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Katie Hine

Head Coach

Coach Hine enters her first year as head coach of the Lady Cardinals. She is not, however, a stranger to the Lady Cardinal program. Hine has been a part of the program since 2003 as a player and an assistant for Coach Key. Originally from Mentor, OH, Hine was a two-year team captain and was awarded the Olga Ortega Award for Outstanding Character in Women�s Basketball during her senior season.

She was also a vital ingredient on the court during her four years at WJU, as the Lady Cards held a record of 84-37, which stands as the best composite record of a class in the history of women�s basketball at WJU. During this time, The Lady Cards won a WVIAC Conference Tournament Championship and made it into the NCAA Tournament in 2005. In 2006, Hine also experienced success as the Lady Cards achieved a record of 27-5 overall, with an undefeated season at home. Hine was able to help mark another one up in the record books as the team made it to the Final Four of the East Region in Division II after losing a heart breaking battle in overtime. During her four years, Hine started in 82 games and held the highest free throw percentage for the Lady Cards at 89% in 2006-07 season.

Coach Hine will be working primarily with the guards this season. Katie double majored in Elementary Education and Special Education at WJU, and is certified to teach both areas in West Virginia and Ohio. Katie is currently pursuing her Master's Degree in Athletic Coaching Education from West Virginia University.

Joe Key

Assistant Coach

Coach Key enters his 22^nd year at Wheeling Jesuit University and will be assuming assistant coaching duties this year. Coach Key is no stranger success having won 245 games in his 14 years as head coach, making him the most successful coach in the history of the program. Key led the Lady Cardinals to the 2005 WVIAC tournament championship and to two straight NCAA appearances, including a trip to the final four of the NCAA East Region in 2006.

Key added a couple more milestones to his coaching resume during the 2005-06 season, with a record setting 27 victories and the WVIAC Coach of the Year award. In 20 years of coaching, his teams have experienced two losing seasons.

As a WJU assistant coach for seven years, Key was a member of the 1993-1994 team that won championships in both the WVIAC regular season and conference tournament and earned a trip to the NAIA national tournament.

Prior to coaching at Wheeling Jesuit University Key was the head basketball and tennis coach at Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy. During this time he helped develop and promote women�s basketball throughout the Ohio Valley. Key was co-founder of the Ohio Valley YBOA program, and former executive director of the Ohio Valley AAU Association, which provided off-season competition for many young ladies in the Ohio Valley.

A native of Wheeling, Coach Key has a deep commitment to the community, His �Adopt-a-Player� program pair�s players and staff from the Lady Cardinal squad with local grade and middle school basketball teams, helping providing positive female role models for local youngsters.

Coach Key�s community commitment isn�t limited to basketball. He is also concerned with the social and economic development of the local area, and serves on several board of directors. They include the Board of Directors for the North Wheeling Community Association, Coach Key was appointed by the Mayor of Wheeling to serve on the Board of Commissioners for the Wheeling Housing Authority, and is currently on the Board of Directors for Wheeling Neighborhood Ventures.

Key resides in Wheeling with his family. His wife Beth is a real estate agent in the Wheeling area, while his son Jacob is in the 7^th grade at Warwood Middle School.

Erin Kinter

Assistant Coach

1^st Year

Coach Erin is a 2001 graduate of Chardon High School (Ohio) where she lettered in academics, band, basketball and soccer. With significant scholarships, Ms. Kinter graduated as a four sport athlete from Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio, where she was an honored post player for basketball as well as a contributing member of the teams in soccer, softball, and cross country.

She graduated in 2005 with an undergraduate degree in business administration with an emphasis in accounting and computers. Erin was elected to student government, helped to start a local social sorority now becoming national as Gamma Phi Beta in the fall of 2009, and served as the elected captain of her basketball team for two years. She also served on SAAC for four years.

Coach Kinter went on to earn her master's in sport management and administration at Kent State University where she was active in Alpha Phi Omega, a national service fraternity, completed an internship in the athletic department, and served as the manager for the women's basketball team.

Erin has coached as a volunteer at Newbury Local Schools in volleyball, basketball, soccer, and track and field. She coached and was team manager for the women's basketball team at Lakeland Community College in Kirtland, Ohio. She also was an assistant coach at Trinity High School in Garfield Heights for girls' track and field. The team earned the championship for the Northcoast Conference in 2008.

Coach Erin is a member of the National Association Athletic Academic Advisors (N4A) serving on the national membership committee. She recently completed a year long internship with Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee as an athletic academic advisor for over 300 athletes in this Division I school.

Next to coaching basketball, her free time is spent reading, watching movies, spending time with her family, and geocaching all over the world. She is enrolled in the graduate program for Operational Leadership at Wheeling Jesuit University and hopes one day to earn her doctorate in athletic administration.