Josh Bouchard
Josh Bouchard
Title: Assistant Women's Basketball Coach/Athletic Events Manager
Phone: 989-964-2137
Email: jdboucha@svsu.edu

Josh Bouchard has been apart of the women's basketball staff since 2019.

In 2022, he started as Athletic Events Manager with the SVSU Facility and Operations team. 

Saginaw Valley finished with a 12-17 overall record and an 8-12 mark in GLIAC play in 2019-20. The Cardinals earned their first GLIAC Tournament appearance since the 2016-17 season and fell to second ranked Ashland in the quarterfinals. Guard Kaitlyn Zarycki was named the GLIAC Freshmen of the Year and was Second Team All-GLIAC. It was the first All-GLIAC honor for the Cardinals since the 2016-17 season and the first Freshman of the Year since 2015-16. Mariah Cook earned an NSCA 2020 All-American Athlete Award. This award recognized Cook's athletic accomplishments and her dedication to strength and conditioning.

The 2020-21 season saw the Cardinals go 10-10 overall and 9-9 in league play. SVSU advanced to the GLIAC Tournament for the second straight year and defeated Wayne State in the quarterfinals before falling to Michigan Tech in the semifinals. Maddie Maloney was named to the GLIAC All-Tournament team and earned Second Team All-GLIAC honors. Zarycki also earned an All-GLIAC award, as she landed on the first team as well as being on the GLIAC All-Defensive team. SVSU also achieved success in the classroom. The Cardinals tied for 14th in the country among NCAA DII women's basketball programs with a combined GPA of 3.684 for the 2020-21 academic year. This would lead to SVSU being on the WBCA Academic Top 25 list. The WBCA Academic Top 25 recognizes NCAA Division I, II, and III, NAIA, and two-year college women's basketball teams across the nation that carry the highest combined GPAs inclusive of all student-athletes on their rosters for the entire season. The 2020-21 season is the 26th in which the WBCA has compiled the honor rolls.

In 2021-22, SVSU went 16-11 and 11-8 in the GLIAC. Maddie Maloney earned Second Team All-GLIAC honors and Kaitlyn Zarycki earned First Team All-GLIAC and GLIAC All-Defensive. Zarycki, Maloney, and Maddie Barrie all surpassed the 1000-point mark in their careers during the season. The Cardinals advanced to the GLIAC Tournament for the third straight season.