<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1252"%> <% Dim MM_paramName %> <% ' *** Go To Record and Move To Record: create strings for maintaining URL and Form parameters Dim MM_keepNone Dim MM_keepURL Dim MM_keepForm Dim MM_keepBoth Dim MM_removeList Dim MM_item Dim MM_nextItem ' create the list of parameters which should not be maintained MM_removeList = "&index=" If (MM_paramName <> "") Then MM_removeList = MM_removeList & "&" & MM_paramName & "=" End If MM_keepURL="" MM_keepForm="" MM_keepBoth="" MM_keepNone="" ' add the URL parameters to the MM_keepURL string For Each MM_item In Request.QueryString MM_nextItem = "&" & MM_item & "=" If (InStr(1,MM_removeList,MM_nextItem,1) = 0) Then MM_keepURL = MM_keepURL & MM_nextItem & Server.URLencode(Request.QueryString(MM_item)) End If Next ' add the Form variables to the MM_keepForm string For Each MM_item In Request.Form MM_nextItem = "&" & MM_item & "=" If (InStr(1,MM_removeList,MM_nextItem,1) = 0) Then MM_keepForm = MM_keepForm & MM_nextItem & Server.URLencode(Request.Form(MM_item)) End If Next ' create the Form + URL string and remove the intial '&' from each of the strings MM_keepBoth = MM_keepURL & MM_keepForm If (MM_keepBoth <> "") Then MM_keepBoth = Right(MM_keepBoth, Len(MM_keepBoth) - 1) End If If (MM_keepURL <> "") Then MM_keepURL = Right(MM_keepURL, Len(MM_keepURL) - 1) End If If (MM_keepForm <> "") Then MM_keepForm = Right(MM_keepForm, Len(MM_keepForm) - 1) End If ' a utility function used for adding additional parameters to these strings Function MM_joinChar(firstItem) If (firstItem <> "") Then MM_joinChar = "&" Else MM_joinChar = "" End If End Function %> <% Dim Recordset1__MMColParam Recordset1__MMColParam = "12" If (Application("sportID") <> "") Then Recordset1__MMColParam = Application("sportID") End If %> <% Dim Recordset1 Dim Recordset1_cmd Dim Recordset1_numRows Set Recordset1_cmd = Server.CreateObject ("ADODB.Command") Recordset1_cmd.ActiveConnection = MM_sknew_STRING Recordset1_cmd.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM dbo.pr WHERE sportID = ? ORDER BY [Date] DESC" Recordset1_cmd.Prepared = true Recordset1_cmd.Parameters.Append Recordset1_cmd.CreateParameter("param1", 5, 1, -1, Recordset1__MMColParam) ' adDouble Set Recordset1 = Recordset1_cmd.Execute Recordset1_numRows = 0 %> <% Dim Recordset2__MMColParam Recordset2__MMColParam = "12" If (Request.QueryString("sportID") <> "") Then Recordset2__MMColParam = Request.QueryString("sportID") End If %> <% Dim Recordset2 Dim Recordset2_cmd Dim Recordset2_numRows Set Recordset2_cmd = Server.CreateObject ("ADODB.Command") Recordset2_cmd.ActiveConnection = MM_sknew_STRING Recordset2_cmd.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM dbo.pr WHERE sportID = ? ORDER BY [Date] DESC" Recordset2_cmd.Prepared = true Recordset2_cmd.Parameters.Append Recordset2_cmd.CreateParameter("param1", 5, 1, -1, Recordset2__MMColParam) ' adDouble Set Recordset2 = Recordset2_cmd.Execute Recordset2_numRows = 0 %> <% Dim Repeat1__numRows Dim Repeat1__index Repeat1__numRows = 6 Repeat1__index = 0 Recordset2_numRows = Recordset2_numRows + Repeat1__numRows %> Rutgers Women's Basketball - Michelle Edwards

Michelle Edwards

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Director of Operations

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Michelle Edwards, a former college national player of the year, international all-star and WNBA franchise player, enters her sixth season on the Rutgers staff.

A native of Boston, Mass., Edwards played for current Rutgers head coach C. Vivian Stringer at the University of Iowa from 1984-88. She led the Hawkeyes to back-to-back NCAA Tournament regional finals in 1987 and 1988 and posting career totals of 1,821 points (third all-time stilll today), 482 rebounds, 431 assists (second) and 235 steals (third).

As a senior, Edwards was named the Big Ten Player of the Year, a Kodak, Naismith and USBWA All-American and the Champion National Player of the Year. A 2000 Iowa Hall of Fame inductee, she is the only female Hawkeye to have her jersey retired.

Edwards was selected as one of Iowa’s “Top 50 Athletes of the Century” as well as the Big Ten Conference Athlete of the Decade in 1989.

Edwards, who won a bronze medal at the 1991 Pan-American Games under Stringer’s tutelage, played professionally in Italy from 1988-97. She earned three Italian League All-Star Game MVP awards during her stay. Edwards returned to the States when the WNBA was formed and was the second allocation from the original group of 16 “franchise” players.

Edwards played a total of five seasons (1997-2001) for the Cleveland Rockers and Seattle Storm, averaging 7.6 points and 2.8 assists per game. While a member of the WNBA, she was very active in the community. She worked with several Cleveland charities as well as the NBA’s “Read to Achieve” program.

Following the end of her professional playing career, Edwards served as a youth basketball
advisor/community relations representative for the YMCA in New York City. She also added to her resume, beginning a career in broadcasting. She served as the Fox Sports Net color analyst for Cleveland Rockers games during the 2003 season and as the color analyst for the Rutgers Radio Network during the 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 seasons.

Edwards graduated from Iowa with a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts in 1989.

PROFILE

Personal
Hometown: Boston, Mass.
Education: Iowa, ‘89
Birthday: March 3

Coaching Chronology
2003-04 Coordinator of Operations, Rutgers
2004-05 Assistant Coach, Rutgers
2005-06 Associate Director of Ops, Rutgers
2007- Director of Operations, Rutgers

Professional Playing Experience
1988-97 Italy (Faenza, Pistoia, Ferrara Pavia)
• Italian League All-Star and MVP second overall selection in inaugural
WNBA Draft
1997-00 Cleveland Rockers
2000-01 Seattle Storm

Collegiate Playing Experience
1984-88 The University of Iowa

Collegiate Honors
1986-88 Three-Time All-Big Ten
1988 Big Ten Player of Year
1988 Champion National Player of Yr.
1988 Kodak, Naismith and USBWA All-American
1988 Big Ten Player of Year
1988 Chicago Tribune Silver
Basketball Award
• Iowa’s ‘Top 50 Athletes of Century”
• Big Ten Athlete of Decade
• Iowa Hall of Fame, 2000
• first and only Hawkeye of have jersey retired

High School Honors
High School: Cathedral H.S.
• 1984 Boston Globe Player of the Year
• First player in state history to score 2,000 career points

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