Women’s Varsity Basketball Returns to the College
January 26, 2018
Photo by Heather Fairbanks (C'05)
Beginning with the 2018–2019 season, Principia College will once again compete in women’s basketball at the varsity level.
Principia suspended the women's basketball program at the end of the 2015–2016 season to assess program needs. Then, last June, Dory Smith, an experienced coach with a track record of rebuilding programs, was hired to coach a junior varsity team this season, and she will lead the varsity team going forward.
The reinstatement of varsity play would not have been possible without the commitment and focus of the junior varsity student-athletes and Coach Smith. As Director of Athletics Pete Paciorek notes, "They are true leaders who championed the cause of bringing back Principia College varsity women's basketball."