Oct. 26, 2006

Stony Brook, N.Y. - The Stony Brook women's basketball team is proud to announce the addition of two new assistant coaches. Wake Forest standout Olivia Dardy and former Seawolf Danyelle Ingram will join head coach Maura McHugh and her staff for the 2006-07 season.

"It gives me great pleasure to welcome both Olivia Dardy and Danyelle Ingram to the Stony Brook women's basketball family," said McHugh. "They are both very enthusiastic to be a part of this team and bring a wealth of basketball knowledge. They bring a tremendous work ethic and we are very lucky to have them."

Dardy joins the women's basketball program at Stony Brook after serving as an assistant coach at Winston-Salem State University, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and Fairfield University. Dardy was an assistant at Winston-Salem State for the 2005-06 season and worked with the guards, headed team scouting, coordinated team travel and helped with conditioning and weight training. Prior to Winston-Salem, Dardy worked with post players, coordinated the team budget and travel, aided in recruiting, provided scouting reports and academic monitoring at NC Agricultural and Tech. Dardy began her coaching career at Fairfield University in 2001, helping the Stags with post play, recruiting, camps, weight training, conditioning and academic monitoring. Dardy was also a four-year letterwinner at Wake Forest. As a Demon Deacon, Dardy was named to the ACC All-Tournament Second Team, garnered All-ACC Honorable Mention Honors, was named to the All-ACC Freshman and led the team in rebounding and steals per game as a sophomore. Dardy graduated from Wake Forest in 2001 with a communications degree.

After a solid playing career for the Seawolves, Ingram makes the move from player to coach. Ingram joined the Stony Brook basketball team in 2001 after a stellar high school career at North Atlanta High School in Atlanta, Georgia. Ingram's career at Stony Brook was plagued by injury but she always made an impact when she was on the court. After missing the first five games of the 2004-05 season, Ingram provided a spark when she returned to the squad and helped the Seawolves win four of their next five games. Last year as a redshirt senior, Ingram suffered a season-ending injury and then joined coach McHugh and her staff as a student assistant and helped coach the team to the third biggest turnaround in women's basketball. Ingram earned her degree in social science interdisciplinary studies in 2005. She is currently working towards her master's in liberal studies.