Head Coach - Danny Young-Uhrich
Juniata women’s basketball has come a long way under Head Coach Danny Young-Uhrich.
In six seasons as Juniata’s coach, Eagle women's basketball has shown steady improvement in both its overall record and how far Juniata has advanced into post-season tournaments.
The 2008-09 Eagles captured the first post-season championship in program history, winning the ECAC Division III South Region Championship with a 72-52 win over Wesley College (Del.). Juniata finished with an 18-11 overall record, 9-5 Landmark, and earned a berth in the Landmark Conference Tournament for the second straight year. Claudia McDowell was recognized as the Landmark's Defensive Player of the Year, and was a First team All-Landmark honoree for the second year in a row. Joining McDowell on the All-Landmark squad was Kelly Ashcraft, who was also making her second straight appearance on the league's first squad.
Her 2007-08 squad reached the championship game of the Landmark Conference Tournament, and earned an at-large berth into the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship – just the second NCAA tournament appearance in program history. The 18-10 record posted by the Eagles in 07-08 represents the second-best single season win total in program history, and the most wins since the 1979-80 season.
Three players earned All-Conference honors, including two first-team selections – the first time in program history that Juniata women’s basketball has had two first team all-conference selections in one season, and the first Juniata first-team all-conference honoree overall since 2002.
Those are amazing achievements in such a short span of time, but nothing less was expected of Young, who brought unquestioned passion and commitment to the job. As a former player, assistant coach, and now head coach at her alma mater, Young has invested the last 12 years of her life into the Eagle women’s basketball program. She bleeds Blue and Gold.
Heading into her seventh season as mentor of the Juniata program, there’s also no question that she has the Eagles on the cusp of achieving even more.
Danny Young was named head women’s basketball coach at Juniata College prior to the start of the 2003-04 academic year, following two seasons as an assistant coach under previous head coach Amy Buxbaum.
In six seasons at Juniata, Young-Uhrich has tallied a career record of 74-81. The Eagles have posted four straight winning seasons, the first time since the early ‘90s they have accomplished that feat.
The Eagles have earned nine All-Conference honors during Young’s tenure and also have had one player earn Commonwealth Rookie of the Year accolades.
Young returned to College Hill in 2001 and served as an assistant coach for both the women’s basketball and field hockey programs the past two seasons, and was also a resident director on campus.
During her two years as an assistant on the Juniata bench, the Eagles posted a 21-29 overall record, and captured one Commonwealth Conference play-off berth. Young assisted with all aspects of program as an assistant coach.
A native of Wrightsville, Pa., Young played out her scholastic career at Eastern York High School, before attending Juniata College and graduating in 2000 with a degree in Psychology.
While attending Juniata, Young was a four-year letter winner as a forward on the blue and gold basketball team. She finished her career ranked first in steals (299), second in blocked shots (124), third in assists (291), seventh in scoring (1,045) and ninth in rebounding (596). Young completed her career by earning a spot on the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Commonwealth First Team.
Coach Young can be reached by e-mailing youngd@juniata.edu.
Assistant Coach - Ramin Mazaheri
Assistant Coach Ramin Mazaheri joined the Juniata women's basketball staff in August 2009, and will assist with all areas of game and practice preparation, and player development.
Mazaheri spent the last two seasons on the staff of Auburn University women's basketball coach Nell Fortner, where his responsibilities included assisting with film exchange and analyzing game film, assisting with scouting reports, managing the male practice players, and conducting individual player workouts. He has worked camps at both Auburn and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Mazaheri began his coaching career as an undergraduate, assisting with the Auburn High School 9th Grade boys basketball team in 2004-05.
A 2007 graduate of Auburn with a bachelor's degree in adult education, Mazaheri received his Master's of Education from Auburn in 2009.
Coach Mazaheri can be reached by e-mailing mazaher@juniata.edu.
Assistant Coach - Anne Millar
Assistant Coach Anne Millar joined the Eagle women’s hoops program prior to the start of the 2007-08 season. She primarily assists Coach Young with practice, player development, and game strategy.
Millar previously served as junior varsity girls’ basketball coach and assistant to the varsity girls’ coach at Bellefonte Area High School in Bellefonte, Pa., during the 2004-05 season.
Prior to moving to Pennsylvania, Millar was the freshman, sophomore, and junior varsity girls’ basketball coach, as well as the freshman boys’ basketball coach, at Hellgate High School in Missoula, Mont., from 1995 to 2001. During her time at Hellgate, she was selected as a coach for the Western Montana Class AA all-star teams at the Treasure State Classic Girls’ Basketball Tournament in both 2000 and 2001.
In addition to working with the women’s basketball program at Juniata College, Millar is a Lecturer in Juniata’s English department, working with the College Writing Seminar program. She was employed as enrollment director for Global Works International Travel and Service Programs in State College, Pa., from 2003 to 2007, promoting international travel and service program options and available experiences to students, parents and educators.
Millar is a 1991 graduate of Jamestown College, with a degree in English and a minor in physical education. She received her master’s degree in educational leadership and counseling from the University of Montana in 2004. Anne and her husband Judson are the owners of Stone Mountain Adventures, a traditional summer camp for teens 12-16 years of age, located just outside of Huntingdon. They are the parents of a son, Wyatt, and a baby daughter, Molly.
Updated 11/18/2009
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