Sonoma State Women's Basketball History

NCAA APPEARANCES

1998 1999
2002 2004
2007 2008

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS

1997-98

NCAC/CCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES

1998 1999
2002 2004
2007 2008
2011 2012
2017 2018
2019 2020
2022 2023
2024

ALL-AMERICANS

1999

Year-by-Year Records

Year	Head Coach	Overall	Conf.	Place	Statistics	Roster	Comments
1980-81	Greg Smith	4-18	2-12	n/a	Statistics
1981-82	Greg Smith	7-18	1-13	n/a	Statistics
1982-83	Greg Smith	16-10	7-7	n/a	Statistics
1983-84	Greg Smith	14-11	7-7	t-4th	Statistics
Greg Smith (4 seasons)		41-57	17-39
1984-85	Dianne Lloyd	2-23	1-13	7th	Statistics
Dianne Lloyd (1 season)		2-23	1-13
1985-86	Linda Cotter	5-22	1-11	7th	Statistics
1986-87	Linda Cotter	7-20	2-10	6th	Statistics
1987-88	Linda Cotter	6-22	3-9	6th	Statistics
Linda Cotter (3 seasons)		18-64	6-30
1988-89	Susan Zachensky-Walthall	5-20	3-9	6th	Statistics
1989-90	Susan Zachensky-Walthall	10-15	5-9	6th	Statistics
1990-91	Susan Zachensky-Walthall	14-13	8-6	t-3rd	Statistics
1991-92	Susan Zachensky-Walthall	12-13	4-8	t-5th	Statistics
1992-93	Susan Zachensky-Walthall	11-14	5-7	5th	Statistics
1993-94	Susan Zachensky-Walthall	8-17	3-9	t-5th	Statistics
1994-95	Susan Zachensky-Walthall	9-17	2-10	t-6th	Statistics	Roster
1995-96	Susan Zachensky-Walthall	8-18	4-10	t-6th	Statistics	Roster
1996-97	Susan Zachensky-Walthall	16-11	8-6	t-3rd	Statistics	Roster
Susan Zachensky-Walthall (9 seasons)		93-138	42-74
1997-98	Mark Rigby	20-8	12-2	t-1st	Statistics	Roster	NCAA Tournament
1998-99	Mark Rigby	23-5	17-3	2nd	Statistics	Roster	NCAA Tournament
1999-00	Mark Rigby	18-9	13-7	t-3rd	Statistics	Roster
2000-01	Mark Rigby	14-13	10-12	9th	Statistics	Roster
2001-02	Mark Rigby	21-8	16-6	3rd	Statistics	Roster	NCAA Second Round
2002-03	Mark Rigby	15-12	10-12	t-7th	Statistics	Roster
2003-04	Mark Rigby	17-11	14-8	3rd	Statistics	Roster	NCAA Tournament
2004-05	Mark Rigby	12-15	11-9	7th	Statistics	Roster
2005-06	Mark Rigby	10-17	7-13	8th	Statistics	Roster
2006-07	Mark Rigby	14-13	13-9	6th	Statistics	Roster	NCAA Tournament
2007-08	Mark Rigby	20-10	13-7	4th	Statistics	Roster	NCAA Tournament
2008-09	Mark Rigby	9-18	5-15	10th	Statistics	Roster
2009-10	Mark Rigby	11-16	9-13	t-7th	Statistics	Roster
2010-11	Mark Rigby	9-18	7-15	8th	Statistics	Roster	CCAA Tournament
2011-12	Mark Rigby	11-16	9-13	8th	Statistics	Roster	CCAA Tournament
2012-13	Mark Rigby	9-17	7-15	10th	Statistics	Roster
2013-14	Mark Rigby	4-22	3-19	12th	Statistics	Roster
2014-15	Mark Rigby	6-20	4-18	11th	Statistics	Roster
2015-16	Mark Rigby	10-19	5-15	t-10th	Statistics	Roster
2016-17	Mark Rigby	13-14	9-11	9th	Statistics	Roster	CCAA Tournament
Mark Rigby (20 seasons)		266-281	194-222
2017-18	Rich Shayewitz	12-15	9-13	8th	Statistics	Roster	CCAA Tournament
2018-19	Rich Shayewitz	11-15	9-13	7th	Statistics	Roster	CCAA Tournament
2019-20	Rich Shayewitz	15-13	11-11	8th	Statistics	Roster	CCAA Tournament
2020-21	Rich Shayewitz	--	--	--	--	--	Season suspended due to COVID-19
2021-22	Rich Shayewitz	10-16	9-10	6th	Statistics	Roster	CCAA Tournament
Rich Shayewitz (4 seasons, 5 years)		48-59	38-47
2022-23	Des Abeyta	16-13	13-9	6th	Statistics	Roster	CCAA Tournament
2023-24	Des Abeyta	16-14	11-11	6th	Statistics	Roster	CCAA Tournament
Des Abeyta (1 season)		32-27	24-20

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ALL-TIME PROGRAM RECORD (43 seasons)

*500-659

*322-445

*Record omits 2020-21 season (COVID-19)

NCAA Division II Championship Tournament appearance

COACHING RECORDS

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Coach	Tenure	Seasons	Overall	W Pct.	Conference	W Pct.
Greg Smith	1981 - 1984	4 seasons	41 - 57	.418	17 - 39	.304
Dianne Lloyd	1985	1 season	2 - 23	.080	1 - 13	.071
Linda Cotter	1986 - 1988	3 seasons	18 - 64	.220	6 - 30	.167
Susan Zachensky-Walthall	1989 - 1997	9 seasons	93 - 138	.403	42 - 74	.362
Mark Rigby	1998 - 2017	20 seasons	266 - 281	.486	194 - 222	.466
Rich Shayewitz	2018 - 2022	4 seasons	48 - 59	.449	38 - 47	.447
Des Abeyta	2023 - present	2 seasons	32-27	..542	24-20	.546
OVERALL	1981 - present	43 seasons	500-659	.431	322-445	.420

Conference Affiliations

Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC): 1980-1998
California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA): 1999-current

Conference Championships

Sonoma State's lone conference championship came in 1997-98. Under first year head coach Mark Rigby, the Cossacks went 12-2 in NCAC play to finish in a first place tie with UC Davis. Sonoma finished with a 20-8 record that season, in the process earning their first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament.

Year	Head Coach	Overall	Conf.	Place	Statistics	Roster	Comments
1997-98	Mark Rigby	20-8	12-2	t-1st	Statistics		NCAC Co-Champions; NCAA Tournament

Postseason History

NCAA Tournament Appearances (6)

Record: 1-6 (.143)

Year	Date	Opponent	Location	Result
1997-98	Mar. 5	Cal State San Bernardino	Seattle, Wash.	L, 50-54
1998-99	Mar. 4	Cal Poly Pomona	Davis	L, 50-53
2001-02	Mar. 7	Montana State-Billings	Pomona	W, 67-55
	Mar. 8	Western Washington	Pomona	L, 60-71
2003-04	Mar. 12	Western Washington	Seattle, Wash.	L, 71-85
2006-07	Mar. 9	Seattle Pacific	La Jolla	L, 60-69
2007-08	Mar. 14	Alaska Anchorage	Seattle, Wash.	L, 53-70

Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) Tournament Appearances (3)
Record: 1-3 (.250)

Year	Date	Opponent	Location	Result
1990-91	Feb. 27	Cal State Stanislaus	Turlock	L, 69-89
1996-97	Feb. 25	UC Davis	Davis	L, 55-82
1997-98	Feb. 24	Chico State	Rohnert Park	W, 57-46
	Feb. 27	UC Davis	Rohnert Park	L, 48-52

California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Tournament Appearances (9)
Record: 1-10 (.091)

Year	Date	Opponent	Location	Result
2007-08	Mar. 4	Humboldt State	Rohnert Park	W, 65-55
	Mar. 7	UC San Diego	San Bernardino	L, 55-57
2010-11	Mar. 1	Cal State Monterey Bay	Seaside	L, 45-62
2011-12	Feb. 28	UC San Diego	La Jolla	L, 53-70
2016-17	Feb. 28	UC San Diego	La Jolla	L, 46-53
2017-18	Feb. 27	UC San Diego	La Jolla	L, 52-69
2018-19	Mar. 5	Cal Poly Pomona	La Jolla	L, 59-66
2019-20	Mar. 3	Cal State San Marcos	La Jolla	L, 51-65
2021-22	Mar. 3	Cal State LA	Arcata	L, 52-57
2022-23	Mar. 2	Cal State LA	Turlock	L, 63-75
2023-24	Mar. 7	Cal Poly Pomona	San Bernardino	L, 45-74

Women's Basketball in SSU Hall of Fame

Induction Year	Name	Years Played at SSU	Comments
1998	Cindy Romero	1984-85, 1988-89	Also competed in women's soccer and softball
1999	Tammy Wessendorf	1998-99	Also competed in volleyball and women's track and field
2006	Pam Gordon	1979-81
2007	Jann Thorpe	1995-99
2012	Maura Pengel	1989-91
2013	Tara Whiteside	2001-05
2014	Danae Wellander	2006-08

All-American Selections

Jann Thorpe

Year	Name (Organization)
1998-99	*Jann Thorpe (WBCA)
*Also a Division II Bulletin Preseason All-America Selection

All-Region Selections

Year	Name (Organization)
1997-98	Jann Thorpe (WBCA, Daktronics)
1998-99	Jann Thorpe (WBCA, Daktronics)
2023-24	Alli McDonald (D2CCA Second Team)

All-Conference Selections & Awards

Year	NCAC Selections (Team)
1981-82	Bridgid Donnelly (1), Kathy Hanley (1), Kris Koerbling (1)
1987-88	Lee Murison (1)
1988-89	Tammy Wessendorf (2), Angie Wells (HM)
1991-92	Lacy Lopez (HM)
1992-93	Jenn Krill (2)
1993-94	Julie Blaine (2)
1994-95	Julie Blaine (2)
1995-96	Jann Thorpe (2)
1996-97	Jann Thorpe (1), Nicole Fischer (2)
1997-98	Nicole Fischer (1), Jann Thorpe (1)
Year	CCAA Selections (Team)
1998-99	Jann Thorpe (1), Courtney Hepton (2)
1999-00	Emily Ela (HM)
2001-02	Domenica Curran (2), Jessica Jones (2), Tara Whiteside (2)
2002-03	Tara Whiteside (2)
2003-04	Jessica Jones (2), Tara Whiteside (2)
2004-05	Tara Whiteside (1), Jessica Jennings (2)
2005-06	Jessica Jennings (1)
2006-07	Danae Wellander (1), Chelsey Armacost (2), Lauren Redfield (2)
2007-08	Danae Wellander (1), Genny Anderson (2), Chelsey Armacost (2)
2008-09	Lauren Redfield (2)
2009-10	Stephanie Barnes (2)
2010-11	Aly Conway (2)
2011-12	Jaclyn Bisordi (2)
2012-13	Taylor Vigil (2)
2014-15	Hannah Sourek (HM)
2015-16	Madison Burroughs (HM)
2016-17	Madison Burroughs (2), Kylie Kiech (2)
2017-18	Ugochi Anudokem (2), Madison Burroughs (2)
2018-19	Ugochi Anudokem (1)
2019-20	Ugochi Anudokem (1), Kylie Kiech (2)
2021-22	Zane Sheckherd (2)
2022-23	Alli McDonald (1), Cielo Gonzalez (HM), Amanda Luckett (HM)
2023-24	Alli McDonald (1), Jayme Blackard (HM)

INDIVIDUAL AWARD WINNERS

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Player of the Year

Year	Conference	Name
1996-97	NCAC	Jann Thorpe
1997-98	NCAC	Jann Thorpe
1998-99	CCAA	Jann Thorpe

Freshman of the Year

Year	Conference	Name
2001-02	CCAA	Jessica Jones

Newcomer of the Year

Year	Conference	Name
2010-11	CCAA	Aly Henington

Defensive Player of the Year

Year	Conference	Name
2019-20	CCAA	Ugochi Anudokem

Coach of the Year

Year	Conference	Name
1990-91	NCAC	Susan Zachensky-Walthall
1997-98	NCAC	Mark Rigby
2001-02	CCAA	Mark Rigby (co)

Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) Griffin Sportsmanship Award

Year	Name
1988-89	Tammy Wessendorf
1991-92	Ginna Brock
	Shelley Chambers
	Ericka Heidrick
1996-97	Jann Thorpe
1997-98	Jann Thorpe

Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) Sportswoman of the Year

Year	Name
1987-88	Lee Murison
1988-89	Angie Wells

Conference Player of the Week Awards

Year	Date	NCAC Player of the Week
1993-94	Jan. 10	Julie Blaine
	Jan. 24	Jenn Krill
1994-95	Feb. 27	Julie Blaine
1995-96	Jan. 22	Jann Thorpe
1996-97	Jan. 6	Jann Thorpe
	Jan. 13	Nicole Fischer
	Jan. 27	Jann Thorpe
	Feb. 24	Jann Thorpe
1997-98	Dec. 8	Anne Baxter
	Dec. 15	Jann Thorpe
	Feb. 2	Yvonne Daily
	Feb. 9	Jann Thorpe
	Feb. 23	Jann Thorpe
1998-99	Nov. 23	Jann Thorpe
	Dec. 22	Jann Thorpe
	Feb. 22	Courtney Hepton
Year	Date	CCAA Player of the Week
2000-01	Jan. 28	Michelle Otterstedt
2002-03	Jan. 5	Tara Whiteside
2003-04	Dec. 7	Jessica Jones
2007-08	Dec. 30	Danae Wellander
2012-13	Nov. 25	Taylor Vigil
2016-17	Dec. 13	Kylie Kiech
2017-18	Dec. 12	Ugochi Anudokem
2017-18	Dec. 26	Carly Gill
2018-19	Jan. 27	Ugochi Anudokem
2019-20	Nov. 10	Ugochi Anudokem
2020-21	--	Season canceled due to COVID-19
2022-23	Dec. 11	Alli McDonald
	Jan. 1	Alli McDonald
	Jan. 8	Alli McDonald
2023-24	Dec. 19	Alli McDonald
	Nov. 19	Alli McDonald

Academic Awards

College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District VIII

Year	Name
2004-05	Tara Whiteside

All-Time Scorers: 1,000-Point Club

Points	Name	Years at SSU
1,575	Jann Thorpe	1995-99
1,340	Tara Whiteside	2001-05
1,305	Nicole Fischer	1994-98
1,092	Kylie Kiech	2015-2020
1,067	Madison Burroughs	2014-2018
1,024	Ugochi Anudokem	2017-2020
1,013	Genny Anderson	2004-08

History in the NCAA Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll

When SSU is Ranked
Record: 0-2 (.000)

Date	Opponent	SSU Rank	Location	Result
1/25/2008	Cal State San Bernardino	25	San Bernardino	L, 57-70
1/26/2008	Cal Poly Pomona	25	Pomona	L, 57-64

SSU vs. Ranked Opponents
Record (vs. Top 25): 16-54
Record (vs. Top 10): 7-13
Record (vs. Top 5): 3-5

Date	Rank	Opponent	Location	Result
1/3/1997	9	UC Davis	Rohnert Park	L, 56-70
2/15/1997	7	UC Davis	Davis	L, 62-75
2/25/1997	5	UC Davis	*Davis	L, 55-82
11/28/1997	19	Seattle Pacific	^Davis	L, 67-92
3/5/1998	24	Cal State San Bernardino	*Seattle, Wash.	L, 50-54
12/4/1998	16	UC Davis	Davis	L, 69-70 (ot)
1/8/1999	17	Cal Poly Pomona	Pomona	L, 54-65
1/29/1999	8	UC Davis	Rohnert Park	W, 67-55
2/19/1999	17	Cal Poly Pomona	Rohnert Park	W, 67-62
3/4/1999	20	Cal Poly Pomona	*Davis	L, 50-53
12/4/1999	6	UC Davis	Rohnert Park	W, 59-53
1/8/2000	20	Cal Poly Pomona	Rohnert Park	L, 61-87
2/18/2000	10	Cal Poly Pomona	Pomona	L, 76-90
12/9/2000	9	Cal Poly Pomona	Rohnert Park	W, 84-73
2/2/2001	13	Cal Poly Pomona	Pomona	L, 63-70
12/16/2001	20	UC Davis	Rohnert Park	W, 72-69
1/19/2002	1	Cal Poly Pomona	Pomona	L, 78-89
2/15/2002	14	Cal State Bakersfield	Bakersfield	W, 82-76
3/1/2002	2	Cal Poly Pomona	Rohnert Park	L, 62-63
3/7/2002	25	Montana State-Billings	*Pomona	W, 67-55
3/8/2002	11	Western Washington	*Pomona	L, 60-71
1/10/2003	11	Cal State Bakersfield	Rohnert Park	L, 71-81
2/15/2003	6	Cal State Bakersfield	Bakersfield	L, 61-78
1/2/2004	22	Cal State Bakersfield	Bakersfield	L, 68-83
2/28/2004	23	Cal State Bakersfield	Rohnert Park	W, 61-53
12/9/2005	8	Western Washington	Bellingham, Wash.	L, 59-92
12/10/2005	3	Seattle Pacific	Bellingham, Wash.	W, 65-61
1/14/2006	19	Cal State Bakersfield	Bakersfield	L, 60-66
1/20/2006	12	Chico State	Chico	L, 54-81
1/27/2006	25	UC San Diego	Rohnert Park	L, 65-69
2/17/2006	14	Cal State Bakersfield	Rohnert Park	L, 59-73
2/25/2006	16	Chico State	Rohnert Park	L, 51-56
3/4/2006	23	UC San Diego	La Jolla	L, 54-69
12/8/2006	17	Seattle Pacific	Rohnert Park	W, 56-49
12/9/2006	14	Western Washington	Rohnert Park	L, 56-64
1/25/2007	6	Chico State	Rohnert Park	L, 49-50
2/9/2007	18	UC San Diego	La Jolla	L, 59-66
3/3/2007	13	Chico State	Chico	L, 68-71
11/16/2007	5	West Texas A&M	@Chico	W, 56-50
1/4/2008	12	UC San Diego	Santa Rosa	W, 58-41
1/19/2008	16	Chico State	Rohnert Park	W, 47-46
2/22/2008	21	Chico State	Chico	L, 52-72
3/14/2008	9	Alaska Anchorage	*Seattle, Wash.	L, 53-70
12/12/2008	18	Seattle Pacific	Chico	L, 56-60
1/30/2009	17	UC San Diego	Rohnert Park	L, 69-78 (ot)
12/20/2009	20	Seattle Pacific	Bellingham, Wash.	L, 51-59
1/23/2010	7	UC San Diego	Rohnert Park	L, 52-68
2/24/2010	14	UC San Diego	La Jolla	L, 52-68
12/4/2010	21	Chico State	Chico	L, 41-52
12/11/2010	14	Western Washington	Rohnert Park	L, 60-73
2/18/2011	24	Cal State Monterey Bay	Seaside	L, 52-69
3/1/2011	19	Cal State Monterey Bay	!Seaside	L, 45-62
1/14/2012	16	Cal Poly Pomona	Rohnert Park	L, 50-52
1/20/2012	1	UC San Diego	La Jolla	L, 57-73
2/28/2012	1	UC San Diego	&La Jolla	L, 53-70
12/8/2012	6	Western Washington	Chico	W, 68-63
1/4/2013	14	Chico State	Chico	L, 48-70
2/9/2013	11	Chico State	Rohnert Park	L, 48-66
12/7/2013	11	Chico State	Rohnert Park	L, 58-65
1/11/2014	24	Cal Poly Pomona	Pomona	L, 53-87
2/14/2014	14	Cal Poly Pomona	Rohnert Park	L, 64-74
1/29/2015	25	Humboldt State	Arcata	L, 62-88
2/27/2016	20	UC San Diego	La Jolla	L, 62-75
12/19/2017	2	Alaska Anchorage	Rohnert Park	W, 68-58
2/27/2018	25	UC San Diego	&La Jolla	L, 52-69
12/5/2019	19	Cal State San Marcos	San Marcos	W, 55-49
1/22/2022	21	Cal State East Bay	Hayward	L, 58-68
2/10/2022	18	Cal State East Bay	Rohnert Park	L, 38-53
2/24/2022	21	Cal State San Marcos	Rohnert Park	L, 57-69
1/12/2023	23	Cal State San Marcos	Rohnert Park	L, 50-62
2/9/2023	5	Cal State Dominguez Hills	Rohnert Park	L, 50-60
2/25/2023	18	Cal State San Marcos	San Marcos	W, 67-59
* NCAA West Regional Game & CCAA Tournament Game ^ at UC Davis Tournament (hosted by UC Davis) at CCAA/GNAC Challenge @ at Coslet Classic (hosted by Chico State)

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(NOTE: WBCA poll records only go back to the 1996-97 season)
(WBCA DII Coaches Poll | D2SIDA Media Poll)