Susan Robinson Fruchtl

Susan Robinson Fruchtl

Personal information
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Career information
College	Penn State (1988–1993)
Position	Forward
Career highlights and awards
Wade Trophy (1992) All-American – USBWA, Kodak (1992)

Susan Robinson Fruchtl is the former athletic director at Saint Francis University.

College

Susan Robinson graduated in 1992 from Penn State University with a B.S. in exercise and sports science. In 1992, she was named a consensus All-American and won the Wade Trophy as the best women's college basketball player in NCAA Division I, after previously winning Atlantic 10 Freshman-of-the-Year honors, twice being named to the All-Atlantic 10 Conference team, and chosen as the conference Player of the Year in 1991. Her 2,253 career points stood as a school record, until eclipsed in 2004.

Robinson Fruchtl holds a master's degree in higher education from Penn State.

Penn State statistics

Source

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1989	Penn State	28	503	51.6%	0.0%	82.2%	9.3	1.4	2.0	0.6	18.0
1990	Penn State	32	633	50.1%	33.3%	88.5%	9.4	1.7	1.3	0.3	19.8
1991	Penn State	31	560	54.7%	41.9%	88.6%	8.4	1.9	1.4	0.3	18.1
1992	Penn State	31	557	51.2%	40.4%	90.7%	7.9	1.5	1.3	0.2	18.0
Career		122	2253	51.8%	40.0%	87.4%	8.8	1.6	1.5	0.3	18.5

Coaching

Robinson Fruchtl served as an assistant coach at Penn State from 1993 to 1998, later rejoining the staff in May 2004. In June 2000, she became head girls' basketball coach at Beaver Area High School, ultimately leading the team to the PIAA Class AAA playoffs in her final two seasons.

Robinson Fruchtl was coach at Saint Francis from 2007 to 2012 with her 74 career wins tied for third on the school's list. She was named the 2011 NEC Coach of the Year. She then served as the head women's basketball coach at Providence for four seasons.

Robinson Fruchtl returned to coaching the Red Flash during the 2018–19 season when Joe Haigh took a leave of absence on November 13, 2018, and continued in that role for the rest of the season following Haigh's resignation on February 1, 2019.

Administration

Robinson Fruchtl returned to Saint Francis University as director of athletics.

Family

She married Tony Fruchtl in 1997.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Saint Francis (Northeast Conference) (2007–2012)
2007–08	Saint Francis	6–23	3–15	T–10th
2008–09	Saint Francis	15–17	11–7	T–3rd
2009–10	Saint Francis	17–15	11–7	T–4th	NCAA round of 64
2010–11	Saint Francis	22–12	14–4	1st	NCAA round of 64
2011–12	Saint Francis	14–16	11–7	T–4th
Saint Francis:		74–83	50–40
Providence (Big East Conference) (2012–2016)
2012–13	Providence	7–23	2–14	14th
2013–14	Providence	7–23	2–16	10th
2014–15	Providence	6–24	3–15	9th
2015–16	Providence	5–24	1–17	10th
Providence:		25–94	8–62
Saint Francis (Northeast Conference) (2018–2019)
2018–19	Saint Francis	16–17	11–7	4th
Saint Francis:		90–100	61–47
Total:		115–194
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

See also

• List of NCAA Division I athletic directors

External links

• Saint Francis profile