Hempen Hired as Women’s Basketball Assistant Coach – Washington University in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Washington University in St. Louis Head Women’s Basketball Coach Randi Henderson has announced the hiring of Katie Hempen as the program’s next assistant coach.
 
Hempen joins the Bears after a five-year stint at Division I Eastern Michigan University where she held several roles included video coordinator, graduate assistant, director of basketball operations, and most recently, assistant coach.
 
Prior to joining the staff as ESU, Hempen was the head coach for the Arizona Select Club Basketball Program from 2017-18, coaching the 13u and 16u Elite teams and serving as the assistant coach for the 17u Black and 17u Elite teams. Hempen was also an assistant women’s basketball coach at Desert Mountain High School from 2017-18.
 
Hempen was a decorated basketball player herself, starting her career in 2011 at Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville (SIUE) where she was named the Ohio Valley Conference Freshmen of the Year and was a member of the Ohio Valley Conference All-Newcomer team.
 
Following SIUE, Hempen transferred to Arizona State University where she finished out her collegiate career from 2012-16. In her time there, Hempen broke the program record for career 3-pointers as well as single-season 3-pointers and scored 1,000 points in three seasons at ASU. During her final season, she was named first team All-PAC 12.
 
In 2015, Hempen was part of Team USA that won gold at the World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea.
 
Following graduation, Hempen went on to play professionally for the Panathlitikos Sykeon in Thessaloniki, Greece.
 
Hempen holds a bachelor’s degree in family and human development from Arizona State University and a master’s degree in sport management from Eastern Michigan.
 
Hempen, her wife Devin and daughter Sage will officially join the Bears’ family on July 1.