Courtesy: UAPB Athletics
PINE BLUFF, AR.- After 5 seasons as the pinnacle coach of the College of Arkansas at Pine Bluff girls’s basketball program, Daybreak Thornton has introduced her departure from UAPB.
“I’ve quite a lot of respect for Daybreak Thornton,” acknowledged Chris Robinson, the Vice Chancellor for Intercollegiate Athletics. “I wish to specific my gratitude to teach Thornton for her arduous work and dedication as the pinnacle coach of our girls’s basketball program. Her contributions over the course of 5 seasons have had a big influence on our campus and the group. The way forward for UAPB girls’s basketball program is vibrant, and we’re assured that our subsequent head coach will proceed to raise this system to new heights.”
Underneath the steerage of coach Thornton, the Girl Lions made it to the convention championship in 2023 for the primary time since becoming a member of the SWAC Convention. Through the previous season, they superior to the semifinals and set new data for total wins, defeating each SMU and Arkansas in the identical yr.
One other milestone at UAPB, 5 student-athletes have acquired All-SWAC Convention honors. Amongst them, Zaay Inexperienced (2021-22) and Khadijah Brown (2020-21) who each was named Newcomer of the Yr, and Inexperienced has joined the distinguished 1,000-point membership and has set a brand new single-season file for factors scored. One other athlete, Maya Peat, has damaged the varsity file for the overall variety of rebounds in her profession.
Assistant coach Nicole Mealing might be named because the interim head coach for the Girl Lions and a nationwide search will start instantly for a brand new head coach.
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