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GENERAL • UT Arlington softball hopes to build on a record-setting 27-28 season in which it earned its 2nd Name University of Texas at Arlington consecutive Championship appearance. City/Zip Arlington, Texas 76019 Founded 1895 (Senior College 1959) • As a team the Mavericks broke single-season records in batting average (.316), runs scored Enrollment 51,000 (338), hits (456), RBI (316) and walks (226). Nickname Mavericks • The Mavericks return 14 letterwinners, including 2 of their top 3 hitters last year in sophomore School Colors Royal Blue, Orange and White Affiliations NCAA Division I Sandra Mendoza and senior Mya Anderson, as well as their entire pitching staff led by junior Conference Sun Belt Conference Sam Montes. President Dr. Vistasp Karbhari Director of Athletics Jim Baker • Senior Britnea Barilli sits 3rd all-time in walks with 94, chasing former Maverick Jill Garro (2003- Assoc. AD/SWA Debbie Garcia 2006) at the top with 141. Athletic Dept. 817-272-2261 • Junior Shelbi Sikes set the single-season RBI record with 45 in 2015. Website www.utamavs.com Twitter @UTAMavs • Anderson’s 13-career home runs puts her 10th on the Mavs all-time home run list. Facebook /UT Arlington Athletics • The Mavs have 8 newcomers, with many of them expecting to have major contributions to the Instagram /UTAMAVS team’s success. HISTORY • UTA opens its season by hosting Northern Colorado, Missouri State, Detroit-Mercy and Texas First Year of Softball 1973 Southern in the UT Arlington Invitational Feb. 11-14. All-Time Record 1,260-1,380-7 Regular Season Conf. Championships 3 • The Maverick Invitational March 11-13 is the featured nonconference tournament for the Mavs Years 1989, 2003, 2007 playing host to Fox’s alma mater, and 8-time NCAA champion, Arizona and Big 12 power Texas. Conference Tournament Championships 1 • UTA begins SBC play at home with a 3-game slate against Louisiana beginning March 19th. Year 2003 Last NCAA Appearance 2003 • The Sun Belt is loaded with talent this year, including Louisiana and South Alabama who finished the 2015 season ranked No. 11 and 23 in the USA Today/NFCA Coaches Poll respectively. STADIUM • Six of UT Arlington’s opponents finished 2015 with an RPI of 64 or better, with 4 coming from the Home Stadium Reconstructed for 2015 season Sun Belt (Louisiana (10), South Alabama (28),Georgia State (40) and Troy (61)). Dimensions 200 R - 210 C - 200 L • The 2016 Sun Belt Championship will be played at in Mobile, Ala. with South Capacity 622 Alabama playing host to the top 8 teams in the conference. The winner will receive a berth to NCAA regionals. COACHING STAFF • The 2016 recruiting class of 9 freshmen marks the largest in Fox’s tenure at UTA. Head Coach Kristie Fox Alma Mater Arizona, 2007 • Ranked the 24th best recruit by Flosoftball.com, pitcher Mariah Denson will bring much Record at UTA (Yrs.) 73-89 (3) excitement when she steps on the field in 2017, both in the circle and at the plate. Overall Record (Yrs.) 73-89 (3) Office Phone (817) 272-5756 • Future Maverick, Briana Angel, was selected as 1 of 69 Junior Olympic athletes to the National Assistant Coaches Andy Jarvis Team pool as announced by USA Softball on Dec. 4. (Oregon State, 2003) Camden Decker (Trinity International University, 2013) HEAD COACH KRISTIE FOX

TEAM INFORMATION YEAR 4 • 73-89 OVERALL • 73-89 AT UTA • 4 ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS 2015 Overall Record 27-28 Going into her fourth season as coach of the Mavericks, Fox has led the Mavs to Conference Record (Finish) 8-14 (7) Home Record (SBC) 11-14 (7-9) a 73-89 record. In her tenure as head coach, she has taken the program to new Away Record (SBC) 7-9 (5-7) heights, including three consecutive postseason appearances. Neutral Record 9-5 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 14/3 Starters Returning/Lost 7/3 Under Fox’s guidance, the 2015 team tallied 27 wins with a record -breaking Redshirt Returners 0 campaign. UTA broke single-season records in batting average, runs, RBI and Newcomers 8 walks.The Mavericks also set a number of individual records with Nina Villanueva ATHLETICE COMMUNICATIONS setting the all-time single season runs record with 52 runs scored. Assistant Director Michael Eldridge Women’s Basketball, Softball, Tennis Office Phone (817) 272-7168 A former All-American and two-time NCAA national champion at Arizona, Fox was a member of Email [email protected] the 2003 USA Softball JWNT that earned silver at the ISF Junior Women’s World Championship Assistant Brooke Ortale in Nanjing, China. She also was a member of the USA Elite Team that earned Gold at the World Softball Cell Phone (714) 423-0647 University Games in Taiwan in 2006. Email [email protected] Assistant Athletics Director Art Garcia Men’s Basketball, Golf Fox was named one of three assistant coaches for the USA Softball Junior Women’s National team Office Phone (817) 272-2239 that competed at the 2015 Junior World Championship in Oklahoma City, Okla. Team USA went Email [email protected] Assistant Ben Rikard undefeated through its 10 games, including an 8-1 win over Japan in the Gold Medal Game. Baseball, Volleyball Coaching Record Offensive Records Set in 2015 All Conference Selections Office Phone (817) 272-9768 Email [email protected] 2013: 25-28 Batting Avg. .316 Nina Villanueva 2013 WAC Assistant Drew Harris 2014: 21-33 Runs Scored 338 Teri Lyles 2013 WAC Track and Field, Cross Country Office Phone (254) 716-8573 2015: 27-28 Hits 456 Nina Villanueva 2014 SBC Overall: 73-89 RBI 316 Kacey Everett 2014 SBC Walks 226 MEDIA REFERENCE The UT Arlington Athletic Department respectfully asks your cooperation in referring to the University’s sports programs as UT Arlington. UT-Arlington, Texas-Arlington and Texas Arlington are among the versions that are incorrect in referring to our athletic programs. Feel free to use the abbreviation UTA for second references. Also, although we are officially the Mavericks, using Mavs on second reference is also acceptable. We thank you for your cooperation in this matter. 2016 SCHEDULE MAVERICKS TO WATCH FEBRUARY Sam Montes - Jr. - P UT Arlington Invitational Montes enters the 2016 season looking to continue her role as the ace 2/11 vs. Texas Southern...... 6 p.m. 2/12 vs. Northern Colorado...... 4:30 p.m. of the pitching staff. The 2015 season saw Montes lead the Mavericks vs. Detroit-Mercy...... 6:30 p.m. in nearly every pitching statistic. Her team-high 159.2 innings thrown 2/13 vs. Texas Southern...... 2 p.m. helped her compile 13 wins,13 complete games and a 4.56 ERA in 30 vs. Missouri State...... 6 p.m. 2/14 vs. Detroit- Mercy...... 10 a.m. starts. Montes threw her first career no-hitter on April 8 against Central Maverick Inviational Arkansas. Montes’ stellar season helped her garnish two Sun Belt Pitcher 2/19 vs. Princeton...... 3 p.m. of the Week awards. vs. South Dakota State...... 6 p.m. 2/20 vs. Princeton...... 11 a.m. . Sandra Mendoza - So. - INF vs. South Dakota State...... 4 p.m. Mendoza was the only freshman to start in all 55 games for the Mavericks. Charleston Southern Tournament The sophomore second baseman has the highest batting average of any 2/26 vs. Savannah State...... 10 a.m. at Charleston Southern...... 2 p.m. returner, hitting .348 on the season. She was also a team leader in stolen 2/27 vs. Savannah State...... 8 a.m. bases and hit by pitches, recording eight in each category. Mendoza will vs. Delaware State...... 10 a.m. look to continue being a spark plug for the Maverick offense in the 2016 2/28 vs. Delaware State...... 12 p.m. season. MARCH 3/5 at Southeastern Louisiana (DH)...... 1/3 p.m. Mya Anderson - Sr. - INF 3/6 at Southeastern Louisiana...... 1 p.m. Anderson provided the power for the Maverick offense in the 2015 Maverick Classic season. Her .641 slugging percentage was aided by 41 RBI on 47 hits, 3/11 vs Texas...... 6 p.m. 3/12 vs Samford...... 1 p.m. with 13 coming via the long ball. The Florida native was third on the team vs. Arizona...... 6 p.m. in average, hitting .331 last season. She was also named to the Sun Belt 3/13 vs Samford...... 11 a.m. All-Conference second team by College Sports Madness. 3/17 vs Cleveland St. (DH)...... 1/3 p.m. 3/19 vs Louisiana (DH)*...... 1/3 p.m. 3/20 vs Louisiana*...... 12 p.m. 3/25 at Georgia Southern*...... 5 p.m. 3/26 at Georgia Southern (DH)*...... 12/2 p.m. 2016 SUN BELT CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP APRIL 4/2 vs Applachian State (DH)*...... 1/3 p.m. The 2016 Sun Belt Conference Championship is hosted by 4/3 vs Applachian State*...... 12 p.m. 4/6 at North Texas...... 6 p.m. the at Jaguar Field in Mobile. UT 4/9 at South Alabama (DH)*...... 1/3 p.m. Arlington is 1-2 in the Sun Belt Championship after joining the 4/10 at South Alabama*...... 12 p.m. conference for the 2013-14 academic year. UTA has won one 4/16 vs ULM (DH)*...... 1/3 p.m. tournament championship in program history, coming in 2003. 4/17 vs ULM*...... 12 p.m. 4/19 at Lamar...... 2 p.m. 4/23 at Georgia State (DH)*...... 12/2 p.m. 4/24 at Georgia State*...... 11 a.m. Jaguar Field was established in 2006, with 4/30 vs Troy (DH)*...... 1/3 p.m. upgrades being completed in 2014. The MAY University of South Alabama softball team 5/1 vs Troy*...... 11 a.m. played its first game on the natural grass field 5/6 at Texas State (DH)*...... 1/3 p.m. in February of 2007. The Jaguars opened 5/7 at Texas State*...... 12 p.m. an 8,800 square-foot fieldhouse in 2009. A 5/11-14 Sun Belt Conference Championship...... TBA state-of the-art hitting facility, new press box Mobile, Ala. and concession stand were included in the final Bold - Home game at Allan Saxe Field phase of construction and were finished near *Sun Belt Conference game the end of the 2014 season. Jaguar Field has a All times listed are CST seating capacity of 1,050. UTA’S ALLAN SAXE FIELD The newly rebuilt Allan Saxe Field will enter its second year as host to UTA Maverick Softball. The Mavericks went 11-14 at home in the field’s inaugural season. They will look to improve on that as they host 28 games at home this year including three nonconference tournaments.

The 622-seat facility was rebuilt from the ground up prior the 2015 season. With its new renovations came new grandstands, a new field with turf inside the foul lines and natural grass in the outfield, and a new press box. Located right next to the field, UTA softball opened a clubhouse that is the home to players and coaches. 2016 NUMERICAL ROSTER

Seniors (5) Florida (1) B. Barilli No. Name Ht. Pos. Year/Exp. Hometown (High School/Previous College) M. Anderson R. Stokes 1 Brooklynne Simbeck 5-5 Pitcher JR/TR Kansas City, Mo./Grain Valley HS/Chowder College J. Hanke 2 Sandra Mendoza 5-6 Infield SO/1L Eagle Pass, Texas/Eagle Pass HS California (6) J. Schaefer 3 Shelbi Sikes 5-3 Utility JR/2L Crandall, Texas/Crandall HS B. Barilli M. Anderson 4 Kayci Moore 5-5 Outfield FR/HS Magnolia, Texas/Magnolia West HS M. Datko B. Datko Juniors (7) 5 Krista Rude 5-5 Outfield FR/HS Arlington, Texas/Martin HS K. Everett B. Simbeck 6 Samantha Clakley 5-4 Pitcher FR/HS Carthage, Texas/Carthage HS L. Curry S. Sikes 7 Mallory Foster 5-9 Outfield JR/2L Burleson, Texas/Burleson HS B. Burchianti M. Foster 8 Laura Curry 5-4 Utility FR/HS Temecula, Caif./Great Oak HS C.Sims 9 Britnea Barilli 5-4 Outfield SR/3L Poway, Calif./Poway HS Missouri (2) M. Datko 11 Cy’Andria Newton 5-2 Infield FR/HS Waco, Texas/Bosqueville HS J. Hanke K. Everett 13 Rebecca Stokes 5-3 Infield SR/3L Kilgore, Texas/Kilgore HS B. Simbeck S. Montes 17 Brianna Burchianti 5-3 Infield FR/HS San Diego, Calif./Rancho Bernardo HS Texas (13) Sophomores (4) 20 Calin Sims 5-10 Outfield JR/TR Colleyville, Texas/Grapevine HS/Florida State College at K. Donaldson S. Mendoza Jacksonville M. Foster K. Donaldson 21 Kayla Donaldson 5-8 Pitcher SO/1L Lorena, Texas/Lorena HS S. Mendoza T. Simmonds 22 Taylor Simmonds 5-8 Pitcher SO/1L Round Rock, Texas/Round Rock HS S. Montes B. Datko 24 Joni Hanke 5-6 Infield SR/TR Longview, Mo./McDonald County HS J. Schaefer 29 Marisa Datko 5-6 Infield JR/1L San Diego, Calif./Scripps Ranch HS T. Simmonds Freshmen (6) 32 Bryanna Datko 5-7 Catcher SO/HS San Diego, Calif./Scripps Ranch HS S. Sikes K. Moore R. Stokes K. Rude 34 Jolene Schaefer 5-10 Outfield JR/2L Grapevine, Texas/Colleyville Heritage HS K. Moore S. Clakley 41 Kacey Everett 5-3 Catcher JR/2L Lake Elsinore, Calif./Temescal Canyon HS K. Rude L. Curry 42 Mya Anderson 5-9 Infield SR/TR Tampa, Fla./Sickles HS/Chipola Community College S. Clakley C. Newton 44 Sam Montes 5-8 Pitcher JR/TR Burleson, Texas/Burleson HS/Baylor C. Newton B. Burchianti C. Sims

2015 STATISTICS

The Automated ScoreBook Overall Statistics for UT Arlington (as of Jan 11, 2016) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 27-28 Home: 12-14 Away: 7-9 Neutral: 8-5 Conference: 8-15

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% Nina Villanueva . 4 0 8 55-55 152 52 62 15 1 1 44 82 . 5 3 9 45 3 12 2 . 5 5 0 0 0 5-5 87 100 27 . 8 7 4 Sandra Mendoza . 3 4 8 55-55 164 51 57 8 2 0 18 69 . 4 2 1 38 8 12 0 . 4 8 6 2 1 8-8 126 109 8 . 9 6 7 Mya Anderson . 3 3 1 51-46 142 33 47 5 0 13 41 91 . 6 4 1 23 1 31 0 . 4 2 8 0 1 5-5 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 Meagan Michele . 3 2 0 55-55 172 36 55 13 1 12 44 106 . 6 1 6 17 2 30 1 . 3 8 7 0 0 0-1 65 100 14 . 9 2 2 Shelbi Sikes . 3 0 3 54-54 155 30 47 10 1 2 45 65 . 4 1 9 24 3 20 1 . 4 0 0 3 4 0-0 60 3 3 . 9 5 5 Britnea Barilli . 2 6 5 55-55 147 40 39 8 0 0 17 47 . 3 2 0 35 0 15 1 . 4 0 4 1 18 1-1 53 2 1 . 9 8 2 Rebecca Stokes . 2 4 5 55-55 143 20 35 7 1 2 29 50 . 3 5 0 16 1 27 1 . 3 1 9 3 2 0-0 352 16 3 . 9 9 2 ------Joni Hanke . 4 2 9 8-0 7 2 3 0 0 0 3 3 . 4 2 9 1 0 1 0 . 5 0 0 0 0 0-0 4 8 0 1.000 Mallory Foster . 3 7 9 35-10 58 13 22 6 0 5 33 43 . 7 4 1 1 3 12 0 . 4 0 6 2 0 0-0 1 0 0 1.000 Haley Henson . 3 3 6 47-42 116 19 39 1 0 0 9 40 . 3 4 5 5 0 12 0 . 3 6 1 1 7 0-0 62 4 2 . 9 7 1 Jolene Schaefer . 3 0 8 24-13 39 6 12 0 0 0 10 12 . 3 0 8 5 1 9 0 . 4 0 0 0 1 1-1 9 3 0 1.000 Bryanna Datko . 2 8 6 6-0 7 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 . 4 2 9 1 0 1 0 . 3 7 5 0 0 0-0 8 0 0 1.000 Kacey Everett . 2 6 5 55-55 136 22 36 7 0 6 23 61 . 4 4 9 14 3 15 2 . 3 4 4 1 3 0-1 197 26 3 . 9 8 7 Marisa Datko . 0 0 0 27-0 7 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 . 3 0 0 0 0 1-1 1 1 0 1.000 Totals . 3 1 6 55 1445 338 456 81 6 41 316 672 . 4 6 5 226 27 200 8 . 4 1 4 13 37 21-23 1034 465 70 . 9 5 5

Opponents . 3 2 9 55 1470 296 484 62 9 55 275 729 . 4 9 6 131 38 177 15 . 3 9 5 13 32 65-80 1026 381 57 . 9 6 1

LOB - Team (385), Opp (354). DPs turned - Team (27), Opp (12). CI - Team (0), Opp (1). IBB - Team (2), N Villanuev 1, M Anderson 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha Sam Montes 4 . 5 6 13-15 38 30 13 2/1 1 159.2 226 129 104 36 74 29 4 23 . 3 2 2 4 18 0 1 9 Kayla Donaldson 4 . 6 1 5-7 26 12 3 0/1 2 82.0 97 59 54 53 55 9 2 12 . 2 9 3 3 12 1 5 8 Taylor Simmonds 6 . 1 8 8-6 26 13 4 0/0 0 88.1 140 93 78 36 38 22 2 16 . 3 7 1 7 7 0 5 13 ------Brittany May 7 . 1 6 1-0 10 0 0 0/0 1 14.2 21 15 15 6 10 2 1 4 . 3 4 4 0 1 0 2 2 Totals 5 . 1 0 27-28 55 55 20 3/1 4 344.2 484 296 251 131 177 62 9 55 . 3 2 9 14 38 1 13 32

Opponents 5 . 8 7 28-27 55 55 11 7/3 4 342.0 456 338 287 226 200 81 6 41 . 3 1 6 29 27 4 13 37

PB - Team (4), K Everett 2, B Datko 2, Opp (17). Pickoffs - Team (1), K Everett 1. SBA/ATT - K Everett (64-76), S Montes (31-41), K Donaldson (19-21), T Simmonds (15-18), B Datko (1-1).