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Sharon Brummell enters her 11th season as head coach of the women's bowling team at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Brummell led the Lady Hawks to the 2007-08 national championship, the first women's national title for a Historically Black College or University. She is the first woman and African-American to win a bowling crown as a head coach. A four-time MEAC Coach of the Year (2001, 2006, 2007, 2008), Brummell has been a sanctioned member of the Women's Intercollegiate Bowling Alliance for the last 28 years. She received the bronze level USA Bowling Certification and is a member of the National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association and the National Tenpins Coaches Association. Last season, Brummell guided UMES to its third consecutive MEAC title and the highest national ranking of any Hawks team in history. Her team was also the most televised team in women's bowling each of the last two seasons. She coached three All-Americans (Kristina Frahm, Maria Rodriguez and Jessica Worsley), the National Rookie of the Year (Frahm), the NCAA Most Valuable Performer (Worsley), the MEAC Most Outstanding Performer (Frahm) and the MEAC Woman of the Year (Worsley), en route to being named National Coach of the Year. Brummell's 2007-08 squad was ranked as high as third in the nation in the National Tenpins Coaches Association (NTCA) and made it all the way to the national championship finals. The Lady Hawks fell in game seven of the best-of-seven Baker match to Vanderbilt, live on ESPNU. She had three All- Americans, the most in program history as well as the MEAC MVP and two members of the NCAA All-tournament team. The 2006 season saw Brummell's first All-American in MaryEtta Lewis as the team finished seventh at the NCAA tournament, while earning the No. 1 seed in the USBC Championships. The Lady Hawks also claimed their first MEAC title in five seasons. In 2004, no team at UMES did better on a national level than women's bowling. In a year that featured the first-ever NCAA Championship in the sport, Brummell was determined to have her team included in the field of eight and fighting for the title. She rallied the troops after a disappointing MEAC championship third-place finish and got them winning tournaments and titles on their way to an at-large invitation to Texas. The Lady Hawks enjoyed one of the best seasons of any team in the country. They accepted a second straight invitation to the Intercollegiate Bowling Championships, an event that they earned a seventh-place finish out of the top-16 NCAA and club bowling teams in the country. Seven was their lucky number as they also seventh in the nation at the NCAA Championships. They were one of eight teams selected to participate in the first-ever NCAA Women's Bowling Championships. For good measure, the Lady Hawks put their name in the record books as a team, rolling a perfect 300 Baker game, the first in NCAA tournament play. In 1998, Brummell's first year as head coach, Brummell took her team to the IBC National Championships in Omaha, Neb., where they placed fifth. In 2000, she led the Lady Hawks to their first MEAC title. Brummell has been employed by UMES since 1996 and has served in many different capacities before taking control of the bowling program. Prior to UMES, she worked for New York Life Insurance Company in McLean, Va. She served as captain of the UMES staff bowling team during the 1997-98 season. Brummell, who currently resides in Salisbury, Md., holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Salisbury University, where she was a member of the volleyball program. Brummell is in her third year as the Assistant Athletic Director for Budgeting and Fiscal Operations and as Senior Woman Administrator at UMES. She is responsible for overseeing the entire athletic budget, purchases and team travel. As SWA and Title IX coordinator, she ensures that the Department of Athletics operates within the guiding principles of the gender equity requirements of Title IX. A native of Chicago, Ill., she is a member of NACWAA, NACDA, MOAA, CABMA, NCBCA and the NTCA. She is currently in the process of obtaining her USA Silver Coaching Certification. Outside of coaching, she enjoys recreational activities with her family, traveling, skiing and reading. |
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