Cindy Hovet - Head Women's Basketball Coach
Nov. 16, 2004

Cindy Hovet enters her fifth year as the head basketball coach at UW-River Falls with the 2004-05 season. She’s optimistic and excited about the team’s potential this season as this year’s seniors are her first recruiting class as the head coach at UWRF. Senior captains Erin Effle and Darcy Olsen are well prepared to take on the leadership and go-to roles that are so important to winning in the WIAC. Expect the Falcons to play a little more up-tempo style with this year’s added depth and balance.

The 2003-04 season concluded with a 13-13 overall record, and 4-12 in the WIAC. Although the team didn’t do as well in conference play as they had hoped, they managed to put together a perfect 9-0 non-conference record. That perfect record included impressive victories against two NCAA national tournament qualifiers, Lakeland College (22-6) and Maryville University (23-3). Both Lakeland and Maryville went undefeated and were champions of their respective conferences, which again highlights the strength and parity in the WIAC where the Falcons finished seventh in 2003-04. Continuing the Falcon tradition of a tough non-conference schedule, the 2004-05 season opens at Puget Sound University. The Loggers were also an NCAA tournament qualifier last season with a 23-5 record before getting beat in the section finals to go to the Final Four.

The two years prior to last season, the Falcons have finished in sixth place in the WIAC with a 10-15 overall record in 2002-03 and 11-15 in 2001-02. Hovet’s first season at the helm for UWRF was the program’s most successful since 1988-89. With an 18-8 overall record, they tied for third place in the conference. Hovet was named the WIAC Coach of the Year for the team’s accomplishments that season.

Hovet was the UWRF head tennis coach and assistant basketball coach for five years before taking over the basketball program in 2000-01. Her playing career was also in the WIAC. As a student-athlete at UW-Stout she was a two-time All-WIAC first team selection in 1993 and 1994. Her senior season she was named the 1994 WIAC Player of the Year and earned All-American honors. She was named to the second All-WIAC team in 1992. She helped the Blue Devils to a 76-27 record and berths in both the NCAA Division III and NAIA National Tournaments for four seasons.

Hovet received her Psychology undergraduate degree and Coaching minor from UW-Stout. She completed here Master’s Degree in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Sport Psychology and Sociology at the University of Minnesota.

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