Hello Bronco Fans!

Well we just completed our first round of recruiting at the various summer tournaments around the country. We saw some great talent at each of the tournaments that we attended. Right now we get a chance to catch our breath as we get a few days before we go out again and check more tournaments. Traveling sure takes it out of you, so it feels good to be back home.

Speaking of home, I received some great news upon my return. Our Spring GPA was the highest it has been in almost 3 years! Our team finished with a Term GPA of 3.32 and Cum GPA of 3.07. Our freshman finished with above a 3.0 GPA! All our players worked extremely hard and remained eligible throughout the year. This was our first year with our Men's and Women's Basketball Academic Support Coordinator, Jason Stock, who does a tremendous job working with our team. Jason deserves a big congratulations as well!

Well just a quick update as we head back out to the summer tournaments, but we hope you all are enjoying the summer and staying cool!

GO BRONCOS!

Greetings from Santa Clara!

Welcome Broncos Fans!

I wanted to get a chance to introduce myself and to wish everyone a great summer! July is here and my staff and I are so looking forward to watching the action in the summer tournaments! July is always a great time of year for us coaches as we get a chance to scout all the great talent around the country! Here at Santa Clara we have had a few months to settle down and get to know our new team! For those of you that do not know my staff, here is a quick introduction:

JR Payne who most recently was at Boise State. JR and I have had previous experience together at Gonzaga and I am so excited to have her join me and coordinate all of our recruiting. JR has experience in the WCC as both a former player and coach. She is extremely knowledgable and first and foremost a great person! She wants our student athletes to succeed on and off the court and for me this fits right in with my mission. We want to produce well rounded individuals who will be positive members of our society! Someone who gives back to the sport and does what is right for women sports! Great role models!

Leigh Gregory who played at Cal, graduated from Carondelet High School! An East Bay native and great player from this area! She recently started her coaching stint at the University of Denver before returning home to be a Bronco. Leigh brings great enthusiasm and is well connected in this area! I am so excited to have her on staff. She brings passion and a love for the game! She is a young coach with a great future ahead of her!

Blake Malcolm who serves as our Director of Basketball Operations returns to our staff after one year with the previous staff. Blake is more organized then an entire office of people. He is hard working, intelligent and very compassionate to the team. He was in charge of putting together our first successful camp and for me personally I don't think I would have survived the first few weeks without Blake! He is a blessing for all of us!

Speaking of camp, we finished camp last week where we had about 105 campers of all ages! Camp was very successful and we are looking forward to it again next year! I am hoping with allotted time we will have multiple camps as well as additional team camps and tournaments! Fun times ahead!

Well, there is just a quick hello and introduction of my staff. We are so excited about the future of Santa Clara basketball! I am so blessed to be surrounded by great people! Our players are excited and they are ready to embark on a new era of basketball! Santa Clara has great tradition and the coaches and players before me are responsible for this! I hope to be a part of something very special and for those of you in the community I want you to be proud to be associated with our program! Come out and support our team! You will be impressed with the effort these girls put forth and more importantly you will be proud of who they are and what they stand for!

"Success isn't something you chase. It's something you have to put forth the effort for constantly. Then maybe it'll come to you when you least expect it"
-Michael Jordan

Take care!

Jennifer Mountain

"Go Broncos"