2020-21 UAA Women's Basketball News
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Janean Cuffee of NYU Receives NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
June 24, 2021Janean Cuffee, a member of the New York University women's basketball team who graduated in May, has been awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. -
Julianna Okoniewski Named Academic All-District by CoSIDA
May 06, 2021University of Rochester junior Julianna Okoniewski has been named First Team Academic All-District III for women's basketball after balloting conducted by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
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Julianna Okoniewski of Rochester Named First Team All-Region by D3hoops.com
April 21, 2021University of Rochester junior Julianna Okoniewski has been named First Team All-Region by D3hoops.com. for her performance in the limited 2020-21 basketball season.
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Emory Names Alexandra Berman Assistant Coach
April 11, 2021Emory University head women's basketball coach Misha Jackson has announced the appointment of Alexandra Berman as assistant coach.
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UAA Conversations About Race and Racism: Janean Cuffee
March 25, 2021Janean Cuffee is a senior basketball player studying applied psychology at the NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. In three seasons, she surpassed 1,000 career points and was named to the All-Association first team each of the past two seasons before COVID-19 canceled the 2020-21 season.
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UAA Conversations About Race and Racism: Misha Jackson
March 11, 2021Misha Jackson is in her fourth season as head coach of the Emory women’s basketball program, and in 2019, led the Eagles to their first NCAA tournament bid since her senior season as a player at Emory in 2013.
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Rochester Storms Back in Fourth Quarter to Win at Nazareth
March 11, 2021Rochester put the perfect ending to an abbreviated women's basketball season by rallying in the fourth quarter for a 65-63 victory over Nazareth College in Kidera Gymnasium on Thursday night.
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Rochester Avenges Only Loss In Win Over St. John Fisher
March 10, 2021Backed by a strong fourth quarter from sophomore Alexis Sestric, who sank four 3-pointers, the University of Rochester women's basketball team posted a 57-45 victory over St. John Fisher College on Wednesday evening at Blue Cross Arena.
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Big Fourth Quarter Pushes Rochester Past Clarkson
March 07, 2021The University of Rochester women's basketball team used a big fourth quarter, outscoring Clarkson University by 13 points, leading to a 51-44 victory on Sunday afternoon at the Blue Cross Arena.
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Yellowjackets Top Bryant & Stratton Buffalo Again, 78-49
February 24, 2021The University of Rochester women's basketball team cruised to a 78-49 victory over Bryant & Stratton College of Buffalo on Wednesday night behind a balanced effort in the scoring column from four of its starters.
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Rochester Wins at Bryant & Stratton Buffalo in Hoops Opener
February 18, 2021The first game on the court for Rochester's women's basketball team was a rousing success on Thursday evening. Rochester defeated Bryant & Stratton College of Buffalo, 60-48, at The Park School here.
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UAA Conversations About Race and Racism: Marsha Harris
February 16, 2021Marsha Harris is a colorectal surgery specialist who helped lead the NYU women’s basketball team to the NCAA championship in 1996-97, including scoring the winning basket with 1.5 seconds remaining in the title game.
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NYU Athletics Announces Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award Winners
February 05, 2021A pair of New York University student-athletes have been chosen to receive the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award. The 2020-21 recipients are senior basketball player Janean Cuffee (who also earned the award in 2019-20) and junior Dan Devine, a member of the Violets' cross country and track & field teams.
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Misha Jackson of Emory Featured on Latest Episode of D3Hoops.com Hoopsville Podcast
December 17, 2020Emory University women's basketball Head Coach Misha Jackson joined the D3Hoops.com Hoopsville podcast earlier this week.
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UAA Conversations About Race and Racism: Duez and Randi Henderson
October 15, 2020Randi and Duez Henderson enter their fourth season coaching the Washington University women’s basketball team, with Randi as the head coach and Duez an assistant coach.
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Brandeis Women's Basketball Gets Out The Vote
October 08, 2020With Election Day just under a month away, the entire Brandeis campus has been mobilized to help in the efforts to get students to vote.
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Maria Williamson Named Head Women’s Basketball Coach at UChicago
August 27, 2020University of Chicago Interim Director of Athletics & Recreation Rosalie Resch announced the hiring of Maria Williamson as head women's basketball coach.
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Rochester Graduate Alexandra Leslie Named to D3hoops.com Team of the Decade
July 28, 2020Alexandra Leslie, a dominant player for the University of Rochester, has been named to the D3hoops.com Team of the Decade for women's basketball. A total of 25 Division III players were named to the team – four teams of five players each plus another five as Honorable Mentions.
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Carnegie Mellon Graduate Lisa Murphy Named to D3hoops.com All-Decade Team
July 28, 2020Former Carnegie Mellon University women's basketball standout Lisa Murphy has recently been named to the D3hoops.com Second Women's Basketball All-Decade Team.
