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Cindy Hovet - Head Women's Basketball Coach |
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Cindy Hovet enters her sixth year as the head basketball coach at UW-River Falls with the 2005-06 season. Hovet was inducted into the UW-Stout Athletic Hall of Fame in November. She is the only person who has been named a WIAC Coach of the Year (2001) and named a WIAC Player of the Year (1994). The 2004-05 Falcons had another fine season finishing 17-8 overall and 10-6 and in fourth place in the highly competitive WIAC. The 17 wins and 10 WIAC victories were the second most by a Hovet coached team. She needs just six wins to reach 75 in her career. She has coached five players who have received All-WIAC honors; including Erin Effle who was the 2005 WIAC women's basketball Scholar-Athlete. 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. The Falcons will take on another strong schedule in 2005-06. Besides facing each of the WIAC teams twice, the Falcons have nine non-conference games. The Falcons will play at St. Thomas on Nov. 27. The Tommies have won more MIAC titles (10) than any other institution. The Falcons also play a road game at NCAA Div. II Winona State (Dec. 11). In all the Falcons play six games against teams that were either ranked or earned votes in the D3hoops.com preseason Top 25 poll. 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. She currently teaches at UWRF in the health & human performance department along with her coaching duties. |
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