Bio

A native of South Bend, Coach Wasielewski played Division I basketball at Northwestern University, winning the Big Ten Conference while appearing in two NCAA Tournaments and earning Academic All Big-Ten honors twice. After graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Wasielewski worked as a consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP for 11 years before moving into the role of Chief Information Officer and Director of Information Technology for Molson Coors Brewing Company in 2002. At Molson Coors, she earned the company’s Copper Kettle Leadership Award and finished her Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Denver in 2004.

Helping to organize the NCAA Division I Final Four Championship in Denver in 2012 sparked an interest in returning to basketball. Wasielewski served as Assistant Coach at the Division II Metropolitan State University of Denver for one season before moving to a similar role at Division I Loyola University Chicago for three seasons. While at Loyola, the Ramblers developed four All-Conference players, one Newcomer of the Year, two All-Conference Freshmen, a Defensive All Conference player and an All-Conference Scholar Athlete.

Wasielewski then moved to Penn State University in a “fourth assistant” Strategic Specialist role for two seasons, planning practices and formulating game strategy for teams throughout the year, including Big Ten Conference and WNIT tournament play. Prior to taking the helm at SMC, she was an Assistant Coach at Saint Francis University in the NCAA Division I Northeast Conference, where she helped with all aspects of the program as the Red Flash compiled an overall 21-13 conference record.