Camp Staff

Camp Director Lois Heeren completed her ninth year as the UW-La Crosse women’s basketball coach in 2008. She earned her 100th career win for the Eagles with a 60-57 victory over UW-Stout February 16, 2008. Heeren became the winningest coach in school history with UW-L’s 65-61 win over UW-Whitewater November 29, 2006.

She helped lead the Eagles to their second winning season in the last three years with an overall record of 14-12 in 2007-08. UW-L finished fifth in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) in 2007-08 with a mark of 9-7. Juniors Mackenzie Hunter and Lindsay Wahl were named to the All-WIAC First Team and Senior Mandy Stevens was selected to the All-Sportsmanship Team.

Heeren was named the 2005-06 WIAC Co-Coach of the Year after leading UW-La Crosse to a 19-8 overall and 9-7 conference mark. The Eagles finished fourth in the WIAC, their best finish since 1987-88. UW-L also appeared in the WIAC Semifinals for the first time in school history.

Her 21 years of collegiate coaching include stints at UW-River Falls, Northeast Missouri State University, Saint Mary’s University (Minn.), Southwest Texas State University and the United States Air Force Academy. A 1984 graduate of Truman State University, Heeren received her master’s degree from the University of Iowa in 1986.

The camp coaching staff will also include UW-La Crosse Assistant Coaches Vince Hamilton, Mark Ross and Dan Messmann along with members of the Eagles’ women’s basketball team.