SEATTLE (June 6) -- Lindsey Dion, the University of Oregon's emotional leader on their Pac-10 championship team in 2000 and co-captain of another NCAA tournament team in 2001, has been named assistant coach of women's basketball at Seattle Pacific University.

Dion, 22, served as a volunteer graduate assistant at Oregon this past season when first-year coach Bev Smith guided the Ducks to a WNIT title.

Dion, who will be the top aide to head coach Gordy Presnell, replaces Lynne DeYoung, who resigned May 7 after five seasons to become head coach at Chico State.

During her playing career, Dion was a three-year starter at forward and was a member of squads which reached the NCAA tournament four consecutive years from 1998-2001 and won Pac-10 championships in 1999 and 2000. She made honorable mention all-conference as a junior and senior and honorable mention academic all-conference her final three seasons.

Dion, native of Fresno, Calif., graduated from Clovis West High School, earning Northwest Yosemite League MVP as a senior. She graduated from Oregon with a bachelor's degree in educational studies.