2014 Tyler Tip-Off Program

22nd Annual Tyler Tip-Off November 15-16, 2014

Kim Tyler Smith College Class of 1994 The Smith College Tyler Tip-Off was so named in 1992 to honor the memory of one of Smith’s brightest scholar-athletes.

Kim Tyler was a standout basketball player, a successful student, and a wonderful teammate.

Her passing during her first year at Smith was a sad moment in Smith Basketball history but an occurrence that has since sparked an outpouring of love and remembrance for Kim and her family. Kim was all that a young student-athlete could hope to be; she seemed destined to live up to those beautiful words, “this woman is a success.” To all who knew her, she did “live well, laugh often, love much, and leave behind a world much better than she found it.”

Smith Basketball would like to extend a special thank you to Tom and Marilyn Tyler for their unending support of our program throughout the years and for their commitment to providing a wonderful weekend for our teams and spectators. We are honored to be celebrating the memory of Kimi this weekend—she was an amazing basketball player who embodied all of the positive characteristics that we instill in our players to this day.

On behalf of the 2014-2015 Smith College Basketball team, we would like to welcome you to the 22nd annual Tyler Tip-Off. This tournament is held in remembrance of Kim Tyler ’94. As fellow athletes, we respect her love of basketball, her adherence to sportsmanship, and her fierce commitment to her team. Her number is retired in our gym, inspiring us to work hard every day and to live life to the fullest. These lessons will guide our team through this 2014-2015 season, and we are proud to honor a woman who shared our love of learning and competition.

Thank you for joining us in celebrating and remembering the life of Kim Tyler ’94.

Lauren Weston ’15 and Alyssa Barrett ’15 Captains

2014 Tyler Tip-Off Schedule Rivier Saturday, Nov. 15 2 p.m.

Winner of Rivier/Smith

Smith

2014 Tyler Tip-Off Championship Nov. 16, 4 p.m.

Middlebury

Winner of Middlebury/ Endicott

Saturday, Nov. 15 4 p.m.

Endicott Loser of Rivier/Smith 2014 Tyler Tip-Off Third Place Game Nov. 16, 2 p.m.

Loser of Middlebury/ Endicott

2014 Endicott College

Gulls

# 3 4 5 10 14 15 21 22 23 24 30 31 33 44

Name Katelyn Wright Nicole Catizone Gabriella Coppola Kelsey Cuddy Hannah Kiernan Katie Manning Kayleen Whall Carley Stauffer Sam Charette Quinn O’Connell Caity Lowry Hannah Shaw Lauren Iadarola Sarah Hood

Yr. Sr. Jr. Fy. Jr. Fy. Jr. Sr. Sr. Fy. Fy. Jr. Fy. So. So.

Pos. PG G PG F G F F G F/C G F F G F

Ht. 5-5 5-6 5-4 5-11 5-8 5-10 5-10 5-10 6-0 5-6 5-8 5-9 5-7 5-11

Head Coach: Brittany Hutchinson Assistant Coaches: Jeff Swirka, Ashleigh Condon Captains: Katelyn Write, Kayleen Whall, Kelsey Cuddy

Hometown/High School Sudbury, Mass./Lincoln-Sudbury Woburn, Mass./Arlington Catholic Watertown, Mass./Watertown Madison, Conn./Daniel Hand Wenham, Mass./Masconomet Hull, Mass./Hull Foxboro, Mass./Foxboro Springfield, Vt./Green Mountain Union Wenham, Mass./Hamilton-Wenham Fitchburg, Mass./Leominster Quincy, Mass./Quincy Bar Harbor, Maine/Mount Desert Island Tyngsboro, Mass./Tyngsboro Burlington, Mass./Burlington

2014 Middlebury College

Panthers

# 10 11 12 14 15 20 21 22 24 25 33 44 45

Name Eileen Daley Alexis Coolidge Siobhan O’Sullivan Christine Urquhart Sabrina Weeks Holly Lanchantin Rachel Collins Molly Kemball Rachel Crews Elizabeth Knox Sarah Kaufman Christina Nowak Nora Kelly

Yr. Fy. Sr. So. So. Fy. Sr. Fy. Fy. Sr. So. Fy. So. Sr.

Pos. G G/F G G G F G G/F F F G F G

Ht. 5-9 5-10 5-10 5-10 5-9 5-8 5-7 5-7 5-11 5-10 5-8 6-0 5-7

Head Coach: KJ Krasco Assistant Coach: Jessica Turner Captains: Alexis Coolidge, Rachel Crews, Nora Kelly

Hometown/High School Hanover, N.H./Hanover Jay, N.Y./Au Sable Valley Reading, Mass./Reading South Pasadena, Calif./Marymount Los Altos, Calif./Archbishop Mitty Natick, Mass./ Natick Bedford, N.H./Bedford Portland, Ore./Oregon Episcopal South Burlington, Vt./South Burlington Falmouth, Mass./Falmouth Boulder, Colo./Fairview Westford, Mass./Westford Academy Dedham, Mass./Noble & Greenough

2014 Rivier University

Raiders #

Name

Pos. Yr.

Ht.

3

Kayla Davis

G

Fy.

5-10

5

Deanna Purcell

G

Sr.

5-0

Hudson, N.H. / Alvirne

12

Jennifer Thorpe

G

Fy.

5-3

North Attleboro, Mass. / North Attleboro

13

Caitlyn Perry

G

So.

5-7

Nashua, N.H. / Nashua South

14

Anjulisa Rhodes

G

Jr.

5-5

Lawrence, Mass. / Lawrence

15

Savannah Butterfield

F

So.

5-10

21

Rebecca DeBaldo

F

So.

5-6

Pelham, N.H. / Pelham

44

Caitlin Bulger

G

So.

5-3

Quincy, Mass. / North Quincy

Head Coach: Paul Williams Assistant Coach: Ryan Baker Captain: Deanna Purcell

Hometown/High School E. Falmouth, Mass. / Upper Cape Cod Regional

Londonderry, N.H. / Tilton School

2014 Smith College

Pioneers # 3 10 11 13 14 15 20 21 22 25 30 31 33 34 40

Name Jade Chihara Meghan Holland Mandy Castro Paige Marquez Amanda Barriscale Alyssa Barrett Tavorsia Talley Shannon Saywell Jazmine Collins Samantha Alakai Lauren Weston Camryn Biasin Tia Karapoulios Stephanie Soto-Rivera Audrey Gibson

Ht. 5-4 5-7 5-4 5-9 5-9 5-6 5-6 6-0 5-8 5-9 6-1 5-7 5-11 5-7 5-10

Pos. G G G G G/F G G F F G/F F F F F F

Yr. Hometown/Previous School So. Lahaina, Hawaii / Lahainaluna Fy. Atherton, Calif. / Sacred Heart Prepatory So. San Diego, Calif. / Poway Fy. San Francisco, Calif. / St. Ignatius College Prep.

Fy. Mill Valley, Calif. / Tamalpais Sr. Berlin, Conn. / Berlin Fy. New Hope, Pa. / Solebury School Jr. Groton, Mass. / Lawrence Acad.

So. Springfield, Mass. / Sabis Fy. Honolulu, Hawaii / Punahou School Sr. Florence, Mass. / Northampton Fy. Lee, Mass. / Berkshire Jr. Cypress, Calif. / Cypress Fy. Chestnut Hill, Mass. / Beaver Country Day School Fy. Pea Ridge, Ark. / Haas Hall Academy

Head Coach: Lynn Hersey Assistant Coaches: Chessie Jackson, Jackie Ward, Kristina Williams Captains: Lauren Weston, Alyssa Barrett

Returners

3

11

Jade Chihara

Mandy Castro

Sophomore | Guard Lahaina, Hawaii | Lahainaluna Career Stats

Season GS-GP Pts Rebs Ast. St. Bl. 2013-14 DNP

15

Sophomore | Guard San Diego, Calif. | Poway Career Stats

Season GS-GP Pts Rebs Ast. St. Bl. 2013-14 5-30 101 44 39 27 0 Total 5-30 101 44 39 27 0

21

Alyssa Barrett Senior | Guard Berlin, Conn. | Berlin Career Stats

Season GS-GP Pts Rebs Ast. St. Bl. 2011-12 0-26 59 28 5 3 2 2012-13 0-25 109 35 5 12 0 2013-14 0-27 86 43 13 17 1 Total 0-78 254 106 23 32 3

Shannon Saywell Junior | Forward Groton, Mass. | Lawrence Acad.

Career Stats

Season GS-GP 2012-13 0-21 2013-14 0-12 Total 0-33

Pts 10 4 14

Rebs 17 4 21

Ast. St. 4 1 0 0 4 1

Bl. 2 2 4

22

30

Jazmine Collins

Lauren Weston

Sophomore | Forward Springfield, Mass. | Sabis Career Stats

Season GS-GP Pts Rebs Ast. St. Bl. 2013-14 10-30 166 115 22 26 5 Total 10-30 166 115 22 26 5

Senior | Forward Florence, Mass. | Northampton Career Stats

Season GS-GP Pts Rebs 2012-13 0-28 92 107 2013-14 3-29 170 144 Total 3-57 262 251

33

Tia Karapoulios Junior | Forward Cypress, Calif. | Cypress Career Stats

Season GS-GP Pts Rebs Ast. St. Bl. 2012-13 0-14 12 12 0 4 2 2013-14 0-14 17 13 2 4 3 Total 0-28 29 25 2 8 5

Ast. 17 20 37

St. Bl. 14 14 10 21 24 35

Newcomers

10

13

Meghan Holland

Paige Marquez

First-year | Guard Atherton, Calif. | Sacred Heart Prep.

First-year | Guard San Francisco, Calif. | St. Ignatius College Prep.

14

20

Amanda Barriscale

Tavorsia Talley

First-year | Guard Mill Valley, Calif. | Tamalpais

First-year | Guard New Hope, Pa. | Solebury

25

31

Samantha Alakai

Camryn Biasin

First-year | Forward Honolulu, Hawaii | Punahou

First-year | Forward Lee, Mass. | Berkshire

34

40

Stephanie Soto-Rivera

Audrey Gibson

First-year | Forward Chestnut Hill, Mass. | Beaver Country Day

First-year | Forward Pea Ridge, Ark. | Haas Hall Acad.

LYNN HERSEY HEAD COACH | 8TH SEASON and capturing their first ECAC Championship with a 65-57 win over Keene State College. Hersey received her first NEWMAC Coach of the Year award for her efforts in turning around the program.

Taking over a squad that had won only four games in the previous season, Hersey led the team to a five win improvement two years later in 2008-09.

Entering her eighth season at the helm of the Smith College basketball team, Lynn Hersey has overseen consistent improvement that has turned the Pioneers into one of the best teams in New England.

In 2012-13, Hersey led her charges to new heights - the Pioneers tied the school record with 23 wins and made their first appearance in the NCAA tournament, where the Pioneers stunned No. 8 ranked Southern Maine in the opening round.

The Pioneers blazed new trails in 2011-12, winning a school record 23 games, advancing to their second consecutive NEWMAC final,

2009-10 saw drastic improvement, as the Pioneers qualified for the postseason for the first time since 2006-07, posting their first winning season (14-10) since the 1998-99 season. The 14 wins were also the fifth-highest win total in Smith history, and the Pioneers defeated nearby rival Springfield College for the first time in 11 years. Berit Schelde ’10 earned All-NEWMAC 2nd Team Honors, the first player to do so for six years. The 2010-11 season continued the upswing as Hersey led Smith to a 17-11 campaign where the Pioneers reached the NEWMAC Championship game for the first time since 1998 and qualified for the ECAC tour-

nament for the first time since 1996. Rosa Drummond earned NEWMAC Rookie of the Year honors, the first Smith player to do so in the sport of basketball.

Hersey came to Smith after serving as the co-head coach for the 2005-06 and 2006-2007 seasons at Amherst College, helping lead the Lord Jeffs to quarterfinal appearances in the NESCAC tournament. Prior to that, Hersey was an assistant for Amherst from 2001 to 2005. She also was the interim softball coach for Amherst’s softball program in 2006, leading the team to 18 wins and a NESCAC final four appearance.

A four-year starter at Plymouth State College (now Plymouth State University), Hersey captained the Panthers’ squad as a senior and led the team to a 20 win season and a berth in the ECAC tournament.

Hersey graduated from Plymouth State in 2000 with a degree in Physical Education and a minor in Health, and earned a master’s degree in Sports Management from UMASS-Amherst in 2003.

ASSISTANT COACHES Chessie Jackson Assistant Coach

Jackie Ward Assistant Coach

Jackie Ward enters her first season as a graduate assistant basketball coach at Smith College.

Prior to her arrival at Smith, Ward was an assistant coach at Nazareth Jackson most College for three recently served seasons, earning as an assistant her Master’s of Education in the coach at Division process.

III University of Rochester for one season. Prior to her time with the Yellowjackets, Jackson spent A 2011 graduate of Binghampton University a pair of seasons at Smith as a graduate assistant with a degree in English, Ward was a four-year coach, where she was a part of one of the great- Division I scholarship athlete for the Bearcats, serving as team captain during her senior season. est two-year stretches in Pioneer basketball history.

Kristina Williams Francesca “Chessie” Jackson returns to Smith for her third season and first as a full-time assistant basketball coach and recruiting coordinator.

In Jackson’s first year at Smith, the Pioneers won the 2012 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) New England championship with a 23-6 record. The following season, Smith earned an at-large bid to the 2013 NCAA Division III basketball championships, the first such berth in the program’s history, where the Pioneers reached the second round of the tournament with an 80-58 win over the then eighth-ranked University of Southern Maine.

The Williams College alumna had a four-year playing career with the Ephs where she helped secure a pair of NCAA Division III tournament bids in 2009-10 and 2010-11. Upon graduating from Williams in 2011, Jackson ranked fourth in career points (1,346) and eighth in career rebounds (635).

Jackson earned her bachelor’s degree in political science from Williams in 2011 and a Master’s of Science in exercise and sport studies from Smith in 2013.

Assistant Coach Kristina Williams begins her first season as a graduate assistant basketball coach at Smith College.

Prior to her arrival at Smith, Williams served as the assistant women’s basketball coach at Oak Ridge High School in El Dorado Hills, Calif. for the 201314 season.

Williams had a decorated four-year career at Lewis & Clark College, leading the Pioneers to three consecutive at-large bids to the NCAA Division III national tournament while garnering Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) AllAmerican honors following her senior season.

Originally from El Dorado Hills, Calif., Williams earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Lewis & Clark in 2013.