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Cathy Rush (born Cathy Cowan; April 7, 1947) is a former basketball coach at Immaculata from 1972 to 1977. She led Immaculata to three consecutive AIAW national titles from 1972–1974.
Under coach Cathy Rush, Grentz helped Immaculata win three straight AIAW National Championships between 1972 and 1974. The March 23, 1974 title game was the first ever live coverage of a US women's basketball game. [3] [6] She scored over 1,000 points in her career and earned three first-team All-American honors. [3] Immaculata retired her ...
The head coach of the women's team from 1972 to 1977, Cathy Rush, was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008, and the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010. [19] The 1972–1974 teams were announced on April 7, 2014, as part of the 2014 induction class of the Naismith Hall, and were formally inducted as a team on ...
The Empire 8 (E8) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. The E8 sponsors intercollegiate athletic competition in men's baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, women's field hockey, men's football, men's golf, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, women's softball, men's and women's swimming and diving ...
Cathy Rush (B.S. 1968, M.Ed. 1972) – Former Immaculata University women's basketball head coach; Joe Senser (1979) – Former NFL tight end, Minnesota Vikings; Al-Hajj Shabazz (2011–2015) – Former NFL cornerback; Karen Shelton – Olympic field hockey player and coach; Bill Shockley – Former professional football player
Portland was hired as head coach of the Penn State Lady Lions basketball program in 1980, following two seasons at St. Joseph's and two seasons at Colorado. [4] Portland was previously one of the star players at Immaculata College, one of the early powers in women's college basketball, where Portland helped lead the team to three national titles.
Facing Maryland at Cole Field House, Immaculata won 80–48. On February 22, 1975, she played in the first women's basketball game played in Madison Square Garden. Immaculata beat Queens College 65–61. The story of the basketball team was adapted into a movie, The Mighty Macs, [4] which was released in 2011.
Yellow Jackets ice hockey competes in NCAA Division I. The American International Yellow Jackets is composed of 22 teams representing American International College in intercollegiate athletics, including men's and women's basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, track and field, and volleyball.