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Johns Hopkins University Blue Jays

 

Head Coach Nancy Funk

Funk (Messiah '76) enters her 27th season at the helm of the Blue Jay women's basketball program. As the winningest coach in Centennial Conference history, Funk has led the Johns Hopkins to become a perennial contender for conference and national honors. Funk is the all-time winningest women's basketball coach in school history with a 462-211 (.686) record and she boasts an overall record of 588-300 (.662) in her 35 years of collegiate coaching. She is one of just 15 coaches in Division III women's basketball history who has won 500 or more games and she ranks among the ten winningest coaches in Division III history as well. Funk ranks eighth among active coaches in career Division III wins. 

Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3


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Starters Returning (2)
Alex Vasilla, Sr, 6-1, F, 10.8 ppg, 9.7 rpg, 70 blocks
Sarah Higbee, Sr, 5-11, F, 3.8 ppg, 3.2 rpg

Key Returnees
Fatu Conteh, Jr, 5-8, G, 6.4 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 52 steals
Haley Bush, Soph, 5-11, F, 4.8 ppg, 4.2 rpg
Maggie Ruehan, Soph, 5-11, 4.1 ppg, 2.9 rpg
KaraLea Follmer, Sr, 6-1, F, 2.7 ppg, 2.8 rpg

Top Newcomers
Katie Clark, Fr, 5-8, G, Murrieta Valley (Calif.)
Beatriz Williams, Fr, 5-10, G/F, Byram Hills (N.Y.)
Scarlett McCracken, Fr, 5-10, G, Pulaski Academy (Ark.)
Liz Tommasi, Fr, 5-7, G, Mt. Lebanon (Pa.) 

 

2013 Outlook

The Blue Jays will return two of the five starters to this year’s lineup, including Vassila who is just 13 blocks shy of the career block record. She ended the 2011-12 season averaging 10.8 ppg, 9.7 rpg and 2.4 blocks a game. Joining Vassila in the frontcourt is fellow classmate Sarah Higbee. Hopkins will look to Vassila and Higbee's experience combined with the high-energy underclassmen and four strong freshmen recruits to lead the Blue Jays to compete for the conference crown and take them into the NCAA tournament once again in the 2012-13 season. 

Goldfarb Gymnasium was named for Larry Goldfarb, an alumnus of Johns Hopkins, and was constructed in 1934. The main gymnasium houses the competition sites for Basketball, Volleyball, Wrestling, and large Fencing meets. Given a new Robin Sport Impact floor and bleacher seating, Goldfarb offers a spectacular venue for a capacity of 1,100.

 


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