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TTABLEABLE OOFF CCONTENTSONTENTS PPEPPERDINEEPPERDINE HHISTORYISTORY Pepperdine History ........................................... 3 Pepperdine began sponsoring women’s basketball during the 1975-76 season and Year-by-Year Records ...................................... 4 has now fi elded a team for 43 years in Malibu. The Waves have enjoyed 13 postseason Postseason Results .......................................5-6 trips and 11 20-win seasons over the years. Honors & Awards ...........................................7-8 The Waves made their fi rst-ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 2000 with an Records and Annual Statistics/Leaders .......9-23 at-large bid, then captured the WCC Tournament title and subsequent NCAA appearances All-Time Roster ..........................................24-27 in 2002, 2003 and 2006. Waves in the WNBA/Olympics ....................... 28 In addition to NCAA appearances, the Waves were invited to the WNIT in 1999, Game-by-Game Results ............................29-34 2001, 2004, 2010 and 2011. Records vs. Opponents .............................35-39 Firestone Fieldhouse ...................................... 40 All-time, the Waves have a record of 639-622 (.507) over the 43 years, including 22 winning seasons. QQUICKUICK FFACTSACTS Pepperdine opened the inaugural 1975-76 season under the direction of head coach Marcia Cantrell. Patty Meyers then assumed the head coaching duties the following Location ...............................Malibu, Calif. 90263 year and quickly transformed Pepperdine into one of the region’s top programs. During a Founded ................ 1937 (Malibu Campus 1972) four-year span from 1977-78 to 1980-81, Meyers led the Waves to three appearances in Enrollment .............8,000 (3,000 undergraduate) the AIAW Championships. Then, after the 1981-82 season, Pepperdine earned a berth Nickname..................................................Waves to the eight-team National Women’s Invitation Tournament in Amarillo, Texas. In seven Colors ...................................... Blue and Orange seasons, Meyers put together a record of 146-70 (.676). Conference .......................................West Coast Ron Fortner began his 10-year tenure as the Waves’ head coach prior to the Home Court .......................Firestone Fieldhouse 1983-84 campaign, and guided the program from NCAA Division I independent status to capacity ................................................. 3,104 membership in the WCC in 1985-86. Fortner markedly improved Pepperdine’s schedule opened ................................................... 1973 and developed a number of outstanding players, including All-American Maureen Formico, President ............................... Andrew K. Benton the school’s all-time leading scorer. Athletic Director .......................... Dr. Steve Potts In June of 1993, Mark Trakh of nearby Brea Athletic Department phone .........(310) 506-4150 Olinda High School in Orange County was hired to Ticket Offi ce phone ...................(866) WAVE-TIX direct the program. Under his guidance, the Waves posted six straight 20-win seasons from 1998- WWOMEN’SOMEN’S BBASKETBALLASKETBALL 2003. A program fi rst came in 1999 when his team tied for the WCC regular-season title. The Waves Head Coach....DeLisha Milton-Jones (2nd season) went on to win outright regular-season crowns in Pepperdine record ...........10-20 (one season) 2000, 2002 and 2003. overall record ...................10-20 (one season) e-mail [email protected] In the postseason, Trakh took the Waves to phone .....................................(310) 506-4768 second-place fi nishes at the WCC Tournament in 1999 and 2000, then won back-to-back tournament All-Time Record (entering 2018-19) ..............639-622 titles in 2002 and 2003. Trakh’s teams made six seasons ...................................................... 43 straight postseason appearances, three in the fi rst season ........................................ 1975-76 NCAAs and three in the WNIT. All-Time WCC Record (entering 2018-19) .... 230-252 Prior to the 2004-05 season, Julie seasons ...................................................... 33 Rousseau was handed the coaching reins. She fi rst season ........................................ 1985-86 had previously been a head coach of the WNBA’s NCAA Championships Appearances ................ 4 Los Angeles Sparks and an assistant at Stanford. last .......................................................... 2006 In 2006, her second season, Rousseau took the DDELISHAELISHA WCC Regular-Season Championships ............ 4 Waves back to the NCAA Tournament. Despite last .......................................................... 2003 fi nishing the year with a 14-17 record, Rousseau MMILTON-JONESILTON-JONES WCC Tournament Championships ................... 3 led her team to a spectacular run at the WCC last .......................................................... 2006 Tournament, as the Waves won three games in AATHLETICTHLETIC four days, including a 71-67 victory over top-seeded Santa Clara in the championship game. In 2010, Rousseau’s Waves won 20 games for the fi rst time in her tenure, made CCOMMUNICATIONSOMMUNICATIONS the championship game of the WCC Tournament and advanced to the WNIT. Pepperdine made its second consecutive WNIT trip in 2011. Director ...........................................Roger Horne Ryan Weisenberg served as an assistant at Pepperdine for one season before offi ce phone ............................(310) 506-4455 being promoted to head coach in April 2013, and he spent four seasons in charge. e-mail [email protected] Weisenberg was followed by current head coach DeLisha Milton-Jones, who was Assistant/WBKB contact ...................Ricky Davis appointed to the post in March of 2017 after one season as an assistant with the Waves. offi ce phone ............................(310) 506-4333 She arrived at Pepperdine after an all-time great playing career in the WNBA and abroad, e-mail [email protected] having won two WNBA titles and two Olympic gold medals. She retired as a two-time Address ................24255 Pacifi c Coast Highway WNBA All-Star and with the league record for games played (499) in her 17 seasons. ........................................Malibu, Calif. 90263 Press Row ..................................(310) 456-5050 Professionally, three former Pepperdine players have been noteworthy. Rasheeda Website ..................www.PepperdineWaves.com Clark, who played for the Waves from 1999-2001 and was the 2000 WCC Player of the Facebook ....................................../WavesHoops Year, became the WCC’s fi rst player to be chosen in the WNBA Draft. Then, Jennifer Lacy ......................................... /PepperdineWaves became the fi rst WCC women’s basketball player to make a WNBA roster, as she won a Twitter .........................................@WavesHoops spot with the Phoenix Mercury in 2006. Lacy was then part of the Mercury’s 2007 WNBA .......................................@PepperdineWaves championship squad and had a successful 10-year run in the league. Miranda Ayim played Instagram....................................pepperdinewbb briefl y for the Tulsa Shock in 2011 and currently plays overseas. ........................................... pepperdinewaves In 2012, Ayim became the fi rst Pepperdine women’s basketball product to compete in the Olympics. The 2010 Division I-AAA ADA Scholar-Athlete of the Year helped her native Canada reach the quarterfi nals for the fi rst time at the London Games. She followed that up with a key role on Canada’s 2016 Olympic squad in Rio. 22018-19018-19 PPEPPERDINEEPPERDINE WOMEN’SWOMEN’S BASKETBALLBASKETBALL RECORDRECORD BOOKBOOK • 3 YYEAR-BY-YEAREAR-BY-YEAR RRECORDSECORDS OVERALL WCC WCC WCC POST- YEAR COACH W L PCT H A N W L PCT FINISH H A TOURN. SEASON 1975-76 Marcia Cantrell 2 18 .100 — — — — — — — — — — — 1976-77 Patty Meyers 12 13 .480 6-4 3-6 3-3 — — — — — — — — 1977-78 Patty Meyers 29 6 .829 10-2 12-0 7-4 — — — — — — — AIAW 1978-79 Patty Meyers 27 13 .675 14-4 6-5 7-4 — — — — — — — AIAW 1979-80 Patty Meyers 23 4 .852 12-1 7-1 4-2 — — — — — — — — 1980-81 Patty Meyers 24 10 .706 15-4 7-6 2-0 — — — — — — — AIAW 1981-82 Patty Meyers 16 13 .552 8-4 5-5 3-4 — — — — — — — WNIT 1982-83 Patty Meyers 15 11 .577 7-5 7-5 1-1 — — — — — — — — 1983-84 Ron Fortner 13 18 .419 5-7 3-6 5-5 — — — — — — — — 1984-85 Ron Fortner 10 19 .345 5-7 5-10 0-2 — — — — — — — — 1985-86 Ron Fortner 7 21 .250 2-12 3-6 2-3 5 7 .417 T-5th WCC 2-4 3-3 — — 1986-87 Ron Fortner 16 11 .593 8-5 3-4 5-2 6 6 .500 T-4th WCC 4-2 2-4 — — 1987-88 Ron Fortner 15 12 .556 10-3 3-8 2-1 8 6 .571 4th WCC 5-2 3-4 — — 1988-89 Ron Fortner 11 17 .393 5-8 4-7 2-2 6 8 .429 T-4th WCC 3-4 3-4 — — 1989-90 Ron Fortner 14 14 .500 10-6 3-8 1-0 5 9 .357 T-5th WCC 4-3 1-6 — — 1990-91 Ron Fortner 13 15 .464 9-6 3-8 1-1 6 8 .429 5th WCC 4-3 2-5 — — 1991-92 Ron Fortner 17 11 .607 12-4 4-6 1-1 9 5 .643 4th WCC 5-2 4-3 Semifi nals — 1992-93 Ron Fortner 15 15 .500 8-6 7-5 0-4 7 7 .500 3rd WCC 3-4 4-3 Semifi nals — 1993-94 Mark Trakh 14 12 .538 8-6 5-6 1-0 6 8 .429 T-5th WCC 3-4 3-4 — — 1994-95 Mark Trakh 10 16 .385 6-5 3-11 1-0 4 10 .286 T-6th WCC 3-4 1-6 Semifi nals — 1995-96 Mark Trakh 15 13 .536 8-8 6-3 1-2 7 7 .500 T-4th WCC 3-4 4-3 Semifi nals — 1996-97 Mark Trakh 15 13 .536 10-4 4-7 1-2 6 8 .429 5th WCC 4-3 2-5 Semifi nals — 1997-98 Mark Trakh 21 10 .677 10-3 9-4 2-3 10 4 .714 2nd WCC 5-2 5-2 Semifi nals — 1998-99 Mark Trakh