Shepherd University Athletics

Blose was a standout women's basketball coach from 1995-2002.  She recorded a 114-77 (.597) mark over her seven-year career at Shepherd.  Blose gained WVIAC Coach of the Year honors when she led the Ram women's basketball program to its first conference crown with a 19-9 mark in 1998-99.  Shepherd recorded 19 wins or more in Blose's final four seasons, including a record setting 20-7 overall, 15-3 conference mark in 2000-01.  Blose moved on to UNC Asheville where she turned its women's basketball program around.  Blose has posted a 52-34 (.605) record over the past three seasons for the Bulldogs.  She gained Big South Coach of the Year honors in 2003-04 as her team recorded a 19-9 mark and was recognized by the NCAA as the most improved team in the nation.  Blose's 2004-05 squad was one win away from advancing to the NCAA Tournament.  She joins sister, Barbara Blose Palmer '84, a former Shepherd volleyball standout, as the first sister duo inducted into the Hall.