2018 Northwestern State Tennis Media Guide by Northwestern State Sports Information

2018

Quick Facts Name Northwestern State University Location Natchitoches, Louisiana Population 17,865 Founded 1884, as Louisiana Normal Affiliation Division I Conference Southland Enrollment 10,572 Nickname Lady Demons Colors Purple and White, Orange Trim President Dr. Chris Maggio Vice President, External Affairs Jerry Pierce Director of Athletics Greg Burke Ticket Office 318-357-4268

Team Information Program All-Time Record 312-254 First Season 1977 SLC Titles 4 (1989, 1994, 2010, 2014) SLC Tournament Titles 3 (2010, 2013, 2015) NCAA Regionals 3 (2010, 2013, 2015) 2017 Season Record 13-9 SLC Record/Finish 6-5/6th NCAA Postseason N/A Letterwinners R/L 5/2 Newcomers 3 Seniors 1 Head Coach Patric DuBois (St. Bonaventure, 1987) Record/Years 381-221 (25th Season) Record at NSU 201-89 (16th Season) Athletic Trainer Brittany Goldberg Sports Information Director Doug Ireland Email ireland@nsula.edu Cell 318-471-2086 Tennis Contact Bianca Stakes Email bstakes577123@nsula.edu Cell N/A Assistant SID Jason Pugh SID Graduate Assistants Bianca Stakes, Martin Seng SID Office Phone 318-357-6467 Website nsudemons.com Tennis Twitter @NSUDemonsWTN

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2018 NSU tennis Quick Facts & Table of Contents 2018 Roster

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Coaching Staff & Athletes Head Coach Patric DuBois Strength Coach Aaron Potoshnik Athletic Trainer Brittany Goldberg Polina Ivanova Polina Mutel Kateryna Avram Judit Castillo Emilija Dancetovic Ela Iwaniuk Patricja Polanska Rhea Verma

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History & Records Series Records Individual and Career Records Year-by-Year Results NSU Tennis History Paddlinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Professor

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University & Athletic Personnel President Dr. Chris Maggio Vice President Jerry Pierce Director of Athletics Greg Burke Athletics Administration Sports Information

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Northwestern State We are Northwestern State 30 City of Natchitoches 31 Academics 32 Campus Life 33 CHAMPS/Life Skills 34

2018 Media Guide Credits Design & Layout Matt Vines Covers Jason Pugh Editorial Assistance Jason Pugh, Matt Vines, Doug Ireland Photography Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services

Table of Contents Four-Time Southland Conference Champions â&#x20AC;˘ Three-Time Southland Conference Tournament Champions

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2018 Lady Demons Roster Name Polina Ivanova Polina Mutel Kateryna Avram Judit Castillo Emilija Dancetovic Ela Iwaniuk Patricja Polanska Rhea Verma

Ht. 5-9 5-8 5-6 5-4 5-10 5-4 5-6 5-9

Yr.-Exp. Hometown/Previous School R-Sr.-3L Moscow, Russia/Moscow University of Economics Jr.-2L Yaroslavl,Russia/School Number 12 So.-1L Kiev, Ukraine/Gymnasium 287 So.-1L Teruel, Spain/IES “Ramon Llull” So.-1L Belgrade, Serbia/Gimnazija-Lipljan So.-TR Konarskie, Poland/Tulsa Fr-HS Zakopane, Poland/Sopot High School Fr-HS New Delhi, India/Don Mills College Institute of Toronto

Head Coach: Patric DuBois (St. Bonaventure, 1987) Athletic Trainer: Brittany Goldberg Pronunciation Guide Polina Ivanova: PO-leena EE-va-nova Polina Mutel: PO-leena MOO-tell Kateryna Avram: Cat-uh-reena ay-vrum Judit Castillo: You-dith Cas-tee-yo Emilija Dancetovic: Eh-mili-ah Dan-set-toe-vich Ela Iwaniuk: Ella EE-van-nuke Patricja Polanska: Puh-trish-uh Pole-lan-ska Rhea Verma: Ray-uh Verm-muh Patric DuBois: do-BWAH

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Patric Dubois Director of Tennis 16th season as NSU head coach St. Bonaventure (1987) Patric DuBois enters his 16th season as head coach at Northwestern State in 2018. DuBois is no stranger to NSU tennis entering his 20th season of the Lady Demon tennis program, serving the past three seasons as an assistant coach and tennis director before reassuming the head coaching role. DuBois is one of the most successful tennis coaches in Southland Conference history and has a track record of developing nationally competitive teams and players who succeed on the court and in the classroom. As NSU’s head coach from 1989-94 and from 2006-2014, he led the Lady Demons to a combined six Southland Conference regular season and tournament titles and three NCAA Tournament appearances. In 24 seasons of collegiate coaching, DuBois has led Northwestern State and Texas-Arlington to 13 Southland Conference regular season titles, 11 Southland DuBois knocked the rust off the NSU tennis program, guiding NSU to a 10-10 mark in his first year after the Lady Demons had just one winning season from Conference Tournament titles and nine NCAA Tournament appearances. 1999-2006 with no championships. DuBois began his coaching career at NSU in 1989. The Lady Demons consistently improved in the standings each year before winning the SLC Champion- The Lady Demons won the SLC regular season and conference titles in 2010, starting a string of five total titles in four different seasons with three NCAA ship in 1994. Tournament appearances. His 1994 team included freshman Lludmila Pavlov, who was ranked as high The 2010 team recorded a program record 20 wins (20-2), winning percentage as No. 33 in the ITA national singles rankings, and the doubles team of Karen Bacon and Emily Nichols, who was ranked as high as No. 20 in the ITA national (.909) and the program’s first NCAA Tournament trip. doubles rankings. That trio was the cornerstone of the Lady Demons’ 1994 SLC DuBois coached Martina Rubesova, who in 2010, became the first Lady Demon championship. player to be invited and participate in the 64-woman NCAA Singles ChamMoving to UTA, he took over a men’s program which had never won an SLC title pionship, and was the Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year and the but went on to win six Southland Conference regular season titles, five South- All-Louisiana Player of the Year. land Conference Tournament Championship titles, and five NCAA Tournament appearances under his guidance. DuBois was named Director of tennis in 1997, DuBois guided Northwestern State to another Southland Conference tournament title in 2013 and the school’s second appearance in the NCAA Team taking on additional head coaching duties for the UTA women’s program. Tournament, posting an overall 14-8 record while placing four members on the In his third season in that capacity, the UTA women launched a 46-match win- All-Southland teams. ning streak in conference play, winning four SLC Regular season titles, four SLC The 2014 Lady Demons matched their 20-win record (20-6) with another SLC Tournament championships, and making three NCAA appearances. tournament title and NCAA appearance. He coached Andy Leber, who was the NCAA Division I Senior Male National He recruited former head coach Olga Bazhanova (2009-12) as a player, guided Player of the Year in 2002. her as she assumed assistant coaching duties and eventually head coaching Leber had a singles record of 44-3, was an NCAA All-American, and was ranked duties (2015-17) when DuBois shifted his focus to the director of wellness & recreation position and began duties as Assistant Athletic Director for special as high as No. 2 in the nation in Division I singles. projects & facilities. DuBois returned to NSU in 2003 as the Director of Wellness & Recreation and His overall coaching record is 381-221, including a 185-45 mark in Southland started his second stint as head coach for the 2006-2007 season. Conference matches. Four-Time Southland Conference Champions • Three-Time Southland Conference Tournament Champions

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Brittany Goldberg Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer 2nd season Southern Utah Brittany Goldberg is in her second year as a graduate assistant athletic trainer at Northwestern State, serving as the primary tennis provider and assisting with football. Goldberg gained valuable experience in her first year at NSU as the primary athletic trainer for soccer and spring volleyball, also assisting with other sports as needed. The Lake Havasu City, Arizona, native is pursuing a master’s degree in health and human performance with a concentration in health promotion. The Southern Utah graduate earned a degree in athletic training and exercise science while serving two athletics seasons with duties ranging from emergency care, rehabilitation and baseline concussion testing. Her sport assignments included football, softball, men’s basketball, gymnastics, cross country, track and field, volleyball and tenns. Goldberg served Parowan High School in a variety of sports as well as the Utah High School Activities Association football championships. Goldberg is a licensed athletic trainer by the State of Louisiana Board of Medical Examiners, a BOC certified athletic trainer and a Red Cross certified professional rescuer.

Aaron Potoshnik Assistant Strength Coach 2nd season Washington State (2015) After more than a year as a graduate assistant, Aaron Potoshnik was named Northwestern State’s assistant director of strength and conditioning in August. Potoshnik, who spent part of his first season at NSU guiding the staff through a coaching transition, runs the strength and conditioning programs for NSU football, men’s basketball, softball, soccer and tennis. A 2015 graduate of Washington State in exercise science, Potoshnik spent the early part of 2016 as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of Washington sports performance complex. As an undergraduate, Potoshnik was a strength and conditioning intern from August 2014-December 2015 at Washington State, working primarily with the Cougars soccer, swimming, rowing, baseball and track and field teams. During that time, Potoshnik also was an exercise physiology and performance laboratory research assistant. A Renton, Washington, native, Potoshnik is an NSCA certificed strength and conditioning specialist, a certified USA Weightlifting sports performance coach (level 1) and is American Heart Association CPR/AED certified.

Four-Time Southland Conference Champions • Three-Time Southland Conference Tournament Champions

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Polina ivanova 5-9 • Senior Moscow, Russia Moscow University of Economics

2017 Season (RS Junior): Played as NSU’s primary No. 1 singles player, posting an 8-7 record in that slot … overall record of 12-10 in singles … other primary position was the No. 2, in which she posted a 4-3 mark … team-best 11-9 doubles mark, including an 8-4 record with Emillja Dancetovic … Ivanova/Dancetovic were primarily in the No. 2 slot, posting an 8-3 record. 2016 (RS Sophomore): Posted a team best 16-3 (9-2 SLC) overall singles record for the season in the No. 4 (10-1), 5 (4-1), and 6 (2-1) positions ... finished the season strong, winning nine of her last ten matches … went 12-4 (8-1 SLC) in doubles at the No. 1 position playing alongside Natalya Krutova and Polina Mutel. 2015 (RS Freshman): Played No. 4 singles for majority of Southland Conference season, posting a 6-2 record overall at the position ... overall record was 13-6 in 23 matches … appeared at the No. 5 spot as well, posting a 6-2 mark … in doubles, posted a 9-11 mark overall … went 5-2 in 10 matches with Kateryna Piatakova and 3-7 with Barbora Kollarova in the No. 2 & 3 doubles positions. 2014 (Freshman): Redshirted. Previous to NSU: Participated in multiple ITF junior events G3 around Russia, Belarus, Azerbaijan (quarterfinals) … reached as high as No. 1167 in the ITF Junior ranking while achieving many wins over top juniors in Russia … participated in ITF $25000 event in Russia … graduated with a 4.0 GPA from School 97 in Moscow. Personal: Born Oct. 27, 1997 … daughter of Irina and Evgenii Ivanova … has three sisters, Zoya , Galya and Alina … majoring in business administration and accounting … after finishing at NSU, she plans to start her own business and her life’s ambition is to become a pilot.

Ivanova’s Career Stats Singles Dual 1 2 3 4 5 6 2015 13-6 -- -- -- 6-3 6-3 1-0 2016 16-3 -- -- -- 10-1 4-1 2-1 2017 12-10 8-7 4-3 -- -- -- -Totals 41-19 8-7 4-3 -- 16-4 10-4 3-1 Doubles Dual 1 2 3 2015 9-11 -- 8-8 1-3 2016 12-4 11-4 1-0 -2017 11-6 3-3 8-3 --Totals 32-21 14-7 17-11 1-3

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Polina Mutel 5-8 • Junior Yaroslavl, Russia School Number 12

2017 Season (Sophomore): Compiled a team-best 12-6 record in singles play … primarily in the No. 3 position, garnered a 10-6 record … added a 2-0 mark at the No. 2 slot … won her last five singles matches and seven of her last 10 … in doubles, played all 13 of her matches in the top slot … posted a 6-7 record overall and 4-2 in conference play … went 3-2 with Polina Ivanova and 3-5 with Iryna Vardanian. 2016 (Freshman): Competed majority of season in the No. 3 singles and No. 2 doubles positions … held 13-9 and 10-6 records overall in singles and doubles respectively … had the second best doubles record on the team in conference play with teammate Iryna Vardanian, going 6-2. Previous to NSU: Ranked in the Top 10 juniors in Russia (U12-U14) … achieved an ITF Juniors ranking of No. 1446 after only playing 2 ITF Juniors events … Won five total rounds in G5 Larnaca, Cyprus, to reach the quarterfinals … graduated with a 4.0 GPA from School 12 in Yaroslavl, Russia. Personal: Born on June 24, 1996 … daughter of Ekaterina and Pavel Mutel … has one brother Sema … majoring in business administration with dreams to be a professional tennis coach after graduation.

Mutel’s Career Stats Singles Dual 1 2 3 4 5 6 2016 13-9 - 1-0 12-9 - - 2017 12-6 - 2-0 10-6 - - Totals 25-15 - 3-0 22-15 - - Doubles Dual 1 2 3 2016 10-6 - 10-5 0-1 2017 6-7 6-7 - Totals 16-13 6-7 10-5 0-1

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Kateryna Avram 5-6 • Sophomore Kiev, Ukraine Kiev Gymnasium 287

2017 Season (Freshman): Played as NSU’s primary No. 6 singles player, playing all 13 singles matches in that slot ... posted a 5-8 record as the No. 6 ... in doubles, primary No. 3 spot with Vladislava Litvinova ... compiled a 10-8 mark as the No. 3 duo ... Avram had an 11-10 doubles record overall. Previous to NSU: Attended Kiev Gymnasium 287 in Kiev, Ukraine, earning a 3.4 GPA ... won the Ukrainian subject Olympiads ... competed in many important national tournaments, ITF Jr and ITF pro events, achieving wins over top players. Personal: Born Sept. 24, 1999 ... only child of Maksym and Iuliia Avram, both of whom are lawyers ... majoring in business administration ... aims to be the best version of herself, plans to play tennis professionally and obtain a job as a PR manager. Avram’s Career Stats Singles Dual 1 2 3 4 5 6 2017 5-8 - - - - - 5-8 Totals 5-8 - - - - - 5-8 Doubles Dual 1 2 3 2017 10-8 - - 10-8 Totals 10-8 - - 10-8

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Judit Castillo 5-4 • Sophomore Teruel, Spain IES “Ramon Llull

2017 Season (Freshman): Excelled in the back end of NSU’s singles rotation … compiled a 6-2 mark in the No. 5 slot and a 6-1 record in the No. 6 spot … garnered a team-high eight singles wins in conference play (8-3) … in doubles, had a 7-5 record overall … played eight matches in the No. 2 spot, posting a 5-3 mark with Iryna Vardanian. Previous to NSU: Ranked No. 133 nationally in Spain Women’s Open Division … won several Spanish national junior tournaments … competed in ITF Juniors circuit, achieving wins over top 500 in G1-G3 events … also competed in ITF pro circuit events around Spain … graduated with a 3.2 GPA from IES Ramón Llull in Valencia, Spain … along with tennis, she competed in cross country as well as track and field, earning championships in each. Personal: Youngest child of María Pillar, a nursing assistant, and Miguel Gerónimo, a nurse … has one brother, Ismael, and one sister, Marta … Ismael has a Master of Music Therapy degree, and Marta has a Master of Archaeology degree … Judit is majoring in health and exercise science and plans to use her degree to work as a sports trainer … life’s ambition is to play tennis at the professional level ... nickname is “Gorrión”, which translates to “sparrow” in English. Castillo’s Career Stats Singles Dual 1 2 3 4 5 6 2017 12-5 - - - 0-2 6-2 6-1 Totals 12-5 - - - 0-2 6-2 6-1 Doubles Total 1 2 3 2017 6-3 - 5-3 1-0 Totals 6-3 - 5-3 1-0

Four-Time Southland Conference Champions • Three-Time Southland Conference Tournament Champions

Emilija Dancetovic

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5-10 • Sophomore Lipjan, Serbia Gimnazija-Lipljan

2017 Season (Freshman): Posted an 8-13 mark in singles play, mostly in the middle of NSU’s singles lineup … had a 2-2 mark as the No. 3 and a 6-7 record as the No. 4 … in doubles, paired with Polina Ivanova to post an 8-4 record as the team’s primary No. 2 squad (8-3 in that spot) … went 2-3 in doubles with Kateryna Avram in the No. 3 position. Previous to NSU: Reached as high as No. 1203 in singles and No. 1054 doubles in the WTA rankings … competed in multiple ITF $15,000 and $25,000 tournaments around Serbia, Croatia, Greece, Slovenia and Egypt, achieving wins in qualifiers and main draw over top 900 WTA players … has also competed on the Junior ITF circuit around Bulgaria and Montenegro achieving a No. 921 and No. 9 in the European U-14 rankings … graduated from Gimnazija-Lipljan High School in Lipljan, Serbia with a 4.89 GPA. Personal: Born Dec. 9, 1997 … Daughter of Aleksandra and Nemanja Dancetovic … has one brother, David. Dancetovic’s Career Stats Singles Dual 1 2 3 4 5 6 2017 8-10 - - 2-2 6-7 0-1 Totals 8-10 - - 2-2 6-7 0-1 Doubles Total 1 2 3 2017 10-7 0-1 8-3 2-3 Totals 10-7 0-1 8-3 2-3

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Ela IWaniuk 5-4 • Sophomore Konarskie, Poland Tulsa/St. Jan Kanty The 3rd Secondary School

2017 (Freshman): Competed for the University of Tulsa ... did not appear in a match. Previous to NSU: Graduated with a 4.0 GPA from St. Jan Kanty III in Poland … always ranked in Top 10 in Polish Juniors (U16-U18) and as high as No. 10 in Women’s open division nationally … she reached the finals of the Polish championships U21, made semifinals in Polish Championships twice (open division) and achieved the first place of OTS Cup Koln for women U21 … ranked No. 1091 in ITF Juniors playing through G4 events … competed in various ITF pro events $15,000 and $25,000 around Poland, Germany, and the U.S., achieving wins over top 700 WTA ranked players such as Anastasya Shoshyna and Paulina Czarniak. Personal: Born April 24, 1997. Nicknamed “Ela.” … daughter of Monika Pokorska-Iwaniuk, a professor of linguistic and Lithuanian literature specialist … has one sister Maria, 27, with a master’s degree in journalism.

Four-Time Southland Conference Champions • Three-Time Southland Conference Tournament Champions

Patricja Polanska

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5-5 • Freshman Zakopane, Poland Sopot HS

Before NSU: Ranked No. 2 in Poland (U16), and as high as No. 6 in Tennis Europe Race (U16) … reached a WTA high of No. 839 in singles, No. 528 in doubles; and No. 417 in ITF Juniors … selected to the Polish Fed-Cup team in 2016 … achieved third place twice at the high level individual Polish championships (open division) and won four doubles titles in the same event … has individual wins over top 600 WTA players (Njoze Mirabelle, Bianka Bekefi, Ola Abou Zekry) … achieved three (ITF $10K) singles quarterfinals, 2 (ITF $10K) doubles titles, and 3 (ITF $10K) doubles finals. Personal: Born on July, 18, 1997 … daughter of Zbigniew and Monika Polanska … has one older brother … Zbigniew was her tennis coach growing up … from Zakopane, “the winter capital of Poland.” … attended and graduated from the Sopot Tennis Academy … planning to major in health and exercise science.

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Rhea Verma 5-9• Freshman New Delhi, India Don Mills College Institute of Toronto

Before NSU: Ranked as high as No. 185 in ITF Juniors … has competed in many ITF grade 1 events (highest level after grand slams) … won six ITF juniors titles (three in singles and three doubles) … has wins over top 100 players … gold medalist (doubles) at the Canadian games in 2017 … singles and doubles finalist at the Canadian Indoor National Championships U18 in 2017 … singles finalist at the Canadian Outdoor Nationals and a member of Team Ontario for the past three years … ranked in the top 5 Canadian ranking U18 and No. 9 nationally in women’s division. Personal: Born Dec. 12, 1999 … daughter of Nitin (also her coach) and Rekha Verma … has a 13-year-old sister (Aadya) … originally from New Delhi, India, she is a Canadian resident in Toronto.

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2018 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). Other notable alums from current members include Grammy Award-winning musicians Frank Ocean (New Orleans), Don Hen-

2017 All-Southland Women’s Tennis Teams First Team Singles

Katya Lapayeva, Lamar Jelena Dzinic, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Hannah Brett, McNeese Louis Trigona, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Maria Maldonado, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Marina Vicens Miquel, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Second Team Singles Trang Dao, New Orleans Anna Spengler, Lamar Khee Yen Wee, Sam Houston State Amiru Shimoguchi, Central Arkansas Marli Van Heerden, Central Arkansas Kaja Ljubic, Stephen F. Austin First Team Doubles Whitney Williams/Lucile Pothier, Abilene Christian QiLi Ma/Rada Manataweewat, Central Arkansas Liza Aginskaya/Kaja Ljubic, Stephen F. Austin Second Team Doubles Sarah Jurakova/Hannah Brett, McNeese Charoline Erlandsson/Vivien Borbely, McNeese Jasmin Buchta/Hannah Elfving, Lamar

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ley 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. The Southland Bowling League, an affiliated Conference sport, originated in 2015, and four of its members filled out half of the eight-team bracket, with Stephen F. Austin advancing to the national title match.

2017 Tournament (Corpus Christi, Texas) Quarterfinals No. 3 Central Arkansas 4, No. 6 Northwestern State 2 No. 2 Lamar 4, No. 7 Sam Houston State 0 No. 1 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 4, No. 8 Stephen F. Austin 2 No. 5 New Orleans 4, No. 4 McNeese 3 Semifinals No. 3 Central Arkansas 4, No. 2 Lamar 2 No. 1 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 4, No. 5 New Orleans 1 Championship No. 1 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 4, No. 3 Central Arkansas 2

Player of the Year: Katya Lepayaeva, Lamar Freshman of the Year: Louise Trigona, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Newcomer of the Year: Kaja Ljubic, Stephen F. Austin Coach of the Year: Steve Moore, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Four-Time Southland Conference Champions • Three-Time Southland Conference Tournament Champions

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All-Time Series Records

Opponent W L Last Abilene Christian* 4 2 2017 Abraham Baldwin 0 1 1999 Air Force 1 0 2016 Alabama 0 2 2013 Alabama-Birmingham 0 2 2014 Alcorn State 1 0 2016 Arkansas-Little Rock 10 11 2011 Arkansas Tech 2 0 2016 Arkansas State 7 6 2013 Auburn 0 1 2014 Baylor 1 4 2010 Bethune Cookman 1 0 2009 Centenary 26 7 2008 Central Arkansas* 11 2 2017 Drury 1 0 2012 East Texas Baptist 2 0 1985 East Texas State 1 0 1987 Florida Atlantic 1 0 2009 Florida Gulf Coast 1 0 2009 Grambling 12 0 2017 Gustavus Adolphus 1 0 1979 Houston 3 5 2012 Houston Baptist 2 2 1986 Incarnate Word* 4 0 2017 Illinois State 1 0 1983 Jacksonville 2 0 1992 Kansas State 1 0 1986 Lamar* 17 14 2017 Louisiana College 4 0 1982 UL Lafayette 21 22 2017 ULM 14 17 2016 Louisiana Tech 36 10 2017 LSU 0 17 2017 LSU-Alexandria 3 0 2017 McNeese* 29 9 2016 Memphis 4 2 2008 Middle Tennessee State 0 1 1993 Mississippi State 2 0 2012 Mississippi Valley State 1 0 2001 Miss. Univ. for Women 0 1 1999 Mobile College 0 1 1992 Murray State 0 1 2003 New Orleans* 12 8 2017 Nicholls* 25 3 2017 Northern Iowa 1 0 1983 No. Carolina-Wilmington 1 0 1992 North Texas 8 6 2015 Notre Dame 1 0 1982 Oklahoma City 3 0 1993 Oklahoma State 0 1 1983 Ole Miss 0 1 1978 Oral Roberts 2 1 2014 Prairie View-A&M 1 0 2014 Purdue 0 1 1979 Rice 0 4 2009 Samford 1 0 2004 Sam Houston State* 28 2 2017 Schreiner 1 0 1990 South Alabama 0 4 1992 Southeast Missouri State 1 0 2015 Southeastern Louisiana* 24 8 2017 Southern 2 0 1990 Southern Arkansas 3 0 1983 Southern Mississippi 9 7 2017 Southern Methodist 1 4 2017 Stephen F. Austin* 21 11 2017 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* 9 7 2017 Texas-Arlington 10 11 2012

Opponent Texas Christian Texas-El Paso Texas-Pan American Texas-Permian Basin Texas-San Antonio Texas-Tyler Texas State Texas Tech Tulane UConn Vanderbilt West Florida West Texas State Wichita State TOTALS

W L Last 0 1 1987 1 0 2011 6 0 2012 1 0 1987 10 12 2017 3 3 1989 18 7 2017 0 1 1990 3 18 2017 0 0 First Mtg. 0 1 1979 2 1 1999 1 0 1984 0 1 1981 412 244

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Individual and Career Records Career Singles wins Name 1.Vicky Sims 2. Bianca Schulz 3. Shayne Fitzwilliam 4. Andrea Nederostova Natalya Krutova 6. Shirley Echaiz 7. Karen Patel 8. Tatiana Larina 9. Babette Cramer 10. Daniela Posada 11. Nanette Beasley Jane Paterson

Record 67-19 65-21 63-14 60-23 60-25 58-35 56-23 55-28 53-36 51-26 50-23 50-30

Career Doubles wins Years 1989-92 2008-11 1986-89 2010-13 2013-16 1979-82 1988-91 2012-15 1987-88 2006-09 1979-81 1988-91

Season Singles wins Name 1. Marie Jeanne Huyben 2. Carin Roux 3. Shayne Fitzwilliam 3. Shirly Echaiz 5. Martina Rubesova 5. Natalya Krutova 5. Andrea Nedorostova 5. Bianca Schulz 5. Nannette Beasley

Record 30-4 23-3 20-0 20-7 19-3 19-4 19-4 19-4 19-7

Name 1. Andrea Nederostova 2. Tatiana Larina 3. Bianca Schulz 4. Natalya Krutova 5. Kathrin Lange 6. Olga Bazhanova 7. Karen Patel 8. Barbara Tons Adna Curukovic 10. Shayne Fitzwilliam 11. Jane Paterson 12. Karla Tubss

Record 71-11 68-13 67-21 66-17 65-21 64-20 63-22 57-13 57-26 55-19 52-16 49-30

Years 2010-13 2012-15 2008-11 2013-16 2008-11 2009-12 1988-91 1986 89 2008-11 1986-89 1988-91 1983-85

Season Doubles wins Years 1979 1980 1986 1979 2011 2015 2011 2008 1979

Top Singles Career Percentage (minimum 20 matches) Name Pct. Record Years 1. Carin Roux .885 23-3 1980 2. Marie Jeanne Huyben .882 30-4 1979 3. Tory Plunket .829 34-7 1985-86 4. Shayne Fitzwilliam .828 63-14 1986-89 5. Vicky Sims .780 67-19 1989-92 6. Barbara Tons .766 46-22 1986-89 7. Bianca Schulz .756 65-21 2008-11 8. Diane Raybon .741 20-7 1978 9. Andrea Nederostova .723 60-23 2010-13 10. Natalya Krutova .722 60-25 2013-16 11. Kim Tollet .698 44-19 1983-85 12. Nanette Beasley .685 20-23 1979-81 Top Singles Season Percentage (minimum 15 matches) Name Pct. Record Years 1. Shayne Fitzwilliam 1.000 20-0 1986 2. Marie Jeanne Huyben . 882 30-4 1979 3. Matina Rubesova .864 19-3 2011 4. Bianca Schulz .850 17-3 2008 Tory Plunkett .850 17-3 1986 6. Tatiana Larina .842 16-3 2012 Polina Konop .842 16-3 2012 Polina Ivanova .842 16-3 2016 9. Natalya Krutova .826 19-4 2015 Andrea Nedorostova .826 19-4 2011 Bianca Schulz .826 19-4 2008 12. Kathrin Lange .810 17-4 2010 Tory Plunkett .810 17-4 1985 Natalya Krutova .810 17-4 2015

Name 1. Siw Johnson 2. Tatiana Larina 3. Andrea Nedorostova Martina Rubesova 5. Andrea Nedorostova Natalya Krutova Bianca Schulz 8. Martina Rubesova Vicki Sims Karen Patel Jane Paterson

Record 28-13 21-2 20-3 20-3 19-0 19-3 19-4 18-0 18-7 18-1 18-1

Years 1990 2015 2011 2011 2010 2015 2009 2010 1990 1988 1988

Top Doubles Career Percentage (minimum 20 matches) Name Pct. Record Years 1. Andrea Nedorostova .866 71-11 2010-13 2. Kateryna Piatakova .857 18-3 2014 3. Tatiana Larina .839 68-13 2012-15 4. Barbara Tons .814 57-13 1986-89 5. Dragana Colic .800 28-7 2008-11 6. Natalya Krutova .795 66-17 2013-16 7. Jane Paterson .765 52-16 1988-91 8. Bianca Schulz .761 67-21 2008-11 9. Kathrin Lange .755 65-21 2008-11 10. Tory Plunkett .744 29-10 1985-86

Top DOubles Season Percentage (minimum 15 matches) Name Pct. Record Years 1. Andrea Nedorostova 1.000 19-0 2010 1. Martina Rubesova 1.000 18-0 2010 3. Karen Patel .947 18-1 1988 3. Jane Paterson .947 18-1 1988 5. Tatiana Larina .913 21-2 2015 6. Olga Bazhanova .895 17-2 2009 6. Olga Bazhanova .895 17-2 2012 6. Polina Konop .895 17-2 2012 9. Andrea Nedorostova .870 20-3 2011 9. Martina Rubesova .870 20-3 2011 11. Daniela Posada .867 13-2 2009 12. Natalya Krutova .864 19-3 2015 13. Natalya Krutova .857 18-3 2014 13. Kateryna Platakova .857 18-3 2014 Four-Time Southland Conference Champions â&#x20AC;˘ Three-Time Southland Conference Tournament Champions

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Year- by-year results 1977 (9-5)

Tulane Southwestern Navarro College Southern Arkansas Northeast Louisiana Southern Arkansas LSU Nicholls State Southwestern Louisiana Tech LSU-Alexandria Navarro College Nicholls State Louisiana Tech

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

1978 (10-4) LSU-Alexandria Centenary Southern Arkansas Southwestern La. North Texas State Houston Ole Miss McNeese State Southeastern La. Tulane Louisiana Tech Tulane Northeast La. Centenary McNeese State Centenary McNeese State LSU Northeast La. LSU-Alexandria Northeast La.

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

1979 (14-8) Louisiana College Southwestern La. Vanderbilt Purdue LSU Lousiana Tech Memphis State Stephen F. Austin Southeastern La. Louisiana Tech McNeese State Gustavus Adolphus Southeastern La. South Alabama South Alabama Tulane McNeese State LSU Tulane Centenary Northeast La. Centenary

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

1980 (16-5) Southern Arkansas Louisiana College Lamar Southwestern La. McNeese State Centenary Southwestern La. Southwestern La. Memphis State Louisiana Tech Northeast La. Southeastern La. Louisiana Tech LSU Arkansas-Little Rock Centenary Louisiana Tech LSU Southeastern La. LSU Tulane

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

1981 (12-10) @ Stephen F. Austin L, 2-6 @ Centenary L, 4-5 McNeese State W, 6-3 @ Tulane L, 1-8 @ Southwestern La. W, 8-1 Arkansas-Little Rock W, 8-1 #Oral Roberts L, 4-5 #Alabama L, 4-5 Wichita State L, 3-6 @ Houston Baptist W, 9-0 @ McNeese State W, 9-0 Southwestern La. W, 9-0 Louisiana Tech W, 6-3 Stephen F. Austin L, 0-5 Grambling W, 9-0 Houston Baptist W, 7-2 @ Arkansas-Little Rock W, 8-1 @ Louisiana Tech W, 6-3 Centenary L, 3-6 ##McNeese State W, 5-4 ##LSU L, 0-9 ##Tulane L, 1-8 #LSU Team Tournament ##LAIAW State Tournament, placed 4th 1982 (9-9) @ Louisiana College @ Tulane Centenary @ Grambling Notre Dame #New Orleans #Sam Houston #Stephen F. Austin Arkansas-Little Rock McNeese State Louisiana Tech Stephen F. Austin

W, 9-0 L, 0-9 L, 2-7 W, 9-0 W, 5-4 L, 4-5 W, 5-4 L, 0-9 W, 7-2 L, 3-6 L, 0-9 L, 2-7

Southwestern La. Louisiana College Louisiana Tech Grambling McNeese State @ Southwestern La. #SFA Tournament, placed 3rd

W, 6-3 W, 7-2 L, 3-6 W, 8-1 W, 6-3 L, 4-5

1983 (11-11) 2/26 @ Southern Arkansas 2/28 @ Stephen F. Austin 3/2 McNeese State 3/3 @ Southwestern La. 3/6 @ Houston 3/7 Stephen F. Austin Illinois State 3/10 #Lamar 3/10 #Louisiana Tech 3/11 #Oklahoma State 3/11 #Memphis State 3/12 #Northeast La. Northern Iowa 3/15 @ Grambling 3/19 @ New Orleans 3/20 @ Tulane 4/8 @ Louisiana Tech 4/15 Southwestern La. 4/16 Lamar 4/18 Arkansas-Little Rock Louisiana Tech 4/23 Grambling #NLU Invitational, placed 4th

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

1984 (11-9) @ Nicholls State @ Tulane Southwestern La. Arkansas-Little Rock #Arkansas State #Memphis State #Northeast La. #Arkansas-Little Rock West Texas State Nicholls State @ Southwestern La. Louisiana Tech @ Centenary @ McNeese State @ Stephen F. Austin LSU Tulane Stephen F. Austin McNeese State @ Louisiana Tech #NLU Invitational, placed 4th

W, 5-4 L, 3-6 L, 4-5 L, 3-6 W, 8-1 W, 5-4 L, 1-8 L, 3-6 W, 6-3 W, 8-1 W, 5-4 W, 5-4 W, 5-4 W, 5-4 L, 4-5 L, 2-7 L, 4-5 W, 7-2 L, 4-5 W, 5-4

2/9 2/20 2/23 2/24 2/26 3/1

1985 (14-4, 4-1 GSC) East Texas Baptist @ East Texas Baptist @ Tulane @ New Orleans Lamar @ McNeese State

W, 9-0 W, 9-0 L, 1-8 W, 7-0 W, 8-1 W, 7-2

3/10 @ Southwestern La. 3/12 @ Centenary 3/17 Tulane 3/19 Louisiana Tech 3/25 *@Sam Houston 3/31 McNeese State 4/1 *Stephen F. Austin 4/2 @ Arkansas-Little Rock 4/6 *@ Nicholls State 4/8 *Southeastern La. 4/13 *@Southwest Texas 4/22 @Louisiana Tech Finished 2nd in Gulf States Conference 1986 (13-4) GULF STAR CHAMPIONS New Orleans Southern Miss Louisiana Tech Mississippi State Houston Baptist Southwestern La. Lamar Kansas State Louisiana Tech Sam Houston Houston Baptist Stephen F. Austin McNeese State Southeastern La. Northeast La. Texas-Tyler Tulane

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

1987 (12-7) 2/14 Northeast La. 3/6 #Texas-Permian Basin 3/6 #Texas-San Antonio 3/7 #Texas-Tyler 3/10 @ Northeast La. 3/13 Southwestern La. 3/18 @ LSU 3/25 @ New Orleans 3/26 @Tulane 3/27 *@ Nicholls State 3/31 @ McNeese State 4/1 @ Texas-Tyler 4/4 @ Southwestern La. 4/7 McNeese State 4/8 Louisiana Tech 4/11 *@ Sam Houston 4/12 @ Baylor 4/13 @ Texas Christian 4/14 @ East Texas State # Texas-Tyler Invitational

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

1988 (12-5, 2-2 SLC) 2/24 @ Louisiana Tech 2/27 @ Nicholls State 2/28 @ New Orleans 3/1 @ Centenary 3/13 LSU 3/16 Texas-Tyler 3/20 New Orleans 3/22 Louisiana Tech Lamar 3/27 *Southwest Texas Southwestern La. 4/9 *Sam Houston 4/11 *@ North Texas State 4/15 Tulane 4/17 @ Southwestern La. 4/19 Centenary 4/23 *Northeast La. Finished 2nd in Southland Conference

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

2/22 3/3 3/3 3/4 3/8 3/27 4/2 4/5 4/6 4/10 4/17 4/20 4/21 4/23

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

1989 (13-2, 3-0 SLC) SOUTHLAND CO-CHAMPIONS Texas-Tyler W, 5-3 New Orleans W, 9-0 Louisiana Tech W, 9-0 Southeastern La. W, 8-1 LSU L, 0-9 Southwestern La. L, 4-5 *Sam Houston W, 9-0 Grambling W, 9-0 Southern W, 9-0 Grambling W, 9-0 *North Texas W, 7-2 Southwestern La. W, 7-2 Texas-Tyler W, 8-1 *Northeast La. W, 8-1

Four-Time Southland Conference Champions â&#x20AC;¢ Three-Time Southland Conference Tournament Champions

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Year- by-year results

The team celebrating seeing their seeding during the 2013 NCAA Tournament Selection Show 1990 (9-9, 4-0 SLC) 2/11 @ Baylor 2/18 @ Louisiana Tech 2/24 @ Arkansas-Little Rock 2/26 @ Southwestern La. 3/1 #Texas Tech 3/2 #Texas Pan-Am 3/3 #Schreiner 3/6 @ Lamar 3/9 @ Centenary 3/17 @ Tulane 3/22 Centenary 3/24 Tulane 3/27 *Northeast La. 3/31 @ North Texas 4/1 *@ Texas-Arlington 4/4 Southern 4/7 *Southwest Texas 4/8 *Sam Houston Finished 4th in Southland Conference

L, 0-9 W, 7-2 L, 4-5 L, 1-8 L, 1-8 W, 7-3 W, 9-0 W, 7-2 L, 2-7 W, 5-4 W, 9-0 L, 4-5 W, 5-4 L, 4-5 W, 9-0 W, 9-0 W, 5-4 W, 5-4

1991 (15-5, 3-2 SLC) 2/9 @ LSU 2/10 Southwestern La. 2/17 Southeastern La. 2/22 Arkansas-Little Rock 2/24 Lamar 2/25 Centenary 3/6 Louisiana Tech 3/11 @ Centenary 3/15 Nicholls State 3/20 Oklahoma City 3/24 @ South Alabama 3/28 @ Jacksonville 3/29 @ West Florida 3/30 @ Southern Miss 4/2 @ Louisiana Tech 4/6 *@ Southwest Texas 4/10 *@ Northeast La. 4/13 *Texas-Arlington 4/16 *Sam Houston 4/18 *@ North Texas Finished 4th in Southland Conference

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

2/8 2/14 2/20 2/28 2/29 3/1 3/3 3/4 3/18 3/20 3/21 3/22 3/25 4/1

1992 (13-7, 6-1) @ Southeastern La. @ Centenary @ Louisiana Tech @ Mobile College @ South Alabama @ West Florida @ Jacksonville #N. Carolina-Wilimington Oklahoma City Southwestern La. *Sam Houston *Nicholls State Centenary *Northeast La.

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

4/4 4/5 4/7 4/11 4/12 4/20

*Texas-San Antonio *Southwest Texas Louisiana Tech *@ Texas-Arlington *@ North Texas @ Southwestern La. 1993 (11-9, 4-3 SLC) 1/29 @ Lamar 1/30 @ Texas-Pan Am 2/6 Baylor 2/7 Southeastern La. 2/9 Centenary 2/27 Middle Tennessee State 2/28 @ Arkansas-Little Rock 3/6 Arkansas-Little Rock 3/7 Centenary 3/14 *@ Sam Houston 3/17 Oklahoma City 3/18 Louisiana Tech 3/20 *North Texas 3/21 *@ Texas-Arlington 3/27 @ Southwestern La. 3/28 *@ Nicholls State 4/1 *@ Northeast La. 4/9 *@ Texas-San Antonio 4/10 *@ Southwest Texas 4/16 Southwestern La. Finished 4th in Southland Conference

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

1/29 1/30 2/5 2/25 2/26 3/4 3/13 3/15 3/19 3/20 3/30 4/1 4/2 4/9 4/10 4/14 4/16

1994 (13-4, 8-0) SOUTHLAND CHAMPIONS @ Rice L, 0-6 @ Houston W, 5-4 @ Baylor L, 3-6 Arkansas State W, 5-4 Lamar W, 7-2 @ Southwestern La. L, 1-5 *@ Texas-Arlington W, 9-0 Centenary W, 5-1 *@ Stephen F. Austin W, 9-0 @Sam Houston W, 9-0 *Northeast La. W, 5-4 *Nicholls State W, 7-2 *McNeese State W, 9-0 *Southwest Texas W, 8-1 *Texas-San Antonio W, 7-2 Southwestern La. L, 3-6 *@ North Texas W, 8-1

2/12 2/21 3/9 3/10 3/11 3/18 3/19 3/21 3/27

1995 (2-12, 2-7) Mississippi State Centenary UNO *UTA *North Texas *Stephen F. Austin *Sam Houston St. *@ Northeast La Centenary

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

4/1 *@ Nicholls L, 9-0 4/2 *@ McNeese L, 5-4 4/8 *@ Southwest Texas L, 8-1 4/9 *@UTSA L, 7-2 4/20 ^McNeese St. L, 7-2 ^ Southland Conference Tournament 1996 (4-10, 4-5) 2/17 at Balor L, 7-2 2/24 ^ Southern Miss L, 5-2 2/25 ^ Tulane L, 6-1 3/9 *@ Stephen F. Austin W, 7-2 3/10 *@ Sam Houston St. W, 7-2 3/18 # Texas Tech L, 6-2

3/23 *@ Nicholls St. 3/24 *@ McNeese 3/28 *@ NLU 3/30 *@ UTSA 4/1 *@ Southwest Tex. 4/5 *@ at UTA 4/6 *@ at North Texas 4/8 at USL ^ Tulane Quadrangular # in Lafayette $ in Monroe

L, 6-3 W, 5-4 L, 8-1 W, 5-4 L, 6-3 L, 6-3 L, 8-1 L, 5-3

Current head coach Olga Bazhanova playing as a senior in 2012

Four-Time Southland Conference Champions â&#x20AC;¢ Three-Time Southland Conference Tournament Champions

lady dem on t e n n i s 1997 (9-5, 6-2) 2/15 at New Orleans 3/1 @ Arkansas State 2/28 # Harding University 3/4 *Northeast La. 3/8 *Stephen F. Austin 3/9 *Sam Houston State 3/15 *@ Southwest Tex 3/23 *UTA 4/2 Centenary 4/6 *@@ Nicholls State 4/6 *McNeese State 4/10 Louisiana Tech 4/13 $ ULAR 4/15 * at UTSA 4/17-20 SLC Championships # at Arkansas State $ at La Tech

Year- by-year results L L W L W W W W W L W W W

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

1998 (5-8, 3-6 ) 2/18 @ Centenary 3/8 *Nicholls 3/11 UNO 3/17 *Southwest Texas 3/21 *UTSA 3/25 Centenary 3/28 *@ McNeese 3/29 *@ Stephen F. Austin 3/30 *UTA 4/3 *@ Sam Houston St. 4/4 *@ Northeast La. 4/12 USL 4/13 *@ SLU 4/17-19 SLC Championships

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

1999 (7-12, 4-6 SLC) 2/6 @ Centenary 2/12 #ABAC 2/13 #Miss. Univ. for Women 2/13 #West Florida 2/20 @ New Orleans 2/27 Centenary 2/28 Tulane 3/6 *@ Texas-San Antonio 3/7 *@ Southwest Texas 3/14 *@ Stephen F. Austin 3/20 *Southeastern La. 3/21 *Nicholls State 3/27 *@ McNeese State 3/31 @ Southwestern La. 4/2 *Sam Houston 4/3 *Texas-Arlington 4/5 *Northeast La. 4/9 Louisiana Tech 4/11 *@ Lamar #West Florida Spring Fling

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

2/1 2/5 2/20 2/26 3/2 3/4 3/5 3/8 3/11 3/12 3/14 3/18 3/25 3/28 4/1 4/2 4/10 4/10

2000 (6-12, 3-7 SLC) Centenary @ Rice New Orleans @ Arkansas State @ Centenary *@ Texas-Arlington *@ Stephen F. Austin @ North Texas *Lamar *McNeese State *@ Louisiana-Monroe *@ Nicholls State *Sam Houston Louisiana Tech *Southwest Texas *Texas-San Antonio *@ Southeastern La. @ Louisiana-Lafayette

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

2001 (8-12, 4-6 SLC) 2/2 @ North Texas L, 1-6 2/10 @ Louisiana-Lafayette L, 0-7 2/11 @ New Orleans L, 0-7 2/13 Centenary W, 5-2 2/17 Southern Miss L, 1-6 2/17 @ Mississippi Valley State W, 7-0 2/21 Arkansas State L, 2-5 2/23 @ Arkansas-Little Rock L, 1-6 3/3 *@ Texas-San Antonio L, 2-5 3/4 *@ Southwest Texas W, 5-2 3/10 *@ Lamar W, 5-2 3/11 @ Texas-Pan Am W, 6-1 3/17 *Southeastern La. L, 2-5 3/18 *Nicholls State W, 5-2 3/20 *Louisiana-Monroe L, 2-5 3/24 *@ McNeese State L, 1-6 3/25 *@ Stephen F. Austin (!) W, 5-2 3/31 *Texas-Arlington L, 0-7 4/1 * Sam Houston W, 4-3 4/16 @Louisiana Tech W, 6-1 !- Won on court but lost by forfeit on appeal 1/26 2/1 2/2 2/25 2/27 3/2 3/5 3/9 3/10 3/16 3/17 3/23 3/24 4/3 4/6

2002 (8-11, 5-5 SLC) @ North Texas @ Arkansas-Little Rock @ Arkansas State New Orleans @ Centenary Texas-Pan Am *Louisiana-Monroe *Texas-San Antonio *Southwest Texas *@ Sam Houston *@ Texas-Arlington *Lamar *Stephen F. Austin Louisiana-Lafayette *@ Nicholls State

L, 1-6 L, 1-6 L, 1-6 L, 0-7 W, 7-0 W, 6-1 L, 1-6 L, 1-6 L, 3-4 W, 4-3 L, 0-7 W, 6-1 W, 6-1 L, 1-6 W, 5-2

4/7 *@ Southeastern La. 4/12 Louisiana Tech 4/14 *McNeese State

1/8 2/15 2/21 2/22 3/7 3/8 3/15 3/16 3/18 3/23 3/27 3/29 3/30 4/2 4/5 4/6 4/12 4/13 4/19

2003 (8-12, 5-5 SLC) @ Southern Miss North Texas Arkansas State @ New Orleans @ Memphis @ Murray State *Southeastern La. *Nicholls State *Louisiana-Monroe *@ Stephen F. Austin Arkansas-Little Rock *@ Southwest Texas *@ Texas-San Antonio Centenary *Sam Houston *Texas-Arlington *@ McNeese State *Lamar Louisiana Tech

2004 (14-5, 9-1 SLC) 1/23 @ Arkansas-Little Rock 1/24 @ Arkansas State 1/30 @ Centenary 2/15 Grambling 2/28 @ Southern Miss 2/29 @ Samford 3/6 *@ Texas-Arlington 3/7 *@ Stephen F. Austin 3/13 *Lamar 3/14 *McNeese State 3/16 *@ Louisiana-Monroe 3/20 *@ Nicholls State 3/21 *@ Southeastern La. 3/27 *Sam Houston 4/3 *Texas State 4/4 *Texas-San Antonio 4/10 @ Louisiana Tech 4/17 Louisiana-Lafayette 4/25 $McNeese State $ - Southland Conference Tournament 1/29 2/4 2/4 2/5 2/19 2/20 3/5 3/6 3/10 3/12 3/19

2005 (6-13, 3-7 SLC) @ Louisiana-Lafayette @ Texas A&M-CC @ Texas-Pan Am @ Abilene Christian Southern Miss Arkansas State *@ Texas-San Antonio *@ Texas State @ Texas A&M-CC *@ Lamar *@ Southeastern La.

W, 7-0 W, 6-1 L, 1-6

L, 2-5 W, 4-3 L, 0-5 L, 1-6 L, 1-6 L, 0-7 W, 4-3 W, 6-1 L, 1-6 W, 4-3 L, 1-6 L, 1-6 L, 0-3 W, 6-1 W, 6-1 L, 1-6 L, 2-5 W, 5-2 W, 4-3 L, 0-6 L, 5-1 W, 4-2 W, 5-2 W, 5-2 W, 4-3 L, 1-6 W, 5-2 W, 4-3 W, 4-3 W, 5-2 W, 6-1 W, 4-3 W, 6-1 W, 5-2 W, 4-3 L, 2-5 W, 4-3 L, 4-0

L, 1-6 W, 3-2 W, 6-0 L, 1-4 L, 0-7 L, 2-5 L, 3-4 L, 1-4 L, 3-4 L, 1-6 L, 1-6

3/20 3/22 3/26 4/2 4/3 4/9 4/10 4/15

*Nicholls State *Louisiana-Monroe @ Louisiana Tech *@ McNeese State *@ Stephen F. Austin *@ Texas-Arlington *Sam Houston @ Arkansas-Little Rock

W, 6-0 L, 2-5 W, 6-1 L, 0-7 W, 4-3 L, 2-5 W, 4-3 L, 1-6

2006 (3-13, 2-8 SLC) @Texas A&M-CC @Texas-Pan American @Abilene Christian Southern Miss Arkansas State at UTSA* at Texas State at Texas A&M-CC at Lamar at Southeastern Nicholls State* ULM* at Louisiana Tech at McNeese State* at Stephen F. Austin* UT-Arlington* Sam Houston State* at UALR

W, 3-2 W, 6-0 L, 4-1 L, 7-0 L, 5-2 L, 4-3 L, 4-1 L, 4-3 L, 6-1 L, 6-1 W, 6-0 L, 5-2 W, 6-1 L, 7-0 W, 4-3 L, 5-2 W, 4-3 L, 6-1

2/3 2/10 2/11 2/15 2/28 3/1 3/2 3/10 3/11 3/16 3/18 3/19 3/24 3/25 3/31 4/1 4/4 4/5 4/11 4/12

2007 (10-10, 5-6 SLC) @ Louisiana-Lafayette Arkansas State Southern Miss @ LSU Louisiana Tech Centenary *Central Arkansas *@ Lamar *@ McNeese State @ Louisiana Tech Nicholls State #59 Southeastern La. *@ Stephen F. Austin *@ Sam Houston State *Texas State *Texas-Arlington *@ Texas A&M-CC Texas-San Antonio Arkansas-Little Rock @ Louisiana-Monroe

L, 1-6 W, 4-3 L, 1-6 L, 1-6 W, 5-2 W, 7-0 W, 7-0 L, 2-4 W, 5-2 W, 6-0 W, 4-3 L, 0-7 W, 4-3 L, 3-4 L, 3-4 L, 2-5 L, 2-5 W, 5-2 L, 3-4 W, 5-2

2/3 2/4 2/5 2/9 2/10 2/16 2/17

2008 (16-8, 9-2 SLC) @ Arkansas State *@ Central Arkansas @ Arkansas-Little Rock @ Alabama-Birmingham @ Southern Miss @ Rice @ Houston

W, 4-3 W, 6-1 W, 5-2 L, 4-3 L, 4-3 L, 1-6 L, 1-6

2/4 2/4 2/5 2/19 2/20 3/5 3/6 3/10 3/12 3/19 3/20 3/22 3/26 4/2 4/3 4/9 4/10 4/15

The 11-1 2014 Southland Conference Regular Season Champion Team

Four-Time Southland Conference Champions â&#x20AC;¢ Three-Time Southland Conference Tournament Champions

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Year- by-year results 2/23 Louisiana Tech 2/23 Centenary 3/1 *@ Texas State 3/2 *@ Texas-Arlington 3/8 *Texas A&M-CC 3/9 *Texas-San Antonio 3/15 Memphis 3/20 Louisiana-Monroe 3/25 #71 Louisiana-Lafayette 3/30 *@ Nicholls State 4/5 *Stephen F. Austin 4/6 *Sam Houston 4/12 *Lamar 4/13 *McNeese State 4/19 *@ Southeastern La. 4/25 $Sam Houston 4/26 $Lamar $ - Southland Conference Tournament 2009 (15-8, 8-3 SLC) 2/7 @ Tulane 2/8 @ New Orleans 2/14 Houston 2/16 Southern Miss 2/21 @ Florida Gulf Coast 2/22 @ Bethune Cookman 2/23 @ Florida Atlantic 2/28 *Texas State 3/1 *Texas-Arlington 3/7 *@ Texas A&M-CC 3/8 *@ Texas-San Antonio 3/17 @ Louisiana-Lafayette 3/28 *Southeastern La. 3/29 *Nicholls State 4/1 Louisiana-Monroe W, 5-2 4/4 *@ Lamar 4/5 *@McNeese State 4/8 *Central Arkansas 4/11 @ Rice 4/15 *@ Stephen F. Austin 4/16 *@ Sam Houston 4/24 $Texas State 4/25 $Texas-Arlington $ - Southland Conference Tournament

W, 6-0 W, 7-0 W, 6-1 W, 5-2 W, 6-1 W, 6-1 W, 6-1 W, 5-2 L, 5-2 W, 4-2 W, 6-1 W, 6-1 L, 1-6 W, 4-3 L, 0-7 W, 4-0 L, 0-4

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2010 (20-2, 11-0 SLC) Southland Conference Regular Season and Tournament Champions 2/2 @ Louisiana Tech W, 7-0 2/17 Tulane L, 3-4 2/19 New Orleans W, 7-0 2/21 @ Houston W, 6-1 2/27 *Lamar W, 5-2 2/28 *McNeese State W, 7-0 3/6 *Stephen F. Austin W, 6-1 3/7 *Sam Houston W, 6-1 3/13 *@ Central Arkansas W, 7-0 3/14 @ Arkansas-Little Rock W, 6-1 3/27 *Texas A&M-CC W, 6-1 3/28 *Texas-San Antonio W, 7-0 4/2 *@ Southeastern La. W, 6-1 4/4 *@ Nicholls State W, 5-2 4/8 *@ Texas State W, 6-1 4/11 *@ Texas-Arlington W, 6-1 4/14 @ Louisiana-Monroe W, 4-3 4/16 Louisiana-Lafayette W, 5-2 4/23 $Stephen F. Austin W, 4-0 4/24 $Texas-Arlington W, 4-3 4/24 $Lamar W, 4-0 5/14 $$#1 Baylor L, 0-4 $ - Southland Conference Champions $$ - NCAA Tournament (Waco, Texas) 2011 (18-6, 8-4 SLC) 2/11 Arkansas-Little Rock 2/13 Southern Mississippi 2/13 Central Arkansas 2/18 Louisiana-Monroe 2/20 Houston 2/26 Arkansas State 2/26 Louisiana Tech 3/6 *Texas-Arlington 3/12 *at *Texas A&M-CC 3/13 *at Texas San-Antonio 3/16 at Louisiana-Lafayette 3/25 #Texas State 3/26 # Texas-El Paso 3/27 #North Texas 4/2 *Southeastern La. 4/3 * Nicholls 4/3 Grambling 4/9 *@Stephen F. Austin 4/10 *@ Sam Houston 4/16 *@ Lamar 4/17 *@McNeese State 4/29 $ Texas A&M CC 4/30 $ Lamar 5/1 $ Texas-Arlington $- Southland Conference (3rd)

W, 6-1 W, 7-0 W, 7-0 L, 2-5 W, 6-1 W, 4-3 W, 6-1 L, 1-6 W, 4-3 W, 6-1 L, 3-4 W, 6-1 W, 6-1 L, 2-5 W, 6-1 W, 6-1 W, 5-2 W, 6-1 W, 4-2 L, 2-5 W, 6-1 W, 4-0 W, 4-1 L, 2-4

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3/22 Abilene Christian 3/28 @Stephen F. Austin 4/3 @New Orleans 4/4 Southeastern Louisiana 4/10 Nicholls 4/11 McNeese State 4/19 @Lamar 4/20 @Sam Houston State 4/24 ^Central Arkansas 4/25 ^New Orleans 4/26 ^Nicholls 5/9 #8 Baylor* !-at Conway, Ark. ^-Southland Conference Tourn. *-NCAA Tournament (Waco, Texas)

2012 (14-5, 8-3 SLC) 2/5 @ Mississippi State W, 4-3 2/11 @ Houston L, 4-3 2/19 @ Southern Miss. L, 10-7 2/25 Louisiana-Lafayette W, 4-3 2/26 Texas-Pan American W, 7-0 3/3 Texas A&M-CC W, 4-3 3/4 Texas-San Antonio W, 6-1 3/12 @ Texas State W, 4-3 3/16 @ Arkansas State W, 5-2 3/17 @ Central Arkansas W, 6-1 3/17 @ Drury W, 5-2 3/23 @ Stephen F. Austin L, 6-1 3/28 @ Texas Arlington W, 4-3 4/1 @ Sam Houston W, 5-2 4/6 @ Lamar L, 5-2 4/7 McNeese W, 6-1 4/14 Southeastern La. W. 6-1 4/15 Nicholls W, 6-1 2016 (13-11, 7-4 SLC) 4/27 ^Texas A&M-Corpus Christi L, 4-3 2/5 @Louisiana Tech ^-Southland Conference Tournament 2/8 @SMU 2/10 UL Monroe 2013 (14-8, 6-3 SLC) 2/13 @Southern Miss Southland Tournament Champions 2/19 UT San Antonio 1/26 @ LSU L, 4-3 2/20 Texas State 2/1 Abilene Christian W, 6-1 2/20 Alcorn State 2/9 Southern Mississippi W, 7-0 2/28 !vs. Arkansas Tech 2/11 @ Southern Methodist L, 6-1 2/28 *@Central Arkansas 2/16 @ Texas State W, 4-3 3/4 Air Force 2/17 @ UTSA L, 4-3 3/5 *Incarnate Word 3/2 Arkansas State W, 5-2 3/6 Grambling State 3/3 @ Louisiana-Lafayette W, 6-1 3/7 *Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 3/9 AMCC L, 4-3 3/21 *Stephen F. Austin 3/14 Louisiana Tech L, 4-3 3/25 *New Orleans 3/16 @ Central Arkansas W, 7-0 3/26 *Southeastern Louisiana 3/17 @ Oral Roberts W, 7-0 3/30 *@Abilene Christian 3/22 Sam Houston State W, 4-3 4/2 *@Nicholls 3/29 @ Stephen F. Austin W, 4-3 4/3 *@McNeese State 4/6 Southeastern La. L, 4-3 4/9 *Lamar 4/7 Nicholls W, 6-1 4/10 *Sam Houston State 4/13 @ Lamar L, 4-3 4/22 ^Southeastern Louisiana 4/14 @ McNeese W, 4-3 4/23 ^Central Arkansas 4/26 ^Stephen F. Austin W, 4-1 4/24 ^Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 4/27 ^Southeastern La. W, 4-1 !-at Conway, Ark. 4/28 ^AMCC W, 4-1 ^-Southland Conference Tourn. 5/10 #9 Alabama* L, 4-0 ^-Southland Conference Tourn. 2017 (13-9, 6-5 SLC) *-NCAA Tournament (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) 1/21 @ LSU 1/28 @ Tulane 2014 (20-6, 11-1 SLC) 2/4 @ SMU Southland Conference Regular Season 2/9 UL Lafayette Champions 2/11 Southern Miss 1/26 @ SMU W, 4-3 2/12 Louisiana Tech 2/8 @ Southern Mississippi W, 4-3 2/18 @ Texas State 2/9 @Alabama-Birmingham L, 4-3 2/19 @ UTSA 2/15 *vs. Auburn L, 4-0 3/1 LSU-Alexandria 2/16 @ LSU L, 5-0 3/1 Grambling 2/22 UL Lafayette W, 6-1 3/4 *@ Sam Houston State 2/23 Texas-San Antonio W, 4-3 3/12 *Nicholls 2/23 Prairie View W, 7-0 3/13 *McNeese 3/2 Texas State W, 4-2 3/18 *@ Southeastern 3/8 @ Oral Roberts W, 7-0 3/19 *@ New Orleans 3/9 @ Central Arkansas W, 6-1 3/25 *@ Stephen F. Austin 3/9 !vs. Arkansas Tech W, 6-1 3/29 *Lamar! 3/15 Incarnate Word W, 7-0 4/1 *Abilene Christian 3/16 AMCC W, 5-2 4/8 *Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 3/21 @ Abilene Christian W, 4-3 4/9 *@ Incarnate Word 3/29 Stephen F. Austin W, 4-3 4/14 ^Central Arkansas 3/30 @ Louisiana Tech L, 7-0 !-at Lafayette, La. 4/5 New Orleans W, 5-2 ^-Southland Conference Tourn. 4/12 @ Nicholls W, 5-2 *-Conference Opponents 4/13 @ McNeese State L, 4-3 4/18 Lamar W, 4-0 4/19 Sam Houston State W, 6-1 4/22 Southeastern Louisiana W, 4-0 4/25 ^Lamar W, 4-0 4/26 ^Stephen F. Austin W, 4-1 4/27 ^AMCC L, 4-2 *-at New Orleans !-at Conway, Ark. ^-Southland Conference Tourn.

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2015 (16-9, 9-2 SLC) Southland Tournament Champions 1/31 @LSU L, 7-0 2/3 ULM L, 4-3 2/6 Louisiana Tech L, 5-2 2/14 @North Texas W, 4-3 2/15 @SMU L, 6-0 2/21 @Texas State L, 4-3 2/22 @UTSA L, 5-2 2/28 Southern MIss W, 4-1 3/7 Central Arkansas W, 4-1 3/7 Grambling W, 5-0 3/14 @Incarnate Word W, 5-2 3/15 @Texas A&M-Corpus Christi W, 4-3 3/19 Southeast Missouri State W, 6-1

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Tennis at Northwestern State dates to the earliest days of the institution. Dating back to the early 1900s, there are photos of students playing tennis, in a day when all but a few students at Louisiana Normal School were women training to be teachers. More than a century later, with plenty of history in place, women’s tennis is annually one of the strongest sports at what is now Northwestern State University. An official intercollegiate women’s team dawned in the late 1970s as additional women’s sports popped up in college tennis around the country, thanks to the creation of Title IX spurring formalized competition in many women’s sports that were previously contested on the club level. During those days, NSU had an extremely strong men’s tennis program -- so strong that in the late 1970s, the Demons were ranked in the NCAA’s Top 20 and played in the NCAA Division I Championships in Athens, Georgia. Under coach Johnnie Emmons, the Demons produced All-Americans Gregg Manning and Ricardo Acuna. Among several players who became professionals, Acuna reached the game’s greatest levels. In 1985, he was a singles quarterfinalist at Wimbledon. He was voted by his peers to serve on the Association of Tennis Professionals board and remained in that capacity for several years. He was ranked as highly as No. 47 in the world in March 1986, won three ATP doubles titles in his career, and since has been associated with the ATP as a coach and player development official after his playing career wound up. Acuna was NSU’s first NCAA All-American (Manning won the honor in the NAIA) and never lost to a Louisiana opponent during his career. A former Lady Demon standout, Emily Nichols, has been in the highest of tennis circles around the pro courts. She was part of a No. 19 nationally-ranked doubles team for NSU in 1993 and helped the 1994 Lady Demons win the Southland Conference championship. After going home to England, she worked for the Lawn Tennis Association for five years, as a press officer working with, among other events, the Wimbledon Championships. She is currently a senior account director for Progressive Sports and Entertainment, working with the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, and has worked with the International Tennis Federation, the 2004 Olympic Games, the French Tennis Federation (French Open), Tennis Australia and with the Davis Cup series.

Ricardo Acuna was NSU’s first NCAA All-American and advanced to the Round of 8 at the 1985 Wimbledon Championships Modern-day tennis at Northwestern was launched in 1970 when Emmons, hired as a football assistant coach, was named head tennis coach for a men’s program. He soon developed a friendship with Nick Bollettieri and attended the Junior Orange Bowl Championships each year, looking for international prospects. It led to a tradition of global influence producing a strong program that continues at NSU today. In 1972, Carlos Blanco, a Bolivian native, became the first in a long line of foreign tennis players to attend NSU, bringing the Demons one of the strongest programs in the region. Many recruits and three years later, NSU became a force to be reckoned with, winning the school’s first conference championship (Gulf South) and fashioning a 23-4 record. With Acuna, Manning, Willie Paz and Blanco among the stars, NSU developed into a powerhouse that lost just four matches over three years -- going 24-1 in 1976, 22-1 in 1977 and 16-2 in 1978. Emmons remembers the players from that era fondly. “As any coach knows, the number one reason for success is the material that you have to work with. Gregg Manning, Juan Lopez, Luis Varela, Steve Fricker, Mike Phillips, Jose deCamino and Ricardo Acuna - those players put Northwestern State on the map.” Emmons is most proud of the fact that his teams had just two losing seasons in 17 years. But that is just one item on a long list of accomplishments. “Every player that played here for four

years graduated and all are successful in life. Some are judges, lawyers, engineers, and tennis pros. All of my players were hard workers and were respectful of everyone. They gave the alumni of Northwestern a winning program and one that could be identified with.” That tradition transferred to the Lady Demons program. Emmons took over as head baseball coach in his final three seasons (1986-89) and relied upon graduate assistants to help run the women’s team which won the Southland championship in 1989 under Emmons and Alex Kukaros. He was followed by Patric DuBois, who became the first fulltime women’s tennis coach and had a strong run of success from 1990-94 culminating with the 1994 Southland crown as Ljudmila Pavlov ranked as highly as No. 33 nationally in singles. DuBois moved on, only to return in 2007 to create a renaissance for NSU tennis -- which is back where it’s often been, a program regionally and nationally respected, bringing in players from near and far bonding to produce championship play and the highest level of academic success. DuBois again receded to the background in September, transitioning to an assistant coaching position and being named director of tennis. DuBois’ replacement was one of his former players, Olga Bazhanova, and she led NSU to an SLC Tournament title and NCAA Tournament berth. Bazhanova coached three seasons before DuBois reassumed the position in 2018.

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I n M e m o r y o f H a r r y B r i g g s . . . N S U ’s “ P a d d l i n’ P r o f e s s o r ” Veteran’s Day 2016 produced, as it always should, a tsunami of tributes on social media to those who served our country For over 15 years, the “Paddlin’ It was NSU’s first Veterans’ Day without the most remarkable Professor” aided the NSU Marine we’ll ever know, Harry Briggs. He died June 25, at the age of 95, in his adopted hometown Women’s tennis program with of Leesville, far away from his Massachusetts roots. But distances a scholarship fund in memory never bothered Harry. He thrived on them. It was nothing for him to climb into his late-model, bareof his wife Lydia, an avid tennis bones, beat-up Volkswagen van and make the drive up bouncy La. 117 through the Fort Polk training grounds and Kisatchie Forest to watch player. the Lady Demon tennis team play. It was not uncommon for him to travel to matches around the Southland Conference. When the Lady Demons won their most recent Southland Tournament title in 2015 in Beaumont, there was Harry, peering through the chain link fence at his favorites locked in a joyous group hug on the courts in the moment after Natalya Krutova scored the championship point. That same van made hundreds of thousands of miles crisscrossing much of America while Harry sold knick-knacks at fairs big and small. For nearly 50 years of being a self-described “carney,” he was something of a cult hero on that circuit. During his 18 years in Leesville, in late May, off he’d go, heading north to New England, over to the heartland, maybe out to the Rockies or even the west coast, hawking his wares, from boots or moccasins, to his last line of products, jewelry, gold chains and ankle bracelets. That gig led him to Leesville, and a role as an adjunct political science professor at the NSU Leesville campus. As a young man, he practically leapt at the chance to go halfway around the world and fight for freedom in World War II. He found his role as an advance scout for American forces mounting assaults in the Pacific Theatre in World War II battles at Saipan, Tinian and Okinawa. That meant he was 50, maybe 100 yards out in front of the troops. Distances brought him a measure of fame, and provided the path for him to impact so many lives. While traveling Europe, he reached the summit of the 14,962-foot Matterhorn in 1954, two weeks before making his first distance swim, a 16-mile adventure through the shark-infested Strait of Bonifacio. Nearly four dozen more followed, elevating him into celebrity status, and ultimately, into the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. His most notable aquatic feat was becoming the first person to swim across Lake Erie, going for 35 hours, 55 minutes while covering 32 miles from Ohio to Ontario. A failed attempt at Lake Michigan, halted by 11-foot tall waves, was the top front page story in the Chicago Sun Times, with baseball superstar Ted Williams phoning him in the post-swim press conference to offer his salute for the effort (and hoping, Harry said, that the swimming star could get the Splendid Splinter, an avid fisherman, an Evinrude Outboard endorsement). Dr. Briggs was profiled in the New York Times by noted author Gay Talese, who created “The Paddlin’ Professor” nickname. He appeared on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in his prime. The 5-foot-5 sparkplug was a big deal. Eight days after his induction in the Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Harry celebrated his 77th birthday on May 20th, 1998, with a 14-mile trek across Tampa Bay. That was the spring he’d arrived in Leesville. A few years later, he launched a relationship with the Lady Demon tennis program. Even after breaking his hip in 2014 when a Wal-Mart stock cart ran into him in Leesville – the indomitable Dr. Briggs made his way to the Jack Fisher Tennis Complex several times in the next two springs. Semper Fi never fit any Marine better. To contribute to the Briggs Scholarshipt, contact Haley Taitano in the NSU Athletic Association at 318-357-4278 or email at Blounth@nsula.edu.

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Dr. Chris Maggio Northwestern State President

Chris Maggio is a competitor for all seasons. vancement from 2013 until 2015, when he was promoted by Dr. Henderson. He has Northwestern State’s new president was an been a staff member at Northwestern State since 1988, when he joined the track and all-sports athlete in high school, a college distance field coaching staff. runner at NSU, and a high school football, basket- After several years as director of admissions and recruiting during record-setting ball and track coach. He became a college coach in enrollment for NSU, Maggio was selected as director of alumni affairs in 1999, director track and field for the Demons and Lady Demons. of alumni and development in 2003, executive director of the NSU Foundation in 2005 He even spent a few years as a high school basket- and Dean of Students and assistant provost for student success in 2007. During his caball referee. reer at NSU, Maggio also served as director of enrollment services. Today, you can find him making early-morning Under Maggio’s leadership, the NSU Foundation completed its first capital camruns, and you might see him on the tennis courts. He’s made memorable putts in scram- paign in Northwestern’s history, exceeding a campaign goal of $18.84 million and raisble tournaments at Demon Hills Golf Course. ing $31 million to support the university. His zeal for competition makes him a dynamic recruiter and fund raiser for NSU, He has also been a faculty member in the Department of Health and Human and his ability to mentor staff Performance for more than 20 years as an instructor, assistant professor and associate U N I V E R S I T Y A D M I N I S T R AT I O N members and students com- professor. President: bined with his warmth and Maggio came on board the NSU staff in 1988 as assistant track and field coach, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Chris Maggio sincerity to produce a tremen- then became head women’s coach a year later. After a very successful five years in that Interim Provost & VP for Academic Affairs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Vickie Gentry dously effective university ad- capacity, in 1994 Maggio moved into administration as the fundraiser for NSU Athletics Vice President for External Affairs: ministrator. before quickly being snapped up to become the university’s director of admissions and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerry Pierce Those traits, along with Dr. recruiting. Vice President for Business Affairs: Maggio’s deep roots and far- Maggio is a 1985 summa cum laude graduate of Northwestern State. He won Gulf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carl Jones Vice President for University Affairs: reaching relationships, made Star Conference All-Academic honors in track and field and helped the Demons win the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marcus Jones him an ideal choice to take over 1985 GSC championship. As a senior, he was elected Mr. NSU by his fellow students. Interim VP for the Student Experience: the presidency at his alma ma- Maggio earned his master’s of education at NSU. He received a doctorate in devel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frances Conine ter. opmental education from Grambling State University. Vice President for Technology, Innovation and Economic Development: Dr. Maggio was appointed His parents helped run a family business in Natchitoches. His father, Buddy, was . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Darlene Williams as acting president of North- honored as a “Natchitoches Treasure” in 2015 by the City of Natchitoches. western State effective Janu- As a young boy, Maggio became playmates with future Basketball Hall of Fame ary 1, and named to the position permanently May 4 after a national search. He suc- member Joe Dumars, whose home was near one of the Maggio’s stores. ceeded Dr. Jim Henderson, whose dynamic tenure spearheaded significant growth and Dr. Maggio’s wife, Jennifer, was formerly on the NSU staff as Coordinator of Adult achievement in two years as president. Henderson moved up to run the University of Education Initiatives. They have three children, Melanie, Scott, and Emily. Emily is a high Louisiana System, which includes Northwestern and eight other state universities. school student at St. Mary’s Catholic School of Natchitoches, while her older siblings Maggio, 53, is a lifelong resident of Natchitoches and long-time faculty and staff attend other colleges. member at Northwestern State. He is the university’s 19th president since its founding in 1884, and the first one who is homegrown, along with the first to be a four-year athletic letterwinner as a Demon competitor. Maggio was named vice president for the student experience at Northwestern State last September after serving as interim vice president for just over a year. He maintained his role as vice president for the student experience while serving as acting president. When the NSU Student Services building opened a couple of years ago, designers had a lovely office location for Maggio on the second floor. He asked instead for the room just inside the front door to the building, not connected to any administrative wing, but envisioned as a conference space. His reasoning: Maggio wanted to see everybody who walked in the door, and providing the ability to immediately engage them or at least be easily accessible for anyone who needed help. As vice president, Maggio led the Dean of Students and the Offices of Admissions, Recruiting, Financial Aid, Student Activities and Organizations, First Year Experience and Leadership Development, Judicial Services, Counseling and Career Services, Student Life, the Student Activities Board, Student Government Association, Student Support Services, and Greek Life. Northwestern State has recorded enrollment increases for the past two years, including a school-record number of 10,572 students in the Fall 2017 semester. That mark comes one year after Maggio and his staff helped deliver a 7-percent increase from the Fall 2015 semester to the Fall 2016 term. Maggio served as assistant vice president of external affairs for university ad- The Maggio family (from left): Melanie, Jennifer, Chris, Emily and Scott. Four-Time Southland Conference Champions • Three-Time Southland Conference Tournament Champions 22

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Vice President • External Affairs Only a couple of people have served Northwestern State as long as DEMONS’ DELIGHTS alumnus Jerry Pierce has, and nobody has done so in a more underHighlights of NSU athletics under the leadership of Vice President Jerry stated manner. Pierce and Director of Athletics Greg Burke In his 52nd 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 24 Southland Conference Championships (8 sports) billing, but consistently, he gets results to benefit the university. He is in his 27th year as vice president of external affairs at North- Football (1997, 1998, 2004), basketball (2005, 2006), women’s basketball western. A significant aspect of his job is oversight of intercollegiate (1999, 2004), baseball (1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005), women’s soccer athletics. Pierce works closely with athletic director Greg Burke and all NSU coaches and staff members to (2000), softball (1998, 1999, 2000, 2015), women’s tennis (2010, 2014), keep Northwestern athletics competing at a championship level week after week, month after month and men’s track and field (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002). All-Sports (1997-98). year after year. Pierce, an avid tennis player, has been a member of USTA teams that have won more than a dozen 18 Southland Conference Tournament Championships (5 sports) Basketball (2001, 2006, 2013), women’s soccer (1997, 2000, 2002, 2005), state championships, five regional titles and one national championship. Well before moving into the executive position, Pierce had already served his alma mater, adopted women’s basketball (2004, 2014, 2015), softball (1998, 2000, 2002, 2013, hometown and state with distinction. In his role as vice president, he over- 2014), women’s tennis (2010, 2015), volleyball (2014). NSU Athletic Council sees university operations in athletics, alumni and development, public and media relations and assists President Dr. Chris Maggio in governmen- 24 NCAA Postseason Appearances (7 sports) Jody Biscoe (Chair) tal affairs activities. Many of those duties were his since the 1970s as he Football - FCS Division I playoffs (1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004); basketHall Adams Kwan Adkins (Student-Athlete) worked under six previous presidents as Northwestern advanced from ball (2001, 2006, 2013); women’s basketball (2004, 2014, 2015); baseball Angela Bolton NAIA to NCAA College Division to NCAA Division I athletic status in 1977. (2005); softball (1998, 2000, 2002, 2013, 2014); women’s soccer (2000, Sid Hall A 1961 graduate of Northwestern, Pierce served as trainer/manager 2002, 2005), women’s tennis (2010, 2015), volleyball (2014). Women’s basAaron Johnson for the Demon football team during his college years, working closely with ketball also played in the 1999 WNIT. Track and field qualifications are for Damon Jones legendary coach Jack Clayton. After earning his journalism degree, Pierce individuals, not entire teams. Dr. Theresa Kyzar went to work for the New Orleans Times Picayune, serving as a reporter Lori LeBlanc 94 NCAA Postseason Individual Participants (5 sports) and editor. He was named executive sports editor at the age of 24. Chris Lyles Men’s indoor track and field 14 (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2014, 2015), men’s In 1965, he chose to raise his two sons in Natchitoches and returned Jacqueline Manza outdoor track and field 44 (1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, to NSU as sports information director. He was promoted to news bureau (Student-Athlete) director two years later and assumed additional responsibilities in athlet- 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2016), women’s indoor track and Dr. Jim Mischler ics, alumni affairs and other areas through the years. field 9 (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004), women’s outdoor track and field 26 Christie Price He created, in 1972, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame facility in (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, Ex-Officio Members Greg Burke Prather Coliseum on the NSU campus, providing a home for an entity 2014, 2015, 2016), women’s tennis 1 (2010). Kaitlin McCanna founded by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association in 1958. He estabDustin Eubanks lished annual induction activities that remain in place nearly five decades 82 National Awards (7 sports) Roxanne Freeman later, serving as director of the Hall for 19 years until his promotion to vice All-America awards - track and field (34), football (26), baseball (3). AcaDr. Chris Maggio president in April 1990 forced him to step aside from the volunteer post. demic All-America honors – softball (2), baseball (3), football (2), women’s Dr. Patrice Moulton He helped guide Northwestern into three athletic conferences (Trans track and field (1), women’s tennis (1), women’s basketball (1). U.S. Track Dr. Vicki Parrish America, 1979; Gulf Star, 1983; Southland, 1987) and NCAA Division I sta- & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Women’s Field Evens ScholarJerry Pierce tus in 1977. He is a past president of the Southland and has served the Athlete of the Year (1). National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete (2); conference through other offices and committee positions. AFCA Allstate Good Works Team (1), NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship (1). In 1994, he was named one of Louisiana’s 20 most influential sports figures by the Times-Picayune. Basketball - 2006 Pontiac Game Changing Performance $100,000 ScholAlso on the list were New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson, LSU athletic director Joe Dean and basketball arship. NCAA Academic Progress Rates Public Recognition, top 10 percent coach Dale Brown, and Grambling football coaching legend Eddie Robinson. nationally, (3, 2 by basketball, 1 by women’s soccer) 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 3 Olympic Competitors (2 sports) Dylan McDermott in Natchitoches and on the NSU campus. The movie’s impact on tourism in Natchitoches Track and field alumni LaMark Carter (2000) Kenta Bell (2004 and 2008) continues to resonate nearly three decades later. represented the USA in the Olympic Games in the triple jump. Former De Pierce is regarded as one of the most effective legislative liaisons for Louisiana’s higher education mon basketball player Dr. Gayle Hatch was the USA’s head men’s weightliftsystem. He has been also a master of ceremonies and speaker who has enlivened hundreds of events since ing coach in the 2004 Athens Games. 1965. In addition to his administrative responsibilities, Pierce is a tenured 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 retired teacher and also a tennis buff, live on Cane River Lake in Natchitoches. He has two sons, Randy and Rick, both NSU graduates; three grandchildren, twins Evan and Amanda, 28, and Miranda, 17; and two great-grandchildren; he has two adult stepchildren, Nicholas and Natalie. He’s a doting “Poppy” to Natalie’s preschool daughters. 23 Four-Time Southland Conference Champions • Three-Time Southland Conference Tournament Champions

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Greg Burke Director of Athletics The Burke File

AGE: 61 (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 22nd year as director of athletics at Northwestern State, Greg Burke is highly regarded far past the 318 area code due to the work he’s done in his adopted hometown. Burke, a native Ohioan and avid fan of all Cleveland pro sports teams, has been the Demons’ athletics director since Aug. 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, and is believed to be the longest-serving AD in state history. He has steered NSU athletics to many of its greatest accomplishments while overseeing a program that has fielded championship caliber teams in a dozen of the school’s 14 NCAA Division I sports. Highlights in Burke’s two decades as athletic director include 41 Southland Conference regular-season or tournament championships, 68 All-America and Academic All-America student athletes, and three U.S. Olympic competitors. Twenty-five NSU teams have taken part in NCAA or other postseason competition. All of the school’s athletic facilities have undergone over $7 million in improvements in the past few years, with another $1 million of enhancements to Turpin Stadium’s video board and sound system due before the 2017 home opener. Burke spearheaded a $2 million series of sponsorships for new scoreboards installed for 2008-09 at all NSU athletic venues; the $700,000 Second Century Circle fencing project for athletic venues; a $500,000 softball grandstand project; and a $600,000 upgrade of chairback seating at Turpin Stadium for the 2016 football season. Fundraising initiatives reached new levels in 2015-16. Formalizing the endowed giving program, branded as “Perpetually Purple,” generated an influx of over $100,000, while overall revenue generated by donations and sponsorships cracked $2 million. Competitively, milestones continue. One of the biggest under Burke: 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. Those accomplishments have come with one of the more modest athletic budgets in the state and conference. Burke’s management skill and fundraising ability have been pivotal. Burke has a remarkable ability to hire dynamic head coaches. Anchors of the department are current head coaches Mike McConathy, Louisiana’s all-time career basketball wins leader; softball coach Donald Pickett, and track and field coach Mike Heimerman, a trio with nearly 50 combined years on staff at NSU. Three former student-athletes in Burke’s tenure have become NSU head coaches, including second-year baseball coach Bobby Barbier. Numerous Burke hires had great success at Northwestern State that propelled them to national prominence in subsequent positions. Former baseball coach John Cohen is beginning his first full year as AD at Mississippi State. Over 100 more former NSU student-athletes, coaches and support staff members, most of them here with Burke as AD or assistant AD (1986-92), are working in college athletics at some level. Former Demons are head coaches in the SEC, Big XII, Mountain West Conference, Conference USA, Ohio Valley, SWAC, and Southland Conference. Five others hold Associate AD positions in the SEC, PAC 12, and American Athletic conferences. Former Burke lieutenants Todd Garzarelli (Wisconsin-Whitewhater), Jason Horn (Xavier-NO) and Adam Jonson (LSU Alexandria) are now athletics directors, while Kurt Gulbrand is senior associate AD for development at Tennessee and Jodie Libadisos is associate AD for student-athlete enhancement at South Florida. From his first day on the job, Burke has stressed the importance of having a balanced athletic program. Tremendous competitive strides have been made in women’s athletics under his guidance. Just in the past four years, Lady Demon basketball (2014, 2015), softball (2013, 2014), tennis (2013, 2015) and volleyball (2015) have reached NCAA Tournaments. Burke 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. Community service by NSU student-athletes, coaches and staff more than doubled to over 5,000 hours in 2009-10 and has remained at that level. The Southland Conference created the “Southland Strong” Community Service award to recognize the member institution whose studentathletes compile the most service hours each year. NSU won the inaugural prize in 2014-15 and was second in 2015-16. Burke spearheaded the adoption of the slogan “Great Tradition, Brighter Future” for NSU Ath-

letics, and the creation of NSU Athletics “Cornerstones” for student-athletes: “Academic Achievement, Personal Responsibility, Competitive Success … Every Minute, Every Hour, Every Day!” During Feb. 2013, he was presented the “Outstanding Contributions to Amateur Football Award” by the North Louisiana chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame. Six years ago, he was included among 29 winners of the Under Amour AD of the Year Award presented by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA). Burke was the 2010-11 president of the Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association. He serves on the NCAA Committee on Academics, a 20-person group replacing the Committee on Academic Performance, which included Burke. He also has served on the NCAA Championships/Sports Management Cabinet. Burke previously served a four-year term 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. He 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. In 2005, Burke was one of three recipients of the All-America Football Foundation’s Gen. Robert R. Neyland Outstanding Athletic Director Award and that same year, was also tabbed as one of two Natchitoches Parish Cenla Newsmakers of 2005 by the Alexandria Town Talk newspaper’s editorial staff. He received the 2006 “Outstanding Alumni Award” from his alma mater, Marlington High School in Alliance, Ohio, recognizing his community service and professional achievements. At the time, Burke became one of only 21 alumni honored since the award was instituted in 1982. Burke serves on the Natchitoches Convention and Visitors Bureau board, and on the board of directors for the Central Louisiana Community Foundation. He 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 member of the Natchitoches Area Jaycees. He has been involved with the American Heart Association and was 2010 March of Dimes chairman locally. His wife, Susu, is a Natchitoches native, NSU graduate and an elementary teacher. Their 23-year-old daughter, Catherine, graduated from St. Mary’s Catholic School in May of 2012 and is in graduate school at UL Lafayette after earning her undergraduate degree from Louisiana Tech.

Burke with his wife Susu and daughter Catherine

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ESI ATINKAH

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF SPORTS MEDICINE

After earning her master’s degree from Northwestern State in May 2015, Esi Atinkah is in her third year as a full-time member of the Northwestern State Sports Medicine staff. Atinkah is hired through Northwestern State’s partnership with Natchitoches Regional Medical Center. She was promoted to associate director of sports medicine in July 2016. In that role, Atinkah supervises two full-time athletic trainers and all of NSU’s graduate assistant athletic trainers. Atinkah spent her graduate school tenure as the athletic trainer for the Northwestern State baseball team and has remained in that role after completing her master’s degree. A 2013 University of Alabama graduate in athletic training, Atinkah worked with the Crimson Tide baseball, football, track, and tennis teams. She has worked the Alabama Relays, Nick Saban football camps, tennis tournaments, and the BCS National Championship. Atinkah is a Licensed Athletic Trainer by the State of Louisiana Board of Medical Examiners, a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, and is first-aid certified.

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MIKE DOTY

DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES/EVENT MANAGEMENT Mike Doty joined the NSU Athletics department in July as the director of athletic facilities and event management. Prior to arriving in Natchitoches, Doty spent the past two years as the athletic facilities coordinator at Missouri Southern State in Joplin, Missouri. While there, Doty managed all the university’s athletic facilities, coordinated logistics of all events held in those facilities, maintained the athletic facilities and grounds and wrote all event and facility contracts. A 2010 political science and international studies graduate of the University of Nebraska, Doty spent four years as an admissions counselor at Nebraska. After two years, he was promoted to senior admissions counselor, a position he held for two years before attending graduate school at Ohio University. While earning his master’s of sports administration from Ohio in 2015, Doty was an operations graduate assistant in Ohio’s Event Services department. He also served as the manager of game day operations and promotions for the Southern Ohio Copperheads, a member of the Great Lakes Summer League. While with the Copperheads, Doty worked with the other 11 teams to craft the schedule for the summer wooden-bat league. During his time as a student at Ohio, he worked on a study of the Football Bowl Association, which earned a Best Project Award. He also worked with the Pro Football Hall of Fame and with the New York Giants, dealing with football analytics.

SETH DOUGET

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES 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 serves as the chairperson for the Southland Conference Faculty Athlete Representatives and is a member of both the Compliance and Awards Committees. 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 Biscoes have lived in Natchitoches since 2002. Jody’s wife, Roni, is an avid runner and their daughter Roxy is a graduate of Northwestern’s Nursing program (BSN). You might often see Jody and Roni spending time with 3-year-old Jaxson, who already is training to be a future Demon multi-sport athlete whose favorite character is “Vic.”

KOLLEEN BROWN

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SPORTS MEDICINE Kolleen Brown joined the Northwestern State sports medicine staff in August after serving as an assistant athletic trainer at Uitca College during the 2016-17 academic year. Brown will be Northwestern State’s primary athletic trainer for women’s basketball. A former all-conference lacrosse player at Morrisville State, Brown earned her undergraduate degree in human performance and health promotion before collecting her master’s degree in athletic training from Daemen College. While at Utica College, Brown was the primary athletic trainer for women’s ice hockey and women’s lacrosse. Brown worked with Niagara University’s men’s hockey team in 2016 and with the University of Buffalo’s women’s soccer team in 2014. She also worked with the Buffalo football team during spring practice in 2015. Brown also performed occupational medical clearance physicals at Heatlhworks in Buffalo. A Licensed Athletic Trainer, Brown is BOC certified and holds a CDC concussion certification. She is first-aid/CPR/AED certified and is a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association.

Seth Douget is in his fourth year on the Northwestern State athletics facilities staff. Douget, a Lafayette native, has been the interim director of special facilities and operations since April. Prior to assuming his current role, Douget spent his first two years at Northwestern State as the assistant director of special facilities and operations. Douget is responsible for handling game management staff during football, basketball, baseball, softball and volleyball games as well as preparing Prather Coliseum, the Lady Demon Softball Complex and Brown-Stroud Field. Douget earned his bachelor of science degree in sports management from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 2010. He began his career as an intern in the UL Lafayette athletic department and spent three years with the Cajuns staff. While at his alma mater, Douget assisted game management staff at football, soccer, volleyball, basketball, baseball and softball games, wrote scripts and itineraries for soccer events, oversaw volleyball game management staff and prepared the football and volleyball complexes on game days.

JASON DRURY

DIRECTOR OF SPORTS MEDICINE Now in his 13th season at Northwestern State, Jason Drury was promoted to director of sports medicine in 2012 after the retirement of long-time athletic trainer Ed Evans. Drury joined the sports medicine staff at Northwestern State University in the summer of 2005 after being the head athletic trainer at Natchitoches Central for five years. In the spring of 2009, Drury took over as the head football athletic trainer for the Demons, after working for three seasons with the women’s soccer team and one season with men’s basketball team. A 1999 graduate of Idaho State University in biology, Drury worked with numerous sports in Pocatello, Idaho, including football, men’s basketball and track and field. Drury earned his master’s degree in sports administration from Northwestern State in 2001, during which time he worked as a graduate assistant athletic trainer for the NSU softball team. Drury is a native of Paoli, Indiana. He and his wife, Toni, have been married for 14 years. They have two children, Maddox and Kenzie.

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DUSITN EUBANKS

ASSISTANT AD/NCAA COMPLIANCE DIRECTOR Dustin Eubanks is in his 21st year in the NSU athletic department and his 21st year at the helm of NSU’s compliance department, keeping all athletics personnel current and in accordance with NCAA and Southland Conference guidelines. Eubanks was inducted into the N-Club Hall of Fame in October 2015, becoming just the fourth non-competitor to do so. A 1996 education graduate of Northwestern, the 44-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, Taylor (11) and Emilie (22), the latter being a recent summa cum laude graduate of NSU. The sisters share the same birthdate. Dustin and Dawn, who is the associate bursar at NSU, celebrated their 13th wedding anniversary this summer. Among Eubanks’ many career accomplishments is lobbying for and receiving a seventh year of eligibility for basketball guard Jalan West. Before setting foot into compliance, Eubanks served as a sports information assistant under the direction of Doug Ireland.

ROXANNE FREEMAN

ATHLETIC BUISNESS MANAGER Roxanne Freeman began working at NSU in 1983 as an accounting clerk in business affairs. She transferred to the athletics 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.

ALEXIS GUESS

ASSISTANT ACADEMIC COORDINATOR Alexis Guess is in her second year as Northwestern State’s assistant academic coordinator. Guess brings a varied background, having worked in numerous facets of student-athlete development at both LSU and Duquesne. As a student services graduate assistant at Duquesne, Guess conducted individual study sessions for at-risk student-athletes, compiled mid-term grade reports for various coaching staffs, coordinated student-athlete tutoring in the spring and summer 2016 semesters, oversaw study hall for incoming and transfer student-athletes and helped create and execute the “StudentAthlete Career Seminar.” As an undergraduate at LSU, Guess spent two years as a content tutor in the Cox Communications Center for Student-Athletes where she tutored student-athletes, composed tutor reports, met with athletic advisors and attended NCAA, SEC and LSU compliance and tutor training sessions. Guess has been involved with the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League Summit on Sportsmanship and has taken part in the NCAA Emerging Leaders Seminar.

MIKE JACKLICH

ASST. AD/TICKETING AND SPECIAL EVENTS 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. After spearheading the re-seating project at Turpin Stadium, which saw the installation of 2,360 uniformly purple chairback seats that debuted during the 2016 season, Jacklich was promoted to assistant athletic director for ticketing and special events. Jacklich came to Natchitoches from suburban Chicago, where he was the director of ticketing for the Schaumburg 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. 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.

ASHLEY LEGGETT

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SPORTS MEDICINE

Ashley Leggett is in her second season with the Northwestern State athletic training staff. She is hired through NSU’s partnership with Natchitoches Regional Medical Center. Leggett spent the past year interning at Samford, where she served the softball and volleyball programs. She organized physical examinations, SCAT3 and ImPACT testing for softball and volleyball student-athletes along with the rehabilitation, management and treatment of injuries. In addition, she implemented post-surgical SLAP repair protocol and a return-to-play throwing program. After graduating from Alabama in 2013 with a bachelor’s of science in athletic training, she completed a master’s at Iowa in leisure and recreational sports management in 2015. As a graduate assistant trainer at Iowa, she worked with the softball program. Leggett managed all aspects of daily medical needs including prevention, evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of student-athletes. As an athletic training student at Alabama, she aided the football, softball, swimming and diving programs as well as the rowing team. She traveled with the football team to the SEC and national championships and worked the Women’s College World Series.

KAITLYN McCANNA

ASSISTANT AD/STUDENT-ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT Kaitlyn McCanna joined the Northwestern State athletics department as the assistant athletic director for student-athlete development in January. McCanna, a 2011 Texas Lutheran graduate and former TLU basketball player, comes to Natchitoches after spending the past two-and-a-half years at Texas A&M as a scholastic supervisor for the Aggies football team. While at Texas A&M, McCanna oversaw initial and transfer eligibility evaluations, documented unofficial and official recruiting visits and the grant-in-aid process for all football student-athletes. She was responsible for monitoring the academic progress and eligibility for three position groups (receivers, linebackers and running backs). McCanna also represented the A&M athletics department on the University Advising Council and serve on the National Association of Academic and Student-Athlete Development Professionals (N4A) Legislative Committee. Prior to joining Texas A&M’s academic staff, McCanna spent two years as the academic advisor for Louisiana Tech’s men’s and women’s basketball teams. While there, McCanna also was the academic advisor for baseball, volleyball, softball, women’s soccer and men’s golf, assisting 150 athletes.

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JARED MYATT

DIRECTOR OF STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING Jared Myatt joined the Northwestern State athletics department as the director of strength and conditioning in June after a short stint at Appalachian State University. A Shreveport native and former football letterman at Louisiana College, Myatt brings with him a variety of experience in the strength and conditioning industry. Upon completing his four-year career as an all-conference defensive lineman at Louisiana College in 2014, Myatt was the head strength and conditioning intern at his alma mater from January-May 2015. After completing his undergraduate degree in exercise science in May 2015, Myatt served as a volunteer strength and conditioning coach at Louisiana Tech before becoming a graduate assistant at Mercer University. While at Mercer, Myatt was the strength and conditioning coach for softball, men’s and women’s tennis, volleyball and beach volleyball while assisting with men’s and women’s lacrosse, baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s golf and men’s and women’s soccer. Myatt completed his master’s degree in higher education leadership from Mercer in December2016 and spent the next three months as a volunteer assistant at LSU, working with football, baseball and volleyball. He oversaw conditioning for Tigers baseball players during position-specific training and pitchers. Immediately before coming to Natchitoches, Myatt was an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Appalachian State where he was the primary wrestling strength and conditioning coach.

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TORI THOMPSON

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND DIGITAL MEDIA After serving her alma mater as a recruiter, Tori Thompson joined the Northwestern State athletics department as the director of marketing and digital media in July. Before joining the university recruiting office, Thompson, a 2015 NSU graduate in business administration, spent the 2015-16 academic year as an athletics marketing associate/graduate assistant. During that time, she was instrumental in handling marketing and promotion efforts for soccer, volleyball, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball and softball. Thompson planned and directed a pair of long-running basketball fundraisers – the Gumbo and Chili cook-offs – while also helping to implement the student tailgate experience at home football games. Thanks to Thompson’s promotional efforts, the 2015 soccer opener produced the highest attendance in program history. Following her year as a graduate assistant, Thompson became NSU’s out-of-state recruiter. Working primarily in her home state of Texas, Thompson visited high schools throughout the state to recruit potential students, to market Northwestern State and to help build brand awareness for the university. Northwestern State’s 2012 Miss Lady of the Bracelet, Thompson is pursuing a master’s degree in sport administration from Northwestern State.

JOE TOLBERT

DIRECTOR OF EQUIPMENT OPERATIONS

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COMPLIANCE Former Northwestern State women’s basketball letterwinner Presley Owens returned to her alma mater in August as its assistant director of compliance. Owens was a two-year starter for the Lady Demons, helping lead Northwestern State to backto-back Southland Conference Tournament championships and NCAA Tournament berths. She will assist Assistant Athletic Director/NCAA Compliance Director Dustin Eubanks with all facets of student-athlete eligibility, financial aid and more. Following the completion of her career, Owens spent one season as an assistant coach on the NSU women’s basketball staff before spending the spring 2017 semester as a marketing intern at Mississippi State. In her two seasons as a Northwestern State player, Owens started 67 of 68 games, including all 34 games in her senior season. Owens averaged 7.4 points per game as a senior, helping Northwestern State capture its second straight Southland Conference Tournament championship and earn the first back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in school history.

DR. HALEY TAITANO

ASSOCIATE AD FOR EXTERNAL RELATIONS Senior Woman Administrator Haley Taitano, Ed.D., a school record-setting competitor as a Northwestern State track and field student-athlete, was promoted to associate athletic director for external affairs in September 2016. Taitano, who is in her second year as NSU’s Senior Woman Administrator, has overseen the rebranding and the revamping the N-Club, Northwestern State’s association of former athletic letterwinners, and helps coordinate the annual N-Club Hall of Fame induction ceremonies and alumni team reunions throughout the year. Additionally, she serves as the executive director of the Demons Unlimited Foundation, setting records for increasing funding for the athletic department through both sponsorship acquisition and individual donations, which provides additional support for all 14 Division I programs at NSU. Taitano, 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.

Joe Tolbert is in his first year as Northwestern State’s director of equipment operations. Tolbert, a 2014 South Alabama graduate in leisure studies/recreation administration, joined the NSU athletics staff in July after previously working at his alma mater and at Towson University. Tolbert was a student manager for the South Alabama football team for four seasons, serving as the head student assistant for his final three seasons. During those years, Tolbert supervised all student managers, coordinated equipment duties during practices and games, coordinated loading the equipment truck for all games, assisted with design and selection of team uniforms and apparel for coaches and players and assisted the South Alabama coaching staff with oncampus recruiting visits and preparation and administration of summer football camps. During a one-year internship at Towson, Tolbert worked with the Tigers’ football, men’s and women’s lacrosse and women’s field hockey teams. He coordinated the packing of all equipment and apparel for each team, assisted in the hiring and supervision of all student managers, assisted with the ordering of apparel and equipment for all teams, interacted with equipment vendors and conducted equipment and apparel inventory for all teams. A graduate of Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School in Alabama, Tolbert is a member of the Athletic Equipment Managers Association (AEMA) and is AEMA certified.

CARLEA ULRICH

ASSISTANT ACADEMIC COORINDATOR Director of Enhancement Acaemic Program Carlea Ulrich was named Northwestern State’s assistant academic coordinator and the director of the enhancement academic program in December. The Angelo State University graduate worked in various departments at Howard College, a community college in Big Spring, Texas. Her last three years were spent as the director of campus programming and assistant coordinator of residence education. Ulrich managed and implemented all student activities on campus as well as created the Hawks Welcoming Weekend. She served as the cheerleading administrator, lead advisor for clubs and organizations and directed the college’s fitness center and coliseum. She started at Howard College as the director of residence halls in 2014. Ulrich earned her master of education in coaching, sport, recreation and fitness administration in 2014 after earning her bachelor of arts in history in 2012, both from Angelo State. She served as a graduate assistant at Angelo State in university recreation, where she coordinated the six program areas of Outdoor Adventures. Ulrich has planned many events in the course of her career, including the Walking Dead MiniGolf Tournament.

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DOUG IRELAND

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, Sports, Alexandria Daily Town Talk, P.O. Box, 7558, Alexandria, LA 71306 (318-487-6351, fax 487-6315) - Roy Lang III, Jimmy Watson, Scott Ferrell, Sports, The Times, 222 Lake Street, Shreveport, LA 71101 (318-459-3296, 800-462-6436, fax 459-3301) - Joe Schiefelbein, Sports, Baton Rouge Advocate, P.O. Box 588, Baton Rouge, LA 70821 (225-383-1111, fax 388-0371) - Russell Hedges, Sports, Bossier Press Tribune, 4250 Viking Dr., Bossier City, LA 71111 (318-352-3618, fax 747-5298) - 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) - Natchitoches Times, 904 Hwy. 1 South, Natchitoches, LA 71457 (318-352-3618, fax 352-7842)

Television Stations - KALB-TV, 605 Washington St., Alexandria, LA 71306 (318-445-6397 exts. 516, 523; fax 442-7427) - KSLA-TV, 1812 Fairfield Ave., Shreveport, LA 71104 (318-677-6709, fax 677-6705) - KTAL-TV, 3150 N. Market St., Shreveport, LA 71107 (318-629-7134, 7133, fax 318-629-7171) - 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 - George Stieren, 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

Bianca Stakes Graduate Asst.

Ronnie Pellegrin SID Admin. Asst.

Matt Vines Asst. Director

Martin Seng SID Intern

Harris Wilson Scoreboard

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