CENTER VALLEY, PA (Sept. 30, 2019) - Penn State Lehigh Valley Athletics & Head Coach Lorie Khalil would like to welcome a new addition to the Women's Basketball Staff, Advia Campbell. Campbell enters her 1st season as an assistant coach with the Penn State Lehigh Valley Women's Basketball program.
Campbell is a 2015 Kutztown University graduate. Following her playing career, she went on to coach one year at Bloomsburg University, and another at Slippery Rock University, before returning back to her alma mater, Kutztown University, in 2017. Campbell spent 2 seasons as an assistant coach with the KU Golden Bears before joining the PSULV Women's Basketball Staff this season.
As a player, Campbell was a two-time All-PSAC East selection and a two-time PSAC East Defensive Athlete of the Year. She started in 80-of-112 career games and was a 1,000-point scorer for the Golden Bears with 1,018.
Campbell posted the program's first-ever triple-double on Dec. 7, 2014, with 11 points, 15 rebounds and a school-record 10 blocks. She owns the single-season blocks record with 76 and ranks second in school history with 181 in her career. She also ranks sixth in school history in rebounds (739) and seventh in steals (182) for her career.
Campbell will be joining a program that came off its best season in school history in 2019, with a record of 25-3 with 24 straight wins and the first ever PSUAC Women's Basketball Championship. The season kicks off when the team travels to compete in the nationally ranked Messiah College Tip-Off tournament on Nov. 8th.