Head Coach: Donna Ricks
Telephone: (507)222-4485
Fax: (507)222-7925
Email: dricks@carleton.edu
Alma Mater/Year: Mankato State University, 1984
Years at Carleton: 2011 is her 19th
Record at Carleton:

• Nine NCAA Championship appearances (1993, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2011);
• Four MIAC Championships (2004, 2005, 2009, and 2011)
• Six MIAC Championships runner-up finishes (1993, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2006 and 2007)
• Total of 15 top-three MIAC Championships finishes in 19 seasons

Captains: Simone Childs-Walker, Alison Smyth, Taylor ffitch, Kaitlin Randolph

2011 Summary: First at MIAC Championships; 2nd at NCAA Central Region Championship; T-8th at NCAA National Championships

2010 Summary: Third at MIAC Championships; Fifth at NCAA Central Region Championships 

2009 Summary: First at MIAC Championships; First at NCAA Central Region Championships; 11th at NCAA National Championships

Top Returners for 2012:
Rachel Klehm '13, (Wellesley, Mass.)
Haley Johnson '13, (Golden Valley, Minn./Robbinsdale Cooper)
Becca Herd '15, (Colorado Springs, Colo./Cheyenne Mountain)

Key Losses from 2011:
Simone Childs-Walker, graduation, (Seattle, Wash./Lakeside)
Alison Smyth, graduation, (Billings, Mont./Billings West)
Taylor ffitch, graduation, (Portland, Ore./St. Mary's Academy)
Kaitlin Randolph, graduation, (Drummond, Wis./Drummond)

History:

Qualified for NCAA Division III Championships as a team 12 times in last 24 years. . . Carleton team finishes at the NCAA Division III Championships over that span: 1988 (7th), 1989 (6th), 1991 (7th), 1993 (16th), 1995 (16th), 2002 (20th), 2004 (11th), 2005 (13th), 2006 (16th), 2009 (11th), and 2011 (T-8th). . . Captured share of the MIAC title in 1991 and outright title in 2004, 2005, 2009, and 2011. . .Two individual NCAA Division III National Champions: Shelley Scherer (1987) and Anna Prineas (1988). . .Six All-Americans: Terry Jensen (1981), Shelley Scherer (1987), Anna Prineas (1987 and 1988), Cassie Funke (2004), Simone Childs-Walker (2009), and Laura Roach (2009). . . Team awarded Academic All-American citation for 19 consecutive years. . .Missed qualifying for NCAA Division III Championships by only seven points in 2000 and by 13 points in 1996. . .Team has finished in top three of MIAC Championships 24 out of 29 years.