KRISTA KILBURN-STEVESKEY
HEAD WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACH

Krista Kilburn-Steveskey (pronounced Stuh-VESS-key), the former associate head coach at James Madison University and a proven recruiter, was named the 11th head women's basketball coach at Hofstra University on May 16, 2006. 

Kilburn-Steveskey took over a Hofstra team that returned four starters and was coming off its first-ever Division I postseason appearance.  Hofstra finished 19-12 in 2005-06, which was the second-most wins in school history, and advanced to the first round of the Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) after defeating Stony Brook in the preliminary round.

The 2006-07 squad took that success even further, finishing the year with a 26-8 record and advancing to the WNIT Quarterfinals with wins over Seton Hall and South Carolina. The team set records (Division I era only) for wins in a season, road wins (13), conference wins (13) and home wins (12).  The 13 road wins led the nation and Hofstra's semifinal appearance in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Tournament marked the first time since 1991 and 1992 that the Pride advanced to the semifinals of its conference tournament in back-to-back seasons.

In arguably the greatest season in school history, Kilburn-Steveskey guided Hofstra to wins over teams from the Big 10 (Michigan State), Big East (Seton Hall) and Southeastern (South Carolina) conferences.  In addition, the Pride's stunning win over then-#17 Michigan State was Hofstra's first-ever over a ranked opponent.

Hofstra also notched the two longest win streaks in school history in 2006-07, as the team had streaks of 10 and eight games during the season. An 11-game home court win streak that ended in January ranks as the longest in program history as well.

In addition, Kilburn-Steveskey coached two all-conference selections in Cigi McCollin and Vanessa Gidden, and freshman Sam Brigham was named to the CAA All-Rookie team.  McCollin and Gidden also earned All-Metropolitan New York second team honors following the season.

Kilburn-Steveskey posted the best record of any true first year head coach and had the third best record among coaches in their first year at their current institution, as she follows Dave Magarity of Army (23 years at Marist and Sharon Versyp of Purdue (former head coach at Indiana and Maine).

Kilburn-Steveskey was a member of the James Madison staff for four years and coordinated the Dukes recruiting and scheduling, as well as assisting with all facets of the Dukes' program. She was instrumental in the recruitment of Tamera Young, a two-time All-CAA first team selection. Her strong play earned her an invitation to the USA U20 Women's National Basketball Team Trials. She also helped recruit and develop Meredith Alexis, was also a first team All-CAA selection and is James Madison's career leader in points and rebounds.

While at James Madison, Kilburn-Steveskey was involved in the successful recruiting of three New York City players - Lesley Dickinson (Christ the King), Jasmin Lawrence (Francis Lewis) and Kisha Stokes (Bergtraum). Dickinson was the CAA Rookie of the Year in 2004, a three-time all-conference selection and is second on the Dukes; all-time scoring list.

In Kilburn-Steveskey's last two seasons in Harrisonburg, James Madison won a total of 42 games and advanced to the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Championship game in 2005-06 and to the semifinals in 2004-05.  The 42 wins were, at the time, the most in back-to-back years for the Dukes since the program won 22 games in 1994-95 and 21 games the following season. 

In 2005-06 JMU went 24-7 and earned a bid to the WNIT.  The 24 wins were the programs most since a 26-win campaign in 1990-91 and it marked James Madison's first postseason appearance since the 2000-01 season.

Before taking her position at James Madison, Kilburn-Steveskey was a highly successful coach on the high school level, coaching the Wheeler High School girls' basketball team in Marietta, Georgia, from 1996 through 2002.

In her six seasons at Wheeler, Kilburn-Steveskey compiled a stellar 143-38 record (79% winning percentage) and won the 1998 AAAA state championship. She also led the team to a state quarterfinals appearance in 2001 and to the round of 16 in 1999 and 2000. Wheeler also won regional championships in 1998 and 2001.

Kilburn-Steveskey was named the 1998 Georgia AAAA Coach of the Year and also earned North Georgia, Cobb County and Marietta Daily Journal Coach of the Year that same year. She was the Region 6 AAAA Coach of the Year from 1997 through 2001 and was the recipient of the 1999 Paula Wandell Coach of the Year Award.

Prior to her tenure at Wheeler, Kilburn-Steveskey was the head girls' volleyball coach, the assistant girls' varsity basketball coach and the head junior varsity girls' basketball coach at Sandy Creek High School in Tyrone, Georgia, from 1992 to 1996.

Kilburn-Steveskey is a 1990 graduate of North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she was a four-year letterwinner on the women's basketball team and served as team captain during her senior year. In her four years at NC State, the Wolfpack compiled an 83-37 record and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 in 1987, 1989 and 1990. The 1990 squad posted a 25-6 record, won the regular season ACC championship and was ranked 11th in the nation by the Associated Press. Following her senior season, Kilburn-Steveskey received the prestigious North Carolina State University Alumni Association Athlete of the Year Award.

Following her collegiate career at North Carolina State, Kilburn-Steveskey was a member of USA Basketball's Women's R. William Jones Cup squad that competed in Taipei, Taiwan, in the summer of 1990.

Kilburn-Steveskey, who holds a degree in speech communication from NC State, earned her Master of Education with a concentration in special education from the State University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Georgia, in 1996.

A standout at Fayette County High School in Fayetteville, Georgia, Kilburn-Steveskey was inducted into the school's hall of fame in 1999.

GINNY BOGGESS
ASSISTANT COACH

Ginny Boggess is in her first season as an assistant coach on the Hofstra Women's Basketball staff. Boggess joined the Pride's staff after spending the last three years at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia. Boggess will work with the Hofstra's guards and serve as the Pride's recruiting coordinator.

Boggess was a full-time assistant at Kennesaw State for the last two years after starting her career as a graduate assistant on the Owls staff. Boggess' coaching duties included the development of perimeter players, practice planning, scouting, film breakdown, equipment, budgeting and booster club fundraising. She also assisted in all areas of recruiting and served as individual summer camp director and as assistant director of Kennesaw State's team camp.

Boggess also served as the shooting instructor and the assistant camp director of the Sports City U Basketball Academy in Teals Valley, West Virginia, from 1999 through 2005 where she worked with former NBA shooting instructor Jim Clayton. In 2003 Boggess was head coach of the AAU 15-under Piedmont Pride in Piedmont, North Carolina.

A four-year starter at Wingate University in Wingate, North Carolina, Boggess averaged 10 points, five rebounds and slightly less than five assists per game in her career. Boggess was named to the South Atlantic Conference All-Rookie Team as a freshman and helped lead Wingate to the NCAA Division II Tournament as a sophomore in 2001. She was named to the South Atlantic Conference Honor Roll in each of her four seasons and received the Wingate University Coaches Award as a senior.

A 2003 graduate with a degree in communications and an emphasis in broadcast journalism, Boggess was a columnist for the student newspaper, a feature reporter for WUTV and the host of the Bulldog Sports Television Show while at Wingate. In addition, she was a founding member of the Iota Zeta chapter of Alpha Xi Delta, recognized as a member of Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities for her academic achievements and was Wingate's Homecoming Queen in 2003.

Active in the community, Boggess has been an active volunteer with Habitat for Humanity, Bulldog Helping Hands and Choose Children.

THE GINNY BOGGESS FILE
Family: Dad-Jim, Mom-Sue, Brother-Nathaniel
Place of Birth: Huntington, WV 
Education: Wingate University (B.S., communications, 2003)
College Athletic Experience: Basketball (Wingate, 1999-2003)
Playing Honors: South Atlantic Conference All-Rookie Team (1999-00), Wingate University Coach's Award (2002-03)
Coaching Experience: Kennesaw State University (graduate assistant, 2003-04) Kennesaw State University (assistant coach, 2004-06), Hofstra University (assistant coach, 2006- )

CAROL PETERKA
ASSISTANT COACH

Carol Peterka, who played collegiately at the University of Minnesota and is a former United States Olympian, is in her first season as an assistant coach with the Pride women's basketball program. Peterka, a long-time scholastic coach, brings 10 years of high school coaching experience to the Hofstra sideline. Peterka will be responsible for coaching the Pride's post players.

Peterka joins the Pride after spending the 2005-06 academic year as a physical education teacher and assistant girls' basketball and volleyball coach at Lassiter High School in Marietta, Georgia. Prior to that, she taught and served as head girls' basketball coach at Harrison High School in Kennesaw, Georgia, for six years (April 1999-March 2005). Peterka also spent one year (1998-99) as an assistant coach at Wheeler High School in Marietta, where she assisted Krista Kilburn-Steveskey. She began her coaching career at Ponciana High School in Kissimmee, Florida, in August 1992 as head coach of girls' basketball and volleyball, a position she held until July 1994.

Peterka was a member of the women's basketball team at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, from 1982 through 1987. A second team All-Big Ten selection and team Most Valuable Player in 1984 when she averaged 14.8 points per game, Peterka scored 1,441 points and grabbed 744 rebounds during her career with the Golden Gophers. She currently ranks seventh in the Minnesota record book in career scoring and sixth all-time in rebounding.

A three-time United States Olympian in team handball, Peterka participated in the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Games. During the 1992 Games in Barcelona, Spain, she served as team captain and spokesperson. In 1996 she was awarded a Certificate of Merit for participating in 150 international games as a member of the U.S. National Handball Team.

Peterka is also a certified personal trainer and served in that capacity, and then as the assistant director of swim and fitness at the Cherokee Town and Country Club in Atlanta, Georgia, from September 1995 through August 1998.

Peterka is a 1987 graduate of Minnesota with a degree in physical education.

THE CAROL PETERKA FILE
Education: University of Minnesota (B.S., physical education, 1987)
College Athletic Experience: Basketball (Minnesota, 1982-87)
Playing Honors: Second Team All-Big Ten (1984), Team Most Valuable Player (1984)
Coaching Experience: Poinciana High School (head girls' basketball coach, 1992-94), Wheeler High School (assistant girls' basketball coach, 1998-99), Harrison High School (head girls' basketball coach, 1999-05), Lassiter High School (assistant girls' basketball coach, 2005-06)
Olympic Experience: Member of United States Team Handball squad from 1988-96. Competed in three Olympic Games (1988, 1992, 1996)

DANIELLE SANTOS
ASSISTANT COACH

Danielle Santos is in her first year as an assistant coach on the Hofstra Women's Basketball staff.  Santos joins the Pride after a four-year career as a member of the University of Florida women's basketball team. Santos will work primarily with the Pride's point guards.

Santos started 76 of 107 games during her Gator career and tallied 831 points, 395 rebounds and 265 assists. As a senior, Santos ranked fourth on the team in scoring (9.0 ppg) and second in assists (85), and helped lead the Gators to the NCAA Tournament.

During her playing career, Santos was named to the Southeastern Conference Winter Academic Honor Roll three times and was named to the 2004 CoSIDA Academic All-District Second Team. In 2005 she was named to the Arthur Ash, Jr. Scholar-Athlete Second Team.

Santos played scholastically at Wheeler High School in Marietta, Georgia, where she was coached by both Krista Kilburn-Steveskey and Carol Peterka. She totaled 1,124 points, 552 rebounds, 418 steals and 407 assists during her high school career and was a finalist for the 2002 McDonalds All-American game. Santos also earned 2001 first team All-Georgia accolades and was an All-Metro Atlanta first team selection.

As a member of the Georgia Metros AAU team, Santos won a state championship in 2001 and paced fifth in the nation.

Santos is a 2006 graduate of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, with a degree in exercise and sport sciences with a specialization in sport management, and two minors in business administration and education.

THE DANIELLE SANTOS FILE
Family: Anthony and Lynelle Santos (parents), Brenda Olive (sister), Michael Santos (brother), Erica Santos (sister)
Place of Birth: Boston, MA
Date of Birth: April 9, 1984
Education: University of Florida (B.S., exercise and sport sciences, 2006)
College Athletic Experience: Basketball (University of Florida, 2002-06)
Academic Honors: CoSIDA Academic All-District Second Team (2004), Arthur Ashe, Jr. Scholar-Athlete Second team (2005), Southeastern Conference Winter Academic Honor Roll (2004-06)