McMaster University Women's Basketball

Burns was named OUA West Coach of the Year. Also named the Fox 40 OUA Female Coach of the Year... Lindsay DeGroot travelled to Bangkok, Thailand to represent Canada at the 2007 Summer Universiade. 2005 - 06: Posted a record of 17 - 5, finishing the regular season 2nd in OUA West....won OUA Championship after defeating York in final.... OUA West Champions after defeating Laurier. Chiara Rocca was named CIS Defensive Player of the Year, OUA West Defensive Player of the Year and OUA West 1st Team All-Star. Taylor Smith was named to the West 2nd Team All-Star and West All-Rookie team. 2004 - 05: Posted a record of 15 - 7, finishing the regular season 4th in the OUA West. Cari te Boekhost was named OUA West Rookie of the Year. She was also named to the CIS and OUA West All Rookie Teams. Chiara Rocca and Sarah Sterling were named OUA West 2nd Team All-Stars. 2003 - 04: Posted a record of 12 - 10, finishing the regular season 5th in the OUA West. Christin Dickenson was named OUA West Player of the Year. Dickenson led the league with 6.7 assists per game. Chiara Rocca was named OUA West Rookie of the year and to the CIS and OUA West All-Rookie Teams. Rocca was also named an OUA West 2 nd Team All-Star. 2002 - 03: Posted a record of 15 - 6, finishing 1st in the OUA West. Named OUA Champions after defeating Queen's. Named OUA West Champions after defeating Laurier. Sarah Sterling was named OUA West Player of the Year and OUA West 2nd Team All-Star. Those honours made Sterling a 2 nd Team All-Canadian. Katie Coulson was named OUA West Defensive Player of the Year and OUA West 1st Team All-Star. Christin Dickenson was named OUA West 1st Team All-Star. Susanne Burr was the recepient of the OUA West Joy Bellinger Award. 2001 - 02: Posted a 15 - 6 regular season record, finishing 2nd in the OUA West. Theresa Burns was named OUA West Coach of the Year. Sarah Cameron was named OUA West 1st Team All-Star while Alana Shaw was named OUA West 2nd Team All-Star 2000 - 01: Posted a 17 - 4 regular season record, finishing 2nd in the OUA West. Defeated the Guelph Gryphons to win the OUA West Championship. Katie Coulson was named OUA West Defensive Player of the Year. Kristine Salmon was named to the OUA West All-Rookie team. 1999 - 00: Posted a 17 - 4 regular season record, finishing 2nd in the OUA West. Lost to Western in OUA West Finals. Sarah Cameron and Dani Everitt were named West Division All-Stars. 1998 - 99: Posted a record of 12 - 2, tied for 1st in the OUA West. Named OUA Champions after defeating Laurentian. Defeated Western 74 - 69 in overtime to win the OUA Champions West Championship. Dani Everitt was named CIS Rookie of the Year and West Division All-Star. Sarah Cameron was named West Division All-Star. Everitt led the league in free throw percentage with 82.2%. 1997 - 98: Posted a record of 8 - 6, tied for 3rd in the OUA West. Carla Vesprini was named West Division All-Star. 1996 - 97: Posted a record of 8 - 6, tied for 3rd in the OUA West. Jennifer Sutherland was named the West Joy Bellinger Award Recepient. Carla Vesprini was named West Division All-Star. 1995 - 96: Posted a record of 10 - 4, finishing 3rd in the O.W.I.A.A. West. Defeated York 77 - 70 to earn the O.W.I.A.A bronze medal. Carla Vesprini was named West Division All-Star. 1994 - 95: Posted a record of 7 - 7, finishing 4th in the O.W.I.A.A. West. Carla Vesprini and Lisa Thomaidis were named West Division All-Star. 1993 - 94: Posted a record of 2 - 12, finishing 8th in the O.W.I.A.A. West. Lisa Thomaidis was named West Division All-Star. 1992 - 93: Posted a record of 2 - 12, finishing 8th in the O.W.I.A.A. West. Lisa Thomaidis was named West Division All-Star. Coaching Record: Additional Coaching Assignments:   Other Highlights: Theresa was named an O.W.I.A.A All-Star three times and was a member of the Canadian National Team from 1984-1987.   Theresa Burns Women's Basketball Head Coach & Athletic Program Coordinator x24641 Hometown: Toronto, Ontario University: University of Toronto High School: Thistletown C.I. McMaster Experience: 21 seasons (1992 - present) In the past 15 years since the programs first OUA championship in 1998-99: 8x OUA West Division Championship appearances 6x OUA West champions 4x OUA Champions 8 CIS Nationals Appearances CIS nationals Bronze Medal 2007-2008 3x OUA West Coach of the year 2006-2007 Fox 40 OUA Female Coach of the year 2007-2008 CIS Basketball Coach of the Year Season by Season:  Finished fourth in the OUA West standings with a 13-9 conference record ... Defeated 83-64 by the Windsor Lancers in an OUA quarterfinal ... Hailey Milligan named as an OUA West First Team All-Star and winner of the OUA's Joy Bellinger Award and CIS Sylvia Sweeney Award ... Milligan recognized with the Therese Quigley Award as McMaster's Outstanding Female Athlete : Once again improved on the record of the previous year, finishing third in the OUA West division with a record of 12-9 ... Hosted an OUA West quarterfinal against the Guelph Gryphons and defeated the Gryphons 81-51 ... Reached the OUA West final with a 73-67 victory over the Brock Badgers in St. Catherines ... Lost the OUA West final to the eventual CIS champions, the Windsor Lancers, 73-51 ... Lost the OUA bronze medal game to the Ottawa Gee Gees by a score of 71-50 ... Danielle Boiago was recognized as the OUA West Rookie of the Year, and included in the CIS All-Rookie Team ... Hailey Milligan was named as an OUA West First-Team All-Star  Improved from the previous season to a fourth place finish in the OUA West with a .500 record of 11-11... Taylor Chiarot was named an OUA West First-Team All-Star... Hosted an OUA Playoff against the Western Mustangs, lost 77-59. Finished seventh in the OUA West with a 6-16 record.. Taylor Chiarot was named an OUA Second-Team All-Star...did not qualify for playoffs 2009-10: Posted a record of 13-9 to finish fifth in the OUA West...defeated 72-66 by Brock in the OUA West quarter-final...advanced to CIS Championship by virtue of hosts where they were defeated 94-76 by the reigning champions from Simon Fraser in the quarter-finals and then by Laval (66-58) in the consolation semifinal...Taylor Smith was named an OUA first team All-Star....Taylor Chiarot was added to the OUA second team and Nicole Rosenkranz and Jaklynn Nimec earned spots on the All-Rookie team... Smith moved past the previous McMaster career scoring mark of 1192 (set by Chiara Rocca in 2007-08) on February 3; she set the new standard at 1270...On January 20 Smith also surpassed 500 career assists; she finished her career with 568. 2008 - 09: Personal leave of absence...season coached by Anne Marie Thuss. 2007-08: CIS Coach of the Year..Rachel Hart named top defensive player in the CIS...Lindsay DeGroot named First Team All-Canadian..Posted a 21-1 regular season record on route to winning their third straight OUA West title and bronze medal at the CIS Championship...Defeated the Toronto Varsity Blues to win the OUA Championship...Named OUA West Coach of the Year...Began the season ranked 4th in the CIS and amassed a 17 game winning streak. and 30-4 overall record to finish the year ranked #2 in the country...Has the best point differential in the OUA finishing +481 and limited their opponents to a league low 47.5 points per game...Marauders were the most accurate shooters from the field in the OUA hitting 42.6 per cent of the time...earned a bronze medal in the preseason at the Ryerson tournament 2006 - 07: Posted a 21-1 regular-season record. McMaster was ranked No. 1 nationally for 10 consecutive weeks and the Maroon and Grey built a 24-game overall winning streak in conference and non-conference play. It was the first time since 1998- 99 that an OUA team had been ranked No. 1 in Canada. McMaster finished as the top defensive squad in the province, allowing an average of 54.4 points. Mac went on to win its second consecutive OUA West championship and Burns was named OUA West Coach of the Year. Also named the Fox 40 OUA Female Coach of the Year... Lindsay DeGroot travelled to Bangkok, Thailand to represent Canada at the 2007 Summer Universiade. 2005 - 06: Posted a record of 17 - 5, finishing the regular season 2nd in OUA West....won OUA Championship after defeating York in final.... OUA West Champions after defeating Laurier. Chiara Rocca was named CIS Defensive Player of the Year, OUA West Defensive Player of the Year and OUA West 1st Team All-Star. Taylor Smith was named to the West 2nd Team All-Star and West All-Rookie team. 2004 - 05: Posted a record of 15 - 7, finishing the regular season 4th in the OUA West. Cari te Boekhost was named OUA West Rookie of the Year. She was also named to the CIS and OUA West All Rookie Teams. Chiara Rocca and Sarah Sterling were named OUA West 2nd Team All-Stars. 2003 - 04: Posted a record of 12 - 10, finishing the regular season 5th in the OUA West. Christin Dickenson was named OUA West Player of the Year. Dickenson led the league with 6.7 assists per game. Chiara Rocca was named OUA West Rookie of the year and to the CIS and OUA West All-Rookie Teams. Rocca was also named an OUA West 2 nd Team All-Star. 2002 - 03: Posted a record of 15 - 6, finishing 1st in the OUA West. Named OUA Champions after defeating Queen's. Named OUA West Champions after defeating Laurier. Sarah Sterling was named OUA West Player of the Year and OUA West 2nd Team All-Star. Those honours made Sterling a 2 nd Team All-Canadian. Katie Coulson was named OUA West Defensive Player of the Year and OUA West 1st Team All-Star. Christin Dickenson was named OUA West 1st Team All-Star. Susanne Burr was the recepient of the OUA West Joy Bellinger Award. 2001 - 02: Posted a 15 - 6 regular season record, finishing 2nd in the OUA West. Theresa Burns was named OUA West Coach of the Year. Sarah Cameron was named OUA West 1st Team All-Star while Alana Shaw was named OUA West 2nd Team All-Star 2000 - 01: Posted a 17 - 4 regular season record, finishing 2nd in the OUA West. Defeated the Guelph Gryphons to win the OUA West Championship. Katie Coulson was named OUA West Defensive Player of the Year. Kristine Salmon was named to the OUA West All-Rookie team. 1999 - 00: Posted a 17 - 4 regular season record, finishing 2nd in the OUA West. Lost to Western in OUA West Finals. Sarah Cameron and Dani Everitt were named West Division All-Stars. 1998 - 99: Posted a record of 12 - 2, tied for 1st in the OUA West. Named OUA Champions after defeating Laurentian. Defeated Western 74 - 69 in overtime to win the OUA Champions West Championship. Dani Everitt was named CIS Rookie of the Year and West Division All-Star. Sarah Cameron was named West Division All-Star. Everitt led the league in free throw percentage with 82.2%. 1997 - 98: Posted a record of 8 - 6, tied for 3rd in the OUA West. Carla Vesprini was named West Division All-Star. 1996 - 97: Posted a record of 8 - 6, tied for 3rd in the OUA West. Jennifer Sutherland was named the West Joy Bellinger Award Recepient. Carla Vesprini was named West Division All-Star. 1995 - 96: Posted a record of 10 - 4, finishing 3rd in the O.W.I.A.A. West. Defeated York 77 - 70 to earn the O.W.I.A.A bronze medal. Carla Vesprini was named West Division All-Star. 1994 - 95: Posted a record of 7 - 7, finishing 4th in the O.W.I.A.A. West. Carla Vesprini and Lisa Thomaidis were named West Division All-Star. 1993 - 94: Posted a record of 2 - 12, finishing 8th in the O.W.I.A.A. West. Lisa Thomaidis was named West Division All-Star. 1992 - 93: Posted a record of 2 - 12, finishing 8th in the O.W.I.A.A. West. Lisa Thomaidis was named West Division All-Star. Coaching Record: Additional Coaching Assignments:   Other Highlights: Theresa was named an O.W.I.A.A All-Star three times and was a member of the Canadian National Team from 1984-1987.  

McMaster Experience: 5 seasons (2017-present) Tatham completed his fifth season on the Marauders sideline in 2021-22, guiding McMaster to the OUA Semi-finals.   He joined the McMaster staff after spending the 2016-17 season as an assistant coach with the Maine Red Claws of the NBA Development League, while on a professional development leave from Ryerson University, where he spent six seasons as an assistant. Tatham helped guide the Rams through the most successful period of their program’s history, after being added to the Rams staff as an assistant coach in 2010. He assumed the duties of interim head coach in 2015-16, leading the Rams to a 17-2 regular season record and finishing atop the OUA standings for the first time. The team’s successful campaign continued into the playoffs, where the program captured its first Wilson Cup title as OUA champions by defeating the reigning, five-time CIS champion Carleton Ravens in the final. His effort in the interim role earned Tatham OUA Coach of the Year honours, and he became the first Ryerson coach to be awarded the Stu Aberdeen Trophy as CIS Coach of the Year. Thus far at McMaster, Tatham has seen five OUA All-Star selections, one U SPORTS All-Rookie Team and two OUA All-Rookie Team selection.   Experienced on the international stage, Tatham served on the staff of the Canadian Junior Men’s National Team in 2012, helping to guide the team to bronze at the FIBA Americas U18 Men’s Championship in Brazil. He was a member of Team Canada’s coaching staff for the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia, where the Canadians went 5-0 in pool play and finished fourth. Tatham continues to be involved with Canada Basketball, most recently serving as head coach with the FIBA U18 Americas Championship and U17 Basketball World Cup and, prior to that as an assistant with the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup, with Canadian Senior National Men's Team through FIBA World Cup qualifying in 2018-19 and with the national cadet program.   A graduate of Cleveland State University, where he played basketball at the NCAA Division I level, Tatham was a member of the Canadian Junior National Team from 2002-2004. He played three professional seasons in Switzerland, Syria, Qatar and Germany at the conclusion of his varsity career.  Season Highlights: 2021-2022: McMaster finished the regular season with an 11-5 conference record and a 1-1 post season record. The Marauders hosted the OUA quarter-finals, winning 94-82 against the Lakehead Thunderwolves. McMaster fell to the Brock Badgers in the OUA semi-finals. Jordan Henry was named an OUA First Team All-Star. Mike Demagus was named an OUA Second Team All-Star and Ares Culley Bremner was named a member of the OUA All-Rookie Team.   2020-2021: Not applicable. (COVID-19) 2019-2020: The Marauders finished the regular season with a conference record of 12-10 and a post season record of 1-1... McMaster hosted a first-round playoff and took the win against the Brock Badgers 83-71... The Marauders fell in the OUA quarterfinal match to the Carleton Ravens, who went on to win both the OUA and U-SPORTS championship... Jordan Henry was named an OUA Second Team All-Star... Jordan Henry broke a 51-year old McMaster record for single-game scoring record, with 46 points. 2018-19: McMaster finished the OUA regular season with an 11-13 conference record and the fourth seed in the West Division ... The Marauders hosted a first round playoff and defeated the Guelph Gryphons 78-75 to advance to the conference quarterfinals ... McMaster was defeated 95-89 by the Laurier Golden Hawks in Waterloo ... Marauders guard David McCulloch was named as an OUA Third Team All-Star for a second consecutive season, while guard Jordan Henry was named to the All-Rookie Team ... Henry was named to the U SPORTS All-Rookie Team and was a finalist for McMaster's Mel and Marilyn Hawkrigg Award for Male Rookie of the Year. 2017-18: The Marauders compiled a 10-14 record in conference play and finished fifth in the OUA West division ... McMaster travelled to Waterloo for a first round playoff, losing 102-76 to the Laurier Golden Hawks ... Guard David McCulloch was named as an OUA Third Team All-Star. Career Record: Conference Post Season Overall Season Win Loss Win Loss Win Loss 2021-22 11 5 1 1 12 6 2019-20 12 10 1 1 13 11 2018-19 11 13 1 1 12 14 2017-18 10 14 0 1 10 15 Totals 44 42 3 4 47 46