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Truman State University Athletics

Amy Eagan

Year School Record
2005-06 St. Ambrose (Iowa) 21-11
2006-07 St. Ambrose (Iowa) 27-6
2010-11 Ashford (Iowa) 4-26
2011-12 Ashford (Iowa) 10-20
2012-13 Ashford (Iowa) 14-17
2013-14 Truman 22-9
2014-15   Truman 16-11
2015-16   Truman 20-10
2016-17     Truman 15-13
2017-18 Truman 15-11
Career 164-134 (.550) Overall
88-54 (.619) Truman 

The 2018-19 season is Head Coach Amy Eagan’s sixth at the helm of the Truman Women’s Basketball team. She enters the season second on the all-time wins list at Truman with an 88-54 record, 12 wins shy of tying Mary Jo Murray for the Bulldog mark of 100. Eagan is third in years of service as Bulldog head coach. Murray was head coach for seven years (1977-84) while John Sloop was the longest serving coach with eight (2000-08).

2017-18 Season Recap:
The Bulldogs had two five-game winning streaks and finished the season with a 15-11 record and 10-8 Great Lakes Valley Conference mark. Truman was 9-3 in the friendly confines of Pershing Arena but 5-7 in road tilts. 

Their first five-game win streak began with a 71-66 home win over Missouri-St. Louis on December 2. The streak included wins against Hannibal-LaGrange, McKendree, Missouri Western and Missouri S&T. 

In mid-January, a 57-46 setback against Drury sent Truman on a seven-game skid, with three losses coming by six points or less.

A 73-63 win over rival Quincy on February 10th jumpstarted the team and propelled them to their second five-game streak and a sixth place finish in the newly established GLVC Points Rating System. That system was used to determine the top eight qualifiers for the conference postseason tournament. 

The Bulldogs squared off against #3 Lewis in the first round of the tournament held in Edwardsville, Illinois. Truman trailed by one at the end of the third quarter 43-42 but a 28-19 fourth quarter gave the Flyers the 71-61 win.

Freshman Katie Jaseckas was named the GLVC Freshman of the Year becoming only the third Bulldog to receive a conference freshman of the year award. Jaseckas led Truman with 11.5 points per game and 8.2 rebounds per night. Jaseckas was named second-team all-league and to the all-freshman team. She posted seven double-doubles with two 20-point outings and had an 18-rebound game against Drury that tied for 10thbest in a Truman single-game. 

Rachel Edmundson and Sloane Totta were third-team all-GLVC honorees. 

In the classroom, the team posted a 3.43 grade-point average that resulted in an Academic All-GLVC team designation. Fourteen players achieved a GPA of 3.20 or greater to earn an individual spot on the Academic All-GLVC team.   


2016-17 Recap: The Bulldogs finished 15-13 overall and 10-8 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. Truman hosted a first-round GLVC tournament game for the fourth straight season. 

Senior Cassidy Clark earned all-GLVC honors by averaging 15.7 points per game and 7.3 rebounds per night. She was a first team honoree while Rachel Edmundson (second team) and Sloane Totta (All-Freshman) joined Clark in the league honor roll. 

The Bulldogs nearly became the eighth Truman squad to score 2,000 points in a season coming up 19 short at 1,981. They maded 191 three-pointers, good for fourth in school history and shot 33.9% as a team from beyond the arc. 

Truman knocked off nationally-ranked Grand Valley State in the second game of the season 74-69 to start a three-game winning streak. The team finished the regular season winning four games including a thrilling 68-63 win over rival Quincy in the regular season finale. The Bulldogs were knocked out of the GLVC tournament on a buzzer beater from Maryville 80-78. 
 
2015-16 Recap: The Bulldogs posted statistically the best defensive performance in school history en route to their second 20-win season under Coach Eagan and fourth in school history. Truman held opponents to a school best 55.3 points allowed per game and kept 10 opponents under 50 points in individual games.
 
Truman set new school records in conference wins (13), conference winning percentage (.722), blocked shots (130) and defensive field goal percentage (35.7%).
 
The team finished third in the GLVC West Division and earned a home game in the conference tournament. They defeated Missouri-St. Louis 59-51 to advance to the finals site in St. Charles to square off against rival Quincy. The Lady Hawks downed the Bulldogs 62-42 in the quarterfinals.
 
Courtney Strait joined the 1,000 point club and led the Bulldogs in scoring at 10.5 points per game. The Bulldog senior earned all-GLVC honors along with fellow senior Michalina Tomczak. Strait ended her career fourth on the Truman three-point field goal made charts with 154, seventh in free throws made with 312 and eighth in free throws attempted with 361. Her .864 free throw shooting percentage tops all of Truman Women’s Basketball and she played in the most games in a Bulldog uniform with 115. Tomczak had the second most blocked shots in a season with 59 and finished second on the career blocks list with 119.
 
Seven Bulldogs were named to the Academic All-GLVC squad.

 
2014-15 Recap: The Bulldogs stormed out of the gate as the defending GLVC Tournament Champions and won eight of their first 10 games, including a road victory over #18 Missouri Southern. Their only two losses came to top 5 teams in Pittsburg State and West Texas A&M. In fact, their third loss of the year, on January 4 to Lewis (Ill.) was another to a top 5 school.
 
The conference season was an up and down affair for the Bulldogs as they went 10-8 to finish third in the GLVC West Division. They were the sixth seed in the postseason tournament and hosted the University of Indianapolis in the first round. The Greyhounds took advantage of some cold shooting to end Truman’s season by a 72-51 score.
 
Senior guard Allie Norton earned first team all-GLVC honors and etched her name among the top shooters in Truman annuals. Her 277 three-pointers are tops in Truman history along with her .418 three-point shooting percentage. She finished with 1,342 points, good for eighth on Truman’s career scoring list.
 
In the classroom, seven Bulldogs were named to the Academic All-GLVC team.

2013-14 Recap: A lot of firsts in the first season under Amy Eagan for the Bulldog Women’s Basketball team. The Bulldogs tied the school record with 22 overall wins and in their first season as a member of the Great Lakes Valley Conference, tied the school record for league wins with 12. It was the first time in school history that the women’s basketball program had back-to-back 20-win campaigns.4669

Truman returned to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1999 bowing out in overtime to top-seeded Drury (Mo.) in overtime. The Bulldogs earned the GLVC automatic berth into the March Madness after reeling off four straight wins to capture the program’s first conference tournament title. They defeated Maryville (Mo.) 58-45 in the championship game while three Bulldogs, Bianca Szafarowicz, Nicole Gloor and Amy Briggs were named to the all-tournament team.

During the season, Truman extended their home court winning streak to a record 23 games and won eight-straight during the month of January. They scored the second-most points in school history with 2,444 and had the fourth best scoring average at 78.8 points per game. Five Bulldogs, led by Briggs’ 13.4 points averaged in double-figure scoring with the senior breaking the individual single-season three-point record with 80 and was named first-team all-conference.

Allie Norton was a second-team all-GLVC selection and was right behind Briggs in three-point sharpshooting. Norton connected on 71 three-pointers and the team shattered the school record with 235 treys and was fourth in three-point shooting percentage at 39.0%.

At the free throw line, Truman was also spectacular with eight games registering in the single-season top 10 in free throws made and the team was first in season free throws made (645), free throws attempted (828) and first in free throw percentage at 77.9%.

Off the court, Truman had three players, Michalina Tomczak, Nicole Gloor and Tawny Tucci, earn Academic All-GLVC. In addition, the Bulldogs were active in the community with camps and multiple service projects.
 
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Eagan, one of the most decorated players in the history of Truman State University women’s basketball, was chosen as the program’s 10th head coach in May of 2013.

Eagan has been a head collegiate coach for seven previous seasons, beginning with a two-year stint at St. Ambrose (Iowa) before moving to Ashford (Iowa). In her first season at St. Ambrose, Eagan’s team went 21-11 before reaching the NAIA national tournament in year two. The Queen Bees went 27-6 that season, posting a 14-0 record en route to Eagan earning Midwest Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year accolades.

In 2010, she began at Ashford and improved on the Saints’ win totals in each of her three seasons at the helm. Her 2011-12 team earned Women’s Basketball Coaches Association honors by posting a 3.40 grade-point average, one of the best in the NAIA. In 2011-12, the Saints finished 14-17.

Eagan previously served as a four year assistant coach for Larry Just at Quincy (Ill.) University. During her time with the Lady Hawks, Quincy went 96-32 and made three straight trips to the NCAA Division II National Tournament. The Lady Hawks won back-to-back GLVC regular season and tournament titles in 2003-04 and 2004-05, with the 2003-04 squad winning a school record 29 games and advancing the NCAA-II Elite Eight.

Eagan was inducted into the Truman Athletics Hall of Fame in 2012 and was a four-time all-conference standout for the Bulldogs from 1996-1999. She was the starting point guard and earned honorable mention all-America honors for the Bulldogs in 1999 when the program set a school record with 22 wins and advanced to the NCAA-II “Sweet Sixteen”.

She tallied double-figures in 76 collegiate games and started 98 of her 100 games played for the Bulldogs. Eagan finished her Truman career with 1,527 points, currently fourth all-time. She is the career record holder in both assists and steals and also holds the Bulldog single-game point record, having scored 46 against Southern Indiana in 1998.

She worked as a student assistant coach for Karin Nicholls following her playing career and played professionally in Asker, Norway.  Eagan earned her Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science from Truman and her Master’s degree in Organizational Management from Ashford. She was a MSHSAA class 2 all-state guard at South Shelby High School.