2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster

 
Head Coach Nicole Bullock's 2025-26 squad features a combination of both incoming talent (eight freshman, two transfers) and experienced returners.

AMCC Preseason Player to Watch, Kayla Johnson will be a leader for the Hawks on and off the floor. Johnson, a junior guard and team captain from Buffalo, NY, started all 25 games a year ago, averaging 34.2 minutes a contest. Johnson posted 7.7 points and 3.6 rebounds a night while shooting 70.3% from the foul line. Her 192 points, 90 boards, and 50 assists all more than doubled her previous season-highs in those statistics.

Sophomore and team captain Learsi Sabala will look to contribute right away in her first year of on-court action for the Hawks. Sabala, a 5'6 guard from Buffalo, NY, missed her first year with Hilbert due to injury following a successful and decorated high school career at South Park. The 2023 Buffalo City Player of the Year led her team with 16.6 points, 10.5 rebounds, and 6.7 assists and is the South Park High School Career Assist Leader.

The team's lone senior, Jessee Jonathan, is entering her second year with the Women's Basketball team after appearing in 23 games in 2024-25. Jonathan, a three-sport athlete at Hilbert, recorded 33 points, 26 rebounds, seven assists, two blocks and 10 steals a year ago with a career-high nine points against Carlow and four rebounds against Wittenberg.
 

2025-26 Women's Basketball Schedule

The Hawks open their season with a home-opener, triple header on Friday, November 7.  The women's team will welcome Alfred University at 3 p.m. in advance of the men's basketball Hawks Against Hunger Tip-Off tournament at 5:30 p.m.  

Following the early road trip to Fredonia State November 12th, Hilbert returns home for a four-game non-conference stretch, welcoming Elmira College, Houghton University, Keuka College, and St. John Fisher University. 

Hilbert will squeeze three additional non-conference games onto their schedule just after they begin conference play in early December.  The Hawks will travel to cross-town rival Buffalo State University December 10th then fly to Hawaii to compete in the Big Island Holiday Classic against Loras College (December 16) and Blackburn College (December 17).  

The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action begins on the road against Pitt-Bradford on December 3, followed by a matchup with Mount Aloysius on Saturday, December 6. They will wrap up the fall semester of their league schedule at home against Carlow University on December 13th. 

The Hawks will begin 2026 with a 13-game stretch of AMCC action. During this run, Hilbert will face off against Penn State Altoona, Penn State Behrend, La Roche, Pitt-Greensburg, and Alfred State—each both home and away. The team will also meet Carlow and Pitt-Bradford again in repeat conference matchups. 

The AMCC Championship Tournament is set to begin with a First-Round game on Tuesday, February 24, hosted by the higher-seeded team. The semifinal round will take place on Friday, February 27, at the site of the #1 seed, followed by the Championship game on Saturday, February 28. 
 

2025-26 Women's Basketball Coaching Staff

Head coach Nicole Bullock enters her fifth season with the Hawks. She has guided the Hawks to a pair of postseason trips, including a run to the AMCC semifinals in 2023. Bullock has coached five all-conference student athletes and an AMCC Defensive Player of the Year in her time at Hilbert. Last season, Bullock coached the Hawks to the third-fewest fouls per game (10.8) in all of Division III.

Returning for her second season is Assistant Coach, Taylor Hansen, who joined Bullock's staff a year ago after completing a four-year playing career with SUNY Geneseo. Hansen served as a team captain for the Knights for two seasons and was named the 2021-22 SUNYAC Co-Defensive Player of the Year.

Danny Glover rounds out the coaching staff and he brings over a decade of collegiate coaching, player development, and program-building experience. Glover most recently spent nine seasons as the head women's basketball coach at D'Youville University, where he guided the program to three postseason appearances, including one of the most successful campaigns in school history with an 18-9 record and a trip to the AMCC semifinals.

Jason Becker will support the Women's Basketball program by serving as the team's Faculty Team Advisor. He is an additional source of academic support and serves as a resource regarding academic issues for the Women's Basketball student-athletes and coaches.Becker's association with the department also creates a communication link between faculty, student-athletes, and coaches.