Nazareth College Women's Basketball

Kelly Dunne-Romig, a former standout player at Nazareth, completed her 10th season as head coach in 2024-25. For the second consecutive season, Nazareth hit the 20-win mark, going 20-7 and 13-3 in league play, eventually falling in the conference semifinals. Junior Kiara Anglin was named the co-Defensive Player of the Year for the Empire 8. Dunne-Romig's best season at the helm came in 2023-24. Nazareth delivered its first 20-win season under Dunne-Romig, finishing 22-4 overall and 14-2 in Empire 8 play en route to picking up Empire 8 Coaching Staff of the Year honors. Dunne-Romig reached her 100th career coaching win in 2022. That came in February in a 67-62 home-court win over Utica. All told, Nazareth finished 17-10 overall last season. Nazareth is 164-82 (.667) over nine seasons Dunne-Romig has been at the helm. The last five seasons have been especially prosperous with 88 wins, including 59 in Empire 8 Conference games. The Golden Flyers also have reached conference playoffs five times and captured their first E8 title during the pandemic-shortened season of 2021. Nazareth's recent success also has culminated in post-season awards. A Nazareth player has picked up all-region accolades with Olivia Dobrovosky (23-24), Brielle Reidinger (22-23) and Jayden Abrams (21-22) recognized by d3hoops.com. Abrams was also a two-time E8 Player of the Year and was an honorable mention All-American in 2021-22. Rachel Benedict earned those same honors in 2019-20. Leaning heavily on strong contributions from Abrams, Dunne-Romig was able to steer the Golden Flyers to their first-ever conference title in 2021 with a thrilling home-court win over rival St. John Fisher in the championship game. Dunne-Romig and her staff were rewarded as E8 Coaching Staff of the Year.   In 2017-18, Dunne-Romig led a young Golden Flyers squad to a 13-12 record, including a 9-7 mark in Empire 8 Conference play.  Nazareth led the E8 in 3-point field goals made, totaling 165 on the year (6.6 per game). Dunne-Romig's successful first season of 2015-16 included an 11-5 record in the E8 and was highlighted by an aggressive offensive style of play that featured a team three-point shooting percentage (225-for-621, 36.2%) that ranked eighth nationally. The Golden Flyers also broke a school record and led the nation in free-throw percentage that year by going 318 for 402 (79.1%). Three of her players -- Lindsey Kelly, Veronica Peck and Sam Sorge -- earned all-conference recognition. A native of East Northport, N.Y., Dunne is a 2010 Nazareth graduate who coached for three seasons at Brockport. She was appointed interim head coach there following the 2014-15 season. Her responsibilities included coordination of recruiting. She also has coaching experience at several camps and clinics. As a player at Nazareth from 2006 through 2010, Dunne-Romig was a four-year starter and two-time team captain who earned Empire 8 Conference all-star recognition as a senior. She ranks among the program’s all-time career leaders in three-point field goals made (157), assists (297) and steals (153). She ranked first all-time in career free throw percentage (200-for-250, .800) until she was recently surpassed by her current player, Jadyn Abrams, who has a percentage of .849 through four seasons. Dunne-Romig also set the single-season mark for free-throw accuracy in 2009-10 when she sank 74 of 82 shots (.902). Dunne-Romig comes from a basketball-playing family that includes her older brother, Greg, an All-American player for the Golden Flyers in the late-90s. A member of Nazareth's Sports Hall of Fame, Greg is the former men's basketball coach at Brockport. Coaching alongside Kelly at Nazareth is another brother, Tim. Her parents, John and Eileen, are fixtures at all Golden Flyer basketball games. Kelly has a degree from Nazareth in Business Administration after playing scholastically at Northport High School, where she also excelled in soccer and lacrosse. Dunne-Romig and her husband Derrick are parents to daughter Peyton and son Dylan.   

Nazareth graduate Kayla Ringler '25 joined the golf staff beginning in the 2025-26 season. The Loretto, PA native competed for five seasons for the Golden Flyers.  Ringler was a steady player during her tenure, with one of her shining moments coming at the Empire 8 Fall Classic in 2014 where she was the Individual Champion and helped the Golden Flyers take first place. In her senior campaign, she was also tabbed Academic All-District by College Sports Communicators (CSC). Ringler is currently pursuing her Master's Degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders.   

Makalah Sizer ’22 was promoted from a volunteer assistant coach position with the Nazareth University Women’s Basketball team to a full-time assistant coach position with the team for the 2023-24 season. Sizer will assist in all aspects including game and practice preparation, scouting upcoming opponents and recruiting. After a successful four-year playing career, Sizer was on the coaching staff as a volunteer assistant coach for the 2022-23 season. She helped the team to a 19-8 overall record including a 14-4 mark in Empire 8 games. The Golden Flyers defeated Russell Sage and advanced to the Empire 8 Tournament championship contest. As a guard for Nazareth, Sizer 2.1 points per game and recorded more than 100 assists and rebounds in 77 career games. The team advanced to three conference tournaments and won the Empire 8 title in 2020-21. Sizer was named to the Empire 8 Sportswoman of the Year squad in 2021-22. The native of Rochester and Brighton High School was a standout in the classroom as well, earning Presidents’ list honors in each of her four seasons and graduated from Nazareth with a Business Management degree.

Stephanie Spoto, a 2016 graduate of the University of New Hampshire, joined the Nazareth coaching staff in 2017 as a part-time assistant for women's basketball. A native of Pittsford, Spoto played scholastically at Pittsford Sutherland and earned an array of accolades, including first-team all-Greater Rochester honors in 2011. She went on to play four seasons at New Hampshire, appearing in all 30 of the team's games in 2015-16 and averaging 4.6 points per game. Spoto graduated with a degree in Kinesiology: Exercise Science and Psychology as well as a minor in Nutrition. She received her Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) certification and is the co-owner/head trainer at Anchor Fitness & Wellness in Fairport, N.Y. At New Hampshire, Spoto was named to the America East Academic Honor Roll and was inducted into the National College Athletic Honor Society, Chi Sigma Alpha.   

Tim Dunne joined the women's basketball coaching staff at Nazareth in 2015-16 as an assistant to his sister, head coach Kelly Dunne. Since his first season of 2015-16, he has helped Nazareth to 103 wins, a .620 winning percentage and an Empire 8 Conference championship in 2021.   Dunne had committed to play basketball at Nazareth for coach Mike Daley but sustained a spinal cord injury in a diving accident one week prior to his high school graduation in 1997.   Dunne played scholastically for Northport High School and each year helped lead the team deep into the large-school Long Island playoffs. From 2005 to 2014, he was an assistant varsity coach for very successful Northport High School teams, including a Long Island Championship and a NY State semifinalist. His brother Greg was inducted into Nazareth’s Hall of Fame for basketball and is currently the head basketball coach at SUNY Brockport.   Dunne graduated Magna Cum Laude from Hofstra University in 2003 earning degrees in Journalism and Psychology.   In addition to his coaching duties, Dunne is a Corporate Communications Associate for Henry Schein, Inc.