2017
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
VOLLEYBALL PREVIEW 2017
T
he Spring Hill College (SHC)
beach volleyball program has
the 2017 SHC team is the class of 11 fresh-
come a long way in just two
men joining the squad, doubling the size of
seasons and Coach Shawn Taylor
the roster from the previous two seasons. The
Perhaps the most noticeable aspect of
is justly proud of the team’s progress. Not
future of Badger Beach Volleyball appears to
only have they opened an on-campus facility
be secure with such a large and talented class
in the Jim and Betty Walsh Beach Volleyball
that includes Landen Lake of Tuscaloosa, Ala.,
Facility, but they have stood toe-to-toe with
Emmarose Neibert of Arnold, Mo., Angele
some of the top Beach Volleyball programs in
McClain of New Orleans, La., Taylor Hurst of
the nation while increasing their 2015 season
Gulf Shores, Ala., Brittany Bilotti from Miami,
wins total by five match victories in 2016.
Fla., Payton Gidney of Grapevine, Texas, Emily
Sullivan from Chicago, Cassidi Sterrett of
Spring Hill’s roster has grown to 22 play-
ers with several benefiting from two previous
Lee’s Summit, Mo., Sarah Szostak from San
seasons of experience. “We are excited about
Diego, Calif., Patty Blood of Cincinnati, Ohio,
our third beach season in program history,”
and Sarah Senft from Spring Grove, Pa. “Ex-
said Taylor. “We have a larger roster and
perience plays a big factor in the results,” said
more depth than ever before heading into
Taylor. “We enter this season with the bulk of
the spring.” The Badger squad features five
our roster having at least one full season of
seniors in Savannah Becnel of Metairie, La.,
collegiate competition, but we also have a
Hannah Masoner of Camden, Tenn., Molly
few freshmen that have played at high level of
Griffin of Westlake Village, Calif., Madison
beach club.”
Seuzeneau from Tampa, Fla., and Sara
Brodner of Chicago, Ill. Two juniors rejoin
leyball in the NCAA, the Badgers are guaran-
the seniors in the line-up as Julie Vujnovich
teed to play an exciting and challenging slate
of Belle Chasse, La., and Catherine Milwee
of matches. “Our schedule continues to grow
out of St. Luke’s Episcopal School in Mobile
more diverse as new programs are adding
return for duty. “Due to their experience and
yearly,” Taylor said. “On March 11-12, we will
leadership, our upper classmen are obviously
host our first home tournament in Gulf Shores
crucial this season,” Taylor said. “Seuzeneau
where we have 10 other teams scheduled to
and Vujnovich competed at the No.1 court
compete. We will also host home duals versus
last season while Griffin and Masoner played
the University of North Florida and Principia
at the No. 3 position, so we look for big things
College on March 22 with Huntingdon Col-
from both teams this year.”
lege joining us for Homecoming on March 31.
A big weekend for us will be April 8-9 when
Four veteran sophomore are back for
With the explosive growth of beach vol-
2017 with Emily Greim of McKinney, Texas,
we travel to Siesta Keys, Fla., to compete in
Anna Tietjens of St. Louis, Mo., Katie Beth
the “Fiesta in Siesta” which is always a major
Gammon from Plano, Texas, and Caroline
event with excellent competitors.”
Herrera of Austin, Texas, returning to the fold.
GENERAL FACTS
COACHING STAFF
Peggy Martin, Ph.D. - Head Coach - 3rd season
Mobile Sports Hall of Fame member Dr. Peggy Martin is in her third season as the head coach of beach volleyball and completed her eighth season as the court volleyball head coach this past fall. In 2011, 2012 and 2013, she directed SHC the court team to three consecutive NAIA National Tournament appearances for the first time in program history. The Badgers also won their second consecutive Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC) regular season championship in 2013 with a perfect 14-0 mark and were the SSAC Tournament Champions for the first time in school history. In her 41 seasons as a collegiate head coach, Martin holds a career record of 1,282-336-8 (.791) including a 218-55 (.799) record with the Badgers. Martin holds the most wins in the history of NCAA Division II after 33 consecutive winning seasons at the University of Central Missouri where she compiled a 1,064-281-8 record. At the end of the 2008 season she retired as the Jennies’ coach and returned to her hometown of Mobile, but the opportunity to coach at SHC was too tempting to pass up. Over 33 seasons at UCMO, Martin never suffered a losing season, won 25 matches in 31 consecutive seasons and won or shared 19 Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association titles. Her teams made a record 25 consecutive NCAA Div. II Tournament appearances, reached the “Elite Eight” six times and finished as the National Runner-up in 1987. She has won 22 Coach of the Year Awards including the 1987 NCAA Division II National Coach of Year Award. Martin first served as softball and volleyball coach at UCMO when she started her Division II career in 1975 and even stepped into an assistant women’s basketball coaching role for the 1976-77 season. Her first collegiate coaching experience came at Florida Southern College as a volleyball and basketball coach at the then club level program. In college, she played at Indiana University and led the women’s basketball team to three consecutive national tournament berths while winning four letters in softball and three letters in field hockey. She completed her bachelor’s degree at IU in 1972 and earned a master’s degree from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro in 1974. In 1980, she completed her doctorate in physical education at Indiana University.
Shawn Taylor - Assistant Coach – 2nd season Shawn Taylor came to SHC in 2015 after three sea-
sons with the University of South Alabama (USA) Jaguars under head coach Amy Hendrichovsky where he helped develop three all-conference student-athletes including the 2013 Sun Belt Conference (SBC) Freshman of the Year Mechell Daniel. Before his tenure at USA, Taylor spent two seasons as the top assistant at Arkansas State University (ASU) under head coach Justin Ingram. In his two seasons in Jonesboro, the Red Wolves posted an overall record of 38-22 and a 23-9 mark in the league. The Red Wolves finished 2010 as co-champions of the SBC West Division with an 11-5 conference record and won an outright division title in 2011 with 21 overall wins and a 12-4 conference mark. While at ASU, Taylor coached four all-conference players in Cayla Fielder (2011 and 2010), Allison Kearney (2011), Ashley Tipps (2011) and Megan Baska (2010), who also won recognition as the 2010 SBC Defensive Player of the Year. Taylor earned his master’s degree in college student personnel from KSU in 2006 and his bachelor’s degree in liberal studies from Graceland in 2004 where he played for the Yellowjackets from 1999-2002.
Institution: Spring Hill College City/State/Zip: Mobile, AL 36608 President: Christopher Puto, Ph.D. Founded: 1830 Enrollment: 1,496 Nickname: Badgers School Colors: Purple, white Home Facility: Jim & Betty Walsh Beach Volleyball Facility Capacity: 300 Affiliation: NCAA Division II Conference: Independent Athletic Director: Jim Hall Alma Mater: Grinnell College (1995) Compliance: Chad LeBlanc Faculty Athletic Representative: Steve Almquist, Ph.D. Senior Woman Administrator: Alison Sellers-Cook Athletic Department Phone: 251-380-3485 Athletic Department Fax: 251-460-2196 Sports Information Director: Jim Stennett Alma Mater: Mississippi State (1990) SID Phone: (251) 380-4468 SID Email: jstennett@shc.edu Athletic Web Site: www.shcbadgers.com Facebook: SHCBADGERS Twitter: SHCBADGERS Instagram: SHCBADGERS
COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Dr. Peggy Martin Alma Mater: Indiana University (1972) Record at Spring Hill: 13-26 (2 seasons) Career record: 13-26 (2 seasons) Office Phone: (251) 380-3485 Assistant Coach: Shawn Taylor (2nd season) Athletic Trainer: Brian Gronewold, ATC Assistant Athletic Trainers: Abigail Hunt, ATC; Sami Ellis, ATC Athletic Trainers’ Phone: 251-380-3493 TEAM INFORMATION Overall Record Last Year: 9-13 Last Postseason: n/a Last Postseason Opponent: n/a Last Postseason Result: n/a 2016 Final NCAA Ranking: n/a Starters returning: 10 Starters Lost: 2 New Players: 12 First season: 2015 Overall Program Record: 13-26 (2 seasons)
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2017 ROSTER No. Player
Class
Ht.
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So. Jr. R-So. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. R-Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr.
5-9 5-9 5-11 5-6 5-8 5-0 5-7 5-10 5-9 6-0 5-10 6-0 5-8 5-11 5-6 5-9 5-9 5-9 5-7 5-7 5-11 5-10
Emily Greim Julie Vujnovich Savannah Becnel Catherine Milwee Anna Tietjens Landen Lake Emmarose Neibert Angele McClain Hannah Masoner Molly Griffin Madison Seuzeneau Sara Brodner Katie Beth Gammon Taylor Hurst Brittany Bilotti Payton Gidney Caroline Herrera Emily Sullivan Cassidi Sterrett Sarah Szostak Patty Blood Sarah Senft
Exp. 1L 1L RS 1L 1L HS HS HS 1L 1L 1L 1L 1L HS HS HS 1L HS HS HS HS HS
Hometown/Previous School(s) McKinney, Texas/McKinney North HS Belle Chasse, La./Belle Chasse HS Metairie, La./Metairie Park Country Day Mobile, Ala./St. Luke’s Episcopal HS St. Louis, Mo./Ursuline Academy Tuscaloosa, Ala./Northridge HS Arnold, Mo./Fox Senior HS New Orleans, La./Isidore Newman School Camden, Tenn./Seton Home Study School Westlake Village, Calif./Chaminade College Prep Tampa, Fla./Steinbrenner HS Chicago, Ill./Guerin Prep Plano, Texas/John Paul II HS Gulf Shores, Ala./Gulf Shores HS Miami, Fla./Our Lady of Lourdes Academy Grapevine, Texas/Grapevine HS Austin, Texas/St. Stephen’s Episcopal Chicago, Ill./Marist HS Lee’s Summit, Mo./Lee’s Summit HS San Diego, Calif./Point Loma HS Cincinnati, Ohio/Sycamore HS Spring Grove, Pa./Delone Catholic HS
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Emily Greim Sophomore
Emmarose Neibert Freshman
Katie Beth Gammon Sophomore
Cassidi Sterrett Freshman
Julie Vujnovich Junior
Angele McClain Freshman
Taylor Hurst Freshman
Sarah Szostak Freshman
Savannah Becnel Senior
Hannah Masoner R-Junior
Brittany Bilotti Freshman
Patty Blood Freshman
Catherine Milwee Junior
Molly Griffin Senior
Payton Gidney Freshman
Anna Tietjens Sophomore
Madison Seuzeneau Senior
Caroline Herrera Sophomore
Sarah Senft Freshman
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Landen Lake Freshman
Sara Brodner Senior
Emily Sullivan Freshman
2016 RESULTS Date
Opponent
Site
Stetson University Spring Break Tournament Mar. 4 vs. Missouri Baptist University at Stetson University vs. Tulane University Mar. 5 vs. Eckerd College vs. Carson-Newman College Mar. 8 Mar. 16
at Jacksonville University (DH)
UAB Blazer Beach Duels 2016 vs. University of New Orleans Apr. 2 vs. Jacksonville State University Apr. 3 at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) vs. Lincoln Memorial University Apr. 7 at University of New Orleans Tulane Pelican Classic 2016 at Tulane University Apr. 8 vs. University of Arizona vs. Houston-Baptist Apr. 9 Apr. 16
DeLand, Fla. DeLand, Fla. DeLand, Fla. DeLand, Fla. DeLand, Fla.
Result
W, 5-0 L, 0-5 L, 0-5 L, 2-3 W, 3-2
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Home University of North Florida Home Principia College Home
Tulane Pelican Classic 2016 Mar. 18 vs. University of New Orleans vs. Missouri Baptist University vs. Louisiana State University Mar. 19 at Tulane University Mar. 22
University of Mobile (DH) (Exhibition)
*(DH) Doubleheader
Metairie, La. Metairie, La. Metairie, La. Metairie, La.
L, 1-4 L, 1-4 W, 5-0
L, 2-3 W, 4-1 L, 0-5 L, 0-5
Jacksonville, Fla.
L, 0-5; L, 0-5
Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, Ala.
W, 3-2 W, 4-1 L, 1-4 W, 4-1
New Orleans, La.
W, 3-2
Metairie, La. Metairie, La. Metairie, La.
L, 0-5 L, 0-5 W, 3-2
Home
W, 5-0; W, 5-0
2017 SCHEDULE Date
Opponent
Site Time
University of North Florida Tournament (March 4-5, 2017; St. Augustine, Fla.) March 4 at University of North Florida St. Augustine, Fla. vs. University of South Carolina St. Augustine, Fla. vs. College of Charleston St. Augustine, Fla. March 5 vs. UNC Wilmington St. Augustine, Fla. vs. Georgia State University St. Augustine, Fla. Badger Beach Bash (March 11-12, 2017; Gulf Shores, Ala.) March 11 Houston Baptist University Eckerd College March 12 University of Louisiana at Monroe University of New Orleans Tulane University
Gulf Shores, Ala. Gulf Shores, Ala. Gulf Shores, Ala. Gulf Shores, Ala. Gulf Shores, Ala.
University of North Florida Huntingdon College
Fiesta in Siesta (April 8-9, 2017; Siesta Keys, Fla.) April 8-9 vs. TBA
10:00 a.m. 7:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m.
Jim and Betty Walsh Beach Volleyball Facility Jim and Betty Walsh Beach Volleyball Facility
TBA 3:00 p.m.
Siesta Keys, Fla.
TBA
2017 Battle on the Bayou (April 14-15, 2017; Baton Rouge, La.) April 14 vs. Texas A&M University-Kingsville Mango’s Beach Volleyball Club at Louisiana State University Mango’s Beach Volleyball Club April 15 vs. Georgia State University Mango’s Beach Volleyball Club vs. University of Louisiana at Monroe Mango’s Beach Volleyball Club Austin Peay Tournament (April 22-23, 2017; Clarksville, Tenn.) April 22-23 vs. Lincoln Memorial, Jacksonville State, Carson Newman, TCU & Austin Peay
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10:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
Tiger Beach Challenge (March 18-19, 2017; Baton Rouge, La.) March 18 vs. Florida International University Mango’s Beach Volleyball Club vs. University of North Florida Mango’s Beach Volleyball Club March 19 vs. Florida Gulf Coast University Mango’s Beach Volleyball Club vs. Houston Baptist University Mango’s Beach Volleyball Club March 22 March 31
9:30 a.m. (EST) 12:30 p.m. (EST) 3:30 p.m. (EST) 8:30 a.m. (EST) 12:30 p.m. (EST)
2:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. TBA