Stephanie Gongaware

Title

Graduate Assistant - Women's Basketball
Email

gongast@quincy.edu
Phone

(217) 228-5432, Ext. 3536

Stephanie Gongaware begins her second season with the Hawks after coming back to Quincy University two years removed from graduating from QU with a bachelor degree in physical education. Gongaware, formerly Wagner, played basketball for the Lady Hawks from 2008-11. Gongaware scored 722 points in 57 games shooting an even 50% from the field and 49.8% from three-point range. She knocked down 164 three-point field goals in her career averaging 12.7 points per game. Gongaware also dished out 138 assists and gathered 160 rebounds in two full seasons of play.

Gongaware set Quincy University records in most three-point field goals in a season (114), best three-point field goal percentage in a season (52.3%), and second in most three-point field goals in a career (164). She led the nation in three-point field goal percentage in 2010-11 (52.3%) and was second in the nation in three-point field goals made (3.8). She also ranked fifth in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.50). Gongaware was selected to the All-GLVC Second Team and the All-Region Second Team in 2010-11.

Gongaware worked with Western Middle School as the assistant girls basketball coach from 2012-13. She also handled head coaching duties for the seventh grade Quincy Notre Dame Lady Aces basketball team during that time.

Most recently, Gongaware worked as a personal trainer at Planet Fitness providing a variety of exercises to meet client goals and support proper training techniques.

Gongaware will be entering her second year of graduate studies in education with a concentration in leadership.