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Table of Contents Z004 Tiger Volleyball Media Guide Introduction Table of Contents Media Information/Distance Charts 2004 Volleyball Quick Facts About Memphis

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Coaching Staff Head Coach Carrie Yerty Question and Answer Session With Yerty Assistant Coach Jenni Rosselli Assistant Coach Angela Graziani 2004 Tiger Support Staff 2003 Seniors

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Meet the Tigers

CREDITS The 2004 University of Memphis Tiger Volleyball Guide is intended for the editorial use of media organizations covering the Tigers. Any reprinted, reproduction or other use of the contents for any commercial use is prohibited. This guide is a publication of The University of Memphis Athletic Media Relations Department. It was designed and edited by Tammy DeGroff using PageMaker 6.5 and Photoshop 6.0. Editorial assistance was provided by Jennifer Rodrigues and Jason Redd. Photography was provided by Gerald Gallik and Troy Glasgow. Additional thanks to Joel Frey of the Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau and Elizabeth Walker of Publication Services for supplying photos for the university section. The front cover was designed by Disciple Design. The media guide was printed by EBSCO Media in Birmingham, Ala. Any questions, requests or changes to this guide should be directed to Jason Redd, Assistant Director of Athletic Media Relations at (901) 678-4640. UofM29-0405/750EBSCO

2004 Seniors/Tiara Gilkey 2004 Seniors/Heather Watts Christen Clayton Kristen Hardee Melissa Nance Nancy Nellans Hristina Slancheva Emily Steckel Jennie Toronto FehiTuivai 2004 Freshmen

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Tiger History 2003 Year in Review 2003 Stats and Results About Conference USA 2003 C-USA Standings 2003 Tigers in C-USA Statistics By the Numbers Year-by-Year Results Tiger Coaching Records/All-Time Records Career Leaders Single Season Leaders Single Season Team Records Single Match Leaders 1000 Career Kill Club Members Complete Post-Season Results All-Time Tournament Results All-Time Letterwinners All-Time Honor Roll

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2004 Opponents 2004 Opponents' Section All-Time Record vs. Opponents

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University of Memphis University of Memphis Sport-by-Sport Summaries Memphis Living Memphis Sports President Dr. Shirley Raines Athletic Director R.C. Johnson Athletic Department Staff Head Coaches Assistant Coaches and Support Staff Academic Skill Center Support Groups Athletic Training Strength & Conditioning Life Skills Program Tiger Traditions Elma Roane Fieldhouse

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2OO4 University of Memphis Quick Facts Location: Enrollment: Founded: President: Phone: Athletic Director: Phone: Senior Woman Administrator: Phone: Faculty Representative: Athletic Media Relations Director: Volleyball Contact: Phone: Home Phone: Cell Phone: Fax: Email: Compliance Coordinator: Phone:

Memphis, Tennessee 20,322 1912 Dr. Shirley C. Raines (901) 678-2234 R. C. Johnson (901) 678-2335 Lynn Parkes (901) 678-2315 Dr. Nick White Jennifer Rodrigues Jason Redd (901) 678-4640 (901) 848-2471 TEA (901) 678-4134 jredd@memphis.edu Sally Andrews (901) 678-4121

Nickname: Colors: Conference: Arena (Capacity): 2003 Record: 2003 C-USA Record/Finish: Head Coach: Phone: Alma Mater: Overall Record/Years: Assistant Coach: Phone: Alma Mater: Assistant Coach: Phone: Alma Mater: Letterwinners Returning/Lost: Starters Returning/Lost:

Tigers Blue and Gray Conference USA Elma Roane Fieldhouse (2,565) 30-6 9-4/T-4th Carrie Yerty (901) 678-2315 Washington State, 1992 140-128/8 years Jenni Rosselli (901) 678-4232 Memphis, 2000 Angela Graziani (901) 678-2312 Memphis, 2000 10/2 5/2

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Brittany Barnett

520 K, .253 attack percentage, 36 service aces, 331 digs, 60 total blocks, 2ndTeam AllConference USA, Ranks third in career history with 1349 kills, second with 3,607 attacks, and eighth with 1174 digs.

Sheila Neba

Led team with 146 total blocks in 2003 and with a .298 hitting percentage, 286 Kills. Finished fourth in school history with 313 block assists and eighth with 64 block solos. Co-SIDA Academic All-District Second Team.

Key Returnees SR RS

Tiara Gilkey

Led team with 538 kills in 2003 (4.05/game); Hit .242; 30 SA; 391 digs, 92 Total Blocks; Became 16th player in school history to hit 1,000 career kill mark and the second to do so during the 2003 season. Third Team All-Conference USA.

Heather Watts

Led team with 1,792 assists in 2003, the best single season mark in school history; Third Team All-Conference USA; AVCA All-Midwest Region Honorable Mention; Academic All-American (Third Team); Is second with 3,376 career assists and 11th with 1,025 career digs. Is seventh in school history with 148 career service aces, including 63 during 2003, the 10th-best single season mark in Tiger history.

Nancy Nellans

Played in 127 of 135 games for Memphis, finishing with 407 kills, third on the team. Also added 40 service aces and 383 digs. Her 407 kills during was just 19 shy of the single season top 10.

Christen Clayton

Played in 128 of 135 games at libero for Memphis as a freshman, finishing with 362 digs.

Melissa Nance

Played in 129 of 135 games in the middle as a freshman, finishing with 202 kills and a .240 attack percentage. Also added 81 total blocks, including 11 solos. Against Louisville in the C-USA Championship game, Nance hit .467 with nine kills.

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Name Emily Steckel Ashley Liford Tiara Gilkey Jennie Toronto Fehi Tuivai Shelby Burton Nancy Nellans Melissa Nance Christen Clayton Heather Watts Hristina Slancheva Kristen Hardee

Position Libero Outside/Middle Outside Hitter Outside Hitter Middle Hitter Middle Hitter Outside Hitter Middle Hitter Libero Setter Setter Middle Hitter

Pronunciation Guide: Tiara Gilkey Tee AIR Ah GIL Kee LIE ford Ashley Liford WRIST eena SWAN cha va Hristina Stancheva

2004 Roster HT CL. 5-7 So. 6-0 Fr. 5-10 Sr. 5-10 So. 6-0 Jr. 6-0 Fr. 5-10 Jr. 5-11 So. 5-7 So. 5-9 Sr. 5-10 So. 5-11 Jr. Emily Steckel Fehi Tuivai

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Hometown/Last School Santa Clarita, Calif./Hart HS San Antonio, Texas/James Madison Creve Couer, Mo./Pattonsville Salt Lake City, Utah/Highland HS Kent, Wash./Kent-Meridian/Eastern Washington San Antonio, Texas/Holmes South Bend, Ind./St. Joseph Frankfort, Ind./Clinton Prairie Houston, Texas/Clear Lake Sandy, Utah/Skyline Sophia, Bulgaria/First English Sante Fe, Texas/Sante Fe Emily STECK el Fay HE Too i vay

About Memphis - Where to Stay & Eat Area Code Memphis Police Department EMERGENCY CALLS ONLY Ambulance Baptist Hospital (Emergency Room) Methodist Hospital (Emergency Room) St. Francis Hospital (Emergency Room) Yellow Cab City Wide Cab Metro Cab Checker Cab Airlines Serving Memphis AirTran America West American Airlines Delta Airlines Northwest Airlines TWA USAir Federal Express Pick-up

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Some Things to See & Do (All 901 area code) AutoZone Park 721-6050 (AAA affiliate of St. Louis Cardinals, 8 South Third Street) Beale Street Historic District (Downtown) www.bealestreet.com Brooks Museum of Art (1934 Poplar Ave.) (Midtown) 544-6200 Center for Southern Folklore http://www.southernfolklore.com (Downtown, 119 South Main) 525-3655 Graceland (3734 Elvis Presley Boulevard) 332-3322 Memphis Zoo (Panda Exhibit Now Open!) (Midtown) 276-9453 Mud Island River Park (on Mississippi River, downtown) 576-7241 National Civil Rights Museum (450 Mulberry Street) 521-9699 (Downtown) Peabody Hotel Ducks (149 Union) (Downtown) 529-4000 Peabody Place (Between 2nd & 3rd streets downtown) (22 Screen Theater, IMAX, Bowling, Jillian's, Restaurants, Shopping) Pink Palace Museum, Planetarium & IMAX (3050 Central) 320-6320 Rock 'n Soul Museum & Gibson Guitar Factory (downtown) ... 543-0800 (www.gibsonmemphis.com) St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/ALSAC Pavilion 495-3306 Stax Museum of American Soul Music (Opened in Spring '03) 946-2535

HOTELS (Drive Time From Airport) Courtyard by Marriott (6015 Park Avenue) (22 minutes) 761-0330 Comfort Inn-East (5877 Poplar Avenue) (20 minutes) 767-6300 Embassy Suites (1022 S. Shady Grove) (20 minutes) 684-1777 French Quarter Suites (2144 Madison) (15 minutes) 728-4000 Hampton Inn (2700 Perkins Rd.) (15 minutes) 367-1234 Hampton Inn (5320 Poplar) (20 minutes) 683-8500 Hilton East (5069 Sanderlin) (20 minutes) 767-6666 Holiday Inn-U of M Campus (3700 Central Avenue) (15 minutes) 678-8200 Holiday Inn-East (5795 Poplar Avenue) (15 minutes) 682-7881 Holiday Inn Mt. Moriah (2490 Mt. Moriah) (15 minutes) 362-8010 Holiday Inn-Overton Square (1837 Union) (15 minutes) 278-4100 Homewood Suites (5811 Poplar) (20 minutes) 763-0500 Memphis Marriott Downtown (250 N. Main) (15 minutes) 527-7300 Memphis Marriott East (2625 Thousand Oaks) (15 minutes) 362-6200 Park Vista Memphis (formerly Adams Mark) (939 Ridge Lake Boulevard) (15 to 20 minutes) 684-6664 Peabody (149 Union) (15 minutes) 529-4000 Radisson (185 Union) (15 minutes) 528-1800 RESTAURANTS Bayou Bar and Grill (2105-1 Overton Square) (Midtown Memphis) 278-8626 Blue Plate Cafe (5469 Poplar Avenue) (Breakfast) (East Memphis) 761-9696 Buckley's (5355 Poplar) (East Memphis) 683-4538 Cafe Ole (959 S. Cooper) (Midtown Memphis) 274-1504 Cozymel's (6450 Poplar) (Mexican) (East Memphis) 763-1202 Cracker Barrell (6081 Shelby Oaks Drive) (Exit 12 off I-40 heading toward Nashville) 382-5465 Dominos (548 S. Highland Street) (Will deliver to Fieldhouse) 323-3030 The Commissary (Barbecue)(2290 S. Germantown Road) (East Memphis) 754-5540 Gorky's Bar-B-Q (5259 Poplar) (East Memphis) 685-9744 El Chico Mexican Restaurant (3491 Poplar Avenue) (Within 10 minutes of campus) 323-9609 Folk's Folly (551 S. Mendenhall) (Steak & Seafood) (Within 10 minutes of campus) 762-8200 Grady's American Grill (6080 Primacy Parkway) 763-4663 Frank Grisanti's at Embassy Suite Hotel (1022 S. Shady Grove) (Italian) (East Memphis) 761-9462 The Half Shell (688 S. Mendenhall Road) 682-3966 Houston's Restaurant (5000 Poplar) (Within 10 minutes of campus) 683-0915 Jim's Place East (5560 Shelby Oaks Drive) 388-7200 La Tourelle (2146 Monroe Avenue) (Fine French Dining) 458-1060 Landry's Seafood House (263 Wagner Place) 526-1966 McAlister's (7710 Poplar Avenue) (Within 10 minutes of campus) 753-1507 The Melting Pot (2828 Wolfcreek Parkway) (By Wolfchase Galleria Mall) (Fondue) 266-3897 Neely's Bar-B-Que (670 Jefferson Avenue) 521-9798 New Hunan (5052 Park) (Chinese Buffet) (Within 10 minutes of campus) 766-1622 Oak Court Food Court (530 Oak Court Drive) (Taco Bell, Chick fil-A, Sbarro's, KFC Express, Chinese) (Within 10 minutes of campus) ... 682-8928 Olive Garden (2765 S. Perkins Extended) 365-3473 OnTeur (2015 Madison) (Midtown Memphis) 725-6059 Perkins (5112 Park Avenue) (Within 10 minutes of campus) 682-2777 The Pier (100 Wagner Place) 526-7381 Rafferty's (4542 Poplar Avenue) (Within 10 minutes of campus) 327-1471 The Rendezvous (52 S. Second) 523-2746 Romano's Macaroni Grill (6705 Poplar Avenue) 753-6588 Ruth's Chris Steak House (5858 Ridgeway Center Parkway) 761-0055 Schlotzky's Deli (4785 Poplar Avenue) (Within 10 minutes of campus) 763-0741 The Spaghetti Warehouse (40 Huling Avenue W.) 521-0907 Subway (614 S. Highland Street) (Within 10 minutes of campus) 358-6912

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Meet the Tiger Coaching Staff

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Carrie Yerty Head Coach Ninth Season Washington State, 1992 Head Coach Carrie Yerty and the Tiger volleyball coaching staff saw their commitment to a longterm plan of success take another spectacular step forward in 2003. The 30-6 Tigers reached the Conference USA Championship match and became just the second team in C-USA history to hit | the 30-win mark. The Tigers' .833 winning percentage last gave was the best single-season winning percentage in school history. After coming to Memphis as one of the youngest head coaches in NCAA Division I back in 1996, Head Coach Carrie Yerty is now tied with former head coach Diane Hale for the longest coaching tenure in Memphis volleyball history. Heading into her ninth season at the helm of the Tigers, Yerty is also second on the Memphis career-coaching wins list with a mark of 140-128. Yerty picked up her 100lh career coaching win at Yale University in 2003. Yerty began her Tiger career on July 15, 1996, when she was hired to replace former head coach Penny Lucas-White less than six weeks before the start of the season. She inherited a squad that finished 13-20 the previous year and fea-

tured just five returning players. In her first year, the Tigers finished 8-27 overall and 1-13 in Conference USA, but Yerty did not let that one season spoil her dreams of developing and guiding the Division I program into the national spotlight. She hit the recruiting trails and her hard work has resulted in two Academic All-America honorees, four All-Conference USA honorees, two C-USA All-Freshman Team honorees, one C-USA Defensive Player of the Year and one AVCA All-Region Honorable Mention player. Yerty's squads have also earned academic individual and team honors from the AVCA, while 17 of 18 players who have completed their eligibility have also received their college diplomas. In her second season at the helm of a young Tiger Volleyball program, Yerty made one of the biggest turnarounds in the program's history. Never had a Tiger squad won less than 10 matches one year and finished well above .500 the next. Yerty's second-year squad did it. She guided the 1997 Tigers to a 19-14 overall record, including a school-best 7-0 start. Not included in the overall record that season was a victory over the Australian National Team at the Montana State tournament. The team also made a huge jump in the conference rankings with a 6-10 record that year. The Tigers were again gaining respect from their C-USA foes. After finishing dead last in the league in 1996, the Tigers improved to a fourth-place showing in the National Division the following season. Yerty's Tigers also made strides in the C-USA post-season tournament, winning their first-round meeting with UAB and advancing to the second round where they dropped a 3-1 decision to top-seeded and eventual NCAA participant Houston. That would not be the last time that Memphis put up a fight with the Cougars. In 1998, Yerty led her troops to their first win in school history over the University of Houston and for the second straight season, Memphis advanced to the second round of the C-USA Tournament. Yerty's Tigers finished the season with an 18-14 overall record and a 610 record in conference. It was the first time since 1994 that a Tiger volleyball team had recorded back-to-back winning records.

THE YERTY FILE HOMETOWN Boring, Oregon HIGH SCHOOL Sam Barlow High School Reebok First Team All-American ALMA MATER Washington State, 1992 (secondary education) University of Memphis, Dec. 2004 (M.S. Sport and Leisure Commerce) PLAYING EXPERIENCE Washington State - 1988-1991 USA Olympic Developmental Team - 1992 COLLEGIATE PLAYING HONORS All-American nominee Two-time PAC-10 Conference honoree Pac-10 Honor Roll WSU career record for block solos (196), block assists (421) and total blocks (617)...Second in career kills (1,548) and third with 128 service aces...Seventh with 989 career digs....PAC-10 All-Decade Team Honoree. COACHING BACKGROUND Univ. of Memphis Head Coach (1996-present) Arizona - Asst. Coach (1995) Eastern Washington - Asst. Coach (1992-94) Served three-year term on AVCA Coaches' Committee Chaired AVCA Policy and Procedures Committee Served on NCAA Gender Equity Committee in 2003-04 Is currently a member of the Fellowship for Christian Athletes Coaches' Board COACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS 100th career win vs. Yale (Sept. 15, 2002) First 30-win season since 1990 (2003) Best Single Season Winning Percentage

30-6, .833 (2003) First-ever appearance in C-USA Finals (2003) Coached two Academic All-America honorees (April Harriman, 2001; Heather Watts, 2003) Coached four All-Conference USA Honorees Amie Hamilton (Second Team, 2001) Brittany Barnett (Second Team, 2003) Tiara Gilkey (Third Team, 2003) Heather Watts (Third Team, 2003) Coached C-USA Defensive Player of the Year Amie Hamilton (1999)

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Head Coach Carrie Yerty Memphis had its second All-Conference USA honoree in 2001 when senior Amie Hamilton earned second team honors, the first Tiger to earn an all-conference honor under Yerty and the first to do so since 1995. But it would not be as long a wait for the Tigers' next All-Conference USA honor, as Memphis had three student-athletes named to the Conference USA All-Conference teams in 2003. Senior Brittany Barnett, who finished her career ranked third in school history with 1,349 kills, was named to the second team, while juniors Heather Watts and Tiara Gilkey each earned third team honors. That trio of players obliterated the Tiger record book during a banner season. Watts set a new single season school record with 1,792 assists, while Gilkey and Barnett each finished in the single season top five in kills with 538 and 520, respectively. Four Tigers have surpassed the 1,000 career kill mark under Yerty, including both Barnett and Gilkey during the 2003 season. What the above-mentioned trio was not rewriting, the remainder of the 2003 Tigers took care of. Yerty guided her squad to the 30-win mark for the first time in her career, helping Memphis to its first-ever appearance in the Conference USA Tournament Championship game. Memphis had never advanced further than the second round before the 2003 tournament. The Tigers' final 30-6 record in 2003 gave them the best single season winning percentage in school history, and Memphis became just the second team in Conference USA history to hit the 30-win mark. While an NCAA bid was just out of reach for the 2003 Tigers, the cornerstone has been set for a 2004 team that returns 10 letterwinners, including five starters. A strong believer in the total welfare of the student-athlete, Yerty continues to stress academic excellence as well as athletic achievement. Recently, Memphis had a pair of student-athletes named to the Academic All-Region Team. Heather Watts earned her second straight Academic All-District First Team honor in 2003, while senior Sheila Neba was named to the second team. Watts would go on to become the program's second Academic All-America recipient, earning third team honors. Watts joins former Tiger April Harriman, who earned second team honors in 2000, as the program's Academic All-America honorees. In addition to individual student-athlete academic honors, Yertyled teams have been recognized four-times by the AVCA for their team GPAs. The 2003 Tiger team had a 3.4 GPA during the fall and a 3.2 during the spring and earned recognition from the governing body during the spring of 2004. Yerty's impact has now also spread to other Division I schools. Former assistant coach Fiona Bolten (1999-2001) is a third-year head coach at Lamar University, while former assistant coach Rob Thomas (1998-2000) is starting his second season at the helm of the Robert Morris (Pa.) program. Former Tiger April Harriman, who went on to serve as a graduate assistant and assistant coach at Ohio University, joined Fiona Bolten at Lamar and is in her second season as an assistant coach. Prior to becoming the Tigers' head coach, Yerty was an assistant coach at the University of Arizona during the 1995 season where, among her on-court coaching duties, she also served as the recruiting coordinator. One of her recruiting classes at the University of Arizona was ranked in the top five in the nation by recruiting magazines. On the court, she worked closely with the squad's middle blockers as she helped lead the Wildcats to a 1414 overall record. She also supervised the academic study table and assisted with scheduling and travel as well as working closely

with camps and clinics. Yerty broke into the collegiate coaching ranks in 1992 when she accepted an assistant coaching position at Eastern Washington in Cheney, Wash. Yerty served under head coach Pamela Parks at EWU for three years, working closely with the middle blockers and serving as the recruiting coordinator. A strong believer in publicizing her programs, Yerty coordinated several gameday activities including theme nights and an adopt-a-player program. She also participated in university fundraising programs and assisted with various camps and clinics. Yerty's coaching background goes much deeper than the collegiate level. She, along with her husband Lee, founded the Northwest All-Star Volleyball Touring Camp in 1991, in which they managed and conducted in excess of 25 customized instructional clinics and camps for junior high and high school athletes and coaches. Two years later, Yerty founded and coached the New Balance Volleyball Club team in Spokane, Wash., for girls 16 and under. She directed that squad from 1993-95, and then served as the head coach for one year of the Club Cactus Juniors Volleyball Club in Tucson, Ariz., for the 18-Elite age group. A seasoned club team coach, Yerty was selected as a representative on the Junior Olympic National Team selection committee where she evaluated and selected players for the elite squad at the Southern California tryout. Yerty is heavily involved in the community. Yerty is currently on the Board of Directors for the Memphis Junior Volleyball Club Program, and has held numerous free clinics and camps for church groups and elementary schools. She was also instrumental in bringing the USA and Russian Volleyball teams to the Elma Roane

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Jace and WesLee Yerty, sons of Lee and Carrie Yerty.

Head Coach Carrie Yerty Fieldhouse for a widely-attended exhibition match in 1998. Yerty has given her time and dedication freely to such groups as the American Cancer Society, The Ronald McDonald House and the Girl Scouts of America. She is also serving a three-year term on the AVCA Coaches' Committee and is chairing the Policy and Procedures Committee with the AVCA. Formerly Carrie Couturier, Yerty was a four-year standout as a middle blocker during her collegiate days at Washington State University. She was named to the Pac-10 all-freshman squad following the 1988 season when she set a school record with 69 solo blocks. Yerty continued to lead her squad and develop her skills through the next two years, and in her senior season, people starting taking notice. In 1991, she earned first-team all-Pac-10 honors in her final collegiate season after helping the Cougars to a 23-12 finish and a school-best fourth-place showing in the Pac-10. As a senior, she led the Pac-10 in hitting percentage (.333) and in service aces (55). She was third in the league in kills with 432 and ranked fourth with an average of 3.8 kills per game.

An all-West Regional and all-America nominee, Yerty received an invitation to participate on the U.S. Olympic Developmental Team in San Diego in 1992. Not likely to be forgotten at WSU or even in the Pac-10, Yerty is currently second in school history in career kills (1,548) while holding the school marks in solo blocks (196) and block assists (431). In the Pac-10, Yerty was the league's all-time leading blocker with 617 total blocks, while also ranking first in all-time solo blocks (196). She was also fourth in career hitting percentage (.270) and fifth in all-time block assists with 431. Most recently, Yerty was named to the Pac-10 all-Decade team, as well as the Washington State all-Decade team. At 6-2, Yerty's volleyball success began at an early age. A standout at Sam Barlow High School in Boring, Ore., she was named to the Reebok All-America team and was Oregon's Female Athlete of the Year in 1988. Yerty also played on the Portland Volleyball Club while in high school. Her squad is still the only club outside of California to ever win the Davis Volleyball festival which continues to rate as the larg-

est women's athletic event in the world. A 1992 graduate of Washington State, Yerty earned her degree in secondary education. Born March 4, 1970, she is married to Lee Yerty, who is an assistant strength and conditioning coach at The University of Memphis. The couple and their two sons, WesLee and Jace, live in Arlington, Tenn. Yerty is currently working on her master's degree in education at Memphis.

The Yerty Coaching Connection Fiona Bolten, Head Coach, Lamar University Assistant Coach, 1999-2001

Angela Graziani, Asst. Coach, Univ. of Memphis Volleyball Letterwinner, 1997

Amie Hamilton, Head Coach, Kalama (WA) HS Volleyball Letterwinner, 1998-2001

April Harriman, Asst. Coach, Lamar University Grad. Asst. Coach, Ohio Univ. 2001-02 Volleyball Letterwinner, 1997-2000

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Jessica Henry, Head Coach, Pomeroy HS (WA) Volleyball Letterwinner, 1998

Jenni Rosselli, Asst. Coach, Univ. of Memphis Volleyball Letterwinner, 1997-98

Rob Thomas, Head Coach, Robert Morris (Pa.) Assistant Coach, 1998-2000

A Question & Answer Session with Carrie Yerty 2OO4 Season Preview 1. You are coming off the most successful season in terms of winning percentage. Do you think that will be a help or a hindrance to the 2004 season? I think that the success that we had last year will be momentum to build toward the 2004 season and I'm really excited that we have 10 of our 12 members from last year's team returning. I'm also excited that we have five of our six starters, I do think that Tiara, Nancy and Kristen will have to take big, huge roles this year for us to have that continued success into this season because Brittany was such stable, all-around player for our program. I feel like we have the talent returning to really build confidence throughout our preseason, we have the opportunity to play some great teams - BYU could be ranked in the top 25, so that will be exciting, as well as the rest of our preseason. We'll only build upon what we started to establish last season. I think that our kids had a great spring season, beating Clemson and Virginia Tech. I think that built more confidence onto whatever they had from last season and I think the more that you win, the braver you get and the more challenges that you step up to. I have a lot of confidence in our system, I have a lot of confidence in our staff and we have the quality athletes and players that are ready to repeat an opportunity to play in the conference championship. 2. You lost two key members of your offense to graduation. Given that your 2003 team set a new single season record for kills, what can Tiger fans expect to see offensively this year, and who will carry that load? Offensively, I would expect our fans to see a faster offense than we had last year. We worked all spring on speeding up our offense and giving our hitters more opportunities to get up for quicker swings to beat the block more efficiently. I would certainly expect to see Tiara and Nancy Nellans get a majority of the sets as they are probably our most experienced attackers, but I would like to see Heather running a very even offensive distribution, and spread our offense out a little bit and run more options with the hitters we currently have. I do think that with losing Brittany last year, that Tiara is going to have to step up and take more swings and keep the ball in play. She is going to have to mature as a hitter and develop better shot selection to find the same success she had last year, because now teams in the conference are familiar with her abilities and will expect her to get a majority of the swings on our team. I also look to see Kristen Hardee or freshman Ashley Liford step in and take over some of the responsibility on the other outside hitter position, that should be an awesome competition. I'm also looking forward to see Melissa Nance back and ready to accept more responsibility in our offense this year as well. 3. Talk about your 2004 seniors and what you expect to see from them this season. Heather is such a mature leader in every aspect, academically, athletically, team training, that I'd really expect her to be on auto-pilot. She understands the game, she understands the team, she understands how I want the team and the offense to be and what she needs to do on the

side hitter. She has the ability to pass and play defense and will definitely challenge for an outside hitting position from the beginning of camp. She is a great leaper and is a fiery, fierce competitor. She is all about winning and all about contributing and making the team the best we can be. She had a great high school and club season and we're looking forward to her really stepping on the court and adding fire and enthusiasm to our program. Shelby Burton will provide depth in the middle. She will be our best slide hitter and has great lateral speed. She will definitely challenge for a spot in the middle. She's very quick off the ground and with her lateral speed, she will provide some depth for Fehi and Melissa will challenge for an opportunity to play. She has the potential to be a very solid blocker and it'll be interesting to see how quickly she transitions from high school and club ball to college volleyball. Both of these kids are excellent students and they're excellent athletes and they will certainly add depth to the Tiger squad for 2004.

court to lead our team. I expect her to have a great senior year and to put up numbers that will put her in national rankings again. I also expect her to be a calm, confident, in-control leader. She showed that last spring and during the fall of 2003 and she has really done a great job of preparing herself and her team for a great senior season. I expect her to continue to lead our team as one of our captains and to continue to define and challenge her setting skills and to watch her develop into a strong Conference USA player. Tiara has put up good numbers in terms of attacking and she really could be one of the best blockers in our conference. She's very dynamic with her leaping ability and has a good sense of getting a good block, so at the net, Tiara should have a great year. What's going to be important for Tiara is that she needs to continue to develop as a full-court player. She needs to step into the primary passer roll that Brittany left and needs to be a disciplined defender. Her athleticism allows her to get to a lot of balls and do things that some of the other athletes in the league are not capable of doing. Tiara's got to show me that she's disciplined both on and off the court every day. I'm looking forward to Tiara really working hard towards capturing a great senior season. Obviously, she's going to break into several of our records as a senior, and I think that it'll be interesting to see if she can fill the empty shoes that Brittany has left. If she can, and if Nancy can fill Tiara's shoes, then we'll be in the same opportunity as we were last year â&#x20AC;&#x201D; we'll have a good opportunity to put ourselves in a position to be competitive again with all the teams in the conference. 4. After having six newcomers last year, you've got just two newcomers for 2004. Talk a bit about your freshman class. I'm really excited about both of our freshman. Ashley Liford is a really explosive, dynamic outPage 9

5. Talk about Conference USA in 2004. Where do you see Memphis finishing? I think that last year's season was an awesome year for the University of Memphis and the volleyball team. We were able to accomplish a lot of first time things because the players have done a good job of buying into the system to earn the right to play for a conference championship. I think that as you see C-USA this year in the last year in our original format, you're still going to see Louisville and Cincinnati banging around at the top for the conference championship. I think from places 2-12 you're going to see a lot of parity and I think a lot of how teams finish in the conference is going to depend on their home and away schedule. A lot of teams are going to get beat if they're not ready to play every Friday and Saturday. I think that for us, we have a good home schedule this year. Traveling to Cincinnati and Louisville can always be tough, but this will be all the better opportunity for us to try to beat those two teams at home in their final season in C-USA. In terms of where I think we'll place, I think if we get our job done, we should be able to have another great season. If we're not ready to play day in, day out, then we'll get beat because the parity is so close. I also think it depends on if we have someone other than Heather Watts step up to take the leadership role. If Heather has to take on the leadership role all by herself, then I think it's going to be difficult for our team to maintain composure during stressful matches and I think there will be a lot of five game matches this year. 6. Talk about your non-conference schedule. You play at BYU and will face some new teams with some familiar faces on new coaching staffs (Oklahoma, UIC, UCF). Is the BYU tournament a big measuring stick for the 2004 season? I don't think any one weekend will be a measuring stick for our team for 2004. I think that it is exciting to have the opportunity to play at the BYU tournament and we'll have the opportunity to play some good teams there.

A Question & Answer Session with Carrie Yerty 2OO4 Season Preview We're playing three teams that went to the NCAA tournament last year, and being left out of the NCAA's last year has kind of been a motivating factor for us to get ready this season. I think it's exciting for Heather Watts as a senior and Jennie Toronto as a sophomore to go back and play in their home state of Utah. It'll also be fun for me because Karen Lamb, my college coach, is now the coach at BYU, so it'll be fun to play a team that she is coaching. In terms of it being a measuring stick, I don't think any one tournament or match or weekend will measure our success for the season, but by playing BYU, a nationally-ranked team, playing a UCF that went to the NCAA tournament, that sets our standard a little bit higher in terms of what we need to accomplish immediately in the season. In terms of playing Oklahoma and UIC, I think it's always fun to play new teams and still see coaches you're familiar with. I'd expect that both coaches will have very solid, athletic and competitive teams. 7. College volleyball changed the rules a bit again in 2004, allowing the libero to serve now. How will that affect your use of Christen Clayton and Emily Steckel? I think it's awesome the libero is getting the opportunity to have more of an impact on the outcome of a match. I think it gives them something to specialize in other than passing or defense. I think the libero is the most important player on the court outside the setter. Not only are they in charge of prepping our offense with the servereceive, but they're responsible for making big plays defensively. Emily Steckei has done a great job of working on improving her serve over the course of the last year, and Christen Clayton came in with a decent jump serve, so we're looking for more power and consistency on that. We'll experiment on who they'll serve for, with Melissa being such a powerful server and Fehi has a really good float serve, so we don't know who Christen and Emily may serve for, but our preseason will prep us for that. 8. You graduated a primary passer from last year's squad. Is passing your biggest concern for the upcoming season? I think passing is always a concern for any team because you can't run any offense without a good pass. I think we have the athletes to step into Brittany's position from last year. Christen Clayton is capable of a one-man pass receive, not that we would do that, but she has the ability to cover a huge portion of the court, has great ball control and has a great sense of reading the server. Emily Steckel has also improved a ton over the spring. With a little confidence, she'll really help our servereceive. It really is important that Tiara or Nancy step into that role that Brittany left empty. If one of those two can consistently do that, we won't miss a step in our serve-receive. I also think that it's to our advantage that we have one of the best setters in the country. Heather is so fast that she's able to better every ball that she gets. She's experienced and confident, and I think that gives us some leniency on what a perfect pass is for us to get into our offense. I also

roll is just incredible. I certainly don't think that these young ladies would be able to achieve that without the incredible resources that they have within the Athletic Academic Services Center. Bridget VanLandeghem and Joe Luckey have given them every opportunity and resource to find success. I think that when you have the leadership Dr. Luckey provides his staff with and you have motiviated athletes that take advantage of the opportunities available to them, the end result is success all the way around. I don't believe that there's anything our Athletic Academic Services can't provide our student-athletes with to make them successful both on and off the court. '.

A lot of the 2004 Tiger offense will come from Tiara Gilkey, a Third Team All-Conference honoree last year who downed her 1,000th career kill in the C-USA Championship game against Louisville. feel like we had a good spring and didn't notice any letdowns or holes in our passing game. I think Kristen Hardee saw a lot of improvement in her overall game and I think the addition of Ashley Liford as an outside hitter and primary passer will give us some depth for those positions. 9. Tiara became the first junior you've coach at Memphis to hit 1,000 career kills and Nancy is one pace to be another junior to hit that mark, what does that say about your offense and what are the expectations on those two players for the season? For Tiara to have a great senior year she has to not just play volleyball. She has to be a leader every day. We need for her to be a primary passer and a smart hitter. Every team in our conference will key in on her, so she will have to work on shot selection. If she can become a mature, finesse player as well as the dominating, terminator type of hitter she already is, she could have an outstanding senior season. In terms of Nancy, she has been a great terminator for us offensively for two years, but it'll be important for her to focus not only on attaining kills, but on improving her attack percentage. 11. You had an impressive year last year with a number of academic accolades. Heather Watts was voted an Academic All-America honoree, your team received the AVCA Team Academic Honor, you had 11 of 12 players on the Conference USA Honor Roll and you have now had 17 of 18 players who completed their eligibility also receive their degrees. What is it about this team that allows your student-athletes to accomplish all that? I think that the academic honors that this team has accomplished are just indicative of the kind of people that these athletes are. Not only are they dedicated and goal-oriented toward athletic success, but toward setting the standards academically for other teams in the conference and at this university. I'm proud they got the AVCA team award again, and I think that having 11 out of the 12 student-athletes on the C-USA honor

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12. Any other thoughts? It has been such an incredible nine years and I think it's really been neat to have Jenni returning for her fourth season and Angela for her third after playing here and still having the desire to continue to donate the program. Their experience as assistants now has really helped provide stability in our coaching staff and has improved our organization by allowing me to focus more on winning matches and training players than administratively running a program. I think that when you have the mutual respect of all your staff, that you'll get the opportunities to do more in your program. I'm looking forward to another great year, hopefully with a chance to fight toward the conference championship match again. With this being the last year of C-USA as we know it today, I want to leave this format as a team that has really earned the respect of the other coaches and teams in this conference.

Freshman Melissa Nance (right) played in every match as a freshman.

Assistant Coach Jenni Rosselli

Jenni Rosselli Assistant Coach Fourth Season University of Memphis, ZOOO Jenni Rosselli begins her fourth season on the Tiger coaching staff where she works with the middle hitters and serves as the Tigers' recruiting coordinator. She is also the Tigers' academic liaison. Rosselli had an exciting second year as an assistant on Yerty's staff, when Yerty was unable to travel for the completion of the Tigers' 2002 campaign as she awaited the birth of her second son. Rosselli stepped in to assume head coaching duties during games on the road at Cincinnati, Louisville, Tulane, Southern Miss and against Charlotte at the CUSA tournament in Chicago. "Jenni has been a part of the program as a player and now as a coach for quite some time," Yerty said. "She has matured greatly over the last three seasons and will be looked upon to contribute more to our technical game plans this year. She is a hard worker and is a valuable member of our Tiger staff." A December 2000 graduate from Memphis with a degree in physical education and exercise science, Roselli was a two-year letterwinner for the Tigers from 1997-1998 after transferring to Memphis from Spokane Falls Community College in Spokane, Wash. As a two-year starter at middle hitter, Rosselli finished her Memphis career with 520 kills, 33 service aces, 229 digs, and 192 total blocks. Memphis was 37-28 over two years with Rosselli in the line-up, going 19-14 in 1997 and 18-14 in 1998. She was named to the University of Memphis/Graphic Systems Classic all-tournament team in 1997 and also earned The U of M Education Department's Student of the Year Award in 2001 after she completed her student-teaching assignment. In community college, the Federal Way, Wash., native was named the all-American JUCO Player of the Year by the AVCA. She was a twotime all-conference performer and was a member of the all-East Region first team. She was named to the all-star team as a sophomore and led her squad to two straight second-place finishes in the conference tournament. She tallied 588 kills, 253 blocks, 425 digs and 66 service aces at Spokane. Rosselli prepped at Federal Way High School in Spokane. She led her squad in kills, blocks and digs and was an all-region and all-city performer and a three-year letterwinner under head coach Kathy Harris. Rosselli resides in Memphis and married former Tiger basketball player, Aaron Mulvagh, on July 4th of 2003. She has also served as a coach in the Memphis Junior Volleyball program for the past five years. She is currently pursuing in master's degree in sports management at the University of Memphis.

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THE ROSSELLI FILE HOMETOWN Federal Way, Washington HIGH SCHOOL Federal Way ALMA MATER Memphis, 2000 (B.S--Physical Education & Exercise Science) PLAYING EXPERIENCE University of Memphis - 1997-1998 Spokane Falls Community College - 1995-1996 (1996 AVCA JUCO All-American Player of the Year) COACHING BACKGROUND Memphis Juniors Volleyball Club - 1997-2001

Assistant Coach Angela Graziani

Angela Graziani Assistant Coach Third Season University of Memphis, 2000 Former Tiger Angela Graziani is the second Tiger to make her way to the Tiger coaching ranks. Graziani joined the Memphis coaching staff in 2002. Graziani graduated from the University of Memphis in December of 2000 with a degree in exercise science. A former middle hitter for the Tigers, Graziani came to Memphis after playing junior college volleyball at San Joaquin Delta College. At San Joaquin, she helped the 1996 San Joaquin Delta team to a conference championship and a fourth-place finish at the state tournament. That team posted a 39-2 record in her second season and Graziani was named the MVP of the ARC Tournament. Graziani is responsible for the Tiger scheduling, the organization and coordination of the Tigers' annual home tournament and for the team's scouting and video exchange programs. The Modesto, Calif., native is also responsible for the Tiger student managers and equipment. Her on-court duties include the training and development of the Tiger outside hitters. "Angela has done a great job of transitioning into the role of coaching," Head Coach Carrie Yerty said. "She is a self starter who is extremely organized and is very motivated and whose personality fits in well not only with Jenni and myself, but also with the players. Players respond well to her input and she has been a very positive addition to my staff and to the Tiger program." Graziani also has coached the past five seasons in the Memphis Junior Volleyball Association. Her brother, Tony, played football at Oregon and was a quarterback with the Atlanta Falcons from 1997-1999. He has played with the Los Angeles Avengers for the past five seasons in the Arena Football League. He is the owner of 10 Avenger passing records, and was an Arena Football League "Offensive Player of the Year" candidate in 2004. He finished second in the AFL with a 126.9 quarterback rating and passed for 99 touchdowns.

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THE GRAZIANI FILE HOMETOWN Modesto, Calif. HIGH SCHOOL Oakdale High School ALMA MATER University of Memphis, 2000 COACHING BACKGROUND Univ. of Memphis - Assistant Coach (2002-present) NOTES Played Junior College ball at San Joaquin Delta College at middle hitter. Brother Tony Graziani was a quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons

Tiger Support Staff JAMES ARCHIBALD STUDENT MANAGER James Archibald enters his first year as a student manager for the Tiger volleyball team. The son of Richard Archibald and Paula Hatmaker, Archibald played volleyball and served as the girls' volleyball team manager at Collierville High School in Collierville, Tenn. His dad, Richard, also plays volleyball. James plans on majoring in marketing management at Memphis.

SAM CHAMBERS STUDENT MANAGER Sam Chambers is in his second year as a student manager for the Tiger volleyball team. The son of former Tiger Becky Harden, Chambers is a graduate of Munford High School in Munford, Tennessee. A member of the National Honor Society and the American Technological Honor Society at Munford, Chambers received a number of academic honors, including the Early Scholars Scholarship and the Knowledge Bowl Scholarship.

ANGELA MCCARTER ASSISTANT MARKETING DIRECTOR

Following graduation, she taught for two years at Loretto (TN) High School as a physical education instructor. Parkes came to the University of Memphis in 1975 to complete her graduate degree in physical education and at the same time, started the women's golf program. In addition to her administration of the women's sports programs, Parkes is compliance coordinator for the University of Memphis Athletic Department. As such, she is liaison to Conference USA and the NCAA in adherence to the rules and regulations of those two organizations. She also served on the NCAA Task Force which designed the recently approved restructure of the NCAA. A former member of the LPGA, Parkes served as chair of the NCAA Women's Golf Committee. She has served as tournament director of the 1995 NCAA East Golf Regional hosted by Memphis, as well as the 2000 NCAA Women's Basketball Mideast Regional Tournament. Currently, Parkes sits on the NCAA Women's Basketball Committee whose charge is the selection and conduct of the NCAA National Championship. She will chair that committee in 2004.

CHUCK ROBERTS PUBLIC ADDRESS ANNOUNCER Chuck Roberts, a native of Southaven, Miss., begins his eighth season as public address announcer for the Tiger Volleyball team. Roberts is also the announcer for football, and both the men's and women's basketball teams. He owns and operates Chuck Roberts Real Estate in Southaven, Miss. Roberts is married to the former Mitzi Pederson. They have a one-year old daughter, Haleigh, and are expecting their second child in October.

Angela McCarter is entering her third year as the assistant director of marketing and promotions for the University of Memphis. WOMEN'S ATHLETIC TRAINER A native of Memphis, McCarter joins the staff from NC State University in Raleigh, where she was Mike Rodrigues, the head trainer for women's aththe assistant director of marketing and publications letics, is entering his third season at the U of M, after for Campus Recreation. At NC State she was reserving the previous four years as an athletic trainer sponsible for all of the marketing efforts for the program and implementing for Baptist Rehabilitation. special events. During a brief stint away from Baptist, Rodrigues, Before spending two years with NC State, she worked in the Women's 34, was the head trainer for the Memphis Maniax of Athletic Department at the University of Tennessee in marketing and promothe XFL and handled the daily sports medicine needs tions. During her time at UT, she was responsible for the marketing and of 50 professional football players. promotion of basketball, rowing, soccer, Softball, track and field and volleyRodrigues came to Memphis following a six-year career as an assistant ball. trainer at Mississippi State. He worked with the football program and superMcCarter graduated from the University of Tennessee in 2000 with a vised the student trainers while serving as a graduate assistant, master's degree in human performance and sports studies and in 1998 with earning his masters degree in exercise physiology in 1993. a bachelor's degree in sport management. He left MSU for one year to serve as an assistant trainer at the Angela and her husband Steven, also a native of Memphis, reside in United States Military Academy before returning to MSU as an assistant Memphis. trainer. From 1993 through 1997 he worked with the men's football program and took over the responsibilities for the women's soccer, Softball and tennis programs in 1997. A native of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Rodrigues received his bachelor's STUDENT ATHLETIC TRAINER degree in 1990 from the University of Florida, while also serving as head student trainer for the Gators for two years. Rodrigues has also Matt Nolen is in his fourth season as a student athdone summer internships with the Miami Dolphins and the Phoenix letic trainer for the Tiger volleyball team. Nolen is a Cardinals. He is married to Sports Information Director Jennifer Rodrigues. senior in the university's Exercise Science program. They have one daughter, Ally, who was born in November of 2002. He is a graduate of Bartlett High School just outside Memphis and plans on completing his degree in Memphis in May of 2005.

MIKE ROORIGUES

MATT NOLEN

LEE YERTY

STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING

LYNN PARKES ASSOCIATE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR/ SWA Lynn Parkes is in her 21 st year as the senior women's administrator for the U of M. As such, she oversees eight intercollegiate sports, including women's basketball, volleyball, men's and women's golf, men's and women's track and men's and women's tennis. Parkes also oversees the areas of compliance and student-athlete services. Prior to devoting full-time to her role as associate athletic director, Parkes spent 11 years as the head women's golf coach at Memphis. A native of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., Parkes is a 1973 graduate of the University of Alabama. She was a member of the Crimson Tide women's golf team and competed in the National Collegiate Championship Tournament her final three years of college.

Lee Yerty begins his sixth season as a full-time assistant strength and conditioning coach, and his fifth season as the Tiger Volleyball strength coach. Yerty served one year as an administrative assistant for women's athletics before he was appointed to his new position. While in that position, Yerty was responsible for game management of the Tiger Volleyball and the Lady Tiger Basketball squads. Yerty was the assistant strength coach at Washington State from 198590 before accepting the job of marketing director at Eastern Washington in 1991. Yerty was elevated to assistant athletic director in 1993 before becoming the recruiting coordinator for volleyball in 1995. Yerty, a native of Naches, Wash., is the husband of Carrie Yerty. They have two sons, WesLee and Jace and reside in Arlington, Tenn.

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ZOO3 Senior Class

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Brittany Barnett

Sheila Neba

Dallas, Texas/Lake Highlands Graduated: August, 2004

Aurora, Colorado/St. Mary's Graduated: May, 2004 Currently in Law School at The University of Michigan

Finished fourth in school history with 1,349 kills. Her 520 kills her senior year was the fifth-best single-season mark in Tiger history. Was named Second Team All-Conference USA.

Finished her career with 313 block assists, the fourth-best mark in career history. Neba was also eighth in career history with 64 block solos.

Became 15th Tiger in school history to hit 1,000 career kill and dig marks. Barnett finished with 1,174 career digs (8th in school history).

Finished with 286 kills her senior season and hit .298. Led the team in blocking for three straight seasons.

Named to Conference USA All-Freshman Team in 2000.

Served as a member of the SAAC representing the volleyball team.

Named to four all-tournament teams in 2002, including tournament MVP honors at Yale.

Named to the all-tournament team in the University of Memphis tournament as a senior.

Served as Team Captain for two seasons.

Named Academic All-District Second Team her senior season.

Graduated in August of 2004 with a degree in Hospitality and Resort Management.

Graduated in May of 2004 with a degree in psychology.

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Meet the 2004 Tigers r-;,-__»_ ., ^ . -<-«

tiara

The Gilkey File Hometown: High School: Position: Birthday: Major: Family: Awards:

Kills: Attempts: Digs:

Block Assists: Block Solos: Service Aces:

St. Louis, Mo. Pattonsville Right Side Hitter January 19, 1983 Communications Daughter of Steve Gilkey and Donna Malone. 2003 All-Conference USA (3rd Team); All-Tournament Team (Arkansas State, Memphis, Davidson); Conference USA AllTournament Team (2003); 16th Player in Memphis history to hit 1,000 career kills.

Career Highs 27 vs. UT-Martin (8/30/03) 63 at Charlotte (11/8/03) 26 vs. Cincinnati (11/1/03) 6 vs. Western Kentucky(8/31/02) 2 (twice, last vs. Southern Miss; 11/14/03) 6 vs. Christian Brothers (9/4/02)

Tiara's Notes: Tiara became the 16th player in Memphis history and the second in 2003 to hit the 1,000 career kill mark. Gilkey was the first to hit the 1,000 career kill mark in her junior season under Head Coach Carrie Yerty.

2003 (Junior) Started in all 36 matches during 2003, finishing with 538 kills, the secondhighest single season mark in Tiger history...Named Third Team All-Conference USA as Member had three players earn All C-USA honors for the first time in school history...Passed the 1,000 career kill mark against Louisville in the Conference USA Championship match, becoming the 16th Tiger to hit the 1,000 career kill mark in Memphis history and the second to do so in 2003...Her 1,250 attacks was the fifth-highest total in single season history and she is just 79 kills shy of breaking into the career top 10 in kills...Also stepped up defensively in 2003, finishing with 391 digs, second on the team behind Heather Watts...Set a career high with 27 kills against UT Martin at the Arkansas State tournament...Was named to the all-tournament teams at Arkansas State, Davidson and Memphis in addition to the Conference USA Tournament...Gilkey and Watts became the first Tigers to ever earn a Conference USA All-Tournament Award while helping Memphis to its first appearance in the C-USA Finals...That also marked Memphis' first-ever appearance in a televised TV match...Gilkey was named the Conference USA Co-Player of the Week Sept. 1st and helped Memphis finish 26th in the country in team kills with 16.33/game.

2OOZ (Sophomore) Started in 33 of the Tigers' 34 matches, playing in all 34 matches and in 125 of 128 games during the season...Was second on the team with 426 kills on the season, the 10th-best single season mark in school history...Moved from middle hitter to outside in the pre-season to get more swings...Her 3.41 kills/game was the second-highest total on the team...Downed double-digit kills in 23 of the Tigers' 34 matches, posting nine kills four times...Also stepped her game up defensively, posting double-digit digs 13 times, including a career-high 19 on the road at Dartmouth...Served up a careerbest six aces in a non-conference match against cross-town foe Christian Brothers...Posted a career-best six total blocks against Western Kentucky at the Georgia Southern Tournament...Was one of three Tigers named to the all-tournament team at Boston College, one of two tournaments the Tigers' won in 2002.

2001 (Freshman) Recovered from off-season knee surgery in time to play in 36 games for the Tigers in her freshman campaign, downing 43 kills and posting 20 total blocks...Posted a season-best .667 hitting percentage at High Point in a non-conference game that was the third game in three days for the Tigers in early November...Had a season-best seven kills against Jackson State in a triangular match at home and had three total blocks at Charlotte and against Murray State. At Pattonsville High School At Pattonsville, Gilkey was a two-time Suburban North League first team all-conference hitter..The middle hitter was a two-time MVP and a two-time all-district honoree...She helped her squad to a 31-3 record her senior season...Gilkey played club volleyball for the St. Louis Elite, competing in tournaments in Baltimore, Las Vegas and Chicago...She was coached by Terry Funderburk at Pattonsville. Personal Full name is Tiara Keyanna Gilkey...Daughter of Steve Gilkey and Donna Malone...Born January 19, 1983, in St. Louis, Mo....Chose Memphis over Tulane, Rice, UMass and Central Missouri State...Said she would play Georgetown if she could play a team that is not currently on the schedule.

Coach Yerty's Comments: Tiara has put up good numbers in terms of attacking and she really could be one of the best blockers in our conference. She's very dynamic in her leaping ability and has a good sense of getting a good block, so at the net, she should have a great year. What's going to be important for us this year is that Tiara develop into not just a great terminator, but that she develop into a smart, mature, finesse-type player too. Defensively, her athletic ability allows her to get to balls that other athletes in the conference cannot get to, but we need day-in and day-out leadership from Tiara and need her to be that all-around type person who is not just playing volleyball but providing leadership and consistency for our team if we hope to repeat the success of last year or build on it.

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What to Watch for in 2004 Gilkey is 79 kills shy of breaking into the career top 10 in kills. She has 1,007heading into 2004. Gilkey currently ranks 7th in career attack percentage (.238). Gilkey will draw more blocking attention with the graduation of Brittany Barnett, who added 520 kills last season. Gilkey will need the other outsides to step up and draw defensive attention while taking some more attack attempts. Named Third Team All-Conference USA last year, look for Gil key to push toward another league honor in her final season as a Tiger.

Gilkey's Career Statistics KILL 2003 2002 2001 TOTALS

538 426 4.3 1007

ATT

1250 236 1035 182 102 21 2387

439

PCI

.242 112 .236 .216 1

.238 174

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heather

The Watts File Hometown: High School:

Sandy, Utah Skyline Position: Setter Birthday: April 22, 1983 Major: Exercise Science Family: Daughter of Kurt and Sue Watts Awards: 2003 All-Conference USA (3rd Team); All-Tournament Team (Arkansas State, Memphis, Davidson); Conference USA All-Tournament Team (2003); Academic All-America (Third Team); Academic All-District (1st Team); AVCA AllMidwest Region (Honorable Mention); Single Season Record with 1,792 assists.

Kills: Attempts: Digs:

Block Assists: Block Solos: Service Aces: Assists:

Career Highs 11 atTulane (11/22/03) 18 at UAB (10/19/02) 24 vs. Cincinnati (11/1/03) 5, multiple time (last vs. Southern Miss, 11/14/03) 2 vs. Gardner-Webb (9/21/02) 6 vs. NC State (9/19/03) 70 vs. UT Martin (8/30/03)

Heather's Notes: After grabbing a number of awards in 2003, Heather will earn a shot at bragging rights in the family when she faces her younger sister, Hilary, Sept. 14th, when Memphis faces Central Arkansas. 2003 (Junior) Started and played in every game and match for Memphis for the third straight year...Was named Third Team All-Conference USA and Academic All-America Second Team...Was also an honorable mention honoree for the AVCA AllMidwest Region Team and a Co-SIDA Academic All-District First Team honoree, her second straight first team honor...Set a school record with 1,792 assists as a junior, moving her to second in school history with 3,376...Is also in the career top 10 in service aces (148) after leading Memphis with 63 aces in 2003 (the 10th-best single season total)...Passed the 1,000 career dig mark and is 11th in school history with 1,025 digs, just 116 digs shy of former teammate Ginger Garrett...She is also just three service aces shy of tying Garrett for 6th all-time in that category...Her team-leading 403 digs in 2003 ties for the fourth-best single season mark in Tiger history...Also serves on the Student Athlete Advisory Committee...Watts and Gilkey were the first Tigers to ever earn a Conference USA All-Tournament Honor in Memphis' first-ever appearance in the championship finals on TV...Watts ranked 17th in the nation in assists per game in 2003 (13.27/game), while Memphis was 26th in team kills and 24th in service aces...Her 1,792 assists was also the highest-ever number of assists for a junior in Conference USA...Watts was also named the Conference USA Player of the Week Sept. 15th....Named a Commissioner's Academic Medalist and to the C-USA Honor Roll...Graduated with her first bachelor's degree in August, will be completing a second bachelor's during the fall.

2OOZ (Sophomore) Assumed all the setting duties for the Tigers in 2002 as she was the only setter on the roster...Voted to the Verizon Academic All-District IV team by Co-SIDA, becoming the first Tiger Volleyball player to earn All-Academic honors from Co-SIDA since April Harriman became the school's third-ever Academic All-America honoree in 2000...Her 1575 assists in 2002 was the second-best single season mark in school history and Watts' already ranks sixth in school career history with 1,584 assists....Named to four all-tournament teams in 2002, including tournament MVP honors at Boston College...Tallied her first-ever double-digit kill outing with 10 kills at UAB (10/19/02) on a career-high 18 attacks...Served up five aces in a match two times (vs. CBU and at Yale)...Recorded 18 double-digit dig outings, including three matches with 19 or more digs in the last five matches of the

year.Posted a career-best 22 digs at Tulane and had 19 against Charlotte in a 3-2 first round loss at the C-USA Tournament.

XOOI (Freshman) Played in all 116 games as a freshman, filling a defensive specialist role...Tallied 244 digs for the season (2.10/game) and was fourth on the team with 36 service aces...Had the most service aces of all defensive specialists in the league with 36...Served up five service aces against South Alabama...Also recorded four service aces versus Robert Morris (9/7/01)... Had 27 assists versus Jackson State (10/23/01) and 14 digs at Saint Louis (9/28/01)...Tallied double-digit digs eight times. At Skyline High School Watts had a stellar prep career at Skyline High School in Sandy, Utah...Played for coach Joan Burdett as a setter, leading SHS to a state championship and an undefeated record in 2000...Received several honors on the court, including all-state (1998, 1999), all-region (1998, 1999) and Most Valuable Player (2000)...Is only the second setter in the state of Utah to boast over 1,000 assists in a season...Was one of two setters selected to the all-tournament team of the National Junior Championship...Also helped her squad to a state championship in 1998...Also played basketball, Softball and racquetball at SHS...Member of the National Honor Society. Personal Full name is Heather Audrey Watts...Daughter of Kurt and Sue Watts...Born April 22, 1983, in Murray, Utah...Enjoys skiing, fishing, hiking and scuba diving...Plans on attending physical therapy school after college...Sister, Hilary plays volleyball at Central Arkansas.

Coach Yerty's Comments Heather is such a mature leader in every aspect - academically, athletically, team-training, that I really expect her to be on autopilot this year. She knows the game, she understands the team, she understands how I want the team and the offense to be and what she needs to do on the court to lead our team. I expect her to have a great senior season and to put up numbers that will put her in the national rankings again. I honestly believe Heather is one of the best setters in America and look forward to this season.

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What to Watch for in 2004 Watts lost two offensive

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with the graduation of Brittany Barnett and Sheila Neba, who combined for 806 of Memphis' 2204 kills last season (36.5 % of last year's offense). Watts has been a consistent defensive player for Memphis in the previous three seasons, it would take her best dig total of her career, but she is 466 digs shy of the Memphis career record in that category, which would tie her with Amie Hamilton. Memphis' 2,204 kills in 2003 was a new single season record.

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The Clayton File

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Hometown: High School: Position: Birthday: Major: Family: Awards:

Kills: Attempts: Digs: Block Assists: Block Solos: Service Aces: Assists:

Houston, Texas Clear Lake Libero January 27, 1985 Undeclared Daughter of John and Brenda Clayton. C-USA Honor Roll; Tiger 3.0 Club

Career Highs 1, multiple times 3 vs. Cincinnati (11/1/03) 22 at Charlotte (11/8/03) 0 0 1 vs. Christian Brothers (10/14/03) 3 at Middle Tennessee (9/23/03)

Christen's Notes: After playing in 128 of 135 Tiger games last year, and with the graduation of primary passer Brittany Barnett, Clayton will be key to stabilizing the Tiger passing game, especially early in the year.

2003 (Freshman) Played in all 36 matches for Memphis and in 128 of 135 games, serving as the team's libero or defensive specialist...Finished fourth on the team with 362 digs...Tallied her first career kill against Troy State and her only service ace of the season against Christian Brothers...Tallied double-digit digs 22 of 36 matches, and passed the 20-dig mark twice, both coming in the last six matches of the season...Had a career-high 22 digs at Charlotte in a five-game thriller where the Tiger offense severely sputtered and hit .083, their worst offensive output of the year, but Clayton's 22 digs backboned the Tigers to a 3-2 road win.

At Clear Lake High School Was a three-year letterwinner at Clear Lake High School... Clear Lake Defensive Player of the Year in 2001 and was top 10 in the Houston area for digs that same season...Named Clear Lake MVP in 2002...First team All-District honoree as a junior and senior...Under head coach Nicole Blakeman, Clear Lake finished as the 24 5A District runners-up in 2002, finishing with a 19-14 overall record...Clayton also played club volleyball under coaches Jerry Hulla and Jeff Ham on the South Shore Mizuno squad that is ranked 14th in the state of Texas by lonestarvolleyball.com...Her best match was a 28 kill, 22-dig effort against Deer Park in the playoffs...She also played club volleyball with the Gulf Coast A Team and the Bay Area Juniors. ..Was also selected to the Tour of Texas in Spring 2002...Clayton is a player who is very familiar to one Tiger volleyball member, as she and sophomore Kristen Hardee are friends from their prep and club playing days. ..Outside of athletics, Clayton is a volunteer staff member with the Silver Dollar Ball, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society...She was also the treasurer for the Clear Lake Christmas Committee.

Personal Full name is Christen Kay Clayton...Daughter of John and Brenda Clayton...Born on January 27, 1985...Nickname is Cici... Clayton is considering majoring in business when she starts at Memphis...Enjoys beach volleyball, running and in-line skating in her free-time. Coach Yerty's Comments Christen brings a fiery, vocal attitude to the court and is capable of playing a one-man pass receive because she can cover such a huge portion of the court and has great ball control and reads servers very well. She came in with a jump serve that will benefit from the rule change this year. We'll use her as a server somewhere in our line-up, we're not sure where, but we just need to get a little more power behind her jump serve and that gives us an additional weapon from last year.

What to Watch tor in ZOO4 With the college game changing again to allow the libero to serve, watch for Clayton to continue working on her jump serve, adding another potent server to the Tiger line-up.

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The Hardee File Hometown: High School: Position: Birthday: Major: Family: Awards:

Sante Fe, Texas Sante Fe Outside Hitter March 23, 1984 Art Daughter of Allen and Mary Hardee. C-USA Honor Roll; Tiger 3.0 Club

Career Highs 9 vs. Wofford (9/20/03) 25 vs. Georgia State (8/30/02) 2 vs. Gardner-Webb (9/21/02) 7 at Chicago State (10/26/03) 6 vs. Georgia State (8/30/02) 1 (twice, last vs. Sacred Heart, 9/13/02) 6.0 vs. Georgia State (8/30/02) 2 (three times, last vs. Christian Brothers, 10/14/03)

Kills: Attempts: Assists: Digs: Block Assists: Block Solos: Total Blocks: Service Aces:

Kristen's Notes: Hardee made a move last season which meant reduced playing time in 2003. That move should pay off for both Kristen and the Tigers in 2004. With the graduation of Brittany Barnett, that opens up over 1,300 attacks from the 2003 offense that someone, possibly Kristen, will need to fill in 2004.

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Played in 29 of Memphis' 34 matches, including 81 of the 128 games...Downed 53 kills (0.65/game) and hit .085 in her freshman campaign...A lightning quick jumper, Hardee also posted 20 total blocks (0.25/game)...Served up 10 service aces on the season, including two at Boston College en route the tournament title for the Tigers...Her first collegiate game was her best of the season, downing seven kills on a careerhigh 25 attacks from the middle playing in place of an injured Sheila Neba to open the season...Her six block assists was also a career-best total for the freshman...Was one of two volleyball player and 19 Memphis student-athletes to earn a C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal for having a GPA of 3.75 or higher...Was also named to the C-USA Academic Honor Roll.

volleyball...Her club team won the Tour of Texas finals in 2001 and placed second in the Tampa National Qualifier...Was also a Sergeant-at-Arms for the National Honor Society...Also participated in the high jump with the track and field team her freshman and sophomore seasons, qualifying for the regionals during each season.

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Coach Yerty's Comments This year is a great opportunity for Kristen. She's the most explosive player on the team and has the ability to be a great defender and primary passer. She is going to have to find a calmness to her play and a confidence in her abilities so that she can be one of our contributors during crunch situations.

What to Watch tor in ZOO4

At Sante Fe High School Four-year letterwinner under Head Coach Anna Marie Milligan...Led the Indians to a 44-28 record and two area championships in the past two seasons...As a senior, was named all-district, all-county and all-mainland Superteam as well as Santa Fe High School MVP...Averaged 2.0 solo and 3.5 assisted blocks as a senior...Voted Most Talented and has all-district and all-county honors under her belt for all four seasons of prep

Kristen's move to the outside should help fill the opening left by the graduation of Brittany Barnett, but with her quick jumping ability, she can still back up the middles if necessary during a match.

Hardee's Career Statistics MP

2003 2002 TOTALS

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The Nance File Hometown: High School: Position: Birthday: Major: Family: Awards:

Frankfort, Ind. Clinton Prairie Middle Hitter March 9, 1985 Interdisciplinary Studies Daughter of Rick and Marsha Nance C-USA Honor Roll; Tiger 3.0 Club

Career Highs 12 at Tulane (11/22/03) 24 at UT-Martin (9/9/03) 3 vs. Christian Brothers (10/14/03) 6 (3 times, last vs. Tulane, 11/15/03) 6 (twice, last at Marquette, 10/24/03) 3 at Chicago State (10/26/03) 7.0 at Chicago State (10/26/03) 7 vs. Christian Brothers (10/14/03)

Kills: Attempts: Assists: Digs: Block Assists: Block Solos: Total Blocks: Service Aces:

Melissa's Notes: Melissa was the Tigers' most consistent offensive threat in the Conference USA Championship Game against Louisville, where she hit .467, leading the team. Her consistency throughout last season has expectations high for 2004 after she played in 129 of 135 games and started all 36 matches as a freshman.

ZOO3 (Freshman) Started all 36 matches as a freshman and played in all but six games throughout the season...Finished with 202 kills, fifth on the team...Was also third on the team with 81 total blocks, including 11 solos...Started her college career with a bang, downing 11 kills against UALR in the season opener...Only cleared double-digit kills one more time, when she had 12 at Tulane in the second round of the Conference USA tournament...Changed her serve in the middle of the season, which propelled her to 45 aces, second on the team... At Clinton Prairie High School Played volleyball under head coach Connie Garrett at Clinton Prairie High School.... A four-year letterwinner in volleyball, Softball and basketball, Nance was a member of the 2002 Class A Softball state championship team. In that championship game, Nance pitched a one-hitter, striking out seven while walking three and driving in the game-winning run with a double...Nance helped her volleyball squad to a 25-10 record as a senior and was named a 2002 J&C All-Area and All-County honoree. She was also a 2000 all-state volleyball honoree and is a member of the Student Council, National Honor Society, Pep Club, Letterman's Club and Honor Roll.

Personal Full name is Melissa Lou-Ann Nance....Daughter of Rick and Marsha Nance...Born on March 9, 1985...Majoring in Education. Coach Yerty's Comments Melissa is a solid, stable competitor and is probably the hardest worker on the team. I think it's exciting that she had a full spring to learn more about her position after she played in every match last fall, and she has really learned more about her position and her options as a middle hitter. We do need to continue to develop her blocking skills, but in terms of offense, I expect another great year for her.

What to Watch for in XOO4 Melissa will be one of the two returning middles for 2004, and the middle with the most match experience after playing and starting every match last year. The Tigers will look to her and Fehi Tuivai to set the pace for the freshmen and to replace Sheila Neba's 146 total blocks from 2003.

Nance's Career Statistics 2003 TOTALS

ATT 499 499

E 82 82

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nancy

The Nellans File Hometown: High School: Position: Birthday: Major: Family: Awards:

Kills: Attempts: Assists: Digs: Block Assists: Block Solos: Service Aces:

t 2003 (Sophomore) For the second straight season, Nellans finished third on the team in kills, finishing with 407, just 19 shy of breaking into the single season top 10 in that category...She also led the team in digs per game with 3.02...The sophomore played in all 36 matches, starting 35 and playing in 127 of 135 games...Nellans finished fourth on the team with 40 service aces...Nellans downed double-digit kills 21 times, surpassing the 20-kill mark twice...She set a single match career high with 25 digs at Tulane in the second round of the Conference USA Tournament...She was the third Tiger to take at least 1,000 swings last season, finishing with 1,046 attacks, just 47 shy of the single season top 10 in that category.

2OOZ (Freshman) Nellans had a stellar freshman campaign, finishing third on the team with 353 kills, an average of 3.15 kills per game...Nellans crushed 20 or more kills five times, including a career-high 26 kills twice, once against UT-Martin (10/1/02) and once against C-USA foe Houston (10/12/02)...Nellans downed 20 or more kills against four different C-USA opponents (Houston, TCU, Marquette, East Carolina)...Her nine service aces in a match against Arkansas State in the opening game of the U of M Tournament tied a C-USA record for number of aces by a freshman in a single game...At one point, Nellans was among the top 25 in the nation in service aces...Was just one dig shy of her first 20-dig career match with 19 against TCU.

At St. Joseph High School Lettered three years for Head Coach Frank Nemeth....Helped the Indians to a 51-14 record over the past two seasons and was named team MVP both her junior and senior seasons...Downed 338 kills and had a .507 hitting percentage as a senior...Also tallied 43 service aces, 183 digs, 88 block

2003 2002 TOTALS

407 353 760

Career Highs 26 (twice, last vs. Houston, 10/11/02) 66 vs. Houston (10/11/02) 4 vs. Arkansas State (9/6/02) 25 at Tulane (11/22/03) 4 (twice, last at UT-Martin, 9/9/03) 1 (multiple, last vs. Tulane, 11/15/03) 9 vs. Arkansas State (9/6/02)

Nancy's Notes: 2004 could be a breakthrough year for Nancy. With the graduation of the 2003 seniors, that will mean more opportunities for another Tiger outside hitter, and with two years in the Tiger line-up, Nellans should get the nod. Nancy will also have the opportunity to step into a primary passer roll and after finishing third on the team in 2003 with 383 digs, could have a big year as a junior. She is also just 240 kills shy of the 1,000 career kill mark and will try to be just the second junior under Carrie Yerty to hit the 1,000 career kill mark.

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solos and 61 block assists her senior year...Was honored with the Kiwanis Award and was named to the Munster, Ind. all-tournament team as well as to the first-team all-state squad...Team captain her junior and senior years and a starter on her club team...Named team MVP and received the spirit and leaderships awards as a senior. Personal Full name is Nancy Louise Nellans..Daughter of Ken and Linda Nellans...Born August 9, 1984...Has one brother, Nathan...Majoring in sports management. Coach Yerty's Comments There is not a bigger competitor on our team than Nancy and if she can continue to mature and develop as an offensive force, as well as a solid defender and passer, then we'll be really strong again this year. With continued improvement on her attack percentage and her shot selection, she will continue to develop as one of the conference's strongest outside hitters. What to Watch (or in 2004 The table will be set for Nellans to have a huge year in 2004. With a senior setter and right side hitter in the line-up and with more swings being available with the graduation of the 2004 seniors, look for Nancy to factor into the Tigers' offense often, especially early in the season. Nancy will also try to become the second junior under Carrie Yerty to hit the 1,000 career kill mark. She is currently 240 shy of her 1,000th kill. Should Nellans hit 1,000, that would mark five of the last six seasons that a Tiger has passed the 1,000 career kill mark.

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hristina

TheSlanchevaFile Hometown: High School: Position: Birthday: Major: Family: Awards:

Kills: Attempts:

Assists: Digs: Block Assists: Block Solos: Service Aces:

Sofia, Bulgaria First English Setter Dec. 9, 1981 Communication Daughter of Jivka and Peter Slanchevi C-USA Honor Roll; Tiger 3.0 Club Career Highs 1 vs. Holy Cross (9/13/03) 2 vs. Holy Cross (9/13/03) 4 vs. Holy Cross (9/13/03) 6 vs. Wofford (9/20/03) 0 0 Sat Saint Louis (10/3/03) Tied a C-USA record for service aces in a match

Hristina's Notes: This will be a big year for Hristina Slancheva to show that she's prepared and ready to step into the starting setter's spot after Watts' graduation. The Bulgariaborn setter spent last year setting up the Tiger offense with tough serving, but now it will be time to build team chemistry with all her hitters for the post-Watts' era.

2003 (Freshman)

Coach Yerty's Comments

Slancheva's serve meant that despite playing setter behind Heather Watts, she still saw action in 98 out of 135 games...The Bulgarian freshman finished third on the team with 41 service aces in her 98 games played and tied a Conference USA Single Match Record with eight service aces at Saint Louis...Slancheva also dug up 32 attacks and downed her first career kill against Holy Cross in the University of Memphis tournament...With tough serving from Slancheva off the bench, the Tigers ranked 24th in the country in aces per game in 2003 with 2.06 an outing.

Hristina's in a really good position to learn from a really great setter, athlete, captain, leader and all in Heather. I would look for her to back up Heather again in the setting position and to start preparing to take ownership of the setting spot for the spring. She is a really effective server and has great instincts at the net in terms of blocking. Now is when we're hoping to see Hristina improve defensively so she can back up Heather in her setting duties. Once she improves her defense and her leadership skills, she'll be ready to step into the setting spot that Heather will vacate after this year.

Spring 2OOZ Slancheva joined the Tiger line-up for the spring season after starting school in January.

In Bulgaria Was a five-time MVP for First English Language School in her native Bulgaria...Was a three-time gold medalist in the Bulgarian national championships and was a gold medalist in the games in Reggio N'uila, Italy in 1997...Also played tennis for First English.

What to Watch for in ZOO4 Watch for Tiger Head Coach Carrie Yerty to try to give Heather Watts some rest and to get Hristina some reps with the offense throughout the season. With no other setters on the roster, Slancheva is the go-to player to keep the offense together after Watts graduates. Even if she is not setting up the offense, Slancheva will still remain an offensive weapon from the back row. Last year, she scored 43 points for Memphis despite getting just two kills.

Personal Full name is Hristina Petrova Slancheva...Daughter of Jivka and Peter Slanchevi...Her father was a European volleyball champion in the 1970s and is a volleyball coach...Her father's cousin, Lubomir Ganev, is also a volleyball player who played on the Bulgarian Olympic Team that upset Brazil, finishing seventh, in the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996...Born on Dec. 9,1981...Considering majoring in psychology or sociology...Enjoys bowling, pool and playing tennis and backgammon in her free-time.

Slancheva's Career Statistics 2003 TOTALS

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emily

TheSteckelFile Hometown: High School: Position: Birthday: Major: Family:

Awards:

Santa Clarita, Calif. Hart Libero/DS May 12, 1984 Business Daughter of William and Donna Steckel C-USA Honor Roll; Tiger 3.0 Club

Career Highs 1 at Chicago State (10/26/03) 1 (3 times, last at East Carolina, 11/7/03) 2 vs. Cincinnati (11/1/03) 15 at Chicago State (10/26/03) 0 0 0

Kills: Attempts: Assists: Digs: Block Assists: Block Solos: Service Aces:

Emily's Notes: Emily was a go-to defensive player when the Tigers needed someone to clear up the passing game or the back row last year. At Chicago State, she stepped in and helped the Tigers, who were struggling in their third match in three straight days, escape the Windy City with a victory with a career-high 15 digs. Steckel also got some unexpected front row experience at East Carolina when the Tigers were caught without substitutes. She played all the way across the front as Memphis held on for the win.

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zoos (Freshman) Steckel stepped in and played in 31 of 36 matches for the Tigers as a freshman, stabilizing the Tiger passing game in a number of different situations...In a non-conference match at Chicago State, Steckel stepped in for a Tiger team that was struggling after back-to-back conference road victories...Steckel backstopped Memphis with a career-high15 digs and helped Memphis fly out of the Windy City with three victories in three days...The freshman downed her first career kill in that Chicago State match. At Hart High School A two-year letterwinner and starter at Hart High, Steckel helped her team to the state play-offs as a senior. She also played club volleyball with the Santa Monica Beach Club that ranked in the top 10 in the SCVA and finished in the top 20 at the Las Vegas Invitational...Also played club ball at outside hitter and libero for the Synergy Volleyball Club (renamed from Santa Clarita Athletic Club)...Her Magic Volleyball Club also won the SCVA Championships at the 14s level....Steckel was voted the best defensive player at the Nike High Potential Camp at Ohio State last summer and also attended the Dave Rubio volleyball camp at the University of Arizona....Member of the California Scholastic Federation and a member of the Honor Society.

Personal Full name is Emily Ann Steckel...Daughter of William and Donna Steckel...Born on May 12, 1984...Considering majoring in either journalism, psychology or pre-law at Memphis. Coach Yerty's Comments Emily brings a real calm, controlled personality to the court and will definately have plenty of opportunities to play this fall. She worked hard on developing her serve last year and we will be able to use her with the rule change regarding liberos this year. With a little confidence, Emily will be a real stabilizing force in our passing game this year. What to Watch for in 2004 More of the same consistency from Emily's passing skills. A solid defensive player, Steckel is capable of stepping into the line-up and immediately solving a problem spot for any of the positions in the defensive spots.

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Hometown: High School: Position: Birthday: Major: Family: Awards:

Kills: Attempts: Assists: Digs: Block Assists: Block Solos: Service Aces:

Salt Lake City, Utah Highland Outside Hitter Oct. 1, 1984 Undeclared Daughter of Tom and Catherine Toronto C-USA Honor Roll; Tiger 3.0 Club

Career Highs 4 vs. Christian Brothers (10/14/03) 8 vs. Christian Brothers (10/14/03) 0 3 (twice, last vs. Christian Brothers, 10/14/03) 1 vs. Christian Brothers (10/14/03) 0 1 vs. Holy Cross

Jennie's Notes: Jennie spent her first collegiate season adjusting to the game and the league. She was consistently one of the team's spark plugs when they needed a boost from the bench.

ZOO3 (Freshman) Played sporatically in her first season, spending most of the year adjusting to the college game...Had her biggest outing in the Elma Roane Fieldhouse, where she downed four kills with three digs and a block assist in a 3-0 win over Christian Brothers...Also had her first career service ace in the Fieldhouse, acing Holy Cross in the U of M tournament. At Highland High School Was a two-year letterwinner at Highland HS under Head Coach Kim Norman, the same high school with the same head coach that Logan Tom attended...Helped her team to a third-place finish at the state tournament in 2002 and a runner-up finish in the region and the state in 2000 and a silver place in the Park City Volleyclassic High Performance Tournament...Named second-team all-state...Also a member of the student senate and junior choir...An honor roll student at Highland.

Personal Full name is Jennie Maria Toronto...Daughter of Tom and Catherine Toronto...Born on Oct. 1, 1984...Considering majoring in nursing or teaching...Is niece of Caroline Toronto, a track and field All-America honoree at the University of Utah..Enjoys skiing, snowboarding, hiking, camping, biking, playing piano and guitar and art in her free-time... Coach Yerty's Comments Jennie is such a team player, that the team really rallies around her when she gets her opportunities. She improved a ton over the spring and will give us some depth this year on the outside. She brings so many intangibles to the team that she really fits our team and powers them on in every situation. What to Watch Cor in ZOO4 Jennie spent last season making the adjustment to college volleyball and could see some time in a much-less experience outside hitting pool in 2004. The opportunities will exist for any outside hitters to step up early.

Toronto's Career Statistics 2003 TOTALS

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The Tuivai File Hometown: High School: Position: Birthday: Major: Family:

Awards:

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Kent, Wash. Kent-Meridian Middle Hitter October 24, 1982 Sociology Daughter of Vaisi Liva Tuivai and Afu Taumoepeau C-USA Honor Roll; Tiger 3.0 Club

Career Highs 7 vs. Christian Brothers (10/14/03) 13 vs. Christian Brothers (10/14/03) 1 (4 times, last vs. Southern Miss, 11/14/03) 5 vs. Christian Brothers (10/14/03) 5 at Tulane (11/22/03) 1 (2 times, last vs. Christian Brothers, 10/14/03) 1 vs. Christian Brothers (10/14/03)

Fehi's Notes: Fehi played in 35 games, with a majority of those games coming in October and November after she had some practice time in the Tigers' system after transferring from Eastern Washington over the summer.

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2003 (Sophomore) Played a majority of her 35 games toward the end of the year after she had some time to adjust to the Tigers' offensive system...Responded by offering some offensive consistency for the Tiger middles when they needed it, including a .429 hitting percentage in the match against Tulane that determined which team got the No. 4 seed in the Conference USA tournament...Her longest outing was against Christian Brothers, her first really extensive action of the season, where she downed seven kills on 13 attacks...Added five block assists against Tulane in the second round of the Conference USA tournament, helping Memphis make its first-ever appearance in the league semifinals with the win. 2002 (Freshman/Eastern Washington) Played in 15 games, downing seven kills after redshirting the 2001 season at Eastern Washington...Also posted four total blocks, including two solos and hit .200 while helping Eastern Washington to a 29-2 overall record, including a 13-1 mark in the Big Sky Conference. 2001. (Redshirted/Eastern Washington) Redshirted the 2001 season at Eastern Washington.

At Kent-Meridian High School Was a three-year letterwinner at Kent-Meridian High School in Kent, Washington...Was an honorable mention all-conference player her sophomore year and a first-team all-league selection her junior and senior seasons...Was named league MVP as a senior...Also a three-year letterwinner in basketball. Personal Full name is Melenaite Fehi Tuivai...Daughter of Vaisiliva Tuivai and Afu Taumoepeau...Born October 24,1982...Majoring in sociology...Enjoys "long, profound conversations with Hristina, making people laugh and hanging with her family."

Coach Yerty's Comments: Fehi had a great spring. She was one of our best blockers all spring long. She's so fast laterally that she gets touches on a lot of balls and that really helps our defense. In transition, she has the ability to get up really quick and has a wide range in her shot selection. As a junior, I expect her to add some maturity to the court and think she'll do a great job of helping our middles in the blocking scheme.

What to Watch For in ZOO4 Fehi will probably start the season as one of the team's better blockers. Not typically a Memphis strength, expect Tuivai's blocking to give the defense some better opportunities to get to some attacks and for her to transition quickly to put those same balls down in a quicker offense.

Tuivai's Career Statistics MP 2003 TOTALS

KILL

FT 93 93

E 22 22

PCT .097 .097

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A 4 4

SA 1 1

20O4 Newcomers

shelby

6*0 A Freshman San Antonio, TX A Holmes Middle Hitter

6-0 A Freshman San Antonio, TX A James Madison Outside Hitter

At James Madison High School

At Holmes High School Burton was a three-year letterwinner for Roseanne Martinez at Holmes High School in San Antonio, Texas...She also lettered in basketball and track and field...Burton and fellow 2004 signee Ashley Liford were both teammates of the Alamo 18 Kaepa Club Volleyball Team coached by Howard Wallace...She earned all-district honors her junior year...She was also a member of the Spanish and English honor societies and the National Honor Society.

Personal Born May 23, 1986 in Wichita, Kansas...Daughter of Howard and Leslie Burton...Had scholarship offers from San Jose State and New Mexico before choosing Memphis...Plans on majoring in biology at Memphis.

Coach Yerty's Comments: Shelby will add a lot of depth to the middle. She's probably our most dynamic slide hitter and is a very good blocker. She has played at a really high level of high school and club volleyball and is capable of earning a starting position on our team.

Liford was a member of the USA Volleyball High Performance Youth Program in the summer of 2003 and one of 12 players in the state of Texas named to the Texas 5A and 4A Combined All-Star Team that played July 5.6 and 7th of 2004...Was a three-year letterwinner under Head Coach Renata Goebel at James Madison...She helped her senior team to a 24-8 record :i 2003, missing the playoffs by one match in the toughest division in Texas prep volleyball...All-District Honorable Mention as a junior and Southwes! Tournament MVP as a senior...First team all-district..Team Captain her senior season...Team MVP for James Madison and for the Alamo Volleyball Club as a senior...As a team captain for the Alamo Volleyball Club, Lifcrd helped her squad to the nationals in Houston...Also a two-year letter\vinner in cross country and track...Qualified for the cross country regionalsasa sophomore and participated in the triple jump and 400-meter run in track...Was an academic all-state honoree in volleyball as a senior and a â&#x20AC;˘ district as a junior in cross country...Was also a member of Honors Band the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA), the National Honor Society and was an Academic All-District team member in volleyball her junior and senior years...Played club volleyball with Burton for the Alamo Club Volleyball Program...Her 17s team qualified for the U.S. Junior Olympics in Atlanta.

Personal Born Sept. 27, 1986...Daughter of Edwin and Joelle Allen and Steve Liford...Her dad, Steve, played basketball for Truman State University (formerly known as Northeast Missouri State)...Plans on majoring in physic; therapy or pre-med at Memphis...Also was recruited by Auburn, Miarn'. Denver, Texas Tech, Lamar and West Texas A&M.

Coach Yerty's Comments Ashley is ultra-competitive and is planning on challenging right away fr the opportunity to play. She has been a primary passer for her club team and is a very good blocker. Watching her mix into the melt will be exciting this year.

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2003 Year In Review The 2003 season was a noteworthy one for a number of reasons for the Tigers. Among the season's accomplishments were: -- Three players named All-Conference USA for the first time in school history — The program's first-ever appearance in the Conference USA Championship finals, which was also Memphis' first-ever televised game. — The program's second Academic AllAmerica honoree since 2001. - The best-ever winning percentage in school history with a 30-6 mark (.833). — Becoming the second C-USA volleyball team to hit the 30-win mark. The year began just up I-55 at the Arkansas State tournament. Memphis faced a UALR team that had a strong international flavor and that was predicted to finish second in the Sun Belt Conference. The Tigers used a triple threat of Tiara Gilkey, Nancy Nellans and freshman Melissa Nance to ward off the Trojans, 3-1. Nance opened her collegiate career with 11 kills and a .556 attack percentage, while Gilkey passed the 20-kill mark with 21 to lead Memphis to the victory. Later that afternoon, Memphis would pick up a similar 3-1 victory over Eastern Kentucky, with Brittany Barnett leading the four Tigers in double-digit kills with 17. Gilkey added 16, Nellans 14 and Sheila Neba rounded out the double-digit forces with 10 kills. The second day of the ASU tournament began with a foe that somehow always seems to plan on going five with the Tigers, regardless of having graduated almost all of its starters. UT Martin and the Tigers would face each other twice in a two-week period, and both matches would go five, starting with the Tigers' third match of the year. Four Skyhawks would hit double-digit kills, while three Tigers hit the double-digit mark, led by 27 from Gilkey, but Memphis managed to string together points to take game five, 17-15, and the match 3-2. The Tigers were 3-0 and heading into a championship match situation against host ASU, who was also 3-0 in the tournament. Whether it was an earlier five-set win over UT Martin or the suddenly loud and vocal crowd, Memphis found itself down 2-0 to ASU heading into the break between games two and three. Memphis hit below .100 in both of the opening two games. But the Tigers roared back and hit over .300 in the next two games to force a deciding fifth game, but the ASU offense, which was still clicking through games three and four, out hit Memphis .304 to .192 in the fifth game, giving them their home tournament title and handing the Tigers their first loss of the season. Tiara Gilkey and Heather Watts would each earn a spot to the all-tournament team, and Memphis would load the bus for home with a 3-1 mark. Gilkey would go on to be named the Conference USA Co-Player of the Week after downing 85 kills in the four matches. The Tigers flew to North Carolina to participate in the Davidson tournament and made short work of Radford and Troy State on the opening day of the tournament, improving to 5-1 on the season. The battle with the host team would go tour, with Davidson coming back from a 30-20 game one loss to win the second game 30-26. Memphis hit over .500 in games one and four, picking up a 3-1 win and their first of two tourna-

ment titles for the season. Heather Watts would pick up a tournament MVP honor, while Gilkey and Barnett would join her with all-tournament honors. Nine days after first standing toe-to-toe with UT Martin, the Tigers were on the bus and in Martin, Tenn., for a non-conference slugfest against the Skyhawks once again. Memphis came out and won game one 30-20, but UT Martin answered back with 30-28 and 31 -29 victories in games two and three. Memphis held UT Martin under .100 in offense on the next two games, winning game four 30-25 and taking game five 15-12. The Tigers got 18 kills from Gilkey in the win and got double-digit kills from Neba (15) and Barnett and Nellans, who each added 11 kills in the win. The Tigers snuck out of Martin with a 7-1 overall record and were heading for their home opener against another instate foe, Tennessee Tech. The Golden Eagles of Tech could not find their offense until they were down 2-0 to Memphis in the opening round of the University of Memphis tournament. By the time Tennessee Tech hit over .200, they came up just short, 30-28, in game three. Memphis would roll through the remainder of the tournament, with wins over Holy Cross and Louisiana-Lafayette, 3-0, to take their second tournament title in as many weeks. Watts would pick up her second tournament MVP honor, while Gilkey and Neba would also earn all-tournament awards. It was the first career all-tournament award for Neba in her four years as a Tiger. Watts would go on to be named the Conference USA Player of the Week, her second career C-USA honor. Memphis again loaded the bus, this one destined for Birmingham, Ala., where the Tigers eagerly awaited a match against North Carolina State, an ACC foe that Memphis had not faced since 1986. But before the Tigers would face State, they would play host Birmingham Southern the Thursday before the tournament officially got rolling in a schedule change. In front of a vocal and supportive BSC crowd, the host team rallied back from a 2-0 deficit to win game three, 30-19 while hitting .469. But the Tigers regrouped to hit .400 in game four, their best hitting percentage of the night, to take the deciding game, 30-14. Barnett and Nellans each finished with 16 kills, while Gilkey

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added 13. Finally came the match with N.C. State. The result of a fired-up Tiger team was a 3-0 win that saw State unable to score more than 24 points in any of the three games. Gilkey led the Tigers with 17 kills, while Nellans chipped in 13 and Barnett 11. Watts led the offense with six service aces and 52 assists, while Memphis improved to 12-1 on the season. The following day, the Tigers got by Wofford, 3-0, with Kristen Hardee coming off the bench to down nine kills on 14 attacks to hit .643 and push Memphis to a 13-1 overall record. Also in that match, Brittany Barnett would become the 15* Tiger in school history to pass the 1,000 career kill mark. Memphis would round out the tournament with a 4-0 mark with a 3-0 victory over South Alabama. The Tigers may have thought they had lot of road trips in 2003, so it was back on the bus and headed to Murfreesboro, Tenn., for Memphis just three days after the Birmingham Southern tournament. Memphis won games one and two, but when the Middle Tennessee football team showed up to support the Lady Raiders, the momentum swung back to the MTSU side, with the Blue Raiders winning games three and four, 30-26. But Memphis would hit .471 in the fifth and deciding game, taking a 15-11 victory and their third nonconference road win of the season. Memphis improved to 15-1 overall and would travel back down I-40 to hit I-55 to open its conference schedule at Saint Louis. The Saint Louis trip is always a special one for Tiger Tiara Gilkey. The junior outside responded accordingly in the C-USA opener, downing 15 kills, while Barnett and Nellans would add 12 and 11 respectively. Freshman setter Hristina Slancheva would also find a place in the Conference USA record book with eight service aces against the Billikens, tying a C-USA single match record. Memphis was just four wins away from the 20win mark just 17 matches into the season, and had overcome a bad blocking performance that saw them get out-blocked 8-3 to open the C-USA schedule with a road win. Before returning to Memphis, the Tigers stopped in Cape Girardeau, Mo., just down the

2OO3 Year in Review road from Saint Louis on 1-55 for a non-conference match. Whether it was the bus trip, the nonconference match following a conference opener or something else, the Tigers found themselves in a battle. Memphis won games one and two, 30-28 and 30-26 before SEMO closed out a game, 30-25, in the third. Game four was one in which neither team could get much offense rolling, but Memphis out hit SEMO .242 to .176 to hold on for a 30-27 game four victory. Barnett led Memphis with 19 kills, while Gilkey and Nellans each cracked double-digits with 13 and 12 kills, respectively. Neba would be a force at the net for Memphis, stuffing nine total blocks, while Nellans picked up a double-double with 16 digs in addition to her 12 kills. There was no rest for the road weary though, and the problems that started with the difficult Southeast Missouri State match came to the front in Fort Worth, Texas, against TCU. Memphis hit negative for the first time all season in the opening game against TCU, which was playing one of its first matches in a brand new volleyball facility on campus. But while the TCU students were on fall break, the local schools responded, sending a bunch of vocal Horned Frog supporters in to keep the Memphis passing game and offense reeling. Memphis would fall in game two, 30-26, hitting just .125 before finally regrouping between games two and three to out-hit TCU .286 to .194, but not before the TCU blocking game helped them pick up a 31-29 game three victory which handed Memphis not only its first road loss in five tries, but its first conference loss. The four-hour bus trip from Fort Worth to Houston was made all the longer with the loss, which dropped Memphis to 17-2 on the season and 1-1 in the league and with a road contest facing a Houston team that had not lost to Memphis since 1998 in their home gym. Game one alone would have been enough to let everyone on both teams know what kind of night it was going to be. With 11 ties and five lead changes, with Houston prevailing, 30-26. But the Tigers answered back with a 30-26 victory of their own in game two, to knot the match at one apiece. The Tigers seized the advantage with a 30-21 game three win despite just hitting .220, while Houston hit under .100. In game four, Memphis would get six of her 19 kills from Barnett, propelling Memphis to their second Conference USA road win of the year and a mark of 18-2 on the season. Cross-town rival CBU had all that momentum to deal with in a non-conference match-up against the Tigers just three days later, in addition to the underlying emotion of the match which featured former Tiger Nan Kimbrell coming back into the Elma Roane Fieidhouse after transferring to CBU over the previous summer. Kimbrell would lead her team with eight kills, but the Tigers answered back with 13 from Barnett and nine from Neba in a 3-0 win that pushed Memphis to 19-2 with UAB and USF rolling into the Fieidhouse for Memphis' C-USA home opener. UAB featured Martina Shields, one of the premier hitters in the league, and Memphis' goal was to block her aggressively and to be in position defensively to dig up everything she hit. The Tigers came close. Shields finished with just six kills on 22 swings, and hit .045. Without their leading hitter, UAB looked to Karen Boyd, who responded with nine kills, but the Blazer offense could not

match the Tiger offense that had three players in double-digit kills, lead by Gilkey's 12. Memphis also aced the UAB passers eight times in a 3-0 victory, and prepared for USF and their high-octane offense. The Bulls were going through a transition in 2003 as well. Gone were three-time player of the year Michelle Collier and her setter Alesandra Domingos. While Rachel Jobes was back, the question was who else would power the USF offense. The answer was junior Shameka Mitchell. Mitchell lit Memphis up with 21 kills and a .405 attack percentage, but Memphis used a balance offense to go up 2-0 early, and then hang on for a 35-33 game three win. Nellans would lead the Tigers with 19 kills, while Gilkey and Barnett added 12 and Neba added 10. It was offensive show on both sides, as just one player between the two teams had double-digit digs. Memphis was now 21 -2 and 4-1 in the league, matching their C-USA win total from the previous season.

Memphis then welcomed Ole Miss into the Elma Roane Fieidhouse, looking to avenge a 3-1 loss in Oxford the previous season. While the Tiger offense sputtered a bit, hitting just .198, so did the Rebel offense, hitting .116 in a 3-0 Memphis win. Memphis out-dug Ole Miss, 54-39, setting up 13 more kills on the same number of attacks compared to the Rebels. The win pushed Memphis to 22-2. The 22nd win was significant because it tied the best-ever win total in Carrie Yerty's eight-year career in Memphis. It would be back on the road to look for the 23rd win of the season. The rainy and cold road trip to Milwaukee, Wis., to play one last time in the Marquette Gym was an appropriate metaphor for the Tigers' experience in that gym. A small gym with the fans right on top of the court (and literally sitting in the end zones), the Golden Eagles would move into a brand new home following the completion of the 2003 season, but not before taking one final shot at Memphis. It was an emotional and high-paced match, with the two teams splitting the first two games

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before Memphis squeaked by with a 31-29 game three win to go up 2-1. But the Tigers would lose that momentum, up 20-11, in game four, allowing Marquette to come back to win that game 30-27. It would be the first and only time of the season that Memphis would have a trio of players over the 20-kill mark, and the Tigers needed every kill they could get. Nellans led the team with 23 kills. while Gilkey added 22. Two Tiger blocks (Memphis out-blocked Marquette 4-1 in the fifth game). would give the Tigers enough cushion to finally leave Marquette gym with a victory, and a 23-2 overall record and a 5-1 C-USA mark. DePaul is another team that Memphis has not fared so well against on the road, and the ensuing Saturday night C-USA match would see some of the more bizarre plays of the Tigers' season. Game one was tied 30 all when Heather Watts dug up a ball that the DePaul crowd and announcer thought was down. On DePaul's return attack off that same dig, Watts floated another dig back over the DePaul net, which the Blue Demon attacker swung at and hit out of bounds, putting Memphis up, 31-30. Freshman Melissa Nance then served the ball and watched it hit the top of the net tape and roll to the floor to give Memphis game one, 32-30. Barnett then downed one of her 17 kills that rolled down the tape toward the Blue Demons' center court to tie game two at 20 all. Kristen Hardee then downed two straight kills, including one that was blocked back at her but bounced off her shoulder and back over the Blue Demon blockers, to give Memphis enough momentum to claim game two, 30-25. Game three was another affair that saw Memphis give up a lead. Watts picked up the third Tiger service ace to hit the net tape and roll to the Blue Demons' side of the floor. to give Memphis a 14-10 lead in game three, but DePaul stormed back all the way to 21-20 before a Christen Clayton dig floated over the net, where a Blue Demon attacker stood waiting. The attacker swung at the ball, but it floated over her and landed on the floor behind her to give Memphis a 22-20 lead and enough momentum to escape Chicago with a 30-25 game three win. But before the Tigers could return home, they would face Chicago State for their third straight road match in as many days. And the Cougars and Stacey Cole were waiting. Cole was one of the leading hitters in the country, and would rack up 26 kills against Memphis in a 3-1 Tiger victory on CSU's senior day. Memphis, meanwhile, would forget to unpack its passing game until game two. after Chicago State had taken game one, 30-26. It was the seniors who powered Memphis through the tough non-conference match, with Barnett firv ishing with 14 kills, while Neba added 12 kills and four blocks. Gilkey would chip in with 12 kills, but hit just .068 for the match. Luckily for Memphis no other Cougar got to double-digits, and the TV ^ gers picked up their 25* win of the season. The going would get significantly tougher back ' in the Elma Roane Fieidhouse. No. 22 Louisville's only two losses to the Tigers were forfeits tha: were awarded from the NCAA after a rules infraction was found, and the Cardinals were not going * to let 2003 be any different, claiming games one and two, 30-23 and 30-26. But Memphis wotA! fight back to win game three and four, 30-27. but Louisville hit .588 in the fifth game, having \xf Sonja Percan and Lena Utymenko down 25 kil s.

2003 Year in Review Back on the volleyball court, the Tigers were in a three-way fight with Southern Miss and Tulane for the No. 3 seed for the conference tournament, which was being hosted in New Orleans. First up, would be a match-up with Southern Miss. For the first time since Oct. 31s1 Memphis would come up on the short end of a 3-2 decision. The Tigers would drop their third 3-2 decision, while USM would break the tie and seize the No. 3 spot in the tournament bracket, along with an all-important first-round bye. So not only were Tulane and Memphis vying for the first-round bye and the No. 4 seed, but the loser would be the No. 5 seed and would play the No. 4 seed in the second round, only this time in New Orleans. Which is exactly what would happen. Memphis downed Tulane 3-1 in the last home match for seniors Brittany Barnett and Sheila Neba. It was not an impressive offensive effort for either team, and again Memphis got severely out-blocked, but it did grant the Tigers the No. 4 seed for the tournament. The Tigers would draw the winner of the No. 5 Tulane/No. 12 Saint Louis match in the second round of the tournament in Tulane's home gym. Barnett would have her best outing of the year with 26 kills, while Nellans added 16 and Gilkey 15. Neba would be the fourth Tiger in double-digit kills with 11, but Memphis was out-blocked 21.511.5 for the deciding factor. The Tigers would not have much time to stew over the missed opportunity for the W, as league-leading Cincinnati rolled into the Fieldhouse the next night. Memphis would again have four players in double-digit kills, including 10 from Watts in her first triple double of the season, but Cincinnati would come back from a 30-27 game one loss to down the Tigers 3-1. It was the first time Memphis had lost back-to-back games on the season, but again, the Tigers got out-blocked in a big way, 22-9. So with a 25-4 overall and 6-3 mark in Conference USA play, it was back on the road for the Tigers. At East Carolina, Memphis needed all the extra points it could get. Gilkey led the team with 22 kills, while Barnett added 15, but that was all the offense the Tigers could generate, while ECU pushed Memphis to 32-30 in game one and 3735 in game two. Kristen Hardee was again inserted to find some Tiger offense, and Hardee finished with five kills on nine attacks to help Memphis weather a 3-0 victory. The road trip didn't get any easier in Charlotte the following night. The two teams split the first two games and Memphis would go up 2-1 with a 30-27 victory in game three, before the 49ers answered back with a 30-28 victory in game four. Freshman Christen Clayton's defense had backstopped Memphis to the two-all tie, and when Watts won a joust that the Charlotte crowd thought was a lift, Memphis was up 11-5 in game five. But Charlotte would come back again, to 13-11, before a 49er attack sailed long to give Memphis match point. The Tigers would use a block from Neba and Gilkey to close out their C-USA road mark with a 6-1 record, their best ever C-USA road total. Shortly after returning home, the Tigers had a pair of players named to the Co-SIDA Academic All-District Team. Heather Watts earned her second straight first-team honor, while Sheila Neba earned her first-ever career award with a second team award.

Tulane would end Marilyn Nolen's illustrious Saint Louis coaching career with a 3-0 victory. The SLU coach would be inducted into the AVCA's inaugural Hall of Fame class once the season was over, but Tulane focused next on downing the Tigers. Offensively, both teams were better the second time around, with Tulane hitting .205, while Memphis hit .234. Barnett made the most of her first-ever All-Conference USA Second Team honor with 21 kills, while Gilkey, a third team honoree, added 19. Melissa Nance would add 12 kills, and Heather Watts, another third team all-conference honoree, would add 11 kills on 13 attacks with no errors. Watts also had 59 assists and 14 digs for her second triple double of the year. Memphis used the 3-1 victory to advance to their first-ever Conference USA Semifinal, but Memphis left the gym unsure of whom they would face in the next round.

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A cell phone call from Carrie Yerty would deliver the news of the upset of the tournament's No. 1 seed, Cincinnati. Memphis would face Houston in the semifinals. It would be the Cougars' third match in three days, which would account for Memphis jumping out to a 30-19 game one win in the semifinal. Memphis would go up 2-0 before Houston came back to win game three, 30-24. But while Memphis was hitting well below .100 in the final three games, the Cougars hit .000 in the fourth, and deciding, game. Nellans downed one of her 14 kills down the line to close out the match, 3-1, in the Tigers' favor. It would be a tournament of more firsts for the Tigers. In addition to their first-ever appearance in the Conference USA finals, Memphis would be on TV. And facing No. 17 Louisville, a team that had been in many league finals before, would prove to be a less-than-ideal match-up for Memphis. Maybe surprisingly to the national TV audience on College Sports Television, the Tigers jumped out to a 6-3 lead early, and battled until Louisville tied it at 13 all. But the Cardinals experience showed through, and Louisville aggressively blocked and tooled kills of the Tiger blockers in a 3-0 victory that ended Memphis' season at 30-6. Gilkey would lead Memphis with 10 kills, with her third kill of the night being her 1,000th career kill. Gilkey became the first junior player to hit that mark under Yerty's guidance. Heather Watts would add another Memphis first with an AVCA All-Midwest Region Honorable Mention honor, the first Tiger to earn an honor from the national governing body. But despite the team staying in Memphis to train over Thanksgiving, and spending some time with the Memphis Food Shelter preparing Thanksgiving packages for families, Memphis watched the NCAA Selection Show and found it had been excluded from the 2003 tournament field despite being just the second C-USA team in history to hit the 30-win mark.

2003 Statistics RECORD: ALL MATCHES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE

STATS SUMMARY GILKEY, Tiara BARNETT, Brittany NELLANS, Nancy NEBA, Sheila NANCE, Melissa HARDEE, Kristen TORONTO, Jennie WATTS, Heather TUIVAI, Fehi CLAYTON, Christen SLANCHEVA, Hristina STECKEL, Emily TEAM MEMPHIS.... Opponents

HOME

AWAY 13-2

9-4

8-3 3-3

21-2

5-0

OVERALL 30-6

G 133 135 127 134 129 65 6 135 35 128 98 68

ATTACK K K/Game E 538 4.05 236 520 3.85 185 407 3.20 233 286 2.13 98 202 1 .57 82 74 1.14 54 6 1.00 4 134 0.99 46 31 0.89 22 3 0.02 1 2 0.02 0 1 0.01 0

135 2204 16.33 1 35 1697 12.57

TEAM STATISTICS ATTACK Kills Errors Total Attacks Attack Pet Kills/Game SET Assists Assists/Game SERVE Aces Errors Aces/Game SERVE RECEPTIONS Errors Errors/Game

961 786

MEMPHIS

OPP

2204 961 5405

1697 786 5043

.230 16.3

2037 15.1

6-1 7-1

631 499 201 22 316 93 15 3 3

Pet 242 253 166 298 240 100 091 278 097 133 667 333

5405 5043

230 181

1250 1326 1046

SET A 112 32 22 6 14 5 0

13.27 0.11 0.25 0.09 0.13

2037

15.09 11.44

1544

™

145 1.1

278 2.1

DATE OPPONENT Aug 29, 2003 vs Arkansas-Little Rock Aug 29, 2003 vs Eastern Kentucky Aug 30, 2003 vs Tennessee-Martin Aug 30, 2003 at Arkansas State Sep 05, 2003 vs Radford Sep 06, 2003 vs Troy State Sep 06, 2003 at Davidson Sep 09, 2003 at Tennessee-Martin Sep 12, 2003 TENNESSEE TECH UNIV. Sep 13, 2003 HOLY CROSS Sep 13, 2003 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE Sept. 18,2003 at Birmingham-Southern Sep 19, 2003 vs North Carolina State Sept. 20, 2003 vs Wofford Sept. 20, 2003 vs South Alabama Sep 23, 2003 at Middle Tennessee *0ct 03, 2003 at Saint Louis Oct 05, 2003 at SE Missouri State *Oct1 0,2003 atTCU *Oct1 1,2003 at Houston Oct 14, 2003 CBU *Oct17, 2003 UAB *Oct 18, 2003 USF Oct 21 , 2003 OLE MISS *Oct 24, 2003 at Marquette *Oct 24, 2003 at DePaul Oct 26, 2003 at Chicago State *Oct 31 , 2003 LOUISVILLE *Nov 01 , 2003 CINCINNATI *Nov 07, 2003 at East Carolina *Nov 08, 2003 at Charlotte *Nov 14, 2003 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI *Nov 15, 2003 TULANE UNIVERSITY !Nov 22, 2003 at Tulane !Nov 23, 2003 vs Houston INov 24, 2003 vs Louisville * denotes conference game ! Conference USA Tournament (New Orleans, La.)

0.84 0.24 0.17 0.04 0.11 0.08 0.00

1792

11.4

145 320 1.1

A/Game

4 32 9 9

.181 12.6

278 344 2.1

NEUTRAL 9-1 0-0 9-1

W/L SCORE W 3-1 w 3-1 W 3-2 L 2-3 W 3-0 w 3-0 w 3-1 w 3-2 w 3-0 w 3-0 w 3-0 w 3-1 w 3-0 w 3-0 w 3-0 w 3-2 w 3-0 w 3-1 L 0-3 w 3-1 w 3-0 w 3-0 w 3-0 w 3-0 w 3-2 w 3-0 w 3-1 L 2-3 L 1-3 W 3-0 w 3-2 L 2-3 W 3-1 w 3-1 w 3-1 L 0-3

SERVE SA SE 30 47 36 32 40 56 11 21 45 65 9 14 1 1 63 59 1 10 1 3 41 32 0 4 17 278 344 145 320

DIG

SA/Gm 0.23 0.27 0.31 0.08 0.35 0.14 0.17 0.47 0.03 0.01 0.42 0.00

25 28 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 20

391 331 383 48 83 45 6 403 18 362 32 95

Dig/G 2.94 2.45 3.02 0.36 0.64 0.69 1.00 2.99 0.51 2.83 0.33 1.40

OPP

2197 16.3

1824 13.5

65 422 276.0 2.0 66 61

68 501 318.5 2.4 51 88

3068 11/279 10/91 0 1

3267 15/218

ATTEND 68 88 103 211 67 53 173 255 242 68 178 183 77 61 78 200 231 187 327 238 117 326 376 387 154 273 310 364 426 289 236 286 298 177 142

BLOCKING BS BA Total 14 78 92 7 53 60 4 33 37 25 121 146 11 70 81 0 6 6 0 1 1 2 45 47 2 15 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

16.27 65 13.51 68

MEMPHIS

SCORE-BY-GAME 30-22,31-29,22-30,30-24 30-20,26-30,30-26,30-20 30-23,30-27,23-30,27-30,17-15 21 -30,1 9-30,30-25,30-25,1 0-1 5 30-25,30-24,30-20 30-23,30-14,30-17 30-20,26-30,30-15,30-17 30-20,28-30,29-31 ,30-25, 1 5-1 2 30-16,30-23,30-28 30-22,30-22,30-18 30-22,30-21,30-15 30-19,30-16,19-30,30-14 30-22,30-24,30-17 30-23,30-19,30-11 30-14,30-25,30-20 30-1 9,30-24,26-30,26-30, 15-11 30-22,30-25,30-25 30-28,30-26,25-30,30-27 22-30,26-30,29-31 26-30,30-26,30-21 ,30-25 30-19,30-15,30-19 30-20,30-18,30-25 30-19,30-23,35-33 30-24,30-25,30-25 30-24,23-30,31 -29,27-30, 15-12 32-30,30-25,30-25 26-30,30-28,30-1 7,30-26 23-30,26-30,30-27,30-27,1 1 -1 5 30-27,25-30,26-30,24-30 32-30,37-35,30-21 27-30,30-28,30-27,28-30, 15-11 22-30,30-32,30-21 ,30-24,7-1 5 30-26,30-27,22-30,30-24 29-31,30-26,30-26,30-24 30-19,30-22,24-30,30-27 29-31,22-30,13-30

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145 2197 278 1824

2.06 1.07

TEAM STATISTICS DEFENSE Digs Digs/Game BLOCKING Block Solo Block Assist Total Blocks Blocks Per Game Block Errors BALL HANDLING ERRORS ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date Neutral site #/Avg Current win streak Home win streak

B/Game 0.69 0.44 0.29 1.09 0.63 0.09 0.17 0.35 0.49 0.00 0.00 0.00

422 276.0 2.04 501 318.5 2.36

BE 10 4 10 19 8 0 0 12 3 0 0 0

BHE Points 13 621.0 2 589.5 6 467.5 0 3825 3 293.0 0 86.0 0 7.5 32 221.5 2 41.5 1 4.0 1 43.0 0 1.0

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About Conference USA Conference USA celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2004-05. A significant milestone for the league, the 10th year finds the conference preparing to embark on a new era in its already remarkable history. Marshall, Rice, SMU, Tulsa, UCF and UTEP will join East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, Southern Miss, Tulane and UAB in a 12team conference with competition beginning in 200506. Current members Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Marquette and USF will become members of the BIG EAST, while TCU goes to the Mountain West and Charlotte and Saint Louis will join the Atlantic 10 at the end of this season. The membership changes have given C-USA the opportunity to play a pivotal role in the changing face of conference affiliations and will reinforce the league's position in collegiate athletics for years to come. "We are excited about adding new members and making structural improvements to Conference USA," Banowsky said. "This is an opportunity for us to tighten our geography, group similar institutions together, create a divisional model, and possibly stage a football championship game. It will be very exciting to watch this league grow and develop." The conference headquarters moves from Chicago to the Las Colinas area in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in June 2004. With a promising future ahead, there is plenty for the league to celebrate from its first nine years. After its formation in 1995, hailed as a bold move in the world on intercollegiate sports, C-USA established a strong foundation while quickly earning a reputation of successfully competing at the highest levels of intercollegiate athletics. Capitalizing on the strengths of its 15 distinguished and diverse universities, Conference USA quickly emerged as one of the nation's top conferences. A PROUD HISTORY; A STRONG IDENTITY The conference unveiled its name, logo and commissioner on April 24, 1995 in Chicago. Eleven of the institutions began athletic participation in 1995, while Houston joined competition in the fall of 1996. The league's headquarters were established in Chicago and after nine years, relocated to Irving, Texas. Britton Banowsky was named Commissioner in October 2002, succeeding Mike Slive, the league's first commissioner. In May 2000, the league introduced a brand identity program, featuring a family of new marks that reflect the urban, progressive and bold nature of the C-USA brand. The new logos are part of a comprehensive marketing and promotional program designed to reinforce the conference's athletic and national emergence. EXPANSION AND REALIGNMENT CHART THE COURSE The league's charter members include Charlotte, Cincinnati, DePaul, Houston, Louisville, Marquette, Memphis, Saint Louis, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB and USF. C-USA added East Carolina (September, 1996) and the United States Mili-

tary Academy (March, 1997) as football members. ECU began league competition in 1997; Army in 1998 and UAB began football play in 1999. The league added TCU and ECU (1999) for all sports and they began competition in 2001. USF started C-USA football in 2003. As another wave of major conference realignment took shape in 2003-04, Conference USA announced the addition of Marshall, Rice, SMU, UTEP, Tulsa and UCF. The six join East Carolina, Houston, Memphis, Southern Miss, Tulane and UAB in a 12-team conference for competition beginning in 2005-06. COMPETITION Conference USA sponsors 19 sports - baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, tennis, and track and field (indoor and outdoor) for men and basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, Softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field (indoor and outdoor), and volleyball for women. SUCCESS ON THE PLAYING FIELD Conference USA performers have achieved great success in competition, placing the league among the top conferences in the nation. Men's Basketball • Consistently rated as one of the top basketball leagues in the country • 51 postseason teams (34 NCAA and 24 NIT) • Strong fan support, drawing a nearly 2 million fans each season • Among the nation's best in home attendance • One Final Four team • Three Elite Eight NCAA Tournament teams • One NIT Champion • Three NIT semifinalists Football • Began competition in 1996 • Rated among the top seven conferences in the nation • 22 teams have earned bowl bids • Member of the Bowl Championship Series • Bowl ties-ins with the AutoZone Liberty Bowl (champion), GMAC Bowl, Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl, PlainsCapital Fort Worth Bowl and the Wyndham New Orleans Bowl Women's Basketball • Consistently rated among the nation's best conferences • 34 NCAA Tournament appearances • 20 WNIT appearances • One team in the NCAA Sweet 16 • Two WNIT semifinalists • Strong fan support, ranking among the nation's top 10 conferences in attendance • Setting league attendance record for three straight seasons Volleyball 23 NCAA appearances Two Sweet 16 appearances in 1996 and

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1998 One of four leagues to send at least three teams to the NCAA Championship each of the last five years Five C-USA teams posting 20-win seasons for three consecutive years

In addition, 27 men's and women's soccer teams, 23 baseball teams and 13 Softball teams have earned NCAA Tournament bids. C-USA has sent two men's soccer teams to the Final Four, one baseball team to the College World Series and four Softball teams to the Women's College World Series. The league has also had three national champions in NCAA track and field competition, one national champion in diving and numerous NCAA individual and team competitors in cross country, golf, swimming, tennis and track and field. Overall, Conference USA teams and individuals have made more than 350 NCAA appearances. SUCCESS OFF THE FIELD Among C-USA's 5,000 student-athletes, there are champions off the playing field as well. In nine years, 78 student-athletes earned national Verizon Academic All-America honors, while 216 were named All-District. In addition, more than 9,500 student-athletes have been named to the Commissioner's Honor Roll or received the Commissioner's Academic Medal, indicative of outstanding achievement in the classroom. The conference annually awards six postgraduate scholarships, along with the Sport Academic Award, Scholar Athletes of the Year and the Institutional Academic Excellence Award. CONFERENCE USA ON TV ESPN, Inc. and C-USA entered into an exclusive eight-year agreement, beginning with the 2001 season. The multi-faceted agreement, which incorporates ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Regional Television, ABC Sports, ESPN.com and ESPN Classic, is highlighted by: ESPN/ESPN2's coverage of C-USA football featuring weeknight games; televising possible future C-USA Football Championship Games on ABC; men's basketball coverage; syndication and network rights for the conference's football and basketball coverage through ERT; continued exposure for women's basketball, along with volleyball, baseball, soccer and Softball, as well as marketing rights. The league also provides exposure for women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, volleyball, baseball and Softball through the Conference USA Television Network.

GOVERNANCE Along with the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10 and SEC, Conference USA is one of the seven conferences having significant representation in the NCAA governance structure. The Presidents of the member institutions serve as the league's Board of Directors. Dr. Joseph Steger of Cincinnati served as the chair for the first four years and was succeeded by Dr. J.H. Woodward of Charlotte. In September 2003, Dr. Shirley Raines of Memphis was named as the third chair.

ZOO3 Conference USA Standings TEAM ACincinnati #A Louisville Southern Miss Memphis Tulane Marquette

UAB Houston

USF TCU DePaul Saint Louis East Carolina Charlotte

CONFERENCE W-L PCT. H 12-1 .923 7-0 12-1 .923 6-0 11-2 .846 7-0 9-4 .692 3-3 9-4 .692 6-0 8-5 .615 5-1 6-7 .462 2-5 6-7 .462 4-2 6-7 .462 2-4 5-8 .385 4-3 3-10 .231 2-5 2-11 .154 0-7 1-12 .077 1-6 1-12 .077 1-5

A 5-1 6-1 4-2 6-1 3-4 3-4 4-2 2-5 4-3 1-5 1-5 2-4 0-6 0-7

OVERALL W-L PCT. 27-6 .818 25-6 .807 27-6 .818 30-6 .833 25-7 .781 14-16 .467 14-20 .412 12-20 .375 12-20 .375 20-16 .556 11-20 .355 9-22 .290 10-21 .323 8-24 .250

H 13-0 10-1 13-1 8-3 17-2 7-3 7-6 5-5 4-6 11-4 5-9 3-9 5-6 7-8

A 8-2 9-3 8-3 13-2 7-4 5-6 4-6 3-10 5-7 4-7 3-8 4-8 2-10 1-12

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

A - C-USA Regular Season Co-Champions # - C-USA Tournament Champions

2003 NCAA Tournament Thursday, December 4 UCF def. Cincinnati, 3-2 (24-30, 25-30, 30-26, 30-27, 15-9) Friday, December 5 Louisville def. Notre Dame, 3-0 (32-30, 30-21, 30-21) Saturday, December 6 Illinois def. Louisville, 3-0 (30-26, 30-26, 32-30)

2OO3 Conference USA Tournament Hosted by Tulane University New Orleans, La. FIRST ROUND Friday, Nov. 21 (10) TCU def. (7) UAB, 3-0 (30-28, 30-25, 30-28) (6) Marquette def. (11) DePaul, 3-0 (30-24, 30-27, 30-25) (5) Tulane def. (12) Saint Loius, 3-0 (30-28, 30-18, 30-12) (8) Houston def. (9) USF, 3-2 (32-30, 30-28, 28-30, 25-30, 15-9) QUARTERFINALS Saturday, Nov. 22 (2) Louisville def. (10) TCU, 3-0 (3-24, 30-22, 30-20) (6) Marquette def. (3) Southern Miss, 3-2 (30-28, 26-30, 19-30, 30-27, 15-13) (4) Memphis def. (5) Tulane, 3-1 (29-31, 30-26, 30-26, 30-24) (8) Houston def. (1) Cincinnati, 3-1 (30-27, 31-29, 23-30, 30-22) SEMIFINALS Sunday, Nov. 23 (2) Louisville def. (6) Marquette, 3-0 (30-20, 30-25, 30-24) (4) Memphis def. (8) Houston, 3-1 (30-19, 30-22, 24-30, 30-27) FINALS (2) Louisville def. (4) Memphis, 3-0 (31-29, 30-22, 30-13)

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STREAK L2 L1 L1 L1 L1 L1 L6 L2 L1 L4 L5 L3 L6 L3

2OO3 Conference USA Statistics ALL-MATCHES - INDIVIDUAL HITTING PERCENTAGE (Minimum .200/3.0 attacks per game) Total Pet G Kills Errs 72 147 32 .467 246 97 237 .365 54 502 .363 149 31 325 114 267 85 .328 555 115 359 808 .313 106 .312 115 84 320 756 116 444 947 .310 150

Player YARTSEVA, Anastasia VAUGHN, Anna FLYNN, BennyLOU SWAFFORD, Kim TORBLAA, Rachel NEWELL, Leslie FOWLER, Deva STEPHENS, Jazzmien NEBA, Sheila PERCAN, Sonja

Team LOU TCU SR TUL CIN CIN TUL USM MEM LOU

Cl FR FR 97 SR JR JR JR SO SR SR

Player DUPONT, Julie MITCHELL, Shameka USTYMENKO, Lena MCANELLY, Kelly COUGHLIN, Theresa TRIBBLE, Nicki BUSH, Andrea GILKEY, Tiara FILES, Bridget PERCAN, Sonja

Team CIN USF LOU HOU MAR USM USM MEM USM LOU

Cl JR JR SO FR SO SR SR JR SR SR

Player LAUDER, Laura WATTS, Heather TRUONG, Amy GREER, Gemma WOOTAN, Melayne BARLOW, Tori WEST, Amie GUNAL, Bilun MCDONALD, Molly MCCLANAHAN, Erin

Team CIN MEM USM MAR USF TCU DPU UAB CHA SLU

Cl SR JR JR SR SR SR JR

G 111 135 117 103 119 124

Player PERCAN, Sonja SWENSON, Breanne CARNOHAN, Lindsay WATTS, Heather FERRIS, Pam ECU TRIBBLE, Nicki TRUONG, Amy SLANCHEVA, Hristina POZZI, Fran USF BUSH, AndreaUSM

Team LOU UAB UAB MEM SO USM USM MEM SR SR

JR 93 SR JR FR 119 117

Player FOWLER, Deva HELLSTEN, Myanna MARKS, Lara DEWS, Loure TORBLAA, Rachel FLYNN, Benny FILES, Bridget SWAFFORD, Kim GLOVER, Bonnye NEBA, Sheila

Team TUL CIN DPU HOU CIN LOU USM TUL USF MEM

Cl JR FR SR JR JR SR SR SR SR SR

G 116

Player DUPONT, Julie MITCHELL, Shameka FOWLER, Deva FILES, Bridget USTYMENKO, Lena MCANELLY, Kelly TRIBBLE, Nicki GILKEY, Tiara PERCAN, Sonja BUSH, Andrea

Team CIN USF TUL USM LOU HOU USM MEM LOU USM

Cl JR JR JR SR SO FR SR JR SR SR

G 115 119 116 117 107 123 117 133 110 117

115 134 110

115 119 107 123 117 117 117 133 117 110

236

286 424

134

536 631 975

KILLS (Minimum 2.00 per game) No. Per Game 624 5.43 560 4.71 456 4.26 524 4.26 488 4.17 483 4.13 482 4.12 538 4.05 457 3.91 424 3.85

JR SO

79 116 112

ASSISTS (Minimum 5.00 per game) No. Per Game 1540 13.87 1792 13.27 1502 12.84 1278 12.41 12.02 1430 11.98 1485 1282 11.76 830 10.51 1206 10.40 1152 10.29

Cl SR

G 110

SERVICE ACES (Minimum 0.10 per game) No. Per Game 56 0.51

109

124 113 135 40 117

117 98 45 44

49 41

115 116 121

115 97

117 114 119 134

.304 .298 .297

53 63

0.48 0.47 0.47

0.43

Junior setter Heather Watts' 1,792 assists in 2003 was the most-ever for a junior in Conference USA history.

0.42 0.42 0.42

0.38 0.38

BLOCKS (Minimum 1.00 per game) Total Solo Asst 173.0 27 146 149.0 14 135 147.0 28 119 24 129 153.0 127 145.0 18 117.0 12 105 141.0 36 105 114 133.0 19 134.0 12 122 146.0 25 121

Per Game 1.49 1.30 1.27 1.26 1.26 1.21 1.21 1.17 1.13 1.09

POINTS

K 624 560 444 457 456 524 483 538 424 482

SA 37 20 39 38 40 31 49 30 56 44

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36 8 10 8 13 6 4

Points

Pts/G

89 104

719.5 648.0 583.0 583.5 529.0 587.0 558.0 620.5 512.5 544.0

6.26 5.45 5.03

146

105 50 44 36 79 53 28

4.99 4.94 4.77 4.77 4.67 4.66 4.65

By the Numbers Below is a listing of the all-time roster sorted by player number. The list does not include rosters from 1973-1978. Some names are listed under multiple numbers since they changed uniforms from one year to the next.

#5Tiara Gilkey

#1Emily Steckel Brooke Chrisman Jessica Henry Becky Tigert Alisande Cavanagh Jenny McCoy Shawna Mullins Wynne Moore Karen Fussell Linda Conner Cindy Eschbach

Amy Vaughn Renee Ross Chelle Penner Holly Buford Debbi Hammond

Jennie Toronto Heather Sanders Jeannie Robison Janice Neyens Katherine Lehman Teri Clarke Lori Jones Margi McNeely

#2 Lauren Berg Adrianne Edmonds Lindsay Bax Liz Mullen Amy Greer Mia Stephens Mary Vercande Carol Hooker Sylvia Watson

#7 Fehi Tuivai Jaci Johnson Amie Hamilton Monique Swaby Kris Lemon Phyllis Richey Drenda Roberts Becky Harden

Hristina Slancheva Rachel Aldous Laura Stoke Nikki Taylor Katie McFarland Debbie Cunningharr Linda Conner Barbara Whitaker

#4 Ashley Green Sami Randolph Kara Cronin Phyllis Richey Wynne Moore Lori Jones Lowette Swinton

Amanda Boatright Jessica Baley Deidre Rowell Lisa Bray Clare Dirksen Margi McNeely Katie Sandage

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Nancy Nellans Rosie Glenn Jamie Runkle Sandy Monce

#10 Melissa Nance Tara Pfeffer Jacqueline Mack Angle Glaub Beth Walthal Drenda Roberts Celeste Homan Anita Albonetti

#11 Christen Clayton Angle Johnson Jenni Rosselli Lacey Morse Lamar Renee Bryant Cherilyn Bright Gwen Horner Shavondra Morgan Kim Ehrhorn Amy Watson

#12

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Heather Watts Sarah Wengler Shoni Hodges Analise Navia Kim Lemon Peggy Rule Cindy Stoots Melinda Drake Sally Lowe

#13 Angela Graziani Heather Fletcher Deidre Rowell Marie Zwolinski Lisa Eisenrich Lori Jones

Toni Clark Debbie Hammond Beth Avery

#14 Ginger Garrett Jessica Trezise Nicole Cleveland Allwyn Fitzpatrick Sarah Tjelmeland Beth Johnson Judy Toler

#is Emily Eichmann Katie Shellogg Tera Hayman Nancy Wolter Laura Wilson Lynn Ballew Camilla Withers

#16 Cathy Casias Rhonda Kottke Sinem Oktay Kim Fraser

#22 Sheila Neba Analise Navia Sally Lowe

#23 Nan Kimbrell Brenda Douglass

#24 Kristen Hardee Lori Rembe

#25 Judy Toler Lena Turner

#30 Linda Gates Sharon Watson

#31 Laura George Carolyn Hughes Melinda Drake

#32 Nancy Loop Ella Blackford Cindy Scott

#18 April Harriman Chelle Penner

#20

#42

Darla Todd Janice Burford

Lisa Rembe Patty Lovett

#21 Brittany Barnett Gail Childers Brenda Douglass

HANGING FROM THE BANNERS MEMPHIS â&#x20AC;&#x201D;w STATE Iff, te* SANDY MONCE 1977-1981 VOLLEYBALL

Sandy Monce-Garner, a member of the Tiger volleyball team from 1977-1980, is the only Tiger to have had her jersey retired. Her No. 9 hangs from the rafters in the Elma Roane Fieldhouse. As a Tiger, Monce was the only student-athlete to be invited to the Olympic Team tryouts in 1980. Despite not making the team, Monce soon began her coaching career as a graduate assistant for then-Memphis State. She assumed an assistant coaching spot with the Tigers in 1984. Monce was an assistant for Memphis until 1986. Monce was also a member of the Lady Tiger track and field team.

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Year-by-Year Tiger Results 1971 Record: 17-5 Coach: Jane Hooker

1973 Record: 18-7 Coach: Jane Hooker

@ Fisk W 2-0 Austin Peay W 2-0 ©Rhodes (Southwestern) W 2-0 ©Middle Tennessee State W 2-1 ©Tennessee Tech L 0-2 ©Tennessee Tech L 1-2 Rhodes (Southwestern) W 2-1 Rhodes (Southwestern) W 2-0 Rhodes (Southwestern) W 2-1 #Peabody W 2-0 #MiddIe Tennessee State W 2-1 #Tennessee L 1-2 SMilligan W 2-0 SMarsHill W 2-0 SWest Georgia L 1 -2 $Middle Tennessee State L 0-2 %UT-Martin W 1-0 ",'oJackson State J.C. W 1-0 %Memphis State "B" W 1-0 %Memphis State "A" W 1 -0 "/{.Mississippi College W 1-0 %Rhodes (Southwestern) W 1-0 #MTSU Tournament $East Tennessee St.Tournament pphis St. Invitational Playday

© Murray State W 2-0 © Lambuth W 2-0 @ Austin Peay W 2-0 @ Florence State W 2-0 @ Tennessee L 1-2 # Jackson State W 2-0 # Lambuth W 2-0 # Austin Peay W 2-0 $ Union W 2-0 #Rhodes (Southwestern) W 2-0 #UT-Martin W 2-0 $ Middle Tennessee State W 2-0 $Winthrop L 0-2 $ East Tennessee State L 0-2 %UT-Martin W 2-1 %Carson-Newman W 2-0 %Tennessee L 1-2 %Carson-Newman W 2-0 %Tennessee L 0-2 Eastern Kentucky W 2-0 Coker College W 2-0 Duke W 2-0 AEastern Mennonite W 2-0 AWinthrop L 0-2 AEastern Kentucky L 0-2 ©Mid-South Invitational #UT-Martin Invitational $East Tennessee St. Tournament %TCWSF State Championship AAIAW Southern Region II

7972 Record: 18-9 Coach: Jane Hooker © Peabody W 2-0 © Murray State W 2-0 © Mississippi W 2-0 © Miss.Univ./Women L 1-2 #Northwestern State W 2-1 ^Houston L 1 -2 #Texas Southern L 1 -2 SMiss. Univ./Women L 0-2 SEast Tennessee State L 0-2 %Danville (JC) W 2-0 %Northeastern Illinois W 2-0 %Southern Illinois W 2-0 %Southwest Baptist W 2-0 %Southern Illinois L 1-2 AEast Tennessee State L 1 -2 "Peabody W 2-0 AAustin Peay W 2-0 ACarson Newman W 2-1 Tennessee W 2-0 AFisk W 2-0 Tennessee W 2-0 Tennessee L 1-2 Western Carolina W 2-1 Madison College W 2-0 Winthrop W 2-0 &Tennessee W 2-0 &Eastern Kentucky L 1-2 ©Mid-South Invitational #Houston Invitational SEast Tennessee St. Tournament

7974 Record: 13-7 Coach: Janice Dunn ©Southern Illinois W 2-0 ©Northern Illinois W 2-1 ©Illinois State L 1-2 #Peabody W 2-0 #Winthrop L 1-2 #Auburn L 0-2 SMiami Dade North CC W 2-1 $Jacksonville W 2-0 SFIagler College L 1-2 $Georgia W 2-1 $Florida International L 0-2 $Florida Tech W 2-1 %UT-Martin W 2-0 %Tennessee Tech W 2-0 %MiddleTennesseeState W 2-0 %East Tennessee State W 2-1 -Murray State W 2-1 -Francis Marion College W 2-0 -Madison College L 0-2 -Eastern Kentucky L 1-2 ©Illinois State Tournament #East Tennessee St. Tournament SJacksonville Tournament

7975 Record: 16-16 Coach: Janice Dunn Purdue L Western Michigan L Illinois State * L Carthage College W Alabama L Berry College L Hinds Junior College W Mississippi State W Mississippi Univ./Women L Middle Tennessee State W UT-Martin L ©Rhodes (Southwestern) W ©Middle Tennessee St. W ©Tennessee Tech W ©Austin Peay W ©Lambuth W ©UT-Martin W #Lambuth L #Tennessee L #Auburn L #Middle Tennessee St. W #UT-Martin W Tennessee L Southern Illinois W Southern Illinois L UT-Martin W Memphis Volleyball W STennessee L $ Carson-Newman L %College of Charleston W %Eastern Kentucky L %North Carolina L @ UT-Martin Tournament #Mid-South Invitational STCWSF Championships %AIAW Southern Region II

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

7976 Record: 12-23-1 Coach: Janice Dunn UT-Martin UT-Chattanooga Tennessee Tech @ Columbus College @ Tulane @ Miss. Univ./Women © Mississippi State ©Alabama #Murray State # Southern Illinois # Ball State # Northern Illinois $Murray State $ Lambuth % North Alabama %TennesseeTech % Louisiana State Rhodes(Southwestern) ACentral Missouri AWestern Illinois A Illinois-Chicago Circle AWichita State AGraceland College

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W W L L W

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

ASouthwest

Missouri State L 0-3 State L 0-2 UT-Martin L 3-1 &Middle Tennessee State W 2-0 &Rhodes (Southwestern) W 2-0 &Lambuth W 2-0 SMurray State W 2-0 &Austin Peay W 2-0 &UT-Martin L 0-2 'Middle Tennessee State W 2-0 'East Tennessee State L 1 -2 'Tennessee W 1 -2 'Tennessee Tech L 1-2 ©Miss. Univ. for Women Tourney #S. Illinois Quadrangular Match $Lambuth Triangular Match %Lady Tiger Invitational ASouthwest Missouri St. Tourney SAustin Peay Invitational 'TCWSF State Championships AKearney

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7977 Record: 23-11 Coach: Janice Dunn

@ Mississippi Univ./Women L 0-2 © FloridaTech L 0-2 ©Troy State W 2-0 #UT-Martin W 3-1 #Tennessee Tech W 3-1 $Mississippi State W 2-0 $Tulane L 1-2 $ Miss. Univ./Women W 2-0 $FloridaTech L 1-2 %Rhodes (Southwestern) W 2-0 %UT-Chattanooga W 2-0 %Christian Brothers W 2-0 %Kentucky State W 2-1 % UT-Martin W 2-1 %Tennessee Tech L 1-2 Mississippi L 2-3 Southeast Missouri State W 3-1 AArkansas State W 2-1 AAustin Peay W 2-0 ASouthwestern La. L 0-2 ANorthern Kentucky L 1-2 &Lambuth W 3-0 &Freed-Hardeman W 3-0 MiddleTennessee State W 2-0 Southeast Missouri State W 2-0 *UT-Martin W 2-0 'Mississippi L 0-2 Mississippi L 1-3 Lambuth W 3-0 +Middle Tennessee St. W 2-0 +Tennessee L 0-2 +Tennessee Tech W 3-0 +East Tennessee State W 2-1 ©Alabama Invitational #Martin Triangular Match $Mississippi U. for Women Tourney %UT-Martin Invitational ALady Tiger Inviitational SLambuth Triangular Match 'Memphis State Triangular Match +TCWSF State Championships

Year-by-Year Tiger Results 1978 Record: 26-19 Coach: Diane Hale @ Mississippi L 0-2 @ Miss. Univ./Women W 2-1 @ UT-Martin W 2-0 ©Alabama L 0-2 ©Arkansas State L 1-2 ©Arkansas State W 2-1 ©Alabama L 0-2 #New Orleans W 2-1 #Miss. UnivVWomen L 0-2 ^Florida State L 0-2 #Arkansas State L 2-1 #Columbus College W 2-0 $Middle Tennessee St. W 2-0 $UT-Chattanooga W 2-1 %Middle Tennessee St. W 2-0 %Austin Peay W 2-0 %Southwest Baptist W 2-0 %Arkansas State L 0-2 Texas A&M L 0-2 Texas Tech L 0-2 AOklahoma L 0-2 ATexas L 0-2 &New Orleans L 0-2 &Nicholls State W 2-0 &Central Arkansas W 2-0 STennessee L 2-0 &UT-Martin W 2-1 SMississippi L 1-2 'Middle Tennessee St. W 2-0 'Southeast Missouri St. W 2-0 +UT-Chattanooga W 2-0 +East Tennessee St. W 2-1 +Covenant College W 2-0 Florida State L 0-2 INorthern Kentucky L 0-2 IMorehead State W 2-0 ITennessee W 2-0 ?UT-Martin W 2-0 ?Austin Peay St. W 2-0 =Southeast Missouri State W 2-0 =Jefferson CC W 2-1 'Tennessee Tech W 2-0 'East Tennessee State L 0-2 'Middle Tennesse State W 0-2 Tennessee L 0-2 ©Mississippi Tournament #Miss. U. for Women Tournament $MTSU Tri-Meet %UT-Martin Tournament AHouston Tournament &Lady Tiger Invitational 'Memphis State Tri-Meet +UT-Chattanooga Quadrangular ILady Volunteer Tournament ?UT-Martin Tri-Meet =Southeast Missour State Tri-Meet TCWSF State Tournament

Record: 35-20 Coach: Diane Hale

Record: 41-17 Coach: Diane Hale

Henderson State W 3-0 Arkansas State W 3-1 Mississippi L 2-3 ©Mississippi L 0-2 ©Mississippi State W 3-0 ©UT-Martin W 2-0 ©Tulane L 1-2 ©Arkansas State W 2-0 ©UT-Martin W 2-0 ©Tulane W 2-1 ©Mississippi L 0-2 ©Arkansas State W 2-1 ^Mississippi W 2-0 #New Orleans W 2-0 ^Southwestern La. W 2-0 #Alabama L 1-2 #Florida State L 1-3 $Mississippi State W 2-0 $UT-Martin W 2-0 $Mississippi L 1-1 SArkansas State L 0-2 $Louisville W 2-0 $Mississippi Univ./Women W 2-1 $Mississippi W 3-1 $Jefferson CC W 2-1 %Miss. Univ./Women W 2-0 %Langler College W 2-0 %Central Florida L 1-2 %Miami L 1-2 %Florida Southern W 2-0 %Tennessee L 2-0 %Mississippi W 3-2 AMissouri (JV) W 2-0 ANorthern Iowa W 2-0 AMissouri-KC. W 2-0 AKansas State L 1-2 AMissouri W 2-0 AKansas State L 2-0 AUT-Martin W 3-0 &Cincinnati L 1-2 SEastern Michigan L 1-2 &Southern Illinois L 1-2 SMississippi Univ./Women W 2-1 &UT-Martin W 3-2 &North Alabama W 2-0 &Troy State W 2-0 *UT-Chattanooga W 2-0 Tennessee Tech W 2-0 '(opponent unknown) W 2-0 'Middle Tennessee State W 2-1 'East Tennessee State W 2-0 Tennessee L 1-3 +North Carolina State L 0-2 •(-Tennessee L 0-2 +Morehead St. L 3-0 ©Mississippi Invitational #Miss. U. for Women Invitational $Memphis State Invitational %Florida State Invitational AMissouri Invitational &Southern Illinois Invitational TCWSF State Tournament +AIAW Region II Tournament

Mississippi W 3-1 North Alabama W 2-0 UAB W 2-0 ©Central Florida W 2-0 ©Texas Tech L 0-2 ©FloridaState W 2-0 ©Alabama L 0-2 UT-Martin W 3-1 Mississippi State W 3-1 #Louisville W 2-1 #Saint Louis W 2-1 #Tulane W 2-0 #Florida State L 0-2 #Cincinnati W 2-0 #VirginiaTech W 2-0 #Florida State L 1-2 Tennessee Tech W 3-0 Tennessee L 2-3 $Clemson W 3-1 $Duke W 2-0 $North Carolina State W 2-1 $Kentucky L 0-2 $South Carolina L 1-2 $North Carolina L 0-2 %Lake C.C. W 2-0 %Miami L 0-2 %Florida Southern W 2-0 %North Carolina L 0-2 AMiss. Univ./Women W 2-0 AMiddle Tennessee St. W 2-0 \Jefferson C.C. W 2-0 AMississippi L 1-2 Mississippi State W 3-0 ArkansasState W 3-0 &Ball State W 2-1 &Western Michigan L 1-2 &lllinois-Chicago Circle W 2-0 SSouthern Illinois W 2-0 SKellogg C.C. L 0-2 &Ball State W 2-0 ScKellogg C.C. L 1-3 Mississippi W 3-2 Austin Peay W 2-0 UT-Martin W 2-0 Arkansas State W 3-0 'East Tennessee State W 2-0 Tennessee W 2-1 TennesseeTech W 2-0 'Middle Tennessee St. W 2-1 *UT-Chattanooga W 2-1 Tennessee L 1-2 Tennessee W 2-0 +East Carolina W 2-1 +North Carolina W 2-1 +North Carolina State W 2-1 +Eastern Kentucky W 2-1 -(-Kentucky L 2-1 -(-Eastern Kentucky L 1-3 ©Alabama Invitational #Metro Conference Tournament SSouth Carolina Invitational %Florida State Invitational AMemphis State Invitational &Southern Illinois Invitational +AIAW Region II Tournament

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1981 Record: 27-U Coach: Diane Hale ©Louisville W 3-1 ©Southwest Missouri St. L 0-3 ©Oral Roberts L 1-3 Mississippi W 3-0 #Alabama W 2-0 #Northwestern L 0-2 #Central Florida W 2-0 #South Carolina W 2-1 #Kentucky L 0-2 Ala.-Birmingham W 3-0 $Mississippi W 2-0 $Western Illinois L 1-2 $Missouri L 0-2 $Western Illinois L 1-3 $Mississippi W 30 Alabama-Birmingham W 3-0 Southern Illinois L 1-3 Mississippi State W 3-0 %Central Arkansas W 30 %Jefferson C.C. W 3-0 %St. Louis W 3-1 AMiddle Tennessee St. W 3-0 ARollins College W 3-0 AEast Tennessee State W 3-2 AFlorida State L 0-3 Tennessee L 0-3 &Mississippi State W 2-0 &Miss. Univ./Women W 2-0 &Tulane W 2-0 &Mississippi W 2-1 &Mississippi State W 34 & Mississippi W 2-0 Mississippi State W 3-0 Mississippi W 3-2 Tulane L 1-2 'Virginia Tech W 2-1 'Cincinnati L 1-2 'Saint Louis W 2-0 'Louisville W 2-1 Tulane W 2-1 •^-Cincinnati L 0-2 ©Southwest Mo. Quadrangular ^Kentucky Invitational $Missouri Invitational %Lady Tiger Invitational Tennessee Invitational &Ole Miss Invitational 'Metro Conference Tournament +Metro Championship Tournament

7982 Record: 15-21 Coach: Diane Hale Kentucky ©Southern Illinois ©Eastern Illinois ©Missouri ©Louisville Mississippi Southern Mississippi ^Southern Illinois ^Tennessee $South Alabama $TexasA&M

L L L L L W W L L L L

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Year-by-Year Tiger Results 'Illinois W 3-2 SNicholls State L 0-2 +Louisville L 1-3 SLouisiana State W 2-1 @Cal State-Fullerton Tournament SSam Houston State L 0-2 #Virginia Tech Invitational Arkansas State W 3-1 $Memphis State Tournament "iEastern Michigan L 0-2 %Southern Miss Invitational %Western Michigan L 1-2 ^Illinois State L 0-2 | Tennessee Tournament &Ole Miss Tournament %Cincinnati L 1-2 'Memphis State Invitational Kentucky L 1-3 +Metro Championships "Mississippi State W 2-0 "Mississippi L 1-2 "New Orleans W 2-0 #^ \ "Arkansas State W 2-0 V--7 Record: 21-16 ~ ' . Coach: Diane Hale "Arkansas State W 2-0 "Mississippi L 0-2 Southern Illinois L 1-3 Mississippi L 2-3 Indiana Purdue W 3-0 STennesseeTech L 0-2 Indiana State W 3-0 SFIorida State L 0-2 Florida W 3-1 &Morehead State W 2-0 Eastern Illinois W 3-1 &Eastern Kentucky W 2-1 Mississippi L 3-2 &Morehead State L 0-2 @SW Missouri State L 0-3 Arkansas State W 3-1 ©Oral Roberts W 3-1 •Virginia Tech W 2-1 ©Oral Roberts W 3-1 "Florida State L 0-2 @SW Missouri State L 0-3 •Louisville L 0-2 #Mississippi L 2-3 •Cincinnati W 2-0 #Arkansas State W 3-0 *Tulane W 2-0 #Middle Tennessee St. W 3-1 •Southern Mississippi W 2-0 #Mississippi State W 3-0 "Cincinnati L 1-3 Tulane W 3-2 •Florida State L 0-3 Southern Mississippi W 3-0 ©Southern Illinois Invitational Arkansas State W 3-0 #Memphis State Invitational $Texas-Arlington L 0-3 $LSU Classic $Oklahoma L 0-3 %Louisville Invitational $TexasA&M L 1-3 "Ole Miss Invitational Murray State W 3-0 &Morehead State Invitational Alabama-Birmingham W 3-0 +Metro Conference Tournament Florida State L 0-3 Georgia L 1-3 'fc 1983 Louisville L 0-3 y ' -7 Record: 15-18 Cincinnati L 2-3 '•. Coach: Diane Hale Mississippi L 2-3 Arkansas State W 3-0 ©UCLA L 0-2 SE Missouri State W 3-0 ©Loyola Man/mount L 0-2 South Carolina L 1 -3 ©Utah L 0-3 Virginia Tech W 3-2 @UC-Santa Clara L 1-2 Tulsa W 3-2 Mississippi W 3-2 Arkansas State W 3-1 Morehead State W 3-1 Southern Illinois L 0-3 ^Cincinnati L 1-3 Illinois-Chicago W 3-1 #VirginiaTech W 3-0 'Cincinnati W 3-1 #Louisville L 2-3 'Louisville L 1-3 Tennessee Tech L 2-3 ©Southwest Missouri St. Tourney SSouthern Mississippi W 3-0 SSouthwestern La. W 3-2 ^Mississippi State Tournament $Texas Tournament SMississippi State W 3-1 'Metro Championships Mississippi L 0-3 %Florida State L 3-1 ^ %South Carolina L 2-3 6 \ ^ J Record: 15-19 %Tulane L 0-3 , *k % Coach: Diane Hale %Southern Mississippi W 3-0 "Cincinnati L 0-3 DAB W 3-0 "Tennessee L 3-0 Clemson W 3-0 "George Washington L 0-3 Eastern Illinois L 2-3 "Morehead State W 3-2 Louisiana State L 0-3 Arkansas State L 2-3 Southwestern La. W 3-1 &Mississippi State W 3-1 Loyola L 0-3 SMississippi W 3-2 North Dakota State W 3-2 SAIabama-Birmingham W 3-2 Mississippi W 3-1 &Mississippi L 0-3 Texas-Arlington L 0-3 SE Missouri State W 3-0 Western Michigan L 0-3 SE Missouri State W 3-1 Tennessee L 0-3 •Arkansas State W 3-0 Florida State L 1-3 •Tulsa W 3-0

W Montevallo Xavier W Southern Illinois3 L Stephen F. Austin >tin L L Louisville W Cincinnati Northeast Louisiana iicirici W L Tulane ssippi W Southern Mississippi W Arkansas State L Mississippi L Georgia L South Carolina W Virginia Tech L Southern Illinoiss L Arkansas State L ©Tulsa ech L ©Tennessee Tech ©Western Kentuck tucky W State W © Mississippi State Austin Peay W issippi L ite Invitational onships

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1987 Record: 21-16 Coach: Jim Callender

L 1-3 o r\ vj Tennessee •Texas L 0-3 3-1 'Southwest Missouri L 2-3 1-3 •Kansas L 0-3 3-2 Ole Miss W 3-0 3-2 #Western Kentucky W 3-0 0-3 #Va. Commonwealth W 3-0 0-3 #Austin Peay W 3-0 1-3 Cincinnati W 3-1 3-1 Alabama-Birmingham W 3-1 0-3 $Brigham Young L 0-3 2-3 $Montana L 0-3 1-3 $Utah L 2-3 1-3 $Weber State L 0-3 3-1 $Washington L 0-3 3-1 $Utah State L 1-3 3-0 SChapman W 3-1 1-3 Louisville W 3-1 Cincinnati L 1-3 Southern Mississippi W 3-1 Mississippi State W 3-0 1986 Arkansas State W 3-1 Record: 17-17 South Carolina W 3-1 Coach: Diane Hale Duke L 1-3 Northern Iowa L 0-3 State L 0-3 W 3-2 Virginia Tech ©Georgetown W 3-0 W 3-1 L 0-3 +Alabama-Birmingham ©Mississippi W 3-2 #Butler +Houston W 3-1 ^Western Kentucky ucky W 3-1 Florida State L 0-3 #Tennessee L 0-3 Arkansas State W 3-1 W 3-0 #Louisville ^Mississippi State W 3-0 L 0-3 ATulsa W 3-0 #Tennessee Austin Peay W 3-0 =Arkansas State W 3-0 =Alabama-Birmingham W 3-2 te W 3-1 Mississippi State Arkansas-Litt Rock W 3-1 +Ole Miss L 1-3 L 1-3 &Virginia Tech W 3-0 Oral Roberts siana L 0-3 Northeast Louisiana &Cincinnati L 1-3 W 3-2 'Southwest Missouri Invitational Arkansas State) Southern Missi:ssippi W 3-0 ^Western Kentucky Classic W 3-1 $BYU Invitational William & Mary L 2-3 +Houston What-A-Burger Classic Florida State L 0-3 AMemphis State Invitational SFIorida $North Carolinaa State L 1 -3 =Ole Miss Invitational W 3-0 &Metro Conference Tournament Arkansas States W 3-1 Mississippi L 2-3 f*l 1988 Louisville L 1-3 Cincinnati •>f Record: 24-18 Loyola L 2-3 7» • Coach: Jim Callender L 2-3 Oral Roberts Southern Illinois L 1-3 South Carolina L 0-3 'Western Illinois W 3-1 L 2-3 Virginia Tech 'Missouri L 1-3 ^n W O. n %Texas-EI Paso 3U VV O U Wichita State W 3-2 %Xavier W 3-2 #South Alabama W 3-2 W o on u %Tulsa #Clemson W 3-1 W 3-1 Arkansas Statej Valparaiso W 3-0 L 2-3 Mississippi #New Mexico L 0-3 W 3-2 'Cincinnati #South Alabama W 3-0 L 2-3 'South Carolina3. Austin Peay W 3-0 Moeojp .•laoolU Colorado State L 0-3 ucky Tournament +New Mexico L 0-3 Eimsnt +VirginiaTech W 3-1 ite Invitational +Colorado L 0-3 onships +Ole Miss W 3-0 &Maryland W 3-0 &Penn State L 0-3 &Villanova W 3-0 Ole Miss W 3-0

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Year-by-Year Tiger Results Southern Mississippi W 3-1 Arkansas State L 1-3 Louisville W 3-1 Cincinnati L 3-0 L 0-3 Kentucky Florida State L 2-3 L 0-3 $Florida $Miami L 0-3 $South Florida W 3-1 Arkansas State L 1-3 Alcorn State W 3-0 W 3-1 Ole Miss South Carolina L 1-3 W 3-0 Virginia Tech L 2-3 Georgia L 1-3 =Saint Louis =Tulsa W 3-0 W 3-0 =Western Kentucky =Northeast Louisiana W 3-0 W 3-0 Western Illinois ALouisville W 3-0 ACincinnati L 1-3 'Missouri Tournament #MSU/Graphic Systems Classic as sic +Colorado Invitational &Penn State Classic &South Florida Tournamentt =MSU Invitational AMetro Conference Tournament me nt 1989 1: 26-15 Record: noe 17* nfelter

#Arkansas State #SW Missouri State #Florida #South Alabama 'Nebraska-Omaha 'Pittsburgh Saint Louis %Murray State %UAB %Tennessee Tech %Utah State Mississippi $Colorado $Tennessee $South Florida Austin Peay =Hofstra =Oklahoma =George Mason Southwest Missouri -(-Virginia Tech +South Carolina Mississippi IBaylor IHouston Alcorn State +Tulane +Southern Mississippi Nicholls State +Florida State Kentucky Arkansas State -(-Louisville •(-Cincinnati Austin Peay &Missouri &Southern Illinois &Mississippi &NorthTexas

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

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

?Virginia Tech W 3-1 ?Cincinnati L 2-3 #Lady Tiger Cup 'Illini Classic %MSU/Graphic Systems Classic /lassie #UT Exercise Essentials Classic lassie =Southwest Missouri State Classic assic +Metro Conference Match IHouston Invitational ?Metro Conference Tournament ment

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1990 rd: 30-9 genfelter

L 0-3 'Oklahoma L 0-3 'Texas Arlington W 3-2 Florida L 2-3 South Florida W 3-0 Mississippi State L 1-3 #Middle Tennessee W 3-0 #Western Kentucky W 3-0 Austin Peay W 3-0 +Evansville W 3-0 +Ball State W 3-0 +Morehead State W 3-0 Arkansas State W 3-2 Missouri W 3-1 =Northern Iowa W 3-2 Mississippi W 3-0 Tulane W 3-1 Southern Mississippi W 3-1 Tennessee State W 3-1 Florida State W 3-2 Tennessee W 3-0 Auburn L 1-3 Alabama-Birmingham W 3-1 Alcorn State W 3-0 Louisville W 3-0 Cincinnati W 3-0 Murray State W 3-1 South Carolina W 3-0 Virginia Tech W 3-0 Arkansas State W 3-1 Mississippi L 1-3 &Southern Mississippi W 3-1 &Cincinnati W 3-0 &Louisville L 1-3 %Loyola-Marymount L 0-3 %William & Mary W 3-1 %Arizona State W 3-2 %Dayton W 3-0 %Houston L 1-3 &Metro Conference Tournament iment %Women's Invitational Volleyball Champ. Tip, 1991 d: 20-15 cas-White

#American University #Georgia Illinois State %Wisconsin %Rhode Island %Southern California &Southern Illinois &lllinois-Chicago &Ohio University +Northeast Louisiana +Arkansas State Arkansas-Little Rock

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

=George Washington =Bradley =Wright State Mississippi $Butler SStephen F. Austin $SE Missouri State Louisville Cincinnati Louisiana Tech Saint Louis DePaul Marquette Arkansas State Alabama-Birmingham Rice Mississippi !Army (Connecticut !Va Commonwealth ASaint Louis AUAB ACincinnati #Crimson Classic %Syracuse Invitational +Graphic Systems Classic

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

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

Jfe. 1993 f^ Record: 25-11 *4" * Coach: Penny Lucas-Whfa 1

*UT-Chattanooga 'Tennessee-Martin 'Clemson #South Alabama #lllinois-Chicago #Evansville Ole Miss $Texas-Pan American IStephen F. Austin $Samford $New Orleans Tennessee-Martin %George Washington %Florida %South Florida Saint Louis AOral

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Kentucky W 3-2 ASouthern University W 34 ATroy State W 3-0 Marquette W 3-2 DePaul W 3-2 W 3-0 ^fl^ J992 Saint Louis Cincinnati W 34 CV J Record: 10-26 Southwestern La. W 34 if Coach: Penny Lucas-White UAB W 3-1 W 3-1 #Minnesota L 0-3 Dayton #Alabama W 3-2 Arkansas State L 2-3 L 2-3 #Central Florida L 0-3 Cincinnati +SE Missouri State W 3-1 Dayton W 3-2 -(-Arkansas-Little Rock L 0-3 DePaul W 3-0 North Texas W 3-1 Marquette W 34 W 3-1 Texas-Arlington L 2-3 UAB Southwestern Louisiana W 3-0 Ole Miss W 3-1 Arkansas State L 0-3 Arkansas State L 2-3 %Bowling Green State L 0-3 &UAB L 1-3 %Syracuse L 1 -4 &GMC Championships Cincinnati W 3-0 'Tiger Invitational &Stephen F. Austin L 0-3 #Graphic Systems Classic &Northeast Louisiana W 3-0 $Stephen F. Austin Tournament &Louisiana Tech L 0-3 %Florida Invitational Marquette W 3-0 ANike Invitational DePaul L 1-3 SGreat Midwest Championships Cincinnati L 1-3 •^ Saint Louis L 1-3 f\ Alabama-Birmingham L 1-3 %/_- ~ Record: 27-1 "JT Coach: Penny Lucas-IWi/te =UT-Chattanooga W 3-1 =Tulane L 1-3 'Southeastern La. W 34 =Samford W 3-1 'Arkansas Little-Rock W 3-1 =Sam Houston L 0-3 *TulS£i W 3~0 Saint Louis L 0-3 #Ole Miss W 3-1 Arkansas State L 0-3 #Murray State W 34 DePaul L 1-3 #Stephen F. Austin L 0-3 Marquette L 0-3 $Northern Arizona L 0-3 Alabama-Birmingham L 0-3 $CSU Northridge L 0-3 $William & Mary L 0-3 $Houston L 0-3 $Seton Hall L 2-3 Tennessee State W 34 $Pittsburgh L 1-3 Louisville L 2-3 $Arkansas State L 0-3 Mississippi State L 1-3 Mississippi State L 2-3 Saint Louis W 34 AMarquette W 3-1 UAB W 34 AAlabama-Birmingham L 1-3 Marquette W 34 AGMC Championships DePaul W 3-2 Tennessee-Martin W 34 Dayton W 3-1 Cincinnati W 3-0

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AWestern

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Year-by-Year Tiger Results Saint Louis W 3-2 SlU-Carbondale W 3-1 UAB W 3-1 Dayton W 3-0 Cincinnati W 3-2 DePaul W 3-0 Marquette W 3-0 Ole Miss W 3-2 %Eastern Illinois W 3-0 %Arkansas-Little Rock W 3-2 %SE Missouri State W 3-0 &Saint Louis W 3-0 &DePaul W 3-0 +Georgia L 0-3 +South Florida W 3-1 ASan Diego State L 1 -3 "Lady Tiger Invitational #Graphic Systems Classic $Northern Arizona Tournament %SEMO Invitational &GMC Championships +Georgia Invitational ANCAA Tournament ^^ 7995 %--•* Record: 13-20 f Coach: Penny Lucas-White %South Florida %Florida State Tennesse Tech Central Florida Illinois-Chicago Murray State Ole Miss Clemson Auburn UNC Charlotte* Southern Illinois Louisville* Southern Mississippi* Tulane* Arkansas-Little Rock Middle Tennessee State Houston Louisville* Arkansas State George Mason Marquette* DePaul* Ole Miss Cincinnati* Wright State Saint Louis* UAB* South Florida* Houston UNC Charlotte* DePaulA Saint LouisA Arkansas State AC-USA Tournament

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

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Record: 8-27 Coach: Carrie Yerty

LSU Ponn Qtota renn oiaie Middle Tennessee Davidson Southwestern La. Ole Miss

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Austin Peay State Montana State Jackson State Tennessee State Northwestern La. State Arkansas State Nicholls State Chicago State Arkansas-Little Rock Louisville* UNC Charlotte* Houston* Tulane* Southern Miss* DePaul* Marquette* Western Kentucky Cincinnati* Ole Miss South Florida* UAB* Saint Louis* Louisville* SE Missouri State Arkansas-Little Rock UNC Charlotte* Houston* Arkansas State Saint LouisA AC-USA Tournament / '" \7 1 --J • *

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

Record: 19-14 Coach: Carrie Yerty

SW Texas State Wright State Troy State Montana State-Bozeman Wake Forest Denver Western Illinois Tennessee-Martin Western Kentucky Ole Miss UAB* South Alabama Missouri East Carolina Northeast Louisiana Saint Louis* UNC Charlotte* Houston* South Florida* Southern Miss* Tulane* Marquette* DePaul* Cincinnati* Louisville* UAB* South Florida* Houston Southwestern Louisiana Tulane* Southern Miss* UABA HoustonA

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

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

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7995 Record: 18-14 Coach: Carrie Yerty

Samford Jacksonville State

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Record: 11-22 Coach: Carrie Yerty

at Middle Tennessee StateW Texas-San Antonio A L Idaho A L Fairfield University A L at Univ. of Portland A W Western Carolina & W Western Illinois & L Samford University & W UT-Martin W at UAB * W UL-Lafayette % L Samford University % W at Mississippi State % L at Marquette * L at DePaul * L Tulane* L Southern Miss * L Tennessee L at South Florida * L at Houston * L Jacksonville State W Louisville * L Cincinnati * L at Ole Miss L Saint Louis * L at UNC Charlotte * L Murray State L U-Ini lotrin * IL nousion South Florida * W

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3-0 1 -3 2-3 0-3 3-0 3-1 1-3 3-2 3-0 3-1 0-3 3-1 1 -3 0-3 1-3 1-3 2-3 1-3 0-3 0-3 3-0 0-3 0-3 1-3 1-3 0-3 1-3 1 i *3-o 3-1

UAB * W 3-0 at Southern Miss * W 3-2 at Tulane * L 2-3 Marquette # L 0-3 APortland Tournament & Graphic Systems Classic % Mississippi State Tournament # Conference USA Tournament 2000 Record: 13-20 Coach: Carrie Yerty vs. UW-Green Bay% W 3-0 at Bradley % L 0-3 vs. Toledo % L 0-3 vs. Mercer A W 3-0 vs. South Carolina St. A W 3-0 at CharlestonA W 3-0 at Tennessee L 0-3 MISSISSIPPI STATE & L 0-3 SYRACUSE & L 1-3 NICHOLLS STATE & W 3-0 OLE MISS & L 1-3 MARQUETTE * L 2-3 DEPAUL* L 1-3 at South Alabama W 3-2 at Tulane* L 1-3 at Southern Miss * L 2-3 SOUTH FLORIDA * L 0-3 HOUSTON * L 0-3 at Louisville * L 0-3 at Cincinnati * L 0-3 at Murray State W 3-1 CHARLOTTE* L 1-3 SAINT LOUIS * L 0-3 at Houston * L 0-3 at South Florida * L 1-3 at Jacksonville St. W 3-0 at UAB * W 3-1 UAB * W 3-0 CHRISTIAN BROTHERS W 3-2 SOUTHERN MISS * L 1-3 TULANE * W 3-1 Tulane # L 1-3 % Bradley Tournament A College of Charleston Tourney & Graphic Systems Classic # C-USA Tourney (Charlotte, N.C.)

2001 Record: 22-10 Coach: Carrie Yerty & at UNC Asheville &vs. Morehead State &vs. South Alabama #vs. LaSalle #vs. Robert Morris #vs. Cornell #at Kent State OLE MISS at Samford at UAB* HOUSTON* SAINT LOUIS* at Saint Louis* at TCU* at Houston* SOUTHERN MISS* TULANE* SAMFORD

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Year-by-Year Tiger Results MTSU LOUISVILLE* CINCINNATI* JACKSON STATE MURRAY STATE at Marquette* atDePaul* atUT-Martin SOUTH FLORIDA* UAB* at East Carolina* at Charlotte* at High Point Avs. Tulane Avs. Cincinnati

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& UNC Asheville Tournament # Kent State Tournament A C-USA Tourney (Houston, TX) / \2 £vi •• / j

Record: 19-15 Coach: Carrie Yerty

& Georgia State L 3-1 & Charleston Southern W 3-0 & Western Kentucky L 1 -3 & at Georgia Southern W 3-1 CHRISTIAN BROTHERS W 3-1 #ARKANSAS STATE W 3-0 # BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN L 2-3 # MIDDLE TENNESSEE L 2-3 # APPALACHIAN ST. W 3-0 % Sacred Heart W 3-0 % Lehigh W 3-0 % Marist W 3-0 % at Yale W 3-1 A Gardner Webb W 3-0 A at Boston College W 3-1 at Dartmouth W 3-0 UT-MARTIN W 3-2 SAINT LOUIS * L 0-3 at Ole Miss L 1-3 HOUSTON * L 2-3 TCU * L 2-3 at South Florida * L 0-3 at UAB* L 1-3 ARKANSAS STATE W 3-0 BELMONT W 3-0 DEPAUL* W 3-0 MARQUETTE* W 3-0 at Cincinnati * L 1-3 at Louisville * L 0-3 CHARLOTTE * W 3-2 EAST CAROLINA * W 3-1 at Tulane * L 2-3 at Southern Miss * L 0-3 ! vs. Charlotte L 2-3 & at Georgia Southern Tourney # at U of M Home Tourney % at Yale Tournament A at Boston College Tournament ! at C-USA Tournament (Chicago, III.)

2003 Record: 30-6 Coach: Carrie Yerty

8/29 ! UALR W 8/29 ! Eastern Kentucky W 8/30 ! UT-Martin W 8/30 ! at Arkansas State L 9/5 # Radford W 9/6 # Troy State W 9/6 # at Davidson W 9/9 at UT-Martin W 9/12 $ Tennessee Tech W 9/1 3 $ Holy Cross W 9/13$UL-Lafayette W 9/1 9 A South Alabama W 9/19 A North Carolina St. W 9/20 A Wofford W 9/20 A at Birmingham South. W 9/23 at Middle Tennessee W 10/3 at Saint Louis* W 10/5 at SE Missouri W 10/1 Oat TCU* L 10/11 at Houston* W 10/14 vs. Christian Brothers W 10/1 7 vs. UAB* W 10/18 vs. South Florida * W 10/21 vs. Mississippi W 10/24 at Marquette * W 10/25 atDePaul* W 10/26 at Chicago State W 10/31 vs. Louisville * L 11/1 vs. Cincinnati * L 1 1/7 at East Carolina * W 11/8 at Charlotte* W 11/14 vs. Southern Miss * L 11/1 5 vs. Tulane* W 11/22% at Tulane W 1 1/23 % vs. Houston W 11/24% vs. Louisville L ! at ASU Tournament # at Davidson Tournament $ at Memphis Tournament A at Birmingham Southern Tournament % at C-USA Tournament

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

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Tiger Coaching Records

1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987

Jane Hooker Jane Hooker Jane Hooker Janice Dunn Janice Dunn Janice Dunn Janice Dunn Diane Hale Diane Hale Diane Hale Diane Hale Diane Hale Diane Hale Diane Hale Diane Hale Diane Hale Jim Callender

17-5 18-9 18-7 13-7 16-16 12-23-1 23-11

26-19 35-20

41-17 27-14 15-26 15-18

21-16 15-19

17-17 21-16

.773 .667 .720 .650 .500 .343 .677 .578 .636 .707 .659 .366 .455 .568 .417 .500 .568

1988 Jim Callender 1989 Mike Lingenfelter 1990 Mike Lingenfelter 1991 Penny Lucas-White 1992 Penny Lucas-White 1993 Penny Lucas-White 1994 Penny Lucas-White 1995 Penny Lucas-White 1996 Carrie Yerty 1997 Carrie Yerty 1998 Carrie Yerty 1999 Carrie Yerty 2000 Carrie Yerty 2001 Carrie Yerty 2002 Carrie Yerty 2003 Carrie Yerty Program History

24-18 26-15 30-9 20-15 10-26 25-11 27-8 13-20 8-27 19-14 18-14 11-22 13-20 22-10 19-15 30-6 665-510

.571 .634 .769 .571 .278 .694 .771 .394

i i

T 1

.171 m __

.576 .563 .333 .394 .688 .559 .833 .566

All-time Coaching Records (by victories) Coach Diane Hale Carrie Yerty Penny Lucas-White Janice Dunn Mike Lingenfelter Jane Hooker Jim Callender

Diane Hale

Seasons

Tenure

9 8 5 4 2 3 2

1978-86 1996-pres. 1991-95 1974-77 1989-90 1971-73 1987-88

Jim Callender

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W-L 212-166 140-128 95-80 64-57-1 56-24 53-21 45-34

PCI .561 .474 .543 .529 .700 .716 .570

Penny Lucas-White

University of Memphis Career Records

1231 1212 1134

TOTAL KILLS Monique Swaby Holly Buford Ginger Garrett Brittany Barnett Peggy RuleKatherine Lehman Shoni Hodges Renee Ross Amy Greer Rhonda Kottke

3954 3607 3585 3479 3447 3447 3402 3083 2986 2964

TOTAL ATTEMPTS Ginger Garrett Brittany Barnett Shoni Hodges Peggy Rule Amy Greer Angie Glaub Renee Ross Rosie Glenn Sarah Tjelmeland Katherine Lehman

1819 1431 1389 1349 1344 1268

.361 .299 .260 .256 .251 .240 .238 .236 Ginger Garrett, who completed her career in 2001, ranks in the top five in three major hitting categories. She is tops in attempts with 3,954, third in total kills with 1,389, and fifth in hitting percentage with a mark of .251.

.234 .231 .230 309 240 234 193 152 151 148 147 143 138 130

Amie Hamilton made her mark on the Tiger program and is still the program's career digs leader. Hamilton also spent two years as a setter, and is fifth in career assists. Her senior season, she set a new Memphis single season record with 97 service

1491 1365 1354 1328 1323 1237 1182 1174 1170 1141 1025

ASSISTS 1992-95 1980-83 1998-01 • 2000-2003 1983-86 1987-90 1994-97 1991-94 1990-93 1986-90

1998-01 2000-03 1994-97 1983-86 1990-93 1983-86 1991-94 1996-99 1987-90 1987-90

ATTACK PERCENTAGE Holly Buford 1980-83 Shoni Hodges 1994-97 Sheila Neba 2000-03 Katherine Lehman 1987-90 Ginger Garrett 1998-01 Emily Eichmann 1998-01 Tiara Gilkey 2001Monique Swaby 1992-95 Mary Vercande 1981-82 Peggy Rule 1983-86 Rhonda Kottke 1986-90 Beth Johnson 1980-84 SERVICE ACES Clare Dirksen Lori Jones Amie Hamilton Peggy Rule Drenda Roberts Ginger Garrett Heather Watts Shoni Hodges Laura Wilson Holly Buford Angie Glaub Rosie Glenn

1986-89 1981-84 1998-01 1983-86 1981-84 1998-01 20011994-97 1980-82 1980-83 1983-86 1996-99

DIGS Amie Hamilton Clare Dirksen Shoni Hodges Amy Greer Peggy Rule Renee Ross Monique Swaby Brittany Barnett Rosie Glenn Ginger Garrett

1998-01 1986-89 1994-97 1990-93 1983-86 1991-94 1992-95 2000-03 1996-99 1998-01

W3TIS --------——--————

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5653

Clare Dirksen

1986-6:

2777 2681 2628 1951 1511 1124 1085 869

Nikki Taylor Jessica Baley Amie Hamilton Mia Stephens Alisande Cavanagh Drenda Roberts Jeannie Robison Arny Greer

1993-9^ 1997-9: 1998-0' 1983-?: 1990-9' 1981-819=:' 1990-95

206

BLOCK ASSISTS Rhonda Kottke Katherine Lehman Monique Swaby Sheila Neba Nancy Wolter Angle Glaub Clare Dirksen Drenda Roberts Sarah Tjelmeland Shoni Hodges

1986-?: 1987-?: 1992-5: 20001985-88 1983-8! 1986-?; 1981-S: 1987-9C 1994-9"

151 140 135 129 122 86 82 64

BLOCK SOLOS Katherine Lehman Drenda Roberts Holly Buford Rhonda Kottke Monique Swaby Lori Rembe Mary Vercande Sheila Neba

1987-9! 1981* 1980-i: 1986-5.' 1992-5: 1989-5' 1981-K 2000-C

TOTAL BLOCKS Rhonda Kottke Katherine Lehman Monique Swaby Drenda Roberts Sheila Neba Holly Buford Angie Glaub Drenda Roberts Chelle Penner Sarah Tjelmeland

1986-5.' 1987-5! 1992-5: 1981* 2000-i: 198C--.: 1983-:' 1981-1198--: 1987-

446 356 317 313 301 285 269 237

575 507 439 377 364 360 292 278 251

'The 2003 senior class finished in the career top 10 in 6 of 8 categories. Brittany Barnett (21) finished in four categories, while Sheila Neba (22) finished in the top 10 in three.

University of Memphis Individual Single Season Records KILL 670 538 537 532 520 509 501 494 484 432

Monique Swaby Tiara Gilkey Holly Buford Brittany Barnett Brittany Barnett Katherine Lehman Monique Swaby April Harriman Holly Buford Becky Tigert

1680 1362 1326 1317 1250 1206 1145 1104 1101 1098 1096

Monique Swaby Brittany Barnett Brittany Barnett April Harriman Tiara Gilkey Shoni Hodges Monique Swaby Peggy Rule Sarah Tjelmeland Amy Greer Ginger Garrett

ASSISTS 1995 2003 1981 2002 2003 1990 1994 2000 1983 1997

1792 1678 1575 1569 1426 1402 1351 1342

Heather Watts Clare Dirksen Heather Watts Clare Dirksen NikkiTaylor AmieHamilton NikkiTaylor Jessica Baley

2003 1989 2002 1988 1993 2001 1994 1997

1339 1245

Jessica Baley Alisande Cavanagh

1998 1991

1995 2002 2003 2000 2003 1997 1994 1987 1990 1993 2001

97 97 94 80 79 69 67 65 63

AmieHamilton Laura Wilson Clare Dirksen Clare Dirksen Lori Jones Alisande Cavanagh Mary Vercande Holly Buford Lori Jones Heather Watts

420

Clare Dirksen

416

Amy Greer

1993

408 403 403

Lauren Berg Heather Watts AmieHamilton

2002 2003 2000

393

Peggy Rule

1986

391 391 389 385 383

Tiara Gilkey Kara Cronin NikkiTaylor Marie Zwolinski Nancy Nellans

2003 1987 1993 1989 2003

57 48 47 44 43 40

Katherine Lehman Holly Buford LoriRembe Holly Buford Holly Buford LoriRembe Monique Swaby Monique Swaby Sheila Neba

ACES

TOTAL ATTEMPTS

ATTACK PERCENTAGE .429 .357 .313 .309 .298 .298 .293 .285 .275 .274

Holly Buford Holly Buford Katherine Lehman Beth Johnson Sheila Neba Holly Buford Sheila Neba Emily Eichmann Jessica Henry Lori Jones Monique Swaby

1981 1983 1990 1981 2003 1982 2001 2001 1998 1984 1994

2001 1981 1987 1989 1981 1990 1981 1981 1984 2003

DIGS 1989

BLOCK SOLOS 1990 1982 1991 1983 1981 1989 1994 1995 2003

Monique Swaby and Renee Ross teamed to lead Memphis to its first NCAA bid in 1994. BLOCK ASSISTS 160 140 121 114 113 107 105 101 99 98

Rhonda Kottke Katherine Lehman Sheila Neba Angle Glaub Rhonda Kottke Nancy Wolter Drenda Roberts Brittany Barnett Rhonda Kottke Holly Buford LoriRembe

TOTAL BLOCKS 197 146

143 143 137 135 132 131 127 123

Katherine Lehman Sheila Neba Rhonda Kottke Lisa Eisenrich KimErhorn Holly Buford Holly Buford Nancy Wolter Monique Swaby Angle Glaub Nancy Wolter Drenda Roberts

Amie Hamilton holds the school record for career digs with 1,491. She also ranks fourth in assists (2,628) and shares the record for aces in a season (97) with Laura Wilson.

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1989 1990 2004 1983 1990 1987 1983 2000 1988 1983 1989

1990 2003 1990 1986 1985 1983 1981 1987 1994 1983 1985 1983

University of Memphis Team Single Season Records KILLS

2204 2. 2148 3. 2000 4. 1979 5. 1974 6. 1911 7. 1795 8. 1776 9. 1769 10. 1723

2003 1989 1990 2002 1988 1993 2001 1984 1994 1986

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 278

2003

10. 265

1994

ERRORS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

985 983 980 961 918 903 838 828 816 794

SERVICES ACES 527 1981 319 1990 308 1983 300 1993 298 1986 294 1984 285 1987 279 2001

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

BLOCKING ERRORS 136 1989 131 1984 128 .1993 128 1991 125 .1982 123 .1981 120 1999 109 1992 107 .1994 104 1987

SERVICES ERRORS 1988 1987 1989 2003 1993 2002 1990 1997 1994 1986

TOTAL ATTEMPTS 1. 5759 1989 2. 5405 2003 3. 5297 1993 4. 5234 1988 5. 5176 1990 6. 5151 2002 7. 5077 1987 8. 4866 1994 9. 4833 2000 10. 4815 1986 HITTING PERCENTAGE 1. .273 .1981 2. .240 .2001 .1984 3. .231 4. .230 2003 5. .224 1990 6. .213 .1983 7. .209 2002 8. .203 .1989 9. .200 1998 10. .196 1994

1. 473 2. 462

1990 1989

3. 436

1993

4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

380 344 336 326 324 316 316 316

1997 2003 1994 1985 1988 1998 2001 2002

RECEPTION ERRORS 1. 379 1981 2. 381 1983 3. 310 1988 4. 309 1984 5. 301 1982 6. 290 1989 7. 225 1985 8. 225 1987 9. 224 1990 10. 223 1992 TOTAL BLOCKS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

604 570 538 519 483

1986 1989 1984 1985 1997

6. 414

.1990

7. 382 8. 365 9. 355 10. 347

1988 .1981 .1987 1983

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DIGS

1. 2417 2. 2301 3. 2297 4. 2197 5. 2176 6. 2129 7. 2105 8. 2006 9. 1998 10. 1931

1993 1989 1990 2003 1986 1994 1992 1987 2000 2002

University of Memphis Single Match Records 30-Kill Club

PT1 Holly Buford

Monique Swaby 40 -- at Mississippi, 10/24/95 35 --at Cincinnati, 10/27/95 31 -vs. UAB, 11/2/95

34 - vs. Ole Miss, 1981

April Harriman 30--VS. CBU, 11/7/00

Hitting Percentage (Min. 10 attempts)

Kills 40- Monique Swaby at Mississippi, 10/24/95 35 - Monique Swaby at Cincinnati, 10/27/95 34-- Holly Buford vs. Ole Miss, 9/22/81 31 - Monique Swaby vs. UAB, 11/2/95 30-April Harriman vs. Christian Brothers, 11/7/00 29-Adrianne Edmonds vs. Mississippi, 9/14/01 29 - April Harriman vs. Mississippi, 9/16/00 29 - Monique Swaby vs. Southern Illinois, 9/20/95 27 -- Tiara Gilkey vs. UT-Martin, 8/30/03 27-April Harriman vs. Tulane, 11/11/00 27 - Jessica Henry vs. Mississippi, 10/20/98 26 -- Brittany Barnett vs. Louisville, 10/31/03 26-Nancy Nellans vs. Houston, 10/11/02 26-Tiara Gilkey vs. UT-Martin, 10/1/02 26-Nancy Nellans vs. UT-Martin, 10/1/02 26 - Becky Tigert vs. DePaul, 10/19/97 26- Monique Swaby vs. Saint Louis at Louisville, 11/17/95 25 -- Tiara Gilkey at Charlotte, 11/8/03 25 - Tiara Gilkey vs. Birmingham-Southern, 9/6/02 25-Monique Swaby vs. Middle Tennessee, 10/3/95 25 - Monique Swaby vs. Tennessee Tech at USF, 9/2/95

Attacks 80 - Monique Swaby vs. Southern Illinois, 9/20/95 75-April Harriman vs. Christian Brothers, 11/7/00 75 - Monique Swaby at Mississippi, 10/24/95 73-April Harriman vs. Mississippi, 9/16/00 72 - Monique Swaby at Cincinnati, 10/27/95 71 -April Harriman vs. Tulane, 11/11/00 68-April Harriman at Southern Mississippi, 10/1/00 66 - Nancy Nellans vs. Houston, 10/11/02 65 -- Brittany Barnett vs. Louisville, 10/31/03 65 -- Brittany Barnett at Charlotte, 11/8/03 65-Monique Swaby vs. Middle Tennessee, 10/3/95 65 - Monique Swaby vs. Tennessee Tech at USF, 9/2/95

.846 .800 .714 .692 .667 .647 .643 .643 .636 .625 .615 .600

(11-0-13) -- Heather Watts at Tulane, 11/22/03 (8-0-10) - Ginger Garrett vs. UAPB, 9/12/98 (10-0-14) - Sheila Neba vs. UT-Martin, 10/1/02 (18-0-26) - Becky Tigert vs. Missouri, 9/19/97 (14-2-18) -- Sheila Neba at DePaul, 10/26/03 (11-0-17) - Laura Stoke vs. USM, 11/10/00 (9-0-14) - Kristen Hardee vs. Wofford, 9/20/03 (10-1-14) -Tiara Gilkey vs. Charleston Southern, 8/30/02 (7-0-11) - Jenni Rosselli vs. Missouri, 9/19/97 (11-1-16) -- Sheila Neba at Davidson, 9/6/03 (9-1-13) - Sheila Neba vs. Saint Louis, 9/25/01 (14-2-20) - Sheila Neba at Houston, 10/11/03

Assists 75 - Heather Watts vs. UT-Martin, 10/1/02 75 - Jessica Baley vs. DePaul, 10/19/97 74 - Jessica Baley vs. Mississippi, 10/20/98 72 -Amie Hamilton vs. Christian Brothers, 11/7/00 70 - Heather Watts vs. UT Martin, 8/30/03 68 -Amie Hamilton vs. Mississippi, 9/14/01 67 - Heather Watts vs. Louisville, 10/31/03 67 - Heather Watts vs. TCU, 10/12/02 66 -- Heather Watts vs. Southern Miss, 11/14/03 66 -Amie Hamilton vs. Tulane, 10/13/01 65 - Heather Watts at Marquette, 10/24/03 64 - Jeannie Robison vs. South Florida, 10/31/99 63 - Heather Watts at Cincinnati, 11/1/02 63 - Jessica Baley vs. Houston, 10/11/98 62 - Heather Watts at Houston, 10/11/03 62 - Amie Hamilton at East Carolina, 11/9/01

7O-Assist Club

Heather Watts 75-vs. UT-Martin, 10/1/02 70 - vs. UT-Martin, 8/30/03

Jessica Baley 75--vs. DePaul, 10/19/97 74 - vs. Mississippi, 10/20/98

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Amie Hamilton 72 ~ vs. Christian Brothers, 11/7/00

University of Memphis Single Match Records Service Aces 9 - Nancy Nellans vs. Arkansas State, 9/6/02 8 -- Hristina Slancheva at Saint Louis, 10/3/03 8 - Nancy Nellans vs. Charleston Southern, 8/30/02 8 -- Amy Watson vs. UAB, 1980 7 -- Melissa Nance vs. Christian Brothers, 10/14/03 7 - Amie Hamilton vs. Samford, 10/16/01 6 -- Heather Watts vs. North Carolina State, 9/13/03 6 - Tiara Gilkey vs. Christian Brothers, 9/4/02 6 - Adrianne Edmonds vs. Jackson State, 10/23/01 6 -Amie Hamilton vs. Cornell at Kent State, 9/8/01 6-Amie Hamilton vs. UAB, 11/3/01 6 - Amie Hamilton at UAB, 9/15/99 5 - Nancy Nellans vs. Middle Tennessee, 9/7/02 5 - Nancy Nellans vs. Christian Brothers, 9/4/02 5 - Heather Watts vs. Christian Brothers, 9/4/02 5 -Amie Hamilton vs. Morehead St. at UNC Asheville, 9/1/01 5 -Amie Hamilton at UNC Asheville, 8/31/01 5 -Amie Hamilton vs. Cincinnati, 10/20/01 5 - Heather Watts vs. South Alabama, 9/1/01 5 - Emily Eichmann vs. Charlotte, 10/22/00 5 - Jeannie Robison vs. Samford, 9/11/99 5 - Amie Hamilton vs. Tulsa at Cal State Fullerton, 9/4/98 5 - Shoni Hodges at UAB, 10/31/97

Digs 33 - Rosie Glenn vs. Saint Louis, 9/25/98 32-Amie Hamilton vs. Christian Brothers, 11/7/00 26 -- Tiara Gilkey vs. Cincinnati, 11/1/03 25 -- Nancy Nellans at Tulane, 11/22/03 25 - Lauren Berg vs. Birmingham-Southern, 9/6/02 25 -April Harriman at Southern Mississippi, 10/1/00 24 - Amie Hamilton at Kent State, 9/8/01 24-April Harriman vs. Tulane, 11/11/00 23 - Heather Watts vs. UALR, 8/29/03 23 - Lauren Berg vs. Western Kentucky, 8/31/02 23 -Amie Hamilton at Southern Mississippi, 11/12/99 23 - Rosie Glenn at Southern Mississippi, 11/12/99

Block Solos 6 - Sheila Neba at Charlotte, 11/8/03 5 -Amanda Boatright at Southern Mississippi, 11/12/99 4 - Jenni Rosselli vs Portland at Syracuse, 9/18/98 4 - Jenni Rosselli vs. South Alabama, 9/19/97 4 - Amanda Boatright at Charlotte, 10/24/99 4 - Jeannie Robison at Charlotte, 10/24/99 3 -- Melissa Nance at DePaul, 10/26/03 3 - Monique Swaby vs. UAB, 11/2/95 3 - Lamar Bryant at Mississippi, 10/24/95 3 - Monique Swaby vs. Southern Illinois, 9/20/95 3 - Monique Swaby at Clemson, 9/14/95 3 - Jenni Rosselli vs. DePaul, 10/19/97

Block Assists 11 - Jenni Rosselli vs. Mississippi, 10/20/98 9 - Jessica Trezise at Southern Miss, 10/10/97 8 -- Sheila Neba vs. Cincinnati, 11/1/03 8 -- Sheila Neba at Southeast Missouri, 10/5/03 8 - Sheila Neba at Tulane, 11/15/02 8 - Sheila Neba vs. Marquette, 10/26/02 8 - Sheila Neba vs. Robert Morris at Kent State, 9/7/01 8 - Sheila Neba vs. Houston, 9/23/01 8 - Brittany Barnett vs. Christian Brothers, 11/7/00 8 - Laura Stoke at UAB, 11/1/00 8 - Jenni Rosselli vs. DePaul, 10/19/97 8 -Amanda Boatright vs. South Florida, 10/31/99 7 - Sheila Neba vs. Christian Brothers, 10/14/03 7 - Brittany Barnett vs. DePaul, 9/23/00 7 - Lindsay Bax vs. Idaho at Portland, 9/3/99 7 - Sarah Wengler vs. South Florida, 10/31/99 7 - Shoni Hodges vs. UAB, 9/19/97 7 - Jessica Trezise vs. UAB, 9/19/97 7 - Sarah Wengler vs. Murray State, 10/26/99 7 - Shoni Hodges vs. East Carolina, 9/20/97

Total Blocks 11.0 -Jenni Rosselli vs. Mississippi, 10/20/98 11.0 - Jenni Rosselli vs. DePaul, 10/19/97 10.0 -- Sheila Neba at Charlotte, 11/8/03 10.0 - Sheila Neba vs. Houston, 9/23/01 10.0 - Sarah Wengler vs. Mississippi, 9/16/00 10.0 -Amanda Boatright at Southern Mississippi, 11/12/99 9.0 -- Sheila Neba at Southeast Missouri, 10/5/03 9.0 - Jessica Trezise at Southern Miss, 10/10/97 9.0 - Jessica Henry vs. Houston, 10/11/98 8.0 -- Sheila Neba vs. Cincinnati, 11/1/03 8.0 - Sheila Neba at Tulane, 11/15/02 8.0 - Sheila Neba vs. Marquette, 10/26/02 8.0 - Sheila Neba vs. Robert Morris at Kent State, 9/7/01 8.0 - Laura Stoke at UAB, 11/1/00 8.0 - Brittany Barnett vs. Christian Brothers, 11/7/00 8.0 - Sarah Wengler vs. Murray State, 10/26/99 8.0 - Jenni Rosselli vs. USL at Cal State Fullerton, 9/5/98 8.0 - Jenni Rosselli vs. South Alabama, 9/19/97

3O-Dig Club

Sheila Neba set a single match record with six block solos in, 3-2 win at Charlotte in 2003.

Rosie Glenn 33 vs. Saint Louis, 9/25/98

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Amie Hamilton 32 vs. Christian Brothers, 11/7/00

1,000 Career Kill Club l. Monique Swaby - 1,789 Kills Yr.

1992 1993 1994 1995 TOTALS

129 120 123 118 490

36 36 35 S3 140

K 260 358 501 670 1789

E 133 151 187 308 779

778 833 1145 1680 4436

Pet.

.202 .249 .274 .216 .228

SA 16 20 32 42. 111

BS 21 27 40 34 122

BA 65 87 92 73 317

246 293 319 324 1182

43 49 43

94 36 80

85 123

86 114 132 10Z 439

2. Holly Buford - 1,431 Kills Yr. 1980 1981 1982 1983 TOTALS

GP n/a n/a n/a 106

MP n/a n/a n/a n/a

537 134 410 129 484 102 1431** missing

DG TA Pet. SA 1980 Statistics Not Available 939 .429 67 35 942 .298 29 71 835 .352 42 175 1980 stats

137

3. Ginger Garrett - 1,389 Kills Yr. 1998 1999 2000 2001 TOTALS

GP 117 121 120 116 474

MP 32 33 33 32 130

K 359 299 311 420 1389

E 136 132 139 160 567

Pet. .224 .181 .183 .237 .208

SA 46 43 29 33 151

283 272 267 319 1141

BS 7 9 6 6 28

BA 56 42 48 42 195

TB 63 51 54 55 223

TA 551 368 1362 1326 3607

Pet. .131 .144 .243

DG 270 243 330 331 1174

BS 10 3 8 1 28

BA 105 11 41 53 210

TB 115

TA 797 561 1021 1206 3585

Pet. .223 .148 .234 .227 .216

SA 31 35 45

DG 375 271 348 360 1354

4 15 17

25 41 73

TA 328 728 815 1093 2964

Pet. .076 .233 .272 .313 .256

TA 645 546 970 1104 3265

Pet. .222 .202 .239 .260 .237

SA 36 29 59

TA 692 944 902 864 3402

Pet. .109 .159 .191 ,211 .170

Pet. .133 .174 .157 .206 .192

TA 994 921 941 1096 3952

4. Brittany Barnett - 1,349 Kills

t1 IfV•* *'

ti -l| •4

V Jr.

2000 2001 2002 2003 TOTALS

120 116 128 135 263

MP 33 32 34 36 135

K 182 115 532 520 1349

E 110 62 201 185 558

.219

34 32 34 26 136

14 49 6Q 238

5. Shoni Hodges - 1,268 Kills Yr.iv 1994 1995 1996 1997 TOTALS

GP 109 113 124 121 467

MP 32 32 35 33 132

299 167 375 427 1268

121 84 136 153 494

228

TB 29 56 90 22 274

DG 55 94 228 314 691

10 33 34 5Z 134

89 88 96 140 413

99 121 130 liZ 547

343 196 325 393 1257

37 21 43 46 147

SA 24 36 39 2Q 119

229

382 317 309 1237

8 9 2 4 23

23 20 33 34 110

31 29 35

349 311 271 416 1347

12 14 9 6 41

BA 49 37 53 48

53 35 43 32 163

36 147

5. Katherine Lehman -1,268 Kills

A Jt' *

Yr.

• V-

k.""~"v^ ll^9 J3^^^'^ . • • \ ^*

Yr. 1987 1988 1989 1990 TOTALS

GP 104 147 128 139 518

41 38

K 98 305 356 509 1268

E 73 135 134 166 508

2 8 32 56 98

T.Peggy Rule- 1,250 Kills Yr. 1983 1984 1985 1986 TOTALS

GP 124 85 129 135 473

n/a

249 204 370 427 1250

106 94 138 139 477

5Z 181

blocks combined

~] 8. Renee Ross - 1,231 Kills Yr. GP •y£] 1991 106 $ 1992 115 1993 124 M ^ 1224 105 | ^E^* j TOTALS 450

MP 32 32 35 32 131

K 213 335 349 334 1231

E 137

185 177

152 651

38 133

9. Amy Greer - 1,212 Kills Yr. 1990 1991 1992 1993 TOTALS

GP 138 117 117 136 508

MP 39 35 32 36 142

K 320 316 190 386 1212

E 192 163 98 160 613

556 878 587 1098 3119

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187

59 51 61 54 225

l,OOO Career Kill Club XO. Rhonda Konfce - I,I34 Kills Yr. 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 TOTALS

GP 72 15 131 128 140 493

MP 4

39 n/a

K E 97 57 19 15 351 139 376 134 291 113 1134 458

TA 272 83 910 815 714 2794

Pet. .147 .048 .232 .272 .249 .242

SA 20 2 23 32 2S 105

DG 136 29 149 228 311 688

TB 71 2 21 23 #redshirted 32 101 133 34 96 160 144 33 531 101A 209A A blocking stats combined

Pet. .142 .190 .209 .227 .204

SA 3 11 20 3Z 71

DG 73 121 273 372 839

BS 6 19 10 11 46

BA 67 46 62 3Q 205

TB 73 65 72 41 251

Pet. .090 .072 .132 .168 .121

SA 46 26 33 25 130

DG 219 260 381 310 1170

BS 5 0 2 2 9

BA 47 22 22 47 138

TB 52 22 24 49 147

TA 688 285 504 1358 2835

Pet. .167 .007 .125 .200 .159

SA 6 12 2 IS 38

DG 101 98 39 379 617

BS 4 2 4 2 19

BA 57 15 50

TB 61 17 54 60 192

TA 426 529 1027 884 2866

Pet. .185 .023 .181 .165 .148

SA 25 25 46 27 123

DG 158 165 305 297 925

' ?*• XX. Sarah Tjelmeland - I,XO4 Kills

V&"-

"• - ffm jH

Yr>

1987

1988 149 M 1989 125 JfB 1990 UQ TOTALS 508 n/a

113

324 264 39 40_1 1104 494

3°9

164 841 110 735 151 1101 2986

f A IRosie Yr. Glenn GP K E *\. - X,O63 MP Kills M~ -\6 123 35 262 196 731 T^.'--A 1997 118 33 200 157

• ^M A J^ •

1998

117

1999 121 TOTALS 479

33 133

2B1

l72

320 164 1063 689

599

826

927 3083

f\ - -^tX3. April Harriman - 1,017 Kills

Yr. 1997 1998 1999 fl 2000 .flKlvVI TOTALS

J ---Jl

M^m 3uL -

* Jft^f^

<lifik ' "^i ' ' fl

'^cnl^K ^^PP

GP 93 108 115 121 437

MP 33 31 32 33 129

K 256 85 182 494 1017

E 141 83 119 223 566

51 173

14. Angie Glaub - X,OX4 Kills Yr. 1983 1984 1985 1986 TOTALS

GP 94 125 129 112 460

K 163 163 391 297 1014

E 84 151 205 151 591

TB 75 AA AA 121 AA AA 61 AA AA 6Q blocking combinec 317

IS. Nancy Wolter - 1,007 Kills

a ., jp i -". A

Yr. 2001 2002 2003 TOTALS

GP 36 125 133 394

MP 18 34 36 88

K 43 426 538 1007

E 21 182 236 439

TA 102 1035 1250 2387

Pet. .216 .236 .242 .238

SA 0 32 3Q 62

DG 5 260 391 656

BS 3 2 14 19

BA 17 70

za 165

TB 20 72 22 184

IS. Tiara Gilkey - 1,007 Kills Yr. 2001 2002 2QQ3 TOTALS

GP 36 125 133 394

MP 18 34 36 88

K 43 426 538 1007

E 21 182 236 439

TA 102 1035 125Q 2387

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Pet. .216 .236 .242 .238

SA 0 32 32 62

DG 5 260 391 656

BS 3 2 14 19

BA 17 70

TB 20 72

165

22 184

METRO CONFERENCE 1980 in Memphis, Tennessee September 26-27 First Round '.'emphis def. Louisville Second Round Vemphis def. Saint Louis Third Round '.'emphis def. Tulane Fourth Round Florida State def. Memphis Sixth Round Memphis def. Cincinnati Seventh Round Memphis def. Florida State Semifinals Florida State def. Memphis

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

1981 in Cincinnati, Ohio November 21-23 First Round Tulane def. Memphis Second Round Memphis def. Virginia Tech Third Round Cincinnati def. Memphis Fourth Round Memphis def. Louisville Cincinnati def. Memphis Fifth Round Memphis def. Louisville Semifinals Memphis def. Tulane Championship Cincinnati def. Memphis

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

1982 in Tallahassee, Florida November 21-23 Second Round Memphis def. Virginia Tech Third Round Florida State def. Memphis Fourth Round Louisville def. Memphis Fifth Round Memphis def. Cincinnati

2-1

Post-Season History 1988 in Cincinnati, Ohio November 18-19 First Round Memphis def. Louisville Semifinals Cincinnati def. Memphis

3-0 3-1

1989 in Tallahassee, Florida November 17-19 First Round Memphis def. Virginia Tech Semifinals Cincinnati def. Memphis

3-1 3-2

1990 in Louisville, Kentucky November 16-17

Sixth Round Memphis def. Tulane Seventh Round Memphis def. Southern Miss Semifinals Cincinnati def. Memphis Championship Florida State def. Memphis

2-0 2-0

First Round Memphis def. Southern Miss Semifinals Memphis def. Cincinnati Championship Louisville def. Memphis

3-1 3-0 3-1

3-1 3-0

GREAT MIDWEST 1991 in Memphis, Tennessee November 22-23

1983 in Louisville, Kentucky November 18-20 First Round Louisville def. Memphis

3-1

1984 in Columbia, South Carolina November 16-17 First Round Memphis def. Cincinnati Semifinals Louisville def. Memphis

First Round Memphis (3) def. Saint Louis Semifinals DAB (2) def. Memphis (3) Third Place Memphis (3) def. Cincinnati (4)

3-0 3-0 3-0\2 in Chic

3-1 November 20-21 3-1

1985 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi November 23-24 ^^^^^ First Round Southern Miss def. Memphis

3-1

1986 in Blacksburg, Virginia November 22-23 First Round Memphis def. Cincinnati Semifinals South Carolina def. Memphis

First Round Memphis (3) def. Marquette (6) Semifinals UAB (2) def. Memphis (3)

3-1 3-1

1993 in Birmingham, Alabama November 19-21 Semifinals UAB (3) def. Memphis (1)

3-0

3-1

1994 in Dayton, Ohio November 18-20

3-1 Semifinals Memphis (1) def. Saint Louis Championship Memphis (1) def. DePaul (7)

1987 in Memphis, Tennessee November 20-22 First Round Memphis def. Virginia Tech Semifinals Cincinnati def. Memphis

3-0 3-0

3-0 3-1

2-0 2-0 2-0

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Post-Season History 1998 in Cincinnati, Ohio November 19-22

CONFERENCE USA 1995 in Louisville, Kentucky November 22-23 First Round Memphis (6) def. DePaul (11) Second Round Saint Louis (3) def. Memphis

3-0 3-1

1996 in Louisville, Kentucky November 21-24 First Round Saint Louis (4) def. Memphis

First Round Memphis (8) def. DePaul (9) Second Round Louisville (1) def. Memphis (8)

First Round Memphis (7) def. UAB (10) Second Round Houston (2) def. Memphis (7)

3-0

Second Round Memphis (4) def. Tulane (5)

3-1

Semifinals Memphis (4) def. Houston (8)

3-1

Finals Louisville (2) def. Memphis (4)

3-0

2000 in Charlotte, North Carolina November 16-19 Tulane def. Memphis (11)

1997 in Houston, Texas November 20-22

3-1

1999 in Tampa, Florida November 18-21 Marquette def. Memphis (11)

3-0

2003 in New Orleans, La. November 22-24

3-1

2001 in Houston, Texas November 15-18 3-1 3-1

Memphis (8) def. Tulane (9) Cincinnati (1) def. Memphis (8)

3-0 3-0

2002 in Chicago, Illinois November 23-25 Charlotte (6) def. Memphis (11)

3-2

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All-Time Tournament Results 1SZ8 Miss. Univ. for Women Tourney, 4th Middle Tennessee St. Tri-Meet, 1st UT-Martin Tournament, 1st Houston Tournament, 5th Lady Tiger Invitational, 2nd Memphis State Tri-Meet, 1st Lady Volunteer Tournament, 4th UT-Martin Tri Meet, 1st SE Missouri State Tri-Meet, 1st TCWSF State Tournament, 3rd Mississippi Invitational, 3rd Miss. Univ. for Women Invit., 3rd Memphis State Invitational, 2nd Florida State Invitational, 4th Missouri Invitational, 3rd Southern Illinois Invitational, 4th TCWSF State Tournament, 1st AIAW Region II Tournament, 3rd

19JBO Alabama Invitational, 3rd Metro Conference Tourney, 2nd South Carolina Invitational, 3rd Florida State Invitational, 4th Memphis State Invitational, 2nd Southern Illinois Invitational, 2nd TCWSF State Tournament, 1st AIAW Region II Tournament, 3rd 1981 Kentucky Invitational, 3rd Missouri Invitational, 3rd Lady Tiger Invitational, 1st Tennessee Invitational, 3rd Ole Miss Invitational, 2nd Metro Conference Tourney, 2nd Southern Illinois Invitational, 4th Memphis State Invitational, 1st Louisiana State Classic, 5th Louisville Invitational, 7th Ole Miss Invitational, 2nd Morehead State Invitational, 4th Metro Conference Tourney, 4th 1983 Cal-State Fullerton Tourney, 4th Virginia Tech Invitational, 3rd Memphis State Tournament, 1st Southern Mississippi Invite, 4th Tennessee Tournament, 5th Ole Miss Tournament, 2nd Memphis State Invitational, 1st Metro Conference Tourney, 3rd

198A

7992

Southwest Missouri State, 3rd Mississippi State Tournament, 1st Texas Tournament, 4th Metro Conference Tourney, 4th

Crimson Classic, 3rd Syracuse Invitational, 4th Graphic Systems Classic, 2nd NLU Classic, 3rd Kathy Trosclair Invitational, 3rd William & Mary Tournament, 51h Great Midwest Tournament, 3rd

1985 Memphis State Invitational, 2nd Metro Conference Tourneyt, 5th 1986 Lady Tiger Classic, 3rd Western Kentucky Tourney, 2nd Florida Tournament, 4th Memphis State Invitational, 1st Metro Conference Tourney, 3rd

7993 Tiger Invitational, 2nd Memphis State Classic, 2nd Stephen F. Austin, 2nd Florida Invitational, 4th Nike Invitational, 2nd Great Midwest Tournament, 3rd

7987 SW Missouri State Invitel, 4th Western Kentucky Classic, 1st Brigham Young Invitational, 15th Houston Whataburger Classic, 1st Memphis State Invitational, 1st Ole Miss Invitational, 2nd Metro Conference Tourney, 3rd 1988 Missouri Tournament, 2nd Memphis State Classic, 3rd Colorado Coors Classic, Tie 3rd Penn State Classic, 3rd South Florida Tournament, 3rd Memphis State Invitational, 1st Metro Conference Tourney, 5th

1 Lady Tiger Cup, 3rd Illini Classic, 4th Memphis State Classic, 1st Exercise Essentials Classic, 1st SW Missouri State Classic, 4th Houston Invitational, 2nd Memphis State Invitational, 1st Metro Conference Tourney, 3rd

7990 Asics-Lady Maverick Invite, 3rd MSU Graphic Systems Classic, 1st Evansville Invitational, 1st Metro Conference Tourney, 2nd

7997 Georgia Lady Bulldog Classic, 3rd Volleyball Monthly Invite, 4th Saluki Invitational, 2nd Graphic Systems Classic, 2nd Wright State Invitational, 2nd SWMS Autumn Classic, 2nd Connecticut Challenge, 1st Great Midwest Tournament, 3rd

7994 Lady Tiger Invitational, 1st Graphic Systems Classic, 2nd Northern Arizona Tourneyt, 4th SE Missouri State Invite, 1st GMC Tournament, 1st Georgia Invitational, 3rd NCAA Tournament, 1st round 1995 USF Volleyball Classic, 3rd Graphics System Classic, 2nd Conference USA, 2nd Round

7996 Graphics System Classic, 3rd Tiger Invitational, 3rd Arkansas State Invitational, 4th Conference USA, 1st Round

7997 Adam's Mark Invitational, 1st Montana State Invitational, 1st Western Kentucky Invite, 1st Graphic Systems Classic, 1st Conference USA, 2nd Round

7998 CS-Fullerton Invitational, 2nd Adam's Mark Invitational, 1st Syracuse Invitational, 3rd Conference USA, 2nd Round

7999 University of Portland Invite, 3rd Graphic Systems Classic,2nd Mississippi State Tourney, 3rd Conference USA, 1st Round 2000 Bradley University, 3rd College of Charleston, 1st Univ. of Memphis, No Champion Conference USA, 1st Round

TIARA GILKEY All-Tournament Teams Conference USA, Arkansas State, Davidson, Memphis

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2007 UNC Asheville Tourney, 1st Kent State Tournament, 1st Conference USA, 2nd Round 2002 Georgia State Tourney, 3rd Memphis Tourney, 2nd Yale Invitational, 1st Boston College Tournament, 1st Conference USA, 1st Round 2003 Arkansas State, 2nd Davidson College, 1st University of Memphis Tourney, 1st Birmingham Southern, No Champion Conference USA, Finals

All-Time Roster

Brittany Barnett 2000-03

Shoni Hodges 1994-97

Rachael Aldous

Jessica Baley Brittany Barnett Lindsay Bax Lauren Berg Betsy Bland Lisa Bray Amanda Boatright Cherilyn Bright Holly Buford

Cathy Casias Alisande Cavanagh Brooke Chrisman Teri Clark Christen Clayton Nicole Cleveland Linda Conner Debbie Cunningham

Clare Dirksen

Adrianne Edmonds Kim Ehrhorn Emily Eichmann Lisa Eisenrich Cindy Eschbach Heather Fletcher

Ho//y Buford 1980-83

Kim Lemon 1988-91

2001

1997-98 2000-03 1999 2002 1973-76 1991 1999 1991-94 1980-83

1999 1990-91 2001-2002 1980-83 20031996 1980-81 1985

1986-89

2000-01 1984-88 1998-01 1985-86 1974-77 1993-96

Clare Dirksen 1986-89

Kim Fraser 1980-83

Angle Glaub 1983-86

Sandy Monce 1977-80

Sheila Neba 2000-03

Renee Ross 1991-94

Allwyn Fitzpatrick Kim Fraser Karen Fussell

1993-94 1980-83 1981

Ginger Garrett Tiara Gilkey Angie Glaub Rosie Glenn Angela Graziani Ashley Green Amy Greer

1998-01 20011983-86 1996-99 1997 2002 1990-93

Amie Hamilton Debbi Hammond Kristen Hardee April Harriman Becky Harden Jessica Henry Celeste Homan Shoni Hodges Carol Hooker Gwen Homer

Angle Johnson Beth Johnson Lori Page Jones

1998-2001 1979-80 20021997-2000 1977-80 1998 1978-80 1994-97 1980 1989-90

2000-2001 1980-84 1981-84

Nan Kimbrell Rhonda Kottke

2002 1986-90

Katherine Lehman Kim Lemon

1987-90 1988-91

Rosie Glenn 1996-99

Amie Hamilton 1997-2001

Phyllis Richey Monique Swaby 1984-88 1992-95

April Harriman 1997-2000

Nancy Wolter 1985-88

Jacqueline Mack Nancy McAlexander Jenny McCoy Katie McFarland Margi McNeely Sandy Monce Wynne Moore Lacey Morse Shavonda Morgan Liz Mullen Shawna Mullin

1992-93 1976-79 1988-89 1990 1979-80 1977-80 1982-83 1996 1988 1995-96 1985-86

Katie Sandage Heather Sanders Debbie Sanford Hristina Slancheva Mia Stephens Emily Steckel Laura Stoke Cindy Stoot Monique Swaby Lowette Swinton

1974-77 2000 1976-79 20031983-85 20032000 1979-82 1992-95 1977-80

Melissa Nance Janice Neyens Nancy Nellans Shella Neba

20031992-95 20022000-03

Sarah Tjelmeland Nikki Taylor Becky Tigert Jennie Toronto Jessica Trezise Fehi Tuivai

1987-90 1993-94 1994-97 20031997 2003-

Amy Vaughn Mary Vercande

1996-99 1981-82

Beth Walthal Heather Watts Amy Watson Sylvia Watson Sarah Wengler Barbara Whitaker Laura Wilson Nancy Wolter

1982 20011980-83

Simen Oktay

Sarah Pearl Chelle Penner Tara Pfeffer

1976-79 1984-88 1995-97

Sami Randolph Lisa Rembe Lori Rembe Phyllis Richey Drenda Sue Roberts Jeannie Robison Sharon Rose Renee Ross Jenni Rosselli Deidre Rowell Peggy Rule Jamie Runkle

1990-93 1989-91 1989-91 1984-88 1981-84 1998-99 1974-77 1991-94 1997-98 1992-95 1983-86 1991-94

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Marie Zwolinski

1976-79

1999 .1977-80 .1980-82 1985-88

1987-90

All-Time Honors

BRITTANY BARNETT 2003 AII-C-USA Second

Team 2000 Conference USA All-Freshman Team

AMIE HAMILTON 2001 Conference USA SecondTeam 1998 C-USA Defensive

Player of the Year

Conference USA

Great Midwest

Metro Conference

FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE USA Monique Swaby, 1995

FIRST TEAM ALL-GREAT MIDWEST Monique Swaby, 1994 Nikki Taylor, 1994 Monique Swaby, 1993 Amy Greer, 1993 Renee Ross, 1992

ALL-METRO CONFERENCE Katherine Lehman, 1989, 1990 Rhonda Kottke, 1988, 1989,1990

SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE USA Brittany Barnett, 2003 Amie Hamilton, 2001

Alisande Cavanagh, 1991

THIRD TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE USA Tiara Gilkey, 2003 Heather Watts, 2003

SECOND TEAM ALL-GREAT MIDWEST Sami Randolph, 1993 Lori Rembe, 1991

CONFERENCE USA ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM Brittany Barnett, 2000 Jessica Henry, 1998

GREAT MIDWEST ALL-TOURNAMENT Monique Swaby, 1994 (MVP) Nikki Taylor, 1993 Jamie Runkle, 1993 Shoni Hodges, 1993 Renee Ross, 1992

CONFERENCE USA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Amie Hamilton, 1998 CONFERENCE USA PLAYER OF THE WEEK Tiara Gilkey, 9/1/03 Heather Watts, 9/23/02; 9/15/03 Amie Hamilton, 9/10/01 Becky Tigert, 9/22/97 Monique Swaby, 9/18/95 Liz Mullen, 10/2/95 CONFERENCE USA ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM Tiara Gilkey, 2003 Heather Watts, 2003

Alisande Cavanagh, 1991

Clare Dirksen,1997, 1988, 1989, 1990 Nancy Wolter, 1987 Peggy Rule, 1986 Holly Buford, 1981, 1982, 1983 ALL-TOURNAMENT Katherine Lehman, 1990 Sarah Tjelmeland, 1990 Clare Dirksen, 1988 Kim Ehrhorn, 1987 Angie Glaub, 1986 Drenda Roberts, 1984 Holly Buford, 1982 COACH OF THE YEAR Jim Callender, 1987 Mike Lingenfelter, 1980

GREAT MIDWEST COACH OF THE YEAR Penny Lucas-White, 1994 Penny Lucas-White, 1993 GREAT MIDWEST PLAYER OF THE YEAR Monique Swaby, 1994 GREAT MIDWEST NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR Monique Swaby, 1992 GREAT MIDWEST ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM Shoni Hodges, 1994 Nikki Taylor, 1993 Monique Swaby, 1992

Other Awards NCAA SOUTH REGION Katherine Lehman, 1990 AVCA ALL-REGION Heather Watts, 2003 (All-Midwest Region, Honorable Mention) ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN April Harriman, 2000 (Second team) Heather Watts, 2003 (Third team) ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT Heather Watts, 2002, 2003 (First Team) April Harriman, 2000 (First Team) Sheila Neba, 2003 (Second Team)

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ZOO4 Opponents sept. GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Nashville, Tenn. Enrollment: 9,024 Colors: Royal Blue, White Nickname: Lady Tigers Conference: Ohio Valley Facility: Kean Hall/2,500 Athletics Director: Teresa Phillips

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Kathy Roulhac Alma Mater/Yr: North Carolina A&T/1987 Record at School: First year Overall Record/Years: 165-178/9 2003 Record: 7-25 Conference Record: 1-15 Asst. Coach: Eysha Rambler Volleyball SID: Kenisha Rhone SID Phone: 615-963-1361 SID Fax: 615-963-5895 Email: Krhone@Tnstate.edu Starters returning/lost: 3/3

sept.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Normal, Ala. Enrollment: 6,500 Colors: Maroon, White Nickname: Bulldogs Conference: SWAC Facility: T.M. Elmore Gymnasium/ 6,000 Athletics Director: James A. Martin, Sr. VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Betty Kelley Austin Alma Mater/Yr: Alabama A&M/1973 Record at School: 555-205/26 Overall Record: Same 2003 Record: 25-6 Conference Record: 17-0/1 st Asst. Coach: none Volleyball SID: Ricky Hazel SID Phone: 256-372-4005 SID Fax: 256-372-5919 Email: sports.info@aamu.edu Starters returning/lost: 5/1

sept.

4 GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Chicago, III. Enrollment: 25,000 Colors: Navy Blue, Fire Engine Red Nickname: Flames Conference: Horizon League Facility: Flames Athletic Center/250 Athletics Director: James Schmidt

GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Ogden, Utah Enrollment: 16,000 Colors: Royal Purple, White Nickname: Wildcats Conference: Big Sky Facility: Dee Events Center/11,500 Athletics Director: John Johnson

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Nancy Mueller Alma Mater/Yr: Tennessee/1993 Record at School: First year Overall Record/Years: 106-60/5 2003 Record: 11-21 Conference Record: 2-12 Asst. Coach: Katie Schumacher Volleyball SID: Matt Brendich SID Phone: 312-996-5881 SID Fax: 312-996-5882 Email: brendich@uic.edu Starters returning/lost: 3/3

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Al Givens Alma Mater/Yr: Northern Arizona/ 1983 Record at School: 132-188/11 Overall Record: 284-325/19 2003 Record: 7-21 Conference Record: 3-11/7th Asst. Coach: Melissa Leonard Asst. Coach: Stephanie Birch Volleyball SID: Paul Grua SID Phone: 801-626-7414 SID Fax: 801-626-6490 Email: pgrua@weber.edu Starters returning/lost: 3/4

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4 GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Dover, Del. Enrollment: 3,200 Colors: Columbia Blue, Red Nickname: Hornets Conference: MEAC Facility: Memorial Hall/3,000 Athletics Director: Dr. Hallie Gregory VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Renee Arnold Alma Mater/Yr: George Washington/2001 Record at School: First Year Overall Record: First Year 2003 Record: 4-24 Conference Record: 1-10/6th North Asst. Coach: TEA Volleyball SID: Dennis Jones SID Phone: 302-857-6065 SID Fax: 302-857-6069 Email: djones@desu.edu Starters returning/lost: 4/2

sept.

10 GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Norman, Okla. Enrollment: 25,000 Colors: Crimson, Cream Nickname: Sooners Conference: Big 12 Facility: Howard McCasland Fieldhouse/2,000 Athletics Director: Joe Castiglione VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Santiago Restrepo Alma Mater/Yr: East Stroudsburg/ 1986 Record at School: First Year Overall Record/Years: 127-72/6 2003 Record: 11-21 Conference Record: 3-17 Asst. Coach: Kelly Files Asst. Coach: Steve Loeswick Volleyball SID: Chris Freet SID Phone: 405-325-3671 SID Fax: 405-325-7623 Email: cfreet@ou.edu Starters returning/lost: 5/2

2004 Opponents sept.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Provo, Utah Enrollment: 30,000 Colors: Dark Blue, White, Tan Nickname: Cougars Conference: Mountain West Facility: Smith Fieldhouse/5,000 Athletics Director: Elaine Michaelis

GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Orlando, Fla. Enrollment: 44,000 Colors: Gold, Black Nickname: Golden Knights Conference: Atlantic Sun Facility: UCF Arena/5,100 Athletics Director: Stee Orsini

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Karen Lamb Alma Mater/Yr: BYU/1978 Record at School: 38-28/2 Overall Record/Years: 128-122/7 2003 Record: 24-9 Conference Record: 10-4 (3rd) Asst. Coach: Jason Watson Asst. Coach: Brooke Huebner Volleyball SID: Jen Connery SID Phone: 801-422-8999 SID Fax: 801-422-0633 Email: wvolleyball_sid@byu.edu Starters returning/lost: 5/3

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Meg Colado Alma Mater/Yr: Florida/1996 Record at School: 103-51/5 Overall Record: 118-67/6 2003 Record: 23-7 Conference Record: 10-0/1 st Asst. Coach: Juanita Hitt Asst. Coach: Sam Ojie Volleyball SID: TBA SID Phone: TBA SID Fax: 407-823-5266 Email: TBA Starters returning/lost: 4/2

GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Orem, Utah Enrollment: 25,000 Colors: Forest Green, Gold Nickname: Wolverines Conference: Independent Facility: Activity Center/2,000 Athletics Director: Michael V. Jacobsen VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Sam Atoa Alma Mater/Yr: BYU/1998 Record at School: 147-44/5 Overall Record: Same 2003 Record: 9-13 Conference Record: n/a Asst. Coach: Nina Puikkonen Asst. Coach: Helen Hjorth Volleyball SID: Todd Fairbourne SID Phone: 801-863-8599 SID Fax: 801-863-8813 Email: fairboto@uvsc.edu Starters returning/lost: TBA

sept.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Conway, Ark. Enrollment: 10,000 Colors: Purple, Gray Nickname: Sugar Bears Conference: Gulf South Facility: Old Gym/350 Athletics Director: Vance Strange

GENERAL INFORMATION Location: State University, Ark. Enrollment: 10,429 Colors: Scarlett and Black Nickname: Lady Indians Conference: Sun Belt Facility: Convocation Center/10,56c Athletics Director: Dr. Dean Lee

GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Ruston, La. Enrollment: 11,975 Colors: Red, Reflex Blue Nickname: Lady Techsters Conference: WAC Facility: Thomas Assembly/8,000 Athletics Director: Jim Oakes

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Kris Peterson Alma Mater/Yr: Lindenwood/1995 Record at School: 37-49/3 Overall Record/Years: Same 2003 Record: 14-17 Conference Record: 7-5/T-3rd Asst. Coach: Jerry Hulla Volleyball SID: Steve East SID Phone: 501-450-5743 SID Fax: 501-450-5740 Email: seast@uca.edu Starters returning/lost: 3/3

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Craig Cummings Alma Mater/Yr: Cal-Poly, San Luis Obispo/1981 Record at School :155-101/9 Overall Record: 236-211/15 2003 Record: 21-11 Conference Record: 8-6/3rd East Asst. Coach: Jo Beth Mathis Volleyball SID: Matt McCollester SID Phone: 870-972-2541 SID Fax: 870-972-3367 Email: mmccollester@astate.edu Starters returning/lost: 4/3

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Heather Mazeitis Alma Mater/Yr: Central Oklahoma/ 1992 Record at School: 43-51/3 Overall Record/Years: 204-171/8 2003 Record: 16-15 Conference Record: 4-9 Asst. Coach: Jill Wagner Volleyball SID: Robby Lockwood SID Phone: 318-257-3144 SID Fax: 318-257-3757 Email: Lockwood@latech.edu Starters returning/lost: 3/3

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sept.

GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Richmond, Ky. Enrollment: 15,733 Colors: Maroon, White Nickname: Colonels Conference: Ohio Valley Facility: McBrayer/6,500 Athletics Director: John Shafer

GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Starkville, Miss. Enrollment: 16,878 Colors: Maroon, White Nickname: Lady Bulldogs Conference: SEC Facility: Newell-Grissom/3,500 Athletics Director: Larry Templeton

GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Davidson, N.C. Enrollment: 1,650 Colors: Red, Black Nickname: Wildcats Conference: Southern Facility: Belk Arena/5,700 Athletics Director: Jim Murphy

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Lori Duncan Alma Mater/Yr: EKU/1984 Record at School: 69-110/6 Overall Record/Years: 98-210/11 2003 Record: 20-14 Conference Record: 10-6/T-3rd Asst. Coach: Mary Lee Keranko Volleyball SID: Amy Ratliff SID Phone: 859-622-2006 SID Fax: 859-622-1230 Email: Amy.Ratliff@eku.edu Starters returning/lost: 4/2

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Tina Seals Alma Mater/Yr: Mississippi State/ 1987 Record at School: First Year Overall Record: 444-137/12 2003 Record: 3-23 Conference Record: 2-14 Asst. Coach: TBA Asst. Coach: Jozsef Forman Volleyball SID: Joe Dier SID Phone: 662-325-8040 SID Fax: 662-325-3654 Email: jbdier@athletics.msstate.edu Starters returning/lost: 2/4

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Tim Cowie Alma Mater/Yr: Roberts Wesleyan/ 1988 Record at School: 37-32/2 Overall Record: 201-101/8 2003 Record: 14-21 Conference Record: 7-11 Asst. Coach: TBA Volleyball SID: Mike Clark SID Phone: 704-894-2635 SID Fax: 704-894-2636 Email: mkclark@davidson.edu Starters returning/lost: 2/4

sept. V

GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Boca Raton, Fla. Enrollment: 25,000 Colors: Blue, Gray Nickname: Owls Conference: Atlantic Sun Facility: FAU Gymnasium/5,000 Athletics Director: Craig Angelos

GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Asheville, N.C. Enrollment: 3,200 Colors: Royal Blue, White Nickname: Bulldogs Conference: Big South Facility: Justice Center/1,100 Athletics Director: Janet Gore

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Jody Brown Alma Mater/Yr: Graceland University/1985 Record at School: 125-126/9 Overall Record/Years: Same 2003 Record: 13-16 Conference Record: 6-4/5th Asst. Coach: Aycan Kara Volleyball SID: Dawn Elston SID Phone: 561-297-3513 SID Fax: 561-297-3499 Email: delston@fau.edu Starters returning/lost: 3/3

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Julie Torbett Alma Mater/Yr: Penn State/1990 Record at School: 171-147/10 Overall Record: Same 2003 Record: 18-10 Conference Record: 9-5 Asst. Coach: Frederico Santos Volleyball SID: Mike Gore SID Phone: 828-251-6923 SID Fax: 828-251-6386 Email: mgore@unca.edu Starters returning/lost: 3/3

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sept. GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Baltimore, Md. Enrollment: 6,500 Colors: Orange, Blue Nickname: Lady Bears Conference: MEAC Facility: Hill Fieldhouse/3,500 Athletics Director: David Y. Thomas VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Ramona Riley-Brozier Alma Mater/Yr: Morgan State/1987 Record at School: 286-216/17 Overall Record/Years: Same 2003 Record: 15-18 Conference Record: 7-3 Asst. Coach: Monica Scott Volleyball SID: A. Lamont Germany SID Phone: (443) 885-3009 SID Fax: (443) 885-8307 Email: lgermany@moac.morgan.edu Starters returning/lost: TBA

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8 GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Greensboro, N.C. Enrollment: 14,328 Colors: Gold, White, Navy Nickname: Spartans Conference: Southern Facility: Fleming Gym/1,199 Athletics Director: Nelson E. Bobb

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VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Stacy MeadowsKosciak Alma Mater/Yr: UNCG/1996 Record at School: 26-101/4 Overall Record/Years: Same 2003 Record: 8-24 Conference Record: 3-15 Asst. Coach: Wendy Schott Volleyball SID: Dan Bozarth SID Phone: 336-334-5615 SID Fax: 336-334-3182 Email: dgbozart@uncg.edu Starters returning/lost: 4/2

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GENERAL INFORMATION Location: St. Louis, Mo. Enrollment: 12,100 Colors: Blue, White Nickname: Billikens Conference: C-USA Facility: Bauman-Eberhardt Center/ 2200 Athletics Director: TBA

GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Hattiesburg, Miss. Enrollment: 16,000 Colors: Black, Gold Nickname: Lady Golden Eagles Conference: C-USA Facility: Payne Center/500 Athletics Director: Richard Giannini

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Anne Kordes Alma Mater/Yr: Louisville/1998 Record at School: First Year Overall Record: First Year 2003 Record: 9-22 Conference Record: 2-11/12th Asst. Coach: Melissa Starck Volleyball SID: Chuck Yahng SID Phone: 314-977-3346 SID Fax: 314-977-7193 Email: yahng@slu.edu Starters returning/lost: 5/1

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Ricci Luyties Alma Mater/Yr: UCLA/1985 Record at School: First Year Overall Record: FirstYear 2003 Record: 27-6 Conference Record: 11-2/3rd Asst. Coach: Nicki Tribble Asst. Coach: Abbey Sutherland Volleyball SID: Shirley Hill SID Phone: 601-266-4503 SID Fax: 601-266-4507 Email: shirley.jones-hill@usm.edu Starters returning/lost: 4/3

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GENERAL INFORMATION Location: New Orleans, La. Enrollment: 11,900 Colors: Olive Green, Sky Blue Nickname: Green Wave Conference: Conference USA Facility: Fogelman Arena/3,600 Athletics Director: Rick Dickson

GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Greenville, N.C. Enrollment: 20,577 Colors: Purple, Gold Nickname: Pirates Conference: Conference USA Facility: Williams Arena Athletics Director: TBA

GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Charlotte, N.C. Enrollment: 19,608 Colors: Green, White Nickname: 49ers Conference: Conference USA Facility: Halton Arena/9105 Athletics Director: Judy Rose

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Betsy Becker Alma Mater/Yr: Catholic/1992 Record at School: 92-69/5 Overall Record/Years: 170-127/9 2003 Record: 25-7 Conference Record: 9-4/T4th Asst. Coach: Liz Kritza Asst. Coach: Sinisa Momic Volleyball SID: Richie Weaver SID Phone: 504-314-7232 SID Fax: 504-865-5512 Email: rweaver@tulane.edu Starters returning/lost: 3/4

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Colleen Munson Alma Mater/Yr: Texas-Arlington/ 1993 Record at School: 41-81/4 Overall Record: Same 2003 Record: 10-21 Conference Record: 1-12 Asst. Coach: Ryan Manning Volleyball SID: Kerwin Lonzi SID Phone: 252-328-4522 SID Fax: 252-324-4528 Email: lonzok@mail.ecu.edu Starters returning/lost: TBA

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Lisa Marston Alma Mater/Yr: North Carolina/ 1992 Record at School: 55-72/5 Overall Record/Years: 140-151/10 2003 Record: 8-24 Conference Record: 1-12 Asst. Coach: Kevin Campbell Volleyball SID: Fisher Beasley SID Phone: 704-687-6312 SID Fax: 704-687-4918 Email: fbeasley@email.uncc.edu Starters returning/lost: 4/3

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GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Oxford, Miss. Enrollment: 15,678 Colors: Cardinal Red, Navy Blue Nickname: Lady Rebels Conference: SEC Facility: Gillom Sports Center/1,000 Athletics Director: Pete Boone

GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Louisville, Ky. Enrollment: 23,000 Colors: Red, White, Black Nickname: Cardinals Conference: C-USA Facility: Cardinal Arena Athletics Director: Tom Jurich

GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Enrollment: 33,000 Colors: Red, Black Nickname: Bearcats Conference: C-USA Facility: Fifth Third Avenue Athletics Director: Bob Goin

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Joe Qetzin Alma Mater/Yr: George Williams, 1985 Record at School: 18-41/2 Overall Record/Years: 52-101/5 2003 Record: 7-24 Conference Record: 5-11/4th West Asst. Coach: Kris Grunwald Asst. Coach: Kim Eymann Volleyball SID: Bill Bunting SID Phone: 662-915-7522 SID Fax: 662-915-7006 Email: wbunting@olemiss.edu Starters returning/lost: 4/2

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Leonid Yelin Alma Mater/Yr: Uzbekistan Gvt. institute of Phy. Culture & Sport/1970 Record at School: 195-61/8 Overall Record: 309-97/13 2003 Record: 25-6 Conference Record: 12-1 Asst. Coach: Patty DennisonNorton Asst. Coach: Chad Norton Volleyball SID: Nancy Smith SID Phone: 502-852-6581 SID Fax: 502-852-7401 Email: nasmit01@louisville.edu Starters returning/lost: tba

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Reed Sunahara Alma Mater/Yr: UCLA/1984 Record at School: 97-33/4 Overall Record: 116-73/6 2003 Record: 27-6 Conference Record: 12-1 Asst. Coach: Stephanie Rosfeld Asst. Coach: Josh Steinbach Volleyball SID: Shawn Sell SID Phone: 513-556-0618 SID Fax: 513-556-0619 Email: Shawn.Sell@uc.edu Starters returning/lost: 5/1

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GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Murfreesboro, Tenn. Enrollment: 21,741 Colors: Royal Blue, White Nickname: Blue Raiders Conference: Sun Belt Facility: Alumni Gym/3,200 Athletics Director: Boots Donnelly

GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Milwaukee, Wis. Enrollment: 10,500 Colors: Navy Blue, Old Gold Nickname: Golden Eagles Conference: Conference USA Facility: Al McGuire Center Athletics Director: Bill Cords

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Matt Peck Alma Mater/Yr: Michigan/1980 Record at School: First Year Overall Record/Years: 543-196/20 2003 Record: 14-19 Conference Record: 5-9/4th East Asst. Coach: Jeff Motluck Asst. Coach: TBA Volleyball SID: Denise Gideon SID Phone: 615-904-8080 SID Fax: 615-898-5626 Email: dgideon@mtsu.edu Starters returning/lost: 5/1

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Pati Rolf Alma Mater/Yr: North Dakota State/ 1992 Record at School: 27-32/2 Overall Record: 337-201/16 2003 Record: 14-16 Conference Record: 8-5 Asst. Coach: Amy Lee Asst. Coach: Todd Nelson Volleyball SID: Matt Mountin SID Phone: 414-288-7447 SID Fax: 414-288-6519 Email: TBA Starters returning/lost: TBA

GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Chicago, III. Enrollment: 24,300 Colors: Scarlet, Royal Blue Nickname: Blue Demons Conference: Conference USA Facility: DePaul Athletic Center/ 3,000 Athletics Director: Jean Lent! Ponsetto

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VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Dawn Dockstader Alma Mater/Yr: Montana Tech, 1988 Record at School: 100-123/6 Overall Record/Years: Same 2003 Record: 11-20 Conference Record: 3-10 Asst. Coach: Julie Wiejak Volleyball SID: Alicia Powers SID Phone: 773-325-4047 SID Fax: 773-325-7531 Email: apowersl ©depaul.edu Starters returning/lost: 4/2

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nov. GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Birmingham, Ala. Enrollment: 17,345 Colors: Foreset Green, Old Gold Nickname: Blazers Conference: Conference USA Facility: Bartow Arena/8,500 Athletics Director: Watson Brown

GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Tampa, Fla. Enrollment: 41,395 Colors: Green, Gold Nickname: Bulls Conference: Conference USA Facility: The Corral/1,000 Athletics Director: Doug Woolard

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Melinda Claiborne Alma Mater/Yr: Washington, 1990 Record at School: 45-81/4 Overall Record/Years: Same 2003 Record: 14-20 Conference Record: 6-7 Asst. Coach: Steve Carr Asst. Coach: Allison Magner Volleyball SID: Marc Crawford SID Phone: 205-934-0722 SID Fax: 205-934-7505 Email: mcra@uab.edu Starters returning/lost: 3/3

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Claire Lessinger Alma Mater/Yr: Florida/1997 Record at School: First year Overall Record: First year 2003 Record: 12-20 Conference Record: 6-7/T-7th Associate Head Coach: Nikki Shade Asst. Coach: Erik Peterson Volleyball SID: Jodi Smith SID Phone: 813-974-7099 SID Fax: 813-974-5328 Email: jsmith@admin.usf.edu Starters returning/lost: 1/5

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GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Houston, Texas Enrollment: 34,000 Colors: Scarlet, White Nickname: Cougars Conference: Conference USA Facility: Hofheinz Pavillion/8,500 Athletics Director: Dave Maggard VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Bill Walton Alma Mater/Yr: George Williams/ 1974 Record at School: 366-217/18 Overall Record/Years: 576-272/23 2003 Record: 10-18 Conference Record: 6-7 Asst. Coach: Phil Nickel Asst. Coach: Gabi Carbone Volleyball SID: Drew Lacy SID Phone: 713-743-9404 SID Fax: 713-743-9411 Email: TBA Starters returning/lost: TBA

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12 GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Fort Worth, Texas Enrollment: 8,066 Colors: Purple, White Nickname: Horned Frogs Conference: Conference USA Facility: University Recreation Center/1,500 Athletics Director: Eric Hyman

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Prentice Lewis Alma Mater/Yr: Long Beach State/ 1995 Record at School: 32-34/2 Overall Record: Same 2003 Record: 20-16 Conference Record: 5-8 Asst. Coach: Jaso nTanaka Asst. Coach: Barbara Kovacs Volleyball SID: Sam Moy SID Phone: 817-257-5379 SID Fax: 817-257-7964 Email: s.moy@tcu.edu Starters returning/lost: 4/2

2004 Opponent Quick Notes Most Commonly Faced Opponent: Ole Miss, 65 times (33-32) Record vs. Conference USA Schools 132-148 (.471) Record vs. SEC Schools 12O-136 (.469) Record vs. Big Ten Schools 2-6 (.250) Record vs. Big 12 Schools 15-26 (.366) Record vs. Tennessee Universities 107-45 (.704)

Team Record in the 70s: 178-117 (.603) Team Record in the 80s: 222-176 (.558) Team Record in the 90s: 179-168 (.516) Team Record in the 2ooos: 84-51 (.622) Record vs. 2005 C-USA Newcomers 11-4 (.733) Record vs. 2005 C-USA Members 83-56 (.597)

The Tigers are 61-56 at home in the Elma Roane Fieldhouse under Carrie Yerty, including a mark of 26-12 over the past three seasons.

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All Time Record vs. Opponents Last Opponent

Time

Record

Eastern Michigan

1982

0-2

Mississippi

2003

33-32

Evansville

1993

2-0

Mississippi Col

1971

1-0

Southwest Baptist

1978 .

2-0

Southwest Missouri ....1989 .

0-8

Alabama

1992

2-6

Fairfield

1999

0-1

Mississippi St

2000

18-6

Southwest Texas

1997 .

Alabama A&M

2004

0-0

Fisk

1972

2-0

Miss.-Women

1981

7-6

Stephen F. Austin

1994 .

1-0 1-4

UAB

2003

32-8

Flagler College

1974

0-1

Missouri

1997

4-3

Syracuse

2000 .

5-1

Alcom State

1989

0-1

Florence State

1973

1-0

UMKC

1979

1-0

Tennessee

2000 . ...9-25

American University ....1991

1-0

Florida

1993

1-5

Montana

1987

0-1

Tenn.-Chattanooga

1993 .

Appalachian State

2002

1-0

Florida International ....1974

0-1

Montana State

1997

1-1

Tenn.-Martin

2003 . ...29-5

Arizona State

1990

1-0

Florida Southern

1980

2-0

Montevallo

1985

1-0

Tennessee State

1996 .

Arkansas-Pine Bluff ....1998

1-0

Florida State

1990

2-17

Morehead State

2001

6-2

Tennessee Tech

2003 . ...11-9

6-3

Florida Tech

1977

1-2

Morgan State

2004

0-0

Texas

1987 .

Freed Hardeman

1977

1-0

Murray State

2001

13-2

Texas A&M

1982 .

Arkansas-Litte Rock ...2003 Arkansas State

2003

28-21

7-1 2-0

0-2 0-3

Army

1991

1-0

Francis Marion

1974

1-0

Nebraska-Omaha

1989

0-1

Texas-Arlington

1992 .

1-3

Auburn

1995

0-4

Gardner Webb

2002

1-0

New Mexico

1988

0-2

TCU

2003 .

1-2

Austin Peay

1996

17-1

George Mason

1995

1-1

New Orleans

1993

4-1

Texas-El Paso

1986 .

Ball State

1990

3-1

George Washington ....1991

1-2

Nicholls State

2000

3-2

Texas-Pan American... 1992 .

Baylor

1989

1-0

Geogetown

1986

1-0

North Alabama

1980

3-0

Texas-San Antonio

1999 .

Belmont

2002

1-0

Georgia

1991

1-5

North Carolina

1980

1-3

Texas Southern

1972 .

1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1

Berry

1975

0-1

Georgia Southern

2002

1-0

UNC Asheville

2001

1-0

Texas Tech

1979 .

0-2

Birmingham Southern. 2003

1-1

Georgia State

2002

0-1

UNC Greensboro

2004

0-0

Toledo

2000 .

0-1

Boston College

2002

1-0

Graceland College

1974

0-0-1

North Carolina St

2003

3-2

Troy State

2003 .

5-0

Bowling Green St

1992

0-1

Henderson State

1979

1-0

North Dakota State

1985

1-0

Tulane

2003. .16-14

Bradley

2000

1-1

High Point

2001

1-0

North Texas

1992

2-0

Tulsa

1998 .

7-1

Butler

1991

2-0

Hofstra

1989

1-0

Northern Arizona

1994

0-1

UCF

1995.

2-3

BYU

1987

Holy Cross

2003

1-0

Northeast Louisiana ...1992

4-1

UCLA

1983.

0-1

Cal.-Northridge

1994

0-1

Houston

2003

3-19

Northern Iowa

1990

2-1

Union College

1973 .

1-0

Cal.-Santa Barbara

1983

0-1

Idaho

1999

0-1

Northern Kentucky

1978

0-2

USC

1991 .

0-1

Cal. State-Fullerton

1998

0-1

Illinois

1983

1-0

NE Illinois

1972

1-0

USF

2003 . ...6-13

Carson-Newman

1975

3-1

Illinois-Chicago

1995

4-2

Northern Illinois

1976

1-1

Utah

1987 .

Carthage College

1975

1-0

(Illinois State

1991

0-4

NW Louisiana

1996

1-0

Utah State

1989 .

1-1

Central Arkansas

1971

2-0

Indiana State

1984

1-0

Northwestern

1981

0-1

Utah Valley State

2004 .

0-0

Central Missouri

1976

0-1

IUPUI

1984

1-0

Northwestern St

1972

1-0

Valparaiso

1988 .

1-0

Chapman

1987

1-0

Jackson State

2001

4-0

Ohio State

1991

1-0

Villanova

1988 .

Charlotte

2003

5-7

Jacksonville St

2000

4-0

Oklahoma

1990

0-4

Virginia Commonwealth1991

Charleston Southern ..2002

1-0

Kansas

1987

0-1

Oral Roberts

1993

2-4

Virginia Tech

Chicago State

2003

2-0

Kansas State

1979

0-2

Oregon State

1990

0-1

Wake Forest

1997 .

Christian Brothers

2003

4-0

Kearney State

1976

0-1

Peabody

1974

4-0

Washington

1987 .

1-0 0-1

Cincinnati

2003

13-27

Kent State

2001

1-0

Penn State

1996

0-2

Weber State

1987.

0-1

Clemson

1995

3-2

Kentucky

1989

0-6

Pittsburgh

1992

0-2

West Georgia

1971 .

0-1

Coker College

1973

1-0

Kentucky State

1977

1-0

Portland

1999

1-1

Western Carolina

1999 .

2-0

Coll. of Charleston

2000

2-0

Lambuth

1977

7-1

Purdue

1975

0-1

Western Illinois

1999 .

3-4

Colorado

1989

0-2

Lander

1979

1-0

Radford

2003

1-0

Western Michigan

1985 .

Colorado State

1988

0-1

LaSalle

2001

1-0

Rhode Island

1991

0-1

Western Kentucky

2002 .

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

Columbus College

1978

2-0

Lehigh

2002

1-0

Rhodes

1977

10-0

Connecticut

1991

1-0

Louisiana-Lafayette ....2003

6-4

Rice

1991

1-0

Cornell

2001

1-0

Louisiana State

1996

1-3

Robert Morris

2001

Covenant College

1978

1-0

Louisiana Tech

1992

1-1

Rollins

1981

0-2

1-0 2-0

1990 . ....13-1

Wichita State

1988 .

William & Mary

1992 .

1-0

Winthrop

1974 .

1-3

1-0

Wisconsin

1991 .

0-1

Wis.-Green Bay

2000 .

1-0

Wofford

2003 .

1-0

Dartmouth

2002

1-0

Louisville*

2003

10-22

Sacred Heart

2002

1-0

Davidson

2003

2-0

Loyola

1986

0-2

Saint Louis

2003

11-14

Dayton

1994

5-0

Loyola-Marymount

1990

0-2

Sam Houston State ....1992

0-2

Wright State

1991 .

1-0

Delaware State

2004,

0-0

Madison College

1974

1-1

Samford

7-0

Xavier

1986 .

2-0

Marquette

2003

10-7

Yale

2002 .

1-0

Marist

2002

1-0

Denver

1997

1-0

DePaul

2003

12-7

2001

Seton Hall

1992

0-1

South Alabama

2003

18-1

Drexel

1999

1-0

Mars Hill

1971

1-0

South Carolina

1989

4-6

Duke

1987

2-1

Maryland

1988

1-0

South Carolina St

2000

1-0

East Carolina

2003

5-0

Mercer

2000

1-0

Southeast Missouri

2003

10-2

EastTenn. State

1981

6-5

Miami

1988

0-3

SE Louisiana

1994

1-0

Eastern Illinois

1994

2-2

Middle Tennessee.... 2003

24-4

Southern Illinois

1994

7-13

Eastern Kentucky .... 2003

3-5

Milligan

1971

1-0

Southern Miss

2003

15-11

Eastern Mennonite

1-0

Minnesota

1992

0-1

Southern University ....1993

1-0

1973

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For almost a century the University of Memphis has been a catalyst for progress in the city of Memphis, the state of Tennessee, and the surrounding Mid-South region. Exceptional students from Tennessee, from every other state in the nation, and from almost 100 countries around the world choose to attend the University of Memphis. They come here on the recommendation of their major professors at European uniTHE UNIVERSITY OF versities; they come here to study subjects that are offered nowhere else; they come to study alongside men and women who are recognized and respected throughout the academic and scientific communities as foremost in their fields. Ever forward-looking, the University of Memphis is poised to enter one of its most historic and productive periods. From the faculty and staff to the alumni and benefactors, the U ofM's "people assets" have never been more willing, able and generous in their efforts to make a life-long impact on the young minds at the U ofM.

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he University of Memphis was founded under the auspices of the General Education Bill, enacted by the Tennessee Legislature in 1909. Known originally as West Tennessee Normal School, the institution opened its doors Sept. 10, 1912, with Dr. Seymour A. Mynders as president. Students in the first classes selected blue and gray as the school colors and the Tiger as the mascot. (Tradition holds that the colors, those of the opposing armies during the Civil War, were chosen in commemoration of the reuniting of the country after that divisive conflict.) Over the next decade, The Desoto yearbook was created, the first library was opened in the Administration Building, the first dining hall was built and the first men's dorm was built; today that dorm, Scates Hall, houses the academic counseling offices. In 1925 the name of the college changed to West Tennessee State Teachers College. Three years later, the Brister Library was built, named after two-term president John W. Brister. In 1931 the students created a campus newspaper, The Tiger Rag; and in 1935 the school's agriculture department was discontinued. The college changed names again in 1941, becoming Memphis State College, and in 1946 the first alumnus was named president, J. Millard "Jack" Smith. In 1950 graduate studies were initiated, and in 1954 the school switched from a quarter to a semester system. In 1957 the state legislature designated Memphis State full university status. In 1959 the university admitted its first black students, and the first doctoral programs began in 1966. The 1970s, under President Cecil C. Humphreys, saw new buildings constructed across the campus, including a University Center and a 12-story library. In 1983 MSU became the first public university in Tennessee to gain accreditation of its entire curriculum. The 1990s were characterized by another name change and another building boom. In 1994 MSU became The University of Memphis, and the Ned R. McWherter Library was completed. As the century closed, a 1,200-seat theater was being completed, and plans were underway for the FedEx Emerging Technology Center adjacent to the Fogelman College of Business and Economics and a full-service hotel and hospitality training facility, a $ 15 million gift from Holiday Inns founder Kemmons Wilson. Today, The University of Memphis is one of Tennessee's two comprehensive institutions of higher learning. Situated on an urban campus in the state's largest city, it is the flagship of the Tennessee Board of Regents system. It awards more than 3,000 degrees annually. With an enrollment of approximately 20,000 students, The University of Memphis has 24 Chairs of Excellence, more than any other Tennessee university, and five stateapproved centers of excellence. Mission: The University of Memphis is a doctoral degree-granting urban research university committed to excellence in undergraduate, graduate, and professional education; in the discovery and dissemination of knowledge; in service to the metropolitan community, state, and nation; and in the preparation of a diverse student population for successful careers and meaningful participation in a global society. The University of Memphis remains committed to the education of a non-racially identifiable student body and promotes diversity and access without regard to race, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.

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The 2003 Tiger Football team not only snapped a 32-year-old bowl appearance drought, but downed North Texas, 27-17, in the New Orleans Bowl to finish the season at 9-4. A number of offensive records fell in 2003, including Memphis' all-time passing numbers, which are now led by rising senior Danny Wimprine, and single season rushing records, which were rewritten by sophomore DeAngelo Williams en route Conference USA Offensive Player of the Year honors. Nine Tigers were named to the All-Conference USA Teams, including freshman Blake Butler, who was named to the C-USA All-Freshman Team. Williams and Wesley Smith were both All-Conference USA First Team honorees, while Maurice Avery, Coot Terry and Eric Taylor earned second team honors. Gene Frederic, Jeremy Rone, Derrick Ballard and Scott Vogel were all third-team honorees for Memphis. It was a banner year for the Tiger Volleyball Team hi 2003. Memphis finished with a 30-6 overall record, the best-ever winning percentage in school history. Memphis also recorded another school-first by appearing in the Conference USA Championship game before falling to No. 17 Louisville, 30. Tiara Gilkey and Heather Watts were each named to die all-tournament team at the league championships, which also marked Memphis' first-ever appearance in a televised volleyball match. The season was capped with another Memphis first: three players named to die All-Conference teams. Senior Brittany Bamett earned a second team honor, while Gilkey and Watts were third team honorees. Memphis' 2,204 kills during die year was a new single season record and Bamett and Gilkey both hit die 1,000 career kill mark, becoming die 15di and 16th players, respectively, to hit that mark. Headier Watts had a trophy haul in die off-season, earning a second team Academic All-America honor and an AVCA All-Region Honorable Mention following a junior season that saw her set a new single season record with 1,792 assists, also a C-USA record for any junior setter. Sheila Neba, die second senior on die 2003 squad, finished her career ranked hi die top 10 hi block solos and assists and total blocks and .260 career attack percentage ranks third in school history.

The 2003 Lady Tiger soccer team would much rather have advanced to postseason play, but the squad can take solace in placing a pair of players on the All Conference-USA first team. Forward Yuiko Konnp and midfielder Nicky McLeod both made the squad marking the first time in school history that a pair of Lady Tigers earned such a distinction in the same season. The team finished with a 5-10-3 record overall and a 2-7-1 league mark. The team was never overmatched in any league contest as each of their losses was by one goal. The squad never trailed by more than a goal in any of its 10 C-USA matches. In their two league victories, the Lady Tigers outscored Tulane and Southern Miss by a combined score of 7-2.

Under the guidance of head coach Richie Grant, the 2003 edition of Memphis soccer finished the year with an 8-8-2 record, marking the 17th season in which the Tigers have finished with the a record of .500 or better. It also marks the second consecutive season and the third in four years that Memphis has finished with a winning record under Grant. Sophomores Andy Metcalf and Dayton O'Brien led the Tigers offense that dominated the opposition in nearly all offensive categories. As a team, the Tigers finished second in the league in goals scored. Metcalf led the way with a team-high 24 points on 10 goals and four assists en route to earning NSCAA/adidas All-Midwest Region second team, the 2003 CoSIDA Academic All-America third team, the CoSIDA All-District IV team and All C-USA second team honors. O'Brien was selected to the All-Midwest Region third team for the second straight year, while also being tabbed an AII-C-USA second team performer. Senior captain Graham Gibbs was also named to the AII-C-USA third team.

The Tigers entered the 2003 cross country season with a lot of promise, but injuries prevented the Tigers from reaching their full potential. Senior All C-USA runner Mate Nemeth was forced to have surgery on his sinuses, limiting his ability and freshman Szaboles Karadi (back) and sophomore Rehan Mohmood (ankle) both suffered injuries. Mahmood would miss the entire season while Karadi was never 100 percent. The Tigers were led by Senior Adam Didyk and Senior Kym Morgan as Memphis placed seventh at the C-USA Championships. Didyk finished in llth place with an 8K time of 25:28.70, while Morgan placed 27th (26:12.80). Didyk was named Third Team All C-USA in 2003. The Lady Tigers entered the 2003 season with a brand new look. Coach Jonas Holdeman added seven true freshmen and former Lady Tiger soccer standout Ali Baker to the squad in hopes of bolstering the team's success. In the end, the team's youth was too much to overcome as the Lady Tigers placed 14th in C-USA. The Lady Tigers' top runner at the C-USA Championships was true freshman Mary Claire Dake who ran a 23:30.00 in the 6K race.

With just one senior on the roster and with six newcomers, no one could have predicted the success the men's tennis team had in 2004. Senior Lee Taylor Walker knocked out an outstanding senior season, finishing the year ranked No. 95 in the country in singles after guiding a young Tiger squad to their first-ever Conference USA Semifinals appearance in a tournament which the Tigers hosted on the U of M courts. Walker started the fall by becoming the first Tiger to ever advance to the ITA Southeast Regional Singles Semifinals, another tournament Memphis would host, before falling to Dmitriy Koch of Tulane. First-year player James Spence had a solid season, playing No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles, and finishing with a 12-9 record in singles. The Tigers also helped Head Coach Phil Chamberlain pick up his 100th career victory with a second-round, 4-3 victory over USF in the Conference USA Tournament. Walker capped the year with an ITA Southeast Region Sportsmanship Award and then made Memphis history by becoming the first Tiger to ever receive a national award with the ITA/Arthur Ashe Sportsmanship and Leadership Award. Walker also became the first Tiger to ever earn a Conference USA First Team All-Conference Award. The Tigers finished with a 15-11 record.

Another young team on campus included the University of Memphis women's tennis team. Guided by two seniors who were each just in their second seasons of college tennis in the U.S., the team also included three freshmen, meaning Head Coach Charlotte Peterson would spend a majority of the early spring season trying to figure out her line-up. Senior Marlene Dirnstorfer moved from No. 5 singles up to No. 1 singles, with somewhat surprising results. Managing to stay healthy the entire spring season, Dirnstorfer earned a Third Team AllConference USA Honor after going 17-6 at No. 1 singles. Dirnstorfer would cap an outstanding season with a Academic All-District Second Team honor, the highest Academic Honor Awarded to a Memphis women's tennis player. The senior's All-Conference USA honor marked the sixth consecutive season that a Lady Tiger has earned an all-conference award, and Dirnstorfer will be back for 2004, opting to enter graduate school while completing her senior season. Also earning academic honors were freshman Christina Wieser and sophomore Andrea Feichtinger. Both were named ITA Scholar-Athletes with Dirnstorfer, and were also members of the Conference USA Honor Roll and the Tiger 3.0 Club, while Dirnstorfer was named a C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medalist after posting a 4.0 GPA during the spring of 2004.

It took first-year Head Coach Grant Robbins just a few short months to guide his team to its first tournament victory, as the Tigers fired an 846 to win the Matlock Collegiate Classic in February of 2004. The Tigers struggled at the Conference USA tournament, finishing tied for eighth, while senior Alan Weant finished tied for seventh after a two-over par 74 on the final day of the conference championship. Both Weant and fellow senior David Jeans were named all-conference student-athletes. Jeans was a second-team honoree, while Weant capped his career with a third team honor. Junior Allan Thomas capped the year as a Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar Recipient from the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA). As a team, the 2004 men's golfers posted their highest-ever GPA for the year, finishing with a 3.198 GPA.

The University of Memphis had a tremendous 2003-04 campaign that was capped off by winning a share of the Conference USA regularseason title and earning a second-straight NCAA Tournament berth. The Tigers, ranked No. 24 in the final Associated Press poll, posted a 22-8 overall record and claimed a part of the C-USA regular-season crown with a 12-4 league mark. The conference regular-season title was the program's first since 1995-96, and the consecutive NCAA appearances were the program's first since 1995 and 1996. Memphis won its first NCAA Tournament contest since 1995 with a first-round victory over South Carolina. As has been the case in head coach John Calipari's tenure, the Tigers put together another lengthy winning streak, recording 11 -straight victories during the C-USA schedule. The win streak - tied for the sixth-longest in Memphis history -- included victories over NCAA Tournament teams Louisville, Charlotte and UAB and NIT participants Marquette and Saint Louis. Other prominent regular-season victories came over nationally-ranked Missouri and Ole Miss and Villanova on the road. In addition to the team's success, individual honors were received. Senior Antonio Burks was named C-USA Player of the Year, and Sean Banks was honored as the league's Freshman of the Year. Both players were also named to the AII-C-USA first team. Banks was named ESPN.com's National Freshman of the Year, while Burks - who became the Tigers' 38th 1000-point scorer in history - was a finalist for the inaugural Bob Cousy Award, recognizing the nation's top point guard. The Tigers also finished 10th in the nation in home attendance, marking the fourth-straight year they have been ranked in the top 10.

The Lady Tiger basketball team had struggled the previous two years, and lost their biggest scoring and rebounding threat in senior Shannon Hamp. Early practices left former Coach Joye Lee-McNelis predicting another dismal season. But, the wave of excitement must have turned the tides because the Lady Tigers opened the season with six straight wins, including their first-ever win over Tennessee Tech in Cookeville, and an upset over SEC foe Ole Miss. In that span, Memphis also won its 12th straight Lady Tiger Classic title, and the sixgame winning streak was the best start for a Lady Tiger squad since 1978-79. Vanderbilt snapped the winning streak, but not the pride of the team. The Lady Tigers later picked up hard-fought victories over Idaho, Cincinnati, Charlotte, Southern Miss and Tulane, and took a No. 6 seeding into the C-USA Tournament. Memphis defeated UAB in the first round, but lost to Louisville to sit on Selection Sunday with a 20-9 record. Though they were shunned for the Big Dance, the Lady Tigers did receive a post-season bid to the WNIT; thus snapping a two-year drought of post-season action. Memphis hosted Tulsa, a future C-USA foe, in the first round and defeated them, 66-64, to advance to round two. The Lady Tigers took to the road and ended their post-season run with a disheartening loss to Western Kentucky. Memphis ended the year with a 21-10 record, marking their best record since 1998-99. Junior Victoria Crawford received honors in 2003-04, garnering third-team AII-C-USA accolades. She was also named the league's Sixth Player of the Year. The 2003-04 season also marked the end of an era as McNelis announced her departure after 13 years at the helm of the program. Only the second head coach in Lady Tiger history, McNelis totaled seven post-season appearances, nine winning seasons and six 20-wiu seasons.

With only one senior on the squad, the 2003 University of Memphis baseball team showed its youth by struggling to a 21-33 overall record and an 11-18 mark in Conference USA play. However, the Tigers showed promise down the stretch for bright seasons ahead. In their final three league series, the Tigers went 6-3 including a three-game sweep of Saint Louis and series win over perennial C-USA power Houston, who went on to win an NCAA Regional in the post-season. JUCO-transfer Jarrett Grube led the late-season push winning his last four starts in league play, allowing just two earned runs in 27.2 innings of work. Crube was twice named C-USA Pitcher of the Week for his efforts during the season and had the club's only complete-game shutout in a 7-0 victory over Charlotte. Fellow JUCO-transfers Kurt Welch and Kevin House provided a nice array of offense for the Tigers. The duo led the club in RBI with 36 and 34, respectively while House, who played centerfield, led the team in hits with 62. Sophomore DH Ryan Martin led the team with a .338 batting average and tied for the club lead in home runs with seven along with second baseman Michael Lewis and rightfielder Josh Payne. Payne belted three of his home runs in a 24-1 route of UT-Martin and drove in eight runs which marked the first time a Tiger had achieved that feat in the program's history. Martin, along with freshman pitcher Stephen Gostkowski, earned All-Conference honors as Martin was named to the second-team as a designated hitter. Gostkowski was named to the All-Freshman team, an honor he also received for the U of M football team. The right-handed pitcher was second on the team in wins with four and finished with a 3.99 ERA.

The Lady Tiger golf team battled through a difficult season in 2003. Former head Coach Sheryl Maize took a one-year leave from the university to deal with family matters, leaving a young Lady Tiger roster that featured just one senior with five freshmen to work with interim head coach Donna Noonan, who joined Memphis from the NCAA in the off-season. Senior Jennifer laszek battled through her senior season, capping her career tied for 16th at the Conference USA Championships, while helping Memphis to an 8th place finish. The young team would get some reassuring news in the off-season with the hiring of Campbell Assistant Coach Jenny Bruun. Bruun will take over the Lady Tiger program beginning with the 2004-05 season.

Butch Woolbright's recruits made 2003-04 a memorable one for the rifle team. Sophomore Beth Tidmore and freshman Katie Benjamin would both be named NRA Collegiate All-Americans, while Tidmore would advance to compete in both the NCAA Championships and the U.S. Olympic Trials during the spring. At the NCAAs, Tidmore qualifed as an individual shooter in both smallbore and air rifle competitions. The NRA All-American honors were the highest-ever for any Tiger shooter, after Tidmore was an honorable mention as a freshman. The sophomore from Decatur, Ga., would cap the year with a 13th-place finish at the U.S. Olympic Trials.

Senior discus thrower Gaute Myklebust set a new school record in the discus at 60.85m (199-08) at the Modesto Relays. This propelled him through the season as he won both the shot put and discus competitions at the C-USA Outdoor Championships and was named CoConference USA Male Outdoor Athlete of the Year. He won the NCAA Mid-East Regional title in the discus throw with a mark of 60.42m (198-03). He placed fourth at the NCAA Championships in the discus, the highest finish for any Tiger athlete since 1981. Senior distance runner Mate Nemeth won both the 3000m Steeplechase and the 5000m run at the C-USA Outdoor Championships. He advance to the NCAA Championships in the steeplechase and placed 11 th. The Tigers qualified seven athletes for the post-season in 2004 as Myklebust and Nemeth were joined by Larry Harris (400m hurdles), Ivan Williams (200m), Stein Syverson (shot put), Adam Martin (shot put), and Istvan Kerekjarto (800m, 1500m). As a team, the Tigers placed fourth in the C-USA Outdoor Championships and fifth in the C-USA Indoor Championships in 2004.

Lisa-Marie Hyman placed second in the triple jump at the C-USA Indoor Championships setting a new school record at 12.98m (42-07). Hynian, junior Victoria Crawford and Freshman Cassandra Harding gave the Lady Tigers a trio of excellent triple jumpers. Crawford became the Lady Tigers only post-season qualifier in the triple jump with a leap of 12.52m at the C-USA Outdoor Championships. She became the first Lady Tiger to place in four events at a championship meet by placing second in the triple jump, third in the high jump (1.68m), fourth in the heptathlon with a school record 4,849 points, and fifth in the long jump with a mark of 5.70m. Freshman Cassandra Harding placed fifth in the triple jump with a leap of 12.01m. Crawford and Harding were responsible for all 27 points scored A by the Lady Tigers at the meet. Ali Baker set a new school 9 record in the 800m with a time of 2:14.34 in 2004. As a team A ^M^ the Lady Tigers placed 13th at the C-USA Outdoor Championâ&#x20AC;˘ ^fW ships and 13th at the C-USA Indoor Championships. The Lady â&#x20AC;˘ ^k^ Tigers were a very young team in 2004 as 22 of 29 athletes m ^^^f were underclassmen.

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onsidered the Home of the Blues and the Birthplace of Rock 'n Roll, the city of Memphis' musical roots run deep. However, music is just a chapter in the history as well as the future of the city located in the heart of Mid-America. Memphis, named after the capital of ancient Egypt, boasts all the amenities you would expect in a city with over 1,000,000 residents while retaining the charm and down-to-earth feel of a small town. Downtown Memphis is in the midst of a building boom valued at $2.3 billion which is transforming the heart of the city. One of the most visible projects has been the construction of AutoZone Park, the downtown ballpark which is the home of the Memphis Redbirds, the St. Louis Cardinals'Triple-Aclub. The new 14,320-seat stadium includes 1,500 club seats, 48 luxury suites and is located at the corner of Third Street and Union Avenue across from the world-famous Peabody Hotel. Another sports venue added to the Memphis skyline will be the FedExForum, slated to open in the Fall of 2004. The FedExForum will be home to the NBA Grizzlies and the University of Memphis Men's Basketball teams. Located adjacent to world famous Beale Street, the FedExForum will serve as a multipurpose arena. Downtown is served by the Main Street Trolley. The trolley system, which first opened in April of 1993, currently consists of the Main Street Line which passes near such Memphis landmarks as Beale Street, the Pinch District, Court Square and the National Civil Rights Museum. The Riverfront Loop includes a station in front of The Pyramid and offers riders a unique vista of the Mississippi River. Memphis musical roots can be traced to band leader W.C. Handy who wrote the first blues song here in 1909, a campaign theme for Memphis mayor "Boss" Crump called "Boss Crump Blues" and later published as 'The Memphis Blues." The sound soon caught on and blues bands filled the clubs along Beale. Young musicians who have performed along Beale include Muddy Waters, Furry Lewis, Albert King, Bobby "Blue" Bland, and B.B. King. Beale Street has rapidly become the entertainment center of Memphis and visitors and locals alike enjoy the food and music offered in the various nightclubs. From B.B. King's to the Daisy Theatre, from Hard Rock Cafe to Pat O'Briens and the Rum Boogie Cafe, Beale Street has something to offer for everyone. Where Beale Street meets the Mississippi River is Tom Lee Park, site of the annual Beale Street Music Festival. The weekend-long musical festival is just a part of the month-long Memphis in May International Festival which also includes the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest and the Sunset Symphony. Located just off Beale Street is the Peabody Place Retail and Entertainment Center which

opened in 2002. The 300,000 square foot retail complex offers visitors a one-stopshop for fun and excitement with a unique mix of entertainment, dining and shopping options unlike anything else in the region. The complex features a 22-screen movie theater and 3D I MAX as well as several theme restaurants, including Jillian's, which is a multi-dimensional entertainment venue complete with a bowling alley, billiards, a sports video cafe', and more than 150 electronic stimulation games. Also located within a block of Beale Street is Gibson Guitar Memphis which includes factory tours and cultural exhibits. Also on the same property is the Smithsonian's Rock 'n' Soul Museum which includes artifacts documenting music's past. Memphis' musical roots also includes Stax and Hi-Records as well as Sun Records recording studios. Stax became known for "sweet soul music" through such artists as the MarKeys, Booker T. and the MGs, Otis Redding, Wilson Picket!, Sam and Dave and Isaac Hayes. The Stax Museum reopened on it's original location at McLamore and Crump in the summer of 2003 and offers visitors a complete history of 'Soulsville USA". One of Hi-Records' premier artists was Al Green. Sun Records' most famous recording artist was Elvis Presley and also boasted Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Pickens and Johnny Cash among its recording artists. Elvis Presley's Graceland is one of the five most visited home tours in America and is the most famous home in America after the White House. In 1991, Graceland was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Over 600,000 visitors tour Graceland each year. Also located downtown is the refurbished Orpheum , Theater which serves as a venue for performances by Vf~* Ballet Memphis, the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and traveling broadway shows as well as the Orpheum Classic Movies series and other concerts. Highlights of the 2003 Orpheum shows included the broadway hit The Lion King, a sold-out Nora Jones concert, The Producers and RENT. Downtown Memphis also hosted the KIX106 Country on Beale Music Series in the summer of 2004. The city's location makes Memphis a major distribution hub with two interstate highways intersecting in the city. Memphis is also home of FedEx, the nation's largest package carrier that makes Memphis International Airport the world's busiest cargo airport in the world. Over 500 commercial passenger flights originate from Memphis International each day. Memphis is also a twice daily stop by Amtrak's City of New Orleans which runs from Chicago to New Orleans.

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ether it's cheering on the University f Memphis Tigers, catching a Red irds game downtown or following the touring professionals at the PGA FedEx St. Jude Golf Classic, when it comes to sports, the city of Memphis offers something for everyone. The University of Memphis plays all of its home football games in Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, which also plays host to the annual Liberty Bowl game, pitting the Conference USA regular season champion against the Mountain West Conference champion. The Tigers' basketball games are played in the FedExForum beginning in 2004-05, which will host the 2005 Conference USA Men's Basketball Championships. In 2000, The Pyramid was the host venue for the NCAA Women's Mideast Regional Basketball championship, and in 2003, Conference USA brought the Women's Basketball Tournament to the Pyra,S? J DEl mid. The Lady Tiger basketball and volleyball teams have a definite home-court advantage playing in the Elma Roane Fieldhouse which is located in the center of the university's main campus. The fieldhouse has recently undergone a renovation that saw the addition of new chairback seating for fans. The Memphis Redbirds are in their fifth season in the 14,320 seat Autozone Park. The Redbirds are the only not-for-profit team in the country. All operating profits are put back into The Memphis Redbirds Baseball Foundation, which funds two youth baseball programs, RBI (Returning Baseball to the Inner City) and STRIPES (Sports Teams Returning In the Public Education System). The Tiger baseball team was fortunate in being able to play some of its 2004 home baseball games in Autozone Park. In an agreement with Redbirds management, the Tigers were able to play five events in the AAA park in the spring of 2004, including a series against thenNo. 4 East Carolina. Very few college teams play in a facil• SCOOBBOffD ity that is considered the Top(L-R): bHLUiHR-1 < CHftflBLt-14 equivalent of most major Race fans DELS INS-16 MEDIATE-14 Fed league parks. can enjoy TWfiV -1£ COOK -14 GREEN K-lt JONES S-14 several This year's 47th annual ' ""•- -15 MIZE -14 NASCAR FedEx St. Jude Classic conevents at the tinues to be one of the longMemphis est, continuous running sportMotorSports ing events in the city's hisPark; Pete tory. The tournament adopted Sampras competes in St. Jude's Children's Rethe Kroger search Hospital as its benSt. Jude eficiary in 1970. Federal Extennis press Corporation joined the tournament as tournament; University of the sponsor in 1986 and to date the event has Memphis cheerleaders support generated over $14.0 million towards fighting the home team; The Memphis childhood catastrophic diseases. Past chamRedbirds and their new home, AutoZone Park; The annual FedEx St. Jude Classic draws more than 125,000 golf fans each year.

pions of the FedEx St. Jude Golf Classic have included such noted players as Greg Norman, Jack Nicklaus, Fred Couples, Hal Sutton, Tom Kite, Nick Price and Curtis Strange. For race fans, there is Memphis Motorsports Park with it's four distinctive racing venues. MMP features a %-mile paved oval which plays host to a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event in the summer and a NASCAR Busch Series race in the fall. The track's quarter-mile dragstrip plays hosts to an NHRA event in August. The park also features a quarter-mile dirt oval as well as a road course. The Kroger St. Jude is one of only nine championship-level tennis tournaments in North America and one of only two in the world to be held in a private club. For 27 years, the sport's brightest stars have come to Memphis and have voted the February tournament among their favorite stops worldwide on the ATP Tour. The event has brought to Memphis such noted players as Pete Sampras, Andre Aggassi, Michael Chang and Stephen Edberg. In October of 2001, Memphis became a member of the NBA-family when the Vancouver Grizzlies moved their franchise to The Pyramid. The NBA team plays over 40games per season in the city and offers citizens a chance to see such noted professional players as Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson and Kevin Garnett. The Grizzlies will move from The Pyramid to the FedEx Forum in the fall of 2004. The new arena is currently under construction in the Beale Street area and is expected to draw even more fans to downtown and the city's entertainment districts of Beale Street and Peabody Place. Memphis also offers its citizens 10 public and 15 private golf courses throughout the city. There are also 230 parks (totaling over 23,000 acres), 17 public swimming pools, 26 community centers, 14 country clubs, 80 public tennis courts and 108 hotels and motels (totaling 13,633 rooms). In the spring of 2004, the city of Memphis served as the host site for the TSSAA Spring Fling which brought over 2,000 high school athletes and their families to Memphis for the state of Tennessee spring sports championships. Teams from across Tennessee came to the city to compete in the baseball, tennis, track and Softball championships. The University of Memphis campus served as the home base for the athletes and competition sites included The U of M's Nat Buring Baseball Stadium, AutoZone Park, USA Baseball Stadium in Millington, the Briarcrest Athletic Complex and Christian Brothers University's baseball field.

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University President Dr. Shirley C. Raines became the 11th president of the University of Memphis on July 1, 2001. She is the first woman to hold the presidency of the University, which was founded in 1912. Dr. Raines earned her doctorate in education and her Master of Science degree from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Her Bachelor of Science degree is from the University of Tennessee at Martin. She also completed the Management Development Program from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Before her appointment at the University of Memphis, Dr. Raines was Vice Chancellor for Academic Services and Dean of the College of Education at the University of Kentucky. While at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, she received the Distinguished Faculty Member award and has received two research awards from the Eastern Educational Research Association. She is the author of 13 books and numerous journal articles, and is widely regarded as an expert in teacher education and early childhood education. During the three years of Dr. Raines' tenure at the University of Memphis, the following building projects were completed: the FedEx Institute of Technology, the Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality and Resort Management, the Student Activities Plaza and fountain, the clock tower, University Services Building with new bookstore, the Athletic Training Facility, and the reno-

TE\AE8SEE BOARD OF REGEXTS The University of Memphis is proud to be a member institution of the State University and Community College System of Tennessee, which is governed by the Tennessee Board of Regents. The system includes six universities, 14 twoyear institutions, 12 community colleges and 26 area technology centers and was established by the General Assembly in 1972.

vation of Wilder Tower, which is devoted to student services. New construction ventures underway include additions to the Carpenter Student Housing Complex and the renovation of the former Millington Naval Hospital to classrooms for the University's Millington Campus. Raines is known for her effective work in building productive partnerships on and off the campus. Some of the most visible partnerships include those with Fed Ex, Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare, and Holiday Inns. Major focus areas of her work with students include expanding the University's Honors program and creating internships and co-op experiences in many majors. As Chair of the Board of Directors of C-USA, Dr. Raines has led the conference through realignment. As a community leader, she serves as First Vice Chair of the Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce and as Chair of the Higher Education Division of United Way. She also serves on the board of directors of Methodist Healthcare and on those of several non-profit organizations, including Memphis Tomorrow and local PBS station WKNO. Described in the Memphis Commercial Appeal as "powerful, prepared and personable," she is in demand as a speaker at conference, universities, schools, and civic groups. Known for her drive and enthusiasm, Dr. Raines is committed to providing great educational experiences for students from freshman level through doctoral studies in great learning environments with dedicated professors. A native of Bells, Tenn., she is married to retired professor, Dr. Robert J. Canady. In his retirement, he is a stained glass artist and a private pilot. Bob and Shirley are the parents of four adult children and three grandchildren.

Dr. Shirley Raines

1912-13

Dr. Seymour A. Mynders

1913-18

Dr. John Willard "J.W." Brister

1918-24

Dr. Andrew A. Kincannon

1924-39

Dr. John Willard "J.W." Brister

1939-43

Dr. Richard C. Jones

1943-46

Dr. Jennings B. Sanders

1946-49

Dr. J.M. Jack Smith

1949-50

Lamar Newport (acting)

1950-60

Dr. J.M. Jack Smith

1960-72

Dr. C.C. Humphreys

1972-73

Dr. John Richardson (interim)

1973-80

Dr. Billy M. Jones

1980

Dr. Jerry Boone (interim)

1980-91

Dr. Thomas Carpenter

1991-00

Dr. V. Lane Rawlins

2000-01

Dr. Ralph Faudree (interim)

2001-

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R.C. Johnson, who has worked for ÂŤ 31 years in athletic administration and served as athletic director at Temple University, was named the Director of Athletics at The University of Memphis on December 29, 1995. Johnson came aboard in February of 1996 and immediately set forth in putting together one of the most renowned athletic staffs in school history. Since his arrival, Johnson has hired such high-profile coaches as former Clemson head football coach Tommy West, former New Jersey Nets and UMass head basketball coach John Calipari and Lady Tiger Basketball coach Blair Savage, who is considered one of the up-and-coming young coaches in the country. He recently added baseball coach Daron Schoenrock to the Memphis staff. With his staff completed, the Iowa native set his sights on revamping University of Memphis athletic facilities and that goal has been completed. Johnson initiated a capital campaign to add a new 8,000-square-foot football and basketball office complex to the current Athletic Office Building, a new basketball practice facility and a complete renovation of the Murphy Athletic Complex. The eight million dollar campaign was the largest fund raising effort in the history of Memphis athletics and has brought the Tiger athletic facilities on-line with Conference USA sister institutions. During the spring of 1999, Johnson negotiated one of the richest radio broadcast packages in Tiger athletic history with WMCAM 790 in Memphis. The three-year agreement called for WMC to pay the University approximately $1.2 million for football and men's basketball rights. During his tenure, Johnson has created the Athletic Director's Honor Roll, the Tiger Clubs Board of Directors and the athletic director's Ambassadors Club. Johnson has conducted several meetings with the Memphis Park Commission to add a greater presence for the Tigers in Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. Numerous signs appear in the Liberty Bowl indicating that the stadium is the "home of the Tigers." At Temple, Johnson was responsible ^P

for directing a program with more than 500 student-athletes in 20-men's and women's intercollegiate sports, including nationally visible programs in men's basketball and football. He was named Temple's director of athletics on May 9, 1994, after a national search. The former Temple athletic director enjoys a reputation for building private and corporate support for intercollegiate athletics and for developing strong academic services for student-athletes. Highlights of his tenure at Temple include: the origination of a Student-Athlete Advisory Committee; the Athletic Director's Honor Roll for student-athletes; the reorganization of the Athletic Department infrastructure; chairing the Atlantic 10 Conference Membership Committee and representing the Big East Conference on the Gender-Equity Task Force. Johnson was hired at Temple after nearly six years as director of athletics at Miami (Ohio) University. During his tenure at Miami University, Johnson was responsible for numerous programs that enhanced the stature and image of the Ohio institution. A strong believer in a quality education for student-athletes, Johnson emphasized academic integrity and excellence during his time at Miami University. At the time he departed for Temple, Miami University had 15 student-athletes with a perfect 4.0 GPA, 62 studentathletes with a 3.50 or better GPA and 191 student-athletes with a 3.00 GPA or better. Before becoming athletic director at Miami University, Johnson was athletic director at Eastern Illinois from 198088. He was the associate athletic director at Northern Iowa from 1974 to 1980. A former football coach himself, Johnson served as an assistant football coach at Mankato State University from 1968-74. He coached at Youngstown State University during the 1967 and '68 seasons. Prior to joining the staff at Youngstown State, Johnson served as an assistant coach at Northern Iowa for

R.C. Johnson two years (1965-67) and the University of Iowa (1963-65). A native of Ottawa, III., Johnson has his bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Iowa and a master's in physical education from the University of Northern Iowa. He is a member of the Football Issues Committee of the NCAA, the National Association of College Directors of Athletics, the Executive Committee of the Division I-A Athletic Directors Association, the C-USA Representative on the Board of Directors of the AFCA, and he serves on the Finance, Nominating, Planning, Football Scheduling, and Expansion & Bowl Committees for Conference USA. He is also a member of the Shelby County Sports Authority. Johnson and his wife, Melba, have three children and four grandchildren. Johnson also serves on the NCAA Selection Review Subcommittee's Management Council.

Bill Lofton came to the Tiger athletic department in 1994 as the associate athletic director for finance and management. He is responsible for overseeing the athletic department budget and the day-to-day operation of the department in the absence of the athletic director. A graduate of Memphis, Lofton came to the athletic department after serving for 10 years as the manager of financial planning for the University. Lofton, who was named the University's Administrative Employee of the Year in 1990-91, has over 32 years of financial management experience in the areas of budget management, implementation of computer systems, cost accounting and auditing financial procedures. A native of Memphis, Lofton graduated from Trezevant High School in 1968 and enrolled at thenMemphis State. He received his bachelor's degree in management and marketing in 1972. He began his business career with International Harvester in 1972, starting as a cost accountant and advancing to senior cost accountant and office systems and procedures analyst. In 1981 he left International Harvester to become vice president of Business Affairs for The Memphis College of Arts. He was responsible for the budgeting, purchasing and fund raising, while supervising the financial operation and facility management. Lofton joined the staff at the University of Memphis in 1984 as the manager of Financial Planning.

LYNN PARKES Associate Athletic Director Lynn Parkes is in her 21st | year as the senior women's administrator for the U of M. As such, she oversees eight intercollegiate sports of women's basketball, volleyball, men's and women's golf, men's and women's track and men's and women's tennis. Parkes also oversees the areas of compliance and student-athlete services. Prior to devoting full-time to her role as associate athletic director, Parkes spent 11 years as the head women's golf coach at Memphis. A native of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., Parkes is a 1973 graduate of the University of Alabama. She was a member of the Crimson Tide women's golf

team and competed in the National Collegiate Championship Tournament her final three years of college. Following graduation, she taught for two years at Loretto (TN) High School as a physical education instructor. Parkes came to The University of Memphis in 1975 to complete her graduate degree in physical education and at the same time, started the women's golf program. In addition to her administration of the women's sports programs, Parkes is compliance coordinator for the University of Memphis Athletic Department. As such, she is the liaison to Conference USA and the NCAA in adherence to the rules and regulations of those two organizations. A former member of the LPGA, Parkes served as chair of the NCAA Women's Golf Committee. She has served as tournament director of the 1995 NCAA East Golf Regional hosted by Memphis, as well as the 2000 NCAA Women's Basketball Mideast Regional Tournament. Currently, Parkes sits on the NCAA Women's Basketball Committee whose charge is the selection and conduct of the NCAA National Championship. She also serves on various task force and committees within Conference USA.

Associate Athletic Director Bob Winn, a native of I Roanoke, Virginia, is in his 30th year with the U of M athletic department. For 17 years, Winn served as Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations and is now taking on a different role in the department. This past May, Winn was elevated to Associate Athletic Director for External Affairs. He now is responsible for overseeing Athletic Media Relations, Marketing and Spirit Squads, as well as managing outside contracts and the relationship with Tiger Sports Properties. The chairman of the Conference USA Sports Information Directors in 1995-96, Winn is a 1974 graduate of the University of Memphis, holding a bachelor's degree in journalism. During his tenure with the Tigers, he has promoted 26 football All-Americans, including national award winners Joe Allison, who received the Lou Groza Award in 1993, and Ryan White, who was named to the 2000 Playboy All-American squad, 12 basketball All-Americans, five baseball All-Americans and three track All-Americans. In addition, Winn served as host for four NCAA Regionals, six NIT Tournaments, five Metro Conference Tournaments, one Great Midwest Conference Tournament and two C-US A Tournaments. He also served as the official scorer for the Women's NCAA East Regional Golf Tournament in Mem-

phis. During the spring of 2003, he served as the interim head golf coach for the Memphis men's team and witnessed his team placing sixth in the Coastal Carolina Tournament and seventh in the Conference USA Championship. Winn was inducted into the All-American Football Foundation Hall of Fame in May 1998, receiving the Scoop Hudgins Award for media relations. In addition to his duties with the U of M, Winn has served as the media coordinator for the PGA Tour stop in Memphis, the FedEx St. Jude Classic for 30 years and has assisted with the press box operation for the annual St. Jude Liberty Bowl, which is played in Memphis in December. A 1966 graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Winn is a long time member of CoSIDA.

Bill Lansden returned to the U of M in June 2004, and assumed the role of Associate Athletic Director for Development. Lansden spent the last two years in a similar capacity at Middle Tennessee. While at MTSU, he engineered a 40 percent increase in the Blue Raider Athletic Association membership to 1,750 in June of 2003. The association was expected to top the 2,000 mark in 2004. Prior to his move to Murfreesboro, Lansden spent three years as the director of marketing and sales for the FedEx St. Jude Golf Classic. He coordinated all corporate hospitality for the week-long PGA Tour event, administered marketing and promotional campaigns for the tournament, sold corporate sponsorships, and directed a dozen volunteer committees for the Classic. A former member of the Germantovvn Area Chamber of Commerce, Lansden spent six-plus years in the athletic department at the University of Memphis, beginning his tenure as an intern in August of 1993. During his years at U of M, he was responsible for marketing and promoting, and providing game management for almost all Tiger sports ranging from women's soccer and volleyball to football and men's basketball. He spent three years as an athletic marketing coordinator, and in that capacity, sold corporate sponsorships; administered community outreach programs; and managed graduate assistants, interns, and volun-

teer workers. He took over as the athletic marketing director in 1997, serving in that capacity for seven months before becoming the director of annual giving in the Tiger Club Office. There, he oversaw the annual membership drive, contacted new members, and assisted in fundraising efforts totaling over $2 million. Lansden earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Rhodes College in 1986, playing football all four years in college and serving as team captain his senior season. He received his master's degree in sports administration from Georgia State University in Atlanta in 1993. Lansden is married to the former Blair Savage, who was recently hired as the Lady Tiger basketball coach.

Stroud graduated from the University of Georgia in 2000, where he worked with athletic marketing and promotions. While at Georgia, he received his bachelor's degree with a double major in marketing and finance. He went on to receive his master's degree in sports administration from St. Thomas University in 2001. Stroud joined the U of M staff from the University of Miami, where he served as the assistant director of annual giving. During his tenure with the Hurricanes, annual giving doubled over a threeyear period. Stroud and his wife, Deirdre, an interior designer, reside in Cordova.

Fred Stewart is in his 18th year as the Athletic Business Manager at the U of M. A native of Bruce, Miss., Stewart moved to Memphis with his family in 1963 and graduated from Frayser High School in 1967. Stewart entered the United States Navy in 1968 and served for two years on the aircraft carrier USS KearsargeCVA-21. He began working at International Harvester in 1968 before joining the Navy and returned to the company in 1970. Stewart enrolled in The U of M while working at IH and received his BBA in accounting in 1978. He moved into the accounting office at Harvester in 1978 and remained there for seven years. Stewart was hired as Athletic Business Manager at Memphis in 1986.

Melissa Moore is one of several Athletic Department employees who are making a transition into a new role this year. After 15 years with the Tiger Club staff, Moore is now the Assistant Athletic Director for Ticketing and Customer Service. Moore is in her 20th year as a member of the athletic department. She joined the Tiger Clubs office in 1986, serving as Tiger Clubs Coordinator for six years, and was the Assistant Athletic Director for the past eight years. A 1985 graduate of the University of Memphis, Moore received her bachelor's degree with a major in accounting. During her tenure as a student, Moore worked in the Athletic Academic Office and moved to the Athletic Department, working the athletic director's office and the basketball office before joining the staff of the Tiger Clubs. As an undergraduate student, Moore received an early taste of athletics. She was a featured majorette with the University of Memphis band, the Mighty Sound of the South, from 1980-84. The band performed at all U of M football and basketball games. She was named to the Outstanding Young Women of America in 1985. The native Memphian is a graduate of Germantown High School. She is married to Steve Brigance of Sharon, Tenn.

STEVE STROUD Assistant AD/ Annual Giving Steven Stroud, who serves as the assistant athletic director for annual giving, joined the Tigers in January 2003. He is responsible for the Tiger Clubs' annual giving campaign, which includes overseeing the Tiger Clubs' Fund Drive.

Murray Armstrong has served under eight head football coaches during his 42year tenure at the University of Memphis. He was hired by former head coach and athletic director Billy J. Murphy in 1962. Armstrong has been involved with every facet of college football at Memphis. He has been an assistant freshman coach, head freshman coach, varsity defensive end coach, kicking coach, special teams coach, academic advisor and administrative aid during his tenure with the Tigers. He currently serves as the coordinator of the Billy J. Murphy Athletic Complex. A 1961 graduate of the University of Tennessee, Armstrong was a first team all-Southeastern Conference academic selection in 1961. Armstrong was a three-year letterman for the Volunteers. He received his degree in sociology and biology from

Tennessee and has since earned his master's degree at the University of Memphis. Armstrong and his wife, Joan, have two children Sterritt, a 1990 West Point graduate, and Brence, a 1997 graduate of Memphis.

Director of Athletic Media Relations Jennifer Rodrigues, who is in her seventh year with the U of M, is also changing her role this year, as she was elevated to Director of Athletic Media Relations. She replaces Bob Winn, who was promoted to Assoc. Athletic Director for External Affairs this past summer. Rodrigues is responsible for the publicity and promotion of the U of M football and rifle teams, as well as overseeing the Athletic Media Relations Office. Rodrigues also is responsible for overseeing the work of the athletic media relations graduate and student assistants. In March 2000, she served as the assistant Media Coordinator of the NCAA Men's 1st and 2nd Round tournament, and a year later served as the media coordinator for the NCAA Women's Basketball Mideast Regional. In 2002, she volunteered at the Mideast Regional hosted by Marquette University. A 1995 graduate of the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now UL-Lafayette), Rodrigues joined Memphis after serving two years as an assistant media relations director at Mississippi State, where she was the contact for women's basketball and softball. She also assisted in the game-day operations for football, volleyball and men's basketball. Prior to Mississippi St., Rodrigues served as assistant SID for women's athletics at Northern Arizona University. She also served as interim SID at NAU and handled men's basketball and football prior to accepting the job at MSU. The New Orleans, La., native received her bachelor's degree in journalism at USL, where she served as a student assistant in the sports information office. There she was the media contact for volleyball and the nationally-ranked Lady Cajun softball team. Rodrigues, 31, is married to Mike Rodrigues, who is an assistant athletic trainer for the U of M. The couple has a daughter, Alyssa, who was born on Nov. 27, 2002.

SYRA THIBAULT Director of Marketing/ Promotions Syra Thibault is entering her fourth year as the Director of Marketing and Promotions for the U of M. Thibault joined the staff from the University of South Alabama where she served as the marketing and promotions director for three years, while earning her degree. She graduated from USA

in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in sport and event marketing. She has also organized and assisted such events as the GMAC Mobile Alabama Bowl, Sun Belt Conference Tournaments, NCAA First/Second Round and BayFest. A native of Baton Rouge, La., Thibault worked two years at the Casino Magic in Bay St. Louis, Miss., and also worked at Casino Magic in Biloxi. From 1994-98 she worked with marketing, sales and special events for both properties.

SALLY ANDREWS Assistant Director of Compliance Sally Andrews is in her 1 13th year as Assistant Compliance Coordinator for the U of M. She works in conjunction with Associate Athletic Director Lynn Parkes to ensure that U of M student-athletes and staff are following the regulations set forth by the NCAA. A 1982 graduate of Christian Brothers College in Memphis, Andrews lettered for four years in basketball and volleyball while at CBU. A golfer who took up the game at an early age, the native Memphian established herself as one of the top women players in the Mid-South. She was a six-time Memphis city women's champion. Andrews first joined the Tiger Athletic Department in 1987 when she was named as the head women's golf coach. She remained in that position for five years. Her 1988 team won the UAB Lady Blazer Tournament, the first victory ever for a Lady Tiger golf team.

Al Brown is in his 13th I year as the Director of The University of Memphis M Club. The M Club is the letterman's organization for the institution. A former letterman himself, Brown played baseball for the Tigers from 1947-48. He played professional baseball and worked as a professional scout for the Chicago White Sox in the 1950s and returned to Memphis in the 1960s as head baseball coach. During his tenure as the Tigers' baseball coach, Brown compiled an overall record of 156-118-4 in nine seasons. His 1964 and 1965 teams won 21 games marking the first 20-win seasons in the school's history. When he left The U of M in 1971, he joined the Memphis Park Commission and later was named as the manager of Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. He remained with the city of Memphis until rejoining the staff at Memphis in 1991.

TAMMY DeGROFF Assistant Media Relations Director Tammy DeGroff enters her third year as a full-time member of the athletic media relations' staff. DeGroff, who served two years as a graduate assistant SID at Memphis, spent a year as the assistant SID at Campbell University before returning to the U of M. While at Campbell, DeGroff served as the primary contact for volleyball, women's basketball and softball. She also was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Campbell Athletic Department website, as well as assisting in various departmental projects. In her earlier stint as a graduate assistant at Memphis, DeGroff was responsible for the promotion of the volleyball, track and tennis teams. She also assisted at home football games, and was an instrumental part of the women's basketball stat crew. Prior to her graduate assistant position at the U of M, DeGroff served as the assistant information director for the Gulf South Conference where she was responsible for soccer, women's basketball and softball. She has also served as an intern at the Mid-Continent Conference. A native of Rio, Wis., DeGroff graduated from Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 1995 with a degree in journalism. She worked as a student assistant in the SID office for two years while working on her bachelor's degree.

Lamar Chance is in his second year on the U of M Athletic Media Relations staff. He came to Memphis after spending the previous eight years in the Ole Miss Athletic Media Relations office, the last six as the department's associate director. In his associate position, he was responsible for the day-to-day publicity operations for men's basketball, editing of the football gameday programs, as well as assisting with football. Chance graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1991 with a degree in Radio, Television, Motion Pictures. He worked as a student assistant in the UNC SID office for two years. Upon graduation, Chance accepted an internship at the University of Connecticut, where he served as the media relations contact for baseball, hockey and women's soccer during the 199192 season. Before his arrival at Ole Miss, Chance served as Assistant Media Relations Director at the Uni-

versity of Massachusetts. While at UMass from 1992-95, he oversaw the publicity of the school's 25 Olympic sports and handled women's basketball and football duties as well. Chance is a member of the College Sports Information Directors of America. A native of Albemarle, N.C., he worked the 1996 and 1997 NCAA Women's Basketball Final Fours and the 1995 NCAA Field Hockey Final Four.

ED CANTLER Assistant AD/ Support Services

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University of Memphis, and his first as the Assistant Athletic Director for Administrative and Support Services. The head trainer since 1980, Cantler will oversee the sports medicine program, the Tiger weightroom and the area of game management. A native of Bowling Green, Ky., Cantler came to Memphis in 1970, and received his undergraduate degree in biology in 1974. He later received his master's degree in health education in 1976. Cantler has been the host of local cable television's Trainer's Corner for the last 11 years. He was inducted into the Tennessee Athletic Trainer's Hall of Fame in 1996. Cantler, who enjoys singing, has also been honored as the state's Trainer of the Year in 1994, and received the NATA Athletic Trainer Service Award in May of 1998. Cantler is married to the former Jenina Martin of Memphis, who received her doctorate degree from the U of M. The couple has two children, Michael (15) and Andrew (16).

Angela McCarter is in her I third year as the assistant director of marketing and promotions. A native of Memphis, McCarter joined the staff from NC State University, where she was the assistant director of marketing and publications for Campus Recreation. At NC State she was responsible for all of the marketing efforts for the program and implementing special events. Before spending two years with NC State, she worked in the Women's Athletic Department at the University of Tennessee in marketing and promotions. She was responsible for basketball, rowing, soccer, softball, track and field and volleyball. McCarter received her bachelor's degree in sport management from UT in 1998, and earned her master's degree in sport administration in 2000. Angela and her husband Steven, also a native of Memphis, reside in Memphis.

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Arizona State, 1981 19 years N/A N/A The U of M reinstated women's track in 1985 after a three-year hiatus and Brenda Cash has been rebuilding the program ever since. The results are most obvious in the record book, where all but six school records have been reset, including eight during 2003. In 2004, Victoria Crawford qualified for the NCAA Regionals, finishing third in her flight and setting a personal best in the triple jump in the process. BRENDACASH

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Memphis, 1976 6 years 101-60 101-60 Phil Chamberlain has brought national attention and the ITA Southeast Regional tournament back to Memphis. He has coached eight individuals to C-USA honors, including Lee Taylor Walker, who finished 2004 ranked No. 97 in the country and was the program's first-ever C-USA First Team Honoree. Walker also received the ITA/Arthur Ashe Sportsmanship and Leadership Award.the first Tiger to ever earn a national honor from the

Alma Mater Memphis, 1994 Grant Robbins, a former Tiger golf letterman and three-year all-conference selection, took over the University of Memphis men's golf program in 2003 after spending the past four [years as the head golf coach at UNC-Wilmington, turning that I program into a nation power. His UNCW teams won 11 tournaI ments and advanced to the NCAA tournament. Robbins played /»D UToriDDiKic *ot the T'9ers from 1991 ~94 and after receiving his master's GRANT ROBBINS degree, served as an assistant at Penn State.

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GRenMountainCollege,1933 5 years 45-41-3 102-76-7 Richie Grant led Memphis to its second straight winning season in 2003 with an 8-8-2 finish. Memphis has finished .500 or better in three of the last four years under Grant's guidance. Grant was named C-USA Coach of the Year in 2000 as his team finished fifth in the country in scoring. Grant has coached 13 Conference USA all-conference honorees.

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Rhodes College, 1962 34 years N/A N/A Glenn Hays has coached seven all-Americans, six national champs, one world record holder and four conference freshmen of the year in his 33 years. Since joining C-USA in 1996, Hays has guided 33 conference champs, including Gaute Myklebust who won three conference titles in 2004 and finished fourth in the discus at the NCAA Championship. Myklebust and Mate Nemeth were both double champions at GLENN HAYS the 2004 Outdoor Championships where Memphis finished fourth, while Istvan Kerektjo won the 1500.

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j Tennessee, 1985 3 years N/A N/A Jonas Holdeman joined the Lady Tiger track and cross country teams as an assistant coach in charge of the distance program. He also spent two years as the track and field and cross country coach of the sports club program at North Carolina. There, he worked with over 40 athletes, developing training programs for all the runners. Under Holdeman's guidance, UNC sport club track and field won the last two ACC Club ChampionJONAS HOLDEM AN ships.

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Tennessee Tech, 1985 First Year 0-0 0-0 Daron Schoenrock was hired to take over the helm of the Tiger baseball program on June 29, 2004. Schoenrock spent the past three seasons as an assistant coach at Mississippi State University under Ron Polk, after spending the previous two seasons under Polk at Georgia. Regarded as one of college baseball's premier pitching coaches, Schoenrock has sent 20 of his pitchers to the professional level, including three draftees in the 2004 First-Year Player Draft.

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Arkansas, 1994 First Year 0-0 0-0 Blair Savage-Lansden returned to the Univeristy of Memphis on June 10th as the Lady Tigers' third Head Coach. After serving as an assistant coach in the Lady Tiger program for nine years, Savage spent last season at Belmont University in Nashville, where she helped the Bruins to a 16-12 overall record and where she guided two post players to A-Sun honors.

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Memphis, 1972 28 years 332-409 332-409 A member of The U of M women's tennis program for over three decades as both a coach and a player, Charlotte Peterson has seen much of Memphis' tennis history, including coaching the top two career singles victories leaders—Annika Ewaldson and Christina Ladyman. Peterson has had at least one Lady Tiger named to the All-Conference USA teams in each of the past six seasons, including Marlene Dirnstorfer in 2004.

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Memphis, 1994 4 years 28-44-4 28-44-4 Entering his fifth season Brooks Monaghan has guided the Lady Tigers to the 2002 C-USA Tournament ending the program's five-year absence from postseason play. This past season, Monaghan was the first Lady Tiger coach to place two players on the All Conference-USA first team. He has been involved with the program since its inception in 1995 and took over as • the head coach following the 1999 season. BROOKSMONAGHAN

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Clarion State, 1982 4 years 93-39 286-110 John Calipari led the Tigers to a National Championship at the 2002 NIT, and through 12 seasons, has the sixth-best career start in wins in NCAA Division I history. In 2003-04, the Tigers claimed a share of the C-USA regular-season title, earned a second-consecutive NCAA Tournament bid and finished the year ranked No. 24 in the final AP poll. Memphis recorded a 22-8 overall record (12-4 C-USA), marking the fourth-straight JOHN CALIPARI 20-win season under Calipari. Memphis averaged 15,432 at The Pyramid in 2003-04, the 10th-best fan total in the nation.

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Minnesota, 2001 First year N/A N/A Jenny Bruun took over the Lady Tiger Golf team in July of 2004 after spending the last two seasons as the Assistant Golf Coach for both the men's and women's teams at Campbell University. Over the past two seasons, Bruun helped the Camel golf teams to four tournament titles, including the 2004 Atlantic Sun Women's Golf Championship.

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Tennessee, 1976 3 years 17-19 52-54 The 21st head football coach at The U of M, Tommy West is directing the Tigers back to the postseason direction. In 2003, the Tigers made their first bowl appearance in 32 years, accepting an invitation to face North Texas in the New Orleans Bowl. Memphis picked up the bowl win, 27-17, and finished the season with a 9-4 mark. DeAngelo Williams was named the C-USA ••I Offensive Player of the Year and nine players were named to TOMMY WEST C-USA Teams, including freshman Blake Butler, who was named to the all-Freshman team.

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N/A 12 years N/A N/A Butch Woolbright has spent the last 12 years at the helm of the U of M rifle squad. He has been honored as Coach of the Year by both Conference USA (1998) and the Great Midwest (1993). Woolbright's shooters have won three gold, two silver and one bronze individual conference medals, and his squads have placed in the top tier of league competition during his tenure as coach. In 2003-04, sophomore Beth Tidmore advanced to the NCAA Tournament and finished 13th at the U.S. Olympic Trials.

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Washington St., 1992 8 years 140-126 140-126 Carrie Yerty begins her ninth season at the helm of the volleyball program after guiding Memphis to its first 30-win season since 1990 and the program's best winning percentage with a 30-6 record. Memphis made its first-ever appearance in the Conference USA Championship Finals. Junior Heather Watts was named an Academic All-America honoree, while three Tigers earned All-Conference honors for the first time in the CARRIE YERTY program's history, led by senior Brittany Barnett's second team honor.

TONYBARBEE Men's Basketball

CRAIG BOLLER Football

ANGELA CROSBY Women's Basketball

RANDY FICHTNER Football

JODI FISHER Women's Soccer

JOHN FLOWERS Football

PAULGOEBEL Men's Tennis

JONAS HOLDEMAN

JEEP HUNTER

TIM KEANE

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DEREK KELLOGG Men's Basketball

JENNIROSELLI Volleyball

CHRIS RUMPH Football

ED SCHILLING Men's Basketball

TOM CROSS Women's Basketball

MILT WAGNER Men's Basketball

JOHN DOWDY Rifle

JOE LEE DUNN Football

MIKE FEDERICO Baseball

ANGELA GRAZIANI Volleyball

CLAY HELTON

TYSON HELTON

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RICK MALLORY ROBBIE NICHOLSON KEVIN ROBINSON Football Men's Soccer Track & Field

TYLER WILLIAMS Women's Basketball

JERRY ZULU Baseball

Support Staff

ROBBIE ALLRED W. Basketball Secretary

SUSAN BLACKWELL Business Office

JULJECAROTHERS Olympic Sports Secretary

BARBARACHAPMAN LAWSON CULVER Athletic Director's Office Computer Specialist

CONNIE DIFFEE Tiger Clubs

STELLA GREEN Olympic Sports Sec.

Support Staff

ASHLEY HARRALSON Basketball Secretary

CAROLE MURRAY Athletic Director's Office

ELLIOT PERRY Tiger Clubs

SHERRI SCHWARTZ FTB Recruiting Secretary

LOUSTRASBERG Travel Coordinator

LISH TRICE Assistant to the AD

LUNETHAPRYOR Basketball Secretary

RONNIE VINSON Business Office

CAROL REEVES Football Admin. Secretary

KATIE RUMP Asst. Compliance Director

BETTY RUSSELL Women's BKB Secretary

JENNIFERWALKER Administrative Asst.

NICK WHITE Faculty Athletics Representative

LETONIA WILLIAMS Ticket Office

MARTHA WOODS Sports Information Secretary

U of M ATHLETIC COMMITTEE

TIGER CLUB BOARDS ames, Ben Bryant (president), Charles Burkett, Harold Byrd, Dr. Don i, Doug Collins, Milliard Crews, Ron Dougan, William Dunavant, Jr., Randy Fishman, Frank Flautt, Jr., Glenna Flautt, Scott Forman, Diane Fry, Alan Graf. Gaylon Hall, Janet January, Cato Johnson. John Kelley, Kay Kelly, Stillman McFadden Don McKinnon, Jackson Moore, William N. Morris, Charlotte Neal, Jim Phillips, Win Rainey, Dal Rawlins, Mike Rose, Elkan Scheidt, Fred Smith, Willard Sparks, Rick Spell, Elaine Springer, John Stokes, Tom Watson, Van Weiberg, Damon Young, BOARD OF VISITORS ATHLETIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE: Mike Rose - chairman, Ben Bryant, Harold Byrd, Frank Flautt, Jim Harwood, John Kelley, William N. Morris, John Stokes, Ron Terry, Pat Kerr Tigrett and Tom Watson. Ex-officio: R.C. Johnson. AMBASSADOR'S CLUB: Ben Bryant, Hilliard Crews, William Dunavant, Frank Flautt, Janet January, William N. Morris, Mike Rose, Elkan Scheidt, Fred Smith, Willard Sparks, Rick Spell, Elaine Springer, John Stokes and Tom Watson.

TheAthlelicCommitteeattheUof Mis comprised of 14 faculty and staff members who serve four-year terms on a staggered basis. The committee also includes two student voting members. The purpose of the committee is to serve in an advisory capacity to the president on matters involving athletics. The committee assists in the development of broad program policies for the University men's and women's intercollegiate athletic programs. The committee also reviews and approves the policies and procedures for awarding grant-in aid to student athletes. They certify, through the chairman, the eligibility of student athletes for intercollegiate sports. The committee reviews proposed appointments to the coaching staff made by the Director of Athletics and recommend to the President for appointment by her candidates deemed qualified for the position. They review scheduling of intercollegiate athletic contests and proposed budgets prepared by the Director of Athletics and submit recommendations through standard University budget review procedures. Members of theUofM Athletic Committee include: Dr. Nick White (interim chair), Dr. David Cox, Dr. James Fickle, Roxanna Gee, Robert Koch, Dr. Phillip T. Kolbe, Dr. Gladius Lewis, Dr. Ronnie Priest, Dr. Michael Hamrick, R.C. Johnson, Lynn Parkes, Dr.Shirley Raines (president), Dr. Ralph Faudree and Dr. Joe Luckey. Student members include Keenan Gibson and Arthur Lynch.

Academic Services Dr. Joe Luckey is in his third year as the Director of 'Athletic Academic Services. He and his stuff of counselors and tutors tire Instrumental in the success of U of M studentathletes in the classroom. A native of Cincinnati, Lackey came to The U of M from Austin Peay St. where he served as assistant athletics director for academic services since 1996. In that capacity, he advised and counseled more than 200 athletes in 15 sports, monitoring their academic progress anil eligibility with the goal of making sure each one graduated. He also , served as supen'isor of the Student Athlete Advisory Council, a forum for student athletes , , '" express their opinions and voice their concerns. LUCKEY Luckey received the 1999 Lan Hewlett Award for outstanding performance as an Director academic athletics advisor. A graduate of the University of Dayton, Luckey earned a master's degree from Indiana University, an education specialist degree from Austin Peay, and a doctor of education degree from Tennessee State University. Before joining Austin Peay in 1992, he worked in athletics at Indiana University and the University of Davton. Joe and his wife Melissa, a former APSU vollevhall plaver and coach, have two sons, Adam and Tvt'er. The University of Memphis' Center for Athletic Academic Services (CAAS) is dedicated to the academic and personal development of all Tiger student-athletes. Their mission is to provide support services to ensure that U of M student-athletes succeed in the classroom and obtain undergraduate degrees. The services include orientation programs, tutoring, mentoring, academic counseling, study hall and academic advising. In March 2002, vast improvements were beginning to take place in the CAAS. At that time, Dr. Joe Luckey, took over the staff after spending the previous 10 years at Austin Peay State. Dr. Luckey, who was nationally recognized for his outstanding leadership in 1999, came to Memphis with a vision. In just one short year, Dr. Luckey recruited six new staff members, instituted new academic programs, designed and inspired two special sections of ACAD 1100 for student-athletes and transitioned his office from the basement of the Elma Roane Fieldhouse to the newly-renovated Wilder Tower. Dr. Luckey heads a staff of six which includes assistant director Nicole Green, counselors Becky Kolenbrander, Bridget VanLandeghem, Waqa Damuni and Maria Tyson and office coordinator Dorothy Gillard. In addition to the full-time staff, the CAAS utilizes 20-30 tutors, graduate assistants and student workers. CAAS has a unique responsibility as an office as it provides academic services to all student-athletes and conducts all necessary paperwork for NCAA academic compliance. Green, who was hired May 2003, was brought in specifically to handle NCAA, conference and institutional compliance matters associated with prospective and current student-athletes. The four counselors are assigned to specific sports, working with those student-athletes and coaching staffs. At the 2002 Fall Orientation, Dr. Luckey challenged the Center's staff, the coaching staffs and the student-athletes to collaboratively enhance the academic performance of U of M student-athletes. The Center made progress in that regard in the fall with the student-athlete GPAs averaging 2.73, and with seven teams earning GPAs of 3.0 or higher. Tiger student-athletes posted a combined 2.77 GPA during the spring of 2004. All in all, 111 studentathletes earned GPAs of 3.0 or higher in the spring of 2004. The following nine athletes earned a perfect 4.0 GPA: Stein Syversen (Men's Track), Kara Cassel (Women's Track), Lisa Marie Hyman (Women's Track), Zsofia Nagy (Women's Track), Rusty Clayton (Football), Luke Campbell (Men's Tennis), Marlene Dirnstorfer (Women's Tennis), Annika Moller (Women's Soccer) and Robyn Smart (Women's Soccer). The CAAS received a new home during the summer of 2003 upon the completion of the Wilder Tower. In addition to the CAAS, the Wilder Tower will house the offices of admissions, the bursar, financial aid, the registrar, student development and academic advising. A total of 8,000 square feet, encompassing the entire sixth and seventh floors

of the tower, has been designated for the CAAS. The area supports 31 student computer stations, 17 offices and several study tables. Inspired by Dr. Luckey, two special sections of ACAD 1100, Introduction to the University, were offered to student-athletes only. The class was Senior jumper Lisa Marie Hyman was a 2004 so well received that a third section was offered Conference USA Postgraduate Award Winner in 2003 so that all freshman student-athletes could for the 2004-05 season. Hyman, who is a threebe included in the course. Students who partici- time C-USA Gold Medalist in the triple jump, will pated in the class earned an average of 15.2 complete her master's degree in the spring of credit hours, and an average GPA of 3.25. 2005. Three academic programs are sponsored by the CAAS as a means of honoring the top student-athletes at The U of M. The Tiger 3.0 Club Conference and Team Awards recognizes student-athletes who earn grade point averages of 3.0 during the fall/spring semesters, • At the completion of the 2003-04 academic while the Tiger Academic Thirty is dedicated to year, 111 student-athletes (or 40 percent of the student-athlete population) achieved a GPA the 30 student-athletes with the best grade point of 3.0 or higher. average on each team, and then the next best group of athletes, totaling 30 athletes. The final honor, the TEAM GPA Award, is presented to the • Nine student-athletes achieved a perfect 4.0 average during spring 2004 semester. Fifteen male and female team with the best grade point students turned in 4.0 GPAs during the fall. average for the semester. With a qualified and dedicated staff in place, and a new spacious work area dedicated en- • The athletic department was led in team grade tirely to all Tiger student-athletes, Dr. Luckey ex- point average for the year by Women's Cross pects graduation rates to climb, and well-rounded Country and Men's Tennis and Women's Tenstudent-athletes to emerge upon their graduation nis had the highest team GPA for the year. from The U of M. Just in the last couple of years, University of • The women's volleyball team received an Memphis student-athletes have received some AVCA Team Academic Award for having a of the top league and national awards. Following team GPA of 3.3 or higher. the 2003-04 athletic season, senior Lisa Marie • Women's Soccer won the 2003 NSCAA Team Hyman received one of the highest honors issued by Conference USA. Hyman was one of Academic Award. six athletes in the league who received a C-USA Postgraduate Scholarship in the amount of $4,000. • Eight of 16 teams had a 3.0 GPA for the year. This past year, 24 student-athletes were • 61 student-athletes graduated in 2003-04. honored by Conference USA with the Commissioner's Medal for posting a grade point average of 3.75 or higher, and the U of M also Individual National Awards had men's track senior Gaute Myklebust named a • Heather Watts and Andy Metcalf all were C-USA Co-Scholar Athletes of the Year. Memphis student-athletes also represented named Academic All-America honorees in the the school well nationally, as two student-ath- fall of 2004. Both were third team honorees. letes received Academic All-America honors (Andy Metcalf, Heather Watts), while an addi- • Gaute Myklebust was a C-USA Scholartional four student-athletes (DeAngelo Williams, Athlete for men's track and field. Myklebust Sheila Neba, Gaute Myklebust and Marlene was also an Academic All-District IV Honoree. Dirnstorfer) earned Academic All-District honors. The men's tennis team also picked up its first- • Lisa Marie Hyman was awarded a C-USA ever national award when senior Lee Taylor Postgraduate Scholarship for use during the Walker was named the ITA/Arthur Ashe Leader- 2004-05 season. ship and Sportsmanship Award winner. The Tiger football team capped the academic award • The Men's and Women's Tennis teams both season and was one of 30 teams in the nation to were listed as All-Academic teams by the ITA. be honored after graduating 70 percent of its Lee Taylor Walker, Andrew Olswing, and Alex Bucewicz were also named ITA Scholarstudent-athletes. Athletes for the men's team, while Marlene Dirnstorfer, Andrea Feichtinger and Christina Wieser were ITA women's tennis Scholar Athletes.

Support Groups TIGER CLUBS TheTigerClubsare The University of Memphis' annual fund-raising program for intercollegiate athletics. The Tiger Clubs are managed in accordance with the policies and procedures established by The University of Memphis, Conference USA and the NCAA. The governing body of the Tiger Clubs is the Tiger Club Board of Directors. The president of this year's organization is former First Tennessee executive John C.Kelley. The main goal of theTiger Clubs is to provide a base of fund-raising services for alumni and friends who support the following University of Memphis athletic programs: Baseball Men's Basketball Women's Basketball Men's Cross Country Women's Cross Country Football Women's Golf Men's Golf

Rifle Men's Soccer Women's Soccer Men's Tennis Women's Tennis Men's Track & Field Women's Track & Field Volleyball

Annual contributions extend scholarship opportunities to more than 300 student-athletes, maintain and improve physical facilities, and advance Memphis' place in the national spotlight. Members of theTiger Clubs play a direct role in the success of Memphis Athletics. Annual gifts to the Tiger Clubs complement and supplement the reserves from ticket sales, radio and television rights fees, corporate sponsorships and other sources of income. With more than 3,000 members, the Tiger Clubs raises approximately $4 million each year. Contributors to the Tiger Clubs receive many benefits, including priority seating for regular season home athletic events and post-season games, automobile decals, recognition in football game pograms, newsletters, invitations to special func-

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tions and other interesting items. TheTigerClubsare run by Associate Athletic Director Bill Lansden, Assistant Athletic Director Steve Stroud and Administrative Assistant Connie Diffee.

FASTBREAK CLUB The Fastbreak Club is entering its 14th year as the support group for The University of Memphis women's basketball program. The organization is made up of more than 125 dedicated supporters who stand behind the Lady Tigers every step of the way. They start the season off with a welcome picnic as well as providing food andsnacksafterallthegames. In addition, thegroup sponsors a Christmas dinnerand an end-of-the-year banquet for the Lady Tigers and the staff. The FastbreakClub has also establishedascholarship in memory of Eva Phillips' husband, Les, alongtime Lady Tiger fan, who died late in the 1998-99 season. The scholarship is given atthe end of each season to a member of the Lady Tiger "family" that exemplifies hard work, dedication and spiritthroughoutthe season. The plaques have been awarded to Heather Phillips (1998-99), Toby Bush (1999-00),

Malissa Bush (2000-01), Melissa Abraham (2001-02), Kaneshi Hart (2002-03) and Princess Swilley (2003-04).

HIGHLAND HUNDRED Just over 50 years ago, several Memphis area business men gathered one night on Highland Avenue and formed the Memphis football boostergroup, the Highland Hundred. At its inception in 1954, the group, now regarded as one of the most energetic organizations in the nation, had just eight members and set its initial goal at a membership of 100. The group membership now totals over 800. But their goal remains the same, to promote Tigerfootball. The activities and projects of the Highland Hundred are many and varied. The group sponsors a barbecue contest, a preseason kickoff banquet and a golf tournament. In addition, the Highland Hundred has undertaken several major projects like the restoration of Murphy AthleticTraining Center and the purchasing of a Lexicon Video Sports Editing System. Recently, the club funded lights for Memphis'practice facility. The club also sponsors the Senior Banquet. The group, once featured in Sports Illustrated, received national attention in 1972, when it purchased a Bengal Tiger mascot, TOM (which standsforTigers-Of-Memphis). TOM I died in February 1992 and the Highland Hundred purchased TOM 11, who is housed at Saint Nix Farms in his own 3,500 square-foot habitat.

REBOUNDERSCLUB The Rebounders Club is entering its 33rd year as the support group for The University of Memphis men's basketball program. The organization consists of over 500 members. The Rebounders promote the annual BlueGray scrimmage, the annual golf scramble, the end of the year awards banquet, Midnight Madness, and many special projects which the coach asks the group to assist him with throughout the year. The group also publishes a monthly newsletter that will be made available 10 months of the year. The publication is available the 15th of every month.

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AtMetie Training Eddie Cantler is beginning his 35th season at the University of Memphis, and his first as the Assistant Athletic Director for Administrative and Support Services. The head trainer since 1980, Cantler will oversee the sports medicine program, the Tiger weightroom and the area of game management. A native of Bowling Green, Ky., Cantler came to Memphis in 1970, and received his undergraduate irnrAVTiFu degree in biology in 1974. He later received his \^ master's degree in health education in 1976. m'l'u" Cantler has been the host of local cable television's Trainer's Corner for the last 11 years. He was inducted into the Tennessee Athletic Trainer's Hall of Fame in 1996. Cantler, who enjoys singing, has also been honored as the state's Trainer of the Year in 1994, and received the NATA Athletic Trainer Service Award in May of 1998. Cantler is married to the former Jenina Martin of Memphis, who received her doctorate degree from the U of M. The couple has two children, Andrew (16) and Michael (15). Mike Rodrigues, the head trainer for Lady Tiger basketball, is entering his third season at the U of M, after serving four years as an athletic trainer for Baptist Rehabilitation. While at Baptist, Rodrigues provided outreach care to Bartlett High School, assisting with nine sports and caring for more than 300 athletes. During a brief stint away from Baptist, Rodrigues, 36, was the head trainer for the Memphis Maniax of the XFL and handled the daily sports medicine needs of 50 MIKE professional football players. RODRIGUES Rodrigues came to Memphis following a six-year Assistant career as an assistant trainer at Mississippi State. He worked with the football program and supervised the student trainers while serving as a graduate assistant, earning his masters of science degree in exercise physiology in 1993. He left MSU for one year to serve as an assistant trainer at the United States Military Academy, and worked there for one year before returning to MSU as an assistant trainer. From 1993 through 1997 he worked with the men's football program and took over the responsibilities for the women's soccer, Softball and tennis programs in 1997. A native of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Rodrigues received his bachelor's degree in 1990 from the University of Florida, while also serving as head student trainer for the Gators for two years. Rodrigues has also done summer internships with the Miami Dolphins and the Phoenix Cardinals. He is married to SID Jennifer Rodrigues. The couple has a daughter, Alyssa who was born Nov. 27. 2002. Jennifer Bricker, the head trainer for men's basketball, is entering her third year as a full-time trainer at The U of M. In 2001-02, she served as women's basketball trainer upon the resignation on Beth Raitz. Bricker served the previous two years as a graduate assistant on the U of M athletic training staff. A native of Anderson, Ind., Bricker graduated from Anderson University in 1997 with a degree in athletic training. She completed her master's degree in exercise and sport science at Memphis in 2002. JENNIFER Bricker, 32, has been active in NATA for eight years, BRICKER NSCA for five years and the American Red Cross for six Assistant years.

Dr. Fred Azar Orthopedic Surgeon

Dr. Arthur Franklin Team Physician

Dr. Allen Sills Neurosurgeon

Dr. Barney Freeman Orthopedic Surgeon

Dr. Jeffrey Dlabach Orthopedic Surgeon

Dr. Tom Meriwether Team Physician

Dr. Barry Phillips Orthopedic Surgeon

The University of Memphis athletic training staff is second-to-none when it comes to ensuring that U of M student-athletes receive quality care in the areas of athletic injury rehabilitation and preventative care. And now with the new renovation of Murphy Athletic Complex training facility, the Memphis student-athlete can be assured of receiving the best medical attention and rehabilitation available. The Murphy Athletic Complex training room was redesigned and reconstructed as part of the $6 million renovation of south campus. The new training facility, which more than doubles the size of the old training room, contains an in-ground aquatic rehabilitation pool which allows trainers to work on rehabilitating injuries without having the student-athlete to support his/or her own body weight. The new training room also contains new doctor examination rooms, storage areas, and the latest in rehabilitation equipment. The athletic training staff uses a comprehensive approach to the injury care and the wellness of student-athletes by utilizing state-of-theart diagnostic and treatment equipment with the latest methods in the care and prevention of injuries. Head athletic trainer Eddie Cantler, who is in his 35th year at the University of Memphis, supervises the Tigers' sports medicine program. Cantler, who has served as the head trainer since 1980, is assisted by two full-time certified athletic trainers, two graduate assistants and 18 students trainers. The athletic training staff is surrounded by many qualified and generous team doctors who are available to the many student-athletes at the University of Memphis. Dr. Barney Freeman, Dr. Fred Azar, Dr. Jeffrey Dlabach and Dr. Barry Phillips of The Campbell Clinic are directly responsible for the orthopedic needs of the Tiger football team, while Dr. Thomas Meriwether and Dr. Arthur Franklin serve as the team physicians. Dr. Allen Sills serves as the team's neurosurgeon. Tiger athletes are fortunate to have the two largest privately owned hospital systems in the world located in Memphis. Baptist Hospital and Methodist Hospital offer the finest in healthcare to area residents and handle the care of Memphis athletes. The athletic training staff is one support group that the athletic teams cannot do without. They are responsible for staffing all practices and games as well as handling the day-to-day rehabilitation of injured or post-surgery student-athletes. The goal of the sports medicine department is not only to care for injuries, but to assist the athletes in preventing the injuries from occurring.

Strength &. Conditioning The Tiger Strength and Conditioning facility located next to the newly remodeled indoor turf room in the south campus' Billy J. Murphy Athletic Complex, opened in January 1993 and serves each of the University's intercollegiate sports programs. The 7,000-square foot varsity weightroom is equipped with rugged, versatile hardware such that groups of up to 70 studentathletes can train concurrently with optimal effectiveness and efficiency. Workouts are designed and supervised by one of the Strength and Conditioning staff's certified specialists, and each studentathlete's individual progress is projected via computerized database. The Tiger Power philosophy couples functional, multi-joint movements with fundamental principles: exercise techniques are simplified and performed on an alternating heavy/explosive basis in order to maximize training effects while minimizing teaching and training time (as well as fatique). Performance based fitness and work quality are the bottom line objectives. The weightroom's equipment upgrade plan reflects this philosophy and includes: 10 self-contained Olympic platforms and power racks; a plyometric/medicine ball area; a complete dumbbell line; and a variety of hip sleds, gluteham stations, cable stations and other supplemental pieces allowing student-athletes to perform an unlimited variety of exercises and movements. The modern and spacious facility is also equipped with dressing/ restrooms; is naturally illuminated; and is maintained at a constant 70-74 degrees. In planning the long range Tiger Power programs, student-athletes are assigned to respective developmental levels based on individual ability and training history. For example, newcomers begin with an extensive volume of "foundational" or generalized movements; and progress toward more intensive and specialized exercises with each successive phase. The actual workout menu may remain fairly constant over a student-athlete's four or five year sport career, however broad variations in workload combine the program's simplicity with a measure of sophistication.

Mike Stark, who lettered for the Tigers for three years under former head coach Billy J. Murphy during the late 1960s and early 1970s, has returned to the University has the head strength and conditioning coach. Stark is entering his fifth year with the Tiger athletic department. A native Memphian, Stark came to The U of M after serving as defensive coordinator and head strength coach at Cordova High School for two years (1998-99). In addition, he worked as the head wrestling coach for the Wolfpack. Prior to joining the staff at Cordova High, Stark spent 10 years as the defensive coordinator and strength coach at Bartiett High School in Memphis. During his tenure at Bartiett, the Panthers posted a 87-39 record, MIKE STARK made seven appearances in the state playoffs and reached the Director quarterfinals four times. As the strength coach, his teams won eight City Weightlifting Championships and three Tennessee Weightlifting Championships. Stark began his coaching and strength career at Trezevant High School in Memphis. From 1983-89 the Bears posted a 42-8 record, made the state playoffs three times and won a state championship. A 1972 graduate of The University of Memphis (then Memphis State University), Stark played football for the Tigers for four years serving as an offensive lineman. He was selected to the AllMVC Freshman Team in 1968 and received All-Missouri Valley Conference honors for the next three seasons. Stark received All-Midlands honors as a junior and senior and was named AllAmerican by Associated Press, UPI and Kickoff Magazine as a senior. He received his master's degree in education from the U of M in 1982.

LEE YERTY Assistant

Lee Yerty begins his sixth season as a full-time assistant strength and conditioning coach. Yerty, who works with all sports under the director of strength and conditioning, had served one year as an administrative assistant for women's athletics before he was appointed to his new position. A 1986 graduate of Washington State, Yerty served as the assistant strength coach at Washington State from 1985-90 before acccepting the job of marketing director at Eastern Washington in 1991. Yerty was elevated to assistant athetic director in 1993 before becoming the recruiting coordinator for volleyball in 1995. Yerty is the husband of Carrie Yerty, Memphis' head volleyball coach. They have two sons, Weslee (6) and Jace (2).

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Trece Hayslett is in her fourth year as the coordinator of the Life Skills program at The U of M. A former standout on the Lady Tiger track team from 198992, Hayslett is no stranger to Tiger athletics. She is truly an ambassador for the student-athletes at the university, and is intent on making their collegiate experience with Tiger Athletics a positive one. As the Life Skills coordinator, Hayslett is responsible for scheduling workshops and speakers as well as creating the Life Skills program which she has named Tiger POWER. She is TRECE HAYSLETT also instrumental in organizing community events for the stuDirector dent-athletes as well as implementing a mandatory drug education program for the athletes. She has also created a mentoring program and has established internships for women and minorities. Prior to her administrative role at The U of M, Hayslett was an assistant track coach at Texas Tech from 1997-99 and at Tulane from 1996-97. Hayslett graduated from Memphis with a bachelor's degree in education, and is currently working on her master's degree. Hayslett served as assistant tournament manager for the 2003 Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament hosted by Memphis, and also served as the tournament director of the 2003 Men's Soccer Championship to be hosted at the Mike Rose Soccer Complex in 2004.

One of the newer programs benefiting student-athletes at the University of Memphis is the Life Skills program which is under the direction of former Tiger track athlete Trece Hayslett. The Life Skills program assists the studentathlete in areas pertaining to social skills, resume writing and job interviews, community relations, campus life and peer pressure. The Student-Athlete Committee, a studentadvisory board for the Life Skills Program, has sponsored a wide variety of events such as a student-athlete picnic to open the school year, and community involvement projects like working with Habitat for Humanity, Toys for Tiger Tots, Feed the Needy and many more. The basic concept behind the Life Skills program is what director Trece Hayslett has termed Tiger P.O.W.E.R., which stands for Preparing and Organizing Winners with Educational Resources. The program is a total development plan for student-athletes which aims at bridging the gap from the collegiate setting to the business world. With this progam, Hayslett hopes to prepare the athletes to make meaningful contributions to the Memphis community during and after their athletic careers at the U of M. In just three short years at the U of M, Hayslett has established a strong program which features workshops in drug education, anti-hazing, business etiquette, personal finance and study skills to name a few. She has also created partnerships with the following local organizations: The Memphis Redbirds, The Memphis Urban League, Habitat for Humanity, 100 Black Men of Memphis, Serenity Recovery Centers and the South Memphis Alliance.

Memphis student-athletes join "Habitat-for-Humanity" to build homes for those less fortunate (upper left) and help gather ACan-From-Every-Fan during a Tiger football game to generate food for the Salvation Army (lower left).

Tiger volleyball player Heather Watts was one of a number of Tiger soccer, volleyball, baseball and tennis players who helped Memphis area food banks at Thanksgiving time in 2003, ....

Traditions WHY TIGERS? When the University of Memphis first fielded a football team in the fall of 1912, no one had selected a nickname for the squad. Early references to the football team, tabbed them only as the Blue and Gray Warriors of West Tennessee Normal School. After the final game of the 1914 season, there was a student parade. During this event, several Normal students shouted, "We fight like Tigers". The nickname was born. More and more the nickname "Tigers" was used, particularly in campus publications. But it did not catch on with the newspapers downtown. They continued to use "Normals" or the "Blue and Gray" when referring to the University. Under coach Lester Barnard in 1922, Normal's football team gave a ring of truth to that old student yell about Tigers. The team adopted a motto - "Every Man A Tiger" and went on to score 174 points while allowing their opponents just 29 points. In the late 1920s, student publications and downtown newspapers began referring to the football team as the "Teachers" or "Tutors". The Tiger nickname would return. But not until 1939 was it finally adopted as the official nickname for the University of Memphis.

A BENGAL FOR A MASCOT For over 30 years, the sideline mascot for the University of Memphis athletics has been the Bengal Tiger. TOM II, the name of the current mascot, puts in personal appearances at all Tiger football games, as well as numerous basketball games. TOM II has also been seen at Tiger baseball, soccer and women's basketball games. The first tiger, purchased by the Highland Hundred (football booster group) in 1972, lived for 20 years and was housed at the Memphis Zoo. TOM died in February of 1992. The story of how the first Tiger cub arrived in Memphis is quite interesting. On November 9, 1972, the baby tiger was placed in a dog kennel in Michigan City, IN, and flown to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. There it was placed aboard a Delta flight and arrived in Memphis at 3:00 AM. C. Cleveland Drennon, an attorney and president of the Highland Hundred, approved a check for $1,500 to buy the animal, and TOM was taken to athletic director Billy Murphy's office for a press conference. In ceremonies at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, the Highland Hundred officially presented TOM to the University on November 11, 1972. The zookeeper, at the suggestion of his daughter, called the little tiger, Shane. Once in Memphis, however, a contest was held to

name the mascot. More than 2,500 entries came in to a committee chaired by Judge Harry Pierotti. The list ran from Spook, Sampson, Goliath, Bengo, Sultan, Sahib, Big Cat, Ptah, Touchdown, Sonny, and Shiloh to Bengie Wougie Bengal Boy from Tennessee. Finally, the judges reduced the list to two: Shane and TOM, for Tigers of Memphis. TOM won. During his first few months in Memphis, Bill Proctor housed the tiger in his garage, which was redecorated by the Highland Hundred. TOM was guarded by Proctor's hound dog. TOM II came to the University of Memphis in the fall of 1992 and is housed at his new home at Nixon Farms in Coilierville, Tenn. His new home is 3500 square feet and includes two pools, a waterfall, heated and air conditioned den box and has separately, a complete medical facility for his care and upkeep. The young tiger is nearly 500 pounds and is expected to be as large or larger than his predecessor, TOM, who was once the largest Bengal Tiger in captivity at 550 pounds. There is even a birth-

ALMA Stand Firm, O Alma Mater Through All The Years To Come; In Days Of Youth And Beauty Thy Halls Have Been Our Home. In Time Of Preparation Great Lessons Didst Thou Teach Till Now O Alma Mater, The Stars We'll Strive To Reach. Lead On, O Alma Mater They Sons To Highways, Give Light And Truth Unto Them For All Their Coming Days. To Thee We'll Give All Honor, Our Hopes Abide In Thee, For Thou, O Alma Mater, Hast Made Us Ever Free.

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SCHOOL COLORS The University of Memphis' o school colors of Royal Blue and Gray selected in the early 1900s. The colors were chosen in an eff show unity in a nation that was still re ing from the effects of the Civil War. Tr dent body thought that by picking the of the North and the South, the school show a togetherness among all stud

THE LOGO The University of Memphis' o logo was redesigned by Craig Th son, from Disciple Design in Me Tenn. The original logo was an MSU leaping tiger coming out from behi letters. The new logo is an "M" with a ing tiger coming up over the center "M". '

e U of M FIGHT SO Go Tigers Go, Go On To Victory, Be A Winner Thru And Thru; Fight Tigers, Fight Cause We're Going All The Way -Fight, Fight For The Blue And Gray And Say Let's Go Tigers Go, Go On To Victory. See Our Colors Bright And True; It's Fight Now Without A Fear, Fight Now Let's Shout A Cheer, Shout For Dear Memphis U. (Yell) Go Tigers Go Go Tigers Go Yea - Tiger Go!

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The Elma Roane Fieldhouse now has over 900 Chairback Seats with the addition of chairbacks along both sidelines over the summer of 2003. Ima Roane Fieldhouse

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