6 NCAA Championships

87 NCAA Tournament Wins 17 Final Four appearances 13 national championship matches

2008 Olympians Ogonna Nnamani and

14 conference championships 14 seasons with 30 or more wins 27 consecutive years in the NCAA Tournament

338 weeks in the USA Today/AVCA Top-10 (More times than any school in the nation)

368 total times in the USA Today/AVCA Poll (Tied for the most times of any program in the nation)

Stanford University The Nation’s Premier University

The world all at once: Limitless possibilities are at the heart of Stanford University.

Global positioning systems and gene splicing, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and The Grapes of Wrath, the football huddle and the T-formation, Yahoo! and Google—all bear the mark of a Stanford individual. At Stanford, you will find the entire universe of what humankind knows and is endeavoring to know. From your first days on campus, this universe will be yours to explore, yours to discover. Stanford will ask that intellectual curiosity be your compass, that excellence be your true north.

Along the way, you will have the guidance of extraordinary faculty mentors who are at the forefront of advancing the world’s understanding of subjects ranging from geophysics to history to bioscience to musical composition. You will also have the friendship of fellow students who will awe and inspire you as much for their humanity as for their talents. As you pursue the questions that interest you most, your mentors and friends will give you the freedom to risk temporary failure as you push yourself both intellectually and personally—along with the freedom and encouragement to pursue what you love.

Your reward will be the exhilaration of discovery—the exhilaration of true excellence.

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2008 Top 10 Rankings of Stanford’s Current National Universities Community of Scholars Includes 1. Princeton 2. Harvard • 16 Nobel laureates 3. Yale 4. Stanford • 4 Pulitzer Prize winners 5. Pennsylvania Cal Tech • 23 MacArthur Fellows 7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology • 20 recipients of the National Medal of Science 8. Duke 9. Columbia • 2 National Medal of Technology recipients University of Chicago • 239 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Top Universities in the World • 132 members of the National Academy of 1. Harvard Sciences 2. Stanford 3. Cal-Berkeley • 85 National Academy of Engineering 4. Cambridge members 5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 6. Cal Tech • 28 members of the National Academy of 7. Columbia Education 8. Princeton 9. University of Chicago • 41 American Philosophical Society members 10. Oxford • 7 Wolf Foundation Prize winners Source: 2007 Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University • 6 winners of the Koret Foundation Prize

• 3 Presidential Medal of Freedom winners 70+ Fields of study

70% Classes with fewer than 20 students

7-to-1 Student-faculty ratio

1,771 Stanford professoriate

7 Stanford schools where undergraduates can take courses

WWW.GOSTANFORD.COM • 3 Beyond Campus San Francisco Bay Area

From bustling cosmopolitan cities to quiet coastal retreats, the San Francisco Bay Area is incomparable. First-class attractions, world- class athletics, cultural diversity, remarkable skylines and breathtaking views make this the region one of the world’s most popular destinations. The Golden Gate Bridge

Stanford’s campus is located less than an hour’s drive from San Francisco to the north, just minutes from the Silicon Valley to the south and within easy reach of the breathtaking coastal cities that line the Pacific Ocean to the west.

San Francisco has been named by Conde Nast Traveler magazine as the No. 1 travel destination in the United State for 15 years in a row. Surrounded on three sides by the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, San Francisco is located on a hilly peninsula, occupying just 47 square miles of land. It is the center of the San Francisco Bay Area—the nation’s fifth largest metropolitan area with a population of more than 7.0 million—and host to an estimated 16 million visitors each year.

South of the Stanford campus are the cities of San Jose and Santa Clara, the anchors to the Silicon Valley. Computer firms and software companies can be found throughout the region, which is considered the leader Yosemite National Park among the world’s technology industry.

One of the world’s greatest stretches of coastline is located within a short drive from Stanford. To the south is the Monterey Peninsula, which includes the picturesque towns of Monterey, Carmel and Santa Cruz. The Monterey Bay Aquarium, Cannery Row and 17-Mile Drive along Pebble Beach are musts for visitors.

Further north and east of Marin County is the home to the Napa Wine Country and within a few hours drive from the Bay Area is Lake Tahoe, home to some of the finest skiing in the country and the wonders of Yosemite National Park.

The Bay Area is also home to six major professional sports franchises, including the San Francisco 49ers, Oakland Raiders, San Francisco Giants, Oakland A’s, San Jose Sharks and Golden State Warriors. Carmel Valley

AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants San Francisco Bay

4 • WWW.GOSTANFORD.COM Stanford Alumni

Jerry Yang Larry Page and Sergey Brin – Founders of Google Co-founder of Yahoo

Herbert Hoover – 31st President of the

Stanford alumni are some of the most distinguished people in the world today. Phil Knight – Founder of Sandra Day O’Connor – Sally Ride – First American Nike Supreme Court Justics Woman in Space These include leaders in government, medicine, business, law, politics, education, sports and entertainment, among other fields.

Stanford’s diverse alumni includes the founders of Nike, Yahoo!, Hewlett-Packard and Google, a U.S. President, numerous elected government officials, Supreme Court justices, actors, actresses, athletes, a former Miss America and the first American woman in space, to name a few.

Stanford alums range from the “Father of the Internet” Vincent Cerf and author John Steinbeck to Academy Award-winning Reese Witherspoon Jennifer Connelly Summer Sanders actresses Jennifer Connelly and Reese Witherspoon … or top Academy Award Winning Actress Academy Award Winning Actress Olympic Gold Medalist athletes Bob Mathias, Jim Plunkett, Tiger Woods, Summer Sanders and John McEnroe.

Companies founded by Stanford graduates include: • Cisco Systems • Cypress Semi • eBay • E*Trade • Excite • Hewlett-Packard • IDEO John Elway Jennifer Azzi • Intuit Pro Football Hall of Fame Olympic Gold Medalist • Netflix • Nike • The Learning Company • Silicon Graphics • Sun Microsystems • Tandem • Trilogy • Varian Associates • Yahoo! Ted Koppel – Network News Anchor

Mike Mussina

Tiger Woods – Professional Golfer World Series Champion WWW.GOSTANFORD.COM • 5 Home of Champions

Erica McLain Track 2007 Indoor Triple Jump National Champion

2007-08 Women’s Basketball Pac-10 Champions NCAA Tournament Finalists

2007 Women’s Cross Country Current National Champions 14 Straight NCAA Division I Directors’ Cup Awards Jason Castro Baseball 109 National 2008 College World Championships Series Participants 95 NCAA Championships 58 Men’s NCAA Championships

Julia Smit 37 Women’s NCAA Women’s Swimming Championships NCAA 400 IM Champion 405 Individual NCAA Champions

Rachel Buehler Women’s Soccer 2007 Hermann Candice Wiggins Award Semifinalist Women’s Basketball ESPN Academic 2008 Wade Trophy Winner All-American Consensus First Team All-American of the Year

Paul Kornfeld Men’s Swimming 100 and 200m NCAA Breaststroke Champion Pac-10 Swimmer of the Year

6 • www.gostanford.com Camille Gandhi Field Hockey 2007 NorPac Rookie of the Year

Alex Clayton Men’s Tennis 2008 NCAA Semifinalist Pac-10 Player and 2007 Field Hockey Newcomer of the Year NorPac Co-Champions

Rosey Neill Softball Pac-10 Co-Defensive Player of the Year

Foluke Akinradewo Women’s AVCA National Player of the Year

Tabitha Yim Women’s Gymnastics David Sender Pac-10 All-Around Champion MPSF Vault and Floor Champion

2008 Synchronized Swimming Current National Champions

2007 Women’s Volleyball Pac-10 Champions, NCAA Tournament Finalists

Dylan Carney Jess Zutz Men’s Gymnastics Field Hockey 2008 Walter Byers Award Winner 2007 NorPac Offensive Player of the Year

www.gostanford.com • 7 Maples Pavilion Home of Champions

Maples Pavilion offers one of the best environments for college volleyball. Built in 1969, Maples Pavilion has been host to several of the most memorable collegiate matches in the nation.

Maples Pavilion underwent a $26-million renovation that was completed in 2004-05, ushering in a new era of Stanford athletics that benefited both student-athletes and fans alike. Maples Pavilion serves as home for the men’s and women’s basketball teams, along with the women’s volleyball program. The men’s and women’s gymnastics squads, as well as the men’s volleyball team, also host some home competitions in the facility.

The renovation, financed entirely through private donations, has enhanced the college athletic experience for both student-athletes and fans. The facelift included a new covered 29,000 square foot concourse around the exterior of the seating area, state-of-the-art concession and restroom facilities with speaker systems, in addition to a new four-sided, state-of-the-art, center-hung scoreboard with video and replay capability.

The concourse is physically separated from the original building. The gap between the original building and the new concourse was designed for two reasons: to preserve the integrity of the architectural design and create an open garden feel that is present throughout buildings on the Stanford campus. The renovation also included the new playing court floor, upgraded locker rooms, student-athlete lounges, a state-of-the-art strength and conditioning room and training room, a media workroom, photography office and Courtside Room reserved for banquets.

8 • WWW.GOSTANFORD.COM The seating configuration features a lower bowl seating area that replaced the old floor and loge sections. The new lower seating level includes padded stadium seats that replaced the wood bleachers in the old floor setup. With the upgraded facilities and the improved seating area at floor level, the home team and fans experience the best playing atmosphere in the Pac-10.

The 7,223-seat structure serves the entire university as a multi-purpose facility. It was originally built at a cost of $3.3 million. It was named after its principal donor, Roscoe Maples, a member of the 1904 Stanford class.

The pavilion is utilized throughout the year by university staff and students for recreational and intramural purposes. In addition to intercollegiate competition, physical education classes are held in Maples Pavilion. The pavilion is also used for banquets and lectures.

Maples Pavilion has earned a reputation as one of the finest facilities in the country, routinely hosting NCAA Championship events. During the 2007-08 campaign, Maples Pavilion served as the host site for the following events: NCAA Women’s Volleyball First and Second Rounds, NCAA Women’s Volleyball Regionals, NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championship and NCAA Women’s Basketball First and Second Rounds.

WWW.GOSTANFORD.COM • 9 Stanford Volleyball On the AVP Tour

Over the years, a number of former Stanford players have competed in AVP and other major beach events all around the world. This year, former players Kerri Walsh ’00, Sara Dukes ’04, Ashley Ivy ’03 and Barbra Fontana’87 have all been playing on the 2008 AVP Crocs Tour that includes 19 competitions across the nation. At the midpoint of that tour, three of the top 10 ranked pairs included a former Stanford player.

Highlighting the group is Walsh, who is on her way to becoming the world’s best female beach volleyball player after only playing professionally for seven years. Walsh is a two-time AVP MVP (2003, 2004) and has been part of the Tour’s Team of the Year for the past five seasons. She was also named AVP Best Offensive Player in 2003. For the third straight season, she was chosen as the FIVB’s Best Hitter, Best Blocker and Sportsperson in addition to collecting the 2007 Best Offensive and Most Outstanding Player awards. Currently, Walsh and partner Misty May-Treanor are the top-ranked women’s beach team in the world.

Below is a list of some of the former Stanford volleyball players who have competed in AVP or other major beach events over the years: Chris Anderson Barbara Ifejika Brooke Binley Ashley Ivy Nancy Reno Sarah Clark Debbie Lambert Tara Conrad Lisa Murphy Amy Cooper Alex Newell Sara Dukes Sherry Norman Deidra Dvorak Kim Oden Barbra Fontana Kristi Paaso Jaimi Gregory Nancy Reno Piper Hahn Logan Tom Shawn Hoover Kerri Walsh Wendy Hromadka Cary Wendell

Sara Dukes

Kerri Walsh

10 • WWW.GOSTANFORD.COM Logan Tom

Kerri Walsh

Barbra Fontana

Cary Wendell

Ashley Ivy

WWW.GOSTANFORD.COM • 11 Stanford Volleyball Olympic Tradition

With three former players competing in the recent Beijing Olympics, the Stanford program now boasts nine Olympians who have made a total of 14 appearances in the Summer Games. At least one former Cardinal player has appeared on each indoor U.S. Olympic roster since 1988, when Kim Oden ’86 became Stanford’s first volleyball Olympian.

In 1992, Oden returned to the Team USA roster and helped the squad to a bronze medal in Barcelona. Her sister, Bev Oden ’93, joined Kristin Klein ’92 on the 1996 team in Atlanta, while former Cardinal players Nancy Reno ’88 and Barbra Fontana ’87 both made appearances on the beach that year. Fontana and partner Linda Hanley took fourth, while Reno and partner Holly McPeak placed fifth. At the 2000 Sydney Games, Kerri Walsh ’00 and Logan Tom ’03 both made their inaugural Olympic appearances as members of the indoor team and helped the squad to a fourth place finish. Then just 19 and preparing for her sophomore year at Stanford, Tom became the youngest player to ever make a U.S. Olympic roster.

Walsh made the move to the beach for the 2004 Games in Athens and claimed the first U.S. gold medal in the history of the sport with partner Misty May-Treanor. Also in 2004, Tom returned to the indoor roster and another young player from The Farm, Ogonna Nnamani ’05, followed in Tom’s footsteps and became just the second collegian to make a U.S. Olympic women’s volleyball team. This past August, Tom and Nnamani both made repeat appearances on the indoor squad, while Walsh, ranked No. 1 in the world, returned to the beach. Tom is now one of nine three-time Olympians in USA Volleyball history.

Indoor Olympians Beach Olympians Kim Oden (1988, 1992) Barbra Fontana (1996) Kristin Klein (1996) Nancy Reno (1996) Bev Oden (1996) Kerri Walsh (2004, 2008) Logan Tom (2000, 2004, 2008) Kerri Walsh (2000) Ogonna Nnamani (2004, 2008)

Nancy Reno

Logan Tom Bev Oden Kim Oden

12 • WWW.GOSTANFORD.COM Kerri Walsh

Barbra Fontana

Kristin Klein

Ogonna Nnamani

Logan Tom and Kerri Walsh WWW.GOSTANFORD.COM • 13 Stanford Volleyball tradition of Excellence

15 Conference players of the year

32 All-conference players

79 Total all-conference selections

7 espN Academic All-Americans

22 ACAdemic all-conference players

39 Total all-academic selections

5 NATional freshmen of the year

10 Conference Freshmen of the Year

23 Freshman all-conference selections

1999 National Player of the Year Kerri Walsh

2004 Championship Team 14 • WWW.GOSTANFORD.COM 13 NATional players of the year

7 honda Award winners for volleyball

1 honda Broderick Cup Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year

25 All-Americans

8 Four-time All-Americans

56 Total All-America honors

9 olympians

More than 24 different majors over the years: American Studies International Relations Art Italian Biological Sciences Mathematics Civil Engineering Physics Classics Political Science Communication Psychology Cultural and Social Anthropology Public Policy Economics Science Technology and Mechanical Engineering Society English Sociology 2007 Pac-10 Coach of the Year Head Coach John Dunning History Urban Studies Human Biology Values Technology Science Industrial Engineering and Society

2001 Championship Team

2007 National Player of the Year 1992 Championship Team Foluke Akinradewo

WWW.GOSTANFORD.COM • 15 Academic Excellence

Stanford women’s volleyball players are challenged to excel both in the classroom and on the court. In the latest Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores, which measure eligibility, retention and graduation over a four-year period, all 35 teams at Stanford exceeded the NCAA’s standards. The women’s volleyball program was one of five Cardinal teams to earn a perfect 1000.

The program has time and again proven its commitment to academic excellence. Over the past five years, Cardinal women’s volleyball players have been recognized with Pac-10 academic awards 31 times. In 2007, outside hitter Cynthia Barboza became the program’s seventh Academic All-American, marking the third time in five years that a Stanford player has been recognized nationally for her dual efforts as both an AVCA All-American and an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American.

In 2007-08, Stanford women’s volleyball was among the 70 Division I teams recognized for academic excellence with the AVCA Team Academic Award. Stanford was one of two Pac-10 teams honored, and the only squad recognized that made the 2007 Final Four.

16 • WWW.GOSTANFORD.COM 2008 Stanford Volleyball 2008 Player Profiles Stanford Volleyball History 1 This is Stanford Volleyball ...... IFC 31 Cynthia Barboza ...... 32-33 55 All Time Letterwinners ...... 56 Stanford University ...... 2-3 Janet Okogbaa ...... 34 Yearly Leaders ...... 57 San Francisco Bay Area ...... 4 Joanna Evans ...... 35 Volleyball Awards ...... 58-59 Stanford Alumni ...... 5 Alex Fisher ...... 36 All-Americans ...... 60-62 Home of Champions ...... 6-7 Cassidy Lichtman ...... 37 Record Book ...... 63-65 Maples Pavilion ...... 8-9 Gabi Ailes ...... 38 Year by Year Results ...... 66-71 Stanford on the AVP Tour ...... 10-11 Alix Klineman ...... 39-40 Championship Tradition ...... 72-73 Stanford Olympic Tradition ...... 12-13 Jessica Fishburn ...... 41 NCAA Tournament History ...... 74-75 Tradition of Excellence ...... 14-15 Erin Waller ...... 42 NCAA Championship Teams ...... 76-78 Academic Excellence ...... 16 Stephanie Browne ...... 43 Stanford on the National Team ...... 79 Table of Contents ...... 17 Foluke Akinradewo ...... 44-45 Coaching History ...... 80 2008 Stanford Roster ...... 18 Freshmen Bios ...... 46 81 Stanford University 2008 Season Outlook 47 2007 Year in Review Stanford University ...... 82-83 19 2008 Outlook ...... 20-21 2007 Season Recap ...... 48 Athletic Director Bob Bowlsby ...... 84 2008 Opponents ...... 22-23 2007 Stats/results/honors ...... 49-50 Principles That Guide Us ...... 85 Pac-10 Conference ...... 24 Graduated seniors ...... 51 Directors’ Cup ...... 86 Stanford at the 2007 Final Four ...... 52-53 Stanford’s Champions ...... 87 Stanford Coaching Staff Stanford Buck/Cardinal Club ...... 54 2008 Volleyball Radio/TV Roster ...... 88 25 Head Coach John Dunning ...... 26-28 Associate Head Coach Denise Corlett . 29 Coaching Staff ...... 30 Support Staff ...... 30

Credits: The 2008 Stanford Women’s Volleyball Media Guide was written and edited by Assistant Media Relations Director Kendall Johnson with editorial assistance from the media relations staff and the Stanford volleyball coaching staff. Photos courtesy of David Gonzales, Kyle Terada, Rod Searcey, FIVB, AVP, USA Volleyball and Getty Images. Design and layout by MB Design. Printing courtesy of Dumont Printing.

General Information Media Relations Volleyball Staff Team Information Location: Stanford, Calif. W. Volleyball Contact: Kendall Johnson Head Coach: John Dunning (San Diego State ‘73) 2007 Record: 32-3 Enrollment: 13,198 (6,584 undergraduates) Johnson’s Office Phone: (650) 723-0996 Email: [email protected] 2007 Pac-10 Record (Finish): 16-2 (1st) Nickname: Cardinal Johnson’s Cell Phone: (206) 214-5583 Record at Stanford (Years): 208-33 (Seven years) 2007 Postseason Finish: 2nd, NCAA Final Colors: Cardinal and White Johnson’s Email: [email protected] Career Record (Years): 645-135 (23 years) Final Ranking: 2 Home Arena (Capacity): Maples Pavilion (7,223) Media Relations Fax: (650) 725-2957 Associate Head Coach: Denise Corlett Starters Returning/Lost: 5 (+ Libero)/2 Conference: Pac-10 Mailing Address: Phone/Email: (650) 723-1997/[email protected] Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 10/2 President: John Hennessy Athletic Media Relations Assistant Coach: Jason Mansfield Other Players Returning/Lost: 1/0 Athletics Director: Bob Bowlsby Arrillaga Family Sports Center Email: [email protected] Newcomers: 3 Senior Woman Administrator: Beth Goode 641 East Campus Drive Director of Operations: Cobey Shoji Website: www.GoStanford.com Stanford, CA 94305-6150 Phone/Email: (650) 724-7654/[email protected]

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2008 Women’s Volleyball Team: Front Row (L-R) - Katherine Knox, Jessica Walker, Joanna Evans, Jessica Fishburn, Cassidy Lichtman, Gabi Ailes, Katherine Sebastian. Middle Row (L to R) – Janet Okogbaa, Erin Waller, Cynthia Barboza, Foluke Akinradewo, Alex Fisher, Alix Klineman, Stephanie Browne Back Row (L to R) – Strength and Conditioning Coach Dan Ammon, Assistant Coach Jason Mansfield, Head Coach John Dunning, Associate Head Coach Denise Corlett, Volunteer Assistant Coach Chris Muscat, Trainer Eitan Gelber, Director of Volleyball Operations Cobey Shoji. 2008 Stanford Women’s Volleyball Roster No Name Pos Ht Yr Hometown (High School) Head Coach: John Dunning, 8th Year (San Diego State ‘73) 1 Cynthia Barboza OH 6-0 SR Long Beach, CA (Long Beach Wilson) Associate Head Coach: Denise Corlett, 20th Year (UCLA ‘81) 2 Janet Okogbaa MB 6-3 JR Tampa, FL (Berkeley Prep) Assistant Coach: Jason Mansfield 3 Joanna Evans S 6-0 JR Piedmont, CA (Bishop O’Dowd) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Chris Muscat 5 Alex Fisher OH 6-1 SR Menlo Park, CA (The Menlo School) Director of Volleyball Operations: Cobey Shoji 6 Katherine Knox DS 5-9 FR Menlo Park, CA (Archbishop Mitty) 7 Jessica Walker MB 6-1 FR Houston, TX (Booker T. Washington) 8 Cassidy Lichtman OH/S 6-1 SO Poway, CA (Francis Parker) 9 Gabi Ailes L/DS 5-7 SO Bellevue, NE (Bellevue West) 10 Alix Klineman OH 6-4 SO Manhattan Beach, CA (Mira Costa) Pronunciation Guide 11 Jessica Fishburn L/DS 6-0 SR Los Angeles, CA (The Brentwood School) Gabi Ailes (Ails) 12 Erin Waller OH 6-1 SR Ballwin, MO (Incarnate Word Academy) Foluke Akinradewo (Fa-luke-a, ahh-kin-rah-da-woe) 14 Katherine Sebastian S/DS 5-9 FR Pacific Palisades, CA (Harvard-Westlake) Janet Okogbaa (oh-KO-ba) 15 Stephanie Browne MB 6-4 RS FR Danville, CA (Monte Vista) 16 Foluke Akinradewo MB 6-3 SR Plantation, FL (St. Thomas Aquinas)

Roster Breakdown by State Stanford Volleyball By State (9) Cynthia Barboza, Long Beach Stephanie Browne, Danville Joanna Evans, Piedmont Jessica Fishburn, Los Angeles Alex Fisher, Menlo Park Alix Klineman, Manhattan Beach Katherine Knox, Menlo Park Cassidy Lichtman, Poway Katherine Sebastian, Pacific Palisades Florida (2) Foluke Akinradewo, Plantation Janet Okogbaa, Tampa Missouri (1) Erin Waller, Ballwin Nebraska (1) Gabi Ailes, Bellevue Texas (1) Jessica Walker, Houston

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2008 Season Preview

With a core of veterans coming off back-to-back appearances in the NCAA title match ers who are hungry to get back on the court, as well as some newcomers who are eager to and consecutive crowns in the nation’s toughest conference, the 2008 Stanford women’s make an impact at the collegiate level. We have three players who have spent the last few volleyball team has lofty expectations for its upcoming season. Once again playing one months with the national team, and I think the experience they bring back from playing of the nation’s toughest schedules, the Cardinal will look to defend its Pac-10 title, main- at the highest level of volleyball will raise the bar for our entire team. With this group’s tain its place in the upper echelons of the AVCA poll and battle for its seventh NCAA strong team chemistry and valuable experience playing in competitive situations, I am Championship. confident that we have the potential to be very successful this season.” Over the years, Stanford has accumulated more NCAA titles, won more NCAA Once again, Dunning has challenged the Cardinal with another high-caliber series of Tournament matches, made more Final Four appearances, and been in the national opponents. Stanford will play 12 regular-season matches against teams that finished 2007 championship match more times than any other program in the nation. The Cardinal in the AVCA top-10, 14 against those who finished in the top-25 and 15 against teams has produced some of the most elite players in the sport, including nine Olympians, and coming off NCAA trips. The Cardinal will also take on four of the five teams it ousted played in the NCAA title match five of the last seven years. This season, with one of its from last year’s NCAA Tournament, and look to defend consecutive titles in a league that most talented squads yet, the Cardinal is more than capable of building on its champion- has claimed five of the past seven national championships. ship tradition. Stanford opens the season in late August at the prestigious AVCA Showcase in Omaha, The keys to the team’s success begin with its returning arsenal of All-American hit- Neb., which historically features four of the top national title contenders. This year, the ters – Foluke Akinradewo, Cynthia Barboza and Alix Klineman. Together, the trio boasts tournament (Aug. 29-31) will be held in a conference challenge format, with the Pac-10’s six career All-America honors, including four first-team selections, along with a National Stanford and USC taking on Big 12 representatives Nebraska and Texas. The Cardinal will Player of the Year award and a National Freshman of the Year award. The threesome take on the Huskers in the season opener for both teams at the Qwest Center on Aug. 29, brings back a combined 12.22 kills per game while hitting at a clip well above .300. All then battles the talented Longhorns on Aug. 31. three have spent the offseason training with some of the best players in the world as part “We are thrilled to be opening our season in Omaha, the home of the 2008 national of the U.S. National Training Team. All told, the trio’s accomplishments amount to more championship, playing Nebraska and Texas, two of the top teams in the country,” says returning firepower than the Cardinal program has ever seen. Dunning. “From that point on we make three more stops on the road, playing several The Cardinal also boasts 11 players who have been to a national championship match, very good teams and play in a very solid tournament on our own court. This will be including seven who have taken the team to the coveted match twice. Six members of another very challenging preseason for us in preparation for what might be the best Pac the starting rotation return, including all four primary passers. Between the 11 veterans, 10 schedule we have ever played.” the 2008 Cardinal features 12 years in the starting lineup and more than 3,500 kills. The Stanford continues its season-opening road trip in Orlando, Fla. with a midweek veterans have already contributed to 88 Cardinal wins, two conference titles and a pair contest against Central Florida on Sept. 2. The team finishes the trip at the Saint Louis of Final Four appearances. Ten members of the Stanford roster have postseason court Invitational in St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 5-6. experience. To top it all off, that stock of talent is under the guidance of reigning Pac-10 On Sept. 11, the Cardinal will open the home season against New State as part Coach of the Year John Dunning, one of the winningest coaches in NCAA history. The of the annual Stanford Invitational. Stanford will meet UC Santa Barbara on the second combination is more than promising. day of the event (Sept. 12) and will wrap it up against Santa Clara in a rematch of the “Coming off of a very successful year in 2007, I think our team is eager to start at the 2007 NCAA First Round (Sept. 13). level we finished at last December,” says Dunning. “We have a solid base of returning play-

20 2008 Stanford Women’s Volleyball 2008 Season Preview Stanford closes out the non-conference Lichtman has also worked extremely hard in the offseason to devel- schedule Sept. 19-20 at the Cal Poly Invitational. op her skills as a setter, and will battle for the starting job. Lichtman The weekend will be highlighted by a Sept. 20 gained key championship court experience as a defensive specialist showdown with the No. 11 Mustangs, a team that last fall, and offers versatility as a strong hitter, a consistent server and the Cardinal eliminated in an NCAA Regional a reliable passer. Semifinal last December. Additionally, freshman Katherine Sebastian, a standout from The Pac-10 season begins on Friday, Sept. 26, when Harvard-Westlake School in Southern California, will compete for Stanford takes on Oregon State in Maples Pavilion. The time at the setter position. Cardinal will be defending its back-to-back conference championships in the nation’s toughest conference. Last Middle Blockers year, the Pac-10 sent six teams to the NCAA Tournament, As the primary force in the middle, Stanford returns the nation’s had all six finish the year in the top-10 and sent three squads to best collegiate player from 2007 – AVCA National Player of the Year the Final Four. Stanford will play key match ups against national Foluke Akinradewo. The Plantation, Fla. native led the nation in hit- semifinalists California and USC in Maples Pavilion on Oct. 19 ting percentage last season with a .499 clip that ranked second-best in and Nov. 21, respectively. Regional finalist UCLA will visit The NCAA history. Akinradewo spent the offseason training with the U.S. Farm on Saturday, Nov. 22, while 2007 conference runner-up National Team, building her game in competition against some of the Washington will play at Stanford on Halloween night, Oct. 31. best players in the world. In her much-anticipated return to the col- The NCAA Tournament begins with opening rounds, Dec. legiate game, Akinradewo will look to continue to dominate with her 4-7. The Final Four is set for Dec. 18-20 at the Qwest Center powerful swing and commanding blocking ability. in Omaha, Neb. Opposite Akinradewo, Stanford will look to fill a vacancy left by Here’s a look at the 2008 Cardinal by position: four-year starter Franci Girard. Head Coach John Dunning has no shortage of options, however, with three talented players battling for Outside Hitters the starting spot. Stanford returns two of its strongest weapons in out- Junior Janet Okogbaa, one of the most highly-touted recruits in her side hitters Cynthia Barboza and Alix Klineman, who class, is eager to step in and take on a larger role for the Cardinal as an both earned All-America honors last season. Barboza upperclassman this year. An especially capable blocker, Okogbaa has and Klineman have spent the offseason training with the worked hard in the offseason to take her game to the next level both U.S. National Team, and return as two of the most well- offensively and defensively. Cynthia Barboza respected players in the collegiate game. Redshirt freshman Stephanie Browne comes back from a year spent Barboza has been a first-team All-American the past two gaining valuable practice experience and is ready to make an immedi- seasons, and is coming off of a season in which she recorded ate impact on the court. Browne, one of the top 20 recruits in her class, 20 double-doubles and averaged 3.99 kills per game. A dan- brings a strong swing and notable blocking ability that will be an asset gerous server, consistent passer and powerful hitter, Barboza’s at the net for the Cardinal. versatility, combined with her experience competing against In addition, freshman Jessica Walker, the nation’s No. 10 recruit the best players in the world, make by PrepVolleyball, will be joining the squad this year. The 6-1 middle her one of the most complete play- blocker from Houston, Texas brings a great deal of athleticism and will ers at the collegiate level. look to earn a spot in the lineup early on. Klineman had a tremendous freshman season, in which she gar- Liberos/Defensive Specialists nered Volleyball Magazine National Stanford returns all of its passing from the 2007 squad that record- Freshman of the Year accolades. The team leader in kills with 4.12 per ed more digs than any team in school history. Anchoring that group of game as a rookie, Klineman will be looked upon to reach even greater talented defensive players are veterans Gabi Ailes and Jessica Fishburn, heights with a year of collegiate experience and a spring spent training two players who have independently made their marks in the Stanford at the highest level under her belt. record books over the past two years. Stanford also returns its starter at the opposite position – senior As a freshman last season, Ailes stepped into the collegiate game and Erin Waller. Waller has seen significant time on the court over the immediately established herself as one of the most consistent defensive last three years, gaining valuable experience in competitive situations. players in the Pac-10. She won the starting libero spot early in the year, She brings a proven ability to hit and block consistently, and has time and proceeded to shatter two school dig records before the season was and again stepped up for the Cardinal in key matches. This season, complete. Back on the court for her second year, Ailes will look to top Waller will be looked upon to provide veteran leadership and a reli- the program-best 533 digs she accumulated last season and use her able attack. energy and enthusiasm to be a defensive leader for the Cardinal. Another senior, Alex Fisher continues to build her game after bat- Over the course of the past three seasons, Fishburn has seen signifi- tling back from injuries that sidelined her at the start of her career. cant time on the court and proven her ability to be a dependable passer Fisher has been working hard in the offseason, and will battle for Stanford. The senior’s court experience in competitive situations, for playing time as a hitter on both the right and left side. as well as her intensity and work ethic, will make her a valuable asset Sophomore Cassidy Lichtman, a likely candidate to set and to the Cardinal in 2008. play defense this year, will be another hitter in the Cardinal’s Sophomore Cassidy Lichtman, a versatile player who earned a spot arsenal with a proven ability to swing from the outside. in the starting rotation as defensive specialist last season, brings further depth to the Cardinal defensive options. Her steady passing and reli- Setters able serve will undoubtedly prove important this season. With the departure of three-time All-American setter Bryn Newcomers Katherine Knox and Katherine Sebastian will further Kehoe, Stanford will undeniably have a hole to fill in one of the most bolster the Cardinal defense this year, both coming to The Farm as crucial positions on the court. Junior Joanna Evans and sophomore capable defensive players with an eagerness to make an impact at the Cassidy Lichtman will vie for the starting role. collegiate level. Evans brings the most setting experience of anyone on the squad, contributing valuable understanding of the game and familiarity with the Stanford hitters. Her dedication in the offseason and leadership as an upperclassman make her a prime candidate to fill the role as Stanford’s setter this season. Foluke Akinradewo

2008 Stanford Women’s Volleyball 21 2008 Opponents Nebraska William & Mary New Mexico State Saint Mary’s Cornhuskers Tribe Aggies Gaels Aug. 29 • 7 p.m. • Omaha, Neb. Sept. 5 • 5 p.m. • St. Louis, Mo. Sept. 11 • 7 p.m. • Stanford, Calif. Sept. 19 • 7 p.m. • San Luis Obispo, Calif. Location: Lincoln, Neb. Location: Williamsburg, Va. Location: Las Cruces, NM Enrollment: 22,000 Enrollment: 5,500 Enrollment: 16,428 Location: Moraga, Calif. Conference: Big 12 Conference: Colonial Athletic Association Conference: Western Athletic Enrollment: 3,916 Home Arena (Capacity): NU Coliseum (4,030) Home Arena (Capacity): Kaplan Arena (8,600) Home Arena (Capacity): Pan American Center Conference: West Coast Athletic Director: Tom Osborne Athletic Director: Terry Driscoll (12,482) Home Arena (Capacity): McKeon Pavilion (3,500) Head Coach: John Cook Head Coach: Melissa Aldrich Shelton Athletic Director: McKinley Boston Athletic Director: Mark Orr Career Record (Years): 401-89 (13 years) Career Record (Years): 235-179 (13 years) Head Coach: Mike Jordan Head Coach: Rob Browning Record at Nebraska (Years): 250-17 (8 years) Record at William & Mary (Years): First Year Career Record (Years): 221-97 (10 years) Career Record (Years): 45-37 (3 years) Assistant Coaches: Lizzy Stemke, Erik Sullivan Assistant Coaches: Rachel Wagener, Monica Marlowe Record at NMSU (Years): Same Record at SMC (Years): Same Volleyball Office Phone: (402) 472-8251 Volleyball Office Phone: (757) 221-3394 Assistant Coaches: Ashley Hardee, Stevi Adams Assistant Coaches: Sam Crosson, Keegan Cook 2007 Record: 30-2 2007 Record: 14-15 Volleyball Office Phone: (575) 646-4921 Volleyball Office Phone: (925) 631-4444 2007 Conference Record/Finish: 19-1/t-1stnd 2007 Conference Record/Finish: 8-6/4th 2007 Record: 26-6 2007 Record: 15-13 2007 Postseason: NCAA Regional Final 2007 Postseason: None 2007 Conference Record/Finish: 14-2/2nd 2007 Conference Record/Finish: 6-8/t-5th Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 7/5 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 13/1 2007 Postseason: NCAA First Round 2007 Postseason: None Starters Returning/Lost: 4/4 Starters Returning/Lost: 7/0 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 11/4 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 12/1 Top Returnees: (6-2, Sr., OH); Kori Top Returnees: Erin Skipper (6-0, So., OH); Lauren Starters Returning/Lost: 5/2 Starters Returning/Lost: 7/0 Cooper (6-2, Jr., MB); Rachel Schwartz (5-9, Sr., L) Powell (5-8, Jr., OH); Jill Nowadly (5-9, Sr., L) Top Returnees: Krystal Torres (5-5, Sr., L); Lindsey Yon Top Returnees: Megan York (5-9, So., OH); Shannon Volleyball SID: Shamus McKnight Volleyball SID: Jacob Skipper (6-0, Sr., OH); Amber Simpson (6-2, Sr., MB) Lowell (6-2, So., MB); Taylor Groess (6-1, Sr., OH) Office Phone: (402) 472-7772 Office Phone: (757) 221-3344 Volleyball SID: Eddie Morelos Volleyball SID: Mandy Bible E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Office Phone: (575) 646-3269 Office Phone: (925) 631-8562 Athletics Website: www.Huskers.com Athletics Website: www.TribeAthletics.com E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Series Record: 5-5 (.500) Series Record: 0-0 (.000) Athletics Website: www.NMStateSports.com Athletics Website: www.SMCGaels.com Last Meeting: L, 1-3 (12/16/06) Last Meeting: First Meeting Series Record: 1-0 (1.000) Series Record: 7-2 (.778) Last Meeting: W, 2-0 (9/28/79) Last Meeting: W, 3-0 (9/6/07) Texas Illinois Longhorns Fighting Illini UC Santa Barbara Cal Poly Mustangs Aug. 31 • 12:30 p.m. • Omaha, Neb. Sept. 6 • 1 p.m. • St. Louis, Mo. Gauchos Sept. 12 • 7 p.m. • Stanford, Calif. Sept. 20 • 7 p.m. • San Luis Obispo, Calif. Location: Austin, Texas Location: Champaign, Ill. Enrollment: 49,738 Enrollment: 42,326 Location: Santa Barbara, Calif. Location: San Luis Obispo, Calif. Conference: Big 12 Conference: Big Ten Enrollment: 20,000 Enrollment: 19,777 Home Arena (Capacity): Gregory Gym (4,000) Home Arena (Capacity): Huff Hall (4,050) Conference: Big West Conference: Big West Athletic Director: Christine Plonsky Athletic Director: Ronald Guenther Home Arena (Capacity): Thunderdome (6,000) Home Arena (Capacity): Mott Gym (3,032) Head Coach: Jerritt Elliott Head Coach: Don Hardin Athletic Director: Gary Cunningham Athletic Director: Alison Cone Career Record (Years): 206-69 (9 years) Career Record (Years): 400-232 (20 years) Head Coach: Kathy Gregory Head Coach: Jon Stevenson Record at Texas (Years): 156-58 (7 years) Record at Illinois (Years): 208-155 (12 years) Career Record (Years): 798-346 (33 years) Career Record (Years): 148-87 (8 years) Assistant Coaches: Brian Hosfeld, Tonya Johnson Assistant Coaches: Kevin Hambly, Jen Oldenburg Record at UCSB (Years): Same Record at Cal Poly (Years): 65-20 (3 years) Volleyball Office Phone: (512) 471-9148 Volleyball Office Phone: (217) 333-8607 Assistant Coaches: Greg Gibbons, Chris Webb Assistant Coaches: Mike Johnson, TBA 2007 Record: 27-4 2007 Record: 16-14 Volleyball Office Phone: (805) 893-2241 Volleyball Office Phone: (805) 756-2371 2007 Conference Record/Finish: 19-1/t-1st 2007 Conference Record/Finish: 8-12/8th 2007 Record: 14-18 2007 Record: 23-8 2007 Postseason: NCAA Regional Final 2007 Postseason: None 2007 Conference Record/Finish: 6-10/7th 2007 Conference Record/Finish: 15-1/1st Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 10/4 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/5 2007 Postseason: None 2007 Postseason: NCAA Regional Semifinal Starters Returning/Lost: 5/3 Starters Returning/Lost: 6/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 10/6 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 11/3 Top Returnees: Juliann Faucette (6-2, So., OH); Top Returnees: Laura DeBruler (5-10, So., OH); Starters Returning/Lost: 6/1 Starters Returning/Lost: 5/3 Destinee Hooker (6-4, Jr., OH); Lauren Paolini Ashley Edinger (5-9, Jr., L); Lizzie Bazzetta (5-10, Top Returnees: Lauren McLaughlin (5-11, Sr., OH); Top Returnees: Kylie Atherstone (6-1, Sr., OPP); Ali (6-5, Sr., MB) Sr., S) Dana Vargas (5-7, So., S); Leigh Stephenson Waller (6-1, Sr., OH); Jaclyn Houston (6-3, Sr., MB) Volleyball SID: Spencer Kitley Volleyball SID: Mike Koon (5-4, Sr., L) Volleyball SID: Chris Giovannetti Office Phone: (512) 232-9438 Office Phone: (217) 244-1256 Volleyball SID: Lisa Skvarla Office Phone: (805) 756-7513 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Office Phone: (805) 893-8603 E-mail: [email protected] Athletics Website: www.TexasSports.com Athletics Website: www.FightingIllini.com E-mail: [email protected] Athletics Website: www.GoPoly.com Series Record: 13-6 (.684) Series Record: 3-0 (1.000) Athletics Website: www.UCSBGauchos.com Series Record: 7-4 (.636) Last Meeting: W, 3-1 (12/9/06) Last Meeting: W, 3-1 (12/11/92) Series Record: 8-6 (.571) Last Meeting: W, 3-0 (12/7/07) Last Meeting: W, 3-0 (8/26/06) Central Florida Saint Louis Knights Billikens Santa Clara Sept. 2 • 7 p.m. • Orlando, Fla. Sept. 6 • 7 p.m. • St. Louis, Mo. Broncos Sept. 13 • 7 p.m. • Stanford, Calif. Location: Orlando, Fla. Location: St. Louis, Mo. Enrollment: 48,699 Enrollment: 12,309 Location: Santa Clara, Calif. Conference: Conference USA Conference: Atlantic 10 Enrollment: 8,377 Home Arena (Capacity): Renovated UCF Arena Home Arena (Capacity): Chaifetz Arena Pavilion (800) Conference: West Coast (5,100) Athletic Director: Chris May Home Arena (Capacity): Leavey Center (4,500) Athletic Director: Keith R. Tribble Head Coach: Anne Kordes Athletic Director: Dan Coonan Head Coach: Todd Dagenais Career Record (Years): 74-39 (4 years) Head Coach: Jon Wallace Career Record (Years): First Year Record at Saint Louis (Years): Same Career Record (Years): 195-78 (9 years) Record at UCF (Years): First Year Assistant Coach: Kyle Walton Record at Santa Clara (Years): Same Assistant Coaches: Sam Shweisky, Michelle Chatman Volleyball Office Phone: (314) 977-3266 Assistant Coaches: Dustin Moore, Will Yuen Volleyball Office Phone: (407) 823-0756 2007 Record: 23-7 Volleyball Office Phone: (408) 554-2323 2007 Record: 9-23 2007 Conference Record/Finish: 10-3/3rd 2007 Record: 19-12 2007 Conference Record/Finish: 0-16/12th 2007 Postseason: None 2007 Conference Record/Finish: 11-3/t-1st 2007 Postseason: None Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 7/6 2007 Postseason: NCAA First Round Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 6/7 Starters Returning/Lost: 6/1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 10/2 Starters Returning/Lost: 4/3 Top Returnees: Whitney Roth (5-9, Jr., S); Sammi Starters Returning/Lost: 5/2 Top Returnees: Erin Campbell (5-11, Jr., OH); McCloud (6-2, Jr., OH); Bridget Fonke (6-1, Jr., OH) Top Returnees: Brittany Lowe (6-0, Sr., OH); Lindsy Stephanie Serna (5-10, Sr., OH); Jenny Heppert Volleyball SID: Heather Freehill Evans (6-3, Jr., OPP); Krista Kelley (6-2, So., OH) (6-0, Sr., MB) Office Phone: (314) 977-7063 Volleyball SID: Sabrina Polidoro Volleyball SID: Sarah Tarasewicz E-mail: [email protected] Office Phone: (408) 554-4659 Office Phone: (407) 823-6489 Athletics Website:www.SLUBillikens.com E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Series Record: 0-0 (.000) Athletics Website: www.SantaClaraBroncos.com Athletics Website: www.UCFAthletics.com Last Meeting: First Meeting Series Record: 25-1 (.962) Series Record: 0-0 (.000) Last Meeting: W, 3-0 (11/30/07) Last Meeting: First Meeting

22 2008 Stanford Women’s Volleyball 2008 Opponents Oregon State Washington Arizona State USC Beavers Huskies Sun Devils Trojans Sept. 26 • 7 p.m. • Stanford, Calif. Oct. 5 • 12:30 p.m. • Seattle, Wash. Oct. 12 • 2 p.m. • Stanford, Calif. Oct. 24 • 8 p.m. • Los Angeles, Calif. Nov. 28 • 7 p.m. • Corvallis, Ore. Oct. 31 • 7 p.m. • Stanford, Calif. Nov. 7 • 7 p.m. • Tempe, Ariz. Nov. 21 • 7 p.m. • Stanford, Calif. Location: Corvallis, Ore. Location: Seattle, Wash. Location: Tempe, Ariz. Location: Los Angeles, Calif. Enrollment: 19,700 Enrollment: 40,218 Enrollment: 63,278 Enrollment: 33,000 Conference: Pacific-10 Conference: Pacific-10 Conference: Pacific-10 Conference: Pacific-10 Home Arena (Capacity): Gill Coliseum (10,400) Home Arena (Capacity): Bank of America Arena (10,000) Home Arena (Capacity): Wells Fargo Arena (14,198) Home Arena (Capacity): Galen Center (10,258) Athletic Director: Bob De Carolis Acting Athletic Director: Scott Woodward Athletic Director: Lisa Love Athletic Director: Mike Garrett Head Coach: Taras Liskevych Head Coach: Jim McLaughlin Head Coach: Jason Watson Head Coach: Mick Haley Career Record (Years): 291-141 (12 years) Career Record (Years): 394-167 (18 years) Career Record (Years): 74-18 (3 years) Career Record (Years): 709-169 (31 years) Record at OSU (Years): 24-57 (3 years) Record at Washington (Years): 170-49 (7 years) Record at ASU (Years): First Year Record at USC (Years): 187-32 (7 years) Assistant Coaches: Mark Barnard, Laura Benzing Assistant Coaches: Leslie Tuiasosopo, Jose Gandara Assistant Coach: Brent Alderidge Assistant Coaches: Tim Nollan, Cookie Stevens Volleyball Office Phone: (541) 737-7490 Volleyball Office Phone: (206) 616-9060 Volleyball Office Phone: (480) 965-2035 Volleyball Office Phone: (213) 740-4151 2007 Record: 10-20 2007 Record: 27-4 2007 Record: 15-16 2007 Record: 29-5 2007 Conference Record/Finish: 3-15/9th 2007 Conference Record/Finish: 15-3/2nd 2007 Conference Record/Finish: 7-11/7th 2007 Conference Record/Finish: 14-4/3rd 2007 Postseason: None 2007 Postseason: NCAA Second Round 2007 Postseason: None 2007 Postseason: NCAA Semifinal Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 11/3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/5 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 8/8 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 10/8 Starters Returning/Lost: 6/2 Starters Returning/Lost: 3/3 Starters Returning/Lost: 4/4 Starters Returning/Lost: 5/3 Top Returnees: Rachel Rourke (6-5, Jr., OH); Jill Top Returnees: Jenna Hagglund (5-10, So., S); Top Returnees: Sarah Reaves (5-11, So., OH); Top Returnees: Taylor Carico (5-11, Jr., S); Jessica Sawatzky (6-0, So., OH); Ashley Evans (5-9, Sr., L) (5-7, Jr., L); Jessica Swarbrick Marina Mercer (5-11, Jr., S); Sara Todorovich (6-4, Gysin (6-1, Jr., OH); Alli Hillgren (5-8, Jr., L) Volleyball SID: Melody Stockwell (6-1, Sr., MB) So., MB) Volleyball SID: Jason Pommier Office Phone: (541) 737-8588 Volleyball SID: Andrea Chaknis Volleyball SID: Kerry Howe Office Phone: (213) 740-3807 E-mail: [email protected] Office Phone: (206) 685-3120 Office Phone: (480) 965-1237 E-mail: [email protected] Athletics Website: www.OSUBeavers.com E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Athletics Website: www.USCTrojans.com Series Record: 46-0 (1.000) Athletics Website: www.GoHuskies.com Athletics Website: www.TheSunDevils.com Series Record: 49-18 (.731) Last Meeting: W, 3-0 (11/2/07) Series Record: 41-9 (.820) Series Record: 52-4 (.929) Last Meeting: W, 3-2 (12/13/07) Last Meeting: W, 3-2 (11/8/07) Last Meeting: W, 3-0 (11/16/07) Oregon Ducks UCLA Sept. 27 • 7 p.m. • Stanford, Calif. Arizona Wildcats California Bruins Nov. 26 • 7 p.m. • Eugene, Ore. Oct. 10 • 7 p.m. • Stanford, Calif. Golden Bears Oct. 26 • 12:30 p.m. • Los Angeles, Calif. Nov. 8 • 7 p.m. • Tucson, Ariz. Location: Eugene, Ore. Oct. 19 • 12:30 p.m. • Stanford, Calif. Nov. 22 • 7 p.m. • Stanford, Calif. Enrollment: 20,394 Tucson, Ariz. Nov. 14 • 7 p.m. • Berkeley, Calif. Location: Location: Los Angeles, Calif. Conference: Pacific-10 Enrollment: 37,212 Location: Berkeley, Calif. Enrollment: 38,000 Home Arena (Capacity): McArthur Court (9,087) Conference: Pacific-10 Enrollment: 34,953 Conference: Pacific-10 Athletic Director: Pat Kilkenny Home Arena (Capacity): McKale Center (14,545) Conference: Pacific-10 Home Arena (Capacity): Pauley Pavilion (4,500) Head Coach: Jim Moore Athletic Director: Jim Livengood Home Arena (Capacity): Haas Pavilion (11,877) Athletic Director: Dan Guerrero Career Record (Years): 403-197 (19 years) Head Coach: David Rubio Athletic Director: Sandy Barbour Head Coach: Andy Banachowski Record at Oregon (Years): 51-41 (3 years) Career Record (Years): 427-241 (21 years) Head Coach: Rich Feller Career Record (Years): 1060-281 (41 years) Assistant Coaches: Tina Johnson-Lockhart, Stacy Record at Arizona (Years): 305-175 (16 years) Career Record (Years): 464-275 (24 years) Record at UCLA (Years): Same Metro Assistant Coaches: Steve Walker, Allison Napier Record at Cal (Years): 165-108 (9 years) Assistant Coaches: Kim Jagd, Dan Conners Volleyball Office Phone: (541) 346-2246 Volleyball Office Phone: (520) 621-2908 Assistant Coaches: Matt McShane, Chris Bigelow Volleyball Office Phone: (310) 206-6839 2007 Record: 22-11 2007 Record: 14-17 Volleyball Office Phone: (510) 642-9208 2007 Record: 23-11 2007 Conference Record/Finish: 9-9/t-5th 2007 Conference Record/Finish: 4-14/8th 2007 Record: 26-8 2007 Conference Record/Finish: 9-9/t-5th 2007 Postseason: NCAA Regional Semifinal 2007 Postseason: None 2007 Conference Record/Finish: 12-6/4th 2007 Postseason: NCAA Regional Final Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 11/1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/5 2007 Postseason: NCAA Semifinal Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 11/4 Starters Returning/Lost: 6/1 Starters Returning/Lost: 5/1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/4 Starters Returning/Lost: 6/1 Top Returnees: Sonja Newcombe (6-1, Jr., OH); Gorana Top Returnees: Tiffany Owens (5-11, So., OH); Paige Starters Returning/Lost: 6/2 Top Returnees: Nellie Spicer (5-10, Sr., S); Kaitlin Maricic (6-3, Sr., OH); Katie Swoboda (5-5, Sr., L) Weber (5-11, So., S); Randy Goodenough (6-2, Top Returnees: Carli Lloyd (5-11, So., S); Hana Cutura Sather (6-1, Sr., OH); Ali Daley (6-0, Sr., OH) Volleyball SID: Geoff Thurner Sr., OPP) (6-3, Jr., OH); Morgan Beck (6-3, Sr., MB) Volleyball SID: James Ybiernas Office Phone: (541) 346-2250 Volleyball SID: Charles Renning Volleyball SID: Jeremy Wu Office Phone: (310) 206-8123 E-mail: [email protected] Office Phone: (520) 621-4163 Office Phone: (510) 643-2938 E-mail: [email protected] Athletics Website: www.GoDucks.com E-mail: TBA E-mail: [email protected] Athletics Website: www.UCLABruins.com Series Record: 44-2 (.957) Athletics Website: www.ArizonaAthletics.com Athletics Website: www.CalBears.com Series Record: 37-31 (.544) Last Meeting: W, 3-1 (11/1/07) Series Record: 50-6 (.893) Series Record: 57-5 (.919) Last Meeting: W, 3-1 (12/8/07) Last Meeting: W, 3-1 (11/17/07) Last Meeting: W, 3-2 (11/23/07) Washington State Cougars All-Time Records vs. Opponents Oct. 3 • 7 p.m. • Pullman, Wash. Some tournament opponents prior to 1982 not available. Nov. 2 • 1 p.m. • Stanford, Calif. Arizona 50-6 .893 Georgia Tech 2-0 1.000 Northwestern 5-2 .714 Texas 13-6 .684 Location: Pullman, Wash. Arizona State 52-4 .929 Hawai’i 12-17 .414 Notre Dame 6-0 1.000 Texas A&M 3-1 .750 Enrollment: 23,000 Boston College 1-0 1.000 Hawai’i-Hilo 1-0 1.000 Ohio 1-0 1.000 Texas A&M-CC 1-0 1.000 Conference: Pacific-10 Bradley 1-0 1.000 Houston 7-0 1.000 Ohio State 4-0 1.000 Texas-Arlington 1-0 1.000 Home Arena (Capacity): Bohler Gym (3,000) BYU 8-3 .727 Humboldt State 1-0 1.000 Oklahoma 4-0 1.000 Tulane 1-0 1.000 California 59-5 .922 Illinois 3-0 1.000 Oral Roberts 3-0 1.000 UC Davis 2-0 1.000 Athletic Director: Jim Sterk Cal Poly 7-4 .636 Illinois-Chicago 2-0 1.000 Oregon 44-2 .957 UC Irvine 3-0 1.000 Head Coach: Andrew Palileo Chaminade 1-0 1.000 Illinois State 4-0 1.000 Oregon State 46-0 1.000 UCLA 37-31 .544 Career Record (Years): 239-141 (11 years) Chico State 1-0 1.000 Indiana 1-0 1.000 Pacific 28-22 .560 UC Riverside 3-0 1.000 Record at WSU (Years): First Year Cincinnati 1-0 1.000 Jacksonville 1-0 1.000 Penn State 5-5 .500 UC San Diego 1-0 1.000 Assistant Coaches: Brian Lamppa, TeAna Tramel Colorado 7-0 1.000 Kentucky 2-1 .333 Pepperdine 6-1 .857 UC Santa Barbara 8-6 .571 Volleyball Office Phone: (509) 335-0277 Colorado State 10-0 1.000 Long Beach State 14-2 .875 Pittsburgh 4-0 1.000 USC 49-18 .731 2007 Record: 10-22 Connecticut 1-0 1.000 Loyola Marymount 3-0 1.000 Portland State 3-0 1.000 USIU 1-0 1.000 2007 Conference Record/Finish: 1-17/10th Creighton 1-0 1.000 LSU 2-0 1.000 Purdue 2-0 1.000 Utah 3-1 .750 2007 Postseason: None CS Fullerton 6-0 1.000 Maine 1-0 1.000 Radford 1-0 1.000 Utah State 2-0 1.000 CS Northridge 4-0 1.000 Marquette 1-0 1.000 Rhode Island 1-0 1.000 VCU 1-0 1.000 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 8/3 Delaware State 1-0 1.000 Michigan 2-0 1.000 Sacramento State 8-0 1.000 Villanova 2-0 1.000 Starters Returning/Lost: 3/3 Drake 1-0 1.000 Michigan State 2-0 1.000 Saint Mary’s 7-2 .778 Virginia 1-0 1.000 Top Returnees: Brittany Johnson (5-9, Sr., OH); Kelly Duke 2-0 1.000 Minnesota 4-0 1.000 San Diego 3-0 1.000 Washington 41-9 .820 Hyder (5-9, Jr., L); Cassie Robbins (6-3, Jr., MB) Eastern Michigan 1-0 1.000 Missouri 2-0 1.000 San Diego State 8-5 .615 Washington State 42-3 .933 Volleyball SID: Linda Chalich Eastern Washington 1-0 1.000 Nebraska 5-5 .500 San Francisco 16-0 1.000 Weber State 2-0 1.000 Office Phone: (509) 335-0268 Fairfield 2-0 1.000 Nevada 6-0 1.000 San Francisco State 2-0 1.000 Western Kentucky 1-0 1.000 E-mail: [email protected] Florida 2-2 .500 New Hampshire 1-0 1.000 San Jose State 25-11 .694 Western Michigan 1-0 1.000 Athletics Website: www.WSUCougars.com Florida A&M 1-0 1.000 New Mexico 6-0 1.000 Santa Clara 25-1 .962 Wisconsin 2-0 1.000 Series Record: 42-3 (.933) Florida Atlantic 1-0 1.000 New Mexico State 1-0 1.000 SE Missouri State 1-0 1.000 Wyoming 3-1 .750 Fresno State 13-1 .929 North Carolina 2-0 1.000 Syracuse 2-0 1.000 Yale 1-0 1.000 Last Meeting: W, 3-0 (11/9/07) Georgetown 1-0 1.000 Northern Iowa 2-0 1.000 Tennessee 2-0 1.000

2008 Stanford Women’s Volleyball 23 Pacific-10 Conference The Nation’s Toughest Conference The Pac-10 has won 11 of the last 18 NCAA titles and five of the last seven. Pac-10 teams have claimed 13 of the 27 all-time NCAA titles. The Pac-10 has sent six or more teams to the NCAA Tournament in each of the last eight years. The NCAA Final Four has included three Pac-10 teams three of the last four years, and 25 of the 27 Final Fours have included at least one Pac-10 team. A Pac-10 team has played in 21 of the 27 NCAA Championship matches, including each of the last seven. Five Pac-10 teams advanced to NCAA Regionals in 2007, with three advancing to the NCAA Final Four. Six Pac-10 teams finished 2007 ranked in the top-10 in the AVCA Poll. The Pac-10 had a league record seven players named to the 12-player AVCA All-America First Team in 2007 and 13 total AVCA All-Americans, more than any other conference. The Pac-10 holds a 298-143 (.676) record in NCAA Tournament play, with 50 of the defeats coming at the hands of other Pac-10 teams.

NCAA Championships NCAA Finalists By Final 2007 Pac-10 Standings By Conference Conference *Teams listed by current conference association *Teams listed by current conference association Team Pac-10 Overall Pac-10 13 Pac-10 25 Stanford 16-2 32-3 Big West 5 Big West 8 Washington 15-3 27-4 Big 12 4 Big 12 8 USC 14-4 29-5 WAC 3 Big 10 7 California 12-6 26-8 Big 10 2 WAC 5 UCLA 9-9 23-11 SEC 1 Oregon 9-9 22-11 Arizona St. 7-11 15-16 The Best of the Best Arizona 4-14 14-17 Oregon St. 3-15 10-20 Stanford claimed its league record 11th Pac-10 title in 2007, adding to its history of success in the nation’s toughest volleyball con- Washington St. 1-17 10-22 ference. Stanford has been either the conference champion or runner-up in 21 of the 22 seasons since the Pac-10 added women’s volleyball in 1986. The Cardinal also holds the league’s best all-time winning percentage in conference play (.874), more than 100 2007 Pac-10 Awards percentage points above its closest rival. Player of the Year: Foluke Akinradewo, Stanford Year Conference Champion Stanford’s Finish Year Conference Champion Stanford’s Finish Freshman of the Year: Alix Klineman, Stanford 1986 UCLA 2nd 1997 Stanford 1st Coach of the Year: John Dunning, Stanford 1987 Stanford 1st 1998 Stanford 1st 1988 UCLA 2nd 1999 Stanford/UCLA t-1st 2007 All-Pac-10 Team 1989 UCLA t-2nd 2000 Arizona/USC 4th Foluke Akinradewo, Stanford 1990 UCLA 2nd 2001 Stanford 1st Cynthia Barboza, Stanford 1991 Stanford 1st 2002 USC 2nd Taylor Carico, USC 1992 UCLA 2nd 2003 USC 2nd Hana Cutura, California 1993 UCLA t-2nd 2004 Washington 2nd Asia Kaczor, USC 1994 Stanford 1st 2005 Washington t-2nd Bryn Kehoe, Stanford 1995 Stanford 1st 2006 Stanford 1st Alix Klineman, Stanford 1996 Stanford 1st 2007 Stanford 1st Gorana Maricic, Oregon Tamari Miyashiro, Washington Christal Morrison, Washington Stevie Mussie, Washington Angie Pressey, California Nellie Spicer, UCLA Jessica Swarbrick, Washington Composite League Standings (1986-2007) Stanford (11) 346-50 (.874) UCLA (7) 303-93 (.765) USC (3) 275-121 (.694) Washington (2) 207-189 (.523) Arizona (1) 203-193 (.513) Arizona State 170-226 (.429) Washington State 149-247 (.376) California 147-249 (.371) Oregon State 98-298 (.247) Oregon 80-316 (.202)

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