Coach and Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach
BEREA, OHIO -- Kelly Warnke joins the Baldwin-Wallace College athletic program in 2005-2006 as the Head Women’s Golf Coach and Assistant Basketball Coach. She comes to B-W following a five-year stint as the Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach at the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh.
A native of Casco, Wisconsin, Warnke has a wealth of experience in many areas, including teaching, coaching and counseling students and student-athletes. She has six years of college coaching experience, five years of experience working in Student Affairs and two years as a course instructor. As a four-year varsity student-athlete at U-W Oshkosh, Warnke played on three Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship teams, three squads that advanced to the NCAA Division III National Tournament and a team that won a Division III national title.
"We are pleased to have Kelly join our staff," said Head Women’s Basketball Coach and Senior Women’s Administator Cheri Harrer. "Kelly has a wealth of experience at a quality institution that has been successful.
"Kelly will be our women’s golf coach and assist me with the women’s basketball program," said Harrer. "She has both the skill and ability to make an impact at Baldwin-Wallace College. We are pleased that Kelly is going to be a part of our athletic family."
While serving as an assistant at her alma mater, Warnke helped U-W Oshkosh to a five-year record of 104-30 and two WIAC championships (2001 and 2004). Prior to coaching there, she spent one year as an assistant at the University of Evansville (Ind.) in 1999-2000 and as a strength and conditioning intern at Arizona State University in 1999.
As a student-athlete, Warnke was both a solid player and leader and served as a team captain in 1998-99. She played on U-W Oshkosh’s NCAA Division III national championship team and WIAC championship squads in 1996, 1998 and 1999 and helped the Titans compile an impressive record of 107-8.
In the classroom, Warnke is a strong believer in a quality education and compiled a 3.4 undergraduate grade point average with a Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Fitness Management and a minor in Wellness Promotion.. Warnke earned her Master’s of Science Education degree with an emphasis in Student Affairs in College Counseling from U-W Oshkosh in 2003 and carried a graduate school grade point average of 3.85 overall.
At B-W, Warnke joins a Yellow Jacket women’s basketball program that is among the most successful in Division III. Under Harrer’s direction, B-W has won five of the past seven Ohio Athletic Conference regular season and four of the past seven OAC Tournament titles and has advanced to the Division III national tourney eight of the last 10 years, including a pair of "Elite Eight" finishes. In golf, B-W also has had one of the top programs in Division III since its inception, including two OAC titles and two appearances at the NCAA Division III national tournament.
"The women’s basketball program at Baldwin-Wallace College has a reputation that stretches across the nation in Division III athletics and I am excited to have the opportunity to be a part of it," said Warnke.
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