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CALIFORNIA Golden Bears 2009 CALIFORNIA SOFTBALL TABLE OF CONTENTS This is Cal Softball ..............................IFC 2008 Honors .........................................35 California Quick Facts ............................ 1 2008 Final Statistics ............................. 36 Winning is a Cal Tradition ....................2-3 2008 Final Results ................................37 University of California.........................4-5 Cal Camps ............................................38 The Bay Area .......................................6-7 California All-Time No-Hitters ............... 39 California Academic Achievement .......... 8 Golden Bears in the Olympics California Strength and Conditioning ......9 and Pros.......................................40-41 California Sports Medicine.................... 10 California Honors and Awards .........42-43 California Notable Alumni ..................... 11 California Single Season Records ...44-45 The California Softball Experience .......12 California Career Records ...............46-47 2009 California Softball Roster .............13 California Team Records .................48-49 2009 Season Outlook ......................14-15 Individual Year-by-Year Leaders ......50-51 Head Coach Diane Ninemire ...........16-17 California All-Time Assistant Coaches ................................18 Postseason Results .....................52-53 Support Staff ......................................... 19 California All-Time Roster .....................54 2009 Player Profi les ........................20-31 California Year-by-Year Results .......55-62 All-time Opponent Series Records .......32 The Pac-10 Conference ...................... 63 Easton Ad ............................................. 33 Cal and the Special Olympics............... 64 2008 Season in Review ........................34 2009 California Broadcast Roster....... IBC 2009 CALIFORNIA SOFTBALL QUICK FACTS Location: .....................................................................................................Berkeley, Calif. Nickname: .....................................................................................................Golden Bears Colors: ........................................................................................Blue (282) and Gold (116) Enrollment: ...............................................................................................................34,953 CREDITS Founded: .....................................................................................................................1868 The 2009 edition of the California Conference:......................................................................................................... Pacifi c-10 Softball Magazine/Media Guide was Home Venue: ...............................................................................Levine-Fricke Field (500) written and edited by the Cal media Chancellor: ..........................................................................................Robert J. Birgeneau relations department. Layout and graphic Director of Athletics: ..................................................................................Sandy Barbour design by John Dunbar, publications Softball Administrator: .......................................................................................Foti Mellis director and Evan Kerr, publications 2008 Record: ..............................................................................................................43-27 pssistant. Photographs by Kelley Cox, 2008 Pac-10: ...........................................................................................................7-14/5th John Todd, Michael Pimentel, John 2008 NCAA Postseason: .................................................................Fresno Regional (3-1) Dunbar and Evan Kerr, USA Softball, Gainesville Super Regional (0-2) National Pro Fastpitch League, among 2008 Final Rank: .......................................................................................................14/16 others. Starters Returning/Lost: .................................................................6 (plus two pitchers)/3 Copies of this guide may be obtained Letterwinners Returning/Lost: ................................................................................... 11/5 for $5 by writing or calling the California Newcomers: ......................................................................................................................7 Media Relations Office, 355 Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, CA 94720 (510-642- SOFTBALL STAFF 5363). Make checks payable to U.C. Head Coach:...................................Diane Ninemire (22nd season, Nebraska-Omaha ‘80) Regents. Media Guides may also be Cal/Career Record: ..........................................................932-457 (entering 2009 season) purchased at any Cal home game. Assistant Coach: ....................................John Reeves (16th season, San Jose State ‘80) Assistant Coach: ..................................Tammy Lohmann (4th season, Arizona State ‘97) Softball Offi ce Phone: ............................................................................... (510) 643-9101 WE ARE Softball Fax: ................................................................................................(510) 643-1116 CALIFORNIA Mailing Address: ..............................304 Strawberry Canyon Center, Berkeley, CA 94720 When referring to any California athletic team, please use either MEDIA RELATIONS “California” or “Cal” to denote the Softball SID: ............................................................................................... Chris DeConna institution and “Golden Bears” or Offi ce Phone: ............................................................................................. (510) 643-4724 “Bears” when indicating the mascot. Cell Phone: ................................................................................................. (310) 918-6601 Refrain from using such names as E-mail:............................................................................................ [email protected] UC Berkeley, California-Berkeley, Cal- Web Site: ...................................................................................................... CalBears.com Berkeley, Cal State Berkeley. Mailing Address: ...............................................349 Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, Calif. 94720 2009 CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS Softball Media Guide 1 CALIFORNIA Golden Bears 22 2009 CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS Softball Media Guide CALIFORNIA Golden Bears 2009 CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS Softball Media Guide 33 CALIFORNIA Golden Bears THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SIMPLY THE BEST here is no other way to aptly describe America’s top public university. There is no T other way to describe one of the elite aca- demic settings in the world – especially one that also includes one of America’s most successful athletic departments. The University of California blends the best of all worlds. Overlooking the scenic San Francisco Bay and ranked as the nation’s top public university by the U.S. News and World Report, the fl agship cam- pus of the state of California also features an athletic program that annually fi nishes among the leaders in the Directors’ Cup standings, which rates the overall success of America’s athletic departments. Cal attracts what many believe to be the fi nest appli- cant pool in the United States. The university features a diverse student-body population. The University of California offers 300 degree programs, and 35 of the school’s 36 graduate programs are ranked among America’s top 10. Cal’s 35 programs among the top 10 is No. 1 among all universities in the country, as is its 32 “distinguished” programs, as rated by the National Research Council. The library is ranked third in the country, as judged by the Association of Research Libraries with 10 mil- lion volumes in 32 campus libraries. The faculty features seven Nobel Laureates, 130 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 28 MacArthur Fellows, 76 Fulbright Scholars, four Pu- litzer Prize winners and more Guggenheim Fellows (357) than any other university in America. 4 2009 CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS Softball Media Guide 4 CALIFORNIA Golden Bears AMERICA’S NO. 1 PUBLIC UNIVERSITY BY THE NUMBERS Universities With Highest Universities With The In the 2004 survey Number of Top 10 Highest Number of conducted by The 1Graduate Programs 1“Distinguished Programs” 1Association of Research 1. CALIFORNIA 1. CALIFORNIA ............. 32 Libraries, California’s 2. Stanford 2. Stanford ......................28 library was ranked No. 1 3. Harvard 3. Harvard .......................25 among public schools and 4. Princeton 4. Princeton .................... 24 third overall, behind only 5. MIT 5. MIT ............................. 20 Harvard and Yale. TOP PUBLIC Nobel Laureates UNIVERSITIES 20 current and former 20 faculty members 3000 1. CALIFORNIA 2. Virginia ServiceService 3. UCLA Student-to-Faculty Ratio The University of California is the 4. Michigan 15-1 only school in the country to have 5. North Carolina produced more than 3,000 vol- Source: U.S. News and Degree Programs unteers since the inception of the World Report 351 Peace Corps in 1961. 5 2009 CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS Softball Media Guide 55 CALIFORNIA Golden Bears BERKELEY AND THE BAY AREA he San Francisco Bay Area is a ma- T jor metropoli- tan area of approximate- ly six million people and one of the most scenic re- BBERKELEYERKELEY gions in