Kristy Trn is in her 27th season (and 28th year overall) as the head women’s basketball coach at her alma mater in 2025-26.
With the inclusion of five years as the team’s primary assistant coach, one year as a volunteer assistant coach and four years as a student-athlete, Trn is set to embark upon her 37th season at SU in 2025-26.
Trn, the winningest coach in SU Women’s Basketball history, ranks among the Top 30 active Division II coaches for career coaching victories.
A five-time PSAC Divisional Coach of the Year, Trn has a career record of 417-299 and a mark of 258-185 in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) standings matches. Trn was named PSAC Western Division Coach of the Year in 2001 and 2002 and the PSAC Eastern Division Coach of the Year in 2013, 2017 and 2020.
Shippensburg has had 16 winning seasons under Trn, including eight seasons of 20 or more victories. Under Trn’s direction, the Raiders have advanced to 17 PSAC Tournaments and five NCAA Tournaments, claiming conference championships in 2000 and 2001.
Trn has instructed 31 All-PSAC First Team selections and 23 All-PSAC Second Team selections in her time as head coach, including six PSAC Athletes of the Year and eight PSAC Rookies/Freshmen of the Year.
Beginning with the 1994-95 season, Trn’s first as the full-time assistant coach, Shippensburg has compiled an overall record of 537-308, a 30-season run that includes 21 winning seasons, thirteen 20-win seasons, ten NCAA Tournament appearances, seven PSAC Championships, three NCAA East Region titles, three NCAA Division II Elite Eight appearances and a final national ranking of No. 2 in 1996.
Trn has been responsible for the recruitment and mentorship of numerous student-athletes who rank among the best to have ever played the game at both Shippensburg University and competitively in the PSAC.
Ariel Jones (2017-23), a WBCA All-American and two-time PSAC East Player of the Year, is the all-time leading scorer in PSAC history after scoring 2,806 points in her Raider career (fourth most in NCAA Division II history). Jones is the only player in PSAC history to record four seasons of 600 or more points. In 2024, she made her debut with the Puerto Rican Women's Basketball National Team during the FIBA Women's Centrobasket Tournament.
Lauren Beckley (2007-10), a two-time WBCA All-American and three-time PSAC Player of the Year, is the second all-time leading scorer in PSAC history (behind Jones) after scoring 2,407 points through 113 career games to rank 16th in NCAA Division II history.
Other prominent players include Shanna Oaddams (2004-07), who ranks third in SU history and 22nd in PSAC history with 969 career rebounds. Kasey Gardner (2008-11) finished her career with 1,745 points in 111 games, ranking sixth in school history and 26th in PSAC history. Morgan Griffith (2013-17) was one of three players in school history to average a double-double for a career, while Stephanie Knauer (2012-17) ranks second all-time in field-goal percentage (59.4).
The 2022-23 campaign, Jones' final season at SU, saw the Raiders post 25 wins and an 18-4 conference mark. Jones shattered the all-time PSAC single-game scoring record (51 points) and the PSAC single-season scoring record with 795 points as SU made it to the NCAA Atlantic Region Semifinals, where they fell to eventual NCAA Division II semifinalists Glenville State.
In the 2019-2020 season, Trn was named the 2019-20 PSAC Eastern Division Coach of the Year after guiding Shippensburg to 21 wins and the PSAC Eastern Division championship. SU led the nation with 548 made free throws and finished second in the nation with 765 free-throw attempts while also ranking among the nation’s Top 20 rebounding teams.
The 2019 campaign featured sophomore Ariel Jones breaking the SU scoring record with 690 points, the fifth-most in a single season in conference history. Jones led the nation in free throws made (234) and free-throw attempts (297) – both PSAC single-season records – and ranked fourth in the nation in scoring. Aunbrielle Green became the eighth player in Trn’s tenure to be named a PSAC Freshman of the Year.
The 2018 campaign featured Jones setting a PSAC freshman scoring record with 609 points. Jones was named the PSAC Eastern Division Freshman of the Year and selected to the All-PSAC East First Team after leading the PSAC and ranking eighth in the nation in scoring (21.8 points per game).
From 2014-15 through 2016-17, Shippensburg posted a 64-25 record that included a 48-18 mark in conference play. Trn instructed two different players who were named PSAC Athlete of the Year: Griffith (2016) and Knauer (2017), while all five of the starters on the 2016-17 team finished their careers as 1,000-point scorers.
In 2017, Trn instructed the Raiders to a 24-7 record, SU’s highest win total and first divisional championship since the 2000-01 season, as the team made its first trip to the NCAA Tournament since 2002. Shippensburg won its first-ever PSAC Eastern Division title and went 16-0 in PSAC Eastern Division games, marking the first time a PSAC team went unbeaten in divisional play since Gannon did so in the PSAC West in 2009-10.
In 2016, Shippensburg won 21 games – its most in 15 years – and guided the team to the PSAC Semifinals for the first time since 2003-04. SU was ranked near the top of the PSAC for most prominent offensive statistical categories for the 2015-16 season, including No. 1 in field-goal percentage.
In 2015, SU won 19 games and snapped a seven-game PSAC playoff losing streak with a quarterfinal win over East Stroudsburg. Trn’s squad improved its defense by 11 points per game from the year before, ranking fifth in the conference by allowing 61.9 points per game. The Raiders led the PSAC in free throws (542), free-throw attempts (782) and defensive rebounds (28.8).
In 2014, Trn instructed an offense that averaged 79.3 points per game, marking SU’s highest scoring rate in a single season since a school-record 80.8 points per game was set by the 1995-96 national runner-up squad. The Raiders scored 100 or more points twice during the season, marking the first time that the Raiders had reached triple digits in one game since Jan. 15, 2000.
In 2013, Trn earned her first PSAC East Coach of the Year honor after guiding the team to its best win total in 11 seasons. SU won 11 of its final 12 regular season games to earn the No. 2 seed in the PSAC Eastern Division and a trip to the conference quarterfinals. The Raiders also recorded their first regular-season series sweeps of Millersville and West Chester since shifting to the PSAC Eastern Division in 2008.
In 2011-12, Shippensburg qualified for the PSAC Tournament for the first time as a member of the conference’s Eastern Division. The Raiders had a winning season and went toe-to-toe with Bloomsburg in a PSAC quarterfinal road match but came up short against the Huskies. Trn achieved her 200th career head coaching victory on Jan. 9, 2011 with a 19-point victory over No. 22 Gannon.
In 2007-08, Shippensburg thrived with a combination of veteran leadership and young scoring threats, totaling a 19-9 record and advancing to the team’s second consecutive PSAC Tournament. Trn’s instruction helped the Raiders place a strong emphasis on ball control and distribution. As a result, Shippensburg led the conference in three-point shooting (38.6 percent) and assist-to-turnover ratio (0.92) while committing the second-fewest turnovers in the PSAC.
In the 2006-07 season, Shippensburg regained its standing as one of the top teams in the PSAC after finishing with an overall record of 17-11, improving by five victories from a disappointing 2005-06 campaign. A year after going 2-10 in conference play, the Raiders went 7-5 in the PSAC Western Division to finish third and begin a new streak of consecutive PSAC Women’s Basketball Championship appearances.
The success of the program continued to flourish under Trn during the 2004-05 season as the Raiders finished third in the highly competitive Western Division with an 8-4 record, the fifth time that the team had won at least seven conference games and finished in the top three. She also continued her success in developing and mentoring some of the top players in the PSAC as Shippensburg had two players named to the All-PSAC Western Division First Team and the Rookie of the Year. The team also advanced to the conference tournament for the 11th consecutive year.
In 2003-04, Trn led Shippensburg to a 19-11 record and an appearance in the PSAC tournament championship game for the eighth time in school history before losing to eventual national champion California (Pa.). The Vulcans finished the year with a 35-1 record with the team’s only loss coming at Shippensburg, 77-73, on Feb. 21, 2004. In 2002-03, the Raiders finished fourth in the PSAC Western Division and in 2001-02, totaled the team’s eighth-straight 20-win season.
Two years earlier in 2001, Trn guided Shippensburg to its sixth consecutive conference championship, still, the only time in PSAC history that a men’s or women’s basketball team has won six straight championships. The next closest team to challenge that mark was the California (Pa.) women who won three straight from 2002-04.
Also that year, the Raiders were ranked No. 4 in the nation in the final Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Division II Coaches’ Poll, advancing to the program’s second-straight NCAA Tournament under Trn before losing to North Dakota in the national semifinals. Off the court, Shippensburg had a 3.401 team grade point average, the 18th highest on the WBCA Honor Roll and the only listed team from the East Region.
In Trn’s first year at the helm during the 1999-2000 season, the Raiders won the PSAC Western Division championship and their fourth consecutive conference championship.
A 1993 graduate of Shippensburg, Trn was a volunteer assistant coach for the Raiders in 1994 before being elevated to a full-time assistant coach prior to the 1994-95 season. Trn received her master’s degree in administration of justice from Shippensburg in 1994.
As a player, Kristy (O’Hara) Trn scored 1,765 points, fifth-most in school history. Her career free-throw percentage of 78.9 percent was a school record for 11 seasons. Trn is also eighth in school history in rebounds (656) and assists (348) and tenth in steals (180).
Trn is the only player to have led Shippensburg in scoring, rebounding, assists, steals and blocks in the same season, a feat she accomplished during the 1992-93 season. Trn also held the SU single-game scoring record for 15 seasons, totaling 45 points on Feb. 11, 1993, against Cheyney.
In 1992 and 1993, Trn was named to the All-PSAC Western Division First Team after earning Second Team honors as a sophomore. As a junior and senior, she was an All-Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) selection and in 1993, Trn was an NCAA Division II All-East Region honoree and Honorable Mention All-American.
In 2003, she was inducted into Shippensburg University’s Athletic Hall of Fame for her accomplishments as a player and was later inducted in 2007 into the Plum High School Hall of Fame.
A member of the WBCA, Trn has previously been a voting member for the USA Today/ESPN/WBCA Division Coaches’ Poll.
Trn and her husband John currently live in Shippensburg and are the proud parents of daughter Alyssa and son Cole.
Trn At-A-Glance
Shippensburg University
Year Overall Conference Postseason
2024-25 8-19 5-16
2023-24 6-22 5-17
2022-23 25-7 18-4 NCAA Atlantic Region Semifinals, PSAC Semifinals
2021-22 16-13 12-10 PSAC First Round
2020-21 No season due to COVID-19
2019-20 21-9 17-5 PSAC Semifinals
2018-19 12-16 8-12
2017-18 7-21 6-16
2016-17 24-7 18-4 NCAA First Round, PSAC Semifinals
2015-16 21-7 16-6 PSAC Semifinals
2014-15 19-11 14-8 PSAC Quarterfinals
2013-14 17-10 11-5 PSAC First Round
2012-13 20-8 16-6 PSAC Quarterfinals
2011-12 14-13 11-11 PSAC Quarterfinals
2010-11 12-14 7-7
2009-10 14-16 7-7
2008-09 12-15 6-8
2007-08 19-9 7-5 PSAC Quaterfinals
2006-07 17-11 7-5 PSAC Quarterfinals
2005-06 12-15 2-10
2004-05 17-10 8-4 PSAC Quarterfinals
2003-04 19-11 7-5 PSAC Finals
2002-03 13-15 7-5 PSAC Quarterfinals
2001-02 20-9 8-4 NCAA East Quarterfinals, PSAC Semifinals
2000-01 28-5 10-2 NCAA Final Four, PSAC Champions
1999-00 24-6 10-2 NCAA East Semifinals, PSAC Champions
417-299 258-185 1 NCAA Final Four, 5 NCAA Tournament Appearances, 2 PSAC Titles, 17 PSAC Tournaments
