Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball

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Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball
Basketball current event.svg 2024–25 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball team
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University Northern Arizona University
Head coachLaura Dinkins (1st season)
Conference Big Sky Conference
Location Flagstaff, Arizona
Arena Findlay Toyota Court
(capacity: 11,230)
Nickname Lumberjacks
ColorsBlue and gold [1]
   
NCAA tournament appearances
2006
Conference tournament champions
2006
Conference regular season champions
1998, 2023

The Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball [2] team represents Northern Arizona University, located in Flagstaff, Arizona, in NCAA Division I women's competition. The school's team competes in the Big Sky Conference. [3] [4] Laura Dinkins, formerly the associate head coach at Grand Canyon University and NAU alum, was named the head coach of the Lumberjacks in April 2025. [5] The women's basketball team reached the conference tournament championship in 2023. The Lumberjacks play home games at the Findlay Toyota Court.

Contents

Team record

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallPostseason
Joyce Gedde (Intermountain Conference)(1974–1976)
1974–75Joyce Gedde 2-100-7
1975–76Joyce Gedde 0-140-13
Joyce Gedde:2-240-20
Sue Lambert (Intermountain Conference)(1982–1984)
1976–77Sue Lambert 5-142-11
1977–78Sue Lambert 5-143-11
Sue Lambert:10-285-22
Linda French (Intermountain Conference)(1974–1976)
1978–79Linda French 5-15
1979–80Linda French 4-22
Linda French:9-37
Paulette Gebert (Intermountain Conference)(1980–1982)
1980–81Paulette Gebert 4-201-9
1981–82Paulette Gebert 6-201-9
Paulette Gebert (Independent)(1982–1983)
1982–83Paulette Gebert 9–15
Paulette Gebert:19-55
Dave Brown (Independent)(1983–1987)
1983–84Dave Brown 10-14
1984–85Dave Brown 12-14
1985–86Dave Brown 17-8
1986–87Dave Brown 9-18
Dave Brown (Mountain West Conference)(1987–1988)
1987–88Dave Brown 14-158-8
Dave Brown (Big Sky Conference)(1988–1990)
1988–89Dave Brown 12-146–10
1989–90Dave Brown 11-176–10
Dave Brown:85-10012-20
Linda Bruns (Big Sky Conference)(1990–1993)
1990–91Linda Bruns 1-261-15
1991–92Linda Bruns 7-200-16
1992–93Linda Bruns 4–240-14
Linda Bruns:10-701-45
Charli Turner (Big Sky Conference)(1993–1996)
1993–94Charli Turner 12–156-8
1994–95Charli Turner Thorne 14–12
1995–96Charli Turner Thorne 14–136-8
Charli Turner Thorne:40-4018-24
Meg Sanders (Big Sky Conference)(1996–2003)
1996–97Meg Sanders 17-1110-6
1997–98Meg Sanders 22-615-1
1998–99Meg Sanders 14-147-9
1999–2000Meg Sanders 11-187-9
2000–01Meg Sanders 13-1710-6
2001–02Meg Sanders 17–1110-6
2002–03Meg Sanders 13-156-8
Meg Sanders:107-9265-43
Laurie Kelly (Big Sky Conference)(2003–2012)
2003–04Laurie Kelly 12-165-9
2004–05Laurie Kelly 19-109-5
2005–06Laurie Kelly 22-119-5
2006–07Laurie Kelly 20-1211-5
2007–08Laurie Kelly 10-206-10
2008–09Laurie Kelly 9-216-10
2009–10Laurie Kelly 5-243-13
2010–11Laurie Kelly 11-186-10
2011–12Laurie Kelly 9-204-12
Laurie Kelly:117-15259-79
Sue Darling (Big Sky Conference)(2013–2016)
2012–13Sue Darling 8-217-13
2013–14Sue Darling 9–206–14
2014–15Sue Darling 13-179-9
2015–16Sue Darling 6–242–16
Sue Darling:32-114
Robyne Bostick (Big Sky Conference)(2016–2017)
2016-17Robyne Bostick 9-215-13
Robyne Bostick :9-215–13
Loree Payne (Big Sky Conference)(2017–2025)
2017-18Loree Payne 7-234-14
2018-19Loree Payne 13-188-12
2019-20Loree Payne 16-1512-8 NCAA Tournament canceled
2020-21Loree Payne 16-512-2
2021-22Loree Payne 17-1412-8
2022-23Loree Payne 21-1413-5
2023-24Loree Payne 25-1015-3
2024-25Loree Payne 27-816-2
Loree Payne:136–11688–62
Total:

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Postseason appearances

NCAA tournament results

The Lumberjacks have made one NCAA Tournament appearance. They have a record of 0–1.

YearSeedRoundOpponentResult
2006 #14First Round#3 BaylorL 56–74

WNIT results

The Lumberjacks have made two WNIT appearances. They have a record of 0–2.

YearRoundOpponentResult
2023 First RoundNew MexicoL 64–72
YearRoundOpponentResult
2024 Second RoundSouth DakotaL 65–79

WBIT results

The Lumberjacks made their first WBIT appearance in 2025. They have a record of 1-1.

YearRoundOpponentResult
2025 First RoundArizonaW 71-69
2025 Second RoundBelmontL 80-81

References

  1. "Northern Arizona University Visual Identity Guide" . Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  2. Northern Arizona uses "Lumberjacks" as its athletic nickname for both sexes. This contrasts with the other NCAA Division I school with that nickname, Stephen F. Austin State University—the latter school uses "Lumberjacks" only for men's teams and "Ladyjacks" for women's teams.
  3. "Northern Arizona University". nauathletics.com.
  4. "Northern Arizona" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-19. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  5. O'Bannon, Makayla (April 1, 2025). "Laura Dinkins named new head coach for women's basketball at Northern Arizona". Arizona Daily Sun . Retrieved April 1, 2025.