2009-10 st. bonaventure women’s basketball
2008-09 Season recap
division i
division ii
year 2008-09 2007-08 2006-07 1991-92 1990-91
year 1985-86 1984-85 1980-81 1979-80 1977-78 1978-79
result 23-11 18-12 16-15 16-12 15-14
result 15-9 18-8 12-10 16-5 11-7 14-4
Three is glee For the third season in a row, the Bonnies secured double digits in the win column under head coach Jim Crowley with 23 victories in 2008-09. St. Bonaventure also established the school mark for the most wins in three seasons with 57 wins. The previous mark of 42 victories was set from the 1978-1981 seasons when head coach Mary Jane Telford led the Bonnies for three consecutive seasons at the Division II level. Back To Business Along with last season’s 23 wins and the combined 34 wins from the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons, the Brown and White’s 57 triumphs are more than the program’s combined total from the last six years (2000-06). aTlanTic 10 efficiency Last year’s squad opened A-10 play with two wins for the first time since the 200102 season. After a four-game Atlantic 10 winning streak in February, the Brown and 49
White also established the school mark for most A-10 wins with nine victories. The fourth place finish is the team’s best position in the final standings since the 200304 season when the A-10 was divided into regions. all-conference accolades For the second consecutive season, Dana Mitchell and Katelyn Murray were each cited by the Atlantic 10 Conference with postseason honors conducted by the league’s head coaches and sports information directors. Head coach Jim Crowley also made history by being named the 2008-09 Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year, becoming the first coach in program history to earn the honor. Murray earned a spot on the Academic All-Conference team. Murray’s selection was the second of her career as well as the 15th overall Academic All-Conference selection for the Bonnies. Mitchell is the fifth player to notch multiple All-Conference honors and the seventh player in program history to make the second squad. She is the first Bonnie to be named to the second team twice since Stefanie Collins’ selection in 2004-05. courT smarTs Senior Katelyn Murray was named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America second team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Murray’s ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America nomination is her second in as many years, as she made third team in the 2007-08 season. Murray graduated with a 4.0 grade point average in biology. As a team, for the sixth time in the last seven academic years, St. Bonaventure earned a spot on the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Academic Team Honor Roll as the Bonnies ranked 16th in the country among NCAA Division I institutions with a cumulative team grade point average of 3.35.
2008-09 in review
Winning Ways For the second time since 1981 and the first time ever at the Division I level, the Bonnies posted three consecutive winning seasons. Prior to the Bonnies arrival in Division I, Bona tallied four straight winning seasons between 1977 and 1981 as well as back-to-back positive campaigns in 1984-85 and 1985 all under former boss Mary Jane Telford.