ESU Athletics - 11th in the U.S. Sports Academy Directors Cup
2008 VOLLEYBALL MEDIA GUIDE
Arica Shepard Megan Koster Ting Liu
Kristin Fletcher Hannah Carter
2005- Regional Qualifier 2007- Regional Qualifier 2008 Ph o t o Ro s t e r
#3 Amy Byfield #4 Megan Koster #5 Arica Shepard #6 Brianne Boner #7 Kristin Fletcher 5-4 Jr. L 5-10 Sr. OH 5-9 Jr. OH 6-0 So. MH 6-0 Sr. MH
#8 Kelsey Abels #9 Katelyn Kaiser #10 Kaley Miller #11 Hannah Carter #13 Jenna Snook 5-7 Fr. DS 5-11 So. MH 5-9 Sr. OH/DS 6-0 Sr. MH 5-10 Jr. OH/DS
#14 Megan Lueger #15 Brittney Miller #16 Ting Liu 5-8 Fr. OH 5-10 So. RH 6-1 So. S
Bing Xu Jiangping Wang Head Coach Assistant Coach
IFC Ta b l e o f Co n t e n t s
Ta b l e o f Co n t e n t s Un i v e r s i t y In f o r m a t i o n Location...... Emporia, Kan. University Quick Facts ...... 1 Founded...... 1863 2007 Hornet Volleyball ...... 2-3. Affiliation...... NCAA II Schedule ...... 2 Conference...... Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Roster ...... 2 Enrollment...... 6,528 Pronunciations ...... 2 Home Court...... William L. White Auditorium Season Outlook ...... 3 Capacity...... 3,600 Colors...... Black and Old Gold The Coaching Staff Nickname...... Hornets Head Coach Bing XU ...... 4 President...... Dr. Michael Lane Assistant Coach Jiangping Wang ...... 5 Athletic Director...... Kent Weiser Meet the 2005 Hornets ...... 6-13. Assoc. A.D. for Internal Affairs...... Carmen Leeds Returning Players ...... 6-15 Assoc. A.D. for Athletic Development...... Shane Shivley Newcomers ...... 16 Asst. A.D. for Media Relations...... Don Weast ESU Picture Page ...... 17 Faculty Representative...... Dr. John Rich The MIAA ...... 18-20 Men’s Athletic Trainer...... John Baxter About the MIAA ...... 18 Women’s Athletic Trainer...... Leslie Kenney 2007 Standings ...... 18 Vo l l e y b a l l In f o r m a t i o n 2007 All-MIAA Team ...... 18 Head Coach...... Bing Xu MIAA Statistics Leaders ...... 19 Alma Mater...... Columbia College MIAA Opponents ...... 20 Record at ESU...... 66-33 2005 Results and Statistics ...... 21 Career Record...... 66-33 Hornet Volleyball History . . . . . 22-29. Assistant Coach...... Jiangping Wang ESU Records ...... 22-23 Years at ESU...... Seventh Year Hornet Honors and Awards ...... 24 Volleyball Office Phone...... (620) 341-6085 All-time Series Records ...... 25 2007 Record...... 27-9 Year-by-Year Results ...... 26-29 2007 MIAA Record/Finish...... 10-3/Second-East-Third Overall All-time Letterwinners ...... 29 Me d i a Re l a t i o n s (Ar e a c o d e 620) Welcome to Emporia State . . . . 30-IBC. Director...... Don Weast Athletics at ESU ...... 30-32 Volleyball Contact...... Josh Slaughter History of Corky ...... 33 E-mail...... [email protected] ESU Athletics Facilities ...... 34-36 Office ...... 341-5526 Hornets in the Community ...... 37 Cell...... 344-0543 This is ESU/Emporia ...... 38-39 Fax...... 341-5808 A Commitment to Quality Education ...... 40 Athletic Staff Directory ...... 41-42 ESU Administration ...... 43-47 Hall of Honor ...... 48 Media Information ...... IBC
Cr e d i t s The 2006 Emporia State Volleyball Media Guide was produced by the ESU Athletic Media Relations Office, Donald Weast director, Josh Slaughter Assistant Director. The guide was written, edited and designed by Josh Slaughter, editorial assistance by Don Weast. Photos by ESU Photography, James Garvey, Director and Chris Hunter, ESU Media Relations. Mug shots courtesy of ESU ID Office. Printed by ESU Printing Services.
Back row: Assistant Coach Jiangping Wang, Kristin Fletcher, Ting Liu, Hannah Carter and Head Coach Bing Xu. Middle Row: Kaley Miller, Kaitlyn Kaiser, Brittney Miller, Brianne Boner, Jenna Snook and Megan Koster. Front Row: Trainer Alicia Thomas, Kelsey Abels, Arica Shepard, Megan Lueger and Amy Byfield. 1 2008 Sc h e d u l e a n d Ro s t e r
Day Date Opponent Location Time Ro s t e r Br e a k d o w n August Fri-Sat . 29-30 UNO Comfort Inn and Suites Tourny Omaha, Neb . By Cl a s s Fri . 29 Rockhurst Omaha, Neb . 12:15 p .m . Seniors (4) Fri . 29 Mary Omaha, Neb . 4:45 p .m . Megan Koster, Kristin Fletcher, Kaley Miller, Sat . 30 Northern Michigan Omaha, Neb . 11:45 a .m . Hannah Carter Sat . 30 Michigan Tech Omaha, Neb . 4:15 p .m . September Juniors (3) Fri .-Sat . 5-6 St . Edwards Tournament Austin, Texas Amy Byfield, Arica Shepard, Jenna Snook Fri . 5 Texas A & M-Kingsville Austin, Texas 10:00 a .m . Fri . 5 Angelo State Austin, Texas 2:30 p .m . Sophomores (4) Sat . 6 East Central Austin, Texas 10:00 a .m . Katelyn Kaiser, Brianne Boner, Brittney Sat . 6 St . Edwards Austin, Texas 2:30 p .m . Miller, Ting Liu Fri .-Sat . 12-13 UCM Jennies Classic Warrensburg, Mo . Fri . 12 Edinboro Warrensburg, Mo . 7:00 p .m . Freshman (2) Sat . 13 Southeast Oklahoma State Warrensburg, Mo . 12:00 noon Kelsey Abels, Megan Lueger Sat . 13 Minnesota-Moorehead Warrensburg, Mo . 2:30 p .m . Wed . 17 Truman Emporia 7:00 p .M . By Po s i t i o n Fri . 19 at Missouri Western St . Joseph, Mo . 7:00 p .m . Outside Hitters (5) Sat . 20 at Northwest Missouri Maryville, Mo . 3:00 p .m . Megan Koster, Arica Shepard, Kaley Miller, Wed . 24 Central Missouri Emporia 7:00 p .M . Jenna Snook, Megan Lueger Sat . 27 at Nebraska-Omaha Omaha, Neb . 4:00 p .m . Middle Hitters (4) October Hannah Carter, Kristin Fletcher, Brianne Fri .-Sat . 3-4 Lady Blue Fall Classic Topeka, Kan . Boner, Katelyn Kaiser Fri . 3 Central Oklahoma Topeka, Kan . 9:30 a .m . Liberos/Defensive Specialists (2) Fri . 3 Midwestern State Topeka, Kan . 2:00 p .m . Amy Byfield, Kelsey Abels Sat . 4 UT-Permian Basin Topeka, Kan . 9:00 a .m . Rightside Hitters (1) Sat . 4 Incarnate Word Topeka, Kan . 5:00 p .m . Brittney Miller Tue . 7 Southwest baptist Emporia 7:00 p .M . Setters (1) Fri . 10 pittsburg State emporia 7:00 p .M . Ting Liu Sat . 11 missouri southern emporia 7:00 p .M . Fri . 17 at Washburn Topeka, Kan . 7:00 p .m . By St a t e /Co u n t r y Sat . 18 at Fort Hays State Hays, Kan . 7:00 p .m . Kansas (9) Wed . 22 at Truman Kirksville, Mo . 7:00 p .m . Arica Shepard, Jenna Snook, Amy Byfield, Fri . 24 Missouri western emporia 7:00 p .M . Megan Koster, Katelyn Kaiser, Kayley Miller, Sat . 25 Northwest missouri emporia 7:00 p .M . Brittney Miller, Megan Lueger, Hannah Wed . 29 at Central Missouri Warrensburg, Mo . 7:00 p .m . Carter November Nebraska (2) Sat . 1 nebraska-omaha emporia 7:00 p .M . Brianne Boner, Kelsey Abels Fri . 7 at Pittsburg State Pittsburg, Kan . 7:00 p .m . Missouri (1) Sat . 8 Missouri Southern Joplin, Mo . 6:00 p .m . Kristin Fletcher China (1) Tue . 11 Southwest Baptist Bolivar, Mo . 7:00 p .m . Fri . 14 washburn emporia 7:00 p .M . Ting Liu Sat . 15 Fort hays state emporia 1:00 p .M . Al p h a b e t ic a l Ro s t e r 2008 Ho r n e t Vo l l e y b a l l Nu m e ric a l Ro s t e r Abels, Kelsey ...... 8 Boner, Brianne ...... 6 No .Name Pos Ht yr Hometown/Previous School Byfield, Amy ...... 3 3 Amy Byfield DS 5-4 JR Mission, Kan./Bishop Miege HS Carter, Hannah ...... 11 4 Megan Koster OH 5-10 SR Clay Center, Kan./Hutchinson CC Fletcher, Kristin ...... 7 Kaiser, Katelyn ...... 9 5 Arica Shepard OH 5-9 JR Rossville, Kan./Rossville HS Koster, Megan ...... 4 6 Brianne Boner MH 6-0 SO Omaha, Neb./Omaha-Mercy HS Liu, Ting ...... 16 Lueger, Megan ...... 14 7 Kristin Fletcher MH 6-0 SR Lee's Summit, Mo./Lee's Summit HS Miller, Brittney ...... 15 8 Kelsey Abels DS 5’7” FR Papillion, NE/LaVista HS Miller, Kaley ...... 10 9 Katelyn Kaiser MH 5-11 SO Valley Center, Kan./Valley Center HS Shepard, Arica ...... 5 Snook, Jenna ...... 13 10 Kaley Miller OH/DS 5-9 SR Stillwell, Kan./Allen County CC 11 Hannah Carter MH 6-0 SR Olathe, Kan./Northwest HS 13 Jenna Snook OH/DS 5-10 JR Topeka, Kan./Washburn Rural HS Pr o n u n ci a t i o n s 14 Megan Lueger OH 5’8” FR St. Marys, KS/St. Marys HS Boner ...... Bow-Ner 15 Brittney Miller RH 5-10 SO Paola, Kan./Paola HS Kaiser ...... Ky-Zer 16 Ting Liu S 6-1 SO Beijing, China/Beijing 5th Sport School Liu ...... Lou Head Coach Bing Xu Xu ...... schzu Assistant Coach Jiangping Wang
2 2008 Se a s o n Pr e v i e w
` The Hornets will enter the 2008 cam- ments this year. Becoming one of the Cham- Providing depth for the Hornets off the paign coming off one of their most success- pions has always been one of our team goals. bench will be Senior Kayley Miller ful seeasons in history. The squad will return We realize that it is all about getting better and Junior Jenna Snook. Rounding out five starters from a squad that went 27-9 last and better from every practice, every game the line-up on the outside will be new- year finishing third in the MIAA and advanc- and every tournament and finally reach our comer Megan Lueger (Fr./St. Marys, ing to the NCAA Divison II Regionals. goals. New season and new look, after a suc- Kan.) who was twice named first team The Hornets won their first post-season cessful season last year, this group is getting All-State at St. Marys High School. match as a member of the NCAA as they more mature and each player is making great “Our outsides have brought more consis- defeated Pittsburg State 3-0 in Kirksville to improvement.” tent attacking power on a net,” said Xu; advance to the regional semi-finals. Arica “and they are dominators with variety Shepard was named an All-American while Se t t e r s attacking skills.” Ting Liu was both the MIAA and Regional The Hornets return MIAAA and Freshman of the Year. Regional Freshman of the Year Ting Liu The Hornets are picked to finish fith at the setter position. Liu set new single this season in the coaches poll. The Hornets season records in all assist categories are no stranger to this spot though as they averaging 13.47 assists per game and were picked to finish sixth last season before ringing up 1,792 assists on the year. finishing the season in the conference’s third “Our setter has done a great job to trans- place spot. fer consistent and strategic sets from The Hornets will look to build on last our defensive specialists to our front seasons success as they welcome Nebraska- line fighters,” said Head Coach Bing Omaha into the already tough MIAA. The Xu. schedule features several big match-ups early in the season at home for the Hornets. The Hornets home schedule will open on Sept. 17th against reigning MIAA Champion Truman before facing another regional quali- fier from last season when they taken on Central Missouri a week later on the 24th. Junior All-American Arica Shepard set four singles sea- son and one career record for the Hornets during the The Hornets will then get their first look at 2007 campaign. the Mavericks of Nebraska-Omaha as MIAA foes when they face them on the road on Mi d d l e Hi t t e r s Sept. 27th. The middle hitter position is another After making a trip to Washburn for that will feature experiance and depth the Lady Blues Fall Classic Oct. 3-4, the for the Hornets. Senior Hannah Carter Hornets will return home for three straight will look to build on 106 kills and 62 dates. They will open with Southwest Baptist blocks after returning for the final 19 on Oct. 7, before facing Pittsburg State and matches after an early season injury. She Missouri Southern in back to back home is joined by Senior Kristin Fletcher dates on the 10th and 11th. who started 25 matches and registered The Hornets then take on Washburn, Fort Sophomore Setter Ting Liu was both the MIAA and 93 kills to go along with 68 blocks. Hays State and Truman on the road before Regional Freshman of the Year in 2007. Anchoring the position will be Brianne coming home again. While on the homestand Boner who led the team with 164 blocks they will face Missouri Western on Oct. 24 Ou t s i d e Hi t t e r s and was third on the team with 351 kills. and Northwest Missouri State on Oct. 25 The Hornets return experiance and Returner Katelyn Kaiser will round out before closing out October on the road at depth at the outside hitter position this the middle for ESU. “Our middles have Central Missouri. season. The Hornets will be led by 2007 become the center of our offense line UNO will make their first trip to Emporia All-American Arica Shepard who set a and bring the fire on the net,” said Xu. on Nov. 1 before the Hornets go on asecond new career record this season after hav- three game road trip with Pittsburg State, ing her 16th 20+ kill match. She also set Li b e r o Missouri Southern and Southwest Baptist. four single season records in kills for the At Libero the Hornets return anoth- They will close out the season at home as Hornets last season. Joining her will be er record setting performer in Junior the Lady Blues of Washburn come to town Honorable Mention All-MIAA Selection Amy Byfield. She set new single season on Nob. 14 and Fort Hays State comes in on Megan Koster. Koster was second on records in double figure dig matches senior night Nov. 15. the squad in kills last season registering with 34 and digs per game with an aver- “New season, new competitions, and 401 on the year. Also seeing time on the age of 5.15 on the year. Joining her new expectations,” said Head Coach Bing rightside will be Brittney Miller who led will be newcomer Kelsey Abels (Fr./ Xu. “Even though we did not lose a lot of the team with a .318 hitting percentage Papillion, Neb.) who will provide much players, but we must keep making progress appearing in 64 games on the season. needed depth. and getting better to reach higher achieve- 3 Co a c h Bi n g Xu
Bing Xu begins his fourth year as the head coach at Emporia Bi n g XU State after serving three years as the assistant coach for the Head Coach - 4th Year Hornets. He is 66-33 in his first three seasons at ESU. Education Bachelor’s - Columbia College In the 2007 season Xu led the Hornets to their second Business Administration Master’s - Palm Beach Atlantic NCAA Division II Tournament in three years. The Hornets Business finished season ranked 15th in the AVCA Poll and had Arica Shepard named to the All-American team while Ting Liu College Coaching Experience was named region and conference Freshman of the Year. Head Coach - ESU - (2005-present) 66-33 overall Assistant Coach - Emporia State - 2002-04 Assistant Coach - Palm Beach Atlantic He had a successful inaugural season in which the Hornets Assistant Coach - Columbia College went 24-8 and advanced to the NCAA Division II Tournament
Collegiate Playing Career for the first time in school history. The Hornets were ranked Columbia College - 4-year letterwinner in the top ten of the region last season before falling to #1 ranked Truman in the MIAA Tournament.
Xu came to ESU after earning a bachelor’s of science degree in business administration from Columbia College and a master’s degree in business from Palm Beach Atlantic University. While attending college he also served as the assistant coach for the women’s teams both at Palm Beach Atlantic and at Columbia College. Xu was a member of the men’s team at Columbia College for four years.
His coaching experience does not stop in the U.S., Xu has also been a member or a coach of several teams in China.
The Hornets went 53-44 (.546) in his three years as an assistant.
Xu is married to the Hornets’ assistant coach, Jiangping Wang. The couple has two daughters Grace and Jade.
4 As s i s t a n t Ji a n g pi n g Wa n g
Ji a n g pi n g Wa n g Jiangping “Ping” Wang begins her fourth year as the assistant coach at Emporia State after spending two years Assistant Coach- 4th year as a graduate assistant with the Hornet volleyball pro- Education gram. Bachelor’s - While she has been an assistant the Hornets have Palm Beach Atlantic Business appeared in the NCAA Division II Tournament in two of Administration Master’s - Health, Physical the last three years. The Hornets have an overall record Education and Recreation - ESU of 66-33 while she has occupied the assistant coach pos- tion. Collegiate Coaching Experience Wang played two years at NAIA power Columbia Grad. Assistant Coach - Emporia State - 2003-04 (Mo.) College before finishing her career at Palm Beach Collegiate Playing Experience Atlantic University. She earned All-Sun Conference hon- Palm Beach Atlantic College - 2-year letterwinner ors as a junior and senior at PBAU and was an NAIA Columbia College - 2-year letterwinner all-region selection as a senior. While finishing her degree in business administration at PBAU, Wang coached club volleyball and was named the Palm Beach Juniors Coach of the Year in 2002. She earned her master’s degree in health, physical education and recreation while serving as a graduate assistant at ESU. Wang is married to the Hornets’ head volleyball coach, Bing Xu. The couple has two daughters Grace and Jade.
Xu a s He a d Co a c h a t ESU Overall Home MIAA Year W L Pct W L Pct W L pct 2005 24 8 .750 7 3 .700 11 5 .688 2006 15 16 .484 3 5 .375 7 6 .538 2007 27 9 .750 7 1 .875 10 3 .769 Career 66 33 .667 17 9 .654 28 14 .667
Xu a s a n ESU As s i s t a n t
Overall Home MIAA Year W L pct W L pct W L pct 2002 20 13 .606 8 4 .667 7 9 .438 2003 20 14 .588 11 4 .733 10 6 .625 2004 13 17 .433 4 5 .444 7 9 .438 Total 53 44 546. 23 13 .639 24 24 .500
5 Me e t t h e Ho r n e t s
#3 Amy Byfield Height: 5-4 Major: Physical Education Year: Junior High School: Bishop Miege Position: Libero Parents: Jim and Terry Byfield Hometown: Shawnee Mission 2007 - So p h o m o r e Se a s o n Was named Honorable Mention All-MIA... Ca r e e r h i g h s set two single season records as she had Kills 34 double figure dig matches and aver- 1 7x last vs. Dallas Baptist aged 5.15 digs per game...had 680 digs on 10/5/07 the year ranking her second all-time on the Attempts 3 2x last vs. Washburn single season list. 10/30/07
Assists 2006 - Fr e s h m a n Se a s o n 48 vs Missouri Western Byfield appeared in all 112 games for the 9/23/06 Hornets this season...She leads all return- Service Aces 3 5x last vs Missouri St. ing players in assists after getting 280 last Louis 8/24/07 season...She is also the leading returner in Digs service aces racking up 23 last season. 34 vs. Pittsburg State 9/22/07 Bi s h o p Mi e g e Hi g h Sc h o o l Blocks 2 vs Northwest Missouri A 2006 graduate...lettered two years in vol- 9/22/06 leyball and in softball for the Stags...named to first-team all-county by the Johnson County Sun in 2005 for volleyball...state runners-up in 2005...state champions in 2004...received honorable mention for the Eastern Kansas League in 2005.
Byfield’s Career Statistics ------ATTACK------SET------SERVE------DIG------BLOCKING------Year g K K/Game E TA pct A A/Game SA SA/Gm SE DIG Dig/G RE BS BA Total B/Game BE BHE 2006 112 5 0.04 1 18 .222 280 2.50 23 0.21 19 262 2.34 10 0 2 2 0.02 2 8 2007 132 2 0.02 4 22 -.091 48 0.36 31 0.23 9 680 5.15 23 0 0 0 0.00 0 4 Total 244 7 0 .03 5 40 .050 328 1 .34 54 0 .22 28 942 3 .86 33 0 2 2 0 .01 2 12
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#4 Megan Koster Height: 5-10 Major: Elementary Education Year: Senior High School: Clay Center Community HS Position: Outside Hitter Parents: Ron and Marsha Koster Hometown: Clay Center, Kan. 2007 - Ju n i o r Se a s o n Was named Honorable Mention All-MIAA... Ca r e e r h i g h s was named AVCA Division II Player of the Kills Week...was second on the team with 401 18 2x vs. Washburn kills on the season averaging 3.04 per 10/30/07 game...was third on the squad in digs with Attempts 50 at Truman 399 on the season...averaged a team third 11/16/07 best 3.47 points per game. Hitting Percentage (min. 5 total attempts) Hu t c h i n s o n Co m m u n i t y Co l l e g e .562 vs. Drury 8/24//07 Honorable mention All-Jayhawk confer- ence.... was a member of the 2006 seventh Assists 4 vs Abilene Christian place NJCAA finishers... also on the 2007 10/6/07 eighth place team. Service Aces 4 vs. North Alabama Cl a y Ce n t e r Co m m u n i t y Hi g h Sc h o o l 9/8/07 Was a member of the All-North Central Digs 24 at Truman Kansas League team in 2002-2004...4A All- 11/16/07 State first team member in 2004... was a Blocks member of the KVA All-State Team. 6 at Pittsburg State 10/20/07
Koster’s Career Statistics ------ATTACK------SET------SERVE------DIG------BLOCKING------Year g K K/Game E TA pct A A/Game SA SA/Gm SE DIG Dig/G RE BS BA Total B/Game BE BHE 2007 132 401 3.04 127 1147 .239 31 0.23 20 0.15 19 399 3.02 24 5 64 69 0.52 3 1 Total 132 401 3 .04 127 1147 .239 31 0 .23 20 0 .15 19 399 3 .02 24 5 64 69 0 .52 3 1
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#5 Arica Shepard Height: 5-9 Major: Business Year: Junior High School: Rossville Position: Outside Hitter Parents: Todd and Beth Shepard Hometown: Rossville, Kan. 2007 - So p h o m o r e Se a s o n Was named a Honorable Mention All- Ca r e e r h i g h s American as well as being named First Kills Team All-Region and First Team All-MIAA... 24 vs. Missouri St. Louis is the new ESU career record holder in 20+ 8/24/07 kill matches with 16 in her career..set new Attempts 63 at Henderson State single season records for kills per game, 10/14/06 double figure kill matches, 20+ kill matches Hitting Percentage and double-double figure matches...led the (min. 5 total attempts) team with 613 kills averaging 4.68 per game .652 vs. Panhandle State 10/6/07 and led the squad in points averaging 5.08.
Assists 5 at Minnesota-Duluth 2006 - Fr e s h m a n Se a s o n 8/25/06 Appeared in 113 games for the Hornets Service Aces starting 27 of the 31 matches on the sea- 3 3x last at Missouri Southern 10/19/07 son... was named the MIAA Freshman of
Digs the year and earned a spot on the All-MIAA 24 2x last at Fort Hays Honorable Mention Team... led the squad in State 9/15/07 kills on the season with 399 averaging 3.53 Blocks per game...set career high in kills with 22 4 6x vs. Northwest Missouri 11/6/07 against Arkansas Monticello...also had 287 digs on the season.
Ro s s v i l l e Hi g h Sc h o o l A 2006 graduate...lettered all four years for the Bulldogs in volleyball...was co-captain as a senior...received honorable mention in her sophomore year for the All-Mid-East League team...named to the 3A Class all-tournament team and the All-State second-team as a junior.
Pe r s o n a l No t e s Twin sister, Ashley, plays volleyball for Washburn University.
Shepard’s Career Statistics ------ATTACK------SET------SERVE------DIG------BLOCKING------Year g K K/Game E TA pct A A/Game SA SA/Gm SE DIG Dig/G RE BS BA Total B/Game BE BHE 2006 113 399 3.53 178 1146 .193 23 0.20 10 0.09 18 287 2.54 15 12 36 48 0.42 8 6 2007 131 613 4.68 228 1417 .272 27 0.21 28 0.21 49 470 3.59 23 5 39 44 0.34 8 8 TOTAL 244 1012 4 .15 406 2563 .236 50 0 .20 38 0 .16 67` 757 3 .10 38 17 75 92 0 .38 16 14
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#6 Brianne Boner Height: 6-0 Major: Chemistry Year: Sophomore High School: Omaha Mercy HS Position: Middle Hitter Parents: Ron and Judy Boner Hometown: Omaha, Neb. 2007 - Fr e s h m a n Se a s o n Was an Honorable Mention All-MIAA selec- Ca r e e r h i g h s tion...was sixth in the MIAA in blocks per Kills game averaging 1.24...led the team in total 20 vs. Central Oklahoma blocks with 164 on the season...ranks sec- 8/25/07 ond all-time in ESU history in single season Attempts 41 vs. South Dakota assists blocks after having 127 last seea- 8/31/07 son. Hitting Percentage (min. 5 total attempts) Om a h a Me rc y Hi g h Sc h o o l .643 vs. Angelo State 8/25/07 A 2007 graduate...lettered all four years in
Assists both volleyball and basketball and for the 3 at Rockhurst Monarchs...was All-State in volleyball and 9/18/07 basketball during her senior season.. was Service Aces All-State and honorable mention All-Area 5 vs. Missouri St. Louis 8/24/07 in volleyball during her junior year...set the
Digs school record for blocks and kills per sea- 10 vs. Central Missouri son... also holds the school record for blocks 9/4/07 in basketball. Blocks 14 at Truman 11/2/07
Boner’s Career Statistics ------ATTACK------SET------SERVE------DIG------BLOCKING------Year g K K/Game E TA pct A A/Game SA SA/Gm SE DIG Dig/G RE BS BA Total B/Game BE BHE 2007 132 351 2.66 125 812 .278 17 0.13 25 0.19 23 79 0.60 0 37 127 164 1.24 17 2 TOTAL 132 351 2 .66 125 812 .278 17 0 .13 25 0 .19 23 79 0 .60 0 37 127 164 1 .24 17 2
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#7 Kristin Fletcher Height: 6-0 High School: Lee’s Summit HS Year: Senior Major: Buisiness Position: Middle Hitter Parents: Phil and Tony Fletcher Hometown: Lee’s Summit, Mo. 2007 - Ju n i o r Se a s o n Started 25 matches for the Hornets and Ca r e e r h i g h s appeared in 30...had 93 kills to go along Kills with 68 blocks. 16 vs Missouri Western 11/8/05 2006 - So p h o m o r e Se a s o n Attempts 33 vs Central Missouri Appeared in 82 total games starting 21 10/27/05 matches at middle hitter...was second Hitting Percentage on the team in blocks per game with (min. 5 total attempts) .500 (2x) last vs a 0.91 average...had ten kills against Pittsburg State 9/21/05 South Dakota...had a career high 12 Assists 2 2x last vs. Central blocks against Harding on October 13. Oklahoma 8/25/07 Service Aces 2005 - Fr e s h m a n Se a s o n 4 vs West Florida Appeared in 98 games at middle hitter Digs starting 27 of 32 matches...led Hornets 10 at South Dakota 9/3/05 in blocks per game with a 0.92 average... Blocks had 16 kills against Missouri Western. 12 at Harding 10/13/06 Le e ’s Su m m i t Hi g h Sc h o o l A 2005 graduate...lettered in volleyball for two years for the Tigers...earned first-team all-district honors her senior year...named to the all-conference second team her senior year and honorable mention team her junior year...had 338 kills in her two years...helped her team to a district championship her junior year and a second-place finish her senior year.
Fletcher’s Career Statistics ------ATTACK------SET------SERVE------DIG------BLOCKING------Year g K K/Game E TA pct A A/Game SA SA/Gm SE DIG Dig/G RE BS BA Total B/Game BE BHE 2005 98 179 1.83 82 527 .184 6 0.06 18 0.18 16 40 0.41 1 22 68 90 0.92 16 2 2006 82 78 0.95 34 263 .167 2 0.02 0 0.00 1 30 0.37 2 22 53 75 0.91 10 1 2007 91 93 1.02 44 295 .166 8 0.09 0 0.00 0 21 0.23 2 10 58 68 0.75 5 0 TOTAL 271 350 1 .29 160 1085 .175 16 0 .06 18 0 .07 17 91 0 .34 5 54 179 233 0 .86 31 3
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#11 Hannah Carter Height: 6-0 High School: Olathe Northwest Year: Senior Major: Business Marketing Position: Middle Hitter Parents: Robert and Janet Carter Hometown: Olathe, Kan. 2007- Ju n i o r Se a s o n Started eight matches and appeared in 19 Ca r e e r h i g h s after returning a preseason injury...set new Kills career highs in kills with 16 and hitting per- 16 vs. Pittsburg State centage with .650 as the Hornets knocked 11/15/07 off Pittsburg State in the opening round of Attempts 35 vs Missouri Southern the NCAA Division II Regional Tournament 10/21/05 in Kirksville, Mo....finished the year with 106 Hitting Percentage kills and 62 blocks. (min. 5 total attempts) .650 vs. Pittsburg State 11/15/07 2006 - So p h o m o r e Se a s o n
Assists Played in 24 matches, starting 21 of them 3 vs Missouri Western as she racked up 85 games played...had 9/23/06 167 kills on the season including a season Service Aces high 12 against Missouri Southern...aver- 2 4x last at Harding 10/13/06 aged 1.96 kills per game and 1.06 blocks
Digs per game a stat which she led the 2006 8 at Central Missouri squad in. 9/29/05
Blocks 2005 - Fr e s h m a n Se a s o n 9 at Arkansas Monticello 10/14/06 Appeared in 68 games at middle hitter start- ing seven of 26 matches...had 15 kills against Missouri Southern (10/21/05)...blocked a career high 8 shots at #1 Truman.
Ol a t h e No r t h w e s t Hi g h Sc h o o l A 2005 graduate...honorable mention all- state...finished second at Junior Olympics national championships in the American Club Division.
Carter’s Career Statistics ------ATTACK------SET------SERVE------DIG------BLOCKING------Year g K K/Game E TA pct A A/Game SA SA/Gm SE DIG Dig/G RE BS BA Total B/Game BE BHE 2005 68 140 2.06 84 363 .154 1 0.01 8 0.12 15 38 0.56 0 9 36 45 0.66 4 2 2006 85 167 1.96 89 483 .161 9 0.11 16 0.19 15 51 0.60 3 19 70 89 1.05 6 1 2007 52 106 2.04 53 254 .209 3 0.06 0 0.00 1 9 0.17 2 14 48 62 1.19 2 1 TOTAL205 413 2 .01 226 1100 .170 13 0 .06 24 0 .12 31 98 0 .48 5 42 154 196 0 .96 12 4
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#13 Jenna Snook Height: 5-10 Major: Nursing Year: Junior High School: Washburn Rural Position: Outside Hitter Parents: Anna Snook, David Istas, Mike Hometown: Topeka, Kan. Snook 2007 - So p h o m o r e Se a s o n Appeared in all 36 matches for the Hornets... Ca r e e r h i g h s was the fifth best digger on the team with 280 on the season...averaged 2.14 digs per Kills game....had one start on the season...had a 1 3x last at Truman 11/16/07 career high 16 digs against Washburn and
Attempts a career high two blocks against Abilene 3 at North Alabama Christian. 10/13/06
Assists 2006 - Fr e s h m a n Se a s o n 4 at Truman 11/9/07 Appeared in 17 games during 11 matches
Service Aces during the 2006 season...had 14 digs during 3 vs. Ouachita Baptist those 17 games...had five digs in the game 9/1/07 against Southwest Minnesota State...aver- Digs aged 0.82 digs per game. 16 vs. Washburn 10/20/07 a s h b ur n ur a l i g h c h o o l Blocks W R H S 2 vs. Abilene Christian A 2006 graduate...multi-sport star for the 10/6/07 Junior Blues, lettered in volleyball and soft- ball...state volleyball champions in 2004... named to 2005’s All-City and All-Centennial League first-team.
Snook’s Career Statistics ------ATTACK------SET------SERVE------DIG------BLOCKING------Year g K K/Game E TA pct A A/Game SA SA/Gm SE DIG Dig/G RE BS BA Total B/Game BE BHE 2006 17 0 0.00 2 5 -.400 2 0.12 2 0.12 1 14 0.82 2 0 1 1 0.06 0 0 2007 131 3 0.02 1 8 .250 35 0.27 20 0.15 30 280 2.14 27 0 2 2 0.02 2 4 TOTAL148 3 0 .02 3 13 .000 37 0 .25 22 0 .15 31 294 1 .99 29 0 3 3 0 .02 2 4
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#15 Brittney Miller Height: 5-10 Major: Nursing Year: Sophomore High School: Paola HS Position: Right Side Hitter Parents: Ralph and Pam Miller Hometown: Paola, Kan. 2007 - Fr e s h m a n Se a s o n Appeared in 26 matches on the season start- Ca r e e r h i g h s ing in three...had 171 kills averaging 2.67 Kills per game with a team high .318 hitting per- 17 at Washburn centage...had 30 blocks on the season...set 9/26/07 career high with 17 kills on the road against Attempts 36 at Washburn a ranked Washburn team...had 11 kills in the 9/26/07 regional semi-final against Truman. Hitting Percentage (min. 5 total attempts) a o l a i g h c h o o l .571 vs. Indianapolis P H S 8/31/07 A 2007 graduate...lettered all four years Assists in Volleyball and Basketball and received 2 4x last at Truman two letters in track and softball for the 11/9/07 Panthers...was a All-District volleyball play- Digs 4 2x last at Truman er...was named the Kansas City Area Sports 11/16/07 Commission Female High School Athlete of Blocks the Year. 4 vs. Southern Arkansas 9/8/07 Pe r s o n a l Brittney is also be a member of the Lady Hornet’s Basketball Team.
MIllers’s Career Statistics ------ATTACK------SET------SERVE------DIG------BLOCKING------Year g K K/Game E TA pct A A/Game SA SA/Gm SE DIG Dig/G RE BS BA Total B/Game BE BHE 2007 64 171 2.67 57 358 .318 13 0.20 0 0.00 0 27 0.42 0 3 27 30 0.47 3 3 TOTAL 64 171 2 .67 57 358 .318 13 0 .20 0 0 .00 0 27 0 .42 0 3 27 30 0 .47 3 3
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#16 Ting Liu Height: 6-1 Major: Business Year: Sophomore High School: Beijing 5th Sport School Position: Setter Parents: Weijun Liu and Hua Li Hometown: Beijing, China 2007 - Fr e s h m a n Se a s o n Was the All-South Central Region Freshman Ca r e e r h i g h s of the Year as well as being named MIAA Kills Freshman of the Year...was named second 10 at Missouri Southern team All-MIAA..was a triple threat with 133 10/19/07 kills, 1,792 assists and 290 digs...was sec- Attempts 26 2x last at Truman ond in the MIAA in assists and third in service 11/16/07 aces...had the MIAA season high for assists Hitting Percentage in a three game match with 57 when ESU (min. 5 total attempts) swept Washburn at home on Oct. 30...set a .800 vs. Cameron 9/1/08 career high with 61 assists twice during the
Assists season, first against Central Oklahoma and 61 2x last at Pittsburg again against Pittsburg State...led the team State 10/20/07 with 56 service aces. Service Aces 6 vs. Drury 8/24/07 Be iji n g 5t h Sp o r t Sc h o o l Digs Spent part of 2006 working out with the U.S. 16 at Washburn 9/26/07 Olympic Team...A graduate of Beijing 5th Sport School. Blocks 5 2x last vs. West Texas A &M 10/5/07
Liu’s Career Statistics ------ATTACK------SET------SERVE------DIG------BLOCKING------Year g K K/Game E TA pct A A/Game SA SA/Gm SE DIG Dig/G RE BS BA Total B/Game BE BHE 2007 133 150 1.13 67 394 .211 1792 13.47 56 0.42 30 290 2.18 1 9 67 76 0.57 19 77 TOTAL 133 150 1 .13 67 394 .211 1792 13 .47 56 0 .42 30 290 2 .18 1 9 67 76 0 .57 19 77
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#9 Katelyn Kaiser Height: 5-11 Major: Biology Year: Sophomore High School: Valley Center HS Position: Middle Hitter Parents: Brian and Janet Kaiser Hometown: Valley Center, Kan. 2007 - Fr e s h m a n Se a s o n Appeared in two matches for the Hornets registering one kill and two blocks. Ca r e e r h i g h s
Kills Va l l e y Ce n t e r Hi g h Sc h o o l 1 vs. Panhandle State A 2007 graduate... lettered in basketball four year, volleyball three years and track three 10/6/07 years for the Hornets...was honorable mention All-Ark Valley League in 2006 and was first Blocks 2 vs. Panhandle State team All-League in 2006...was a member of the 2006 sub-state championship team. 10/6/07
Digs 1 vs. Pittsburg State 9/22/07
Kaiser’s Career Statistics ------ATTACK------SET------SERVE------DIG------BLOCKING------Year g K K/Game E TA pct A A/Game SA SA/Gm SE DIG Dig/G RE BS BA Total B/Game BE BHE 2007 3 1 0.33 3 9 -.222 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 1 0.33 0 1 1 2 0.67 0 0 TOTAL 3 1 0 .33 3 9 - .222 0 0 .00 0 0 .00 0 1 0 .33 0 1 1 2 0 67. 0 0
#10 Kaley Miller Height: 5-9 Major: Health Promotion Year: Senior High School: Blue Valley HS Position: Outside Hitter/Defensive Speicalist Parents: Mike and Cheryl Miller Hometown: Stilwell, Kan. 2007 - Ju n i o r Se a s o n Appeared in ten matches on the season for the Hornets...had two kills and ten digs on Ca r e e r h i g h s the year. Kills 1 2x last vs. Alabama- Al l e n Co u n t y Co m m u n i t y Co l l e g e Huntsville 9/7/08 Was the team MVP in 2006... also led the team in assists in 2006. Attempts 2 2x last vs. Truman 11/2/07 Bl u e Va l l e y Hi g h Sc h o o l Digs Was second team All-East Kansas League ... won the Citizenship award... also lettered 3 at Missouri Western four years in basketball for the Tigers. 9/28/07
Miller’s Career Statistics ------ATTACK------SET------SERVE------DIG------BLOCKING------Year g K K/Game E TA pct A A/Game SA SA/Gm SE DIG Dig/G RE BS BA Total B/Game BE BHE 2007 13 2 0.15 1 7 .143 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 10 0.77 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 TOTAL 13 2 0 .15 1 7 .143 0 0 .00 0 0 .00 1 10 0 .77 2 0 0 0 0 .00 0 0
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#8 Kelsey Abels Pa pi l l i o n LaVi s t a Hi g h Sc h o o l A 2008 graduate of Papillion LaVista High School in Height: 5-7 Year: Freshman Papillion, Neb...was a letter winner in volleyball and Position: Defensive Specialist tennis for the Monarchs...wsa a Academic All-State Hometown: Papillion, Neb. selection by the Lincoln Journal-Star...advanced to the Major: Undecided State Championships in tennis for the Monarchs... High School: Papillion LaVista Parents: Bret and Candi Abels
#3 Amy Byfield
#14 Megan Lueger St. Ma r y s Hi g h Sc h o o l A 2008 graduate of St. Marys High School...was a let- Height: 5-8 Year: Freshman ter winner in volleyball, basketball and softball for the Position: Outside Hitter Bears...was first team All-State as a junior and senior... Hometown: St. Marys, Kan. led the team in kills with 396 in 2007 with an attack Major: Nursing efficiency of .360...had 58 blocks during her senior sea- High School: St. Marys son...was a member of 2007 state championship team... Birthdate: April 1, 1990 Parents: Gene and Jan Lueger was named first team All-League from her sophomore year on. #3 Amy Byfield
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Junior Outside Hitter Sophomore Setter Junior Libero Arica Shepard Ting Liu Amy Byfield 2007 HM All-American 2007 2nd Team All-MIAA 2007 HM All-MIAA Career Records: 2007 MIAA Freshman of the Year Single Season Records: 20 + Kill Matches Single Season Records: Double Figure Dig Matches Single Season Records: Assists Digs Per Game Double Figure Kills, Kills Per Game, Assists per Game Double-Double Figure Games
Sophomore Middle Hitter Senior Outside Hitter Senior Middle Hitter Brianne Boner Megan Koster Hannah Carter 2007 HM All-MIAA 2007 HM All-MIAA Has been a starter in all four seasons
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MIAA Me m b e r s h ip Over the past 95 years, the MIAA has gained the The 1980s brought the biggest changes in the con- reputation of being one of the top NCAA Division II ference. In 1981, Southwest Missouri State University University of Central Missouri conferences in the nation. MIAA student-athletes have opted to move to NCAA Division I and the MIAA won 12 NCAA team championships and, since 1964, appointed its first full-time commissioner, Ken Jones, Location ...... Warrensburg, Mo. 153 individual national titles. The MIAA currently con- in July. Mascot ...... Mules ducts championships in eight sports for men and eight Emporia State University He would be in the position for 16 years, retiring for women. in 1997. Former Gulf South and Metro commissioner Location ...... Emporia, Kan. For the men, champions are crowned in football, Ralph McFillen succeeded Jones, serving 10 years Mascot ...... Hornets cross country, basketball, indoor and outdoor track & before his retirement in 2007. Jim Johnson succeeded Ft . Hays State University field, baseball, tennis and golf. The women compete McFillen in July of that year. Location ...... Hays, Kan. for titles in volleyball, cross country, soccer, basketball, Southwest Baptist University brought membership Mascot ...... Tigers indoor and outdoor track & field, softball, golf and back to eight schools in 1986, before the major Missouri Southern State University tennis. expansion of the conference in 1989. Pittsburg State, Location ...... Joplin, Mo. The MIAA turned a new page on July 1, 1992, when Washburn, Missouri Southern State College (now Mascot ...... Lions the NCAA Division II conference changed its name University) and Missouri Western State College (now Missouri Western State College from the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association to University) °© formerly members of the Central States Location ...... St. Joseph, Mo. the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. Intercollegiate Conference °© began competition in the Mascot ...... Griffons The decision to make the change originated in 1989-90 season. University of Nebraska-Omaha 1989, when Pittsburg State University and Washburn Southeast Missouri State left the MIAA following Location ...... Omaha, Neb. University became the first schools outside the state of the 1990-91 season to move on to NCAA Division I, and was replaced by Emporia State University in the Mascot ...... Mavericks Missouri to gain membership in the MIAA. Northwest Missouri State University The conference was first organized in 1912 with 1991-92 season. In August 1991, Judy Willson was hired as the Location ...... Maryville, Mo. 14 member institutions. Of those original members, the University of Central Missouri, Truman State MIAA’s first full-time sports information director. She Mascot ...... Bearcats University, and Northwest Missouri State University still left in 1994, and was succeeded by Matt Newbery, Pittsburg State University remain a part of the MIAA. formerly the assistant sports information director at Location ...... Pittsburg, Kan. The first change in membership came in 1924, Pittsburg State. He became the assistant to the com- Mascot ...... Gorillas when the MIAA reorganized to include only the five missioner for media relations in 2005. A third full-time Southwest Baptist University regional Missouri state colleges: Central, Truman staff member was added in 2005, as former Emporia Location ...... Bolivar, Mo. (at the time known as Northeast Missouri State), State track and field athlete Natasha Oakes was hired Mascot ...... Bearcats Northwest, Southeast Missouri State University and as the assistant to the commissioner for compliance. Truman State University Southwest Missouri State University (now Missouri Larry House joined the staff in August 2007 as coordi- Location ...... Kirksville, Mo. State). nator of external affairs. Mascot ...... Bulldogs Over the next 56 years, three schools joined the The current membership of the MIAA is at 11 Washburn University membership: the Missouri School of Mines (later the schools, with the departure of Missouri-St. Louis in Location ...... Topeka, Kan. University of Missouri-Rolla) in 1935, Lincoln University 1996 and Missouri-Rolla in 2005, the forfeiture of membership by Lincoln in 1999 and the addition of Mascot ...... Ichabods in 1970, and the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 1980. Fort Hays State University in 2006 and the University of Nebraska-Omaha in 2008. MIAA St a ff
Commissioner Jim Johnson Office - (816) 421-6422 [email protected]
Asst . Commissioner/SWA Natasha Oakes Office - (816) 421-6422 [email protected]
Asst . to the 2007 MIAA Vo l l e y b a l l Fi n a l St a n d i n g s Commissioner for Media MIAA Overall Relations Matt Newbery W L gW gL pct . W L gW gL pct . Office - (816) 421-6422 EAST [email protected] Truman 12 1 38 9 0.923 36 6 116 40 0.857 Central Missouri 9 4 31 14 0.692 31 7 97 31 0.816 Northwest Missouri 6 7 23 24 0.462 17 17 66 59 0.500 Coordinator of External Missouri Western 2 11 10 36 0.154 10 22 41 74 0.313 Affairs Southwest Baptist 2 11 9 37 0.154 8 24 30 81 0.250 Larry Hours WEST Office - (816) 421-6422 Washburn 12 1 36 13 0.923 38 4 118 32 0.905 Emporia State 10 3 35 15 0.769 27 9 92 41 0.750 [email protected] Pittsburg State 8 5 32 20 0.615 28 9 94 38 0.757 Fort Hays State 2 11 10 35 0.154 16 17 56 63 0.485 Missouri Southern 2 11 13 34 0.154 15 17 58 64 0.469 18 MIAA St a t s
Co n f e r e n c e Te a m Le a d e r s Co n f e r e n c e In d i v i d u a l Le a d e r s Pankratz,Caitlin, UCM 128 1516 11.84 Joles,Sarah, MSSU 102 1067 10.46 Hitting Pct g Kills Errs Total pct Points g points pts/G Brannock,Sarah, PSU 132 979 7.42 Washburn...... 150 2527 825 6421 .265 Thaut,Kellyn, FHSU 119 624.5 5.25 Petak,Ashley, TSU 150 973 6.49 Central Missouri.... 128 2086 702 5230 .265 Jones,Tessa, WU 147 748.0 5.09 Kenney,Chelsea, SBU 111 711 6.41 Emporia State...... 133 2193 822 5424 .253 Shepard,Arica, ESU 131 665.5 5.08 Holliday,Amanda, TSU 153 970 6.34 Truman...... 156 2525 872 6702 .247 Ohrman,Jillian, UCM 127 618.0 4.87 Pittsburg State..... 132 2145 798 5598 .241 Johnson,Alicia, NWMSU 125 592.0 4.74 Service Aces G No . per Game Northwest Mo. State. 125 1933 798 5278 .215 Williams,Sammie, PSU 119 527.5 4.43 Johnson,Alicia, NWMSU 125 75 0.60 Missouri Southern... 122 1852 756 5502 .199 Berg,Alyssa, MWSU 115 489.0 4.25 Jandrey,Ashlei, UCM 126 56 0.44 Fort Hays State..... 119 1762 790 5233 .186 Hoffmeister,Sarah, MSSU 121 507.0 4.19 Liu,Ting, ESU 133 56 0.42 Southwest Baptist... 111 1491 733 4988 .152 Miesner,Monica, WU 143 577.5 4.04 Fister,Rachel, UCM 127 51 0.40 Missouri Western.... 115 1466 775 4589 .151 Cartagena,Pamela, PSU 123 494.5 4.02 Joles,Sarah, MSSU 102 39 0.38 Jensen,Audrey, UCM 127 45 0.35 Assists g No . Per Game Hitting Percentage g Kills Errs Ttl pct Miller,Whitney, FHSU 119 40 0.34 Washburn...... 150 2329 15.53 Ohrman,Jillian, UCM 127 501 118 1043 .367 Nisi,Rachel, NWMSU 125 41 0.33 Emporia State...... 133 2010 15.11 Keck,Melissa, TSU 134 429 85 1026 .335 Stewart,Kelsey, SBU 111 35 0.32 Pittsburg State..... 132 1984 15.03 Cox,Mandi, WU 147 378 95 861 .329 Tonniges,Alissa, FHSU 80 25 0.31 Truman...... 156 2316 14.85 Williams,Jacquelyn, UCM 121 245 60 571 .324 Central Missouri.... 128 1898 14.83 Cherven,Allie, TSU 132 374 120 784 .324 Blocks Solo Asst Ttl /Game Northwest Mo. State. 125 1786 14.29 Igbinigie,Linda, PSU 128 314 101 672 .317 Igbinigie,Linda, PSU 56 143 199.0 1.55 Missouri Southern... 122 1718 14.08 Jones,Tessa, WU 147 657 160 1598 .311 Cherven,Allie, TSU 38 146 184.0 1.39 Fort Hays State..... 119 1614 13.56 Nitz,Stephanie, WU 142 330 103 759 .299 Schinstock,Sarah, FHSU 33 121 154.0 1.29 Southwest Baptist... 111 1361 12.26 Yoder,Amber, UCM 128 449 133 1085 .291 Ohrman,Jillian, UCM 30 130 160.0 1.26 Missouri Western.... 115 1284 11.17 Falcone,Sara, NWMSU 125 391 128 924 .285 Nitz,Stephanie, WU 25 152 177.0 1.25 Boner,Brianne, ESU 37 127 164.0 1.24 Kills g No . per Game Kills G g No . er p Game Berg,Alyssa, MWSU 28 114 142.0 1.23 Washburn...... 150 2527 16.85 Thaut,Kellyn, FHSU 119 572 4.81 Weber,Lisa, TSU 25 121 146.0 1.22 Emporia State...... 133 2193 16.49 Shepard,Arica, ESU 131 613 4.68 Williams,Jacquelyn, UCM 17 126 143.0 1.18 Central Missouri.... 128 2086 16.30 Jones,Tessa, WU 147 657 4.47 Ridolfi,Audra, MWSU 18 116 134.0 1.17 Pittsburg State..... 132 2145 16.25 Williams,Sammie, PSU 119 470 3.95 Truman...... 156 2525 16.19 Ohrman,Jillian, UCM 127 501 3.94 Digs G No . er p Game Northwest Mo. State. 125 1933 15.46 Johnson,Alicia, NWMSU 125 483 3.86 Miller,Whitney, FHSU 119 735 6.18 Missouri Southern... 122 1852 15.18 Hoffmeister,Sarah, MSSU 121 449 3.71 Jensen,Audrey, UCM 127 749 5.90 Fort Hays State..... 119 1762 14.81 Cartagena,Pamela, PSU 123 432 3.51 Maple,Ashlee, PSU 106 623 5.88 Southwest Baptist... 111 1491 13.43 Yoder,Amber, UCM 128 449 3.51 Perry,Shyrah, SBU 111 621 5.59 Missouri Western.... 115 1466 12.75 Miesner,Monica, WU 143 495 3.46 Cowhick,Erica, WU 148 822 5.55 Byfield,Amy, ESU 132 680 5.15 Blocks g Solo Asst Ttl/Game Assists G g No . per Game Hammerbacher,Kari, MSSU 103 509 4.94 Truman...... 156 138 666 471.0/3.02 Hampson,Kate, WU 142 1928 13.58 Boehler,Whitney, TSU 117 566 4.84 Central Missouri.... 128 84 534 351.0/2.74 Liu,Ting, ESU 133 1792 13.47 Spangenberg,Paige, NWMSU 125 593 4.74 Pittsburg State..... 132 100 504 352.0/2.67 Swenson,Katie, NWMSU 125 1558 12.46 Cartagena,Pamela, PSU 123 580 4.72 Washburn...... 150 110 557 388.5/2.59 Hoffman,Whitney, FHSU 119 1419 11.92 Missouri Western.... 115 69 455 296.5/2.58 Emporia State...... 133 85 475 322.5/2.42 2007 Al l -MIAA Te a m Fort Hays State..... 119 73 408 277.0/2.33 First Team Missouri Southern... 122 61 359 240.5/1.97 Pamela Cartagena PSU OH 5-7 So. Bayamon, .R.P Northwest Mo. State. 125 53 321 213.5/1.71 Allie Cherven TSU MH 6-1 Jr. St. Charles, Mo. Southwest Baptist... 111 21 302 172.0/1.55 Audrey Jensen UCM L 5-9 Sr. Independence, Mo. Tessa Jones WU RH 6-1 Sr. Lee’s Summit, Mo. Service Aces g No . er p Game Melissa Keck TSU RH 6-0 Jr. Belleville, Ill. Central Missouri.... 128 244 1.91 Monica Miesner WU OH 5-1 1 Jr. Florissant, Mo. Northwest Mo. State. 125 231 1.85 Jillian Ohrman UCM MH 6-0 Sr. Independence, Mo. Fort Hays State..... 119 178 1.50 Arica Shedpard ESU OH 5-9 So. Rossville, Kan. Truman...... 156 225 1.44 Second Team Emporia State...... 133 190 1.43 Erica Cowhick WU L 5-7 Sr. Topeka, Kan. Missouri Southern... 122 171 1.40 Mandi Cox WU MH 6-0 Sr. Richmond, Kan. Missouri Western.... 115 160 1.39 Alicia Johnson NWMSU OH/S 5-9 So. Tripoli, Iowa Washburn...... 150 200 1.33 Ting Liu ESU S 6-1 Fr. Beijing, China Eli Medina TSU OH 5-8 Jr. Kansas City, Mo. Southwest Baptist... 111 114 1.03 Sammie illWiams PSU RH 6-1 Jr. Independence, Mo. Pittsburg State..... 132 130 0.98 Amber Yoder UCM OH 6-1 Sr. Council Bluff, Iowa Digs g No . per Game Hornets on the Honorable Mention Team Southwest Baptist... 111 2236 20.14 Brianne Boner ESU MH 6-0 Fr . Omaha, Neb . Amy Byfield ESU L 5-4 So . Mission, Kan . Missouri Southern... 122 2428 19.90 Megan Koster ESU OH 5-10 Jr . Clay Center, Kan . Washburn...... 150 2979 19.86 Fort Hays State..... 119 2322 19.51 Most Valuable Player Pittsburg State..... 132 2426 18.38 Tessa Jones WU RH 6-1 Sr. Lee’s Summit, Mo. Central Missouri.... 128 2338 18.27 Freshman of the Year Truman...... 156 2831 18.15 Ting Liu ESU S 6-1 Fr. Beijing, China Emporia State...... 133 2336 17.56 Wilson® Coach of the Year Northwest Mo. State. 125 2121 16.97 Chris Herron WU Missouri Western.... 115 1780 15.48 19 MIAA Opp o n e n t s
Ce n t r a l Mi s s o uri Fo r t Ha y s St a t e Un i v e r s i t y Mi s s o uri So u t h e r n Mi s s o uri We s t e r n
University Information University Information University Information University Information Location ...... Warrensburg, Mo. Location ...... Hays, Kan. Location ...... Joplin, Mo. Location ...... St. Joseph, Mo. Enrollment ...... 11,000 Enrollment ...... 9,000 Enrollment ...... 5,740 Enrollment ...... 4,968 Nickname ...... Jennies Nickname ...... Tigers Nickname ...... Lions Nickname ...... Griffons Colors ...... Cardinal and Black Colors ...... Black and Gold Colors ...... Green and Gold Colors ...... Black and Gold President ...... Dr. Bobby Patton President . . . Dr. Edwards H. Hammond President ...... Dr. Julio S. Leon President ...... Dr. James Scanlon Athletic Director ...... Jerry Hughes Athletic Director . . . . Curtis Hammeke Athletic Director ...... Sally Beard Athletic Director ...... Mark Linder
Volleyball Information Volleyball Information Volleyball Information Volleyball Information Head Coach ...... Peggy Martin Head Coach ...... Steve Smith Head Coach ...... Chris Willis Head Coach ...... Tiffany Mstin At CMSU . . . . 1004-264-8 (32nd year) At FHSU ...... 19-40 (3rd Year) At MSSU ...... 48-52 (4th Year) At MWSC ...... (1st Year) Overall . . . . . 1004-264-8 (32nd year) Overall ...... 19-40 (3rd Year) Overall ...... 62-78 (5th Year) Overall ...... 19-34 (3rd year) 2006 Record ...... 29-7 2006 record ...... 3-25 2006 Record ...... 23-12 2006 Record ...... 17-15 Series Record . . . . . UCM leads 38-2 Series Record . . . . .ESU leads 37-25 Series Record . . . . .ESU leads 30-29 Series Record . . . .MWSU leads 36-30 Court . . . Multipurpose Building (8,500) Court . .Gross Memorial Coliseum (6,814) Court ...... Young Gym (1,700) Court . . . . MWSC Fieldhouse (3,750)
Sports Information Sports Information Sports Information Sports Information Sports Info. Dir. . . . . Rob McCuttcheon Sports Info. Dir...... Ryan Prickett Sports Info. Dir...... Justin Maskus Sports Info. Dir. . . . . Trevor Berneking Office Phone ...... (660) 543-8034 Office Phone ...... (785) 628-5903 Office Phone ...... (417) 65-9359 Office Phone ...... (816) 271-4257
Ne b r a s k a -Om a h a No r t h w e s t Mi s s o uri Pi t t s b ur g St a t e
University Information University Information University Information Location ...... Omaha, Neb. Location ...... Maryville, Mo. Location ...... Pittsburg, Kan. Enrollment ...... 14,700 Enrollment ...... 6,500 Enrollment ...... 6,751 Nickname ...... Mavericks Nickname ...... Bearcats Nickname ...... Gorillas Colors ...... Crimson and Black Colors ...... Green and White Colors ...... Crimson and Gold Chancellor ...... John Christensen President . . . . . Dr. Dean L. Hubbard President ...... Dr. Tom Bryant Athletic Director ...... David Miller Athletic Director . . .Dr. Robert Boerigter Athletic Director . . . . . Chuck Broyles
Volleyball Information Volleyball Information Volleyball Information Head Coach ...... Rose Shires Head Coach ...... Anna Tool Head Coach . . . . . Ibraheem Suberu At MSSU . . . . . 371-199 (19th Year) At NWMSU ...... 14-19 (2nd Year) At PSU ...... 127-140 (9th year) Overall ...... Same Overall ...... 52-41 (4th Year) Overall ...... 157-175 (11th year 2006 Record ...... 17-9 2006 Record ...... 14-19 2006 Record ...... 22-12 Series Record . . . . .UNO leads 3-1-1 Series Record . . . . .ESU leads 29-11 Series Record . . . . .ESU leads 57-15 Court . . . . . Sapp Fieldhouse (3,500) Court ...... Bearcat Arena (2,500) Court . . . . .John Lance Arena (6,500)
Sports Information Sports Information Sports Information Sports Info. Dir...... Steve Field Sports Info. Dir. . . . . Bryan Boettcher Sports Info. Dir...... Dan Wilkes Office Phone ...... (402) 554-3267 Office Phone ...... (660) 562-1118 Office Phone ...... (620) 235-4147
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University Information University Information University Information Location ...... Bolivar, Mo. Location ...... Kirksville, Mo. Location ...... Topeka, Kan. Enrollment ...... 3,200 Enrollment ...... 6,000 Enrollment ...... 6,500 Nickname ...... Bearcats Nickname ...... Bulldogs Nickname ...... Lady Blues Colors ...... Purple and White Colors ...... Purple and White Colors ...... Yale Blue and White President ...... Dr. C. Pat Taylor President ...... Dr. Barbara Dixon President ...... Dr. Jerry Farley Athletic Director . . . . . Jim Middleton Athletic Director . . . . Jerry Wollmering Athletic Director ...... Loren Ferre’
Volleyball Information Volleyball Information Volleyball Information Head Coach ...... Leslie Howe Head Coach ...... Jason Skoch Head Coach ...... Chris Herron At SBU ...... First Season At TSU ...... 68-8 (3rd Year) At WU ...... 146-34 (6th Year) Overall ...... First Season Overall ...... 68-8 (3rd Year) Overall ...... 221-63 (9th Year) 2006 Record ...... 5-29 2006 Record ...... 36-2 2006 Record ...... 27-9 Series Record . . . . . ESU leads 33-1 Series Record . . . . . TSU leads 27-9 Series Record . . . . .ESU leads 58-20 Court . . . .Meyer Sports Center (2,300) Court ...... Pershing Arena (3,000) Court ...... Lee Arena (3,818)
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2007 Ma t c h Re s u l t s 2006 Te a m St a t i s t ic s Date Opponent Score Score-by-game Overall Conf Time Attend -- ESU OPP Aug 24 vs Missouri-St. Louis W 3-2 25-30,23-30,30-28,30-25,15-11 1-0 0-0 2:01 45 Aug 24 vs Drury W 3-0 30-22,30-23,30-17 2-0 0-0 1:05 47 Attack Aug 25 vs Central Oklahoma W 3-2 30-19,26-30,30-25,35-37,18-16 3-0 0-0 2:13 73 Kills 2193 1850 Aug 25 vs Angelo State W 3-0 30-12,30-18,30-23 4-0 0-0 :52 48 Errors 822 878 Aug 31 vs Indianapolis 1-3L 30-26,22-30,20-30,22-30 4-1 0-0 1:30 37 Total Attacks 5424 5396 Attack Pct .253 .180 Aug 31 vs South Dakota 2-3L 20-30,30-28,32-30,24-30,13-16 4-2 0-0 Kills/Game 16.5 13.9 Sep 01 vs Ouachita Baptist W 3-0 30-27,30-23,30-19 5-2 0-0 1:10 37 Sep 01 vs Cameron W 3-0 30-28,30-19,30-21 6-2 0-0 57 35 Set Sep 04 #7 CENTRAL MISSOURI 1-3L 30-21,22-30,13-30,24-30 6-3 0-1 1:49 415 Assists 2010 1678 Sep 07 vs Alabama-Huntsville W 3-0 30-20,30-22,30-22 7-3 0-1 1:22 78 Assists/Game 15.1 12.6 Sep 07 at West Florida 0-3L 29-31,28-30,22-30 7-4 0-1 1:40 175 Serve Sep 08 vs #22 North Alabama W 3-1 30-26,30-22,27-30,30-20 8-4 0-1 1:50 119 Aces 190 134 Sep 08 vs Southern Arkansas W 3-1 19-30,30-23,30-20,30-15 9-4 0-1 1:47 75 Errors 178 200 Sep 12 MISSOURI SOUTHERN W 3-0 30-20,30-27,30-25 10-4 1-1 1:31 305 Serve Pct .948 .934 Sep 15 at Fort Hays State W 3-0 30-20,30-21,30-20 11-4 2-1 1:17 230 Aces/Game 1.4 1.0 Sep 18 at #23 Rockhurst W 3-0 30-21,30-27,30-28 12-4 2-1 1:18 318 Sep 22 #12 PSU W 3-0 30-22,30-22,30-22 13-4 3-1 1:31 350 Serve Receptions Sep 26 at #7 Washburn 2-3L 17-30,32-30,30-25,25-30,6-15 13-5 3-2 2:12 915 Errors 132 181 Errors/Game 1.0 1.4 Sep 28 at Missouri Western W 3-1 30-23,25-30,30-24,30-24 14-5 4-2 1:57 138 Oct 02 SOUTHWEST BAPTIST W 3-0 30-19,30-23,30-23 15-5 5-2 1:17 324 Defense Oct 05 vs Dallas Baptist W 3-1 30-23,33-35,30-13,30-18 16-5 5-2 1:44 40 Digs 2336 2029 Oct 05 vs #17 West Texas A&M 1-3L 24-30,30-28,22-30,27-30 16-6 5-2 2:01 250 Digs/Game 17.6 15.3 Oct 05 vs Panhandle State W 3-0 30-19,30-11,30-12 17-6 5-2 1:02 125 Oct 05 vs Abilene Christian W 3-1 26-30,30-14,30-25,30-24 18-6 5-2 1:50 207 Blocking Oct 09 at NW Missouri State W 3-2 20-30,30-25,26-30,30-23,15-9 19-6 6-2 2:00 485 Block Solo 85 71 Block Assist 475 419 Oct 16 NEWMAN W 3-0 30-15,30-12,30-11 20-6 6-2 1:14 250 Total Blocks 322.5 280.5 Oct 19 at Missouri Southern W 3-1 28-30,30-23,30-23,30-26 21-6 7-2 1:47 147 Blocks Per Game 2.4 2.1 Oct 20 at #15 Pittsburg State W 3-2 26-30,30-25,23-30,30-24,15-12 22-6 8-2 2:08 280 Block Errors 59 67 Oct 25 FORT HAYS STATE W 3-0 30-18,30-15,30-19 23-6 9-2 1:17 296 Oct 30 #4 WASHBURN W 3-0 30-28,34-32,34-32 24-6 10-2 1:42 1024 Ball Handling Errors 104 79 Nov 02 at #7 Truman 2-3L 30-28,25-30,11-30,30-27,10-15 24-7 10-3 2:01 343 Attendance Nov 03 vs Missouri-Rolla W 3-0 30-25,30-18,30-8 25-7 10-3 1:15 75 Total 3318 4209 Nov 06 NW MISSOURI STATE W 3-0 30-19,30-25,30-15 26-7 10-3 1:06 354 Dates/Avg Per Date 8/415 11/383 Nov 09 at #5 Truman 1-3L 30-26,26-30,28-30,27-30 26-8 10-3 2:11 457 Neutral site #/Avg 17/81 Nov 15 vs #5 Pittsburg State W 3-0 30-25,30-28,30-25 27-8 10-3 1:15 94 Nov 16 at #1 Truman 1-3L 33-35,30-27,28-30,26-30 27-9 10-3 1:02 721
2007 In d i v i d u a l St a t i s t ic s ------ATTACK------SET------SERVE------DIG------BLOCKING------No .Name G K K/Game E TA pct A A/Game SA SA/Gm SE RE DIG Dig/G BS BA Total B/Game BE BHE 1 Walczuk,Mary 109 295 2.71 109 685 .272 25 0.23 0 0.00 5 4 44 0.40 1 40 41 0.38 0 2 3 Byfield,Amy 132 2 0.02 4 22 -.091 48 0.36 31 0.23 9 23 680 5.15 0 0 0 0.00 0 4 4 Koster,Megan 132 401 3.04 127 1147 .239 31 0.23 20 0.15 19 23 399 3.02 5 64 69 0.52 3 1 5 Shepard,Arica 131 613 4.68 228 1417 .272 27 0.21 28 0.21 49 24 470 3.59 5 39 44 0.34 8 8 6 Boner,Brianne 132 351 2.66 125 812 .278 17 0.13 25 0.19 23 0 79 0.60 37 127 164 1.24 17 2 7 Fletcher,Kristin 91 93 1.02 44 295 .166 8 0.09 0 0.00 0 2 21 0.23 10 58 68 0.75 5 0 8 Petersen,Addie 64 0 0.00 2 4 -.500 11 0.17 10 0.16 10 0 25 0.39 0 1 1 0.02 0 2 9 Kaiser,Katelyn 3 1 0.33 3 9 -.222 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 1 0.33 1 1 2 0.67 0 0 10 Miller,Kaley 13 2 0.15 1 7 .143 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 2 10 0.77 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 11 Carter,Hannah 52 106 2.04 53 254 .209 3 0.06 0 0.00 1 2 9 0.17 14 48 62 1.19 2 1 13 Snook,Jenna 131 3 0.02 1 8 .250 35 0.27 20 0.15 30 27 280 2.14 0 2 2 0.02 2 4 15 Miller,Brittney 64 171 2.67 57 358 .318 13 0.20 0 0.00 0 0 27 0.42 3 27 30 0.47 3 3 16 Liu,Ting 133 150 1.13 67 394 .211 1792 13.47 56 0.42 30 1 290 2.18 9 67 76 0.57 19 77 EMPORIA STATE 133 2193 16 .49 822 5424 .253 2010 15 .11 190 1 .43 178 132 2336 17 .56 85 475 322 .5 2 .42 59 104 Opponents 133 1850 13 .91 878 5396 .180 1678 12 .62 134 1 .01 3010 181 2029 15 .26 71 419 280 .5 2 .11 67 79 21 Ho r n e t Ca r e e r Re c o r d s
Kills 1. Nikki Runnebaum (1996-00) ...... 1,579 2. Sarah Collins (1998-01) ...... 1,525 3. Leah Griswold (2003-06) ...... 1,341 3. Carolyn O’Keefe (1991-94) ...... 1,339 4. Cara Petri (1987-90) ...... 1,289
Attempts 1. Leah Griswold (2003-06) ...... 4,425 2. Nikki Runnebaum (1996-00) ...... 4,072 3. Sarah Collins (1998-01) ...... 3,960 4. Carolyn O’Keefe (1991-94) ...... 3,451 5. Alicia Ryff (2000-03) ...... 3,280
Hitting Percentage 1. Erin Prelesnik (1995-98) ...... 421 2. M. Hammersmith (1994) ...... 330 3. Shelly Slavens (1990-91) ...... 329 4. Anita Volskay (1987-88) ...... 323 Leah Griswold finished her career as the leader in both double figure dig matches and attempts. 5. Kendra Dawson (1991-92) ...... 319 Assists Digs Per Game Kills Per Game 1. Kim Edwards (2002-05) ...... 5,754 1. Stacey Slavens (1989-90) ...... 4.31 1. Kendra Dawson (1991-92) ...... 3.82 2. LaNette Hutchings (1989-92) . . . . . 3,176 2. Lena Rusche (1989-90) ...... 4.20 2. Erin Prelesnik (1995-98) ...... 3.70 3. Kindra Wells (1987-88) ...... 3,023 3. Leah Griswold (2003-05) ...... 4.12 3. Shelly Slavens (1990-91) ...... 3.26 4. Renee Regoli (1994-95) ...... 2,558 4. Mandy Stratton (2000-03) ...... 3.81 4. Sarah Collins (1998-01) ...... 3.20 5. Lena Rusche (1989-90) ...... 2,498 5. Nikki Runnebaum (1996-00) ...... 3.42 5. Leah Griswold (2003-06) ...... 3.05 Assists Per Game (Min. 1,500 assists) Double-Figure Dig Matches 20-Plus Kill Matches 1. Kim Edwards (2002-05) ...... 12.73 1. Leah Griswold (2003-06) ...... 97 1. Arica Shepard (2006-pres.) ...... 16 1. Renee Regoli (1994-95) ...... 10.40 1. Mandy Stratton (2000-Pres.) ...... 79 2. Kendra Dawson (1991-92) ...... 10 2. LaNette Hutchings (1989-92) ...... 9.93 2. Nikki Runnebaum (1996-00) ...... 78 3. Sarah Collins (1998-01) ...... 7 3. Holly Gillund (1997-98) ...... 9.46 3. Carolyn O'Keefe (1991-94) ...... 67 3. Nikki Runnebaum(1996-00) ...... 7 4. Lena Rusche (1989-90) ...... 9.23 5. Sarah Collins (1998-01) ...... 66 3. Petal Nelson (1995-96) ...... 7 5. April McDaniel (1995-96) ...... 8.78 5. Christie Miles (1996-99) ...... 66 3. Leah Griswold (2003-06) ...... 7 Solo Blocks Double-Figure Kill Matches Digs 1. Tammy Cox (1989-92) ...... 363 1. Sarah Collins (1998-01) ...... 87 1. Cara Petri (1987-90) ...... 1,932 2. Kristi King (1991-94) ...... 200 2. Nikki Runnebaum (1996-00) ...... 85 2. Leah Griswold (2003-06) ...... 1,811 3. Rachelle Duncan (1989-92) ...... 135 3. Leah Griswold (2003-06) ...... 57 3. Nikki Runnebaum (1996-00) ...... 1,702 4. Alicia Ryff (2000-03) ...... 113 4. Erin Prelesnik (1995-98) ...... 69 4. Mandy Stratton (2000-03) ...... 1,612 5. Erin Prelesnik (1995-98) ...... 101 5. Carolyn O'Keefe (1991-94) ...... 62 5. Kindra Wells (1987-88) ...... 1,594 Assist Blocks Al l -t i m e Co a c h i n g Re c o r d s a t Em p o ri a St a t e 1. Alicia Ryff (2000-03) ...... 290 By Total Wins Seasons yrs W L Matches pct 2. Amy Hoffsommer (1996-99) ...... 250 1. Maxine Mehus 1988-2004 17 484 232 716 .676 3. Tammy Cox (1989-92) ...... 249 4. Kristi King (1991-94) ...... 245 2. Betty Walters 1981-1987 7 145 169 314 .462 5. Libby Wand (2002-04) ...... 219 3. Bobbi Cipriano 1977-1980 4 73 64 139 .532 4. Bing Xu 2005-pres. 3 66 33 99 .667 Total Blocks 5. Kay Pate 1975 1 18 9 27 .667 1. Tammy Cox (1989-92) ...... 612 6. Sue Thompson 1974 1 13 14 27 .481 2. Kristi King (1991-94) ...... 445 3. Cara Petri (1987-90) ...... 439 7. Jennifer Watts 1976 1 12 15 27 .444 4. Alicia Ryff (2000-03) ...... 403 Totals 1974-2005 32 813 535 1348 .603 5. Amy Cookson (1987-89) ...... 391 By Winning Pct Seasons yrs W L Matches pct 1. Maxine Mehus 1988-2004 17 484 232 716 .676 Service Aces 2. Kay Pate 1975 1 18 9 27 .667 1. Cara Petri (1987-90) ...... 219 2. Kim Edwards (2002-05) ...... 175 3. Bing Xu 2005-pres. 3 66 33 99 .667 3. Leah Griswold (2003-06) ...... 163 4. Bobbi Cipriano 1977-1980 4 73 64 139 .532 3. Jayme Adams (1997-00) ...... 150 5. Sue Thompson 1974 1 13 14 27 .481 4. Amy Cookson (1987-89) ...... 130 6. Betty Walters 1981-1987 7 145 169 314 .462 Games 7. Jennifer Watts 1976 1 12 15 27 .444 1. Nikki Runnebaum (1996-00) ...... 497 Totals 1974-2005 32 813 535 1348 .603 2. Erin Prelesnik (1995-98) ...... 493 3. Sarah Collins (1998-01) ...... 476 4. Carolyn O'Keefe (1991-94) ...... 471 5. Kim Edwards (2002-05) ...... 452 22 Ho r n e t Re c o r d s
In d i v i d u a l Se a s o n Re c o r d s 20-Plus Kill Matches Block Assists Since 1987 1. Arica Shepard (2007) ...... 14 1. Tammy Cox (1991) ...... 129 2. Kendra Dawson (1992) ...... 7 2. Brianne Boner (2007) ...... 127 Kills 3. Petal Nelson (1996) ...... 6 3. Kristi King (1993) ...... 111 1. Kendra Dawson (1991) ...... 633 4. Maggy Harris (2001) ...... 5 4. Alicia Ryff (2002) ...... 102 2. Anita Volskay (1988) ...... 624 5. Carolyn O’Keefe (1994) ...... 4 5. Alicia Ryff (2001) ...... 96 5. Amanda Foster (1995) ...... 4 5. Kristi King (1994) ...... 96 3. Arica Shepard (2007) ...... 613 Total Blocks 4. Carolyn O’Keefe (1994) ...... 561 5. Nikki Runnebaum (1997) ...... 4 5. Shelly Slavens (1990) ...... 548 5. Sarah Collins (2001) ...... 4 1. Tammy Cox (1991) ...... 275 Assists 2. Kristi King (1993) ...... 190 Attempts 1. Ting Liu (2007) ...... 1,792 3. Tammy Cox (1992) ...... 187 1. Kendra Dawson (1991) ...... 1,487 1. Kindra Wells (1988) ...... 1,733 4. Kristi King (1994) ...... 182 2. Carolyn O’Keefe (1994) ...... 1,429 2. April McDaniel (1996) ...... 1,675 5. Brianne Boner (2007) ...... 164 3. Anita Volskay (1988) ...... 1,422 3. Renee Regoli (1994) ...... 1,548 Service Aces 4. Arica Shepard ...... 1,417 4. Kim Edwards (2005) ...... 1,489 5. Melissa Henry (1993) ...... 1,416 1. April McDaniel (1996) ...... 84 Assists Per Game 1. Kendra Dawson (1991) ...... 84 Hitting Percentage 3. Cara Petri (1990) ...... 75 1. Ting Liu (2007) ...... 13.47 4. Cara Petri (1988) ...... 69 1. Cara Petri (1988) ...... 432 2. Kim Edwards (2005) ...... 13.29 5. Shelly Slavens (1990) ...... 66 2. Erin Prelesnik (1996) ...... 426 3. Kim Edwards (2004) ...... 13.01 3. Erin Prelesnik (1998) ...... 421 4. Kim Edwards (2003) ...... 12.58 4. Shelly Slavens (1991) ...... 364 n d i v i d u a l a t c h r e c o r d s 5. April McDaniel (1996) ...... 12.50 I M 5. Kendra Dawson (1991) ...... 337 Kills Games . . .35, Kendra Dawson vs Rockhurst (1991) Kills Per Game (300 Attempts) Attempts 85, Kendra Dawson vs Rockhurst (1991) 1. Kendra Dawson (1991) ...... 165 1. Arica Shepard (2007) ...... 4.68 Hitting % ...... 576, Arica Shepards vs. 1. Shelly Slavens (1991) ...... 165 2. Maggy Harris (2001) ...... 4.20 ...... Fort Hays State (2007) (Min. 30 attempts) 3. Rachelle Duncan (1991) ...... 159 3. Alycia Ryff (2002) ...... 3.87 Assists 81, LaNette Hutchings vs Rockhurst (1991) 4. Melissa Henry (1993) ...... 158 4. Kendra Dawson (1991) ...... 3.84 Digs . . . .44, Leah Griswold vs Pitt State (2004) 5. Nikki Runnebaum (1997) ...... 3.80 5. Carolyn O’Keefe (1994) ...... 158 Block Solos . 10, Tammy Cox vs Peru St. (1991) 5. Kendra Dawson (1992) ...... 3.80 Block Assists .10, Tammy Cox vs Doane (1991) Digs Double-Figure Kill Matches . . . . .10, Brianne Boner 3x last vs. Truman (2007) 1. Arica Shepard (2007) ...... 35 1. Kindra Wells (1988) ...... 812 Total Blocks . .17, Tammy Cox, vs Peru St. (1991) 2. Sarah Collins (2001) ...... 32 2. Amy Byfield (2007) ...... 680 Services Aces19, Lena Rusche vs Friends (1989) 3. Carolyn O’Keefe (1994) ...... 31 3. Amy Pettay (1988) ...... 643 4. Kendra Dawson (1992) ...... 28 4. Lena Rusche (1989) ...... 643 5. Erin Prelesnik (1998) ...... 26 5. Stacey Slavens (1989) ...... 629 Te a m Ma t c h Re c o r d s
Double-Figure Dig Matches Kills ...... 100 (1991 vs Rockhurst) 1. Amy Byfield (2007) ...... 34 Attempts . . . . . 296 (2004 vs Pittsburg State) 1. Carolyn O’Keefe (1994) ...... 34 Hitting % ...... 516 (1991 vs Park College) 2. Leah Griswold (2006) ...... 31 Kills Per Game . . . . . 24 (2000 vs Harding) 3. Aletha Bochenek (1994) ...... 27 Assists ...... 87 (2000 vs Harding) 4. Courtney Aguilar (2005 & 2006) . . . . . 26 Assists/Game . . . . . 22.3 (1994 vs NW Mo.) 4. Sarah Collins (2001) ...... 26 Digs . . . . . 179 (1989 vs Southern Nazarene) Solo Blocks 4. Mandy Stratton (2003) ...... 26 ...... 31 (1993 vs E. Texas) Assist Blocks ...... 41 (1993 vs NW Mo.) Digs Per Game Total Blocks ...... 61 (1993 vs E. Texas) Service Aces ...... 26 (1989 vs Friends) 1. Amy Byfield (2007) ...... 5.15 Matches ...... 74 (1988) 2. Mandy Stratton (2003) ...... 5.05 Post Season Matches ...... 12 (1988) 3. Lena Rusche (1989) ...... 5.02 4. Stacey Slavens (1989) ...... 4.95 5. Leah Griswold (2005) ...... 4.46 Te a m Se a s o n Re c o r d s Double-Double Figure Games 1. Arica Shepard (2007) ...... 27 Kills ...... 2,403 (1988) 2. Natailie Browning (2005) ...... 26 Attempts ...... 6,001 (1988) 2. Carolyn O’Keefe (1994) ...... 26 Hitting Percentage ...... 307 (1988) 3. Sarah Collins (2001) ...... 25 Assists ...... 2,010 (2007) 4. Nikki Runnebaum (1997) ...... 20 Assists Per Game ...... 15.10 (2007) 4. Kendra Dawson (1992) ...... 20 Digs ...... 4,050 (1987) Block Solos Solo Blocks ...... 318 (1991) 1. Tammy Cox (1992) ...... 148 Assist Blocks ...... 475 (2007) 2. Tammy Cox (1991) ...... 146 Total Blocks ...... 764 (1991) Kim Edwards holds the ESU career record with 5,754 3. Kristi King (1994) ...... 86 Service Aces ...... 335 (1990) assists and 12.73 per game. She also holds the three 4. Kristi King (1993) ...... 79 Games ...... 167 (1991) positions in the assists per game single-season records. 4. Rachelle Duncan (1992) ...... 79 Post Season Games ...... 30 (1988) She begins her third year as a Graduate Assistant coach BOLD = New Record Italics= Returning Player in 2005. 23 Po s t Se a s o n Ho n o r s
Al l -MIAA Te a m Honorable Mention Am e ric a n Vo l l e y b a l l Co a c h e s First Team Brianne Boner . . . . Fr . .OH . .2007 As s o ci a t i o n Al l -Am e ric a n s Arica Shepard . . . . So . .OH . .2007 Amy Byfield . . . . . So . .DS . .2007 Kim Edwards . . . . . Sr . . S . . 2005 Megan Koster . . . . .Jr . .OH . .2007 Second Team Courtney Aguilar . . . Sr. . L . . 2006 Sarah Collins . . . . . Sr . .OH . .2001 Anita Volskay ...... 1988 Leah Griswold . . . . Sr. . .OH . .2006 Christi Miles . . . . . Sr . .DS . .1999 Third Team Erin Prelesnik . . . . Sr . .MH . .1998 Jennifer Remmereid . .Sr. . .MH . .2006 Kendra Dawson ...... 1991 Nikki Runnebaum . . .So . .OH . .1997 Arica Shepard . . . . Fr. . OH . .2006 Honorable Mention April McDaniel . . . . Sr . . S . . 1996 Courtney Aguilar . . . .Jr . . L . . 2005 Petal Nelson . . . . . Sr . .OH . .1996 Natalie Browning . . . Sr . .OH . .2005 Arica Shepard ...... 2007 Carolyn O’Keefe . . . Sr . .OH . .1994 Leah Griswold . . . . So . .OH . .2004 Shelly Slavens ...... 1991 Kendra Dawson . . . . Sr . .OH . .1992 Candice Main . . . . So . .MH . .2004 NAIA Al l -Am e ric a n s LaNette Estill . . . . . Sr . . S . . 1992 Libby Wand . . . . . Sr . .RH . .2004 Mandy Dreiling . . . . Sr . .OH . .2003 Second Team Second Team Jessica Stambaugh . . Sr . .OH . .2003 Anita Volskay ...... 1988 Ting Liu ...... Fr . . S . . 2007 Kim Edwards . . . . . Fr . . S . . 2002 Third Team Mandy Chutskoff . . . Sr. . RH . .2006 Erin Bishop . . . . . So . . S . . 2001 Leah Griswold . . . . .Jr . .OH . .2005 Maggy Harris . . . . .So . .MH . .2001 Kindra Wells ...... 1988 Kim Edwards . . . . . Jr . . S . . 2004 Alycia Ryff ...... So . .MH . .2001 Honorable Mention Kim Edwards . . . . .So . . S . . 2003 Nikki Runnebaum . . . Sr . .OH . .2000 Cara Petri ...... 1990 Alycia Ryff ...... Sr . .MH . .2003 Amy Hoffsommer . . . .Jr . .MH . .1998 Mandy Stratton . . . . Sr . . L . . 2003 Kameron Klenda . . . Sr . .MH . .1998 Ac a d e m ic Al l -Am e ric a n s Alycia Ryff ...... Jr . .MH . .2002 Christi Miles . . . . . So . .OH . .1997 April Martin ...... Jr . .MH . .2000 Bonni Jackson . . . . Sr . .OH . .1995 NAIA Amy Hoffsommer . . . Sr . .MH . .1999 Melissa Henry . . . . Sr . .OH . .1994 Stacey Slavens ...... 1990 Nikki Runnebaum . . . Jr . .OH . .1999 Becky Haug . . . . . Fr . .OH . .1993 Sarah Collins . . . . . Fr . .OH . .1998 Kindra Wells ...... 1988 Holly Gillund . . . . . Sr . . S . . 1998 Freshman of the Year Kindra Wells ...... 1987 Erin Prelesnik . . . . .Jr . .MH . .1997 Ting Liu ...... Fr . . S . . 2007 GTE Erin Prelesnik . . . . So . .MH . .1996 Arica Shepard . . . . Fr. . OH . .2006 Kristi King ...... 1994 Renee Regoli . . . . . Sr . . S . . 1994 Sarah Collins . . . . . Fr . .OH . .1998 Carolyn O’Keefe . . . Jr. . .OH . .1993 Nikki Runebaum . . . Fr . .OH . .1996 Tammy Cox . . . . . Sr . .MB . .1992
Alicia Ryff earned all-MIAA second-team honors her junior Mandy Stratton earned all-MIAA second-team honors in Arica Shepard earned first team All-MIAA, first team All- and senior year and honorable mention honors her sopho- 2003 and set the ESU record with 5.05 digs per game Region and honorable metion All-American honors during more year. She played from 2000-03. that year. the 2007 campaign.
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MIAA First Last Last The Last Ten Years Opponents W-L Met Win Loss 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 Central Missouri 2-39 1983 2004 2007 L L L L L W L L L L L L L L L L L L Fort Hays State 40-25 1974 2007 2004 WW W W W L L W L W -- W Missouri Southern 32-29 1976 2007 2006 WW L W W W L W L W W W L L W W W W W W Missouri Western 31-36 1976 2007 2006 W L WWW W W W W L W W W L L L L W W Nebraska-Omaha 1-3-1 1979 2003 2006 -- L L -- -- W ------Northwest Missouri 30-11 1979 2007 2004 WW W W W W L W W L W W W W L L W W L Pittsburg State 60-16 1974 2007 2006 WWW W L W W L L W W L W L W W W W W W W W W Southwest Baptist 34-1 1984 2007 1987 W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W Truman 9-30 1996 2005 2007 LLL L L L W L L L L L L L L L L L L L L W Washburn 60-20 1973 2007 2007 LW L W L L L L L W W L L L W W L W W W W W Non-conference First Last Last Non-conference First Last Last Non-conference First Last Last Opponents W-L Met Win Loss Opponent W-L Met Win Loss Opponent W-L Met Win Loss Abilene Christian 2-3 1993 2007 1995 Lake Superior 1-0 2006 2006 NA South Dakota State 1-1 1989 1989 1996 Adams State 3-2 1989 1999 1993 Lees-McRae 1-0 2004 2004 NA Southern Arkansas 5-0 1995 2007 NA Alabama-Huntsville 5-6 1995 2007 2004 Lewis 0-1 2002 NA 2002 Southern Colorado 4-1 1989 1994 1997 Albany State 3-0 2002 2005 NA Loyola-Chicago 0-1 1987 NA 1987 So. Ill.-Edwardsville 0-1 2004 NA 2004 Angelo State 3-2 1991 2007 1992 Lyon College 1-0 1995 1995 NA Southern Indiana 1-1 1993 2005 1993 Arkansas Tech 1-4 1999 2005 2001 Marymount 6-5 1982 1988 1987 Southern Nazarene 8-4 1986 1991 1990 Armstrong Atlantic 1-0 2003 2003 NA McPherson 10-0 1987 1990 NA SW Minn. State 1-3 1991 1993 2006 Augustana 0-1 1992 NA 1992 Mesa State 2-1 1994 1994 1995 Southwestern 3-3 1981 1991 1985 Avila 3-0 1985 1988 NA Michigan Tech 1-0 2006 2006 NA Southwestern (Texas) 0-2 1988 NA 1989 Baker 20-0 1976 2003 NA Midland 1-0 1984 1984 NA Southwestern Okla. 1-0 2001 2001 NA Benedict 1-0 2005 2005 NA Midwestern State 2-0 1998 2002 NA St. Ambrose 1-1 1987 1988 1987 Benedictine 21-8 1975 1996 1987 Minnesota-Crookston 1-0 2001 2001 NA St. Edwards 1-1 1988 1988 2001 Bethany 17-5 1981 1993 1987 Minnesota-Duluth 0-3 2003 NA 2006 St. Francis 0-2 1988 NA 1990 Bethel College 15-12 1976 1990 1987 Minnesota State 1-0 2006 2006 NA St. John’s 3-0 1984 1985 NA Blackburn 1-0 1987 1987 NA Mississippi College 1-0 1992 1992 NA St. Mary of Plain 5-4 1979 1990 1990 Briar Cliff 1-0 1985 1985 NA Mississippi Women’s . 4-0 1994 2002 NA St. Mary’s (Neb.) 5-4 1991 1990 2003 Cameron 3-0 1993 2007 NA Missouri 1-1 1979 1980 1979 St. Mary’s (Texas) 0-1 2004 NA 2004 Central Arkansas 3-0 1999 2005 NA Missouri Baptist 1-0 1998 1998 NA Stephens 1-0 1976 1976 NA Central Methodist 1-0 1985 1985 NA Missouri Valley 1-0 1998 1998 NA Sterling 5-2 1973 1989 1983 Central Oklahoma 5-3 1994 2007 2004 Missouri-Kansas City 2-0 1979 1983 NA Tabor 9-0 1977 1991 NA Central State 1-0 1988 1988 NA Missouri S & T 1-0 2007 2007 NA Tarkio 3-0 1981 1989 NA Central Washington 0-1 1991 NA 1991 Missouri-St. Louis 8-7 1983 2007 1995 Texas Women’s 3-4 1992 2000 2001 Chadron State 1-0 1994 1994 NA Montevallo 2-5 1985 1998 2002 Valporaiso 1-0 1987 1987 NA Charleston 1-0 1998 1998 NA Moorhead State 1-0 1996 1996 NA Washington (Mo.) 0-3 1991 NA 1997 Chicago State 1-0 1987 1987 NA Morningside 2-1 1984 1985 1994 Wayne State (Mich.) 1-0 1998 1998 NA Christian Brothers 1-0 2001 2001 NA Nebraska Wesleyan 3-0 1988 1991 NA Wayne State (Neb.) 13-16 1976 2003 2003 Colo.-Colo. Springs 2-0 1991 1991 NA Nebraska-Kearney 10-23 1975 1990 2003 Waynesburg 1-0 1988 1988 NA Colorado Christian 3-0 1990 2006 NA New England-Maine 1-0 1991 1991 NA West Alabama 3-1 1998 2002 2001 Colorado College 0-3 1980 NA 1982 Newman 1-0 2007 2007 NA West Florida 1-2 2002 2007 2002 Colo. State-Pueblo 1-0 2004 2004 NA North Alabama 1-8 1996 2007 2006 West Georgia 6-0 1998 2005 NA Columbia College 1-6 1992 1992 1998 North Dakota 1-0 1996 1996 NA West Texas A & M 0-3 1981 NA 2007 Concordia (Neb.) 3-1 1984 1987 1984 North Dakota State 0-1 2003 NA 2003 Western New Mexico 1-0 1994 1994 NA Dallas Baptist 1-0 2007 2007 NA Northern Colorado 0-3 1992 NA 1995 Western State 2-1 1993 1994 1995 Doane 7-3 1985 1994 1991 Northern Michigan 0-2 2001 NA 2006 Western Washington 0-1 1990 NA 1990 Drury 11-3 1988 2007 2001 Northern Montana 1-0 1992 1992 NA Wichita State 5-3-1 1973 1979 1977 East Texas State 2-1 1993 1994 1995 Northern State 1-1 1996 1996 2003 William Jewell 1-0 1998 1998 NA Eastern New Mexico 0-2 1995 NA 1995 Northwest Okla. State 1-0 1977 1977 NA William Woods 5-1 1979 1996 1979 Fontbone 1-0 1983 1983 NA Northwood 0-1 1991 NA 1991 Winona State 1-0 1991 1991 NA Fort Lewis (Colo.) 1-2 1989 1991 1994 Nova Southeastern 1-0 2002 2002 NA Wisconsin-Milwaukee 1-1 1985 1988 1985 Francis Marion 1-0 2000 2000 NA Oklahoma Baptist 4-1 1981 1987 1983 Wisconsin-Parkside 1-3 1987 1988 1987 Friends 13-9 1978 1992 1989 Oklahoma City 2-0 1981 1982 NA Graceland 3-2 1990 1996 1996 Oklahoma State 0-2 1980 NA 1982 Grand Canyon State 0-1 1989 NA 1989 Oral Roberts 0-3 1981 NA 1983 Grand View 1-0 1998 1998 NA Ottawa 4-1 1976 1991 1976 Harding 4-1 1997 2006 2000 Ouachita Baptist 4-0 1995 2007 NA Hastings College 3-2 1984 1992 1988 Panhandle State 3-0 1981 2007 NA Henderson State 6-5 1994 2004 2006 Park College 8-1 1985 1999 1985 Hillsdale 1-0 1994 1994 NA Penn Valley CC 2-1 1986 1986 1986 Incarnate Word 2-1 1997 1999 1997 Peru State 7-2 1989 1994 1996 Indianapolis 0-1 2007 NA 2007 Quincy 8-1 1987 2005 1999 Iowa 0-1 1979 NA 1979 Regis 0-2 1983 NA 1984 Iowa Wesleyan 1-0 1994 1994 NA Rhodes College 1-0 2002 2002 NA IUPUI 0-1 1991 NA 1991 Rockhurst 11-7 1987 2007 2006 John Brown 3-0 1988 1990 NA Rollins 1-0 1993 1993 NA Kansas 1-6 1976 1977 1983 Seton Hill 1-0 1990 1990 NA Kansas Newman 16-5 1979 1988 1984 South Arkansas 1-0 2000 2000 NA Kansas State 1-2 1973 1973 1979 USC-Spartanburg 2-0 1988 2000 NA Kansas Wesleyan 9-0 1983 1995 NA South Dakota 5-1 1988 2006 2007 25 Ye a r b y y e a r Re s u l t s
1973* 1978 1980* Missouri Southern 2-3 L Nebraska-Omaha 0-2 L Record: 7-11 Record: 23-10 Record: 8-27 Oklahoma State 0-2 L Central Missouri 1-2 L Coach: Jeanne Curtis Coach: Bobbi Cipriano Coach: Bobbi Cipriano Pittsburg State 0-3 L Friends 1-3 L Washburn W CSIC Champions Missouri W Kearney State 0-3 L Wayne State (Neb.) 1-3 L Sterling W Wichita State W Kansas L Wayne State (Neb.) 1-3 L Pittsburg State 3-0 W Wichita State W Wichita State L Kansas L Kearney State 0-3 L Kansas State W Wichita State W Colorado L 1983 Washburn 0-3 L Washburn W Iowa State W Oklahoma State L Record: 15-23 Kansas Newman 1-2 L . 1974* Colorado State W Missouri Western L Coach: Betty Walters Wayne State (Neb.) 1-3 L Record: 13-14 NW Missouri State W Fort Hays State L Oral Roberts L Fort Hays State 3-1 W Coach: Sue Thompson Missouri Southern W Missouri Western L Kansas L Missouri Southern 0-3 L First Volleyball scholarships Northern Colorado W Missouri Southern L Central Missouri L awarded Northern Colorado L Pittsburg State L Missouri-KC W 1985 Pittsburg State 2-0 W Missouri Western L Fort Hays State L Bethel L Record: 33-24 Fort Hays State 0-2 L Kansas State L Wayne State (Neb.) W Kansas Newman W Coach: Betty Walters . Kansas State L Washburn W Tabor W Missouri Southern 0-2 L 1975* Kansas L Kearney State L Bethany W St. Mary's 1-2 L Record: 18-9 Benedictine L Missouri Southern L Kansas Wesleyan W Morningside 2-1 W Coach: Kay Pate Wichita State W Wayne State (Neb.) L Missouri Southern L NW Missouri State 1-2 L KAIAW Champions Friends W Pittsburg State W Fort Hays State W Missouri Western 1-2 L Benedictine W Washburn W Pittsburg State L Missouri Western L Sterling 2-1 W Benedictine W Washburn W . Bethel L St. John's 2-0 W Benedictine L Pittsburg State W 1981 Oklahoma Baptist L Friends 2-0 W Nebraska-Kearney L Pittsburg State W Record: 7-16 Kansas Newman W Tabor 3-0 W Pittsburg State 2-0 W Missouri Southern W Coach: Betty Walters Regis L Benedictine 2-0 W Pittsburg State 2-1 W Missouri Southern W St. Mary of Plain L Missouri Western L Bethany 2-1 W . Wayne State (Neb.) L Kansas Newman L Missouri Southern L Southwestern 0-2 L 1976 Wayne State (Neb.) W Panhandle State W Kearney State L Bethal College 3-1 W Record: 12-15 Missouri Western L Colorado College L Wayne State (Neb.) L Doane 0-2 L Coach: Jennifer Watts Missouri Western W Bethel L St. Mary's W Central Methodist 2-0 W Pittsburg State 0-2 L Fort Hays State W Tabor W Fontbone W Park College 1-2 L Ottawa 1-2 W Fort Hays State W Tarkio W Central Missouri L Kansas Newman 2-0 W Washburn 2-0 W Nebraska-Kearney W Kansas Newman W Bethel L Friends 0-2 L Kearney State 1-2 L Nebraska-Kearney W Bethany L Missouri-St. Louis L Kansas Newman 3-0 W Missouri Southern 2-0 W Tabor W NW Missouri State L Pittsburg State L Bethal College 3-1 W Baker 2-0 W Washburn W Kearney State L Wayne State (Neb.) L Marymount 1-3 L Baker 2-0 W Bethel L Missouri Western L Fort Hays State L Bethany 0-3 L Missouri Western 2-0 W Missouri Southern L Washburn W Oklahoma Baptist 3-1 W Washburn 2-0 W 1979 Southwestern L Benedictine W Benedictine 1-3 L Wayne State (Neb.) 0-2 L Record: 15-20-2 Oral Roberts L Kearney State L Fort Hays State 1-2 L Stephens 2-1 W Coach: Bobbi Cipriano Oklahoma City W Missouri Western L Kearney State 0-2 L Kansas 0-2 L Wichita State 3-0 W Bethel L Pittsburg State W Wayne State (Neb.) 2-0 W Pittsburg State 2-1 W Wayne State (Neb.) 0-2 L West Texas State L Fort Hays State W Missouri Southern 2-1 W Kansas State 1-2 L Missouri-Columbia 0-2 L Bethany W Pittsburg State W Washburn 2-0 W Fort Hays State 2-1 W Wichita State 1-1 T Oklahoma Baptist W Fort Hays State W Missouri Western 0-2 L Kearney State 2-0 W Nebraska-Omaha 1-1 T Pittsburg State L Sterling L Pittsburg State 2-0 W Missouri Western 2-0 L Kearney State 2-0 W Missouri Western L Friends L Kansas Newman 3-0 W Missouri Southern 0-2 L Kansas 0-3 L Fort Hays State L Montevallo 0-2 L Wayne State (Neb.) 1-2 L William Woods 0-2 L 1984 Briar Cliff 2-1 W Fort Hays State 1-2 L Missouri Western 1-2 L 1982 Record: 13-28 Pittsburg State 2-0 W Wichita State 1-2 L Missouri-KC 2-1 W Record: 8-26 Coach: Betty Walters Avila 2-0 W Wichita State 0-2 L Iowa 1-2 L Coach: Betty Walters Pittsburg State 1-2 L Mil.-Wisconsin 0-2 L Sterling 2-0 W Benedictine 3-1 W St. Mary of Plain 1-2 L St. Mary's 1-2 L Friends 0-2 L Ottawa 1-2 L Bethel 3-2 W Kansas Newman 0-2 L Morningside 2-0 W Fort Hays State 2-3 L Fort Hays State 1-2 L Kansas State 0-3 L Panhandle State 2-0 W Midland 2-0 W Pittsburg State 3-0 W Bethel 0-2 L Washburn 3-0 W Colorado College 0-2 L NW Missouri State 0-2 L Washburn 3-0 W Benedictine 1-2 L Kearney State 0- L Bethel 0-3 L Marymount 2-3 L St. John's 2-0 W 1977* Pittsburg State 3-1 W Tabor 2-1 W Bethel College 1-3 L Fort Hays State 1-2 L Wayne State (Neb.) 1-3 L Kansas Newman 2-0 W Concordia (Neb.) 3-0 W Wayne State (Neb.) 2-1 W Record: 27-7 Wichita State 3-0 W Bethany 0-2 L Bethany 2-3 W Washburn 2-0 W Coach: Bobbi Cipriano CSIC Champions Kearney State 0-3 L Tarkio 2-0 W St. Mary's 0-2 L Pittsburg State 2-0 W Missouri Western 2-3 L NW Missouri State 0-2 L Concordia (Neb.) 0-2 L Missouri Western 0-2 L Wichita State L Missouri Southern 0-3 L Kearney State 0-3 L Kansas Newman 1-2 L Missouri Southern 1-2 L NW Oklahoma State W Washburn 3-1 W Missouri Western 0-3 L Friends 2-3 L Kearney State 2-0 W Missouri Western L Fort Hays State 3-1 W Missouri Southern 0-3 L Fort Hays State 2-3 L Bethany 2-0 W Fort Hays State W Pittsburg State 3-0 W Sterling 1-2 L Missouri Western 0-3 L Washburn 1-3 L Kearney State W Missouri Western 0-3 L Southwestern 1-2 L Pittsburg State 3-2 W Washburn 2-0 W Ottawa W Benedictine 2-0 W Oral Roberts 0-2 L Marymount W Friends 2-0 W Wichita State W NW Missouri State 2-0 W Oklahoma City 2-1 W Fort Hays State 0-2 L Kansas Wesleyan 2-0 W Missouri Southern W Missouri Southern 0-3 L Bethel 1-2 L Regis 0-2 L Benedictine 2-0 W Kearney State W Fort Hays State 1-3 L West Texas State 0-2 L Hastings College 0-2 L Fort Hays State 1-2 L Washburn W Wayne State (Neb.) 3-1 W Bethany 2-0 W Friends 0-2 L Friends 0-2 L Pittsburg State W Tabor 2-1 W Oklahoma Baptist 2-1 W St. John's 2-0 W Kansas W Kansas Newman 1-2 L Pittsburg State 1-3 L Washburn 2-0 W 1986* Wayne State (Neb.) W Pittsburg State 0-2 L Fort Hays State 0-3 L Kearney State 0-3 L Record: 30-28 Missouri Western W St. Mary of Plain 0-2 L Missouri Western 0-3 L Missouri Southern 1-3 L Coach: Betty Walters Washburn W Bethel 0-2 L Washburn 1-3 L Missouri Western 0-3 L Southwestern W Tabor W Benedictine 0-2 L Marymount 1-2 L Washburn 1-3 L Ottawa W Pittsburg State W Washburn 1-3 L Benedictine 2-0 W Bethel W Missouri Southern W Fort Hays State 1-3 L Northeast Missouri 2-0 W Benedictine W Fort Hays State W Wayne State (Neb.) 3-0 W Southwest Baptist 2-0 W Benedictine L Wayne State (Neb.) W 26 Ye a r b y y e a r Re s u l t s
Southern Nazarene L Chicago State 3-0 W Fort Hays State 0-2 L 1990 Park College 2-0 W Kansas Newman W Southwest Baptist 2-3 L Fort Hays State 2-0 W Record: 47-8 Ottawa 2-0 W Pittsburg State W Friends 3-1 W Southern Nazarene 3-0 W Coach: Maxine Mehus Southwest Baptist 3-0 W Fort Hays State W Benedictine 2-0 W Montevallo 0-2 L NAIA District 10 and Missouri-St. Louis 0-3 L Washburn W Marymount 2-1 W Waynesburg 2-0 W Bi-District Champions Missouri Southern 1-3 L Washburn L Friends 1-2 L St. Frances 1-2 L NAIA National Tournament Central Missouri 3-0 W Penn Valley CC W Fort Hays State 1-2 L S.C.- Spartensburg 2-1 W Appearance Missouri Western 2-3 L Penn Valley CC W Bethel 0-2 L Missouri Western 3-0 W Kansas Wesleyan 3-0 W Penn Valley CC L 1989 Doane 3-1 W Washburn 3-0 W Kearney State W 1988 Record: 42-14 Fort Hays State 3-0 W Rockhurst 3-2 W Pittsburg State W Record: 62-12 Coach: Maxine Mehus Drury 3-0 W Angelo State 3-0 W Bethany L Coach: Maxine Mehus NAIA District 10 Champions Central Missouri 2-0 L Missouri Southern 3-1 W Marymount L CSIC Champions Peru State 3-0 W Bethany 2-0 W Hastings College 3-1 W Bethany W NAIA District 10 and Bi- Tarkio 3-1 W Tabor 2-0 W Doane 3-0 W Benedictine W District Champions NW Missouri State 1-3 L McPherson 2-0 W Central Missouri 0-3 L Missouri Southern L NAIA National Tournament Doane 3-1 W St. Mary of Plain 1-2 L Baker 3-1 W Missouri Southern L Appearance Drury 1-3 L Peru State 2-0 W Bethany 3-0 W Fort Hays State W Washburn 2-0 W Bethel 3-1 W Rockhurst 2-1 W Northeast Missouri 3-1 W Fort Hays State L Avila 2-0 W St. Mary of Plain 2-0 W St. Mary of Plain 2-0 W Pittsburg State 3-0 W Fort Hays State L Drury 1-2 L McPherson 2-0 W Kansas Wesleyan 3-0 W Washburn 3-0 W Fort Hays State L St. Mary's 2-0 W Sterling 2-0 W Friends 3-0 W NW Missouri State 3-0 W Pittsburg State W Rockhurst 2-1 W Friends 2-0 L South Dakota 3-0 W Washburn 3-2 W . Fort Hays State 0-2 L Rockhurst 2-0 W Colorado Christian 3-0 W Wayne State (Neb.) 1-2 L 1987 Bethel 2-1 W Friends 2-0 W Kearney State 3-0 W Winona State 2-0 W Record: 39-24 Rockhurst 2-0 W Bethany 2-0 W St. Mary's 3-1 W Nebraska Wesleyan 2-0 W Coach: Betty Walters Doane 2-1 W Pittsburg State 2-1 W Graceland 3-2 W SW Minnesota State 0-2 L Concordia 2-0 W Bethel 2-0 W Benedictine 2-0 W Pittsburg State 3-0 W Wayne State (Neb.) 0-2 L Benedictine 2-1 W McPherson 2-0 W Baker 2-0 W McPherson 2-0 W Doane 1-2 L Marymount 0-2 L Benedictine 2-0 W Bethel 2-0 W St. Mary of Plain 2-0 W Benedictine 3-0 W Concordia 2-0 W Tabor 2-0 W Southern Nazarene 0-2 L Bethel 2-0 W Park College 3-0 W Benedictine 0-2 L Kansas Newman 2-1 W McPherson 2-1 W Baker 2-0 W William Woods 3-0 W Pittsburg State 2-0 W Friends 2-0 W Bethel 2-0 W Southern Nazarene 0-2 L Fort Lewis 3-0 W Bethany 1-2 L John Brown 2-0 W Southern Nazarene 1-2 W Baker 2-0 W St. Mary's 3-0 W McPherson 2-0 W Pittsburg State 2-1 W Friends 3-0 W Southern Nazarene 2-0 W Colorado Springs 3-1 W Kansas Newman 2-0 W St. Edward's 2-0 W Washburn 3-0 W Washburn 3-0 W Colorado Springs 3-0 W Sterling 2-1 W Southern Nazarene 2-0 W Wayne State (Neb.) 3-0 W Baker 3-0 W Southern Nazarene 3-0 W Benedictine 0-2 L John Brown 2-0 W Fort Hays State 3-1 W Rockhurst 3-0 W Kansas Wesleyan 3-0 W Bethel 1-2 L Central State 2-0 W South Dakota State 3-2 W Central Missouri 0-2 L Baker 3-0 W Wisconsin-Parkside 0-3 L Kansas Newman 2-1 W Kearney State 0-3 L Graceland 0-2 L Fort Hays State 3-0 W Loyola-Chicago 0-3 L Bethany 2-0 W Hastings College 2-0 W Doane 2-0 W Southern Nazarene 3-0 W Valporaiso 3-0 W McPherson 2-0 W William Woods 2-0 W William Woods 2-0 W Northwood 0-2 L Wisconsin-Parkside 0-3 L Kansas Newman 2-0 W Southwestern (Texas) 1-2 L Southwestern 3-1 W IUPUI 0-2 L Kansas Newman 2-0 W Baker 2-0 W Missouri Western 2-0 W Missouri Southern 3-0 W Central Washington 0-2 L Bethany 2-1 W Southern Nazarene 2-0 W Fort Hays State 3-1 W John Brown 3-0 W New England-Maine 2-1 W Oklahoma Baptist 2-0 W Bethel 2-0 W Central Missouri 0-3 L Benedictine 2-0 W 1992 Kansas Newman 2-0 W Nebraska Wesleyan 2-0 W Rockhurst 3-1 W Park College 2-0 W Record: Bethel 2-0 W Friends 2-0 W Benedictine 2-0 W Peru State 3-2 W 31-9 Coach: McPherson 2-0 W Benedictine 2-0 W Fort Hays State 2-1 W St. Mary's 3-0 W Maxine Mehus First Year in NCAA II Kansas Newman 2-0 W Pittsburg State 2-0 W Wayne State (Neb.) 2-0 W Washburn 3-0 W Marymount 2-0 W Pittsburg State 2-0 W Southern Colorado 2-1 W NW Missouri State 3-1 W Drury 3-0 W Benedictine 2-0 W Missouri Southern 0-2 L Fort Lewis (Colo.) 0-2 L Kearney State 3-2 L Washburn 3-1 W Park College 2-0 W Fort Hays State 2-1 W Grand Canyon State 1-2 L Missouri Western 3-0 W Northern Colorado 1-3 L Wayne State (Neb.) 1-2 L Washburn 2-0 W Adams State 2-0 W Kansas Wesleyan 2-0 W Texas Women's 2-3 L Washburn 2-0 W Missouri Western 2-1 W Kearney State 1-2 L Bethany 2-0 W Park College 3-0 W Fort Hays State 2-0 W Kearney State 0-2 L Washburn 3-1 W Baker 2-0 W Graceland 3-0 W Missouri Southern 0-2 L Wayne State (Neb.) 2-0 W Baker 3-0 W St. Mary of Plain 2-0 W Bethany 3-0 W Missouri Western 0-2 L Marymount 3-1 W Missouri Western 2-3 L Fort Hays State 2-0 W Peru State 3-1 W Kearney State 0-2 L Hastings 1-2 L NW Missouri State 1-3 L St. Mary of Plain 2-0 W NW Missouri State 3-0 W Pittsburg State 2-0 W Wisconsin-Parkside 2-1 W Washburn 3-0 W Southern Nazarene 3-0 W Washburn 3-0 W Marymount 2-0 W St. Ambrose 2-0 W NW Missouri State 3-1 W Western Washington 1-2 L Northeast Missouri 3-2 W Baker 2-1 W Quincy 2-0 W Missouri Western 0-3 L Seton Hill 2-1 W Missouri Southern 3-2 W Friends 2-0 W Missouri Western 2-1 W McPherson 2-0 W Montevallo 2-0 W NW Missouri State 3-0 W Wisconsin-Parkside 1-2 L Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2-1 W Bethel 2-0 W St. Francis (Ill.) 0-2 L Missouri Western 3-0 W Missouri Western 1-2 L Southwestern (Texas) 0-2 L Fort Hays State 2-0 W Pittsburg State 3-1 W 1991 Doane 0-2 L Rockhurst 2-1 W Friends 2-0 W Northern Montana 3-0 W Record: St. Ambrose 1-2 L Washburn 1-2 L Fort Hays State 2-0 W 44-13 Southern Colorado 3-0 W Coach: Kansas Newman 2-0 W Baker 2-0 W Fort Hays State 2-0 W Maxine Mehus Adams State 3-0 W NAIA National Tournament McPherson 2-0 W Washburn 2-1 W Southern Nazarene 2-3 L Colorado Christian 3-1 W Appearance Marymount 2-0 W Missouri Western 2-0 W Adams State 1-3 L Baker 2-1 W Kearney State 2-1 W Washington (Mo.) 1-3 L Angelo State 2-3 L Wayne State (Neb.) 2-0 W Wayne State (Neb.) 1-2 L Doane 3-1 W Drury 3-1 W Fort Hays State 2-0 W Missouri Southern 2-0 W Peru State 3-0 W Hastings College 3-1 W Washburn 2-0 W Fort Hays State 2-1 W Drury 3-0 W Missouri Western 3-0 W Kearney State 0-2 L Pittsburg State 2-0 W Fort Hays State 3-0 W Augustana College 0-3 L Missouri Southern 2-1 W Bethany 2-0 W Central Missouri 1-3 L Pittsburg State 3-1 W Pittsburg State 2-0 W Washburn 2-1 W Friends 2-0 W Washburn 3-0 W Missouri Western 0-2 L Baker 2-0 W Tabor 2-0 W Southwest Baptist 3-0 W Avila 2-0 W Washburn 2-1 W Southwestern 3-0 W Missouri-St. Louis 3-0 W Rockhurst 0-2 L Bethel 2-0 W Bethany 3-0 W Central Missouri 0-3 L Quincy 3-0 W Fort Hays State 2-1 W Nebraska Wesleyan 3-0 W Washburn 3-0 W Missouri-St. Louis 0-3 L Bethel 2-1 W NW Missouri State 3-0 W Blackburn 3-0 W Peru State 3-0 W 27 Ye a r b y y e a r Re s u l t s
Friends 3-0 W Morningside 2-3 L Washburn 3-1 W Missouri Southern 3-0 W Southwest Baptist 3-0 W Columbia College 3-0 W Pittsburg State 2-3 L Benedictine 3-0 W Missouri Western 3-1 W Missouri Western 2-3 L Missouri Southern 3-2 W Columbia College 0-3 L William Woods 3-0 W Truman 3-0 W Alabama-Huntsville 3-1 W Angelo State 1-3 L Iowa Wesleyan 3-0 W Graceland 3-1 W Washburn 3-0 W South Arkansas 3-0 W Texas Women's 0-3 L Pittsburg State 3-0 W Benedictine 3-0 W Baker 3-0 W Henderson State 0-3 L Mississippi College 3-0 W Southwest Baptist 3-0 W Graceland 1-3 L William Jewell 3-0 W Washburn 3-2 W Northeast Missouri 3-0 W NW Missouri State 3-0 W William Woods 3-0 W Grand View 3-0 W Missouri Southern 3-1 W Missouri-St. Louis 3-0 W Northeast Missouri 3-0 W Central Missouri 2-3 L Missouri Valley 3-0 W Pittsburg State 3-0 W Central Missouri 1-3 L Missouri Southern 3-0 W Missouri Western 3-1 W Central Missouri 2-3 L Central Missouri 1-3 L Washburn 3-0 W Southwest Baptist 3-0 W Southwest Baptist 3-1 W Arkansas Tech 0-3 L 1993 Central Oklahoma 0-3 L Missouri Southern 3-1 W Missouri Southern 3-0 W Central Arkansas 3-0 W Record: 23-19 Cameron 3-1 W North Alabama 2-3 L Pittsburg State 3-0 W Harding 3-1 W Coach: Maxine Mehus Abilene Christian 3-0 W South Dakota State 0-3 L Missouri Western 3-2 W Truman 0-3 L Central Missouri 0-3 L Western New Mexico 3-0 W Pittsburg State 3-1 W Park College 3-0 W North Alabama 0-3 L Northern Colorado 0-3 L Missouri Western 3-1 W NW Missouri State 3-0 W Midwestern State 3-1 W NW Missouri State 3-1 W Cameron 3-0 W Southwest Baptist 3-0 W Truman 2-3 L Henderson State 3-1 W Southwest Baptist 3-1 W East Texas State 3-2 W Central Missouri 2-3 L Columbia College 0-3 L Missouri Baptist 3-0 Washburn 2-3 L Northeast Missouri 3-2 W Missouri Western 3-1 W Washburn 3-1 W Rockhurst 0-3 L Central Missouri 0-3 L NW Missouri State 3-0 W Missouri-St. Louis 3-0 W Missouri Western 3-3 W NW Missouri State 3-2 W Fort Hays State 3-1 W Bethany 3-0 W Missouri Southern 1-3 L Central Missouri 1-3 L Columbia College 0-3 L Pittsburg State 3-0 W Graceland 0-3 L Miss. U. for Women 3-1 W Southwest Baptist 3-1 W Truman 0-3 L Missouri Southern 3-2 W Southwest Baptist 3-0 W Hillsdale 3-1 W Missouri Southern 0-3 L Washburn 3-1 W Missouri Western 0-3 L Washburn 3-1 W Texas Women's 3-1 W Columbia College 0-3 L Southwest Baptist 3-0 W 2001 Peru State 1-3 L Mesa State 3-2 W Central Oklahoma 3-2 W Central Missouri 1-3 L Record: 19-18 NW Missouri State 3-1 W Henderson State 3-0 W Peru State 1-3 L 1999 Coach: Maxine Mehus Central Missouri 0-3 L Drury 3-0 W 1995 Record: Northern Michigan 2-3 L Missouri Southern 0-3 L Fort Hays State 3-0 W 23-16 Record: 19-20 Coach: Minnesota-Crookston 3-1 W Missouri Western 3-0 W Pittsburg State 3-1 W Maxine Mehus Coach: Maxine Mehus SW Oklahoma 3-0 W Baker 3-0 W Truman 0-3 L Texas A&M-Kingsville 3-1 W Central Oklahoma 3-2 W Angelo State 3-0 W Washburn 3-0 W NW Missouri State 3-1 W Tarleton State 1-3 L Southern Indiana 1-3 L Fort Hays State 3-0 W Adams State 3-2 W Central Oklahoma 3-2 W Missouri-St. Louis 1-3 L Northern Colorado 0-3 L 1997 Nebraska-Kearney 0-3 L Texas Women's 2-3 L Northeast Missouri 0-3 L Abilene Christian 0-3 L Record: 16-15 West Georgia 3-0 W Washburn 3-0 W Central Missouri 2-3 L Columbia College 0-3 L Coach: Maxine Mehus Arkansas Tech 0-3 L Arkansas Tech 1-3 L Drury 3-1 W Kansas Wesleyan 3-0 W Southern Colorado 0-3 L Miss. U. for Women 3-0 W Christian Brothers 3-0 W SW Minnesota State 3-2 W Eastern New Mexico 0-3 L Texas Women's 1-3 L Alabama-Huntsville 1-3 L Henderson State 1-3 L Nebraska-Kearney 2-3 L Eastern New Mexico 0-3 L Incarnate Word 0-3 L NW Missouri State 3-1 W Missouri Western 3-0 W Northeast Missouri 1-3 L Kansas Wesleyan 3-0 W Harding 3-0 W Truman 0-3 L Rockhurst 1-3 L Pittsburg State 3-0 W Washburn 3-0 W Washburn 1-3 L Alabama-Huntsville 1-3 L Drury 1-3 L Adams State 2-3 L Western State 2-3 L Missouri Western 2-3 L Quincy 2-3 L Central Missouri 1-3 L Nebraska-Kearney 1-3 L Mesa State 0-3 L South Dakota 3-0 W Southern Arkansas 3-0 W Missouri Southern 2-3 L Western State 3-1 W Fort Hays State 3-1 W Washington (Mo.) 0-3 L Arkansas Tech 2-3 L Truman 0-3 L Fort Hays State 3-0 W Kansas Wesleyan 3-0 W Fort Hays State 3-2 W Central Arkansas 3-0 W Fort Hays State 0-3 L Northeast Missouri 0-3 L Northeast Missouri 0-3 L NW Missouri State 3-0 W Drury 3-0 W Southwest Baptist 3-0 W Missouri-St. Louis 2-3 L Missouri Western 0-3 L Pittsburg State 2-3 L Washburn 3-2 W NW Missouri State 3-0 W Southwest Baptist 3-0 W Missouri Southern 3-2 W Missouri Southern 3-1 W Missouri Southern 3-0 W Rockhurst 0-3 L Pittsburg State 3-1 W NW Missouri State 2-3 L Missouri Western 3-2 W Pittsburg State 3-0 W St. Edward's 1-3 L Missouri Southern 1-3 L Pittsburg State 3-2 W Truman 2-3 L Central Missouri 0-3 L Drury 3-0 W Washburn 3-1 W Missouri-St. Louis 1-3 L Washburn 3-0 W Southwest Baptist 3-0 W Harding 3-0 W Northeast Missouri 2-3 L Central Missouri 1-3 L Southern Arkansas 3-1 W Henderson State 3-0 W Missouri Western 3-0 W Texas Women's 3-1 W Southwest Baptist 3-2 W North Alabama 0-3 L Southern Arkansas 3-0 W West Alabama 1-3 L Abilene Christian 2-3 L Washburn 3-1 W Alabama-Huntsville 3-0 W North Alabama 0-3 L Montevallo 2-3 L Rollins 3-0 W Lyon College 3-0 W Henderson State 0-3 L Alabama-Huntsville 2-3 L Alabama-Huntsville 1-3 L Missouri Western 3-1 W Henderson State 2-3 L Central Oklahoma 1-3 L NW Missouri State 3-1 W Ouchita Baptist 3-0 W Southwest Baptist 3-0 W Southern Arkansas 3-0 W NW Missouri State 3-1 W Truman 1-3 L Washburn 3-0 W Ouchita Baptist 3-0 W Missouri Southern 3-0 W Pittsburg State 3-2 W 1994 Southwest Baptist 3-0 W Missouri Western 1-3 L Missouri Western 0-3 L Missouri Southern 0-3 L Record: Washburn 3-0 W 35-10 Northeast Missouri 1-3 L Central Missouri 0-3 L Central Missouri 0-3 L Coach: Park College 3-0 W Maxine Mehus Missouri Southern 0-3 L Southwest Baptist 3-0 W Truman 0-3 L NCAA II NIT Champions Incarnate Word 3-0 W NW Missouri State 3-1 W Columbia College 0-3 L Incarnate Word 3-1 W NW Missouri State 3-2 W Central Missouri 1-3 L Quincy 3-1 W Pittsburg State 3-2 W Park College 3-0 W Baker 3-2 W Washburn 3-1 W Abilene Christian 0-3 L Truman 3-1 W Missouri Western 0-3 L Southwest Baptist 3-1 W Drury 3-0 W East Texas State 1-3 L Washburn 3-0 W Central Missouri 0-3 L Pittsburg State 3-1 W East Texas State 3-0 W Alabama-Huntsville 3-0 W Southwest Baptist 3-0 W Missouri Western 0-3 L NW Missouri State 3-0 W 2002 Pittsburg State 3-0 W Central Missouri 0-3 L North Alabama 0-3 L Southern Colorado 3-0 W Record: 20-13 Central Missouri 0-3 L 1998 Pittsburg State 3-0 W Southwest Baptist 3-0 W Missouri-St. Louis 0-3 L Coach: Maxine Mehus Record: 27-8 Missouri Southern 3-1 W Southern Colorado 3-2 W Southwest Baptist 0-3 W Nova Southeastern 3-1 W Southwest Baptist 3-0 W Coach: Maxine Mehus 2000 Mississippi Women’s 3-0 W Mesa State 3-1 W 1996 Wayne State (Mich.) 3-0 W Record: 19-12 Midwestern State 3-0 W Fort Lewis 2-3 L Record: 24-14 Quincy 3-1 W Coach: Maxine Mehus West Florida 1-3 L Chadron State 3-0 W Coach: Maxine Mehus Charleston 3-1 W Texas Women's 3-2 W Baker 3-1 W Western State 3-0 W Northern State 3-0 W North Alabama 0-3 L Henderson State 3-0 W West Georgia 3-0 W Washburn 3-0 W North Dakota 3-2 W West Georgia 3-2 W Harding 2-3 L Rhodes College 3-0 W Missouri-St. Louis 3-0 W Moorhead State 3-0 W West Alabama 3-0 W Francis Marion 3-0 W Lewis 0-3 L Northeast Missouri 1-3 L Montevallo 1-3 L Alabama-Huntsville 1-3 L West Alabama 3-0 W Mississippi Women’s 3-0 W Central Missouri 1-3 L Washburn 2-3 L Montevallo 3-0 W USC-Spartensburg 3-0 W Washburn 0-3 L Doane 3-0 W Pittsburg State 3-0 W Fort Hays State 3-1 W West Georgia 3-0 W Ouchita Baptist 3-0 W Peru State 3-0 W South Dakota 3-0 W NW Missouri State 2-3 L NW Missouri State 0-3 L Henderson State 3-0 W Drury 3-2 W Washington (Mo.) 1-3 L Pittsburg State 3-0 W Truman 0-3 L Rockhurst 0-3 L 28 Ye a r b y y e a r Re s u l t s
Missouri Western 3-1 W Albany State 3-0 W 2007 Southwest Baptist 3-2 W Alabama-Huntsville 0-3 L Record: 27-9 Truman 1-3 L Northwest Missouri 3-1 W Regional Semi-finalists Central Missouri 0-3 L Truman 0-3 L Coach: Bing Xu Missouri Southern 3-2 W Pittsburg State 2-3 L Missouri St. Louis 3-2 W Pittsburg State 1-3 L Missouri Southern 2-3 L Drury 3-0 W Fort Hays State 3-0 W Southwest Baptist 3-1 W Central Oklahoma 3-2 W Albany State 3-0 W Central Missouri 0-3 L Angelo State 3-0 W Montevallo 1-3 L Washburn 0-3 L Indianapolis 1-3 L West Alabama 3-0 W Missouri Western 3-0 W South Dakota 2-3 L West Georgia 3-2 W Pittsburg State 2-3 L Ouachita Baptist 3-0 W NW Missouri State 3-0 W Cameron 3-0 W 2005 Missouri Western 1-3 L Central Missouri 1-3 L Record: Truman 1-3 L 24-8 Alabama-Huntsville 3-0 W Coach: Washburn 1-3 L Bing Xu West Florida 0-3 L Pittsburg State 3-2 W Quincy 3-0 W North Alabama 3-1 W Missouri Southern 3-1 W Missouri-St. Louis 3-0 W Southern Arkansas 3-1 W Central Missouri 2-3 L Southern Indiana 3-1 W Missouri Southern 3-0 W NW Missouri State 2-3 L Central Arkansas 3-0 W Fort Hays State 3-0 W Southwest Baptist 3-2 W Central Oklahoma 3-0 W Rockhurst 3-0 W West Florida 3-1 W Pittsburg State 3-0 W 2003 South Dakota 3-2 W Wasburn 2-3 L Record: 20-14 Fort Hays State 3-2 W Missouri Western 3-1 W Coach: Maxine Mehus Albany State 3-0 W Southwest Baptist 3-0 W North Dakota State 0-3 L Benedict 3-0 W Dallas Baptist 3-0 W Northern State 2-3 L West Georgia 3-0 W West Texas A & M 1-3 L Nebraska-Kearney 0-3 L Arkansas Tech 3-0 W Panhandle State 3-0 W Minnesota-Duluth 0-3 L Truman 0-3 L Abilene Christian 3-1 W Baker 3-0 W Pittsburg State 3-0 W Northwest Missouri 3-2 W Nebraska-Omaha 3-1 W Missouri Southern 3-0 W Newman 3-0 W Armstrong Atlantic 3-0 W Southwest Baptist 3-1 W Missouri Southern 3-1 W Wayne State (Neb.) 1-3 L Central Missouri 1-3 L Pittsburg State 3-2 W St. Mary's 1-3 L Washburn 2-3 L Fort Hays State 3-0 W Fort Hays State 0-3 L Missouri Western 3-1 W Washburn 3-0 W Quincy 3-1 W Northwest Missouri 3-0 W Turman 2-3 L Missouri-St. Louis 3-2 W Truman 3-1 W Missouri Rolla 3-0 W Quincy 3-0 W Pittsburg State 3-0 W Northwest Missouri 3-0 W Missouri-St. Louis 3-0 W Missouri Southern 3-1 W Truman 1-3 L NW Missouri State 3-0 W Southwest Baptist 3-0 W Pittsburg State 3-0 W Truman 0-3 L Rockhurst 0-3 L Truman 1-3 L Missouri Western 3-0 W Central Missouri 0-3 L Pittsburg State 0-3 L Washburn 0-3 L Missouri Southern 3-1 W Missouri Western 3-1 W Southwest Baptist 3-0 W Missouri Western 3-1 W Central Missouri 1-3 L Washburn 0-3 L 2005 Rockhurst 3-0 W Record: 15-16 Wayne State (Neb.) 3-0 W Coach: Bing Xu NW Missouri State 3-0 W Minnesota-Duluth 0-3 L Truman 0-3 L Lake Superior 3-0 W Missouri Western 3-0 W Michigan Tech 3-1 W Pittsburg State 3-2 W Northern Michigan 0-3 L Missouri Southern 1-3 L Nebraska-Omaha 2-3 L Southwest Baptist 3-0 W Southwest Minnesota 0-3 L Central Missouri 3-0 W Alabama Huntsville 3-0 W Washburn 3-2 W Colorado Christian 3-0 W Washburn 3-1 W Missouri Southern 1-3 L Truman 0-3 L Minnesota State 3-0 W Minnesota-Duluth 2-3 L 2004 South Dakota 3-2 W Record: 13-17 Nebraska-Omaha 1-3 L Coach: Maxine Mehus Fort Hays State 3-0 W Lees-McRae 3-0 W Pittsburg State 3-2 W SW Minnesota State 0-3 L Washburn 1-3 L Colorado State-Pueblo 3-0 W Northwest Missouri 3-0 W St. Mary’s (Texas) 2-3 L Missouri Western 2-3 L Quincy 3-0 W Southwest Baptist 3-0 W So. Ill.-Edwardsville 2-3 L Truman 1-3 L Henderson State 3-0 W Rockhurst 1-3 L Central Oklahoma 1-3 L Central Missouri 1-3 L Fort Hays State 0-3 L Missouri Southern 3-0 W Rockhurst 3-2 W Harding 3-1 W Northwest Missouri 2-3 L North Alabama 1-3 L Truman 0-3 L Arkansas Monticello 3-1 W Pittsburg State 3-2 W Henderson State 1-3 L Missouri Southern 3-0 W Fort Hays State 3-0 W Southwest Baptist 3-0 W Pittsburg State 0-3 L Central Missouri 1-3 L Washburn 3-1 W Washburn 0-3 L Truman 0-3 L Missouri Western 3-1 W North Alabama 1-3 L 29 Em p o ri a St a t e Un i v e r s i t y ESU At h l e t ic s
The highest ranking of any MIAA school in the US Sports Academy Director’s Cup, the most MIAA Players of the Year, the Most MIAA Freshmen of the Year, an MIAA high two Academic All-Americans, and more All-Americans in more sports than the rest of the league highlighted the 2007-08 school year for Emporia State University. ESU was one of six MIAA schools to rank in the top 50 out of nearly 300 active NCAA Division II member institutions. The MIAA’s six schools in the top 50 ranked first among the 22 conferences in NCAA Division II. ESU was the top ranked NCAA school in Kansas in the final rankings for the third straight year.
The school year began with the Hornet football team jumping to a 3-0 record to open Garin Higgins first season as head coach at his alma mater. The ESU would end the season with more big plays (sacks and interceptions) for more yards than any year since joining the MIAA. The Hornet volleyball team advanced to its second NCAA Tournament in the last three years without a senior on the squad. ESU won its final seven home matches including a 3-0 sweep of then #4 Washburn in front of a school record crowd of 1,024 in White Auditorium. Ting Liu was named the MIAA and South Central Regional Freshman of the Year. Jonel Rossbach began her senior season in style winning her sec- ond straight MIAA cross country championship and finishing fourth at the NCAA Championships. With Rossbach the only runner with collegiate experience, the ESU women placed second at the Jock’s Nitch Invitational. Skyler Delmott led the ESU men to the team championship at the Jock’s Nitch Invitatinal and a fourth place finish at the MIAA Championships. The Hornet soccer team ended the season ranked 57th in the nation in attendance despite not winning a match.
The Lady Hornet basketball team, led by three-time All-American Michelle Stueve, won their seventh MIAA championship in the last 11 years. the Lady Hornets would reach the “Sweet 16” of the NCAA Tournament for the eighth time. Stueve would break the MIAA career scoring record against Missouri Western on February 7 on the way to earning MIAA Player of the Year honors. The men’s basketball team advanced to the MIAA Tournament Championship game for the first time in school history. The Hornets were ranked as high as #7 in the nation before a series of injuries set in. ESU was involved in one of the most bizarre endings to a game when an apparent buzzer beater against Northwest Missouri was over-ruled when the official used a cell phone to time a replay of the shot. ESU would go on to lose in double overtime.
Both teams ended the season ranked in the top 15 nation- ally in attendance, the sixth straight year both programs have been in the top 25 nationally.
ESU swept High Point honors at the MIAA Indoor track and field championships on the way to top three finishes for both teams. Jonel Rossbach and Brooke Kent both won three events to share the High Point award for the second place women. The Hornet women tied for 23rd in the team standings at the national meet. Kenton Lonberger won the 60m and 200m in school record time to claim High Point and Freshman of the Year honors for the second place Hornet men. The ESU men placed 11th at the national indoor championships thanks to three All-American efforts in the high jump by Dustin Andrews, Alex Pyle and Craig Saalfeld.
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Spring saw the baseball and softball teams win MIAA championships for Emporia State. The softball team swept the MIAA regular season and tournament championships on the way to their second NCAA Championship Game appearance in three years. During the course of the natinoal tournament, ESU made two appearnances on national television - their 1-0 win over Francis Marion and the 1-0 loss to Humboldt Sate in the championship game. ESU has not lost an MIAA Tournament game since falling in the championship game of the 2003 tourney. Senior Samantha Sheeley and sophomore Miranda Campbell earned second-team All-American honors for the Hornets.
The baseball season was one of records for the Hornets as the team set a new MIAA record by going on a 35 game winning streak and earning the regular season title. Brian Majors set a new MIAA record for hits in a season, while Eric Shortell set a new record for home runs in a season. The Hornets had three All-Americans and Keith Hernandez was named the NCAA Division II Player of the Year. The Hornets hosted the regional, but fell in the regional semi-final to Nebraska-Omaha.
For the second straight year both the ESU men’s and women’s ten- nis teams advanced to the NCAA Tournament. The women advanced to the sub-regional championship game for the fourth straight year year. The men made their second straight appearance after finishing in a tie for third in the MIAA Tournament. Natalie Villaflor and Julian Rios were named the Regional Female and Male Senior Players of the Year by the ITA. Amanda Morris was named the MIAA and ITA Regional Freshman of the Year for ESU.
Senior Jonel Rossbach capped her outstanding career with a national championship in the 5000m to propel the Emporia State women to a tenth place finish at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Rossbach’s championship was one of seven All-American efforts for ESU during the three day meet in Walnut, Calif. Rossbach broke her own school record in the 5000m, as she earned her seventh All-American honor and became the first Hornet to win a national championship on the track since Kadri Kelve won the steeplechase in 2003. Jennifer Robinson, Brooke Kent and Connie Philips all earned All- American honors for ESU. The Hornet men placed 18th thanks to All-American performances by Craig Saalfeld and Kenton Lonberger.
Emporia State excelled in the classroom as well with twenty-two Emporia State student-athletes named Academic All-MIAA during 2006-07. To earn this distinction, student- athletes must have a cumulative 3.50 grade-point average and earned All-MIAA honors in their sport over the past season. On the strength of two Academic All-America selections this year, ESU is ranked 11th in the nation in producing Academic All-Americans named by CoSIDA in the 21st century. Hornet student-athletes have been named Academic All-America 16 times since 2000. Over half of the Hornet student-athletes made the ESU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll with a 3.00 GPA over the previous semester.
All of the success on the field and in the classroom showed up in the attendance figures as well. Nearly 115,000 fans turned out for ESU home athletic events during the school year with volleyball, football, men’s and women’s basketball all ranked in the top 35 nationally. This is the fifth-straight year in which ESU has gone over 100,000 in total attendance in all sports combined.
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Ho r n e t s Wr a p Up An o t h e r Se a s o n o f Po s t Se a s o n Co n q u e s t ESU had its highest finish ever in the Director’s Cup as they finished 11th, the highest of any MIAA team. The Hornet softball team played in the national championship for the second time in three years.
Overall MIAA MIAA MIAA NCAA National Season Sport W-L W-L Finish Tourney Finish Ranking Highlights Baseball 50-10 32-4 1st 2nd 17th 10th Won MIAA record 35 straight games Basketball - M 14-16 7-11 8th 2nd -- -- Advanced to the MIAA Tourny Championship Basketball - W 23-8 14-4 1st 5th 9th 22nd Played in the sweet sixteen Cross Country - M -- -- 4th ------Sloan Kern named MIAA Freshman of the Year Cross Country - W -- -- 8th ------Rossbach earns All-American honors Football 3-8 1-8 9th ------Travis Lee named second team All-MIAA Soccer 0-19-0 0-14-0 8th ------Hornets led #23 UCM with 2 minutes to play Softball 48-17 15-3 1st 1st 2nd 2nd Second Championship game in three years Tennis - M 9-9 0-4 5th 3rd 33rd -- Won opening round in MIAA tournament Tennis - W 14-5 4-3 4th 5th 17th 24th Amanda Morris Freshman of the Year Indoor Track & Field - M -- -- 3rd -- 11th 15th Kenton Lonberger MIAA High point winner Indoor Track & Field - W -- -- 2nd -- 23rd 24th Rossbach/Kent MIAA High point winners Outdoor Track & Field - M -- -- 3rd -- 18th 11th Josh Honeycutt named Freshman of the Year Outdoor Track & Field - W -- -- 3rd -- 10th 25th Jonel Rossbach MIAA High Point winner Volleyball 27-9 10-3 3rd 3rd 17th 15th Second Regional trip in three years Overall 188-101-0 83-54-0 The Hornets claimed three MIAA titles and eight top-three finishes .651 .606 and 10 teams advanced to NCAA competition
Ho r n e t s Dr a w Ov e r 100,000 Fa n s f o r 2007-08
More than four times the population of Emporia watched as Emporia State finished in the top 15 of the Sports Academy Director’s Cup standings in 2007-08. The Hornets drew 109,575 fans to 126 sporting events last year, averaging 870 spectators per event. That marked the fifth time that at least 100,000 fans saw the Hornets play.
ESU Attendance by Sport in 2006-07
Sport Events Total Average Baseball 36 9,585 266 Basketball - M 14 30,187 2,157 Basketball - W 14 31,817 2,273 Cross Country 1 750 750 Football 5 24,482 4,896 Soccer 8 1,394 174 Softball 26 5,742 220 Tennis 10 300 30 Track 4 2,000 500 Volleyball 8 3,318 415 Total 126 109,575 870
32 www .emporia .edu/athletics Em p o ri a St a t e Un i v e r s i t y ESU At h l e t ic s “Yaps, Yellow Jackets and Hornets” Here come the Hornets! Go Hornets Go! How did Emporia State University really get to known as the Hornets? A casual conversation between Vic Trusler and an Emporia Gazette reporter named Cecil Carle led the establishment of the Hornets as Emporia State’s mascot. In the early 1930’s, the Teachers College students were called the Yaps. It is uncertain why the students were called that except popular legend suggests that because they were teachers, they did a lot of “yapping.” In any case, most of the students were not fond of the moniker. Trusler, a legendary figure on campus in the “30’s,” and coach at Roosevelt High School, and Carle, without design, were instrumental in getting the name changed. Carle was seeking information on the official name of the Roosevelt High School team. Trusler suggested he call the Roosevelt team the Bluejackets since they wore blue jerseys. In that momentous conversation, Trusler further commented that the students at the Teacher College really did not like being called the Yaps. Instead he suggested they be called the Yellow Jackets because the men wore yellow sweaters with black stripes on the sleeves. And, like the insect, they had quite a sting to them. Nothing further was said, but the next Gazette article about the Teachers College referred to the students as Yellow Jackets. The evolution of the name Yellow Jacket to Hornet is almost anti-climatic. A lack of newspaper space forced the Yellow Jacket to be shortened to Hornet. For a while the two names were interchanged and used throughout the state. To further cement the Hornet tradition, the football team received new uniforms in 1936. They were almost entirely black prompting some to suggest that the team be called the Mud Daubers, which are yellow jackets, which are hornets, which game more sting to the legend. “Corky” first appeared on the scene in 1934 when Paul Edwards, then a sophomore, made what he thought was a more representative figure of the school mascot than the stereotyped hornet being used. He entered it in a contest and finished second. Not to be discouraged Edwards redrew his hornet and showed it to Ray Maul, then manager of the Memorial Union, who thought he could “use the buzzard.” The Corky figure would soon become popular on campus. Edwards liked his Corky so much he patented the bug in 1936, which dated its 50th anniversary to 1986. During Homecoming 1987, Edwards dedicated a Corky the Hornet statue he sculpted, which was placed near Plumb Hall to welcome campus visitors to “Hornets Country.”
The Corky Tradition ----- The Sting Lives On!
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Emporia State continued to lead the way in athletic facilities during the 2006-07 school year. The projects continue to give Emporia State some of the finest facilities in NCAA Division II.
Emporia State announced on May 23, 2005 that the new Super Turf playing surface would be installed at Welch Stadium and that the new field would be named Jones Field in honor of the W.S. and E.C. Jones Testamentary Trust, the lead contributor to the project. The Super Turf surface allows the Hornet football team multiple practices and games in the stadium that were not possible with the natural grass surface. A grant from the Jones Foundation will supply fifty percent of the estimated $675,000 project. The USD 253 Board of Education approved twenty-five percent of the funding and Emporia State Athletics secured the remaining twenty-five percent in private donations with a lead gift from John and Doreen Waechter. Welch Stadium will continue to also host Emporia High School games.
Zola Witten Track at Welch Stadium was resurfaced over the summer of 2005. The resurfacing prepared ESU as the host site of the 2006 NCAA II men’s and women’s outdoor track and field national championships. The facility hosted the same event in 1995 and 1999. Groundbreaking for the Hanna Clubhouse at the Trusler Sports Complex, just north of the ESU campus, took place on April 30, 2005. The facility houses locker rooms for baseball and softball, as well as coaches offices. It gives Hornet student-athletes on the teams a place to call home before and after games and practices. The second floor of the building serves as an observation deck were fans may have parties. The building, named after donors Doris and Chuck Hanna.
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Name Sports Capacity Location Jones Park Men’s Cross Country/Women’s Cross Country 1,000 24th Av. & Prairie St./NW Emporia Milton Tennis Courts Men’s Tennis/Women’s Tennis 100 Northwest ESU Campus Trusler Sports Complex Baseball/Softball 500/450 701 E 18th Av./NE Emporia TRYSA Complex Soccer 1,500 18th Av. & Graphic Arts Rd./West Emporia Fran Welch Stadium Football 7,000 Northwest ESU Campus William Lyndsay White Auditorium Men’s Basketball/Women’s Basketball/Volleyball 5,000 111 E 6th Av/Downtown Emporia Zola Witten Track Men’s Track and Field/Women’s Track and Field 7,000 Northwest ESU Campus 34 www .emporia .edu/athletics Em p o ri a St a t e Un i v e r s i t y ESU At h l e t ic Fa ci l i t i e s
Throughout NCAA Division II programs, White Auditorium is regarded as one of the premier bas- ketball arenas in the nation. In 1999 the auditorium floor was replaced for the first time since 1940, using a Grade 1, one-inch thick, northern hardwood maple. The graphic design incorporates Emporia State’s new logo and the finish brings out the natural beauty of the wood. Manufacturers are calling the White Auditorium playing surface “the best in the state of Kansas.” Built in 1940 as a product of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Public Works Administration (PWA), William Lindsay White Auditorium serves the needs of the Emporia community and Emporia State University. During the 1994-95 season the auditorium was reno- vated and bleacher seating was added to the south end of the court, expanding the seating capacity from 3,700 to 5,000. The auditorium, located in downtown Emporia, is the home site of ESU men’s and women’s basketball, as well as volleyball.
ESU dedicated Milton Tennis Courts in 2004 in honor of former coach George Milton. Milton was a coach at ESU from 1966-99. The facility, located west of the HPER Building on campus, is used by the men’s and women’s tennis program. It hosted the NCAA Sub-Regional Tournaments for the Women’s in 2005 and 2007. The Hornets also will play select matches at the 12 court facility located near Emporia High School. The Hornet soccer program plays its home games at the Two Rivers Youth Soccer Association (TRYSA) Complex in west Emporia. The facility is light- ed with a scoreboard and has one of the few elevated press boxes for soccer in the MIAA. ESU drew a then-regular-season record 1,820 fans to TRYSA for a match against Northern Colorado in 2002. For the first time ESU will play four home matches on campus beginning in 2008.
Jones Park in northwest Emporia is the home of the Emporia State cross country program. The park provides practice facilities and the host-site for the Jocks Nitch Invitational, a meet hosted be ESU each year.
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Emporia State is committed to providing student-athletes with an environment that will maximize the potential for success. ESU’s Health, Physical Education and Recreation Building houses offices for coaches and administrators, weight room facilities, a swimming pool, computer lab, five practice gymnasiums and a state-of-the-art training room. The practice gyms allow the baseball, softball and track and field teams a chance to practice indoors, as well as offer additional practice space for basketball and volleyball. The computer lab on the HPER Building in just one of many available to student-athletes on the ESU cam- pus. Over 200 computers are available on campus, providing ESU students the highest technologies available.
A swimming pool in the HPER Building provides student- athletes conditioning and an additional option for physical therapy.
The Emporia State training room facili- ties offer student-athletes the finest ath- letic medicine care available. Athletic trainers John Baxter, M.S., ATCR, and Leslie Kenney, M.S., ATCR, establish injury and illness prevention programs, evaluate and provide immediate care for injury or illness, rehabilitate and recondition athletic injuries, and provide health care administration, education and counseling as related to injury or illness, all under the supervision of team physician Dr. Marshall Havenhill, M.D. Assisting Baxter and Kenney are two certified graduate assistants and numerous undergraduate student assistants.
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Emporia State student-athletes excelled not only on the field in 2005-06, but in the classroom and in the community as well. Katie Hensley was named a Coca-Cola Community All-American by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. The Coca-Cola Community All-Americans program recognizes, celebrates and applauds student-athletes who are making a difference in their communities. Coca-Cola made a $5,000 donation to the Plumb Place in Covington’s name. A total of 26 Emporia State student-athletes earned Academic All-MIAA honors for the 2005-06 school year. To earn this distinction, student-athletes must have a cumulative 3.50 grade-point average in two terms of attendance at the nominating institution, and earned All- MIAA honors in their sport over the past season. Over the last two years ESU had the most student-athletes from MIAA sponsored sports on the list. Emporia State annually celebrates National Women in Sports Day wth former Lady Hornets addressing youth athletes during halftime of a basketball game.
Emporia State student-athletes didn’t just provide the Emporia com- munity with exciting sports action throughout the year, the Hornets also provided the community with over 2,700 hours of communi- t y service during the 2005-06 year.
Working with organizations like the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Special Olympics, the American Diabetes Association and the Big Brothers and Big Sisters, the Hornets contributed over 2700 hours of community service. From painting warn out park buildings, baby sitting, cheering on Special Olympics competitors, collecting canned foods and to recycling, Emporia State student-athletes could be seen all around Emporia lending their time.
Our relationship has been and will continue to be very strong with Emporia. Our teams hav been a constant in the community being active in Special Olympics, Big Brother/Sisters, and Christmas in April. The teams pay attention to how the community perceives them and it is important that we maintain our great relationship.
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THIS IS EMPORIA STATE Emporia State University is a comprehensive Regents university primarily serving residents of Kansas by providing leadership in quality instruction, related scholar- ship and service. A student-centered institution, its central mission is to develop lifelong learning skills, impart society's cultural heritage, and educate and prepare for both the professions and advanced study. Faculty, staff and students interact in a collegial atmosphere that fosters freedom of inquiry and expression.
In August 2000, Emporia State University was identified as a "best value" by the Kaplan/Newsweek College Catalog 2001. ESU was named a "top school" in six of its college and university ranking categories, being a school that offers a high level of individual academic attention from faculty that is a hidden treasure offering the best career services that is responsive to individual student financial aid needs that offers the best value that the guidance counselors would attend if they could repeat their college years ESU was among the top ten schools in this category. The top ten schools were UCLA, Michigan State, Stanford, Texas A&M, UC-Berkeley, Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Illinois, Kansas State, and Emporia State.
ESU was named one of the “Best in the Midwest” by the Princeton Review in 2005. One thing that puts this ranking above the rest is that it is based on student opinion data nad surveys filled out by current ESU students.
In 2005-06, the overall headcount at ESU was up 3.5% and represented a 16% increase in first time freshmen. Recent data from the Office of Career Services indicated that 97% of our graduates from May 2005 were either employed or enrolled in graduate school. ESU Alumni are exceptional lead- ers in industry, business, medical and educational professions.
The university provides undergraduate educational opportunities designed to meet the broad goals of basic skill development and general education, as well as the more specific goals of a variety of programs in art and sciences, business, education, and library and information management.
Graduate programs serve needs and provide leadership within the region, the state and the Great Plains area. The university offers programs of national distinction in Education and in Library and Information Management, including a Ph.D. in Library and Information Management.
ESU’s arts and sciences programs and offerings at the undergraduate and graduate levels provide a solid foundation for further learning, preparation for the many avenues of employment to which the basic disciplines lead, and the advanced knowledge nec- essary to enable professionals, including teachers, to move ahead in their fields and accept increased responsibilities and challenges.
As a national leader in teacher preparation, the Teacher’s College at ESU has a rich history of prepar- ing teachers to succeed in the classroom. ESU offers well-established teacher preparation programs that support the growing need for quality math and sci- ence teachers. ESU’s teacher education program was selected as one of four “model” teacher prepara- tion programs in the nation.
The school of Library and Information Management (SLIM) prepares students to analyze and manage information on a global scale. With coursework through the doctorate level, SLIM offers graduate- level instruction for information managers in all professions. SLIM is the only school accredited by the American Library Association in a 12 state area.
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ESU’s School of Business educates students to be entrepreneurs, critical thinkers and leaders in the work- place. Graduates hold leadership positions in some of the most prestigious companies throughout Kansas and the nation. The School of Business is accredited by AACSB, a distinction held by only 25 percent of the business pro- grams in the nation.
Beginning with the fall 2006 semester, ESU will be the first and only university in the world to offer a four-year degree in engraving arts. the Don and Mary Glaser Distinguished Professorship in Engraving Arts will provide the funding for a faculty member dedicated to engraving arts.
As an institution of higher education, Emporia State University is committed to helping students, faculty, staff, and administrators acquire those skills necessary to enable them to think critically, to question intelligently, and to analyze complex and diverse ideas in order to become thoughtful, educated world citizens.
Emporia State University is an equal opportunity institution of higher edu- cation where individuals of diverse backgrounds and beliefs come to learn and work together professionally and respectfully. As a university, we seek to create and uphold high intellectual standards within a learning commu- nity, to make those intellectual standards accessible to all who engage in the learning process, and to foster a curiosity about life and society that will lead to informed and involved citizenship in all of its forms. Learning requires critical thinking about the production of knowledge and the various beliefs that people may hold, as well as opportunities to test and actively engage with new ideas.
Emporia City Profile Emporia was made famous by William Allen White, editor and owner of The Emporia Gazette newspaper. Today Emporia is a manufacturing, edu- cational, transportation, trade, medical and cattle center of the east central Kansas region. Emporia is the county seat and the largest city in Lyon County, with a total county population of 35,935.
The Emporia area, located midway between Kansas City and Wichita on the Kansas Turnpike, is an important crossroads and trade area for the east central Kansas population of approximately 85,000 people.
The Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad mainline passes through Emporia. The Emporia Municipal Airport, with a 5,000 ft. hard surface run- way can accommodate most corporate aircraft.
Emporia State University is one of the finest medium sized universities in the Midwest. Over 6,000 students are enrolled in the university, offering out- standing programs in education, business, arts and sciences, library science and information management.
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•In the 2006-07 academic year, 54 percent of ESU’s student-De g r e e s Off e r e d a t ESU athletes achieved a grade-point average of 3.0 or better.
•ESU’s Cooperative Education program has placed students School of Business at Walt Disney World in Florida, the White House, and the • Accounting • Business Administration World Trade Center in France. • Business Education • Computer Info. Systems • Economics • Finance •Free health care, pharmacy, and legal services are available • International Business • Management as part of your student fee package. • Marketing • Office Systems Management •In recent years, off- campus locations for College of Liberal Arts and Sciences courses at ESU have • Art • Biology included the jungles • Chemistry • Communication of Peru, the caves • Computer Science • Dramatic Art and coral reefs of the • Earth Science • Engineering •Among the clients who use Bahamas, and the • English the Grammar Hotline in ESU’s castles of Spain. • Foreign Languages (French and Spanish) Writing Lab are “48 Hours,” •Nearly 300 students • History • Mathematics “The CBS Evening News,” from 60 countries • Music • Nursing the White House, and “60 across the globe make • Physical Science • Physics Minutes.” up ESU’s diverse inter-• Political Science • Social Science national student popu-• Sociology • Speech Communication •Emporia State University and lation. Kansas State University, both The Teachers College founded in 1863, were the first two universities in the state. Elementary Education • Art • Bicultural Sciences •More than 70 percent of ESU’s student body receives financial • Early Childhood Ed. • Early Childhood Special Ed. aid in the form of scholarships, grants, • Health Education • Language Arts and loans. • Mathematics • Natural Sciences • Psychology • Social Sciences •ESU was one of the nation’s first cam- • Special Education puses to be accessible to the physi- cally challenged. Secondary Education • Art •ESU hosted the 1995, 1999 and 2006 • Secondary Education NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and • Combined Elementary & Secondary Field Championships, 1996 NCAA • Biology Women’s Softball Championships, • General Science and 1998 NCAA II Cross Country • Business Education Championships as well as numerous • Office Education • Distributive Education NCAA regional tournaments. • English • Foreign Language • French • Spanish • Combined Elementary • Health Education • Mathematics •Every room in the ESU Residence Halls is wired • Physical Education for Internet access and if you don’t have a com- • Coaching • Athletic Training puter there are over 200 computers available in • Combined Elementary & Secondary various labs across campus. • Recreation •ESU’s Student Advising Center has been nation-• Physical Science ally recognized as a model for student advising. • General Science • Chemistry • Physics • Earth Science •ESU’s Teachers College has received three • Psychology national Showcase for Excellence Awards since • Special Education • Social Science 1985 and four national awards for teacher edu- • Speech Comm. • Rehab. Services Education cation. Pre-Professional Programs •ESU helped establish the National Teachers Areas in the Pre-Professional programs with local accredi- Hall of Fame, located in Emporia, in 1989. tations: Agriculture, Chiropractic, Dental, Engineering, Journalism, •ESU has the nation’s only Community Analysis Law, Medical, Medical Technology, Nursing, Optometry, Research Institute. Osteopathic Medicine, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Social Work, Veterinary Medicine. •Modern and beautifully remodeled residence halls, along with fraternity and sorority houses, and married student apartments, provide excellent and comfortable living units to ESU students.
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John Baxter Kristi Bredbenner John Cayton Jennifer Collins Jory Collins Sean Clowers Men’s Athletic Trainer Softball Coach Tennis Coach Asst. to the A.D. WBB Assistant Football Assistant (620) 341-5021 (620) 341-6164 (620) 341-6129 (620) 341-5349 (620) 341-6087 (620) 344-0220
Bob Fornelli Travis Fox John Gallagher Ken Gordon John David Harris Dave Harris Baseball Coach Football Assistant Track Assistant Football Assistant Track Assistant Track & Field/XC Coach (620) 341-5930 (620) 341-5941 (620) 341-6174 (620) 341-5593 (620) 341-6174 (620) 341-5938
Becky Henry Garin Higgins Leslie Kinney Greg Larson Lauren Loucks Gary Manuel Compliance Assistant Football Coach Athletic Trainer Athletic Tickets Softball Assistant Football Assistant (620) 341-6185 (620) 341-5504 (620) 341-5955 (620) 341-6378 (620) 341-5928 (620) 341-6084
Ben McCollum David Moe Spence Nowinsky John Rich Jason Santangelo Brandon Schneider MBB Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach Associate Football Faculty Athletic Rep. Baseball Assistant WBB Head Coach (620) 341-5642 (620) 341-5928 (620) 341-6083 (620) 341-5225 (620) 341-5930 (620) 341-5932
Jim Schneiderhahn Ali Sprague Jiangping Wang Bing Xu Soccer Coach WBB Assistant Volleyball Assistant Volleyball Coach (620) 341-5036 (620) 341-6127 (620) 341-5931 (620) 341-6085
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President years as faculty vice president at Northeastern University Dr . Michael R . Lane and Bradley University where he was selected as one of five “Outstanding Faculty Vice President” by the national Dr. Michael R. Lane became organization. Dr. Lane also served on the national Council the 15th president of Emporia of Beta Alpha Psi. State University on November 1, 2006. Under his watch the As a business dean, Dr. Lane was active in regional Hornet Athletics program has activities of Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of seen thirteen of the fifteen Business (AACSB). Dr. Lane has published or presented athletic programs compete in more than two dozen papers and has written ethics cases for NCAA postseason competition. a principles of Accounting text book. ESU was the top MIAA school President Lane is a member of Congressman Jerry Moran’s and finished ranked #11 in the nation in the 2007-08 U.S. Executive Committee. He also serves on the Advisory Sports Academy Director’s Cup Standings. Committee for Science, Technology and the Future, chaired The success is not only in the playing arena as ESU had by Senator Pat Roberts. He recently completed a term as an MIAA high two ESPN The Magazine Academic All- a member of the Math and Science Education Advisory Americans in 2007-08 and ranks 11th in the nation in pro- Committee to the Kansas Legislature. He is currently ducing Academic All-Americans in the 21st century. a member of the Kansas Park Trust, and the Steering Committee for the Visitor’s Center at the Tallgrass Prairie The NCAA and National Association of Collegiate Marketing National Preserve. He also serves on the Board of Directors Administrators recognized Emporia State as the MIAA’s for the Kansas Business Hall of Fame, the Regional recipient of the 2008 Community Engagement Award of Development Association of East Central Kansas and the Excellence. National Teachers Hall of Fame. He is a member of the “Athletics is a key part of the educational experience at Kansas Cavalry, Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce and Emporia State,” says Lane. “We try to foster a positive the Rotary Club of Emporia. environment of sportsmanship and integrity for our student- President Lane’s wife, Dr. Peggy Lane, is a Associate athletes.” Professor in the Department of Accounting and Information Dr. Lane earned a Ph.D. in Accounting from Texas A&M Systems in the ESU School of Business. Their household University, a master’s degree from Northeastern University includes a beagle (Lucy) and a cat (Brandy). and a bachelor’s degree from Lowell Technological Institute (now the University of Massachusetts at Lowell). A native of Melrose, Massachusetts, Dr. Lane’s career in higher education began in Boston as an assistant professor of accounting at Northeastern University. As a professor at Bradley University he served as Chair of the Department of Accounting, Associate Dean of the College of Business and Director of the MBA Program. In 1994 he was named dean of the School of Business at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. He later advanced to dean of the Campbell of School of Business at Berry College in Rome, Georgia. At Mansfield University of Pennsylvania, Lane served over four years as provost and vice president for aca- demic affairs. Prior to coming to Emporia State University, he was vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost at the University of Arkansas – Fort Smith. Dr. Lane was active for many years in the American Accounting Association, serving on the board of the Midwest region. He served Beta Alpha Psi, the national accounting honors and professional fraternity for several 42 www .emporia .edu/athletics Em p o ri a St a t e Un i v e r s i t y ESU Ad m i n i s t r a t i o n
Athletic Director ments, such as the Hanna Baseball/Softball Clubhouse, Kent Weiser Jones Field Super Turf, and the resurfacing of Witten Track Under the leadership of have been completed under his watch with 100% of the Director of Athletics Kent nearly $1.5 million coming from donors. These improve- Weiser, Emporia State has con- ments have helped maintain those facilities as some of the sistently competed at the nation- best in the nation at the Division II level. al level in NCAA Division II on He helped establish the first department-wide shoe and the field, in the class room and apparel contracts in NCAA Division II, when ESU part- in the stands. ESU has ranked nered with adidas in 2000. ESU is still just one of just two in the top 50 of nearly 300 D- NCAA Division II athletic programs in the nation to be a II schools in each of the last four years, highlighted by Direct Sales Partner with adidas. The agreement stretches an MIAA best 11th place finish in the 2007-08 US Sports buying power of all 15 Hornet programs and is similar to Academy Director’s Cup Standings and a 12th place finish programs designed for NCAA Division I institutions. in 2005-06. In the classroom, Emporia State is ranked 11th While other institutions were faced with reducing sports, in the nation in producing Academic All-Americans in the Weiser spearheaded the effort to add women’s soccer as 21st century. The athletic and academic success has com- a varsity sport, increasing participation opportunities for bined to place every ESU program in the top 25 in national women at the University for the first time since 1980. attendance at some point during Weiser’s nine year tenure. His efforts helped ESU receive a grant from the NCAA The Hornets have won 19 MIAA team championships in support of expanding administrative opportunities for and have finished in the top 20 of Division II in eleven dif- women and minorities. Weiser has been a guest panelist at ferent sports under Weiser’s leadership. numerous NCAA and NACDA meetings, including for the The Hornets had three top 10 finishes in 2007-08 as 12 Division II Strategic Alliance Matching Grant Enhancement of 15 programs made the NCAA post-season. ESU had top Program and the NCAA Leadership Institute for Minority ten finishes in softball, women’s basketball and women’s Males. outdoor track & field with runner-up finish at the NCAA Weiser, a native of Great Bend, Kan., received a Bachelor Championship Tournament by the Hornet softball team of Arts and a Master of Science in Education from the highlighting the year. ESU also picked up top 20 finishes University of Kansas. He began his career in athletics at by the men’s indoor track & field, baseball, women’s ten- KU, where he worked from 1981-88. During that time, he nis, volleyball and men’s outdoor track & field teams. held administrative positions as ticket manager and mar- In the classroom ESU ranks 11th in the nation among keting director He also served as the Kansas women’s golf Division II schools with 16 Academic All-Americans in the coach from 1984-88. 21st century. ESU regularly places over 50 percent of its He was the associate director of development for Ottawa student-athletes on the A.D.’s Honor Roll and has had an University from 1990-93. He joined Emporia State in NCAA Top VIII Award winner under Weiser. 1999, after serving as associate athletic director at Oregon Eight coaches hired by Weiser have been named MIAA State University for six years. Coach of the Year in their respective sports. Ten of ESU’s Weiser is married to the former Amy Pangrac, and the 15 varsity programs earned Top 25 recognition at some couple has two daughters, Katie and Abby. point during the 2007-08 school year. During the 2003-04 school year Emporia State was the first NCAA Division II institution to advance to the postseason in football, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball and softball with 11 of ESU’s 15 programs competing in the NCAA postseason. His leadership of ESU’s fund raising efforts led to the larg- est single gift for athletics scholarships in school history, a $1.25 million contribution in 2004. Major capital improve-
www .emporia .edu/athletics 43 Em p o ri a St a t e Un i v e r s i t y ESU Ad m i n i s t r a t i o n Associate Athletic A native of Parsons, Kansas, Shivley earned a Director for Bachelor’s degree in business from Emporia State in Developement 2000 and his Master’s in Sport Administration from Shane Shively Wichita State in 2002. He is married to the former Mary Shane Shivley is in his Decker. The couple are the proud parents of a daughter, sixth year with the Emporia Alexa and a son, Maddox. State Athletic Department. Promoted to Associate Athletic Director in August of 2006, Shivley directs and manages all income generating activi- ties for the athletic department. This includes supervision of the marketing and ticket offices. Under his supervision the Hornets have spearheaded campaigns to construct the Hanna Baseball/Softball Clubhouse, Jones Field Super Turf, the resurfacing of the Witten Track, and a remodel of the Basketball Practice Facility. Shivley has also led efforts to increasing the annual athletic giving each year of his tenure.
Asssociate Athletic She was formerly the head women s basketball coach Director for Internal and SWA at South Carolina-Upstate. She coordinated the Affairs/SWA Athletes Can Educate (ACE) program and implement- Carmen Leeds ed the school’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Carmen Leeds is in her (SAAC). As basketball coach, she had a 100 percent eighth year as associate direc- graduate rate among four-year players. tor of athletics for internal She received her bachelor’s degree from Appalachian operations and senior woman (N.C.) State and her master’s from Clemson University. administrator (SWA). She She is married to Greg Leeds, a 1984 ESU graduate, oversees areas of NCAA and the couple has three sons, Brian, Matt and Parker. compliance, athletic training, student-athlete services and the CHAMPS/Life Skills. Carmen oversees community service and the student- athlete advisory committee. Under her supervision, each year ESU student-athletes perform over 1800 hours of community service. The student-athlete advisory com- mittee has sponsored the annual Senior Citizen’s Prom and has raised over $1,000 the past two years for the Make-a-Wish Foundation. She currently serves on the NCAA Softball Regional Advisory Committee. She is a past member of the NCAA Division II national women’s basketball committee. She has served as a facilitator at the NCAA Leadership Conference and for the Division II Action Academy.
44 www .emporia .edu/athletics Em p o ri a St a t e Un i v e r s i t y ESU Ad m i n i s t r a t i o n Assistant Athletic publications and Web site management for the 15 sport Director for Media intercollegiate athletic program at ESU. His office has Relations won three Best in Nation awards from CoSIDA for pub- Don Weast lication excellence. Don Weast begins his ninth He earned his BFA from Emporia State in 1998 and is year in charge of media rela- married to the former Terri Kaiser, a 1998 MLS graduate tions at Emporia State from ESU. The couple have a daughter, Emelie Rae. A 1998 graduate of ESU, Weast was a sports supervi- sor at the Emporia Recreation Commission prior to return- ing to ESU as a student in the sports information office in 1997. After a year of gradu- ate work at Central Missouri State, he returned to ESU in 1999 as the director of sports promotions. He began his association with the Hornets as a student athletic trainer in 1986. Weast spent part of the 1989-90 season with the now defunct Topeka Sizzlers of the CBA as an athletic trainer. Promoted to the title of assistant athletic director for media relations in 2003, Weast oversees media relations, Director of Athletic He was the very first radio voice of the Sterling College Publications Warriors when Sterling College Radio went on air in Josh Slaughter 2005. He also hosted a national NAIA Athletics Radio Josh Slaughter begins his Show called “Evening the SCOR” from 2005 to 2006. second full year as Director He was a 2003 graduate of Chaparral High School in of Athletic Publications at Anthony, Kan., where he was a two-year letterwinner in Emporia State after coming in baseball. February of 2007. His respon- sibilities include design- ing media guides, preparing game notes and other game day responsibilities. During his time as baseball contact four players have been named All-Americans and Keith Hernandez was named the 2008 NCAA Division II Player of the Year. Prior to coming to Emporia Josh was a KPA award winning photojournalist with the Osage County Herald- Chronicle in Osage City, Kan. He has also been read as a freelance journalist and columnist for several area news- papers. He is also currently one of the radio voices of the NAIA VSN All-Star Football game played in Kansas City every May. He is a 2006 graduate of Sterling College where he was involved in both print and broadcast journalism. While in college he was both a KACP and KCB award winner. www .emporia .edu/athletics 45 Em p o ri a St a t e Un i v e r s i t y ESU Ad m i n i s t r a t i o n
Director of Marketing Tim Callahan Tim Callahan begins his first year as the Director of Athletic Marketing for Emporia State University. Prior to coming to Emporia, Tim spent time at the University of Nebraska Kearney as well as at the University of North Texas. Both of these positions were actively involved with running the day-to-day marketing and promotions operations. His primary duties at Emporia State will revolve around overseeing the sponsorships and advertising revenue as well as the direction of athletic marketing and promotional efforts. He will also oversee much of the department’s print production, enhancement of student and fan participation, enhancement of game-day atmosphere and assisting with all phases of event management and operations. Callahan graduated from the University of Nebraska Kearney with a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science in 2003 and went on to receive a Master’s Degree in Sports Administration in 2005. He is a native of Greeley, NE.
Director of Athletic Business Operations and Event Manager Management Davonne Hinz Cody Moors Davonne Hinz is in her tenth Cody Moors being his year as the athletic business first year as a member of manager at Emporia State. the Adminstrative Staff after The Melvern, Kansas native coming to ESU in July of has been at Emporia State 2008. His responsibilities since 1985 and has worked include game day event in athletics since 1995. management and operations. Also included is off the field day to day management. She is responsible for the day to day business opera- Prior to coming to ESU Moors spent two years as the tions of the 15 sport athletic program at ESU and main- Head Wrestling Coach for Manhattan High School after tains the budget for the Hornet athletic department. serving six years there as an assistant coach. He also She has a daughter, Kelsi. served as an assistant basketball coach for one season. He also served as the Event Assistant Coordinator for the Manhattan-Ogden School District. He is a graduate of Kansas State University where he earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology. He is married to Jessi Moors who was a 2003 graduate of Emporia State and they have one daughter, Madison.
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47 www .emporia .edu/athletics Em p o ri a St a t e Un i v e r s i t y ESU Ha l l o f Ho n o r 1995 2004 2007 Class of Inductees Tammy Hoffman . . . .SB, BB 1978 Baseball Team . . . NAIA Ken Hush ...... TN ...... National Champions Dianna Beebe • Field Hockey/Volleyball/Softball Bob Janesko ...... FB Kendra Dawson ...... VB Wilson Kilmer ...... BSB Denise (Dawson) Landwher . BB Dick Nolan ...... FB James McCallop . . . . . BB Noel Certain • Track and Field Earl Sauder . . . . . Booster 1996 2005 Jim Hayes • Men’s Basketball Debbie Carrier . . . . .SB, BB Bill Freeman ...... FB 1980 Softball Team . . . AIAW Dorothy Kempf . . . . SW, TF ...... National Champions Joe Rich • Football Myron Rodee ...... FB Dennis Delmott . . . . TF/XC Les Stafford ...... TN Bill Dickey . . . .BSB, BB, TF Mark Stanbrough . . . . TF/XC Hank Thompson • Track and Field 1997 Tim Weiser ...... BSB Ben Bounous ...... BSB Abe Welcher ...... FB Carolyn Davis ...... BB 2006 1989 Football Team Doug Glaysher ...... BB Alvester Bobby ...... FB Dennis Nee ...... TF/XC NAIA National Runners-Up Tom Fincken ...... TF David Tryon ...... FB Kim Kline ...... SB/BB 1982 1988 Wade LeDuc ...... FB 1998 Dale Burnett . . . .FB, BB, TF Lee Haring ...... TF Mark Majors ...... TF Gordon “Babe” Hoyt . . . .FB Dale Cushinberry . . . . . BB Richard Mawdsley . . . . .FB 1958 Men’s XC . . . . . NAIA William Fraley ...... TF Gus Fish ...... FB, BB Bill Monneypenny . . . . .FB ...... National Champions Kelly McCammon . . . . . TF Bill Hargiss . .FB, BSB, BB, TF Dennis Shogren . . . BSB, BB 1959 Men’s XC . . . . . NAIA Phil McKinzie ...... BSB Bill Litchfield . . . . . FB, BB Brenda Stolle ...... SB ...... National Champions Archie San Romani . . . . TF Brian Robinson ...... BB Bill Tidwell ...... TF, XC 1989 Greg Zickefoose . . . . . FB 2007 Fran Welch . . . FB, BSB, BB Dave Bingham ...... BSB Dianna Beebe . . . . .VB/SB 1999 Steve Henry ...... FB, TF Noel Certain ...... TF Ron Boline ...... BB 1983 Pamela Bulson-O'Connor . .BB Jim Hayes ...... BB Bruce Cerone ...... FB Glen Campbell . . . . .FB, BB Ireland Sloan . . . . . TF, XC Joe Rich ...... FB Roger Jennings . . . . XC, TF John Kuck ...... TF Paul Whitely . . . . . TF, XC Hank Thompson . . . . . TF Kevin Mendon ...... BSB Gene Johnson ...... BB 1989 Football Team . . . NAIA 1990 George Milton . . . TN Coach John Lohmeyer ...... FB ...... National Runners-Up Elvin McCoy ...... FB Kathy Devine ...... TF Bill Quayle . . .Athletic Director Elijah Williams ...... TF A.O. Duer . . NAIA Exec. Sec. Wayne Goldsmith . . . FB, TF 2000 1984 Charles Sanger . . .FB, BB, TF Rich Alday ...... BSB Buck Astle . . . .FB, BB, BSB Val Schierling ...... TF Clifford Hodrick ...... FB Larry Kramer . . . . FB Coach James Fraley ...... FB 1991 Shorty Hoch ...... FB Susan (Stein) Melgraes . .XC, TF Lesha Wood . . . . . TF, XC Dutch Holtfrerich . FB, BSB, TF Craig Stromgren . . . . . BB Mike Denimarck ...... FB Betty Walters . . SB/VB Coach 1985 Herb Dixon ...... FB William Goldsmith . . . . .FB Jerome Carroll . . . . BSB, TF 2001 Russ Jenkins ...... FB Keith Caywood . . .FB, BB, TF Sandy (Schrant) Barnwell . .BB Roy Lane ...... FB Chesley Culp ...... FB Howard Bonser ...... BB Francis Swaim ...... TF Al Feuerbach ...... TF Mike Carlson ...... BSB Bernard Taylor . . . . .FB, TF Wendell Goldsmith . . .FB, TF Kelly Goodburn ...... FB Menzo Hainline . . . . FB, TF 1992 Matt Koehler ...... FB Doug Minnis ...... FB Eddie Hamada ...... FB Sam Butterfield ...... TF Harry Kline ...... TF, FB Bob Clements ...... FB 2002 Paul Kutnink . . . .FB, BB, TF Leroy Harper ...... FB Cecilia Gunn ...... TF Earl McKown ...... TF Chet Hayden . . . . . FB, TF David Kipelio . . . . . XC, TF Gottlieb Richmond . . . . .FB Fanny Markham . . . BB, BSB Bill Kurtis ...... FB Joe Weber ...... FB, TF Lea Plarski ...... Admin. Mike Shinn ...... BSB 1986 1993 Stacey (Slavens) Mickens .VB, SB John Camien . . . . . TF, XC John Baxter . . Athletic Training Randy Springs ...... BB Duward Crooms . . . .FB, TF Rhonda Clarke ...... SB Fred L. Kipp . . . . . BSB, BB Marvin Hamman . . . . . FB 2003 Shorty Long ...... FB Brad Hill ...... BSB Curtis Fischer ...... FB Wilbur Reeser ...... BB Patricia Roberts ...... BB Judy Lienemann . . . .BB, TF Jesse Nelson ...... BB 1987 1994 Andy Uphott ...... BB Paul Bridges ...... TF Harold Clark ...... FB Cecil Dryer ...... FB, TF Kay Clarke ...... BB Jim Fraley ...... BB Monroe Fordham . . . .BB, TF Lindell Petty ...... FB Willie Knox ...... BB BB- Basketball, BSB- Baseball, FB- Football, SB- Softball, TF- Track and Norman Rhoads . . . . . TF Kim Miller ...... BB, SB Field, TN- Tennis, VB- Volleyball, XC- Cross Country Ron Slaymaker ...... BB
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HPER 113 • 1200 Commercial • Box 4020 For the 19th straight season, Hornet athletics can be Emporia Gazette* - C.J. Moore, Sports Editor Emporia KS 66801 heard on KFFX-FM, 104.9. ESU football and men’s Drawer C Emporia State University media guides assist you and women’s basketball, along with selected baseball Emporia,KS 66801 in your coverage of the Lady Hornets and the and softball games, will be broadcasted. Emporia’s (620) 342-4805 (O) - (620) 342-8108 (Fax) Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. Radio Stations (KFFX-FM, KVOE AM and FM) will once ESU Bulletin* - Sports Editor Additional information may be requested by call- again provide ESU fans with the best source for keep-12th and Commercial, ing Don Weast at (620) 341-5526 or via e-mail at ing up with the Hornets. Salina native Greg Rahe is in Box 4068 [email protected]. His office is housed in the his 18th year of serving as the Voice of the Hornets. Emporia, KS 66801 (620) 341-5201 (O) - (620) 341-5865 (FAX) HPER Building, Room 113. Rahe has been honored by the Kansas Association of Broadcasters and taken first place for “sports play-by-Topeka Capital Journal - Ken Corbitt Credentials play” in a Kansas medium market. 6th and Jefferson Credentials for all Hornet events may be obtained by In addition to game coverage, Rahe will host a weekly Topeka, KS 66601 (800) 777-7171 (O) - (785) 295-1230 (Fax) calling Weast by noon one-day prior to a home game. show “Hornet Talk” on Mondays at noon. Saturday Your name will be placed on the media pass list and Morning Sports Talk, a popular area show, can be heard Kansas City Star - David Boyce, Sports you may pick up your credential on gameday at the every Saturday morning from 8-9 a.m. Rahe is joined by 1729 Grand Avenue ticket window at the west side of Welch Stadium. Tim Miller and Steve Sauder. Kansas City, MO 64108 Credentials will allow you access to the field and to (816) 234-4355 (O) - (816) 234-4360 (FAX) third floor of the Hutchinson Family Pavilion. Should you need a credential for a road contest, you are Hornet Webcasts Wichita Eagle - Sports advised to make requests at least one week prior to All Hornet athletic events broadcasted by KFFX-FM, 825 E. Douglas the road trip so we can place you on our media list. Wichita, KS 67201 104.9 will also be available online. Follow the “Hornet (800) 825-6397 (O) -(316) 268-6536 (Fax) Broadcasts” link at www.emporia.edu/athletics to Parking hear the live action all around the world. Salina Journal - Bob Davidson, Sports Space is severely limited so please arrive early to insure (785) 822-1444 (O) -(785) 827-6060 (Fax) you have a place to park. Hutchinson News - Sports Courtesy Line (800) 766-5742 (O) -(316) 662-4186 (Fax) One courtesy line is available for visiting radio and may be confirmed by calling Weast at (620) 341- Ra d i o 5526. Visiting Radio Courtesy Line (620) 341-6059 KVOE-AM,FM/KFFX-FM* - Greg Rahe, Sports Dir. P.O. Box 968 Emporia, KS 66801 Game Services (620) 342-1400 (O) - (620) 342-0804 (Fax) A media packet including a game program, press release, statistics, etc., is available to media before KRWV-FM - Sports the game. During the game, statistics will be distrib- (620) 343-9393 (O) - (620) 342-7617 (Fax) uted after each set. Complete play-by-play, scoring KSNP-FM - Sports summary, and individual and team statistics will be (620) 364-8807 (O) - (620) 364-2047 available following the game. Members of the media may file from the high-speed ethernet or dial-up con- nections in the pressbox.. Greg Rahe (center), in his 19th year as the play-by-play Te l e v i s i o n voice of the Hornets, will be joined in the football booth by Chuck Samples (right) with color commentary and Ron Topeka - WIBW-TV 13 - J.B. Boursfeld ESU Post-game Interviews Thomas (left) with sideline reports. 631 Commerce Place The ESU volleyball locker room is closed. The follow- Topeka, KS 66606 ing is the post-game procedure: (785) 272-7030 (O) -(785) 272-0117 (Fax) Visit Our Web Site Coach Xu and selected players will be available to Topeka - KSNT-TV 27 - Johnny Kane the media following a brief cooling off period. Please All of the following is available on the internet at www.P.O. Box 2700 give a list of requested players to ESU athletic media emporia.edu/athletics Topeka, KS 66601 (785) 582-5100 (O) -(785) 582-5283 (Fax) relations personnel, and those players will be made • Rosters available outside the Hornet locker room. • Schedule Topeka - KTKA-TV 49 - Dave DeCandis • Statistics P.O. Box 4949 Please check with the opponent SID for their post- • Game Notes Topeka, KS 66601 game policy. (785) 215-8503 (O) -(785) 215-8495 (Fax) • Latest Boxsc Wichita - KWCH-TV - Bruce Haertl (316) 838-1212 - (316) 832-9739 (Fax)
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www .emporia .edu/athletics IBC 2008 Schedule Date Opponent Location Time Aug. 29-30 UNO Tournament Omaha, Neb. Aug. 29 Rockhurst Omaha, Neb. 12:15 p.m. Aug. 29 Mary Omaha, Neb. 4:45 p.m. Aug. 30 Northern Michigan Omaha, Neb. 11:45 a.m. Aug. 30 Michigan Tech Omaha, Neb. 4:15 p.m. Sept 5-6 St. Edward’s Tournament Austin, Texas Sept. 5 Texas A & M- Kingsville Austin, Texas 10:00 a.m. Sept. 5 Angelo State Austin, Texas 2:30 p.m. Sept. 6 East Central Austin, Texas 10:00 a.m. Sept. 6 St. Edward’s Austin, Texas 2:30 p.m. Sept. 12-13 UCM Jennies Classic Warrensburg, Mo. Sept. 12 Edinboro Warrensburg, Mo. 7:00 p.m. Sept. 13 Southeast Oklahoma State Warrensburg, Mo. 12 noon Sept. 13 Minnesota State-Moorehead Warrensburg, Mo. 2:30 p.m. Sept. 17 *Truman Emporia 7 p.m. Sept. 19 *Missouri Western St. Joseph, Mo. 7 p.m. Sept. 20 *Northwest Missouri Maryville, Mo. 3 p.m. Sept. 24 *Central Missouri Emporia 7 p.m. Sept. 27 *Neb.-Omaha Omaha, Neb. 4 p.m. Oct. 3-4 Lady Blues Fall Classic Topeka, Kan. Oct. 3 Central Oklahoma Topeka, Kan. 9:30 a.m. Oct. 3 Midwestern State Topeka, Kan. 2:00 p.m. Oct. 4 UT-Permian Basin Topeka, Kan. 9:00 a.m. Oct. 4 Incarnate Word Topeka, Kan. 5:00 p.m. Oct. 7 *Southwest Baptist Emporia 7 p.m. Oct. 10 *Pittsburg State Emporia 7 p.m. Oct. 11 *Missouri Southern Emporia 7 p.m. Oct. 17 *Washburn Topeka, Kan. 7 p.m. Oct. 18 *Ft. Hays State Hays, Kan. 3 p.m. Oct. 22 *Truman Kirksville, Mo. 7 p.m. Oct. 24 *Missouri Western Emporia 7 p.m. Oct. 25 *Northwest Missouri Emporia 7 p.m. Oct. 29 *Central Missouri Warrensburg, Mo. 7 p.m. Nov. 1 *Neb.-Omaha Emporia 7 p.m. Nov. 7 at *Pittsburg State Pittsburg, Kan. 7 p.m. Nov. 8 *Missouri Southern Joplin, Mo. 6 p.m. Nov. 11 *Southwest Baptist Bolivar, Mo. 7 p.m. Nov. 14 *Washburn Emporia 7 p.m. Nov. 15 *Ft. Hays State Emporia 7 p.m. Nov. 19-22 NCAA South Cent. Regional Tourney TBA TBA Dec. 3-6 NCAA Elite Eight TBA TBA