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2024–25 QUINNIPIAC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

QUICK FACTS LOCATION HAMDEN, CT NICKNAME BOBCATS COLORS NAVY AND GOLD YEAR FOUNDED 1929 PRESIDENT DR. JUDY OLIAN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR GREG AMODIO HOME ARENA M&T BANK ARENA (3,570)

WOMEN’S ROSTER

No.

Name

Cl.

Pos.

Ht.

Hometown/High School/Previous School

02 04 05 07 10 11 12 13 14 15 21 22 23 24 33

Gracie Gopalan Grace LaBarge

G Fr.

5-4 Waupun, WI/Waupun Area

F

Sr.

6-3

Inverness, IL/William Fremd

Paige Girardi

G So.

5-9 Warwick, NY/Warwick Valley

Caranda Perea

F

Gr.

6-2 Altoona, PA/Altoona Area/Tulsa

Maria Kealy

G

So.

5-9 Donegal, Ireland/Loreto Letterkenny

Bri Bowen

G/F Jr.

5-10 Chalfont, PA/Archbishop Wood/Delaware

Ella O’Donnell Emma Lizotte

F F

Jr.

6-3 Shankill, Ireland/Rathdown 6-3 Saco, ME/Thornton Academy 5-9 Kadima, Israel/Bella Vista Prep

Fr.

Gal Raviv

G Fr.

Karson Martin

G So. G Sr.

5-7 Woodstock, GA/Woodstock

Jackie Grisdale

5-9 Poland, OH/Poland

Reagan Sipla

G Fr.

6-1 St. Charles, IL/St. Charles North

Anna Foley

F/C

So.

6-3

Andover, MA/Andover

Ava Sollenne

G So.

5-6 Greenwich, CT/St.Luke’s

Khadijah Tungo

C Jr.

6-6 Luanda, Angola/Complexo Escolar Privado Frei Joao Domingos

Head Coach: Tricia Fabbri (Fairfield ‘91 • 30 th Season) Assistant Head Coach: Bill Sullivan (UConn ‘95 • 3 rd Season, 1 st as Associate HC) Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator: Sam Guastella (Quinnipiac ‘15 • 2 nd Season) Assistant Coach: Cur’Tiera Haywood (Quinnipiac ’23 • 1 st Season) Director of Basketball Operations: Ashley Hopper (La Salle ’23 • 1 st Season) Strength & Conditioning Coach: Brijesh Patel (Connecticut ‘02/’04 • 17 th Season) Athletic Trainer: Becky Mella (Ithaca ‘95 • 14 th Season) SID/Athletic Communications: Patrick Kraemer (Quinnipiac ’22 • 2 nd Season)

PLAYER TO WATCH A first-year from Kadima, Israel Gal Raviv has been a key player in Quinnipiac’s success this sea-son. Raviv averages 16.4 points per game while averaging 36.6 minutes per game. Raviv has start ed every game this season for the Bobcats. Gal has stuffed the stat sheet in her first season in Hamden, averaging 4.8 rebounds per game, 3.7 assists per game, and 1.3 steals per game. Raviv has been named the MAAC Rookie of the Week six times this season. Gal has her eyes set on the MAAC Rookie of the Year award while also leading Quinnipiac to their first MAAC title since the 2019 season. NOTABLE ALUMNI After graduating in May 2019 with 538 points, 231 assists, 130 steals and three MAAC Champi-onships and NCAA Tournament appearances with the Bobcats, Edel Thornton returned home to Ireland to play professionally. Since returning home, Thornton rejoined Team Ireland and is now currently serving as the Irish National Team’s senior captain. In three games at the 2022 European Championships, Thornton averaged 9.7 points, 3.3 assists and 3.0 steals per game for Team Ireland.

HEAD COACH TRICIA FABBRI The first full-time female coach in school history, Tricia Fabbri enters her 30 th year as the coach at Quinnipiac University. Fabbri was hired in 1995 after a three-year stint as an assistant coach at her alma mater, Fairfield University. As a player under Coach Dianne Nolan, the former Tricia Sacca won two MAAC championships, scored 1,622 points, grabbed 1,037 rebounds, and earned three First-Team All-Conference selections and an All-Team selection. She was twice selected to All-Conference teams, a feat later matched by her daughter, Carly, in 2017 and 2018 at Quinnipiac. The all-time winningest coach in Quinnipiac women’s basketball history, Fabbri currently has 530 ca-reer wins, ranking 24th among active Division I head coaches. During her eleven-year MAAC ten-ure, Fabbri and Quinnipiac have won four MAAC championships, three NCAA Tournament games, and two WNIT games. Quinnipiac has had a Player of the Year, a Defensive Player of the Year, a Rookie of the Year, and three Sixth Players of the Year. Quinnipiac has had 34 players se-lected to All Conference teams, including seven first-team selections. She has been named confer-ence Coach of the Year four times.

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