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Courtnay Rattigan became the first former IUP women's basketball player to return to the university as an assistant coach when she was hired to join the staff in July 2007. Rattigan has responsibilities in the areas of recruiting, film exchange and post player development. She also served as the director of the 3rd Annual Susan G. Komen for the Cure Shoot for the Cure Classic which was held at Memorial Field House on December 8. Rattigan had been the top assistant at her alma mater, Karns City High School, the past two seasons, helping the Gremlins win back-to-back District 9 girls basketball titles. She helped organize practices and game strategies and assisted in player development through individual and team drills. In addition to her duties with the varsity basketball team, Rattigan was the seventh grade girls basketball coach at Karns City during the 2006-07 campaign. Rattigan served as a volunteer coach with the Butler County YMCA youth basketball teams and the Lady Lakers AAU Under-15 team in 2006 and worked with the Pittsburgh Xplosion AAU Under-15 team the previous year. Rattigan was a member of the IUP basketball team from 2000-05, including a redshirt season in 2002-03. She battled through injuries to play in 94 games during her career, finishing with totals of 401 points and 251 rebounds. Rattigan was chosen a team co-captain her junior and senior seasons and was selected the team's defensive player of the year as a sophomore. An outstanding student who had a 3.36 cumulative grade point average, Rattigan received the Student-Athlete Academic Honors award as a senior. Rattigan earned her bachelor's degree in psychology from IUP in 2005. |
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