Arkansas Tech Golden Suns

Arkansas Tech Golden Suns

University	Arkansas Tech
Conference	Great American Conference 2011-present Gulf South Conference 1995-2011 Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference 1982-1995
NCAA	Division II
Athletic director	Steve Mullins
Location	Russellville, AR
Varsity teams	6
Basketball arena	Tucker Coliseum
Other arenas	Chartwells Women's Sports Complex
Nickname	Golden Suns
Colors	Green Gold
Website	www.arkansastechsports.com

The women's teams at Arkansas Tech University are known as the Golden Suns. They are a charter member of the Great American Conference of the NCAA Division II.

Cross Country

Year	Conference Finish
1995	10th
1996	6th
1997	5th
1998	5th
1999	5th
2000	3rd
2001	3rd
2002	10th
2003	3rd
2004	10th
2005	11th
2006	11th
2007	6th
2008	3rd
2009	3rd
2010	4th
2011	3rd

Volleyball

The Golden Suns volleyball program won AIC titles in 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1987. The Suns captured GSC West Division volleyball crowns in 1997, 1999, 2000, 2008 and 2010. The 2000 team became the first from Arkansas Tech to qualify for the NCAA Division II Volleyball Tournament.

Coach	Year	Overall	Conference	All-Americans
Jim Yeager	1977	7-14	0-0
	1978	6-9	0-0
	1979	4-11	0-0
	1980	9-6	0-0
	1981	7-8	0-0
	Totals	33-48 (.408)	0-0 (.000)
Jim Dickerson	1982	10-6	0-0
	1983	26-4	*12-0
	1984	32-5	*12-0
	1985	34-7	*13-1
	Totals	102-22 (.823)	37-1 (.974)
Chris Poole	1986	21-15	11-3
Chris Poole	Totals	21-15 (.583)	11-3 (.786)
Gaye Griffin	1987	25-8	*12-0
Gaye Griffin	Totals	25-8 (.758)	12-0 (1.000)
Natalie Alred	1988	18-18	7-5
	1989	17-17	6-6
	1990	17-18	5-7
	1991	25-15	7-5	Stacy Burnett-Mallett
	1992	20-17	3-7
	1993	5-20	1-7
	Totals	100-105 (.488)	29-37 (.439)
Shannon Burks	1994	12-15	4-6
	1995	15-15	3-7
	Totals	27-30 (.474)	7-13 (.350)
Tracy McWilliams	1996	17-18	3-7
	1997	26-8	*10-0	Dong Mei Cui
	1998	24-17	7-3
	1999	34-7	*10-0
	2000	#36-5	*12-0
	Totals	137-55 (.714)	42-10 (.808)
Amanda Thiessen	2001	19-12	9-3
	2002	20-13	8-4	Ningning Liu
	2003	4-25	1-11
	Totals	43-50 (.462)	18-18 (.500)
Kristy Bayer	2004	13-17	5-7
	2005	25-12	9-5
	2006	20-16	5-7
	2007	22-13	8-4
	2008	31-5	11-1
	2009	24-13	8-4
	2010	31-5	11-1	Sarah Von Lienen
	2011	#35-4	*16-0	Laura Farney
	Totals	201-85 (.703)	73-29 (.716)
# National Tournament * Conference Champion

Basketball

Arkansas Tech's two greatest moments of athletic glory were provided by the back-to-back NAIA Division I national championships captured by the Golden Suns basketball program in 1992 and 1993. The 1991-92 team finished with an overall record of 35-1. The 1991-92 Golden Suns won each of their final 28 games by 12 points or more, including an 84-68 win over Wayland Baptist University (Texas) in the national championship game. The Suns won their second consecutive national crown in 1993 by defeating Union University (Tenn.) 76-75. Joe Foley, Tech head women's basketball coach from 1987–2003, was the architect of both national championship teams.

Today, the Golden Suns basketball program ranks among the top five in NCAA Division II history in winning percentage and all-time wins. The Suns finished as NCAA Division II national runners-up in 1999, and they made it back to the NCAA Division II Tournament for the first time in three years during the 2006-07 season. Tech made it back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournament when the Suns qualified for the event again in 2008. Arkansas Tech captured consecutive NCAA Division II South Region titles and back-to-back GSC Tournament championships in women's basketball in 2010 and 2011.

Coach	Year	Overall	Conference	All-Americans
Jim Yeager	1977-78	5-18	3-15
	1978-79	24-4	*16-2
	1979-80	#29-2	*17-1	Sherry Raney Lovaas (Forward)
	1980-81	29-3	*16-2	Sherry Raney Lovaas (Forward)
	1981-82	20-6	*13-5	Sherry Raney Lovaas (Forward)
	Totals	107-33 (.764)	65-25 (.722)
Jim Dickerson	1982-83	22-7	10-2
	1983-84	23-9	10-4
	1984-85	23-8	11-5
	1985-86	23-3	*17-1
	1986-87	%29-6	*16-2	Donna Brunson (Forward)
	Totals	120-33 (.784)	64-14 (.821)
Joe Foley	1987-88	%29-5	*14-2	Donna Brunson (Forward)
	1988-89	%35-2	*16-0	Lanell Dawson (Forward) Cindi Patton (Post) Kala Cooley (Guard)
	1989-90	30-3	*15-1	Lanell Dawson (Forward)
	1990-91	28-6	*14-2	Amanda Hill (Forward)
	1991-92	!35-1	*16-0	Stephanie Strack (Forward) Alison Setliff (Post)
	1992-93	!31-5	12-4	Stephanie Strack (Forward) Alison Setliff (Post) Dawn Grell (Forward)
	1993-94	#30-3	*14-0	Stephanie Strack (Forward) Alison Setliff (Post) Dawn Grell (Forward) Carin Pinion (Guard)
	1994-95	#28-6	*15-1
	1995-96	#23-9	11-3	Kim Stephens (Post)
	1996-97	%29-4	13-1	Heather Campbell (Forward) Jennifer Richardson (Guard)
	1997-98	#26-5	*12-2	Jennifer Richardson (Guard)
	1998-99	%31-7	11-3
	1999-00	#24-7	*13-1
	2000-01	#23-8	13-3
	2001-02	#25-6	*13-3
	2002-03	#29-4	*14-2
	Totals	456-81 (.849)	216-28 (.885)
Carin Pinion-McNabb	2003-04	13-14	6-10
	2004-05	10-19	5-11
	Totals	23-33 (.411)	11-21 (.344)
Todd Schaefer	2005-06	15-12	7-9
	2006-07	#22-10	11-3
	Totals	37-22 (.627)	18-12 (.600)
Dave Wilbers	2007-08	#26-6	12-2	Amanda Grappe (Forward)
	2008-09	19-9	9-5	Amanda Grappe (Forward)
	2009-10	#31-3	*12-2	Jenny Vining (Guard)
	2010-11	#30-3	*13-1	Natalia Santos (Forward)
	2011-12	22-4	13-3
	Totals	128-25 (.837)	59-13 (.819)
! NAIA National Champion % National Tournament Final Four # National Tournament * Conference Champion

Golf

Arkansas Tech won its first GSC championship in women's golf during the 2010-11 season.

Year	Conference Finish
2002	No Tournament
2003	3rd
2004	3rd
2005	3rd
2006	4th
2007	2nd
2008	5th
2009	5th
2010	4th
2011	1st
2012	2nd

Softball

Arkansas Tech won GSC West Division softball championships in 2008 and 2009 and finished as GSC Softball Tournament runner-up in both 2008 and 2009.

Coach	Year	Overall Record	Conference Record
Kristie Betancur	2003	21-9	0-0
	2004	15-26	6-16
	2005	27-21	10-18
	Totals	63-56 (.529)	16-34 (.320)
Gidget Pambianchi	2006	22-25	13-20
	2007	12-35	5-22
	2008	41-17	20-9
	2009	42-21	19-9
	2010	22-26	12-18
	2011	34-19	23-7
	2012	11-17 – ( 16-31 ^α )	5-9 – ( 8-18 ^α )
	Totals	184-160 (.535)	97-94 (.508)
Kristy Bayer (interim)	2012	5-14 – ( 16-31 ^α )	3-9 – ( 8-18 ^α )
Kristy Bayer (interim)	Totals	5-14 (.263)	3-9 (.250)
α Full Season Record

Tennis

The Golden Suns tennis program made four consecutive GSC Tournament appearances in from 2008–11 and established a new school record for tennis victories in a season (17) during the 2009 campaign.

Year	Overall	Conference
1993	3-10	3-9
1994	1-4	1-3
1995	14-1	*11-1
1996	4-13	1-8
1997	3-10	1-5
1998	5-9	3-4
1999	6-12	2-4
2000	7-16	2-4
2001	9-17	3-5
2002	#14-11	4-4
2003	12-11	4-4
2004	5-16	3-5
2005	7-16	3-5
2006	6-19	2-5
2007	6-16	1-5
2008	11-10	3-3
2009	17-5	4-2
2010	10-6	4-2
2011	10-7	3-2
2012	17-5	*6-0
# National Tournament * Conference Champion

References

http://athletics.atu.edu/atuhistory.htm

External links

Official website

Great American Conference

Members	Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys & Golden Suns Arkansas–Monticello Boll Weevils & Cotton Blossoms East Central Tigers Harding Bisons & Lady Bisons Henderson State Reddies Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers Oklahoma Baptist Bison Ouachita Baptist Tigers Southeastern Oklahoma State Savage Storm Southern Arkansas Muleriders Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm Southwestern Oklahoma State Bulldogs

Affiliates	Oklahoma Christian Eagles Rogers State Hillcats

Sports teams based in Arkansas

Baseball

Basketball

ABA: Conway Cyclones
Texarkana Panthers

Football

WFA: Arkansas Wildcats

Roller derby

WFTDA: Northwest Arkansas Roller Derby

College athletics

NCAA Division I	Arkansas Arkansas State Arkansas–Little Rock Arkansas–Pine Bluff Central Arkansas

NCAA Division II	Arkansas Tech Arkansas–Fort Smith Arkansas–Monticello Harding Henderson State Ouachita Baptist Southern Arkansas

NCAA Division III	Hendrix Ozarks

NAIA	Central Baptist John Brown Lyon Philander Smith Williams Baptist

NJCAA	Arkansas Baptist Mid-South North Arkansas

NCCAA	Central Baptist Crowley's Ridge Ecclesia

High school athletics

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