Cedarville University Women's Basketball

Addy Miller was introduced as the new women’s basketball head coach at Cedarville University on March 22, 2023. She is the tenth head coach in the history of the Lady Jackets’ program. Miller’s first team at Cedarville was recognized as a NCCAA Scholar Team with a combined 3.51 cumulative grade point average. Four players were named NCCAA Scholar-Athletes and 11 landed on the G-MAC Academic Team. She capped off her initial season at the University by leading the team on a summer mission trip to Greece. Miller guided the Lady Jackets to 14 victories during her second year and a 10-10 mark in the G-MAC while qualifying for the conference tournament. Two players earned All-G-MAC accolades and ten were recognized on the G-MAC Academic Team. Miller came to the Lady Jackets after serving as an assistant coach the previous three seasons at NCAA Division II powerhouse Drury University in Springfield, Mo. During her three-year stay on the Drury coaching staff,  she helped guide the Panthers to an 87-9 overall record, a 54-4 mark in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, three GLVC titles, and an NCAA Division II runner-up finish in 2021. Equally as impressive, Miller earned a spot on the WBCA Thirty Under 30 list in both 2021 and 2022 - an elite group that recognizes 30 up-and-coming women’s basketball coaches age 30 and under at all levels of the game. She spent the previous four seasons from 2016 through 2020 at Division II Pittsburg State (Kansas) as a graduate assistant for two years and as an assistant coach for two more. The Gorillas went 90-30 during that timespan with two trips to the NCAA Division II Tournament. Addy (Roller) Miller assembled an outstanding collegiate career herself playing two seasons at Wayne State (Neb.) and her final two seasons at Drury. She guided Wayne State to a 28-5 record her sophomore year and a trip to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. At Drury, she was instrumental in the Panthers going 52-9 overall, winning two GLVC West Division crowns, the 2015 GLVC title, and two trips to the NCAA Tournament. Miller was regarded as one of southwest Missouri’s top high school players during her prep career. She graduated as Purdy High School’s all-time leading scorer with 2,392 points, was the Class 2 Player of the Year, and led her club to the 2011 state championship. Miller is a 2016 graduate of Drury University with a business degree and earned a master’s in business administration from Pittsburg State University in 2018. Addy and her husband, Luke, reside in Kettering with their daughter, Paisley Marie, who was born April 28, 2025. Addy Miller File: 2021, 2022 - WBCA Thirty Under 30 list 2020-23 - Assistant Coach, Drury University (Springfield, Mo.) 87-9 (.906) Overall Record 54-4 (.931) Great Lakes Valley Conference Ranked No. 2 in NCAA Division II during the 2022-23 season Three GLVC Championships Three trips to the NCAA Division II Tournament 2016-20 - Pittsburg State University (Pittsburg, Kansas) 2018-20 - Assistant Coach; 2016-18 - Graduate Assistant 90-30 (.750) Overall Record Two trips to the NCAA Division II Tournament Master’s in Business Administration, Pittsburg State University, 2018 Bachelor of Science in Business, Drury University, 2016

Kevin Obungu joined the Lady Jacket basketball staff as an assistant coach beginning with the 2023-24 season. He came to Cedarville University after spending the previous two campaigns at William Jewell College in Liberty, Mo.  Obungu was elevated to the position of women’s basketball associate head coach for the 2022-23 season. He was also the recruiting coordinator, handled film analysis and scouting, team travel, practice planning, in-game strategy, and skill development. Obungu served as a women’s basketball assistant coach at Pittsburg State University in Kansas from 2018-2021. The Gorillas posted a 52-29 record during that timespan, qualified for the 2019 NCAA Division II Tournament, and produced ten all-conference players. Obungu was a men’s basketball volunteer assistant at Pittsburg State from 2014-18 where he worked under former National Coach of the Year Kim Anderson. During his tenure, the Gorillas won their first Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Tournament Championship in 2015. A native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Obungu is a 2012 graduate of Old Dominion University with a degree in biology. He earned a master’s in health and human performance and recreation from Pittsburg State in 2014.

Former Lady Jacket player Janae Saunders returned to Cedarville University as an assistant women’s basketball coach beginning with the 2024-25 academic year. She spent the previous nine years teaching and coaching at Trinity Christian School in Fairfax, Va. Saunders served as the girls basketball head coach for six seasons with the 2023-24 campaign recognized as the best record in school history. She was selected the Virginia Christian Athletic Conference Coach of the Year and guided her team to a league tournament runner-up finish. Four of Saunders’ teams were Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association state qualifiers with her 2020-21 squad reaching the semifinals. She was a health and physical education teacher her first six years at Trinity Christian and additionally held the position of assistant athletic director during her last four years. The Chillicothe, Ohio native  assembled an outstanding prep career at Unioto High School where she was coached by her mother, Cyndy Driggs. Saunders was named the 2011 District Player of the Year and Scioto Valley Conference Player of the Year as a senior. She scored over 1,000 career points and was chosen to play in the Ohio North-South All-Star Game. Saunders, who later became a two-year member of the Lady Jackets’ basketball program, was inducted into the Unioto High School Hall of Fame in 2022. Janae earned a health and physical education degree from Cedarville University in 2015. She and her husband, Fleming, reside in Cedarville with their sons, Easton and Brady.

Stephen Buettell has been on the Lady Jacket basketball coaching staff since 2011. He was a student assistant for three years before assuming the role of assistant coach in 2014. Buettell serves as the senior director of dual enrollment at the university. Buettell was involved with the basketball programs at Calvary Baptist Christian Academy in his hometown of Meadville, Pa. from 2007-11. He was the junior varsity boys coach for three seasons and the head varsity girls coach for two. Buettell is a 2014 graduate of Cedarville University with a sport management degree. He additionally earned a master’s degree in 2016 from Liberty University in sport administration. Stephen and his wife, Abbey, who serves as the assistant athletic director for compliance, live in Cedarville with their son, Charlie.