2014-15 YOUNGSTOWN STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Media Information Quick Facts / Department Directory_________2 Media Information and Policies_____________3 Driving Directions_______________________3 Schedule______________________________4 Roster________________________________5 Horizon League_________________________6 Beeghly Center_________________________7 Meet The Penguins Nikki Arbanas__________________________8 Indiya Benjamin_________________________8 Sarah Cash____________________________9 Jenna Hirsch___________________________9 Janae Jackson________________________ 10 Ashley Kirila__________________________ 10 Ashley Lawson________________________ 10 Kelsea Newman_______________________ 11 Morgan Olson_________________________ 12 Kristia Pietropola_______________________ 12 Heidi Schlegel_________________________ 13 Latisha Walker_________________________ 14 Kelley Wright__________________________ 15 Head Coach John Barnes________________ 16 Assistant Coach Andy Crane_____________ 17 Assistant Coach John Nicolais____________ 17 Assistant Coach Brenna Banktson_________ 18 Director of Operations Ja’Nell Jones_______ 18 Support Staff__________________________ 19 Athletics Director Ron Strollo_____________20 President James P. Tressel_______________ 21
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2013-14 In Review Season Notes_________________________22 Results / Team Superlatives______________23 Team Stats / Horizon League Stats________24 YSU Game-By-Game Stats______________25 Individual Superlatives__________________25 Opponent Game-By-Game Stats__________26 Traditions NCAA Tournament Teams_______________27 YSU Athletics Hall of Fame_______________28 Award Winners________________________29 1,000 Point Club____________________ 30-32 Conference Players of the Year________ 33-34 Records Team Game Records________________ 35-36 Team Season Record___________________ 37 Individual Game Records_____________ 38-42 Individual Season Records____________ 43-45 Individual Career Records____________ 46-49 Beeghly Center Records_________________50 Class Records______________________ 51-52 Year-By-Year Records / All-Time Coaches___53 Annual Stat Leaders_________________ 54-56 YSU Annual Team Stats_________________57 Opponent Annual Team Stats_____________58 All-Time Results By Year______________ 59-68 Series Records________________________69 Record vs. Conferences_________________ 70 All-Time Results By Opponent_________ 71-78 All-Time Results By Date_____________ 79-87 All-Time Letterwinners__________________88 All-Time Roster By Number___________ 89-90 All-Time Assistant Coaches______________90
YSU Athletics Mission Statement The mission of the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics at Youngstown State is to offer broad-based programs, which accommodate the needs and interests of the students. The Intercollegiate Athletic Department is committed to: Welfare of student-athletes, Academic integrity, Sportsmanship and ethical integrity, Fiscal integrity, Ethnic integrity, Gender Equity and Outreach.
About This Media Guide This media and recruiting guide is an information source on the Youngstown State women’s basketball program. Additional information is available upon request. It was designed and written by assistant sports information director John Vogel with major contribution from former women’s basketball SID Jamie Hall. Additional writing, research and editing was provided by Trevor Parks, intern Kyle Kroynovich and former student intern Todd Mounce. Photographs by Ron Stevens, Dustin Livesay, Joel Lewis, Ron Garchar, and the YSU Sports Information Files.