Women's Basketball
2007-08 Coaching Staff

Head Coach Amie Bradley

Amie Bradley heads into her third season as head coach of the Trinity University Tigers women’s basketball team.

Coach Bradley led Trinity to a 17-8 record last season, earning the third seed in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament.  She has amassed 37 wins in just two seasons with the Tigers, tallying 10 wins in conference play each year.

In her first season, she led the team to the SCAC Tournament Championship game to earn a berth in the NCAA Division III playoffs.  Under Bradley's guidance, the team also won 20 games for just the fourth time in school history in 2005-06.

Coach Bradley was a four-year starter and member of the 1,000-point club for the University of Texas-Austin women’s basketball team from 1993 to 1997. She was the squad’s rebounding leader each season and was team captain during the Lady Longhorns’ 1996-97 campaign. Texas won the former Southwest Conference championship in 1996.

Coach Bradley was the recipient of the school’s Jill Sterkel Leadership Award and earned recognition on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for all eight of her semesters. She received the Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1997.

Coach Bradley went on to become the founder and owner of a basketball skills training company in Dallas. She personally trained athletes of all age levels and abilities. A master at teaching the art of basketball, Coach Bradley was hired as a motivational speaker for coaching clinics, camps and athletic banquets throughout the state of Texas. She also was an active coach in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU).

A graduate of 22-time state champion Bishop Lynch High School in Dallas, Coach Bradley served on the coaching staff of her alma mater from 1999 to 2005.

Coach Bradley is also an instructor in Trinity’s Department of Physical Education. In addition, Coach Bradley serves as a departmental fund raiser.

She is a member of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association, Texas Association of Basketball Coaches and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. 

Coach Bradley is married to former University of Texas Longhorn football player Steve Bradley. They have five children, Brooke(8), Jack (7), Paige(5) and Brynna (2), and Ty (10 months).

Assistant Coach Laura Skeen

Laura Skeen embarks upon her third season as an assistant coach with the women's basketball program. 

Coach Skeen helped Trinity to a 17-8 record last season, as well as a berth in the NCAA playoffs in 2005-06.

Before joining the Trinity staff, Coach Skeen was at the University of Texas-Arlington where she served as an assistant coach and recruiter.  The Mavericks, who went 20-11, captured their first-ever Southland Conference Championship. UT-Arlington went on to its first NCAA Division I postseason tournament.

Coach Skeen was previously a graduate assistant at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio. The Rattlers amassed a 17-11 record and finished second in the Heartland Conference.

She played college ball at St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas, where she was a three-year letter winner. Coach Skeen was named to the Heartland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll as a sophomore and junior was a member of the Dean’s List for three semesters.

Coach Skeen received the Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Edwards’ in kinesiology in December 2002, as a magna cum laude graduate.

She was a two-year all-district and all-region player at DeSoto (Texas) High School before transferring to Dallas Bishop Lynch High School. The Lady Friars hold the national record for most state titles, with 22. Coach Skeen was an all-state honoree in 1998 and 1999 and a member of two TAPPS 5A state championship teams.

Coach Skeen also is an instructor in Trinity’s Department of Physical Education and is the Department of Athletics assistant compliance officer.

She is a member of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association, the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches, and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Coach Skeen is currently pursuing a master’s degree from the University of Texas-San Antonio in communications. 

Graduate Assistant Coach
Lauren Andrews

Lauren Andrews begins her first season on the bench for the Tiger women's basketball team, following a stellar playing career at Trinity. 

Andrews was the floor leader and ran the point guard position for two seasons, after beginning her career with the University of Michigan.  She transferred to Trinity to play both soccer and basketball in 2004.

Andrews was an All-SCAC and All-Region performer for the women's soccer team during her first semester, then picked up with the basketball team where she was again named All-SCAC - leading the team to the NCAA Sweet 16. 

She missed the 2005-06 campaign in both sports after suffering an injury early in the soccer season; however, she came back for her senior season to be named All-SCAC in both soccer and basketball.  She helped lead the soccer team to a # 1 national ranking during the year, as well as setting two new records in basketball.

Andrews became Trinity's all-time assists leader during the season, and also broke the school and SCAC record with a 12-assist game in last year's conference tournament.

She is a native of Houston, Texas, attending Klein Forest High School.  Andrews will be involved with recruiting, film exchange, and fundraising for the Tigers in 2006-07.  She will also work with the point guards.

Andrews is in Trinity's Masters of Accounting program, and is scheduled to graduate in May.  She was hired as an intern with Pricewaterhouse Cooper in Houston, and hopes to join the firm full-time after graduation.