USD Women's Basketball 2006-2007

2nd-year Arizona State, 1988

Cindy Fisher was named the University of San Diego head women 's basketball coach on April 19, 2005. During her first season at USO, the Toreros showed remarkable improvement and were close in majority of their games. The Toreros did record a huge 15 point win over Santa Clara on the road and were close in games against Georgia Tech , Boise State and against -~.--"""' Loyola Marymount in the first round of the WCC Cham– pionship Tournament. Fisher also helped guide Tiara Harris to a AII-WCC selection and Kelly Winther to a AII-WCC Freshman team selection . Fisher, the University of Nebraska's top assistant the previous two seasons , and head coach for Wyo- ming between 1998-2003, became USD's third head coach dating back to the program's inception in 1978- 79 . She took over for Kathy Marpe who stepped down after directing the program for 25 years . Fisher helped lead Nebraska to back-to-back ap- pearances in the WNIT during her two seasons with the Huskers. In 2004-05 , the team fin ished 18-14 over– all and 8-8 in the Big 12. The Huskers recorded the program's first win over a top-5 team with its 103-99 victory over eventual NCAA National Champion , Bay– lor, in January of 2005. They also posted Big 12 wins over No. 14 Iowa State and Oklahoma , both NCAA Tournament participants. Fisher recruited and coached Big 12 Newcomer of the Year, Jelena Spiric, and re– •-·-- . _- ... ..- --•-J cruited and developed post player, Danielle Page , who .....,_ earned Big 12 Rookie of the Week honors twice. During the 2003-04 campaign , the Huskers finished ... .,,I.... 18-12 overall , and produced one of the top 10 turn- --....... .. arounds in NCAA Division I women 's basketball with 10 more victories . The team earned two wins over top 25 teams ; the team cracked the top-25 national rank- •-•---· ings for the first time since 1999; and the 2004 recruit– ing class was ranked 28th nationally. In five seasons as the head coach at Wyoming , :.•IINEi Fisher compiled a 59-81 record. However, Fisher's ac– complishments at Wyoming go well beyond her over– all coaching record. Fisher's Cowgirl teams showed improvement in each of her five seasons , culminating with an 18-12 mark in 2002-03. The 18 wins were the school 's most victories since 1989-90. She also led the Cowg irls to their first postseason appearance since 1989-90 with a trip to the 2003 WN IT, where Wyoming notched a first-round win over Montana . The WNIT win