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Lenise Stallings enters her first season as an assistant women’s basketball coach at Mississippi Valley State. Prior to becoming full-time with first year Head Coach Jessica Kern, Stallings served as a graduate assistant from 2014-2016.
A four-year letter winner for the Devilettes, the Hattiesburg, Miss. native played in 124 career games. Stallings helped lead MVSU to an appearance in the 2013 SWAC Basketball Tournament Championship game her senior year. In 2012, she aided her team in earning a bid to the WNIT and a SWAC Regular Season title.
"I am honored to have one of Valley's own joining our Staff. Coach Stallings was Instrumental in several record-breaking milestones here and her championship and post season experience will assist us tremendously. Moreover, her ties to Mississippi and the surrounding communities is priceless when it comes to community engagement and recruitment,” stated Coach Kern.
Stallings shot 83 percent from the free-throw line, leading the team in that category each of her four seasons.
During her junior and senior seasons, she led the conference in three-point field goal percentage, shooting just over 40 percent, averaging 10.7 and 8.6 points in league play respectively.
Stallings led Hattiesburg High School to an appearance in the MHSAA 5A State Championship game her senior season. During the 2008-09 season, she was selected to play in the Mississippi Sports Medicine North/South All-Star Game.
In 2013, she earned her bachelor’s degree in Biology and master’s in Bioinformatics in 2016. Stallings has one daughter, Kyia.
