Coaching Staff
Karen Kase - Varsity head coach Barb Davis - Varsity asst coach Matt Cajuste - Varsity asst coach Brittany Sebera - JV head coach Angela Piloseno & Erin Wojciak - 9th coaches |
The 2023-24 season marked Karen Kase’s 11th year as head coach at Medina and 13th year overall on the coaching staff. Kase is the all-time leader in coaching victories at MHS, surpassing her own two high school coaches - John Semenik & Dale Weygandt - in 2021. She has guided the Bees to Districts in 10 of her 11 seasons and to Regionals 3x along with winning the Greater Cleveland Conference in 2019-20 & 2020-21. She has coached 5x at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse and 5x at Medina County Hoopla. She served as coach of the D1/2 squad during the 2022 OHSBCA Ohio North-South All-Star Game and earned a Theta Phi Alpha Community Service Award in April of 2022 for her time & effort spent coaching youth sports.
The Bees reached the Regional Finals in 2024 after defeating Hoban for the District Championship and Uniontown Lake in the Regional Semi's. It marked the first time in 42 years the Bees advanced that far and just the 4th such time overall. The team's 23 victories ties the program record for wins in a season. On Nov 29, 2021, Medina defeated Westlake to make Kase the winningest coach in Medina Girls Basketball history. The 2020-21 team made it back-to-back league titles for the Bees, and the squad went undefeated in February with 10 wins in a row. Medina defeated Midview & Highland for the District Championship, and advanced to Regionals where they were able to play on their home court as Medina served as host school but feel to Glen Oak. Five players were named to All-GCC Teams: Sarah McKee, Shannon Wojciak, Aly Dwyer, Elizabeth Stuart and Hailey Tripp. On Jan 29, 2020, Kase's team defeated Brunswick for her 100th career win. The team also claimed the league title for the first time in 7 seasons, winning the 2019-20 Greater Cleveland Conference Championship. Along with her staff of Paula Midlik, Brittany Sebera, Barb Davis-- Kase earned GCC Coach of the Year. Six players were also named to the All-GCC Teams, highlighted by Player of the Year Lindsey Linard. Kase guided the 2018-19 squad to a 23-3 record which included a remarkable 18-0 start to the season, wins over Magnificat and St. Joseph Academy to win a District Championship, and the Bees’ first berth in the Regionals since 1992-93 when she was a sophomore. The team also won the KSA Championship in Orlando, Florida. Thanks to the team’s success, she was named the Medina Gazette Winter Coach of the Year. A 1995 graduate of MHS, Kase played basketball, soccer and softball. She ended her career ranked 4th on Medina’s all-time girls basketball scoring list and was a starter on the 23-1 team that reached the Regional Semifinals in 1993. Kase earned 11 letters in high school and was inducted into the Medina County Sports Hall of Fame in 2008. Coach Kase attended Xavier University and was a member of the soccer team for four years, helping the team to a first-ever NCAA appearance. She graduated with degrees in sport management and business, and later earned her master’s degree from Duquesne University in leadership. - Kase has always been involved with basketball – as a player, front office employee & coach. Before moving back to Ohio, she spent 15 years in various sports marketing and public relations roles across the United States. She has worked for Xavier University, the PAC-10 Conference, Golden State Warriors, Phoenix Suns/Phoenix Mercury, Cleveland Cavaliers, Charlotte Sting and the NBA. For four years, she oversaw basketball communications for the WNBA at the league’s headquarters in New York City and worked closely with media, teams, players and staff. Kase works at Guardian Angels Church and has also been a freelance sports writer for various publications. She has volunteered as a Junior Achievement sports marketing teacher at Lake High School and a classroom speaker at Medina High School & St. Francis Xavier School. - Kase has been a member of the Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association (OHSBCA), the Greater Cleveland Basketball Coaches Association (GCBCA), the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), and the Tri-County Basketball Coaches Association (WTCBCA). - Former players that have gone on to play basketball in college (Club or Varsity) include: Casey Midlik, Liz Jones, Christina Vukovich, Clover Kaple, Margaret Swiecicki, Delaney Cullen, Amanda Holzman, Madison Luthy, Lindsey Linard, Aly Dwyer, Sarah McKee and Shannon Wojciak. |
Recent MGB Season Records
2023-24 23-5 Regional Finals 2022-23 16-9 District Semi's 2021-22 17-8 District Semi's 2020-21 19-7 Regional Semi's 2019-20 17-7 District Semi's 2018-19 23-3 Regional Semi's 2017-18 15-10 District Semi's 2016-17 District Finals 2015-16 District Semi's 2014-15 District Semi's 2013-14 Sectionals 2012-13 District Semi's 2011-12 District Finals 2010-11 District Semi's 2009-2010 Sectionals |