2007-08 Season Review

All Conf. Conf. Conf. Final Fall Sports W-L W-L Season Champ. Poll Postseason Head Coach

Cross Country 32-87 0-8 9th 9th -- -- Rahn Sheffield, 17th Year

Football 4-8 3-5 6th ------Chuck Long, 2nd Year

Men’s Soccer (Pac-10) 8-7-4 4-4-2 T-2nd T-2nd -- -- Lev Kirshner, 8th Year

Women’s Soccer 9-8-3 4-2-1 2nd 2nd -- -- Mike Friesen, 1st Year

Volleyball 13-16 4-12 8th Qtrs. -- -- Mark Warner, 13th Year

All Conf. Conf. Conf. Final Winter Sports W-L W-L Season Champ. Poll Postseason Head Coach

Men’s Basketball 20-13 9-7 4th T-3rd -- NIT, 1st Round Steve Fisher, 9th Year

Women’s Basketball 18-13 7-9 5th 2nd -- -- Beth Burns, 3rd Year

Swimming & Diving 8-4 2-4 8th 8th -- -- Mike Shrader, 1st Year

Indoor Track & Field 34-35 5-3 4th 4th -- 33rd in NCAA Championships Rahn Sheffield, 17th Year

All Conf. Conf. Conf. Final Spring Sports W-L W-L Season Champ. Poll Postseason Head Coach

Baseball 31-28 16-8 T-2nd ------Tony Gwynn, 6th Year

Crew ------4th -- -- Jennifer Zebroski, 5th Year

Men’s Golf 138-35-1 -- 7th 7th 34 14th in NCAA Finals Ryan Donovan, 5th Year

Women’s Golf 59-72 -- 7th 7th 107 -- Felicia Brown, 6th Year

Softball 44-17 15-5 1st -- 24/24 NCAA Regionals Kathy Van Wyk, 12th Year

Men’s Tennis 13-12 1-5 6th 5th 56 -- Gene Carswell, 5th Year

Women’s Tennis 11-13 3-5 6th 6th -- -- Peter Mattera, 15th Year

Outdoor Track & Field 72-39-11 6-2 -- 3rd -- t-31st in NCAA Championships Rahn Sheffield, 17th Year

Water Polo (MPSF) 29-6 8-4 4th 5th 4 5th in NCAA Championships Carin Crawford, 10th Year Baseball

W-L Record: OVERALL: 31-28 HOME: 19-14 AWAY: 11-12 NEUT: 1-2 Conference Finish: 16-8, T-2nd Academic All-MWC: Garett Green, James McLaughlin All-MWC: 1st team - Troy Hanzawa, Nick Romero, ; 2nd team - Pat Colwell, Shane Kaufman Brooks Wallace Player of the Year Award Watch List: Stephen Strasburg, Garett Green Collegiate Baseball’s Louisville Slugger 1st Team All-American: Stephen Strasburg Collegiate Baseball’s Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week: Stephen Strasbur g (3) CollegiateBaseballInsider.com’s National Player of the Week: Garett Green MWC Co-Player of the Week: Garett Green MWC of the Week: Stephen Strasburg (7), Addison Reed MWC Pitcher of the Year: Stephen Strasburg MWC Player of the Week: Garett Green Preseason All-MWC Team: Brandon Glover, Nick Romero, Stephen Strasburg Notes: Pitcher Stephen Strasburg broke the San Diego State record for in a season and set a new MWC record for strikeouts in a season in conference games ... Strasburg pitched a 23 game in a win over Utah shattering the San Diego State record set by John Hemmerly of 18 K’s.

Men’s Basketball W-L Record: OVERALL: 20-13 HOME: 11-3 AWAY: 6-8 NEUT: 3-2 Conference Finish: 9-7, 4th Conference Tournament: Semifinals (1-1) Postseason: NIT, First Round Academic All-MWC: Jon Pastorek All-MWC: 1st team - Lorrenzo Wade; 3rd team - Ryan Amoroso, Billy White; Freshman of the Year - Billy White MWC Freshman of the Year: Billy White MWC Players of the Week: Kyle Spain, Lorrenzo Wade, Billy White (2) NABC All-District 13: 2nd team-Lorrenzo Wade Notes: San Diego State won at least 20 games for the third consecutive season for the first time since the 1938-39, 1939-40, 1940-41 seasons ... The Aztecs advanced to postseason play for the third consec- utive season for the first time since 1939-40, 1940-41, 1941-42 campaigns ... San Diego State set school records for most victories in a four-year period (77) and a three-year span (66) ... SDSU has posted three consecutive winning conference seasons for the first time since 1965-66, 1966-67 and 1967-68 ... Billy White became the first freshman in MWC history to win player of the week honors twice as a freshman ... The Aztecs won at The Pit for the third year in a row and became the first program to have two win streaks at New Mexico’s historic venue of at least three games ... It is the second longest win streak for a visiting team in the history of the building, trailing UTEP’s four-game win streak (1983-86) in the mid 80s ... SDSU opened the season with a 14-4 record, its’ best 18-game record in 41 seasons (1966-67) and opened league play 4-0 for the first time since 1984-85 ... San Diego State is slated to return all five starters in 2008-09 and players that accounted for 163 of 165 starts last season ... The Aztecs are slated to return every player that averaged 2.1 points or more last season ... San Diego State players missed 50 games during the course of the season due to injury, illness or suspension … The Aztecs had seven dif- ferent players lead the team in a game in scoring, seven in rebounding and 10 in assists ... All of the players who led the team for a game in scoring return as do six of the seven rebound leaders and nine of the 10 assist leaders. Women’s Basketball W-L Record: OVERALL: 18-13 HOME: 9-6 AWAY: 6-5 NEUT: 3-2 Conference Finish: 7-9, 6th Academic All-MWC: Shanna Demus, Kate Eveland, Tamika Lipford, Kimberly Spinardi All-MWC: 2nd team - Jene Morris; Honorable Mention-Allison Duffy, Paris Johnson MWC Basketball Player of the Week: Paris Johnson, Jene Morris Notes: Jene Morris and Allison Duffy were named to the five-member all-tournament team at the 2008 Phillips 66 MWC Championships ... Saw their first-ever MWC tournament wins ... Also saw their first ap- pearance in the championship game, the highest seed to do so in conference tournament history ... Upset No. 2 seed TCU and No. 3 seed Wyoming after entering the MWC tournament week as the No. 6 seed ... First winning season, most victories and most conference wins in 11 years ... Most-ever MWC victories (7) and highest-ever MWC regular-season finish (t-5th) ... Logged its highest home season at- tendance since 1994-95 (15,638) ... Broke the single-game home attendance record with 5,271 fans vs. UConn, after setting a Cox Arena record of 2,397 vs. CS Fullerton earlier in the year ... Coach Burns was selected to receive the YWCA’s Tribute to Women and Industry (TWIN) award.

Crew Conference Finish: V8: 4th; 2V8: 6th; N8: 1st; 2N8: 1st; N4: 3rd Notes: Won four of the six races at the San Diego City Championships in the second varsity eight race and all three novice events ... Swept the Parker Cup Regatta for the second straight year ... Won two gold medals and a bronze at the WIRA Championships ... Varsity eight boat finished in first-place in the petite final at the Dad Vail Regatta. Cross Country W-L Record: 32-87 Conference Finish: 0-8, 9th Academic All MWC: Stephanie Armstrong, Sara Beyers, Lindsey Deane, Makenzie Mabry, Lisa Nau- cler, Andrea Norton, Alyssa Robinson MWC Athlete of the Week: Lindsay Barajas & Lisa Naucler MWC Scholar-Athletes: Lisa Naucler & Andrea Norton Notes: Four top-10 team finishes ... Runner-up at Big Wave Invitational in Hawaii ... Lisa Naucler had the fastest time in all seven ‘A’ squad races ... On the same day, the ‘A’ squad raced at the Stanford Invi- tational, while the ‘B’ team ran at the UC Riverside Invitational; at the end of the day, all 13 runners who competed established new personal records. Football W-L Record: OVERALL: 4-8 HOME: 2-4 AWAY: 2-4 Conference Finish: 3-5, 6th Final Team Rankings: 17th (Net Punting), 27th (Turnover Margin), 28th (Passing Offense) Academic All-District: Scotty James Academic All-MWC: Russell Allen, Anthony DeMartinis, Scotty James, Matthew Kawulok, Nick Sand- ford, Michael Stewart All-MWC: 2nd - Michael Hughes, Kevin O'Connell, Brett Swain; Honorable mention - Russell Allen (LB), Ray Bass (S), Mike Kravetz (OL), Nick Osborn (DL), Will Robinson (OL) Butkus Award Watch List: Russell Allen CFN All-America Honors: Honorable Mention - Michael Hughes MWC Co-Players of the Week: Luke Laolagi (Defensive), Michael Hughes (Special Teams), Russell Football (cont.) Allen (Defensive) MWC Players of the Week: Garrett Palmer (Special Teams), Michael Hughes (Special Teams), Mekell Wesley (Special Teams) NFL Draft Picks: Kevin O’Connell, Chaz Schilens, Tyler Schmitt, Brett Swain Phil Steele's Mid-Season All-MWC Team: 1st - Brett Swain; 2nd - Kevin O’Connell, Darren Mougey Phil Steele's All-MWC Team: 1st - Brett Swain, Russell Allen; 2nd - Will Robinson, Luke Laolagi; 3rd - Kevin O'Connell, Ray Bass, Michael Hughes Ray Guy Award Watch List: Michael Hughes Notes: Kevin O’Connell, Nick Osborn and Will Robinson selected for 2008 Hula Bowl ... Kevin O’Con- nell and Will Robinson also selected for 83rd Annual East-West Shrine Bowl ... Nationally, Michael Hughes finished 13th for punting, Kevin O’Connell finished 24th in total offense, Brett Swain finished 30th for receiving yards per game and Russell Allen finished 33rd for tackles. Men’s Golf W-L Record: 171-56-3 Conference Finish: 7th National Finish: 14th Final Rankings: 34th Academic All-MWC: Aaron Goldberg, Chad Moscovic All-MWC: Aaron Goldberg, Matt Hoffenberg, David Palm Eaton Golf Pride Division I Coach of the Year (Southwest): Coach Ryan Donovan Jack Nicklaus Award Watch List: Aaron Goldberg MWC Men’s Golf Freshman of the Year: Matt Hoffenberg MWC Men’s Golfer of the Month: Aaron Goldberg (2) MWC Men’s Golfer of the Year: Aaron Goldberg PING All-Southwest Region Team: Aaron Goldberg, David Palm, Johan Carlsson, Matt Hoffenberg Notes: Aaron Goldberg ties for second at the MWC Championships ... Earned three tourney titles at the Oregon Duck Invitational, Fresno State Lexus Classic, and the Alister MacKenzie Invitational ... Senior Aaron Goldberg was one of eight players named to the 2008 Palmer Cup Competition. Women’s Golf W-L Record: 59-72 Conference Finish: 7th Final Rankings: 105th Academic All-MWC: Kimberly Carmody, Petra Cole, Maki Kamimura, Jackie Kazarian, Samantha Roberts, Ashley Wood Notes: Finished second at the Lady Braveheart Classic ... Petra Cole won the San Diego City Amateur golf championship ... Posted a season-best score of 914 in a 54-hole event. Men’s Soccer W-L Record: OVERALL: 8-7-4 HOME: 5-3-2 AWAY: 0-4-2 NEUT: 3-0-0 Conference Finish: 4-4-2 T-2nd National Rankings: * Ranked as high as 18th by Soccer America (last year was 25th) * Ranked as high as 20th by Top Drawer Soccer Men’s Soccer (cont.) * Ranked as high as 24th by Soccer Times (was receiving votes last season) * Ranked as high as 24th by College Soccer News * Ranked as high as 25th by NSCAA/adidas * Recruiting class was ranked No. 19 by College Soccer News All-Pac-10: 1st team - Kraig Chiles; 2nd team - Nick Cardenas, Evan Toft; Honorable Mention - Brad Byrns, Jamel Wallace, Khadim Diouf College Soccer News 100 Freshmen to Keep an Eye On: Gemechu Abraham, Kellen Frye College Soccer News Preseason All-American: Nick Cardenas College Soccer News National Player of the Week: Kraig Chiles, Brad Byrns, Jamel Wallace NSCAA/Adidas All-Far West: 3rd team-Nick Cardenas Pac-10 All-Academic Team: 1st team -Freddy McDonald Pac-10 Player of the Week: Kraig Chiles, Brad Byrns, Jamel Wallace Soccer America National Team of the Week: Kraig Chiles, Brad Byrns The Soccer Post/Aztec Classic All-Tournament Team: Kraig Chiles, Evan Toft Top Drawer Soccer: 2nd team - Kraig Chiles Top Drawer Soccer National Player of the Week: Nick Cardenas Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week: Brad Byrns, Kraig Chiles, Nick Cardenas Notes: Second straight year the Aztecs finished runner-up in conference play ... UNLV Tournament Champions ... 3-1-2 against top-25 teams, 2-2-3 against 2006 NCAA tournament teams and 5-4-3 against teams with a .500 or better record at the time of the match ... 5-3-2 at SDSU Sports Deck and are now 22-5-5 (.766) over their last 32 home matches ... First victory over UCLA since Oct. 11, 1989 ... First Aztec team to win a season series over UCLA since 1969.

Women’s Soccer W-L Record: OVERALL: 9-8-3 HOME: 5-4-1 AWAY: 4-4-1 NEUT: 0-0-1 Conference Finish: 4-2-1 2nd Final Team Rankings: 18th (shutout percentage); 26th ( percentage) Academic All-MWC: Tiphanie Elliott, Jessica Girdner, Brooke Holliday, Alison Lokanc, Lauren Mar- quez, Lisa Nielsen, Jacqueline Ragudos, Jillian Riker, Ashley Young All-MWC: 2nd team - Millie Allen & Jessica Girdner MWC Co-Defensive Player of the Week: Aubree Southwick MWC Player of the Week: Aubree Southwick & Jackie Ragudos MWC Player of the Year: Aubree Southwick (Defensive & Freshman) Soccer Buzz Elite Team: Jackie Ragudos Soccer Buzz Freshman All-American Honors: 2nd team-Aubree Southwick Notes: Had their best conference finish since 2000 ... Freshman Katie Tribbey made SDSU history and became the fastest player to score the Aztec’s first goal of a new campaign at 24 seconds ... Aubree Southwick made league history in women’s soccer by becoming the first player to earn two postseason individual awards in the same year: Defensive Player of the Year and Freshman Player of the Year ... Southwick also placed 26th nationally among goalkeepers with a save percentage of .855.

Softball W-L Record: OVERALL: 44-17 HOME: 23-5 AWAY: 9-4 NEUT: 12-8 Conference Finish: 15-5, 1st Final Rankings: 24/24 Academic All-MWC: Katy Erickson, Erin Floros, Brittany Knudsen, Stefanie Quichocho-Rosario Softball (cont.) Easton All-American: 2nd team-Christina Ross All-Fresno NCAA Regional: Christina Ross, Megan McDonald All-MWC: Christina Ross, Erin Floros, Megan McDonald, Tamani Wells MWC Coach of the Year: Kathy Van Wyk MWC Pitcher of the Year: Christina Ross MWC Pitcher of the Week: Christina Ross (9) MWC Player of the Week: Erin Floros, Brittany Knudsen, Megan McDonald NFCA All-West Region: 2nd team - Christina Ross San Diego Hall of Champions’ Breitbard Star of the Month: Erin Floros, Megan McDonald Notes: SDSU finished with its best season in school history at 44-17. In addition, the Aztecs set school records in victories (44), fewest home losses (5), best home winning percentage (.821), fewest road losses (4, tied), best road winning percentage (.692, tied), most MWC wins (15, tied), runs (243), walks (169), most pitching strikeouts (394), and fewest triples allowed (4, tied). San Diego State won its fourth MWC title and advanced to the NCAA tournament for the fourth time in eight seasons. Swimming & Diving W-L Record: 8-4 Conference Finish: 2-4, 8th Academic All-MWC: Gina Di Domenico, Ana Dowell, Tanya Gjetley, Noelle Holland, Katie Leahy, Kris- ten Maurer, Kathleen Merrill, Kyla Power, Katie Smith, Jamie Vessey All-MWC: Amy Freeberg (Platform Diving), Katie Smith (100 Backstroke) MWC Player of the Week: Jessica Morrill (swimmer), Caitlin Atkinson (diver), Brittany Daly (swim- mer), Megan Flanagan (diver) Notes: Megan Flanagan established a new SDSU record in the 3-meter event with a career-high 300.83 ... Caitlin Atkinson topped her previous personal best and school record mark (273.15) with a score of 280.88 on the 1-meter board, while Kristen Maurer, Keely Brooks and Kathleen Heuring also earned a spot among SDSU’s all-time diving leaders ... With their top scores, Atkinson and Flanagan qualified for the NCAA Zone E Diving Regionals for the second straight year ... The Aztec swimmers also had an impressive season ... Katie Smith led the way with a pair of top 15 finishes, including a sixth-place performance in the 100 backstroke, at the Mountain West Conference championships ... Among the league leaders, Jessica Morrill finished the year ranked 15th in the 200 breast and 20th in the 100 breast ... Rosalie Raymond ended up with top 20 marks in both the 1,000 and 1,650 free, while Brittany Daly ranked 15th in the 1,650 and 16th in the 500 free ... Christine Graham swam the 17th-fastest time in the conference in the 100 breaststroke and Ana Dowell came in at No. 17 in the 100 butterfly ... SDSU spent its first year in the state-of-the-art Aztec Aquaplex on campus and won all three of its home dual meets ... Swept the MWC women’s swimmer and diver of the week awards twice ... Defeated TCU (169-129) for the first time in program history. Men’s Tennis W-L Record: OVERALL: 13-12 HOME: 6-1 AWAY: 2-6 NEUT: 5-5 Conference Finish: 1-5, 6th Final Rankings: 57th Academic All-MWC: Danny Heidecker, Tim Schultz Van Endert, Matan Shitrit All-MWC: Bartosz Golas, Juan Gomez, Matan Shitrit MWC Player of the Week: Bartosz Golas Notes: For the first time in MWC history, the Aztecs did not finish in the top three at the end of regular season play ... Aztecs season ended a three year streak of being on top of the MWC. Women’s Tennis W-L Record: OVERALL: 11-13 HOME: 10-2 AWAY: 0-7 NEUT: 1-4 Conference Finish: 3-5, 6th Academic All-MWC: Holly Bagshaw, Esther Cadua, Kathryn Kitts, Eliska Krausova, Sisse Nielsen All-MWC: Esther Cadua ITA/Cissie Leary Award for Sportsmanship (West Region): Esther Cadua Notes: Three Aztecs finished the season with 20 or more singles victories including Esther Cadua (23), Milana Yusupov (21) and Holly Bagshaw (20) … Yusupov closed out the campaign with a seven-match winning streak, while Bagshaw claimed her last five contests … Cadua earned all-Mountain West Confer- ence honors after posting a team best 7-1 mark in league play … Senior Eliska Krausova finished her four-year career fifth in the Aztec record book with 70 singles wins, while classmate Sisse Nielsen leaves The Mesa tied for ninth with 63 individual doubles victories.

Indoor Track & Field W-L Record: 34-35 Conference Finish: 5-3, 4th All-Americans: Karoline Koehler (triple jump), Stephanie Bagan (pole vault) All-MWC: Karoline Koehler (W. High Point Award), Stephanie Bagan (pole vault), Karoline Koehler (60 meter dash, long jump, triple jump), Kristin Olafsdottir (pentathlon) MWC Player of the Week: Decontee Kaye Notes: Karoline Koehler placed third in the triple jump and Stephanie Bagan tied for eighth in the pole vault at the NCAA Championships ... Best-ever indoor finish of 33rd out of 63 scoring teams at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships ... Stephanie Bagan won her second MWC indoor pole vault title in a row with the second-best vault in MWC history and made her second straight appearance at NCAA Indoors Championships ... School records broken: Mandy Upuu (800m), Kristin Glen (5,000m), Karoline Koehler (long jump, triple jump), Andrea Martinez (weight throw).

Outdoor Track & Field W-L Record: 72-39-11 Conference Finish: 6-2, 3rd NCAA Championships Finish: t-31st (8 points) Academic All-MWC: Stephanie Armstrong, Stephanie Bagan, Marie Brown, Joanna Burley, Corri-Ann Campbell-Fell, Michele Dannhausen, Kristin Glen, Dana Jensen, Decontee Kaye, Karoline Koehler, Makenzie Mabry, Kristin Olafsdottir, Monica Pacas, Christin Shibley, Katherine Vo All-MWC: Christin Shibley, Decontee Kaye, Kristin Olafsdottir, Shana Soloman, Shana Watson, Sher- raine Pencil, Stephanie Bagan, 4x100 (Pencil, Solomon, Alicia Lowery, Kaye), 4x400 (Pencil, Kyanna Thomas, Kaye, Mandy Upuu) MWC Player of the Week: Decontee Kaye, Stephanie Bagan MWC Scholar-Athletes: Marie Brown, Karoline Koehler, Andrea Norton, Monica Pacas, Christin Shi- bley MWC Student-Athlete of the Year (Outdoor Track and Field): Stephanie Bagan USTFCCCA All-West Region: Stephanie Bagan, Decontee Kaye, Shana Watson, Briana Johnson, Sherraine Pencil, Mandy Upuu, Shana Solomon, 4x100 (Pencil, Solomon, Lowery, Kaye), 4x400 (Pencil, Thomas, Kaye, Upuu) ESPN The Magazine All-District 8 First Team: Karoline Koehler ESPN The Magazine Second Team Academic All-American: Karoline Koehler All-Americans: Stephanie Bagan (runner-up in pole vault) Outdoor Track & Field (cont.) Notes: Finished 7th at Regionals (2nd straight top-10 regional finish, tops among non-Pac-10 schools) ... Bagan won the regional pole vault title with school, MWC, facility-record and became first regional win- ner in pole vault in SDSU history ... SDSU automatically qualified three Aztecs in four different events and received two at-large bids for the NCAA Championships ... Bagan won first MWC outdoor pole vault title ... Decontee Kaye won second straight MWC outdoor triple jump crown ... Bagan earned All-Amer- ica honors in the pole vault after finishing in second place ... Bagan is the first Aztec to earn both indoor and outdoor All-America honors in the same season and was one of just three pole vaulters in NCAA Divi- sion I to repeat as indoor and outdoor All-American in the same year ... The Aztecs finished in a tie for 31st place, their best team showing at nationals since 2005 when they finished in 29th. Volleyball W-L Record: OVERALL: 13-16 HOME: 6-6 AWAY: 3-8 NEUT: 4-2 Conference Finish: 4-12, 8th Academic All-MWC: Kristen Castillo, Caitlin McMillan, Lauren Salisbury, Kelley Whalin All-MWC: Co-libero - Aime Cordeiro ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VIII: 3rd team-Kristen Castillo Pre-season All MWC: Aime Cordeiro Notes: Coach Mark Warner recorded his 200th career win on Oct. 4 over Air Force ... Aime Cordeiro set an school and conference record with 46 digs against Northern Illinois ... In the MWC, Lauren Salisbury and Lindsey Mahan are fifth and eighth, respectively, in blocking.

Water Polo W-L Record: OVERALL: 31-7 HOME: 12-2 AWAY: 6-3 NEUT: 13-2 Conference Finish: 8-4, 4th National Finish: 5th Final Rankings: 7th ACWPC Women’s All-Academic Team: Becca Ur, Heather Fenske, Katie Bentley All-MPSF: 2nd team - Anna Gonzales, Jenna Schuster, Freshman - Sarah Brady Co-MPSF Player of the Week: Anna Gonzales MPSF All-Academic Team: Becca Ur, Jenna Schuster, Heather Fenske, Anna Gonzales, Ronni Gautschi MPSF All-Tournament Team: Jenna Schuster NCAA All-Tournament Team: Anna Gonzales (2nd team), Jenna Schuster (2nd team) Notes: Finished the season with a program best 31-7 record … Hosted the MPSF championships for the first time in the league’s history … Placed fifth at the conference tournament with a 3-1 mark … Re- ceived an at-large bid to the NCAA championships for the second straight year and earned the No. 4 seed in the eight-team field … Dropped the first-round game, but bounced back with two wins to claim fifth place … On the season, Jenna Schuster and Anna Gonzales led the Aztecs with 83 and 77 goals, respectively … In addition, senior Becca Ur ended her four-year career on a high note, collecting a team- leading 59 assists and 54 steals to go along with 26 goals scored ... Coach Crawford celebrated her 200th win of her career in the second game of the season vs. Maryland.