The 2005-06 women's basketball team is the first, and only to date, team in program history to win the Big Sky Championship and appear in the NCAA Tournament. The team tied a school record with 22 wins that season, finishing with a 22-11 record (9-5 in Big Sky). They also set school records for best home record (12-1), most home wins (12), most neutral wins (5) and home wins to start a season (12). The team won the Big Sky Tournament as the No. 3 seed defeating Portland State, Montana and Weber State before falling to No. 3 seed Baylor (74-56) in NAU's only NCAA Tournament appearance to date. Their 2,206 points scored set a school record at the time, as were their 1,226 rebounds. They also still hold school season records for field goals made (840) and assists (550). The team ranked top 40 nationally in assists (14th), field goal percentage (24th) and blocks (39th) and featured four of the school's 16 1,000 point scorers (Alyssa Wahl, 2nd; Sade Cunningham, 6th; Kim Winkfield, 11th; Megan Porter, 13th). Nicky Eason and Alyssa Wahl were named all-conference that season and were joined by Kim Winkfield on All-Tournament team (Wahl was tournament MVP).  The team was led by head coach Laurie Kelly.