Duck Joins Chowan's Women Basketball Coaching Staff

MURFREESBORO -- The Chowan University athletic department along with Associate Athletic Director/Head Women's Basketball Coach Patrick Mashuda announced the addition of Dominique Duck to the women's basketball coaching staff.  Duck enters her first season with the Hawks and serves as the Assistant Women's Basketball Coach. 

Mashuda noted, "We are blessed to find such a quality person with a true passion for the game.  Dominique brings with her outstanding experience as a player at Western Kentucky as well as her time as a coach in the Western PA Bruins AAU program.  I believe we have two young coaching superstars working with our program". 

Duck added, "I am extremely excited to work with Coach Mashuda and to be part of the Chowan Hawks family.  I look forward to this upcoming season and to bringing my passion and love for the game of basketball with me every day to work". 

Prior to coming to Chowan, Duck gained coaching experience in the youth basketball arena.  She has served as head coach for the Western PA Bruins tenth and fifth grade AAU teams, respectively, and has also served as Assistant Coach/Head Junior Varsity Coach at Penn Hills High School and the Pittsburgh Obama Academy.  At each stop, Duck worked to mentor youth basketball players while teaching them fundamentals of the game, sportsmanship, teamwork and discipline. 

Duck served as a graduate assistant at Slippery Rock University from 2010-2011 where she assisted in opponent scouting, developed practice plans, monitored student-athlete academic progress and aided the coaches' recruiting efforts. 

Duck competed as a women's basketball student-athlete at Western Kentucky University.  She served as a team captain for two seasons and was named Sun Belt Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player in 2008.  Duck concluded her collegiate playing career as the No. 16 scorer in Western Kentucky program history with 1,344 points while setting the school record for career games played (137), tied for third in games started (121) and was ranked seventh in blocked shots (113). She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies from Western Kentucky University.  The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania native resides in Murfreesboro.  

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