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CREDITSThe 2004 University of Memphis Tiger Volleyball Guide is intended

for the editorial use of media organizations covering the Tigers. Anyreprinted, reproduction or other use of the contents for any commer-cial use is prohibited.

This guide is a publication of The University of Memphis AthleticMedia Relations Department. It was designed and edited by TammyDeGroff using PageMaker 6.5 and Photoshop 6.0. Editorial assis-tance was provided by Jennifer Rodrigues and Jason Redd.

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IntroductionTable of Contents 1Media Information/Distance Charts 22004 Volleyball Quick Facts 3About Memphis 4

Coaching StaffHead Coach Carrie Yerty 6-8Question and Answer Session With Yerty 9-10Assistant Coach Jenni Rosselli 11Assistant Coach Angela Graziani 122004 Tiger Support Staff 132003 Seniors 14

Meet the Tigers2004 Seniors/Tiara Gilkey 16-172004 Seniors/Heather Watts 18-19Christen Clayton 20Kristen Hardee 21Melissa Nance 22Nancy Nellans 23Hristina Slancheva 24Emily Steckel 25Jennie Toronto 26FehiTuivai 272004 Freshmen 28

Tiger History2003 Year in Review 29-312003 Stats and Results 32About Conference USA 332003 C-USA Standings 342003 Tigers in C-USA Statistics 35By the Numbers 36Year-by-Year Results 37-42Tiger Coaching Records/All-Time Records 43Career Leaders 44Single Season Leaders 45Single Season Team Records 46Single Match Leaders 47-481000 Career Kill Club Members 49-50Complete Post-Season Results 51-52All-Time Tournament Results 53All-Time Letterwinners 54All-Time Honor Roll 55

2004 Opponents2004 Opponents' Section 56-61All-Time Record vs. Opponents 62

University of MemphisUniversity of Memphis 63-65Sport-by-Sport Summaries 66-67Memphis Living 68Memphis Sports 69President Dr. Shirley Raines 70Athletic Director R.C. Johnson 71Athletic Department Staff 72-74Head Coaches 75Assistant Coaches and Support Staff 76-77Academic Skill Center 78Support Groups 79Athletic Training 80Strength & Conditioning 81Life Skills Program 82Tiger Traditions 83Elma Roane Fieldhouse 84

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495 Union Ave., Memphis, TN 38103

Phone: 901-529-2360, FAX: 901-529-2362

Associated Press-Woody Baird495 Union Ave., Memphis, TN 38103

Phone: 901-525-1972; FAX: 901-525-1978

TheDafyHelmsman-SportsEditor

University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152

Phone: 901 -678-2192; FAX: 901-678-4792

MemphisFlyer460 Tennessee St., Memphis, TN 38101

Phone: 901 -521 -9000; FAX: 901-521-0129

The Jackson Sun-Dan Morris245 W. Lafayette, Jackson, TN 38301

Phone: 901 -427-3333; FAX: 901-425-9604

GermantownNews7545 North Street, Germantown, TN 38138

Phone: 901-754-0337; FAX: 901-754-2961

Shelby Sun-Times-Buck Patton

7508 Capital Dr., Germantown, TN 38138

Phone: 901-755-7386; FAX: 901-755-0827

Tri-State Defender-Bill Little124 Calhoun Ave. East, Memphis, TN 38103

Phone: 901 -523-1818; FAX: 901-523-1820

About MemphisMedia Outlets

TELEVISION

WPJY-TV(ABCtGregOaston

2701 Union Ave Ext., Memphis, TN 38111

Phone: 901-323-2430; FAX: 901-452-1820

WMC-TV(NBC)Jarvis Greer1901 Union Ave., Memphis, TN 38104

Phone: 901-726-041 0; FAX: 901-278-7633

WREG-TV(CBS^GIennCaner803 Channel Three Dr., Memphis, TN 38103

Phone: 901-543-2117; FAX: 901-543-2167

485 S. Highland, Memphis, TN 38111

Phone: 901-320-1345; FAX: 901-320-1366

mooSports 56-George Lapides

5900 Poplar, Memphis, TN 38119

Phone: 901-767-6532; FAX: 901-767-9531

WFKC Radio-Sports Director203 Beale St., Memphis, TN 38103

Phone: 901 -578-1 1 44; FAX: 901 -525-8054

WUMR-FNLSports DirectorUniversity of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152

Phone: 901 -678-31 76; FAX: 901 -678-4331

WMC-AM-Sports

1960 Union Ave., Memphis, TN 38104

Phone: 901 -726-0555; FAX: 901 -272-91 86

The primary mission of the Department of Ath-letics is to provide a successful athletic pro-gram at the highest level of competition. Char-acterized by academic, athletic and moral ex-cellence in a diverse collegiate environment,the program will abide by the spirit of the rulesgoverning students and intercollegiate athlet-ics and will be known for its good sportsman-ship and integrity. The University of Memphisis a comprehensive urban university commit-ted to the scholarly accomplishments of ourstudents and faculty and to the enhancement ofour community, state and the nation throughprinciples of academic integrity, sound man-

Media InformationMedia wanting to cover Tiger volleyball shouldcontact Tammy DeGroff, Sports InformationSpecialist, Room 203C Athletic Office Build-ing, about acquiring a credential and to arrangetime to interview either the Tiger coaching staffor volleyball players. All Tiger practices areclosed to the public, but arrangements can bemade in order to accomodate media requests.The U of M Athletic Media Relations Depart-ment will provide complete game statistics, in-cluding postgame box scores. Coaches' quoteswill be provided only upon request. Tickets forall home games are available at the AthleticTicket Office, which is open from 8 am-4:30p.m. The ticket office number is 901-678-2331.The official website of The U of M iswww.gotigersgo.com. Media information, suchas game notes, box scores, statistics, etc. areall available on the website.

About Memphis — Location, Location, Location

DISTANCE TABLE( Memphis to ... )

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.. 382 miles

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2OO4 University of Memphis Quick FactsLocation: Memphis, TennesseeEnrollment: 20,322Founded: 1912President: Dr. Shirley C. Raines

Phone: (901) 678-2234Athletic Director: R. C. Johnson

Phone: (901) 678-2335Senior Woman Administrator: Lynn Parkes

Phone: (901) 678-2315Faculty Representative: Dr. Nick WhiteAthletic Media Relations Director: Jennifer RodriguesVolleyball Contact: Jason Redd

Phone: (901) 678-4640Home Phone: (901) 848-2471Cell Phone: TEA

Fax: (901) 678-4134Email: jredd@memphis.edu

Compliance Coordinator: Sally AndrewsPhone: (901) 678-4121

Nickname: TigersColors: Blue and GrayConference: Conference USAArena (Capacity): Elma Roane Fieldhouse (2,565)2003 Record: 30-62003 C-USA Record/Finish: 9-4/T-4thHead Coach: Carrie Yerty

Phone: (901) 678-2315Alma Mater: Washington State, 1992Overall Record/Years: 140-128/8 yearsAssistant Coach: Jenni Rosselli

Phone: (901) 678-4232Alma Mater: Memphis, 2000Assistant Coach: Angela Graziani

Phone: (901) 678-2312Alma Mater: Memphis, 2000Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 10/2Starters Returning/Lost: 5/2

Key LossesSR OH Brittany Barnett

SR MH Sheila Neba

Key ReturneesSR RS Tiara Gilkey

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Heather Watts

JR OH Nancy Nellans

Christen Clayton

SO MH Melissa Nance

520 K, .253 attack percentage, 36 service aces, 331 digs, 60 total blocks, 2ndTeam All-Conference USA, Ranks third in career history with 1349 kills, second with 3,607 attacks,and eighth with 1174 digs.

Led team with 146 total blocks in 2003 and with a .298 hitting percentage, 286 Kills.Finished fourth in school history with 313 block assists and eighth with 64 block solos.Co-SIDA Academic All-District Second Team.

Led team with 538 kills in 2003 (4.05/game); Hit .242; 30 SA; 391 digs, 92 Total Blocks;Became 16th player in school history to hit 1,000 career kill mark and the second to doso during the 2003 season. Third Team All-Conference USA.

Led team with 1,792 assists in 2003, the best single season mark in school history;Third Team All-Conference USA; AVCA All-Midwest Region Honorable Mention;Academic All-American (Third Team); Is second with 3,376 career assists and 11thwith 1,025 career digs. Is seventh in school history with 148 career service aces, including63 during 2003, the 10th-best single season mark in Tiger history.

Played in 127 of 135 games for Memphis, finishing with 407 kills, third on theteam. Also added 40 service aces and 383 digs. Her 407 kills during was just 19 shyof the single season top 10.

Played in 128 of 135 games at libero for Memphis as a freshman, finishing with 362digs.

Played in 129 of 135 games in the middle as a freshman, finishing with 202 kills and a.240 attack percentage. Also added 81 total blocks, including 11 solos. AgainstLouisville in the C-USA Championship game, Nance hit .467 with nine kills.

No. NameI Emily Steckel4 Ashley Liford5 Tiara Gilkey6 Jennie Toronto7 Fehi Tuivai8 Shelby Burton9 Nancy Nellans10 Melissa NanceII Christen Clayton12 Heather Watts13 Hristina Slancheva24 Kristen Hardee

PositionLiberoOutside/MiddleOutside HitterOutside HitterMiddle HitterMiddle HitterOutside HitterMiddle HitterLiberoSetterSetterMiddle Hitter

Pronunciation Guide:Tiara GilkeyAshley LifordHristina Stancheva

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2004 RosterHT CL. Hometown/Last School5-7 So. Santa Clarita, Calif./Hart HS6-0 Fr. San Antonio, Texas/James Madison5-10 Sr. Creve Couer, Mo./Pattonsville5-10 So. Salt Lake City, Utah/Highland HS6-0 Jr. Kent, Wash./Kent-Meridian/Eastern Washington6-0 Fr. San Antonio, Texas/Holmes5-10 Jr. South Bend, Ind./St. Joseph5-11 So. Frankfort, Ind./Clinton Prairie5-7 So. Houston, Texas/Clear Lake5-9 Sr. Sandy, Utah/Skyline5-10 So. Sophia, Bulgaria/First English5-11 Jr. Sante Fe, Texas/Sante Fe

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About Memphis - Where to Stay & EatArea Code 901 Some Things to See & Do (All 901 area code)Memphis Police Department 528-2222 AutoZone Park 721-6050EMERGENCY CALLS ONLY 911 (AAA affiliate of St. Louis Cardinals, 8 South Third Street)Ambulance 458-3311 Beale Street Historic District (Downtown) www.bealestreet.comBaptist Hospital (Emergency Room) 522-5511 Brooks Museum of Art (1934 Poplar Ave.) (Midtown) 544-6200Methodist Hospital (Emergency Room) 726-7600 Center for Southern Folklore http://www.southernfolklore.comSt. Francis Hospital (Emergency Room) 765-2180 (Downtown, 119 South Main) 525-3655Yellow Cab 577-7777 Graceland (3734 Elvis Presley Boulevard) 332-3322City Wide Cab 324-4202 Memphis Zoo (Panda Exhibit Now Open!) (Midtown) 276-9453Metro Cab 323-3333 Mud Island River Park (on Mississippi River, downtown) 576-7241Checker Cab 526-5222 National Civil Rights Museum (450 Mulberry Street) 521-9699

Airlines Serving Memphis (Downtown)AirTran 1-800-247-8726 Peabody Hotel Ducks (149 Union) (Downtown) 529-4000America West 1-800-235-9292 Peabody Place (Between 2nd & 3rd streets downtown)American Airlines 526-8861 (22 Screen Theater, IMAX, Bowling, Jillian's, Restaurants, Shopping)Delta Airlines 761-5441 Pink Palace Museum, Planetarium & IMAX (3050 Central) 320-6320Northwest Airlines 1-800-433-7300 Rock 'n Soul Museum & Gibson Guitar Factory (downtown) ... 543-0800TWA 1-800-221-2000 (www.gibsonmemphis.com)USAir 1-800-428-4322 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/ALSAC Pavilion 495-3306Federal Express Pick-up 345-5044 Stax Museum of American Soul Music (Opened in Spring '03) 946-2535

HOTELS (Drive Time From Airport)Courtyard by Marriott (6015 Park Avenue) (22 minutes) 761-0330Comfort Inn-East (5877 Poplar Avenue) (20 minutes) 767-6300Embassy Suites (1022 S. Shady Grove) (20 minutes) 684-1777French Quarter Suites (2144 Madison) (15 minutes) 728-4000Hampton Inn (2700 Perkins Rd.) (15 minutes) 367-1234Hampton Inn (5320 Poplar) (20 minutes) 683-8500Hilton East (5069 Sanderlin) (20 minutes) 767-6666Holiday Inn-U of M Campus (3700 Central Avenue) (15 minutes) 678-8200Holiday Inn-East (5795 Poplar Avenue) (15 minutes) 682-7881Holiday Inn Mt. Moriah (2490 Mt. Moriah) (15 minutes) 362-8010Holiday Inn-Overton Square (1837 Union) (15 minutes) 278-4100Homewood Suites (5811 Poplar) (20 minutes) 763-0500Memphis Marriott Downtown (250 N. Main) (15 minutes) 527-7300Memphis Marriott East (2625 Thousand Oaks) (15 minutes) 362-6200Park Vista Memphis (formerly Adams Mark) (939 Ridge Lake Boulevard) (15 to 20 minutes) 684-6664Peabody (149 Union) (15 minutes) 529-4000Radisson (185 Union) (15 minutes) 528-1800

RESTAURANTSBayou Bar and Grill (2105-1 Overton Square) (Midtown Memphis) 278-8626Blue Plate Cafe (5469 Poplar Avenue) (Breakfast) (East Memphis) 761-9696Buckley's (5355 Poplar) (East Memphis) 683-4538Cafe Ole (959 S. Cooper) (Midtown Memphis) 274-1504Cozymel's (6450 Poplar) (Mexican) (East Memphis) 763-1202Cracker Barrell (6081 Shelby Oaks Drive) (Exit 12 off I-40 heading toward Nashville) 382-5465Dominos (548 S. Highland Street) (Will deliver to Fieldhouse) 323-3030The Commissary (Barbecue)(2290 S. Germantown Road) (East Memphis) 754-5540Gorky's Bar-B-Q (5259 Poplar) (East Memphis) 685-9744El Chico Mexican Restaurant (3491 Poplar Avenue) (Within 10 minutes of campus) 323-9609Folk's Folly (551 S. Mendenhall) (Steak & Seafood) (Within 10 minutes of campus) 762-8200Grady's American Grill (6080 Primacy Parkway) 763-4663Frank Grisanti's at Embassy Suite Hotel (1022 S. Shady Grove) (Italian) (East Memphis) 761-9462The Half Shell (688 S. Mendenhall Road) 682-3966Houston's Restaurant (5000 Poplar) (Within 10 minutes of campus) 683-0915Jim's Place East (5560 Shelby Oaks Drive) 388-7200La Tourelle (2146 Monroe Avenue) (Fine French Dining) 458-1060Landry's Seafood House (263 Wagner Place) 526-1966McAlister's (7710 Poplar Avenue) (Within 10 minutes of campus) 753-1507The Melting Pot (2828 Wolfcreek Parkway) (By Wolfchase Galleria Mall) (Fondue) 266-3897Neely's Bar-B-Que (670 Jefferson Avenue) 521-9798New Hunan (5052 Park) (Chinese Buffet) (Within 10 minutes of campus) 766-1622Oak Court Food Court (530 Oak Court Drive) (Taco Bell, Chick fil-A, Sbarro's, KFC Express, Chinese) (Within 10 minutes of campus) ... 682-8928Olive Garden (2765 S. Perkins Extended) 365-3473OnTeur (2015 Madison) (Midtown Memphis) 725-6059Perkins (5112 Park Avenue) (Within 10 minutes of campus) 682-2777The Pier (100 Wagner Place) 526-7381Rafferty's (4542 Poplar Avenue) (Within 10 minutes of campus) 327-1471The Rendezvous (52 S. Second) 523-2746Romano's Macaroni Grill (6705 Poplar Avenue) 753-6588Ruth's Chris Steak House (5858 Ridgeway Center Parkway) 761-0055Schlotzky's Deli (4785 Poplar Avenue) (Within 10 minutes of campus) 763-0741The Spaghetti Warehouse (40 Huling Avenue W.) 521-0907Subway (614 S. Highland Street) (Within 10 minutes of campus) 358-6912

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Meet the Tiger Coaching Staff

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Head CoachCarrie Yertyand the Ti-ger volleyballc o a c h i n g

staff saw their commitment to a long-term plan of success take another spec-tacular step forward in 2003. The 30-6Tigers reached the Conference USAChampionship match and became justthe second team in C-USA history to hitthe 30-win mark. The Tigers' .833 win-ning percentage last gave was the bestsingle-season winning percentage inschool history.

After coming to Memphis as one of theyoungest head coaches in NCAA DivisionI back in 1996, Head Coach Carrie Yertyis now tied with former head coach DianeHale for the longest coaching tenure inMemphis volleyball history. Heading intoher ninth season at the helm of the Ti-gers, Yerty is also second on the Mem-phis career-coaching wins list with a markof 140-128. Yerty picked up her 100lh ca-reer coaching win at Yale University in2003.

Yerty began her Tiger career on July15, 1996, when she was hired to replaceformer head coach Penny Lucas-Whiteless than six weeks before the start ofthe season. She inherited a squad thatfinished 13-20 the previous year and fea-

Carrie YertyHead Coach

Ninth SeasonWashington State, 1992

tured just five returning players. In her firstyear, the Tigers finished 8-27 overall and1-13 in Conference USA, but Yerty did notlet that one season spoil her dreams ofdeveloping and guiding the Division I pro-gram into the national spotlight. She hitthe recruiting trails and her hard work hasresulted in two Academic All-America hon-orees, four All-Conference USA honorees,two C-USA All-Freshman Team honorees,

| one C-USA Defensive Player of the Yearand one AVCA All-Region Honorable Men-tion player. Yerty's squads have also earnedacademic individual and team honors fromthe AVCA, while 17 of 18 players who havecompleted their eligibility have also re-ceived their college diplomas.

In her second season at the helm of ayoung Tiger Volleyball program, Yerty madeone of the biggest turnarounds in theprogram's history. Never had a Tiger squadwon less than 10 matches one year andfinished well above .500 the next. Yerty'ssecond-year squad did it. She guided the1997 Tigers to a 19-14 overall record, in-cluding a school-best 7-0 start. Not includedin the overall record that season was a vic-tory over the Australian National Team atthe Montana State tournament. The teamalso made a huge jump in the conferencerankings with a 6-10 record that year. TheTigers were again gaining respect from theirC-USA foes. After finishing dead last in theleague in 1996, the Tigers improved to afourth-place showing in the National Divi-sion the following season. Yerty's Tigersalso made strides in the C-USA post-sea-son tournament, winning their first-roundmeeting with UAB and advancing to thesecond round where they dropped a 3-1decision to top-seeded and eventual NCAAparticipant Houston.

That would not be the last time that Mem-phis put up a fight with the Cougars. In 1998,Yerty led her troops to their first win in schoolhistory over the University of Houston andfor the second straight season, Memphisadvanced to the second round of the C-USATournament. Yerty's Tigers finished the sea-son with an 18-14 overall record and a 6-10 record in conference. It was the first timesince 1994 that a Tiger volleyball team hadrecorded back-to-back winning records.

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THE YERTY FILEHOMETOWN

Boring, Oregon

HIGH SCHOOLSam Barlow High School

Reebok First Team All-American

ALMA MATERWashington State, 1992(secondary education)

University of Memphis, Dec. 2004(M.S. Sport and Leisure Commerce)

PLAYING EXPERIENCEWashington State - 1988-1991

USA Olympic Developmental Team - 1992

COLLEGIATE PLAYING HONORSAll-American nominee

Two-time PAC-10 Conference honoreePac-10 Honor Roll

WSU career record for block solos (196),block assists (421) and total blocks

(617)...Second in career kills (1,548) andthird with 128 service aces...Seventh with

989 career digs....PAC-10 All-Decade TeamHonoree.

COACHING BACKGROUNDUniv. of Memphis -

Head Coach (1996-present)Arizona - Asst. Coach (1995)

Eastern Washington - Asst. Coach (1992-94)Served three-year term on AVCA Coaches'

CommitteeChaired AVCA Policy and Procedures

CommitteeServed on NCAA Gender Equity Committee in

2003-04Is currently a member of the Fellowship for

Christian Athletes Coaches' Board

COACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS100th career win vs. Yale (Sept. 15, 2002)

First 30-win season since 1990 (2003)

Best Single Season Winning Percentage30-6, .833 (2003)

First-ever appearance in C-USA Finals (2003)

Coached two Academic All-America honorees(April Harriman, 2001; Heather Watts, 2003)

Coached four All-Conference USA HonoreesAmie Hamilton (Second Team, 2001)Brittany Barnett (Second Team, 2003)

Tiara Gilkey (Third Team, 2003)Heather Watts (Third Team, 2003)

Coached C-USA Defensive Player of the YearAmie Hamilton (1999)

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Head Coach Carrie YertyMemphis had its second All-Conference USA honoree in 2001

when senior Amie Hamilton earned second team honors, thefirst Tiger to earn an all-conference honor under Yerty and thefirst to do so since 1995.

But it would not be as long a wait for the Tigers' next All-Confer-ence USA honor, as Memphis had three student-athletes namedto the Conference USA All-Conference teams in 2003. SeniorBrittany Barnett, who finished her career ranked third in schoolhistory with 1,349 kills, was named to the second team, whilejuniors Heather Watts and Tiara Gilkey each earned third teamhonors. That trio of players obliterated the Tiger record book dur-ing a banner season. Watts set a new single season schoolrecord with 1,792 assists, while Gilkey and Barnett each finishedin the single season top five in kills with 538 and 520, respec-tively. Four Tigers have surpassed the 1,000 career kill markunder Yerty, including both Barnett and Gilkey during the 2003season.

What the above-mentioned trio was not rewriting, the remain-der of the 2003 Tigers took care of. Yerty guided her squad to the30-win mark for the first time in her career, helping Memphis to itsfirst-ever appearance in the Conference USA Tournament Cham-pionship game. Memphis had never advanced further than thesecond round before the 2003 tournament.

The Tigers' final 30-6 record in 2003 gave them the best singleseason winning percentage in school history, and Memphis be-came just the second team in Conference USA history to hit the30-win mark. While an NCAA bid was just out of reach for the2003 Tigers, the cornerstone has been set for a 2004 team thatreturns 10 letterwinners, including five starters.

A strong believer in the total welfare of the student-athlete, Yertycontinues to stress academic excellence as well as athleticachievement.

Recently, Memphis had a pair of student-athletes named to theAcademic All-Region Team. Heather Watts earned her secondstraight Academic All-District First Team honor in 2003, while se-nior Sheila Neba was named to the second team. Watts would goon to become the program's second Academic All-America recipi-ent, earning third team honors. Watts joins former Tiger AprilHarriman, who earned second team honors in 2000, as theprogram's Academic All-America honorees.

In addition to individual student-athlete academic honors, Yerty-led teams have been recognized four-times by the AVCA for theirteam GPAs. The 2003 Tiger team had a 3.4 GPA during the falland a 3.2 during the spring and earned recognition from the gov-erning body during the spring of 2004.

Yerty's impact has now also spread to other Division I schools.Former assistant coach Fiona Bolten (1999-2001) is a third-yearhead coach at Lamar University, while former assistant coach RobThomas (1998-2000) is starting his second season at the helm ofthe Robert Morris (Pa.) program. Former Tiger April Harriman, whowent on to serve as a graduate assistant and assistant coach atOhio University, joined Fiona Bolten at Lamar and is in her sec-ond season as an assistant coach.

Prior to becoming the Tigers' head coach, Yerty was an as-sistant coach at the University of Arizona during the 1995 seasonwhere, among her on-court coaching duties, she also served asthe recruiting coordinator. One of her recruiting classes at theUniversity of Arizona was ranked in the top five in the nation byrecruiting magazines. On the court, she worked closely with thesquad's middle blockers as she helped lead the Wildcats to a 14-14 overall record. She also supervised the academic study tableand assisted with scheduling and travel as well as working closely

with camps and clinics.Yerty broke into the collegiate coaching ranks in 1992 when

she accepted an assistant coaching position at Eastern Wash-ington in Cheney, Wash. Yerty served under head coach PamelaParks at EWU for three years, working closely with the middleblockers and serving as the recruiting coordinator. A strong be-liever in publicizing her programs, Yerty coordinated several game-day activities including theme nights and an adopt-a-player pro-gram. She also participated in university fundraising programsand assisted with various camps and clinics.

Yerty's coaching background goes much deeper than the col-legiate level. She, along with her husband Lee, founded the North-west All-Star Volleyball Touring Camp in 1991, in which they man-aged and conducted in excess of 25 customized instructional clin-ics and camps for junior high and high school athletes andcoaches. Two years later, Yerty founded and coached the NewBalance Volleyball Club team in Spokane, Wash., for girls 16 andunder. She directed that squad from 1993-95, and then served asthe head coach for one year of the Club Cactus Juniors VolleyballClub in Tucson, Ariz., for the 18-Elite age group.

A seasoned club team coach, Yerty was selected as a repre-sentative on the Junior Olympic National Team selection commit-tee where she evaluated and selected players for the elite squad atthe Southern California tryout.

Yerty is heavily involved in the community. Yerty is currently onthe Board of Directors for the Memphis Junior Volleyball Club Pro-gram, and has held numerous free clinics and camps for churchgroups and elementary schools. She was also instrumental in bring-ing the USA and Russian Volleyball teams to the Elma Roane

Jace and WesLee Yerty, sons of Lee and Carrie Yerty.

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Head Coach Carrie YertyFieldhouse for a widely-attended exhibitionmatch in 1998.

Yerty has given her time and dedicationfreely to such groups as the American Can-cer Society, The Ronald McDonald Houseand the Girl Scouts of America. She is alsoserving a three-year term on the AVCACoaches' Committee and is chairing thePolicy and Procedures Committee with theAVCA.

Formerly Carrie Couturier, Yerty was afour-year standout as a middle blocker dur-ing her collegiate days at Washington StateUniversity. She was named to the Pac-10all-freshman squad following the 1988 sea-son when she set a school record with 69solo blocks. Yerty continued to lead hersquad and develop her skills through thenext two years, and in her senior season,people starting taking notice. In 1991, sheearned first-team all-Pac-10 honors in herfinal collegiate season after helping theCougars to a 23-12 finish and a school-bestfourth-place showing in the Pac-10. As a se-nior, she led the Pac-10 in hitting percent-age (.333) and in service aces (55). She wasthird in the league in kills with 432 and rankedfourth with an average of 3.8 kills per game.

An all-West Regional and all-America nomi-nee, Yerty received an invitation to partici-pate on the U.S. Olympic DevelopmentalTeam in San Diego in 1992.

Not likely to be forgotten at WSU oreven in the Pac-10, Yerty is currently sec-ond in school history in career kills (1,548)while holding the school marks in soloblocks (196) and block assists (431). In thePac-10, Yerty was the league's all-time lead-ing blocker with 617 total blocks, while alsoranking first in all-time solo blocks (196).She was also fourth in career hitting per-centage (.270) and fifth in all-time blockassists with 431. Most recently, Yerty wasnamed to the Pac-10 all-Decade team, aswell as the Washington State all-Decadeteam.

At 6-2, Yerty's volleyball success be-gan at an early age. A standout at SamBarlow High School in Boring, Ore., shewas named to the Reebok All-Americateam and was Oregon's Female Athlete ofthe Year in 1988. Yerty also played on thePortland Volleyball Club while in high school.Her squad is still the only club outside ofCalifornia to ever win the Davis Volleyballfestival which continues to rate as the larg-

est women's athletic event in the world.A 1992 graduate of Washington State,

Yerty earned her degree in secondary edu-cation. Born March 4, 1970, she is marriedto Lee Yerty, who is an assistant strengthand conditioning coach at The University ofMemphis. The couple and their two sons,WesLee and Jace, live in Arlington, Tenn.Yerty is currently working on her master'sdegree in education at Memphis.

The Yerty Coaching ConnectionFiona Bolten, Head Coach, Lamar University

Assistant Coach, 1999-2001Jessica Henry, Head Coach, Pomeroy HS (WA)

Volleyball Letterwinner, 1998

Angela Graziani, Asst. Coach, Univ. of MemphisVolleyball Letterwinner, 1997

Amie Hamilton, Head Coach, Kalama (WA) HSVolleyball Letterwinner, 1998-2001

April Harriman, Asst. Coach, Lamar UniversityGrad. Asst. Coach, Ohio Univ. 2001-02Volleyball Letterwinner, 1997-2000

Jenni Rosselli, Asst. Coach, Univ. of MemphisVolleyball Letterwinner, 1997-98

Rob Thomas, Head Coach, Robert Morris (Pa.)Assistant Coach, 1998-2000

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A Question & Answer Session with Carrie Yerty2OO4 Season Preview

1. You are coming off the most successful sea-son in terms of winning percentage. Do youthink that will be a help or a hindrance to the2004 season?

I think that the success that we had last yearwill be momentum to build toward the 2004 sea-son and I'm really excited that we have 10 of our12 members from last year's team returning. I'malso excited that we have five of our six starters, Ido think that Tiara, Nancy and Kristen will have totake big, huge roles this year for us to have thatcontinued success into this season because Brit-tany was such stable, all-around player for ourprogram. I feel like we have the talent returning toreally build confidence throughout our preseason,we have the opportunity to play some great teams- BYU could be ranked in the top 25, so that willbe exciting, as well as the rest of our preseason.

We'll only build upon what we started to estab-lish last season. I think that our kids had a greatspring season, beating Clemson and VirginiaTech. I think that built more confidence onto what-ever they had from last season and I think themore that you win, the braver you get and themore challenges that you step up to. I have a lotof confidence in our system, I have a lot of confi-dence in our staff and we have the quality ath-letes and players that are ready to repeat an op-portunity to play in the conference championship.

2. You lost two key members of your offenseto graduation. Given that your 2003 team set anew single season record for kills, what canTiger fans expect to see offensively this year,and who will carry that load?

Offensively, I would expect our fans to see afaster offense than we had last year. We workedall spring on speeding up our offense and givingour hitters more opportunities to get up for quickerswings to beat the block more efficiently.

I would certainly expect to see Tiara and NancyNellans get a majority of the sets as they are prob-ably our most experienced attackers, but I wouldlike to see Heather running a very even offensivedistribution, and spread our offense out a little bitand run more options with the hitters we currentlyhave. I do think that with losing Brittany last year,that Tiara is going to have to step up and takemore swings and keep the ball in play. She is goingto have to mature as a hitter and develop bettershot selection to find the same success she hadlast year, because now teams in the conferenceare familiar with her abilities and will expect her toget a majority of the swings on our team. I alsolook to see Kristen Hardee or freshman AshleyLiford step in and take over some of the responsi-bility on the other outside hitter position, thatshould be an awesome competition. I'm also look-ing forward to see Melissa Nance back and readyto accept more responsibility in our offense thisyear as well.

3. Talk about your 2004 seniors and what youexpect to see from them this season.

Heather is such a mature leader in every as-pect, academically, athletically, team training, thatI'd really expect her to be on auto-pilot. She un-derstands the game, she understands the team,she understands how I want the team and theoffense to be and what she needs to do on the

court to lead our team. I expect her to have agreat senior year and to put up numbers that willput her in national rankings again. I also expecther to be a calm, confident, in-control leader. Sheshowed that last spring and during the fall of 2003and she has really done a great job of preparingherself and her team for a great senior season. Iexpect her to continue to lead our team as one ofour captains and to continue to define and chal-lenge her setting skills and to watch her developinto a strong Conference USA player.

Tiara has put up good numbers in terms of at-tacking and she really could be one of the bestblockers in our conference. She's very dynamicwith her leaping ability and has a good sense ofgetting a good block, so at the net, Tiara shouldhave a great year. What's going to be importantfor Tiara is that she needs to continue to developas a full-court player. She needs to step into theprimary passer roll that Brittany left and needs tobe a disciplined defender. Her athleticism allowsher to get to a lot of balls and do things that someof the other athletes in the league are not capableof doing. Tiara's got to show me that she's disci-plined both on and off the court every day. I'mlooking forward to Tiara really working hard to-wards capturing a great senior season. Obviously,she's going to break into several of our recordsas a senior, and I think that it'll be interesting tosee if she can fill the empty shoes that Brittanyhas left. If she can, and if Nancy can fill Tiara'sshoes, then we'll be in the same opportunity aswe were last year — we'll have a good opportu-nity to put ourselves in a position to be competi-tive again with all the teams in the conference.

4. After having six newcomers last year, you'vegot just two newcomers for 2004. Talk a bitabout your freshman class.

I'm really excited about both of our freshman.Ashley Liford is a really explosive, dynamic out-

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side hitter. She has the ability to pass and playdefense and will definitely challenge for an out-side hitting position from the beginning of camp.She is a great leaper and is a fiery, fierce com-petitor. She is all about winning and all about con-tributing and making the team the best we canbe. She had a great high school and club seasonand we're looking forward to her really steppingon the court and adding fire and enthusiasm toour program.

Shelby Burton will provide depth in the middle.She will be our best slide hitter and has great lat-eral speed. She will definitely challenge for a spotin the middle. She's very quick off the ground andwith her lateral speed, she will provide some depthfor Fehi and Melissa will challenge for an oppor-tunity to play. She has the potential to be a verysolid blocker and it'll be interesting to see howquickly she transitions from high school and clubball to college volleyball. Both of these kids areexcellent students and they're excellent athletesand they will certainly add depth to the Tiger squadfor 2004.

5. Talk about Conference USA in 2004. Wheredo you see Memphis finishing?

I think that last year's season was an awesomeyear for the University of Memphis and the volley-ball team. We were able to accomplish a lot offirst time things because the players have done agood job of buying into the system to earn theright to play for a conference championship.

I think that as you see C-USA this year in thelast year in our original format, you're still goingto see Louisville and Cincinnati banging aroundat the top for the conference championship. I thinkfrom places 2-12 you're going to see a lot of par-ity and I think a lot of how teams finish in the con-ference is going to depend on their home and awayschedule. A lot of teams are going to get beat ifthey're not ready to play every Friday and Satur-day.

I think that for us, we have a good home sched-ule this year. Traveling to Cincinnati and Louis-ville can always be tough, but this will be all thebetter opportunity for us to try to beat those twoteams at home in their final season in C-USA.

In terms of where I think we'll place, I think ifwe get our job done, we should be able to haveanother great season. If we're not ready to playday in, day out, then we'll get beat because theparity is so close. I also think it depends on if wehave someone other than Heather Watts step upto take the leadership role. If Heather has to takeon the leadership role all by herself, then I thinkit's going to be difficult for our team to maintaincomposure during stressful matches and I thinkthere will be a lot of five game matches this year.

6. Talk about your non-conference schedule.You play at BYU and will face some new teamswith some familiar faces on new coachingstaffs (Oklahoma, UIC, UCF). Is the BYU tour-nament a big measuring stick for the 2004 sea-son?

I don't think any one weekend will be a mea-suring stick for our team for 2004. I think that it isexciting to have the opportunity to play at the BYUtournament and we'll have the opportunity to playsome good teams there.

A Question & Answer Session with Carrie Yerty2OO4 Season Preview

We're playing three teams that went to theNCAA tournament last year, and being left out ofthe NCAA's last year has kind of been a motivat-ing factor for us to get ready this season. I thinkit's exciting for Heather Watts as a senior andJennie Toronto as a sophomore to go back andplay in their home state of Utah. It'll also be funfor me because Karen Lamb, my college coach,is now the coach at BYU, so it'll be fun to play ateam that she is coaching.

In terms of it being a measuring stick, I don'tthink any one tournament or match or weekendwill measure our success for the season, but byplaying BYU, a nationally-ranked team, playing aUCF that went to the NCAA tournament, that setsour standard a little bit higher in terms of what weneed to accomplish immediately in the season.In terms of playing Oklahoma and UIC, I think it'salways fun to play new teams and still see coachesyou're familiar with. I'd expect that both coacheswill have very solid, athletic and competitiveteams.

7. College volleyball changed the rules a bitagain in 2004, allowing the libero to serve now.How will that affect your use of ChristenClayton and Emily Steckel?

I think it's awesome the libero is getting theopportunity to have more of an impact on the out-come of a match. I think it gives them somethingto specialize in other than passing or defense. Ithink the libero is the most important player onthe court outside the setter. Not only are they incharge of prepping our offense with the serve-receive, but they're responsible for making bigplays defensively.

Emily Steckei has done a great job of workingon improving her serve over the course of the lastyear, and Christen Clayton came in with a decentjump serve, so we're looking for more power andconsistency on that. We'll experiment on whothey'll serve for, with Melissa being such a power-ful server and Fehi has a really good float serve,so we don't know who Christen and Emily mayserve for, but our preseason will prep us for that.

8. You graduated a primary passer from lastyear's squad. Is passing your biggest concernfor the upcoming season?

I think passing is always a concern for any teambecause you can't run any offense without a goodpass. I think we have the athletes to step intoBrittany's position from last year. Christen Claytonis capable of a one-man pass receive, not thatwe would do that, but she has the ability to covera huge portion of the court, has great ball controland has a great sense of reading the server. EmilySteckel has also improved a ton over the spring.With a little confidence, she'll really help our serve-receive.

It really is important that Tiara or Nancy stepinto that role that Brittany left empty. If one of thosetwo can consistently do that, we won't miss a stepin our serve-receive.

I also think that it's to our advantage that wehave one of the best setters in the country. Heatheris so fast that she's able to better every ball thatshe gets. She's experienced and confident, and Ithink that gives us some leniency on what a per-fect pass is for us to get into our offense. I also

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A lot of the 2004 Tiger offense will comefrom Tiara Gilkey, a Third Team All-Con-ference honoree last year who downed her1,000th career kill in the C-USA Champi-onship game against Louisville.

feel like we had a good spring and didn't noticeany letdowns or holes in our passing game. I thinkKristen Hardee saw a lot of improvement in heroverall game and I think the addition of AshleyLiford as an outside hitter and primary passer willgive us some depth for those positions.

9. Tiara became the first junior you've coachat Memphis to hit 1,000 career kills and Nancyis one pace to be another junior to hit thatmark, what does that say about your offenseand what are the expectations on those twoplayers for the season?

For Tiara to have a great senior year she hasto not just play volleyball. She has to be a leaderevery day. We need for her to be a primary passerand a smart hitter. Every team in our conferencewill key in on her, so she will have to work on shotselection. If she can become a mature, finesseplayer as well as the dominating, terminator typeof hitter she already is, she could have an out-standing senior season.

In terms of Nancy, she has been a great termi-nator for us offensively for two years, but it'll beimportant for her to focus not only on attainingkills, but on improving her attack percentage.

11. You had an impressive year last year witha number of academic accolades. HeatherWatts was voted an Academic All-Americahonoree, your team received the AVCA TeamAcademic Honor, you had 11 of 12 players onthe Conference USA Honor Roll and you havenow had 17 of 18 players who completed theireligibility also receive their degrees. What isit about this team that allows your student-ath-letes to accomplish all that?

I think that the academic honors that this teamhas accomplished are just indicative of the kindof people that these athletes are. Not only arethey dedicated and goal-oriented toward athleticsuccess, but toward setting the standards aca-demically for other teams in the conference andat this university. I'm proud they got the AVCAteam award again, and I think that having 11 outof the 12 student-athletes on the C-USA honor

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roll is just incredible.I certainly don't think that these young ladies

would be able to achieve that without the incred-ible resources that they have within the AthleticAcademic Services Center. BridgetVanLandeghem and Joe Luckey have given themevery opportunity and resource to find success. Ithink that when you have the leadership Dr. Luckeyprovides his staff with and you have motiviatedathletes that take advantage of the opportunitiesavailable to them, the end result is success allthe way around. I don't believe that there's any-thing our Athletic Academic Services can't pro-vide our student-athletes with to make them suc-cessful both on and off the court.

12. Any other thoughts?It has been such an incredible nine years and I

think it's really been neat to have Jenni returningfor her fourth season and Angela for her third af-ter playing here and still having the desire to con-tinue to donate the program. Their experience asassistants now has really helped provide stabilityin our coaching staff and has improved our orga-nization by allowing me to focus more on winningmatches and training players than administrativelyrunning a program. I think that when you have themutual respect of all your staff, that you'll get theopportunities to do more in your program. I'm look-ing forward to another great year, hopefully with achance to fight toward the conference champion-ship match again. With this being the last year ofC-USA as we know it today, I want to leave thisformat as a team that has really earned the re-spect of the other coaches and teams in this con-ference.

Freshman Melissa Nance (right)played in every match as a freshman.

Assistant Coach Jenni Rosselli

Jenni RosselliAssistant CoachFourth Season

University of Memphis, ZOOO

Jenni Rosselli begins her fourth seasonon the Tiger coaching staff where sheworks with the middle hitters and servesas the Tigers' recruiting coordinator. She

is also the Tigers' academic liaison.Rosselli had an exciting second year as an assistant on Yerty's staff,

when Yerty was unable to travel for the completion of the Tigers' 2002campaign as she awaited the birth of her second son. Rosselli steppedin to assume head coaching duties during games on the road at Cincin-nati, Louisville, Tulane, Southern Miss and against Charlotte at the C-USA tournament in Chicago.

"Jenni has been a part of the program as a player and now as acoach for quite some time," Yerty said. "She has matured greatly overthe last three seasons and will be looked upon to contribute more to ourtechnical game plans this year. She is a hard worker and is a valuablemember of our Tiger staff."

A December 2000 graduate from Memphis with a degree in physicaleducation and exercise science, Roselli was a two-year letterwinner forthe Tigers from 1997-1998 after transferring to Memphis from SpokaneFalls Community College in Spokane, Wash.

As a two-year starter at middle hitter, Rosselli finished her Memphiscareer with 520 kills, 33 service aces, 229 digs, and 192 total blocks.Memphis was 37-28 over two years with Rosselli in the line-up, going19-14 in 1997 and 18-14 in 1998. She was named to the University ofMemphis/Graphic Systems Classic all-tournament team in 1997 andalso earned The U of M Education Department's Student of the YearAward in 2001 after she completed her student-teaching assignment.

In community college, the Federal Way, Wash., native was namedthe all-American JUCO Player of the Year by the AVCA. She was a two-time all-conference performer and was a member of the all-East Re-gion first team. She was named to the all-star team as a sophomoreand led her squad to two straight second-place finishes in the confer-ence tournament. She tallied 588 kills, 253 blocks, 425 digs and 66service aces at Spokane.

Rosselli prepped at Federal Way High School in Spokane. She ledher squad in kills, blocks and digs and was an all-region and all-cityperformer and a three-year letterwinner under head coach Kathy Har-ris.

Rosselli resides in Memphis and married former Tiger basketballplayer, Aaron Mulvagh, on July 4th of 2003. She has also served as acoach in the Memphis Junior Volleyball program for the past five years.She is currently pursuing in master's degree in sports management atthe University of Memphis.

THE ROSSELLI FILEHOMETOWN

Federal Way, Washington

HIGH SCHOOLFederal Way

ALMA MATERMemphis, 2000

(B.S--Physical Education & Exercise Science)

PLAYING EXPERIENCEUniversity of Memphis - 1997-1998

Spokane Falls Community College - 1995-1996(1996 AVCA JUCO All-American Player of the Year)

COACHING BACKGROUNDMemphis Juniors Volleyball Club - 1997-2001

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Assistant Coach Angela Graziani

Angela GrazianiAssistant Coach

Third SeasonUniversity of Memphis, 2000

Former Tiger Angela Graziani isthe second Tiger to make her way tothe Tiger coaching ranks. Grazianijoined the Memphis coaching staff in

2002.Graziani graduated from the University of Memphis in De-

cember of 2000 with a degree in exercise science. A formermiddle hitter for the Tigers, Graziani came to Memphis afterplaying junior college volleyball at San Joaquin Delta College.At San Joaquin, she helped the 1996 San Joaquin Delta teamto a conference championship and a fourth-place finish at thestate tournament. That team posted a 39-2 record in her sec-ond season and Graziani was named the MVP of the ARC Tour-nament.

Graziani is responsible for the Tiger scheduling, the organi-zation and coordination of the Tigers' annual home tournamentand for the team's scouting and video exchange programs. TheModesto, Calif., native is also responsible for the Tiger studentmanagers and equipment. Her on-court duties include the train-ing and development of the Tiger outside hitters.

"Angela has done a great job of transitioning into the role ofcoaching," Head Coach Carrie Yerty said. "She is a self starterwho is extremely organized and is very motivated and whosepersonality fits in well not only with Jenni and myself, but alsowith the players. Players respond well to her input and she hasbeen a very positive addition to my staff and to the Tiger pro-gram."

Graziani also has coached the past five seasons in theMemphis Junior Volleyball Association.

Her brother, Tony, played football at Oregon and was a quar-terback with the Atlanta Falcons from 1997-1999. He has playedwith the Los Angeles Avengers for the past five seasons in theArena Football League. He is the owner of 10 Avenger passingrecords, and was an Arena Football League "Offensive Player ofthe Year" candidate in 2004. He finished second in the AFL witha 126.9 quarterback rating and passed for 99 touchdowns.

THE GRAZIANI FILEHOMETOWN

Modesto, Calif.

HIGH SCHOOLOakdale High School

ALMA MATERUniversity of Memphis, 2000

COACHING BACKGROUNDUniv. of Memphis - Assistant Coach (2002-present)

NOTESPlayed Junior College ball at San Joaquin Delta College

at middle hitter.

Brother Tony Graziani was a quarterback for theAtlanta Falcons

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Tiger Support Staff

JAMES ARCHIBALDSTUDENT MANAGER

James Archibald enters his first year as a studentmanager for the Tiger volleyball team. The son of Ri-chard Archibald and Paula Hatmaker, Archibald playedvolleyball and served as the girls' volleyball team man-ager at Collierville High School in Collierville, Tenn. Hisdad, Richard, also plays volleyball. James plans on

majoring in marketing management at Memphis.

SAM CHAMBERSSTUDENT MANAGER

Following graduation, she taught for two years at Loretto (TN) HighSchool as a physical education instructor. Parkes came to the University ofMemphis in 1975 to complete her graduate degree in physical educationand at the same time, started the women's golf program.

In addition to her administration of the women's sports programs, Parkesis compliance coordinator for the University of Memphis Athletic Depart-ment. As such, she is liaison to Conference USA and the NCAA in adher-ence to the rules and regulations of those two organizations. She alsoserved on the NCAA Task Force which designed the recently approvedrestructure of the NCAA.

A former member of the LPGA, Parkes served as chair of the NCAAWomen's Golf Committee. She has served as tournament director of the1995 NCAA East Golf Regional hosted by Memphis, as well as the 2000NCAA Women's Basketball Mideast Regional Tournament.

Currently, Parkes sits on the NCAA Women's Basketball Committeewhose charge is the selection and conduct of the NCAA National Champi-onship. She will chair that committee in 2004.

Sam Chambers is in his second year as a studentmanager for the Tiger volleyball team. The son offormer Tiger Becky Harden, Chambers is a graduateof Munford High School in Munford, Tennessee.

A member of the National Honor Society and theAmerican Technological Honor Society at Munford,

Chambers received a number of academic honors, including the EarlyScholars Scholarship and the Knowledge Bowl Scholarship.

ANGELA MCCARTERASSISTANT MARKETING DIRECTORAngela McCarter is entering her third year as

the assistant director of marketing and promotions forthe University of Memphis.

A native of Memphis, McCarter joins the stafffrom NC State University in Raleigh, where she wasthe assistant director of marketing and publicationsfor Campus Recreation. At NC State she was re-

sponsible for all of the marketing efforts for the program and implementingspecial events.

Before spending two years with NC State, she worked in the Women'sAthletic Department at the University of Tennessee in marketing and promo-tions. During her time at UT, she was responsible for the marketing andpromotion of basketball, rowing, soccer, Softball, track and field and volley-ball.

McCarter graduated from the University of Tennessee in 2000 with amaster's degree in human performance and sports studies and in 1998 witha bachelor's degree in sport management.

Angela and her husband Steven, also a native of Memphis, reside inMemphis.

MATT NOLENSTUDENT ATHLETIC TRAINER

Matt Nolen is in his fourth season as a student ath-letic trainer for the Tiger volleyball team. Nolen is asenior in the university's Exercise Science program.He is a graduate of Bartlett High School just outsideMemphis and plans on completing his degree in Mem-phis in May of 2005.

LYNN PARKESASSOCIATE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR/

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Lynn Parkes is in her 21 st year as the senior women'sadministrator for the U of M. As such, she overseeseight intercollegiate sports, including women's bas-ketball, volleyball, men's and women's golf, men's andwomen's track and men's and women's tennis. Parkes

also oversees the areas of compliance and student-athlete services.Prior to devoting full-time to her role as associate athletic director, Parkes

spent 11 years as the head women's golf coach at Memphis.A native of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., Parkes is a 1973 graduate of the

University of Alabama. She was a member of the Crimson Tide women'sgolf team and competed in the National Collegiate Championship Tournamenther final three years of college.

CHUCK ROBERTSPUBLIC ADDRESS ANNOUNCER

Chuck Roberts, a native of Southaven, Miss., be-gins his eighth season as public address announcerfor the Tiger Volleyball team. Roberts is also the an-nouncer for football, and both the men's and women'sbasketball teams. He owns and operates Chuck Rob-erts Real Estate in Southaven, Miss. Roberts is mar-

ried to the former Mitzi Pederson. They have a one-year old daugh-ter, Haleigh, and are expecting their second child in October.

MIKE ROORIGUESWOMEN'S ATHLETIC TRAINER

Mike Rodrigues, the head trainer for women's ath-letics, is entering his third season at the U of M, afterserving the previous four years as an athletic trainerfor Baptist Rehabilitation.

During a brief stint away from Baptist, Rodrigues,34, was the head trainer for the Memphis Maniax ofthe XFL and handled the daily sports medicine needs

of 50 professional football players.Rodrigues came to Memphis following a six-year career as an assistant

trainer at Mississippi State. He worked with the football program and super-vised the student trainers while serving as a graduate assistant,earning his masters degree in exercise physiology in 1993.

He left MSU for one year to serve as an assistant trainer at theUnited States Military Academy before returning to MSU as an assistanttrainer. From 1993 through 1997 he worked with the men's football programand took over the responsibilities for the women's soccer, Softball andtennis programs in 1997.

A native of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Rodrigues received his bachelor'sdegree in 1990 from the University of Florida, while also serving ashead student trainer for the Gators for two years. Rodrigues has alsodone summer internships with the Miami Dolphins and the PhoenixCardinals. He is married to Sports Information Director Jennifer Rodrigues.They have one daughter, Ally, who was born in November of 2002.

LEE YERTYSTRENGTH AND CONDITIONINGLee Yerty begins his sixth season as a full-time

assistant strength and conditioning coach, and hisfifth season as the Tiger Volleyball strength coach.

Yerty served one year as an administrative assis-tant for women's athletics before he was appointedto his new position. While in that position, Yerty was

responsible for game management of the Tiger Volleyball and the LadyTiger Basketball squads.

Yerty was the assistant strength coach at Washington State from 1985-90 before accepting the job of marketing director at Eastern Washington in1991. Yerty was elevated to assistant athletic director in 1993 beforebecoming the recruiting coordinator for volleyball in 1995.

Yerty, a native of Naches, Wash., is the husband of Carrie Yerty. Theyhave two sons, WesLee and Jace and reside in Arlington, Tenn.

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ZOO3 Senior Class

Brittany BarnettDallas, Texas/Lake Highlands

Graduated: August, 2004

Finished fourth in school history with 1,349 kills.Her 520 kills her senior year was the fifth-bestsingle-season mark in Tiger history. Was namedSecond Team All-Conference USA.

Became 15th Tiger in school history to hit 1,000career kill and dig marks. Barnett finished with1,174 career digs (8th in school history).

Named to Conference USA All-Freshman Teamin 2000.

Named to four all-tournament teams in 2002,including tournament MVP honors at Yale.

Served as Team Captain for two seasons.

Graduated in August of 2004 with a degree inHospitality and Resort Management.

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Sheila NebaAurora, Colorado/St. Mary's

Graduated: May, 2004Currently in Law School atThe University of Michigan

Finished her career with 313 block assists, thefourth-best mark in career history. Neba wasalso eighth in career history with 64 block solos.

Finished with 286 kills her senior season and hit.298. Led the team in blocking for three straightseasons.

Served as a member of the SAAC representingthe volleyball team.

Named to the all-tournament team in theUniversity of Memphis tournament as a senior.

Named Academic All-District Second Team hersenior season.

Graduated in May of 2004 with a degree inpsychology.

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Meet the 2004 Tigers

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tiara

2003 (Junior)Started in all 36 matches during 2003, finishing with 538 kills, the second-highest single season mark in Tiger history...Named Third Team All-Confer-ence USA as Member had three players earn All C-USA honors for the firsttime in school history...Passed the 1,000 career kill mark against Louisvillein the Conference USA Championship match, becoming the 16th Tiger tohit the 1,000 career kill mark in Memphis history and the second to do so in2003...Her 1,250 attacks was the fifth-highest total in single season historyand she is just 79 kills shy of breaking into the career top 10 in kills...Alsostepped up defensively in 2003, finishing with 391 digs, second on the teambehind Heather Watts...Set a career high with 27 kills against UT Martin atthe Arkansas State tournament...Was named to the all-tournament teamsat Arkansas State, Davidson and Memphis in addition to the ConferenceUSA Tournament...Gilkey and Watts became the first Tigers to ever earn aConference USA All-Tournament Award while helping Memphis to its firstappearance in the C-USA Finals...That also marked Memphis' first-everappearance in a televised TV match...Gilkey was named the ConferenceUSA Co-Player of the Week Sept. 1st and helped Memphis finish 26th inthe country in team kills with 16.33/game.

2OOZ (Sophomore)Started in 33 of the Tigers' 34 matches, playing in all 34 matches and in 125of 128 games during the season...Was second on the team with 426 kills onthe season, the 10th-best single season mark in school history...Moved frommiddle hitter to outside in the pre-season to get more swings...Her 3.41kills/game was the second-highest total on the team...Downed double-digitkills in 23 of the Tigers' 34 matches, posting nine kills four times...Alsostepped her game up defensively, posting double-digit digs 13 times, in-cluding a career-high 19 on the road at Dartmouth...Served up a career-best six aces in a non-conference match against cross-town foe ChristianBrothers...Posted a career-best six total blocks against Western Kentuckyat the Georgia Southern Tournament...Was one of three Tigers named tothe all-tournament team at Boston College, one of two tournaments theTigers' won in 2002.

The Gilkey File

Hometown:High School:Position:Birthday:Major:Family:

Awards:

Kills:Attempts:Digs:Block Assists:Block Solos:Service Aces:

St. Louis, Mo.PattonsvilleRight Side HitterJanuary 19, 1983CommunicationsDaughter of SteveGilkey and Donna Malone.2003 All-Conference USA (3rdTeam); All-Tournament Team(Arkansas State, Memphis,Davidson); Conference USA All-Tournament Team (2003); 16thPlayer in Memphis history to hit1,000 career kills.

Career Highs27 vs. UT-Martin (8/30/03)63 at Charlotte (11/8/03)26 vs. Cincinnati (11/1/03)6 vs. Western Kentucky(8/31/02)2 (twice, last vs. Southern Miss; 11/14/03)6 vs. Christian Brothers (9/4/02)

Tiara's Notes: Tiara became the 16th player in Memphis historyand the second in 2003 to hit the 1,000 career kill mark. Gilkeywas the first to hit the 1,000 career kill mark in her junior seasonunder Head Coach Carrie Yerty.

2001 (Freshman)Recovered from off-season knee surgery in time to play in 36 games for theTigers in her freshman campaign, downing 43 kills and posting 20 totalblocks...Posted a season-best .667 hitting percentage at High Point in anon-conference game that was the third game in three days for the Tigers inearly November...Had a season-best seven kills against Jackson State in atriangular match at home and had three total blocks at Charlotte and againstMurray State.

At Pattonsville High SchoolAt Pattonsville, Gilkey was a two-time Suburban North League first teamall-conference hitter..The middle hitter was a two-time MVP and a two-timeall-district honoree...She helped her squad to a 31-3 record her seniorseason...Gilkey played club volleyball for the St. Louis Elite, competing intournaments in Baltimore, Las Vegas and Chicago...She was coached byTerry Funderburk at Pattonsville.

PersonalFull name is Tiara Keyanna Gilkey...Daughter of Steve Gilkey and DonnaMalone...Born January 19, 1983, in St. Louis, Mo....Chose Memphis overTulane, Rice, UMass and Central Missouri State...Said she would playGeorgetown if she could play a team that is not currently on the schedule.

Coach Yerty's Comments:Tiara has put up good numbers in terms of attacking and she really could beone of the best blockers in our conference. She's very dynamic in her leap-ing ability and has a good sense of getting a good block, so at the net, sheshould have a great year. What's going to be important for us this year isthat Tiara develop into not just a great terminator, but that she develop intoa smart, mature, finesse-type player too. Defensively, her athletic abilityallows her to get to balls that other athletes in the conference cannot get to,but we need day-in and day-out leadership from Tiara and need her to bethat all-around type person who is not just playing volleyball but providingleadership and consistency for our team if we hope to repeat the success oflast year or build on it.

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What to Watch for in2004

Gilkey is 79 kills shy of breakinginto the career top 10 in kills. She

has 1,007heading into 2004.

Gilkey currently ranks 7th in ca-reer attack percentage (.238).

Gilkey will draw more blockingattention with the graduation ofBrittany Barnett, who added 520kills last season. Gilkey will needthe other outs ides to step up anddraw defensive attention while

taking some more attack attempts.

Named Third Team All-ConferenceUSA last year, look for Gil key to

push toward another league honorin her final season as a Tiger.

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Gilkey's Career StatisticsKILL ATT E PCI A SA DG538 1250 236 .242 112426 1035 182 .2364.3 102 21 .216 1 I

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heather The Watts File

2003 (Junior)Started and played in every game and match for Memphis for the third straightyear...Was named Third Team All-Conference USA and Academic All-AmericaSecond Team...Was also an honorable mention honoree for the AVCA All-Midwest Region Team and a Co-SIDA Academic All-District First Team hon-oree, her second straight first team honor...Set a school record with 1,792assists as a junior, moving her to second in school history with 3,376...Isalso in the career top 10 in service aces (148) after leading Memphis with63 aces in 2003 (the 10th-best single season total)...Passed the 1,000 ca-reer dig mark and is 11th in school history with 1,025 digs, just 116 digs shyof former teammate Ginger Garrett...She is also just three service aces shyof tying Garrett for 6th all-time in that category...Her team-leading 403 digsin 2003 ties for the fourth-best single season mark in Tiger history...Alsoserves on the Student Athlete Advisory Committee...Watts and Gilkey werethe first Tigers to ever earn a Conference USA All-Tournament Honor inMemphis' first-ever appearance in the championship finals on TV...Wattsranked 17th in the nation in assists per game in 2003 (13.27/game), whileMemphis was 26th in team kills and 24th in service aces...Her 1,792 assistswas also the highest-ever number of assists for a junior in ConferenceUSA...Watts was also named the Conference USA Player of the Week Sept.15th....Named a Commissioner's Academic Medalist and to the C-USA HonorRoll...Graduated with her first bachelor's degree in August, will be complet-ing a second bachelor's during the fall.

2OOZ (Sophomore)Assumed all the setting duties for the Tigers in 2002 as she was the onlysetter on the roster...Voted to the Verizon Academic All-District IV team byCo-SIDA, becoming the first Tiger Volleyball player to earn All-Academichonors from Co-SIDA since April Harriman became the school's third-everAcademic All-America honoree in 2000...Her 1575 assists in 2002 was thesecond-best single season mark in school history and Watts' already rankssixth in school career history with 1,584 assists....Named to four all-tourna-ment teams in 2002, including tournament MVP honors at BostonCollege...Tallied her first-ever double-digit kill outing with 10 kills at UAB(10/19/02) on a career-high 18 attacks...Served up five aces in a match twotimes (vs. CBU and at Yale)...Recorded 18 double-digit dig outings, includ-ing three matches with 19 or more digs in the last five matches of the

Hometown:High School:Position:Birthday:Major:Family:

Awards:

Kills:Attempts:Digs:Block Assists:

Block Solos:Service Aces:Assists:

Sandy, UtahSkylineSetterApril 22, 1983Exercise ScienceDaughter of Kurtand Sue Watts2003 All-Conference USA (3rd

Team); All-Tournament Team (ArkansasState, Memphis, Davidson); ConferenceUSA All-Tournament Team (2003);Academic All-America (Third Team);Academic All-District (1st Team); AVCA All-Midwest Region (Honorable Mention);Single Season Record with 1,792 assists.

Career Highs11 atTulane (11/22/03)18 at UAB (10/19/02)24 vs. Cincinnati (11/1/03)5, multiple time (last vs. Southern Miss,11/14/03)2 vs. Gardner-Webb (9/21/02)6 vs. NC State (9/19/03)70 vs. UT Martin (8/30/03)

Heather's Notes: After grabbing a number of awards in 2003,Heather will earn a shot at bragging rights in the family whenshe faces her younger sister, Hilary, Sept. 14th, when Memphisfaces Central Arkansas.

year.Posted a career-best 22 digs at Tulane and had 19 against Charlottein a 3-2 first round loss at the C-USA Tournament.

XOOI (Freshman)Played in all 116 games as a freshman, filling a defensive specialistrole...Tallied 244 digs for the season (2.10/game) and was fourth on theteam with 36 service aces...Had the most service aces of all defensive spe-cialists in the league with 36...Served up five service aces against SouthAlabama...Also recorded four service aces versus Robert Morris (9/7/01)...Had 27 assists versus Jackson State (10/23/01) and 14 digs at Saint Louis(9/28/01)...Tallied double-digit digs eight times.

At Skyline High SchoolWatts had a stellar prep career at Skyline High School in Sandy, Utah...Playedfor coach Joan Burdett as a setter, leading SHS to a state championshipand an undefeated record in 2000...Received several honors on the court,including all-state (1998, 1999), all-region (1998, 1999) and Most ValuablePlayer (2000)...Is only the second setter in the state of Utah to boast over1,000 assists in a season...Was one of two setters selected to the all-tour-nament team of the National Junior Championship...Also helped her squadto a state championship in 1998...Also played basketball, Softball and rac-quetball at SHS...Member of the National Honor Society.

PersonalFull name is Heather Audrey Watts...Daughter of Kurt and Sue Watts...BornApril 22, 1983, in Murray, Utah...Enjoys skiing, fishing, hiking and scubadiving...Plans on attending physical therapy school after college...Sister,Hilary plays volleyball at Central Arkansas.

Coach Yerty's CommentsHeather is such a mature leader in every aspect - academically, athleti-cally, team-training, that I really expect her to be on autopilot this year. Sheknows the game, she understands the team, she understands how I wantthe team and the offense to be and what she needs to do on the court tolead our team. I expect her to have a great senior season and to put upnumbers that will put her in the national rankings again. I honestly believeHeather is one of the best setters in America and look forward to this sea-son.

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What to Watch for in2004

Watts lost two offensive targetswith the graduation of BrittanyBarnett and Sheila Neba, whocombined for 806 of Memphis'

2204 kills last season (36.5 % oflast year's offense).

Watts has been a consistent de-fensive player for Memphis in theprevious three seasons, it would

take her best dig total of hercareer, but she is 466 digs shy ofthe Memphis career record in thatcategory, which would tie her with

Amie Hamilton.

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Watts' Career StatisticsE PCI A SA DG46 .278 1792 63 40350 .225 1575 44 3785 -.121 9 41 244

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CLKfJOHThe Clayton File

Hometown:High School:Position:Birthday:Major:Family:

Awards:

Houston, TexasClear LakeLiberoJanuary 27, 1985UndeclaredDaughter of Johnand Brenda Clayton.C-USA Honor Roll;Tiger 3.0 Club

Career HighsKills: 1, multiple timesAttempts: 3 vs. Cincinnati (11/1/03)Digs: 22 at Charlotte (11/8/03)Block Assists: 0Block Solos: 0Service Aces: 1 vs. Christian Brothers (10/14/03)Assists: 3 at Middle Tennessee (9/23/03)

Christen's Notes: After playing in 128 of 135 Tiger games lastyear, and with the graduation of primary passer Brittany Barnett,Clayton will be key to stabilizing the Tiger passing game,especially early in the year.

2003 (Freshman)Played in all 36 matches for Memphis and in 128 of 135 games, servingas the team's libero or defensive specialist...Finished fourth on the teamwith 362 digs...Tallied her first career kill against Troy State and her onlyservice ace of the season against Christian Brothers...Tallied double-digitdigs 22 of 36 matches, and passed the 20-dig mark twice, both coming inthe last six matches of the season...Had a career-high 22 digs at Char-lotte in a five-game thriller where the Tiger offense severely sputtered andhit .083, their worst offensive output of the year, but Clayton's 22 digsbackboned the Tigers to a 3-2 road win.

At Clear Lake High SchoolWas a three-year letterwinner at Clear Lake High School... Clear LakeDefensive Player of the Year in 2001 and was top 10 in the Houston areafor digs that same season...Named Clear Lake MVP in 2002...First teamAll-District honoree as a junior and senior...Under head coach NicoleBlakeman, Clear Lake finished as the 24 5A District runners-up in 2002,finishing with a 19-14 overall record...Clayton also played club volleyballunder coaches Jerry Hulla and Jeff Ham on the South Shore Mizuno squadthat is ranked 14th in the state of Texas by lonestarvolleyball.com...Herbest match was a 28 kill, 22-dig effort against Deer Park in the playoffs...Shealso played club volleyball with the Gulf Coast A Team and the Bay AreaJuniors. ..Was also selected to the Tour of Texas in Spring 2002...Claytonis a player who is very familiar to one Tiger volleyball member, as she andsophomore Kristen Hardee are friends from their prep and club playingdays. ..Outside of athletics, Clayton is a volunteer staff member with theSilver Dollar Ball, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society...She wasalso the treasurer for the Clear Lake Christmas Committee.

PersonalFull name is Christen Kay Clayton...Daughter of John and BrendaClayton...Born on January 27, 1985...Nickname is Cici... Clayton is con-sidering majoring in business when she starts at Memphis...Enjoys beachvolleyball, running and in-line skating in her free-time.

Coach Yerty's CommentsChristen brings a fiery, vocal attitude to the court and is capable of playinga one-man pass receive because she can cover such a huge portion ofthe court and has great ball control and reads servers very well. She camein with a jump serve that will benefit from the rule change this year. We'lluse her as a server somewhere in our line-up, we're not sure where, butwe just need to get a little more power behind her jump serve and thatgives us an additional weapon from last year.

What to Watch tor in ZOO4With the college game changing again to allow the libero to serve, watchfor Clayton to continue working on her jump serve, adding another potentserver to the Tiger line-up.

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The Hardee File

Hometown:High School:Position:Birthday:Major:Family:

Awards:

Sante Fe, TexasSante FeOutside HitterMarch 23, 1984ArtDaughter of Allenand Mary Hardee.C-USA Honor Roll;Tiger 3.0 Club

Career HighsKills: 9 vs. Wofford (9/20/03)Attempts: 25 vs. Georgia State (8/30/02)Assists: 2 vs. Gardner-Webb (9/21/02)Digs: 7 at Chicago State (10/26/03)Block Assists: 6 vs. Georgia State (8/30/02)Block Solos: 1 (twice, last vs. Sacred Heart, 9/13/02)Total Blocks: 6.0 vs. Georgia State (8/30/02)Service Aces: 2 (three times, last vs. Christian Brothers,

10/14/03)

Kristen's Notes: Hardee made a move last season whichmeant reduced playing time in 2003. That move should pay offfor both Kristen and the Tigers in 2004. With the graduation ofBrittany Barnett, that opens up over 1,300 attacks from the2003 offense that someone, possibly Kristen, will need to fill in2004.

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ZOO3 (Sophomore)Moved from middle to outside hitter last year, but played matches in bothspots while backing up the middle and learning the outside... Played in 32 of36 matches, finishing with 74 kills on 201 attacks...Named to the Confer-ence UsA Honor Roll and the Tiger 3.0 Club.

zooz (Freshman)Played in 29 of Memphis' 34 matches, including 81 of the 128games...Downed 53 kills (0.65/game) and hit .085 in her freshmancampaign...A lightning quick jumper, Hardee also posted 20 total blocks(0.25/game)...Served up 10 service aces on the season, including two atBoston College en route the tournament title for the Tigers...Her first colle-giate game was her best of the season, downing seven kills on a career-high 25 attacks from the middle playing in place of an injured Sheila Neba toopen the season...Her six block assists was also a career-best total for thefreshman...Was one of two volleyball player and 19 Memphis student-ath-letes to earn a C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal for having a GPA of3.75 or higher...Was also named to the C-USA Academic Honor Roll.

At Sante Fe High SchoolFour-year letterwinner under Head Coach Anna Marie Milligan...Led the In-dians to a 44-28 record and two area championships in the past twoseasons...As a senior, was named all-district, all-county and all-mainlandSuperteam as well as Santa Fe High School MVP...Averaged 2.0 solo and3.5 assisted blocks as a senior...Voted Most Talented and has all-districtand all-county honors under her belt for all four seasons of prep

volleyball...Her club team won the Tour of Texas finals in 2001 and placedsecond in the Tampa National Qualifier...Was also a Sergeant-at-Arms forthe National Honor Society...Also participated in the high jump with the trackand field team her freshman and sophomore seasons, qualifying for theregionals during each season.

PersonalFull name is Kristen Jean Hardee..Daughter of Mary and Allen Hardee...BornMarch 23, 1984...Has one brother, Michael, and one sister, Jennifer...Plansto major in science and math...Also enjoys art, movies and working withyoung volleyball players in summer camps.

Coach Yerty's CommentsThis year is a great opportunity for Kristen. She's the most explosive playeron the team and has the ability to be a great defender and primary passer.She is going to have to find a calmness to her play and a confidence in herabilities so that she can be one of our contributors during crunch situations.

What to Watch tor in ZOO4Kristen's move to the outside should help fill the opening left by the gradu-ation of Brittany Barnett, but with her quick jumping ability, she can still backup the middles if necessary during a match.

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Hardee's Career StatisticsATT E PCT A SA DG201 54 .100142 41 .085 4 10343 95 .093

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The Nance File

Hometown:High School:Position:Birthday:Major:

Family:

Awards:

Frankfort, Ind.Clinton PrairieMiddle HitterMarch 9, 1985InterdisciplinaryStudiesDaughter of Rickand Marsha NanceC-USA Honor Roll;Tiger 3.0 Club

Career HighsKills: 12 at Tulane (11/22/03)Attempts: 24 at UT-Martin (9/9/03)Assists: 3 vs. Christian Brothers (10/14/03)Digs: 6 (3 times, last vs. Tulane, 11/15/03)Block Assists: 6 (twice, last at Marquette, 10/24/03)Block Solos: 3 at Chicago State (10/26/03)Total Blocks: 7.0 at Chicago State (10/26/03)Service Aces: 7 vs. Christian Brothers (10/14/03)

Melissa's Notes: Melissa was the Tigers' most consistentoffensive threat in the Conference USA Championship Gameagainst Louisville, where she hit .467, leading the team. Herconsistency throughout last season has expectations high for2004 after she played in 129 of 135 games and started all 36matches as a freshman.

ZOO3 (Freshman)Started all 36 matches as a freshman and played in all but six gamesthroughout the season...Finished with 202 kills, fifth on the team...Wasalso third on the team with 81 total blocks, including 11 solos...Started hercollege career with a bang, downing 11 kills against UALR in the seasonopener...Only cleared double-digit kills one more time, when she had 12at Tulane in the second round of the Conference USAtournament...Changed her serve in the middle of the season, which pro-pelled her to 45 aces, second on the team...

At Clinton Prairie High SchoolPlayed volleyball under head coach Connie Garrett at Clinton Prairie HighSchool.... A four-year letterwinner in volleyball, Softball and basketball,Nance was a member of the 2002 Class A Softball state championshipteam. In that championship game, Nance pitched a one-hitter, striking outseven while walking three and driving in the game-winning run with adouble...Nance helped her volleyball squad to a 25-10 record as a seniorand was named a 2002 J&C All-Area and All-County honoree. She wasalso a 2000 all-state volleyball honoree and is a member of the StudentCouncil, National Honor Society, Pep Club, Letterman's Club and HonorRoll.

PersonalFull name is Melissa Lou-Ann Nance....Daughter of Rick and MarshaNance...Born on March 9, 1985...Majoring in Education.

Coach Yerty's CommentsMelissa is a solid, stable competitor and is probably the hardest worker onthe team. I think it's exciting that she had a full spring to learn more abouther position after she played in every match last fall, and she has reallylearned more about her position and her options as a middle hitter. We doneed to continue to develop her blocking skills, but in terms of offense, Iexpect another great year for her.

What to Watch for in XOO4Melissa will be one of the two returning middles for 2004, and the middlewith the most match experience after playing and starting every matchlast year. The Tigers will look to her and Fehi Tuivai to set the pace for thefreshmen and to replace Sheila Neba's 146 total blocks from 2003.

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Nance's Career StatisticsATT E PCT A SA DG499 82 .240 14 45 83499 82 .240 14 45 83

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For the second straight season, Nellans finished third on the team in kills,finishing with 407, just 19 shy of breaking into the single season top 10 inthat category...She also led the team in digs per game with 3.02...Thesophomore played in all 36 matches, starting 35 and playing in 127 of 135games...Nellans finished fourth on the team with 40 service aces...Nellansdowned double-digit kills 21 times, surpassing the 20-kill mark twice...Sheset a single match career high with 25 digs at Tulane in the second roundof the Conference USA Tournament...She was the third Tiger to take atleast 1,000 swings last season, finishing with 1,046 attacks, just 47 shy ofthe single season top 10 in that category.

2OOZ (Freshman)Nellans had a stellar freshman campaign, finishing third on the team with353 kills, an average of 3.15 kills per game...Nellans crushed 20 or morekills five times, including a career-high 26 kills twice, once against UT-Mar-tin (10/1/02) and once against C-USA foe Houston (10/12/02)...Nellansdowned 20 or more kills against four different C-USA opponents (Houston,TCU, Marquette, East Carolina)...Her nine service aces in a match againstArkansas State in the opening game of the U of M Tournament tied a C-USArecord for number of aces by a freshman in a single game...At one point,Nellans was among the top 25 in the nation in service aces...Was just onedig shy of her first 20-dig career match with 19 against TCU.

At St. Joseph High SchoolLettered three years for Head Coach Frank Nemeth....Helped the Indians toa 51-14 record over the past two seasons and was named team MVP bothher junior and senior seasons...Downed 338 kills and had a .507 hittingpercentage as a senior...Also tallied 43 service aces, 183 digs, 88 block

Hometown: South Bend, Ind.High School: St. JosephPosition: Outside HitterBirthday: Aug. 9, 1984Major: Sports

ManagementFamily: Daughter of

Kenneth and Linda NellansAwards: C-USA Academic Honor Roll

(Fall 2002, Spring 2003);Birmingham Southern All-Tournament Team

Career HighsKills: 26 (twice, last vs. Houston, 10/11/02)Attempts: 66 vs. Houston (10/11/02)Assists: 4 vs. Arkansas State (9/6/02)Digs: 25 at Tulane (11/22/03)Block Assists: 4 (twice, last at UT-Martin, 9/9/03)Block Solos: 1 (multiple, last vs. Tulane, 11/15/03)Service Aces: 9 vs. Arkansas State (9/6/02)

Nancy's Notes: 2004 could be a breakthrough year for Nancy.With the graduation of the 2003 seniors, that will mean moreopportunities for another Tiger outside hitter, and with twoyears in the Tiger line-up, Nellans should get the nod. Nancywill also have the opportunity to step into a primary passerroll and after finishing third on the team in 2003 with 383 digs,could have a big year as a junior. She is also just 240 kills shyof the 1,000 career kill mark and will try to be just the secondjunior under Carrie Yerty to hit the 1,000 career kill mark.

solos and 61 block assists her senior year...Was honored with the KiwanisAward and was named to the Munster, Ind. all-tournament team as well asto the first-team all-state squad...Team captain her junior and senior yearsand a starter on her club team...Named team MVP and received the spiritand leaderships awards as a senior.

PersonalFull name is Nancy Louise Nellans..Daughter of Ken and Linda Nellans...BornAugust 9, 1984...Has one brother, Nathan...Majoring in sports manage-ment.

Coach Yerty's CommentsThere is not a bigger competitor on our team than Nancy and if she cancontinue to mature and develop as an offensive force, as well as a soliddefender and passer, then we'll be really strong again this year. Withcontinued improvement on her attack percentage and her shot selection,she will continue to develop as one of the conference's strongest outsidehitters.

What to Watch (or in 2004The table will be set for Nellans to have a huge year in 2004. With a seniorsetter and right side hitter in the line-up and with more swings being avail-able with the graduation of the 2004 seniors, look for Nancy to factor intothe Tigers' offense often, especially early in the season. Nancy will also tryto become the second junior under Carrie Yerty to hit the 1,000 career killmark. She is currently 240 shy of her 1,000th kill. Should Nellans hit 1,000,that would mark five of the last six seasons that a Tiger has passed the1,000 career kill mark.

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Nellans' Career StatisticsKILL ATT E PCT A SA DG407 1046 233 .166 22 40 383353 899 196 .175 16 48 220760 1945 429 .170 38 88 603

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2003 (Freshman)Slancheva's serve meant that despite playing setter behind Heather Watts,she still saw action in 98 out of 135 games...The Bulgarian freshman fin-ished third on the team with 41 service aces in her 98 games played andtied a Conference USA Single Match Record with eight service aces atSaint Louis...Slancheva also dug up 32 attacks and downed her first ca-reer kill against Holy Cross in the University of Memphis tournament...Withtough serving from Slancheva off the bench, the Tigers ranked 24th in thecountry in aces per game in 2003 with 2.06 an outing.

Spring 2OOZSlancheva joined the Tiger line-up for the spring season after starting schoolin January.

In BulgariaWas a five-time MVP for First English Language School in her nativeBulgaria...Was a three-time gold medalist in the Bulgarian national cham-pionships and was a gold medalist in the games in Reggio N'uila, Italy in1997...Also played tennis for First English.

PersonalFull name is Hristina Petrova Slancheva...Daughter of Jivka and PeterSlanchevi...Her father was a European volleyball champion in the 1970sand is a volleyball coach...Her father's cousin, Lubomir Ganev, is also avolleyball player who played on the Bulgarian Olympic Team that upsetBrazil, finishing seventh, in the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996...Bornon Dec. 9,1981...Considering majoring in psychology or sociology...Enjoysbowling, pool and playing tennis and backgammon in her free-time.

TheSlanchevaFile

Hometown: Sofia, BulgariaHigh School: First EnglishPosition: SetterBirthday: Dec. 9, 1981Major: CommunicationFamily: Daughter of Jivka and

Peter SlancheviAwards: C-USA Honor Roll;

Tiger 3.0 Club

Kills:Attempts:Assists:Digs:Block Assists:Block Solos:Service Aces:

Career Highs1 vs. Holy Cross (9/13/03)2 vs. Holy Cross (9/13/03)4 vs. Holy Cross (9/13/03)6 vs. Wofford (9/20/03)00Sat Saint Louis (10/3/03) Tied a C-USArecord for service aces in a match

Hristina's Notes: This will be a big year for HristinaSlancheva to show that she's prepared and ready to step intothe starting setter's spot after Watts' graduation. The Bulgaria-born setter spent last year setting up the Tiger offense withtough serving, but now it will be time to build team chemistrywith all her hitters for the post-Watts' era.

Coach Yerty's CommentsHristina's in a really good position to learn from a really great setter, ath-lete, captain, leader and all in Heather. I would look for her to back upHeather again in the setting position and to start preparing to take owner-ship of the setting spot for the spring. She is a really effective server andhas great instincts at the net in terms of blocking. Now is when we'rehoping to see Hristina improve defensively so she can back up Heather inher setting duties. Once she improves her defense and her leadershipskills, she'll be ready to step into the setting spot that Heather will vacateafter this year.

What to Watch for in ZOO4Watch for Tiger Head Coach Carrie Yerty to try to give Heather Wattssome rest and to get Hristina some reps with the offense throughout theseason. With no other setters on the roster, Slancheva is the go-to playerto keep the offense together after Watts graduates. Even if she is notsetting up the offense, Slancheva will still remain an offensive weaponfrom the back row. Last year, she scored 43 points for Memphis despitegetting just two kills.

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Slancheva's Career StatisticsKILL ATT E PCI A SA DG

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emily TheSteckelFile

Hometown:High School:Position:Birthday:Major:Family:

Awards:

Santa Clarita, Calif.HartLibero/DSMay 12, 1984BusinessDaughter ofWilliam and DonnaSteckelC-USA Honor Roll;Tiger 3.0 Club

Kills:Attempts:Assists:Digs:Block Assists:Block Solos:Service Aces:

Career Highs1 at Chicago State (10/26/03)1 (3 times, last at East Carolina, 11/7/03)2 vs. Cincinnati (11/1/03)15 at Chicago State (10/26/03)000

Emily's Notes: Emily was a go-to defensive player when theTigers needed someone to clear up the passing game or theback row last year. At Chicago State, she stepped in andhelped the Tigers, who were struggling in their third match inthree straight days, escape the Windy City with a victory with acareer-high 15 digs. Steckel also got some unexpected frontrow experience at East Carolina when the Tigers were caughtwithout substitutes. She played all the way across the front asMemphis held on for the win.

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zoos (Freshman)Steckel stepped in and played in 31 of 36 matches for the Tigers as afreshman, stabilizing the Tiger passing game in a number of differentsituations...In a non-conference match at Chicago State, Steckel steppedin for a Tiger team that was struggling after back-to-back conference roadvictories...Steckel backstopped Memphis with a career-high15 digs andhelped Memphis fly out of the Windy City with three victories in threedays...The freshman downed her first career kill in that Chicago Statematch.

At Hart High SchoolA two-year letterwinner and starter at Hart High, Steckel helped her teamto the state play-offs as a senior. She also played club volleyball with theSanta Monica Beach Club that ranked in the top 10 in the SCVA and fin-ished in the top 20 at the Las Vegas Invitational...Also played club ball atoutside hitter and libero for the Synergy Volleyball Club (renamed fromSanta Clarita Athletic Club)...Her Magic Volleyball Club also won the SCVAChampionships at the 14s level....Steckel was voted the best defensiveplayer at the Nike High Potential Camp at Ohio State last summer andalso attended the Dave Rubio volleyball camp at the University ofArizona....Member of the California Scholastic Federation and a memberof the Honor Society.

PersonalFull name is Emily Ann Steckel...Daughter of William and DonnaSteckel...Born on May 12, 1984...Considering majoring in either journal-ism, psychology or pre-law at Memphis.

Coach Yerty's CommentsEmily brings a real calm, controlled personality to the court and willdefinately have plenty of opportunities to play this fall. She worked hardon developing her serve last year and we will be able to use her with therule change regarding liberos this year. With a little confidence, Emily willbe a real stabilizing force in our passing game this year.

What to Watch for in 2004More of the same consistency from Emily's passing skills. A solid defen-sive player, Steckel is capable of stepping into the line-up and immedi-ately solving a problem spot for any of the positions in the defensive spots.

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ZOO3 (Freshman)Played sporatically in her first season, spending most of the year adjust-ing to the college game...Had her biggest outing in the Elma RoaneFieldhouse, where she downed four kills with three digs and a block assistin a 3-0 win over Christian Brothers...Also had her first career service acein the Fieldhouse, acing Holy Cross in the U of M tournament.

At Highland High SchoolWas a two-year letterwinner at Highland HS under Head Coach KimNorman, the same high school with the same head coach that Logan Tomattended...Helped her team to a third-place finish at the state tournamentin 2002 and a runner-up finish in the region and the state in 2000 and asilver place in the Park City Volleyclassic High PerformanceTournament...Named second-team all-state...Also a member of the stu-dent senate and junior choir...An honor roll student at Highland.

The Toronto File

Hometown:High School:Position:Birthday:Major:Family:

Awards:

Salt Lake City, UtahHighlandOutside HitterOct. 1, 1984UndeclaredDaughter ofTom and Catherine TorontoC-USA Honor Roll;Tiger 3.0 Club

Career HighsKills: 4 vs. Christian Brothers (10/14/03)Attempts: 8 vs. Christian Brothers (10/14/03)Assists: 0Digs: 3 (twice, last vs. Christian Brothers,

10/14/03)Block Assists: 1 vs. Christian Brothers (10/14/03)Block Solos: 0Service Aces: 1 vs. Holy Cross

Jennie's Notes: Jennie spent her first collegiate seasonadjusting to the game and the league. She was consistentlyone of the team's spark plugs when they needed a boost fromthe bench.

PersonalFull name is Jennie Maria Toronto...Daughter of Tom and CatherineToronto...Born on Oct. 1, 1984...Considering majoring in nursing orteaching...Is niece of Caroline Toronto, a track and field All-America hon-oree at the University of Utah..Enjoys skiing, snowboarding, hiking, camp-ing, biking, playing piano and guitar and art in her free-time...

Coach Yerty's CommentsJennie is such a team player, that the team really rallies around her whenshe gets her opportunities. She improved a ton over the spring and willgive us some depth this year on the outside. She brings so many intan-gibles to the team that she really fits our team and powers them on inevery situation.

What to Watch Cor in ZOO4Jennie spent last season making the adjustment to college volleyball andcould see some time in a much-less experience outside hitting pool in2004. The opportunities will exist for any outside hitters to step up early.

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Toronto's Career StatisticsATT E PCI A SA QG

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The Tuivai File

Hometown:High School:Position:Birthday:Major:Family:

Awards:

Kent, Wash.Kent-MeridianMiddle HitterOctober 24, 1982SociologyDaughter ofVaisi Liva Tuivai andAfu TaumoepeauC-USA Honor Roll;Tiger 3.0 Club

Kills:Attempts:Assists:

Digs:Block Assists:Block Solos:

Service Aces:

Career Highs7 vs. Christian Brothers (10/14/03)13 vs. Christian Brothers (10/14/03)1 (4 times, last vs. Southern Miss,11/14/03)5 vs. Christian Brothers (10/14/03)5 at Tulane (11/22/03)1 (2 times, last vs. Christian Brothers,10/14/03)1 vs. Christian Brothers (10/14/03)

Fehi's Notes: Fehi played in 35 games, with a majority ofthose games coming in October and November after she hadsome practice time in the Tigers' system after transferring fromEastern Washington over the summer.

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2003 (Sophomore)Played a majority of her 35 games toward the end of the year after shehad some time to adjust to the Tigers' offensive system...Responded byoffering some offensive consistency for the Tiger middles when they neededit, including a .429 hitting percentage in the match against Tulane thatdetermined which team got the No. 4 seed in the Conference USAtournament...Her longest outing was against Christian Brothers, her firstreally extensive action of the season, where she downed seven kills on 13attacks...Added five block assists against Tulane in the second round ofthe Conference USA tournament, helping Memphis make its first-everappearance in the league semifinals with the win.

2002 (Freshman/Eastern Washington)Played in 15 games, downing seven kills after redshirting the 2001 sea-

son at Eastern Washington...Also posted four total blocks, including twosolos and hit .200 while helping Eastern Washington to a 29-2 overallrecord, including a 13-1 mark in the Big Sky Conference.

2001. (Redshirted/Eastern Washington)Redshirted the 2001 season at Eastern Washington.

At Kent-Meridian High SchoolWas a three-year letterwinner at Kent-Meridian High School in Kent,Washington...Was an honorable mention all-conference player her sopho-more year and a first-team all-league selection her junior and seniorseasons...Was named league MVP as a senior...Also a three-yearletterwinner in basketball.

PersonalFull name is Melenaite Fehi Tuivai...Daughter of Vaisiliva Tuivai and AfuTaumoepeau...Born October 24,1982...Majoring in sociology...Enjoys "long,profound conversations with Hristina, making people laugh and hangingwith her family."

Coach Yerty's Comments:Fehi had a great spring. She was one of our best blockers all spring long.She's so fast laterally that she gets touches on a lot of balls and that reallyhelps our defense. In transition, she has the ability to get up really quickand has a wide range in her shot selection. As a junior, I expect her to addsome maturity to the court and think she'll do a great job of helping ourmiddles in the blocking scheme.

What to Watch For in ZOO4Fehi will probably start the season as one of the team's better blockers.Not typically a Memphis strength, expect Tuivai's blocking to give the de-fense some better opportunities to get to some attacks and for her totransition quickly to put those same balls down in a quicker offense.

2003TOTALS

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Tuivai's Career StatisticsFT E PCT A SA93 22 .097 4 193 22 .097 4 1

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20O4 Newcomers

shelbymm6*0 A Freshman

San Antonio, TX A HolmesMiddle Hitter

At Holmes High SchoolBurton was a three-year letterwinner for Roseanne Martinez atHolmes High School in San Antonio, Texas...She also lettered inbasketball and track and field...Burton and fellow 2004 signee AshleyLiford were both teammates of the Alamo 18 Kaepa Club VolleyballTeam coached by Howard Wallace...She earned all-district honorsher junior year...She was also a member of the Spanish and En-glish honor societies and the National Honor Society.

PersonalBorn May 23, 1986 in Wichita, Kansas...Daughter of Howard andLeslie Burton...Had scholarship offers from San Jose State andNew Mexico before choosing Memphis...Plans on majoring inbiology at Memphis.

Coach Yerty's Comments:Shelby will add a lot of depth to the middle. She's probably ourmost dynamic slide hitter and is a very good blocker. She hasplayed at a really high level of high school and club volleyball andis capable of earning a starting position on our team.

6-0 A FreshmanSan Antonio, TX A James Madison

Outside Hitter

At James Madison High SchoolLiford was a member of the USA Volleyball High Performance Youth Pro-gram in the summer of 2003 and one of 12 players in the state of Texasnamed to the Texas 5A and 4A Combined All-Star Team that played July 5.6and 7th of 2004...Was a three-year letterwinner under Head Coach RenataGoebel at James Madison...She helped her senior team to a 24-8 record :i2003, missing the playoffs by one match in the toughest division in Texasprep volleyball...All-District Honorable Mention as a junior and Southwes!Tournament MVP as a senior...First team all-district..Team Captain her se-nior season...Team MVP for James Madison and for the Alamo VolleyballClub as a senior...As a team captain for the Alamo Volleyball Club, Lifcrdhelped her squad to the nationals in Houston...Also a two-year letter\vinner

in cross country and track...Qualified for the cross country regionalsasasophomore and participated in the triple jump and 400-meter run intrack...Was an academic all-state honoree in volleyball as a senior and a •district as a junior in cross country...Was also a member of Honors Bandthe Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA), the National Honor Society andwas an Academic All-District team member in volleyball her junior andsenior years...Played club volleyball with Burton for the Alamo Club Volley-ball Program...Her 17s team qualified for the U.S. Junior Olympics in Atlanta.

PersonalBorn Sept. 27, 1986...Daughter of Edwin and Joelle Allen and SteveLiford...Her dad, Steve, played basketball for Truman State University (for-merly known as Northeast Missouri State)...Plans on majoring in physic;therapy or pre-med at Memphis...Also was recruited by Auburn, Miarn'.Denver, Texas Tech, Lamar and West Texas A&M.

Coach Yerty's CommentsAshley is ultra-competitive and is planning on challenging right away frthe opportunity to play. She has been a primary passer for her club teamand is a very good blocker. Watching her mix into the melt will be excitingthis year.

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2003 Year In ReviewThe 2003 season was a noteworthy one for a

number of reasons for the Tigers. Among theseason's accomplishments were:

-- Three players named All-Conference USAfor the first time in school history

— The program's first-ever appearance in theConference USA Championship finals, which wasalso Memphis' first-ever televised game.

— The program's second Academic All-America honoree since 2001.

- The best-ever winning percentage in schoolhistory with a 30-6 mark (.833).

— Becoming the second C-USA volleyball teamto hit the 30-win mark.

The year began just up I-55 at the ArkansasState tournament. Memphis faced a UALR teamthat had a strong international flavor and that waspredicted to finish second in the Sun Belt Confer-ence. The Tigers used a triple threat of TiaraGilkey, Nancy Nellans and freshman MelissaNance to ward off the Trojans, 3-1. Nance openedher collegiate career with 11 kills and a .556 at-tack percentage, while Gilkey passed the 20-killmark with 21 to lead Memphis to the victory. Laterthat afternoon, Memphis would pick up a similar3-1 victory over Eastern Kentucky, with BrittanyBarnett leading the four Tigers in double-digit killswith 17. Gilkey added 16, Nellans 14 and SheilaNeba rounded out the double-digit forces with 10kills.

The second day of the ASU tournament be-gan with a foe that somehow always seems toplan on going five with the Tigers, regardless ofhaving graduated almost all of its starters. UTMartin and the Tigers would face each other twicein a two-week period, and both matches wouldgo five, starting with the Tigers' third match of theyear. Four Skyhawks would hit double-digit kills,while three Tigers hit the double-digit mark, ledby 27 from Gilkey, but Memphis managed to stringtogether points to take game five, 17-15, and thematch 3-2. The Tigers were 3-0 and heading intoa championship match situation against hostASU, who was also 3-0 in the tournament.

Whether it was an earlier five-set win over UTMartin or the suddenly loud and vocal crowd,Memphis found itself down 2-0 to ASU headinginto the break between games two and three.Memphis hit below .100 in both of the openingtwo games. But the Tigers roared back and hitover .300 in the next two games to force a decid-ing fifth game, but the ASU offense, which wasstill clicking through games three and four, out hitMemphis .304 to .192 in the fifth game, givingthem their home tournament title and handing theTigers their first loss of the season. Tiara Gilkeyand Heather Watts would each earn a spot to theall-tournament team, and Memphis would loadthe bus for home with a 3-1 mark. Gilkey wouldgo on to be named the Conference USA Co-Playerof the Week after downing 85 kills in the fourmatches.

The Tigers flew to North Carolina to partici-pate in the Davidson tournament and made shortwork of Radford and Troy State on the openingday of the tournament, improving to 5-1 on theseason. The battle with the host team would gotour, with Davidson coming back from a 30-20game one loss to win the second game 30-26.Memphis hit over .500 in games one and four,picking up a 3-1 win and their first of two tourna-

ment titles for the season. Heather Watts wouldpick up a tournament MVP honor, while Gilkey andBarnett would join her with all-tournament honors.

Nine days after first standing toe-to-toe with UTMartin, the Tigers were on the bus and in Martin,Tenn., for a non-conference slugfest against theSkyhawks once again. Memphis came out andwon game one 30-20, but UT Martin answeredback with 30-28 and 31 -29 victories in games twoand three. Memphis held UT Martin under .100 inoffense on the next two games, winning game four30-25 and taking game five 15-12. The Tigers got18 kills from Gilkey in the win and got double-digitkills from Neba (15) and Barnett and Nellans, whoeach added 11 kills in the win. The Tigers snuckout of Martin with a 7-1 overall record and wereheading for their home opener against another in-state foe, Tennessee Tech.

The Golden Eagles of Tech could not find theiroffense until they were down 2-0 to Memphis inthe opening round of the University of Memphistournament. By the time Tennessee Tech hit over.200, they came up just short, 30-28, in game three.Memphis would roll through the remainder of thetournament, with wins over Holy Cross and Loui-siana-Lafayette, 3-0, to take their second tourna-ment title in as many weeks. Watts would pick upher second tournament MVP honor, while Gilkeyand Neba would also earn all-tournament awards.It was the first career all-tournament award forNeba in her four years as a Tiger. Watts would goon to be named the Conference USA Player ofthe Week, her second career C-USA honor.

Memphis again loaded the bus, this one des-tined for Birmingham, Ala., where the Tigers ea-gerly awaited a match against North Carolina State,an ACC foe that Memphis had not faced since1986. But before the Tigers would face State, theywould play host Birmingham Southern the Thurs-day before the tournament officially got rolling in aschedule change. In front of a vocal and support-ive BSC crowd, the host team rallied back from a2-0 deficit to win game three, 30-19 while hitting.469. But the Tigers regrouped to hit .400 in gamefour, their best hitting percentage of the night, totake the deciding game, 30-14. Barnett andNellans each finished with 16 kills, while Gilkey

added 13.Finally came the match with N.C. State. The

result of a fired-up Tiger team was a 3-0 win thatsaw State unable to score more than 24 points inany of the three games. Gilkey led the Tigers with17 kills, while Nellans chipped in 13 and Barnett11. Watts led the offense with six service acesand 52 assists, while Memphis improved to 12-1on the season. The following day, the Tigers gotby Wofford, 3-0, with Kristen Hardee coming offthe bench to down nine kills on 14 attacks to hit.643 and push Memphis to a 13-1 overall record.Also in that match, Brittany Barnett would becomethe 15* Tiger in school history to pass the 1,000career kill mark. Memphis would round out thetournament with a 4-0 mark with a 3-0 victory overSouth Alabama.

The Tigers may have thought they had lot ofroad trips in 2003, so it was back on the bus andheaded to Murfreesboro, Tenn., for Memphis justthree days after the Birmingham Southern tour-nament. Memphis won games one and two, butwhen the Middle Tennessee football team showedup to support the Lady Raiders, the momentumswung back to the MTSU side, with the Blue Raid-ers winning games three and four, 30-26. ButMemphis would hit .471 in the fifth and decidinggame, taking a 15-11 victory and their third non-conference road win of the season. Memphis im-proved to 15-1 overall and would travel back downI-40 to hit I-55 to open its conference schedule atSaint Louis.

The Saint Louis trip is always a special one forTiger Tiara Gilkey. The junior outside respondedaccordingly in the C-USA opener, downing 15 kills,while Barnett and Nellans would add 12 and 11respectively. Freshman setter Hristina Slanchevawould also find a place in the Conference USArecord book with eight service aces against theBillikens, tying a C-USA single match record.Memphis was just four wins away from the 20-win mark just 17 matches into the season, andhad overcome a bad blocking performance thatsaw them get out-blocked 8-3 to open the C-USAschedule with a road win.

Before returning to Memphis, the Tigersstopped in Cape Girardeau, Mo., just down the

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2OO3 Year in Reviewroad from Saint Louis on 1-55 for a non-confer-ence match. Whether it was the bus trip, the non-conference match following a conference openeror something else, the Tigers found themselvesin a battle. Memphis won games one and two,30-28 and 30-26 before SEMO closed out a game,30-25, in the third. Game four was one in whichneither team could get much offense rolling, butMemphis out hit SEMO .242 to .176 to hold on fora 30-27 game four victory. Barnett led Memphiswith 19 kills, while Gilkey and Nellans eachcracked double-digits with 13 and 12 kills, respec-tively. Neba would be a force at the net for Mem-phis, stuffing nine total blocks, while Nellanspicked up a double-double with 16 digs in addi-tion to her 12 kills.

There was no rest for the road weary though,and the problems that started with the difficultSoutheast Missouri State match came to the frontin Fort Worth, Texas, against TCU. Memphis hitnegative for the first time all season in the open-ing game against TCU, which was playing one ofits first matches in a brand new volleyball facilityon campus. But while the TCU students were onfall break, the local schools responded, sendinga bunch of vocal Horned Frog supporters in tokeep the Memphis passing game and offensereeling. Memphis would fall in game two, 30-26,hitting just .125 before finally regrouping betweengames two and three to out-hit TCU .286 to .194,but not before the TCU blocking game helpedthem pick up a 31-29 game three victory whichhanded Memphis not only its first road loss in fivetries, but its first conference loss.

The four-hour bus trip from Fort Worth to Hous-ton was made all the longer with the loss, whichdropped Memphis to 17-2 on the season and 1-1in the league and with a road contest facing aHouston team that had not lost to Memphis since1998 in their home gym. Game one alone wouldhave been enough to let everyone on both teamsknow what kind of night it was going to be. With11 ties and five lead changes, with Houston pre-vailing, 30-26. But the Tigers answered back witha 30-26 victory of their own in game two, to knotthe match at one apiece. The Tigers seized theadvantage with a 30-21 game three win despitejust hitting .220, while Houston hit under .100. Ingame four, Memphis would get six of her 19 killsfrom Barnett, propelling Memphis to their secondConference USA road win of the year and a markof 18-2 on the season.

Cross-town rival CBU had all that momentumto deal with in a non-conference match-up againstthe Tigers just three days later, in addition to theunderlying emotion of the match which featuredformer Tiger Nan Kimbrell coming back into theElma Roane Fieidhouse after transferring to CBUover the previous summer. Kimbrell would leadher team with eight kills, but the Tigers answeredback with 13 from Barnett and nine from Neba ina 3-0 win that pushed Memphis to 19-2 with UABand USF rolling into the Fieidhouse for Memphis'C-USA home opener.

UAB featured Martina Shields, one of the pre-mier hitters in the league, and Memphis' goal wasto block her aggressively and to be in positiondefensively to dig up everything she hit. The Ti-gers came close. Shields finished with just six killson 22 swings, and hit .045. Without their leadinghitter, UAB looked to Karen Boyd, who respondedwith nine kills, but the Blazer offense could not

match the Tiger offense that had three players indouble-digit kills, lead by Gilkey's 12. Memphisalso aced the UAB passers eight times in a 3-0victory, and prepared for USF and their high-oc-tane offense.

The Bulls were going through a transition in2003 as well. Gone were three-time player of theyear Michelle Collier and her setter AlesandraDomingos. While Rachel Jobes was back, thequestion was who else would power the USF of-fense. The answer was junior Shameka Mitchell.Mitchell lit Memphis up with 21 kills and a .405attack percentage, but Memphis used a balanceoffense to go up 2-0 early, and then hang on for a35-33 game three win. Nellans would lead the Ti-gers with 19 kills, while Gilkey and Barnett added12 and Neba added 10. It was offensive show onboth sides, as just one player between the twoteams had double-digit digs. Memphis was now21 -2 and 4-1 in the league, matching their C-USAwin total from the previous season.

Memphis then welcomed Ole Miss into the ElmaRoane Fieidhouse, looking to avenge a 3-1 lossin Oxford the previous season. While the Tigeroffense sputtered a bit, hitting just .198, so didthe Rebel offense, hitting .116 in a 3-0 Memphiswin. Memphis out-dug Ole Miss, 54-39, settingup 13 more kills on the same number of attackscompared to the Rebels. The win pushed Mem-phis to 22-2. The 22nd win was significant be-cause it tied the best-ever win total in CarrieYerty's eight-year career in Memphis. It would beback on the road to look for the 23rd win of theseason.

The rainy and cold road trip to Milwaukee, Wis.,to play one last time in the Marquette Gym wasan appropriate metaphor for the Tigers' experi-ence in that gym. A small gym with the fans righton top of the court (and literally sitting in the endzones), the Golden Eagles would move into abrand new home following the completion of the2003 season, but not before taking one final shotat Memphis.

It was an emotional and high-paced match,with the two teams splitting the first two games

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before Memphis squeaked by with a 31-29 gamethree win to go up 2-1. But the Tigers would losethat momentum, up 20-11, in game four, allowingMarquette to come back to win that game 30-27.It would be the first and only time of the seasonthat Memphis would have a trio of players overthe 20-kill mark, and the Tigers needed every killthey could get. Nellans led the team with 23 kills.while Gilkey added 22. Two Tiger blocks (Mem-phis out-blocked Marquette 4-1 in the fifth game).would give the Tigers enough cushion to finallyleave Marquette gym with a victory, and a 23-2overall record and a 5-1 C-USA mark.

DePaul is another team that Memphis has notfared so well against on the road, and the ensu-ing Saturday night C-USA match would see someof the more bizarre plays of the Tigers' season.Game one was tied 30 all when Heather Wattsdug up a ball that the DePaul crowd and an-nouncer thought was down. On DePaul's returnattack off that same dig, Watts floated anotherdig back over the DePaul net, which the BlueDemon attacker swung at and hit out of bounds,putting Memphis up, 31-30. Freshman MelissaNance then served the ball and watched it hit thetop of the net tape and roll to the floor to giveMemphis game one, 32-30.

Barnett then downed one of her 17 kills thatrolled down the tape toward the Blue Demons'center court to tie game two at 20 all. KristenHardee then downed two straight kills, includingone that was blocked back at her but bounced offher shoulder and back over the Blue Demonblockers, to give Memphis enough momentum toclaim game two, 30-25. Game three was anotheraffair that saw Memphis give up a lead. Wattspicked up the third Tiger service ace to hit the nettape and roll to the Blue Demons' side of the floor.to give Memphis a 14-10 lead in game three, butDePaul stormed back all the way to 21-20 beforea Christen Clayton dig floated over the net, wherea Blue Demon attacker stood waiting. The attackerswung at the ball, but it floated over her and landedon the floor behind her to give Memphis a 22-20lead and enough momentum to escape Chicagowith a 30-25 game three win.

But before the Tigers could return home, theywould face Chicago State for their third straightroad match in as many days. And the Cougarsand Stacey Cole were waiting. Cole was one ofthe leading hitters in the country, and would rackup 26 kills against Memphis in a 3-1 Tiger victoryon CSU's senior day. Memphis, meanwhile, wouldforget to unpack its passing game until game two.after Chicago State had taken game one, 30-26.It was the seniors who powered Memphis throughthe tough non-conference match, with Barnett firvishing with 14 kills, while Neba added 12 kills andfour blocks. Gilkey would chip in with 12 kills, buthit just .068 for the match. Luckily for Memphisno other Cougar got to double-digits, and the TV ^gers picked up their 25* win of the season.

The going would get significantly tougher back 'in the Elma Roane Fieidhouse. No. 22 Louisville'sonly two losses to the Tigers were forfeits tha:were awarded from the NCAA after a rules infrac-tion was found, and the Cardinals were not going *to let 2003 be any different, claiming games oneand two, 30-23 and 30-26. But Memphis wotA!fight back to win game three and four, 30-27. butLouisville hit .588 in the fifth game, having \xfSonja Percan and Lena Utymenko down 25 kills.

Barnett would have her best outing of the yearwith 26 kills, while Nellans added 16 and Gilkey15. Neba would be the fourth Tiger in double-digitkills with 11, but Memphis was out-blocked 21.5-11.5 for the deciding factor. The Tigers would nothave much time to stew over the missed opportu-nity for the W, as league-leading Cincinnati rolledinto the Fieldhouse the next night.

Memphis would again have four players indouble-digit kills, including 10 from Watts in herfirst triple double of the season, but Cincinnatiwould come back from a 30-27 game one loss todown the Tigers 3-1. It was the first time Mem-phis had lost back-to-back games on the season,but again, the Tigers got out-blocked in a big way,22-9.

So with a 25-4 overall and 6-3 mark in Confer-ence USA play, it was back on the road for theTigers. At East Carolina, Memphis needed all theextra points it could get. Gilkey led the team with22 kills, while Barnett added 15, but that was allthe offense the Tigers could generate, while ECUpushed Memphis to 32-30 in game one and 37-35 in game two. Kristen Hardee was again insertedto find some Tiger offense, and Hardee finishedwith five kills on nine attacks to help Memphisweather a 3-0 victory. The road trip didn't get anyeasier in Charlotte the following night. The twoteams split the first two games and Memphiswould go up 2-1 with a 30-27 victory in game three,before the 49ers answered back with a 30-28 vic-tory in game four. Freshman Christen Clayton'sdefense had backstopped Memphis to the two-alltie, and when Watts won a joust that the Char-lotte crowd thought was a lift, Memphis was up11-5 in game five. But Charlotte would come backagain, to 13-11, before a 49er attack sailed longto give Memphis match point. The Tigers woulduse a block from Neba and Gilkey to close outtheir C-USA road mark with a 6-1 record, theirbest ever C-USA road total.

Shortly after returning home, the Tigers had apair of players named to the Co-SIDA AcademicAll-District Team. Heather Watts earned her sec-ond straight first-team honor, while Sheila Nebaearned her first-ever career award with a secondteam award.

2003 Year in ReviewBack on the volleyball court, the Tigers were

in a three-way fight with Southern Miss and Tulanefor the No. 3 seed for the conference tournament,which was being hosted in New Orleans.

First up, would be a match-up with SouthernMiss. For the first time since Oct. 31s1 Memphiswould come up on the short end of a 3-2 deci-sion. The Tigers would drop their third 3-2 deci-sion, while USM would break the tie and seizethe No. 3 spot in the tournament bracket, alongwith an all-important first-round bye. So not onlywere Tulane and Memphis vying for the first-roundbye and the No. 4 seed, but the loser would bethe No. 5 seed and would play the No. 4 seed inthe second round, only this time in New Orleans.Which is exactly what would happen. Memphisdowned Tulane 3-1 in the last home match forseniors Brittany Barnett and Sheila Neba. It wasnot an impressive offensive effort for either team,and again Memphis got severely out-blocked, butit did grant the Tigers the No. 4 seed for the tour-nament. The Tigers would draw the winner of theNo. 5 Tulane/No. 12 Saint Louis match in the sec-ond round of the tournament in Tulane's homegym.

Tulane would end Marilyn Nolen's illustriousSaint Louis coaching career with a 3-0 victory. TheSLU coach would be inducted into the AVCA'sinaugural Hall of Fame class once the season wasover, but Tulane focused next on downing the Ti-gers.

Offensively, both teams were better the sec-ond time around, with Tulane hitting .205, whileMemphis hit .234. Barnett made the most of herfirst-ever All-Conference USA Second Team honorwith 21 kills, while Gilkey, a third team honoree,added 19. Melissa Nance would add 12 kills, andHeather Watts, another third team all-conferencehonoree, would add 11 kills on 13 attacks with noerrors. Watts also had 59 assists and 14 digs forher second triple double of the year. Memphisused the 3-1 victory to advance to their first-everConference USA Semifinal, but Memphis left thegym unsure of whom they would face in the nextround.

A cell phone call from Carrie Yerty would de-liver the news of the upset of the tournament'sNo. 1 seed, Cincinnati. Memphis would face Hous-ton in the semifinals. It would be the Cougars' thirdmatch in three days, which would account forMemphis jumping out to a 30-19 game one win inthe semifinal. Memphis would go up 2-0 beforeHouston came back to win game three, 30-24.But while Memphis was hitting well below .100 inthe final three games, the Cougars hit .000 in thefourth, and deciding, game. Nellans downed oneof her 14 kills down the line to close out the match,3-1, in the Tigers' favor.

It would be a tournament of more firsts for theTigers. In addition to their first-ever appearancein the Conference USA finals, Memphis would beon TV. And facing No. 17 Louisville, a team thathad been in many league finals before, wouldprove to be a less-than-ideal match-up for Mem-phis. Maybe surprisingly to the national TV audi-ence on College Sports Television, the Tigersjumped out to a 6-3 lead early, and battled untilLouisville tied it at 13 all. But the Cardinals expe-rience showed through, and Louisville aggres-sively blocked and tooled kills of the Tiger blockersin a 3-0 victory that ended Memphis' season at30-6. Gilkey would lead Memphis with 10 kills,with her third kill of the night being her 1,000th

career kill. Gilkey became the first junior player tohit that mark under Yerty's guidance.

Heather Watts would add another Memphisfirst with an AVCA All-Midwest Region HonorableMention honor, the first Tiger to earn an honorfrom the national governing body. But despite theteam staying in Memphis to train over Thanksgiv-ing, and spending some time with the MemphisFood Shelter preparing Thanksgiving packagesfor families, Memphis watched the NCAA Selec-tion Show and found it had been excluded fromthe 2003 tournament field despite being just thesecond C-USA team in history to hit the 30-winmark.

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2003 StatisticsRECORD:ALL MATCHESCONFERENCENON-CONFERENCE

STATS SUMMARY GGILKEY, Tiara 133BARNETT, Brittany 135NELLANS, Nancy 127NEBA, Sheila 134NANCE, Melissa 129HARDEE, Kristen 65TORONTO, Jennie 6WATTS, Heather 135TUIVAI, Fehi 35CLAYTON, Christen 128SLANCHEVA, Hristina 98STECKEL, Emily 68TEAMMEMPHIS.... 135Opponents 1 35

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SERVEA/Game SA SE SA/Gm0.84 30 47 0.230.24 36 32 0.270.17 40 56 0.310.04 11 21 0.080.11 45 65 0.350.08 9 14 0.140.00 1 1 0.1713.27 63 59 0.470.11 1 10 0.030.25 1 3 0.010.09 41 32 0.420.13 0 4 0.00

1715.09 278 344 2.0611.44 145 320 1.07

TEAM STATISTICSDEFENSEDigsDigs/Game

BLOCKINGBlock SoloBlock AssistTotal BlocksBlocks Per GameBlock Errors

BALL HANDLING ERRORSATTENDANCETotalDates/Avg Per DateNeutral site #/AvgCurrent win streakHome win streak

SCORE-BY-GAME30-22,31-29,22-30,30-2430-20,26-30,30-26,30-20

DIGRE DIG2528920000044020

3913313834883456403183623295

145 2197278 1824

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219716.3

65422276.02.06661

306811/279

BLOCKINGDig/G BS BA Total B/Game BE2.94 14 78 92 0.69 102.45 7 53 60 0.44 43.02 4 33 37 0.29 100.36 25 121 146 1.09 190.64 11 70 81 0.63 80.69 0 6 6 0.09 01.00 0 1 1 0.17 02.99 2 45 47 0.35 120.51 2 15 17 0.49 32.83 0 0 0 0.00 00.33 0 0 0 0.00 01.40 0 0 0 0.00 0

16.27 65 422 276.0 2.04 6613.51 68 501 318.5 2.36 51

OPP

182413.5

68501318.52.45188

326715/218

BHE Points13 621.02 589.56 467.50 38253 293.00 86.00 7.532 221.52 41.51 4.01 43.00 1.0

61 2758.088 2160.5

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About Conference USAConference USA cel-

ebrates its 10th anniversaryin 2004-05. A significantmilestone for the league,the 10th year finds the con-ference preparing to em-bark on a new era in its al-ready remarkable history.

Marshall, Rice, SMU,Tulsa, UCF and UTEP willjoin East Carolina, Houston,Memphis, Southern Miss,Tulane and UAB in a 12-team conference with com-petition beginning in 2005-

06. Current members Cincinnati, DePaul, Louis-ville, Marquette and USF will become membersof the BIG EAST, while TCU goes to the MountainWest and Charlotte and Saint Louis will join theAtlantic 10 at the end of this season. The mem-bership changes have given C-USA the opportu-nity to play a pivotal role in the changing face ofconference affiliations and will reinforce theleague's position in collegiate athletics for yearsto come.

"We are excited about adding new membersand making structural improvements to Confer-ence USA," Banowsky said. "This is an opportu-nity for us to tighten our geography, group similarinstitutions together, create a divisional model, andpossibly stage a football championship game. Itwill be very exciting to watch this league grow anddevelop."

The conference headquarters moves from Chi-cago to the Las Colinas area in the Dallas/FortWorth Metroplex in June 2004.

With a promising future ahead, there is plentyfor the league to celebrate from its first nine years.After its formation in 1995, hailed as a bold movein the world on intercollegiate sports, C-USA es-tablished a strong foundation while quickly earn-ing a reputation of successfully competing at thehighest levels of intercollegiate athletics. Capital-izing on the strengths of its 15 distinguished anddiverse universities, Conference USA quicklyemerged as one of the nation's top conferences.

A PROUD HISTORY; A STRONG IDENTITYThe conference unveiled its name, logo and

commissioner on April 24, 1995 in Chicago.Eleven of the institutions began athletic participa-tion in 1995, while Houston joined competition inthe fall of 1996. The league's headquarters wereestablished in Chicago and after nine years, relo-cated to Irving, Texas. Britton Banowsky wasnamed Commissioner in October 2002, succeed-ing Mike Slive, the league's first commissioner.

In May 2000, the league introduced a brandidentity program, featuring a family of new marksthat reflect the urban, progressive and bold na-ture of the C-USA brand. The new logos are partof a comprehensive marketing and promotionalprogram designed to reinforce the conference'sathletic and national emergence.

EXPANSION AND REALIGNMENT CHART THECOURSE

The league's charter members include Char-lotte, Cincinnati, DePaul, Houston, Louisville,Marquette, Memphis, Saint Louis, Southern Miss,Tulane, UAB and USF. C-USA added East Caro-lina (September, 1996) and the United States Mili-

tary Academy (March, 1997) as football members.ECU began league competition in 1997; Army in1998 and UAB began football play in 1999. Theleague added TCU and ECU (1999) for all sportsand they began competition in 2001. USF startedC-USA football in 2003.

As another wave of major conference realign-ment took shape in 2003-04, Conference USA an-nounced the addition of Marshall, Rice, SMU,UTEP, Tulsa and UCF. The six join East Carolina,Houston, Memphis, Southern Miss, Tulane andUAB in a 12-team conference for competition be-ginning in 2005-06.

COMPETITIONConference USA sponsors 19 sports - base-

ball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soc-cer, tennis, and track and field (indoor and out-door) for men and basketball, cross country, golf,soccer, Softball, swimming and diving, tennis, trackand field (indoor and outdoor), and volleyball forwomen.

SUCCESS ON THE PLAYING FIELDConference USA performers have achieved

great success in competition, placing the leagueamong the top conferences in the nation.

Men's Basketball• Consistently rated as one of the top

basketball leagues in the country• 51 postseason teams (34 NCAA and

24 NIT)• Strong fan support, drawing a nearly 2

million fans each season• Among the nation's best in home at-

tendance• One Final Four team• Three Elite Eight NCAA Tournament

teams• One NIT Champion• Three NIT semifinalists

Football• Began competition in 1996• Rated among the top seven confer-

ences in the nation• 22 teams have earned bowl bids• Member of the Bowl Championship

Series• Bowl ties-ins with the AutoZone Liberty

Bowl (champion), GMAC Bowl,Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl, PlainsCapitalFort Worth Bowl and the WyndhamNew Orleans Bowl

Women's Basketball• Consistently rated among the nation's

best conferences• 34 NCAA Tournament appearances• 20 WNIT appearances• One team in the NCAA Sweet 16• Two WNIT semifinalists• Strong fan support, ranking among the

nation's top 10 conferences in atten-dance

• Setting league attendance record forthree straight seasons

Volleyball23 NCAA appearancesTwo Sweet 16 appearances in 1996 and

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1998• One of four leagues to send at least

three teams to the NCAA Champion-ship each of the last five years

• Five C-USA teams posting 20-win sea-sons for three consecutive years

In addition, 27 men's and women's soccerteams, 23 baseball teams and 13 Softball teamshave earned NCAA Tournament bids. C-USA hassent two men's soccer teams to the Final Four,one baseball team to the College World Seriesand four Softball teams to the Women's CollegeWorld Series. The league has also had three na-tional champions in NCAA track and field compe-tition, one national champion in diving and nu-merous NCAA individual and team competitors incross country, golf, swimming, tennis and trackand field. Overall, Conference USA teams andindividuals have made more than 350 NCAA ap-pearances.

SUCCESS OFF THE FIELDAmong C-USA's 5,000 student-athletes, there

are champions off the playing field as well. In nineyears, 78 student-athletes earned national VerizonAcademic All-America honors, while 216 werenamed All-District. In addition, more than 9,500student-athletes have been named to theCommissioner's Honor Roll or received theCommissioner's Academic Medal, indicative ofoutstanding achievement in the classroom. Theconference annually awards six postgraduatescholarships, along with the Sport AcademicAward, Scholar Athletes of the Year and the Insti-tutional Academic Excellence Award.

CONFERENCE USA ON TVESPN, Inc. and C-USA entered into an exclu-

sive eight-year agreement, beginning with the2001 season. The multi-faceted agreement, whichincorporates ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Regional Tele-vision, ABC Sports, ESPN.com and ESPN Clas-sic, is highlighted by: ESPN/ESPN2's coverageof C-USA football featuring weeknight games; tele-vising possible future C-USA Football Champion-ship Games on ABC; men's basketball coverage;syndication and network rights for the conference'sfootball and basketball coverage through ERT;continued exposure for women's basketball, alongwith volleyball, baseball, soccer and Softball, aswell as marketing rights. The league also pro-vides exposure for women's basketball, men's andwomen's soccer, volleyball, baseball and Softballthrough the Conference USA Television Network.

GOVERNANCEAlong with the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12,Pac-10 and SEC, Conference USA is one of theseven conferences having significant represen-tation in the NCAA governance structure. ThePresidents of the member institutions serve asthe league's Board of Directors. Dr. Joseph Stegerof Cincinnati served as the chair for the first fouryears and was succeeded by Dr. J.H. Woodwardof Charlotte. In September 2003, Dr. ShirleyRaines of Memphis was named as the third chair.

ZOO3 Conference USA StandingsCONFERENCE

TEAMACincinnati#A LouisvilleSouthern MissMemphisTulaneMarquetteUABHoustonUSFTCUDePaulSaint LouisEast CarolinaCharlotte

W-L12-112-111-29-49-48-56-76-76-75-83-102-111-121-12

PCT..923.923.846.692.692.615.462.462.462.385.231.154.077.077

H7-06-07-03-36-05-12-54-22-44-32-50-71-61-5

A5-16-14-26-13-43-44-22-54-31-51-52-40-60-7

OVERALLW-L27-625-627-630-625-714-1614-2012-2012-2020-1611-209-2210-218-24

PCT..818.807.818.833.781.467.412.375.375.556.355.290.323.250

H13-010-113-18-317-27-37-65-54-611-45-93-95-67-8

A8-29-38-313-27-45-64-63-105-74-73-84-82-101-12

N6-46-26-29-11-12-73-84-53-45-53-32-53-50-4

STREAKL2L1L1L1L1L1L6L2L1L4L5L3L6L3

A - C-USA Regular Season Co-Champions# - C-USA Tournament Champions

2003 NCAA TournamentThursday, December 4UCF def. Cincinnati, 3-2 (24-30, 25-30, 30-26, 30-27, 15-9)

Friday, December 5Louisville def. Notre Dame, 3-0 (32-30, 30-21, 30-21)

Saturday, December 6Illinois def. Louisville, 3-0 (30-26, 30-26, 32-30)

2OO3 Conference USA TournamentHosted by Tulane University

New Orleans, La.

FIRST ROUNDFriday, Nov. 21

(10) TCU def. (7) UAB, 3-0 (30-28, 30-25, 30-28)(6) Marquette def. (11) DePaul, 3-0 (30-24, 30-27, 30-25)(5) Tulane def. (12) Saint Loius, 3-0 (30-28, 30-18, 30-12)

(8) Houston def. (9) USF, 3-2 (32-30, 30-28, 28-30, 25-30, 15-9)QUARTERFINALSSaturday, Nov. 22

(2) Louisville def. (10) TCU, 3-0 (3-24, 30-22, 30-20)(6) Marquette def. (3) Southern Miss, 3-2 (30-28, 26-30, 19-30, 30-27, 15-13)

(4) Memphis def. (5) Tulane, 3-1 (29-31, 30-26, 30-26, 30-24)(8) Houston def. (1) Cincinnati, 3-1 (30-27, 31-29, 23-30, 30-22)

SEMIFINALSSunday, Nov. 23

(2) Louisville def. (6) Marquette, 3-0 (30-20, 30-25, 30-24)(4) Memphis def. (8) Houston, 3-1 (30-19, 30-22, 24-30, 30-27)

FINALS(2) Louisville def. (4) Memphis, 3-0 (31-29, 30-22, 30-13)

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2OO3 Conference USA StatisticsALL-MATCHES - INDIVIDUAL

HITTING PERCENTAGE (Minimum .200/3.0 attacks per game)Player Team ClYARTSEVA, Anastasia LOU FRVAUGHN, Anna TCU FRFLYNN, BennyLOU SR 97SWAFFORD, Kim TUL SRTORBLAA, Rachel CIN JRNEWELL, Leslie CIN JRFOWLER, Deva TUL JRSTEPHENS, Jazzmien USM SONEBA, Sheila MEM SRPERCAN, Sonja LOU SR

Player Team ClDUPONT, Julie CIN JRMITCHELL, Shameka USF JRUSTYMENKO, Lena LOU SOMCANELLY, Kelly HOU FRCOUGHLIN, Theresa MAR SOTRIBBLE, Nicki USM SRBUSH, Andrea USM SRGILKEY, Tiara MEM JRFILES, Bridget USM SRPERCAN, Sonja LOU SR

Player Team ClLAUDER, Laura CIN SRWATTS, Heather MEM JRTRUONG, Amy USM JRGREER, Gemma MAR SRWOOTAN, Melayne USF SRBARLOW, Tori TCU SRWEST, Amie DPU JRGUNAL, Bilun UABMCDONALD, Molly CHA JRMCCLANAHAN, Erin SLU SO

Player Team ClPERCAN, Sonja LOU SRSWENSON, Breanne UABCARNOHAN, Lindsay UABWATTS, Heather MEM JRFERRIS, Pam ECU SO 93TRIBBLE, Nicki USM SRTRUONG, Amy USM JRSLANCHEVA, Hristina MEM FRPOZZI, Fran USF SR 119BUSH, AndreaUSM SR 117

Player Team ClFOWLER, Deva TUL JRHELLSTEN, Myanna CIN FRMARKS, Lara DPU SRDEWS, Loure HOU JRTORBLAA, Rachel CIN JRFLYNN, Benny LOU SRFILES, Bridget USM SRSWAFFORD, Kim TUL SRGLOVER, Bonnye USF SRNEBA, Sheila MEM SR

Player Team ClDUPONT, Julie CIN JRMITCHELL, Shameka USF JRFOWLER, Deva TUL JRFILES, Bridget USM SRUSTYMENKO, Lena LOU SOMCANELLY, Kelly HOU FRTRIBBLE, Nicki USM SRGILKEY, Tiara MEM JRPERCAN, Sonja LOU SRBUSH, Andrea USM SR

G7297149114115115116115134110

G115119107123117117117133117110

G11113511710311912410979116112

Kills14723731267359320444236286424

Errs325432585106841507398134

Total246502.363

555808756947536631975

KILLS (Minimum 2.00 per game)No. Per Game624 5.43560 4.71456 4.26524 4.26488 4.17

483 4.13482 4.12

538 4.05457 3.91424 3.85

ASSISTS (Minimum 5.00 per game)No.154017921502127814301485128283012061152

Per Game13.8713.2712.8412.4112.0211.9811.7610.5110.4010.29

SERVICE ACES (Minimum 0.10 per game)G11012411313540117117984544

G11611511612111597117114119134

G115119116117107123117133110117

No.565953630.434949410.380.38

Per Game0.510.480.470.47

0.420.420.42

BLOCKS (Minimum 1.00 per game)Solo27142824181236191225

Asst146135119129127105105114122121

K624560444457456524483538424482

POINTSSA37203938403149305644

Total173.0149.0147.0153.0145.0117.0141.0133.0134.0146.0

BS1416273681081364

Pet.467.365

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.313

.312

.310

.304

.298

.297

Junior setter Heather Watts' 1,792 assists in2003 was the most-ever for a junior inConference USA history.

Per Game1.491.301.271.261.261.211.21

1.171.131.09

BA89104146105504436795328

Points719.5648.0583.0583.5529.0587.0558.0620.5512.5544.0

Pts/G6.265.455.034.994.944.774.774.674.664.65

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By the NumbersBelow is a listing of the all-time roster sorted by player number. The list does not include rosters from 1973-1978. Some names arelisted under multiple numbers since they changed uniforms from one year to the next.

#1

#2

Emily SteckelBrooke ChrismanJessica HenryBecky TigertAlisande CavanaghJenny McCoyShawna MullinsWynne MooreKaren FussellLinda ConnerCindy Eschbach

#3

Lauren BergAdrianne EdmondsLindsay BaxLiz MullenAmy GreerMia StephensMary VercandeCarol HookerSylvia Watson

Hristina SlanchevaRachel AldousLaura StokeNikki TaylorKatie McFarlandDebbie CunningharrLinda ConnerBarbara Whitaker

#4Ashley GreenSami RandolphKara CroninPhyllis RicheyWynne MooreLori JonesLowette Swinton

#5

#6

Tiara GilkeyAmy VaughnRenee RossChelle PennerHolly BufordDebbi Hammond

#7

#8

Jennie TorontoHeather SandersJeannie RobisonJanice NeyensKatherine LehmanTeri ClarkeLori JonesMargi McNeely

Fehi TuivaiJaci JohnsonAmie HamiltonMonique SwabyKris LemonPhyllis RicheyDrenda RobertsBecky Harden

#9

Amanda BoatrightJessica BaleyDeidre RowellLisa BrayClare DirksenMargi McNeelyKatie Sandage

>Nancy NellansRosie GlennJamie RunkleSandy Monce

#10Melissa NanceTara PfefferJacqueline MackAngle GlaubBeth WalthalDrenda RobertsCeleste HomanAnita Albonetti

#11

Christen ClaytonAngle JohnsonJenni RosselliLacey MorseLamar Renee BryantCherilyn BrightGwen HornerShavondra MorganKim EhrhornAmy Watson

#12 —Heather WattsSarah WenglerShoni HodgesAnalise NaviaKim LemonPeggy RuleCindy StootsMelinda DrakeSally Lowe

#13Angela GrazianiHeather FletcherDeidre RowellMarie ZwolinskiLisa EisenrichLori Jones

Toni ClarkDebbie HammondBeth Avery

#14Ginger GarrettJessica TreziseNicole ClevelandAllwyn FitzpatrickSarah TjelmelandBeth JohnsonJudy Toler

#isEmily EichmannKatie ShelloggTera HaymanNancy WolterLaura WilsonLynn BallewCamilla Withers

#16Cathy CasiasRhonda KottkeSinem OktayKim Fraser

#18April HarrimanChelle Penner

#20Darla ToddJanice Burford

#21Brittany BarnettGail ChildersBrenda Douglass

#22Sheila NebaAnalise NaviaSally Lowe

#23Nan KimbrellBrenda Douglass

#24Kristen HardeeLori Rembe

#25Judy TolerLena Turner

#30Linda GatesSharon Watson

#31Laura GeorgeCarolyn HughesMelinda Drake

#32Nancy LoopElla BlackfordCindy Scott

#42Lisa RembePatty Lovett

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SANDY MONCE1977-1981

VOLLEYBALL

HANGING FROM THE BANNERSSandy Monce-Garner, a member of the Tiger volleyball team from 1977-1980, is the

only Tiger to have had her jersey retired. Her No. 9 hangs from the rafters in the ElmaRoane Fieldhouse.

As a Tiger, Monce was the only student-athlete to be invited to the Olympic Teamtryouts in 1980. Despite not making the team, Monce soon began her coaching career asa graduate assistant for then-Memphis State. She assumed an assistant coaching spotwith the Tigers in 1984. Monce was an assistant for Memphis until 1986.

Monce was also a member of the Lady Tiger track and field team.

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Year-by-Year Tiger Results1971

Record: 17-5Coach: Jane Hooker

@ Fisk WAustin Peay W©Rhodes (Southwestern) W©Middle Tennessee State W

2-02-02-02-10-21-22-12-02-12-02-11-22-02-01 -20-21-01-01-01 -01-01-0

©Tennessee Tech L©Tennessee Tech LRhodes (Southwestern) WRhodes (Southwestern) WRhodes (Southwestern) W#Peabody W#MiddIe Tennessee State W#Tennessee LSMilligan WSMarsHill WSWest Georgia L$Middle Tennessee State L%UT-Martin W",'oJackson State J.C. W%Memphis State "B" W%Memphis State "A" W"/{.Mississippi College W%Rhodes (Southwestern) W#MTSU Tournament$East Tennessee St.Tournament

pphis St. Invitational Playday

7972Record: 18-9

Coach: Jane Hooker

© Peabody W 2-0© Murray State W 2-0© Mississippi W 2-0© Miss.Univ./Women L 1-2#Northwestern State W 2-1^Houston L 1 -2#Texas Southern L 1 -2SMiss. Univ./Women L 0-2SEast Tennessee State L 0-2%Danville (JC) W 2-0%Northeastern Illinois W 2-0%Southern Illinois W 2-0%Southwest Baptist W 2-0%Southern Illinois L 1-2AEast Tennessee State L 1 -2"Peabody W 2-0AAustin Peay W 2-0ACarson Newman W 2-1Tennessee W 2-0AFisk W 2-0Tennessee W 2-0Tennessee L 1-2Western Carolina W 2-1Madison College W 2-0Winthrop W 2-0

&Tennessee W 2-0&Eastern Kentucky L 1-2©Mid-South Invitational#Houston InvitationalSEast Tennessee St. Tournament

1973Record: 18-7

Coach: Jane Hooker

© Murray State© Lambuth@ Austin Peay@ Florence State@ Tennessee# Jackson State# Lambuth# Austin Peay$ Union

W 2-0W 2-0W 2-0W 2-0L 1-2W 2-0W 2-0W 2-0W 2-0

#Rhodes (Southwestern) W 2-0#UT-Martin W 2-0$ Middle Tennessee State W 2-0$Winthrop L 0-2$ East Tennessee State L 0-2%UT-Martin W 2-1%Carson-Newman W 2-0%Tennessee L 1-2%Carson-Newman W 2-0%Tennessee L 0-2Eastern Kentucky W 2-0Coker College W 2-0Duke W 2-0AEastern Mennonite W 2-0AWinthrop L 0-2AEastern Kentucky L 0-2©Mid-South Invitational#UT-Martin Invitational$East Tennessee St. Tournament%TCWSF State ChampionshipAAIAW Southern Region II

7974Record: 13-7

Coach: Janice Dunn

©Southern Illinois W 2-0©Northern Illinois W 2-1©Illinois State L 1-2#Peabody W 2-0#Winthrop L 1-2#Auburn L 0-2SMiami Dade North CC W 2-1$Jacksonville W 2-0SFIagler College L 1-2$Georgia W 2-1$Florida International L 0-2$Florida Tech W 2-1%UT-Martin W 2-0%Tennessee Tech W 2-0%MiddleTennesseeState W 2-0%East Tennessee State W 2-1-Murray State W 2-1-Francis Marion College W 2-0-Madison College L 0-2-Eastern Kentucky L 1-2©Illinois State Tournament#East Tennessee St. TournamentSJacksonville Tournament

7975Record: 16-16

Coach: Janice Dunn

Purdue L 2-0Western Michigan L 1-2Illinois State * L 0-2Carthage College W 2-1Alabama L 0-2Berry College L 1-2Hinds Junior College W 2-0Mississippi State W 2-1Mississippi Univ./Women L 0-2Middle Tennessee State W 2-0UT-Martin L 0-3©Rhodes (Southwestern) W 2-0©Middle Tennessee St. W 2-1©Tennessee Tech W 2-1©Austin Peay W 2-0©Lambuth W 2-1©UT-Martin W 3-0#Lambuth L 0-2#Tennessee L 0-2#Auburn L 0-2#Middle Tennessee St. W 2-1#UT-Martin W 2-0Tennessee L 0-2Southern Illinois W 2-1Southern Illinois L 1-2UT-Martin W 2-1Memphis Volleyball W 2-0STennessee L 0-2$ Carson-Newman L 0-2%College of Charleston W 2-1%Eastern Kentucky L 0-2%North Carolina L 1-2@ UT-Martin Tournament#Mid-South InvitationalSTCWSF Championships%AIAW Southern Region II

7976Record: 12-23-1

Coach: Janice Dunn

UT-Martin L 0-2UT-Chattanooga L 2-0Tennessee Tech L 0-2@ Columbus College W 2-1@ Tulane L@ Miss. Univ./Women L© Mississippi State L©Alabama L#Murray State W 2-0# Southern Illinois# Ball State# Northern Illinois$Murray State$ Lambuth% North Alabama%TennesseeTech% Louisiana StateRhodes(Southwestern)ACentral MissouriAWestern IllinoisA Illinois-Chicago CircleAWichita StateAGraceland College T 1-1

0-20-20-20-2

0-20-20-20-2

W 2-0W 2-1

0-20-2

LLW 2-1

0-20-20-20-2

ASouthwest Missouri State L 0-3AKearney State L 0-2UT-Martin L 3-1&Middle Tennessee State W 2-0&Rhodes (Southwestern) W 2-0&Lambuth W 2-0SMurray State W 2-0&Austin Peay W 2-0&UT-Martin L 0-2'Middle Tennessee State W 2-0'East Tennessee State L 1 -2'Tennessee W 1 -2'Tennessee Tech L 1-2©Miss. Univ. for Women Tourney#S. Illinois Quadrangular Match$Lambuth Triangular Match%Lady Tiger InvitationalASouthwest Missouri St. TourneySAustin Peay Invitational'TCWSF State Championships

7977Record: 23-11

^fe Coach: Janice Dunn

@ Mississippi Univ./Women L 0-2© FloridaTech L 0-2©Troy State W 2-0#UT-Martin W 3-1#Tennessee Tech W 3-1$Mississippi State W 2-0$Tulane L 1-2$ Miss. Univ./Women W 2-0$FloridaTech L 1-2%Rhodes (Southwestern) W 2-0%UT-Chattanooga W 2-0%Christian Brothers W 2-0%Kentucky State W 2-1% UT-Martin W 2-1%Tennessee Tech L 1-2Mississippi L 2-3Southeast Missouri State W 3-1AArkansas State W 2-1AAustin Peay W 2-0ASouthwestern La. L 0-2ANorthern Kentucky L 1-2&Lambuth W 3-0&Freed-Hardeman W 3-0MiddleTennessee State W 2-0Southeast Missouri State W 2-0*UT-Martin W 2-0'Mississippi L 0-2Mississippi L 1-3Lambuth W 3-0+Middle Tennessee St. W 2-0+Tennessee L 0-2+Tennessee Tech W 3-0+East Tennessee State W 2-1©Alabama Invitational#Martin Triangular Match$Mississippi U. for Women Tourney%UT-Martin InvitationalALady Tiger InviitationalSLambuth Triangular Match'Memphis State Triangular Match+TCWSF State Championships

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Year-by-Year Tiger Results1978

Record: 26-19Coach: Diane Hale

@ Mississippi L 0-2@ Miss. Univ./Women W 2-1@ UT-Martin W 2-0©Alabama L 0-2©Arkansas State L 1-2©Arkansas State W 2-1©Alabama L 0-2#New Orleans W 2-1#Miss. UnivVWomen L 0-2^Florida State L 0-2#Arkansas State L 2-1#Columbus College W 2-0$Middle Tennessee St. W 2-0$UT-Chattanooga W 2-1%Middle Tennessee St. W 2-0%Austin Peay W 2-0%Southwest Baptist W 2-0%Arkansas State L 0-2Texas A&M L 0-2Texas Tech L 0-2AOklahoma L 0-2ATexas L 0-2&New Orleans L 0-2&Nicholls State W 2-0&Central Arkansas W 2-0STennessee L 2-0&UT-Martin W 2-1SMississippi L 1-2'Middle Tennessee St. W 2-0'Southeast Missouri St. W 2-0+UT-Chattanooga W 2-0+East Tennessee St. W 2-1+Covenant College W 2-0Florida State L 0-2INorthern Kentucky L 0-2IMorehead State W 2-0ITennessee W 2-0?UT-Martin W 2-0?Austin Peay St. W 2-0=Southeast Missouri State W 2-0=Jefferson CC W 2-1'Tennessee Tech W 2-0'East Tennessee State L 0-2'Middle Tennesse State W 0-2Tennessee L 0-2©Mississippi Tournament#Miss. U. for Women Tournament$MTSU Tri-Meet%UT-Martin TournamentAHouston Tournament&Lady Tiger Invitational'Memphis State Tri-Meet+UT-Chattanooga QuadrangularILady Volunteer Tournament?UT-Martin Tri-Meet=Southeast Missour State Tri-MeetTCWSF State Tournament

0 Record: 35-20Coach: Diane Hale

Henderson State W 3-0Arkansas State W 3-1Mississippi L 2-3©Mississippi L 0-2©Mississippi State W 3-0©UT-Martin W 2-0©Tulane L 1-2©Arkansas State W 2-0©UT-Martin W 2-0©Tulane W 2-1©Mississippi L 0-2©Arkansas State W 2-1^Mississippi W 2-0#New Orleans W 2-0^Southwestern La. W 2-0#Alabama L 1-2#Florida State L 1-3$Mississippi State W 2-0$UT-Martin W 2-0$Mississippi L 1-1SArkansas State L 0-2$Louisville W 2-0$Mississippi Univ./Women W 2-1$Mississippi W 3-1$Jefferson CC W 2-1%Miss. Univ./Women W 2-0%Langler College W 2-0%Central Florida L 1-2%Miami L 1-2%Florida Southern W 2-0%Tennessee L 2-0%Mississippi W 3-2AMissouri (JV) W 2-0ANorthern Iowa W 2-0AMissouri-KC. W 2-0AKansas State L 1-2AMissouri W 2-0AKansas State L 2-0AUT-Martin W 3-0&Cincinnati L 1-2SEastern Michigan L 1-2&Southern Illinois L 1-2SMississippi Univ./Women W 2-1&UT-Martin W 3-2&North Alabama W 2-0&Troy State W 2-0*UT-Chattanooga W 2-0Tennessee Tech W 2-0'(opponent unknown) W 2-0'Middle Tennessee State W 2-1'East Tennessee State W 2-0Tennessee L 1-3+North Carolina State L 0-2•(-Tennessee L 0-2+Morehead St. L 3-0©Mississippi Invitational#Miss. U. for Women Invitational$Memphis State Invitational%Florida State InvitationalAMissouri Invitational&Southern Illinois InvitationalTCWSF State Tournament+AIAW Region II Tournament

Record: 41-17Coach: Diane Hale

Mississippi W 3-1North Alabama W 2-0UAB W 2-0©Central Florida W 2-0©Texas Tech L 0-2©FloridaState W 2-0©Alabama L 0-2UT-Martin W 3-1Mississippi State W 3-1#Louisville W 2-1#Saint Louis W 2-1#Tulane W 2-0#Florida State L 0-2#Cincinnati W 2-0#VirginiaTech W 2-0#Florida State L 1-2Tennessee Tech W 3-0Tennessee L 2-3$Clemson W 3-1$Duke W 2-0$North Carolina State W 2-1$Kentucky L 0-2$South Carolina L 1-2$North Carolina L 0-2%Lake C.C. W 2-0%Miami L 0-2%Florida Southern W 2-0%North Carolina L 0-2AMiss. Univ./Women W 2-0AMiddle Tennessee St. W 2-0\Jefferson C.C. W 2-0AMississippi L 1-2Mississippi State W 3-0ArkansasState W 3-0&Ball State W 2-1&Western Michigan L 1-2&lllinois-Chicago Circle W 2-0SSouthern Illinois W 2-0SKellogg C.C. L 0-2&Ball State W 2-0ScKellogg C.C. L 1-3Mississippi W 3-2Austin Peay W 2-0UT-Martin W 2-0Arkansas State W 3-0'East Tennessee State W 2-0Tennessee W 2-1TennesseeTech W 2-0'Middle Tennessee St. W 2-1*UT-Chattanooga W 2-1Tennessee L 1-2Tennessee W 2-0+East Carolina W 2-1+North Carolina W 2-1+North Carolina State W 2-1+Eastern Kentucky W 2-1-(-Kentucky L 2-1-(-Eastern Kentucky L 1-3©Alabama Invitational#Metro Conference TournamentSSouth Carolina Invitational%Florida State InvitationalAMemphis State Invitational&Southern Illinois Invitational+AIAW Region II Tournament

1981Record: 27-U

Coach: Diane Hale

©Louisville W 3-1©Southwest Missouri St. L 0-3©Oral Roberts L 1-3Mississippi W 3-0#Alabama W 2-0#Northwestern L 0-2#Central Florida W 2-0#South Carolina W 2-1#Kentucky L 0-2Ala.-Birmingham W 3-0$Mississippi W 2-0$Western Illinois L 1-2$Missouri L 0-2$Western Illinois L 1-3$Mississippi W 30Alabama-Birmingham W 3-0Southern Illinois L 1-3Mississippi State W 3-0%Central Arkansas W 30%Jefferson C.C. W 3-0%St. Louis W 3-1AMiddle Tennessee St. W 3-0ARollins College W 3-0AEast Tennessee State W 3-2AFlorida State L 0-3Tennessee L 0-3&Mississippi State W 2-0&Miss. Univ./Women W 2-0&Tulane W 2-0&Mississippi W 2-1&Mississippi State W 34& Mississippi W 2-0Mississippi State W 3-0Mississippi W 3-2Tulane L 1-2'Virginia Tech W 2-1'Cincinnati L 1-2'Saint Louis W 2-0'Louisville W 2-1Tulane W 2-1•^-Cincinnati L 0-2©Southwest Mo. Quadrangular^Kentucky Invitational$Missouri Invitational%Lady Tiger InvitationalTennessee Invitational&Ole Miss Invitational'Metro Conference Tournament+Metro Championship Tournament

7982Record: 15-21

Coach: Diane Hale

Kentucky©Southern Illinois©Eastern Illinois©Missouri©LouisvilleMississippi

L 2-3L 1-3L 2-3L 0-3L 0-3

W 3-1Southern Mississippi W 30^Southern Illinois L 0-3^Tennessee L 0-3$South Alabama L 0-2$TexasA&M L 0-2

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Year-by-Year Tiger ResultsSNicholls State L 0-2SLouisiana State W 2-1SSam Houston State L 0-2Arkansas State W 3-1"iEastern Michigan L 0-2%Western Michigan L 1-2

'Illinois W 3-2+Louisville L 1-3@Cal State-Fullerton Tournament#Virginia Tech Invitational$Memphis State Tournament%Southern Miss Invitational

^Illinois State L 0-2 | Tennessee Tournament%Cincinnati L 1-2Kentucky L 1-3"Mississippi State W 2-0"Mississippi L 1-2"New Orleans W 2-0"Arkansas State W 2-0"Arkansas State W 2-0"Mississippi L 0-2Mississippi L 2-3STennesseeTech L 0-2SFIorida State L 0-2&Morehead State W 2-0&Eastern Kentucky W 2-1&Morehead State L 0-2Arkansas State W 3-1•Virginia Tech W 2-1"Florida State L 0-2•Louisville L 0-2•Cincinnati W 2-0*Tulane W 2-0•Southern Mississippi W 2-0"Cincinnati L 1-3•Florida State L 0-3©Southern Illinois Invitational#Memphis State Invitational$LSU Classic%Louisville Invitational"Ole Miss Invitational&Morehead State Invitational+Metro Conference Tournament

f 'fc 1983y ' -7 Record: 15-18' • . Coach: Diane Hale

©UCLA L 0-2©Loyola Man/mount L 0-2©Utah L 0-3@UC-Santa Clara L 1-2Mississippi W 3-2Arkansas State W 3-1^Cincinnati L 1-3#VirginiaTech W 3-0#Louisville L 2-3Tennessee Tech L 2-3SSouthern Mississippi W 3-0SSouthwestern La. W 3-2SMississippi State W 3-1Mississippi L 0-3%Florida State L 3-1%South Carolina L 2-3%Tulane L 0-3%Southern Mississippi W 3-0"Cincinnati L 0-3"Tennessee L 3-0"George Washington L 0-3"Morehead State W 3-2Arkansas State L 2-3&Mississippi State W 3-1SMississippi W 3-2SAIabama-Birmingham W 3-2&Mississippi L 0-3SE Missouri State W 3-0SE Missouri State W 3-1•Arkansas State W 3-0•Tulsa W 3-0

&Ole Miss Tournament'Memphis State Invitational+Metro Championships

^# \V--7 Record: 21-16

~ ' . Coach: Diane Hale

Southern Illinois L 1-3Indiana Purdue W 3-0Indiana State W 3-0Florida W 3-1Eastern Illinois W 3-1Mississippi L 3-2@SW Missouri State L 0-3©Oral Roberts W 3-1©Oral Roberts W 3-1@SW Missouri State L 0-3#Mississippi L 2-3#Arkansas State W 3-0#Middle Tennessee St. W 3-1#Mississippi State W 3-0Tulane W 3-2Southern Mississippi W 3-0Arkansas State W 3-0$Texas-Arlington L 0-3$Oklahoma L 0-3$TexasA&M L 1-3Murray State W 3-0Alabama-Birmingham W 3-0Florida State L 0-3Georgia L 1-3Louisville L 0-3Cincinnati L 2-3Mississippi L 2-3Arkansas State W 3-0SE Missouri State W 3-0South Carolina L 1 -3Virginia Tech W 3-2Tulsa W 3-2Morehead State W 3-1Southern Illinois L 0-3Illinois-Chicago W 3-1'Cincinnati W 3-1'Louisville L 1-3©Southwest Missouri St. Tourney^Mississippi State Tournament$Texas Tournament'Metro Championships

^6 \^ J Record: 15-19, * k % Coach: Diane Hale

DAB W 3-0Clemson W 3-0Eastern Illinois L 2-3Louisiana State L 0-3Southwestern La. W 3-1Loyola L 0-3North Dakota State W 3-2Mississippi W 3-1Texas-Arlington L 0-3Western Michigan L 0-3Tennessee L 0-3Florida State L 1-3

MontevalloXavierSouthern IllinoisStephen F. AustinLouisvilleCincinnatiNortheast LouisianaTulaneSouthern MississippiArkansas StateMississippiGeorgiaSouth CarolinaVirginia TechSouthern IllinoisArkansas State©Tulsa©Tennessee Tech©Western Kentuck© Mississippi StateAustin Peay

©Georgetown©Mississippi#Butler^Western Kentucky#Tennessee#Louisville#TennesseeAustin PeayMississippi StateArkansas-LittOral RobertsNortheast LouisianaArkansas StateSouthern Missi:William & MaryFlorida StateSFIorida$North CarolinaArkansas StateMississippiLouisvilleCincinnatiLoyolaOral RobertsSouth CarolinaVirginia Tech%Texas-EI Paso%Xavier%TulsaArkansas StateMississippi'Cincinnati'South Carolina

W 3-2W 3-1

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iicirici W 3-1L 1-3

ssippi W 3-2W 3-2L 0-3L 0-3L 1-3W 3-1

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ech L 1-3tucky W 3-1State W 3-1

W 3-0issippi L 1-3ite Invitationalonships

1986Record: 17-17

Coach: Diane Hale

State L 0-3W 3-2L 0-3

W 3-2ucky W 3-1

L 0-3W 3-0L 0-3W 3-0

te W 3-1Rock W 3-1

L 1-3siana L 0-3) W 3-2ssippi W 3-0

W 3-1L 2-3L 0-3

a State L 1 -3s W 3-0

W 3-1L 2-3L 1-3L 2-3L 2-3L 0-3L 2-3

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^J^^ 1987f-TH Record: 21-16"^ f Coach: Jim Callender

W*Tennessee L 1-3•Texas L 0-3'Southwest Missouri L 2-3•Kansas L 0-3Ole Miss W 3-0#Western Kentucky W 3-0#Va. Commonwealth W 3-0#Austin Peay W 3-0Cincinnati W 3-1Alabama-Birmingham W 3-1$Brigham Young L 0-3$Montana L 0-3$Utah L 2-3$Weber State L 0-3$Washington L 0-3$Utah State L 1-3SChapman W 3-1Louisville W 3-1Cincinnati L 1-3Southern Mississippi W 3-1Mississippi State W 3-0Arkansas State W 3-1South Carolina W 3-1Duke L 1-3Northern Iowa L 0-3Virginia Tech W 3-0+Alabama-Birmingham W 3-1+Houston W 3-1Florida State L 0-3Arkansas State W 3-1^Mississippi State W 3-0ATulsa W 3-0=Arkansas State W 3-0=Alabama-Birmingham W 3-2+Ole Miss L 1-3&Virginia Tech W 3-0&Cincinnati L 1-3'Southwest Missouri Invitational^Western Kentucky Classic$BYU Invitational+Houston What-A-Burger ClassicAMemphis State Invitational=Ole Miss Invitational&Metro Conference Tournament

f*l 1988•>f Record: 24-187» • Coach: Jim Callender

Southern Illinois L 1-3'Western Illinois W 3-1'Missouri L 1-3Wichita State W 3-2#South Alabama W 3-2#Clemson W 3-1Valparaiso W 3-0#New Mexico L 0-3#South Alabama W 3-0Austin Peay W 3-0Colorado State L 0-3+New Mexico L 0-3+VirginiaTech W 3-1+Colorado L 0-3+Ole Miss W 3-0&Maryland W 3-0&Penn State L 0-3&Villanova W 3-0Ole Miss W 3-0

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Year-by-Year Tiger ResultsSouthern MississippiArkansas StateLouisvilleCincinnatiKentuckyFlorida State$Florida$Miami$South FloridaArkansas StateAlcorn StateOle MissSouth CarolinaVirginia TechGeorgia=Saint Louis=Tulsa=Western Kentucky=Northeast LouisianaWestern IllinoisALouisvilleACincinnati'Missouri Tournament#MSU/Graphic Systems Classic+Colorado Invitational&Penn State Classic&South Florida Tournament=MSU InvitationalAMetro Conference Tournament

Record:

#Arkansas State#SW Missouri State#Florida#South Alabama'Nebraska-Omaha'PittsburghSaint Louis%Murray State%UAB%Tennessee Tech%Utah StateMississippi$Colorado$Tennessee$South FloridaAustin Peay=Hofstra=Oklahoma=George MasonSouthwest Missouri-(-Virginia Tech+South CarolinaMississippiIBaylorIHoustonAlcorn State+Tulane+Southern MississippiNicholls State+Florida StateKentuckyArkansas State-(-Louisville•(-CincinnatiAustin Peay&Missouri&Southern Illinois&Mississippi&NorthTexas

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3-12-31-33-01-31-30-33-03-13-13-23-20-33-03-23-13-02-33-01-33-13-13-23-10-33-03-03-03-12-31-31-31-33-13-03-03-23-13-0

?Virginia Tech?Cincinnati#Lady Tiger Cup'Illini Classic%MSU/Graphic Systems Classic#UT Exercise Essentials Classic=Southwest Missouri State Classic+Metro Conference MatchIHouston Invitational?Metro Conference Tournament

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'Oklahoma'Texas ArlingtonFloridaSouth FloridaMississippi State#Middle Tennessee#Western KentuckyAustin Peay+Evansville+Ball State+Morehead StateArkansas StateMissouri=Northern IowaMississippiTulaneSouthern MississippiTennessee StateFlorida StateTennesseeAuburnAlabama-BirminghamAlcorn StateLouisvilleCincinnatiMurray StateSouth CarolinaVirginia TechArkansas StateMississippi&Southern Mississippi&Cincinnati&Louisville%Loyola-Marymount%William & Mary%Arizona State%Dayton%Houston&Metro Conference Tournament%Women's Invitational Volleyball Champ.

#American University#GeorgiaIllinois State%Wisconsin%Rhode Island%Southern California&Southern Illinois&lllinois-Chicago&Ohio University+Northeast Louisiana+Arkansas StateArkansas-Little Rock

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1990rd: 30-9genfelter

L 0-3L 0-3W 3-2L 2-3W 3-0L 1-3W 3-0W 3-0W 3-0W 3-0W 3-0W 3-0W 3-2W 3-1W 3-2W 3-0W 3-1W 3-1W 3-1W 3-2W 3-0L 1-3W 3-1W 3-0W 3-0W 3-0W 3-1W 3-0W 3-0W 3-1L 1-3W 3-1W 3-0L 1-3L 0-3W 3-1W 3-2W 3-0L 1-3

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1991d: 20-15cas-White

W 3-0L 0-3L 1-3L 0-3L 1-3L 0-3L 1-3W 3-2W 3-0W 3-1L 0-3W 3-1

=George Washington W 3-0=Bradley W 3-0=Wright State L 0-3Mississippi L 1-3$Butler W 3-1SStephen F. Austin W 3-1$SE Missouri State L 1-3Louisville L 0-3Cincinnati W 3-1Louisiana Tech W 3-0Saint Louis W 3-0DePaul L 3-1Marquette W 3-0Arkansas State L 0-3Alabama-Birmingham L 0-3Rice W 3-2Mississippi W 3-1!Army W 3-1(Connecticut W 3-1!Va Commonwealth W 3-0ASaint Louis W 3-0AUAB L 0-3ACincinnati W 3-0#Crimson Classic%Syracuse Invitational+Graphic Systems Classic

fl J992CV J Record: 10-26

if Coach: Penny Lucas-White

#Minnesota L 0-3#Alabama W 3-2#Central Florida L 0-3+SE Missouri State W 3-1-(-Arkansas-Little Rock L 0-3North Texas W 3-1Texas-Arlington L 2-3Southwestern Louisiana W 3-0Arkansas State L 0-3%Bowling Green State L 0-3%Syracuse L 1 -4Cincinnati W 3-0&Stephen F. Austin L 0-3&Northeast Louisiana W 3-0&Louisiana Tech L 0-3Marquette W 3-0DePaul L 1-3Cincinnati L 1-3Saint Louis L 1-3Alabama-Birmingham L 1-3=UT-Chattanooga W 3-1=Tulane L 1-3=Samford W 3-1=Sam Houston L 0-3Saint Louis L 0-3Arkansas State L 0-3DePaul L 1-3Marquette L 0-3Alabama-Birmingham L 0-3$William & Mary L 0-3$Seton Hall L 2-3$Pittsburgh L 1-3$Arkansas State L 0-3Mississippi State L 2-3AMarquette W 3-1AAlabama-Birmingham L 1-3AGMC Championships

Jfe. 1993f^ Record: 25-11*4" * Coach: Penny Lucas-Whfa1

*UT-Chattanooga W 34'Tennessee-Martin W 34'Clemson L 1-3#South Alabama W 3-1#lllinois-Chicago L 2-3#Evansville W 3-1Ole Miss W 3-2$Texas-Pan American W 34 <IStephen F. Austin L 0-3$Samford W 3-1$New Orleans W 3-1Tennessee-Martin W 34%George Washington L 0-3%Florida L 0-3%South Florida L 1-3Saint Louis W 3-1AOral Roberts L 2-3AWestern Kentucky W 3-2ASouthern University W 34ATroy State W 3-0Marquette W 3-2DePaul W 3-2Saint Louis W 3-0Cincinnati W 34Southwestern La. W 34UAB W 3-1Dayton W 3-1Arkansas State L 2-3Cincinnati L 2-3Dayton W 3-2DePaul W 3-0Marquette W 34UAB W 3-1Ole Miss W 3-1Arkansas State L 2-3&UAB L 1-3&GMC Championships'Tiger Invitational#Graphic Systems Classic$Stephen F. Austin Tournament%Florida InvitationalANike InvitationalSGreat Midwest Championships

•f\%/_- ~ Record: 27-1

"JT Coach: Penny Lucas-IWi/te

'Southeastern La. W 34'Arkansas Little-Rock W 3-1*TulS£i W 3~0#Ole Miss W 3-1#Murray State W 34#Stephen F. Austin L 0-3$Northern Arizona L 0-3$CSU Northridge L 0-3$Houston L 0-3Tennessee State W 34Louisville L 2-3Mississippi State L 1-3Saint Louis W 34UAB W 34Marquette W 34DePaul W 3-2Tennessee-Martin W 34Dayton W 3-1Cincinnati W 3-0

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Year-by-Year Tiger ResultsSaint Louis W 3-2SlU-Carbondale W 3-1UAB W 3-1Dayton W 3-0Cincinnati W 3-2DePaul W 3-0Marquette W 3-0Ole Miss W 3-2%Eastern Illinois W 3-0%Arkansas-Little Rock W 3-2%SE Missouri State W 3-0&Saint Louis W 3-0&DePaul W 3-0+Georgia L 0-3+South Florida W 3-1ASan Diego State L 1 -3"Lady Tiger Invitational#Graphic Systems Classic$Northern Arizona Tournament%SEMO Invitational&GMC Championships+Georgia InvitationalANCAA Tournament

^^ 7995%--•* Record: 13-20f Coach: Penny Lucas-White

%South Florida L 0-3%Florida State L 0-3Tennesse Tech W 3-2Central Florida L 0-3Illinois-Chicago W 3-0Murray State W 3-0Ole Miss L 0-3Clemson L 0-3Auburn L 1-3UNC Charlotte* W 3-0Southern Illinois W 3-2Louisville* L 0-3Southern Mississippi* W 3-0Tulane* W 3-0Arkansas-Little Rock W 3-1Middle Tennessee State L 1-3Houston L 1-3Louisville* L 0-3Arkansas State L 2-3George Mason L 1-3Marquette* L 0-3DePaul* W 3-0Ole Miss W 3-1Cincinnati* L 3-1Wright State L 1-3Saint Louis* L 1-3UAB* W 3-1South Florida* L 0-3Houston L 0-3UNC Charlotte* W 3-2DePaulA W 3-0Saint LouisA L 1 -3Arkansas State L 0-3AC-USA Tournament

/ \k"--J Record: 8-27* ^7 Coach: Carrie Yerty

LSU L 1-3Ponn Qtota I C\renn oiaie L u-oMiddle Tennessee L 2-3Davidson W 3-0Southwestern La. L 0-3Ole Miss L 0-3

Austin Peay State L 1 -3Montana State L 0-3Jackson State W 3-0Tennessee State W 3-0Northwestern La. State W 3-0Arkansas State L 1-3Nicholls State L 1-3Chicago State W 3-0Arkansas-Little Rock L 0-3Louisville* W 3-0UNC Charlotte* L 2-3Houston* L 1 -3Tulane* L 1-3Southern Miss* L 1-3DePaul* W 3-0Marquette* L 2-3Western Kentucky L 2-3Cincinnati* L 1-3Ole Miss L 0-3South Florida* L 0-3UAB* L 2-3Saint Louis* L 0-3Louisville* W 3-0SE Missouri State L 0-3Arkansas-Little Rock L 0-3UNC Charlotte* L 1-3Houston* L 0-3Arkansas State L 0-3Saint LouisA L 0-3AC-USA Tournament

/ '" \71 --J Record: 19-14• * Coach: Carrie Yerty

SW Texas State W 3-0Wright State W 3-1Troy State W 3-0Montana State-Bozeman W 3-2Wake Forest W 3-1Denver W 3-1Western Illinois W 3-1Tennessee-Martin L 1-3Western Kentucky W 3-1Ole Miss L 0-3UAB* W 3-1South Alabama W 3-0Missouri W 3-0East Carolina W 3-1Northeast Louisiana W 3-0Saint Louis* L 0-3UNC Charlotte* W 3-0Houston* L 1 -3South Florida* L 0-3Southern Miss* L 2-3Tulane* W 3-0Marquette* W 3-2DePaul* W 3-2Cincinnati* L 1-3Louisville* L 0-3UAB* W 3-0South Florida* L 0-3Houston L 0-3Southwestern Louisiana L 0-3Tulane* L 1-3Southern Miss* L 1-3UABA W 3-1HoustonA L 1 -3

v 7995C A Record: 18-14\ f Coach: Carrie Yerty

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Samford W 3-0Jacksonville State W 3-1Tnlca W T ni Llloct VV O U

Southwestern La. W 3-0Cal State-Fullerton L 3-2Jackson Slate W 3-0UT-Martin W 3-0Arkansas-Pine Bluff W 3-0UMKC W 3-1I IAR W ^-flUr\ VV O w

Portland L 3-1Syracuse L 3-1r^rovol \A/ *^ nL/l GACl VV O W

Saint Louis* L 3-2UNC Charlotte* L 3-2Tulane* W 3-0Southern Miss* L 3-0South Florida* L 3-1Houston* W 3-2MTC1 i \A / o AIvl 1 oU W o~UCincinnati* L 3-2Louisville* L 3-1Ole Miss W 3-2DePaul* L 3-0Marquette* W 3-2Southern Miss* L 3-0Tulane* W 3-0UAB* W 3-0Houston* L 3-0South Florida* L 3-0DePaulA W 3-1LouisvilleA L 3-0AConference USA Tournament

f \VVl Record: 11-22* /* Coach: Carrie Yerty

at Middle Tennessee StateW 3-0Texas-San Antonio A L 1 -3Idaho A L 2-3Fairfield University A L 0-3at Univ. of Portland A W 3-0Western Carolina & W 3-1Western Illinois & L 1-3Samford University & W 3-2UT-Martin W 3-0at UAB * W 3-1UL-Lafayette % L 0-3Samford University % W 3-1at Mississippi State % L 1 -3at Marquette * L 0-3at DePaul * L 1-3Tulane* L 1-3Southern Miss * L 2-3Tennessee L 1-3at South Florida * L 0-3at Houston * L 0-3Jacksonville State W 3-0Louisville * L 0-3Cincinnati * L 0-3at Ole Miss L 1-3Saint Louis * L 1-3at UNC Charlotte * L 0-3Murray State L 1-3U-Ini lotrin * I 1 *3nousion L i -oSouth Florida * W 3-1

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UAB * W 3-0at Southern Miss * W 3-2at Tulane * L 2-3Marquette # L 0-3APortland Tournament& Graphic Systems Classic% Mississippi State Tournament# Conference USA Tournament

2000Record: 13-20

Coach: Carrie Yerty

vs. UW-Green Bay% W 3-0at Bradley % L 0-3vs. Toledo % L 0-3vs. Mercer A W 3-0vs. South Carolina St. A W 3-0at CharlestonA W 3-0at Tennessee L 0-3MISSISSIPPI STATE & L 0-3SYRACUSE & L 1-3NICHOLLS STATE & W 3-0OLE MISS & L 1-3MARQUETTE * L 2-3DEPAUL* L 1-3at South Alabama W 3-2at Tulane* L 1-3at Southern Miss * L 2-3SOUTH FLORIDA * L 0-3HOUSTON * L 0-3at Louisville * L 0-3at Cincinnati * L 0-3at Murray State W 3-1CHARLOTTE* L 1-3SAINT LOUIS * L 0-3at Houston * L 0-3at South Florida * L 1-3at Jacksonville St. W 3-0at UAB * W 3-1UAB * W 3-0CHRISTIAN BROTHERS W 3-2SOUTHERN MISS * L 1-3TULANE * W 3-1Tulane # L 1-3% Bradley TournamentA College of Charleston Tourney& Graphic Systems Classic# C-USA Tourney (Charlotte, N.C.)

2001Record: 22-10

Coach: Carrie Yerty

& at UNC Asheville W 3-0&vs. Morehead State W 3-0&vs. South Alabama W 3-0#vs. LaSalle W 3-0#vs. Robert Morris W 3-1#vs. Cornell W 3-0#at Kent State W 3-2OLE MISS W 3-2at Samford W 3-0at UAB* W 3-1HOUSTON* L 2-3SAINT LOUIS* W 3-1at Saint Louis* L 2-3at TCU* W 3-1at Houston* L 0-3SOUTHERN MISS* W 3-0TULANE* W 3-1SAMFORD W 3-0

Year-by-Year Tiger ResultsMTSU W 3-2LOUISVILLE* L 1-3CINCINNATI* L 0-3JACKSON STATE W 3-0MURRAY STATE W 3-1at Marquette* L 0-3atDePaul* L 1-3atUT-Martin W 3-0SOUTH FLORIDA* L 0-3UAB* W 3-0at East Carolina* W 3-2at Charlotte* L 2-3at High Point W 3-0Avs. Tulane W 3-0Avs. Cincinnati L 0-3

& UNC Asheville Tournament# Kent State TournamentA C-USA Tourney (Houston, TX)

/ \2£vi Record: 19-15

•• / j Coach: Carrie Yerty

& Georgia State L 3-1& Charleston Southern W 3-0& Western Kentucky L 1 -3& at Georgia Southern W 3-1CHRISTIAN BROTHERS W 3-1#ARKANSAS STATE W 3-0# BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN L 2-3# MIDDLE TENNESSEE L 2-3# APPALACHIAN ST. W 3-0% Sacred Heart W 3-0% Lehigh W 3-0% Marist W 3-0% at Yale W 3-1A Gardner Webb W 3-0A at Boston College W 3-1at Dartmouth W 3-0UT-MARTIN W 3-2SAINT LOUIS * L 0-3at Ole Miss L 1-3HOUSTON * L 2-3TCU * L 2-3at South Florida * L 0-3at UAB* L 1-3ARKANSAS STATE W 3-0BELMONT W 3-0DEPAUL* W 3-0MARQUETTE* W 3-0at Cincinnati * L 1-3at Louisville * L 0-3CHARLOTTE * W 3-2EAST CAROLINA * W 3-1at Tulane * L 2-3at Southern Miss * L 0-3! vs. Charlotte L 2-3& at Georgia Southern Tourney# at U of M Home Tourney% at Yale TournamentA at Boston College Tournament! at C-USA Tournament

(Chicago, III.)

A 2003

M Record: 30-6Coach: Carrie Yerty

8/29 ! UALR W 3-18/29 ! Eastern Kentucky W 3-18/30 ! UT-Martin W 3-28/30 ! at Arkansas State L 2-39/5 # Radford W 3-09/6 # Troy State W 3-09/6 # at Davidson W 3-19/9 at UT-Martin W 3-29/12 $ Tennessee Tech W 3-09/1 3$ Holy Cross W 3-09/13$UL-Lafayette W 3-09/1 9 A South Alabama W 3-09/19 A North Carolina St. W 3-09/20 A Wofford W 3-09/20 A at Birmingham South. W 3-19/23 at Middle Tennessee W 3-210/3 at Saint Louis* W 3-010/5 at SE Missouri W 3-110/1 Oat TCU* L 0-310/11 at Houston* W 3-110/14 vs. Christian Brothers W 3-010/1 7 vs. UAB* W 3-010/18 vs. South Florida * W 3-010/21 vs. Mississippi W 3-010/24 at Marquette * W 3-210/25 atDePaul* W 3-010/26 at Chicago State W 3-110/31 vs. Louisville * L 2-311/1 vs. Cincinnati * L 1-31 1/7 at East Carolina * W 3-011/8 at Charlotte* W 3-011/14 vs. Southern Miss * L 2-311/1 5 vs. Tulane* W 3-111/22% at Tulane W 3-11 1/23 % vs. Houston W 3-111/24% vs. Louisville L 0-3! at ASU Tournament# at Davidson Tournament$ at Memphis TournamentA at Birmingham SouthernTournament% at C-USA Tournament

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.1

Tiger Coaching Records

I

19711972197319741975197619771978197919801981198219831984198519861987

Jane HookerJane HookerJane HookerJanice DunnJanice DunnJanice DunnJanice DunnDiane HaleDiane HaleDiane HaleDiane HaleDiane HaleDiane HaleDiane HaleDiane HaleDiane HaleJim Callender

17-518-918-713-716-1612-23-123-1126-1935-2041-1727-1415-2615-1821-1615-1917-1721-16

.773

.667

.720

.650

.500

.343

.677

.578

.636

.707

.659

.366

.455

.568

.417

.500

.568

1988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003

Jim CallenderMike LingenfelterMike LingenfelterPenny Lucas-WhitePenny Lucas-WhitePenny Lucas-WhitePenny Lucas-WhitePenny Lucas-WhiteCarrie YertyCarrie YertyCarrie YertyCarrie YertyCarrie YertyCarrie YertyCarrie YertyCarrie Yerty

Program History

24-1826-1530-920-1510-2625-1127-813-208-2719-1418-1411-2213-2022-1019-1530-6665-510

.571

.634

.769

.571

.278

.694

i

i1T1

.771

.394 __.171 m

.576

.563

.333

.394

.688

.559

.833

.566

All-time Coaching Records (by victories)

CoachDiane HaleCarrie YertyPenny Lucas-WhiteJanice DunnMike LingenfelterJane HookerJim Callender

Seasons9854232

Tenure1978-86

1996-pres.1991-951974-771989-901971-731987-88

W-L212-166140-128

95-8064-57-156-2453-2145-34

PCI.561.474.543.529.700.716.570

Penny Lucas-White

Diane Hale Jim Callender

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University of Memphis Career Records

Ginger Garrett, who com-pleted her career in 2001,ranks in the top five in threemajor hitting categories. Sheis tops in attempts with 3,954,third in total kills with 1,389,and fifth in hitting percentagewith a mark of .251.

Amie Hamilton made hermark on the Tiger programand is still the program'scareer digs leader.Hamilton also spent twoyears as a setter, and isfifth in career assists. Hersenior season, she set anew Memphis single sea-son record with 97 service

181914311389134913441268

123112121134

3954360735853479344734473402308329862964

.361

.299

.260

.256

.251

.240

.238

.236

.234

.231

.230

309240234193152151148147143138

130

14911365135413281323123711821174117011411025

TOTAL KILLSMonique SwabyHolly BufordGinger GarrettBrittany BarnettPeggy Rule-

1992-951980-831998-01

• 2000-20031983-86

Katherine Lehman 1987-90Shoni Hodges 1994-97Renee Ross 1991-94Amy Greer 1990-93Rhonda Kottke 1986-90

TOTAL ATTEMPTSGinger Garrett 1998-01Brittany Barnett 2000-03Shoni Hodges 1994-97Peggy Rule 1983-86Amy Greer 1990-93Angie Glaub 1983-86Renee Ross 1991-94Rosie Glenn 1996-99Sarah Tjelmeland 1987-90Katherine Lehman 1987-90

ATTACK PERCENTAGEHolly Buford 1980-83Shoni Hodges 1994-97Sheila Neba 2000-03Katherine Lehman 1987-90Ginger Garrett 1998-01Emily Eichmann 1998-01Tiara Gilkey 2001-Monique Swaby 1992-95Mary Vercande 1981-82Peggy Rule 1983-86Rhonda Kottke 1986-90Beth Johnson 1980-84

SERVICE ACESClare Dirksen 1986-89Lori Jones 1981-84Amie Hamilton 1998-01Peggy Rule 1983-86Drenda Roberts 1981-84Ginger Garrett 1998-01Heather Watts 2001-Shoni Hodges 1994-97Laura Wilson 1980-82Holly Buford 1980-83Angie Glaub 1983-86Rosie Glenn 1996-99

DIGSAmie Hamilton 1998-01Clare Dirksen 1986-89Shoni Hodges 1994-97Amy Greer 1990-93Peggy Rule 1983-86Renee Ross 1991-94Monique Swaby 1992-95Brittany Barnett 2000-03Rosie Glenn 1996-99Ginger Garrett 1998-01

W3TIS --------——--————

ASSISTS5653 Clare Dirksen 1986-6:

2777 Nikki Taylor 1993-9^2681 Jessica Baley 1997-9:2628 Amie Hamilton 1998-0'1951 Mia Stephens 1983-?:1511 Alisande Cavanagh 1990-9'1124 Drenda Roberts 1981-8-1085 Jeannie Robison - 19=:'

869 Arny Greer 1990-95

BLOCK ASSISTS446 Rhonda Kottke 1986-?:356 Katherine Lehman 1987-?:317 Monique Swaby 1992-5:313 Sheila Neba 2000-301 Nancy Wolter 1985-88285 Angle Glaub 1983-8!269 Clare Dirksen 1986-?;237 Drenda Roberts 1981-S:

Sarah Tjelmeland 1987-9C206 Shoni Hodges 1994-9"

BLOCK SOLOS151 Katherine Lehman 1987-9!140 Drenda Roberts 1981*135 Holly Buford 1980-i:129 Rhonda Kottke 1986-5.'122 Monique Swaby 1992-5:

86 Lori Rembe 1989-5'82 Mary Vercande 1981-K64 Sheila Neba 2000-C

TOTAL BLOCKS575 Rhonda Kottke 1986-5.'507 Katherine Lehman 1987-5!439 Monique Swaby 1992-5:377 Drenda Roberts 1981*

Sheila Neba 2000-i:364 Holly Buford 198C--.:360 Angie Glaub 1983-:'292 Drenda Roberts 1981-1-278 Chelle Penner 198--:251 Sarah Tjelmeland 1987-

'-

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The 2003 senior class finished in the ca-reer top 10 in 6 of 8 categories. BrittanyBarnett (21) finished in four catego-ries, while Sheila Neba (22) finished inthe top 10 in three.

University of MemphisIndividual Single Season Records

KILL670 Monique Swaby 1995538 Tiara Gilkey 2003537 Holly Buford 1981532 Brittany Barnett 2002520 Brittany Barnett 2003509 Katherine Lehman 1990501 Monique Swaby 1994494 April Harriman 2000484 Holly Buford 1983432 Becky Tigert 1997

TOTAL ATTEMPTS1680 Monique Swaby 19951362 Brittany Barnett 20021326 Brittany Barnett 20031317 April Harriman 20001250 Tiara Gilkey 20031206 Shoni Hodges 19971145 Monique Swaby 19941104 Peggy Rule 19871101 Sarah Tjelmeland 19901098 Amy Greer 19931096 Ginger Garrett 2001

ATTACK PERCENTAGE.429 Holly Buford 1981.357 Holly Buford 1983.313 Katherine Lehman 1990.309 Beth Johnson 1981.298 Sheila Neba 2003.298 Holly Buford 1982.293 Sheila Neba 2001.285 Emily Eichmann 2001.275 Jessica Henry 1998.274 Lori Jones 1984

Monique Swaby 1994

ASSISTS1792 Heather Watts 20031678 Clare Dirksen 19891575 Heather Watts 20021569 Clare Dirksen 19881426 NikkiTaylor 19931402 AmieHamilton 20011351 NikkiTaylor 19941342 Jessica Baley 19971339 Jessica Baley 19981245 Alisande Cavanagh 1991

ACES97 AmieHamilton 200197 Laura Wilson 198194 Clare Dirksen 198780 Clare Dirksen 198979 Lori Jones 198169 Alisande Cavanagh 1990

Mary Vercande 198167 Holly Buford 198165 Lori Jones 198463 Heather Watts 2003

DIGS420 Clare Dirksen 1989416 Amy Greer 1993408 Lauren Berg 2002403 Heather Watts 2003403 AmieHamilton 2000393 Peggy Rule 1986391 Tiara Gilkey 2003391 Kara Cronin 1987389 NikkiTaylor 1993385 Marie Zwolinski 1989383 Nancy Nellans 2003

BLOCK SOLOS57 Katherine Lehman 199048 Holly Buford 198247 LoriRembe 199144 Holly Buford 198343 Holly Buford 198140 LoriRembe 1989

Monique Swaby 1994Monique Swaby 1995Sheila Neba 2003

Monique Swaby and Renee Ross teamed tolead Memphis to its first NCAA bid in 1994.

BLOCK ASSISTS160 Rhonda Kottke 1989140 Katherine Lehman 1990121 Sheila Neba 2004114 Angle Glaub 1983113 Rhonda Kottke 1990

Nancy Wolter 1987107 Drenda Roberts 1983105 Brittany Barnett 2000101 Rhonda Kottke 198899 Holly Buford 198398 LoriRembe 1989

TOTAL BLOCKS197 Katherine Lehman 1990146 Sheila Neba 2003

Rhonda Kottke 1990Lisa Eisenrich 1986

143 KimErhorn 1985143 Holly Buford 1983137 Holly Buford 1981135 Nancy Wolter 1987132 Monique Swaby 1994131 Angle Glaub 1983127 Nancy Wolter 1985123 Drenda Roberts 1983

Amie Hamilton holds the school record for careerdigs with 1,491. She also ranks fourth in assists(2,628) and shares the record for aces in a season(97) with Laura Wilson.

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University of MemphisTeam Single Season Records

KILLS1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.

2204214820001979197419111795177617691723

2003198919902002198819932001198419941986

ERRORS1. 985 19882. 983 19873. 980 19894. 961 20035. 918 19936. 903 20027. 838 19908. 828 19979. 816 199410. 794 1986

TOTAL ATTEMPTS1. 57592. 54053. 52974. 52345. 51766. 51517. 50778. 48669. 483310. 4815

1989200319931988199020021987199420001986

HITTING PERCENTAGE1. .2732. .2403. .2314. .2305. .2246. .2137. .2098. .2039. .20010. .196

.1981

.2001

.198420031990.19832002.198919981994

SERVICES ACES1. 527 19812. 319 19903. 308 19834. 300 19935. 298 19866. 294 19847. 285 19878. 279 20019. 278 200310. 265 1994

SERVICES ERRORS1. 473 19902. 462 19893. 436 19934. 380 19975. 344 20036. 336 19947. 326 19858. 324 19889. 316 1998

316 2001316 2002

RECEPTION ERRORS1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.

379381310309301290225225224223

1981198319881984198219891985198719901992

TOTAL BLOCKS1. 6042. 5703. 5384. 5195. 4836. 4147. 3828. 3659. 355

10. 347

19861989198419851997

.19901988

.1981

.19871983

BLOCKING ERRORS1. 1362. 1313. 1284. 1285. 1256. 1237. 1208. 1099. 10710. 104

19891984.19931991.1982.198119991992

.19941987

DIGS1. 24172. 23013. 22974. 21975. 21766. 21297. 21058. 20069. 199810. 1931

1993198919902003198619941992198720002002

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University of MemphisSingle Match Records

30-Kill Club

PT1

Holly Buford34 - vs. Ole Miss, 1981 40

35

Monique Swaby-- at Mississippi, 10/24/95--at Cincinnati, 10/27/9531 -vs. UAB, 11/2/95

April Harriman30--VS. CBU, 11/7/00

Kills40- Monique Swaby at Mississippi, 10/24/9535 - Monique Swaby at Cincinnati, 10/27/9534-- Holly Buford vs. Ole Miss, 9/22/8131 - Monique Swaby vs. UAB, 11/2/9530-April Harriman vs. Christian Brothers, 11/7/0029-Adrianne Edmonds vs. Mississippi, 9/14/0129 - April Harriman vs. Mississippi, 9/16/0029 - Monique Swaby vs. Southern Illinois, 9/20/9527 -- Tiara Gilkey vs. UT-Martin, 8/30/0327-April Harriman vs. Tulane, 11/11/0027 - Jessica Henry vs. Mississippi, 10/20/9826 -- Brittany Barnett vs. Louisville, 10/31/0326-Nancy Nellans vs. Houston, 10/11/0226-Tiara Gilkey vs. UT-Martin, 10/1/0226-Nancy Nellans vs. UT-Martin, 10/1/0226 - Becky Tigert vs. DePaul, 10/19/9726- Monique Swaby vs. Saint Louis at Louisville, 11/17/9525 -- Tiara Gilkey at Charlotte, 11/8/0325 - Tiara Gilkey vs. Birmingham-Southern, 9/6/0225-Monique Swaby vs. Middle Tennessee, 10/3/9525 - Monique Swaby vs. Tennessee Tech at USF, 9/2/95

Attacks80 - Monique Swaby vs. Southern Illinois, 9/20/9575-April Harriman vs. Christian Brothers, 11/7/0075 - Monique Swaby at Mississippi, 10/24/9573-April Harriman vs. Mississippi, 9/16/0072 - Monique Swaby at Cincinnati, 10/27/9571 -April Harriman vs. Tulane, 11/11/0068-April Harriman at Southern Mississippi, 10/1/0066 - Nancy Nellans vs. Houston, 10/11/0265 -- Brittany Barnett vs. Louisville, 10/31/0365 -- Brittany Barnett at Charlotte, 11/8/0365-Monique Swaby vs. Middle Tennessee, 10/3/9565 - Monique Swaby vs. Tennessee Tech at USF, 9/2/95

Hitting Percentage (Min. 10 attempts).846 (11-0-13) -- Heather Watts at Tulane, 11/22/03.800 (8-0-10) - Ginger Garrett vs. UAPB, 9/12/98.714 (10-0-14) - Sheila Neba vs. UT-Martin, 10/1/02.692 (18-0-26) - Becky Tigert vs. Missouri, 9/19/97.667 (14-2-18) -- Sheila Neba at DePaul, 10/26/03.647 (11-0-17) - Laura Stoke vs. USM, 11/10/00.643 (9-0-14) - Kristen Hardee vs. Wofford, 9/20/03.643 (10-1-14) -Tiara Gilkey vs. Charleston Southern, 8/30/02.636 (7-0-11) - Jenni Rosselli vs. Missouri, 9/19/97.625 (11-1-16) -- Sheila Neba at Davidson, 9/6/03.615 (9-1-13) - Sheila Neba vs. Saint Louis, 9/25/01.600 (14-2-20) - Sheila Neba at Houston, 10/11/03

Assists75 - Heather Watts vs. UT-Martin, 10/1/0275 - Jessica Baley vs. DePaul, 10/19/9774 - Jessica Baley vs. Mississippi, 10/20/9872 -Amie Hamilton vs. Christian Brothers, 11/7/0070 - Heather Watts vs. UT Martin, 8/30/0368 -Amie Hamilton vs. Mississippi, 9/14/0167 - Heather Watts vs. Louisville, 10/31/0367 - Heather Watts vs. TCU, 10/12/0266 -- Heather Watts vs. Southern Miss, 11/14/0366 -Amie Hamilton vs. Tulane, 10/13/0165 - Heather Watts at Marquette, 10/24/0364 - Jeannie Robison vs. South Florida, 10/31/9963 - Heather Watts at Cincinnati, 11/1/0263 - Jessica Baley vs. Houston, 10/11/9862 - Heather Watts at Houston, 10/11/0362 - Amie Hamilton at East Carolina, 11/9/01

7O-Assist Club

Heather Watts75-vs. UT-Martin, 10/1/0270 - vs. UT-Martin, 8/30/03

Jessica Baley75--vs. DePaul, 10/19/97

74 - vs. Mississippi, 10/20/98

Amie Hamilton72 ~ vs. Christian Brothers, 11/7/00

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University of MemphisSingle Match Records

Service Aces9 - Nancy Nellans vs. Arkansas State, 9/6/028 -- Hristina Slancheva at Saint Louis, 10/3/038 - Nancy Nellans vs. Charleston Southern, 8/30/028 -- Amy Watson vs. UAB, 19807 -- Melissa Nance vs. Christian Brothers, 10/14/037 - Amie Hamilton vs. Samford, 10/16/016 -- Heather Watts vs. North Carolina State, 9/13/036 - Tiara Gilkey vs. Christian Brothers, 9/4/026 - Adrianne Edmonds vs. Jackson State, 10/23/016 -Amie Hamilton vs. Cornell at Kent State, 9/8/016-Amie Hamilton vs. UAB, 11/3/016 - Amie Hamilton at UAB, 9/15/995 - Nancy Nellans vs. Middle Tennessee, 9/7/025 - Nancy Nellans vs. Christian Brothers, 9/4/025 - Heather Watts vs. Christian Brothers, 9/4/025 -Amie Hamilton vs. Morehead St. at UNC Asheville, 9/1/015 -Amie Hamilton at UNC Asheville, 8/31/015 -Amie Hamilton vs. Cincinnati, 10/20/015 - Heather Watts vs. South Alabama, 9/1/015 - Emily Eichmann vs. Charlotte, 10/22/005 - Jeannie Robison vs. Samford, 9/11/995 - Amie Hamilton vs. Tulsa at Cal State Fullerton, 9/4/985 - Shoni Hodges at UAB, 10/31/97

Digs33 - Rosie Glenn vs. Saint Louis, 9/25/9832-Amie Hamilton vs. Christian Brothers, 11/7/0026 -- Tiara Gilkey vs. Cincinnati, 11/1/0325 -- Nancy Nellans at Tulane, 11/22/0325 - Lauren Berg vs. Birmingham-Southern, 9/6/0225 -April Harriman at Southern Mississippi, 10/1/0024 - Amie Hamilton at Kent State, 9/8/0124-April Harriman vs. Tulane, 11/11/0023 - Heather Watts vs. UALR, 8/29/0323 - Lauren Berg vs. Western Kentucky, 8/31/0223 -Amie Hamilton at Southern Mississippi, 11/12/9923 - Rosie Glenn at Southern Mississippi, 11/12/99

Block Solos6 - Sheila Neba at Charlotte, 11/8/035 -Amanda Boatright at Southern Mississippi, 11/12/994 - Jenni Rosselli vs Portland at Syracuse, 9/18/984 - Jenni Rosselli vs. South Alabama, 9/19/974 - Amanda Boatright at Charlotte, 10/24/994 - Jeannie Robison at Charlotte, 10/24/993 -- Melissa Nance at DePaul, 10/26/033 - Monique Swaby vs. UAB, 11/2/953 - Lamar Bryant at Mississippi, 10/24/953 - Monique Swaby vs. Southern Illinois, 9/20/953 - Monique Swaby at Clemson, 9/14/953 - Jenni Rosselli vs. DePaul, 10/19/97

Sheila Neba set asingle match recordwith six block solos in,3-2 win at Charlotte in2003.

Block Assists11 - Jenni Rosselli vs. Mississippi, 10/20/989 - Jessica Trezise at Southern Miss, 10/10/978 -- Sheila Neba vs. Cincinnati, 11/1/038 -- Sheila Neba at Southeast Missouri, 10/5/038 - Sheila Neba at Tulane, 11/15/028 - Sheila Neba vs. Marquette, 10/26/028 - Sheila Neba vs. Robert Morris at Kent State, 9/7/018 - Sheila Neba vs. Houston, 9/23/018 - Brittany Barnett vs. Christian Brothers, 11/7/008 - Laura Stoke at UAB, 11/1/008 - Jenni Rosselli vs. DePaul, 10/19/978 -Amanda Boatright vs. South Florida, 10/31/997 - Sheila Neba vs. Christian Brothers, 10/14/037 - Brittany Barnett vs. DePaul, 9/23/007 - Lindsay Bax vs. Idaho at Portland, 9/3/997 - Sarah Wengler vs. South Florida, 10/31/997 - Shoni Hodges vs. UAB, 9/19/977 - Jessica Trezise vs. UAB, 9/19/977 - Sarah Wengler vs. Murray State, 10/26/997 - Shoni Hodges vs. East Carolina, 9/20/97

Total Blocks11.0 -Jenni Rosselli vs. Mississippi, 10/20/9811.0 - Jenni Rosselli vs. DePaul, 10/19/9710.0 -- Sheila Neba at Charlotte, 11/8/0310.0 - Sheila Neba vs. Houston, 9/23/0110.0 - Sarah Wengler vs. Mississippi, 9/16/0010.0 -Amanda Boatright at Southern Mississippi, 11/12/999.0 -- Sheila Neba at Southeast Missouri, 10/5/039.0 - Jessica Trezise at Southern Miss, 10/10/979.0 - Jessica Henry vs. Houston, 10/11/988.0 -- Sheila Neba vs. Cincinnati, 11/1/038.0 - Sheila Neba at Tulane, 11/15/028.0 - Sheila Neba vs. Marquette, 10/26/028.0 - Sheila Neba vs. Robert Morris at Kent State, 9/7/018.0 - Laura Stoke at UAB, 11/1/008.0 - Brittany Barnett vs. Christian Brothers, 11/7/008.0 - Sarah Wengler vs. Murray State, 10/26/998.0 - Jenni Rosselli vs. USL at Cal State Fullerton, 9/5/988.0 - Jenni Rosselli vs. South Alabama, 9/19/97

3O-Dig Club

Rosie Glenn33 vs. Saint Louis, 9/25/98

Amie Hamilton32 vs. Christian Brothers, 11/7/00

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1,000 Career Kill Clubl. Monique Swaby - 1,789 KillsYr. GP1992 1291993 1201994 1231995 118TOTALS 490

MP363635S3140

K2603585016701789

E133151187308779

TA Pet.778 .202833 .2491145 .2741680 .2164436 .228

SA16203242.111

DG2462933193241182

SA DG

2. Holly Buford - 1,431 KillsYr. GP MP K E TA Pet.1980 n/a n/a 1980 Statistics Not Available1981 n/a n/a 537 134 939 .429 67 351982 n/a n/a 410 129 942 .298 29 711983 106 n/a 484 102 835 .352 42 175TOTALS 1431** missing 1980 stats

3. Ginger Garrett - 1,389 KillsYr. GP1998 1171999 1212000 1202001 116TOTALS 474

MP32333332130

K3592993114201389

E TA136 994132 921139 941160 1096567 3952

4. Brittany Barnett - 1,349 KillsYr. GP2000 1202001 1162002 1282003 135TOTALS 263

MP33323436135

K1821155325201349

E TA110 55162 368201 1362185 1326558 3607

Pet..224.181.183.237.208

Pet..131.144.243

.219

SA46432933151

SA34323426136

DG2832722673191141

DG2702433303311174

BS21274034122

BS

434943

BS796628

BS1038128

5. Shoni Hodges - 1,268 Kills

BA65879273317

BA

943680

BA56424842195

BA105114153210

9. Amy Greer - 1,212 KillsYr. GP MP K E1990 138 39 320 1921991 117 35 316 1631992 117 32 190 981993 136 36 386 160TOTALS 508 142 1212 613

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Yr. GP1994 1091995 1131996 1241997 121TOTALS 467

MP32323533132

K2991673754271268

5. Katherine LehmanYr. GP1987 1041988 1471989 1281990 139TOTALS 518

T.PeggyYr. GP1983 1241984 851985 1291986 135TOTALS 473

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•y£] 1991 106$ 1992 115

1993 124M 1224 105

| E^* j TOTALS 450

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424138

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K983053565091268

1,250K2492043704271250

1,231K2133353493341231

E12184136153494

-1,268E73135134166508

KillsE10694138139477

KillsE137185177152651

TA797561102112063585

KillsTA32872881510932964

TA64554697011043265

TA6929449028643402

Pet..223.148.234.227.216

Pet..076.233.272.313.256

Pet..222.202.239.260.237

Pet..109.159.191,211.170

SA31354536147

SA28325698

SA3629595Z181

SA2436392Q119

DG3752713483601354

DG5594228314691

DG3431963253931257

DG2293823173091237

BS41517IS46

BS1033345Z134

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TB99121130liZ547

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Pet..133.174.157.206.192

SA53354332163

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BS12149641

BA49375348187

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l,OOO Career Kill Club

a XO. Rhonda Konfce - I,I34 KillsYr. GP MP K E TA1986 72 97 57 2721987 15 4 19 15 831988 131 351 139 9101989 128 376 134 8151990 140 39 291 113 714TOTALS 493 n/a 1134 458 2794

' ?*• XX. Sarah Tjelmeland - I,XO4 KillsV&"- iW Yr> GP MP K E TA«"• - jH 1987 94 113 69 3°9

ffm 1988 149 324 164 841M 1989 125 264 110 735JfB 1990 UQ 39 40_1 151 1101

\j TOTALS 508 n/a 1104 494 2986

*\. Rosie Glenn - X,O63 Killsf A I Yr. GP MP K E TAM~ -\6 123 35 262 196 731T^. '--A 1997 118 33 200 157 599

• A 1998 117 32 2B1 l72 826J^ ^M 1999 121 33 320 164 927

• 1( TOTALS 479 133 1063 689 3083

f\ - -^tJ ---JlM^m3uL

X3. April Harriman - 1,017 KillsYr. GP MP K E TA1997 93 33 256 141 6881998 108 31 85 83 2851999 115 32 182 119 504

fl 2000 121 33 494 223 1358.flKlvVI TOTALS 437 129 1017 566 2835

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14. Angie Glaub - X,OX4 KillsYr. GP MP K E TA1983 94 163 84 4261984 125 163 151 5291985 129 391 205 10271986 112 297 151 884TOTALS 460 1014 591 2866

IS. Nancy Wolter - 1,007 KillsYr. GP MP K E TA2001 36 18 43 21 1022002 125 34 426 182 10352003 133 36 538 236 1250TOTALS 394 88 1007 439 2387

IS. Tiara Gilkey - 1,007 KillsYr. GP MP K E TA2001 36 18 43 21 1022002 125 34 426 182 10352QQ3 133 36 538 236 125QTOTALS 394 88 1007 439 2387

Pet..147.048.232.272.249.242

SA20223322S105

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2110196

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A blocking stats combined

Pet..142.190.209.227.204

Pet..090.072.132.168.121

Pet..167.007.125.200.159

Pet..185.023.181.165.148

Pet..216.236.242.238

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Post-Season History

METRO CONFERENCE

1980 in Memphis, TennesseeSeptember 26-27

First Round'.'emphis def. Louisville 2-1

Second RoundVemphis def. Saint Louis 2-1

Third Round'.'emphis def. Tulane 2-0

Fourth RoundFlorida State def. Memphis 2-0

Sixth RoundMemphis def. Cincinnati 2-0

Seventh RoundMemphis def. Florida State 2-1

SemifinalsFlorida State def. Memphis 2-1

1981 in Cincinnati, OhioNovember 21-23

First RoundTulane def. Memphis 2-1

Second RoundMemphis def. Virginia Tech 2-1

Third RoundCincinnati def. Memphis 2-1

Fourth RoundMemphis def. Louisville 2-0Cincinnati def. Memphis 2-1

Fifth RoundMemphis def. Louisville 2-0

SemifinalsMemphis def. Tulane 2-1

ChampionshipCincinnati def. Memphis 2-1

1982 in Tallahassee, FloridaNovember 21-23

Second RoundMemphis def. Virginia Tech 2-1

Third RoundFlorida State def. Memphis 2-0

Fourth RoundLouisville def. Memphis 2-0

Fifth RoundMemphis def. Cincinnati 2-0

Sixth RoundMemphis def. Tulane 2-0

Seventh RoundMemphis def. Southern Miss 2-0

SemifinalsCincinnati def. Memphis 3-1

ChampionshipFlorida State def. Memphis 3-0

1983 in Louisville, KentuckyNovember 18-20

First RoundLouisville def. Memphis 3-1

1984 in Columbia, South CarolinaNovember 16-17

First RoundMemphis def. Cincinnati 3-1

SemifinalsLouisville def. Memphis 3-1

1985 in Hattiesburg, MississippiNovember 23-24

^^^ First RoundSouthern Miss def. Memphis 3-1

1986 in Blacksburg, VirginiaNovember 22-23

First RoundMemphis def. Cincinnati 3-0

SemifinalsSouth Carolina def. Memphis 3-1

1987 in Memphis, TennesseeNovember 20-22

First RoundMemphis def. Virginia Tech 3-0

SemifinalsCincinnati def. Memphis 3-1

1988 in Cincinnati, OhioNovember 18-19

First RoundMemphis def. Louisville 3-0

SemifinalsCincinnati def. Memphis 3-1

1989 in Tallahassee, FloridaNovember 17-19

First RoundMemphis def. Virginia Tech 3-1

SemifinalsCincinnati def. Memphis 3-2

1990 in Louisville, KentuckyNovember 16-17

First RoundMemphis def. Southern Miss 3-1

SemifinalsMemphis def. Cincinnati 3-0

ChampionshipLouisville def. Memphis 3-1

GREAT MIDWEST

1991 in Memphis, TennesseeNovember 22-23

First RoundMemphis (3) def. Saint Louis 3-0

SemifinalsDAB (2) def. Memphis (3) 3-0

Third PlaceMemphis (3) def. Cincinnati (4) 3-0\2 in Chicago, Illinois

November 20-21

First RoundMemphis (3) def. Marquette (6) 3-1

SemifinalsUAB (2) def. Memphis (3) 3-1

1993 in Birmingham, AlabamaNovember 19-21

SemifinalsUAB (3) def. Memphis (1) 3-1

1994 in Dayton, OhioNovember 18-20

SemifinalsMemphis (1) def. Saint Louis 3-0

ChampionshipMemphis (1) def. DePaul (7) 3-0

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CONFERENCE USA

1995 in Louisville, KentuckyNovember 22-23

First RoundMemphis (6) def. DePaul (11) 3-0

Second RoundSaint Louis (3) def. Memphis 3-1

1996 in Louisville, KentuckyNovember 21-24

First RoundSaint Louis (4) def. Memphis 3-0

1997 in Houston, TexasNovember 20-22

First RoundMemphis (7) def. UAB (10) 3-1

Second RoundHouston (2) def. Memphis (7) 3-1

1998 in Cincinnati, OhioNovember 19-22

First RoundMemphis (8) def. DePaul (9) 3-1

Second RoundLouisville (1) def. Memphis (8) 3-0

1999 in Tampa, FloridaNovember 18-21

Marquette def. Memphis (11) 3-0

2000 in Charlotte, North CarolinaNovember 16-19

Tulane def. Memphis (11) 3-1

2001 in Houston, TexasNovember 15-18

Memphis (8) def. Tulane (9) 3-0Cincinnati (1) def. Memphis (8) 3-0

2002 in Chicago, IllinoisNovember 23-25

Charlotte (6) def. Memphis (11) 3-2

2003 in New Orleans, La.November 22-24

Second RoundMemphis (4) def. Tulane (5) 3-1

SemifinalsMemphis (4) def. Houston (8) 3-1

FinalsLouisville (2) def. Memphis (4) 3-0

The 2004 Tiger volleyball team made theprogram's first-ever appearance in the Confer-ence USA Championship Finals.

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All-Time Tournament Results

1SZ8Miss. Univ. for Women Tourney, 4thMiddle Tennessee St. Tri-Meet, 1stUT-Martin Tournament, 1stHouston Tournament, 5thLady Tiger Invitational, 2ndMemphis State Tri-Meet, 1stLady Volunteer Tournament, 4thUT-Martin Tri Meet, 1stSE Missouri State Tri-Meet, 1stTCWSF State Tournament, 3rd

Mississippi Invitational, 3rdMiss. Univ. for Women Invit., 3rdMemphis State Invitational, 2ndFlorida State Invitational, 4thMissouri Invitational, 3rdSouthern Illinois Invitational, 4thTCWSF State Tournament, 1stAIAW Region II Tournament, 3rd

19JBOAlabama Invitational, 3rdMetro Conference Tourney, 2ndSouth Carolina Invitational, 3rdFlorida State Invitational, 4thMemphis State Invitational, 2ndSouthern Illinois Invitational, 2ndTCWSF State Tournament, 1stAIAW Region II Tournament, 3rd

1981Kentucky Invitational, 3rdMissouri Invitational, 3rdLady Tiger Invitational, 1stTennessee Invitational, 3rdOle Miss Invitational, 2ndMetro Conference Tourney, 2nd

Southern Illinois Invitational, 4thMemphis State Invitational, 1stLouisiana State Classic, 5thLouisville Invitational, 7thOle Miss Invitational, 2ndMorehead State Invitational, 4thMetro Conference Tourney, 4th

1983Cal-State Fullerton Tourney, 4thVirginia Tech Invitational, 3rdMemphis State Tournament, 1stSouthern Mississippi Invite, 4thTennessee Tournament, 5thOle Miss Tournament, 2ndMemphis State Invitational, 1stMetro Conference Tourney, 3rd

198ASouthwest Missouri State, 3rdMississippi State Tournament, 1stTexas Tournament, 4thMetro Conference Tourney, 4th

1985Memphis State Invitational, 2ndMetro Conference Tourneyt, 5th

1986Lady Tiger Classic, 3rdWestern Kentucky Tourney, 2ndFlorida Tournament, 4thMemphis State Invitational, 1stMetro Conference Tourney, 3rd

7987SW Missouri State Invitel, 4thWestern Kentucky Classic, 1stBrigham Young Invitational, 15thHouston Whataburger Classic, 1stMemphis State Invitational, 1stOle Miss Invitational, 2ndMetro Conference Tourney, 3rd

1988Missouri Tournament, 2ndMemphis State Classic, 3rdColorado Coors Classic, Tie 3rdPenn State Classic, 3rdSouth Florida Tournament, 3rdMemphis State Invitational, 1stMetro Conference Tourney, 5th

1Lady Tiger Cup, 3rdIllini Classic, 4thMemphis State Classic, 1stExercise Essentials Classic, 1stSW Missouri State Classic, 4thHouston Invitational, 2ndMemphis State Invitational, 1stMetro Conference Tourney, 3rd

7990Asics-Lady Maverick Invite, 3rdMSU Graphic Systems Classic, 1stEvansville Invitational, 1stMetro Conference Tourney, 2nd

7997Georgia Lady Bulldog Classic, 3rdVolleyball Monthly Invite, 4thSaluki Invitational, 2ndGraphic Systems Classic, 2ndWright State Invitational, 2ndSWMS Autumn Classic, 2ndConnecticut Challenge, 1stGreat Midwest Tournament, 3rd

7992Crimson Classic, 3rdSyracuse Invitational, 4thGraphic Systems Classic, 2ndNLU Classic, 3rdKathy Trosclair Invitational, 3rdWilliam & Mary Tournament, 51hGreat Midwest Tournament, 3rd

7993Tiger Invitational, 2ndMemphis State Classic, 2ndStephen F. Austin, 2ndFlorida Invitational, 4thNike Invitational, 2ndGreat Midwest Tournament, 3rd

7994Lady Tiger Invitational, 1stGraphic Systems Classic, 2ndNorthern Arizona Tourneyt, 4thSE Missouri State Invite, 1stGMC Tournament, 1stGeorgia Invitational, 3rdNCAA Tournament, 1st round

1995USF Volleyball Classic, 3rdGraphics System Classic, 2ndConference USA, 2nd Round

7996Graphics System Classic, 3rdTiger Invitational, 3rdArkansas State Invitational, 4thConference USA, 1st Round

7997Adam's Mark Invitational, 1stMontana State Invitational, 1stWestern Kentucky Invite, 1stGraphic Systems Classic, 1stConference USA, 2nd Round

7998CS-Fullerton Invitational, 2ndAdam's Mark Invitational, 1stSyracuse Invitational, 3rdConference USA, 2nd Round

7999University of Portland Invite, 3rdGraphic Systems Classic,2ndMississippi State Tourney, 3rdConference USA, 1st Round

2000Bradley University, 3rdCollege of Charleston, 1stUniv. of Memphis, No ChampionConference USA, 1st Round

2007UNC Asheville Tourney, 1stKent State Tournament, 1stConference USA, 2nd Round

2002Georgia State Tourney, 3rdMemphis Tourney, 2ndYale Invitational, 1stBoston College Tournament, 1stConference USA, 1st Round

2003Arkansas State, 2ndDavidson College, 1stUniversity of Memphis Tourney, 1stBirmingham Southern, No ChampionConference USA, Finals

TIARA GILKEYAll-Tournament Teams

Conference USA,Arkansas State, Davidson,

Memphis

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BrittanyBarnett2000-03

All-Time Roster

Ho//y Buford1980-83

ClareDirksen1986-89

Kim Fraser1980-83

Angle Glaub1983-86

Rosie Glenn1996-99

Amie Hamilton1997-2001

April Harriman1997-2000

Shoni Hodges1994-97

Kim Lemon1988-91

Rachael Aldous 2001

Jessica Baley 1997-98Brittany Barnett 2000-03Lindsay Bax 1999Lauren Berg 2002Betsy Bland 1973-76Lisa Bray 1991Amanda Boatright 1999Cherilyn Bright 1991-94Holly Buford 1980-83

Cathy Casias 1999Alisande Cavanagh 1990-91Brooke Chrisman 2001-2002Teri Clark 1980-83Christen Clayton 2003-Nicole Cleveland 1996Linda Conner 1980-81Debbie Cunningham 1985

Clare Dirksen 1986-89

Adrianne Edmonds 2000-01Kim Ehrhorn 1984-88Emily Eichmann 1998-01Lisa Eisenrich 1985-86Cindy Eschbach 1974-77Heather Fletcher 1993-96

Sandy Monce1977-80

Sheila Neba2000-03

Allwyn Fitzpatrick 1993-94Kim Fraser 1980-83Karen Fussell 1981

Ginger Garrett 1998-01Tiara Gilkey 2001-Angie Glaub 1983-86Rosie Glenn 1996-99Angela Graziani 1997Ashley Green 2002Amy Greer 1990-93

Amie Hamilton 1998-2001Debbi Hammond 1979-80Kristen Hardee 2002-April Harriman 1997-2000Becky Harden 1977-80Jessica Henry 1998Celeste Homan 1978-80Shoni Hodges 1994-97Carol Hooker 1980Gwen Homer 1989-90

Angle Johnson 2000-2001Beth Johnson 1980-84Lori Page Jones 1981-84

Nan Kimbrell 2002Rhonda Kottke 1986-90

Katherine Lehman 1987-90Kim Lemon 1988-91

Renee Ross Phyllis Richey Monique Swaby Nancy Wolter1991-94 1984-88 1992-95 1985-88

Jacqueline Mack 1992-93Nancy McAlexander 1976-79Jenny McCoy 1988-89Katie McFarland 1990Margi McNeely 1979-80Sandy Monce 1977-80Wynne Moore 1982-83Lacey Morse 1996Shavonda Morgan 1988Liz Mullen 1995-96Shawna Mullin 1985-86

Melissa Nance 2003-Janice Neyens 1992-95Nancy Nellans 2002-Shella Neba 2000-03

Katie Sandage 1974-77Heather Sanders 2000Debbie Sanford 1976-79Hristina Slancheva 2003-Mia Stephens 1983-85Emily Steckel 2003-Laura Stoke 2000Cindy Stoot 1979-82Monique Swaby 1992-95Lowette Swinton 1977-80

Sarah Tjelmeland 1987-90Nikki Taylor 1993-94Becky Tigert 1994-97Jennie Toronto 2003-Jessica Trezise 1997Fehi Tuivai 2003-

Simen Oktay

Sarah Pearl 1976-79Chelle Penner 1984-88Tara Pfeffer 1995-97

Sami Randolph 1990-93Lisa Rembe 1989-91Lori Rembe 1989-91Phyllis Richey 1984-88Drenda Sue Roberts 1981-84Jeannie Robison 1998-99Sharon Rose 1974-77Renee Ross 1991-94Jenni Rosselli 1997-98Deidre Rowell 1992-95Peggy Rule 1983-86Jamie Runkle 1991-94

Amy Vaughn 1996-99Mary Vercande 1981-82

Beth Walthal 1982Heather Watts 2001-Amy Watson 1980-83Sylvia WatsonSarah WenglerBarbara WhitakerLaura WilsonNancy Wolter

1976-79

1999.1977-80.1980-82

1985-88

Marie Zwolinski 1987-90

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All-Time Honors

BRITTANYBARNETT

2003 AII-C-USA SecondTeam

2000 Conference USAAll-Freshman Team

Conference USA

FIRST TEAMALL-CONFERENCE USA

Monique Swaby, 1995

SECOND TEAMALL-CONFERENCE USA

Brittany Barnett, 2003Amie Hamilton, 2001

THIRD TEAMALL-CONFERENCE USA

Tiara Gilkey, 2003Heather Watts, 2003

CONFERENCE USAALL-FRESHMAN TEAM

Brittany Barnett, 2000Jessica Henry, 1998

CONFERENCE USADEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Amie Hamilton, 1998

CONFERENCE USAPLAYER OF THE WEEK

Tiara Gilkey, 9/1/03Heather Watts, 9/23/02; 9/15/03

Amie Hamilton, 9/10/01Becky Tigert, 9/22/97

Monique Swaby, 9/18/95Liz Mullen, 10/2/95

CONFERENCE USAALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

Tiara Gilkey, 2003Heather Watts, 2003

AMIE HAMILTON2001 Conference USA

SecondTeam1998 C-USA Defensive

Player of the Year

Great Midwest

FIRST TEAMALL-GREAT MIDWESTMonique Swaby, 1994

Nikki Taylor, 1994Monique Swaby, 1993

Amy Greer, 1993Renee Ross, 1992

Alisande Cavanagh, 1991

SECOND TEAMALL-GREAT MIDWESTSami Randolph, 1993

Lori Rembe, 1991

GREAT MIDWEST ALL-TOURNAMENTMonique Swaby, 1994 (MVP)

Nikki Taylor, 1993Jamie Runkle, 1993Shoni Hodges, 1993Renee Ross, 1992

Alisande Cavanagh, 1991

GREAT MIDWESTCOACH OF THE YEAR

Penny Lucas-White, 1994Penny Lucas-White, 1993

Metro Conference

ALL-METRO CONFERENCEKatherine Lehman, 1989, 1990

Rhonda Kottke, 1988, 1989,1990Clare Dirksen,1997, 1988, 1989, 1990

Nancy Wolter, 1987Peggy Rule, 1986

Holly Buford, 1981, 1982, 1983

ALL-TOURNAMENTKatherine Lehman, 1990Sarah Tjelmeland, 1990

Clare Dirksen, 1988Kim Ehrhorn, 1987Angie Glaub, 1986

Drenda Roberts, 1984Holly Buford, 1982

COACH OF THE YEARJim Callender, 1987

Mike Lingenfelter, 1980

GREAT MIDWESTPLAYER OF THE YEARMonique Swaby, 1994

GREAT MIDWESTNEWCOMER OF THE YEAR

Monique Swaby, 1992

GREAT MIDWESTALL-NEWCOMER TEAM

Shoni Hodges, 1994Nikki Taylor, 1993

Monique Swaby, 1992

Other Awards

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NCAA SOUTH REGIONKatherine Lehman, 1990

AVCA ALL-REGIONHeather Watts, 2003

(All-Midwest Region, Honorable Mention)

ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANApril Harriman, 2000 (Second team)Heather Watts, 2003 (Third team)

ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICTHeather Watts, 2002, 2003 (First Team)

April Harriman, 2000 (First Team)Sheila Neba, 2003 (Second Team)

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GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Nashville, Tenn.Enrollment: 9,024Colors: Royal Blue, WhiteNickname: Lady TigersConference: Ohio ValleyFacility: Kean Hall/2,500Athletics Director: Teresa Phillips

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Kathy RoulhacAlma Mater/Yr: North CarolinaA&T/1987Record at School: First yearOverall Record/Years: 165-178/92003 Record: 7-25Conference Record: 1-15Asst. Coach: Eysha RamblerVolleyball SID: Kenisha RhoneSID Phone: 615-963-1361SID Fax: 615-963-5895Email: Krhone@Tnstate.eduStarters returning/lost: 3/3

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3GENERAL INFORMATION

Location: Normal, Ala.Enrollment: 6,500Colors: Maroon, WhiteNickname: BulldogsConference: SWACFacility: T.M. Elmore Gymnasium/6,000Athletics Director: James A.Martin, Sr.

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Betty Kelley AustinAlma Mater/Yr: Alabama A&M/1973Record at School: 555-205/26Overall Record: Same2003 Record: 25-6Conference Record: 17-0/1 stAsst. Coach: noneVolleyball SID: Ricky HazelSID Phone: 256-372-4005SID Fax: 256-372-5919Email: sports.info@aamu.eduStarters returning/lost: 5/1

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GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Dover, Del.Enrollment: 3,200Colors: Columbia Blue, RedNickname: HornetsConference: MEACFacility: Memorial Hall/3,000Athletics Director: Dr. HallieGregory

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Renee ArnoldAlma Mater/Yr: George Washing-ton/2001Record at School: First YearOverall Record: First Year2003 Record: 4-24Conference Record: 1-10/6thNorthAsst. Coach: TEAVolleyball SID: Dennis JonesSID Phone: 302-857-6065SID Fax: 302-857-6069Email: djones@desu.eduStarters returning/lost: 4/2

sept.

4GENERAL INFORMATION

Location: Chicago, III.Enrollment: 25,000Colors: Navy Blue, Fire Engine RedNickname: FlamesConference: Horizon LeagueFacility: Flames Athletic Center/250Athletics Director: James Schmidt

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Nancy MuellerAlma Mater/Yr: Tennessee/1993Record at School: First yearOverall Record/Years: 106-60/52003 Record: 11-21Conference Record: 2-12Asst. Coach: Katie SchumacherVolleyball SID: Matt BrendichSID Phone: 312-996-5881SID Fax: 312-996-5882Email: brendich@uic.eduStarters returning/lost: 3/3

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8GENERAL INFORMATION

Location: Ogden, UtahEnrollment: 16,000Colors: Royal Purple, WhiteNickname: WildcatsConference: Big SkyFacility: Dee Events Center/11,500Athletics Director: John Johnson

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Al GivensAlma Mater/Yr: Northern Arizona/1983Record at School: 132-188/11Overall Record: 284-325/192003 Record: 7-21Conference Record: 3-11/7thAsst. Coach: Melissa LeonardAsst. Coach: Stephanie BirchVolleyball SID: Paul GruaSID Phone: 801-626-7414SID Fax: 801-626-6490Email: pgrua@weber.eduStarters returning/lost: 3/4

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10GENERAL INFORMATION

Location: Norman, Okla.Enrollment: 25,000Colors: Crimson, CreamNickname: SoonersConference: Big 12Facility: Howard McCaslandFieldhouse/2,000Athletics Director: Joe Castiglione

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Santiago RestrepoAlma Mater/Yr: East Stroudsburg/1986Record at School: First YearOverall Record/Years: 127-72/62003 Record: 11-21Conference Record: 3-17Asst. Coach: Kelly FilesAsst. Coach: Steve LoeswickVolleyball SID: Chris FreetSID Phone: 405-325-3671SID Fax: 405-325-7623Email: cfreet@ou.eduStarters returning/lost: 5/2

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GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Provo, UtahEnrollment: 30,000Colors: Dark Blue, White, TanNickname: CougarsConference: Mountain WestFacility: Smith Fieldhouse/5,000Athletics Director: Elaine Michaelis

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Karen LambAlma Mater/Yr: BYU/1978Record at School: 38-28/2Overall Record/Years: 128-122/72003 Record: 24-9Conference Record: 10-4 (3rd)Asst. Coach: Jason WatsonAsst. Coach: Brooke HuebnerVolleyball SID: Jen ConnerySID Phone: 801-422-8999SID Fax: 801-422-0633Email: wvolleyball_sid@byu.eduStarters returning/lost: 5/3

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Orlando, Fla.Enrollment: 44,000Colors: Gold, BlackNickname: Golden KnightsConference: Atlantic SunFacility: UCF Arena/5,100Athletics Director: Stee Orsini

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Meg ColadoAlma Mater/Yr: Florida/1996Record at School: 103-51/5Overall Record: 118-67/62003 Record: 23-7Conference Record: 10-0/1 stAsst. Coach: Juanita HittAsst. Coach: Sam OjieVolleyball SID: TBASID Phone: TBASID Fax: 407-823-5266Email: TBAStarters returning/lost: 4/2

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Orem, UtahEnrollment: 25,000Colors: Forest Green, GoldNickname: WolverinesConference: IndependentFacility: Activity Center/2,000Athletics Director: Michael V.Jacobsen

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Sam AtoaAlma Mater/Yr: BYU/1998Record at School: 147-44/5Overall Record: Same2003 Record: 9-13Conference Record: n/aAsst. Coach: Nina PuikkonenAsst. Coach: Helen HjorthVolleyball SID: Todd FairbourneSID Phone: 801-863-8599SID Fax: 801-863-8813Email: fairboto@uvsc.eduStarters returning/lost: TBA

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GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Conway, Ark.Enrollment: 10,000Colors: Purple, GrayNickname: Sugar BearsConference: Gulf SouthFacility: Old Gym/350Athletics Director: Vance Strange

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Kris PetersonAlma Mater/Yr: Lindenwood/1995Record at School: 37-49/3Overall Record/Years: Same2003 Record: 14-17Conference Record: 7-5/T-3rdAsst. Coach: Jerry HullaVolleyball SID: Steve EastSID Phone: 501-450-5743SID Fax: 501-450-5740Email: seast@uca.eduStarters returning/lost: 3/3

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GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: State University, Ark.Enrollment: 10,429Colors: Scarlett and BlackNickname: Lady IndiansConference: Sun BeltFacility: Convocation Center/10,56cAthletics Director: Dr. Dean Lee

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Craig CummingsAlma Mater/Yr: Cal-Poly, San LuisObispo/1981Record at School :155-101/9Overall Record: 236-211/152003 Record: 21-11Conference Record: 8-6/3rd EastAsst. Coach: Jo Beth MathisVolleyball SID: Matt McCollesterSID Phone: 870-972-2541SID Fax: 870-972-3367Email: mmccollester@astate.eduStarters returning/lost: 4/3

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17GENERAL INFORMATION

Location: Ruston, La.Enrollment: 11,975Colors: Red, Reflex BlueNickname: Lady TechstersConference: WACFacility: Thomas Assembly/8,000Athletics Director: Jim Oakes

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Heather MazeitisAlma Mater/Yr: Central Oklahoma/1992Record at School: 43-51/3Overall Record/Years: 204-171/82003 Record: 16-15Conference Record: 4-9Asst. Coach: Jill WagnerVolleyball SID: Robby LockwoodSID Phone: 318-257-3144SID Fax: 318-257-3757Email: Lockwood@latech.eduStarters returning/lost: 3/3

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GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Richmond, Ky.Enrollment: 15,733Colors: Maroon, WhiteNickname: ColonelsConference: Ohio ValleyFacility: McBrayer/6,500Athletics Director: John Shafer

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Lori DuncanAlma Mater/Yr: EKU/1984Record at School: 69-110/6Overall Record/Years: 98-210/112003 Record: 20-14Conference Record: 10-6/T-3rdAsst. Coach: Mary Lee KerankoVolleyball SID: Amy RatliffSID Phone: 859-622-2006SID Fax: 859-622-1230Email: Amy.Ratliff@eku.eduStarters returning/lost: 4/2

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GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Starkville, Miss.Enrollment: 16,878Colors: Maroon, WhiteNickname: Lady BulldogsConference: SECFacility: Newell-Grissom/3,500Athletics Director: Larry Templeton

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Tina SealsAlma Mater/Yr: Mississippi State/1987Record at School: First YearOverall Record: 444-137/122003 Record: 3-23Conference Record: 2-14Asst. Coach: TBAAsst. Coach: Jozsef FormanVolleyball SID: Joe DierSID Phone: 662-325-8040SID Fax: 662-325-3654Email:jbdier@athletics.msstate.eduStarters returning/lost: 2/4

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GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Davidson, N.C.Enrollment: 1,650Colors: Red, BlackNickname: WildcatsConference: SouthernFacility: Belk Arena/5,700Athletics Director: Jim Murphy

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Tim CowieAlma Mater/Yr: Roberts Wesleyan/1988Record at School: 37-32/2Overall Record: 201-101/82003 Record: 14-21Conference Record: 7-11Asst. Coach: TBAVolleyball SID: Mike ClarkSID Phone: 704-894-2635SID Fax: 704-894-2636Email: mkclark@davidson.eduStarters returning/lost: 2/4

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Boca Raton, Fla.Enrollment: 25,000Colors: Blue, GrayNickname: OwlsConference: Atlantic SunFacility: FAU Gymnasium/5,000Athletics Director: Craig Angelos

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Jody BrownAlma Mater/Yr: GracelandUniversity/1985Record at School: 125-126/9Overall Record/Years: Same2003 Record: 13-16Conference Record: 6-4/5thAsst. Coach: Aycan KaraVolleyball SID: Dawn ElstonSID Phone: 561-297-3513SID Fax: 561-297-3499Email: delston@fau.eduStarters returning/lost: 3/3

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GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Asheville, N.C.Enrollment: 3,200Colors: Royal Blue, WhiteNickname: BulldogsConference: Big SouthFacility: Justice Center/1,100Athletics Director: Janet Gore

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Julie TorbettAlma Mater/Yr: Penn State/1990Record at School: 171-147/10Overall Record: Same2003 Record: 18-10Conference Record: 9-5Asst. Coach: Frederico SantosVolleyball SID: Mike GoreSID Phone: 828-251-6923SID Fax: 828-251-6386Email: mgore@unca.eduStarters returning/lost: 3/3

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GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Baltimore, Md.Enrollment: 6,500Colors: Orange, BlueNickname: Lady BearsConference: MEACFacility: Hill Fieldhouse/3,500Athletics Director: David Y.Thomas

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Ramona Riley-BrozierAlma Mater/Yr: Morgan State/1987Record at School: 286-216/17Overall Record/Years: Same2003 Record: 15-18Conference Record: 7-3Asst. Coach: Monica ScottVolleyball SID: A. Lamont GermanySID Phone: (443) 885-3009SID Fax: (443) 885-8307Email:lgermany@moac.morgan.eduStarters returning/lost: TBA

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GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Greensboro, N.C.Enrollment: 14,328Colors: Gold, White, NavyNickname: SpartansConference: SouthernFacility: Fleming Gym/1,199Athletics Director: Nelson E. Bobb

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Stacy Meadows-KosciakAlma Mater/Yr: UNCG/1996Record at School: 26-101/4Overall Record/Years: Same2003 Record: 8-24Conference Record: 3-15Asst. Coach: Wendy SchottVolleyball SID: Dan BozarthSID Phone: 336-334-5615SID Fax: 336-334-3182Email: dgbozart@uncg.eduStarters returning/lost: 4/2

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GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: St. Louis, Mo.Enrollment: 12,100Colors: Blue, WhiteNickname: BillikensConference: C-USAFacility: Bauman-Eberhardt Center/2200Athletics Director: TBA

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Anne KordesAlma Mater/Yr: Louisville/1998Record at School: First YearOverall Record: First Year2003 Record: 9-22Conference Record: 2-11/12thAsst. Coach: Melissa StarckVolleyball SID: Chuck YahngSID Phone: 314-977-3346SID Fax: 314-977-7193Email: yahng@slu.eduStarters returning/lost: 5/1

oct.8

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Hattiesburg, Miss.Enrollment: 16,000Colors: Black, GoldNickname: Lady Golden EaglesConference: C-USAFacility: Payne Center/500Athletics Director: RichardGiannini

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Ricci LuytiesAlma Mater/Yr: UCLA/1985Record at School: First YearOverall Record: FirstYear2003 Record: 27-6Conference Record: 11-2/3rdAsst. Coach: Nicki TribbleAsst. Coach: Abbey SutherlandVolleyball SID: Shirley HillSID Phone: 601-266-4503SID Fax: 601-266-4507Email: shirley.jones-hill@usm.eduStarters returning/lost: 4/3

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GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: New Orleans, La.Enrollment: 11,900Colors: Olive Green, Sky BlueNickname: Green WaveConference: Conference USAFacility: Fogelman Arena/3,600Athletics Director: Rick Dickson

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Betsy Becker

| Alma Mater/Yr: Catholic/1992Record at School: 92-69/5

I Overall Record/Years: 170-127/9| 2003 Record: 25-7Conference Record: 9-4/T4th

| Asst. Coach: Liz KritzaAsst. Coach: Sinisa MomicVolleyball SID: Richie WeaverSID Phone: 504-314-7232SID Fax: 504-865-5512Email: rweaver@tulane.eduStarters returning/lost: 3/4

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Greenville, N.C.Enrollment: 20,577Colors: Purple, GoldNickname: PiratesConference: Conference USAFacility: Williams ArenaAthletics Director: TBA

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Colleen MunsonAlma Mater/Yr: Texas-Arlington/1993Record at School: 41-81/4Overall Record: Same2003 Record: 10-21Conference Record: 1-12Asst. Coach: Ryan ManningVolleyball SID: Kerwin LonziSID Phone: 252-328-4522SID Fax: 252-324-4528Email: lonzok@mail.ecu.eduStarters returning/lost: TBA

oct.

16GENERAL INFORMATION

Location: Charlotte, N.C.Enrollment: 19,608Colors: Green, WhiteNickname: 49ersConference: Conference USAFacility: Halton Arena/9105Athletics Director: Judy Rose

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Lisa MarstonAlma Mater/Yr: North Carolina/1992Record at School: 55-72/5Overall Record/Years: 140-151/102003 Record: 8-24Conference Record: 1-12Asst. Coach: Kevin CampbellVolleyball SID: Fisher BeasleySID Phone: 704-687-6312SID Fax: 704-687-4918Email: fbeasley@email.uncc.eduStarters returning/lost: 4/3

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oct.19

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Oxford, Miss.Enrollment: 15,678Colors: Cardinal Red, Navy BlueNickname: Lady RebelsConference: SECFacility: Gillom Sports Center/1,000Athletics Director: Pete Boone

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Joe QetzinAlma Mater/Yr: George Williams,1985Record at School: 18-41/2Overall Record/Years: 52-101/52003 Record: 7-24Conference Record: 5-11/4th WestAsst. Coach: Kris GrunwaldAsst. Coach: Kim EymannVolleyball SID: Bill BuntingSID Phone: 662-915-7522SID Fax: 662-915-7006Email: wbunting@olemiss.eduStarters returning/lost: 4/2

oct.22

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Louisville, Ky.Enrollment: 23,000Colors: Red, White, BlackNickname: CardinalsConference: C-USAFacility: Cardinal ArenaAthletics Director: Tom Jurich

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Leonid YelinAlma Mater/Yr: Uzbekistan Gvt.institute of Phy. Culture & Sport/1970Record at School: 195-61/8Overall Record: 309-97/132003 Record: 25-6Conference Record: 12-1Asst. Coach: Patty Dennison-NortonAsst. Coach: Chad NortonVolleyball SID: Nancy SmithSID Phone: 502-852-6581SID Fax: 502-852-7401Email: nasmit01@louisville.eduStarters returning/lost: tba

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GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Cincinnati, OhioEnrollment: 33,000Colors: Red, BlackNickname: BearcatsConference: C-USAFacility: Fifth Third AvenueAthletics Director: Bob Goin

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Reed SunaharaAlma Mater/Yr: UCLA/1984Record at School: 97-33/4Overall Record: 116-73/62003 Record: 27-6Conference Record: 12-1Asst. Coach: Stephanie RosfeldAsst. Coach: Josh SteinbachVolleyball SID: Shawn SellSID Phone: 513-556-0618SID Fax: 513-556-0619Email: Shawn.Sell@uc.eduStarters returning/lost: 5/1

oct.26

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Murfreesboro, Tenn.Enrollment: 21,741Colors: Royal Blue, WhiteNickname: Blue RaidersConference: Sun BeltFacility: Alumni Gym/3,200Athletics Director: Boots Donnelly

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Matt PeckAlma Mater/Yr: Michigan/1980Record at School: First YearOverall Record/Years: 543-196/202003 Record: 14-19Conference Record: 5-9/4th EastAsst. Coach: Jeff MotluckAsst. Coach: TBAVolleyball SID: Denise GideonSID Phone: 615-904-8080SID Fax: 615-898-5626Email: dgideon@mtsu.eduStarters returning/lost: 5/1

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GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Milwaukee, Wis.Enrollment: 10,500Colors: Navy Blue, Old GoldNickname: Golden EaglesConference: Conference USAFacility: Al McGuire CenterAthletics Director: Bill Cords

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Pati RolfAlma Mater/Yr: North Dakota State/1992Record at School: 27-32/2Overall Record: 337-201/162003 Record: 14-16Conference Record: 8-5Asst. Coach: Amy LeeAsst. Coach: Todd NelsonVolleyball SID: Matt MountinSID Phone: 414-288-7447SID Fax: 414-288-6519Email: TBAStarters returning/lost: TBA

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30GENERAL INFORMATION

Location: Chicago, III.Enrollment: 24,300Colors: Scarlet, Royal BlueNickname: Blue DemonsConference: Conference USAFacility: DePaul Athletic Center/3,000Athletics Director: Jean Lent!Ponsetto

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Dawn DockstaderAlma Mater/Yr: Montana Tech,1988Record at School: 100-123/6Overall Record/Years: Same2003 Record: 11-20Conference Record: 3-10Asst. Coach: Julie WiejakVolleyball SID: Alicia PowersSID Phone: 773-325-4047SID Fax: 773-325-7531Email: apowersl ©depaul.eduStarters returning/lost: 4/2

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nov.

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Birmingham, Ala.Enrollment: 17,345Colors: Foreset Green, Old GoldNickname: BlazersConference: Conference USAFacility: Bartow Arena/8,500Athletics Director: Watson Brown

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Melinda ClaiborneAlma Mater/Yr: Washington, 1990Record at School: 45-81/4Overall Record/Years: Same2003 Record: 14-20Conference Record: 6-7Asst. Coach: Steve CarrAsst. Coach: Allison MagnerVolleyball SID: Marc CrawfordSID Phone: 205-934-0722SID Fax: 205-934-7505Email: mcra@uab.eduStarters returning/lost: 3/3

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nov.

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Tampa, Fla.Enrollment: 41,395Colors: Green, GoldNickname: BullsConference: Conference USAFacility: The Corral/1,000Athletics Director: Doug Woolard

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Claire LessingerAlma Mater/Yr: Florida/1997Record at School: First yearOverall Record: First year2003 Record: 12-20Conference Record: 6-7/T-7thAssociate Head Coach: NikkiShadeAsst. Coach: Erik PetersonVolleyball SID: Jodi SmithSID Phone: 813-974-7099SID Fax: 813-974-5328Email: jsmith@admin.usf.eduStarters returning/lost: 1/5

nov.12

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Fort Worth, TexasEnrollment: 8,066Colors: Purple, WhiteNickname: Horned FrogsConference: Conference USAFacility: University RecreationCenter/1,500Athletics Director: Eric Hyman

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Prentice LewisAlma Mater/Yr: Long Beach State/1995Record at School: 32-34/2Overall Record: Same2003 Record: 20-16Conference Record: 5-8Asst. Coach: Jaso nTanakaAsst. Coach: Barbara KovacsVolleyball SID: Sam MoySID Phone: 817-257-5379SID Fax: 817-257-7964Email: s.moy@tcu.eduStarters returning/lost: 4/2

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13GENERAL INFORMATION

Location: Houston, TexasEnrollment: 34,000Colors: Scarlet, WhiteNickname: CougarsConference: Conference USAFacility: Hofheinz Pavillion/8,500Athletics Director: Dave Maggard

VOLLEYBALL INFORMATIONHead Coach: Bill WaltonAlma Mater/Yr: George Williams/1974Record at School: 366-217/18Overall Record/Years: 576-272/232003 Record: 10-18Conference Record: 6-7Asst. Coach: Phil NickelAsst. Coach: Gabi CarboneVolleyball SID: Drew LacySID Phone: 713-743-9404SID Fax: 713-743-9411Email: TBAStarters returning/lost: TBA

2004 Opponent Quick Notes

Most Commonly Faced Opponent:Ole Miss, 65 times (33-32)

Record vs. Conference USA Schools132-148 (.471)

Record vs. SEC Schools12O-136 (.469)

Record vs. Big Ten Schools2-6 (.250)

Record vs. Big 12 Schools15-26 (.366)

Record vs. Tennessee Universities107-45 (.704)

Team Record in the 70s:178-117 (.603)

Team Record in the 80s:222-176 (.558)

Team Record in the 90s:179-168 (.516)

Team Record in the 2ooos:84-51 (.622)

Record vs. 2005 C-USA Newcomers11-4 (.733)

Record vs. 2005 C-USA Members83-56 (.597)

The Tigers are 61-56 at home inthe Elma Roane Fieldhouseunder Carrie Yerty, including amark of 26-12 over the pastthree seasons.

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All Time Record vs. Opponents

Last

Opponent Time Record

Alabama 1992 2-6

Alabama A&M 2004 0-0

UAB 2003 32-8

Alcom State 1989 0-1

American University ....1991 1-0

Appalachian State 2002 1-0

Arizona State 1990 1-0

Arkansas-Pine Bluff ....1998 1-0

Arkansas-Litte Rock ...2003 6-3

Arkansas State 2003 28-21

Army 1991 1-0

Auburn 1995 0-4

Austin Peay 1996 17-1

Ball State 1990 3-1

Baylor 1989 1-0

Belmont 2002 1-0

Berry 1975 0-1

Birmingham Southern. 2003 1-1

Boston College 2002 1-0

Bowling Green St 1992 0-1

Bradley 2000 1-1

Butler 1991 2-0

BYU 1987 0-1

Cal.-Northridge 1994 0-1

Cal.-Santa Barbara 1983 0-1

Cal. State-Fullerton 1998 0-1

Carson-Newman 1975 3-1

Carthage College 1975 1-0

Central Arkansas 1971 2-0

Central Missouri 1976 0-1

Chapman 1987 1-0

Charlotte 2003 5-7

Charleston Southern ..2002 1-0

Chicago State 2003 2-0

Christian Brothers 2003 4-0

Cincinnati 2003 13-27

Clemson 1995 3-2

Coker College 1973 1-0

Coll. of Charleston 2000 2-0

Colorado 1989 0-2

Colorado State 1988 0-1

Columbus College 1978 2-0

Connecticut 1991 1-0

Cornell 2001 1-0

Covenant College 1978 1-0

Dartmouth 2002 1-0

Davidson 2003 2-0

Dayton 1994 5-0

Delaware State 2004, 0-0

Denver 1997 1-0

DePaul 2003 12-7

Drexel 1999 1-0

Duke 1987 2-1East Carolina 2003 5-0

EastTenn. State 1981 6-5

Eastern Illinois 1994 2-2

Eastern Kentucky .... 2003 3-5

Eastern Mennonite 1973 1-0

Eastern Michigan 1982 0-2

Evansville 1993 2-0

Fairfield 1999 0-1

Fisk 1972 2-0

Flagler College 1974 0-1

Florence State 1973 1-0

Florida 1993 1-5

Florida International ....1974 0-1

Florida Southern 1980 2-0

Florida State 1990 2-17

Florida Tech 1977 1-2

Freed Hardeman 1977 1-0

Francis Marion 1974 1-0

Gardner Webb 2002 1-0

George Mason 1995 1-1

George Washington ....1991 1-2

Geogetown 1986 1-0

Georgia 1991 1-5

Georgia Southern 2002 1-0

Georgia State 2002 0-1

Graceland College 1974 0-0-1

Henderson State 1979 1-0

High Point 2001 1-0

Hofstra 1989 1-0

Holy Cross 2003 1-0

Houston 2003 3-19

Idaho 1999 0-1

Illinois 1983 1-0

Illinois-Chicago 1995 4-2

(Illinois State 1991 0-4

Indiana State 1984 1-0

IUPUI 1984 1-0

Jackson State 2001 4-0

Jacksonville St 2000 4-0

Kansas 1987 0-1

Kansas State 1979 0-2

Kearney State 1976 0-1

Kent State 2001 1-0

Kentucky 1989 0-6

Kentucky State 1977 1-0

Lambuth 1977 7-1

Lander 1979 1-0

LaSalle 2001 1-0

Lehigh 2002 1-0

Louisiana-Lafayette ....2003 6-4

Louisiana State 1996 1-3

Louisiana Tech 1992 1-1

Louisville* 2003 10-22

Loyola 1986 0-2

Loyola-Marymount 1990 0-2

Madison College 1974 1-1

Marquette 2003 10-7

Marist 2002 1-0

Mars Hill 1971 1-0

Maryland 1988 1-0

Mercer 2000 1-0

Miami 1988 0-3

Middle Tennessee.... 2003 24-4

Milligan 1971 1-0

Minnesota 1992 0-1

Mississippi 2003 33-32

Mississippi Col 1971 1-0

Mississippi St 2000 18-6

Miss.-Women 1981 7-6

Missouri 1997 4-3

UMKC 1979 1-0

Montana 1987 0-1

Montana State 1997 1-1

Montevallo 1985 1-0

Morehead State 2001 6-2

Morgan State 2004 0-0

Murray State 2001 13-2

Nebraska-Omaha 1989 0-1

New Mexico 1988 0-2

New Orleans 1993 4-1

Nicholls State 2000 3-2

North Alabama 1980 3-0

North Carolina 1980 1-3

UNC Asheville 2001 1-0

UNC Greensboro 2004 0-0

North Carolina St 2003 3-2

North Dakota State 1985 1-0

North Texas 1992 2-0

Northern Arizona 1994 0-1

Northeast Louisiana ...1992 4-1

Northern Iowa 1990 2-1

Northern Kentucky 1978 0-2

NE Illinois 1972 1-0

Northern Illinois 1976 1-1

NW Louisiana 1996 1-0

Northwestern 1981 0-1

Northwestern St 1972 1-0

Ohio State 1991 1-0

Oklahoma 1990 0-4

Oral Roberts 1993 2-4

Oregon State 1990 0-1

Peabody 1974 4-0

Penn State 1996 0-2

Pittsburgh 1992 0-2

Portland 1999 1-1

Purdue 1975 0-1

Radford 2003 1-0

Rhode Island 1991 0-1

Rhodes 1977 10-0

Rice 1991 1-0

Robert Morris 2001 1-0

Rollins 1981 1-0

Sacred Heart 2002 1-0

Saint Louis 2003 11-14

Sam Houston State ....1992 0-2

Samford 2001 7-0

Seton Hall 1992 0-1

South Alabama 2003 18-1

South Carolina 1989 4-6

South Carolina St 2000 1-0

Southeast Missouri 2003 10-2

SE Louisiana 1994 1-0

Southern Illinois 1994 7-13

Southern Miss 2003 15-11

Southern University ....1993 1-0

Southwest Baptist 1978 .

Southwest Missouri ....1989 .

Southwest Texas 1997 .

Stephen F. Austin 1994 .

Syracuse 2000 .

Tennessee 2000 .

Tenn.-Chattanooga 1993 .

Tenn.-Martin 2003 .

Tennessee State 1996 .

Tennessee Tech 2003 .

Texas 1987 .

Texas A&M 1982 .

Texas-Arlington 1992 .

TCU 2003 .

Texas-El Paso 1986 .

Texas-Pan American... 1992 .

Texas-San Antonio 1999 .

Texas Southern 1972 .

Texas Tech 1979 .

Toledo 2000 .

Troy State 2003 .

Tulane 2003.

Tulsa 1998 .

UCF 1995.

UCLA 1983.

Union College 1973 .

USC 1991 .

USF 2003 .

Utah 1987 .

Utah State 1989 .

Utah Valley State 2004 .

Valparaiso 1988 .

Villanova 1988 .

Virginia Commonwealth1991

Virginia Tech 1990 .

Wake Forest 1997 .

Washington 1987 .

Weber State 1987.

West Georgia 1971 .

Western Carolina 1999 .

Western Illinois 1999 .

Western Michigan 1985 .

Western Kentucky 2002 .

Wichita State 1988 .

William & Mary 1992 .

Winthrop 1974 .

Wisconsin 1991 .

Wis.-Green Bay 2000 .

Wofford 2003 .

Wright State 1991 .

Xavier 1986 .

Yale 2002 .

2004 Opponents in Bold

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This isthe University of Memphis

For almost a century the University of Memphis has been a catalyst for progress in the city of Memphis,the state of Tennessee, and the surrounding Mid-South region. Exceptional students from Tennessee,from every other state in the nation, and from almost 100 countries around the world choose to attendthe University of Memphis. They come here on the rec-ommendation of their major professors at European uni-versities; they come here to study subjects that are offerednowhere else; they come to study alongside men and womenwho are recognized and respected throughout the academicand scientific communities as foremost in their fields. Everforward-looking, the University of Memphis is poised toenter one of its most historic and productive periods. Fromthe faculty and staff to the alumni and benefactors, the U ofM's "people assets" have never been morewilling, able and generous in their efforts to make a life-long impact on the young minds at the U ofM.

THE UNIVERSITY OF

MEMPHIS

The University of Memphis was founded under the auspices of the GeneralEducation Bill, enacted by the Tennessee Legislature in 1909. Known origi-nally as West Tennessee Normal School, the institution opened its doorsSept. 10, 1912, with Dr. Seymour A. Mynders as president.

Students in the first classes selected blue and gray as the school colors and the Tigeras the mascot. (Tradition holds that the colors, those of the opposing armies during theCivil War, were chosen in commemoration of the reuniting of the country after thatdivisive conflict.)

Over the next decade, The Desoto yearbook was created, the first library was openedin the Administration Building, the first dining hall was built and the first men's dorm wasbuilt; today that dorm, Scates Hall, houses the academic counseling offices.

In 1925 the name of the college changed to West Tennessee State Teachers College.Three years later, the Brister Library was built, named after two-term president John W.Brister. In 1931 the students created a campus newspaper, The Tiger Rag; and in 1935the school's agriculture department was discontinued.

The college changed names again in 1941, becoming Memphis State College, and in1946 the first alumnus was named president, J. Millard "Jack" Smith. In 1950 graduatestudies were initiated, and in 1954 the school switched from a quarter to a semestersystem.

In 1957 the state legislature designated Memphis State full university status. In 1959the university admitted its first black students, and the first doctoral programs began in1966. The 1970s, under President Cecil C. Humphreys, saw new buildings constructedacross the campus, including a University Center and a 12-story library. In 1983 MSUbecame the first public university in Tennessee to gain accreditation of its entire curricu-lum.

The 1990s were characterized by another name change and another building boom.In 1994 MSU became The University of Memphis, and the Ned R. McWherter Librarywas completed. As the century closed, a 1,200-seat theater was being completed, andplans were underway for the FedEx Emerging Technology Center adjacent to the FogelmanCollege of Business and Economics and a full-service hotel and hospitality training facility,a $ 15 million gift from Holiday Inns founder Kemmons Wilson.

Today, The University of Memphis is one of Tennessee's two comprehensive institu-tions of higher learning. Situated on an urban campus in the state's largest city, it is theflagship of the Tennessee Board of Regents system. It awards more than 3,000 degreesannually.

With an enrollment of approximately 20,000 students, The University of Memphishas 24 Chairs of Excellence, more than any other Tennessee university, and five state-approved centers of excellence.

Mission: The University of Memphis is a doctoral degree-granting urban research univer-sity committed to excellence in undergraduate, graduate, and professional education; inthe discovery and dissemination of knowledge; in service to the metropolitan community,state, and nation; and in the preparation of a diverse student population for successfulcareers and meaningful participation in a global society. The University of Memphis re-mains committed to the education of a non-racially identifiable student body and pro-motes diversity and access without regard to race, gender, religion, national origin, age,disability, or veteran status.

U of M Fall 2003 Enrollment Data • Total Enrollment: 19,911

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GMC%Accreditation: The University of Memphis is accredited by the Commission on Collegesof the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor's, firstprofessional, master's, educational specialist's and doctoral degrees.

Campus Size: 1 , 1 60 acres and nearly 200 buildings at four sites.

Operating Budget: $245 million

Local Economic Impact: More than $ 1 billion

University Focus: Opened in 1912 as a teacher training college, The University of

Memphis has grown into one of the largest comprehensive universities in the southeastUnited States. Still offering the teaching, research and service functions it was foundedto provide, The University of Memphis has established five destination areas: informa-tion technology, international studies, performing arts, public health and undergradu-ate education.

Campus Location: Located in a suburban, residential section of Memphis - the 1 8thlargest U.S. city - our beautifully landscaped campus is easily accessible to shopping,recreation and entertainment. The University also has teaching sites throughout ShelbyCounty and West Tennessee.

Major Divisions of the University: College of Arts and Sciences, Fogelman College ofBusiness and Economics, College of Communication and Fine Arts, College of Educa-tion, Herff College of Engineering, University College, Loewenberg School of Nursing,School of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, Cecil C. Humphreys School ofLaw and the Graduate School.

Degrees: The University of Memphis offers 1 5 bachelor's degrees in more than 50majors and 70 concentrations, master's degrees in 45 subjects and doctoral degrees in 1 8disciplines in addition to the ]uris Doctor (law) and a specialist degree in education. Morethan 3,000 degrees are awarded annually.

Library: The University's Ned R. McWherter Library provides one of the most elec-tronically up-to-date information repositories within hundreds of miles. Students areable to tap into information stored in libraries around the world. Library collectionscontain more than 1 3 million items, which include monographs, periodical volumes,federal and state documents, maps and manuscripts. Holdings include nearly 3.1 mil-lion microformat materials and more than a million bound volumes.

Information Technology: The U of M provides state-of-the-art computing facilities for

student and faculty use, including a 24-hour TigerLAN lab. Thirty-five additional labswith more than 1 200 PC and Macintosh workstations and 56 "smart" classrooms comple-ment the teaching and research activities of the University.

Center and Chairs of Excellence: The University ofMemphis has five state-approved Centers of Excellence:Center for Applied Psychological Research, Center forEarthquake Research and Information, Center for Re-search Initiatives and Strategies for the Communica-tively Impaired, Center for Research in EducationalPolicy, and the Institute of Egyptian Art and Archae-ology. There are 24 endowed Chairs of Excellence,which boast some of this country's top scholars andresearchers.

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The 2003 Tiger Football team not only snapped a 32-year-oldbowl appearance drought, but downed North Texas, 27-17, inthe New Orleans Bowl to finish the season at 9-4. A numberof offensive records fell in 2003, including Memphis' all-timepassing numbers, which are now led by rising senior DannyWimprine, and single season rushing records, which were re-written by sophomore DeAngelo Williams en route Conference USA Offensive Player of the Year honors. Nine Tigers were named tothe All-Conference USA Teams, including freshman Blake Butler, who was named to the C-USA All-Freshman Team. Williams andWesley Smith were both All-Conference USA First Team honorees, while Maurice Avery, Coot Terry and Eric Taylor earned secondteam honors. Gene Frederic, Jeremy Rone, Derrick Ballard and Scott Vogel were all third-team honorees for Memphis.

It was a banner year for the Tiger Volleyball Team hi 2003. Memphis finished with a 30-6 overall record, the best-ever winning percentage in schoolhistory. Memphis also recorded another school-first by appearing in the Conference USA Championship game before falling to No. 17 Louisville, 3-0. Tiara Gilkey and Heather Watts were each named to die all-tournament team at the league championships, which also marked Memphis' first-everappearance in a televised volleyball match. The season was capped with another Memphis first: three players named to die All-Conference teams.Senior Brittany Bamett earned a second team honor, while Gilkey and Watts were third team honorees. Memphis' 2,204 kills during die year wasa new single season record and Bamett and Gilkey both hit die 1,000 career kill mark, becoming die 15di and 16th players, respectively, to hit thatmark. Headier Watts had a trophy haul in die off-season, earning a second team Academic All-America honor and an AVCA All-Region HonorableMention following a junior season that saw her set a new single season record with 1,792 assists, also a C-USA record for any junior setter. SheilaNeba, die second senior on die 2003 squad, finished her career ranked hi die top 10 hi block solos and assists and total blocks and .260 careerattack percentage ranks third in school history.

The 2003 Lady Tiger soccer team would much rather have advanced to postseason play, but the squad can take solace in placing a pairof players on the All Conference-USA first team. Forward Yuiko Konnp and midfielder Nicky McLeod both made the squad marking thefirst time in school history that a pair of Lady Tigers earned such a distinction in the same season. The team finished with a 5-10-3 recordoverall and a 2-7-1 league mark. The team was never overmatched in any league contest as each of their losses was by one goal. Thesquad never trailed by more than a goal in any of its 10 C-USA matches. In their two league victories, the Lady Tigers outscored Tulaneand Southern Miss by a combined score of 7-2.

Under the guidance of head coach Richie Grant, the 2003 edition of Memphis soccer finished the year with an 8-8-2 record, marking the17th season in which the Tigers have finished with the a record of .500 or better. It also marks the second consecutive season and thethird in four years that Memphis has finished with a winning record under Grant. Sophomores Andy Metcalf and Dayton O'Brien led theTigers offense that dominated the opposition in nearly all offensive categories. As a team, the Tigers finished second in the league in goalsscored. Metcalf led the way with a team-high 24 points on 10 goals and four assists en route to earning NSCAA/adidas All-MidwestRegion second team, the 2003 CoSIDA Academic All-America third team, the CoSIDA All-District IV team and All C-USA second teamhonors. O'Brien was selected to the All-Midwest Region third team for the second straight year, while also being tabbed an AII-C-USAsecond team performer. Senior captain Graham Gibbs was also named to the AII-C-USA third team.

The Tigers entered the 2003 cross country season with a lot of promise, but injuries prevented the Tigers from reaching their fullpotential. Senior All C-USA runner Mate Nemeth was forced to have surgery on his sinuses, limiting his ability and freshman SzabolesKaradi (back) and sophomore Rehan Mohmood (ankle) both suffered injuries. Mahmood would miss the entire season while Karadiwas never 100 percent. The Tigers were led by Senior Adam Didyk and Senior Kym Morgan as Memphis placed seventh at the C-USAChampionships. Didyk finished in llth place with an 8K time of 25:28.70, while Morgan placed 27th (26:12.80). Didyk was namedThird Team All C-USA in 2003. The Lady Tigers entered the 2003 season with a brand new look. Coach Jonas Holdeman added seventrue freshmen and former Lady Tiger soccer standout Ali Baker to the squad in hopes of bolstering the team's success. In the end, theteam's youth was too much to overcome as the Lady Tigers placed 14th in C-USA. The Lady Tigers' top runner at the C-USA Champi-onships was true freshman Mary Claire Dake who ran a 23:30.00 in the 6K race.

With just one senior on the roster and with six newcomers, no one could have predicted the success the men's tennis team had in 2004.Senior Lee Taylor Walker knocked out an outstanding senior season, finishing the year ranked No. 95 in the country in singles afterguiding a young Tiger squad to their first-ever Conference USA Semifinals appearance in a tournament which the Tigers hosted on the Uof M courts. Walker started the fall by becoming the first Tiger to ever advance to the ITA Southeast Regional Singles Semifinals, anothertournament Memphis would host, before falling to Dmitriy Koch of Tulane. First-year player James Spence had a solid season, playing No.2 singles and No. 1 doubles, and finishing with a 12-9 record in singles. The Tigers also helped Head Coach Phil Chamberlain pick up his100th career victory with a second-round, 4-3 victory over USF in the Conference USA Tournament. Walker capped the year with an ITASoutheast Region Sportsmanship Award and then made Memphis history by becoming the first Tiger to ever receive a national award withthe ITA/Arthur Ashe Sportsmanship and Leadership Award. Walker also became the first Tiger to ever earn a Conference USA First TeamAll-Conference Award. The Tigers finished with a 15-11 record.

Another young team on campus included the University of Memphis women's tennis team. Guided by two seniors who were each just intheir second seasons of college tennis in the U.S., the team also included three freshmen, meaning Head Coach Charlotte Peterson wouldspend a majority of the early spring season trying to figure out her line-up. Senior Marlene Dirnstorfer moved from No. 5 singles up toNo. 1 singles, with somewhat surprising results. Managing to stay healthy the entire spring season, Dirnstorfer earned a Third Team All-Conference USA Honor after going 17-6 at No. 1 singles. Dirnstorfer would cap an outstanding season with a Academic All-DistrictSecond Team honor, the highest Academic Honor Awarded to a Memphis women's tennis player. The senior's All-Conference USAhonor marked the sixth consecutive season that a Lady Tiger has earned an all-conference award, and Dirnstorfer will be back for 2004,opting to enter graduate school while completing her senior season. Also earning academic honors were freshman Christina Wieser andsophomore Andrea Feichtinger. Both were named ITA Scholar-Athletes with Dirnstorfer, and were also members of the Conference USAHonor Roll and the Tiger 3.0 Club, while Dirnstorfer was named a C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medalist after posting a 4.0 GPAduring the spring of 2004.

It took first-year Head Coach Grant Robbins just a few short months to guide his team to its first tournament victory, as the Tigers firedan 846 to win the Matlock Collegiate Classic in February of 2004. The Tigers struggled at the Conference USA tournament, finishing tiedfor eighth, while senior Alan Weant finished tied for seventh after a two-over par 74 on the final day of the conference championship.Both Weant and fellow senior David Jeans were named all-conference student-athletes. Jeans was a second-team honoree, while Weantcapped his career with a third team honor. Junior Allan Thomas capped the year as a Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar Recipient fromthe Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA). As a team, the 2004 men's golfers posted their highest-ever GPA for the year,finishing with a 3.198 GPA.

The University of Memphis had a tremendous 2003-04 campaign that was capped off by winning a share of the Conference USA regular-season title and earning a second-straight NCAA Tournament berth. The Tigers, ranked No. 24 in the final Associated Press poll, posteda 22-8 overall record and claimed a part of the C-USA regular-season crown with a 12-4 league mark. The conference regular-season titlewas the program's first since 1995-96, and the consecutive NCAA appearances were the program's first since 1995 and 1996. Memphiswon its first NCAA Tournament contest since 1995 with a first-round victory over South Carolina. As has been the case in head coachJohn Calipari's tenure, the Tigers put together another lengthy winning streak, recording 11 -straight victories during the C-USA schedule.The win streak - tied for the sixth-longest in Memphis history -- included victories over NCAA Tournament teams Louisville, Charlotteand UAB and NIT participants Marquette and Saint Louis. Other prominent regular-season victories came over nationally-ranked Mis-souri and Ole Miss and Villanova on the road. In addition to the team's success, individual honors were received. Senior Antonio Burkswas named C-USA Player of the Year, and Sean Banks was honored as the league's Freshman of the Year. Both players were also namedto the AII-C-USA first team. Banks was named ESPN.com's National Freshman of the Year, while Burks - who became the Tigers' 38th1000-point scorer in history - was a finalist for the inaugural Bob Cousy Award, recognizing the nation's top point guard. The Tigers alsofinished 10th in the nation in home attendance, marking the fourth-straight year they have been ranked in the top 10.

The Lady Tiger basketball team had struggled the previous two years, and lost their biggest scoring and rebounding threat in seniorShannon Hamp. Early practices left former Coach Joye Lee-McNelis predicting another dismal season. But, the wave of excitement musthave turned the tides because the Lady Tigers opened the season with six straight wins, including their first-ever win over Tennessee Techin Cookeville, and an upset over SEC foe Ole Miss. In that span, Memphis also won its 12th straight Lady Tiger Classic title, and the six-game winning streak was the best start for a Lady Tiger squad since 1978-79. Vanderbilt snapped the winning streak, but not the prideof the team. The Lady Tigers later picked up hard-fought victories over Idaho, Cincinnati, Charlotte, Southern Miss and Tulane, and tooka No. 6 seeding into the C-USA Tournament. Memphis defeated UAB in the first round, but lost to Louisville to sit on Selection Sundaywith a 20-9 record. Though they were shunned for the Big Dance, the Lady Tigers did receive a post-season bid to the WNIT; thussnapping a two-year drought of post-season action. Memphis hosted Tulsa, a future C-USA foe, in the first round and defeated them,66-64, to advance to round two. The Lady Tigers took to the road and ended their post-season run with a disheartening loss to WesternKentucky. Memphis ended the year with a 21-10 record, marking their best record since 1998-99. Junior Victoria Crawford receivedhonors in 2003-04, garnering third-team AII-C-USA accolades. She was also named the league's Sixth Player of the Year. The 2003-04season also marked the end of an era as McNelis announced her departure after 13 years at the helm of the program. Only the secondhead coach in Lady Tiger history, McNelis totaled seven post-season appearances, nine winning seasons and six 20-wiu seasons.

With only one senior on the squad, the 2003 University of Memphis baseball team showed its youth by struggling to a 21-33 overallrecord and an 11-18 mark in Conference USA play. However, the Tigers showed promise down the stretch for bright seasons ahead. Intheir final three league series, the Tigers went 6-3 including a three-game sweep of Saint Louis and series win over perennial C-USA powerHouston, who went on to win an NCAA Regional in the post-season. JUCO-transfer Jarrett Grube led the late-season push winning hislast four starts in league play, allowing just two earned runs in 27.2 innings of work. Crube was twice named C-USA Pitcher of the Weekfor his efforts during the season and had the club's only complete-game shutout in a 7-0 victory over Charlotte. Fellow JUCO-transfersKurt Welch and Kevin House provided a nice array of offense for the Tigers. The duo led the club in RBI with 36 and 34, respectivelywhile House, who played centerfield, led the team in hits with 62. Sophomore DH Ryan Martin led the team with a .338 batting averageand tied for the club lead in home runs with seven along with second baseman Michael Lewis and rightfielder Josh Payne. Payne beltedthree of his home runs in a 24-1 route of UT-Martin and drove in eight runs which marked the first time a Tiger had achieved that featin the program's history. Martin, along with freshman pitcher Stephen Gostkowski, earned All-Conference honors as Martin was namedto the second-team as a designated hitter. Gostkowski was named to the All-Freshman team, an honor he also received for the U of Mfootball team. The right-handed pitcher was second on the team in wins with four and finished with a 3.99 ERA.

The Lady Tiger golf team battled through a difficult season in 2003. Former head Coach Sheryl Maize took a one-year leave from theuniversity to deal with family matters, leaving a young Lady Tiger roster that featured just one senior with five freshmen to work withinterim head coach Donna Noonan, who joined Memphis from the NCAA in the off-season. Senior Jennifer laszek battled through hersenior season, capping her career tied for 16th at the Conference USA Championships, while helping Memphis to an 8th place finish. Theyoung team would get some reassuring news in the off-season with the hiring of Campbell Assistant Coach Jenny Bruun. Bruun will takeover the Lady Tiger program beginning with the 2004-05 season.

Butch Woolbright's recruits made 2003-04 a memorable one for the rifle team. Sophomore Beth Tidmore and freshman Katie Benjaminwould both be named NRA Collegiate All-Americans, while Tidmore would advance to compete in both the NCAA Championships andthe U.S. Olympic Trials during the spring. At the NCAAs, Tidmore qualifed as an individual shooter in both smallbore and air riflecompetitions. The NRA All-American honors were the highest-ever for any Tiger shooter, after Tidmore was an honorable mention as afreshman. The sophomore from Decatur, Ga., would cap the year with a 13th-place finish at the U.S. Olympic Trials.

Senior discus thrower Gaute Myklebust set a new school record in the discus at 60.85m (199-08) at the Modesto Relays. This propelledhim through the season as he won both the shot put and discus competitions at the C-USA Outdoor Championships and was named Co-Conference USA Male Outdoor Athlete of the Year. He won the NCAA Mid-East Regional title in the discus throw with a mark of60.42m (198-03). He placed fourth at the NCAA Championships in the discus, the highest finish for any Tiger athlete since 1981. Seniordistance runner Mate Nemeth won both the 3000m Steeplechase and the 5000m run at the C-USA Outdoor Championships. He advanceto the NCAA Championships in the steeplechase and placed 11 th. The Tigers qualified seven athletes for the post-season in 2004 asMyklebust and Nemeth were joined by Larry Harris (400m hurdles), Ivan Williams (200m), Stein Syverson (shot put), Adam Martin(shot put), and Istvan Kerekjarto (800m, 1500m). As a team, the Tigers placed fourth in the C-USA Outdoor Championships and fifthin the C-USA Indoor Championships in 2004.

Lisa-Marie Hyman placed second in the triple jump at the C-USA Indoor Championships setting a new school record at 12.98m (42-07).Hynian, junior Victoria Crawford and Freshman Cassandra Harding gave the Lady Tigers a trio of excellent triple jumpers. Crawfordbecame the Lady Tigers only post-season qualifier in the triple jump with a leap of 12.52m at the C-USA Outdoor Championships. Shebecame the first Lady Tiger to place in four events at a championship meet by placing second in the triple jump, third in the high jump(1.68m), fourth in the heptathlon with a school record 4,849 points, and fifth in the long jump with a mark of 5.70m. FreshmanCassandra Harding placed fifth in the triple jump with a leap of 12.01m. Crawford and Harding were responsible for all 27 points scored

A by the Lady Tigers at the meet. Ali Baker set a new school9 record in the 800m with a time of 2:14.34 in 2004. As a teamA ^M^ the Lady Tigers placed 13th at the C-USA Outdoor Champion-• ^fW ships and 13th at the C-USA Indoor Championships. The Lady• ^k^ Tigers were a very young team in 2004 as 22 of 29 athletesm ^^^f were underclassmen.

MEMPHISConsidered the Home of the Blues and

the Birthplace of Rock 'n Roll, the city ofMemphis' musical roots run deep. How-

ever, music is just a chapter in the history aswell as the future of the city located in theheart of Mid-America.

Memphis, named after the capital of ancientEgypt, boasts all the amenities you would ex-pect in a city with over 1,000,000 residentswhile retaining the charm and down-to-earthfeel of a small town.

Downtown Memphis is in the midst of abuilding boom valued at $2.3 billion which istransforming the heart of the city. One of themost visible projects has been the construc-tion of AutoZone Park, the downtown ballparkwhich is the home of the Memphis Redbirds,the St. Louis Cardinals'Triple-Aclub. The new14,320-seat stadium includes 1,500 club seats,48 luxury suites and is located at the corner ofThird Street and Union Avenue across fromthe world-famous Peabody Hotel. Anothersports venue added to the Memphis skylinewill be the FedExForum, slated to open in theFall of 2004. The FedExForum will be home tothe NBA Grizzlies and the University of Mem-phis Men's Basketball teams. Located adjacentto world famous Beale Street, the FedExForumwill serve as a multipurpose arena.

Downtown is served by the Main StreetTrolley. The trolley system, which first openedin April of 1993, currently consists of the MainStreet Line which passes near such Memphislandmarks as Beale Street, the Pinch District,Court Square and the National Civil Rights Mu-seum. The Riverfront Loop includes a stationin front of The Pyramid and offers riders aunique vista of the Mississippi River.

Memphis musical roots can be traced toband leader W.C. Handy who wrote the firstblues song here in 1909, a campaign themefor Memphis mayor "Boss" Crump called "BossCrump Blues" and later published as 'The Mem-phis Blues." The sound soon caught on andblues bands filled the clubs along Beale. Youngmusicians who have performed along Bealeinclude Muddy Waters, Furry Lewis, AlbertKing, Bobby "Blue" Bland, and B.B. King.

Beale Street has rapidly become the enter-tainment center of Memphis and visitors andlocals alike enjoy the food and music offeredin the various nightclubs. From B.B. King's tothe Daisy Theatre, from Hard Rock Cafe to PatO'Briens and the Rum Boogie Cafe, Beale Streethas something to offer for everyone.

Where Beale Street meets the MississippiRiver is Tom Lee Park, site of the annual BealeStreet Music Festival. The weekend-long mu-sical festival is just a part of the month-longMemphis in May International Festival whichalso includes the World Championship Barbe-cue Cooking Contest and the Sunset Sym-phony.

Located just off Beale Street is the PeabodyPlace Retail and Entertainment Center which

IIopened in 2002. The 300,000 square footretail complex offers visitors a one-stop-shop for fun and excitement with aunique mix of entertainment, diningand shopping options unlike any-thing else in the region. The com-plex features a 22-screen movie the-ater and 3D I MAX as well as sev-eral theme restaurants, includingJillian's, which is a multi-dimensionalentertainment venue complete witha bowling alley, billiards, a sportsvideo cafe', and more than 150 elec-tronic stimulation games.

Also located within a block ofBeale Street is Gibson Guitar Mem-phis which includes factory toursand cultural exhibits. Also on thesame property is the Smithsonian'sRock 'n' Soul Museum which in-cludes artifacts documentingmusic's past.

Memphis' musical roots also in-cludes Stax and Hi-Records as wellas Sun Records recording studios.Stax became known for "sweet soulmusic" through such artists as theMarKeys, Booker T. and the MGs,Otis Redding, Wilson Picket!, Sam andDave and Isaac Hayes. The StaxMuseum reopened on it's original lo-cation at McLamore and Crump inthe summer of 2003 and offers visi-tors a complete history of 'SoulsvilleUSA".

One of Hi-Records' premier art-ists was Al Green. Sun Records'most famous recording artist was ElvisPresley and also boasted Jerry Lee Lewis,Carl Pickens and Johnny Cash among itsrecording artists.

Elvis Presley's Graceland is one of thefive most visited home tours in America andis the most famous home in America afterthe White House. In 1991, Graceland wasplaced on the National Register of HistoricPlaces. Over 600,000 visitors tourGraceland each year.

Also located downtown is the refurbished Orpheum ,Theater which serves as a venue for performances by Vf~*Ballet Memphis, the Memphis Symphony Orchestra andtraveling broadway shows as well as the Orpheum Clas-sic Movies series and other concerts. Highlights of the2003 Orpheum shows included the broadway hit TheLion King, a sold-out Nora Jones concert, The Produc-ers and RENT. Downtown Memphis also hosted theKIX106 Country on Beale Music Series in the summer of2004.

The city's location makes Memphis a major distribution hubwith two interstate highways intersecting in the city. Mem-phis is also home of FedEx, the nation's largest packagecarrier that makes Memphis International Airport the world'sbusiest cargo airport in the world. Over 500 commercial pas-senger flights originate from Memphis International each day.Memphis is also a twice daily stop by Amtrak's City of NewOrleans which runs from Chicago to New Orleans.

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Wether it's cheering on the Universityf Memphis Tigers, catching a Redirds game downtown or following

the touring professionals at the PGA FedEx St.Jude Golf Classic, when it comes to sports,the city of Memphis offers something for ev-eryone.

The University of Memphis plays all of itshome football games in Liberty Bowl MemorialStadium, which also plays host to the annualLiberty Bowl game, pitting the Conference USAregular season champion against the Moun-tain West Conference champion.

The Tigers' basketball games are played inthe FedExForum beginning in 2004-05, whichwill host the 2005 Conference USA Men's Bas-ketball Championships. In 2000, The Pyramidwas the host venue for the NCAA Women'sMideast Regional Basketball championship, andin 2003, Conference USA brought theWomen's Basketball Tournament to the Pyra-mid.

The Lady Tiger basketball and volleyballteams have a definite home-court advantageplaying in the Elma Roane Fieldhouse which islocated in the center of the university's maincampus. The fieldhouse has recently under-gone a renovation that saw the addition ofnew chairback seating for fans.

The Memphis Redbirds are in their fifth sea-son in the 14,320 seat Autozone Park. TheRedbirds are the only not-for-profit team inthe country. All operating profits are put backinto The Memphis Redbirds Baseball Founda-tion, which funds two youth baseball pro-grams, RBI (Returning Baseball to the InnerCity) and STRIPES (Sports Teams Returning Inthe Public Education System).

The Tiger baseball team was fortunate inbeing able to play some of its2004 home baseball games inAutozone Park. In an agree-ment with Redbirds manage-ment, the Tigers were able toplay five events in the AAApark in the spring of 2004, in-cluding a series against then-No. 4 East Carolina. Very few

college teams play in a facil-ity that is considered theequivalent of most majorleague parks.

This year's 47th annualFedEx St. Jude Classic con-tinues to be one of the long-est, continuous running sport-ing events in the city's his-tory. The tournament adoptedSt. Jude's Children's Re-search Hospital as its ben-eficiary in 1970. Federal Ex-

press Corporation joined the tournament asthe sponsor in 1986 and to date the event hasgenerated over $14.0 million towards fightingchildhood catastrophic diseases. Past cham-

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pions of the FedEx St. Jude Golf Classic haveincluded such noted players as Greg Norman,Jack Nicklaus, Fred Couples, Hal Sutton, TomKite, Nick Price and Curtis Strange.

For race fans, there is MemphisMotorsports Park with it's four distinctive rac-ing venues. MMP features a %-mile paved ovalwhich plays host to a NASCAR CraftsmanTruck Series event in the summer and aNASCAR Busch Series race in the fall. Thetrack's quarter-mile dragstrip plays hosts toan NHRA event in August. The park also fea-tures a quarter-mile dirt oval as well as a roadcourse.

The Kroger St. Jude is one of only ninechampionship-level tennis tournaments in NorthAmerica and one of only two in the world to beheld in a private club. For 27 years, the sport'sbrightest stars have come to Memphis andhave voted the February tournament amongtheir favorite stops worldwide on the ATP Tour.

The event has brought to Memphis suchnoted players as Pete Sampras, AndreAggassi, Michael Chang and Stephen Edberg.

In October of 2001, Memphis became amember of the NBA-family when theVancouver Grizzlies moved their franchise toThe Pyramid. The NBA team plays over 40-games per season in the city and offers citi-zens a chance to see such noted professionalplayers as Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, AllenIverson and Kevin Garnett.

The Grizzlies will move from The Pyramidto the FedEx Forum in the fall of 2004. Thenew arena is currently under construction inthe Beale Street area and is expected to draweven more fans to downtown and the city'sentertainment districts of Beale Street andPeabody Place.

Memphis also offers its citizens 10 publicand 15 private golf courses throughout thecity. There are also 230 parks (totaling over23,000 acres), 17 public swimming pools, 26community centers, 14 country clubs, 80 pub-lic tennis courts and 108 hotels and motels(totaling 13,633 rooms).

In the spring of 2004, the city of Memphisserved as the host site for the TSSAA SpringFling which brought over 2,000 high schoolathletes and their families to Memphis for thestate of Tennessee spring sports champion-ships. Teams from across Tennessee came tothe city to compete in the baseball, tennis, trackand Softball championships.

The University of Memphis campus servedas the home base for the athletes and compe-tition sites included The U of M's Nat BuringBaseball Stadium, AutoZone Park, USA Base-ball Stadium in Millington, the Briarcrest Ath-letic Complex and Christian BrothersUniversity's baseball field.

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University President Dr. Shirley Raines

Dr. Shirley C. Raines became the11th president of the University of Mem-phis on July 1, 2001. She is the firstwoman to hold the presidency of theUniversity, which was founded in 1912.

Dr. Raines earned her doctorate ineducation and her Master of Sciencedegree from the University of Tennes-see in Knoxville. Her Bachelor of Sci-ence degree is from the University ofTennessee at Martin. She also com-pleted the Management DevelopmentProgram from the Harvard GraduateSchool of Education.

Before her appointment at the Uni-versity of Memphis, Dr. Raines wasVice Chancellor for Academic Servicesand Dean of the College of Educationat the University of Kentucky. While atGeorge Mason University in Fairfax,Virginia, she received the DistinguishedFaculty Member award and has re-ceived two research awards from theEastern Educational Research Asso-ciation. She is the author of 13 booksand numerous journal articles, and iswidely regarded as an expert in teachereducation and early childhood educa-tion.

During the three years of Dr. Raines'tenure at the University of Memphis, thefollowing building projects were com-pleted: the FedEx Institute of Technol-ogy, the Kemmons Wilson School ofHospitality and Resort Management,the Student Activities Plaza and foun-tain, the clock tower, University Ser-vices Building with new bookstore, theAthletic Training Facility, and the reno-

TE\AE8SEE BOARDOF REGEXTS

The University of Memphis is proud tobe a member institution of the StateUniversity and Community College Sys-tem of Tennessee, which is governed bythe Tennessee Board of Regents. Thesystem includes six universities, 14 two-year institutions, 12 community collegesand 26 area technology centers andwas established by the General Assem-bly in 1972.

vation of Wilder Tower, which is de-voted to student services. New con-struction ventures underway includeadditions to the Carpenter StudentHousing Complex and the renova-tion of the former Millington NavalHospital to classrooms for theUniversity's Millington Campus.

Raines is known for her effectivework in building productive partner-ships on and off the campus. Someof the most visible partnerships in-clude those with Fed Ex, Method-ist LeBonheur Healthcare, and Holi-day Inns. Major focus areas of herwork with students include expand-ing the University's Honors programand creating internships and co-opexperiences in many majors.

As Chair of the Board of Direc-tors of C-USA, Dr. Raines has ledthe conference through realignment.As a community leader, she servesas First Vice Chair of the GreaterMemphis Chamber of Commerceand as Chair of the Higher Educa-tion Division of United Way. Shealso serves on the board of direc-tors of Methodist Healthcare and onthose of several non-profit organiza-tions, including Memphis Tomorrowand local PBS station WKNO.

Described in the Memphis Com-mercial Appeal as "powerful, pre-pared and personable," she is indemand as a speaker at confer-ence, universities, schools, andcivic groups. Known for her driveand enthusiasm, Dr. Raines iscommitted to providing greateducational experiences for stu-dents from freshman levelthrough doctoral studies in greatlearning environments with dedi-cated professors.

A native of Bells, Tenn., sheis married to retired professor, Dr.Robert J. Canady. In his retire-ment, he is a stained glass artistand a private pilot. Bob and Shirleyare the parents of four adult childrenand three grandchildren.

1912-13 Dr. Seymour A. Mynders

1913-18 Dr. John Willard "J.W." Brister

1918-24 Dr. Andrew A. Kincannon

1924-39 Dr. John Willard "J.W." Brister

1939-43 Dr. Richard C. Jones

1943-46 Dr. Jennings B. Sanders

1946-49 Dr. J.M. Jack Smith

1949-50 Lamar Newport (acting)

1950-60 Dr. J.M. Jack Smith

1960-72 Dr. C.C. Humphreys

1972-73 Dr. John Richardson (interim)

1973-80 Dr. Billy M. Jones

1980 Dr. Jerry Boone (interim)

1980-91 Dr. Thomas Carpenter

1991-00 Dr. V. Lane Rawlins

2000-01 Dr. Ralph Faudree (interim)

2001- Dr. Shirley Raines

Athletic DirectorJv K.^gfl M mi R.C. Johnson,

^P who has worked for« 31 years in athletic

administration andserved as athletic

director at Temple University, was namedthe Director of Athletics at The University ofMemphis on December 29, 1995.

Johnson came aboard in February of1996 and immediately set forth in puttingtogether one of the most renowned athleticstaffs in school history.

Since his arrival, Johnson has hiredsuch high-profile coaches as former Clem-son head football coach Tommy West,former New Jersey Nets and UMass headbasketball coach John Calipari and LadyTiger Basketball coach Blair Savage, whois considered one of the up-and-comingyoung coaches in the country. He recentlyadded baseball coach Daron Schoenrockto the Memphis staff.

With his staff completed, the Iowa na-tive set his sights on revamping Universityof Memphis athletic facilities and that goalhas been completed.

Johnson initiated a capital campaignto add a new 8,000-square-foot football andbasketball office complex to the current Ath-letic Office Building, a new basketball prac-tice facility and a complete renovation ofthe Murphy Athletic Complex.

The eight million dollar campaign wasthe largest fund raising effort in the historyof Memphis athletics and has brought theTiger athletic facilities on-line with Confer-ence USA sister institutions.

During the spring of 1999, Johnson ne-gotiated one of the richest radio broadcastpackages in Tiger athletic history with WMC-AM 790 in Memphis. The three-year agree-ment called for WMC to pay the Universityapproximately $1.2 million for football andmen's basketball rights.

During his tenure, Johnson has cre-ated the Athletic Director's Honor Roll, theTiger Clubs Board of Directors and the ath-letic director's Ambassadors Club.

Johnson has conducted several meet-ings with the Memphis Park Commissionto add a greater presence for the Tigers inLiberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. Numeroussigns appear in the Liberty Bowl indicatingthat the stadium is the "home of the Tigers."

At Temple, Johnson was responsible

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for directing a program with more than 500student-athletes in 20-men's andwomen's intercollegiate sports, includingnationally visible programs in men's bas-ketball and football. He was namedTemple's director of athletics on May 9,1994, after a national search.

The former Temple athletic director en-joys a reputation for building private andcorporate support for intercollegiate ath-letics and for developing strong academicservices for student-athletes. Highlights ofhis tenure at Temple include: the origina-tion of a Student-Athlete Advisory Commit-tee; the Athletic Director's Honor Roll forstudent-athletes; the reorganization of theAthletic Department infrastructure; chair-ing the Atlantic 10 Conference Member-ship Committee and representing the BigEast Conference on the Gender-EquityTask Force.

Johnson was hired at Temple afternearly six years as director of athletics atMiami (Ohio) University. During his tenureat Miami University, Johnson was respon-sible for numerous programs that en-hanced the stature and image of the Ohioinstitution.

A strong believer in a quality educa-tion for student-athletes, Johnson empha-sized academic integrity and excellenceduring his time at Miami University. At thetime he departed for Temple, MiamiUniversity had 15 student-athleteswith a perfect 4.0 GPA, 62 student-athletes with a 3.50 or better GPAand 191 student-athletes with a3.00 GPA or better.

Before becoming athleticdirector at Miami University,Johnson was athletic directorat Eastern Illinois from 1980-88. He was the associate ath-letic director at Northern Iowafrom 1974 to 1980.

A former football coachhimself, Johnson served asan assistant football coach atMankato State University from1968-74. He coached at Young-stown State University duringthe 1967 and '68 seasons. Priorto joining the staff at YoungstownState, Johnson served as an as-sistant coach at Northern Iowa for

two years (1965-67) and the Universityof Iowa (1963-65).

A native of Ottawa, III., Johnson hashis bachelor's degree in sociology fromthe University of Iowa and a master's inphysical education from the Universityof Northern Iowa.

He is a member of the Football Is-sues Committee of the NCAA, the Na-tional Association of College Directorsof Athletics, the Executive Committeeof the Division I-A Athletic Directors As-sociation, the C-USA Representative onthe Board of Directors of the AFCA, andhe serves on the Finance, Nominating,Planning, Football Scheduling, and Ex-pansion & Bowl Committees for Con-ference USA. He is also a member ofthe Shelby County Sports Authority.

Johnson and his wife, Melba, havethree children and four grandchildren.Johnson also serves on the NCAA Se-lection Review Subcommittee's Man-agement Council.

Bill Lofton came to theTiger athletic department

in 1994 as the associate athletic director for financeand management. He is responsible for overseeingthe athletic department budget and the day-to-dayoperation of the department in the absence of theathletic director.

A graduate of Memphis, Lofton came to theathletic department after serving for 10 years asthe manager of financial planning for the Univer-sity.

Lofton, who was named the University's Ad-ministrative Employee of the Year in 1990-91, hasover 32 years of financial management experiencein the areas of budget management, implementa-tion of computer systems, cost accounting and au-diting financial procedures.

A native of Memphis, Lofton graduated fromTrezevant High School in 1968 and enrolled at then-Memphis State. He received his bachelor's degreein management and marketing in 1972.

He began his business career with InternationalHarvester in 1972, starting as a cost accountantand advancing to senior cost accountant and officesystems and procedures analyst.

In 1981 he left International Harvester to be-come vice president of Business Affairs for TheMemphis College of Arts. He was responsible forthe budgeting, purchasing and fund raising, whilesupervising the financial operation and facility man-agement.

Lofton joined the staff at the University of Mem-phis in 1984 as the manager of Financial Planning.

LYNN PARKESAssociate

Athletic DirectorLynn Parkes is in her 21st

| year as the senior women'sadministrator for the U of M.

As such, she oversees eight intercollegiate sportsof women's basketball, volleyball, men's andwomen's golf, men's and women's track and men'sand women's tennis. Parkes also oversees the areasof compliance and student-athlete services.

Prior to devoting full-time to her role as asso-ciate athletic director, Parkes spent 11 years as thehead women's golf coach at Memphis.

A native of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., Parkes is a1973 graduate of the University of Alabama. Shewas a member of the Crimson Tide women's golf

team and competed in the National Collegiate Cham-pionship Tournament her final three years of col-lege.

Following graduation, she taught for two yearsat Loretto (TN) High School as a physical educationinstructor. Parkes came to The University of Mem-phis in 1975 to complete her graduate degree in physi-cal education and at the same time, started thewomen's golf program.

In addition to her administration of the women'ssports programs, Parkes is compliance coordinatorfor the University of Memphis Athletic Depart-ment. As such, she is the liaison to Conference USAand the NCAA in adherence to the rules and regula-tions of those two organizations.

A former member of the LPGA, Parkes servedas chair of the NCAA Women's Golf Committee.She has served as tournament director of the 1995NCAA East Golf Regional hosted by Memphis, aswell as the 2000 NCAA Women's Basketball Mid-east Regional Tournament.

Currently, Parkes sits on the NCAA Women'sBasketball Committee whose charge is the selectionand conduct of the NCAA National Championship.She also serves on various task force and commit-tees within Conference USA.

AssociateAthletic Director

Bob Winn, a native ofI Roanoke, Virginia, is in his

30th year with the U of Mathletic department. For 17 years, Winn served asAssistant Athletic Director for Media Relations andis now taking on a different role in the department.

This past May, Winn was elevated to AssociateAthletic Director for External Affairs. He now isresponsible for overseeing Athletic Media Relations,Marketing and Spirit Squads, as well as managingoutside contracts and the relationship with TigerSports Properties.

The chairman of the Conference USA Sports In-formation Directors in 1995-96, Winn is a 1974graduate of the University of Memphis, holding abachelor's degree in journalism.

During his tenure with the Tigers, he has pro-moted 26 football All-Americans, including nationalaward winners Joe Allison, who received the LouGroza Award in 1993, and Ryan White, who wasnamed to the 2000 Playboy All-American squad, 12basketball All-Americans, five baseball All-Ameri-cans and three track All-Americans.

In addition, Winn served as host for four NCAARegionals, six NIT Tournaments, five Metro Con-ference Tournaments, one Great Midwest Confer-ence Tournament and two C-US A Tournaments. Healso served as the official scorer for the Women'sNCAA East Regional Golf Tournament in Mem-

phis.During the spring of 2003, he served as the

interim head golf coach for the Memphis men'steam and witnessed his team placing sixth inthe Coastal Carolina Tournament and seventhin the Conference USA Championship.

Winn was inducted into the All-AmericanFootball Foundation Hall of Fame in May 1998,receiving the Scoop Hudgins Award for mediarelations.

In addition to his duties with the U of M,Winn has served as the media coordinator forthe PGA Tour stop in Memphis, the FedEx St.Jude Classic for 30 years and has assisted withthe press box operation for the annual St. JudeLiberty Bowl, which is played in Memphis inDecember.

A 1966 graduate of Patrick Henry HighSchool in Roanoke, Winn is a long time mem-ber of CoSIDA.

Bill Lansden returnedto the U of M in June2004, and assumed the

role of Associate Athletic Director for Devel-opment.

Lansden spent the last two years in a simi-lar capacity at Middle Tennessee. While atMTSU, he engineered a 40 percent increase inthe Blue Raider Athletic Association member-ship to 1,750 in June of 2003. The associationwas expected to top the 2,000 mark in 2004.

Prior to his move to Murfreesboro, Lansdenspent three years as the director of marketingand sales for the FedEx St. Jude Golf Classic.He coordinated all corporate hospitality forthe week-long PGA Tour event, administeredmarketing and promotional campaigns for thetournament, sold corporate sponsorships, anddirected a dozen volunteer committees for theClassic.

A former member of the Germantovvn AreaChamber of Commerce, Lansden spent six-plusyears in the athletic department at the Univer-sity of Memphis, beginning his tenure as anintern in August of 1993. During his years at Uof M, he was responsible for marketing andpromoting, and providing game managementfor almost all Tiger sports ranging fromwomen's soccer and volleyball to football andmen's basketball. He spent three years as anathletic marketing coordinator, and in that ca-pacity, sold corporate sponsorships; adminis-tered community outreach programs; and man-aged graduate assistants, interns, and volun-

teer workers. He took over as the athletic market-ing director in 1997, serving in that capacity forseven months before becoming the director of an-nual giving in the Tiger Club Office. There, heoversaw the annual membership drive, contactednew members, and assisted in fundraising effortstotaling over $2 million.

Lansden earned his bachelor's degree in busi-ness administration from Rhodes College in 1986,playing football all four years in college and serv-ing as team captain his senior season. He receivedhis master's degree in sports administration fromGeorgia State University in Atlanta in 1993.

Lansden is married to the former Blair Savage,who was recently hired as the Lady Tiger basket-ball coach.

t Melissa Moore is oneof several Athletic Depart-ment employees who are

making a transition into a new role this year. Af-ter 15 years with the Tiger Club staff, Moore isnow the Assistant Athletic Director for Ticketingand Customer Service.

Moore is in her 20th year as a member of theathletic department. She joined the Tiger Clubsoffice in 1986, serving as Tiger Clubs Coordinatorfor six years, and was the Assistant Athletic Di-rector for the past eight years.

A 1985 graduate of the University of Mem-phis, Moore received her bachelor's degree with amajor in accounting. During her tenure as a stu-dent, Moore worked in the Athletic Academic Of-fice and moved to the Athletic Department, work-ing the athletic director's office and the basketballoffice before joining the staff of the Tiger Clubs.

As an undergraduate student, Moore receivedan early taste of athletics. She was a featured ma-jorette with the University of Memphis band, theMighty Sound of the South, from 1980-84. Theband performed at all U of M football and basket-ball games.

She was named to the Outstanding YoungWomen of America in 1985.

The native Memphian is a graduate of Ger-mantown High School. She is married to SteveBrigance of Sharon, Tenn.

STEVE STROUDAssistant AD/Annual Giving

Steven Stroud, who servesas the assistant athletic direc-tor for annual giving, joined

the Tigers in January 2003. He is responsible forthe Tiger Clubs' annual giving campaign, whichincludes overseeing the Tiger Clubs' Fund Drive.

Stroud graduated from the University of Geor-gia in 2000, where he worked with athletic market-ing and promotions. While at Georgia, he receivedhis bachelor's degree with a double major in mar-keting and finance. He went on to receive hismaster's degree in sports administration from St.Thomas University in 2001.

Stroud joined the U of M staff from the Univer-sity of Miami, where he served as the assistantdirector of annual giving. During his tenure withthe Hurricanes, annual giving doubled over a three-year period.

Stroud and his wife, Deirdre, an interior designer,reside in Cordova.

Fred Stewart is in his18th year as the Athletic

Business Manager at the U of M.A native of Bruce, Miss., Stewart moved to

Memphis with his family in 1963 and graduatedfrom Frayser High School in 1967.

Stewart entered the United States Navy in 1968and served for two years on the aircraft carrier USSKearsargeCVA-21.

He began working at International Harvester in1968 before joining the Navy and returned to thecompany in 1970. Stewart enrolled in The U of Mwhile working at IH and received his BBA in ac-counting in 1978. He moved into the accounting of-fice at Harvester in 1978 and remained there forseven years.

Stewart was hired as Athletic Business Managerat Memphis in 1986.

Murray Armstrong hasserved under eight head foot-ball coaches during his 42-year tenure at the University

of Memphis. He was hired by former head coachand athletic director Billy J. Murphy in 1962.

Armstrong has been involved with every facetof college football at Memphis. He has been anassistant freshman coach, head freshman coach,varsity defensive end coach, kicking coach, specialteams coach, academic advisor and administrativeaid during his tenure with the Tigers.

He currently serves as the coordinator of theBilly J. Murphy Athletic Complex.

A 1961 graduate of the University of Tennes-see, Armstrong was a first team all-SoutheasternConference academic selection in 1961. Armstrongwas a three-year letterman for the Volunteers. Hereceived his degree in sociology and biology from

Tennessee and has since earned his master's degreeat the University of Memphis.

Armstrong and his wife, Joan, have two chil-dren Sterritt, a 1990 West Point graduate, andBrence, a 1997 graduate of Memphis.

Director of AthleticMedia Relations

Jennifer Rodrigues, who isin her seventh year with theU of M, is also changing her

role this year, as she was elevated to Director ofAthletic Media Relations. She replaces Bob Winn,who was promoted to Assoc. Athletic Directorfor External Affairs this past summer.

Rodrigues is responsible for the publicity andpromotion of the U of M football and rifle teams,as well as overseeing the Athletic Media RelationsOffice. Rodrigues also is responsible for oversee-ing the work of the athletic media relations gradu-ate and student assistants. In March 2000, sheserved as the assistant Media Coordinator of theNCAA Men's 1st and 2nd Round tournament,and a year later served as the media coordinatorfor the NCAA Women's Basketball Mideast Re-gional. In 2002, she volunteered at the MideastRegional hosted by Marquette University.

A 1995 graduate of the University of South-western Louisiana (now UL-Lafayette), Rodriguesjoined Memphis after serving two years as an as-sistant media relations director at MississippiState, where she was the contact for women'sbasketball and softball. She also assisted in thegame-day operations for football, volleyball andmen's basketball.

Prior to Mississippi St., Rodrigues served asassistant SID for women's athletics at NorthernArizona University. She also served as interimSID at NAU and handled men's basketball andfootball prior to accepting the job at MSU.

The New Orleans, La., native received herbachelor's degree in journalism at USL, where sheserved as a student assistant in the sports infor-mation office. There she was the media contactfor volleyball and the nationally-ranked LadyCajun softball team.

Rodrigues, 31, is married to Mike Rodrigues,who is an assistant athletic trainer for the U of M.The couple has a daughter, Alyssa, who was bornon Nov. 27, 2002.

SYRA THIBAULTDirector of Marketing/

Promotions

Syra Thibault is enteringher fourth year as the Direc-tor of Marketing and Promo-

tions for the U of M.Thibault joined the staff from the University

of South Alabama where she served as the mar-keting and promotions director for three years,while earning her degree. She graduated from USA

in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in sport andevent marketing. She has also organized and as-sisted such events as the GMAC Mobile Ala-bama Bowl, Sun Belt Conference Tournaments,NCAA First/Second Round and BayFest.

A native of Baton Rouge, La., Thibault workedtwo years at the Casino Magic in Bay St. Louis,Miss., and also worked at Casino Magic in Biloxi.From 1994-98 she worked with marketing, salesand special events for both properties.

SALLY ANDREWSAssistant Director of

Compliance

Sally Andrews is in her1 13th year as Assistant Com-

pliance Coordinator for the U of M. She works inconjunction with Associate Athletic Director LynnParkes to ensure that U of M student-athletes andstaff are following the regulations set forth by theNCAA.

A 1982 graduate of Christian Brothers Col-lege in Memphis, Andrews lettered for four yearsin basketball and volleyball while at CBU.

A golfer who took up the game at an early age,the native Memphian established herself as one ofthe top women players in the Mid-South. She wasa six-time Memphis city women's champion.

Andrews first joined the Tiger Athletic De-partment in 1987 when she was named as the headwomen's golf coach. She remained in that positionfor five years. Her 1988 team won the UAB LadyBlazer Tournament, the first victory ever for a LadyTiger golf team.

Al Brown is in his 13thI year as the Director of TheUniversity of Memphis M

Club. The M Club is the letterman's organizationfor the institution.

A former letterman himself, Brown playedbaseball for the Tigers from 1947-48. He playedprofessional baseball and worked as a professionalscout for the Chicago White Sox in the 1950s andreturned to Memphis in the 1960s as head base-ball coach.

During his tenure as the Tigers' baseball coach,Brown compiled an overall record of 156-118-4in nine seasons. His 1964 and 1965 teams won 21games marking the first 20-win seasons in theschool's history.

When he left The U of M in 1971, he joinedthe Memphis Park Commission and later wasnamed as the manager of Liberty Bowl MemorialStadium. He remained with the city of Memphisuntil rejoining the staff at Memphis in 1991.

TAMMY DeGROFF

Assistant MediaRelations Director

Tammy DeGroff entersher third year as a full-timemember of the athletic me-

dia relations' staff.DeGroff, who served two years as a graduate

assistant SID at Memphis, spent a year as theassistant SID at Campbell University before re-turning to the U of M. While at Campbell,DeGroff served as the primary contact for vol-leyball, women's basketball and softball. Shealso was responsible for the day-to-day opera-tions of the Campbell Athletic Departmentwebsite, as well as assisting in various depart-mental projects.

In her earlier stint as a graduate assistant atMemphis, DeGroff was responsible for the pro-motion of the volleyball, track and tennis teams.She also assisted at home football games, andwas an instrumental part of the women's basket-ball stat crew.

Prior to her graduate assistant position at theU of M, DeGroff served as the assistant infor-mation director for the Gulf South Conferencewhere she was responsible for soccer, women'sbasketball and softball. She has also served as anintern at the Mid-Continent Conference.

A native of Rio, Wis., DeGroff graduated fromWisconsin-Eau Claire in 1995 with a degree injournalism. She worked as a student assistant inthe SID office for two years while working onher bachelor's degree.

Lamar Chance is in hissecond year on the U of MAthletic Media Relations

staff. He came to Memphis after spending theprevious eight years in the Ole Miss AthleticMedia Relations office, the last six as thedepartment's associate director. In his associateposition, he was responsible for the day-to-daypublicity operations for men's basketball, edit-ing of the football gameday programs, as well asassisting with football.

Chance graduated from the University ofNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1991 with adegree in Radio, Television, Motion Pictures. Heworked as a student assistant in the UNC SIDoffice for two years.

Upon graduation, Chance accepted an intern-ship at the University of Connecticut, where heserved as the media relations contact for base-ball, hockey and women's soccer during the 1991-92 season.

Before his arrival at Ole Miss, Chance servedas Assistant Media Relations Director at the Uni-

versity of Massachusetts. While at UMass from1992-95, he oversaw the publicity of the school's25 Olympic sports and handled women's bas-ketball and football duties as well.

Chance is a member of the College SportsInformation Directors of America. A native ofAlbemarle, N.C., he worked the 1996 and 1997NCAA Women's Basketball Final Fours and the1995 NCAA Field Hockey Final Four.

c ED CANTLER

Assistant AD/Support Services

•Y ** AB ! Eddie Cantler isL IM/' I ning his 35th season at the

University of Memphis, andhis first as the Assistant Athletic Director forAdministrative and Support Services. The headtrainer since 1980, Cantler will oversee the sportsmedicine program, the Tiger weightroom and thearea of game management.

A native of Bowling Green, Ky., Cantler cameto Memphis in 1970, and received his under-graduate degree in biology in 1974. He later re-ceived his master's degree in health education in1976.

Cantler has been the host of local cabletelevision's Trainer's Corner for the last 11 years.He was inducted into the Tennessee AthleticTrainer's Hall of Fame in 1996. Cantler, whoenjoys singing, has also been honored as the state'sTrainer of the Year in 1994, and received theNATA Athletic Trainer Service Award in May of1998.

Cantler is married to the former Jenina Martinof Memphis, who received her doctorate degreefrom the U of M. The couple has two children,Michael (15) and Andrew (16).

Angela McCarter is in herI third year as the assistant di-

rector of marketing and promotions.A native of Memphis, McCarter joined the staff

from NC State University, where she was the as-sistant director of marketing and publications forCampus Recreation. At NC State she was respon-sible for all of the marketing efforts for the pro-gram and implementing special events.

Before spending two years with NC State, sheworked in the Women's Athletic Department atthe University of Tennessee in marketing and pro-motions. She was responsible for basketball, row-ing, soccer, softball, track and field and volleyball.

McCarter received her bachelor's degree in sportmanagement from UT in 1998, and earned hermaster's degree in sport administration in 2000.

Angela and her husband Steven, also a native ofMemphis, reside in Memphis.

Head

*JENNYBRUUN

JOHN CALIPARI

BRENDACASH

PHIL CHAMBERLAIN

Alma Mater Yrs. at UM UM Record CareerMinnesota, 2001 First year N/A N/AJenny Bruun took over the Lady Tiger Golf team in July of2004 after spending the last two seasons as the Assistant GolfCoach for both the men's and women's teams at CampbellUniversity. Over the past two seasons, Bruun helped the Camelgolf teams to four tournament titles, including the 2004 AtlanticSun Women's Golf Championship.

Alma Mater Yrs. at UM UM Record CareerClarion State, 1982 4 years 93-39 286-110John Calipari led the Tigers to a National Championship at the2002 NIT, and through 12 seasons, has the sixth-best careerstart in wins in NCAA Division I history. In 2003-04, the Tigersclaimed a share of the C-USA regular-season title, earned asecond-consecutive NCAA Tournament bid and finished theyear ranked No. 24 in the final AP poll. Memphis recorded a22-8 overall record (12-4 C-USA), marking the fourth-straight20-win season under Calipari. Memphis averaged 15,432 atThe Pyramid in 2003-04, the 10th-best fan total in the nation.

Alma Mater Yrs. at UM UM Record CareerArizona State, 1981 19 years N/A N/AThe U of M reinstated women's track in 1985 after a three-yearhiatus and Brenda Cash has been rebuilding the program eversince. The results are most obvious in the record book, where allbut six school records have been reset, including eight during2003. In 2004, Victoria Crawford qualified for the NCAARegionals, finishing third in her flight and setting a personalbest in the triple jump in the process.

Alma Mater Yrs. at UM UM Record CareerMemphis, 1976 6 years 101-60 101-60Phil Chamberlain has brought national attention and the ITASoutheast Regional tournament back to Memphis. He hascoached eight individuals to C-USA honors, including Lee TaylorWalker, who finished 2004 ranked No. 97 in the country and wasthe program's first-ever C-USA First Team Honoree. Walkeralso received the ITA/Arthur Ashe Sportsmanship and Leader-ship Award.the first Tiger to ever earn a national honor from theITA.

Alma Mater Yrs. at UM UM Record CareerGRenMountainCollege,1933 5 years 45-41-3 102-76-7Richie Grant led Memphis to its second straight winning seasonin 2003 with an 8-8-2 finish. Memphis has finished .500 orbetter in three of the last four years under Grant's guidance.Grant was named C-USA Coach of the Year in 2000 as histeam finished fifth in the country in scoring. Grant has coached13 Conference USA all-conference honorees.

RICHIE GRANT

GLENN HAYS

JONAS HOLDEM AN

Alma Mater Yrs. at UM UM Record CareerRhodes College, 1962 34 years N/A N/AGlenn Hays has coached seven all-Americans, six nationalchamps, one world record holder and four conference fresh-men of the year in his 33 years. Since joining C-USA in 1996,Hays has guided 33 conference champs, including GauteMyklebust who won three conference titles in 2004 and fin-ished fourth in the discus at the NCAA Championship.Myklebust and Mate Nemeth were both double champions atthe 2004 Outdoor Championships where Memphis finishedfourth, while Istvan Kerektjo won the 1500.

| Alma Mater Yrs. at UM UM Record Careerj Tennessee, 1985 3 years N/A N/A

Jonas Holdeman joined the Lady Tiger track and cross countryteams as an assistant coach in charge of the distance pro-gram. He also spent two years as the track and field and crosscountry coach of the sports club program at North Carolina.There, he worked with over 40 athletes, developing trainingprograms for all the runners. Under Holdeman's guidance, UNCsport club track and field won the last two ACC Club Champion-ships.

CHARLOTTE PETERSON

Alma Mater Yrs. at UM UM Record CareerMemphis, 1994 4 years 28-44-4 28-44-4Entering his fifth season Brooks Monaghan has guided theLady Tigers to the 2002 C-USA Tournament ending the program'sfive-year absence from postseason play. This past season,Monaghan was the first Lady Tiger coach to place two playerson the All Conference-USA first team. He has been involvedwith the program since its inception in 1995 and took over as

• the head coach following the 1999 season.BROOKSMONAGHAN

Alma Mater Yrs. at UM UM Record CareerMemphis, 1972 28 years 332-409 332-409A member of The U of M women's tennis program for overthree decades as both a coach and a player, Charlotte Petersonhas seen much of Memphis' tennis history, including coachingthe top two career singles victories leaders—Annika Ewaldsonand Christina Ladyman. Peterson has had at least one LadyTiger named to the All-Conference USA teams in each of thepast six seasons, including Marlene Dirnstorfer in 2004.

Alma MaterMemphis, 1994

Grant Robbins, a former Tiger golf letterman and three-yearall-conference selection, took over the University of Mem-phis men's golf program in 2003 after spending the past four

[years as the head golf coach at UNC-Wilmington, turning thatI program into a nation power. His UNCW teams won 11 tourna-I ments and advanced to the NCAA tournament. Robbins played

/»D UToriDDiKic *ot the T'9ers from 1991 ~94 and after receiving his master'sGRANT ROBBINS degree, served as an assistant at Penn State.

Alma Mater Yrs. at UM UM Record CareerArkansas, 1994 First Year 0-0 0-0

Blair Savage-Lansden returned to the Univeristy of Memphison June 10th as the Lady Tigers' third Head Coach. Afterserving as an assistant coach in the Lady Tiger program fornine years, Savage spent last season at Belmont University inNashville, where she helped the Bruins to a 16-12 overall recordand where she guided two post players to A-Sun honors.

Alma Mater Yrs. at UM UM Record CareerTennessee Tech, 1985 First Year 0-0 0-0Daron Schoenrock was hired to take over the helm of the Tigerbaseball program on June 29, 2004. Schoenrock spent the pastthree seasons as an assistant coach at Mississippi State Uni-versity under Ron Polk, after spending the previous two sea-sons under Polk at Georgia. Regarded as one of college baseball'spremier pitching coaches, Schoenrock has sent 20 of his pitch-ers to the professional level, including three draftees in the2004 First-Year Player Draft.

Alma Mater Yrs. at UM UM Record CareerTennessee, 1976 3 years 17-19 52-54The 21st head football coach at The U of M, Tommy West isdirecting the Tigers back to the postseason direction. In 2003,the Tigers made their first bowl appearance in 32 years, accept-ing an invitation to face North Texas in the New Orleans Bowl.Memphis picked up the bowl win, 27-17, and finished the sea-son with a 9-4 mark. DeAngelo Williams was named the C-USAOffensive Player of the Year and nine players were named toC-USA Teams, including freshman Blake Butler, who was namedto the all-Freshman team.Alma Mater Yrs. at UM UM Record CareerN/A 12 years N/A N/AButch Woolbright has spent the last 12 years at the helm of theU of M rifle squad. He has been honored as Coach of the Yearby both Conference USA (1998) and the Great Midwest (1993).Woolbright's shooters have won three gold, two silver and onebronze individual conference medals, and his squads have placedin the top tier of league competition during his tenure as coach.In 2003-04, sophomore Beth Tidmore advanced to the NCAATournament and finished 13th at the U.S. Olympic Trials.Alma Mater Yrs. at UM UM Record CareerWashington St., 1992 8 years 140-126 140-126Carrie Yerty begins her ninth season at the helm of the volley-ball program after guiding Memphis to its first 30-win seasonsince 1990 and the program's best winning percentage with a30-6 record. Memphis made its first-ever appearance in theConference USA Championship Finals. Junior Heather Wattswas named an Academic All-America honoree, while three Ti-gers earned All-Conference honors for the first time in theprogram's history, led by senior Brittany Barnett's secondteam honor.

••ITOMMY WEST

CARRIE YERTY

TONYBARBEE CRAIG BOLLERMen's Basketball Football

ANGELA CROSBYWomen's Basketball

TOM CROSS JOHN DOWDY JOE LEE DUNN MIKE FEDERICOWomen's Basketball Rifle Football Baseball

RANDY FICHTNER JODI FISHER JOHN FLOWERSFootball Women's Soccer Football

JONAS HOLDEMAN JEEP HUNTER TIM KEANETrack & Field/Cross Football Football

Country

JENNIROSELLIVolleyball

CHRIS RUMPHFootball

ED SCHILLINGMen's Basketball

PAULGOEBELMen's Tennis

ANGELAGRAZIANIVolleyball

CLAY HELTON TYSON HELTONFootball Football

DEREK KELLOGG RICK MALLORY ROBBIE NICHOLSON KEVIN ROBINSONMen's Basketball Football Men's Soccer Track & Field

MILT WAGNER TYLER WILLIAMS JERRY ZULUMen's Basketball Women's Basketball Baseball

Support Staff

ROBBIE ALLRED SUSAN BLACKWELL JULJECAROTHERS BARBARACHAPMAN LAWSON CULVER CONNIE DIFFEE STELLA GREENW. Basketball Business Office Olympic Sports Athletic Director's Office Computer Specialist Tiger Clubs Olympic Sports Sec.

Secretary Secretary

Support Staff

ASHLEY CAROLE MURRAY ELLIOT PERRY LUNETHAPRYOR CAROL REEVES KATIE RUMP BETTY RUSSELLHARRALSON Athletic Director's Office Tiger Clubs Basketball Secretary Football Admin. Secretary Asst. Compliance Director Women's BKB Secretary

Basketball Secretary

SHERRISCHWARTZ

FTB Recruiting Secretary

LOUSTRASBERG LISH TRICE RONNIE VINSON JENNIFERWALKERTravel Coordinator Assistant to the AD Business Office Administrative Asst.

NICK WHITEFaculty AthleticsRepresentative

LETONIA WILLIAMSTicket Office

MARTHA WOODSSports Information Secretary

TIGER CLUB BOARDSames, Ben Bryant (president), Charles Burkett, Harold Byrd, Dr. Don

i, Doug Collins, Milliard Crews, Ron Dougan, William Dunavant, Jr., RandyFishman, Frank Flautt, Jr., Glenna Flautt, Scott Forman, Diane Fry, Alan Graf.Gaylon Hall, Janet January, Cato Johnson. John Kelley, Kay Kelly, StillmanMcFadden Don McKinnon, Jackson Moore, William N. Morris, Charlotte Neal,Jim Phillips, Win Rainey, Dal Rawlins, Mike Rose, Elkan Scheidt, Fred Smith,Willard Sparks, Rick Spell, Elaine Springer, John Stokes, Tom Watson, VanWeiberg, Damon Young,

BOARD OF VISITORS ATHLETIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE:

Mike Rose - chairman, Ben Bryant, Harold Byrd, Frank Flautt, Jim Harwood, JohnKelley, William N. Morris, John Stokes, Ron Terry, Pat Kerr Tigrett and TomWatson. Ex-officio: R.C. Johnson.

AMBASSADOR'S CLUB:Ben Bryant, Hilliard Crews, William Dunavant, Frank Flautt, Janet January,William N. Morris, Mike Rose, Elkan Scheidt, Fred Smith, Willard Sparks, RickSpell, Elaine Springer, John Stokes and Tom Watson.

U of M ATHLETIC COMMITTEETheAthlelicCommitteeattheUof Mis comprised of 14 faculty and staff

members who serve four-year terms on a staggered basis. The committeealso includes two student voting members.

The purpose of the committee is to serve in an advisory capacity to thepresident on matters involving athletics. The committee assists in the devel-opment of broad program policies for the University men's and women'sintercollegiate athletic programs. The committee also reviews and approvesthe policies and procedures for awarding grant-in aid to student athletes.They certify, through the chairman, the eligibility of student athletes forintercollegiate sports.

The committee reviews proposed appointments to the coaching staffmade by the Director of Athletics and recommend to the President forappointment by her candidates deemed qualified for the position. Theyreview scheduling of intercollegiate athletic contests and proposed budgetsprepared by the Director of Athletics and submit recommendations throughstandard University budget review procedures.

Members of theUofM Athletic Committee include: Dr. Nick White (interimchair), Dr. David Cox, Dr. James Fickle, Roxanna Gee, Robert Koch, Dr.Phillip T. Kolbe, Dr. Gladius Lewis, Dr. Ronnie Priest, Dr. Michael Hamrick,R.C. Johnson, Lynn Parkes, Dr.Shirley Raines (president), Dr. RalphFaudree and Dr. Joe Luckey. Student members include Keenan Gibson andArthur Lynch.

Academic ServicesDr. Joe Luckey is in his third year as the Director of 'Athletic Academic Services. He

and his stuff of counselors and tutors tire Instrumental in the success of U of M student-athletes in the classroom.

A native of Cincinnati, Lackey came to The U of M from Austin Peay St. where heserved as assistant athletics director for academic services since 1996. In that capacity,he advised and counseled more than 200 athletes in 15 sports, monitoring their aca-demic progress anil eligibility with the goal of making sure each one graduated. He also

, served as supen'isor of the Student Athlete Advisory Council, a forum for student athletes, , '" express their opinions and voice their concerns.

LUCKEY Luckey received the 1999 Lan Hewlett Award for outstanding performance as anDirector academic athletics advisor.

A graduate of the University of Dayton, Luckey earned a master's degree fromIndiana University, an education specialist degree from Austin Peay, and a doctor of education degreefrom Tennessee State University.

Before joining Austin Peay in 1992, he worked in athletics at Indiana University and the University ofDavton. Joe and his wife Melissa, a former APSU vollevhall plaver and coach, have two sons, Adam andTvt'er.

The University of Memphis' Center for AthleticAcademic Services (CAAS) is dedicated to theacademic and personal development of all Tigerstudent-athletes. Their mission is to provide supportservices to ensure that U of M student-athletessucceed in the classroom and obtain undergraduatedegrees. The services include orientation programs,tutoring, mentoring, academic counseling, study halland academic advising.

In March 2002, vast improvements were be-ginning to take place in the CAAS. At that time, Dr.Joe Luckey, took over the staff after spending theprevious 10 years at Austin Peay State. Dr. Luckey,who was nationally recognized for his outstandingleadership in 1999, came to Memphis with a vision.In just one short year, Dr. Luckey recruited six newstaff members, instituted new academic programs,designed and inspired two special sections of ACAD1100 for student-athletes and transitioned his of-fice from the basement of the Elma Roane Fieldhouseto the newly-renovated Wilder Tower.

Dr. Luckey heads a staff of six which includesassistant director Nicole Green, counselors BeckyKolenbrander, Bridget VanLandeghem, WaqaDamuni and Maria Tyson and office coordinatorDorothy Gillard. In addition to the full-time staff, theCAAS utilizes 20-30 tutors, graduate assistants andstudent workers. CAAS has a unique responsibil-ity as an office as it provides academic services toall student-athletes and conducts all necessary pa-perwork for NCAA academic compliance. Green,who was hired May 2003, was brought in specifi-cally to handle NCAA, conference and institutionalcompliance matters associated with prospective andcurrent student-athletes. The four counselors areassigned to specific sports, working with those stu-dent-athletes and coaching staffs.

At the 2002 Fall Orientation, Dr. Luckey chal-lenged the Center's staff, the coaching staffs andthe student-athletes to collaboratively enhance theacademic performance of U of M student-athletes.The Center made progress in that regard in the fallwith the student-athlete GPAs averaging 2.73, andwith seven teams earning GPAs of 3.0 or higher.Tiger student-athletes posted a combined 2.77 GPAduring the spring of 2004. All in all, 111 student-athletes earned GPAs of 3.0 or higher in the springof 2004. The following nine athletes earned a per-fect 4.0 GPA: Stein Syversen (Men's Track), KaraCassel (Women's Track), Lisa Marie Hyman(Women's Track), Zsofia Nagy (Women's Track),Rusty Clayton (Football), Luke Campbell (Men's Ten-nis), Marlene Dirnstorfer (Women's Tennis), AnnikaMoller (Women's Soccer) and Robyn Smart(Women's Soccer).

The CAAS received a new home during thesummer of 2003 upon the completion of the WilderTower. In addition to the CAAS, the Wilder Towerwill house the offices of admissions, the bursar,financial aid, the registrar, student development andacademic advising. A total of 8,000 square feet,encompassing the entire sixth and seventh floors

of the tower, has been designated for the CAAS.The area supports 31 student computer stations,17 offices and several study tables.

Inspired by Dr. Luckey, two special sectionsof ACAD 1100, Introduction to the University, wereoffered to student-athletes only. The class wasso well received that a third section was offeredin 2003 so that all freshman student-athletes couldbe included in the course. Students who partici-pated in the class earned an average of 15.2credit hours, and an average GPA of 3.25.

Three academic programs are sponsored bythe CAAS as a means of honoring the top stu-dent-athletes at The U of M. The Tiger 3.0 Clubrecognizes student-athletes who earn grade pointaverages of 3.0 during the fall/spring semesters,while the Tiger Academic Thirty is dedicated tothe 30 student-athletes with the best grade pointaverage on each team, and then the next bestgroup of athletes, totaling 30 athletes. The finalhonor, the TEAM GPA Award, is presented to themale and female team with the best grade pointaverage for the semester.

With a qualified and dedicated staff in place,and a new spacious work area dedicated en-tirely to all Tiger student-athletes, Dr. Luckey ex-pects graduation rates to climb, and well-roundedstudent-athletes to emerge upon their graduationfrom The U of M.

Just in the last couple of years, University ofMemphis student-athletes have received someof the top league and national awards. Followingthe 2003-04 athletic season, senior Lisa MarieHyman received one of the highest honors is-sued by Conference USA. Hyman was one ofsix athletes in the league who received a C-USAPostgraduate Scholarship in the amount of $4,000.

This past year, 24 student-athletes werehonored by Conference USA with theCommissioner's Medal for posting a grade pointaverage of 3.75 or higher, and the U of M alsohad men's track senior Gaute Myklebust named aC-USA Co-Scholar Athletes of the Year.

Memphis student-athletes also representedthe school well nationally, as two student-ath-letes received Academic All-America honors(Andy Metcalf, Heather Watts), while an addi-tional four student-athletes (DeAngelo Williams,Sheila Neba, Gaute Myklebust and MarleneDirnstorfer) earned Academic All-District honors.The men's tennis team also picked up its first-ever national award when senior Lee TaylorWalker was named the ITA/Arthur Ashe Leader-ship and Sportsmanship Award winner. The Ti-ger football team capped the academic awardseason and was one of 30 teams in the nation tobe honored after graduating 70 percent of itsstudent-athletes.

Senior jumper Lisa Marie Hyman was a 2004Conference USA Postgraduate Award Winnerfor the 2004-05 season. Hyman, who is a three-time C-USA Gold Medalist in the triple jump, willcomplete her master's degree in the spring of2005.

Conference and Team Awards• At the completion of the 2003-04 academicyear, 111 student-athletes (or 40 percent ofthe student-athlete population) achieved a GPAof 3.0 or higher.

• Nine student-athletes achieved a perfect 4.0average during spring 2004 semester. Fifteenstudents turned in 4.0 GPAs during the fall.

• The athletic department was led in team gradepoint average for the year by Women's CrossCountry and Men's Tennis and Women's Ten-nis had the highest team GPA for the year.

• The women's volleyball team received anAVCA Team Academic Award for having ateam GPA of 3.3 or higher.

• Women's Soccer won the 2003 NSCAA TeamAcademic Award.

• Eight of 16 teams had a 3.0 GPA for the year.

• 61 student-athletes graduated in 2003-04.

Individual National Awards• Heather Watts and Andy Metcalf all werenamed Academic All-America honorees in thefall of 2004. Both were third team honorees.

• Gaute Myklebust was a C-USA Scholar-Athlete for men's track and field. Myklebustwas also an Academic All-District IV Honoree.

• Lisa Marie Hyman was awarded a C-USAPostgraduate Scholarship for use during the2004-05 season.

• The Men's and Women's Tennis teams bothwere listed as All-Academic teams by the ITA.Lee Taylor Walker, Andrew Olswing, andAlex Bucewicz were also named ITA Scholar-Athletes for the men's team, while MarleneDirnstorfer, Andrea Feichtinger andChristina Wieser were ITA women's tennisScholar Athletes.

Support GroupsTIGER CLUBS

TheTigerClubsare The University of Memphis'annual fund-raising program for intercollegiateathletics. The Tiger Clubs are managed in accor-dance with the policies and procedures estab-lished by The University of Memphis, ConferenceUSA and the NCAA.

The governing body of the Tiger Clubs is theTiger Club Board of Directors. The president of thisyear's organization is former First Tennesseeexecutive John C.Kelley.

The main goal of theTiger Clubs is to provide abase of fund-raising services for alumni and friendswho support the following University of Memphisathletic programs:

BaseballMen's BasketballWomen's BasketballMen's Cross CountryWomen's Cross CountryFootballWomen's GolfMen's Golf

RifleMen's SoccerWomen's SoccerMen's TennisWomen's TennisMen's Track & FieldWomen's Track & FieldVolleyball

Annual contributions extend scholarship op-portunities to more than 300 student-athletes, main-tain and improve physical facilities, and advanceMemphis' place in the national spotlight. Membersof theTiger Clubs play a direct role in the successof Memphis Athletics.

Annual gifts to the Tiger Clubs complementand supplement the reserves from ticket sales,radio and television rights fees, corporate spon-sorships and other sources of income. With morethan 3,000 members, the Tiger Clubs raises ap-proximately $4 million each year.

Contributors to the Tiger Clubs receive manybenefits, including priority seating for regular sea-son home athletic events and post-season games,automobile decals, recognition in football gamepograms, newsletters, invitations to special func-

LADY TIGERSFASTBREAK CLUB

tions and other interesting items.TheTigerClubsare run by Associate Athletic

Director Bill Lansden, Assistant Athletic DirectorSteve Stroud and Administrative Assistant ConnieDiffee.

FASTBREAK CLUB

The Fastbreak Club is entering its 14th year asthe support group for The University of Memphiswomen's basketball program.

The organization is made up of more than 125dedicated supporters who stand behind the LadyTigers every step of the way. They start the seasonoff with a welcome picnic as well as providing foodandsnacksafterallthegames. In addition, thegroupsponsors a Christmas dinnerand an end-of-the-yearbanquet for the Lady Tigers and the staff.

The FastbreakClub has also establishedaschol-arship in memory of Eva Phillips' husband, Les, along-time Lady Tiger fan, who died late in the 1998-99season. The scholarship is given atthe end of eachseason to a member of the Lady Tiger "family" thatexemplifies hard work, dedication and spiritthrough-outthe season. The plaques have been awarded toHeather Phillips (1998-99), Toby Bush (1999-00),

Malissa Bush (2000-01), Melissa Abraham(2001-02), Kaneshi Hart (2002-03) and Prin-cess Swilley (2003-04).

HIGHLAND HUNDRED

Just over 50 years ago, several Memphisarea business men gathered one night onHighland Avenue and formed the Memphisfootball boostergroup, the Highland Hundred.

At its inception in 1954, the group, nowregarded as one of the most energetic orga-nizations in the nation, had just eight membersand set its initial goal at a membership of 100.The group membership now totals over 800.But their goal remains the same, to promoteTigerfootball.

The activities and projects of the HighlandHundred are many and varied. The groupsponsors a barbecue contest, a preseasonkickoff banquet and a golf tournament. Inaddition, the Highland Hundred has under-taken several major projects like the restora-tion of Murphy AthleticTraining Center and thepurchasing of a Lexicon Video Sports EditingSystem. Recently, the club funded lights forMemphis'practice facility. The club also spon-sors the Senior Banquet.

The group, once featured in Sports Illus-trated, received national attention in 1972,when it purchased a Bengal Tiger mascot,TOM (which standsforTigers-Of-Memphis).TOM I died in February 1992 and the HighlandHundred purchased TOM 11, who is housed atSaint Nix Farms in his own 3,500 square-foothabitat.

REBOUNDERSCLUB

The Rebounders Club is entering its 33rdyear as the support group for The Universityof Memphis men's basketball program.

The organization consists of over 500members.

The Rebounders promote the annual Blue-Gray scrimmage, the annual golf scramble, theend of the year awards banquet, MidnightMadness, and many special projects whichthe coach asks the group to assist him withthroughout the year. The group also publishesa monthly newsletter that will be made avail-able 10 months of the year. The publication isavailable the 15th of every month.

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AtMetie TrainingEddie Cantler is beginning his 35th season

at the University of Memphis, and his first as theAssistant Athletic Director for Administrative andSupport Services. The head trainer since 1980,Cantler will oversee the sports medicine program,the Tiger weightroom and the area of game man-agement.

A native of Bowling Green, Ky., Cantler came toMemphis in 1970, and received his undergraduate

irnrAVTiFu degree in biology in 1974. He later received his\^ master's degree in health education in 1976.

m'l'u" Cantler has been the host of local cabletelevision's Trainer's Corner for the last 11 years. He was inducted intothe Tennessee Athletic Trainer's Hall of Fame in 1996. Cantler, whoenjoys singing, has also been honored as the state's Trainer of the Yearin 1994, and received the NATA Athletic Trainer Service Award in May of1998.

Cantler is married to the former Jenina Martin of Memphis, who re-ceived her doctorate degree from the U of M. The couple has twochildren, Andrew (16) and Michael (15).

Mike Rodrigues, the head trainer for Lady Tiger bas-ketball, is entering his third season at the U of M, afterserving four years as an athletic trainer for BaptistRehabilitation.

While at Baptist, Rodrigues provided outreach careto Bartlett High School, assisting with nine sports andcaring for more than 300 athletes.

During a brief stint away from Baptist, Rodrigues,36, was the head trainer for the Memphis Maniax of theXFL and handled the daily sports medicine needs of 50professional football players.

Rodrigues came to Memphis following a six-yearcareer as an assistant trainer at Mississippi State. Heworked with the football program and supervised the

student trainers while serving as a graduate assistant, earning his mastersof science degree in exercise physiology in 1993.

He left MSU for one year to serve as an assistant trainer at the UnitedStates Military Academy, and worked there for one year before returning toMSU as an assistant trainer. From 1993 through 1997 he worked with themen's football program and took over the responsibilities for the women'ssoccer, Softball and tennis programs in 1997.

A native of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Rodrigues received his bachelor's de-gree in 1990 from the University of Florida, while also serving as headstudent trainer for the Gators for two years. Rodrigues has also donesummer internships with the Miami Dolphins and the Phoenix Cardinals. Heis married to SID Jennifer Rodrigues. The couple has a daughter, Alyssa whowas born Nov. 27. 2002.

Jennifer Bricker, the head trainer for men's basket-ball, is entering her third year as a full-time trainer at TheU of M. In 2001-02, she served as women's basketballtrainer upon the resignation on Beth Raitz.

Bricker served the previous two years as a gradu-ate assistant on the U of M athletic training staff.

A native of Anderson, Ind., Bricker graduated fromAnderson University in 1997 with a degree in athletictraining. She completed her master's degree in exerciseand sport science at Memphis in 2002.

Bricker, 32, has been active in NATA for eight years,NSCA for five years and the American Red Cross for sixyears.

MIKERODRIGUES

Assistant

JENNIFERBRICKERAssistant

Dr. Fred AzarOrthopedic Surgeon

Dr. Arthur FranklinTeam Physician

Dr. Barney FreemanOrthopedic Surgeon

Dr. Tom MeriwetherTeam Physician

The University of Memphis athletic training staff is second-to-nonewhen it comes to ensuring that U of M student-athletes receive qualitycare in the areas of athletic injury rehabilitation and preventative care.

And now with the new renovation of Murphy Athletic Complextraining facility, the Memphis student-athlete can be assured of receivingthe best medical attention and rehabilitation available.

The Murphy Athletic Complex training room was redesigned andreconstructed as part of the $6 million renovation of south campus.

The new training facility, which more than doubles the size of theold training room, contains an in-ground aquatic rehabilitation pool whichallows trainers to work on rehabilitating injuries without having the stu-dent-athlete to support his/or her own body weight.

The new training room also contains new doctor examination rooms,storage areas, and the latest in rehabilitation equipment.

The athletic training staff uses a comprehensive approach to theinjury care and the wellness of student-athletes by utilizing state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment equipment with the latest methods in thecare and prevention of injuries.

Head athletic trainer Eddie Cantler, who is in his 35th year at theUniversity of Memphis, supervises the Tigers' sports medicine program.Cantler, who has served as the head trainer since 1980, is assisted bytwo full-time certified athletic trainers, two graduate assistants and 18students trainers.

The athletic training staff is surrounded by many qualified and gen-erous team doctors who are available to the many student-athletes at theUniversity of Memphis.

Dr. Barney Freeman, Dr. Fred Azar, Dr. Jeffrey Dlabach and Dr.Barry Phillips of The Campbell Clinic are directly responsible for the ortho-pedic needs of the Tiger football team, while Dr. Thomas Meriwether andDr. Arthur Franklin serve as the team physicians. Dr. Allen Sills serves asthe team's neurosurgeon.

Tiger athletes are fortunate to have the two largest privately ownedhospital systems in the world located in Memphis. Baptist Hospital andMethodist Hospital offer the finest in healthcare to area residents andhandle the care of Memphis athletes.

The athletic training staff is one support group that the athleticteams cannot do without. They are responsible for staffing all practicesand games as well as handling the day-to-day rehabilitation of injured orpost-surgery student-athletes.

The goal of the sports medicine department is not only to care forinjuries, but to assist the athletes in preventing the injuries from occur-ring.

Dr. Allen SillsNeurosurgeon

Dr. Jeffrey DlabachOrthopedic Surgeon

Dr. Barry PhillipsOrthopedic Surgeon

Strength &. Conditioning The Tiger Strength and Conditioning fa-cility located next to the newly remodeled in-door turf room in the south campus' Billy J.Murphy Athletic Complex, opened in January1993 and serves each of the University's in-tercollegiate sports programs.

The 7,000-square foot varsity weight-room is equipped with rugged, versatile hard-ware such that groups of up to 70 student-athletes can train concurrently with optimaleffectiveness and efficiency.

Workouts are designed and supervisedby one of the Strength and Conditioning staff'scertified specialists, and each student-athlete's individual progress is projected viacomputerized database. The Tiger Power phi-losophy couples functional, multi-joint move-ments with fundamental principles: exercisetechniques are simplified and performed onan alternating heavy/explosive basis in orderto maximize training effects while minimizingteaching and training time (as well as fatique).Performance based fitness and work qualityare the bottom line objectives.

The weightroom's equipment upgradeplan reflects this philosophy and includes: 10self-contained Olympic platforms and powerracks; a plyometric/medicine ball area; a com-plete dumbbell line; and a variety of hip sleds,gluteham stations, cable stations and othersupplemental pieces allowing student-athletesto perform an unlimited variety of exercisesand movements. The modern and spaciousfacility is also equipped with dressing/restrooms; is naturally illuminated; and is main-tained at a constant 70-74 degrees.

In planning the long range Tiger Powerprograms, student-athletes are assigned torespective developmental levels based on in-dividual ability and training history. For ex-ample, newcomers begin with an extensivevolume of "foundational" or generalized move-ments; and progress toward more intensiveand specialized exercises with each succes-sive phase.

The actual workout menu may remainfairly constant over a student-athlete's fouror five year sport career, however broadvariations in workload combine the program'ssimplicity with a measure of sophistication.

Mike Stark, who lettered for the Tigers for three years under formerhead coach Billy J. Murphy during the late 1960s and early 1970s, hasreturned to the University has the head strength and conditioning coach.Stark is entering his fifth year with the Tiger athletic department.

A native Memphian, Stark came to The U of M after serving as defen-sive coordinator and head strength coach at Cordova High School fortwo years (1998-99). In addition, he worked as the head wrestling coachfor the Wolfpack.

Prior to joining the staff at Cordova High, Stark spent 10 years as thedefensive coordinator and strength coach at Bartiett High School in Mem-phis. During his tenure at Bartiett, the Panthers posted a 87-39 record,

MIKE STARK made seven appearances in the state playoffs and reached theDirector quarterfinals four times. As the strength coach, his teams won eight City

Weightlifting Championships and three Tennessee Weightlifting Champi-onships.

Stark began his coaching and strength career at Trezevant High School in Memphis. From1983-89 the Bears posted a 42-8 record, made the state playoffs three times and won a statechampionship.

A 1972 graduate of The University of Memphis (then Memphis State University), Stark playedfootball for the Tigers for four years serving as an offensive lineman. He was selected to the All-MVC Freshman Team in 1968 and received All-Missouri Valley Conference honors for the nextthree seasons. Stark received All-Midlands honors as a junior and senior and was named All-American by Associated Press, UPI and Kickoff Magazine as a senior. He received his master'sdegree in education from the U of M in 1982.

Lee Yerty begins his sixth season as a full-time assistant strength andconditioning coach.

Yerty, who works with all sports under the director of strength and condi-tioning, had served one year as an administrative assistant for women's athlet-ics before he was appointed to his new position.

A 1986 graduate of Washington State, Yerty served as the assistantstrength coach at Washington State from 1985-90 before acccepting the job ofmarketing director at Eastern Washington in 1991. Yerty was elevated to as-sistant athetic director in 1993 before becoming the recruiting coordinator forvolleyball in 1995.

Yerty is the husband of Carrie Yerty, Memphis' head volleyball coach.They have two sons, Weslee (6) and Jace (2). LEE YERTY

Assistant

life Program

Trece Hayslett is in her fourth year as the coordinator of theLife Skills program at The U of M.

A former standout on the Lady Tiger track team from 1989-92, Hayslett is no stranger to Tiger athletics. She is truly anambassador for the student-athletes at the university, and isintent on making their collegiate experience with Tiger Athletics apositive one.

As the Life Skills coordinator, Hayslett is responsible forscheduling workshops and speakers as well as creating theLife Skills program which she has named Tiger POWER. She is

TRECE HAYSLETT also instrumental in organizing community events for the stu-Director dent-athletes as well as implementing a mandatory drug educa-

tion program for the athletes. She has also created a mentoringprogram and has established internships for women and minorities.

Prior to her administrative role at The U of M, Hayslett was an assistant track coach atTexas Tech from 1997-99 and at Tulane from 1996-97. Hayslett graduated from Mem-phis with a bachelor's degree in education, and is currently working on her master'sdegree.

Hayslett served as assistant tournament manager for the 2003 Conference USAWomen's Basketball Tournament hosted by Memphis, and also served as the tournamentdirector of the 2003 Men's Soccer Championship to be hosted at the Mike Rose SoccerComplex in 2004.

Memphis student-athletes join"Habitat-for-Humanity" to buildhomes for those less fortunate(upper left) and help gather A-Can-From-Every-Fan during aTiger football game to generatefood for the Salvation Army(lower left).

One of the newer programs benefiting stu-dent-athletes at the University of Memphis isthe Life Skills program which is under the di-rection of former Tiger track athlete TreceHayslett.

The Life Skills program assists the student-athlete in areas pertaining to social skills, re-sume writing and job interviews, communityrelations, campus life and peer pressure.

The Student-Athlete Committee, a student-advisory board for the Life Skills Program, hassponsored a wide variety of events such as astudent-athlete picnic to open the school year,and community involvement projects like work-ing with Habitat for Humanity, Toys for TigerTots, Feed the Needy and many more.

The basic concept behind the Life Skillsprogram is what director Trece Hayslett hastermed Tiger P.O.W.E.R., which stands forPreparing and Organizing Winners with Edu-cational Resources. The program is a totaldevelopment plan for student-athletes whichaims at bridging the gap from the collegiatesetting to the business world. With thisprogam, Hayslett hopes to prepare the athletesto make meaningful contributions to the Mem-phis community during and after their athleticcareers at the U of M.

In just three short years at the U of M,Hayslett has established a strong programwhich features workshops in drug education,anti-hazing, business etiquette, personal fi-nance and study skills to name a few. Shehas also created partnerships with the follow-ing local organizations: The Memphis Redbirds,The Memphis Urban League, Habitat for Hu-manity, 100 Black Men of Memphis, SerenityRecovery Centers and the South Memphis Al-liance.

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Tiger volleyball player HeatherWatts was one of a number of Tigersoccer, volleyball, baseball andtennis players who helpedMemphis area food banks atThanksgiving time in 2003,

TraditionsWHY TIGERS?

When the University of Memphis firstfielded a football team in the fall of 1912, noone had selected a nickname for the squad.

Early references to the football team,tabbed them only as the Blue and Gray War-riors of West Tennessee Normal School.

After the final game of the 1914 season,there was a student parade. During thisevent, several Normal students shouted, "Wefight like Tigers". The nickname was born.

More and more the nickname "Tigers"was used, particularly in campus publica-tions. But it did not catch on with the newspa-pers downtown. They continued to use"Normals" or the "Blue and Gray" when refer-ring to the University.

Under coach Lester Barnard in 1922,Normal's football team gave a ring of truth tothat old student yell about Tigers. The teamadopted a motto - "Every Man A Tiger" andwent on to score 174 points while allowingtheir opponents just 29 points.

In the late 1920s, student publicationsand downtown newspapers began referringto the football team as the "Teachers" or "Tu-tors". The Tiger nickname would return. Butnot until 1939 was it finally adopted as theofficial nickname for the University of Mem-phis.

A BENGAL FOR AMASCOT

For over 30 years, the sideline mascotfor the University of Memphis athletics hasbeen the Bengal Tiger. TOM II, the name of thecurrent mascot, puts in personal appearancesat all Tiger football games, as well as numer-ous basketball games. TOM II has also beenseen at Tiger baseball, soccer and women'sbasketball games.

The first tiger, purchased by the HighlandHundred (football booster group) in 1972, livedfor 20 years and was housed at the MemphisZoo. TOM died in February of 1992.

The story of how the first Tiger cub ar-rived in Memphis is quite interesting. On No-vember 9, 1972, the baby tiger was placed ina dog kennel in Michigan City, IN, and flownto Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.There it was placed aboard a Delta flight andarrived in Memphis at 3:00 AM. C. ClevelandDrennon, an attorney and president of theHighland Hundred, approved a check for$1,500 to buy the animal, and TOM was takento athletic director Billy Murphy's office for apress conference.

In ceremonies at Liberty Bowl MemorialStadium, the Highland Hundred officially pre-sented TOM to the University on November11, 1972.

The zookeeper, at the suggestion of hisdaughter, called the little tiger, Shane. Oncein Memphis, however, a contest was held to

name the mascot. More than 2,500 entriescame in to a committee chaired by JudgeHarry Pierotti. The list ran from Spook,Sampson, Goliath, Bengo, Sultan, Sahib,Big Cat, Ptah, Touchdown, Sonny, andShiloh to Bengie Wougie Bengal Boy fromTennessee.

Finally, the judges reduced the list totwo: Shane and TOM, for Tigers of Mem-phis. TOM won.

During his first few months in Mem-phis, Bill Proctor housed the tiger in his ga-rage, which was redecorated by the High-land Hundred. TOM was guarded byProctor's hound dog.

TOM II came to the University of Mem-phis in the fall of 1992 and is housed at hisnew home at Nixon Farms in Coilierville,Tenn. His new home is 3500 square feetand includes two pools, a waterfall, heatedand air conditioned den box and has sepa-rately, a complete medical facility for hiscare and upkeep. The young tiger is nearly500 pounds and is expected to be as largeor larger than his predecessor, TOM, whowas once the largest Bengal Tiger in cap-tivity at 550 pounds. There is even a birth-

ALMA

Stand Firm, O Alma MaterThrough All The Years To Come;

In Days Of Youth And BeautyThy Halls Have Been Our Home.

In Time Of PreparationGreat Lessons Didst Thou Teach

Till Now O Alma Mater,The Stars We'll Strive To Reach.

Lead On, O Alma MaterThey Sons To Highways,

Give Light And Truth Unto ThemFor All Their Coming Days.

To Thee We'll Give All Honor,Our Hopes Abide In Thee,For Thou, O Alma Mater,

Hast Made Us Ever Free.

day party for TOMseason.

prior to each foe

SCHOOL COLORSThe University of Memphis' of

school colors of Royal Blue and Grayselected in the early 1900s.

The colors were chosen in an eff<show unity in a nation that was still recing from the effects of the Civil War. Trudent body thought that by picking the cof the North and the South, the school vshow a togetherness among all studc

THE LOGOThe University of Memphis' of

logo was redesigned by Craig Th<son, from Disciple Design in MemTenn.

The original logo was an MSU wleaping tiger coming out from behimletters. The new logo is an "M" with aing tiger coming up over the center c"M". '

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Go Tigers Go, Go On To Victory,Be A Winner Thru And Thru;

Fight Tigers, Fight Cause We'reGoing All The Way --

Fight, FightFor The Blue And Gray And Say -

Let's Go Tigers Go,Go On To Victory.

See Our Colors Bright And True;It's Fight Now Without A Fear,

Fight Now Let's Shout A Cheer,Shout For Dear Memphis U.

(Yell)Go Tigers GoGo Tigers Go

Yea - Tiger Go!

7 fie Roanc fiElma Roane is a name synonymous with University ofMemphis Women's Athletics. A former Tiger student-athlete, she went on to serve as a volleyball, basketballand golf coach at then-Memphis State, also serving asa professor in the HMSE Department, She was the firstfemale to be inducted into the M-Club Hall of Fame in1980.

The Elma Roane Fieldhouse now has over 900Chairback Seats with the addition of chairbacksalong both sidelines over the summer of 2003.

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Team bus parking is the furthestright lane as you enter the parkinggarage. The gates will automati-cally open for buses. Vans willneed to push the intercom button.Buses are asked to please notleave engines running as youpark next to the building. The busexit is under the parking structureand exits onto Walker Avenue.

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