Girls Basketball

Tradition of Excellence

Regional Champions - 1985, 95, 97, 99, 05, 06, 17, 20

Sectional Champions - 2020

Super-Sectional Qualifier - 2020

Head Coach Eileen Copenhaver

Coach Copenhaver enters her 17^th year as the varsity head coach and director of the girls’ basketball program.  She is responsible for the development of players, coaches, and all girls’ teams within the Augustinian values of Truth, Unity and Love. Coach has guided the varsity team to  Regional Championships in 2006, 2017 and 2020.  In 2020, the team also won the Sectional Championship, advancing to the school’s first Super-Sectional contest.  More than 30 players who have played for Coach Copenhaver have continued their careers at the collegiate level, with 2 players advancing to play professionally overseas.  Personally, Coach Copenhaver has 15 years of collegiate coaching experience at Loyola University and the University of Illinois at Chicago, in addition to many years of youth and travel basketball experiences from the JJC Basketball Academy, Cardinal Joseph Bernardin school, The Truth Basketball organization and the M-14 program.  She is a member of Loyola University Athletic Hall of Fame, Girls Catholic Athletic Conference Hall of Fame, and Maria High School Athletic Hall of Fame.  Coach is a recipient of the 2017 U.S. Semper Fi Coach Award at the Glazier clinic  and the 2020 District 9 IBCA Coach of the Year award recipient.  Coach Copenhaver is honored to have former Celtics continue to play the game, be successful in their lives, have former Celtics on her coaching staff, maintain coaching friendships, and be able to coach with her son, Jim. She resides in Orland Park with her husband, Jim and son, Jim.

The current girls’ basketball coaching staff, detailed in the following, is dedicated, loyal, and passionate about the development of each player on and off the floor. 

Coach Michelle Karr Bommersbach is a 2008 Providence graduate, a former PC Celtic basketball standout, and a University of St. Francis collegiate player who brings playing experience and a passion for coaching.  As a Celtic, Coach Bommersbach served as a captain, scored over 1,000 points and played 3 sports (basketball, volleyball, and softball) for all 4 years.  Coach Bommersbach, the assistant varsity coach, enters her 9^th season on the Celtic staff.  She served 4 years as the sophomore head coach and 4 years as the varsity assistant.  Coach also has 5 years of travel basketball experience for The Truth AAU program.  Currently, Coach Bommersbach resides in New Lenox with her husband, Ryan and daughter, Quinn.

Coach Anna Sears is the head sophomore coach and is a Providence alum, class of 2006.  Coach Sears was a leader on the Regional Champion Celtics teams of 2005 and 2006, scored over 1,000 points in her varsity career, and went on to play at the University of St. Francis.  She joined the PC coaching staff in the 2017-2018 season and now begins her 4th year as sophomore head coach.  Coach Sears brings her love for the game and knowledge of basketball to practices and games in order to prepare her teams for the varsity level.

Coach Max Baldermann, a middle school science and history teacher at Oakview, begins his 4th year as head coach of the freshman team.  In addition to coaching at PC, Coach Baldermann has coached the 6th grade Oakview girls team for the past 6 years.  Coach Baldermann brings his experience and enthusiasm to the freshman class preparing them for the JV level.  Coach Baldermann lives in New Lenox with his wife, Kristen, and their two kids, Addison and Clark.  

Coach Jim Copenhaver is beginning his 3rd year on the PC staff.  Jim is a 2014 PC graduate who played 4 years of basektball at Providence.  Coach has worked at the JV and varsity levels of the program and spends his off seasons coaching at M-14 Academy in Aurora. 

Coach Jenna Maziur is entering her 12^th year on Coach Copenhaver’s staff, 6 as the sophomore head coach and 6 as an assistant on the varsity level.  She is a 2005 graduate of Carl Sandburg HS, where she played basketball all 4 years.  Coach Maziur then played collegiately at Augustana College. Coach Maziur brings years of travel basketball experience as a player and formerly a coach at the Orland Park Hoopla organization.   Her insight and knowledge of the game is invaluable to our program.  Coach Maziur is a resident of New Lenox with husband, Al and they have three boys, Al, Vinny and Joey.  

Coach Pat Brankin begins his 6^th year on the varsity bench as a volunteer assistant.  Coach Brankin is a graduate of Brother Rice HS where he played 4 years of basketball and baseball, and is a member of the Brother Rice Baseball Hall of Fame.  He brings over 16 years of basketball coaching experience, from the AAU/travel circuit with the JJC Jayhawks and Windy City Magic, to the high school and grade school levels.  Coach Brankin is a CPA, resides in Orland Park with his wife Susan, and has 3 children, Ryan, Colin and Allison, all of whom graduated from Providence Catholic.

The Celtics are fortunate to have such dedicated and caring coaches who have a true passion for the game of basketball and look forward to working with today's Celtics!