Leslie Reinecker named to women's basketball staff
10/1/2009 3:30:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Leslie Reinecker, formerly girls basketball head coach at both Prosper and East Bernard High Schools, joins Brenda Welch-Nichols' staff at Sam Houston State in 2009-10 as assistant coach.
"Leslie is such a great addition to our staff. She is a quality young coach with experience both at the high school and college level," Nichols said. "Her knowledge of Texas high school basketball will be a big plus for our program and bring us a great perspective in recruiting."
Reinecker served as head coach at Prosper, Texas, for the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons. She was the director of the Prosper Girls Basketball Summer Camp and assisted with the girls track and field program.
She worked for three seasons as head coach at East Bernard High School where she also assisted with the volleyball program. In 2007 she was honored as Wharton County Basketball "Coach of the Year."
During the 2003 and 2004 basketball seasons, Reinecker was an assistant coach at Allegheny College in Meadville, PA. She assisted with on-court coaching and recruiting for the varsity squad and was the head coach of the Allegheny women's junior varsity. She also worked in community out-reach, overseeing the "Gator Girl Club," a program for young girls that encouraged participation in basketball.
Reinecker has extensive experience working with young athletes at summer camps. She has served on the camp staffs for East Bernard High School, the Allegheny College men's and women's camps and the College of Wooster Women's Basketball Camp.
Reinecker played women's basketball for Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. She earned All-Academic recognition and was a two-time member of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference academic honor roll.
She is a 2002 cum laude graduate of Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. She received her bachelor of arts degree as a kinesiology major and history minor. She is completing work on her master's degree in industrial technology.
At Southwestern she was a Dean's List student, won the Southwestern Scholar Award and was a member of the Chi Alpha Sigma Texas Beta Chapter of the National College Athlete Honor Society.
