Women's Basketball Coaching Staff
Head Coach Roz Fornari
Roz
Fornari is entering her fifteenth
season as the head coach of the Penn State Behrend Lions women's basketball
team.
Fornari's resume is impressive. She is the all-time leader in
women's basketball coaching victories at Behrend and her teams have
broken several school records in her tenure. On January 21,
2008 Fornari picked up win number 250 in her illustrious Behrend
career with a home victory over Pitt-Bradford. Fornari's
teams are regular members of the postseason earning three NCAA
appearances, and five ECAC playoff appearances, including the
1995-96 ECAC Southern Region Championship. They also captured the
2003-04 and 1998-1999 AMCC Conference Tournament Championship. Her
1993-94 team and coaching staff were inducted into the Penn State
Behrend Athletic Hall of Fame as one of the greatest teams in school
history. Four times she has been honored by her coaching peers as
the AMCC Coach of the Year.
After back-to-back 17-10seasons, Coach Fornari's 2006-07 crew finished 21-6 and 15-3 in the highly competitive Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) while posting its tenth consecutive winning season. Fornari's teams have won or tied for the conference regular-season title in five AMCC seasons.
Fornari is well-respected in the basketball community and has given several speaking engagements at clinics, camps, basketball banquets, and served on several basketball committees. She has served on the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball National Committee and has been the chair of the Great Lakes Region from 2004-07.
The women's basketball team is looking forward to another outstanding season. Fornari's expectations are once again high for this year's squad which will make a run at the league championship.
Fornari is also a lecturer of health and physical education. She is a graduate of Hofstra University, and earned her master's degree from Alfred University.
E-mail Coach Roz Fornari: rxf16@psu.edu
Assistant Coach Alanna Daniels
Alanna
Daniels is set to begin her first season as a member of coach Roz Fornari's basketball staff.
She spent four seasons playing basketball at Seton Hill University,
an NAIA program, in Greensburg, PA.
Daniels was a four-year starter and two-year captain for the Griffins. She earned AMC All-Conference honors and was named to the AMC All-Freshman team in her first year of play for SHU.
Daniels earned a communications degree from Seton Hill and is working on her master's of business administration while at Behrend.
E-mail Coach Alanna Daniels: amd406@psu.edu
Assistant Coach Becky Reed
Becky
Reed begins her eleventh season as a
volunteer assistant coach. Reed's duties include working with the
guards on shooting and defensive ability.
Reed is a Behrend graduate and was a two-sport standout. Throughout her basketball career Reed led her teams to two ECAC Championships and a trip to the NCAAs. Reed never experienced a losing season at Penn State Behrend.
She was the John Zahniser Female athlete of the Year winner
in 1996 and has an award in her name. The "Becky Reed Spark Plug
Award" is given annually to a current player that
emulates and contributes the enthusiasm and spirit that she gave her
teammates.
Reed graduated with a degree in management. She is employed at GE Transportation Systems.
Assistant Coach Amy Stranahan
Amy
Stranahan is entering her fifteenth season as a
volunteer assistant coach. Her
many duties have included development of post players and assisting in
time management.
She has been responsible for planning trips to Las
Vegas, Italy, Tennessee, Kentucky, and most recently assisted in the trip in
August to Italy. Stranahan has played a key role in the success of
each season by lending her strong organizational skills to lead the
blue and white.
As a graduate of Penn State Behrend, Stranahan was a four-year letter winner in volleyball. Stranahan received a degree in electrical engineering. She is now employed at Rail Power, where she is a service engineer.