Cal Poly Mustangs women's basketball


The Cal Poly Mustangs women's basketball team represents California Polytechnic State University, located in San Luis Obispo, California. The school's team currently competes in the Big West Conference, which they have played in since 1996, two years after joining Division I.

History

Cal Poly began playing in women's basketball in 1974. In 2013, they beat Pacific 63-49 to win the Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, their first ever and only conference tournament title after two previous years of regular season titles. In their ensuing NCAA appearance, they lost 85-55 to Penn State in the First Round.

Division I Season-by-Season Results

NCAA Tournament results

Pro Basketball Alumni

Former Cal Poly forward Kristina Santiago won three consecutive Bulgarian NBL Playoffs MVP awards after leading her club, Dunav 8806, to consecutive titles. After a stint with Hapoel Rishon LeZion in Israel, Santiago rejoined Dunav 8806 in December 2013. The former All-America honorable mention then signed with Helios in Vétroz, Switzerland, before being acquired by BC Alte Kanti Aarau of the Swiss Ligue Nationale. She averaged 22.4 points and 9.3 rebounds for Aarau in 2016-17.
Rachel Clancy, a former third-team Academic All-American, played for Real Canoe Natación in Madrid during the fall of 2011.
Molly Schlemer signed with the ChemCats Chemnitz of Germany in October 2014. In September 2015, following her All-EuroBasket rookie season, Schlemer was picked up by Urla Belediyesi Gencli in Turkey, where she was the TKBL’s third-leading scorer on the way to all-league second-team honors. Most recently in 2018, Schlemer led Edirne Belediyesi averaging 22.3 points along with 11.7 rebounds.
In 2019, alumni Dynn Leaupepe and Lynn Leaupepe became the fourth and fifth former Mustangs women's basketball players to embark on pro careers. Dynn Leaupepe, with Basketball Klubben Amager in the Copenhagen suburb of Kastrup, Denmark, finished her rookie year winning the Dameligaen Player of the Year accolade after leading her club to the Danish title, 3-1 in a five-game series over Stevnsgade. Meanwhile Lynn Leaupepe plays for the Sunbury Jets in Victoria, Australia. Sunbury, coached by Kennedy Kereama, trains at Boardman Stadium just over 25 miles northwest of Melbourne.

USA Basketball Participants

Laura Buehning, a first-team WBCA College Division All-American in 1982 while playing for Cal Poly, played for Team USA at the 1980 William Jones Cup in Taiwan.