Returning for her second year in charge of the defense is Trisha Raniewicz. Prior to joining the Falcon coaching staff, she spent the 2007-08 year as the head varsity coach at LaSalle High School in Pasadena. Prior to that, Raniewicz was an assistant coach at Menlo College (2006-07) and helped lead them to a 25-3 record and #7 national ranking. Her coaching career also includes serving as a varsity assistant coach at Mater Dei High (2005-06), while her career started as a graduate assistant coach from 2003-05 at Cal State Fullerton. During the summer of 2007, Raniewicz was a video coordinator and scout for the Houston Comets of the WNBA.

As a student at Our Lady of Mercy High in Rochester, NY, Raniewicz was selected the Rochester Player of the Year in 1999, while she was also a three-time league Most Valuable Player and graduated as the school’s all-time leading scorer. In her freshman year, she helped lead the team with the sectional championship. As a soccer player, Raniewicz led her team to two sectional titles. She went on to attend Cal State San Bernardino and was their Team Captain her senior year and helped them to a 17-11 record.

Raniewicz earned her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Cal State San Bernardino in 2003 and her Master’s degree in Kinesiology from Cal State Fullerton in 2005. Raniewicz is single and lives in Pasadena.