2011 Radford Softball Media Guide by Radford University Athletics

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2011 Radford Softball General Information Table of Contents Quick Facts 2011 Schedule

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Radford Softball 2010 Big South Championship 4 2010 Regional Finalists 5 2009 Big South Championship 6 ESPNU History 7 Highlanders in Hawai’i 8 RU Softball Field 9 2011 Roster 10 Meet Your Highlanders Taylor Cunningham Shannon Keefe Chelsea Kelley Kristen Shifflett Kellie Snooks Lauren Williams Michelle Beall Nichole Beall Meredith Moore Vicki Madden Jessica Agee Morgan Eye Jackie Jenkins Ryndee Ruch Hannah Ojeda Stephanie Dameron Maureen Hepner Jessie Hutchens Tessa Law Natalie Parsons

12-13 14-15 16-17 18-19 20-21 22-23 24-25 26-27 28-29 30-31 32-33 34-35 36-37 38-39 40 41 41 42 42 43

Coaching Staff Mickey Dean Katy Lampman Loren Messick Charisse Mariconda

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2011 Opponents

2010 Season In Review 2010 Highlights 2010 Results 2010 Overall Statistics 2010 Big South Statistics 2010 League Standing/Honors In the Pros

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Big South Conference History of the Conference

The Radford Experience This is Radford University President Penelope Kyle The New River Valley Radford Athletics A.D. Robert Lineburg Support Staff Student-Athlete Support Strength & Conditioning DeMarini Advertisement

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Credits: The 2011 Radford Softball media guide was designed and written by Brian Stanley. Additional research by Gene Hyde, archivist at RU’s McConnell Library. Cover Design: Cory Durand, Athletic Marketing Photography: Tim Cowie -DigItUpSports, Willis Glassgow -- WG Sports Photos, Lora Gordon -- University Photographer, Neal Leahy, Steven May and Jose A. Torres.

2011 Radford Softball 2011 Quick Facts General Information

Name of School Location Founded Enrollment Nickname Colors Affiliation Conference Facility Website President Director of Athletics Athletic Phone

Radford University Radford, Va. 1910 9,230 Highlanders Red and White NCAA Division I Big South RU Softball Field www.Radford.edu Penelope W. Kyle Robert Lineburg (540) 831-6194

Coaching Staff

Head Coach Mickey Dean (5th) Alma Mater Elon ‘87 Record at Radford (Years) 169-74 (4) Big South Record (Years) 54-12 (4) Career Record (Years) 234-79 (5) Softball Office Phone (540) 831-5882 Assistant Coaches Katy Lampman (Winthrop ‘03/3rd) Loren Messick (Roanoke ‘08/2nd) Volunteer Assistant Charisse Mariconda (Virginia Tech ‘10/1st)

Softball History

First Year...........................................1992 All-Time Record.................499-541-1 (19) All-Time Big Record.............. 140-111 (19) Regular Season Titles ...... 2 (2009, 2010) BSC Tournament Titles . ... 2 (2009, 2010) NCAA Appearances........... 2 (2009, 2010) Recent Result......Athens Regional (2010) 2-2; lost 1-8 at Georgia (regional final)

Team Information

2010 Overall Record 38-17 2010 League Record (Finish) 16-2 (1st) Position Starters Returning/Lost 7/2 Pitchers Returning/Lost 3/1 Others Returning/Lost 4/1 Newcomers 6

Athletic Communications

Assistant A.D. Joey Beeler Office Phone (540) 831-5726 Email jwbeeler@radford.edu Assistant Dir. (Contact) Brian Stanley Email bmstanley@radford.edu Office Phone (540) 831-6884 Multimedia Services Patrick Reed Email pmreed@radford.edu Office Phone (540) 831-5574 Assistant Kelly Shuman Email kshuman@radford.edu Assistant Justin Thompson Email jthompson124@radford.edu Office Phone (540) 831-5211 Office Fax (540) 831-6095 Press Row Phone (540) 831-6190 Website www.RadfordAthletics.com Mailing Address P.O. Box 6913, Radford, VA 24142 Overnight Address 501 Stockton St. Radford, VA 24142

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Date Feb 12 Feb 13 Feb 23 Feb. 25 Feb. 26 Feb. 27 March 4 March 5 March 6 March 9 March 11 March 12 March 13 March 16 March 18 March 19 March 20 March 23 March 26 March 30 April 2 April 3 April 6 April 9 April 10 April 13 April 16 April 17 April 19 April 22 April 23 April 27 April 30 May 7 May 8

2011 Schedule Opponent vs. Mercer ! at Georgia Southern ! at Georgia Southern ! vs. Mercer ! VIRGINIA TECH at UAB @ vs. Lipscomb @+ vs. Saint Louis @+ at Samford @ vs. Central Michigan # vs. Wagner # vs. College of Charleston # vs. Jacksonville # vs. Columbia # vs. Toledo vs. La Salle $ vs. Nebraska $ vs. Connecticut $ vs. Long Island $ vs. Robert Morris $ JAMES MADISON Pittsburgh ^ Robert Morris ^ Ball State ^ Georgetown ^ Delaware ^ LIBERTY * at Liberty * NORTH CAROLINA at Gardner-Webb * at Gardner-Webb * LONGWOOD at Presbyterian * at Presbyterian * at Virginia Tech COASTAL CAROLINA * COASTAL CAROLINA * at Tennessee WINTHROP * WINTHROP * VIRGINIA at Elon at Charleston Southern * at Charleston Southern *

Location Statesboro, Ga. Statesboro, Ga. Statesboro, Ga. Statesboro, Ga. RADFORD Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Clearwater, Fla. Clearwater, Fla. Clearwater, Fla. Clearwater, Fla. Clearwater, Fla. Clearwater, Fla. Clearwater, Fla. Clearwater, Fla. Clearwater, Fla. Clearwater, Fla. Clearwater, Fla. RADFORD Troutville, Va. Troutville, Va. Troutville, Va. Troutville, Va. Troutville, Va. RADFORD Lynchburg, Va. RADFORD Boiling Springs, N.C. Boiling Springs, N.C. RADFORD Clinton, S.C. Clinton, S.C. Blacksburg, Va. RADFORD RADFORD Knoxville, Tenn. RADFORD RADFORD RADFORD at Elon, N.C. Charleston, S.C. Charleston, S.C.

2011 Big South Softball Tournament May 12-14 Big South Tournament Rock Hill, S.C.

Time 11:00 am 4:00 10:00 am 12:30 4:00 8:30 4:00 9:00 3:00 12:30 3:00 10:00 am 12:30 9:30 am 11/1:00 10:00 am 12:30 3:00 5:30 9:30 am 3/5:00 3:00 5:00 1:00 3:00 1:00 3:00 1/3:00 3/5:00 1/3:00 2:00 4/6:00 1/3:00 12:00 7:00 2/4:00 1:00 6:00 2/4:00 1:00 4/6:00 1/3:00 2/4:00 CAPS/BOLD Denotes Home Contest 12:00 * Denotes Big South Conference Opponent; ! D enotes Georgia Southern Tournament @ Denotes Magic City Classic; + Denotes Samford University # Denotes USF Under Armour Invitational; $ Denotes USF Under Armour Showcase TBA ^ Denotes Radford Invitational All Times Listed Eastern Standard

2011 Radford Softball Conway, S.C. -- A five-run second and an outstanding relief performance from junior Kellie Snooks fueled Radford to its second straight Big South Championship with a 5-2 victory over Winthrop at CCU Softball Field. After falling behind 2-0 in the first, Radford batted around and scored five runs in the second and Snooks shut down Winthrop with six innings of shutout relief as Highlanders upended the Eagles in championship contest. At one point Snooks, who struck out two, retired 11 straight batters into the seventh and then was the benefit of two spectacular catches by junior center fielder Shannon Keefe to secure the championship. An all-tournament selection, Snooks scattered five hits, walked none and only allowed two base runners in one inning (seventh). Kristen Shifflett (MVP), Snooks, Taylor Cunningham and Nichole Beall earned all-tournament honors. Shifflett batted .600 (6-10) with a pair of long balls, six RBI and four runs scored and was a part of a defense that did not commit an error in 93 chances.

“We played incredible defense the entire tournament,” stated head coach Mickey Dean. “Shannon’s two plays in the seventh capped it off and the double play to end the game was unbelievable.”

2010 Big South Champions

2011 Radford Softball “We need to work hard starting right now. The seniors have really showed us how to work and play the right way,” commented Kristen Shifflett.

ATHENS, Ga. -- Radford reached the NCAA Regional Final for the first time in program history after upsetting No. 24 Florida State, 3-2 on May 22. The Highlanders rallied from an early 2-0 deficit with a pair of solo home runs and went ahead for good on senior Sarah Himan’s two-out RBI single in the fifth. Radford sealed the victory when junior leftfielder Lauren Williams threw out the eventual game-tying run at third base for the final out of the contest. Radford reached the game against FSU after blanking Elon, 8-0, in an elimination game. Nichole Beall and Chelsea Kelleyprovided the spark. Beall cranked a pair of home runs and knocked in four, while Kelley tossed a one-hit shutout. The Highlanders ended their season the following day in the regional final. They fell to host and WCWSsemifinalist Georgia, 8-1. Radford recorded nine hits off Bulldog pitching, including two each by Kristen Shifflett, Taylor Cunnigham and Michelle Beall. Williams knocked in the lone run with a second-inning RBI double.

“Our team went 100 percent on every play. We made sure that there were no ‘ifs.’ This is where we want to be right now,” senior catcher Sarah Himan reflecting on Elon and Florida State.

“Yesterday, we played with emotion. Today, we played with passion,” head coach Mickey Dean on the differnce between the two Florida State games.

2010 Regional Finalists

2011 Radford Softball “This is four years of hard work and dedication that has finally paid off,” said senior Jenn Everhart. “This is what our team has dreamed of and its feels amazing!”

“I told the team that they needed to step up in the second game and we did that,” said Mickey Dean. “Everyone played their roles and it paid off. I could not be any prouder of this team. They put in a lot of hard work all season and were rewarded in the end with a championship.”

2009 Big South Champions

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Radford has had the honor of being one of just three Big South softball programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to play on ESPNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family of networks. Making its fourth appearance in as many years, Radford remained undefeated on ESPNU with a 5-0 victory at Winthrop on April 25, 2010. Chelsea Kelley keyed the victory with a four-hit shutout. After surrendering two hits to start the game, she allowed just three base runners the rest of the contest. At the plate, Kristen Shifflett was 3-for-4 with a double, home run and two RBI. It was the third victory over the Eagles on the 24hour college sports network, the second at Terry Field, the site of the first ever Big South nationally televised game.

Games

Radford 9, Winthrop 2 (May 6, 2007, Rock Hill, S.C.) Radford 6, Coastal Carolina 4 (April 27, 2008, Conway, S.C.) Radford 9, Winthrop 4 (April 19, 2009, Radford, Va.) Radford 5, Winthrop 0 (April 25, 2010, Rock Hill, S.C.)

Highlights

Clinches 2010 Regular Season on April 25 19 Hits at Winthrop in Inaugural Game on May 6, 2007 Sarah Himan 4-4 at Winthrop (May 6) Nichole Beall: 4-4, HR, 4 RBI vs. Winthrop (April 19) Himan records a hit in her first seven at bats and is 8-for-11 in three games

Highlanders on ESPNU

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Pearl Harbor

In 2009, Radford softball made its first ever trip off the mainland a very sucessful one. The Highlanders spent 12 days in Hawai’i playing softball, seeing the sights and coming together as a team. The trip was highlighted by an 8-2 record which included back-to-back victories over then-No. 25 Mississippi State (3-2) and Oregon State (3-1), the first ever wins against a ranked and PAC-10 opponent.

Diamond Head

Sunrise at the house Kaneohe Bay

“Aloha” Highlanders in Hawai’i 8

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2010 Jenny Finch Camp

ocated in the northeast corner of the Dedmon Centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outdoor facilities, Radford Softball Field offers several new amenities with the most recent additions being made in 2009. A backstop netting replaced the original fencing and a second batting cage located on the first base side are the featured upgrades. Other improvements included a new outfield windscreen, along with lowering the fences to four feet in foul territory. Along with the upgrades, RU Softball Field has been host to the 2009 and 2010 Jenny Finch Softball camp. This three-day event featured 400 campers and over 1,000 people descending on Radfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s softball facilites. In the summer and fall of 2007, new grass sod was laid out in foul territory. With that, a new irrigation system was installed to cover the expanded area of grass. Renovations on the field started prior to the 2004 season when covered dugouts that include a heating system were built. Upgrades prior to the 2006 season included a working press box and an improvement in the fan seating areas, moving the primary grandstand area directly behind home plate. These improvements allowed the Highlanders to host their first Big South Championship at RU Softball field in 2006 as well as 2009. Radford is also the future host of the 2012 tournament. The newest addition to the list of amenities for the Highlander softball team is an indoor batting and pitching facility that allows Radford to practice year-round. The facility includes six dedicated batting cages, with the necessary equipment and amenities for either live pitching or machine pitching. Located adjacent to campus, the indoor facility can serve the Radford softball team year-round, anytime the weather restricts outdoor practice.

RU Softball Field

2011 Radford Softball Roster

No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Yr. 2 Lauren Williams OF L/R 5-4 Sr. 3 Taylor Cunningham 3B/OF R/R 5-2 Sr. 4 Hannah Ojeda OF L/R 5-2 Jr. 5 Vicki Madden 3B R/R 5-2 Jr. 7 Shannon Keefe OF R/R 5-8 Sr. 8 Jackie Jenkins P R/R 5-8 So. 9 Kellie Snooks P R/R 5-8 Sr. 10 Kristen Shifflett SS/2B R/R 5-3 Sr. 11 Ryndee Ruch OF/3B R/R 5-5 So. 12 Meredith Moore DP/C R/R 5-7 Jr. 13 Jessica Agee MI/OF R/R 5-7 So. 14 Maureen Hepner OF R/R 5-7 Fr. 17 Tessa Law C R/R 5-8 Fr. 20 Morgan Eye OF R/R 5-6 So. 22 Jessie Hutchens UT R/R 5-9 Fr. 23 Nichole Beall 2B/3B R/R 5-8 Jr. 24 Stephanie Dameron P R/R 5-7 Fr. 25 Natalie Parsons UT R/R 5-8 Fr. 30 Michelle Beall 1B/C R/R 5-7 Jr. 44 Chelsea Kelley P R/L 5-9 Sr.

Hometown/Last School Ashburn, Va./Stone Bridge Fairfax, Va./Robinson Secondary Tampa, Fla./Tallahassee CC (North Carolina State/Plant HS) Virginia Beach, Va./Kempsville Lemont, Ill./Lemont Mechanicsville, Va./Atlee Alsip, Ill./Marist Charlottesville, Va./Monticello Mechanicsville, Va./Atlee Roanoke, Va./Cave Spring Louisa, Va./Louisa County Medford, N.J./Shawnee Axton, Va./Bassett Bridgewater, Va./Turner Ashby Berwyn, Ill./Riverside Brookfield Culpeper, Va./Culpeper County Dameron, Md./St. Mary’s Ryken Tazewell, Va./Tazewell Culpeper, Va./Culpeper County Roanoke, Va./Cave Spring

Head Coach: Mickey Dean (Elon ‘87 / Fifth Season) Assistant Coach: Katy Lampman (Winthrop ‘03 / Third Season) Assistant Coach: Loren Messick (Roanoke ’08 / Second Season) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Charisse Mariconda (Virginia Tech ‘10 / First Season)

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Meet the Highlanders Individually, several Highlanders were either recognized for their academic or athletic prowess in 2009-10. A total of 52 accolades (individual/ team) were bestowed on the Radford softball program last season. Big South Female Student-Athlete of the Year Big South Woman of the Year Big South Player of the Year Big South Coach of the Year Big South Tournament MVP ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District VaSID State Player of the Year VaSID State Coach of the Year NFCA Division I Academic Team Award 13 - Big South Presidential Honor Roll Selections 7 - Big South All-Conference Selections 7 - NFCA All-Academic Selections 7 - VaSID All-State Team Selections 5 - All-Tournament Selections 4 - NFCA Mid-Atlantic Region Selections

Taylor CUNNINGHAM

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2011 Radford Softball 5-2 s R/R Fairfax, Va. Robinson Secondary 2010 HIGHLIGHTS: Appeared in every game with 53 starts… Career highs in several offensive categories in first season as a regular starter... Big South All-Tournament selection… Batted .444 with three runs and two RBI, while recording a perfect fielding percentage at Big South Tournament… Game-tying double in BSC championship game… Knocked in eventual game-winning run in tournament semifinal against Winthrop... Fourth on team with 11 doubles… Registered two hits in NCAA Regional final against eventual national semifinalist Georgia… First collegiate three-hit game at James Madison... Hit first collegiate home run vs. then-No. 4 Missouri (2/28)... Homered and knocked in career-high three runs vs. Charleston Southern (3/28). 2009 HIGHLIGHTS: Saw action in 36 games mostly as a pinch hitter, making six starts... Five of nine hits and two of three RBI have been recorded in pinch-hitting roles… In start against then No. 25 Mississippi State, recorded a career-high two hits in win. 2008 HIGHLIGHTS: Appeared in 27 games, making three starts… Recorded five hits, four runs and three RBI… First collegiate hit was a clutch pinch hit triple in game three at Liberty… In first collegiate start, went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI in game two at Elon… Stole first base and scored first run vs. Delaware at ECU Pirate Clash. PREP / CLUB: Four-year all-state, all-region and all-district performer... Member of the Stingrays club team for seven years ... Also played travel ball for the Shamrocks, Fire and Ice and Xplosion... Also lettered in field hockey ACADEMICS / PERSONAL: Taylor McEachern Cunningham was born on Dec. 19, 1988... 2010 NFCA scholar-athlete... Elementary education major.. Taylor and younger sister Christine are the daughters of Gary and Dee Cunningham.

Cunningham’s Totals YEAR 2008 2009 2010 TOTALS

AVG GP-GS AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI .172 27-3 29 5 4 1 1 0 3 .237 36-6 38 9 5 2 0 0 3 .263 55-53 160 42 21 11 0 2 17 .209 63-9 67 14 9 3 1 9 6

BB HBP SO SF SH SB-SBA TB SLG% 2 0 4 1 0 1-1 8 .276 2 0 2 0 3 1-1 11 .289 3 0 26 0 0 3-3 59 .369 4 0 6 1 3 2-2 19 .284

OB% .219 .275 .276 .250

PO 12 3 48 15

A 18 8 101 26

E FLD% 4 .882 0 1.000 12 .925 4 .911

Shannon KEEFE

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2011 Radford Softball 5-8 s R/R Lemont, Ill. Lemont 2010 HIGHLIGHTS: First Team all-conference and state… Second Team all-region… Made a pair of defensive gems that resulted in all three seventh-inning outs of Big South championship game (Robbed leadoff home run and then snagged a sinking line drive and doubled off the runner at second for the final two outs)… Started all 50 games played in… Led team in doubles, second in stolen bases and third in batting average … Tied for league lead and 32nd in the nation in doubles… Ranked in top 10 in batting average (7th) and stolen bases (t-5th)… Season and career-high 13-game (.429) hitting streak (March 18-April 2), tied for second best on the team this year... Second on squad with five three-hit contests and 13 two-out RBI... Career highs in hits, doubles and RBI… Just one of two outfielders in Big South with 50-plus chances that recorded a perfect fielding percentage. 2009 HIGHLIGHTS: Second team all-conference... First Radford player to record a pair of multi-home run games in the same season (St. John’s and Liberty)... Knocked in Radford’s first ever NCAA Regional run in the fourth inning against eventual national semifinalist Georgia… Homered in comeback regional victory against Campbell… Third on team and tied for fourth in the Big South with nine long balls… VaSID All-State Second Team selection… 12 multi-hit games (three-hit contests)... Big South Player of the Week (4/27) after batting .563 (9-16) with two HR and eight RBI, recording three multi-hit and multi-RBI contests… Three-hit games came against Liberty, Winthrop and Charleston Southern... Career-high three RBI at Longwood and Charleston Southern. 2008 HIGHLIGHTS: Big South and VaSID State Freshman of the Year… First-team all-conference utility player… 10 home runs and .675 slugging percentage were third highest in school history and second best by a Radford freshman… Batting average (.366) was the sixth highest in school history… Second in conference in home runs and slugging percentage and third in batting average… Second on team in round-trippers, batting and slugging… In final 31 games, batted .487 (38-78) with five doubles, nine home runs, 18 RBI and 23 runs while slugging .923 and recording a .494 on base percentage... Tied for a team-best four three-hit games… Two-time conference player of the week ... Recorded a hit in 9-of-12 conference games, batting .517 (15-29) and slugging .966… Ended season on nine-game hitting streak (tying team-high), batting .556 (15-27) with nine runs. PREP / CLUB: Second-team All-America selection as a sophomore and junior ... Three-time allconference and all-area honoree... Member of the Beverly Bandits U-18 Gold team. ACADEMICS / PERSONAL: Shannon Rose Keefe was born on Feb. 10, 1989... Physical therapy major… 2010 NFCA Scholar-Athlete.. Is the middle of Cindy and the late James Keefe’s three daughters... Older sister Jessica recently completed her collegiate softball career at the University of Tampa (2006-09).

Keefe’s Totals YEAR 2008 2009 2010 TOTALS

AVG GP-GS AB H R 2B .366 55-51 123 45 30 6 .298 53-53 161 48 25 6 .353 50-50 156 55 28 16 .336 158-154 440 148 83 28

3B HR 1 10 0 9 0 4 1 23

RBI BB HBP SO SF SH SB-SBA TB SLG% 23 6 3 22 2 4 9-10 83 .675 26 1 1 18 2 1 13-16 81 .503 34 11 1 21 0 1 14-15 83 .532 83 18 5 61 4 6 36-41 247 .561

OB% .403 .303 .399 .366

PO 158 34 50 242

A E FLD% 9 7 .960 2 5 .878 2 0 1.000 13 12 .955

Chelsea KELLEY

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2011 Radford Softball 5-9 s R/L Roanoke, Va. Cave Spring 2010 HIGHLIGHTS: First team all-conference and second team all-state… Selected to Big South all-academic team… Overall league leader in wins (28th NCAA) and appearances, tied for second in shutouts, third in innings pitched and fifth in opponents batting average… Team workhorse in the circle as she appeared in 44 of 55 contests and 91 of 111 in two seasons… Tossed four one-hit shutouts and five overall… Allowed just one hit in a 6.2-inning shutout relief appearance vs. PC … Fourth one-hitter came in regionals vs. Elon… Registered career-high nine strikeouts in one-hitter at Coastal Carolina... Led conference in wins (league and overall) for second straight season… Third on career wins list with 52. 2009 HIGHLIGHTS: Big South Pitcher of the Year… First Team Mid-Atlantic Region and allconference selection... Led Big South in wins and second in ERA and saves... Appeared in 47 of 56 games... Recorded third most single-season victories with 25... Saves and wins ranked her ninth and 27th in the NCAA, respectively… Went 21 appearances (14 starts) without a loss from April 8-May 8, going 13-0 with two saves... Bounced back from first loss in over a month, allowing one run on five hits in championship clinching game against Liberty... Tossed one-hit shutout, the first of her career, vs. Gardner-Webb in first round of Big South Tournament... Big South all-tournament team selection... Big South Pitcher of the Week (5/4)... Won first collegiate start, striking out five in five innings vs. Belmont... 13-1 in Big South contests. 2008 HIGHLIGHTS: Made seven relief appearances… 2-0 with four strikeouts in 11 innings of work… Recorded one hit in four at bats... Picked up first collegiate victory with two innings of work in game two at Elon… In game one against Elon, struck out two in two innings… Registered a win in game one vs. Birmingham-Southern… First collegiate hit was a pinch hit single in game two at James Madison. PREP: 2006 and 2007 AA state player of the year (co-POY as a junior)... First-team all-state and All-Timesland Player of the Year as a junior and senior... Three-time region and district player of the year as well as first-team all-region and district... As a freshman was named Gatorade Rookie of the Year and Second Team All-Timesland and all-district. ACADEMICS / PERSONAL: Chelsea Lauren Kelley was born on June 12, 1989... Three-year NFCA scholar-athlete… Sport medicine major… Chelsea is the daughter of Randy and Robyn Kelley… Former high school battery mate of junior Meredith Moore.

Kelley’s Totals YEAR 2008 2009 2010 TOTALS

W-L 2-0 25-8 25-9 52-17

ERA 4.45 2.55 3.28 2.94

APP 7 47 44 98

GS 0 35 33 68

CG 0 13 16 29

SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO B/AVG WP HBP 0/0 0 11.0 12 7 7 3 4 .255 0 4 1/0 4 208.2 193 88 76 58 111 .248 3 17 5/1 1 194.1 185 95 91 43 142 .252 6 25 6/1 5 414.0 390 190 174 104 257 .250 9 46

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Kristen SHIFFLETT

2011 Radford Softball 5-3 s R/R Charlottesville, Va. Monticello

NFCA Preseason Player of the Year Watch List Big South Preseason Player of the Year 2010 HIGHLIGHTS: 2009-10 Big South Female Student-Athlete of the Year... Big South and VaSID State Player of the Year… First team all-region, conference and state… Big South Tournament MVP... Radford’s new all-time leader in home runs (36) and runs scored (150) after just three seasons... First Highlander to record 200 hits (201) before their senior season… Batted .615 (8-13) with a double, two home runs (both vs. No. 24 FSU), four runs, four RBIs and 1.154 slugging and .615 on-base percentages at NCAA Regionals... In 3-2 Regional win over FSU, hit game-tying long ball and then scored game-winning run, helping RU to Regional finals... Batted .609 (14-23) with two doubles, four home runs, 10 RBI and eight runs scored in seven postseason games... Started all 55 games… Led league in batting average, runs, hits, slugging, on base, total bases and stolen bases and ranked second (tie) in home runs, third in doubles (tie) and fourth (tie) in RBI… Ranked nationally in runs (13th), batting average (17th), slugging (29th), HR/game (42nd) and home runs (48th)… Recorded season and league-best 14-game hitting streak (.457) from March 6-21 and a league-best 26 multi-hit games... Ended season on a nine-game hitting streak and recorded a hit in 42 of her last 48 contests... Top fielding percentage amongst league shortstops… Three-time Big South Player of Week. 2009 HIGHLIGHTS: First Team All-Big South and All-State selection… Hit three of then-school record 16 home runs at NCAA Regionals, including two, tying a school record, against host North Carolina... Big South Tournament MVP... In the tournament, batted .583 with a pair of doubles, home run, three RBI, four runs scored, slugged 1.000, recorded a .571 on base percentage... Career-high 4-for-4 with three runs in title-clinching game vs. Liberty... Started every game... Hit eight home runs in first 24 games of the season and eight more in the final 18… Led the conference in long balls, while ranking in the top five in runs scored (2nd), RBI, (2nd), slugging (2nd), hits (3rd), doubles (t-3rd), batting average (4th) and stolen bases (t-4th)... Ranked nationally in home runs (16th), home runs per game (21st), runs per game (25th) and slugging (36th)… Runs (2nd), slugging (2nd), total bases (2nd), hit by pitches (2nd), batting average (4th) and hits (5th) ranked in Radford’s single-season top five… 20 multiple-hit and 10 multiple-RBI games... Two-time Big South Player of the Week (3/10 & 3/23)... 3-for-5 with four runs, tying a school record at Gardner-Webb... Hit eventual game-winning home run in first inning vs. then-No. 25 Mississippi State and then scored the game-winning run against Oregon State... Named to the Pepsi Malahini Kipa Aloha All-Tournament Team. 2008 HIGHLIGHTS: First-Team All-Big South… One of five players to start every game… SecondTeam VaSID All-State… Led team with 39 runs… Ranked second in Conference in runs scored and doubles, third in triples... Ended Big South play with 13-game hitting streak… Hit first four collegiate home runs in six-game span… Left the yard for the first time in game two against Liberty and hit first grand slam vs. Longwood… Went 2-for-3 with home run at Coastal Carolina on ESPNU… 13 multiple-

Shifflett’s Totals YEAR 2008 2009 2010 TOTALS

AVG GP-GS AB H R 2B .321 61-61 168 54 39 15 .381 56-56 181 69 53 14 .426 55-55 183 78 58 14 .378 172-172 532 201 150 43

3B 3 1 1 5

HR 5 16 15 36

RBI 28 41 42 111

hit games… Batted .556 (5-for-9) with two triples, four RBI and five runs to go along with 1.111 slugging and .667 on base percentages in four games at Cavalier Classic… Big South Player of the Week (3/24)... First multi-hit game (two singles) came against Delaware at ECU Pirate Classic… Recorded first collegiate hit in season-opener vs. Georgetown… Batted .396 with 13 runs, five doubles, three home runs in 15 conference games. PREP: 2007 Jefferson District Player of the Year... Three-time first-team all-district... Also lettered in basketball... Second-team all-district as a junior and senior... Named Monticello’s Best Defensive Player. ACADEMICS / PERSONAL: Kristen Alisa Shifflett was born on August 15, 1989... Psychology major… Kristen and her two younger siblings Joshua and Hannah are the children of Cliff and Lisa Shifflett.

BB HBP SO SF SH SB-SBA TB SLG% 9 12 16 1 3 13-18 90 .536 10 11 12 2 1 14-20 133 .735 13 7 16 2 0 23-26 139 .760 32 30 44 5 4 50-64 362 .680

OB% .395 .441 .478 .439

PO 84 83 97 264

A 143 136 119 398

E FLD% 23 .908 17 .928 12 .947 52 .927

Kellie SNOOKS

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2011 Radford Softball 5-8 s R/R Alsip, Ill. Marist 2010 HIGHLIGHTS: Big South all-tournament selection after six-inning shutout relief performance in championship game (at one point retired 11 straight batters to earn championship game victory)... Tossed first collegiate no-hitter vs. Kent State in Highlander Classic championship game… Faced minimum amount of batters as leadoff batter, who reached on error, was erased on double play… Big South Pitcher of the Week (March 22)… Earned save with two innings of shutout relief vs. Kent State at NFCA Leadoff Classic. 2009 HIGHLIGHTS: Started season 9-0, setting school record for most wins to start a season without suffering a loss... Allowed a run on four hits in longest relief stint of season vs. Liberty in Big South Championship game one... Tossed back-to-back compete-game victories against Memphis (2 runs, 7 hits) and Hawai’i (1 run, six hits) at Chevron Spring Fling Tournament... Picked up a pair of relief victories (7.2 innings, 1 run, three hits) on same day against then No. 25 Mississippi State (0 runs, 0 hits) and Oregon State (1 run, 3 hits)... Named Most Outstanding Pitcher at the Pepsi Malahini Kipa Aloha Tournament and Big South Pitcher of the Week (3/10). 2008 HIGHLIGHTS: Made 18 appearances with three starts… 4-0 with a 2.13 ERA in 42.2 innings of work… Opponents batted .223 against her… All four wins came in relief … In first collegiate start vs. Appalachian State, allowed two runs and struck out six in 6.2 innings… Earned first save at Liberty… Recorded win in longest relief appearance (4.1 innings) of season vs. North Carolina State, allowing zero runs and striking out four… Picked up first win in first appearance, striking out three in three innings vs. Buffalo at Littlewood Classic. PREP / CLUB: Three-time all-area honorable mention and All-Eastern Suburban Catholic Conference (ESCC) pitcher... 2005 Redhawk Award recipient... Member of the Beverly Bandits. ACADEMICS / PERSONAL: Kellie Catherine Snooks was born on September 28, 1988… 2009 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Second Team All-District and Big South All-Academic selection… 2008 & 2010 NFCA scholar-athlete… Pre-med, biology major with minors in chemistry and Spanish... Kellie and two younger siblings, Taylor and David are the children of David and Marigrace Snooks.

Snooks’ Totals YEAR W-L ERA APP GS CG 2008 4-0 2.13 18 3 0 2009 11-6 2.93 41 15 3 2010 9-5 4.03 34 15 5 TOTALS 24-11 3.24 93 33 8

SHO 0/1 0/1 3/1 3/3

SV 1 2 1 4

IP 42.2 126.2 109.1 278.2

H R ER BB SO B/AVG WP HBP 37 19 13 22 23 .223 6 3 138 74 53 44 53 .279 7 9 149 71 63 17 42 .328 3 5 324 164 129 83 118 .291 16 17

Lauren WILLIAMS

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2011 Radford Softball 5-4 s L/R Ashburn, Va. Stone Bridge 2010 HIGHLIGHTS: Second team All-Big South… A threat from the nine-spot, posted career highs in several offensive categories… Led team and finished third in the league in triples… Third on team and eighth in the league in stolen bases… Appeared in all 55 games with 54 starts… Threw out game-tying run (final out of game) at third in seventh inning against Florida State advancing Radford to first regional final… Tallied RBI double in regional finals vs. Georgia… Swiped two bases in regional opener versus Florida State... Keyed Radford’s comeback extra-inning victory at North Carolina in both halves of seventh inning (two-out game-tying single and threw out winning run at home plate in the bottom half to send game into extra innings)… Career-high eight-game hitting streak (3/31-4/10)... Registered first collegiate extra base hit with a double vs. Toledo (3/5)... Had a career-high three hits vs. UAB (3/5)... Ranks eighth on career stolen base chart (40). 2009 HIGHLIGHTS: Jumped into the starting lineup and started the final 21 games of the season... Registered a walk and a sacrifice hit in NCAA Regional opener against eventual national semifinalist Georgia… Stole a base in NCAA regional victory over Campbell… Played in 50 games, making 30 starts… Stole 12 bases… Recorded game-tying RBI single in game three against Coastal Carolina... Made first collegiate start at Hawai’i, recording a single in her first at bat and made a highlight reel catch in right field and turned it into a double play. 2008 HIGHLIGHTS: Saw action in 46 games, making six starts… Second on team and fifth in the Big South with 15 stolen bases… Tallied 23 runs… First two collegiate hits came in fourth inning against Georgetown at Cavalier Classic… Recorded first collegiate stolen base vs. Alabama State and run vs. Georgia Southern at Georgia Southern Invitational… Scored four runs and was 4-for-4 in stolen bases at ECU Pirate Classic. PREP / CLUB: First-team all-region and All-Liberty District... Two-time second-team alldistrict... Also a Second-Team All-Dulles District team selection... Five-year member of Fire and Ice. ACADEMICS / PERSONAL: Born on July 21, 1989... Sports medicine major… Lauren and her older sister Kelly are the daughters of Paul and Ann Williams.

Williams’ Totals YEAR 2008 2009 2010 TOTALS

AVG GP-GS AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SF SH SB-SBA TB SLG% OB% .300 47-0 10 3 23 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 15-20 3 .300 .364 .206 50-30 68 14 15 0 0 0 2 6 0 10 0 6 12-17 15 .206 .270 .319 55-54 138 44 24 3 3 0 13 8 1 9 0 2 13-16 53 .384 .361 .282 152-84 216 61 62 3 3 0 15 15 1 22 0 8 40-53 70 .324 .332

PO 5 48 75 128

A 0 2 3 5

E FLD% 2 .714 1 .980 4 .951 7 .950

Michelle BEALL

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2011 Radford Softball 5-8 s R/R Culpeper, Va. Culpeper County 2010 HIGHLIGHTS: One of four Highlanders to start all 55 games… Second on team in triples… 3-for-8 with an RBI in NCAA Regionals, recording two hits in regional final against eventual national semifinalist Georgia… Nine multiple-hit games, going 3-for-3 vs. Charleston Southern and recording a pair of hits against Liberty, Coastal Carolina and Winthrop… Launched five home runs, including go-ahead shot in win at North Carolina and a pair in a doubleheader at Appalachian State… Went 4-for-5 in that twinbill at the Mountaineers. 2009 HIGHLIGHTS: Started 49 of 52 games... 2-for-3 with a round tripper, two runs and three RBI in Big South Championship game... Tied a school record with two home runs, knocking in three vs. Winthrop... Nine multiple-hit games... Big South Player of the Week (4/20) after hitting .538 with three home runs and six RBI… Hit first collegiate home run vs. Florida Gulf Coast at Pepsi Malahini Kipa Aloha Classic... Recorded three RBI and stole two bases against FGCU… First collegiate hit was a triple vs. Oakland at the Eagle Classic. PREP: Four-year All-Commonwealth District selection, including first-team honors as a sophomore… Started all four seasons and named a two-year captain for the Blue Devils… Selected team’s best all-around player as a junior… 2006 team MVP and top defensive player… Honorable mention all-district in basketball. ACADEMICS / PERSONAL: Michelle Anne Beall was born on March 25, 1990 in Fredericksburg, Va.… 2009 NFCA scholar-athlete... Elementary education major… Michelle and her three siblings are the children of Tom and Karen Beall… Twin sister Nichole is a junior on the softball team.

M. Beall’s Totals YEAR 2009 2010 TOTALS

AVG GP-GS AB H R 2B 3B HR .295 52-49 129 38 18 4 2 6 .313 55-55 147 46 27 5 2 5 .304 107-104 276 84 45 9 4 11

RBI 22 20 42

BB HBP SO SF SH SB-SBA TB SLG% 14 1 22 1 4 3-3 64 .496 15 2 35 0 2 5-6 70 .476 29 3 57 1 6 8-9 134 .486

OB% .366 .384 .375

PO 276 390 666

A E FLD% 32 7 .978 21 5 .988 53 12 .984

Nichole BEALL

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2011 Radford Softball 5-8 s R/R Culpeper, Va. Culpeper County 2010 HIGHLIGHTS: First team all-conference… Set Radford single-season home run mark with 18… Big South All-Tournament selection… First team all-state… One of four Highlanders to start all 55 games… Led Big South in home runs, ranking 18th (per game) and 20th (overall) nationally… Hit pair of long balls in NCAA Regional win vs. Elon and broke school record with 10 total bases... Batted .417 (5-12) with three runs and four RBIs in NCAA Regionals... Second in Big South in slugging, total bases, fourth in runs scored and also top 10 in RBIs, on base percentage and hits… Hit walk-off home run in 11-10 win over Presbyterian… NFCA Leadoff Classic All-Tournament team, batting .467 (7-15) with four home runs, five RBIs and five runs scored… Hit a career-high two home runs vs. Illinois State at Leadoff (2/27)... Also homered vs. then-No. 4 Missouri (2/28) and Kent State. 2009 HIGHLIGHTS: Mid-Atlantic Region and Big South First Team selection... Started every game... Led Big South in RBI and triples... Radford rookie record 46 RBI... 10 home runs is tied for second most by a Radford freshman and tied for fifth best in a single season... Second team VaSID All-State... 2-for-2 with two runs and school-record tying three stolen bases in 9-5 NCAA Regional victory vs. Campbell... Second on team in home runs and third in runs, stolen bases and slugging... Ranked in the Big South top 10 in RBI, hits, runs, slugging, on base percentage, stolen bases, doubles and home runs... Ranked 18th and 34th nationally in triples and triples per game, respectively… Recorded a season-high 12-game hitting streak... Scored two runs in Big South Championship game vs. Liberty... Career-best 4-for-4 with a home run and four RBI vs. Winthrop on ESPNU...16 multiple-hit games and team-best 12 multiple-RBI contests... Big South Player of the Week (4/6) batting .471 with eight hits, seven RBI and two home runs… 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBI at Hawai’i… Went 2-for-3, recording first collegiate hit vs. Belmont at Eagle Classic. PREP / CLUB: Four-time all-district performer, earning first-team distinction as a junior and senior… 2008 Commonwealth District Pitcher of the Year… Four-year starter and two-time captain for the Blue Devils… Team’s best offensive player in 2006 and best all-around player in 2007… Played travel ball with the Richmond Storm... Also lettered in basketball, being named honorable mention and second-team all-district. ACADEMICS / PERSONAL: Nichole Lynn Beall was born on March 25, 1990 in Fredericksburg, Va.… 2010 NFCA scholar-athlete... Exercise, sport and health education major… Nichole and her three siblings are the children of Tom and Karen Beall… Twin sister Michelle is a junior on the softball team.

N. Beall’s Totals YEAR 2009 2010 TOTALS

AVG GP-GS AB H R 2B .360 56-56 161 58 37 12 .330 55-55 176 58 47 10 .344 111-111 337 116 84 22

3B 5 1 6

HR 10 18 28

RBI 46 37 83

BB HBP SO SF SH SB-SBA TB SLG% OB% 15 3 31 3 1 15-17 110 .683 418 19 5 38 1 1 9-14 124 .705 .408 34 8 69 4 2 24-31 234 .694 .413

PO 54 124 178

A 98 89 187

E FLD% 9 .944 8 .964 17 .955

Meredith MOORE

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2011 Radford Softball 5-7 s R/R Roanoke, Va. Cave Spring 2010 HIGHLIGHTS: Appeared in 47 contests with 43 starts... Fifth on team with seven long balls... Slugged .500 and recorded nine doubles... Put Radford on scoreboard with second-inning solo home run in 3-2 comeback victory vs. then No. 24 Florida State at NCAA Regionals... Delivered game-winning double in Big South Championship game… Launched game-winning two-out grand slam in game three against Presbyterian…Careerhigh three hits vs. Albany... Hit two-out game-tying home run in seventh inning vs. then-No. 4 Missouri… 16 of 28 hits were for extra bases. 2009 HIGHLIGHTS: Saw action in 35 games, making 23 starts... Helped Radford rally past Oregon State with the game-tying two-out, two-run double in the fifth... Three two-hit games against Santa Clara, Hawai’i and Eastern Michigan... First collegiate hit was a home run vs. Belmont at Georgia Southern’s Eagle Classic... Also homered at GardnerWebb. PREP / CLUB: First team all-state, region and district junior and senior seasons… River Ridge District Player of the Year… Batted .493 with nine doubles, six home runs, 27 RBI and 29 runs scored as a senior… Three-year First-Team All-Timesland selection… Three– year member of the New Jersey Pride Gold Team… Also lettered in cross country. ACADEMICS / PERSONAL: Meredith Leigh Moore was born on August 28, 1990… 2010 NFCA scholar-athlete... Majoring in sports medicine… Daughter of Fred Moore… Former high school battery mate of senior Chelsea Kelley.

Moore’s Totals YEAR 2009 2010 TOTALS

AVG GP-GS AB H R 2B .230 35-23 61 14 9 1 .241 47-43 116 28 12 9 .237 82-66 177 42 21 10

3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SF SH SB-SBA TB SLG% OB% 0 2 11 6 1 15 1 3 2-2 21 .344 .304 0 7 20 3 3 29 2 3 0-0 58 .500 .274 0 9 31 9 4 44 3 6 2-2 79 .446 .285

PO 77 24 101

A E FLD% 14 2 .978 3 2 .931 17 4 .967

Vicki MADDEN

Th Ju ir ni d or B as e

2011 Radford Softball 5-2 s R/R Virginia Beach, Va. Kempsville 2010 HIGHLIGHTS: Saw action in 13 games with 11 starts before suffering season-ending injury vs. Liberty (3/18)... Was 2-for-2 with a double, two runs scored and a RBI vs. Boston University (3/9)… Did not commit an error in 19 chances at third base. 2008 HIGHLIGHTS: First-team all-conference and VaSID all-state… Set Radford freshman record for home runs (11) and slugging percentage (.689), a then-second best in a single-season… Led Big South in slugging and tied for league lead in home runs, second in on-base pct. (.443) and fifth in batting … Slugging ranked 58th in the NCAA... Team leader in round trippers, slugging, walks (18) and on-base pct... 13 multiple-hit games… Three straight 2-for-3 performances vs. FIU, Indiana and Rutgers… A double shy of the cycle (3-3) in game three vs. Winthrop… In first collegiate tournament, batted .556 (5-9) with a home run and three RBI and was perfect in the field (21 chances) at Georgia Southern Invitational… First collegiate home run and three RBI vs. Drexel… Named Big South Player of the Week (2/19). PREP / CLUB: First-Team All-Tidewater and all-district sophomore, junior and senior seasons... First-team all-region and second-team all-state as a sophomore... 2007 secondteam all-region... Member of the Virginia Lady Eagles Club Team. ACADEMICS / PERSONAL: Victoria Lynn Madden was born on April 30, 1989... Double major in physical education and sports administration... Daughter of Steve and Marietta Madden.

Madden’s Totals YEAR 2008 2010 TOTALS

AVG GP-GS AB H R 2B .356 56-54 135 48 18 10 .143 13-11 28 4 2 2 .319 69-65 163 52 20 12

3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SF SH SB-SBA TB SLG% OB% 1 11 28 18 4 17 1 3 2-5 93 .689 .443 9 9 2 4 0 9 0 0 1-1 6 .214 .250 1 11 30 22 4 26 1 3 3-6 99 .607 .411

PO 31 5 36

A 127 14 141

E FLD% 7 .958 0 1.000 7 .962

Jessica AGEE

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2011 Radford Softball 5-7 s R/R Louisa, Va. Louisa County 2010 HIGHLIGHTS: Came off the bench as a pinch runner or pinch hitter in 32 contests... Scored a pair of runs and stole two bases during Big South Tournament... Crossed the dish in NCAA Regional win vs. Elon… Tallied three hits and eight runs on the year… First collegiate base knock and RBI came at home vs. Siena which was preceded by her first run a game earlier against Albany… Also registered hits vs. Kent State and Longwood. PREP: LCHS Senior Female Athlete of the Year... Four year-starter for the Lions under Susan Sharp… Second Team All-Battlefield District outfielder as a senior... 2008 and 2009 LCHS Offensive MVP… Second-team All-Battlefield District infielder as a junior… Also lettered in volleyball and track and field (pole vault)… Holds school’s pole vault record and was an all-state performer as a senior... Also garnered all-district and all-region track honors. ACADEMICS / PERSONAL: Jessica Lindsay Agee was born on Jan. 11, 1991 in Charlottesville, Va… Majoring in foods and nutrition... Blue Ridge Virtual Governor’s School Student... Jessica and sister Katy Lampman are the daughters of Yvonne and Dean Peery Agee Jr... Katy is Radford’s assistant softball coach... Father played baseball and football at Virginia Tech.

Agee’s Totals

YEAR AVG GP-GS AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SF SH SB-SBA TB SLG% OB% 2010 .273 32-0 11 3 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 4-5 3 .273 .273 TOTALS .273 32-0 11 3 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 4-5 3 .273 .273

PO A 1 0 1 0

E FLD% 0 1.000 0 1.000

Morgan EYE

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2011 Radford Softball 5-6 s R/R Bridgewater, Va. Turner Ashby 2010 HIGHLIGHTS: Appeared in 42 contests mostly as a pinch runner.... Stole seven bases, fifth best on team, and scored 11 runs... Stole first base vs. Kent State at NFCA Leadoff and tallied first run vs. Boston University (Clearwater, Fla.)… First collegiate hit came at Longwood... Also singled at Coastal Carolina. PREP: Garnered multiple all-district honors, including first team as a senior… Second team All-Region III first baseman… Turner Ashby’s offensive Player of the Year… Also lettered in basketball helping Turner Ashby (27-2) to a state runner-up finish in 2009 which included a win over two-time state champion Hidden Valley in the semifinals. ACADEMICS / PERSONAL: Morgan Eye was born on Feb. 3, 1991... Majoring in exercise, sport and health education with a minor in biology... Morgan and her younger sister Bréhanna Wheeler are the daughter of Randy and Gena Wheeler.

Eye’s Totals

YEAR AVG GP-GS AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SF SH SB-SBA TB SLG% OB% 2010 .200 42-0 10 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 7-10 2 .200 .200 TOTALS .200 42-0 10 2 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 7-10 2 .200 .200

PO A 4 0 4 0

E FLD% 0 1.000 0 1.000

Jackie JENKINS

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2011 Radford Softball 5-8 s R/R Mechanicsville, Va. Atlee 2010 HIGHLIGHTS: Joined team on March 30 and made first appearance at Longwood one day later, striking out first batter she faced... Earned first victory with 3.2 innings of shutout relief at James Madison... Finished season 2-1 with a 2.03 ERA in 10 appearances… Tossed a season-high six innings at North Carolina… Earned relief victory in 11-10 victory vs. Presbyterian… Made appearance in regional final against eventual national semifinalist Georgia and allowed two runs on four hits with a pair of strikeouts. PREP: 2009 Capital District Pitcher of the Year… A first team all-metro and district selection… Named to the Central Region’s second team… Atlee’s MVP… Helped the Raiders to a Group AAA state quarterfinal appearance. ACADEMICS / PERSONAL: Jacqueline Nicole Jenkins was born on July 5, 1991 in Richmond, Va… Majoring in exercise, sport and health education… Jackie and her older sister Kate are the daughters of Rick and Pam Jenkins… Father played football at the University of Richmond… Former high school teammate of fellow sophomore Ryndee Ruch.

Jenkins’ Totals

YEAR W-L ERA APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO B/AVG WP HBP 2010 2-1 2.03 10 0 0 0/1 0 20.2 31 9 6 3 4 .337 1 0 TOTALS 2-1 2.03 10 0 0 0/1 0 20.2 31 9 6 3 4 .337 1 0

Ryndee RUCH

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2011 Radford Softball 5-5 s R/R Mechanicsville, Va. Atlee 2010 HIGHLIGHTS: Appeared in 25 games, making five starts early in the season... Recorded first hit and RBI with a double vs. Illinois State at NFCA Leadoff Classic… Singled at Longwood and drove in a run vs. Presbyterian. PREP: Three-time first team All-Capital District selection… 2008 and 2009 All-Central Region honoree… Second team all-metro performer as a senior… Four-year starter and two-time offensive team MVP… Participated in the 2009 VHSL All-Star Game... Led Atlee in batting average, hits, on base percentage and runs scored as a sophomore and junior… Helped the Raiders to a Group AAA state quarterfinal appearance… Led team in extra base hits as a sophomore… Also lettered in indoor track. ACADEMICS / PERSONAL: Ryndee Adele Ruch was born on May 29, 1991, Kokomo, Ind… Sports administration major with a minor in marketing… Ryndee and younger brother Dalton are the children of Steve and Carrie Ruch… Academic all-district and all-region honoree at Atlee... Former high school teammate of fellow sophomore Jackie Jenkins.

Ruch’s Totals

YEAR AVG GP-GS AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SF SH SB-SBA TB SLG% OB% 2010 .069 25-5 29 2 2 1 9 9 2 0 0 8 0 1 2-4 3 .103 .069 TOTALS .069 25-5 29 2 2 1 9 9 2 0 0 8 0 1 2-4 3 .103 .069

PO A 2 0 2 0

E FLD% 0 1.000 0 1.000

2011 Radford Softball Hannah Ojeda Junior s Outfield 5-2 s L/R Tampa, Fla. s Plant HS

Tallahasse CC/North Carolina State 2010 HIGHLIGHTS (Tallahassee CC): Batted .327 with 51 hits, 13 doubles, two triples, 21 RBI and 29 runs scored... Selected second team all-state... Ranked in the top five in Region 8 in doubles, doubles/game, triples and triples/game... Registered a season-high four hits and two doubles against Owens CC, while knocking a season-best three runs versus Palm Beach CC and Polk State College. 2009 HIGHLIGHTS (N.C. State): Batted .270 in 31 games, making 27 starts for the Wolfpack… Recorded three-hit games against Siena and Michigan State… Named to USF Under Armour All-Tournament Team. PREP: Played second base at Plant High School for head coach Melissa Sigmon ... Hit .530 as a senior in 26 appearances with 44 hits, eight doubles, three triples and 25 RBIs… Helped lead her squad to the regional finals en route to being named all-conference and first-team All-Hillsborough County during 2008. ACADEMICS / PERSONAL: Hannah Brooke Ojeda was born on Aug. 20, 1990... Majoring in criminal justice with a minor in psychology... Hannah and her older brother Jesse are the children of Jesus and Joann Ojeda.

Ojeda’s Totals

YEAR AVG GP-GS AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SF SH SB-SBA TB SLG% OB% 2009* .270 31-27 74 20 8 5 1 1 0 1 1 13 0 3 8-10 23 .311 .289 TOTALS .270 31-27 74 20 8 5 1 1 0 1 1 13 0 3 8-10 23 .311 .289 *North Carolina State

PO A 21 2 21 2

E FLD% 4 .852 4 .852

2011 Radford Softball Stephanie Dameron Freshman s Pitcher 5-7 s R/R Dameron, Md. s St. Mary’s Ryken

PREP: Four-year starter at St. Mary’s Ryken under the direction of Mike Kriner... Three-time Southern Maryland Enterprise First Team All-County... Second Team All-Met as a senior and honorable mention as a junior... Four-time All-WCAC (Washington Catholic Athletic Conference), including first team in 2010... St. Mary’s 2010 MVP and Most Promising Athlete as a freshman. ACADEMICS / PERSONAL: Stephanie Dameron was born on Sept. 25, 1992... Will major in education... Stephanie is the eldest of George and Kathy Dameron’s’ seven children... Her hometown is named after her family... Stephanie and all her siblings except the youngest (4), played either softball, baseball, coach pitch or tee ball in the spring of 2010.

Maureen Hepner Freshman s Outfield 5-7 s R/R Medford, N.J. s Shawnee

PREP: Burlington County Times and Central Record First Team All-Conference honoree... 2010 Central Record Player of the Year and All-Olympia conference after batting .409 with six home runs, 33 RBI and 30 runs scored... Selected to the South Jersey Girls Softball Association senior all-star game... Broke four school records and tied two more... Second team all-conference as a junior. ACADEMICS / PERSONAL: Maureen Eleanor Hepner was born on January 17, 1992... Will major in excersie, sport and health education... Maureen and her older brother Kevin are the children of William and Mary Kay Hepner.

2011 Radford Softball Jessie Hutchens Freshman s Utility 5-9 s R/R Berwyn, Ill. s Riverside Brookfield

PREP: 2010 Riverside Brookfield Female Athlete of the Year... Posted a .536 batting average with 67 hits, 11 doubles, 15 home runs, 54 runs score and 74 RBI and was tabbed first-team all-state as a senior... Four-year Metro-Suburban All-Conference selection and league MVP in 2010… Named a top-100 player in the state of Illinois in 2009… Suburban Life All-Area honoree as a junior and senior... Owns school records for home runs, batting average and hits... Lettered in basketball, earning all-conference and all-area honors while being named 2010 Metro-Suburban Conference MVP. ACADEMICS / PERSONAL: Jessie Leigh Hutchens was born on Aug. 20, 1992... Will major in kinesiology... Jessie is the youngest of Larry and Debbie Hutchens’ three daughters... Sister Meghan was a four-year basketball student-athlete at Illinois-Chicago (2005-09) and played professionally in Holland, while sister April is currently a junior softball player at Valdosta State (Ga.)... Volunteered in New Orleans, helping restore buildings hit by Hurricane Katrina.

Tessa Law Freshman s Catcher 5-8 s R/R Axton, Va. s Bassett PREP: Four-year member of the Bengals under the guidance of Terry Triplett... First team all-district and second team all-region as a senior... Helped BHS to a 2010 district championship... Named second team all-district in 2009... Three-year basketball letterman and also one year in cross country... 2006 BHS cross country rookie of the year and helped the basketball team to a district and region championship in 2010. ACADEMICS / PERSONAL: Tessa Lynn Law was born on May 24, 1992... Will major in early childhood education and is a member of Radford University’s Honors Academy... Tessa and her younger brother Mitchel are the children of Phillip and Jennifer Law... Cousin Jennifer Law plays softball at UVA Wise... Earned Bassett’s academic excellence award and was a member of the National Honor Society.

2011 Radford Softball Natalie Parsons Freshman s Utility 5-8 s R/R Tazewell, Va. s Tazewell

PREP: Two-time First Team All-Southwest District in 2009 & 2010... Selected to the all-district second team as a sophomore... Four-year starter for the Bulldogs under Tom Keene... Also lettered in volleyball earning first-team all-district honors as a junior. ACADEMICS / PERSONAL: Natalie Nicole Parson was born on Sept. 17, 1992 in Bluefield W.Va... Will major in interior design... Natalie and her younger brother Lucas are the children of Dennis and Marsha Parsons... Grandfather Richard Stansbury played football at Lees McRae.

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DEAN’S YEAR-BY-YEAR YEAR OVERALL Big South 2001 65-5 (Lake City CC) 2007 44-27 9-6/3rd 2008 46-15 13-2/2nd 2009 41-15 16-2/1st $ 2010 38-17 16-2/1st $ Radford 169-74 (.695) 54-12 (.818) Overall 234-79 (.748) $ - Big South Tournament Champion

Mickey DEAN

2011 Radford Softball S

Fifth Year s Elon ‘87 Overall: 234-79 (5) At Radford: 169-74 (4) Big South: 54-12 (4)

ince taking his spot in the coaches’ box in 2007, Mickey Dean has lifted Radford softball to successes never before seen by the program, or any Highlander team. Dean, whose championship pedigree extends from high school to the professional ranks, has led the Highlanders to back-to-back Big South championships as well as the program’s first-ever NCAA tournament win (2009) and NCAA Regional Final appearance (2010) for any Radford athletic team. The program’s remarkable year-by-year improvement under the two-time Big South and VaSID State Coach of the Year culminated with a NCAA Regional runner-up finish last season, but was clearly a model of consistency: Since 2005, Radford is the winningest program (248-121) in the state of Virginia and from 2006-09, the Highlanders were just one of 10 Division I program to win 40 contests each season. Under the guidance of the winningest coach in program history, Radford has won 169 games (three 40-plus win seasons) an average of 42 victories the past four years. The Highlanders have also been dominant in Big South play over the past three seasons. Along with a pair of regular season and tournament championships (2009 & 2010), Radford has posted a 45-6 mark in regular season play. Take away two losses to start 2008, the Highlanders have dropped just four contests over a 49-game span and put together an 18-game regular season winning streak over the 2008 and 2009 seasons. 2010 saw the Highlanders advance all the way to the NCAA Regional final against host and eventual-national semifinalist Georgia. However, the day before Radford was to clash with Georgia, the Highlanders picked up their most important victory in program history when they came from behind and defeated then-No. 24 Florida State, 3-2. The victory over the Seminoles was the highest ranked team the Highlanders have defeated and gave them two wins over nationally ranked programs the past two seasons. Continuing the trend of record-breaking seasons in 2010, the Highlanders improved on school marks set in 2009 in home runs (74), batting average (.318), slugging percentage (.541) and conference wins (16). The 74 long balls also broke Liberty’s Big South mark of 73 accomplished in 2007. They also set new records with 270 RBI and a .971 fielding percentage and defended their home turf. Radford recorded an undefeated 16-0 mark at RU Softball Field, the first perfect home season in program history. Under Dean’s tutelage, the Highlanders have garnered 27 all-conference (20 first-team) and 10 regional (seven first-team) selections, recorded the program’s highest RPI (40) in 2010, earned recognition in the 2008 and 2010 national polls, including a vote in the final 2010 USA Today/NFCA Coaches poll. The success, however, extended beyond the box scores. After hosting and winning the

2009 Big South tournament, Dean and the Highlanders appeared in the tough Chapel Hill regional. Radford was edged by eventual national semifinalist Georgia, defeated Campbell and fell to the host and 15th-ranked Tar Heels. The 9-5 come-from-behind win over the Camels was the first NCAA team victory for a Radford University athletic program in school history. Radford’s showing in the Chapel Hill regional, along with its 41-15 (16-2, Big South) campaign in 2009 earned the Highlander coaching staff NFCA Mid-Atlantic Region Coaching Staff of the Year honors. To go along with Radford’s accolades, Dean also guided the Chicago Bandits of the National Pro FastPitch League to a 2008 championship, the first in franchise history. During his six-year tenure as the head coach, the Bandits have claimed four NPF regular season championships. After completing his fourth season as the head coach of the Bandits, he was promoted to the team’s general manager position in September and held that position for the 2009 season. The championships by the Bandits and Highlanders added to Dean’s stellar accomplishments. He has now won a championship at the high school, junior college, NCAA, professional and Olympic levels. On the recruiting trail, Dean has reaped the benefits early on as his classes have made immediate impacts on the field. In 2008, Shannon Keefe was named the Big South and VaSID state Freshman of the Year and just a season later Leigh Godfrey garnered both those honors. Keefe was the first Highlander rookie to be recognized by the Big South since 1995. It came full circle in 2010, when Kristen Shifflett, a member of his first recruiting class, was named Big South Female Student-Athlete of the Year, as well as Big South and VaSID State Player of the Year, a first for any Highlander since 1996. Since 2008, Dean’s first recruiting class has produced 12 all-conference and 12 all-state selections, two Big South Tournament MVP’s and five all-region honorees. Dean’s pitchers have been successful under his tutelage having been named the Big South Pitcher of the Year in his first three seasons and first team all-conference in all four. In 2009, Chelsea Kelley followed in Ashley Taylor’s footsteps as the conference’s top pitcher as well as being one of the first four Highlanders to be named a first team all-region selection. Following a strong coaching debut in 2007, Radford softball under Dean completed one of its most successful campaigns in school history in 2008. The Highlanders posted a schoolbest 46-15 mark that included a record 16-game winning streak. Those were just two of several marks obtained that season. Along with the wins and winning streak, new records were set for winning percentage (.754), road/neutral site wins (34), hit by pitches (26), winning streak (16 games) and road winning streak (eight games). As with 2007, several hitting records were set, only to be broken a season later.

2011 Radford Softball

On a national scale, Radford received its first vote in a NCAA poll, ranking it 34th and 37th nationally. The Highlanders recorded the highest RPI (44) in school history and finished the season 49th. They also garnered a Big South record seven first team all-conference selections and eight overall. Dean was hired on Sept. 7, 2006 as Radford University’s fifth head coach in school history. He joined Radford after two seasons as an assistant and associate head coach at Longwood University. In his first season with Radford, Dean guided the Highlanders to a then-school record 4427 mark and their second straight appearance in the Big South Championship game. Under his guidance, RU athletes earned six all-conference awards and four all-state accolades. Ashley Taylor was named Big South Pitcher of the Year and earned Southeast region honors, while becoming the first Highlander to obtain all-conference accolades as a pitcher and hitter. The Highlanders also broke several team and individual records in 2007. Dean’s pitchers struck out a school-record 492 batters, while the base runners swiped a program-best 128 bases. Along with those marks, several hitting records fell, only to be broken again in 2008. A three-time NPF Manager of the Year, Dean became the sole manager of the Bandits in 2007 and after the 2008 championship he was named general manager. Prior to that, he along with co-manager Eugene Lenti led the Bandits to regular season championships in 2005 and 2006, including a 30-12 finish in 2006. Dean, who was on the staff of the Venezuelan National team from 2002-08, helped lead the squad to the Gold Medal at the Central American Olympic Games in his first season and a Bronze Medal at the 2006 Pan American Games in Guatemala. He was also on the coaching staff in 2003 when Venezuela played in the Olympic qualifying tournament. In 2008, Venezuela qualified for its first-ever Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Before coming to Radford, Dean became a member of Longwood’s coaching staff as an assistant in 2005 and was promoted to associate head coach in 2006. During his two seasons, he served as the pitching coach, recruiting coordinator and defense strategy coach. Prior to the Bandits, Dean spent two seasons (2002-2004) as an assistant coach at Indiana University, helping guide the Hoosiers to their first winning season since 1997, finishing 2004 with a 32-31 record. The 2004 pitching staff also ranks second all-time in strikeouts in a season at Indiana. Before joining the staff at Indiana, Dean was an assistant at the University of Akron from 2001-2002, where the Zips won the Mid-American Conference (East Division) Championship in 2002. While at Akron, he coached the 2002 MAC Pitcher of the Year. He was also an assistant coach for Lake City Community College (Fla.) (LCCC) in the spring of 2000, before being promoted to head coach in the fall of the same year. As head coach of LCCC, he led the team to a NJCAA National Championship with a 65-5 record, earning him NJCAA Tournament Coach of the Year. Dean began coaching softball in 1996, taking over the head coaching position at Orange County High School in Orange, Va. He was at the helm of the Hornets from 1996-1999, winning two Virginia AA State Titles (1998-99) and reaching the state semifinals in 1997. During his stint at OCHS, Dean was named Group AA Coach of the Year in 1998 and 1999 and co-coach of the year in 1997. He was also selected to coach in the 1999 and 2000 Virginia East-West All-Star Games. A 1987 graduate of Elon University, Dean holds a bachelor’s degree in public administration. During his playing days, he was a four-year member of the baseball team which participated in the NAIA College World Series in both 1985 and 1987. Dean and his wife Liz reside in Pulaski with their two children, Isaac and Caroline.

2011 Radford Softball Katy Lampman Assistant Coach Third Season Winthrop ‘03 K

aty Lampman has made an immediate impact on the Highlander squad since joining the staff in 2009. With on-field instruction being Lampman’s main focus, the Highlander defense has flourished in her first two seasons on the bench. Making gradual improvements each season, the Highlanders have recorded the top fielding percentage in the Big South, including a school record mark of .971 in 2010. Along with the top fielding percentage, Radford committed the fewest errors (46) in school history. The defensive improvement came to fruition in the the 2010 Big South Tournament when Radford, on its way to a second league championship, did not commit a miscue in three games. In 2009, Radford turned a school record 24 double plays and posted a .966 fielding percentage, tops in the Big South and then-second best in school history. Playing a key role in Radford’s 2009 Big South Championship and a NCAA Regional appearance, Lampman was part of a staff that was named Mid-Atlantic Region Coaching Staff of the Year. Also working with the Highlander bats, the Highlanders improved on several team and individual numbers from a season ago which included breaking school records in batting average (.318), home runs (74) and slugging (.541). A 2003 graduate of Winthrop, Lampman joined Radford after spending the past two seasons as a volunteer assistant coach with her alma mater. While with the Eagles, she worked closely with the hitters and catchers. Along with coaching, Lampman has been providing private lessons that keyed on pitching, catching and hitting, while working several camps at Winthrop, University of Georgia and in Canada over the past six years. In 2007, she founded the Superior Softball School in Concord, N.C. which offers individual instruction and clinics in all areas of softball. Lampman (formerly Katy Agee) was a three-year starting catcher for the Lady Eagles (2001-03). A 2002 Big South All-Tournament selection, Lampman helped Winthrop to a pair of Big South Championship game appearances in 2001 and 2002. A pre-med major, Lampman graduated from Winthrop with a degree in biology, earning NFCA AllAcademic honors, while being a member of the Tri-Beta Honor Society. A native of Louisa, Va., she resides in Dublin with her two daughters, Natalie and Corynn.

2011 Radford Softball Loren Messick Assistant Coach Second Season Roanoke ‘08 L

oren Messick is in her second season as an assistant softball coach at Radford University. Messick will be involved in all phases of the Highlander program from practice organization to recruiting. Messick, a former Roanoke College standout, joined Radford after spending the 2009 season as an assistant coach at her alma mater. She made a successful transition from player to coach, serving as the Maroons’ infield instructor and helping them to a 24-11 overall and 12-6 ODAC (Old Dominion Athletic Conference) record. Messick enjoyed a successful four-year career in a Maroon uniform. The four-time first team ODAC shortstop left Roanoke ranked in the top ten in sacrifice hits (2nd/41), batting (5th/.383), assists (5th/233), hits (7th/180) and runs (7th/135). A mainstay in the starting lineup, Messick was a key factor in Roanoke winning a pair of ODAC championships (2005 & 2006) and earning NCAA regional bids both seasons, reaching the finals in 2006. The Maroons, who finished ranked 21st nationally in 2005 and 2006, posted an impressive 118-38 overall and 57-15 conference record during Messick’s four-year career. Messick is currently the ASA (Amateur Softball Association) Deputy JO Commissioner serving West Virginia and the Piedmont (Va.) regions. She has also served as an assistant coach with a pair of Virginia summer-club teams; the 2009 U-23 Renegades and the 2007 U-16 Northern Neck Rage.

2011 Radford Softball Charisse Mariconda Volunteer Assistant Coach First Season Virginia Tech ‘10 C

harisse Mariconda joins the Radford Softball coaching staff as a volunteer assistant. As a member of the Highlander staff, Mariconda will assist in all areas, which includes working with the infielders and the day-to-day operations of the program. Mariconda, a former Virginia Tech standout, made the short trip down I-81 after spending the past five seasons in Blacksburg as a player and student assistant coach. “We are pleased to have Charisse join our staff,” said Dean. “She gained valuable experience playing in the Women’s College World Series and against the U.S. National Team. With that, Charisse brings a tremendous amount of playing experience and knowledge to our program.” Following a stellar playing career with the Hokies, the native of Hollywood, Fla. worked under Virginia Tech skipper Scot Thomas in 2009-10 while finishing up her coursework and graduating with a degree in sociology in May of 2010. As a four-year starter at third base and shortstop, Mariconda was a model of consistency as she started all 249 games played from 2006-09. She batted .313 with 47 doubles, 17 home runs, eight triples, scored 115 runs, had 136 RBI and stole 52 bases as she earned all-region honors three times. Along with the all-region accolades, she was a three-time All-ACC selection, including first-team honors in 2008 and 2009 as well as an all-state honoree in 2006, 2008 and 2009. Her 2008 breakout season, which saw her bat a team-best .340 with nine doubles, 37 RBI and 36 runs scored, helped the Hokies reach the Women’s College World Series, which included an upset of No. 4 seed Michigan in the Super Regionals. In addition to her collegiate accomplishments, Mariconda participated in the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Canada Cup in British Columbia as a member of the Puerto Rican National Team.

2011 Opponents

2011 Radford Softball

Charleston So.

May 7 & 8 • 2/4:00 & 12:00 Conference: Big South Head Coach: Shane Winkler 2010 Record: 30-28-1 / 8-10

Gardner-Webb

April 2 & 3 • 1/3:00 & 2:00 Conference: Big South Head Coach: Tom Cole 2010 Record: 22-32 / 8-10

Liberty

March 30 • 3/5:00 Conference: Atlantic Coast Head Coach: Donna Papa 2010 Record: 42-20 / 11-10

Toledo

March 9 • 11:00 am/1:00 pm Conference: Mid-American Head Coach: Tarrah Beyster 2010 Record: 12-39 / 4-18

Winthrop

April 22 & 23 • 2/4:00 & 1:00 Conference: Big South Head Coach: Mark Cook 2010 Record: 28-29 / 8-10

Elon

April 30 • 1/3:00 Conference: Southern Head Coach: Patti Raduenz 2010 Record: 38-21 / 15-9

Georgia Southern

Feb. 12 & 13 • 11:00 am Conference: Southern Head Coach: Maggie Johnson 2010 Record: 30-36 / 14-9

Longwood

April 6 • 4/6:00 Conference: Independent Head Coach: Kathy Riley 2010 Record: 36-16

Presbyterian

April 9 & 10 • 1/3:00 & 12:00 Conference: Big South Head Coach: Dave Majeski 2010 Record: 21-28 / 4-14

April 16 & 17 • 2/4:00 & 1:00 Conference: Big South Head Coach: Kelley Greene 2010 Record: 27-31 / 6-12

North Carolina

Coastal Carolina

March 23 • 3:00 | March 26 • 1/3:00 Conference: Big South Head Coach: Paul Wetmore 2010 Record: 39-18 / 13-5

Virginia

April 27 • 4/6:00 Conference: Atlantic Coast Head Coach: Eileen Schmidt 2010 Record: 34-23 / 13-7

James Madison

March 16 • 3/5:00 Conference: Colonial Athletic Assoc. Head Coach: Katie Flynn 2010 Record: 24-33 / 11-10

Mercer

Feb. 12 & 13 • 4:00 & 1:30 Conference: Atlantic Sun Head Coach: Mike Raynor 2010 Record: 25-30 / 7-13

Tennessee

April 19 • 6:00 Conference: Southeastern

Co-Head Coach: Ralph & Karen Weekly

2010 Record: 49-15 / 17-8

Virginia Tech

Feb. 23 • 4:00 | April 13 •7:00 Conference: Atlantic Coast Head Coach: Scot Thomas 2010 Record: 25-33 / 8-13

2011 Radford Softball

2010 In Review Radford Softball continued its trend of improvement that has been a staple of the program for several years. In 2010, the two-time Big South champions climbed several more rungs on the ladder when they reached the finals of the Athens, Ga. Regional, a first for any Highlander athletic program, and finished the season with a vote in the final USA Today/ NFCA Division I Top 25 poll. Along with several memorable moments and the shattering of several school records in 2010, Radfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current four-year run under head coach Mickey Dean has accumulated 169 victories, averaging 42 per season. Tack on the 79 victories from the previous two years, the Highlanders are the winningest (248-121/.672) Division I program in the state of Virginia since 2005.

2010 Team Highlights

- NCAA Regional Finalists after topping No. 24 Florida State, 3-2 - Win against Seminoles is second over ranked opponent in two seasons and highest in school history - Received a vote in final USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 poll (also received two votes in May 4 poll). - Finished with its highest end of season RPI of 40 - Wins back-to-back Big South championships with 5-2 win over Winthrop - Featured on ESPNU for fourth straight season and remained undefeated with 5-0 victory at Winthrop on April 25 - Knock off North Carolina, 5-4 in eight innings, to earn first program victory over Tar Heels - Hit school and Big South record 74 home runs - Radford records first perfect home season (16-0) after defeating Virginia Tech, 9-3, on senior night - Participates in prestigious NFCA Leadoff Classic to start season - Finished with 25th best GPA amongst NCAA Div. 1 softball programs

2010 Results

2011 Radford Softball

Radford completed its first perfect home (16-0) season on April 14 with a 9-3 win over Virginia Tech.

Record: 38-17

Home: 16-0

Away: 10-8

Neutral: 12-9

Big South: 16-2

Date Opponent Score R-H-E (RU) R-H-E INNs Overall BSC Pitcher !Feb 26, 2010 vs #18/18 La.-Lafayette L, 0-8 0-1-3 8-10-1 6 0-1-0 0-0-0 KELLEY, C. (L 0-1) !Feb 26, 2010 vs Kent St. W, 3-2 3-5-0 2-6-1 7 1-1-0 0-0-0 KELLEY, C. (W 1-1) !Feb 27, 2010 vs Illinois L, 0-10 0-4-2 10-8-1 5 1-2-0 0-0-0 SNOOKS, K. (L 0-1) !Feb 27, 2010 vs Illinois State L, 6-7 6-10-1 7-13-1 7 1-3-0 0-0-0 SNOOKS, K. (L 0-2) !Feb 28, 2010 vs #6/4 Missouri L, 6-7 6-10-1 7-13-2 (10) 1-4-0 0-0-0 PAQUETTE, H. (L 0-1) #Mar 05, 2010 vs UAB L, 1-4 1-8-0 4-8-0 7 1-5-0 0-0-0 SNOOKS, K. (L 0-3) #Mar 05, 2010 vs Toledo W, 5-1 5-9-3 1-7-1 7 2-5-0 0-0-0 KELLEY, C. (W 2-1) #Mar 06, 2010 vs St. Joseph’s W, 9-0 9-10-1 0-1-1 5 3-5-0 0-0-0 PAQUETTE, H. (W 1-1) #Mar 06, 2010 vs Villanova W, 3-1 3-7-0 1-7-2 7 4-5-0 0-0-0 KELLEY, C. (W 3-1) #Mar 07, 2010 vs Central Michigan L, 2-3 2-3-1 3-4-0 7 4-6-0 0-0-0 PAQUETTE, H. (L 1-2) $Mar 09, 2010 vs Boston University W, 10-8 10-12-2 8-11-2 7 5-6-0 0-0-0 KELLEY, C. (W 4-1) $Mar 09, 2010 vs Ball State L, 1-7 1-2-0 7-12-1 7 5-7-0 0-0-0 KELLEY, C. (L 3-2) %Mar 13, 2010 vs Middle Tennessee W, 5-2 5-12-2 2-7-2 7 6-7-0 0-0-0 PAQUETTE, H. (W 2-2) %Mar 13, 2010 vs Central Michigan L, 3-5 3-7-2 5-5-0 7 6-8-0 0-0-0 KELLEY, C. (L 4-3) %Mar 14, 2010 vs Indiana W, 6-4 6-6-0 4-9-2 7 7-8-0 0-0-0 KELLEY, C. (W 5-3) *Mar 18, 2010 LIBERTY W, 8-2 8-11-0 2-6-2 7 8-8-0 1-0-0 KELLEY, C. (W 6-3) *Mar 18, 2010 LIBERTY W, 7-6 7-11-1 6-11-1 7 9-8-0 2-0-0 KELLEY, C. (W 7-3) +Mar 20, 2010 ALBANY W, 9-2 9-14-0 2-4-2 7 10-8-0 2-0-0 KELLEY, C. (W 8-3) +Mar 20, 2010 SIENA W, 8-0 8-11-0 0-4-2 5 11-8-0 2-0-0 SNOOKS, K. (W 1-3) +Mar 21, 2010 KENT ST. W, 3-1 3-9-0 1-5-2 7 12-8-0 2-0-0 KELLEY, C. (W 9-3) +Mar 21, 2010 KENT ST. W, 6-0 6-9-1 0-0-2 7 13-8-0 2-0-0 SNOOKS, K. (W 2-3) *Mar 23, 2010 at Liberty L, 1-9 1-3-0 9-13-0 5 13-9-0 2-1-0 KELLEY, C. (L 9-4) *Mar 27, 2010 CHARLESTON SO. W, 7-1 7-11-0 1-4-1 7 14-9-0 3-1-0 KELLEY, C. (W 10-4) *Mar 27, 2010 CHARLESTON SO. W, 8-0 8-10-0 0-3-3 6 15-9-0 4-1-0 SNOOKS, K. (W 3-3) *Mar 28, 2010 CHARLESTON SO. W, 15-7 15-17-1 7-10-2 5 16-9-0 5-1-0 KELLEY, C. (W 11-4) Mar 31, 2010 at Longwood L, 3-8 3-7-0 8-14-3 7 16-10-0 5-1-0 KELLEY, C. (L 11-5) Mar 31, 2010 at Longwood W, 12-0 12-13-0 0-6-1 5 17-10-0 5-1-0 SNOOKS, K. (W 4-3) *Apr 02, 2010 GARDNER-WEBB W, 3-0 3-7-0 0-1-0 7 18-10-0 6-1-0 KELLEY, C. (W 12-5) *Apr 02, 2010 GARDNER-WEBB W, 3-2 3-9-1 2-4-1 7 19-10-0 7-1-0 SNOOKS, K. (W 5-3) *Apr 03, 2010 GARDNER-WEBB W, 8-7 8-9-2 7-12-4 7 20-10-0 8-1-0 KELLEY, C. (W 13-5) Apr 07, 2010 at James Madison W, 10-3 10-13-0 3-7-5 7 21-10-0 8-1-0 JENKINS, J. (W 1-0) Apr 07, 2010 at James Madison W, 9-3 9-14-0 3-7-0 7 22-10-0 8-1-0 SNOOKS, K. (W 6-3) *Apr 10, 2010 PRESBYTERIAN W, 3-0 3-3-0 0-1-2 7 23-10-0 9-1-0 KELLEY, C. (W 14-5) *Apr 10, 2010 PRESBYTERIAN W, 11-10 11-13-4 10-14-2 7 24-10-0 10-1-0 JENKINS, J. (W 2-0) *Apr 11, 2010 PRESBYTERIAN W, 6-3 6-8-1 3-2-1 7 25-10-0 11-1-0 KELLEY, C. (W 15-5) Apr 14, 2010 VIRGINIA TECH W, 9-3 9-9-1 3-7-2 7 26-10-0 11-1-0 KELLEY, C. (W 16-5) *Apr 17, 2010 at Coastal Carolina W, 6-0 6-6-0 0-1-1 7 27-10-0 12-1-0 KELLEY, C. (W 17-5) *Apr 17, 2010 at Coastal Carolina W, 9-1 9-11-0 1-4-3 5 28-10-0 13-1-0 SNOOKS, K. (W 7-3) *Apr 18, 2010 at Coastal Carolina W, 6-4 6-13-1 4-11-2 7 29-10-0 14-1-0 SNOOKS, K. (W 8-3) Apr 21, 2010 at Virginia L, 2-5 2-5-2 5-8-1 7 29-11-0 14-1-0 KELLEY, C. (L 17-6) Apr 21, 2010 at Virginia L, 2-4 2-7-1 4-9-1 7 29-12-0 14-1-0 SNOOKS, K. (L 8-4) *Apr 24, 2010 at Winthrop W, 10-1 10-14-1 1-4-1 7 30-12-0 15-1-0 KELLEY, C. (W 18-6) *Apr 24, 2010 at Winthrop L, 1-3 1-6-2 3-7-1 7 30-13-0 15-2-0 SNOOKS, K. (L 8-5) *Apr 25, 2010 at Winthrop W, 5-0 5-8-0 0-4-1 7 31-13-0 16-2-0 KELLEY, C. (W 19-6) Apr 28, 2010 at North Carolina W, 5-4 5-6-1 4-9-2 (8) 32-13-0 16-2-0 KELLEY, C. (W 20-16) Apr 28, 2010 at North Carolina L, 1-3 1-2-2 3-9-1 7 32-14-0 16-2-0 JENKINS, J. (L 2-1) May 07, 2010 at Appalachian State W, 7-3 7-9-1 3-7-2 7 33-14-0 16-2-0 KELLEY, C. (W 21-6) May 07, 2010 at Appalachian State L, 7-8 7-12-2 8-10-1 7 33-15-0 16-2-0 KELLEY, C. (L 21-7) ^May 13, 2010 vs Gardner-Webb W, 5-2 5-9-0 2-6-1 7 34-15-0 16-2-0 KELLEY, C. (W 22-7) ^May 14, 2010 vs Winthrop W, 8-3 8-11-0 3-8-2 7 35-15-0 16-2-0 KELLEY, C. (W 23-7) ^May 15, 2010 vs Winthrop W, 5-2 5-8-0 2-8-0 7 36-15-0 16-2-0 SNOOKS, K. (W 9-5) ?May 21, 2010 vs #24 Florida State L, 1-10 1-3-1 10-16-0 5 36-16-0 16-2-0 KELLEY, C. (L 23-8) ?May 22, 2010 vs Elon W, 8-0 8-14-0 0-1-3 5 37-16-0 16-2-0 KELLEY, C. (W 24-8) ?May 22, 2010 vs #24 Florida State W, 3-2 3-7-1 2-8-1 7 38-16-0 16-2-0 KELLEY, C. (W 25-8) ?May 23, 2010 at #9 Georgia L, 1-8 1-9-1 8-13-0 7 38-17-0 16-2-0 KELLEY, C. (L 25-9) * = Big South game; ! = NFCA Leadoff Classic (Columbus, Ga.); # = USF Under Armour Invitational (Clearwater, Fla.); $ = Clearwater, Fla. % = USF Under Armour Showcase (Clearwater, Fla.); + = Highlander Classic (Radford, Va.); ^ = Big South Championship (Conway, S.C.) ? + NCAA Regionals (Athens, Ga.)

Record: 38-17

2011 Radford Softball

Home: 16-0

Away: 10-8

BATTING

Player AVG GP-GS AB R H SHIFFLETT, Kristen .426 55-55 183 58 78 HIMAN, Sarah .371 55-55 170 25 63 KEEFE, Shannon .353 50-50 156 28 55 BEALL, Nichole .330 55-55 176 47 58 WILLIAMS, Lauren .319 55-54 138 24 44 CREASY, Hope .319 54-54 160 32 51 BEALL, Michelle .313 55-55 147 27 46 CUNNINGHAM, Taylor .263 55-53 160 21 42 MOORE, Meredith .241 47-43 116 12 28 -------------AGEE, Jessica .273 32-0 11 8 3 EYE, Morgan .200 42-0 10 11 2 MADDEN, Vicki .143 13-11 28 2 4 PAQUETTE, Heather .071 10-6 14 4 1 RUCH, Ryndee .069 25-5 29 2 2 JENKINS, Jackie .000 1-0 0 0 0 SNOOKS, Kellie .000 2-2 0 0 0 Totals .318 55-55 1498 301 477 Opponents .283 55-55 1409 199 399

2B 14 14 16 10 3 9 5 11 9

3B 1 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 0

HR 15 11 4 18 0 12 5 2 7

Neutral: 12-9

RBI 42 45 34 37 13 36 20 17 20

TB 139 112 83 124 53 98 70 59 58

SLG% .760 .659 .532 .705 .384 .613 .476 .369 .500

0 0 0 1 3 .273 0 0 0 0 2 .200 2 0 0 2 6 .214 0 0 0 1 1 .071 1 0 0 2 3 .103 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 .000 94 9 74 270 811 .541 63 11 43 186 613 .435

BB HBP SO OB% 13 7 16 .478 13 1 15 .410 11 1 21 .399 19 5 38 .408 8 1 9 .361 9 2 33 .360 15 2 35 .384 3 0 26 .276 3 3 29 .274 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 98 77

2010 Statistics

Big South: 16-2 SF 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 2

SH 0 5 1 1 2 2 2 0 3

SB-ATT 23-26 6-6 14-15 9-14 13-16 3-5 5-6 3-3 0-0

PO 97 195 50 124 75 46 390 48 24

A 119 38 2 89 3 5 21 101 3

E 12 0 0 8 4 2 5 12 2

FLD% .947 1.000 1.000 .964 .951 .962 .988 .925 .931

0 0 .273 0 0 4-5 1 0 4 .200 0 0 7-10 4 0 9 .250 0 0 1-1 5 0 6 .071 0 0 0-0 2 0 8 .069 0 1 2-4 2 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 2 22 256 .367 10 17 90-111 1072 31 205 .332 10 36 31-46 1049

0 0 14 12 0 3 26 459 423

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 46 79

1.000 1.000 1.000 .933 1.000 1.000 1.000 .971 .949

LOB - Team (299), Opp (296). DPs turned - Team (23), Opp (17). IBB - Team (0), Opp (8). Picked off - SHIFFLETT, K 1, CREASY, H. 1.

Pitching

Player ERA KELLEY, Chelsea 3.28 SNOOKS, Kellie 4.03 -------------BEALL, Nichole 0.00 JENKINS, Jackie 2.03 PAQUETTE, Heather 3.06 Totals 3.41 Opponents 4.78

W-L APP-GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR B/Avg WP HBP SHA SFA 25-9 44-33 16 5/1 1 194.1 185 95 91 43 142 27 5 24 734/.252 6 25 4 23 9-5 34-15 5 3/1 1 109.1 149 71 63 17 42 25 6 15 454/.328 3 5 5 9 0-0 2-1 2-2 38-17 17-38

1-0 10-0 10-7 55-55 55-55

0 0 1 22 19

0/0 0/1 1/0 10/1 2/0

0 0 0 2 0

1.0 20.2 32.0 357.1 349.2

0 31 34 399 477

0 0 1 2 0 9 6 3 4 4 24 14 13 15 7 199 174 77 205 63 301 239 98 256 94

0 0 0 11 9

0 4/.000 0 3 92/.337 1 1 125/.272 4 43 1409/.283 14 74 1498/.318 35

1 0 0 31 22

0 0 1 10 10

0 1 3 36 17

PB - Team (2), HIMAN, S. 2, Opp (13). Pickoffs - Team (0), Opp (2). SBA/ATT - HIMAN, S. (25-38), KELLEY, C. (18-24), SNOOKS, K. (5-12), MOORE, M. (6-8), PAQUETTE, H. (4-5), JENKINS, J. (3-4), BEALL, N. (1-1).

In 2010, outfielder Shannon Keefe did not committ an error in 52 chances and Radford set a school record with a .971 fielding percentage.

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2010 Big South Statistics

BATTING

Player AVG GP-GS SHIFFLETT, Kristen .441 18-18 HIMAN, Sarah .424 18-18 CREASY, Hope .407 18-18 KEEFE, Shannon .393 18-18 BEALL, Nichole .345 18-18 BEALL, Michelle .319 18-18 WILLIAMS, Lauren .319 18-18 CUNNINGHAM, Taylor .275 18-18 MOORE, Meredith .227 17-16 -------------EYE, Morgan .500 16-0 MADDEN, Vicki .333 2-2 AGEE, Jessica .000 10-0 RUCH, Ryndee .000 5-0 PAQUETTE, Heather .000 2-0 Totals .351 18-18 Opponents .249 18-18

Record: 16-2

AB 59 59 54 56 55 47 47 51 44

R 22 11 15 13 17 9 11 7 4

H 2B 3B 26 6 0 25 8 0 22 2 1 22 6 0 19 3 1 15 3 1 15 0 2 14 2 0 10 4 0

2 3 4 4 0 485 450

3 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 117 170 56 112

0 1 0 0 0 35 15

0 0 0 0 0 5 2

HR 7 5 5 3 5 2 0 1 4

RBI 16 18 13 13 13 8 5 7 12

Home: 11-0

TB SLG% 53 .898 48 .814 41 .759 37 .661 39 .709 26 .553 19 .404 19 .373 26 .591

0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 32 107 311 19 52 188

.500 .667 .000 .000 .000 .641 .418

BB HBP SO 3 4 7 4 0 4 3 2 9 4 0 7 8 4 12 5 1 12 3 1 1 2 0 5 1 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 34 12

Away: 5-2

OB% .493 .453 .458 .433 .463 .396 .373 .302 .239

0 0 .500 0 1 .500 0 4 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 12 72 .404 9 71 .282

SF 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1

Neutral: 0-0

SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 0 5-6 35 41 6 .927 1 1-1 72 8 0 1.000 0 2-2 17 2 0 1.000 0 2-2 18 0 0 1.000 0 5-9 33 28 3 .953 1 2-2 123 4 1 .992 1 4-4 29 1 2 .938 0 1-1 21 27 2 .960 1 0-0 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 4 10

3-5 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 26-34 3-5

0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 353 137 14 329 132 28

.000 1.000 .000 .000 .000 .972 .943

LOB - Team (92), Opp (73). DPs turned - Team (8), Opp (7). IBB - Team (0), Opp (1).

Pitching

Player KELLEY, Chelsea SNOOKS, Kellie -------------JENKINS, Jackie Totals Opponents

ERA W-L APP-GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR B/Avg WP HBP SHA SFA 2.06 11-1 14-11 7 4/0 0 78.0 56 25 23 8 54 6 0 11 280/.200 2 6 1 6 4.53 4-1 11-7 3 1/0 0 38.2 54 30 25 4 17 8 2 8 165/.327 0 3 0 4 7.00 1-0 2-0 2.92 16-2 18-18 6.45 2-16 18-18

0 10 5

0/0 5/0 0/0

0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 117.2 112 56 49 12 0 109.2 170 117 101 34

PB - Team (0), Opp (5). SBA/ATT - HIMAN, S. (3-5), KELLEY, C. (3-3), SNOOKS, K. (0-2).

In 2010, Nichole Beall hit a school-record 18 home runs as the Highlanders launched a Big South-record 74 round trippers.

0 71 72

1 15 35

0 2 5

0 5/.400 1 19 450/.249 3 32 485/.351 7

0 9 12

0 1 3

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2010 Big South Standings/Honors Big South Overall Team W L Pct W L T Radford !# 16 2 .899 38 17 0 Liberty 13 5 .722 39 18 0 Winthrop 8 10 .444 28 29 0 Gardner-Webb 8 10 .444 22 32 0 Charleston Southern 8 10 .444 30 28 1 Coastal Carolina 6 12 .333 27 31 0 Presbyterian 4 14 .222 17 24 0 ! = Regular Season Champion; # = Tournament Champion 3/1 3/15 3/22 3/29 4/12 4/19 4/26

Pct .690 .684 .491 .407 .517 .466 .415

Home 16-0 15-1 15-10 10-5 16-7-1 15-14 8-8

Road 10-8 13-11 3-13 7-17 12-12 6-12 11-18

Neu 12-9 11-7 10-6 5-10 2-8 6-3 3-2

Last 10 6-4 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-4 4-6 4-6

Big South Player of the Week Honors

Nichole Beall (Player of the Week) Hope Creasy (Player of the Week) Kristen Shifflett (Player of the Week); Kellie Snooks (Pitcher of the Week) Kristen Shifflett (Player of the Week) Sarah Himan (Player of the Week) Hope Creasy (Player of the Week) Kristen Shifflett (Player of the Week)

2010 All-Conference Teams

First-Team OF: Hope Creasy, Radford OF: Shannon Keefe, Radford OF: Jana Matthews, Charleston Southern 1B: Christa Fullwood, Gardner-Webb 2B: Nichole Beall, Radford SS: Kristen Shifflett, Radford 3B: J’nae Jefferson, Liberty C: Sarah Himan, Radford P: Tiffani Smith, Liberty P: Chelsea Kelley, Radford DP: Cacia Pierre, Coastal Carolina UT: McKenzie Morenus, Gardner-Webb Second-Team OF: Tera Powell, Presbyterian College OF: Meredith Baisden, Liberty OF: Lauren Williams, Radford 1B: Megan Hall, Charleston Southern 2B: Cassie Hendrix, Liberty SS: Jazmin Daigle, Coastal Carolina 3B: Shayla Cullum, Charleston Southern C: Mandy Ward, Gardner-Webb P: Kat Johnson, Liberty P: Cari Wooldridge, Winthrop (tie) P: Cindy Boomhower, Gardner-Webb (tie)

DP: Kristin Kelleher, Charleston Southern UT: Danielle Howard, Liberty All-Academic Team Caitlin Allen, Charleston Southern Ashley Frederick, Coastal Carolina Christa Fullwood, Gardner-Webb Chelsea Kelley, Radford Brittany Howell, Presbyterian College J’nae Jefferson, Liberty Lauren Levin, Winthrop Player of the Year Kristen Shifflett, Radford Pitcher of the Year Tiffani Smith, Liberty Coach of the Year Mickey Dean, Radford Co-Freshman of the Year Jazmin Daigle, Coastal Carolina, Kat Johnson, Liberty

Hope Creasy was named the 2009-10 Big South Woman of the Year

Scholar-Athlete of the Year Caitlin Allen, Charleston Southern

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Ashley Carlson in the Pros

Ashley Carlson, a four-year starter in the outfield for Radford, became the first Highlander softball player to compete professionally when she landed a roster spot on May 25, 2008 with the Chicago Bandits of the National Pro Fastpitch League (NPF). Carlson, a two-year member of the Bandits, played a key role off the bench as Chicago won its first NPF Championship in 2008. The Bandits made their magical run from worst to first, winning their final 15 games, culminating with a 6-4 victory over the Washington Glory in the championship game to win the Cowles Cup Trophy on Aug. 24. In her first professional start on June 9, Carlson helped the Bandits in a 14-1 victory over the Akron Racers with three singles and a sacrifice bunt. She also scored a pair of runs and had an RBI. She finished her rookie season batting .286 (4-14) with 12 runs scored and an RBI. She tied for third on the team with eight stolen bases. Carlson, a two-time All-Big South performer, was a key factor in the success of Radford softball over the past four years. The Highlanders won 169 games during her time roaming the outfield. Carlsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s speed and quick hands contributed to her breaking both the career hits and steals records at Radford, while landing in the top five in the Big South in both those categories. The 2008 graduate played in 257 games, making 254 starts. She batted .313 with 255 hits, eight doubles, eight triples, 30 RBI and 139 runs scored. She also stole 98 career bases, leading the Big South in that category her final three seasons.

The Big South Conference

Since its founding in 1983, the Big South Conference has matured into a competitive leader in college athletics, actively pursuing excellence on the field of play and in the classroom. The League’s growing presence as an NCAA Division I athletic conference is evident by athletic accomplishments on the national stage, innovative marketing and media partnerships, increased television packages, and quality athletic competition while intentionally fostering the academic, personal, social, athletic and leadership development of each student-athlete. This has evolved into the Conference’s mission of “Developing Leaders Through Athletics.” The Big South Conference was formed on August 21, 1983, when Charleston Southern (then Baptist College) Athletic Director Howard Bagwell and Augusta President George Christenberry began recruiting members into the Big South, receiving initial commitments from Augusta, Charleston Southern, Campbell, Coastal Carolina and Winthrop. One month later, Dr. Edward M. Singleton was selected as the League’s first Commissioner and continued to solicit new members. His efforts led to the additions of Armstrong State, Radford and UNC Asheville, giving the Big South more than the required six members to constitute an official conference. The Big South’s first year of competition was in the Fall of 1984, and in September 1986, the Big South Conference was granted full-fledged NCAA Division I status. During its infancy and prior to securing automatic bids to NCAA Championships, the Big South made early strides in earning at-large berths in several national postseason events, including volleyball, women’s basketball and women’s golf. In 1989, George F. “Buddy” Sasser replaced the retiring Dr. Singleton as Commissioner, and in 1990, the League received its first automatic bid – receiving an automatic qualifier to the NCAA Baseball Championship. Under Sasser’s seven years of leadership, the Conference implemented its public relations and compliance programs, and introduced its first-ever men’s basketball television package, featuring the Big South competing among some of the finest teams in the nation. In August 1996, Kyle B. Kallander replaced Sasser as the third Commissioner, and in his 13 years at the helm of the Big South, Kallander has been instrumental in aggressively promoting the Conference to new levels. The Conference has enjoyed record levels in marketing revenue during the past several years, he has brought television coverage to Big South women’s basketball, baseball and softball for the first time in Conference history, as well as increased national television exposure to the League as a whole through aggressive and unique television packages. Under Kallander’s leadership, the Big South developed and initiated its first longrange strategic plan, re-affirming the League’s vision as a distinctive athletic Conference committed to the quality of institutional life through athletic competition. He also spearheaded the efforts to add football as a championship sport, which came to fruition in 2002, and has solidified Conference membership with the additions of High Point, Gardner-Webb and Presbyterian, and in 2011-12, the return of charter member Campbell University. Kallander’s long range vision has also included technological advancements, as the Conference introduced its first live event video streaming in 2005 and has since expanded its video offerings to more than 600 events annually through a partnership with the member institutions, as well as the creation of several online and social media platforms. In the last 15 years, the Big South has experienced monumental growth and suc-

cess in nearly every sport. During this time, the Conference has had two individual National Champions, more than 200 All-Americans, has reached the “Sweet 16” in men’s soccer, women’s basketball and baseball, has received national Top 25 rankings in men’s soccer, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, baseball, men’s outdoor track & field, and men’s golf, had an individual selected to play in the NCAA Singles Championship four times in addition to the first men’s tennis doubles at-large selection, had the No. 1 ranked men’s golfer in the country, has had the nation’s top scoring men’s basketball team three consecutive years as well as the national men’s basketball scoring leader twice, received an at-large playoff berth in the Football Championship Subdivision in 2006, and had an institution finish fifth in the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships – the highest-ever team finish in an NCAA event. The Conference’s tagline, “Developing Leaders Through Athletics” was unveiled in 2008-09 in conjunction with the Conference’s 25th Anniversary. The League also honored its heritage with the Top 25 “Best of the Best” moments in League history from 1983-2008, with Liberty University’s 10-year women’s basketball championship run from 1996-2007 being crowned the No. 1 moment in the Big South’s first 25 years. The Conference’s on-field accomplishments have been duplicated in the classroom. Annually, more than 40 percent of Conference student-athletes are named to the Big South’s Presidential Honor Roll for maintaining a cumulative 3.0 grade-point average, and the League has had more than 95 Academic All-Americans in its quarter-century of existence.

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2011 Radford Softball This is Radford University

Radford University blends the rich, diverse curriculum of a major university with a small-town atmosphere conducive to learning and personal enrichment. By emphasizing student learning as the core of its mission, Radford challenges students and helps them develop academically, socially, physically, culturally and morally. The university recognizes that in our rapidly changing global society todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s technology is tomorrowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history and what endures is the ability to learn, think logically and communicate clearly. Radford is a successful, popular university that has quickly grown in stature as an innovator in higher education. Its growth in reputation has been paralleled by a growth in numbers and diversity. The school enrolls some 9,230 students from throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia, from 45 other states and from 47 foreign countries. A state-supported institution founded in 1910, Radford offers more than 140 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in seven colleges. The institution offers Bachelor of Arts, Science, Fine Arts, Business Administration, Music Therapy, Master of Science, Arts and Educational Specialists degrees. Army ROTC is available. Radford is, and will continue to be, a community in which all members participate actively and communicate openly. It is a community that values diversity and is responsive to change and new ideas. Most importantly, it is a community that is committed to the teaching and learning process and maintains service to students as its highest priority and most enduring value.

Fast Facts

- Located in the in the New River Valley of Southwest Virginia - 177-acre main campus; 78-acre RU West campus - 9,230 Students (60% female, 40% male) - Students originate from 45 states and Washington D.C.; 47 countries - Student-to-faculty ratio of 19:1 - 83% of faculty hold doctorate or terminal degrees in their fields - 93% of RU students obtain employment or continue education within 3-8 months of graduation

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2011 Radford Softball Campus Life

Want to get involved? You can start with more than 200 clubs and organizations, including academic clubs, outdoor clubs, national honor fraternities and Greek associations. Join a team -- RU has club and intramural sports and NCAA Division I athletics, which includes eight men’s and 11 women’s sports. If that’s not enough, there’s campus lectures, movies, performances, festivals (pictured below) and concerts from big names like Third Eye Blind (pictured below) Outkast, Matchbox 20 and Fuel.

Third Eye Blind

Highlander Festival

President Penelope Kyle Penelope Ward Kyle became Radford University’s sixth, and first female, president when she took office on June 1, 2005. She came to RU with more than 30 years of experience in state government, the corporate and legal worlds, and higher education. Upon assuming the presidency, President Kyle immediately focused on leading the university’s initiative to become one of the top 50 masters universities in the nation. The Radford University strategic plan “7-17”, completed in 2007 at her direction, identifies four strategic directives -- the investment in people, programs, global and local society and the future of Radford University. Under President Kyle’s leadership, the university also added its first doctoral program with an emphasis in rural mental health and launched an initiative to grow graduate college student enrollment by offering additional doctoral and masters level programs. She hired the university’s first provost and created two new vice presidential areas of responsibility, Information Technology and University Relations. The Radford University Board of Visitors, at President Kyle’s request, has increased its membership by four positions to provide an opportunity for more diversity and leadership innovation within the governing body. A native of southwest Virginia, President Kyle is a product of the Galax public schools system. She graduated from Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina and did her postgraduate studies in English at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. She received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Virginia School of Law and later earned her MBA from the College of William and Mary. President Kyle served as Executive Director of the Virginia Lottery for 11 years, under three successive governors. First appointed by Governor George Allen in 1994, she was reappointed by Governor James Gilmore, and then reappointed once again by Governor Mark Warner. Previously, Ms. Kyle was employed by CSX Corporation, an international transportation company, where she became the company’s first female officer. Before joining CSX Corporation, she was an attorney with McGuire, Woods, LLP in Richmond. She also taught English for six years at Thomas Nelson Community College in Hampton, Virginia. President Kyle serves in leadership positions on numerous educational, civic, cultural, professional, financial and volunteer organizations. She served on the Board of Visitors at James Madison University from 1984 until 1992 and on the JMU Foundation Board 1992 until 1994. She also served on the Virginia Commonwealth University Foundation Board from 1994 until 2000 and on the Board of Governors of Saint Christopher’s School from 1999 until 2005. President Kyle is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Board of Directors of PRA, Inc., a publicly traded company. Ms. Kyle is married to Charles L. Menges, an attorney and partner with McGuire, Woods, LLC. They are the parents of three children, son, Kyle Ward Menges, and two daughters, Penelope Whitley Menges, and Patricia Lee Menges.

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The New River Valley is home to one of the oldest rivers in the world, the New River. A geologic wonder, it’s one of the few rivers in the world that flows from south to north. The NRV is made up of the following counties: Montgomery, Pulaski, Floyd and Giles. It’s also home to the towns of Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Pulaski, Pearisburg and Floyd, and the independent city of Radford. The valley is an economic leader, as host of the largest research park in the Commonwealth of Virginia Approximately 170,000 residents call the New River Valley home. The NRV is also a center for higher education in the commonwealth as the home to Radford University, Virginia Tech and New River Community College

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2011 Radford Softball 2009-10 Athletics in Review Team Awards

Softball Men’s Tennis Field Hockey Men’s Soccer Women’s Soccer Women’s Golf

2009-10 Championship Teams

Big South Regular Season and Tournament Champion NCAA Athens Regional Finalist Big South Regular Season Champion NorPac East Division Champion NSCAA Academic Award NSCAA Academic Award Big South Team Sportsmanship Award

Academic Awards

Brittany Christian (Track & Field) Radford University Most Outstanding Student Hope Creasy (Softball) ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District Phillip Martin (Men’s Basketball) ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District Division I-AAA Athletic Directors Association Scholar-Athlete Igor Ogrizek (Men’s Tennis) Big South Men’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Softball - 2010 Big South Regular Season / Tournament Champion

Student-Athlete Awards Hope Creasy (Softball) Kyle Morse (Track & Field) Art Parakhouski (Men’s Basketball) Ivan Salec (Men’s Tennis) Kristen Shifflett (Softball)

Coach Awards

Mike Anderson (Men’s Tennis) Brent Chumbley (Track & Field) Mickey Dean (Softball)

Honors

Big South Woman of the Year First Team All-Region Big South Indoor Weight Throw Champion Big South Outdoor Hammer Throw Champion NCAA Hammer Throw All-America Big South Player of the Year VaSID State Player of the Year Richmond Times-Dispatch All-State Team NABC District 3 Second Team AP Honorable Mention All-America NCAA Tournament Individual Participant Big South Female Athlete of the Year Big South Tournament MVP First Team All-Region

Big South Coach of the Year Big South Women’s T&F Coach of the Year Big South Coach of the Year

Dr. Ron Bradley (Former Men’s Basketball Head Coach)

Men’s Tennis - 2010 Big South Regular Season Champion

Big South Hall of Fame

Field Hockey - 2009 NorPac East Division Champions

2009-10 Athletics in Review

Mickey Dean

Art Parakhouski

Big South Softball Coach of the Year

Mike Anderson Brent Chumbley Big South Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tennis Coach of the Year

Big South Track & Field Coach of the Year

Ivan Salec Kristen Shifflett

Brittany Christian

Hope Creasy

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Kyle Morse

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Director of Athletics Robert Lineburg

Since being introduced as Radford University’s Director of Athletics in the fall of 2007, Radford native Robert Lineburg has helped usher in a new era of Highlander athletics, marked by unprecedented on-and off-field improvements and successes. In his short time with the department, Lineburg has been the catalyst for a number of changes, particularly in areas such as facilities, personnel and strategic planning. His most visible influence to date has been on the Dedmon Center, where Lineburg has been involved with major renovations to the centerpiece of Radford athletics for more than 25 years. Beginning in the spring of 2008, the facility underwent transformations to the arena, including a new steel-supported roof, a new basketball floor, renovated athletic offices, a newlook natatorium, and improved athletic locker, training, and medical facilities. Along with the initial transformations to the Dedmon Center, an improved state-of-the-art strength and conditioning room, new ticket office and Learning Enhancement Center (LEC), which houses student-athlete academic support, were completed/added in 2009. In 2010, facility upgrades included a new high-tech videoboard / sound system to the Dedmon Center as well as a new playing surface / irrigation system and dugouts to the Radford University Baseball Field. Lineburg has also overseen the hires of five new head coaches, as well as six new athletic administrators. His hires include women’s basketball head coach Taj Njongba, head volleyball coach Marci Jenkins, women’s head golf coach Jeff Beeler, head men’s soccer coach Marc Reeves and the promotion of track and field interim director Brent Chumbley to head coaches’ status. Among the administrators added in Lineburg’s tenure are executive associate A.D. Randy Butt, head athletic trainer Chad Hyatt, assistant A.D. for communications Joey Beeler, director of student-athlete support services/senior women’s administrator Stephanie Ballein and Director of Facilities Brad Epperley. As a result of the changes, Radford achieved a banner year in 2008-09: women’s soccer, men’s basketball, men’s tennis and softball claimed Big South conference crowns and advanced to NCAA Tournament play. Women’s soccer advanced to its fourth tournament, men’s basketball won the Big South regular-season and tournament title to advance to the NCAAs for the first time since 1998, men’s tennis made its thirdstraight appearance, and softball appeared for the first time and won Radford’s firstever NCAA tournament game in any sport. Lineburg and the Highlanders backed their success in 2008-09 with a men’s tennis and softball Big South regular season title in 2009-10. Mickey Dean’s softball team went on to win their second straight conference tournament crown before advancing to the Athens, Georgia Regional final with two more NCAA Tournament victories. Along with their competitive success, the Highlanders have defined the true meaning of “student-athlete” during Lineburg’s tenure. For the second consecutive year, Raford led all Big South institutions by placing 58.3 percent of its student-athletes on the conference’s Presidential Honor Roll. In 2008-09, the Highlanders had 57.9 percent of their students on the list.

He and his staff have also been responsible for creating a five-year strategic plan for the Radford athletic department and building an athletics facilities master plan. Additional achievements include ushering in a new athletics Internet site (RadfordAthletics.com), and helping implement a new ticket system (Ticket Return). Lineburg and his staff have also hosted top-level competition, with five Big South championships taking place on the Radford campus from 2008-10. In addition to making an impact on Radford athletics, Lineburg is also involved in a number of different organizations and committees. He is the chairman of the Big South Conference Subcommittee on Basketball Improvement, a member of the Big South ad-hoc Committee on Basketball Issues, and a member of the selection committee to select Radford University’s Vice President for Advancement. Prior to becoming Radford’s Director of Athletics, his corporate knowledge was groomed as a marketing associate with Peloton Real Estate Partners in Dallas, Texas. Along with his business experience, Lineburg spent 15 seasons as a college basketball coach, including time as Southern Methodist’s (Dallas, Texas) interim head coach. Prior to serving as the Mustangs interim head coach, Lineburg spent eight years as an assistant coach at SMU. Following his interim tenure, he served two more seasons as an assistant coach at Southern Methodist. Lineburg’s coaching resume also includes assistant coaching positions with the men’s basketball programs at James Madison University and Emory & Henry College, as well as with the Dallas Mavericks summer league team. His coaching experience also took him through the Big South, as he spent time on the bench at UNC Greensboro. A 1991 graduate of Roanoke College, Lineburg started his collegiate basketball career as a Radford Highlander, where he was a two-year letterman before transferring to nearby Roanoke College to play his final two years. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in political science with a minor in history. In 1995, he received a Master’s Degree in education from Virginia Tech, where he was also a graduate assistant on the men’s basketball staff. Lineburg is the son of retired Radford High football coach and athletic director Norman Lineburg and the brother of Dr. Mark Lineburg, the Superintendent of Bristol City Schools, Paul Lineburg, the Assistant Principal at William Byrd H.S. and Wayne Lineburg, who is the offensive coordinator at the University of Richmond. He is married to the former Mary Parish, also a native of Radford.

Support Staff Dr. Elizabeth D. Dore serves as the NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative for Radford, a position she was appointed to by President Penelope W. Kyle in January of 2006. She assumed the FAR reigns from Charles L. Hayes, who vacated the position after a 13-year tenure. A long-time fan of Highlander athletics, Dore can often been seen cheering on RU at home events. Dr. Betty As the Faculty Athletic Representative, Dore serves as a faculty Dore liaison between the athletic depart- NCAA Faculty Athletics ment and Radford’s administration Representative and teaching faculty. She serves on numerous committees, including the Big South Board of Administrators, the Big South Council of Faculty Athletics Representatives and several other Conference committees. An Associate Professor in Radford University’s School of Teacher Education and Leadership, Dore joined the Radford faculty in 1996. Her responsibilities include teaching, coordination of field experiences and student teacher supervision. An accomplished author, she has written 20 professional publications and 30 professional book reviews. In addition, Dore has served as a professional educational consultant over 90 times in her career. Prior to joining the Radford staff in 1996, Dore served as an Instructor, an Assistant Coordinator and a Teaching Assistant in a three-year span at the University of Northern Colorado and Aims Community College. Most of her work during that time period involved teaching, but as the Assistant Coordinator at Northern Colorado, she was responsible for the UNC/US West teams Project of Multicultural/ Multiethnic Education Programs in Colorado Schools. She also handled student teacher supervision for two of those years. In her final year at Northern Colorado, she had the added responsibility of coordination of field experiences and curriculum development. Among her academic specialties, Dore includes several aspects of middle school educational development, middle school social development and issues and multicultural and diversity. A native of Maine, Dore received a Bachelor’s of Science in Secondary Education from the University of Maine

Portland in 1975. She earned a Master’s of Education from the University of Maine Orono in 1990. She was awarded a Certificate of Advance Study from Maine Orono in 1993 and she finished her doctorate work in 1995, earning a PhD in Elementary Education from Northern Colorado. Dr. Dore resides in Pulaski with her husband Richard. On February 8, 2008, Randy Butt joined Radford University as its Executive Associate Athletics Director. Butt, who has extensive experience in the financial aspect of college athletics will oversee the budget, finances and related areas for Highlander Athletics. He joins the Radford family from Virginia Tech, where he spent 21 years working in the Hokies’ accounting office. Since 1994 he has been Randy Butt in charge of the Athletic Business Executive Associate Athletics Director Office, first as the Business Manager. In 1998 he was promoted to the Director of Financial Affairs and then in 2000 he was named Assistant Athletics Director for Financial Affairs. He was again elevated in 2003 to his current title of Associate Athletics Director for Financial Affairs. Butt began his career at Virginia Tech in 1986 as a Fiscal Technician following three years as an accountant with Woody Distributors and Kroger. A graduate of nearby Eastern Montgomery High School (formerly Shawsville High School), Butt received his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the National Business College in Roanoke, Va. He has a Master’s Degree in Health and Physical Education from Virginia Tech. Butt is married to the former Debi Shutters (Radford University class of 1990) and has three daughters, Mallory (current Radford University student), Casey and Lianna. Joey Beeler is in his third year as the Assistant A.D. for Athletic Communications. Beeler is the department’s communication strategist for the Highlanders’ 19 Division I varsity sports, while overseeing the athletic department’s new state-of-the-art website (www.radfordathletics.com), publications and media relations. Along with his everyday departmental responsibilities, Beeler serves as the primary sports contact for volleyball, men’s basketball, men’s tennis and golf.

Prior to accepting his current role, Beeler spent three years as the assistant sports information director at Davidson College in Davidson, N.C. At Davidson, Beeler was influential in the redesign of the athletic department’s website, while working extensively with the men’s basketball program, highlighted by their run to the 2008 Elite Eight. In August of 2007, Davidson launched www.davidsonwildcats.com; a project Beeler directed the design and build. He was also responsible for the media guide and poster layouts for each of the Wildcats’ programs and served as the primary media contact for men’s basketball, men’s soccer, wrestling, golf and tennis programs. A 2002 graduate of Campbell University with a Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications, Beeler worked in his alma mater’s athletic department for five years, in both sports information and marketing. While an undergrad, he worked under Associate Athletics A.D. Media Services Stan Cole as a student assistant and later continued his role as an assistant director from 2004 to 2005. During his time, he served as the primary contact for several of the Camels’ athletic programs and was the webmaster for Campbell’s Joey Beeler athletics website (www.GoCamels. Asst. A.D. for com). Along with assisting every as- Ath. Communications pect of the sports information office, Beeler doubled as the broadcasting assistant and marketing intern. For five seasons, he performed play-by-play and color analysis duties for Camel basketball, baseball and softball games. As a student broadcaster, he hosted “Campbell SportsTalk,” a weekly half-hour radio show, and served as the sideline reporter for basketball broadcasts. As the marketing intern, Beeler assisted in corporate sponsorship sales, oversaw internal and external game promotions and was the director of the “Camel Crazies,” Campbell’s student fan group. Beeler and the former Carrie Glass were married in May of 2004. They reside in Christiansburg and the parents of Kayleigh Addison (3) and Macray Louis (Born May 5, 2010).

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Support Staff

Dr. Robbie Davis is entering his sixth year as the Director of Complianace at Radford University. In July of 2009, Davis was promoted to the Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance. The purpose of the Radford Compliance Office is to ensure the University’s nearly 300 student-athletes and coaches abide by the NCAA Division I rules and regulations; while also educating university staff, boosters and donors. Prior to accepting his current position, Davis was a Compliance Intern/Coordinator at Virginia Tech. No stranger to the area, Davis received his Ph.D. from the Virginia Tech School of Education in 2006. In December of 2000, he obtain his Master’s degree with a Dr. Robbie concentration in Health and PhysiDavis cal Education from Virginia Tech. Asst. A.D. for Along with certificates in NCAA Compliance compliance, Davis has also served as a certified Athletic Trainer, which includes stints at Virginia Tech, East Carolina and with the Wilson Tobs, a summer collegiate baseball team. A native of Wilson, N.C., Davis graduated from East Carolina in 1999 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise and Sport Science. Dr. Davis currently resides in nearby Blacksburg. Stephanie Ballein is in her second year as the Director of Student-Athlete Support Services at Radford University. She joined the staff after working as a graduate teaching assistant at Virginia Tech. Along with serving as the Director of Student-Athlete Support Services, Ballein will be the department’s Senior Women’s Administrator (SWA). During her time at Tech, Ballein gained extensive experience in collegiate programming. In 1997, she helped begin the revitalization of the Virginia Tech Monogram

Stephanie Ballein

Asst. A.D. for StudentAthlete Support / SWA

Club, and served as its director the first year. Ballein also served as the coordinator of the Virginia Tech Health and Physical Education Student Teacher Program. As a graduate teaching assistant the past three years, she managed and lectured classes within the Department of Teaching and Learning. A native of Chesapeake, Va., Ballein was a four-year letter winner in women’s basketball at Virginia Tech, where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts and Sciences in 1990. She received a master’s in education from Tech in 2005 and is currently nearing completion of a doctorate from her alma mater. Ballein and her husband, John, currently reside in Blacksburg with their daughters, Jordan and Jalyn. John is in his 22nd year on Frank Beamer’s football staff at Virginia Tech, serving as the associate director of athletics for football operations.

Chad Hyatt was named as Radford University’s Director of Athletic Training in April of 2010. Hyatt, a Roanoke native, came to Radford following four years with Virginia Tech’s athletic training department. Hyatt’s duties at Radford include overseeing the day-today operations of the athletic training department as well as the medical needs of Radford University’s student athletes. His Chad Hyatt primary sport responsibility will be Head Athletic Trainer working with men’s basketball. At Virginia Tech, Hyatt worked primarily with Virginia Tech’s football team (2006-08) before becoming the men’s basketball athletic trainer in 2009-10. Hyatt arrived at Tech from Athens Orthopaedic Clinic in Athens, Ga., where he was a staff athletic trainer (2004-05), as well has the head athletic trainer at Athens Academy High School. A 2002 Tech graduate, Hyatt earned his bachelor of science in human nutrition, foods and exercise with a minor in communication studies. He earned his master’s in sports management from the University of Georgia. During his time with the Bulldogs, Hyatt worked extensively with the football team. Hyatt and his wife, Bari, welcomed their daughter, Lily, in the summer of 2009.

Michael Shumaker is in his first year as Radford’s head strength and conditioning coach. Along with overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Highlander strength and conditioning program, Shumaker will work directly with baseball, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, men’s tennis and volleyball. Shumaker, a Forest, Miss. native, comes to Radford after heading up the Biloxi (Miss.) High School strength and conditioning department for the past year. During his time, he designed and implemented programs for the Indians’ 13 boys and girls sports teams. Prior to his time in Biloxi, he was a graduate assistant coach at his alma mater Mississippi State from 2007 to 2009. During his time in Starkville, Shumaker was the head coach for the men’s and women’s track and field squads, while assisting with the Bulldogs’ football and Michael baseball teams. Shumaker In his return to Mississippi State, Head Strength & Shumaker earned his Master’s of Conditioning Coach Science in Instructional Technology in 2009. A 2005 graduate with a degree in physical education and former member of the Bulldog baseball and football teams (2000 -01), Shumaker was in charge of the track and field program, while assisting with softball, baseball and football. He also spent time with Mississippi State’s Turf Grass Management and Game Operations departments. Following his graduation in 2005, Shumaker spent time as an assistant baseball coach at University of Central Oklahoma and served as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Jackson State. At Jackson State, he was the head coach for the Tigers’ softball and men’s basketball programs, while assisting with football, baseball and women’s basketball.

Student-Athlete Support Services The mission of the Student-Athlete Support Services (SASS) office for Radford University Athletics is to promote, assist, and provide counsel to all student-athletes. Its primary, constant goal is to develop graduates and outstanding citizens who have contributed in the areas of athletic competition during their tenures of education. Located in the Dedmon Athletic Center, the newly established Learning Enhancement Center is equipped with computers, tutorial rooms, and a study lounge. The Learning Enhancement Center provides direction for student-athletes via academic counseling in conjunction with advisors from the respective colleges at Radford University. Academic support services such as tutoring and supervised study hall are provided, as well as career planning, monitoring of eligibility status, and a host of other guidance and advisory services.

2009-10 Athletic Academic Accomplishments 2 Scholar-Athletes of the Year 1 Most Outstanding Student 33 All-Academic Selections 5 All-State Academic Selections 1 Big South Female of the Year 58.3% Presidential Honor Roll 2 Academic All-District Selections 10 Teams with 3.0 GPA

Radford Athletics

2011 Radford Softball

Strength & Conditioning A component that is vital to the Radford athletic program is the strength and conditioning program directed by Strength and Conditioning Coach Michael Shumaker. Highlander Athletics have long been recognized as one of the leaders among Mid- Atlantic schools in its conditioning and strength training. It has been an instrumental part in the success of Radford University sports through the years. Under the direction of Shumaker and assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach Brigid Hamill, the program is designed to help each student-athlete reach his or her full potential in their respective sport. Each Radford University student-athlete has strength and conditioning programs unique to their goals as a player. This program, developed by Shumaker, helps prepare RADFORD student-athletes for the long and rigorous in-season schedule. The Strength and Conditioning staff at Radford University is committed to excellence in competition and in life.

Strength &Conditioning

Date 2/12 2/12 2/13 2/13 2/23 2/25 2/26 2/26 2/27 3/4 3/4 3/5 3/5 3/6 3/9 3/11 3/11 3/12 3/12 3/13 3/16 3/18 3/18 3/19 3/19 3/20

Opponent vs. Mercer at Georgia Southern at Georgia Southern vs. Mercer VIRGINIA TECH at UAB vs. Lipscomb vs. Saint Louis at Samford vs. Central Michigan vs. Wagner vs. College of Charleston vs. Jacksonville vs. Columbia vs. Toledo (DH) vs. La Salle vs. Nebraska vs. Connecticut vs. Long Island vs. Robert Morris JAMES MADISON (DH) vs. Pittsburgh vs. Robert Morris vs. Ball State vs. Georgetown vs. Delaware

RADFORD

Time 11:00 am 4:00 10:00 am 12:30 4:00 8:30 4:00 9:00 3:00 12:30 3:00 10:00 am 12:30 9:30 am 11:00 am 10:00 am 12:30 3:00 5:30 9:30 3:00 3:00 5:00 1:00 3:00 1:00

Date 3/23 3/26 3/30 4/2 4/3 4/6 4/9 4/10 4/13 4/16 4/17 4/19 4/22 4/23 4/27 4/30 5/7 5/8

Opponent LIBERTY* at Liberty (DH)* NORTH CAROLINA (DH) at Gardner-Webb (DH)* at Gardner-Webb* LONGWOOD (DH) at Presbyterian (DH)* at Presbyterian* at Virginia Tech COASTAL CAROLINA (DH)* COASTAL CAROLINA* at Tennessee WINTHROP (DH)* WINTHROP* VIRGINIA (DH) at Elon (DH) at Charleston Southern (DH)* at Charleston Southern*

Big South Tournament 5/12-14 TBA All Game Times are EST Home Games in Red

2011

Location RADFORD Lynchburg, Va. RADFORD Boiling Springs, N.C. Boiling Springs, N.C. RADFORD Clinton, S.C. Clinton, S.C. Blacksburg, Va. RADFORD RADFORD Knoxville, Tenn. RADFORD RADFORD RADFORD Elon, N.C. Charleston, S.C. Charleston, S.C.

Time 3:00 1:00 3:00 1:00 2:00 4:00 1:00 12:00 7:00 2:00 1:00 6:00 2:00 1:00 4:00 1:00 2:00 12:00

Rock Hill, S.C.

TBA

Times & Dates Subject to Change *Deontes Big South Confereence

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