# Susan Robinson Fruchtl

Susan Robinson Fruchtl is the former athletic director at Saint Francis University.

## College

Susan Robinson graduated in 1992 from Penn State University with a B.S. in exercise and sports science. In 1992, she was named a consensus All-American and won the Wade Trophy as the best women's college basketball player in NCAA Division I, after previously winning Atlantic 10 Freshman-of-the-Year honors, twice being named to the All-Atlantic 10 Conference team, and chosen as the conference Player of the Year in 1991. Her 2,253 career points stood as a school record, until eclipsed in 2004.
Robinson Fruchtl holds a master's degree in higher education from Penn State.

### Penn State statistics

Source
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| 1989 | Penn State | 28 | 503 | 51.6% | 0.0% | 82.2% | 9.3 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 18.0 |
| 1990 | Penn State | 32 | 633 | 50.1% | 33.3% | 88.5% | 9.4 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 19.8 |
| 1991 | Penn State | 31 | 560 | 54.7% | 41.9% | 88.6% | 8.4 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 18.1 |
| 1992 | Penn State | 31 | 557 | 51.2% | 40.4% | 90.7% | 7.9 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 18.0 |
| Career | | 122 | 2253 | 51.8% | 40.0% | 87.4% | 8.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 18.5 |

## Coaching

Robinson Fruchtl served as an assistant coach at Penn State from 1993 to 1998, later rejoining the staff in May 2004. In June 2000, she became head girls' basketball coach at Beaver Area High School, ultimately leading the team to the PIAA Class AAA playoffs in her final two seasons.
Robinson Fruchtl was coach at Saint Francis from 2007 to 2012 with her 74 career wins tied for third on the school's list. She was named the 2011 NEC Coach of the Year. She then served as the head women's basketball coach at Providence for four seasons.
Robinson Fruchtl returned to coaching the Red Flash during the 2018–19 season when Joe Haigh took a leave of absence on November 13, 2018, and continued in that role for the rest of the season following Haigh's resignation on February 1, 2019.

## Administration

Robinson Fruchtl returned to Saint Francis University as director of athletics.

## Family

She married Tony Fruchtl in 1997.

## Head coaching record

Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Saint Francis (Northeast Conference) (2007–2012) ||||||
| 2007–08 | Saint Francis | 6–23 | 3–15 | T–10th | |
| 2008–09 | Saint Francis | 15–17 | 11–7 | T–3rd | |
| 2009–10 | Saint Francis | 17–15 | 11–7 | T–4th | NCAA round of 64 |
| 2010–11 | Saint Francis | 22–12 | 14–4 | 1st | NCAA round of 64 |
| 2011–12 | Saint Francis | 14–16 | 11–7 | T–4th | |
| Saint Francis: | Saint Francis: | 74–83 | 50–40 | | |
| Providence (Big East Conference) (2012–2016) ||||||
| 2012–13 | Providence | 7–23 | 2–14 | 14th | |
| 2013–14 | Providence | 7–23 | 2–16 | 10th | |
| 2014–15 | Providence | 6–24 | 3–15 | 9th | |
| 2015–16 | Providence | 5–24 | 1–17 | 10th | |
| Providence: | Providence: | 25–94 | 8–62 | | |
| Saint Francis (Northeast Conference) (2018–2019) ||||||
| 2018–19 | Saint Francis | 16–17 | 11–7 | 4th | |
| Saint Francis: | Saint Francis: | 90–100 | 61–47 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 115–194 | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||