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Kenny Brooks Head Coach
Kenny Brooks has been the Dukes’ coach since 2002. Look what’s happened in his first 11 years:
• Postseason appearances the last eight seasons (2006-13) • His teams have averaged nearly 26 wins a season over the past eight years • Three NCAA Tournament appearances (2007, 2010, 2011) • WNIT Finalist in 2012, with wins over Virginia, Wake Forest, Syracuse, South Florida, Davidson to advance to the championship game vs. Oklahoma State • WNIT Quarterfinalist in 2013, with wins over North Carolina A&T, North Carolina State and Fordham • Two Colonial Athletic Association championships (2010, 2011) • Top 25 national ranking (2007, 2009, 2010) or vote-getter (2008, 2011, 2012) • Eight straight 24+-win seasons (2006-13), a school record • CAA Coach of the Year (2007) • Virginia Coach of the Year three times (2007, 2010, 2012) • Five CAA championship game appearances (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011) • Three CAA Players of the Year (Meredith Alexis 2007, Tamera Young 2008, Dawn Evans 2011) • First CAA Defensive Player of the Year in school history (Nikki Newman 2012) • Four Associated Press All-America Honorable Mentions (Alexis, Young, Evans twice) • 20 all-conference selections • More than 250 career wins • A first-round WNBA draft pick (Young) • Previous all-time leading scorer in JMU and CAA history (Young first, then Evans) • Previous career rebounding leader in JMU and CAA history (Alexis) • Nation-leading 30-game home winning streak, second-longest in school history (2005-07) • Wins over two Top 25 teams in one season, a first for the JMU program (2007-08) • Two 2007-08 victories over 2008 NCAA Sweet 16 teams • More than 100 school records broken • His players rank 1-2-3-4-5 on JMU’s career scoring list (Evans, Young, Tarik Hislop, Alexis, Lesley Dickinson), 1-2 on the career rebounding list (Alexis, Young) and 1-2-3 on the career assist list (Jess Cichowicz, Andrea Benvenuto, Evans) • 75 percent (36 of 48) of the 30-point games in school history are by his players • First two players in JMU history to earn first-team allconference honors three times (Young, Evans) • Second player in CAA history and first JMU player to earn all-conference honors four times (Alexis) • First women’s basketball player to win JMU’s Athlete of the Year award since 1991 (Alexis, 2007) • Three of the last seven of JMU’s Athlete of the Year awardwinners (Alexis 2007, Young 2008, Evans 2011) • Three All-CAA selections in 2006 and 2007, the first time since 1996 that three Dukes were named all-conference • JMU season attendance records set four times in last seven years
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