Paige Salisbury has been promoted to assistant coach, Kent State women’s basketball head coach Todd Starkey announced.
Salisbury, who played for the Golden Flashes during the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons, joined the staff as director of basketball operations last summer.
“We are very excited about promoting Paige to assistant coach in our program,” Starkey said. “She has demonstrated a focused work ethic, the ability to build great relationships, and a high level of competency and basketball IQ. Being able to keep her in our program is such a value-add for Kent State women’s basketball.”
She originally arrived in Kent as an incoming freshman during Summer 2015 along with assistant coach Alexa Golden. Salisbury saw action in 46 games and made 12 starts during the next two seasons and was a member of Starkey’s first team that won the Mid-American Conference East Division championship and earned a WNIT appearance in 2017. She was an Academic All-MAC honoree in 2017.
Salisbury then transferred to Ursuline College, where she led the Great Midwest Athletic Conference in assist-to-turnover ratio in back-to-back-seasons. She was among the NCAA Division II leaders during the 2017-18 season and ranked ninth (2.47), while also finishing 13th in minutes per game (36.55). Salisbury played in 57 games over two seasons and posted averages of 8.2 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists per contest. She was named to the Academic All-GMAC Team as a senior. Following her final season on the hardwood, she joined the Arrows’ softball program and earned All-GMAC Second Team honors.
The Northeast Ohio native was a four-year letterwinner at Brunswick High School, where she set the school record for most games played and was a two-time All-Ohio selection.
Salisbury earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in Biology and Mathematics from Ursuline in 2019. She then completed her MBA from Lake Erie in 2021.
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