Bronx, N.Y. – Wrapping up our celebration of the 50
th anniversary of Fordham women's basketball is the release of the program's All-Decade Team for the 2010's. Previously, the
decorated 1970's and
high-scoring 1980's,
Patriot League-winning 1990's, and
Turn of the Century 2000's teams were announced.
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Head coach
Stephanie Gaitley: "It is exciting to look back on this decade and sell at the great accomplishments. The team success was a result of having great individual talent that were driven to bringing Fordham Women's Basketball to new heights. These young ladies were obviously significant contributors and highlight the record books. I also thank those not mentioned. It takes everyone know their role in order to have team success. They all bought into the culture and all left their mark on the program. I am so very proud and thankful for ALL of our student-athletes!"
The 2010s brought unprecedented success for the Fordham women's basketball program, including two Atlantic 10 Championships, one regular season title, and seven total postseason berths, plus numerous individual and team accolades. Coach Gaitley arrived in the Bronx in 2011 and completely revitalized the program and turned around its fortunes by year two, winning 26 games and falling by just one point in the Atlantic 10 title game and carrying that momentum forward in the ensuing years.
The Rams have enjoyed a 202-112 overall record under Gaitley, a tidy 100-50 Atlantic 10 record, and a 20-16 postseason record. The program has seen two Players of the Year, one Defensive Player of the Year, and 16 All-Conference selections, including eight on the First Team. The Rams have also had seven All-Academic honorees and four apiece for the All-Defense and All-Rookie squads. At the heart of the program's success is a year-in, year-out national top-50 defense, with eight of 10 years featuring in the top-30 and six in the top-20.
Fordham Women's Basketball 2010's All-Decade Team
Bre Cavanaugh ('20) – Cavanaugh arrived in the Bronx as a transfer from California and spent nearly two years awaiting her debut. From that first game onward, Cavanaugh displayed the scoring prowess that eventually earned Atlantic 10 Player of the Year and WBCA All-America Honorable Mention honors as a redshirting junior, a year after finishing runner-up for the former. Cavanaugh only spent three years active for the Rams but finished a decorated career an Atlantic 10 champion, in 2019, with the fourth-most points in program history, 1,784, and the third-highest career per-game average (17.8), cracking the top-five for field goals (587 – 5
th), three-point field goals (208 – 5
th), free throws (402 – 4
th), and finishing sixth all-time with a career 84.6% conversion rate at the free-throw line. Cavanaugh was a three-time All-Conference selection, earning Second Team accolades as a redshirt freshman and First Team each of the following two years, plus All-Rookie and two All-Tournament nods. Cavanaugh also became the program's first Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association Rookie of the Year (2018) and Player of the Year (2019). The Allamuchy, N.J. native was also an ECAC First Team honoree in 2020 after leading the Atlantic 10 in scoring at 19.4 points per game. In a double overtime game at Saint Louis in 2018, Cavanaugh set the program league record with 37 points, one of four 30-point efforts during her tenure.
Samantha Clark ('16) – A highly decorated recruit, Clark started all four years in the Bronx, finishing her career with a record 126 starts in 132 appearances, the latter number second all-time. Clark, a 2014 Atlantic 10 champion, was an All-Rookie selection in 2013, earning a record five Rookie of the Week awards, and named to the All-Defense and Second Team All-Conference following her senior year, become just the second Ram to be placed on the former squad. With no surprise in playing 132 of a possible 133 games, Clark held the program record for most minutes played, 4,156, until Holden took that mantle later in the decade. A consistent double-double threat and two-way force, the Neptune, N.J. native is currently 10
th all-time with 1,263 career points and owns the third-most rebounds all-time, 946, with a career 7.2 average, which sits joint-seventh. She is also third all-time with 149 career blocks, part of elite defenses that ranked within the top-20 in three of her four years and 41
st in the other.
Abigail Corning ('14) – Recently announced as one of Fordham women's basketball's two newest Hall of Fame inductees, along with Erin Rooney, Corning was a holdover from the pre-Gaitley era that helped lead the Rams to two consecutive Atlantic 10 Championship game appearances and one win, in 2014, the latter of which she was named Most Outstanding Player at. A two-time team captain, Corning was a Second Team All-Conference and All-Academic selection as a senior. She held the title for most minutes played, with 4,154, before being surpassed by Clark two years later and is sixth all-time with both 127 appearances and 107 career starts, missing just two games in her career. She is currently 12
th all-time with 1,213 points, seventh with 171 career threes, ninth with 340 assists, and 10
th with 702 rebounds, demonstrating her terrific all-around game.
G'mrice Davis ('18) – The 2018 Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year, a first for the program, Davis blossomed over her final two years in the Bronx into a two-way terror, averaging a double-double both seasons while playing terrific defense. Davis was named First Team All-Conference and All-Defense each of her final two years, finishing her career as the program's first-ever WBCA All-American Honorable Mention. The Philadelphia native finished her career with 1,497 career points, now sixth all-time, and the second-most rebounds in Fordham history, 1,199, one of just two players along with Hall of Famer Anne Gregory to have over 1,000 of each. Davis is also fourth all-time with 589 field goals and fifth with 319 free throws. She had two 20-rebound performances in her career, notching 21 on both occasions and holds the school record, with 18 against Saint Joseph's in the 2018 quarterfinals, for boards in a postseason contest. In fact, she had 17 in two other A-10 Championship games and one in the WNIT, and two others with 15, as well. Davis holds the school records, as well, with 57 career double-doubles and 27 single-season double-doubles as a senior.
Mary Goulding ('19) – A sophomore transfer eligible to play right away after a year at Gillette College, Goulding was integral to Fordham's 2019 Atlantic 10 Championship, earning Most Outstanding Player honors with a tremendous three games in Pittsburgh. Appearing in 90 total contests, making 66 starts, Goulding saw her role expand as a junior and flourished as a senior, averaging 12.8 points and 8.4 rebounds with a team-high 94 assists that final season across 33 starts, missing just one game due to injury, a year that culminated in a title and a First Team All-Conference selection (and an unsurprising spot on the All-Academic squad). Goulding was also named to the MWBA and BCANY Second Teams and was an ECAC honorable mention, as well. The New Zealand international is 10
th all-time with a career 35.2% three-point percentage and is currently playing overseas in Australia with Bendigo Spirit after a first stint in Sweden.
Erin Rooney ('14) – Announced as a new Fordham Hall of Fame inductee, Rooney was a junior transfer from Monmouth, Gaitley's previous stop before Fordham, and was vital to Fordham's trip to two straight A-10 Championship games and one title, earning First Team All-Conference honors in both seasons in the Bronx as well as two All-Tournament nods, one All-Academic selection, and a spot on the MBWA First Team both years. Her two seasons were prolific, starting all 68 contests and scoring 1,062 points at an average of 15.6 per game, shooting 39.9% from the field and 34.7% from distance with 247 total free throws at a 78.7% clip. She also finished with an even 300 assists (to 231 turnovers), putting up 170 as a senior that ranked third all-time behind the program's career leader in assists, Mary Hayes. She also recorded just the second-ever triple-double in program history, at VCU, with 11 points and assists and 10 rebounds.
Honorable Mention
Arielle Colllins ('13) – A defensive staple for two seasons on either side of Gaitley's hire, Collins was the program's first-ever All-Defense selection as a senior in 2013, helping the Rams to their first Atlantic 10 title game appearance. A locked-in starter her final two years, making 66 total starts over 115 appearances, Collins was the team's leader in minutes played and steals both years, racking up 170 for her career in the latter, tied for eighth all-time, and leading the squad in scoring as a junior.
Lauren Holden ('19) – A model of consistency and longevity, Holden moved into the starting lineup midway through her freshman year and never left, starting 117 contests across 132 games, third-most and tied for second-most, respectively. After playing just 765 minutes as a freshman, the Cape May, N.J. native played 1,083 minutes as a sophomore and then set the single-season record as a junior with 1,333 minutes played, leading all of Division I with an average of 39.2 per game, and nearly surpassed that as a senior, finishing her career with a record 4,492 minutes played and an Atlantic 10 championship. Holden ranks 17
th all-time with 1,141 points, third with 213 three-pointers and fourth with a career 85.3% free-throw rate.
Hannah Missry ('17) – Fordham's all-time leader in long-distance makes, Missry was a four-year starter for Gaitley's Rams, making 123 starts over 128 contests, the former ranking second-most all-time in program history. The Manasquan, N.J. native racked up a record 310 three-pointers at a 36.0% clip, finishing in the top-10 on four occasions for makes, attempts, and efficiency at Fordham, cruising to 1,142 career points that rank 16
th all-time. A super-efficient free-throw shooter, as well, converting at an 85.5% clip that ranks third all-time, Missry also missed just 1-of-37 attempts as a junior, which translates to 97.3%.
Becky Peters ('12) – Another holdover from the pre-Gaitley years, Peters was a constant for the Rams at the turn of the decade, starting 106 contests over 118 appearances and averaging double figures in each season, finishing with 1,318 points, ninth-most all-time or 11.2 points per game. She racked up the second-most steals in program history, 191, over her four years and played the sixth-most minutes all-time, 3,732, although she was never selected for an All-Conference team.
Marah Strickland ('13) – Strickland played for just one season at Fordham under Coach Gaitley as a graduate transfer but what a year it was, earning Second Team All-Conference accolades and being named to the All-Tournament team as Fordham reached the championship game. Strickland scored 499 points, averaging 15.1 per game, while starting all 33 contests that year.
Emily Tapio ('15) – A significant contributor to the title-winning 2014 squad, Tapio scored 9.3 points per game on an uber-efficient 56.8% from the field with 6.2 rebounds per game and 89 assists over 33 consecutive starts. It was another year, however, until she earn an All-Conference nod as a senior after averaging 12.2 points over 33 more starts and shooting just under 50.0% from the floor, dishing out 96 more assists, as well.
