American University

Head coach Megan Gebbia (pronounced: JEB-ee-ah) firmly established herself as one of the all-time greats in American University athletics history in 2021-22, breaking the women's basketball program record for all-time wins while leading the team to its third Patriot League title and NCAA Tournament appearance. In her now nine seasons at the helm of the program, she has accrued an overall record of 160-106 (.602), including 105-48 (.686) in the Patriot League, and 97-28 (.776) in Bender Arena. In fact, all three Patriot League titles and NCAA appearances (2015, 2018, 2022) have come under Gebbia's leadership, along with a couple of WNIT berths in 2014 and 2019.

With the 56-48 win against Bucknell on February 9, 2022, Gebbia clinched her 151st career victory at AU and surpassed Jeff Thatcher (1989-2000: 150 wins) atop the history books. That victory also kicked off a 7-1 run to close the 2021-22 regular season and give the Eagles the No. 2 seed in the Patriot League Tournament. Gebbia continued her undefeated run in Bender Arena in the postseason, including a 65-54 win over Bucknell in the Patriot League Championship, to secure the team's third PL title during her tenure. 

The Eagles were helped along the way by three All-Patriot League selections with seniors Jade Edwards (First Team), Emily Fisher (Third Team, All-Defensive Team) and Taylor Brown (Third Team). Fisher was also voted the Tournament MVP and Edwards joined her on the All-Tournament Team.

AU was selected as the 14-seed in the NCAA Tournament and fell to three-seed Michigan, who advanced into the Elite Eight, in Ann Arbor.

A two-time Patriot League Coach of the Year, Gebbia's nine years with the Eagles has also included two of the most historic seasons in program history starting with the then-program record 24-9 run during the 2014-15 season to lead the team to its first NCAA Tournament appearance. The Eagles topped that performance three years later with a 26-7 overall record to advance into the NCAA Tournament for the second time in program history.

Gebbia and her staff celebrated their 100th victory on January 6, 2019, at home, mere days after Ohio broke their 23-0 win streak in Bender Arena - a run that ranked sixth among active runs in Division I by its end.

Win-loss records aside, Gebbia has also mentored some of the top players in program history, including three Patriot League Players of the Year, five PL Scholar-Athletes of the Year, one PL Defensive Player of the Year, one CoSIDA Academic All-American First Team honoree, two CoSIDA Academic All-District selections, two ECAC Division I All-Stars, 25 All-Patriot League selections, and three NCAA Woman of the Year nominees. Of the five Patriot League Scholar-Athletes of the Year, three were also selected as PL Offensive Players of the Year with Jen Dumiak (2014-15), Emily Kinneston (2017-18) and Cecily Carl (2018-19), making AU one of only two teams in league history to have players win both awards in a single season alongside Holy Cross (four from 1995-99).

Foreshadows of her storied career were quick to appear, as she became the winningest first-year coach in program history with a 22-10 record and the program's and Patriot League's first postseason at-large berth, facing Seton Hall in the First Round of the WNIT. A finalist for the Maggie Dixon Division I Rookie Coach of the Year award, Gebbia's squad also ranked 13th among Division I women's basketball teams with a 3.510 GPA to land in the WBCA Academic Top-25 Honor Roll.

The team's success continued to grow in 2014-15 with a program-record 14-9 record and the program's first Patriot League title and NCAA Tournament berth. Guided by the 2015 Patriot League Coach of the Year, and the PL Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year in Jen Dumiak and Shaquilla Curtis, respectively, the 14-seed Eagles went on to nearly upset 3-seed Iowa in the NCAA First Round, falling to the Hawkeyes by only eight points, 75-67.

The 2017-18 season played out in similar fashion, starting with a new program-record 26-7 regular season record and the team's first undefeated season at home (16-0) since the 1970s. Earning her second Patriot League Coach of the Year award, Gebbia once again mentored the development of a Patriot League Player of the Year in Emily Kinneston, and nearly saw another upset against a 3-seed in the NCAA Tournament as the 14-seed Eagles fell to UCLA, 71-60.

YEAR-BY-YEAR
2021-22 (23-9, 13-5 PL) -- NCAA TOURNAMENT ... PATRIOT LEAGUE CHAMPIONS ... Lost in the NCAA First Round to three-seed Michigan (#12 AP/#12 Coaches Poll), 74-39 ... Was second in the regular-season Patriot League standings before once again going undefeated in Bender Arena during the tournament ... Defeated Bucknell, 65-54, in the PL Championship game ... Three All-Patriot League selections with seniors Jade Edwards (First Team), Emily Fisher (Third Team, All-Defensive Team), and Taylor Brown (Third Team) ... Fisher was also selected as Tournament MVP while Edwards earned an All-Tournament Team selection ... Edwards became one of 11 players in program history to reach both the 1,000-point and 500-rebound milestones ... She is one of only five to rank within the top-10 in AU WBB history in points, rebounds, and blocks.

2020-21 (7-4, 6-3 PL) -- American closed the condensed regular season with a 6-3 overall record, including 6-1 in the Patriot League South Division (American, Loyola Maryland, Navy), to earn the three-seed in the Patriot League Tournament ... Junior Jade Edwards earned postseason honors for the third consecutive season with selections to the Patriot League First Team and All-Defensive Team ... The Eagles overpowered Army West Point in the Patriot League Tournament Quarterfinal, 76-56, before advancing to the program's 12th PL Semifinal, eventually falling to two-seed Boston University, 72-51.

2019-20 (13-17, 8-10 PL) -- For the seventh time in program history, the Eagles had three players earn All-Patriot League honors with Jade Edwards (Second Team), Kaitlyn Marenyi (Third Team), and Indeya Sanders (All-Defensive Team) ... Marenyi also earned Academic All-Patriot League ... After closing the regular season seventh in the League with an overall record of 13-16 and 8-10 in the PL, AU advanced to its 19th consecutive Patriot League Quarterfinal, eventually falling to No. 2 Boston University, 46-44

2018-19 (22-11, 16-2 PL) -- WNIT BERTH ... PATRIOT LEAGUE REGULAR SEASON CO-CHAMPIONS ... Lost in the WNIT First Round to Penn, 64-45 ... American shared the regular season title with Bucknell before falling to the No. 1 seeded Bison in the PL title game, 66-54 ... Three PL major award winners with Cecily Carl (Player of the Year, Scholar-Athlete of the Year, First Team All-PL), Elina Koskimies (Second Team All-PL, All-Defensive Team, All-Academic), and Jade Edwards (All-Rookie) ... Carl and Kaitlyn Marenyi were also selected to the PL All-Tournament Team ... Carl is the third player under Gebbia's leadership to reach 1,000 points ... She also became the only player in program history to end her career with over 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 100 blocks, and 100 made three's, and broke the program record for single-game scoring with 37 points during the 71-66 win at Colgate on Feb. 2 ... Gebbia and her staff earned their 100th win at American on Jan. 6 with a 76-57 win over Colgate at home, bringing their record to 100-73 (.578) and 62-28 (.689) in the Patriot League ... Koskimies selected to the Google Cloud Academic All-District Team.

2017-18 (26-7, 16-2 PL) -- NCAA TOURNAMENT ... PATRIOT LEAGUE CHAMPIONS ... PATRIOT LEAGUE COACH OF THE YEAR ... Lost in the NCAA First Round to #9 UCLA, 71-60 ... American won the regular season and went on to defeat No. 3 Navy in Bender Arena for the tournament crown, 60-49 ... Gebbia was inducted into the Frederick County Sports Hall of Fame ... Program-record 26-7 season, including the first undefeated home slate since the 1970's (16-0) ... Three PL major award winners with Emily Kinneston (Player of the Year, Scholar-Athlete of the Year, First Team All-PL), Cecily Carl (Second Team All-PL), and Maria Liddane (Third Team All-PL, All-Defensive Team) ... Carl was also selected as the PL Tournament MVP while Kinneston earned All-Tournament ... Kinneston became the second player in Gebbia's tenure to score 1,000 points.

2016-17 (15-16, 11-7 PL) -- Three PL major award winners with Lauren Crisler (Scholar-Athlete of the Year), Emily Kinneston (Second Team All-PL, All-Defensive Team, Academic All-PL), and Cecily Carl (Third Team All-PL) ... Kinneston was also selected to the PL All-Tournament Team ... Eagles were fourth in the regular season but were knocked out of the PL Tournament by No. 1 Bucknell, 69-57.

2015-16 (8-23, 5-13 PL) -- Two PL major award winners with Lauren Crisler (Third Team All-PL, Academic All-PL) and Cecily Carl (All-Rookie) ... Finished the season seventh in the regular season before getting knocked out by No. 2 Bucknell in the PL quarterfinal, 73-65 ... Crisler was also selected to the CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team ... Team closed 24th in Division I for GPA (3.449), earning its second WBCA Division I Academic Top-25 Team Honor Roll nod in Gebbia's tenure.

2014-15 (24-9, 16-2 PL) -- NCAA TOURNAMENT ... PATRIOT LEAGUE CHAMPIONS ... PATRIOT LEAGUE COACH OF THE YEAR ... Lost in the NCAA First Round to #18 Iowa, 75-67 ... Defeated No. 6 Lehigh in Bender Arena for the program's first PL title, 76-57 ... Four PL major award winners with Jen Dumiak (Player of the Year, Scholar-Athlete of the Year, First Team All-PL), Shaquilla Curtis (Defensive Player of the Year), Michelle Holmes (Third Team All-PL), and Arron Zimmerman (Third Team All-PL) ... Dumiak was also selected as the PL Tournament MVP while Curtis and Holmes were both voted to the All-Tournament Team ... Dumiak earned her third consecutive CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-District Team nod before becoming only the third player in program history to be named to the Capital One Academic All-American team ... She was also selected as the Division I-AAA ADA Scholar-Athlete of the Year and earned the league's Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year award and the nomination for NCAA Woman of the Year.

2013-14 (22-10, 14-4 PL) -- WNIT BERTH ... Lost in the WNIT First Round to Seton Hall, 63-60 ... Team finished the season third in the PL before falling to No. 2 Army West Point in the PL Tournament semifinal, 68-55 ... The winningest first-year coach in program history, Gebbia was selected as a finalist for the Spalding Maggie Dixon Division I Rookie Coach of the Year award ... The team had three PL major award winners with Alexis Dobbs (Scholar-Athlete of the Year, First Team All-PL), Jen Dumiak (Third Team All-PL), and Arron Zimmerman (Third Team-All PL) ... Dobbs became only the second player in league history to earn three consecutive PL Scholar-Athlete Awards ... She also won the AU President's Award and was selected to the PL All-Tournament Team ... Dobbs and Dumiak were both named to the Division I-AAA ADA Scholar-Athlete Team ... Dobbs became the first Eagle in Gebbia's tenure to reach the 1,000-point mark ... The Eagles closed with the 13th highest GPA in Division I (3.510), earning a spot on the WBCA Academic Top-25 Honor Roll.