The most accomplished player in Division III women's basketball history, four-time Eastern All-America Allison Coleman joins the staff of 18th-year head coach Denise Bierly.

At right: Allison Coleman was presented for induction into the Connecticut Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in April, 2010, by current head coach Denise Bierly.

A native of Jewett City, Coleman was named the State Farm/WBCA National Player-of-the-Year as a senior in 2003/04 and remains the only four-time All-America in women's basketball collegiate history. With 1,991 career points, Coleman is the most prolific scorer in Eastern men's and women's basketball history. She also shares the women's record with 1,134 career rebounds and is first in assists (579) and steals (369), is second in three-point field goals (152) and second in games (117). She is the only player in program history with as many as 1,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds.

As a junior, the 5-foot-10 inch Coleman led the Warriors to the NCAA Division III national title game and a second-place finish. That year, she tied her career high with a 17.7 scoring average and had career-high averages of 11.9 rebounds and 4.1 steals. That year, she was a finalist for national Player-of-the-Year honors.

As the national Player-of-the-Year in 2003/04, Coleman represented Division III when the WBCA College All-Star Team met the USA Women's Senior National Team in April of 2004.

With Coleman, Eastern had the winningest four-year composite record in program history, winning 101 games and losnig only 17 (.856 percent). In Coleman's career, Eastern qualified for three NCAA and one ECAC tournament.

On April 21, 2010, Coleman was inducted into the Connecticut Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, joining former Eastern basketball alumni inductees Kathy Regan, Robin Gaby and Patti Feraro and former head coach Bob Miller.

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