Brooke Freeburg heads into her fourth season as the head coach of Wheelock's women's basketball in 2011-12. Freeburg previously coached at a number of basketball camps in the Northeast, including at Amherst College and Brown University, and has also coached at University of Notre Dame associate director of women's basketball operations Angie Potthoff's summer camp in Erie, Pa.

Last winter, Freeburg led the Wildcats to the cusp of their first postseason berth since 2001-02 while pushing Wheelock to its highest league victories total since 1999-2000. The Wildcats knocked off Elms College, 68-60, on Feb. 17 for their first series win since 2000, and among their losses was a slim 48-41 setback against Mitchell College, the eventual No. 2 seed in the NECC Tournament.

A native of Waterford, Pa., Freeburg played four years of Division I basketball at BIG EAST member Providence College, graduating in 2004 after serving two seasons as a captain. She netted 413 points in 78 career games, averaging career bests of 9.2 points and 3.4 rebounds while starting all 27 games in 2003-04. She started 73 of a possible 82 contests over her final three seasons after being limited by an injury her freshman year.

Freeburg was also a standout javelin thrower for the Providence track & field team, qualifying for the outdoor NCAA Championship each of her four years, including drawing All-America honors in 2001. She twice won the javelin at the BIG EAST Championship, as her 2001 showing made her the first Friar - man or woman - to ever win a field event at the conference meet. Freeburg also won the javelin competition in 2001 at the prestigious Penn Relays and qualified for BIG EAST Academic All-Star honors in 2003 and 2004.

In June 2011, Freeburg was inducted into the Erie Metropolitan Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. Already a 2005 inductee into the Pennsylvania High School Track & Field Hall of Fame, the All-America basketball player during her time at Fort LeBoeuf High School remains the only player in Erie County history to score more than 2,000 points. She also earned three All-America track & field honors, including winning the 1999 national title in the javelin.