Sports Briefs

Mauldin joins EWU women’s basketball staff

Eastern Washington University head women’s basketball coach Wendy Schuller announced the addition of assistant coach Danielle Mauldin to her staff Aug. 17.

Mauldin comes to Eastern after a one-year stint as an assistant women’s basketball coach at Diablo Valley College in Concord, Calif. In addition to assisting the head coach, Mauldin served as the director of operations and the head of academic success.

“I’m excited about the addition of Danielle to our coaching staff. She is first and foremost a top notch young woman and she brings an enthusiasm for the game that will be contagious,” Schuller said.

Prior to her time at Diablo Valley, Mauldin served as the head coach of the Oakland Soldiers AAU team and was the assistant varsity women’s basketball coach at Saint Mary’s College High School.

Mauldin brings plenty of playing experience at the professional and Division I level to the Eagles following standout careers at Saint Mary’s in Moraga, Calif. and overseas. Mauldin is Saint Mary’s and the West Coast Conference’s all-time leading rebounder with 1,282 boards over four years and also set a SMC program record for double-doubles.

Mauldin played professionally overseas for the Gruner Stern Baskets in Keltern, Germany and California for the Oakland Rise, the Bay Area’s first professional women’s basketball program.

A native of Emeryville, Calif., Mauldin earned her bachelor’s of science degree in May 2014 from Saint Mary’s.

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