Independence Community College has a new head women's basketball coach.
Shavonda Price has been named the next leader of the Lady Pirates program, replacing the departing Rob Beckmann.
Price spent last season at the University of Illinois-Chicago, and has also served as the head coach at Southeastern Community College in Iowa, and as an assistant at Iowa Western. She says she's excited to experience the competition of the Jayhawk conference.
Price also has playing experience at the collegiate level, spending two seasons at Defiance College in Ohio, before finishing her career at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina. She says she enjoys the defensive side of basketball.
The Pirates are coming off a 16-15 season, with wins over top conference teams Butler and Coffeyville, before losing to Garden City in the Region VI tournament.
