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Head CoaCH • FoURTH SeaSoN • MooRHead STaTe ’94
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Nicole Scholl enters her fourth season
as the Binghamton head coach and her
13th year with the program. During
her time at the helm, she has guided
the Bearcats into one of the top teams
in the America East Conference.
Binghamton went 19-12 during the
2010-11 season, tying its Division I
era record for victories in a season.
In addition, the Bearcats went 11-5
in conference play and defeated all
eight opponents at least once during
the regular season. The 11 conference
wins also marked the program’s highest America East total during a 16game
conference schedule. The Bearcats concluded the season by advancing
to the America East semifinals for the second time in three seasons under
Scholl’s guidance.
In Scholl’s three seasons as the head coach, Binghamton has had the America
East Rookie of the Year twice (Andrea Holmes in 2009 and Jasbreill Swain in
2011), six all-conference picks and three all-rookie selections. During the 2010-
11 season, the Bearcats had four America East Player of the Week selections and
five Rookie of the Week accolades. With only one player being lost to graduation,
the 2011-12 campaign appears bright for Scholl and the Bearcats.
She was elevated to the head position on April 30, 2008 after serving as the
associate head coach and recruiting coordinator the previous three years. Prior
to that, she was an assistant coach for Binghamton since 1999.
Scholl came to Binghamton from Division II powerhouse North Dakota State
University, where she helped lead the Bison to a pair of NCAA tournament
appearances — their 12th and 13th straight national bids. As the school’s
graduate assistant for two years, Scholl was primarily responsible for on-campus
recruiting, floor coaching, game preparation and scouting. North Dakota State
has won five national championships, most recently in 1996, and led the country
in home attendance nine consecutive years with an average of more than 3,000
fans per game each season.
Prior to her role at North Dakota State, Scholl served three years as the head
girls’ basketball coach at Hastings High School in Hastings, Minn., where she
led her teams to a state championship and overall record of 64-14. In 1996,
she was honored as the Region 3AA and Minnesota Class AA Coach of the Year.
As a player, Scholl was a four-year letterwinner and two-time captain for
Division II Moorhead State University (Minn.). She played from 1989-1993,
and garnered all-conference, all-district and honorable mention Kodak All-
America accolades as a senior.
Scholl graduated cum laude from Moorhead in 1994 with a degree in physical
education. She received her master’s degree in education from North Dakota
State in 1999, where she also served as a physical education and health
instructor. In October 2010, she was inducted into the Moorhead State Athletic
Hall of Fame.
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