Amy Dick, who returns for her fourth season as an assistant women’s basketball coach, has served Rutgers-Camden in just about every fashion. Prior to her coaching, she played three seasons with the Lady Raptors’ basketball team, where she was a member of the first New Jersey Athletic Conference championship squad in school history. She also earned one softball letter during her Rutgers-Camden career.

        A 2003 Rutgers-Camden graduate with a B.A. in English, Dick is now pursuing her Master’s degree in English Literature at the school. She also joined the athletic department full-time in 2005, where she now serves as the school’s Business Assistant.

        Amy played three seasons with the women’s basketball program, capped by the banner 2002-03 campaign when she helped guide the Lady Raptors to the NJAC championship. That club was the first team in school history – for any sport – to win the NJAC title and play in the NCAA tournament.

        As Rutgers-Camden’s valuable sixth player during her senior year in 2002-03, Amy averaged 5.4 points and 1.4 rebounds while playing in all 29 games. She made six starts and hit double figures in scoring on three occasions, including her season high of 16 points against the Apprentice School (Feb. 2, 2003). That game, coming on the heels of a nine-point performance at New Jersey City University the night before, helped her earn the school’s Raptor of the Week honor on Feb. 3. In those two games, she went 10-for-14 from the floor, including 5-for-7 from three-point range.

        Amy notched 12 points in a first-round NJAC playoff win at Kean University (Feb. 27, 2003) and scored 10 points against Richard Stockton (Feb. 5). During her senior season, she also tied her career high of three steals against William Paterson (Jan. 18). She finished the campaign fifth on the team in scoring (6.9 ppg), fifth in rebounding (4.7 rpg), second in three-point field goals (25) and second in three-point field goal percentage (35.2).

        Her performance as a senior helped Amy share the Samuel Strauss Memorial Award with teammate Allison Cooney. The award is given annually to the team’s Most Dedicated Player.

        The 2002-03 season was a triumphant return to the court for the senior guard after sitting out the 2001-02 season with an injury. She finished her career with three Rutgers-Camden basketball letters. She also earned one basketball letter at Camden County College before transferring to Rutgers-Camden along with her twin sister, Betty Anne.

        Amy helped Rutgers-Camden qualify for the NJAC and ECAC Metro NY/NJ playoffs during her junior season (2000-01), appearing in 27 games and averaging 1.5 points and 1.4 rebounds. She collected six points, three rebounds, two assists and a steal as the Raptors defeated York College Feb. 28, 2001, to start their run to the ECAC tournament final.

        She averaged 7.3 points and 4.0 rebounds in her first season with the Raptors (1999-2000), in addition to leading the team in foul shooting (59.4 percent). She hit double figures in scoring six times, including a career-high 18 against New Jersey City (Dec. 11, 1999) and 17 against William Paterson (Nov. 27, 1999).

        Amy also played catcher for the Rutgers-Camden softball program in 2001, playing in 27 games, hitting .237 with a .408 on-base percentage, drawing 11 walks and going 9-for-10 in stolen base attempts.

        Following her playing career, Amy served as an assistant basketball coach with the Lady Raptors during the 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons. After a year’s absence, she has returned to the bench as an assistant with new Raptor Head Coach Kate Bowes.

        A multi-sport athlete at Gloucester City High School, Dick received four varsity letters apiece in soccer and basketball, three in softball and one in track for the Lions. She captained the Lions’ soccer and basketball teams and was named the Unsung Hero in basketball as a junior. She also received the Coaches Award as Most Dedicated Basketball Player as a junior and a senior, and shared the Marshall Halphen Award (senior boy/girl most dedicated to their sport) with her sister Betty Anne. A two-year member of the National Honor Society in high school, she graduated eighth in her Gloucester City High class of 150.