Amanda Hanneman, who played NCAA Division I basketball at the University of Missouri, will enter her second season as the head assistant coach for the Sonoma State women's basketball program in 2012-13.
Hanneman, a native of Blue Springs, Missouri, comes to Rohnert Park after spending the 2010-11 season as a volunteer coach at Avila University in Kansas City, an NAIA Division I program. Before that, she played four seasons for the Missouri Tigers, a member of the Big 12 Conference.
"I feel very fortunate to have Amanda join our program," Rigby said. "All of the folks back in Missouri at Avila University and at the University of Missouri could not say enough good things about Amanda's character, basketball knowledge and work ethic . Having played successfully in the Big 12 will be a tremendous resource for our student-athletes. I'm really looking forward to working with Amanda."
She helped the Avila University women's basketball team to its first-ever NAIA Division I National Tournament last season after the Eagles won the Heart of America Athletic Conference (HAAC) Tournament. The team ended the season at 20-13.
In addition to her one-year coaching stint, Hanneman brings a wealth of knowledge for the game from her highly-decorated careers at the high school and college level. At Mizzou, she was a four-year letterwinner (2006-10) and two-year starter for the Tigers. Hanneman ranks sixth in school history for most career three-point field goals (113), most three-point field goals in a single-season (58 in 2009-10) and best three-point field goal percentage in a single-season (.414 in 2009-10). She also served as a member of Missouri's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).
Coupled with her outstanding collegiate playing career, Hanneman was also a standout in the classroom, graduating from the University of Missouri with a Bachelor's of Science degree in Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. She was named to the Dean's List for her excellence in the classroom.
A two-sport athlete at Blue Springs South High School in Blue Springs, Missouri, Hanneman excelled in both basketball and golf. On the hardwood, she was an All-State performer as a senior and was a Suburban Big-Seven All-Conference, Examiner's All-Area selection as a sophomore, junior and senior. She also added Metro Sports TV All-Metro honors her final two years at Blue Springs South. She was the Jaguars' scoring leader in each of her final three seasons and eclipsed the 1,000-point plateau, finishing with 1,290 career points, the third-best mark in school history.
On the golf course, Hanneman was also an All-State selection, helping Blue Springs South to four consecutive conference championships and four consecutive state tournament appearances. She was also the individual conference champion in 2003 and 2005 while being named as The Examiner's Player of the Year in 2003. In 2004, Hanneman earned the Harry C. Devine Award for outstanding performance, leadership and sportsmanship from the Kansas City Golf Association.
