Courtesy of Geneseo Sports Information Department

GENESEO, N.Y. – SUNY Geneseo women's basketball head coach Scott Hemer is the recipient of the Pat Summitt Trophy presented to the 2016 United States Marine Corps/Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) NCAA Division III National Coach of the Year, announced Friday.

Named the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Women's Basketball Coach of the Year for the second-straight season, Hemer receives the award after guiding the Knights to their fourth-consecutive SUNYAC Championship game and back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances. Following a 51-45 victory over FDU-Florham in the first round of the tournament, Geneseo fell to host Stevens Institute, 66-60, in the second round to finish the season with a 21-8 record.

The first national women's basketball coach in program history, Hemer is the winningest coach in program history with a 165-84 record and has led the team to 20 or more wins five times. Hemer also coached two players to First-Team All-SUNYAC honors this season, senior captains Allison McKenna andDana Cohan. McKenna was also named WBCA All-America Honorable Mention and to D3hoops.com's All-East Region Second-Team.

The United States Marine Corps and the WBCA present the Pat Summitt Trophy, named for the legendary University of Tennessee coach, to the National Coach of the Year annually in each of the six WBCA membership divisions (NCAA Divisions I, II and III; NAIA; junior/community college and high school).

The national coach of the year is selected from a list of finalists composed of the eight regional coaches of the year, who are chosen by vote of their peers in their respective WBCA membership regions.