Kate (Pierangeli) Pearson begins her second season as the Cabrini women's basketball head coach in 2010-11. Pearson took over leadership of the women’s basketball program in July 2009 following five seasons as an assistant coach with the Cavaliers.
Pearson mentored the Blue & White to a 15-11 overall finish and 10-4 CSAC mark in 2009-10. The Cavaliers earned the No. 3 seed for the postseason tournament.
Under Pearson's tutelage, seniors Alyssa Brady and Deana DiAmico claimed CSAC First Team honors. DiAmico netted the 1,000th point of her Cabrini career during the regular season.
Pearson inherited a Cavaliers team that captured two consecutive Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) titles and advanced to two straight NCAA Tournaments.
Pearson joined the Cabrini sidelines in 2004-05 as an assistant to head coach Bobbi Morgan. In four seasons alongside Morgan, the Cavaliers posted a 66-41 overall record, captured one CSAC championship, advanced to one NCAA Tournament and appeared in two conference title games.
In 2008-09, Pearson helped guide Cabrini to its second consecutive CSAC crown and trip to the NCAA Tournament under head coach Bernadette Laukaitis. The Cavaliers claimed the conference regular season title for the first time since the 1996-97 campaign.
Pearson played four seasons at perennial Division III power Scranton under legendary head coach Mike Strong. With Pearson in the backcourt, the Lady Royals owned a 95-18 record, captured two Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) titles and appeared in three NCAA Tournaments.
Pearson was twice selected a Kodak All-American and earned MAC First Team honors three times. She lists first all-time in program history in career three-point field goals made (181) and attempted (551). Pearson also ranks fourth all-time in assists (427), fourth in steals (263) and sixth in free-throw percentage (.742). She lists 11th all-time, scoring 1,292 career points.
Pearson drained a program-record 58 three-point field goals in 2002-03. She led the Lady Royals in scoring and assists in each of her final three seasons from 2001-2004.
Pearson was also a three-year letterwinner with the women’s lacrosse team at Scranton, winning two MAC crowns and appearing in two NCAA Tournaments. She was a three-time MAC First Team honoree. Pearson was named the Tom O’Hara Award recipient in 2004 as the school’s top female athlete.
Pearson’s ties to Cabrini extend well before her first season as an assistant coach with the women’s basketball team in 2004-05. Her mother, Dianne, coached the Cavalier women’s soccer team for nine seasons from 1993-2001.
Pearson graduated from Scranton in 2004 with a bachelor of arts degree in communication. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in secondary education English at Cabrini.
Kate and her husband, Mike, reside in West Chester, Pa.
