Table Of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS 2010-11 SEASON IN REVIEW CREDITS OF CONTENTS TABLE University of Notre Dame ......................................2 2010-11 Season Notebook ............................ 74-75 The 2011-12 NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S University Leadership..........................................3-4 Final Results ........................................................ 76 BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE is a copyright Media Information ................................................. 6 Final Statistics ..................................................... 77 production of the University of Notre Dame Covering the Irish ................................................... 7 Team/Individual Superlatives ............................. 78 Athletic Media Relations Department, Joyce Irish on Television ...................................................8 Game-by-Game Statistics ....................................79 Center, Notre Dame, IN 46556, AC (574) 631- 2011-12 SEASON PREVIEW Media Outlets......................................................... 9 Points-Rebounds-Assists .................................... 80 7516. Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center ............. 10-11 Miscellaneous Statistics .....................................81 Irish Women’s Basketball from A-Z ................12-14 2010-11 Box Scores ........................................82-94 Graphic design and layout by Cathy Scholz of C Graphics in Granger, Ind. Additional graphic 2010-11 SEASON PREVIEW BIG EAST CONFERENCE design (inside back cover) by Dave Scholtes of 2011-12 Season Preview ............................... 16-19 BIG EAST Conference ..........................................96 Ave Maria Press in Notre Dame, Ind. 2011-12 Team Rosters/Pronunication Guide ..... 20 All-Time BIG EAST Standings ........................ 97-98 Photos by: Ray Acevedo, Mike and Sue STUDENT-ATHLETES BIG EAST Award Winners ...................................99 STUDENT-ATHLETES Bennett/Eric and Michelle Szajko of BIG EAST Composite Schedule ................. 100-102 Lighthouse Imaging, Matt Cashore, Pat Natalie Achonwa ........................................... 22-23 RECORDS Coveney, Linda Dunn, Vanessa Gempis, Getty Ariel Braker ......................................................24-25 Images/WNBA Photos, Heather Gollatz, Skylar Diggins ................................................. 26-29 Team Single-Game Records ...................... 104-105 Kevin Leahy/Brian Spurlock Photography, Brittany Mallory.............................................. 30-31 Individual Single-Game Records .......................106 Jerry Margolis, Bro. Charles McBride C.S.C., COACHING STAFF Kayla McBride .................................................32-33 Purcell Pavilion/Joyce Center Records ..... 107-108 Stephanie Menio, Bill Panzica/Sporting Fraderica Miller .............................................. 34-35 Single-Season Records .............................. 109-113 Shots, Gary Paczesny, Joe Raymond, Marcus Natalie Novosel ............................................. 36-37 Individual Records By Class ....................... 114-121 Snowden, Bob Stowell, Brian Tirpak, Allison Devereaux Peters ........................................... 38-39 Career Records ........................................... 122-123 Wagner and USA Basketball. Kaila Turner ......................................................40-41 Opponent Records ............................................. 124 Madison Cable .....................................................42 The Last Time Notre Dame ............................... 125 This publication was written, compiled and 2011-12 OPPONENTS Whitney Holloway................................................43 The Last Time An Opponent ............................. 126 edited by Chris Masters. Editorial assistance Markisha Wright ..................................................44 Scoring Leaders ................................................. 127 and research provided by Alan George, 1,000-Point Scorers .................................... 128-137 Andrew Bartolini, Nick Bucholtz and Sarah COACHING STAFF Year-by-Year Leaders ........................................ 138 Rodts. Special thanks to all previous Notre Head Coach Muffet McGraw ........................ 46-51 Year-by-Year Statistics ............................... 139-140 Dame women’s basketball SIDs, Rachel Associate Head Coach Jonathan Tsipis ........ 52-53 2010-11 SEASON IN REVIEW HISTORY Margolis, Michael Coyne and Sara Naggar Associate Coach Carol Owens .......................54-55 from the BIG EAST Communications Offi ce, Assistant Coach Niele Ivey ................................. 56 All-Time Roster ........................................... 142-143 and all opponent SIDs for their invaluable Coordinator of Basketball Operations All-Time Numerical Roster .........................144-145 contributions to this publication. Stephanie Menio .............................................. 57 Year-by-Year Results .................................. 146-154 Printing by Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, Ind. Associate Director of Operations & Technology All-Time Coaching Records ............................... 155 Angie Potthoff ................................................... 58 In The Rankings ...........................................156-159 © University of Notre Dame, Athletic Media Women’s Basketball Support Staff ............... 59-60 NCAA Tournament History ........................ 160-173 Relations Department, 2011. All rights BIG EAST CONFERENCE NCAA Tournament Results ........................ 174-175 reserved. 2011-12 OPPONENTS Individual NCAA Tournament Records ...... 176-177 2011-12 Opponents ........................................ 62-68 Opponent NCAA Tournament Records............. 178 Fighting Irish Travel ............................................. 69 All-Time Series ........................................... 179-189 Opponent SID Directory ...................................... 71 Series vs. Opponents ........................................ 190 Honors And Awards ................................... 191-193 National Team Players ................................194-195 RECORDS HISTORY Broadcast Roster ................................................196 1 9 NCAA Sweet Sixteens | 13 All-Americans | 10 USA Basketball Gold Medalists University of Notre Dame hen Father Edward F. Sorin started his school in the northern Indiana wilderness, he had only $300, three log buildings badly in need of repair and a far-sighted Wvision of establishing a liberal arts school to meet the growing educational needs of the frontier. He dreamed of building a great university, and in 1842, he founded the University of Notre Dame du Lac. Over the years, the University of Notre Dame du Lac would evolve into a preeminent place for Catholic thought. While becoming one of the top undergraduate institutions in the country, Notre Dame has also been at the cutting edge of research, including such innovations as the transmission of wireless messages and the development of synthetic rubber. Today researchers are achieving breakthroughs in astrophysics, radiation chemistry, environmental sciences, tropical disease transmis- sion, cancer, robotics, and nanoelectronics. The University has also stressed residential life, with four-of-five students living on campus in the school’s 29 residence halls that serve as the focal point of social, spiritual and athletic activities. Notre Dame is one of a handful of universities with a truly international student body, coming from over 100 nations and all 50 states. Students come to Notre Dame not only to learn how to think, but to learn how to live, Directors’ Cup standings of the best overall athletics programs. The keeping faith with the vision of Fr. Sorin. University ranks first among all Catholic universities worldwide, Notre Dame is one of the few universities to regularly rank in the according to the 2011 Times Higher Education survey and the Mendoza top 25 in the U.S. News & World Report survey of America’s best col- College of Business at Notre Dame boasts the No. 1 undergraduate leges and the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics business program in the nation according to BusinessWeek magazine. 2 2001 NCAA National Champions | 2011 NCAA National Finalists | 3 NCAA Final Fours University Leadership Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. OF CONTENTS TABLE President ev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., is in his second five-year term of a coordinator for University life initiatives and the construction of th as the 17 president of the University of Notre Dame. His multimillion-dollar facilities for the Institute for Church Life, includ- 2011-12 SEASON PREVIEW vision is for Notre Dame to be ing the Center for Social Concerns, and Rthe Catholic research university the Institute for Educational Initiatives, for our time – an institution that unifies, which includes the Alliance for Catholic enlightens and heals by engaging in Education. scholarship of the first rank while main- Father Jenkins earned bachelor’s and taining its distinctive Catholic character master’s degrees in philosophy from Notre and long-time excellence in undergradu- Dame in 1976 and 1978, respectively, and STUDENT-ATHLETES ate education. was ordained a priest of the Congregation During his tenure, Notre Dame has of Holy Cross in 1983. He holds advanced made significant progress toward its degrees from Oxford and the Jesuit School research goal, including selection as the of Theology. He is a professor of phi-