Erica Kirwan enters her second season with Coach Reilly. She assists with all phases of the program, including recruiting, scouting, practice execution, game coaching and alumni relations.

Kirwan played four seasons of basketball under Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Hall of Famer Barbara Stevens on a full scholarship at Bentley College. Playing for an elite NCAA Div. II program, she helped the Falcons garner four NE-10 conference tournament appearances and three NCAA Div. II National Tournaments, reaching the Sweet 16 twice.

As a senior in 2007-08, she served as a co-captain, playing in 27 games, starting 25 of them. Kirwan averaged 7.9 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.1 steals per game. She scored a season-high 25 points vs. Southern Connecticut on Feb. 26, while hauling in 14 rebounds on three separate occasions.

As a junior in 2006-07, Kirwan appeared in 30 games, starting 27 of them, averaging 5.7 points and 4.7 rebounds, while playing 21.2 minutes a game. She was third on the team in offensive rebounds with 44. Kirwan scored in double figures five times, with a high of 12 opening night against Bridgeport and then again against St. Michael’s on Dec. 17. She pulled down a career-best 13 rebounds at St. Michael’s Feb. 6 and came up with four steals at UMass-Lowell Nov. 26.

Kirwan is a 2004 graduate of North Kingstown High School where she was a three-time All-State selection. She scored over 1,500 points in her career for the Skippers.

She earned a bachelors degree in business management, while minoring in sociology, from Bentley in 2008. Kirwan is currently enrolled in the full-time MBA at the University of Rhode Island.  She is a member of the WBCA.

She is single and resides in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.