Lacey Shalenko, originally from Collinsville, Illinois, joined the SIUE women's basketball coaching staff as an assistant coach in May 2015.
Shalenko most recently was an assistant coach at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. She has deep roots in the St. Louis Metro area having played at UMSL as well as Collinsville High School.
Shalenko has been a staple of the UMSL women's basketball program since she began as a player in 2006. A captain her senior season, she led UMSL to the second round of the Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament for the first time in 10 seasons. After four seasons with the Tritons in which she was named a GLVC Council of Presidents' Academic Excellence Award winner in 2009, she transitioned into a role as a graduate assistant in 2010.
In 2013, she was named an assistant coach for the Tritons where she excelled in the roles of recruiting coordinator, academic mentor, video coordinator, and finance manager.
During the 2013-14 season, Shalenko helped the Tritons to a 21-8 record, the second-best mark in program history. The team advanced to the NCAA Division II Tournament after being ranked nationally in scoring defense, scoring margin, and rebounding margin.
In two seasons as an assistant coach, Shalenko helped four Triton players to All-GLVC honors.
Shalenko graduated from UMSL in 2010 with a bachelor's degree in business administration with magna cum laude honors and a master's of business administration in 2012.
