Women's Basketball

Renee Lavoie enters her second year with the Rhode Island women's basketball team in 2009-10. A 2008 graduate of the University of Rhode Island, she earned her Bachelor's of Arts in Journalism while completing internships in the URI Sports Communications office as well as with the Rhody Life Skills program. Lavoie also spent her junior and senior years working at Narragansett Elementary School as part of the URI Mentoring & Tutoring internship. A dean's list student at URI, Lavoie was a four-year member of the Rhody swimming & diving team while serving as team captain her senior year. She also spent two years as the Chair of Marketing on URI's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and was a two-year secretary for the URI Society of Professional Journalists. In her current role with the Rams, she coordinates team travel and video operations - including in-game taping and opponent film exchange - as well as scheduling of home and away practices. A native of West Warwick, R.I., Lavoie currently resides in Providence. updated: 8/25/09