HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - Northern Kentucky University women’s basketball head coach Nancy Winstel announced Wednesday that Travece Turner has joined the Norse as an assistant coach.

Turner is a 2003 graduate of Morehead State and was a standout basketball player for the Lady Eagles for three seasons. After spending her freshman year at the University of Richmond, Turner transferred to Morehead State and became one of the Ohio Valley Conference’s top players.

As a senior, Turner averaged 15.1 points and 3.1 rebounds to earn first team All-OVC honors. As a junior she was named second team All-OVC.

Turner later became the first Morehead State student-athlete to be selected as the state of Kentucky’s winner of the NCAA Woman of the Year Award. She was also a 2003 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar and a member of the 2003 Verizon Regional All-Academic Team.

In addition, Turner was named Morehead State’s outstanding student in the department of communications and Theatre in 2003.

“We are excited to have Travece join our staff because she excelled as a student in the classroom and on the court, and she knows what it takes to be successful at both,” Winstel said.

Turner, who attended Holmes High School before transferring to Madison Central, was named to the Kentucky All-Star Team after her senior year in 1998. She finished her prep career having scored more than 2,000 points.