T-Birds emerge as national powerhouse
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When sports historians look back on Casper College women's basketball, they will remember the 1990s as one heckuva ride.

It was during that decade that Casper College emerged nationally as a women's junior college basketball powerhouse. The Thunderbirds won five Region IX championships during the ‘90s, finished as high as third in the national tournament, and won better than 78 percent of their games. When they weren't winning the regional title, they were at least playing for it – twice the T-Birds were runners-up.

Gary Becker was the architect of the program. He is gone to Ohio University after winning more than 300 games at Casper College, but one of his disciples, Angelo Hill, has picked up where Becker left off.

Women's basketball at Casper College began in 1971. Former athletic director Jean Wheatley was responsible for bringing women's varsity athletics to Casper College long before many colleges had considered the notion. The sport actually had established some tradition before the 1990s, too. The 1978-79 team, behind Tena Genoff, Carla Stauch and Cheryl Wolfgang, won 14 games. The 1986-87 team, coached by Abe Steward, won the school's first regional championship. Sheryl Schoefel and Krisser Kiever led the T-Birds to a win at the national tournament, too.

Today, Casper College is known throughout the country and internationally as a great place for women athletes to start. More than 30 T-Birds have gone on to play Division I basketball at programs like Old Dominion, Brigham Young, Ohio, Oklahoma, Illinois-Chicago and Wyoming. Casper has had 15 All Americans and seven Distinguished Academic All Americans. Two T-Birds were named to NJCAA all tournament teams.

More important to that success on the court, T-Bird women athletes have gone on to success in life with careers in medicine, law, education and business.

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For more information contact:

Angelo Hill
Women's Basketball Head Coach
(307) 268-2627

Brittnee Fonnesbeck
Women's Basketball Assistant Coach
(307) 268-3091

Bill Landen
Athletic Director
(307) 268-2667