Alisha Mosley
Alisha Mosley
Title: Head Coach
Phone: 410-810-7462
College: Wake Forest '00
Office Location: Cain Athletic Center - Second Floor

Alisha Mosley was named the fifth head coach in Washington College women's basketball history in May 2013. Mosley, who most recently served as recruiting coordinator at Loyola University Maryland since 2005, was an assistant coach at the NCAA Division I level since 2001. 

As assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Loyola, Mosley managed the Greyhounds' recruiting efforts and budget, advised and monitored her team's academic progress, organized and managed various camps, coordinated community service activities, created in-depth scouting reports, and assisted with on-the-floor coaching. Mosley also got her start in collegiate coaching at Loyola as she first served as an assistant coach for the Greyhounds from 2001-2004. In between her two tenures at Loyola, she served one season as an assistant coach at Georgetown University. 

With Mosley on the sidelines, Loyola won its first-ever postseason game in 2011, recording a victory over Old Dominion in the first round of the Women's National Invitational Tournament (WNIT). The Greyhounds also finished second in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) that season and equalled the single-season school record by winning 21 games. She coached five All-MAAC players and two MAAC All-Rookie Team members, as well as the 2011 MAAC Defensive Player of the Year and the 2003 MAAC Rookie of the Year during her time at Loyola.

During her collegiate playing days, Mosley was a standout performer at Division I Wake Forest University. As a senior, she was named an All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) honorable mention and her team's Most Valuable Player. As a freshman, she earned ACC Rookie of the Week honors and landed on the ACC's Rookie Team. When she graduated from Wake Forest, she ranked third all-time at the school in made three-pointers, eighth in free-throw percentage, and 10th in assists. She went on to play one year for the Atlanta Blackhawks, a semi-professional team in the since defunct National Women's Basketball League. 

Mosley was inducted into the Howard County Women's Athletics Hall of Fame in 2012. As a high school player at Mt. Hebron High School, she was a two-time Howard County Player of the Year and a two-time member of The Baltimore Sun's All-Metro team. She led the state of Maryland in scoring as a senior, pouring in 28.4 points per game and earning All-Maryland honors from USA Today.

Mosley earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Wake Forest in 2000 and a Masters in Education, Administration and Supervision from Loyola in 2005. She was a Dean's List student at Wake Forest for four years in a row and was recognized with a Robin Roberts/Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Communication Scholarship. She completed internships at Channel 5 Television in Nashville and at Fox Sports Net in Atlanta. She has been a member of the WBCA since 2001 and a member of the Black Coaches Association (BCA) since 2007.

Melissa Brooks
Melissa Brooks
Title: Assistant Coach
Phone: 410-810-7456
Email: mbrooks3@washcoll.edu
College: Holy Family '09
Office Location: Cain Athletic Center - Second Floor

Melissa Brooks was named an assistant coach for the Shorewomen in June 2012. Brooks spent the 2011-12 season as an assistant coach at Marymount University, serving as the Saints' recruiting coordinator and helping guide them to a berth in the Capital Athletic Conference semifinals.

Brooks played collegiate basketball at Division II Holy Family University, where she scored 1,115 career points as the Tigers posted a won-loss record of 116-13, won back-to-back Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Championships, and competed in four NCAA Division II National Championship Tournaments during her four years on the team. She was named the CACC's Rookie of the Year in 2006 and was named to the All-CACC third team in 2007 and again in 2009.

Following her graduation from Holy Family, Brooks went on to spend two years as an assistant varsity girls basketball and softball coach, Physical Education instructor, photography and film editor, and dorm teacher at The George School in Newtown, PA.

The 2005 Bucks County (PA) High School Player of the Year, Brooks was inducted into the Neshaminy High School Hall of Fame in 2012.  She received a B.A. in Media Arts Communications from Holy Family in 2009.