Nandy Lukusa - Women's Basketball Graduate Manager - Women's Basketball Support Staff

Nandy Lukusa

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Women's Basketball Graduate Manager

Nandy Lukusa recently completed his second season as a graduate manager with the women's basketball program in 2022-23. Head coach Robyn Fralick announced his hiring in September of 2021.

In Lukusa's two seasons on the staff, the Falcons have posted an overall record of 48-23 and a Mid-American Conference mark of 24-14. BGSU has qualified for national postseason play in each of those two seasons.

The Falcons went 31-7 in 2022-23, tying the school and MAC single-season records for victories. With a wildly entertaining style of play, BGSU shattered the school records for points, field goals made and attempted, rebounds and steals this season. The Falcons led the MAC in six statistical team categories, and BGSU was ranked among the top-22 teams in the country in no fewer than nine categories, including assists, steals, turnovers forced, scoring offense, scoring margin and, most importantly, winning percentage.

BGSU advanced to the WNIT and won four games in that tournament. BG downed Liberty, Green Bay, Memphis and Florida to advance to the semifinals of that 64-team tourney for the first time in school history. The last two games -- vs. UF and Columbia -- were played before loud, raucous crowds at the Stroh Center.

In the '21-22 campaign, BGSU lost nearly 75 player-games to injury -- including losing the reigning Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year just days before the start of the season -- but the Falcons posted 17 wins and made a second consecutive national postseason berth. BG won 10 games in MAC play, were selected to participate in the Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) and went 2-1 in that tourney, finishing the '21-22 season with a victory.

BG went 17-16 overall and 10-10 in league play, and the Falcons led the conference in overall field-goal percentage as well as three-point field-goal rate. BGSU was ranked fourth in the entire nation in the latter category, shooting 38.4% from the arc in 2021-22.

The '21-22 Falcons also finished among the top-40 teams in the country in scoring, assists and steals, displaying an exciting brand of 'team-first' basketball typified by Fralick-coached squads over the years.

Lukusa came to BGSU from Grand Valley State University, where he most recently served as a Gameday Operations Coordinator within the athletics department. His duties within that role included setup and tear-down for numerous sporting events, including football, basketball, lacrosse, baseball, softball, volleyball and track and field, as well as enhancing the game-day experience for fans and athletes.

Lukusa also worked with the Grand Rapids Storm travel basketball organization, with involvement in game management, ticket sales and facility-related matters. He spent nearly two years at GVSU and just over two years with the Storm.

He also worked with the Grand Rapids Drive as a promotions coordinator.

Lukusa graduated in April of 2021 from GVSU, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Sport Management. A member of the GVSU Leadership Board, he was a Sport Management Leadership Representative and was named to the Dean's List on multiple occasions.