Guiding MSU to the 2006 NCAA Championship Tournament in just her second season at the helm of the Spartan program, Cathy George has quickly led the Green and White back to its prominence as a nationally prominent program. George led a rebuilding Spartan squad to a 19-12 overall record, including a 10-10 (6th) Big Ten Conference mark in 2006, and its first trip to postseason play since the 2003 campaign. During her first season with the Spartans (2005), she directed MSU to a 12-18 record, including a 5-15, ninth-place finish in the conference standings.