Academic Snapshot
Acceptance Rate
93%
Avg SAT
1,150
Enrollment
1,519
Team Information
Sport
Basketball
Gender
Women's
Division
NCAA Division 3
Location
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Coaching Staff (7)
Caitlin Hadzimichalis
Head Coach
Hadzimichalis had been involved in all aspects of the program, including recruiting, scouting, game-planning, film editing and review, and positional skill-work and player development. In addition, Hadzimichalis was involved with student-athletes from many different sports at King's as a part of the College's Special Olympics Basketball Program as well as the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).Coach Hadzimichalis came to Kings in 2009-10 after concluding an outstanding collegiate career at Marywood University in Scranton, Pa. As a womens basketball player, Hadzimichalis was a four-year letter-winner and three-year team captain, earning team most valuable player honors in 2006 and 2008. She was also named to the 2008 Colonial States Athletic Conference Sportsmanship Team. Hadzimichalis concluded her Marywood basketball career with 868 points, 376 rebounds, 215 assists, and 175 steals. As a field hockey player, she was team captain 2006 through 2008 and was a first-team All-Pennsylvania Athletic Conference selection 2007 and a Colonial States Athletic Conference first-team choice in 2008. Hadzimichalis, who was the Marywood team most valuable player in 2008, was a two-time CSAC Sportsmanship Team selection in field hockey in 2007 and 2008 as well as a Dr. Farr Award recipient for field hockey excellence in 2006 and 2007. Hadzimichalis also made her presence felt on the softball team where she served as team captain in 2007 and 2008 while earning second-team CSAC honors as a senior. Hadzimichalis was a Marywood Pacer Scholar-Athlete Award recipient in 2007-08 and 2008-09, while earning the colleges Co-Senior Student-Athlete of the Year award in 2009. Additionally, she was the Colonial States Athletic Conference Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2009. She was a four-year member of the Marywood Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, serving as president 2007-2009. She was also a representative to the NCAA National Leadership Conference in 2007. Hadzimichalis president of the Phi Epsilon Kappa National Health and Physical Education Honor Society, serving as president in 2007-2008 as well as Treasurer in 2006-2007. She was also a member of the Marywood Health and Physical Education Club, serving as president in 2008-2009 and vice president in 2007-2008. She earned her degree in Health and Physical Education, with minors in Nutrition and Coaching from Marywood in 2009, graduating with a 3.85 overall grade-point average. Last Updated: July 19, 2016 After seven years as King's assistant coach, Caitlin Hadzimichalis was named head coach on July 18, 2016. Prior to being named to the top spot, Hadzimichalis had been involved in all aspects of the program, including Coach Hadzimichalis came to Kings in 2009-10 after concluding an outstanding collegiate career at
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Shawna Wert
Assistant Coach
Wert is a 2014 Shippensburg graduate where she earned a Baachelor of Science degree in Exercise Science, with a Minor in Coaching. She started her career at Georgian Court University where she played all 26 games, leading the team in scoring with 13.7 points per-game while adding 87 rebounds, 60 assists, and 47 steals as a freshman. Wert then transferred to Shippenburg where she added 926 points, 281 rebounds, 234 assists, 105 steals and shot 82.9 percent from the free throw line. She was a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Eastern Division All-Confernece selection in 2012-13. For her overall collegiate career she scored over 1,000 points with 368 rebounds, 294 assists, and 152 steals. A native of Sewell, N.J, Wert is a 2009 graduate of Washington Township High School where she was a 1,000-point scorer and was named the Gloucester County Girls High School "Player of the Year". ANDREJKO, J.P. ANDREJKO, JEFF BASSETT, MARK BAVITZ, JERRY BEVEVINO, TONY BIESKI, BERNIE BRONG, BILL BROOKS, HOLLIANN BRZOSKA, AMY BUCHANAN, JIMMY BUCHMAN, JIMMY BUNGERT, A.J. CARROZZA, FRANK CEBROSKY, MIKE CIOCCO, MELISSA COMETA, MARIA CRAZ, PERRY DELAMAZA, DANIEL DiPIPPA, BERNADETTE DONOGHUE, BRIAN EASTERDAY, MATT EYDLER, BILL FAX:, ATHLETIC OFFICE FRONT DESK, SCANDLON GYMNASIUM FULTZ, SKYLER GIGLIELLO, LISA GRAY, RICH GREELEY, JERRY GRENOT, PETER HADZIMICHALIS, CAITLIN HAND, AARON HARTRANFT, TYLER HAYES, JOE HEALEY, ADAM HERBERT, ALLISON HILLMAN, MIKE HOEFT, STEVE ISH, CHERYL JANIK, GREG JENDRYASZEK, ERIC KACHINKO, BERNIE KERRICK, MARTHA KILBANE, BRIAN KLEVINSKY, DAVID KLINETOB, BOB KNARR, JEFF KOLINOVSKY, MIKE KOWALSKI, ASHLEY KRETZSCHMAR, JAN KRUPA, CODY KULPA, TIM LILLEY, MIKE LIPLES, GARRY MAIN OFFICE, ATHLETIC TRAINING MARCHETTI, DAVID MATT, JOANN MATUSIEWICZ, STEVE MAZZOCCHI, CHRISTIAN McGINLEY, NED MCGINLEY, NED McGOFF, RYAN McMAHON, CATHERINE MULALLY, TIFFANY MUNDY, MEGAN NALLON, TOM NAYLOR, MARK OBERG, TED ORLOWSKI, ANDY ORMROD, JESSICA PATTON, LAURA PECORA, VINCENT PEREZ, AARON PEREZ, JOHN PHONE, ATHLETIC OFFICE RAYNOR, BRANDON ROMANO, P.T. ROSENCRANS, MATT SANDERS, JOSH SEDON, CHRIS SIMINGTON , JEREMY SIMMERS, PATRICK THOMAS, KELSEY TUDAE-TORBOH, CEMAH WERT, SHAWNA WILLIS, ANDREW WITHROW, MEGAN YOUNG, TYRONE ZIADIE, BOB ZIOBRO, RYANNE Full Staff expand SHAWNA WERT
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Brian Donoghue
Assistant Coach
Donoghue's 11th season at King's. Donoghue came to King's after serving three seasons as the lead assistant coach at Division II East Stroudsburg University. In his ten seasons at King's, he has guided the Lady Monarchs to a combined 151-116 record and seven Freedom Conference Tournament berths, including second-place finishes in 2006-07, 2011-12, and 2012-13. Donoghue also has an NCAA tournament berth to his credit, advancing to the "Sweet 16" with the 2011-12 squad that finished 24-6. That season he was also named the D3Hoops.com Mid-Altantic Region "Coach of the Year". Donoghue graduated from Drexel University in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Architectural Engineering. While attending Drexel, Donoghue served as an assistant boy's coach at his alma-mater, Haverford High School, before moving to the assistant boy's coach at Interboro High School from 1994-95. In July of 1995, a 23-year old Donoghue received his first head coaching opportunity when he took over a struggling program at Penn State Delaware County. As a part-time head coach without an opportunity to recruit during his first-year at the two-year college, Donoghue endured through a 1-14 record in his first season. He would slowly build the program, however, and led the team to four straight Commonwealth Campus Athletic Conference playoff berths from the 1998-99 season through 2001-02. Donoghue guided his 1998-99 team to an 18-5 record and the CCAC championship while earning conference "Coach of the Year" honors. The following year, the team finished 17-6 and was second in the CCAC Tournament. In his final two years, the team suffered through an injury-riddled 8-13 mark in 2000-01, before improving to 14-11 with a CCAC playoff berth in what would eventually be his final season at Penn State Delaware County. Donoghue, however, decided to give up a career in engineering to pursue a full-time collegiate coaching job. He was presented with that opportunity when East Stroudsburg University hired him as its lead assistant coach in October of 2002. While at ESU, Donoghue served as the program's Recruiting and Defensive Coordinators. His responsibilities also included perimeter and post-player development, scouting, game-plan preparation, game scheduling, and monitoring the team's academic progress. Donoghue is a 1989 graduate of Haverford High School where he was a three-sport varsity letterman, competing in basketball, football, and baseball. He is an active member of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), twice presenting at the National Convention alongside assistant coach Caitlin Hadzimichalis. In his ten seasons at King's the Lady Monarchs have been named to the WBCA Division III Academic Top-25 Team Honor Roll five times including four of the past five years. This past summer Donoghue was invited to attend the WBCA's Center for Coaching Excellence workshop at Columbia University. Donoghue and his wife Andrea, a certified athletic trainer, reside in nearby Kingston. The couple are the parents of three children. Last Updated: October 20, 2015 On August 30, 2005, Brian Donoghue was introduced as the new head women's basketball coach at King's College. In the process, he became just the fifth coach in King's women's basketball history since the program began in 1974-75. The 2015-16 season will mark Donoghue's 11th season at King's. Donoghue came to King's after serving three seasons as the lead assistant coach at Division II East Stroudsburg University. In his ten seasons at King's, he has guided the Lady Monarchs to a combined 151-116 record and seven Freedom Conference Tournament berths, including second-place finishes in 2006-07, 2011-12, and 2012-13. Donoghue also has an NCAA tournament berth to his credit, advancing to the "Sweet 16" with the 2011-12 squad that finished 24-6. That season he was also named the D3Hoops.com Mid-Altantic Region "Coach of the Year". Donoghue graduated from Drexel University in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Architectural Engineering. While attending Drexel, Donoghue served as an assistant boy's coach at his alma-mater, Haverford High School, before moving to the assistant boy's coach at Interboro High School from 1994-95. In July of 1995, a 23-year old Donoghue received his first head coaching opportunity when he took over a struggling program at Penn State Delaware County. As a part-time head coach without an opportunity to recruit during his first-year at the two-year college, Donoghue endured through a 1-14 record in his first season. He would slowly build the program, however, and led the team to four straight Commonwealth Campus Athletic Conference playoff berths from the 1998-99 season through 2001-02. Donoghue guided his 1998-99 team to an 18-5 record and the CCAC championship while earning conference "Coach of the Year" honors. The following year, the team finished 17-6 and was second in the CCAC Tournament. In his final two years, the team suffered through an injury-riddled 8-13 mark in 2000-01, before improving to 14-11 with a CCAC playoff berth in what would eventually be his final season at Penn State Delaware County. Donoghue, however, decided to give up a career in engineering to pursue a full-time collegiate coaching job. He was presented with that opportunity when East Stroudsburg University hired him as its lead assistant coach in October of 2002. While at ESU, Donoghue served as the program's Recruiting and Defensive Coordinators. His responsibilities also included perimeter and post-player development, scouting, game-plan preparation, game scheduling, and monitoring the team's academic progress. Donoghue is a 1989 graduate of Haverford High School where he was a three-sport varsity letterman, competing in basketball, football, and baseball. He is an active member of the
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Vincent Pecora
Assistant Coach
Pecora is a 2009 King's College graduate, earning a bachelor's degree in business administration with a minor in marketing. While at King's, he was a four-year member of the cross country team and was a Middle Atlantic Conference All-Academic Team selection. As a senior, he was presented the Monarch Merit Award for combined excellence in academics and athletics. Pecora was a member of King's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee from 2007-2009 and served as SAAC President as a senior during the 2008-09 academic year. In addition, Pecora attended the NCAA Division III Student-Athlete Leadership Conference in 2008. He was also his Senior Class Representative in King's Student Government in 2008-09. After graduating from Kings Pecora worked at Hunter College (NY) as an Athletic Department Intern from September 2009 to August 2010, where he also worked in the sports information office. At Hunter Pecora was responsible for the management of on campus bulletin boards keeping them updated with information for varsity sports, intramurals, and recreation. He assisted with writing news releases, compiling sports statistics, photography and video of athletic teams and events, and assisting in maintaining the Hunter athletics website. Pecora also oversaw the day to day operations of recreation and intramurals including locker room management, inventory, and served as a supervisor for student workers. While at Hunter, Pecora also served as the College's Marketing Intern for American Collegiate Intramural Sports (ACIS) where he was responsible for executing ACIS sponsored events and promotions on campus. In the summer of 2012 Pecora returned to Hunter and worked as a summer equipment assistant where he was responsible for the inventory of all uniforms, practice gear, and equipment. He also developed the reorganization of the equipment room and storage closet. In 2010, Pecora returned to King's as an Athletic Department Assistant and Cross Country Assistant Coach. Pecora was responsible for ticket sales at all home ticket selling events, supervising student workers, and assisting with the day-to-day operations of the department. Pecora was also an assistant coach for the cross country team where he was responsible for the registration of the team into meets, recording times at the meets, and for assisting at daily practices including the setup of workouts. He also aided the King's sports information office on a part-time basis where he helped compile game statistics during a variety of home contests. While at Kings Pecora entered graduate school and received his Masters degree in Healthcare Administration from Kings in May, 2013. After receiving his Masters degree Pecora left the Cross Country staff and took a position as an Assistant Womens Basketball Coach at Kings. As a member of the Womens Basketball Staff he has assisted in the daily running of practice, editing and reviewing film, recruiting prospective athletes and individual workouts with athletes during the season. Pecora is an avid sports fan and has worked many athletic events including the 2011 Division III ECAC Indoor Track Championships at the NYC Armory; the 2012 NCAA Division III Womens Basketball Tournament First and Second Rounds at Kings; the 2013 NCAA Division III Mens Soccer Tournament First Round at Kings; the 2014 NCAA Division III East Regional Wrestling Championship at Kings; along with numerous regular season and conference championship events during his time at both Hunter College and Kings College. He is a native of Highland Park, N.J. and a 2005 graduate of Immaculata High School. AIELLO, NICOLE ANDREJKO, J.P. ANDREJKO, JEFF BASSETT, MARK BAVITZ, JERRY BEVEVINO, TONY BIESKI, BERNIE BONSER, BLAKE BRONG, BILL BRZOSKA, AMY BUNGERT, A.J. BURGESS, TAYLOR CARROZZA, FRANK CEBROSKY, MIKE CIOCCO, MELISSA COLLIGAN, PATRICK COMETA, MARIA CRAZ, PERRY DELAMAZA, DANIEL EASTERDAY, MATT ENDY, JEFF EYDLER, BILL FAX:, ATHLETIC OFFICE FITZSIMMONS, BOB FOSTER, ERIK FRONT DESK, SCANDLON GYMNASIUM FULTZ, SKYLER GIGLIELLO, LISA GRAY, RICH GREELEY, JERRY GRENOT, PETER HADZIMICHALIS, CAITLIN HAND, AARON HARTRANFT, TYLER HAYES, JOE HEALEY, ADAM HERBERT, ALLISON ISH, CHERYL JANIK, GREG JENDRYASZEK, ERIC KACHINKO, BERNIE KERRICK, MARTHA KILBANE, BRIAN KINDRET, JENNIFER KLEVINSKY, DAVID KLINETOB, BOB KNARR, JEFF KOLINOVSKY, MIKE KOWALSKI, ASHLEY KRETZSCHMAR, JAN KRUPA, CODY KULPA, TIM LABIAK, JOHN MAIN OFFICE, ATHLETIC TRAINING MALLARO, STEPHEN MARCHETTI, DAVID MARKISON, BEN MATT, JOANN MATUSIEWICZ, STEVE MAZZOCCHI, CHRISTIAN McGINLEY, NED MCGINLEY, NED MULALLY, TIFFANY MUNDY, MEGAN NALLON, TOM NAYLOR, MARK NEVIT, ANDREW OBERG, TED OLIVER, MYLES ORLOWSKI, ANDY ORMROD, JESSICA PACK, JOHN PECORA, VINCENT PHONE, ATHLETIC OFFICE PLUMMER, RICO QUINONES, JENERA RAYNOR, BRANDON REGAN, ALLISON ROMANO, P.T. SANDERS, JOSH SIMINGTON , JEREMY SIMMERS, PATRICK STEVENS, ASHLEY WILLIS, ANDREW WITHROW, MEGAN YOUNG, TYRONE ZIADIE, BOB ZIOBRO, RYANNE Full Staff expand VINCENT PECORA Vincent Pecora enters his second year as Assistant Director of Sports Information at King's, assuming the position in July of 2014 Vincent Pecora is a 2009 King's College graduate, earning a bachelor's degree in business administration with a minor in marketing. While at King's, he was a four-year member of the cross country team and was a Middle Atlantic Conference All-Academic Team selection. As a senior, he was presented the Monarch Merit Award for combined excellence in academics and athletics. Pecora was a member of King's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee from 2007-2009 and served as SAAC President as a senior during the 2008-09 academic year. In addition, Pecora attended the NCAA Division III Student-Athlete Leadership Conference in 2008. He was also his Senior Class Representative in King's Student Government in 2008-09. After graduating from Kings Pecora worked at Hunter College (NY) as an Athletic Department Intern from September 2009 to August 2010, where he also worked in the sports information office. At Hunter Pecora was responsible for the management of on campus bulletin boards keeping them updated with information for varsity sports, intramurals, and recreation. He assisted with writing news releases, compiling sports statistics, photography and video of athletic teams and events, and assisting in maintaining the Hunter athletics website. Pecora also oversaw the day to day operations of recreation and intramurals including locker room management, inventory, and served as a supervisor for student workers. While at Hunter, Pecora also served as the College's Marketing Intern for American Collegiate Intramural Sports (ACIS) where he was responsible for executing ACIS sponsored events and promotions on campus. In the summer of 2012 Pecora returned to Hunter and worked as a summer equipment assistant where he was responsible for the inventory of all uniforms, practice gear, and equipment. He also developed the reorganization of the equipment room and storage closet. In 2010, Pecora returned to King's as an Athletic Department Assistant and Cross Country Assistant Coach. Pecora was responsible for ticket sales at all home ticket selling events, supervising student workers, and assisting with the day-to-day operations of the department. Pecora was also an assistant coach for the cross country team where he was responsible for the registration of the team into meets, recording times at the meets, and for assisting at daily practices including the setup of workouts. He also aided the King's sports information office on a part-time basis where he helped compile game statistics during a variety of home contests. While at Kings Pecora entered graduate school and received his Masters degree in Healthcare Administration from Kings in May, 2013. After receiving his Masters degree Pecora left the Cross Country staff and took a position as an Assistant Womens Basketball Coach at Kings. As a member of the Womens Basketball Staff he has assisted in the daily running of practice, editing and reviewing film, recruiting prospective athletes and individual workouts with athletes during the season. Pecora is an avid sports fan and has worked many athletic events including the 2011 Division III ECAC Indoor Track Championships at the NYC Armory; the 2012 NCAA Division III Womens Basketball Tournament First and Second Rounds at Kings; the 2013 NCAA Division III Mens Soccer Tournament First Round at Kings; the 2014 NCAA Division III East Regional Wrestling Championship at Kings; along with numerous regular season and conference championship events during his time at both Hunter College and Kings College. He is a native of Highland Park, N.J. and a 2005 graduate of Immaculata High School.
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Alan Yendrzeiwski
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Lizzy Spindler
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Bob Fitzsimmons
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