A member of the Wittenberg University women’s basketball family has returned to her roots as Sarah Jurewicz ’98 assumed the interim head coaching reins at her alma mater in September. She replaces Pam Evans Smith ’82, who passed away in June following a long bout with cancer.

“We have a unique situation on our hands,” Jurewicz said. “And when given unique situations, you discover special outcomes. I am anxious to reveal those outcomes here at Wittenberg.”

Jurewicz returned to Springfield after four years as an assistant coach at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colo., and three years as an assistant at the Savannah College of Art and Design. A three-year captain for the Tigers, Jurewicz is one of the all-time program greats as she holds the school record for career points with 1,297 and ranks ninth in career assists and second in career rebounds.

Ryan Maurer