Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball

Overview of the sports team

2024–25 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball team

University

Northern Arizona University

Head coach

Loree Payne (8th season)

Conference

Big Sky Conference

Location

Flagstaff, Arizona

Arena

Findlay Toyota Court
(capacity: 11,230)

Nickname

Lumberjacks

Colors

Blue and gold

NCAA tournament appearances

2006

Conference tournament champions

2006

Conference regular season champions

1998, 2023

The Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball team represents Northern Arizona University, located in Flagstaff, Arizona, in NCAA Division I women's competition. The school's team competes in the Big Sky Conference. Loree Payne, formerly the head coach at the University of Puget Sound, was named the head coach of the lumberjacks in April 2017. The women's basketball team reached the conference tournament championship in 2023. The Lumberjacks play home games at the Findlay Toyota Court.

Team record

Statistics overview
Season	Coach	Overall	Postseason
Joyce Gedde (Intermountain Conference) (1974–1976)
1974–75	Joyce Gedde	2-10	0-7
1975–76	Joyce Gedde	0-14	0-13
Joyce Gedde:		2-24	0-20
Sue Lambert (Intermountain Conference) (1982–1984)
1976–77	Sue Lambert	5-14	2-11
1977–78	Sue Lambert	5-14	3-11
Sue Lambert:		10-28	5-22
Linda French (Intermountain Conference) (1974–1976)
1978–79	Linda French	5-15
1979–80	Linda French	4-22
Linda French:		9-37
Paulette Gebert (Intermountain Conference) (1980–1982)
1980–81	Paulette Gebert	4-20	1-9
1981–82	Paulette Gebert	6-20	1-9
Paulette Gebert (Independent) (1982–1983)
1982–83	Paulette Gebert	9–15
Paulette Gebert:		19-55
Dave Brown (Independent) (1983–1987)
1983–84	Dave Brown	10-14
1984–85	Dave Brown	12-14
1985–86	Dave Brown	17-8
1986–87	Dave Brown	9-18
Dave Brown (Mountain West Conference) (1987–1988)
1987–88	Dave Brown	14-15	8-8
Dave Brown (Big Sky Conference) (1988–1990)
1988–89	Dave Brown	12-14	6–10
1989–90	Dave Brown	11-17	6–10
Dave Brown:		85-100	12-20
Linda Bruns (Big Sky Conference) (1990–1993)
1990–91	Linda Bruns	1-26	1-15
1991–92	Linda Bruns	7-20	0-16
1992–93	Linda Bruns	4–24	0-14
Linda Bruns:		10-70	1-45
Charli Turner (Big Sky Conference) (1993–1996)
1993–94	Charli Turner	12–15	6-8
1994–95	Charli Turner Thorne	14–12
1995–96	Charli Turner Thorne	14–13	6-8
Charli Turner Thorne:		40-40	18-24
Meg Sanders (Big Sky Conference) (1996–2003)
1996–97	Meg Sanders	17-11	10-6
1997–98	Meg Sanders	22-6	15-1
1998–99	Meg Sanders	14-14	7-9
1999–2000	Meg Sanders	11-18	7-9
2000–01	Meg Sanders	13-17	10-6
2001–02	Meg Sanders	17–11	10-6
2002–03	Meg Sanders	13-15	6-8
Meg Sanders:		107-92	65-43
Laurie Kelly (Big Sky Conference) (2003–2012)
2003–04	Laurie Kelly	12-16	5-9
2004–05	Laurie Kelly	19-10	9-5
2005–06	Laurie Kelly	22-11	9-5
2006–07	Laurie Kelly	20-12	11-5
2007–08	Laurie Kelly	10-20	6-10
2008–09	Laurie Kelly	9-21	6-10
2009–10	Laurie Kelly	5-24	3-13
2010–11	Laurie Kelly	11-18	6-10
2011–12	Laurie Kelly	9-20	4-12
Laurie Kelly:		117-152	59-79
Sue Darling (Big Sky Conference) (2013–2016)
2012–13	Sue Darling	8-21	7-13
2013–14	Sue Darling	9–20	6–14
2014–15	Sue Darling	13-17	9-9
2015–16	Sue Darling	6–24	2–16
Sue Darling:		32-114
Robyne Bostick (Big Sky Conference) (2016–2017)
2016-17	Robyne Bostick	9-21	5-13
Robyne Bostick :		9-21	5–13
Loree Payne (Big Sky Conference) (2017–present)
2017-18	Loree Payne	7-23	4-14
2018-19	Loree Payne	13-18	8-12
2019-20	Loree Payne	16-15	12-8	NCAA Tournament canceled
2020-21	Loree Payne	16-5	12-2
2021-22	Loree Payne	17-14	12-8
2022-23	Loree Payne	21-14	13-5
Loree Payne:		90–89	61–49
Total:
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

Postseason appearances

NCAA tournament results

The Lumberjacks have made one NCAA Tournament appearance. They have a record of 0–1.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
2006	#14	First Round	#3 Baylor	L 56–74

WNIT results

The Lumberjacks have made two WNIT appearances. They have a record of 0–2.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2023	First Round	New Mexico	L 64–72

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2024	Second Round	South Dakota	L 65–79

References

"Northern Arizona University Visual Identity Guide". Retrieved December 5, 2022.
Northern Arizona uses "Lumberjacks" as its athletic nickname for both sexes. This contrasts with the other NCAA Division I school with that nickname, Stephen F. Austin State University—the latter school uses "Lumberjacks" only for men's teams and "Ladyjacks" for women's teams.
"Northern Arizona University". nauathletics.com.
"Northern Arizona" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-19. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
INFORMATION, NAU SPORTS. "NAU Roundup: Loree Payne named women's basketball coach". Arizona Daily Sun. Retrieved 2017-04-08.

External links

Official website

v t e Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball
Venues	Walkup Skydome (1977–present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e Northern Arizona University
Located in: Flagstaff, Arizona
Academics	W.A. Franke College of Business
Athletics	NAU Lumberjacks Football Men's basketball Women's basketball Cross country Ice hockey
Facilities	Ashurst Auditorium Lumberjack Stadium Walkup Skydome
History and media	2015 Northern Arizona University shooting KLJX-LP KNAU KPUB
People	Alumni
Founded: 1899 Students: 28,090 Endowment: $225.9 million

v t e Big Sky Conference women's basketball
Members	Eastern Washington Eagles Idaho Vandals Idaho State Bengals Montana Lady Griz Montana State Bobcats Northern Arizona Lumberjacks Northern Colorado Bears Portland State Vikings Sacramento State Hornets Weber State Wildcats
Championships & awards	Big Sky Conference women's basketball tournament
Seasons	1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

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