2015-2016 Girls Basketball Preview - Urbandale

Posted: Nov 09, 2015

2015-2016 Girls Basketball Preview
School	Urbandale
Nickname	J-Hawks
Class	5A
Colors	Blue and White
Conference	CIML – Central Iowa Conference Western Division

Head Coach: Gary Birdwell

(BS – Upper Iowa University, 1998 MA – Viterbo University, 2007)

4^th Season (21-46 overall)

Assistant Coaches: Bob Bagley, Jon Parrott, Bill Peterson, Steph Kingery

2014-2015 Record / Highlights:

11-12 Overall / 5-6 CIML Central Iowa Conference / 0-6 Western Division
3^rd Team All District: Kennedy Kracht
2^nd Team All-Conference: Kennedy Kracht
1^st Team All-Division: Kennedy Kracht
2^nd Team Division: Mallary Erbes
Honorable Mention All-Division: Mackenzie Brees

2015-2016 Returning Letterwinners with 2014-2015 statistics (5):
Kennedy Kracht	23 games	14.2 ppg / 8.0 rpg	52 asst / 51 stls / 54 blcks
Rachel Noah	23 games	1.2 ppg / 0.7 rpg
Hannah Sawyer	13 games	0.0 ppg / 0.2 rpg
Kati Heller	23 games	3.9 ppg / 0.7 rpg	24 asst / 7 stls
Skyler Shellmyer	22 games	3.0 ppg / 2.0 rpg	31 asst / 28 stls

2015-2016 Outlook:

Coach Birdwell had this to say about the upcoming season: "We are looking to get better each and every day as a team and as individuals. Our focus is being the best that we can be and to come together to support each other in our journey this season." Urbandale opens play at home against Indianola on November 24, 2015.

For more information, contact Head Coach Gary Birdwell at (515) 457-6976 or birdwellg@urbandaleschools.com or Bill Watson at (515) 457-6994 or william.watson@j-hawks.com. For more information, visit www.j-hawks.com.