2011 Volleyball Yearbook by LMU Athletics

LOYOLA MARYMOUNT VOLLEYBALL THE CENTENNIAL SEASON

2011

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LMU VOLLEYBALL Newcomers #4 Alessandra Dietz......................................................19 #5 Litara Keil................................................................19 #8 Ashley Maxfeldt......................................................20 #10 Amber Mirabello...................................................20 #11 Caitlin DeWitt.......................................................21 #88 Ellie Selleck............................................................21

2011 LMU Lions

VOLLEYBALL history

Table of Contents...........................................................2 Quick Facts.....................................................................3 2011 Roster...................................................................4 2011 Schedule...............................................................5 Speed Chart...................................................................6 2011 Season Preview.....................................................7

the coaching staff

Head Coach Tom Black.................................................23 LMU Career Coaching Records................................23 Blackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Career Coaching Record...............................24 Assistant Coach Jon Newman-Gonchar........................25 Assistant Coach Megan Jacobson.................................26 Volunteer Assistant Coach Meagan Schmitt..................27

Postseason Play............................................................33 LMU in the Sweet Sixteen.............................................34 Retired Volleyball Jerseys..............................................35 Life After LMU - Sarah Noriega.....................................36 Life After LMU - Heather Hughes..................................37 Life After LMU - Emily Day............................................38 LMU All-Americans.......................................................39 LMU National Records..................................................40 Career Records.............................................................41 Season Records............................................................42

THE PLAYERS Returners #1 Lauren DeGrandmont................................................9 #3 Kenna Crouse.........................................................10 #6 Alyse Hensley..........................................................11 #7 Emily Cheek............................................................12 #15 Jasmine Rankins....................................................13 #17 Taylor Scioscia.......................................................14 #19 Betsi Metter..........................................................15 #20 Diana Hiromoto.....................................................16 #55 Olivia Bailey...........................................................17 #67 Felicia Arriola.........................................................18

INSIDE LMU

2010 review A Look Back.................................................................29 Season Results.............................................................30 Online Results..........................................................30 Online News Stories.................................................30 Overall Statistics...........................................................31 Conference Statistics....................................................31

Right Place. Right Time.................................................44 View to a Promising Future...........................................45 A Solid Foundation.......................................................46 The Lion Experience......................................................47 Giving Back..................................................................48 Academics - A Helping Hand........................................49 Prepared for Tomorrow - Graduation............................50 Building Champions.....................................................51 History of Champions...................................................52 LMU at 100 - A Centennial Celebration........................53 Lion Leadership - Staff..................................................54 West Coast Conference................................................55 A Hub of Activity..........................................................56 Strengthening Champions............................................57 Dreier Strength and Conditioning Center.....................58 The Lions Athletic Center.............................................59 Gersten Pavilion...........................................................60 Where the Lions Play....................................................61 Feel the Roar................................................................62 Following the Lions......................................................63 Where the Lions Live....................................................64

QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Location Los Angeles, Calif. Founded 1911 Enrollment 5,509 Undergraduate 8,845 Total Nickname Lions Primary Colors Crimson (Pantone 202) Navy (Pantone 2965) Secondary Colors Marymount Blue (Pantone 279) Gray (Cool Gray 5) Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference West Coast Conference Home Court Gersten Pavilion Capacity 4,156 Press Row Phone (310) 258-8732 President David Burcham Alma Mater Occidental, ‘73 Athletic Director Dr. William Husak Alma Mater SUNY-Cortland, ‘72 Athletic Phone (310) 338-2765 Ticket Office (310) 338-LION

Volleyball Staff Head Coach Alma Mater Phone Record At LMU Overall Record WCC Record Assistant Coach Alma Mater Assistant Coach Alma Mater Volunteer Assistant Coach Alma Mater

Tom Black UC San Diego, ‘96 (310) 338-2765 15-15 (one season) 15-15 (one season) 6-8 (one season) Jon Newman-Gonchar Northern Arizona, ‘05 Megan Jacobson West Texas A&M, ‘01 Meagan Schmitt Cal, ‘11

Team Facts 2010 Record 15-15 2010 WCC Record/Finish 6-8/4th Letterwinners Returning/Lost 10/4 Starters Returning/Lost 4+Libero/1 Newcomers 6 Postseason Information Conference Championships (4) 1986 (WCAC), 1994, 1995 1996 NCAA Appearances (10) 1986, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005 NCAA Sweet Sixteen Appearances (1) 1996

Media Services Assistant AD - Media Services John Shaffer Assistant Director (Volleyball Contact) Tyler Geivett Office Phone (310) 338-7638 Cell Phone (310) 345-6997 E-mail tgeivett@lmu.edu Assistant Director Sarah Finney Coordinator of New Media William Brooks SID Office Fax (310) 338-2703 Website www.LMULions.com Facebook Page facebook.com/LMULions Twitter Page twitter.com/LMULions MAILING ADDRESS Loyola Marymount University Athletic Media Relations Office • Gersten Pavilion 1 LMU Drive - MS 8505 Los Angeles, CA 90045 West Coast Conference Volleyball Contact Stef Ordoveza Phone (650) 873-8622 Email sordoveza@westcoast.org Fax (650) 873-7846 Website www.wccsports.com

2011 roster No. 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 15 17 19 20 55 67 88

Name Lauren DeGrandmont Kenna Crouse Alessandra Dietz Litara Keil Alyse Hensley Emily Cheek Ashley Maxfeldt Amber Mirabello Caitlin DeWitt Jasmine Rankins Taylor Scioscia Betsi Metter Diana Hiromoto Olivia Bailey Felicia Arriola Ellie Selleck

HEAD COACH: ASSISTANT COACHES:

Pos DS MB MB MB OPP OPP S MB/OPP OH OH/OPP OH OH DS S OH OH

Ht 5-6 6-1 6-1 6-1 6-3 6-3 5-10 5-11 5-10 6-0 5-10 5-10 5-7 6-0 5-11 5-10

Yr-Exp SR-3V JR-2V FR-HS FR-HS SO-1V SR-3V FR-HS FR-HS FR-HS SR-3V SO-1V SO-1V SR-3V JR-2V JR-2V FR-HS

Hometown/Previous School Portland, Ore./Central Catholic HS Coto de Caza, Calif./Santa Margarita HS Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Marian HS Long Beach, Calif./Long Beach Poly San Diego, Calif./Torrey Pines HS Sequin, Texas/Sequin HS Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Bonita HS Palm Harbor, Fla./Berkeley Prep Pleasanton, Calif./Foothill HS Oceanside, Calif./Vista HS Westlake Village, Calif./Louisville HS Phoenix, Ariz./Phoenix Desert Vista HS Aiea, Hawaii/Punahou School Dallas, Texas/The Hockaday School Laguna Niguel, Calif./Dana Hills HS Grass Valley, Calif./Nevada Union HS

Tom Black (UC San Diego, ‘96) – Second Season Jon Newman-Gonchar (Northern Arizona, ‘05) – Second Season Megan Jacobson (West Texas A&M, ‘01) – Second Season Meagan Schmitt (Cal, ‘11) – First Season CLICK HERE FOR ONLINE ROSTER

Pronunciation Guide Felicia Arriola ARE-EE-OH-LUH Kenna Crouse RHYMES WITH HOUSE Lauren DeGrandmont DUH-GRAND-MONT Alessandra Dietz AL-EE-SAWN-DRUH DEETS Alyse Hensley UH-LEASE Diana Hiromoto HEAR-UH-MOTO Litara Keil LUH-TAR-UH KYLE Betsi Metter MEET-ER Jasmine Rankins JAZZ-MIN Taylor Scioscia SO-SHUH

2011 SCHEDULE MON

AUGUST

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SEPTEMBER

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20 Alumnae Match 1:00 PM

TUE

vs. Seattle 10:00 AM at Oregon State 7:30 PM

THU

FRI 2

at Kentucky 8:00 AM vs. Houston 2:00 PM

vs. West Virginia 2:00 PM

vs. UC Riverside 10:00 AM at Pacific 7:00 PM

SAT

vs. Cal State Bakersfield 10:00 AM

WED

Quinnipiac 10:00 AM UCLA 7:30 PM

Cal State Fullerton 7:00 PM

MON

vs. San Jose State 11:30 AM

at Gonzaga 6:00 PM

at Portland 1:00 PM

29 BYU 7:00 PM

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THU

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MON

TUE 1

WED 2

THU

Saint Mary’s 1:00 PM

OCTOBER

Pepperdine 6:00 PM

Santa Clara 1:00 PM

23 at Long Beach State 7:00 PM

Gonzaga 1:00 PM

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San Diego 1:00 PM

19 San Francisco 12:00 PM

at Saint Mary’s 1:00 PM

28 Portland 7:00 PM

SAT 5

at Pepperdine 7:00 PM

at San Diego 1:00 PM

at Santa Clara 6:00 PM

UC Santa Barbara 7:00 PM

at San Francisco 7:00 PM

at BYU 6:00 PM

NOVEMBER

FRI 4

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Lauren DeGrandmont DS • 5-6 • SR Portland, Ore.

Caitlin DeWitt OH • 5-10 • FR Pleasanton, Calif.

Kenna Crouse MB • 6-1 • JR Coto de Caza, Calif.

Jasmine Rankins OH/OPP • 6-0 • SR Oceanside, Calif.

Alessandra Dietz MB • 6-1 • FR Bloomfield Hills, Mich.

Litara Keil MB • 6-1 • FR Long Beach, Calif.

Alyse Hensley OPP • 6-3 • SO San Diego, Calif.

Emily Cheek OPP • 6-3 • SR Sequin, Texas

Taylor Scioscia OH • 5-10 • SO Westlake Village, Calif.

Betsi Metter OH • 5-10 • SO Phoenix, Ariz.

Diana Hiromoto DS • 5-7 • SR Aiea, Hawai’i

Olivia Bailey S • 6-0 • JR Dallas, Texas

Tom Black Head Coach Second Season

Jon Newman-Gonchar Assistant Coach Second Season

Megan Jacobson Assistant Coach Second Season

Meagan Schmitt Volunteer Assistant First Season

Ashley Maxfeldt S • 5-10 • FR Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.

Felicia Arriola OH • 5-11 • JR Laguna Niguel, Calif.

Amber Mirabello MB/OPP • 5-11 • FR Palm Harbor, Fla.

Ellie Selleck OH • 5-10 • FR Grass Valley, Calif.

2011 Season preview After being picked to finish last in the West Coast Conference last year, the 2010 LMU Lions posted a 15-15 overall record and a 6-8 mark in the WCC to claim fourth overall. The 2011 squad returns 10 players, including five starters, from a year ago as it looks to improve on its fourth-place finish in the newly expanded nine-team WCC. After having just two seniors on the roster in 2010, LMU will now sport four in 2011, including first team All-West Coast Conference selection Jasmine Rankins.

One of the most improved players according to Black, senior Emily Cheek “has made big gains. She has tremendous height and power, and she is now more repeatable in her actions and is reading the game better. Emily has put in a great deal of work and dedication to become a six-rotation outside hitter, and she is battling for the starting spot. At the very least, she will give us a ton of depth and have a significant role for us this year.” Cheek appeared in 16 matches and 29 sets for the Lions last year, totaling 23 kills on 82 attacks.

Outside Hitter The coaching staff has been extremely pleased with what could be considered the deepest position on the roster this year – outside hitter. Led by senior first team All-WCC selection Jasmine Rankins, the Lions have a number of viable options to play on the outside this season. A preseason All-Conference selection, “Rankins is on the verge of having a special season,” Black said. “Jasmine is a six-rotation player who can hit with power and pass the ball. She is also a lethal server, blocks well and reads the play well. Simply put, Jasmine is the whole package, and we expect big things from her this year.”

Despite appearing in just six sets and four matches as a freshman, Black has been impressed with the versatility and spirit that Taylor Sciosica brings to the program. “Taylor is a special player,” Black said. “She will do anything she can to help the team at any time, and we use her all over the court in practice and get no complaints. Taylor works as hard as she can at all times and has developed into a really nice volleyball player. During games our servers rely on her for the feedback she gives, and she is a major factor to the spirit of this team.”

LMU’s Female Most Improved Athlete of the Year, Rankins notched a team-high 425 kills at a rate of 3.79 per set to finish second in the WCC last year. She served-up a conference-best 50 aces at a rate of .45 per set, and finished the year ranked 16th in the nation in terms of aces per set. An all-around talent, Rankins also led the team in block solos with 12 and finished the year with 46 block assists to total 58 blocks at a rate of .52 per set.

“Felicia Arriola is going to be one of our captains despite redshirting this year,” Black said. “We just want to get her healthy so she can have two strong years for us in the future. Our coaching staff is in constant awe of Felicia’s dedication and investment into this team. She is holding people accountable as if she is going to play the next day, and that leadership is invaluable.”

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Arriola appeared in 29 of LMU’s 30 matches as a sophomore, including starting 28. She amassed 240 kills at a rate of 2.35 per set, while also posting 15 service aces and 233 digs at a rate of 2.28 per set. Active on the block, she totaled 23 blocks, including three block solos and 20 block assists. Opposite After receiving the bulk of the starting duties as a freshman en route to an honorable mention All-WCC selection and a spot on the AllFreshman team, Alyse Hensley is poised to serve as the starting opposite once again in 2011. Hensley made an immediate impact as a freshman, posting 258 kills at a rate of 2.50 per set. She hit .290 over the course of the year, committing just 69 errors over 651 attacks. Active on the block, she posted three block solos and 54 block assists to total 57 total blocks. “Alyse hit at an incredibly high clip last year, and she is only going to get better,” Black said. “She played a lot of volleyball this summer, and as a result, her defense and serve receive has improved to the point where we may use her in the passing rotation.” Setter Junior Olivia Bailey is once again the frontrunner to earn the starts at the setter position in 2011. Bailey enters the 2011 season ranked 10th on the LMU All-Time Record List for assists with 1,262. The native of Dallas, Texas finished last year with 1,101 assists at a rate of 10.19 per set to place third in the WCC. She also managed 65 kills, recorded 226 digs, and posted 42 total blocks, including three

MEET THE 2011 LIONS............................................ 8 Returners #1 Lauren DeGrandmont.............................................................. 9 #3 Kenna Crouse.......................................................................... 10 #6 Alyse Hensley......................................................................... 11 #7 Emily Cheek............................................................................ 12 #15 Jasmine Rankins................................................................... 13 #17 Taylor Scioscia....................................................................... 14 #19 Betsi Metter.......................................................................... 15 #20 Diana Hiromoto.................................................................... 16 #55 Olivia Bailey.......................................................................... 17 #67 Felicia Arriola........................................................................ 18

THE PLAYERS

Newcomers #4 Alessandra Dietz..................................................................... 19 #5 Litara Keil................................................................................ 19 #8 Ashley Maxfeldt..................................................................... 20 #10 Amber Mirabello.................................................................. 20 #11 Caitlin DeWitt....................................................................... 21 #88 Ellie Selleck........................................................................... 21

#1 LAUREN DeGRANDMONT Senior • Defensive Specialist • 5-6 • Portland, Ore. • Central Catholic HS briefly Lauren DeGrandmont is in her senior season with LMU volleyball... a LMU Volleyball Records leader on the court from the libero Individual Career History position, she will be looked to for guidance this year…

ARRIOLA, Felicia

2010 (JUNIOR) e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s Appeared in all 112 sets for the Li2009 61-18 28 0.46 19 111 .081 16 0.26 3 0.05 ons, working primarily at libero… 2010 102-29 240 2.35 123 709 .165 22 0.22 15 0.15 notched a team-best 324 digs at a TOTAL 163-47 268 1.64 142 820 .154 38 0.23 18 0.11 rate of 2.89 per set to place 10th in the WCC… served-up two aces…Olivia BAILEY, dished-out 55 assists, including a at UC aIrvine Season sp-mp k k/s season-high e ta sixpct a/s on Ocsa sa/s tober 8… season and career-best 27 digs came at Irvine that same 2009 41-18 22 0.54 9 56 .232 161 3.93 4 0.10 night… notched both65of 0.60 her kills21for the season against Bucknell 2010 108-29 201 .219 1101 10.19 20 0.19 on August 28… posted 137 digs in conference TOTAL 149-47 87 0.58 30 257 .222 play 1262alone, 8.47averag24 0.16 ing 2.74 digs per set… both of her aces came against WCC foes as she posted one against Portland and San Diego… CHEEK, WCC fallEmily All-Academic selection… Season

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2009 (SOPHOMORE) 2008 38-15 37 0.97 24 117 .111 5 0.13 1 Appeared in 101 all 29 matches a sopho2009 16-9 sets and 7 0.44 14 49 for -.14the 3 Lions 2 as 0.12 0 more... working at libero, 248 2010 29-16 primarily 23 0.79 22 she 82 posted .012 a team-best 1 0.03 1 digs at a rate of 2.46 set... 60 collected TOTAL 83-40 67 per 0.81 248 a .02season-high 8 8 0.1020 digs 2

dig

d/s

b/s

7 23 30

165 233 398

2.70 2.28 2.44

14 16 30

2 3 5

4 20 24

6 23 29

0.10 0.23 0.18

3 6 9

bhe

pts

pts/s

0 35.0 0 268.0 0 303.0

0.57 2.63 1.86

dig

d/s

b/s

7 44 51

45 226 271

1.10 2.09 1.82

2 3 5

0 3 3

9 39 48

9 42 51

0.22 0.39 0.34

2 6 8

sa/s

dig

d/s

b/s

bhe

pts

pts/s

0.03 0.00 0.03 0.02

4 0 0 4

12 4 4 20

0.32 0.25 0.14 0.24

1 0 1 2

3 0 2 5

7 4 10 21

10 4 12 26

0.26 0.25 0.41 0.31

5 1 1 7

0 1 0 1

44.5 9.0 31.0 84.5

1.16 0.56 1.07 1.01

bhe

pts

pts/s

2 30.5 12 107.5 14 138.0

0.73 0.99 0.93

in back-to-back matches on August 29 at TCU and September 4 versus Idaho... lone kill of her season came against Boise StatePaige CRAINE, on September 12... notched 30 assists and nine service aces... Season k three k/s assists e pct occasions... a a/s posted sa sa/s se digLAUREN d/s re bs ba tb career b/s be highs bhe pts pts/s dished-out asp-mp season-best onta three DeGRANDMONT's a pair of aces against2 TCU Gonzaga 2010 92-26 0.02on August 2 729 .0and 00 against 64 0.70 18 0.20 Kills 29 36 0.39 2 2 0 4 vs. Bucknell 4 0.04 0 1 22.0 0.24 8/28/10 11/4/10 on November92-26 5... averaged WCC AllTOTAL 2 0.02.09 aces 2 per7 set... .000garnered 64 0.70 18 0.20 Attacks 29 36 0.39 2### 2 0 4 vs. CS4 Bakersfield 0.04 0 1 22.0 0.24 Percentage -- -- -Academic honorable mention for her work in the classroom...

CROUSE, Kenna Assists Aces

2008 (FRESHMAN) Season k and k/s 93 sets e fortathe Lions pct a/s sa sa/s Appeared in sp-mp 29 matches asa a freshman... 2009 92-27 2.09 88 16 495assists .210on the 13 year... 0.14 man13 0.14 served-up four aces 192 and dished-out 2010 59-22 84 of1.42 36 set... 198 .242 2 0.03 5 0.08 aged 146 digs at a rate 1.57 per TOTAL

151-49

276

1.83

124

693

.219

0.10

0.12

6 2### Digs 27 se Blocks -- dig d/s re bs Solo Block 31 Assists 37 0.40 1 3 2 Total 14 Blocks 20 0.34 1 1 2

0.38

at UC Irvine vs. Gonzaga at UC Irvine ba -- tb b/s Clara 39 vs. Santa 41 0.45 Clara 37 vs. Santa 39 0.66

0.53

6 4 10

10/8/10 11/5/09 10/8/10 bhe pts pts/s -11/1/08 0 226.5 2.46 11/1/08 1 109.5 1.85

1 336.0

UPDATED STATS

2.23

# Denotes number of times a player has recorded a statistic with the most recent listed.

CLICK HERE FOR FULL BIO DeGRANDMONT, Lauren LAUREN DeGRANDMONT's career stats Season

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2008 2009 2010 TOTAL

93-29 101-29 112-30 306-88

0 1 2 3

0.00 0.01 0.02 0.01

0 1 2 3

4 6 9 19

.000 .000 .000 .000

16 30 55 101

0.17 0.30 0.49 0.33

4 9 2 15

0.04 0.09 0.02 0.05

16 16 9 41

146 248 324 718

1.57 2.46 2.89 2.35

10 19 30 59

0 0 0 0

1 0 0 1

0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00

0 0 0 0

1 0 3 4

4.5 10.0 4.0 18.5

0.04 0.10 0.04 0.06

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pts/s

FERRACO, Alex Season

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CAREER STATS

#3 KENNA CROUSE Junior • Middle Blocker • 6-1 • Coto de Caza, Calif. • Santa Margarita HS briefly Kenna Crouse is in her third season with LMU volleyball... appeared in 22 matches and 59 sets as a sophomore…

Season

sp-mp

k/s

2009 2010 TOTAL

61-18 102-29 163-47

28 240 268

0.46 2.35 1.64

19 123 142

111 709 820

2010 (SOPHOMORE) Appeared in 22 matches and 59 sets… collected 84 kills at a rate of 1.42 per set… managed a .242 hitting percentage over the course of LMU Volleyball Records the year… served-up five aces while Individual Career History collecting 20 digs… posted two block solos and 37 block assists to ARRIOLA, Felicia average .66 blocks per set… posted a season-high 10 kills on three two aces pct a a/s sa sa/s se dig d/s re bs baoccasions… tb b/s notched be bhe pts verpts/s sus Oral Roberts on September 4… teamed for five block assists .081 16 0.26 3 0.05 7 165 2.70 14 2 4 6 0.10 3 0 35.0 0.57 on .165 22 0.22 15 0.15 23 November 233 2.28 18 against 16 3Saint20Mary’s… 23 0.23 6 0 268.0 2.63 .154

0.23

0.11

BAILEY, Olivia Season

sp-mp

k/s

2009 2010 TOTAL

41-18 108-29 149-47

22 65 87

0.54 0.60 0.58

9 21 30

56 201 257

a/s

sa/s

.232 161 3.93 .219 1101 10.19 .222 1262 8.47

pct

4 20 24

0.10 0.19 0.16

CHEEK, Emily

UPDATED STATS

Season

sp-mp

2008 Kills 2009 Attacks 2010 Percentage TOTAL

38-15 0.97 24 career 117 .11highs 1 5 KENNA37CROUSE's 19 vs. Houston 16-9 7 0.44 14 49 -.143 2 40 vs. Houston 29-16 23 0.79 22 82 .012 1 .750 vs. Idaho 83-40 67 0.81 60 248 .028 8

Assists 3 Aces 6 Digs 4## Solo Blocks 1#### Block Assists sp-mp 9 Season k Total Blocks 9

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at Portland vs. Idaho at Kansas State vs. #23 Long Beach State vs. Northridge e Cal State ta pct a vs. Cal State Northridge

a/s

sa/s

0.13 1 0.03 0.12 9/11/09 0 0.00 0.03 9/11/09 1 0.03 9/4/09 0.10 2 0.02

10/8/09 9/4/09 CRAINE, Paige 9/3/10 9/24/10 a/s 9/15/09 sa sa/s 9/15/09

2010 92-26 2 0.02 2 7 .000 64 0.70 18 0.20 TOTAL 92-26 2 0.02 2 7 . 0 0 0 64 0.70 18 0.20 # Denotes number of times a player has recorded a statistic with the most recent listed.

398

2.44

0.18

0 303.0

1.86

0.14

0.41

1.07

2009 (FRESHMAN) Played in 92 sets and 27 matches, including starting 16 as a freshman... notched 192 kills and hit .210 over the course of the year... averaged finished attack se dig 2.09 d/s killsreper set... bs ba tb third b/s on the be team bhe in pts pts/s percentage... collected 7 45 1.10 dished-out 2 0 13 assists 9 9and0.22 2 372 digs... 30.5 her 0.73 13 squad,42as 0.39 she averaged service 44 aces 226 ranked 2.09 third 3 on3the 39 6 12.14 107.5 0.99 aces on the 51 per 271 set... 1.82 posted 5 39 3block48assists, 51 good 0.34 for third 8 14 138.0team 0.93 in that category... season-best 19 kills and 40 attacks came versus Houston on September 11... hit a team-best .750 (13-1/16) against Idaho on September 4... notched a team-high tying six se digroute d/sto 21.5 re points bs against ba tb b/s be bhe 4... ptspostpts/s aces en Idaho on September ed Cal State 4 a team-high 12 0.32 nine 1 block 3 assists 7 against 10 0.26 5 Northridge 0 44.5 on 1.16 September 15... averaged set... 1 0 4 0.25 0 0 .45 blocks 4 4per0.25 1 9.0 0.56 31.0

4 20 0.24 2 5 21 26 0.31 7 1 84.5 1.01 HIGH SCHOOL A 2009 graduate of Santa Margarita High School in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.... was a three-year varsity starter for coach Cristy Chapman-Uhrig... led her team to the 2008 CIF Division I-AA title se a dig re bs of ba tb Championship... b/s be bhe garnered pts pts/s and spot ind/sthe semifinals the State 29 36 0.39 2 0 4 4 0.04 0 1 22.0 0.24 second team All-CIF honors as a senior... 29

0.39

0.04

22.0

0.24

bhe

pts

pts/s

0 226.5 1 109.5 1 336.0

2.46 1.85 2.23

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CAREER STATS

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sa/s

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2009 2010 TOTAL

92-27 59-22 151-49

192 84 276

2.09 1.42 1.83

88 36 124

495 198 693

.210 .242 .219

13 2 15

0.14 0.03 0.10

13 5 18

0.14 0.08 0.12

31 14 45

37 20 57

0.40 0.34 0.38

3 1 4

2 2 4

39 37 76

41 39 80

0.45 0.66 0.53

6 4 10

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#6 ALYSE HENSLEY Sophomore • Opposite • 6-3 • San Diego, Calif. • Torrey Pines HS briefly Alyse Hensley is in her second season with LMU volleyball... burst onto the scene and made an immediate impact as a freshman en route to an honorable mention All-WCC selection and a spot on the WCC AllFreshman team… 2010 (FRESHMAN) Earned honorable mention All-WCC honors and a spot on the WCC AllFreshman team… made an immediate impact as a freshman, posting 258 kills at a rate of 2.50 per set… appeared in 103 sets and all 30 matches for the Lions… hit .290 over the course of the year, committing just 69 errors over 651 attacks… the attacks ranked third on the team, while her kills and attack percentage marks placed second… active on the block, she posted three block solos and 54 block assists to total 57 total blocks… the block assist and total block numbers placed third on the team, while her 289 points ranked second… HIGH SCHOOL A 2010 graduate of Torrey Pines High School in San Diego, Calif... earned a total of three varsity letters in volleyball, one from Maria Carrillo High School and the final two from Torrey Pines... named All-League in all three seasons playing high school volleyball... helped Torrey Pines to the 2009 Avocado League Championship... also competed in basketball and tennis in high school... played for the Empire Volleyball Club, Coast Volleyball and Northern California High Performance teams... PERSONAL Alyse Ann Hensley was born October 7, 1992, in Mission Viejo, Calif... daughter of Maureen and Tom Hensley... father played football in college... has one sister, Delaney, who currently attends Arizona State... also recruited by San Francisco, Oregon, St. Mary’s and Rutgers, but chose LMU because of the excellent education, LMU Volleyball and reputation of being dedicated to teaching...

Kills Attacks Percentage Assists Aces Digs Solo Blocks Block Assists Total Blocks Records

ALYSE HENSLEY's career highs 18 40 .500 1## 1 5 1### 5### 6

vs. Santa Clara at UC Irvine vs. Oral Roberts at UC Irvine at Portland at Gonzaga at Cal State Northridge at Portland at Cal State Northridge

10/30/10 10/8/10 9/4/10 10/8/10 11/13/10 11/11/10 9/21/10 11/13/10 9/21/10

UPDATED STATS

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ALYSE HENSLEY's career stats Season

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pct

a/s

sa/s

dig

d/s

b/s

2010 TOTAL

103-30 103-30

258 258

2.50 2.50

69 69

651 651

.290 .290

2 2

0.02 0.02

1 1

0.01 0.01

4 4

35 35

0.34 0.34

1 1

3 3

54 54

57 57

0.55 0.55

13 13

dig

d/s

b/s

HIROMOTO, Diana Season

sp-mp

k/s

pct

a/s

sa/s

bhe

pts

pts/s

1 289.0 1 289.0

2.81 2.81

bhe

pts

pts/s

CAREER STATS

#7 EMILY CHEEK Senior • Opposite • 6-3 • Sequin, Texas • Sequin HS briefly Emily Cheek is in her senior season with LMU volleyball... one of five seniors on the 2011 roster… 2010 (JUNIOR) Appeared in 16 matches and 29 sets for the Lions… totaled 23 kills on 82 attacks… collected her lone service ace on October 14 versus Portland… amassed two block solos and 10 block assists over the course of the year, averaging .41 blocks per set… had a big day on the block against Pepperdine on October 9, posting four block assists and five total blocks… posted three kills in as many attacks against Oral Roberts on September 4… 2009 (SOPHOMORE) Played in just 16 sets as a sophomore due to injury... collected seven kills on the year... teamed for four block assists, posting two in each of her final two matches played... managed four total blocks, averaging .25 blocks per set... season-high three kills came LMU Volleyball Records at Santa Clara on November 21... dished out her only two assists Career History of the year at San Francisco on November 19...Individual her three digs at Santa Clara on November 21 fell just one short of a career high...

ARRIOLA, Felicia

2008 (FRESHMAN) Appeared in sp-mp 15 of LMU’s 30 starting Season k k/s matches, e ta pct four,a despite a/s misssa sa/s ing time due61-18 to injury... managed 2009 28 collected 0.46 1937 kills 111 on .08the 1 year... 16 0.26 3 0.05 10 blocks, including three2.35 solos123 and 709 seven.1assists... her 0.15 2010 102-29 240 65 22 notched 0.22 15 only service163-47 ace on 268 October versus820 then-No. TOTAL 1.64 11 142 .154 17 38Pepperdine... 0.23 18 0.11 had a season-high 10 kills and .471 hitting percentage against Lipscomb on September 5... collected her high of four block assistsOlivia BAILEY, against UC Santa Barbara on September 16... Season

a/s

sa/s

HIGH SCHOOL 2009 41-18 22 0.54 9 56 .232 161 3.93 A 2008 graduate School Texas... 2010 108-29 of Sequin 65 0.60High 21 201 in .Sequin, 219 1101 10.19

4 20 24

0.10 0.19 0.16

TOTAL

sp-mp

149-47

k/s

0.58

257

pct

.222 1262

8.47

dig

7 165 Kills 23 233 Attacks 30 398

d/s

Percentage Assists Aces Digs se Blocks dig d/s Solo Block 7 Assists 45 1.10 Total Blocks

226

b/s

2.70 EMILY 14 CHEEK's 2 4 career 6 0.10highs 3 2.28 10 16 3 20 vs. Lipscomb 23 0.23 6 2.44 19## 30 5 24 at Santa 29 Clara 0.18 9

2.09

1.000 3 1## 4 re bs 1##### 4## 2 0 5

bhe

vs. Oral Roberts vs. San Jose State vs. Portland vs. Appalachian State ba at Portland tb b/s be bhe 9 vs. Pepperdine 9 0.22 2 2 vs. Pepperdine

0.39

pts

pts/s

0 35.0 0.57 0 268.09/5/08 2.63 11/21/19 0 303.0 1.86

9/4/10 9/13/08 10/14/10 9/6/08 pts pts/s 11/13/10 10/9/10 30.5 0.73 10/9/10

12 107.5

UPDATED STATS

0.99

271 number 1.82 of times 5 a player 3 has48 51a statistic 0.34 with 8the most 14 recent 138.0listed. 0.93 #51Denotes recorded

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sp-mp

k/s

2008 2009 2010 TOTAL

38-15 16-9 29-16 83-40

37 7 23 67

0.97 0.44 0.79 0.81

24 14 22 60

pct

a/s

sa/s

dig

d/s

b/s

bhe

pts

pts/s

117 .111 49 -.143 82 .012 248 .028

5 2 1 8

0.13 0.12 0.03 0.10

1 0 1 2

0.03 0.00 0.03 0.02

4 0 0 4

12 4 4 20

0.32 0.25 0.14 0.24

1 0 1 2

3 0 2 5

7 4 10 21

10 4 12 26

0.26 0.25 0.41 0.31

5 1 1 7

0 1 0 1

44.5 9.0 31.0 84.5

1.16 0.56 1.07 1.01

dig

d/s

b/s

bhe

pts

pts/s

CRAINE, Paige Season

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CAREER STATS

#15 JASMINE RANKINS Senior • Outside Hitter/Opposite • 6-0 • Oceanside, Calif. • Vista HS briefly Jasmine Rankins is in her senior season with LMU volleyball... had a breakout season in 2010 en route to a first team All-WCC selection and a spot on the COBRA Magazine Southwest All-Region team… 2010 (JUNIOR) Had a breakout season for the Lions as a junior, playing in all 30 matches and 112 sets… garnered first team All-WCC honors and a spot on the COBRA Magazine Southwest AllRegion team… named BYU Molten Classic All-Tournament, Varney’s Kansas State Invitational AllTournament, and Luxe City Center Trojan Invite All-Tournament… LMU Volleyball Records earned LMU Female Most Improved Athlete of the Year… notched Career History a team-high 425 kills at a rate of 3.79 per set…Individual kills mark ranked second in the WCC… posted a team-best 1,202 attacks and hit .204… served-up a conference-best 50 aces at a rate HENSLEY, of .45 per Alyse set… finished the year ranked 16th in the nation in terms of aces per set and 67th for Season sp-mp in kills k perk/sset… ethe 50 ta aces pctrank tied a a/s fifthsain sa/s se dig the LMU single-season notched at a rate 2010 103-30 258 record 2.50 book… 69 651 .290 2622digs 0.02 1 0.01 4 35 of 2.34 digs103-30 per set… the team block.2solos TOTAL 258led2.50 69 in 651 90 with 2 12 0.02and fin1 0.01 4 35 ished the year with 46 block assists to total 58 blocks at a rate of .52 per set… compiled 510 total points… managed nine double- Diana HIROMOTO, doubles, including a season-best 27 kills and 16 digs against Saint Mary’s on November 18… took aeseason-high Season sp-mp k k/s ta pct 77 attacks a a/s at BYU sa sa/s se dig on September 10… hit Gonzaga 2008 51-16 0 .458 0.00 against 1 1 -1.000 on15October 0.29 16… 20 0.39 14 118 served-up a season-high on 2… 2009 64-21 1 six 0.02aces at 0 San 4Francisco .250 11 October 0.17 7 0.11 Kills 7 84 posted a career-best 22 2010 19-8 0 digs 0.00 at UC0 Irvine 0 on.00October 0 0 8… 0.00 2 0.11 Attacks 1 21 TOTAL

134-45

0.01

.000

0.19

0.22

2009 (SOPHOMORE) METTER, Betsi Played in 75 sets and 27 of the 29 matches as a sophomore... posted a season-best 11 kills on a season-high 35 attacks versus Season sp-mp k totaled k/s e killstaand hit pct .108a in her a/s second sa sa/s UCLA on September 5... 61 2010 20 0.18 14 94 .064 28 0.25 34 0.30 season... 112-30 TOTAL

112-30

0.18

.064

0.25

0.30

d/s

b/s

0.34 0.34

1 1

3 3

54 54

57 57

0.55 0.55

13 13

d/s

b/s

bhe

251

2.24

4## 6 22 3 bs 4 re 4##### 22 0

pts/s

2.81 2.81

bhe

2.31 7 0 0 0 0.00 highs 0 JASMINE RANKINS' career 1.31 27 13 0 0 vs. Saint 0 Mary’s 0.00 0 1.11 77 3 0 0 at BYU 0 0.00 0 Percentage 22 223 1.66 .458 23 0 0 vs. Gonzaga 0 0.00 0 Assists Aces Digs Solo Blocks se Assists dig d/s Block Total 48 Blocks 251 2.24

pts

1 289.0 1 289.0

0 1 0 1

at Cal State Northridge at San Francisco at UC Irvine vs. CS Bakersfield ba vs. Cal tb State b/sFullerton be bhe 3 at Saint 3 Mary’s 0.03 0 2

pts

pts/s

20.0 0.39 11/18/10 8.0 0.12 9/10/10 2.0 0.11 10/16/10 30.0 0.22

9/21/10 10/2/10 10/8/10 11/4/10 pts pts/s 8/28/10 11/18/10 55.5 0.49

0.03

55.5

0.49

bhe

pts

pts/s

0 20.5 0 72.0 1 510.0 1 602.5

0.61 0.96 4.55 2.74

UPDATED STATS

# Denotes number of times a player has recorded a statistic with the most recent listed.

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sp-mp

k/s

2008 2009 2010 TOTAL

33-13 75-27 112-30 220-70

15 61 425 501

0.45 0.81 3.79 2.28

pct

a/s

sa/s

dig

d/s

b/s

24 78 -.115 37 223 .108 180 1202 .204 241 1503 .173

9 15 29 53

0.27 0.20 0.26 0.24

1 6 50 57

0.03 0.08 0.45 0.26

7 9 72 88

29 84 262 375

0.88 1.12 2.34 1.70

1 15 32 48

1 2 12 15

7 6 46 59

8 8 58 74

0.24 0.11 0.52 0.34

1 0 6 7

dig

d/s

b/s

SCIOSCIA, Taylor Season

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CAREER STATS

#17 TAYLOR SCIOSCIA Sophomore • Outside Hitter • 5-10 • Westlake Village, Calif. • Louisville HS briefly Taylor Scioscia is in her second season with LMU volleyball... appeared in six sets as a freshman… 2010 (FRESHMAN) Appeared in six sets and four matches as a freshman… posted her lone kill of the season on September 3 at Kansas State… served-up an ace against Oral Roberts on SeptemVolleyball Records ber 4… managed LMU two digs against Wichita State on September 11… Individual Career History HIGH SCHOOL HENSLEY, Alyse A 2010 graduate of Louisville High School in Woodland Hills, Calif... was a four-year varsity asa team Season sp-mp k k/sletterwinner... e ta served pct a/s captain sa sa/s se in her final season... named Team MVP as a junior and 2010 103-30 258 2.50 69 651 .290 2 0.02senior... 1 0.01 4 garnered second All-Mission League in 2010... TOTAL 103-30 team 258 2.50 69 651 .290 honors 2 0.02 1 0.01 4 named honorable mention All-Area by the LA Daily News following her final campaign... off the court, garnered second honors Diana HIROMOTO, in all four years at Louisville High School for her academic successes... a member of kPointk/sWest eVolleyball Club... Season sp-mp ta pct a a/s sa sa/s se 2008 51-16 0 0.00 1 1 -1.000 15 0.29 20 PERSONAL 64-21 2009 1 0.02 0 4 .250 11 0.17 7 Taylor Florence Scioscia in Upland, 2010 19-8 0 was 0.00born 0December 0 .0012, 0 1991, 0 0.00 2 Calif... daughter and Mike Scioscia... enjoyed TOTAL 134-45 of Anne 1 0.01 1 5 .000 father 26 0.19 29 a

0.39 0.11 0.11 0.22

14 7 1 22

dig

d/s

b/s

35 35

0.34 0.34

1 1

3 3

54 54

57 57

0.55 0.55

13 13

bhe

pts

pts/s

1 289.0 1 289.0

2.81 2.81

dig

d/s

b/s

bhe

pts

pts/s

118 84 21 223

2.31 1.31 1.11 1.66

7 13 3 23

0 0 0 0

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0 0 0 0

0 1 0 1

20.0 8.0 2.0 30.0

0.39 0.12 0.11 0.22

pts

pts/s

15-year career as a catcher in Major League Baseball and is the current manager of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim... has one Betsi METTER, brother, Matt, who played baseball at Notre Dame... donated 10.5 Season e pct a that a/s makes sa sa/s se dig d/s re bs ba tb b/s be bhe inches of hersp-mp hair to kLocksk/sof Love, anta organization human hair112-30 wigs for20children also TAYLOR career 2010 0.18 undergoing 14 94 .06chemotherapy... 4 28 0.25 34 0.30 48 251 2.24 22 SCIOSCIA's 0 3 3 0.03 highs 0 2 State 0 recruited by112-30 Connecticut, DePaul TOTAL 20 0.18 14 and94 Purdue, .064 but 28 chose 0.25 LMU 34 0.30 Kills 48 251 2.24 1 22 0 3 at Kansas 3 0.03 2 Attacks 1## vs. Wichita State because it has an outstanding Division I athletic program as well Percentage -- -- RANKINS, as superior academics... declared art history and business as herJasmineAssists 1## vs. Wichita State majors. Aces 1 vs. Oral Roberts Season

sp-mp

k/s

2008 2009 2010 TOTAL

33-13 75-27 112-30 220-70

15 61 425 501

0.45 0.81 3.79 2.28

pct

a/s

sa/s

24 78 -.115 37 223 .108 180 1202 .204 241 1503 .173

9 15 29 53

0.27 0.20 0.26 0.24

1 6 50 57

0.03 0.08 0.45 0.26

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se dig d/s 2 re bs Digs Solo 7 Blocks -- 29 0.88 1 1 Block 9 Assists -- 84 1.12 15 2 Total Blocks --

ba vs. Wichita tb b/s State be

bhe

55.5 0.49 55.59/3/10 0.49

9/11/10 -9/11/10 9/4/10 pts pts/s 9/11/10 -20.5 0.61 -72.0 0.96 --

UPDATED STATS

7 -- 8 0.24 1 0 6 -- 8 0.11 0 0 -- 72 262 2.34 32 12 46 58 0.52 6 1 510.0 4.55 88 375 1.70 48 15 59 74a statistic 0.34 with 7the most1 recent 602.5listed. 2.74 # Denotes number of times a player has recorded

SCIOSCIA, Taylor

TAYLOR SCIOSCIA's career stats Season

sp-mp

k/s

pct

a/s

sa/s

dig

d/s

b/s

bhe

pts

pts/s

2010 TOTAL

6-4 6-4

1 1

0.17 0.17

0 0

2 2

.500 .500

2 2

0.33 0.33

1 1

0.17 0.17

1 1

3 3

0.50 0.50

0 0

0.00 0.00

0 0

2.0 2.0

0.33 0.33

CAREER STATS

#19 BETSI METTER Sophomore • Outside Hitter • 5-10 • Phoenix, Ariz. • Phoenix Desert Vista HS briefly Betsi Metter is in her second season with LMU volleyball... made an immediate impact as a freshman in 2010… 2010 (FRESHMAN) Made an immediate impact as a freshman, appearing in 112 sets and all 30 matches… collected 20 kills and 28 assists… served-up 34 aces at a rate of .30 per set to place second on the team and fifth in the conference… notched 251 digs at a rate of 2.24 per set, placing third on the team… recorded three block assists… posted a season-best six kills twice, including at Gonzaga on November 11… took a season-high 25 attacks in that same match… served-up a seasonbest four aces twice… posted a season-best 22 digs at BYU on September 10… recorded 124 digs in WCC play at a rate of 2.48 per set, ranking second on the team in that category… nine of her 34 aces came against WCC foes…

UPDATED STATS

HIGH SCHOOL A 2010 graduate of Desert Vista High School in Phoenix, Ariz... LMU Volleyball Records was a four-year varsity letterwinner playing for Molly West... Individual Career History served as team captain in her final two seasons... named All-City as a junior and senior... took home All-State honors in each of her HENSLEY, Alyse final two campaigns... left high school owning five Desert Vista school records, including that for career kills at 1,317... selected Season sp-mp k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s se dig d/s re bs ba the tb be bhe pts pts/s 2008 Southeast Valley Player of Year b/s and Desert Vista Female Athlete the Year... state of and in BETSI 2010 103-30 258METTER's 2.50 69career 651 .2highs 90 2 0.02 1 0.01 4 35 of 0.34 1 led3 the 54 57 Arizona 0.55 13 was1 second 289.0 2.81 Kills 6## 258 2.50 at Gonzaga the in digs with a junior... 13th in1 the nation TOTAL 103-30 69 651 .290 2 0.02 11/11/10 1 0.01 4 nation 35 0.34 1 708 3 as 54 57 finished 0.55 13 289.0 2.81 Attacks 25## at Gonzaga 11/11/10 that same year with 462 kills en route to one of her two All-CenPercentage .080 vs. Cal State Bakersfield 11/4/10 HIROMOTO, Diana tral Region selections... twice garnered a spot on the Arizona ReAssists 3### at San Diego 10/21/10 public All-Arizona Top-Six Team, a list of Arizona’s top-six players Aces 4## vs. UC Riverside 9/17/10 Season sp-mp k k/s e BYU ta pct a a/s 9/10/10 sa sa/s se dig re size... bs served ba astbcaptain b/s and beMVP bheof the pts USA pts/s Digs 22 at regardless ofd/sschool Solo Blocks -- -- 2008 51-16 0 0.00 1 1 -1.000 15 0.29 20 --0.39 14 118 2.31 7Championship 0 0 Team 0 0.00 0 on 0the20.0 0.39 High Performance in 2008... beach, Block Assists 64-21 1### 1 0.02 at 2009 0 Gonzaga 4 .250 11 0.17 11/11/10 7 0.11 7 a84 1.31 of13the USA 0 Beach 0 0 0.00 0 Training 1 8.0 0.12 was member Youth National Team, Total Blocks 1### at Gonzaga 11/11/10 2010 19-8 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.00 2 0.11 1 took 21 first 1.11 place3 at the 0 AAU0 National 0 0.00 0 0 2.0 0.11 and Beach Championship...

TOTAL 134-45 0.01has recorded 1 5 .00with 0 the 26most0.19 29 0.22 # Denotes number of times a1 player a statistic recent listed.

223

1.66

0.00

30.0

0.22

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BETSI METTER's career stats

CAREER STATS

Season

sp-mp

k/s

pct

a/s

sa/s

dig

d/s

b/s

bhe

pts

pts/s

2010 TOTAL

112-30 112-30

20 20

0.18 0.18

14 14

94 94

.064 .064

28 28

0.25 0.25

34 34

0.30 0.30

48 48

251 251

2.24 2.24

22 22

0 0

3 3

0.03 0.03

0 0

2 2

55.5 55.5

0.49 0.49

dig

d/s

b/s

bhe

pts

pts/s

Season

sp-mp

k/s

RANKINS, Jasmine pct

a/s

sa/s

#20 DIANA HIROMOTO Senior • Defensive Specialist • 5-7 • Aiea, Hawai’i. • Punahou School briefly Diana Hiromoto is in her senior season with LMU volleyball... appeared in 19 sets for the Lions as a junior… 2010 (JUNIOR) Appeared in 19 sets for the Lions as a junior… posted two service aces and 21 digs to the tune of 1.11 digs per set… both of her aces came against Cal State Bakersfield on November 4… 13 of her 21 digs came in that same match against the Roadrunners… seven of her digs came in WCC play… 2009 (SOPHOMORE) Saw action in 64 sets as a sophomore... recorded 84 digs and 11 assists... averaged 1.31 digs per set over the course of the year... a threat from the service area, she served-up seven aces, averaging .11 per set... first career kill came on September 22 at UC Santa Barbara... posted a pair of assists versus UC Irvine on September 12 and November 21 at Santa Clara... season-high three aces came at Texas Christian University on August 29, helping LMU to the 2009 Nike/Molten Invitational Championship... season-best 14 digs came at Boise State on September 12... 2008 (FRESHMAN) Appeared in 51 sets and 16 matches as a freshman... named to the Four Points Sheraton LAX/LMU Volleyball Classic All-TournaDIANA HIROMOTO'S career highs ment team after serving-up seven aces and posting 33 digs... a Kills 1 at UC Santa Barbara 9/22/09 LMU Volleyball Records Attacks 1##### vs. St. Mary’s 10/3/09 threat from the service area, she notched 20 service aces at a rate Individual History Percentage -- -- -of .39 per set, tops on the team... collected a team-high five Career serAssists 3## vs. Yale 11/29/08 vice aces against UC Riverside on September 19... also posted four Aces 5 vs. UC Riverside 9/19/08 HENSLEY, aces versus Pittsburgh on September 12 and UC Santa Barbara on Alyse Digs 18 vs. Saint Mary’s 10/30/08 September 16... posted multiple service aces in five of her first six Solo Blocks -- -- -Season sp-mp finished k k/s yeare withta15 assists pct a 118 a/s digssaat sa/s Block se Assists -- dig d/s re bs ba -- tb b/s be bhe pts pts/s -matches played... the and -2010 103-30 258 2.50 69 651 .290 2 0.02 1 0.01 Total 4 Blocks -- 35 0.34 1 3 54 -- 57 0.55 13 1 289.0 2.81 a rate of 2.31 per set... TOTAL

103-30

258

2.50

651

.290

0.02

0.01

0.34

0.55

1 289.0

UPDATED STATS

2.81

# Denotes number of times a player has recorded a statistic with the most recent listed.

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sp-mp

k/s

pct

a/s

sa/s

dig

d/s

b/s

bhe

pts

pts/s

2008 2009 2010 TOTAL

51-16 64-21 19-8 134-45

0 1 0 1

0.00 0.02 0.00 0.01

1 0 0 1

1 -1.000 4 .250 0 .000 5 .000

15 11 0 26

0.29 0.17 0.00 0.19

20 7 2 29

0.39 0.11 0.11 0.22

14 7 1 22

118 84 21 223

2.31 1.31 1.11 1.66

7 13 3 23

0 0 0 0

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

0 0 0 0

0 1 0 1

20.0 8.0 2.0 30.0

0.39 0.12 0.11 0.22

dig

d/s

b/s

bhe

pts

pts/s

METTER, Betsi Season

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sa/s

CAREER STATS

#55 OLIVIA BAILEY Junior • Setter • 6-0 • Dallas, Texas • The Hockaday School briefly Olivia Bailey is in her third season with LMU volleyball... enters the 2011 season ranking 10th on the LMU All-Time Record List for assists with 1,262... 2010 (SOPHOMORE) Named Utah State Invitational AllTournament… finished the year with 1,101 assists at a rate of 10.19 per set to finish third in the WCC… managed 65 kills and recorded 226 digs… digs mark placed fifth on the team in that category… appeared and started 29 of LMU’s 30 matches at setter… active on the block, posted 42 total blocks, including three solos and 39 block assists… served-up 20 aces at a rate of .19 per set… aces mark placed third on the team… accumulated nine double-double matches, including a season-high 58 assists with 11 digs against Cal State Fullerton on August 28… posted a season-best five kills against Cal State Bakersfield on November 4… managed three aces against Bucknell on August 28… season-best 26 digs came at UC Irvine on October 8… 11 of her aces came in WCC play… WCC fall All-Academic first team selection…

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2009 (FRESHMAN) Appeared in 41 sets for the Lions as a freshman... passed out 161 assists and notched 22 kills at the setter position... assists mark placed second on the team in that category... season-high 45 assists came versus then-No. 20 San Diego on October 1... also OLIVIA BAILEY's career highs Kills 5## vs. CS Bakersfield LMU Volleyball 11/4/10 Records posted a season-best five kills against the Toreros... served-up four Attacks 15## at UC Irvine Individual10/8/10 Career History aces on the season, including a pair against Houston on SeptemPercentage .444 vs. UC Riverside 9/17/10 ber 11 and two more against San Diego on October 1... posted Assists 58 vs. Cal State Fullerton 8/28/10 ARRIOLA, Felicia 45 digs, highlighted by 11 on October 3 versus Saint Mary’s... lone Aces 3 vs. Bucknell 8/28/10 double-double of the season came against the Gaels when she Digs 26 at UC Irvine 10/8/10 Solo Blocks sp-mp 2 vs. Season k k/s e Santa ta Clara pct a a/s 10/30/10 sa sa/s se dig her d/s ba tbactive b/s on the be block, bhe notched pts pts/s teamed 11 digsre withbs24 assists... Block Assists 61-18 5## 28 0.46 vs. Saint nine block2.70 assists,14including a4 season-high 2009 19 111Mary’s .081 16 0.26 11/18/10 3 0.05 7 165 2 6 0.10 three 3 at Portland 0 35.0 on 0.57 Total Blocks 5## vs. Saint Mary’s 11/18/10 2010 102-29 240 2.35 123 709 .165 22 0.22 15 0.15 23 233 8... 2.28 16 3 20 23 0.23 6 0 268.0 2.63 October TOTAL 163-47 268 1.64has recorded 142 820 .15with 4 the 38most0.23 18 0.11 # Denotes number of times a player a statistic recent listed.

Season

sp-mp

k/s

2009 2010 TOTAL

41-18 108-29 149-47

22 65 87

0.54 0.60 0.58

9 21 30

56 201 257

398

2.44

0.18

0 303.0

1.86

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CAREER STATS

Season

sp-mp

k/s

a/s

sa/s

dig

d/s

b/s

.232 161 3.93 .219 1101 10.19 .222 1262 8.47

pct

4 20 24

0.10 0.19 0.16

7 44 51

45 226 271

1.10 2.09 1.82

2 3 5

0 3 3

9 39 48

9 42 51

0.22 0.39 0.34

2 6 8

dig

d/s

b/s

bhe

pts

pts/s

2 30.5 12 107.5 14 138.0

0.73 0.99 0.93

CHEEK, Emily pct

a/s

sa/s

bhe

pts

pts/s

#67 FELICIA ARRIOLA Junior • Outside Hitter • 5-11 • Laguna Niguel, Calif. • Dana Hills HS briefly Felicia Arriola is in her third season with LMU volleyball... a mainstay in the Lion lineup in 2010 is expected to miss entire 2011 season due to offseason surgery... 2010 (SOPHOMORE) Appeared in 29 of LMU’s 30 matches as a sophomore, including starting 28… amassed 240 kills at a rate of 2.35 per set… finished third on the team in terms of kills and second in terms of attacks with 709… managed 15 service aces and 233 digs at a rate of 2.28 per set… totaled 23 blocks, including three block solos and 20 block assists… named Utah State Invitational Tournament MVP and All-Tournament at Utah State and the Luxe City Center Trojan Invite hosted by USC… accumulated six doubledouble matches, including 19 kills and 14 digs against Cal State Fullerton on August 28… posted a season-best 23 kills on .553 hitting against Utah Valley on September 18 to help LMU to the Utah State Invitational Championship... served-up three aces in back-to-back matches against Portland and Gonzaga on October 14 and 16… managed 17 digs on three different occasions…

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Kills Attacks Percentage Assists Aces Digs Solo Blocks Block Assists Total Blocks

FELICIA ARRIOLA's career highs 23 60 .553 3 3## 20 1##### 3## 3####

vs. Utah Valley at UC Irvine vs. Utah Valley at Portland vs. Gonzaga vs. Gonzaga vs. Portland at San Francisco vs. Portland

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2009 (FRESHMAN) Played in 61 sets for the Lions as a freshman... missed nearly a month of the season due to injury... finished the year with 28 kills on 111 attacks... posted 165 digs and three service aces... averaged 2.70 digs per set... total digs ranked 10th overall in the WCC... on the block, amassed two block solos, four block assists and six total blocks... season-best eight kills came against Arkansas on August 29, helping LMU to the 2009 Nike/Molten Invitational Championship... hit a season-high .240 (8-2/25) in that match against the Razorbacks... dished-out three of her 16 assists on the season at Portland on October 8... a season-high 20 digs came on November 5 versus Gonzaga... 129 digs in WCC matches Records alone placed first on the team...

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61-18 102-29 163-47

28 240 268

0.46 2.35 1.64

19 123 142

111 709 820

.081 .165 .154

16 22 38

0.26 0.22 0.23

3 15 18

0.05 0.15 0.11

7 23 30

165 233 398

2.70 2.28 2.44

14 16 30

2 3 5

4 20 24

6 23 29

0.10 0.23 0.18

3 6 9

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sp-mp

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0 35.0 0 268.0 0 303.0

0.57 2.63 1.86

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#4 ALESSANDRA DIETZ

#5 LITARA KEIL

Freshman • Middle Blocker • 6-1 • Bloomfield Hills, Mich. • Marian HS

Freshman • Middle Blocker • 6-1 • Long Beach, Calif. • Long Beach Poly

briefly Alessandra Dietz is in her first season with LMU volleyball...

briefly Litara Keil is in her first season with LMU volleyball...

HIGH SCHOOL A 2011 graduate of Marian High School in Bloomfield Hills, Mich... a three-year varsity letterwinner for coach Irick Gardner… served as team captain as a senior… honorable mention AVCA Under Armour All-American selection as a senior… named All-State as a junior and senior… finished fourth in voting for “Miss Volleyball” in the state of Michigan… guided her team to back-to-back Michigan Class A State Championships as a junior and senior… helped her team to the Catholic League Championship in each of her three varsity seasons… nominated for the 2010 Gatorade Player of the Year award… named honorable mention “Senior Aces” selection for the class of 2011 by PrepVolleyball… posted 649 kills and 98 service aces as a senior… guided her squad to a 69-6-1 overall record and a No. 2 ranking in the state of Michigan as a senior… also competed in lacrosse and basketball in high school…

HIGH SCHOOL A 2011 graduate of Long Beach Poly in Long Beach, Calif... a three-year varsity letterwinner for coach Leland McGrath… served as a team captain as a senior… named All-City in each of her final three seasons… garnered All-Conference recognition in her final year and All-League recognition in all three years of varsity play… an All-CIF selection as a senior… helped Long Beach Poly to a No. 1 ranking in the state of California during the 2010 season, while also ranking as high as No. 11 nationally according to Maxpreps.com… guided her team to a runner-up finish at the CIF Division I Championship in 2010… earned AllCIF Southern Section honors in each of her last three seasons of play… tabbed All-Tournament at the prestigious Durango Tournament as a senior… PERSONAL Litara Susitina Keil was born April 10, 1993... Nia and Ricky Keil... has three sisters, Mary, Matanofo and Sophie, and two brothers, Ricky and Frank... chose LMU because it has the course of study she is interested in, it is near her hometown, and it has a beautiful campus... a business management major.

PERSONAL Alessandra Anne Dietz was born August 16, 1993, in Southfield, Mich... daughter of Alia and Gerald Dietz... has two brothers, Gerald and Parker... chose LMU because she preferred a small private university with an excellent academic reputation and wanted to be challenged both academically and athletically... also selected LMU because of the coaching staff... a business major.

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#8 ASHLEY MAXFELDT #10 AMBER MIRABELLO Freshman • Setter • 5-10 • Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. • Bonita HS

Freshman • Middle Blocker/Opposite • 5-11 • Palm Harbor, Fla. • Berkeley Prep

briefly Ashley Maxfeldt is in her first season with LMU volleyball...

briefly Amber Mirabello is in her first season with LMU volleyball...

HIGH SCHOOL A 2011 graduate of Bonita High School in LaVerne, Calif... a four-year varsity letterwinner… served as team captain as a junior and senior… three-time All-Area selection… Division III CIF Player of the Year in 2009… earned Miramonte League Most Valuable Player honors as a junior… first team All-League selection in all four of her varsity seasons… listed (#92) on the Senior Aces Top-100 volleyball players list in 2010… garnered a spot on the 2010 Under Armour High School All-America watch list in 2010… guided her team to a 22-5 overall record and a perfect 12-0 mark in the conference as a senior… helped her team to the CIF Final in 2009, the Semifinal in 2007, and the Quarterfinal in 2008 and 2010…

HIGH SCHOOL A 2011 graduate of Berkeley Preparatory School in Tampa, Fla... a fouryear varsity letterwinner… named All-City and All-Area as a senior… posted 359 kills, 30 aces and 51 total blocks as a senior… averaged 3.8 kills per set… garnered the Coaches Award as a senior in high school… named first team All-Hillsborough as a senior and second team as a junior… PERSONAL Amber Nicollette Mirabello was born March 25, 1993, in Tampa, Fla… daughter of Rochelle and Steven Mirabello... chose LMU because she loved the campus from the moment she visited... an entrepreneurship major.

PERSONAL Ashley Marie Maxfeldt was born June 5, 1993, in Upland, Calif... daughter of Cheryl and Willie Maxfeldt... has one brother, Matthew... recruited by TCU, Wichita State, Arizona State and Arizona, but chose LMU because she considers the school to be a perfect fit for her, and the volleyball program had everything she wanted... a psychology major.

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#11 CAITLIN DeWITT

#88 ELLIE SELLECK

Freshman • Outside Hitter • 5-10 • Pleasanton, Calif. • Foothill HS

Freshman • Outside Hitter • 5-10 • Grass Valley, Calif. • Nevada Union HS

briefly Caitlin DeWitt is in her first season with LMU volleyball...

briefly Ellie Selleck is in her first season with LMU volleyball...

HIGH SCHOOL A 2011 graduate of Foothill High School in Pleasanton, Calif... a fouryear varsity letterwinner for coach Dusty Collins… served as team captain in each of her final two years playing for Foothill… NCS Division I and East Bay League Most Valuable Player… garnered All-City and AllArea as a junior and senior… named All-League as a sophomore, junior and senior… helped her team to a 35-5 overall mark in 2010, including a 12-2 record in league to claim first place… member of the High Performance U.S. Women’s Junior A2 Program roster in 2009 and 2010… named High Performance Tournament Best Attacker in 2010… posted 646 kills and 81 aces to the tune of 5.70 kills per set and a .338 hitting percentage as a senior…

HIGH SCHOOL A 2011 graduate of Nevada Union High School in Grass Valley, Calif... a three-year varsity letterwinner… helped her team to the State Final match and three section titles in high school… finished 11th at the Junior Olympics in her junior year… started on a 18-1s team at the age of 16… PERSONAL Ellie Lee Selleck was born September 7, 1993, in Grass Valley, Calif… daughter of Amy and Darrin Selleck... chose LMU because of the coaching staff and the volleyball program... a business management major.

PERSONAL Caitlin Elizabeth DeWitt was born May 14, 1993, in Casper, Wyo... daughter of Elizabeth and Phillip DeWitt... has one brother, Phillip... chose LMU because of the school size, including campus and number of people, the volleyball team, and the coaches... is undecided on a major.

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MEET THE COACHING STAFF..................................22 Head Coach Tom Black................................................................ 23

LMU Career Coaching Records................................................... 23

Blackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Career Coaching Record................................................. 24

Assistant Coach Jon Newman-Gonchar..................................... 25 Assistant Coach Megan Jacobson.............................................. 26 Volunteer Assistant Meagan Schmitt........................................ 27

COACHING STAFF

HEAD COACH

TOM BLACK

SECOND SEASON

Tom Black enters his second season as LMU’s head coach after being hired on January 19th, 2010. In his inaugural season, Black guided his 2010 roster of Lions to an even 15-15 mark and a fourth-place finish in the West Coast Conference after being selected to finish eighth in the 2010 preseason coaches’ poll. Black saw two of his athletes garner All-Conference recognition at the conclusion of the season as Jasmine Rankins took home first team honors and Alyse Hensley earned an honorable mention nod and a spot on the

All-Freshman team. Including a 115-29 record at Division II UC San Diego, Black has accumulated a 130-44 record as a head coach in women’s volleyball. The .747 winning percentage is the third-best mark in the NCAA amongst active head coaches with a minimum of five years as a four-year college head coach, but with fewer than five years at the Division I level. Most recently, Black spent the summer of 2011 as a consultant coach for the US National Team as it prepares for the 2012 London Games. The summer stint with the National Team was Black’s second in as many years. Under his title, Black primarily assisted in the training sessions at the American Sports Center as the US National Team readied itself to compete in the Montreux Volley Masters event held from June 7-12 in Montreux, Switzerland. The US finished Pool Play with a 2-1 record and advanced to the bronze-medal match before falling to China in four sets. Before coming to LMU, Black served five seasons at the helm of the UC San Diego women’s volleyball program. In all, Black coached four UCSD players to All-America selections, including a trio in 2009. Moreover, the 2006 Tachikara/AVCA D-II Pacific Region Coach of the Year watched 20 of his student-athletes garner California Collegiate Athletic Association All-Conference recognition, capped by five selections in 2009. Over his five years, Black posted a career record of 115-29, good for a .799 winning percentage, and saw his teams ranked in the AVCA Top-25 of every week for his final four seasons.

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LMU CAREER COACHING RECORDS (since 1982) Coach Years at LMU Overall Conference Nancy Fortner 1982-1986 (5) 103-81-1 18-6 George Yamashita 1987-1988 (2) 26-39 14-14 Mike Normand 1989 (1) 8-19 7-7 Steve Stratos 1990-2009 (20) 384-212 176-104 Tom Black 2010-Present (1) 15-15 6-8 Totals 1982-Present (29) 536-366-1 221-139

Black’s 2009 Triton squad finished with an overall record of 29-3 and was ranked as high as No. 2 in the nation en route to a spot in the NCAA West Region semifinals. The Tritons’ 2009 trip to the postseason marked the fourth consecutive visit over Black’s five-year tenure at UC San Diego, while the No. 7 final national ranking was the second top-10 finish for Black at UCSD. Black also saw three of his student-athletes earn AVCA All-America recognition in his final year, including Sylvia Schmidt, who took home a CCAA Player of the Year award, the second such recipient under Black’s guidance. In 2008, the Tritons handed their rival, then-No. 1 Cal State San Bernardino, its first loss of the year and qualified for the NCAA Tournament. UCSD won over 20 games for the 25th time in school history that year, while Black guided Rebecca Bailey to the school’s all-time career kills mark and her second consecutive All-American bid.

BLACK'S VITALS Education: Crespi High School UC San Diego, Bachelor of Arts, 1996

In 2007, the Tritons knocked off the No. 2 team in the country on the road and advanced to the NCAA Pacific Region Semifinals. Also, the 2007 Tritons had an All-American and four student-athletes on the CCAA AllConference squad.

Coaching Experience: 2010-Present Head Coach, LMU 2005-2010 Head Coach, UC San Diego 2003-2005 Assistant Coach, USC Men’s 2001-2003 Head Coach, LA Pierce CC Men’s 2002-2005 Head Coach, Santa Monica Beach Club 1998-2001 Head Coach, Thousand Oaks HS Boy’s 1997-1998 Assistant Coach, Royal HS Boy’s

Just one year after taking the reins at UC San Diego, Black directed the Tritons back to the postseason in 2006, finishing the year with a 26-3 overall record, a NCAA Elite Eight appearance, a NCAA Pacific Regional Championship and a final national ranking of No. 5. For his efforts, Black was named the 2006 Tachikara/AVCA D-II Pacific Region Coach of the Year and CCAA Co-Coach of the Year. That season also produced the first of two CCAA Players of the Year under Black’s guidance, as Nicole Courtney earned the honor.

Playing Experience: 2001 Association of Volleyball Professionals 1993-1996 UC San Diego

In 2005, Black took over as head coach for the UCSD women’s volleyball program with six new starters, leading the team to victories over two ranked opponents as part of a 19-8 record on the season. UCSD had three players named to the All-CCAA team and one student-athlete earned AVCA Pacific Region honors.

Recognition: 2006 AVCA D-II Pacific Region Coach of the Year CCAA Co-Coach of the Year

Before coming to UCSD for his inaugural year, Black spent two seasons as an assistant coach for the men’s volleyball program at USC. Prior to his stint with the Trojans, he spent the 2002 and 2003 seasons as the men’s head coach at Pierce Junior College in Woodland Hills, Calif. He also was an assistant in 2003 with the Pierce women’s team. His men’s squads won the 2002 and 2003 California state junior college crowns, finishing 15-3 in 2002 and 17-2 in 2003.

Head COACHING CAREER RECORD (Women's): year overall pct. CONF. pct. 2005 19-8 .704 11-7 .611 2006 26-3 .897 18-2 .900 2007 20-8 .714 13-5 .722 2008 21-7 .750 15-5 .750 2009 29-3 .906 20-2 .909 2010 15-15 .500 6-8 .429 LMU (1) 15-15 .500 6-8 .429 UCSD (5) 115-29 .799 77-21 .786 Overall (6) 130-44 .747 83-29 .741

Black began his coaching career as an assistant boys’ coach at Royal High in Simi Valley, Calif., serving two seasons from 1997-98. The 1997 Royal team was a CIF Division I finalist.

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JON NEWMAN-GONCHAR ASSISTANT COACH • SECOND SEASON

Jon Newman-Gonchar is in his second season as an assistant coach with LMU volleyball. He became head coach Tom Black’s first official hire when he joined the program on February 2, 2010. Serving as LMU’s recruiting coordinator, NewmanGonchar saw his 2011 class garner Highest Honorable Mention recognition according to PrepVolleyball. com. Prior to coming to LMU, NewmanGonchar spent three seasons working under Black as an assistant coach at UC San Diego. Over his three-year stint at UCSD, the Tritons managed a 70-18 (.795) overall record. Continuing to increase his stock as a coach, Newman-Gonchar was named to the 2010 AVCA Thirty Under 30 Awards list, which honors thirty of the upand-coming volleyball coaches under 30 years old in the sport at all levels of the game. While with the Tritons, Newman-Gonchar was involved with individual and team training, specifically focusing on on-court coaching, practice planning, video set up and analysis, and management of the competitive cauldron. He also served as the team’s recruiting coordinator and was responsible for managing correspondence, evaluations, and visits with prospective student-athletes. Holding a hand in nearly every aspect of the program, he also operated the DataVolley video-statistical program, served as the camp coordinator and was responsible for all administrative duties involving the overnight UCSD Women’s Volleyball Summer Camp.

NEWMAN-GONCHAR’S VITALS Education: Claremont High School Northern Arizona University, 2005 Coaching Experience: 2010-Present Assistant Coach, LMU 2007-2010 Assistant Coach, UC San Diego 2006-2007 Assistant Coach, Louisiana-Lafayette 2005-2006 Assistant Coach, Thompson Rivers University 2003-2005 Volunteer Assistant, Northern Arizona

Newman-Gonchar helped the 2009 Triton squad to an overall record of 29-3 and a ranking as high as No. 2 in the nation en route to a spot in the NCAA West Region semifinals. The Tritons’ 2009 trip to the postseason marked the third consecutive visit in Newman-Gonchar’s three-year tenure at UC San Diego. In addition, three UCSD student-athletes earned AVCA All-America recognition in his final year with the program, including Sylvia Schmidt, who took home a CCAA Player of the Year.

Playing Experience: 2001-2005 Northern Arizona University Club Team 1997-2001 Claremont High School

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Recognition: 2009

Thirty Under 30 Award

MEGAN JACOBSON ASSISTANT COACH • SECOND SEASON

Megan Jacobson is in her second season as an assistant coach in the LMU volleyball program. Jacobson came to the bluff after serving her second stint as head varsity coach at Pinnacle High School in Phoenix, Ariz. from 2007-10. Jacobson, who also served as head coach at Pinnacle from 2003-05, spent the 2006-07 season on the Arizona State University women’s volleyball coaching staff. Jacobson turned the Pinnacle program around in her first stint at the school, building on a 2-15 record upon taking over the program in 2003 en route to a 14-3 mark and a 4A State runner-up finish in 2005. For her efforts, she was named the Arizona Republic Big School Coach of the Year, and the Northeast Valley Coach of the Year, in 2005. In her one season at Arizona State, Jacobson was responsible for organizing and coordinating travel plans, assisting in recruiting, assisting in practice planning and training of athletes, and serving as the Assistant Sun Devil Camp coordinator. Jacobson helped the Sun Devils advance from an RPI ranking of 152 in 2005 to a ranking of 25 in 2006. That increase in RPI resulted in ASU reaching the NCAA Tournament for the first time in the previous four seasons, as the Sun Devils advanced to the second round of the tournament.

JACOBSON’S VITALS Education: Horizon High School West Texas A&M, 2000 Coaching Experience: 2010-Present Assistant Coach, LMU 2008-2009 Head Coach, Club Arrowhead 2007-2009 Associate Head Coach, Pinnacle High School 2006-2008 Head Coach, AZ Grand Canyon Juniors Club 2006-2007 Assistant Coach, Arizona State 2005-2006 Head Coach, Club Pinnacle 2004-2005 Head Coach, AZ Thunder Volleyball Club 2004-2006 Head Coach, Pinnacle High School Varsity 2002-2003 Head Coach, Pinnacle High School JV 1997-2000 Head Coach, Texas Bombers Volleyball Club

On the club side, Jacobson served as a Club Arrowhead coach and recruiting coordinator in Glendale, Ariz. from 2008-10. Under those titles, she developed and implemented a strategic recruiting plan to better help the club athletes earn collegiate volleyball scholarships. Organizing all practice sessions, game plans and management of the team, she guided her Girls 16U squad to an Arizona Open Region Championship. She has also served as a Gold Medal Squared Volleyball Weekend Series Camp Coordinator since 2003.

Playing Experience: 1994-1999

A four-year letterwinner at West Texas A&M, Jacobson was a member of three Lone Star Conference Championship teams, two regional championship teams and a Final Four team in 1999. A middle blocker, Jacobson was the MVP of the 1996 Mile High Classic and was a three-time All-Lone Star Conference selection.

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West Texas A&M University

Recognition: 2005 Big Schools Coach of the Year - Phoenix, Ariz. Northeast Valley Coach of the Year

MEAGAN SCHMITT VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH • FIRST SEASON Meagan Schmitt is in her first season as a volunteer assistant coach in the LMU volleyball program. Schmitt finished a four-year career at Cal in 2011 before entering the coaching ranks with LMU this season. Schmitt finished her collegiate career in style, helping Cal cap off a recordsetting season with a spot in the National Championship match and a No. 2 ranking in the AVCA’s final poll. When the dust had settled, a squad the other nine Pac-10 coaches selected to finish fifth at the beginning of the season earned its first Pac-10 title and set a new mark for most wins in a single season at 30-4 and 15-3 in the Pac-10. A Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention selection, Schmitt played in 117 sets and all 34 matches for the Bears in 2010. She posted 250 digs at a rate of 2.14 per set while serving-up 18 aces to help her squad to the historic run. As a junior, Schmitt appeared in all 32 matches and 119 sets for the Bears, earning Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention. She had nine matches with at least one service ace, and ranked fifth on the team in digs with 166, averaging 1.39 per set. As a sophomore, Schmitt appeared in 32 matches and 105 sets for the Bears as a defensive specialist. She finished the year with 12 service aces and 106 digs. As a freshman, Schmitt participated in seven matches, notching two assists, two service aces and five digs on the year. In high school, Schmitt was the 2006 Marin County Athletic League MVP as a senior at Redwood High School in Larkspur, Calif. She was selected 2007 Marin County Athletic All-League while helping her team to four-consecutive MCAL titles and the 2007 North Coast Section crown. On the club side, her Golden Bear club team placed ninth in the 2006 Junior Olympics National Division, and qualified for the Open Division at the 2007 Junior Olympics.

SCHMITT’S VITALS Education: Redwood High School University of California, 2011

Schmitt graduated from Cal in 2011 with a major in American studies with an emphasis on education in America, and a minor in education.

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Coaching Experience: 2011-Present Volunteer Assistant Coach, LMU Playing Experience: 2007-2010

University of California

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A SEASON REVIEW............................................... 28 A Look Back................................................................................. 29 Season Results............................................................................. 30

Online Results............................................................................ 30

Online News Stories................................................................... 30

Overall Statistics.......................................................................... 31 Conference Statistics................................................................... 31

2010 REVIEW

A LOOK BACK BRIEFLY LMU, which suffered injuries down the stretch, dropped a season-high five matches to finish the 2010 season, but the Lions finished with an even 15-15 record and a 6-8 mark in the WCC to claim fourth overall. LMU was picked to finish last in the preseason poll. ALL-CONFERENCE LIONS Junior Jasmine Rankins concluded a stellar 2010 season by being selected first team All-West Coast Conference. Freshman Alyse Hensley earned a spot on the honorable mention All-WCC squad, while also taking home All-Freshman team honors. Rankins led the team this year in attacks (1,202), kills (425), service aces (50), block solos (12) and points (510) en route to the first team selection. Her aces and kills marks also led all players in the West Coast Conference. For Rankins, the All-WCC selection is the first of her career. The conference-best 50 service aces place Rankins tied for fifth in the LMU single season record books, matched with Cindy Weglarz (1997). Her .45 service aces per set, which rank 17th in the nation this week, also places in the Top-10 in the LMU single season books, ranking sixth. The outside hitter averaged 3.79 kills per set, good for 70th in the nation this week and second in the conference. Rankins took home three All-Tournament selections over the course of the 2010 campaign, earning the honor at the Luxe City Center Trojan Invite, Varney’s Kansas State Invitational and BYU Molten Classic. The native of Oceanside, Calif., who led the Lions with nine double-doubles this year, finished second in the WCC in terms of kills in conference matches alone. As she did over the entire 2010 season, Rankins led all players in service aces in WCC play with 20 (.40 per set). Hensley burst onto the scene in 2010, collecting 258 kills at a rate of 2.50 per set. She hit .290 over the course of the year, second on the team in that category and 10th in the West Coast Conference. Hensley also hit .322 with 149 kills (3.04 per set) in West Coast Conference matches, claiming seventh in both categories. A native of San Diego, Calif., she totaled three block solos and 54 total blocks en route to 289 points. Hensley’s 258 kills placed second on the team in that category, while her hitting percentage was tops amongst freshmen on the LMU roster and second only to San Diego’s Freshman of the Year winner Chloe Ferrari in the conference ranks. San Diego’s Ali Troost earned the West Coast Conference Player of the Year award for the second consecutive year, making it the fourth time in the last five years that a San Diego player has taken home the award. The Toreros’ Ferrari garnered Freshman of the Year honors, while Head Coach Jennifer Petrie was named Coach of the Year. The Defensive Player of the Year award was shared by Portland’s Danielle Dupar and Pepperdine’s Stevi Robinson. GETTING IT DONE IN THE CLASSROOM A total of 17 LMU fall student-athletes were named to the 2010 West Coast Conference Fall All-Academic teams, released on January 27 by the conference office. The WCC All-Academic teams honor some of the league’s finest examples of the consummate scholar-athlete. The LMU women’s cross country team led the way with six honorees, including Tara Erdmann and Sheree Shea who garnered first-team selections. Men’s cross country, women’s volleyball, and women’s soccer all had three players named to the teams, while men’s soccer finished with a pair. Men’s cross country’s Greg Innes claimed first-team honors, while Olivia Bailey represented the volleyball squad on the first team. Jonas Reiter capped the first-team selections, earning the nod for the 2010 WCC Champion 2010 Honor Roll men’s soccer team. Serving as LMU’s starting setter throughout the season, Bailey participated in 108 sets, dishing-out 1,101 assists at a rate of 10.19 Felicia Arriola per set. The communication major with a 3.45 GPA also collected 65 kills, 20 aces, 226 digs, three block solos and 30 block assists. Utah State Invitational Tournament MVP NORIEGA INDUCTED INTO WCC HALL OF HONOR Utah State Invitational All-Tournament Former LMU volleyball standout Sarah Noriega was one of eight members of the newest class to the West Coast Conference Hall of Honor this year. Luxe City Center Trojan Invite All-Tournament The class, including seven student-athletes and one Director of Athletics, were formally inducted at the WCC Hall of Honor Brunch on Saturday, March 5 at the Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas. The 2011 WCC Hall of Honor class included: Gonzaga University’s Brian Ching (Men’s Soccer), Loyola Marymount Olivia Bailey University’s Sarah Noriega (Women’s Volleyball), Pepperdine University’s Wayne Wright (Athletic Director/Coach), University of Portland’s Tiffeny MilUtah State Invitational All-Tournament brett (Women’s Soccer), Saint Mary’s College’s Peter Thibeaux (Men’s Basketball), University of San Diego’s John Wathan (Baseball), University of San WCC Fall All-Academic First Team Francisco’s Steve Negoesco (Men’s Soccer), and Santa Clara University’s Dennis Awtrey (Men’s Basketball). Noriega became just the fifth volleyball player in Loyola Marymount University history to have her number retired by virtue of being an AVCA First Team All-American, a Volleyball Magazine AllLauren DeGrandmont American, a three-time All-West Coast Conference First Team selection and the 1997 WCC Player of the Year. She was also a three-time All-District VIII WCC Fall All-Academic Honorable Mention honoree and was LMU’s Female Athlete of the Year for the 1997-98 school year. Noriega was a member of three WCC Championship teams with the Lions, including their most successful season in program history in 1996, when the team advanced to the Sweet Sixteen. Playing opposite the setter, Alyse Hensley she led the Lions to a 26-3 overall record, a perfect 14-0 mark in conference play, and a WCC crown as a junior. She collected 496 kills and a hitting Honorable Mention All-West Coast Conference percentage of .330 that year, while also posting 49 service aces, 170 digs and 106 total blocks (23 block solos and 83 block assists). Before returning West Coast Conferene All-Freshman Team to LMU to complete her degree in 2007, Noriega played with USA Volleyball and the U.S. National Team. Some of her highlights include being a participant at the U.S. Olympic Festival in 1995, a World Games participant and a 2000 Olympian. She still pervades the LMU career record books, ranking Jasmine Rankins fifth all-time in kills (1,446), second in kill average (4.71) and third in attack percentage (.319). Noriega also still holds the NCAA record for kills in a COBRA Magazine Southwest All-Region four-set match, when she recorded 47 kills on November 7, 1997, against San Diego. First Team All-West Coast Conference LIONS IN THE RECORD BOOKS BYU Molten Classic All-Tournament Senior Becky Stehling made a name for herself in the record books as she finished her final year as a Lion in 2010. Stehling’s .369 hitting percentage Varney’s Kansas State Invitational All-Tournament in 2008 placed her fourth in the books for a single season, and also set the sophomore record in that category. In addition, her .310 career hitting Luxe City Center Trojan Invite All-Tournament percentage placed tied for eighth in LMU history amongst players with at least 350 attacks. Stehling also places ninth in career block assists (239) and LMU Female Most Improved Athlete of the Year 10th in career total blocks (288). Junior Jasmine Rankins entered the single-season record books in aces this year, as she places tied for fifth with 50. Rankins also sits sixth in the single season aces per set category, averaging .45 per set. Sophomore Olivia Bailey managed to enter the top-10 for a Becky Stehling career in assists this year, as she sports 1,262, good for 10th all time. WCC Fall All-Academic Honorable Mention

2010 RESULTS 2010 LMU Volleyball LMU Match Results (as of Jul 15, 2011) All matches # # # @ @ @ $ $ $ % % %

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Opponent at #10 USC vs Cal State Fullerton vs Bucknell at Kansas State vs Georgia Tech vs Oral Roberts at BYU vs Wichita State vs Houston at Utah State vs UC Riverside vs Utah Valley at Cal State Northridge #23 LONG BEACH STATE at Santa Clara at San Francisco at UC Irvine PEPPERDINE PORTLAND GONZAGA at #19 San Diego at Saint Mary's SAN FRANCISCO SANTA CLARA CS BAKERSFIELD at Pepperdine at Gonzaga at Portland SAINT MARY'S #14 SAN DIEGO

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

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

Score-by-set 12-25,18-25,19-25 23-25,17-25,25-17,25-13,22-20 25-17,25-16,25-15 21-25,18-25,21-25 22-25,19-25,28-26,25-23,15-9 25-13,25-17,25-11 25-17,26-28,25-22,22-25,7-15 23-25,19-25,23-25 19-25,15-25,23-25 16-25,25-18,19-25,25-22,14-16 25-23,25-18,25-17 20-25,25-13,25-16,25-22 25-21,25-27,25-21,25-23 18-25,16-25,23-25 25-22,25-18,25-23 25-23,23-25,25-14,25-20 29-27,25-15,23-25,22-25,15-13 14-25,22-25,15-25 25-15,25-13,25-23 25-22,25-11,25-22 10-25,15-25,25-23,23-25 21-25,16-25,25-20,19-25 25-22,21-25,25-23,25-18 25-21,24-26,25-20,25-15 21-25,19-25,25-19,25-20,15-7 14-25,19-25,16-25 25-22,23-25,23-25,26-28 22-25,20-25,16-25 19-25,22-25,25-21,25-22,8-15 19-25,14-25,14-25

Overall 0-1 1-1 2-1 2-2 3-2 4-2 4-3 4-4 4-5 4-6 5-6 6-6 7-6 7-7 8-7 9-7 10-7 10-8 11-8 12-8 12-9 12-10 13-10 14-10 15-10 15-11 15-12 15-13 15-14 15-15

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

# - Luxe City Center Trojan Invitational - Los Angeles, Calif. @ - Varney's Kansas State Invitational - Manhattan, Kan. $ - BYU Molten Classic - Provo, Utah % - Utah State Invitational - Logan, Utah

Team Record Overall: Conference: Home: Away: Neutral: 3 sets: 4 sets: 5 sets:

W-L-T 15-15 6-8 5-4 4-9 6-2 6-9 5-3 4-3

Attend Total: Home: Away: Neutral:

Dates 30 9 13 8

Time 1:23 2:26 1:24 1:32 2:33 1:16 2:21 1:18 1:14 2:15 1:30 1:51 2:05 1:29 1:40 2:01 2:40 1:28 1:25 1:30 1:44 1:52 2:05 2:03 2:12 1:30 2:15 1:26 2:23 1:26

Att. 765 1054 1054 763 1308 2830 919 58 49 298 67 94 152 523 571 242 692 642 412 372 309 346 409 535 202 448 351 341 312 415

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Avg. 551 425 477 814

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2010 LMU Volleyball LMU Overall Individual Statistics (as of Jul 15, 2011) Conference matches

Overall record: 15-15 Conf: 6-8 Home: 5-4 Away: 4-9 Neutral: 6-2

Overall record: 6-8 Conf: 6-8 Home: 4-3 Away: 2-5 Neutral: 0-0

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DeGRANDMONT, Lauren CROUSE, Kenna CRAINE, Paige HENSLEY, Alyse CHEEK, Emily NASH, Megan FERRACO, Alex STEHLING, Becky RANKINS, Jasmine SCIOSCIA, Taylor METTER, Betsi HIROMOTO, Diana BAILEY, Olivia ARRIOLA, Felicia LMU Opponents

3 5 6 7 8 12 13 15 17 19 20 55 67

112 59 92 103 29 102 5 83 112 6 112 19 108 102 112 112

mp-ms 30-0 22-14 26-1 30-16 16-0 29-27 3-0 27-19 30-30 4-0 30-14 8-2 29-29 29-28 30-30 30-30

k/s

Set ta

2 0.02 2 9 84 1.42 36 198 2 0.02 2 7 258 2.50 69 651 23 0.79 22 82 146 1.43 36 375 1 0.20 0 2 133 1.60 58 370 425 3.79 180 1202 1 0.17 0 2 20 0.18 14 94 0 0.00 0 0 65 0.60 21 201 240 2.35 123 709 1400 12.50 563 3902 1427 12.74 593 3776

pct

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Serve ta

pct

.000 55 0.49 241 .228 .242 2 0.03 18 .111 .000 64 0.70 200 .320 .290 2 0.02 32 .062 .012 1 0.03 5 .200 .293 7 0.07 55 .127 .500 1 0.20 1 1.000 .203 1 0.01 16 .062 .204 29 0.26 176 .165 .500 2 0.33 4 .500 .064 28 0.25 146 .192 .000 0 0.00 6 .000 .219 1101 10.19 2742 .402 .165 22 0.22 145 .152 .215 1315 11.74 3788 .347 .221 1353 12.08 3688 .367

2 5 18 1 1 15 0 7 50 1 34 2 20 15 171 123

sa/s

Attack ta

pct

0.02 9 53 .830 0.08 14 53 .736 0.20 29 308 .906 0.01 4 35 .886 0.03 0 8 1.000 0.15 16 303 .947 0.00 0 3 1.000 0.08 18 116 .845 0.45 72 442 .837 0.17 1 5 .800 0.30 48 378 .873 0.11 1 23 .957 0.19 44 376 .883 0.15 23 317 .927 1.53 279 2421 .885 1.10 210 2439 .914

Player

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DeGRANDMONT, Lauren CROUSE, Kenna CRAINE, Paige HENSLEY, Alyse CHEEK, Emily NASH, Megan FERRACO, Alex STEHLING, Becky RANKINS, Jasmine METTER, Betsi HIROMOTO, Diana BAILEY, Olivia ARRIOLA, Felicia LMU Opponents

50 25 41 49 10 49 1 40 50 50 9 50 45 50 50

14-0

3 5 6 7 8 12 13 15 19 20 55 67

10-6 12-0 14-9 5-0 14-14 1-0 13-8 14-14 14-5 4-1 14-14 14-13 14-14 14-14

k/s

Player

3 5 6 7 8 12 13 15 17 19 20 55 67

Player

dig/s

total

blk/s

bhe

pts

pts/s

.940 324 .923 20 .333 36 .923 35 .923 4 .963 60 .000 0 .800 20 .946 262 1.000 3 .952 251 .850 21 .786 226 .966 233 .945 1495 .920 1602

2.89 0.34 0.39 0.34 0.14 0.59 0.00 0.24 2.34 0.50 2.24 1.11 2.09 2.28 13.35 14.30

0 2 0 3 2 6 0 4 12 0 0 0 3 3 35 62

0 37 4 54 10 75 0 64 46 0 3 0 39 20 352 436

0 39 4 57 12 81 0 68 58 0 3 0 42 23 211.0 280.0

0.00 0.66 0.04 0.55 0.41 0.79 0.00 0.82 0.52 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.39 0.23 1.88 2.50

0 4 0 13 1 5 0 9 6 0 0 0 6 6 50 67

3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 12 0 21 24

4.0 109.5 22.0 289.0 31.0 204.5 1.0 176.0 510.0 2.0 55.5 2.0 107.5 268.0 1782.0 1830.0

0.04 1.86 0.24 2.81 1.07 2.00 0.20 2.12 4.55 0.33 0.50 0.11 1.00 2.63 15.91 16.34

50 25 41 49 10 49 1 40 50 50 9 50 45 50 50

112 30 499 59 1 13 92 2 3 103 1 13 29 1 13 102 1 27 5 0 0 83 2 10 112 32 591 6 0 3 112 22 463 19 3 20 108 3 14 102 16 465 9 112 123 2217 112 171 2131

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Blocking

Points

5 6 7 8 12 13 15 19 20 55 67

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pct

0 0.00 0 3 32 1.28 13 79 1 0.02 1 2 149 3.04 38 345 3 0.30 6 24 65 1.33 20 182 0 0.00 0 0 55 1.38 29 181 203 4.06 89 589 13 0.26 10 60 0 0.00 0 0 28 0.56 11 91 59 1.31 44 221 608 12.16 261 1777 670 13.40 290 1754

.000 .241 .000 .322 -.125 .247 .000 .144 .194 .050 .000 .187 .068 .195 .217

Serve pct

sa/s

25 0.50 137 .182 0 0.00 7 .000 0 0.00 8 .000 0 0.00 15 .000 0 0.00 2 .000 6 0.12 32 .188 1 1.00 1 1.000 0 0.00 4 .000 11 0.22 89 .124 14 0.28 90 .156 0 0.00 4 .000 505 10.10 1162 .435 10 0.22 77 .130 572 11.44 1629 .351 636 12.72 1644 .387

2 1 6 1 1 11 0 0 20 9 0 11 9 71 65

0.04 5 32 .844 0.04 3 6 .500 0.15 14 134 .896 0.02 1 30 .967 0.10 0 7 1.000 0.22 8 192 .958 0.00 0 0 .000 0.00 2 31 .935 0.40 38 195 .805 0.18 13 161 .919 0.00 1 11 .909 0.22 14 168 .917 0.20 9 104 .913 1.42 108 1072 .899 1.30 84 1123 .925

Dig

a/s

Blocking

pct

Points

pct

dig

dig/s

total

blk/s

bhe

pts

pts/s

21 257 0 10 1 2 1 13 1 9 1 19 0 0 2 3 15 249 11 207 0 4 2 8 4 171 6 65 1031 71 956

.918 1.000 .500 .923 .889 .947 .000 .333 .940 .947 1.000 .750 .977 .937 .926

137 7 15 15 3 29 0 12 106 124 7 122 81 658 761

2.74 0.28 0.37 0.31 0.30 0.59 0.00 0.30 2.12 2.48 0.78 2.44 1.80 13.16 15.22

0 0 0 0 2 4 0 3 6 0 0 2 2 19 35

0 22 0 30 5 31 0 34 18 3 0 20 10 173 202

0 22 0 30 7 35 0 37 24 3 0 22 12 105.5 136.0

0.00 0.88 0.00 0.61 0.70 0.71 0.00 0.93 0.48 0.06 0.00 0.44 0.27 2.11 2.72

0 1 0 2 0 2 0 4 2 0 0 5 0 16 27

2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 5 9

2.0 44.0 7.0 165.0 8.5 95.5 0.0 75.0 238.0 23.5 0.0 51.0 75.0 784.5 871.0

0.04 1.76 0.17 3.37 0.85 1.95 0.00 1.88 4.76 0.47 0.00 1.02 1.67 15.69 17.42

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LMU VOLLEYBALL HISTORY...................................32 Postseason Play........................................................................... 33

Four Conference Championships • 10 NCAA Appearances

LMU in the Sweet Sixteen.......................................................... 34

1996 LMU Lions

Retired Volleyball Jerseys........................................................... 35

#2 Mardell Wrensch • #9 Tracy Holman • #14 Sarah McFarland

#16 Sarah Noriega • #18 Kealani Kimball

Life After LMU............................................................................. 36

Sarah Noriega......................................................................... 36

Heather Hughes...................................................................... 37

Emily Day................................................................................ 38

VOLLEYBALL HISTORY

LMU All-Americans...................................................................... 39 LMU National Records................................................................. 40 Career Records............................................................................. 41 Season Records............................................................................ 42

POSTSEASON PLAY

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1986 WCAC Champions NCAA Second Round

1999 NCAA Second Round

1994 WCC Champions NCAA First Round

2000 NCAA First Round

1995 WCC Champions NCAA First Round

2003 NCAA Second Round

1996 WCC Champions NCAA Sweet Sixteen

2004 NCAA First Round

1997 NCAA Second Round

2005 NCAA First Round

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lmu IN the SWEET SIXTEEN THE ROAD TO THE SWEET SIXTEEN First Round Bye Second Round Defeated UC Santa Barbara, 3-1 Sweet Sixteen Loss to Washington State, 3-1 LMU’s Final National Rankings 1993 24th, AVCA 1995 21st, AVCA 1996 9th, AVCA 1997 17th, AVCA 2000 25th, AVCA 2003 17th, AVCA

The 1996 LMU women’s volleyball team posted the most successful season in program history when it reached the NCAA Sweet Sixteen. The Lions managed a 26-3 overall record that year, won the third of four consecutive WCC titles, and notched their second straight undefeated conference season. The Lions defeated UC Santa Barbara in the second round of the 1996 NCAA Tournament before advancing to the NCAA Tournament’s Pacific Regional Semifinals, where they dropped a tightly-fought match to Washington State. The Lions ultimately finished the campaign ranked ninth nationally in the AVCA coaches poll.

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RETIRED VOLLEYBALL JERSEYS Mardell Wrensch Wrensch was a WCC first team selection for three straight seasons, earning WCC ScholarAthlete honors all four years. She was also voted team MVP twice and named the LMU StudentAthlete of the Year as a junior. She ranks among LMU’s top-10 in 10 career and season statistical categories.

Sarah noriegA Noriega was an AVCA first team AllAmerican, a Volleyball Magazine AllAmerican, a three-time All-West Coast Conference first team selection, and the 1997 WCC Player of the Year. She was also a three-time All-District VIII honoree and was LMU’s Female Athlete of the Year for the 1997-98 school year. Noriega was a member of three WCC Championship teams, and still pervades the LMU career record books, placing in the top-10 of 18 career and season statistical categories. She also still holds the NCAA record for kills in a four-set match, when she recorded 47 kills on November 7, 1997 against San Diego.

Tracy Holman Holman set the all-time career LMU assists record with 5,362. After leading the Lions to their third-straight WCC title as a junior, Holman garnered Volleyball Magazine All-American honorable mention accolades. She was a four-time AllWCC first team selection and 1994 WCC Freshman of the Year. She was the WCC and LMU Female ScholarAthlete of the Year in 1998, an honor she also earned at LMU in 1997.

Kealani Kimball sarah mcfarland

An All-WCC first team selection for three straight seasons, Kimball also received Academic All-District VIII honors for her achievements on the court and in the classroom. She was just the fifth LMU volleyball player to receive the first-team honor three consecutive seasons, and the fourth Lion to surpass both the 1,000 kill and the 1,000 dig milestone in her career.

McFarland was LMU’s first two-time All-American, while also being named LMU’s Female Athlete of the Year twice. She was a three-time first team All-WCC and AVCA All-Region selection. She led the nation in kills for two straight years, including posting 762 kills in 2000 - a mark that is tops in the LMU and WCC record books. She still holds five NCAA records, including kills/set in a season (7.78 in 2000), kills/set in a career (6.43), attempts/set in a season (17.04 in 2000), attempts/set in a career (14.03), and attempts in a four-set match (111 vs. Notre Dame on 9/21/00).

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2000 USA VOLLEYBALL OLYMPIAN

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As a member of the U.S. National Volleyball team that qualified for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia, Sarah Noriega became the third Lion to participate in the Olympic Games. Noriega became a key member of the U.S. National Team in 1998. In her inaugural year with the team, she played in 68 games and tallied 191 kills on 498 attacks. She also added 26 aces and 43 stuff blocks. Noriega had an even better sophomore season with the National Team, as she played in 144 games and led Team USA in kills (409), blocks (82) and aces (28). She was named Team MVP for her efforts that season. As a member of the 2000 Olympic squad, Noriega finished the summer fourth on the team with 185 kills and a .393 kill percentage. Her serves wreaked havoc for opponents throughout the Summer Games, as her 17 service aces ranked second-best on the team.

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HEATHER HUGHES US WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM MEMBER / AVP

After “growing up” in the U.S. Women’s National Team system, serving as a U.S. Women’s National A2 Team alternate in 2007, a USA Volleyball Junior National Team alternate in 2006, and U.S. Girls’ Youth A2 alternate in 2003 and 2004, Heather Hughes received her shot to show her talent on one of volleyball’s highest stages. The native of Fallbrook, Calif. competed in a 13-player tryout for the U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. in 2007. Upon completion of the tryout, the coaching staff evaluated the talent and asked several players, including Hughes, to return to Colorado Springs and train full-time during the spring with the U.S. Women’s National Training Team.

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Following successful showings in practices and scrimmages, Hughes was named to the U.S. Women’s National Training Volleyball Team travel squad that took a three-week training tour of China, leading the team to four different locations for training sessions and exhibition matches against Chinese club teams. In those matches, Hughes scored 68 points as the primary opposite hitter, tallying 60 kills, four blocks and four aces as Team USA won five of eight matches with a young squad.

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Hughes continued to make headlines as a part of the U.S. Women’s National Team at the Pan American Cup. Seizing every opportunity to impress the coaching staff, she compiled 35 points in 27 sets at the Pan American Cup, including averages of 1.04 kills, 0.15 aces, 0.14 blocks and 1.30 points per set. Showing versatility at an extremely high level of competition, Hughes took over at the libero position due to illness, playing her first-ever match at the position in the fifth-place match of the Pan American Cup.

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EMILY DAY

AVP / INDOOR PROFESSIONAL VOLLEYBALL

After graduating from LMU in 2008, Emily Day has seen tremendous success in beach volleyball, while also signing a professional contract with Volleyball Franches-Montagne of Switzerland.

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Prior to signing the contract to play in Switzerland, Day excelled on the beach circuit, competing amongst the best in the AVP. Playing on the AVP’s developmental tour, Day won the AVP’s Young Guns beach tournament on May 2 and 3, 2009 in Manhattan Beach, Calif.

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In addition, Day was invited by the AVP to its Elite Camp/Combine, which featured 16 of the top collegiate indoor volleyball players, and served as a “boot camp” for transitioning to the beach game. At the camp, Day won the “Queen of the Beach” and the overall camp tournament, earning a berth for her partner, Devon Sutherland, and herself in the main draw of the Riverside AVP event. Prior to the Elite Camp/Combine, Day and a partner made up one of 50 beach volleyball teams that participated in USA Volleyball’s first International Development Qualifier (IDQ) on March 15, 2009 in Long Beach, Calif. After winning the event, Day was selected to represent the USA at Barbicon Park in Kingston, Jamaica for the 2009 NORCECA Women’s Continental Circuit event at the end of June, 2009. There, she took home the Gold Medal over eight other countries.

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Kerry House Kerry House (1989-1990) • 2003 LMU Hall of Fame honoree • Two-time All-WCC first-team selection • Volleyball Magazine All-America honorable mention • Ranks first among LMU’s all-time leaders in career dig average (4.89 dps), season dig average (5.36 dps - 1990), singleseason attacks (1,898 - 1990) and digs (740 - 1990) • 1990 LMU Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year • Career dig average ranks 11th in the NCAA record book julie greer (1992-1995) • Volleyball Magazine All-America honorable mention • Ranked 15th in the nation in attack percentage (.388) and led the team in block average (1.15 bps) in 1995 • All-District VIII and WCC Co-Player of the Year as a senior Kim blankinship (1993-1996) • Led LMU to three WCC Championships/NCAA appearances • Volleyball Magazine All-America third team • 1996 WCC Co-Player of the Year • 1995 WCC Defensive Player of the Year • LMU Female Athlete of the Year as a senior • Posthumously inducted into the LMU Hall of Fame in 2007

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julie greer Tracy Holman (1994-1997) • 2005 LMU Hall of Fame honoree • LMU all-time career assist leader (5,362 assists, 13.24 apg), second in WCC history • 1996 Volleyball Magazine All-America honorable mention • Four-time All-WCC first-team selection • 1994 WCC Freshman of the Year • 1994 AVCA All-West Region second team • 1996 All-District VIII • 1997-98 WCC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year • LMU Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 1996-97 and 1997-98 Sarah Noriega (1994-1997) • Inducted into the LMU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009 • 1997 AVCA All-America first-team selection • 1997 Volleyball Magazine All-America second-team • WCC Player of the Year in 1997 • Three-time All-WCC first team selection • Three-time All-District VIII honoree • 1997-98 LMU Female Athlete of the Year • Participant at the U.S. Olympic Festival in 1995, a World Games participant, and a 2000 Olympian • Two-time AVCA National Player of the Week in 1997 • Set the current NCAA record for most kills in a four-set match with 47 against San Diego on November 7, 1997

kim blankinship Sarah mcFARLAND (1997-2000) • Inducted into the LMU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2007 • Three-time All-WCC first-team selection • Two-time LMU Athlete of the Year (1999-2000, 2000-01) • First athlete in program history to earn AVCA All-American honors in consecutive seasons (1999, 2000) • 1999 AVCA second team All-American • 2000 AVCA first team All-American • Led the nation in kills for two straight years, posting an incredible 762 kills in 2000 • Single-season record holder for kills at LMU and in WCC • 6.43 kill per game average ranks first in NCAA history • 52 kills against No.14 Ohio State on Sept. 10, 1999, a mark that came just four shy of the NCAA five-game record • Two-time AVCA National Player of the Week • Holds a record five NCAA national records kelli Nerison (2001-2004) • AVCA honorable mention All-America in 2003 and 2004 • Two-time All-WCC first team selection • Two-time first team AVCA All-Region • Two-time WCC All-Academic pick • Finished her career setting 10 new program records.

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LMU NATIONAL RECORDS LMU in the NCAA Record BOoks Loyola Marymount volleyball holds more NCAA Division I individual records (7) than any other school in the nation. Sarah McFarland is a large part of that achievement, holding a record five national marks.

Sarah McFarland’s Records - Kills/set in a season: 7.78 in 2000 - Kills/set in a career: 6.43 from 1997-2000 - Attempts/set in a season: 17.04 in 2000 - Attempts/set in a career: 14.03 from 1997-2000 - Attempts in a four-set match: 111 vs. Notre Dame on 9/21/00

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Cathy Petrissans’ Record Sarah Noriega’s Record - Kills in a four-set match: 47 vs. San Diego on 11/7/97

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- Hitting Percentage in a match (20+ attempts): .955 (21-0/22) vs. Northern Arizona on 10/11/86

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CAREER STATS

CAREER RECORDS 1t. 1t. 3.

123 123 121

MATCHES PLAYED Dina DeBernardi Stacy Trapp Deanna Doolittle

2001-05 1988-91 1990-93

ATTACK PERcENTAGE

1. 2. 3.

448 446 440

SETS PLAYED Stacy Trapp Dina DeBernardi Deanna Doolittle

1988-91 2001-05 1990-93

1. 2. 3.

2,020 1,683 1,563

KILLS Sarah McFarland Heather Hughes Leslie Wohlford

1997-00 2004-07 1985-88

KILls per set

min 350 ATTACKS

1. 2. 3t. 3t.

.357 .355 .319 .319

Kelli Nerison Mardell Wrensch Dina DeBernardi Sarah Noriega

112 103 100

SOLO BLOCKS Tiana Newsome Julie Greer Dina DeBernardi

349 305 262

BLOCK ASSISTS Tiana Newsome Dina DeBernardi Stacy Trapp

461 405 359

TOTAL BLOCKS Tiana Newsome Dina DeBernardi Julie Greer

1. 2. 3.

2001-04 1992-95 2001-05 1994-97

1,440 1,270 1,181

DIGS Deanna Doolittle Heather Hughes Emily Day

ASSISTs per set min 160 SETS

1990-93 2004-07 2005-08

Tracy Holman Robin Ortgiesen Nicole Oehlman

1994-97 1991-94 2000-04

1. 2. 3.

Points 2,199.5 Sarah McFarland 1,942 Heather Hughes 1,788 Emily Day

1997-00 2004-07 2005-08

min 160 SETS

1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3.

2000-03 1992-95 2001-05 2000-03 2001-05 1988-91

1. 2. 3.

4.89 3.51 3.50

1. 2. 3.

158 157 137

Kerry House 1989-90 Joli Eberhart 1991-92 Christianna Reneau 2005-07 SERVICE ACES Heather Hughes Kim Blankinship Leslie Wohlford

Points Per Set min 160 SETS

2004-07 1993-96 1985-88

1. 2. 3.

SERVICE ACEs per set

6.43* 4.71 3.84

Sarah McFarland Sarah Noriega Heather Hughes

1997-00 1994-97 2004-07

1. 2. 3.

4,449 4,405 4,225

TOTAL ATTEMPTS Heather Hughes Sarah McFarland Leslie Wohlford

2004-07 1997-00 1985-88

1. 2. 3.

2000-03 2001-05 1992-95

.45 .39 .37 .37

Lori Rodman Kim Blankinship Sarah Noriega Kathleen Bunce

1984-87 1993-96 1994-97 1993-94

2001-04 2000-03 1995-96

1. 2. 3.

5,362 5,037 4,323

ASSISTS Tracy Holman Nicole Oehlman Robin Ortgiesen

1994-97 2000-04 1991-94

BLOCKs per set min 160 SETS

1. 2. 3.

1.46 1.32 1.05

Kelli Nerison Tiana Newsome Karissa Meith

TIANA NEWSOME

TRACY HOLMAN

HEATHER HUGHES

1997-00

2000-03

1994-97

2004-07

Solo Blocks - 112 Block Assists - 349 Total Blocks - 461

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Assists - 5,362

Assists/Set - 13.24

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Attempts - 4,449

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7.00 5.64 4.43

Sarah McFarland Sarah Noriega Heather Hughes

1997-00 1994-97 2004-07

* - NCAA Record

min 160 SETS

1. 2. 3t. 3t.

SARAH McFARLAND Kills/Set - 6.43* Points/Set - 7.00

13.24 12.79 12.41

DIGs per set

min 160 SETS

1. 2. 3.

Kills - 2,020 Points - 2,199.5

1. 2. 3.

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Aces - 158

Attack Pct. - .357

Blocks/Set - 1.46

CAREER STATS

SEASON RECORDS MATCHES PLAYED Deanna Doolittle Anita Irwin Stacy Trapp

1990 1990 1990

143 143 142

SETS PLAYED Deanna Doolittle Anita Irwin Stacy Trapp

1990 1990 1990

762 750 614

KILLS Sarah McFarland Sarah McFarland Sarah Noriega

2000 1999 1997

1t. 1t. 1t.

37 37 37

1t. 1t. 3. 1. 2. 3.

ATTACK PERcENTAGE min 250 ATTACKS

1. 2. 3.

.422 .388 .379

Sarah McFarland Sarah McFarland Sarah Noriega

2000 1999 1997

1. 2. 3.

1,898 1,690 1,670

TOTAL ATTEMPTS Kerry House Deanna Doolittle Sarah McFarland

1990 1990 2000

KERRY HOUSE Digs 740 1990 Digs/Set 5.36 1990

DIGS Kerry House Deanna Doolittle Deanna Doolittle

740 535 467

48 42 40

1. 2. 3.

136 121 119

BLOCK ASSISTS Kelli Nerison Tiana Newsome Kelli Nerison

2004 2003 2003

1. 2. 3.

178 167 157

TOTAL BLOCKS Kelli Nerison Kelli Nerison Tiana Newsome

2004 2003 2003

1. 2. 3.

5.36 4.53 4.23

1. 2. 3.

66 56 53

Kelli Nerison Tiana Newsome Kelli Nerison

DEANNA DOOLITTLE Matches Played 37 1990 Sets Played 143 1990

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Kerry House Whitney Leonard Michelle Look SERVICE ACES Kim Blankinship Heather Hughes Lori Rodman

14.32 14.10 13.41

Tracy Holman Robin Ortgiesen Nicole Oehlman

1996 1992 2000

1990 2007 2005

1. 2. 3.

817 812 704

Points Sarah McFarland Sarah McFarland Sarah Noriega

1999 2000 1997

Points Per Set 1995 2006 1987

min 70 SETS

1. 2. 3.

SERVICE ACEs per set

2004 2000 2003

.68 .51 .51

Kim Blankinship Lori Rodman Cindy Weglarz

1995 1987 1997

1. 2. 3.

1,776 1,600 1,432

ASSISTS Robin Ortgiesen Anita Irwin Tracy Holman

1992 1990 1996

KIM BLANKINSHIP Aces 66 1995 Aces/Set .68 1995

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ROBIN ORTGIESEN Assists 1,776 1992

VOLLEYBALL records

8.29 8.01 7.91

Sarah McFarland Sarah McFarland Sarah Noriega

2000 1999 1997

* - NCAA Record

min 70 SETS

1. 2t. 2t.

min 70 SETS

1.71 1.46 1.45

min 70 SETS

1. 2. 3.

min 70 SETS

2003 2004 2002

BLOCKs per set 1. 2. 3.

ASSISTs per set 1990 1990 1991

DIGs per set

1. 2. 3.

min 70 SETS

7.78* 7.35 6.90

1995 1995 2003

SOLO BLOCKS Kelli Nerison Kelli Nerison Tiana Newsome

KILls per set 1. 2. 3.

Mardell Wrensch Julie Greer Kelli Nerison

1. 2. 3.

MARDELL WRENSCH Attack Pct. .422 1995

CAREER STATS

INSIDE LMU.......................................................................43

Right Place. Right Time........................................................44

View to a Promising Future (Admissions/Majors)..................45

A Solid Foundation (Campus Ministry)..................................46

THE LION EXPERIENCE......................................................47

Giving Back.........................................................................48

Academics - A Helping Hand...............................................49

Prepared for Tomorrow - Graduation...................................50

BUILDING CHAMPIONS.....................................................51

History of Champions..........................................................52

LMU at 100 - A Centennial Celebration................................53

Lion Leadership - Staff.........................................................54

West Coast Conference.......................................................55

A Hub of Activity - Athletic Training.....................................56

Strengthening Champions...................................................57

ATHLETIC FACILITIES.........................................................58

Chad & Ginni Dreier Strength & Conditioning Center...........58

The Lions Athletic Center.....................................................59

Gersten Pavilion...................................................................60

Where the Lions Play...........................................................61

FEEL THE ROAR.................................................................62

LMU Spirit & GameDay

FOLLOWING THE LIONS....................................................63

LMU Multimedia

WHERE THE LIONS LIVE....................................................64

Los Angeles and Southern California

INSIDE LMU

RIGHT PLACE. RIGHT TIME.

aybe that we’re the only Catholic University in Los Angeles and one of the world’s renowned Jesuit institutions, a group that includes 28 universities in the United States and over 100 schools worldwide. Or, maybe, it is that Loyola Marymount University has been called a Hidden Gem by the Washington Post and ranked among the Best in the West by U.S. News & World Report. Or that our serene campus, overlooking Marina del Rey, offers one of the most exhilarating academic locations anywhere. Or that our five colleges, all connected to Los Angeles, enable students to make current contacts in technology, business, politics, art, music, and naturally, the entertainment industry. Yet there’s something more to consider. If you’re looking for a place to acquire facts and skills that will help you get along in the world, you have many choices. But if you’re looking for a place where there is more, a place that strives for the education of the whole person, LMU may be the place for you. At LMU, we inspire you to take ideas apart and learn how they fit together. You’ll test your limits, forge enduring friendships, promote justice and become a contributing citizen of the world. Our curriculum is broad and deep. Our pace is demanding. Our expectations are high. Our plans are ambitious. And for 100 years we have been looking for curious, accomplished, enterprising, visionary students to make this their right time and their right place.

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A VIEW TO A promising future.

he Chronicle of Higher Education notes that at Jesuit institutions, this precept “translates into a large amount of individual attention from faculty members and accessibility to high-level administrators, including the president.” At LMU, students don’t simply benefit from cura personalis; they practice it, too, carrying out the Jesuit ideal of “men and women for others.” The Marymount sisters contribute a history of educating women and teaching through the arts, with a deliberately international perspective that encourages respect for all cultures. LMU brings these gifts together in seven colleges: • Business Administration • Communications and Fine Arts • Film and Television • Liberal Arts • Science and Engineering • School of Education • Loyola Law School

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A SOLID FOUNDATION. University Mission AND Identity

oyola Marymount’s Mission and Goals Statement, approved by the Board of Trustees in 1990, succinctly states in its preamble the university’s three-fold mission:

* The encouragement of learning * The education of the whole person * The service of faith and the promotion of justice These often quoted phrases are at the heart of the campus community’s communal self-understanding. When unpacked, they tell us much about LMU’s identity as a Catholic, Jesuit/Marymount university.

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THE LION EXPERIENCE.

DEVELOPING THE WHOLE PERSON

MU is about the whole person and when it comes to providing friends and mentors to be a part of that mission, you won’t find a university surpassing LMU. The campus population comes from all 50 states and 70 countries. Better still, LMU offers the opportunity for students to hone their skills and help them find like-minded colleagues for life. More than 3,200 students live in 19 residence halls and apartments on campus. There are over 140 active clubs and organizations and a Greek community with 15 local chapters. Our students volunteer more than 175,000 service hours a year with 350 community organizations.

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THE LION EXPERIENCE. giving back

COMMUNITY SERVICE

MU’s mission of developing the whole person is stated in mission statements, in student manuals and in websites. For the LMU women’s volleyball program, it’s part of every day. From camps and clinics, youth mentoring and LMU S.A.A.C. programs, community service is a year-long initiative.

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a helping hand.

oyola Marymount University is dedicated to the education and development of the whole person, the pursuit of academic excellence, advancement of scholarship, the service of faith, and the promotion of justice. As a Catholic institution, the University takes its fundamental inspiration from the Jesuit and Marymount traditions of its founding religious orders. Loyola Marymount University seeks to foster in each member of its community respect for the dignity of the individual, a devotion to intellectual and spiritual life, an appreciation for diversity, and a thirst for justice in all endeavors. Loyola Marymount University strives to send forth “men and women for others,” to lead and to serve. Students who choose LMU for higher learning receive a world-class education on a campus known for its athletic excellence. The LMU Athletics Department is committed to assisting student-athletes achieve their full potential both academically and athletically. The Student-Athlete Services staff supports all student-athletes in their academic and personal development. The staff provides guidance to each LMU student-athlete in their transition from high school student to college student-athlete. According to the 2010 NCAA Graduation Rate, the LMU Athletics Department posted a rate of 89 percent for all student-athletes who exhausted their eligibility and a rate of 84 percent for those student-athletes who received athletics aid. a Click here for more on Student-Athlete Services

student-athlete services staff:

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Sherilyn Frazier Asst. Dir. of Academic Services sherilyn.frazier@lmu.edu

Robert Jacobs Graduate Assistant rjacob4@lion.lmu.edu

prepared for tomorrow.

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MU has a proud reputation of academic excellence among its student-athletes. According to the 2010 NCAA Graduation Rate, the LMU Athletics Department posted a rate of 89 percent for all student-athletes who exhausted their eligibility and a rate of 84 percent for those student-athletes who received athletics aid. Listed are some examples from 2010-11 of the academic excellence LMU student-athletes epitomize: • 221 National Scholar-Athletes • 58 conference All-Academic Recipients • 3 CoSIDA District VIII All-Academic Recipients • 1 CoSIDA Academic All-American • 1 NCAA Post Graduate Scholarship • 1 PCSC Scholar-Athlete of the Year • 7 Student-Affairs Leadership Awards • 3 LMU Presidential Citation Recipients • 3 Program Scholars of the Year GRADUATION RATES In the latest release by the NCAA, LMU’s GSR (Graduation Success Rate) is one of the best, not only in the West Coast Conference, but in the nation. The LMU men’s basketball team posted a GSR (for the 2003 cohort) of 87, second in the West Coast Conference. As

a whole, the Lions posted a GSR of 89 and a Federal Graduaton Rate of 81, which is higher than the national student-athlete rates and the graduation rate of the general student body. The Rates: LMU Student-Athlete GSR........................... 87% NCAA Student-Athlete GSR......................... 79% National Federal Student GSR .................... 63% LMU Student-Athlete Federal Rate............. 79% All Student-Athlete Federal Rate................ 64% Distinctions • Ranked fourth in “Best Universities with Master’s Programs in the West” U.S. News & World Report, 2010 • Included in “The Best 371 Colleges: 2010 Edition” Princeton Review, 2010 • Part-time M.B.A. program ranked “12th best in the United States” U.S. News & World Report, 2009 • Undergraduate entrepreneurship p rogram ranked “20th in the United States” Princeton Review/Entrepreneur magazine, 2009 • Named among “Top 100 Colleges for Hispanics” The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, 2009

Building champions. athletics’ mission statement

he mission of the department is to provide an environment for student-athlete development that supports the pursuit of the highest level of success athletically and academically for the growth of the whole person in the tradition of the Jesuit and Marymount ideals. The purpose of the Intercollegiate Athletics Program at Loyola Marymount University is to support the overall mission, goals and objectives of the University by complimenting its primary academic pursuits with championship sports programs. Additionally, Loyola Marymount University Athletics supports “Pursuing Victory with Honor.”

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history of champions.

1900s

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1940s

rom the very beginning, LMU has established a history of champions. In the 1930s it was three straight ice hockey championships. In the 1940s the legendary Pete Newell played for the Lions and the rivalry with Pepperdine (1941) began. The 1950s saw Bob Boyd win the NCAA title in the 100-yard dash. The 1960s saw the Lions win their first basketball championship, and one of their first Olympians, rower Hugh Miller Foley (1964). In the 1970s, Loyola and Marymount colleges merged and saw women’s sports begin their dominate history, including a pair of tennis championships (1977, 78). LMU then exploded in the 1980s with more individual national champions (Therese Kozlowki in cross country) and more Olympians (Paul Sunderland men’s volleyball gold medal in 1984). The decade also included LMU’s trip to the College World Series (1986) and two women’s rowing Varsity Four National Titles (1981, 89). The 1990s started with one of the most memorable moments in sports history with the men’s basketball run to the NCAA Elite Eight in the 1989-90 season. Women’s volleyball became the first program to win three straight WCC titles (1994, 95, 96), thanks in part to Olympian and All-American Sarah Noriega. Baseball would end the 1990s with three straight titles, the final coming in 2000. Then came the past decade, as the Lions won more titles (36) than the previous 70 years combined and yet another Gold Medal (Reid Priddy 2008 men’s volleyball). Leading the way were the men and women’s water polo programs, winning a combined 16 titles in 11 years. The current decade includes men’s water polo winning its fourth straight title and men’s soccer claiming their first in 2010.

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1980s

1950s 1960s 1970s

1990s

a centennial celebration.

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t is a common and accepted practice for institutions of higher education in the United States to date their founding to the day and year when the first instruction was offered. LMU began when the Society of Jesus opened the high school division of their newly founded Los Angeles College on September 11, 1911 with 80 boys of high school age. It changed names three times by the time it became Loyola University of Los Angeles in 1930 on a third site (our present Westchester campus). With the merger of Loyola University and Marymount College in 1973 the name changed again. Loyola Marymount University’s centennial will begin with commencement in 2011 and conclude with Commencement in 2012, naming graduates of both classes as “Centennial Classes.” The Centennial celebration at Loyola Marymount University, LMUat100, kicked

off with the 2011 Commencement ceremonies and will continue through May 2012. LMU Athletics will celebrate along with the University with a full list of special events, frequent online features and Centennial games for each of its NCAA Division I programs. The events for athletics started with the record-setting LionsFund Golf Classic and Dinner Auction in May, and with the start of the fall 2011 sports season, the LMUat100 Celebration will be a busy one. The Lions will honor LMUat100 with a Centennial game for each of its programs, starting with men’s water polo against rival Pepperdine on Saturday, Sept. 10 at 12 noon. Each game will feature special promotions and features that sport, its history at LMU, and the student-athletes and coaches who have made it a rich part of LMU’s history.

lion leadership.

n 2011-2012, Loyola Marymount University will celebrate its Centennial, bringing to a close its first 100 years on the bluff. Within the athletic department, the last 14 years of that history has been led by Dr. William S. Husak, who was hired as Director of Intercollegiate Athletics in 1998. Those 14 years just happen to be the most prolific as Husak leads the Lions into a new century that will be as focused as ever on his mission of winning championships, achieving success in the classroom through graduating all student-athletes in four years and helping them grow as individuals as they move on to the next stages of their life. Since 1998, LMU has seen its most overall success in school history as the Lions have won over 58 percent of its dual competitions in that span and claimed 30 of its overall 43 conference championships (among sports currently sponsored by LMU within NCAA Division I competition) and 39 of its 61 NCAA postseason appearances. Off the field, the Lions continue to rank among the best in the West Coast Conference and in the west in the NCAA’s APR and Graduation Rate, and in 2010-11, a record 225 student-athletes claimed the National Academic Honors. Husak attributes the success that has come on the field and classroom to the commitment to athletics from the University as a whole and people within it. And for Husak it is all about the people. He has been committed to developing a family of coaches, support staff and administrators who believe that LMU’s athletics program can be among the elite in the nation. His tenure has been marked by enhancing the support of the athletic teams through: • Staff: Growth of head coaches from 9 to 19 in 10 years • Facilities: $35 million in enhancements since 2000 • Operational: LionsFund support at record high • Endowments: Scholarships tops among WCC Husak is quick to acknowledge the success of athletics is due to a University committed to its programs. Leading this direction was the formation of the Athletic Director’s Council. For more on the direction of LMU Athletics: • Building Champions - Capital Campaign • LionsFund • Athletic Director’s Council • Development - Endowments a Click here for full bio on Dr. husak

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A HUB OF ACTIVITY.

LMU athletic medicine

he busiest place per square foot on the campus of Loyola Marymount University is not what one would think. It is not LMU’s oncampus commons area, the Lair, University Hall or the LMU bookstore. It is the LMU Athletics Training Room. Right around 1,000-square feet, the LMU training room at any given moment in season is what Assistant Athletics Director of Athletic Medicine Keith Ellison calls “organized and controlled chaos.” On a given day, the Athletics Training Room will see about half of the 450 student-athletes at LMU. A given day will include lots of paperwork, therapy for studentathletes recovering from injuries that keep them out of competition, appointments with doctors and pre- and post-practice needs. With more than 50 years of experience in the field, the Training Program provides services that include a philosophy that places a high value on health and wellness, a program that allows injured student-athletes to return to their sport as soon as medically safe and to substantially reduce the risk of athletic injury for those student-athletes.

staff:

The Training Room at LMU features state-of-the-art equipment in a 1,000-square foot athletic medicine complex. The equipment includes whirlpools, paraffin bath, ultrasound, muscle stimulation and hydrocollators. a Click here for more on LMu athletic medicine

Keith EllIson Joe gonzalez Asst. AD-Athletics Medicine Asst. Athletic Trainer (310) 338-2874 (310) 338-2764

steven Cortez Asst. Athletic Trainer (310) 338-5220

COLlEEN DUFF Asst. Athletic Trainer (310) 338-2340

strengthening champions. lmu strength & conditioning

he strength and conditioning program at Loyola Marymount University is an essential component of the Athletic department’s quest for Building Champions. Leading the way in helping to develop the strength and conditioning program to one of the best is the brand new Chad and Ginni Dreier Strength & Conditioning Center within the Lions Athletic Center. The new state-of-the-art Center puts the Lions at a whole new level. LMU Strength and Conditioning Mission Statement “The LMU Strength and Conditioning Department will help all studentathletes reach their full athletic potential by developing all aspects of their physical and mental fitness. The ten recognized physical skills to be developed are Cardiovascular and Respiratory Endurance, Stamina, Strength, Flexibility, Power, Speed, Coordination, Agility, Balance, and Accuracy. We will develop these skills by using the following methods: Olympic lifting, strength lifting, body weight calisthenics, plyometrics, medicine ball throws, agility work, speed work, stretching, tumbling routines, metabolic conditioning, and CrossFit workouts. LMU’s facility and program reflect the total fitness philosophy of the Lion Strength & Conditioning staff.”

staff:

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GEno del ROSARIO Interim Head Strength Coach (310) 338-5796

NICK LONGO Assistant Strength Coach (310) 338-7690

DREW ROSSI Assistant Strength Coach (310) 338-7690

THE DREIER CENTER.

pening in the Spring of 2011 was the Lions Athletic Center, and within its 16,000 square feet is the crown jewel of weight training facilities, the Chad and Ginni Dreier Strength & Conditioning Center. The new facility will be at the core of Building Champions at LMU. Named in honor of the Chad and Ginni Dreier Familty, the 4,000 square foot facility brings state-of-the-art equipment and space to train the more than 450 LMU student-athletes. The Chad and Ginni Dreier Strength and Conditioning Center includes 12 power lift power racks, 58 pull-up bars, a full set of Iron Grip Dumbbells, brand new bars and bumper plates from Uesaka Barbell, and Infinity Flooring with custom insets with logos.

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THE lions Athletic cENTER.

he newest addition to the family of facilities that are home to LMU Athletics is the Lions Athletic Center. The 16,000-square foot facility is located between Albert Gersten Pavilion and Sullivan Field, and brings much needed space to the more than 450 studentathletes who participate on one of the 21 varsity athletic teams at LMU. The main piece of the building is the new weight training facility. Named by the Chad and Ginni Dreier Family, the weight room is more than 4,000-square feet and is one of the top training facilities in the West Coast Conference. In addition to the weight room, there are locker room facilities for baseball, softball, women’s soccer and men’s soccer. Also within the building is a pair of executive conference rooms and office space for the strength and conditioning coaches and for 8 Insider Info: the athletic facility operations staff. The ADG Fraternity has • Lions Athletic Center named the larger of the two conference rooms, which over- • LMU Facilities looks Sullivan Field. The building also houses the LMU Ticket • Gersten Pavilion • Directions Office, a new laundry room, and storage facilities.

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GERSTEN PAVILION. O

ne of Southern California’s premier athletic facilities, Albert Gersten Pavilion begins its 30th year as home of the Loyola Marymount Lions. Since opening night, the Pavilion has become one of toughest places to play in the West Coast Conference. The 63,000-square foot facility, which had state-of-the-art flooring installed before the 2009 season, boasts a functional design, featuring rounded columns at each corner, separated by mirrored glass. It houses the programs’ extensive weight rooms, stateof-the-art training and medical facilities, and is the home of all indoor athletic events, including women’s volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball games. The volleyball Lions first moved into the facility in 1982, and recorded 14 wins in Gersten’s inaugural season. Since 1982, the Lions have posted an overall record of 247-132 (.652) in the friendly confines of the Pavilion. In conference play, the record is even more impressive with a 124-56 (.689) home record in WCC action. In 29 years, the 1996 (WCC volleyball championship team and Sweet Sixteen participant) and 2003 (NCAA second round appearance) squads have been the most successful with 14-1 marks, for .933 winning percentages. One of the largest regular season crowds in program history gathered in 2004 to see LMU top local rival Pepperdine, 3-1, in West Coast Conference action. With 1,142 fans in attendance, it was the largest Gersten Pavilion volleyball crowd since LMU hosted the playoffs during the 1996 Sweet Sixteen season. Built to accommodate the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, the Pavilion served as the host site for the weightlifting competition of the Games. More than 1,000 people were involved with the staging of the event which, at that time, attracted the largest number of weightlifting competitors in the history of the Olympics. More than two million people were brought into the Pavilion through television, radio, newspapers and wire services that attended the competition.

Overall Year W L 1982 15 3 1983 5 10 1984 6 10 1985 6 6 1986 8 1 1987 7 6 1988 4 8 1989 4 8 1990 8 5 1991 6 3 1992 10 5 1993 8 3 1994 10 3 1995 12 2 1996 14 1 1997 8 3 1998 10 1 1999 9 5 2000 8 2 2001 7 7 2002 11 4 2003 14 1 2004 12 4 2005 8 4 2006 12 5 2007 9 4 2008 5 9 2009 6 5 2010 5 4 Totals 247 132

LMU IN GERSTEN PAVILION Conference Matches T W% Year W L T W% 0 .833 1982 -- -- -- -0 .333 1983 -- -- -- -0 .375 1984 -- -- -- -0 .500 1985 4 2 0 .667 0 .889 1986 5 0 0 1.000 0 .538 1987 6 1 0 .857 0 .333 1988 3 4 0 .429 0 .333 1989 3 4 0 .429 0 .615 1990 6 2 0 .750 0 .667 1991 5 2 0 .714 0 .667 1992 6 1 0 .857 0 .727 1993 6 1 0 .857 0 .769 1994 7 0 0 1.000 0 .857 1995 7 0 0 1.000 0 .933 1996 7 0 0 1.000 0 .727 1997 5 2 0 .714 0 .909 1998 6 1 0 .857 0 .643 1999 4 3 0 .571 0 .800 2000 5 2 0 .714 0 .500 2001 3 4 0 .429 0 .733 2002 4 3 0 .571 0 .933 2003 6 1 0 .857 0 .750 2004 5 2 0 .714 0 .667 2005 4 3 0 .571 0 .706 2006 3 4 0 .426 0 .692 2007 5 2 0 .714 0 .357 2008 2 5 0 .286 0 .545 2009 3 4 0 .429 0 .556 2010 4 3 0 .571 0 .652 Totals 124 56 0 .689

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WHERE THE lions play. LMU athletic facilities

he athletics facilities at Loyola Marymount University have seen a little of everything in the almost 70 years while in its current Westchester location. From the 1984 Olympic games to LMU basketball to the World Cup and everything in between, the LMU athletics facilities have become home to the best and it continues to get better. Thanks to continued commitment by the University, the Athletics Complex over a three-year period will show lots of growth. It started in the summer of 2008 when the University allocated office and meeting space to Lion Athletics within the Dorothy and Thomas E. Leavey Center on the Westchester campus. The Leavey Center is home to 15 of the Lions’ 21 varsity programs in the newly remodeled and modern office complex and it continues today with the opening of the brand new Lions Athletic Center in April of 2011. • • • • • • • • • •

The Leavey Center Gersten Pavilion Lions Athletic Center George Page Stadium Sullivan Field Burns Aquatics Center Smith Field LMU Tennis Center Higgins Short Game Center Jane Brown Bove Boathouse

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feel the roar. lmu spirit

he mission of LMU as a whole is the development of the whole person, paying attention to the spirit of being a Lion. The center of that spirit is LMU Athletics and specifically the atmosphere of LMU game day. From pregame hosted BBQs at LMU soccer, to chants from the grass knolls at softball to the pregame tailgate parties before LMU basketball games, there is a special buzz on LMU gamedays. And there are many ways to get involved, including involvement in TeamLMU. Check out LMU spirit at its finest. • Origin of the Lion • Fight Song • Heart of a Lion • The Roar • LMU Cheer • Iggy • LMU Pep Band • Tickets • Groups • Jr. Lions Club • Team LMU • Game Day Central/Tailgating • Official Online Store • Summer Camps/Clinics

following the lions. multimedia

his 2011-12 season, check out LMU athletics and all 21 programs online through LMULions.com and the Multimedia Page. Log on today for all the latest info on the Lions, including updated schedules, rosters, player bios, and more. Here is how LMU Multimedia brings the Lions right to you: • Lions’ Audio Network The broadcast home of LMU is the Lions’ Audio Network, providing FREE, live audio broadcasts on www. LMULions.com. More than 150 events will be broadcast live and games will be archived within 72 hours of their original airing.

• Lions’ All-Access The official video network of LMU Athletics. Lions’ All-Access will once again bring all non-televisied home games for men’s basketball, women’s basketball and women’s volleyball, while adding men’s and women’s soccer and baseball to the slate in 2011-12. In addition, Lions’ All-Access is home to feature interviews, highlights and more through “Inside the Lions.” The “ITL” is a special look into LMU Athletics and its student-athletes. The show will highlight student-athletes and give an inside look to why LMU is such a special place. • Follow the Lions where ever you might be through:

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• Phone Apps/Live Updates to Your Wireless Get the latest information sent straight to your wireless device with LMU Mobile. Sign-up for this free service today to have scores, headlines and the latest in LMU Athletics at your finger tips whenever you want it. • Interactive Media Guides LMU Athletics now features all of the media guide online, and it isn’t just in PDF. Through ZMags.com, the LMU Athletic Media Guides make reading about the Lions even easier. From bios to every studentathlete to put on a Lion uniform, it can be found through LMU Media Guides online. • Lion Blog LMU is celebrating its Centennial in 2011-12 and we thought this would be a great opportunity for us to create a blog for multiple members of the Athletics Department to share their thoughts and feelings. As the year progresses, look for student-athletes to talk about their experiences. For Dr. William Husak, LMU Athletics Director, to give some thoughts. Look for special thoughts from Iggy. And lots more.

where the lions LIVE. los angeles, california

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Grab your sunscreen and your towel, because LA has more than 50 miles of coastline and 33 public beaches, so you can always find a stretch of sand to snatch and plenty of waves to catch. But don’t forget your appetite, an extra suitcase and a sense of adventure, because LA’s coastal cities are more than just a bunch of pretty places. From the quiet enclaves of Playa del Rey and Marina del Rey just minutes from the LMU campus, to the funky ambience of Venice with its offbeat street performers, each of these waterfront wonders offers its own personality and its own take on dining, shopping, attractions and activities. • Discover Los Angeles The Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau • A Better L.A. is our business Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce • The City of Los Angeles Official web site of the City of Los Angeles • California: Find Yourself Here California Travel & Tourism Commission