2021 Hercules Tires MAAC Basketball Championships Program

WOMEN’S ROSTER No. Name

Cl.

Pos.

Ht.

Hometown

1 2 5

Dee Dee Davis Gabby Cajou Lynette Taitt

Jr.

G 5-8 Bronx, NY

Gs. Sr. Sr. So.

G 5-4 Stony Point, NY

PLAYER TO WATCH A unanimous preseason All-MAAC First Team selection, Courtney Warley has been one of the top defensive players in not only the MAAC, but also the Division I ranks she has ranked among the league leaders all season in rebounds, steals and blocks, along with scoring, free throw percentage and double-doubles. Earlier in the year, Warley, a three-year captain, became just the second Jasper to notch 800 points, 800 reboundsand100blocks, joining former teammate KaylaGrimme. Last season, Warley became just the eighth Jasper in program history to earn All-MAAC First Team honors, averaging 11.6 points, 8.7 rebounds and 2.4 steals per game. As a sophomore she became just the second Jasper to be named MAAC Defensive Player of the Year and earned inclusion on the All-MAAC Third Team, after being named to the MAAC Rookie Team as a freshman. NOTABLE ALUMNI Former Manhattan player Sandy Gordon was named to the 2019 MAAC Honor Roll in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. One of the top playmakers in school history, Gordon continues to hold the program record for assists with 592. As a sophomore in 1985–86, she averaged 7.0 points and 5.5 assists while winning MVP honors in the Loyola Invitational Tournament. As a junior in 1986–87, she handed out a school-record 220 assists (7.3 per game) while guiding the Jaspers to 20 wins, the program’s first-ever MAAC title and a date with Duke in the NCAA Tournament.

G 5-5 Bronx, NY

10 11 12 13 15 20 21 22 23 25 32 33

Sini Mäkelä

G 5-8 Helsinki, Finland G 5-10 Staten Island, NY G 5-9 New Rochelle, NY G 5-3 East Hartford, CT G 5-8 Wanaque, NJ G/F 5-9 Jackson, NJ G/F 6-0 Thessaloniki, Greece

Emily LaPointe

Nia Bailey

Fr.

Lizahya Morgan Sydney Watkins Nyala Pendergrass Christina Katsamouri

Sr.

Jr.

Sr.

So.

Courtney Warley

Sr.

C 6-3 West Chester, PA

Emma Wilson-Saltos

Fr.

G/F 6-0 Bronx, NY

Pamela Miceus

Gs.

F F F

6-1 Haverstraw, NY

Favour

Fr.

6-1 Anambra, Nigeria 6-1 Valley Cottage, NY

Jenna Jordan

So.

Head Coach: Heather Vulin (Minnesota-Morris, ’99) – 5 th Season Assistant Coaches: Allie Bassetti (Rowan, ’13) – 5 th Season, Callan Taylor (Sacred Heart, ’12) – 5 th Season, Rena Wakama (Western Carolina, ’14) – 4 th Season Director Of Basketball Operations: Kiki Griffin (Davidson, ’18) – 2 nd Season

HEAD COACH HEATHER VULIN Heather Vulin was named the eighth head coach in Manhattan College program history on April 25, 2016. A 1999 graduate of Minnesota-Morris, she began her career as a graduate assistant at North Dakota State from 2000–02, then spent six seasons as an assistant coach at Sacred Heart from 2002–08. Vulin was on staff at Villanova for seven seasons (2008–15) before spending the 2015–16 campaign as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Virginia Tech. Vulin continued to raise the standard for the women’s basketball program since her arrival at Manhattan. She mentored Gabby Cajou to the program’s first Sixth Player of the Year award in 2018, and Courtney Warley to the program’s second MAAC Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2019. Last season, Warley became just the seventh player in program history to earn All-MAAC First Team honors. The Jaspers have earned a spot in the MAAC quarterfinals in each of the last

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three years, and last season tied for third place. The squad has moved from a 10 th – place pick in 2017 to first place this season.

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