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| Lanica Williams | |||
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Head Coach lanica.n.williams@ngc.com 757-688-5894 |
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Lenoir-Rhyne College standout and Newport News native Lanica Williams enters her third season as head coach at The Apprentice School.
She started coaching at Lenoir-Rhyne immediately following her playing career for two seasons. While at her alma mater, she recruited and coached five All-South Atlantic Conference players. Williams served as Academics and Recruiting Coordinator along with working with the L-R guards.
In her first season at The Apprentice School, she coached one USCAA All-American (Tyechia Cooke) and one All-Academic Team selection (Rahshann Lewter). The Lady Builders took second in the Great Ships Tipoff, Ed Hockenbury Tournament at Norwich (Vt.) University and defeated USCAA rival Southern Virginia on the road for the first time since 2002-03.
In her second season, the Lady Builders earned the third-seed in the USCAA National Championships and finished the season with a 17-13 record. After a tough December schedule that saw them face six NCAA Division II scholarship opponents in a row, the Lady Builders responded in January winning eight in a row and 11 out of 12 to earn the first-round bye at nationals.
Williams was a three-year starter for the Bears after transferring from Alabama A&M University. She was a key cog in Lenoir-Rhyne's first South Atlantic Conference Tournament Championship and NCAA Division II Tournament berth in 2002-03, when she averaged 20 points per game in the SAC Tournament. Her college coach at Lenoir-Rhyne was former Apprentice School coach Karen Barefoot.
An outstanding student in college, Williams was named to the South Atlantic Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll and graduated in May of 2006 from Lenoir-Rhyne with a bachelor's degree in athletic training.
Her roots to Newport News run deep as she was a key component in
Woodside High School's success (1997-2001). Her junior season the
team advanced to the Virginia Group AAA quarterfinals ending with a
24-3 mark. She earned All-State honors as a senior when her team
finished 21-6.
| Dickran Parunak | |||
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Assistant Coach dickran.parunak@ngc.com 757-688-5894 |
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A longtime basketball coach in the Carolinas, Dickran Parunak is in his second season with The Apprentice School.
Parunak, a graduate of the University of North Carolina, was an assistant coach in 2007-08 at Division II Coker College in South Carolina which finished 6-20 playing in Conference Carolinas.
Prior to Coker, he coached the UNC Women's
Basketball Club team for four years. In that time his team won one
regular-season title, finishing as regular season runner up twice
and tournament runner up twice. He also has served as a clinician
at Sylvia Hatchell Women's Basketball Camp for the last seven
years.
