Junior
guard Kate McNulty went a perfect 6-6 from the free-throw line in the waning
moments to secure the win for Shirley, for a game total of 18 points. In 1992, he became director of athletics, a
position he still holds.

Cingular Wireless Donation To Benefit NCAA Ethnic Minority and Women's Scholarship Programs

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Shirley, in his 25th year of coaching, is the eighth active Division II
women's coach to reach that milestone .cingular.

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Melody Eclavea, Cingular's marketing director for Oklahoma, will make the
check presentation to Kimberly Ford, Associate Director for Professional
Development at the NCAA.

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Together , the Philadelphia University coaches have earned 1,302
wins, putting them behind only Bob Knight and Marsha Sharp at Texas Tech,
Northern State's Don Meyer and Curt Frederickson and Arizona's Lute Olson and
Joan Bonvicini. The WCWS will take place at Don Porter Amateur
Softball Association Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from June
2-8, and will be televised on ESPN2."
The Ethnic Minority and Women's Enhancement Postgraduate Scholarship
Programs were created by the NCAA to increase the pool of and opportunities
for qualified minority and female candidates in intercollegiate athletics
through postgraduate scholarships provided by the NCAA national office .

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"Tom Shirley is an accomplished coach and a great mentor to student
athletes.
Sixteen scholarships to ethnic minorities and 16 scholarships to women are
available annually to college graduates who are entering the first year of
their initial postgraduate studies in a sports administration or related
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OKLAHOMA CITY , Cingular Wireless is enhancing its
support of NCAA athletics and postgraduate studies by presenting a check for
$43,500 to the NCAA's Ethnic Minority and Women's Enhancement Postgraduate
Scholarship Programs. In addition, Cingular provides financial resources,
manpower and expertise to help emphasize the important role intercollegiate
athletics, including 88 championships in 23 sports, plays in our society.

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Cingular, an NCAA Corporate Champion since 2003, will
make the presentation during Opening Ceremonies of the Women's College World
Series (WCWS) on June 1.
"This is just one way that Cingular can use its relationship with the NCAA
to help strengthen the role that intercollegiate athletics and higher
education play in a student-athlete's life," said David Garver, executive
director of national marketing and sponsorships for Cingular.
The scholarship donation helps further Cingular 's mission to foster
learning, balance, character, community, spirit and fair play among the NCAA 's
360,000 student-athletes.

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Together, Shirley and Men's Coach Herb Magee are one of the most winning
basketball coaching teams in NCAA history

PHILADELPHIA, Philadelphia University Women's
Basketball Coach Tom Shirley won his 500th career game yesterday when the Lady
Rams posted a 90-81 victory on the road against Felician College.
"This is a great accomplishment, but I'm only a small part of the
equation," said Shirley. Gallagher . "At
Philadelphia University, we are proud to have two of the best basketball
coaches in the country on our team. "It is
important for us to continue to create opportunities for women and minorities ,
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Along with Men 's Basketball Coach Herb
Magee, who recently hit the extraordinary milestone of 800 career wins,
coaches Shirley and Magee are the fourth winningest coaching team in NCAA
history. "In 25 years of coaching , I've had the great fortune
of coaching several outstanding student-athletes.

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Through nine games this season, Shirley's team is off to a 6-3 start
overall, including a 4-2 mark in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference
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The goal of the program is to assist
students interested in gaining careers in intercollegiate athletics.

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Philadelphia University Women's Basketball Coach Tom Shirley Wins 500th Game

They are the real reason
for the success that I have had, making the plays on the court. In last night's win at Felician, juniors Meg Abele and Nicole Mechell
scored 24 points and 23 points, respectively, to lead the Lady Rams.
Coach Shirley came to Philadelphia University (then Philadelphia College
of Textiles and Science) in 1989 as head women's basketball coach and
associate director of athletics.
Philadelphia University, founded in 1884, is a private university with
3,200 full- and part-time students enrolled in more than 40 undergraduate and
graduate programs.prsa.prsa.

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In addition to his duties as coach and administrator at Philadelphia
University, Shirley also serves as a member of the NCAA Division II
Championships Committee and chairs the NCAA Division II Retention Committee,
as well as serving on the regional committee for women's basketball. Each year, more than 49,000 student-athletes compete in NCAA
Championships in Division I, II and III sports.ncaa.org), based in New York City, is the world's largest
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The Women's College World
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We are thrilled that he reached this significant milestone in his
career," said Philadelphia University President James P.
In 1992, Shirley was named the American Women's Sports Federation Division
II National Coach of the Year, as well as the Converse District Coach of the
Year. The University includes Schools of Architecture, Business
Administration, Design and Media, Engineering and Textiles, Liberal Arts and
Science and Health .