(July 14, 2005) - Fordham Women??s Basketball Coach Jim Lewis announced today the hiring of former Fordham basketball player Lara Hanson as an assistant coach and Joann Febus as Director of Women's Basketball Operations. Hanson was a four-year member of the Fordham Women's Basketball team, who just completed her final season with the Rams. For her career, she played in 89 games over three years, missing the entire 2003-04 season due to injury. She scored 295 career points at Fordham, while handing out 201 assists. Last season, she returned from injury to lead the Rams in assists with 109, as Fordham reached the Atlantic 10 quarterfinals for just the third time in ten seasons. Away from the court, she was a constant member of the Atlantic 10's Commissioner's Honor Roll for academic achievement, and was the female recipient of the Daniel E. Quility NIT Scholar-Athlete Award, given out annually at the Preseason NIT, held at Madison Square Garden. The award is named after Daniel Quilty, who was the Athletic Director at New York University from 1972-1995, and is given to top male and female scholar-athletes from the NIT institutions. Hanson, who is still continuing her education as a graduate student, was a true example of the scholar-athlete at Fordham, after being involved with numerous extra-cirricular projects, which included being the editor-in-chief of The College Voice, a national magazine which publishes articles written by college students. Hanson, a 2004 Fordham graduate, has a bachelor??s degree in Communications and Sociolgy, while currently working on her graduate degree in Public Communications. Febus actually begins her third season with Fordham Women??s Basketball, but her first stint as Director of Basketball Operations. Febus is no stranger to Fordham, beginning her career with Fordham in the Human Resources Department in 2001, before transferring to Athletics to serve as secretary to both the Men??s and Women??s Basketball programs in pursuit of her educational goals within the communications field. Her prior work history includes New York University, as an employment recruiter in the Human Resources Department. Febus, a Bronx native, currently resides in Yonkers, NY, with her daughter, Gabriela (5). Founded in 1841, Fordham is New York City's Jesuit University. With 22 men's and women's varsity sports teams, the Fordham Rams are members of the NCAA Division I and compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference in baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, indoor and outdoor track, women's rowing, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis and volleyball and in the Patriot League (NCAA I-AA) for football. TRANSACTIONS: Fordham names Lara Hanson women's basketball assistant coach and Joann Febus as Director of Women's Basketball Operations.