2016 Women’s Basketball Class
CAROLYN KIRSCH RUMPEL, DAVIDSON
Davidson’s first women’s basketball player to be
named Conference Player of the Year (1997), Kirsch
was inducted into the Davidson athletic hall of fame
in 2007-08. She ranks second all-time in rebounding
(878) and fifth in scoring (1,370 points). The native
of Heidelberg, Germany, earned first-team AllConference honors in 1997 and was named secondteam all-league in 1996. The forward was named to the conference’s
academic honor roll twice and was a two-time winner of the Wildcat
Award, given to the team’s most valuable player. Kirsch led the ‘Cats
to a 29-23 overall record and two top-five conference finishes in her final two seasons.
SANDY JOHNSON, DAYTON
Johnson was the first female to break the 1,000-point
barrier at the University of Dayton. She ranks sixth in
UD history in points per game with 14.4. One of the
shortest ever to play for the Flyers, Johnson at 5’5, led
her team in scoring for three consecutive seasons,
averaging 10.6 ppg her freshman year, 17.2 ppg as a
sophomore, and 17.1 ppg as a junior. Her 17.2 ppg as a sophomore
is 11th best all-time for a single season. She was a two-time MVP and
was named team captain as a senior. She also averaged 12.6 ppg as a
senior. During her four-year career at Dayton, she helped the Flyers to
a 60-34 record under Coach Elaine Dreidame. She was inducted into
Dayton’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1984.
DARCIE VINCENT, DUQUESNE
Vincent finished her career as Duquesne’s all-time
leader with 1,538 points, 151 3-pointers, 555 assists,
323 steals and 106 career starts. She still ranks in the
top 10 in all of these categories. During her career at
Duquesne, she was named 1991 A-10 Second-Team
All-Conference and 1990 and 1992 A-10 Third-Team
All-Conference. She was named the 1991 Alice
Walton Mansmann Award winner. Vincent was inducted into the
Duquesne University Sports Hall of Fame in 2000. She has served
as the head women’s basketball coach at California, Pa., Slippery
Rock and most recently Appalachian State. Originally a native of
Fairmont, W.Va., Vincent currently lives in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
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SHARON NAST CURLEY, FORDHAM
Nast Curley was a four-year member of the women’s
basketball team at Fordham. One of the most prolific
scorers in Fordham women’s basketball history, she
is the third all-time leading scorer with 1,824 career
points and also the third all-time rebounder with
793. Nast-Curley scored 543 points as a senior in
1985-1986, the ninth-best single season in school history, and also
ranks in the top-five for career field goals, field goal percentage,
free throws and rebounding average. Nast-Curley was a two-time
All-MAAC and MAAC All-Academic Team selection and was named
honorable mention Academic All-American. As a senior, she was
team captain, and won the Claire G. Hobbs award as the Fordham Female Athlete of the Year.
DEBORAH TANEYHILL, GEORGE MASON
Taneyhill was a member of the George Mason
women’s basketball program for 20 years, beginning
in 1988 where she was a standout point guard on the
Patriots basketball team, playing in 109 games. She
remains in the Patriot record books, ranking ninth
in assists with 273. The Altoona, Pa. native spent 11
seasons as Mason’s head women’s basketball coach
and guided the Patriots to four-straight winning
campaigns (2000-04), two post-season appearances in the WNIT
(2001 and 2004) and was named 2001 CAA Coach of the Year. In only
her third full season in 2000-01, Mason tied the school record for
wins, going 21-9, after a 10-19 showing in 1999-2000. Those additional 11 victories stand as the best oneyear turnaround in the program’s history.
SARAHJO LAWRENCE, GEORGE WASHINGTON
A three-time All-Conference selection and the
2010 A-10 Sixth Player of the Year, Lawrence ranks
among GW’s all-time top-20 leaders in scoring
(1,373 points) and assists (311) and shares the
program record for games played (130). The 2008
Atlantic 10 Women’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of
the Year and WBCA Scholarship recipient, as well
as a finalist for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award, Lawrence excelled
in the classroom, earning CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic
All-America Third Team honors as a senior after being named an AllDistrict First Team selection the previous year. She was a member
of four A-10 regular-season championship squads and four NCAA
Tournament teams, leading GW to back-to-back Sweet 16s in 2007
and 2008. In her four years in Foggy Bottom, GW posted a 101-29
(.777) overall record and matched what was then a school record with 28 wins in 2006-07.
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MAUREEN KRAMER, LA SALLE
Kramer finished her career as La Salle’s all-time
leading scorer and currently ranks fourth (1,502).
She also finished her career as La Salle’s all-time
leading rebounder and is currently second (1,050).
Kramer concluded her career as the all-time
leader in six different statistical categories. As a
senior, Kramer served as team captain and led
the Explorers in scoring with 17.7 points and rebounding with 9.6
rebounds per game. She also was a member of the La Salle softball
and volleyball teams. Kramer was inducted into the Big 5 Hall of
Fame and the La Salle Hall of Athletes.
MELISSA GURILE BLACK, MASSACHUSETTS
One of the all-time great players at UMass, Gurile
was a key figure during one of the most prolific
times for the Minutewomen. From 1993-1996, Gurile
was a four-time Atlantic 10 honoree earning allconference first team honors as a junior (1994-95),
second team honors as a sophomore (1993-94) and
senior (1995-96) and all-rookie honors in 1992-93. As
a senior, she also added A-10 All-Academic Team honors. She led the
Minutewomen to their first-ever WNIT appearance in 1995 and the
first-ever NCAA Tournament berth in 1996. To date, she still stands
as the No. 3 career scorer in program history with 1,679 points. She
started all 114 career games adding 830 rebounds and 182 blocked
shots and ranks in the top-five at UMass in 12 different categories
including points, rebounds, points per game and blocked shots.
SAFI MOJIDI, RHODE ISLAND
Mojidi is the fourth-leading scorer in Rhode Island
history, amassing 1,601 points over her fouryear career. Only fellow A-10 Legends Michele
Washington (1986) and Naomi Graves (1982),
as well as Rebecca Bright (1995), rank ahead of
her on URI’s all-time list. Mojidi made a programrecord 185 three-pointers, a mark that still stands seven years
later. She also ended her career ranked second at Rhode Island in
free throw percentage (.796), third in assists (354) and seventh in
steals (282). A 5-6 guard, Mojidi was an All-Atlantic 10 selection in
both 2006 and 2007, as well as an A-10 All-Rookie pick in 2005. She
remains Rhode Island’s all-time leader in minutes played (3,829),
having appeared in all 116 games during her time with the Rams.
During her collegiate career, she also represented Nigeria at the 2007 FIBA African Championship.
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JULIE JONES VENICK, RICHMOND
Jones Venick is the sixth-leading scorer in Richmond
history with 1,521 points. She made her mark as
the Spiders’ all-time leading 3-point shooter, with
309 career threes – 120 more than the next closest.
Twice, she connected on seven 3-pointers in a
game, and she holds the top three single season
marks for 3-point field goals made. She finished second nationally
in career 3-pointers made. She has the seventh highest all-time
scoring average and the fourth-best free throw percentage in a
season. During her four years, the Spiders recorded two conference
titles and two NCAA Tournament appearances. She was one of
eight players selected to compete in the first-ever Women’s 3-Point
Shooting Contest held in 1992. She was named to the All-Rookie Team in 1989 and the All-Tournament
Team in 1992. She played in 123 games, the eighth-most in Spider women’s basketball history.
SUSAN SHAY DANIELEWICZ, ST. BONAVENTURE
A two‐year co‐captain with the Bonnies, Shay led
the team in scoring twice and in rebounding all four
years. A member of the Atlantic 10 All‐Rookie team
in 1988‐89 after setting the program’s single‐season
scoring record with 590 points (21.1 ppg), she was
named All‐Atlantic 10 following her sophomore,
junior and senior seasons. She graduated with 13
school records including career points (1,874), career rebounds (952)
and career free throws. Her total of 1,874 points still stands third in
the Bonnies’ all‐time record book. Shay also set the SBU record for
points in a game, scoring 40 vs. Saint Joseph’s in 1989 – a mark that
still stands today. Her 952 rebounds remain nearly 100 more than any other player in program history. The
heart and soul of her Bonnies teams and a force in the paint, she averaged 16.6 points and 8.4 rebounds
during her career in Brown and White. Shay was inducted into the St. Bonaventure Hall of Fame in 2002.
RENIE SHIELDS, SAINT JOSEPH’S
Renie Shields was one of the most versatile
performers in Saint Joseph’s women’s basketball
history. The point guard and two‐time team
captain led the Hawks in scoring, assists and steals
in her senior year, and at one point, held the SJU
single-season and single-game records for assists.
Named Saint Joseph’s MVP for three seasons, Shields (nee Dunne)
still ranks among the Hawks’ top 10 in career assists and steals. She
was inducted into the Saint Joseph’s Women’s Basketball Hall of
Fame in 1989, into the Philadelphia Big 5 Hall of Fame in 1991 and
the Saint Joseph’s Athletics Hall of Fame in 2001. Her daughter, Erin,
finished her Saint Joseph’s basketball career in 2014 tied as the alltime leader in three-point field goals made.
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JULIE HACKERBUEHNE, SAINT LOUIS
Buehne led the Billikens in career scoring (1,479)
upon graduation, and she now ranks second.
Buehne also is second in career rebounds (882),
fourth in rebounding average (7.9 rpg) and free
throws made (323), and seventh in scoring average
(13.2 ppg). After leading the team with a 15.4
scoring average and adding 7.3 rebounds per
game as a freshman, the St. Louis native burst out of the gate as a
sophomore with averages of 21 points and 10.5 rebounds in the first
six games before an injury halted her season. Buehne came back her
junior year to earn first-team All-Conference honors. She was named
second-team All-Conference as a junior, again leading the Billikens
in scoring and rebounding. Buehne finished her career as the MCC career leader in rebounds and second
in conference history in points. She was inducted into the Billiken Hall of Fame in 1996.
ANNA PAVLIKHINAFITZGERALD, VCU
Pavlikhina ranks 11th in VCU history in points,
despite playing just three seasons for the Black and
Gold. The St. Petersburg, Russia native poured in
1,230 points for the Rams, many of those from the
3-point arc. The sweet-shooting guard knocked
down a school-record 196 treys at a 39-percent clip.
She owns the top two 3-point totals in VCU single
season history. Her record of 94 triples in 1991-92 has stood for nearly
a quarter century. She averaged 20.6 points per game that season,
fifth best in program history. For her efforts, Pavlikhina was named
All-Metro Conference in 1992 and 1993.