Lincoln University Athletics

Mary Rotimi was born in Brooklyn New York where she spent her the first 11 years of her life  until her family relocated to Philadelphia PA. She attended Frankford H.S and that’s where she was first introduced to the game of basketball. While on the girls team at Frankford Mary quickly developed an excellent skill for rebounding the basketball as well as scoring in the low post, skills that she would carry with her during her college playing career at Lincoln University.

While at Lincoln Mary was a starting center with career averages of 12.2 points per game along with 10.8 rebounds. In dominating fashion during the 2003-2007 she had a total of 37 double doubles, the most ever by a Lions women’s basketball player.  During her senior year she was the second leading rebounder in the nation (13.7), and won a total of four all-tournament team awards as well as being named to the Association of Division III Independent Team as a first team honoree. She finished her career with totals of 921 points and 814 rebounds and capped of an excellent career by winning Lincoln University’s 2007 Female Athlete of the Year.

Mary graduated from Lincoln University in 2007 with a Bachelor’s degree in Health Science. Upon graduating she went on to receive her master’s in Public Administration and Sports Management and Athletics from West Chester University in 2011.  Since College Mary has served as an Assistant Athletic Director at Cedar Crest College. She also shared her vast knowledge of the game of basketball by acting as an Assistant Coach for the Wilmington University Women’s basketball team as well as head coach of the Women’s Basketball team at Delaware Community College. Currently Mary is a Program Director at the Boys and Girls Club of Philadelphia.