2011 NSU Softball Media Guide by Matt Michalec

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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NSU Softball Field................................................................ 3 NSU President........................................................................ 4 Director of Athletics............................................................ 5 Athletics Highlights............................................................ 6 2011 NSU Softball Team Coaching Staff.................................................................... 8 Schedule.............................................................................. 9 Roster..................................................................................10 Team Pictures...................................................................11 Player Breakdown...........................................................12 Season Outlook...............................................................13

MEAC Softball History of The MEAC......................................................27 2011 Preseason Predictions........................................28 2010 MEAC Review........................................................29 2010 MEAC Stats.............................................................30 NSU Records.........................................................................37 About Norfolk State University NSU Overview..................................................................40 NSU Timeline....................................................................41 About Hampton Roads.................................................42 NSU Strength & Conditioning....................................44

Returning Players............................................................15 Newcomers.......................................................................21 2010 Statistics..................................................................24

NSU Athletics Administration.....................................45 NSU Athletic Directory..................................................46 NSU Athletics Foundation...........................................48

Norfolk State University Softball 2011 University Information

Quick Facts

Location....................................................................Norfolk, Va. Founded................................................................................1935 Enrollment.............................................................Nearly 7,000 Mascot............................................................................ Spartans School Colors.....................................................Green & Gold Affiliation........................................................ NCAA Division I Conference....................Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Acting President...........................................Kim Luckes, J.D. Athletics Director........................................... Marty L. Miller Athletics Phone..............................................(757) 823-8152 Ticket Office.....................................................(757) 823-9009

Sports Information

SID......................................................................... Matt Michalec Email........................................................ mmichalec@nsu.edu Softball Contact......................................................Mike Bello SID Phone.........................................................(757) 823-2628 SID Fax................................................................(757) 823-8218 Cell........................................................................(814) 602-6678 Email...............................................................mjbello@nsu.edu Mailing Address......... NSU Office of Sports Information ...................................... 700 Park Ave., Norfolk, VA 23504

Press Box...........................................................(757) 823-0056 Website...............................................www.nsuspartans.com

Coaching Staff

Interim Head Coach................................................................... .....................................Heidi Cavallo (Virginia Wesleyan ‘01) Record at NSU.............................................................First Year Career Record.............................................................First Year Office Phone....................................................(757) 823-8194 Email...........................................................hdcavallo@nsu.edu Assistant Coach............................................................................ .................. Amanda Haverman (East Tennessee State ‘08) Office Phone....................................................(757) 823-8343 Email..................................................... akhaverman@nsu.edu

Team Information

2010 Overall Record...................................................... 14-28 2010 MEAC Record/Finish....................................................... ...................................................3-9/T-4th (Southern Division) Letterwinners Returning/Lost....................................... 9/6 Starters Returning/Lost (includes DP)....................... 5/5 Pitchers Returning/Lost.................................................... 3/0 Newcomers.................................................................................. 8

The 2011 NSU Softball Media Guide was written, edited and produced by the NSU Sports Information Office, director Matt Michalec and assistant Mike Bello. Editorial assistance was provided by Craig Cotton and Marty Miller. Photography was provided by Jerry S. Altares and Mark’s Digital Photography.

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NSU SOFTBALL FIELD

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The NSU Softball Field serves as the on-campus site for all Spartans’ home softball games. The field has bleacher seating for 500 fans and is wheelchair accessible. An 8-foot permanent fence encircles the outfield and is 200 feet from home plate down the lines and to straight-away center field. An enclosed batting cage is located on the third-base side of the facility. A pitchers’ warm-up area sits behind a large lighted scoreboard beyond the left-field fence. The NSU Softball Field is also one of the only facilities in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference with lighting for night games. The complex underwent a major renovation in the summer and fall of 2007 to add cinderblock home and visitors’ dugouts, additional bathrooms and an elevated press box to the existing facility. The field was showcased on national television for the first time on May 5, 2007, when the Spartans defeated perennial MEAC power Florida A&M in a live broadcast on ESPNU.

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NSU PRESIDENT KIM LUCKES

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im Luckes (LEW-kus), J.D., the acting president of Norfolk State University, previously served as the liaison to the NSU Board of Visitors and assistant to the president. Luckes holds a bachelor’s degree from Elizabeth City State University and a juris doctor degree from North Carolina Central University’s School of Law. Additionally, she is a graduate of Leadership North Carolina, Class XII (2005) and has participated in the Mabel Parker McLean Women’s Leadership Development Forum of the United Negro College Fund, Inc. (April 2004). She is also a member of the 2011 CIVIC Leadership Institute. A native of Newport News, Va., Luckes brings more than 20 years of administrative experience in higher education to Norfolk State. Prior to NSU, she served as executive vice president at Saint Augustine’s College in Raleigh, N.C. As Executive Vice President, she was responsible for the areas of institutional effectiveness, personnel management, and strategic planning and assessment. Additionally, Luckes was responsible for the day-to-day operations at Saint Augustine’s College. Before assuming the position of Executive Vice President, she served as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at St. Augustine’s. In that role, Luckes was responsible for the oversight and execution of education policy; supervision of programs of instruction of faculty and instructional budgets, and faculty and staff effectiveness and development. Luckes also held several higher education administration positions at Hampton University, serving as Director of Human Resources and Executive Assistant to the Executive Vice President and Provost. She serves and takes great pride in her volunteer work as a peer evaluator with the Commission on Colleges, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Dr. Luckes is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Highlights from her career include the following: • Nauticus Board of Directors (2009-present) • Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce Board of Trustees (2009-present) • Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce Regional Board of Trustees (2009-present) • Hampton Roads Partnership Board of Directors (2009-present) • Urban League of Hampton Roads Board of Directors (2009-present) • Greater Norfolk Corporation Board of Directors (2009-present) • National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education Distinguished Alumni Award (2009) • Outstanding Leadership Award from City of Newport News (1995) • Outstanding Educational Support Award from City of Hampton (1994) • Nominee, Governor’s Emergency Medical Services Award, Commonwealth of Virginia, Office of Emergency Medical Services (1993) • Distinguished Leadership Award, The United Negro College Fund, Inc. (1990) • Chief Academic Officers’ Task Force, Council of Independent Colleges • Society of Human Resource Management • College and University Personnel Association • Association of College Administration Professionals • Kid’s Voting North Carolina Wake County Board of Directors

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AD Marty Miller Marty Miller has been called

many things during his tenure at Norfolk State University. Some have called him a rock. Others have referred to him as one of Norfolk State’s greatest ambassadors. Regardless of the label, what’s clear is that Miller has served his alma mater in various capacities for nearly 40 years, providing NSU with stability in times of need. His professional career at Norfolk State has included stints in the areas of financial aid, career services, student affairs and athletics. After winning more than 700 games as the school’s baseball coach, Miller was named NSU’s acting athletics director on December 16, 2004. He was appointed to the permanent athletics director post on March 18, 2005. Early in Miller’s tenure, he was confronted with many challenges, the biggest one being the hiring of a football coach. Miller and his search committee worked during the Christmas and New Year’s holidays to find a football coach. The hard work paid off when the decision was made to hire Pete Adrian from Bethune-Cookman. With approval of then-President Dr. Marie V. McDemmond, Adrian became the first white head coach in any major sport at NSU and the second ever in MEAC football history. Shortly thereafter, with help from alumni, fans, friends and the Department of Facilities Management, the athletics department was able to raise funds to renovate and purchase new equipment for the weight room. In 2007, the school completed a major renovation of the NSU Softball Field, which included the installation of new team dugouts and a press box. Bleacher renovations to Joseph Echols Hall were completed for the 200809 basketball season. A new track surface is scheduled to be completed in the summer of 2010. Another highlight of his tenure as athletics director includes NSU capturing the last six Talmadge Layman Hill awards, given annually to the top men’s sports program in the conference. NSU has received a total of $145,000 for winning the awards. Miller was also presented in March 2006 with the Tom Fergusson Memorial Award, given annually to the area’s top sportsman by the Norfolk Sports Club. Miller is no stranger to winning. His career record as baseball coach was 718-543-3. Miller first started making a name for himself as a player at NSU from 1965-68. He hit .380 as a sophomore; .438 with eight doubles, two triples, three homers and 27 RBI as a junior; and .406 as a senior, when he became the first Spartan player to be named an NCAA College Division All-American. Miller was an All-CIAA baseball selection in 1967 and 1968, and led the nation in doubles in 1968. Miller graduated with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics in 1969. An ROTC member in college, Miller was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army after he graduated. While on active duty, Miller was signed by the Minnesota Twins. Miller returned to his alma mater in 1972 as an assistant to baseball

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NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY 2011 SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDE coach Bob Andrews. The next season, Miller inherited the headcoaching job, which he held until early in 2005. Miller is the winningest baseball coach in CIAA history, having led the Spartans to a 584-374-3 record in their years in the league. Miller’s ledger in the CIAA includes 17 conference championships, including seven in a row from 1987-93; 12 post-season appearances; 15 CIAA Coach of the Year awards; six All-Americans and 22 players signed to pro contracts. He also won the 1980 NAIA District 19 Coach of the Year award after his team won the District 19 title. Between 1993-97, Miller won five consecutive Louisville Slugger Awards, given to championship coaches. He was one of a select few baseball coaches to receive the award for five consecutive years. In 1997, NSU honored Miller by building the Marty L. Miller Baseball Field. One year later, Miller led NSU to the MEAC Tournament championship round in the Spartans’ first year in the league. He was named the MEAC Coach of the Year in 2000, and NSU reached the championship round again in 2001. The year 2003 was also a special one for Miller. In February, Miller was inducted into the CIAA’s John B. McLendon Hall of Fame. In May, Miller earned his 700th career win with the Spartans when sixth-seeded NSU upset No. 2 Delaware State in the MEAC tournament. In August, Miller the player was honored as one of eight inductees into the Norfolk State University Athletics Foundation Sports Hall of Fame. To top it off, Miller was inducted into the Hampton Roads African American Sports Hall of Fame in November 2010, the third of his career. Miller, a native of Danville, Va., serves as the president of the Norfolk Sports Club. Miller was also elected to serve on the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame Honors Court beginning in 2009. He and his wife Liz have one son, Marty Eric, a former NSU outfielder.

NSU ATHLETICS HIGHLIGHTS

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Nor folk State University

Athletics Five-Year Highlights (2005-Present)

The Norfolk State University intercollegiate athletics program has experienced unprecedented success at the NCAA Division I level during the past five years (2005-10). This period of progress has been highlighted by improvements in virtually every area critical to transforming the NSU athletics program into a highly competitive program that will consistently challenge for Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and NCAA Division I championships. The catalyst for these advancements has been Marty Miller, who was appointed athletics director at NSU in December 2004. Miller believes that the mission of the athletics program is an extension of the mission of Norfolk State University. He places an emphasis on areas that impact the welfare of student-athletes. Improving graduation rates, gender equity, and the retention of student-athletes are equally, if not more important, than winning conference and national championships. However, the initiatives designed to enhance the student-athlete experience and improve the overall administrative process have been successful due to the achievements of the teams and individual athletes. Perhaps the biggest achievement came in early 2009, when the athletics department was recertified to receive NCAA accreditation for the next 10 years. By achieving certification status, NSU is considered to be operating its athletics program in substantial conformity with operating principles adopted by the NCAA’s Division I membership. Numerous staff and coaching hires have been made to enhance the department’s efficacy. New personnel have been hired in the areas of academic support, compliance, business operations and development to meet the growing demand in those departments. A host of new head coaches joined the staff signaling new beginnings in several sports. They included Pete Adrian (Football), Claudell Clark (Baseball), Anthony Evans (Men’s Basketball), Heidi Cavallo (Softball), and Wilhelmenia Harrison (Bowling). Kenneth Giles (Men’s Track) and Ronda Berard (Women’s Track) were promoted from interim to full-time head coaches in their respective sports. Giles’ cross country and track teams have dominated the MEAC. Adrian has orchestrated the steady progress of the football team, which came within a game of capturing its first MEAC title in 2007. Evans led the Spartans to the MEAC Tournament championship game in his second year. Clark and Cavallo helped guide their teams to runner-up finishes at the MEAC championships in their respective sports in 2008. Harrison guided the bowling team to its first MEAC Southern Division regular-season championship in 2008-09 and the No. 19 national ranking in 2009-10. The accomplishments of NSU student-athletes in the classroom since 2005 have been equally impressive. The number of athletes annually named to the MEAC Commissioner’s All-Academic Team has steadily increased, and now numbers 40 or more each year.

Tennis player Stepanka Velebova (left) is presented with the 2009 Scholar Athlete of the Year Award by NSU Professor Dr. Norma Brumage. Velebova was one of 42 NSU members of the 2009 MEAC All-Academic Team.

The following is a list of accomplishments and improvements the NSU athletics program has experienced since 2005. Academics • Had 36 student-athletes (sophomores or higher) named to MEAC All-Academic team (min. GPA: 3.0) in 2005-06 • Had 34 student-athletes (sophomores or higher) named to MEAC All-Academic team (min. GPA: 3.0) in 2006-07 • Had 42 student-athletes (sophomores or higher) named to MEAC All-Academic team (min. GPA: 3.0) in 2007-08 and 2008-09 • Had 40 student-athletes (sophomores or higher) named to MEAC All-Academic team (min. GPA: 3.0) in 2009-10 • Increased student-athlete graduation success rate from 40% to 60% • Won the inaugural Division I Football Championship Subdivision Academic Progress Rate Award for having the MEAC’s highest cumulative APR for the 2008-09 school year • David Kemboi was one of 50 student-athletes nationwide named to the 2006-07 Division I Men’s Cross Country All-Academic team as selected by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Administrative • Hired a full-time assistant sports information director (January 2007) • Hired a full-time athletics academic coordinator (March 2008) • Hired a full-time strength and conditioning coach (August 2008) • Hired an associate athletics director for development (August 2009) • Hired an assistant athletics director for academic services, an assistant compliance coordinator and an additional athletic trainer (August 2010) • Developed comprehensive gender-equity and catastrophic incident guideline plans

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NSU ATHLETICS HIGHLIGHTS

Defensive back Don Carey became the first Spartan football player to be drafted in 13 years when the Browns selected him in the 2009 draft.

Football • Matched 2005 and 2006 win total (8-14) in 2007 with a record of (8-3) • Record 10 NSU players named All-MEAC in 2007 • Pete Adrian named NSU’s first MEAC Football Coach of the Year in 2007 • Earned school’s first-ever national FCS national ranking in 2007, reaching as high as 23rd • Had its first NFL draftee since 1996 when Don Carey was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the sixth round of the 2009 draft • Had three members of the 2009 team sign professional contracts – Chris Bell (New Orleans Saints), Terrell Whitehead (Jacksonville Jaguars) and Dennis Brown (CFL’s Calgary Stampeders)

Football Attendance • Ranked 20th in Division I FCS (I-AA) in 2005 • Ranked 23rd in Division I FCS (I-AA) in 2006 • Ranked 7th in Division I FCS (I-AA) in 2007 • Had the 2nd and 3rd-largest crowds in Dick Price Stadium history in 2007: vs. Hampton (27,756) and vs. Virginia State (26,970) • Set a stadium record in average attendance in 2007 (17,220 average for 6 games) Men’s Basketball • Won 16 games in 2007-08, a five-win improvement over the previous year • Competed in the conference championship game in 2009 for the first time since joining the MEAC Cross Country • Won nine of the last 10 MEAC men’s titles, including a conference-record seven straight from 2000-06 • Sent a runner to the NCAA Division I National Cross Country Championship for the first time in school and MEAC history in 2006 (David Kemboi) • Won the school’s first-ever MEAC women’s title in 2009

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NSU completed a $550,000 renovation and resurfacing of the Dick Price Stadium track in the summer of 2010. • Became first MEAC men’s track program to win both the indoor and outdoor conference championships for five consecutive academic years (2006-10) • Had two athletes (Marlon Woods, Corey Vinston) earn NCAA Division I All-American status in the same championship meet for the first time in school history in 2009 • Won the school’s first MEAC women’s indoor championship in 10 years in 2010 Facilities • Renovated weight room in Gill Gymnasium in 2005, increasing size of existing room and purchasing new equipment • Completed softball field renovations in 2007-08, including construction of a press box, dugouts and restrooms • Replaced the outfield wall at Marty L. Miller Baseball Field (summer 2007) • Completed refurbishing of women’s sports locker rooms in Gill Gymnasium (fall 2008) • Renovated the Joseph G. Echols Memorial Hall basketball arena to add new chair-back seating (August 2008 and 2009) • Renovated and resurfaced the Dick Price Stadium track (summer 2010) Program Awards

• Won the last six MEAC men’s allsports awards (Talmadge Layman Hill Award) and earned the NSU Athletics Department $145,000 from 2005-10 • Had the baseball, men’s basketball and football teams all post winning records in 2007-08 for the first time in the Division I era

Track & Field

NSU became the first MEAC school since 2003 to sweep the MEAC men’s and women’s indoor track and field titles when they accomplished the feat in 2010.

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Media Exposure • Transitioned the department’s web site from the www.nsu.edu domain to a new and improved web site, www.nsuspartans.com, in the fall of 2007 • Hosted the school’s first two nationally-televised softball games in 2007 and 2008 • Had six sporting events televised on ESPN networks (thee football games, two men’s basketball, one softball) in 2007-08, most in school history • Had five sporting events televised on ESPN networks (three football games, two men’s basketball) in 2008-09 • Began airing a weekly radio show, Inside Spartan Sports, on Fox Sports affiliate WXTG 102.1 FM in January 2009 • Conducted live video streaming for the first time in 2009-10, broadcasting 16 athletic events on the department’s web site • Had two men’s basketball plays featured on SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays on February 22, 2010 • Redesigned the school’s current web site again in the summer of 2010

COACHING STAFF

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After two full seasons as an assistant coach with the Norfolk State softball team, Heidi Cavallo was named interim head coach of the Spartans in May 2010. Prior to her appointment as interim head coach, she spent the 2009 and 2010 seasons as the assistant softball coach at NSU. Her main duties included developing Heidi Cavallo the pitchers and outfielders and Interim Head Coach handling all aspects of recruiting. Cavallo came to NSU after serving as the head girls softball coach at Bayside High School in Virginia Beach, Va., from 2006-08. She also served as an assistant coach at her alma mater, Virginia Wesleyan College, for five seasons from 2002-04 and 2006-07. Cavallo’s responsibilities included working with the pitchers and catchers, recruiting, coordinating off-season conditioning and fundraising. Cavallo is the director of softball camps and lessons at 7 Cities Sports in Virginia Beach and has been an instructor at the VWC Lady Marlin Softball Camp for the last 10 years. She also had a four-year stint (1999-2003) at Grand Slam USA in Virginia Beach where she gave private pitching and

hitting lessons. Cavallo had a stellar pitching career at VWC from 1998-2001. She had a 112-54 career record and went 43-9 in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. Cavallo was named VWC’s Player and Pitcher of the Year as a freshman in 1998 and made the all-state team in 1998 and 1999. She was a four-time ODAC all-conference pick and was the ODAC Most Valuable Player in 1998. She currently ranks No. 1 in VWC history with 22 career shutouts, second in career strikeouts (382) and third in career innings pitched (532) and earned run average (1.91). Additionally, she holds four of the top seven single-season strikeout totals at VWC. Cavallo was a standout pitcher at Bayside HS from 1994-97. She was named the BHS Player of the Year and earned all-state honors as a junior in 1996. Cavallo also made the All-Beach District and All-Eastern Region teams her junior and senior years. Her career pitching record at BHS was 45-5. Cavallo earned a bachelors degree in criminal justice from VWC in 2001. She and her husband Joey, a VWC alumnus and former baseball player, live in Virginia Beach. The couple has one daughter, Ashlyn (3).

Amanda Haverman enters her first year with the Norfolk State softball program during the 2011 season as an assistant coach. She was named to the position in Sept. 2010 and replaced Heidi Cavallo, who was promoted to interim head coach following the 2010 season. Prior to her arrival in Norfolk, Haverman spent two years at Amanda Haverman Virginia Intermont College during Assistant Coach the 2009 and ’10 campaigns as the assistant softball coach. The Lady Cobras posted a winning record in the Appalachian Athletic Conference during both seasons Haverman was there, with the team advancing all the way to the championship game in 2010 before falling short against Union College. Under Haverman’s guidance, the Lady Cobras finished first in the conference in home runs in 2010 and 16th in the nation among all NAIA schools. Haverman came to Virginia Intermont after a four-year career at East Tennessee State from 2005-08. While there, she was a two-time Atlantic Sun All-Academic honoree her junior and senior seasons and broke the school’s singleseason record for RBI during her junior year in 2007.

She was also a preseason All-Atlantic Sun selection at designated hitter prior to her senior year in 2008 after also tying the single-game record for hits and posting a teambest nine multi-RBI games during her junior campaign. In 2006 she was named to the Buzzworthy Classic All-Tournament Team and earned Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Week honors on April 24. A St. Louis, Mo., native, Haverman graduated from Kirkwood High School in 2004 and was a four-year starter on the varsity softball team. She was named to the MSHAA Class 4A All-State Team in 2002 and to the St. Louis Suburban West All-Conference Team in ‘02 and ’03. In addition, Haverman was a nominee for the Wendy’s High School Heisman Award her senior year. She was inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame in March of 2009. A member of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association, Haverman has also worked as a volunteer assistant with the Kirkwood High softball team and as an instructor at the East Tennessee State Lady Bucs Softball Camp in addition to numerous other sport and non-sport organizations. Haverman graduated from East Tennessee State in 2008 with a bachelor’s in sports management and a minor in management.

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2011 SCHEDULE

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Norfolk State University 2011 Softball Schedule Date Feb. 19 Feb. 20

Opponent Location North Carolina Central (DH) Norfolk, Va. Coppin State (DH) Norfolk, Va.

Time 1 p.m. 2 p.m.

Feb. 25-27 Feb. 25 Feb. 26 Feb. 26 Feb. 27

Spartan Invitational Morgan State George Washington Monmouth Fairleigh Dickinson

Norfolk, Va. Norfolk, Va. Norfolk, Va. Norfolk, Va.

7 p.m. 11 a.m. 1 p.m. 3 p.m.

March 6 March 9

Delaware State (DH) at James Madison (DH)

Norfolk, Va. Harrisonburg, Va

1 p.m. 2 p.m.

March 12-13 March 12 March 12 March 13 March 13

Spartan Classic Delaware St. Francis (Pa.) Marist UMES

Norfolk, Va. 9 a.m. Norfolk, Va. 1 p.m. Norfolk, Va. 9 a.m. Norfolk, Va. 5 p.m.

March 24 Hampton (DH) March 28 Savannah State (DH) March 30 UMES (DH) April 2 at Bethune Cookman * (DH) April 3 at Bethune Cookman * April 9 at Florida A&M * (DH) April 10 at Florida A&M * April 13 Longwood (DH) April 16 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE * (DH) April 17 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE * (DH) April 20 at Liberty (DH) April 27 at UMES (DH) April 28 at Hampton (DH) April 30 North Carolina A&T * (DH) May 1 North Carolina A&T * May 7 at North Carolina Central (DH) May 8 at North Carolina Central May 12-16 at MEAC Tournament Home Games in Bold CAPS * Denotes MEAC South Division Game W W W. N S U S P A R TA N S . C O M

Norfolk, Va. Norfolk, Va. Norfolk, Va. Daytona Beach, Fla. Daytona Beach, Fla. Tallahassee, Fla. Tallahassee, Fla. Norfolk, Va. Norfolk, Va. Norfolk, Va. Lynchburg, Va. Princess Anne, Md. Hampton, Va. Norfolk, Va. Norfolk, Va. Durham, N.C. Durham, N.C. Ormond Beach, Fla.

5 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 1 p.m. Noon 1 p.m. Noon 4 p.m. 1 p.m. Noon 2 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 1 p.m. Noon 1 p.m. Noon TBA

2011 ROSTER

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Numerical No. 1 3 5 6 8 9 10 11 14 16 17 20 21 22 23 24 25

Name Morgan Boyd Kristin Fungo Gillian Giarrizzo Nikki Jones Meagan Long Alexa Fleming Kathy Cortez Jamie Schulle Elizabeth Castaneda Alyssa Velazquez Danielle Wright Jeanette Sauceda Casey Pomeroy Melina Valles Gipsy Ramirez Candice Vasquez Whitney Holland

Pos. SS 2B 2B/OF 1B/3B OF OF/UT C/3B P/OF P/OF P OF 1B/3B P/OF 1B SS/2B SS/2B 3B

Cl. Fr. Sr. So. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Fr. So. Jr. Jr.

B-T S-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R L-L R-R R-R S-R R-R R-R L-L R-R R-R R-R

Ht. 5-3 5-4 5-1 5-7 5-7 5-3 5-3 5-7 5-5 5-3 5-3 5-8 5-4 5-3 5-6 5-6 5-11

Hometown/Previous School Chesapeake, Va./Indian River HS Norfolk, Va./Lake Taylor HS Suffolk, Va./King’s Fork HS Providence Forge, Va./New Kent HS Virginia Beach, Va./Princess Anne HS Ashburn, Va./James Madison HS Pomona, Calif./Garey HS Maxwell, Texas/Lockhart HS Montclair, Calif./Montclair HS Aurora, Colo./Eaglecrest HS Safety Harbor, Fla./Countryside HS Ontario, Calif./Colony HS Fallon, Nev./Churchill County HS Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes HS LaVerne, Calif./San Dimas HS Montclair, Calif./Montclair HS Suffolk, Va./St. Johns River CC/King’s Fork HS

Pos. SS P/OF C/3B OF/UT 2B 2B/OF 3B 1B/3B OF P/OF SS/2B 1B/3B P/OF 1B SS/2B P OF

Cl. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Sr. So. Jr. Fr. So. Jr. So. Sr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. Jr.

B-T S-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R R-R L-L L-L R-R R-R S-R

Ht. 5-3 5-5 5-3 5-3 5-4 5-1 5-11 5-7 5-7 5-4 5-6 5-8 5-7 5-3 5-6 5-3 5-3

Hometown/Previous School Chesapeake, Va./Indian River HS Montclair, Calif./Montclair HS Pomona, Calif./Garey HS Ashburn, Va./James Madison HS Norfolk, Va./Lake Taylor HS Suffolk, Va./King’s Fork HS Suffolk, Va./St. Johns River CC/King’s Fork HS Providence Forge, Va./New Kent HS Virginia Beach, Va./Princess Anne HS Fallon, Nev./Churchill County HS LaVerne, Calif./San Dimas HS Ontario, Calif./Colony HS Maxwell, Texas/Lockhart HS Virginia Beach, Va./Ocean Lakes HS Montclair, Calif./Montclair HS Aurora, Colo./Eaglecrest HS Safety Harbor, Fla./Countryside HS

Alphabetical No. 1 14 10 9 3 5 25 6 8 21 23 20 11 22 24 16 17

Name Morgan Boyd Elizabeth Castaneda Kathy Cortez Alexa Fleming Kristin Fungo Gillian Giarrizzo Whitney Holland Nikki Jones Meagan Long Casey Pomeroy Gipsy Ramirez Jeanette Sauceda Jamie Schulle Melina Valles Candice Vasquez Alyssa Velazquez Danielle Wright

Interim Head Coach: Assistant Coach:

Heidi Cavallo (Virginia Wesleyan ‘01/1st as head coach/3rd year overall) Amanda Haverman (East Tennessee State ‘08/1st year)

Pronunciation Guide 5 - Gillian GIARRIZZO 11 – Jamie SCHULLE 16 – ALYSSA Velazquez 20 – Jeanette SAUCEDA 23 – GIPSY Ramirez Heidi CAVALLO Amanda HAVERMAN

Gee-ah-riz-oh SHOE-lee Ah-LISA Saw-SAY-da GIP-see Cah-VAWL-low HAY-ver-men

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2011 TEAM PICTURES

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Front Row (Left to Right): Gipsy Ramirez, Kathy Cortez, Kristin Fungo, Danielle Wright, Alexa Fleming, Morgan Boyd, Casey Pomeroy, Alyssa Velazquez, Melina Valles; Back Row: Assistant Coach Amanda Haverman, Elizabeth Castaneda, Candice Vasquez, Meagan Long, Whitney Holland, Jeanette Sauceda, Nikki Jones, Jamie Schulle, Sarah Spanka (No Longer with Program), Interim Head Coach Heidi Cavallo

Juniors Freshmen

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Seniors

PLAYER BREAKDOWN

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Player by State California (5) Kathy Cortez - Pomona Elizabeth Castaneda - Montclair Gipsy Ramirez - LaVerne Jeanette Sauceda – Ontario Candice Vasquez - Montclair Colorado (1) Alyssa Velazquez – Aurora Florida (1) Danielle Wright – Safety Harbor Texas (1) Jamie Schulle - Maxwell Nevada (1) Casey Pomeroy - Fallon Virginia (8) Morgan Boyd – Chesapeake Alexa Fleming - Ashburn Kristin Fungo - Norfolk Gillian Giarrizzo - Suffolk Whitney Holland - Suffolk Nikki Jones - Providence Forge Meagan Long - Virginia Beach Melina Valles - Virginia Beach

Player by Position

Player by Class

Pitcher (4) Elizabeth Castaneda Casey Pomeroy Jamie Schulle Alyssa Velazquez

Third Base (4) Kathy Cortez Whitney Holland Nikki Jones Jeanette Sauceda

Catcher (1) Kathy Cortez

Outfield (7) Elizabeth Castaneda Alexa Fleming Gillian Giarrizzo Meagan Long Casey Pomeroy Jamie Schulle Danielle Wright

First Base (2) Nikki Jones Jeanette Sauceda Second Base (4) Kristin Fungo Gillian Giarrizzo Gipsy Ramirez Candice Vasquez Shortstop (3) Morgan Boyd Gipsy Ramirez Candice Vasquez

Utility (1) Alexa Fleming

Freshman (6) Morgan Boyd Kathy Cortez Alexa Fleming Nikki Jones Jamie Schulle Melina Valles Sophomore (3) Gillian Giarrizzo Meagan Long Gipsy Ramirez Junior (5) Elizabeth Castaneda Whitney Holland Casey Pomeroy Candice Vasquez Danielle Wright Senior (3) Kristin Fungo Jeanette Sauceda Alyssa Velazquez

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Any Given Day: Softball Team Ready To Turn the Corner in 2011 Any given day. Those three words might as well stand as the slogan for the 2011 Norfolk State softball season as the team’s season gets underway this weekend. With five significant contributors lost from last year’s team and with six freshmen and two transfers entering the program this year, competition is fierce for many of the starting spots in this year’s lineup. And that is just the way interim head coach Heidi Cavallo wants it. “We have not told anyone on the team they are going to start,” said Cavallo, who was named to the interim post last May after the end of the 2010 campaign. “They’re not getting complacent. They have that drive in them now, because they all challenge each other to do better.” Cavallo and first-year assistant coach Amanda Haverman have the difficult task of replacing regular starters at catcher, shortstop, designated player and both corner outfield spots. With the competition so close at several positions, the coaches will almost certainly go into the season opener still making the final decision on the starting lineup. Just do not get used to seeing that lineup every time. The coaches have stated that this season, whoever is hitting is going to be starting, which could mean a different starting 9 nearly every game. “We’re approaching this season like we are a team and a family,” said Cavallo. “Anyone can be on the field on any given day. We’re going to use a lot of lineups. They’ve worked hard to mentally prepare for that. They know how it’s going to be.” NSU hit .251 as a team last Danielle Wright

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year with just five home runs on the way to a 14-28 overall campaign, including 3-9 in the conference. With a youth movement underway – in addition to the six freshmen already here, Cavallo signed five players to early letters of intent in November for next season’s incoming class – the coaching staff is looking to take the program to the next level. Infield NSU lost just one regular starter among the four infield spots, but several players have shuffled around to fit the needs of this year’s team. Junior Candice Vasquez manned third base last year, but this year that spot will be held down by junior transfer Whitney Holland along with senior Jeanette Sauceda, who played third as a freshman. “Whitney’s glove work is the best I’ve seen at NSU,” said Cavallo. “She has a cannon of an arm and will be a middle-ofthe-lineup power hitter. She will be able to score a lot of runs.” Sauceda is in the mix at first base with a pair of freshman in Melina Valles and Nikki Jones. Sauceda started every game there last year but will be pushed by the power-hitting Valles. Jones is capable of spot starting at first, but more than likely will see most of her time at designated player. “Jeanette worked really hard at solidifying her defense and on her hitting,” said Cavallo. “Melina is so strong at first base. She can really hit the ball and is the strongest player coming in. It’s going to come down to the wire, because both players could start. “Nikki (Jones) is our number one utility player as a freshman. More than likely she’ll end up at designated player. She just has such a natural swing and can hit the ball far.” Constantly on the move, this year Vasquez makes the switch to second base, where she will split time with sophomore Gipsy Ramirez. Senior Kristen Fungo is also in the mix but is still recovering from shoulder surgery. “Candice has the maturity to play there, is level-headed and knows the plays,” said Cavallo. Ramirez saw the majority of the time at second last season and will also see time at shortstop this year after the graduation of Jamie Raab. Ramirez will be pushed at short by freshman Morgan Boyd, a lefty slap hitter who brings speed to the NSU lineup. “It helps having Gipsy at short because of her glove work, foot work, speed and tremendous range,” said Cavallo. “Her hitting has been the biggest improvement for her. “Morgan is just an all-around athlete. She quick, has great range, good footwork and can get to a lot of balls. Her biggest thing is working on her mental toughness.”

SEASON OUTLOOK Outfielders If there’s any position that can be described as being set in stone, it belongs to junior Danielle Wright in center field. Wright will be counted on to provide a spark in the lineup as well as for her range and overall defense in the outfield. “She is our best player on the team,” said Cavallo. “We need her leadership and speed in the outfield. She covers so much ground, has a phenomenal arm, and is also dangerous at the plate. She’s worked hard at her pitch selection for this year. She’s our hardest swinger, has great speed on the base paths and is a really good leader for us.” Several players will see time at both corner spots after the departures of Brianeisha Eure and Sara Spanka. Eure was the team’s everyday left fielder, while Spanka split time with sophomore Meagan Long in right field. Long will help push for time along with freshman Alexa Fleming in right field and possibly in left field as well. Casey Pomeroy, a junior entering her last season at NSU, brings necessary experience in her third year and had a good showing in the fall, according to Cavallo. Pomeroy will see the majority of her time in left field. “(Casey’s) worked with Danielle for two years in the outfield, so that’s a big plus for us this year,” stated Cavallo. “Meagan needs to get stronger at the plate, but she will push for starts in the outfield. “Alexa is a tough competitor. She’s fundamentally sound in the outfield and tracks the ball well. We just need to strengthen her arm and working on her hitting more.” Gillian Giarrizzo, a sophomore transfer from James Madison expected to compete for starting spots in both the infield and outfield, will sit out the 2011 season and have two years of eligibility remaining. Pitchers Senior Alyssa Velazquez and freshman Jamie Schulle will form a 1-2 combination in the starting rotation. Cavallo is looking forward to having both of them throwing, with Velazquez a righty and Schulle one of the few left-handers in the league. “We are looking for Alyssa to pitch a lot,” said Cavallo. “She’s ready to win games. She had a great fall season. We need her to come in as our No. 1 and get those wins, especially in the MEAC. “Jamie’s spins are phenomenal. She will be the surprise of the conference. She and Alyssa are so different from each other. We just need to get Jamie to be very headstrong and work on her fundamentals.” Pomeroy and junior Elizabeth Castaneda will back up the starting two, with Castaneda serving as the team’s relief pitcher this year and Pomeroy earning spot starts when needed. “Casey, when she’s on, she’s on,” said Cavallo. “It’s just a matter of getting her mentally prepared and for her to keep her composure. Liz has bought into the relief mentality. She is ready for it this year. The nice thing, though, is that all four pitchers can crush the ball. That’s different from years past, where we didn’t always have the pitchers hitting.”

NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY 2011 SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDE Catchers For all the depth that the coaches are trying to build, the depature of Sara Spanka after the fall semester left almost no depth at catcher. Freshman Kathy Cortez will be counted on to log nearly all of the innings at catcher. “She’s really strong for a freshman,” said Cavallo. “She’s smart behind the plate and has adapted really well. She could possibly call games down the road. We need her to catch almost every inning. We need her to stay healthy and strong this year.” Pomeroy, not a catcher by trade, will be main backup to Cortez for 2011. Schedule NSU will have the fortune to play most of its games at home for the first half of the season. Counting doubleheaders, the Spartans will play 21 of their first 22 games at the NSU Softball Field, including a pair of weekend-long tournaments Feb. 26-27 and March 12-13. In MEAC play, NSU will host South Carolina State and North Carolina A&T and head south to Florida to play BethuneCookman and Florida A&M. Along with games against some of the teams from the Northern Division as well as North Carolina Central and Savannah State, NSU will test its strength against regional foes James Madison, Longwood and Liberty. Doubleheaders against NC Central Feb. 19 and Coppin State Feb. 20 at home will kick off the 2011 season.

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#3 Kristin Fungo 5-4 • Senior • 2B Norfolk, Va. Lake Taylor HS Bats-Throws: R-R

High School: Played three years of varsity softball at Lake Taylor for Rick Thomas … Was named to the All-Eastern Region Second Team and the All-Eastern District First Team as a senior … Hit .357 (25-of-70) with 17 runs, 13 RBI, four triples and three doubles as a junior … Made the all-district second team after her junior season … Helped the Titans to the 2007 Eastern District Tournament title.

2010: Appeared in three games … Had one hit in three at bats and scored a run at North Carolina Central Feb. 18. 2009: Played in 20 games with 15 starts … Hit .212 with seven hits in 33 at-bats … Had one double, five runs and five RBI for the season … Went 2-for-2 in her first game of the season at North Carolina Central Feb. 20 where she was walked three times and scored twice … Followed that performance with another two-run outing in the first game of a doubleheader against Cop-

FUNGO’S CAREER HITTING STATISTICS Year 2009 2010 Total

Avg. .212 .333 .222

GP-GS 20-15 3-0 23-15

AB 33 3 36

RUNS 5 1 6

2B 1 0 1

#20 Jeanette Sauceda 5-8 • Senior • 1B/3B Ontario, Calif. Colony HS Bats-Throws: R-R 2011: Enters the year tied for the all-time NSU record for doubles with 26. 2010: One of three players to play in and start all 42 games … Started every game at first base … Batted .243 on the year with 26 hits in 107 at bats … Totaled 17 runs, six doubles, one home run, six walks and 15 RBI … Recorded 328 putouts and 18 assists with just five errors … Stood second on the team with a .986 fielding percentage … Also ranked fifth in the conference in putouts … Recorded six multi-hit games on the season … Went 2-for-3 with three runs and a solo home run in Game 1 against UMES March 31 … Followed that up by walking twice, scoring twice and tallying one hit and one RBI in the second game of the doubleheader March 31 … Against North Carolina Central April 8, batted 2-for-4 with one RBI in Game 1, then had a 3-for-4 day in Game 2 with three runs scored in a doubleheader sweep … Had another solid day against UMES April 22, going 1-for-3 with one run and one RBI in Game 1 and then 2-for-3 with two runs and three RBI in Game 2.

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Personal: Full name is Kristin Svanhvit Fungo … Daughter of Juan and Alfhildur Fungo … Born on July 13, 1989 … Has two older siblings, Johann and Anna, and one younger one, Karl … Majoring in kinesiotherapy … Wants to become a pediatric physical therapist. 3B 1 0 1

HR 1 0 1

RBI 5 0 5

TB 13 1 14

BB 7 0 7

SO 20 1 21

SB-ATT 1-1 0-0 1-1

2009: Played and started in 46 games … Hit .244 with 32 hits in 131 at-bats … Had 17 RBI, three doubles, three triples and three home runs … Led the team in putouts (274) and double plays fielded (eight) … Ranked second on the team in triples and third in home runs … Was fourth on the team in RBI and fifth with 50 total bases … Went a combined 6-for-9 with four runs, six RBI, two home runs and a triple in the doubleheader at North Carolina Central Feb. 20 … Hit .500 (3-for-6) with a homer and three RBI in the MEAC doubleheader against South Carolina State April 11 … Went 2-for-3 with one RBI and one run in Game 2 of the doubleheader against North Carolina A&T April 25 … Hit .400 (4-for-10), batted in two runs and hit two doubles in the threegame series at Winston-Salem State … Went a combined 3-for-6 with two runs, two RBI and one double in the doubleheader at North Carolina Central April 17. 2008: Played in all 56 games and started 52 … Hit .274 with 45 hits in 164 at-bats … Became NSU’s single-season record holder with a team-leading 17 doubles and is on track to break Ursel Bruton’s (1984-87) career record of 26 career doubles in just two years … Led the team with 225 putouts, 75 total bases and 37 RBI …. Named to the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) All-State Second Team and was the softball team’s Rookie of the Year … Tallied three home runs, two triples and had a .457 slugging percentage for the season … Earned MEAC Rookie of the Week honors on April 7 after hitting .308 with two doubles, five RBI and three walks in five games … Also tallied seven putouts and four assists that week … Walked five times against Jackson State Feb. 9, which tied for second in NCAA Division I history … Was a perfect 4-for-4 with a home run, two

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RBI and two runs against Coppin State March 1 … Went 2-for-3 and hit her first career triple against Quinnipiac Feb. 24 … Was a combined 5-for-8 with four runs, two doubles and five RBI in the doubleheader sweep of North Carolina Central March 11 … Had three games where she hit two doubles … Hit .500 (2-for-4) and had two RBI, two doubles and a run in the first game of a doubleheader with Howard March 14 … Drove in a season-high three runs in four games. High School: Lettered four years in softball at Colony HS for Coach Jennifer McNatt… Was named to the 2007 Mount Baldy League First Team after leading her team with a .492 batting average and recording 29 RBI and five home runs … Garnered

SAUCEDA’S CAREER HITTING STATISTICS Year 2008 2009 2010 Total

Avg. .274 .244 .243 .256

GP-GS 56-52 46-46 42-42 144-140

AB 164 131 107 402

RUNS 27 16 17 60

2B 17 3 6 26

#16 Alyssa Velazquez 5-3 • Senior • P Aurora, Colo. Eaglecrest HS Bats-Throws: R-R 2011: Enters the year as the school’s all-time record holder for appearances with 104. 2010: Named to the MEAC All-Academic Team … Appeared in the lineup in 24 games, starting 15 … Made 33 appearances in the circle with 26 game starts … Finished second in the MEAC in walks allowed per game at 1.18 … Also ranked sixth in the league in innings pitched (154.0), appearances (33) and games started (26), eighth in ERA (2.95), tied for ninth in strikeouts (66), and 10th in opposing batting average (.281) … Carried an 8-17 record despite just a 2.95 ERA … Threw 11 complete games with two shutouts …Gave up 182 hits in 154.0 innings, allowing 98 runs, just 65 earned, and striking out 66 while walking 26 … Hit .167 on the season, collecting five hits in 30 at bats … Scored four runs, had one double and two RBI while walking eight times … In the first game of the year at North Carolina Central Feb. 18, got the win in a 10-0 victory after allowing five hits in four scoreless innings … Took a tough loss against Fairleigh Dickinson Feb. 27, giving up one unearned run and four hits while striking out six in eight innings of work in a 1-0 loss … Had a season-high seven strikeouts in five innings and allowed just two hits in an 80 win at UMES March 31 … Earned the ‘W’ against North Carolina Central April 8 by giving up one unearned run and four hits in seven innings in a 7-1 win … At South Carolina State April 17, went 1-for-2 with an RBI double in Game 1, then batted 2-for-2 in Game 2 … Picked up both wins in a doubleheader at UMES

first-team All-Mount Baldy League honors her sophomore and junior seasons and second-team honors her freshman year … Also named Colony’s Offensive Player of the Year all four years … Was awarded an Amateur Softball Association (ASA) $2,500 scholarship from the Southern California ASA Players Association … Was also named the 2006 Mt. Baldy League MVP … Member of the varsity basketball team her freshman year. Personal: Full name is Jeanette Christine Sauceda … Daughter of John and Carol Sauceda … Born on May 24, 1989 … Has two younger siblings, Johnny and Jordan … Majoring in psychology … Wants to pursue a postgraduate degree and eventually go into sports psychology. 3B 2 3 0 5

HR 3 3 1 7

RBI 37 17 15 69

TB 75 50 35 160

BB 26 6 6 38

SO 21 21 18 60

SB-ATT 2-2 2-2 0-0 4-4

April 22, giving up no runs and seven hits in a combined 11.2 innings with eight strikeouts and no walks. 2009: Led NSU and the MEAC with a 1.88 ERA and was named to the All-MEAC First Team after pitching 182.1 innings with a 17-14 overall record … Was also named NSU’s Most Valuable Player … Started 29 games in the pitching circle and made 34 appearances … Threw 20 complete games and seven shutouts … Allowed 194 hits, 74 runs, 49 earned runs, 27 walks and struck out 110 batters … Pitched 4.1 hitless innings and stuck out four in relief duty in a 2-1 win over Colgate March 8 … Struck out a careerhigh 10 batters in the five-inning, 17-0 win over Coppin State Feb. 22 … Went 3-for-6 at the plate with one double in the MEAC doubleheader against South Carolina State April 11 … Earned her ninth win of the season in an eight-inning, seven-hit outing at Hampton March 12 where she allowed four runs, walked two batters and struck out seven … Allowed seven hits, four earned runs and struck out five in the 4-3 loss to Campbell Feb. 27 … Tossed eight scoreless innings and gave up just five hits in the 1-0 win over Delaware State March 8 … Struck out five batters in that game … Pitched a complete game and gave up eight hits, three runs (one earned), walked two and struck out six in the 1-0 win over George Mason March 10 … Tossed a complete game and allowed a season-high 14 hits, five runs (three earned) and struck out three against Hampton May 7 in the elimination game at the MEAC Tournament. 2008: Sat out the season. 2007: As the Spartans’ top pitcher, logged a team-high 150.1 innings and had a 9-9 record en route to being named to the All-MEAC Second Team … Had a 2.93 ERA and started 23 of her 37 pitching appearances … Led the Spartan pitching staff in games started, appearances, complete games (seven) and strikeouts (92) … Had a career day at the plate when she went 1-for-4 with a double and scored a run in the 10-inning loss to

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Cornell March 10 … Struck out a career-high nine batters in the season opener against Longwood Feb. 24 … Gave up 11 hits and five runs (three earned) in 7.0 innings in that game … First win of the season came after a four-inning, four-hit, two-run outing against St. Francis March 4 … Went the distance in the 7-1 win over Binghamton March 9, pitching 7.0 innings and giving up three hits and one earned run while striking out five … Tossed a career-high 8.0 innings, yielding six hits, four runs (three earned) while striking out one in a no-decision against Cornell March 10 … Struck out five batters in five innings of work and only allowed one hit in the 12-0 shutout of UMES March 31 … Gave up five hits and three runs (one earned) and retired six batters in five innings against Hampton at the MEAC Roundup April 13 … In the two games at the MEAC Tournament, allowed a total of seven hits, five runs (two earned) and struck out five in 6.1 innings. High School: Played on the varsity team all three years at Eaglecrest … Played for Coach Ricky Jennings 2003-04 and Dave O’Neill in 2005 … Went 18-7 with a 0.74 ERA in leading Eaglec-

VELAZQUEZ’ CAREER HITTING STATISTICS Year 2007 2009 2010 Total

Avg. .063 .185 .167 .151

GP-GS 8-6 12-11 24-15 44-32

AB 16 27 30 73

RUNS 1 4 4 9

VELAZQUEZ’ CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS Year 2007 2009 2010 Total

ERA 2.93 1.88 2.95 2.59

W-L 9-9 17-14 8-17 34-40

APP 37 34 33 104

GS 23 29 26 78

rest to the Colorado 5A State Championship as a senior … Was named first-team all-city, All-Centennial League and all-state as a senior … Was the state tournament MVP … Also earned first-team all-senior honors and was a CHSAA All-Star … Earned All-Colorado Rocky Mountain honors (best of 3A, 4A and 5A) … Set school records in innings pitched (180), strikeouts (198) and wins as a senior … Also batted .387 in her final prep season … Injured most of her junior year as Eaglecrest advance to the Elite 8 of the state tournament … Had a 0.96 ERA as a sophomore … Was named second-team all-conference and Defensive MVP that year … Helped Eaglecrest reach the Sweet 16 in the state tournament sophomore year … Was the JV MVP her freshman year at Grandview HS. Personal: Full name is Alyssa Justine Velazquez … Was born on July 8, 1988 … Daughter of Francisco and Dawn Velazquez … Has one sibling, Alexandra … Majoring in business with concentrations in marketing and finance … Wants to be a government contractor and financial advisor.

2B 1 2 1 4

3B 0 0 0 0

HR 0 0 0 0

RBI 0 1 2 3

TB 2 7 6 15

BB 1 2 8 11

SO 4 3 7 14

SB-ATT 0-0 0-0 1-1 1-1

CG 7 20 11 38

SHO 2 7 2 11

SV 1 1 0 2

IP 150.1 182.2 154.0 486.2

H 190 194 182 569

R 100 74 98 272

ER 63 49 65 180

W 31 27 26 84

SO 92 110 66 268

#14 Elizabeth Castaneda 5-5 • Junior • P/OF Montclair, Calif. Montclair HS Bats-Throws: R-R 2010: Appeared in the lineup in 23 games, starting 10 … Had the highest average on the team of players with at least 40 at bats, hitting .310 on the year … Had 13 hits in 42 at bats with five runs, one double and three RBI … Carried a 4-5 record in the circle with a 4.15 ERA … Appeared in 28 games with eight game starts … Ranked first in the MEAC in games in relief and games finished with 20 … Tied for eighth in the league in appearances … Pitched 82.2 innings, giving up 110 hits, 72 runs, 49 earned runs while walking 44 and striking out 28 … Committed just one error in the field, boasting a .972 fielding percentage … Had the second-best average on the team against right-handed hitters (12-of-40, .300) … A clutch hitter, batted .412 (7of-17) with runners on, .500 (4-of-8) with runners in scoring position, and .417 (5-of-12) with two outs … Had three multi-hit games …

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Went 2-for-2 with one run and her only extra base hit of the season against Maryland Eastern Shore March 31 … Gave up just one earned run over 9.2 innings in her first three outings of the season … Allowed four earned runs in 15 innings of work during a six-game stretch mid-season … Had her best outing of the season at South Carolina State April 18, pitching all seven innings and getting the win in a 6-2 victory … Gave up seven hits, two earned runs and struck out three … Also got the start and win against Winston-Salem State May 8, giving up six hits and four runs, just one earned, in five innings in a 12-4 win. 2009: Played in 22 games and started five in the pitching circle … Was named the team’s Most Improved Player … Had a 3.27 ERA and a 4-3 record after logging 60.0 innings … Allowed 82 hits, 47 runs, 28 earned runs, struck out 27 batters and walked 25 … Tossed one complete game in 22 appearances … Had the second-best ERA on the team and ranked 10th in the MEAC in that category … Was second on the team in wins, innings pitched, batters struck out and appearances … Led the team in games finished (15), games in relief (17) and win-loss percentage (.571) … Earned her first win of the season in the second game of the doubleheader

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at North Carolina Central Feb. 20, giving up 11 hits and four runs (three earned) and striking out five in an 11-5 victory … Pitched a seven-inning complete game in a 5-2 win over North Carolina Central April 17 … Allowed five hits, two runs (one earned) and struck out three batters in that game … Hit .129 with four hits in 31 at-bats … Tallied three RBI, two doubles and scored one run for the season.

Also earned team’s Rookie of the Year Award … Attended high school with Spartan teammate Candice Vasquez and played with Spartan infielder Jeanette Sauceda on the travel softball team CA Rage … Competed on the volleyball team all four years of high school … Also a member of the soccer team her junior and senior seasons and the tennis team her senior year … Earned the Most Improved Player Award from the tennis team her senior year and the soccer team her junior year … Named Offensive MVP her sophomore year and Freshman of the Year with the volleyball team.

High School: A three-time All-Mount Baldy League pick, hit .421 with 26 RBI and 18 runs in 26 games as a senior in 2008 … Named first-team all-league as a freshman and second-team allleague sophomore and junior years … Ranked third in the conference in hitting, home runs (2), and earned run average (4.25) in 2008 … Earned second-team Mount Baldy League honors her freshman and sophomore years … Team MVP her senior year… Defensive MVP her freshman, sophomore and junior years …

CASTANEDA’S CAREER HITTING STATISTICS Year 2009 2010 Total

Avg. .129 .310 .233

GP-GS 16-9 23-10 39-19

AB 31 42 73

RUNS 1 5 6

CASTANEDA’S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS Year 2009 2010 Total

ERA 3.27 4.15 3.78

W-L 4-3 4-5 8-8

APP 22 28 50

GS 5 8 13

CG 1 2 3

2B 2 1 3

3B 0 0 0

HR 0 0 0

RBI 3 3 6

TB 6 14 20

BB 2 2 4

SO 7 7 14

SB-ATT 1-1 0-0 1-1

SHO 0 0 0

SV 0 0 0

IP 60.0 82.2 142.2

H 82 110 192

R 47 72 119

ER 28 49 77

W 25 44 69

SO 27 28 55

#21 Casey Pomeroy 5-4 • Junior • P/OF Fallon, Nev. Churchill County HS Bats-Throws: R-R 2010: Named to Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSIDA) Academic All-State Team … Also tabbed to the MEAC All-Academic Team … Won the athletic department’s Female Scholar Athlete of the Year Award … Appeared in the lineup in 35 games, starting 23 … Pitched in 11 games with eight starts … In addition to eight starts in the circle, also started eight games at DP, three in left field, two in right field and one each at second and third base … Batted .185 with 10 hits in 54 at bats … Scored 12 runs and had one double, one triple, 4 RBI, seven walks and two stolen bases … Carried a 2-5 record with a 6.21 ERA … Pitched 32.2 innings and allowed 43 hits, 33 runs, 29 earned runs, 17 walks and 20 strikeouts … Hit a triple as part of a 3-for4 day with two runs in Game 2 at North Carolina Central Feb. 18 … Picked up the win in relief against Quinnipiac, giving up three runs, two earned, and three hits in 4.1 innings … Walked twice, scored twice and had two stolen bases in Game 2 of a doubleheader at Virginia March 10 … Got the win against North Carolina Central April 8 after giving up eight hits, three runs, one earned run and striking out six in seven innings of work in a 7-3

Personal: Full name is Elizabeth Castaneda … Daughter of Juan and Gloria Castaneda … Has one older sibling, Marikel, and two younger siblings, Cynthia and Dianna … Born on Nov. 20, 1990 … Majoring in social work … Wants to become an athletic trainer.

victory … Also walked twice and scored twice at UMES April 22 … Hit a two-run double and had three RBI all-together at South Carolina State April 18. 2009: Played in 38 games and started 31 … Also pitched for the Spartans, making 11 appearances and starting seven games in the pitching circle … Had a 1-6 record and a 5.10 ERA after pitching 45.1 innings … Allowed 58 hits, 46 runs, 33 earned runs, and struck out 26 batters for the season … Pitched two complete games … Was second on the pitching staff in games started and third in ERA, wins, innings pitched, appearances and games in relief (four) … Earned her first win of the season in a five-inning, three-hit shutout against Coppin State Feb. 22 … Allowed three hits and struck out six batters in that game … Tossed a seveninning complete game and gave up 11 hits, eight runs (four earned) and struck out four in the second game of the doubleheader at Hampton April 29 … Had a season-high two hits against Colgate March 8 … Was 2-for-3 with an RBI in that game … Went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run in Game 2 of the March 12 doubleheader against Hampton. High School: Was a three-time High Desert League first-team pick … Went 3-5 and pitched 72.0 innings with 92 strikeouts and a 2.25 ERA in 2008 for Churchill County HS … Showed her versatility by hitting .473 at the plate with 15 RBI … As a sophomore in 2006, was named CCHS Co-Pitcher of the Year and earned team MVP honors after her junior season … Also lettered in volleyball and soccer for the Greenwave.

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Personal: Full name is Casey Pomeroy … Daughter of Phil and Carla Pomeroy … Born on March 10, 1990 … Has one older

POMEROY’S CAREER HITTING STATISTICS Year 2009 2010 Total

Avg. .145 .185 .165

GP-GS 37-30 35-23 72-53

AB 55 54 109

RUNS 9 12 21

POMEROY’S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS Year 2009 2010 Total

ERA 5.10 6.21 5.56

W-L 1-6 2-5 3-11

APP 11 11 22

GS 7 8 15

sibling, George … Majoring in accounting … Wants to become a forensic accountant for the FBI.

2B 2 1 3

3B 0 1 1

HR 0 0 0

RBI 3 4 7

TB 10 13 23

BB 4 7 11

SO 13 19 32

SB-ATT 0-0 2-3 2-3

CG 2 1 3

SHO 1 0 1

SV 0 0 0

IP 45.1 32.2 78.0

H 58 43 101

R 46 33 79

ER 33 29 62

W 26 17 43

SO 26 20 46

#24 Candice Vasquez 5-6 • Junior • SS/2B Montclair, Calif. Montclair HS Bats-Throws: R-R 2010: Appeared in 42 games and started 41 … Had 39 starts at third base and two at second base … Batted .158 with 12 hits in 76 at bats … Also had six runs, one home run, four RBI, six walks and eight sacrifice hits … Finished in a tie for third in the league in sacrifice hits … Led the team with 92 assists in the field … Tied the school record for assists by an infielder with seven from her third base position against Winston-Salem State May 8 … Hit a solo home run, her first collegiate long ball, in the second game of a doubleheader at Longwood March 20 … Recorded her lone multi-hit game of the year with a 2-for-4 performance with one run scored in Game 2 at UMES April 22. 2009: Played in 45 games and started 44 … Hit .229 with 25 hits in 109 at-bats … Finished the season with 11 runs and 15 RBI … Led the team with 75 assists and seven sacrifice bunts and was

VASQUEZ’ CAREER HITTING STATISTICS Year 2009 2010 Total

Avg. .289 .158 .200

GP-GS 45-44 42-41 87-85

AB 109 76 185

RUNS 11 6 17

#17 Danielle Wright 5-3 • Junior • OF Safety Harbor, Fla. Countryside HS Bats-Throws: S-R

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2B 1 0 1

second on the team in fielding double plays (seven) … Went a combined 4-for-8 in the Feb. 20 doubleheader against N.C. Central with two runs, three RBI and one stolen base … Followed that performance by going 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBI in the first game of a doubleheader against Coppin State Feb. 22 … Hit .500 (1-for-2) against Binghamton and drove in two runs … Had a season-long four-game hit streak in doubleheaders against George Mason March 10 and UMES March 11 … Was 1-for-3 against Howard March 18 with a season-high three RBI … Batted 2-for-5 and scored three runs in the April 17 doubleheader against North Carolina Central. High School: Was a four-year starter at Montclair for Coach Eric Holladay … Hit .259 in 22 games in 2008 … Named to the Mount Baldy League First Team her freshman and sophomore years … Earned second-team honors her junior year … Hit .413 with eight doubles, three triples and had a .563 slugging percentage as a junior … Attended high school with Spartan teammate Elizabeth Castaneda and played with Spartan infielder Jeanette Sauceda on the travel softball team CA Rage. Personal: Full name is Candice Marie Vasquez … Born on June 24, 1990 … Daughter of Joseph and Julie Vasquez … Has two older siblings, Chris and Vanessa … Majoring in sociology … Wants to become a family counselor. 3B 0 0 0

HR 0 1 1

RBI 15 4 19

TB 26 15 41

BB 14 6 20

SO 17 10 27

SB-ATT 1-1 0-0 1-1

2010: Tabbed to the MEAC All-Academic Team … Named the team’s Offensive MVP … Competed in 42 games and started 41, all in centerfield … Hit .298 with 34 hits in 114 at bats … Had 20 runs, nine doubles, three triple, one home run, 22 RBI, 52 total bases and was 13-of-16 in stolen base attempts … Also had a .456 slugging percentage and a .357 on-base percentage … Led the team in doubles, triples, total bases and slugging percentage … Finished second in batting average, hits, RBI and stolen bases … Had the highest average against right handed batters at .308 (33-of-107) … A clutch hitter who batted .328 (20-of-61) with

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runners on base, .366 (15-of-41) with runners in scoring position, .467 (7-of-15) with a runner on third and less than two outs and .323 (10-of-31) with two outs … Led the team with seven multiple-RBI games and tied for the team lead with nine multi-hit games … Against Quinnipiac Feb. 26, batted 2-for-2 with three runs and three RBI … Went a combined 2-for-6 with two runs and three RBI in the April 8 doubleheader against North Carolina Central … Had three hits, stole two bases and scored a run in Game 2 of a doubleheader at South Carolina State April 17 … Smacked three hits, including two doubles, with an RBI against Liberty April 20 … Caught fire in a three-game stretch late in the season, going 2-for-4 with one run and two RBI at North Carolina A&T May 2 … Followed that up by going 2-for-4 with two RBI in Game 1 and 3-for-3 with two runs scored in Game 2 of a doubleheader against Winston-Salem State May 8. 2009: Named NSU’s Freshman of the Year … Played and started in 46 games … Hit .267 with 39 hits in 146 at-bats … Totaled 35 runs, 69 total bases, 30 RBI, five doubles, five triples and five home runs … Led the team and the MEAC in triples … Was third in the conference in stolen bases (16-of-18) … Was named MEAC Rookie of the week on May 5 after a doubleheader at Hampton April 29 and a three-game series at Winston-Salem State … Was perfect in the first game against Hampton, hitting 4-for-4 with one triple, one double and one RBI … Was also 3-for-3 in stolen bases in that game … Went a combined 3-for-8 with a double, triple and six RBI in the Winston-Salem games … Was second on the team in slugging percentage (.473), RBI and home runs …

WRIGHT’S CAREER HITTING STATISTICS Year 2009 2010 Total

Avg. .267 .298 .281

GP-GS 46-46 42-41 88-87

AB 146 114 260

RUNS 35 20 55

2B 5 9 14

5-7 • Sophomore • OF Virginia Beach, Va. Princess Anne HS Bats-Throws: R-R 2010: Competed in 32 games, starting 18 … All 18 starts came in right field in platoon with Sara Spanka … Batted .250 with nine hits, 10 runs, two doubles and seven RBI … Made 20 putouts with one assist and did not commit an error on the year … Hit .304 (7-of-23) with runners on base but .357 (5-of-14) with runners in scoring position … Had her best games of the year in a doubleheader at UMES April 22, going 2-for-4 with one run and two RBI in the first game … Went 3-for-4 with one run and one Year 2010 Total

Avg. .250 .250

GP-GS 32-18 32-18

AB 36 36

RUNS 10 10

High School: Played four years of softball for coach Kaylyn Bayly … Hit .304 with 21 stolen bases, three home runs and two triples … Was named Countryside’s Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year after stellar seasons in volleyball, basketball and softball in 2007-08 … Helped the Countryside softball team to the Class 6A Region Championship and the Florida High School Athletic Association semifinals as a junior … Also led the team to the PCAC Championship, district title and the regional semifinals her senior year … Played on the Tampa Wildcats 18-and-under team that qualified for the USA/ASA National Tournament in 2007 … Also played basketball for Countryside. Personal: Full name is Danielle Leona Wright … Born on Oct. 4, 1989 … Daughter of Tamyko Harriel … Has one older sibling, Christopher, and two younger ones, Shatia and Demetrius … Majoring in sociology with a minor in criminal justice … Plans to pursue a career in the juvenile justice system. 3B 5 3 8

HR 5 1 6

RBI 30 22 52

TB 69 52 121

BB 11 10 21

SO 42 27 69

SB-ATT 16-18 13-16 29-34

RBI in Game 2 … Had a 1-for-2 day with two RBI against Quinnipiac Feb. 26 … In the season opener at North Carolina Central Feb. 18, hit 1-for-2 with one double two runs, one RBI, one walk and one stolen base.

#8 Meagan Long

LONG’S CAREER HITTING STATISTICS

Was 3-for-7 with four RBI, two runs, one homer and four walks in the Feb. 20 doubleheader against North Carolina Central … Was third on the team in doubles and fourth in hits … Went a combined 4-for-9 with two RBI, four runs, a double and a triple in the MEAC three-game series against South Carolina State … Tallied three hits in eight at-bats and had three runs, four RBI and two homers in the March 11 doubleheader against Maryland Eastern Shore … Was 3-for-7 with four runs, four RBI, one double and a home run in the last two games of the Bethune-Cookman three-game series.

2B 2 2

High School: Played four years of varsity softball for coach Dennis Nixon … Helped Princess Anne to a 13-6 record her senior year in 2009 … Team captain in 2009 … Named Team MVP her junior year in 2008 … Also played volleyball her freshman and sophomore years and was a member of the track and field team her sophomore and junior seasons … Team MVP in volleyball her freshman year. Personal: Full name is Meagan Lynn Long … Born on July 13, 1991 … Daughter of Gary and Terri Long … Has two younger siblings, Melody and Garrett … Majoring in psychology and special education … Wants to become a special education teacher.

3B 0 0

HR 0 0

RBI 7 7

TB 11 11

BB 1 1

SO 9 9

SB-ATT 1-1 1-1

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RETURNEES/NEWCOMERS #23 Gipsy Ramirez 5-6 • Sophomore • SS/2B LaVerne, Calif. San Dimas HS Bats-Throws: R-R 2010: Competed in 40 games, starting 36 … Started 34 at second base with another two at designated player … Batted .368 on the year … Led the team with 123 at bats … Totaled 18 runs and 35 hits, finishing third on the team in hits … Hit five doubles, knocked in seven runs, drew 13 walks and finished third on the team with 38 total bases … Batted .314 (11-of-35) with runners in scoring position and .298 (17-of-57) with runners on … Tied for the team lead with nine multiple-hit games … Also made one appearance in the circle, pitching 1.1 innings at North Carolina Central Feb. 18 … Hit 2-for-4 with two runs and one RBI against Quinnipiac Feb. 26 … Made seven putouts in the field from her second-base position against Rider Feb. 27 … Went 7-of-14 over four games against UMES March 31 and BethuneCookman April 2 … Batted 3-for-4 with one run and one RBI against North Carolina Central April 8 … In a doubleheader at South Carolina State April 17, had back-to-back 3-for-4 performances.

RAMIREZ’ CAREER HITTING STATISTICS Year 2010 Total

Avg. .268 .268

GP-GS 40-36 40-36

AB 123 123

RUNS 18 18

2B 5 5

5-1 • Sophomore • 2B/OF Suffolk, Va. King’s Fork HS Bats-Throws: R-R 2010 (at JMU): Did not compete. 2009 (at JMU): Scored a run as a pinch runner in her JMU debut against Houston … Scored a run and drove in her first career RBI against the College of Charleston … Appeared in two games in the Gamecock Invitational, including making her first career start in right field against Chattanooga … Recorded her first career hit as a pinch hitter against Rider … Was hit by a pitch and scored a run in the Dukes’ 17-0 win over George Washington … Appeared in Game 1 against Liberty as a pinch runner and played right field in Game 2 … Appeared as a pinch hitter in Game 3 against Year 2009* Total

Avg. .167 .167

GP-GS 13-1 13-1

AB 6 6

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RUNS 4 4

High School: Was a three-time All-Valle Vista League first-team pick … Earned second-team honors her freshman year … Hit .532 (41-for-77) in 25 games during her senior year in 2009, helping San Dimas to a 21-4 record … Batted in 21 runs and had two home runs, two triples and one double … Also spent time in the pitching circle for San Dimas, going 4-0 with three saves in 17 appearances in 2009 … Had a 0.69 ERA, tossed 40.2 innings and struck out 38 batters … Led the league in ERA and ranked fourth in batting average, on-base percentage (.554) and strikeouts … Named to the all-area team by the San Gabriel Valley Tribune her junior and senior years and by the Daily Bulletin her senior year … Team captain her junior and senior years … Earned the team’s Defensive MVP Award her junior year and Offensive MVP Award her senior year … Was a Scholar-Athlete her first three years … Helped San Dimas capture the Valle Vista League Championship all four years … Integral part of the San Dimas squad that advanced to the CIF Southern Section quarterfinals in 2007, the semifinals in 2008 and finished as the runner-up in 2009 … Competed on the JV volleyball team her freshman and sophomore years. Personal: Full name is Gipsy Olivia Ramirez … Born on Dec. 1, 1991 … Daughter of Gipsy and Ricardo Ramirez … Majoring in social work … Has two younger siblings, Ricky and Clarisa … Wants to become a social worker.

3B 0 0

HR 0 0

RBI 7 7

TB 38 38

BB 13 13

SO 18 18

SB-ATT 2-2 2-2

Towson … Appeared in two games against Drexel, scoring a run and walking once … Appeared as a pinch runner against Georgetown.

#5 Gillian Giarrizzo

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2B 0 0

High School: Four-year varsity starter at King’s Fork HS … Team captain and MVP … Two-time all-district second-team selection sophomore and junior years … Named first team all-city … Golden Glove Award winner … Sportsmanship Award winner senior year … Selected to represent USA in 2008 World Cup in The Netherlands … Earned numerous tournament MVP awards in travel ball … Ran varsity track for three years … Won track team’s Bulldog Award sophomore year … Two-year starter on the varsity volleyball team. Personal: Daughter of Mark and Elaine Giarrizzo … Has one older brother, Mark, and one younger brother, Bobby … Member of the National Honor Society … Plans to major in kinesiotherapy … Wants to become a strength and conditioning coach post-grad … Enjoys reading, swimming, working out and water skiing. 3B 0 0

HR 0 0

RBI 1 1

TB 1 1

BB 1 1

SO 2 2

SB-ATT 0-0 0-0

NEWCOMERS #25 Whitney Holland 5-11 • Junior • 3B Suffolk, Va. St. Johns River CC/ King’s Fork HS Bats-Throws: R-R Junior College: Competed for two years at St. Johns River for coach Rebecca Bennett … Earned honorable mention all-state her sophomore year … Named first-team all-conference sophomore year and second-team all-conference freshman year … Batted .310 her freshman year and .300 her sophomore year … Won the team’s Golden Glove Award freshman season and Silver Slugger Award sophomore year. High School: A three-year member of the varsity softball team for coach Tammy Newman … Batted .420 her senior year and over .300 her sophomore and junior seasons … Named to the first-team All-Tidewater team her senior year … Earned firstteam all-city honors all three years … Named first-team all-district her sophomore and senior years and second-team all-district her junior season … Won the team’s Golden Glove Award her sophomore year, the Sportsmanship Award her junior year and the Silver Slugger Award her senior year … Competed on the JV softball team at Lakeland High School her freshman year … Also played on the volleyball team her sophomore, junior and senior years and on the basketball team her junior and senior seasons … Won the volleyball team’s Sportsmanship Award her sophomore and junior years and the Heart and Hustle Award her senior year … Coaches Award winner in basketball her senior year … Helped basketball team capture the district championship both years. Personal: Full name is Whitney Kristin Holland … Born on July 6, 1989 … Daughter of John and Margaret Holland … Has one younger sibling, Tyler … Majoring in physical education … Wants to become an elementary physical education teacher.

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#1 Morgan Boyd 5-3 • Freshman • SS Chesapeake, Va. Indian River HS Bats-Throws: S-R High School: Competed on the varsity softball team all four years at Indian River … Won the team’s Coaches Award her freshman, junior and senior seasons … Named Team MVP and won the team’s Academic Award her sophomore year … Batted .527 her freshman year … Also competed on the JV volleyball team her first two years and the varsity team her junior and senior seasons … Team MVP her senior year … Member of the gymnastics team all four years … Won the Coaches Award in gymnastics her freshman and sophomore years … Earned the team’s Most Improved Award senior year. Personal: Full name is Morgan Alisa Boyd … Born on Nov. 7, 1991 … Daughter of Steven and Muriel Boyd … Has one older sibling, Stephen … Majoring in kinesiotherapy … Wants to become a physical therapist … Cousins Gladys, Clarence and Clarence Freeman Jr. all went to NSU.

#10 Kathy Cortez 5-3 • Freshman • C/3B Pomona, Calif. Garey HS Bats-Throws: R-R High School: Competed for four years on the varsity softball team … Earned first-team All-Mt. Baldy League honors freshman and junior years … Named to the second team sophomore and senior seasons … Three-time Golden Glove Award winner freshman through junior years … Scholar-Athlete Award winner freshman season … Competed with the California Lite 18 Gold travel team coached by Pam Newton and Vic Stewart … Helped squad take first place at the Worth Women’s Tournament in Corona, Calif., and third at the Champions Cup in Irvine, Calif. … California Lite also took sixth at The Premiere/ESPN Rise Tournament in Huntington Beach, Calif. Personal: Full name is Katherine Danielle Cortez … Born on Feb. 27, 1992 … Daughter of Julia Cortez … Has one younger sibling, James … Majoring in psychology … Wants to go to graduate school and become a sports psychologist.

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#9 Alexa Fleming

#6 Nikki Jones

5-3 • Freshman • OF/UT Ashburn, Va. James Madison HS Bats-Throws: R-R

5-7 • Freshman • 1B/3B Providence Forge, Va. New Kent HS Bats-Throws: R-R

High School: Competed on the varsity softball team at Bishop O’Connell HS her freshman and sophomore years for Coach Tommy Orndorff … Competed at James Madison HS her junior and senior years for Coach John Schneeberger … Earned second-team all-district honors her junior year … Helped Bishop O’Connell captured the state and WCAC championships both years … Led James Madison HS to the district and regional championships her senior year.

#11 Jamie Schulle

High School: Competed on the varsity softball team all four years for Coach Betsey Tart … Earned second-team all-district honors her sophomore and junior seasons and honorable mention all-district her senior and freshman campaigns … Won the team’s Coaches Award her senior year … Named the Senior Athlete of the Year as well … Helped New Kent to a state runner-up finish at the VHSL AA Championship … Led team to the Region 2 Championship her freshman year and to a runner-up finish her sophomore season … Team won the Bay Rivers District regular season championship and district tournament championship freshman and sophomore seasons … Finished as the Bay River District tournament runner-up senior year … Competed for Coach Sheri Carneal on the Virginia Rowdies travel team … Also competed on the JV basketball team her freshman year and the varsity team her last three years … Earned the team’s Coaches Award her senior year … Earned honorable mention all-district her junior year.

5-7 • Freshman • P/OF Maxwell, Texas Lockhart HS Bats-Throws: L-L

Personal: Full name is Nikole JaNae Jones … Born on July 19, 1992 … Daughter of Angela and Dwight Jones … Has one older sibling, Corey … Majoring in physical education … Wants to pursue a master’s degree and eventually become an athletic director.

Personal: Full name is Alexandra P. Fleming … Born on Oct. 5, 1992 … Daughter of Tim and Bo Fleming … Has two younger siblings, Quinn and Jade … Majoring in psychology … Undecided on career plans.

High School: Competed on the varsity softball team all four years … Went 11-2 with 88 strikeouts and a 1.29 ERA senior year … Batted .247 that year … Named first-team all-district junior and senior years … Honorable mention all-district freshman and sophomore years … Named to the Floresville All-Tournament Team sophomore season … Earned Academic All-State honors senior year … Three-time Academic All-District honoree freshman through junior seasons … Also competed on the JV volleyball team freshman and sophomore years and varsity team junior year. Personal: Full name is Jamie Lyn Schulle … Born on Feb. 8, 1993 … Daughter of David and Debbie Schulle … Has one older sibling, Bobbi … Undecided on a major … Wants to own a gym and become a strength training coach and personal fitness trainer.

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#22 Melina Valles 5-3 • Freshman • 1B Virginia Beach, Va. Ocean Lakes HS Bats-Throws: L-L High School: Four-year member of the varsity softball team at Ocean Lakes … Earned first-team all-district honors her junior year and second-team all-district honors senior year … Led Ocean Lakes to the Beach District Championship senior year. Personal: Full name is Melina Alice Valles … Daughter of Mark and Robin Valles … Born on Dec. 5, 1991.

2010 RESULTS

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The Automated ScoreBook Game Results for Norfolk State (2010 Final Statistics) (All games) Date

Opponent

Score

Inns

Overall

Attend

Time

Feb 18, 2010

at N.C. Central-1

10-0

1-0-0

Conference Pitcher of record

0-0-0

VELAZQUEZ (W 1-0)

1:29

Feb 18, 2010

at N.C. Central-2

9-10

(8)

1-1-0

0-0-0

RAMIREZ,G. (L 0-1)

2:02

Feb 20, 2010

CANISIUS-1

0-7

1-2-0

0-0-0

VELAZQUEZ (L 1-1)

1:30

Feb 20, 2010

CANISIUS-2

0-8

1-3-0

0-0-0

POMEROY (L 0-1)

1:56

Feb 26, 2010

QUINNIPIAC

11-7

2-3-0

0-0-0

POMEROY (W 1-1)

2:25

Feb 27, 2010

FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON

0-1

(8)

2-4-0

0-0-0

VELAZQUEZ (L 1-2)

1:55

Feb 27, 2010

RIDER

2-7

2-5-0

0-0-0

POMEROY (L 1-2)

1:45

Feb 28, 2010

IONA

0-12

2-6-0

0-0-0

VELAZQUEZ (L 1-3)

1:25

Mar 06, 2010

LAFEYATTE

1-2

2-7-0

0-0-0

VELAZQUEZ (L 1-4)

1:45

Mar 06, 2010

ST. BONAVENTURE

3-6

2-8-0

0-0-0

POMEROY (L 1-3)

Mar 07, 2010

at Colgate

1-3

2-9-0

0-0-0

CASTANEDA (L 0-1)

Mar 10, 2010

at Virginia-1

1-9

2-10-0

0-0-0

VELAZQUEZ (L 1-5)

1:17

Mar 10, 2010

at Virginia-2

2-3

2-11-0

0-0-0

POMEROY (L 1-4)

2:00

1:45

13 3

91 m

Mar 18, 2010

HAMPTON

2-1

3-11-0

0-0-0

VELAZQUEZ (W 2-5)

1:22

Mar 18, 2010

HAMPTON

2-4

3-12-0

0-0-0

VELAZQUEZ (L 2-6)

1:52

Mar 20, 2010

at Longwood-1

0-6

3-13-0

0-0-0

VELAZQUEZ (L 2-7)

Mar 20, 2010

at Longwood-2

3-8

3-14-0

0-0-0

POMEROY (L 1-5)

1:55

15 0

1:54

Mar 31, 2010

MD. EASTERN SHORE-1

15-4

4-14-0

0-0-0

CASTANEDA (W 1-1)

1:30

Mar 31, 2010

MD. EASTERN SHORE-2

8-0

5-14-0

0-0-0

VELAZQUEZ (W 3-7)

1:10

* Apr 02, 2010

BETHUNE-COOKMAN-1

3-1

6-14-0

1-0-0

VELAZQUEZ (W 4-7)

2 hr

* Apr 02, 2010

BETHUNE-COOKMAN-2

3-5

(8)

6-15-0

1-1-0

VELAZQUEZ (L 4-8)

2 hr

1:53

1:43

* Apr 03, 2010

0-7

6-16-0

1-2-0

VELAZQUEZ (L 4-9)

N.C. CENTRAL-1

7-1

7-16-0

1-2-0

VELAZQUEZ (W 5-9)

Apr 08, 2010

N.C. CENTRAL-2

7-3

8-16-0

1-2-0

POMEROY (W 2-5)

* Apr 10, 2010

FLORIDA A&M-1

6-5

9-16-0

2-2-0

CASTANEDA (W 2-1)

* Apr 10, 2010

FLORIDA A&M-2

1-6

9-17-0

2-3-0

VELAZQUEZ (L 5-10)

2hr

* Apr 11, 2010

FLORIDA A&M

0-12

9-18-0

2-4-0

CASTANEDA (L 2-3)

238

Apr 14, 2010

at Delaware-1

2-3

9-19-0

2-4-0

VELAZQUEZ (L 5-11)

1:30

Apr 14, 2010

at Delaware-2

0-2

9-20-0

2-4-0

CASTANEDA (L 2-3)

1:18

* Apr 17, 2010

at South Carolina State-1

3-8

9-21-0

2-5-0

VELAZQUEZ (L 5-12)

2:40

* Apr 17, 2010

at South Carolina State-2

3-6

9-22-0

2-6-0

VELAZQUEZ (L 5-13)

1:50

6-2

10-22-0

3-6-0

CASTANEDA (W 3-3)

1:15

1-8

10-23-0

3-6-0

CASTANEDA (L 3-4)

1:35

Apr 08, 2010

* Apr 18, 2010

Apr 20, 2010

BETHUNE-COOKMAN

at South Carolina State LIBERTY-1

1 hr

2:15

Apr 20, 2010

LIBERTY-2

3-9

10-24-0

3-6-0

VELAZQUEZ (L 5-14)

1:53

Apr 22, 2010

at Md. Eastern Shore-1

11-0

11-24-0

3-6-0

VELAZQUEZ (W 6-14)

1:43

Apr 22, 2010

at Md. Eastern Shore-2

10-4

12-24-0

3-6-0

VELAZQUEZ (W 7-14)

* May 01, 2010

at North Carolina A&T-1

1-3

12-25-0

3-7-0

VELAZQUEZ (L 7-15)

* May 01, 2010

at North Carolina A&T-2

2-7

12-26-0

3-8-0

VELAZQUEZ (L 7-16)

1:35

* May 02, 2010

at North Carolina A&T-3

5-6

12-27-0

3-9-0

CASTANEDA (L 3-5)

2:06

May 08, 2010

WINSTON-SALEM ST.-1

8-7

(11)

13-27-0

3-9-0

VELAZQUEZ (W 8-16)

2:00

May 08, 2010

WINSTON-SALEM ST.-2

12-4

14-27-0

3-9-0

CASTANEDA (W 4-5)

1:27

May 09, 2010

WINSTON-SALEM ST.

1-2

14-28-0

3-9-0

VELAZQUEZ (L 8-17)

1:23

1:45

10 7

1:50

() extra inning game

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2010 BATTING/PITCHING STATS

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The Automated ScoreBook Overall Statistics for Norfolk State (2010 Final Statistics) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 14-28 Player

avg gp-gs

e fld%

. 33 3

0-0

.000

.310 23-10

. 33 3

. 34 1

0-0

.972

14 Castaneda, Elizabeth 9 Raab, Jaime 3 Eure, Brianeisha 10 Ramirez, Gipsy 5 Spanka, Sara 25 Barnes, Rebecca 8 Long, Meagan

3-0

rbi

tb slg%

Conference: 3-9

. 33 3

2b 3b hr

Away: 4-13

19 Fungo, Kristin 17 Wright, Danielle

Home: 10-15

bb hp

so gdp

ob% sf sh sb-att

.298 42-41

114

.456 10

. 35 7

2 13-16

.915

.294 42-42

119

.378 16

. 39 6

.861

3-4

.281 42-42

114

.307 15

. 36 4

6 14-14

.984

.268 40-36

123

.309 13

. 33 6

2-2

.942

.250 37-34

.337 13

. 34 0

3-3

.964

.250 29-28

. 39 3

. 28 9

1-1

.889

.250 32-18

. 30 6

. 27 0

1-1

20 Sauceda, Jeanette

.243 42-42

107

. 32 7

. 31 1

0-0

328

11 Ramsey, Meghan

.198 31-31

. 22 1

. 24 2

1-2

.984

21 Pomeroy, Casey

.185 35-23

. 24 1

. 31 3

2-3

.879

15 Velazquez, Alyssa

.167 24-15

. 20 0

. 34 2

1-1

.891

24 Vasquez, Candice

.158 42-41

. 19 7

. 22 9

0-0

.885

0 1.000 .986

Totals

.251

1080

165

271

142

348

.322

106 16

198

.325

7 28

41-47

812

414

.938

Opponents

.301

1131

209

340

52 11 14

185

456

.403

89 19

114

.358 13 40

46-53

829

364

.951

LOB - Team (251), Opp (280). DPs turned - Team (11), Opp (16). CI - Team (0), Opp (1). IBB - Team (0), Opp (10). Picked off VASQUEZ 1, BARNES 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg) Player

app gs

sho

15 Velazquez, Alyssa

2.95 8-17

33 26

2/1

0 154.0 182

. 28 1

14 Castaneda, Elizabeth

4.15

4-5

0/0

82.2 110

. 32 0

6.21

2-5

0/1

32.2

. 33 1

10.50

0-1

0/0

1.1

. 50 0

21 Pomeroy, Casey 10 Ramirez, Gipsy

era

w-l

hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha

Totals

3. 75

14-28

42 42

3/1

270.2

340

209

145

114

.301

11 19

3 13

Opponents

2. 99

28-14

42 42

8/0

276.1

271

165

118

106

198

.251

11 16

PB - Team (10), SPANKA 6, BARNES 2, RAMSEY 2, Opp (12). Pickoffs - Team (0), Opp (2). SBA/ATT - RAMSEY (22-25), CASTANEDA (20-23), VELAZQUEZ (19-22), SPANKA (13-15), BARNES (11-12), POMEROY (6-7), RAMIREZ,G. (1-1).

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2010 FIELDING STATS

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The Automated ScoreBook Overall Statistics for Norfolk State (2010 Final Statistics) (All games Sorted by Fielding pct) Player

8 Long, Meagan 20 Sauceda, Jeanette 3 Eure, Brianeisha 11 Ramsey, Meghan

fld%

sba

csb

sba%

1.000

-- -

351

328

. 98 6

---

. 98 4

-- -

122

. 98 4

. 88 0

14 Castaneda, Elizabeth

. 97 2

. 87 0

5 Spanka, Sara

. 96 4

. 86 7

138

. 94 2

1.000

17 Wright, Danielle

. 91 5

---

15 Velazquez, Alyssa

. 89 1

. 86 4

25 Barnes, Rebecca

. 88 9

. 91 7

156

. 88 5

-- -

. 87 9

. 85 7

180

. 86 1

-- -

10 Ramirez, Gipsy

24 Vasquez, Candice 21 Pomeroy, Casey 9 Raab, Jaime 19 Fungo, Kristin

. 00 0

---

Totals

1307

812

414

.938

.868

Opponents

1255

829

364

.951

.872

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MEAC HISTORY The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) enters its 41st year of opera-

tion heading into the 2010-11 academic school year. The MEAC is made up of 13 outstanding historically black institutions across the Atlantic coastline: Bethune-Cookman University, Coppin State University, Delaware State University, Florida A&M University, Hampton University, Howard University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State University, Norfolk State University, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina Central University, Savannah State University and South Carolina State University.

HISTORY

In 1969, a bold ad hoc group of innovators long associated with intercollegiate athletics met in Durham, N.C., to discuss the feasibility of organizing a new conference. Dissected from these discussions, a steering and planning committee was formed to fully investigate the idea, present a detailed report with recommendations to interested collegiate institutions, and then construct a workshop to outline proposals. After adopting a program, seven institutions (Delaware State College, Howard University, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Morgan State University, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina Central University and South Carolina State College) agreed to become the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Its major objective was to establish, organize and supervise an intercollegiate athletic program among a compact group of educational institutions of high academic standards and with a sound philosophy of co-curricular activities. The conference agreed to seek Division I status for its sports. The conference was confirmed in 1970, kicking off its first season of competition in football in 1971. In 1978, a milestone was reached when the MEAC selected Kenneth A. Free to be its first full-time commissioner. Free served the conference for 18 years before stepping down in May of 1996. In July of 1996, Charles S. Harris was named commissioner and served in the capacity until April 2002. On September 1, 2002, Dr. Dennis E. Thomas was named the commissioner and has served in the position for nine years. The conference’s first expansion occurred in October 1979 when Bethune-Cookman College and Florida A&M University were voted into the MEAC as new members. Original members Morgan State, North Carolina Central and Maryland Eastern Shore withdrew from the conference at the end of the 1979-80 fiscal year. Maryland Eastern Shore was readmitted in 1981 and Morgan State returned in 1984. Florida A&M opted to resign in 1984 but rejoined the conference in 1986. Coppin State College was granted admittance in 1985, becoming the ninth member institution. The MEAC expanded again in the 1990’s with the inclusion of Hampton University (1995) and Norfolk State University (1997). The conference expanded in 2007 adding Winston-Salem State University. Following the 2009-10 academic/athletic season Winston-Salem State withdrew from the conference and returned to Division II. On July 1, 2010 the MEAC made its final expansion with the admittance of North Carolina Central and Savannah State University. On June 8, 1980, the MEAC was classified as a Division I conference by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Prior to that year the conference operated as a Division II conference. The following month the MEAC received an automatic qualification to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. Currently, the conference has automatic qualifying bids for NCAA postseason play in baseball (since 1994), men’s basketball (since 1981), women’s basketball (since 1982), football (since 1996), softball (since 1995), men and women’s tennis (since 1998), and volleyball (since 1994). The MEAC initiated cross country in 1980 and North Carolina A&T earned the inaugural men’s crown. The first women’s cross country championship took place a year later with Howard winning the first of its seven titles. Indoor Track and Field was also added in 1981 with South Carolina State capturing the men’s title and Howard winning the women’s crown. Tennis and golf returned as MEAC governed sports in 1981, after a five-year hiatus. South Carolina State won all seven of the conference’s golf championships from 19721983 before the sport was discontinued after the 1983 championship. Morgan State dominated the conference in wrestling winning 13 of 24 conference championships during the sports tenure (1972-1995). Baseball, which began in 1972, was discontinued following the 1977 season. It was brought back as a MEAC governed sport along with women’s volleyball in 1983. Women’s softball became a MEAC sanctioned sport in 1992. Bowling was officially sanctioned as a MEAC sport in 1999. Before that season, the MEAC was the first conference to secure NCAA sanctioning for women’s bowling by adopting the club sport prior to the 1996-97 school year.

SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS

The MEAC has enjoyed tremendous athletic success over the years. In 2008, Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) defeated Arkansas State 4-2 to win the NCAA Women’s Bowling National Championship, a first for the conference and institution. With the victory, Lady Hawks’ head coach Sharon Brummell became the first female head coach to win a NCAA bowling title. In men’s basketball, UMES became the first historical black college/university to participate in the 1974 National Invitational Tournament (NIT). The Hawks defeated Manhattan, 84-81, in the first round before falling to Jacksonville by two points in the second round. Before the Jacksonville loss UMES had the best record in the nation at 27-1. That same year, Morgan State won the NCAA College Division II National Champion-

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NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY 2011 SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDE ship and junior Marvin “The Human Eraser” Webster was named the Division II Player of the Year. The 1981 tournament champion Howard Bison became the first MEAC team to play in the NCAA Division I Basketball Championship. Coppin State and Hampton made history in the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament with first-round victories. The No. 15 seeded Coppin State defeated No. 2 South Carolina in 1997 and No. 15 seeded Hampton defeated No. 2 Iowa State in 2001. Both victories ranked among the Top 10 greatest tournament upsets of all-time by ESPN’s SportsCenter. In women’s basketball, South Carolina State won the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) Division II National Championship in 1979. In 1982, Howard became the first MEAC women’s team to participate in the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship. South Carolina State earned the conference’s bid in 1983 and became the first MEAC team, men or women, to win an opening-round game in the NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament. The No. 14 North Carolina A&T Lady Aggies faced No.3 Florida State in the 2009 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament. The 14th seed was the highest seed earned by a MEAC women’s basketball program since the inception of the 64-team bracket in 1994. The Lady Aggies defeated Wake Forest and Charlotte before falling to Miami in the third round of the 2010 Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT). North Carolina A&T became the first MEAC team and historical black college/university to win two consecutive basketball games in a national postseason tournament. In football, the MEAC was instrumental in constructing the Freedom Bowl All-Star Classic, the Heritage Bowl, and the Gold Bowl. Prior to Division I competition, the MEAC competed in the Gold Bowl held in Richmond, Va., which matched the MEAC champion against the champion of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA). South Carolina State represented the MEAC in 1976 and 1979, winning both outings over Winston-Salem State and Norfolk State respectively. In addition to the 1976 and 1979 crowns, South Carolina State won MEAC football titles in 1974-78, 1980-83, 1994, 2004, 2008 and 2009. During the 1981 and 1982 seasons they reached the second round of the I-AA championships. In outdoor track and field, North Carolina Central won the first three MEAC outdoor titles and finished fourth in the 1974 NCAA Division I Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championship. NCCU’s Larry Black was a member of the 1972 Olympic 400-meter relay team that won the gold medal. He won the silver medal in the 200-meter dash. MEAC women began outdoor track and field conference competition in 1980. In 1982, South Carolina State won the AIAW Division II Outdoor Track and Field National Championship. The MEAC has showcased over 27 athletes in the Olympics and 11 have earned medals during the Summer Games. In 2003, Florida A&M became the first MEAC school to win a volleyball match in the NCAA Championship, with a first-round win over Winthrop. In 2004, the Lady Rattlers became the first historically black college/university to rank in the Top 25 of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) national poll. South Carolina State’s women’s tennis team earned the conference’s first Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) ranking in a 2005 final poll reaching a No. 72 ranking. In softball, Bethune-Cookman earned the conference’s first-ever at-large bid to the NCAA Softball Championship in 2005. The Lady Wildcats defeated Florida, Central Florida and South Florida in the Florida Regional to become the first MEAC school to win a NCAA Division I Softball Regional. Bethune-Cookman ended the 2005 season with the conferences’ first-ever rankings in the final softball polls, reaching No. 18 in the NFCA/ USA Today Coaches poll and No. 23 in the USA Softball/ESPN.com Poll. Florida A&M was the first MEAC baseball team to advance to NCAA postseason play in 1994. The Rattlers took on Southeastern Louisiana in a best of three play-in series, falling after two games, 11-10 and 8-7. During the 2002 campaign, the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats advanced to the Gainesville Regional and became the first MEAC team to win in the NCAA Tournament with a 7-4 victory over Florida International. The Wildcats had previously lost to Florida in their first game 13-1 and were eliminated from the regional with a 21-10 loss in their second matchup against the Gators.

All-Time MEAC Champions 1993-2010 2010.................Bethune-Cookman 2009........................... Florida A&M 2008...................... Delaware State 2007.................................. Howard 2006........................... Florida A&M 2005........................... Florida A&M 2004.................Bethune-Cookman 2003.................Bethune-Cookman 2002.................Bethune-Cookman

2001.................Bethune-Cookman 2000.................Bethune-Cookman 1999........................... Florida A&M 1998........................... Florida A&M 1997........................... Florida A&M 1996................................ Hampton 1995........................... Florida A&M 1994........................... Florida A&M 1993........................... Florida A&M

2011 MEAC PREDICTIONS

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2011 Preseason Predicted Order of Finish (First-Place Votes in Parenthesis) MEAC Northern Division Team

Points

1. Howard (10)......................................................... 213 pts. 2. Delaware State (6).............................................. 210 pts. 3. Hampton (4)......................................................... 188 pts. 4. Coppin State (2).................................................. 167 pts. 5. Morgan State....................................................... 134 pts. 6. Maryland Eastern Shore.................................. 115 pts.

MEAC Southern Division Team

Points

1. Bethune-Cookman (15)................................... 243 pts. 2. Florida A&M (3)................................................... 200 pts. 3. North Carolina A&T (2)..................................... 174 pts. 4. South Carolina State (2)................................... 151 pts. 5. Norfolk State..........................................143 pts.

2011 Preseason All-Conference Team Pos. Name P P C INF INF INF INF OF OF OF UTL

Allison Garcia Paige Arnold Sabrina Ferguson Jade Dudley Tawny Reeger Kelsei Saunders Rebecca Kirshner Jordan Reid Jasmin Donaldson Lorae Robinson Rachel Carroll

School

Bethune-Cookman Coppin State Bethune-Cookman Coppin State Delaware State Hampton Howard Delaware State Florida A&M Howard Delaware State

Cl. Ht. Hometown Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr.

5-7 5-7 5-3 5-10 5-6 5-5 5-6 5-8 5-2 5-6 5-7

Chino Hills, Calif. Detroit, Mich. Oxnard, Calif. Mountain Top, Pa. Simi Valley, Calif. Suffolk, Va. Gaithersburg, Md. Accokeek, Md. Rockledge, Fla. Fontana, Calif. Oxnard, Calif.

Preseason Player of the Year: Jordan Reid, Delaware State Preseason Pitcher of the Year: Paige Arnold, Coppin State

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2010 MEAC REVIEW

NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY 2011 SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDE

Final 2010 Standings Northern Division

Team.................................MEAC Howard......................................14-1 Delaware State.......................10-5 Coppin State...........................9-6 Hampton..................................9-6 Morgan State..........................3-12 UMES..........................................0-15

Southern Division

Team.................................MEAC Bethune-Cookman...............9-3 North Carolina A&T...............8-4 Florida A&M.............................7-5 Norfolk State....................3-9 South Carolina State.............3-9

Pct. .933 .667 .600 .600 .200 .000

Overall 26-20 27-20 22-21 22-36 7-22 1-31

Pct. .565 .574 .512 .379 .241 .031

Pct. .750 .667 .583 .250 .250

Overall 32-24 21-25 17-14 12-28 8-40

Pct. .571 .457 .548 .300 .167

2010 MEAC Tournament

2010 All-Conference Teams

(Ormond Beach, Fla.)

Thursday, May 13 South Carolina State 5, Howard 0 Bethune-Cookman 8, Hampton 0 Florida A&M 6, Delaware State 1 North Carolina A&T 10, Coppin State 0 Delaware State 4, Coppin State 3 Howard 8, Hampton 4 Bethune-Cookman 10, Florida A&M 2 North Carolina A&T 8, South Carolina State 0 Friday, May 14 Howard 10, South Carolina State 6 Florida A&M 4, Delaware State 1 Bethune-Cookman 3, North Carolina A&T 0 Florida A&M 6, Howard 0 North Carolina A&T 2, Florida A&M 1 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Saturday, May 15 Bethune-Cookman 7, North Carolina A&T 3

2010 NCAA Tournament Gainesville Regional (Gainesville, Fla.) Friday, May 21 Florida 6, Bethune-Cookman 0 Saturday, May 22 FIU 2, Bethune-Cookman 0

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FIRST TEAM

Pos. Name School P Paige Arnold Coppin State P Amanda Reyes Florida A&M C Tamra Griffin Morgan State INF Kelsi Saunders Hampton INF Melissa Oliphant Florida A&M INF Tawny Reeger Delaware State INF Jade Dudley Coppin State OF Jordan Reid Delaware State OF Courtney Young Howard OF Jasmin Donaldson* Florida A&M OF Tenisha Dixon* Florida A&M UTL Rachel Carroll Delaware State

SECOND TEAM

Pos. Name P Allison Garcia P Jennifer Luper C Jessie Larson INF Nicole Saez INF Yahamma White INF Erica Garcia INF Bianca Alsbrook OF Christine Sborz OF Denitia Carter OF Ashton Hinds UTL Tonya Giles [*] Indicates Tie

School B-CU N.C. A&T N.C. A&T Howard N.C. A&T Florida A&M N.C. A&T Howard S.C. State B-CU S.C. State

Cl. So. Sr. Jr. So. Sr. So. Jr. So. Sr. So. So. So.

Ht. 5-7 5-7 5-5 5-5 5-2 5-6 5-10 5-8 5-6 5-2 5-0 5-7

Hometown Detroit, Mich. Scotts Valley, Calif. Virginia Beach, Va. Suffolk, Va. Florida, N.Y. Simi Valley, Calif. Mountain Top, Pa. Accokeek, Md. Sherwood, Ark. Rockledge, Fla. New Port Richey, Fla. Oxnard, Calif.

Cl. So. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr.

Ht. 5-7 5-5 5-10 5-5 5-4 5-4 5-7 5-3 5-4 4-11 5-2

Hometown Chino Hills, Calif. Fort Mill, S.C. Morrison, Colo. Norridge, Ill. Lancaster, S.C. Mexico City, Mexico Robbins, N.C. McLean, Va. Atlanta, Ga. Cerritos, Calif. Atlanta, Ga.

Coach of the Year: Bob Ullman, Coppin State Player of the Year: Jordan Reid, Delaware State Pitcher of the Year: Paige Arnold, Coppin State Rookie of the Year: Aurelia Gamch, Bethune-Cookman

2010 MEAC TEAM STATS Team Statistics

Hitting minimums - 2 TPA Pitching minimums - 1.0 IP/Game

Batting Avg.

1. Howard...............................328 2. Delaware State.................319 3. North Carolina A&T........273 4. Florida A&M......................269 5. Hampton............................266 6. Bethune-Cookman.........266 7. Norfolk State..............251 8. Coppin State.....................247 9. South Carolina State......227 10.Morgan State..................208

Slugging Pct.

1. Howard...............................442 2. Delaware State.................437 3. Florida A&M......................377 4. North Carolina A&T........376 5. Hampton............................364 6. Bethune-Cookman.........364 7. Coppin State.....................362 8. Norfolk State..............322 9. Morgan State....................288 10.South Carolina State.....267

On-Base Pct.

1. Delaware State.................388 2. Howard...............................383 3. Hampton............................346 4. North Carolina A&T........337 5. Florida A&M......................336 6. Bethune-Cookman.........330 7. Norfolk State..............325 8. Coppin State.....................324 9. Morgan State....................321 10.South Carolina State.....288

Runs Scored

1. Delaware State.................296 Howard...............................296 3. Hampton............................270 4. North Carolina A&T........224 5. Bethune-Cookman.........216 6. Florida A&M......................213 7. Coppin State.....................170 8. Norfolk State..............165 9. South Carolina State......138 10.Morgan State..................135

Hits

1. Howard...............................450 2. Delaware State.................410 3. Hampton............................405 4. Bethune-Cookman.........396 5. Florida A&M......................379 6. North Carolina A&T........376 7. South Carolina State......274 8. Norfolk State..............271 9. Coppin State.....................261 10.Morgan State..................164

Runs Batted In

1. Howard...............................250 2. Hampton............................233 3. Delaware State.................232 4. Bethune-Cookman.........212

5. North Carolina A&T........202 6. Florida A&M......................168 7. Norfolk State..............142 8. Coppin State.....................130 9. South Carolina State........ 94 10.Morgan State.................... 93

Doubles

1. Delaware State................... 82 Howard................................. 82 3. Florida A&M........................ 61 4. Bethune-Cookman........... 53 5. Hampton.............................. 49 6. North Carolina A&T.......... 46 Norfolk State................46 8. Coppin State....................... 40 9. South Carolina State........ 32 10.Morgan State.................... 27

Triples

1. North Carolina A&T.......... 16 Florida A&M........................ 16 3. Hampton.............................. 14 4. Morgan State.........................9 Maryland E. Shore................9 6. Norfolk State.................. 8 Coppin State..........................8 8. Delaware State......................7 Howard....................................7 10.Bethune-Cookman.............6

Home Runs

1. Bethune-Cookman........... 27 2. Hampton.............................. 24 3. Coppin State....................... 22 4. North Carolina A&T.......... 21 5. Florida A&M........................ 20 Howard................................. 20 7. Delaware State................... 19 8. Morgan State.........................6 9. Norfolk State.................. 5 10.South Carolina State..........3

Total Bases

1. Howard...............................606 2. Delaware State.................563 3. Hampton............................554 4. Bethune-Cookman.........542 5. Florida A&M......................532 6. North Carolina A&T........517 7. Coppin State.....................383 8. Norfolk State..............348 9. South Carolina State......323 10.Morgan State................. 227

Total Plate Appearances 1. Hampton......................... 1755 2. Bethune-Cookman...... 1675 3. Florida A&M................... 1616 4. North Carolina A&T..... 1559 5. Howard............................ 1541 6. Delaware State.............. 1477 7. South Carolina State... 1342 8. Norfolk State............1238 9. Coppin State.................. 1225 10.Morgan State..................930

At Bats

1. Hampton......................... 1520

2. Bethune-Cookman...... 1489 3. Florida A&M................... 1411 4. North Carolina A&T..... 1376 5. Howard............................ 1371 6. Delaware State.............. 1287 7. South Carolina State... 1208 8. Norfolk State............1080 9. Coppin State.................. 1058 10.Morgan State..................787

Walks

1. Hampton............................155 2. Florida A&M......................131 Delaware State.................131 4. Bethune-Cookman.........129 5. North Carolina A&T........112 6. Howard...............................108 Coppin State.....................108 8. Norfolk State..............106 9. Morgan State....................100 10.South Carolina State....... 68

Hit By Pitch

1. South Carolina State........ 37 2. Hampton.............................. 36 3. Morgan State...................... 31 4. North Carolina A&T.......... 27 5. Delaware State................... 24 6. Howard................................. 20 7. Bethune-Cookman........... 19 8. Norfolk State................16 9. Florida A&M........................ 15 Coppin State....................... 15

Strikeouts

1. Hampton............................306 2. South Carolina State......290 3. North Carolina A&T........289 4. Florida A&M......................280 5. Coppin State.....................247 6. Delaware State.................229 7. Norfolk State..............198 8. Bethune-Cookman.........197 9. Maryland E. Shore...........170 10.Morgan State..................164

Sac Bunts

1. Florida A&M........................ 52 2. Coppin State....................... 39 3. Hampton.............................. 33 4. North Carolina A&T.......... 32 5. Bethune-Cookman........... 29 6. Norfolk State................28 7. South Carolina State........ 27 Howard................................. 27 9. Delaware State................... 20 10.Maryland E. Shore........... 10

Sac Flies

1. Delaware State................... 15 2. North Carolina A&T.......... 12 Howard................................. 12 4. Hampton.............................. 10 5. Bethune-Cookman..............9 6. Norfolk State.................. 7 Florida A&M...........................7 8. Coppin State..........................5 9. Morgan State.........................2 South Carolina State...........2

NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY 2011 SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDE Stolen Bases

1. Delaware State................... 94 2. Florida A&M........................ 66 3. Howard................................. 57 4. Morgan State...................... 53 5. South Carolina State........ 48 6. North Carolina A&T.......... 44 7. Norfolk State................41 8. Coppin State....................... 39 9. Bethune-Cookman........... 35 Hampton.............................. 35

Caught Stealing

1. South Carolina State........ 25 2. Florida A&M........................ 16 Howard................................. 16 4. Delaware State................... 15 5. Coppin State....................... 13 6. Bethune-Cookman........... 10 Hampton.............................. 10 8. Morgan State.........................9 9. Maryland E. Shore................8 North Carolina A&T.............8

Steal Attempts

1. Delaware State.................109 2. Florida A&M........................ 82 3. Howard................................. 73 South Carolina State........ 73 5. Morgan State...................... 62 6. Coppin State....................... 52 North Carolina A&T.......... 52 8. Norfolk State................47 9. Hampton.............................. 45 Bethune-Cookman........... 45

Grounded into DP

1. Bethune-Cookman..............6 2. Morgan State.........................4 3. Howard....................................3 4. Hampton.................................2 5. Coppin State..........................1 Maryland E. Shore................1 Delaware State......................1

Batting PerGame Leaders Hits/Game

1. Howard..............................9.38 2. Delaware State................8.54 3. North Carolina A&T.......7.09 4. Bethune-Cookman........7.07 5. Florida A&M.....................7.02 6. Hampton...........................6.86 7. Norfolk State.............6.45 8. Coppin State....................5.93 9. South Carolina State.....5.27 10.Morgan State.................4.97

Runs Scored/Game

1. Howard..............................6.17 Delaware State................6.17 3. Hampton...........................4.58 4. North Carolina A&T.......4.23 5. Morgan State...................4.09 6. Florida A&M.....................3.94

7. Norfolk State.............3.93 8. Coppin State....................3.86 9. Bethune-Cookman........3.86 10.South Carolina State....2.65

Doubles/Game

1. Howard..............................1.71 Delaware State................1.71 3. Florida A&M.....................1.13 4. Norfolk State.............1.10 5. Bethune-Cookman........0.95 6. Coppin State....................0.91 7. North Carolina A&T.......0.87 8. Hampton...........................0.83 9. Morgan State...................0.82 10.South Carolina State....0.62

Triples/Game

1. North Carolina A&T.......0.30 2. Florida A&M.....................0.30 3. Morgan State...................0.27 4. Maryland E. Shore..........0.26 5. Hampton...........................0.24 6. Norfolk State.............0.19 7. Coppin State....................0.18 8. Howard..............................0.15 Delaware State................0.15 10.Bethune-Cookman.......0.11

Homers/Game

1. Coppin State....................0.50 2. Bethune-Cookman........0.48 3. Howard..............................0.42 4. Hampton...........................0.41 5. North Carolina A&T.......0.40 6. Delaware State................0.40 7. Florida A&M.....................0.37 8. Morgan State...................0.18 9. Norfolk State.............0.12 10.South Carolina State....0.06

RBIs/Game

1. Howard..............................5.21 2. Delaware State................4.83 3. Hampton...........................3.95 4. North Carolina A&T.......3.81 5. Bethune-Cookman........3.79 6. Norfolk State.............3.38 7. Florida A&M.....................3.11 8. Coppin State....................2.95 9. Morgan State...................2.82 10.South Carolina State....1.81

Stolen Bases/Game

1. Delaware State................1.96 2. Morgan State...................1.61 3. Florida A&M.....................1.22 4. Howard..............................1.19 5. Norfolk State.............0.98 6. South Carolina State.....0.92 7. Coppin State....................0.89 8. North Carolina A&T.......0.83 9. Maryland E. Shore..........0.68 10.Bethune-Cookman.......0.63

Walks/Game

1. Morgan State...................3.03 2. Delaware State................2.73 3. Hampton...........................2.63

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2010 MEAC TEAM STATS 4. Norfolk State.............2.52 5. Coppin State....................2.45 6. Florida A&M.....................2.43 7. Bethune-Cookman........2.30 8. Howard..............................2.25 9. North Carolina A&T.......2.11 10.Maryland E. Shore........1.91

Strikeouts/Game

1. Howard..............................3.27 2. Bethune-Cookman........3.52 3. Norfolk State.............4.71 4. Delaware State................4.77 5. Morgan State...................4.97 6. Maryland E. Shore..........5.00 7. Florida A&M.....................5.19 8. Hampton...........................5.19 9. North Carolina A&T.......5.45 10.South Carolina State....5.58

At Bats/Game

1. Howard........................... 28.56 2. Delaware State............. 26.81 3. Bethune-Cookman..... 26.59 4. Florida A&M.................. 26.13 5. North Carolina A&T.... 25.96 6. Hampton........................ 25.76 7. Norfolk State...........25.71 8. Coppin State................. 24.05 9. Morgan State................ 23.85 10.South Carolina State 23.23

Plate Appearances/Game 1. Howard........................... 32.10 2. Delaware State............. 30.77 3. Florida A&M.................. 29.93 4. Bethune-Cookman..... 29.91 5. Hampton........................ 29.75 6. Norfolk State...........29.48 7. North Carolina A&T.... 29.42 8. Morgan State................ 28.18 9. Coppin State................. 27.84 10.South Carolina State 25.81

Pitching Leaders Earned Run Avg

1. Florida A&M.....................2.33 2. North Carolina A&T.......2.44 3. Coppin State....................2.70 4. Bethune-Cookman........2.77 5. Delaware State................3.44 6. Norfolk State.............3.75 7. Howard..............................3.80 8. Hampton...........................4.60 9. Morgan State...................5.97 10.South Carolina State....6.33

Opposing Bat. Avg.

1. Florida A&M......................231 2. Coppin State.....................249 3. North Carolina A&T........251 4. Delaware State.................265 5. Bethune-Cookman.........267 6. Howard...............................286 7. Norfolk State..............301 8. Hampton............................306 9. Morgan State....................347

10.Maryland E. Shore.........377

Innings Pitched

1. Bethune-Cookman..... 377.0 2. Hampton........................ 369.2 3. Florida A&M.................. 360.0 4. North Carolina A&T.... 343.2 5. South Carolina State.. 308.1 6. Howard........................... 300.0 7. Delaware State............. 296.2 8. Coppin State................. 274.1 9. Norfolk State...........270.2 10.Morgan State.............. 192.1

Batters Struck Out

1. Florida A&M......................283 2. Coppin State.....................250 3. Howard...............................232 4. Bethune-Cookman.........225 5. Hampton............................223 6. North Carolina A&T........191 7. Delaware State.................146 8. Norfolk State..............114 9. Morgan State...................... 97 10.South Carolina State....... 93

Batters SO Looking

1. Hampton.............................. 67 2. Bethune-Cookman........... 65 Florida A&M........................ 65 4. Howard................................. 64 5. Delaware State................... 44 Norfolk State................44 7. Coppin State....................... 42 North Carolina A&T.......... 42 9. South Carolina State........ 26 10.Morgan State.................... 24

Wins

1. Bethune-Cookman........... 32 2. Florida A&M........................ 30 3. Delaware State................... 27 North Carolina A&T.......... 27 5. Howard................................. 26 6. Coppin State....................... 22 7. Hampton.............................. 21 8. Norfolk State................14 9. South Carolina State...........9 10.Morgan State...................... 7

Losses

1. South Carolina State........ 43 2. Hampton.............................. 38 3. Maryland E. Shore............. 33 4. Norfolk State................28 5. Morgan State...................... 26 North Carolina A&T.......... 26 7. Florida A&M........................ 24 Bethune-Cookman........... 24 9. Coppin State....................... 22 10.Howard................................ 21

Saves

1. Howard....................................4 2. Bethune-Cookman..............3 3. Hampton.................................2 Florida A&M...........................2 5. Delaware State......................1

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Runners Picked Off

1. Howard....................................5 Hampton.................................5 3. Bethune-Cookman..............3 Florida A&M...........................3 5. Morgan State.........................2 North Carolina A&T.............2 7. Maryland E. Shore................1 Delaware State......................1 Coppin State..........................1

Sac Bunts Allowed

1. Hampton.............................. 67 2. Bethune-Cookman........... 61 3. Norfolk State................40 4. North Carolina A&T.......... 39 5. Florida A&M........................ 38 6. Delaware State................... 31 7. Howard................................. 27 8. Morgan State...................... 17 Coppin State....................... 17 10.South Carolina State....... 16

Sac Flies Allowed

1. South Carolina State........ 25 2. Florida A&M........................ 17 3. Norfolk State................13 4. Hampton.............................. 12 5. Morgan State...................... 10 6. Howard....................................8 North Carolina A&T.............8 Maryland E. Shore................8 9. Coppin State..........................6 10.Delaware State....................5

Hits Allowed

1. Coppin State.....................277 2. Florida A&M......................308 3. Delaware State.................310 Morgan State....................310 5. North Carolina A&T........331 6. Norfolk State..............340 7. Howard...............................341 8. Maryland E. Shore...........343 9. Bethune-Cookman.........405 10.Hampton..........................459

Runs Allowed

1. Florida A&M......................169 2. Coppin State.....................177 3. North Carolina A&T........187 4. Delaware State.................202 5. Bethune-Cookman.........204 6. Howard...............................205 7. Norfolk State..............209 8. Morgan State....................251 9. Maryland E. Shore...........331 10.Hampton..........................362

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Coppin State.....................106 2. Florida A&M......................120 North Carolina A&T........120 4. Norfolk State..............145 5. Delaware State.................146 6. Bethune-Cookman.........149 7. Howard...............................163 8. Morgan State....................164 9. Hampton............................243

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Walks Allowed

1. Bethune-Cookman........... 74 2. Coppin State....................... 79 3. Norfolk State................89 4. Morgan State...................... 95 5. South Carolina State........ 96 6. Florida A&M......................125 7. North Carolina A&T........127 8. Maryland E. Shore...........138 9. Howard...............................153 10.Delaware State...............174

Doubles Allowed

1. Bethune-Cookman........... 40 2. Florida A&M........................ 41 3. Delaware State................... 46 4. Coppin State....................... 49 5. Norfolk State................52 6. North Carolina A&T.......... 54 7. Howard................................. 55 8. Morgan State...................... 57 Maryland E. Shore............. 57 10.Hampton............................ 79

Triples Allowed

1. Bethune-Cookman..............3 2. Delaware State......................6 3. Morgan State.........................8 4. Florida A&M...........................9 5. Howard................................. 10 Coppin State....................... 10 7. Norfolk State................11 North Carolina A&T.......... 11 9. Maryland E. Shore............. 13 10.Hampton............................ 21

Home Runs Allowed

1. Coppin State....................... 12 2. South Carolina State........ 13 3. Norfolk State................14 4. Delaware State................... 15 5. North Carolina A&T.......... 16 6. Morgan State...................... 17 7. Maryland E. Shore............. 18 8. Bethune-Cookman........... 21 9. Florida A&M........................ 22 10.Howard................................ 27

Wild Pitches

1. Hampton.............................. 71 2. Maryland E. Shore............. 67 3. South Carolina State........ 38 Morgan State...................... 38 5. Howard................................. 25 6. Delaware State................... 22 7. Florida A&M........................ 19 8. Coppin State....................... 17 9. Norfolk State................11 10.Bethune-Cookman.............9

Balks

1. Delaware State......................4 2. Norfolk State.................. 3 North Carolina A&T.............3 4. Hampton.................................2 Howard....................................2 Coppin State..........................2

Florida A&M...........................2 8. South Carolina State...........1

Hit Batters

1. Hampton.............................. 61 2. Delaware State................... 39 3. Maryland E. Shore............. 27 4. Norfolk State................19 Florida A&M........................ 19 6. South Carolina State........ 18 7. Howard................................. 17 North Carolina A&T.......... 17 Morgan State...................... 17 10.Bethune-Cookman.......... 14

Intentional BB Allowed

1. Bethune-Cookman..............5 2. Hampton.................................1 3. Delaware State......................3 4. North Carolina A&T.............2 5. Florida A&M...........................1 6. Norfolk State................10 7. Coppin State..........................3

Pitching PerGame Leaders Innings/Game

1. Bethune-Cookman........6.73 2. Florida A&M.....................6.67 3. North Carolina A&T.......6.48 4. Norfolk State.............6.44 5. Hampton...........................6.27 6. Howard..............................6.25 7. Coppin State....................6.23 8. Delaware State................6.18 9. South Carolina State.....5.93 10.Morgan State.................5.83

Strikeouts/Game

1. Coppin State....................6.38 2. Florida A&M.....................5.50 3. Howard..............................5.41 4. Hampton...........................4.22 5. Bethune-Cookman........4.18 6. North Carolina A&T.......3.89 7. Morgan State...................3.53 8. Delaware State................3.44 9. Norfolk State.............2.95 10.Maryland E. Shore........2.59

Walks Allowed/Game

1. Bethune-Cookman........1.37 2. Coppin State....................2.02 3. South Carolina State.....2.18 4. Norfolk State.............2.30 5. Florida A&M.....................2.43 6. North Carolina A&T.......2.59 7. Morgan State...................3.46 8. Howard..............................3.57 9. Hampton...........................3.62 10.Delaware State..............4.11

Doubles Allowed/Game

1. Bethune-Cookman........0.74 2. Florida A&M.....................0.80 3. Delaware State................1.09

2010 MEAC TEAM STATS 4. North Carolina A&T.......1.10 5. Coppin State....................1.25 6. Howard..............................1.28 7. Norfolk State.............1.34 8. Hampton...........................1.50 9. Morgan State...................2.07 10.Maryland E. Shore........2.17

Triples Allowed/Game

1. Bethune-Cookman........0.06 2. Delaware State................0.14 3. Florida A&M.....................0.17 4. North Carolina A&T.......0.22 5. Howard..............................0.23 6. Coppin State....................0.26 7. Norfolk State.............0.28 8. Morgan State...................0.29 9. Hampton...........................0.40 10.Maryland E. Shore........0.49

Homers Allowed/Game

1. South Carolina State.....0.30 2. Coppin State....................0.31 3. North Carolina A&T.......0.33 4. Delaware State................0.35 5. Norfolk State.............0.36 6. Bethune-Cookman........0.39 7. Florida A&M.....................0.43 8. Morgan State...................0.62 9. Howard..............................0.63 10.Hampton.........................0.66

Fly Outs/Game

1. Maryland E. Shore..........7.95 2. South Carolina State.....7.92 3. Florida A&M.....................7.72 4. Norfolk State.............6.78 5. Delaware State................6.77 6. Morgan State...................6.59 7. Howard..............................5.90 8. Hampton...........................5.42 9. Bethune-Cookman........5.33 10.North Carolina A&T......4.58

Ground Outs/Game

1. North Carolina A&T.... 11.45 2. Bethune-Cookman..... 10.81

3. Norfolk State...........10.22 4. Morgan State...................9.94 5. Hampton...........................9.88 6. South Carolina State.....9.85 7. Delaware State................9.67 8. Coppin State....................9.67 9. Maryland E. Shore..........9.36 10.Howard.............................8.28

Batters Faced/Game

1. Maryland E. Shore....... 41.77 2. South Carolina State.. 37.66 3. Morgan State................ 37.60 4. Hampton........................ 34.75 5. Delaware State............. 33.55 6. Norfolk State...........33.41 7. Howard........................... 32.64 8. Coppin State................. 31.21 9. Bethune-Cookman..... 30.93 10.North Carolina A&T... 30.80

Hits Allowed/Game

1. Florida A&M.....................5.99 2. North Carolina A&T.......6.74 3. Coppin State....................7.07 4. Delaware State................7.31 5. Bethune-Cookman........7.52 6. Howard..............................7.96 7. Hampton...........................8.69 8. Norfolk State.............8.79 9. Morgan State................ 11.28 10.Maryland E. Shore..... 13.05

Runs Allowed/Game

1. Florida A&M.....................3.29 2. Bethune-Cookman........3.79 3. North Carolina A&T.......3.81 4. Coppin State....................4.52 5. Delaware State................4.77 6. Howard..............................4.78 7. Norfolk State.............5.41 8. Hampton...........................6.85 9. Morgan State...................9.14 10.South Carolina State....9.29

Earned Runs/Game

Fielding Leaders Fielding pct

1. Florida A&M......................964 2. Bethune-Cookman.........953 3. Howard...............................952 4. North Carolina A&T........952 5. Delaware State.................948 6. Norfolk State..............938 7. Coppin State.....................937 8. Hampton............................932 9. Morgan State....................926 10.South Carolina State.....920

Chances

1. Bethune-Cookman...... 1817 2. Hampton......................... 1777 3. North Carolina A&T..... 1647 4. Florida A&M................... 1515 5. South Carolina State... 1506 6. Delaware State.............. 1378 7. Howard............................ 1376 8. Norfolk State............1307 9. Coppin State.................. 1265 10.Morgan State..................925

Putouts

1. Bethune-Cookman...... 1134 2. Hampton......................... 1109 3. Florida A&M................... 1080 4. North Carolina A&T..... 1031 5. South Carolina State......925 6. Howard...............................900 7. Delaware State.................890 8. Coppin State.....................821

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Assists

1. Bethune-Cookman.........598 2. Hampton............................548 3. North Carolina A&T........537 4. South Carolina State......460 5. Delaware State.................417 6. Norfolk State..............414 7. Howard...............................410 8. Florida A&M......................381 9. Coppin State.....................364 10.Morgan State..................280

Errors

1. South Carolina State......121 2. Hampton............................120 3. Bethune-Cookman........... 85 4. Maryland E. Shore............. 81 Norfolk State................81 6. Coppin State....................... 80 7. North Carolina A&T.......... 79 8. Delaware State................... 71 9. Morgan State...................... 68 10.Howard................................ 66

Fielding Double Plays

1. Hampton.............................. 23 2. Delaware State................... 19 3. Florida A&M........................ 18 4. Bethune-Cookman........... 15 North Carolina A&T............ 15 6. Howard................................. 12 7. Norfolk State................11 8. South Carolina State........ 10 9. Coppin State..........................9 10.Maryland E. Shore..............6

Stolen Bases Against

1. South Carolina State......101 2. Maryland E. Shore............. 97 3. Hampton.............................. 83 4. Bethune-Cookman........... 75 5. Coppin State....................... 67 6. Florida A&M........................ 47 Morgan State...................... 47

8. Norfolk State................46 9. Howard................................. 43 10.Delaware State................. 41

Caught Stealing By

1. Hampton.............................. 26 2. Howard................................. 23 3. North Carolina A&T.......... 16 4. South Carolina State........ 11 5. Florida A&M........................ 10 6. Maryland E. Shore................9 7. Bethune-Cookman..............8 Delaware State......................8 9. Norfolk State.................. 7 10.Coppin State........................5

Steal Attempts Against

1. South Carolina State......112 2. Hampton............................109 3. Maryland E. Shore...........106 4. Bethune-Cookman........... 83 5. Coppin State....................... 72 6. Howard................................. 66 7. Florida A&M........................ 57 8. Norfolk State................53 9. Morgan State...................... 51 10.Delaware State................. 49

Passed Balls

1. South Carolina State........ 36 2. Morgan State...................... 35 Hampton.............................. 35 4. Maryland E. Shore............. 32 5. Florida A&M........................ 26 6. Howard................................. 21 7. North Carolina A&T.......... 12 8. Norfolk State................10 Delaware State................... 10 Coppin State....................... 10

Catchers Interference

1. Delaware State......................2 Hampton.................................2 3. North Carolina A&T.............1

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2010 MEAC INDIVIDUAL STATS Batting Leaders

Hitting minimums - 2 TPA Pitching minimums - 1.0 IP/Game

Batting Avg

1. BURCHETTE,M., HOW.....................500 RUARK,Brittany, DSU.....................500 3. REID,Jordan, DSU............................456 4. HURSTON,Jessica, HOW................455 5. YOUNG,Courtney, HOW...............397 6. GARCIA,Allison, BCU......................385 7. OLIPHANT,Mel, FAMU...................377 8. SAEZ,Nicole, HOW..........................376 9. LEDET,Aisha, HOW..........................367 10.DONALDSON,Ja, FAMU...............365

Slugging Pct

1. YOUNG,Courtney, HOW...............712 2. ARNOLD, CSU...................................650 3. OLIPHANT,Mel, FAMU...................648 4. HURSTON,Jessica, HOW................636 5. SAUNDERS,Kelsei, HAM................614 6. PARR,BREANNE, DSU.....................588 GRIFFIN,T, MSU................................588 8. DUDLEY, CSU....................................585 9. SAEZ,Nicole, HOW..........................580 10.ABLES,Jasmine, HAM....................565

On-Base Pct

1. REID,Jordan, DSU............................504 2. HURSTON,Jessica, HOW................500 ABBOTT,Gina, UMES.......................500 BURCHETTE,M., HOW.....................500 RUARK,Brittany, DSU.....................500 6. YOUNG,Courtney, HOW...............473 7. DUDLEY, CSU....................................469 8. GARCIA,Allison, BCU......................457 9. OLIPHANT,Mel, FAMU...................455 10.GRIFFIN,T, MSU...............................450

Runs Scored

1. HINDS,Ashton, BCU.......................... 49 2. ROBINSON,Lorae, HOW.................. 43 YOUNG,Courtney, HOW................. 43 4. VICKER,Tamara, HAM....................... 42 5. REID,Jordan, DSU.............................. 41 6. OLIPHANT,Mel, FAMU..................... 40 7. WHITE,Y, NCAT................................... 37 8. SAUNDERS,Kelsei, HAM.................. 36 SBORZ,Christine, HOW.................... 36 DIXSON,Tenis, FAMU....................... 36

Hits

1. DONALDSON,Ja, FAMU.................. 62 GARCIA,Allison, BCU........................ 62 3. TAFOYA,Cesley, BCU........................ 61 OLIPHANT,Mel, FAMU..................... 61 5. SAEZ,Nicole, HOW............................ 59 6. YOUNG,Courtney, HOW................. 58 7. WHITE,Y, NCAT................................... 57 DIXSON,Tenis, FAMU....................... 57 ROBINSON,Lorae, HOW.................. 57 REID,Jordan, DSU.............................. 57

Runs Batted In

1. YOUNG,Courtney, HOW................. 52 2. SAUNDERS,Kelsei, HAM.................. 48 3. TAFOYA,Cesley, BCU........................ 43 4. GARCIA,Allison, BCU........................ 42

5. SAEZ,Nicole, HOW............................ 40 OLIPHANT,Mel, FAMU..................... 40 REEGER,Tawny, DSU........................ 40 8. LARSON,J, NCAT................................ 36 9. WATERS,Andrea, DSU...................... 34 10.2 tied at............................................... 33

Doubles

1. YOUNG,Courtney, HOW................. 19 2. REEGER,Tawny, DSU......................... 16 3. OLIPHANT,Mel, FAMU..................... 15 4. SAEZ,Nicole, HOW............................ 14 5. SBORZ,Christine, HOW.................... 13 TAFOYA,Cesley, BCU........................ 13 7. GRIFFIN,T, MSU.................................. 11 CARROLL,Rachel, DSU..................... 11 WATERS,Andrea, DSU...................... 11 10.3 tied at............................................... 10

Triples

1. DIXSON,Tenis, FAMU..........................7 2. RODRIQUEZ,L, MSU.............................4 HILL,Ryanne, NCAT..............................4 DONALDSON,Ja, FAMU.....................4 ARNOLD, CSU........................................4 6. GOWAN,K, MSU....................................3 WHITEHURST,Kyrus, UMES...............3 Wright, Danielle, NSU................. 3 VICKER,Tamara, HAM..........................3 10.15 tied at................................................2

Home Runs

1. SAUNDERS,Kelsei, HAM.................. 11 2. ARNOLD, CSU..................................... 10 3. YOUNG,Courtney, HOW....................9 OLIPHANT,Mel, FAMU........................9 5. LARSON,J, NCAT...................................8 6. DUDLEY, CSU.........................................7 PARR,BREANNE, DSU..........................7 GARCIA,Allison, BCU...........................7 9. 3 tied at....................................................6

Total Bases

1. OLIPHANT,Mel, FAMU...................105 2. YOUNG,Courtney, HOW...............104 3. SAUNDERS,Kelsei, HAM.................. 97 4. SAEZ,Nicole, HOW............................ 91 5. TAFOYA,Cesley, BCU........................ 89 GARCIA,Allison, BCU........................ 89 7. DIXSON,Tenis, FAMU....................... 87 8. HINDS,Ashton, BCU.......................... 81 9. ARNOLD, CSU..................................... 80 10.LARSON,J, NCAT............................... 76

Walks

1. JEFFRIES,Jada, HAM......................... 31 HINDS,Ashton, BCU.......................... 31 3. DUDLEY, CSU...................................... 27 4. GAMCH,Aurelia, BCU....................... 23 MILLER, CSU........................................ 23 6. OLIPHANT,Mel, FAMU..................... 22 7. GARCIA,Allison, BCU........................ 21 WHITE,Y, NCAT................................... 21 9. LARSON,J, NCAT................................ 20 WATERS,Andrea, DSU...................... 20

Hit by Pitch

1. BROWN,D, MSU.................................. 14 2. BAITY,S., SCSU.................................... 12

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3. BYRD,Travonna, HAM.........................8 4. WILLIAMS, CSU.....................................7 YOUNG,Courtney, HOW....................7 LUKENS,Janelle, DSU..........................7 HINDS,Ashton, BCU.............................7 LARSON,J, NCAT...................................7 9. GILES,Tonya, SCSU...............................6 ALSOBROOK,B, NCAT..........................6

Sac Bunts

1. FLETCHER,H, NCAT........................... 12 2. GAMCH,Aurelia, BCU....................... 10 3. HAROLD,Joyce, FAMU........................8 Vasquez, Candice, NSU............... 8 CLARK,Shayla, FAMU..........................8 REID,Jordan, DSU.................................8 GILES,Tonya, SCSU...............................8 8. WATTS, CSU...........................................7 HAROLD,Court, FAMU........................7 BOGGS, CSU...........................................7

Sac Flies

1. REEGER,Tawny, DSU............................6 2. GARCIA,Allison, BCU...........................3 STATHAM,C, NCAT...............................3 BULLOCK,L, NCAT................................3 GORDON,Ciera, HOW.........................3 LUKENS,Janelle, DSU..........................3 WATERS,Andrea, DSU.........................3 GARCIA,Erika, FAMU...........................3 SBORZ,Christine, HOW.......................3 10.9 tied at..................................................2

Stolen Bases

1. CARTER,D., SCSU............................... 24 ROBINSON,Lorae, HOW.................. 24 3. REID,Jordan, DSU.............................. 22 4. BROWN,D, MSU.................................. 21 WATERS,Andrea, DSU...................... 21 6. VICKER,Tamara, HAM....................... 20 7. DONALDSON,Ja, FAMU.................. 18 8. HINDS,Ashton, BCU.......................... 16 9. DIXSON,Tenis, FAMU....................... 15 10.Eure, Brianeisha, NSU.............14

Total Plate Appearances

1. HINDS,Ashton, BCU........................211 2. GAMCH,Aurelia, BCU.....................201 3. TAFOYA,Cesley, BCU......................198 4. VICKER,Tamara, HAM.....................194 5. GARCIA,Allison, BCU......................192 WHITE,Y, NCAT.................................192 7. OLIPHANT,Mel, FAMU...................191 8. DIXSON,Tenis, FAMU.....................190 9. FERGUSON,Sabrina, BCU..............187 10.FLETCHER,H, NCAT........................185

At Bats

1. TAFOYA,Cesley, BCU......................190 2. FERGUSON,Sabrina, BCU..............175 3. VICKER,Tamara, HAM.....................171 HINDS,Ashton, BCU........................171 5. DONALDSON,Ja, FAMU................170 6. WHITE,Y, NCAT.................................169 7. DIXSON,Tenis, FAMU.....................167 8. FLETCHER,H, NCAT.........................166 9. GAMCH,Aurelia, BCU.....................165 10.SBORZ,Christine, HOW................164

Steal Attempts

1. ROBINSON,Lorae, HOW.................. 29 2. CARTER,D., SCSU............................... 27 3. REID,Jordan, DSU.............................. 25 4. WATERS,Andrea, DSU...................... 23 VICKER,Tamara, HAM....................... 23 BROWN,D, MSU................................. 23 7. HINDS,Ashton, BCU.......................... 22 8. DIXSON,Tenis, FAMU....................... 21 9. DONALDSON,Ja, FAMU.................. 20 10.Wright, Danielle, NSU.............16

Strikeouts

1. HARRIS,T., SCSU................................. 41 2. STEVENSON,S., SCSU........................ 40 3. HILL,Ryanne, NCAT........................... 39 4. HERNANDEZ,Joanna, BCU............. 38 5. BAITY,S., SCSU.................................... 36 DIXSON,Tenis, FAMU....................... 36 7. BYRD,Travonna, HAM...................... 32 MAGETT,Rebecca, HAM.................. 32 9. SAUNDERS,Kelsei, HAM.................. 31 10.3 tied at............................................... 30

Caught Stealing

1. HINDS,Ashton, BCU.............................6 DIXSON,Tenis, FAMU..........................6 3. ROBINSON,Lorae, HOW.....................5 4. WATTS, CSU...........................................4 5. 12 tied at.................................................3

Grounded into DP

1. GRIFFIN,T, MSU.....................................3 BANUELOS-SMITH,Miche, BCU.......3 3. 12 tied at.................................................1

Batting Per-Game Leaders Hits/Game 1. REID,Jordan, DSU...........................1.36 2. YOUNG,Courtney, HOW..............1.29 3. ROBINSON,Lorae, HOW...............1.24 4. SAEZ,Nicole, HOW.........................1.23 5. LEDET,Aisha, HOW.........................1.21 6. DONALDSON,Ja, FAMU...............1.15 7. OLIPHANT,Mel, FAMU..................1.13 8. GARCIA,Allison, BCU.....................1.11 9. TAFOYA,Cesley, BCU.....................1.09 10.SBORZ,Christine, HOW...............1.09

Runs Scored/Game

1. RUARK,Brittany, DSU.....................1.00 2. REID,Jordan, DSU...........................0.98 3. YOUNG,Courtney, HOW..............0.96 4. ROBINSON,Lorae, HOW...............0.93 5. HINDS,Ashton, BCU.......................0.88 6. BROWN,D, MSU...............................0.82 7. SBORZ,Christine, HOW.................0.78 8. DUDLEY, CSU...................................0.77 9. OLIPHANT,Mel, FAMU..................0.74 LUIB,L, MSU......................................0.74

Doubles/Game

1. YOUNG,Courtney, HOW..............0.42 2. GRIFFIN,T, MSU...............................0.34 3. REEGER,Tawny, DSU......................0.34

2010 MEAC INDIVIDUAL STATS 4. SAEZ,Nicole, HOW.........................0.29 5. SBORZ,Christine, HOW.................0.28 6. OLIPHANT,Mel, FAMU..................0.28 7. HURSTON,Jessica, HOW...............0.25 8. CARROLL,Rachel, DSU..................0.24 9. TAFOYA,Cesley, BCU.....................0.23 10.WATERS,Andrea, DSU.................0.23

Triples/Game

1. TORRES,A, NCAT.............................0.14 2. RODRIQUEZ,L, MSU.......................0.13 3. DIXSON,Tenis, FAMU....................0.13 4. ARNOLD, CSU..................................0.09 5. GOWAN,K, MSU..............................0.09 6. WHITEHURST,Kyrus, UMES.........0.09 7. HILL,Ryanne, NCAT........................0.09 8. WHITEHURST,Inde, UMES...........0.08 9. ABLES,Jasmine, HAM....................0.08 10.DONALDSON,Ja, FAMU..............0.07

Homers/Game

1. ARNOLD, CSU..................................0.23 2. YOUNG,Courtney, HOW..............0.20 3. SAUNDERS,Kelsei, HAM...............0.19 4. OLIPHANT,Mel, FAMU..................0.17 5. PARR,BREANNE, DSU....................0.16 6. LARSON,J, NCAT.............................0.16 7. DUDLEY, CSU...................................0.16 8. GARCIA,Allison, BCU.....................0.13 SAEZ,Nicole, HOW.........................0.13 10.MAGETT,Rebecca, HAM..............0.12

RBIs/Game

1. YOUNG,Courtney, HOW..............1.16 2. REEGER,Tawny, DSU......................0.85 3. SAUNDERS,Kelsei, HAM...............0.84 4. SAEZ,Nicole, HOW.........................0.83 5. TAFOYA,Cesley, BCU.....................0.77 6. ARNOLD, CSU..................................0.77 7. GARCIA,Allison, BCU.....................0.75 8. OLIPHANT,Mel, FAMU..................0.74 9. LARSON,J, NCAT.............................0.72 10.WATERS,Andrea, DSU.................0.71

Stolen Bases/Game

1. BROWN,D, MSU...............................0.64 2. REID,Jordan, DSU...........................0.52 3. ROBINSON,Lorae, HOW...............0.52 4. CARTER,D., SCSU............................0.46 5. LUIB,L, MSU......................................0.44 6. WATERS,Andrea, DSU...................0.44 7. VICKER,Tamara, HAM....................0.35 8. DONALDSON,Ja, FAMU...............0.33 Eure, Brianeisha, NSU............0.33 RUARK,Brittany, DSU....................0.33

Walks/Game

1. DUDLEY, CSU...................................0.61 2. BODDICKER,P, MSU.......................0.60 3. HINDS,Ashton, BCU.......................0.55 4. JEFFRIES,Jada, HAM......................0.54 5. MILLER, CSU.....................................0.52 6. SIMPKINS,J, MSU............................0.50 ABBOTT,Gina, UMES......................0.50 8. FERGUSON,Nina, HAM.................0.45 9. HALL,J, MSU.....................................0.44 10.GRIFFIN,T, MSU..............................0.44

Strikeouts/Game

1. BAKER,Ashlee, UMES.....................0.00 BURCHETTE,M., HOW....................0.00 ABBOTT,Gina, UMES......................0.00 JACKSON, CSU.................................0.00 CALLENDER,C., HOW....................0.00 6. SAVULAK,Bianca, BCU..................0.05 7. PLEASANTON,Leslie, DSU...........0.08 LEWIS,Kelsey, DSU.........................0.08 9. LANGLEY,Jessica, DSU..................0.09 10.TAFOYA,Cesley, BCU...................0.16

At Bats/Game

1. SBORZ,Christine, HOW.................3.57 2. ROBINSON,Lorae, HOW...............3.50 3. TAFOYA,Cesley, BCU.....................3.39 4. LEDET,Aisha, HOW.........................3.31 5. SAEZ,Nicole, HOW.........................3.27 6. YOUNG,Courtney, HOW..............3.24 7. FLETCHER,H, NCAT........................3.19 8. WHITE,Y, NCAT................................3.19 9. KIRSHNER,Rebecca, HOW............3.17 10.DONALDSON,Ja, FAMU..............3.15

Plate Appearances/Game

1. SBORZ,Christine, HOW.................3.96 2. ROBINSON,Lorae, HOW...............3.85 3. YOUNG,Courtney, HOW..............3.78 4. HINDS,Ashton, BCU.......................3.77 5. WHITE,Y, NCAT................................3.62 6. LEDET,Aisha, HOW.........................3.60 7. GAMCH,Aurelia, BCU....................3.59 8. SAEZ,Nicole, HOW.........................3.58 9. FLETCHER,H, NCAT........................3.56 10.OLIPHANT,Mel, FAMU.................3.54

Pitching Leaders Earned Run Avg

1. ARNOLD, CSU..................................1.68 2. REYES,Amanda, FAMU.................2.01 3. GARCIA,Allison, BCU.....................2.14 4. LUPER,J, NCAT.................................2.26 5. PHILPOT,S, NCAT............................2.75 6. LINDSEY,Jenn, FAMU....................2.76 7. JOHNSON,Emily, HOW.................2.77 8. Velazquez, Alyssa, NSU.........2.95 9. WATERS,Andrea, DSU...................3.06 10.MARTIN,Carly, HOW.....................3.35

Opposing Bat Avg

1. REYES,Amanda, FAMU..................199 2. ARNOLD, CSU...................................204 3. LUPER,J, NCAT..................................244 4. JOHNSON,Emily, HOW..................247 5. GARCIA,Allison, BCU......................248 6. WATERS,Andrea, DSU....................254 7. PHILPOT,S, NCAT.............................256 8. COBURN,Amber, DSU....................280 9. MCCOY,Christina, HOW................281 10.Velazquez, Alyssa, NSU.........281

Innings Pitched

1. GARCIA,Allison, BCU...................281.1 2. JOHNSON,R., SCSU......................266.2 3. REYES,Amanda, FAMU...............236.2 4. ARNOLD, CSU................................200.1 5. LUPER,J, NCAT...............................198.0

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6. Velazquez, Alyssa, NSU.......154.0 7. JEFFRIES,Jada, HAM....................138.2 8. PHILPOT,S, NCAT..........................137.1 9. BODDICKER,P, MSU.....................133.2 10.BYRD,Travonna, HAM................126.2

6. Velazquez, Alyssa, NSU............26 7. PHILPOT,S, NCAT............................... 25 8. SANDERS,Chastity, BCU.................. 23 BODDICKER,P, MSU.......................... 23 10.2 tied at............................................... 21

Batters Struck Out

Games Finished

Batters Struck Out Looking

Games in Relief

Wins

Sac Bunts Allowed

Saves

Sac Flies Allowed

1. REYES,Amanda, FAMU..................247 2. ARNOLD, CSU...................................214 3. GARCIA,Allison, BCU......................183 4. LUPER,J, NCAT..................................119 5. JOHNSON,Emily, HOW..................110 6. BYRD,Travonna, HAM....................106 7. JOHNSON,R., SCSU........................... 84 8. JEFFRIES,Jada, HAM......................... 73 9. PHILPOT,S, NCAT............................... 66 Velazquez, Alyssa, NSU............66

1. REYES,Amanda, FAMU.................... 56 2. GARCIA,Allison, BCU........................ 53 3. BYRD,Travonna, HAM...................... 37 4. ARNOLD, CSU..................................... 36 5. JOHNSON,Emily, HOW.................... 33 6. LUPER,J, NCAT.................................... 31 7. Velazquez, Alyssa, NSU............24 JOHNSON,R., SCSU........................... 24 9. JEFFRIES,Jada, HAM......................... 18 COBURN,Amber, DSU...................... 18

1. GARCIA,Allison, BCU........................ 25 2. REYES,Amanda, FAMU.................... 21 3. ARNOLD, CSU..................................... 20 4. LUPER,J, NCAT.................................... 16 5. WATERS,Andrea, DSU...................... 11 PHILPOT,S, NCAT............................... 11 7. LINDSEY,Jenn, FAMU..........................9 JEFFRIES,Jada, HAM............................9 JOHNSON,R., SCSU..............................9 10.2 tied at..................................................8

1. GARCIA,Allison, BCU...........................3 JOHNSON,Emily, HOW.......................3 3. REYES,Amanda, FAMU.......................2 4. BYRD,Travonna, HAM.........................1 STALLWORTH,Brittany, HOW...........1 WATERS,Andrea, DSU.........................1 JEFFRIES,Jada, HAM............................1

Appearances

1. GARCIA,Allison, BCU........................ 49 2. JOHNSON,R., SCSU........................... 48 3. REYES,Amanda, FAMU.................... 41 4. LUPER,J, NCAT.................................... 38 5. ARNOLD, CSU..................................... 36 6. Velazquez, Alyssa, NSU............33 7. BEIGHLY,Casey, DSU........................ 30 8. WATERS,Andrea, DSU...................... 28 Castaneda, Elizabeth, NSU.......28 10.2 tied at............................................... 27

Games Started

1. JOHNSON,R., SCSU........................... 42 2. REYES,Amanda, FAMU.................... 35 3. ARNOLD, CSU..................................... 33 GARCIA,Allison, BCU........................ 33 5. LUPER,J, NCAT.................................... 28

1. Castaneda, Elizabeth, NSU.......20 2. GARCIA,Allison, BCU........................ 16 3. JOHNSON,Emily, HOW.................... 15 4. RUARK,Brittany, DSU........................ 13 BEIGHLY,Casey, DSU........................ 13 6. HURSTON,Jessica, HOW.................. 12 7. LUPER,J, NCAT.......................................9 8. LINDSEY,Jenn, FAMU..........................8 9. WHALEY, CSU........................................7 10.4 tied at..................................................6

1. Castaneda, Elizabeth, NSU.......20 2. BEIGHLY,Casey, DSU........................ 19 3. HURSTON,Jessica, HOW.................. 17 4. GARCIA,Allison, BCU........................ 16 JOHNSON,Emily, HOW.................... 16 6. RUARK,Brittany, DSU........................ 13 7. LUPER,J, NCAT.................................... 10 COBURN,Amber, DSU...................... 10 9. MCCOY,Christina, HOW.....................8 LINDSEY,Jenn, FAMU..........................8

1. GARCIA,Allison, BCU........................ 44 2. JEFFRIES,Jada, HAM......................... 29 3. REYES,Amanda, FAMU.................... 27 4. BENTON,Sydni, HAM........................ 23 5. LUPER,J, NCAT.................................... 22 6. SANDERS,Chastity, BCU.................. 17 PHILPOT,S, NCAT............................... 17 8. Castaneda, Elizabeth, NSU.......16 9. BYRD,Travonna, HAM...................... 15 10.Velazquez, Alyssa, NSU...........14

1. JOHNSON,R., SCSU........................... 21 2. LINDSEY,Jenn, FAMU..........................8 REYES,Amanda, FAMU.......................8 4. BODDICKER,P, MSU.............................7 5. BENTON,Sydni, HAM...........................6 6. Velazquez, Alyssa, NSU.............. 5 Castaneda, Elizabeth, NSU......... 5 JEFFRIES,Jada, HAM............................5 9. 4 tied at....................................................4

Losses

1. JOHNSON,R., SCSU........................... 32 2. BODDICKER,P, MSU.......................... 18 3. Velazquez, Alyssa, NSU............17 4. GARCIA,Allison, BCU........................ 16 5. BYRD,Travonna, HAM...................... 15 6. ARNOLD, CSU..................................... 14 REYES,Amanda, FAMU.................... 14 8. WHITEHURST,Inde, UMES.............. 13 LUPER,J, NCAT.................................... 13 10.2 tied at............................................... 12

Runners Picked Off

1. BOYKIN,Brooke, HAM.........................4 2. LEDET,Aisha, HOW...............................3 3. HAROLD,Joyce, FAMU........................2

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9. Castaneda, Elizabeth, NSU.......72 10.SANDERS,Chastity, BCU................. 76

Wild Pitches

Earned Runs Allowed

1. BYRD,Travonna, HAM...................... 51 2. WHITEHURST,Inde, UMES.............. 35 3. BODDICKER,P, MSU.......................... 32 4. HAHN,Ebony, UMES......................... 22 5. JOHNSON,R., SCSU........................... 19 LEE,Arzine, SCSU............................... 19 7. LINDSEY,Jenn, FAMU....................... 16 8. ARNOLD, CSU..................................... 11 BENTON,Sydni, HAM........................ 11 10.2 tied at..................................................9

Balks

1. LUPER,J, NCAT.......................................3 2. COBURN,Amber, DSU.........................2 BYRD,Travonna, HAM.........................2 MCCOY,Christina, HOW.....................2 ARNOLD, CSU........................................2 Pomeroy, Casey, NSU................. 2 REYES,Amanda, FAMU.......................2 8. 4 tied at....................................................1

Hit Batters

1. BYRD,Travonna, HAM...................... 40 2. WATERS,Andrea, DSU...................... 18 3. BODDICKER,P, MSU.......................... 16 4. JOHNSON,R., SCSU........................... 14 REYES,Amanda, FAMU.................... 14 6. JEFFRIES,Jada, HAM......................... 12 7. SANDERS,Chastity, BCU.................. 10 WHITEHURST,Inde, UMES.............. 10 9. 4 tied at....................................................8

Intentional BB Allowed

1. SANDERS,Chastity, BCU.....................2 2. JEFFRIES,Jada, HAM............................1 3. GARCIA,Allison, BCU...........................3 4. PHILPOT,S, NCAT..................................2 WATERS,Andrea, DSU.........................2 6. Velazquez, Alyssa, NSU.............. 6 7. Castaneda, Elizabeth, NSU......... 3 8. ARNOLD, CSU........................................2 9. RUARK,Brittany, DSU...........................1 WHALEY, CSU........................................1

Hits Allowed

1. JOHNSON,M, MSU............................ 68 2. COBURN,Amber, DSU...................... 80 3. MCCOY,Christina, HOW.................. 81 4. JOHNSON,Emily, HOW.................... 90 5. BEIGHLY,Casey, DSU........................ 91 6. MARTIN,Carly, HOW......................... 98 7. HAHN,Ebony, UMES.......................103 8. WHITEHURST,Inde, UMES............106 WATERS,Andrea, DSU....................106 10.Castaneda, Elizabeth, NSU...110

Runs Allowed

1. JOHNSON,Emily, HOW.................... 49 2. COBURN,Amber, DSU...................... 52 MARTIN,Carly, HOW......................... 52 4. JOHNSON,M, MSU............................ 53 5. MCCOY,Christina, HOW.................. 56 BEIGHLY,Casey, DSU........................ 56 7. LINDSEY,Jenn, FAMU....................... 62 8. WATERS,Andrea, DSU...................... 65

1. JOHNSON,M, MSU............................ 32 2. JOHNSON,Emily, HOW.................... 38 3. COBURN,Amber, DSU...................... 39 4. MARTIN,Carly, HOW......................... 40 5. BEIGHLY,Casey, DSU........................ 41 6. LINDSEY,Jenn, FAMU....................... 43 7. MCCOY,Christina, HOW.................. 44 8. WATERS,Andrea, DSU...................... 47 9. ARNOLD, CSU..................................... 48 10.Castaneda, Elizabeth, NSU.....49

Walks Allowed

1. CROWDER,Shanice, UMES............. 16 2. JOHNSON,M, MSU............................ 22 3. WHALEY, CSU..................................... 25 JEFFRIES,Jada, HAM......................... 25 5. Velazquez, Alyssa, NSU............26 6. SANDERS,Chastity, BCU.................. 33 7. GARCIA,Allison, BCU........................ 41 8. Castaneda, Elizabeth, NSU.......44 9. LUPER,J, NCAT.................................... 45 BEIGHLY,Casey, DSU........................ 45

Doubles Allowed

1. SANDERS,Chastity, BCU.................. 13 BEIGHLY,Casey, DSU........................ 13 MARTIN,Carly, HOW......................... 13 4. COBURN,Amber, DSU...................... 14 MCCOY,Christina, HOW.................. 14 6. WATERS,Andrea, DSU...................... 16 7. JOHNSON,M, MSU............................ 17 WHITEHURST,Inde, UMES.............. 17 9. JEFFRIES,Jada, HAM......................... 18 LINDSEY,Jenn, FAMU....................... 18

Triples Allowed

1. GARCIA,Allison, BCU...........................0 2. JOHNSON,Emily, HOW.......................1 COBURN,Amber, DSU.........................1 BEIGHLY,Casey, DSU...........................1 5. WATERS,Andrea, DSU.........................2 WHALEY, CSU........................................2 PHILPOT,S, NCAT..................................2 Castaneda, Elizabeth, NSU......... 2 JOHNSON,M, MSU...............................2 10.MCCOY,Christina, HOW....................3

Home Runs Allowed

1. WHITEHURST,Inde, UMES.................1 2. COBURN,Amber, DSU.........................2 3. PHILPOT,S, NCAT..................................3 4. LINDSEY,Jenn, FAMU..........................4 5. JOHNSON,M, MSU...............................5 Castaneda, Elizabeth, NSU......... 5 ARNOLD, CSU........................................5 WATERS,Andrea, DSU.........................5 HAHN,Ebony, UMES............................5 10.Velazquez, Alyssa, NSU............. 6

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Pitching Per-Game Leaders Innings/Game

1. REYES,Amanda, FAMU.................5.77 2. GARCIA,Allison, BCU.....................5.74 3. ARNOLD, CSU..................................5.56 4. JOHNSON,R., SCSU........................5.56 5. JEFFRIES,Jada, HAM......................5.55 6. BYRD,Travonna, HAM...................5.28 7. LUPER,J, NCAT.................................5.21 8. PHILPOT,S, NCAT............................5.09 9. JOHNSON,M, MSU.........................5.03 10.BODDICKER,P, MSU......................4.95

Strikeouts/Game

1. JOHNSON,Emily, HOW.................8.02 2. ARNOLD, CSU..................................7.48 3. REYES,Amanda, FAMU.................7.31 4. BYRD,Travonna, HAM...................5.86 5. JOHNSON,M, MSU.........................5.06 6. MCCOY,Christina, HOW...............4.68 7. GARCIA,Allison, BCU.....................4.55 8. MARTIN,Carly, HOW......................4.43 9. LUPER,J, NCAT.................................4.21 10.COBURN,Amber, DSU.................4.08

Walks Allowed/Game

1. GARCIA,Allison, BCU.....................1.02 2. Velazquez, Alyssa, NSU.........1.18 3. JOHNSON,R., SCSU........................1.21 4. JEFFRIES,Jada, HAM......................1.26 5. LUPER,J, NCAT.................................1.59 6. CROWDER,Shanice, UMES..........1.74 7. ARNOLD, CSU..................................1.89 8. REYES,Amanda, FAMU.................1.89 9. WHALEY, CSU..................................2.36 10.SANDERS,Chastity, BCU..............2.41

Doubles Allowed/Game

1. REYES,Amanda, FAMU.................0.65 2. GARCIA,Allison, BCU.....................0.67 3. ARNOLD, CSU..................................0.77 4. JEFFRIES,Jada, HAM......................0.91 5. SANDERS,Chastity, BCU...............0.95 6. LUPER,J, NCAT.................................1.03 7. WATERS,Andrea, DSU...................1.04 8. Velazquez, Alyssa, NSU.........1.05 9. MARTIN,Carly, HOW......................1.09 10.LINDSEY,Jenn, FAMU..................1.16

Triples Allowed/Game

1. GARCIA,Allison, BCU.....................0.00 2. JOHNSON,Emily, HOW.................0.07 3. BEIGHLY,Casey, DSU.....................0.09 4. COBURN,Amber, DSU...................0.10 5. PHILPOT,S, NCAT............................0.10 6. REYES,Amanda, FAMU.................0.12 7. WATERS,Andrea, DSU...................0.13 8. Castaneda, Elizabeth, NSU....0.17 9. WHALEY, CSU..................................0.19 10.SANDERS,Chastity, BCU..............0.22

Homers Allowed/Game

1. WHITEHURST,Inde, UMES...........0.12 2. PHILPOT,S, NCAT............................0.15 3. ARNOLD, CSU..................................0.17 4. COBURN,Amber, DSU...................0.20

5. LINDSEY,Jenn, FAMU....................0.26 6. JOHNSON,R., SCSU........................0.26 7. Velazquez, Alyssa, NSU.........0.27 8. GARCIA,Allison, BCU.....................0.30 9. WATERS,Andrea, DSU...................0.33 10.Castaneda, Elizabeth, NSU..0.42

Batters Faced/Game

1. HAHN,Ebony, UMES....................43.76 2. WHITEHURST,Inde, UMES.........42.48 3. BODDICKER,P, MSU.....................39.07 4. CROWDER,Shanice, UMES........38.63 5. WHALEY, CSU................................37.18 6. BYRD,Travonna, HAM.................37.03 7. JOHNSON,R., SCSU......................36.28 8. Castaneda, Elizabeth, NSU..35.23 9. COBURN,Amber, DSU.................34.83 10.BENTON,Sydni, HAM.................34.70

Hits Allowed/Game

1. REYES,Amanda, FAMU.................5.00 2. ARNOLD, CSU..................................5.38 3. LUPER,J, NCAT.................................6.51 4. JOHNSON,Emily, HOW.................6.56 5. GARCIA,Allison, BCU.....................6.87 6. WATERS,Andrea, DSU...................6.89 7. PHILPOT,S, NCAT............................6.98 8. MCCOY,Christina, HOW...............7.73 9. LINDSEY,Jenn, FAMU....................7.90 10.BYRD,Travonna, HAM..................7.96

Runs Allowed/Game

1. REYES,Amanda, FAMU.................2.69 2. ARNOLD, CSU..................................3.04 3. LUPER,J, NCAT.................................3.11 4. GARCIA,Allison, BCU.....................3.18 5. JOHNSON,Emily, HOW.................3.57 6. LINDSEY,Jenn, FAMU....................3.98 7. WATERS,Andrea, DSU...................4.23 8. MARTIN,Carly, HOW......................4.35 9. Velazquez, Alyssa, NSU.........4.45 10.PHILPOT,S, NCAT..........................4.74

Earned Runs/Game

Fielding Leaders Fielding Pct

1. HINDS,Ashton, BCU.....................1.000 ABLES,Jasmine, HAM..................1.000 LINDSEY,Jenn, FAMU..................1.000 LEVERETT,Briana, BCU................1.000 COBURN,Amber, DSU.................1.000 JOHNSON,M, MSU.......................1.000 Long, Meagan, NSU.............1.000 HURSTON,Jessica, HOW.............1.000 BAKER,Ashlee, UMES..................1.000 SAVULAK,Bianca, BCU................1.000

2010 MEAC INDIVIDUAL STATS Chances

1. HERNANDEZ,Joanna, BCU...........532 2. ALSOBROOK,B, NCAT.....................401 3. BAITY,S., SCSU..................................367 4. DUDLEY, CSU....................................366 5. Sauceda, Jeanette, NSU.........351 6. JEFFRIES,Jada, HAM.......................323 7. LUKENS,Janelle, DSU.....................310 8. MILLER, CSU......................................282 9. BOYKIN,Brooke, HAM....................277 10.FERGUSON,Sabrina, BCU............263

Putouts

1. HERNANDEZ,Joanna, BCU...........512 2. ALSOBROOK,B, NCAT.....................376 3. DUDLEY, CSU....................................353 4. BAITY,S., SCSU..................................347 5. Sauceda, Jeanette, NSU.........328 6. LUKENS,Janelle, DSU.....................292 7. MILLER, CSU......................................259 8. JEFFRIES,Jada, HAM.......................249 9. BOYKIN,Brooke, HAM....................211 10.LARSON,J, NCAT.............................201

Assists

1. GARCIA,Allison, BCU......................173 2. HARRIS,T., SCSU...............................142 3. BYRD,Travonna, HAM....................126

4. WHITE,Y, NCAT.................................125 5. GAMCH,Aurelia, BCU.....................123 6. FLETCHER,H, NCAT.........................114 7. TAFOYA,Cesley, BCU......................111 8. RILEY,L., SCSU...................................107 9. OLIPHANT,Mel, FAMU...................105 10.BULLOCK,L, NCAT............................ 97

Fielding Double Plays

1. JEFFRIES,Jada, HAM......................... 14 2. HERNANDEZ,Joanna, BCU............. 12 3. REEGER,Tawny, DSU......................... 11 4. CLARK,Shayla, FAMU....................... 10 Sauceda, Jeanette, NSU............10 ALSOBROOK,B, NCAT....................... 10 7. 8 tied at....................................................9

Passed Balls

1. THOMPSON,C., SCSU....................... 29 2. BOYKIN,Brooke, HAM...................... 28 3. JOHNSON,Ashley, UMES................ 26 4. HAROLD,Court, FAMU..................... 21 5. GRIFFIN,T, MSU.................................. 15 6. GOWAN,K, MSU................................. 12 7. LEDET,Aisha, HOW...............................9 8. LARSON,J, NCAT...................................8 WHITFIELD,D, MSU..............................8 MILLER, CSU...........................................8

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Catchers Interference

10.ARNOLD, CSU.................................... 37

1. SHIELDS,Jo Jo, DSU.............................2 2. BOYKIN,Brooke, HAM.........................1 LEE,Tracy, HAM.....................................1 LARSON,J, NCAT...................................1

Steal Attempts Against

1. BOYKIN,Brooke, HAM...................... 98 2. JOHNSON,R., SCSU........................... 92 3. JOHNSON,Ashley, UMES................ 86 4. THOMPSON,C., SCSU....................... 80 5. MILLER, CSU........................................ 63 6. BYRD,Travonna, HAM...................... 54 7. GARCIA,Allison, BCU........................ 53 8. WHITEHURST,Inde, UMES.............. 51 9. FERGUSON,Sabrina, BCU................ 46 10.ARNOLD, CSU.................................... 42

Stolen Bases Against

1. JOHNSON,Ashley, UMES................ 83 2. JOHNSON,R., SCSU........................... 81 3. BOYKIN,Brooke, HAM...................... 73 4. THOMPSON,C., SCSU....................... 70 5. MILLER, CSU........................................ 58 6. GARCIA,Allison, BCU........................ 49 7. WHITEHURST,Inde, UMES.............. 48 8. FERGUSON,Sabrina, BCU................ 39 BYRD,Travonna, HAM...................... 39

Caught Stealing By

1. BOYKIN,Brooke, HAM...................... 25 2. LEDET,Aisha, HOW............................ 16 3. BYRD,Travonna, HAM...................... 15 4. LARSON,J, NCAT................................ 14 5. JOHNSON,R., SCSU........................... 11 6. MCCOY,Christina, HOW.................. 10 THOMPSON,C., SCSU....................... 10 8. MARTIN,Carly, HOW............................9 LUPER,J, NCAT.......................................9 10.2 tied at..................................................7

Errors

1. HARRIS,T., SCSU................................. 32 2. JAMES,Jasmine, UMES..................... 29 3. BYRD,Travonna, HAM...................... 25 Raab, Jaime, NSU......................25 5. WHITE,Y, NCAT................................... 24 6. GAMCH,Aurelia, BCU....................... 19 BOGGS, CSU........................................ 19 8. 4 tied at................................................. 18

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SOFTBALL RECORDS WINNING AND LOSING

Largest Margin of Victory 33 (35-2) vs. Virginia Union, 3/17/97 Longest Game 11 innings, vs. Winston-Salem State (W 8-7), 5/8/10 Most Games Played 56 (23-33), 2008 Most Wins 42, 1994 Most Losses 36 (9-36-1), 2004 Fewest Losses 3 (28-3), 1984 Highest Winning Percentage .903 (28-3), 1984 Longest Winning Streak 18, 1997 Longest Losing Streak 13, 2002 Most Shutouts 11, 2009 Consecutive Games Without Being Shut Out 97, last eight games of 1993 through 1997, ended in 8-0 loss to Seton Hall, 3/16/97 Most Shutouts Against 14, 2005

OFFENSE

Batting Average (Season) .442, 1987 At Bats Game: 52 vs. Bowie State, 3/23/87 Season: 1,526, 2008 Runs Game: 35 vs. Virginia Union, 3/17/97 Season: 575, 1994 Hits Game: 32 vs. Virginia Union, 3/23/97 Season: 506, 1997 Doubles Game: 8 vs. Virginia Union, 3/23/97 Season: 82, 1994 Triples Game: 6 vs. Elizabeth City State, 4/10/97 Season: 57, 1997

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INDIVIDUAL RECORDS

Games Played Season: 56, Brianeisha Eure, Micki Rodriguez, Jeanette Sauceda, 2008 Career: 196, Brianeisha Eure, 2007-10 Batting Average (Minimum 50 AB) Season: .595, Monica Hood, 1983 Career: .485 (149-307), Ursel Bruton, 1984-87 Runs Game: 6, Fatima James vs. Bowie State, 4/5/83; Danielle Jones vs. Virginia Union, 3/17/97 Season: 73, Lekita Wilson, 1997 Career: 201, Angie Williams, 1991-94 Hits Game: 7, Bernice Hammond vs. St. Augustineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 4/2/84 Season: 73, Lekita Wilson, 1997 Career: 179, Brianeisha Eure, 2007-10 Doubles Game: 3, Andrea Evans vs. Elizabeth City State, 4/15/91 Season: 17, Jeanette Sauceda, 2008 Career: 26, Jeanette Sauceda, 2008-Present; Ursel Bruton, 1984-87 Triples Game: 3, Michelle Stone vs. Bowie State, 4/8/90; Jackson vs. Elizabeth City State, 4/10/97 Season: 14, Trina Williams, 1995 Career: 21, Ursel Bruton, 1984-87 Home Runs Game: 3, Veronica McCargo vs. Bowie State, 1983 Season: 12, Lekita Wilson, 1997 Career: 22, Ursel Bruton, 1984-87

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Stolen Bases Game: 6, Raynisha Rushton/Lekita Wilson Season: 52, Ursel Bruton, 1987 Career: 147, Angie Williams, 1991-94

Assists (Outfielders) Game: 3, Angie Williams vs. Chowan, 4/1/93 Season: 12, Ursel Bruton, 1986; Veronica McCargo, 1984 Career: 30, Veronica McCargo, 1983-85

Runs Batted In Game: 8, Cristal Singleton vs. NC Central, 3/21/92; Lekita Wilson vs. Elizabeth City State, 4/10/97 Season: 84, Lekita Wilson, 1997 Career: 127, Angie Crecelius, 1992-95

PITCHING

Walks Game: 6, Kasie Jones vs. Virginia Union, 3/12/89 Season: 37, Catherine Wright, 1990 Career: 92, Micki Rodriguez, 2005-08 Sacrifices Game: 3, Celestine Vaughn, 4/2/87 Season: 15, Katrina Alexander, 1986 Career: 30, Michelle Baytop, 1985-88 Sacrifice Flies Game: 3, Michelle Baytop vs. St. Paul’s, 3/21/86 Season: 12, Monica Hood, 1984 Career: 27, Michelle Baytop, 1985-88

DEFENSE

Putouts (Infielders) Game: 17, Lisa Westcott vs. Chowan, 4/1/93; Tammy Pezella vs. Pace, 3/14/97 Season: 419, Allison Greene, 2006 Career: 943, Allison Green, 2003-06 Putouts (Outfielders) Game: 5, Katrina Alexander vs. Elizabeth City State, 4/13/87; Ursel Bruton vs. St. Augustine’s, 3/15/87 Season: 72, Brianeisha Eure, 2008 Career: 205, Ursel Bruton, 1984-97 Assists (Infielders) Game: 7, Akilah Jackson vs. Siena, 3/28/97; Jewel White vs. Bethune-Cookman, 4/7/07; Jewel White vs. Iona, 2/23/08; Candice Vasquez vs. Wins.-Salem State 5/8/10 Season: 122, Micki Rodriguez, 2006 Career: 234, Micki Rodriguez, 2005-08

Appearances Season: 39, Catherine Wright, 1990 Career: 104, Alyssa Velazquez, 2007, 2009-Present Starts Season: 37, Catherine Wright, 1990 Career: 90, Paulette Hack, 1983-85 Complete Games Season: 37, Catherine Wright, 1990 Career: 87, Paulette Hack, 1983-85 Wins Season: 28, Paulette Hack, 1984 Career: 77, Paulette Hack, 1983-85 Losses Season: 18, Lenore Heron, 2002; 2004 Career: 54, Lenore Heron, 2002-05 Innings Pitched Season: 235, Catherine Wright, 1990 Career: 508, Angela Smith, 1993-97 Winning Percentage Season: .903 (28-3), Paulette Hack, 1984 Career: .895 (77-9), Paulette Hack, 1983-85 Earned Run Average Season: 0.59, Paulette Hack, 1985 Career: N/A Strikeouts Game: 12, Kelley Carr vs. St. Paul’s, 4/3/92; Tammy Pezella vs. Elizabeth City State, 3/31/96; Angela Smith vs. Virginia State, 4/12/97 Season: 165, Catherine Wright, 1990 Career: 421, Angela Smith, 1993-97

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DIVISION I RECORDS

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All-Time Division I Records (Since 1998) TEAM BATTING

PITCHING

Runs 355, 1998

Most Innings Pitched 353.1, 2008

Fewest Innings Pitched 120, 1999

Team Batting Average .343, 1998

Most Hits Allowed 454, 2006; 2008

Doubles 76, 2008

Fewest Hits Allowed 124, 1999

Triples 37, 1998

Most Runs Allowed 301, 2002

Home Runs 25, 2006

Fewest Runs Allowed 111, 1999

Total Bases 589, 2008

Most Earned Runs 210, 2008

Slugging Percentage .519, 1998

Fewest Earned Runs 77, 1999

Runs Batted In 315, 1998

Most Walks 283, 2002

Stolen Bases 111, 1998

Fewest Walks 44, 2000

Stolen Base Attempts 123, 1998

Most Strikeouts 193, 2008

Most Walks 158, 1998

Fewest Strikeouts 86, 2003

Most Strikeouts 278, 2006

Highest Earned Run Average 5.76, 1999

At Bats 1,526, 2008

Lowest Earned Run Average 2.73, 2001

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NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY

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NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY

The Institution of Choice Norfolk State University was founded in 1935 as a beacon of hope to the region’s youth. Brought to life in the midst of the Great Depression, Norfolk State was named the Norfolk Unit of Virginia Union University at its founding. By 1969, Norfolk State began its status as an independent college and was designated a university in 1979. Today, the University remains a source of inspiration for those who aspire to fulfill their dreams. A four-year public institution, Norfolk State is located in the dynamic Hampton Roads region and is close to the Virginia Beach oceanfront and downtown Norfolk. NSU has an enrollment of nearly 7,000 students. A Strong Academic Profile NSU recently received reaffirmation of its accreditation from the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Ga. 30033-4097, 404-6794501) which is effective through 2018. In addition, the College of Science, Engineering and Technology also was awarded accreditation from the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) of ABET. The School of Business received reaffirmation of accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, International and the School of Education received continuing accreditation from the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education. Additionally, the National Collegiate Athletic Association recertified Norfolk State’s intercollegiate athletics programs for NCAA accreditation, effective February 2009 for a 10-year period. The certification means that Norfolk State is considered to be operating under the principles adopted by the NCAA’s Division I membership. Norfolk State’s Athletics program is experiencing unprecedented success at the NCAA Division I level. Athletes are competitive on the field of play and in the classroom. During the academic year, NSU recognized more than 60 young men and women who were inducted into the Athletics All-Academic Team for 2008-2009. To qualify, the scholar-athletes had to have a grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4 point scale. This team includes first-year and continuing students and represents all 15 of the department’s sports programs. From 2005-2010, NSU athletics has won the last six MEAC Men’s All-Sports Awards (Talmadge Layman Hill Award) and earned the department $125,000 during that period. Norfolk State University is also one of the top 50 producers of African-American Ph.D. recipients, according to Inside Higher Ed. The finding, based on a National Science Foundation report, says that Historically Black Colleges and Universities are graduating a growing share of African Americans who go onto earn Ph.D.s in science and engineering. Norfolk State’s Dozoretz National Institute for Mathematics and Applied Sciences (DNIMAS) is specifically geared towards increasing the number of Ph.D.s in science, engineering, technology and mathematics. The program has been in place since 1986. More than 50 percent of DNIMAS scholars have earned advanced degrees. Moving Forward Norfolk State is making the right changes to provide the best learning and living experiences for its students. The University is in the midst of $80 million worth of capital improvements. Projects just completed, underway, or in the pipeline include the 84,500 squarefoot New Student Center that was completed in August of 2009; a new library and a new classroom building. The New Student Center offers students a place to socialize as well as take care of student business. Offices for the Student Affairs division and the Office of Student

Activities are located in the new center. It also provides students with a two-level book store, a two-level wellness center and student lounges. The new library will be 132,000 square feet and will house library services, archives and a 24/7 café with Internet connection. The groundbreaking for the new library was held in June. The anticipated occupancy date is August 2011. A new nursing and general classroom building is in the planning stage. The building will have 13 labs, 33 classrooms, 39 group study/lounges and 63 offices. From the university choirs to the 250-member Spartan Legion Marching Band, Norfolk State is known for its rich music tradition. The marching band has made appearances at the Honda Battle of the Bands, while the University concert choir has toured the country. The choir is best known for its beauty of choral tone and the ability to render exemplary performances of masterworks. NSU Choirs are among the most ardent and prominent ambassadors of the University. Behold, the Green and Gold!™

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QUICK FACTS

Location: Historic Norfolk, Va.; 134-acre campus 2 miles from downtown Norfolk Extended Campus Center: Virginia Beach Higher Education Center History: • Founded in 1935 as the Norfolk Unit of Virginia Union University • Became the independent Norfolk Polytechnic College in 1942 • Became an independent institution in 1969 • Granted University status in 1979 Enrollment: Nearly 7,000 President: Kim Luckes, J.D. Faculty: 300 + full-time equivalent Degree Offerings: 2 associate degrees; 32 bachelor’s degrees; 16 master’s degrees; 2 doctoral degrees Athletics: 15 intercollegiate teams (Division I; competing in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – MEAC) Student Organizations: 125 Website: www.nsu.edu For more information on Norfolk State University, its academic programs and community service projects, research, campus facilities, and other amenities, please call the Office of Communications and Marketing at (757) 823-8373.

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NSU TIMELINE

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Norfolk State University Timeline

Sept. 7, 1935 – Samuel Fischer Scott appointed Director of Norfolk Unit of Virginia Union University

1970

– Twin Towers dormitories erected

1972

– Lyman Beecher Brooks Library erected

1974

– Technology Center opened

May 1975

– College granted its first master’s degree

June 1975

– President Lyman B. Brooks retired

March 1942 – The Norfolk Polytechnic College was chartered to take over the functions and assets of the Norfolk Unit of Virginia Union University.

July 1, 1975

– Harrison Benjamin Wilson became 2nd president

1977

– Samuel F. Scott men’s dormitory opened

Feb. 29, 1944 – The Norfolk Division of Virginia State College was established by an act of the General Assembly

1979

– Norfolk State became a University

Aug. 1979

– Academic programs re-organized into nine schools

April 25, 1951 – The City of Norfolk transferred the deed of the Memorial Park Golf Course to the college as a permanent site

1982

– Joseph G. Echols Hall erected

1984

– Harrison B. Wilson administration building erected

Sept. 1955 – The College moved into a new multipurpose administration classroom building on Corprew Avenue

1996

– L. Douglas Wilder Performing Arts Center erected

July 1997

– Marie V. McDemmond became 3rd president

Sept. 1956 – Norfolk Division of Virginia State College changed from a two-year junior college to a four-year, degree granting institution

May 2000

– First independent doctoral degree awarded

2005

– Alvin J. Schexnider became interim president

1960

– James D. Gill Gymnasium erected

July 2006

– Carolyn W. Meyers became 4th president

1969

– Mills Godwin Jr. Student Center opened

2007 – The Marie V. McDemmond Center for Applied Research dedicated

Sept. 18, 1935 – Norfolk Unit of Virginia Union University opened on the second floor of the Hunton Branch YMCA Building on Brambleton Avenue June 1938 – Lyman Beecher Brooks became Director of Norfolk Unit of VUU

Feb. 1, 1969 – Norfolk State College emerged as an independent, four-year institution

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2010

– University celebrates its 75th anniversary

HAMPTON ROADS

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The vibrancy of city life, the charm of the seashore, the verdant countryside, the wild preserves and the historic landmarks are just a few of the features found in Hampton Roads. The area, which includes the cities of Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Newport News, Hampton and Suffolk, has a growing population of about 2 million. There are numerous attractions within each city. Norfolk has its Waterside, a festive marketplace similar to those in Baltimore, St. Louis and Boston. The financial and cultural hub of Virginia, Norfolk is the home of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest naval installation and serves as headquarters for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). As a cultural center, its features include the Chrysler Museum, the Douglas MacArthur Memorial, the Nauticus National Maritime Center, the Virginia Symphony and several theater companies, including Norfolk State Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own NSU Players.

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HAMPTON ROADS

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Besides a long and beautiful coastline, Virginia Beach offers numerous landmarks, including the first landing cross (where the first settlers touched the shores of the New World in 1607, 13 years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock); The Adam Thoroughgood House, probably the oldest brick house in America, dating back to 1636; and Mount Trashmore, a project that turned a mountain of solid waste into an innovative recreational compound with bicycle trails, picnic areas, and soapbox derby and cross-country courses around two lakes used for a myriad of recreational water sports. The unique 17-mile Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel links Virginia Beach with Virginia’s Eastern Shore and a national wildlife refuge. The Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and the Children’s Museum are located in Portsmouth. Newport News has the Mariners’ Museum, which houses one of the world’s most extensive nautical collections, while Hampton is home of the Air and Space Museum. NSU is just off Interstate 264 within walking distance of downtown and other major area attractions, such as the Scope, Chrysler Hall and MacArthur Center Mall. Hampton Roads has three daily newspapers, one African-American weekly, three independent TV stations and more than 30 radio stations.

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STRENGTH & CONDITIONING The NSU Strength and Conditioning Program is administered by Reese Bridgman, NSU’s strength and conditioning coach. Bridgman has 26 years of coaching experience in athletics at the high school, college and professional levels. His resume includes a seven-year stint as head strength and conditioning coach at Central Florida, where he worked with future professionals such as Daunte Culpepper, Asante Samuel and Brandon Marshall of the NFL and Mike Maroth of Major League Baseball. The NSU Strength and Conditioning Program exists to provide all 280+ NSU student-athletes with scientificallysound performance-enhancement programs in the areas of strength, speed, explosive power and sports nutrition. Programs are conducted in the NSU athletics weight room, a 2,000-square foot facility in Gill Gymnasium that houses the equipment and accessories needed to develop championship-level NCAA Division I athletes. The strength and conditioning program also uses the NSU athletics department’s game and practice fields. The program develops athletes by means of functional strength training for strength and power utilizing Olympic lifts, power lifts, plyometric drills and additional supplementary lifts, particularly dumbbell exercises. The program trains speed in both linear and change-of-direction movement. Athletes are taught recovery by developing good eating habits that are appropriate for athletes training at the Division I level and by emphasizing the correct amount of rest. Athletes are trained in a team setting as a part of a year-round program. Athletes train two times per week in season and three to four times per week during the remainder of the year with a break between semesters and at the end of their sport’s season. Their annual plan consists of in-season, offseason, preseason and holiday programs. All training schedules are administered within

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NCAA guidelines for contact time with athletes in both required programs and voluntary programs. Part of the emphasis within the NSU Strength and Conditioning Program is on the athlete developing lifetime character qualities of teamwork, discipline, dedication, determination, respect for others and respect for hard work. Athletes are also expected to develop an interest in lifetime fitness. “The Strength and Conditioning Program at NSU tries to remember that our athletes came to us to participate in and excel in their given sport, not to become weight lifters or body builders,” Bridgman says. “For this reason, we approach strength and conditioning as a means to an end, and we encourage our athletes to learn from and enjoy the journey.”

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ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATION CRAIG COTTON

Craig Cotton is in his 10th year as associate athletics director for external operations. He is also in his sixth year as executive director of the NSU Athletics Foundation. Cotton joined the NSU athletics staff after serving as marketing manager at Howard University. Cotton’s primary duties at NSU include developing and managing marketing and public relations projects with particular focus on the “Team Spartan Corporate Partners Program,” a comprehensive sports marketing initiative designed to attract corporate sponsorship and funding for the athletics program. Previously, Cotton worked for seven years in the Delaware State University Public Relations Office. He arrived at the Dover, Del.-based institution in 1992 and served as sports information director for two years before his appointment as the university’s director of public relations and marketing in 1994. From 1988-1992, Cotton was associate director of sports information at Temple University. He worked for seven years (1981-1988) as sports information director and administrative assistant to the director of intercollegiate athletics at the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore. Cotton was also a press operations manager for the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) at the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta, Ga.; 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina; and the 1994 U.S. Olympic Festival in St. Louis, Mo. Cotton is a native of Greensboro, N.C., and a 1980 graduate of North Carolina A&T State University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in English-mass communications. He received the M.Ed. degree at Temple University in 1995. Cotton and his wife, Cynthia, reside in Norfolk, Va. SHERIE CORNISH GORDON Sherie Cornish Gordon is in her fourth year on staff in the NSU athletics department. In May 2010, she was promoted to the position of associate athletics director for internal operations after holding that title in an interim capacity since February 2009. She also serves as the department’s senior woman administrator. At NSU, Cornish Gordon is responsible for the supervision of the department’s internal operations, including management of the department’s budget, oversight of game-day management, and supervision of equipment and facilities. In addition, she oversees the volleyball, softball, bowling, men’s tennis and women’s tennis programs. Cornish Gordon began her tenure at NSU in January 2006 as the assistant for business operations and was soon thereafter promoted to assistant athletics director for business operations. She came to Norfolk State University in 2005 after serving as a senior administrative assistant at American University. She also served as an athletics department intern at the University of Maryland in 2004-2005 and as an assistant women’s basketball coach at her alma mater, Morgan State University, during the 2003-2004 school year. Cornish Gordon is a member of the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators (NACWAA), the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), the Collegiate Athletics Business Management Association (CABMA) and the Minority Opportunities Athletics Association (MOAA). She serves on the program committee for CABMA. She is a 2006 graduate of NACWAA’s Institute for Administrative Advancement and a 2009 graduate of the NCAA Leadership Institute for Ethnic Minority Males and Females. Cornish Gordon was an accomplished basketball player at Morgan State, where she scored more than 1,000 career points. She was a four-year letter winner and was a team captain her final three seasons. The former Sherie Cornish of Severna Park, Md., she earned her bachelor’s degree in sports administration from

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Morgan State in 2002 and her master’s in sports management from Temple in 2004. Cornish Gordon currently resides in Suffolk, Va., with her husband, Ross, and son, Ethan. KAREN HOLMES Karen Holmes is in her second year as associate athletics director for development at NSU. Holmes’ primary responsibilities are to plan, coordinate and implement all development and fundraising activities for the athletics department. The ultimate goal is to increase funding for athletic scholarships, capital projects and other athletic enhancements. Prior to NSU, Holmes has served as the foundation manager at the Norfolk Convention & Visitors Bureau since 2006. She was responsible for planning and directing the foundation’s operations to include fundraising, staffing, budgeting and research. Holmes has also held positions as a business account representative at Opportunity, Inc. and as a marketing consultant at LNC (local news on cable) channel 5 and the Hampton Roads Radio Group in the Southeastern Virginia area. Holmes is a member of the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators (NACWAA), National Association of Athletic Development Directors (NAADD), Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce and Hampton Roads Gift Planning Council. Holmes, a native of Philadelphia, Pa., graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies from NSU in 1998. ALISHA TUCKER Alisha Tucker is in her fifth year working in the Norfolk State University athletics department. She assumed the role of associate athletics director for student services for the 2010-11 academic year after serving as assistant athletic director for compliance for the previous four

years. This year, Tucker also begins a four-year appointment to the NCAA’s Amateurism Fact-Finding Committee and will also serve as an NCAA Division I Certification Peer Reviewer. Before coming to Norfolk State, Tucker served as the athletics eligibility specialist and curriculum coordinator at Marshall University from 2005-06. Tucker began her career as an assistant compliance coordinator at Michigan State University from 2001-02, and then earned a promotion to compliance coordinator at MSU in 2003. Tucker also worked as director of compliance at Villanova from November 2003 to June 2004, then was assistant athletics director for compliance at the University of Richmond from June 2004-January 2005. Tucker earned her bachelor’s degree in English literature and composition from the University of Virginia in 1996. She earned her master’s in sports management from Old Dominion University in 2001. A Hampton native, Tucker was a track and field athlete at Hampton High School. She was also a sprinter and hurdler on the U.Va. track team. Tucker was also the liaison between the student-government and the athletics department serving on various committees. She is also a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., and currently resides in Hampton. JAMAR ROSS Jamar Ross is in his second year as NSU’s assistant athletics director for business operations. Ross served from July 2007 to April 2009 as associate sports information director at Old Dominion University. At ODU, he was the primary media contact for the Monarchs’ start-up football team.

NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY 2011 SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDE Previously, Ross was the sports information director at Hampton University from 2002-07. While at Hampton, Ross served on the Governance and Commitment to Rules Compliance Subcommittee for Hampton’s NCAA Recertification Self Study. Ross also served as Sports Information Director at Winston-Salem State University in 2001-02, was the assistant SID at Hampton 2000-01, and completed a postgraduate internship at Southern Illinois University in 2000. He also served as a press room attendant at NCAA men’s basketball tournaments in 1997 and 2000. Ross graduated cum laude from Winston-Salem State University with a bachelor’s degree in sports management in 1999. He received his master’s in sports management from ODU in 2008. Ross also completed the NCAA Leadership Institute for Ethnic Minority Males and Females in 2008. DR. DELANYARD ROBINSON Dr. Delanyard Robinson is in his 18th year as faculty athletic representative for the Norfolk State Athletics Department. Robinson is also a professor in the Department of Psychology at Norfolk State. Robinson is a native of Bessemer, Ala. He earned a bachelor’s degree in social sciences in 1965 at Tuskegee Institute. He received his master’s degree in experimental psychology from St. Mary’s College (Tex.) in 1971, and in 1980 he received his doctorate in clinical psychology from Rutgers University. Dr. Robinson and his wife, Barbara, are the parents of two sons, Michael and Delanyard II. REESE BRIDGMAN Reese Bridgman is in his third year as the Spartans’ assistant athletics director for strength and conditioning. Bridgman oversees the strength and conditioning efforts for all 15 of NSU’s sports programs. Bridgman previously served as the strength and conditioning coach for the Newport News Apprentice School’s football program from 2005-07. He was also the Builders defensive coordinator in 2007 after coaching the defensive line in 2005 and 2006. Before moving to the Hampton Roads area, Bridgman was the head strength and conditioning coach for the University of Central Florida from 1997-2003. Bridgman helped train 20 UCF football players who went on to make active NFL rosters, including the likes of Daunte Culpepper, Asante Samuel, Travis Fisher, Atari Bigby, Steve Edwards, Brandon Marshall and Rashad Jeanty. Other top-notch athletes he helped tutor at UCF include Major League pitcher Mike Maroth. Along with his strength and conditioning expertise, Bridgman has an extensive background as a football coach at the high school, college and professional levels. Bridgman coached two seasons in the Arena Football League. He coached linemen and was the strength coach for the Orlando Predators in their ArenaBowl runner-up season of 1995. The following year, he worked in the same capacity for the Milwaukee Mustangs (now defunct). Bridgman’s one stint as a head football coach came at East Central Community College in his home state of Mississippi from 1992-94. He has also worked as an assistant football coach at NAIA Georgia Southwestern College and at a pair of Division II schools, Southeast Oklahoma State and East Texas State (now known as Texas A&M-Commerce). He also was men’s track coach during his tenure at Southeastern Oklahoma State. Bridgman, a native of Tylertown, Miss., got his football coaching start at Hattiesburg (Miss.) Prep in 1983. Bridgman, 47, received his bachelor’s degree in athletic administration and coaching from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1985. He earned his master’s in physical education with an emphasis in exercise physiology from East Texas State (Texas A&M-Commerce) in 1986. Bridgman is certified through the National Strength and Conditioning Association, the Collegiate Strength

ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATION and Conditioning Coaches Association, and the National Association of Speed and Explosion. He and his wife, Kelly, reside in Chesapeake. JACQUELINE NICHOLSON Jacqueline Nicholson is in her third year working in the NSU athletics department. After serving as athletics academic coordinator the last two years, Nicholson was promoted to the position of assistant athletics director for academic support for the 2010-11 school year. Nicholson’s responsibilities include advising all NSU student-athletes on issues of NCAA eligibility requirements and monitoring progress toward their degrees. Nicholson is also in charge of coordinating the academic support efforts for each team along with the academic enhancement counselors. Previously, Nicholson worked as an academic coordinator intern at Virginia Tech during the 2007-08 school year, assisting with the Hokies football team. She also served as a graduate assistant in the university academic advising center at Virginia Tech from 2005-07. A native of Clayton, N.J., Nicholson was a four-year letterwinner for the Hokies track and field team as a sprinter and hurdler. She was a member of the Virginia Tech all-academic team and athletics director’s honor roll. She earned her bachelor’s degree in human development in 2005 and her master’s in educational leadership in 2007, both from Virginia Tech. MEGHAN ANTINARELLI Meghan Antinarelli is in her first year as assistant athletics director for sports medicine at NSU. Previously, she served for eight years as an athletic trainer within the department. Antinarelli, who is originally from Wellesley, Mass., received her bachelor’s degree in health and physical education from the University of Massachusetts in 1998. She received her master’s degree in athletic training at Old Dominion University in 2001. She and her husband, Joseph, live in Suffolk and have one son, Nicholas. MATT MICHALEC Matt Michalec is in his seventh full year as sports information director at NSU. He is in charge of coordinating media relations efforts for all 15 of NSU’s athletics programs. His duties include the production of press guides, serving as the media liaison for the athletics department, keeping statistics at all home athletic contests, and maintaining the university athletics web site. In 2006, he was named the Black College Baseball SID of the Year. Previously, Michalec worked for two years as a parttime sports reporter and editorial assistant at the Daily Press newspaper in Newport News, Va. Michalec graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in English and a minor in communications from Old Dominion University in 2002. He served as sports editor for ODU’s student newspaper during his time there. He got his professional start by working for two years as a sportswriter at the York Town Crier and Poquoson Post newspapers in York County, Va. Michalec is a member of the College Sports Information Directors of American (CoSIDA) and the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID). Michalec and his wife, Annie, live in Newport News and have one son, Brandon. MIKE BELLO Mike Bello was hired as the assistant sports information director in August of 2010. He came to NSU after a pair of internships at Division I institutions. At NSU, Bello will be the

main contact for volleyball, women’s basketball, softball, tennis and bowling. Prior to arriving at NSU, Bello spent the previous year at the University of South Florida as a full-time intern, where he was the main contact for track and field and cross country as well as the secondary contact for men’s basketball and football. While at USF, Bello was part of a new initiative there that did away with traditional printed media guides and went to a new, interactive and online format that featured videos, photos and text all intermixed on a web-based platform. During the 2008-09 athletics season, Bello worked as an intern in the sports information office at Harvard. He also spent the 2007-08 season volunteering with the sports information office at Kent State University as part of his graduate work there. He has also volunteered with the Cleveland Gladiators of the Arena Football League and the Boston Breakers of the Women’s Professional Soccer League. Bello earned a bachelor’s of arts degree from Penn State University in journalism in 2004, and a master of arts degree in recreation and sports management in 2009 from Kent State. JESSICA COLE Jessica Cole is in her second year as the head assistant athletic trainer at Norfolk State University. Previously, Cole served as the assistant athletic trainer at Virginia State University in Petersburg, Va., for two years (200709). She also worked for two and a half years as the athletic trainer at Chelsea Community Hospital Outpatient Physical Therapy in her native Chelsea, Mich. Cole earned her bachelor’s degree in athletic training from Florida Southern College in 2004. She completed her senior internship with the WNBA’s Detroit Shock in 2004, and earned her master’s degree in exercise physiology from Eastern Michigan in 2008. NICOLE DIETRICH Nicole Dietrich is in her first year as the assistant athletic trainer at Norfolk State University. Previously, Dietrich served as the assistant athletic trainer at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, Pa., for the past two and half years. A native of Lykens, Pa., Dietrich received her bachelor’s degree in athletic training from Lock Haven University in 2004. She earned her master’s degree in psychology from Shippensburg University in 2007. Dietrich currently resides in Norfolk, Va. DERRICK COLES Derrick Coles is in his first year as the compliance coordinator at Norfolk State University. His duties consist of handling many of the day-to-day operations of Norfolk State University’s compliance office, specifically: monitoring playing/practice seasons, monitoring recruiting contacts/calls, overseeing the National Letter of Intent program, NCAA Special Assistance Fund and MEAC reports. In addition, Coles assists the associate athletics director with rules education for coaches and student-athletes and serves as a member of the eligibility certification team. Before coming to Norfolk State, Coles was the assistant director of sports information at Hampton University. Derrick assisted with the day-to-day activities of the Office of Sports Information, as well as serving as the primary media contact for women’s basketball, volleyball, bowling and men’s and women’s tennis. He was also the secondary media contact for football. Before coming to Hampton, Coles spent six years as an assistant within the athletic department at Virginia Union University. His duties included assisting the sports

NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY 2011 SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDE information department with programs, media guides and game-day activities, as well as working with the compliance office in reviewing academic records, practice schedules and athlete eligibility matters. Coles received his bachelor’s degree in marketing from Virginia Union in 2007 and his master’s in sports management from Virginia State University in 2009. Coles is a native of Richmond, Va. and his volunteer work includes the Special Olympics, the Rudy Johnson Foundation, the James Farrior Foundation, Richmond Sports Backers and Upward Sports Academy. He is an active member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. SHIRLEY BROOKS Shirley Brooks is in her 11th year as the football administrative assistant for the NSU athletics department. Brooks oversees all administrative of the program, including coordinating special events, player files and maintaining the recruiting database. A native of Hertford, N.C., Brooks has three children: Derek, Dietrich and Verletita. She is currently working toward her degree in tourism and hospitality management at Norfolk State. WILLIAM WRIGHT William “Ray” Wright is in his eighth year as the head equipment manager at NSU. Previously, Wright worked as a parking supervisor in NSU’s Office of Parking and Transportation. He has also served as a security officer at NSU. A native of Portsmouth, Wright lettered in football and track at NSU in the early 1980s. He was a member of the 1984 CIAA championship football team. Wright earned his bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies and a minor in physical education in 1995. He is currently pursuing his master’s in administration. Wright has four daughters, Chiquita, Nikeya, Britney and Ashley; two granddaughters, Kyra and Destini, and one grandson, Michael. NATE BELL Nate Bell is in his 15th year as assistant equipment manager for the Norfolk State University athletics department. A native of Norfolk, Va., Bell is a 1994 graduate of Maury High School, were he lettered in football, and wrestling. Bell resides in Norfolk.

MICHELLE MacFARLANE Michelle MacFarlane joined the Norfolk State University athletics staff as an administrative specialist in Sept. 2010. She comes to NSU after spending six years at Eastern Virginia Medical School as an administrative assistant. While there, MacFarlane’s duties included composing correspondence, recording and distributed minutes of faculty meetings, handling travel and catering arrangements, organizing and creating flyers, and filing and organizing grades. During her time at EVMS, she also worked for Jackson Hewitt Tax Service as a tax preparer and instructor of basic tax course. MacFarlane completed classes at Old Dominion and Kee Business College, where she received her medical assistant diploma prior to working at Eastern Virginia Medical School.

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ATHLETICS DIRECTORY

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Administration and Support Staff

Director of Athletics: Marty L. Miller.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................823-8152 Faculty Athletics Representative: Dr. Carray Banks.............................................................................................................................................................................................823-2421 Assoc. AD for Internal Operations/SWA: Sherie Cornish Gordon...................................................................................................................................................................823-8404 Assoc. AD for External Operations/NSUAF Executive Director: Craig Cotton............................................................................................................................................823-2667 Assoc. AD for Development: Karen Holmes...........................................................................................................................................................................................................823-8645 Assoc. AD for Student Services: Alisha Tucker......................................................................................................................................................................................................823-2337 Asst. AD for Sports Medicine: Meghan Antinarelli..................................................................................................................................................................................823-9547/8997 Asst. AD for Business Operations: Jamar Ross.......................................................................................................................................................................................................823-2105 Asst. AD for Strength and Conditioning: Reese Bridgman...............................................................................................................................................................................823-2187 Asst. AD for Academic Support: Jacqueline Nicholson.....................................................................................................................................................................................823-8751 Sports Information Director: Matt Michalec..........................................................................................................................................................................................................823-2628 Asst. Sports Information Director: Mike Bello.......................................................................................................................................................................................................823-2628 Compliance Coordinator: Derrick Coles..................................................................................................................................................................................................................823-2337 Academics Coordinator: Sherese Parker.................................................................................................................................................................................................................823-8170 Head Assistant Athletic Trainer: Jessica Cole.............................................................................................................................................................................................823-9547/8997 Assistant Athletic Trainer: Nicole Dietrich..................................................................................................................................................................................................823-9547/8997 Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach: Brian Maurer.............................................................................................................................................................................823-2187 Administrative Specialist: Michelle MacFarlane...................................................................................................................................................................................................823-8152 Equipment Manager: William Wright.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................823-2022 Asst. Equipment Manager: Nate Bell........................................................................................................................................................................................................................823-2022 Cheerleading Coach: Carmen Harris........................................................................................................................................................................................................................823-8200 Administrative Specialist/Football: Shirley Brooks..............................................................................................................................................................................................823-8824 NSUAF Administrative Specialist: Chelsea Hall.....................................................................................................................................................................................................823-8692

Men’s Coaches

Baseball: Claudell Clark, Head Coach.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................823-8196 Asst. Coaches: A.J. Corbin/Quentin Jones.........................................................................................................................................................................................................823-9533 Basketball: Anthony Evans, Head Coach.................................................................................................................................................................................................................823-8934 Asst. Coaches: Robert Jones/Larry Vickers/Kelvin Hawkins............................................................................................................................................................823-9192/2840 Cross Country: Kenneth Giles, Head Coach...........................................................................................................................................................................................................823-8801 Asst. Coaches: Wycliffe Rotich/Harry Freeman................................................................................................................................................................................................823-8801 Football: Pete Adrian, Head Coach............................................................................................................................................................................................................................823-8824 Asst. Head Coach/Offensive Line: Rod Holder.................................................................................................................................................................................................823-8779 Asst. Coach/Defensive Coordinator: Mark DeBastiani..................................................................................................................................................................................823-2582 Asst. Coach/Defensive Line: Mark Thurston.....................................................................................................................................................................................................823-8758 Asst. Coach/Defensive Backs: Marco Butler......................................................................................................................................................................................................823-2495 Asst. Coach/Quarterbacks: Steve Canter...........................................................................................................................................................................................................823-2570 Asst. Coach/Wide Receivers: Paul Macklin........................................................................................................................................................................................................823-8824 Asst. Coach/Tight Ends: Joe Blackwell................................................................................................................................................................................................................823-8824 Asst. Coach/Defensive Assistant: C.J. Fayton....................................................................................................................................................................................................823-8824 Tennis: Matthew Halfpenny, Head Coach...............................................................................................................................................................................................................823-8821 Asst. Coach: Torrie Browning..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................823-8821 Track and Field: Kenneth Giles, Head Coach..........................................................................................................................................................................................................823-8801 Asst. Coaches: Serge Bengono/Harry Freeman...............................................................................................................................................................................................823-2104 Asst. Coaches: Wycliffe Rotich/Brandon Tynes................................................................................................................................................................................................823-8801

Women’s Coaches

Basketball: Debra Clark, Head Coach.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................823-8441 Asst. Coaches: Lashondra Dixon-Gordon/Kenny Edwards..............................................................................................................................................................823-2132/8456 Bowling: Wilhelmenia Harrison, Head Coach........................................................................................................................................................................................................823-8152 Asst. Coach: Aundray Darden................................................................................................................................................................................................................................823-8152 Cross Country: Ronda Berard, Head Coach............................................................................................................................................................................................................823-2104 Asst. Coaches: Wycliffe Rotich/Harry Freeman................................................................................................................................................................................................823-2104 Softball: Heidi Cavallo, Interim Head Coach..........................................................................................................................................................................................................823-8194 Asst. Coach: Amanda Haverman...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................823-8343 Tennis: Matthew Halfpenny, Head Coach...............................................................................................................................................................................................................823-8821 Asst. Coach: Torrie Browning..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................823-8821 Track and Field: Ronda Berard, Head Coach..........................................................................................................................................................................................................823-2104 Asst. Coaches: Serge Bengono/Harry Freeman...............................................................................................................................................................................................823-2104 Asst. Coaches: Wycliffe Rotich/Brandon Tynes................................................................................................................................................................................................823-8801 Volleyball: Brandon Duvall, Interim Head Coach.................................................................................................................................................................................................823-2804 Asst. Coach: Dave Albaugh.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................823-2804

Miscellaneous

Football Press Box...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................823-2628 Basketball Press Row......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................823-8195 Softball Press Box............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................823-0056 Baseball Press Box...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................823-8196 Ticket Office.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................823-9009

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NSU ATHLETICS FOUNDATION

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Total Sports - 15 Women’s Sports Basketball Bowling Cross Country Indoor Track & Field Outdoor Track & Field Softball Tennis Volleyball

Men’s Sports

Baseball Basketball Cross Country Football Indoor Track & Field Outdoor Track & Field Tennis ...........................................................................

Norfolk State University Athletics Foundation Board of Directors

Fran Steward, President Mervin Pitchford, Vice President Phillip Brooks, Treasurer Craig Cotton, Executive Director Marty Miller, Athletics Director Robert Boyd Jacob L. Cheeks Harold Hagans John Hornbeck A. Graige Johnson Curtis Maddox* Langston Powell Zackery Rodgers James Satterfield* Donna Sample Smith John Warren

A BRIEF OVERVIEW Norfolk State University’s proud legacy of achievement in collegiate athletics began at the NCAA Division II level as a member of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA). NSU was one of the league’s most dominant programs, winning championships in every sport the school offered. In 1997, NSU joined the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), one of only two NCAA Division I conferences comprised of historically black colleges and universities. Other conference members include: Bethune-Cookman College, Coppin State College, Delaware State University, Florida A&M University, Hampton University, Howard University, the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore, Morgan State University, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina Central University, Savannah State University and South Carolina State University. NSU made an immediate impression in the conference in 2000-01, winning the Talmadge Hill Award – presented annually to the member whose men’s teams compile the most points based on team finishes in conference competition. The Spartans won the T almadge Hill Award again each year from 2005-10. In all, NSU has won conference titles in men’s and women’s track, men’s and women’s cross country, and women’s basketball during its brief tenure in the MEAC.

Why Support Norfolk State University Athletics?

• NSU competes at the nation’s highest level of intercollegiate athletics competition – National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I - and is a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). • The need to increase funding for scholarships for deserving studentathletes motivated by achievement both in athletics and academics. • Improvements and maintenance of equipment and facilities that will enable NSU student-athletes to perform at their full potential. • A competitive athletics program of the highest quality is consistent with the institution’s emergence an the “Institution of Choice.” • A competitive athletics program contributes to the enjoyment of the student-athlete experience.

* - Emeritus

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