11th Season at McKendree in 2025-2026
Alma Maters: Nebraska-Omaha ('02), Manning High School ('97)
• Hired as Head Women's Basketball Coach in March of 2015
• Won her 100th Career Game at McKendree in February of 2024
• Won the GLVC's Coach of the Year for the 2023-2024 Season
• Won McKendree's Coach of the Year fot he 2023-2024 Academic Year
• Women's Basketball Coaches' Association
• Illinois Basketball Coaches' Association
All Player Awards are within the Kerkhoff Era only (2015-pres.)
• CCA All-Midwest Region Players (2)
• Baylie Parks (24-25), Clare Breden (23-24)
• All-GLVC Players (13)
• First Team Selections (3)
• Baylie Parks (24-25), Naomi McDaniel (23-24), Clare Breden (23-24)
• Second Team Selections (5)
• Clare Breden (24-25), Naomi McDaniel (22-23), Sydney Diekhoff (20-21, 18-19), Christy Fortune
(20-21), Jordan Heberg (19-20, 17-18)
• Third Team Selections (5)
• Kyra Taylor (24-25), Mady Harper (23-24), Clare Breden (22-23), Jordan Heberg (18-19), Ellie Pusheck (15-16)
• GLVC Defensive Players of the Year (1)
• Naomi McDaniel (23-24)
• GLVC All-Freshman Team Players (3)
• Kyra Taylor (24-25), Christy Fortune (20-21), Sydney Diekhoff (17-18)
• GLVC All-Academic Selections (53)
• Five-Time Selections (1)
• Sydney Diekhoff (2017-2022)
• Four-Time Selections (7)
• Maci Meyer (2021-2025), Christy Fortune (2020-2024), Kaelyn Froebe (2018-2022), Callie Pohlman (2017-2021),
Shayli Florine (2016-2020), Megan Jensen (2016-2020), Jordan Morton (2015-2019)
• Three-Time Selections (13)
• Clare Breden (2022-2025), Addison Denny (2022-2025), Georgia Duncan (2022-2025), Chloe White (2022-2025),
Erin Goldin (2020-2022, 2023-2024), Lindsey Eimers (2020-2023), Lauren Stolzman (2020-2023),
Jenna Krause (2018-2020, 2021-2022), Haley Zylka (2018-2019, 2020-2022), Erin Stroberg (2018-2021),
Madison Hart (2016-2018, 2019-2020), Madison Parker (2017-2020), Abby Smith (2015-2018)
• Two-Time Selections (16)
• Imanee McNamee (2023-2025), Haley Ottenschnieder (2023-2025), Baylie Parks (2023-2025),
Alyssa Powell (2022-2023, 2024-2025), Kristyn Mitchell (2022-2024), Mady Harper (2022-2024),
Maclayne Taylor (2022-2024), Madison Jones (2019-2020, 2021-2022),
Giavonni Hopkins (2018-2019, 2020-2021), Jordan Heberg (2017-2018, 2019-2020),
Brianna Johnson (2018-2020), Haley Ahr (2016-2018), Shannon McGinnis (2015-2017),
Ellie Pusheck (2015-2017), Emily Pusheck (2015-2017), Halle Devoe (2015-2017)
• One-Time Selections (16)
• Olivia Corson (2024-2025), Tessa Crawford (2024-2025), Morgan Feil (2024-2025), Taylor Fohey (2024-2025),
Jayce Priva (2024-2025), Kyra Taylor (2024-2025), Emma Slings (2023-2024), Naomi McDaniel (2023-2024),
Morgan Nettles (2021-2022), Ashley Schloer (2021-2022), Kylie Ballmann (2018-2019),
Hannah Kath (2017-2018), Amber Alexander (2016-2017), Ashley Klass (2015-2016), Kelse Ennis (2015-2016),
Charley Lett (2015-2016)
More Team Honors
• Amid multiple WBCA Top 25 Honor Roll appearances, her teams have finished as high as 5th and had as high a team GPA as 3.72.
• Her 2015-2016 team was 15th in NCAA Division-II in scoring defense (56.9 ppg) and finished second place in the GLVC regular season standings, the program's highest finish.
• Her 2017-2018 team that went (20-9 Overall, 12-6 GLVC) was the first 20-win season in McKendree Women's Basketball's Division-II era.
• Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | Associate Head Coach | 2012-2015
• As the recruiting coordinator, secured the signing of Ohio Valley Conference All-Newcomers, First Team
All-Conference selections, Second Team All-Conference selections, and an OVC Player of the Year.
• Bradley University | Assistant Coach | 2006-2012
• As the recruiting coordinator, secured the signing of Numerous Missouri Valley Conference All-Freshman and
All-Conference players.
• The Braves' stretch from 2008-2012 (75 wins) is the winningest period in program history
• The 2008-09 Braves won 21 games, the most in program history
• Helped game-plan for victories over three power four conference opponents: Illinois, Iowa, Louisville
• Elon University | Assistant Coach | 2005-2006
• Michigan Technological University | 2003-2005
• As the recruiting coordinator, signed the 2004-05 Great Lakes Conference Freshman of the Year
• After a 15-game win streak, the Huskies made the 2005 NCAA Division-II National Tournament
• University of Nebraska-Omaha | 1997-2002
• Manning High School | 1993-1997
• Movie – The Blind Side
• TV Show – Revenge
• Book – Grit: The Power of Passion and Perserverance (by Angela Duckworth)
• Sport – College Football, College Basketball
• Sport Team – Iowa Hawkeyes
• Food – Mexican or Pizza
• Drink – Diet Pepsi
• Location – Beach or Mountains
• Color – Red
• Learning Subject – Basketball
• Music Artist/Group – Rhianna, Morgan Wallen
• Song – I'm Good - David Guetta, Bebe Rexha
• Quote – "When a defining moment comes along, you define the moment, or the moment defines you."
Last Updated on 08/22/2025
