She also played AAU ball with the Paterson-based NJ Sparks.

Ramseur initially was considering the New Jersey Institute of Technology but eventually made her way to Dominican College where she played three seasons while earning a Bachelor’s degree while majoring in Communication studies and minoring in Human Resources.

She then used her final year of college eligibility when she next attended Post University in Connecticut where she also earned an MBA certificate in Project Management and now works as a customer success specialist, including with large companies such as Microsoft.

The Lions have had their struggles at times in basketball the past several years with just two winning records in the last 12 seasons and they have not played in the Final Four of either the Essex County Tournament or Non-Public, North A state sectional tourney since 2014.

Dorflaufer’s 2024-2025 squad showed some promise finishing 12-15 overall but just 2-8 in the rigorous SEC-American Division.

Looking back, the most memorable Mount season may have been with the 1993-94 squad with coach Deb Malmgren and standouts such as Anne Giblin which captured the 1994 NJSIAA Tournament of Champions title.

A series of more recent coaches had business or family situations which led them to leave their positions at the Mount.

Jerry Aquino had a terrific run at the Mount while amassing more than 300 games before he stepped aside in 2016 prior to moving to Florida.

Dave Mead, a highly-regarded, longtime boys and girls basketball coach and former assistant coach for Livingston softball, left his position with the Lions in large part because he wanted to follow his own daughter's scholastic sports career at Morris Catholic.

Ted Sochaski, the former standout Belleville player and former Buccaneers’ boys coach, directed the Lions for two seasons before Dorf’s arrival on the scene, including an improved 12-14 team in 2023-2024; however, business responsibilities in South Carolina required him to move there in the spring of 2024 which left the coaching post vacant once again.

Now the Mount moves forward with hopes that its young ‘interim’ head coach can help the Lions end on a high note.

“I’m looking to coach the girls to the best of my ability, teach them what I can every day while hoping that they can all have some fun in the process,” said Ramseur. “Mount St. Dominic is a tremendous school and I’m enjoying this chance to coach this promising team!”

NOTES- Ramseur, a resident of Bloomfield, has coached teams at the Bloomfield Middle School the past three years, including the 7th-8th grade squad and also the 5th graders…She has also coached with the AAU Lady Angels in Newark…Her cousin Gary Houston is an assistant coach with the Newark Central girls team, and another cousin, Blair Houston, was a women’s basketball standout at North Carolina Central University...Joining Ramseur on Lions' bench has been assistant coaches Nico Natale and Ciera Rivera. Longtime assistant Angelo Del Vecchio, the school's head girls soccer coach and softball assistant, is also still helping with the hoops program.

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