Northwestern State Softball 2016 Media Guide by Northwestern State Sports Information

LADY DEMON

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2016 SENIORS Natalie Landry

Sarah Huey

FIGHTING FOR

FOUR • 3 SLC TITLES —TOURNAMENT TITLES IN 2013-14 AND REGULAR SEASON IN 2015 •106-55 OVERALL RECORD (.658) — 2ND-BEST WINNING PERCENTAGE IN NSU HISTORY • 55-20 RECORD IN SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE PLAY

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NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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Table of CONTENTS 2016 ROSTER

2.17 2.24 2.27 2.28 3.16 3.18 3.19 4.1 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

2016 PLAYERS

MEET THE TEAM

Shelby Alexander Micaela Bouvier Mikayla Brown Skylar Cagle Sarah Huey Michaela Johnson Brittney Jones Kellye Kincannon Natalie Landry Kaytie Proctor Hailee Rhodes Sidney Salmans Shelby Sells Baylee Shephard Mikayla Sorosiak Katelyn Boles/Kaylee Isenburg Kaylee Parker/Jordan Rains Kayla Roquemore

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MEET THE COACHES AND STAFF Donald Pickett Amy Hooks Kaylee Guidry Additional Support Staff TV/Radio Roster

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THE SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE Southland Conference Opponent Information

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HISTORY OF THE PROGRAM Series Records Year-By-Year Results Individual Season Records Individual Career Records Team Superlatives

2016 HOME SCHEDULE

ALCORN STATE (DH) ULM MURRAY STATE (DH) MURRAY STATE LOUISIANA TECH HOUSTON BAPTIST (DH) HOUSTON BAPTIST LAMAR (DH) 2016 Senior Class Table of Contents Quick Facts 2016 Roster Roster Breakdown Preview

The SLC 32

Coaches/ STAFF 26

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4.2 4.15 4.16 4.29 4.30 5.6 5.7 5.11-13

All-Time Letterwinners Retired Jerseys 2015 Review 2015 Stats Last Time NSU NORTHWESTERN STATE

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Social Media Surge of Success Dr. James Henderson, President Jerry Pierce, Vice President Greg Burke, Director of Athletics Athletic Administration

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University Profile City of Natchitoches Academics Campus Life CHAMPS/Life Skills

ON THE COVER

Northwestern State softball has won three Southland Conference championships (two tournament and one regular season title) in the last three seasons. The program’s done that only one other time (four titles from 1998-2000). The players featured on the front of guide played a large role -- seniors Natalie Landry and Sarah Huey, juniors Kellye Kincannon and Brittney Jones and sophomores Mikayla Brown and Micaela Bouvier. The Lady Demons will attempt to win both titles in the same season for the first time since 2000.

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2015 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

HISTORY

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LAMAR MCNEESE STATE MCNEESE STATE (DH) STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (DH) STEPHEN F. AUSTIN SOUTHEASTERN (DH) SOUTHEASTERN SLC TOURNAMENT (AT MCNEESE)

1 P.M. 6 P.M. 1 P.M. 4 P.M. 1 P.M. 3 P.M. 1 P.M. TBA

2016 SCHEDULE OPPONENT TIME 2.12 vs. DePaul (Texas State Classic) 12:30 p.m. vs. Oklahoma State (Texas State Classic) 7 p.m. 2.13 vs. Texas State (Texas State Classic) 12:30 p.m. vs. Abilene Christian (Texas State Classic) 5 p.m. 2.14 vs. DePaul (Texas State Classic) 10 a.m. 2.17 vs. Alcorn State (DH) 4 p.m. 2.19 vs. North Texas (Baylor’s Getterman Classic) 10 a.m. vs. Baylor (Baylor’s Getterman Classic) 3 p.m. 2.20 vs. Liberty (Baylor’s Getterman Classic) 11 a.m. vs. TBA (Bracket Play at Baylor) TBA 2.21 vs. TBA (Bracket Play at Baylor) TBA 2.24 vs. ULM 6 p.m. 2.27 vs. Murray State (DH) 2 p.m. 2.28 vs. Murray State Noon 3.4 vs. Longwood (Miss. State’s Slamboree) 1 p.m. vs. Mississippi State (Miss. State’s Slamboree) 8:30 p.m. 3.5 vs. Chattanooga (Miss. State’s Slamboree) 10:30 a.m. vs. Western Kentucky (Miss. State’s Slamboree) 6 p.m. 3.6 vs. Longwood (Miss. State’s Slamboree) 9 a.m. 3.11 at Incarnate Word (DH)* 2 p.m. 3.12 at Incarnate Word* Noon 3.16 vs. Louisiana Tech 6 p.m. 3.18 vs. Houston Baptist (DH)* 3 p.m. 3.19 vs. Houston Baptist* 1 p.m. 3.23 at ULM 6 p.m. 3.25 at Sam Houston State (DH)* 3 p.m. 3.26 at Sam Houston State* 3 p.m. 3.30 at Louisiana Tech 6 p.m. 4.1 vs. Lamar (DH)* 3 p.m. 4.2 vs. Lamar* 1 p.m. 4.8 at Central Arkansas (DH)* 4 p.m. 4.9 at Central Arkansas* Noon 4.15 vs. McNeese State* 6 p.m. 4.16 vs. McNeese State (DH)* 1 p.m. 4.20 at LSU TBA 4.22 at Nicholls* 6 p.m. 4.23 at Nicholls (DH)* Noon 4.29 vs. Stephen F. Austin (DH)* 4 p.m. 4.30 vs. Stephen F. Austin* 1 p.m. 5.6 vs. Southeastern (DH)* 3 p.m. 5.7 vs. Southeastern* 1 p.m. 5.11-13 SLC Tournament (at McNeese) TBA DATE

BOLD: Home Game; * Conference game. All times Central

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UNIVERSITY INFORMATION

Location School Founded Enrollment Affiliation Conference Nickname Mascot Colors President Vice President Director of Athletics Faculty Representative Senior Woman Administrator

Natchitoches, La. 1884 (as Louisiana Normal) 9,179 NCAA Division I Southland Lady Demons Victory “Vic” The Demon Purple (492f92), White and Orange (f78426) trim Dr. Jim Henderson Jerry Pierce Greg Burke Jody Biscoe Carrie Greene

STADIUM INFORMATION

HAILEE RHODES

SHELBY SELLS

Stadium Name Capacity Dimensions Surface Press Row Phone

Lady Demon Diamond 1,000 196 (LF), 218 (CF), 196 (RF) Grass 318-357-4442

COACHING STAFF/ SUPPORT STAFF

Head Coach Alma Mater Record at NSU Overall Record Assistant Coach Alma Mater Assistant Coach Alma Mater

Donald Pickett, 8th season Tennessee-Chattanooga, 2005 191-183 (.511) Same Amy Hooks, 4th season Texas, 2011 Kaylee Guidry, 2nd season Northwestern State, 2014

2015 REVIEW

Tara McKenney Northwestern State, 2014 Brian Gallagher Mary Hardin-Baylor, 2014 Jordan Wheat TCU, 2014 Kelsey Martin

PROGRAM HISTORY

2015 Overall Record Conference Record (Finish) Home Record Road Record Neutral Site Record SLC Tournament Finish

KAYTIE PROCTOR

Volunteer Assistant Alma Mater Strength and Conditioning Alma Mater Athletic Trainer Alma Mater Administrative Assistant

36-18 22-3 (1st) 15-4 15-10 6-4 3-2/Runner-up

First Year of Softball at NSU 1979 First Year in the Southland Conference 1988 All-Time Record 962-930-3 Conference Titles 5 (1991, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2015) Conference Tournament Titles 5 (1998, 2000, 2002, 2013, 2014) NCAA Regional Appearances 5 (1998, 2000, 2002, 2013, 2014)

LETTERWINNERS RETURNING (15)

LETTERWINNERS LOST (4)

POS. NAME C Baylee Shephard INF Brittney Jones OF Natalie Landry INF Hailee Rhodes INF Sarah Huey INF Micayla Sorosiak C Kaytie Proctor INF Michaela Johnson OF Kellye Kincannon OF Sidney Salmans P Mikayla Brown P Shelby Alexander P Shelby Sells P Skylar Cagle P Micaela Bouvier

POS. NAME DH Cassandra Barefield INF Brittany Virgoe INF Kayla Boening P Baylee Gray

YR. AVG./ERA Jr. .100 Jr. .365 Sr. .336 So. .286 Sr. .154 Jr. .273 So. .183 Jr. 1.000 Jr. .409 So. .330 So. 1.56 Jr. 0.00 Jr. 5.67 Jr. 4.43 So. 2.44

GP-GS 14-6 54-53 53-52 53-52 11-3 53-51 48-48 1-0 54-53 54-54 29-14 7-0 13-6 12-3 28-19

YR. AVG./ERA Sr. .319 Sr. .292 Sr. .211 Jr. 4.28

GP-GS 54-52 54-54 26-5 18-12

NEWCOMERS (4) POS. OF C P/1B 3B

NAME Kayla Roquemore Kaylee Isenburg Katelyn Boles Jordan Rains

YR. PREVIOUS SCHOOL Fr. Natchitoches Central HS Fr. Lone Oak HS Fr. Central HS Jr. Cy-Fair HS

2016 MEDIA GUIDE CREDITS

Editor, Design & Layout Matt Vines Covers Matt Vines Editorial Assistance Doug Ireland Editorial/Design Assistance Jason Pugh Administrative Assistance Ronnette Pellegrin Photography Gary Hardamon, NSU Photographic Services

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2016 ROSTER NUMERICAL NO. NAME 2 Baylee Shephard 4 Brittney Jones 6 Kayla Roquemore 7 Kaylee Parker 8 Natalie Landry 9 Shelby Alexander 11 Kaylee Isenburg 12 Hailee Rhodes 13 Sarah Huey 14 Mikayla Brown 15 Kaytie Proctor 17 Katelyn Boles 18 Shelby Sells 22 Micayla Sorosiak 24 Skylar Cagle 25 Michaela Johnson 32 Kellye Kincannon 33 Sidney Salmans 47 Jordan Rains 99 Micaela Bouvier

POS. C INF OF C/OF OF P C INF INF P/UP C P/1B P OF P INF OF OF 3B P

ALPHABETICAL 9 Shelby Alexander 17 Katelyn Boles 99 Micaela Bouvier 14 Mikayla Brown 24 Skylar Cagle 13 Sarah Huey 11 Kaylee Isenburg 25 Michaela Johnson 4 Brittney Jones 32 Kellye Kincannon 8 Natalie Landry 7 Kaylee Parker 15 Kaytie Proctor 47 Jordan Rains 12 Hailee Rhodes 6 Kayla Roquemore 33 Sidney Salmans 18 Shelby Sells 2 Baylee Shephard 22 Micayla Sorosiak

B/T R/R R/R L/R R/R L/L L/L R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R L/R R/R R/R

P RHP/1B P P/UP P INF C INF OF OF OF C/OF C 3B INF OF OF P C OF

HT. 5-7 6-0 5-2 5-4 5-8 5-9 5-4 5-8 5-6 5-6 5-4 5-10 5-6 5-2 5-8 5-6 5-8 5-6 5-6 5-5

YR.-EXP. JR-2L JR-2L FR-HS FR-RS SR-3L JR-2L FR-HS SO-1L SR-1L SO-1L SO-1L FR-HS JR-2L JR-2L JR-2L JR-1L JR-2L SO-1L JR-TR R-SO-1L

HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL Shreveport, La. (Evangel Christian Academy) Bryan, Texas (Bryan HS) Natchitoches, La. (Natchitohes Central HS) Mansfield, Texas (Liberty HS) Denham Springs, La. (Denham Springs HS) Grand Prairie, Texas (South Grand Prairie HS) Lone Oak, Texas (Lone Oak HS) Spring, Texas (Klein HS) Tomball, Texas (Embry-Riddle) Deville, La. (Buckeye HS) Frisco, Texas (Centennial HS) Pollock, Texas (Central HS) Pflugerville, Texas (Pflugerville HS) Sugar Land, Texas (Kempner HS) Pilot Point, Texas (Pilot Point HS) Wake Village, Texas (Iowa) Lake Jackson, Texas (Brazoswood HS) The Woodlands, Texas (The Woodlands HS) Houston, Texas (Univ. of Houston) Santa Fe, Texas (Sante Fe HS)

SIDNEY SALMANS

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

MICAELA BOUVIER Sarah HUEY

Muh-KAY-luh Boo-vi-ay Hugh-ee

Kaylee ISENBURG

Eye-zen-burg

MICHAELA Johnson

Muh-KAY-luh

KELLYE Kincannon Donald PICKETT

Pick-it

MIKAYLA SOROSIAK Muh-KAY-luh Suh-ROSE-ee-ak Kayla ROQUEMORE

Rock-more

NATCHITOCHES, La.

NACK-uh-dish

PFLUGERVILLE, Texas

FLU-grr-ville

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2015 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

MICAYLA SOROSIAK

Kelly

SKYLAR CAGLE

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Louisiana (4) Mikayla Brown...................................................................Deville Natalie Landry................................................... Denham Springs Kayla Roquemore.....................................................Natchitoches Baylee Shephard.........................................................Shreveport

Catcher (4) Kaylee Isenburg............................................................Freshman Kaylee Parker..................................................Redshirt Freshman Kaytie Proctor.............................................................. Sophmore Baylee Shephard.................................................................Junior

Texas (16) Shelby Alexander.....................................................Grand Prairie Katelyn Boles.................................................................... Pollock Micaela Bouvier..............................................................Santa Fe Skylar Cagle................................................................. Pilot Point Sarah Huey.......................................................................Tomball Kaylee Isenburg.............................................................Lone Oak Michaela Johnson.................................................... Wake Village Brittney Jones..................................................................... Bryan Kellye Kincannon..................................................... Lake Jackson Kaylee Parker.................................................................... Liberty Kaytie Proctor.....................................................................Dallas Jordan Rains.................................................................... Houston Hailee Rhodes....................................................................Spring Sidney Salmans.................................................... The Woodlands Shelby Sells................................................................ Pflugerville Micayla Sorosiak.........................................................Sugar Land

Infielder (7) Katelyn Boles................................................................Freshman Sarah Huey......................................................................... Senior Michaela Johnson...............................................................Junior Brittney Jones.....................................................................Junior Jordan Rains........................................................................Junior Hailee Rhodes............................................................ Sophomore Micayla Sorosiak.................................................................Junior Outfielder (5) Natalie Landry................................................................... Senior Kaylee Parker..................................................Redshirt Freshman Kayla Roquemore..........................................................Freshman Sidney Salmans.......................................................... Sophomore Micayla Sorosiak........................................................ Sophomore Pitcher (6) Shelby Alexander................................................................Junior Katelyn Boles................................................................Freshman Micaela Bouvier......................................................... Sophomore Mikayla Brown........................................................... Sophomore Skylar Cagle........................................................................Junior Shelby Sells.........................................................................Junior Utility Player (2) Katelyn Boles................................................................Freshman Mikayla Brown........................................................... Sophomore

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Senior (2) Sarah Huey.............................................................................. INF Natalie Landry......................................................................... OF Junior (9) Shelby Alexander....................................................................... P Skylar Cagle............................................................................... P Sarah Huey.............................................................................. INF Michaela Johnson................................................................... INF Brittney Jones......................................................................... INF Kellye Kincannon..................................................................... OF Shleby Sells................................................................................ P Baylee Shephard........................................................................ C Jordan Rains............................................................................... P Sophomore (5) Micaela Bouvier......................................................................... P Mikayla Brown..................................................................... P/UP Kaytie Proctor............................................................................ C Hailee Rhodes......................................................................... INF Sidney Salmans........................................................................ OF Redshirt Freshman (1) Kaylee Parker........................................................................C/OF Freshman (3) Katelyn Boles.......................................................................P/INF Kaylee Isenburg......................................................................... C Kayla Roquemore..................................................................... OF

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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2016 PREVIEW

Northwestern State has won three SLC regular season or conference titles in the last three years, and NSU will attempt to win both titles in the same year in 2016.

With seven position starters and the top two pitchers in the conference returning from a Southland Conference regular season championship team, expectations for the 2016 season couldn’t be more clear. The 15 returning letter winners still taste the disappointment of not winning the SLC tournament title after tournament championships in 2013 and 2014 led to NCAA Tournament appearances. The Lady Demons aim to return to the NCAA Tournament for the third time in four seasons with a relatively young yet seasoned core. “Winning two tournament titles and then a regular season title in the last three years raises expectations here from where they were just a few years ago,” said NSU coach Donald Pickett, whose squad was picked as the preseason favorites by the league coaches and sports information directors. “Our kids worked hard to do the things they’ve done and accomplished … and to win both the regular season and tournament championships in the same season is really tough in our conference.”

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2015 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

Senior outfielder Natalie Landry, the only returning player to have been a part of all three NSU championships, is a tone-setter who batted .336 with 10 home runs. Although NSU isn’t expected to replicate the offensive power it had (program-high 82 home runs in 2015), the Lady Demons still have plenty of pop with junior outfielder Kellye Kincannon (15 home runs with a .409 batting average), junior first baseman Brittney Jones (12 home runs with a .365 batting average) and junior second baseman Micayla Sorosiak (14 home runs). “We’re going to have to find different ways to win without departed seniors Cassandra Barefield (NSU’s career home run leader) and Brittany Virgoe,” Pickett said. “Virgoe got on base and got hits when we needed them. ‘Bear’ was the hammer – the middle-of-the-lineup kid that made us a power team. “We’ll have to have kids step up, but they are certainly capable of stepping up.” Kincannon and Jones are Preaseason All-SLC first-team picks with

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Freshman pitcher Mikayla Brown, the Southland Conference Pitcher of the Year, is greeted by freshman catcher Kaytie Proctor and assistant coach Amy Hooks.

Sorosiak making the second team. In just two seasons, Kincannon is NSU’s career leader in batting average (.387) and slugging percentage (.754) and fifth on the home run charts (27). “Kincannon is the same kid at practice that she is every day in the games,” Pickett said. “That makes her a consistent player. With the talent she has and the consistency, it puts her a little above some of the other players we’ll face.” Sophomore pitchers Mikayla Brown and Micaela Bouvier are also first-team selections after the pair was the only freshman duo to each record double-digit wins. Brown’s 13-4 mark with a league-low 1.56 ERA earned her SLC Pitcher of the Year. Bouvier’s 14 wins (14-5) tied for third-best in the SLC, and she posted the third-lowest ERA of 2.44. The pitchers’ success occurred with a freshman catcher (Kaytie Proctor), whom Pickett described as a force behind the plate whose bat is getting stronger. “Both of the pitchers as well as Proctor continued to get better as last year went along,” Pickett said. “That confidence continues to grow.” Pickett expects other sophomores who played major roles as freshmen to continue producing. Sophomore shortstop Hailee Rhodes (.286 average) and sophomore outfielder Sidney Salmans (.330 average and 42 runs scored) helped keep the

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lineup churning. “That (sophomore class) has a lot of good, blue-collar kids,” Pickett said. “Effort is not an issue with those kids at all, and it’s about keeping them comfortable and not trying to do too much.” NSU has wily veterans that should also play a role. Junior pitchers Shelby Sells (2-3) and Skylar Cagle (3-2) are capable of starting games, and Pickett added Sells had the best fall on the pitching staff. The addition of freshman Katelyn Boles adds depth to the bullpen. Jordan Rains, a junior transfer from Houston, is expected to take over at third base. Rains had a combined 41 starts at Houston in her first two seasons. Senior Sarah Huey, junior Michaela Johnson and freshman Kaylee Isenburg are other players who could play large roles if given the opportunity. The Lady Demons start a difficult non-conference schedule on Feb. 12 at Texas State’s CenturyLink Classic with five games. NSU’s home opener is Feb. 17 against Alcorn State. SLC play begins at Incarnate Word on March 11. The 50-game schedule features 10 games against seven NCAA Tournament teams from 2015. Notable opponents are LSU (WCWS semifinalist) and Baylor (regional finalist).

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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SHELBY ALEXANDER

Pitcher/Utility • Jr.-2L • 5-9 Grand Prairie, Texas South Grand Prairie HS

CAREER HIGHS Innings Pitched: Strikeouts: No Hits (Min. 5 IP): No Earned Runs (Min 5 IP):

1, 3x, last vs. Southern (4/2/14) 3, vs. Miss. Valley State (2/15/14) N/A N/A

2015 SEASON HIGHS Innings Pitched: Strikeouts: No Hits (Min. 5 IP): No Earned Runs (Min 5 IP):

N/A N/A N/A

Runs Scored:

1, 2x, last vs. Lamar (3/28/15)

N/A

CAREER HONORS · ·

2015 SLC Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll 2014 SLC Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

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2015 Season (Sophomore): Scored two runs as a pinch runner ... Crossed the plate against Belmont and Lamar ... Appeared in seven games. 2014 Season (Freshman): Made three appearances as a pitcher, accumulating three innings and four strikeouts … Pitched one inning each against Alabama, Mississippi Valley State and Southern … Struck out three batters against MVSU on Feb. 1. High School: Earned All-District First-Team accolades, the South Grand Prairie MVP award … Named to the Dallas Morning News All-Area Honorable Mention Team as a junior ... Named District 7 Pitcher of the Year as a sophomore, and Newcomer of the Year as a freshman ... Earned team MVP honors her junior and senior seasons. Personal: Born March 9, 1995 … Daughter of Terry and Ellen … One sister, Sara (21) … Majoring in business marketing … Maintained a 3.7 GPA at NSU … After NSU, she aspires to hold an influential marketing position in a large company … Her life’s ambition is be successful and make her family proud.

ALEXANDER’S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR 2015

AVG. GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT PO A E FLD% .000 7-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

YEAR 2014

ERA W-L APP-GS CG SHO SV IP 4.65 0-0 3-0 0 1-0 0 3.0

H 1

R 2

ER BB 2 3

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2015 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

SO 4

2B 3B HR 1 0 0

AB 10

B/AVG .100

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MICAELA BOUVIER

Pitcher • So.-1L • 5-5 Sante Fe, Texas Sante Fe HS

CAREER HIGHS

Innings Pitched: Strikeouts: No Hits (Min. 5 IP): No Earned Runs (Min 5 IP):

12 1/3, at Southeastern (5/2/15) 10, vs. ULM (2/18/15) at Lamar (3/27/15) -- no hitter, 7 IP 7 times (three shutouts) at Lamar (3/27/15), 0 ER in 7 IP ULM (2/18/15), 0 ER in 7 IP at SFA (4/25/15) 0 ER in 7 IP

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Innings Pitched: Strikeouts: No Hits (Min. 5 IP): No Earned Runs (Min 5 IP):

CAREER HONORS · · · ·

2016 Preaseason All-SLC First Team Selection 2015 SLC Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll Southland Conference Pitcher of the Week (2/24/15) 2015 All-Southland Conference First Team

2015 Season (Redshirt Freshman): Emerged as one of two main starting pitchers for NSU … Compiled a team-high 14 wins (14-5 record) with a 2.44 ERA in 28 appearances … All-Southland Conference First Team ... Made a team-high 19 starts and threw 135 innings (47 earned runs) … Struck out a team-high 79 batters to 40 walks and 16 hitby-pitches … Pitched eight complete games with three shutouts … Threw complete-game shutouts against ULM, Stephen F. Austin and Lamar … No-hitter against Lamar was NSU’s first against a conference opponent since 2004 ... Had 10 other appearances in which she didn’t allow earned runs … Picked up a save in the SLC tournament against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi … Threw six scoreless innings against NCAA Tournament team Central Arkansas.

Personal: Born Sept. 27, 1994 … Daughter of Gina and Rob … One brother, Braden (16), and one sister, Rylie (13) … Majoring in psychology and nursing … Posted a 3.0 GPA at NSU … Planning to be in anesthesiology … Life’s ambition is to impact people’s lives as an individual who can be relied upon.

2014 Season (Freshman): Redshirted. High School: Named to the state all-tournament team as she led the Lady Indians to their first state championship in 2011, earning all-tournament and All-Greater Houston accolades … Named district pitcher of the year her senior and sophomore seasons … Collected first team all-county her freshman, sophomore and senior seasons … Named basketball defensive player of the year as she earned one letter on the court as a freshman … Member of National Honor Society.

BOUVIER’S CAREER STATISTICS YEAR 2015

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ERA W-L APP-GS CG SHO SV IP H 2.44 14-5 28-19 8 3-2 1 135 129

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R 65

ER BB 47 40

SO 79

2B 3B HR 21 2 2

AB 522

B/AVG .247

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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MIKAYLA BROWN

Pitcher/Utility Player • So.-1L • 5-6 Deville, Louisiana Buckeye HS

CAREER HIGHS

Innings Pitched: Strikeouts: No Hits (Min. 5 IP): No Earned Runs (Min 5 IP):

7, 6x, last at Southeastern (5/1/15) 7, 2x, last at SFA (4/24/15) N/A 5 times, 2 shutouts at McNeese (4/11/15), 0 ER in 7 IP at Southeastern (5/1/15), 0 ER in 7 IP

2015 SEASON HIGHS

Innings Pitched: Strikeouts: No Hits (Min. 5 IP): No Earned Runs (Min 5 IP):

7, 6x, last at Southeastern (5/1/15) 7, 2x, last at SFA (4/24/15) N/A 5 times, 2 shutouts at McNeese (4/11/15), 0 ER in 7 IP at Southeastern (5/1/15), 0 ER in 7 IP

CAREER HONORS · · · · · · ·

2016 Preseason All-SLC First Team Selection 2015 All-SLC First Team Selection 2x Southland Conference Pitcher of the Week LSWA Co-Pitcher of the Week (4/27) 2015 Southland Conference Pitcher of the Year NFCA All-South Region (Third Team) LSWA All-Louisiana Collegiate Team (Second Team)

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2015 Season (Freshman): Quickly became one of two main starting pitchers as a true freshman … Southland Conference Pitcher of the Year and a first-team selection ... Two-time SLC Pitcher of the Week (4/20 and 4/27) ... NFCA’s All-South Region Third Team ... Posted a team-low ERA of 1.56, which was the lowest in conference by more than half a run per game … That ERA is the 15th-best in the nation and third-best among freshman … Her 13-4 record was the best winning percentage (.765) in the conference and fifth-best in NSU history … Appeared in 29 games with 14 starts … Struck out 64 batters in 98 2/3 innings with 38 walks and 11 hit-by-pitches … Pitched in seven complete games with two complete-game shutouts, including against Southeastern (allowed four hits) … Won five straight decisions from April 18May 1 … Made two saves on the year … In 24 of her 29 appearances, Brown allowed one or fewer earned runs … Recorded wins over NCAA tournament teams Ball State and Central Arkansas.

… In track, won district title in 100-meter dash as a sophomore … Hit .273 in leadoff spot and was named first-team all-district outfielder as a freshman … Member of the Spanish Club and the Science Club. Personal: Born July 16, 1996 … Daughter of Toni and James … Three sisters, Shawna (20), Kirstin (27) and Jessica (30) … Majoring in biology … Wants to work as a personal trainer and start own business … Life’s aspiration is to face challenges by holding head up with trust in the Lord and to never give up.

High School: Multi-sport athlete at Buckeye HS … Six letters in softball, four letters in basketball and one letter in track … Helped lead her squad to a 26-2 record and a state championship as a sophomore … District MVP, All-Star Team East Squad, LHSAA May Sportsman of the Month after hitting .506 in leadoff spot as a senior … As a junior, named district MVP, LSCA All-State Pitcher while hitting .488 … As a sophomore, district MVP, district first-team pitcher, LSCA All-State Pitcher

BROWN’S CAREER STATISTICS YEAR 2015

ERA W-L APP-GS CG SHO SV IP H 1.56 13-4 29-14 7 3-5 2 98.3 74

R 29

ER BB 22 38

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SO 64

2B 3B HR 11 2 5

AB 360

B/AVG .206

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2015 Season (Sophomore): Recorded a 3-2 record in 12 appearances (three starts) … Posted a 4.43 ERA in 30 innings … Struck out 15 batters with 22 walks and six hit-by-pitches … Recorded a pair of wins against Morehead State in which she combined for eight scoreless innings … Also beat Louisiana Tech with four scoreless innings.

SKYLAR CAGLE

Pitcher • Jr.-2L • 5-8 Pilot Point, Texas Pilot Point HS

CAREER HIGHS Innings Pitched: Strikeouts: No Hits (Min. 5 IP): No Earned Runs (Min 5 IP):

7, vs. Butler (2/21/14) 9, vs. Butler (2/21/14) N/A N/A

2015 SEASON HIGHS Innings Pitched: Strikeouts: No Hits (Min. 5 IP): No Earned Runs (Min 5 IP):

4 2/3, vs. Florida Atlantic (2/27/15) 8, vs. Morehead State (2/20/15) N/A N/A

CAREER HONORS · ·

2015 SLC Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll 2014 SLC Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

SOFTBALL

2014 Season (Freshman): Appeared in 19 games including 11 starts … Posted 5-4 record and a 4.14 ERA across 50 2/3 innings … Allowed 30 earned runs and 19 walks … Struck out four in 3 1/3 innings allowing just one hit in opening day relief appearance against North Florida … Secured season highs in innings pitched (7) and strikeouts (9) in a 5-1 win over Butler on Feb. 21.

ating with honors … Also a member of National Honor Society. Personal: Daughter of John and Angee … One sister, Camryn (18) … Nickname is “Sky” … Biomedical major who wants to be occupational therapist … Life’s ambition is to lead the life God wants her to lead and help others in their journey.

High School: Led Pilot Point to the 2A state championship crown her senior year while collecting team MVP, Dallas Morning News Pitcher of the Year, district MVP, area MVP, TXSWA-2A Player of the Year, All-Texomaland Co-Player of the Year and MaxPreps Small School All-American first team pitcher honors … NFCA All-America second-team and NFCA first-team All-Region selection as a sophomore ... Also named district MVP as a junior and sophomore as well as team MVP all four years … Earned All-Texomaland first-team and Denton Record Chronicle All-Area MVP awards as a junior … Denton Record Chronicle All-Area Co-Pitcher of the Year as a sophomore and Newcomer of the Year as a freshman … Named a Texas Scholar after gradu-

CAGLE’S CAREER STATISTICS YEAR 2015 2014 TOTAL

ERA 4.43 4.14 4.28

W-L APP-GS CG SHO 3-2 12-3 0 0-1 5-4 19-11 1 0-2 8-6 31-14 1 0-3

SV IP H 0 30 30 0 50.2 61 0 80.2 91

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R 22 37 59

ER 19 30 49

BB 22 19 41

SO 15 43 58

2B 3B HR 3 0 3 11 2 5 14 2 8

AB 117 208 325

B/AVG .256 .293 .280

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

LADY DEMON

2015 Season (Junior): Appeared in 11 games with three starts … Went 2-of-13 with two runs scored and drew a walk … Collected both hits in first appearance against Long Beach State ... Had 12 putouts and seven assists with a .905 fielding percentage.

SARAH HUEY

Infielder• Sr.-1L • 5-6 Tomball, Texas Tomball HS/Embry-Riddle

CAREER HIGHS At Bats: Runs: Hits: RBIs: Walks: Doubles: Triples: Home Runs: Stolen Bases:

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3, 2x, last vs. Notre Dame (2/7/15) 1, 2x, last vs. Houston Baptist (3/13/15) 2, vs. Long Beach State (2/6/15) N/A 1, vs. Houston Baptist (3/13/15) N/A N/A N/A N/A

2014 Season (Sophomore at Embry-Riddle): Named to the NFCA second team All-Region ... 2014 Sun Conference All-Conference team as an infielder ... Second on the team with a .392 batting average and three home runs ... Led the team with 12 doubles ... Stole 12 bases on 13 attempts … .955 fielding percentage ... Started all 41 games ... Led the team in runs with 22 ... Had 4 doubles, 3 triples and 11 RBIs.

an 11-3 win over Northwood (April 21). High School: Three-year letter winner in softball … Helped the Cougars to the state semifinals in 2010 as well as district titles in 2010 and 2011 and the regional finals in 2011 … First-team alldistrict selection in 2010 and 2012 … Named to the all-district second team in 2011 ... Earned MaxPreps Player of the Week in 2012 ... Named a Greater Houston All-Star and was a member of the Texas All-State team in 2012.

Personal: Born Dec. 13, 1993 … Daughter of Denise and Kelly … Psychology and Addiction Studies major who wants to get a master’s degree in counseling … volunteered with the ALS Walk, Relay for Life, March of Dimes and Read to Lead … 2013 Season (Freshman at Embry-Riddle): Life’s ambition is to help others as much as she can. 2015 SEASON HIGHS One of three Eagles to start all 41 games … StartAt Bats: 3, 2x, last vs. Notre Dame (2/7/15) Runs: 1, 2x, last vs. Houston Baptist (3/13/15) ed 40 times at second base and once at shortstop Hits: 2, vs. Long Beach State (2/6/15) … Named to the All-Conference first team … RBIs: N/A Led the team with a .444 batting average, a .470 Walks: 1, vs. Houston Baptist (3/13/15) on-base percentage, 63 hits, two triples, 80 total Doubles: N/A bases, 38 runs scored and 15 stolen bases … Collected seven doubles, two home runs and 19 RBIs … Got the first hit in program history, a double off the right-field fence in the Eagles’ inaugural game at Flagler (Feb. 2) … Finished the year with nine three-hit games, most on the team … Went 3-for4 with three runs scored and three RBIs in a 6-3 win at Coastal Georgia (Feb. 24) … Had a 3-for-4 day with two doubles, two runs scored and four RBIs in HUEY’S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR 2015

AVG. GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT PO A E FLD% .154 11-3 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0-0 12 7 2 .905 Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2015 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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MICHAELA JOHNSON

Infielder • Jr.-1L • 5-6 Wake Village, Texas Texas HS/Iowa

At Bats: Runs: Hits: RBIs: Walks: Doubles: Triples: Home Runs: Stolen Bases:

CAREER HIGHS

1, vs. Central Arkansas (4/3/15) N/A 1, vs. Central Arkanasas (4/3/15) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

2015 SEASON HIGHS

At Bats: Runs: Hits: RBIs: Walks: Doubles: Triples: Home Runs: Stolen Bases:

1, vs. Central Arkansas (4/3/15) N/A 1, vs. Central Arkanasas (4/3/15) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

CAREER HONORS ·

2015 SLC Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

SOFTBALL

2015 Season (Sophomore): Recorded a single in in 2011-12 ... Recognized for Who’s Who Among her only at-bat on April 3 against Central Arkansas. Outstanding Students in 2009-10 ... Also played basketball as a freshman and sophomore at Texas 2014 Season (Freshman at Iowa): Appeared in High School, helping the team to a Texas District 18 games with four starts as the designated player 13-4A championship. with the Hawkeyes … Pinch hit on 14 occasions … Earned her first career start against UAB and Personal: Born on Jan. 5, 1995 ... Daughter of posted her first career hit in the contest … Picked Cathy and Michael Johnson ... Has a half-brother, up her first career RBI against Drake on Feb. 16 as a Michael, and a half-sister, Jessica ... Father played pinch hitter. football and ran track at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette ... Majoring in biology/pre-medicine High School: A Texas District 13-4A First Team with a 3.01 GPA … Aspires to be a brain or a heart selection, Texarkana Gazette All-Area first-team surgeon. honoree, Texas High School Softball Team Slugger award recipient and Texas High School softball team most valuable player on three occasions ... Increased her batting average each season, hitting .359 as a freshman, .374 as a sophomore and .554 as a junior... Helped Texas High School to a 2012 Texas District 13-4A runner-up finish ... Played travel with Texas Elite Easton Gold Bell (2008-present), Texas Venom (2005-06) and Static Shockers (2004-05) ... Helped Texas Venom accomplish a USSSA Texas State Championship and World Series Championship and the Static Shockers earn an ASA Arkansas State Championship ... Three-year member of the Mu Alpha Theta Mathematics Honor Society, National Honors Society and Ross Perot STEM Academy of Texas High School ... A National Society of High School Scholars, National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine and 2012 MASH through the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences selection

JOHNSON’S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR 2015

AVG. GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 1.000 1-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000

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NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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2015 Season (Sophomore): Second-highest batting average on the team with .365 (54-of-148) … BRITTNEY JONES Started 53 games and appeared in 54 … Led team Infielder• Jr.-2L • 5-11 with 18 doubles and 25 walks … Compiled 40 runs Bryan, Texas scored, 41 RBIs and 12 home runs … Second-best Bryan HS slugging percentage (.730) and on-base percentage (.467) on team … Scored a season-high four CAREER HIGHS runs against Lamar (May 8) … Hit a season-high At Bats: 5, 2x, last vs. Lamar (3/27/15) three doubles against Sam Houston (March 20) Runs: 4, vs. Lamar (5/8/15) … Blasted season-high two home runs against Hits: 3, 7x, last vs. SFA (4/25/15) Incarnate Word (March 6) with five RBIs … Sixteen RBIs: 5, vs. Incarnate Word (3/6/15) Walks: 3, 2x, last vs. Houston Baptist (3/14/15) multi-hit games … Eleven multi-RBI games … Doubles: 3, vs. Sam Houston State (3/20/15) Scored three or more runs four times ... Her .995 Triples: 1, at Nicholls (4/27/14) career fielding percentage tops NSU’s charts.

named team Co-MVP and Co-Offensive MVP… Holds the school record for the highest batting average (.538) in a single season … Earned alldistrict first team and Collins Street Bakery 2012 All-State Team honors as a junior … Also earned four letters in volleyball while being named to the all-academic team four times … Member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Young Life and choir.

Personal: Born July 7, 1995 … Daughter of Leann and Mark … One sister, Erica (17) … Majoring in psychology and plans on becoming a physician’s assistant after NSU … Has a 3.01 GPA … Life’s ambition is to get a Master’s at Texas A&M, graduHome Runs: 2, 2x, last vs. SFA (4/25/15) ate from the occupational therapy school at the Stolen Bases: N/A 2014 Season (Freshman): Right fielder who University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and started in 48 games for NSU … Batted .296 with eventually be the head of all therapy at Baylor Scott 2015 SEASON HIGHS 40 hits across 135 at bats … Tied for first in doubles and White in College Station. At Bats: 5, vs. Lamar (3/27/15) Runs: 4, vs. Lamar (5/8/15) (10) and led team in walks (20) … Ranked third Hits: 3, 4x, last vs. SFA (4/25/15) in team home runs (10) and slugging percentage RBIs: 5, vs. Incarnate Word (3/6/15) (.593) … Went 3-for-3 driving in a season-high Walks: 3, 2x, last vs. Houston Baptist (3/14/15) four runs against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Doubles: 3, vs. Sam Houston State (3/20/15) March 15 … Drove in four runs again in 2-for-3 Triples: N/A Home Runs: 2, 2x, last vs. SFA (4/25/15) outing against Southeastern on May 3 … posted Stolen Bases: N/A a season-high two doubles against Southeastern Louisiana on May 4 … Reached base in 11 conCAREER HONORS secutive games … team won nine of ten games · Preseason All-Southland Conference First Team (2016) she homered in. · 2x SLC Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll · · · · ·

All-Southland Conference First Team (2015) All-Southland Conference Tournament Team (2015) LSWA All-Louisiana Collegiate Team (Second Team, 2015) Southland Conference All-Academic First Team (2015) All-Southland Conference Third Team (2014)

JONES’ CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR 2015 2014 TOTAL

AVG. GP-GS AB .365 54-53 148 .296 50-48 135 .332 104-101 283

R 40 26 66

H 54 40 94

High School: Led Bryan High School to a bi-district final game while earning first team all-state and academic all-state honors her senior year… Also

2B 3B 18 0 8 1 26 1

HR 12 10 22

RBI 41 28 69

BB 25 20 45

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2015 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

SO SB-ATT PO 28 0-0 324 31 0-1 62 59 0-1 386

A 10 5 15

E 1 1 2

FLD% .997 .985 .995

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2015 Season (Sophomore): Pieced together arguably the best season in program history with KELLYE KINCANNON NSU single-season records for RBIs (60), runs scored Outfielder • Jr.-2L • 5-8 (48) and slugging percentage (.789) … Posted the Lake Jackson, Texas. third-best batting average (.409) in school history Brazoswood HS … Belted 15 home runs, second-best on the team and fourth-best in program history … Moved into CAREER HIGHS fifth place on NSU’s career home run charts (27) and At Bats: 5, 3x., last at Lamar (5/8/15) also leads NSU’s career batting average (.387) and Runs: 3, 4x, last vs.vs. Southeastern (5/4/14) slugging percentage (.754) categories … SouthHits: 3, 14x, last vs. Southeastern (5/4/14) land Conference Softball Student-Athlete of the RBIs: 7, vs. Louisiana Tech (4/23/14) Year ... All-SLC First Team and All-Academic Team Walks: 2, 2x, last at Nicholls (4/19/15) Doubles: 2, 8x, last at Southeastern (5/1/15) ... LSWA All-Louisiana Second Team ... Started 53 Triples: 1, at Nicholls (4/27/14) of the 54 games in which she appeared as an outHome Runs: 2, 3x, last vs.Southeastern (5/3/14) fielder … Reached base in the last 21 games of Stolen Bases: 1, vs. Incarnate Word (4/19/14) the season … Added 12 doubles and a team-high four triples … Had 11 multi-hit games … Had 15 2015 SEASON HIGHS multi-RBI games … Season-high six RBIs against At Bats: 5, 2x, last at Lamar (5/8/15) Runs: 3, 2x, last at Southeastern (5/1/15) Houston Baptist (March 13) … Compiled four RBIs Hits: 3, 8x, last at Southeastern (5/2/15) against Jackson State (Feb. 14), UIW (March 6) and RBIs: 6, at Houston Baptist (3/13/15) Lamar (May 8) … Had an 11-game hit streak from Walks: 2, 2x, last at Nicholls (4/19/15) March 6-27. Doubles: 2, 2x, last at Southeastern (5/1/15) Triples: Home Runs: Stolen Bases:

N/A 1, 15x, last vs. Lamar (5/8/15) N/A

CAREER HONORS · · · · · · · ·

Preseason All-SLC First Team (2016) 2x SLC Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll All-SLC First Team and Tournament Team (2015) NFCA All-South Region (2nd Team, 2015; 3rd Team, 2014) LSWA All-Louisiana Collegiate (1st Team 2015, 2nd in 2014) Southland Conference All-Academic First Team (2015) 2015 SLC Softball Student-Athlete of the Year 2x SLC Hitter of the Week; LSWA Player of Week (4/29/15)

KINCANNON’S CAREER STATISTICS YEAR 2015 2014 TOTAL

AVG. GP-GS AB .409 54-53 171 .357 42-42 126 .387 96-95 297

R H 48 70 34 45 82 115

26 and posted team-high seven RBIs in 3-for-4 outing against Bulldogs on April 23 … Had four RBIs going 3-for-4 at the plate on opening day win against Troy … Went a perfect 3-for-3 with three runs scored and three RBIs against Southeastern Louisiana on May 3 ... Southland Conference Hitter of the Week (4/29/14) ... LSWA Player of the Week (4/29/14) ... LSWA All-Louisiana Second Team ... NFCA All-South Region Third Team.

High School: Aided Brazoswood High School to a fifth-place state finish while compiling a 38-5 mark, district championships, area championship and regional finalist crowns as a senior … Named TGCA All-State All Star, All-Greater Houston 5A first team, All-District 5A MVP and All-Brazoria County MVP her senior year … Earned all-state first team and Brazoswood High School MVP as a junior and senior … All-district first team and All-County first team and team MVP honors her junior year … Named to the all-district first team, all-county second team and team defensive player of the year as a sophomore … Member of National Honor So2014 Season (Freshman): Starting left fielder ciety. who finished third on team with .357 average in 42 games started … Team-best 41 RBIs including 11 Personal: Born April 26, 1995 … Daughter of multiple-RBI games … Tops in slugging percent- Alexa and Douglas … One twin sister, Kirby (20), age (.706) … Tied for second in runs scored (34), who plays volleyball for Southwestern University home runs (12) and total bases (89) … Third on … Biology major with a concentration in biomediteam with 14 multi-hit games … Reached base in cal science that aims to be a physical therapist … 10 consecutive games … Against Louisiana Tech, Has a 3.4 GPA … Aspires to travel as many different had three RBIs in 2-for-4 performance on March places as possible.

2B 3B 12 4 6 1 18 5

HR 15 12 27

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RBI 60 41 101

BB 19 13 32

SO SB-ATT PO 34 2-3 71 29 1-2 58 63 3-5 129

A 1 2 3

E 2 2 4

FLD% .973 .968 .971

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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NATALIE LANDRY

Outfielder • Sr.-3L • 5-8 Denham Springs, Louisiana Denham Springs HS

CAREER HIGHS At Bats: Runs: Hits: RBIs: Walks: Doubles: Triples Home Runs: Stolen Bases:

5, 2x, last vs. Lamar (5/8/15) 3, 2x, last vs. Nicholls (4/19/15) 3, 9x, last vs. Nicholls (4/19/15) 4, 3x, last vs. Belmont (2/21/15) 2, 3x, last vs. Central Ark. (5/8/14) 2, vs. Southeastern (5/4/14) 1, 2x, last vs. Nicholls (4/18/15) 1, 20x, last vs. Lamar (5/8/15) 1, 2x, last vs. Baylor (2/15/15)

2015 SEASON HIGHS

At Bats: Runs: Hits: RBIs: Walks: Doubles: Triples Home Runs: Stolen Bases:

5, vs. Lamar (5/8/15) 3, vs. Nicholls (4/19/15) 3, 6x, last vs. Nicholls (4/19/15) 4, vs. Belmont (2/21/15) 1, 10x, last at Southeastern (5/7/15) 1, 9x, last at Southeastern (5/7/15) 1, vs. Nicholls (4/18/15) 1, 10x, last vs. Lamar (5/8/15) 1, 2x, last vs. Baylor (2/15/15)

CAREER HONORS · · ·

LSWA Co-Player of the Week (4/13/15) All-Southland Conference Honorable Mention (2015) 2014 SLC Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

LANDRY’S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR 2015 2014 2013 TOTAL

AVG. GP-GS AB .336 53-52 152 .178 27-13 45 .286 51-51 154 .293 131-116 351

R H 33 51 10 8 22 44 65 103

SOFTBALL

2015 Season (Junior): Third-best batting average on the team (.336) … Started 52 games and appeared in 53 … Belted 10 home runs with 32 RBIs … Scored 33 runs with nine doubles … Has 12 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games … Produced four RBIs against Belmont (Feb. 21) with her third career grand slam and three RBIs each against Houston Baptist (March 14), Southeastern (May 2) and Lamar (May 8) … Ended season by recording a hit in 10 of last 11 games … Fielding percentage of .946.

High School: Named MVP at 2012 Louisiana State All-Star game after being selected by the Louisiana Softball Coaches Association … earned all-state first-team, all-metro first-team and alldistrict first-team accolades for 2011 and 2012 … Named all-parish first team 2010-12 … All-district second-team in 2010 … Led Denham Springs High School to state championship game in 2011 after beating the No. 1 team … Helped her team beat the No. 2 team in playoffs in 2012 … Lettered three years … Also lettered in track where she ranked sixth in the state in the 55 meter hurdles as a freshman … Parish champion in 100 meter dash … Placed third in 100 meter hurdles … Anchored the 4x100 meter and 4x200 meter relays … Long jump record holder in 2007 Louisiana Governor Games … Lettered two years in volleyball and received most blocks award in 2012.

2014 Season (Sophomore): Played in 27 games, starting 13 … Scored 10 runs across 45 at bats posting a .178 average … Added 13 RBIs and 18 total bases … Secured her second career grand slam in 5-1 win over Butler on Feb. 21 … Contributed three-run home run in 9-0 win over Mississippi Valley State on Feb. 14 … Played error-free softball recording 12 putouts as outfielder. Personal: Born Jan. 27, 1994 … Daughter Jana and Steve Landry … Has three siblings Ashley 2013 Season (Freshman): Started and appeared (31), Melanie (27) and Nathan (18) … Majoring in in 51 games as a freshman … Notched 44 hits in- criminal justice … Is an SGA senator and SAAC vice cluding 10 doubles and seven homers … Hit first president … After NSU, wants to get a Master’s in grand slam at Southern Miss. (Feb. 22), while driv- Homeland Security or work for the FBI … Aspires ing in a career-high five RBIs … Hit safely in nine to become a United States senator. straight games from Feb. 22-March 5 … Recorded two four-plus multi-RBI games, once at Southern Miss and again against Lamar … Gave the Lady Demons a boost in the SLC tournament title game with a two-run homer to take a 3-1 lead over SHSU.

2B 3B 9 1 1 0 10 0 20 1

HR 10 3 7 20

RBI 32 13 30 76

BB 10 6 12 28

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2015 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

SO SB-ATT PO 22 2-2 85 12 0-1 12 41 7-9 53 75 9-12 150

A 2 0 3 5

E 5 0 2 7

FLD% .946 1.000 .966 .957

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KAYTIE PROCTOR

Catcher • So.-1L • 5-4 Frisco, Texas Centennial High School

At Bats: Runs: Hits: RBIs: Walks: Doubles: Triples: Home Runs: Stolen Bases:

CAREER HIGHS

6, vs. Southeastern (5/2/15) 1, 19x, last vs. Lamar (5/8/15) 3, at Southeastern (5/1/15) 3, vs. Southeastern (5/1/15)) 2, vs. Morehead State (2/21/15) 1, 4x, last at SFA (4/25/15) N/A 1, 4x, last at Southeastern (5/1/15) 1, vs. Notre Dame (2/7/15)

2015 SEASON HIGHS

At Bats: Runs: Hits: RBIs: Walks: Doubles: Triples: Home Runs: Stolen Bases:

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2015 Season (Freshman): Started 48 games as a true freshman ... Produced 19 runs and 17 RBIs on 21 hits … Batted .183 with four home runs and four doubles … Drew 16 walks to bump her on-base percentage to .291 … Had a .971 fielding percentage …Had three multi-hit games led by a 3-for-3 effort against Southeastern (May 1) in which she had a season-high 3 RBIs. High School: Four-year letterwinner for softball program, reaching the playoffs all four years … Helped team win district and reach regional quarterfinals as a senior… District 9-4A First Team three consecutive years … All-state and 9-4A MVP as a senior … Catcher of the year in the district as a junior … Received team MVP award as sophomore … District newcomer of the year as a freshman. Personal: Born May 21, 1996 … Daughter of Rohna and Daryl Proctor … one brother, Brandon (20) … Majoring in hospitality management and tourism with a 3.85 GPA … Aspires to be an event planner … Life’s ambition is to make a difference in one person’s life, no matter how big or small.

CAREER HONORS ·

2015 SLC Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

PROCTOR’S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR 2015

AVG. GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT PO A E FLD% .183 48-48 115 19 21 4 0 4 17 16 17 1-1 184 17 6 .971

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NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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HAILEE RHODES

Infielder • So.-1L • 5-8 Spring, Texas Klein HS

At Bats: Runs: Hits: RBIs: Walks: Doubles: Triples: Home Runs: Stolen Bases:

CAREER HIGHS

5, at Southeastern (5/2/15) 2, 5x, last vs. Lamar (5/8/15) 3, 2x, last avs. Lamar (5/8/15) 3, vs. Belmont (2/20/15) 1, 10x, last vs. TAMU-CC (5/7/15) 2, at Lamar (3/27/15) N/A 1, 2x, last vs. Central Arkansas (4/4/15) 1, vs. Morehead State (2/20/15)

2015 SEASON HIGHS At Bats: Runs: Hits: RBIs: Walks: Doubles: Triples: Home Runs: Stolen Bases:

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SOFTBALL

2015 Season (Freshman): Started 52 games and appeared in one more as a true freshman … Batted .286 with an on-base percentage of .351 … Tied for third on team with 10 doubles … Scored 26 runs, batted in 14 and hit two home runs … Drove in a run against Notre Dame … Seasonhigh three RBIs against Belmont … Hit home runs against ULM and Central Arkansas … Batting average reached a high of .318 in mid-April … Eight multi-hit games, including three hits twice against Lamar. High School: Four-year member of the softball team and first-team all-district four consecutive years … All-state honorable mention as a senior … Newcomer of the year as a freshman … Officer in Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Good Sportsmanship League Officer. Personal: Born April 22, 1996 … Daughter of Missy and Brad Rhodes … One brother, Blake (21), who plays baseball at Stephen F. Austin … Majoring in business with a pre-law and paralegal studies minor … 4.0 GPA … Plans to attend law school … Life’s ambition is to be successful in all she does and to help others achieve their goals.

2015 SLC Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll NSU Freshman Academic Award winner, 4.0 GPA (2015)

RHODES’ CAREER STATISTICS YEAR 2015

AVG. GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT PO A E FLD% .286 53-52 133 26 38 10 0 2 14 10 19 1-1 78 82 24 .870 Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2015 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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2015 Season (Freshman): Started all 54 games as a true freshman … Had fourth-best batting SIDNEY SALMANS average of the team (.330) with the most number Outfielder • So.-1L • 5-6 of at-bats (194) … Her 64 hits were second-best The Woodlands, Texas on the team … Added a second-best 42 runs The Woodlands HS scored … Contributed 16 RBIs and a team-high seven steals in nine attempts … Nineteen multiCAREER HIGHS hit games, including six of her last seven … Went At Bats: 6, 2x, last vs. Lamar (5/8/15) 9-for-20 in five Southland Conference tournament Runs: 4, at Houston Baptist (3/13/15) games … Best game of season came against HousHits: 3, 7x, last at Central Arkansas (5/8/15) ton Baptist (March 13) with a 3-for-4 and four runs RBIs: 1, 16x, last vs. Lamar (5/8/15) scored. Walks: 2, vs. Sacramento State (2/6/15) Doubles: Triples: Home Runs: Stolen Bases:

1, 5x, last at Southeastern (5/1/15) 1, 2x, last at Southeastern (5/1/15) N/A 1, 7x, last at Nicholls (4/19/15)

2015 SEASON HIGHS

At Bats: Runs: Hits: RBIs: Walks: Doubles: Triples: Home Runs: Stolen Bases:

6, 2x, last vs. Lamar (5/8/15) 4, at Houston Baptist (3/13/15) 3, 7x, last at Central Arkansas (5/8/15) 1, 16x, last vs. Lamar (5/8/15) 2, vs. Sacramento State (2/6/15) 1, 5x, last at Southeastern (5/1/15) 1, 2x, last at Southeastern (5/1/15) N/A 1, 7x, last at Nicholls (4/19/15)

High School: Earned four letters as member of softball program … Team posted 44-1 record and won the national championship in her freshman season. Personal: Born April 17, 1996 … Daughter of Michelle and Von … one brother, Garrett (24) and one sister, Morgan (20) … Elementary education major who wants to become a special education teacher … Has a 3.3 GPA … Life’s ambition is to help students succeed in the classroom.

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AVG. GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT PO A E FLD% .330 54-54 194 42 64 5 2 0 16 11 25 7-9 66 1 3 .957

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Pitcher • Jr.-2L • 5-6 Pflugerville, Texas Pflugerville HS

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Innings Pitched: Strikeouts: No Hits (Min. 5 IP): No Earned Runs (Min 5 IP):

7, 4x, last vs. St. Louis (2/19/15) 10, vs. Troy (2/17/14) N/A 2 times, 2 shutouts at McNeese (4/11/15), 0 ER in 7 IP at Southeastern (5/1/15), 0 ER in 7 IP

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Innings Pitched: Strikeouts: No Hits (Min. 5 IP): No Earned Runs (Min 5 IP):

7, vs. St. Louis (2/19/15) 6, vs. St. Louis (2/19/15) N/A

1 time, 1 shutout vs. St. Louis (2/19/15), 0 ER in 7 IP

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SELLS’ CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR 2015 2014 TOTAL

ERA 5.67 3.95 4.39

W-L APP-GS CG SHO 2-3 13-6 1 1-0 6-8 20-15 6 1-1 8-11 33-21 7 2-1

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2015 Season (Sophomore): Appeared in 13 games with six starts as a pitcher … Compiled a 2-3 mark with a shutout … Posted a 5.67 ERA with 17 strikeouts in 33 1/3 innings … Pitched a complete-game shutout against St. Louis (Feb. 19) with six strikeouts … Had four other scoreless appearances in relief … Allowed 17 of her 27 earned runs in appearances against Notre Dame and LSU.

her own salon … Has 3.5 GPA … Aims to never sell herself short, put her full effort into making her dreams come true while remaining strong in her faith.

2014 Season (Freshman): Posted 6-8 record in 15 starts and 20 appearances for pitching staff … ERA of 5.05 in 92 2/3 innings pitched … Led pitching staff with 75 strikeouts … Second on staff with six complete games … Second on team with 92 2/3 innings pitched … Captured team-high 10 strikeouts against Troy on Feb. 7 … Recorded nine strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings against Ohio on Feb. 23. High School: Led Pflugerville to three bi-district championships while earning first team All-District honors as a freshman, sophomore and senior … Named second team all-district her junior year… earned team defensive player of the year and team offensive player of the year honors as a sophomore and a junior, respectively… named first team AllAcademic 2011-13. Personal: Born Jan. 18, 1995 … Daughter of Angela Stieferman and Kevin Sells … one brother Kevin (18) and two sisters, Bayleigh (23) and Chelsea (24) … Business administration major who aims to attend the cosmetology school and open

SV IP H 0 33.1 46 0 92.2 101 0 126 147

R 40 67 107

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BB 14 45 59

SO 17 75 92

2B 3B HR 7 0 4 14 1 6 21 1 10

AB 146 373 519

B/AVG .315 .271 .283

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2015 Season (Sophomore): Started six games and appeared in 14 … In her 20 at-bats, recorded three RBIs … Added two hits, including one double … Drew three walks … Double came against Louisiana Tech … RBIs came against Tech, Jackson State and Baylor.

BAYLEE SHEPHARD

Catcher • Jr.-2L • 5-7 Shreveport, Louisiana Evangel Christian Academy

Penny and Allen Shephard … one brother, Blake (15) … Business administration major aims to teach and coach softball in high school … Life’s ambition is to be the best version of herself and give a perfect effort.

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2014 Season (Freshman): Appeared in nine 3, 7x, last vs. Sam Houston (3/20/15) games including starting five … accumulated five 2, vs. Southern (4/2/14) hits in 16 at bats for a .313 average ... in her first 2, 2x, last vs. Southern (4/2/14) game with NSU, went 1-for-1 with one RBI against 1, 5x, last vs. Louisiana Tech (3/18/15) Mississippi Valley State … went 2-for-3 in con1, 4x, last vs. Belmont (2/21/15) secutive games against Southern scoring two runs 1, vs. Louisiana Tech (3/18/15) in game one and driving in another in the second N/A N/A game of the doubleheader. N/A

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High School: Led Evangel Christian Academy to 3, 4x, last vs. Sam Houston (3/20/15) three state championships and four district championships since 2009 … Earned All-American secN/A 1, 2x, last vs. Louisiana Tech (3/18/15) ond team, All-Region first team, All-State, District 1, 3x, last vs. Louisiana Tech (3/18/15) MVP and Shreveport-Bossier Player of the Year 1, 3x, last vs. Belmont (2/21/15) honors her senior year … Named to the LHSAA 1, vs. Louisiana Tech (3/18/15) Class 2A All-State team, and to the All-District team N/A in 2009, 2010 and 2011 … Earned All-City secondN/A N/A team honors in 2012 … Named NFCA All-American Scholar Athlete and earned All-City honorable mention accolades in 2011 ... Holds career records at ECA for most doubles, second in most RBIs and walks and third in most hits and home runs ... Member of the leadership team for three years. Personal: Born on June 30, 1995 … Daughter of

SHEPHARD’S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR 2015 2014 TOTAL

AVG. GP-GS AB .100 14-6 20 .313 9-5 16 .194 23-11 36

R 0 2 2

H 2 5 7

2B 3B 1 0 0 0 1 0

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HR 0 0 0

RBI 3 2 5

BB 3 1 4

SO SB-ATT PO 2 0-0 36 4 0-0 35 6 0-0 71

A 0 1 1

E 2 1 3

FLD% .947 .973 .960

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2015 Season (Sophomore): Appeared in 53 games with 51 starts … Third on team with 14 MICAYLA SOROSIAK home runs … Tied for third on team with 41 RBIs Infielder • Jr.-2L • 5-2 … Recorded a .273 batting average with 27 runs Sugar Land, Texas scored … Supplied seven doubles and one triple Kempner HS … Slugged a fourth-best .613 … Drew a secondbest 19 walks … Ten multi-hit games, including a CAREER HIGHS 4-for-4 with two solo home runs against Stephen F. At Bats: 5, vs. Lamar (5/8/15) Austin (April 25) … Had four RBIs against Incarnate Runs: 3, vs. Jackson State (2/14/15) Word (March 6), Houston Baptist (March 14) and Hits: 4, vs. SFA (4/25/15) RBIs: 4, 3x, last vs. Louisiana Tech (4/15/15) Louisiana Tech (March 18) … Also had two home runs in UIW game (March 6) … Drove in three runs Walks: 3, 2x, last vs. Southeastern (5/2/15) Doubles: 3, vs. Notre Dame (2/7/15) against Notre Dame (Feb. 7) in a 3-for-4 effort ... Triples: 1, vs. Houston Baptist (3/14/15) All-Southland Conference Tournament Team ... AllHome Runs: 2, 2x, last vs. SFA (4/25/15) Southland Conference Honorable Mention. Stolen Bases:

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At Bats: Runs: Hits: RBIs: Walks: Doubles: Triples: Home Runs: Stolen Bases:

2014 Season (Freshman): Appeared in 38 games starting 17 … Batted .303 with 20 hits in 66 at5, vs. Lamar (5/8/15) bats … Added 22 RBIs and 37 total bases in limited 3, vs. Jackson State (2/14/15) 4, vs. SFA (4/25/15) action … Her .561 slugging percentage ranked 4, 3x, last vs. Louisiana Tech (4/15/15) fourth on the team … Had four RBIs in 2-for-2 3, 2x, last vs. Southeastern (5/2/15) performance against Central Arkansas on April 12 3, vs. Notre Dame (2/7/15) … Secured three RBIs twice, including three-run 1, vs. Houston Baptist (3/14/15) home runs against Incarnate Word on April 18. 2, 2x, last vs. SFA (4/25/15)

Preseason All-SLC Second Team (2016) 2x SLC Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll (2014, 2015) LSWA Player of the Week (4/27/15) All-Southland Conference Tournament Team (2015) All-Southland Conference Honorable Mention (2015)

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YEAR 2015 2014 TOTAL

Personal: Born Oct. 12, 1995 … Daughter of Susan and Todd Sorosiak … One sister, Kendahl (17) … Criminal Justice major has a 3.5 GPA … Aspires to join the FBI or Homeland Security … Great-grandfather was an umpire in a league that included the Toledo Mud Hens … Life’s ambition is to contribute to society in a meaningful way.

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three HRs, 22 RBIs, a .576 batting average and .894 slugging percentage in 2012, and her batting average and slugging percentage were district highs … Named team MVP while earning All-Greater Houston 1st Team honors as a junior… Four-time All-District first team ... Launched a grand slam as a sophomore to clinch a district playoff spot, leading to Kempner’s first-ever district championship … Named newcomer of the year as a freshman and team MVP … Earned academic all-district, academic excellence, outstanding defense and leadership awards as a senior … Member of PALS and Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

AVG. GP-GS AB .273 53-51 150 .303 38-17 66 .282 91-68 216

R 27 10 37

H 41 20 61

High School: Earned four letters at Kempner High School and collected Houston Chronicle Athlete of the week honors three times her senior year … Team MVP as a senior and held school record for home runs … Nominated for the All-Greater Houston Area team … Led the Lady Cougars in all offensive categories with 38 hits, 12 doubles,

2B 3B 7 1 5 0 12 1

HR 14 4 18

RBI 41 22 63

BB 19 3 22

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SO SB-ATT PO A E 27 0-0 93 66 5 19 0-0 40 81 8 46 0-0 133 147 13

FLD% .970 .940 .956

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High School: Dominant right-handed pitcher and first baseman in high school … Also played basketball … National Honors Society president … Member of the Future Farmers of America … Graduated with a 4.12 GPA. Personal: Daughter of Kelli and Bud Boles … One brother Colton (21) … Nickname is “Katie Mae” Health and Exercise Science major plans to be an athletic physical therapist … Wants to set a Godly example for others to follow.

KATELYN BOLES

Pitcher/Utility • Fr.-HS • 5-10 Pollok, Texas Central HS

High School: Four-year varsity softball player at Lone Oak … Named an all-state catcher in Class 2A as a junior … Selected as a district MVP as a junior … Played two years of varsity basketball … Ran track for three years … Regional qualifier twice in the 300 meter hurdles and once on the 4X400 relay.

Personal: Daughter of Melanie and Donald Isenburg … One sister Ashlee (16) and one brother Zakary (11) … Nickname is “Froggie” … Education major wants to become a teacher and softball coach … Aspires to live a happy life with a family and successful career.

KAYLEE ISENBURG

Catcher• Fr.-HS • 5-4 Lone Oak, Texas Lone Oak HS

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High School: Four-year letter winner in softball … Helped lead team to second place in district three consecutive years and district title as a freshman … District MVP as a senior, defensive MVP as a sophomore and junior, newcomer of the year as freshman … All-state honoree as junior and senior … Member of Spanish Honor Society, Honor Society, Student Council and was senior class vice president. Personal File: Born Oct. 30, 1995 … Daughter of Kathy and Robert Parker … one brother, Keaton (15) and one sister, Kamryn (17) … Majoring in nursing … After NSU, aspires to work in the neuro ICU as a nurse.

KAYLEE PARKER

Catcher/Outfielder • Fr.-RS • 5-4 Liberty, Texas Liberty HS

2015 Season (Sophomore at Houston): Appeared in 22 games and started 11 at third base … Defensive specialist who recorded a .970 fielding percentage … Logged seven at-bats, recording a hit … Scored three runs … Recorded 13 putouts and 19 assists. Sophomore Accolades: 2014-15 American Athletic Conference All-Academic.

JORDAN RAINS

Third Baseman • Jr.-TR • 5-6 Houston, Texas Cy-Fair HS (University of Houston)

fensive Player of Year 2012 playing SS ... Honored as Team MVP in 2012... Lettered in softball all four year ... Team won three-straight district championships (2011-13) ... Competed for Texas Eclipse Gold … Member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes and National Honor Society … Played volleyball as a freshman.

Personal: Born May 16, 1995 … Daughter of Amy 2014 Season (Freshman at Houston): Took and Bernie Rains … Father played baseball at Steover as the starter at third at Texas (3/19) and phen F. Austin … Psychology major who wants to started last 30 games at the spot ... Only fresh- be a coach. man on the team to earn a start this season ... Recorded first career hit against Temple (3/23) and went 2-for-3 in the game driving in her first run ... Hit first career home run at UConn and set career high with four RBI (4/6) ... Gave Houston the walk-off win against Louisville (3/29) taking a HBP with the bases loaded in a 6-5 win. Freshman Accolades: 2013-14 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team. High School: Played for Cy-Fair Bobcats under coach Debra Burrow ... Named Freshman MVP for district in 2010 ... Recognized as First Team AllDistrict in 2011 and 2013 ... Awarded District De-

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High School: First-team all-district all four years for coach Paige Grayson and coach Brandon Helms … A two-time varsity miss hustle award winner and a permanent team captain … Helped Lady Chiefs to the playoffs all four seasons, winning first-round games in two seasons … Also was a varsity cheerleader … Member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, 4-H, Students Against Drunk Driving and National Honors Society … Graduated with a 3.75 GPA.

KAYLA ROQUEMORE

Personal: Born Aug. 5, 1996 … Daughter of Jennifer and Romulus … Brothers John, Matthew and Jacob … Sisters Courtney, Brittany, Catherine, Hannah and Madelyn … A health and exercise major that wants to open her own physical therapy practice.

Outfielder • Fr.-HS • 5-2 Natchitoches, Louisiana Natchiotches Central HS

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DONALD PICKETT

Head Coach 8th Season Overall (191-183) 8th Season at NSU

Donald Pickett has rebuilt Northwestern State softball into a perennial Southland Conference championship contender as he enters his eighth season at the helm in 2016. Pickett’s Lady Demons have won three league titles in the last three seasons – an SLC regular season title in 2015 and conference tournament championships with corresponding NCAA Tournament appearances in 2013 and 2014. The regular season conference title is NSU’s first since 2000. Over the last three seasons, NSU has posted a 106-55 record (.658), the second-best winning percentage in any three-year window in program history. The 2015 team had the best conference season of any NSU softball squad, posting a 22-3 league record to finish 36-18. The top-seeded Lady Demons fell in the championship game of the conference tournament, preventing three straight NCAA appearances. Freshman pitcher Mikayla Brown was named SLC Pitcher of the Year, joined on the first-team all-conference list by redshirt freshman pitcher Micaela Bouvier, senior third baseman Brittany Virgoe, senior designated player Cassandra Barefield, sophomore first baseman Brittney Jones and sophomore outfielder Kellye Kincannon (SLC Softball Student-Athlete of the Year). For his efforts, Pickett was named SLC Coach of the Year. Kincannon made the All-Louisiana Collegiate Softball first team with Brown, Jones and Barefield making the second team. Kincannon and Brown also wrapped up AllSouth Region honors. Barefield finished her career as the program’s leader in home runs (53), RBIs (161) and total bases (375). A total of 19 players have been selected to the All-SLC first or second teams in Pickett’s tenure. In 2013 and 2014, NSU stormed to SLC Conference tournament titles with records of 40-15 and 30-22, respectively. In 2014, the Lady Demons appeared in a regional with No. 13 Baylor, Houston and Tulsa. NSU nearly knocked off Houston in a 7-6 loss. Nine Lady Demons were named to the All-Southland squad with six being selected for the All-Louisiana team. Tara McKenney and Kincannon became the first NSU players in over 10 years to earn All-South Region honors from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association. In 2013, Northwestern State took second place in the regular season after a hot finish to the season, which they parlayed into an SLC Tournament title. The squad made an NCAA Tournament appearance in the Baton Rouge Regional and played a nailbiter against Super Regional qualifier UL Lafayette. Pickett was voted Coach of the Year honors on the 2013 All-Louisiana softball team and five Lady Demons were included on the All-Louisiana Team. The 2013 haul of accomplishments included the best winning percentage in the program’s history (.727), the longest winning streak (11) since 1998, the fewest losses (15) since 1983 and the best 20-game start (16-4) since 1990. “Donald deserves all the credit in the world for resurrecting the NSU softball program,” said NSU athletics director Greg Burke. “It was very satisfying for me to see how happy he was when the team won the Southland Conference tournament championship and had the privilege of representing our conference at the NCAA

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Regionals, because I knew very well the arduous and persevering path that he had taken over the past five seasons.” While restructuring the NSU softball program, he led the charge to provide a reconstructed Lady Demon Softball Complex. The stadium hosted the 2013 and 2015 SLC tournaments. While NSU was Pickett’s first head coaching job, his potential was evident in his previous stops. Before helping establish a brand new-program at Memphis as an assistant for two years, he worked at a pair of highly successful programs in Tennessee-Chattanooga and Chattanooga State Community College. Pickett helped UT-Chattanooga to three NCAA Tournament appearances and the

Head coach Donald Pickett has led Northwestern State to three straight Southland Conference titles -- two tournmaent titles (2013-14) and one regular season (2015).

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LADY DEMON brink of a Women’s College World Series berth. At Chattanooga State, Pickett was part of a staff that led the team to three top-five finishes in the NJCAA along with three regional and conference championships. He also has coached the Austin (Tenn.) Eagles American Softball Association summer team to four national tournament appearances and two top-five finishes in the ASA nationals. Pickett learned about the Northwestern State coaching post from Pat Murphy, the coach of perennial power Alabama, who was among several nationally prominent coaches consulted during the summer 2008 search for a new Lady Demons head coach. “Starting with his high level of character and integrity, Donald Pickett has an amazing reputation in the collegiate softball world,” Burke said in announcing Pickett’s hiring. “He will serve as a good role model for our student-athletes while also providing them with the motivation and coaching needed to return Northwestern State to the point of challenging for Southland Conference titles and NCAA postseason berths.” Working for five seasons under coach Frank Reed at Chattnooga, Pickett helped the Mocs advance within one win of the World Series. The Mocs had an overall 210-126 record while picking up three Southern Conference championships before Pickett joined coach Wendy Thees at Memphis following the first year of softball for the Tigers. Also serving as assistant to Reed at Chattanooga State CC for three seasons, Pickett helped post a 151-27 record, including a 62-3 mark in 2001. A year earlier, Pickett was part of the National Fastpitch Coaching Staff of the Year, and in 2002, Pickett was part of the Chattanooga State team that was inducted into the Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame. A 2005 Chattanooga graduate, Pickett is regarded as an excellent recruiter whose expertise coaching hitting and defense is recognized nationally. Coaching and administrative colleagues of Pickett’s were effusive in their praise. “Donald is ready to be a head coach,” said Thees. “His softball knowledge is incredible and he does a great job of getting to know his players and recruits.” In Pickett’s first season as assistant coach at his alma mater, the 2001 Lady Mocs opened the season with back-to-back no-hitters and knocked off top-25 teams in Ohio State and Baylor, rolling to a 44-15 record while never dropping more than two games in a row. The Lady Mocs posted two upset wins over top-seeded and No. 12 ranked Florida Atlantic in the NCAA Regionals. UTC then just missed capturing a berth in the World Series after narrow losses to Georgia Tech and Florida State. “There may not be a better fundamental coach out there,” said UTC’s Reed. “He is a

SOFTBALL good person, the type of person your family would like to be associated with, and he is perhaps one of the most ‘up and coming’ young coaches out there right now.” Donald is married to Paige Pickett, and they have one daughter, Ainsley Elizabeth (7), born Jan. 9, 2009 in Natchitoches.

THE PICKETT FILE Personal Hometown...............................................................................................Whitwell, Tennessee High School............................................................................................Whitwell High School College..................................................................................... Tennessee-Chattanooga, 2005 Family....................................................................... Wife, Paige; Daughter, Ainsley Elizabeth Coaching History Northwestern State.............................................................................................2009-present Record.............................................................................................................. 191-183 (.511) University of Memphis (assistant)...............................................................................2006-08 Tennessee-Chattanooga (assistant)............................................................................2001-05 Chattanooga Community College............................................................................1998-2000 Head Coach Year-by-Year 2009..................................................................................Northwestern State, 5-45; 3-26 SLC 2010..............................................................................Northwestern State, 27-27; 13-17 SLC 2011..............................................................................Northwestern State, 32-25; 15-17 SLC 2012................................................................................Northwestern State, 19-31; 7-13 SLC 2013................................................................................Northwestern State, 40-15; 18-7 SLC 2014..............................................................................Northwestern State, 30-22; 15-10 SLC 2015................................................................................Northwestern State, 36-18, 22-3 SLC Seven Years............................................................................................... 191-183; 91-93 SLC

With 191 career wins at NSU, Pickett is second in program history. He’s 54 wins behind all-time leader Rickey McCallister.

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Assistant Coach Fourth season at NSU University of Texas, 2011

Amy Hooks enters her fourth season as assistant coach with the Northwestern State softball program. With Hooks’ help, NSU has undergone a resurgence in onfield success, including the second-best three-year window in program history with a 106-55 record (.658 winning percentage). That stretch is highlighted by a regular season Southland Conference championship in 2015 and two conference tournament titles with NCAA Tournament appearances in 2013 and 2014. Hooks works closely with the Lady Demons’ infielders and catchers among other duties throughout the team. In 2014, Northwestern State posted the fewest number of errors (49) and highest fielding percentage (.965) among the conference’s 12 competing schools. In 2015, Hooks aided the development of first-year starters at shortstop, second base, both leading pitchers and the catcher – including four of those five being freshmen. In 2014, NSU catchers finished the season tied for third in the league, throwing out 17 runners.

PLAYER ACCOLADES Year Honor 2011 Big 12 Player of the Year 2011 All-Big 12 First Team 2011 Easton All-America Second Team Hooks, a native of Mesquite, 2011 NFCA All Central Region Second Team Texas (North Mesquite HS), is a 2011 2010 All-Big 12 Second Team graduate of the University of Texas. 2009 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team

Hometown..................................................... Mesquite, Texas High School............................................... North Mesquite HS College..................................................................Texas, 2011

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She finished her career No. 2 allNCAA TOURNAMENT EXPERIENCE time at Texas for home runs with 36, also ranking second all-time in walks Year Round NCAA Regional Round II (107), fifth in RBI (110), sixth in runs 2008 NCAA Regional Finals (110), sixth in games played (219), 2009 2010 NCAA Regional Round II sixth in games started (214), eighth 2011 NCAA Regional Round II in slugging percentage (.528) and 2013 NCAA Regionals eighth in on-base percentage (.404).   2014 NCAA Regionals Over her last three seasons as a Longhorn, Hooks started in all but one of 175 games. Her accolades include 2011 All-Big 12 first-team, 2011 Big 12 Player of the Year, 2011 Easton All-America second team, 2011 NFCA All-Central Region second team, 2010 All-Big 12 second team and 2009 Academic All-Big 12 second team. As a senior, she hit for a .333 average with 13 homers, .459 on-base percentage and a .639 slugging average, while posting a .996 fielding percentage behind the plate. During her junior year, she boasted a .347 average with 11 homers, a .473 on-base percentage, .639 slugging and .991 fielding percentage. Hooks led Texas to the NCAA Regional Championships all four years she was there.   “Amy has added a lot of energy to our staff. She carries a lot of knowledge and is a big help in recruiting in this region, and we’re excited to have her part of our staff,” said NSU head coach Donald Pickett. Hooks competed in the National Pro Fastpitch league for the NY/NJ Comets during the summer of 2013, aiding the Comets in a number of wins over the four-team league competitors.    The catcher also played nationally for the Texas Glory Gold out of McKinney, Texas, for head coach Dan Adkins. She is the daughter of Ricky and Sandi Hooks and has two sisters, Terri Hooks (41) and Kristi Gregory (38). Hooks graduated from Texas with a degree in applied movement science and was a three-time Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection.

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KAYLEE GUIDRY

Assistant Coach Second season at NSU (1st as asst. coach) Northwestern State, 2014

Hometown.............................................................Walker, La. High School..........................................................Walker High College........................................... Northwestern State, 2014

Kaylee Guidry is in her first year as the pitching coach with Northwestern State following one season as the director of operations. Guidry finished her two-year NSU career as one of the most decorated pitchers in program history. She owns the program’s best winning percentage (.727). posting a 24-9 mark after transferring from LSU-Eunice. As a senior in 2014, Guidry was named the Southland Conference All-Tournament Most Valuable Player after posting three straight wins in the tournament. She allowed just nine hits and two earned runs over 17 1/3 innings pitched vs. Central Arkansas and McNeese State (twice) to help send NSU to its second consecutive NCAA Tournament. The Walker, La., native received the win in 10 straight decisions between April 13 and May 11, including the Southland Conference Tournament championship, where she limited McNeese to two hits while holding the Cowgirls scoreless in five innings in the circle. She finished the 2014 season with a team-leading 12-5 record and 3.71 ERA in 20 starts. She held hitters to a staff-low .224 batting average while throwing 10 complete games. Guidry was the Southland Conference Pitcher of the Week on May 5 and was honored as an All-Southland Conference Second-Team Selection. Other accolades include being a second-team selection to the LSWA All-Louisiana Collegiate Softball Team in addition to being a second team Southland Conference All-Academic member. In her first season in 2013, Guidry posted a 12-4 record behind an impressive 2.06 ERA. Her 1.02 ERA at the conclusion of the regular season was best among Southland pitchers. She earned All-Southland Second-Team honors for her efforts. Guidry transferred from LSU-Eunice after her sophomore season. The All-American led LSU-E to an NJCAA Division II runner-up finish with an 18-4 record on the mound with an ERA of 1.34 as a sophomore. Guidry’s mother Sandy played softball at UL Lafayette and had her jersey retired by the Ragin Cajuns while her aunt Nancy Percle (Ensminger) and aunt Claudia Percle (Gremillion) played softball at NSU. Nancy was inducted into the N Club Hall of Fame in 2012.

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PLAYER ACCOLADES Year Honor 2014 SLC Tournmanent MVP 2014 SLC Second Team 2014 All-Louisiana Second Team 2014 SLC All-Academic Second Team 2013 SLC Second Team 2012 NJCAA D-II All-American NCAA/NJCAA TOURNAMENT EXPERIENCE Year Round 2014 NCAA Regionals 2013 NCAA Regionals 2012 NJCAA runner-up

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

LADY DEMON

SOFTBALL

TARA MCKENNEY Volunteer Coach

Tara McKenney joins the Northwestern State softball coaching staff after starting for the Lady Demons each of her four seasons (201114). McKenney, mostly a infielder but filled an outfielder role on occasion, dots the NSU record books. The Red Oak, Texas, native is third on NSU’s all-time career list in runs scored (133), hits (246), triples (14) and assists (332). McKenney led NSU in hitting the last two seasons, including a .392 average as a senior, which ranks fourth all-time for single-season marks. She was named All-Southland Conference second team and All-SLC tournament in her last two seasons. McKenney added to that list as a senior with All-Region and All-Louisiana honors. McKenney was a key piece in the foundation of Northwestern State’s recent success. The four-year starter was a member of NSU’s NCAA Tournament teams in 2013 and 2014 after helping coach Donald Pickett to his first winning season at NSU in 2011 with a 32-25 record in her freshman season. One of McKenney’s finest moments came in the SLC Tournament championship game against McNeese State in which she batted 4-for-4, scoring four runs and driving in another to send the Lady Demons to their second straight NCAA Tournament.

JORDAN WHEAT

Athletic Trainer

Jordan Wheat enters his first season with NSU softball, following his graduation from Texas Christian University in December 2014. A Flower Mound, Texas, native, Wheat spent six years as an athletic training student with TCU where he worked with football, baseball and men’s and women’s track and field. While with the Horned Frog football program, Wheat designed protocols for athletes in post-surgery rehibiltation, including post-surgical ACL rehibilation. On the diamond, Wheat administered PNF patterns for shoulder maintenance on players and gained valuable experience as the Horned Frogs hosted the 2014 NCAA Regionals and Super Regionals. He also traveled with the squad to the 2014 College World Series in Omaha, Neb. While at TCU, Wheat worked the school’s football and baseball summer camps, helping provide hydration and medical coverage for athletes. Between June 2010 and October 2012, Wheat also worked as an athletic training intern with the Texas Rangers Baseball Club. There, he assisted the staff with day-to-day treatment, documentation and game coverage of home events. He assisted with the assessment of comphrehensive medical histories of potential draft prospects as well as inventory maintenance and packing for away competition. Wheat is a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association and holds several certifications including being a Certified Athletic Trainer. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in health and human performance at Northwestern State.

BRIAN GALLAGHER

Strength and Conditioning Coach

Brian Gallagher is in his first full season with the Northwestern State strength and conditioning staff. Gallagher, a two-time Academic All-American and Southwest Conference selection as a quarterback, played four seasons at MaryHardin Baylor from 2010-13 and spent the 2014 season as a student assistant coach for the Crusaders. As a coach, Gallagher coached tight ends and assisted with the football strength and conditioning program. Gallagher also worked as an intern with the TCU strength and conditioning program in 2014. He arrived in Natchitoches during the 2015 spring semester. He is a certified strength and conditioning specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. As a senior, Gallagher was a member of the Mary-Hardin Baylor football team’s Leadership Council. Gallagher, a Fort Worth, Texas, native, completed his bachelor’s degree in exercise sports science from Mary-Hardin Baylor in 2014. He is pursuing a master’s degree in health and human performance.

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2015 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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LADY DEMON

Baylee Shephard

Catcher

Shelby Sells

47 Jordan Rains

Third Base

Infielder

Donald Pickett Head Coach

Kayla Roquemore

Kaylee Parker

Outfielder

Hailee Rhodes

Micayla Sorosiak

Infielder

Outfielder

Mikayla Brown

Infielder

Pitcher

Catcher

Michaela Johnson

Infielder

Shelby Alexander

Pitcher/Utility Player

Kaytie Proctor

Pitcher/Utility

Skylar Cagle

Natalie Landry

Catcher/Outfielder

Sarah Huey

Infielder

Pitcher

Brittney Jones

Kaylee Isenburg

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Kellye Kincannon

Outfielder

Katelyn Boles

Pitcher/First Base

33 Sidney Salmans Outfielder

Micaela Bouvier Pitcher

Amy Hooks

Assistant Coach

2016 NORTHWESTERN STATE LADY DEMON SOFTBALL

Kaylee Guidry Assistant Coach

Tara McKenney

Volunteer Coach

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

Jordan Wheat

Graduate Trainer

LADY DEMON 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 studentathletes. 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 UniversityCorpus 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 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).

Name Class Brittney Jones Jr. Sarah Bigej Sr. Sam Forrest Sr. Peyton Hendrick So. Erika Piancastelli So. Alyson Bishoff So. Brittany Lewis Jr. Katie Lacour Sr. Kellye Kincannon Jr. Taylor Brown Jr. Mikayla Brown So. Micaela Bouvier So.

2016 PRESEASON FIRST TEAM Pos. School Hometown 1B Northwestern State Bryan, Texas 2B Central Arkansas Happy Valley, Ore. 3B Central Arkansas Broken Arrow, Okla. SS Abilene Christian Forney, Texas C McNeese State Carslbad, Calif. UT Abilene Christian Belton, Texas DP Stephen F. Austin Allan, Texas OF Southeastern Port. St. Joe, Fla. OF Northwestern State Lake Jackon, Texas OF Abilene Christian Richland Hill, Texas P Northwestern State Deville, La. P Northwestern State Santa Fe, Texas

Name Class Alexis Huss Sr. Micayla Sorosiak Jr. Haley Stevenson Jr. Brooke Morris Jr. Jessie Taylor Sr. Payton Gremillion So. Amber Sather Sr. Taylor Schmidt Sr. Briana Whisenhunt Jr. Kinsey Nicholls So. Rachel Smith Jr. Emily Vincent Sr.

SECOND TEAM Pos. School Hometown 1B Nicholls Frankfort, Ill. 2B Northwestern State Houston, Texas 3B Nicholls League City, Texas SS Nicholls Denham Springs, La. C Central Arkansas Bryant, Ark. UT Nicholls Denham Springs, La. DP Southeastern Kennedale, Texas OF McNeese State Yorba Linda, Calif. OF Central Arkansas Crandall, Texas OF Southeastern Alvin, Texas P McNeese State Baytown, Texas P McNeese State Sulphur, La.

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2015 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

SOFTBALL

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 and 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.

2016 PRESEASON SOFTBALL POLLS

COACHES PLACE TEAM 1. Northwestern State 2. McNeese State 3. Central Arkansas 4. Lamar 5. Southeastern 6. Abilene Christian T-7. Nicholls T-7. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 9. Stephen F. Austin 10. Sam Houston State 11. Houston Baptist 12. Incarnate Word PLACE 1. 2. 3. T-4. T-4. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTORS TEAM Northwestern State McNeese State Central Arkansas Lamar Southeastern Abilene Christian Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Nicholls Stephen F. Austin Sam Houston State Houston Baptist Incarnate Word

TOTAL 121 109 95 93 76 59 56 56 51 42 22 12 TOTAL 120 111 92 80 80 62 60 52 51 45 24 15

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LADY DEMON DEPAUL

OKLAHOMA STATE

GAME 1 • FEB. 12 • 12:30 P.M. GAME 5 • FEB. 14 • 10 A.M. GENERAL INFORMATION Location...................................................................................Chicago, Illinois Enrollment............................................................................................ 23,539 Nickname.....................................................................................Blue Demons President............................................................. Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider Athletics Director...............................................................Jean Lenti Ponsetto Conference...........................................................................................Big East Stadium............................................................................. Cacciatore Stadium Website...................................................................... depaulbluedemons.com HEAD COACH Eugene Lenti (DePaul, 1979) Record at DePaul/Overall.............................1,236-605-6 (35th season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2015 Record/Conference Record..................................................... 22-24/13-4 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................14/6 Starters R/L.................................................................................................5/4 MEDIA RELATIONS Rachel Landgraf Office.........................................................................................773-325-8609 Email..............................................................................rlandgra@depaul.edu SERIES INFORMATION Overall.................................................... 1-1

GAME 2 • FEB. 12 • 7 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location.......................................................................... Stillwater, Oklahoma Enrollment............................................................................................ 20,865 Nickname............................................................................................Cowgirls President.......................................................................................Burns Hargis Athletics Director.......................................................................... Mike Holder Conference............................................................................................. Big 12 Stadium................................................................................. Cowgirl Stadium Website......................................................................................... okstate.com HEAD COACH Kenny Gajewski (Oklahoma, 1994) Record at Oklahoma State/Overall...................................... First Season/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2015 Record/Conference Record..................................................... 21-31/3-13 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................15/7 Starters R/L.................................................................................................9/1 MEDIA RELATIONS Austin Chappell Office.......................................................................................405-744-77561 Email...................................................................james.chappell@okstate.edu SERIES INFORMATION Overall.................................................... 1-0

ABILENE CHRISTIAN

ALCORN STATE

GAME 4 • FEB. 13 • 5 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location..................................................................................... Abilene, Texas Enrollment.............................................................................................. 4,558 Nickname............................................................................................Wildcats President................................................................................Dr. Phil Schubert Athletics Director.......................................................................... Lee De Leon Conference.......................................................................................Southland Stadium.................................................................................. Polly Wells Field Website..................................................................................... acusports.com HEAD COACH Bobby Reeves Record at Abilene Christian/Overall.......121-132 (6th season)/336-368 (11th) TEAM INFORMATION 2015 Record/Conference Record..................................................... 14-33/8-19 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................12/7 Starters R/L...............................................................................................10/1 MEDIA RELATIONS Chris Macaluso Office.........................................................................................325-674-6171 Email..................................................................................... cjm11a@acu.edu SERIES INFORMATION Overall.................................. FIRST MEETING

GAME 6 • FEB. 17 • 4 P.M. GAME 7• FEB. 17 • 6 P.M. GENERAL INFORMATION Location............................................................................ Lorman, Mississippi Enrollment.............................................................................................. 3,927 Nickname.......................................................................................Lady Braves President.............................................................................. Alfred Rankins, Jr. Athletics Director..........................................................................Derek Horne Conference.......................................................................................Southland Stadium...................................................................Alcorn State Softball Field Website................................................................................. alcornsports.com HEAD COACH Josef Rankin (Southern, 2002) Record at Alcorn State/Career..................................................................... N/A TEAM INFORMATION 2015 Record/Conference Record....................................................... 2-27/0-10 Letterwinners R/L...................................................................................... N/A Newcomers................................................................................................ N/A MEDIA RELATIONS Herman Shelton Office.........................................................................................601-877-6501 Email...................................................................bravessportsinfo@gmail.com SERIES INFORMATION Overall.................................................... 8-0

BAYLOR

LIBERTY

GAME 9 • FEB. 20 • 3 P.M. GAME 11/12 (POTENTIAL OPPONENT) GENERAL INFORMATION Location.........................................................................................Waco, Texas Enrollment............................................................................................ 16,787 Nickname........................................................................................ Lady Bears President............................................................................................Ken Starr Athletics Director............................................................................ Ian McCaw Conference........................................................................... Big 12 Conference Stadium............................................................................ Getterman Stadium Website.................................................................................. baylorbears.com HEAD COACH Glenn Moore (Northwestern State, 1993) Record at Baylor/Overall......... 607-294(15th season)/746-336 (19th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015 Record/Conference Record..................................................... 41-17/12-5 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................14/4 Starters R/L.................................................................................................9/2 MEDIA RELATIONS Jonathan Hill Office.........................................................................................254-710-3065 Email.....................................................................jonathan_hill1@baylor.edu SERIES INFORMATION Overall.................................................. 1-23

SOFTBALL

GAME 10 • FEB. 20 • 11 A.M. GAME 11/12 • (POTENTIAL OPPONENT) GENERAL INFORMATION Location.................................................................................... Lynchburg, Va. Enrollment............................................................................................ 14,123 Nickname......................................................................................Lady Flames President..................................................................................Jerry Falwell, Jr. Athletics Director............................................................................ Jeff Barber Conference........................................................................................Big South Stadium.....................................................................Liberty Softball Stadium Website............................................................................... liberty.edu/flames HEAD COACH Dot Richardson (UCLA, 1983) Record at Liberty/Overall......................................... 40-76 (3rd season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2015 Record/Conference Record................................................... 29-30/12-12 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................12/4 Starters R/L.................................................................................................9/3 MEDIA RELATIONS Joe Carmany Office.......................................................................................(434) 582-2292 Email............................................................................jacarmany@liberty.edu SERIES INFORMATION Overall.....................................First Meeting

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TEXAS STATE

GAME 3 • FEB. 13 •12:30 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location............................................................................... San Marcos, Texas Enrollment............................................................................................ 38,006 Nickname.............................................................................................Bobcats President...........................................................................Dr. Denise M. Trauth Athletics Director..........................................................................Dr. Larry Teis Conference.......................................................................................... Sun Belt Stadium..................................................................... Bobcat Softball Stadium Website..............................................................................txstatebobcats.com HEAD COACH Ricci Woodard (New Mexico State, 1991) Record at Texas State/Overall..........................516-341-1 (16th season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2015 Record/Conference Record................................................... 32-21/19-13 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................11/6 Starters R/L.................................................................................................8/2 MEDIA RELATIONS Jen Lawson Office.........................................................................................512-245-2988 Email............................................................................... jlawson@txstate.edu SERIES INFORMATION Overall................................................ 50-52

NORTH TEXAS

GAME 8 • FEB. 19 • 10 A.M. GAME 11/12 • (POTENTIAL OPPONENT) GENERAL INFORMATION Location......................................................................................Denton, Texas Enrollment............................................................................................ 36,221 Nickname...................................................................................... Mean Green President.................................................................................Neal J. Smatresk Athletics Director........................................................................ Rick Villarreal Conference...............................................................................Conference USA Stadium..................................................................................... Lovelace Field Website.........................................................................meangreensports.com HEAD COACH Tracey Kee (East Carolina, 1990) Record at North Texas/Career........................... 50-33 (3rd season)/734-415-1 TEAM INFORMATION 2015 Record/Conference Record................................................... 19-31/11-11 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................4/13 Starters R/L.................................................................................................3/5 MEDIA RELATIONS Austin Miller Office.........................................................................................940-565-3671 Email.............................................................................austin.miller@unt.edu SERIES INFORMATION Overall.................................................... 3-5

ULM

(H) GAME 13 • FEB. 24 • 6 P.M. (A) GAME 28 • MARCH 23 • 6 P.M. GENERAL INFORMATION Location............................................................................................... Monroe Enrollment.............................................................................................. 8,854 Nickname.........................................................................................Warhawks President.................................................................................... Dr. Nick Bruno Athletics Director....................................................................Brian Wickstrom Conference.......................................................................................... Sun Belt Stadium.........................................................................ULM Softball Complex Website.............................................................................. ulmwarhawks.com HEAD COACH Corey Lyon (Newman, 1995) Record at ULM/Overall....................30-22 (2nd season)/120-111 (5th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015 Record/Conference Record...................................................30-22, 10-12 Starters R/L.................................................................................................8/4 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................11/8 MEDIA RELATIONS Jordan Bergeron Office.........................................................................................318-342-5461 Email..................................................................................bergeron@ulm.edu SERIES INFORMATION Overall.............................................62-56-1

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

LADY DEMON

LONGWOOD

MURRAY STATE

CHATTANOOGA

WESTERN KENTUCKY

GAME 21/22 • MARCH 11 • 2 P.M.; 4 P.M. GAME 23 • MARCH 12 • NOON

GENERAL INFORMATION Location..............................................................................Bowling Green, Ky. Enrollment............................................................................................ 21,124 Nickname.....................................................................................Lady Toppers President................................................................................Dr. Gary Ransdell Athletics Director........................................................................ Todd Stewart Conference...............................................................................Conference USA Stadium........................................................................WKU Softball Complex Website.................................................................................... wkusports.com HEAD COACH Amy Tudor Record at WKU/Career............. 69-28-1 (3rd season)/286-244-2(11th seaosn) TEAM INFORMATION 2015 Record/Conference Record..................................................... 36-14/16-5 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................8/10 Starters R/L.................................................................................................4/7 MEDIA RELATIONS Nick Brown Office.........................................................................................270-745-4363 Email....................................................................... nicholas.brown@wku.edu SERIES INFORMATION Overall.................................................... 1-0

LOUISIANA TECH

HOUSTON BAPTIST

GAME 29/30 • MARCH 25 • 3 P.M./5 P.M. GAME 31 • MARCH 26 • 3 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location.............................................................................................. Houston Enrollment.............................................................................................. 3,128 Nickname............................................................................................. Huskies President.............................................................................Dr. Robert B. Sloan Athletics Director..................................................................... Steve Moniachi Conference.......................................................................................Southland Stadium......................................................................................... Husky Field Website...................................................................................hbuhuskies.com HEAD COACH Mary-Ellen Hall (Houston Baptist, 1988) Record at HBU/Career......................................... 741-440 (25th season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2015 Record/Conference Record..................................................... 13-32/5-20 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................9/9 Starters R/L.................................................................................................6/5 MEDIA RELATIONS Kyle Rogers Office.........................................................................................281-649-3208 Email...................................................................................karogers@hbu.edu SERIES INFORMATION Overall.................................................. 10-1

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2015

GENERAL INFORMATION Location........................................................................................ San Antonio Enrollment.............................................................................................. 9,597 Colors.............................................................................. Red, Black and White President........................................................................ Dr. Louis J. Agnese, Jr. Athletics Director........................................................................John Williams Conference.......................................................................................Southland Stadium.....................................................................................Cardinals Field Website.................................................................................uiwcardinals.com HEAD COACH Amanda Gamboa (Angelo State, 2004) Record at UIW/Overall.............................................. 63-96 (4th season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2015 Record/Conference Record..................................................... 12-39/4-23 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................14/6 Starters R/L.................................................................................................7/2 MEDIA RELATIONS Shane Meling Office.........................................................................................210-805-3071 Email.................................................................................. meling@uiwtx.edu SERIES INFORMATION Overall.................................................... 5-1

AT SAM HOUSTON STATE

GAME 25/26 • MARCH 18 • 3 P.M./5 P.M. GAME 27 • MARCH 19 • 1 P.M.

Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

GENERAL INFORMATION Location..........................................................................Starkville, Mississippi Enrollment............................................................................................ 20,500 Nickname............................................................................................Bulldogs President............................................................................Dr. Mark E. Keenum Athletics Director........................................................................Scott Stricklin Conference................................................................Southeastern Conference Stadium............................................................................................Nusz Park Website.......................................................................................hailstate.com HEAD COACH Van Stuedeman (Huntingdon, 1994) Record at MSU/Overall...........................................141-90 (5th Season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2015 Record/Conference Record................................................... 36-21/10-14 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................13/7 Starters R/L.................................................................................................9/3 MEDIA RELATIONS Andrew Piper Office.........................................................................................662-325-0972 Email................................................................. apiper@athletics.msstate.edu SERIES INFORMATION Overall.................................................... 4-8

AT INCARNATE WORD

GAME 20 • MARCH 5 • 6 P.M.

(H) GAME 24 • MARCH 16 • 6 P.M. (A) GAME 32 • MARCH 30 • 6 P.M. GENERAL INFORMATION Location................................................................................................ Ruston Enrollment............................................................................................ 12,414 Nickname...................................................................................Lady Techsters President.......................................................................................Dr. Les Guice Athletics Director................................................................Tommy McClelland Conference...............................................................................Conference USA Stadium...........................................................Lady Techster Softball Complex Website................................................................................. latechsports.com HEAD COACH Mark Montgomery (Eastern Kentucky, 1992) Record at Tech/Overall................... 77-78 (4th season)/407-398 (16th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015 Record/Conference Record..................................................... 31-19/12-9 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................15/2 Starters R/L.................................................................................................9/2 MEDIA RELATIONS Blake Bolin Office.........................................................................................318-257-3144 Email.....................................................................................bolin@latech.edu SERIES INFORMATION Overall................................................ 45-51

GAME 18 • MARCH 4 • 8:30 P.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location...................................................................................... Farmville, Va. Enrollment.............................................................................................. 5,096 Nickname............................................................................................. Lancers President.......................................................................... W. Taylor Reveley, IV Athletics Director............................................................................Troy Austin Conference........................................................................................Big South Stadium.........................................................................................Lancer Field Website..........................................................................longwoodlancers.com HEAD COACH Kathy Riley (LSU, 1999) Record at Longwood/Overall......... 578-318-1(19th season)/657-385-1 (23rd) TEAM INFORMATION 2015 Record/Conference Record..................................................... 34-25/19-4 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................11/6 Starters R/L.................................................................................................6/5 MEDIA RELATIONS Todd Lindenmuth Office.........................................................................................434-395-2716 Email................................................................lindenmuthwt@longwood.edu SERIES INFORMATION Overall................................... FIRST MEETNG

GAME 19 • MARCH 5 • 10:30 A.M.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location.............................................................................Chattanooga, Tenn. Enrollment............................................................................................ 11,429 Nickname................................................................................................. Mocs President........................................................................................Steve Angle Athletics Director....................................................................David Blackburn Conference........................................................................................Big South Stadium............................................................................... Jim Frost Stadium Website........................................................................................ gomocs.com HEAD COACH Frank Reed Record at UTC/Overall........... 533-314 (15th season)/1,009-401 (26th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015 Record/Conference Record..................................................... 35-15/12-5 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................11/9 Starters R/L.................................................................................................8/4 MEDIA RELATIONS Kaylene Chadwell Office.........................................................................................423-425-2116 Email...................................................................................... rbn518@utc.edu SERIES INFORMATION Overall.................................................... 0-4

MISSISSIPPI STATE

GAME 17 • MARCH 4 • 1 P.M. GAME 21 • MARCH 6 • 9 A.M.

GAME 14/15 • FEB. 27 • 2 P.M.; 4 P.M. GAME 16 • FEB. 28 • NOON GENERAL INFORMATION Location..........................................................................................Murray, Ky. Enrollment............................................................................................ 11,207 Nickname............................................................................................... Racers President............................................................................Dr. Robert O. Davies Athletics Director............................................................................ Allen Ward Conference......................................................................................Ohio Valley Stadium.......................................................................................... Racer Field Website....................................................................................... goracers.com HEAD COACH Kara Amundson (DePaul, 2007) Record at Murray State/Overall................................ 95-70 (4th season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2015 Record/Conference Record..................................................... 38-19/20-7 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................15/7 Starters R/L.................................................................................................7/3 MEDIA RELATIONS Parker Griffith Office.........................................................................................270-809-3351 Email.................................................................... pgriffith2@murraystate.edu SERIES INFORMATION Overall.................................................... 1-1

SOFTBALL

GENERAL INFORMATION Location................................................................................. Huntsville, Texas Enrollment............................................................................................ 20,218 Colors...................................................................................Orange and White President.................................................................................Dr. Dana G. Hoyt Athletics Director.....................................................................Bobby Williams Conference.......................................................................................Southland Stadium....................................................................... SHSU Softball Complex Website................................................................................... gobearkats.com HEAD COACH Bob Brock (Sam Houston State, 1969) Record at SHSU/Overall.... 362-385 (15th season)/1,093-686-1 (32nd season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015 Record/Conference Record................................................... 19-28/10-15 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................10/6 Starters R/L.................................................................................................6/5 MEDIA RELATIONS Andrew Pate Office.........................................................................................936-294-2692 Email...................................................................................... apate@shsu.edu SERIES INFORMATION Overall................................................ 50-62

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LADY DEMON LAMAR

AT CENTRAL ARKANSAS

GAME 32/33 • APRIL 1 • 3 P.M./5 P.M. GAME 34 • APRIL 2 • 1 P.M. GENERAL INFORMATION Location.................................................................................Beaumont, Texas Enrollment............................................................................................ 14,966 Nickname...........................................................................................Cardinals President.......................................................................... Dr. Kenneth R. Evans Athletics Director...................................................................Jason Henderson Conference.......................................................................................Southland Stadium......................................................................Lamar Softball Complex Website............................................................................. lamarcardinals.com HEAD COACH Holly Bruder (Alma College, 1999) Record at Lamar/Overall................ 70-93 (4th season)/330-294 (14th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015 Record/Conference Record................................................... 26-28/14-10 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................15/3 Starters R/L.................................................................................................9/2 MEDIA RELATIONS Pat Murray Office.........................................................................................409-880-2323 Email............................................................................pat.murray@lamar.edu SERIES INFORMATION Overall.................................................. 22-6

GAME 35/36 • APRIL 8 • 4 P.M./6 P.M. GAME 37 • APRIL 9 • NOON

GENERAL INFORMATION Location.......................................................................................Conway, Ark. Enrollment............................................................................................ 11,698 Nickname.................................................................................................Bears President...............................................................................Dr. Tom Courtway Athletics Director.....................................................................Dr. Brad Teague Conference.......................................................................................Southland Stadium.......................................................................................... Farris Field Website..................................................................................... ucasports.com HEAD COACH David Kuhn Record at UCA/Overall............... 209-189 (8th season)/577-411 (18th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015 Record/Conference Record..................................................... 35-21/16-8 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................14/4 Starters R/L.................................................................................................8/3 MEDIA RELATIONS Charlie Skinner Office.........................................................................................501-852-0708 Email....................................................................................cskinner@uca.edu SERIES INFORMATION Overall................................................ 17-11

AT LSU

AT NICHOLLS

GAME 41 • APRIL 20 • TBA GENERAL INFORMATION Location....................................................................................... Baton Rouge Enrollment............................................................................................ 29,866 Nickname................................................................................................Tigers President.......................................................................... Dr. F. King Alexander Athletics Director..............................................................................Joe Alleva Conference.................................................................................. Southeastern Stadium............................................................................................Tiger Park Website........................................................................................lsusports.net HEAD COACH Beth Torina (Florida, 2000) Record at LSU/Overall.................... 172-79 (5th season)/301-190 (8th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015 Record/Conference Record..................................................... 52-14/15-9 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................16/3 Starters R/L.................................................................................................8/1 MEDIA RELATIONS Clyde Verdin Office.........................................................................................225-578-8204 Email...................................................................................... cverdin@lsu.edu SERIES INFORMATION Overall.................................................. 2-29

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GAME 42 • APRIL 22 • 6 P.M. GAME 43/44 • APRIL 23 • NOON; 2 P.M. GENERAL INFORMATION Location...........................................................................................Thibodaux Enrollment.............................................................................................. 6,100 Nickname............................................................................................ Colonels President............................................................................... Dr. Bruce Murphy Athletics Director.........................................................................Rob Bernardi Conference.......................................................................................Southland Stadium.................................................................... Colonel Softball Complex Website.............................................................................. geauxcolonels.com HEAD COACH Angel Santiago (SIU-Edwardsville, 1997) Record at Nicholls/Career....................................... 81-113 (5th season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2015 Record/Conference Record................................................... 26-22/12-14 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................15/2 Starters R/L.................................................................................................8/1 MEDIA RELATIONS Jamie Bustos Office.........................................................................................985-448-4281 Email....................................................................... jamie.bustos2nicholls.edu SERIES INFORMATION Overall.............................................54-72-1

MCNEESE STATE

GAME 38 • APRIL 15 • 6 P.M. GAME 39/40 • APRIL 16 • 1 P.M.; 3 P.M. GENERAL INFORMATION Location........................................................................................Lake Charles Enrollment.............................................................................................. 8,992 Nickname............................................................................................Cowgirls President.............................................................................Dr. Phillip Williams Athletics Director..................................................................... Bruce Hemphill Conference.......................................................................................Southland Stadium................................................................................ Cowgirl Diamond Website.............................................................................mcneesesports.com HEAD COACH Joanna Hardin (Biola University, 2005) Record at McNeese/Career....................................... 36-20(2nd season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2015 Record/Conference Record..................................................... 36-20/21-5 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................14/9 Starters.......................................................................................................8/1 MEDIA RELATIONS Pam LaFosse.................................................................plafosse@mcneese.edu Office.........................................................................................337-475-5207 Email............................................................................plafosse@mcneese.edu SERIES INFORMATION Overall................................................ 75-67

STEPHEN F. AUSTIN

GAME 45/46 • APRIL 29 • 4 P.M.; 6 P.M. GAME 47 • APRIL 30 • 1 P.M. GENERAL INFORMATION Location............................................................................ Nacogdoches, Texas Enrollment............................................................................................ 12,801 Nickname.......................................................................................... Ladyjacks President................................................................................. Dr. Baker Patillo Athletics Director.............................................................................Robert Hill Conference.......................................................................................Southland Stadium................................................................................ SFA Softball Field Website........................................................................................ sfajacks.com HEAD COACH Gay McNutt (Louisiana-Lafayette, 1987) Record at SFA/Overall................185-232 (9th season)/557-622 (22nd season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015 Record/Conference Record................................................... 19-32/11-15 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................12/4 Starters R/L.................................................................................................8/3 MEDIA RELATIONS Kemmler Chapple Office.........................................................................................985-549-3231 Email...................................................... kemmler.chapple@southeastern.edu SERIES INFORMATION Overall.................................................... 0-1

SOUTHEASTERN

GAME 48/49 • MAY 6 • 3 P.M.; 5 P.M. GAME 50 • MAY 7 • 1 P.M. GENERAL INFORMATION Location...........................................................................................Hammond Enrollment............................................................................................ 15,000 Nickname.........................................................................................Lady Lions President.....................................................................................Dr. John Crain Athletics Director.......................................................................... Jay Artigues Conference.......................................................................................Southland Stadium....................................................................................North Oak Park Website...................................................................................... lionsports.net HEAD COACH Rick Fremin (Belhaven, 1999) Record at SELA/Overall............................... 1st Season/324-228 (11th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015 Record/Conference Record................................................... 22-30/15-10 Letterwinners R/L...................................................................................13/11 Starters.......................................................................................................6/5 MEDIA RELATIONS Kemmler Chapple Office.........................................................................................985-549-3221 Email.....................................................................kemmler.chapple@selu.edu SERIES INFORMATION Overall................................................ 75-32

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NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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Lady Demons

Opponent Abilene Christian Akron Alabama Alabama-Birmingham Alcorn State Angelo State Arizona Arizona State Arkansas Arkansas-Pine Bluff Army Athens Auburn Austin Peay Ball State Baylor Belmont Birmingham Southen Brigham Young Butler Cal State Bakersfield Cal State Fullerton Centenary Central Arkansas * Central Connecticut State Central Missouri Central State (OK) College of Charleston Colgate Creighton Dana Delta State DePaul University Drake University East Tennessee Eastern Illinois Eastern Michigan Emporia State Evansville Florida Florida A & M Florida Atlantic Florida State Fresno State Furman Georgia Georgia State Georgia Tech Grambling Grand View Hofstra Houston Houston Baptist * Illinois-Chicago Illinois State Incarnate Word * Indiana Indiana State

against

Won Lost Tie First Last FIRST MEETING 8 0 0 2006 2013 1 23 0 1980 2015 17 11 0 2007 2015 0 4 0 1 1 0 2002 2002 10 1 0 2012 2015 5 1 0 2014 2015 11 3 0 2002 2015 22 6 0 1983 2015 FIRST MEETING FIRST MEETING 62 56 1 1980 2015 2 29 0 1979 2015 45 51 0 1980 2015 75 67 0 1979 2015 4 8 0 1984 2013 1 1 0 2013 2013 54 72 1 1981 2015 3 5 0 1988 2012 1 0 0 2000 2000 50 62 0 1979 2015 75 32 0 1985 2015 56 58 0 1979 2015 50 52 0 1985 2012 1 0 0 2013 2013

Abilene Christian Alcorn State Baylor Central Arkansas Chattanooga DePaul Houston Baptist Incarnate Word Jackson State Lamar Liberty Longwood ULM LSU Louisiana Tech McNeese State Mississippi State Murray State Nicholls North Texas Oklahoma State Sam Houston State Southeastern Louisiana Stephen F. Austin Texas State Western Kentucky

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W L T Last Opponent FIRST MEETING IUPUI 1 0 0 1990 Jackson State 0 5 0 2014 Jacksonville State 1 1 0 2010 Kansas 8 0 0 2013 Kent State 0 1 0 1982 Lamar* 0 6 0 2000 Liberty 0 2 0 2007 Lipscomb 6 7 0 2014 Livingston College 1 0 0 2006 Longwood 1 0 0 2004 Long Beach State 4 0 0 1993 UL Lafayette@ 1 1 1 2005 ULM$ 4 0 0 2000 LSU 3 1 0 2015 Louisiana Tech 1 23 0 2015 LSU-Alexandria 4 0 0 2015 Loyola-Chicago 1 0 0 2007 Loyola Marymount 1 1 0 2008 Marshall 3 0 0 2014 McNeese State * 0 1 0 2008 Memphis 2 1 0 2015 Middle Tennessee State 57 22 0 2011 Minnesota 17 11 0 2015 Mississippi College 0 1 0 2013 Mississippi State 2 0 0 1985 Miss. Univ. for Women 1 1 0 1983 Mississippi Valley State 2 0 0 2005 Missouri 1 0 0 2007 Missouri-Kansas City 1 1 0 2014 Missouri State $ 1 0 0 1993 Mobile College 5 1 0 1993 Morehead State 1 1 0 2002 Murray State 2 0 0 2002 Nebraska 2 0 0 2011 New Mexico 2 1 0 2011 New Orleans 1 2 0 1991 Nicholls * 1 0 0 1983 North Carolina 1 2 0 1999 North Carolina-Charlotte 2 4 0 2010 No. Carolina-Wilmington 2 0 0 1992 North Florida 3 3 0 2015 North Texas 0 2 0 1992 Northeast Missouri 0 1 0 2007 Northeast Oklahoma 4 3 0 1995 Northern Colorado 0 1 0 2004 Northern Iowa 1 1 0 1994 Northern Illinois 0 1 0 1998 Northwestern 25 3 0 2012 Notre Dame 2 0 0 1991 Ohio 0 1 0 1994 Oklahoma 2 4 0 2014 Oklahoma City 10 1 0 2015 Oklahoma State 2 2 0 2001 Ole Miss 0 1 0 1999 Oregon 5 1 0 2015 Oregon State 1 0 0 2000 Pacific 0 1 0 2011 Peru (NE) Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2015

Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

2016

opponents

Noteworthy Play this SLC foe for the first time, but it’s not a conference game First four series wins were by four runs or less, last four were by 7+ runs Playing Baylor for 3rd straight season, lone win came in 2001 Bears beat NSU in SLC Tournament Championship after NSU won 2 of 3 in regular season NSU head coach Donald Pickett is a UTC graduate and assistant coach for five seasons DePaul has been to two NCAA Tournaments in last four seasons NSU scored a combined 35 runs in three wins vs. HBU in 2015 Outscored UIW 28-3 in a three-game sweep in 2015 JSU won the SWAC East Division in 2015 Lamar recorded two of its six wins over NSU in 2015, going 2-3 in five contests Liberty hasn’t had a winning record since 2010 Made 2 NCAA Tournaments in last three seasons, two 40+ wins in last three Played NSU more times (119) than any other current non-conference opponent LSU’s 14- and 11-run wins in 2015 are two of only four double-digit wins in the series NSU has won the last four in the series by a combined score of 31-16 NSU has won five of the last six in the series, including the 2014 SLC Tournament title game NSU has more wins against MSU than any other Power Five member NSU split a pair of 1-run games in programs’ only meetings in 2013 Nicholls has beaten NSU more times than any other program; NSU won 7 of last 10 North Texas has won the last five meetings after NSU won the first three NSU won the only matchup between the two programs 5-3 in 2000 NSU swept Sam Houston in 2015 (2 games) for first time since 2002 NSU has beaten Southeasten and McNeese more than any other programs (75 wins) NSU swept SFA for the third time in the last four seasons Texas State has won 25 of the last 26 meetings NSU won the only meeting 5-3 in 2013 W L T 2 0 0 11 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 22 6 0 FIRST MEETING 1 0 0 4 0 0 FIRST MEETING 0 2 0 14 68 0 62 56 1 2 29 0 45 51 0 18 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 75 67 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 4 8 0 4 4 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 15 3 0 54 72 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0

Last 2012 2015 2009 1979 1990 2015

Opponent W L T Prairie View A&M 9 0 0 Quincy (IL) 1 0 0 Sacramento State 0 1 0 Samford 2 0 0 Sam Houston State * 50 62 0 Siena College 2 0 0 South Alabama 1 3 0 2013 South Carolina 2 3 1 1989 South Dakota State 1 0 0 South Florida 1 0 0 2015 Southeast Missouri 3 2 0 2013 Southeastern Louisiana * 75 32 0 2015 Southern University 11 0 0 2015 Southern Illinois 2 1 0 2015 So. Illinois - Edwardsville 0 1 0 1983 Southern Mississippi 13 16 0 1999 Stanford 0 1 0 2015 Stephen F. Austin * 56 58 0 2005 St. Louis 3 0 0 2015 St. Peters 1 0 0 2009 Tarkio College 2 1 0 2014 Tennessee 1 2 0 2007 Tennessee-Martin 1 1 0 1989 Tennessee-Chatanooga 0 4 0 2013 Tennessee State 0 2 0 1990 Tennessee Tech 3 1 0 2014 Texas 0 1 0 1999 Texas A&M 0 19 0 2010 Tex. A&M-Corpus Christi * 11 14 0 2002 Texas - Arlington 32 38 0 1999 Texas - El Paso 1 1 0 2015 Texas - San Antonio 31 43 0 2013 Texas State! 50 52 0 2011 Texas Southern 3 0 0 2009 Texas Tech 0 1 0 1988 Texas Wesleyan 1 1 0 2015 Toledo 1 0 0 2012 Troy 2 2 0 1991 Tulsa 2 2 0 1994 UC-Santa Barbara 1 0 0 2014 Utah State 1 1 0 2012 Virginia 1 0 0 1985 Virginia Tech 1 0 0 1980 Washington 0 3 0 2006 West Florida 1 1 0 2011 West Texas State 1 0 0 2004 Western Kentucky 1 0 0 2000 Western Michigan 0 1 0 2015 Wichita State 0 1 0 2014 Winthrop 1 0 0 2007 Wisconsin 0 3 0 1998 TOTALS 962 930 3 2000 2009 BOLD denotes 2015 Opponents 2008 * Southland Opponents 2000 ! Formerly Southwest Texas 2004 $ Formerly Northeast Louisiana 1992 @ Formerly Southwestern Louisiana

Last 2011 1984 2015 2006 2015 2008 2010 1994 2006 1990 2013 2015 2014 2012 2012 2013 2007 2015 2015 2000 1990 1996 2007 2014 2012 2014 2004 2014 2015 2012 2008 2012 2012 2010 2007 1983 2011 2014 2014 2013 2005 1991 1998 1998 1992 1983 2013 2002 2004 2000 2008

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YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS W-L W W L L W W W L W L L L L L L L W W L L L W W L

1979 (10-14) Coach Pam Carey Opponent McNeese State McNeese State Texas A&M Texas A&M LSU-Alexandria LSU-Alexandria Stephen F. Austin Louisiana State Louisiana State Sam Houston St. Tarkio College Kansas Texas A&M McNeese State Louisiana State New Orleans LSU-Alexandria LSU-Alexandria McNeese State McNeese State McNeese State New Orleans Louisiana State McNeese State

Score 9-8 14-10 0-3 1-12 4-1 14-9 3-2 1-7 4-3 0-10 3-9 2-8 2-7 3-4 2-14 3-5 15-6 16-3 7-8 6-7 2-4 3-1 3-2 2-6

W-L L W W W W W L W L L L L L L L L L W W W L L W W L L

1980 (11-15) Coach Debra Pheil Opponent New Orleans New Orleans LSU-Alexandria LSU Alexandria Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech McNeese State McNeese State Sam Houston St. Sam Houston St. Texas A&M Texas A&M Stephen F. Austin Stephen F. Austin Louisiana State Louisiana State Northeast La. Northeast La. New Orleans New Orleans Stephen F. Austin Stephen F. Austin Southwestern La. New Orleans Baylor NE Oklahoma

Score 3-6 4-2 8-4 3-1 11-3 13-3 3-4 5-0 2-4 2-15 1-5 0-11 0-9 1-7 0-10 6-7 0-4 6-4 12-6 7-5 2-13 1-4 6-1 5-1 0-1 0-8

W-L W W W W W L W L W L L L L W W W W W W L L L W L

1981 (14-10) Coach James Smith Opponent LSU-Alexandria LSU-Alexandria LSU-Alexandria LSU-Alexandria Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech Northeast La. Northeast La. Nicholls State Nicholls State McNeese State McNeese State Nicholls State Nicholls State New Orleans New Orleans Northeast La. Northeast La. Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech McNeese State McNeese State Nicholls State New Orleans

Score 11-2 12-0 5-0 20-1 5-1 4-8 7-3 5-14 6-2 3-6 2-3 2-8 1-3 12-4 6-4 6-5 6-4 7-4 3-1 1-2 2-6 3-5 9-5 2-6

W-L W W W W L L L W

1982 (17-10) Coach James Smith Opponent LSU-Alexandria LSU-Alexandria Northeast La. Northeast La. McNeese State McNeese State Nicholls State Nicholls State

Score 7-0 5-1 4-3 4-2 0-5 1-3 1-3 7-3

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

LSU-Alexandria LSU-Alexandria Southwestern La. Southwestern La. Southwestern La. Southwestern La. McNeese State McNeese State New Orleans New Orleans Nicholls State Nicholls State Northeast La. Northeast La. New Orleans New Orleans Texas-Wesleyan Central St. (OK) Angelo State

9-0 12-1 2-3 9-7 0-1 3-1 1-0 1-2 2-1 7-0 1-2 1-7 8-2 5-4 5-0 10-0 8-0 1-2 3-5

W-L L W W W W W L W L W W W L L W W W W W L W W W W W L L L L

1983 (19-10) Coach James Smith Opponent Southwestern La. Southwestern La. LSU-Alexandria LSU-Alexandria Central St. (OK) Emporia State Texas Wesleyan West Texas St. Northern Iowa Lamar Lamar Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan Stephen F. Austin Stephen F. Austin New Orleans New Orleans McNeese State McNeese State Nicholls State Nicholls State LSU-Alexandria LSU-Alexandria Lamar Lamar Nicholls State Nicholls State McNeese State McNeese State

Score 0-3 3-0 18-0 18-0 4-1 1-0 3-4 4-1 1-2 9-1 6-3 11-7 1-3 0-4 7-2 7-0 4-0 4-0 5-1 2-3 5-0 12-2 13-1 6-3 6-2 0-2 2-5 2-5 3-4

W-L L W L L L L W W L L L L L W W L L W L W L L L W W W W L L L L L L L W

1984 (12-23) Coach James Smith Opponent Mississippi State Mississippi State Lamar Lamar Nicholls State Nicholls State Grambling Grambling Northeast La. Sam Houston St. Northeast La. Sam Houston St. Northeast La. McNeese State Quincy (IL) McNeese State McNeese State Miss. Univ. Women Miss. Univ. Women Northeast La. Northeast La. Nicholls State Nicholls State Lamar Lamar Grambling State Grambling State Stephen F. Austin Stephen F. Austin Northeast La. Northeast La. Southwestern La. Southwestern La. McNeese State McNeese State

Score 1-2 7-3 1-3 3-4 2-7 1-3 8-5 9-6 5-14 2-9 0-5 0-9 2-12 4-3 3-0 0-8 0-2 11-7 2-7 2-1 0-10 1-3 5-15 6-0 9-4 10-0 4-1 0-3 0-4 0-1 1-2 0-8 0-7 1-2 5-4

W-L W L

1985 (20-26-1, 4-12 GSC) Coach Linda Jones Opponent Score NE Missouri 3-2 NE Missouri 4-5

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W-L W W

Northeast La. Northeast La. Central Missouri Central Missouri Stephen F. Austin Southwestern La. Southwestern La. McNeese State McNeese State Northeast La. Northeast La. McNeese State Southwestern La. Northeast La. Nicholls State SW Missouri SW Missouri Lamar Lamar Stephen F. Austin Stephen F. Austin Sam Houston St. Sam Houston St. Southwest Texas Southwest Texas Lamar Lamar Grambling State Grambling State Southeastern La. Southeastern La. Nicholls State Nicholls State Grambling State Grambling State Stephen F. Austin Stephen F. Austin Sam Houston St. Sam Houston St. McNeese State McNeese State Southeastern La. Southeastern La. Nicholls State Nicholls State

2-4 3-2 3-0 5-2 0-4 4-9 3-7 3-1 1-3 2-1 1-1 3-2 2-5 3-2 0-5 4-2 4-2 7-3 3-0 0-2 1-9 1-2 3-4 8-2 5-2 1-2 8-7 4-7 12-2 3-4 5-1 0-4 1-5 4-6 8-7 1-4 0-2 2-9 0-12 5-6 3-1 2-5 4-5 1-3 4-3

1986 (23-20, 10-10 GSC) Coach Linda Jones Opponent Score McNeese State 2-1 McNeese State 3-1

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

W-L L L W W L L

Northeast La. Northeast La. Lamar Lamar Southwestern La. Southwestern La. Stephen F. Austin Stephen F. Austin Grambling State Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech Sam Houston St. Sam Houston St. Southwest Texas Southwest Texas Lamar Lamar Northeast La. Northeast La. Southeastern La. Southeastern La. Nicholls State Nicholls State Stephen F. Austin Stephen F. Austin McNeese State McNeese State Southwestern La. Southwestern La. Sam Houston St. Southwest Texas Southwest Texas Sam Houston St. Grambling State Grambling State Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech Southeastern La. Southeastern La. Nicholls State Nicholls State

0-6 4-3 1-0 3-0 5-0 3-2 1-4 0-2 2-1 0-2 1-6 4-2 2-10 5-2 2-0 4-1 3-0 0-5 3-1 3-2 5-0 2-3 5-4 1-2 0-3 1-3 1-4 1-8 0-1 0-1 2-0 3-2 0-1 6-4 9-0 0-2 2-6 5-3 6-1 1-10 1-4

1987 (22-20, 11-9 GSC) Coach Rickey McCalister Opponent Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech Centenary Centenary Stephen F. Austin Stephen F. Austin

Score 1-3 1-8 12-1 6-0 0-1 2-6

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

LADY DEMON W W W L L W W W W W L L W L L W L L W L L L W W W L L L W W L L W W W W

Lamar Lamar Southern Illinois Southern Illinois Southwest Texas Southwest Texas Lamar Lamar Southeastern La. Southeastern La. Nicholls State Nicholls State Stephen F. Austin Stephen F. Austin McNeese State McNeese State Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech McNeese State McNeese State Southwestern La. Southwestern La. Sam Houston St. Sam Houston St. Southwest Texas Southwest Texas Southwestern La. Southwestern La. Southeastern La. Southeastern La. Nicholls State Nicholls State Sam Houston St. Sam Houston St. Centenary Centenary

1988 (25-24, 6-7 SLC - 4th) Coach Rickey McCalister W-L Opponent L Louisiana Tech L Louisiana Tech L Northeast La. L Northeast La. L Nicholls State W Nicholls State W Southeastern La. L Miss. Univ. Women W Livingston College W Southern Miss. W Southeastern La. W Delta State W Mississippi College W Mississippi College L Southern Miss. W New Orleans W New Orleans L Centenary W Centenary W Southeastern La. W Southeastern La. W Centenary W Centenary L Southwestern La. L Southwestern La. W Kent State W Kent State L Louisiana Tech L Louisiana Tech W *Southwest Texas L *Sam Houston St. L *Southwest Texas L *Sam Houston St. W *Northeast La. L *Northeast La. W *North Texas State W *Texas-Arlington W *North Texas St. L Southwestern La. L Southwestern La. L *Stephen F. Austin W *McNeese State L *Stephen F. Austin W *McNeese State L Nicholls State W Nicholls State W ^Southwest Texas L ^Sam Houston St. L ^Southwest Texas ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game

W-L W W W W L L

3-2 5-1 2-1 0-1 1-5 3-0 2-1 11-2 4-0 6-0 1-2 2-4 2-1 0-1 1-2 6-3 1-6 0-6 4-3 5-6 2-5 0-4 2-1 2-1 3-2 1-2 0-5 0-3 19-1 6-0 4-6 3-9 7-6 6-1 6-2 12-2

Score 8-10 0-2 3-4 0-3 0-6 8-5 11-2 1-3 14-3 4-3 14-4 10-2 4-1 7-1 3-4 7-6 16-1 1-5 4-3 12-2 8-1 2-1 4-1 1-2 0-4 5-1 5-2 0-2 0-1 2-1 0-7 3-4 0-3 9-1 3-8 1-0 0-1 3-1 3-4 0-3 2-3 6-0 1-3 16-1 1-4 7-3 1-0 1-4 10-11

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Head Coach Ricky McCalister (top left) led the 1991 Lady Demons to the program’s first SLC championship. W Southern Miss. W Southwestern La. L Texas A&M W Stephen F. Austin L Southwestern La. L Southwestern La. L Southern Miss. L Southern Miss. W Delta State L Miss. Univ. Women W Livingston College W Southern Miss. W Mississippi College W Southeastern La. W Centenary W McNeese State W Southeastern La. W Mississippi Women’s L Southeastern La. W Southeastern La. L Nicholls State W Nicholls State L Southwestern La. L Southwestern La. L Centenary W Centenary L Louisiana Tech W Louisiana Tech L Nicholls State L Nicholls State L *Sam Houston St. L *Southwest Texas L *Sam Houston St. W *Southwest Texas W Centenary W Centenary W *Northeast La. W *Texas-Arlington L *Texas-Arlington L *Northeast La. W Southeastern La. W Southeastern La. L Texas A&M L Texas A&M L *Stephen F. Austin W *McNeese State L *Stephen F. Austin W *McNeese State L Louisiana Tech L Louisiana Tech W ^Northeast La. W ^Texas-Arlington L ^Southwest Texas W ^Sam Houston St. L ^Southwest Texas ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game

W-L W W W W W W W W W

1990 (43-17, 8-4 SLC - 3rd) Coach Rickey McCalister Opponent Centenary Southern Miss. Southern Miss. Southern Miss. Southeastern La. Livingston College Samford Austin Peay Centenary

1989 (32-29, 5-7 SLC - 4th) Coach Rickey McCalister Opponent Score Northeast La. 1-0 Northeast La. 7-5 Austin Peay 3-2 Austin Peay 8-3 Texas A&M 0-6 Southwestern La. 1-2 Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2015

8-4 1-0 0-5 5-1 1-3 1-2 1-2 0-2 3-2 3-5 2-0 2-1 3-0 2-0 2-1 2-1 3-0 9-0 3-4 8-1 0-3 4-0 0-2 0-8 3-4 4-0 1-2 5-4 1-2 3-4 0-5 2-3 1-3 7-0 9-1 5-0 6-3 5-0 0-1 4-6 2-0 1-0 1-2 1-7 0-1 8-3 0-5 2-0 2-3 2-4 4-0 3-2 0-1 4-3 1-3

Score 1-0 7-0 3-2 9-2 5-3 7-1 8-0 11-3 5-2

Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

W McNeese State W McNeese State L Louisiana Tech W Louisiana Tech W Furman W Furman W Ball State W Ball State L Southwestern La. L Southwestern La. L Centenary W Centenary L Centenary W Southeastern La. W Livingston College L Miss. Univ. Women L Southeastern La. W Miss. Univ. Women W Southeastern La. W Miss. Univ. Women W *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas W *Stephen F. Austin W *Stephen F. Austin W Tarkio College W Tarkio College W Akron L Kent State L Nicholls State W Nicholls State W Nicholls State L Nicholls State W *Northeast La. L *Northeast La. L *Sam Houston St. L *Sam Houston St. W *McNeese State W *McNeese State W *Texas-Arlingtron L *Texas-Arlington L Louisiana Tech W Louisiana Tech W Southwestern La. W South Florida W South Carolina W ^Southwest Texas W ^McNeese State W ^Sam Houston St. W ^Stephen F. Austin L ^Stephen F. Austin ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game

8-0 9-1 0-2 2-1 1-0 5-4 2-1 4-2 0-5 1-6 3-4 3-1 3-4 5-0 2-1 1-2 0-1 3-1 4-1 2-1 4-0 2-0 2-1 2-1 7-0 8-1 7-6 1-3 0-4 4-0 3-2 3-5 2-1 1-6 2-3 0-2 6-0 7-4 2-1 0-2 3-4 8-5 1-0 1-0 3-2 4-3 5-0 3-2 3-0 3-6

1991 (44-18-1, 18-5 SLC - 1st) Coach Rickey McCalister *Southland Champions* W-L Opponent Score W Northeast La. 2-1 W Southern Miss. 10-2 W Centenary 3-0 W West Florida 6-0 W Athens 4-0 W Centenary 4-3 L Stephen F. Austin 1-2 W McNeese State 5-1 W Louisiana Tech 2-1 L Texas A&M 1-5 W Southeastern La. 5-4 L Southeastern La. 1-2 L *Sam Houston St. 1-2

W *Sam Houston St. 3-0 W *McNeese State 2-0 L Oklahoma City 1-3 L Centenary 0-1 W Tulsa 11-1 L Louisiana Tech 0-5 L Texas-Arlington 4-5 W Centenary 9-1 W *McNeese State 7-0 W Nicholls State 5-4 L Nicholls State 4-6 W Grand View 9-1 W Grand View 15-0 L *Stephen F. Austin 0-1 L *Stephen F. Austin 0-2 W *Northeast La. 4-3 W *Northeast La. 4-1 W Centenary 3-0 W Centenary 7-1 W *Sam Houston St. 4-1 W *Sam Houston St. 8-0 W Southwestern La. 2-1 L Southwestern La. 0-4 L SW Missouri 0-3 W Athens 5-0 W SW Missouri 2-1 W Stephen F. Austin 4-2 L Nicholls State 2-3 L Eastern Illinois 1-5 W Centenary 1-0 L Centenary 2-3 L Louisiana Tech 0-2 W Louisiana Tech 4-0 W Southeastern La. 8-1 W Southeastern La. 1-0 T Nicholls State 3-3 W *Northeast La. 6-4 W *Northeast La. 4-0 W *Stephen F. Austin 2-1 W South Carolina 9-3 W Georgia State 6-0 W Virginia 4-2 W North Carolina-Charlotte 6-2 L Eastern Michigan 1-2 L Southwestern La. 0-1 L Southwestern La. 1-2 W *Texas-Arlington 3-0 L *Texas-Arlington 0-2 W *Texas-Arlington 1-0 W *Texas-Arlington 2-0 W *Southwest Texas 4-2 W *Southwest Texas 15-2 L *Southwest Texas 1-2 W *Southwest Texas 5-4 W *McNeese State 6-0 W *McNeese State 1-0 * - SLC Game

W-L W L W W W W W W

1992 (37-21-1, 16-11 SLC - 4th) Coach Rickey McCalister Opponent Score Southern Miss. 6-0 West Florida 0-1 Northeast La. 2-1 Mobile 5-4 Louisiana Tech 3-2 Louisiana Tech 1-0 Southern Miss. 4-0 Southern Miss. 13-0

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LADY DEMON L Texas A&M W St. Louis W Northeast La. W Centenary W Sam Houston St. L Texas A&M L *Nicholls State L *Nicholls State W Florida A&M W Florida A&M L Florida State L Florida State L *Northeast La. W *Northeast La. L South Carolina T South Carolina W Centenary W Centenary L Centenary W Peru (NE) L McNeese State L SW Missouri W Eastern Illinois W SW Missouri W Stephen F. Austin L *Nicholls State L *Nicholls State L *Sam Houston St. W *Sam Houston St. W *Stephen F. Austin W *Stephen F. Austin L *Texas-Arlington W *Texas-Arlington W *Texas-Arlington W *Texas-Arlington W *McNeese State W *McNeese State L Southwestern La. W *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas L *Sam Houston St. L *Sam Houston St. W *Texas-San Antonio W *Texas-San Antonio W *Stephen F. Austin L *Northeast La. W *Northeast La. W *McNeese State L *McNeese State * - SLC Game

W-L L W W W W L L L L L L W L L L W W W W W L W W L L L L W L L W W W L W L W L L L L L W

0-8 9-1 5-1 4-1 1-0 0-2 0-6 0-4 8-2 8-1 0-10 0-1 1-3 1-0 1-3 0-0 1-0 6-5 3-4 15-3 4-7 3-4 2-1 6-1 7-1 0-1 3-4 0-1 2-1 2-0 4-2 2-3 6-4 5-2 9-0 10-1 3-0 0-1 7-0 3-0 6-1 2-1 0-1 0-1 4-3 10-0 1-0 0-1 6-1 2-0 1-2

1993 (25-28, 7-19 SLC - 6th) Coach Rickey McCalister Opponent Score Centenary 4-5 Southeastern La. 7-6 Athens 10-5 Athens 5-2 Centenary 6-1 Northeast La. 0-9 Northeast La. 1-3 *Nicholls State 1-15 *Nicholls State 2-10 *Northeast La. 0-3 *Nicholls State 1-8 Southeastern La. 8-6 Centenary 0-2 *Sam Houston St. 2-3 *Sam Houston St. 0-4 Southeastern La. 6-0 Southeastern La. 9-0 Delta State 10-4 Delta State 9-3 Centenary 6-3 Centenary 3-4 Dana 4-2 Centenary 3-1 *Nicholls State 0-5 *Nicholls State 1-2 *McNeese State 0-2 *McNeese State 2-4 *Stephen F. Austin 5-0 *Stephen F. Austin 2-5 *Sam Houston St. 1-3 *Sam Houston St. 3-1 Louisiana Tech 2-1 Louisiana Tech 3-1 *Texas-Arlington 0-4 *Texas-Arlington 4-0 Delta State 1-7 Delta State 6-0 Southwestern La. 0-8 Southwestern La. 3-8 *Southwest Texas 1-6 *Southwest Texas 2-4 *Southwest Texas 2-3 *Southwest Texas 5-0

W Centenary L Centenary L *Texas-San Antonio W *Texas-San Antonio L *Texas-San Antonio W *Texas-San Antonio W Louisiana Tech W Louisiana Tech L *McNeese State W *McNeese State * - SLC Game

SOFTBALL 9-1 0-4 1-2 5-1 0-5 3-2 4-1 1-0 5-7 3-0

1994 (17-42, 9-23 SLC - 8th) Coach Rickey McCalister W-L Opponent Score W Centenary 6-1 L Southeastern La. 2-10 L Mobile 5-9 W Mobile 8-5 W *Northeast La. 1-0 W *Northeast La. 0-1 W *Nicholls State 2-0 L *Nicholls State 2-3 L *McNeese State 0-7 L *McNeese State 0-7 L *Texas-Arlington 2-3 L *Texas-Arlington 0-4 W *Texas-Arlington 2-0 L *Texas-Arlington 1-9 L Southeastern La. 1-9 W Southeastern La. 6-5 L Evansville 2-3 L Evansville 2-3 L *Stephen F. Austin 1-6 L *Stephen F. Austin 2-3 L *Nicholls State 0-5 L *Nicholls State 0-1 L Louisiana Tech 0-2 W Louisiana Tech 1-0 L Southwestern La. 0-7 L Southwestern La. 1-4 L Centenary 0-2 L Centenary 2-3 L *Sam Houston St. 0-7 W *Sam Houston St. 6-0 L *Stephen F. Austin 1-5 L *Stephen F. Austin 3-6 L *Texas- San Antonio 2-3 L *Texas- San Antonio 1-3 W *Texas- San Antonio 11-2 L *Texas- San Antonio 1-2 L *Northeast La. 0-2 L *Northeast La. 1-2 L *Sam Houston St. 3-5 L *Sam Houston St. 1-2 W *Southwest Texas 10-6 W *Southwest Texas 5-2 L *Southwest Texas 2-4 W *Southwest Texas 2-1 L South Carolina 0-8 L South Carolina 2-6 L Furman 0-3 L Furman 2-7 L Georgia State 2-3 W McNeese State 1-0 L Hofstra 0-1 L Furman 4-8 W N. Carolina-Wilmington 8-0 W Centenary 2-1 W Centenary 4-2 L *McNeese State 6-7 W *McNeese State 3-2 L Louisiana Tech 5-6 L Louisiana Tech 1-9 * - SLC Game

W-L W L L L L L L L L L W W L L L W L L W L

1995 (13-37, 7-25 SLC - 9th) Coach Gay McNutt Opponent Score *Texas- San Antonio 1-0 *Texas- San Antonio 3-10 *Texas- San Antonio 5-6 *Texas- San Antonio 1-5 *Northeast La. 0-4 *Northeast La. 1-8 Oklahoma City 3-6 Oklahoma City 1-13 *Sam Houston St. 3-4 *Sam Houston St. 0-1 Furman 3-2 Furman 5-3 Southwestern La. 0-7 Southwestern La. 0-9 *Texas-Arlington 3-4 *Texas-Arlington 8-3 *Texas-Arlington 0-3 *Texas-Arlington 0-8 *Stephen F. Austin 4-3 *Stephen F. Austin 1-6

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L *Northeast La. L *Northeast La. L Southeastern La. W Southeastern La. L *McNeese State L *McNeese State W Centenary W Centenary L Louisiana Tech L Louisiana Tech L Southwestern La. L Southwestern La. L *Sam Houston St. L *Sam Houston St. L Southeastern La. W Southeastern La. L *McNeese State L *McNeese State L *Nicholls State L *Nicholls State W *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas L *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas L *Stephen F. Austin W *Stephen F. Austin L *Nicholls State L *Nicholls State L Louisiana Tech L Louisiana Tech * - SLC Game

0-2 0-4 3-10 2-0 0-8 3-4 7-5 9-1 0-10 0-8 0-6 0-10 1-6 1-2 0-5 6-5 0-8 3-5 0-5 3-7 6-4 4-2 2-3 7-5 2-3 4-3 0-11 0-3 0-9 3-4

1996 (10-41, 7-17 SLC - 8th) Coach Gay McNutt W-L Opponent Score L Northeast La. 0-7 L Tulsa 3-6 L Sam Houston St. 0-8 L Oklahoma 1-9 L McNeese State 4-5 W Centenary 1-0 L Centenary 1-4 L Tennessee 3-11 L Arizona 4-16 L Tennessee 0-8 L Arizona 1-15 W Tennessee 2-0 L Arizona 4-7 W Southeastern La. 8-0 L Southeastern La. 7-8 L *Texas-San Antonio 1-11 L *Texas-San Antonio 2-6 L *Texas-San Antonio 1-5 L Louisiana Tech 1-3 L Louisiana Tech 1-5 L *Texas-Arlington 0-5 L *Texas-Arlington 1-2 L *Texas-Arlington 4-9 L Baylor 0-1 L Baylor 4-5 L Southwestern La. 2-6 L Southwestern La. 0-9 W *Southwest Texas 1-0 L *Southwest Texas 2-6 L *Southwest Texas 5-7 L *Northeast La. 1-4 L *Northeast La. 0-1 L *Northeast La. 0-2 W *Stephen F. Austin 3-1 W *Stephen F. Austin 2-1 L *Stephen F. Austin 1-3 L Southwestern La. 0-2 L Southwestern La. 0-8 L *Sam Houston St. 1-4 W *Sam Houston St. 4-3 W *Sam Houston St. 8-0 L Southeastern La. 0-2 L Southeastern La. 1-2 W *McNeese State 1-0 W *McNeese State 3-2 L *McNeese State 0-7 L Louisiana Tech 0-1 L Louisiana Tech 0-8 L *Nicholls State 0-7 L *Nicholls State 0-4 L *Nicholls State 2-9 * - SLC Game 1997 (26-29, 12-10 SLC - 4th) Coach Gay McNutt W-L Opponent Score L Arizona 2-10 L Arizona 2-18 L Washington 2-8 L Washington 1-11 L Illinois-Chicago 4-10 L Illinois-Chicago 0-10 W Southeastern La. 3-2 W Southeastern La. 7-2

L McNeese State W Northern Illinois W Centenary L *Northeast La. L *Northeast La. L *Northeast La. L Southwestern La. L Southwestern La. L *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas L LSU L LSU W Centenary W Centenary W *Stephen F. Austin L *Stephen F. Austin W *Stephen F. Austin W Louisiana Tech L *Sam Houston St. L *Sam Houston St. W *Sam Houston St. W *McNeese State L *McNeese State W *McNeese State L Southwestern La. L Southwestern La. W *Nicholls State W *Nicholls State L *Nicholls State W Southeastern La. W Southeastern La. W Louisiana Tech L Louisiana Tech W *Texas-San Antonio W *Texas-San Antonio W *Texas-San Antonio W ^McNeese State L ^Nicholls State W ^Texas-San Antonio L ^Nicholls State ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game

6-7 7-4 9-0 0-1 1-2 0-1 2-6 2-5 0-6 3-0 8-4 4-9 1-5 7-1 7-3 2-0 4-8 2-1 8-0 0-2 5-6 2-0 2-0 3-4 5-0 3-9 1-6 6-4 3-1 1-2 7-1 2-1 3-1 3-4 10-2 3-2 5-4 2-1 1-9 4-0 3-4

1998 (40-18, 23-3 SLC - 1st) Coach Gay McNutt *Southland Champions* *SLC Tournament Champions* *NCAA Tournament* W-L Opponent Score W Mississippi State 3-1 L Mississippi State 1-3 L Mississippi State 0-5 W Arkansas 3-2 L Oklahoma City 3-7 W Louisiana Tech 3-1 L Nicholls State 0-1 W Northeast La. 6-3 W St. Louis 9-4 W Ole Miss 10-0 W Virginia Tech 4-2 L Georgia Tech 7-8 W Tennessee Tech 7-2 W Southwestern La. 1-0 L Southwestern La. 4-5 W *McNeese State 12-4 W *McNeese State 13-3 W *Northeast La. 3-1 W *Northeast La. 3-2 W *Northeast La. 3-1 W *Texas-Arlington 5-4 W *Texas-Arlington 2-0 W *Texas-Arlington 7-1 W *Southeastern La. 8-0 W *Southeastern La. 4-3 L *Southeastern La. 1-4 L Louisiana Tech 0-3 W Louisiana Tech 9-1 L LSU 0-3 L LSU 0-8 W *Southwest Texas 5-4 W *Southwest Texas 3-2 W *Southwest Texas 7-6 W *Nicholls State 1-0 L *Nicholls State 0-3 W *Nicholls State 1-0 L Louisiana Tech 0-1 L Louisiana Tech 1-5 L *Texas-San Antonio 1-3 W *Texas-San Antonio 3-2 W *Texas-San Antonio 1-0 L Southwestern La. 3-5 W Southwestern La. 5-1 W *Stephen F. Austin 3-2 W *Stephen F. Austin 8-2 W *Stephen F. Austin 3-0 W *Sam Houston St. 1-0 W *Sam Houston St. 8-0 W *Sam Houston St. 6-5 W ^Northeast La. 4-3

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

LADY DEMON W ^Texas-San Antonio W ^Nicholls State W ^Nicholls State L #Florida Atlantic W #Florida Atlantic W #Florida Atlantic L #Washington L #Long Beach St. ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game # - NCAA Regionals 1999 (31-26, 19-7 SLC - 1st) Coach Gay McNutt *Southland Champions* W-L Opponent W Mississippi State L Mississippi State L Mobile W McNeese State L LSU W Mobile L LSU W *McNeese State W *McNeese State L Mississippi State L Tenn.-Chatanooga W Evansville L Tenn.-Chatanooga L Louisiana Tech W Centenary W Centenary W *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas W Southwestern La. L Southwestern La. W *Northeast La. W *Northeast La. L *Northeast La. W Drake University L Illinois State W Butler University L Northern Iowa W Loyola-Chicago L Missouri L Southwestern La. L Southwestern La. W *Texas-Arlington L *Texas-Arlington L *Texas Arlington W *Nicholls State W *Nicholls State W *Nicholls State L Louisiana Tech W *Southeastern La. W *Southeastern La. W *Southeastern La. W *Sam Houston W *Sam Houston W *Sam Houston W *Stephen F. Austin L *Stephen F. Austin W *Stephen F. Austin L LSU L LSU L *Texas-San Antonio L *Texas-San Antonio L *Texas-San Antonio L ^Southwest Texas W ^Texas-San Antonio W ^Northeast La. L ^McNeese State ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game

3-1 7-5 2-1 3-6 6-3 5-2 0-2 1-9

Score 0-1 1-3 2-3 3-0 0-8 3-2 1-9 3-2 10-1 1-6 1-2 3-2 3-4 0-1 10-1 7-6 4-3 8-1 6-5 2-1 0-5 9-0 6-0 2-3 6-2 2-4 11-3 2-3 4-0 0-1 1-5 4-5 2-1 1-2 2-3 6-3 4-3 4-0 1-2 3-2 9-5 6-5 7-0 8-4 10-3 2-1 4-7 10-0 0-3 2-4 3-7 4-12 2-8 3-4 2-0 7-1 4-8

Erin Mancuso (1999-2002) helped lead the Lady Demons to three SLC championships and two NCAA Regional appearances. W Indiana W Northwestern L Arizona W *Sam Houston St. W *Sam Houston St. W *Sam Houston St. W *Nicholls State W *Nicholls State W *Nicholls State W *Stephen F. Austin W *Stephen F. Austin W *Southeastern La. L *Southeastern La. W *Southeastern La. L LSU L LSU L *Texas-Arlington W *Texas-Arlington W *Texas-Arlington L *Louisiana-Monroe W *Louisiana Monroe W *Louisiana-Monroe L La.-Lafayette L La.-Lafayette W Louisiana Tech W *McNeese State W *McNeese State W *McNeese State W Centenary W *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas W ^Texas-Arlington W ^Louisiana-Monroe L ^Texas San-Antonio W ^McNeese State W ^Texas-San Antonio W ^Texas-San Antonio L #LSU L #Oregon ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game # - NCAA Regionals

7-3 5-3 0-8 12-0 8-0 3-1 6-0 4-0 10-1 4-1 4-1 4-0 1-4 2-0 0-5 0-8 6-7 8-0 7-4 1-4 4-3 6-1 0-6 3-4 7-0 6-0 2-1 3-2 10-0 3-2 7-1 5-4 3-0 7-0 0-2 3-0 3-0 4-3 1-7 1-4

2000 (41-19, 22-4 SLC - 1st) Coach Gay McNutt *Southland Champions* *SLC Tournament Champions* 2001 (30-20, 15-11 SLC - 5th) *NCAA Tournament* Coach Ty Singleton W-L Opponent Score W-L Opponent Score W Centenary 7-0 L Texas A & M 4-13 W Stephen F. Austin 10-0 W Southern Miss. 3-2 L Southern Miss. 0-9 W Tulsa 7-3 W Arkansas 2-1 W Brigham Young 4-2 W La.-Monroe 6-4 L Texas A & M 0-6 W Oklahoma State 5-3 W Illinois-Chicago 1-0 L Arkansas 3-5 W Houston 4-1 W Winthrop 13-1 W Illinois-Chicago 8-4 L Mississippi State 2-3 W East Tennessee 11-3 W Belmont 11-0 W Centenary 8-0 W Austin Peay 8-0 L *Southwest Texas 0-2 L TN-Chattanooga 0-2 L *Southwest Texas 0-3 W Louisiana Tech 9-0 W *Southwest Texas 2-1 W *Texas-San Antonio 6-3 L LSU 0-1 W *Texas-San Antonio 6-1 L Baylor 2-6 L *Texas-San Antonio 2-3 L Baylor 1-4 L La.-Lafayette 3-7 W Baylor 8-7 L La.-Lafayette 6-7 L Louisiana Tech 3-4 L Oregon State 1-2 L *Louisiana-Monroe 1-5 W St. Peters 8-2 Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2015

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Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

L *Louisiana-Monroe 2-3 L *Louisiana-Monroe 5-7 L *Texas-Arlington 0-1 W *Texas-Arlington 3-2 L *Southeastern La. 1-2 L *Southeastern La. 1-2 W *Southeastern La. 2-1 L La.-Lafayette 1-7 W La.-Lafayette 5-4 W *Nicholls State 2-1 W *Nicholls State 4-1 W *Nicholls State 2-1 W *Sam Houston St. 10-3 L *Sam Houston St. 0-2 W *Sam Houston St. 12-1 W *McNeese State 2-0 L *McNeese State 2-3 W *McNeese State 7-1 L *Stephen F. Austin 0-5 W *Stephen F. Austin 1-0 W *Stephen F. Austin 3-1 W Louisiana Tech 2-1 W *Texas-San Antonio 6-1 W *Texas-San Antonio 6-4 W *Texas-San Antonio 5-4 L ^La.-Monroe 5-7 W ^McNeese State 3-2 W ^La.-Monroe 3-2 W ^Southeastern La. 6-1 W ^Southwest Texas 1-0 L ^Southwest Texas 0-7 ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC ame 2002 (45-25, 22-5 SLC - 2nd) Coach Ty Singleton *SLC Tournament Champions* *NCAA Tournament* W-L Opponent Score L Baylor 2-4 L Baylor 3-4 W Southern 8-0 L Baylor 0-2 W Southern 6-0 W Texas-Arlington 1-0 L DePaul 0-3 L Western Michigan 0-1 W Jackson St. 10-0 L Louisiana State 1-3 W Jackson State 7-1 W DePaul 4-0 L Louisiana State 1-2 W Louisiana Tech 5-0 W Drake 11-3 W La.-Lafayette 5-3 L Creighton 3-4 W SW Missouri St. 9-3 L Oklahoma 1-4 L Baylor 0-3 L Baylor 1-2 W Florida 4-0 L Houston 0-6 W Houston 7-2 L La.-Lafayette 0-8 W Florida 6-3 L *Texas-San Antonio 0-1

W *Texas-San Antonio 3-0 W *Texas-San Antonio 1-0 W Centenary 6-0 W Centenary 8-0 L *Texas-Arlington 3-4 W *Texas-Arlington 9-1 W *Texas-Arlington 5-3 W Louisiana Tech 3-2 W *McNeese State 4-1 L *McNeese State 3-7 W *McNeese State 8-0 L *Southwest Texas 0-1 W *Southwest Texas 9-1 W *Southwest Texas 5-3 L Texas A&M 0-4 L Texas A&M 0-5 L *Southeastern La. 1-2 W *Southeastern La. 1-0 W *Southeastern La. 11-3 W *Nicholls State 10-0 W *Nicholls State 8-2 W *Nicholls State 7-0 W *Stephen F. Austin 10-1 W *Stephen F. Austin 6-1 W *Stephen F. Austin 4-1 L LSU 3-4 L LSU 0-2 W *Sam Houston St. 8-0 W *Sam Houston St. 3-0 W *Sam Houston St. 7-2 W Centenary 3-0 W Centenary 2-0 W *La.-Monroe 10-2 W *La.-Monroe 2-0 W *La.-Monroe 5-2 W ^Southeastern La. 7-1 W ^Texas-San Antonio 1-0 L ^Southwest Texas 0-4 W ^Southeastern La. 1-0 W ^Southwest Texas 4-0 W ^Southwest Texas 2-0 L #LSU 2-3 L #Mississippi State 6-9 ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game # - NCAA Regionals 2003 (27-33, 14-13 SLC - 4th) Coach Eileen Schmidt W-L Opponent Score L Southern Miss 2-4 L Southern Miss 4-5 L LSU 1-2 L LSU 0-5 L *Southwest Texas 0-3 L *Southwest Texas 9-11 L *Southwest Texas 0-4 W Notre Dame 3-2 L McNeese State 0-2 L McNeese State 1-3 L La.-Lafayette 2-3 L Notre Dame 7-12 W Louisiana Tech 4-1 L Wisconsin 2-3 L Oklahoma 3-5

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LADY DEMON L Wisconsin 2-3 L Oklahoma 3-6 L Wisconsin 1-3 L Southern Miss 0-5 L Southern Miss 2-4 W Prairie View A & M 4-1 W Prairie View A & M 8-0 W *Louisiana-Monroe 4-0 W *Louisiana-Monroe 1-0 W *Louisiana-Monroe 5-3 W Grambling State 6-0 W Grambling State 13-1 L *Texas-Arlington 1-4 W *Texas-Arlington 4-2 L *Texas-Arlington 1-3 W Louisiana Tech 5-1 L Louisiana Tech 1-2 W *Southeastern La. 4-1 W *Southeastern La. 5-4 W *Southeastern La. 2-0 L *Nicholls State 3-4 L *Nicholls State 0-4 W *Nicholls State 4-1 W Centenary 4-0 W Centenary 3-0 L *McNeese State 2-3 L *McNeese State 1-3 L *McNeese State 1-4 L *Sam Houston State 0-1 W *Sam Houston State 4-0 W *Sam Houston State 3-0 W Prairie View A & M 5-4 W Prairie View A & M 6-1 W *Stephen F. Austin 3-0 L *Stephen F. Austin 1-5 W *Stephen F. Austin 1-0 W Grambling State 10-2 W Grambling State 4-1 L La.-Lafayette 0-1 L La.-Lafayette 3-6 W *Texas-San Antonio 8-7 W *Texas-San Antonio 8-7 W *Texas-San Antonio 8-7 L ^McNeese State 1-4 L ^Texas-Arlington 0-4 ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game 2004 (35-28, 14-12 SLC - 5th) Coach Eileen Schmidt W-L Opponent Score L Auburn 0-2 L Baylor 1-5 L Pacific 1-3 W North Texas 7-2 L Wichita State 1-2 W Louisiana Tech 2-1 L Louisiana-Lafayette 2-5 W McNeese State 3-0 W Texas-El Paso 8-1 W Butler 9-1 W Louisiana-Monroe 6-0 W Northern Illinois 8-3 W Arkansas 6-1 W Cal State Fullerton 4-1 L Notre Dame 1-2 L Georgia 0-6

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W Army 8-3 L Florida Atlantic 2-3 L Louisiana Tech 1-3 L *Texas State 4-5 L *Texas State 0-3 L *Texas State 2-3 L Texas 2-3 W *Texas-Arlington 10-0 W *Texas-Arlington 5-4 L *Texas-Arlington 3-6 L Louisiana Tech 1-3 W Jackson State 14-1 L *Stephen F. Austin 0-1 W *Stephen F. Austin 3-1 L *Stephen F. Austin 2-4 W Grambling 8-0 W Grambling 15-0 W *Louisiana-Monroe 4-2 L *Louisiana-Monore 1-5 W *Louisiana-Monroe 7-0 L Centenary 1-6 L Louisiana-Lafayette 0-2 L Louisiana-Lafayette 0-8 W *McNeese State 4-3 W *McNeese State 2-0 W *McNeese State 3-2 W Texas Southern 9-1 W Texas Southern 10-2 L *Texas-San Antonio 5-7 W *Texas-San Antonio 8-0 L *Texas-San Antonio 2-3 W *Southeastern La. 4-0 W *Southeastern La. 1-0 W *Southeastern La. 8-0 L *Sam Houston St. 1-3 L *Sam Houston St. 1-3 L *Sam Houston St. 3-4 W Centenary 2-0 W Nicholls State 1-0 W Nicholls State 3-0 W ^Texas State 4-3 L ^Sam Houston St. 3-9 W ^Texas State 2-0 W ^Sam Houston St. 9-5 L ^Texas-San Antonio 3-11 W Arkansas 2-0 W Arkansas 6-3 ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game

L #21 Texas A&M 3-9 W *Stephen F. Austin 5-2 W *Stephen F. Austin 9-1 L *Stephen F. Austin 4-8 W Miss. Valley State 10-2 W Arkansas 5-2 W Miss. Valley State 12-5 L Arkansas 1-2 W Grambling State 11-1 W Grambling State 16-1 W *Texas-Arlington 6-2 W *Texas-Arlington 4-3 W *Texas-Arlington 11-2 L #9 Baylor 5-6 L #9 Baylor 1-9 W Centenary 7-2 W *Nicholls State 3-1 W *Nicholls State 4-3 W *Nicholls State 3-2 W *Texas-San Antonio 6-1 L *Texas-San Antonio 6-8 L *Texas-San Antonio 2-8 W *Louisiana-Monroe 5-3 W *Louisiana-Monroe 10-2 W *Louisiana-Monroe 7-6 L Southern Miss. 4-5 L Southern Miss. 3-4 L *Texas State 2-6 L *Texas State 3-6 L *Texas State 1-4 W Louisiana Tech 6-5 W Louisiana Tech 3-2 W *McNeese State 12-9 W *McNeese State 9-4 L *McNeese State 2-4 W *Southeastern 6-1 L *Southeastern 3-4 L *Southeastern 1-2 W Louisiana Tech 15-6 W Louisiana Tech 7-3 L *Sam Houston State 0-3 L *Sam Houston State 0-4 L *Sam Houston State 6-7 W Centenary 3-2 W Centenary 3-2 L ^Texas State 0-1 L ^Texas-San Antonio 1-4 ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game

2005 (35-28, 15-12 SLC - 4th) Coach Mike Perniciaro W-L Opponent Score W McNeese State 4-2 L #9 Louisiana-Lafayette 0-12 W McNeese State 4-1 W Sam Houston State 4-2 W Prarie View A&M 8-0 L #12 Alabama 1-2 L #12 Alabama 2-7 W College of Charleston 3-0 L Marshall 4-6 W Auburn 2-0 L Marshall 3-4 W College of Charleston 5-4 L Ole Miss 2-3 L Utah State 2-3

2006 (28-32, 12-13 SLC - 5th) Coach Becky McMurtry W-L Opponent Score W Arkansas-Pine Bluff 15-1 W South Dakota State 6-1 L *Stephen F. Austin 2-5 L LSU 1-6 W Louisiana Tech 11-1 W Samford 1-0 L TAMU-CC 2-4 W Sam Houston State 5-3 L Houston 2-4 L #15 Baylor 2-3 W Alcorn State 5-3 L Mississippi State 2-5 W Alcorn State 6-2 L Southeast Missouri State 7-12

W *Stephen F. Austin 9-1 L *Stephen F. Austin 5-6 L Centenary 1-4 W Centenary 4-2 L Arkansas 0-7 L Arkansas 1-3 L Jacksonville State 1-6 W Jacksonville State 6-4 L #11 Louisiana-Lafayette 0-6 L #11 Louisiana-Lafayette 0-14 L *Texas-San Antonio 1-2 L *Texas-San Antonio 1-5 L *Texas-San Antonio 2-6 W Louisiana Tech 9-5 W *Texas-Arlington 5-4 W Southern 7-1 L #13 LSU 0-3 L #13 LSU 0-6 W *Nicholls State 6-5 L *Nicholls State 6-7 L *Nicholls State 1-11 W Grambling State 16-1 W Grambling State 16-0 L *Louisiana-Monroe 0-8 W *Louisiana-Monroe 5-4 L *Louisiana-Monroe 2-3 W Centenary 5-0 L *Texas State 0-6 L *Texas State 1-2 L *Texas State 0-3 L #18 Baylor 0-5 L *McNeese State 5-6 W *McNeese State 5-1 W *McNeese State 5-0 W Southern 8-0 L Centenary 3-7 W *Southeastern 3-0 W *Southeastern 9-1 W *Southeastern 3-0 W Northern Colorado 8-2 W *Sam Houston State 4-0 L *Sam Houston State 2-3 W *Sam Houston State 4-1 L ^Texas State 1-3 L ^Nicholls State 0-4 ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game

2007 (29-29, 17-13 SLC - 7th) Coach Becky McMurtry W-L Opponent Score L #5 Arizona State 0-8 L #5 Arizona State 1-10 L Florida 0-4 L Texas Tech 3-8 W Cal State-Fullerton 2-0 L #21 Fresno State 1-3 L #8 Stanford 0-8 W Louisiana Tech 15-9 W Minnesota 11-1 L #12 Oklahoma 0-12 W Birmingham-Southern 4-2 L Minnesota 2-4 L #12 Oklahoma 0-15 W Tennessee-Martin 4-2 L #9 Louisiana-Lafayette 0-2 W Colgate 6-2 L Tennessee Martin 5-7 W *McNeese State 3-2 L *McNeese State 5-6 L *McNeese State 0-1 W *Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 5-4 W *Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 6-5 W *Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 12-8 W Louisiana-Monroe 4-2 W Louisiana-Monroe 12-4 L *Texas-Arlington 5-6 L *Texas-Arlington 1-10 L *Texas-Arlington 1-3 W *Southeastern La. 2-0 L *Southeastern La. 3-5 W *Southeastern La. 5-0 W *Central Arkansas 4-0 W *Central Arkansas 6-1 W *Central Arkansas 13-2 L #15 Louisiana-Lafayette 2-6 L #15 Louisiana-Lafayette 4-12 W *Nicholls State 9-4 W *Nicholls State 7-0 L *Nicholls State 4-6 W Florida Atlantic 4-3 L #3 Alabama 7-13 L *Texas State 0-4 L *Texas State 1-3 L *Texas State 1-6 L Louisiana-Monroe 3-5 W Louisiana-Monroe 7-1 W *Texas-San Antonio 2-0 L *Texas-San Antonio 5-6 The 2002 Southland Conference Tournament Champion Lady Demons. L *Texas-San Antonio 2-3 W Centenary 5-4 NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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LADY DEMON L *Sam Houston State W *Sam Houston State * - SLC Game

2-12 5-3

2008 (10-45, 5-24 SLC - 10th) Coach Becky McMurtry Date Opponent Score 2/12 Louisiana-Monroe L 7-0 2/12 Louisiana-Monroe L 5-1 2/14 ^vs. BYU L 14-0 2/14 ^vs. UTEP L 12-4 2/15 ^vs. Oregon L 13-2 2/15 ^vs. Cal State-Bakersfield L 10-2 2/16 ^vs. Wisconsin L 8-4 2/22 !Jackson State W 11-3 2/22 !Siena W 11-7 2/23 !Siena W 13-5 2/23 !Stephen F. Austin L 9-1 2/24 !Jackson State L 5-2 2/24 !Stephen F. Austin L 8-3 2/26 *at McNeese State L 15-0 2/26 *at McNeese State W 16-6 2/27 *at McNeese State L 5-0 3/1 *Sam Houston State L 7-3 3/1 *Sam Houston State L 11-3 3/2 *Sam Houston State L 12-7 3/5 at Louisiana Tech L 1-0 3/8 *at A&M-Corpus Christi L 10-1 3/8 *at A&M-Corpus Christi L 8-0 3/9 *at A&M-Corpus Christi L 6-5 3/13 Troy W 5-4 3/15 *Texas-Arlington L 11-0 3/15 *Texas-Arlington L 8-0 3/16 *Texas-Arlington L 10-2 3/21 *at Southeastern La. L 9-0 3/21 *at Southeastern La. L 12-7 3/22 *at Southeastern La. L 5-3 3/25 at South Alabama L 5-2 3/25 at South Alabama L 6-3 3/26 at Southern Miss L 5-0 3/26 at Southern Miss L 8-0 3/29 *Central Arkansas W 1-0 3/29 *Central Arkansas W 4-3 4/2 at North Texas L 15-0 4/2 at North Texas L 11-5 4/5 *Nicholls L 8-0 4/5 *Nicholls L 8-0 4/6 *Nicholls L 9-5 4/9 Louisiana Tech W 5-4 4/12 *at Texas State L 8-4 4/12 *at Texas State L 11-3 4/13 *at Texas State L 2-0 4/16 at Louisiana-Monroe L 3-0 4/16 at Louisiana-Monroe L 5-0 4/19 *UTSA L 4-2 4/19 *UTSA L 6-1 4/20 *UTSA L 12-1 4/23 Centenary L 4-3 4/29 at Centenary L 9-1 5/3 *at Stephen F. Austin W 2-1 5/3 *at Stephen F. Austin L 8-3 5/4 *at Stephen F. Austin W 4-3 * - SLC Game • ^ - Las Vegas Classic ! NSU Classic 2009 (5-45, 3-26 SLC - 11th) Coach Donald Pickett Date Opponent Score 2/6 at South Alabama L 11-2 2/7 vs. Alabama L 12-2 2/7 vs. Jacksonville State L 2-1 2/8 vs. Memphis W 6-4 2/11 at Louisiana Tech L 4-0 2/13 vs. Stephen F. Austin L 3-2 2/13 at Baylor L 14-4 2/14 vs. New Mexico L 3-0 2/14 vs. Ole Miss L 10-0 2/15 vs. UTSA L 2-1 2/21 at Grambling L 7-6 2/21 at Grambling W 4-3 2/24 *McNeese State L 8-0 2/24 *McNeese State L 6-2 2/25 *McNeese State L 6-0 2/28 *Stephen F. Austin L 10-0 2/28 *Stephen F. Austin L 11-0 3/1 *Stephen F. Austin L 6-2 3/7 *at Sam Houston State L 1-0 3/7 *at Sam Houston State L 6-3 3/8 *at Sam Houston State W 4-1 3/12 Baylor L 11-0 3/15 *A&M-Corpus Christi L 8-4 3/15 *A&M-Corpus Christi L 7-0 3/21 *at Texas-Arlington L 4-0 3/21 *at Texas-Arlington L 5-2 3/22 *at Texas-Arlington L 6-2 3/28 *Southeastern Louisiana L 15-2 3/28 *Southeastern Louisiana W 9-1 3/29 *Southeastern Louisiana L 8-0 4/4 *at Central Arkansas L 7-1

4/4 *at Central Arkansas 4/5 *at Central Arkansas 4/8 Louisiana Tech 4/10 *at Nicholls 4/10 *at Nicholls 4/11 *at Nicholls 4/15 at Troy 4/15 at Troy 4/19 *Texas State 4/19 *Texas State 4/20 *Texas State 4/22 at Southern Miss 4/22 at Southern Miss 4/25 *at UTSA 4/25 *at UTSA 4/26 *at UTSA 4/29 at Centenary 4/29 at Centenary * - SLC Game

L 2-0 L 7-3 L 4-1 W 3-1 L 3-2 L 5-2 L 9-1 L 10-9 L 8-0 L 3-0 L 9-0 L 8-3 L 2-1 L 4-3 L 13-4 L 8-6 L 7-4 L 10-6

2010 (27-27, 13-17 SLC - 10th) Coach Donald Pickett Date Opponent Score 2/13 !Jackson State W 5-2 2/13 !Missouri-Kansas City W 13-2 2/14 !Louisiana-Monroe L 4-5 2/17 Prairie View A&M W 13-0 2/17 Prairie View A&M W 13-2 2/19 % Alabama-Birmingham W 3-2 2/20 % Alabama-BirminghamL 2-5 2/20 %South Alabama W 3-2 2/21 %Belmont W 3-1 2/24 Southern W 9-4 2/24 *McNeese State L 8-0 2/24 *McNeese State L 6-2 2/25 *McNeese State L 6-0 2/28 *Stephen F. Austin L 10-0 2/28 *Stephen F. Austin L 11-0 3/1 *Stephen F. Austin L 6-2 3/7 *at Sam Houston State L 1-0 3/7 *at Sam Houston State L 6-3 3/8 *at Sam Houston State W 4-1 3/12 Baylor L 11-0 3/12 Baylor L 9-1 3/15 *A&M-Corpus Christi L 8-4 3/15 *A&M-Corpus Christi L 7-0 3/21 *at Texas-Arlington L 4-0 3/21 *at Texas-Arlington L 5-2 3/22 *at Texas-Arlington L 6-2 3/28 *Southeastern Louisiana L 15-2 3/28 *Southeastern Louisiana W 9-1 3/29 *Southeastern Louisiana L 8-0 4/4 *at Central Arkansas L 7-1 4/4 *at Central Arkansas L 2-0 4/5 *at Central Arkansas L 7-3 4/8 Louisiana Tech L 4-1 4/10 *at Nicholls W 3-1 4/10 *at Nicholls L 3-2 4/11 *at Nicholls L 5-2 4/15 at Troy L 9-1 4/15 at Troy L 9-1 4/15 at Troy L 10-9 4/19 *Texas State L 8-0 4/19 *Texas State L 3-0 4/20 *Texas State L 9-0 4/22 at Southern Miss L 8-3 4/22 at Southern Miss L 2-1 4/25 *at UTSA L 4-3 4/25 *at UTSA L 13-4 4/26 *at UTSA L 8-6 4/29 at Centenary L 7-4 4/29 at Centenary L 10-6 * - SLC Game 2011 (32-25, 15-17 SLC - 8th) Coach Donald Pickett Date Opponent Score 2/11 !vs. SE Missouri State W 2-1 2/11 !at UL-Monroe L 8-0 2/12 !vs. Eastern Illinois W 3-1 2/12 !vs. Indiana State L 6-1 2/13 !vs. SE Missouri State W 10-2 2/16 Jackson State W 5-1 2/18 ^vs. Centenary W 13-2 2/19 ^vs. #21 Nebraska L 7-0 2/19 ^vs. Tennessee Tech W 2-1 2/20 ^at North Texas L 5-1 2/21 Baylor L 4-1 2/23 Prairie View W 14-0 2/23 Prairie View W 12-0 2/25 $vs. East Tennessee State W 6-3 2/25 $vs. IUPUI W 8-4 2/26 $vs. Northern Iowa W 1-0 2/26 $vs. Tennessee Tech L 2-0 2/27 $vs. Toledo W 4-3 3/1 *McNeese State W 3-1 3/1 *McNeese State W 3-2 3/2 *McNeese State W 5-1 3/5 *at UTSA L 4-0 3/5 *at UTSA L 2-1

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2015 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

SOFTBALL Lady Demon Coaching Records Head Coach Years Overall Pct. Conf. Pct. Finish Conference Pam Carey 1979 10-14 .417 - - - 1 Year 10-14 .417 - - - Debra Pheil 1980 11-15 .423 - - - 1 Year 11-15 .423 - - - James Smith

1981 1982 1983 1984 4 Years

14-10 .583 17-10 .630 19-10 .655 12-23 .343 62-53 .539

Linda Jones

1985 1986 2 Years

Rickey McCalister

1987 22-20 .524 11-9 1988 25-24 .510 6-7 1989 32-29 .525 5-7 1990 43-17 .717 8-4 1991 44-18-1 .710 18-5 1992 37-21-1 .638 16-11 1993 25-28 .472 7-19 1994 17-42 .288 9-23 8 Years 245-199-2 .552 80-85

.550 .462 4th .417 4th .667 3rd .783 1st .593 4th .269 6th .281 8th .485

Gulf Star Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland

Gay McNutt

1995 13-37 .260 7-25 1996 10-41 .196 7-17 1997 26-29 .473 14-12 1998 40-18 .690 23-3 1999 31-26 .544 19-7 2000 41-19 .683 22-4 6 Years 161-170 .486 92-68

.219 9th .292 8th .538 4th .885 1st .731 1st .846 1st .575

Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland

Ty Singleton

2001 30-20 .600 15-11 .577 5th Southland 2002 45-25 .643 22-5 .815 2nd Southland 2 Years 75-45 .625 37-16 .698

Eileen Schmidt

2003 27-33 .450 14-13 .519 4th 2004 35-28 .556 14-12 .538 5th 2 Years 62-61 .504 28-25 .528

Southland Southland

Mike Perniciaro

2005 35-28 .556 15-12 .556 4th 1 Year 35-28 .556 15-12 .556

Southland

Becky McMurtry

2006 2007 2008 3 Years

20-26-1 23-20 43-46-1

.435 .535 .483

- - - - -

4-12 10-10 14-22

28-32 .467 12-13 29-29 .500 17-13 10-45 .182 5-24 67-106 .387 34-50

- - - - - - .250 .500 .388

Gulf Star Gulf Star

.462 5th Southland .567 7th Southland .172 10th Southland .405

Donald Pickett 2009 5-45 .100 3-26 .103 11th Southland 2010 27-27 .500 13-17 .433 10th Southland 2011 32-25 .561 15-17 .469 8th Southland 2012 19-31 .380 7-13 .350 8th Southland 2013 40-15 .727 18-7 .720 2nd Southland 2014 30-22 .577 15-10 .600 2nd Southland 2015 36-18 .667 22-3 .880 1st Southland 7 Years 191-183 .511 91-93 .495 11 Coaches 36 Years 962-930-3 .508 376-364 .508 25-31 GSC 350-333 SLC Assistant Coaches Grad/Volunteer Assistants Student Assistants Denise Dewey 1995 Mary Sonnier 1983 Kelly Carruth 1991 Cindy Willie 1996-00 Janet Guerrini 1985 Anne LaHaye 1991 Misty Carraway 1998-99 Ginger Craig 1990 Glen Moore 1992 Tom Royder 2002 Anne LaHaye 1992 Glenn Wood 1988-93 Mary Thompson 2003 Michelle Mackey 1993-94 Michelle Hastings 1994 Melissa Inouye 2004 Angel Bunner 2014 Amy Thomas 1996 Ashley Lewis 2004 Amanda Ortego 2005 Brooke Boening 2015 Jamie Fraizer 2003 Sara Vogt 2005 Tara McKenney 2016 Annie Johnston 2003 Krystle Nichols 2006-08 Thavan Jackson 2013 Analynn Burch 2007-08 Caitlin Nies 2009-12 Stacie Pestrak 2009-12 Amanda Locke 2012-2014 Amy Hooks 2012-Present Kathy Shelton 2015 Kaylee Guidry 2016-Present 3/6 *at UTSA L 5-4 4/6 Alcorn State W 4-0 3/16 Louisiana Tech L 4-3 4/6 Alcorn State W 2-0 3/19 *Stephen F. Austin L 3-2 4/9 *at Texas-Arlington L 3-0 3/19 *Stephen F. Austin W 7-0 4/9 *at Texas-Arlington W 3-0 3/20 *Stephen F. Austin L 4-1 4/10 *at Texas-Arlington W 3-1 3/23 at Grambling W 9-0 4/13 at Louisiana Tech W 3-0 3/23 at Grambling W 9-4 4/16 *Southeastern La. W 3-2 3/26 *at Sam Houston State L 4-0 4/16 *Southeastern La. L 5-2 3/26 *at Sam Houston State W 4-0 4/17 *Southeastern La. W 1-0 3/27 *at Sam Houston State L 1-0 4/22 *at Central Arkansas L 3-2 4/2 *A&M-Corpus Christi L 12-4 4/22 *at Central Arkansas W 3-2 4/2 *A&M-Corpus Christi W 4-2 4/23 *at Central Arkansas W 3-0 4/3 *A&M-Corpus Christi L 5-0

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The 2013 Southland Conference Tournament champions, the first since 2002. 4/27 at #23 UL-Lafayette 4/30 *at Nicholls State 4/30 *at Nicholls State 5/1 *at Nicholls State 5/7 *Texas State 5/7 *Texas State 5/8 *Texas State 5/12 #at Texas State 5/13 #vs. A&M-Corpus Christi * - SLC Game # - SLC Tournament

L 10-0 W 8-4 L 2-0 W 5-2 L 1-0 W 1-0 L 4-3 L 8-0 L 5-1

2012 (19-31, 7-13 SLC - 8th) Coach Donald Pickett Date Opponent Score 2/10 !vs. So. Ill.-Edwardsville L 4-7 2/11 ! at UL-Monroe L 0-10 2/11 !vs. IUPUI W 4-1 2/12 !vs. SE Missouri State L 1-3 2/12 !vs. Grambling W 10-1 2/17 ^vs. Louisiana Tech L 5-7 2/19 ^vs. #25 North Carolina L 0-1 2/19 ^vs. #20 La.-Lafayette L 0-10 2/21 at Baylor L 0-3 2/21 at Baylor L 0-3 2/24 $vs. Jackson State L 1-4 2/24 $at Arkansas L 7-10 2/25 $vs. Tennessee State L 1-4 2/25 $at Arkansas L 0-6 2/26 $vs. Tennessee State W 8-0 2/29 at Houston Baptist W 3-1 2/29 at Houston Baptist W 4-3 3/3 #vs. UL-Monroe W 3-1 3/3 #vs. Southern W 10-5 3/4 #vs. UL-Monroe L 3-8 3/4 #vs. Southern W 4-0 3/7 at Southern W 7-2 3/7 at Southern W 8-6 3/14 at Houston L 1-6 3/16 Tex. A&M-Corpus Christi* W 3-0 3/17 Tex. A&M-Corpus Christi* L 1-3 3/20 at Jackson State L 8-9 3/20 at Jackson State W 16-6 3/23 McNeese State* L 3-7 3/24 McNeese State* L 1-2 3/27 at Central Arkansas* L 1-6 3/27 at Central Arkansas* W 5-3 3/30 at Tex.-San Antonio* L 5-6 3/31 at Tex.-San Antonio L 4-6 4/1 at Sam Houston State* L 1-9 4/1 at Sam Houston State* L 3-4 4/6 Stephen F. Austin* W 3-0 4/7 Stephen F. Austin* W 8-0 4/10 Louisiana Tech W 3-0 4/13 at Texas-Arlington* L 2-6 4/14 at Texas-Arlington* W 2-0 4/20 at Nicholls State* W 1-0 4/20 at Nicholls State* L 1-5 4/24 Southeastern Louisiana* W 4-3 4/24 Southeastern Louisiana* L 2-10 4/27 Texas State* L 0-9 4/28 Texas State* L 1-7 5/2 at Louisiana Tech L 3-4 5/5 at North Texas L 8-17 5/5 at North Texas L 1-5 * - SLC Game # - NSU Invitational

2013 (40-15, 18-7 SLC - 2nd) Coach Donald Pickett *SLC Tournament Champions* *NCAA Tournament * Date Opponent Score 2/8 !Mississippi Valley State W 6-0 2/9 !Southeast Missouri State W 8-0 2/9 !UC - Santa Barbara L 0-5 2/15 ^Western Kentucky W 5-3 2/15 ^Lipscomb W 2-1 2/16 ^Mississippi State W 10-5 2/16 ^Murray State L 4-5 2/17 ^Murray State W 3-2 2/20 Alcorn State W 8-0 2/20 Alcorn State W 12-1 2/23 %Louisiana Tech W 11-3 2/23 %Southern Mississippi W 10-5 2/24 %Louisiana Tech W 11-3 2/24 %Southern Mississippi W 3-2 2/27 Jackson State W 5-2 3/1 $Louisiana-Monroe W 4-3 3/1 $Alcorn State W 8-0 3/2 $Alcorn State W 10-3 3/2 $Louisiana Tech L 3-4 3/3 $Louisiana Tech W 6-0 3/5 Southern W 8-0 3/9 McNeese State* L 0-1 3/9 McNeese State* L 2-5 3/16 Nicholls* L 4-6 3/16 Nicholls* W 4-3 3/17 Nicholls* W 5-2 3/20 Jackson State W 3-0 3/23 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* W 5-2 3/23 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* W 9-0 3/24 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* W 5-1 3/27 Louisiana Tech L 0-8

3/29 Lamar* L 3-5 3/29 Lamar* W 9-1 3/30 Lamar* W 8-2 4/6 Central Arkansas* W 1-0 4/6 Central Arkansas* L 4-8 4/7 Central Arkansas* W 1-0 4/10 Louisiana Tech L 0-5 4/13 Stephen F. Austin* W 3-1 4/13 Stephen F. Austin* W 6-1 4/14 Stephen F. Austin* W 12-0 4/20 Houston Baptist* W 6-1 4/20 Houston Baptist* W 4-0 4/21 Houston Baptist W 6-1 4/27 Southeastern Louisiana* L 2-3 4/27 Southeastern Louisiana* W 4-1 5/4 Sam Houston State* W 5-4 5/4 Sam Houston State* L 2-8 5/5 Sam Houston State* W 5-4 5/10 Sam Houston State# W 1-0 5/10 Central Arkansas# W 5-2 5/11 Sam Houston State# L 0-5 5/11 Sam Houston State# W 5-4 5/17 Louisiana-Lafayette& L 0-3 5/18 Central Connecticut State& L 1-9 * - SLC Game # - SLC Tournament & NCAA Regional 2014 (30-22, 15-10 SLC - 2nd) Coach Donald Pickett *SLC Tournament Champions* *NCAA Tournament * Date Opponent Score 2/7 !North Florida L 1-2 2/7 !Troy W 7-1 2/8 North Florida L 1-6 2/8 !Alabama L 0-16

2/9 !Middle Tennessee State L 7-12 2/14 Mississippi Valley State W 9-0 2/15 Mississippi Valley State W 11-0 2/15 Mississippi Valley State W 8-0 2/19 at Arkansas L 1-9 2/21 ^Butler W 5-1 2/21 ^at Tennessee-Chattanooga L 2-5 2/22 ^Middle Tennessee State W 10-3 2/22 ^Tennessee Tech W 9-0 2/23 ^Ohio 6-7 3/1 $Creighton W 2-1 3/1 $at Tulsa L 0-9 3/4 LSU L 3-5 3/8 at Houston Baptist* W 3-0 3/8 at Houston Baptist* W 4-0 3/9 at Houston Baptist* L 8-9 3/15 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* L 10-9 3/15 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* W 4-0 3/16 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* W 10-2 3/18 at Texas A&M L 3-6 3/22 at Stephen F. Austin* L 1-4 3/22 at Stephen F. Austin* W 5-2 3/23 at Stephen F. Austin* L 1-4 3/26 at Louisiana Tech W 9-4 3/30 McNeese State* W 4-2 3/30 McNeese State L 0-6 4/2 Southern* W 13-1 4/2 Southern* W 9-1 4/5 Sam Houston State* L 5-7 4/5 Sam Houston State* L 3-6 4/12 at Central Arkansas* W 13-4 4/12 at Central Arkansas* L 5-8 4/13 at Central Arkansas* W 10-3 4/18 Incarnate Word* W 8-0 4/18 Incarnate Word* L 7-8 4/19 Incarnate Word* W 8-2 4/23 Louisiana Tech W 8-7 4/26 at Nicholls* W 6-4 4/26 at Nicholls* L 4-5 4/27 at Nicholls* W 7-1 5/3 Southeastern Louisiana* W 10-2 5/3 Southeastern Louisiana* W 5-1 5/4 Southeastern Louisiana* W 6-3 5/8 Central Arkansas# W 5-3 5/10 McNeese State# W 3-2 5/11 McNeese State# W 11-0 5/16 Baylor& L 1-6 5/17 Houston& L 6-7 * - SLC Game # - SLC Tournament & NCAA Regional 2015 (36-18, 22-3 SLC - 1st) Coach Donald Pickett *SLC Regular Season Champions* Date Opponent Score 2/6 !Long Beach State L 0-4 2/6 !Sacramento State L 4-2 2/7 !No. 21 Notre Dame L 8-5 2/7 !Cal State Fullerton L 6-4 2/8 !Loyola Marymount L 4-1 2/8 !Loyola Marymount L 8-5 2/14 @Jackson State W 12-2 2/14 @No. 9 Baylor L 11-0 2/15 @Jackson State W 8-0 2/15 @No. 9 Baylor L 9-2 2/18 ULM W 4-3 2/19 $St. Louis W 4-0 2/20 $Morehead State W 6-5

NSU claimed its second straight Southland Tournament championship in 2014 with an 11-0 victory over McNeese State.

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The 2015 Northwestern State squad won the program’s first Southland Conference regular season title since 2000. 2/21 $Belmont W 9-0 2/21 $Morehead State W 10-5 2/27 %Florida Atlantic L 3-2 2/27 %Ball State L 9-8 2/28 %Ball State W 11-10 2/28 %No. 16 LSU L 15-1 3/3 at No. 16 LSU L 11-0 3/6 Incarnate Word* W 8-0 3/6 Incarnate Word* W 15-0 3/7 Incarnate Word* W 5-3 3/13 at Houston Baptist* W 14-1 3/14 at Houston Baptist* W 6-4 3/14 at Houston Baptist W 15-4 3/18 Louisiana Tech W 10-5 3/20 Sam Houston State* W 5-2 3/20 Sam Houston State* W 8-0 3/27 at Lamar* W 5-0 3/27 at Lamar* W 11-5 3/28 at Lamar* L 4-3 4/3 Central Arkansas* W 2-0 4/3 Central Arkansas* L 1-0 4/4 Central Arkansas* W 9-7 4/11 at McNeese State* W 6-1 4/11 at McNeese State* W 6-5 4/14 at Louisiana Tech W 4-0 4/18 Nicholls* W 8-0 4/19 Nicholls* W 7-0 4/19 Nicholls* W 8-0 4/22 at ULM L 3-1 4/24 at Stephen F. Austin* W 4-2 4/25 at Stephen F. Austin* W 8-0 4/26 at Stephen F. Austin* W 2-1 5/1 at Southeastern* W 3-0 5/1 at Southeastern* W 13-3 5/2 at Southeastern* L 5-4 5/6 #Lamar L 6-1 5/7 #TAMU-Corpus Christi W 3-1 5/7 #Southeastern W 9-2 5/8 #Lamar W 16-10 5/8 #Central Arkansas L 4-2 *-SLC Game; #-SLC Tournament; !-UCLA Classic; @-NSU Classic; $-Jackson State Tournament; %-LSU Challenge

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2015 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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INDIVIDUAL SEASON RECORDS

BATTING RECORDS Batting Average

.428 .427 .409 .404 .392 .379

Ginger Craig Annie Johnston Kellye Kincannon Jackie Calandro Tara McKenney Sarina Noack

Slugging Percentage .789 Kellye Kincannon

Ginger Craig Erin Mancuso Brittney Jones Kellye Kincannon Cassandra Barefield

2015 1988 2000 2015 2014 2015

230 219 209 209 207

Nicole Martin Sarina Noack Nicole Martin Linette Stuart Lindsay Leftwich

2002 2005 2003 2000 2002

48 47 46 46 44 44 42

Kellye Kincannon Sarina Noack Nicole Martin Brittany Virgoe Erin Mancuso Nicole Martin Sidney Salmans

2015 2005 2002 2015 2000 2004 2015

83 79 75 72 71

Nicole Martin Annie Johnston Nicole Martin Sarina Noack Sarina Noack

2002 2002 2005 2003 2005

At-Bats

Runs

Hits

Hit By Pitches 14

1987 2002 2015 1981 2014 2003

.783 .742 .730 .706 .693

SOFTBALL

14 13 12 10

50 48 44 37 32

2012 1995 1990 2014 2013

Sarina Noack Annie Johnston Nicole Martin Annie Johnston Linette Stuart

2006 2002 2002 2001 2000

Stolen Bases

Brittany Virgoe Amy Thomas Missy Pereira Cassandra Barefield Shenequia Abby

Ginger Craig

Sarina Noack

PITCHING RECORDS Innings Pitched

301.0 Donna Jo Lafitte 1985 260.0 Kellie Shotwell 1987 227.2 Amanda Glen 2006 220.0 Amanda Ortego 2002 213.1 Amie Ford 2004

Winning Percentage

Erin Mancuso

Wins

Doubles

.923 .875 .818 .773 .765 .750 .750 .741

Claudia Percle (12-1) 1992 Nancy Percle (21-3) 1990 Jemi LaHaye (9-2) 1991 Kylie Roos (17-5) 2013 Mikayla Brown (13-4) 2015 Kaylee Guidry (12-4) 2013 Cindy Leggett (9-3) 2000 Nancy Percle (20-7) 1991

21 21 21 20 20

Amie Ford Crista Miller Nancy Percle Nancy Percle Kellie Shotwell

2004 2002 1990 1991 1987

22 Brandy Kenney 1998 20 Brianna Rodriguez 2013 18 Becca Allen 1997 18 Brittney Jones 2015 17 Nicole Martin 2005

Earned Run Average

12 Nancy Percle 1991 10 Amanda Ortego 2002 10 Nancy Percle 1990 9 Aimee Ford 2004 8 Kylie Roos 2013 7 Kellie Shotwell 1989 7 Sydney Forrester 1983

Triples

10 7 6 5 5 5 5

Annie Johnston Tara McKenney Ginger Craig Nicole Martin Annie Johnston Ashley Grisham Ginger Craig

2002 2013 1987 2003 2001 1993 1988

Tara McKenney

FIELDING RECORDS Putouts Brianna Rodriguez

2007 1990 1992 1990 1991

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535 527 524 465

Shanté Jones Shanté Jones Shanté Jones Dawn Carlos

1998 1999 1997 1989

Amie Ford

Assists

178 Sonja Olsen 1989 173 Kita Williams 1999 166 Cindy Berry 1985 163 Becca Allen 1997 163 Sonja Olsen 1990

Kellye Kincannon 2015 Erin Mancuso 2000 129 Shay Hunt 2005 113 Cassandra Barefield 2015 110 Annie Johnston 2002 Amanda Glenn Amy Grisham Rustie Stevens Rhonda Rube Amy Grisham

Crista Miller

Total Bases 135 132

39 36 33 31 30

1992 1992 1990 1990

257 Amie Ford 2004 257 Amanda Ortego 2002 236 Amanda Glenn 2006 216 Amanda Glenn 2007 199 Amanda Ortego 2001

Runs Batted In

Strikeouts

18 Erin Mancuso 2000 16 Shay Hunt 2005 17 Cassandra Barefield 2015 15 Kellye Kincannon 2015 14 Cassandra Barefield 2014 14 Cassandra Barefield 2013 14 Micayla Sorosiak 2015 12 Brittney Jones 2015

Bases on Balls

Nancy Percle Jemi LaHaye Jemi LaHaye Nancy Percle

Shutouts

Home Runs

60 Kellye Kincannon 2015 52 Cassandra Barefield 2015 52 Shay Hunt 2005 49 Erin Mancuso 2000 46 Brianna Rodriguez 2013 45 Cassandra Barefield 2013 44 Amanda Glenn 2007 44 Lindsay Leftwich 2002 44 Rhonda Rube 1991

0.93 0.94 1.01 1.07

Amanda Ortego

Fielding Percentage (100 min.)

Shay Hunt

1.000 Jamie Fraiser 2002 .997 Brittney Jones 2015 .997 Krystle Nichols 2002 .996 Jennifer Jannak 1992 .995 Erin Mancuso 2000 .993 Cheyenne DelaGarza 2013 .993 Kayla Cole 2011 Shanté Jones .993 Amanda Perdue 2005

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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INDIVIDUAL CAREER RECORDS

BATTING RECORDS Batting Average

.387 .376 .337 .331 .330

Kellye Kincannon Annie Johnston Sarina Noack Linette Stuart Nicole Martin

Slugging Percentage

.754 .632 .585 .555 .543

Kellye Kincannon Cassandra Barefield Erin Mancuso Annie Johnston Ginger Craig

At-Bats

Stolen Bases

2014-Present 2012-15 1999-02 2001-02 1985-88 2002-05 2003-06 1990-93 1988-91 2011-14

2002-05 2003-06 2011-14 2012-15 1990-93 1997-00

164 137 133 127 125 115

Nicole Martin Sarina Noack Tara McKenney Brittany Virgoe Amy Grisham Linette Stuart

Hits

273 Nicole Martin 249 Sarina Noack 246 Tara McKenney 216 Brandy Kenney 215 Rhonda Rube 213 Linette Stuart

2002-05 2003-06 2011-14 1997-00 1989-92 1997-00

Doubles

Triples

62 45 44 40 40

Brandy Kenney Rhonda Rube Erin Mancuso Misty Carraway Nicole Martin

1997-00 1989-92 1999-02 1993-97 2002-05

18 15 14 13 9 9 9

Ginger Craig Annie Johnston Tara McKenney Nicole Martin Amy Grisham Shannon Straty Sarina Noack

1985-88 2001-02 2011-14 2002-05 1990-93 1997-00 2003-06

Cassandra Barefield Erin Mancuso Ginger Craig Amanda Glenn Kellye Kincannon Shay Hunt

2012-15 1999-02 1985-88 2004-07 2014-Present 2002-05

Home Runs 53 38

30 29 27 26

161 127 125 123 120 117

Runs Batted In

Total Bases

375 360 352 347 321

Cassandra Barefield Erin Mancuso Amanda Glenn Ginger Craig Brandy Kenney Rhonda Rube

2012-15 1999-02 2004-07 1985-88 1997-02 1989-92

Cassandra Barefield Nicole Martin Brandy Kenney Erin Mancuso Ginger Craig

2012-15 2002-05 1997-02 1999-02 1985-88

Bases on Balls

99 95 84 76 69

Amanda Glenn Rhonda Rube Amy Grisham Erin Mancuso Brandy Kenney

Hit By Pitches

35 30 24 23 22

Brittany Virgoe Shanté Jones Erin Mancuso Amy Thomas Cassandra Barefield

2014-Present 2001-02 2003-06 1997-00 2002-05

828 Nicole Martin 744 Sarina Noack 741 Amy Grisham 719 Sonja Olsen 712 Tara McKenney

Runs

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Nicole Martin Sarina Noack Annie Johnston Linette Stuart Amy Grisham

2002-05 2003-06 2001-02 1997-00 1990-93

Games Started

Annie Johnston

254 233 232 225 221

Nicole Martin Sarina Noack Shay Hunt Brandy Kenney Margaret Patterson

2002-05 2003-06 2002-05 1997-00 2004-07

Nicole Martin

PITCHING RECORDS Innings Pitched

687.2 569.0 560.0 545.2 499.0 489.2

Amanda Ortego Kellie Shotwell Amanda Glenn Kylie Roos Nancy Percle Jennifer Owens

62 59 51 50 48 45

Kellie Shotwell Amanda Ortego Nancy Percle Kylie Roos Crista Miller Cindy Leggett

Wins

Brandy Kenney

.727 .720 .708 .684 .625 .590

Kaylee Guidry (24-9) Claudia Percle (36-14) Nancy Percle (51-21) Loni Rasberry (38-26) Jemi LaHaye (35-21) Amanda Ortego (59-41)

Earned Run Average

1.04 1.24 1.41

Shutouts Rhonda Rube

Winning Percentage

26 19 19 15 15 15

Strikeouts

694 568 471 465 443 384 343

Nancy Percle Jemi Lahaye Kellie Shotwell Nancy Percle Amanda Ortego Kellie Shotwell Kylie Roos Jemi LaHaye Sydney Forrester Amanda Ortego Amanda Glenn Kelee Grimes Kylie Roos Crista Miller Brooke Boening Loni Rasberry

2000-03 1986-89 2004-07 2010-13 1990-92 1996-98 1986-89 2000-03 1990-92 2010-13 2001-04 1997-00 2013-14 1990-92 1990-92 2002-05 1989-92 2000-03 1990-92 1989-92 1986-89 1990-92 2000-03 1986-89 2010-13 1989-92 1982-85

2000-03 2004-07 2009-12 2010-13 2001-04 2010-13 2002-05

1734 1148 1039 902 842 799

Shanté Jones Jeanne DiVittorio Brianna Rodriguez Missy Pereira Krystle Nichols Nicole Kilgore

1996-99 1985-88 2011-14 1990-91 2001-04 1990-93

614 603 434 332 322 320

Sonja Olsen Becca Allen Kita Willliams Tara McKenney Brandy Kenney Anne LaHaye

1988-91 1995-98 1995-99 2011-14 1997-00 1987-90

Kellie Shotwell

Nancy Percle

FIELDING RECORDS Putouts Cassandra Barefield

Assists

2004-07 1989-92 1990-93 1999-02 1997-02 2012-15 1996-99 1999-02 1994-95 2012-15

111 110 85 78 60

Fielding Percentage .995 Brittney Jones Amanda Glenn

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.988 Brianna Rodriguez .988 Krystle Nichols .988 Erin Manusco .986 Cheyenne Delagarza

2014-Present 2011-14 2001-04 1999-02 2011-14

Kylie Roos

Sonja Olsen

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LADY DEMON Longest Winning Streak 11 games (1990, 1998 and 2015) Longest Home Winning Streak 9 games (March 29, 2002 - May 4, 2002) (March 18, 2006 - April 24, 2006) Longest Losing Streak 14 games (2009) Most Consecutive Shutouts 4 games (March 2-6, 2002 and April 15-19, 2015) Most Consecutive Being Shut out 5 games (1996) Most Wins in a Season 45 (2002) Most SLC Wins in a Season 23 (1998) Most Losses in a Season 45 (2008, 2009) Most SLC Losses in a Season 26 (2009)

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TEAM SUPERLATIVES IMPECCABLE PITCHING

Perfect Games (5) Amber Welker vs. Ole Miss, February 28, 1998 Crista Miller and Amanda Ortego vs. Centenary, February 22, 2001 Crista Miller vs. Southern, February 2, 2002 Crista Miller vs. Prarie View A&M, March 12, 2003 Crista Miller vs. McNeese State, April 3, 2004 No-Hitters (13) Kelly Shotwell vs. North Texas, April 16, 1988 Kristi Parcel vs. Delta State, April 6, 1993 Jemi Lahaye vs. Southeastern Louisiana, March 10, 1989 Anne Hamilton vs. Southeastern Louisiana, March 25, 1995 Jennifer Owens vs. Stephen F. Austin, March 22, 1997 Jennifer Owens vs. Southeastern Louisiana, March 21, 1998 Loni Rasberry vs. Jackson State, February 9, 2002 Crista Miller vs. Centenary, April 7, 2003 Amanda Glenn vs. South Dakota State, February 11, 2006 Michelle Castellano vs. Grambling, March 31, 2006 Kelee Grimes vs. Alcorn State, April 6, 2011 Kaylee Guidry vs. Alcorn State, February 20, 2013 Micaela Bouvier vs. Lamar, March 27, 2015

Fewest Losses in a Season 10 (1981, 1982, 1983) Fewest SLC Losses in a Season 3 (1998 and 2015) Best Start to a Season 11-0 (1990) Best Start to the SLC season 15-0 (1998) Consecutive SLC Championships 3 (1998-1999-2000) Most Runs in a Game 20 (1981 - LSU-Alexandria) Most Runs by an Opponent 18 (February 7, 1997 - Arizona) Most Innings Played in a Game 21 (April 9, 1992 - Southwest Louisiana) Most 10+ Run Games in a Season 11 (2015) Longest Hitting Streak 19 games (2003 - Nicole Martin) 15 games (2005 - Sarina Noack) 13 games (2014, 2013 - Brittany Virgoe) 13 games (2013 - Tara McKenney) 13 games (2013 - Brianna Rodriguez) 13 games (2002 - Annie Johnston) 12 games (1997 - Becca Allen)

Micaela Bouvier (2015-Present) threw Northwestern State’s first no-hitter against a conference opponent in more than 10 years when she blanked Lamar on March 27, 2015. The freshman walked two and struck out two in seven innings. She’s the first freshman to throw a no-hitter since Crista Miller in 2001.

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Crista Miller (2001-2004) threw a total of five no-hitters during her career at Northwestern State. Included in those five were four perfect games. Miller had a perfect game in each of her four seasons at NSU.

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS Aasness, Sara Abby, Shenequia Alexander, Shelby Allen, Becca Barefield, Cassandra Banks, Kelly Baranik, Audra Beard, Blair Berry, Cindy Biggs, Candice Boening, Brooke Boening, Kayla Bolin, Shannon Bone, Vicki Bordelon, Danielle Bouvier, Micaela Briggs, Karen Broocks, Sherri Brown, Mikayla Bruce, Rebecca Bruno, Cary Burke, Cali Burke, Kelli Cagle, Skylar Calandro, Jackie Card, Brittany Carlos, Dawn Carraway, Misty Cartwright, Bailee Castellano, Michelle Cavallin, Paige Cavin, Heather Christophe, Connie Coert, Julie Cole, Kayla Cook, April Corliss, Kelly Cory, Alisha Craig, Ginger Danzy, Lindsey Darbonne, Debbie Darbonne, Kim Davis, Kim Davis, Laura DelaGarza, Cheyenne DeMahy, Caroline DiVittorio, Jeanne Dornelas, Sara Edgar, Christina Edmonds, Taywanee Efferson, Michelle England, Ashlee Ewing, Anita Ewing Fitts, Lauren Fontenot, Kelly Ford, Alyssa Forrester, Sydney Foshee, Tracy Frasier, Jamie Frasier Fulkerson, Amanda Garcia, Jada Gatto, Robin Glenn, Amanda Gorski, Lyndsey Gray, Baylee Grimes, Kelee Grisham, Amy Grisham, Ashley Groves, Mitzi Guerrini, Janet Guidry, Kaylee

2011-2012 2011-2012-2013-2014 2014-2015-Present 1995-1996-1997-1998 2012-2015 1989-1990-1991 2005 2011-2012 1982-1983-1985-1986 2012 2010-2011-2012-2013 2014-2015 1991-1992-1993-1994 1995 1992 2015-Present 1979-1980-1981-1982 1981-1982-1983-1984 2015-Present 1994 2006-2007-2008-2009 2011-2012-2013-2014 1997-1998 2014-2015-Present 1980-1981-1982-1983 2006-2007-2008-2009 1986-1987-1988-1989 1993-1995-1996-1997 2012 2005-2006-2007 2012-2013 1996-1997 1995 1993-1994 2010-2011 1997-1998-1999 2005-2006-2007-2008 2001-2002 1985-1986-1987-1988 2001-2002-2003-2004 1984-1985-1986 1993-1994 1987-1988 2000-2001 2011-2012-2013-2014 1998 1985-1986-1987-1988 2008-2009 1998-1999-2000-2001 2008-2009-2010-2011 1986-1987-1988-1989 2010-2011-2012 1996-1997-1998 2002-2003 1990 2011-2012 1982-1983-1985-1986 1985-1986-1987-1988 1999-2000-2001-2002 2014 1998-1999-2000-2001 1993-1994 2004-2005-2006-2007 2004-2005-2006-2007 2013-2015 2009-2010-2011-2012 1990-1991-1992-1993 1990-1991-1992-1993 1994 1981-1982-1983-1984 2013-2014

Hamilton, Anne 1995 Hanger, B. J. 1996 Hastings, Michelle 1993 Hebert,Morgan 2008-2009 Helen LeFevre 1979-1980-1981-1982 Hess, Tasha 2002 Holaway, Jessica 2000 Holloway, Kaitlin 2010-2011 Huey, Sarah 2015-Present Humphreys, Jami 1994 Hunt, Shay 2002-2003-2004-2005 Hurlburt, Lori 1989 Jameson, Amanda 2007-2008-2009 Jannak, Jennifer 1993-1994 Jenkins, Jill 1987-1988-1989-1990 John, Stephanie 1994 Johnson, Leslie 2008-2010 Johnson, Michaela 2015-Present Johnston, Annie 2001-2002 Jones, Brittney 2014-2015-Present Jones, Shante’ 1996-1997-1998-1999 Jones, Sonia 1993-1994-1995-1996 Julie Cassel 1979-1980-1981-1982 Justin, Robyn 1984 Kenney, Brandy 1997-1998-1999-2000 Kilgore, Nicole 1990-1991-1992-1993 Kincannon, Kellye 2014-2015-Present Kracki, Maureen 1985 Laffitte, Donna Jo 1985-1986 LaHaye, Anne 1987-1988-1989-1990 LaHaye, Jemi 1989-1990-1991-1992 Landreneau, Missy 1985-1986-1987-1988 Landry, Leslie 2000-2001 Landry, Natalie 2013-2014-2015-Present LeDoux, Shea 2002-2003 Leftwich, Lindsay 2001-2002-2003-2004 Leggett, Cindy 1997-1998-1999-2000 Lewis, Toby 1994 Lindley, Kristen 2006-2007 MacNair, Deven 1993-1994-1995-1996 Mancuso, Erin 1999-2000-2001-2002 Manuel, Annette 1982-1984-1985-1986 Martin, Nicole 2002-2003-2004-2005 May, Elizabeth 1995 McCoy, Cheri 1999 McGuirk, Nicky 2004-2005-2006 McKenney, Tara 2011-2012-2013-2014 McLoughlin, Taylor 2010-2011 McMillan, Morgan 2003-2004-2005 Melendy, Nicole 1996-1997 Militello, Winter 2000-2001-2002 Miller, Crista 2001-2002-2003-2004 Miller, Lauren 2001 Morales, Kathi 1993-1994 Morales, Richelle 2008 Mros, Tammy 1988-1989 Nichols, Krystle 2001-2002-2003-2004 Noack, Sarina 2003-2004-2005-2006 Normand, Dawn 2002-2003-2004-2005 Normand, Kim 2006 Olsen, Sonja 1988-1989-1990-1991 Ortego, Amanda 2000-2001-2002-2003 Owens, Jennifer 1996-1997-1998 Painter, Jennifer 1993-1994-1995-1996 Palmer, Cissy 1982-1983-1984 Palmer, Jordan 2012-2013 Palomarez, Erin 2000-2001 Parcel, Kristi 1993-1994 Parrino, Gloria 1995 Patterson, Margaret 2004-2005-2660-2007 Patton, Laura 1996-1997

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2015 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

Peck, Jennifer 1997-1998 Peck, Tammy 1997-1998 Pellerin, Ainsley 2007-2008-2009-2010 Percle, Claudia 1990-1991-1992 Percle, Nancy 1990-1991-1992 Perdue, Amanda 2005-2006 Pereira, Melissa 1990-1991 Peters, Carla 1980-1981-1982-1983 Pollock, Shelly 1996 Poncik, Cassandra 2008-2009 Poore, Melissa 1996 Porche, Julianna 1996 Proctor, Kaytie 2015-Present Rasberry, Loni 2002-2003-2004-2005 Realmuto, Amanda 2007 Rhodes, Hailee 2015-Present Richard, Renee 1982-1983-1984-1986 Roberts, Samantha 2009-2010-2011-2012 Robinett, Robyn 1994-1995 Robinson, Julie 1983-1984 Rodriguez, Brianna 2011-2012-2013-2014 Roos, Kylie 2010-2011-2012-2013 Rube, Rhonda 1989-1990-1991-1992 Russell, Carrie 1994 Salemi, Lori 1990 Salter, Val 1986-1987-1988 Scott, Kiana 2001-2002-2003-2004 Salmans, Sidney 2015-Present Sells, Shelby 2014-2015-Present Shephard, Baylee 2014-2015-Present Sherrill, Sandi 1990-1991-1992 Shier, Sara 2012 Shotwell, Kellie 1986-1987-1988-1989 Smith, Rhonda 1991 Smitherman, Shian 2006 Sorosiak, Micayla 2014-2015-Present Stech, stormi 2007-2008-2009-2010 Stevens, Rustie 1991-1992 Steward, Travia 1989-1990-1991-1992 Stinson, Jamiee 2006 Stowell, Sarah 2002 Straty, Shannon 1997-1998-1999-2000 Strickland, Jana 1999-2000-2001-2002 Stuard, Randi 2007-2008-2009-2010 Stuart, Linette 1998-1999-2000 Stults, Marysa 2006 Sullivan, Tammy 1995 Swainston, Erin 1993-1994 Thibault, Amy 1988-1989-1990-1991 Thomas, Amy 1994-95 Thomas, Ladine 1989-1990-1991 Thompson, Jessica 2005-2006 Thompson, Tracye 2001-2002-2003-2004 Thornton, Mallorie 2004-2005-2007-2008 Triplett, Tashana 2013-2014 Vadnais, Margo 1997 Velotta, Cori 1995 Virgoe, Brittany 2012-2013-2014-2015 Waguespack, Laura 1982-1983 Walker, Katrina 2003-2004-2005 Walker, Shira 2005-2006-2007-2008 Ward, Tiffany 2009-2010-2011-2012 Welker, Amber 1997-1998-1999-2000 West, Brandi 1998-1999 Wigley, Cindy 1980-1981-1982-1983 Williams, Kita 1996-1997-1998-1999 Zappia, Karen 1994 Zucconi, Wendy 1984-1985-1986 BOLD - Current Players

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RETIRED JERSEYS NO. 3 GINGER CRAIG

NO. 27 RHONDA RUBE

Ginger Craig was a standout at the plate at Northwestern State, playing from 1985-88. She set 10 career hitting records, one of which still remains (triples-18). She also holds individual season records for batting average (.428) and slugging percentage (.783). She was the first Louisiana Athletic Director’s Association Player of the Year and was the Gulf Star Conference Most Valuable Player in 1987. She also played two seasons (1984-86) for the Lady Demon basketball team.

Rhonda Rube remains the most highly decorated player in Northwestern State softball history. She is the only player to ever earn All-American honors, third team (1991). She set four career hitting records including hits, doubles, batting average, and walks. She was a three-time Louisiana Athletic Director’s Association Player of the Year and a four-time All-Southland Conference pick, three first-team selections and one second team.

1985-1988

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1989-1992

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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A LOOK BACK AT 2015

NSU’s firepower played a huge role in the Lady Demons’ SLC regular season title in 2015. Cassandra Barefield (5) hits one of her program-leading 53 career home runs.

Northwestern State used a difficult non-conference schedule to excel in the Southland Conference, winning the program’s first SLC regular season title since 2000. NSU couldn’t return to the NCAA Tournament after appearing in the national event in 2013 and 2014 with SLC tournament titles, but coach Donald Pickett acknowledged the consistency a relatively young team developed as the Lady Demons posted a program-best 22-3 conference record. A 36-18 overall mark wasn’t strong enough to send NSU to the NCAAs after the Lady Demons lost the tournament opener to Lamar before storming back to the championship game (a 4-2 loss to Central Arkansas). The Lady Demons pelted the ball all over the field, setting program records with 82 home runs and 311 RBIs. The 1.52 home runs per game topped the SLC and ranked 11th in the nation. Senior Cassandra Barefield hit a team-high 17 home runs with 52 RBIs to end her career atop three lists in NSU history (53 home runs, 161 RBIs and 375 total bases). Barefield was one of six NSU players on the All-SLC first team, joined by senior Brittany Virgoe, sophomores Brittney Jones and Kellye Kincannon and freshmen Mikayla Brown and Micaela Bouvier. “Virgoe and Barefield had a lot of experience – they were here when we were just getting things rolling,” Pickett said. “After a tough freshman season, they realized what they had to do, and they were part of three championship teams.” Kincannon had a season for the NSU record books, posting the program’s best numbers with 48 runs scored, 60 RBIs, 135 total bases and a .789 slugging percentage. Her .409 batting average and 15 home runs were third and fourth, respectively, in single-season program history.

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Despite having just two seniors with a combined eight freshmen and sophomores (including the two top pitchers) in the starting lineup, Northwestern State found its groove thanks in part to freshmen pitchers Brown and Bouvier. Brown caught fire late in the season, winning seven of nine decisions in one stretch to finish 13-4 with a 1.56 ERA. Brown was the SLC Pitcher of the Year. Bouvier had two separate stretches, winning five straight decisions in the middle of the season and four of five decisions early in the season, that contributed to a 14-5 record with a 2.44 ERA. “Brown really came on and continued to get better and more consistent all year, and Bouvier did too,” Pickett said. “We had a lot of talented but young kids. The question wasn’t can they do it, it was how consistent can they be. “I think it’s just their confidence growing by getting that experience. The consistency continued to get better throughout the season with all of our young players.” Other standout bats included Jones (.365 average with 12 home runs and 41 RBIs), junior Natalie Landry (.336 average with 10 home runs and 32 RBIs), freshman Sidney Salmans (.330 average) and sophomore Micayla Sorosiak (14 home runs and 41 RBIs). NSU lost its first six games of the season in the UCLA tournament (including to No. 21 Notre Dame) but bounced back by winning eight of the next 10, evening its record at 8-8. The Lady Demons dropped four of their next five (including two to No. 16 LSU), but NSU turned it on in conference play. NSU won its first 11 conference games (eight by at least five runs) and didn’t drop a league series all season.

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THE LAST TIME NSU ... Last Time Northwestern State ... Won At Least 5 Games In a Row: 5, April 24 - May 1, 2015

Won At Least 5 Home Games In a Row: 8, February 18 - April 3, 2015 Scored At Least 10 Runs In a Game: 16, May 8, 2015 (NSU 16, Lamar 10) Allowed At Least 10 Runs In a Game: 10, May 8, 2015 (NSU 16, Lamar 10) Played Extra Innings: 9, May 8, 2015 vs. Lamar (NSU 16, Lamar 10) Recorded 15 or More Hits: 17, May 8, 2015 (NSU 16, Lamar 10) Allowed 15 or More Hits: 15, May 8, 2015 (NSU 16, Lamar 10) Recorded 4 or More Doubles: 4, May 7, 2015 (NSU 9, Southeastern 2) Allowed 4 or More Doubles: 4, May 8, 2015 (Central Arkansas 4, NSU 2) Recorded 5 or More Home Runs: 5, April 12, 2014 (NSU 13 vs. UCA 4) Allowed 2 or More Home Runs: 2, April 11, 2015 (NSU 9, McNeese State 5) Recorded 5 or More Walks: 5, May 7, 2015 (NSu 9, Southeastern 2) Allowed 8 or More Walks: 8, March 8, 2015 (NSU 6, Houston Baptist 4) Hit 4 or More Batters: 4, May 8, 2015 (NSU 16, Lamar 10)

Last time an NSU player... 2015 NSU Softball Accolades Scored 4 or More Runs: 4, Brittney Jones, May 8, 2015 (NSU 16, Lamar 0)

Had 4 or More Hits: 4, Cassandra Barefield, May 1, 2015 (NSU 13, Southeastern 3) Had 7 or More RBIs: 7, Kellye Kincannon, April 23, 2014 (NSU 8 vs. LA Tech 7) Had 2 or More Doubles: 2, Cassandra Barefield, May 1, 2015 2, Kellye Kincannon, May 1, 2015 (NSU 13, Southeastern 3) Had 2 or More Home Runs: 2, Brittney Jones, April 25, 2015 2, Micayla Sorosiak, April 25, 2015 (NSU 8, Stephen F. Austin 0) Walked 3 or More Times: 3, Micayla Sorosiak, May 2, 2015 (Southeastern 5, NSU 4) Stole 3 or More Bases: 3, Abby Shenequia, April 27, 2014 (NSU 7 vs. Nicholls 1) Hit by Pitch 2 or More Times: 2, Cassandra Barefield, March 7, 2015 (NSU 5, Incarnate Word 3) Committed 2 or More Errors: 2, Natalie Landry, May 1, 2015 2, Hailee Rhodes, May 1, 2015 (NSU 13, Southeastern 3) Pitched 7 or More Innings: 12 1/3, Micaela Bouvier (Southeastern 5, NSU 4)

Hit By 4 or More Pitches: 4, May 3, 2014 (NSU 10 vs. Southeastern La. 2) Allowed 7 or More Runs: 7, Shelby Sells, March 3, 2015 (LSU 11, NSU 0) Struck out 15 or More Times: 15, May 16, 2014 (Baylor 6 vs. NSU 1) Struck Out 10 or More Batters: 10, Micaela Bouvier, Feb. 18, 2015 Struck out 10 or More Batters: (NSU 4, ULM 3) 13, March 7, 2015 (NSU 5, Incarnate Word 3) Stole 5 or More Bases: 6, April 19, 2014 (NSU 8 vs. UIW 2) Recorded 25 or More Putouts: 27, May 8, 2015 (NSU 16, Lamar 10) Made 3 or More Errors: 5, May 1, 2015 (NSU 13, Southeastern 3)

Allowed 3 or More Doubles: 3, Mikayla Brown, April 3, 2015 (Central Arkansas 1, NSU 0) Allowed 2 or More Home Runs: 2, Mikayla Brown, April 4, 2015 (NSU 9, Central Arkansas 7)

Shelby Alexander · 2015 SLC Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll Taylor Alexander · 2015 SLC Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll Cassandra Barefield · 3x Southland Conference Hitter of the Week (2/24, 3/16, 3/23) · All-Southland Conference First Team · LSWA All-Louisiana Collegiate Team (second team) Kayla Boening · NSU Senior Academic Award winner (4.0 GPA) · 2015 SLC Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll Micaela Bouvier · 2015 SLC Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll · Southland Conference Pitcher of the Week (2/24) · All-Southland Conference First Team Mikayla Brown · 2x Southland Conference Pitcher of the Week (4/20, 4/27) · LSWA Co-Pitcher of the Week (4/27) · Southland Conference Pitcher of the Year · National Fastpitch Coaches Association’s All-South Region (3rd team) · LSWA All-Louisiana Collegiate Team (second team) Skylar Cagle · 2015 SLC Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll Baylee Gray · 2015 SLC Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll Michaela Johnson · 2015 SLC Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll Brittney Jones · 2015 SLC Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll · SLC Preseason Team (first team) · All-Southland Conference First Team · All-Southland Conference Tournament Team · LSWA All-Louisiana Collegiate Team (second team) · Southland Conference All-Academic Team (first team) Kellye Kincannon · 2015 SLC Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll · All-Southland Conference First Team · All-Southland Conference Tournament Team · National Fastpitch Coaches Association’s All-South Region (2nd team) · LSWA All-Louisiana Collegiate Team (first team) · Southland Conference All-Academic Team (first team · Southland Conference Softball Student Athlete of Year Natalie Landry · LSWA Co-Players of the Week (4/13) · All-Southland Conference Honorable Mention Kaytie Proctor · 2015 SLC Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll Hailee Rhodes · 2015 SLC Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll · NSU Freshman Academic Award winner, 4.0 GPA Sidney Salmans · 2015 SLC Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll Shelby Sells · 2015 SLC Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll Micayla Sorosiak · 2015 SLC Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll · LSWA Player of the Week (4/27) · All-Southland Conference Honorable Mention · All-Southland Conference Tournament Team Brittany Virgoe · 2015 SLC Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll · 2015 Southland Conference Preseason Team (first team) · NSU Senior Academic Award winner, 4.0 GPA · All-Southland Conference First Team · Southland Conference All-Academic (first team)

Hit 4 or More Batters: 4, Shelby Sells, March 18, 2014 (Texas A&M 6 vs. NSU 3)

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2015 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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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.

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2015 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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.

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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Greg Burke

Director of Athletics The Burke File AGE: 59 (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 Olga Bazhanova 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 Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2015 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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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. ASSISTANT NCAA COMPLIANCE DIRECTOR

Demetrus CALDWELL

Demetrus Calwell joined the Northwestern State athletic department in November in the newly created position of assistant director for NCAA compliance. Caldwell, a Bastrop native, spent the past eight years as a master coordination center officer with the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration in St. Rose. Caldwell earned his bachelor’s degree in sport management from the University of New Orleans and his master’s in sport management studies from California University of Pennsylvania. He is completing a dissertation toward a doctorate in athletic administration from Northcentral University. During his time as an undergraduate at New Orleans, Caldwell served as an academic and compliance intern with the school’s athletic department. HEAD STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COORDINATOR

Dustin CHADWICK

Dustin Chadwick is in his first year as head strength and conditioning coordinator after serving two years as an second year as assistant strength and conditioning coordinator for Northwestern State where he assists with strength and conditioning for football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, women’s soccer, baseball and tennis. In his first year, Chadwick helped train the Southland Conference Tournament champion Northwestern State women’s basketball team. Prior to NSU, Chadwick interned with TCU where he worked with the strength and conditioning program including women’s basketball, baseball, swimming and diving and women’s golf. Chadwick was a competitor in the NANBF bodybuilding and AAPF power lifting competitions in 2012 and 2013. He received a bachelor’s in fine arts from Pacific Lutheran in 2011 where he was a three-sport athlete competing in football, rugby and lacrosse.

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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. 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 Student-Athlete 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 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. 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.

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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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 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 EQUIPMENT OPERATIONS

Dan MATTHIESEN

After a year in the NFL working with the Miami Dolphins equipment staff, and with previous stops at Georgia State and Louisiana Tech, Dan Matthiesen is in his second year as the director of equipment operations for Northwestern State. Matthiesen oversees all equipment orders and inventories, and directs student managers who are vital parts of each sport staff. He is particularly involved in management of football equipment and services. Working with the Dolphins since May 2013, Matthiesen assisted with the day-to-day operations in the equipment room. Primary duties included preparing the practice field with gear and position-specific equipment, and assisting with all the aspects of game day preparations. Working with equipment staffs around the National Football League, Matthiesen gained first-hand insight how the best in the business maintain an effective equipment room operation.

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SOFTBALL While at Georgia State in 2012-13, his duties included overseeing nine student managers, properly fitting and maintaining all athletes’ equipment, assisting in the operations of the equipment room, and laundering the game uniforms. He was involved with purchasing, order forecasting, and maximizing budget resources As a four-year student manager at Louisiana Tech, Matthiesen earned the title of head student manager. In this position, he assisted the head coach and ensured practice ran smoothly. Working with staffs run by Derek Dooley and Sonny Dykes, he was exposed to significantly different coaching styles, and functioning under and with different equipment managers, due to several staff changes. He was part of two bowl teams at Louisiana Tech and the 2011 Western Athletic Conference championship squad for the Bulldogs under Dykes. He earned the elite Eagle Scout status in the Boy Scouts of America. Matthiesen received his bachelor’s degree in business management and entrepreneurship from Louisiana Tech in 2012. He is a certified Athletic Equipment Manager by the Athletic Equipment Managers Association. He was raised in Dallas, Texas, and graduated from Lake Highlands High School in 2008. 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 all-time 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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LADY DEMON HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER

Jason DRURY

Now in his ninth season at Northwestern State, Jason Drury was promoted to Head Athletic Trainer in 2012 after the retirement of long-time 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 nine years. They have two children, Maddox and Kenzie.

Tim ADAMS

ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER

Tim Adams joined the Northwestern State Sports Medicine Staff in the summer of 2015. He is hired through NSU’s partnership with Natchitoches Regional Medical Center and will work primarily with the Demon football team. Adams received his master’s of science in sports medicine from Georgia State University in May 2015. While at GSU, he worked both as an Intern Athletic Trainer for one year as well as a Graduate Assistant for another two years. He worked with the Panthers football team over two seasons, as well as the track and field and softball teams. He graduated from Connecticut in May of 2012 with a B.S. in Athletic Training. While with the Huskies, Adams served as a student athletic trainer with the football and women’s ice hockey programs. He also worked for Eastern Connecticut State, the Xenia Scouts baseball team of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League, and Bloomfield High School as an athletic training student. Adams is a Licensed Athletic Trainer by the State of Louisiana Board of Medical Examiners and a Certified Athletic Trainer by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Board of Certification. He is a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association. Adams is also certified in CPR and first aid.

Esi ATINKAH

ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER

After earning her master’s degree from Northwestern State in May 2015, Esi Atinkah is in her first year as a full-time member of the Northwestern State athletic training staff. She is hired through NSU’s partnership with Natchitoches Regional Medical Center. Atinkah spent her graduate school tenure as the athletic trainer for the Northwestern State baseball team and will continue that role in the spring. During the fall, Atinkah was the athletic trainer for the NSU women’s soccer team. A 2013 University of Alabama graduate in athletic training, Atinkah worked with the Crimson Tide baseball, football, track, and tennis teams. She worked for six months at Central High School in Tuscaloosa along with the University Orthopedic Center. At Central, she evaluated upper and lower extremity injuries and assisted with practice and game coverage for basketball, softball, baseball, track and soccer. At University Orthopedic she assisted in rehabilitation with patients and applied therapeutic modalities. While working with the Tide baseball team she aided in athlete rehabilitation, concussion testing, therapy and participation physicals.

Anita MILLER

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ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER

Starting her second year at Northwestern State, Anita Miller was hired in July 2014 after earning her 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.

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Dr. Steven KAUTZ

HEAD TEAM PHYSICIAN

Dr. Steven Kautz is in 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. James KNECHT

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. TEAM DOCTOR Dr. Marc Stokes began his first year as a Northwestern State team doctor in 2015. 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.

Dr. Marc STOKES

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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

They cover the Demons: primary media outlets Daily Newspapers -LaMar Gafford, Randy Benson, Sports, Alexandria Daily Town Talk, P.O. Box, 7558, Alexandria, LA 71306 (318-487-6351, fax 487-6315) - Roy Lang III, Luke Thompson, 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, Luke Edwards 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, Daniel Brown, 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, 212-977-4540/4541) - 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 (800-367-8935)

SPORTS INFORMATION STAFF

Davey Antilley Statistician/ Video

Dr. Charles Pellegrin Statistician Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2015 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

David Antilley Statistician

Matthew Vines Graduate Assistant

Ronnie Pellegrin SID Admin. Asst.

Harris Wilson Scoreboard

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LADY DEMON

2016 NORTHWESTERN STATE LADY DEMON SOFTBALL

SOFTBALL

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

LADY DEMON

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2015 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

SOFTBALL

2016 NORTHWESTERN STATE LADY DEMON SOFTBALL

LADY DEMON

2016 NORTHWESTERN STATE LADY DEMON SOFTBALL

SOFTBALL

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

LADY DEMON

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2015 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

SOFTBALL

2016 NORTHWESTERN STATE LADY DEMON SOFTBALL

LADY DEMON

2016 NORTHWESTERN STATE LADY DEMON SOFTBALL

SOFTBALL

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

LADY DEMON

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2015 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

SOFTBALL

2016 NORTHWESTERN STATE LADY DEMON SOFTBALL