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Women's Coaches
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Joan Bonvicini
head coach
13th season at UA
Winningest coach in UA women's hoops history; has 539 wins in 24 years as head coach; three-time finalist for Naismith, Associated Press Coach of the Year awards.
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Kelley Barney
assistant coach
third season at UA
Adds job of recruiting coordinator with offseason loss of former assistant Denise Dove-Ianello in offseason; head coach at Gonzaga from 1994-2000.
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Curtis Loyd
assistant coach
fifth season at UA
Instrumental in development of UA post players; program's film-exchange coordinator; has coached five All-Pac-10 front line players while at UA.
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Shimmy Gray
assistant coach
first season at UA
Spent last three seasons on Washington staff; responsibilities at UW included opponent scouting, recruiting, post player development.
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Women's Projected Starters
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13 · Aimee Grzyb
senior guard
5-foot-7
Veteran leader averaged 10.5 points per game; finished season fifth in Pac-10 in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.44); won UA "hustle award" as sophomore.
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00 · Shawntinice Polk
sophomore center
6-foot-5
Preseason Wooden Award candidate; 2002-03 Pac-10 freshman of year averaged 17.4 points, 10.8 rebounds in redshirt freshman campaign.
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11 · Dee-Dee Wheeler
junior guard
5-foot-6
2001-02 Pac-10 freshman of year was also a 2002-2003 first-team all-
conference selection.
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5 · CoCoa Sanford
sophomore forward
6-foot-0
Sprinter for UA track team; played in 24 games (one start), averaging 1.8 points, 1.3 boards.
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23 · Natalie Jones
sophomore guard
5-foot-10
Member of honorable mention Pac-10 All-Freshman team; will be expected to help fill in for departures of Julie Brase and Krista Warren.
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Women's Reserves
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10 · Linda Pace
freshman guard
5-foot-9
Coaching staff says San Diego native is good scorer with strong offensive presence; averaged 29.8 points and 10.5 rebounds as high school senior.
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15 · Anna Chappell
sophomore forward
6-foot-1
Came off the bench in 13 games last year, averaged 2.5 minutes each; will be expected to deter defense away from basket.
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21 · Katrina Lindner
sophomore guard
5-foot-6
Australian native had ACL tear in two years in February; two-time Mary Roby academic award winner.
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25 · Rachael Schein
freshman guard
5-foot-11
Las Vegas native very hard to contain in the paint, according to coaches; should see most time at the three.
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30 · Jessica Duger
senior guard/forward
5-foot-10
One of just two seniors; made team as walk-on prior to last season after spending two years at Yavapai College in Prescott.
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33 · Phakisha Peterson
sophomore guard
5-foot-11
Played 26 games in Î02-'03, averaging 5.7 minutes, 1.2 rebounds, and 1.0 points per game.
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44 · Danielle Adefeso
junior center
6-foot-2
Team's most improved in Î01-02; counted on to spell Polk at center and provide quality minutes at forward.
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50 · Shannon Hobson
freshman forward
6-foot-2
Strong rebounder, power player; coaching staff expects first-year player to see a lot of minutes early down low.
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