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® SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY VOLLEYBALL 2015 shipraiders.com Table of Contents SHIPPENSBURG QUICK FACTS ABOUT SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY Quick Facts/PSAC .................. 2 About the University ............... 3 Official Name of University: Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania General Information Academics & Athletics ............ 4 Member: The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education • Founded in 1871 as the Cumber- Academic Support Services ..... 5 Location and Zip Code: Shippensburg, Pa. 17257 President: Dr. G.F. “Jody” Harpster land Valley State Normal School Athletic Administration .......... 6 • Comprehensive regional Overall Enrollment: 7,400 Coaching Staff ......................7-8 public university Founded: 1871 Roster ...................................... 9 • Member of Pennsylvania’s State Colors: Red and Blue Player Profiles ...................12-26 System of Higher Education Nickname: Raiders • Located on 200 acres in south 2014 Season Review .............. 27 Conference: Pennsylvania State Athletic central Pennsylvania 2014 Stats & Results ........28-29 Other Affiliations: NCAA Division II Enrollment Honors & Awards ................. 30 Athletic Director: Jeff Michaels • 1,000/1,000 Club................... 31 Athletic Department Phone: (717) 477-1711 7,400 total undergraduate Career Records ...................... 32 Head Coach: Leanne Piscotty and graduate students • 49% women and 51% men Match & Season Highs ......... 33 Coach’s Office: (717) 477-1322 • 37% of our students live on campus Season-by-Season Home Arena: Heiges Field House • 94% of our students are from Coaching Records ................. 34 Sports Information Director: Bill Morgal Pennsylvania History .................................. 35 Office Phone 717-477-1206 Faculty Schedule ..................Back Cover E-mail [email protected] Fax 717-477-1253 • Student-faculty ratio: 19:1 and each Mailing Address: Sports Information Office student has a faculty advisor Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, in compliance with 1871 Old Main Drive (OM 304) • 99% of the 325 full-time federal and state laws and university policy, is committed to Shippensburg, Pa. 17257 instructional faculty members human understanding and provides equal educational, em- ployment, and economic opportunities for all persons without Website www.shipraiders.com hold a doctorate or other regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, disability, terminal degree in their field veteran status, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity. Direct requests for disability accommodations and other inquiries to the • Our faculty’s main focus is Office of Disability Services, Horton Hall 120, Shippensburg teaching. All classes are taught by University, 1871 Old Main Drive, Shippensburg, PA 17257- Photos by Bill Smith: Photos can be accessed online. Go to www.shipraiders.com and click Photo Store. faculty, not graduate assistants 2299, 717-477-1329, [email protected]. Accreditations • AACSB International • Study abroad opportunities • Intramural sports: ABOUT THE PSAC Highly competitive on a regional • ABET (Computer Science) are available in dozens of Basketball, soccer, softball, street and national level, PSAC schools • Accrediting Council on Education countries. Find out more at hockey, Ultimate Frisbee, volleyball annually combine to send in Journalism and Mass www.ship.edu/international • Sports facilities include: outdoor Originating in 1951 to administer and promote men’s nearly one-third of its teams into Communication (ACEJMC) • Internships, hands-on labs, athletics, the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference has NCAA postseason play. Ulti- tennis courts, indoor and outdoor graduate assistantships and more, evolved into one of the NCAA’s most heralded intercol- mately, the membership’s success • American Chemical Society track, two indoor swimming legiate conferences. has yielded 50 NCAA team and • Council for the Accreditation SU helps you create opportunities pools, squash and handball for real-life experiences. The first major step came in 1977, when based on a grow- 273 individual title winners. of Counseling and Related courts, a rehabilitation center, ing interest, the league reorganized to provide a structure Educational Programs • Find a job or focus on a career outdoor sand volleyball courts. While proud of its athletic accomplish- ShipRec Center for its women’s programs. Only three years later, lacking a • Academy of Criminal Justice (ACS) with the help of Career and • features an ments, the league also has evolved into one of Division Community Engagement Center standard competitive division, the league voted to reclassify II’s finest from an academic standpoint. In 2014-15 a new • Council on Social Work 8,000-square-foot fitness center, the entire conference to NCAA Division II. and alumni career services. with 35 cardio machines with benchmark was established as 2,692 of the league’s student- Education (CSWE) TVs, Among its recent enhancements the PSAC expanded its athletes were honored as “Scholar-Athletes” for maintaining • International Association Athletics an elevated running track, racquetball courts, and full-time membership twice during a five-year span. The a grade-point average of 3.25 or better. The 38% figure of Counseling Services Member of the Pennsylvania State marked the fifth straight year with over one-third of the • four multi-purpose courts. first occurred during the 2008-09 academic year with the • Middle States Commission Athletic Conference and NCAA addition of full-time members Gannon and Mercyhurst league’s student-athletes accomplishing that feat and the to- on Higher Education • 12-acre student recreation center tal represents a number that is four times higher since PSAC Division II. includes: hockey rink; sand Universities. Then, in the summer of 2013, Seton Hill • National Council for Accreditation University and the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Scholar-Athletes were first recognized in the mid-1990s. • Intercollegiate sports: volleyball courts; basketball courts; of Teacher Education joined the league as full-time members. Men: baseball, basketball, fields for football, softball, lacrosse, Although all 18 current institutions are members of Division Academic Programs Long-known as the NCAA’s largest one-state conference, II, five league schools also compete at the Division I level cross-country, football, soccer, and rugby; exercise trail for the PSAC now consists of 18 institutions located within in select sports. PSAC schools enroll over 125,000 students and Opportunities swimming, indoor and outdoor rollerblading, biking, and jogging the Commonwealth, making the PSAC the largest NCAA and claim approximately 755,000 alumni, including over track and field, wrestling. conference regardless of state borders or classifying divi- 550,000 who reside in Pennsylvania. • 100 undergraduate programs and Women: basketball, cross 68 graduate programs sion. The league is also distinguished as one of the largest The PSAC is governed by the presidents of the 18 member country, field hockey, lacrosse, football-playing conferences in the NCAA, and, with 23, institutions. It employs a commissioner, two associate • 3 colleges: Arts and Sciences, soccer, softball, swimming, indoor and outdoor the PSAC sponsors the second-most championships in commissioners, and a director of communications at its Business, and Education and tennis, Division II. headquarters in Lock Haven, Pa. Human Services; plus a Office track and field, volleyball. of Undeclared Students. 2 Shippensburg University Women’s Volleyball 3 ACADEMICS & ATHLETICS ACADEMIC SUPPORT SERVICES FOR STUDENT ATHLETES Shippensburg University shapes its ath- Shippensburg University established the Office of Academic Support Services for Student-Athletes to letic program to fit within the overall aca- provide the best possible resources for enhancing the academic experiences of student-athletes. Through demic goals of the university—maintaining a the coordinator, a variety of academic assistance services are available, including academic advising support, balance between athletics and academics. academic progress monitoring, academic counseling and referral, and assisting graduating student-athletes in researching and pursuing employment and/or opportunities for graduate education. Since 1984, the university’s Office of Institutional Research has monitored the The Office of Academic Support Services for Student-Athletes has strong links with the Learning Center progress of our athletes in the classroom. The and other campus-wide programs to support the academic well being of student-athletes. original study found that SU was ahead of All student-athletes have the opportunity to participate in the NCAA Student Athletic Affairs. This pro- many institutions in meeting the standards gram is committed to promoting excellence in academics, athletics, career and personal development, and of Propositions 48 and 64—two NCAA community service. In addition, all incoming first-year student-athletes have the opportunity to voluntarily resolutions designed to set minimum educa- participate in the PACES program. PACES (Personal, Academic, and Career Exploration Seminar) is open tional levels in collegiate athletes. to all incoming undeclared first-year student-athletes who want to gain greater insight into campus majors, Proposition 64 of the NCAA established a possible careers paths, campus resources, technology, scheduling concerns, and wellness issues. minimum score of 700 in the SAT and a 2.0