Virginia Wesleyan College

Head Coach Stephany Dunmyer

• E-mail: sdunmyer@vwc.edu; Phone: 757-455-2122
• 2006 Old Dominion Athletic Conference Coach-of-the-Year
• Entering her fifth season as the head coach for Virginia Wesleyan College, where she has a 55-50 record
• Guided VWC to a 21-7 record in 2005-06, the best program record since the 1985-86 season and the first 20-win finish since 1989
• Received a Master of Education in Sport Education from Ashland University in 2002
• Earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Kenyon College in 2000, graduated Cum Laude with Highest Honors
• Assistant basketball coach for Division I Indiana State in 2002-03 when the Sycamores won the Missouri Valley Conference championship and competed in the Women's National Invitational Tournament
• Served as the junior college recruiting coordinator for Indiana State's women's basketball program
• Assistant coach for two years at Division II's Ashland University in Ohio
• 2000 Player of the Year in the North Coast Athletic Conference; three-time All-Conference honoree
• Helped to guide Kenyon to a 74-33 record in four seasons, with two NCAC championships and two berths in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III national championship tournament
• One of only 10 players named to the North Coast Athletic Conference's Women's Basketball 20th Anniversary Team, honoring the conference's best players from 1993 through 2003
• Ranks among Kenyon's all-time top five basketball players in 22 career, season, and individual game statistical categories, including No. 1 in career assists and assists per game, No. 2 in career three-pointers made and free throws made, and No. 4 in career steals
• Scored 1,555 points at Kenyon to rank second in scoring in school history
• Native of Pemberville, Ohio and a graduate of Eastwood High School

Assistant Coach Sally Payne

• 2007-08 will mark her first season at Virginia Wesleyan College
• 1999 graduate of Central Michigan University, where she was a two-year letterwinner in basketball
• Lettered for one year at the University of Toledo, before transferring to Central Michigan
• Currently ranked No. 1 in CMU history in free throw percentage (10x10 vs. Butler University in 1998) and in three-point percentage (5x5 vs. Toledo in 1998)
• Coached women's basketball for two seasons at Cornerstone University, an National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Division II program in Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Coached one year as the varsity girls coach for Virginia Beach's Beach Breakers
• 1993 Miss Basketball for the state of Michigan
• Scored 46 points for her Manistee High School team against Traverse City in 1993
• Still ranks No. 2 in Michigan high school history in free throws made (21 vs. Cadiallac High in 1992), No. 4 in three-point field goals made (10 vs. Traverse City in 1993), No. 8 in career blocked shots (300) and No. 9 in career free throws made (365)
• Certified as a health fitness instructor through the American College of Sports Medicine
• Works for Pungo Personal Training

Assistant Coach Lauren Rector

• 2007 graduate of Virginia Wesleyan College, with a degree in recreation and leisure
• Four-year letterwinner in basketball for the Marlins
• A leading floor-leader for the Marlins, ranked No. 8 among VWC's all-time leaders with 233 assists
• Completed her basketball career with 89 triples made and 100 steals
• Scored a career total of 574 points