Consuegra Adds Sam Logic as Assistant Coach4/28/2025 9:35:00 AM | Women's Basketball Racine native played at Iowa and professionally for 10 years In her first season as the Marquette women’s head basketball coach, Cara Consuegra speaks openly about her five core values of the H.E.A.R.T for guiding the team, why she’s fiercely loyal and how she’s using her experience to build players to reach their highest potential Although head basketball coach Cara Consuegra is new to the team An assistant coach for the Marquette women’s basketball team from 2004-11 Consuegra met her husband while she was here.   Consuegra played for the University of Iowa women’s basketball team from 1997-2001 followed by a one-year stint in the WNBA with the former Utah Starzz she worked for the Pennsylvania State University Lady Lions basketball team from 2001-04 Consuegra was most recently head coach of the Charlotte 49ers for the past 13 years.   Consuegra’s heart and drive is evident in the way she cares for and encourages her players.   I am not asking them to do anything that I have not done or been asked to do myself,” Consuegra says “Getting to the highest level in any sport is extremely difficult It requires extreme sacrifices and a focus that many aren’t willing to give but the goal is to push them to be the best versions of themselves That’s what we are doing every day.”  Consuegra gives a behind-the-scenes look at how lessons from her past are helping propel her players into the future Tell me about your decision to come back to Marquette University Clearly there’s a lot of history between you and Marquette.    It starts with our family ties — I met my husband here Being back in this community means a lot to us because we are with our family My seven years here as an assistant coach were some of the best years of my life Marquette helped to mold me into the coach and leader that I am today and this program has a special place in my heart The opportunity to come back here and be the head coach was a dream come true for us.  Looking at the places in which you’ve spent time coaching it’s evident that you don’t jump around from job to job You’ve said that you’re fiercely loyal — where do you think that fierce loyalty comes from?   I believe the loyalty in me came from how and where I was raised I come from a very tight knit family — my parents and brother always supported my dream to become a college basketball player My parents specifically made a lot of sacrifices to help me achieve my dream I am forever grateful for them and that example taught me what loyalty looks like.   You speak openly about your five specific core values of the H.E.A.R.T: Heart Can you dive deeper into where those values came from and why they are so important to your coaching strategy.   When I was first hired as a head coach 14 years ago it was important to me to create a women’s basketball program with a foundation built on values I want to run a transformational program that challenges our student-athletes to grow as people and leaders That is why I created “Play with H.E.A.R.T.” These are our five core values that guide our team and program.   What adjectives would you use to describe your team now and explain?   The words I would use to describe my team right now are “bought in” and “hungry.” Our women believe in our process to build a team and program that reflects Marquette values — a team that plays with H.E.A.R.T and a team that reflects the blue-collar hard work that is in the fabric of our Milwaukee community Our team is also hungry to grow and keep improving.  As a mentor to so many young female athletes what did they teach you and how do you pass that knowledge along to your players now?   One of my biggest basketball mentors was my high school basketball coach we won 53 straight games and back-to-back state championships Coach Matthews was relentless in his pursuit toward excellence and he instilled that in us players every day.   Do you have a mentor today who you still look up to or ask for guidance from?   A mentor who I still look to today is Lisa Bluder the recently retired Iowa women’s basketball coach I was fortunate enough to play with her my senior year at Iowa she will answer my call and give me guidance on any topic that I need.   the popularity of women’s sports has soared catapulting extremely talented players like Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese into the spotlight What are your thoughts on the trajectory of the sport from the 10,000-foot view?   Women’s basketball has always been a great game with very talented athletes but it took those special players you mentioned to get more people to see it we have a very special opportunity to continue to grow our game we want to be very hands on with the community We want people to come to our games because they are curious about women’s basketball and we want them to stay because they love Marquette women’s basketball The Al McGuire Center has an incredible environment Fans can get up close and personal.   You have mentioned how you have a very young team at this point when you have so many fresh faces it can be an opportunity to mold the players into what you want What are your goals for the next few years with this team where would you like to see your team performance-wise?   we want our women’s basketball program to be a program that is successful on and off the court I know being successful is measured by wins and we want to win a lot But we are equally concerned with the character and quality of women who are graduating from our program We want to build young women who are ready to be leaders in the world and who can go out and “Be The Difference.”  Take part in Baccalaureate Mass, May 10  Apply to join Les Aspin Washington, D.C., internship program by May 5  Educating across languages: Bilingual philosophy course launches fall 2025 The Marquette women's basketball team added a familiar name to its coaching staff Head coach Cara Consuegra announced on April 28 that she has hired former Racine Case High School standout Sam Logic as an assistant The 32-year-old Logic was a McDonald's All-American and the Miss Basketball winner in 2011. "I am very excited to be back home and join the Marquette women's basketball family," Logic said in a statement "I believe in Cara and her vision for her program and I cannot wait to get to campus and help build on the success of this team." becoming a second-team All-American as a senior Logic was the only player in NCAA history to have at least 1,500 career points Logic was the 10th pick in the 2015 WNBA Draft and she played 27 games in one season with the Atlanta Dream and the San Antonio Stars. She also had several stops in foreign leagues "We are excited to have Sam join our staff," Consuegra said "Sam is someone I've known and respected for a long time She is a high character individual who aligns with our program's core values Her outstanding college experience and years of playing professionally will bring a unique perspective to our players and impact our program right away." Skylar Forbes & Lee Volker earn All-Big East honors With the Big East tournament set to start on Friday, the conference had to get the end of season awards for women’s basketball out the door on Thursday. The Big East coaches voted — although they couldn’t vote for themselves or their players — and lo and behold Marquette Golden Eagles’s Cara Consuegra was named Co-Coach of the Year A post shared by BIG EAST Conference (@bigeast) As you can see, Marquette’s head coach is sharing the award with UConn’s Geno Auriemma. Here’s how the league office wrote it up: Auriemma was selected BIG EAST Co-Coach of the Year presented by Invesco QQQ for the 13th time after leading the Huskies to their 12th undefeated BIG EAST finish The Huskies enter postseason play as the No 1 seed in the league’s tournament with a 28-3 overall mark and top five rankings in both national polls earns the co-coach of the year nod after leading the Golden Eagles to the four seed in the BIG EAST Women’s Basketball Tournament tied for the second-fastest road to 20 wins by a first-year head coach in program history And here’s some extra details from the Marquette press release: Consuegra guided Marquette to a 20-win regular season in her first year as head coach The Golden Eagles finished with a 13-2 at the Al McGuire Center tied for the best home record by a Marquette first-year head coach tied for the second-fastest road to 20 wins by a first-year head coach in program history with Terri Mitchell Consuegra was an assistant coach for Mitchell at Marquette from 2004-11 Consuegra becomes the fourth Marquette head coach to win conference coach of the year Carolyn Kieger (BIG EAST 2018) and Megan Duffy (2020) Consuegra also tied Mitchell for the most wins in February in her first year with six She earned her fifth BIG EAST road win of the season on Saturday the most conference road wins by a first-year head coach in program history Let’s go live to the Marquette women’s basketball team meeting room to see the team’s reaction to finding out that Consuegra was tabbed as the best coach in the league this season and Consuegra briefly talking to her team after the announcement is the third slide.) A post shared by Marquette Women's Basketball (@marquettewbb) By the way: Nice work by Athletic Director Mike Broeker to properly build up his little speech there to properly generate the pop from the team I would like to talk about the fact that Consuegra is sharing the award with Auriemma for a second The tie itself isn’t the interesting part It’s the fact that it’s mathematically impossible to get the 11 coaches to split right down the middle Consuegra and Auriemma each got five votes while one of the coaches — possibly Consuegra or Auriemma as they didn’t have to vote for each other — turned in the 11th vote for someone else it would be votes for Seton Hall’s Tony Bozzella that fill in the gap Auriemma’s votes are because his team was picked to be awesome and they have been Consuegra’s votes are because her team was picked — by the coaches — to finish 10th and they’re the #4 seed in the Big East tournament Bozzella’s Pirates were picked to finish seventh in the conference in the preseason poll and finished third by a game in front of Marquette making SHU and MU the only two teams in the league who were notably overachieving their preseason placement Marquette had two women make it to the All-Big East teams Sophomore forward Skylar Forbes is First Team All-Big East while senior guard Lee Volker earned Second Team All-Big East honors A post shared by BIG EAST Conference (@bigeast) The Big East didn’t do much in the way of writing up the all-conference players Skylar Forbes was named to the All-BIG EAST First Team the ninth sophomore in program history to be named first team all-conference Forbes led the Golden Eagles in scoring at 15.1 points per game and had six 20-point games Ontario native scored in double-figures in 23-of-28 games and led the BIG EAST in blocks with 52 on the season one away from tying the program’s single season record Lee Volker was named to the All-BIG EAST Second Team The senior averaged career-bests 13.1 points and 4.8 rebounds per game while starting in all 29 games during the regular season Virginia native scored in double-figures in 20-of-29 games this season and had a career-high 24 points in the road win at Seton Hall I don’t want to be dismissive of Lee Volker’s accomplishments here as she had a hell of a final campaign in blue and gold I have to note that the Big East announced a First Team with ELEVEN women on it although it should have only been 10 but there was a tie in the voting somewhere No one’s going to jump up and down about it..... especially when four of the First Teamers were unanimous choices It creates a clear and obvious “these are the REAL First Team honorees” situation For more on the awards and the full rundown of each of the individual honorees like Most Improved and Sixth Woman, you can read the Big East press release right here Facebook: AnonymousEagleInstagram: AnonymousEagleSBNBluesky: AnonymousEagle Reading"Jean Pierre Consuegra’s..." 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POV Forward Thinking Review of the Year Jenny Brewer Olivia Hingley Ellis Tree Elizabeth Goodspeed Liz Gorny Instagram TikTok LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Pinterest Careers at It’s Nice That Privacy Policy Insights Residence Creative Lives in Progress If You Could Jobs Consuegra Named BIG EAST Conference Co-Coach of the Year3/6/2025 10:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball News | Apr 18 Going into law enforcement wasn’t always the plan for Linda Consuegra But for the Aspen Police division chief of investigations and administration the opportunity to serve this community is what keeps driving her over two decades after she switched career paths Consuegra moved to Aspen when she was 12 years old where she completed both middle and high school She returned to El Salvador for seven years during which time she went to college and received a degree in psychology She came back to Aspen with the intent of getting a master’s degree and working in schools as a counselor.  she decided to work for a bit before starting classes She saw an article in the paper recruiting police officers “That caught my attention,” she said “Never in my life did I think I would get into law enforcement and be a police officer It brought me back to my goal: to work with people and make a difference.” Aspen Police Chief Kim Ferber said Consuegra reached a milestone this past year by attaining 25 years of service with the department Linda has exemplified a compassionate and thoughtful law enforcement approach by helping to connect victims with available resources in the Roaring Fork Valley,” Ferber said.  she felt dedicated to serving this community after experiencing acceptance when she moved here the first time around.  “How lucky am I that I get to do this in the community that I grew up in?” she asked “It was a community that welcomed me.” she has a mission to give that back to everyone in town She draws in part from her experience in El Salvador and the ways she witnessed how a police force should not work She talked about being pulled over and asked for a bribe or “mordida,” to get out of a ticket “That’s where it hits my core,” Consuegra said and I’m just not willing to submit to that that’s one of the things that I’ve always kept in mind — being able to have good core values and be trusting We don’t want to deter people who aren’t here legally to come to us and trust us.” She also noted that it’s not just about accessibility Domestic-violence disputes can be more accepted in other countries is committed to making sure all members of the community know what’s considered a crime locally “I’m so lucky we have a lot more Spanish speakers in our department now,” she said Now we have more people that can be a resource and be able to provide service in every shift.” her mission of accessibility and education is in full alignment with what she’s seen developed and carried out at Aspen Police She primarily highlighted the focus on how to best serve the community and how to always be better as a department “I think it speaks to that community policing concept of really being a part of the community,” she said “I don’t want to do this job anywhere else How great is it for someone to show up on your worst day and to have empathy She also oversees the hiring process for Aspen Police where she is dedicated to finding people who align with the values of showing up for and serving community She noted that many members of the force have come from customer service backgrounds for particularly that reason “If you have done customer service anywhere else,” she said “you will know how to do customer service in your uniform.” and Consuegra encourages anyone who wants the opportunity to make a difference to apply Those interested are invited to do a ride-along Readers around Aspen and Snowmass Village make the Aspen Times’ work possible Your financial contribution supports our efforts to deliver quality your support is critical to help us keep our community informed about the evolving coronavirus pandemic and the impact it is having locally Each donation will be used exclusively for the development and creation of increased news coverage What's your favorite spring task around the house View Results Cara Consuegra blew away outside expectations in her first season as head coach of the Marquette women's basketball team. she was named Big East co-coach of the year Thursday along with Connecticut's Geno Auriemma More: How Marquette women's hoops coach Cara Consuegra put together a team in just over a month The Golden Eagles were picked to finish 10th in the 11-team conference in a preseason poll of the league's coaches. Instead Mitchell was also the Conference USA coach of the year in 1998 and 2000 Consuegra was an assistant coach at MU under Mitchell from 2004-11. MU sophomore Skylar Forbes thrived under Consuegra this season and was named to the 11-player all-Big East first team Forbes led the Golden Eagles at 15.1 points per game in the regular season Her 52 blocks were the most in the Big East and she is one away from the school record More: Marquette's Skylar Forbes is a ‘unicorn,’ says player development coach Chaz Franklin MU senior Lee Volker was named to the all-Big East second team She averaged 13.1 points and 4.8 rebounds per game in the regular season More: Lee Volker has seen a lot in college hoops, and she's ending it on surprising Marquette team The Golden Eagles play Villanova in the Big East tournament quarterfinals Saturday in Uncasville The first season for Cara Consuegra as head coach of the Marquette women's basketball team has come to a end in overtime in the second round of the WBIT on Sunday in Harrisonburg It was the first overtime game of the season for MU (21-11) Skylar Forbes had 25 points eight rebounds and three blocks and fellow sophomore forward Halle Vice added a career-high 22 points and 11 rebounds Those two players have become solid building blocks for Consuegra, who was named the Big East co-coach of the year as MU exceeded preseason expectations. Forbes set the school record for blocks in a season with 54 Kseniia Kozlova gave the Dukes (30-5) the lead with two free throws in the first minute of overtime Consuegra had an impressive first season after scrambling to fill the roster when she was hired in the spring. The Golden Eagles' 13-2 record at the Al McGuire Center tied the best mark by a first-year coach She also guided MU to five road wins in the Big East the most by a first-year head coach in program history 78at59DePaul as Consuegra Gets First BIG EAST Win Sunday12/29/2024 4:15:00 PM | Women's Basketball Golden Eagles host UConn Wednesday at 1 p.m Cara Consuegra's first game as a head coach in the Big East was a memorable one for the Marquette women's basketball coach. Skylar Forbes scored 18 points as the Golden Eagles rolled past DePaul Consuegra was hired by MU (9-3, 1-0 Big East) in April and had to scramble to fill her coaching staff and roster. BOX SCORE: Marquette 78, DePaul 59 The Golden Eagles were picked by league coaches to finish 10th in the 11-team conference, but Consuegra's team showed feistiness in the non-conference leading by double digits for almost the final 25 minutes The Golden Eagles have won eight of nine meetings with DePaul Halle Vice scored 17 points and tied a career-high with 11 rebounds for her second double-double of the season Up next for MU is Consuegra's first Big East matchup with national power Connecticut at the Al McGuire Center on Wednesday WBB Adds Barnes and Herring in Fall Signing Period11/13/2024 2:45:00 PM | Women's Basketball The Marquette women's basketball team scrambled to piece together a non-conference schedule after Cara Consuegra was hired as coach in April. So, in a quirk of that process, the Golden Eagles played two road games and then had eight days off before making their home debut on Monday at the Al McGuire Center MU rolled to an easy 92-37 victory over NCAA Division II Illinois-Springfield thanks to a breakout performance from Skylar Forbes and a raucous crowd of Milwaukee Public School kids Consuegra was a MU assistant from 2004-11 before becoming head coach at Charlotte so it was special to get her first win with the Golden Eagles at the Al McGuire Center While the players engulfed her at halfcourt after the game the experience was more special for Consuegra before the game "Just the feeling of walking out to a familiar place," Consuegra said "It was really hard for me to keep my composure Just to be back at a place that I always would have loved to come back to." The game was never in doubt after MU opened on a 21-2 run The Golden Eagles finished strong with 23 unanswered points "I challenged our kids in the third quarter," Consuegra said "I thought we kind of let up a little bit and got a little complacent "That was obviously (Illinois-Springfield's) best quarter and I challenged them that ultimately this is about us and our journey and where we're trying to go and who we're trying to be The score is just data for us at this point I thought they responded really well to that." Over the summer and preseason, it was easy to see that 6-foot-3 Skylar Forbes was poised for a breakthrough season. She averaged 8.5 points per game over MU's season-opening losses at Central Florida and Illinois but she really broke loose against Illinois-Springfield with 18 points and eight rebounds "Coach really instills in us just doing what our role is," Forbes said And I have incredible teammates who can help me get that ball." Consuegra doesn't want to place too many expectations on Forbes this early in the season especially after she played a small role last season "She hasn't played a ton of meaningful basketball here," Consuegra said "And so that's hard when you take a kid who is just a sophomore and put all these expectations on her And her second game of her sophomore year we're playing the 23rd-ranked team in the country (Illinois) we have to temper our expectations and allow her the grace and the time to get into her role." MPS students really bring the noiseThe Golden Eagles' annual afternoon game with MPS students in the crowd always challenges the eardrums of anyone in attendance Springfield-Illinois wasn't quite ready for the onslaught of high-pitched screams particulary when the Prairie Stars were shooting free throws we love them and we hope we can make the impact on them that anyone can Olivia Porter knew what she was going to do Cara Consuegra, Porter's coach at North Carolina-Charlotte, had just told the team that she was set to take over the women's basketball team at Marquette. The point guard didn't need to think about it too much. She was going to follow Consuegra to Milwaukee. "The school was cool and I love Coach Cara," Porter said She trusted me and she gave me the keys when I couldn’t even look at a key She has trust in me and I have trust in her The Golden Eagles will open Consuegra's first season on Thursday at Central Florida It's hard to predict how MU will look under a new coach but Porter's familiarity with Consuegra can be instructive Cara Consuegra spent 13 seasons as head coach at CharlotteConsuegra is a former MU assistant who went 225-169 in 13 seasons as head coach at Charlotte Consuegra constantly mentions the term "gritty" when asked about what she wants her teams to look like Porter sees that quality transferring from Charlotte to MU "I think they should expect a team that’s going to play hard and give effort and give heart," Porter said they’re going to feel us on the defensive side and it’s going to be a battle." Consuegra knows that Porter was in a tough position as the player trying to help implement the coach's culture "I think she’s done a tremendous job," Consuegra said I think she’s started a little slow because I think she was concerned about fitting in But once she felt comfortable and I pushed her a little bit Helping a coach is a natural role for Porter is a former head football coach at Memphis who is now the special teams coordinator at North Carolina "You always know coaches’ kids," Consuegra said She’s not a kid that you got to ask to get in the gym She’s been in that environment her whole life." Porter was raised in a competitive environment in which even chess matches with her brother "We had a rule that we could never play chess because it always ended in a screaming match," Porter said Porter played several sports before narrowing her focus on basketball when the family moved to North Carolina "My dad coached with Les Miles at LSU and his wife played basketball collegiately "She and my mom coached a YMCA team and that’s how I got interested initially." Porter will be Marquette's point guardIt could take some time for MU to find its way under Consuegra but Porter is here to keep everyone organized so I’m the voice of the team," Porter said "Especially me already knowing coach’s play style and what she kind of expects But just making sure everybody’s composed and they run and get into the sets we need Or getting people the ball at the right time and when they need to." Consuegra is not worried about wins and losses early in the season "Our first principle of our program is that we will focus on the process and stack good days," Consuegra said "And that’s exactly what we’ve been talking to them about Results can’t be that important to us right now because honestly I have no idea how good we’re going to be when that ball goes up But she knows she's more comfortable with Porter on her roster "We needed a true point guard that can run our team," Consuegra said "I can tell you exactly right now we are a better team when Liv is on the court than when she’s not they are more confident because they know Liv knows the system Cara Consuegra looks very comfortable in the corner office at the Al McGuire Center It seems like the work hasn't stopped since Consuegra was hired as the Marquette women's basketball coach in mid-April but from the looks of her desk the 45-year-old has kept everything orderly Consuegra was also highly organized and logical in how she attacked her new challenge there was a half-empty roster and she needed to fill out her coaching staff as evident by the notepad that contains a 'later list' of tasks that she still wants to accomplish "It was extremely overwhelming," said Consuegra who was an MU assistant under Terri Mitchell from 2004-11 I didn’t even have summer workouts my first year at Charlotte but because I hadn’t taken over a program in 13 years There is so much to do and there is not enough time it was just trying to think about what is the thing that I can do right now that’s going to make the biggest difference Or what is the thing right now that needs the most urgency two is getting staff so I have people to help me And then we just chipped away from there." Consuegra had one clear message to her players and coaches an important distinction to the head coach we’re going to take all these pieces and we’re going to put it together and we’re going to build forward," Consuegra said "Because rebuilding has the connotation of things aren’t good here "And we don’t know how good we’re going to be The important thing is that we take our pieces and we get ourselves all aligned in the direction that we want to go If we can put those pieces together and build in the right way then the outcomes will take care of themselves." Skylar Forbes among the six returning players for Golden EaglesEarlier that morning Consuegra intently stood at halfcourt of Kasten Gym watching a small group of players do skill work MU assistants Khadijah Rushdan and Deont'a McChester worked with guards Abbey Cracknell director of player development Chaz Franklin watched Skylar Forbes work on post moves while assistant Chaia Huff did the same with Jada Bediako Forbes and Cracknell are two of the six returning players though the 6-foot-3 Forbes is the only one who has started a game at MU Forbes' length and shooting ability will make her an important player as a sophomore Mason and Bediako are among the six players Consuegra grabbed in the transfer portal I had five days with the returners," Consuegra said but more so just evaluating to determine what we had And probably most importantly what we were lacking "And I felt like we were very much lacking speed let’s go out and let’s find whose available in the portal that fits our culture has great character and can fit into that speed and quickness." Consuegra talked in her introductory press conference about wanting a team that is disruptive defensively "So much of right now is just teaching fundamentals I think the next few weeks we’ll start to see what we really have." one of the building blocks is teaching vocabulary A benefit of working with these small groups – there will be another workout with the other players – is making sure everyone understands Consuegra's language we’re learning what playing with heart means," Consuegra said we have to teach our players what they mean They need to be said over and over and over So it becomes a natural part of their dialogue "What makes it great having her is that the players ask her a lot of questions," Consuegra said She knows the culture I’m trying to instill She’s been really good at just giving them some guidance Helping them know a little more of what to expect Consuegra needed a staff that could help implement her lessons "Versus how can I create a staff that together we can be the best we can be Who can I bring in that will bring different pieces to help us be the best and strongest staff we can be?" McChester was the first hire after working with Consuegra at Charlotte "He’s great with relationships with the kids," Consuegra said Consuegra also decided to retain Rushdan, who spent last season as a MU assistant under Megan Duffy, now the head coach at Virginia Tech Rushdan is a former Rutgers star who played one season in the WNBA She wants to be at Marquette and she wanted to come learn from me." Franklin was brought on as a development coach the same position he held last season with the WNBA's Chicago Sky Consuegra just completed her staff by hiring Smith who was the head coach at Edgewood College “I didn’t want to rush it," Consuegra said I’m missing somebody that’s had a little bit of head-coaching experience I’m 13 years in and have a sense certainly of what head coaching is but just to have that little more experience on the bench It's easy to follow the logic of Consuegra's moves Now she has is learning how everything fits together "I would say it’s probably still too early," she said The first day of classes at any school is always a balance of glancing back at the past while trying to focus on the year ahead "It's one of the great things about living and existing in a college environment Because you get so much energy from the kids and from their excitement about starting school it would be a shame if our excitement about the very beginning of the year was the peak Guys were on the beach running with (assistant athletics director of applied sports science and performance) Todd (Smith) at 6:30 this morning So we're excited and also getting to work." "I think it's a multi-step process," Smart said "What happens is you come to an event like this and you're just immediately smacked across the face with 'I was here with Dr We had a welcome-back event for the student-athletes last night that he normally comes to and speaks at "But actually that leads me to the second step We all experience similar feelings because we all felt the same way about him So I think the next step is coming together with others to empathize with one another and support one another the last and most important step is to make sure whatever we do whether it's our interactions with each other during the day whether it's the way we go about our workouts or the way we go about our jobs let's do those things in the spirit that Dr then we are honoring him and we can turn an absolute tragedy into something positive in terms of having that in the front of our minds And continue to make Marquette a better place as he wanted it to be." Acting president Kimo Ah Yun was at Sendik's alongside the basketball coaches "Obviously really excited about everybody being back on campus now "So we'll have more opportunities to be around the student body we just want to create excitement around our players Have that opportunity for people to come out and see them play They're working really hard and I think we're going to put out a product that people are going to enjoy." It was a whirlwind few months for Consuegra as she pieced together a staff and roster They're too nice," Consuegra said with a laugh "I've actually been on them about just holding each other to a high standard six newcomers and they are just trying to figure everything out They want to create this chemistry where we all get along and we're all for each other but at the same time we all need to hold each other to a really high standard "So I have ironically been on them about being tougher on each other After mingling with students for about 30 minutes Consuegra and Smart headed back to the Al McGuire Center to get back to work it's no different than for me and the other head coaches at Marquette," Smart said "And understanding that our program is about something larger that makes Marquette really It was a quick stay for the Marquette women's basketball team at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville The fourth-seeded Golden Eagles fell to fifth-seeded Villanova in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament on Saturday MU (20-10) came into the postseason with optimism after exceeding expections under first-year coach Cara Consuegra, who was named Big East co-coach of the year earlier in the week. Box score: Villanova 73, Marquette 66 But the Golden Eagles couldn't keep up with the Wildcats (18-13) in a game that included nine ties and 10 lead changes The largest lead for either team in the first half was three points Villanova took control late in the third quarter and MU couldn't get within four points in the fourth "I'm disappointed obviously on our end," Consuegra said "I think the thing we have to remember is we're a very inexperienced team None of our kids have played in this type of stage ever this is a learning lesson for us to understand that playoff basketball requires your best And we didn't have our best today on either end of the floor." The Golden Eagles were led by sophomore forward Skylar Forbes, who had 23 points and nine boards. Forbes, who made the all-Big East first team has scored 20 or more points in seven games this season Halle Vice added 17 points and nine rebounds MU needed a run in the conference tournament to force its way into the NCAA Tournament bubble conversation But the Golden Eagles should get invited to the Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament, the secondary tournament run by the NCAA to compete with the WNIT. and I told our kids that in the locker room We'll get a chance to play in postseason."So this shouldn't take away from the year that we had But the bond that this team has formed and the way that we've been able to come together and the love and care that we have for each other is above all of that." 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See our ethics statement There was one line in the first article that jumped out at me and made me start to question everything that Consuegra told Steele We can still treat it as something Consuegra said because why else would Steele have written it Forbes’ length and shooting ability will make her an important player as a sophomore That was my jumping off point for writing everything you’re about to read because “great shooter” was not the first thing that came to my mind about Skylar Forbes’ freshman campaign under the direction of former head coach Megan Duffy Skylar Forbes ended up shooting 47.5% from the field overall last season which is in the 84th percentile in the country Maybe that’s the point that Consuegra was making However, when you see the phrase “shooting ability,” you’re not thinking about someone excelling at the Mikan Drill. Forbes was 3-for-20 from long range in 2023-24 including 0-9 outside of MU’s 20 games against Big East opponents including the conference tournament I’m willing to believe that Consuegra is seeing something in workouts since being hired that leads her to say this out loud in front of people particularly people who are going to publish her sentiments in the newspaper..... The flipside of that is wondering what Megan Duffy was doing for four months while Forbes wasn’t getting her shot to fall if she was seeing the shots go down in practice Here’s a quote from Consuegra while talking about junior college transfer Ayuen Akot because that’s below the efficiency break-even point of 33.3% Lee Volker has played 1,061 Division 1 college basketball minutes in 71 games across three seasons at Duke and Marquette. She is shooting, in total, 6-for-49 while averaging less than 0.7 attempts per game The word “can” is doing an awful lot of work here I’m not going to say that she can’t do it I’m saying no one has seen it yet in three years This provides a nice transition here since Consuegra was complimenting Ayuen Akot’s shooting ability we need a pure shooter that nobody is going to come off of we need somebody in the corner that people are not going to come off and help off of I’m willing to believe that she’s a very good catch-and-shoot corner shooter But Akot shot just 33% last season for Frank Phillips College If they needed her shooting it and she took a few extra ill-advised shots If she can do better than 33% because she’s part of an offense that spreads the shooting out a bit more Here’s what Consuegra said about Olivia Porter: I think what Liv brings is she’s just solid She makes the right plays at the right time Porter finished her season in Charlotte with a turnover rate of 31.8% one of the worst turnover rates in the country especially given how many minutes she was playing Porter was #345 in the country in assist rate Porter ranked in the 87th percentile in defensive win shares according to Her Hoop Stats That number dips to 71st percentile when you make it win shares per 40 minutes but that’s still somewhere between solid and strong Porter is the lone incoming transfer from Charlotte on the roster so that scouting report is the only one in this entire rundown about a player that Consuegra has actually coached It’s coming from a much deeper understand of who Porter is as a player.... so it’s a little bit surprising that she said that Porter is solid given her turnover problem she was I think top three in steals in her league at her previous school especially on the defensive end that we didn’t have Mason was #2 in steals per game in 18 Missouri Valley Conference games in 2023-24 You’ll notice that Consuegra didn’t mention her offense there and with an effective field goal percentage of 35.8% both in terms of assists and limiting turnovers but the shooting is a question mark heading into the teeth of a Big East schedule “We didn’t have any back-to-the-basket size And bring that size and strength in the paint We’re not going to draw any conclusions from Bediako’s 57 minutes of action at Georgia Tech this past season but I don’t disagree with the general consensus of the scouting report on Skylar Forbes Very limited sample sizes on Vice and Smith If Bediako can do those things and do them well Also has some great athleticism defensively I think she’s going to be a really good on-ball defender for us as well I have to disagree with the “makes good decisions” part at least from what we saw from Perkins at Syracuse I suppose there’s a certain amount of “Perkins’ decision was actually a good one but it didn’t work out and it’s a turnover charged to her” in that rate I don’t want to say I’m unnerved by some of these scouting reports and quotes from Cara Consuegra the fact of the matter is that often times she’s holding a perspective that’s wildly different than what we’ve actually seen happen on a basketball court in games that count It’s Consuegra’s job to maximize her players’ best qualities and minimize their worst tendencies so we’ll see what she puts together when the Golden Eagles hit the court for the first time this fall Cara Consuegra Adds Chaia Huff as Assistant Coach6/6/2024 1:41:00 PM | Women's Basketball Huff comes to Milwaukee from Edgewood College in Madison Hell Gate is owned & run by journalists covering NYC Columbia graduate student Mohsen Mahdawi, who was kidnapped by ICE during the final stages of his citizenship interview, has been freed on a federal judge's order Brooklyn-based designer Jean Pierre Consuegra knows how to design a club flyer that makes a lineup pop In an age where Instagram rewards algorithm-friendly sameness and our attention spans have been whittled down to splinters a truly beautiful club flyer feels rare these days—one with not just a good lineup not just the right alchemical combo of DJ and venue and promoter that makes for a classic night out but something genuinely awesome to look at That's why the graphic designer Jean-Pierre Consuegra's flyers buck the trend: They reward attention but the designer doesn't throw too many bells and whistles in the way of advertising a good time Consuegra's artwork is enough to make me stop my scrolling and scan a lineup for a party I'd like to see—but more than that they're the kind of artwork I'd like to see every day to the point that I bought a print of one of his trail cam collages (that I swear I've been meaning to frame and hang for approximately eight months) As Consuegra's label began to pick up traction he started releasing daily mixes with original art and designing his own flyers for parties he threw which helped him drop the copycat act and hone his own personal aesthetic: collages rooted in found images warped and filtered beyond the confines of reality and transformed into brightly rendered ambassadors for the party they're advertising.  worker-owned news outlet about New York City named for the city's sturdiest (and handsomest) bridge over its most treacherous currents Designed and developed by Partner & Partners Original logo by Olive Panter You've successfully subscribed to Hell Gate Check your email for magic link to sign-in 2024) — In conjunction with the New York Mets the Brooklyn Cyclones announced on Monday that the franchise's all-time leader in games played has been transferred to Double-A Binghamton 2024) — In conjunction with the New York Mets the Brooklyn Cyclones announced on Monday that the franchise's all-time leader in games played Consuegra moves to the Double-A level for the first time after etching his name atop countless spots on the franchise's all-time leaderboard The 23-year-old holds the Cyclones' record for hits (186) Consuegra most recently broke UT Jaylen Palmer's franchise record (204) for games played (209) on Wednesday night vs native also holds Brooklyn's high water mark in several single-season categories Consuegra set the organization's record for home runs (23) and extra-base hits (42) in addition to matching INF Ronny Mauricio's high for RBI with 63 Lucie and will be the youngest player on the roster at 19 years old becoming the first player in franchise history born in 2005 In 64 games with the Mets in the Florida State League the teenager collected a .262 average (66-252) with 25 extra-base hits resident departs the FSL leading the circuit in total bases (112) OF Omar De Los Santos has also rejoined the Cyclones from Double-A Binghamton In 13 games after joining the Rumble Ponies on May 30 the 24-year-old went 3-for-22 at the plate (.136) with two home runs Over his first 33 contests of the year with Brooklyn De Los Santos recorded a .165 batting average (16-97) with four extra-base hits Despite not playing in the circuit for nearly a month native is still fifth in the South Atlantic League in stolen bases (25) De Los Santos holds the Cyclones' all-time (62) and single-season (37 in 2023) marks for swiped bags C Andriel Lantigua was transferred to the Florida Complex League Mets The 20-year-old appeared in one game with the Cyclones after joining the team from Double-A Binghamton on June 15 going 0-for-3 as the designated hitter in last Thursday's win vs as Brooklyn travels south to start a six-game series with the Aberdeen IronBirds the High-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night from Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium Coverage on the Cyclones Radio Network will begin at 6:50 p.m. The Golden Eagles will add two freshmen to the roster next fall With just one basketball game in a two week stretch, Wednesday brought us the chance to ponder the future of Marquette women’s basketball. That’s because it was the start of the fall signing period for the Class of 2025, and new head coach Cara Consuegra had two recruits to announce as officially on board with the Golden Eagles Here’s what Consuegra had to say in a statement about both of her signees as a combo package: “We are thrilled to welcome JJ and Kameron as the newest members of the Marquette women’s basketball family,” Consuegra said “Both are winners on and off the court and we look forward to watching the impact the two of them have on our team and university over the next four years.” A post shared by Marquette Women's Basketball (@marquettewbb) Here’s what the press release had to say about Herring: 2.1 assists and 2.5 steals per game in 2023-24 a season where the War Eagles went 24-6 overall and 14-0 in their region Herring was a state champion her freshman season in 2021-22 and received honorable mention honors by the GACA that same year She is a two-time best offensive player award winner at Woodward “Kameron is a versatile guard who can shoot the three and go downhill,” Consuegra said “She can play multiple positions with her length and her quick release will make it tough on defenses She is a proven winner in the talent-rich area of Atlanta and we can’t wait for her to get to Milwaukee.” Herring was Cara Consuegra’s first post-hiring blitz commitment and her first high school prospect commitment after she made her pledge in late August the 2024-25 Golden Eagles do not have any freshmen at all on the roster which is the kind of thing that happens when you have a coaching change were the coach leaves for a new job Consuegra got a little bit of a leg up in the operation here as Megan Duffy was recruiting Herring as far back as at least July of 2023 A post shared by Marquette Women's Basketball (@marquettewbb) Here’s what the press release had to say about Barnes: 3.1 assists and 2.0 steals during her junior season at The Prairie School Barnes is a three-time conference player of the year and three-time Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association Division 4 First-Team All-State selection The Prairie School has only lost seven games the last three seasons combined The 2023-24 season ended in the WIAA Division 4 state semifinals Barnes plays AAU for Wisconsin Playground Elite “JJ is a combo guard who can impact the game in a lot of ways,” Consuegra said “Her versatility and skillset make her a tough assignment for defenses and she is a true three-level scorer with her toughness and tempo on the offensive end We are very excited about her staying close to home and playing for us at Marquette.” Barnes made her commitment to Marquette about two weeks after Herring Barnes was a player that the previous coaching staff was recruiting dating all the way back to 2021 that’s what happens when you’re dealing with in-state prospects Barnes is technically Consuegra’s third high school commitment as Se’Crette Carter committed to the Golden Eagles for the Class of 2026 not long after Herring pledged in late August The signing of Herring and Barnes leaves Marquette with three possible open scholarship spots for 2025-26 but with no freshmen to rise to the status of sophomore it’s possible that’s an intentional move by Consuegra and her staff That might be a move to leave space open for the transfer portal next spring for this year’s freshmen looking for a fresh start but MU does already project as having 12 players on scholarship so it’s possible that Consuegra and her staff are just going to kick the roster balance situation can down the road and make big moves in recruiting for 2026-27 Everything you need to know about the Golden Eagles for the upcoming season I haven’t written a single official Marquette women’s basketball season preview article and yet somehow — mostly because of the coaching change — there are already TWENTY-EIGHT articles in this 2024-25 season preview hub Yep, Marquette women’s basketball has a new head coach this season. Megan Duffy is off at Virginia Tech now and Athletic Director Bill Scholl hired former Terri Mitchell assistant Cara Consuegra away from Charlotte to replace Duffy we’ve got A LOT of roster turnover to discuss as Consuegra brought in a bunch of transfers to get her squad up to competition level There’s also already the Summer Check-In series for the entire rest of the Big East in there and MU just recently dropped the non-conference schedule as well Still to come in between now and the season opener at UCF on November 7th: we’re going to have lots more to talk about The Golden Eagles open the season as well as Cara Consuegra’s tenure on the road in Orlando There’s a lot of questions for Cara Consuegra’s first season 42 glorious games of NCAA Division 1 basketball coming at you to start the 2024-25 season we turn our attention to the three women who come to the Golden Eagles with D1 experience but without a connection to Cara Consuegra What’s on tap in terms of challenges for the Golden Eagles in Cara Consuegra’s first season in charge so we’re going to split this up into two parts with the two JuCo prospects combining with the guard that’s already familiar with Cara Consuegra here Cara Consuegra has six women returning from last year’s roster but not much in the way of returning production Here’s some thoughts on what I saw from Cara Consuegra and her team The Big East television schedule release is mostly FloSports except for 2 home games on FS1 and the regular season finale on Fox.... I expected them to wait until the Big East schedule comes out in the next week or so A bad start last year probably cost the Johnnies a tourney berth Can this year’s group fuse together fast enough to stop that from happening again A highly emotional season ended on a big high note for the Hoyas The Blue Demons swap out a bunch of experienced contributors from a losing team for mostly freshmen Can that restore the glory in Lincoln Park Year 1 under Billi Chambers might have been worse than the season that got the previous coach fired What does it mean for next season when nearly half your shots per game transfers another major roster overhaul for Tony Bozzella and the Pirates Erin Batth’s first season in charge ended with pretty much the same record as the year before she was hired It has been FOUR YEARS since I pointed out that they were not doing this It looks like Jim Flanery and his players are going all in for one final run together Join us as we debate exactly how great the Huskies will be next season Austin Parkinson has led two seasons of improvement in Indianapolis Is it time to make the jump to a winning season the league will have three media partners broadcasting games The Mets had over 20 minor league players become free agents On November 4, 2024, 513 minor league players were declared free agents, as their minor league contracts expired. With over 100 players in the organization, ranging from newly-signed teenagers who recently made their professional debuts in the Dominican Summer League to 30-something grizzled veterans still looking for a major league role while palying in Triple-A, the Mets had a total of 23 minor leaguers in the organization declare free agency While many were recent arrivals to the organization having signed one-year deals covering the 2024 season many have been part of the Mets’ family for years Signed for $500,000 out of the Dominican Republic on July 2 Stanley Consuegra missed a lot of early developmental time to injury and COVID but when he finally got regular playing time he highlighted why he was a target of the Mets ranking as a system top prospect multiple time since 2021 Consuegra has plenty of natural strength and a long swing that generates torque from his lower half allowing him to punish balls he makes solid contact with; In July 2022 he hit a home run that was estimated to have travelled over 500 feet due to the fact that it easily cleared the left field wall and almost hit the Thunderbolt the rollercoaster in the lot adjacent to Maimonides Park and combined with an inability to read spin has resulted in an eye-popping strikeout rate he has all the qualities a prototypical right fielder with the ability to play center field in a pinch the first time out of high school in 2016 and the second time out of Coastal Carolina University in 2018 Carlos Cortes is a jack-of-all-trades but a master of none Over the course of his collegiate and professional career Cortes stands open at the plate an uppercutty swing a stark difference from his earlier high school and collegiate days His swing mechanics are fluid and Cortes swings at most pitches with intent particularly against breaking balls out of the strike zone and versus left-handers Pitches that he is able to make solid contact with jump off the bat despite his small stature; his load and swing plane all magnify the power that you might expect from a guy that stands just 5’7” but stagnation in his hit tool has limited his accessible raw during in-game situations Because his arm strength is fringy from both sides and because he is a slightly below-average runner Being an outfielder makes him a bit more valuable as a player the Mets have primarily used him in the outfield since 2021 and then in December 2022 was selected by the Mets in the minor league phase of the 2022 Rule 5 Draft Gil is probably closer to 200 as his upper body has filled in a great deal since first being drafted holding his hands high and wrapping his bat behind his head His swings uses a small leg kick and is almost all upper body leading to a lot of poor contact and strikeouts but he has the ability to put a charge in balls that he hits squarely with his whippy stroke A shortstop for much of his earlier career Gil has played more at the hot corner than he as at the keystone since returning to the field in the post-pandemic shutdown era he still has the ability to play shortstop but with his thick upper body in short spurts but is probably better suited at third in the long-term A highly-regarded prep prospect from Alabama the Los Angeles Angels originally drafted Jeremiah Jackson in the second round of the 2018 MLB Draft out of St buying him out of his commitment to Mississippi State University with a $1,194,000 signing bonus the Angels sought to bolster their bullpen and sent Jackson to the Mets in exchange for big league reliever Dominic Leone Jackson generates power from the loft in his swing and the torque created from the coil in his upper and lower halves but he generally struggles against pitches outside of his wheelhouse as a result as his plate coverage is very limited otherwise and generally waits for fastballs that he thinks he can drive for extra bases Jackson has experience playing multiple positions he has played limited time in the outfield and arm should allow him to play any of the three outfield positions to varying degrees but Jackson needs to improve his read of the ball off the bat and his routes to the ball and until he does that and gets more time in the outfield under his belt Brooklyn-born Jaylen Palmer was drafted out of Holy Cross High School in Flushing in the 2018 MLB Draft and generated a lot of early buzz thanks to his combination of speed but a long swing and problems adjusting to spin have stagnated his bat as he has registered exit velocities around 110 MPH in the past but he has struggled getting good wood on ball consistently but his swing is so long levered that he simply is unable to adjust once he commits to balls with spin and movement resulting in swings-and-misses or balls that are hit with weak contact as Palmer has plenty of attractive secondary baseball tools leggy Palmer is an average-to-above-average runner and has learned to turn that into a weapon on the basepaths He shows good instincts out of the box and hustles on the basepaths Palmer’s speed has allowed him to transition from the infield to the outfield he began his career primarily playing third base and shortstop but now plays center field adroitly His natural athleticism and speed allow him to play center and as he becomes more comfortable in the outfield he will learn to see the ball off the bat better and learn better routes to the ball rather than relying on his speed and afterburners to close in on the ball late His arm is average-to-above-average and would fit anywhere in the outfield Originally signed out of Carlos Guillen’s academy in Venezuela on July 2 Jose Peroza never really developed as expected The short-and-stocky 16-year-old was literally corn-fed and farm strong from a life on a farm but the power many scouts and evaluators thought would come with better nutrition and weight training never came Nicknamed the “mayor of Brooklyn” due to the amount of time he spent there over the course of his career listed at 220-pounds but probably weighing more than that in actuality with a wide base and his bat barred behind his head with a bat path that contains a bit of loft His bat speed is average at best but is able to muscle pitches that he is able to barrel squarely Peroza has a strong arm and is currently capable of playing third base but his body will likely be a high maintenance one as he ages meaning that he may lose mobility and range around the hot corner A minor league free agent who was signed by the Mets in February 2023, former Baltimore Orioles top prospect DJ Stewart was surprisingly solid for the Mets in 2023 Promoted in July from Syracuse on the power of 16 home runs in 51 games Stewart turned into an everyday contributor in the dog days of summer hitting .244/.333/.506 with 11 home runs in 58 games He started the 2024 season on the major league roster hitting a paltry .177/.325/.298 with 5 home runs in 74 games but would not return to the Mets down the playoff hunt stretch or in the playoffs themselves Cara Consuegra Named Marquette Women’s Basketball Head Coach4/17/2024 12:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball Archive Exhibitions Cara Consuegra Retains Assistant Coach Khadijah Rushdan5/6/2024 1:57:00 PM | Women's Basketball Rushdan joined MU prior to the 2023-24 season Cara Consuegra Adds Deont’a McChester as Assistant Coach4/26/2024 1:07:00 PM | Women's Basketball Former Charlotte assistant reunites with Consuegra in Milwaukee Marquette’s new women’s basketball head coach is doing what you need to do when you’re new: Make a whole bunch of scholarship offers When you’re the new coach at a Division 1 school, there’s a lot of things you have to do. One of them, perhaps the most public thing you need to do, is let a whole bunch of prospects know that you’re trying to recruit them to go to your new school. That’s what new Marquette women’s basketball head coach Cara Consuegra has been up to lately I count TEN potential Golden Eagles announcing that they have a new scholarship offer from MU and Consuegra.... and I can’t even say “high school prospects” because she’s not limiting herself to young women who have already started high school There is A LOT to get to and it’s all over the map for the next few years of recruiting so let me drop in the current scholarship chart here at the top so you can use that as a reference guide.. Thank you so much @cconsuegra and @MarquetteWBB for this opportunity!!!! https://t.co/LYr2i7TnCj Shouts to Kentucky Sports Radio (even if sometimes they don’t get the jokes) as they have a writeup on new UK head coach Kenny Brooks offering Martin a scholarship They tracked down that she’s a 6’1” guard That’s for Springboro High School in Ohio and that’s in between Cincinnati and Dayton Martin also shot 41% from behind the three-point line she can be an impact player no matter where she ends up The offers are flying in for Martin right now which is a little interesting since she’s a 2025 prospect and it’s a little late in the cycle for her and North Carolina amongst others just since mid-April on top of that offer from the Wildcats that I mentioned a moment ago I don’t have a video to drop in here for you to watch, but you can go check out her Hudl page and there’s a lot of clips over there I’m excited to announce that after a great conversation with @cconsuegra, I have received an offer from Marquette! pic.twitter.com/G2BZAb1sHv Dunbar’s own Twitter bio says she’s a 5’11” guard She attends Jefferson Christian Academy in Virginia and that’s just a few miles from the West Virginia state line up near Blacksburg MaxPreps has a little bit of statistical detail on Dunbar’s junior year as she averaged 32.8 points per game along with 3.5 rebounds She shot 50% from the field according to the stat sheet but she is shooting a lot to the extent that this kind of usage is clearly not going to happen/be possible at the D1 level Dunbar connected on 41% of her three-point attempts while not attempting all that many relative to her overall attempts Offers from all across Division 1 are piling up for Dunbar. In her last 10 offers that she’s posted about, you’ll find Syracuse, Virginia, Rutgers Dunbar helpfully put up this video herself on the same day that she posted about her offer from Marquette Here are a few highlights from games 1 and 2 at @SelectEventsBB Live at Lakepoint this past weekend. pic.twitter.com/roRW5v6S5M I also want to link off to Dunbar — again, listing herself at 5’11” — grabbing rim at the end of a workout Civil is a six-foot tall small forward, or at least that’s her position according to her Twitter bio. Googling around, I can find her listed as a guard — including by ESPN as they grade her at a 93 but don’t rank her in the top 60 — even a point guard to be specific She attends Palm Bay High School in Florida She was named the Florida Today Girls Basketball Player of the Year this past season — yes as a junior — as the Pirates reached a regional final so that certainly explains the point guard part of the evaluations She was a 36% long range shooter as a junior which is pretty good Civil has recently picked up offers from Georgia Those are all since the post about the offer from Marquette and a little bit back you can find Tennessee and Baylor in there I found a nearly five minute long highlight reel for Civil so she’s playing against similar age players Received a few new offers after a busy weekend. Thank you to all coaches who have reached out! pic.twitter.com/rWwcp59n8R After a great conversation with @cconsuegra I’m blessed to receive an offer from Marquette University!! pic.twitter.com/XFvCb6QdbC Prep Girls Hoops lists Durley as a 5’9” guard She attends Classen School of Advanced Studies in Oklahoma City and 2.8 steals per game this past season for Classen while the team put up a 20-8 record and that feels wrong or at least not likely she was Classen’s only double digit scorer while leading in assists and steals It seems like she’s not quite popping at the high major level right now. Her last few offers before Marquette are Texas A&M-Corpus Christi I wonder if this is a situation where Consuegra had her eyes on Durley while at Charlotte and believes she can make the jump to the Big East I have a nearly three minute long highlight reel for you Blessed to receive an offer from Marquette University! Thank you for believing in me! @MarquetteWBB @TeamCurry @SheIsCoachAsh pic.twitter.com/VynI0JmMZG Minus attends Veterans High School in Kathleen and that’s all about dead center of the state I don’t know what kind of stats Minus was averaging this past season, but I did find out that she set a new VHS single season scoring record with 524 points so that would work out to just a little under 17 points per game I’m not trying to set unreal expectations here but I feel like Minus could have a shot at re-breaking that record as a senior Can I interest you in nearly 10 minutes of sophomore year highlights on Hudl As you can tell from the graphic layout here Mobley plays for the same grassroots outfit as Bryn Martin Never hurts to build relationships with a coaching staff no matter whether that’s high school or the club circuit Does she have a little bit more growing to do She attends Olentangy High School in Lewis Center which is on the far north side of Columbus I don’t want to call it a suburb because the Google map doesn’t show consistent municipality between the two but if people in Lewis Center say they are Max Preps says that the Braves went 24-2 this season with a perfect record in conference play pushing themselves all the way up to #9 in the Ohio state rankings as she tied for the team high in scoring at 17.0 points and averaged a double-double with a team high 12.0 rebounds per game and 2.2 blocks on top of that — leading the team in the first and third departments — is just showing off a little bit Mobley has picked up recent offers from Georgia Tech There’s a long time between now and when she might sign a letter of intent in 2026 Here’s 90 seconds of highlights from late April of this year, and she has a Hudl page, too Session 1 on the books. pic.twitter.com/czzcBEAxUw After speaking with @cconsuegra I was blessed to received an offer to Marquette University! Thank you for the great conversation! pic.twitter.com/H9owlvi7NV I believe, between the naming convention and the same high school, that Qandace Samuels is the younger sister of UConn guard Qadence Samuels. The UConn bio says Qadence has five younger siblings It also throws a tiiiiiiiiny wrench in the process of trying to Google up any information about Qandace and 2.0 assists for a Bishop McNamara squad that was top 10 in the country ⭐️ @NyajuacniRiak (2028)⛹ ‍♀️ 6’2” | G/F Madison La Follette HSEarned a scholarship offer from Head Coach Cara Consuegra and the Marquette University Golden Eagles of the Big East‼️ ♠️ #AcesEarnIt pic.twitter.com/edvaOlCYz1 I’m not putting in effort to tell you things about someone who is finishing up eighth grade right now..... but I will say that it’s probably a good idea to recruit 6’2” 14 year olds from your home state You want to watch her against 16 and 17 year olds from back in September Blessed and honored to have received a POWER 5 offer from @MarquetteWBB Thank you Coach @cconsuegra for believing in me !! Truly grateful!! !! pic.twitter.com/wGWENet02x Still not putting the effort in for eighth graders..... but I will point out that her Twitter bio says she’s 6’3” tall Gaskin attends Northside Christian Academy in Charlotte so I wonder if there’s some connections from Consuegra’s old job at work here Uh, should we mention that she has a Max Preps page..... because apparently she was playing with the high school varsity this past year? And leading them in scoring and rebounding 4/18/2024 4:16:00 PM | Women's Basketball Consuerga is seventh head coach in Marquette women's basketball program history The Seville-based firm Vázquez Consuegra has won the competition to build the town hall of Montegiorgio on the remains of the old Convent of San Francisco The project includes refurbishing one of the elements left of the monastic complex The winning scheme proposes demolition of the buildings raised in the 1950s Massing is reduced by confining the less public parts of the program within the existing historical plinth (the residual part of the town walls) and cultural areas are organized above ground around the monumental Panfili staircase Arranged around it are the grand Council Hall with its large skylight and a two-level space for exhibiting objects that belonged to the convent there arent any match using your search terms Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here The former Rutgers star joined the Marquette coaching room a year ago and will stay on for 2024-25 Cara Consuegra’s first coaching staff at Marquette continues to take shape. On Monday, Consuegra announced that she would be retaining assistant coach Khadijah Rushdan from Megan Duffy’s 2023-24 women’s basketball staff in the same role “I am incredibly grateful for the opportunity and trust by Cara to stay on here at Marquette,” Rushdan said for not only who she is as a coach and her vision She’s a proven winner with contagious energy and I couldn’t be more thrilled to continue a winning tradition alongside of her.” And Consuegra on her decision to retain Rushdan as an assistant coach: “I am very excited to have Khadijah on my staff here at Marquette,” Consuegra said “Khadijah had an incredible playing career and her passion for game will help elevate our program She has the energy needed to continue the winning tradition at Marquette and her ability to lead and connect with student-athletes will have a tremendous impact on our program.” There’s a continuum of those two things pushing and pulling on each other where Duffy’s interest in keeping Rushdan as an assistant plays a part in determining how much Rushdan may or may not want to leave which can be seen as a strength if that’s more of a focus on using what you have on any given roster then having input and viewpoints from her assistants especially one that she didn’t work with last year could be incredibly useful for a first season in a new job The Marquette women's basketball roster is neatly divided into six newcomers and six returning players MU women's head coach Cara Consuegra provided a brief scouting report on each one "I think what Liv brings is she’s just solid 5-9 junior guard (previously at Southern Illinois)"Jaidynn was actually a player that we were recruiting when we were at Charlotte When we got this job and started to evaluate especially on the defensive end that we didn’t have." 6-3 sophomore forward (previously at Georgia Tech)“We didn’t have any back-to-the-basket size "A player that we recruited to Charlotte and signed with us She’s going to do anything that you ask her to do at a really high level In terms of our culture and creating this culture of playing with heart and having effort and grit and toughness I felt like she could really help with that foundation of our culture she’s a big that can pound inside but can also shoot the three and be on the perimeter some So she’ll help on the defensive end as well." 5-11 junior forward (previously at Frank Philips College)"Shooter She shoots the ball really well and she defends That’s really important for our next class But she brings a little bit better length and size that we felt were missing." By Tee Baker Consuegra brings head coaching experience back to where her coaching career began Marquette’s newly-minted head coach Cara Consuegra wasn’t going to leave her job at Charlotte for just any coaching opportunity — only for a “special” opportunity she knew that opportunity had come and she had to take it Returning to the campus where she developed as an assistant coach for over a decade was too good of an opportunity to pass up The Golden Eagles were ready to embrace her with open arms Get unlimited access to women’s basketball coverage and help support our hardworking staff of writers Join today “Everybody has been so welcoming,” Consuegra told The Next “It’s been so incredible to reconnect with people that I’ve already known the support … just the genuine care to bring somebody back like me to the community Unlock the secrets of college basketball success with CBBAnalytics.com Our site offers exclusive data-driven insights and analytics Consuegra stepped off Marquette’s campus in 2011. She was a bright-eyed 32-year old ready to take the reins of a program of her own in Charlotte she became the winningest coach in history During her tenure she coached 30 all-conference players and seven who went on to professional careers with over a decade of head coaching on her resume Consuegra brings her experience back to where her career began Under the mentorship of former Marquette head coach Terri Mitchell Consuegra was an assistant coach for the Golden Eagles from from 2004-11 “This is really special to me. To stand up here and say that I am your head women’s basketball coach,” Consuegra said at her introductory press conference I’ve been so fortunate to have been here before “The relationships that I’ve had with my players They mean more than any trophy we would hoist or any tournament bid it’s something I’ve always wanted to do Ultimately for me it is vehicle to help me help young people grow Preparing young people for what is next and for what they can be.” obviously walking into this program that’s been really strong — Megan did a great job So I don’t really view it — although we have some work to do with the roster when a coach leaves — it’s not it’s not a rebuilding tweak — change to me and reload,” Consuegra told The Next “And so I do feel fortunate about that I’m very much a blue collar type in bringing in players that are going to outwork out hustle play with a lot of grit and toughness.” These are the traits she’ll seek as she builds out the program in her image “When [I] think about what we want our team to look like it’s … a team that plays with a lot of heart and has that toughness and [is] just as fun to come to watch and so whatever … recruits I bring in everybody will really have a part in helping us build that culture.” This deeply reported story follows four connected generations of women’s basketball pioneers from Elvera “Peps” Neuman to Cheryl Reeve and from Lindsay Whalen to Sylvia Fowles and Paige Bueckers If you enjoy his coverage of women’s basketball every Wednesday at The IX, you will love “Rare Gems: How Four Generations of Women Paved the Way for the WNBA.” Click the link below to order and enter MEGDAL30 at checkout To date, one Conseugra hire has been announced by Marquette Athletics — Deont’a McChester McChester was part of Consuegra’s coaching staff at Charlotte for one season and follows her to this new opportunity with the Golden Eagles “I am really honored that Cara has trusted me to join her at Marquette,” McChester said “I am a true believer in Cara and her vision she has for Marquette women’s basketball This is a great opportunity for us to represent the Marquette brand and compete for championships in the BIG EAST Conference.” Welcome to Milwaukee, @CoachDCLT! 🏡📰» https://t.co/NLqQ1eCAyS#MUWBB | #WeAreMarquette pic.twitter.com/kEddvwiUae Cara Consuegra was one of 15,000 fans in attendance for the Ally Tip-Off in Charlotte who was then in her role as Charlotte’s all-time winningest head coach The fandom surrounding Clark has launched Iowa — and women’s basketball more generally — into the mainstream sports media landscape “It’s always incredible to see such tremendous people have that type of success,” Consuegra told The Next “And I think it’s well deserved because they treat people right They’re extremely smart with how they made a program and know how to plan for how they bring in players and all of those things So I think it’s just great when you see people that are doing things the right way have that level of success.” High praise from legendary Iowa coach @LisaBluder on her former point guard, @cconsuegra 🤝#MUWBB | #WeAreMarquette pic.twitter.com/PkvYM6oB6w Tune in to Locked On Women’s Basketball Here at The Next, in addition to the 24/7/365 written content our staff provides, we also host the daily Locked On Women’s Basketball podcast Join us Monday through Saturday each week as we discuss all things WNBA Listen wherever you find podcasts or watch on YouTube Consuegra politely refutes Bluder’s notion that Iowa wouldn’t have reached these heights of success without Consuegra’s contributions to the foundation of the program she appreciates the way that Bluder and her staff value everyone who has come through the program This is an approach that she herself has adopted and takes with her to Marquette “The thing [the Iowa coaching staff does] best in my opinion is they make everybody around them feel very valued … That’s the biggest thing I’ve taken with me like how to be able to do this job — which certainly has become so much more of a business — and still keep that that part of it where you’re treating people right and doing the right thing and making people feel important and valued.” Tee has been a contributor to The Next since March Madness 2021 and is currently a contributing editor BIG EAST beat reporter and curator of historical deep dives You must be logged in to post a comment Contact Us About Us Privacy Policy We have upgraded our membership system.Please check your mailbox for a secure link to sign in and set up a new password If you have any question or need help, please email editors@thenexthoops.org Cara Consuegra was introduced as the seventh head coach in Marquette women’s basketball program history on Thursday who was an assistant at Marquette from 2004-11 spoke with reporters at an introductory press conference in the Alumni Memorial Union James Friel named director of recreation  Cara Consuegra tried not to focus too intently on the faces in the crowd during the news conference at which she was introduced as Marquette women's basketball coach Thursday in a room at the school's Alumni Memorial Union The emotions of being back on the campus where she spent seven seasons as an assistant coach were already overwhelming Staring at those who helped her return as head coach would have been too overwhelming In the front row were Consuegra's husband, an MU graduate, and their two sons decked out in Golden Eagles gear. Along the perimeter of the room were Terri Mitchell, the former MU head coach who hired Consuegra as an assistant who lauded Consuegra for helping her as a player and person during Monfre's time as a standout for the Golden Eagles to stand up here and say that I'm your head women's basketball coach," Consuegra said "I've been so fortunate to have been here before I have so many family and friends here that I can't look at or I won't get through my remarks "We have former players here that were part of this And we are just so thrilled to be back here to be able to pour into this community and this university." Consuegra comes to MU after 13 seasons as head coach at Charlotte she was an assistant for Mitchell from 2004-11 Mitchell hired Consuegra on the recommendation of Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder Consuegra was a standout guard for the Hawkeyes from 1997-2001 You just get that thumbs-up from somebody else and it doesn't take very long when you interview her that she's special." It also didn't take long for Mitchell to see that Consuegra was a future head coach She was hired by Charlotte at just 32 years old "I would just watch her command the room," Mitchell said They knew when she spoke that she meant business put her arm around them when they needed that." Former Marquette players like Erin Monfre give endorsementConsuegra's phone has been blowing up with calls and messages since the news of her hiring broke Several of them came from former MU players "I got a great voicemail from Angel Robinson one of the greats to play here," Consuegra said "And it was so explicit that I couldn't tell you what it said Monfre, who played at MU from 2005-09 and works as a personal trainer in Milwaukee knew she had to be in attendance when Consuegra was introduced "For me to be here 15 years later speaks volumes on the impact she had on me as a female as someone growing into who I was becoming as an adult "Cara wasn't even my specific position coach; she worked with point guards and I was a wing She cared about everyone on the team as a whole She connects with us as people first and players second those four years I dealt with my mom's cancer diagnosis and the passing of that I went to her office several times on harder days and she was there." Consuegra's time with the Golden Eagles predated MU President Michael Lovell and athletic director Bill Scholl, who were part of the coaching search to replace Megan Duffy along with deputy athletic director Mike Broeker and executive associate athletic director Sarah Bobert "She came up to the top of our list as someone we wanted to talk to," Lovell said "We looked at her history and then we realized that she had spent a good deal of time here and been under Terri and coached some of our best players." Scholl had heard of Consuegra but they had never met until the interview process "I love the fact that she's had success over a sustained period of time," Scholl said I think it was a much safer bet that she knows how to build it and sustain it for a period of time She's so aligned with what Marquette is all about Maybe she had some home-court advantage because she had been here for seven years The six players remaining on the Golden Eagles' roster sat in the front row There are many spots for Consuegra to fill it's easier than it used to be because there's the transfer portal as most people probably know in here," Consuegra said "We'll certainly be active in there to determine who could be the best fit for us as we move forward as we continue to evaluate the young women that are on our team right now we want to bring in the best players we can bring but we want to bring in the right people as well It's really important the foundation that we set in our first year That we're setting the culture to propel us forward." What kind of style will the Golden Eagles play?Consuegra has a very specific vision of how she wants her teams to look at MU And I want players that are going to be out giving everything they have for this university Things you hear coaches say that are cliched but they are true for me "I want our fans to be able to come out and say we watched those young women play and they just played so hard for us Signed out of the Dominican Republic for $500,000, Stanly Consuegra was one of the better quick-twitch athletes in the 2017-2018 international free agent class. He began the 2018 season in the Dominican Summer League but impressed enough organizational evaluators to promoted him to the GCL Mets after only a few weeks While Consuegra didn’t exactly dominate in his stateside debut in He entered the 2019 season with a knee injury and eventually had surgery on his ACL ending his season before he was able to play in a single game he missed all of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic The outfielder finally got back on the field in June 2021 but he broke his hand after just three games finally finding himself back in the FCL Mets lineup in late August the 20-year-old appeared in 20 games and hit .270/.325/.500 with 2 home runs Lucie to start the 2022 and did not look like someone who had missed so much developmental time hitting .251/.324/.431 in 66 games with 8 home runs He was promoted to Brooklyn at the beginning of July and remained there for the rest of the summer giving him a 2022 season total of .245/.317/.408 in 122 games with 13 home runs Outside of a rehab assignment in June due to an injury he remained in Brooklyn for the entire 2023 season The outfielder hit .232/.294/.489 with 23 home runs and 6 stolen bases Not only were his 23 home runs tied for second most in the South Atlantic League but they also set a Brooklyn Cyclones single-season home run record beating Fransisco Alvarez’ record of 22 set in 2021 holding his hands high and angling his bat behind his head at 2:00 He swings without much of a load or weight transfer instead closing up his front leg and generating torque with his lower half he demonstrated loud line drive power and was expected to add additional in-game power and that has occurred and then some He regularly posts exit velocities over 100 MPH and his name is consistently among system leaders evidenced by his 109 strikeouts and 27.7% strikeout rate in 2023 but he does have excellent bat speed and strong wrists and this allows him to make a lot of contact than his swing looks like it should He struggled the most against breaking balls but given the amount of missed developmental time in the last few years Key to Consuegra’s development will be the improvement of his eye at the plate and his ability to recognize spin and put breaking balls in the air rather than hammer them into the ground Consuegra originally trained as a shortstop and was initially billed as being one when he first signed but has since transitioned to playing the outfield and has not played a single inning in the infield as a professional Luis José Consuegra is the Resource Mobilization and Partnerships Adviser at International IDEA’s Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (RLAC) He leads key fundraising and partnerships development efforts through effective prospecting of opportunities and by building strong donor relations as well as through concept refinement and strategic writing project stewardship and relationship management he is in charge of coordinating monitoring evaluation and learning (MEL) processes at the regional level and supports all planning processes for the regional office Consuegra focuses on identifying and consolidating key partnerships with institutions working in the field of democracy and development in Latin America and the Caribbean as well as with private foundations and other institutional donors to ensure the alignment of thematic priorities and the coordination of efforts to advance democracy at the regional and national levels He also leads coordination efforts between RLAC and Global Programmes teams ensuring the cross-fertilization in knowledge production and technical assistance initiatives Consuegra has significant experience developing the institutional capacity on Resource Mobilization has structured in a robust training and in a RM Guidebook aimed at expanding peers’ knowledge and awareness in the implementation of the fundraising cycle Consuegra has also led the design and implementation of International IDEA Constituents’ Relations Management (CRM) System as well as other policies and procedures to optimize operations throughout the organization With more than 16 years of global experience in the field of international affairs Consuegra specializes on External Relations youth initiatives and resource mobilization he had appointments at the Organization of American States (OAS) at the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Universidad del Norte in Colombia.  Postal Address:Strömsborgsbron 1  SE-103 34 StockholmSweden