Keisha Anderson, an assistant coach under current head coach DeWayne Burroughs throughout much of his time at Shawnee State, will enter her fourth season as an assistant coach to Burroughs when the 2025-26Â season begins this fall.
During the 2024-25 season, Shawnee State officially cemented its rise back to the national stage -- as Anderson helped guide Shawnee State to a 28-5 overall record, which included the women's basketball program's 900th program win in its history and going through the River States Conference in a clean sweep of affairs in the regular season (16-0) that included a sweep of nationally ranked Rio Grande, its archrival, during the season.
After finishing as the RSC Championship Tournament Runner-Up, Shawnee State advanced to the NAIA National Tournament, where the Bears claimed an NAIA Opening Round victory over Loyola (La.), 70-62, to advance to the NAIA Second Round where Shawnee State gave No. 7 Cumberlands (Ky.) a battle before dropping a 71-66 contest. The season, which featured a 20-game win streak for the Bears, saw Shawnee State lead the RSC in defensive points per game (55.7) while finishing second in the RSC in defensive field goal percentage (36.5) and rebounding margin (plus-7.8).
Ultimately, Shawnee State won 20 straight games during the season -- and the women's basketball program had four individuals earn All-RSC honors, including Cianna Gloster and Miyoshi Ellis, who were each named First-Team All-RSC honorees, and sophomores Jariah Steele and Emily Maynard, who were each named as Third-Team All-RSC recipients.
In 2023-24, Anderson helped oversee a defense that was the top-ranked River States Conference defense (60.1) by over five points per contest, and the nation's 32nd ranked scoring defense as a whole. The SSU defense was also elite from a field goal percentage perspective, as Shawnee State finished tops in the RSC (35.4 percent), as well as 20th in the NAIA.
Collegiately, Anderson, after two seasons at top-level Florida JUCO Indian River State College, moved on to Lindsey Wilson, where the Kingston, Jamaica native helped the Blue Raiders advance to the Mid-South Conference Championship Game as a junior, then claim a NAIA National Tournament At-Large bid as a senior. Lindsey Wilson ultimately went 38-29 in Anderson's two seasons on campus, including 22-13 in Anderson's senior year.
