Dominique Duck, a former standout performer at Division I Western Kentucky University, concluded her first season as The Rock’s women’s basketball graduate assistant in 2010-11.
“Dominique is an intelligent, mature, leadership-oriented person with a great work ethic," Bauer said. "She exhibited all of those traits as a player and I know she is eager to get her coaching career started. I am excited about watching her transition those attributes to her new role on staff here at SRU.”
In Duck’s first season at Slippery Rock in 2010-11, SRU went 3-23 as six underclassmen and four newcomers joined just two returning upperclassmen who played more than 15 minutes a game in 2009-10 in learning a new system.
A Pittsburgh native and graduate of Schenley High School, Duck concluded her collegiate playing career as the No. 16 scorer in WKU history with 1,344 points. She set the school record for career games played (137), was tied for third in games started (121) and was ranked seventh in blocked shots (113).
Duck was named as the Most Valuable Player of the 2008 Sun Belt Conference Tournament and earned second-team preseason and postseason All-SBC honors in 2007-08.
As a high school player, Duck led Schenley to a pair of Pittsburgh City League championships and was named to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s “Fab Five.” She scored 25 points and pulled down 10 rebounds in the 2005 city championship game and averaged 15 points and 7.9 rebounds during her two seasons at Schenley.
Duck joins a Rock staff that also includes assistant coach Jeff Crouse.
