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Wisconsin Sports Information 1440 Monroe Street Madison, WI 53711 Phone: (608) 262-1811 W I S C O N S I N Fax: (608) 262-8184 UWBadgers.com ® Contact: Diane Nordstrom 2001 Badger Volleyball [email protected] Release Date: Aug. 20, 2001 NEXT EVENT: at State Farm Volleyball UPCOMING EVENTS Classic, presented by NACWAA SITE: Stockton, Calif. WISCONSIN OPENS SEASON AT NACWAA TOURNAMENT The DATE: Friday, Aug. 24 Badgers open their 2001 season at the State Farm Volleyball Classic, presented Nebraska vs. Hawai’i, 5 p.m. PDT by NACWAA, this Friday-Saturday in Stockton, Calif. The tournament, which is the Wisconsin vs. Pacific, 7 p.m. PDT only preseason volleyball competition allowed by the NCAA, features four top-12 Saturday, Aug. 25 teams. Consolation Match, 5 p.m. PDT Fourth-ranked Wisconsin opens play on Friday when it takes on 12th-ranked Championship Match, 7 p.m. PDT Pacific at 7 p.m. PDT. No. 1 Nebraska takes on No. 5 Hawai’i in the other first- TV: ESPN2; Highlights from Friday’s matches round match at 5 p.m. PDT. The consolation match will be held on Saturday at 5 will be shown on Saturday, Aug. 25 at 9:30 p.m. p.m. PDT with the championship match at 7 p.m. PDT. The championship match will be shown Monday, Aug. 27 at 7:30 p.m. BADGERS PRACTICE TWICE A DAY Wisconsin is practicing two-a-day dur- RADIO: NA ing the preseason from 9 - 11:30 a.m. and again from 2 - 4:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday in the UW Field House. (In case of extreme heat, the team will be practicing in the Nicholas-Johnson Pavilion at the Kohl Center.) BADGERS IN STOCKTON All practices are open to media members only. Radisson Stockton Hotel 2323 Grand Canal Blvd. COACHES CORNER Stockton, CA 95207 Phone: (209) 957-9090 WISCONSIN COACH PETE WAITE In only two years, Pete Waite, 41, has become one of the most successful volleyball coaches in UW history. Waite, who QUICK FACTS is 55-14 with the Badgers, is the winningest coach in program history with a win- ning percentage of .797. He has a career record of 321-116 (.735) in 13 years. ABOUT THE BADGERS Waite came to Wisconsin from Northern Illinois where he was the all-time win- Record: . .0-0 ningest volleyball coach with an 11-year record of 266-102 (.723) including nine Big Ten Record: . .0-0 20-win seasons. Under Waite, the Huskies made four NCAA appearances, won Preseason AVCARank . .4th eight regular-season conference titles and six conference tournaments. He earned Preseason Volleyball Rank . .7th three conference coach of the year honors. Preseason Big Ten Rank . .2nd A graduate of Monona Grove (WI) High School, Waite played volleyball at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., from 1977–81, earning all-conference honors as a junior and senior, and was named team co-captain and co-MVP in 1980. BADGER STAFF Head Coach . .Pete Waite Alma Mater . .Ball State, ‘81 PACIFIC COACH JANE MCHUGH Jayne McHugh was named the head Record at Wisconsin . .55-14 (2 years) coach at Pacific in July following the resignation of John Dunning, who accepted Overall Record . .321-116 (13 years) the head coaching job at Stanford. McHugh is in her first season as a head coach Office Phone . .(608) 263-5581 at her alma mater. She served as the Tigers’ assistant coach for 12 years. Fax . .(608) 265-2524 Email . [email protected] NEBRASKA COACH JOHN COOK John Cook is in his second year as the Assistant Coaches . .Christy Johnson Huskers head coach. The former Wisconsin head coach led Nebraska to the 2000 . .Rod Wilde NCAA Championship in his first season at the helm of the program. The Huskers Administrative Assistant . .Amy Lee defeated the Badgers, 3-2, in the NCAA title match with Cook being named the AVCANational Coach of the Year. Cook is 34-0 at Nebraska and 195-73 in his ninth year as head coach. 2000 INFORMATION Record . .33-4 NCAAFinish . .2nd HAWAI’I COACH DAVE SHOJI Dave Shoji begins his 27th year at Hawai’i Big Ten Record/Finish . .18-2/1st with a 741-139-1 career record. Shoji led the Rainbow Wahine to an appearance in Final AVCARanking . .2nd the NCAA national semifinals in 2000 where they lost to Nebraska, 3-1. Starters Returning/Lost . .3/3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost . .11/4 USA TODAY/AVCA TOP 25 THE RANKINGS PRESEASON COACHES POLL WISCONSIN RANKED FOURTH, SEVENTH IN PRESEASON POLLS School (1st Place) Pts. 2000/Poll The Badgers are ranked fourth in the USA Today/AVCA Top 25 Preseason 1 Nebraska (63) 1623 34-0/1st Coaches poll released Aug. 13 and seventh in the Volleyball Magazine preseason 2 USC (2) 1472 29-3/4th poll released Aug. 14. The rankings are the highest preseason marks ever for the 3 Penn State 1374 30-6/6th Badgers in both polls. The previous bests were seventh in the AVCA poll and 12th 4 Wisconsin 1320 33-4/2nd in the Volleyball poll both in 1998. 5 Hawai'i 1261 31-2/3rd Nebraska is the overwhelming favorite to win its second consecutive NCAA title 6 Arizona 1178 28-5/5th in 2001 according to the coaches’ poll. Nebraska finished the 2000 season with a 7 UCLA 1098 25-8/7th 34-0 record. USC, which finished fourth in the 2000 poll with a 29-3 mark, received 8 Long Beach State 1091 24-8/14th two first-place votes and is ranked second. Preseason Big Ten favorite Penn State 9 Florida 1084 29-5/12th (30-6/6th in 2000) is ranked third with Wisconsin (33-4/2nd) fourth. NCAA champi- 10 Stanford 1017 19-12/19th onship participant Hawai’i (31-2/3rd) rounds out the top five. 11 BYU 989 26-7/13th Two other Big Ten schools are ranked with Minnesota (30-4/11th) in 15th and 12 Pacific 950 28-4/8th Ohio State (26-7/15th) in 16th. Michigan State and Michigan receive votes. 13 UC Santa Barbara 882 26-8/9th In the Volleyball Magazine poll, Nebraska is also picked as the preseason 14 Colorado State 866 32-5/10th favorite. Stanford (19-12 in 2000) is ranked second and Long Beach State (24-8) is 15 Minnesota 724 30-4/11th third. USC and Hawai’i round out the top five. 16 Ohio State 638 26-7/15th Wisconsin is the highest ranked Big Ten team in the Volleyball poll with Penn 17 Pepperdine 606 24-7/18th State coming in eighth. Minnesota is again picked 15th while Ohio State is ranked 18 Texas A&M 481 20-9/23rd 17th. Michigan and Michigan State receive votes. 19 Kansas State 354 22-9/16th 20 Notre Dame 278 26-7/21st Wisconsin is picked to finish 21 Utah 254 23-8/20th BADGERS PICKED SECOND IN BIG TEN second in the 2001 Big Ten Conference race according to a preseason poll of 22 Santa Clara 232 27-5/17th league coaches. 23 South Carolina 172 22-7/NR Despite winning the 2000 Big Ten title and finishing second in the NCAA 24 Loyola Marymount 155 20-9/25th Championship, the Badgers are picked to finish second in the 2001 standings 25 Georgia Tech 123 25-8/NR behind Penn State. Wisconsin won its third conference title last year with an 18-2 Others receiving points: Louisville (112), Missouri (109), conference mark. The Badgers finished the 2000 season with a 33-4 record after Colorado (108), Washington State (102), Michigan State taking Nebraska to five games in the national title match. (88), North Carolina (62), Northern Iowa (58), Utah State (33), Michigan (26), Texas Tech (20), University of San For the fifth consecutive year, Penn State stands atop the Big Ten Preseason Diego (18), South Florida (17), Tennessee (16), Arizona Coaches Poll. The Lions completed the 2000 Big Ten campaign with a 16-4 record State (15), Baylor (14), Duke (13), Arkansas (12), Florida and finished with a 30-6 overall record. Ohio State, Minnesota and Michigan State State (11), Western Michigan (9), Fairfield (8), Cal Poly (8), Northern Arizona (5), UW-Milwaukee (4), San Jose State (3) round out the top half of the preseason standings. VOLLEYBALL MAGAZINE LIVINGSTON, FITZGERALD NAMED PRESEASON ALL–BIG TEN PRESEASON POLL Seniors Sherisa Livingston (Simi Val l e y , Calif.) and Lizzy Fitzgerald (New Orleans, La . ) are unanimous selections to the 12-member preseason All–Big Ten team. School 2000 Record Reigning Big Ten Co-Player of the Year Livingston makes her third-consecutive 1 Nebraska 34-0 appearance on the preseason squad. A middle blocker, Livingston was an AVCA 2 Stanford 19-12 All-America first team honoree last year. She is the Big Ten's top returnee in kills, 3 Long Beach State 24-8 with a 5.19 kills-per-game average last year. 4 USC 29-3 Fitzgerald is a unanimous selection to her first-ever All-Big Ten Preseason 5 Hawai’i 31-2 Team. She averaged 13.76 assists per game last season en route to Wisconsin's 6 Florida 29-5 Big Ten title. She was named an AVCA National Player of the Week in addition to 7 Wisconsin 33-4 being tabbed for the All-Big Ten Team and the AVCAAll-America second team. 8 Penn State 30-6 9 Arizona 28-5 10 Brigham Young 26-7 NOTE OF THE WEEK 11 Pacific 28-4 12 Pepperdine 24-7 RULES CHANGES GO INTO EFFECT Several rules changes for volleyball 13 UCLA 25-8 will go into effect this season.