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Michelle Guyant-Holloway, just the second full-time women's basketball coach in university history, has just finished her fourth year at the helm of the SU women's basketball program.
Guyant-Holloway took the Winchester/Frederick County community and the USA South Conference by storm in 2006-07 as she led the Hornets to their best season since the 1999-2000 campaign.
Shenandoah won 17 games in 2006-07, including nine in the USA South, and won the Lebanon Valley and SU Shootout in-season tournaments.
Her club also had three players: Alicia Sanders, Cassie Womack and Alexis Hargbol, earn All-USA South Conference honors.
Sanders became the first SU women's player to be named first team all-league in seven years and Hargbol was the runner-up for the league's Rookie of the Year award.
Guyant-Holloway came to Shenandoah in June 2006 after serving as the lead assistant coach at Division II Northern Michigan University from 1998-2005. Previous to her experience at the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference school, she served as the interim head coach at Dodge City (Kan.) Community College for the 1997-98 season.
| Year | Overall | USA South | Finish | USA South Tourn |
| 2006-07 | 16-9 | 9-5 | 4th | 1-1 |
| 2007-08 | 11-15 | 9-9 | 5th | 0-1 |
| 2008-09 | 15-12 | 10-8 | 4th | 1-1 |
| 2009-10 | 14-11 | 10-8 | 5th | 0-1 |
| Totals | 57-47 | 38-30 | 2-4 |
A 1997 Northern Michigan grad who also received her master's degree from NMU in 2004, Guyant-Holloway was part of a staff that led the Wildcats to five NCAA appearances in her seven seasons with two of the squads reaching the regional championship game.
As a player, Guyant-Holloway played on two GLIAC Tournament championship teams and was the GLIAC Tournament MVP in 1995. Her 1996 team also won the North Region championship and participated in the NCAA DII Elite Eight as she was named first team All-GLIAC and second team All-Great Lakes Region.
In addition to her duties as the head women's basketball coach, Guyant-Holloway serves SU as the Athletic Department's Compliance Officer. In this role, Guyant-Holloway certifies all student-athletes for intercollegiate athletic competition and is the department's primary contact for NCAA rules interpretations.
Guyant-Holloway and her husband, Phil, will be celebrating their
10 year anniversary in 2010. They currently live in
Winchester.
Emily Burner, a former star hoops player at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, returns for her third season on Guyant-Holloway's staff.
As Emily Crider, she scored over 1000 points during her Yellow Jackets career, was a two-time All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference selection and earned 2003 ODAC All-Tournament honors. In her sophomore year, she set an ODAC record with a 22-of-25 performance from the free throw line against Wisconsin-Platteville.
Burner's senior year brought even more accolades as she was part of a team that finished the season 30-2 and made an appearance in the Division III national championship contest.
Following graduation, Crider wrapped up her playing career by representing the U.S. on a European basketball tour organized by American International Sports Tours.
Her first foray into college coaching continues a vocation started in high school with basketball camps and continued through college when she coached the Virginia Xplosion AAU team.
Burner, who also serves the department as the adminisrative assistant, will again primarily work with the Hornets post players this season.
She and her husband, Bob, a fellow SU assistant, live in Frederick County.
Joining Guyant-Holloway on the Hornets sidelines again this season is veteran area high school coach Bob Burner.
Burner came to SU prior to the 2006-07 season after serving as assistant girl's basketball coach at two different Virginia high schools. Most recently, Burner assisted his brother, Jeff, at Stonewall Jackson High School in Quicksburg.
A teacher, Burner has taught for the city school districts in Staunton, Richmond and Winchester. He is currently an alternative education teacher Douglass Community Learning Center in Winchester.
A 1998 graduate of Bridgewater College, Burner is involved in all aspects of the Hornets program and focuses extensively on recruiting.
Burner and his wife, Emily, a fellow SU assistant, live in Frederick County.
