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: 2014 is her 22nd season
Record at Carleton:

• Eleven NCAA Championship appearances (1993, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011,2012, 2013)
• Five MIAC Championships (2004, 2005, 2009, 2011, and 2013)
• Six MIAC Championships runner-up finishes (1993, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2006 and 2007)
• Total of 17 top-three MIAC Championships finishes in 21 seasons

2013 Summary: First at MIAC Championships, 2nd at NCAA Central Region Championship: 18th at the NCAA National Championships

2012 Summary: Third at MIAC Championships;T-4th at NCAA Central Region Championship; 17th at NCAA National Championships

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 2014:
Colette Celichowski '15 (Shorewood, Minn.)
Sally Donovan '16 (Minneapolis, Minn.)
Shira Kaufman '16 (Leverett, Mass.)
Ruth Steinke '16 (Lima, N.Y.)
Kazia Mermel '17 (Sherman Oaks, Calif.)
Winona Rachel '17 (Shakopee, Minn.)

History:

Qualified for NCAA Division III Championships as a team 13 times in last 25 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), 2011 (T-8th), and 2012 (17th). . . 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 20 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 25 out of 30years.