Mississippi Valley State women’s basketball head coach Jessica Kern announced Ronnie Enoch and Lenise Stalling as assistant coaches ahead of the 2016-17 season.
Kern welcomes a staff that is enthusiastic and zealous to advance the Devilettes program into contenders in the Southwestern Athletic Conference and on a national stage as well.
A familiar face will continue to grace the sidelines of the MVSU program as Lenise Stallings; a four year letterwinner for the Devilettes has joined the staff to coach for her beloved Alma Mater.
Prior to becoming full-time under Kern, Stallings served as a graduate assistant coach from 2014-2016. During her athletic career at Mississippi Valley, Stallings appeared in 124 games. In 2012, she aided her team in clinching the SWAC Regular Season title and a bid to the WNIT. She was also instrumental in assisting her team in their 2013 SWAC Basketball Tournament Championship game (senior year).
Stallings shot 83 percent from the free-throw line, leading the team in that category each of her four seasons. During her junior and senior seasons, she led the conference in three-point field goal percentage, shooting just over 40 percent, averaging 10.7 and 8.6 points in league play respectively. Stallings led Hattiesburg High School to an appearance in the MHSAA 5A State Championship game her senior season. During the 2008-09 season, she was selected to play in the Mississippi Sports Medicine North/South All-Star Game. Stallings graduated in 2013 from Mississippi Valley with a degree in Biology and she earned her master’s degree in Bioinformatics in 2016. Stallings has one daughter, Kyia who is three.
“I am honored to have one of Valley’s own joining our Staff. Coach Stallings was instrumental in several record-breaking milestones here and her championship and post season experience will assist us tremendously. Moreover, her ties to Mississippi and the surrounding communities are priceless when it comes to community engagement and recruitment,” said Coach Kern.
Kern brought in Ronnie Enoch to round out the women’s basketball staff. Enoch comes to “The Valley” with tons of experience under his belt, which will aid in the success of the program. Prior to coming to MVSU, Enoch served as an Assistant Girls’ Basketball Coach at Hillside High School in Durham, N.C. While there, he helped steer the team to a 28-2 record. They also won their conference regular season and conference tournament, while remaining undefeated during conference play. The team was ranked #1 in the state by Max Prep for the majority of the 2015-2016 year. Hillside eventually lost to State Champion, Millbrook High School in the Regional Finals. Coach Enoch assisted in coaching Elisia Grissett to become first team All-State.
After spending the previous eight seasons on the bench with Head Coach Vanessa Taylor at Johnson C. Smith University, Ronnie Enoch joined Taylor as the Women’s Basketball Associate Head Coach at NCCU during the summer of 2012 and continued on her staff until March 2015. While at NCCU, he coached Tisha Dixon and assisted her in becoming a part of the 2013 MEAC All-Rookie Team. Coach Enoch also assisted with Racquel Davis, who was named to the 2014 Third Team All MEAC.
Enoch brings strong credentials as a coach and recruiter at the collegiate level. His recruiting efforts helped guide JCSU to the first CIAA Tournament Championship in school history in 2009. He recognized their talents and recruited student-athletes LaQwesha Gamble and Racquel Davis to JCSU. Gamble and Davis not only contributed to JCSU Women’s Basketball advancing to the NCAA Division II Atlantic Region finals, they earned All-CIAA and CIAA All-Rookie honors, respectively.
The Lady Golden Bulls appeared in the CIAA championship game four out of the last five years and made five berths in the NCAA Division II Tournament (2006, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012). JCSU Women’s Basketball posted a 162-78 overall record in his eight seasons on the bench (2004-2012). Prior to coaching at JCSU, Enoch was an Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at West Charlotte High School (2000-2002) and an Associate Men’s Head Basketball Coach at Parkland High School (1996-2000). Parkland won the state championship in 1999 under Enoch’s tutelage. In addition, he founded the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) DC Elite Women’s Basketball Team and served as the Head Coach for two years (2000-2002).Enoch earned a B.S. and MBA in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix. He is a native of Burlington, N.C. Enoch is the proud father of one daughter, Audrey and his two grandkids, Jaidyen and Amiyah.
Kern stated, “I am thrilled to welcome Coach Enoch to our family. He has a proven track record of being an excellent recruiter and his energy is infectious. With various levels of championship experience, I look forward to seeing the immediate impact he will have not only with our players but with the surrounding communities as well.”
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