University of Detroit Mercy Athletics

Kruszewski, the first women's basketball head coach in Titan history, helped shape and define women's sports at the University of Detroit during the late 1970's and early 1980's. She also helped start the Titan softball program and was the cheerleading coach.
 
She led the Titans to 70 wins and national prominence in her three seasons at the helm of the women's basketball program.

A Titan alum and highly successful high school basketball coach prior to joining the University of Detroit Athletic Department, Hardy was asked to start the women's basketball program at U-D by then-Athletic Director Dick Vitale.

The Titans won immediately under Hardy, earning an 18-3 record in the first season of women's basketball in 1977-78, including starting the program with a 15-game winning streak. 

By her second season, Kruszewski had the Titans among the best teams in the Midwest with the squad finishing with a school-record mark of 27-4. Under her leadership, the Titans won 25 of their last 27, which included wins over Michigan State, Michigan, Ohio State, Indiana and Wisconsin. The 1978-79 team won the state title and placed second in the Midwest Regional.

She finished her tenure with the Titans with a 70-15 record for an .823 winning percentage and also received the United Way Torch Drive's Sportswomen of the Year award in 1979.