2006 Season in Review

Back to the Top: Cardinal Makes 16th NCAA on their home court. The Cardinal routed defending National Champion Final Four Appearance in 2006 Washington in the NCAA semifinal, but fell 27-30, 30-26, 30-28, 30-27 to Nebraska in the championship match. Stanford had much to be proud of in 2006, however. Of the team’s 30 After a one-year absence, the collegiate women’s volleyball program that wins, 25 were by 3-0 margins. The Cardinal produced four All-Americans, has become a fixture of the NCAA Final Four was back in the spotlight. In matching the highest single-season total in program history, with Bryn 2006, the Stanford Cardinal made a 16th Final Four appearance and Kehoe, Cynthia Barboza, Foluke Akinradewo and Kristin Richards all advanced to its 12th national title match, figures unparalleled by any pro- receiving the honor. Five players earned All-Conference recognition, and gram in the country. The Cardinal finished the season with a No. 2 nation- nine of the ten eligible team members earned Pac-10 All-Academic honors. al ranking, a 30-4 record and an unprecedented 10th Pac-10 title, all col- It was a record year for Richards, as the senior outside hitter finished her lected while playing 15 matches against ranked opponents and 22 matches career ranked in the top-10 in program history in nine career categories. against eventual NCAA Tournament participants. The Orem, Utah native shattered the program dig record, notching 1,597 Stanford was nearly perfect in the preseason, going 9-1 with a small hic- in her time on the Farm. She also graduated as one of the top five players cup against BYU in the Cougars’ home tournament. With the exception of in kills, service aces and total attacks and found herself in 10 places on the that match, the Cardinal entered the Pac-10 season having not lost a single Stanford single-season charts. Akinradewo set a single-season hitting per- game and was ready for the challenging conference season. Despite battling centage record with a .431 clip and Kehoe continued her climb to fourth on a conference schedule that included five top-10 teams, the Cardinal came the career assists chart. Barboza led the Cardinal in kills (463), service aces out on top with a 16-2 Pac-10 record. (48) and points (562.5). Stanford received an automatic bid to its 26th-straight NCAA At the end of the run, Stanford said goodbye to four outstanding seniors: Tournament, and eased past Sacramento State in the First Round in Maples Richards, Nji Nnamani, Lizzie Suiter and Michelle Mellard. The foursome Pavilion. In the Second Round, the squad won a thrilling five-game battle finished their careers having helped Stanford to two Final Four appear- with Missouri to advance to the Regional in Austin, Texas. In Austin, ances, a 111-23 record and the 2004 National Championship. Stanford swept Bay Area rival Cal, before knocking off the Texas Longhorns

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2006 Statistics

2006 Overall Statistics OVERALL: 30-4 CONFERENCE: 16-2 HOME: 14-1 AWAY: 9-2 NEUTRAL: 7-1 [------Attack------] [-----Set-----] [------Serve------] [-----Dig-----] [------Blocking------] [--Points--] Player G MP/MS K K/Gm E TA Pct A A/Gm SA SE SA/Gm RE DIG Dig/G BS BA Total B/Gm BE BHE Pts P/Gm Barboza, Cynthia 110 34-33 463 4.21 141 1221 .264 31 0.28 48 0.44 57 29 329 2.99 27 49 76 0.69 5 0 562.5 5.11 Akinradewo, Foluke 98 31-30 382 3.90 63 740 .431 6 0.06 19 0.19 37 0 69 0.70 21 120 141 1.44 6 0 482.0 4.92 Richards, Kristin 105 32-31 397 3.78 177 972 .226 33 0.31 34 0.32 44 32 350 3.33 17 39 56 0.53 11 1 467.5 4.45 Girard, Franci 103 34-31 210 2.04 57 464 .330 6 0.06 11 0.11 25 3 42 0.41 13 79 92 0.89 13 0 273.5 2.66 Waller, Erin 88 31-6 173 1.97 61 421 .266 30 0.34 8 0.09 11 4 79 0.90 9 41 50 0.57 9 7 210.5 2.39 Okogbaa, Janet 32 18-0 32 1.00 21 95 .116 8 0.25 0 0.00 0 0 6 0.19 0 18 18 0.56 3 0 41.0 1.28 Mellard, Michelle 28 17-3 28 1.00 8 72 .278 1 0.04 5 0.18 1 0 16 0.57 2 25 27 0.96 5 1 47.5 1.70 Kehoe, Bryn 110 34-34 105 0.95 23 224 .366 1473 13.39 28 0.25 26 2 316 2.87 8 78 86 0.78 19 31 180.0 1.64 Suiter, Lizzie 29 15-3 25 0.86 6 68 .279 1 0.03 1 0.03 1 0 2 0.07 4 23 27 0.93 5 0 41.5 1.43 Nnamani, Nji 108 33-31 66 0.61 34 213 .150 74 0.69 27 0.25 31 2 208 1.93 1 31 32 0.30 1 3 109.5 1.01 Fishburn, Jessica 111 34-0 3 0.03 0 3 1.000 31 0.28 7 0.06 14 52 430 3.87 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 10.0 0.09 Evans, Joanna 45 19-1 1 0.02 0 3 .333 39 0.87 3 0.07 17 0 25 0.56 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 4.0 0.09 Hernandez, Heather 6 5-0 0 0.00 0 1 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 3 0.50 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 TEAM 9 STANFORD 111 34-34 1885 16.98 591 4497 .288 1733 15.61 191 1.72 264 133 1875 16.89 102 503 353.5 3.18 77 45 2429.5 21.89 OPPONENTS 111 34-34 1514 13.64 803 4524 .157 1425 12.84 133 1.20 253 191 1701 15.32 40 445 262.5 2.36 65 66 1909.5 17.20

2006 Pac-10 Statistics OVERALL: 16-2 HOME: 8-1 AWAY: 8-1 NEUTRAL: 0-0 [------Attack------] [-----Set-----] [------Serve------] [-----Dig-----] [------Blocking------] [--Points--] Player G MP/MS K K/Gm E TA Pct A A/Gm SA SE SA/Gm RE DIG Dig/G BS BA Total B/Gm BE BHE Pts P/Gm Barboza, Cynthia 57 18-18 254 4.46 93 679 .237 18 0.32 23 0.40 36 18 172 3.02 12 27 39 0.68 3 0 302.5 5.31 Richards, Kristin 55 17-16 210 3.82 85 524 .239 20 0.36 21 0.38 27 23 181 3.29 9 20 29 0.53 7 0 250.0 4.55 Akinradewo, Foluke 49 16-15 175 3.57 29 343 .426 3 0.06 12 0.24 12 0 41 0.84 11 59 70 1.43 4 0 227.5 4.64 Girard, Franci 54 18-16 127 2.35 24 267 .386 6 0.11 9 0.17 20 3 29 0.54 6 35 41 0.76 4 0 159.5 2.95 Waller, Erin 51 18-4 91 1.78 33 227 .256 17 0.33 3 0.06 7 3 45 0.88 4 24 28 0.55 6 6 110.0 2.16 Okogbaa, Janet 16 9-0 21 1.31 12 55 .164 1 0.06 0 0.00 0 0 2 0.12 0 3 3 0.19 3 0 22.5 1.41 Kehoe, Bryn 57 18-18 65 1.14 7 123 .472 798 14.00 13 0.23 12 0 142 2.49 4 34 38 0.67 6 16 99.0 1.74 Suiter, Lizzie 18 10-2 18 1.00 2 49 .327 0 0.00 1 0.06 1 0 7 0.44 0 6 6 0.38 5 0 23.0 1.44 Mellard, Michelle 16 9-2 16 1.00 3 35 .371 0 0.00 4 0.25 0 0 2 0.11 1 15 16 0.89 3 0 27.5 1.53 Nnamani, Nji 58 18-16 25 0.43 17 77 .104 24 0.41 14 0.24 13 1 118 2.03 1 9 10 0.17 1 1 44.5 0.77 Fishburn, Jessica 58 18-0 3 0.05 0 3 1.000 18 0.31 0 0.00 3 29 216 3.72 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 3.0 0.05 Evans, Joanna 33 14-1 0 0.00 0 1 .000 13 0.39 2 0.06 13 0 2 0.67 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 Hernandez, Heather 3 3-0 0 0.00 0 1 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 12 0.36 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2.0 0.06 TEAM 4 STANFORD 58 18-18 1005 17.33 305 2384 .294 918 15.83 102 1.76 144 81 969 16.71 48 232 164.0 2.83 42 23 1271.0 21.91 Opponents 58 18-18 797 13.74 401 2341 .169 754 13.00 81 1.40 123 102 881 15.19 19 242 140.0 2.41 36 40 1018.0 17.55

KEY: E – Errors SA – Service Aces DIG – Digs BE – Block Errors G – Games Played TA – Total Attempts SE – Service Errors BA – Block Assists BHE – Ball Handling Errors K – Kills A – Assists RE – Receiving Errors BS – Block Solos

2006 Individual Match Highs Hitting Percentage .850 (17-0-20), Foluke Akinradewo at Arizona (10/28) Kills 26, Foluke Akinradewo vs. Missouri (12/3) Total Attempts 69, Cynthia Barboza at UCLA (10/13) Assists 67, Bryn Kehoe vs. Missouri (12/3) Digs 26, Kristin Richards at UCLA (10/13) Total Blocks 9, Franci Girard vs. Santa Clara (9/14), Foluke Akinradewo vs. Oregon (10/20) Service Aces 4, Cynthia Barboza at Hawaii (9/9), Foluke Akinradewo vs. Arizona (9/29), Kristin Richards vs. California (12/8), Cynthia Barboza at Texas (12/9), Bryn Kehoe at Washington (12/14)

2006 Team Highs/Lows Stanford Opponent Highs Lows Highs Lows Attack Percentage .471 vs. Fairfield (9/8) .150 at BYU (9/1) Attack Percentage .364, Washington (9/22) -.088, Oregon (10/20) Kills 84 vs. Missouri (12/3) 41 vs. Oregon (10/20) Kills 80, Texas (12/9) 22, Fairfield (9/8) Total Attempts 196 vs. Missouri (12/3) 95 at Washington State (9/21) Total Attempts 210, Missouri (12/3) 90, Washington State (9/21) Assists 78 vs. Missouri (12/3) 33 vs. Oregon (10/20) Assists 77, UCLA (10/13) Fairfield, 19 (9/8) Digs 96 vs. Missouri (12/3) 34 vs. California (12/8) Digs 85, UCLA (11/11) 21, Washington State (9/21) Blocks 18.5 at Texas (12/9) 3 at Washington (9/22) Blocks 17.5, UCLA (11/11) 1, Oregon State (10/19) Service Aces 12 at UCLA (10/13) 0 vs. USC (11/10) Services Aces 9, Arizona State (9/30) 1, Fairfield (9/8) 9, UCLA (10/13) 1, Hawaii, (9/9) 1, Georgetown (9/15)

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2006 Final Match Results Date Opponent W/L Game Scores Attend High Kills High Digs High Blocks Aug. 26 UC Santa Barbara W, 3-0 30-20, 30-26, 30-25 1257 RIchards, 14 Fishburn, 14 Akinradewo, 6 Sept. 1 at BYU L, 1-3 30-17, 25-30, 25-30, 16-30 4050 Girard/Richards, 14 Kehoe, 15 Akinradewo/Girard, 5 Sept. 2 vs VCU W, 3-0 30-28, 30-17, 30-16 263 Barboza, 15 Fishburn, 15 Nnamani, 4 Sept. 2 vs Texas A&M-CC W, 3-0 30-12, 30-15, 30-20 263 Richards, 11 Fishburn, 14 Akinradewo, 6 Sept. 7 vs Northwestern W, 3-0 30-27, 30-27, 30-17 6311 Barboza, 19 Barboza/Fishburn, 16 Akinradewo, 6 Sept. 8 vs Fairfield W, 3-0 30-13, 30-16, 30-14 6430 Akinradewo, 17 Richards, 11 Akinradewo, 4 Sept. 9 at Hawaii W, 3-0 30-10, 30-22, 30-24 8213 Barboza, 15 Fishburn, 13 Akinradewo, 6 Sept. 14 Santa Clara W, 3-0 30-28, 30-14, 30-23 1353 Richards, 16 Nnamani, 11 Girard, 9 Sept. 15 Georgetown W, 3-0 30-20, 30-23, 30-25 1027 Barboza, 18 Kehoe, 13 Mellard, 7 Sept. 16 Saint Mary’s W, 3-0 30-27, 30-23, 30-19 1190 Akinradewo, 15 Fishburn, 17 Akinradewo/Barboza/Kehoe, 3 Sept. 21 at Washington State W, 3-0 30-17, 30-16, 30-23 721 Richards, 15 Barboza/Fishburn, 8 Akinradewo, 8 Sept. 22 at Washington L, 0-3 21-30, 28-30, 25-30 4128 Barboza, 25 Fishburn, 25 Akinradewo, 2 Sept. 29 Arizona W, 3-0 35-33, 30-20, 30-15 1637 Barboza, 19 Fishburn, 9 Akinradewo, 4 Sept. 30 Arizona State W, 3-0 30-27, 30-21, 30-25 1377 Barboza, 17 Fishburn, 11 Girard, 6 Oct. 6 California W, 3-0 30-20, 30-22, 30-21 3213 Barboza/Richards, 13 Kehoe, 12 Akinradewo, 7 Oct. 12 at USC W, 3-0 30-20, 30-26, 30-28 5000 Barboza, 18 Barboza, 14 Girard, 5 Oct. 13 at UCLA W, 3-2 30-27, 27-30, 25-30, 30-25, 15-10 2320 Barboza/Richards, 21 Richards, 26 Akinradewo, 7 Oct. 19 Oregon State W, 3-0 30-19, 30-17, 30-20 1257 Barboza, 20 Barboza, 14 Barboza, 2 Oct. 20 Oregon W, 3-0 30-20, 30-18, 30-18 1778 Akinradewo, 10 Fishburn, 12 Akinradewo, 9 Oct. 27 at Arizona State W, 3-0 30-24, 30-22, 30-24 842 Akinradewo, 15 Fishburn,13 Akinradewo, 3 Oct. 28 at Arizona W, 3-0 30-17, 30-19, 30-19 747 Akinradewo, 17 Richards, 20 Waller, 3 Nov. 3 at California W, 3-1 30-26, 30-21, 28-30, 30-28 2689 Barboza, 17 Nnamani/Richards, 13 Akinradewo, 5 Nov. 10 USC L, 0-3 18-30, 24-30, 31-33 3997 Akinradewo, 15 Fishburn, 21 Akinradewo/Barboza, 2 Nov. 11 UCLA W, 3-1 17-30, 30-25, 30-26, 30-27 3824 Barboza, 15 Barboza, 20 Suiter/Waller, 6 Nov. 16 at Oregon W, 3-0 30-26, 36-34, 30-22 1203 Richards, 15 Fishburn, 11 Akinradewo, 8 Nov. 17 at Oregon State W, 3-0 30-16, 30-16, 30-24 829 Barboza, 12 Barboza, 11 Girard/Waller, 3 Nov. 24 Washington W, 3-0 30-27, 30-15, 31-29 3256 Richards, 13 Barboza, 18 Kehoe, 8 Nov. 25 Washington State W, 3-0 30-27, 30-23, 30-18 1623 Richards, 21 Barboza, 13 Richards, 3 Dec. 2 Sacramento State W, 3-0 30-18, 30-18, 30-26 2922 Akinradewo/Barboza, 14 Fishburn, 20 Akinradewo/Suiter, 4 Dec. 3 Missouri W, 3-2 30-20, 27-30, 30-24, 25-30, 15-9 2038 Akinradewo, 26 Kehoe, 21 Akinradewo/Kehoe, 5 Dec. 8 vs California W, 3-0 31-29, 30-25, 31-29 3013 Barboza, 12 Fishburn, 10 Akinradewo, 4 Dec. 9 vs Texas W, 3-1 30-28, 34-32, 31-33, 30-24 3191 Barboza, 18 Richards, 23 Barboza, 7 Dec. 14 vs Washington W, 3-0 30-12, 30-25, 30-15 17013 Akinradewo, 15 Fishburn, 14 Girard, 6 Dec. 16 vs Nebraska L, 1-3 30-27, 26-30, 28-30, 27-30 17209 Waller, 18 Fishburn, 20 Akinradewo, 8

2006 Postseason Honors

Foluke Akinradewo Cynthia Barboza Jessica Fishburn Michelle Mellard Waikiki Beach Marriott Challenge Waikiki Beach Marriott Challenge Pac-10 All-Academic Second Team Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable All-Tournament Team Most Outstanding Player Mention Stanford Invitational All-Tournament Waikiki Beach Marriott Challenge Franci Girard Team All-Tournament Team Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Nji Nnamani Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Pac-10 Player of the Week (9/11) Mention Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention Stanford Invite Most Outstanding Player All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention Mention All-Pac-10 Team Stanford Invite All-Tournament Team Bryn Kehoe Kristin Richards AVCA Pacific Region First Team Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention Stanford Invitational Most Waikiki Beach Marriott Challenge AVCA All-America First Team All-Pac-10 Team Outstanding Player All-Tournament Team Honda Award Nominee AVCA Pacific Region First Team Stanford Invitational All-Tournament Pac-10 Player of the Week (10/9) Volleyball Magazine All-America First AVCA All-America First Team Team All-Pac-10 Team Team Volleyball Magazine All-America First Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable AVCA Pacific Region Honorable Team Mention Mention Pac-10 Player of the Week (11/27) AVCA All-America Third Team All-Pac-10 Team Volleyball Magazine All-America Sports Imports/AVCA National Player Honorable Mention of the Week (11/28) AVCA Pacific Region First Team Lizzie Suiter AVCA All-America Second Team Pac-10 All-Academic First Team Volleyball Magazine All-America Erin Waller Second Team Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention

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2006 Pac-10 Standings 2006 Pac-10 All-Freshman Women’s Volleyball Team Conference Overall Player (School) POS HT Hometown School W L .Pct W L .Pct Taylor Carico (USC) S 5-10 Manhattan Beach, Calif. Stanford 16 2 .889 30 4 .882 Hana Cutura (California) OH 6-3 Zagreb, Croatia UCLA 15 3 .833 33 4 .892 Whitney Dosty (Arizona) OH 6-3 Tucson, Ariz. Washington 15 3 .833 29 5 .853 Marina Mercer (Arizona State) S 5-11 Chandler, Ariz. USC 14 4 ,778 27 5 .844 Tamari Miyashiro (Washington) L 5-7 Honolulu, Hawaii California 9 9 .500 22 10 .688 Sonja Newcombe (Oregon) MB 6-1 Lake Arrowhead, Calif. Oregon 7 11 .389 17 12 .586 Rachel Rourke (Oregon State) OH 6-5 Aroona, Queensland, Australia Arizona State 7 11 .389 16 15 .516 Honorable Mention: Corina Beyer (Washington State); Nevena Djordjevic (Oregon); Neticia Arizona 4 14 .222 13 17 .433 Enesi (Oregon); Kelly Hyder (Washington State); Jacy Norton (Arizona); Lexie Rathgeber Washington State 3 15 .167 15 17 .469 (Oregon State). Oregon State 0 18 .000 3 24 .111 2006 All-Pac-10 Women’s Volleyball Team Player (School) Pos. HT YR Hometown Foluke Akinradewo (Stanford) MB 6-3 So. Plantation, Fla. Cynthia Barboza (Stanford) OH 6-0 So. Long Beach, Calif. Katie Carter (UCLA) OH 6-3 Sr. Steamboat Springs, Colo. Alesha Deesing (Washington) MB 6-1 Jr. Salem, Ore. Asia Kaczor (USC) OH 6-4 So. Wroclaw, Poland Bryn Kehoe (Stanford) S 5-11 Jr. North Bend, Ohio Nana Meriwether (UCLA) MB 6-1 Sr. Ventura, Calif. Christal Morrison (Washington) OH 6-2 Jr. Puyallup, Wash. Angie Pressey (California) OH 5-8 Jr. Heathrow, Fla. Kristin Richards (Stanford) OH 6-0 Sr. Orem, Utah Debora Seilhamer (USC) L 5-5 Sr. Ponce, Puerto Rico Nellie Spicer (UCLA) S 5-10 So. Barrington, Ill. Jessica Swarbrick (Washington) MB 6-1 So. El Dorado, Calif. Courtney Thompson (Washington) S 5-8 Sr. Kent, Wash. Honorable Mention: Morgan Beck (California); Diane Copenhagen (USC); Jillian Davis (California); Sydney Donahue (Arizona State); Franci Girard (Stanford); Jessica Gysin (USC); Dominique Lamb (Arizona); Tamari Miyashiro (Washington); Nicole Morton (Arizona State); Sonja Newcombe (Oregon); Ellen Orchard (California); Janine Sandell (Washington). Stanford won an unprecedented tenth Pac-10 Championship in 2006. Pac-10 Player of the Year: Christal Morrison (Washington) Pac-10 Freshman of the Year: Taylor Carico (USC) Pac-10 at the 2006 NCAA Tournament: Pac-10 Coach of the Year: Jim Moore (Oregon) First Round Arizona State d. Coll. of Charleston3-1 30-26, 30-23, 29-31, 30-20 2006 Pac-10 All-Academic Women’s Volleyball Team California d. LSU 3-1 25-30, 30-23, 30-17, 30-16 Stanford d. Sacramento St. 3-0 30-18, 30-18, 30-26 First Team UCLA d. UAB 3-0 30-24, 30-21, 30-23 Player (School) Yr. GPA Major USC d. Mississippi 3-0 30-17, 30-24, 30-23 Kristen Bitter (Oregon) Sr. 4.07 Business Administration Washington d. Colorado State 3-1 26-30, 30-26, 30-24, 30-22 Erin Litte (Oregon) Sr. 3.74 General Science Hawaii d. Oregon 3-0 30-17, 30-17, 30-18 Jade Machado (UCLA) So. 3.97 Undeclared Second Round Colette Meek (Arizona State) Jr. 3.92 Psychology California d. Cal Poly 3-1 30-24, 30-26, 23-30, 30-20 Marina Mercer (Arizona State) RFr. 4.00 Undeclared UCLA d. Utah 3-0 30-24, 30-27, 30-26 Kristin Murray (Oregon State) Jr. 3.74 Business Administration Washington d. Colorado 3-1 30-15, 22-30, 30-26, 30-24 Elizabeth Suiter (Stanford) Sr. 3.79 Communication Florida d. Arizona State 3-1 30-17, 30-27, 26-30, 30-23 Second Team Stanford d. Missouri 3-2 30-20, 27-30, 30-24, 25-30, 15-9 Jill Collymore (Washington) So. 3.72 Psychology/Digital Arts USC d. BYU 3-0 30-25, 39-37, 30-19 Alli Dillon (USC) Sr. 3.68 Occupational Therapy Jessica Fishburn (Stanford) So. 3.62 Undeclared Regional Semifinals Brittany Johnson (Washington St.) So. 3.71 Management Information Systems Regional Semifinals Rachel Mittelstaedt (Arizona State) Jr. 3.79 Marketing UCLA d. Oklahoma 3-0 30-22, 30-16, 30-26 Courtney Thompson (Washington)Sr. 3.52 Business Administration Washington d. Ohio State 3-0 30-16, 30-18, 30-18 Abby Windell (Oregon State) Sr. 3.61 Apparel Design Stanford d. California 3-0 31-29, 30-25, 31-29 Honorable Mention: Foluke Akinradewo, So. (Stanford); Ashley Aratani, Jr., (Washington); Hawaii d. USC 3-2 28-30, 30-21, 21-30, 30-27, 15-5 Cynthia Barboza, So. (Stanford); Katelyn Bishop, Jr. (USC); Stephanie Butkus, Sr. (Arizona); Regional Finals Brittany Cahoon, Sr. (Oregon State); Samantha Carter, Sr. (California); Vivian Cheung, Sr. Stanford d. Texas 3-1 30-28, 34-32, 31-33, 30-24 (California); Jillian Davis, Sr. (California); Amy Dyck, Jr. (Arizona); Ashley Evans, So. (Oregon Washington d. Penn State 3-1 30-27, 30-24, 28-30, 30-26 State); Danielle Fernandes, Jr. (Arizona State); Jennifer Fitz, So. (Oregon State); Franci Girard, UCLA d. Hawaii 3-0 30-16, 30-23, 30-23 Jr. (Stanford); Natalie Hooper, So. (Oregon State); Katie Jackels, Jr. (Arizona); Bryn Kehoe, Jr. National Semifinals (Stanford); Dominique Lamb, Jr. (Arizona); Alison Lund, Jr., (Arizona State); Heather Stanford d. Washington 3-0 30-12, 30-25, 30-15 Madison, Sr. (Oregon); Michelle Mellard, Sr. (Stanford); Nana Meriwether, Sr. (UCLA); Nicole Nebraska d. UCLA 3-1 23-30, 30-28, 30-23, 30-28 Morton, Sr. (Arizona State); Bryte Nielson, So. (California); Njideka Nnamani, Sr. (Stanford); National Championship Angie Pressey, Jr. (California); Nina Reeves, Sr. (Arizona State); Kaitlin Sather, So. (UCLA); Nebraska d. Stanford 3-1 27-30, 30-26, 30-28, 30-27 Natalie Smart, Sr. (California); Am’ra Solomon, RSo. (California); Karen Waddington, Jr. (Oregon); Erin Waller, So. (Stanford); Stephanie Weishaar, So. (Washington State).

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Friends of Stanford Volleyball

In 2007, there are some new and exciting on coaching and recruiting instead of on room and barbeques, and continue our benefits changes being made in the Stanford Athletic fundraising for our basic operating expenses. chart, awarding benefits to donors who con- Department. One of those is in the area of indi- Instead of receiving solicitations through the tribute at a certain level. vidual sport program fundraising. Stanford Quick Set Club, donors will now receive a single To supplement our budget support from Athletics is in the process of providing Women’s solicitation from the Buck/Cardinal Club. Donors Buck/Cardinal, we will also fundraise on occasion Volleyball, as well as all of the other varsity pro- to the Buck/Cardinal Club will also now receive for special one-time projects that are not covered grams in the department, full operating budgets benefits such as improved seating, parking passes, in our new budget. We will do this through spe- for the first time in almost 10 years. Our new and newsletters. By giving a gift to the cial events and/or donor outreach with the coop- budget will include all of the components neces- Buck/Cardinal Club, you will be helping to pro- eration of our Athletic Development Office. sary for our programs to compete for conference vide Women’s Volleyball, and all of Stanford’s This change is a very positive and exciting one and national titles each and every year. Because of other programs, with the budget resources we for our programs, and we hope you will continue this, Women’s Volleyball will no longer fundraise need on an annual basis. to support Stanford Women’s Volleyball and all of for our basic operating budgets effective fiscal At the time of your donation, you will have the our fellow varsity sports, by giving to the year 2008 (September 1, 2007). chance to select Women’s Volleyball as your sport Buck/Cardinal Club. Women’s Volleyball’s new budget will be fund- of preference, and by doing so, will continue to ed in large part by the Buck/Cardinal Club, and receive communications from our program. The this will allow us to focus more time and energy Quick Set Club will still exist; we will continue to host events such as the post game hospitality

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