UTSA extends contract of women’s basketball coach Karen Aston

Under Aston's tutelage, the program reached new heights during the 2024-25 season as the two-win squad she inherited won the American Athletic Conference regular-season championship just four years later. The Roadrunners went 26-4, including a 17-1 mark in league play, both of which serve as league records. UTSA compiled a 13-0 ledger at home, finishing undefeated at home for the first time since the 1984-85 campaign, which saw the squad go 9-0 in the Convocation Center.

Dating back to February of 2024, the 'Runners have won their last 16 games at home, another ongoing record, and the squad was an at-large selection to the Women's Basketball Invitational Tournament for back-to-back national postseason appearances.

Holding a career record of 349-208, Aston has gone 64-62 in her UTSA tenure, averaging a six-win improvement each season. An 18-15 record in 2023-24 was the Roadrunners' first winning season since 2014-15, and a Women's National Invitational Tournament berth was the program's first national postseason selection since 2008-09. An 80-62 win over Northern Colorado in the first round followed, for the squad's first-ever national postseason victory.

Known nationally for her recruiting prowess, Aston has brought several notable transfers to San Antonio, including the 2022-23 Conference USA Player and Newcomer of the Year and 2024-25 American Athletic Conference Newcomer of the Year Jordyn Jenkins. Along with Jenkins, Nina De Leon Negron received recognition as the 2024-25 AAC Newcomer of the Year, while Elyssa Coleman and Jadyn Pimentel earned Conference USA All-Defensive honors in 2022-23. She's also had success bringing in and developing freshmen, with Sidney Love making the 2023 C-USA All-Freshman team and Idara Udo cracking The American All-Conference Second Team as a sophomore in 2024-25.