WOMEN’S 2009-10 University President DR. MILDRED GARCÍA Mildred García, Ed.D., Professional Studies and serving as Assistant Vice President is the seventh president of of Academic Affairs (1988-1996). She has also held the post State University, of Dean of Students at Hostos Community College of City DOMINGUEZ HILLS Dominguez Hills and the University of New York (1979-1986). eleventh female president— An educator foremost, President García’s research has

Y the 1st Latina president—in concentrated on equity in higher education and its impact R the California State University on policy and practice. She has written extensively and is

ISTO system. a much sought-after speaker at national and international H With a strong conferences. Among the books she has authored are Succeeding

ALL commitment to equitable in an Academic Career, which focuses on how faculty of color B access in higher education can succeed in higher education; Assessing Campus Diversity for all and with more than Initiatives (co-published); and Transforming the 1st Year of College

BASKET three decades of teaching for Students of Color (with Laura I. Redón and Dawn Person). and administrative experience, Dr. García took the helm as Most recently, she was a keynote speaker at the Association President on August 1, 2007 and is poised to lead the highly of American Colleges and Universities’ Annual Conference,

W diverse faculty, staff and student body at CSU Dominguez and presented at the American Council on Education’s 3rd Hills. An urban university located in the South Bay area of Los Summit for Women of Color Administrators in Higher Angeles County, CSU Dominguez Hills offers 45 baccalaureate Education. She was panel moderator for “Connecting degrees and 21 master’s degrees. Enrollment exceeds 12,000 Higher Education to Industry and Marketplace Needs” at students, of which about 2,000 enroll via distance education the International Economic Development Council (IEDC)

2008-09 REVIE opportunities. The student population is among the most Annual Conference and delivered the keynote address at ethnically and culturally rich in the nation. President García the University of San Diego, Community College Leadership brings with her a commitment to multicultural alliances Development Initiatives Summer Academy. and believes that these coalitions strengthen not only an President García is an active member of the American individual’s self-development and opportunities, but also Council of Education where she serves on its Board of strengthen institutions and communities. Directors. She also serves on the Editorial Advisory Board President García came to Dominguez Hills after serving of Peer Review, Association of American Colleges and PPONENTS

O from 2001 to 2007 as president of Berkeley College in New Universities; on the Advisory Board for Hispanic Outlook York and New Jersey, where she championed the cause of in Higher Education, on the Board of Trustees of the access with success—the obligation to make the attainment Caucus Educational Corporation; on the Board of Trustees

2009-10 of a college degree a realistic goal for all who strive to succeed. of Caribbean University, Puerto Rico; and as founding Under her leadership, the college began offering full academic board member of the National Council for Educational programs in an online format. Over 14 bachelor’s and 14 Partnerships. associate’s degrees were approved, including Criminal Justice, President García received a Doctor of Education as well EAM

T International Business, Fashion Marketing and Management, as a Master of Arts in higher education administration from Health Information Management and Human Resources. The Teachers College, Columbia University; an M.A. in business college also made a number of capital improvements during education/higher education from New York University; her tenure, including the construction of new facilities as well a B.S. in business education from Bernard Baruch College

HE 2009-10 as the modernization and renovation of existing facilities. of City University of New York (CUNY); and an A.A.S. in T Prior to Berkeley, she was at Arizona State University legal secretarial sciences in business from New York City (1997-2001), holding a variety of positions there, including Community College of CUNY. Vice Provost for Academic Personnel, Associate Vice Provost ALL

B for Academic Affairs, Associate Director of the Hispanic Research Center at Arizona State University, and Tenured Professor in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Department. From 1986 to 1996 she was at Montclair State University, starting out as Executive Assistant to the Vice President of Academic Affairs before joining the faculty in the School of WOMEN’S BASKET

48 CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, DOMINGUEZ HILLS WWW.GOTOROS.COM WOMEN’S BASKET Cal State Dominguez Hills THE UNIVERSITY Through these programs, CSUDH offers 45 majors and Located in Carson, just 13 miles south from LAX and 51 minors, 26 Certificate Programs, 22 Graduate Degree minutes from the South Bay beaches, California State Programs and 10 Credential Programs that serve an average University, Dominguez Hills sits on a 346-acre campus that 12,000 students per semester while boasting an exceptional B shares space with the Home Depot Center, home to MLS 21:1 student-to-faculty ratio. ALL

Opportunities to study abroad are available in seventeen countries including Chile, Japana, England, Mexico, Peru and T

France to name a few. HE 2009-10

DISTANCE LEARNING CSUDH also is a nationwide leader in distance learning programs, which have been featured on National Public T

Radio’s “Morning Edition” and NBC-TV’s “Homepage.” Other EAM off-campus programs that have made CSUDH the vibrant institution it has become are the statewide nursing program, the master’s of humanities and an online MBA program. 2009-10 HOUSING soccer teams the L.A. Galaxy and Chivas USA. Cal State Dominguez Hills holds a unique

The University boasts an environment that provides opportunity for students by offering on-campus housing. O a distinct advantage for its students by embracing the It’s a convenient, safe and cost-effective resource to PPONENTS surrounding community. enhance the time spent CSUDH’s diverse at school. In contrast to demographics are shown the traditional residence through every possible halls or dormitories, dimension: cultural, University Housing is ethnic, age, gender, an apartment complex religious, economic and composed of 22 separate 2008-09 REVIE intellectual. Serving two-story buildings and students locally, nationally two common buildings. and internationally, the All apartments are fully Carson campus allows furnished and facilities

students to pursue a include recreation and W higher education while meeting rooms, laundry being able to develop the skills necessary for the working facilities and a computer lab. On the complex grounds world after graduation. By creating a balance between the are basketball and courts, a weight room and a desired social atmosphere of a small campus and the cultural BASKET and academic possibilities available at a larger university, ample opportunities exist to quench the desire for intellectual B development. ALL H

EDUCATIONAL DIVERSITY ISTO Cal State Dominguez Hills embraces the diversity of its R

students by sponsoring more than 70 student organizations Y ranging from Departmental/Professional and Recreation/ Sports organizations to Cultural, Religious Service and Special

Interest groups. DOMINGUEZ HILLS

The University is divided into six distinct schools/colleges: College of Business Administration and Public Policy; College of Education; College of Extended and International Education; picnic area, with grassy knolls and an exquisite landscape College of Health and Human Services; College of Natural surrounding the buildings that create a perfect background and Behavioral Sciences; College of Arts & Humanities. for either studying or relaxing, or both.

WWW.GOTOROS.COM 49 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2009-10 CSUDH V.P. / Director of Athletics DR. SUSAN E. BORREGO Vice President for Enrollment Management & Student Affairs Dr. Susan E. Borrego was appointed Cal State Dominguez Hills’ Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs in January of 2009, after serving as the Vice President for Planning and Enrollment Management DOMINGUEZ HILLS since the summer of 2008. As the Vice President, Borrego is responsible for several areas on campus including admissions, financial aid, housing, outreach services, public safety, student development, disabled student services, student activities and Y

R intercollegiate athletics. Among her primary tasks will be to develop and implement the University’s strategic enrollment plan as well as a comprehensive retention program.

ISTO Prior to Cal State Dominguez Hills, Borrego spent three years at fellow CCAA school Cal State Monterey Bay where she served in a H similar capacity. Under her leadership, CSUMB experienced a 44 percent increase in freshmen enrollment, reversing a three year decline.

ALL Overall enrollment increased by 32 percent at the university during her time there. B Prior to working at CSUMB, Borrego served as Associated Vice Chancellor and Dean of Students at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. She previously was an Associate Dean/Director of Minority Student Affairs at the California Institute of Technology, where she

BASKET also served as executive director of CALTECH Y, a nonprofit student activities center at the university. Borrego is a scholar practitioner who has taught at the University of Southern California and University of Redlands. Her research and publications have concentrated on student learning, social class diversity, and the collaboration of academic affairs and students affairs to ensure student success. W Borrego holds a Ph.D. in education from the Claremont Graduate University. PATRICK GUILLEN Director of Athletics

2008-09 REVIE Patrick Guillen assumed his position as the Director of Intercollegiate Athletics on November 1, 2005 after serving as the Assistant Athletics Director since 2002, and has led the department to its most successful overall seasons since its inception in 1968. Guillen’s tenure at CSUDH began in August of 1995 as the Director of Athletic Media Relations after coming to the Toros program from (formerly So. California College) in Costa Mesa, CA. As the Director of Athletics, Guillen secured several new corporate partners, updated CSUDH’s corporate sponsorship with Enterprise Rent-A-Car, hired CSUDH’s new volleyball and coaches, oversaw the appointment of a new Faculty Athletics Representative, raised necessary funds for new baseball and softball bleachers, sold venue

PPONENTS advertising, centralized and updated concessions, and formulated future fundraising ideas which have substantially increased CSUDH Athletics O funding beginning in the 2006 season. Additionally, his efforts were instrumental in the annual Toros Scholarship Golf Classics, which consistently have increased their profits over the past four years under Guillen’s leadership. Guillen serves on the Board of Directors for the Boys & Girls Club of Carson, as well as on both the CCAA Administrative and CCAA

2009-10 Championship Committees. He is also an active member of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and the NCAA Division II Athletic Directors Association, was named an NCAA Regional Advisory Committee member for women’s soccer and appointed the CCAA Sports Information liaison, and most recently was selected for a 3-year term on the Baseball West Region Committee. In 2006, Guillen began his appointments on the CSUDH WASC Sub-Committee for Civic Engagement, as well as on the University Budget

EAM Committee (UBC), which recommends budget requests and allocations to the President of the University, two committees he continues to T serve on. Guillen has been an integral part of an Athletics Department that has captured two NCAA Division II men’s soccer National Championships (including 2008), hosted the NCAA Division II Final Four women’s soccer championship, and first- and second-round NCAA Division II men’s soccer championships. In addition, Guillen initiated the negotiation process that brought the Home Depot Center to the Carson campus. HE 2009-10

T On the academic front, the overall student-athlete GPA has increased from 2.63 (04-05) to 2.67 (05-06) to 2.73 (06-07) to 2.78 (07-08) to 2.90 this past year under Guillen’s leadership, an all-time high, while 76 student-athletes made the CSUDH Athletics spring 2009 honor roll, 61 were recognized by the NCAA as part of the 22nd Annual National STUDENT-Athlete Day, and 27 Toros were named to the 2008-09 CCAA’s All-Academic list. Additionally, four of 17 total recipients were named CSUDH Presidential Scholars this past year.

ALL Beginning with his Assistant Athletics Director/Media Relations responsibilities in 2002, Guillen had been responsible for fundraising, media, B community and public relations, as well as the oversight of all home event management operations. Prior to working in intercollegiate athletics, Guillen enjoyed a successful sales and marketing career in the healthcare industry, working as the Area Marketing Manager for what was then the largest privately-owned healthcare organization in the country, Comprehensive Rehabilitation Associates, Inc. Born in nearby Torrance, Guillen’s roots are fixed in Carson, having graduated from Carson High School. He earned his undergraduate degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Management and Marketing from Vanguard University in 1987. Guillen resides in Irvine. WOMEN’S BASKET

50 CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, DOMINGUEZ HILLS WWW.GOTOROS.COM WOMEN’S BASKET Toro Athletics Staff & Head Coaches B ALL T HE 2009-10

Natalie Lockhart Tim McGuire Tiffany Edlin Dr. Mike Ernst Compliance Coordinator & Head Certified Marketing & Promotions Faculty Athletics Senior Woman Admin. Athletic Trainer Coordinator Representative T EAM 2009-10 O PPONENTS

Jennifer Smoyak Max Ward Valerie Long Certified Assistant Facilities Coordinator Academic Advisor Athletic Trainer 2008-09 REVIE W BASKET

Joe Flanagan Jeff Tuttle Scott Davenport Deann Schlobohm Warren Edmonson Head Coach Associate Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach B

Men’s & Women’s Soccer Men’s & Women’s Soccer Women’s Volleyball Women’s Cross Country Women’s Track & Field ALL H ISTO R Y DOMINGUEZ HILLS

Van Girard Damaine Powell Jim Maier Murphy Su’a Dr. John Johnson Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Head Coach Women’s Basketball Men’s Basketball Softball Baseball Men’s Golf

WWW.GOTOROS.COM 51 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2009-10 Sports Information / Media Relations Sports Information Staff MEL MIRANDA Assistant Athletic Director/Sports Information Director DOMINGUEZ HILLS Mel begins his fourth season as the Assistant Athletics Director after being named the Sports Information Director in spring of 2006, five months after holding the position on an interim basis, and three years after beginning his CSUDH career as the Assistant SID. Y

R As the Assistant Athletics Director, Mel serves as the liaison between CSUDH and the Home Depot Center, the advisor for the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), and the sport supervisor for CSUDH’s softball

ISTO program. Additionally, he contributes towards the department’s overall marketing and special event efforts. H As the Media Relations contact, Mel handles men’s and women’s soccer, men’s basketball, softball and golf, and

ALL oversees volleyball, cross country, women’s basketball, baseball and indoor/outdoor track & field. He also pens season previews, helps B with the design and editing of all media guides, and is responsible for home game management, post-game recaps and web site content. Additionally, he was instrumental in the design and implementation of CSUDH Athletics’ new marks as well as for its new web site, www. GoToros.com.

BASKET Prior to his career in athletics, Mel worked at Virgin Records America from 1996-2002, with the last four years as a publicist. Before his stint at VRA, he began his public relations career at Atlantic Records after graduating from UCLA with a degree in English. Mel enjoys copy-editing, playing unlimited arc slow pitch softball, and dog training, and is an avid fan of the Bruins, Dodgers, Lakers and Chargers. Married to the former Malu Pangan, the southern California natives welcomed daughter Medina into their family on January 31, W 2005, and son Mathias on May 17, 2007. The Mirandas reside in Long Beach with their dog Mori. TOM WEED Assistant Sports Information Director

2008-09 REVIE Tom Weed begins his second year as the Assistant Sports Information Director after the last two seasons at fellow CCAA school Cal State Monterey Bay, where he served in a similar capacity. His day-to-day duties include being the contact person for volleyball, cross country, women’s basketball, baseball and track & field, as well as the creation and maintenance of content on www.GoToros.com, design and layout of athletics publications including media guides, game programs, brochures and fliers, and statistical recording for all Toro sports. The Lancaster native enjoys soccer, softball, baseball, golfing and Washington Huskies Athletics, and on rare

PPONENTS occasion can be seen as the man behind the mask in the Toro mascot outfit. At Bethel Christian High School, he was a three-time letter O winner in baseball and competed in city league soccer as a goalkeeper prior to transferring to CSU Monterey Bay.

Toros Online Media Outlets 2009-10 For the most up-to-date information on game results, South Bay Daily Breeze statistics and releases, and for live, audio, video & statistics, Todd Bailey, Sports Editor visit us online at: Phone: (310) 540-4201

EAM Fax: (310) 540-3067 T http://www.GoToros.com Los Angeles Times Phone: (800) 528-4637 x77151 Media Guide Credits Fax: (213) 237-7876 HE 2009-10 T The 2009-10 CSUDH Women’s Basketball Media Guide Long Beach Press-Telegram is a production of the CSUDH Sports Information Office. Phone: (562) 499-1338 Designed and edited by Tom Weed and Mel Miranda, CSUDH Fax: (562) 437-8914 Sports Information. Cover design by Teriana Loftin. ALL

B Gardena Valley News Individual, team and action photography courtesy of Keadrick Phone: (310) 329-6351 Washtington, Kirby Lee, Michael Foo and Yary Photography. Fax: (310) 329-7501 Printing by BAM Graphics (Arcadia, CA). For additional copies, send $6.00 per copy to: CSUDH Athletics, 1000 E. Associated Press Victoria Street, Carson, CA 90747. Make checks payable to Phone: (213) 626-1200 “CSUDH - Women’s Basketball.” Fax: (213) 346-0200 WOMEN’S BASKET

52 CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, DOMINGUEZ HILLS WWW.GOTOROS.COM WOMEN’S BASKET California Collegiate Athletic Association 2008-09 CCAA Champions CCAA Universities Men’s Cross Country Women’s Basketball Chico State Cal State Dominguez Hills # UC San Diego $ B

Women’s Cross Country ALL Chico State Men’s Basketball Cal State San Bernardino # Women’s Soccer CSUDH, CPP, CSUSB $ North to South: UC San Diego T

Softball Humboldt State - Lumberjacks HE 2009-10 Men’s Soccer Cal State Monterey Bay # Chico State - Wildcats Sonoma State Humboldt State $ Sonoma State - Seawolves Women’s Volleyball Baseball Cal State East Bay - Pioneers Cal State San Bernardino UC San Diego #$ *

San Francisco State - Gators T EAM Women’s Tennis Women’s Track & Field Cal State Stanislaus - Warriors UC San Diego UC San Diego Cal State Monterey Bay - Otters Men’s Golf Men’s Track & Field Sonoma State Chico State Cal Poly Pomona - Broncos

CSU San Bernardino - Coyotes 2009-10 # - Tournament Champion | $ - Regular Season Champion CSU Dominguez Hills - Toros The CCAA Cal State L.A. - Golden Eagles O

The California Collegiate Athletic Association has been the UC San Diego - Tritons PPONENTS nation’s most successful intercollegiate athletic conferences since its * Provisional Member establishment in December 1938. The 12-member league is home to some of the nation’s finest NCAA Division II athletic programs in Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State Dominguez Hills, Cal State East Bay, Cal State L.A., Cal State San Bernardino, Cal State Stanislaus, Chico State, CSU, Monterey Bay, Humboldt State, UC San Diego, San Francisco State and Sonoma

State. 2008-09 REVIE CCAA institutions compete in seven women’s and six men’s conference-sponsored sports. Fall sports include men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s soccer and women’s volleyball. Men’s and women’s basketball are contested in the winter, and women’s tennis, men’s golf, men’s and women’s outdoor track & field, softball and baseball comprise spring competition. CCAA members have won 148 NCAA Championships (100 W men, 48 women) all time, far and away the most of any Division II conference. On the men’s side, CCAA members have brought home at least 10 titles in swimming & diving (25), wrestling (16), track & field (13), tennis (11) and baseball (10). BASKET During 2008-09, CCAA captured team national championships in men’s soccer (Cal State Dominguez Hills) and men’s golf (Sonoma State). Cal Poly Pomona was national-runner up in men’s basketball and B Sports Information Directors ALL Cal State San Bernardino finished second at the NCAA Championships

in women’s volleyball and men’s golf. SID (School) E-Mail H CCAA institutions have been very successful in the history of Al Barba (CCAA) ...... [email protected] ISTO NCAA women’s athletics, having won 10 cross country, nine softball, six Mark Reinhiller (CPP) ...... [email protected] track & field, five volleyball and five basketball national championships R as well as 13 more in four other sports. Marty Valdez (CSUEB) ...... [email protected] Y The CCAA has undergone several changes in conference Paul Helms (CSULA) ...... [email protected] membership since charter members UC Santa Barbara, Fresno State, Mindy Mills (CSUMB) ...... [email protected] DOMINGUEZ HILLS San Diego State and San Jose State came together to form the league Mike Murphy (CSUSB) ...... [email protected] in 1938. Over the past 70 years, a number of institutions have been members of the CCAA, including Cal State Bakersfield, Cal State Hung Tsai (CSUS) ...... [email protected] Northridge, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Chapman, Cal State Fullerton, Luke Reid (CSUC) ...... [email protected] Long Beach State, Pacific, Pepperdine, UC Riverside, UC Davis and Dan Pambianco (HSU) ...... [email protected] Grand Canyon University. Joe Danahey (SFSU) ...... [email protected] The CCAA Commissioner’s Office relocated from southern California to the San Francisco Bay Area-suburb of Walnut Creek in Brandon Bronzan (SSU) ...... [email protected] July 1998. Robert J. Hiegert is in his 12th year as the Commissioner. Ryan Hall (UCSD) ...... [email protected]

WWW.GOTOROS.COM 53 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2009-10 Toro Traditions of Excellence Cal State Dominguez Hills is an NCAA Division II institution that competes in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). Although CSUDH is one of the younger schools in the conference, we are one of the most athletically competitive and honored schools in the CCAA, with 26 conference titles and five national championships to date.

The Athletics Department was founded in 1968 with the inception of the school’s first intercollegiate team in men’s golf, DOMINGUEZ HILLS which was founded by the Toros’ first ever Athletics Director, Dr. John Johnson. “Dr. J,” as he’s affectionately known, continues his role to this day as the head coach of the men’s golf team and currently is the oldest active coach in the NCAA

Y - a true living legend, indeed! R

ISTO In a letter dated April 1969, Chairman of the 2nd Ad Hoc Committee on College Symbols Thomas S. Bullock announced H that the CSUDH student body voted on Cardinal and Gold as the school’s colors, and a bull to replace the existing “Gypsy

ALL Dancer” as its new mascot. B

The bull, since referred to as the Toro, was derived from the “Dominguez Family history of cattle ranching,” and will also OLLEY

V “be well adapted to team symbols, etc.” Luckily for both CSUDH and our newly-adapted school mascot, the volatile nature of a bull’s temperament deterred Chairman Bullock from keeping a live example on campus. W OUR SUCCESSES 2009 NCAA D-II Women’s Soccer National Runner-Up NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008 - Men’s Soccer (NCAA) 2000 - Men’s Soccer (NCAA) EASON REVIE

S 1991 - Women’s Soccer (NCAA) 1975 - Men’s Volleyball (NAIA)

2008 1975 - Men’s Badminton (NAIA)

CCAA CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Men’s Soccer (9) 2009, 2007, 2006, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1988, 1982

Women’s Soccer (7) 2008-09 Women’s Basketball CCAA Tournament Champions PPONENTS

O 2004, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1992, 1991

Men’s Basketball (3) 2009 2008-09, 1986-87, 1980-81

Women’s Basketball (3) 2008-09, 1995-96, 1994-95

EAM Baseball (3) T 1994, 1987, 1986

Softball (2) HE 2009

T 2005, 1983 2008-09 CCAA Athletes of the Year, Kevin Gallaugher (L) & Jon Alia

CCAA ATHLETES OF THE YEAR 2008-09 - Kevin Gallaugher - Men’s Soccer

ALL 2000-01 - Juan Carlos Bolanos - Men’s Soccer B 1988-89 - Anthony Blackmon - Men’s Basketball 1986-87 - William Alexander - Men’s Basketball OLLEY V CCAA SCHOLAR-ATHLETES OF THE YEAR O

R 2008-09 - Jon Alia - Baseball O

T 1996-97 - Cherish Jordan - Women’s Soccer 1993-94 - Monica Lastrapes - Women’s Soccer 2009

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