Women's Basketball | May 23, 2018

PHILADELPHIA - La Salle University head women's basketball coach Mountain MacGillivray has announced that Gillian "Boo" Abshire has been added to his staff as an assistant coach. Abshire was a four-year letterwinner under MacGillivray at Quinnipiac and most recently served as a graduate assistant coach at VCU. 

"As a player, Boo was the best leader I have ever had the privilege to coach," MacGillivray said. "I am so excited to have her on our staff here at La Salle. Our players are going to benefit from her ability to communicate what it takes to be successful on and off the court." 

Abshire started at point guard throughout her four-year career with the Bobcats, leading the team to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances. A native of Washington, D.C., Abshire played and started in 134 contests as Quinnipiac compiled an overall record of 104-30 (.737 winning percentage) and an impressive 65-11 (.855) mark in league play during her time with the program.

"I am excited and honored to be a part of the La Salle women's basketball program," Abshire said. "Having played for Coach Mountain, I know very well and respect how great of a coach he is - but more importantly I appreciate how great a person he is. I am really looking forward to working with him and our staff to help build the La Salle women's basketball program."

As a sophomore, the Bobcats went a perfect 18-0 in Northeast Conference play and earned the league's tournament championship and subsequent NCAA Tournament bid with a resounding win over Saint Francis U., 72-33.

Two years later, Abshire was a Second Team All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference selection, shooting a career-best 40.7 percent from three-point range. The Bobcats ran through the MAAC with a perfect 20-0 record and once again advanced to the NCAA Tournament. Quinnipiac's all-time leader in career assists with 704, Abshire was a superior distributor for QU and set an NCAA single-season record for assist-to-turnover ratio as a senior (4.15). 

Upon graduation, Abshire played professionally for two years in Denmark where she won the Danish national title with Virum GoDream. She returned to the United States last year and earned her master's degree at the VCU Center for Sports Leadership.