ED COLLINS
Assistant Coach

Ed Collins, former girls basketball coach at Clyde-Savannah High School, takes over as a Nazareth assistant coach for 2006-07.

Collins coached at Clyde-Savannah for three seasons and compiled a record of 60-11 with two Section Five titles and an appearance in the state semifinals. He was selected Section Five Coach of the Year in 2003-04 and was the recipient of the Carolyn A. Foote Sportsmanship Award for that season.

A native of Lyons, N.Y., Collins also has experience as JV baseball coach at Clyde-Savannah, JV boys volleyball coach at North Rose-Wolcott and last season as assistant women's coach at Cazenovia College. He also has worked as an instructor at several camps and clinics and in 2005 served as head coach of the Western New York Lady Lakers 16-and-under AAU team.

Collins is a graduate of Monroe Community College and works as an electrician at Midlakes Electric Inc.

ERIN MICHAELS
Assistant Coach

Assisting head coach Diane Williams for the second straight year is Erin Michaels, a standout player for the Golden Flyers from 1998 through 2002.

A native of Pittsfield, Mass., Michaels ranks among Nazareth's all-time leaders in several statistical categories, including games played (105), points scored (1,477), scoring average (14.1), rebounds (696), free throws made (339) and field goals made (532). She also was a two-time first-team Empire 8 Conference all-star.

In Michaels' senior year, 2001-02, she served as Golden Flyers' team captain and averaged 15.5 points and 6.2 rebounds per game as Nazareth finished 14-11 overall and earned a spot in the NYSWCAA Tournament. She averaged 15 points per game as a junior when Nazareth finished 18-9 overall and won their first-ever JPMorgan Chase Tournament title.

Michaels graduated with a degree in Speech Pathology and works at Stepping Stone Learning Center.

MONICA ST. CROIX
Assistant Coach

On the heels of a four-year playing career at Elmira College, Monica St. Croix returns to the Golden Flyers for her second season as a graduate assistant coach.

St. Croix graduated from Elmira in 2005 with a degree in Speech and Hearing. She is pursuing a master's degree in Speech Pathology at Nazareth.

On the basketball court in 2004-05, St. Croix served as the Soaring Eagles' team captain and appeared in all 25 games. She averaged 6.4 points per game and led the team in field goal accuracy (59-for-122, .484).

A native of Watertown, N.Y., St. Croix was a standout player at Immaculate Heart Central, where she played for her father, Jeff St. Croix.

JESSICA BERRY
Manager
Business Administration major. . . daughter of Gary and Amanda Berry, Rome, N.Y. . . a graduate of Rome Free Academy, Berry was a four-year starter in basketball there and was team captain as a junior and senior. . . led team to Onondaga League title in 2004-05 and Section Three championship in 2005-06. . . serving as the Golden Flyers' manager while recovering from a knee injury sustained in the fall.