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Golden Flashes Coaching Staff

Associate Head Coach Lori Bodnar

The 2007-08 season will be Lori Bodnar’s 20th with the Golden Flashes and fifth as associate head coach.

Since her first season with Kent State in 1988, Bodnar has been a crucial part of a program that has produced three Mid-American Conference Tournament champions, 11 20-win seasons and four NCAA tournament appearances.

“Lori is one of the top assistant coaches in the country,” said Bob Lindsay. “She is without question a major contributor to our program’s success year-in and year-out. Lori coordinates all in-state recruiting. She is very active in coordinationg our community service efforts as a team.”

Bodnar’s main responsibilities with the program include her role as recruiting coordinator and the coaching of Kent State’s post players. The University of Rio Grande graduate oversees fundraising, community service and public relations for the program. Bodnar also helps out with the monitoring of the team’s academic performance.

Since arriving at Kent State, Bodnar has proved her value to the program by recruiting and coaching 10 All-MAC selections and two MAC tournament MVP’s.

One of Bodnar’s greatest successes at Kent State is no doubt the mentoring of former forward Lindsay Shearer to three consecutive first-team All-MAC honors as well as Player of the Year accolades in 2005-06. Under Bodnar’s instruction, centers Andrea Csaszar and Julie Studer achieved MAC Tournament MVP honors in 2002 and 2000, respectively.
For 16 seasons Bodnar has been the director of the Kent State Women’s Basketball Camps. One of the largest team camps in Ohio, it draws nearly 1,000 attendees annually.

Before starting her coaching career, the Blaine, Ohio native was a four-year letterwinner as the starting center at the University of Rio Grande. Bodnar graduated from Rio Grande in 1986 with a bachelor’s degree in business education.

Bodnar belongs to both the National Basketball Coaches Association and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association.

Outside of the Kent State program, Bodnar has worked with the Portage County Special Olympic track and field program for the last 14 years. She is also a committee member for the American Cancer Society’s “Relay for Life”.

Bodnar started her coaching career at Buckeye Trail High School in Old Washington, Ohio, where she had two successful years at the girls’ junior varsity and assistant varsity basketball coach.
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Assistant Coach Michael Terry

Assistant coach Mike Terry will be starting his sophomore campaign with the Golden Flashes once the 2007-08 season tips off.

Before joining the Kent State coaching staff a season ago, Terry served as an assistant women’s basketball coach at the University of New Mexico from 2003 until joining Kent State in August 2006.

“Mike brings a strong work ethic and experience to our staff,” Bob Lindsay said. “Aside from his daily responsibilities as a position coach, Mike coordinates our out-of-state high school recruiting, focusing predominately in the mid-west region.

While with the Lobos, Terry was instrumental in preparing a team that won consecutive Mountain West Conference regular season and tournament championships, made three straight trips to the NCAA tournament and spent the entire 2005-06 season in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches poll finally finishing the season ranked 21st.

Prior to landing at New Mexico, Terry was the head varsity girls basketball coach at The Benjamin School in North Palm Beach, Fla., from 1998-2003.

On his way to racking up a record of 159-32, Terry led The Benjamin School to six consecutive district championships, regional championships, and final four appearances while winning state Championships in 1999, 2001 and 2003.

Terry was recognized for his prep coaching excellence by being awarded the Palm Beach High School Coach of the Year, the Sun Sentinel Small Schools Coach of the Year, and the F.A.C.A. Regional Coach of the Year in 2001 and 2003.

A graduate of Western Ontario University, Terry is a member of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association, the Black Coaches Association, and the Florida Athletic Coaches Association.

Off the court, Terry is a world class water skier who was a part of the Canadian National Barefoot Water Ski Team during the 1994, 1998 and 2000 World Championships.
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Assistant Coach Jenna Lehmann

Jenna Lehmann will enter her fourth season as an assistant on the Kent State sidelines.

Aside from playing a large role in recruiting future Golden Flashes to the program, Lehmann also assists associate head coach Lori Bodnar with instructing the post players.

“Jenna wears many different hats in our program,” Bob Lindsay said. “Her main responsibility is to coordinate the recruiting of junior college players, nationally. Jenna prides herself in being highly organized and dedicated to the success of the players in our program.”

Before joining Bob Lindsay’s staff, Lehmann served as an assistant at Stetson University in Deland, Fla., for two seasons.

At Stetson, Lehmann served as recruiting coordinator and put together Stetson’s best recruiting class ever when she brought four all-state honorees to Deland. Lehmann was also in charge of marketing and fund-raising at Stetson.

A native of Griffith, Ind., Lehmann graduated from Stetson in 1997 with a bachelor’s degree in sports administration. The former forward was named a team captain during her senior season in 1997 after winning the team’s Sixth Man Award the previous season. Lehmann also served as the president of Stetson’s S Varsity Letterman’s Club.

Once her playing days at Stetson were through, Lehmann took a graduate assistant position at DePaul University in Chicago. After earning her master’s degree in Public Service Administration during her first two years at DePaul, Lehmann stayed on Doug Bruno’s DePaul staff as an assistant coach for a third season.

Lehmann returned to Stetson after a spending two years as an assistant coach at Charleston Southern University where she served as recruiting coordinator. During her tenure at Charleston Southern, the Buccaneers posted their second-best record in school history during the 2000-01 season.
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Graduate Assistant Kristin Peoples

Former Flashes point guard Kristin Peoples will serve the Kent State women’s basketball team as a graduate assistant for the 2007-08 season.

As a senior last season, Peoples was an All-MAC performer who averaged 17 points a game. The Westerville, Ohio native led Kent State with 107 assists, 59 steals and a 76.3 free throw percentage. Peoples also had seven games of 20 points or more and numerous clutch performances in her lone season at Kent State.

Off the court, Peoples held a 3.93 grade point average, which earned her spots on the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV second team as well as the Academic All-MAC team following the 2006-07 season.

Academic awards are nothing new to Peoples. After her junior season Peoples was selected by ESPN The Magazine as a third-team Academic All-American and as a sophomore she was named to the first-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District team.

Prior to transferring to Kent State, Peoples earned a degree in just three years from Arkansas. Peoples started 36 games during her time as a Razorback, averaging 11.9 points per game and connecting on 44 percent of her three-point attempts as a junior. In her rookie season, she was named to the Southeastern Conference’s All-Freshman Team.

Peoples also started every game as a sophomore and was named to the all-tournament team at the Islander Resources Holiday Classic.

Currently in her second year of graduate school at Kent State, Peoples plans to attend medical school.

“Kristin brings the experience of playing three years in the SEC plus her all-conference season last year in our program,” Bob Lindsay said. “She has an excellent knowledge of the game and she’ll be especially valuable in helping the younger players understand what it takes to become successful at the higher levels of Division I.”