Women's basketball assistant named head coach at St. Mary's

Pearson assisted for two season at Hamline under head coach Melissa Young-Kruse. The Pipers earned their first MIAC Playoff appearance in 2005-06 and finished with an above .500 record for just the third time in school history in 2006-07 (13-12).

Pearson will take over the Cardinals, who finished 7-18 overall, 5-17 a season ago. She replaces Shawn Stimmel, who left after one season to take the head job at Mount Mercy.

As a player, Pearson received MIAC Player of the Year honors after the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons at Concordia-Moorhead, becoming the first player in program history to win the award in back-to-back years. As a senior, the point guard was third in the league in scoring with a 17.5 points per game average. She led the league in assists (7.40 apg) and steals (3.10 spg). She was second in the nation in assists per game.

Pearson was named to D3hoops.com West Region first team and All-American second team as a senior. Pearson was selected D3hoops.com West Region second team as a junior.

The Watkins, Minn. native finished her career as a three-time All-MIAC first team selection. She was honorable mention after her first-year season. Pearson led the MIAC in assists in each of her four seasons.  Her 1,346 career points and 640 career assists made Pearson the first basketball player in Concordia history to reach 1,000 points and 500 assists for a career.