2009–10 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team

The 2009–10 Miami Hurricanes
Miami Hurricanes
The Miami Hurricanes, of Coral Gables, Florida, are the varsity sports teams of the University of Miami. They compete in the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference . The university fields 15 athletic teams for 17 varsity sports...

women's basketball team will represent the University of Miami

University of Miami

The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...

in the 2009–2010 NCAA Division I basketball season. The team will be coached by Katie Meier. The Hurricanes are a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference

Atlantic Coast Conference

The Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC sanctions competition in twenty-five sports in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member universities...

and will attempt to win an NCAA championship.

Offseason

April 16: Head coach Katie Meier has announced that Shanel Williams has signed a National Letter of Intent to play for the Hurricanes beginning in the 2009-10 season. Williams is a native of Chesapeake, Virginia and led her Indian River High School team to an 89-20 record in her four-year career. The guard averaged 14.8 points per game her senior season.
April 20: For the second consecutive season, an incoming University of Miami women's basketball player has been named to PARADE Magazine's Third-Team All-American squad. Morgan Stroman from Hopkins, South Carolina joined has joined the Hurricanes. Stroman is a 6-2 forward from Lower Richmond High School and has recently been named to the Sporting News Prep All-American Second-Team and earlier this month played in the 2009 McDonald's All-American game at the BankUnited Center. She ranks No. 8 nationally by the Blue Star report and No. 33 by HoopGurlz.com.
April 27: The women's basketball team, along with the women's soccer and volleyball teams, paired up to contribute to the community on April 25 by participating in the Habitat for Humanity Project in the Liberty City section of northwest Miami. The players helped to build a home for a deserving family, a project that has stretched for two weeks.
May 17: University of Miami women's basketball player, Shenise Johnson was one of 14 players that were named finalists for the USA Under-19 World Championship team. Johnson is the first Hurricane in program history that has been name a finalist for any USA Women's Basketball Team.

Regular season

The Hurricanes will compete in the UM Thanksgiving Tournament from November 27–28. From December 28–29, Miami will host the UM Holiday Tournament.

Roster

Number	Name	Height	Position	Class

Schedule

Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Leading Scorer	Record
Nov. 7	Coral Gables, FL	Barry	75-42		1-0
Nov. 13	Riverside, CA	UC Riverside	86-63		2-0
Nov. 15	Bakersfield, CA	Cal State Bakersfield	111-93		3-0
Nov. 18	Coral Gables, FL	Bethune Cookman	88-46		4-0
Nov. 21	Birmingham, AL	UAB	70-54		5-0
Nov. 24	Coral Gables, FL	Houston	68-54		6-0
Nov. 27	Coral Gables, FL	Long Beach State	83-66		7-0
Nov. 28	Coral Gables, FL	Massachusetts	63-57		8-0
Dec. 5	Coral Gables, FL	Nebraska
Dec. 19	Binghamton, NY	Binghamton
Dec. 21	Ithaca, NY	Cornell
Dec. 28	Coral Gables, FL	Quinnipiac
Dec. 29	Coral Gables, FL	Texas or Central Michigan
Dec. 31	Coral Gables, FL	North Florida
Jan. 3	Oxford, OH	Miami, Ohio
Jan. 10	Florida State	Coral Gables, FL

Player stats

Player	Games Played	Minutes	Field Goals	Three Pointers	Free Throws	Rebounds	Assists	Blocks	Steals	Points

Team players drafted into the WNBA

Round	Pick	Player	WNBA Club

External links

Official Site

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