USD Women's Basketball 2006-2007

NJECEE NELSON Assistant Coach 2nd-year Concordia, 2002

Niecee Nelson is entering her second season as an assistant coach at USO. Nelson 's primary respon- _,....._,_ sibilities with the Toreros include; point guard development, assisting with scouting of opponents , recruiting , academic support of the team, coordinates community service involvement and serves as the summer camps director. ••,••! During her first year with the Toreros , Nelson worked closely with the development of the guards, helping 1 to guide Tiara Harris to a first-team AII-WCC selection and Kelly Winther being named to the AII-WCC Fresh- _,.~•••• man team. As the summer camps director, Nelson has seen a dramatic increase in the Toreros team camp ,J enrollment in only her second season in directing the program. • Nelson also leads the Toreros women's basketball Community Service efforts. For the upcoming season, the Toreros have adopted a kindergarten classroom at Baypark Elementary School and will continue to reach - ...----"'" out to the Linda Vista community. .a!fidll In addition to working with the student athletes in honing their skills on the court, Nelson was integral in I creating a monthly newsletter to promote the women 's basketball program. This newsletter includes updated ~ .. - 1• game statistics, conference standings , community service news and thoughts from the seniors on the sea– ~ son. Nelson came to USO after spending one season at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW). •t While at IPFW Nelson's primary responsibilities were team travel, post player development, marketing and academic support. Within two months of arriving at IPFW, Nelson was promoted to recruiting coordinator I leading the charge in overseas recruiting into Brazil and Europe. Nelson's marketing efforts helped increase attendance at the women 's basketball games for the 2004-2005 season . Prior to working at IPFW, she worked as a graduate assistant at the University of Wyoming with current USO head coach Cindy Fisher. Nelson worked closely with the staff and team on practice and game day coaching, individual workouts, academic support, film exchange, and guard and post development. She helped the Cowgirls culminate a 18-12 mark in 2002-03. The 18 wins were the school's most victories since

1989-90. She also helped lead the Cowgirls to their first post– season appearance since 1989-90 with a trip to the 2003 WNIT, ~...:-......., where Wyoming notched a first-round win over Montana . The WNIT win over Montana marked the first postseason victory in - .-._•.,, Wyoming women 's basketball history. Nelson was a two-time NAIA All-American at Concordia Uni– a'!l'-.iaill versity in Portland, Ore. She was also named to the Lutheran ---•- Brotherhood All-American Team, and was a scholar-athlete. Nel– l son was chosen as the Cascade Conference Freshman-of-the– year in her first year at Concordia . Nelson graduated with a bachelor's degree in Elementary Ed– ucation in 2002 from Concordia, and a master of science degree ~••• in kinesiology and health in 2004 from the University of Wyo– ---~..,. ming . She resides in San Diego with her husband Steve.