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DOMINICAN TABS RITZ AS ASSISTANT WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACH
July 22, 2008

DOMINICAN TABS RITZ AS ASSISTANT WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACH

Orangeburg, NY (7/22/08) Dominican College Head Women's Basketball Coach, John Burke, has announced the hiring of Jennifer Ritz to the coaching staff for the 2008-09 season.

DOMINICAN TABS RITZ AS ASSISTANT WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACH

Orangeburg, NY (7/22/08)  Dominican College Head Women's Basketball Coach, John Burke, has announced the hiring of Jennifer Ritz to the coaching staff for the 2008-09 season.

"Jen is a welcomed addition to the staff for next season," Burke said.  "She has great enthusiasm for the game and will be an invaluable asset to the program as she will work with the guards and help with recruiting."

Ritz, a native of Shrub Oak, NY, was a four year player at Division I Iona College.  In her time at Iona, the team had two seasons with 20+ wins, back to back MAAC Tournament Championship Appearances and two consecutive Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) berths in 2007 and 2008.  Ritz was a three time Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) All-Academic Selection and was a Dean's List student.

Ritz spent her high school years at Lakeland High School where she remains the school's All-Time Leading Scorer (for both boys and girls) with 1,297 points and is the Career Three Point Leader with 216 three-point field goals.  She was nominated to the 2004 McDonald's High School All-American team, was an All-Section Player for four consecutive years and was an All-State Selection in her senior season.  Ritz was the first Division I basketball player from Lakeland High School.

A 2008 graduate of Iona College, Ritz received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in both English and Communication Arts.  She currently resides in Yorktown Heights, NY.

The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 18 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.