Northern Arizona (Assistant Coach) 2005-pres.: Bucknell (Assistant Coach) Monique LeBlanc is in her third season as an assistant coach with the Bison. She is a 2002 graduate of Bucknell and was a two-time team captain who led the Bison to their only NCAA Tournament appearance in school history in As a member of the Bison coaching staff, she works on developing the post players, scouting and planning summer camps and clinics. She also coordinates the sideline coaches program. A three-year starter for Bucknell, the Cumberland, R.I., native played in all 116 games during her four years in Lewisburg. She averaged 5.4 points and 6.4 rebounds per game as a senior on the Bison team that set a school record with 21 victories and captured their first-ever Patriot League title. LeBlanc finished her career with 522 points and 537 rebounds and was twice named the team s Defensive Player of the Year. LeBlanc, a 6-0 forward, graduated with a bachelor s degree in mathematics and economics with a minor in education. She was a two-time Academic All-America nominee, and was a member of the University s Dean s List and Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. She also found time to give back to the community while a student by serving the Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC President) and Bucknell Athletes Against Drugs & Alcohol (BAAD), and attended the 2002 NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference as the Patriot League Representative. For her extraordinary service to Bucknell and local communities, LeBlanc was presented the Robert A. Latour Service Award at the University s annual Senior Athletic Awards Banquet. Following her graduation from Bucknell, LeBlanc spent a year as an accounting associate with Prudential Financial. During that time she was able to serve as the head women s junior varsity and assistant varsity basketball coach at Hanover Park High School in New Jersey. In , LeBlanc began a two-year stint at Northern Arizona, where she earned her master s degree in education in She spent her first year with the Lumberjacks as a graduate assistant in the compliance office, before moving on to a graduate assistant coaching position in Among her many responsibilities were recruiting and scouting, including coordinating the film exchange program. She also conducted individual workouts and was responsible for the development of post players on a team that posted a record, the second-best in school history, as two of the post players she coached were included in the Big Sky Conference postseason awards. LeBlanc was also given complete autonomy in coaching decisions concerning the junior varsity program at Northern Arizona. A veteran of the summer camp circuit, LeBlanc has honed her coaching skills as a counselor at camps held by Bucknell, Connecticut, Holy Cross and Bishop Feehan High School, her alma mater. LeBlanc is single and resides in Lewisburg Bucknell Women s Basketball 61

6 #2 Lynch #12 Brown #14 Dukes #15 Wright #20 Dervarics #21 Foster #22 Collymore Assistant Coach Third Year at Bucknell Morehead State 01 NAOMI BRONSON THE NAOMI BRONSON FILE Year at Bucknell: 3rd Career Year: 5th Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio Family: Single Education B.S., Industrial Engineering Technology, Morehead State, 2001 M.S., Industrial Management Technology, Morehead State, 2005 Coaching Experience : Morehead State (Assistant Coach) 2005-pres.: Bucknell (Assistant Coach) Naomi Bronson, who is a 2001 graduate of Morehead State, is in her third season as an assistant on the Bucknell staff. She spent her previous three years as an assistant coach at her alma mater. Along with daily practice organization and individual skill sessions, the Cincinnati, Ohio, native served as the director of scouting and travel coordinator. She was also the academic advisor on the coaching staff and was involved in the recruiting of student-athletes. At Bucknell, Bronson works closely with the Bison guards. She is also involved in scouting, summer camps and clinics, along with fundraising and community outreach. During her three seasons at Morehead State, Bronson coached and developed a pair of First Team All-Ohio Valley Conference players, three more that were second-team selections and a member of the all-freshman squad. Additionally, she coached the NCAA record holder for career free throw percentage (Kandi Brown, 91.5 percent) and Morehead State s career leader in blocked shots. Five Eagles players during her tenure were named to the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner s Honor Roll, and the WBCA honored the team when it finished eighth in Division I with a grade-point average. In addition to her coaching duties, Bronson taught a pair of physical education classes at Morehead State. She also earned her master s degree in Bronson, started her collegiate playing career at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College and was named a NJCAA Second-Team All-American her second season. She was also awarded the NJCAA Region 12 MVP the same year. After two seasons with the Surge, Bronson transferred to Morehead State for her final two years of eligibility. Bronson is single and lives in Lewisburg. BUCKNELL ASSISTANT COACHES Christie Berry Naomi Bronson pres. Dan Burt Rebecca S. Carr Pete Cautilli Liz Cranmer Will Flemons Lynne Friel Scott Foulis Kathy Gailor (Fedorjaka) Terrie Grieb Ellen Grosso Veronica Jutras Michelle Katkowski Corey Laster pres. Kim Lazor Monique LeBlanc pres. Tricia Pawling Jim Reed Lauren Rigney Russ Sarfaty Laurie Scherer Michelle Simons Mike Simpson Jackie Smith Monica Starrett Barbara J. Testa Rebecca Timmis K.C. Vlah Bucknell Women s Basketball 62