Cal State Fullerton head women’s basketball coach Dr. Maryalyce Jeremiah
completed her coaching staff on Thursday, announcing the additions of
long-time Cal Poly San Luis Obispo coach Marcia Foster and Cal State Fullerton
alumnae Barbara Bausch and Eugenia Rycraw to the Titans’ bench for
the 2003-04 season.
“Having the staff with the experience, knowledge and work ethic that
coaches Bausch, Foster and Rycraw bring to this program is phenomenal,”
Jeremiah said.
“Our athletes and this university are fortunate to have professionals
of this caliber at Cal State Fullerton. Their combined abilities to teach,
recruit and relate to our athletes are second to none. They bring winning
coaching, successful recruiting and high ethics to our program and I enthusiastically
look forward to working with them.”
Foster spent last season as head coach at Division III Cal Tech in Pasadena
after six successful seasons at the Division I level with Big West Conference
rival Cal Poly – including one year as associate head coach to Faith
Mimnaugh. Her duties with the Mustangs included working with the post
players, scouting and academic monitoring as well as developing several
promotions for the student body and community.
Working with Mimnaugh, Foster helped guide the Mustangs from a four-win
season in 1996-97 to 12 victories in 2000-01. Cal Poly was 11-17 (7-9
in the Big West) in her final season with the Mustangs in 2001-02.
A 1984 graduate of Seton Hall University, Foster was a four-year starter
on the Pirates’ women’s basketball team and was ranked as the
No. 4 freshman in the country following her rookie season. Foster can
be found on several career lists including scoring (6th with 1,394), rebounds
(6th with 797), blocked shots (9th with 71), field goals made (7th with
567), free throws made (6th with 260) and field goal percentage (11th
at .459).
Bausch, a 1987 graduate of Cal State Fullerton who also earned her master’s
degree at the university in 1991, brings a wealth of head coaching experience
at the Division III level to the Titan bench. She has spent the last 10
years as head coach and senior women’s administrator at Guilford
College (Greensboro, N.C.), where she compiled a record of 200-92 (.685),
leading the Quakers to the regular season Old Dominion Athletic Conference
championship in 2002-03 and back-to-back appearances in the second round
of the NCAA Tournaments in 2000-02.
A two-time ODAC Coach of the Year, Bausch was the interim head coach at
Pomona-Pitzer College in 1992-93, served as an assistant coach at both
Cerritos College and Springfield College, and was the head girl’s
basketball coach at Katella High School from 1987-90, leading the team
to a CIF and Southern California state title in 1988-89. She was named
the 1989 Cal State Fullerton Graduate Student of the Year and the 1989
CIF Coach of the Year.
Rycraw, formerly Genia Miller, returns to her alma mater as an assistant
coach after a steller playing career with the Titans. Rycraw spent last
season as an assistant coach at Santa Ana College, responsible for recruiting
and the team’s conditioning program.
She spent four years in a Titan uniform and still holds eight career records
including points scored (2,415), scoring average (20.5 ppg) and rebounds
(1,162). Her 428 career blocked shots are still an NCAA career record.
The only basketball player (male or female) in Cal State Fullerton history
to score more than 2,000 points and grab 1,000 rebounds, Rycraw was a
1990-91 Kodak All-American and Big West Player of the Year, helping the
Titans to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
A three-time All-Big West Conference selection, Rycraw was named the Big
West Freshman of the Year in 1987-88 and was named the Big West Tournament
MVP in 1990-91. She was named Big West Player of the Week nine times in
her career, including a conference-record six times during her All-American
season.
She spent one year (1998-99) playing for the Los Angeles Sparks of the
WNBA and spent two years (1991-93) playing professionally in Japan. Rycraw
graduated from Cal State Fullerton with a degree in psychology in 1994.
