2015 Northwestern State Volleyball Media Guide by Northwestern State Sports Information

2014 southland conference tournament champions great tradition ... brighter future

Quick Facts/University Information Quick Facts School Northwestern State University Location Natchitoches, Louisiana Founded 1884 as Louisiana Normal Enrollment 9,002 Nickname Demons/Lady Demons President Dr. Jim Henderson Vice President/External Affairs Jerry Pierce Athletics Director Greg Burke Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference Southland Colors Purple (492f92) & White, Orange (f7842b) Trim Facility Prather Coliseum

Team Information Head Coach: Sean Kiracofe Alma Mater Texas Tech (1999) Record at NSU 0-0 (1st year) Career Record 0-0 (1st year) Assistant Coach: Alicia Roth Alma Mater Samford (2013) Assistant Coach Zach Weinberg Alma Mater Ohio (2012) Volunteer Assistant Coach Collin Wallace Alma Mater Temple (2012) VB Athletic Trainer Drew Eschete VB Secretary Stephanie Ralston VB Office Phone (318) 357-4227 2014 Record 16-17 SLC Record/Finish 10-6/5th Overall Starters Ret./Lost 3/4 Letterwinners Ret./Lost 12/1 Newcomers 3 SID Doug Ireland Assistant SID/VB Contact Jason Pugh Email pughj@nsula.edu SID Graduate Assistant Matt Vines SID Phone (318) 357-6467 Website www.nsudemons.com Twitter @NSUDemonsVB Instagram @NSUDemonsVB Facebook faceboook.com/forkemdemons Table of Contents 2015 NSU Volleyball All In Quick Facts & Table of Contents 2014 In Review 2015 Season Preview

Coaching Staff & Athletes Head Coach Sean Kiracofe Assistant Coach Alicia Roth Assistant Coach Zach Weinberg Volunteer Assistant Coach Collin Wallace 2015 Lady Demon Rosters Glynna Johnson Amanda Kunz Caiti Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connell Lauren Agan Natalie Jaeger Bailey Martin Madison Walford Channing Burleson/Madeline Drake Abby Gardea/Reagan Rogers Kylie Spencer/Kathryn Wristen

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opponent Info The Southland Conference 23 Opponents 24 University & Athletic Personnel Dr. Jim Henderson, NSU President Jerry Pierce, NSU Vice President Greg Burke, Director of Athletics Athletic Department Administration Medical and Strength Staff Sports Information and Media Directory History & Records Individual Records All-Time Series Records Year-by-Year Results All-Time Letterwinners All-Time Letterwinners

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Northwestern State This is NSU 41 Welcome to Natchitoches 42 Academics 43 Campus LIfe 44 CHAMPS/Life Skills 46 Athletic Success 48 Social Media 50

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The 2015 Lady Demons Volleyball Media Guide is a production of the Northwestern State Media Relations office. It was designed, written and edited by Jason Pugh with editorial assistance provided by Doug Ireland, Matt Vines and Ronnette Pellegrin. Photography provided by Gary Hardamon, NSU Photographic Services.

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2014 in review After a couple of years of buildup, Northwestern State enjoyed a ing on “1K Day” at Prather Coliseum, Northwestern State swept Central breakthrough volleyball season in 2014. Arkansas, ending the Sugar Bears’ 38-match Southland Conference win Under the direction of co-head coaches Hugh and Stephanie streak. Hernesman, the program grew into one that challenged for Southland The high did not last long, as NSU dropped its next two matches Conference championships. before finishing the regular season with wins at Incarnate Word and In late November 2014, that dialogue Abilene Christian. 2014 SUPERLATIVES changed, as Northwestern State blitzed Those victories set the stage for the Southland Conference Tournament, LOUISIANA SPORTSWRITERS ASSOCIATION the Southland Conference Tournament, dropping just one game in a three-match which was played at Prather Coliseum for ALL-LOUISIANA VOLLEYBALL TEAM sweep that propelled NSU to its first NCAA Mackenzie Neely (1st team) the first time. Tournament berth. A sweep of Sam Houston State Stacey DiFrancesco (2nd team) Two weeks later in its NCAA Tourna- Glynna Johnson (2nd team) in the quarterfinals was followed by a ment debut, a veteran-laden NSU squad Hugh and Stephanie Hernesman (Co-Coaches of 3-1 victory against top-seeded Stephen F. pushed nationally seeded regional host the Year) Austin, who had posted a perfect regularTexas to the limit. season SLC mark. SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE ACCOLADES While the last month of the season Finally, in a rematch of the 2013 FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE generated plenty of buzz, it looked to be Mackenzie Neely tournament championship, NSU disanything but bright at the outset of conferpatched Central Arkansas with another ACADEMIC ALL-CONFEREANCE ence play, as senior libero Keelie Arneson, Mackenzie Neely (1st team) sweep to collect the program’s first conferthe school’s all-time leader in digs, suf- Stacey DiFrancesco (2nd team) ence tournament title. Bailey Martin (2nd team) fered a season-ending Achilles injury after Mackenzie Neely was named the just one Southland Conference match. tournament’s Most Valuable Player, a fit After Arneson’s injury, sophomore Bailey Martin stepped into the ting end for a member of the most successful senior class in program hisstarting libero role, and senior Vanessa Coleman made a locker-room tory. Neely’s classmate, four-time All-Southland selection Stacey DiFranspeech that became a rallying point for the team. cesco, left Natchitoches as the school’s all-time leader in kills (1,318) and Having already snapped No. 15 Missouri’s 30-match winning streak total attempts (4,683) while ranking second in digs (1,383) behind Anein August, NSU added to its streak-snapping portfolio on Oct. 29. Play- son (2,135).

The 2014 Southland Conference Tournament champions celebrate after clinching the program’s first NCAA Tournament bid.

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2015 preview The end of the 2014 season for the Northwestern State volleyball program led to heightened expectations for the 2015 campaign, as NSU looks to back up its inaugural trip to the NCAA Tournament with another strong season. In the first season of the Sean Kiracofe era, the first-time head coach will be part mentor and part chemistry teacher, mixing in several veterans who were part of an NCAA Tournament run with a class of talented newcomers looking to add to the growing NSU volleyball tradition. “We are still lucky enough to have some experience blended in with some talented freshmen, who will be able to fill in some places of need,” Kiracofe said. “Some will play right away. (The veterans) definitely have a calmness about them in certain situations that other players who haven’t gone through those situations don’t have. When we’re in tough spots in practice, they never seem as panicked or frantic as other teams that don’t know how to push through may. That is going to be incredibly beneficial to the young kids.”

Glynna Johnson

Outside Hitters (4) Caiti O’Connell, 6-1, R-Sr.-3L Lauren Agan, 5-11, Jr.-2L Channing Burleson, 5-8, Fr.-HS Reagan Rogers, 6-0, Fr.-HS

At 5-foot-8, Burleson is the shortest of the outside hitters but makes up for it with high-level athleticism. “Channing’s fun to watch,” Kiracofe said. “She’s still learning, but O’Connell enters the season with 864 career kills, which ranks ninth once she gets a little more comfortable with what we’re trying to do, it all-time in school history. A three-year letter winner, she will be will be a lot easier for her to go at it and be athletic, spring off the floor counted on to lead a talented group loaded with potential. and get a lot more kills. She’s going to be a fun one to watch.” Additionally, O’Connell can become the seventh member of Similarly, Rogers brings athleticism and versatility to the NSU the 1,000-kill club at NSU. lineup. Listed as an outside hitter – the position where “We’re going to lean on her a lot early in the she collected the second-most kills in Texas as a year,” Kiracofe said. “She is definitely going to senior – Rogers also can slide to the right side if be important to keep us steady on the court needed. and score points early on and take a load “Reagan brings a big arm,” Kiracofe said. “She’s going to be off the three who haven’t had a lot of very versatile for us and help us out in a lot of situations where some playing time. They’ll learn from her players may be pigeonholed on one side of the net. We can put her how to score in different situations and, anywhere in whatever type of rotation we have to be in. If we have a hopefully, take some of the load off of place on the defense we want to exploit, we can push her over there on Caiti her as the season progresses.” either side.” O’Connell Agan is the next most-experienced outside hitter, having appeared Middle Blockers (4) in 92 sets in her first two seasons as a Lady Glynna Johnson, 6-3, Sr.-3L Demon. Agan flashed her potential early in Amanda Kunz, 6-2, Sr.-3L 2014, nabbing all-tournament honors at the Madeline Drake, 6-1, Fr.-HS season-opening North Texas Invitational. Abby Gardea, 6-0, Fr.-HS “She is incredibly athletic, very strong,” Kiracofe said of Agan. “She’ll be a huge part of One of Kiracofe’s areas of expertise as an assistant coach was deour offense but doesn’t have the time on the veloping blocking schemes, which led to a nationally ranked unit in his court that Caiti does. That’s another reason Caiti second stint at SMU. In his first year as a head coach, Kiracofe takes over will be important for us – to ease (Agan) through the a unit that features a pair of experience seniors and a pair of freshpreseason and get ready for conference.” men. Burleson and Rogers are a pair of freshmen from Johnson, a second-team All-Southland Conference selection as a Texas who bring decorated resumes to Natchitoches. junior, already owns the school single-season and career records for

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2015 preview block assists. A Gatesville, Texas, product, Johnson has set the singleseason mark in each of the last two seasons, pushing it to 137 in her junior season. “It is a position I know well and have worked with throughout my coaching career and where I played,” Kiracofe said. “(Johnson) will be fun to coach. There will be - just like with everyone else - a growing period, a learning curve until she figures out what we’re looking for. When we start playing, Glynna is going to be a rock for us. We’ll be able to depend on certain numbers from her night in and night out. She’ll be really good for those younger blockers to learn from her.” Johnson’s classmate Kunz has seen sporadic playing time in her first three years on campus, working behind Johnson and Vanessa Coleman. Kunz enjoyed an efficient performance in Northwestern State’s upset of then-No. 15 Missouri in August 2014, delivering five kills on just six attacks against the Tigers. It was a snapshot of what Kiracofe said Kunz brings to the lineup. “Amanda’s very offensive,” he said. “She’s picking up everything we’re trying to do very quickly. She’s offensive in serve receive and in transition. There’s a chance this is a breakout year for her after being behind a veteran in Vanessa Coleman. It’s hard to find a place on the court when you have Glynna and Vanessa. This is going to be a very good year for Amanda.” Much like every position on the roster, there is a youthful component to the NSU middles. Drake and Gardea will give Kiracofe and NSU depth behind Johnson and Kunz. Northwestern State plays in four non-conference tournaments, which likely will give the pair a chance to acclimate themselves to collegiate volleyball. “They’re not going to be thrown to the wolves, so to speak,” Kiracofe said. “They’ll get a chance to sit back and learn. They have big arms. They block well naturally. Because they have a chance to learn from Glynna and Amanda, when it’s time for them to go in, they’ll be ready.” Much like their fellow freshman Rogers, Drake and Gardea are versatile athletes capable of playing more than one position. “Both of them have a chance to play in the middle and on the right side, depending on what we’re looking for in a situation,” Kiracofe said. “They can go in for a spot block on the right, or if we want to rest Glynna or Amanda in the tournaments to have them fresh for conference, we can throw them in the middle.”

Bailey Martin

Bailey Martin, 5-6, Jr.-2L Kylie Spencer, 5-8, Fr.-RS

Libero (2)

Martin emerged as the starting libero early last season after an injury to preseason All-American Keelie Arneson. All Martin did in the first extended playing time of her NSU career was record the fifth-highest single-season digs total in school history (454). Now a seasoned veteran, Martin returns to anchor the Northwestern State defense. “Bailey’s a great kid and somebody that, history shows, if you give her a shot, she’s going to take it,” Kiracofe said. “She’s played on very good, if not great, club teams growing up, so she was not blown away by the environment or the situation. We’re very lucky to have her back to hold down the backcourt for us and to bring that winning mentality and attitude to the court.” Spencer redshirted last season, watching both Arneson and Martin. Like several of her teammates, Spencer could see time at various positions. “She will be a great complement to Bailey,” Kiracofe said. “She’s someone we have a lot of confidence in. If we want to rest Bailey, or we need someone to help us pass in a couple of rotations, then Kylie will really help solidify those areas.” Setter (3)

Natalie Jaeger, 5-9, Jr.-2L Madison Walford, 5-9, So.-1L Kathryn Wristen, 5-9, Fr.-HS

Jaeger returns after splitting time with Emily Johnson the past two seasons. Jaeger should surpass the 1,000-assist mark early in the season and has an outside shot to move into the top eight in career assists. “She’s been running a great offense and picking up things I want done within the offense,” Kiracofe said. “She’s a very smart player.” Walford saw some playing time in her freshman season and posted a pair of 30-assist matches early in the 2014 campaign. “Madison has great hands,” Kiracofe said. “She’s very strong and can create offense in situations where we might not have a great pass. She can make something happen. She can also go in and block across the front row and be offensive across the front row as well.” Wristen comes to Northwestern State from Hays (Texas) High School and the Austin Juniors club team, which produced 2014 Southland Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player Mackenzie Nealy. “Kathryn comes from a very good club with a very long history of success,” Kiracofe said. “She’s used to playing at a very high level. Her club team had a lot of athletes who went on to play in college. I don’t think the level of play is going to be a surprise to her. That’s why she’ s been able to come in and hit the ground running.”

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coaches Head Coach

Sean kiracofe 1st Season at NSU • 1st Season Overall Texas Tech (1999) In his first season as a collegiate head coach, Sean Kiracofe comes armed with a reputation of being a technician, a developer of talent and an architect of successful programs. Kiracofe became the 14th head coach in NSU program history on April 7, 2015, after his second stint as an assistant at SMU. Kiracofe brings a decorated resume to the position, having coached at SMU, UNLV, Montana State and UTEP in a career that has spanned more than The Sean Kiracofe File a decade. “Everyone involved in the interview process was impressed with Education: Sean’s ability to genuinely communicate his vision for a volleyball program • Texas Tech University that has reached unprecedented heights over the past four to five years,” Bachelor’s in Political Science, 1999 NSU Director of Athletics Greg Burke said. “He has the volleyball playing and Coaching Experience: coaching background, recruiting contacts and personal characteristics to • 2012-14 sustain, and even build upon, that level of success.” Head Coach, Tejas Volleyball Club Kiracofe spent his last four-year stint at SMU primarily developing • 2011-14 middle blockers and coordinating the team’s blocking strategy and efforts. Assistant Coach, SMU The results of Kiracofe’s expertise were clear. • 2010-11 In 2011, his first season after returning to SMU, Kiracofe tutored Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator, UNLV Courtney Manning, the NCAA’s leader in blocks (184). Kiracofe produced • 2008-10 Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator, Montana State the top blocking team in the American Athletic Conference in 2014 and the • 2007 2011 Conference USA leaders in that category. Head Coach, North Texas High Performance The 2011 Mustangs ranked 11th nationally in team blocking. • 2003-08 A native Texan, Kiracofe helped lead SMU to a 48-14 record in his final Assistant Coach, SMU two seasons in Dallas and coached a pair of first-team all-conference middle • 2002-03 blockers. Under Kiracofe’s direction, SMU’s Caroline Young was a three-time, Assistant Coach, University of Texas-El Paso • 1999-2002 first-team all-conference selection and an honorable mention All-Ameri Head Coach, Austin Metro Volleyball Club can. Kiracofe’s experience, which also includes collegiate positions at Playing Experience: UNLV, Montana State and UTEP alongside club positions with Tejas Volley • 1996-99 ball Club, North Texas High Performance and the Austin Metro Volleyball Texas Tech (Club) Club, gave him an introduction on the various skills needed to run his own program. He credited SMU head coach Lisa Seifert’s willingness to allow her assistants greater-than-normal responsibility for helping him develop a blueprint for running his own program. Kiracofe is a 1999 graduate of Texas Tech with a bachelor of arts in political science and a minor in history. He was a four-year starter and a twoyear captain for the Red Raiders club team, which he helped lead to top-25 rankings in 1998 and 1999. His junior career was spent with the Austin Juniors club team that competed in the Junior Olympics each year from 1990-94. He became the first male from the state of Texas to be named to Volleyball Monthly’s FAB 50 list, doing so in 1994. Kiracofe began his coaching career in 1999 with the Austin Metro Volleyball Club. He spent four years with Austin Metro before joining Swanson’s staff at UTEP in 2002. After spending one year with the Miners, Kiracofe began his first stint at SMU.

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coaches In five seasons with the Mustangs, he produced a pair of all-conference middle blockers and a freshman all-conference middle blocker. Kiracofe then spent two seasons at Montana State where he was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. During his tenure with the Bobcats, he guided Kyla Hendry to an honorable mention all-conference season. He moved to UNLV for one season, maintaining his dual role as assistant and recruiting coordinator with the Rebels, before returning to SMU. Kiracofe and his wife, Kerri, have two children – a son, Walker, and a daughter, Reese.

WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT SEAN KIRACOFE “As a human being, you are not going to get much better than Sean. He has great core values. He is well-connected in the volleyball world, which will serve him well in recruiting and as he assumes his first head coaching job. He has been directly involved in all aspects of our program, from recruiting to budget to player development. From a technical perspective, he is very good at evaluating a player.”

- Lisa Seifert, head volleyball coach, SMU

“I am shocked he is still with us. He has been impactful and influential in developing players. One of his best assets is the fact that he is calm and collected. The student-athletes are responsive to him.”

- Monique Holland, Senior Woman Administrator, SMU

“He is an excellent technician, who has been around the game for a long time. He handled my team regularly while on my staff at UNLV. He is very consistent at a high level in how he functions on a daily basis. There are not many ups and downs.”

- Allison Keeley, head volleyball coach, East Stroudsburg State

“He was my assistant at my first head coaching step at UTEP. He is ‘on top’ of the technological aspect of running a program and is a good teacher in the gym. The players really liked his demeanor and his even-keeled approach. I’ve been saying that somebody just needs to give him a shot and he will make the best of it.”

- Scott Swanson, head volleyball coach, South Carolina

“When I had oversight for volleyball at UNLV, Sean as an assistant did a good job of ‘giving a rudder’ to the program. He is cut out to be a head coach. He’s able to be a leader when the bullets are flying and maintain composure. That is a trait that you can practice but ultimately, either you are or you aren’t. You either roll with the punches or react to everything that happens. The players will feed off of that one way or the other.” The Kiracofe family: (from left) Sean, Reese, Kerri and Walker 2014 southland conference tournament champions great tradition ... brighter future

- Jeff Higgins, assistant athletic director, Stetson

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assistant Coach

alicia roth 1st Season at NSU • 1st Season Overall samford (2013) In her first season as an assistant coach at the Division I level, Alicia Roth will work primarily with the Northwestern State defense and setters. Roth, who also will be the team’s recruiting coordinator, joined the NSU staff after two seasons as a graduate assistant at Campbell University and a standout career at Samford University.

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Education:

• Samford University Bachelor of Science in Sports Admininstration, 2013 • Campbell University Master’s in Interdisciplinary Studies, 2015

Coaching Experience:

• 2013-2015 Campbell University, graduate assistant

Playing Experience:

• 2009-2012 Samford University, libero

“I was looking for somebody with setting experience and with experience on the back row,” head coach Sean Kiracofe said. “She’s going to be in charge of our defenders, ball control and setting. She was a libero and has had extensive experience working with setters. Alicia brings a lot of energy to our program. She’s very personable and has a very welcoming personality.” Despite having been in Natchitoches for less than two months, Roth took control of coordinating August’s Digfest, the largest fundraiser of the year for the NSU volleyball program. While at Campbell, Roth took on many responsibilities often assumed by full-time assistant coaches. Roth was the Camels’ defensive trainer and travel coordinator while she earned a master’s degree in interdisciplinary studies. Additionally Roth worked summer camps and handled Campbell volleyball’s social media presence. Prior to her graduate assistantship, Roth was a four-year letterwinner at Samford University where she was named team captain in her senior season of 2012.

Roth appeared in 92 matches in her four years as a Bulldog, mainly as a defensive specialist. She recorded single-match career-highs of 11 digs three times and delivered the match-clinching point on an ace against Southeastern Conference foe Alabama on Oct. 30, 2011. Roth’s coaching career began before college, as she created the Oakland Elite Volleyball Club in Oakland, Mich., while she was a student at Lake Orion High School. Roth owns five years of experience coaching at the local and national levels with Michigan Elite Volleyball Academy.

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ZACH WEINBERG 2nd Season at NSU • OHIO (2012) Armed with a long list of postseason experience, Zach Weinberg enters his second season on the Northwestern State volleyball staff. Weinberg is in charge of breaking down and exchanging film/video and is the team’s travel coordinator. He also assists in the creation of scouting reports and in all facets of in-gym training. In his first season, Weinberg helped the NSU program earn its first Southland Conference Tournament championship and its first NCAA Tournament berth, continuing his career path of helping teams reach the NCAA postseason. Weinberg began building his coaching resume while an undergraduate at Ohio University, working as a student assistant for the Bobcats. Under then-head coach Ryan Theis, Weinberg assisted with training, travel, statistics and the breakdown of film for team scout sessions each week. His assistance led the Bobcats to three MAC tournament championships and NCAA tournament runs. On the side, Weinberg served as president, head coach and captain of the Ohio men’s club volleyball team, as well as head coach in the ALETA Aces, an advanced training volleyball club in southeastern Ohio. Weinberg graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Sport Management in March 2012 and spent a year working in ticketing for the Orlando Magic before returning home to Voorhees, N.J., to take over the second-year program at Camden Catholic High School in Cherry Hill, N.J. The Fighting Irish went 1-21 in their inaugural season, but improved to 9-10 under Weinberg and qualified for a spot in the New Jersey Non-Public state tournament. Four of his student athletes earned All-Conference honors. Weinberg expects to complete his Master of Science degree in Health and Human Performance at NSU in December.

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collin wallace 1st Season at NSU • Temple (2012)

After a stellar career at Temple University, Collin Wallace enters her first season as a graduate assistant at Northwestern State. Wallace completed her Temple career in 2011 before transitioning to a position in the private sector.

As an outside hitter at Temple, Wallace ranked second on the Owls in kills (298) and digs (292) as a senior and collected Atlantic 10 Co-Offensive Player of the Week honors after an 18-kill, 21-dig performance against La Salle in Oct. 2011. Wallace’s career also included a spot on the 2011 Big 5 All-Tournament Team. Wallace’s coaching career began while a student at Juniata College. Wallace worked for five years with the Bob Bertucci and Josh Steinbach volleyball camps at Temple University and Villanova University. Upon graduating from Temple (May 2012) with a bachelor’s degree in strategic and organizational communications/organizational leadership, Wallace was an assistant coach at Rosemont College in 2013 and at Immaculata University for the 2014 season before joining the East Coast Power volleyball club as an assistant coach with its 17-Cobalt team. Prior to playing at Temple, Wallace helped lead Juniata to a 71-9 record in two seasons. Wallace was an all-state, all-district and three-time all-league performer at West Chester East High School. She played her club career with the Philadelphia Volleyball Academy. Wallace is pursuing a master’s degree in health and human performance at Northwestern State.

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Rosters

2015 Lady Demons Roster No. Name

Pos.

Ht. Cl.-Exp.

1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 15 17

OH L L OH S OH/RS OH MB S S MB MB MB

5-8 5-8 5-6 6-0 5-9 6-1 5-11 6-3 5-9 5-9 6-2 6-0 6-1

Channing Burleson Kylie Spencer Bailey Martin Reagan Rogers Madison Walford Caiti O’Connell Lauren Agan Glynna Johnson Natalie Jaeger Kathryn Wristen Amanda Kunz Abby Gardea Madeline Drake

Fr.-HS Fr.-RS Jr.-2L Fr.-HS So.-1L RSr.-3L Jr.-2L Sr.-3L Jr.-2L Fr.-HS Sr.-3L Fr.-HS Fr.-HS

Hometown Midland, Texas Tomball, Texas Lucas, Texas Blanco, Texas Corinth, Texas Friendswood, Texas Austin, Texas Gatesville, Texas Oconomowoc, Wis. Buda, Texas Plano, Texas Deer Park, Texas Tulsa, Okla.

COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Sean Kiracofe (1st season at NSU) Assistant Coaches: Alicia Roth (1st season at NSU), Zach Weinberg (2nd season at NSU) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Collin Wallace (1st season at NSU) BY POSITION

HEIGHT BREAKDOWN

OUTSIDE HITTER (4) Lauren Agan, Channing Burleson, Caiti O’Connell, Reagan Rogers MIDDLE BLOCKER (4) Madeline Drake, Abby Gardea, Glynna Johnson, Amanda Kunz

LIBERO (2) Bailey Martin, Kylie Spencer

freshmen (6)

sophomores (1)

6-0 (2) Abby Gardea, Reagan Rogers

Pos. OH OH MB MB S MB MB L OH/RS OH L S S

breakdown by class

5-8 (2) Channing Burleson, Kylie Spencer

Madison Walford

juniors (3)

Lauren Agan, Natalie Jaeger, Bailey Martin

Seniors (3)

Glynna Johnson, Amanda Kunz, Caiti O’Connell

6-1 (2) Madeline Drake, Caiti O’Connell 6-2 (1) Amanda Kunz 6-3 (1) Glynna Johnson

BY STATE

Oklahoma (1): Madeline Drake (Tulsa) Texas (11): Channing Burleson (Midland); Bailey Martin (Allen); Regan Rogers (Blanco); Madison Walford (Corinth); Caiti O’Connell (Friendswood); Lauren Agan (Austin); Glynna Johnson (Gatesville);

Name Lauren Agan Channing Burleson Madeline Drake Abby Gardea Natalie Jaeger Glynna Johnson Amanda Kunz Bailey Martin Caiti O’Connell Reagan Rogers Kylie Spencer Madison Walford Kathryn Wristen

Channing Burleson, Madeline Drake, Abby Gardea, Reagan Rogers, Kylie Spencer, Kathryn Wristen

5-11 (1) Lauren Agan

SETTER (3) Natalie Jaeger, Kathryn Wristen, Madison Walford

No. 8 1 17 15 11 9 13 4 7 5 2 6 12

5-6 (1) Bailey Martin

5-9 (3) Natalie Jaeger, Madison Walford, Kathryn Wristen

RIGHT SIDE (1) Caiti O’Connell

ALPHABETICAL ROSTER

Kathryn Wristen (Buda); Amanda Kunz (Plano); Kylie Spencer (Tomball); Abby Gardea (Deer Park) Wisconsin (1): Natalie Jaeger (Oconomowoc)

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pronunciation guide Lauren AGAN AY--gan Abby GARDEA GAR-dee-uh Natalie JAEGER YAY--ger Amanda KUNZ COONZ

Rosters

1 CHANNING BURLESON Outside Hitter

2 KYLIE SPENCER Libero

4 BAILEY MARTIN Libero

5 REAGAN ROGERS Outside Hitter

7 CAITI O’CONNELL Outside Hitter

8 LAUREN AGAN Outside Hitter

9 GLYNNA JOHNSON Middle Blocker

12 KATHRYN WRISTEN Setter

13 AMANDA KUNZ Middle Blocker

15 ABBY GARDEA Middle Blocker

6 MADISON WALFORD Setter

11 NATALIE JAEGER Setter

17 MADELINE DRAKE Middle Blocker

coaching staff

SEAN KIRACOFE Head Coach

ALICIA ROTH Assistant Coach

ZACH WEINBERG Assistant Coach

COLLIN WALLACE Volunteer Assistant Coach

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Players

GLYNNA JOHNSON Gatesville, Texas Gatesville HS Middle Blocker Senior - 3L 6-3

HONORS AND AWARDS 2015 PRESEASON ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM 2014 ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION 2014 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE’S SAWYER CAMILLO INVITATIONAL ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM 2014 SECOND-TEAM LSWA ALL-LOUISIANA 2013 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE FALL COMMISSIONER’S HONOR ROLL 2012 SFA CHILLY FILLMORE’S INVITATIONAL ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM JUNIOR (2014): Appeared in all 33 of NSU’s matches, starting 31 ... became a force up front for NSU, eight times tallying seven or more blocks ... blocked 10 balls in win over Incarnate Word on Oct. 4 ... posted 12 kills and a .500 attack percentage on Nov. 15 at Abilene Christian ... registered at least one block in all 33 matches of the 2014 season ... led the Southland Conference and ranked 20th nationally in total blocks with 160 ... averaged 1.25 blocks per set, which ranked 48th nationally.

9 Defensive MVP. CAREER BESTS Kills: 17, at Southeastern La. (Nov. 9, 2013) Total Attempts: 28, at Stephen F. Austin (Nov. 16, 2013) Service Aces: 5, at Lamar (Sept. 15, 2012) Hitting: .700, vs. McNeese (Sept. 22, 2012); vs. Central Arkansas (Oct. 29, 2014) PERSONAL: Born March 9, 1994...daughter of Gail and Gary Johnson...has one brother, Garrett...mother played basketball at Sam Houston State...father played football at Sam Houston State.

SOPHOMORE (2013): Appeared in all 33 contests, starting 27… led team in blocks, including three eight-block performances from Nov. 9-16 and another in the Southland Tournament Championship... recorded a career-best 17 kills at Southeastern on Nov. 9...put up four huge blocks against SFA to aid in 3-1 win and extend team’s win streak to six on Sept. 28. FRESHMAN (2012): Played in all 33 matches, starting 29…fifth all-time in NSU history with 82 single-season block assists…tied for a team-high 97 blocks…teamhigh hitting percentage of .286…finished sixth in SLC with 0.305 hitting percentage…landed personal-best 13 kills against Southern Mississippi on Sept. 15…tied the NSU fifth-best single-match hitting percentage of .700 against McNeese State on Sept. 22…denied a personal-best eight attacks against Central Arkansas on Sept. 27…hit above .300 in 15 matches…served five aces against Lamar on Sept. 20. HIGH SCHOOL: Led Gatesville HS to three consecutive district championships and the regional semifinals in the 3A State Playoffs in her senior season… selected to the All-State Texas Team and Texas Girls Coaches Association All-Star team as a senior… 2011 MVP District 19-3A, Armor All-American Watch List, Best Blocker District 17-3A, First-Team All-Area Killeen Daily Herald, First Team Super Centex Waco Tribune Herald, Best Hitter District 7-3A… three-time Under Academic All-District… 2011 Gatesville HS team captain and honor roll… averaged 4.875 kills and 1.5 blocks per set and a junior… played club ball with Waco Juniors… earned four varsity volleyball letters and four varsity basketball letters where she was named All-District 7-3A and

Year SP K K/S E TA Pct. Ast A/S SA Dig 2012 116 188 1.62 56 462 .286 3 0.03 25 29 2013 125 168 1.34 62 480 .221 3 0.02 2 21 2014 128 185 1.45 52 491 .271 3 0.02 0 17 Total 369 541 1.47 170 1433 .259 9 0.024 27 67 2014 southland conference tournament champions great tradition ... brighter future

D/S 0.25 0.17 0.13

BS 15 22 23

BA Tot 82 97 105 127 137 160

0.18 60 324 384

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AMANDA KUNZ Plano, Texas Plano Senior HS Middle Blocker Senior - 3L 6-2

HONORS AND AWARDS 2014 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S FALL HONOR ROLL JUNIOR (2014): Appeared in 18 matches, starting one ... established a career-best .246 hitting percentage across 126 total attempts ... set a career high with seven blocks at Houston Baptist on Oct. 9 ... delivered a career-best nine kills at UL Lafayette ... scored five kills on six attempts in NSU’s upset of No. 15 Missouri on Aug. 30. SOPHOMORE (2013): Appeared in 21 contests, starting eight… registered careerhigh .714 attack percentage at Baylor when she knocked down 5-of-7 attacks and put up four blocks… tied her career high of six blocks versus McNeese. FRESHMAN (2012): Played in 14 matches and 29 sets, starting five matches… landed her personal-best four kills and six blocks against Arkansas on Aug. 25… recorded four kills against Tennessee-Martin (8/25) and San Jose State (8/31)…averaged 0.79 blocks per set. HIGH SCHOOL: Earned a varsity letter at Plano Senior HS after leading the JV team to an undefeated season and district champions as a junior… missed much of her senior year with a back injury… played club with Advanced Performance Volleyball. CAREER BESTS Kills: 9, at UL Lafayette (Sept. 6, 2014) Total Attempts: 18, at UL Lafayette (Sept. 6, 2014) Blocks: 7, at Auburn (Sept. 20, 2014); at Houston Baptist (Oct. 9, 2014) PERSONAL: Born April 26, 1994 ... daughter of Robert and Marcia Kunz ... has two sisters, Alyssa and Amy...majoring in business administration.

Year SP K K/S E TA Pct. Ast A/S SA Dig 2012 29 25 0.86 18 75 .093 0 0.00 0 5 2013 53 52 0.98 34 158 .114 1 0.02 0 6 2014 52 47 0.90 16 126 .246 1 0.02 0 5 Total 134 124 0.92 68 359 .155 2 0.01 0 16

D/S BS 0.17 3 0.11 4 0.10 8

BA Tot 20 23 42 46 40 48

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CAITI O’CONNELL Friendswood, Texas Clear Brook HS Outside Hitter/Right Side Senior - 3L 6-1 AWARDS AND HONORS 2015 PRESEASON ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM 2014 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM 2014 ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE PRESEASON SECOND TEAM SELECTION 2013 LSWA HONORABLE MENTION ALL-LOUISIANA 2012 LSWA FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR

7 PERSONAL Born May 23, 1993… daughter of Mike and Nancy O’Connell… two brothers, Nicholas McMullen and Sean O’Connell, and two sisters, Megan Middleton and Erin O’Connell… majoring in biology.

JUNIOR (2014): Appeared in 27 matches, starting in 23 ... secured season-high 18 kills vs. Abilene Christian on Oct. 2 ... hit .462 in the Lady Demons’ Southland Tournament quarterfinal victory over Sam Houston State on Nov. 21 ... accounted for 16 points in NSU’s SLC Tournament semifinal victory over Stephen F. Austin on Nov. 22 ... sank an impressive five service aces on Aug. 30 against Mississippi Valley State. REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2013): Started all but one match… named to All-LSWA honorable mention team… put up season-bests of 17 kills, twice, 44 attempts, six service aces and 11 digs… notched one double-double at Louisiana Tech… saw time on both sides of the pin while slapping the team’s most aces in a single match (6) in a five-set thriller over Lady Techsters. REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2012): Played in 32 matches, starting 15…second on team in kills with 337…finished seventh in SLC in average kills at 3.02/set…landed a personal-best 22 kills at Nicholls State on Oct. 25…recorded 20 double-figure kill performances…blocked a personal-best six attacks against Tennessee-Martin on Aug. 25…named SLC Player of the Week on Oct. 22. FRESHMAN (2011): Redshirted… earned the Most Improved award at the team banquet for her impressive strides on the court and her growth and advancement in strength and conditioning. HIGH SCHOOL: Named to the first-team 24-5A All-District team three times at Clear Brook HS… Special Mention All-Texas… GHVCA Houston Area Preseason Top 30 players… graduated magna cum laude… President of the American Sign Language and Best Buddies clubs… member of the National Honor Society and PAL’s. CAREER BESTS Kills: 22, at Nicholls (Oct. 25, 2012) Total Attempts: 61, at Nicholls (Oct. 25, 2012) Blocks: 6, vs. UT-Martin (Aug. 25, 2012) Digs: 11, at Louisiana Tech (Sept. 24, 2013)

Year SP K K/S E TA Pct. Ast A/S SA Dig D/S 2012 111 337 3.04 183 975 .158 2 0.02 9 42 0.38 2013 125 324 2.59 182 864 .164 0 0.00 23 63 0.50 2014 92 203 2.21 119 572 .147 1 0.01 7 40 0.43 Total 328 864 2.63 484 2411 .158 3 0.01 39 145 0.44 2014 southland conference tournament champions great tradition ... brighter future

BS 6 7 7

BA 26 42 21

Tot 32 49 28

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LAUREN AGAN Austin, Texas Round Rock HS Outside Hitter Junior - 2L 5-11

HONORS AND AWARDS 2014 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S FALL HONOR ROLL NSU SOPHOMORE ACADEMIC AWARD WINNER, 4.0 GPA 2014 NORTH TEXAS INVITATIONAL ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM 2013 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S FALL HONOR ROLL SOPHOMORE (2014): Appeared in 13 matches, starting nine ... enjoyed the first two double-figure kill matches of her career, including a career-best 16 kills at North Texas (Aug. 29) ... tallied a .429 attack percentage on seven attempts in NSU’s upset of No. 15 Missouri (Aug. 30) ... knocked down 14 kills on a career-high 38 attempts at Southern Miss (Sept. 5). FRESHMAN (2013): Appeared in 19 matches, starting eight … knocked down a career-best five kills and a .400 attack percentage at New Orleans, and four digs, three blocks and 19 attempts versus Southeastern. HIGH SCHOOL: Named to All-District First Team while aiding in Round Rock High School’s advancement to Bi-District playoffs as a senior ... registered 43 service aces, 18 blocks, 314 kills and a .230 hitting percentage ... led the Dragons to the regional quarterfinals her junior year as she earned all-district second team honors. CAREER BESTS Kills: 16, at North Texas (Aug. 29, 2014) Total Attempts: 38, vs. Southern Miss (Sept. 5, 2014) Blocks: 3, vs. Southeastern La. (Sept. 19, 2013) PERSONAL: Born April 12, 1995 ... daughter of Kimberly Woodland and Gil Agan ... two brothers, David and Drew ... double majoring in psychology and addiction studies.

Year SP K K/S E TA Pct. Ast A/S SA 2013 19 19 1.00 16 67 .045 1 0.05 0 2014 38 73 1.92 40 217 .152 2 0.05 1 Total 57 92 1.61 56 284 .126 3 0.05 1

Dig D/S BS BA 8 0.42 0 5 17 0.45 2 8

Tot 5 10

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NATALIE JAEGER Oconomowoc, Wis. Oconomowoc HS Setter Junior - 2L 5-9

AWARDS AND HONORS 2014 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S FALL HONOR ROLL 2013 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S FALL HONOR ROLL SOPHOMORE (2014): Appeared in 30 matches, starting one ... strung together three straight double-doubles from Nov. 15-22 and had five doubledoubles on the season ... reached double figures in assists 25 times, including a season-best 25 assists against Sam Houston State on Oct. 25 ... ranked second on the team in service aces (30) and led squad in service aces per set (0.29). FRESHMAN (2013): Appeared in 31 matches, starting three… notched her first double-double in 3-2 win over ORU with 26 assists and 10 digs... put up a career-high 29 assists at Houston Baptist... finished season third in service aces per set (.23). HIGH SCHOOL Led Oconomowoc High School to the regional finals from 2010-12 while earning first team all-conference and all-state honors as a senior ... second team all-conference her junior year and honorable mention as a sophomore ... four-time scholar athlete ... named to high honor roll for 13 of 16 terms ... National Honor Society nominee. CAREER BESTS Assists: 29, at Houston Baptist (Oct. 17, 2013) Digs: 15, vs. Nicholls (Oct. 12, 2013) PERSONAL: Born July 8, 1995 ... daughter of Jennifer and Ronald Jaeger ... two sisters, Bridgette and Paige ... majoring in communications and plans to become a market research analyst after NSU.

Year SP K 2013 117 3 2014 104 4 Total 221 7

K/S E 0.03 5 0.04 5

TA Pct. Ast A/S SA Dig D/S 20 -.100 560 4.79 27 214 1.83 29 -.034 426 4.10 30 198 1.90

BS 0 0

BA 0 2

Tot 0 2

0.03 10 49 -.061 986 4.46 57 412 1.86 0

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BAILEY MARTIN Lucas, Texas Lovejoy HS Libero Junior - 2L 5-6

AWARDS AND HONORS 2015 PRESEASON ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM 2014 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE ALL-ACADEMIC SECOND TEAM 2014 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S FALL HONOR ROLL 2013 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S FALL HONOR ROLL SOPHOMORE (2014): Appeared in 26 matches, taking over as the team’s primary libero after a season-ending injury to Keelie Arneson ... ranked 57th nationally in digs per set (4.83) ... recorded a career-high 39 digs at Mississippi State (Sept. 13), which is tied for second in school history ... posted double-figure digs in 22 of her 26 matches ... recorded a career-best six assists on three occasions and posted a pair of service aces against Southeastern Louisiana (Oct. 18). FRESHMAN (2013): Appeared in five matches as a freshman… recorded seasonhighs of three digs, one assist and one ace. HIGH SCHOOL Led Lovejoy High School to three straight 3A state championships and a 4A crown in 2012... aided in Junior Olympic 18 Open championship with Texas Advantage Volleyball (TAV) club... named to District 11-3A first team as a junior and honorable mention as a sophomore...earned Academic All-District honors from 2009-11... earned three letters in volleyball and one in track. CAREER BESTS Assists: 6, at Louisiana-Lafayette (Sept. 6, 2014); vs. New Orleans (Oct. 16, 2014); vs. Stephen F. Austin (Nov. 22, 2014) Digs: 39, at Mississippi State (Sept. 13, 2014) PERSONAL: Born May 25, 1995... daughter of Brenda and Buddy Martin... one brother, Blake who plays football at Louisiana Tech... majoring in biology/dentistry... plans on becoming a dental hygienist after NSU.

Year SP K K/S E TA Pct. Ast A/S SA Dig D/S BS 2013 8 0 0.00 0 0 .000 2 0.25 1 4 0.50 0 2014 94 2 0.02 0 14 .143 76 0.81 10 454 4.83 0 Total 102 2 0.02 0 14 .142 78 0.76 11 458 4.49 0

BA Tot 0 0 0 0

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MADISON WALFORD Corinth, Texas Guyer HS Position Sophomore - 1L 5-10

AWARDS AND HONORS 2014 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE COMMISSIONER’S FALL HONOR ROLL FRESHMAN (2014): Appeared in 12 matches, starting four for NSU ... posted season-high 36 assists vs. Abilene Christian on Oct. 2 ... added another 30 assists vs. Florida A&M on Sept. 20 ... twice finished with three kills including Aug. 30 vs. Mississippi Valley State and Oct. 2 vs. Abilene Christian ... added 11 digs at Mississippi State on Sept. 13. HIGH SCHOOL Four year letter winner for Guyer HS volleyball… helped lead the Lady Wildcats to back-to-back bi-district championships her junior and senior year… named Guyer HS Female Athlete of the Year… awarded Academic All-District four consecutive years… co-MVP All-District as a senior and First Team AllDistrict as a junior… member of National Honors Society… obtained a 4.87 GPA on 5.0 scale. CAREER BESTS Assists: 36, vs. Abilene Christian (Oct. 2, 2014) Digs: 11, at Mississippi State (Sept. 13, 2014) PERSONAL Born June 10, 1996… daughter of Brett and Julie Walford… two brothers, Alex (22) and Ben (12) and one sister, Brooke (23)… plans to major in Health Science.

Year SP K K/S E TA Pct. Ast A/S SA Dig D/S BS BA 2014 35 12 0.34 2 34 .294 161 4.60 10 47 1.34 0 3 2014 southland conference tournament champions great tradition ... brighter future

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CHANNING BURLESON

Midland, Texas Midland Senior HS Outside Hitter Freshman - HS 5-8

HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner at Midland Senior High School in Midland, Texas … sevenyear member of Amped Volleyball West Texas … District 3-6A Outside Hitter of the Year and Academic All-District member … member of 2012 Girls National Youth Division third-place team at USA High Performance. PERSONAL Plans to major in nursing … wants to become a nurse anesthetist … daughter of Tracy Burleson … has three siblings, Ridge, Alex and Falyn.

MADELINE DRAKE Tulsa, Okla. Regent Preparatory Middle Blocker Freshman - HS 6-1

HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner at Regent Preparatory School in Tulsa, Okla. … helped lead team to four Oklahoma Class 3A State Championships … named Under Armor High School Watch List and All-America Nominee … 3A State Championship AllTournament team … tallied 432 kills and finished with a .262 hitting percentage, 49 total blocks and 43 aces as a senior … Oklahoma Coaches Association All-State pick ... two-time Tulsa all-metro selection ... twice named Tulsa World volleyball athlete of the week ... nominated as a Tulsa People Volleyball Braniac Scholar ... played club volleyball for Club ONE ... was a USAV Junior Nationals All-Tournament selection. PERSONAL Majoring in hospitality management … wants to be an event planner following graduation … was Magna Cum Laude and finished with a 3.86 GPA … student government representative ... daughter of Johnny and Diana Drake ... has an older brother, Connor, and a younger sister, Ella.

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ABBY GARDEA Deer Park, Texas Deer Park HS Middle Blocker Freshman - HS 6-0

HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner at Deer Park High School in Deer Park, Texas … helped lead team to back-to-back bi-district championships as senior, junior and freshman … MVP of freshman class … two-time academic all-district selection and named academic all-state in 2014 ... seven-year member of Houston Stellar club team ... two-time state swim meet competitor. PERSONAL Majoring in nursing and psychology … wants to work in a hospital like Memorial Hermann and aspires to be a pediatric nurse … finished with a GPA higher than 4.0 all four years … member of National Honor Society, Best Buddies, PALS and Youth for Christ … daughter of Lisa White, Kevin White and Manuel Gardea … has six siblings, Kyle, Garrett, Logan, Jordan, Britta and Emily.

REAGAN ROGERS Blanco, Texas Blanco HS Outside Hitter Freshman - HS 6-0

HIGH SCHOOL

Four-year letter winner in volleyball and basketball at Blanco High School in Blanco, Texas... helped lead team to a perfect 12-0 mark in district play and regional final appearance as a senior....had a career-high 45 kills in the regional semifinal win...team finished 37-9 and 35-8 in her final two seasons... named MaxPreps/AVCA Texas Player of the Week as a senior... appeared on Lone Star Volleyball’s “Players to Watch” list and was a finalist for the Lone Star Volleyball’s “Small School Player of the Year” award... TGCA 2A All-State member as a junior and senior, and TSWA All-State for three seasons... named the District MVP and All-Area MVP for two consecutive seasons ... finished senior season with 967 kills, averaging 7.4 kills per set, 364 digs and 98 aces ... was ranked first in Texas and second in the nation in kills among all outside hitters... finished her junior season with 861 kills, averaging 7 kills per set, which ranked secind in Texas in kills among all outside hitters, and third in the nation ... four-time academic all-district pick and academic all-state as a senior.

PERSONAL

Majoring in hospitality management and tourism ... wants to work for a college or professional sports organization ... member of the National Honor Society, FCCLA, Leo Club and Young Life in Blanco ... daughter of Lisa and Danny Rogers...has one brother, Tanner, and one sister, Landry.

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KYLIE SPENCER Tomball, Texas Concordia Lutheran HS Libero Freshman - RS 5-8

2014 SEASON Redshirted. HIGH SCHOOL Led Concordia Lutheran High School as first team All-District and Academic All-State as a junior and senior... earned All-State honorable mention as a senior... helped the Crusaders to second round of district playoffs as Defensive Player of the Year and second team All-State... in 2011, Spencer claimed Defensive MVP in Concordia’s state championship game appearance... member of National Honor Society. PERSONAL Born Oct. 27, 1995... daughter of Robyn and Kelly Connally... two brothers, Travis (27) and Garrett (18)... majoring in elementary education... plans on becoming an elementary school teacher after NSU.

KATHRYN WRISTEN

Buda, Texas Setter Freshman - HS 5-9

HIGH SCHOOL Three-year letterwinner at Jack C. Hays High School in Buda, Texas … helped lead her team to two straight regional finals as a sophomore and junior … named first-team all-district as a starter her junior and senior years … named second-team all-district as a sophomore … tallied 3,287 assists and 816 digs during her decorated career … three-year member of Austin Junior Volleyball club. PERSONAL Majoring in psychology and addictive studies at NSU … anticipated graduation is May 2019 … hopes to attend graduate school in child psychology following her undergraduate tenure … daughter of Martha and Bert Wristen … has one older brother, Andrew.

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the southland conference Coaches (1st Place Votes) SIDs (1st Place Votes) 1. Stephen F. Austin (11) 143 1. Stephen F. Austin (11) 2. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (2) 119 2. Central Arkansas 3. Central Arkansas 118 3. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (2) 4. Houston Baptist 110 4. Sam Houston State 5. Northwestern State 102 5. Houston Baptist 6. Sam Houston State 93 6. Northwestern State 7. Southeastern Louisiana 68 7. Southeastern Louisiana 8. Lamar 61 8. Lamar 9. McNeese State 51 9. Nicholls Incarnate Word 51 10. Incarnate Word 11. Nicholls 49 11. McNeese State 12. Abilene Christian 37 12. Abilene Christian 13. New Orleans 12 13. New Orleans

Well into its sixth decade of service, the Southland Conference continues to be a model of innovation, stability and consistent achievement as it celebrates the academic and athletic accomplishments of its member institutions and approximately 4,200 student-athletes. Having commemorated its 50th anniversary in 2013, the Southland Conference has transformed itself into a dynamic and respected consortium of 13 member universities in three states. Beginning with a historic meeting of five institutions in Dallas on March 15, 1963, the Southland Conference set on an extraordinary course that has proven successful well into the 21st Century. The successful transformation continues, as the Southland Conference welcomed four additional members in 2013: Abilene Christian University, Houston Baptist University, the University of Incarnate Word in San Antonio, and the University of New Orleans. In addition to its newest members, the Southland also consists of the University of Central Arkansas, Lamar University, McNeese State University, Nicholls State University, Northwestern State University, Sam Houston State University, Southeastern Louisiana University, Stephen F. Austin State University and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. An original Southland member from 1963-73, Abilene Christian rejoined the league as one of the most decorated athletic programs in NCAA history, and the addition of Houston Baptist, UIW and New Orleans gives the Southland a regular competitive presence in the key metropolitan areas of Houston, San Antonio and New Orleans. Southland cities encompass approximately 14 million people, and six of its television markets rank among the top 100 in the U.S. All told, the membership of the Southland encompasses nearly 140,000 current students and an alumni base of nearly 800,000. Famous alums from current Southland Conference schools include former CBS news anchor Dan Rather (Sam Houston State), NBA executive Joe Dumars (McNeese State), ABC news anchor Robin Roberts (Southeastern Louisiana), Major League Baseball star Pos. OH OH MB MB S MB L MB MB OH MB S Pos. MB OH OH L S OH

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Wade Miley (Southeastern Louisiana), NBA legend Scottie Pippen (Central Arkansas), and track and field Olympians Kenta Bell (Northwestern State), and Bobby Morrow and Billy Olson (both Abilene Christian). Other notable alums from current members include Grammy Award-winning musicians Frank Ocean (New Orleans), Don Henley and Rodney Crowell (both Stephen F. Austin), and Ronnie Dunn (Abilene Christian), television personality and actress Ellen DeGeneres (New Orleans), current NFL standouts Lardarius Webb (Nicholls State), Terrence McGee (Northwestern State), and Daniel Manning (Abilene Christian), professional golfers Shawn Stefani and Chris Stroud (both Lamar) and Colin Montgomerie (HBU), award-winning filmmaker Richard Linklater (Sam Houston State), American Idol winner Kris Allen (Central Arkansas), NFL Hall of Famer Jackie Harris (Northwestern State), former NFL standouts Bobby Hebert (Northwestern State), Gary Barbaro (Nicholls State), Wilbert Montgomery (Abilene Christian) and Gary Reasons (Northwestern State), former MLB stars Darryl Hamilton (Nicholls State) and Kevin Millar (Lamar), NCAA football coach Charlie Strong (Central Arkansas), actors John Larroquette (New Orleans), Ricardo Chavira (UIW) and Jesse Borrego (UIW), and the late NFL coaching legend O.A. “Bum” Phillips (Lamar, Stephen F. Austin). The Southland sponsors 17 full championship sports, all at the NCAA Division I level. The eight men’s sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, tennis, and indoor and outdoor track and field. The women compete for nine championships in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, and volleyball. The conference earns automatic qualification to NCAA championships in baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, football, men’s and women’s golf, women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, and volleyball. The Southland Bowling League, an affiliated Conference sport, originated in 2015, and four of its members filled out half of the eight-team bracket, with Stephen F. Austin advancing to the national title match.

2015 PRESEASON FIRST-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE Name University Cl. Hometown Heather Schnars Central Arkansas Sr. Downey, Calif. Jessica Wooten Houston Baptist Jr. Humble, Texas Jacque Allen Stephen F. Austin Sr. Mansfield, Texas Justice Walker Stephen F. Austin Jr. Fort Worth, Texas Michelle Griffith Sam Houston State Jr. The Woodlands, Texas Cortney Moore Lamar Sr. Houston, Texas O.J. Olson Stephen F. Austin Sr. Cedar Park, Texas Allison Doepringhaus Houston Baptist Sr. Palo Alto, Calif. Chelsea Grant Lamar Jr. Killeen, Texas Kaci Eaton Nicholls R-Jr. Austin, Texas Fulani Petties Central Arkansas Jr. Whitehouse, Texas Kayla Armer Houston Baptist Jr. Bradenton, Fla. 2015 PRESEASON SECOND-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE Name University Cl. Hometown Glynna Johnson Northwestern State Sr. Gatesville, Texas Ivy Baresh A&M-Corpus Christi Sr. Arlington, Texas Caiti O’Connell Northwestern State R-Sr. Friendswood, Texas Bailey Martin Northwestern State Jr. Lucas, Texas Kristyn Nicholson A&M-Corpus Christi So. Lewisville, Texas Tori Bates Stephen F. Austin Sr. Allen, Texas

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2015 OPPONENT FACTS Tennessee State Tigers Aug. 28 at Oxford, Miss.

2014 Record: 10-21, 4-12 Ohio Valley Head Coach: Kathy Bullock School Record: 144-192, 12th season Career Record: 306-370, 21st season SID: Kat Hollingsworth SID Phone: 214-529-2332 SID email: kat.hollingsworth@tnstate.edu Website: tsutigers.com Oral Roberts Eagles Aug. 29 at Oxford, Miss.

2014 Record: 15-15, 9-7, Summit League Head Coach: Sheera Sirola School Record: 224-148, 12th year Career Record: Same SID: Phillip Dowden SID Phone: 918-495-7094 SID email: pdowden@oru.edu Website: oruathletics.com Ole Miss Rebels Aug. 29 at Oxford, Miss.

2014 Record: 22-10, 8-10 Southeastern Head Coach: Steven McRoberts School Record: 22-10, 2nd season Career Record: 496-173, 19th season SID: Kim Ling SID Phone: 662-915-5255 SID email: kling@olemiss.edu Website: olemisssports.com UL Lafayette Raginâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Cajuns Sept. 1 at Natchitoches

2014 Record: 20-13, 9-11 Sun Belt Head Coach: Heather Mazeitis-Fontenot School Record: 103-121, 8th season Career Record: 334-373, 20th season SID: Matt Hebert SID Phone: 337-482-6330 SID email: matth@louisiana.edu Website: ragincajuns.com Alabama Crimson Tide Sept. 4 at Tuscaloosa, Ala.

2014 Record: 26-8, 13-5 Southeastern Conference Head Coach: Ed Allen School Record: 79-52, 5th year Career Record: 573-235, 23rd yard SID: Nathan Sheehan SID Phone: 205-348-6734 SID email: nsheehan@ia.ua.edu Website: rolltide.com

2014 Record: 15-16, 9-9 Southeastern Head Coach: Robert Pulliza School Record: 105-111, 8th season Career Record: Same SID: Zach Lawson SID Phone: 479-575-7089 SID email: zlawson@uark.edu Website: arkansasrazorbacks.com

2014 Record: 10-20, 6-10 Southland Head Coach: Tommy Harold School Record: 15-43, 3rd season Career Record: 222-156, 12th season SID: Zack Carlton SID Phone: 985-448-4282 SID email: zachary.carlton@nicholls.edu Website: geauxcolonels.com

Texas-Arlington Mavericks Sept. 12 at Fayetteville, Ark.

Sam Houston State Bearkats Sept. 29 at Natchitoches

2014 Record: 25-9, 14-6 Sun Belt Head Coach: Diane Seymour School Record: 175-169, 11th season Career Record: Same SID: Paul Watley SID Phone: 817-272-2212 SID email: pwatley@uta.edu Website: utamavs.com

2014 Record: 11-20, 7-9 Ohio Valley Head Coach: Julie Yankus School Record: 63-68, 5th season Career Record: Same SID: Danny Chesnut SID Phone: 573-651-2937 SID email: TBA Website: gosoutheast.com Washington State Cougars Sept. 18 at Lubbock, Texas

2014 Record: 10-22, 1-19 Pac-12 Head Coach: Jen Greeny School Record: 53-76, 5th season Career Record: 165-100, 9th season SID: Linda Chalich SID Phone: 509-335-0268 SID email: lindak@wsu.edu Website: wsucougars.com Portland State Vikings Sept. 18 at Lubbock, Texas

2014 Record: 9-20, 7-9 Big Sky Head Coach: Michael Seemann School Record: 152-89, 9th season Career Record: Same SID: Ryan McCall SID Phone: 503-725-5744 SID email: ryan.mccall@pdx.edu Website: goviks.com Texas Tech Red Raiders Sept. 19 at Lubbock, Texas

2014 Record: 20-14, 9-7 Conference USA Head Coach: Amanda Berkley School Record: 37-28, third year Career Record: Same SID: Shirley Hill SID Phone: 601-266-4506 SID email: shirley.jones-hill@usm.edu Website: southernmiss.com

2014 Record: 14-14, 2-14 Big 12 Head Coach: Don Flora School Record: 53-71, 4th season Career Record: 322-130, 15th season SID: Blake Zimmerman SID Phone: 806-834-3835 SID email: blake.zimmerman@ttu.edu Website: texastech.com

College of Charleston Cougars Sept. 5 at Tuscaloosa, Ala.

McNeese State Cowboys Sept. 24 at Natchitoches

2014 Record: 18-12, 11-5 Head Coach: Brenda Gray School Record: 631-445, 31st season Career Record: Same SID: Paul Ridings SID Phone: 936-294-1764 SID email: ridings@shsu.edu Website: gobearkats.com

Southeast Missouri State Redhawks Sept. 12 at Fayetteville, Ark.

Southern Miss Golden Eagles Sept. 4 at Tuscaloosa, Ala.

2014 record: 23-10, 14-2 Colonial Head Coach: Jason Kepner School Record: 200-68, 9th season Career Record: Same SID: TBD SID Phone: (843) 953-3683 SID email: TBA Website: cofcsports.com

Nicholls Colonels Sept. 26 at Natchitoches

Arkansas Razorbacks Sept. 11 at Fayetteville, Ark.

2014 Record: 15-17, 5-11 Southland Head Coach: Ashleigh Fitzgerald School Record: 15-17, 2nd season Career Record: 105-91, 7h season SID: Pam LaFosse SID Phone: 337-475-5926 SID email: plafosse@mcneese.edu Website: mcneesesports.com

Abilene Christian Wildcats Oct. 1 at Abilene; Nov. 14 at Natchitoches

2014 Record: 6-24, 4-12 Southland Head Coach: Jason Bibler School Record: 6-24, 2nd season Career Record: Same SID: Chris Macaluso SID Phone: 325-674-6171 SID email: cjm11a@acu.edu Website: acusports.com Incarnate Word Cardinals Oct. 3 at San Antonio; Nov. 12 at Natchitoches

2014 Record: 10-24, 6-10 Southland Head Coach: Jen Montoya School Record: 171-209, 13th season Career Record: Same SID: Jordan Partridge SID Phone: 210-805-3071 SID email: jpatri88@gmail.com Website: uiwcardinals.com

New Orleans Privateers Oct. 15 at New Orleans

2014 Record: 6-24, 0-16 Southland Head Coach: Millicent Van Norden School Record: 6-24, 2nd season Career Record: 185-301, 14th season SID: Brandon Scardigli SID Phone: 504-280-6284 SID email: bscardig@uno.edu Website: unoprivateers.com Southeastern Louisiana Lions Oct. 17 at Hammond

2014 Record: 11-18, 8-8 Southland Head Coach: Jim Smoot School Record: 22-38, 3rd season Career Record: 386-354-2, 34th season SID: Damon Sunde SID Phone: 985-549-3774 SID email: damon.sunde@southeastern.edu Website: lionsports.net Lamar Cardinals Oct. 22 at Beaumont

2014 Record: 5-23, 5-11 Southland Head Coach: Alan Edwards School Record: 5-23, 2nd season Career Record: 131-175, 10th season SID: Matt Fowler SID Phone: 409-880-7845 SID email: matthew.fowler@lamar..edu Website: lamarcardinals.com Central Arkansas Sugar Bears Oct. 29 at Conway

2014 Record: 20-12, 13-3 Southland Head Coach: Jeni Jones School Record: 0-0, 1st season Career Record: Same SID: Charlie Skinner SID Phone: 501-852-0708 SID email: cskinner@uca.edu Website: ucasports.com

Houston Baptist Huskies Oct. 8 at Natchitoches

2014 Record: 15-17, 9-7, Southland Head Coach: Trent Herman School Record: 50-46, 4th season Career Record: 93-79, 6th season SID: Kyle Rogers SID Phone: 281-649-3087 SID email: karogers@hbu.edu Website: hbuhuskies.com Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders Oct. 10 at Natchitoches

2014 Record: 19-16, 11-5 Southland Head Coach: Tony Graystone School Record: 94-99, 7th season Career Record: 409-160, 17th season SID: TBA SID Phone: 361-825-2831 SID email: TBA Website: goislanders.com Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks Oct. 13 at Natchitoches; Nov. 7 at Nacogdoches

2014 Record: 24-8, 16-0 Southland Head Coach: Debbie Humphreys School Record: 596-303, 28th season Career Record: Same SID: TBA SID Phone: 936-468-5800 SID email: TBA Website: sfajacks.com

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Dr. Jim Henderson

Northwestern State President

He opened his introductory press conference last September playfully asking why the student newspaper -- that he edited two decades ago -- played the story covering his selection as president-elect on Page 3. Then Dr. Jim Henderson held up the Current Sauce, with a full front page photo and headline commemorating the previous weekend’s landmark Demon football victory over old rival Louisiana Tech, and deadpanned: “they got it right.” The proud alumnus has shown tremendous passion for every aspect of Northwestern State University in his new role. He officially assumed the office Jan. 1 upon the retirement of Dr. Randall J. Webb, now president emeritus after leading NSU since the summer of 1996. U N I V E R S I T Y A D M I N I S T R AT I O N The son of a college football President: and basketball competitor and state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Jim Henderson championship-winning basketball Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs: coach, NSU’s new president is an . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Lisa Abney avid sports fan. He places high value Vice President for External Affairs: on the role of athletics in higher ed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerry Pierce ucation, and specifically, at NorthVice President for Student Experience: western. Henderson includes “ath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Maggio letic prominence” as one of the key Vice President for Business Affairs: planks in the strategic vision for the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carl Jones university’s advancement to become Vice President for University Affairs: “the nation’s premiere regional in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marcus Jones stitution of higher education.” Vice President for Technology, Innovation and He’s already overseen a dramatEconomic Development: ic burst of enrollment and expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Darlene Williams in his previous campus leadership role, over the past six years at Bossier Parish Community College. His inclusive, transparent management style blends with a seemingly ever-present persona across the Natchitoches campus and anywhere Demons, or prospective Demons, may be. Henderson spent his first semester as NSU’s leader this spring establishing new bonds within the region, aiming to grow Northwestern State into the leading university in the region. He made reaching out to students and student-athletes a priority, gaining valuable feedback that helped Henderson guide NSU through the statewide threat of serious budget cuts that were finally averted last spring by the state legislature, with Henderson’s active lobbying contributing to the successful and remarkable preservation of current budget levels. Prior to NSU, Henderson served as chancellor of Bossier Parish Community College since 2009. In that time, BPCC expanded enrollment by more than 84 percent and increased annual certificate and degree completions by 90 percent. From 2011-13, BPCC was among the five fastest growing community colleges in the nation with enrollments of between 5,000 and 9,999. Under Henderson’s leadership, the college created market responsive programs in nursing, oil and gas technology, construction management, industrial technology and engineering. Henderson was senior vice president, workforce and economic development/career & technical education for the Louisiana Community & Technical College System from 2005 to 2009. He served as appointing authority and chief executive officer of the LCTCS comprised of eight regional technical colleges serving more than 26,000 students. Under his leadership, the statewide technical college system with 42 individually accredited campuses was transitioned into eight regionally accredited technical colleges. During Henderson’s tenure, LCTCS enrollment grew by 98 percent and helped obtain more than $65 million in grants, appropriations and private funding to enhance workforce development. In partnership with Louisiana Economic Development, Henderson helped create Louisiana FastStart, the nation’s top-ranked state workforce training program. From 2001 to 2005, he was director of administration and director of workforce development for the Louisiana Department of Labor. After graduating from NSU with a journalism degree in 1994, Henderson was in the private sector for 10 years in hotel management. He worked for Mississippi Management, Inc., Kemmons Wilson Companies and Ryco Management, playing a leadership role as each company achieved record growth in profitability. A native of Shreveport, Henderson met his wife Tonia at NSU and they married before both graduated. His mother, Martha, is a former administrator at NSU. His father, Clem, a revered high school coach and principal in Shreveport, passed away in March. NSU’s new president earned a Master of Science in Administration from the University of West Florida and a Doctor of Management from the University of Maryland – University College. The Hendersons have three children, Reagan, Nicholas and Alexander.

An Involved President When Dr. Jim Henderson took the reins at Northwestern State, the new NSU president didn’t stand on precedent. Instead, he set a few of his own. From his back-and-forths with student athletes and the student body as a whole on Twitter (@DrJBHenderson) to his appearance as the color anlayst during Northwestern State’s women’s basketball game against Stephen F. Austin Feb. 5, 2015, Henderson has infused the campuses that comprise Northwestern State University with a new energy that has filtered throughout northwest Louisiana. While pushing a serious message of improving NSU, Henderson has found a way to mix in some levity as well. A week before making his radio debut, Henderson became the first coach/president to be playfully ejected from an NSU Greek basketball game.

Dr. Jim Henderson (right) made his radio color analyst debut Feb. 5, 2015, during the Stephen F. Austin-Northwestern State women’s basketball game in Prather Coliseum.

The Henderson family (Left to Right): Nicholas, Reagan, Tonia, Jim and Alexander.

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Jerry Pierce

Vice President • External Affairs Few people have served Northwestern State as long as alumnus Jerry Pierce has, and nobody has done so in a more understated manner. In his 50th year on the university’s staff, Pierce’s impact on NSU and the city of Natchitoches is indelible. He’s never wanted or gotten top billing, but consistently, he gets results to benefit the university. He is in his 25th year as vice president of external affairs at Northwestern. A significant aspect of his job is oversight of intercollegiate athletics. Pierce works closely with athletic director Greg Burke and all NSU coaches and staff members to keep Northwestern athletics competing at a championship level week after week, month after month and year after year. Pierce is an avid tennis player who has been a member of USTA teams that have won more than a dozen state championships, five regional titles and one national championship. Well before moving into the executive position, Pierce had already served his alma mater, adopted hometown and state with distinction. In his role as vice president, he oversees university operations in athletics, alumni and development, public and media relations and assists NSU Athletic Council President Dr. Jim Henderson in governmental affairs activities. Many of Jody Biscoe (Chair) those duties were his since the 1970s as he worked under five previous Hall Adams presidents as Northwestern advanced from NAIA to NCAA College Division LaCarsha Babers to NCAA Division I athletic status in 1977. Brittany Blackwell A 1961 graduate of Northwestern, Pierce served as trainer/manager Cole Gentry for the Demon football team during his college years, working closely with Baylee Gray (Student) legendary coach Jack Clayton. After earning his journalism degree, Pierce Kelee Grimes went to work for the New Orleans Times Picayune, serving as a reporter Steve Gruesbeck and editor. He was named executive sports editor at the age of 24. Lori LeBlanc In 1965, he chose to raise his two sons in Natchitoches and returned Dr. Jack Pace Dr. Charles Pellegrin to NSU as sports information director. He was promoted to news bureau Christie Price director two years later and assumed additional responsibilities in athletKelee Roddy ics, alumni affairs and other areas through the years. Steve Story He founded, in 1972, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame facility in Sabri Thompson (Student) Prather Coliseum on the NSU campus, providing a home for an entity created in 1958. He established annual induction activities that remain in Ex-Officio Members place nearly four decades later, and served as director of the Hall for 19 Greg Burke years until his promotion to vice president in April 1990 forced him to step Carrie Greene aside from the volunteer post. Dustin Eubanks Roxanne Freeman He helped guide Northwestern into three athletic conferences (Trans Dr. Patrice Moulton America, 1979; Gulf Star, 1983; Southland, 1987) and NCAA Division I staDr. Vicki Parrish tus in 1977. He is a past president of the Southland and has served the Jerry Pierce conference through other offices and committee positions. Dr. Randall Webb In 1994, he was named one of Louisiana’s 20 most influential sports figures by the Times-Picayune. Also on the list were New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson, LSU athletic director Joe Dean and basketball coach Dale Brown, and Grambling football coaching legend Eddie Robinson. His salesmanship and managerial skills were instrumental in convincing Tri-Star Productions to film the 1989 smash hit movie “Steel Magnolias,” with an all-star cast including Julia Roberts, Sally Field and Dylan McDermott in Natchitoches and on the NSU campus. The movie’s impact on tourism in Natchitoches continues to resonate more than two decades later. Pierce is regarded as one of the most effective legislative liaisons for Louisiana’s higher education system. He is also a sought-after dinner speaker and master of ceremonies who has spoken at hundreds of events since 1965. In addition to his administrative responsibilities, Pierce is a member of the Journalism Department faculty. He is the author of one book and editor of two others and has written thousands of editorials, columns, features and other articles for newspapers and magazines. Pierce and his wife Regina, a recently retired teacher, live on Cane River Lake in Natchitoches. He has two sons, Randy and Rick, both NSU graduates; and three grandchildren, twins Evan and Amanda, 24, and Miranda, 13, and two adult stepchildren, Nicholas and Natalie.

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Highlights of NSU athletics under the leadership of Vice President Jerry Pierce and Director of Athletics Greg Burke 24 Southland Conference Championships (8 sports) Football (1997, 1998, 2004), basketball (2005, 2006), women’s basketball (1999, 2004), baseball (1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005), women’s soccer (2000), softball (1998, 1999, 2000, 2015), women’s tennis (2010, 2014), men’s track and field (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002). All-Sports (1997-98). 18 Southland Conference Tournament Championships (5 sports) Basketball (2001, 2006, 2013), women’s soccer (1997, 2000, 2002, 2005), women’s basketball (2004, 2014, 2015), softball (1998, 2000, 2002, 2013, 2014), women’s tennis (2010, 2015), volleyball (2014). 24 NCAA Postseason Appearances (7 sports) Football - FCS Division I playoffs (1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004); basketball (2001, 2006, 2013); women’s basketball (2004, 2014, 2015); baseball (2005); softball (1998, 2000, 2002, 2013, 2014); women’s soccer (2000, 2002, 2005), women’s tennis (2010, 2015), volleyball (2014). Women’s basketball also played in the 1999 WNIT. Track and field qualifications are for individuals, not entire teams. 84 NCAA Postseason Individual Participants (5 sports) Men’s indoor track and field 14 (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2014, 2015), men’s outdoor track and field 36 (1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014), women’s indoor track and field 9 (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004), women’s outdoor track and field 24 (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015), women’s tennis 1 (2010). 75 National Awards (7 sports) All-America awards - track and field (29), football (26), baseball (1). Academic All-America honors – softball (2), baseball (3), football (2), women’s track and field (1). U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Women’s Field Evens Scholar-Athlete of the Year (1). National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete (2); AFCA Allstate Good Works Team (1), NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship (1). Basketball - 2006 Pontiac Game Changing Performance $100,000 Scholarship. NCAA Academic Progress Rates Public Recognition, top 10 percent nationally, (3, 2 by basketball, 1 by women’s soccer) 3 Olympic Competitors (2 sports) Track and field alumni LaMark Carter (2000) Kenta Bell (2004 and 2008) represented the USA in the Olympic Games in the triple jump. Former Demon basketball player Dr. Gayle Hatch was the USA’s head men’s weightlifting coach in the 2004 Athens Games.

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Greg Burke

Director of Athletics The Burke File

AGE: 58 (Born Oct. 22, 1956) • HOMETOWN: Alliance, Ohio • HIGH SCHOOL: Marlington ’74 • COLLEGE: Mt. Union ’78 (cum laude) POSTGRADUATE: Kent State ’86 • BEFORE HE WAS A.D.: Sports writer, Alliance (Ohio) Review, 1972-78; director of news and sports information, Hiram (Ohio) College, 1978-85; administrative intern, NSU athletics, 1985-86; director, NSU Athletic Association, 1986-92; director of athletic development, University of Akron, 1992-96; director of athletics, Northwestern State, 1996-present. BIG FAN OF: Cleveland Browns, Indians and Cavaliers • INTERESTS: Working out, watching ESPN and VH1 Classic, family outings.

In his 20th year as director of athletics at Northwestern State, Greg Burke has received national acclaim for the job he’s done in his adopted hometown. Burke has been athletics director at Northwestern since August 29, 1996, when his first day included speaking at the annual NSU/Independence Bowl Kickoff Luncheon. Burke is the longest serving AD at any Louisiana or Southland Conference institution. He has steered NSU athletics to many of its greatest accomplishments while overseeing a program that has fielded championship-caliber teams in all of the school’s NCAA Division I sports. Those achievements have garnered several awards for Burke, including the “Outstanding Contributions to Amateur Football Award” by the north Louisiana chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame and the Under Amour AD of the Year Award presented by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA). He is a past recipient of the All-America Football Foundation’s General Robert R. Neyland Outstanding Athletic Director Award and also was tabbed as one of two Natchitoches Parish Cenla Newsmakers of 2005 by the Alexandria Town Talk newspaper’s editorial staff. He also is a familiar face on the national level by virtue of serving on several NCAA and NACDA committees, including being president of the Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association and a member of the NACDA Executive Committee. He currently is a member of the NCAA Committee on Academics and has served on the NCAA Championships/Sports Management Cabinet. He previously served on the NCAA Division I Football Issues Committee (1999-2002) and concurrently served a term on the eight-member NCAA FCS Committee that administers the national playoffs. Burke has served as a site supervisor for Football Championship Subdivision playoff games across the nation, and he is regarded as one of the country’s premiere advocates of FCS football. Burke’s 19 years as athletic director include 37 Southland Conference regular-season or tournament championships, 61 All-American and Academic All-American student athletes, and three U.S. Olympic competitors. Twenty NSU teams have taken part in NCAA or WNIT postseason competition. The school’s athletic facilities have undergone more than $9 million in improvements in recent years, including a $2 million replacement project for all scoreboards funded completely through private sponsorships the past four years. The newly established Demons Unlimited Foundation has set annual giving records each of the past two years while embarking on an ambitious initiative to grow the athletic endowment to $5 million under the recently initiated “Perpetually Purple” program. NSU in 2004-05 became the first (and remains the only) Southland Conference member in the league’s five decades of history to sweep football, men’s basketball and baseball championships in the same athletic year. It’s been done only once in Southeastern Conference history, by Alabama in 1933-34, and only four times in Big Ten Conference history, the last time by Michigan State in 1979-80. Burke has displayed a remarkable ability to hire dynamic head coaches. Women’s basketball co-head coaches Brooke and Scott Stoehr have guided NSU to the NCAA Tournament twice in their three-year tenure, co-head coaches Hugh and Stephanie Hernesman led the volleyball program to its first Southland tournament title and NCAA berth, first-year women’s tennis coach led the Lady Demons to the 2015 conference regular-season title and a berth in the tournament championship game while baseball coach Lane Burroughs in his third year has revived that program with a 2015 second-place finish in the league standings. Anchors of the NSU department include current head coaches Mike McConathy, Louisiana’s all-time career basketball wins leader, and 2015 Southland Conference softball coach of the year Donald Pickett, whose team won the conference regular season title for the first time in 15 years and played in its third straight conference tournament championship game. Several other Burke hires had great success at Northwestern State that propelled them to national prominence in subsequent positions. Burke has established a high standard for NSU Athletics in academic achievement and community service. The academic accomplishments are reflected annually in the NCAA’s APR and GSR studies. NSU received the Southland Conference’s inaugural “Southland Strong” Community Service Awards and an NSU student-athlete has been a recipient of the Southland Male or Female Citizenship seven times since the award’s inception eight years ago, including having both winners the past two years. Burke spearheaded the adoption of the slogan “Great Tradition, Brighter Future” for NSU Athletics, and the creation of NSU Athletics “Cornerstones” for student-athletes: “Academic Achievement, Personal Responsibility, Competitive Success … Every Minute, Every Hour, Every Day!” Burke is a past president of the Natchitoches Kiwanis Club and remains active in that civic group. He has also been part of the steering committee for the Natchitoches Christmas Festival and is a former president of the Natchitoches Area Jaycees. He is involved with the American Heart Association, was 2010 March of Dimes chairman locally, and currently is on the Natchitoches Convention and Visitors Bureau Board of Directors. An Ohio native, he received the 2006 “Outstanding Alumni Award” from his alma mater, Marlington High School, recognizing his community service and professional achievements. His wife, Susu, is a Natchitoches native, NSU graduate and an elementary teacher. Their 21-year-old daughter, Catherine, graduated from St. Mary’s High School in May of 2012 and plans to pursue a career in collegiate athletics when she graduates from Louisiana Tech in May 2016.

Burke with his wife Susu and daughter Catherine

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athletic department staff FACULTY ATHLETICS REPRESENTATIVE

Jody BISCOE

Joseph (Jody) Biscoe has served as Northwestern State University’s Faculty Athletic Representative (FAR) since 2006, which includes the role as chairperson for the NSU Athletic Council. Currently, Jody is serving as the chairperson for the Southland Conference Faculty Athlete Representatives and is a member of both the Compliance Committee and the Awards Committee. Additionally, Jody holds a tenured faculty position in the Psychology Department. Jody also is the Coordinator for the undergraduate Addiction Studies program and the Director for the Louisiana Addiction Technology Transfer Center. The Biscoe’s have lived in Natchitoches since 2002. Jody’s wife (Roni) is an avid runner and their daughter Roxy is in her final year of nursing school at NSU. This past year, they had an addition to the family – their grandson, Jaxson. He is already training to be a future Demon multi-sport athlete. ASSISTANT AD/DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING

Haley BLOUNT

Haley Blount, a school record-setting competitor as a Northwestern State track and field student-athlete who has served as the associate director of alumni affairs at her alma mater for the past three years, enters her second year as NSU’s assistant athletic director for development and marketing. Blount, a magna cum laude graduate of NSU in May 2006, was executive director of the NSU Alumni Association as well as the associate director of alumni affairs from July 2011-September 2014. She solicited funds for the Alumni Association and NSU Foundation, planned and coordinated all alumni events and events assigned by the office of NSU president Dr. Randy Webb, and managed the Alumni Association website, social media pages, the Purple Pulse e-newsletter and the Alumni Columns magazine. Previously, she worked as an assistant in student services for the Stephen F. Austin athletics department for 18 months from 2010-11. For nearly three years following her graduation from Northwestern, Blount was an assistant track and field coach and head cross country coach for NSU. Blount is actively engaged in community service organizations, serving as a board member and officer in three prominent local organizations. She earned her master’s degree in sport administration from NSU in 2007 and is pursuing a doctoral degree in educational leadership from Louisiana Tech. Blount was a four-year competitor as a pole vaulter for the Lady Demons and still holds the NSU women’s school record with an 11-6 ¼ clearance at the 2006 Southland Conference Outdoor Championships. She did an internship with USA Track & Field in 2007, serving as assistant producer of the AT&T USA Outdoor Championships in Indianapolis, and she also assisted with operations at the 2008 USA Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore. She was the women’s track and field team representative from 2004-06 on the NSU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and was on the 2005 All-Louisiana Collegiate Track and Field Team based on posting one of the top three marks by any state competitor in her event. Blount was included on the Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll for academic achievement each season from 2002-06. Blount is a past president of the women’s service organization Les Amies of Natchitoches and has been a board member since 2009. She has coordinated Les Amies community service activities and assisted with fundraising. She has served as vice president of the Kiwanis Club of Natchitoches and will become president of the organization in September. Blount also has been the fundraising coordinator and a board member for the Natchitoches Hope for Paws organization. She’s also been a team captain for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life in Natchitoches, has assisted with the Natchitoches Parish Special Olympics and is the Chair of the Natchitoches Young Professionals group. As an undergraduate, Blount won the Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority highest grade point average award in 2005 and 2006, and earned the NSU Health and Human Performance Department’s Hall of Fame Award in 2006 for being the outstanding student-athlete of the year. ASSISTANT AD/NCAA COMPLIANCE DIRECTOR

Dustin EUBANKS

Dustin Eubanks is in his 19th year in the NSU athletic department and his 16th year at the helm of the compliance duties, keeping all athletic personnel current and in accordance with NCAA and Southland Conference guidelines. A 1996 education graduate of Northwestern, the 42-year-old avid fan of all teams that hail from Pittsburgh seized an opportunity to serve as a graduate assistant in the sports information department at Northwestern while beginning the pursuit of his master’s degree in health and physical education (concentration in sports administration), which he obtained in May of 2003, and was impressive enough to earn a promotion to full-time status in November 1998. Eubanks is married to the former Dawn Hornsby of Branch and the couple has two daughters, Emilie and Taylor Nicole. The sisters share the same birthdate. Dustin and Dawn, who is the Assistant Bursar at NSU, celebrated their 11th wedding anniversary this summer.

ATHLETICS BUSINESS MANAGER

Roxanne FREEMAN

Roxanne Freeman began working at NSU in 1983 as an accounting clerk in business affairs. She transferred to the athletic department as football/baseball/track secretary and served under Sam Goodwin, Leon Johnson and several baseball coaches for eight seasons before graduating with a B.S. in accounting in May 1995. Freeman then became the compliance coordinator and academic advisor during a three-year span before leaving in 1998. She returned to NSU in the Fall of 2000 in her current position as Business Manager where she now serves as liaison between the athletic department and business affairs. She has one son, Aaron Pizani, who is also a NSU alum. ASSISTANT AD FOR STUDENT-ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT/ SENIOR WOMAN ADMINISTRATOR

Carrie GREENE

Carrie Greene, a two-year Academic All-Southland Conference soccer standout for Northwestern State in 2005-06, serves as the Assistant Athletic Director for StudentAthlete Development in the Johnnie Emmons Athletic Study Center at NSU as well as the Senior Woman Administrator. Greene, a native of Arlington, Texas, was a magna cum laude graduate of NSU in August 2007 in business administration. She was a key contributor on the Lady Demons’ 2005 NCAA Tournament team that won the Southland Conference Tournament. Greene served as an intern in NSU’s Academic Services and CHAMPS/Life Skills program beginning in January 2009, while also completing her second season as a graduate assistant soccer coach and finishing work on her masters degree. Greene is the academic coordinator for the sports of junior/senior football, men’s basketball, baseball, and tennis. She is also the Director of the Victorious for Life program, NSU’s resident CHAMPS/Life Skills program which focuses on community service, personal development, and career development – allowing student-athletes to prepare for life after college athletics. Under her tenure, NSU Athletics has remained penalty-free with the NCAA Academic Progress Rate. Additionally, the student-athletes have set multiple records for honor roll and department grade point averages. Most notably, in the spring 2015 semester, NSU student-athletes posted a cumulative GPA of 2.97. Greene served an internship in the summer of 2008 with the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, helping stage events supporting a Nationwide Tour golf tournament co-sponsored by the Hall. She also assisted in daily operations of the museum in Springfield and helped stage the Missouri High School Basketball All-Star Game. Greene was a member of Alpha Lambda Delta honors society from 2005-2007, graduating in three years with a 3.74 grade point average. She made the SLC Commissioners’ Academic Honor Roll in the last three seasons she competed for NSU, capped by a 2006 season in which her defense helped the Lady Demons set a school record for least goals allowed per game. Greene graduated with her Masters of Science in Sport Administration with a 4.0 GPA in May 2009 and her Masters of Business Administration from University of Louisiana-Monroe in May 2014. The former Carrie Crowell married David Greene, also a member of the NSU Athletics Department, in June 2014. DIRECTOR OF ATHLETIC FACILITIES AND GAME OPERATIONS

David GREENE David Greene is in his second year as the Director of Athletic Facilities and Game Operations for Northwestern State. His primary responsibilities involve the upkeep, maintenance, and renovations of NSU’s athletic facilities, along with acting as the liaison for event and game operations. The NSU alumnus was a biology teacher at Natchitoches Central High School, where he coached football and soccer, before taking over as the director of facilities at Northwestern State. Prior to his year at NCHS, he spent three years at Lakeview High School where he was named the Natchitoches Parish and Lakeview High School Teacher of the Year. He also coached football, baseball and softball at LHS, where he founded the Lakeview Beautification Program. Greene earned his bachelor’s degree in biology (2008) and master’s degree (2012) in teaching, both from Northwestern State. He and Carrie Greene, NSU’s senior woman administrator, were married in June of 2014.

Mike JACKLICH

DIRECTOR OF TICKETING

Mike Jacklich made an immediate impact on the NSU athletic department after being named director of ticketing in October 2014, increasing basketball ticketing revenue by more than 60 percent from the 2013-14 season. Jacklich came to Natchitoches from suburban Chicago, where he was the director of ticketing for the Schaumberg Boomers of independent baseball’s Frontier League. While with the Boomers, Jacklich worked closely with the Boomers general manager to shape and enhance all aspects of fan services. He was responsible for creating and executing all ticketing and sales reports, while training a full-time sales staff and overseeing a group of 15 interns. Jacklich also wore a variety of hats outside of the Boomers ticket office, including serving as a tour guide

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athletic department staff at Boomers Stadium and filling in as “Coop,” the Boomers’ mascot. Prior to his role in professional baseball, Jacklich worked for five years at Playboy Enterprises in Chicago, where he assisted customers with inquiries and complaints related to the group’s 10 members-only web sites. Jacklich earned his bachelor of arts degree in mass communication from the University of Tulsa in 2001. Following graduation, he returned to Chicago where he began a six-year run as the assistant audience services manager for the legendary Steppenwolf Theatre Company. While with Steppenwolf, Jacklich helped implement Tessitura, an innovative ticketing software system. Jacklich, a Lisle, Ill., native, is married to Krishni, whose family lives in nearby DeRidder and who can totally do better than him. ASSOCIATE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

Adam JONSON

Entering his third year as Associate Athletic Director for External Relations and Executive Director of the Demons Unlimited Foundation, Adam Jonson has been a member of the NSU Athletics in three different stints, totaling nearly a decade. Before returning to NSU in his current role, Jonson served as the Assistant Athletics Director for Tickets & Operations at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. He previously spent more than two years as Assistant Marketing Director for Ticket Operations at NSU and one year as the Assistant Director of Athletics Media Relations at the University of North Florida. Under Jonson’s watch, the Demons Unlimited Foundation has quickly gained brand recognition after its inception in July of 2013 as NSU Athletics’ 501c3 organization supporting all 14 sports. Record-breaking revenues have been attained in ticket sales, annual gifts, special events, licensing, tailgating, corporate partnerships and fundraisers in Jonson’s first two years back at NSU. At ULM, Jonson provided oversight for the athletic communications and ticketing offices while assisting in marketing and fundraising activities. He helped establish new attendance records for several sports, including a season-long baseball tally that ranked in the top 40 nationally in 2012 and a single-game crowd of more than 31,000 for a nationally televised football game against Baylor. In addition to revamping office organization and operational structures, ticket revenue soared by more than 44 percent under Jonson’s watch and restructuring new giving level requirements for premium areas resulted in more than $100,000 of new revenue. Beginning as a student worker in the NSU sports information office, Jonson completed his masters of science in sport administration at NSU with a 4.0 GPA after earning his bachelors of science in business administration as a summa cum laude graduate of NSU in 2007. He was the winner of the prestigious Ace Higgins Award, given by the Louisiana Sports Writer’s Association to the state’s top student SID in 2007. Jonson has also been very involved around campus and in the community. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Natchitoches Jaycees and is an active member of the Rotary Club. A member of Westside Baptist Church, Jonson served as the praise band drummer at the Baptist Collegiate Ministry as an undergraduate at NSU. He and the former Elizabeth Holbert were married in January 2014, and the two welcomed their first child -- a baby girl named Holly Elizabeth -- in May 2015. DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND PROMOTIONS

Josh M DANIEL C

Entering his second full year with Northwestern State Athletics, Director of Marketing and Promotions Josh McDaniel brings a plethora of experiences and skills to the position and department. He joined the Northwestern State Athletic Department on Jan. 1, 2014, in his current capacity after nearly six years working in the Louisiana Tech Athletics Department with extensive involvement with promotional activities and marketing initiatives. McDaniel, a native of Beauregard Parish, has a wide range of experience including event management, branding, ticketing, sales, in-game promotions, social media, graphic design, and video production. In his time at NSU, he has spearheaded growth of the department’s Twitter followers by more than 50% and has grown the department’s Facebook page audience to more than 12,400 followers. McDaniel has also reestablished the Demons’ Instagram account that has grown to nearly 1,200 followers, and he launched the department’s SnapChat account. McDaniel currently develops branding strategies for the department and designs all print materials for posters, billboards, fliers, and signage, along with creating videos and graphics for digital media usage. He is responsible for the development and implementation of the #demoNSUnite hashtag and subsequent marketing campaign. McDaniel is the point man for football, men’s and women’s basketball, and baseball marketing and promotions, and he oversees and assists in those activities for Olympic sports. He is the game producer for football and men’s and women’s basketball games, handling the video board script development and implementation. McDaniel handles public address announcing in baseball, and he currently holds the record for ejections by a PA announcer at Brown-Stroud Field. He also dabbles in working security for the Spirit of Northwestern halftime shows at Turpin Stadium. An alumnus of the Theta Phi chapter of Pi Kappa Phi, McDaniel earned his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from Louisiana Tech University in February 2005. He is a proud graduate of East Beauregard High School in Dry Creek and carries the Trojan spirit with him throughout every day of life’s journey. While at EBHS, he was a four-year varsity letterwinner in football while playing for N Club Hall of Fame Member Mike Maggio. He also lettered four years in basketball and three years in baseball for the Trojans.

He and his wife, the former Amanda King of Downsville, welcomed their first child, Davis William McDaniel, to the world on February 23, 2015. They currently reside on Cane River Lake in the Natchitoches Historic District with their dog, an Irish Morkie named Rudy. ASSISTANT ACADEMIC COORDINATOR

Betsy NOHAVITZA

Betsy Nohavitza enters her first full academic year as part of the Northwestern State athletics academic services staff. Nohavitza arrived in Natchitoches in February 2015 after earning her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Texas A&M. She manages NCAA academic eligibility requirements for four Northwestern State athletic programs, provides assistance to student-athletes and tutors in NSU’s Johnnie Emmons Athletic Study Center and facilitates meetings and activities with NSU’s Student Athlete Advisory Committee. While at Texas A&M, Nohavitza was a graduate assistant instructor in the Department of Health and Kinesiology while pursuing her master’s in sport management. As an undergraduate, Nohavitza interned in the Aggies athletic department in the life skills department. There she assisted student-athletes with creating resumes and cover letters, planned informational business meetings for student-athletes and organized and hosted three student-athlete banquets in the Spring 2013 semester. Nohavitza was named Texas A&M College of Education and Human Development Distinguished Student in Spring 2012 and was named to the Dean’s Honor Roll in Fall 2012. While an undergraduate, she volunteered with Texas A&M’s Big Event, aiding elderly community members with yard work and house cleaning. She spent two years assisting the Lamar Consolidated High School All-Sports Booster Club with their events. ACADEMIC COORDINATOR/ DIRECTOR OF ENHANCED ACADEMIC PROGRAM

Kelee RODDY

A three-time Academic All-Southland Conference performer, Kelee Roddy is in her fourth year with the Northwestern State athletic department and serves as an Academic Coordinator and the Director of the Enhanced Academic Program. Roddy is a magna cum laude graduate of NSU with a 3.82 grade point average in business administration in May 2012. She served as a student worker in the athletic department during her junior year where she found her passion for wanting to pursue a career in academics and student-athlete development, and quickly moved to the Johnnie Emmons Academic Study Center during her senior year. Shortly after graduation, she took on a full-time roll as Assistant Academic Coordinator and Director of the Enhanced Academic Program while pursuing her master’s degree. Roddy graduated with a master’s in sport administration from NSU in August 2014. Roddy currently oversees the sports of freshman and sophomore football, men’s and women’s track and field, and men’s and women’s cross country. As the Director of the Enhanced Academic Program, Roddy assists continuing student-athletes who are at-risk of becoming ineligible or new student-athletes who need additional support in their transition into college. During her time at NSU, Roddy was selected as one of 26 recipients of a 2012 Ethnic Minority and Women’s Enhancement Scholarship awarded by the NCAA to be applied to her postgraduate studies. She ranks third alltime in school history with 471 career strikeouts, leading the Lady Demons in that category in each of her last three seasons, averaging 1.4 per inning in her senior season. Roddy was a second-team All-Louisiana selection as a junior when she went 11-8 with a 1.40 earned run average that ranked 18th nationally. Roddy owns two of the 16 no-hitters in school history, blanking Alcorn State as a junior and Alabama State in her senior season. As a sophomore, she made the Capital One CoSIDA Academic All-District VI team and was Academic All-Southland Conference for the first time. Roddy is a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and Beta Gamma Sigma academic honor sorority, and was president of NSU’s Blue Key Honor Society while earning recognition in Who’s Who Among American Universities and Colleges. The former Kelee Grimes, a native of Pineville, La, married Mike Roddy in April 2013.

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HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER

Idaho State, 1999 • Northwestern State, 2001 11th season at NSU Now in his eleventh season at Northwestern State, Jason Drury was promoted to Head Athletic Trainer in 2012 after the retirement of long-time athletic trainer Ed Evans. Drury joined the sports medicine staff at Northwestern State University in the summer of 2005 after being the head athletic trainer at Natchitoches Central for five years. In the spring of 2009, Drury took over as the head football athletic trainer for the Demons, after working for three seasons with the women’s soccer team and one season with men’s basketball team. A 1999 graduate of Idaho State University in biology, Drury worked with numerous sports in Pocatello, Idaho, including football, men’s basketball and track and field. Drury earned his master’s degree in sports administration from Northwestern State in 2001, during which time he worked as a graduate assistant athletic trainer for the NSU softball team. Drury is a native of Paoli, Ind. He and his wife, Toni, have been married for twelve years. They have two children, Maddox and Kenzie.

Anita MILLER

Dr. James KNECHT

Anita Miller enters her second year at Northwestern State’s assistant athletic trainer. In her first year at NSU, Miller was the head athletic trainer for the Southland Conference Tournament champion Northwestern State women’s basketball team. Miller owns a master’s degree at Delta State University. At DSU she worked with the football, men’s and women’s basketball programs and the men’s soccer program. She worked with the women’s basketball team for two seasons and created numerous rehabilitation plans, including several post-op ACL reconstructions. She covered practices and home games for the football, men’s basketball and soccer teams for one season. A 2012 graduate of the University of Kansas, she graduated with a bachelor’s of science in athletic training while covering the football, spirit squad, women’s tennis and women’s swimming and diving teams. She also earned Kansas Athletic Trainers’ second-team all-academic honors, and was awarded the Mount Oread Scholar and School of Education Recognition Scholarship. Miller is CPR/AED certified, and certified as an instructor. She is also a National Athletic Trainers’ Association Board certified trainer. She is a native of Hutchinson, Kan., and is a graduate of Haven High School. HEAD TEAM PHYSICIAN

Dr. Steven Kautz begins his first season as the head team physician for Northwestern State athletics. Kautz is board certified in orthopedic medicine and serves as medical director for Natchitoches Regional Medical Center Sports Medicine and PRISM Sports Medicine and outpatient comprehensive therapy services. He received his Bachelor of Science at the University of California-Irvine and attended the University of Southern California School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency at LAC and USC Medical Center Department of Orthopedic Surgery. Kautz has been in private practice since 2000 and has worked with athletes on the professional, collegiate and high school level. He is affiliated with Natchitoches Regional Medical Center, Sabine Medical Center, DeSoto Regional Medical Center and University Hospital (LSU) in Shreveport. Addtionally, Kautz serves as an adjunct professor at LSU School of Medicine and is a member of the medical team for NRMC Comprehensive Wound Care Center. He is the team doctor for Many High School Sports and enjoys coaching local youth basketball and soccer teams. Kautz’s wife, Kathleen, is an internal medicine physician with the Natchitoches Medica Specialists Group. The couple has three children - Carissa, Andrew and Peter.

Dr. Marc Stokes enters his first year as a Northwestern State team doctor. Stokes is board certified in emergency medicine and serves as both medical director for Natchitoches Regional Medical Center Emergency Department and director of Natchitoches Parish Emergency Medical Services. He received his medical degree from LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport where he later served as Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and holds a B.S. in Biology from Northeast Louisiana University. He completed his emergency medicine residency program at Louisiana State University School of Medicine in Baton Rouge. He has extensive training in trauma and head injuries. In addition to his many honors and awards in emergency medicine, Stokes is a member of the medical team for the NRMC Comprehensive Wound Care Center. He is very involved with youth sports in Natchitoches and serves as the team physician for Natchitoches Central and St. Mary’s High Schools. Stokes also has found time to participate in medical mission trips to Kenya. Stokes’ wife, Mindy, is a former Northwestern State assistant women’s basketball coach. The couple has four children - Caroline, Connor, Catherine and Bailey.

ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER

Kansas, 2012 • Delta State, 2014 2nd season at NSU

Dr. Steven KAUTZ

Dr. Marc STOKES

TEAM DOCTOR

TEAM PHYSICIAN

Dr. James Knecht has been a Northwestern State team physician since 1984. He finished his pre-med curriculum from LSU in 1975. While at LSU, he was an Academic All-SEC and Academic All-American football player in 1974. He has been in private practice family medicine in Natchitoches since 1982. In addition to being Northwestern’s team physician, he has also been Natchitoches Central’s team physician since 1992. Dr. Knecht is actively involved in many professional organizations, including the Natchitoches Parish Medical Society, Active Staff Physicians at Natchitoches Parish Hospital, and the Louisiana State Medical Society. He is also a Diplomat of the American Board of Family Practice and Fellow of the American Academy of Family Practice. His father, Gene, was an assistant football coach at Northwestern State and has been active in the Graduate N Club for three decades. His brother, Brett, is a three-year football letterman who served as Joe Delaney’s fullback. Knecht’s wife, Liz, is a CPA and an internal auditor at NSU. The couple has three chilrden - Ashley, Amanda and Landon - and two grandchildren, Ryder and Ian. HEAD STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH

Evan COACHMAN Austin College, 2010 Fourth Season at Northwestern State

After more than a year as an assistant, including an impactful role overseeing strength and conditioning for the Demon baseball program, Evan Coachman was promoted to head strength and conditioning coach in January 2014. Since May 2012, Coachman and his staff have played pivotal parts in developing NSU student-athletes who have collected Southland Conference championships in men’s and women’s basketball, softball and tennis. Coachman was a football and strength & conditioning coach for 17 months at his alma mater, where he developed all-conference players at tight end and wide receiver. He developed and managed the in-season workouts for the football team. From 2009-2012, he was also an assistant strength & conditioning coordinator for Athlete’s Performance Course in Allen, Texas, where he developed workout routines for baseball, softball, football and volleyball competitors ages 10-18, and ran workouts for up to 50 athletes simultaneously. Coachman is certified through the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and by USA Weighlifting. At Austin College from 2007-10, Coachman played receiver and free safety. He was a preseason All-American as a senior. He was all-conference at receiver as a sophomore, then at free safety as a junior and senior. He was elected to the Leadership Council by his peers. At Frisco High School, he had a 3.3 GPA and was an all-district football player in his last two seasons. Coachman had a 3.5 GPA in graduate school at Austin College, earning his master’s in education. As an undergraduate, he earned a bachelor’s in history and was secretary and vice president of Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity.

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Doug Ireland

Assistant AD/Sports Information Director

In charge of athletic media relations at his alma mater since January 1989, Doug Ireland coordinates publicity efforts for Northwestern’s 14 intercollegiate sports teams through local, regional and national media outlets in print, broadcast, television and the internet. He also serves in the volunteer role of chairman of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. Ireland assumed that post in April 1990. His 1992 Demon Football Media Guide won “Best in the Nation” in FCS Division from the College Sports Information Directors of America. A 1997 story on Joe Delaney, “The Guy We Called Joe D,” won a national second-place award in a CoSIDA writing contest. Ireland has won numerous awards as SID from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. Several of his assistant SIDs and graduate assistants have advanced to prominence in media fields. Former NSU sports information staffers under Ireland include Bruce Ludlow, assistant commissioner of the Southland Conference for media relations; Bill Magrath, media relations manager for the Sports Business Daily; Mike Morrison, co-editor of the ESPN Information Please Almanac; Daucy Crizer, assistant AD and business manager at Lamar; Erik Cox, former SID at Lamar; Dart Volz, former SID at Southeastern Louisiana; Melissa Reynaud, former assistant SID at LSU; Kenny Lannou, SID at Kansas State; Matthew Bonnette, SID at McNeese State and Troy Mitchell, SID at Henderson State. Dustin Eubanks, NSU’s director of NCAA compliance, worked in the NSU SID office as a graduate assistant and for two years as the full-time assistant, and Adam Jonson, NSU’s associate athletic director for external relations, was a student and graduate assistant in the SID office. In 1981-82, while an undergraduate at Northwestern, Ireland worked as chief of the Shreveport Times Natchitoches Bureau, coordinating news coverage of an eight-parish region along the Red River. From 1982-85, he was assistant SID at Southwestern Louisiana, working with a men’s basketball program that made three straight postseason tournament appearances. He won CoSIDA publications and writing awards while at USL. Ireland was the sports editor of the Natchitoches Times in 1985-86 and attended graduate school at Northeast Louisiana before joining the Alexandria Town Talk sports staff in 1987. In 18 months at the Town Talk, he covered both NSU and LSU sports and won 15 writing awards from the Louisiana Sports Writers’ Association. In 2001, the LSWA presented its prestigious Mac Russo Award to Ireland for his contributions to the organization. In 1999, Ireland was awarded honorary membership in the Graduate N Club at NSU by the university’s group of athletic lettermen for his service to Northwestern and its athletic program, and in 2003 he was given full membership. He was appointed by President Dr. Randall Webb to serve a two-year term on the inaugural University Planning Council in 1997-99. In 2008, he was awarded the the National Football Foundation “Distinguished American” award and in 2012 he was honored by the Alexandria Town Talk by being named the “CENLA Sportsman of the Year” award for his work as an SID and toward the completion of the $23 million Hall of Fame Museum. A member of the Blue Key National Honor Fraternity and a student government senator while completing a journalism degree from Northwestern, Ireland was editor of the student newspaper “Current Sauce” as a sophomore before going to work for the Shreveport Times. He was an all-district baseball player and the student body president at Jonesboro-Hodge High School, where he was a wingback for the Tigers’ 1977 Class AA state football finalists coached by the late Don Shows.

Jason Pugh

Assistant Sports Information Director

They cover the Demons: primary media outlets Daily Newspapers -LaMar Gafford, Bob Tompkins, Randy Benson, Sports, Alexandria Daily Town Talk, P.O. Box, 7558, Alexandria, LA 71306 (318-487-6351, fax 487-6315) - Roy Lang III, Jimmy Watson, Scott Ferrell, Sports, The Times, 222 Lake Street, Shreveport, LA 71101 (318-459-3296, 800-462-6436, fax 459-3301) - Joe Schiefelbein, Sports, Baton Rouge Advocate, P.O. Box 588, Baton Rouge, LA 70821 (225-383-1111, fax 388-0371) - Russell Hedges, Sports, Bossier Press Tribune, 4250 Viking Dr., Bossier City, LA 71111 (318-352-3618, fax 747-5298) - Daniel Green, Leesville Daily Leader, P.O. Box 619, Leesville, LA 71446 (318-239-3444, fax 318-238-1552)

Non-Daily Newspapers - NSU Current Sauce, Kyser Hall, Natchitoches, LA 71497 (318-357-5456, fax 357-6564) - Sports, Times-Picayune/NOLA.com, 3800 Howard Ave., New Orleans, LA 70140 (504-826-3405, fax 826-3401) - Chris Salim, Natchitoches Times, 904 Hwy. 1 South, Natchitoches, LA 71457 (318-352-3618, fax 352-7842)

Television Stations - Kelsey Wingert, Clay Yeager KALB-TV, 605 Washington St., Alexandria, LA 71306 (318-445-6397 exts. 516, 523; fax 442-7427) - Shayne Wright, Matt Harris, Rashad Johnson, KSLA-TV, 1812 Fairfield Ave., Shreveport, LA 71104 (318-677-6709, fax 677-6705) - Tim Owens, Kamady Rudd, KTAL-TV, 3150 N. Market St., Shreveport, LA 71107 (318-629-7134, 7133, fax 318-629-7171) - Tatum Everett, Alex Anderson, KTBS-TV, 312 E. Kings Hwy., Shreveport LA 71104 (318-861-5838, fax 318-862-9431) - David Antilley II, NSU-TV, 104A Kyser Hall, P.O. Box 5273, Natchitoches, LA 71497 (318-357-4417) Campus Radio Station - KNWD, 109 Kyser Hall, P.O. Box 5273, Natchitoches, LA 71497 (318-357-5693) Wire Service - Bret Martel, Associated Press, 1001 Howard Ave. Suite 200A, New Orleans, LA 70113 (800-662-7717, 504-523-3931, fax 586-0531)

Conference/NCAA Offices - Calhoun Hipp Southland Conference, 2600 Network Blvd., Suite 150, Frisco, TX 75034 (972-422-9500, fax 422-9225) - Jim Wright, NCAA Statistics, P.O. Box 6222, Indianapolis, IN 46206 (317-917-6222, fax 917-6888)

National Outlets - USA Today, 7950 Jones Branch Dr., McLean, VA 22107 (703-276-3400) - Sports Illustrated, Time/Life Building, New York, NY 10020 (212-522-5782, 212-9774540/4541) - Sporting News, Box 56, St. Louis, MO 63166 (800-433-1886, 314-993-7111) - CBS Sports, 51 W52nd St., 30th Floor, New York, NY 10019 (212-975-5162/3559) - ABC Sports, 1330 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10019 (212-456-7777) - ESPN, ESPN Plaza, Bristol, CT 06010 (203-585-2154/2125, 800-843-6416) - CNN, One CNN Plaza, 100 International Blvd., Atlanta, GA 30348 (404-822-1588) - SportsTicker, Harborside Financial Center, 600 Plaza Two, Jersey City, NJ 07311 (800-3678935) Follow us on Twitter -@NSUDemons & @NSUDemonsFB (Football) Facebook -Northwestern State Demons

A 12-year veteran of The (Shreveport) Times newsroom, Jason Pugh is in his

first full year as the assistant sports information director at Northwestern State after joining the department in October 2014. During his tenure at The Times, Pugh was the Northwestern State football and men’s basketball beat writer from 2010-2013 and covered the 2012-13 NSU team that captured the program’s third NCAA Tournament berth. Prior to covering area college athletics, Pugh was the primary high school sports writer at The Times, during which he covered several athletes whose careers led them to Northwestern State, including AllSouthland Conference men’s basketball performers Jalan West and Zeek Woodley and former All-Southland Conference third baseman Chase Daughdrill (baseball). While at The Times, Pugh had the opportunity to cover all three World Series that have taken place in Texas, one College World Series, one NCAA Men’s Final Four and Super Bowl XLV. He has won first-place awards in Best Feature Story and Best Sports Story from the Louisiana Press Association and first place in Best Prep Feature from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. He also has captured numerous other awards for writing and design from the LSWA. While a student at Louisiana-Lafayette, Pugh was the sports editor of the campus newspaper, The Vermilion, for two years and was a part of the sports information office for three years. In 2000-01, Pugh was the primary media contact for the inaugural season of Lady Cajuns soccer and for the nationally ranked Ragin’ Cajuns baseball team, which made its lone College World Series appearance the previous year. A 1997 graduate of Airline High School in Bossier City, Pugh was named the 2001 Louisiana-Lafayette Department of Communication Outstanding Graduate. He completed requirements for a master’s of science in sport management from the Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management at the University of Massachusetts in May.

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Kills

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Total Attempts

1. 31 31 3. 30 4. 29 29 29 5. 27

Match Whitney King at Centenary 2004 Annie Bloxson vs Nicholls State 1987 Shera Dowell vs Grambling 1991 Annie Bloxson vs Wiley College 1987 Annie Bloxson vs Nicholls State 1989 Annie Bloxson vs McNeese State 1989 Priscila Augusto vs SLU 10/11/03

1. 431 2. 424 424 4. 418 5. 405 6. 385 7. 374 8. 372 9. 357

Season Christina Stone Tiffany Cronin Stacey DiFrancesco Becky David Whitney King Stacey DiFrancesco Claire Gilmartin Annie Bloxson Becky David

2002 1997 2011 2003 2004 2012 1992 1987 2002

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 8.

78 72 72 71 68 65 65 65 64

Match Sonja Olsen vs Nicholls Christina Stone vs SFA Stacey DiFrancesco vs UTA Becky David at SHSU Priscila Augusto vs SLU Dawn Carlos vs SFA Sonja Dale vs McNeese Stacey DiFrancesco vs TX ST Jamie Fleischer vs SFA

Hitting Percentage

1989 2002 2012 10/24/03 10/11/03 1987 1987 2011 1990

1. 1,390 2. 1,244 3. 1,224 4. 1,221 5. 1,186 6. 1,131 7. 1,091 8. 1,081 1,081 10. 1,048

Season Stacey DiFrancesco Stacey DiFrancesco Becky David Christina Stone Whitney King Ashley Elrod Tiffany Cronin Christina Stone Stacey DiFrancesco Becky David

2011 2012 2003 2002 2004 2013 1997 2000 2014 2002

1. 4,683 2. 3,768 3. 3,272 4. 3,029 5. 3,015 6. 2,982 7. 2,636 8. 2,462 9. 2,411 10. 2,363

Career Stacey DiFrancesco Christina Stone Tiffany Cronin Whitney King Yelena Enwere Mackenzie Neely Amy Warren Annie Bloxson Caiti O’Connell Dawn Carlos

2011-14 1999-02 1994-97 2004-06 2006-09 2011-14 1993-96 1985-89 2012-present 1985-88

Match 1. .875 Vanessa Coleman vs. Alcorn 2. .800 Shera Dowell vs UL Lafayette 3. .769 Tiffany Cronin vs Sam Houston St 4. .733 Tiffany Cronin vs Southern 5. .700 Caiti O’Connell vs. McNeese 5. .688 Shera Dowell vs Grambling 6. .687 Claire Gilmartin vs Jackson State 7. .647 Flavia Belo vs UALR

9/16/11 1992 1994 1994 2012 1991 1989 8/29/03

Vanessa Coleman’s .875 hitting percentage in 2011 in a 3-0 win against Alcorn ranks first in NSU history. Stacey DiFrancesco wrapped up her career as NSU’s leader in kills and total attempts.

Career 1. 1,318 Stacey DiFrancesco 2. 1,291 Tiffany Cronin 3. 1,262 Christina Stone 4. 1,208 Yelena Enwere 5. 1,074 Mackenzie Neely 6. 1,008 Annie Bloxson 7. 991 Amy Warren 8. 978 Whitney King 9. 864 Caiti O’Connell 10. 789 Dawn Carlos 11. 775 Becky David 12. 739 Claire Gilmartin

2011-14 1994-97 1999-2002 2006-09 2011-14 1985-89 1993-96 1994-96 2012-present 1985-88 2002-03 1989-92

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

.330 .306 .300 .299 .291

Season Shannon Puder Shera Dowell Claire Gilmartin Shera Dowell Amy Warren

2001 1992 1992 1991 1993

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

.302 .278 .259 .254 .237 .235 .232

Career Shera Dowell Claire Gilmartin Glynna Johnson Renita Ellis Shannon Puder Tiffany Cronin Annie Bloxson

1991-92 1989-92 2012-present 1989-90 2001-05 1994-97 1985-89

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INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Digs

Match 1. 11 Tanya Champagne vs. Nicholls 2. 10 Cathy Herring vs St. Francis 3. 9 Juliana Abreu vs. UTSA 9 Robyn Justin vs, La. Tech 9 Lauren Thorman vs, Centenary 6. 8 Robyn Justin vs, Nicholls 8 Kerri Cottle vs, Grambling 8 Emily Johnson vs. Alcorn State

1985 2001 2005 1986 1999 1985 2002 2011

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

80 72 69 64 62 56

Season Robyn Justin Sandi Sherrill Cathy Herring Tiffany Cronin Sandi Sherrill Flavia Belo

1986 1991 2001 1995 1990 2003

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

194 185 142 137 125 122 117

Career Sandi Sherrill Tiffany Cronin Cathy Herring Flavia Belo Mackenzie Neely Robyn Justin Tanya Champagne

1988-91 1994-’97 2000-03 2002-05 2011-14 1984-86 1985-’88

Match 1. 58 Tanya Champagne vs Nicholls 1985 2. 46 Keelie Arneson vs. Jacksonville St. 9/19/14 3. 39 Bailey Martin at Miss. St. 9/13/14 39 Keelie Arneson vs. McNeese St. 9/25/14 5. 36 Zanny Castillo vs. Tenn.-Martin 8/29/08 36 Stacey DiFrancesco at Miss. St. 9/13/14 7. 35 Rachel Ford at ULL 8/29/06 35 Cathy Herring vs SE Louisiana 2002 35 Megan Manning vs. La. Tech 9/18/07 35 Keelie Arneson vs. SLU 10/11/12 11. 34 Keelie Arneson at Auburn 9/20/14 1. 712 2. 618 3. 539 4. 528 5. 454 6. 444 7. 429 8. 423 9. 421 10. 410

Season Keelie Arneson Keelie Arneson Keelie Arneson Rachel Ford Bailey Martin Megan Manning Cathy Herring Cathy Herring Stacey DiFrancesco Tiffany Cronin

Career 2,135 Keelie Arneson 1,383 Stacey DiFrancesco 1,325 Cathy Herring 1,161 Megan Manning 1,100 Christina Stone 1,077 Tiffany Cronin 1,059 Rachel Ford

2013 2012 2011 2006 2014 2007 2002 2003 2014 1997

1. 2011-14 2. 2011-14 3. 2000-03 Match 4. 2007-10 1. 8 Sonja Dale vs Southern 1987 5. 1999-02 2. 7 Sonja Dale vs McNeese State 1987 6. 1994-97 7 Dawn Carlos vs McNeese State 1986 7. 2004-06 4. 6 Annie Bloxson vs Southern Miss 1987 5. 5 Markie Robichau vs. Tenn.-Martin 8/28/08 5 Yelena Enwere vs SLU 9/29/06 5 Dawn Carlos vs McNeese State 1987 Match 5 Amy Warren vs Texas Southern 1993 1. 10 - Shannon Puder at SHSU ............10/24/03 2. 9 - Shannon Puder at Lamar ............10/21/05 Season 9 - Beth Freeland at Lamar ................11/6/04 1. 48 Laranda Spann 2010 9 - Shannon Puder at Montana ........11/13/03 2. 42 Sonja Dale 1987 9 - Mackenzie Neely vs. NMSU ...........9/10/11 3. 35 Amy Warren 1993 9 - Glynna Johnson at Auburn......9/20/14 4. 32 Shannon Puder 2005 5. 31 Amy Warren 1996 Season 1. 137 Glynna Johnson.......................2014 Career 2. 105 Glynna Johnson...................... 2013 1. 107 Amy Warren 1993-96 3. 88 Beth Freeland................................. 2004 2. 95 Tiffany Cronin 1994-97 4. 84 Shannon Puder.............................. 2003 3. 75 Janice Graham 1988-91 84 Amy Warren................................... 1993 75 Sonja Dale 1985-88 6. 83 Shannon Puder.............................. 2005 5. 71 Sonja Olsen 1987-90 7. 82 Glynna Johnson.......................... 2012 8. 81 Vanessa Coleman................................ 2012 9. 80 Laranda Spann.....................................2010 10. 71 Karen Hil........................................ 1992 Wins: 22 (1975) Assists: 1,666 (2003) Winning %: .710 (1975) Aces: 295 (1985) Career Kills: 1,889 (2003) Digs: 2,199 (2014) 1. 324 Glynna Johnson...........2012-present Attacks: 5,180 (2003) Block Assists: 485 (2014) 2. 270 Shannon Ruder........................ 2001-’05 Hitting %: .223 (1992) Block Solos: 178 (1987) 3. 264 Mackenzie Neely.......................2011-14 Kills per set: 14.2 (2003) 4. 191 Beth Freeland .......................... 2001-’04

Block Solos

Block Assists

Team Season

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1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 7.

67 66 65 65 65 65 64 64 63

1. 1,466 2. 1,214 3. 1,197 4. 1,073 5. 1,040 6. 1,032 7. 1,003 8. 929 9. 904 10. 901 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

4,020 3,460 3,368 2,531 2,523 2,217 1,838 1,458

Match Missy Krause vs. UTA 1997 Flavia Belo vs. Nicholls 10/10/03 Megan Dockery vs. McNeese 9/25/08 Megan Dockery vs. UTA 1/16/07 Flavia Belo vs. Lamar 11/8/03 Missy Krause vs. Nicholls 1998 Flavia Belo vs. SE La. 10/11/03 Missy Krause vs. Liberty 1998 Flavia Belo vs. SFA 10/7/03 Season Flavia Belo Emily Sweet Missy Krause Megan Dockery Missy Krause Flavia Belo Emily Sweet Megan Dockery Missy Krause Cathy Herring

2003 2012 1999 2006 1998 2005 2011 2008 1997 2001

Career Flavia Belo Missy Krause Megan Dockery Sandi Sherrill Cathy Herring Emily Sweet Jeri Dusenberry Jody Nichols

2002-05 1997-00 2007-09 1988-91 2000-03 2011-12 1991-94 1992-95

All-Southland players Player Priscilla Augusto Yelena Enwere Stacey DiFrancesco Stacey DiFrancesco Keelie Arneson Stacey DiFrancesco Mackenzie Nealy

Yrs Team 2003 Second 2008 Second 2011 Second 2012 First 2012 First 2013 First 2014 First

All-Time Coaching Records Coach

Yrs Vicki Weeks 1973 Dychon Daroonpun 1974 Charlotte Corley 1975-76 Yvonne Ridenhour 1977 Ari-Iwan Waworuntu 1983 Linda Jones 1984-85 Rickey McCalister 1986-93 Denise Dewey 1994-95 Mary DeJute 1996-98 James Onikeku 1999-01 Leigh Mullins 2002-05 Brittany Uffelman 2006-09 Hugh Hernesman 2010-14 Stephanie Hernesman 2010-14 Sean Kiracofe 2015

W-L Win.% 15-9 .625 21-9 .700 40-22 .645 18-13 .581 0-15 .000 15-39 .278 94-140 .402 18-49 .269 19-77 .198 31-61 .337 45-82 .354 35-70 .333 80-78 .506 80-78 .506 0-0 .000

series records Opponent

Match Game First Last W-L W-L Match Match

A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI 11-5 25-16 2000 Air Force 2-1 7-6 1997 ABILENE CHRISTIAN 3-0 9-5 2013 ALABAMA 0-3 2-9 1990 Alabama-Birmingham 0-2 2-6 2000 Alabama State 1-0 3-1 1993 Alcorn State 7-0 21-3 1989 Appalachian State 2-0 5-0 1976 ARKANSAS 0-2 1-6 2012 Arkansas-Little Rock 1-6 7-18 1976 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 4-0 12-0 1999 Arkansas State 1-8 8-23 1989 Auburn 0-1 2-3 2014 Austin Peay 0-1 0-3 2008 Baylor 0-5 2-15 1998 Belmont State 1-0 3-0 1997 Cal-Poly SLO 0-1 0-3 1988 Centenary 39-2 106-15 1985 CENTRAL ARKANSAS 7-19 24-42 2006 Charleston Southern 1-0 3-0 2000 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON FIRST MEETING Colorado 0-1 0-3 2013 Duquesne 0-1 1-3 2001 East Texas Baptist 2-2 6-9 1984 East Texas State 0-1 0-2 1976 Eastern Kentucky 0-1 2-3 2003 Eastern Michigan 0-1 0-2 2009 Florida A&M 0-2 3-6 1994 Furman 0-1 1-3 1997 Georgia State 0-2 4-6 1993 Grambling 37-2 84-19 1987 Houston 0-1 1-3 2004 HOUSTON BAPTIST 3-1 10-4 2011 INCARNATE WORD 3-0 9-3 2013 Jackson State 5-0 15-1 1989 Jacksonville State 0-1 2-3 2014 Kansas 0-3 0-1 2012 LSU 0-5 3-11 1976 LAMAR 12-26 30-71 1996 Liberty 0-1 2-3 1998 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 18-17 58-63 1976 Louisiana-Monroe 24-33 91-112 1976 Louisiana Tech 20-24 72-81 1976 MCNEESE STATE 17-48 66-148 1976 Memphis 0-3 0-9 1996 Mercer 2-0 6-1 1993 Middle Tennessee 0-1 0-3 1992 Mississippi State 0-8 2-24 1988 Mississippi Valley St. 3-0 9-0 1989 Missouri 1-0 3-0 2014 Missouri-KC 1-3 4-11 1999 Missouri State 0-1 0-3 2006 Montana 0-1 2-3 2003 Morehead State 0-1 0-3 2011 Murray State 0-2 2-6 1997 New Mexico 0-1 0-3 2013 New Mexico State 0-2 1-6 2004

2014 2005 2014 1998 2006 1993 2011 2013 2013 2009 2010 2011 2014 2008 2014 1997 1988 2006 2014 2000

2013 2001 1985 1976 2003 2009 2014 1997 2000 2008 2004 2014 2014 2011 2014 2012 1995 2014 1998 2014 2010 2013 2014 2014 1999 1992 2014 2014 2014 2013 2006 2003 2011 2007 2013 2011

Opponent

Match Game First Last W-L W-L Match Match

NEW ORLEANS 6-8 20-25 1976 NICHOLLS 31-37 91-122 1976 NC-Greensboro 1-0 3-0 2000 North Dakota St. 1-3 0-1 2012 North Texas 5-13 21-45 1987 OLE MISS 1-4 2-12 1976 ORAL ROBERTS 5-6 8-7 2001 Ouachita Baptist 0-1 0-2 1986 PORTLAND STATE 0-1 0-3 2001 Prairie View A & M 7-3 26-13 1992 Rice 0-1 0-3 1998 Robert Morris 3-1 1-0 2012 St. Francis 1-0 3-0 2001 Saint Louis 0-1 0-3 1996 Samford 3-3 10-11 1988 SAM HOUSTON STATE 6-42 35-123 1984 San Jose State 0-4 0-4 2007 South Alabama 3-5 13-18 1990 South Dakota State 0-1 0-3 2004 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI ST. FIRST MEETING SOUTHEASTERN LA. 29-26 88-87 1983 Southern 16-15 56-53 1976 Southern Arkansas 0-1 0-2 1986 Southern Methodist 0-1 0-3 1998 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 5-13 20-38 1987 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 10-54 36-153 1984 Syracuse 0-1 0-3 2010 TCU 0-1 0-3 2004 Tenn.-Chattanooga 0-1 1-3 2011 Tennessee-Martin 5-2 8-4 1976 TENNESSEE STATE 1-0 3-2 1997 Tennessee Tech 0-1 0-3 2010 Texas 0-1 0-3 2014 Texas A & M 0-2 0-5 1976 TEXAS-ARLINGTON 4-35 22-100 1987 Texas Lutheran 0-1 0-2 1976 Texas-Pan American 4-2 7-8 1995 Texas-San Antonio 3-27 22-90 1991 Texas-Southern 2-2 7-7 1993 Texas State 2-40 24-124 1984 TEXAS TECH 0-2 1-6 2011 Texas Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 0-1 1-2 1976 Troy 2-3 6-13 1996 Tulane 0-5 0-15 1989 Tulsa 0-7 0-13 1999 UNLV 0-1 2-3 2011 UTEP 0-1 2-3 2003 Utah 0-1 0-3 2013 Utah Valley State 0-1 1-3 2005 WASHINGTON STATE FIRST MEETING Weber State 0-1 2-3 2005 Wiley College 2-2 6-8 1984 Youngstown State 0-1 0-3 2001 @Totals 353-587

2014 2014 2000 2012 2014 1998 2013 1986 2001 2013 1998 2012 2001 1996 2010 2014 2012 2014 2004 2014 2014 1986 1998 2014 2014 2010 2004 2011 2012 1997 2010 2014 1992 2011 1976 2012 2011 2004 2013 2012 1976 2000 2000 2012 2011 2003 2013 2005 2005 1986 2001

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YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 1973 (15-9) Head Coach: Vicki Weeks 1974 (21-9) Head Coach: Dychon Daroonpun 1975 • 22-9 (2nd LAIAW State Tourney) Head Coach: Charlotte Corley 1976 • 18-13 (5-3 LAIAW State Tourney) Head Coach: Charlotte Corley

Date

Opponent

Result

Oct. 1 !UL-Monroe W 2-0 Oct. 1 !Louisiana Tech W 2-0 Oct. 2 !ULL-Lafayette W 2-1 Oct. 2 !Nicholls State L 2-0 Oct. 3 Louisiana Tech W 2-1 Oct. 4 Louisiana-Monroe W 2-0 Oct. 8 #Texas A&M L 2-0 Oct. 8 #Texas Lutheran L 2-0 Oct. 9 #East Texas State L 2-1 Oct. 9 #Texas Women’s L 2-1 Oct. 11 UL-Lafayette W 2-0 Oct. 18 at LSU L 2-1 Oct. 22 Âppalachian St. W 2-0 Oct. 22 at UT-Martin W 2-0 Oct. 22 Ârk.-Little Rock W 2-0 Oct. 23 Ôle Miss W 2-0 Oct. 23 ^LSU L 2-0 Oct. 29 $New Orleans W 2-0 Oct. 29 $Southern W 2-0 Oct. 29 $Nicholls State W 2-0 Oct. 30 $UL-Lafayette L 2-1 Oct. 30 $Nicholls State W 2-0 Nov. 1 at La.-Lafayette L 2-1 Nov. 12 *La.-Lafayette L 2-0 Nov. 12 *McNeese State W 2-0 Nov. 12 *Louisiana Tech W 2-0 Nov. 12 *Southern W 2-0 Nov. 13 *LSU L 2-0 Nov. 13 *UL-Monroe W 2-0 Nov. 13 *LSU L 2-1 Nov. 13 *La.-Lafayette W 2-0 ! - Nicholls State Tournament # - Houston Invitational Tournament ^ - Memphis State Tournament $ - Northwestern State Tournament * - LAIAW State Tournament 1977 • 18-13 Head Coach: Yvonne Ridenhour 1983 • 0-15 Head Coach: Ari-Iwan Waworuntu 1984 • 0-23 (0-4 GSC) Head Coach: Linda Jones

Date

Opponent

Sep. 18 at UL-Monroe Sep. 20 East Texas Baptist Sep. 26 Southern Oct. 2 Louisiana-Monroe Oct. 5 !Texas State Oct. 5 !Sam Houston Oct. 5 !Stephen F. Austin Oct. 6 !Southeastern La. Oct. 6 !Nicholls State Oct. 10 Southeastern La.

Result

L L L L L L L L L L

3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0

Oct. 16 at Southern L 3-0 Oct. 18 at E. Texas Baptist L 3-0 Oct. 18 vs Wiley College L 3-1 Oct. 26 ^UL-Monroe L 2-0 Oct. 26 ^McNeese State L 2-0 Oct. 26 ^Nicholls State L 2-1 Oct. 27 ^Southeastern La. L 2-0 Oct. 27 ^New Orleans L 2-0 Oct. 27 ^La.-Lafayette L 2-0 Oct. 31 McNeese State L 3-0 Nov. 5 at McNeese State L 3-0 Nov. 8 *Sam Houston L 3-0 Nov. 8 *Nicholls State L 3-0 ! - GSC Mini-Tournament at SLU ^ - ULL Tournament, Lafayette, La. * - GSC Tournament at Texas State 1985 • 15-16 (1-4 GSC) Head Coach: Linda Jones

Date

Opponent

Result

Sep. 13 !Centenary W 3-0 Sep. 13 !La.-Lafayette L 3-0 Sep. 14 !UL-Monroe L 3-0 Sep. 14 !Southern L 3-1 Sep. 18 at UL-Monroe L 3-0 Sep. 19 East Texas Baptist W 3-2 Sep. 21 at Centenary W 2-0 Sep. 21 vs Louisiana Tech W 2-0 Sep. 21 at Centenary W 2-0 Sep. 21 vs Louisiana Tech W 2-0 Sep. 24 at Southern L 3-1 Sep. 27 *Southeastern La. W 3-1 Sep. 28 *Nicholls State L 3-0 Oct. 1 *Stephen F. Austin L 3-0 Oct. 3 vs Wiley College L 3-0 Oct. 3 at E. Texas Baptist W 3-1 Oct. 4 Centenary W 2-0 Oct. 4 Centenary W 2-0 Oct. 5 at Louisiana Tech W 3-1 Oct. 8 at McNeese State L 3-1 Oct. 11 *at Texas State L 3-0 Oct. 15 Louisiana Tech W 3-0 Oct. 17 Southern W 3-2 Oct. 21 *Sam Houston State L 3-0 Oct. 23 Louisiana-Monroe L 3-0 Oct. 29 McNeese State L 3-0 Nov. 1 ^Nicholls State W 3-2 Nov. 2 ^La.-Lafayette L 3-1 Nov. 2 Louisiana Tech W 3-1 Nov. 11 #Nicholls State L 3-0 Nov. 11 #Stephen F. Austin L 3-1 * - Gulf States Conference match ! - UL-Monroe Round Robin ^ - La.-Lafayette Tournament # - GSC Tournament at Nicholls St. 1986 • 7-15 (0-2 GSC) Head Coach: Tootie Cary

Date

Sep. 12 Sep. 13 Sep. 13 Sep. 13 Sep. 20 Sep. 23 Sep. 26 Oct. 7 Oct. 11

Opponent

!Ouachita Baptist !Louisiana Tech !Southern Arkansas !Wiley College McNeese State Louisiana Tech at Ark.-Little Rock Southern at McNeese State

Result

L W L W W W L W L

2-0 2-0 2-0 2-1 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-1

Oct. 15 at Louisiana Tech W 3-0 Oct. 17 *at SFA L 3-0 Oct. 20 Ark.-Little Rock L 3-0 Oct. 28 at Louisiana-Monroe L 3-1 Oct. 31 ^Louisiana Tech W 3-0 Oct. 31 ^Stephen F. Austin L 3-2 Nov. 1 ^Nicholls State L 3-1 Nov. 1 ^at La.-Lafayette L 3-0 Nov. 5 Louisiana-Monroe L 3-1 Nov. 7 *Stephen F. Austin L 3-2 Nov. 12 at Southern L 4-1 Nov. 17 #Southeastern La. L 3-0 Nov. 17 #Stephen F. Austin L 3-0 * - Gulf States Conference match ! - Southern Arkansas Tournament ^ - La.-Lafayette Tournament # - GSC Tournament at SFA 1987 • 14-13 (2-5 SLC) Head Coach: Rickey McCalister 1988 • 11-19 (0-7 SLC) Head Coach: Rickey McCalister

Date

Opponent

Result

Sep. 8 at Southeastern La. W Sep. 9 !Cal-Poly, SLO L Sep. 9 !New Orleans W Sep. 10 !Louisiana-Monroe L Sep. 10 !La.-Lafayette L Sep. 17 Louisiana Tech W Sep. 19 Southeastern La. W Sep. 20 at Nicholls State L Sep. 22 Southern Miss L Sep. 23 ^Sam Houston State L Sep. 24 ^La.-Lafayette L Sep. 24 ^at New Orleans L Sep. 26 at Louisiana Tech W Sep. 28 at Southern L Oct. 4 at Southern Miss W Oct. 6 at Grambling W Oct. 11 *Texas-Arlington L Oct. 12 Southern L Oct. 14 $Southeastern La. W Oct. 14 $at Mississippi St. L Oct. 14 $Samford W Oct. 18 *at Texas State L Oct. 21 *Sam Houston State L Oct. 22 *Stephen F. Austin L Oct. 25 Grambling W Oct. 27 *at McNeese State L Oct. 29 *at UL-Monroe L Nov. 3 *at North Texas L Nov. 5 Nicholls State W Nov. 18 #Texas-Arlington L ! - LSU Invitational, Baton Rouge ^ - New Orleans Invitational $ - Mississippi State Tournament # - SLC Tournament

3-1 3-0 3-2 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-2 3-1 3-0 3-1 3-2 3-1 3-0 3-1 3-2 3-0 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-2 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-2 3-0 3-0 3-2 3-0

Sep. 25 at Southern L Sep. 28 at Louisiana Tech L Oct. 3 Grambling W Oct. 4 at UL-Monroe L Oct. 12 *at SFA L Oct. 14 *McNeese State L Oct. 16 at Jackson State W Oct. 17 at Nicholls State W Oct. 19 *Texas-Arlington L Oct. 21 *North Texas W Oct. 24 Southern W Oct. 25 Southeastern La. W Oct. 26 *at Sam Houston St. L Oct. 31 *Louisiana-Monroe L Nov. 4 Nicholls State W Nov. 11 Tulane L Nov. 11 Arkansas State L Nov. 17 #Texas-Arlington L * - Southland Confernece match ! - Grambling Doubleheader # - SLC Tournament 1990 • 11-22 (1-6 SLC) Head Coach: Rickey McCalister

Date

Opponent

Result

Sep. 7 !Southern Miss L Sep. 7 !McNeese State W Sep. 8 !Southeastern La. L Sep. 8 !South Alabama W Sep. 8 !La.-Lafayette L Sep. 11 at Grambling W Sep. 14 ^Louisiana Tech L Sep. 15 ^La.-Lafayette L Sep. 15 ^South Alabama L Sep. 18 Southern W Sep. 25 at Southern W Sep. 28 Louisiana Tech L Oct. 2 Grambling W Oct. 5 &Alabama L Oct. 6 &Stephen F. Austin L Oct. 6 &Louisiana Tech L Oct. 8 *Sam Houston State L Oct. 9 *Stephen F. Austin L Oct. 13 *at McNeese State L Oct. 16 Southern Miss L Oct. 18 *at Texas-Arlington L Oct. 19 *at North Texas W Oct. 22 Centenary W Oct. 26 *Texas State L Oct. 30 Southeastern La. W Nov. 2 Nicholls State L Nov. 5 at Centenary W Nov. 7 *at La.-Monroe L Nov. 9 %at Southern Miss L Nov. 10 %South Alabama W Nov. 10 %at Southern Miss L Nov. 11 %Tulane L Nov. 16 #Sam Houston State L *- Southland Conference match 1989 • 11-14 (1-5 SLC) ! - Southeastern La. Invitational Head Coach: Rickey McCalister ^ - NSU Sugar Cane Classic Date Opponent Result & - La. Tech Invitational Sep. 6 at Jackson State W 3-0 % - Southern Miss Invitational Sep. 12 Louisiana Tech L 3-1 # - SLC Tournament at SFA Sep. 15 Alcorn State W 3-0 Sep. 18 at Southeastern La. L 3-2 Sep. 20 !Mississippi Valley W 3-0 Sep. 20 !Grambling W 3-1

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3-1 3-2 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-2 3-0 3-2 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-1 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-0

3-0 3-0 3-1 3-0 3-1 3-1 3-1 3-2 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-1 3-0 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-2 3-0 3-1 3-0 3-2 3-0 3-0 3-1 4-1 3-0 3-2 3-1 3-1 3-1 3-0 3-0

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YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 1991 • 10-21 (2-7 SLC)

Head Coach: Rickey McCalister Date

Opponent

Result

Sep. 7 at Ark.-Little Rock L Sep. 10 Louisiana Tech L Sep. 12 Ark.-Little Rock L Sep. 16 at Southern Miss L Sep. 18 Grambling W Sep. 20 !at Mississippi St. L Sep. 20 !Samford L Sep. 20 !South Alabama L Sep. 24 at Southern W Sep. 26 at Southeastern La. L Sep. 28 ^Southern Miss L Sep. 28 ^at Louisiana Tech L Sep. 28 ^North Texas L Oct. 1 at Grambling W Oct. 1 vs South Alabama L Oct. 3 at Centenary W Oct. 5 *Texas-Arlington L Oct. 9 Southern W Oct. 11 vs Grambling W Oct. 11 vs UL-Monroe L Oct. 15 *at SFA L Oct. 19 *at Sam Houston St. L Oct. 22 at Louisiana Tech L Oct. 25 *at UL-Monroe L Oct. 30 Southeastern La. W Nov. 2 *North Texas W Nov. 5 Centenary W Nov. 7 *at Nicholls State L Nov. 9 *at McNeese State L Nov. 14 *UT-San Antonio W Nov. 15 *Texas State L * - Southland Conference match ! - Mississippi State Invitational ^ - Louisiana Tech Invitational

3-0 3-1 3-2 3-2 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-2 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-1 3-2 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-2 3-2 3-2 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-2 3-0

1992 • 16-16 (2-7 SLC) Head Coach: Rickey McCalister Date

Sep. 9 Sep. 15 Sep. 17 Sep. 18 Sep. 18 Sep. 19 Sep. 19 Sep. 23 Sep. 28 Sep. 29 Sep. 29 Oct. 1 Oct. 2 Oct. 5 Oct. 6 Oct. 7 Oct. 9 Oct. 14 Oct. 14 Oct. 16 Oct. 17 Oct. 20 Oct. 24 Oct. 25 Oct. 28 Oct. 30 Oct. 31

Opponent

La.-Lafayette at Centenary at Southern !Tulane !at Ole Miss !Arkansas State !Middle Tennessee at Mississippi Valley Southeastern La. at Grambling at Louisiana Tech at Alcorn State at Texas A&M Grambling Centenary at La.-Lafayette Prairie View A&M at Centenary at Grambling *UL-Monroe at Southeastern La. Southern *at North Texas *at Texas-Arlington Alcorn State *Nicholls State *McNeese State

Result

W W L L L L L W W W L W L W W W W W W W L W L L W W L

3-1 3-1 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-1 3-0 3-1 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-2 3-1 3-1 3-0 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-0

Nov. 3 Louisiana Tech L Nov. 5 *at UT-San Antonio L Nov. 6 *at Texas State L Nov. 12 *Sam Houston St. L Nov. 13 *Stephen F. Austin L * - Southland Conference match ! - Ole Miss Tournament

3-1 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-1

1993 • 14-20 (1-8 SLC) Head Coach: Rickey McCalister Date

Opponent

Result

Sep. 3 !New Orleans L Sep. 3 !Mississippi State L Sep. 4 !UL-Monroe W Sep. 4 !at Tulane L Sep. 7 South Alabama W Sep. 8 vs Mercer W Sep. 8 at Centenary W Sep. 9 Georgia State L Sep. 14 La.-Lafayette W Sep. 17 at Southern L Sep. 19 Mississippi State L Sep. 20 Grambling W Sep. 22 vs Grambling W Sep. 22 at Louisiana Tech L Oct. 5 Centenary W Oct. 8 ^Alcorn State W Oct. 8 ^Prairie View A&M L Oct. 9 ^Alabama State W Oct. 9 ^Texas Southern L Oct. 12 at La.-Lafayette L Oct. 14 *at UL-Monroe L Oct. 15 Southern L Oct. 22 *Texas-Arlington L Oct. 23 *North Texas L Oct. 26 vs Centenary W Oct. 26 at Grambling W Oct. 28 *at McNeese State L Oct. 30 *at Nicholls State W Nov. 3 *Stephen F. Austin L Nov. 5 *at UT-San Antonio L Nov. 6 *at Texas State L Nov. 7 at Prairie View W Nov. 9 Louisiana Tech L Nov. 12 *Sam Houston St. L * - Southland Conference match ! - Tulane Tournament ^ - Southern Tournament

3-1 3-0 3-2 3-0 3-2 3-1 3-0 3-2 3-2 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-1 3-1 3-1 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0

1994 • 11-19 (0-13 SLC) Head Coach: Denise Dewey Date

Sep. 7 Sep. 9 Sep. 13 Sep. 16 Sep. 27 Sep. 29 Oct. 1 Oct. 4 Oct. 6 Oct. 7 Oct. 7 Oct. 8 Oct. 8 Oct. 11 Oct. 11 Oct. 14

Opponent

at Jackson State at Prairie View Grambling Southern Centenary *at McNeese State *at Nicholls State Alcorn State *Stephen F. Austin !Florida A&M !Prairie View !Nicholls State !Texas Southern vs Grambling at Louisiana Tech *at North Texas

Result

W W W W W L L W L L L L L W L L

Oct. 15 *at Texas-Arlington L Oct. 18 at Southern W Oct. 21 *Nicholls State L Oct. 22 *McNeese State L Oct. 25 *at UL-Monroe L Oct. 27 *Texas State L Oct. 29 *UT-San Antonio L Nov. 1 Prairie View L Nov. 3 at Grambling W Nov. 4 *UL-Monroe L Nov. 8 at Centenary W Nov. 9 *Sam Houston St. L Nov. 10 *at SFA L Nov. 14 La.-Lafayette W * - Southland Conference match ! - Southern Tournament

3-0 3-1 3-0 3-1 3-1 3-2 3-0 3-2 3-2 3-1 3-2 3-0 3-0 3-0

1995 • 7-30 (0-18 SLC) Head Coach: Denise Dewey

Date

Opponent

Result

Sep. 1 !Centenary W 3-0 Sep. 1 !Texas-Pan Am L 3-2 Sep. 2 !Grambling W 3-0 Sep. 2 !Prairie View W 3-0 Sep. 2 !La.-Lafayette W 3-0 Sep. 8 ^La.-Lafayette L 3-1 Sep. 8 ^Nicholls State L 3-0 Sep. 9 ^UL-Monroe L 3-2 Sep. 9 ^at LSU L 3-1 Sep. 12 *Texas State L 3-1 Sep. 15 $New Orleans L 3-0 Sep. 15 $Centenary W 3-0 Sep. 16 $at UL-Monroe L 3-2 Sep. 16 $Centenary W 3-0 Sep. 22 #Southern Miss L 3-1 Sep. 22 #at Southeastern La. L 3-0 Sep. 23 #South Alabama L 3-1 Sep. 23 #New Orleans L 3-0 Sep. 26 *at Nicholls State L 3-0 Sep. 29 *Texas-Arlington L 3-0 Sep. 30 *North Texas L 3-0 Oct. 3 *at SFA L 3-0 Oct. 5 *at Sam Houston St. L 3-0 Oct. 10 at Centenary W 3-1 Oct. 12 *McNeese State L 3-1 Oct. 14 *Nicholls State L 3-0 Oct. 17 at La.-Lafayette L 3-0 Oct. 21 *at UL-Monroe L 3-0 Oct. 23 *UT-San Antonio L 3-0 Oct. 27 *at North Texas L 3-1 Oct. 28 *at Texas-Arlington L 3-0 Oct. 31 *at McNeese State L 3-0 Nov. 2 *Stephen F. Austin L 3-0 Nov. 4 *Sam Houston State L 3-0 Nov. 7 *UL-Monroe L 3-1 Nov. 11 *at Texas State L 3-0 Nov. 12 *at UT-San Antonio L 3-0 * - Southland Conference match ! - Northwestern St. Tournament ^ - Louisiana Colleges Tournament $ - ULM Invitational # - Southeastern La. Tournament

Sep. 7 !Lamar L 3-2 Sep. 8 !Texas-Pan Am L 3-1 Sep. 8 !Prairie View W 3-1 Sep. 8 !Centenary W 3-0 Sep. 13 ^at Mississippi St. L 3-0 Sep. 13 ^Southeastern La. L 3-0 Sep. 14 ^Troy State L 3-0 Sep. 17 *Nicholls State L 3-0 Sep. 18 *McNeese State L 3-0 Sep. 20 $Memphis L 3-0 Sep. 20 $St. Louis L 3-0 Sep. 21 $Ole Miss L 3-0 Sep. 24 at Lamar L 3-0 Sep. 27 at Grambling L 3-1 Sep. 30 *at Texas State L 3-0 Oct. 1 *at UT-San Antonio L 3-0 Oct. 4 *at Texas-Arlington L 3-0 Oct. 7 *at UL-Monroe W 3-1 Oct. 9 *Stephen F. Austin L 3-0 Oct. 11 *Sam Houston State L 3-0 Oct. 14 at Centenary L 3-1 Oct. 18 *at McNeese State L 3-0 Oct. 19 *at Nicholls State L 3-0 Oct. 24 Southern W 3-0 Oct. 26 *UL-Monroe L 3-0 Nov. 2 *Texas-Arlington L 3-0 Nov. 5 Louisiana Tech L 3-0 Nov. 8 *at SFA L 3-0 Nov. 9 *at Sam Houston St. L 3-0 Nov. 15 *UT-San Antonio L 3-0 Nov. 16 *Texas State L 3-1 * - Southland Conference match ! - Northwestern State Invitational $ - Lady Indian Classic (Ark. State)

3-0 3-0 3-1 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-1 3-0 3-2 3-2 3-2 1996 • 6-27 (1-15 SLC) 3-0 Head Coach: Mary DeJute 3-1 Date Opponent Result 3-0 Sep. 3 at Southern W 3-0 3-0 Sep. 7 !Centenary W 3-0

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YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 1997 • 8-24 (2-16 SLC) Head Coach: Mary DeJute

Date

Opponent

Result

Aug. 29 !at Air Force L Aug. 30 !Alabama L Sep. 5 ^Murray State L Sep. 5 ^Ole Miss L Sep. 6 ^at Arkansas State L Sep. 6 ^Tennessee State L Sep. 9 Centenary W Sep. 12 $at Samford L Sep. 13 $Belmont State W Sep. 13 $Furman L Sep. 16 at Louisiana Tech L Sep. 16 at Centenary W Sep. 19 *at Southeastern La. W Sep. 20 *at Nicholls State L Sep. 27 *UL-Monroe W Oct. 3 *Texas-Arlington L Oct. 4 *Sam Houston St. L Oct. 5 Samford W Oct. 10 *at McNeese State L Oct. 11 *at SFA L Oct. 17 *Nicholls State L Oct. 18 *Southeastern La. L Oct. 21 *at UL-Monroe L Oct. 24 Troy State W Oct. 27 *Texas State L Oct. 28 *UT-San Antonio L Oct. 31 *at Sam Houston St. L Nov. 1 *at Texas-Arlington L Nov. 7 *Stephen F. Austin L Nov. 8 *McNeese State L Nov. 14 *at Texas State L Nov. 15 *at UT-San Antonio L * - Southland Conference match ! - Air Force Tournament ^ - Arkansas State Tournament $ - Samford Invitational

3-1 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-1 3-2 3-0 3-1 3-0 3-1 3-1 3-0 3-1 3-1 3-0 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-1 3-2 3-2 3-0 3-0 3-2 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-1 3-0

1998 • 5-26 (2-18 SLC) Head Coach: Mary DeJute

Date

Sep. 1 Sep. 4 Sep. 4 Sep. 5 Sep. 5 Sep. 11 Sep. 12 Sep. 12 Sep. 18 Sep. 19 Sep. 22 Sep. 25 Sep. 26 Sep. 29 Oct. 2 Oct. 3 Oct. 9 Oct. 10 Oct. 13 Oct. 14 Oct. 16 Oct. 17 Oct. 23 Oct. 24 Oct. 27

Opponent

Result

at Alabama L !Rice L !Baylor L !at North Texas W !Centenary W ^Ole Miss L ^at SMU L ^Liberty L *at UT-San Antonio L *at Texas State L at Centenary L *Texas-Arlington L *Sam Houston State L *at UL-Monroe L *at SFA L *at McNeese State L *Lamar L Troy State L *at Southeastern La. L *at Nicholls State W *Texas State L *UT-San Antonio L *at Sam Houston St. L *at Texas-Arlington L *UL-Monroe L

3-0 3-0 3-0 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-2 3-0 3-0 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-1 3-1 3-2 3-0 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-1

Oct. 30 *McNeese State L 3-0 Nov. 3 Grambling W 3-1 Nov. 7 *at Lamar L 3-0 Nov. 10 *Stephen F. Austin L 3-1 Nov. 13 *Southeastern La. L 3-2 Nov. 14 *Nicholls State L 3-0 * - Southland Conference match ! - North Texas Tournament ^ - Southern Methodist Tournament 1999 • 11-20 (4-16 SLC) Head Coach: James Onikeku

Date

Opponent

Result

Sep. 1 at Centenary W Sep. 3 !Mercer W Sep. 3 !Samford W Sep. 4 !New Orleans L Sep. 4 !at Troy State W Sep. 7 at Grambling W Sep. 10 ^Missouri-KC L Sep. 11 ^North Texas W Sep. 11 ^at Tulsa L Sep. 17 *UT-San Antonio L Sep. 18 *Texas State L Sep. 21 *UL-Monroe W Sep. 24 *at Texas-Arlington L Sep. 26 *at Sam Houston St. L Oct. 1 *Stephen F. Austin L Oct. 2 *Lamar L Oct. 5 *Nicholls State W Oct. 9 *at McNeese State L Oct. 12 *Southeastern La. L Oct. 15 *at Texas State L Oct. 16 *at UT-San Antonio L Oct. 19 Arkansas-Pine Bluff W Oct. 22 *Sam Houston State L Oct. 23 *Texas-Arlington L Oct. 26 *at UL-Monroe W Oct. 29 *at Lamar L Oct. 30 *at SFA L Nov. 6 *McNeese State L Nov. 9 at Louisiana Tech L Nov. 12 *at Southeastern La. L Nov. 13 *at Nicholls State W * - Southland Conference match ! - Troy State Tournament ^ - Tulsa Tournament

3-1 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-2 3-1 3-0 3-2 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-1 3-2 3-0 3-0 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-1 3-0 3-1 3-0

Oct. 7 *at SFA L Oct. 8 *at Texas-Arlington L Oct. 13 *at Sam Houston St. W Oct. 14 at Texas-Pan Am W Oct. 14 at Texas A&M-CC W Oct. 18 *at Nicholls State W Oct. 20 *UT-San Antonio L Oct. 21 *Texas State L Oct. 24 *UL-Monroe W Oct. 27 *at McNeese State L Oct. 28 *at Lamar L Nov. 3 *Sam Houston State L Nov. 7 Centenary W Nov. 10 *Stephen F. Austin L Nov. 11 *Texas-Arlington L * - Southland Conference match ! - Tulane Tournament ^ - Georgia State Tournament

3-0 3-0 3-2 3-2 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-1 3-0 3-1 3-0 3-1 3-0 3-1 3-1

2001 • 6-23 (2-18 SLC) Head Coach: James Onikeku

Date

Opponent

Result

Aug. 31 !Youngstown State L 3-0 Aug. 31 !St. Francis W 3-0 Sep. 1 !Portland State L 3-0 Sep. 1 !at Duquesne L 3-1 Sep. 4 Grambling W 3-0 Sep. 7 ât Oral Roberts L 3-0 Sep. 8 ^Louisiana Tech L 3-1 Sep. 18 *at UL-Monroe W 3-2 Sep. 21 *at Nicholls State L 3-2 Sep. 22 *at Southeastern La. L 3-0 Sep. 25 *at Sam Houston St. L 3-2 Sep. 28 *McNeese State L 3-2 Sep. 29 *Lamar L 3-0 Oct. 1 *at Texas-Arlington L 3-0 Oct. 5 *at Texas State L 3-0 Oct. 6 *at UT-San Antonio L 3-0 Oct. 9 at Centenary W 3-0 Oct. 12 *at Stephen F. Austin L 3-0 Oct. 17 Texas Southern W 3-1 Oct. 19 *Texas-Arlington L 3-0 Oct. 20 *Sam Houston St. L 3-1 Oct. 23 *UL-Monroe W 3-0 Oct. 26 *Nicholls State L 3-0 Oct. 27 *Southeastern La. L 3-0 Nov. 2 *at McNeese State L 3-2 Nov. 3 *at Lamar L 3-0 2000 • 14-18 (6-14 SLC) Nov. 6 *Stephen F. Austin L 3-2 Head Coach: James Onikeku Nov. 9 *Texas State L 3-2 Date Opponent Result Nov. 10 *UT-San Antonio L 3-0 Sep. 1 !at Tulane L 3-0 * - Southland Conference match Sep. 2 !Troy State L 3-0 ! - Duquesne Tournament Sep. 2 !Centenary W 3-0 ^ - Oral Roberts Tournament Sep. 5 Grambling W 3-0 Sep. 8 ÛAB L 3-1 2002 • 11-25 (3-17 SLC) Sep. 8 ^Charleston South. W 3-0 Head Coach: Leigh Mullins Sep. 9 ÛNC-Greensboro W 3-0 Date Opponent Result Sep. 9 âtGeorgia State L 3-2 Aug. 30 !TCU L 3-1 Sep. 12 *at Southeastern La. W 2-3 Aug. 30 !Ark.-Little Rock L 3-0 Sep. 15 *Lamar L 3-1 Aug. 31 !Belmont W 3-1 Sep. 16 *McNeese State L 3-0 Aug. 31 !at Arkansas State L 3-2 Sep. 20 *at UL-Monroe W 3-1 Sep. 6 ^Grambling W 3-0 Sep. 22 *at Texas State L 3-0 Sep. 6 Âlcorn State W 3-0 Sep. 23 *at UT-San Antonio L 3-0 Sep. 6 ^Texas Southern W 3-0 Sep. 29 *Nicholls State W 3-0 Sep. 7 ^Tulsa L 3-1 Sep. 30 *Southeastern La. L 3-1 Sep. 10 at Louisiana Tech L 3-0 Oct. 3 Louisiana Tech W 3-1 Sep. 10 at Grambling W 3-1

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Sep. 13 $Iowa L 3-0 Sep. 13 $at Western Illinois W 3-0 Sep. 14 $Western Kentucky L 3-1 Sep. 14 $Eastern Michigan L 3-0 Sep. 17 Centenary W 3-0 Sep. 17 *UL-Monroe W 3-1 Sep. 20 *Stephen F. Austin L 3-1 Sep. 21 *Sam Houston State W 3-0 Sep. 27 *at Nicholls State L 3-0 Sep. 28 *at Southeastern La. L 3-2 Oct. 5 *at Lamar L 3-0 Oct. 6 *at McNeese State L 3-1 Oct. 8 at Centenary W 3-0 Oct. 11 *UT-San Antonio L 3-0 Oct. 12 *Texas State L 3-2 Oct. 18 *Texas-Arlington L 3-0 Oct. 22 *at UL-Monroe L 3-1 Oct. 25 *at SFA L 3-0 Oct. 26 *at Sam Houston St. W 3-2 Nov. 1 *Nicholls State L 3-1 Nov. 2 *Southeastern La. L 3-1 Nov. 8 *McNeese State L 3-1 Nov. 9 *Lamar L 3-0 Nov. 12 *at Texas-Arlington L 3-0 Nov. 15 *at Texas State L 3-2 Nov. 16 *at UT-San Antonio L 3-2 * - Southland Conference match ! - Arkansas State Tournament ^ - Northwestern State Tournament $ - Western Illinois Tournament 2003 • 11-22 (5-15 SLC) Head Coach: Leigh Mullins

Date

Opponent

Result

Aug. 29 !Ark.-Little Rock L Aug. 29 !Tennessee-Martin W Aug. 30 !at Arkansas State L Aug. 30 !Eastern Kentucky L Sep. 5 ^Ark.-Pine Bluff W Sep. 5 ^Prairie View W Sep. 6 ^Grambling W Sep. 6 ^at Centenary W Sep. 12 $at Missouri-KC L Sep. 13 $Montana L Sep. 13 $UTEP L Sep. 16 *at UL-Monroe W Sep. 19 *Sam Houston State W Sep. 26 *at Texas State L Sep. 27 *at UT-San Antonio L Oct. 3 *at McNeese State L Oct. 4 *at Lamar W Oct. 7 *Stephen F. Austin L Oct. 10 *Nicholls State L Oct. 11 *Southeastern La. W Oct. 14 *UL-Monroe W Oct. 17 *at Stephen F. Austin L Oct. 18 *at Texas-Arlington L Oct. 21 Louisiana Tech L Oct. 24 *at Sam Houston St. L Oct. 31 *Texas State L Nov. 1 *UT-San Antonio L Nov. 4 at Centenary W Nov. 7 *McNeese State L Nov. 8 *Lamar L Nov. 11 *Texas-Arlington L Nov. 14 *at Nicholls State L Nov. 15 *at Southeastern La. L * - Southland Conference match

3-2 3-1 3-1 3-2 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-1 3-2 3-2 3-2 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-1 3-2 3-2 3-2 3-2 3-0 3-2 3-1 3-2 3-2 3-1 3-1 3-0 3-1 3-2 3-0 3-1 3-0

record book

! - Arkansas State Tournament ^ - Centenary Tournament $ - Missouri-Kansas City Tournament

YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS

Nov. 12 *Texas State W 3-2 Nov. 10 *Nicholls W 3-1 Nov. 14 *Sam Houston State L 3-0 Nov. 18 % vs. UT-San Antonio L 3-2 Nov. 16 %vs. Texas-Arlington W 3-1 * - Southland Conference match * - Southland Conference match Nov. 17 %vs. Stephen F. AustinL 3-0 ! - Oral Roberts Tournament # - Weber State Tournament * - Southland Conference match ^ - Mississippi State Tournament 2004 • 12-20 (8-12 SLC) % - SLC Tournament ^ - Arkansas State Classic Head Coach: Leigh Mullins # - Stephen F. Austin Classic 2010 • 13-16 (4-12 SLC) Date Opponent Result 2006 • 11-16 (6-10 SLC, 6th) % - SLC Tournament Co-Head Coaches: Hugh and Stephanie Sep. 3 # vs. Mississippi St. L 3-0 Head Coach: Brittany Uffelman Hernesman Sep. 3 # vs. Air Force W 3-2 Date Opponent Result 2008 • 10-17 (5-11 SLC) Date Opponent Result Sep. 4 # at UL-Lafayette W 3-1 Aug. 27 at UL-Lafayette W 3-2 Head Coach: Brittany Uffelman Aug. 27 !Louisiana Tech W 3-1 Sep. 4 # vs. Tulsa L 3-0 Sep. 1 ^vs. Arkansas State L 3-0 Date Opponent Result Aug. 27 !at Arkansas State W 3-2 Sep. 10 ! at New Mexico St. L 3-0 Sep. 2 ât Missouri State L 3-0 Aug. 29 !Tennessee-Martin L 3-2 Aug. 28 !Ark.-Pine Bluff W 3-0 Sep. 11 ! vs. S. Dakota. St. L 3-0 Sep. 2 ^vs. Missouri-K.C. W 3-2 Aug. 29 !at Austin Peay L 3-0 Sep. 3 ât Samford L 3-0 Sep. 11 ! vs. Texas Southern W 3-0 Sep. 5 at Louisiana Tech L 3-1 Aug. 30 !AM-Corpus Christi W 3-1 Sep. 3 ^Tennessee Tech L 3-0 Sep. 14 vs. TCU L 3-0 Sep. 12 at UL-Monroe W 3-1 Sep. 16 Louisiana-Lafayette L 3-1 Sep. 4 ^Syracuse L 3-0 Sep. 14 at Centenary W 3-1 Sep. 15 #vs. Alcorn State W 3-0 Sep. 16 Grambling W 3-0 Sep. 4 ^North Texas W 3-2 Sep. 17 *at UT-Arlington L 3-1 Sep. 15 #at UNO L 3-0 Sep. 18 *at Central Arkansas L 3-0 Sep. 9 #Prairie View W 3-2 Sep. 18 *at Sam Houston St. L 3-0 Sep. 16 #vs. Centenary W 3-0 Sep. 19 vs. Arkansas-Pine BluffW 3-0 Sep. 9 #UL-Monroe W 3-1 Sep. 24 *Nicholls State W 3-0 Sep. 16 #vs. UAB L 3-1 Sep. 20 vs. Louisiana-Monroe W 3-1 Sep. 11 #New Orleans W 3-0 Sep. 25 *Southeastern La. W 3-0 Sep. 22 *at McNeese State L 3-1 Sep. 23 at Louisiana Tech L 3-1 Sep. 16 *at Central Arkansas L 3-0 Sep. 28 *at UL-Monroe W 3-0 Sep. 23 *at Lamar L 3-2 Sep. 25 *McNeese State W 3-2 Sep. 17 $Jackson State W 3-0 Oct. 1 *McNeese State W 3-2 Sep. 29 *SE Louisiana W 3-1 Sep. 29 *Stephen F. Austin L 3-0 Sep. 18 $Memphis L 3-0 Oct. 2 *Lamar W 3-0 Oct. 1 *Nicholls State W 3-0 Sep. 30 at Louisiana-Monroe W 3-0 Sep. 23 *SFA L 3-1 Oct. 8 *at Texas State L 3-0 Oct. 4 *Sam Houston State L 3-1 Oct. 3 *at Southeastern La. L 3-2 Sep. 25 *Sam Houston St. W 3-1 Oct. 9 *at UT-San Antonio L 3-1 Oct. 7 *Central Arkansas W 3-0 Oct. 4 *at Nicholls L 3-2 Sep. 30 *Nicholls L 3-1 Oct. 15 *at Stephen F. Austin L 3-0 Oct. 13 *at UTSA L 3-0 Oct. 9 at Grambling L 3-2 Oct. 2 *Southeastern La. W 3-1 Oct. 16 at Baylor L 3-0 Oct. 14 *at A&M-Corpus ChristiL 3-0 Oct. 11 *Central Arkansas L 3-1 Oct. 7 *Central Arkansas L 3-0 Oct. 19 *UL-Monroe W 3-0 Oct. 19 *UT-Arlington L 3-0 Oct. 15 *Texas-Arlington W 3-0 Oct. 9 *at Texas State L 3-0 Oct. 22 *UT-Arlington L 3-0 Oct. 21 *Texas State W 3-2 Oct. 18 *at Texas State L 3-0 Oct. 14 *at McNeese State L 3-1 Oct. 23 *Sam Houston State W 3-2 Oct. 24 *at Central Arkansas L 3-1 Oct. 23 *UTSA L 3-0 Oct. 16 *at Lamar L 3-0 Oct. 26 at Houston L 3-1 Oct. 27 *McNeese State L 3-0 Oct. 25 *AM-Corpus Christi W 3-0 Oct. 20 Centenary W 3-0 Oct. 29 *at Nicholls State L 3-1 Oct. 28 *Lamar L 3-0 Oct. 30 *Nicholls W 3-1 Oct. 23 *Texas-Arlington L 3-1 Oct. 30 *at Southeastern La. L 3-0 Nov. 3 *at SE Louisiana W 3-1 Nov. 1 *Southeastern La. W 3-0 Oct. 28 *at UTSA L 3-2 Nov. 2 at Louisiana Tech L 3-0 Nov. 4 *at Nicholls State W 3-1 Nov. 6 *at Stephen F. Austin L 3-0 Oct. 30 *at AMCC W 3-2 Nov. 5 *at McNeese State L 3-1 Nov. 8 *Stephen F. Austin L 3-0 Nov. 8 *at McNeese State L 3-0 Nov. 4 *McNeese State L 3-2 Nov. 6 *at Lamar W 3-2 Nov. 17 %Stephen F. Austin L 3-0 Nov. 14 *at Lamar L 3-0 Nov. 6 *Lamar L 3-0 Nov. 9 *Stephen F. Austin L 3-1 * - Southland Conference match Nov. 15 *at Sam Houston StateL 3-0 Nov. 11 *at Southeastern La. W 3-1 Nov. 12 *Texas State L 3-1 ^ - Missouri State Classic Nov. 21 % vs. Texas State L 3-1 Nov. 13 *at Nicholls L 3-1 Nov. 13 *UT-San Antonio L 3-1 # - UNO Round Robin * - Southland Conference match % - SLC Tournament ! - Austin Peay Tournament * - Southland Conference match 2005 • 11-15 (9-9 SLC) % - SLC Tournament ! - Arkansas State Invitational Head Coach: Leigh Mullins 2007 • 11-16 (6-10 SLC, 6th) ^ - Samford Invitational Date Opponent Result Head Coach: Brittany Uffelman 2009 • 3-21 (2-14 SLC) $ - UCA Sugar Bear Classic Aug. 27 at Louisiana Tech L 3-2 Date Opponent Result Head Coach: Brittany Uffelman Aug. 27 vs. Baylor L 3-0 Aug. 31 ^vs. San Jose State L 3-0 Date Opponent Result Sep. 9 #vs. Utah Valley StateL 3-1 Sep. 1 ât Arkansas State W 3-0 Sep. 1 Louisiana Tech L 3-0 Sep. 10 #at Weber State L 3-2 Sep. 1 ^vs. Murray State L 3-2 Sep. 4 !vs. Tulsa L 3-0 Sep. 10 # vs. Air Force W 3-1 Sep. 4 at North Texas L 3-0 Sep. 5 !vs. UALR L 3-1 Sep. 13 *Louisiana-Monroe W 3-0 Sep. 7 #at Stephen F. Austin L 3-0 Sep. 5 !at Oral Roberts L 3-1 Sep. 16 *Lamar W 3-1 Sep. 8 #vs. Tulsa L 3-0 Sep. 11 ^vs. Eastern MichiganL 3-0 Sep. 17 *McNeese State L 3-2 Sep. 9 #vs. La.-Monroe W 3-2 Sep. 12 ât Mississippi State L 3-0 Sep. 20 North Texas L 3-0 Sep. 11 Louisiana-Monroe W 3-1 Sep. 12 ^vs. Arkansas State L 3-0 Sep. 27 *at Stephen F. Austin L 3-0 Sep. 18 Louisiana Tech W 3-2 Sep. 18 Louisiana-Lafayette W 3-0 Oct. 1 *Texas-Arlington W 3-0 Sep. 21 *at Stephen F. Austin L 3-0 Sep. 19 *Central Arkansas L 3-0 Oct. 4 Louisiana-Lafayette W 3-0 Sep. 22 *at Sam Houston St. L 3-1 Sep. 25 *at McNeese State L 3-1 Oct. 7 *at UT-San Antonio L 3-0 Sep. 27 *McNeese State L 3-1 Sep. 26 *at Stephen F. Austin L 3-0 Oct. 8 *at Texas State L 3-2 Sep. 29 *Lamar L 3-1 Oct. 1 *Southeastern La. L 3-2 Oct. 11 Louisiana Tech L 3-2 Oct. 5 *at Southeastern La. W 3-0 Oct. 3 *Nicholls L 3-1 Oct. 14 *Sam Houston State L 3-1 Oct. 6 *at Nicholls W 3-2 Oct. 10 *at Central Arkansas L 3-0 Oct. 15 *Stephen F. Austin L 3-0 Oct. 13 *at Central Arkansas L 3-0 Oct. 14 *at Texas-Arlington L 3-0 Oct. 18 *at Louisiana-MonroeL 3-0 Oct. 16 *Central Arkansas L 3-1 Oct. 17 *Texas State L 3-1 Oct. 21 *at Lamar W 3-2 Oct. 19 *UTSA W 3-0 Oct. 22 *at Texas-San AntonioL 3-2 Oct. 22 *at McNeese State L 3-1 Oct. 21 *TAMU-Corpus Christi W 3-1 Oct. 24 *at A&M-Corpus ChristiW 3-1 Oct. 28 *Southeastern La. W 3-0 Oct. 25 *at Texas-Arlington L 3-0 Oct. 30 *at Nicholls L 3-0 Oct. 29 *Nicholls State W 3-1 Oct. 27 *at Texas State L 3-1 Oct. 31 *at Southeastern La. L 3-2 Nov. 5 *at Texas-Arlington W 3-0 Nov. 2 *at McNeese State L 3-0 Nov. 5 *Stephen F. Austin L 3-2 Nov. 8 *at Sam Houston StateL 3-2 Nov. 3 *at Lamar L 3-0 Nov. 7 *McNeese State W 3-2 Nov. 11 *UT-San Antonio W 3-1 Nov. 9 *Southeastern La. W 3-0 Nov. 12 *Lamar L 3-0

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The 2014 Southland Conference Tournament Champion Lady Demons 2011 • 10-20 (6-10 SLC, 8th) Co-Head Coaches: Hugh and Stephanie Hernesman Date Opponent

Result

Aug. 26 #UT-Chattanooga L 3-1 Aug. 26 #Jackson State W 3-1 Aug. 27 #at Southern Miss. L 3-1 Sep. 2 ^Morehead State L 3-0 Sep. 2 ^at Texas Tech L 3-0 Sep. 3 ^UNLV L 3-2 Sep. 9 $at Texas State L 3-0 Sep. 10 $New Mexico State L 3-1 Sep. 10 $UL-Lafayette W 3-1 Sep. 15 !*Central Arkansas L 3-2 Sep. 16 !Alcorn State W 3-0 Sep. 17 !Arkansas State L 3-0 Sep. 22 *at Stephen F. Austin L 3-0 Sep. 24 *at Sam Houston St. L 3-1 Sep. 29 *at Southeastern La. W 3-1 Oct. 1 *at Nicholls State W 3-1 Oct. 5 *at Central Arkansas W 3-1 Oct. 8 *Texas State L 3-1 Oct. 13 *Lamar L 3-1 Oct. 15 *McNeese State W 3-1 Oct. 19 at Louisiana Tech W 3-0 Oct. 22 *at UT-Arlington L 3-2 Oct. 27 *UTSA L 3-0 Oct. 29 *A&M-Corpus Christi L 3-2 Nov. 3 *at Lamar L 3-1 Nov. 5 *at McNeese State L 3-1 Nov. 10 *Southeastern La. W 3-1 Nov. 12 *Nicholls W 3-0 Nov. 18 %Texas State L 3-1 # - Southern Miss. Invitational ^ - Texas Tech Invitational $ - CenturyLink Premier (Texas State) ! - Holiday Inn Express Classic (NSU) * - Southland Conference match % - SLC Tournament 2012 • 20-13 (12-6 SLC, 3rd) Co-Head Coaches: Hugh and Stephanie Hernesman Date Opponent

Aug. 24 #Kansas Aug. 25 #Arkansas

Aug. 25 #Tennessee-Martin W 3-1 Aug. 31 !San Jose State L 3-0 Aug. 31 !Texas-Pan American W 3-0 Sep. 1 !Texas Tech L 3-1 Sep. 7 ^Southern Miss. W 3-0 Sep. 8 ^Texas-Arlington W 3-2 Sep. 8 ^Marist W 3-1 Sep. 11 Louisiana Tech W 3-0 Sep. 14 Stephen F. Austin* L 3-1 Sep. 15 %Southern Miss. W 3-1 Sep. 15 %Robert Morris W 3-0 Sep. 18 AMCC* W 3-1 Sep. 20 at Lamar* W 3-2 Sep. 22 at McNeese State* W 3-0 Sep. 27 Central Arkansas* L 3-2 Sep. 29 Oral Roberts* W 3-1 Oct. 4 at AMCC L 3-1 Oct. 6 at Sam Houston* L 3-1 Oct. 11 Southeastern La.* W 3-1 Oct. 13 Nicholls* W 3-1 Oct. 18 Lamar* W 3-1 Oct. 20 McNeese State* W 3-0 Oct. 25 at Nicholls* W 3-2 Oct. 27 at Southeastern La.* W 3-0 Nov. 2 Stephen F. Austin* W 3-0 Nov. 6 Sam Houston* W 3-0 Nov. 8 at Central Arkansas* L 3-0 Nov 10 at Oral Roberts* L 3-0 Nov. 16 &Stephen F. Austin L 3-2 Nov. 23 Tulsa L 3-0 Nov. 23 North Dakota State L 3-1 #-Arkansas Invitational !-Lone Star Showdown ^-UT Arlington Hilton Invitational %-Ladyjack Invitatioanl *-Southland Conference Match &-SLC Tournament 2013 • 21-12 (15-3 SLC, 2nd) Co-Head Coaches: Hugh and Stephnie Hernesman Date Opponent

Aug. 30 Result Aug. 30 L 3-0 Aug. 31 L 3-1 Sep. 6

#Arkansas

#Missouri-Kansas City

#New Mexico !Texas State

Result

L 3-0 L 3-0 W 3-0 L 1-3

Sep. 6 !Prarie View A&M W 3-0 Sep. 7 !North Texas L 3-0 Sep. 7 !Utah L 3-0 Sep. 13 ^Baylor L 1-3 Sep. 13 ^Colorado L 3-0 Sep. 14 ^Appalachian State W 3-0 Sep. 17 Southern Miss. W 3-1 Sep. 19 Southeastern La.* W 3-2 Sep. 21 New Orleans* W 3-0 Sep. 24 at Louisiana Tech W 3-2 Sep. 28 Stephen F. Austin* W 3-1 Oct. 3 at Central Arkansas* L 3-1 Oct. 5 at Oral Roberts* W 3-2 Oct. 10 McNeese State* W 3-1 Oct. 12 Nicholls* W 3-1 Oct. 17 at Houston Baptist* W 3-1 Oct. 19 at AMCC* W 3-0 Oct. 24 Lamar* W 3-1 Oct. 26 Sam Houston* L 3-1 Oct. 29 Oral Roberts* W 3-0 Oct. 31 at Abilene Christian* W 3-1 Nov. 2 at Incarnate Word* W 3-2 Nov. 7 at New Orleans* W 3-1 Nov. 9 at Southeastern La.* W 3-2 Nov. 12 Central Arkansas* L 3-1 Nov 16 at Stephen F. Austin* W 3-1 Nov. 22 &McNeese State W 3-0 Nov. 23 &Houston Baptist W 3-0 Nov. 24 &Central Arkansas L 3-2 #-Arkansas Invitational !-North Texas Invitational ^-Fairfield Inn North Baylor Classic *-Southland Conference Match &-SLC Tournament 2014 • 16-17 (10-6 SLC, 5th) •Southland Conference Tournament Champions • Co-Head Coaches: Hugh and Stephnie Hernesman Date Opponent

Aug. 29 Aug. 30 Aug. 30 Sept. 5 Sept. 6

#North Texas #(15) Missouri #Miss. Valley State !Southern Miss !Southern

2014 southland conference tournament champions great tradition ... brighter future

Sept. 6 !at UL Lafayette L 3-1 Sept. 12 ^South Alabama L 3-1 Sept. 13 ^Memphis L 3-0 Sept. 13 ^at Miss. State L 3-2 Sept. 16 at Baylor L 3-1 Sept. 19 %Jacksonville State L 3-2 Sept. 20 %Florida A&M L 3-1 Sept. 20 %at Auburn L 3-2 Sept. 25 *at McNeese State W 3-2 Sept. 27 *at Nicholls L 3-0 Oct. 2 *Abilene Christian W 3-2 Oct. 4 *Incarnate Word W 3-1 Oct. 9 *at Houston Baptist W 3-0 Oct. 11 *at AMCC L 3-1 Oct. 16 *New Orleans W 3-0 Oct. 18 *Southeastern La. W 3-1 Oct. 21 *at Stephen F. Austin L 3-0 Oct. 23 *Lamar W 3-2 Oct. 25 *Sam Houston State L 3-2 Oct. 30 *Central Arkansas W 3-0 Nov. 4 *at Sam Houston St. L 3-1 Nov. 7 *Stephen F. Austin L 3-1 Nov. 13 *at Incarnate Word W 3-0 Nov. 15 *at Abilene Christian W 3-2 Nov. 21 &Sam Houston State W 3-0 Nov. 22 &Stephen F. Austin W 3-1 Nov. 23 &Central Arkansas W 3-0 Dec. 4 !!at Texas L 3-0 #-North Texas Invitational !-Sawyer Camillo Classic (Lafayette) ^-Marron Classic (Starkville, Miss.) %-War Eagle Classic (Auburn, Ala.) *-Southland Conference Match &-SLC Tournament (Natchitoches) !!-NCAA Touranment (Austin, Texas)

Result

L 3-2 W 3-0 W 3-0 L 3-1 W 3-0

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1974-77 1991-92 2004-05 2000 1991-94 1996-99

1995-96 1969 1972, 74 1971-73 1989-90 2013-14 2006-09 2004 1990 2002 1989-90 2004-06 2001 2001-04 2009-10 2000-01 1969 1999-00 1985-88 2002-03 2010 1989-92 1989-91 1969 1990-93 2010-2013 2003-04 2009-12 1996-99 2011-12 1986 1984 1989-92 1992 1996-97 2007-09 2000-2003 1991-94 1969 2005-06 1985-88 1976

Jenkins, Jill Jesiolowski, Kim Jimenez, Kelly Johnson, Emily Johnson, Glynna Johnson, Loraine Jones, Sarah Jordan, Megan Joyner, Lauren Justin, Robyn

Karasiak, Shera Kauk, Emily Keene, Becky Kepley, Kelly King, Whitney Krause, Missy Krolczyk, Heather Kunz, Amanda

LaHaye, Anne Landry, Tiffany Lee, Nika Leonard, Gussie Lima, Sondra Link, Jaimee Linn, Sunnye Livings, Delphia Loftin, Ginger

Manning, Megan Martens, Amy Martin, Bailey Martin, Donna Martin, Fern Masters, Pat Matthews, Kay Matthieu, Monica Mayfield, Mary Jane McCaleb, Judy McConnell, Terri McCullough, Mary Miller, Marilyn Moore, Jamie Moore, Pam Moreno, Holly Morgan, Nina Morris, Daine Mros, Tammy Myers, Debbie

Neely, Mackenzie Neerman, Laura Nichols, Jan Nichols, Jody

1983 1990 2013-present 1991, 93 O’Connell, Caiti 1976 Olsen, Sonja

1986-89 1992-95 2011-12 2011-14 2012-present 1977 2009-10 2004-06 2010-2011 1984-86

Ortigo, Pat

Pagels, Kristen Parker, Julia Peltier, Lauren Perez, Elizabeth Peters, Kendra Pittman, Diane Pixley, Sonya Poirrier, Kate Posey, Jennifer Pruitt, Tammy Puder, Shannon

1997-98 2007 1972, 74 2001 Quave, Carolyn 2004-06 1997-00 1996-98 2012-present Reed, Susan Richard, Renee Roberts, Debra Robichau, Markie 1987-90 Robinson, Julie 1993-94 Rosseaux, Regina 1993 1984 1997-98 Sabatini, Becky 1984 Santos, Talita 1994 Schofield, Doray 1995-96 Schwartz, Mary Kay 1972 Shaw, Judy Sherrill, Sandi Shirley, Carrie 2007-10 Smith, Chelsea 2000-01 2013-present Smith, Jackie Smith, Jessica 1969 Spangler, Jamie 1969 Spann, Laranda 1971 Sonnier, Mary 1973 Stevens, Rustie 1989-92 Stone, Christina 1971-73 Sweet, Emily 1972 1972 1973 Tatum, Jo 1972 Tauzin, Pat 2001 Teekell, Gwen 1973-76 Thomas, Ladine 2010 Thorman, Lauren 1969 Thurston, Janel 1969 1987-88 1971 Waguespak, Laura Wallace, Greta Walford, Madison 2011-14 Warren, Amy 1983 Washington, Kandice 1971 Waters, Cindy 1992-95 Weeks, Vicki

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2012-present Zucconi, Wendy 1987-90 Zegac, Andrea

1971 2001-02 1969 2009-10 1999-00 1996-98 1974 1974 1993 1993 1976 2001 1976 1972-73 1984 1977 2007-08 1983 1983 1972-73 2006-07 1976 1969 1971-72 1988-91 1991 2001-02 1970 1998-99 2000 2007-10 1976-77 1990, 92 1999-02 2011-12 1983 1969 1976 1988-89 1999-00 2003-07 1985 1972-73 2014-present 1993-96 1997-98 1972, 74 1970 1983-86 1995-96

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