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IRBY JOINS UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STAFF

 

Albany, N.Y. – Head women’s basketball coach Trina Patterson announced today that Joi Irby will join the coaching staff for the 2004-05 season. Irby’s responsibilities will include coordinating team travel, community service and serving as the academic liaison.

 

Irby comes to UAlbany from Virginia State University, where she was an assistant coach from October 2003 to July 2004. While at Virginia State, Irby was responsible for several aspects of coaching, including scouting reports, travel arrangements and the monitoring of academic performance.

 

A native of Richmond, Va., Irby was a four-year member of the Georgetown University women’s basketball team that made three National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) appearances and was given the team’s Unsung Heroine Award as a freshman.

 

A 2003 graduate of Georgetown, Irby received a bachelor of arts in psychology with a minor in theology. Irby also served as a resident assistant and youth counselor and coach at the Georgetown Women’s Basketball Camp. She has been a member of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association since November 2003.