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2012 Lady Demon Softball Media Guide Editor:
2012 Lady Demon Softball The Lady Demon Tradition.........................1 This is Northwestern State.........................3 Robbie Kleinmuntz, SID Graduate Asst. Campus Life...............................................4 Academics..................................................6 CHAMPS/Life Skills....................................7 Layout and Design: Matthew Bonnette, Associate SID Media Information.......................................8 Cover Design:
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This public media guide was printed at a total cost of $2,398.40. Eight-hundred (800) books were printed with 68 pages in each book. Printing was done by Multi-Ad Media out of Peoria, Illinois.
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The Lady Demons 2012 Lady Demon Roster...........................9 2012 Season Outlook...............................10 Head Coach Donald Pickett.....................12 Assistant Coach Caitlin Nies....................14 Assistant Coach Stacie Pestrak...............15 Sports Medicine........................................16 2002 Championship Team........................18 Sara Aasness...........................................19 Shenequia Abby.......................................20 Blair Beard................................................21 Brooke Boening........................................22 Cali Burke.................................................23 Bailee Cartwright......................................24 Cheyenne DelaGarza...............................25 Ashlee England........................................26 Alyssa Ford...............................................27 Kelee Grimes............................................28 Tara McKenney.........................................29 Samantha Roberts....................................30 Brianna Rodriguez....................................31 Kylie Roos................................................32 Tiffany Ward.............................................33 Cassandra Barfield • Candice Biggs........34 Paige Cavallin • Jordan Palmer................35 Sara Shier • Brittany Virgoe......................36 Northwestern State University Dr. Randall Webb, President....................37 Jerry Pierce, Vice Presdient ....................38 Greg Burke, Director of Athletics..............39 NSU Athletic Administration......................40 NSU Records and More 2011 Season Review................................42 All-Time Series Records...........................43 Year-by-Year Results................................44 Coaching Records....................................49 Individual Season Records.......................51 Individual Career Records........................52 Team Superlatives....................................53 Letterwinners............................................54 Retired Numbers......................................55
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The University Name..........................Northwestern State University Call us................................ Northwestern State, NSU Founded..........................1884, as Louisiana Normal Location...........................................Natchiotches, La President ...................................Dr. Randall J. Webb Vice President........................................ Jerry Pierce Enrollment........................................................ 9,191 Affliation............................................ NCAA Division I Conference................................................ Southland Athletic Director....................................... Greg Burke Associate AD/External Affairs.................Todd Garzarelli Assistant Marketing Director..................... Clay Shaw SWA/Academic Coord.........................Carrie Crowell Ticket Manager......................................Kyle Barnard Faculty Representative........................... Jody Biscoe Facility Director...................................... Rocky Smith Event Manager........................................ Scott Smith
The Lady Demons Nickname............................................. Lady Demons Colors................Purple and White, and Orange Trim Home Field................ Lady Demon Diamond (1,000) Press Box Phone......................(318) 357-4442/4449 2011 Record..................................................... 32-25 SLC Record/Finish..................................... 15-15/6th Postseason............................... 0-2 SLC Tournament Position Starters R/L............................................. 8/1 Starting Pitchers R/L............................................. 3/0 Newcomers.............................................................. 6 First Season...................................................... 1979 Overall Record........................................... 837-834-3 SLC Titles....................... 4 (1991, 1998, 1999, 2000) SLC Tourney Titles................... 3 (1998, 2000, 2002) NCAA Regionals....................... 3 (1998, 2000, 2002)
The Staff Head Coach........................................ Donald Pickett Alma Mater............... Tennessee-Chattanooga, 2005 Record/Years.............................................. 64-99/4th Record at NSU ................................................ Same Pitching Coach........................................ Caitlin Nies Alma Mater....................................Washington, 2008 Defense/Baserunning Coach.............. Stacie Pestrak Alma Mater........................................... Florida, 2007 Administrative Assistant................... Mandy Wamsley Basketball Office Phone.....................(318)357-5891 Best Time to Reach Coach Pickett..............Mornings
Sports Information Graduate Asst. (SB contact)........ Robbie Kleinmuntz Email:....................................kleinmuntzr@nsula.edu Kleinmuntz cell:.................................(847) 912-5380 SID Office:.........................................(318) 357-6467 SID:........................................................Doug Ireland Assoc. SID:................................... Matthew Bonnette
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The oldest institution in the University of Louisiana System, Northwestern State University has a long tradition of academic excellence in a student-centered environment. Founded in 1884 as the State Normal School, Northwestern was originally dedicated to the education of teachers. Northwestern gradually added programs in nursing, business, liberal arts, the sciences and graduate programs. Today, NSU offers more than 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Northwestern has nationally-recognized programs in computer information systems, creative and performing arts, nursing, educational technology and industrial technology. The university has put an emphasis on incorporating technology in the classroom, working to provide students with cutting-edge technology that is applicable to the workplace. Northwestern is also home to the Louisiana Scholars’ College, the state’s designated honors program in the arts and sciences. The university is also preparing for changes in higher education by aggressively seeking new ways to deliver to courses to students. Northwestern has taken a leadership role in electronic delivery of classes as students are taking classes via the Internet, compressed video or desktop video. Eighteen degree programs are available completely online. Enrollment at Northwestern is more than 9,000 students. The university has more than 70,000 alumni in all 50 states and 12 countries. Students come primarily from Louisiana. Located in Natchitoches, the oldest settlement in the Louisiana Purchase, the university and community value history. Part of the university is entered in the National Register of Historic Places. The university is home to the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, a unit of the National Park Service dedicated to promoting and enhancing the preservation and conservation of prehistoric and historic resources in the United States. Northwestern seeks to provide a well-rounded education for its students, allowing them to take part in a variety of extracurricular activities. More than 100 chartered organizations are available to enhance what is learned in the classroom. www.nsudemons.com
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Assistant AD/Sports Information Director In charge of athletic media relations at his alma mater since January of 1989, Doug Ireland coordinates publicity efforts for Northwestern’s 14 intercollegiate sports teams through local, regional and national media outlets in print, broadcast, television and the internet. He also serves in the volunteer role of chairman of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. Ireland assumed that post in April 1991. His 1992 Demon Football Media Guide won “Best in the Nation” in FCS Division from the College Sports Information Directors of America. A 1997 story on Joe Delaney, “The Guy We Called Joe D,” won a national second-place award in a COSIDA writing contest. Ireland has won numerous awards as SID from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. He was recently awarded the Distinguished American Award” by the S.M. McNaughton Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame. Several of his assistant SIDs and graduate assistants have advanced to prominence in media fields. Former NSU sports information staffers under Ireland include Bruce Ludlow, assistant commissioner of the Southland Conference for media relations; Bill Magrath, media relations manager for the Sports Business Daily; Mike Morrison, co-editor of the ESPN Information Please Almanac; Daucy Crizer, assistant AD and business manager at Lamar; Erik Cox, SID at Lamar; Dart Volz, former SID at Southeastern Louisiana; Melissa Reynaud, former assistant SID at LSU; Kenny Lannou, SID at Kansas State; and Troy Mitchell, SID at Henderson State. Dustin Eubanks, NSU’s director of NCAA compliance, worked in the NSU SID office as a graduate assistant and for two years as the fulltime assistant. And Adam Jonson, NSU’s former ticket manager, was a student and graduate assistant in the SID office. In 1981-82, while an undergraduate at Northwestern, Ireland worked as chief of the Shreveport Times Natchitoches Bureau, coordinating news coverage of an eight-parish region along the Red River. From 1982-85, he was assistant SID at Southwestern Louisiana, working with a men’s basketball program that made three straight postseason tournament appearances. He won CoSIDA publications and writing awards while at USL. Ireland was the sports editor of the Natchitoches Times in 1985-86 and attended graduate school at Northeast Louisiana before joining the Alexandria Town Talk sports staff in 1987. In 18 months at the Town Talk, he covered both NSU and LSU sports and won 15 writing awards from the Louisiana Sports Writers’ Association. In 2001, the LSWA presented its prestigious Mac Russo Award to Ireland for his contributions to the organization. In 1999, Ireland was awarded honorary membership in the Graduate N Club at NSU by the university’s group of athletic lettermen for his service to Northwestern and its athletic program, and in 2003 he was given full membership. He was appointed by President Dr. Randall Webb to serve a two-year term on the inaugural University Planning Council in 1997-99. A member of the Blue Key National Honor Fraternity and a student government senator while completing a journalism degree from Northwestern, Ireland was editor of the student newspaper “Current Sauce” as a sophomore before going to work for the Shreveport Times. He was an all-district baseball player and the student body president at Jonesboro-Hodge High School, where he was a wingback for the Tigers’ 1977 Class AA state football finalists coached by Don Shows.
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Daily Newspapers -Randy Benson, Sports, Alexandria Daily Town Talk, P.O. Box 7558, Alexandria, LA 71306 (318-487- 6351, fax 487-6315) - Scott Ferrell, Roy Lang III, Jimmy Watson, Jason Pugh, Sports, The Times, P.O. Box 30222, Shreveport, LA 71130 (318-459-3296, 800-462-6436, fax 459-3301) - Scott Rabalais, Butch Muir, Sports, Baton Rouge Morning Advocate, P.O. Box 588, Baton Rouge, LA 70821 (225-383-1111, fax 388-0371) - Russell Hedges, Sports, Bossier Press Tribune, P.O. Box 6267, Bossier City, LA 71171 (318-352-3618, fax 747-5298) - Leesville, Daily Leader, P.O. Box 619, Leesville, LA 71446 (318-239-3444, fax 318-238-1552) - Sports, New Orleans Times Picayune, 3800 Howard Ave., New Orleans, LA 70140 (504-826-3405, fax 826-3401) - Natchitoches Times, 904 Hwy. 1 South, Natchitoches, LA 71457 (318-352-3618, fax 352-7842) Non-Daily Newspapers - NSU Current Sauce, Kyser Hall, Natchitoches, LA 71497 (318-357-5456, fax 357-6564) Television Stations - Lizzie Hill, Mo Carter, KALB-TV, 605 Washington St., Alexandria, LA 71306 (318-445-6397 exts. 516, 523; fax 442-7427) - Colin McElroy, Andria Goins, KSLA-TV, 1812 Fairfield Ave., Shreveport, LA 71104 (318-677-6709, fax 677-6705) - Brandon Dunn, Gavin Moberg, KTAL-TV, 3150 N. Market St., Shreveport, LA 71107 (318-629-7134, 7133, fax 318-629-7171) - Tim Fletcher, Leslie Spoon, KTBS-TV, 312 E. Kings Hwy., Shreveport LA 71104 (318-861-5838, fax 318-862-9431) - David Antilley II, NSU-22, 104A Kyser Hall, P.O. Box 5273, Natchitoches, LA 71497 (318-357-4417) Campus Radio Station - KNWD, 109 Kyser Hall, P.O. Box 5273, Natchitoches, LA 71497 (318-357-5693) Wire Service - Bret Martel, Associated Press, 1001 Howard Ave. Suite 200A, New Orleans, LA 70113 (800-662-7717, 504-523-3931, fax 586-0531)
Conference/NCAA Offices - Todd Lamb, Calhoun Hipp, Southland Conference, 2600 Network Blvd., Suite 150, Frisco, TX 75034 (972-422-9500, fax 422-9225) - Jim Wright, NCAA Statistics, P.O. Box 6222, Indianapolis, IN 46206 (317-917-6222, fax 917-6888)
National Outlets - USA Today, 7950 Jones Branch Dr., McLean, VA 22107 (703-276-3400) - Sports Illustrated, Time/Life Building, New York, NY 10020 (212-522-5782, 212-977-4540/4541) - Sporting News, Box 56, St. Louis, MO 63166 (800-433-1886, 314-993-7111) - CBS Sports, 51 W52nd St., 30th Floor, New York, NY 10019 (212-975-5162/3559) - ABC Sports, 1330 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10019 (212-456-7777) - ESPN, ESPN Plaza, Bristol, CT 06010 (203-585-2154/2125, 800-843-6416) - CNN, One CNN Plaza, 100 International Blvd., Atlanta, GA 30348 (404-822-1588) - SportsTicker, Harborside Financial Center, 600 Plaza Two, New Jersey City, NJ 07311 (800-367-8935)
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Associate Sports Information Director Matthew Bonnette is in his ninth season as a member of the NSU sports information staff serving as the associate SID. Bonnette joined the staff in August 2003 after spending a year as sports information director at Henderson State (Ark.) and for former NSU legendary coach Sam Goodwin. Bonnette surpervises all layouts and design work for all media guides and game programs and is the primary media contact for the NSU baseball and women’s basketball teams while overseeing soccer and volleyball. He also coordinates statistics for all sports. A 2002 graduate of McNeese State University, Bonnette is no stranger to the SID field as he is the son of longtime McNeese SID Louis Bonnette, who is a member of the CoSIDA Hall of Fame, Southland Conference Hall of Honor, Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, and the McNeese State Athletic Hall of Fame. Matthew’s older brother, Michael, is the sports information director at LSU. While at McNeese, Bonnette served two years as the sports editor of the school’s newspaper. He also worked as both a volunteer and student sports information director while being employed at KPLC-TV as the commercial production manager where he won several advertising awards for his work. He is a member of CoSIDA, Louisiana Sports Writers Association, National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, and the United States Basketball Writers Association. He has been a member of the CoSIDA Academic All-America Committee the last four years and directed the voting for the All-Louisiana Baseball teams. His 2010 football media guide placed second and third in its respective divisions in the LSWA sports information directors contest while his baseball media guide placed second in its division. He has won 11 awards by the LSWA in his career. He is married to the former Colene Lanier of Lake Charles and the couple has two daughters, 11-year-old Haley, who is a sixth grader and a member of the NSU Middle School Dance Line, and 8-year-old Katelyn, who is in the second grade at the NSU Elementary Lab. Colene is the Northwestern State men’s basketball and women’s soccer administrative assistant.
SID Graduate Assistant/Softball Contact Robbie Kleinmuntz is in his first season as a graduate assistant for the NSU sports information staff. Kleinmuntz is the primary contact for the Lady Demon softball and volleyball programs and is also the number two contact for men’s basketball as well as the official statistician for men’s basketball games.. Before coming to NSU, Kleinmuntz graduated from the University of Pittsburgh where he earned bachelor’s degrees in journalism and history. He spent two years as an athletics media relations assistant at Pitt and gained experience scoring softball, baseball and soccer games. He also contributed in game-day operations for volleyball, and in the press box for nationally ranked football and basketball teams. Some of his daily duties included contributing to media guides, writing press releases, designing game notes and programs, and website maintenance. Prior to his work in media relations, Kleinmuntz wrote for The Pitt News, the school newspaper, as the beat writer for the Pitt women’s basketball and tennis teams. He also interned for the Pittsburgh Sports Report newspaper, gaining critical experience in the marketing and editorial sections. Kleinmuntz is a native of Highland Park, Illinois. He is a former varsity tennis player at Highland Park High School and is an active master-level chess player. The son of Ira and Leslie Kleinmuntz, he has two younger brothers Michael (20) and Sam (12). He is currently studying towards a master’s degree in sports administration at NSU.
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Name Bailee Cartwright Kelee Grimes Cassandra Barefield Candice Biggs Cheyenne DelaGarza-Stills Tiffany Ward Samantha Roberts Blair Beard Sara Shier Cali Burke Alyssa Ford Brianna Rodriguez Brittany Virgoe Sara Aasness Shenequia Abby Brooke Boening Ashlee England Paige Cavallin Kylie Roos Tara McKenney Jordan Palmer
Pos. OF P C UTL C 3B 1B OF INF INF INF INF INF P UTL P OF P UTL SS OF
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Ht. Yr.-Exp. 5-8 Fr.-RS 5-6 Sr.-3L 5-11 Fr.-HS 5-4 Fr.-HS 5-4 So.-1L 5-6 Sr.-3L 5-10 Sr.-3L 5-6 So.-1L 5-10 Fr.-HS 5-5 So.-1L 5-7 So.-1L 5-6 So.-1L 5-7 Fr.-HS 6-2 So.-1L 5-3 So.-1L 5-7 Jr.-2L 5-11 Jr.-2L 5-7 Jr.-TR 5-7 Jr.-2L 5-6 So.-1L 5-5 Jr.-TR
Hometown (Previous School) Holdenville, OK (Moss Oak HS) Pineville, LA (Pineville HS) Houston, TX (Cy Fair HS) Bixby, OK (Bixby HS) Brock TX (Brock HS) Bulverde, TX (Smithson Valley HS) Ruston, LA (Ruston HS) Mesquite, TX (Horn HS) Saugus, CA (Saugus HS) Mesquite, TX (Horn HS) Pineville, LA (Pineville HS) Rowlett, TX (Rowlett HS) Anaheim, CA (Esperanza HS) Kirkland, WA (Lake Washington HS) Texarkana, TX (Pleasant Hill HS) Poth, TX (Poth HS) Soddy Daisy, TN (Soddy Daisy HS) Arnaudville, LA (Beau Chene HS/ULL) Celina, TX (Celina HS) Red Oak, TX (Red Oak HS) Joshua, TX (Joshua HS/Texas Tech)
Head Coach: Donald Pickett • 4th season (Tennessee-Chattanooga, 2005) Assistant Coach: Caitlin Noble • 4th season (Washington, 2008) Assistant Coach: Stacie Pestrak • 4th season (Florida, 2007) Pronunciations Players Sara Aasness = oz-ness Shenequia Abby = shuh-knee-kwa Brooke Boening = bay-ning Paige Cavallin = cav-uh-lynn Kelee Grimes = key-lee Sara Shier = shy-er Brittany Virgoe = ver-go Coaches Caitlin Nies = neese Stacie Pestrak = pest-track
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Sara Aasness Shenequia Abby Cassandra Barefield Blair Beard Candice Biggs Brooke Boening Cali Burke Bailee Cartwright Paige Cavallin Cheyenne DelaGarza Ashlee England Alyssa Ford Kelee Grimes Tara McKenney Jordan Palmer Samantha Roberts Brianna Rodriguez Kylie Roos Sara Shier Brittany Virgoe Tiffany Ward
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Sophomores (8) Sara Aasness Shenequia Abby Blair Beard Cali Burke Cheyenne DelaGarza Alyssa Ford Tara McKenney Brianna Rodriguez Freshmen (5) Cassandra Barefield Candice Biggs Bailee Cartwright Sara Shier Brittany Virgoe
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Experienced Squad Returns Looking for Banner 2012 Season Returning eight starters from a club that qualified for the conference tournament last season, the Northwestern State softball team gears up to make another big run in the 2012 campaign. The Lady Demons made their first Southland Conference Tournament appearance in five years in 2011, and posted their first winning season (32-25, 15-17 SLC) since 2005. NSU returns seven of its eight starting position players from that team, and its top three pitchers. Seniors Kelee Grimes, Samantha Roberts and Tiffany Ward look to lead the team to even greater success this season, as the Lady Demons will eye their first conference championship since 2000. Grimes, from Pineville and Pineville HS, led the Southland Confer-
Kylie Roos is one of three seniors on this year’s team.
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2012 SLC Preseason Coaches Poll
1. Texas State (4) 2. A&M-Corpus Christi (5) 3. Texas-Arlington (1) 4. McNeese State 5. Texas-San Antonio 6. Northwestern State (1) 7. Sam Houston State 8. Central Arkansas 9. Stephen F. Austin 10. Southeastern Louisiana 11. Nicholls State
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Sports Information Directors’ Poll 1. Texas State (6) 2. Texas-Arlington (1) 3. A&M-Corpus Christi (4) 4. McNeese State 5. Texas-San Antonio 6. Northwestern State 7. Central Arkansas 8. Sam Houston State 9. Southeastern Louisiana 10. Stephen F. Austin 11. Nicholls State
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Haley Lemons, Texas State Cali Burke, Northwestern State Ashley Ray, Nicholls State Megan Gaspard, Nicholls State Melanie Bryant, Central Arkansas Kasey Britt, Central Arkansas Katie McGregor, Central Arkansas Hannah Schwarz, A&M-Corpus Christi Claire Terracina, McNeese State Kelsey Nichols, Southeastern La. Callie Collins, Texas-Arlington Anne Marie Taylor, Texas State
grew up in Natchitoches, was the lone Lady Demon to be selected to the 2011 Preseason All-SLC team, at first base. She missed the first 17 games of the year with a concussion, but came back to homer in the final series of the season to lift NSU into the conference tournament. “Sam has been healthy all year and finished really strong for us at the end of last season,” Pickett said. “She’s definitely going to have a big year at the plate and lead us offensively.” Ward, a native of Bulverde, Tex. and Smithson Valley High School, started 46 games at third base for the Lady Demons last season, crushing three doubles and a homer. She posted a .934 fielding percentage, committing just eight errors at third in 51 appearances. “Ward has been solid for us at third base her entire career,” Pickett said.“It definitely helps to have her around some of the younger players on the team because of her experience and leadership qualities.” Also returning for NSU is sophomore Cali Burke, a second-baseman from Mesquite, Texas and Dr. John Horn High School, who earned her name on the 2012 Preseason All-SLC First Team. Last season, she hit for a .302 average and 16 RBI, and earned honors on the 2011 AllLouisiana Collegiate Softball Team and the AllSLC Second Team. She also led the team in hits with 51. “We just have a great group of confident kids who are returning and have experience,” Pickett said.
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Caitlyn Ivy, Texas-San Antonio Anna Hernandez, Texas State Taylor Zink, Texas-Arlington Courtney Enocksen, Texas-Arlington Molly Fichtner, Texas-San Antonio Chandler Hall, Texas State MyKeisha Young, McNeese State Tori Benavidez, Sam Houston State Charne Office, Texas-Arlington Nicole Beals, Central Arkansas Kelee Grimes, Northwestern State Vianca Pesina, A&M-Corpus Christi
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Donald Pickett enters his fourth year at the helm after guiding Northwestern State to its first conference tournament appearance in five years. Pickett coached NSU to its first winning season since the 2005 season, and has improved the Lady Demon’s record each year since he arrived. Three of his recruits were voted onto the 2011 All-Louisiana Collegiate Softball Team, and two earned Second-Team All-SLC Accolades. NSU started the 2011 conference season strong with a three-game sweep over McNeese State at home to kick things off, and then challenged SLC foes Texas State and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at the conference tournament. It is safe to say that the head coach is on the right track in terms of building a winning tradition and strengthening the Lady Demon softball program. Though Pickett is not nearly satisfied, he is driven and has big ambitions. He eyes down the Southland Conference championship and a NCAA Tournament berth, while lifting the Northwestern State softball program to national prominence and annual championship-level success. “We want to win the conference and the conference tournament. Those are the two main goals that we have this season,” Pickett said. “We have the talent to accomplish it. We just have to continue to work hard, put ourselves in good situations and execute when we need to.” He knows what it takes. He hired assistant coaches who have been there, too. Both on and off the field, the Lady Demons seek to achieve the highest amount of success. In the classroom, the Lady Demons ranked top-five among both Southland Conference peer and Louisiana institutions in graduation success rates. On the field, their approach first took root in the 2010 season and especially in recruiting, where their efforts resulted in the best turnaround in Division I softball from the year before. The plan is in action. Facility improvements are tangible. A solid approach to coaching, teaching and managing the program is clear to see. To see where Pickett plans to take NSU, you need only see where he’s already been as an assistant coach. Pickett helped Tennessee-Chattanooga to three NCAA Tournament appearances and the brink of a Women’s College World Series berth while on the Mocs’ staff. The 34-year-old Pickett begins his 15th season of collegiate coaching experience. He spent two years helping establish a brand-new program at Memphis after working in a pair of highly successful programs at UT-Chattanooga and Chat12
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Hometown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whitwell, Tennessee High School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whitwell High School College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tennessee-Chattanooga, 2005 Family . . . . . . . . Wife, Paige; daughter, Ainsley Elizabeth (3) Coaching History
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tanooga State Community College. At Chattanooga State, Pickett was part of a staff that coached the team to three topfive finishes in the junior college softball world series along with three regional and conference championships. He also has coached the Austin (Tenn.) Eagles American Softball Association summer team to four national tournament appearances and two top-five finishes in the ASA nationals. Pickett learned about the Northwestern coaching post from Pat Murphy, the coach of College World Series participant Alabama, who was among several nationally-prominent coaches during the summer 2008 search for a new Lady Demons head coach. “Starting with his high level of character and integrity, Donald Pickett has an amazing reputation in the collegiate softball world. He will serve as a good role model for our studentathletes while also providing them with the motivation and coaching needed to return Northwestern State to the point of
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challenging for Southland Conference titles and NCAA postseason berths,” said NSU director of athletics Greg Burke, announcing Pickett’s hiring. Working for five seasons under coach Frank Reed at UTC, Pickett helped the Mocs advance within one win of the World Series. The Mocs had an overall 210-126 record while picking up three Southern Conference championships before Pickett joined coach Wendy Thees at Memphis following the first year of softball for the Tigers. Also serving as assistant to Reed at Chattanooga State CC for three seasons, Pickett helped post a 151-27 record, including a 62-3 mark in 2001. A year earlier, Pickett was part of the National Fastpitch Coaching Staff of the Year, and in 2002, Pickett was among the Chattanooga State team that was inducted into the Chattanooga Sports Hall of Fame. A 2005 UTC graduate, Pickett is regarded as an excellent recruiter whose expertise coaching hitting and defense is recognized nationally. Coaching and administrative colleagues of Pickett’s were effusive in their praise. “Donald is ready to be a head coach,” said Thees. “His www.nsudemons.com
softball knowledge is incredible and he does a great job of getting to know his players and recruits.” Said Lynn Parkes, the senior woman administrator at Memphis: “Donald Pickett is a man of character and integrity. He loves the game of softball and loves working with young people. I think he will do a fantastic job.” In Pickett’s first season as assistant coach at his alma mater, the 2001 Lady Mocs opened the season with back-toback no-hitters and knocked off top-25 teams in Ohio State and Baylor, rolling to a 44-15 record while never dropping more than two games in a row. The Lady Mocs posted two upset wins over top-seeded and No. 12 ranked Florida Atlantic in the NCAA Regionals. UTC then just missed capturing a berth in the World Series after narrow losses to Georgia Tech and Florida State. “There may not be a better fundamental coach out there,” said UTC’s Reed. “He is a good person, the type of person your family would like to be associated with, and he is perhaps one of the most ‘up and coming’ young coaches out there right now.” A strong reference came from an in-state rival of UTC’s, head coach Torey Acheson a t Tennessee Tech. “At Tennessee-Chattanooga, those players all became better under him......technically, his knowledge base is really good....he is an upstanding human being; he was raised right.” Said Laura Mincy, assistant athletic director and SWA at UTC: “Donald is very determined and passionate about college softball. He’s a gem.” That’s what he says - the gem part, anyway -- about his wife, Paige, and their 3-year-old girl, Ainsley Elizabeth, born Friday, Jan. 9, 2009 in Natchitoches.
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CAITLIN NIES
It’s no secret that pitching has been the strength of the Northwestern State softball program over the past three years, and pitching coach Caitlin Nies is one of the big reasons why. Three NSU hurlers ranked in the top-ten in 2011 in the Southland Conference in pitching, which guided the Lady Demons to its first SLC Tournament appearance in five years. As a rotation, NSU was the No. 1 rotation in the conference with a 2.09 team ERA and 421 strikeouts under her direction. Nies has coached Lady Demon ace Kelee Grimes over the past three seasons, and has crafted her into an All-Conference and AllLouisiana talent. Under Nies, Grimes tossed the 11th no-hitter in NSU history and won back-to-back Pitcher of the Week accolades. Nies has also helped pitchers Kylie Roos and Brooke Boening improve their statistics each year on the mound, as the two combined for a whopping 245 strikeouts in 2011 in just 232 innings. The Sammamish, Wash., native also proved she could get it done as a player, as she was team captain of the 2008 University of Washington softball team and one of the greatest pitchers in the storied history of the Huskies’ program. Nies finished her playing career with the fourth-most strikeouts in UW history (757) in 616.2 innings pitched. Nies ranked 35th on the all-time NCAA Division I strikeouts list with 9.1 strikeouts per seven innings. She fired two no-hitters, getting the first one as a freshman with a 4-0 win over Kansas on Feb. 26, 2005. Her second came in her junior season against another of the nation’s top programs, as Nies threw a no-no against 8th-ranked Texas on March 18, 2007. That was not her most notable career win. That came in her freshman year, when she defeated No. 1-ranked Michigan on May 28, 2005 in the NCAA Super Regionals. That combined with a Pac 10 Conference regular-season triumph over eventual national champion UCLA and made her the only pitcher in the nation at season’s end to have beaten both teams in the national championship
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Northwestern State (assistant) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009-present game. Nies was the No. 2 pitcher on Washington’s 2007 team that finished 3rd at the Women’s College World Series, going 11-5 that season. She had at least 11 wins all four years, with a career-high 15 wins and 7 shutouts as a freshman. Nies was a three-time All-Academic Pac 10 selection, earning first-team honors as a senior and second-team recognition as a sophomore and junior. She made the EPSN The Magazine CoSIDA All-District Academic Team and appeared on the Academic All-America ballot in 2007 and 2008. Those seasons, she was also the winner of the Huskies’ Most Inspirational Award. In 2008, she won the prestigious 101 Club Scholar-Athlete Award at UW. She had 19 career shutouts and an overall 51-31 record with a 2.32 ERA in 130 career appearances, 97 starts. She pitched 54 complete games. Opposing batters hit just .217 against Nies. As a freshman in 2005, she set the school record with 16 strikeouts in a six-inning win over Williamette. Nies became only the third freshman at UW ever to throw a no-hitter in the win over Kansas. Nies played at Eastlake High School. At UW, she graduated with honors in history, posting a 3.46 grade point average. Born May 9, 1986, Nies married Tyler Nies, a Northwestern State police officer, on July 16, 2011. She is the daughter of John and Susan Nies, and has two sisters, Hayley Huson (28) and Lindsay Caranna (31), and a niece, Reese Caranna (4). She received her masters degree in sport administration from NSU in the spring of 2011.
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Stacie Pestrak enters her fourth year as an assistant coach for the Lady Demons. She plays a vital role in the Lady Demon’s hitting, fielding and baserunning. As a team, NSU posted a .965 fielding percentage in 2011, and swiped 30 bags in 39 attempts. The nine caught stealing number was second-lowest in the conference. Under Pestrak’s direction, the Lady Demon’s legged out nine triples in 2011, second-best in the SLC. They also hit into the fewest amount of double plays (1) of any conference peer. Since her arrival to the softball staff in 2008, NSU has steadily improved its record each year, and qualified for the SLC Tournament last season for the first time since 2006. As a player, Pestrak played all the outfield positions professionally, and helped the Florida Gators reach two straight NCAA Tournaments as an infielder. A 2007 Florida graduate, Pestrak was a junior college All-America in 2004 at Santa Fe Community College. She also earned the Florida Community College Athletic Association’s Jean Williams Scholar-Athlete Award and was a two-time Academic All-State selection. As a pro player in 2007 with the Philadelphia Force, she was chosen to represent the Force and the National Pro Fast-Pitch league at the Major League Baseball All-Star Game Fan Fest in San Francisco that summer, assisting with a clinic and hosting the league’s fan booth. She began her pro career in the summer of 2006. At Santa Fe, she helped lead her team to a 42-13 record to earn NJCAA second-team and National Fastpitch Coaches Association www.nsudemons.com
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third-team All-America honors. She set school career records for steals (92) and runs (92), and set the single-season steals record (52) as a sophomore. She was team captain and won the Leadership and Drive Award. In 2003, she was an All-Mid Florida Conference selection as a freshman as she led the state with 9 triples and batted .354 while being chosen as Santa Fe’s rookie of the year. She batted .283 in two seasons for Florida while starting 108 of 126 games, posting 31 career steals in 39 attempts. Pestrak had 71 hits, including 6 doubles, 4 triples and a home run, while driving in 24 runs. She made 19 sacrifice bunts and fielded .941. The Gators went a combined 84-46 and reached the NCAA Tournament in both of her seasons. As a senior, Pestrak hit .315 to lead the Gators and had 12 steals a year after setting a pair of Florida junior class records with 19 steals and 13 sacrifices. She stole 14 straight bases in 2005. A native of Gainesville, Fla., Pestrak made the Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll in 2005 and 2006. A two-sport star at Buchholz High School, she was nominated as a McDonald’s All-America basketball player. She helped lead the softball team to the state semifinals in 2000 and the state finals in 2002, when she was third-team All-State. Pestrak was assistant coach at Santa Fe CC in 2006-07 and was the interim head coach for the Rising Stars Showcase Tournament that fall. She has been a camp and clinic instructor since 2004 at Florida, and has also been an assistant coach for travel teams in summer competition.
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ED EVANS Head Athletic Trainer Georgia Southern, 1979 23rd Season at NSU
Now in his 23rd season directing the Eugene Christmas Sports Medicine Center at Northwestern State and 30th year in the profession, Ed Evans has earned the respect of his peers, along with honors from Northwestern State’s athletic letterwinners and the Louisiana governor’s office for his contributions to the field of sports medicine and athletic training in general and to Northwestern State in particular. Evans was presented honorary membership in the Graduate N Club, the association of athletic letterwinners at Northwestern State, during 2005 homecoming ceremonies. Only four other individuals have received such an honor from the N Club, which paid tribute to Evans’ dedicated, unselfish service in four decades (counting his time as a graduate student) to student-athletes at NSU. In 2004, Evans was named the regional “College Athletic Trainer of the Year” by the Southeastern Athletic Trainers Association, which includes members who are in the profession in seven states from Louisiana to Georgia and Kentucky. Evans served six years as president of the Louisiana Athletic Trainers’ Association and six more as secretary/treasurer. He was enshrined in the LATA Hall of Fame in 2000. Evans is a member of the Advisory Committee on Athletic Training to the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners. He also serves on the Governor’s Council for Physical Fitness, appointed early in 2000 by then Gov. Mike Foster. Evans worked as a graduate assistant at Northwestern from 1979-82. He earned his masters degree in physical education (1980) and completed 30 hours beyond the master’s with an emphasis in guidance and counseling. Evans served four years in the U.S Navy as a hospital corpsman and physical/occupational therapy technician. He spent seven years as athletic trainer at Natchitoches Central High School, working the Louisiana High School Coaches Association’s All-Star games two years, before joining the Northwestern staff. He and his wife Chris have three sons, Jonathan, David and Tim. An avid cyclist, he generates donations for the training room in an annual spring bike-a-thon. 16
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JASON DRURY Assistant Athletic Trainer Idaho State, 1999 7th Season at NSU
Jason Drury joined the sports medicine staff at Northwestern State University in the summer of 2005. Drury came to NSU from Natchitoches Central High School where he was the head athletic trainer for five years. In the spring of 2009, Drury took over as the head football athletic trainer for the Demons, after working for three seasons with the women’s soccer team and one season with men’s basketball team. A 1999 graduate of Idaho State University in biology, Drury worked with numerous sports in Pocatello, Idaho including football, men’s basketball and track and field. Drury earned his master’s degree in sports administration from Northwestern State in 2001, during which time he worked as a graduate assistant athletic trainer for the NSU softball team. Drury is a native of Paoli, Indiana. He and his wife, Toni, have been married for eight years. They have two children, Maddox and Kenzie. DAVID BERKELEY-TUCHMAYER Assistant Athletic Trainer (Softball) Appalachian State, 2006
6th Season at NSU David Berkeley-Tuchmayer begins his sixth season on the NSU athletic training staff and fourth as an assistant trainer. Tuchmayer will handle head training duties for the Lady Demon soccer team and will oversee baseball and softball. He is a certified member of on the National Athletic Trainers Association and a licensed member of the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners. Tuchmayer, a native of Wilmington, N.C., and a 2006 graduate of Appalachian State, is the son of Harry Tuchmayer and Kathleen Berkeley. He has one brother, Jeremy. He received his master’s degree in sports administration in the spring of 2008.
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DR. WILLIAM CRENSHAW Team Physician
Dr. Will Crenshaw is in his first year as a member of the Northwestern State team physician staff. A native of Alexandria, Dr. Crenshaw graduated Cum Laude from Centenary in 1999 when receiving his bachelor’s degree and earned his medical degree from LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans in 2004. He worked his residency at Campbell Clinic in Tennessee beginning in 2004 until 2009. He is a member of the American Medical Association, OREF (Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation), and AAOS Resident member. He received the Kellogg Endowment Scholarship in 2002 and Alpha Omega Alpha in 2003. He is married. Dr. James Knecht has been Northwestern’s team physician since 1984. He finished his pre-med curriculum from LSU in 1975. While at LSU, he was an Academic All-SEC and Academic All-American football player in 1974. He has been in private practice family medicine in Natchitoches since 1982. In addition to being Northwestern’s team physician, he has also been Natchitoches Central’s team physician since 1992. Dr. Knecht is actively involved in many professional organizations, including the Natchitoches Parish Medical Society, Active Staff Physicians at Natchitoches Parish Hospital, and the Louisiana State Medical Society. He is also a Diplomat of the American Board of Family Practice and Fellow of the American Academy of Family Practice. His father, Gene, was an assistant football coach at Northwestern and has been active in the Graduate N Club for three decades.
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Dr. Mike Leddy is in his third season with Northwestern State serving as a team physician. Dr. Leddy received his undergraduate degree and Doctorate of Medicine from Boston University. He completed his Orthopaedic Surgery Residency at Louisiana State University Medical Center-New Orleans in 2002. He then completed a sports medicine and arthroscopy fellowship with David Fischer, MD at TRIA Orthopaedics in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he worked on the medical www.nsudemons.com
staff to the Minnesota Vikings, Wild, Twins, and Timberwolves. After fellowship, Dr. Leddy practiced in Kissimmee, Florida with Orthopaedic Associates of Osceola. There, he cared for many local high school and collegiate athletes. He was head team physician for the Florida Seals Professional Hockey Team and Osceola Ghostriders Professional Indoor Football Team. He was also the lead orthopaedic surgeon for the Capital One Bowl and part of the medical staff for the NBA Combines. In 2007, Dr. Leddy accepted an invitation to return to Louisiana and join Mid-State Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Center in Alexandria. He specializes in sports medicine, arthroscopy of the shoulder, knee and hip, and knee and shoulder reconstruction. Dr. Leddy is Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. In 2007, he was part of the inaugural class of orthopaedic surgeons to receive a Subspecialty Board Certification in Sports Medicine by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery and a member of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, the Arthroscopy Association of North America, and the Louisiana Orthopaedic Association. A native of Hopewell Junction, New York, Dr. Leddy is married to the forrmer Andrée Braud of Belle Chasse, Louisiana, and they have two children, Anna Clare and Mary Caitlin. His hobbies include spending time with his family, golf, hunting, and reading.
DR. CHRIS RICH Team Physician
Dr. Chris Rich completed his undergraduate degree at LSU in Baton Rouge, followed by a Doctor of Medicine degree from the LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans. He finished his Orthopaedic Surgery Residency at LSU in 1988. Dr. Rich is Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, with a successful Recertification with a specialty interest in sports medicine in 2000. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, a member of the American Orthopaedic Society of Sports Medicine, a charter member of the Louisiana Sports Medicine Society, and a board member of the Louisiana Orthopaedic Association. Dr. Rich has been the Head Team Physician for the Northwestern Demons since 1990. His practice specializes in sports medicine, arthroscopy of the shoulder and knee, and knee reconstruction. During his tenure at NSU, over 500 athletes have sustained an injury that required a surgery, with an incredible rate of return to full sports competition of 99%. A native of San Antonio, Dr. Rich was a three-year letterman in football as an offensive lineman at LSU from 1976-78. He earned Academic AllSoutheastern Conference honors in 1977 and 1978. Dr. Rich is the managing partner of Mid State Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Center in Alexandria. Mid State, along with Christus St Frances Cabrini Hospital, was designated as #1 in Orthopaedics for the State of Louisiana for 2004 by HEALTHGRADES, “The Healthcare Quality Experts”. He is married to the former Vickie Rainey, and they have three children, Jeff, Margaret and Stacie. His hobbies include spending time with his family, golf, fishing, and duck hunting.
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2002 Roster 2 Tracye Thompson 2B 4 Annie Johnston OF 5 Crista Miller P 6 Jana Strickland 2B 8 Lindsey Danzy OF 9 Loni Rasberry P 10 Jamie Frasier C 11 Krystle Nichols C 13 Dawn Normand OF 14 Erin Mancuso 1B 15 Lauren Fitts OF/U 16 Sarah Stowell IF/U 18 Lindsay Leftwich U 19 Shea LeDoux OF 20 Amanda Ortego P 21 Nichole Martin U 23 Shay Hunt SS/U 24 Kiana Scott OF 25 Alisha Cory 3B Head Coach: Ty Singleton Assistant Coach: Tom Royder 18
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Record-breaking year for 2002 Lady Demons
The 2002 season was a record-breaking year for the Northwestern State Lady Demon softball team as it notched a school-record 45 wins. In addition to the school record for wins, the Lady Demons broke 16 other team and individual school records. Eight Lady Demons players received All-Southland Conference honors, including Player of the Year and Hitter of the Year centerfielder Annie Johnston. Johnston also became an Academic All-American. Leftfielder Nicole Martin was named the league’s Freshman of the Year and was a second team All-SLC selection. Joining Johnston on the first team was sophomore pitcher Crista Miller. Junior pitcher Amanda Orgeto, sophomore third baseman Lindsay Leftwich and Martin were named to the second team while senior first baseman Erin Mancuso and sophomore designated player Kiana Scott were named to the third team. Senior second baseman Jana Strickland earned honorable mention honors.
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February 1 vs. UTA 1 at Baylor 2 vs. Southern 2 vs. Baylor 3 vs. Southern 3 vs. UTA 8 vs. DePaul 8 vs. W. Mich. 9 vs. Jackson St. 9 at LSU 9 vs. Jackson St. 10 vs. DePaul 10 at LSU 13 La. Tech 15 vs. Drake 15 vs. ULL 16 vs. Creighton 17 vs. Missouri St. 17 at Oklahoma 18 at Baylor 18 at Baylor 22 vs. Florida 22 vs. Houston 23 vs. Houston 23 vs. ULL 24 vs. Florida 6-3 March 2 *UTSA 2 *UTSA 3 *UTSA 6 at Centenary 6 at Centenary 9 *at UTA 9 *at UTA 10 *at UTA 14 at La. Tech 16 *McNeese State 16 *McNeese State 17 *McNeese State 23 *at Texas State
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Sophomore • Pitcher • 1L Kirkland, Washington • Lake Washington HS 2011 Season: Appeared in five games for the Lady Demons’ pitching staff….made her first collegiate start against SWAC opponent, Grambling State, where she appeared for three innings with two strikeouts and five hits….picked up her first and lone win of the season against Centenary, throwing in two innings with two hits and two strikeouts while giving up only one earned run….hurled a 4.59 earned run average within 10.2 innings pitched over the season. At Lake Washington HS: Aasness led her high school softball team to the state tournament while becoming the King County 4A home run champion during her junior season…voted the Most Inspirational player in softball and basketball…received the coach’s Most Valuable Player as a senior… served as team captain during her last two years of high school … pitched for the Northwest Lady Sharks travel, playing in four ASA National Championship tournaments and helping her team to a top 25 finish at the 16-U tournament….Sara was also a standout in basketball …graduated May 2010 as a honor student with a 3.8 grade point average. Personal: Born April 23, 1992…nicknamed “Oz”…daughter of Lance and Cheryl Aasness and has one brother, Chris (23)…father is a former three sport athlete and now owns a manufacturing business…mother ran track and currently works as an accountant….brother received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington and now works in the familyowned business, Hinds-Rock…majoring in communications with a perfect 4.0 grade point average and made the Dean’s List….aspires to work with people while guiding the careers of young interns after graduating in 2014…her life’s ambition is “to have a career that impacts others’ lives in a positive way.”
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Sophomore • Utility • 1L Texarkana, Texas • Pleasant Grove HS
2011 Season: Appeared in 32 games as a utility player….as a pinch runner, Shenequia recorded 11 runs and two stolen bases in three attempts…. In the final game of McNeese State series, Shenequia stamped the winning run to complete a 3-2 comeback extra-inning victory and give NSU its only SLC series sweep of the season….captured a .250 batting average in eight at-bats. At Pleasant Grove HS: Lettered all four years in softball and basketball and three years in track…as a freshman, softball team finished fourth in the 3A-16 district while she earned her Defensive District MVP…sophomore season, team finished third in the district and Abby picked up the district’s Co-Defensive MVP….team finished sixth in the district during her last two years…as a junior, Abby completed the season with a .410 batting average, .477 on-base percentage, .526 slugging percentage, .897 fielding percentage with 30 stolen bases and four triples…in her last season, she compiled a .368 BA, .455 on-base percentage, .517 slugging, .984 fielding with 35 stolen bases , four doubles, three triples, and one home run and was selected Co-Offensive District MVP and made the 3A-16 All-Academic team…she also placed third in the 100-yard dash in the 3A Texas UIL state track meet…served as the president and vice-president of the Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) and a member of DECA…graduated with a 3.0+ G.P.A. Personal File: Born June 5, 1992... Shenequia Nicole Abby….her nick name is “Nek”….daughter of Gertrude Abby, a senior tax advisor at H&R Block…has a younger sister, Khadijah Oritola (13)…majoring in health and exercise science with a 3.0 GPA …..plans to graduate in 2014...wants to become a championship winning coach after graduation….Shenequia’s life ambition is to travel the world.
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Blair Beard
Sophomore • Outfielder • 1L Mesquite, Texas • Dr. John Horn HS
2011 Season: Contributed mostly to the NSU offense from the 7-9 spot of the lineup....started 37 games and gained a .204 batting average in 44 games....collected three triples, five doubled and six RBIs.... notched three multi-hit games against Alcorn, Texas-Arlington and Stephen F. Austin....picked up only two errors in the outfield with a .943 fielding percentage... captured two stolen bases. At Dr. John Horn HS: Received Outfielder of the Year and All-Academic All-District honors all four years with selections to the All-District team three consecutive years, 1st team in junior and senior year…named Offensive Player of the Year at end of senior season…lettered in softball throughout high school and one year in cheerleading…served as freshman helper and senior leader…member of the Student Council and National Honors Society…graduated with a 3.7 G.P.A. Personal File: Born June 8, 1992... Kathryn Blair Beard…daughter of Tracy and Sherrie Beard…father is a firefighter and mother is a school principal…has one sister, Taylor (21)…plans to graduate in 2014 with a degree in business...maintaining a 3.5 grade point average…at the end of her time at NSU, she plans to pursue a successful career at an accounting firm …Blair’s life ambition is to “be successful, have a family and be happy!”
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Brooke Boening Junior • Pitcher • 2L Floresville, Texas • Poth HS
2011 Season: Brooke shined throughout her sophomore season and completed the season as one of the top 10 pitchers in the Southland Conference with a 7-9 record, 2.11 ERA and 131 strikeouts….pitched through 106.1 innings with five complete games and two saves to her credit….hurled a season-high 14 strikeouts in a heartbreaking loss to Nicholls State on May 1….in the SLC opening series, Brooke pitched the last six innings and allowed only one hit while striking out eight to keep McNeese State at bay for the 3-2 win…. At Central Arkansas, Brooke hurled a three-hit shutout with eight strikeouts to lead Northwestern State to a 3-2 victory and completed the weekend series with 15 strikeouts and a 1-1 record.… struck out six in a four-hit shutout to lead Northwestern State to a 3-0 second-game victory over then-No. 1 ranked team in the conference, Texas-Arlington. 2010 Season: Made 32 appearances in the circle in her first collegiate season as a starter…tallied an even 9-9 record with a 3.55 earned run average… tossed five complete games picked up her best performance of the season after hurling a complete-game, twohit shutout against Texas-San Antonio… fanned 132 batters and allowed only 5 home runs in 110.1 innings …set a season-best for the young Lady Demon rotation with 16 strikeouts against Sam Houston State Mar. 21. At Poth HS: Brooke lettered in four years in softball, two in volleyball and one in track and field and basketball…as a freshman, Brooke earned district newcomer of the year in softball…in her sophomore season, her team won two tournaments and reached the regional quarterfinals as she earned first-team all-district honors as a pitcher and all-state honorable mention…in her junior season, Brooke received district MVP honors along with first-team all-state pitcher honors as the team was ranked third and went 32-6 reaching the regional finals. That year, she was the San Antonio area leader in RBI (45) and wins (32)…Brooke was also a first team all-district setter in volleyball her junior year…in her final year at Poth, Brooke earned district MVP and all-state honorable mention in softball as the team went 28-8, ranked first, reaching the regional finals…she also earned all-district Co-Outstanding setter in volleyball her senior year…Brooke was a member of FFA and FCA while at Poth. Personal File: Born Brooke Marie Boening on December 3, 1990…daughter of Diane and Scott Boening… her mother is an office manager and her father is a dairy farm owner and manager…has two sisters Ryann (16) and Kayla (18)…majoring in Health and Exercise Science with a minor in English…a 3.2 grade point average with a selection on the Dean’s List….she is a member of the Fellowship for Christian Ath letes (FCA) and NSU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)…plans to obtain a master’s degree and teach English overseas upon graduation.
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Cali Burke
Sophomore • Second Base • 1L Mesquite, Texas • Dr. John Horn HS 2012 All-Southland Conference Preseason First Team 2011 All-Southland Conference Second Team 2011 All-Louisiana Second Team 2011 Season: Made a statement in her freshman season by leading the nine-member freshman class with a .302 batting average (team secondbest), 16 RBI and nine doubles…..Cali held a 10-game hit streak for over three weeks against Texas-Arlington, Louisiana Tech, Southeastern Louisiana, Central Arkansas, No. 23 Louisiana-Lafayette and Nicholls…she also recorded 13 multiple-hit games with two 3-hit games against Centenary (Feb. 18) and Southeastern Louisiana (April 16)… in the 1-0 NSU rubber match over SLU, Cali delivered what proved to be the game-winning RBI single to help the Lady Demons match its season victory total from a year ago with 11 games remaining…made the starting lineup in all but one game on the schedule…. recorded four multi-RBI games including three RBIs against .....picked up two stolen bases in three attempts and a .963 fielding percentage. At Horn HS: Lettered in softball all four years and two years in swimming… softball team made playoff appearances four consecutive years, making their highest appearance in the fourth round during her senior year… Named to the 2nd Team All-District as a freshman and 1st Team All-District and All- Academic team during last three years of high school…participated in Student Council and Americrew…selected to the National Honors Society and graduated with a 3.7 grade point average.
Personal File: Born September 25, 1992... Cali Briana Burke…eldest daughter of Richard and Cheri Burke with two sisters, Addi (12) and Meli (7)….father is the vice-president at IntegraColor, a visual communications company…. both sisters followed Cali’s footsteps and also play softball….majoring in psychology and business with a 3.27 grade point average…her career goal involves becoming a therapist and moving to Boston, Mass. after completing graduate school.
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Bailee Cartwright Redshirt Freshman • Outfield Holdenville, Okla. • Moss HS
2011 Season: Did not play due to injuries. At Moss Oak HS: Bailee was a standout athlete in softball as well as basketball, earning letters all four years in both sports... LRC All-Star, All-Tournament and Most Valuable Player honors in basketball and softball honors throughout high school... completed her time in Moss High athletics named to the Fast-pitch All-State, Slow-pitch All-State, Basketball All-State and the Oklahoma Girls’ Basketball Coaches Association (OGBCA) Basketball All-State teams …softball team held titles as the district and regional champions in four consecutive years with appearances in the state semifinals her freshman and sophomore season and back-to-back state championships to finish her high school career with an overall No.1 team state ranking … basketball team made a name for themselves in district and regional play, winning titles over the course of three consecutive years…Served as Student Council President and Class Officer and participated on the Academic Team, FCA, cheerleading and Yearbook Committee…awarded the American Legion Award and named to the superintendent’s honor roll before graduating as the class valedictorian in 2010 with a 4.0 G.P.A. Personal File: Born on February 2,1992... Bailee Jordan Cartwright… the daughter of Tom and Tina Cartwright, has one brother Garrett (15)… member of Phi Mu Sorority…majoring in communications/business with a 4.0 grade point average… aspires to work in public relations for a major corporation.....her life’s ambition is “to have a successful job and be happy”.
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Cheyenne DelaGarza-Stills Sophomore • Catcher • 1L Watherford, Texas • Brock HS
2011 Season: In her first season with the Lady Demons, Cheyenne started 44 games behind the plate…. batted .231 with three multi-hit games….captured a team season-high 17 putouts against Southeastern Louisiana on April 16 and four hits at Grambling State on March 23. At Brock HS: Cheyenne was an all-around athlete... four-year letterman in softball, two years in volleyball and one year in basketball…softball team made strong appearances on the district, regional and state level, winning the 2A state championship in her junior and senior years…volleyball team went back-to-back as area champion during her first two years of high school… in softball, she was named Parker County Catcher of the Year and All-District Academic all four years, 9-2A Defensive Player of the Year as a freshman and sophomore, 9-2A Catcher of the Year as a junior and 9-2A Offensive Player of the Year and Texas Sportswriters Catcher of the Year as a senior... earned All-State and All-State tournament team honors during her last two seasons…. collected a .491 batting average over four years…as a volleyball player, DeLaGarza was named newcomer of the year as a freshman and followed the next year with setter of the year honors…Brock HS 2007 Female Athlete of the Year...graduated in May 2010 with a 3.7 G.P.A. Personal File: Born July 5, 1992... Cheyenne Taylor DeLaGarza-Stills… daughter of Thomas Stills and Stacie DeLaGarza-Stills…father is a supervisor at Lockheed Martin and a Gulf War veteran….. mother was Cheyenne’s high school volleyball coach and remains at Brock High as a volleyball coach and teacher… her grandfather, Joe, is a Vietnam War veteran….. has one brother, Luke (7) …majoring in exercise science with a 3.56 grade point average…..plans to graduate in 2014.
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Ashlee England
Junior • Outfield • 2L Soddy Daisy, Tenn. • Soddy Daisy HS
2011 Season: Started in 48 games while appearing in 53 games total… slammed four home-runs and three multi-hit games including the 5-2 win over Nicholls State where she went 3-for-3 with two doubles….notched 19 RBIs with four multi-RBI games, two 3-RBI games against Prairie View A&M and Stephen F. Austin and a four-RBI effort in the 10-2 blowout win over Southwestern Missouri State….. in the SEMO win, Ashlee awakened the Northwestern State offense with a grand slam in the third inning, highlighting a seven-run inning Sunday that closed out the Lady Demon win…. Ashlee nearly flawless in the outfield with just one error in 59 plays and a .984 fielding percentage. 2010 Season: Ashlee gave a stellar performance against Texas-Arlington where she accounted for two of five Lady Demon hits, including the gamewinner….she continued to show her offensive skills against Southern where she went 2 for 3…hammered 10 multi-hit games for the season…. played and started in every game during her freshman campaign… finished the season with solid numbers including .271 batting (10 doubles), .396 slugging, .333 on-base percentage and 18 RBIs…committed only two errors in the field while earning a .973 fielding percentage. At Soddy Daisy HS: Ashlee lettered in four sports: softball, basketball, volleyball and cross country…as a freshman, her Soddy Daisy softball squad went 40-4 and won the state championship…in her sophomore season, the team went 38-4 winning a second state title…Ashlee scored the game-winning in the sub-state and state championship games…as a junior, she was Best of Preps, all-state with seven home-runs…that year she was also all-county in volleyball as the best blocker…in her final year, she was all-county in basketball…Ashlee graduated from Soddy Daisy with a 3.75 GPA…she was a member of FCA and FCCLA. Personal File: Born Ashlee Nikoal England on May 8, 1991…daughter of Sheila and Rick England…she has three sisters, Shonna (34) and Amanda (25) England and Tonya Rodgers (28)…member of a Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Baptist Campus Ministry and Westside Baptist Church…majoring in physical therapy with an anticipated graduation date in the spring of 2013….plans to become a successful physical therapist and coach…Ashlee’s life ambition is “ to be happy, always keep God first in my life and remember no matter how bad the situation is, I’m blessed. Only the strong survives.” England’s Career Stats
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Alyssa Ford Sophomore • Infield • 1L Pineville, La. • Pineville HS
2011 Season: Worked out of the “hot corner” at third base in her first true season with the Lady Demons in 19 games….. notched a .310 batting average with five RBIs….recorded two multi-hit games against Eastern Illinois and Grambling State…. collected 16 putouts with a .903 fielding percentage. At Pineville HS: Lettered all four years in softball and one year in basketball…Alyssa helped her team to the state playoff appearance every year, district championships titles in her first three years and helped them to an appearance in the 5A state championship during sophomore year, a team that was led by current Lady Demon pitcher Kelee Grimes…..named to AllDistrict team all four years….finished senior season after having an ACL injury two months before the end of the season….participated in Key Club and FCS….selected to the 2010 Academic All-State team…graduated in 2010 with a 3.45 grade point average. Personal: Born October 14, 1991 as Alyssa Brooke Ford…..daughter of William and Rhonda Ford…father is a measurement technician and mother is a nurse…has two brothers, Eric Olden (28) and Richard Ford (15)…. majoring in physical education with plans to graduate in 2014….made the Fall 2010 Honor Roll….aspires to become a high school softball coach… her goal in life is “to leave an impact on someone’s life.
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Kelee Grimes Senior • Pitcher • 3L Pineville, La. • Pineville HS 2012 All-Southland Conference Preseason Second Team 2011 All-Louisiana Second Team 2011 Southland Conference All-Academic 2011 Capital One/CoSIDA All-Academic District VI 2011 Season: No one stood out from the Lady Demon roster more than right-hander pitcher Kelee Grimes as she nabbed five awards over the course of a breakthrough season….. on April 6, Grimes fired the 11th no-hitter in school history, while posting 16 strikeouts after facing 20 batters, in a 2-0 win over Alcorn State and complete the non-conference softball doubleheader sweep… the no-no led to her first of backto-back Southland Conference Pitcher of the Week selections after also defeated Texas-Arlington, the Southland’s then No. 2-ranked offensive unit, 3-1, allowing only one run and 24 strikeouts in 14 innings…. the following week of April 18, Grimes combined with fellow pitchers Kylie Roos and Brooke Boening for a three-hit shutout and a 3-0 win at Louisiana Tech and hurled a 13-strikeout, blanking Southeastern Louisiana 7-0 and capturing her second SLC POW award... Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Struck out 10 in a four-hit pitching performance at UCA, giving the Lady Demons to the 3-2 victory…. fired 11 strikeouts and held Nicholls to two runs to help NSU mount an epic 5-2 comeback victory, where the Lady Demons mustered a five-run final frame, and earned her an honorable mention in the May 5th SLC Pitcher of the Week selection….in the season finale opener vs. Texas State, she carried a no-hitter through 6 1/3 innings and finished the 1-0 win with her second one-hitter of the season, her fourth shutout and her eighth complete game with eight strikeouts and two walks, lifting NSU to its first postseason appearance in five years….capped her junior season with a 11-8 record and ranked as the league’s best pitcher after throwing 125.1 innings with 154 strikeouts, .196 opponent batting average (third in the SLC), and the 18th nationally-ranked earned run average of 1.40 ….her stats helped NSU to become the No. 1 rotation in the conference with a 2.09 team earned run average and 421 strikeouts. 2010 Season: ESPN the Magazine/Cosida Academic All-District team... Capital One Bank SLC All-Academic First-team... completed season with a 3.36 earned run average in 29 appearances….recorded 92 strikeouts and only allowed 66 hits in 89 innings pitched… hurled five complete-games this year, including an 11-inning duel against Texas-Arlington in which she tossed all 11 innings, giving up just four hits and one run….struck out 12 batters against Sam Houston in a complete-game, establishing a new career high….ranked among the league’s elite pitchers in hits allowed and opposing batting average (.231).
2009 Season: Recorded a career-high 10 strikeouts against McNeese State Feb. 24... struck out at least five batters eight times in her freshman campaign...allowed season-low two hits four times last season.
At Pineville HS: Named 2008 Gatorade Louisiana Softball Player of the Year … honor issued by The Gatorade Company centers on sports accomplishment but also high standards … one of five finalists for Town of … a three-time in academics and character the Alexandria Talk’s 2008Sportswoman the Year award All-State star who led Pineville (32-5) to the 2008 state Class 5A championship game, losing in 12 innings …first-team Academic All-State … District 4-5A MVP honors … during her four years, Pineville had an 92-41-3 record, including a 30-4 district 83-37 ERA of 1.17,strikingout 715... owned a career .328 batting average … four-year first-team overall mark … she was with a career all-district Lady Rebels playoff trips, reaching year andthe finals and All-Cenla pitcher … the made four thequarterfinals in her sophomore in 2008 … six-year member of the ASA Diamond Dust team … qualified for the state cross country championships as a junior and senior … perfect 4.0 GPAs in her sophomore and junior years in honors curriculum … graduated with 3.97 GPA … National Honor Society, Who’s Who Among American High School Students … nominated to attend Girls State … Knights of Columbus Fourth Degree Patriotic Award … member of Key Club, Anchor Club, Students Against Drunk Driving, the Governor’s Program on Abstinence, and the Fellowship of Christian Students. Personal File: Born Kelee Danielle Grimes on August 1, 1990…..the only daughter of Floyd and Anita Grimes...both parents are self-employed….has three brothers: Scott (31), Kyle (30) and Brent (26)…..majoring in business administration with a minor in fashion merchandising while maintaining a 3.89 grade point average....has studied dance for 12 years, dance competitions and volunteered bell ringer as president of the Blue Key Honor participating in local and state as a Salvation Army for the past 10 years…..serves Society and vice-president of NSU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)….member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and Beta Gamma Sigma….after completing her to enroll in NSU’s sport administration program and work in college athletics. undergraduate studies in May 2012, Kelee plans graduate
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Tara McKenney Sophomore • Infield • 1L Red Oak, Texas • Red Oak HS
2011 Season: Appeared and stared in every scheduled game in her freshman season….completed the season with a .271 batting average…collected nine stolen bases in ten attempts with two steals vs. Southeastern Louisiana…..against LouisianaMonroe, Tara carried the big hits for NSU as she collected half of the offense and went 2-for-3 for the game…. carried a 10game hitting streak through the heart of the SLC schedule……completed the season with ten multi-hit games, including three 3-hit performances vs. McNeese State and Prairie View A&M….recorded four multi-RBI games with a 3-RBI effort against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. At Red Oak HS: Tara was a standout in softball and volleyball, receiving letters in both sports all four years….volleyball team went undefeated in district play throughout her high school career (48-0) with three consecutive regional playoff appearances and two regional finals berths….earned multiple district honors including First-Team All-District as a junior and Libero of the Year as a senior….softball team appeared in Texas UIL Region II Bi-District playoff her last three years of high school….selected to the First-Team All-District as a sophomore and junior….named Region II BiDistrict 2010 Most Valuable Player….participated in Theatre Arts for Fun Education (TAFFE), HADDIT, Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) and Renaissance Club…named to the A/B Honor Roll…. graduated in 2010 with a 3.1 grade point average.
Personal File: Born May 7, 1992... Tara Chandler McKenney…..nick named “T” or “T-Mac”…..daughter of Mark and Lisa McKenney….father is a plumber and mother is an office manager….has one brother, Tren- ton (22)….majoring in communications with a 3.43 grade point average…. named Academic Roll to the NSU athletic department’s Honor and the Dean’s List…..after she graduates in 2014, Tara wants a start her career in sport marketing for a major professional teamor league.
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Samantha Roberts Senior • 5-10 • First Base • 3L Natchitoches, La. • Ruston HS
2011 Season: The lone Lady Demon to be selected to the 2011 All-Southland Conference Preseason team….Missed the first 17 games of the season with a concussion, only to return to the lineup in early March to go 2-for-4 with an RBI single against Texas-San Antonio…. went 2-for-3 with an RBI to help lead Northwestern State over Central Arkansas, 3-2…. Roberts shined with the game-tying RBI single as NSU took a 5-2 win over Nicholls State ….her lone two-out, sixth-inning home run in the season finale vs. Texas State gave NSU the lift needed to earn its first postseason appearance in five years...collected a total .261 BA in 40 games and 115 at-bats....had eight multi-hit games including a perfect 3-for-3 outing against Texas-Arlington. 2010 Season: All-Southland Conference Third Team selection... Academic All-SLC First Team... continued her dominance at the plate, finishing her sophomore campaign leading the team in numerous batting categories, including average (.333), home runs (5), RBI (35), slugging (.496), total bases (70) and a 10 game hitting streak…. knocked in a career-high five runs with a 2-for-3 performance at McNeese and recorded 10 multi-RBI games….opened the season with at least one hit in each of the first 10 games, which extended her career-long streak to 15 games, dating back to the previous season…committed just one error in the field with 145 putouts…selected to the All-SLC third-team and All-Louisiana collegiate softball first team. 2009 Season: In a two-game series at Grambling, went 5 for 7 with four RBI and two doubles, while also scoring three runs... knocked in two RBI in six different contests... hit home runs against Stephen F. Austin in a 2 for 3 performance and UTSA while driving in two runs... Led the Lady Demons in home runs (2), RBIs (21), slugging percentage (.351), on-base percentage (.325), doubles (11) and total bases (46). At Ruston HS: All-State Class 5A twice, as a sophomore at Natchitoches Central and as a senior at Ruston .. a four-year first-team All-District 2-5A selection … in her only season at Ruston, she made the coaches’ association state all-star games roster while earning All-Area from the Shreveport Times and making first-team All-District and All-State … as a junior at NCHS, she was honorable mention All-State, made the All-Area Team, the AllCenla team chosen by the Alexandria Town Talk … she was All-Cenla as a sophomore when the Lady Chiefs reached the state quarterfinals … as a senior, she helped Ruston reach the state quarterfinals … played for her parents … posted a 3.75 grade point average. Personal File: Born Samantha Danielle Roberts on April 16, 1990 … daughter of Danny and Lynne Roberts, both teachers and coaches … mother is former Lady Demon softball player....two younger siblings, Kristin (18) and Jamie (13) … Health & Exercise Science major with a 3.5 grade point average....made the Dean’s List every year for the past three years.... All-SLC Academic All-Conference … hopes to obtain her personal training certification and attend graduate school after graduating in December 2012 ....her life’s ambition is to be all that she can be.
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Brianna Rodriguez Sophomore • 5-6 • Infield • 1L Rowlett, Texas • Rowlett HS
2011 Season: Brianna became a major spark for NSU while working at first base through all 57 games….batted .237 and .329 slugging with eight multi-hit games and two home runs including a two-run homer in the season finale against the 2011 SLC champions, Texas State and Centenary ….recorded 2-for-3 performances in mulitiple games with a double and an RBI single vs. IUPUI on Feb. 26 and Texas-San Antonio on March 5….notched a team second-best 22 RBIs, including six multi-RBI games …. Brianna produced well on the defensive side as well, capturing only four errors and a .990 fielding percentage. At Rowlett HS: Four year letterman in softball…..led team to multiple championship titles including three Region 11 Bi-District, including a co-championship during freshman season, two Region 11 Area titles, and a Class 5A Region 11 crown….team made playoff appearance three out of four years in high school…Brianna was selected as the Lady Eagles’ Offensive Player of the Year in her freshman season and Most Valuable Player the following three years ….Received multiple district awards including Newcomer of the Year, two-time Pitcher of the Year, and Most Valuable Player…named ESPN Rise Texas State Athlete of the Week May 28, 2010…initiated to the National Honor Society and participated in Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA)….earned Academic Excellence honors 2007 through 2010….graduated May 2010 with a 3.5 G.P.A. Personal File: Born December 22, 1991 as Brianna Michelle Rodriguez….. daughter of Ruben and Belinda Rodriguez…father is a mechanical engineer and mother is a business analyst….has one sister, Angela (14)…. nickname: Bri…..majoring in psychology with a 3.5 grade point average…. plans to graduate in 2014 and pursue a Master’s degree in sports psychology ….her life’s ambition is “to fulfill all of my dreams, goals, and make an impact in people’s lives.”
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Kylie Roos Junior • 5-7 • Utility • 2L Celina, Texas • Celina HS
2011 All-Louisiana 2011 Southland Conference All-Academic 2011 Season: Through her sophomore campaign, Kylie proved to be a dual threat for NSU opponents on both sides of the field…..Along with fellow hurlers Kelee Grimes and Brooke Boening, Kylie closed out the season as one of the top 10 pitchers in the conference with a 2.23 earned run average, 116 strikeouts and a SLC top 10 opponent batting average of .224…..struck out nine to hold off Tennessee Tech, 2-1 in the Sleep Inn Classic….. fanned a season-high 11 batters and leaving six runners stranded in a tight 1-0 win over Northern Iowa. At the plate, Kylie hammered away to earn a team-leading .298 batting average, .507 slugging, eight home runs (seventh in the SLC), and 37 RBI (fifth, SLC)….notched ten multi-hit with two 3-hitters and multi-RBI games, including two 3-RBI efforts and two 4-RBI games… At the Sleep Inn Classic softball tournament, Roos dominated over Centenary in the 13-2 triumph, as she went 2-for4 with 4 RBI, including a three-run homer…..At the Frost Classic softball tournament, Kylie hammered out two home runs in the first day of the weekend tourney versus Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and East Tennessee State University, to help the Lady Demons to the first-day sweep….Roos slammed a walk-off single to cap a 2-for-4, two-RBI performance at the plate and lead Northwestern State to a 3-2 victory over Southeastern Louisiana….Against Central Arkansas, Roos delivered the game-winning RBI single in the top of the seventh to lift NSU over the Sugar Bears, 3-2….appeared in 54 games. 2010 Season: Kylie proved to be a great addition to the pitching rotation as she collected 13 wins and struck out 117 batters in 129 innings in the circle…in her last game of the season, struck out seven batters and allowed just one run against Texas-San Antonio…fanned five batters and allowed six hits at Texas State, one of the top teams in the conference…she picked up SLC Pitcher of the Week honors (Feb. 23) after her performance in the South Alabama Invitational against AlabamaBirmingham and Belmont, pitching 17 innings producing two complete games and a shutout while walking just three batters and striking out 19…wrapped up her freshman campaign with nine complete games and a 3.26 earned run average, the lowest on the team… she even contributed to the Lady Demon offense with 67 plate appearances where she earned a .209 batting average including three doubles and one home run. At Celina HS: Kylie lettered in volleyball for three years and in softball for four years while attending Pilot Point HS, Aubrey HS, and Celina HS…as a freshman at Pilot Point, her volleyball team participated in the volleyball regional tournament while the softball team was bi-district champions…that season, she earned all-district and all-area Newcomer of the Year for softball…as a sophomore, she played volleyball for Pilot Point and softball for Aubrey…the volleyball team was the area champion as she earned all-area setter of the year…the softball team at Aubrey was the state runner-up while Kylie earned all-district defensive MVP and all-area offensive Player of the Year…in her junior season, the Aubrey softball team reached the Regional Finals where she was all-district co-MVP and all-area first team…in her final season, Kylie played at Celina HS…the volleyball team earned a playoff appearance for the first time in school history as she was all-district first team…the softball team reached the state finals…Kylie earned all-district MVP and TGCA 1A-3A Player of the Year…she was a member of the Student Council and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA)…graduated in May 2009 with a 3.6 grade point average. Personal File: Born Kylie Nicole Roos on March 10, 1991…daughter of Judy and Peter Roos…her mother is a teacher and a coach and her father is a contractor… the oldest of four: she has one brother, Jordan (18) and two twin sisters, Lexie and Laney (10)…her brother is a two-time Texas state champion shot putter and will play football at Purdue University after graduation.…majoring in industrial engineering with a 3.3 standing GPA….member of Tau Alpha, the honor society for the department of engineering….her life’s ambition is to travel the world and a long and happy life.
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Senior • 5-6 • Third Base • 3L Bulverde, Texas • Smithson Valley HS 2011 Season: Appeared in 51 games for the Lady Demons, 46 of them as a starter….had a terrific start to the season as she went 2-for-2 with 3 RBI in the Feb. 13 win over Centenary, 13-2, in the Sleep Inn Classic softball tournament at the University of North Texas…..In the game, Tiffany notched an RBI double in a two-run fifth inning, then plated two runs with a triple in the five-run sixth…. Ward shined again on April 30 with 2-for-3 performance vs. Nicholls to help NSU capture its first 30-win season in five years. 2010 Season: Against Nicholls State, went 3 for 3 and slugged her third home run of the season, driving in a career-high four runs in the game….tallied a 2 for 3 performance against Centenary and a 2 for 2, two RBI effort at Southern…. finished season with .241 batting average, .354 on-base percentage and .370 slugging percentage, among the team’s best….recorded 157 putouts and a .983 fielding percentage while working out of the hot corner. 2009 Season: In her second career game, went 2 for 3 with run and RBI against Alabama... 2 for 3 against McNeese with run Feb. 24... knocked in two runs twice, against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Troy... finished freshman campaign with a six-game hitting streak, inlcuding a 2 for 3 showing against Centenary, driving in a run.
At Smithson HS: Three-year all-district third baseman for nationally-ranked Texas state power that had a 110-8 record in her four seasons … she hit .394 with 4 HR (one grand slam) and was team captain for coach Wayne Daigle in her senior year … she batted .450 as a junior, .385 with 40 RBI as a sophomore, and .375 as a freshman … as a senior, her team was ranked No. 1 in Texas, as high as 13th nationally, and went 26-2, falling in the regional finals … in her junior year, the team was 29-3, ranked 4th in the state, 11th nationally and reached the regional quarterfinals … her sophomore season, the team reached the state semifinals, going 29-2 with a No. 9 national ranking and a No. 2 state ranking … in her freshman year, team went 26-1, was ranked third in the state and was a regional finalist … Academic All-District all four years and graduated with a 3.6 GPA, inthe top 10 percent of her class … Fellowship of Christian Athletes, National Honor Society.
on March 28, 1990 daughter ofWest and Tammy oldest of three children, siblings Personal File: Born Tiffany Nicole Ward … Ward … … at Texas A&M,majoring in biomedical science… majoring in Pre-Physical Therapy are Whitney (18) and West (17) sister is a freshman with a 3.37 G.P.A….while attending NSU, Tiffany has made the Dean’s List and Honor Roll….plans to complete medical school and have her own successful physical therapy practice.
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Cassandra Barfield Freshman • 5-11 • Catcher • HS Houston, Texas • Cy Fair HS
High School: Selected All-State 1st team in each of her last two years and All-District 1st Team four consecutive years as a catcher and designated player along with a co-MVP award as a senior….led her team to the district title along with the regional quarterfinals….she capped her high school career with three regional quarterfinals appearances, including her sophomore season where she finished as the RBI leader of the greater Houston area…selected to the Key club and participated in Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) and Student Council….graduated in 2011. Personal: Born May 31, 1993 as the only child to Clayton and Sylvia Barefield….mother works in medical billing and father is a truck driver….majoring in exercise science….wants to become a sports trainer and fulfill her life’s ambition to help the injured athletes of the world to play at their highest level again.
Candice Biggs Freshman • 5-4 • Utility • HS Bixby, Okla. • Bixby HS
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High School: Started all four years for the Bixby Spartans varsity softball team at second base and left field….picked up three consecutive Class 5A Metro Lakes All-Conference selections along with two Tulsa World All-Metro and Class 6A Frontier Academic All-Conference honors…..freshman season, team captured the Oklahoma Class 5A regional and state championships while earning one of two consecutive selections on the Class 5A Metro Lakes Academic All-Conference ….junior season, Candice was named to the Class 6A Metro Lakes Conference team….senior season, she capped her high school career with a Class 6A Frontier All-Conference and All-Academic selection while the team went 21-13…was a four-year letterman in softball and a senior season letterman in track……selected to the National Honor Society, served as a student athletic trainer and participated in FCA, FCCLA, Safe Team, Tunnel Crew, Student Council….graduated in 2011 with a 3.8 GPA. Personal: Born Candice Melyn Biggs on October 1, 1992…the daughter of Gary and Sharon Biggs….has one sister, Kindal (5)….majoring in nursing…..her career plans after graduation involve becoming a pediatric nurse….her life’s ambition is to “help others, have a lovely family and live out God’s plan.”
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Paige Cavallin
Junior • 5-7 • Pitcher • TR Arnaudville, La. • Beau Chene HS • ULL
2010: Registered a 19-5 record at UL-Lafayette, best in the Sun Belt Conference… helped lead the team to the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional Championship and a #17 ranking… guided the Ragin Cajuns to the Sun Belt Tournament Championship… earned Sun Belt Honor Roll. High School: Led Beau Chene to four consecutive parish championships, two-time bi-district and regional champions… twotime all-district pitcher and all-parish pitcher… 2008 all-state pitcher, notching a 0.40 ERA and also hit for a .289 average… 2008 team MVP (pitching)… 2007 all-state pitcher with a 0.75 ERA… earned two letters in both volleyball and basketball, winning two-time all-district volleyball honors and 2005 all-district basketball. Personal: Born Paige Hayley Cavallin on Nov. 29, 1990… daughter of David Cavallin and Michelle Taylor… two brothers, Jim and Brian Payne… psychology major with a business minor, and hopes to work in the field of psychology upon graduation… played two seasons at UL-Lafayette before transferring to NSU… life ambition is to be successful and always stay positive.
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Junior • 5-5 • Outfield • TR Joshua, Texas • Joshua HS • Texas Tech
Before NSU: During the 2011 season at Texas Tech, she recorded her first career extra-base hit with a double against Alcorn State on March 13 ... was 5-for-6 in stolen base attempts ... scored a run in each elimination game against Harvard and New Mexico State during the NCAA Tucson Regional ... scored 23 runs, the most for any non-regular starter…. as a freshman, appeared in 24 games, including one start ... lone start came March 14 against North Carolina Central ... entered primarily as a pinch runner ... had 15 at-bats on the year, finishing with six hits for a .400 average ... scored 11 runs as well ... went 2-for-3 at the plate against Texas Southern after entering the game as a pinch runner ... also scored a season-high three runs in the game ... had another multiple-hit game a few days later against North Carolina Central on March 12 ... went 2-for-3 at the plate again with her only RBI of the season. High School: Jordan was an all-county outfielder during her sophomore year and a first-team all-county infielder during her junior and senior seasons for the Owls ... lettered on four varsity teams: softball and volleyball (4), basketball (2) and track & field (1)... member of the National Honor Society and the Student Council. Personal: Born June 6, 1991, to parents Paula and George Palmer ... parents are Tarleton State University alumni; father works for the Recovery Resources Council and mother works for Texas Health Resources ... has an older brother, Lane (24), who is an alum of Texas Christian University (TCU) ... majoring in psychology with a 3.0 GPA ... hopes to become a college softball coach after graduating in 2013….her life’s ambition is “to be successful in everything I do.” www.nsudemons.com
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Sara Shier Freshman • 5-10 • Infield • HS Saugus, Calif. • Saugus HS
High School: Led Saugus High to four consecutive CIF Division I playoffs including a High Desert (Division I) championship, back-to-back top 10 finishes in the Bullhead Tournament of Champions out of the 150 participating teams, a career-best, 24-6 record and a No.14 national ranking in her senior season….Shier is coming off an impressive 2011 season where she had a .381 batting average with 32 hits, 27 RBIs, six doubles and home runs…during that same senior campaign, she earned a flawless fielding percentage (1.000), .631 in slugging……as a junior, she had a .412 batting average and collected a .412 on base percentage, .471 in slugging and a Foothill League first-place tie for fielding percentage with a perfect 1.000 and a perfect batting average throughout the CIF playoffs….Sara also earned the team’s 2009 Best Hit of the Season Award and 2008 Offensive Player of the Year…..served as the Equestrian Club vice-president, junior umpire at the Hart sporting complex, and Saugus News Network producer…was a member of the Varsity Club….graduated in 2011 as a four-year scholar athlete with a 3.5 G.P.A…..a part of the 2006 ASA National Championship team…..played the last two summers with the Firecrackers 18 Gold. Personal: Born Sara Renee Shier on May 15, 1993…..daughter of David and Leah Shier….father is a business owner and mother works as an accountant….has one brother, David (13)….nicknames: “Moose”, “Duckie”, “Shi-Shi” and “Shier”….. majoring in business….interned at Old River Farms…..plans to become an A&R coordinator for Warner Bros. Records after graduation….her life’s ambition is to die happy with no regrets.
Brittany Virgoe Freshman • 5-7 • Infield • HS Anaheim, Calif. • Esperanza HS
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High School: As a four-year starter and letterman, she helped Esperanza High to three league championships and CIF Division I quarterfinals appearances….as a junior, the two-time scholar athlete batted .417 and nabbed first-team selections on the All-CIF and All-Sunset League and collected the team’s Most Valuable Player….senior year, Brittany led the Aztecs to a 22-3 record to become the No. 1 ranked team in the state and nation and selected 1st team All-Century League and team’s Defensive Player of the Year….named the EHS Honor Roll….graduated in 2011 with a 3.87 grade point average. Personal: Born Brittany Anne Virgoe on June 20, 1993….daughter to Brad and Elizabeth Virgoe….father is a lieutenant for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department and mother is a court reporter for the Los Angeles Superior Court….has one brother, Brandon (20)….majoring in nursing….wants to become a nurse practionier after completing her studies at NSU….her life’s ambition is to “be happy and live at God’s plan.”
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Dr. Randall J. Webb stated when he became Northwestern State UniU N I V E R S I T Y A D M I N I S T R AT I O N versity’s 17th president in July of 1996 that his primary objective would President: be to help make his Alma Mater the best institution it could be. It is . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Randall J. Webb apparent after 15 years that Webb is achieving that admirable goal. Enrollment has reached record levels during Webb’s tenure as presi- Provost & Vice President for Academic and dent and exceeded 10,500 for the first time in history in the fall of 2004. Student Affairs: Webb has also been at the forefront in recent years of moving the university toward higher admission standards, which has resulted in some . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Lisa Abney enrollment declines but in the enrollment of students with greater aca- Vice President for External Affairs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerry Pierce demic potential and aptitude. Retention has increased at the university, the average ACT score of students has gone up, and high Vice President for Business Affairs: school student leaders are enrolling in Northwestern in record numbers. There has been a substantial . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carl Jones increase in the number of high school valedictorians and salutatorians among first-time freshmen at Vice President for University Affairs: the university. External funding for NSU has also increased dramatically under Webb’s leadership. In the first . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marcus Jones capital campaign in its history, the university received $32.7 million to far exceed its goal of $18.84 Vice President for Technology, Research and million. That funding included the establishment of numerous endowed chairs and professorships to Economic Development: enhance academic programs at the university. In addition to the private funding, Northwestern has . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Darlene Williams received more grant monies in recent years from state and federal agencies and private foundations Executive Assistant to the President: than at any time since its founding in 1884. Webb has also expanded the university’s outreach by spearheading the development at NSU of the . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Crew largest electronic education and distance learning network of any university in Louisiana. NSU offers courses and degree programs to students across the nation and world through Internet and compressed video. Millions of dollars have been obtained during Webb’s presidency for new and renovated facilities. A new $6.9 million Wellness, Recreation and Activity Center opened on the campus in 2005; and Morrison Hall, the Family and Consumer Sciences Building, and Williamson Hall have been completely renovated and restored. A new Student Services Center on the site of the former West Caspari Hall will be complete early next year. Over $32 million in construction by a private company has added two modified residence halls to the campus in recent years. Funding has also been obtained to rebuild the East Caspari Hall and replace the underground electrical distribution system. Northwestern academic programs and athletic teams continue to receive positive national recognition. The Computer Information Systems program, for example, won five consecutive national championships in academic competition in systems analysis, and the NSU men’s basketball team defeated Iowa in the NCAA national championship tournament. A former center on the Northwestern football team, Webb is an avid supporter of the university’s athletic programs and has held positions of leadership at the national level in intercollegiate athletics. He has served as chair of the board of directors of the Southland Conference and has been a member of the prestigious NCAA Executive Council and the NCAA Division I Board of Directors that oversee all major policy decisions by the governing body for major college sports. He currently serves as the Southland Conference representative on the NCAA Presidential Advisory Group. A 1965 graduate of Northwestern in mathematics and business education, Webb earned a master of science degree in mathematics from NSU in 1966. He received a doctorate in education from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1971 with a concentration in mathematics and research. Webb was a member of the faculty of Longwood College in Farmville, Va, from 1966 until 1974. He served as Director of Higher Education and Teacher Certification in the Louisiana Department of Education from 1974 through 1976. He moved to Southeastern Louisiana University in 1976 and in 13 years there held positions as director of institutional research, EEO officer, registrar and member of the mathematics faculty. He became Dean of Instruction and Graduate Studies and professor of mathematics at Northwestern in 1989. In that position, he was responsible for campus-wide policy development, planning, advancement, and review of both graduate and undergraduate programs. While Webb was in that position, graduate enrollment increased by 35 percent, and internal funding for faculty research increased by 200 percent. As dean, Webb proposed the concept for NSU’s successful Freshman Connection Program and served as a member of the writing team for a grant proposal that resulted in a five year, $1.7 million Title III grant to improve student retention. He also chaired the steering committee for NSU’s Self Study for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. He has been active in the community as a member of the board of directors of the Natchitoches Chamber of Commerce and as a member of the Association for the Preservation of Historic Natchitoches, the Natchitoches Historic Foundation, the Natchitoches-Northwestern Symphony Society, Rotary Club, and the First Baptist Church. Webb and his wife Brenda have two daughters, both honor graduates of Northwestern. Tamara and her husband, former NSU All-America baseball pitcher Reggie Gatewood, live in McKinney, Texas, withtheir children Tyler and Ava. Lauren is married to former outstanding NSU baseball player Nick Simokaitis, and they live in St. Louis with their sons Nicholas and Benjamin. Randy and Brenda Webb www.nsudemons.com
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Vice President • External Affairs Jerry Pierce is the Cal Ripken of the Northwestern State DEMONS’ DECADE OF EXCELLENCE athletic program. Day after day, year after year, Pierce is in the lineup, field- Highlights of NSU athletics in the first 10 ing his position with aplomb, and delivering at the plate, knocking a ball out of the park from time to time but always years under the leadership of Dr. Randall taking an understated profile, seeing himself as a role player. Webb, Vice President Jerry Pierce and Direc Beginning his 47th year on the university’s staff, Pierce’s impact on NSU and the city of Natchitoches can’t be mea- tor of Athletics Greg Burke sured as easily as Ripkin’s Baseball Hall of Fame statistics, but they are equally indelible. He begins his 21st year as vice president of external affairs at Northwestern. A sig- 22 Southland Conference Championships (7 sports) nificant aspect of his job is oversight of intercollegiate athletics. Pierce works closely with athletic director Greg Burke and all NSU coaches and staff members to keep Northwestern Football (1997, 1998, 2004), basketball (2005, athletics competing at a championship level week after week, month after month and year 2006), women’s basketball (1999, 2004), baseball after year. Pierce is an avid tennis player who has been a member of USTA teams that have won (1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005), women’s soccer more than a dozen state championships, five regional titles and one national championship. (2000), softball (1998, 1999, 2000), men’s track and Well before moving into the executive position, Pierce had already served his alma mater, adopted hometown and state with distinction. In his role as vice president, he oversees field (1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002). All-Sports university operations in athletics, alumni and development, (1997-98). NSU Athletic Council public and media relations and assists President Dr. Randall J. Webb in governmental affairs activities. Many of those duties Jody Biscoe (Chair) were his since the 1970s as he worked under four previous presDion Boyett idents as Northwestern advanced from NAIA to NCAA College 10 SLC Tournament Championships (4 sports) Division to NCAA Division I athletic status in 1977. Lyn Christophe Basketball (2001, 2006), women’s soccer (1997, A 1961 graduate of Northwestern, Pierce served as trainer Dwight Epperson for the Demon football team during his college years, work- 2000, 2002, 2005), women’s basketball (2004) and Kelee Grimes (Student) ing closely with legendary coach Jack Clayton. After earning softball (1998, 2000, 2002). his journalism degree, Pierce went to work for the New OrMarcus Jones leans Times Picayune, serving as a reporter and editor. He was Jennifer Kelly named executive sports editor at the age of 24. 16 Postseason Appearances (6 sports) Melissa Kelly In 1965, he chose to raise his two sons in Natchitoches and returned to NSU as sports information director. He was pro- Football - FCS Division playoffs (1997, 1998, 2001, Dr. Michal Land moted to news bureau director two years later and assumed 2002, 2004); basketball (2001, 2006); women’s Michelle Pichon additional responsibilities in athletics, alumni affairs and other Kristi Simms areas through the years. basketball (2004); baseball (2005); softball (1998, He founded, in 1972, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame facilMark Swanstrom ity in Prather Coliseum on the NSU campus, providing a home 2000, 2002); women’s soccer (2000, 2002, 2005). Ed Ward for an entity created in 1958. He established annual induction Women’s Basketball also played in the 1999 WNIT. Will Watson (Student) activities that remain in place nearly four decades later, and served as director of the Hall for 19 years until his promotion to Ex-Officio Members vice president forced him to step aside from the volunteer post. 45 National Awards (5 sports) He helped guide Northwestern into three athletic conferences Greg Burke (Trans America, 1979; Gulf Star, 1983; Southland, 1987) and All-America awards - track and field (18), football NCAA Division I status in 1977. He is a past president of the (19), baseball (1). Academic All-America honors – Carrie Crowell Southland and has served the conference through other offices Dustin Eubanks softball (2), baseball (2). National Football Founand committee positions. Dr. Patrice Moulton In 1994, he was named one of Louisiana’s 20 most influential dation Scholar-Athlete (1); NCAA Postgraduate sports figures by the Times-Picayune. Also on the list were New Dr. Vicki Parrish Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson, LSU athletic director Joe Scholarship (1); basketball - 2006 Pontiac Game Jerry Pierce Dean and basketball coach Dale Brown, and Grambling footChanging Performance $100,000 Scholarship ball coaching legend Eddie Robinson. His salesmanship and managerial skills were instrumental in convincing Tri-Star Productions to film the 1989 smash hit movie Steel Magnolias, with an all-star cast including Julia Roberts, Sally Field and Dylan McDermott in Natchitoches and on the NSU campus. 3 Olympic Competitors (2 sports) The movie’s impact on tourism in Natchitoches continues to resonate more than two de- Track and field alumni LaMark Carter (2000) Kenta cades later. Pierce is regarded as one of the most effective legislative liaisons for Louisiana’s higher Bell (2004 and 2008) represented the USA in the education system. He is also a popular after dinner speaker and master of ceremonies who Olympic Games in the triple jump. Fomer Demon has spoken at hundreds of events since 1965. In addition to his administrative responsibilities, Pierce is a member of the Journalism basketball player Dr. Gayle Hatch was the USA’s Department faculty. He is the author of one book and editor of two others and has written head men’s weightlifting coach in the 2004 Athens thousands of editorials, columns, features and other articles for newspapers and magazines. Games. Pierce and his wife Regina, a teacher, live on Cane River Lake in Natchitoches. He has two sons, Randy and Rick, both NSU graduates; and three grandchildren, twins Evan and Amanda, 22, and Miranda, 11, and two stepchildren, Nicholas and Natalie. 38
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Director of Athletics The Burke File AGE: 54 (Born Oct. 22, 1956) • HOMETOWN: Alliance, Ohio • HIGH SCHOOL: Marlington ’74 • COLLEGE: Mt. Union ’78 (cum laude) POSTGRADUATE: Kent State ’86 • BEFORE HE WAS A.D.: Sports writer, Alliance (Ohio) Review, 1972-78; director of news and sports information, Hiram (Ohio) College (1978-85); administrative intern, NSU athletics, 1985-86; director, NSU Athletic Association, 1986-92; director of athletic development, University of Akron, 1992-96. BIG FAN OF: Cleveland Browns, Indians and Cavaliers • INTERESTS: Working out, watching ESPN and VH1 Classic, family outings. In the midst of his 16th year as director of athletics at Northwestern State, Greg Burke has received national acclaim for the job he’s done in his adopted hometown. Burke has been athletics director at Northwestern since Aug. 29, 1996, when his first day included speaking at the annual NSU/Independence Bowl Kickoff Luncheon. Burke is the longest serving AD at any Louisiana institution. He has steered NSU athletics to many of its greatest accomplishments while overseeing a program that has fielded championship caliber teams in nearly all of the school’s NCAA Division I sports. Last year, he was included among 29 winners of the Under Amour AD of the Year Award presented by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA). He was also among four winners chosen to be involved in a Street and Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal panel discussion on current Division I athletics issues. Joining NSU’s Burke were Purdue’s Morgan Burke (no relation), Samford’s Bob Roller and Lee Fowler of North Carolina State, with the transcript of their discussion distributed to national media by the Sports Business Daily. Burke just completed a term as the 201011 president of the Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association. Burke’s 15 years as athletic director include 32 Southland Conference regular-season or tournament championships, 54 All-American and Academic All-American student athletes, and three U.S. Olympic competitors. Seventeen NSU teams have taken part in NCAA or WNIT postseason competition. Under his guidance, Northwestern State has led all 13 public institutions in Louisiana, and all 12 Southland Conference institutions, in the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate and Graduation Success Rate reports. The school’s athletic facilities have undergone nearly $7 million in improvements in the past four years. NSU in 2004-05 became the first (and remains the only) Southland Conference member in the league’s five decades of history to sweep football, men’s basketball and baseball championships in the same athletic year. It’s been done only once in Southeastern Conference history, by Alabama in 1933-34, and only four times in Big Ten Conference history, the last time by Michigan State in 1979-80. Those accomplishments have come with one of the more modest athletic budgets in the state and conference. Burke’s management skill and fundraising ability have been pivotal. Burke generated a $2 million series of sponsorships for new scoreboards installed for 2008-09 at all NSU athletic venues and spearheaded the $700,000 Second Century Circle fencing project for athletic venues. Burke has displayed a remarkable ability to hire dynamic head coaches, including several whose success at Northwestern State has propelled them to national prominence in subsequent positions. Some of his best hires remain on staff at NSU. Two, basketball’s Mike McConathy and soccer’s Jimmy Mitchell, guided Northwestern in NCAA Tournament play in their second seasons and have been back to postseason since. NSU’s 2006 basketball team scored one of the most memorable upsets in the history of March Madness, coming from 17 down to stun No. 15-ranked Iowa 64-63. Burke has selected head coaches who have subsequently been hired by Alabama, Florida, Missouri, New Mexico, Kentucky, Virginia, Mississippi State and Wichita State. From his first day on the job, Burke has stressed the importance of having a balanced athletic program. To that end, tremendous competitive strides have been made in women’s athletics under his guidance. The NSU soccer program was the first one in Louisiana ever to reach the NCAA Tournament and remains the only one with multiple appearances. Volleyball set attendance records and has made its best-ever showings in conference play in recent years. In softball, NSU posted the nation’s most improved win total in 2010 regular-season play under second-year coach Donald Pickett, and moved among league contenders in 2011. The Lady Demons joined Stanford as the only women’s tennis programs in the country in 2010 with only one regular-season loss, while sweeping Southland regular-season and tournament titles and making a first-ever NCAA Team Tournament appearance. While on-field success by Demon and Lady Demon teams has been a source of pride for NSU supporters, Burke is equally proud of the tone which has been set within the NSU athletic program as it relates to academic achievement and community service. The academic accomplishments are reflected annually in the NCAA’s APR and GSR studies. Community service by NSU student-athletes, coaches and staff more than doubled to over 5,000 hours in 2009-10 and remained at that level in 2010-11. Burke spearheaded the adoption of the slogan “Great Tradition, Brighter Future” for NSU Athletics, and the creation of NSU Athletics “Cornerstones” for student-athletes: “Academic Achievement, Personal Responsibility, Competitive Success … Every Minute, Every Hour, Every Day!” In 2005, Burke was one of three recipients of the All-America Football Foundation’s Gen. Robert R. Neyland Outstanding Athletic Director Award and that same year, was also tabbed as one of two Natchitoches Parish Cenla Newsmakers of 2005 by the Alexandria Town Talk newspaper’s editorial staff. He received the 2006 “Outstanding Alumni Award” from his alma mater, Marlington High School in Alliance, Ohio, recognizing his community service and professional achievements. Burke became one of only 21 alumni honored since the award was instituted in 1982. In June 2006, he was a featured speaker and panelist at the National Association of Collegiate Athletic Directors convention in New Orleans, addressing members of the College Athletic Business Managers of America and also participating in a panel discussion of “Fundraising from an Athletic Director’s Perspective” speaking to the National Association of Athletic Development Directors. Since 2007, Burke has been a member of the prestigious NCAA Championships/Sports Management Cabinet, a 49-person panel which makes recommendations to the NCAA Board of Directors on key issues facing Division I athletics. He previously served a four-year term on the NCAA Division I Football Issues Committee (1999-2002) and concurrently served a term on the eight-member NCAA FCS Committee that administers the national playoffs. Since his committee term expired, Burke has served as a site supervisor for Football Championship Subdivision playoff games across the nation and he is regarded as one of the country’s premiere advocates of FCS football. In 2004, NSU received the highest possible rating, “fully certified,” from the National Collegiate Athletic Association, affirming that Northwestern operates its athletic program in substantial conformity with operating principles adopted by the NCAA Division I membership. Burke is a past president of the Natchitoches Kiwanis Club and remains active in that civic group. He has also been part of the steering committee for the Natchitoches Christmas Festival and is a former president of the Natchitoches Area Jaycees. He is involved with the American Heart Association and was 2010 March of Dimes chairman locally. He and his wife, Susu, is a Natchitoches native, NSU graduate and an elementary teacher. Their 17-year-old daughter, Catherine, is captain of the St. Mary’s High School cheerleading squad, in addition to being a point guard on the basketball team and a member of the tennis team.
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Interim Athletic Ticket Manager Kyle Barnard has been named the interim athletic ticket manager and is also assistingwith development. His duties include working with event management, external affairs, and alumni relations aside from his ticket manager needs. His career plans are to become an associate athletic director. His first year at Northwestern State served as a graduate assistant for the department. While working with game day operations and marketing/promotions, he served on the diversity council for NSU during the NCAA recertification process. Kyle organized a NCAA diversity workshop for both coaches and players. Barnard received his undergraduate degree in kinesiology and fitness from Ouachita Baptist University. He was a 4 year letterman and a 3 year starter on the offensive line for the OBU football team. As a captain his junior and senior year, the team had their highest ranking in school history. He served as member and president of OBU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. While attending OBU, Kyle reached the dean’s list and was a member of IFC (Inter Fraternal Council) and also was a member of Rho Sigma men’s social club. His hometown is The Woodlands, Texas. In high school, he was named to the all-district and all-county teams at The Woodlands High School. Kyle also earned a power lifting letter. The son of Ron and Brenda Barnard, he was born Nov. 13, 1987, in Corpus Christi, Texas and
Assistant Academic Coordinator Enhanced Academic Program Advisor Cary Bruno is the Assistant Academic Coordinator with oversight of the following sports: Freshman Football, softball, volleyball, men’s track and cross country, women’s track and cross country, and women’s basketball. Cary is also the Director of the Enhanced Academic Program, a program that mentors academically underprepared student-athletes. Bruno also assists Carrie Crowell with the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and the CHAMPS/Life Skills Program, which is designed to assist with the transition phase of college to work . Bruno was a member of the Demon Softball team from 2005-2009. During her time at Northwestern State, her most memorable honors include the esteemed Southland Conference Steve McCarty Citizenship Award as well as being selected as the Southland Conference Softball Student Athlete of the Year in 2008. Bruno graduated from NSU in May 2009 with a B.S. in Business Administration. She is currently earning her Master’s degree in Student Personnel Services with a concentration in Student Affairs Administration.
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Carrie Crowell, a two-year Academic All-Southland Conference soccer standout for Northwestern State in 2005-06, from Arlinghas one brother, Conall. He is currently married to Brittany Barnard, ton, TX, now serves as an academic coordinator in the Johnnie Ema pediatric RN at Cabrini Hospital. mons Athletic Study Center at NSU as well as being the Senior Woman Faculty Athletic Representative Jody Biscoe is Associate Professor Administrator. of Psychology and Addiction Studies at Northwestern State, where he is the coordinator for Crowell served as an intern in the Academic Services and CHAMPS/Life Skills program in the undergraduate Addiction Studies, and Substance Abuse/Prevention concentrations. Since January 2009, while also completing her second season as a graduate assistant soccer coach 2006, he has served as Faculty Athletic Representative for NSU. This role includes the chair of and finishing work on her master’s of science in sport administration. She was a magna cum laude graduate of NSU in August 2007 in business administration, the NSU Athletic Council. Since 2006, Northwestern State University has made numerous paradigm shifts in how and also was a key contributor on the Lady Demons’ 2005 NCAA Tournament team that won it addresses the needs of student-athletes; however, one thing has been consistent in that its the Southland Conference Tournament. student-athletes are winners on the field and in the classroom. All have heard about higher Crowell is the academic coordinator for the sports of soccer, women’s basketball, men’s educational institutions being penalized by the NCAA for academic improprieties. NSU has and women’s track, volleyball, and veteran football. She also heads the Enhanced Academic attempted to be a model program of “Doing Things the Right Way,” by following the Athletic Program which provides additional help for student-athletes and aids in maintaining a healthy Department motto: Great Tradition – Brighter Futures. This past year, NSU was one of only and successful balance between academics and athletics. four schools in the State of Louisiana that did not receive any penalties for low NCAA Academic Crowell served an internship in the summer of 2008 with the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, Progress Rates (APR) with baseball, soccer, softball, tennis, women’s indoor & outdoor track, helping stage events supporting a Nationwide Tour golf tournament co-sponsored by the Hall. and volleyball rating in the top three in the Southland Conference. Among the 40 Northwest- She also assisted in daily operations of the museum in Springfield, Mo., and helped stage the ern State student-athletes and athletic staff members who graduated in spring 2010, 10 of the Missouri High School Basketball All-Stars Game. 20 receiving undergraduate degrees graduated either cum laude or magna cum laude. Gradu- Crowell was a member of Alpha Lambda Delta honors society from 2005-2007, graduating ation rates of student-athletes in soccer, volleyball, men’s basketball, baseball and football in three years with a 3.74 grade point average. She made the SLC Commissioners’ Academic ranked in the top four of the Conference. These accomplishments could not have been achieved Honor Roll in the last three seasons she competed for NSU, capped by a 2006 season in which her defense helped the Lady Demons set a school record for least goals allowed per game. without the support and efforts of the student-athletes, coaches, faculty, and administration. Also, Jody is the Director for the Louisiana Addiction Technology Transfer Center at NSU. Crowell graduated with her Masters of Science in Sport Administration with a 4.0 GPA in May He has served on the National Addiction Technology Transfer Center’s (ATTC) - Practice and 2009. National Leadership Institute Committee. In addition, he has coordinated five nationally recognized leadership institutes for Louisiana, Texas and New Mexico and a member of the National ATTC Leadership Directors Committee. Recently, he was appointed to the NAADAC - National Addiction Studies & Standards Collaborative Committee. This past year, Jody was selected to serve on the United States Health and Human Services – Substance Abuse & Mental Health Service Administration Expert Panel concerning workforce issues. Jody’s married to his wife, Veronica (Roni), an avid runner, and daughter Roxy is a senior co-captain on the varsity cheerleading squad and Lady Tiger basketball team at St. Mary’s School. All are devoted Demon fans! 40
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Dustin Eubanks is in his 13th year in the NSU athletic department and his 12th year at the helm of the compliance duties, keeping all athletic personnel current and in accordance with NCAA and Southland Conference guidelines. A 1996 education graduate of Northwestern, the 38-year-old avid fan of all teams that hail from Pittsburgh seized an opportunity to serve as a graduate assistant in the sports information department at Northwestern while beginning the pursuit of his master’s degree in health and physical education (concentration in sports administration), which he obtained in May of 2003, and was impressive enough to earn a promotion to fulltime status in November 1998. Eubanks is married to the former Dawn Hornsby of Branch and the couple has two daughters, Emilie (16) and Taylor Nicole (5). The sisters share the same birthdate. Dustin and Dawn, who is the Associate Director of Financial Aid at NSU, will celebrated their eighth wedding anniversary this summer.
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Athletic Business Manager Roxanne Freeman began working at NSU in 1983 as an accounting clerk in business affairs. She transferred to the athletic department as football/baseball/track secretary and served under Sam Goodwin, Leon Johnson and several baseball coaches for eight seasons before graduating with a B.S. in accounting in May 1995. Freeman then became the compliance coordinator and academic advisor during a three-year span before leaving in 1998. She returned to NSU in the Fall of 2000 in her current position as Business Manager where she now serves as liaison between the athletic department and business affairs. She has one son, Aaron Pizani, who is also an NSU alum. Associate AD for External Affairs Todd Garzarelli was named as the Associate Athletic Director for External Affairs in October 2011 after a successful three-year stint at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville and will oversee all external areas at Northwestern State, including the NSU Athletic Association. Garzarelli came to Northwestern State from SIUE where he immediately made an impact on the SIUE Athletics Department in helping but the external unit from the ground up. During his short tenure, he signed the school’s first-ever apparel contract, helped launch a newly designed website, and worked to enhance the radio network that included online streaming for the first time. He also established a corporate sponsorship platform and a compreshensive annual fund and put together a major gift program and portfolio to enhance a $50 million capital campaign. Prior to SIUE, Garzarelli was at Northern Illinois University, where he served most recently as the Associate Athletic Director for Marketing, Corporate and Broadcast Relations. During his tenure at NIU, revenue in corporate sponsorship, tickets, licensing, hospitality and media trade all increased dramatically. Garzarelli also successfully negotiated and landed multi-year agreements with Chicago Sports Leader in radio WSCR 670 AM “The Score” and Comcast Sportnet Chicago which gave Huskie Athletics inmeasureable exposure in radio and television. In all, the Huskie football team played in more than 40 regional or national television broadcasts during his tenure. Garzarelli also established the first NIU All-Access platform on internet that streamed over 100 audio and video events annually. Before his time at NIU, Garzarelli previously worked as the Director of Marketing and Promotions at the United States Military Academy (Army) from 2001 to 2004. He also served as marketing associate at the University of Missouri during the 2000-2001 season. He spent one season at the Air Force Academy as a Marketing and Development Assistant and one season as an Assistant to the Director of External Affairs at Saint Francis (Penn.). At Army, he helped maintain an 18-station radio network that covered most of the U.S. market and assisted in a regional television agreement for Army football. He also played an instrumental part in landing Jeep as the Title Sponsor of the annual Army/Navy Football game. Army Athletics increased corporate sponsorships, tickets and overall attendance under Garzarelli’s watch.
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Asst. Director of Marketing & Promotions After a brief hiatus from college athletics, Clay Shaw returns to the profession as the new assistant for sport marketing and promotions at Northwestern State. An Ohio native, the 2003 graduate of the University of Toledo earned his bachelor’s degree in graphic design with coursework in business and marketing. He enrolled at Bowling Green University in 2006 to work towards a career in sports marketing and was a volunteer intern. He followed that with a marketing assistant internship at the University of New Mexico and the University of Tulsa. He landed his first full-time job in college athletics as the promotions coordinator at California State University-Bakersfield. Shaw stepped away from college athletics to work in professional sports as a ticket representative for the Fresno Grizzlies Triple-A baseball team, and the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning. Prior to joining NSU, Shaw spent two years with Bisk Education as a representative of Villanova University Online.
Rocky Smith
Director of Athletic Facilities Rocky Smith is in his first year as the Director of Athletic Facilities and Game Operations at NSU. Smith began his career as a student worker under Alan Pasch and progressed his way from student worker to graduate assistant to then assistant director. He has served as game manager for the majority of sports for NSU along with special event management for the university. A native of Bedford, Texas and a graduate of Trinity High School, Smith earned his bachelor’s degree in general studies from NSU and is currently pursuing his master’s degree in sports administration. At Trinity, he participated in gymnastics state and national competitions in rings, pommel horse, and parallel bars. In college, he was a part of the Spirit of Northwestern marching band as a bass trombonist and a four year rower. Smith is in his third year of being an assistant coach for the rowing team specializing in sculling. Born March 9th of 1986, he is the son of David and Robbie Smith and brother of younger sister Delayne Smith.
Scott Smith
Asst. Dir. of Special Facilities for Events Operations Scott Smith is no stranger to Northwestern State athletics. He has spent the last two years with the Lady Demon tennis program while working on a master’s degree. He joined the staff as an assistant coach and brought experience to the tennis program as a teaching pro and a head college coach. From 2002-2004, Smith was a tennis teaching professional at the Raveneaux Country Club in Spring, Texas, as well as the Woodlands Country Club in Houston. The next two years he was the assistant coach at the University of the Ozarks from 2004-2006 and became the head coach at Ozarks from 2006-2008. He has been a tennis teaching professional at the Westside Tennis and Fitness Club in Houston since 2008 before joining Coach Patric Dubois on the NSU coaching staff in August 2009. Smith received his B.S. degree in business administration in 2007 from the University of the Ozarks. He received his associate’s degree in recreational leadership – Tennis Teaching from Tyler (Texas) Junior College in 2002. He is currently working on his master’s degree in sport administration here at Northwestern State.
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1986 (23-20, 10-10 GSC) Coach Linda Jones Opponent Score McNeese State 2-1 McNeese State 3-1 Northeast La. 0-6 Northeast La. 4-3 Lamar 1-0 Lamar 3-0 Southwestern La. 5-0 Southwestern La. 3-2 Stephen F. Austin 1-4 Stephen F. Austin 0-2 Grambling State 2-1 Louisiana Tech 0-2 Louisiana Tech 1-6 Sam Houston St. 4-2 Sam Houston St. 2-10 Southwest Texas 5-2 Southwest Texas 2-0 Lamar 4-1 Lamar 3-0 Northeast La. 0-5 Northeast La. 3-1 Southeastern La. 3-2 Southeastern La. 5-0 Nicholls State 2-3 Nicholls State 5-4
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L Louisiana Tech W Louisiana Tech L Nicholls State L Nicholls State L *Sam Houston St. L *Southwest Texas L *Sam Houston St. W *Southwest Texas W Centenary W Centenary W *Northeast La. W *Texas-Arlington L *Texas-Arlington L *Northeast La. W Southeastern La. W Southeastern La. L Texas A&M L Texas A&M L *Stephen F. Austin W *McNeese State L *Stephen F. Austin W *McNeese State L Louisiana Tech L Louisiana Tech W ^Northeast La. W ^Texas-Arlington L ^Southwest Texas W ^Sam Houston St. L ^Southwest Texas ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game
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1990 (43-17, 8-4 SLC - 3rd) Coach Rickey McCalister W-L Opponent Score W Centenary 1-0 W Southern Miss. 7-0 W Southern Miss. 3-2 W Southern Miss. 9-2 W Southeastern La. 5-3 W Livingston College 7-1 W Samford 8-0 W Austin Peay 11-3 W Centenary 5-2 W McNeese State 8-0 W McNeese State 9-1 L Louisiana Tech 0-2 W Louisiana Tech 2-1 W Furman 1-0 W Furman 5-4 W Ball State 2-1 W Ball State 4-2 L Southwestern La. 0-5 L Southwestern La. 1-6 L Centenary 3-4 W Centenary 3-1 L Centenary 3-4 W Southeastern La. 5-0 W Livingston College 2-1 L Miss. Univ. Women 1-2 L Southeastern La. 0-1
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3-1 4-1 2-1 4-0 2-0 2-1 2-1 7-0 8-1 7-6 1-3 0-4 4-0 3-2 3-5 2-1 1-6 2-3 0-2 6-0 7-4 2-1 0-2 3-4 8-5 1-0 1-0 3-2 4-3 5-0 3-2 3-0 3-6
1991 (44-18-1, 18-5 SLC - 1st) Coach Rickey McCalister
*Southland Champions* W-L W W W W W W L W W L W L L W W L L W L L W
Opponent Northeast La. Southern Miss. Centenary West Florida Athens Centenary Stephen F. Austin McNeese State Louisiana Tech Texas A&M Southeastern La. Southeastern La. *Sam Houston St. *Sam Houston St. *McNeese State Oklahoma City Centenary Tulsa Louisiana Tech Texas-Arlington Centenary
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Score 2-1 10-2 3-0 6-0 4-0 4-3 1-2 5-1 2-1 1-5 5-4 1-2 1-2 3-0 2-0 1-3 0-1 11-1 0-5 4-5 9-1
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Year-by-Year Results • Year-by-Year Results • Year-by-Year Results • Year-by-Year Results • Year-by-Year Results • Year-by-Year Results W *McNeese State W Nicholls State L Nicholls State W Grand View W Grand View L *Stephen F. Austin L *Stephen F. Austin W *Northeast La. W *Northeast La. W Centenary W Centenary W *Sam Houston St. W *Sam Houston St. W Southwestern La. L Southwestern La. L SW Missouri W Athens W SW Missouri W Stephen F. Austin L Nicholls State L Eastern Illinois W Centenary L Centenary L Louisiana Tech W Louisiana Tech W Southeastern La. W Southeastern La. T Nicholls State W *Northeast La. W *Northeast La. W *Stephen F. Austin W South Carolina W Georgia State W Virginia W North Carolina-Charlotte L Eastern Michigan L Southwestern La. L Southwestern La. W *Texas-Arlington L *Texas-Arlington W *Texas-Arlington W *Texas-Arlington W *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas L *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas W *McNeese State W *McNeese State * - SLC Game
7-0 5-4 4-6 9-1 15-0 0-1 0-2 4-3 4-1 3-0 7-1 4-1 8-0 2-1 0-4 0-3 5-0 2-1 4-2 2-3 1-5 1-0 2-3 0-2 4-0 8-1 1-0 3-3 6-4 4-0 2-1 9-3 6-0 4-2 6-2 1-2 0-1 1-2 3-0 0-2 1-0 2-0 4-2 15-2 1-2 5-4 6-0 1-0
1992 (37-21-1, 16-11 SLC - 4th) Coach Rickey McCalister W-L Opponent Score W Southern Miss. 6-0 L West Florida 0-1 W Northeast La. 2-1 W Mobile 5-4 W Louisiana Tech 3-2 W Louisiana Tech 1-0 W Southern Miss. 4-0 W Southern Miss. 13-0 L Texas A&M 0-8 W St. Louis 9-1 W Northeast La. 5-1 W Centenary 4-1 W Sam Houston St. 1-0 L Texas A&M 0-2 L *Nicholls State 0-6 L *Nicholls State 0-4 W Florida A&M 8-2 W Florida A&M 8-1 L Florida State 0-10 L Florida State 0-1 L *Northeast La. 1-3 W *Northeast La. 1-0 L South Carolina 1-3 T South Carolina 0-0 W Centenary 1-0 W Centenary 6-5 L Centenary 3-4 W Peru (NE) 15-3 L McNeese State 4-7 L SW Missouri 3-4 W Eastern Illinois 2-1 W SW Missouri 6-1 W Stephen F. Austin 7-1 L *Nicholls State 0-1 L *Nicholls State 3-4 L *Sam Houston St. 0-1 W *Sam Houston St. 2-1
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2-0 4-2 2-3 6-4 5-2 9-0 10-1 3-0 0-1 7-0 3-0 6-1 2-1 0-1 0-1 4-3 10-0 1-0 0-1 6-1 2-0 1-2
1993 (25-28, 7-19 SLC - 6th) Coach Rickey McCalister W-L Opponent Score L Centenary 4-5 W Southeastern La. 7-6 W Athens 10-5 W Athens 5-2 W Centenary 6-1 L Northeast La. 0-9 L Northeast La. 1-3 L *Nicholls State 1-15 L *Nicholls State 2-10 L *Northeast La. 0-3 L *Nicholls State 1-8 W Southeastern La. 8-6 L Centenary 0-2 L *Sam Houston St. 2-3 L *Sam Houston St. 0-4 W Southeastern La. 6-0 W Southeastern La. 9-0 W Delta State 10-4 W Delta State 9-3 W Centenary 6-3 L Centenary 3-4 W Dana 4-2 W Centenary 3-1 L *Nicholls State 0-5 L *Nicholls State 1-2 L *McNeese State 0-2 L *McNeese State 2-4 W *Stephen F. Austin 5-0 L *Stephen F. Austin 2-5 L *Sam Houston St. 1-3 W *Sam Houston St. 3-1 W Louisiana Tech 2-1 W Louisiana Tech 3-1 L *Texas-Arlington 0-4 W *Texas-Arlington 4-0 L Delta State 1-7 W Delta State 6-0 L Southwestern La. 0-8 L Southwestern La. 3-8 L *Southwest Texas 1-6 L *Southwest Texas 2-4 L *Southwest Texas 2-3 W *Southwest Texas 5-0 W Centenary 9-1 L Centenary 0-4 L *Texas-San Antonio 1-2 W *Texas-San Antonio 5-1 L *Texas-San Antonio 0-5 W *Texas-San Antonio 3-2 W Louisiana Tech 4-1 W Louisiana Tech 1-0 L *McNeese State 5-7 W *McNeese State 3-0 * - SLC Game 1994 (17-42, 9-23 SLC - 8th) Coach Rickey McCalister W-L Opponent Score W Centenary 6-1 L Southeastern La. 2-10 L Mobile 5-9 W Mobile 8-5 W *Northeast La. 1-0
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W *Northeast La. W *Nicholls State L *Nicholls State L *McNeese State L *McNeese State L *Texas-Arlington L *Texas-Arlington W *Texas-Arlington L *Texas-Arlington L Southeastern La. W Southeastern La. L Evansville L Evansville L *Stephen F. Austin L *Stephen F. Austin L *Nicholls State L *Nicholls State L Louisiana Tech W Louisiana Tech L Southwestern La. L Southwestern La. L Centenary L Centenary L *Sam Houston St. W *Sam Houston St. L *Stephen F. Austin L *Stephen F. Austin L *Texas- San Antonio L *Texas- San Antonio W *Texas- San Antonio L *Texas- San Antonio L *Northeast La. L *Northeast La. L *Sam Houston St. L *Sam Houston St. W *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas L *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas L South Carolina L South Carolina L Furman L Furman L Georgia State W McNeese State L Hofstra L Furman W N. Carolina-Wilmington W Centenary W Centenary L *McNeese State W *McNeese State L Louisiana Tech L Louisiana Tech * - SLC Game
0-1 2-0 2-3 0-7 0-7 2-3 0-4 2-0 1-9 1-9 6-5 2-3 2-3 1-6 2-3 0-5 0-1 0-2 1-0 0-7 1-4 0-2 2-3 0-7 6-0 1-5 3-6 2-3 1-3 11-2 1-2 0-2 1-2 3-5 1-2 10-6 5-2 2-4 2-1 0-8 2-6 0-3 2-7 2-3 1-0 0-1 4-8 8-0 2-1 4-2 6-7 3-2 5-6 1-9
1995 (13-37, 7-25 SLC - 9th) Coach Gay McNutt W-L Opponent Score W *Texas- San Antonio 1-0 L *Texas- San Antonio 3-10 L *Texas- San Antonio 5-6 L *Texas- San Antonio 1-5 L *Northeast La. 0-4 L *Northeast La. 1-8 L Oklahoma City 3-6 L Oklahoma City 1-13 L *Sam Houston St. 3-4 L *Sam Houston St. 0-1 W Furman 3-2 W Furman 5-3 L Southwestern La. 0-7 L Southwestern La. 0-9 L *Texas-Arlington 3-4 W *Texas-Arlington 8-3 L *Texas-Arlington 0-3 L *Texas-Arlington 0-8 W *Stephen F. Austin 4-3 L *Stephen F. Austin 1-6 L *Northeast La. 0-2 L *Northeast La. 0-4 L Southeastern La. 3-10 W Southeastern La. 2-0 L *McNeese State 0-8 L *McNeese State 3-4 W Centenary 7-5 W Centenary 9-1 L Louisiana Tech 0-10 L Louisiana Tech 0-8 L Southwestern La. 0-6
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L Southwestern La. L *Sam Houston St. L *Sam Houston St. L Southeastern La. W Southeastern La. L *McNeese State L *McNeese State L *Nicholls State L *Nicholls State W *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas L *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas L *Stephen F. Austin W *Stephen F. Austin L *Nicholls State L *Nicholls State L Louisiana Tech L Louisiana Tech * - SLC Game
0-10 1-6 1-2 0-5 6-5 0-8 3-5 0-5 3-7 6-4 4-2 2-3 7-5 2-3 4-3 0-11 0-3 0-9 3-4
1996 (10-41, 7-17 SLC - 8th) Coach Gay McNutt W-L Opponent Score L Northeast La. 0-7 L Tulsa 3-6 L Sam Houston St. 0-8 L Oklahoma 1-9 L McNeese State 4-5 W Centenary 1-0 L Centenary 1-4 L Tennessee 3-11 L Arizona 4-16 L Tennessee 0-8 L Arizona 1-15 W Tennessee 2-0 L Arizona 4-7 W Southeastern La. 8-0 L Southeastern La. 7-8 L *Texas-San Antonio 1-11 L *Texas-San Antonio 2-6 L *Texas-San Antonio 1-5 L Louisiana Tech 1-3 L Louisiana Tech 1-5 L *Texas-Arlington 0-5 L *Texas-Arlington 1-2 L *Texas-Arlington 4-9 L Baylor 0-1 L Baylor 4-5 L Southwestern La. 2-6 L Southwestern La. 0-9 W *Southwest Texas 1-0 L *Southwest Texas 2-6 L *Southwest Texas 5-7 L *Northeast La. 1-4 L *Northeast La. 0-1 L *Northeast La. 0-2 W *Stephen F. Austin 3-1 W *Stephen F. Austin 2-1 L *Stephen F. Austin 1-3 L Southwestern La. 0-2 L Southwestern La. 0-8 L *Sam Houston St. 1-4 W *Sam Houston St. 4-3 W *Sam Houston St. 8-0 L Southeastern La. 0-2 L Southeastern La. 1-2 W *McNeese State 1-0 W *McNeese State 3-2 L *McNeese State 0-7 L Louisiana Tech 0-1 L Louisiana Tech 0-8 L *Nicholls State 0-7 L *Nicholls State 0-4 L *Nicholls State 2-9 * - SLC Game 1997 (26-29, 12-10 SLC Coach Gay McNutt Opponent Arizona Arizona Washington Washington Illinois-Chicago Illinois-Chicago Southeastern La. Southeastern La. McNeese State Northern Illinois
W-L L L L L L L W W L W
4th) Score 2-10 2-18 2-8 1-11 4-10 0-10 3-2 7-2 6-7 7-4
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Year-by-Year Results • Year-by-Year Results • Year-by-Year Results • Year-by-Year Results • Year-by-Year Results • Year-by-Year Results W Centenary L *Northeast La. L *Northeast La. L *Northeast La. L Southwestern La. L Southwestern La. L *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas L LSU L LSU W Centenary W Centenary W *Stephen F. Austin L *Stephen F. Austin W *Stephen F. Austin W Louisiana Tech L *Sam Houston St. L *Sam Houston St. W *Sam Houston St. W *McNeese State L *McNeese State W *McNeese State L Southwestern La. L Southwestern La. W *Nicholls State W *Nicholls State L *Nicholls State W Southeastern La. W Southeastern La. W Louisiana Tech L Louisiana Tech W *Texas-San Antonio W *Texas-San Antonio W *Texas-San Antonio W ^McNeese State L ^Nicholls State W ^Texas-San Antonio L ^Nicholls State ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game
9-0 0-1 1-2 0-1 2-6 2-5 0-6 3-0 8-4 4-9 1-5 7-1 7-3 2-0 4-8 2-1 8-0 0-2 5-6 2-0 2-0 3-4 5-0 3-9 1-6 6-4 3-1 1-2 7-1 2-1 3-1 3-4 10-2 3-2 5-4 2-1 1-9 4-0 3-4
1998 (40-18, 23-3 SLC - 1st) Coach Gay McNutt
*Southland Champions* *NCAA Tournament*
W-L W L L W L W L W W W W L W W L W W W W W W W W W W L L W L L W W W W L W L L L W W L W W
Opponent Mississippi State Mississippi State Mississippi State Arkansas Oklahoma City Louisiana Tech Nicholls State Northeast La. St. Louis Ole Miss Virginia Tech Georgia Tech Tennessee Tech Southwestern La. Southwestern La. *McNeese State *McNeese State *Northeast La. *Northeast La. *Northeast La. *Texas-Arlington *Texas-Arlington *Texas-Arlington *Southeastern La. *Southeastern La. *Southeastern La. Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech LSU LSU *Southwest Texas *Southwest Texas *Southwest Texas *Nicholls State *Nicholls State *Nicholls State Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech *Texas-San Antonio *Texas-San Antonio *Texas-San Antonio Southwestern La. Southwestern La. *Stephen F. Austin
Score 3-1 1-3 0-5 3-2 3-7 3-1 0-1 6-3 9-4 10-0 4-2 7-8 7-2 1-0 4-5 12-4 13-3 3-1 3-2 3-1 5-4 2-0 7-1 8-0 4-3 1-4 0-3 9-1 0-3 0-8 5-4 3-2 7-6 1-0 0-3 1-0 0-1 1-5 1-3 3-2 1-0 3-5 5-1 3-2
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8-2 3-0 1-0 8-0 6-5 4-3 3-1 7-5 2-1 3-6 6-3 5-2 0-2 1-9
1999 (31-26, 19-7 SLC - 1st) Coach Gay McNutt
*Southland Champions*
W-L W L L W L W L W W L L W L L W W W W W W L W W L W L W L W L L L W L L
Opponent Mississippi State Mississippi State Mobile McNeese State LSU Mobile LSU *McNeese State *McNeese State Mississippi State Tenn.-Chatanooga Evansville Tenn.-Chatanooga Louisiana Tech Centenary Centenary *Southwest Texas *Southwest Texas *Southwest Texas Southwestern La. Southwestern La. *Northeast La. *Northeast La. *Northeast La. Drake University Illinois State Butler University Northern Iowa Loyola-Chicago Missouri Southwestern La. Southwestern La. *Texas-Arlington *Texas-Arlington *Texas Arlington
Score 0-1 1-3 2-3 3-0 0-8 3-2 1-9 3-2 10-1 1-6 1-2 3-2 3-4 0-1 10-1 7-6 4-3 8-1 6-5 2-1 0-5 9-0 6-0 2-3 6-2 2-4 11-3 2-3 4-0 0-1 1-5 4-5 2-1 1-2 2-3
W *Nicholls State W *Nicholls State W *Nicholls State L Louisiana Tech W *Southeastern La. W *Southeastern La. W *Southeastern La. W *Sam Houston W *Sam Houston W *Sam Houston W *Stephen F. Austin L *Stephen F. Austin W *Stephen F. Austin L LSU L LSU L *Texas-San Antonio L *Texas-San Antonio L *Texas-San Antonio L ^Southwest Texas W ^Texas-San Antonio W ^Northeast La. L ^McNeese State ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game
6-3 4-3 4-0 1-2 3-2 9-5 6-5 7-0 8-4 10-3 2-1 4-7 10-0 0-3 2-4 3-7 4-12 2-8 3-4 2-0 7-1 4-8
2000 (41-19, 22-4 SLC - 1st) Coach Gay McNutt
*Southland Champions* *NCAA Tournament*
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Opponent Centenary Stephen F. Austin Southern Miss. Arkansas La.-Monroe Oklahoma State Arkansas Winthrop Mississippi State Belmont Austin Peay TN-Chattanooga Louisiana Tech *Texas-San Antonio *Texas-San Antonio *Texas-San Antonio La.-Lafayette La.-Lafayette Oregon State St. Peters Indiana Northwestern Arizona *Sam Houston St. *Sam Houston St. *Sam Houston St. *Nicholls State
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Score 7-0 10-0 0-9 2-1 6-4 5-3 3-5 13-1 2-3 11-0 8-0 0-2 9-0 6-3 6-1 2-3 3-7 6-7 1-2 8-2 7-3 5-3 0-8 12-0 8-0 3-1 6-0
W *Nicholls State W *Nicholls State W *Stephen F. Austin W *Stephen F. Austin W *Southeastern La. L *Southeastern La. W *Southeastern La. L LSU L LSU L *Texas-Arlington W *Texas-Arlington W *Texas-Arlington L *Louisiana-Monroe W *Louisiana Monroe W *Louisiana-Monroe L La.-Lafayette L La.-Lafayette W Louisiana Tech W *McNeese State W *McNeese State W *McNeese State W Centenary W *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas W ^Texas-Arlington W ^Louisiana-Monroe L ^Texas San-Antonio W ^McNeese State W ^Texas-San Antonio W ^Texas-San Antonio L #LSU L #Oregon ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game # - NCAA Regionals
4-0 10-1 4-1 4-1 4-0 1-4 2-0 0-5 0-8 6-7 8-0 7-4 1-4 4-3 6-1 0-6 3-4 7-0 6-0 2-1 3-2 10-0 3-2 7-1 5-4 3-0 7-0 0-2 3-0 3-0 4-3 1-7 1-4
2001 (30-20, 15-11 SLC - 5th) Coach Ty Singleton W-L Opponent Score L Texas A & M 4-13 W Southern Miss. 3-2 W Tulsa 7-3 W Brigham Young 4-2 L Texas A & M 0-6 W Illinois-Chicago 1-0 W Houston 4-1 W Illinois-Chicago 8-4 W East Tennessee 11-3 W Centenary 8-0 L *Southwest Texas 0-2 L *Southwest Texas 0-3 W *Southwest Texas 2-1 L LSU 0-1 L Baylor 2-6 L Baylor 1-4 W Baylor 8-7
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Year-by-Year Results • Year-by-Year Results • Year-by-Year Results • Year-by-Year Results • Year-by-Year Results • Year-by-Year Results L Louisiana Tech 3-4 L *Louisiana-Monroe 1-5 L *Louisiana-Monroe 2-3 L *Louisiana-Monroe 5-7 L *Texas-Arlington 0-1 W *Texas-Arlington 3-2 L *Southeastern La. 1-2 L *Southeastern La. 1-2 W *Southeastern La. 2-1 L La.-Lafayette 1-7 W La.-Lafayette 5-4 W *Nicholls State 2-1 W *Nicholls State 4-1 W *Nicholls State 2-1 W *Sam Houston St. 10-3 L *Sam Houston St. 0-2 W *Sam Houston St. 12-1 W *McNeese State 2-0 L *McNeese State 2-3 W *McNeese State 7-1 L *Stephen F. Austin 0-5 W *Stephen F. Austin 1-0 W *Stephen F. Austin 3-1 W Louisiana Tech 2-1 W *Texas-San Antonio 6-1 W *Texas-San Antonio 6-4 W *Texas-San Antonio 5-4 L ^La.-Monroe 5-7 W ^McNeese State 3-2 W ^La.-Monroe 3-2 W ^Southeastern La. 6-1 W ^Southwest Texas 1-0 L ^Southwest Texas 0-7 ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC ame 2002 (45-25, 22-5 SLC - 2nd) Coach Ty Singleton
*SLC Tournament Champions* *NCAA Tournament* W-L Opponent Score L Baylor 2-4 L Baylor 3-4 W Southern 8-0 L Baylor 0-2 W Southern 6-0 W Texas-Arlington 1-0 L DePaul 0-3 L Western Michigan 0-1 W Jackson St. 10-0 L Louisiana State 1-3 W Jackson State 7-1 W DePaul 4-0 L Louisiana State 1-2 W Louisiana Tech 5-0 W Drake 11-3 W La.-Lafayette 5-3 L Creighton 3-4
W SW Missouri St. 9-3 L Oklahoma 1-4 L Baylor 0-3 L Baylor 1-2 W Florida 4-0 L Houston 0-6 W Houston 7-2 L La.-Lafayette 0-8 W Florida 6-3 L *Texas-San Antonio 0-1 W *Texas-San Antonio 3-0 W *Texas-San Antonio 1-0 W Centenary 6-0 W Centenary 8-0 L *Texas-Arlington 3-4 W *Texas-Arlington 9-1 W *Texas-Arlington 5-3 W Louisiana Tech 3-2 W *McNeese State 4-1 L *McNeese State 3-7 W *McNeese State 8-0 L *Southwest Texas 0-1 W *Southwest Texas 9-1 W *Southwest Texas 5-3 L Texas A&M 0-4 L Texas A&M 0-5 L *Southeastern La. 1-2 W *Southeastern La. 1-0 W *Southeastern La. 11-3 W *Nicholls State 10-0 W *Nicholls State 8-2 W *Nicholls State 7-0 W *Stephen F. Austin 10-1 W *Stephen F. Austin 6-1 W *Stephen F. Austin 4-1 L LSU 3-4 L LSU 0-2 W *Sam Houston St. 8-0 W *Sam Houston St. 3-0 W *Sam Houston St. 7-2 W Centenary 3-0 W Centenary 2-0 W *La.-Monroe 10-2 W *La.-Monroe 2-0 W *La.-Monroe 5-2 W ^Southeastern La. 7-1 W ^Texas-San Antonio 1-0 L ^Southwest Texas 0-4 W ^Southeastern La. 1-0 W ^Southwest Texas 4-0 W ^Southwest Texas 2-0 L #LSU 2-3 L #Mississippi State 6-9 ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game # - NCAA Regionals
2003 (27-33, 14-13 SLC - 4th) Coach Eileen Schmidt W-L Opponent Score L Southern Miss 2-4 L Southern Miss 4-5 L LSU 1-2 L LSU 0-5 L *Southwest Texas 0-3 L *Southwest Texas 9-11 L *Southwest Texas 0-4 W Notre Dame 3-2 L McNeese State 0-2 L McNeese State 1-3 L La.-Lafayette 2-3 L Notre Dame 7-12 W Louisiana Tech 4-1 L Wisconsin 2-3 L Oklahoma 3-5 L Wisconsin 2-3 L Oklahoma 3-6 L Wisconsin 1-3 L Southern Miss 0-5 L Southern Miss 2-4 W Prairie View A & M 4-1 W Prairie View A & M 8-0 W *Louisiana-Monroe 4-0 W *Louisiana-Monroe 1-0 W *Louisiana-Monroe 5-3 W Grambling State 6-0 W Grambling State 13-1 L *Texas-Arlington 1-4 W *Texas-Arlington 4-2 L *Texas-Arlington 1-3 W Louisiana Tech 5-1 L Louisiana Tech 1-2 W *Southeastern La. 4-1 W *Southeastern La. 5-4 W *Southeastern La. 2-0 L *Nicholls State 3-4 L *Nicholls State 0-4 W *Nicholls State 4-1 W Centenary 4-0 W Centenary 3-0 L *McNeese State 2-3 L *McNeese State 1-3 L *McNeese State 1-4 L *Sam Houston State 0-1 W *Sam Houston State 4-0 W *Sam Houston State 3-0 W Prairie View A & M 5-4 W Prairie View A & M 6-1 W *Stephen F. Austin 3-0 L *Stephen F. Austin 1-5 W *Stephen F. Austin 1-0 W Grambling State 10-2 W Grambling State 4-1 L La.-Lafayette 0-1
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L La.-Lafayette 3-6 W *Texas-San Antonio 8-7 W *Texas-San Antonio 8-7 W *Texas-San Antonio 8-7 L ^McNeese State 1-4 L ^Texas-Arlington 0-4 ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game 2004 (35-28, 14-12 SLC - 5th) Coach Eileen Schmidt W-L Opponent Score L Auburn 0-2 L Baylor 1-5 L Pacific 1-3 W North Texas 7-2 L Wichita State 1-2 W Louisiana Tech 2-1 L Louisiana-Lafayette 2-5 W McNeese State 3-0 W Texas-El Paso 8-1 W Butler 9-1 W Louisiana-Monroe 6-0 W Northern Illinois 8-3 W Arkansas 6-1 W Cal State Fullerton 4-1 L Notre Dame 1-2 L Georgia 0-6 W Army 8-3 L Florida Atlantic 2-3 L Louisiana Tech 1-3 L *Texas State 4-5 L *Texas State 0-3 L *Texas State 2-3 L Texas 2-3 W *Texas-Arlington 10-0 W *Texas-Arlington 5-4 L *Texas-Arlington 3-6 L Louisiana Tech 1-3 W Jackson State 14-1 L *Stephen F. Austin 0-1 W *Stephen F. Austin 3-1 L *Stephen F. Austin 2-4 W Grambling 8-0 W Grambling 15-0 W *Louisiana-Monroe 4-2 L *Louisiana-Monore 1-5 W *Louisiana-Monroe 7-0 L Centenary 1-6 L Louisiana-Lafayette 0-2 L Louisiana-Lafayette 0-8 W *McNeese State 4-3 W *McNeese State 2-0 W *McNeese State 3-2 W Texas Southern 9-1 W Texas Southern 10-2 L *Texas-San Antonio 5-7 W *Texas-San Antonio 8-0 L *Texas-San Antonio 2-3 W *Southeastern La. 4-0 W *Southeastern La. 1-0 W *Southeastern La. 8-0 L *Sam Houston St, 1-3 L *Sam Houston St, 1-3 L *Sam Houston St. 3-4 W Centenary 2-0 W Nicholls State 1-0 W Nicholls State 3-0 W ^Texas State 4-3 L ^Sam Houston St. 3-9 W ^Texas State 2-0 W ^Sam Houston 9-5 L ^Texas-San Antonio 3-11 W Arkansas 2-0 W Arkansas 6-3 ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game 2005 (35-28, 15-12 SLC - 4th) Coach Mike Perniciaro W-L Opponent Score W McNeese State 4-2 L #9 Louisiana-Lafayette 0-12 W McNeese State 4-1 W Sam Houston State 4-2 W Prarie View A&M 8-0 L #12 Alabama 1-2 L #12 Alabama 2-7 W College of Charleston 3-0 L Marshall 4-6 W Auburn 2-0 L Marshall 3-4
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Year-by-Year Results • Year-by-Year Results • Year-by-Year Results • Year-by-Year Results • Year-by-Year Results • Year-by-Year Results W College of Charleston 5-4 W Grambling State 16-0 L *Louisiana-Monroe 0-8 L Ole Miss 2-3 W *Louisiana-Monroe 5-4 L Utah State 2-3 L *Louisiana-Monroe 2-3 L #21 Texas A&M 3-9 W Centenary 5-0 W *Stephen F. Austin 5-2 L *Texas State 0-6 W *Stephen F. Austin 9-1 L *Texas State 1-2 L *Stephen F. Austin 4-8 L *Texas State 0-3 W Miss. Valley State 10-2 L #18 Baylor 0-5 W Arkansas 5-2 L *McNeese State 5-6 W Miss. Valley State 12-5 W *McNeese State 5-1 L Arkansas 1-2 W *McNeese State 5-0 W Grambling State 11-1 W Southern 8-0 W Grambling State 16-1 L Centenary 3-7 W *Texas-Arlington 6-2 W *Southeastern 3-0 W *Texas-Arlington 4-3 W *Southeastern 9-1 W *Texas-Arlington 11-2 W *Southeastern 3-0 L #9 Baylor 5-6 W Northern Colorado 8-2 L #9 Baylor 1-9 W *Sam Houston State 4-0 W Centenary 7-2 L *Sam Houston State 2-3 W *Nicholls State 3-1 W *Sam Houston State 4-1 W *Nicholls State 4-3 L ^Texas State 1-3 W *Nicholls State 3-2 L ^Nicholls State 0-4 W *Texas-San Antonio 6-1 ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game L *Texas-San Antonio 6-8 L *Texas-San Antonio 2-8 W *Louisiana-Monroe 5-3 2007 (29-29, 17-13 SLC - 7th) W *Louisiana-Monroe 10-2 Coach Becky McMurtry W *Louisiana-Monroe 7-6 W-L Opponent Score L Southern Miss. 4-5 L #5 Arizona State 0-8 L Southern Miss. 3-4 L #5 Arizona State 1-10 L *Texas State 2-6 L Florida 0-4 L *Texas State 3-6 L Texas Tech 3-8 L *Texas State 1-4 W Cal State-Fullerton 2-0 W Louisiana Tech 6-5 L #21 Fresno State 1-3 W Louisiana Tech 3-2 L #8 Stanford 0-8 W *McNeese State 12-9 W Louisiana Tech 15-9 W *McNeese State 9-4 W Minnesota 11-1 L *McNeese State 2-4 L #12 Oklahoma 0-12 W *Southeastern 6-1 W Birmingham-Southern 4-2 L *Southeastern 3-4 L Minneosta 2-4 L *Southeastern 1-2 L #12 Oklahoma 0-15 W Louisiana Tech 15-6 W Tennessee-Martin 4-2 W Louisiana Tech 7-3 L #9 Louisiana-Lafayette 0-2 L *Sam Houston State 0-3 W Colgate 6-2 L *Sam Houston State 0-4 L Tennessee Martin 5-7 L *Sam Houston State 6-7 W *McNeese State 3-2 W Centenary 3-2 L *McNeese State 5-6 W Centenary 3-2 L *McNeese State 0-1 L ^Texas State 0-1 W *Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 5-4 L ^Texas-San Antonio 1-4 W *Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 6-5 ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game W *Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 12-8 W Louisiana-Monroe 4-2 2006 (28-32, 12-13 SLC - 5th) W Louisiana-Monroe 12-4 Coach Becky McMurtry L *Texas-Arlington 5-6 W-L Opponent Score L *Texas-Arlington 1-10 W Arkansas-Pine Bluff 15-1 L *Texas-Arlington 1-3 W South Dakota State 6-1 W *Southeastern La. 2-0 L *Stephen F. Austin 2-5 L *Southeastern La. 3-5 L LSU 1-6 W *Southeastern La. 5-0 W Louisiana Tech 11-1 W *Central Arkansas 4-0 W Samford 1-0 W *Central Arkansas 6-1 L TAMU-CC 2-4 W *Central Arkansas 13-2 W Sam Houston State 5-3 L #15 Louisiana-Lafayette 2-6 L Houston 2-4 L #15 Louisiana-Lafayette 4-12 L #15 Baylor 2-3 W *Nicholls State 9-4 W Alcorn State 5-3 W *Nicholls State 7-0 L Mississippi State 2-5 L *Nicholls State 4-6 W Alcorn State 6-2 W Florida Atlantic 4-3 L Southeast Missouri State 7-12 L #3 Alabama 7-13 W *Stephen F. Austin 9-1 L *Texas State 0-4 L *Stephen F. Austin 5-6 L *Texas State 1-3 L Centenary 1-4 L *Texas State 1-6 W Centenary 4-2 L Louisiana-Monroe 3-5 L Arkansas 0-7 L Arkansas 1-3 W Louisiana-Monroe 7-1 L Jacksonville State 1-6 W *Texas-San Antonio 2-0 W Jacksonville State 6-4 L *Texas-San Antonio 5-6 L #11 Louisiana-Lafayette 0-6 L *Texas-San Antonio 2-3 L #11 Louisiana-Lafayette 0-14 W Centenary 5-4 L *Texas-San Antonio 1-2 W Centenary 9-2 L *Texas-San Antonio 1-5 W *Stephen F. Austin 3-2 L *Texas-San Antonio 2-6 W *Stephen F. Austin 8-2 W Louisiana Tech 9-5 W *Stephen F. Austin 6-4 W *Texas-Arlington 5-4 L Louisiana Tech 2-5 W Southern 7-1 W *Sam Houston State 4-3 L #13 LSU 0-3 L *Sam Houston State 2-12 L #13 LSU 0-6 W *Sam Houston State 5-3 W *Nicholls State 6-5 * - SLC Game L *Nicholls State 6-7 L *Nicholls State 1-11 W Grambling State 16-1 www.nsudemons.com
Lady Demon Coaching Records
Head Coach Years Overall Pct. Conf. Pct. Finish Conference Pam Carey 1979 10-14 .417 - - - 1 Year 10-14 .417 - - - Debra Pheil 1980 11-15 .423 - - - 1 Year 11-15 .423 - - - James Smith
1981 14-10 1982 17-10 1983 19-10 1984 12-23 4 Years 83-82
.583 - .630 - .655 - .343 - .503 -
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Linda Jones
1985 1986 2 Years
20-26-1 23-20 43-46-1
.435 .549 .478
4-12 10-10 14-22
.250 .500 .636
Gulf Star Conference Gulf Star Conference
Rickey McCalister
1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 8 Years
22-20 25-24 32-29 43--17 44-18-1 37-21-1 25-28 17-42 245-199-2
.524 .490 .525 .717 .710 .638 .472 .288 .549
11-9 6-7 5-7 8-4 18-5 16-11 7-19 9-23 80-85
.550 .462 4th .417 4th .667 3rd .783 1st .593 4th .269 6th .281 8th .485
Gulf Star Conference Southland Conference Southland Conference Southland Conference Southland Conference Southland Conference Southland Conference Southland Conference
Gay McNutt
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 6 Years
13-37 10-41 26-29 40-18 31-26 41-19 161-170
.260 .196 .473 .690 .544 .683 .486
7-25 7-17 14-12 23-3 19-7 22-4 92-68
.219 .292 .538 .885 .654 .846 .575
9th 8th 4th 1st 1st 1st
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Ty Singleton
2001 2002 Totals
30-20 45-25 75-45
.600 .643 .625
15-11 22-5 37-16
.577 .815 .698
5th 2nd
Southland Conference Southland Conference
Eileen Schmidt 2003 2004 2 Years
27-33 35-28 62-61
.450 .556 .504
14-13 14-12 28-25
.519 .538 .528
4th 5th
Southland Conference Southland Conference
Mike Perniciaro 2005 1 Year
35-28 35-28
.556 .556
15-12 15-12
.556 4th .556
Southland Conference
Becky McMurtry
2006 2007 2008 3 Years
28-32 29-29 10-45 67-106
.467 .500 .182 .387
12-13 17-13 5-24 34-50
.480 .567 .172 .405
5th 7th 10th
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Donald Pickett
2009 2010 2011 3 Years
5-45 27-27 32-25 60-97
.100 .500 .561 .382
3-26 13-17 15-17 31-60
.103 .433 .469 .341
11th 10th 8th
Southland Conference Southland Conference Southland Conference
10 Coaches
32 Years
835-834-3
.499
331-338
.495
Assistant Coaches Graduate Assistants Denise Dewey 1995 Mary Sonnier 1983 Cindy Willie 1996-2000 Janet Guerrini 1985 Misty Carraway 1998-99 Ginger Craig 1990 Tom Royder 2002 Anne LaHaye 1992 Mary Thompson 2003 Michelle Mackey 1993-94 Melissa Inouye 2004 Ashley Lewis 2004 Amanda Ortego 2005 Sara Vogt 2005 Krystle Nichols 2006-08 Analynn Burch 2007-08 Caitlin Noble 2009-present Stacie Pestrak 2009-present 2008 (10-45, 5-24 SLC - 10th) Coach Becky McMurtry Date Opponent Score 2/12 Louisiana-Monroe L 7-0 2/12 Louisiana-Monroe L 5-1 2/14 ^vs. BYU L 14-0 2/14 ^vs. UTEP L 12-4 2/15 ^vs. Oregon L 13-2 2/15 ^vs. Cal State-Bakersfield L 10-2
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2/16 2/22 2/22 2/23 2/23 2/24 2/24 2/26 2/26
25-31 GSC, 311-307 SLC
Student Assistants Kelly Carruth 1991 Anne LaHaye 1991 Glenn Wood 1988-93 Glen Moore 1992 Michelle Hastings 1994 Amy Thomas 1996 Jamie Fraizer 2003 Annie Johnston 2003
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Year-by-Year Results • Year-by-Year Results • Year-by-Year Results • Year-by-Year Results • Year-by-Year Results • Year-by-Year Results
The 2012 Lady Demons 2/27 *at McNeese State 3/1 *Sam Houston State 3/1 *Sam Houston State 3/2 *Sam Houston State 3/5 at Louisiana Tech 3/8 *at A&M-Corpus Christi 3/8 *at A&M-Corpus Christi 3/9 *at A&M-Corpus Christi 3/13 Troy 3/15 *Texas-Arlington 3/15 *Texas-Arlington 3/16 *Texas-Arlington 3/21 *at Southeastern La. 3/21 *at Southeastern La. 3/22 *at Southeastern La. 3/25 at South Alabama 3/25 at South Alabama 3/26 at Southern Miss 3/26 at Southern Miss 3/29 *Central Arkansas 3/29 *Central Arkansas 4/2 at North Texas 4/2 at North Texas 4/5 *Nicholls 4/5 *Nicholls 4/6 *Nicholls 4/9 Louisiana Tech 4/12 *at Texas State 4/12 *at Texas State 4/13 *at Texas State 4/16 at Louisiana-Monroe 4/16 at Louisiana-Monroe 4/19 *UTSA 4/19 *UTSA 4/20 *UTSA 4/23 Centenary 4/29 at Centenary 5/3 *at Stephen F. Austin 5/3 *at Stephen F. Austin 5/4 *at Stephen F. Austin * - SLC Game • ^ - Las Vegas Classic ! NSU Classic
L 5-0 L 7-3 L 11-3 L 12-7 L 1-0 L 10-1 L 8-0 L 6-5 W 5-4 L 11-0 L 8-0 L 10-2 L 9-0 L 12-7 L 5-3 L 5-2 L 6-3 L 5-0 L 8-0 W 1-0 W 4-3 L 15-0 L 11-5 L 8-0 L 8-0 L 9-5 W 5-4 L 8-4 L 11-3 L 2-0 L 3-0 L 5-0 L 4-2 L 6-1 L 12-1 L 4-3 L 9-1 W 2-1 L 8-3 W 4-3
2009 (5-45, 3-26 SLC - 11th) Coach Donald Pickett Opponent Score at South Alabama L 11-2 vs. Alabama L 12-2 vs. Jacksonville State L 2-1 vs. Memphis W 6-4 at Louisiana Tech L 4-0 vs. Stephen F. Austin L 3-2
Date 2/6 2/7 2/7 2/8 2/11 2/13
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2/13 at Baylor 2/14 vs. New Mexico 2/14 vs. Ole Miss 2/15 vs. UTSA 2/21 at Grambling 2/21 at Grambling 2/24 *McNeese State 2/24 *McNeese State 2/25 *McNeese State 2/28 *Stephen F. Austin 2/28 *Stephen F. Austin 3/1 *Stephen F. Austin 3/7 *at Sam Houston State 3/7 *at Sam Houston State 3/8 *at Sam Houston State 3/12 Baylor 3/12 Baylor 3/15 *A&M-Corpus Christi 3/15 *A&M-Corpus Christi 3/21 *at Texas-Arlington 3/21 *at Texas-Arlington 3/22 *at Texas-Arlington 3/28 *Southeastern Louisiana 3/28 *Southeastern Louisiana 3/29 *Southeastern Louisiana 4/4 *at Central Arkansas 4/4 *at Central Arkansas 4/5 *at Central Arkansas 4/8 Louisiana Tech 4/10 *at Nicholls 4/10 *at Nicholls 4/11 *at Nicholls 4/15 at Troy 4/15 at Troy 4/19 *Texas State 4/19 *Texas State 4/20 *Texas State 4/22 at Southern Miss 4/22 at Southern Miss 4/25 *at UTSA 4/25 *at UTSA 4/26 *at UTSA 4/29 at Centenary 4/29 at Centenary * - SLC Game
L 14-4 L 3-0 L 10-0 L 2-1 L 7-6 W 4-3 L 8-0 L 6-2 L 6-0 L 10-0 L 11-0 L 6-2 L 1-0 L 6-3 W 4-1 L 11-0 L 9-1 L 8-4 L 7-0 L 4-0 L 5-2 L 6-2 L 15-2 W 9-1 L 8-0 L 7-1 L 2-0 L 7-3 L 4-1 W 3-1 L 3-2 L 5-2 L 9-1 L 10-9 L 8-0 L 3-0 L 9-0 L 8-3 L 2-1 L 4-3 L 13-4 L 8-6 L 7-4 L 10-6
2010 (27-27, 13-17 SLC - 10th) Coach Donald Pickett Opponent Score !Jackson State W 5-2 !Missouri-Kansas City W 13-2 !Louisiana-Monroe L 4-5 Prairie View A&M W 13-0 Prairie View A&M W 13-2 % Alabama-Birmingham W 3-2
Date 2/13 2/13 2/14 2/17 2/17 2/19
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2/20 % Alabama-BirminghamL 2/20 %South Alabama 2/21 %Belmont 2/24 Southern 2/24 *McNeese State 2/24 *McNeese State 2/25 *McNeese State 2/28 *Stephen F. Austin 2/28 *Stephen F. Austin 3/1 *Stephen F. Austin 3/7 *at Sam Houston State 3/7 *at Sam Houston State 3/8 *at Sam Houston State 3/12 Baylor 3/12 Baylor 3/15 *A&M-Corpus Christi 3/15 *A&M-Corpus Christi 3/21 *at Texas-Arlington 3/21 *at Texas-Arlington 3/22 *at Texas-Arlington 3/28 *Southeastern Louisiana 3/28 *Southeastern Louisiana 3/29 *Southeastern Louisiana 4/4 *at Central Arkansas 4/4 *at Central Arkansas 4/5 *at Central Arkansas 4/8 Louisiana Tech 4/10 *at Nicholls 4/10 *at Nicholls 4/11 *at Nicholls 4/15 at Troy 4/15 at Troy 4/19 *Texas State 4/19 *Texas State 4/20 *Texas State 4/22 at Southern Miss 4/22 at Southern Miss 4/25 *at UTSA 4/25 *at UTSA 4/26 *at UTSA 4/29 at Centenary 4/29 at Centenary * - SLC Game
2-5 W 3-2 W 3-1 W 9-4 L 8-0 L 6-2 L 6-0 L 10-0 L 11-0 L 6-2 L 1-0 L 6-3 W 4-1 L 11-0 L 9-1 L 8-4 L 7-0 L 4-0 L 5-2 L 6-2 L 15-2 W 9-1 L 8-0 L 7-1 L 2-0 L 7-3 L 4-1 W 3-1 L 3-2 L 5-2 L 9-1 L 10-9 L 8-0 L 3-0 L 9-0 L 8-3 L 2-1 L 4-3 L 13-4 L 8-6 L 7-4 L 10-6
2011 (32-25, 15-17 SLC - 8th) Coach Donald Pickett Date Opponent Score 2/11 !vs. SE Missouri State W 2-1 2/11 !at UL-Monroe L 8-0 2/12 !vs. Eastern Illinois W 3-1 2/12 !vs. Indiana State L 6-1 2/13 !vs. SE Missouri State W 10-2 2/16 Jackson State W 5-1 2/18 ^vs. Centenary W 13-2 2/19 ^vs. #21 Nebraska L 7-0
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2/19 ^vs. Tennessee Tech 2/20 ^at North Texas 2/21 Baylor 2/23 Prairie View 2/23 Prairie View 2/25 $vs. East Tennessee State 2/25 $vs. IUPUI 2/26 $vs. Northern Iowa 2/26 $vs. Tennessee Tech 2/27 $vs. Toledo 3/1 *McNeese State 3/1 *McNeese State 3/2 *McNeese State 3/5 *at UTSA 3/5 *at UTSA 3/6 *at UTSA 3/16 Louisiana Tech 3/19 *Stephen F. Austin 3/19 *Stephen F. Austin 3/20 *Stephen F. Austin 3/23 at Grambling 3/23 at Grambling 3/26 *at Sam Houston State 3/26 *at Sam Houston State 3/27 *at Sam Houston State 4/2 *A&M-Corpus Christi 4/2 *A&M-Corpus Christi 4/3 *A&M-Corpus Christi 4/6 Alcorn State 4/6 Alcorn State 4/9 *at Texas-Arlington 4/9 *at Texas-Arlington 4/10 *at Texas-Arlington 4/13 at Louisiana Tech 4/16 *Southeastern La. 4/16 *Southeastern La. 4/17 *Southeastern La. 4/22 *at Central Arkansas 4/22 *at Central Arkansas 4/23 *at Central Arkansas 4/27 at #23 UL-Lafayette 4/30 *at Nicholls State 4/30 *at Nicholls State 5/1 *at Nicholls State 5/7 *Texas State 5/7 *Texas State 5/8 *Texas State 5/12 #at Texas State 5/13 #vs. A&M-Corpus Christi * - SLC Game # - SLC Tournament
W 2-1 L 5-1 L 4-1 W 14-0 W 12-0 W 6-3 W 8-4 W 1-0 L 2-0 W 4-3 W 3-1 W 3-2 W 5-1 L 4-0 L 2-1 L 5-4 L 4-3 L 3-2 W 7-0 L 4-1 W 9-0 W 9-4 L 4-0 W 4-0 L 1-0 L 12-4 W 4-2 L 5-0 W 4-0 W 2-0 L 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-1 W 3-0 W 3-2 L 5-2 W 1-0 L 3-2 W 3-2 W 3-0 L 10-0 W 8-4 L 2-0 W 5-2 L 1-0 W 1-0 L 4-3 L 8-0 L 5-1
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Individual Season Records • Individual Season Records • Individual Season Records • Individual Season Records • Individual Season Records
Batting Records Batting Average
.428 .427 .404 .379 .378
Ginger Craig Annie Johnston Jackie Calandro Sarina Noack Sarina Noack
1987 2002 1981 2003 2005
At-Bats
50 Sarina Noack 48 Annie Johnston 44 Nicole Martin 37 Annie Johnston 32 Linette Stuart
Ginger Craig
230 Nicole Martin 219 Sarina Noack 209 Nicole Martin 209 Linette Stuart 207 Lindsay Leftwich Runs 47 Sarina Noack 46 Nicole Martin 44 Erin Mancuso 44 Nicole Martin 41 Annie Johnston 41 Nicole Martin
2002 2005 2003 2000 2002
83 79 75 72 71
Nicole Martin Annie Johnston Nicole Martin Sarina Noack Sarina Noack
2002 Erin Mancuso 2002 2005 2003 2005
22 18 17 16 16
Brandy Kenney Becca Allen Nicole Martin Margaret Patterson Misty Carraway
1998 1997 2005 2006 1994
10 6 5 5 5 5
Annie Johnston Ginger Craig Nicole Martin Annie Johnston Ashley Grisham Ginger Craig
2002 1987 2003 2001 1993 1988
Hits
Doubles
Triples
39 36 33 31 30
Hit By Pitches
14 13 9
Amanda Glenn Amy Grisham Rustie Stevens Rhonda Rube Amy Grisham
2007 1990 1992 1990 1991
Amy Thomas Missy Pereira Erin Mancuso
1995 1990 2000
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.923 .875 .818 .750 .741
Claudia Percle (12-1) Nancy Percle (21-3) Jemi LaHaye (9-2) Cindy Leggett (9-3) Nancy Percle (20-7)
1992 1990 1991 2000 1991
21 21 21 20 20
Aimee Ford Crista Miller Nancy Percle Nancy Percle Kellie Shotwell
2004 2002 1990 1991 1987
Earned Run Average
0.93 0.94 1.01 1.07
Nancy Percle Jemi LaHaye Jemi LaHaye Nancy Percle
1992 1992 1990 1990
12 10 10 9 7 7
Nancy Percle Amanda Ortego Nancy Percle Aimee Ford Kellie Shotwell Sydney Forrester
1991 2002 1990 2004 1989 1983
Aimee Ford Amanda Ortego Amanda Glenn Amanda Glenn Amanda Ortego
2004 2002 2006 2007 2001
257 257 236 216 199
Nicole Martin
Christa Miller
Fielding Records Putouts
Assists
Total Bases
Strikeouts
52 Shay Hunt 2005 49 Erin Mancuso 2000 44 Amanda Glenn 2007 44 Lindsay Leftwich 2002 44 Rhonda Rube 1991
Bases on Balls
1985 1987 2006 2002 2004
Runs Batted In
132 Erin Mancuso 2000 129 Shay Hunt 2005 110 Annie Johnston 2002 108 Lindsay Leftwich 2002 108 Ginger Craig 1987
301.0 Donna Jo Lafitte 260.0 Kellie Shotwell 227.2 Amanda Glen 220.0 Amanda Ortego 213.1 Aimee Ford
Shutouts
18 Erin Mancuso 2000 16 Shay Hunt 2005 10 Ginger Craig 1985 10 Erin Mancuso 2002 10 Margaret Patterson 2005
Sarina Noack
Innings Pitched
Wins
Shay Hunt
2006 2002 2002 2001 2000
Pitching Records
Winning Percentage
2005 2002 2000 2004 2002 2005
Home Runs
Jana Strickland 2000 Amy Thomas 1994 Margaret Patterson 2005
Stolen Bases
Slugging Percentage
.783 Ginger Craig 1988 .742 Erin Mancuso 2000 .672 Shay Hunt 2005 .604 Amanda Glenn 2007 .595 Annie Johnston 2002
9 9 9
Amanda Ortego
535 527 524 465
Shanté Jones Shanté Jones Shanté Jones Dawn Carlos
1998 1999 1997 1989
178 173 166 163 163
Sonja Olsen Kita Williams Cindy Berry Becca Allen Sonja Olsen
1989 1999 1985 1997 1990
Shanté Jones
Fielding Percentage (100 min.)
1.000 Jamie Fraiser 2002 .997 Krystle Nichols 2002 .996 Jennifer Jannak 1992 .995 Erin Mancuso 2000 .993 Kayla Cole 2011 .993 Amanda Perdue 2005
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Individual Career Records • Individual Career Records • Individual Career Records • Individual Career Records • Individual Career Records
Stolen Bases
Batting Records Batting Average
.376 .337 .331 .330 .378
.585 .555 .543 .509 .475
Annie Johnston Sarina Noack Linette Stuart Nicole Martin Rhonda Rube
Slugging Percentage
Erin Mancuso Annie Johnston Ginger Craig Brandy Kenney Shay Hunt
1999-02 2001-02 1985-88 1997-00 2002-05
828 Nicole Martin 744 Sarina Noack 741 Amy Grisham 719 Sonja Olsen 691 Brandy Kenney Runs 164 Nicole Martin 137 Sarina Noack 125 Amy Grisham 115 Linette Stuart 112 Ginger Craig
2002-05 2003-06 1990-93 1988-91 1997-00
273 Nicole Martin 249 Sarina Noack 216 Brandy Kenney 215 Rhonda Rube 213 Linette Stuart
2002-05 2003-06 1997-00 1989-92 1997-00
At-Bats
Hits
Doubles
Triples
Brandy Kenney Rhonda Rube Erin Mancuso Misty Carraway Nicole Martin
1997-00 1989-92 1999-02 1993-97 2002-05
18 15 13 9 9 9
Ginger Craig Annie Johnston Nicole Martin Amy Grisham Shannon Straty Sarina Noack
1985-88 2001-02 2002-05 1990-93 1997-00 2003-06
Erin Mancuso Ginger Craig Amanda Glenn Shay Hunt Brandy Kenney
1999-02 1985-88 2004-07 2002-05 1997-00
38 30 29 26 22
Runs Batted In
127 125 123 120 117
Total Bases
360 352 347 321 317
Erin Mancuso Amanda Glenn Ginger Craig Brandy Kenney Rhonda Rube
1999-02 2004-07 1985-88 1997-02 1989-92
Nicole Martin Brandy Kenney Erin Mancuso Ginger Craig Shay Hunt
2002-05 1997-02 1999-02 1985-88 2002-05
Bases on Balls
99 95 84 76 69
Hit By Pitches 30 24 23 21 19 19
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Amanda Glenn Rhonda Rube Amy Grisham Erin Mancuso Brandy Kenney
2004-07 1989-92 1990-93 1999-02 1997-02
Shanté Jones Erin Mancuso Amy Thomas Margaret Patterson Kita Williams Missy Pereira
1996-99 1999-02 1994-95 2004-07 1995-99 1990-91
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111 110 85 78 60
Nicole Martin Sarina Noack Annie Johnston Linette Stuart Amy Grisham
2002-05 2003-06 2001-02 1997-00 1990-93
Games Started
Annie Johnston
254 Nicole Martin 233 Sarina Noack 232 Shay Hunt 225 Brandy Kenney 221 Margaret Patterson
2002-05 2003-06 2002-05 1997-00 2004-07
Pitching Records Innings Pitched
2002-05 2003-06 1990-93 1997-00 1985-88
62 45 44 40 40
Home Runs
2001-02 2003-06 1997-00 2002-05 1989-92
687.2 Amanda Ortego 569.0 Kellie Shotwell 560.0 Amanda Glenn 499.0 Nancy Percle 489.2 Jennifer Owens Closing In 391.1 Kelee Grimes
1986-89 2000-03 1990-92 2001-04 1997-00
Wins Brandy Kenney
62 59 51 48 45 .720 .708 .684 .625 .590
Kellie Shotwell Amanda Ortego Nancy Percle Crista Miller Cindy Leggett
Claudia Percle (36-14) Nancy Percle (51-21) Loni Rasberry (38-26) Jemi LaHaye (35-21) Amanda Ortego (59-41)
Earned Run Average
1.04 Nancy Percle 1.24 Jemi Lahaye 1.41 Kellie Shotwell
26 19 19 15 15
694 568 443 364 343 263
Shutouts Rhonda Rube
Strikeouts
Nance Percle Amanda Ortego Kellie Shotwell Jemi LaHaye Sydney Forrester
2000-03 1986-89 2004-07 1990-92 1996-98 2009-Present
Winning Percentage
Margaret Patterson
Amanda Ortego Amanda Glenn Crista Miller Kelee Grimes Loni Rasberry Brooke Boening
Kellie Shotwell
1990-92 1990-92 2002-05 1989-92 2000-03
1990-92 1989-92 1986-89 1990-92 2000-03 1986-89 1989-92 1982-85
Nancy Percle
2000-03 2004-07 2001-04 2009-Present 2002-05 2010-Present
Fielding Records Becca Allen
Putouts
Assists
1734 1148 902 842 799
Shanté Jones 1996-99 Jeanne DiVittorio 1985-88 Missy Pereira 1990-91 Krystle Nichols 2001-04 Nicole Kilgore 1990-93
614 603 434 322 320
Sonja Olsen Becca Allen Kita Willliams Brandy Kenney Anne LaHaye
Fielding Percentage Amanda Glenn
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Krystle Nichols Erin Manusco Amanda Perdue Shannon Straty Jennifer Jannak
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Loni Rasberry
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Longest Winning Streak 11 games (1990 and 1998)
Pitching Superlatives
Longest Home Winning Streak 9 games (March 29, 2002 - May 4, 2002) (March 18, 2006 - April 24, 2006) Longest Losing Streak 14 games (2009) Most Consecutive Shutouts 4 games (March 2-6, 2002)
Perfect Games (5)
Amber Welker vs. Ole Miss, February 28, 1998 Crista Miller and Amanda Ortego vs. Centenary, February 22, 2001 Crista Miller vs. Southern, February 2, 2002 Crista Miller vs. Prarie View A&M, March 12, 2003 Crista Miller vs. McNeese State, April 3, 2004
No-Hitters (10)
Kelly Shotwell vs. North Texas, April 16, 1988 Kristi Parcel vs. Delta State, April 6, 1993 Jemi Lahaye vs. Southeastern Louisiana, March 10, 1989 Jennifer Owens vs. Stephen F. Austin, March 22, 1997 Jennifer Owens vs. Southeastern Louisiana, March 21, 1998 Loni Rasberry vs. Jackson State, February 9, 2002 Crista Miller vs. Centenary, April 7, 2003 Amanda Glenn vs. South Dakota State, February 11, 2006 Michelle Castellano vs. Grambling, March 31, 2006 Kelee Grimes vs. Alcorn State, April 6, 2011
Most Consecutive Being Shutout 5 games (1996) Most Wins in a Season 45 (2008) Most SLC Wins in a Season 23 (1998) Most losses in a Season 45 (2002, 2008, 2009) Most SLC losses in a Season 26 (2009) Fewest Losses in a Season 10 (1981, 1982, 1983) Fewest SLC Losses in a Season 3 (1998) Best Start to a Season 11-0 (1990) Best Start to the SLC season 15-0 (1998) Consecutive SLC Championships 3 (1998-1999-2000) Most Runs in a Game 20 (1981 - LSU-Alexandria) Most Runs by an Opponent 18 (February 7, 1997 - Arizona) Most Innings Played in a Game 21 (April 9, 1992 - Southwest Louisiana) Most 10+ Run Games in a Season 8 (2005) Longest Hitting Streak 19 games (2003 - Nicole Martin) 15 games (2005 - Sarina Noack) 13 games (2002 - Annie Johnston) 12 games (1997 - Becca Allen) www.nsudemons.com
Kelee Grimes is the latest Lady Demon to throw a Crista Miller threw a total of five no-hitters during no-hitter. She blanked Alcorn State on April 6 of her career at Northwestern State (2001-04). Inlast season by a 2-0 score. In the seven innings cluded in those five were four perfect games. pitched she walked two and struckout 16.
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All-Time Letterwinners • All-Time Letterwinners • All-Time Letterwinners • All-Time Letterwinners • All-Time Letterwinners • All-Time Letterwinners Hastings, Michelle 1993 Patton, Laura 1996-1997 A Hebert,Morgan 2008-2009 Peck, Jennifer 1997-1998 AASNESS, SARA 2011-NOW Helen LeFevre 1979-1980-1981-1982 Peck, Tammy 1997-1998 ABY, SHENEQUIA 2011-NOW Hess, Tasha 2002 Pellerin, Ainsley 2007-2008-2009-2010 Allen, Becca 1995-1996-1997-1998 Holaway, Jessica 2000 Percle, Claudia 1990-1991-1992 Holloway, Kaitlin 2010-2011 Percle, Nancy 1990-1991-1992 B Humphreys, Jami 1994 Perdue, Amanda 2005-2006 Banks, Kelly 1989-1990-1991 Hunt, Shay 2002-2003-2004-2005 Pereira, Melissa 1990-1991 Baranik, Audra 2005 Hurlburt, Lori 1989 Peters, Carla 1980-1981-1982-1983 BEARD, BLAIR 2011-NOW Pollock, Shelly 1996 Berry, Cindy 1982-1983-1985-1986 J Poncik, Cassandra 2008-2009 BOENING, BROOKE 2010-2011-NOW Jameson, Amanda 2007-2008-2009 Poore, Melissa 1996 Bolin, Shannon 1991-1992-1993-1994 Jannak, Jennifer 1993-1994 Porche, Julianna 1996 Bone, Vicki 1995 Jenkins, Jill 1987-1988-1989-1990 Bordelon, Danielle 1992 John, Stephanie 1994 R Briggs, Karen 1979-1980-1981-1982 johnson, Leslie 2008-2009-2010 Rasberry, Loni 2002-2003-2004-2005 Broocks, Sherri 1981-1982-1983-1984 Johnston, Annie 2001-2002 Realmuto, Amanda 2007 Bruce, Rebecca 1994 Jones, Shante’ 1996-1997-1998-1999 Richard, Renee 1982-1983-1984-1986 Bruno, Cary 2006-2007-2008-2009 Jones, Sonia 1993-1994-1995-1996 ROBERTS, SAMANTHA 2009-2010-2011-NOW BURKE, CALI 2011-NOW Julie Cassel 1979-1980-1981-1982 Robinett, Robyn 1994-1995 Burke, Kelli 1997-1998 Justin, Robyn 1984 Robinson, Julie 1983-1984 RODRIGUEZ, BRIANNA 2011-NOW C K ROOS, KYLIE 2010-2011-NOW Calandro, Jackie 1980-1981-1982-1983 Kenney, Brandy 1997-1998-1999-2000 Rube, Rhonda 1989-1990-1991-1992 Card, Brittany 2006-2007-2008-2009 Kilgore, Nicole 1990-1991-1992-1993 Russell, Carrie 1994 Carlos, Dawn 1986-1987-1988-1989 Kracki, Maureen 1985 Carraway, Misty 1993-1995-1996-1997 S Castellano, Michelle 2005-2006-2007 L Salemi, Lori 1990 Cavin, Heather 1996-1997 Laffitte, Donna Jo 1985-1986 Salter, Val 1986-1987-1988 Christophe, Connie 1995 LaHaye, Anne 1987-1988-1989-1990 Scott, Kiana 2001-2002-2003-2004 Coert, Julie 1993-1994 LaHaye, Jemi 1989-1990-1991-1992 Sherrill, Sandi 1990-1991-1992 Cole, Kayla 2010-2011 Landreneau, Missy 1985-1986-1987-1988 Shotwell, Kellie 1986-1987-1988-1989 Cook, April 1997-1998-1999 Landry, Leslie 2000-2001 Smith, Rhonda 1991 Corliss, Kelly 2005-2006-2007-2008 LeDoux, Shea 2002-2003 Smitherman, Shian 2006 Cory, Alisha 2001-2002 Leftwich, Lindsay 2001-2002-2003-2004 Stech, stormi 2007-2008-2009-2010 Craig, Ginger 1985-1986-1987-1988 Leggett, Cindy 1997-1998-1999-2000 Stevens, Rustie 1991-1992 Lewis, Toby 1994 Steward, Travia 1989-1990-1991-1992 D Lindley, Kristen 2006-2007 Stinson, Jamiee 2006 Danzy, Lindsey 2001-2002-2003-2004 Stowell, Sarah 2002 Darbonne, Debbie 1984-1985-1986 M Straty, Shannon 1997-1998-1999-2000 Darbonne, Kim 1993-1994 MacNair, Deven 1993-1994-1995-1996 Strickland, Jana 1999-2000-2001-2002 Davis, Kim 1987-1988 Mancuso, Erin 1999-2000-2001-2002 Stuard, Randi 2007-2008-2009-2010 Davis, Laura 2000-2001 Manuel, Annette 1982-1984-1985-1986 Stuart, Linette 1998-1999-2000 DELAGARZA-STILLS, CHEYNNE 2011-NOW Martin, Nicole 2002-2003-2004-2005 Stults, Marysa 2006 deMahy, Caroline 1998 May, Elizabeth 1995 Sullivan, Tammy 1995 DiVittorio, Jeanne 1985-1986-1987-1988 McCoy, Cheri 1999 Swainston, Erin 1993-1994 Dornelas, Sara 2008-2009 McGuirk, Nicky 2004-2005-2006 MCKENNEY, TARA 2011-NOW T E McLoughlin, Taylor 2010-2011 Thibault, Amy 1988-1989-1990-1991 Edgar, Christina 1998-1999-2000-2001 McMillan, Morgan 2003-2004-2005 Thomas, Amy 1994-95 Edmonds, Taywanee 2008-2009-2010-NOW Melendy, Nicole 1996-1997 Thomas, Ladine 1989-1990-1991 Efferson, Michelle 1986-1987-1988-1989 Militello, Winter 2000-2001-2002 Thompson, Jessica 2005-2006 ENGLAND, ASHLEE 2010-2011-NOW Miller, Crista 2001-2002-2003-2004 Thompson, Tracye 2001-2002-2003-2004 Ewing, Anita Ewing 1996-1997-1998 Miller, Lauren 2001 Thornton, Mallorie 2004-2005-2007-2008 Morales, Kathi 1993-1994 F Morales, Richelle 2008 V Fitts, Lauren 2002-2003 Mros, Tammy 1988-1989 Vadnais, Margo 1997 Fontenot, Kelly 1990 Velotta, Cori 1995 FORD, ALYSSA 2011-NOW N Forrester, Sydney 1982-1983-1985-1986 Nichols, Krystle 2001-2002-2003-2004 W Foshee, Tracy 1985-1986-1987-1988 Noack, Sarina 2003-2004-2005-2006 Waguespack, Laura 1982-1983 Frasier, Jamie Frasier 1999-2000-2001-2002 Normand, Dawn 2002-2003-2004-2005 Walker, Katrina 2003-2004-2005 Normand, Kim 2006 Walker, Shira 2005-2006-2007-2008 G WARD, TIFFANY 2009-2010-2011-NOW Garcia, Jada 1998-1999-2000-2001 O Welker, Amber 1997-1998-1999-2000 Gatto, Robin 1993-1994 Olsen, Sonja 1988-1989-1990-1991 West, Brandi 1998-1999 Glenn, Amanda 2004-2005-2006-2007 Ortego, Amanda 2000-2001-2002-2003 Wigley, Cindy 1980-1981-1982-1983 Gorski, Lyndsey 2004-2005-2006-2007 Owens, Jennifer 1996-1997-1998 Williams, Kita 1996-1997-1998-1999 GRIMES, KELEE 2009-2010-2011-NOW Grisham, Amy 1990-1991-1992-1993 P Z Grisham, Ashley 1990-1991-1992-1993 Painter, Jennifer 1993-1994-1995-1996 Zappia, Karen 1994 Groves, Mitzi 1994 Palmer, Cissy 1982-1983-1984 Zucconi, Wendy 1984-1985-1986 Guerrini, Janet 1981-1982-1983-1984 Palomarez, Erin 2000-2001 Parcel, Kristi 1993-1994 current players listed in Italics Bold CAPS H Parrino, Gloria 1995 Hamilton, Anne 1995 Patterson, Margaret 2004-2005-2660-2007 Hanger, B. 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Ginger Craig
No. 27
Rhonda Rube
1985-1988
1989-1992
Ginger Craig was a standout at the plate at Northwestern State, playing from 1985-88. While playing, she set 10 career hitting records, one of which still remains (triples-18). She also holds individual season records for batting average (.428) and slugging percentage (.783). She was the first Louisiana Athletic Director’s Association Player of the Year and was the Gulf Star Conference Most Valuable Player in 1987. She also played two seasons (1984-86) for the Lady Demon basketball team.
Rhonda Rube remains the most highly decorated player in Northwestern State softball history. She is the only player to ever earn All-American honors, third team (1991). She set four career hitting records including hits, doubles, batting average, and walks, one of which still stands (walks-95). She was a three-time Louisiana Athletic Director’s Association Player of the Year and a four-time All-Southland Conference pick, three first team selections and one second team.
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