No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 15 16 17 20
Name Jenna Olbright Alissa Beaudway Billi Baker Lisa Fawell Samantha Kirby Kaitlyn Nortz Luciana Shafer Catherine Hanners Emily Lindborg Caley Redden Branagan Fuller Kayleigh Knerr Abigail Drost Mady Bates Kayren Finney Kimiko Naito
Pos. S MB OH S MB MB OH L MB OH OH DS OH S MB S
Ht. 5-10 6-0 5-10 5-8 6-2 5-11 5-9 5-9 6-1 5-10 5-10 5-6 5-11 5-9 6-2 5-10
Yr. Fr. So. So. Jr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Jr. So.-r Jr. Jr. So. So. So. So.
UNIVERSITY FACTS Location ........................................................................................... Greensboro, NC Founded ........................................................................................................... 1891 Enrollment ..................................................................................................... 16,600 Nickname ....................................................................................................Spartans Colors.......................................................................................... Gold, White & Navy Stadium.................................................................................... Fleming Gym (1,833) Affiliation ........................................................................................... NCAA Division I Conference ..................................................................................................Southern Chancellor ......................................................................................Dr. Linda P. Brady Director of Athletics ........................................................................... Nelson E. Bobb Alma Mater ..................................................................................... Kent State, 1970 Athletics Dept. Phone.........................................................................336-334-5952 Ticket Office Phone ............................................................................336-334-3250 SPORTS INFORMATION OFFICE Sports Information Director ...............................................................Mike Hirschman Email ....................................................................................... mwhirsch@uncg.edu Cell Phone........................................................................................ 336-202-5331 Assistant SID (VB Contact) ............................................................. Colleen O’Connell Email .......................................................................................c_oconne@uncg.edu Cell Phone........................................................................................ 336-420-7518 Assistant SID .................................................................................. Meghan Gannon Email ......................................................................................megannon@uncg.edu Cell Phone........................................................................................336-207-2383 Sports Information Phone .................................................................. 336-334-5615 Sports Information Fax ....................................................................... 336-334-3182 Press Row Phone ...............................................................................336-334-5625 SID Office Address ............................................................................. UNCG Athletics ............................................................................................................PO Box 26168 .....................................................................................Greensboro, NC 27402-6168 Website ................................................................................ www.uncgspartans.com UNCG VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION Head Coach ...........................................................................................Shawn Garus Alma Mater ...............................................................Cal State San Bernardino, 1995 Email ...........................................................................................smgarus@uncg.edu Record at UNCG ...........................................................................48-54 (Three Years) Career Record ...........................................................................92-110 (Seven Years) Assistant Coach ....................................................... Skydra Orzen (Texas Tech, 2002) Student Assistant Coach ..................................................................... Katherine Hart Volleyball Office Phone.......................................................................336-334-5303 2007 Overall Record ........................................................................................20-15 2007 SoCon Record................................................................................... 11-7 (5th) Returning/Lost ................................................................................................. 11/3 Starters Returning/Lost ......................................................................... 4 + Libero/1 Newcomers............................................................................................................. 5
Hometown (Previous School) Orange, CA (El Modena HS) Granger, IN (Penn HS) Raleigh, NC (Southeast HS) Wheaton, IL (Wheaton Warrenville South HS) Lenoir, NC (Averett) Westerville, OH (Westerville South HS) San Juan Capistrano (JSerra HS) Richmond, VA (Douglas Freeman HS) Niles, MI (St. Joseph’s HS) Stokesdale, NC (McMichael HS) Murrieta, CA (Murrieta Valley HS) Pittsburgh, PA (Moon Area HS) High Point, NC (Youngstown State) Buda, TX (Baylor) Danville, VA (Tunstall HS) San Francisco, CA (Sacred Heart Cathedral)
CONTENTS Roster/Quick Facts/Table of Contents .................................................................... 1 Coaching Staff ..................................................................................................... 2-3 Player Profiles .................................................................................................... 4-17 2007 Statistics ..................................................................................................... 18 2007 Southern Conference Review........................................................................ 19 Southern Conference ....................................................................................... 20-21 Record Book .................................................................................................... 22-24 All-Time Honors .................................................................................................... 25 All-Time Results ...............................................................................................26-29 All-Time Series Records......................................................................................... 29 All-Time Roster ..................................................................................................... 30 University Section ............................................................................................ 31-40 CREDITS The 2008 UNC Greensboro Volleyball Media Guide was written and edited by Colleen O’Connell. This guide was designed using Adobe Creative Suite 2. Editorial assistance provided by Sports Information Director Mike Hirschman, Assistant Sports Information Director Meghan Gannon and volleyball head coach Shawn Garus. Photography by WG Sports, John Bell, Chris English, Jerry Wolfrod and others. Cover Design by Mike Hirschman. On the Covers Front (left to right): Branagan Fuller, Kaitlyn Nortz and Catherine Hanners. Back: Kayleigh Knerr (lower right) and Lisa Fawell (top right). Media Note Just a reminder to please refer to our institution as UNC Greensboro (no hyphen) on the first reference and then UNCG on the second reference.