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Table of Contents 2003 Tiger Volleyball Media Guide Introduction Table of Contents/Quick Facts Media Information/Distance Charts Visiting Memphis 2003 Roster/Pronunciations Coaching Staff Head Coach Carrie Yerty Question and Answer Session With Yerty Assistant Coach Jenni Rosselli Assistant Coach Angela Graziani 2003 Tiger Support Staff Meet the Tigers Brittany Barnett Sheila Neba Tiara Gilkey Kristen Hardee Nancy Nellans Heather Watts 2003 Newcomers 2002 Year in Review 2002 Stats/Results Conference USA Conference USA Standings/2002 Tourney Results Tiger History By the Numbers Year by Year Results Tiger Coaching Records/All-Time Records Player Records Career Leaders Single Season Leaders Single Season Team Records Single Match Leaders Single Match Team Records Post-Season History Ail-Time Tournament Results All-Time Letterwinners All-Time Honor Roll 2003 Opponents Ail-Time Results University of Memphis University of Memphis Academic Center Life Skills Strength & Conditioning Training Room Student Housing Campus Dining City of Memphis Sports in Memphis President Dr. Shirley Raines Athletic Director R.C. Johnson Athletic Staff Tiger Traditions Elma Roane Fieldhouse
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Location: Memphis, Tennessee Enrollment: 20,322 Founded: 1912 President: Dr. Shirley C. Raines Phone: (901) 678-2234 Athletic Director: R. C. Johnson Phone: (901) 678-2335 Senior Woman Administrator: Lynn Parkes Phone: (901) 678-2315 Faculty Representative: Rodney Smith Athletic Media Relations Director: Bob Winn Volleyball Contact: Tammy DeGroff Phone: (901) 678-5787 Home Phone: (901) 384-4193 Cell Phone: (901) 734-1504 Fax: (901) 678-4134 Email: tdegroff@memphis.edu Compliance Coordinator: Sally Andrews Phone: (901) 678-4121 Nickname: Tigers Colors: Blue and Gray Conference: Conference USA Arena (Capacity): Elma Roane Fieldhouse (2,565) 2002 Record: 19-15 2002 C-USA Record/Finish: 4-9/11th Head Coach: Carrie Yerty Phone: (901) 678-2315 Alma Mater: Washington State, 1992 Overall Record/Record at School: 110-122/7 years Assistant Coach: Jenni Rosselli Phone: (901) 678-4232 Alma Mater: Memphis, 2000 Assistant Coach: Angela Graziani Phone: (901) 678-2312 Alma Mater: Memphis, 2000 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 6/5 Starters Returning/Lost: 5/1 CREDITS The 2003 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 5.0. 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 Tammy DeGroff, Assistant Director of Athletic Media Relations at (901) 678-5787. UofM13-0304/750EBSCO
About Memphis Media Outlets PRINT The Commercial Appeal-Phil Stukenborg 495 Union Ave., Memphis, TN 38103 Phone: 901-529-2360, FAX: 901-529-2362
TELEVISION WPTY-TV (ABC)-Greg Gaston 2701 Union Ave Ext., Memphis, TN 38111 Phone: 901-323-2430; FAX: 901-452-1820
Associated Press-Woody Baird 495 Union Ave., Memphis, TN 38103 Phone: 901-525-1972; FAX: 901-525-1978
WMC-TV (NBC)-Jarvis Greer 1901 Union Ave., Memphis, TN 38104 Phone: 901-726-0410; FAX: 901-278-7633
The Daily Helmsman-Sports Editor University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152 Phone: 901-678-2192; FAX: 901-678-4792
WREG-TV (CBSHÂťtenn Carver 803 Channel Three Dr., Memphis, TN 38103 Phone: 901-543-2117; FAX: 901-543-2167
Memphis Flyer 460 Tennessee St., Memphis, TN 3811 Phone: 901-521-9000; FAX: 901-521-0129J_
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The Jackson Sun-Dan Morris 245 W. Lafayette, Jackson, TN 38301 Phone: 901-427-3333; FAX: 901-425-9604 Germantown News 7545 North Street, Germantown, TN 38138 Phone: 901-754-0337; FAX: 901-754-2961 Shelby Sun-Times-Buck Patton 7508 Capital Dr., Germantown, TN 38138 Phone: 901-755-7386; FAX: 901-755-0827 Tri-State Defender-Bill Little 124 Calhoun Ave. East, Memphis, TN 38103 Phone: 901-523-1818; FAX: 901-523-1820
WHBQ-TV (FOX)-David Lee 485 S. Highland, Memphis, TN 38111 Phone: 901-320-1345; FAX: 901-320-1366 RADIO Sports 56-George Lapides 5900 Poplar, Memphis, TN 38119 Phone: 901-767-6532; FAX: 901-767-9531 WREC Radio-Sports Director 203 Beale St., Memphis, TN 38103 Phone: 901-578-1144; FAX: 901-525-8054
WUMR-FM-Sports Director University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152 Phone: 901-678-3176; FAX: 901-678-4331 WMC-AM-Dave Woloshin 1960 Union Ave., Memphis, TN 38104 Phone: 901-726-0555; FAX: 901-272-9186
The primary mission of the Department of Athletics is to provide a successful athletic program at the highest level of competition. Characterized by academic, athletic and moral excellence in a diverse collegiate environment, the program will abide by the spirit of the rules governing students and intercollegiate athletics and will be known for its good sportsmanship and integrity. The University of Memphis is a comprehensive urban university committed to the scholarly accomplishments of our students and faculty and to the enhancement of our community, state and the nation through principles of academic integrity, sound management and equal opportunity.
Media Information Media wanting to cover Tiger volleyball should contact Tammy DeGroff, Sports Information Specialist, Room 203C Athletic Office Building, about acquiring a credential and to arrange time to interview either the Tiger coaching staff or volleyball players. All Tiger practices are closed to the public, but arrangements can be made in order to accomodate media requests. The U of M Athletic Media Relations Department will provide complete game statistics, including postgame box scores. Coaches' quotes will be provided only upon request. Tickets for all home games are available at the Athletic Ticket Office, which is open from 8 am-4:30 p.m. The ticket office number is 901-678-2331. The official website of The U of M is www.gotigersgo.com. Media information, such as game notes, box scores, statistics, etc. are all available on the website.
About Memphis ocation, location, location DISTANCE TABLE
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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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L^ÂŤ 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) (Midlown 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
2003 Tiger Volleyball 2003 Tiger Volleyball Roster & Pronunciation Guide Numerical Roster Name Position HT CL. 1 Libero 5-7 Fr. Emily Steckel 3 Hristina Slancheva Setter Fr. 5-10 Jr. 5 Tiara Gilkey Outside Hitter 5-10 Fr. 6 Jennie Toronto Outside Hitter 5-10 7 Fehi Tuivai Middle Hitter 6-0 So. 9 Nancy Nellans Outside Hitter 5-10 So. Fr. 10 Melissa Nance Middle Hitter 5-11 11 Christen Clayton Libero 5-7 Fr. Heather Watts 12 Setter Jr. 5-9 Brittany Barnett 21 Outside Hitter Sr. 6-0 22 Sheila Neba Middle Hitter Sr. 6-0 24 Kristen Hardee Middle Hitter So. 5-11 Amanda Daniels Libero 5-4 So. "Daniels is a walk-on who will not travel with the team in 2003. Head Coach: Carrie Yerty (8th year, Washington State) Assistant Coaches: Jenni Rosselli (Memphis), Angela Graziani (Memphis) Athletic Trainer: Mike Rodrigues (Florida), Matt Nolen (Student Trainer) Sports Information Contact: Tammy DeGroff (Wisconsin-Eau Claire) Strength and Conditioning Coach: Lee Yerty (Washington State) A/a
Hometown/Last School Santa Clarita, Calif./Hart HS Sophia, Bulgaria/First English Creve Couer, Mo./Pattonsville Salt Lake City, Utah/Highland HS Kent, Wash ./Kent-Meridian/Eastern Washington South Bend, Ind./St. Joseph Frankfort, IndVCIinton Prairie Houston, Texas/Clear Lake Sandy, Utah/Skyline Dallas, Texas/Lake Highlands Aurora, Colo./St. Mary's Academy Sante Fe, Texas/Sante Fe St. Louis, Mo./Hazelwood East
Alphabetical Roster No. 21 11 5 24 10 22 9 3 1 6 7 12
Name Brittany Barnett Christen Clayton Amanda Daniels Tiara Gilkey Kristen Hardee Melissa Nance Sheila Neba Nancy Nellans Hristina Slancheva Emily Steckel Jennie Toronto Fehi Tuivai Heather Watts
Position Outside Hitter Libero Libero Outside Hitter Middle Hitter Middle Hitter Middle Hitter Outside Hitter Setter Libero Outside Hitter Middle Hitter Setter
HI 6-0 5-7 5-4
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5-10 5-10 5-7
5-10 6-0 5-9
CL. Sr. Fr. So. Jr. So. Fr. Sr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr.
Pronunciation Guide: Tiara Gilkey Sheila Neba Nancy Nellans Hristina Stancheva Emily Steckel Jennie Toronto Fehi Tuivai
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Hometown/Last School Dallas, Texas/Lake Highlands Houston, Texas/Clear Lake St. Louis, Mo./Hazelwood East Creve Couer, MoYPattonsville Sante Fe, Texas/Sante Fe Frankfort, Ind./Clinton Prairie Aurora, Colo./St. Mary's Academy South Bend, Ind./St. Joseph Sophia, Bulgaria/First English Santa Clarita, Calif./Hart HS Salt Lake City, Utah/Highland HS Kent, Wash ./Kent-Meridian HS/Eastern Washington Sandy, Utah/Skyline
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Carrie Yerty Head Coach Eighth Season Washington State, 1992 After coming to Memphis as one oftheyoungest head ^coaches in NCAA Division I, Head Coach Carrie Yerty now has the second-longest tenure of any Tiger volleyball coach and fell just one win short of the Tigers' first backto-back 20-win seasons since 19931994. Yerty, who is currently second on the Tigers' career coaching victories chart with 110, got her 100th career victory as Memphis picked up the tournament victory at Yale University in New Haven, Conn. That win extended the Tigers' win streak to five in a row and gave them their first of two consecutive tournaments in 2002. Yerty began her Tiger career on July 15,1996, when she was hired to replace former head coach Penny Lucas-White less than two months before the start of the season. She inherited a squad that finished 13-20 the previous year and featured 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 a national contender. She hit the recruiting trails and her hard work and tireless efforts are beginning to come to light. 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 topseeded 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. Yerty's influence can already be seen throughout the Tiger record book. Of the top 10 individual single season performances turned in by a Tiger in kills and digs, three of them have come from players coached by Yerty. Rising senior Brittany Barnett has posted the highest-ever mark under Yerty's direction, with Barnett's 532 kills in 2002 being the third-highest single season mark ever set by a Tiger. Also moving into the top 10 in 2002 in single season kills was rising junior Tiara Gilkey. Gilkey finished 2002 with 426 kills, bumping former teammate Ginger Garrett from the 10th spot. In digs, Yerty recruited and coached the school's career leaders in digs (Amie Hamilton, (1,491) and attacks, Ginger Garrett (3,954) and has coached four of the top 10 single season service ace leaders (Hamilton, Garrett, Shoni Hodges, Rosie Glenn). Yerty-led teams have set school-best starts twice in her previous seven seasons. Her 1997 team started 7-0, the best-ever start for a Memphis team before the 2001 Tigers started 10-0. Yerty recruited and coached the school's first C-USA All-Freshman team member in 2000 when Brittany Barnett earned league honors. That same year, senior April Harriman became just the third Tiger student-athlete to earn Academic All-America honors. A strong believer in the total welfare of the student-athlete, Yerty continues to stress academic excellence as well as athletic achievement. Recently, rising junior setter Heather Watts also garnered national honors for academics when she was voted to the Verizon Academic All-District IV team in 2002. Watts was one of just two Conference
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USA student-athletes to earn recognition on the District IV team. Yerty-led teams have been recognized three-times by the AVCA for their team GPAs during the AVCA's annual academic awards ceremony. Yerty's impact has also spread to other Division I schools. Former assistant coach Fiona Bolten (1999-2001) is a second-year head coach at Lamar University, while former assistant coach Rob Thomas (1998-2000) was recently named the head coach at Robert Morris University in Pennsylvania. Former Tiger April Harriman, who went on to serve as a graduate assistant and assistant coach at Ohio University, recently joined Fiona Bolten at Lamar as an assistant coach.
THE YERTY FILE HOMETOWN Boring, Oregon HIGH SCHOOL Sam Barlow High School Reebok First Team All-American ALMA MATER Washington State, 1992 (secondary education) 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. COACHING BACKGROUND Univ. of Memphis - Head Coach (1996-now) Arizona - Asst. Coach (1995) Eastern Washington - Asst. Coach (1992-94) Serving three-year term on AVCA Coaches' Committee Chair of AVCA Policy and Procedures Committee
2003 Tiger Volleyball Head Coach Carrie Yerty Prior to becoming the Tigers' head coach, Yerty was an assistant 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 14-14 overall record. She also supervised the academic study tables 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 has wasted no time in getting involved in the community since her arrival at The U of M. 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 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 Pac10. 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 Bartow 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 largest 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.
2003 Tiger Volleyball A Question & Answer Session with Carrie Yerty team a little more experience. Our goal is to always dominate our non-conference schedule and our next step is to make a jump in C-USA. I am really looking forward to seeing the Tigers compete in 2003. Q. With your eighth season on the horizon, you already have the second-longest tenure in Tiger volleyball history (Diane Hale had 9 seasons). Talk a bit about some of the challenges you faced coming to Memphis and what do you see as your place in Tiger history.
Q. You were just one win shy of your second consecutive 20-win season last year with a team that consisted of six newcomers. Give us just a general overview of your thoughts about last season. A. Last season was crazy. It was full of suprises. Jenni and Ang had to run the program while I focused on delivering a healthy baby. They did a great job and learned a lot. We had several players that really had incredible performances. Nancy Nellans worked her way into the starting lineup and showed Conference USA what a competitive attitude is all about. Not only did she put herself in positions to be a terminator at the outside hitter positition but she also worked very hard at developing a great serve! Heather Watts also had a great year for us. Her athleticism and her willingness to do whatever it takes to become one of the best setters in C-USA is present in everything she does! She has developed into a great defensive player and is running the team better everyday. Brittany was the most consistent player on the floor. Not only did she do a great job offensively with over four kills per game, but she stabilized our serve receive and did a great job defensively. Brittany also brings the intangibles to the floor that every team needs. She is a great leader and has no problem taking charge on the floor! As a whole, we were very disappointed in our overall record, even with such a young team. Anytime you lose seven matches in five games, it is going to be disappointing. However, each of those matches gave our
A. When I arrived in Memphis seven years ago, I had no idea how long I would be in Memphis. The time has flown by. I have had the opportunity to meet and work with some of the best people in college athletics and have learned a lot. I feel like I have grown with the program. Some of the biggest challenges that we have faced as a program include establishing ourselves as a competitive program in C-USA. We have had to focus on recruiting players that understand that in order to be one of the best teams in C-USA we must work everyday at getting stronger, faster and smarter. I came to The University of Memphis to win a conference championship and I believe that we are getting closer every day. Q. The Tigers enjoy a solid level of success at home, finishing last year with a 10-5 record in the Elma Roane Fieldhouse, including a 4-3 record against C-USA opponents. Talk about how the new chairbacks may affect the atmosphere of the Fieldhouse and what contributes to Memphis winning there so often? A. The improvements to the fieldhouse will be a great asset to the program for several reasons. Recruiting athletes to a quality facility is a huge tool for any athletic program. We love to play in the fieldhouse because it is a great size for volleyball, it is on campus and it has great tradition. The seating brings the fans closer to the action and provides a real cozy feel for the Tigers. Q. Along with the level of success Memphis had at home last year, the Tigers were 0-6 on the road in league play. What makes playing on the road in Conference USA so tough and did the change to playing Friday and Saturday nights affect the Tigers in its first year the schedule changed from Friday/Sundays. A. Playing on the road is always challenging and in C-USA there are no easy week-
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ends. Five game matches are not uncommon due to the parity among the teams. The new playing schedule has also added to that challenge. Friday and Saturday night competitions can sometimes be very brutal and teams that are on the road must be ready to play exhausted. The home team definitely has a home court advantage. Q. You put together a schedule that features a lot of regional opponents (at Arkansas State tournament, at UT-Martin, at Birmingham Southern, at Middle Tennessee, vs. Mississippi), what was the philosophy of scheduling so many regional opponents? A. Playing closer to home makes the transition from preseason to regular season a little smoother for the student-athletes. We have some great Universities right here in our region and look forward to the challenge that each of these programs provide us with. Q. Talk about how competitive Confer-
ence USA has been (five teams have posted 20+ win seasons in five of the last seven years). What do you expect out of the league this year? A. Conference USA is a great volleyball conference. There is a lot of parity among all the programs and a lot of pride in our conference as a whole. Twenty-win seasons are great, but the real challenge comes within our conference. It is important that we get at least three or four teams into the NCAA tournament every year! Q. You return a senior class that may be
2003 Tiger Volleyball A Question & Answer Session with Carrie Yerty some of the strongest leaders that you have coached at Memphis, talk a bit about what Brittany and Sheila bring to the table and what makes them such an asset to the program. A. Brittany and Sheila have had the opportunity to contribute a lot throughout the course of their careers. They have both grown tremendously as athletes and people. I trust them and expect them to provide our younger players with a positive example of what it takes to be a Division I athlete. Sheila and Brittany are very different. Brittany attacks a challenge with fire and determination. She never makes excuses for poor performances and is by far one of the hardest workers I have ever coached. Sheila is more nurturing. She brings calmness to the team that is very useful during tight matches. She has the ability to fire up and change the momentum of any game. These two athletes will definitely be a huge part of our program success in 2003. Keeping them healthy and on the floor will be key. Q. You also have a junior class that you are expecting a lot of leadership out of. With two sophomores and three freshman on the roster, how important are your four upperclassmen? A. Heather and Tiara will help anchor our offense and will provide leadership support for Brittany and Sheila. Tiara has the ability to be a dominating player for us. She is a great attacker and blocker and has the ability to pass and play defense. It will be important for her to find consistency in her game throughout the entire season. If she can put it all together and provide us with a consistent attack, then she will be a major weapon for us. Heather has done an excellent job at getting herself ready for her role as the setter for our program. She has been working very hard on developing her jump set and providing her hitters with offensive opportunities to score. She has the ability to be a great leader and has developed the confidence to carry a larger leadership role on the court. Her loyalty to her team and to the success of the program is unquestionable. If Tiara and Heather can consistently provide our team with solid performances, then we will have the opportunity to put ourselves in position to win every match we
play. Q. Last year you had a strong offensive outside attack, with Brittany downing the third-highest single season kill total in school history (532), while Tiara finished with the 10"'-besi single season mark (426). You also have Nancy Nellans back on the outside after she finished third on the team with 353 kills in her freshman season. Talk about the outside game for the Tigers and who do you have coming back in the middle that you think will offensively add some offensive diversity. A. Our outside hitters will provide our team with several offensive attack options. All three of our returning outsides are very versatile and have the ability to swing from any position on the court. We are looking forward to a more diversified offense that is faster than in years past. We also may see Kristen Hardee swing from several different spots on the court. She is such an explosive player that is eager to get any opportunity. She will challenge for a starting spot in the middle as well as the outside. Fehi Tuivai, a transfer from Eastern Washington University, will also challenge for playing time at the middle hitter position, as well as on the right side. We are really excited about the depth that she will bring to the program. Melissa Nance will also be competing for an opportunity to dominate in the middle hitter position. Melissa will add depth in the middle for us.
greatly improved her blocking and has developed a wider range of attack options. It is going to be critical that she comes into preseason in shape and healthy. Q. You dodged a bullet last year with just one setter on the roster. Not only did Heather avoid injury, but she posted the second-highest single season assist mark in Memphis history. What will be her role on the team for this coming season and how do you visualize using Hristina Slancheva this year? A. Hristina is a great addition to the team. She brings an entirely different style of play to our team. She is very aggressive and loves to compete. Hristina and Heather complement each other very well. They work hard and push each other daily. It is nice to know that we have two quality setters ready to play! Q. You have five newcomers for the 2003 squad,including Slancheva, who was here last spring and is a second semester freshman. Talk a bit —1 about your recruiting class and how they fill the needs for this year's roster. A. This spring we were able to sign two outstanding defensive players in Christen Clayton and Emily Steckle. They will each compete at libero, but will both see playing time as freshmen. They are very fiery competitors and very skilled. Fehi Tuivai is anxious for the opportunity to play in Conference USA. She will challenge the middles and Tiara for time. She has a quick arm swing and is a selfless player. She is a hard worker and a total team player. Jenni Toronto and Melissa Nance will provide the team with depth on the outside and in the middle. We are anxious to see how quickly they make the transition from high school to college. We are very pleased with the overall talent of this recruiting class.
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Q. Continuing along that same line about your middles returning, Sheila is already among the Memphis career leaders in block assists, despite a back injury that bothered her last year. Talk a bit about Sheila's play in the middle. A. Sheila has the ability to be an offensive and defensive force for the Tigers. She has 9
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Jenni Rosselli Assistant Coach Third Season University of Memphis, 2000 Jenni Rosselli begins her third 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 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 four 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
2003 Tiger Volleyball Assistant Coach Angela Graziani
Angela Graziani Assistant Coach Second Season University of Memphis/2000 Former Tiger Angela Graziani is the second Tiger to make her way to the Tiger coaching ranks. Graziani joined Memphis 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 was 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 coaches in the Memphis Junior Volleyball Association. Her 2001 15's team won the Delta Region championship and qualified for the National Championships held in Salt Lake City, Utah. 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 three seasons in the Arena Football League. He ranked among the top 10 in the league in passing in 2003.
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
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2003 Tiger Volleyball Tiger Volleyball Support Staff MATT NOLEN STUDENT ATHLETIC TRAINER
SAM CHAMBERS STUDENT MANAGER
Matt Nolen is in his second season as a student athletic trainer for the Tiger volleyball team. Nolen is a senior in the university's Exercise Science program. He is a graduate of Bartlett High School just outside Memphis.
Sam Chambers is in his first 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.
EMILY DAWSON STUDENT MANAGER Emily Dawson is in her second semester as a student manager for the Tiger volleyball team. A Memphis native, Dawson is responsible for propping for Tiger practices, handling video equipment and taping duties while on the road and other duties assigned by the coaching staff. Undecided on her major at the U of M, Dawson is the daughter of John and Deborah Dawson.
AMANDA DANIELS WALK-ON PLAYER Sophomore Amanda Daniels, a native of St. Louis, Mo., joined the Tiger program as a walk-on player during the summer of 2003. Daniels works as a practice player for the Tigers, backing up the two Tiger liberos, Christen Clayton and Emily Steckel. A graduate of Hazelwood East High School, Daniels was a one-year letterwinner in both soccer and volleyball at Hazelwood East. She was coached at Hazelwood by Geri Underwood. She graduated in the top 25 percent of her class and was a member of the FCA, FCCLA, Gospel Choir, Senior Class Club and the Pep Club.
TAMMY DEGROFF ASSISTANT SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR Tammy DeGroff enters her second 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 2001-02 as the assistant SID at Campbell University. 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 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. During the summer of 1998, she worked for the Madison Mad Dogs indoor football team in the media relations office. 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. She is currently a member on the Co-SIDA Olympic Sports Publicist Committee and has volunteered in the Fed-Ex/St. Jude PGA Classic Media Center for the past four years.
CHUCK ROBERTS PUBLIC ADDRESS ANNOUNCER Chuck Roberts, a native of Southaven, Miss., begins his seventh 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.
MIKE RODRIGUES WOMEN'S ATHLETIC TRAINER Mike Rodrigues, the head trainer for women's athletics, is entering his second season at the U of M, after serving the previous four years as an athletic trainer for Baptist Rehabilitation. During a brief stint away from Baptist, Rodrigues, 34, was the head trainer for the Memphis Maniax of the XFL and handled the daily sports medicine needs of 50 professional football players. Rodrigues came to Memphis following a six-year 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 degree in exercise physiology in 1993. He left MSU for one year to serve as an assistant trainer at the United States Military Academy 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 associate SID Jennifer Rodrigues. They have one daughter, Ally, who was born in November of 2002.
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LEE YERTY STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING
Lee Yerty begins his fifth 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.
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The Barnett File
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Kills: Attempts: Digs: Block Assists: Block Solos: Service Aces:
Hometown: Dallas, Texas High School: Lake Highlands Position: Outside Hitter Birthday: November 13, 1981 Major: Hospitality and Resort Management Family: Daughter of Bill and Becky Barnett 2000 C-USA All-Freshman Team, 2001, 2002 C-USA Honor Roll (3.0 and up) Tournament MVP (Yale, 2002), All-Tournament Team (Georgia Southern, Memphis, Yale, Boston College, 2002) Career Highs 31 vs. TCU (11/12/02) 77 vs. TCU (11/12/02) 22 (vs. MTSU, 10/24/00) 8 (vs. Christian Brothers, 11/7/00) 2 (vs. UWGB, 9/1/00) 6 at Yale (9/15/02)
Brittany's Notes: Brittany's sister, Brooke, led Southern Arkansas with 435 kills in 2002, playing in 110 of 114 games. Brooke was a two-time All-Gulf South Conference honoree while at Southern Arkansas.
Posted the third-best single season offensive mark in school history with 532 kills on the season...Is one of two Tigers returning from 2002 that played in all 128 games...Her 1,362 attacks was the second-highest mark in Tiger history in 2002...Is just 171 kills shy of the 1,000 career kill mark, which would make her the 13th player in school history to reach that prestigious mark (April Harriman was the last one to reach that mark in 2000)...Her 4.16 kills/game led the team as did her 532 kills...Also finished third on the team with 34 service aces and fourth with 49 total blocks...Hit the 30-kill plateau for the first time in her college career with 31 kills in an exciting 3-2 loss to TCU in the Elma Roane Fieldhouse...She had 77 swings in that game...Hit a season-best .583 in a 3-2 loss to Middle Tennessee in the Tigers' home tournament, downing 22 kills with just one error in 36 attacks...Downed 60 kills in the four matches of that tournament...Was named to four all-tournament teams with setter Heather Watts (Georgia Southern, Memphis, Yale, Boston College) and was named tournament MVP at Yale after downing 15 kills in three straight matches before dropping 14 kills on host Yale...Downed double-digit kills in all but five matches in 2002...Should earn consideration for All-Conference USA Honors as a senior. 2001 (Sophomore) Moved back to an outside hitter position with the addition of middle hitters in the 2001 freshman class...Had fewer swings at the ball after moving behind seniors Ginger Garrett, Emily Eichmann and Adrianne Edmonds at the outside hitter spot and suffering an abdominal muscle tear...Played in all 116 games and was a consistent threat from the back row, serving up 32 service aces, fifth on the team...Downed 115 kills and posted 20 total blocks on the outside,
^^^^^^H 2000 (Freshman) Was named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team after starting all 33 matches and appearing in 120 of the Tigers' 121 games, missing just one game at USM after spraining an ankle in the fourth game of a five-game match...Posted the seventh-highest single season total in school history with
105 block assists...Finished with 115 total blocks...Had to play middle hitter due to the injury to Laura Stoke before the season began...Had two career double-doubles (against South Alabama and UAB)...AIso served as one of the Tigers' primary passers, finishing with just 32 receiving errors, the second-lowest total of the four passers from 2000...Finished with 182 kills on 551 swings...Will move back to outside hitter for the 2001 season. At Lake Highlands High School Barnett was the district and team MVP as well as first team all-district and all-area her senior year at the Dallas school under head coach Tracey Hurst...Barnett also earned all-state honors as well as being named the Lake Highlands' Defensive Player of the Year...Her high school team finished with a 32-6 record her senior year...As a junior, Barnett was named to two all-tournament teams and earned all-city, all-district and LHHS' Defensive Player of the Year honors...Barnett was the firstever freshman to play a varsity sport in the Richardson Schoo District...She was a member of both the varsity volleyball and softbal teams, earning the softball team's Defensive Player of the Year honors...She also played club volleyball for coach Andy Retinger with the Dallas Summit. . . _ ._ Personal Born November 13,1981, in Arlington, Texas...Daughter of Bill and Becky Barnett...Has one brother, Brady, who is finishing his degree at Baylor, and two sisters, Brooke and Brianna (8)...Brooke played volleyball Southern Arkansas University, earning two all-conference honors and completing her eligibility in 2002...Her dad played basketball at UT-Arlington. Coach Yerty's Comments: Brittany was the most consistent player on the floor for us in 2002. She brings all the intangibles to the floor that every team needs, she works hard and is a great leader. She attacks a challenge with fire and determination and never makes excuses for poor performances. She is by far one of the hardest workers I have ever coached.
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829
1362 368 551
532 115 182
Brittany's Highlights • Just 171 kills shy of becoming 13th Tiger to post 1,000 career kills. • Needs 257 kills to break into the top 10 in Memphis career kills. • Led Memphis in 2002 with 4.16 kills per game. • Her 532 kills in 2002 was the third-best single season mark in Memphis history. 0 Named to four all-tournament teams in 2002, including tournament MVP honors at Yale University. • Restricted to backrow play during 2001 due to a torn abdominal muscle. • Named to the 2000 C-USA All-Freshman Team as a middle hitter.
Burnett's Career Statistics 201 .243 62 .144 110 .131 .200
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The Neba File Hometown: Aurora, Colorado High School: St. Mary's Academy | Position: Middle Hitter Birthday: December 22, 1981 Major: Psychology
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Daughter of Denis and Elizabeth Neba Tiger Top 30, Two semesters on the Dean's List (3.50 and up), C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2000, 2001, 2002), Commissioner's Academic Medal Winner (2001). Career Highs 17atTCU (10/5/01) Kills: Attempts: 35 at TCU (10/5/01) 5 at Ole Miss (10/9/02) Digs: Block Assists: 8 (4 times, last at Tulane, 11/15/02) Block Solos:3 (vs. Southern Miss, 10/1/00) Service Aces: 2 (3 times, last at Louisville, 11/2/02) ** Sheila's Notes: Sheila is already ninth in school history in block assists with 209 block assists...In the past two years, Neba has hit .259 with 425 kills in 965 attempts.
/ 2002 (Junior) Played in 28 of the Tigers' 34 matches, missing six at the beginning of the season due to a back injury...Started 24 matches and played in 97 of the Tigers' 128 games...Was fourth on the team with 168 kills (1.73/game)...Led the team with 16 block solos and 93 total blocks (0.96/game)...Her 77 block assists also led the team...Became a part of the Tigers' serving game for the first time in her career, serving up a career best two service aces three different times during the year and finishing with 11 aces for the season....Had a season-best 12 kills at Cincinnati...Hit .778 in a CUSA win over Marquette (7 kills, 0 errors, 9 attacks)...Had a total of eight blocks two different times during the year (vs. Marquette and at Tulane)...Named to the C-USA Academic Honor Roll for her third straight season....Neba currently ranks ninth in school history in block assists with 208, just 29 shy of Drenda Roberts (1981-82) and Sarah Tjelmeland (1987-1990).
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Coach Yerty's Comments: Sheila is a very nurturing type of player, which is a benefit to us with youngl 2001 (Sophomore) players and on the court during tight times during a match. She has the abill Led the team with a .293 hitting percentage for the season, downing 257 to fire up and single-handedly change the momentum of a game, but we neel kills from the middle and posting a team-leading 103 total blocks, includ- her to stay healthy in her final year. She had a great season as a sophomor| ing 12 solos...Posted a season-best .643 hitting percentage at UNC but injuries really got her off to a slow start at the beginning of 2002. Asheville and downed a career-best 17 kills at TCU...Posted double-digit kills 13 times...Posted a career-best 10 total blocks against Houston, including eight assists...Also posted eight assisted blocks vs. Robert Morris at the Kent State tournament...Named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll and was one of 21 Tiger athletes to receive the Commissioner's Academic Medal for having a GPA of 3.75 or higher. 2000 (Freshman) Neba appeared in 29 of the Tigers' 33 matches, playing 64 of Memphis' 121 games...Downed 64 kills on 198 attempts from the middle...Was also up for 35 total blocks, including 11 solos...Opened the season with a career-high nine kills against Wisconsin-Green Bay at the Bradley University Tournament...Also hit .471 in that match...Was named to the Tiger Top 30 and spent both semester's on the Dean's List (GPA of 3.50 and higher).
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168 257
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The Gilkey File Hometown: High School: Position: Birthday: Major: Family:
Awards:
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St. Louis, Mo. Pattonsville Outside Hitter January 19, 1983 Communications Daughter of Steve Gilkey and Donna Malone All-Tournament Team (Boston) C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2001)
Career Highs 26 vs. UT-Martin (10/1/02) 52 vs. Birmingham Southern (9/6/02) 1 9 at Dartmouth(9/22/02) 6 vs. Western Kentucky (8/31/02) 1 (multiple times, last vs. Lehigh) 6 vs. Christian Brothers (9/4/02)
Tiara's Notes: Gilkey posted the 10th-best single season mark in school history in 2002 with 426 kills.. .She is now 31 kills shy of her 500th career kill.
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2002 (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 doubledigit digs 13 times, including a career-high 19 on the road at Dartmouth...Served up a career-best 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 the ability to be a dominating player for us. She is a great attacker and blocker and has the ability to pass and play defense. It will be important for her to find consistency in her game throughout the entire season. If she can put it all together and provide us with a consistent attack, then she will be a major weapon for us.
Gilkey's Career Statistics 2002 2001 TOTALS
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1035 102 1137
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The Hardee File Hometown: High School: Position: Birthday: Major:
Santa Fe, Texas Santa Fe Middle Hitter March 23, 1984 Undeclared
Daughter of Mary and Allen Hardee C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medalist (2003) C-USA Academic Honor Roll (2003)
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Career Highs 7 vs. Georgia State (8/30/02) 25 vs. Georgia State (8/30/02) 2 vs. Gardner-Webb (9/21/02) 5 at Boston College (9/21/02) 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 at Boston College (9/21/02)
Kristen's Notes: Kristen got to be a bit of a recruiting tool right away as a freshman when Christen Clayton began looking at Memphis and found Kristen Hardee, a former foe from her prep and club volleyball days.
2002 (Freshman) 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.
Personal Full name is Kristen Jean Hardee..Daughter of Mary and Allen Hardee...Born March 23, 1984...Has one brother, Michael, and one sister, Jennifer...Plans to major in science and math...Also enjoys art, movies and working with young volleyball players in summer camps. ^^P Coach Yerty's Comments We may see Kristen Hardee get some more swings from other spots on the court this year. She is such an explosive player who is eager to get any opportunity to play that we want to get her some more opportunities and more swings at the ball.
At Sante Fe High School Four-year letterwinner under Head Coach Anna Marie Milligan...Le' dians 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 volleyball...Her club team won the Tour of Texas finals in 2001 and placed second in the Tampa National Qualifier...Was alsoa 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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Hometown: High School: Position: Birthday: Major: Family: Awards:
Kills: Attempts: Assists: Digs: Block Assists: Block Solos: Service Aces:
South Bend, Ind. St. Joseph Outside Hitter
Aug. 9, 1984 Sports Management Daughter of Kenneth and Linda Nellans C-USA Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2002, Spring 2003)
Career Highs 26. twice (vs. UT-Martin, 10/1/2002) (vs. Houston, 10/11/2002) 66 vs. Houston (10/11/2002) 4 vs. Arkansas State (9/6/2002) 19 vs. TCU (10/12/2002) 4 vs. Marquette (10/26/2002) % 1, twice (vs. Houston, 10/11/2002) (vs. DePaul (10/25/2002) 9 vs. Arkansas State (9/6/2002) â&#x20AC;˘Tied C-USA Freshman Record
Nancy's Notes: Nancy had one of the best-ever seasons by a Tiger freshman, finishing third on the team with 353 kills and finishing second on the team with 48 service aces...Her nine aces against Arkansas State set a new U of M single match record and tied a C-USA record for number of aces in a match by a freshman.
2002 (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 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.
3ersonal Full name is Nancy Louise Nellans..Daughter of Kenneth and Linda Nellans...Born August 9, 1984...Has one brother, Nathan...Majoring in sports3 management. mar
Coach Yerty's Comments Nancy worked her way into the starting line-up and showed us what competitive attitude is all about. Not only did she put herself in positions to be a terminator at the outside hitter position, but she worked hard at developing a great serve. It's a great thing for us to have our top three offensive threats and our starting setter back from last season, and I think you'll see a more consistent offensive attack with all that experience back from last year.
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Nellans' Career Statistics 2002 TOTALS
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112 112
899 899
196 196
.175 .175
A 1
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2002 (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 CoSIDA 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...Is just 40 service aces shy of breaking into the top 10 in career service aces...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 doubledigit 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. '" 2001 (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.
The Watts File Hometown: High School: Position: Birthday: Major: Family:
Salt Lake City, Utah Skyline Setter April 22, 1983 Exercise Science Daughter of Kurt and Sue Watts
Awards: Verizon Academic All-District IV. First Team (2002), C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2001, 2002); C-USA Academic Medalist (2001, 2002), Tournament MVP (Boston College, 2002), All-Tournament Team (Ga. Southern, Memphis, Yale, Boston College, 2002)
Kills: Attempts: Digs: Block Assists: Block Solos: Service Aces:
Career Highs 10 at UAB( 10/19/2002) 18 at UAB (10/19/2002) 22 at Tulane (11/15/2002) 5 at Yale (9/15/2002) 2 vs. Gardner-Webb (9/21/2002) 5 (3 times, most recently vs. CBU and Yale)
Heather's Notes: Heather's 1,575 assists in 2002 was the second-best single season mark in school history, and the most-ever for a team playing fewer than 60 matches...The junior will have back-up in 2003.with the addition of Hristina Stancheva to the roster...Watts' became the first Tiger since April Harriman to earn Nfeyzor^cademic All-District IV First Team Honors in 12002. g[^H
IB Watts joins the U of M after 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. Coach Yerty's Comments Heather had a great year for us last year. Her athleticism and willinglingI IQA ness to do whatever it takes to become one of the best setters in C-USA is present in everything she does. She has developed into a great defensive player and is running the team better every day. She worked really hard on developing her jump set and is giving her hitters more opportunities to put balls away.
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Watts' Career Statistics 2002 2001 TOTALS
KILL 119
ATT 307
E 50 5 55
PCI .225 -.121 .206
A 1575 9 1584
SA 44 41 85
DG 378 244 622
BS
BA
TB
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5-8 + Freshman Houston, Texas + Clear Lake HS Outside Hitter/Libero Prep: 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 DeerPark 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.
6-1 * Freshman Frankfort, Ind. * Clinton Prairie HS Middle Hitter Prep: Nance is a 6-1 middle hitter who 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 allstate 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...
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.
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5-10 ^ Freshman Sophia, Bulgaria * First English Setter Spring 2002: Slancheva joined the Tiger line-up for the spring season after starting school in January...She is a second semester freshman at Memphis beginning in the fall. Prep: 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. 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.
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5-7 + Freshman Santa Clarita, Calif. + Hart HS Libero Prep: 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.
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6-0 4 Redshirt Sophomore Kent, Wash. * Eastern Washington Middle Hitter
5-10 ^ Freshman Salt Lake City, Utah + Highland Outside/Right Side Hitter Prep: 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...
2002: 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 the 2001 season at Eastern Washington. Prep: 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 Vaisi Liva Tuivai and Afu Taumoepeau...Born October 24, 1982...Majoring in sociology...Enjoys listening to music, dancing, watching movies and hanging out with her friends, especially her sister, Ang.
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2003 Tiger Volleyball 2002 Year in Review It was, as Head Coach Carrie Yerty would later summarize it, a crazy season for the young Tigers of 2002. It started with Memphis going 2-2 in a tournament against two defending conference champions, and ended with Yerty remaining in Memphis during the Tigers' last five road matches awaiting the birth of her second son, Jace. In between those two events, Memphis fell just one win shy of its second consecutive 20-win season, had an opponent back out of the tournament the day they were supposed to face the Tigers, posted a 10-5 mark in the Elma Roane Fieldhouse and played in eight five-game matches, posting a 2-6 mark when taken to five games. Georgia Southern Tournament The schedule opened at Georgia Southern, where a young Tiger team was facing two defending league champs. Memphis dropped its first contest against defending Atlantic Sun champ Georgia State, 3-1, but played the Panthers close, falling 28-30, 30-26, 21-30 and 27-30. Junior Brittany Barnett and sophomore Tiara Gilkey each downed double-digit kills in the season-opener, with Barnett posting 19 kills, while Gilkey added 11. Memphis was without the services of junior middle hitter Sheila Neba, who missed the first of six matches due to injury, so freshman Kristen Hardee stepped in and posted her best offensive outing of the year with seven kills and six total blocks. But Georgia State put three players in double-digit kills and out hit Memphis .244 to .120 to take the win. Memphis picked up its first win of the season later that day against Charleston Southern. Memphis got its offense on track in a 3-0 win over Charleston Southern, hitting .333 and serving up 18 aces compared to just three for CSU. Freshman Nancy Nellans fell just one service ace shy of tying a Conference USA freshman mark with eight aces against CSU. Both Gilkey and Nellans downed 10 kills in the match, while setter Heather Watts added 32 assists and led the defense with 11 digs. Against eventual NCAA participant Western Kentucky, Memphis again played four tight matches, falling just short in a 30-26, 29-31, 23-30, 26-30 loss. Memphis got out-hit for the second straight day, with Western Kentucky hitting .224, while Memphis hit under .200 for the second time in three matches. Despite having three Tigers hit doubledigit kills, Memphis allowed four Hilltoppers to down double-digit kills in the loss. Against host Georgia Southern, Memphis needed to get on track against a hometown crowd. Georgia Southern hit .232 in the match and outaced Memphis 8-3, but the Tigers, led by Barnett's career-best 22 kill effort, got double-digit kills from Barnett, Gilkey and Nellans and hit a season-best .373 in a come-from-behind win. After dropping game one 23-30, Memphis rallied back to win , <;! games two through four, 30-24, 30-21, and 30-23. Barnett and Watts were each named to the all-tournament team, and the Tigers returned home with a .500 mark through their first collegiate tournament of the season. Memphis then hosted cross-town rival Christian Brothers in a non-conference match that allowed two young teams to play in front of hometown fans. CBU struggled in its passing game, as Memphis aced the Buccaners 21 times, including six aces from Gilkey and five from Nellans. Memphis only hit .212 and Gilkey was the lone Tiger in double-digit kills with 14, but the Tigers took the 30-16, 30-22, 33-35, 30-14 win to open their home stand,
1-0. CAL'S STEAKHOUSE/U OF M INVITATIONAL A Tiger rotation that at some points featured four freshmen on the floor with one junior and one sophomore then went 2-2 through their own tournament, with the two losses being 3-2 heartbreaks that would haunt Memphis throughout the year. Memphis held Arkansas State to a sub-. 100 hitting percentage for two games in a 3-0 win over the Indians, while freshman Nancy Nellans tied a Conference USA record with nine service aces in the win. Nellans also led the defense with 13 digs in the 30-16, 34-32, 30-15 win. Memphis dropped its first five-game match of the season after struggling in games one and two against Birmingham Southern. Memphis hit .104 in game one and .078 in game two, splitting the first two games, 35-33 and 2230. An adjustment was made between games two and three, with Memphis pulling back to a .136 mark, but Birmingham Southern, not using a libero and playing just six players, hit .316 and took game three 30-24. With their backs against the wall, the Tigers forced a game five by hitting a game-high .240 in a 30-24 game four Memphis win, but BSU was virtually perfect in game five, committing just two errors on 29 attacks with 13 kills while Memphis downed just seven kills on 22 attacks with two errors in a 15-12 game five Birmingham Southern win. Despite 25 kills from Gilkey and double-digit kills from Barnett and Brooke Chrisman, the loss dropped Memphis to 4-3 on the season and handed Memphis their first home loss of the year. In day two of the tournament, Memphis again fell in a five-game match, this time to eventual tournament champion Middle Tennessee. Again, the two teams split the first two games as Middle Tennessee hit .452 in a 30-20 game one win over an error-prone Tiger offense that hit just .179. Memphis answered back with a .310 hitting percentage in games two and three, winning 30-24 and 30-18 before a .594 offensive attack -s* gave MTSU a 30-17 game four win. In the fifth, and deciding, game, Memphis hit an anemic .050, committing three errors on 20 attacks with just four kills. Despite 22 kills from Barnett and 13 from Nellans, six Blue Raiders downed double-digits en route their fifth win of the season. The loss dropped Memphis to 4-4 and sent a young and wounded Tiger team into a match that would determine a tie for second in the tournament against Appalachian State. Appalachian State's offensive struggle handed Memphis a 30-16, 30-26 and 30-17 win, as ASU hit just .009 for the match, hitting negative in two games. Barnett and Watts earned their second consecutive all-tournament awards. Yale Tournament The Tigers went to the Ivy League for their next tournament, participating in the Yale Invitational in New Haven, Connecticut. The first of two trips they would wing to the East, Memphis went undefeated 4-0 through the tournament, dropping just one game to host Yale. Gilkey and Barnett led Memphis with 16 and 15 kills, respectively, against Sacred Heart in the opening game, with Nellans adding nine kills as Memphis overpowered Sacred Heart, 30-19, 30-21 and 30-25. Against Lehigh on the second day of the tournament, Memphis posted its second straight .300 or better hitting performance with a .339 hitting performance that included double digit kills from Barnett (15), Nellans (14) and Gilkey (12) in a 30-28, 30-22 and 30-26 win. The Tigers also survived a scare from freshman Kristen Hardee as Hardee suffered a food allergy attack while the team was at lunch between matches. In their second match of the afternoon, the Tigers struggled, hitting just .182, but the Tiger defense posted 52 digs and four blocks to frustrate Marist's offense and keep them below .100 for the match in a 30-25, 30-18 and 30-25 win.
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2003 Tiger Volleyball 2002 Year in Review It appeared to be a much brainier bunch of Tigers that took to the floor against host Yale. With the entire team donning reading glasses during the warm-ups, Memphis seized this day, with three Tigers downing double-digit kills (14 from both Gilkey and Barnett and 10 from Nellans) and the defense frustrating the Yale offense, holding them to a .099 hitting percentage for the match. Barnett earned tournament MVP honors after posting doubledigit kills in all four matches, and Watts earned all-tournament honors after quarterbacking the Tiger offense to a tune of 186 assists over the four matches. Gilkey, who fell just one kill shy of posting double-digit kills in all four Tiger wins, was left off the all-tournament team, a slight she would remember on Memphis' next trip East. Boston College Tournament For the second straight weekend, the Tigers winged their way east, traveling to Boston, Mass., to participate in what should have been a four-team tournament hosted by Boston College. As Memphis was on the bus en route the gym following the pregame meal, head coach Carrie Yerty received a call on her cell phone saying that Wagner College, the team the Tigers were heading to the gym to face, had withdrawn from the tournament. In the chaos that ensued, Memphis opted to face Gardner Webb on the opening match of the tournament. And the Tigers played a scattered match, getting 19 kills from Barnett, but hardly anything from the rest of the line-up. Luckily for Memphis, Gardner-Webb was reeling from its own offensive problems, hitting .191 in the first game and then hitting .000 and .022 in games two and three. Despite the problems from Gardner Webb, they still gave Memphis a not-needed scare in a 31-29, 30-16, 30-27, Tiger win. Host Boston College probably thought they were going to run right over Memphis after watching the Tigers play Gardner-Webb the day before, but Memphis regrouped and hit .382 in the first game, winning 30-23 and sending notice to the Eagles that the Tigers had gotten their act together. But apparently that only lasted for one game, because Memphis turned around and hit .098 in the second game, but used timely serving to squeak by, 3028. BC then threatened to take Memphis to the dreaded land of five games with a 30-24 game three win, but behind 18 kills from Gilkey and 17 from Barnett, Memphis out-paced BC .267 to .150 in a decisive 30-22 game four win. Since Memphis lost a match with Wagner pulling out of the Boston College tournament, it was fortunate that Memphis had a non-conference match scheduled up the road at Hanover, New Hampshire, at Dartmouth College. Against the Big Green, Memphis went in with the challenge to step up their defense. The Tigers responded with three players in double-digits in digs, including a career-high 19 from Gilkey, who was coming off her first alltournament honor of the year at Boston College and 12 a piece from Barnett and freshman Lauren Berg. Barnett, who had earned her fourth all-tournament honor of the season at BC, led the team with 16 kills and a .419 hitting percentage, while Watts' posted 47 assists coming off a tournament MVP weekend at BC. But in the glitz and glamour of Division I volleyball, the Tigers were up and loaded onto the bus at 5 a.m. the following day for a morning flight out of Boston after experiencing Boston's Monday morning rush hour en route the airport. The Tigers would have a week to recoup, having played at Dartmouth on Sunday, Sept. 22nd and not taking to the court against until Oct. 1SI back in the friendly confines of the Elma Roane Fieldhouse against UT-Martin. A team that perennially is one of the top-ranked teams in the region, UTMartin would be one of five Tiger opponents to make it to the NCAA Tournament come December. But on October 1 st, it was Conference USA's longest winning streak versus the Ohio Valley Conference's longest winning streak. Memphis used a home-court advantage to weather a two-hour and 15 minute match that started with game one being won by Memphis 34-32
as Gilkey downed 10 kills in the first game alone. UTM bounced back to win game two, 30-25, and Memphis won game three 30-20. The fourth game was just as exciting as the first game was, going to extra points, with Memphis squeaking by with a 31 -29 win, before a 15-9 Tiger victory in game five sealed the match, 3-2. Gilkey and Nellans each posted career-best nights against UTM, tallying 26 kills, while Barnett downed 20 and Neba added 10. Memphis had just picked up its ninth-straight win, but the season would start all over again four days later when the Saint Louis Billikens rolled into town for the Tigers' conference opener. With one of C-USA's top players coming into the Fieldhouse for her last trip against a home team that featured a player she coached in junior volleyball, the Saint Louis match was expected to be a barnburner. What followed was a tight three-game match that featured two teams that each hit below .100. Led by senior Colleen Hunter, SLU came into the match with firepower from everywhere on the floor. Hunter led the team with 14 kills in an SLU win that snapped a Tiger nine-match winning streak, adding 12 digs and six block assists in a solid all-around game. Teammate Ember Knobeloch added 11 kills, but the remainder of the Billiken line-up never got on track. Unfortunately, neither did the Tiger line-up. Gilkey, who was coached by Hunter in junior volleyball, led the Tigers with 12 kills, while Barnett downed just 10 as the Tigers outside game was repeatedly stopped by Billiken blockers, who posted 11 total blocks in the 30-28,30-28,30-27 win. SLU out-aced the Tigers, 6-4, and despite their just hitting .079 for the game, Memphis hit just .038, with four Tigers hitting negative in the conference-opening loss. Following the Saturday SLU loss, Memphis had to quickly regroup to face their oldest opponent when they traveled to Oxford, Miss., to face Ole Miss. Memphis got out of the gates quickly this time, posting a 30-25 game one win. But the Tiger offense, which had hit .300 in game one, hit below .100 the next two games to fall 30-18 and 30-19, and with a home-court advantage, Ole Miss closed out the match with a 30-23 game four victory, hitting over .300 in each of the last three games. Barnett and Gilkey led Memphis with 18 and 17 kills apiece, while Watts added 41 assists and led the team with 16 digs. The losing streak was now two with C-USA competitors rolling into the Fieldhouse for a weekend series that would see the losing streak stretch to four with a pair of painful losses to Houston and TCU. Houston, traditionally one of the top two teams in the division, struggled in 2002, missing the NCAA tournament for the first time since Yerty came to Memphis. But the Tigers were hoping to add to the difficulties of the Cougars' season, and seemed to be en route their first victory over Houston with a 30-25 and 32-30 win in the first two games. But behind 22 kills from Jane Anne Karasek and 12 from Jenny Tanneberger and Loure Dews, Houston came back from 2-0 down to win the next three games and take the match, 30-28, 30-18 and 15-6. In the loss, Nellans tied a career-high with 26 kills, while Barnett added 18. The Tigers had just one brief night's sleep to try to recover from the Houston loss, and TCU proved to be more-than-happy to keep the Tigers down, coming in and winning the first two games 30-26 and 30-28 before the Tigers tried to turn the tables a la Houston the night before. Memphis won games three and four 30-27 and the ensuing fifth-game battle was finally won by TCU, 16-14 to give TCU its first-ever win in the Fieldhouse. Nellans dropped 20+ kills on another C-USA opponent with 22 kills, while Barnett set a career-high with 31 kills. Gilkey added 12, but the Tiger middles combined for just 10 kills in a five-game loss. The Tiger losing streak was now four matches with a difficult road trip on the slate to league-leading South Florida and UAB the following night. In what is apparently a case of bad geography students, the Tampa, Fla., to Birmingham, Ala. trip was scheduled to play on back-to-back nights. The
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2003 Tiger Volleyball 2002 Year in Review exhausting trip, which started for Memphis with a 30-19, 30-28 and 30-28 loss at USF, Friday, was also a struggle for Tigers battling the flu. Barnett managed 14 kills against USF, but just nine at UAB the following night after the late-night flight. With a 3-1 loss at UAB (34-36, 30-24, 24-30, 28-30), Memphis fell to 0-5 in the conference. In just 21 days, Memphis had gone from a nine-match win streak, to a sixmatch losing streak. Belmont probably wished to reschedule their non-conference clash with the Tigers for sometime when Memphis was not looking to get back on to a winning streak, but the Nashville-based school rolled into the Fieldhouse on Oct. 22nd and hit just .060 for the match, falling 30-24, 30-16 and 30-18. The Tigers got 15 kills from Barnett and freshman Nan Kimbrell to spark the win, while Kristen Hardee and Brooke Chrisman each added six kills from the middle. Memphis had snapped its losing streak earlier in the evening against Arkansas State, and were hoping the two non-conference wins would build some offensive momentum for the next C-USA weekend series against DePaul and Marquette. Against DePaul, Memphis posted a 3-0 sweep of the 2001 C-USA champs to pick up their first league win of the year. Gilkey led the team with 16 kills, while Barnett added 12. The win was the first in four years for the Tigers against DePaul, and the Tigers hoped to pick up their first win in three years over Marquette the following night. Not only did Memphis win the Marquette match, but Memphis swept the Golden Eagles, 3015, 30-18 and 30-27 to earn their second CUSA win of the season and their fourth straight victory in four days. And when everyone was not keeping an eye on the Tigers during the DePaul and Marquette matches, they were all watching Yerty for signs of labor. Close to her due date, Yerty would miss the Tigers' road trip to two opponents who would advance to the NCAA Tournament in December, starting at American Division-leading Cincinnati. Assistant coach Jenni Rosselli would assume head coaching duties during the game, and the Tigers responded, tangling with the Bearcats, but falling 31-33, 30-28, 21-30, 22-30. Four Tigers hit double-digits against Cincinnati, unfortunately for Memphis, four Bearcats also downed double-digit kills and Cincinnati out-blocked Memphis 17.5-7.0 in the loss. The loss dropped Memphis to 26 in league play. A bus trip later and Memphis was in Louisville, Kent., readying to face the multi-faceted attack of the Cardinals. Four Tiger opponents downed double-digit kills again, while just two Tigers managed to barely eek into the double digits with 11 kills from Gilkey and 10 from Neba. The Tigers' leading offensive weapon, Barnett, managed just six kills, while drawing a brunt of the Cardinals' blocking attention. Again Memphis was badly outblocked, 10-3, falling to 2-7 in C-USA with just four matches remaining.
sway the momentum in the Tigers' favor, while Neba added 11 to give Memphis some offensive punch from the middle. Memphis rolled into its final home contest of the year with an 18-12 overall record and a 3-7 mark in the conference. While East Carolina proved to be more than willing to fight Memphis on the Tigers' senior night, Memphis prevailed, 30-25, 2830, 31-29 and 30-23 to send lone senior Brooke Chrisman out of the Fieldhouse with a win. Nellans led the team with 20 kills, while Barnett added 17 and Neba added 10. It was then back on the road to New Orleans to face Tulane on their senior night. Memphis battled with the Green Wave, coming back from a 2-0 deficit to win games three and four 31 -29 and 30-25, but Tulane snuck by in game five, 17-15. Barnett led Memphis with 23 kills and Gilkey added 17, while Watts' led the defense with 22 digs and added 56 assists. With a mark of 19-14 and 4-8, Memphis traveled to Hattiesburg, Miss., deflated after the battle at Tulane. Southern Miss took advantage, sweeping the Tigers, 3-0 as Bridget Files downed 22 kills in just three games for USM. Barnett was the lone Tiger to hit double-digits with 12 kills as four Tigers hit negative in the loss. Despite the season-ending twomatch losing streak, the Tigers squeaked into the league tournament, drawing the No. 11 seed and facing No. 7 seed Charlotte in the first-round. The 49ers were prepared for Memphis after suffering a 3-2 loss in Memphis earlier in the month though. Courtney Burg downed 21 kills and was one of four 49ers to down double-digit kills, while Charlotte out-blocked Memphis 11-6 in a 3-2 thriller. The two teams alternated games with Charlotte winning the opening game and closing out the Tigers' season with a 15-8 game five win. Memphis finished its season with a 19-15 overall mark and returned to Memphis to finish the semester. Sophomore Heather Watts capped her stellar season with an academic honor when she was voted to the Verizon All-Academic District IV team. Watts was the first Tiger to earn the district honor since April Harriman earned Academic All-America second team honors in 2001.
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Despite the losses at Cincinnati and Louisville, Memphis was in the final play-off spot heading into the Charlotte match. With the top 12 teams advancing to the league tournament in Chicago, Memphis needed to gain ground, starting with 7lh-place Charlotte. The 49ers did not appear to cut Memphis any slack to open the match, winning 30-26 before Memphis answered back with a 30-24 win of their own. Charlotte again won, taking game three 30-25 to go up 2-1, but Memphis made it 2-2 with a 30-25 win of their own in the fourth game. Heading into that fifth game, Memphis was 14 in five-game matches at this point. But the Tigers prevailed in game five to earn their second 3-2 victory of the season with a 15-9 game five win. Barnett led the team with 19 kills while Gilkey added 15. Kimbrell added 12 kills to
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2003 Tiger Volleyball 2002 Stats & Results RECORD: ALL MATCHES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE
BARNETT, Brittany GILKEY, Tiara NELLANS, Nancy NEBA, Sheila CHRISMAN, Brooke KIMBRELL.Nan WATTS, Heather GREEN, Ashley HARDEE, Kristen BERG, Lauren TEAM JOHNSON. Jaci MEMPHIS Opponents
HOME 10-5 4-3
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19-15 4-9 15-6
6-2
128 125 112 97 108 107 128 58 81 128
ATTACK K 532 426 353 168 147 137 119 41 53 3
K/G 4.16 3.41 3.15 1.73 1.36 1.28 0.93 0.71 0.65 0.02
E 201 182 196 82 59 68 50 21 41 1
TA 1362 1035 899 405 460 412 307 112 142 14
17 128 128
0 1979 1706
0.00 15.46 13.33
Q 903 773
1 .000 5151 .209 4774 .195
A DATE Aug 30,, 2002 Aug 30 , 2002 Aug 31 , 2002 Aug 31 , 2002 Sep CM,, 2002 Sep 06,, 2002 Sep 06 , 2002 Sep 07,, 2002 Sep 07, 2002 Sep 13,, 2002 Sep 14., 2002 Sep 14:, 2002 Sep 15:, 2002 Sep 21., 2002 Sep 21,2002 Sep 22.,2002 Oct 01, 2002 Oct 04, 2002 Oct 09, 2002 Oct 11, 2002 Oct 12, 2002 Oct 18, 2002 Oct 19, 2002 Oct 22, 2002 Oct 22, 2002 Oct 25, 2002 Oct 26, 2002 Nov 01, 2002 Nov 02,, 2002 Nov 08, 2002 Nov 09, 2002 Nov 15, 2002 Nov 16, 2002 Nov 23., 2002
Pet .243 .236 .175 .212 .191 .167 .225 .179 .085 .143
vs Georgia State vs Charleston Southern vs Western Kentucky at Georgia Southern CBU
A/Gm 0.25 0.49 0.02 0.02 0.05 0.26 12.30 0.10 0.05 0.24
1 0.06 1761 13.76 1538 12.02
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5-3 0-0 5-3
SERVE SA SE 34 27 32 50 64 48 11 34 18 28 30 27 44 48 6 18 10 19 0 0
RE 61 11 6 0 0 12 0 1 1 50 28 1 0 Q 233 316 171 170 346 233
DIG DIG 330 260 220 38 54 183 378 20 29 408
Dig/G 2.58 2.08 1.96 0.39 0.50 1.71 2.95 0.34 0.36 3.19
BLOCKING BS BA Total 41 8 49 2 72 70 2 27 29 16 77 93 15 56 71 1 16 17 5 45 50 1 11 12 2 18 20 0 0 0
11 Q 0.65 1931 15.09 52 1845 14.41 54
B/Game BE BHE 0.38 0.58 0.26 0.96 0.66 0.16 0.39 0.21 0.25 0.00
3 2 10 7 14 3 11 2 11 0 1 7 10 49 2 5 10 1 0 2
Q 0 0.00 361 232.2 1.82 424 266.0 2.08
Q 1 72 79 62 91
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W/L L W L W W W ARKANSAS STATE BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN L L MIDDLE TENNESSEE W APPALACHIAN STATE W vs SACHEART W vs LEHIGH W vs Marist W at Yale University W vs GWU W atBC W at Dartmouth B^^ UTM W SLU ^__J L L at Ole Miss L HOUSTON L TCU L at South Florida L atUAB W ARKANSAS STATE BELMONT UNIVERSITY W W DEPAUL UNIVERSITY W MARQUETTE L at Cincinnati L at Louisville W CHARLOTTE W EAST CAROLINA L at Tulane University L at Southern Miss vs Charlotte L OPPONENT
SET A 32 61 16 2 5 28 1575 6 4 31
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4-7 0-6 4-1
SCORE 1-3 3-0 1-3 3-1 3-1 3-0 2-3 2-3 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-1 3-0 3-1 3-0 3-2 0-3 1-3 2-3 2-3 0-3 1-3 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 1-3 0-3 3-2 3-1 2-3 0-3 2-3
SCORE-BY-GAME 28-30,30-26,21-30,27-30 30-24,30-11,30-22 30-26,29-31,23-30,26-30 23-30,30-24,30-21,30-23 30-16,30-22,33-35,30-11 30-16,34-32,30-15 35-33,22-30,24-30,30-20,12-15 20-30,30-24,30-18,17-30,9-15116 30-16,30-26,30-17 30-19,30-21,30-25 30-28,30-22,30-26 30-25,30-18,30-25 30-25,15-30,30-14,30-2 ,30-24
31-29,30-16,30-27 30-23.30-28,24-30,30-22 30-25,30-25,30-21 34-32,25-30,30-20,29-31,15-9143 28-30,28-30,27-30 30-25,18-30,19-30,23-30 30-25,32-30,28-30,18-30,6-15 208 26-30,28-30,30-27,30-27,14-16 19-30,28-30,28-30 34-36,30-24,24-30,28-30 30-20,30-25,30-22 30-24,30-16,30-18 30-25,30-26,30-22 30-25,30-18,30-27 31-33,30-28,21-30,22-30 16-30,25-30,27-30 26-30,30-24,25-30,30-25,15-9317 30-25,28-30,31-29,30-23 27-30,26-30,31 -29,30-25,15-17 16-30,22-30,19-30 28-30,30-27,28-30,30-28,8-15100
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2003 Tiger Volleyball About Conference USA In the world of intercollegiate sports, many considered the formation of Conference USA a bold move. Its formation occurred during a significant period of major conference realignment and restructuring of the NCAA. 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 has quickly emerged as one of the nation's top conferences. A PROUD HISTORY 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. Britton Banowsky was named Commissioner in October 2002, succeeding Mike Slive, the league's first commissioner.
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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 AXA Liberty Bowl (champion), GMAC Bowl, New Orleans Bowl and the ConAgra Hawai'i Bowl Women's Basketball Consistently rated among the nation's best conferences
PROMISE IN EXPANSION Conference USA added East Carolina (September, 1996) and the United States Military 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. South Florida starts C-USA football in 2003. 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, tennis, track and field (indoor and outdoor), and volleyball for women. The league's championship competition is enhanced by NCAA automatic bids in volleyball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's tennis and baseball.
30 NCAA Tournament appearances 15 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 1998 One of four leagues to send at least three teams to the NCAA Championship each of the last five years
SUCCESS ON THE PLAYING FIELD Conference USA performers have achieved great success in competition, placing the league among the top conferences in the nation.
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Consistently rated as one of the top basketball leagues in the country 51 postseason teams (28 NCAA and 23 NIT) Strong fan support, drawing a record 1.9 million fans in 2001 -02 Among the nation's best in home attendance One Final Four team Three Elite Eight NCAA Tournament teams One NIT Champion
Five C-USA teams posting 20-win seasons for three consecutive years
years, 62 student-athletes earned national Verizon Academic All-America honors, while 134 were named All-District. In addition, more than 6,000 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. CHANGES FOR THE MILLENNIUM 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 letic and national emergence.
In addition, 27 men's and women's soccer teams, 19 baseball teams and six 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 250 NCAA appearances. SUCCESS OFF THE FIELD Among C-USA's 5,000 student-athletes, there are champions off the playing field as well. In seven
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2003 Tiger Volleyball 2002 C-USA Standings CONFERENCE PCT. 12-1 Louisville A .923 12-1 South Florida A # .923 11-2 Cincinnati .846 10-3 .769 Saint Louis 9-4 .692 Tulane 7-6 .538 Charlotte Houston 7-6 .538 Southern Miss 6-7 .461 UAB .385 TCU .308 Memphis .308 Marquette .231 .077 DePaul 0-13 .000 East Carolina A - Regular Season Co-Champs # - Tournament Champions W-L
H 6-1 7-0 5-1 6-0 3-4 6-1 3-4 2-4 5-1 1-5 4-3 2-5 0-6 0-6
A 6-0 5-1 6-1 4-3 6-0 1-5 4-2 4-3 0-7 3-4 0-6 1-5 1-6 0-7
OVERALL PCT. 28-6 .824 30-7 .812 23-9 .719 21-10 .677 21-14 .600 18-15 .546 19-13 .594 16-15 .516 13-20 .394 12-18 .414 19-15 .576 13-16 .448 5-25 .167 6-26 .188
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NCAA Results 2002 NCAA Tournament FIRST ROUND, Dec. 6 Louisville def. Ball State, 3-0 (30-24, 30-24, 30-25) South Florida def. Florida State, 3-0 (30-21, 30-19, 30-28) Arizona State def. Cincinnati, 3-2 (35-33, 30-20, 27-30, 19-30, 15-10) SECOND ROUND, Dec. 7 Ohio State def. Louisville, 3-0 (30-26, 30-28, 30-24) Florida def. South Florida, 3-1 (35-33, 30-24, 20-30, 30-18)
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Final Midwest Volleyball Regional Rankings 1. South Florida 2. Louisville 3. Cincinnati 4. Loyola 5. UW-Milwaukee 6. Saint Louis 7. UT-Martin 8. Morehead State 9. Tulane 10. Wright State
2002 C-USA Notes:
- South Florida's Michelle Collier was named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association All-America Third Team. Collier, a twotime C-USA Player of the Year, became the first C-USA Player in the history of the conference to earn the distinction of All-America. ~ South Florida's Nancy Mueller was selected as the AVCA/Tachikara Midwest Region Coach of the Year. Mueller is only the second coach in C-USA to earn that honor. She also won it in 2000 and former USF head coach Perri Hankins won it in 1996 and 1997. - Louisville senior Sarah Drury joined the USA Volleyball team at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. - C-USA sent three teams to the NCAA Tournament for the fifth time in five years. - Nine C-USA volleyball players were named to the AVCA All-Midwest Region team for the second straight year. Cincinnati's Julie DuPont, Trish Ladusaw and Bonita Wise, Houston's Jenny Tanneberger, Louisville's Sarah Drury and Bing Sun, Saint Louis' Colleen Hunter, and South Florida's Michelle Collier and Ale Domingos were named to the all-region team. nv
2002 C-USA Tournament Chicago, III. - DePaul Athletic Center FIRST ROUND (7) Houston def. (10) TCU, 3-1 (30-20, 27-30, 30-25, 30-25) (6) Charlotte def. (11) Memphis, 3-2 (30-28, 27-30, 30-28, 28-30, 15-8) (8) Southern Miss def. (9) UAB, 3-1 (24-30, 30-28, 33-31, 30-15) (12) Marquette def. (5) Tulane, 3-1 (28-30, 30-27, 30-19, 30-19) SECOND ROUND (2) South Florida def. Houston, 3-1 (30-24, 22-30, 30-26, 30-22) (3) Cincinnati def. Charlotte, 3-0 (30-20, 30-25, 30-27) (1) Louisville def. Southern Miss, 3-0 (30-20, 33-31. 30-24) (4) Saint Louis def. Marquette, 3-0 (30-23, 32-30, 30-27) SEMIFINALS South Florida def. Cincinnati, 3-1 (30-25, 27-30, 33-31, 30-19) Louisville def. Saint Louis, 3-0 (30-20, 30-22, 30-24) CHAMPIONSHIP South Florida def. Louisville, 3-0 (30-27, 30-24, 30-20)
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2002 All-Tournament Team Michelle Collier, USF Stacey Mercer, Louisville Shameka Mitchell, USF Bing Sun, Louisville Bonita Wise, Cincinnati MVP - Ale Domingos, USF
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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.
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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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Record: 17-5 Coach: Jane Hooker
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1972 Record: 18-9 Coach: Jane Hooker
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1974 Record: 13-7 Coach: Janice Dunn
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1979 Record: 35-20 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 $Arkansas State L 0-2 $Louisville W 2-0 $Mississippi Univ./WomenW 2-1 $Mississippi W 3-1 $Jefferson CC W 2-1 %Miss. UnivTWomen 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 ANorthem 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 &Eastern Michigan L 1-2 &Southern Illinois L 1-2 &Mississippi Univ./WomenW 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
1980 Record: 41-17 Coach: Diane Hale 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 AJefferson 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 &Southern Illinois W 2-0 &Kellogg C.C. L 0-2 &Ball State W 2-0 &KelloggC.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 $South Carolina Invitational %Florida State Invitational AMemphis State Invitational &Southern Illinois Invitational +AIAW Region II Tournament
1981 Record: 27-14 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 $Westem Illinois L 1-2 $Missouri L 0-2 $Western Illinois L 1-3 $Mississippi W 3-0 Alabama-Birmingham W 3-0 Southern Illinois L 1-3 Mississippi State W 3-0 %Central Arkansas W 3-0 %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 3-0 & 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 ATennessee Invitational &Ole Miss Invitational 'Metro Conference Tournament +Metro Championship Tournament 1982 Record: 15-26 Coach: Diane Hale Kentucky ©Southern Illinois ©Eastern Illinois ©Missouri ©Louisville Mississippi Southern Mississippi #Southern Illinois #Tennessee $South Alabama $Texas A&M
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1984 Record:I: 21-16 Coach: L ne Hale Southern Illinois L 1-3 Indiana Purdue W 3-0 Indiana State W 3-0 Florida W 3-1 Eastern Illinois W 3-1 Mississippi L 3-2 @SW Missouri State L 0-3 ©Oral Roberts W 3-1 ©Oral Roberts W 3-1 @SW Missouri State L 0-3 #Mississippi L 2-3 #Arkansas State W 3-0 #Middle Tennessee St. W 3-1 #Mississippi State W 3-0 Tulane W 3-2 Southern Mississippi W 3-0 Arkansas State W 3-0 $Texas-Arlington L 0-3 $Oklahoma L 0-3 $Texas A&M L 1-3 Murray State W 3-0 Alabama-Birmingham W 3-0 Florida State L 0-3 Georgia L 1-3 Louisville L 0-3 Cincinnati L 2-3 Mississippi L 2-3 Arkansas State W 3-0 SE Missouri State W 3-0 South Carolina L 1-3 Virginia Tech W 3-2 W 3-2 Tulsa Morehead State W 3-1 Southern Illinois L 0-3 Illinois-Chicago W 3-1 'Cincinnati W 3-1 'Louisville L 1-3 ©Southwest Missouri St. Tourney urney #Mississippi State Tournament iment $Texas Tournament 'Metro Championships
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IBaylor W 3-1 SHouston L 0-3 Alcorn State W 3-0 +Tulane W 3-0 +Southern Mississippi W 3-0 Nicholls State W 3-1 +Florida State L 2-3 Kentucky L 1 -3 Arkansas State L 1-3 +Louisville L 1-3 +Cincinnati W 3-1 Austin Peay W 3-0 &Missouri W 3-0 &Southern Illinois W 3-2 &Mississippi W 3-1 &NorthTexas W 3-0 ?Virginia Tech W 3-1 ?Cincinnati L 2-3 #Lady Tiger Cup *lllini Classic %MSU/Graphic Systems Classic #UT Exercise Essentials Classic =Southwest Missouri State Classic +Metro Conference Match !Houston Invitational ?Metro Conference Tournament 1990
Record: 30-9 Coach: Mike Lingenfelter 'Oregon State 'Oklahoma 'Texas Arlington Florida South Florida Mississippi State #Middle Tennessee #Westem Kentucky Austin Peay +Evansville +Ball State +Morehead State Arkansas State Missouri =Northern Iowa Mississippi Tulane Southern Mississippi Tennessee State Florida State Tennessee Auburn Alabama-Birmingham Alcorn State Louisville Cincinnati Murray State South Carolina Virginia Tech Arkansas State Mississippi &Southern Mississippi SCincinnati &Louisville %Loyola-Marymount %William & Mary %Arizona State %Dayton
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%Houston L 1-3 &Metro Conference Tournament %Women's Invitational Volleyball Champ. 1991 Record: 20-15 Coach: Penny Lucas-White
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1992 Record: 10-26 Coach: Penny Lucas-White
#Minnesota #Alabama #Central Florida +SE Missouri State +Arkansas-Little Rock North Texas Texas-Arlington Southwestern Louisiana Arkansas State %Bowling Green State %Syracuse Cincinnati &Stephen F. Austin SNortheast Louisiana SLouisiana Tech Marquette DePaul Cincinnati
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1993 Record: 25-11 Coach: Penny Lucas-White
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Record: 8-27 Coach: Carrie Yerty
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Record: 18-14 Coach: Carrie Yerty
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% 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 atOleMiss 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.) s**± I \3 k~— ~jj Schedule 7*^7 Coach: Carrie Yerty 8/29 ! Eastern Kentucky 9 a.m. 8/29 ! UALR 7 p.m. 8/30 ! UT-Martin 3 p.m. 8/30 ! at Arkansas State 7 p.m. 9/5 # Radford 3:30 p.m. 9/6 # Troy State 9 a.m. 9/6 # at Davidson 7 p.m. 9/9 at UT-Martin 7 p.m. 9/12 $ Tennessee Tech 7p.m. 9/13 $ Holy Cross 4 p.m. 9/13 $ Louisiana-Lafayette 7 p.m. 9/1 9 A South Alabama 11 a.m. 9/1 9 A North Carolina St. 3 p.m. 9/20 A Wofford 1 p.m. 9/20 A at Birmingham South. 7 p.m. 9/23 at Middle Tennessee 7 p.m. 10/3 at Saint Louis * 7p.m. 10/5 at Southeast Missouri 2 p.m. 10/1 Oat TCU* 7p.m. 10/11 at Houston * 7:30 p.m. 10/14 vs. Christian Brothers 7 p.m. 10/1 7 vs. UAB* 7p.m. 10/18 vs. South Florida * 7p.m. 10/21 vs. Mississippi 7p.m. 1 0/24 at Marquette * 7 p.m. 10/25 at DePaul * 7p.m. 1 0/26 at Chicago State 2p.m. 10/31 vs. Louisville * 7 p.m. 11/1 vs. Cincinnati * 7 p.m. 1 1/7 at East Carolina * 7 p.m. 11/8 at Charlotte* 7p.m. 11/14 vs. Southern Miss * 7 p.m. 1 1/15 vs. Tulane * 7 p.m. 11/21 C-USA Championships TEA 37
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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
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
.773 .667 .720 .650 .500 .343 .677 .578 .636 .707 .659 .366 .455 .568 .417 .500
1987 Jim Callender 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 Program History
21-16 24-18 26-15 30-9 20-15 10-26 25-11 27-8 13-20 8-27
.568 .571 .634 .769 .571 .278 .694 .771 .394 .171 .576 .563 .333 .394 .688 .559 .556
19-14 18-14 11-22 13-20 22-10 19-15 635-504
All-time Coaching Records (by victories) Coach Diane Hale Carrie Yerty Penny Lucas-White Janice Dunn Mike Lingenfelter Jane Hooker Jim Callender
Tenure jre 1978-86 1996-pres. 1991-95 1974-77 1989-90 1971-73 1987-88
W-L 212-166 110-122 95-80 64-57-1 56-24 53-21 45-34
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1231 1190 1150 1134 1102 1086
TOTAL KILLS Monique Swaby Ginger Garrett Peggy Rule— Katherine Lehman Shoni Hodges Renee Ross— Amy Greer—Holly Buford Rhonda Kottke Sarah Tjelmeland— Angle Glaub
3954 3585 3479 3447 3447 3402 3083 2986 2964 2915 2894
TOTAL ATTEMPTS Ginger Garrett -1998-01 Shoni Hodges 1994-97 Peggy Rule 1983-86 Amy Greer 1990-93 Angle Glaub 1983-86 Renee Ross 1991-94 Rosie Glenn 1996-99 Sarah Tjelmeland 1987-90 Katherine Lehman 1987-90 Rhonda Kottke-1986-90 Holly Buford— 1980-83
1819 1389 1344 1268
.361 .299 .256 .251 .240 .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, second in total kills with 1,389, and fourth in hitting percentage with a mark of .251.
.234 .231 .230 .213 .211 309 240 234 193 152 151 147 143 138 130 125
1992-95 1998-01 1983-86 1987-90 -1994-97 — 1991-94 1990-93 1980-83 1986-90 1987-90 1983-86
KILL PERCENTAGE Holly Buford-—1980-83 Shoni Hodges — 1994-97 Katherine Lehman 1987-90 Ginger Garrett 1998-01 Emily Eichmann 1998-01 Monique Swaby 1992-95 Mary Vercande 1981-82 Peggy Rule 1983-86 Rhonda Kottke 1986-90 Beth Johnson 1980-84 Linda Conner 1980-81 Lori Jones 1981-84 SERVICE ACES Clare Dirksen — 1986-89 Lori Jones -1981-84 Amie Hamilton —-1998-01 Peggy Rule 1983-86 Drenda Roberts 1981-84 Ginger Garrett 1998-01 Shoni Hodges 1994-97 Laura Wilson 1980-82 Holly Buford —-1980-83 Angle Glaub 1983-86 Rosie Glenn 1996-99 Nikki Taylor 1993-94
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BIGS Amie Hamilton Clare Dirksen Shoni Hodges Amy Greer —Peggy Rule Renee Ross Monique Swaby Rosie Glenn — Ginger Garrett Angle Glaub Rhonda Kottke
1998-01 1986-89 -1994-97 1990-93 --1983-86 1991-94 1992-95 1996-99 1998-01 1983-86 1986-90
ASSISTS Clare Dirksen Nikki Taylor Jessica Baley Amie Hamilton Mia Stephens Heather Watts Alisande Cavanagh Drenda Roberts Jeannie Robison— Amy Greer
1986-89 1993-94 1997-98 1998-01 1983-85 20011990-91 1981-84 1999 1990-93
208 206
BLOCK ASSISTS Rhonda Kottke Katherine Lehman Monique Swaby Nancy Wolter Angie Glaub Clare Dirksen -Drenda Roberts Sarah Tjelmeland Sheila Neba Shoni Hodges—
1986-90 1987-90 1992-95 1985-88 1983-86 1986-89 1981-82 1987-90 20001994-97
151 140 135 129 122 86 82
BLOCK SOLOS Katherine Lehman Drenda Roberts Holly Buford Rhonda Kottke Monique Swaby Lori Rembe Mary Vercande -
1987-90 1981-84 1980-83 1986-90 1992-95 1989-91 1981-82
5653 2777 2681 2628 1951 1584 1511 1124 1085 869
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ATTACK PERCENTAGE .429 Holly Buford 1981 .357 Holly Buford 1983 .313Katherine Lehman 1990 .309 Beth Johnson 1981 .298 Holly Buford 1982 .293 Sheila Neba 2001 .285 Emily Eichmann 2001 .275 Jessica Henry 1998 .274Lori Jones 1984 Monique Swaby 1994
ASSISTS 1678 Clare Dirksen 1575 Heather Watts 1569 Clare Dirksen 1426 Nikki Taylor 1402 Amie Hamilton 1351 Nikki Taylor 1342 Jessica Baley 1339 Jessica Baley 1209 Clare Dirksen 1245Alisande Cavanagh V ACES 97 Amie Hamilton 97 Laura Wilson 94 Clare Dirksen 80 Clare Dirksen 79 Lori Jones 69 Alisande Cavanagh Mary Vercande 67 Holly Buford 65 Lori Jones 59 Peggy Rule ^ DIGS 420 Clare Dirksen 416Amy Greer 408 Lauren Berg 403 Amie Hamilton 393 Peggy Rule 391 Kara Cronin 389 Nikki Taylor 385 Marie Zwolinski 382Renee Ross 381 Rosie Glenn...............
1989 2002 1988 1993 2001 1994 1997 1998 1987 1991 2001 1981 1987 1989 1981 1990 1981 1981 1984 1985 1989 1993 2002 2000 1986 1987 1993 1989 1992 1998
1989 1990 1983 1990 1987 1983 2000 1988 1983 1989
BLOCK ASSISTS 160 Rhonda Kottke 140 Katherine Lehman 114Angie Glaub 113 Rhonda Kottke Nancy Wolter 107Drenda Roberts 105 Brittany Barnett 101 Rhonda Kottke 99 Holly Buford 98 Lori Rembe
1990 1982 1991 1983 1981 1989 1994 1995
BLOCK SOLOS 57 Katherine Lehman 48 Holly Buford 47 Lori Rembe 44 Holly Buford 43 Holly Buford 40 Lori Rembe Monique Swaby 34 Monique Swaby
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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1. 2148 2. 2000 3. 1979 4. 1974 5. 1911 6. 1795 7. 1776 8. 1769 9. 1723 10.1699
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TOTAL ATTEMPTS 5759 1989 5297 1993 5234 1988 5176 1990 5151 2002
6. 5077
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7. 4866
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3. 4833
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3. 4815 10.4719
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HITTING PERCENTAGE 1. .273 1981 .240 2001 .231 1984 .224 1990 5. .213 1983 6. .209 2002 7. .203 1989 8. .200 1998 9. .196 1994 10.193 1986
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
527 319 308 300 298 294 285 279 265 259
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SEBWCES ERRORS 473 1990 462 1989 436 1993 380 1997 336 1994 326 1985 324 1988 316 1998 316 2001 316 2002
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
136 131 128 128 125 123 120 109 107 104
1989 1984 1993 1991 1982 1981 1999 1992 1994 1987 DIGS
1. 2417 2. 2301 3. 2297 4. 2176 5. 2129 6. 2105 7. 2006 8. 1998 9. 1931 10.1917
1993 1989 1990 1986 1994 1992 1987 2000 2002 1997
RECEPTION ERRORS 379 1981 381 1983 310 1988 309 1984 301 1982 290 1989 225 1985 225 1987 224 1990 223 1992 TOTAL BLOCKS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
604 570 538 519 483 414 382 365 355 347
1986 1989 1984 1985 1997 1990 1988 1981 1987 1983
Rosie Glenn wrapped up her career in 1999 ranked in the top 10 in service aces, attempts and digs.
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.692 (18-0-26) - Becky Tigert vs. Missouri, 9/19/97 .647 (11-0-17) - Laura Stoke vs. USM, 11/10/00 .643 (10-1-14) - Tiara Gilkey vs. Charleston Southern, 8/30/02 .636 (7-0-11) - Jenni Rosseili vs. Missouri, 9/19/97 .615 (9-1-13) - Sheila Neba vs. Saint Louis, 9/25/01 .588 (11-1-17) - Sheila Neba vs. Cornell at Kent State, 9/8/01 .583 (22-1-36) - Brittany Barnett vs. Middle Tennessee, 9/7/02 .583 (7-0-12) - Angela Graziani vs. East Carolina, 9/20/97 .545 (7-1-11) - Shoni Hodges at Western Kentucky, 9/13/97 .538 (16-2-26) - Emily Eichmann vs. Murray State, 10/23/01
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Opponent's Single Match Individual Records Kills 33 - Tanya Maltes, Middle Tennessee, 10/3/95 32 - Cathy Cook, Portland, 9/18/98 31 - Jennifer Wittenburg, Houston, 9/23/01 31 - Katie Thiesen, Middle Tennessee, 10/24/00 31 - Kathleen Ryan, DePaul, 10/19/97 29 - Britney Hurst, Tulane, 11/15/02 29 - Stephanie Feulner, Saint Louis, 11/17/95 Attacks 77 - Kari Elggren, Mississippi, 10/20/98 74 - Kathleen Stewart, DePaul, 10/19/97 71 - Shalini Job, Southern Miss, 10/10/97 67 - Jennifer Wittenburg, Houston, 9/23/01 67 - Courtney Burg, Charlotte, 11/10/01 66 - Katie Thiesen, Middle Tennessee, 10/24/00 66 -- Christy Galvin, Charlotte, 9/27/98
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Yokes, Houston, 10/6/95 Hurst, Tulane, 11/15/02 Wood, Murray State, 10/17/00 Sippy, Saint Louis, 9/25/98 Minniear, Saint Louis, 9/25/01
Block Solos 5 - Genevieve Shy, Mississippi, 9/9/95 4 - Britney Hurst, Tulane, 11/16/00 Block Assists 12 -Julie Nicholson, Syracuse, 9/19/98 10- Deva Fowler, Tulane, 11/15/02 10 - Rachel Torblaa, Cincinnati, 11/1/02 10-Allison Magner, UAB, 10/19/02 10 - Loure Dews, Houston, 10/11/02 10-Jaime Bielenda, Charlotte, 11/12/95 10 - Erica Berggren, South Florida, 11/5/95 10 - Liz Kristza, Tulane, 11/14/97 10 - Hailey Isham, UAB, 11/2/95 Total Blocks 12 - Julie Nicholson, Syracuse, 9/19/98 11 - Deva Fowler, Tulane, 11/15/02 11 - Rachel Torblaa, Cincinnati, 11/1/02 11 - Loure Dews, Houston, 10/11/02 11 - Erica Berggren, South Florida, 11/5/95 11 - Liz Kritza, Tulane, 11/14/97
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History 1986 in Blacksburg, Virginia November 22-23 First Round Memphis def. Cincinnati Semifinals South Carolina def. Memphis 1987 in Memphis, Tennessee November 20-22 First Round Memphis def. Virginia Tech ... Semifinals Cincinnati def. Memphis
METRO CONFERENCE 1980 in Memphis, Tennessee September 26-27 First Round Memphis def. Louisville Second Round Memphis def. Saint Louis Third Round Memphis def. Tulane Fourth Round Florida State def. Memphis Sixth Round Memphis def. Cincinnati Seventh Round Memphis def. Florida State Semifinals Florida State def. Memphis
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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
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GREAT MIDWEST 1991 in Memphis, Tennessee November 22-23 First Round Memphis (3) def. Saint Louis Semifinals UAB (2) def. Memphis (3) Third Place Memphis (3) def. Cincinnati (4)
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1992 in Chicago, Illinoi November 20-21
1995 in Louisville, Kentucky November 22-23
First Round Memphis (3) def. Marquette (6) Semifinals UAB (2) def. Memphis (3) 1993 in Birmingham, Alabama November 19-21 Semifinals UAB (3) def. Memphis (1)
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1996 in Louisville, Kentucky November 21-24
First Round Saint Louis (4) def. Memphis
1994 in Dayton, Ohio November 18-20 Semifinals Memphis (1) def. Saint Louis Championship Memphis (1) def. DePaul (7)
1998 in Cincinnati, Ohio November 19-22
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1982 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 1984 Southwest Missouri State, 3rd Mississippi State Tournament, 1st Texas Tournament, 4th Metro Conference Tourney, 4th 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 1987 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 Me 1989 .ady Tiger Cup, 3rd Illini Classic, 4th (Hit Memphis State Classic, 1st Exercise Essentials Classic, 1st
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1990 Asics-Lady Maverick Invite, 3rd MSU Graphic Systems Classic, 1st Evansville Invitational, 1st Metro Conference Tourney, 2nd
1995 USF Volleyball Classic, 3rd Graphics System Classic, 2nd Conference USA, 2nd Round
SW Missouri State Classic, 4th Houston Invitational, 2nd Memphis State Invitational, 1st Metro Conference Tourney, 3rd
1991 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 1992 Crimson Classic, 3rd Syracuse Invitational, 4th Graphic Systems Classic, 2nd NLU Classic, 3rd Kathy Trosclair Invitational, 3rd William & Mary Tournament, 5th Great Midwest Tournament, 3rd 1993 Tiger Invitational, 2nd Memphis State Classic, 2nd Stephen F. Austin, 2nd Florida Invitational, 4th Nike Invitational, 2nd Great Midwest Tournament, 3rd 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
1997 Adam's Mark Invitational, 1st Montana State Invitational, 1st Western Kentucky Invite, 1st Graphic Systems Classic, 1st Conference USA, 2nd Round 1998 CS-Fullerton Invitational, 2nd Adam's Mark Invitational, 1st Syracuse Invitational, 3rd Conference USA, 2nd Round 1999 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
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2002 Georgia State Tourney, 3rd University of Memphis Tourney, 2n Yale Invitational, 1st Boston College Tournament, 1st
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BRITTANY BARNETT 4 All-Tourney Awards in 2002
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Kim Fraser 1980-83
Holly Buford 1980-83
Kim Lemon 1988-91
Shoni Hodges 1994-97
Rachae 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 Nicole Cleveland Linda Conner Debbie Cunningham
Clare Dirksen
Adrianne Edmonds Kim Ehrhorn Emily Eichmann Lisa Eisenrich Cindy Eschbach
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Angle Glaub 1983-86
SandyMonce 1977-80
Heather Fletcher Allwyn Fitzpatrick Kim Fraser Karen Fussell
1993-96 1993-94 1980-83 1981
Cindy Gable Ginger Garrett Tiara Gilkcy Angie Glaub Rosie Glenn Angela Graziani Ashley Green
1974-77 1998-01 20011983-86 1996-99 1997 2002
Amy Greer
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Amie Hamilton Debbi Hammond Kristen Hardee April Harriman Becky Harden Jessica Henry Celeste Homan Shoni Hodges Carol Hooker Gwen Horner
1998-2001 1979-80 20021997-2000 1977-80 1998 1978-80 1994-97 1980 1989-90
Angle Johnson Beth Johnson Lori Page Jones
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Nan Kimbrell Rhonda Kottke
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Katherine Lehman Kim Lemon
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Rosie Glenn 1996-99
Phyllis Richey 1984-88
Jacqueline Mack Nancy McAlexander Jenny McCoy Katie McFarland Margi McNeely Sandy Monce Wynne Moore Lacey Morse Shavonda Morgan Liz Mullen Shawna Mullin
Janice Neyens Nancy Nellans Shella Neba
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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
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Nancy Wolter 1985-88
Katie Sandage Heather Sanders Debbie Sanford Mia Stephens Laura Stoke Cindy Stoot Monique Swaby Lowette Swinton
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Sarah Tjelmeland Nikki Taylor Becky Tigert Jessica Trezise
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FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE US. Monique Swaby, 1995 SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE USA Amie Hamilton, 2001 CONFERENCE USA ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM Brittany Barnett, 2000 Jessica Henry, 1998 CONFERENCE USA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Amie Hamilton, 1998
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NCAA SOUTH REGION Katherine Lehman, 1990
GREAT MIDWEST PLAYER OF THE YEAR Monique Swaby, 1994
METRO CONFERENCE 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 NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR Monique Swaby, 1992 GREAT MIDWEST ALL-NEWCOMER TEAM Shoni Hodges, 1994 Nikki Taylor, 1993 Monique Swaby, 1992
VERIZON ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN April Harriman, 2000 (2nd team) VERIZON ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT FIRST TEAM Heather Watts, 2002 April Harriman, 2000
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FIRST TEAM ALL-GREAT MIDWEST Monique Swaby, 1994 Nikki Taylor, 1994 Monique Swaby, 1993 Amy Greer, 1993 Renee Ross, 1992 Alisande Cavanagh, 1991
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METRO CONFERENCE ALL-TOURNAMENT Katherine Lehman, 1990 Sarah Tjelmeland, 1990 Clare Dirksen, 1988 Kim Ehrhorn, 1987 Angie Glaub, 1986 Drenda Roberts, 1984 Holly Buford, 1982
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GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Richmond, Kent. Enrollment: 15,527 Colors: Maroon, White Nickname: Colonels Conference: Ohio Valley Facility: McBrayer (6,500) Athletics Director: John Shafer VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Lori Duncan Alma Mater/Yr: Eastern Kentucky/'84 Record at School: 48-97/5 Overall Record/Years: 77-197/10 2002 Record: 12-18 Conference Record: 6-10/T-5th 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: 3/3
29 GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Little Rock, Ark. Enrollment: 10,411 Colors: Maroon, Silver, Black Nickname: Trojans Conference: Sun Belt Facility: Trojan Fieldhouse (1,000) Athletics Director: Chris Peterson VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Van Compton Alma Mater/Yr: Arkansas State Record at School: 266-181/15 Overall Record: Same 2002 Record: 14-13 Conference Record: 9-5/2nd East Asst. Coach: Danijela Tomic Volleyball SID: John Evans SID Phone: 501-569-3077 SID Fax: 501-683-7002 Email: jmevans@ualr.edu Starters returning/lost: 3/3
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30 GENERAL INFORMATION Location: State University, Ark. Enrollment: 10,000 Colors: Scarlet, Black Nickname: Lady Indians Conference: Sun Belt Facility: Convocation Ctr (10,563) Athletics Director: Joe Hollis VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Craig Cummings Alma Mater/Yr: Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo/1982 Record at School: 134-90/8 Overall Record/Years: 215-200/14 2002 Record: 10-20 Conference Record: 4-10/4th Asst. Coach: Jo Beth Mathis Volleyball SID: David Wilson SID Phone: 870-897-5010 SID Fax: 870-972-3367 Email: jdwilson@astate.edu Starters returning/lost: 5/1
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GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Radford, Va. Enrollment: 8,700 Colors: Blue, red, green, white Nickname: Highlanders Conference: Big South Facility: Dedmon Center (5,000) Athletics Director: Greig Denny VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Michael Burch Alma Mater/Yr: Virginia Tech/ 1994 Record at School: First year Overall Record: 40-38/4 2002 Record: 8-24 Conference Record: 4-10/T-5th Asst. Coach: TEA Volleyball SID: Aaron Barter SID Phone: 540-831-5211 SID Fax: 540-831-5556 Email: atbarter@radford.edu Starters returning/lost: 2/4
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30 GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Martin, Tenn. Enrollment: 5,800 Colors: Royal blue, orange, White Nickname: Skyhawks Conference: Ohio Valley Facility: Skyhawk Fieldhouse (3,000) Athletics Director: Phil Dane VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Chris Rushing Alma Mater/Yr: Brigham Young/'93 Record at School: 93-57/5 Overall Record: Same 2002 Record: 24-6 Conference Record: 15-1 (1st) Asst. Coach: Kristi Widener Student Asst: Lindsey Vicknair Volleyball SID: Joe Lofaro SID Phone: 731-587-7632 SID Fax: 731-587-7624 Email: jlofaro@utm.edu Starters returning/lost: 3/5
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GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Troy, Alabama Enrollment: 17,000 Colors: Cardinal, silver, black Nickname: Trojans Conference: Atlantic Sun Facility: Trojan Arena (4,500) Athletics Director: Johnny Williams VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Ginger Lowe Alma Mater/Yr: Troy State, 1976 Record at School: 344-317/18 Overall Record/Years: 355-328/19 2002 Record: 20-11 Conference Record: 7-4/T-4th Asst. Coach: Adrienne Delph Volleyball SID: Joel Lamp SID Phone: 334-670-5655 SID Fax: 334-670-5665 Email: jlamp@troyst.edu Starters returning/lost: 5/1
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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: Tim Cowie Alma Mater/Yr: Roberts Wesleyan, '88 Record at School: 23-11/1 Overall Record: 187-80/7 2002 Record: 23-11 Conference Record: 15-5/T-3rd Asst. Coach: Jennifer Hampton Volleyball SID: Michael Clark SID Phone: 704-894-2635 SID Fax: 704-894-2636 Email: mkclark@davidson.edu Starters returning/lost: 2/4
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Cookeville, Tenn. Enrollment: 8,900 Colors: Purple, Gold Nickname: Golden Eagles Conference: Ohio Valley Facility: Eblen Center (10,152) Interim AD: Mike Hennigan VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: John Blair Alma Mater/Yr: Tennessee, '76 Record at School: First year Overall Record: 266-363 2002 Record: 8-18 Conference Record: 5-11/7th Asst. Coach: Mandi Miller Volleyball SID: Joanna Riley SID Phone: 931-372-3293 SID Fax: 931-372-6139 Email: JRiley@tntech.edu Starters returning/lost: 4/3
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Worcester, Ma. Enrollment: 2,675 Colors: Royal purple, White Nickname: Crusaders Conference: ECAC Facility: Hart Rec. Ctr (3600) Athletics Director: Richard Regan, Jr. VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Chris Ridolfi Alma Mater/Yr: Berklee College, '93 Record at School: 8-19/1 Overall Record/Years: Same 2002 Record: 8-19 Conference Record: 4-10/6th Asst. Coach: TEA Volleyball SID: Katherine May SID Phone: 508-793-2583 SID Fax: 508-793-2309 Email: kmay@holycross.edu Starters returning/lost: 3/3
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GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Lafayette, La. Enrollment: 15,150 Colors: Vermillion, White Nickname: Ragin' Cajuns Conference: Sun Belt Facility: Earl K. Long Gym/1500 Athletics Director: Nelson Schexnayder VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Becky Madden Alma Mater/Yr: Purdue, 1989 Record at School: 15-14/1 Overall Record: 86-103/6 2002 Record: 15-14 Conference Record: 9-5/3rd West Asst. Coach: Amy Kraljev Volleyball SID: Matt Hebert SID Phone: 337-482-6330 SID Fax: 337-482-6649 Email: sportsinfo@ragincajuns.com Starters returning/lost: 3/3
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Mobile, Ala. Enrollment: 12,510 Colors: Red, white, blue Nickname: Jaguars Conference: Sun Belt Facility: Jaguar Gym Athletics Director: Joe Gottfried VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Nicole Keshock Alma Mater/Yr: Bowling Green/'94 Record at School: First year Overall Record: 66-126/7 2002 Record: 5-20 Conference Record: 0-15/6th West Asst. Coach: Chris Laird Volleyball SID: Brian Mishkin SID Phone: 251-460-7035, ex 3 SID Fax: 251-460-7297 Email: brnishkin@usouthal.edu Starters returning/lost: 3/3
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Raleigh, N.C.. Enrollment: 29,637 Colors: Red, White Nickname: Wolfpack Conference: ACC Facility: Reynolds Coliseum Athletics Director: Lee Fowler VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Mary Byrne Alma Mater/Yr: Nebraska, 1985 Record at School: 9-53/2 Overall Record/Years: 184-141/10 2002 Record: 3-32 Conference Record: 0-16/9th Asst. Coach: John Skatrud, Anna Tool Volleyball SID: Justin Sellers SID Phone: 919-515-2102 SID Fax: 919-515-2898 Email: Ssung231@aol.com Starters returning/lost: 5/2
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20 GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Spartanburg, S.C. Enrollment: 1,100 Colors: Old Gold & Black Nickname: Terriers Conference: Southern Facility: Jonson Arena (2,500) Athletics Director: Richard Johnson VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Corey Helle Alma Mater/Yr: Nebraska Record at School: 14-19/1 Overall Record: Same 2002 Record: 14-19 Conference Record: 5-15 Asst. Coaches: Sean Fitzgerald, Christy Carter Volleyball SID: TBA SID Phone: 864-597-4092 SID Fax: 864-597-4129 Email: TBA Starters returning/lost: 4/3
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GENERAL INFORMATION Location: St. Louis, Mo. Enrollment: 11,274 Colors: Blue and White Nickname: Billikcns Conference: C-USA Facility: Bauman-Eberhardt Athletics Director: Doug Woolard VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Marilyn Nolen Alma Mater/Yr: SW Texas St/66 Record at School: 181-118/9 Overall Record: 800-366-12/31 2002 Record: 21-10 Conference Record: 10-3, 4th Asst. Coach: Corey Arbini Volleyball SID: Chuck Yahng SID Phone: 314-977-3346 SID Fax: 314-977-7193 Email: yahngc@slu.edu Starters returning/lost: 1/5
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GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Birmingham, Ala. Enrollment: 1,400 Colors: Black, Gold, White Nickname: Panthers Conference: Big South Facility: Bill Battle Coliseum (2000) Athletics Director: Joe Dean, Jr. VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Tonya Charland Alma Mater/Yr: UAB/1998 Record at School: 27-34/2 Overall Recor: Same 2002 Record: 15-18 Conference Record: 7-9/5th Asst. Coaches: Pavlina Steffkova, Justin Dee Volleyball SID: Bailey Mixon SID Phone: 205-226-7764 SID Fax: 205-226-3049 Email: bmixon@bsc.edu Starters returning/lost: 5/1
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GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Cape Girardeau, Mo. Enrollment: 9,534 Colors: Red, and Black Nickname: Otahkians Conference: Ohio Valley Facility: Houck Field House/2,000 Athletics Director: Don Kaverman. VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Cindy Gannon Alma Mater/Yr: SEMO, '85 Record at School: 344-175/14 Overall Record: Same 2002 Record: 20-12 Conference Record: 13-3/2nd Asst. Coach: TEA Grad. Asst. Coach: Julie Brandmeyer Volleyball SID: TBA SID Phone: 573-651-2937 SID Fax: 573-651-2810 Email:TBA Starters returning/lost: 3/3
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GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Murfreesboro, Tenn. Enrollment: 18,432 j Colors: Royal Blue, White Nickname: Lady Raiders Conference: Sun Belt Facility: Alumni Memorial (3,000) Athletics Director: James Donnelly VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Lisa Kissee I Alma Mater/Yr: Central Missouri/'84 Record at School: 122-142/8 Overall Record/Years: 336-298/16 2002 Record: 17-15 Conference Record: 7-7/3rd East Asst. Coach: Jay Umboh Volleyball SID: Denise Gideon SID Phone: 615-904-8115 SID Fax: 615-898-5626 Email: dgideon@mtsu.edu Starters returning/lost: 4/3
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11 GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Fort Worth, Texas. Enrollment: 8,066 Colors: Purple and White Nickname: Horned Frogs Conference: C-USA Facility: University Rec Center Athletics Director: Eric Hyman VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Prentice Lewis Alma Mater/Yr: Long Beach St., '95 Record at School: 12-18/1 yr Overall Record/Years: Same 2002 Record: 12-18 Conference Record: 4-9/T-10th Asst. Coaches: Jason Tanaka, Barbara Kovacs Volleyball SID: Ryan Chambers SID Phone: 817-257-5367 SID Fax: 817-257-7964 Email: R.Chambers@tcu.edu Starters returning/lost: 4/2
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oct GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Houston, Texas Enrollment: 30,757 Colors: Scarlet, White Nickname: Cougars Conference: C-USA Facility: Hofheinz Pavilion (8,479) Athletics Director: Dave Maggard VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Bill Walton Alma Mater/Yr: George Williams/ 74 Record at School: 356-199/17 Overall Record: 566-254/22 2002 Record: 19-13 Conference Record: 7-6 Asst. Coach: Nikki Shade, Phil Nickel Volleyball SID: Drew Lacy SID Phone: 713-743-9404 SID Fax: 713-743-9411 Email: lalesko@mail.uh.edu Starters returning/lost: 2/4
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Memphis, Tenn. Enrollment: 1,900 Colors: Scarlet, Gray Nickname: Lady Buccaneers Conference: Gulf South Facility: De La Salle (2,200) Athletics Director: Michael Daush VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: In-Swik Hwang Alma Mater/Yr: MTSU/ '98 Record at School: 12-17/1 Overall Record: Same 2002 Record: 12-17 Conference Record: 4-8/6th Volleyball SID: TBA SID Phone: 901-321-3378 SID Fax: 901-321-3570 Email: TBA Starters returning/lost: 2/4
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GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Tampa, Fla. Enrollment: 39,000 Colors: Green, Gold Nickname: Bulls Conference: C-USA Facility: The Corral Athletics Director: Lee Roy Selmon VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Nancy Mueller Alma Mater/Yr: Tennessee, '93 Record at School: 94-40/4 Overall Record: Same 2002 Record: 30-7 Conference Record: 12-1/T-1st Asst. Coaches: Claire Roach, Jason Partington Volleyball SID: Jodi Smith SID Phone: 813-974-7099 SID Fax: 813-974-5328 Email: jsmith@admin.usf.edu Starters returning/lost: 3/6
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Oxford, Miss. Enrollment: 14,960 Colors: Cardinal Red, Navy Blue Nickname: Lady Rebels Conference: SEC Facility: Gillom Sports Center Athletics Director: Pete Boone VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Joe Getzin Alma Mater/Yr: George Williams, '85 Record at School: 11-17/1 Overall Record: 44-77/4 2002 Record: 11-17 Conference Record: 4-12/4th West Asst. Coach: Kris Grunwald, Kim Crandall Volleyball SID: Kim Ling SID Phone: 662-915-7522 SID Fax: 662-915-7006 Email: kling@olemiss.edu Starters returning/lost: 3/4
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17 GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Birmingham, Ala. Enrollment: 15,579 | Colors: Forest green, Old Gold Nickname: Blazers I Conference: C-USA Facility: Bartow Arena (8,500) I Athletics Director: Watson Brown VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Melinda I Claiborne | Alma Mater/Yr: Washington/'90 Record at School: 31-61/3 I Overall Record/Years: Same 2002 Record: 13-20 Conference Record: 5-8/9th | Asst. Coaches: Steve Carr, Nesrin Seckin I Volleyball SID: Mark Crawford SID Phone: 205-934-0722 I SID Fax: 205-934-7505 Email: mcra@uab.edu Starters returning/lost: 3/3
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GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Milwaukee, Wis. Enrollment: 10,600 Colors: Blue and Gold Nickname: Golden Eagles Conference: C-USA Facility: Marquette Gym/500 Athletics Director: Bill Cords VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Pati Rolf Alma Mater/Yr: North Dakota St/92 Record at School: 13-16/1 Overall Record/Years: 323-185/15 2002 Record: 13-16 Conference Record: 3-10/12th Asst. Coach: Amy Lee, Todd Nelson Volleyball SID: John Farina SID Phone: 414-288-7447 SID Fax: 414-288-6519 Email: john.farina@marquette.edu Starters returning/lost: 5/1
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26 GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Chicago, Illinois Enrollment: 20,565 Colors: Royal Blue, Scarlet Nickname: Blue Demons Conference: C-USA Facility: Athletic Center/3,000 AD: Jean Lenti Ponsetto VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Dawn Dockstader Alma Mater/Yr: Montana Tech/'88 Record at School: 89-103/6 Overall Record: Same 2002 Record: 5-25 Conference Record: 1-12 Asst. Coach: Julie Wiejak Grad Asst. Coach: Phillip Wantoch Volleyball SID: Alicia Powers SID Phone: 773-325-4740 SID Fax: 773-325-7531 Email: apowers1@depaul.edu Starters returning/lost: 5/1
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GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Enrollment: 34,000 Colors: Red and Black Nickname: Bearcats Conference: C-USA Facility: Shoemaker Center Athletics Director: Bob Goin VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Reed Sunahara Alma Mater/Yr: UCUV84 Record at School: 70-27/3 Overall Record/Years: 89-67/5 2002 Record: 23-9 Conference Record: 11-2/3 Asst. Coach: Stephanie Rosfeld Volleyball SID: Shawn Sell SID Phone: 513-556-0618 SID Fax: 513-556-0619 Email: Shawn.Sell@uc.edu Starters returning/lost: 4/2
GENERAL INFORMATION I Location: Chicago, Illinois Enrollment: 7,158 Colors: Green & White Nickname: Cougars Conference: Mid-Continent Facility: Dickens Center/2500 I AD: Al Avent VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION I Head Coach: Heidi Cartisser Alma Mater/Yr: Albertson College, '95 Record at School: 11-67/3 Overall Record: Same 2002 Record: 4-25 Conference Record: 1-11 I Asst. Coaches: Jim Cartisser, I Emily Weaver Volleyball SID: TBA I SID Phone: 773-995-2217 SID Fax: 773-995-3656 Email: TBA Starters returning/lost: 6/2
nov. GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Greenville, N.C. Enrollment: 20,577 Colors: Purple, Gold Nickname: Pirates Conference: C-USA Facility: Williams Arena Athletics Director: Mike Hamrick VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Colleen Munson Alma Mater/Yr: Texas-Arlington, '93 Record at School: 31-60/3 Overall Record: Same 2002 Record: 6-26 Conference Record: 0-13 Asst. Coach: Ryan Manning Volleyball SID: Kerwin Lonzi SID Phone: 252-328-4522 SID Fax: 252-324-4528 Email: lonzok@mail.ec.edu Starters returning/lost: 4/2
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GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Louisville, Kent. Enrollment: 22,000 Colors: Red and Black Nickname: Cardinals Conference: Conference USA Facility: Cardinal Arena Athletics Director: Tom Jurich VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Leonid Yelin Alma Mater/Yr: Uzbekistan Gvt. Institute of Phy. Culture & Sport/70 Record at School: 170-55/7 Overall Record: 284-91/12 2002 Record: 28-6 Conference Record: 14-2 Asst. Coach: Patty Denison Norton, Chad Norton Volleyball SID: Nancy Smith SID Phone: 502-852-6581 SID Fax: 502-852-7401 Email: nasmit01@louisville.edu Starters returning/lost: 4/2
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GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Charlotte, N.C. Enrollment: 18,308 Colors: Green and White Nickname: 49ers Conference: C-USA Facility: Halton Arena (9,105) Athletics Director: Judy Rose VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Lisa Marston Alma Mater/Yr: North Carolina/ '92 Record at School: 47-48/4th Overall Record: 132-127/9th 2002 Record: 18-15 Conference Record: 7-6 (6th) Asst. Coach: Kevin Campbell, Andrew Villa Volleyball SID: Fisher Beasley SID Phone: 704-687-6312 SID Fax: 704-687-4918 Email: fbeasley@email.uncc.edu Starters returning/lost: 5/2 -1
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GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Hattiesburg, Miss. Enrollment: 15,259 Colors: Black and Gold Nickname: Golden Eagles Conference: C-USA Facility: Payne Center Athletics Director: Richard Giannini VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Santiago Restrepo Alma Mater/Yr: East Stroudsburg, '86 Record at School: 25-34/2 Overall Record/Years: 100-66/ 5 2002 Record: 16-15 Conference Record: 6-7/8th Asst. Coach: Kelly Tribble Volleyball SID: Shirley Hill SID Phone: 601-266-4503 SID Fax: 601-266-4507 Email: shirley.Jones-hill@usm.edu Starters returning/lost: 5/1
GENERAL INFORMATION Location: New Orleans, La. Enrollment: 11,900 Colors: Olive Green, Sky Blue Nickname: Green Wave Conference: C-USA Facility: Fogelman Arena Athletics Director: Rick Dickson VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach: Betsy Becker Alma Mater/Yr: Catholic, 1992 Record at School: 67-62/5 Overall Record: 145-120/8 2002 Record: 21-14 Conference Record: 8-6 Asst. Coaches: Liz Kritza, Sam Ojie Volleyball SID: Richie Weaver SID Phone: 504-314-7232 SID Fax: 504-865-5512 Email: rweaver@tulane.edu Starters returning/lost: 6/1
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Eastern Mennonite Eastern Michigan Evansville Fairfield Fisk Flagler College Florence State Florida Florida International Florida Southern Florida State Florida Tech Freed Hardeman Francis Marion Gardner Webb George Mason George Washington Geogetown Georgia Georgia Southern Georgia State Graceland College Henderson State High Point Hofstra Houston Idaho Illinois Illinois-Chicago (Illinois State Indiana State IUPUI Jackson State Jacksonville St Kansas Kansas State Kearney State Kent State Kentucky Kentucky State Lambuth Lander LaSalle Lehigh Louisiana-Lafayette Louisiana State Louisiana Tech Louisville* Loyola Loyola-Marymount Madison College Marquette Marist Mars Hill Maryland Mercer
1973 1982 1993 1999 1972 1974 1973 1993 1974 1980 1990 1977 1977 1974 2002 1995 1991 1986 1991 2002 2002 1974 1979 2001 1989 2002 1999 1983 1995 1991 1984 1984 2001 2000 1987 1979 1976 2001 1989 1977 1977 1979 2001 2002 1999 1996 1992 2002 1986 1990 1974 2002 2002 1971 1988 2000
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The University of Memphis began as a small state teacher's college. Today, The U of M is a major center for learning and research. The University of Memphis' roots date back to 1912, when radio was young, motion pictures were silent and William Howard Taft was in the White House. Named West Tennessee State Normal School, the institution's main purpose was to train and educate secondary-school teachers. It became West Tennessee State Teachers College in 1925. Answering the need for a comprehensive school in the Mid-South, WTSTC expanded its curriculum. In 1941, the school's name changed to Memphis State College and in 1957, the college received university status and became Memphis State University. On July 1,1994, the name was changed to The University of Memphis. The U of M now has some 20,000 students and a campus of 1,160 acres on four different sites. The main campus lies in the center of a wide spread metropolis and combines the convenience of a large city with the atmosphere of a residential neighborhood. South Campus, which was once a veteran's hospi-
The University of Memphis has the highest academic entrance requirements of any public fouryear institution in the state of Tennessee or the Mid-South. tal, is home to the Billy J. Murphy Sports Complex and student family housing. Students and faculty members can conduct environmental research at the Edward J. Meeman Biological Field Station, which encompasses more than 600 acres of forest, wetlands and fields some 25 miles from the campus. The University is guided by the principles of academic integrity, sound management and equal opportunity. With instruction, service and research as interdependent goals, the University commits its resources to the social, cultural and economic welfare of the region through partnerships with public and private organizations. The University of Memphis is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor's, first professional, master's, educational
specialist's and doctoral degrees. The University of Memphis offers bachelor's degrees in 50 majors and 70 concentrations; master's degrees in 50 majors and doctoral degrees in 18 disciplines; one specialist degree and one professional degree. The University is composed of six colleges, the Graduate School, the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, the Loewenberg School of Nursing, and the School of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. The colleges are: the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Communication and Fine Arts, the Fogelman College of Business and Economics, the College of Education, the Herff College of Engineering and the University College. Reflecting its commitment to high-quality teaching and national prominence in research, The University of Memphis has five Centers of Excellence and 25 Chairs of Excellence. The University has a full-time faculty of over 700. While the University's commitment to education remains its primary focus, the campus also offers a variety of organizations, clubs, honor societies and special-interest and service groups. There are many fraternities and sororities on campus as well as a number of other clubs. Theatrical and musical productions are performed on three stages at the Communication and Fine Arts Building. The University also has its own art museum.
The U of M has recently under taken several building projects designed to update the campus for the 21 st century. The projects include the John Wilder Student Services Tower, The Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality and Resort Management, the FedEx Technology Institute, The Michael D. Rose Theatre Lecture Hall, the new University Center Bookstore, The Larry O. Finch Center and the Billy J. Murphy Athletic Complex. The Elma Neal Roane Field House and the Health and Physical Education and Recreation Complex house a wide range of recreation facilities. Since early in the 20th century, The University of Memphis has provided quality education for students, as well as service to the community. The University continues to meet the challenges of becoming a national leader in scholarship and research.
Name Changes West Tennessee State Normal School West Tennessee State Teachers College Memphis State College Memphis State University The University of Memphis
The University The Student Plaza was dedicated in the Spring of 2003.
of Excellence are occupied by leading scholars in fields ranging from molecular biology and biomedical engineering to accountancy, nursing, law, art history and urban journals. • The University of Memphis awards more than 100 doctoral degrees each year in 18 disciplines. In addition, the University offers master's degree programs in 54 major areas. • The University's Ned R. McWherter Library, provides one of the most electronically up-to-date information repositories within hundreds of miles. Students are able to tap into information stored in libraries around the world. Library collections contain more than 13 million items, which include monographs, periodical volumes, federal and state documents, maps and manuscripts. Holdings include nearly 3.1 million microformat materials and more than a million bound volumes.
II University Facts President: Dr. Shirley C. Raines Founded; 1912 as West Tennessee State Normal School Campus:
1,160 acres at four sites with more than 100 buildings Enrollment:
20,000+ Accredltatlon: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. All accreditable programs are accredited.
Divisions: College of Arts and Sciences, Fogelman College of Business and Economics, College of Communication and Fine Arts, College of Education, Herff College of Engineering, Loewenberg School of Nursing, University College, Graduate School, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, School of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology. Worth Noting • The University of Memphis has five Centers of Excellence dedicated to scholarship and research in education, Egyptian art and archaeology, psychology, earthquake science and speech and hearing. • The University has 25 Chairs of Excellence, more than any other single campus in the state. The Chairs
• The University of Memphis School of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology is not only one of the nation's leading institutions of graduate education in the field, but also plays an important role in treating speech and language disorders in the Memphis community. • An award from the U.S. Department of Education to The University of Memphis and Southern Illinois University led to the establishment of a joint Center for International Business Education and Research, one of only 18 such centers in the United States. • Students at The University of Memphis come from almost every state and more than 96 foreign countries. • Biomedical engineers in the University's Herff College of Engineering are engaged in research that may lead to the discovery of new materials that can be used to replace diseased or damaged human blood vessels. • The U of M provides state-of-the-art computing facilities for students and faculty use, including two Tiger LAN labs that never close. A total of 24 labs with more than 600 PC and Macintosh workstations and seven "smart" classrooms complement the teaching and research activities of the University.
Notable Alumni Martin S. Belz (B.B.A, 1972) President of Belz Enterprises Isaac Bruce (1997) : All-Pro player for NFL's St. Louis Rams Keith Butler (B.S., 1989) ! Linebacker Coach for NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers Dixie Carter (B.S., 1963) Television and stage actress Kelly Cash (1987) Miss America, 1987 Robert N. Clement (M.B.A., 1968) U.S. Congressman from Tennessee Eric Jerome Dickey (B.S.E.T, 1983) national best-selling author JBernlce B. Donald (B.A., 1974, J.D., J1979) (Judge, Federal District Court William B. Dunavant ]r. (B.S., 1954) I Chairman of Dunavant Enterprises iJohn Dye (B.F.A, 1996) Star of CBS Television's "Touched by an Angel" Linda Thompson Foster (B.B.A., 1973) Miss Tennessee 1971 SC television performer SAnfernee Hardaway (1993) iPlayer for NBA's Phoenix Suns Cedrlc Henderson (1997) Player for NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers Dr. W.W. Herenton (M.A., 1966) ; Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee Dean Jernigan Chairman/CEO of Storage USA John S. Lang (B.S., 1964) writer, Scripps-Howard News Service BUI (B.Ed., 1974) and Nancy Walton Laurie (B.B.A., 1973) owner of NHL's St. Louis Blues I Craig Leake (B.S., 1966, M.A., 1969) | Producer for CBS News [Holly K. Llllard (B.S.M.E., 1979, J.D.,1982) Judge, Tennessee Court of Appeals R. Brad Martin (B.A., 1976) Chairman of the Board/CEO, Sak's Inc. i Vickie Roman Palmer (M.B.A., 1980) Vice Pres. SC Treas., Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. Elliot Perry (B.B.A., 1991) Former player for NBA's Phoenix Suns Ann L. Pugh (J.D., 1975) Judge, Shelby County General Sessions Court Michael Mickey Robinson (B.B.A..1968) : President/CEO of Footstar, Inc. William Sanderson (B.B.A.,1968,JD,1971) ;Movie and television actor Lynda Mead Shea (M.A., 1968) Miss America, 1960 Ronald A. Terry (B.S., 1952) Retired Chairman of First Tennessee National Corporation : Charles C. Thompson II (B.S., 1964) | Author and producer for CBS News [Fred Thompson (B.S., 1964) | Former U.S. Senator from Tennessee SC Actor Pat Kerr Tlgrett (B.F.A., 1963) International fashion designer Tamlka Whltmore (1999) Player for WNBA's New York Liberty Lorenzen Wright (1996) Player for NBA's Memphis Grizzlies Dr. Albert C. Yates (B.S., 1965) President, Colorado State University
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 has recruited five new staff members, has instituted new academic programs, designed and inspired two special sections of ACAD 1100 for student-athletes and has transitioned his office from the basement of the Elma Roane Fieldhouse to the newlyrenovated Wilder Tower. Dr. Luckey heads a staff of six which includes assistant director Nicole Green, counselors Richard Jones, Becky Kolenbrander, Bridget VanLandeghem and Maria Tyson and office coordinator Angela Young. In addition to the full-time staff, the CAAS utilizes 10-20 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 studentathletes. The four counselors are assigned to specific sports, working with those studentathletes 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
2.67, and with seven teams earning GPAs of 3.0 or higher. All in all, 109 student-athletes earned GPAs of 3.0 or higher in the fall. Among that group, 53 were included on the U of M Deans' List for achieving GPAs of 3.5 or better. The following eight athletes earned a perfect 4.0 GPA: Josetta Brooks (track), Josey Edwards (golf), Rebecca Garner (tennis), Lisa Hyman (track), Nathan Orie (tennis), Scott Scherer (football), Kristan Wilson (soccer) and Heather Woolls (track).
\d to best grade point average for the semester. With a qualified and dedicated staff in place, and a new spacious work area dedicated entirely to all Tiger student-athletes, Dr. Luckey expects graduation rates to climb, and well-rounded student-athletes to emerge upon their graduation from The U of M.
"WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THE STUDENT-ATHLETE AND ENSURE THAT THEY ARE AS SUCCESSFUL IN THE CLASSROOM AS THEY ARE IN COMPETITION." 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, have been designated for the CAAS. The area will support 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, and were taught by Dr. Luckey and Kolenbrander last fall. The class was so well received that a third section will be offered in 2003 so that all freshman studentathletes can be included in the course. The two sections last year were attended by 55 student-athletes, including all freshmen in football, men's basketball, women's basketball and volleyball. Students who participated in the class earned an average of 15.4 credit hours, and an average GPA of 3.045. 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 recognizes student-athletes who earn grade point averages of 3.0 during the fall/spring semesters, while the Tiger Academic Thirty is dedicated to the 30 student-athletes with the best grade point average on each team, and then the next best group of athletes, totaling 30 athletes. The final honor, the TEAM GPA Award, is pre-
Heather Watts earned Verizon Academic All-District Honors in 2002 from CoSIDA.
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The Athletic Academic Center will have a new home beginning in the fall of 2003 as the department will move into the new Wilder Tower on the University of Memphis campus.
2002-03 TIGER VOLLEYBALL ACADEMIC AWARDS TIGER ACADEMIC 30 (FALL 2002) (3.5 AND ABOVE) KKISTEN HARDBE HEATHER WATTS TIGER 3.0 CLUB (FALL 2002) (3.0 AND ABOVE) ASHLEY GREEN KRISTEN HARDEE JACI JOHNSON NAN KIMBRELL SHELLA NEB A NANCY NELLANS HEATHER WATTS
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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 student-athlete in areas pertaining to social skills, resume writing and job interviews, community relations, campus life and peer pressure. The Student-Athlete Committee, a student-advisory 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.
Memphis student-athletes join "Habitat-for-Humanity" to build homes for those less fortunate (top) and help gather A-CanFrom-Every-Fan during a Tiger football game to generate food for the Salvation Army.
Former Tiger tight end Jeff Cameron writes a letter to a Memphis Tiger Club member to thank them for their support of UM athletics. Cameron received his degree in May of 2002.
II The Tiger Strength and Conditioning facility, which is located next to the newly remodeled indoor turf room in the south campus1 Billy J. Murphy Athletic Complex, opened in January 1993 and serves each of the University's intercollegiate sports programs. Under the direction of head strength and conditioning coach Mike Stark, assistant coach Lee Yerty, and several graduate ass istants, all of the Tiger athI e t i c teams, except men's a n d women's basketball and the Tiger Mike Stark tennis Head Strength Coach teams, work on improving their physical conditioning at the Murphy Athletic Complex. Other teams train at the Larry O. Finch Center on the U of M's main campus with assistant strength coach Ray Oliver. Stark, a former Tiger football player, has worked with numerous professional football players, including the Phoenix Cardinal's Marcus Bell and Michael Stone, Indianapolis Colt's safety Idrees Bashir and St. Louis Rams All-Pro receiver Isaac Bruce. The 10,500-square foot varsity weightroom is equipped with rugged, versatile hardware so that groups of up to 75 student-athletes can train concurrently with optimal effectiveness and efficiency. Workouts are designed and supervised by one of the Strength and Conditioning staffs certified specialists, and each student-athlete'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 fatigue). 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
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power racks; a plyometric/medicine ball area; a complete dumbbell line; and a variety of hip sleds, glute/ham 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/rest rooms; 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, n e w comers 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 studentathlete's four or five year sport career; however, broad variations in workload combine the program's simplicity with a measure of
sophistication. This year Vic Cummins and J.C. Moreau will join Stark and Yerty as graduate assistants. Moreau, who will be entering his second year at the U of M, is a native of Quebec, Canada, and a graduate of Colgate University. He lettered for three years in football at Colgate and received his degree in History and Education in 2000. Moreau served as the head strength and conditioning coach at Lafayette College for two years where he was responsible for 23 Division I sports. Cummins is a graduate of East Central Oklahoma University where he lettered in football. A native of Norman, Okla., Cummins also attended the University of Oklahoma.
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phis, 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 student trainers. Assistant athletic trainer Mike Rodrigues is in his second season working with the volleyball and women's basketball team and assisting with the football and spring sports programs. Rodrigues has served as an athletic trainer at Mississippi State, and Army and was the head trainer for the Memphis Maniax of the XFL. He has spent two years handling the training needs of Bartlett High School in Memphis, while working for Baptist Hospital's Sports Medicine Clinic. Jennifer Bricker, who served as a graduate assistant under Cantler, was hired as the trainer for men's basketball and is now entering her second year in that capacity. She is a 1997 graduate of Anderson University in Indiana and has received her master's degree from the University of Memphis in exercise and sports science. The athletic training staff is surrounded by many qualified and generous team doctors who are available to the many studentathletes at the University of Memphis. Dr. Barney Freeman, Dr. Fred Azar, 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 postsurgery 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.
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bilitation pool which allows trainers to work on rehabilitating injuries without having the student-athlete 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-the-art diagnostic and treatment equipment with the latest methods in the care and prevention of injuries. Head athletic trainer Eddie Cantler, who is in his 34th year at The University of Mem-
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The new Tiger training room at Murphy Complex is eqipped with a state-of-the-art aquatic rehabilitation pool (right) so that injured athletes can return to the playing field as soon as possible.
The new Tiger training room (left) at Murphy Complex offers head trainer Ed Cantler and his staff additional space to service the needs of numerous student-athletes at the same time.
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Dr. Barney Freeman Orthopedic Surgeon
Dr. Fred Azar Orthopedic Surgeon
Dr. Barry Phillips Orthopedic Surgeon
Dr. Tom Meriwether Team Physician
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Dr. Allen Sills Neuro-surgeon
As part of the new renovation at Murphy Complex, doctors' examination rooms were added to the training room facility.
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The University o\s Carpenter Complex offers single students and student-athletes a chance to live in an apartment or townhouse style accommodation. The coeducational apartment and townhouse complex opened in the spring of 2000 and serves as the home for many of the Tiger athletes. The apartment units can house as many as 328 students, while the townhouses have a capacity of 100. An apartment unit offers private bedrooms for four students, as well as a shared bathroom, kitchen and living room. Each bedroom has a private telephone line, cable TV connection, desk, drawers and closet.
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The townhouse units accommodate five students and offer the same amenities as the apartments. Townhouse units also have a semiprivate patio, and washer/dryer hook ups. The complex also has gated parking, a community center with fireplace, kitchen, TV and ice machine. The air-conditioned units are fully furnished and have oversized beds. Each unit is equipped with refrigerator, range/ oven, dishwasher, disposal, and washer-dryer hookups. Utilities, local telephone and cable services are provided. There is even a community building with laundry facilities.
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The University of Memphis offers the student-athlete a wide variety of locations to dine on campus and a very wide selection of foods. Campus dining areas include The Market Place, the Tiger Den and R.T. Cafe. The Market Place, located in the University Center, offers the student-athlete numerous choices and a varied menu. The Market Place contains Chick-fil-A, The Memphis Market, Orville & Wilburs, The Soup Bowl, Pizza, Pizza, Noa & Zens and the Mexican Market. The Memphis Market offers hot entrees and vegetables, while Noa & Zen's allows you to create your own stir fry meals. Richardson Towers' R.T. Cafe
The Tiger Den, located in Jones Hall, features numerous fast food selections. Included in the Tiger Den are Subway, Taco Bell, Bene Pizza, Create Your Own Pasta, The Southern Cafe, Columbo Yogurt, and Salad & Garden. R.T. Cafe allows you to choose anything from Tiger BBQ to seasonal vegetables, from homecooked meals like your grandmother makes, to hand-tossed pizzas, from deli sandwiches to creative pastas.
Considered 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 downto-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-A club. 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. 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 Elvis' Place to the Hard Rock Cafe, from Pat O'Briens to 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 weekendlong 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-stop-shop for fun and excitement with a unique mix of entertainment, dining and shop-
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ping options unlike anything else in the region. The complex features a 22-screen movie theater and 3D IMAX 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 loc a t e d within a block of Beale Street is Gibson Guitar M e m phis 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 Pickett, 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
Whether it's cheering on the University of Memphis Tigers, catching a Redbirds 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 Pyramid, which played host to the NCAA Basketball Championship South Region First and Second Rounds in the spring of 2001. In 2000, The Pyramid was the host venue for the NCAA Women's Mideast Regional Basketball championship. 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 Lady Tiger basketball team has begun to play as many as three basketball games a season in The Pyramid. The Memphis Redbirds are in their fourth 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 move a part of its 2002 and 2003 home baseball games to Autozone Park. In an agreement with Redbirds management, the Tigers were able to play 16 events in the AAA park in the spring of 2002. Memphis held six contests at the downtown facility in 2003. Very few college teams play in a facility that is considered the equivalent of most major league parks. This year's 46"1 annual FedEx St. Jude Classic continues to be one of the longest, continuous running sporting events in the city's history. The tournament adopted St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital as its beneficiary in 1970. Federal Express Cor-
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PGA TOUR, NBA, Nascar, Professional Tennis, Professional Baseball, Ice Hockey, NCAA and more. 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 host to an NHRA event in October. 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 26 years, the sport's brightest stars have come to Memphis and have voted the February tournament among their favorite stops world-
wide on the ATP Tour. The event has brought to Memphis such noted players as Pete Sampras, Andre Aggassi, Michael Chang and Stephen Edberg. Ha Iti Hli tmtru tmra ^ In OcHa ** im rat (i^, tober of /Mr li â&#x20AC;˘tar fr it <â&#x20AC;˘> 2 0 0 1 , Inur KIt M, Iitiriit/inl. mil. f M e m phis became a member of the N B A 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
The City of Memphis 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 Ballet Memphis, the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and traveling broadway shows as well as the Orpheum Classic Movies series and other concerts. Highlights for 2003 at the Orpheum include the broadway hit The Lion King, which will run for six weeks, and the sold-out Nora Jones concert. 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 which 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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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 2003, 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.
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Dr. Shirley C. Raines is the 11th president of The University of Memphis. She assumed the office July 1, 2001. She had previously been vice chancellor for academic services and dean of the College of Education at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. She is the first woman to hold the presidency of the University, which was founded in 1912. She is also the first woman to be named president of a major public university in the Mid-South. Dr. Raines earned her doctorate in education from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, as well as her master of science degree. 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 and the Executive Education Program from University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School. She is the author or co-author of 11 books and numerous journal articles, and is widely regarded as an expert in early childhood and teacher education. She is the past president of the Association for Childhood Education International, a 108-year-old education orga-
BOARD OF REGENTS 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 two-year institutions, 12 community colleges and 26 area technology centers and was established by the General Assembly in 1972.
I nization with members in 72 different nations. She serves on the selection committee for the National Teacher of the Year and has received honors for her leadership in teacher education, including a Phi Delta Kappa Chapter Award for Distinguished Service to Education, and two distinguished paper awards from the Eastern Educational Research Association. Before her appointment at UK, Dr. Raines was professor and department chair of Childhood/Language Arts/Reading at the University of South Florida in Tampa, and associate professor of education at George Mason University in Fairfax,Va., where she received the Distinguished Faculty Award. She also held higher education academic appointments at Northeastern State University in Oklahoma, North Carolina Wesleyan, and the University of Alabama. She was founder and director of the Child Care Center at Roane State Community College in Harriman, Tenn., and director of the Knox County Schools Head Start in Knoxville, Tenn. Early in her career, Dr. Raines was a teacher in Louisville, Ky., and Sellersberg, Ind. Dr. Raines is known for her effective work with legislators on public policy issues related to higher education, literacy projects, and community initiatives. Major themes of her higher education leadership have been interdisciplinary research; improving teaching, retention, and graduation rates; and building partnerships on and off the campus. Described in the Memphis Commercial Appeal as "powerful, prepared, and personable," she is a much sought after speaker at conferences, schools, and civic organizations. A native of Bells, Tenn., about an hour's drive east of Memphis, she is married to retired professor Dr. Robert J. Canady. In his retirement, Bob is a stained glass artist and a private pilot. Bob and Shirley are the parents of four adult children and three grandchildren.
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Dr. Ralph Faudree (interim)
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Dr. V. Lane Rawlins
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Dr. Thomas Carpenter
1980-91
Dr. Jerrry Boone (interim)
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Dr. John Richardson (interim)
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R.C. Johnson, who has worked for 30 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 former Los Angeles Dodger shortstop Dave Anderson as baseball coach. With his staff completed, the Iowa native set his sights on revamping The University of Memphis athletic facilities and that goal is now coming to completion. Johnson initiated the start of a capital campaign to add a new 8,000-squarefoot 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 on Memphis' south campus. The eight million dollar campaign is 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 WMC-AM 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. In his short tenure, Johnson has created the Athletic Director's Honor Roll, the Tiger Clubs Board of Directors and the ath-
i letic 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 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 student-athletes 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 1980-88. He was the associate athletic director at Northern Iowa from 1974 to 1980. A former football coach himself,
MEMPHIS 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 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 three grandchildren.
KEVIN BROTHE Associate Athletic Director Kevin Grothe is in his seventh year as associate athletic director for external affairs at The University of Memphis. He is responsible for overseeing the athletic department's external operations, including fund raising, marketing and promotions, media relations, ticketing, merchandising and licensing, and the spirit squads. The University of Memphis Tiger Clubs have set new records for gift giving five of the past six years. During the past year, Tiger Club gifts totalled nearly $4.5 million. Grothe came to Memphis after spending two years as Assistant Commissioner for Corporate Development at the Mid-America Conference in Toledo, Ohio. His responsibilities included coordinating and developing sponsorship packages for the MAC television and radio networks. The 40-year-old Grothe worked as Assistant Athletic Director for marketing and promotions at Miami University for four years, 1989 through 1993. He coordinated marketing and promotions for 19 men's and women's intercollegiate sports programs at Miami and managed all activities for the Red and White Club. Prior to joining the staff at Miami, Grothe worked as the Assistant Director of Sports Marketing and Promotions at the University of Iowa for four years. Grothe received his bachelor of arts degree from Iowa in 1985. He is a member of the Public Relations Society of America, the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators and the National Association of Athletic Development Directors. Grothe is currently the chair of Conference USA's development directors committe.
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LYNN PARKES Associate Athletic Director Lynn Parkes is in her 20th 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 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. She worked as a member of the NCAA Selection Committee for Women's Basketball in 2002. 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.
Bill Lofton came to the Tiger athletic department in 1994 as associate athletic director/finance and management. He is responsible for overseeing the athletic department budget and the day-today 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 199091, has over 22 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 Memphis. He received his B.B.A. 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.
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Assistant Athletic Director Bob Winn, a native of IP Roanoke, Virginia, is in his 29th year with The University of Memphis athletic department. For the past 16 years Winn has served as Assistant Athletic Director/Media Relations. The chairman of the Conference USA Sports Information Directors in 1995-96, Winn is a 1974 graduate of the University of Memphis, holding a B.A. 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 (1984, 1995, 1997, 2001), six NIT Tournaments, five Metro Conference Tournaments, one Great Midwest Conference Tournament and two Conference USA Tournaments. He also served as the official scorer for the Women's NCAA East Regional Golf Tournament in Memphis. 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 29 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.
MELISSA MOORE Assistant Athletic Director Melissa Moore, a graduate of The University of Memphis, is in her 18th year as a member of the athletic department and her 15th with the Tiger Clubs staff. She served as Tiger Clubs Coordina-
tor for six years and has been an Assistant Athletic Director for the past eight years. A 1985 graduate of the University of Memphis, Moore received her BBA 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 in 1986. Moore oversees the operation of the Tiger Clubs, which includes contributions for the general scholarship fund, gift-in-kind, the Tiger Clubs Auction and the Tiger Club Golf Tournament. 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.
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 . Stroud graduated from the University of Georgia in 2000, where he worked with athletic marketing and promotions. While at Georgia, he received his B.B.A. 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 three-year period. Stroud and his wife, Deirdre, an interior designer, reside in Cordova.
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ated from Frayser HS in 1967. Stewart entered the United States Navy in 1968 and served for two years on the aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge CVA-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.
Murray Armstrong has served under eight head football coaches during his 39-year 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 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.
Assistant Media Relations Director Tammy DeGroff enters her second year as a fulltime 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. While at Campbell, DeGroff served as the primary contact for volleyball, women's basket ball 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 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.
SALLY ANDREWS Asst. Director of Compliance Sally Andrews, who served as women's golf coach for the Lady Tigers, is in her 12th year as Assistant Compliance Coordinator for the U of M. A 1982 graduate of Christian Brothers College in Memphis, Andrews lettered for four years in basketball and volleyball. 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 was named as the head women's golf coach in 1987 and 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.
SYRATHiAULT Director of Marketing/Promotions mjf 9mM Syra Tni bault, who **"" ^^r*l servecj as the Marketing and Promotions Director at the University of South Alabama for two years, is entering her third 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 in the same capacity for three years. She graduated from USA in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in sports and event marketing. She assisted in organizing such
events as the GMAC Bowl, Sun Belt Conference Tournaments, NCAA Regionals and Bay Fest. A native of Baton Rouge, LA, Thibault worked at Casino Magic in Bay St. Louis and Biloxi, MS, prior to attending USA. From 1994-98, she worked with the marketing, sales and special events staff for both properties.
Al Brown is in his 12th 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.
RON WEARS Assistant Media Relations Director Ron Mears begins his sixth season as the primary contact for men's basketball in the Office of Athletic Media Relations after a 10year stint as the director of sports information at Nicholls State University. Mears, a 1986 graduate of Oklahoma State University, was named Nicholls State's SID in 1988 and received additional responsibilities as the assistant director of university relations in 1991. While at the south Louisiana university, Mears produced the 1996 Nicholls State football media guide which was named Best in the Nation by CoSIDA. The football publication was named one of the top five nationally three times during Mears' final four years at the university. Mears was also honored in 1995 by CoSIDA, penning the Best
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Historical Feature. While at Nicholls State, Mears was involved with the Louisiana Sports Writers Association, coordinating the LSWA's basketball player of the week program for five years as well as various LSWA all-Louisiana teams. He served a two-year term as the LSWA's treasurer. He has also assisted with media coordination at several NCAA and amateur athletic events including the 1992 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials and two NCAA Final Fours. Mears previously worked as a sports writer at the Bartlesville, Okla., Examiner-Enterprise covering Big 8 and prep athletics.
Jennifer Rodrigues enters her sixth year as the associate athletic media relations director at The University of Memphis. She is responsible for the publicity and promotion of The U of M women's athletic programs. The primary media contact for women's basketball, Rodrigues also assists with game-day operations for football, and is responsible for overseeing the work of the athletic media relations graduate and student assistants. In the spring of 2000, Rodrigues served as the media coordinator for the NCAA Women's Basketball Mideast Regional. A 1995 graduate of the University of Louisiana-Lafayette, Rodrigues joined The U of M after serving two years as an assistant media relations director at Mississippi State where she was the primary contact for women's basketball and softball.She also assisted in the game-day operations for football, volleyball and men's basketball. Her 1998 softball media guide was judged third in the nation by CoSIDA and her cover received the Best In the Nation honor. Prior to MSU, 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 ULL. While at ULL, she served as a student assistant in the sports information office, where she was the media contact for volleyball and the nationally-ranked ULL softball team. Rodrigues, and her husband Mike Rodrigues, have one daughter, Alyssa, who was born in November 2002.
MEMPHIS DAVE ANDERSON, Baseball
RICHIE GRANT, Soccer
Dave Anderson led his squad to one of the greatest turnarounds of any NCAA baseball program in 2001. UM increased its win total from 15 in 2000 to 34 in 2001. Junior Daniel Uggla was named to the all-C-USA first team and to three all-America squads. Memphis jumped from a ninth-place finish in the C-USA standings in 2000 to a semifinal appearance in the post-season tournament in 2001. Anderson has completed three seasons as head coach with the Tigers.
Richie Grant is in his fifth year at the helm of the men's soccer program after guiding Memphis to a 10-7-1 record in 2002. Grant was named C-USA Coach of the Year in 2000. Memphis finished fifth in the country in scoring and was rated the eighth most improved squad in NCAA Division 1-A soccer during the 2000 season. In his tenure, Grant has coached 10 Conference USA all-conference honorees. He has a record of 37-33-1 at Memphis and is 94-68-5 in his eight year career.
JOHN CALIPARI, Basketball
BROOKS MONAGHAN, Women's Soccer
John Calipari led UM to a National Championship at the 2002 NIT and the NCAA in 2003, and through 11 seasons has the fifth-best career start in wins in NCAA Division I history. The Tigers won 23 games in 2002-03 and advanced to the NCAA West Regional. Chris Massie was also named to the C-USA first-team and Rodney Carney was named to the All-Freshman squad. Calipari has a three-year record of 71-31 at the University of Memphis.
Brooks Monaghan is entering his fourth year as the head coach for Lady Tiger soccer. He is no stranger to the program, having enjoyed a stellar goalkeeping career at The U of M in the early 90s. Monaghan led Memphis to a 9-11 record in his first year, which was the secondbest finish by a UM squad in six years. He also coached one all-CUSA performer, as Jessica Gjertsten was named the 2000 C-USA Freshman of the Year.
JOYE LEE-McNELIS, Women's Basketball
PHIL CHAMBERLAIN, Tennis
Joye Lee-McNelis has done wonders for Lady Tiger basketball. In 2001, she led Memphis to their seventh straight post-season appearance and a 17-13 overall record. She has coached 12 allconference players and two WNBA players, and has won five conference championships in her 12 years at Memphis. A former Southern Miss basketball player, McNeils was inducted into the USM Hall of Fame in 1997.
Phil Chamberlain has already made an impact at The U of M. This year, he guided his squad to its second appearance in the ITA's national-rankings in 26 years. The last time the Tigers were nationally-ranked, Chamberlain was a senior on the squad. Chamberlain has coached two individuals to all-C-USA honors. He was inducted into the Tennessee Tennis Hall of Fame in 2001.
TOMMY WEST, Football
CHARLOTTE PETERSON, Women's Tennis
The 21st head football coach at The U of M, Tommy West led his team to a 3-9 record in 2002 after serving as the defensive coordinator in 2000. His defense received national recognition in 2000 as Memphis ranked first in rushing defense and sixth in total defense. Seven members of West's defense were named to the all-C-USA team in 2000, and three were drafted by the NFL. The Tigers had eight players named to All-C-USA teams in 2002.
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 leadersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Annika Ewaldson and Christina Ladyman. The U of M broke into the national team and doubles team rankings for the first time in school history in 2002-03. Peterson played for The U of M from 1970-72.
GRANT ROBBINS, Golf
GLENN HAYS, Track
Grant Robbins, a former Tiger golf letterman and three-year allconference selection, has returned to The University of Memphis to take over the program. For the past four years, Robbins has served as the head golf coach at UNC-Wilmington and turned that program into a nation power, winning 11 tournaments and advancing to the NCAA. Robbins played for the Tigers from 1991-94 and after receiving his master's degree, served as an assistant at Penn State.
Glenn Hays has coached 7 all-Americans, 6 national champs, 1 world record holder and 4 conference freshmen of the year in his 33 years. Since joining C-USA, Hays has guided19 conference champs, including Larry Crawford's win in the 60-meter dash and the 100-meter dash in 2000. During the 2000 outdoor season, Hays also coached Delvit Rogers to a qualifying distance in the triple jump for both the NCAA outdoor championships and the U.S. Olympic Trials.
SHERYL MAIZE, Women's Golf
BRENDA CASH, Women's Track
Sheryl Maize has just completed her first season as the women's head golf coach at The University of Memphis. Taking over the program in September of 2002, Maize led her team to the championship of the Memphis Women's Intercollegiate and a three top five finishes in 2002-03. The Lady Tigers placed second in the Spaulding/ Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational and third in the Louisville Lady Cardinal Cup.
The U of M reinstated women's track in 1985, and Brenda Cash has been building the program ever since. The results are most obvious in the record book, where all but six school records have been reset, including 13 during 2000. Keenan Gibson made an impact during the 2003 season, becoming the program's first NCAA National Championship qualifier since the program was reinstated in 1985.
BUTCH WOOLBRIGHT, Rifle
CARRIE YERTY, Volleyball
Butch Woolbright has spent the last 11 years at the helm of the U of M rifle squad. He has been honored as Coach of the Year by both C-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. This past season Beth Tidmore received All-America honors.
Carrie Yerty begins her eighth season with Tiger volleyball. In the past five years, she has guided two freshmen to C-USA all-freshman honors. In just her second year, she helped a U of M team that finished 6-29 her first season to an impressive turn-around, finishing 19-14 her second year. Yerty 's 2001 Lady Tiger team posted a 22 win season marking the first 20-win campaign since the 1994 season.
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Assistant Coaches
ED SCHILLING Men's Basketball
NATE SAMS Baseball
CHRIS RUMPH Football
RICK MALLORY Football
DEREK KELLOGG Men's Basketball
TIM KEANE Football
PAULGOEBEL Men's Tennis
JOHN FLOWERS Football
CRAIG BOLLER Football
TONYBARBEE Men's Basketball
TOM CROSS Women's Basketball
ANGELA GRAZIANI Volleyball
JOHN DOWDY Rjf|e
CLAY HELTON Football
SYTIA MESSER Women's Basketball
JOE LEE DUNN Football
JONAS HOLDEMAN Track & Field
LARRY OWENS Baseball
RANDY FICHTNER Football
GEORGE HOLT Baseball
KEVIN ROBINSON Track & Field
JODI FISHER Women's Soccer
RUSSHUESMAN Football
JENNIROSELLI Volleyball
MILT WAGNER Men's Basketball
Support Staff
ROBBIE ALLRED W. Basketball Secretary
SUSAN BLACKWELL Business Office
BARBARACHAPMAN Olympic Sports Secretary
LAWSON CULVER Computer Specialist
CONNIE DIFFEE Tiger Clubs
DAVEERWIN Business Office
CAROL FREDERICK Ticket Office
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STELLA GREEN Olympic Sports Sec.
ANGELAMcCARTER Marketing
CAROL MURRRAY Athletic Director's Office
RAY OLIVER Strength & Condition-
CAROL REEVES Football Admin. Secretary
CHERI GANONG-ROBINSON Spirit Coordinator
KATIE RUMP Asst. Compliance Director
BETTY RUSSELL Women's BKB Secretary
VANESSA SMITH Business Office
LOUSTRASBERG LISH TRICE Travel Coordinator Assistant to the AD
RONNIE VINSON Business Office
ELLIOT PERRY Tiger Clubs
LUNETHAPRYOR Basketball Secretary
CHfTRARAMPERSAD Men's BKB Secretary
KELLI SAMPSON SHERRI SCHWARTZ DR. RODNEY SMITH Ticket Supervisor FTB Recruiting Secretary Faculty Adviser
JENNIFER WALKER Administrative Asst.
DARIANWESTERFIELD Tiger Clubs
LETONIA WILLIAMS Ticket Office
THE UofM ATHLETIC COMMITTEE
ROSANNEWILUAMS Athletic Director's Office
MARTHA WOODS Sports Information Secretary
TIGER CLUB BOARDS Reggie Barnes, Charles Burkett, Dr. Don Carson, Dou Demps, Curtis Dillihunt, Wade Duke, Randy Fishman, Glenna Flautt, Dianne Fry, Alan Graf, Kay Kelly, Stillman McFadden, Jackson Moore, Dr. Robert Richardson, Van Weinberg, John Kelley - President, William N. Morris, Rick Spell, Harold Byrd, Jim Kelly. Rick Masson, Tim Dulin. Dr, Larry Edwards, Beverley Dunn, Win Rainey and Joe Barkley. BOARD OF VISITORS ATHLETIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE: Mike Rose - chairman, Dave Bronczek, Ben Bryant, Harold Byrd, Bridget Chisholm, Frank Flautt, James Harwood, John Kelley, William N. Morris, Rick Spell, Ron Terry, Pat Kerr Tigrett and Tom Watson. Ex-officio: Willard Sparks and Jim Phillips. AMBASSADOR'S CLUB: Ben Bryant, Milliard Crews, William Dunavant, Frank Flautt, Janet January, William N. Morris, Mike Rose, Elkan Scheldt. Fred Smith, Willard Sparks, Rick Spell, Elaine Springer, John Stokes, and Tom Watson.
eight 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 the U of M Athletic Committee include: Dr. Rodney Smith (chairman), Dr. Don Carson (non-voting ex-officio), John W. Cothem (non-voting ex-officio), Dr. David Cox, Dr. James Fickle, Roxanna Gee. Robert Koch, Dr. Phillip T. Kolbe, Dr. Gladius Lewis, Dr. Ronnie Priest, Dr. Nicholas White, Dr. Shelley White-Means, B.C. Johnson, Lynn Parkes, Dr.Shirley Raines (president), Dr. Ralph Faudree and Dr. Joe Luckey. Student members include Abby More and Jimond Pugh.
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if] 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 FORA MASCOT For over 30 years, the sideline mascot for 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 High-
land 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 Collierville, 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 birthday party for TOM II prior to each football season.
SCHOOL COLORS The University of Memphis' official school colors of Royal Blue and Gray were selected in the early 1900s. The colors were chosen in an effort to show unity in a nation
OfMALMAMA 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.
The U Of M FIGHT SONG 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! that was still recovering from the effects of the Civil War. The student body thought that by picking the colors of the North and the South, the school would show a togetherness among all students.
THE LOGO The University of Memphis' official logo has been redesigned by Craig Thompson, from Disciple Design in Memphis, Tenn. The original logo was an MSU with a leaping tiger coming out from behind the letters. The new logo is an "M" with a leaping Tiger coming up over the center of the "M".
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The Elma Roane Fieldhouse now has 900 Chairback Seats with the addition of chairbacks along both sidelines over the summer of 2003.
In addition to the new chairback seating, the bleacher seating in the end zone was also updated in the summer of 2003.
The Elma Roane Fieldhouse
2003 Tiger Volleyball Schedule Aug. 29-30 Arkansas State Tournament Jonesboro. Ark. All Day 29 Eastern Kentucky 9 a.m. 29 Arkansas-Little Rock 7 p.m. 30 UT-Martin 3 p.m. 30 Arkansas State 7 p.m.
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Sept. 5-6 Davidson College Tournament Davidson, N.C. All Day 5 Radford 3:30 p.m. 6 Troy State 9 a.m. 6 Davidson 6 p.m. Sept. 9 at UT-Martin
Martin, Tennessee 7 p.m.
Sept. 12-13 UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS INVITE MEMPHIS All Day 12 Tennessee Tech 7 p.m. 13 Holy Cross 4 p.m. 13 Louisiana-Lafayette 7 p.m. Sept. 19-20 Birmingham Southern Tournament Birmingham, Ala. All Day 19 South Alabama 11 a.m. 19 North Carolina State 3 p.m. 20 Wofford 1 p.m. 20 Birmingham Southern 7 p.m. Sept. 23 at Middle Tennessee Murfreesboro. Tenn. 7 p.m. Oct. 4 at Saint Louis *
St. Louis. Mo. 7 p.m.
Oct. 5 at Southeast Missouri State Cape Girardeau, Mo. 2 p.m. Oct. 11 at TCU *
Fort Worth, Texas 7 p.m.
Oct. 12 at Houston *
Houston, Texas 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 14 CHRISTIAN BROTHERS MEMPHIS 7 p.m. Oct. 17 UAB *
MEMPHIS 7 p.m.
Oct. 18 SOUTH FLORIDA *
MEMPHIS 7 p.m.
Oct. 21 UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEMPHIS 7 p.m. Oct. 24 at Marquette *
Milwaukee. Wis. 7 p.m.
Oct. 25 at DePaul *
Chicago. III. 7 p.m.
Oct. 26 at Chicago State
Chicago, III. 2:30 p.m.
Oct. 31 LOUISVILLE * Nov. 1 CINCINNATI * Nov. 7 at East Carolina * Nov. 8 at Charlotte *
MEMPHIS 7 p.m. MEMPHIS 7 p.m. Greenville. N.C. 7 p.m.
Charlotte. N.C. 7 p.m.
Nov. 14 SOUTHERN MISS * Nov. 15 TULANE *
MEMPHIS 7 p.m.
MEMPHIS 7 p.m.
Nov. 21-24 C-USA Championships
New Orleans, La. TBA
*C-USA match (ALL HOME MATCHES IN BOLD & PLAYED AT ELMA ROANE FIELDHOUSE) All Times Local to Site