The Stars drafted Althea Gwyn and Debbie "The Pearl" Mason, who had played collegiate basketball locally at Queens College.
[1] Twins Faye and Kaye Young, who had played together at both Peace College and North Carolina State University, were reunited for both seasons that the Stars were in existence.
[1][7] Prior to the 1979-80 season, the Stars announced that Dean Meminger, a former professional basketball player for the New York Knicks, would take over as head coach.
The New York Daily News wrote their surprise that a high-profile male athlete like Meminger would choose to coach a women's team.
The Stars finished in first place in the six-team Eastern Division (though two teams, the Washington Metros and the Philadelphia Fox, had disbanded after 10 games).