Women's Basketball
Troyan, Sue
Sue Troyan
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Email:
- srb1@lehigh.edu
- Phone:
- 610-758-4458
- Alma Mater:
- Dickinson '88
Success is an understatement for Sue Troyan and the Lehigh women's basketball program who enters her 27th season in 2021-22. With a career record of 411-350 and a 207-171 mark in Patriot League play, she has led the Mountain Hawks to four Patriot League Championships (1997, 2009, 2010, 2021) and four NCAA Tournament appearances during her tenure.
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The Mountain Hawks have made it to at least the Patriot League semifinals in 11 of the last 15 seasons, while making five appearances in the finals and capturing three league titles during that stretch.
Lehigh once again reached the mountaintop during the 2020-21 campaign, capturing Troyan's fourth Patriot League Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance for the program, the first since 2010, with a 64-54 victory over Boston University. The victory followed the Mountain Hawks' third straight semifinal appearance, knocking off undefeated Bucknell on the road for the first time in nine tries. Lehigh dismantled fifth-seeded Holy Cross at Stabler Arena in the quarterfinal round, the team's third victory over the Crusaders on the season. Troyan helped the Mountain Hawks finish the year with a 10-6 overall record and 7-5 in Patriot League play en route to a No. 4 seed in the Patriot League. In an 89-71 win over American on January 11, the Mountain Hawks sank a new program record 16 3-pointers, also tying the Patriot League record in the process. Two players, Frannie Hottinger and Mary Clougherty, earned Second Team All-Patriot League selections under Troyan while both also were named Academic All-Patriot League honorees. Freshman Mackenzie Kramer was a member of the Patriot League All-Rookie team, the program's first honoree since 2016.
Lehigh once again reached the semifinal round in the 2019-20 season, earning the sixth seed after a 19-11 overall record and a 10-8 mark in Patriot League play. The Mountain Hawks took down Colgate in the quarterfinal round for the second straight year. The sudden COVID-19 pandemic ended the season prematurely despite Lehigh making the semifinal round for the second consecutive year. Camryn Buhr earned her way to a Second Team All-Patriot League selection, her third straight appearance on an all-league squad. Under Troyan, Buhr and Hannah Hedstrom were Academic All-Patriot League selections, while Hedstrom was named a CoSIDA Academic All-District 2 selection for the second year in a row.
During the 2018-19 season, the Mountain Hawks made their way back to the Patriot League semifinals under Troyan's direction, and at 21-10 overall and 12-6 in Patriot League play, finished with the team's first 20-win season since 2010-11 and finished in third place, the team's highest standing since the 2011-12 campaign.Â
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The 2017-18 team returned to the Patriot League quarterfinals, behind a pair of All-Patriot League selections in third team honoree Camryn Buhr and second team selection Quinci Mann, who graduated as the program’s sixth all-time leading scorer, and third on the school’s all-time three-point list.
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The 2015-16 team finished 18-13 overall and 10-8 in Patriot League play. Four Mountain Hawks earned All-League honors, including standout Lexi Martins who was named the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year and finished as the nation’s leader in double-doubles and ranked third in the country in rebounding.
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Under Troyan’s guidance in 2014-15, the Mountain Hawks made their first Patriot League Championship appearance since 2010. Lehigh finished the season with a 19-11 overall record and a 9-9 league mark. The Mountain Hawks earned the six seed in the Patriot League Tournament and picked up road wins at No. 3 Holy Cross and No. 2 Army to advance to the championship. Four Mountain Hawks garnered All-Patriot League honors, while Lehigh was also represented on the Academic All-League team and landed a league-best number of players on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
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In 2010-11, Troyan led the Mountain Hawks to their third-straight Patriot League regular season title and Lehigh's third-straight 20-win season, the most consecutive 20-win seasons in program history. The Mountain Hawks went 21-11 which included a WNIT berth for their third straight postseason appearance.
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In the previous two seasons, Troyan led Lehigh to a combined 55-11 (25-3 PL) record which included a pair of Patriot League Championships and NCAA Tournament berths.
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The 2009-10 campaign brought Troyan’s third Patriot League title, the team’s second in a row, and second-ever Patriot League regular season title with a league record of 13-1, earning the Mountain Hawks the top seed in the tournament. Lehigh advanced to their third NCAA Tournament in school history, finishing the season with a 29-4 record. For the second season, Lehigh went undefeated at home, breaking the record set the previous year for most wins in a season (29) and league wins (13).
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In 2009, Troyan won her second Patriot League title, capping off a historic season in which the Mountain Hawks broke school records in wins (26), league wins (12) and home wins (17). Lehigh won its first-ever Patriot League regular season title by rolling through the league with a 12-2 record to earn the top seed in the tournament. The Mountain Hawks completed their undefeated season at home by winning three tournament games at Stabler Arena to advance to their second NCAA Tournament in school history. Lehigh finished the season with a 26-7 record, the best in Troyan’s tenure with the program, and the Lehigh head coach took home her second Patriot League Coach of the Year award.
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In the 2004-05 season, Troyan led the team to 18 regular season wins – the second most in her tenure–and became the first Lehigh head coach to be named the Patriot League Coach of the Year. The Mountain Hawks have won ten plus games in all fourteen of Troyan’s seasons at the helm. She has guided her troops to three Patriot League final appearancses, as well as two berths in the NCAA Tournament (1997 and 2009). In 2001-02, Troyan passed Muffet McGraw as the all-time victories leader in Lehigh women’s basketball history and has surpassed 200 career wins.
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Throughout her coaching career, Troyan has been used to her teams faring well. Her first five years as a coach were with Lehigh’s softball team. As the head softball coach, Troyan rebuilt a program that finished 7-30 prior to her appointment. In her five years as head coach, she recorded a 107-87-1 mark, won three consecutive Patriot League titles and a Coach of the Year award. In 1996-97, the women’s basketball team laid claim to its first-ever Patriot League title under Troyan’s tutelage.
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In Troyan, Lehigh has a coach who understands the importance of relating to her players, the experience of having played collegiate basketball and the knowledge of what it takes to be successful.
In the season prior to Troyan’s appointment as basketball coach, Lehigh finished 3-24, and in the four previous years Lehigh had a combined 12-97 record. In Troyan’s first season (1995-96), Lehigh finished 14-13, 5-7 in the Patriot League. In 1996-97, Lehigh set a then-school-record with seven Patriot League wins (7-5) and recorded its first-ever Patriot League Tournament victory and championship. By 2002-03, the team set a record with nine wins against league opposition and showcased the Patriot League Rookie of the Year. The 2004-05 squad surpassed that record of nine wins en route to setting a new record of 10 games, as Lehigh returned to the league tournament semifinals. In 2006-07, Lehigh’s top rebounder Jenny Callen ranked in the nation’s top ten by bringing down 10.9 rebounds a game. Under Troyan’s guidance, the 2007-08 Mountain Hawks held opponents to just 52.9 points per game, the fifth lowest total in the NCAA. In 2008-09, the Patriot League champions led the league in scoring (67.3 points per game), field goal percentage (.428), 3-point field goal percentage (.346) and assists per game (14.4). Lehigh also set a school record for 3-pointers made in the season, sinking 196 as a team. In 2015-16, Lexi Martins finished as the nation’s leader in double-doubles (24) and ranked third in all of Division I with a 13.6 rebounds per game average.
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Troyan has mentored the Patriot League Player of the Year three times in her career with the Mountain Hawks. Jessica DePalo became the first Lehigh player to ever win the award in 2005, and Erica Prosser took home the honor after her sophomore season in 2009 and again after her senior season last year. Prosser also was named the Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the first player in League history to earn both awards in the same season. Troyan has also coached three PL Scholar Athlete of the Year award recipients including Anne Tierney (2001 and 2002) and Lexi Martins (2016).
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Prior to her latest coaching endeavor, Troyan served five years as an assistant basketball coach and two years as the Director of Athletic Program Budgets. In her first two years at Lehigh she served as a graduate assistant, before becoming Lehigh’s first full-time women’s basketball assistant coach.
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A 1988 graduate of Dickinson College, Troyan received her B.A. in Economics. She received her M.B.A. from Lehigh in 1991.
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At Dickinson, Troyan was a four-year athlete in both basketball and track. On the court, Troyan was voted the team’s most valuable player following the 1988 season. She was named to the Middle Atlantic Conference First Team and Second Team All-ECAC in her senior season. Troyan was a three-time All-American in track.
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Sue and her husband Fran – Lehigh’s head softball coach – reside in Saucon Valley, Pa. with their daughter Katie, and sons David and Matthew.
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The Mountain Hawks have made it to at least the Patriot League semifinals in 11 of the last 15 seasons, while making five appearances in the finals and capturing three league titles during that stretch.
Lehigh once again reached the mountaintop during the 2020-21 campaign, capturing Troyan's fourth Patriot League Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance for the program, the first since 2010, with a 64-54 victory over Boston University. The victory followed the Mountain Hawks' third straight semifinal appearance, knocking off undefeated Bucknell on the road for the first time in nine tries. Lehigh dismantled fifth-seeded Holy Cross at Stabler Arena in the quarterfinal round, the team's third victory over the Crusaders on the season. Troyan helped the Mountain Hawks finish the year with a 10-6 overall record and 7-5 in Patriot League play en route to a No. 4 seed in the Patriot League. In an 89-71 win over American on January 11, the Mountain Hawks sank a new program record 16 3-pointers, also tying the Patriot League record in the process. Two players, Frannie Hottinger and Mary Clougherty, earned Second Team All-Patriot League selections under Troyan while both also were named Academic All-Patriot League honorees. Freshman Mackenzie Kramer was a member of the Patriot League All-Rookie team, the program's first honoree since 2016.
Lehigh once again reached the semifinal round in the 2019-20 season, earning the sixth seed after a 19-11 overall record and a 10-8 mark in Patriot League play. The Mountain Hawks took down Colgate in the quarterfinal round for the second straight year. The sudden COVID-19 pandemic ended the season prematurely despite Lehigh making the semifinal round for the second consecutive year. Camryn Buhr earned her way to a Second Team All-Patriot League selection, her third straight appearance on an all-league squad. Under Troyan, Buhr and Hannah Hedstrom were Academic All-Patriot League selections, while Hedstrom was named a CoSIDA Academic All-District 2 selection for the second year in a row.
During the 2018-19 season, the Mountain Hawks made their way back to the Patriot League semifinals under Troyan's direction, and at 21-10 overall and 12-6 in Patriot League play, finished with the team's first 20-win season since 2010-11 and finished in third place, the team's highest standing since the 2011-12 campaign.Â
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The 2017-18 team returned to the Patriot League quarterfinals, behind a pair of All-Patriot League selections in third team honoree Camryn Buhr and second team selection Quinci Mann, who graduated as the program’s sixth all-time leading scorer, and third on the school’s all-time three-point list.
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The 2015-16 team finished 18-13 overall and 10-8 in Patriot League play. Four Mountain Hawks earned All-League honors, including standout Lexi Martins who was named the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year and finished as the nation’s leader in double-doubles and ranked third in the country in rebounding.
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Under Troyan’s guidance in 2014-15, the Mountain Hawks made their first Patriot League Championship appearance since 2010. Lehigh finished the season with a 19-11 overall record and a 9-9 league mark. The Mountain Hawks earned the six seed in the Patriot League Tournament and picked up road wins at No. 3 Holy Cross and No. 2 Army to advance to the championship. Four Mountain Hawks garnered All-Patriot League honors, while Lehigh was also represented on the Academic All-League team and landed a league-best number of players on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
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In 2010-11, Troyan led the Mountain Hawks to their third-straight Patriot League regular season title and Lehigh's third-straight 20-win season, the most consecutive 20-win seasons in program history. The Mountain Hawks went 21-11 which included a WNIT berth for their third straight postseason appearance.
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In the previous two seasons, Troyan led Lehigh to a combined 55-11 (25-3 PL) record which included a pair of Patriot League Championships and NCAA Tournament berths.
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The 2009-10 campaign brought Troyan’s third Patriot League title, the team’s second in a row, and second-ever Patriot League regular season title with a league record of 13-1, earning the Mountain Hawks the top seed in the tournament. Lehigh advanced to their third NCAA Tournament in school history, finishing the season with a 29-4 record. For the second season, Lehigh went undefeated at home, breaking the record set the previous year for most wins in a season (29) and league wins (13).
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In 2009, Troyan won her second Patriot League title, capping off a historic season in which the Mountain Hawks broke school records in wins (26), league wins (12) and home wins (17). Lehigh won its first-ever Patriot League regular season title by rolling through the league with a 12-2 record to earn the top seed in the tournament. The Mountain Hawks completed their undefeated season at home by winning three tournament games at Stabler Arena to advance to their second NCAA Tournament in school history. Lehigh finished the season with a 26-7 record, the best in Troyan’s tenure with the program, and the Lehigh head coach took home her second Patriot League Coach of the Year award.
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In the 2004-05 season, Troyan led the team to 18 regular season wins – the second most in her tenure–and became the first Lehigh head coach to be named the Patriot League Coach of the Year. The Mountain Hawks have won ten plus games in all fourteen of Troyan’s seasons at the helm. She has guided her troops to three Patriot League final appearancses, as well as two berths in the NCAA Tournament (1997 and 2009). In 2001-02, Troyan passed Muffet McGraw as the all-time victories leader in Lehigh women’s basketball history and has surpassed 200 career wins.
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Throughout her coaching career, Troyan has been used to her teams faring well. Her first five years as a coach were with Lehigh’s softball team. As the head softball coach, Troyan rebuilt a program that finished 7-30 prior to her appointment. In her five years as head coach, she recorded a 107-87-1 mark, won three consecutive Patriot League titles and a Coach of the Year award. In 1996-97, the women’s basketball team laid claim to its first-ever Patriot League title under Troyan’s tutelage.
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In Troyan, Lehigh has a coach who understands the importance of relating to her players, the experience of having played collegiate basketball and the knowledge of what it takes to be successful.
In the season prior to Troyan’s appointment as basketball coach, Lehigh finished 3-24, and in the four previous years Lehigh had a combined 12-97 record. In Troyan’s first season (1995-96), Lehigh finished 14-13, 5-7 in the Patriot League. In 1996-97, Lehigh set a then-school-record with seven Patriot League wins (7-5) and recorded its first-ever Patriot League Tournament victory and championship. By 2002-03, the team set a record with nine wins against league opposition and showcased the Patriot League Rookie of the Year. The 2004-05 squad surpassed that record of nine wins en route to setting a new record of 10 games, as Lehigh returned to the league tournament semifinals. In 2006-07, Lehigh’s top rebounder Jenny Callen ranked in the nation’s top ten by bringing down 10.9 rebounds a game. Under Troyan’s guidance, the 2007-08 Mountain Hawks held opponents to just 52.9 points per game, the fifth lowest total in the NCAA. In 2008-09, the Patriot League champions led the league in scoring (67.3 points per game), field goal percentage (.428), 3-point field goal percentage (.346) and assists per game (14.4). Lehigh also set a school record for 3-pointers made in the season, sinking 196 as a team. In 2015-16, Lexi Martins finished as the nation’s leader in double-doubles (24) and ranked third in all of Division I with a 13.6 rebounds per game average.
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Troyan has mentored the Patriot League Player of the Year three times in her career with the Mountain Hawks. Jessica DePalo became the first Lehigh player to ever win the award in 2005, and Erica Prosser took home the honor after her sophomore season in 2009 and again after her senior season last year. Prosser also was named the Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the first player in League history to earn both awards in the same season. Troyan has also coached three PL Scholar Athlete of the Year award recipients including Anne Tierney (2001 and 2002) and Lexi Martins (2016).
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Prior to her latest coaching endeavor, Troyan served five years as an assistant basketball coach and two years as the Director of Athletic Program Budgets. In her first two years at Lehigh she served as a graduate assistant, before becoming Lehigh’s first full-time women’s basketball assistant coach.
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A 1988 graduate of Dickinson College, Troyan received her B.A. in Economics. She received her M.B.A. from Lehigh in 1991.
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At Dickinson, Troyan was a four-year athlete in both basketball and track. On the court, Troyan was voted the team’s most valuable player following the 1988 season. She was named to the Middle Atlantic Conference First Team and Second Team All-ECAC in her senior season. Troyan was a three-time All-American in track.
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Sue and her husband Fran – Lehigh’s head softball coach – reside in Saucon Valley, Pa. with their daughter Katie, and sons David and Matthew.
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