2012-2013 Girls Basketball Preview

School

Urbandale

Nickname

J-Hawks

Class

5A

Colors

Blue and White

Conference

CIML – Central Iowa Conference Western Division

Head Coach:             Gary Birdwell

                                   (BS – Upper Iowa University, 1998

                                   MA – Viterbo University,  2007)

                                   1^st Season

Assistant Coaches:    Bob Bagley, Alicia Wright, Zach Maertens

2011-2012 Record / Highlights:

• 7-15 Overall / 2-8 CIML Central Conference
• 2^nd Team All-Conference:  Bailey Egger
• Honorable Mention All-Conference:  Renise Collier, Allie Mataloni
• IGCA All Star Game – Bailey Egger

2012-2013 Returning Letterwinners (4):

Allie Mataloni

7.4 ppg

.72 apg

1.8 rpg

Stephanie Boord

2.2 ppg

.30 apg

2.2 rpg

Mackenzie Brees

0.3 ppg

0.0 apg

0.5 rpg

Mallary Erbes

0.8 ppg

.55 apg

1.8 rpg

2012-2013 Outlook:

Gary Birdwell takes over as the Head Coach after serving over the past decade in the Urbandale Boys program and inherits a roster that features Honorable Mention All-Conference selection Allie Mataloni.  Joining Mataloni are a trio of 10^th Graders that saw significant playing time in 2011-2012 in Stephanie Boord, Mackenzie Brees, and Mallary Erbes.  The J-Hawks open play at Indianola on November 20, 2012.

For more information, contact Head Coach Gary Birdwell at (515) 457-6976 or birdwellg@urbandale.k12.ia.us or Bill Watson at (515) 457-6994 or william.watson@j-hawks.com.  

For more information, visit www.j-hawks.com.