The Summit League

THE 2008 JACKRABBITS SOUTH DAKOTA STATE VOLLEYBALL

MACKENZIE ANGNER TRISHA BIRR AMY CLEMENSEN RACHEL DAHL KELLI FIEGEN SR., CINCINNATI,OHIO FR., HURON, S.D. R-FR., CONDE, S.D. SR., BROOKINGS, S.D. FR., PARKSTON, S.D.

MELIA IWAMOTO MOLLY JANSSEN ASHLEY KATHOL JUSTINE OLSEN EMILY PALMER SO., HONOLULU,HAWAII FR., ARDEN HILLS,MINN. SO., OMAHA,NEB. SR., COUNCIL BLUFFS,IOWA FR., SIOUX FALLS, S.D.

NICOLE PETERS REBECCA POEPPEL MARY SANDERFOOT STACEY WERNERT ELLYCE YOUNGREN SO.,WINNEPEG,MANITOBA SO., BELLE FOURCHE, S.D. FR., ROCHESTER,MINN. JR.,HOFFMAN ESTATES,ILL. FR., BROOKINGS, S.D.

NANA ALLISON-BREWER KIM FLETCHER JAYMIE SWIFT BRITTANY CHRISTENSEN HEAD COACH ASSISTANT COACH GRADUATE ASSISTANT CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINER

GOJACKS.COM 2007 SUMMIT LEAGUE CHAMPIONS SOUTH DAKOTA STATE VOLLEYBALL TABLE OF CONTENTS

SDSU Quick Facts ...... 2-8 2008 Schedule ...... 3 2008 Roster/Coaching Staff ...... 4 Inside the 2008 Roster ...... 5-6 SDSU Media Policy ...... 7 SDSU Media Outlets ...... 8 2007 Season Preview ...... 9-12 Jackrabbit Coaching Staff ...... 13-17 Head Coach Nana Allison-Brewer ...... 14-15 Jackrabbit Coaching Records ...... 15 Assistant Coach Kim Fletcher ...... 16 Graduate Assistant Jaymie Swift & SDSU Volleyball Staff ...... 17 SDSU Athletic Staff ...... 18 Jackrabbit Upperclassmen ...... 19-27 Mackenzie Angner ...... 20-21 Rachel Dahl ...... 22-23 Justine Olsen ...... 24-25 Stacey Wernert ...... 26-27 All-Time Letterwinners ...... 28 Jackrabbit Sophomores ...... 29-35 Melia Iwamoto ...... 30-31 Ashley Kathol ...... 32-33 Nicole Peters ...... 34-35 SDSU Athletic Department Mission Statement ...... 36 Jackrabbit Newcomers ...... 37-41 Rebecca Poeppel & Amy Clemensen ...... 38 Trisha Birr & Kelli Fiegen ...... 39 Molly Janssen & Emily Palmer ...... 40 Mary Sanderfoot & Ellyce Youngren ...... 41 SDSU Administration ...... 42 2008 Jackrabbit Opponents ...... 43-50 The Summit League ...... 51-54 2007 Season Recap and Statistics ...... 55-60 Jackrabbit Volleyball History and Records ...... 61-70 Frost Arena ...... 71 Jackrabbit Facilities ...... 72 Welcome to South Dakota State University ...... 73-79

The South Dakota State University Print Lab produced 300 copies PRONUNCIATION GUIDE of the 2008 SDSU volleyball media guide at a cost of $8.37 each. COACH Front cover and the Summit League logo design by Nina Schmidt, Nana Allison-Brewer – Nah-na SDSU University Relations. Photos credited to Eric Landwehr, SDSU PLAYERS University Relations, and Ty Carlson, SDSU Sports Information. Mackenzie Angner – AING-ner For more information regarding the Jackrabbit volleyball program, Kelli Fiegen – FEE-gen please contact SDSU Assistant Sports Information Director Ryan Melia Iwamoto – Meh-LEE-ah EE-wah-mo-tow Sweeter at (605) 688-4822 or by e-mail at Ashley Kathol – CAHTH-ull [email protected] Rebecca Poeppel – PEP-el EllyceYoungren – EE-leese

2007 NCAA TOURNAMENT GOJACKS.COM 1 SDSU QUICK FACTS SOUTH DAKOTA STATE VOLLEYBALL GENERAL INFORMATION COACHING STAFF NAME OF SCHOOL: South Dakota State University HEAD COACH: Nana Allison-Brewer CITY/ZIP: Brookings, SD 57007 ALMA MATER,YEAR: New Mexico, 2000 FOUNDED: February 21, 1881 RECORD AT SCHOOL: 0-0/First Season ENROLLMENT: 11,706 (FALL 2007) CAREER RECORD: Same NICKNAME: Jackrabbits OFFICE PHONE: (605) 688-5819 SCHOOL COLORS: Yellow and Blue BEST TIME TO REACH COACH: Mornings ATHLETIC WEBSITE:GOJACKS.COM ASSISTANT COACH: Kim Fletcher UNIVERSITY WEBSITE: www3.sdstate.edu ALMA MATER,YEAR: Notre Dame, 2004 HOME ARENA: Frost Arena OFFICE PHONE: (605) 688-5737 CAPACITY: 6,500 GRADUATE ASSISTANT: Jaymie Swift AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I ALMA MATER,YEAR: Texas-El Paso, 2007 CONFERENCE: The Summit League OFFICE PHONE: (605) 688-5737 CONFERENCE WEBSITE: TheSummitLeague.org PRESIDENT: Dr. David Chicoine ALMA MATER,YEAR: South Dakota State, 1969 TEAM INFORMATION ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Dr. Fred Oien VERALL ECORD ALMA MATER,YEAR: South Dakota State, 1972 2007 O R : 25-11 SWA: Kathy Heylens HOME RECORD: 12-0 WAY ECORD ATHLETIC DEPT.PHONE: (605) 688-5625 A R : 8-8 EUTRAL ECORD TICKET OFFICE PHONE: (605) 688-5422 N R : 5-3 or 1-866-GO JACKS SUMMIT LEAGUE RECORD: 13-3/First FINAL RANKING (POLL): 145 (RKPI) STARTERS RETURNING/LOST: 2/4 SPORTS INFORMATION LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST: 6/7 SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR: Jason Hove OFFICE PHONE: (605) 688-4623 RADIO INFORMATION CELL PHONE: (605) 695-1827 E-MAIL: [email protected] FLAGSHIP RADIO STATION: KJJQ-910 AM CONTACT/PLAY-BY-PLAY: Tyler Merriam ASST. SID/VOLLEYBALL CONTACT: Ryan Sweeter ADDRESS: Box 97 OFFICE PHONE: (605) 688-4822 Brookings, SD 57006 CELL PHONE: (605) 376-4422 PHONE: (605) 692-1430 E-MAIL: [email protected] FAX: (605) 692-4441 E-MAIL: [email protected] SID FAX: (605) 688-5999 WEBSITE: www.brookingsradio.com PRESS ROW PHONE: (605) 688-4623 NOTE: South Dakota State broadcasts all of its volleyball matches, home and on SID MAILING ADDRESS: Sports Information Office the road, live on KJJQ-910 AM and 1047 16th Ave. streaming live on GOJACKS.COM. Box 2820 Brookings, SD 57007-1497 TYLER MERRIAM VOICE OF THE JACKRABBITS VOLLEYBALL HISTORY Pierre, S.D., native Tyler Merriam takes over the play-by-play duties for the 2008 season. FIRST YEAR OF VOLLEYBALL: 1966 The voice of SDSU baseball for the past three OVERALL ALL-TIME RECORD: 798-520 seasons, Merriam also handles the play-by- YEARS IN NCAA POSTSEASON/LAST: 6/2007 play for SDSU women's basketball. LAST POST-SEASON OPPONENT: #2 Nebraska Merriam got his start in at KCCR Radio TYLER MERRIAM RESULT: L, 0-3 while in high school in Pierre.

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AUGUST 29-30 AT BLUE RAIDER BASH MURFREESBORO, TENN. Friday 29 vs Southeast Missouri State 4:30 p.m. Saturday 30 vs Idaho 10 a.m. 30 at Middle Tennessee State 7:30 p.m.

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––– SEPTEMBER 4-5 AT HURRICANE INVITATIONAL CORAL GABLES, FLA. Thursday 4 at Miami (Fla.) 6 p.m. ET Friday 5 vs Alabama 10 a.m. ET 5 vs Virginia Commonwealth 2 p.m. ET ------6-7 AT SEMINOLE TRI-TOURNAMENT TALLAHASSE, FLA. Saturday 6 vs North Florida 3 p.m. ET Sunday 7 at Florida State 12 p.m. ET ------Friday 19 *ORAL ROBERTS Frost Arena 7 p.m. Sunday 21 MISSOURI STATE Frost Arena 12 p.m. Tuesday 23 at Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, Iowa 7 p.m. Saturday 27 *at North Dakota State Fargo, N.D. 7 p.m.

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––– OCTOBER Friday 3 *at IPFW Fort Wayne, Ind. 7 p.m. ET Saturday 4 *at Oakland Rochester, Mich. 7 p.m. ET Friday 10 *WESTERN ILLINOIS Frost Arena 7 p.m. Saturday 11 *IUPUI Frost Arena 7 p.m. Friday 17 *CENTENARY Frost Arena 7 p.m. Saturday 18 *UMKC Frost Arena 4 p.m. Monday 20 DRAKE Frost Arena 7 p.m. Thursday 23 *at Oral Roberts Tulsa, Okla. 7 p.m. Saturday 25 *NORTH DAKOTA STATE Frost Arena 7 p.m. Friday 31 *at IUPUI Indianapolis, Ind. 7 p.m. ET

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ––––––––– NOVEMBER Saturday 1 *at Western Illinois Macomb, Ill. 7 p.m. Friday 7 *OAKLAND Frost Arena 7 p.m. Saturday 8 *IPFW Frost Arena 7 p.m. Friday 14 *at UMKC Kansas City, Mo. 5 p.m. Sunday 16 *at Centenary Shreveport, La. 3 p.m. ------21-22 AT THE SUMMIT LEAGUE TOURNAMENT TULSA, OKLA. Friday 21 Semi-Finals –– #2 Seed vs. #3 Seed 21 Semi-Finals –– #1 Seed vs. #4 Seed Saturday 22 Finals

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*DENOTES SUMMIT LEAGUE MATCH – SCHEDULE AND START TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE ALL JACKRABBIT VOLLEYBALL MATCHES, HOME AND ON THE ROAD, CAN BE HEARD LIVE ON KJJQ 910 AM SUBSCRIBERS TO THE JACKRABBIT EXTRA CAN LISTEN TO EVERY MATCH AND WATCH EVERY HOME MATCH STREAMING LIVE ON GOJACKS.COM

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NUMERICAL ROSTER

NO. NAME HEIGHT POS. YEAR HOMETOWN 1 Melia Iwamoto* 5-7 S So. Honolulu, Hawaii (Kalani H.S.) 2 Mackenzie Angner*** 6-0 OH Sr. Cincinnati, Ohio (St. Ursula Academy) 4 Molly Janssen 5-6 DS Fr. Arden Hills, Minn. (Mounds View H.S.) 5 Rachel Dahl*** 5-7 DS Sr. Brookings, S.D. (Brookings H.S.) 6 Trisha Birr 5-10 OH Fr. Huron, S.D. (Huron H.S.) 7 Kelli Fiegen 6-3 MB Fr. Parkston, S.D. (Parkston H.S.) 8 Justine Olsen*** 5-5 DS Sr. Council Bluffs, Iowa (St. Albert H.S.) 10 Stacey Wernert** 5-6 DS Jr. Hoffman Estates, Ill. (Shaumburg H.S.) 13 Nicole Peters* 5-11 S So. Winnepeg, Manitoba (Westgate Mennonite Collegiate) 14 Rebecca Poeppel 6-2 MH So. Bell Fourche, S.D. (Belle Fourche H.S.) 15 Ellyce Youngren 6-2 OH Fr. Brookings, S.D. (Brookings H.S.) 16 Emily Palmer 5-7 DS Fr. Sioux Falls, S.D. (Lincoln H.S.) 18 Mary Sanderfoot 6-1 MB Fr. Rochester, Minn. (Century H.S.) 19 Amy Clemensen 6-0 OH RFr. Conde, S.D. (Northwestern H.S.) 20 Ashley Kathol* 6-1 RS So. Omaha, Neb. (Skutt Catholis H.S.) * indicates number of previous letters earned

ALPHABETICAL ROSTER

NO. NAME HEIGHT POS. YEAR HOMETOWN 2 Mackenzie Angner*** 6-0 OH Sr. Cincinnati, Ohio (St. Ursula Academy) 6 Trisha Birr 5-10 OH Fr. Huron, S.D. (Huron H.S.) 19 Amy Clemensen 6-0 OH RFr. Conde, S.D. (Northwestern H.S.) 5 Rachel Dahl*** 5-7 DS Sr. Brookings, S.D. (Brookings H.S.) 7 Kelli Fiegen 6-3 MB Fr. Parkston, S.D. (Parkston H.S.) 1 Melia Iwamoto* 5-7 S So. Honolulu, Hawaii (Kalani H.S.) 4 Molly Janssen 5-6 DS Fr. Arden Hills, Minn. (Mounds View H.S.) 20 Ashley Kathol* 6-1 RS So. Omaha, Neb. (Skutt Catholis H.S.) 8 Justine Olsen*** 5-5 DS Sr. Council Bluffs, Iowa (St. Albert H.S.) 16 Emily Palmer 5-7 DS Fr. Sioux Falls, S.D. (Lincoln H.S.) 14 Rebecca Poeppel 6-2 MH So. Bell Fourche, S.D. (Belle Fourche H.S.) 13 Nicole Peters* 5-11 S So. Winnepeg, Manitoba (Westgate Mennonite Collegiate) 18 Mary Sanderfoot 6-1 MB Fr. Rochester, Minn. (Century H.S.) 10 Stacey Wernert** 5-6 DS Jr. Hoffman Estates, Ill. (Shaumburg H.S.) 15 Ellyce Youngren 6-2 OH Fr. Brookings, S.D. (Brookings H.S.) * indicates number of previous letters earned

COACHING STAFF

POSITION NAME ALMA MATER,YEAR YEARS AT SDSU CAREER RECORD Head Coach: Nana Allison-Brewer New Mexico, 2000 First Season 0-0 Assistant Coach: Kim Fletcher Notre Dame, 2004 First Season Graduate Assistant: Jaymie Swift Texas-El Paso, 2007 First Season

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THE 2007 JACKS BY STATE/PROVINCE HAWAII Melia Iwamoto So. S Honolulu

ILLINOIS Stacey Wernert Jr. DS Hoffman Estates

IOWA Justine Olsen Sr. DS Council Bluffs

MANITOBA Nicole Peters So. S Winnipeg

MINNESOTA Molly Janssen Fr. DS Arden Hills Mary Sanderfoot Fr. MB Rochester

NEBRASKA Ashley Kathol So. RS Omaha

OHIO Mackenzie Angner Sr. OH Cincinnati

SOUTH DAKOTA THE 2007 JACKS BY POSITION Trisha Birr Fr. OH Huron Amy Clemensen RFr. OH Conde BLOCKER Rachel Dahl Sr. DS Brookings Kelli Fiegen Fr. MB Parkston, S.D. Kelli Fiegen Fr. MB Parkston DEFENSIVE SPECIALISTS Emily Palmer Fr. DS Sioux Falls Rebecca Poeppel So. MH Bell Fourche Rachel Dahl Sr. DS Brookings, S.D. Ellyce Youngren Fr. OH Brookings Molly Janssen Fr. DS Arden Hills, Minn. Justine Olsen Sr. DS Council Bluffs, Iowa Emily Palmer Fr. DS Sioux Falls, S.D. Stacey Wernert Jr. DS Hoffman Estates, Ill.

OUTSIDE HITTERS Mackenzie Angner Sr. OH Cincinnati, Ohio Trisha Birr Fr. OH Huron, S.D. Amy Clemensen RFr. OH Conde, S.D. Ellyce Youngren Fr. OH Brookings, S.D.

MIDDLES Rebecca Poeppel Fr. MH Belle Fourche, S.D. Mary Sanderfoot Fr. MB Rochester, Minn.

RIGHT SIDE HITTER Ashley Kathol So. RS Omaha, Neb.

SETTERS Melia Iwamoto So. S Honolulu, Hawaii Nicole Peters So. S Winnipeg, Manitoba

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STARTERS RETURNING (R) AND LOST (L) I------ATTACK------I I-SET-I I-SERVE-I I--BLOCKING--I NAME HT. CL. POS. G K E TA PCT. ASST. SA SE DIG BS BA BE BHE (L) Amy Anderson 6-0 MB 132 468 113 979 .363 7 14 11 84 27 156 13 3 (R) Mackenzie Angner 6-0 Sr. OH 97 396 160 1,115 .212 12 31 28 261 13 48 16 2 (R) Melia Iwamoto 5-7 So. S 131 43 38 181 .028 1,655 30 35 240 2 47 4 55 (L) Kristina Martin 6-0 RS 116 478 125 1,199 .294 37 37 39 362 4 76 4 5 (L) Mackenzie Osadchuk 6-0 MB 107 157 62 497 .191 5 3 5 69 7 47 7 3 (L) Emily Rooney 6-1 MB 132 324 100 680 .329 8 27 32 80 7 117 18 4 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– OTHER KEY RETURNERS I------ATTACK------I I-SET-I I-SERVE-I I--BLOCKING--I NAME HT. CL. POS. G K E TA PCT. ASST. SA SE DIG BS BA BE BHE Rachel Dahl 5-7 Sr. DS 114 0 2 20 -.100 12 21 23 220 0 1 0 3 Stacey Wernert 5-6 Jr. DS 96 3 2 12 .083 4 10 20 154 0 0 0 2 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– OTHER KEY LOSSES I------ATTACK------I I-SET-I I-SERVE-I I--BLOCKING--I NAME HT. POS. G K E TA PCT. ASST. SA SE DIG BS BA BE BHE Samahtha Pearson 5-6 L 132 2 7 31 -.161 24 33 44 718 0 1 0 3 Annie Adams 6-3 OH 81 124 85 447 .087 0 0 2 41 6 39 6 2 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– REMAINING ROSTER RETURNING (R) AND LOST (L) I------ATTACK------I I-SET-I I-SERVE-I I--BLOCKING--I NAME HT. CL. POS. G K E TA PCT. ASST. SA SE DIG BS BA BE BHE (R) Amy Clemensen 6-0 R-Fr. OH ……………………………Redshirted in 2007…………………………… (R) Ashley Kathol 6-1 So. RS 22 19 10 62 .145 4 2 10 15 0 10 1 1 (R) Justine Olsen 5-5 Sr. DS 23 0 0 1 .000 2 0 6 26 0 0 0 1 (R) Nicole Peters 5-11 So. S 33 8 2 20 .300 118 5 13 35 0 6 1 7 (L) Jenna Rae Sitton 6-1 OH 19 26 8 67 .269 0 0 0 7 2 5 0 0 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– NEWCOMERS NAME HT CL. POS. HOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOL) Trisha Birr 5-10 Fr. OH Huron, S.D. (Huron High School) Two-time all-conference selection; all-state in 2007; Team offensive player-of-the-year in 2006; National Honor Society; High Honor Roll ------Kelli Fiegen 6-3 Fr. MB Parkston, S.D. (Parkston High School) Four-time team MVP; three-time all-conference; first-team all-state in 2005 and 2007; National Honor Society ------Molly Janssen 5-6 Fr. DS Arden Hills, Minn. (Mounds View High School) All-conference honorable mention in 2007; Team captain, defensive MVP,Ms. Hustle, most inspirational in 2007; Most improved in 2006 ------Emily Palmer 5-7 Fr. DS Sioux Falls, S.D. (Lincoln High School) First-team all-conference and all-state in 2007; all-city and all-tournament in 2007; National Honor Society and Spanish NHS ------Rebecca Poeppel 6-2 So. MH Belle Fourche, S.D. (Belle Fourche H.S.) Redshirted in 2006; did not play in 2007; all-conference in 2005; qualified for state meet in high jump in 2005 and in 2006 ------Mary Sanderfoot 6-1 Fr. MB Rochester, Minn. (Century High School) Most improved player on Southern Minnesota Volleyball 17-1 Elite team in 2007; National Honor Society; Four-year honor roll student ------Ellyce Youngren 6-2 Fr. OH Brookings, S.D. (Brookings High School) Two-year team captain; two-time first-team all-conference; second-team all-state in 2007; Scholar athlete; Honor Roll Student

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POST-MATCH PRESS CONFERENCE • Credentials will not be granted to any A post-match press conference may be held agency operating sites that are in any way after select home matches in the Ginn Trophy affiliated with gambling, or to freelance or Room located on the second floor of the fan-based sites not affiliated with a legiti Stanley J. Marshall HPER Center.The visiting mate news-gathering organization. team goes first, followed by SDSU players and coaches. Press conferences can also be viewed The final decision for credentials remains at on the Frost Arena video board. the sole discretion of SDSU sports information personnel. Failure to abide by the guidelines PHOTOGRAPHERS outlined on this page may result in revocation The South Dakota State Athletic Department of media credentials. asks that photographers (live and still) do not interfere with the sight lines of spectators. STATISTICS Video may be shot from the upper-level track The South Dakota State University Sports INTERVIEW POLICY on the east, west and south sides of Frost Information Office keeps official statistics and The South Dakota State University Sports Arena. At court level, photographers must distributes final statistics to teams and mem- Information Office strives to comply with all remain outside the team areas and in a posi- bers of the media within 15 minutes after the legitimate interview requests for Jackrabbit tion as to not interfere with the match. conclusion of the match. coaches, student-athletes and administrators in a timely fashion. –ALL CREDENTIALS ARE NON-TRANSFERABLE– ON THE WEB Interview times can be arranged through the Stay up-to-date with the Jackrabbit volley- Sports Information office or through the coach The following guidelines apply specifically to ball team on the web by logging onto the offi- of the sport involved, preferably arranged 24 Internet sites: cial website of SDSU Athletics GOJACKS.COM hours in advance Monday through Thursday. • No more than two people working for the Read the latest news releases, game recaps Media members may not contact student- official web site of the opponent and/or its and box scores. Read the latest game notes, athletes directly without approval. official conference site will be issued view the upteded roster and statistics or buy The SDSU Sports Information office does credentials. photos from recent home matches. not release the phone numbers of student-ath- • Web sites whose content centers around Join the Jackrabbit Extra for complete audio letes to the media, and return calls must be message boards and chat rooms where and video coverage, including live radio broad- made collect, or via a toll free number, unless users can post anonymous information casts of every match and streaming video of the student-athlete does the interview from and/or rumors are ineligible for any consid every home match and select road matches. the sports information or coaches office. eration for credentials or access. The media may not interview student-athletes prior to a contest on the day of the game, GET ALL OF THE LATEST VOLLEBALL NEWS ONLINE AT GOJACKS.COM but may do so 10 minutes after the conclusion of contests by contacting a member of the sports information staff or coaching staff.

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NEWSPAPERS TELEVISION STATIONS RADIO STATIONS SIOUX FALLS ARGUS LEADER KDLT-TV – NBC KJJQ-910 AM BEAT WRITER: Terry Vandrovec SPORTS DIRECTOR: Mark Ovenden Radio Home of Jackrabbit Volleyball E-MAIL: [email protected] WEEKEND SPORTS: Jason Anschutz SPORTS DIRECTOR: Tyler Merriam PHONE: (605) 977-3923 E-MAIL: [email protected] E-MAIL: [email protected] FAX: (605) 977-3933 PHONE: (605) 361-1357 (NEWSROOM) PHONE: (605) 692-1430 www.argusleader.com FAX: (605) 361-3982 FAX: (605) 692-4441 www.kdlt.com www.brookingsradio.com BROOKINGS REGISTER SPORTS EDITOR: Troy Maroney KELO-TV – CBS WNAX-570 AM E-MAIL: [email protected] SPORTS DIRECTOR: Jay Elsen SPORTS DIRECTOR: Steve Imming PHONE: (605) 692-6271 E-MAIL: [email protected] E-MAIL: [email protected] FAX: (605) 692-2979 WEEKEND SPORTS: David McCoy PHONE: (605) 668-1179 OR www.brookingsregister.com E-MAIL: [email protected] 1-800-843-0089 PHONE: (605) 336-1100 (MAIN OFFICE) FAX: (605) 665-8788 (605) 357-5692 (JAY) www.wnax.com ABERDEEN AMERICAN NEWS (605) 357-5675 (DAVID) SPORTS EDITOR: John Papendick FAX: (605) 336-0202 E-MAIL: [email protected] KBRK-1430 AM www.keloland.com PHONE: (605) 622-2323 SPORTS DIRECTOR: Dellas Cole FAX: (605) 225-0421 E-MAIL: [email protected] www.aberdeennews.com KSFY-TV – ABC PHONE: (605) 692-1430 SPORTS DIRECTOR: Erik Thorstenson FAX: (605) 692-4441 E-MAIL: [email protected] www.brookingsradio.com HURON DAILY PLAINSMAN WEEKEND SPORTS: Tim Peters SPORTS EDITOR: Curt Nettinga E-MAIL: [email protected] E-MAIL: [email protected] KWSN-1230 AM PHONE: (605) 336-1300 (MAIN OFFICE) PHONE: (605) 352-6401 PROGRAM DIRECTOR: Craig Mattick (605) 373-7376 (ERIK) FAX: (605) 352-7754 E-MAIL: [email protected] (605) 373-7369 (TIM) www.plainsman.com PHONE: (605) 271-5873 FAX: (605) 336-7936 FAX: (605) 336-0415 www.ksfy.com kwsn.com RAPID CITY JOURNAL SPORTS EDITOR: Andrew Cutler E-MAIL: [email protected] PHONE: (605) 394-8300 NEWS ORGANIZATIONS VIDEO PRODUCTION FAX: (605) 342-4610 SIOUX FALLS AP www.rapidcityjournal.com KEYFRAME (GAMEDAY PRODUCTION) STAFF WRITER: Wayne Ortman CONTACT: Eric Ray E-MAIL: [email protected] E-MAIL: [email protected] WATERTOWN PUBLIC OPINION PHONE: 1-800-952-9911 PHONE: (605) 691-1587 SPORTS EDITOR: Roger Merriam FAX: (605) 332-3931 www.daktronics.com E-MAIL: [email protected] www.ap.org PHONE: (605) 886-6901 FAX: (605) 886-4280 SDSU DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM DAKOTA NEWS NETWORK www.thepublicopinion.com STAFF REPORTER: Steve Carlson &MASS COMMUNICATIONS E-MAIL: [email protected] CONTACT: Dr. Matthew Cecil SDSU COLLEGIAN PHONE: (701) 237-5000 E-MAIL: [email protected] SPORTS EDITOR: Ariy-El Boynton FAX: (701) 280-0861 PHONE: (605) 688-4171 E-MAIL: [email protected] www.americanagnetwork.com www3.sdstate.edu PHONE: (605) 688-6164 www.sdsucollegian.com

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The 2007 Jackrabbits went 25-11 "I'm really excited and honored to be overall and 13-3 in a successful run given this opportunity, and I know I through The Summit League to the have some big shoes to fill," said NCAA Tournament, but the historic sea- Allison-Brewer. "I'm thankful for the son changed the face of South Dakota chance to come in and give my passion, State volleyball for 2008. Along with love, and knowledge of the game to the the departure of record-breaking sen- girls and to the SDSU community." iors Amy Anderson, Kristina Martin and To accomplish the high goals set for Samantha Pearson, the end of the 2007 her first season, the first-year coach season also marked the end of the needs to get the most out of every play- Andrew Palileo era, as the Jackrabbits er in every set of every match, which head coach left to take over the volley- can be tough with such a young team. ball program at Washington State. Add “Young, but with plenty of returning to that the loss of assistant coach Phil leaders who know how to win, come McDaniel, who left to take over the from a winning program and bring a Drake volleyball program, and the winning mentality,” said Allison-Brewer. defending Summit League champions “They can help guide the younger play- enter the 2008 season with a new look, ers and help sustain that high level of but they also enter the season with the play.” MACKENZIE ANGNER enters the 2008 same lofty goals. Every senior needs to step up and season 333 kills shy of becoming the 13th member of the SDSU 1,000 Kills Club. Former Dartmouth assistant and New take over the leadership roles vacated Mexico standout Nana Allison-Brewer by the outgoing seniors, but much of staff as a graduate assistant. Swift signed on to lead the new-look that responsibility falls on the shoulders comes to SDSU after one year with Jackrabbits to those goals, and the first- of Mackenzie Anger, who quickly came Allison-Brewer on the Dartmouth bench year head coach looks forward to the forward in the off-season to assume and after a stellar career as a setter at challenge. that role. Texas-El Paso. “I like the fact that Jaymie coached Courtesey: Dartmouth Athletics “The first time I met Mackenzie, I knew that I had met the leader of this for a year before she decided to pursue team on and off the court,” said Allison- a graduate degree and eventually a Brewer.“But a team needs more than career in coaching,” said Allison-Brewer. one leader, and I expect the three other “That year off the court and on the upperclassmen to help her out in that bench gave her not only some valuable leadership role as well.” coaching experience, but the desire to With her leadership on the court focus on her future coaching career.” taken care of, the Jacks new coach needed help on the bench. Former FOLLOWING IS A POSITION-BY-POSITION Kennesaw State assistant and Notre LOOK AT THE 2008 JACKRABBITS. Dame standout Kim Fletcher came in to fill that role. HITTERS “Kim fits with me at SDSU because Adding to her leadership role, senior she shares the same philosophy of Mackenzie Anger starts the season as developing the entire student-athlete,” the only true outside hitter on the team. said Allison-Brewer.“I coached with her A dynamic player both physically and at a Notre Dame elite camp, and knew verbally, Allison-Brewer looks forward that when I landed my first head coach- to seeing her use her physical skills to sustain her high level of play and her NANA ALLISON-BREWER takes over the a ing job, I wanted her on my staff as an Jackrabbit volleyball team that made it to assistant.” verbal skills to bring her teammates the NCAA tournament in its first season in Jaymie Swift rounds out the coaching with her. Jackrabbit fans can expect her The Summit League. to take a ton of swings from the front

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can take some of the pressure off SETTERS Angner and fellow freshman Ellyce Despite both setters being sopho- Youngren. mores, it may be the Jacks strongest As for Youngren, the coaching staff position. Both Melia Iwamoto and thinks she can adapt quickly to the Nicole Peters bring valuable playing speed of the college game, and they experience that should benefit the team look forward to seeing her athleticism early in setting the pace and flow of the on the court right away. Allison-Brewer young offense. wants to see her on the court as much Iwamoto’s stats speak for themselves. as possible, even utilizing her in the She started 32 of the Jacks 36 matches back row, but Youngren can expect to and played in all but one game, tallying play mostly outside or in the middle. 1,655 set assists, good for sixth all-time Trisha Birr can expect to see her play- after just one season. Allison-Brewer ing time increase over the year as she expects much of the same in 2008, and adapts to the faster paced college game says that Melia is very coachable and and as she finds her niche.The can easily adapt to a new offense. Jackrabbit coaches think her pure ath- Peters saw limited playing time as a letic ability should develop into a strong freshman, but can expect so see her Just a sophomore, MELIA IWAMOTO needs skill set in all of the front row positions. role increase as a sophomore, thanks in 1,254 set assists in 2008 to move from eighth to sixth all-time at SDSU. Sophomore Rebecca Poeppel adds large part to her work ethic and leader- depth to all of the hitting positions, but ship skills.The Jacks play some tough row, but also look for the coaching staff mainly on the right side and as a mid- and some tall early season opponents, to design plays for her to attack from dle blocker. Her height gives her an which fits her abilities. the back row as well. Angner needs 333 advantage on defense that, with steady kills in 2008 to become the 13th mem- improvement, could result in more play- DEFENSIVE SPECIALISTS ber of the SDSU 1,000 Kills Club. She ing time and eventually a starting role. Rachel Dahl brings a ton of experi- recorded 396 kills in 2007, despite Poeppel redshirted as a freshman and ence as a Jackrabbit and gives her an missing nine matches due to injury. sat out last season, so she still needs to advantage to see the floor immediately Sophomore Ashley Kathol brings get up to speed, but Allison-Brewer enough playing experience from 2007 expects that to happen quickly. that she should land a spot in the start- A versatile and athletic player, Mary ing line-up in 2008.That experience Sanderfoot could see playing time any- may force her to start the season on the where across the front row. She hits a outside early, but as the younger play- heavy ball, that opponents will have ers gain experience, the coaching staff trouble stopping. Her competitive hopes to eventually move the lefty back nature should allow her adapt quickly to her natural position on the right side. to the speed of the game on the outside Kelli Fiegen headlines that list of and right side, but it may take longer younger players. Allison-Brewer and her for her to get up to speed in the mid- staff expect Kelli to use her height and dle. her athleticism to come in and make an Redshirt freshman Amy Clemensen immediate impact. Her agility and her underwent season-ending surgery dur- quickness gives her an advantage and ing the off-season, which keeps her on makes her an offensive weapon the the bench for another season. Despite moment she steps on the court. Fiegen that, she plans to stay with the team should start the season in the middle, and help her teammates and the coach- but the coaches would also like the ing staff throughout the season. RACHEL DAHL’s serve could set the tone for extremely competitive freshman to the Jackrabbits in 2008, and set them up develop into an all-around player that for some quick and easy points.

2007 NCAA TOURNAMENT GOJACKS.COM 11 2008 SEASON PREVIEW SOUTH DAKOTA STATE VOLLEYBALL as a starter. In addition to her defensive court awareness gives her the ability to abilities, the coaches hope to utilize her see the court well and read the oppo- jump float serve to earn easy points nent. through aces, but also to put the team Molly Janssen brings good speed with in a better position defensively. Her her to South Dakota State, which bene- unique serving ability sets up blockers, fits her as she adapts to Division I vol- and gives the defense a chance to read leyball. Allison-Brewer said she may and set faster and to anticipate the come in as a serving specialist at first, attack. but expects her role to increase as her An arm injury slowed her up during Jackrabbit career progresses. her junior season, but senior Justine Freshman Emily Palmer comes to Olsen brings a great amount of athleti- SDSU from a solid high school program cism and strength to the defense, and that prepared her for the college game, her great defensive moves enable the and she should compete immediately team to run the offense in or out of for a starting role at either defensive system. Her energy can provide a spark specialist or at libero. Her ability to read when needed, and her communications and communicate puts her ahead of the skills may earn her a bigger role on the curve, and her excellent deep float team. serve makes her a threat from the serv- A return trip to the NCAA TOURNAMENT remains the ultimate goal in 2008, and the Stacey Wernert, the team’s only jun- ice line. new-look Jackrabbits think their tough early ior, brings a high level of competitive- schedule can help get them there. ness to the team, and her feisty nature LIBERO especially early in non-conference play, and aggressiveness could give the team Any one of the defensive specialists and it’s a way to find out early the level an edge in close matches that can put could earn the libero spot on the team, of play that is expected of them,” said them over the top to a win. She brings and Allison Brewer expects every one of Allison Brewer. a quiet intensity and leads by example them battle for the position. SDSU opens the season at the Blue through her body language. She makes “Each one of them will get an oppor- Raider Bash, hosted by Middle every move with a purpose and is very tunity to win that role,” she said.“Look Tennessee State, who advanced to the deliberate in everything she does. Her for Dahl, Olsen,Wernert and Palmer to third round of the 2007 NCAA step up to the challenge and seize the Tournament. opportunity to wear the off-colored Less than a week later, the Jacks jersey.” travel to the Hurricane Invitational, Allison-Brewer added that, while she hosted by Miami (Fla.), where they face is open to anyone of them earning the 2007 Tournament team Alabama. spot, the player to earn the job will def- Before getting into the heart of initely be a player that brings energy Summit League play, the Jackrabbits and a spark to the team. travel to Cedar Falls, Iowa, for a battle with 2007 Missouri Valley Tournament THE SCHEDULE champion Northern Iowa. The Jackrabbits 2007 season ended “This tough schedule is going to pre- against one of the most dominant pare us for conference play and give us teams in NCAA volleyball history in the confidence we need as a young Nebraska, and while the 2008 season team to prove that we’re capable of does not start against a team with the playing at a high level,” said Allison- ‘Huskers tradition, the Jacks do play Brewer.“We know we have to play three 2007 tournament teams in the strong teams throughout the season to STACEY WERNERT’s intensity and leader- first Month. not only get back to the NCAA tourna- ship on the court may make the difference “We have a tough, but fun schedule, between winning and losing close matches. ment, but to advance.”

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2007 NCAA TOURNAMENT GOJACKS.COM 13 HEAD COACH NANA ALLISON-BREWER SOUTH DAKOTA STATE VOLLEYBALL

HIGH SCHOOL: FARMINGTON HIGH SCHOOL,FARMINGTON, N.M. - 1995

FAMILY: HUSBAND - JOSEPH BREWER DAUGHTERS - I’YAWA DAISY (5) AND SEE-NA-NE NANABAH CURLY (2)

EDUCATION: B.S. STATISTICS – UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO - 2000 M.A. HIGHER EDUCATION – UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA - 2006

PLAYING CAREER: FOUR-YEAR LETTERWINNER AT NEW MEXICO – 1996-99 GOLD MEDAL WINNER – 1997 AND 2006 INDIGENOUS GAMES

COLLEGE COACHING CAREER: HEAD COACH - SOUTH DAKOTA STATE - JULY 2008-PRESENT ASSISTANT COACH -DARTMOUTH COLLEGE - 2006-07 VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT - UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA - 2004-06

Nana (pronounced Nah-na) Allison- Preparatory & Leadership School in Brewer takes over the Jackrabbit volley- Tucson, Ariz. ball program after two years as an One of just a handful of Native assistant coach and recruiting coordina- Americans (Navajo) to play and coach tor at Dartmouth College in Hanover, at the Division I level, Allison-Brewer N.H., where the Big Green compiled a earned four varsity letters at the 27-21 record and a pair of fourth place University of New Mexico from 1995 to finishes in The Ivy League. 1999, compiling 1,005 digs and 195 A Farmington, N.M. native, Allison- service aces for the Lobos in 417 Brewer joined the Dartmouth staff after games over 118 matches. completing her master’s degree in high- When she graduated in 2000 with a er education and serving as a volunteer degree in statistics, Allison-Brewer assistant coach at the University of ranked eighth at New Mexico in career Arizona, where in her final year, the digs and in career service aces. Wildcats advanced in the elite eight at The 1998 Western Athletic the 2006 NCAA tournament. Conference Defensive Specialist-of-the- Before continuing her education at Year, the Native American Sports Arizona, Allison-Brewer served as the Council tabbed her the Woman Sport head coach for Chinle High School in Warrior-of-the-Year in 1999. Arizona, Kirtland Central High School in In addition to her volleyball skills, New Mexico and Sabino High School in Allison-Brewer played on the 1997 Arizona, earning Coach-of-the-Year for Lobo women’s basketball team that the Arizona Grand Canyon District 4A in won the WAC postseason title and 2000 and for the New Mexico District advanced to the NCAA Tournament. 1-4A in 2001. She also worked for two Adding to her list of accomplish- years as the Athletic Director at Ha:san ments, on July 7, 2006, Allison-Brewer ALLISON-BREWER,MORE THAN A COACH played on a Native American volleyball team comprised of former and current 2000-PRESENT – USA Volleyball Diversity Commission college players, and won the gold 2006-PRESENT – AVCA Minority Coaches Committee medal at the North American 2007-PRESENT – Founder/President -Native American Volleyball Acadamy Indigenous Games in Denver, Colo. 2006-08 – Dartmouth Native American Council An active member in sports organiza- 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005 – Native Visions Multi-Sports Camps tions like the U.S.Volleyball Diversity 2000 – Native American Program College of Engineers Committee, Allison-Brewer represented 1997, 2006 – North American Indigenous Games, Gold Medal Winner the U.S. Olympic Committee at the 2007 – Minority Coaches Clinics - Hunter College & Navajo Prep School International Olympic Academy held in Olympia, Greece in 1998.

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The founder and president of the Native American Volleyball Academy (NAVA), Allison-Brewer remains active numerous organizations, including the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Minority Coaches Committee and as a member of the USA Volleyball Diversity Commission. Allison-Brewer is married to Joseph Brewer and is mother to two girls I’yawa Daisy (5) and See-na-ne Nanabah Curly Brewer (2). Allison-Brewer inherits a Jackrabbit squad that compiled a 25-11 record during the 2007 campaign, enroute to The Summit League’s regular and postseason titles and a trip to the NCAA Nana and her husband Joseph Brewer have two daughters, I’yawa Daisy (5) and Tournament. See-na-ne Nanabah Curly (2)

JACKRABBIT VOLLEYBALL COACHING RECORDS

YEAR RECORD COACH YEAR RECORD COACH 1966 7-0 Pat Hale 1989 27-20 Janet Stumps 1967 5-3 Pat Hale 1990 28-7 Janet Stumps 1968 11-1 Pat Hale 1991 16-17 Al Schneider BYRNE MARSKE PALILEO 1969 7-0 Pat Hale 1992 14-19 Al Schneider 1970 4-3 Sue Yeager 1993 19-12 Mary Byrne SDSU COACHES BY VICTORIES 1971 11-2 Sue Yeager 1994 18-15 Mary Byrne COACH YEARS W-L PCT. 1972 9-12 Sue Yeager 1995 17-16 Mary Byrne Mary Byrne 8 175-88 .665 (won AIAW State Championship) 1996 21-14 Mary Byrne Ruth Marske 8 172-108 .614 1973 18-4 Ruth Marske 1997 26-9 Mary Byrne Andrew Palileo 7 154-86 .642 1974 20-11 Ruth Marske (North Central Regional runner-up) Deb Allyn 5 101-98 .505 (won AIAW State Championship) Janet Stumps 3 75-44 .540 1998 23-9 Mary Byrne Kathy DeDeyn 2 37-38 .493 1975 25-5 Ruth Marske (North Central Regional qualifier) Pat Hale 4 30-4 .822 (won AIAW State Championship) 1999 22-9 Mary Byrne Sue Yeager 3 24-17 .585 1976 32-9 Ruth Marske 2000 29-4 Mary Byrne Al Schneider 2 20-36 .357 1977 28-18 Ruth Marske (NCC Champion, North Central Regional runner- Nana Allison-Brewer ------(won AIAW State Championship) up) 1978 20-27 Ruth Marske 2001 28-6 Andrew Palileo SDSU COACHES BY WINNING PERCENTAGE 1979 12-20 Ruth Marske (NCAA Division II Elite Eight runner-up) COACH YEARS W-L PCT. 1980 17-14 Ruth Marske 2002 28-7 Andrew Palileo Pat Hale 4 30-4 .822 (won AIAW State Championship) (North Central Regional runner-up) Mary Byrne 8 175-88 .665 2003 13-19 Andrew Palileo Andrew Palileo 7 154-86 .642 1981 20-18 Kathy DeDeyn Ruth Marske 8 172-108 .614 1982 17-20 Kathy DeDeyn 2004 22-12 Andrew Palileo Sue Yeager 3 24-17 .585 1983 24-16 Deb Allyn 2005 16-19 Andrew Palileo Janet Stumps 3 75-44 .540 1984 23-23 Deb Allyn 2006 22-12 Andrew Palileo Deb Allyn 5 101-98 .505 1985 10-20 Deb Allyn 2007 25-11 Andrew Palileo Kathy DeDeyn 2 37-38 .493 1986 23-23 Deb Allyn (Summit League Champion, NCAA Tournament) Al Schneider 2 20-36 .357 1987 21-17 Deb Allyn Nana Allison-Brewer ------1988 20-17 Janet Stumps 42 YEARS 798-520 NINE COACHES

2007 NCAA TOURNAMENT GOJACKS.COM 15 ASSISTANT COACH KIM FLETCHER SOUTH DAKOTA STATE VOLLEYBALL

BIRTH DATE: JUNE 1, 1982 – ST.LOUIS,MO.

HIGH SCHOOL: NERINX HALL HIGH SCHOOL,WEBSTER GROVES,MO. - 2000

EDUCATION: B.A. ANTHROPOLOGY &COMPUTER APPLICATIONS – NOTRE DAME - 2004 M.A. SOCIOLOGY – WESTERN KENTUCKY - 2007

PLAYING CAREER: FOUR-YEAR LETTERWINNER AT NOTRE DAME – 2000-03

EXPERIENCE: ASSISTANT COACH -SOUTH DAKOTA STATE - JULY 2008-PRESENT VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH -KENNESAW STATE (GA.) - 2007 U.S. PEACE CORPS - THE GAMBIA,WEST AFRICA - 2004-06

Kim Fletcher joins the Jackrabbit Green, Ky., while she pursued a mas- graduated from Nerinx Hall High school coaching staff in 2008 after working as ter’s degree in sociology at Western in Webster Groves, Mo., where she a volunteer assistant at Kennesaw State Kentucky University. earned four varsity letters in volleyball (Ga.) for the 2007 season and after a The 2006-07 WKU sociology and three in track and field. Her team standout playing career at the Graduate Student of the Year, Fletcher selected her as their MVP in her junior University of Notre Dame. started her path of academic excellence and senior years and she earned all- “She’s a perfect fit to our program at Notre Dame, where she earned Big conference and all-metro honors in her and institution because she values the East Academic All-Star recognition in final three years on the team. Fletcher everyday life lessons we teach, not only each of her four years with the Fighting led the team in kills and blocks in her on the court, but in the classroom as Irish before graduating magna cum sophomore through senior seasons and well,” said head coach Nana Allison- laude in 2004. let Nerinx to the conference and district Brewer.“I see her passion and love for Fletcher did not limit her excellence titles in 1999. the game everyday, and I expect the to the classroom, she did it on the court In addition to her volleyball skills, team to feel it too.” as well, earning Big East All-Rookie Fletcher excelled in the discus, shot put, Before joining the Kennesaw State Team honors in 2000, and then adding triple jump, high jump and on the staff, Fletcher coached the Highland All-Big East second-team and 4x400 relay teams. She set the school Hitters club team in Cartersville, Ga., Shamrock Invitational MVP honors in high jump record in 1999, earning her and the Vette City club team in Bowling 2001. She also ended the 2001 season all-conference honors in track and field as Notre Dame’s top performer in the while helping Nerinx to the conference NCAA Tournament match against No. 20 title. Michigan State with 16 kills on .355 hitting. “Along with her energy, Kim brings a high level of knowledge as a middle blocker, with experience playing in one of the most competitive conferences,” said Allison-Brewer.“I expect the team and the program to benefit greatly from her expertise.” In the two years between her under- graduate and graduate studies, Fletcher served as a Peace Corps volunteer in The Gambia,West Africa, where she taught computer literacy, physics, chemistry and started the first girls volleyball and basketball teams at a local high school. A St. Louis, Mo., native, Fletcher

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BIRTH DATE:FEBRUARY 21, 1984 – SAN CARLOS,ARIZ. Miners with 291 digs on the season, HIGH SCHOOL: MIAMI HIGH SCHOOL – MIAMI,ARIZ. recording 20 or more digs in four matches, EDUCATION: B.S. HEALTH PROMOTION – TEXAS-EL PASO, 2007 including a career-high 30 against M.S. NUTRITION – SOUTH DAKOTA STATE - 2008-PRESENT Southern Methodist, which tied for the PLAYING CAREER: TWO-YEAR LETTERWINNER AT TEXAS-EL PASO – 2004-05 third best total for a five-game match in TWO-YEAR LETTERWINNER AT YAVAPAI COLLEGE – 2002-03 UTEP history. Swift’s previous career-high GOLD MEDAL WINNER – 2006 INDIGINOUS GAMES of 29 digs against Boise State still ranks EXPERIENCE: ASSISTANT COACH -DARTMOUTH COLLEGE - 2007 second all-time for a four-game match. Jaymie Swift joins the Jackrabbit staff in 2004.The team finished 11th in Arizona The 2004 Miners finished with a disap- 2008 as a graduate assistant coach fol- and in the Top-25 during the National pointing 10-15 overall record, but with the lowing one year as an assistant at Qualifier Cross Roads Tournament in help of Swift, came back to finish 2005 Dartmouth and after a standout playing Denver. with a 21-10 record, the program’s best career at the University of Texas-El Paso. A San Carlos, Ariz., native, Swift trans- mark since 1989.The Miners posted a “Not only did I coach with Jaymie, but I ferred to UTEP after two seasons at 10-6 mark in their inaugural season in won a gold medal with her at the Yavapai Junior College in Prescott, Ariz., Conference USA and stormed into the Indigenous games in 2006,” said head where she earned NJCAA Region I first- semifinals of the conference tournament coach Nana Allison-Brewer.“She brings team and all-conference honors as a soph- for the first time in school history. great experience on and off the court, and omore in 2003. A year after leading the Miners in digs, I couldn’t be happier that she decided to Swift’s career at UTEP actually started Swift led the team in set assists and in come to SDSU.” with a 3-2 loss to South Dakota State on service aces in 2005 as a senior. Her 80 In addition to her season on the bench Sept. 8, 2004, the Jackrabbits second win set assists against Baylor still ranks as the at Dartmouth, Swift coached the Yavapai at the Division I level. Despite the loss to second highest total for a five-game match Juniors Volleyball Club in Prescott, Ariz., in the Jacks, Swift bounced back to lead the in UTEP history.

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NATHAN MOE tant in the strength and conditioning BRITTANY HEAD STRENGTH & program at the University of Texas in CHRISTENSEN CONDITIONING COACH Austin. He also worked in private busi- CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINER ness in physical fitness in Austin,Texas Nathan Moe enters and in Fargo, N.D. Brittany Christensen his fourth year direct- A certified Strength and Conditioning joins the Jackrabbit ing the strength and Specialist, Moe is a member of the volleyball team for the conditioning program National Strength and Conditioning 2008 season as a at South Dakota State. Association, USA Weightlifting and the graduate assistant working as the Moe joined the Jackrabbit coaching Collegiate Strength and Conditioning team’s certified athletic trainer. staff in August 2005, after heading the Coaches Association. Christensen graduated from SDSU in strength and conditioning program at Moe graduated from Moorhead State 2008 with a degree in Bachelor of Eastern Illinois University for three University (Minn.) in 1997, where he Science in athletic training and took her years. earned all-conference honors as a line- board certification test in July. He previously worked as the assistant backer for the 1995 Northern Sun She started pursuing her master’s strength and conditioning coach at Rice Intercollegiate Conference champion degree in sports pedagogy this fall and University in Houston,Texas, where he Dragons. hopes to continue working as an athlet- worked with the football strength pro- Moe and his wife Colleen have one ic trainer and teach in an athletic gram, while being directly responsible son, Zachary and one daughter Kylie. department upon completion of her for at least five other sports, something mater’s degree. he also does at SDSU. An Emery S.D., native, Christensen From 1997 through the spring of graduated from Emery High School in 1999, Moe worked as a graduate assis- 2004.

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NANA ALLISON-BREWER SONJA ANDERSON DON BAILEY JARED BASZLER STEPH BEBENSE GREG BINSTOCK JAY BUBAK MARK BURGERS HEAD VOLLEYBALL WOMEN’S EQUIP.MANAGER ASST.FOOTBALL HEAD GOLF COACH ACADEMIC SECRATERY ASST.TRACK & FIELD ASST.FOOTBALL ASSOC. AD - EXTERNAL

MIKE BURGERS BETH CLARKE ROD DEHAVEN TIM DEWITT BRAD ERICKSON KATIE FALCO KIM FLETCHER JENNA FRIEDRICH ASSOC. AD-DEVELOPMENT TICKETS SECRATARY HEAD TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY EQUIPMENT MANAGER HEAD SWIM/DIVE COACH ASST.WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ASST.VOLLEYBALL ASST. AD – BUDGET

NED GAVLICK MICAH GRENZ DOUG HAGMAN AUSTIN HANSEN DON HANSON MARTIN HANSON BEN HEINZE KATHY HEYLENS ANNUAL FUND COORDINATOR ASST. AD-MARKET./PROMO. GROUNDS SUPERVISOR ASST.MEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD TENNIS COACH BARN MANAGER ASST.ATHLETIC TRAINER ASST. AD-COMPLIANCE/SWA

JASON HOVE JOE HUMPHREY PHIL HURLEY AARON JOHNSTON SHARON KENDALL ROB KLINKEFUS JOANNA LANE CLARK LEA ASST. AD-SPORTS INFO ASST.EQUESTRIAN ASST.SWIMMING HEAD WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ACCOUNTING ASST. ASST.MEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD SOFTBALL ASST.FOOTBALL

JASON LILES TAMMY LOBAN LYNDON MCDOWELL MEGAN MCGEE LUKE MEADOWS LAURIE MELUM NATHAN MOE SHANNON MOORE HEAD WRESTLING COACH SENIOR SECRATARY ASST.TRACK & FIELD HEAD EQUESTRIAN COACH ASST.FOOTBALL ASST.WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD STRENGTH COACH ASST.FOOTBALL

SCOTT NAGY BERNADETTE OLSON ROB PETERSON RITCHIE PRICE DIANE RIEKEN TREVOR ROIGER ROB SARVIS NATASHA SCHREIBER HEAD MEN’S BASKETALL ASST.ATHLETIC TRAINER ASSOCIATE AD - INTERNAL HEAD BASEBALL (INTERIM) ATHLETIC SECRATARY ASST.ATHLETIC TRAINER ASST.FOOTBALL COMPLIANCE SECRETARY

JESSICA SOMMERFELD JOHN STIEGELMEIER RYAN SWEETER BROCK THOMPSON LANG WEDEMEYER CHRISTI WILLIAMS MARY BETH ZWART ASST.TRACK & FIELD HEAD FOOTBALL COACH ASST.SPORTS INFORMATION ASST.SOCCER HEAD SOCCER COACH TICKET MANAGER ASST.ATHLETIC TRAINER

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#2 MACKENZIE ANGNER • 6-0 • SENIOR • OUTSIDE HITTER CINCINNATI,OHIO • ST.URSULA ACADAMY • PRE-DENTISTRY MAJOR

CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP-MP K E TA PCT. A SA SE RE DIGS BS BA BE BHE 2005…… 82-33 156 76 432 .185 5 0 7 14 76 6 33 8 3 2006…… 70-29 115 48 363 .185 5 14 17 13 66 6 25 13 1 2007…… 97-27 396 160 1,115 .212 12 31 28 30 261 13 48 16 2 ------CAREER…. 249-89 667 284 1,910 .201 22 45 52 57 403 25 106 37 6 CAREER HIGHS KILLS ...... 28, at Marquette, 11/24/07 DIGS ...... 19, at IPFW, 11/17/07 ATTEMPTS ...... 77, at Marquette, 11/24/07 SOLO BLOCKS ...... 3, at IPFW, 9/22/06 ASSISTS ...... 3, at Marquette, 11/24/0 BLOCK ASSISTS ...... 5, vs. Montana State, 8/27/07 SERVICE ACES ...... 6, vs. Robert Morris, 9/23/06 TOTAL BLOCKS ...... 5, two times, last vs. Long Island, 9/8/07 2007: Played in 97 games over 27 matches, including 26 starts 13 kills in back-to-back matches against Northern … missed a total of nine matches mid-season due to injury … Colorado (10/7) and IPFW (10/8) ... also con- finished second on the team with 396 kills and with 1,115 attacks tributed seven digs and four block assists while … set an SDSU five-game match record with 77 attacks at starting Northern Colorado match ... equaled Marquette (11/24) … also set a career-high with 28 kills at career high with four block assists in road match at Marquette … recorded 13 double-doubles on the season with Long Beach State (Calif.) (11/25) ... tallied seven kills and digs, including a 22-kill and career-high19-dig per- kills, four digs and four blocks in win over Sam Houston formance at IPFW in The Summit League Tournament champi- State (Texas) at NDSU Doublewood Inn Classic (9/10) ... onship match (11/17) with a .365 hitting percentage (22-3- ranked sixth on team in both kills (156) and block assists (33) 52) … also recorded 22 kills and 17 digs in a five-game win ... recorded at least one kill in 30 of the 33 matches she played at IUPUI (9/22) … averaged 4.08 kills and 2.69 digs per and at least one block in 22 matches game … finished named to the all-tournament team at the Sam Houston State Tournament (8/31-9/1) … named to The BEFORE SDSU: Earned third-team Summit League Academic All-League team Division I all-state honors from the Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches 2006: Played in 29 of the team's 34 matches with four starts Association, as well as second-team all- ... recorded 10 kills with a .500 hitting percentage in the Jacks Southwest Ohio honors in 2004 while play- 3-1 win over UMKC at the Jackrabbit Invitational (9/16) ... ing at St. Ursula Academy in Cincinnati ... set a career high with three blocks at Long Island (9-30) ... member of 2003 state championship tied a career high with 13 kills and three solo blocks, then team which finished with 29-0 record added a career high 11 digs in a 3-1 SDSU victory over ... prep coach was Julie Perry ... aver- Montana State (10/31) ... tallied ten kills with a .692 hit- aged 2.6 kills, 1.22 blocks and 2.2 digs ting percentage in a 3-0 win over Providence at the D-I per game as a senior, while hitting .384 Independent Tournament (11/10) ... recorded at least ... gained further playing experience at one kill in 25 of the 29 matches she played in and club level with Team Z, Cincy Classics and recorded at least one block in 21 of the 29 match- Blue Chip programs in the Cincinnati area es ... finished sixth on the team with 70 kills ...Team Z squad placed 10th at nationals in summer of 2004, while Cincy Classics 2005: Played in 33 of the team’s 35 match- finished fifth at nationals in 2002 ... also es with 12 starts ... tallied eight kills competed in track and field ... member of the and .467 hitting percentage (8-1-15) National Honor Society in first career start, versus Oregon at Oregon Kickoff Classic (8/27) ... posted first career double-double with 11-kill, 10 dig outing against Montana at Cyclone Classic (9/3) ... recorded single-match career-high

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#5 RACHAEL DAHL • 5-7 • SENIOR • DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST BROOKINGS, S.D. • BROOKINGS, H.S. • CONSUMER AFFAIRS MAJOR

CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP-MP K E TA PCT. A SA SE RE DIGS BS BA BE BHE 2005…… 25-16 0 0 0 .000 1 5 4 0 7 0 0 0 0 2006…… 43-23 0 1 4 -.250 5 3 5 5 23 0 0 0 0 2007…… 114-36 0 2 20 -.100 12 21 23 27 220 0 1 0 2 ------CAREER…. 182-75 0 3 24 -.125 18 29 32 32 250 0 1 0 2 CAREER HIGHS KILLS ...... DIGS ...... 12, two times, last at North Dakota State, 10/20/07 ATTEMPTS ...... 3, vs. at Oakland, 9/21/07 SOLO BLOCKS ...... ASSISTS ...... 3, vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, 8/31/07 BLOCK ASSISTS ...... 1, vs. Long Island, 9/8/07 SERVICE ACES ...... 3, at Lamar, 9/3/07 TOTAL BLOCKS ...... 1, vs. Long Island, 9/8/07 2007: Played in 114 games in all 36 matches with five (11/1) and Utah Valley State (11/11) ... served two aces in starts … tallied double-digit digs in eight matches … set a first-round win over Providence (R.I.) at Division I career-high with 12 digs in a win at Lamar (9/3), and then Independent Championships (11/10) equaled that total in a five-game loss at North Dakota State (10/20)… also set a career-high with three services aces in BEFORE SDSU: Two-year letterwinner in volleyball at a win at Lamar … set a career-high with three set assists in Brookings High School under guidance of coach Tracy Nelson at Oakland (9/21) … recorded her first, and only career ... earned first-team all-Eastern South Dakota and second- block assist in a win over Long Island at the Jackrabbit team all-state honors ... named The Brookings Invitational (9/8) … named to The Summit League Academic Register’s Volleyball Player of the Year in All-League team 2004 ... member of Brookings High School’s state championship girls’ 2006: Played in 43 basketball team in 2004 ... also let- games over 23 match- tered in track and field es as a sophomore, recording 23 digs, five assists and three service aces on the season ... tallied a season and career high three digs in the Jacks 3-2 win over Gonzaga in the Jackrabbit Kickoff Tournament (8/26) ... equaled career-high three digs in a sweep of Texas Pan-American (10/20) ... reached three digs for a third time at the Independent Tournament versus Utah Valley State (11/10) ... tied a career-high for service aces with two in a 3-0 win over Drake (10/17)

2005: Appeared in 15 matches, making collegiate debut against Wisconsin-Green Bay at NDSU Doublewood Inn Classic (9/9) ... recorded first career dig in Jackrabbit victory at Air Force (9/22) ... notched first career service ace in home win over Drake (Iowa) (9/27) ... tallied season-high two digs in matches against Texas-Pan American (10/15), North Dakota State

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#8 JUSTINE OLSEN • 5-5 • SENIOR • DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST COUNCIL BLUFFS,IOWA • ST.ALBERT, H.S. • HEALTH PROMOTION MAJOR

CAREER STATISTICS YEAR MP-GP K E TA PCT. A SA SE RE DIGS BS BA BE BHE 2005…… 52-33 0 0 1 .000 3 6 13 13 51 0 1 0 1 2006…… 57-25 3 1 14 .143 3 6 5 8 87 0 0 0 1 2007…… 23-14 0 0 1 .000 2 0 6 7 26 0 0 0 1 ------CAREER…. 132-62 3 1 16 .125 8 12 24 28 164 0 1 0 3 CAREER HIGHS KILLS ...... 1, three times, last vs. Sacred Heart, 9/29/06 DIGS ...... 14, vs. Drake, 9/3/05 ATTEMPTS ...... 4, vs. Creighton, 9/16/06 SOLO BLOCKS ...... ASSISTS ...... 1, eight times, last vs. Centenary 11/9/07 BLOCK ASSISTS ...... 1, at Kansas State, 9/21/05 SERVICE ACES ...... 2, two times, last at Iowa State, 9/9/06 TOTAL BLOCKS ...... 1, at Kansas State, 9/21/05

2007: Played in 23 games over 14 matches after sitting out BEFORE SDSU: Completed an outstanding high school career the first 16 matches of the season with an injury … recorded at St. Albert High School in Council Bluffs, Iowa ... earned a season-high six digs in a win over IUPUI at Frost Arena all-conference recognition each of her final two seasons, as (10/26) … followed that up with four digs the next well as Class 2A all-West Central District honors in night in the Jacks win over Oakland (10/27) … 2004 from the Iowa Girls Coaches Association ... named to The Summit League Academic All-League led team with 240 kills and 265 digs as a senior team ... served at 94 2006: Played in 25 of the 34 matches, making one percent clip start ... recorded a season-high 11 digs in the with 27 Jacks 3-1 win over Creighton (9/19) ... reached aces in 10 digs twice; at the Cyclone Classic against 2004 ... Valparaiso (9/9) and at Long Island (9/30) gained further play- ... tallied one kill, one ace and four ing experience with the Nebraska digs in the Jacks 3-2 win over Elite and Third Degree club teams Oregon State at the Wisconsin ... also competed in basketball Intowner Inviational (9/1) and track and field at prep level 2005: Played in 23 of the team’s 35 matches ... recorded two digs and one assist in collegiate debut versus Portland State (Ore.) at Oregon Kickoff Classic (8/26) ... played in all five games in match versus Stephen F. Austin (Texas) at Cyclone Classic, tallying eight digs, two service aces and an assist (9/2) ... posted single-match season high with 14 digs in four-game victory over Drake (Iowa) (9/3) ... was credited with block assist in road match at Kansas State (9/21)

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#10 STACEY WERNERT • 5-6 • JUNIOR • DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST HOFFMAN ESTATES,ILL. • SHAUMBURG, H.S. • HPER MAJOR

CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP-MP K E TA PCT. A SA SE RE DIGS BS BA BE BHE 2006…… 86-32 5 4 17 .059 7 10 24 15 139 0 0 0 1 2007…… 96-33 3 2 12 .083 4 10 20 24 154 0 0 0 2 ------CAREER…. 182-65 8 6 29 .069 11 20 44 39 293 0 0 0 3

CAREER HIGHS KILLS ...... 1, eight times, last at IUPUI, 9/22/07 DIGS ...... 13, two times, last vs. Centenary, 11/9/07 ATTEMPTS ...... 4, vs. Robert Morris, 9/23/06 SOLO BLOCKS ...... ASSISTS ...... 3, at North Dakota Stte, 11/11/06 BLOCK ASSISTS ...... SERVICE ACES ...... 2, three times, last vs. Maine, 11/24/07 TOTAL BLOCKS ......

2007: Played in 96 games over 33 of the team’s 36 match- BEFORE SDSU: earned all-conference and all-area honors for es … recorded double-digit digs in five matches … tied a Schaumburg High School in 2005 ... also received all-aca- career high with 13 digs in a home win over Centenary demic honors from the Mid-Suburban League and Illinois (11/9) … tallied ten digs in the Jacks five-game win over High School Association ... at the club level, she was a mem- IPFW in The Summit League Championship match (11/17) ber of the Sports Performance program, one of the top girls’ … named to The Summit League Academic All-League team volleyball clubs in the nation ... her Sports Performance 18 Navy squad qualified for the 2005 national tournament in 2006: Played in 32 matches, making one start ... recorded Salt Lake City, Utah first career dig at the Jackrabbit Kickoff Tournament in the Jacks 3-2 win over Gonzaga (8/26) ... recorded first career kill and added a dig and a service ace at the Wisconsin Inntowner Invitational against #9 Wisconsin (9/2) ... reached double-digit digs (10) for the first time in 3-0 win over Lamar (9/16) ... tallied 10 digs again in a Jackrabbit sweep of Texas Pan-American (10/7) ... set a career high with 13 digs in a 3-0 sweep at Montana (10/30) ... closed out freshman campaign with a kill, ace and six digs at the Independent Tournament at North Dakota State (11/11)

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2007 NCAA TOURNAMENT GOJACKS.COM 27 ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS SOUTH DAKOTA STATE VOLLEYBALL – A – – H – – J – – R – Aamlid, Seri ...... 2003-04 Hainline,Tammy ...... 1977 Jacobson, Aleasha ...... 1999 Rath, Roxie ...... 1995-98 Adams, Annie ...... 2007 Hegerle, Laura ...... 2003 Jacobson, Lisa ...... 1982-85 Ridenour, Minette ...... 2003-06 Adolphson, Reagan ...... 1992-94 Heiden, Joanne ...... 2002 Jagerson, Sharon ...... 1979 Riemenschneider, Barb . . . . .1988-89 Ahlquist, Gail ...... 1988-91 Heisinger, Sara ...... 1993 Johnson, Chris ...... 1989-92 Riley, Kate ...... 1977-79 Anderson, Amy ...... 2004-07 Heitbrink, Laura ...... 1979 Johnson, Jennifer ...... 1983, 86 Rime, Angie ...... 1999-2002 Angner, Mackenzie ...... 2005-07 Heitzman, Robin ...... 1979-80 Johnson, Lindsey ...... 2002 Rolston, Nancy ...... 1983-84 Antonie, Pam ...... 1978-80 Hinrichs, Sara ...... 2004 Johnson, Paula ...... 1981 Rooney, Emily ...... 2005-07 Archer, Liz ...... 1998, 2000-02 Hoemann, Kelly ...... 1999-2002 Johnson, Rebecca ...... 1979-82 Rowe,Teresa ...... 1984-87 Artz, Diedra ...... 2006 Hruska, Kathleen ...... 2005 – K – – S – – B – – I – Kalbfell, Shannon ...... 1988-91 Sanders, Arika ...... 1994-97 Baartman, Carrie ...... 1989-90 Iwamoto, Melia ...... 2007 Kathol, Ashley ...... 2007 Sargent, Sarah ...... 1988-90 Barber, Julie ...... 1988-89 Kelley, Kathy ...... 1994-95 Schneider, Stacey ...... 1996-97 Behm, Stephanie ...... 2003-05 Keinholz, Jenny ...... 1989-90 Schultz, Janel ...... 1978-80 Biggerstaff, Sarah ...... 2001-04 Kessler, Peggy ...... 1978-80 Schuster, Alison ...... 1999-2000 Birrenkott, Lunette ...... 1975-77 Klusaw, Kristie ...... 2003-06 Simet, Sarah ...... 2001-04 Bitker, Rhonda ...... 2002 Krier, Jean ...... 1975-76 Sitton, Jenna Rae ...... 2007 Boll, Carley ...... 2003-04 Kryger,Tasha ...... 1985-87 Slagter, Laura ...... 2005-06 Boll, Jennifer ...... 1993-94 Smith, Betty ...... 1975 Bornhoft, Grethe ...... 1998-2001 – L – Smith, Bridget ...... 1995-96 Bostrom, Kim ...... 2001-04 Smith, Emily ...... 1993 Langford, Gwenn ...... 1981-84 Bozell, Connie ...... 1977 Smith,Tria ...... 1995-97 Larson, Karla ...... 1985-86 Brown, Michelle ...... 1989-92 Storms, Sarah ...... 1991-94 Lehnhoff,Traci ...... 1993 Burma, Paula ...... 1982-84 Stuewe, Dawn ...... 1987 Lichman, Nancy ...... 1975-77 Buryanek, Nancy ...... 1979-82 Stumps, Janet ...... 1977-79 Linderman, Kristin ...... 2000 Busch, Marci ...... 1995 Sturm, Shauna ...... 1998-2001 Livingston, Janice ...... 1975 Sudbeck, Julie ...... 1989-91 Lloyd, Becky ...... 1978 Swanson-Tordsen, April ...... 1991-94 – C – Lohrenz, Shelly ...... 1989 Carsrud, Laurie ...... 1978 Corlett, Cindy ...... 1976-78 – M – – T – Crevier,Tanya ...... 1975-76 Telford,Y. Carmella ...... 1975 Martin, Kristina ...... 2004-07 Tepley, Alissa ...... 2000-03 Miller, Sue ...... 1981-83 Thompson, Becca ...... 2003 – D – Mittelstadt, Lisa ...... 1985-87 Tonsfeldt, Annie ...... 1988 Dahl, Rachel ...... 2006-07 Mollner, Ericka ...... 1992 Tyler, Kim ...... 1978-80 Delker, Julie ...... 1981 Dent, Pat ...... 1976 – N – Dold, Jenni ...... 1992-95 – W – Nelson, Kris ...... 1975-76 Doschadis, Sara ...... 2002-05 Weaver, Della ...... 1975-77 Nelson, Sue ...... 1983-86 Drake, Daynica ...... 1998-2000 Weeks, Shari ...... 1981-84 Nihart, Julie ...... 1995-98 Dray, Annette ...... 1986 Weiland, Pam ...... 1975 Nikolaisen, Nicole ...... 1994 Wendland,Taran ...... 1984-87 Nitzchke, Kerri ...... 1988 Wernert, Stacey ...... 2006-07 – E – Noehren,Tressa ...... 1982 Wick, Lisa ...... 1985 Ebnet, Annie ...... 2001-02 Nygren, Laurie ...... 1976 Wicks, Cynthia ...... 1977-80 Ebnet, Joan ...... 2002 Wilde, Cheryl ...... 1980-81 Ebnet, Rose ...... 1997-2000 – O – Windschitl,Wendy ...... 1985-87 Olsen, Justine ...... 2005-07 Woitalewicz, Connie ...... 1977-78 – F – O’Neill,Wendy ...... 2000-03 Woodman, Sara ...... 1993-94 Force, Liz ...... 1996-99 Osadchuk, Mackenzie . . .2004, 06-07 Worklan, Sarah ...... 1996-99 Fottral, Amy ...... 1992 Freichels, Lisa . . . . .1989-90, 92-93 – P – – Y– Frisvold, Brenda ...... 1984-85 Pearson, Samantha ...... 2004-07 Yonker, Maureen ...... 1976-77 Fusco, Dana ...... 1991-94 Pedersen, Connie ...... 1996-99 Fusco, Linda ...... 1989-92 Peters, Nicole ...... 2007 – Z – Peterson-Rodel, Merridee ...... 1994-97 Zastrow, Julie ...... 1986-87 – G – Pfister, Heidi ...... 1986-87 Zaczkowski, Krista ...... 1995-98 Gothe, Lindsey ...... 2003 Polzin, Amanda ...... 2006 Gruber, Gretchen ...... 2000 Portner, Diane ...... 1980-81 Price, Kelly ...... 1984

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#1 MELIA IWAMOTO • 5-7 • SOPHOMORE • SETTER HONOLULU,HAWAII • KALINA H.S. • ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING MAJOR CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP-MP K E TA PCT. A SA SE RE DIGS BS BA BE BHE 2007…… 131-36 43 38 181 0.28 1,655 30 35 4 240 2 47 4 55 CAREER HIGHS KILLS ...... 4, at North Dakota State, 10/20/07 DIGS ...... 15, vs. Maine, 11/24/07 ATTEMPTS ...... 11, vs. IUPUI, 10/26/07 SOLO BLOCKS ...... 1, vs. Long Island, 9/8/07 ASSISTS ...... 72, at Sam Houston State, 9/1/07 BLOCK ASSISTS . . . . .6, vs. North Dakota State, 11/16/07 SERVICE ACES . . . . .4, three times, last at UMKC, 11/2/07 TOTAL BLOCKS ...... 6, vs. North Dakota State, 11/16/07

2007: Played in 131 of the team’s 132 games and in all 36 matches with 32 starts … tied SDSU record for set assists in a three-game match with 52 in a sweep of Centenary (11/9) … tied SDSU record for set assists in a four-game match with 72 in a win at Sam Houston State (9/1) … averaged 12.63 set assists per game … her 1,655 set assists already ranks eighth all-time at SDSU … recorded seven double- doubles on the season with set assists and digs … named to The Summit League’s All-Freshman team and to the all-tournament team at the Jackrabbit Invitational

BEFORE SDSU: Four-year varsity letter winner in volleyball at Kalani high school ... earned Division I first-team all-star and all-state honorable mention honors in 2006 ... conference Division I second-team all-star in 2005 ... fifth place at state, third in the conference in 2004 ... all-conference selection in 2003 and 2004 ... conference champion, third in state in 2003 ... played with the Pakela Volleyball club team in the annual Las Vegas Classic in 2004-06

30 GOJACKS.COM 2007 SUMMIT LEAGUE CHAMPIONS SOUTH DAKOTA STATE VOLLEYBALL #1 MELIA IWAMOTO

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#20 ASHLEY KATHOL • 6-1 • SOPHOMORE • RIGHT SIDE HITTER OMAHA,NEB. • SKUTT CATHOLIC H.S. • INTERIOR DESIGN MAJOR CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP-MP K E TA PCT. A SA SE RE DIGS BS BA BE BHE 2007…… 22-12 19 10 62 .145 4 2 10 1 15 0 10 1 1 CAREER HIGHS KILLS ...... 6, vs. Northern Colorado, 8/24/07 DIGS ...... 5, at Oral Roberts, 10/12/07 ATTEMPTS ...... 23, vs. Northern Colorado, 8/24/07 SOLO BLOCKS ...... ASSISTS . . . . .1, four times, last at Oral Roberts, 10/12/07 BLOCK ASSISTS ...... 5, vs. Northern Colorado, 8/24/07 SERVICE ACES ...... 2, vs. Northern Colorado, 8/24/07 TOTAL BLOCKS ...... 5, vs. Northern Colorado, 8/24/07

2007: Played in 22 games over 12 matches with 2 starts on the season … tallied a career-high six kills and a career-high five block assists in a season-opening win and in her collegiate debut against Northern Colorado (8/24) ... recorded at least one kill in eight matches and at least one dig in five matches

BEFORE SDSU: Named to the 2007 Nebraska All-Star team ... Earned all-Nebraska Class B second-team, all-conference and all-area honors in 2006 after helping lead Skutt Catholic to the Nebraska District 3-B championship and a berth in the state tournament ... Academic all-conference selection in both 2005 and 2006 ... gained further experience on the club level, playing for Club X-Treme, a two-time Junior Olympic national qualifier ... two-time academic all-conference honoree ... member of the National Honor Society ... also competed in track

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#13 NICOLE PETERS • 5-11 • SOPHOMORE • SETTER WINNEPEG,MANITOBA • WESTGATE MENNONITE COLLEGIATE • PRE-MED MAJOR CAREER STATISTICS YEAR GP-MP K E TA PCT. A SA SE RE DIGS BS BA BE BHE 2007…… 33-20 8 2 20 .300 118 5 13 1 35 0 6 1 7 CAREER HIGHS KILLS ...... 3, vs.Tulane, 8/31/07 DIGS ...... 9, vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, 8/31/07 ATTEMPTS ...... 6, at Washington State, 8/25/07 SOLO BLOCKS ...... ASSISTS ...... 32, at Washington State, 8/25/07 BLOCK ASSISTS ...... 2, vs. Portland, 8/25/07 SERVICE ACES ...... 2, vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, 8/31/07 TOTAL BLOCKS ...... 2, vs. Portland, 8/25/07

2007: Played 33 games in 20 matches with a pair of starts in her first season as Jackrabbit … opened her collegiate career with nine set assists, one service ace, one kill and one block assists in win over Northern Colorado (8/24) … recorded 20 set assists in her second career match against Portland (8/25) … followed that up with a career-high 32 set assists against Washington State on the same day … reached double-digit set assists two more times during the season … set a career-high with nine digs in a win over Louisiana-Lafayette (8/31) … named to The Summit League Academic All-League team

BEFORE SDSU: Led the undefeated Westgate Wings to the 2006 South Central Athletic Conference championship ... team co-captain, helped keep them ranked in the top 10 throughout the AAAA season ... earned graduating high school all-star honors in 2007 ... named to the Canadian 17 and under championships all-star and the provincial championships all-star teams ... earned provincial team honors in each of the last two years ... a past Manitoba Volleyball Association age group player of the year ... served as captain of the Big Sand Volleyball club team during from 2005-07 ... led club team to a third place finish at 2005 Club National championships ... played for Team Canada at the 2006 Scholar Athlete Games ... named to the all-star team nationals in 2006 ... provincial all-star setter in 2006 ... played on the Manitoba Provincial indoor volleyball team in 2005 ... Played on Manitoba beach volleyball team in 2004-05 ... Scholar Athlete award winner in 2005 and 2006 ... honor roll with distinction in 2005 ... honor roll in 2006

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2007 NCAA TOURNAMENT GOJACKS.COM 35 SDSU ATHLETICS MISSION STATEMENT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE VOLLEYBALL

VISION,MISSION & VALUES OF THE SDSU ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT Every undertaking of South Dakota State University is driven by a common force — a relentless commitment to excellence.Within the Athletic Department, excellence is measured by much more than wins and losses.We are committed to providing each and every student-athlete with a comprehensive collegiate experience that is second to none. Every decision that guides our program is made with the student-athlete in mind. Is Athletic Achievement important? Yes, because it is the fundamental purpose of the student-athlete experience. Is Social Responsibility a vital component? Yes, we expect to contribute to the well-being of our campus, community and state. How about Positive Student-Athlete Experiences and Competitive Success? Those also define our program because they are integral to the student athlete’s growth. That is what it means to be student-centered, and why our vision is:

VISION: To be a premier student-centered collegiate athletic program. How will SDSU Athletics achieve that vision? By working tire- lessly to create a special place where student-athletes who share our drive and determination can develop life skills that lead not only to athletic success, but pave the way for victories long into their lives.The important work of creating that setting is the heart of our mission:

MISSION: To passionately and relentlessly create an environment, rooted in sportsmanship and ethical conduct, where motivated student-athletes can develop into lifelong champions. To be a lifelong champion, one must maintain a discipline of taking the highest road. Similarly, SDSU is guided by a stringent value set that will not be compromised:

VALUES: Honesty, equity, academic integrity, fiscal integrity and social responsibility with the expectation of competing at the highest level.

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#14 REBECCA POEPPEL • 6-2 • SOPHOMORE • MIDDLE HITTER BELLE FOURCHE, S.D. • BELLE FOURCHE H.S. • NURSING MAJOR

2006: Redshirted

2007: Did not play

BEFORE SDSU: Came to SDSU after earning all-conference honors in 2005 at Belle Fourche High School ... volleyball and track team captain as a senior ... named athlete of the year in her senior year of high school ... led the Broncs to a district title as a junior ... qualified for the state track and field meet in the high jump, placing ninth at both the 2005 and 2006 championships ... featured as the KOTA-TV athlete of the week

#19 AMY CLEMENSEN • 6-0 • RS-FRESHMAN • OUTSIDE HITTER CONDE, S.D. • NORTHWESTERN H.S. • PRE-PHYSICAL THERAPY MAJOR

2007: Redshirted

BEFORE SDSU: 2006 South Dakota Class ‘B’ Miss Volleyball ... three-year starter for the four-time state champion Northwestern High School Wildcats... lost only seven matches in high school ... first-team all-state selection in 2005 and 2006 ... 2004 All-Lake Region Conference selection ... earned team top blocker award in 2004 ... Aberdeen American News Athlete of the Week in 2005 ... four-year letterwinner in volleyball, basketball and track ... named volleyball rookie of the year after her freshman season ... medley relay team qualified for the state track tournament in 2004 and 2005

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#6 TRISHA BIRR • 5-10 • FRESHMAN • OUTSIDE HITTER HURON, S.D. • HURON H.S. • BIOLOGY MAJOR

BEFORE SDSU: Four-time varsity letterwinner ... first-team all-state selection and all-tournament team selection in 2007 when she recorded 420 kills, 134 blocks and 113 digs ... earned All-Eastern South Dakota honors in 2006 and in 2007 ... named best offensive player on the team in 2006 by her teammates ... also earned four varsity letters in track and field and one in basketball ... 2007 ESD high jump champion ... teammates named her the team’s outstanding jumper in 2007 ... earned a place on the High Honor Roll in all four years of high school ... two-year member of the National Honor Society ... two-time perfect attendance award winner

#7 KELLI FIEGEN • 6-3 • FRESHMAN • MIDDLE BLOCKER PARKSTON, S.D. • PARKSTON H.S. • NURSING MAJOR

BEFORE SDSU: Five-time varsity letterwinner in volleyball, basketball and track & field ... earned volleyball all-conference and team MVP honors in 2004-07 ... Mitchell Daily Republic Player-of-the-Year and all-state selection in 2005 and in 2007 ... finished her high school career with 1,376 kills, 349 solo blocks and 119 block assists ... set the state tournament record for blocks per game in the 2007 ... earned all-conference honors in basketball from 2005-08 ... 2007 state discus champion ... named track MVP in 2006- 07 ... Academic Athletic Team Award winner from 2003-08 ... Roll of Excellence honoree from 2004-08 ... two-year member of the National Honor Society

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#4 MOLLY JANSSEN • 5-6 • FRESHMAN • DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST ARDEN HILLS,MINN. • MOUNDS VIEW H.S. • COMMUNICATIONS MAJOR

BEFORE SDSU: Two-time varsity letterwinner in volleyball … earned all-conference honorable mention as a team captain in 2007 … also named defensive MVP,Ms. Hustle and most inspirational by her teammates in 2007 … voted most improved in 2006 … recorded 361 digs and 32 service aces in high school … finished high school career with a .940 serving percentage … also earned three varsity letters in track & field … earned track & field all-conference and team most improved honors in 2005

#16 EMILY PALMER • 5-7 • FRESHMAN • DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST SIOUX FALLS, S.D. • LINCOLN H.S. • PRE-PHYSICAL THERAPY MAJOR

BEFORE SDSU: Three-time varsity letterwinner in volleyball … earned all-Greater Dakota Conference honorable mention in 2006 and all-GDC first-team honors in 2007 as a team captain … also named to the all-city and all-tournament teams in 2007 … earned academic all-state and academic all-conference in 2007 … finished her high school career with 547 kills, 824 digs, 92 aces and 40 blocks … also earned three varsity letters in basketball and one in track, where she earned most outstanding junior and MVP honors in 2007 … eight-time Scholar Athlete Award winner … three-time academic letterwinner … two-year member of the National Honor Society … three-year member of the Spanish National Honor Society 40 GOJACKS.COM 2007 SUMMIT LEAGUE CHAMPIONS SOUTH DAKOTA STATE VOLLEYBALL JACKRABBIT NEWCOMERS

#18 MARY SANDERFOOT • 6-1 • FRESHMAN • MIDDLE BLOCKER ROCHESTER,MINN. • CENTURY H.S. • NURSING MAJOR

BEFORE SDSU: Two-time varsity letterwinner at Century High School ... started every game in her junior and senior seasons ... finished high school career with 221 kills, 123 blocks and 59 services aces ... also gained valuable experience playing club ball for the Southern Minnesota Volleyball 17-1’s ... named most improved player and earned a nomi- nation for both offensive and defensive player of the year for SMV in 2007 ... honor roll student all four years of high school ... named student of the month in April, 2007 ... earned Big Nine Scholar athlete accolades in 2007-08 ... two-year member of the National Honor Society

#15 ELLYCE YOUNGREN • 6-2 • FRESHMAN • OUTSIDE HITTER BROOKINGS, S.D. • BROOKINGS H.S. • UNDECIDED MAJOR

BEFORE SDSU: Three-time varsity letterwinner … earned all- state, all-Eastern South Dakota and team MVP honors in 2006 and in 2007 … earned the Brookings Register Player-of-the- Year in 2007 … named to the Brookings Register team in 2006 and in 2007 … also earned three varsity letters in basketball ... named to the Brookings Register team and earned all-ESD and basketball honors in 2006-08 … named to the all-tournament team in 2008 … voted most improved player in 2006-07 … Academic all-state selection in 2007-08 … four-year honor roll student … four-time scholar athlete selection … named the Optimist Club Athlete of the Month in September 2007

2007 NCAA TOURNAMENT GOJACKS.COM 41 SDSU ADMINISTRATION SOUTH DAKOTA STATE VOLLEYBALL

DAVID CHICOINE FRED OIEN JIM BOOHER MYLO HELLICKSON PRESIDENT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR ATHLETIC TRAINER FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE A 1969 graduate of South Dr. Fred Oien became the Dr. James Booher was induct- Dr. Mylo Hellickson has been Dakota State, Dr. David Chicoine 11th director of athletics at ed into the National Athletic South Dakota State University’s took over as the 19th President in South Dakota State University Trainers Association Hall of Fame faculty representative to the SDSU history on January 1, 2007. on July 1, 1990. during the summer of 1998. North Central Conference and Prior to his return to SDSU, the Oien earned his bachelor’s He heads one of the top athletic NCAA since 1977, and as such Elk Point native served as the vice degree at SDSU in 1972 and training operations not only in also is chairman of the Athletic, president for technology and eco- has been on the SDSU staff the Upper Midwest, but the Intramural and Recreation nomic development at the since 1979, serving as athletic country. Committee on campus. University of Illinois. business/ticket manager from He has been responsible for Hellickson recently returned to In addition to his agribusiness the development and growth of degree from SDSU, Chicoine holds 1981 until his appointment as the classroom as a professor in the athletic training-physical master’s degrees in economics director of athletics. agricultural engineering after therapy program at SDSU and from Western Illinois University A 1968 graduate of Baltic serving several years as director has had exceptional results in and in agriculture economics from (S.D.) High School, Oien added of agriculture Extension at the University of Delaware. He a master’s degree at SDSU in placing students as they SDSU. He has been on the earned his Ph.D. in agriculture 1975, before completing his advance toward their physical SDSU staff since 1969, serving economics from the University of doctorate (Ed.D) at the therapy degree. as a professor in agricultural Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. University of Massachusetts- A native of Ashland, Neb., engineering until he was An accomplished applied eco- Amherst in 1979. Booher earned a bachelor’s appointed as head of that nomics scholar, Chicoine earned Oien taught physical educa- degree in biology at Nebraska department during the summer recognition and numerous awards tion and health at the Brookings Wesleyan in 1965. of 1982. in writing more than 100 scholar- Middle School from 1973-76, He received physical therapy Dr. Hellickson’s specialty has ly publications. He also sat on during which time he served as training at the Mayo Clinic in been in the area of livestock the board of trustees for the varsity golf coach for both boys Rochester, Minn., then earned a structures and environment with Chicago-based Farm Foundation and girls, and middle school master’s degree in HPER at recent emphasis on solar energy and served as a trustee of Carle basketball and football coach. SDSU in 1969. He completed use in agriculture. Foundation Hospital in Urbana, His golf teams won state cham- his doctorate at the University of A native of Belfield, N.D., he Illinois. He also served on the pionships for both boys and Utah in 1976. earned a bachelor’s degree in board of the John Warner Bank in girls. Oien also coached Booher has been on the SDSU agricultural engineering from Clinton, Illinois, and as a board women’s golf at SDSU, guiding staff since 1967, although he North Dakota State University in member of the Champaign the Jackrabbits to one North split time between the university 1964, added a master’s degree County Community Foundation. Central Conference champi- and the Brookings Hospital until in ag engineering from NDSU in Chicoine’s father, Roland, who 1975, when he became a full- served 18 years in the South onship.The SDSU women’s golf 1966, then earned a Ph.D. in time staff member at SDSU. Dakota Legislature, attended team of 1982 was voted South engineering at West Virginia Co-author of a textbook entitled SDSU prior to World War II. All Dakota Women’s College Team University in 1969. “Athletic Injury Assessment,” seven of Chicoine’s siblings also of the Year. Hellickson was presented the attended SDSU. In 1986, South Booher also is a member of the North Central Conference Dakota State honored the Roland North Central Conference, the Meritorious Service Award at the and Evelyn Chicoine family by South Dakota Athletic Trainers November 1990 meeting. naming them the SDSU Family of Association and South Dakota the Year. Sports halls of fame.

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SOUTHEAST MISSOURI IDAHO MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE AT BLUE RAIDER BASH AT BLUE RAIDER BASH AT BLUE RAIDER BASH MURFREESBORO,TENN. MURFREESBORO,TENN. MURFREESBORO,TENN.

• FRIDAY,AUGUST 29 – 4:30 P.M. • SATURDAY,AUGUST 30 – 10 A.M. • SATURDAY,AUGUST 30 – 7:30 P.M.

QUICK FACTS QUICK FACTS QUICK FACTS LOCATION: Cape Girardeau, Missouri LOCATION: Moscow, Idaho LOCATION: Murfreesboro,Tennesse FOUNDED: 1873 FOUNDED: 1889 FOUNDED: 1911 ENROLLMENT: 10,665 ENROLLMENT: 11,739 ENROLLMENT: 23,246 NICKNAME: Redhawks NICKNAME: Vandals NICKNAME: Blue Raiders COLORS: Red, White & Black COLORS: Silver & Vandal Gold COLORS: Royal Blue & White HOME COURT: Houck Fieldhouse HOME COURT: Memorial Gym HOME COURT: Alumni Memorial Gym CAPACITY: 1,000 CAPACITY: 1,500 CAPACITY: 2,000 AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I CONFERENCE: Ohio Valley CONFERENCE: Western Athletic CONFERENCE: Sun Belt PRESIDENT: Dr. Kenneth W. Dobbins PRESIDENT: Dr. Tim White PRESIDENT: Dr. Sidney A. McPhee ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Don Kaverman ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Dr. Rob Spear ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Chris Massaro SWA: Cindy Gannon SWA: Maureen Regan SWA: Diane Turnham

COACHING STAFF COACHING STAFF COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH: Renata Nowacki HEAD COACH: Debbie Buchanan HEAD COACH: Matt Peck ALMA MATER: Ole Miss, 2001 ALMA MATER: Southern Cal, 1996 ALMA MATER: Michigan, 1980 RECORD AT SCHOOL: 52-46,Three Years RECORD AT SCHOOL: 115-122, Eight Years RECORD AT SCHOOL: 62-29, Four Years CAREER RECORD: Same CAREER RECORD: Same CAREER RECORD: 615-225, 24 Years ASSISTANT COACH: Jeremiah Larsen ASSISTANT COACHES: Mike Bryant, Moritz Moritz ASST.COACHES: Jeff Motluck, Amy Hendrichovsky

TEAM INFORMATION TEAM INFORMATION TEAM INFORMATION 2007 RECORD: 20-12 2007 RECORD: 13-17 2007 RECORD: 35-3 CONFERENCE RECORD/FINISH: 15-5/T-1st CONFERENCE RECORD/FINISH: 9-7/5th CONFERENCE RECORD/FINISH: 16-1/1st STARTERS RETURNING/LOST: 5 + Libero/1 STARTERS RETURNING/LOST: 6/0 STARTERS RETURNING/LOST: 4/2 + Libero LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST: 9/3 LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST: 9/2 LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST: 9/4

SPORTS INFORMATION SPORTS INFORMATION SPORTS INFORMATION VOLLEYBALL CONTACT: Patrick Clark VOLLEYBALL CONTACT: Ian Klei VOLLEYBALL CONTACT: Jessica Stauffacher OFFICE PHONE: (573) 651-2937 OFFICE PHONE: (208) 885-0211 OFFICE PHONE: (615) 904-8115 CELL PHONE: (618) 593-7281 CELL PHONE: (509) 994-6499 CELL PHONE: (615) 631-9523 E-MAIL: [email protected] E-MAIL: [email protected] E-MAIL: [email protected] ATHLETIC WEBSITE: GoSoutheast.com ATHLETIC WEBSITE: GoVandals.com ATHLETIC WEBSITE: GoBlueRaiders.com

SERIES NOTES SERIES NOTES SERIES NOTES First Meeting First Meeting First Meeting

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MIAMI (FLA.) ALABAMA VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH AT HURRICANE INVITATIONAL AT HURRICANE INVITATIONAL AT HURRICANE INVITATIONAL MIAMI,FLA. MIAMI,FLA. MIAMI,FLA.

• THURSDAY,SEPTEMBER 4 – 6 P.M. ET • FRIDAY,SEPTEMBER 5 – 10 A.M. ET • FRIDAY,SEPTEMBER 5 – 2 P.M. ET

QUICK FACTS QUICK FACTS QUICK FACTS LOCATION: Coral Gables, Florida LOCATION: Tuscaloosa, Alabama LOCATION: Richmond,Virginia FOUNDED: 1925 FOUNDED: 1831 FOUNDED: 1838 ENROLLMENT: 15,449 ENROLLMENT: 25,580 ENROLLMENT: 32,000 NICKNAME: Hurricanes NICKNAME: Crimson Tide NICKNAME: Rams COLORS: Orange, Green & White COLORS: Crimson & White COLORS: Black & Gold HOME COURT: Knight Sports Complex HOME COURT: Coleman Auxiliary Volleyball Extension HOME COURT: Alltel Pavilion CAPACITY: 1,200 CAPACITY: 1,000 CAPACITY: 7,500 AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I CONFERENCE: Atlantic Coast CONFERENCE: Southeastern (Western Division) CONFERENCE: Colonial Athletic Association PRESIDENT: Dr. Donna E. Shalala PRESIDENT: Dr. Robert E.Witt PRESIDENT: Dr. Eugene P.Trani ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Kirby Hocutt ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Mal Moore ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Norwood Teague SWA: Connie Nickel SWA: Marie Robbins SWA: Pat Stauffer

COACHING STAFF COACHING STAFF COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH: Nicole Lantagne Welch HEAD COACH: Judy Green HEAD COACH: James Finley ALMA MATER: Maryland, 1994 ALMA MATER: Western Carolina, 1984 ALMA MATER: Sul Ross State, 1983 RECORD AT SCHOOL: 125-81, Seven Years RECORD AT SCHOOL: 202-180, 12 Years RECORD AT SCHOOL: 50-51,Three Years CAREER RECORD: Same CAREER RECORD: 598-254, 22 Years CAREER RECORD: 137-37, Four Years ASSISTANT COACHES: Felix Hou, Laura Kuhn ASSISTANT COACHES: Ben Boldt, Josh Lauer ASSISTANT COACHES: Yue Liu, Antonio Pavlov

TEAM INFORMATION TEAM INFORMATION TEAM INFORMATION 2007 RECORD: 14-17 2007 RECORD: 15-15 2007 RECORD: 12-21 CONFERENCE RECORD/FINISH: 8-14/T-8th CONFERENCE RECORD/FINISH: 12-8/3rd West CONFERENCE RECORD/FINISH: 6-8/8th STARTERS RETURNING/LOST: 5 + Libero/1 STARTERS RETURNING/LOST: 3/3 STARTERS RETURNING/LOST: 5 + Libero/1 LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST: 11/2 LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST: 9/4 LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST: 8/4

SPORTS INFORMATION SPORTS INFORMATION SPORTS INFORMATION VOLLEYBALL CONTACT: Bryan Harvey VOLLEYBALL CONTACT: Roots Woodruff (Interim) VOLLEYBALL CONTACT: Chris Kowalczyk OFFICE PHONE: (305) 284-3249 OFFICE PHONE: (205) 348-2088 OFFICE PHONE: (804) 828-8818 OFFICE FAX: (305) 284-2807 OFFICE FAX: (205) 348-8841 CELL PHONE: (330) 348-6869 E-MAIL: [email protected] E-MAIL: [email protected] E-MAIL: [email protected] ATHLETIC WEBSITE: HurricaneSports.com ATHLETIC WEBSITE: RollTide.com ATHLETIC WEBSITE: VCUAthletics.com

SERIES NOTES SERIES NOTES SERIES NOTES First Meeting First Meeting First Meeting

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NORTH FLORIDA FLORIDA STATE ORAL ROBERTS AT SEMINOLE TRI-TOURNAMENT AT SEMINOLE TRI-TOURNAMENT FROST ARENA TALLAHASSE,FLA. TALLAHASSE,FLA. • FRIDAY,SEPTEMBER 19 – 7 P.M. ------COOPER AEROBICS CENTER • SATURDAY,SEPTEMBER 6 – 3 P.M. ET • SUNDAY,SEPTEMBER 7 – 12 P.M. ET • THURSDAY,OCTOBER 23 – 7 P.M.

QUICK FACTS QUICK FACTS QUICK FACTS LOCATION: Jacksonville, Florida LOCATION: Tallahassee, Florida LOCATION: Tulsa, Oklahoma FOUNDED: 1965 FOUNDED: 1851 FOUNDED: 1963 ENROLLMENT: 17,000 ENROLLMENT: 41,065 ENROLLMENT: 5,109 NICKNAME: Ospreys SYMBOL: Seminole NICKNAME: Golden Eagles COLORS: Navy Blue & Gray COLORS: Garnet & Gold COLORS: Navy Blue, Vegas Gold & White HOME COURT: UNF Arena HOME COURT: Lucy McDaniel Court HOME COURT: Cooper Aerobics Center CAPACITY: 5,800 CAPACITY: 1,162 CAPACITY: 350 AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I (Provisional) AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I CONFERENCE: Atlantic Sun CONFERENCE: Atlantic Coast CONFERENCE: The Summit League PRESIDENT: John Delaney PRESIDENT: Dr.T.K.Wetherell PRESIDENT: TBD ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Dr. Richard Gropper ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Randy Spetman ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Mike Carter SWA: Kathy Klein SWA: Kellie Elliott SWA: Rhonda Fowler

COACHING STAFF COACHING STAFF COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH: Kevin Campbell HEAD COACH: Chris Poole HEAD COACH: Sheera Sirola ALMA MATER: Nebraska-Omaha, 1995 ALMA MATER: Arkansas Tech, 1984 ALMA MATER: Oral Roberts, 1998 RECORD AT SCHOOL: 4-26, One Year RECORD AT SCHOOL: 0-0, First Year RECORD AT SCHOOL: 104-63, Five Years CAREER RECORD: Same CAREER RECORD: 550-230, 21 Years CAREER RECORD: Same ASSISTANT COACHES: Janice Pressley, Krista Carpenedo ASSISTANT COACHES: Holly Watts, Gokhan Yilmaz ASSISTANT COACHES: Darrell Pearson, Jani Hagen

TEAM INFORMATION TEAM INFORMATION TEAM INFORMATION 2007 RECORD: 4-26 2007 RECORD: 16-14 2007 RECORD: 16-14 CONFERENCE RECORD/FINISH: 1-10/12th CONFERENCE RECORD/FINISH: 13-9/5th CONFERENCE RECORD/FINISH: 11-5/T-5th STARTERS RETURNING/LOST: 3/2 + Libero STARTERS RETURNING/LOST: 3/1 + Libero STARTERS RETURNING/LOST: 5 + Libero/1 LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST: 5/4 LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST: 9/6 LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST: 9 + Libero/1

SPORTS INFORMATION SPORTS INFORMATION SPORTS INFORMATION VOLLEYBALL CONTACT: Eric Scott VOLLEYBALL CONTACT: Katy Baker VOLLEYBALL CONTACT: Ashley McWilliams OFFICE PHONE: (904) 620-4029 OFFICE PHONE: (850) 645-7683 OFFICE PHONE: (918) 495-6646 CELL PHONE: (904) 885-2171 CELL PHONE: (850) 694-3317 CELL PHONE: (918) 809-5801 E-MAIL: [email protected] E-MAIL: [email protected] E-MAIL: [email protected] ATHLETIC WEBSITE: UNFOspreys.com ATHLETIC WEBSITE: Seminoles.com ATHLETIC WEBSITE: orugoldeneagles.com

SERIES NOTES SERIES NOTES SERIES NOTES The Jacks downed the Ospreys 3-0 in their only First Meeting Series tied 1-1, with each team winning on its meeting on Sept. 9, 2006 in Ft.Wayne, Ind. home floor last season.

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MISSOURI STATE NORTHERN IOWA NORTH DAKOTA STATE FROST ARENA MCLEOD CENTER BENTSON BUNKER FIELDHOUSE BROOKINGS, S.D. CEDAR FALLS,IOWA • SATURDAY,SEPTEMBER 27 – 7 P.M. ------FROST ARENA • SUNDAY,SEPTEMBER 21 – 12 P.M. • TUESDAY,SEPTEMBER 23 – 7 P.M. • SATURDAY,OCTOBER 25 – 7 P.M.

QUICK FACTS QUICK FACTS QUICK FACTS LOCATION: Springfield, Missouri LOCATION: Cedar Falls, Iowa LOCATION: Fargo, North Dakota FOUNDED: 1905 FOUNDED: 1876 FOUNDED: 1890 ENROLLMENT: 21,407 ENROLLMENT: 12,609 ENROLLMENT: 12,527 (Fall 2007) NICKNAME: Bears NICKNAME: Panthers NICKNAME: Bison COLORS: Maroon & White COLORS: Purple & Old Gold COLORS: Yellow & Green HOME COURT: Hammons Student Center HOME COURT: McLeod Center HOME COURT: Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse CAPACITY: 8,846 CAPACITY: 7,018 CAPACITY: 2,100 AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I CONFERENCE: Missouri Valley CONFERENCE: Missouri Valley CONFERENCE: The Summit League PRESIDENT: Dr. Michael Nietzel PRESIDENT: Dr. Benjamin Allen PRESIDENT: Dr. Joseph A. Chapman ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Bill Rowe ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Troy Dannen ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Gene Taylor SWA: Casey Comoroski SWA: Bobbi Petersen SWA: Lynn Dorn

COACHING STAFF COACHING STAFF COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH: Melissa Stokes HEAD COACH: Bobbi Petersen HEAD COACH: Erich Hinterstocker ALMA MATER: San Diego State, 1991 ALMA MATER: Northern Iowa, 1990 ALMA MATER: National College of Chiropractic, 2000 RECORD AT SCHOOL: 270-122, 12 Years RECORD AT SCHOOL: 203-61, Eight Years RECORD AT SCHOOL: 37-21,Two Years CAREER RECORD: Same CAREER RECORD: Same CAREER RECORD: Same ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Jeni Jones ASSISTANT COACHES: Kalani Mahi, Kim Davis ASSISTANT COACHES: Kari Thompson, Dave Manka

TEAM INFORMATION TEAM INFORMATION TEAM INFORMATION 2007 RECORD: 25-8 2007 RECORD: 22-11 2007 RECORD: 20-8 CONFERENCE RECORD/FINISH: 14-4/2nd CONFERENCE RECORD/FINISH: 14-4/T-2nd CONFERENCE RECORD/FINISH: 12-4/2nd STARTERS RETURNING/LOST: 3/3 + Libero STARTERS RETURNING/LOST: 3 + Libero/3 STARTERS RETURNING/LOST: 5/1 + Libero LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST: 8/3 LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST: 10/5 LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST: 7/2

SPORTS INFORMATION SPORTS INFORMATION SPORTS INFORMATION VOLLEYBALL CONTACT: Ben Adamson VOLLEYBALL CONTACT: Josh Lehman VOLLEYBALL CONTACT: Ryan Perreault OFFICE PHONE: (417) 836-5402 OFFICE PHONE: (319) 273-3642 OFFICE PHONE: (701) 231-8331 CELL PHONE: (405) 742-7585 CELL PHONE: (319) 415-1703 CELL PHONE: (701) 793-0521 E-MAIL: [email protected] E-MAIL: [email protected] E-MAIL: [email protected] ATHLETIC WEBSITE: MissouriStateBears.com ATHLETIC WEBSITE: UNIpanthers.com ATHLETIC WEBSITE: GoBison.com

SERIES NOTES SERIES NOTES SERIES NOTES The Bears lead the series 1-0 after beating the The Panthers lead the all-time series 2-0, with The Jacks and Bison split a pair of five-game Jackrabbits 3-0 on Oct. 7, 2007 in Springfield. wins over the Jacks in 1976 and in 1981. matches in 2007, with each team winning at home.

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IPFW OAKLAND WESTERN ILLINOIS HILLIARD GATES SPORTS CENTER ‘O’ RENA FROST ARENA • FRIDAY,OCTOBER 3 – 7 P.M. ET • SATURDAY,OCTOBER 4 – 7 P.M. • FRIDAY,OCTOBER 10 – 7 P.M. ------FROST ARENA FROST ARENA WESTERN HALL • SATURDAY,NOVEMBER 8 – 7 P.M. • FRIDAY,NOVEMBER 7 – 7 P.M. • SATURDAY,NOVEMBER 1 – 7 P.M.

QUICK FACTS QUICK FACTS QUICK FACTS LOCATION: Fort Wayne, Indiana LOCATION: Rochester, Michigan LOCATION: Macomb, Illinois FOUNDED: 1964 FOUNDED: 1957 FOUNDED: 1899 ENROLLMENT: 11,757 ENROLLMENT: 18,192 ENROLLMENT: 13,331 NICKNAME: Mastodons NICKNAME: Golden Grizzlies NICKNAME: Westerwinds COLORS: Royal Blue & White COLORS: Gold & Black COLORS: Purple & Gold HOME COURT: Hilliard Gates Sports Center HOME COURT: Athletics Center O’Rena HOME COURT: Brophy Hall/Western Hall CAPACITY: 2,500 CAPACITY: 4,000 CAPACITY: 800/5,139 AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I CONFERENCE: The Summit League CONFERENCE: The Summit League CONFERENCE: The Summit League CHANCELLOR: Dr. MIchael A Wartel PRESIDENT: Dr. Gary D. Russi PRESIDENT: Dr. Alvin Goldfarb ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Tommy Bell ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Tracy Huth ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Dr.Tim M.Van Alstine SWA: Kelley Hartley Hutton SWA: Stacy Mosely SWA: Kathy Orban

COACHING STAFF COACHING STAFF COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH: Kelley Hartley Hutton HEAD COACH: Rob Beam HEAD COACH: Kym McKay ALMA MATER: Toledo, 1991 ALMA MATER: Clarke College, 1996 ALMA MATER: St. Francis, 1996 RECORD AT SCHOOL: 193-94, Nine Years RECORD AT SCHOOL: 8-21, One Year RECORD AT SCHOOL: 69-110, Six Years CAREER RECORD: 330-161, 14 Years CAREER RECORD: Same CAREER RECORD: Same ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Stephen Florio ASSISTANT COACHES: Kelly Price, Eric Lindstrom ASSISTANT COACHES: Steve Williams, Joy Otto

TEAM INFORMATION TEAM INFORMATION TEAM INFORMATION 2007 RECORD: 21-11 2007 RECORD: 8-21 2007 RECORD: 15-16 CONFERENCE RECORD/FINISH: 12-4/T-2nd CONFERENCE RECORD/FINISH: 4-12/7th CONFERENCE RECORD/FINISH: 11-5/T-4th STARTERS RETURNING/LOST: 5/2 + Libero STARTERS RETURNING/LOST: 6/1 STARTERS RETURNING/LOST: 3 + Libero/3 LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST: 10/4 LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST: 12/3 LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST: 7/3

SPORTS INFORMATION SPORTS INFORMATION SPORTS INFORMATION VOLLEYBALL CONTACT: Bill Salyer VOLLEYBALL CONTACT: Paul Smith VOLLEYBALL CONTACT: Katie Kane OFFICE PHONE: (260) 481-0729 OFFICE PHONE: (248) 370-3123 OFFICE PHONE: (309) 298-11-33 CELL PHONE: (814) 282-9797 CELL PHONE: (586) 337-6841 CELL PHONE: (630) 269-0406 E-MAIL: [email protected] E-MAIL: [email protected] E-MAIL: [email protected] ATHLETIC WEBSITE: GoMastodons.com ATHLETIC WEBSITE: OUGrizzlies.com ATHLETIC WEBSITE: WIUAthletics.com

SERIES NOTES SERIES NOTES SERIES NOTES The teams split the regular season meetings in The Jacks lead the all-time series 2-0 after sweep- The Jacks lead the all-time series 2-0 after sweep- 2007, but SDSU beat IPFW for the league title. ing the season series in 2007. ing the season series in 2007.

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IUPUI CENTENARY UMKC FROST ARENA FROST ARENA FROST ARENA • SATURDAY,OCTOBER 11 – 7 P.M. • FRIDAY,OCTOBER 17 – 7 P.M. • SATURDAY,OCTOBER 18 – 4 P.M. ------THE JUNGLE GOLD DOME SWINNEY RECREATION CENTER • FRIDAY,OCTOBER 31 – 7 P.M. ET • SUNDAY,NOVEMBER 16 – 3 P.M. • FRIDAY,NOVEMBER 14 – 5 P.M.

QUICK FACTS QUICK FACTS QUICK FACTS LOCATION: Indianapolis, Indiana LOCATION: Shreveport, Louisiana LOCATION: Kansas City, Missouri FOUNDED: 1969 FOUNDED: 1825 FOUNDED: 1933 ENROLLMENT: 29,933 ENROLLMENT: 910 ENROLLMENT: 14,221 NICKNAME: Jaguars NICKNAME: Ladies NICKNAME: Kangaroos COLORS: Red, Gold & Black COLORS: Maroon & White COLORS: Blue & Gold HOME COURT: The Jungle HOME COURT: Gold Dome HOME COURT: Swinney Recreation Center CAPACITY: 1,215 CAPACITY: 3,000 CAPACITY: 1,500 AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I CONFERENCE: The Summit League CONFERENCE: The Summit League CONFERENCE: The Summit League CHANCELLOR: Chrles R. Bantz PRESIDENT: Dr. Kenneth L. Schwab CHANCELLOR: Guy Bailey ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Michael R. Moore ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Dr.Tom Tallach ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Tim Hall SWA: Angie Torain SWA: Terry Ennis SWA: Carla Wilson

COACHING STAFF COACHING STAFF COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH: Steve Payne HEAD COACH: Dan Gwitt HEAD COACH: Geno Frugoli ALMA MATER: Northern Illinois, 1987 ALMA MATER: Penn State, 2007 ALMA MATER: UNLV, 1992 RECORD AT SCHOOL: 150-195, 11 Years RECORD AT SCHOOL: 1-9, First Full Season RECORD AT SCHOOL: 5-27, One Year CAREER RECORD: Same CAREER RECORD: Same CAREER RECORD: 54-101, Five Years ASSISTANT COACHES: Kristine Wheeler, Aaron Adams ASSISTANT COACH: Katie Price ASSISTANT COACHES: Joan Rickert, Derick White

TEAM INFORMATION TEAM INFORMATION TEAM INFORMATION 2007 RECORD: 13-17 2007 RECORD: 2-28 2007 RECORD: 5-27 CONFERENCE RECORD/FINISH: 6-10/6th CONFERENCE RECORD/FINISH: 1-15/9th CONFERENCE RECORD/FINISH: 2-14/8th STARTERS RETURNING/LOST: 4 + Libero/2 STARTERS RETURNING/LOST: 1/5 + Libero STARTERS RETURNING/LOST: 4 + Libero/2 LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST: 9/2 LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST: 1/7 + Libero LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST: 8/4

SPORTS INFORMATION SPORTS INFORMATION SPORTS INFORMATION VOLLEYBALL CONTACT: Bill Potter VOLLEYBALL CONTACT: David Pratt VOLLEYBALL CONTACT: James Allan OFFICE PHONE: (317) 278-3619 OFFICE PHONE: (318) 869-5092 OFFICE PHONE: (816) 235-1034 CELL PHONE: (317) 626-6902 CELL PHONE: (318) 773-9710 CELL PHONE: (319) 621-7893 E-MAIL: [email protected] E-MAIL: [email protected] E-MAIL: [email protected] ATHLETIC WEBSITE: IUPUIJags.com ATHLETIC WEBSITE: GoCentenary.com ATHLETIC WEBSITE: UMKCKangaroos.com

SERIES NOTES SERIES NOTES SERIES NOTES The Jacks lead the all-time series 2-0 after sweep- The Jacks lead the all-time series 2-0 after sweep- The Jacks lead the all-time series 4-0, including ing the season series in 2007. ing the season series in 2007. three 3-0 sweeps and one 3-1 win.

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DRAKE SOUTH DAKOTA THE SUMMIT LEAGUE TOURNAMENT COOPER AEROBICS CENTER FROST ARENA STATE UNIVERSITY ROOKINGS TULSA,OKLA. B , S.D. 1047 16TH AVENUE FRIDAY,NOVEMBER 21 BOX 2820 • MONDAY,OCTOBER 20 – 7 P.M. – BROOKINGS, S.D. 57007 SATURDAY,NOVEMBER 22

QUICK FACTS QUICK FACTS THE SUMMIT LEAGUE QUICK FACTS LOCATION: Des Moines, Iowa LOCATION: Brookings, South Dakota LOCATION: 340 W. Butterfield Road, Suite 3-D FOUNDED: 1881 FOUNDED: 1881 Elmhurst, Illinois 60126 ENROLLMENT: 5,366 ENROLLMENT: 11,706 (Fall 2007) PHONE: (630) 516-0661 NICKNAME: Bulldogs NICKNAME: Jackrabbits FAX: (630) 516-0673 COLORS: Blue & White COLORS: Blue & Yellow HOME COURT: Knapp Center HOME COURT: Frost Arena CAPACITY: 7,002 CAPACITY: 6,500 STAFF INFORMATION AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I FFILIATION IVISION A : NCAA D I COMMISSIONER:Tom Douple CONFERENCE: Missouri Valley ONFERENCE C : The Summit League ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER: Ed Grom PRESIDENT: Dr. David Maxwell RESIDENT P : Dr. David Chicoine ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER: Myndee Kay Larsen ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: Sandy Hatfield Clubb THLETIC IRECTOR A D : Dr. Fred Oien DIRECTOR OF MEDIA RELATIONS: Hope Wagner SWA: Jean Berger SWA: Kathy Heylens ASST.DIRECTOR OF MEDIA RELATIONS: Greg Mette DIRECTOR OF MARKETING: Vanessa Quimpo COACHING STAFF COACHING STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Brenda Hilton EAD OACH H C : Phil McDaniel HEAD COACH: Nana Allison-Brewer ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATIVE INTERN: Jeff Wingert LMA ATER A M : Culver-Stockton, 1996 ALMA MATER: New Mexico, 2000 MEDIA RELATIONS INTERN: Lindy Zamora ECORD AT CHOOL R S : 0-0, First Year RECORD AT SCHOOL: 0-0, First Year COMPLIANCE INTERN: Erica Houck AREER ECORD C R : Same CAREER RECORD: Same SSISTANT OACH A C : Erin Hirsch ASSISTANT COACH: Kim Fletcher ALMA MATER: Notre Dame, 2004 MEDIA RELATIONS EAM NFORMATION T I GRADUATE ASSISTANT COACH: Jaymie Swift VOLLEYBALL CONTACT: Hope Wagner 2007 RECORD: 7-23 ALMA MATER: Texas-El Paso, 2006 OFFICE PHONE: (630) 516-0661 CONFERENCE RECORD/FINISH: 4-14/8th CELL PHONE: (630) 441-8868 STARTERS RETURNING/LOST: 4/2 TEAM INFORMATION E-MAIL: [email protected] LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST: 9/2 EBSITE 2007 RECORD: 25-11 W : TheSummitLeague.org CONFERENCE RECORD/FINISH: 13-3/1st SPORTS INFORMATION STARTERS RETURNING/LOST: 2/4 + Libero VOLLEYBALL CONTACT: Sean Palchick LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST: 6/7 OFFICE PHONE: (515) 271-4147 CELL PHONE: (515) 208-8279 E-MAIL: [email protected] SPORTS INFORMATION ATHLETIC WEBSITE: GoDrakeBulldogs.com VOLLEYBALL CONTACT: Ryan Sweeter OFFICE PHONE: (605) 688-4822 SERIES NOTES CELL PHONE: (605) 376-4422 The Jacks lead the all-time series 6-0, including a E-MAIL: [email protected] 3-0 sweep on Nov. 5, 2007, in Des Moines, Iowa. ATHLETIC WEBSITE: GOJACKS.COM

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Now in its 27th year as an NCAA Division 1985-86 I athletics conference,The Summit League • Cleveland State earns the AMCU’s first enters its second year under that name. national recognition in the NCAA Men’s In May 2007, the Presidents Council Basketball Tournament, upsetting No. 3 embraced the Summit Plan, a strategic plan seed Indiana on their way to the Sweet 16. that places a renewed emphasis on improv- • Southwest Missouri State begins a string ing the academic and athletic performances of five consecutive postseason appear- 340 W. Butterfield Road, Suite 3-D of all its student-athletes. ances by reaching the NIT quarterfinals. The plan includes the creation of a new Elmhurst, Illinois 60126 image of the league and the unveiling of a 1987-88 PHONE: (630) 516-0661 new name.The Summit League is the third • Jerry Ippoliti replaces Ferzacca as FAX: (630) 516-0673 name the conference has held as an NCAA commissioner. sanctioned league. • Eastern Illinois’ Jim Maton is the league’s THE SUMMIT LEAGUE STAFF The Summit League’s current member first NCAA national champion, winning schools include Centenary College of the 800-meter run at the NCAA Indoor Louisiana, IPFW (Indiana University-Purdue Track Championship. University-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis), • The AMCU sends two teams to men’s UMKC (University of Missouri-Kansas City), basketball postseason play for the third North Dakota State University, Oakland straight season. University, Oral Roberts University, South 1989-90 Dakota State University, Southern Utah • The AMCU sends a conference-record Tom Douple Myndee Kay Larsen University and Western Illinois University. three teams to postseason play in men’s Commissioner Associate Commissioner The member schools pride themselves on basketball, including Northern Iowa, providing quality athletic, academic and which upsets third-seeded Missouri in the social experiences for their student-athletes. first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Summit League sponsors 19 champi- • The AMCU changes its name to the Mid- onship sports, which include: baseball, Continent Conference. men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s 1991-92 golf, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, • The league announces its plans to begin men’s and women’s swimming & diving, sponsoring women’s athletics – strength- Vanessa Quimpo Hope Wagner men’s and women’s indoor track & field, ened by the membership of seven former Director of Marketing Director of Media Relations men’s and women’s outdoor track & field, North Star Conference members – the men’s and women’s tennis, and volleyball. following year with the debut of six championship sports. A review of The Summit League’s high- • Eastern Illinois’ Dan Steele wins the 400- lights over the past 26 years: meter intermediate hurdles at the NCAA 1982-83 Outdoor Track & Field Championship. • The Association of Mid-Continent 1992-93 Universities is founded with “Frosty” • UW-Milwaukee wins the first Mid-Con- Greg Mette Brenda Hilton Ferzacca as its first commissioner. Assistant Director of Office Manager sponsored women’s championship when Media Relations • The initial AMCU line-up includes it takes home the cross country crown. Cleveland State, Eastern Illinois, UIC, • Northern Illinois makes the first NCAA ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATIVE INTERN Northern Iowa, Missouri State,Valparaiso, appearance by a Mid-Con women’s team Jeff Wingert Western Illinois and Green Bay. in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tourney.

MEDIA RELATIONS INTERN 1983-84 • Wright State’s Brian Anderson is the third Lindy Zamora • Green Bay and Eastern Illinois each play overall pick in the Major League Baseball in the NCAA Men’s Soccer Tournament, draft after winning his second consecutive COMPLIANCE INTERN making them the league’s first NCAA Mid-Con Pitcher of the Year award. Tourney teams in any sport. Erica Houck (continued on next page)

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1993-94 2000-01 • The Mid-Con sends two teams (UMKC, • Northern Illinois’ volleyball posts the • Oakland women’s soccer player Anita Oakland) to the NCAA Men’s Soccer league’s first women’s NCAA Tourney Rapp – a two-time Mid-Con Player of the College Cup for the second time in win with a three-game win over Illinois Year and a WUSA draftee – earns a Gold league history. State. Medal while playing for her native • Oral Roberts’ men’s basketball players • Green Bay upsets future NBA star Jason Norway in the 2000 Olympic Games. Caleb Green and Ken Tutt are the nation’s Kidd’s fifth-seeded California squad in the • The Mid-Con renames its Women’s All highest scoring freshman duo. first round of the NCAA Basketball Sports Award for retiring Western Illinois Director of Athletics Dr. Helen Smiley. • Oral Roberts baseball team sets a league Tourney. record with 50 wins, posting two wins in • Six schools depart the Mid-Con at the 2001-02 the NCAA Tournament and finishes the conclusion of the season. • UMKC captures the conference’s first-ever season ranked in all four college polls. NCAA Men’s Soccer College Cup win, a • Southern Utah becomes the first Mid-Con 1994-95 2-1 overtime triumph over former league school to sweep the men’s and women’s • The conference adds Buffalo, Central member UW-Milwaukee. Connecticut State, Chicago State, UMKC, cross country and indoor and outdoor Northeastern Illinois and Troy State. • Oral Roberts’ Krista Ragan becomes the track & field crowns in the same year. first player in league history to earn four • Oral Roberts’ Prince Mumba (800 meter) • Jon Steinbrecher begins a league-record first-team all-conference citations in and Western Illinois’ Aubrey Martin (shot nine-year tenure as commissioner when women’s basketball. he replaces Ippoliti. put) earn All-America honors at the NCAA • Valparaiso posts the biggest turnaround Outdoor Track & Field Championship. • Valparaiso wins the first of five straight in NCAA women’s basketball history • Mumba runs for his native Zambia in the regular-season titles and six consecutive (from 7-22 in 2000-01 to 26-7 in 2004 Athens Olympics, while Valparaiso’s Mid-Con Tournament titles in men’s 2001-02) on its way to reaching the Joaquim Gomes plays for the Angolan basketball. quarterfinals of the WNIT. Olympic basketball team. 1995-96 • UMKC’s Matt Voelker earns outdoor track • The Mid-Con Men’s All Sports Award is • Charter member Eastern Illinois departs & field All-America honors in the high renamed for retiring Valparaiso Director of the Mid-Con after winning its ninth men’s jump. outdoor track and field title. Athletics Dr.William Steinbrecher. 2002-03 2004-05 1997-98 • The Mid-Con sets a league record by • Oral Roberts’ Faithy Kamangila finishes • Oral Roberts and Southern Utah join the sending four teams combined – IUPUI 11th at the NCAA Cross Country Mid-Con. (NCAA) and Valparaiso (NIT) on the men’s Championships to become the first side and Valparaiso (NCAA) and Western • The Mid-Con becomes one of few NCAA woman in school history to garner All- Illinois (WNIT) on the women’s side – to Division I conferences to simultaneously America honors. run its basketball championships at the basketball postseason play. • In its first-ever NCAA Tournament appear- same time at a neutral site. • Oral Roberts’ Marsha Dawkins earns All- ance, Oakland notches a win over America honors in the 400 meter dash at • Valparaiso reaches the NCAA “Sweet 16,” Alabama A&M in the opening round of both the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Track thanks to the efforts of NBA draftee Bryce the NCAA Tournament before falling to & Field Championships. Drew, who hits “The Shot” to beat No. 4 eventual national champion North seed Mississippi which eventually earns • IUPUI women’s basketball player Tiffany Carolina in the first round. him an ESPY from ESPN. Kyser is Indiana’s recipient of the NCAA • Oral Roberts has five players selected in “Woman of the Year” award (she is also a • Youngstown State earns the first Mid-Con the Major League Baseball Draft, while finalist for the national award). women’s NCAA tourney win, topping Oakland’s Paul Phillips is the top Mid- fifth-seeded Memphis in the first round. • Ron Bertovich replaces Steinbrecher as Con player chosen (ninth round). commissioner. 1998-99 • ORU’s Mable Kunihira garners All- • IUPUI and Oakland begin competition in 2003-04 American honors at the Outdoor Track & the Mid-Con. • Centenary begins Mid-Con play. Field Championships with a fifth-place • Associate member DePaul reaches the • Oakland’s swimming & diving programs finish in the 800-meter run. NCAA Softball College World Series, post- set league records for consecutive titles (continued on next page) ing a third-place finish, and sets a Mid- when they sweep the Mid-Con Con single-season record with 54 wins. Championships for the fifth straight time.

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2005-06 • Oral Roberts’ Elisha Turek becomes the Dakota State – are selected in the MLB • Eastern Illinois and South Dakota State first player in league history to record Draft. join as associate members in the sport of more than 2,000 points and 1,000 • Andretti Bain becomes Oral Roberts’ first men’s and women’s swimming & diving. rebounds. She finishes her career with national champion when he wins the • The Oral Roberts baseball team becomes 2,046 points and a league-best 1,167 400-meter dash at both the NCAA Indoor the first Mid-Con team to advance to the rebounds. and Outdoor Championships. NCAA Baseball Super Regionals with • Oakland’s Marcin Unold earns All- • IUPUI’s George Hill becomes just the sec- wins over Oklahoma State and Arkansas. America honors and places 13th in the ond Summit League player drafted in the • Western Illinois’ Zane Teilane becomes the 100 meter backstroke at the NCAA first round of the NBA Draft when the first Mid-Con women’s basketball player Championships. San Antonio Spurs select him with the drafted when the Detroit Shock select her • The Mid-Con has six Indoor Track & Field 26th overall pick. with the 35th overall pick in the WNBA All-Americans as Oral Roberts’ Jonathan • A record 10 Summit League student-ath- Draft. Rivers, Ernest Stranz, Kevin Cave and letes earn Academic All-American honors • Oakland’s Chris Sullivan earns All- Andretti Bain claim the honors in the by CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine. America honors in the 100 butterfly and 4x400 relay, while Bain (400 meter run), ORU’s Shaun Smith (800 meter run) and 100 freestyle at the NCAA Swimming & THE SUMMIT LEAGUE Diving Championships. Valparaiso’s Laura Rolf (mile run) take home individual awards. INSTITUTION: Centenary College • Western Illinois’ Aubrey Martin (shot put) • Oral Roberts’ Shaun Smith and Mable LOCATION: Shreveport, Louisiana and Oral Roberts’ Prince Mumba (800 NICKNAME: Ladies/Gents meters) garner All-America honors twice Kunihira earn All-American honors in out- at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field door track in the 800 meters. INSTITUTION: IPFW LOCATION: Ft. Wayne, Indiana Championships and NCAA Outdoor Track • Oral Roberts wins its 10th-consecutive NICKNAME: Mastodons & Field Championships. baseball and women’s golf champi- • WIU’s Jennifer Gilson takes home All- onships, both records for all sports. INSTITUTION: IUPUI LOCATION: Indianapolis, Indiana America accolades at the 2006 NCAA • On June 1, 2007, the conference officially NICKNAME: Jaguars Indoor Track & Field Championships, changes its name to The Summit League. while ORU’s Diana Chelimo earns One month later on July 1, 2007, Indiana INSTITUTION: North Dakota State University All-America honors at the 2006 NCAA University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne, LOCATION: Fargo, North Dakota Outdoor Track & Field Championships. North Dakota State and South Dakota NICKNAME: Bison State join The Summit League. Charter • Tom Douple replaces Ron Bertovich INSTITUTION: Oakland University as commissioner. member Valparaiso leaves the conference. LOCATION: Rochester, Michigan NICKNAME: Golden Grizzlies • Chicago State leaves the conference at 2007-08 the end of the academic year. • Oakland becomes just the second Summit INSTITUTION: Oral Roberts University League men’s soccer team to advance to LOCATION: Tulsa, Oklahoma 2006-07 the second round of the NCAA College NICKNAME: Golden Eagles • Southern Utah’s Jess Baumgartner finish- Cup with a 2-1 win over Michigan State. es third at the 2006 NCAA Cross Country INSTITUTION: South Dakota State University Championships to earn All-America hon- • Oakland’s Marcin Unold places fifth in the LOCATION: Brookings, South Dakota NICKNAME: Jackrabbits ors, marking the highest finish ever by a 200 meter backstroke at the NCAA Championships, breaking his school Mid-Con student-athlete. INSTITUTION: UMKC record and earning All-America honors. It • Oral Roberts’ Caleb Green becomes the LOCATION: Kansas City, Missouri was the highest finish by an OU swimmer NICKNAME: Kangaroos Mid-Con’s all-time leading scorer and since moving up to NCAA Division I. He rebounder. He also becomes the first four- also earned All-American in the 100 back. INSTITUTION: Western Illinois University time first team All-Mid-Con selection in LOCATION: Macomb, Illinois men’s basketball and just the 15th • Oral Roberts’ Brian Van Kirk makes histo- NICKNAME: Westerwinds/Leathernecks Division I men’s basketball player to earn ry when he becomes the first player in INSTITUTION: Southern Utah University* conference player of the year honors ORU’s 43-year baseball history to receive more than one first-team All-America LOCATION: Cedar City, Utah three times. Green and teammate Ken NICKNAME: Thunderbirds Tutt become the seventh set of team- award in the same season. mates in NCAA Division I history to reach • Nine Summit League baseball players – * Effective in the fall of 2009, Southern Utah the 2,000-point plateau. eight from ORU and one from South will sponsor women’s volleyball

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With the two top offensive players Montana State fell to the Jacks in the and the top defensive player returning home opener and became the first of to the lineup, the 2007 Jackrabbit vol- 12 straight visitors to lose in Frost leyball team entered their first season in Arena, a streak that continues into the The Summit League with high expecta- 2008 season. tions and then delivered on all of them The Sam Houston State Tournament with historic results. opened on Aug. 31, in Huntsville,Texas, The Jacks broke or tied 23 team or with a four-game loss to Tulane, but the individual records on their way through first of the 23 records fell in that match, The Summit League, to become the first when the Jacks teamed-up for the team in South Dakota State history to school’s top hitting percentage in a qualify for an NCAA Division I tourna- four-game match at .349 (70-17-152). ment. Things turned around later that day, The run eventually ended in the first when the Jacks started a 13-match win round at perennial power and second streak with a 3-0 win over Louisiana- ranked Nebraska in front of 4,189 fans Lafayette, a win that saw another at the NU Coliseum, but it ended a long record fall, as senior Samantha KRISTINA MARTIN ECLIPSED THE SDSU way from where it started. Pearson’s 28 digs set a new three-game ALL-TIME KILLS MARK AND BECAME JUST THE Personal loss hit the team hard early match record. FIFTH PLAYER IN SDSU HISTORY TO JOIN THE in the season and resulted in a 1-2 More records fell in the Jacks next 1,000 KILLS AND 1,000 DIGS CLUB IN 2007 record at the season-opening Baden outing, when junior Emily Rooney hit a team’s first trip to IUPUI. Already the Cougar Challenge in Pullman,Wash., four-game match record .667 (13-1- three and four-game match record but things quickly turned around. 18) and true freshman Melia Iwamoto holder for digs, Pearson added the five- tied a four-game match record with 72 game match record with 37 digs, while set assists in a 3-1 win over Sam Martin set the five-game record with 36 Houston State. kills. SDSU hit .325 (86-19-206) as a While Rooney, Pearson and Iwamoto team in the tough 3-2 win, also a new did the record-breaking in Texas, senior record. Kristina Martin and junior Mackenzie September ended with a convincing Angner brought home the hardware, as 3-0 league win over UMKC that saw both earned spots on the all-tourna- the Jacks tally a three-game match ment team. record 16 total team blocks, which SDSU returned home to host the included Anderson’s SDSU record- Jackrabbit Invitational, and continue breaking 346th career block assist. their assault on the record book.The An October road trip brought the Jacks not only won their own tourna- Jackrabbits back to earth, as Xavier ment with a perfect 3-0 record, but (Ohio) snapped the win streak and they fielded the tournament MVP in handed the Jacks their first loss in a Amy Anderson and landed two other string of five losses over the next six players on the all-tournament team in matches.The two bright spots in the Rooney and Iwamoto. Adding to the road trip came when Rooney hit an excitement, Pearson added the four- SDSU three-game match record .812 game digs record to her résumé with an (13-0-16) at Xavier, and when Pearson even 30 digs in a 3-1 win over broke the SDSU career digs record in a AMY ANDERSON NOT ONLY BROKE HER OWN Montana. five-game loss at IPFW. SINGLE-SEASON BLOCK ASSISTS RECORD IN More records fell when the A Summit League homestand got the 2007, ALSO SET THE CAREER RECORD AND Jackrabbits opened Summit League Jacks back on the winning track, and BECAME THE 12TH MEMBER OF SDSU 1,000 play, including three of them on the KILLS CLUB they rolled through the rest of the

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Martin started the season 438 kills up the list until breaking the record on shy of becoming the school’s all-time Oct. 5, at IPFW. kills leader, and despite missing some A Chaska, Minn., native, Pearson’s time early in the season, broke the record-breaking season earned her a record in the Jacks five-game win over pair of player-of-the-week awards, an IPFW in conference championship All-Summit League second-team and match. an all-tournament team selection. Along with her career kills record, the Cincinnati, Ohio, native and undisput- Hubertus,Wis., native became just the ed leader of the 2008 squad, fifth player in school history with at Mackenzie Angner battled injuries for least 1,000 career kills and 1,000 much of the 2007 season, but came on career digs. strong late in the season, tallying 36 Martin earned The Summit League kills at The Summit League Tournament player-of-the-week honors three times and setting an SDSU five-game match during the season, an All-Summit record with 77 attacks in a 3-2 loss at League first-team selection and a place Marquette (Wis.). on the league’s all-tournament team. Iwamoto traveled the longest distance ALONG WITH SETTING THE SINGLE-SEASON Anderson came into her final season to South Dakota State, but the RECORD FOR DIGS, SAMANTHA PEARSON ranked eighth all-time at SDSU on the Honolulu, Hawaii native made the most SET THE RECORD FOR DIGS IN A THREE, FOUR block assists charts, but quickly plowed of it. In just one year, she tied a pair of AND FIVE GAME MATCHIN 2007 her way through the top-ten until she single-match records for set assists and conference schedule into the conference eclipsed the record on Sept. 9, at home moved all the way up to eighth on the tournament with a No. 1 seed as the against UMKC. career set assists charts. regular season champions. By season’s end, the Huron native Iwamoto’s accomplishments landed The Summit League Tournament added her first career triple-double and her a place on The Summit League’s opened with a 3-0 win over Western broke her own single-season block All-Freshman team. Illinois and included the longest single- assist record on consecutive days at the game in SDSU and WIU history, a 38- conference tournament. Anderson also 36 Jackrabbit win in Game 1. tied a tournament record with 11 total Riding the momentum from the blocks in a match and set a new record Game 1 win, and an Amy Anderson with 21 total blocks in a tournament. triple-double (11 kills, 10 digs, 10 More than just a blocker, Anderson blocks), the Jacks closed out the became the 12th member of the SDSU Westerwinds in three games to advance 1,000 kills club and ended her career to the championship match against the ranked 11th on the all-time kills list. host IPFW Mastodons. She also leaves with the third best SDSU won the first two games of the career hitting percentage. championship match 30-21 and 30-27, Along with a Summit League player- but IPFW staved off elimination in of-the week nod, Anderson earned the Game 3 with a 30-28 win and forced a league’s female athlete-of-the-month fifth game with a dominating 30-18 twice, an all-conference first-team win in Game 4. selection, MVP honors at The Summit The Mastodons came into Game 5 League Tournament and topped it all off with all of the momentum, but the Jacks with a CoSida Academic All-American scored first and, despite seven ties, third-team selection. THE UNDISPUTED LEADER OF THE 2008 TEAM, never trailed before winning the game Pearson entered her final season with MACKENZIE ANGNER BATTLED INJURIES 15-12, the match 3-2 and earning The the Jackrabbits ranked tenth all-time on FOR MUCH OF 2007, BUT SHE STILL SET AN Summit League’s automatic bid to the the career digs list, but quickly moved SDSU RECORD WITH 77 ATTACKS IN A FIVE- NCAA Tournament. GAME MATCH, SETTING THE STAGE FOR 2008

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OVERALL RECORD: 25-11 CONFERENCE: 13-3 HOME: 12-0 AWAY: 8-8 NEUTRAL: 5-3

I------ATTACK------I SET I--SERVE--I PASS DEF I------BLOCK------I GEN DATE OPPONENT GP K E TA PCT. A SA SE RE DIG BS BA BE TOTAL BHE 8/24 # vs. Northern Colorado 5 60 33 167 .162 53 6 10 8 63 0 22 2 11.0 2 8/25 # vs. Portland 3 37 23 107 .131 36 4 9 5 48 4 10 2 9.0 5 8/25 # at Washington State 3 38 18 122 .164 38 0 3 6 57 0 6 0 3.0 1 8/27 MONTANA STATE 3 47 19 129 .217 45 6 6 0 62 1 24 2 13.0 5 8/31 † vs.Tulane 4 70 17 152 .349 63 5 15 7 63 2 10 3 7.0 3 8/31 † vs. Louisiana-Lafayette 3 54 17 129 .287 47 10 10 3 60 2 16 0 10.0 1 9/1 † vs.Texas-Pan American 3 49 9 89 .449 46 11 8 2 52 1 12 1 7.0 1 9/1 † at Sam Houston St 4 78 26 178 .292 73 11 10 10 87 3 14 2 10.0 3 9/3 at Lamar University 4 58 20 140 .271 48 10 13 10 63 3 13 2 9.5 2 9/7 ƒ NORTH TEXAS 3 54 18 118 .305 47 5 5 4 56 1 14 2 8.0 2 9/8 ƒ MONTANA 4 68 16 172 .302 60 3 3 5 79 1 8 3 5.0 11 9/8 ƒ LONG ISLAND 4 58 17 153 .268 52 8 9 11 71 6 15 3 13.5 1 9/15 IPFW* 3 55 13 135 .311 50 5 10 3 55 0 14 2 7.0 1 9/16 NORTH DAKOTA STATE* 5 81 27 214 .252 70 6 6 3 105 1 30 2 16.0 2 9/21 at Oakland* 4 63 21 161 .261 56 6 14 9 65 3 20 3 13.0 2 9/22 at IUPUI* 5 86 19 206 .325 75 6 6 14 95 1 20 3 11.0 5 9/28 WESTERN ILLINOIS* 3 53 20 123 .268 50 4 9 2 44 2 20 1 12.0 2 9/29 UMKC* 3 45 16 111 .261 43 7 7 4 48 2 28 3 16.0 1 10/3 at Xavier 3 44 21 126 .183 40 2 3 4 51 2 6 1 5.0 5 10/5 at IPFW* 5 54 20 163 .209 52 3 8 16 80 3 23 1 14.5 0 10/7 at Missouri State 3 32 28 125 .032 30 2 4 8 50 2 6 3 5.0 2 10/12 at Oral Roberts* 4 56 25 152 .204 54 6 8 4 61 2 6 1 5.0 3 10/13 at Centenary* 3 50 12 96 .396 43 5 10 3 52 2 10 1 7.0 2 10/20 at North Dakota State* 4 69 23 197 .234 64 5 8 5 77 0 6 2 3.0 3 10/26 IUPUI* 4 78 25 195 .272 74 7 13 4 83 2 10 2 7.0 2 10/27 OAKLAND* 3 47 15 121 .264 46 8 10 2 56 1 14 1 8.0 3 11/2 at UMKC* 3 49 15 121 .281 45 8 3 1 57 1 17 0 9.5 0 11/3 at Western Illinois* 4 68 28 187 .214 65 13 8 5 69 3 22 5 14.0 0 11/5 at Drake 3 53 12 132 .311 43 3 9 5 48 3 15 0 10.5 0 11/9 CENTENARY* 3 57 17 120 .333 53 3 5 3 50 2 14 0 9.0 3 11/10 ORAL ROBERTS* 3 53 14 127 .307 48 4 3 3 58 3 14 1 10.0 0 11/16 • vs.Western Illinois 3 52 18 152 .224 50 6 4 3 71 2 24 2 14.0 1 11/17 • at IPFW 5 75 15 198 .303 72 3 6 6 91 3 28 3 17.0 3 11/24 § vs. Maine 5 64 24 186 .215 62 7 8 8 77 3 16 4 11.0 4 11/24 § at Marquette 5 74 29 211 .213 67 11 3 8 73 1 26 3 14.0 5 11/30 ! at #2 Nebraska 3 19 24 96 -.052 19 4 2 10 35 0 0 4 0.0 4 ------SDSU TOTALS 132 2,048 714 5,311 .251 1,879 213 268 204 2,312 68 553 70 344.5 90 OPPONENT TOTALS 132 1,989 921 5,640 .189 1,826 204 278 214 2,134 89 359 48 268.5 66

* – Summit League Match GAMES PLAYED: 132 # – at Baden Cougar Challenge, Pullman, Wash. KLLS PER GAME: 15.52 † – at Sam Houston State Tournament, Huntsville,Texas ASSISTS PER GAME: 14.23 ƒ – Jackrabbit Invitational, Brookings, S.D. SERVICE ACES PER GAME: 1.61 • – The Summit League Tournament, Fort Wayne, Ind. RECEPTION ERRORS PER GAME: 1.55 § – at Marquette Battle for the Bird, Milwaukee, Wis. DIGS PER GAME: 17.52 ! – NCAA Tournament, Lincoln, Neb. BLOCKS PER GAME: 2.61 HOME MATCHES IN ALL CAPS BALL HANDLING ERRORS PER GAME: 0.68 RECEPTION ERRORS PER GAME: 1.55

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RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL-MATCHES...... ( 25-11 ) ( 12-0 ) ( 8-8 ) ( 5-3 ) CONFERENCE ...... ( 13-3 ) ( 8-0 ) ( 5-3 ) ( 0-0 ) NON-CONFERENCE...... ( 12-8 ) ( 4-0 ) ( 3-5 ) ( 5-3 )

I------ATTACK------I I----SET----I I-----SERVE-----I I----DIG----I I------BLOCK------I ## STATS SUMMARY GP K K/G E TA PCT. AA/G SA SE SA/G RE DIG D/G BS BA TOTAL B/G BE BHE ------4 Kristina Martin 114 478 4.19 125 1,199 .294 28 0.25 37 39 0.32 29 362 3.18 4 76 80 0.70 4 5 2 Mackenzie Angner 97 396 4.08 160 1,115 .212 12 0.12 31 28 0.32 30 261 2.69 13 48 61 0.63 16 2 7 Amy Anderson 132 468 3.55 113 979 .363 7 0.05 14 11 0.11 0 84 0.64 27 156 183 1.39 13 3 12 Emily Rooney 132 324 2.45 100 680 .329 8 0.06 27 32 0.20 0 80 0.61 7 117 124 0.94 18 4 19 Annie Adams 81 124 1.53 85 447 .087 0 0.00 0 2 0.00 2 41 0.51 6 39 45 0.56 6 2 16 Mackenzie Osadchuk 107 157 1.47 62 497 .191 5 0.05 3 5 0.03 9 69 0.64 7 47 54 0.50 7 3 13 Jenna Rae Sitton 19 26 1.37 8 67 .269 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 1 7 0.37 2 5 7 0.37 0 0 9 Ashley Kathol 22 19 0.86 10 62 .145 4 0.18 2 10 0.09 1 15 0.68 0 10 10 0.45 1 1 1 Melia Iwamoto 131 43 0.33 38 181 .028 1,655 12.63 30 35 0.23 4 240 1.83 2 47 49 0.37 4 55 3 Nicole Peters 33 8 0.24 2 20 .300 118 3.58 5 13 0.15 1 35 1.06 0 6 6 0.18 1 7 10 Stacey Wernert 96 3 0.03 2 12 .083 4 0.04 10 20 0.10 24 154 1.60 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 15 Samantha Pearson 132 2 0.02 7 31 -.161 24 0.18 33 44 0.25 61 718 5.44 0 1 1 0.01 0 3 8 Justine Olsen 23 0 0.00 0 1 .000 2 0.09 0 6 0.00 7 26 1.13 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 5 Rachel Dahl 114 0 0.00 2 20 -.100 12 0.11 21 23 0.18 27 220 1.93 0 1 1 0.01 0 2 TEAM 8 SDSU Totals...... 132 2,048 15.52 714 5,311 .251 1,879 14.23 213 268 1.61 204 2,312 17.52 68 553 344.5 2.61 70 90 Opponent Totals.... 132 1,989 15.07 921 5,640 .189 1,826 13.83 204 278 1.55 214 2,134 16.17 89 359 268.5 2.03 48 66

TEAM STATISTICS SDSU OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE SCORE-BY-GAME ATTENDANCE ------ATTACK ...... # Aug. 24 vs Northern Colorado W 3-2 30-21,16-30,25-30,30-25,15-8 100 Kills ...... 2,048 1,989 # Aug. 25 vs Portland L 0-3 21-30,26-30,26-30 93 Errors ...... 714 921 # Aug. 25 at Washington State L 0-3 28-30,17-30,21-30 567 Total Attacks ...... 5,311 5,640 Aug. 27 MONTANA STATE W 3-0 30-23,30-18,30-27 408 Attack Pct ...... 251 .189 † Aug. 31 vs Tulane L 1-3 23-30,30-26,28-30,25-30 150 Kills/Game ...... 15.5 15.1 † Aug. 31 vs Louisiana-Lafayette W 3-0 30-23,30-22,30-24 150 SET ...... † Sep. 01 vs Texas-Pan American W 3-0 30-9,30-16,30-20 204 Assists ...... 1,879 1,826 † Sep. 01 at Sam Houston St W 3-1 32-34,30-27,30-22,30-26 204 Assists/Game ...... 14.2 13.8 Sep. 03 at Lamar University W 3-1 28-30,30-26,30-21,30-24 314 SERVE ...... ƒ Sep. 07 NORTH TEXAS W 3-0 31-26,30-22,30-20 486 Aces ...... 213 204 ƒ Sep. 08 MONTANA W 3-1 30-27,30-20,27-30,30-25 686 Errors ...... 268 278 ƒ Sep. 08 LONG ISLAND W 3-1 32-30,30-25,27-30,30-24 686 Aces/Game ...... 1.6 1.5 * Sep. 15 IPFW W 3-0 30-24,30-28,30-23 343 SERVE RECEPTIONS . . . * Sep. 16 NORTH DAKOTA STATE W 3-2 26-30,30-26,30-19,26-30,15-10 852 Errors ...... 204 214 * Sep. 21 at Oakland W 3-1 27-30,30-24,30-27,30-26 153 Errors/Game ...... 1.5 1.6 * Sep. 22 at IUPUI W 3-2 27-30,28-30,32-30,30-28,15-8 174 DEFENSE ...... * Sep. 28 WESTERN ILLINOIS W 3-0 30-20,30-22,30-28 403 Digs ...... 2,312 2,134 * Sep. 29 UMKC W 3-0 30-21,30-22,30-27 628 Digs/Game ...... 17.5 16.2 Oct. 03 at Xavier L 0-3 18-30,23-30,28-30 283 BLOCKING ...... * Oct. 05 at IPFW L 2-3 30-23,13-30,30-26,16-30,12-15 562 Block Solo ...... 68 89 Oct. 7 at Missouri State L 0-3 18-30,14-30,26-30 503 Block Assist ...... 553 359 * Oct. 12 at Oral Roberts L 1-3 27-30,30-25,24-30,25-30 158 Total Blocks ...... 344.5 268.5 * Oct. 13 at Centenary W 3-0 30-16,30-13,30-21 91 Blocks Per Game . . . . 2.6 2.0 * Oct. 20 at North Dakota State L 1-3 26-30,30-26,25-30,26-30 1,108 Block Errors ...... 70 48 * Oct. 26 IUPUI W 3-1 26-30,30-19,34-32,30-19 447 BALL HANDLING ERRORS 90 66 * Oct. 27 OAKLAND W 3-0 30-20,30-22,30-21 397 ATTENDANCE ...... * Nov. 2 at UMKC W 3-0 30-19,30-14,30-24 331 Total ...... 6,604 9,315 * Nov. 03 at Western Illinois W 3-1 31-29,30-25,22-30,30-26 314 Dates/Avg Per Date . . 12/550 16/582 Nov. 05 at Drake W 3-0 30-25,30-28,30-25 143 Neutral site #/Avg . . . 8/180 - * Nov. 09 CENTENARY W 3-0 30-26,30-21,30-24 354 Current win streak . . . 0 - * Nov. 10 ORAL ROBERTS W 3-0 30-21,30-18,30-22 914 Home win streak . . . . 12 - • Nov. 16 vs Western Illinois W 3-0 38-36,30-19,30-25 - • Nov. 17 vs IPFW W 3-2 30-21,30-27,28-30,18-30,15-12 493 § Nov. 24 vs Maine L 2-3 24-30,30-16,21-30,30-23,8-15 250 § Nov. 24 at Marquette L 2-3 30-26,36-38,24-30,31-29,15-17 221 ! Nov. 30 at #2 Nebraska L 0-3 13-30,14-30,13-30 4,189

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KILLS –– ACES –– DIGS –– BLOCKS MELIA MACKENZIE NICOLE KRISTINA RACHEL AMY JUSTINE ASHLEY STACEY OPPONENT DATE SCORE W/L IWAMOTO ANGNER PETERS MARTIN DAHL ANDERSON OLSEN KATHOL WERNERT vs. Northern Colorado Aug. 24 3-2 W 2-0-6-1 14-0-10-3 1-1-4-1 DNP 0-1-10-0 20-0-0-6 DNP 6-2-2-5 0-0-6-0 vs. Portland Aug. 25 0-3 L 1-0-4-0 13-1-9-1 0-0-1-2 DNP 0-0-10-0 12-0-0-5 DNP 3-0-3-1 0-0-1-0 at Washington State Aug. 25 0-3 L 0-0-8-0 8-0-3-0 0-0-4-0 DNP 0-0-6-0 6-0-1-3 DNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-3-0 MONTANA STATE Aug. 27 3-0 W 0-4-6-1 17-0-10-5 0-0-0-0 9-0-1-1 0-0-11-0 9-0-0-6 DNP DNP 0-1-8-0 vs.Tulane Aug. 31 1-3 L 2-0-9-0 19-1-10-3 3-0-1-1 DNP 0-1-4-0 14-0-3-3 DNP DNP 0-0-4-0 vs. Louisiana-Lafayette Aug. 31 3-0 W 3-0-6-1 11-3-6-3 0-2-9-0 DNP 0-1-3-0 12-0-0-4 DNP DNP 1-0-0-0 vs. Texas-Pan American Sept. 1 3-0 W 2-4-5-2 16-1-8-2 DNP 18-4-14-3 0-0-3-0 6-0-0-3 DNP DNP DNP at Sam Houston State Sept. 1 3-1 W 0-3-11-0 18-3-15-3 0-0-0-0 23-2-20-3 0-1-12-0 16-0-0-4 DNP DNP 0-0-1-0 at Lamar Sept. 3 3-1 W 0-0-11-0 15-2-12-2 DNP 11-0-2-2 0-3-5-0 12-0-0-2 DNP DNP 0-1-11-0 NORTH TEXAS Sept. 7 3-0 W 2-0-5-2 17-2-8-2 1-0-1-1 4-0-8-0 0-2-2-0 11-0-2-6 DNP DNP 0-0-4-0 MONTANA Sept. 8 3-1 W 0-0-8-0 16-1-8-2 0-0-2-0 14-1-12-1 0-0-8-0 18-0-2-2 DNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-3-0 LONG ISLAND Sept. 8 3-1 W 3-0-8-1 12-3-8-5 DNP 8-1-18-3 0-2-9-1 14-0-0-5 DNP DNP 0-0-1-0 IPFW Sept. 15 3-0 W 2-1-10-1 12-2-9-2 DNP 12-0-15-1 0-0-3-0 11-0-3-4 DNP DNP DNP NORTH DAKOTA STATE Sept. 16 3-2 W 2-0-14-6 19-1-13-4 DNP 23-1-16-3 0-0-9-0 19-1-2-10 DNP DNP 1-1-8-0 at Oakland Sept. 21 3-1 W 3-0-10-2 DNP 0-1-4-0 13-2-9-2 0-1-10-0 17-0-1-9 DNP 0-0-0-0 0-0-4-0 at IUPUI Sept. 22 3-2 W 2-2-6-2 DNP DNP 36-0-16-2 0-0-10-0 18-1-4-8 DNP DNP 1-1-7-0 WESTERN ILLINOIS Sept. 28 3-0 W 1-2-1-4 DNP 1-0-3-0 19-0-4-3 0-0-10-0 10-0-2-7 0-0-3-0 1-0-0-0 0-0-4-0 UMKC Sept. 29 3-0 W 0-0-3-3 DNP DNP 14-2-8-5 0-0-8-0 11-1-3-8 0-0-1-0 DNP 0-0-4-0 at Xavier Oct. 3 0-3 L 1-0-2-0 DNP 0-0-1-0 8-2-11-2 0-0-4-0 9-0-3-3 0-0-1-0 DNP 0-0-11-0 at IPFW Oct. 5 2-3 L 0-2-6-0 DNP 0-0-1-0 12-0-13-5 0-1-4-0 15-0-8-7 0-0-2-0 DNP 0-0-7-0 at Missouri State Oct. 7 0-3 L 0-0-3-0 DNP 0-0-1-0 13-0-5-1 0-0-3-0 3-1-4-4 DNP 2-0-0-1 0-0-0-0 at Oral Roberts Oct. 12 1-3 L 2-1-8-0 DNP DNP 20-0-13-3 0-1-5-0 18-0-2-2 DNP 0-0-5-0 0-1-11-0 at Centenary Oct. 13 3-0 W 0-1-2-1 DNP 1-1-1-0 21-0-12-0 0-0-1-0 12-2-2-4 DNP 3-0-4-2 0-0-4-0 at North Dakota State Oct. 20 1-3 L 4-0-9-0 15-1-13-1 DNP 17-1-17-0 0-1-12-0 15-0-1-2 DNP DNP 0-0-4-0 IUPUI Oct. 26 3-1 W 3-0-8-0 22-2-17-4 DNP 26-1-13-2 0-1-6-0 17-0-1-3 0-0-6-0 DNP 0-0-0-0 OAKLAND Oct. 27 3-0 W 1-0-8-1 10-2-11-0 0-0-0-0 10-1-8-5 0-0-1-0 14-0-2-3 0-0-4-0 1-0-0-1 0-0-2-0 at UMKC Nov. 2 3-0 W 1-4-6-4 9-0-6-2 DNP 8-2-11-4 0-1-8-0 14-0-3-6 0-0-0-0 1-0-1-0 0-0-4-0 at Western Illinois Nov. 3 3-1 W 0-2-5-4 21-3-11-3 DNP 16-3-13-5 0-2-9-0 16-2-2-7 DNP DNP DNP at Drake Nov. 5 3-0 W 0-0-5-0 12-1-9-3 1-0-1-0 14-1-9-6 0-0-3-0 5-0-2-1 0-0-1-0 DNP 0-0-2-0 CENTENARY Nov. 9 3-0 W 1-0-2-1 1-0-0-0 DNP 18-1-10-2 0-0-2-0 16-0-4-5 0-0-2-0 2-0-0-0 0-2-13-0 ORAL ROBERTS Nov. 10 3-0 W 0-0-5-2 14-1-6-2 DNP 18-1-15-3 0-0-9-0 9-1-6-4 DNP DNP 0-0-0-0 vs Western Illinois Nov. 16 3-0 W 1-1-4-2 14-1-10-2 DNP 17-1-14-3 0-0-5-0 11-2-10-10 0-0-3-0 DNP 0-0-3-0 at IPFW Nov. 17 3-2 W 2-0-11-3 22-0-19-4 DNP 22-1-16-3 0-0-4-0 22-1-2-11 0-0-0-0 DNP 0-0-10-0 vs. Maine Nov. 24 2-3 L 1-0-15-1 16-0-11-2 0-0-1-1 14-3-15-1 0-1-5-0 14-0-5-8 0-0-0-0 DNP 0-2-5-0 at Marquette Nov. 24 2-3 L 1-3-5-4 28-0-15-1 0-0-0-0 16-4-16-6 0-0-4-0 15-2-4-8 0-0-3-0 DNP 0-1-6-0 at #2 Nebraska Nov. 30 0-3 L 0-0-5-0 5-0-4-0 0-0-0-0 4-2-8-0 0-1-2-0 7-0-0-0 0-0-0-0 DNP 0-0-3-0

EMILY JENNA RAE SAMANTHA MACKENZIE ANNIE SDSU OPPONENT OPPONENT DATE SCORE W/L ROONEY SITTON PEARSON OSADCHUK ADAMS TOTALS TOTALS vs. Northern Colorado Aug. 24 3-2 W 7-2-2-5 DNP 0-0-21-0 0-0-0-0 10-0-2-1 60-6-63-11 61-8-69-7 vs. Portland Aug. 25 0-3 L 4-2-0-3 2-0-1-0 0-1-19-0 0-0-0-0 2-0-0-2 37-4-48-9 47-5-42-6 at Washington State Aug. 25 0-3 L 12-0-2-3 4-0-2-0 0-0-25-0 2-0-1-0 6-0-2-0 38-0-57-3 59-6-58-6 MONTANA STATE Aug. 27 3-0 W 5-1-3-7 DNP 0-0-22-0 7-0-1-5 DNP 47-6-62-13 38-0-52-9.5 vs.Tulane Aug. 31 1-3 L 17-0-2-3 0-0-0-0 0-3-22-0 8-0-5-1 7-0-3-1 70-5-63-7 72-7-55-5 vs. Louisiana-Lafayette Aug. 31 3-0 W 14-2-4-5 DNP 0-2-28-1 3-0-2-2 10-0-2-2 54-10-60-10 38-3-47-7 vs. Texas Pan-American Sept. 1 3-0 W 4-1-3-3 DNP 0-0-14-0 2-1-4-0 1-0-1-0 49-11-52-7 23-2-24-3 at Sam Houston State Sept. 1 3-1 W 13-2-7-5 DNP 0-0-18-0 DNP 8-0-3-2 78-11-87-10 58-10-61-10 at Lamar Sept. 3 3-1 W 12-2-2-4 DNP 0-2-19-0 1-0-0-2 7-0-1-4 58-10-63-9.5 55-10-52-6 NORTH TEXAS Sept. 7 3-0 W 11-0-6-2 DNP 0-1-20-0 6-0-0-2 2-0-0-0 54-5-56-8 39-4-36-4 MONTANA Sept. 8 3-1 W 10-1-3-2 DNP 0-0-30-0 1-0-1-1 9-0-2-1 68-3-79-5 66-5-71-5 LONG ISLAND Sept. 8 3-1 W 10-1-3-3 DNP 1-1-23-0 3-0-0-0 7-0-1-3 58-8-71-13.5 68-11-75-7 IPFW Sept. 15 3-0 W 9-0-3-3 DNP 0-2-12-0 9-0-0-3 DNP 55-5-55-7 48-3-54-2 NORTH DAKOTA STATE Sept. 16 3-2 W 9-0-7-4 DNP 0-2-35-0 8-0-1-4 DNP 81-6-105-16 77-3-93-10 at Oakland Sept. 21 3-1 W 11-1-3-3 DNP 0-1-19-0 15-0-2-3 4-0-3-4 63-6-65-13 61-9-65-3 at IUPUI Sept. 22 3-2 W 10-2-4-3 DNP 0-0-37-0 9-0-6-2 10-0-5-4 86-6-95-11 82-14-87-8 WESTERN ILLINOIS Sept. 28 3-0 W 11-0-0-5 1-0-0-1 0-2-14-0 7-0-3-1 2-0-0-1 53-4-44-12 37-2-39-10 UMKC Sept. 29 3-0 W 9-2-1-6 DNP 0-2-16-0 6-0-2-4 5-0-2-4 45-7-48-16 42-4-43-5 at Xavier Oct. 3 0-3 L 13-0-4-1 6-0-1-0 0-0-9-0 3-0-2-2 4-0-2-0 44-2-51-5 57-4-51-8 at IPFW Oct. 5 2-3 L 13-0-1-4 3-0-0-4 0-0-29-0 9-0-7-3 2-0-2-3 54-3-80-14.5 66-16-71-11 at Missouri State Oct. 7 0-3 L 5-0-2-1 2-0-0-0 0-1-21-0 5-0-11-1 2-0-0-0 32-2-50-5 48-8-55-12 at Oral Roberts Oct. 12 1-3 L 11-3-3-2 DNP 0-0-12-0 5-0-2-1 DNP 56-6-61-5 72-4-54-8 at Centenary Oct. 13 3-0 W 7-1-2-2 1-0-1-0 0-0-18-0 2-0-2-1 3-0-3-2 50-5-52-7 23-3-29-5 at North Dakota State Oct. 20 1-3 L 13-2-1-1 DNP 0-0-20-0 5-0-0-2 DNP 69-5-77-3 76-5-83-12 IUPUI Oct. 26 3-1 W 9-0-5-2 0-0-0-0 0-3-26-0 1-0-0-1 0-0-1-0 78-7-83-7 56-4-74-8 OAKLAND Oct. 27 3-0 W 4-2-0-5 DNP 0-1-17-0 6-2-3-0 1-0-0-0 47-8-56-8 32-2-46-5 at UMKC Nov. 2 3-0 W 12-0-1-2 1-0-0-0 1-1-15-0 1-0-2-0 1-0-0-0 49-8-57-9.5 38-1-44-7 at Western Illinois Nov. 3 3-1 W 10-0-2-4 DNP 0-1-23-0 5-0-4-2 DNP 68-13-69-14 67-5-66-13 at Drake Nov. 5 3-0 W 8-0-0-5 DNP 0-1-14-0 6-0-1-2 7-0-1-1 53-3-48-10.5 49-5-59-5 CENTENARY Nov. 9 3-0 W 4-0-1-3 6-0-2-2 0-0-13-0 2-0-0-1 7-0-1-2 57-3-50-9 43-3-42-9 ORAL ROBERTS Nov. 10 3-0 W 7-0-0-5 DNP 0-1-17-0 4-0-0-1 1-0-0-0 53-4-58-10 41-3-50-6 vs.Western Illinois Nov. 16 3-0 W 5-0-0-3 DNP 0-1-19-0 1-0-2-2 3-0-1-4 52-6-71-14 53-3-76-5 at IPFW Nov. 17 3-2 W 7-0-1-6 DNP 0-1-23-0 0-0-2-2 0-0-3-2 75-3-91-17 87-6-93-5 vs Maine Nov. 24 2-3 L 12-0-0-3 0-0-0-0 0-1-19-0 7-0-1-3 0-0-0-0 64-7-77-11 68-8-84-9 at Marquette Nov. 24 2-3 L 4-0-2-6 DNP 0-1-18-0 8-0-0-0 2-0-0-2 74-11-73-14 95-8-89-15 at #2 Nebraska Nov. 30 0-3 L 2-0-0-0 DNP 0-1-11-0 0-0-2-0 1-0-0-0 19-4-35-0 47-10-45-12

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The South Dakota State volleyball SDSU POSTSEASON RESULTS team enters its 43rd season of competition with a 798-520 all-time record 1997 North Central Regional (.605 winning percentage) and with Sioux Falls, S.D. plenty of history already in the books. vs. Augustana ...... W, 3-0 In just its second year of Division I (15-13, 16-14, 15-7) postseason eligibility, the South vs. Nebraska-Omaha ...... L, 1-3 Dakota State volleyball team cruised ( 6-15, 8-15, 15-8, 1-15) through The Summit League regular and postseason to become the first 1998 North Central Regional team in school history to advance to a Fargo, N.D. Division I NCAA Tournament. vs. Augustana ...... L, 0-3 Even though perennial power, and (3-15, 12-15, 12-15) defending national champion, Nebraska ended the Jackrabbits’ tour- Jackrabbit seniors Samantha Pearson, Kristina 2000 North Central Regional nament run with a 3-0 win in front of Martin and Amy Anderson raise The Summit Sioux Falls, S.D. League Championship trophy at The 2007 a capacity crowd at historic NU vs. Nebraska-Omaha ...... W, 3-2 Summit League Tournament in Fort Wayne, Ind. Coliseum in Lincoln, Neb., the 2007 The win secured the school’s first-ever NCAA (11-15, 15-12, 15-8, 5-15, 15-12) Jackrabbits put the program on the Divison I Tournament berth. vs. Augustana ...... L, 0-3 national map and laid the groundwork Prior to making the move to D-I, the (10-15, 6-15, 6-15) for the future success of the program. South Dakota State volleyball program A single match against the second made its mark first in the Association 2001 North Central Regional ranked Cornhuskers may represent the for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Fargo, N.D. only postseason experience at the D-I (AIAW) and then in the North Central vs. Augustana ...... W, 3-2 level, but historically, the Jackrabbits are Conference and in NCAA Division II (28-30, 30-20, 23-30, 30-28, 15-9) no strangers to NCAA Tournament play athletics. vs. North Dakota State ...... W, 3-2 at the Division II level. The Jackrabbits qualified for the (30-22, 28-30, 24-30, 30-27, 15-13) NCAA Division II postseason five times in a six-year span between 1997 and 2001 NCAA Division II Elite Eight 2002, compiling an 8-5 record in its Allendale, Mich. five appearances, including a perfect vs.Truman State (Mo.) ...... W, 3-2 5-0 record in five-game matches. (24-30, 30-18, 30-20, 28-30, 15-7) The Jackrabbits reached the North vs. Grand Valley State (Mich.) . . . .W, 3-0 Central Regional championship match (30-26, 30-20, 30-19) four times, winning the 2001 crown to vs. Barry (Fla.) ...... L, 0-3 advance to the NCAA Division II Elite (19-30, 21-30, 25-30) Eight in Allendale, Mich., where, under the direction of first-year head coach 2002 North Central Regional Andrew Palileo, the Jacks completed Greeley, Colo. the season with a national runner-up vs. North Dakota ...... W, 3-1 finish. (30-17, 30-25, 26-30, 30-28) Before the Jackrabbit volleyball pro- vs. Minnesota-Duluth ...... W, 3-2 gram began competing at the D-II (35-37, 32-30, 30-27, 25-30, 16-14) level in the NCC in 1982, SDSU won vs. Northern Colorado ...... L, 1-3 four AIAW State Championships. Sue (27-30, 30-23, 25-30, 25-30) Yeager led the Jacks to the title in 1972, her final season on the bench 2007 NCAA Tournament Jackrabbit volleyball players Grethe Bornhoft, for the Jacks, while Ruth Marske Lincoln, Neb. left, and Shauna Sturm raise the national coached the Jackrabbits to AIAW State runner-up trophy at the 2001 NCAA at Nebraska ...... L, 0-3 Division II Elite Eight in Allendale, Mich. Titles in 1974, 1975, 1977 and 1980. (13-30,14-30,13-30)

62 GOJACKS.COM 2007 SUMMIT LEAGUE CHAMPIONS SOUTH DAKOTA STATE VOLLEYBALL SDSU 1,000 KILLS CLUB

KRISTINA MARTIN 1,765 WENDY O’NEILL 1,254 2007 — 478 kills in 1,199 attacks 2003 — 365 kills in 991 attacks 2006 — 446 kills in 1,056 attacks 2002 — 360 kills in 946 attacks 2005 — 490 kills in 1,160 attacks 2001 — 366 kills in 1,021 attacks 2004 — 351 kills in 988 attacks 2000 — 163 kills in 505 attacks

ROSE EBNET 1,724 KIM BOSTROM 1,234 2000 — 564 kills in 1,332 attacks 2004 — 366 kills in 712 attacks 1999 — 464 kills in 1,182 attacks 2003 — 407 kills in 838 attacks 1998 — 492 kills in 1,245 attacks 2002 — 349 kills in 696 attacks 1997 — 204 kills in 583 attacks 2001 — 112 kills in 296 attacks

SHAUNA STURM 1,528 ROXIE RATH 1,230 2001 — 491 kills in 1,050 attacks 1998 — 417 kills in 899 attacks 2000 — 485 kills in 1,021 attacks 1997 — 341 kills in 836 attacks 1999 — 369 kills in 894 attacks 1996 — 333 kills in 820 attacks 1998 — 183 kills in 496 attacks 1995 — 139 kills in 366 attacks

WENDY WINDSCHITL 1,510 SHANNON KALBFELL 1,206 1991 — 324 kills in 825 attacks 1988 — 426 kills in 1,161 attacks 1990 — 384 kills in 992 attacks 1987 — 511 kills in 1,216 attacks 1989 — 283 kills in 815 attacks 1986 — 343 kills in 876 attacks 1988 — 215 kills in 652 attacks 1985 — 230 kills in 674 attacks

MINETTE RIDENOUR 1,415 AMY ANDERSON 1,195 2006 — 331 kills in 962 attacks 2007 — 468 kills in 979 attacks 2005 — 454 kills in 1,284 attacks 2006 — 365 kills in 794 attacks 2004 — 422 kills in 1,266 attacks 2005 — 285 kills in 609 attacks 2003 — 208 kills in 585 attacks 2004 — 77 kills in 220 attacks

MERRIDEE PETERSON-RODEL 1,386 LISA FREICHELS 1,137 1997 — 429 kills in 1,135 attacks 1993 — 233 kills in 689 attacks 1996 — 496 kills in 1,425 attacks 1992 — 244 kills in 755 attacks 1995 — 320 kills in 881 attacks 1990 — 409 kills in 1,072 attacks 1994 — 141 kills in 399 attacks 1989 — 251 kills in 738 attacks

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SAMANTHA PEARSON 1,929 ROSE EBNET 1,316 2007 — 718 digs in 132 games 2000 — 423 digs in 110 games 2006 — 575 digs in 117 games 1999 — 319 digs in 113 games 2005 — 481 digs in 122 games 1998 — 382 digs in 121 games 2004 — 155 digs in 89 games 1997 — 192 digs in 111 games

LIZ ARCHER 1,615 MINETTE RIDENOUR 1,299 2002 — 595 digs in 131 games 2006 — 346 digs in 108 games 2001 — 426 digs in 128 games 2005 — 390 digs in 124 games 2000 — 292 digs in 100 games 2004 — 412 digs in 121 games 1998 — 302 digs in 116 games 2003 — 151 digs in 93 games

GAIL AHLQUIST 1,404 LINDA FUSCO 1,282 1991 — 409 digs in 111 games 1992 — 240 digs in 106 games 1990 — 472 digs in 129 games 1991 — 270 digs in 107games 1989 — 275 digs in 106 games 1990 — 465 digs in 128 games 1988 — 248 digs in 124 games 1989 — 307 digs in 140 games

LISA FREICHELS 1,360 SARAH SIMET 1,233 1993 — 171 digs in 109 games 2004 — 605 digs in 124 games 1992 — 351 digs in 97 games 2003 — 321 digs in 112 games 1990 — 538 digs in 124 games 2002 — 249 digs in 112 games 1989 — 300 digs in 116 games 2001 — 58 digs in 33 games

ANGIE RIME 1,337 KRISTINA MARTIN 1,074 2002 — 411 digs in 132 games 2007 — 362 digs in 114 games 2001 — 330 digs in 127 games 2006 — 280 digs in 118 games 2000 — 268 digs in 108 games 2005 — 196 digs in 129 games 1999 — 328 digs in 111 games 2004 — 236 digs in 120 games

MERRIDEE PETERSON-RODEL 1,324 ARIKA SANDERS 1,051 1997 — 382 digs in 118 games 1997 — 390 digs in 121 games 1996 — 460 digs in 113 games 1996 — 301 digs in 110 games 1995 — 269 digs in 113 games 1995 — 214 digs in 107 games 1994 — 213 digs in 101 games 1994 — 146 digs in 103 games

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1,000 KILLS & 1,000 DIGS CLUB SOLO BLOCK LEADERS KILLS DIGS 1. April Swanson-Tordsen (1991-94) 232 Lisa Freichels (1989-93) 1,137 1,360 2. Sarah Sargent (1987-90) 198 Merridee Peterson-Rodel (1994-97) 1,386 1,324 3. Gwen Langford (1980-83) 162 Rose Ebnet (1997-2000) 1,724 1,316 4. Shannon Kalbfell (1988-91) 124 Minette Ridenour (2003-06) 1,415 1,299 5. Roxie Rath (1995-98) 119 Kristna Martin (2004-07) 1,765 1,074 6. Sarah Storms (1991-94) 118 7.Taran Wendland (1984-87) 104 Lisa Freichels (1989-90, 92-93) 104 SWANSON-TORDSEN SET ASSIST LEADERS 9. Jenny Keinholz (1989-90) 82 10. Amy Anderson (2004-07) 72 1. Angie Rime (1999-2002) 5,905 2. Julie Nihart (1995-98) 4,644 3. Kristie Klusaw (2003-06) 4,138 4. Gail Ahlquist (1988-91) 3,774 BLOCK ASSIST LEADERS 5. Jenni Dold (1992-95) 3,409 1. Amy Anderson (2004-07) 422 6.Tasha Kryger (1985-88) 2,908 2. Sarah Biggerstaff (2001-04) 346 7. Stephanie Behm (2003-05) 1,965 3. Kim Bostrom (2001-04) 345 8. MELIA IWAMOTO (2007-PRESENT) 1,655 (1995-98) RIME 4. Roxie Rath 301 9. Lisa Jacobson (1981-84) 1,436 5. Kelly Hoemann (1999-2002) 298 10. Linda Fusco (1989-92) 995 6. Liz Force (1996-99) 294 7. April Swanson-Tordsen (1991-94) 275 Shauna Sturm (1998-2001) 275 ANDERSON SERVICE ACE LEADERS 9. Kristina Martin (2004-07) 271 10. EMILY ROONEY (2005-07) 245 1. Gail Ahlquist (1988-91) 203 11.Taran Wendland (1984-87) 207 2. Roxie Rath (1995-98) 173 Angie Rime (1999-2002) 207 3. Sue Nelson (1983-86) 156 Jenni Dold (1992-95) 156 5. Lisa Freichels (1989-90, 92-93) 153 THE SUMMIT LEAGUE TOURNAMENT 6.Taran Wendland (1984-87) 145 7. Julie Nihart (1995-98) 143 INDIVIDUAL RECORDS 8. Sarah Storms (1991-94) 141 AHLQUIST TOTAL BLOCKS IN A MATCH 9. Arika Sanders (1994-97) 140 10. Samantha Pearson (2004-07) 128 NAME SCHOOL OPPONENT DATE TB Amy Anderson SDSU IPFW 11/17/07 11 Jessie Fox Valparaiso IUPUI 11/19/05 11 Liz Mikos Valparaiso IUPUI 11/19/04 11 CAREER HITTING PERCENTAGE LEADERS Lauren Moulton Valparaiso Oral Roberts 11/22/03 11 Kelly Schoenhoft Valparaiso Eastern Illinois 11/18/95 11 MINIMUM 1,000 ATTEMPTS TO QUALIFY 1. Paula Burma (1982-84) .345 TOTAL BLOCKS IN A TOURNAMENT 2. Kim Bostrom (2001-04) .330 NAME SCHOOL YEAR TB 3. Amy Anderson (2004-07) .325 Amy Anderson SDSU 2007 21 4. Shauna Sturm (1998-2001) .322 Jessie Fox Valparaiso 2005 19 5. Kelly Hoemann (1999-2002) *.282 Liz Mikos Valparaiso 2004 18 6.Wendy Windschitl (1985-88) *.282 Kristen Meech Youngstown State 1999 16 Lorri Sommer Eastern Illinois 1995 16 7. Kristina Martin (2004-07) .281 * Hoemann hit .2823; Windschitl hit .2821 BURMA

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ALL-TIME INDIVIDUAL RECORDS

KILLS MATCH: 37, by Merridee Peterson-Rodel, vs. St. Cloud State, 9/21/96 SEASON: 564, by Rose Ebnet, 2000

TOTAL ATTACKS MATCH: 93, by Merridee Peterson-Rodel, vs. St. Cloud State, 9/21/96 SEASON: 1,425, by Merridee Peterson-Rodel, 1996

HITTING PERCENTAGE (MIN. 12 KILLS) MATCH: .812 (13-0-16), by Emily Rooney, at Xavier, 10/3/07 SEASON: .381, by Kim Bostrom, 2004

SERVICE ACES ALL-TIME TEAM RECORDS MATCH: 9, by Julie Barber, vs. South Dakota, 10/19/89; by Sue Nelson, vs. Mankato State, 11/7/86 KILLS SEASON: 72, by Sue Nelson, 1986 MATCH: 107, vs. Northern State, 1989 SEASON: 2,151, in 2002 SET ASSISTS MATCH: 79, by Jenni Dold, vs.Wayne State (Neb.), 10/27/95 TOTAL ATTACKS SEASON: 1,775 by Angie Rime, 2002 MATCH: 280, vs.Wayne State, 10/25/94 SEASON: 5,590, in 2002 SOLO BLOCKS MATCH: 8, by April Swanson-Tordsen, vs. Moorhead State, 10/30/93 HITTING PERCENTAGE SEASON: 88, by Sarah Sargent, 1990 MATCH: .595, vs.Western New Mexico, 8/28/98 SEASON: .251, in 2007 (.2511) BLOCK ASSISTS .251, in 2000 (.2508) MATCH: 12, by Taran Wendland, vs. Augustana, 10/31/87 SEASON: 156, by Amy Anderson, 2007 SERVICE ACES MATCH: 20, vs. Missouri Western State, 1993 DIGS SEASON: 332, in 1989 MATCH: 39, by Lisa Freichels, vs. Briar Cliff, 9/29/90 SEASON: 707, by Samantha Pearson, 2007 SET ASSISTS MATCH: 91, vs. Northern State, 1989 SEASON: 1,919, in 2002

SOLO BLOCKS MATCH: 20, vs. Dakota State, 1990 SEASON: 284, in 1990

BLOCK ASSISTS MATCH: 31, vs. Augustana, 1987 SEASON: 553, in 2007

DIGS MATCH: 183, vs. Northern State, 1989

AMY ANDERSON SAMANTHA PEARSON SEASON: 2,587, in 1989

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TEAM HIGHS KILLS 3 GAMES: 62, vs. Morningside (Iowa), 11/2/01 4 GAMES: 83, vs. South Dakota, 10/3/02 5 GAMES: 88, vs. Oregon State, 9/1/06 vs. Minnesota-Duluth, 11/22/02

TOTAL ATTACKS 3 GAMES: 155, three times; last vs. North Dakota State, 11/8/03 4 GAMES: 225, vs. Northern Colorado, 9/22/01 5 GAMES: 236, at Northern Colorado, 11/1/02

HITTING PERCENTAGE 3 GAMES: .519 (47-6-79), vs. Sacred Heart (Conn.), 9/29/06 4 GAMES: .349 (70-17-152), vs.Tulane, 8/31/07 5 GAMES: .325 (86-19-206), at IUPUI, 9/22/07

KRISTINA MARTIN MELIA IWAMOTO SERVICE ACES 3 GAMES: 13, vs. Bemidji State (Minn.), 9/13/03; INDIVIDUAL HIGHS vs.Texas Southern, 9/10/04 KILLS 4 GAMES: 19, vs. Morehead State (Ky.), 9/16/05 AMES 3-GAME MATCH: 22, by Minette Ridenour, vs. Gonzaga, 8/26/05 5 G : 15, vs. Findlay (Ohio), 9/1/01 4-GAME MATCH: 33, by Kristina Martin, at Montana State, 10/31/06 5-GAME MATCH: 36, by Kristina Martin, at IUPUI, 9/22/07 SET ASSISTS 3 GAMES: 56, vs. Florida Tech, 8/30/03 TOTAL ATTACKS 4 GAMES: 78, at Northern Colorado, 11/23/02 AMES 3 GAMES: 59, by Wendy O’Neill, vs. National American, 9/6/03 5 G : 82, vs. Oregon State, 9/1/06 4 GAMES: 69, by Wendy O’Neill, at Northern Colorado, 11/23/03 5 GAMES: 77, by Mackenzie Angner, at Marquette, 11/24/07 TOTAL BLOCKS 3 GAMES: 16, vs. UMKC, 9/29/07 HITTING PERCENTAGE (MIN. 12 KILLS) 4 GAMES: 16, vs. Southwest Minnesota State, 10/28/03 AMES 3 GAMES: .812 (13-0-16), by Emily Rooney, at Xavier, 10/3/07 5 G : 17.5, vs. Northern Colorado, 11/12/04 4 GAMES: .667, (13-1-18), by Emily Rooney at Sam Houston St., 9/1/07 5 GAMES: .550 (12-1-20), by Kim Bostrom, vs. Harding (Ark.), 8/31/02 DIGS 3 GAMES: 84, vs. St. Edward’s (Texas), 9/7/02 SERVICE ACES 4 GAMES: 111, vs. Northern Colorado, 9/22/01 AMES 3 GAMES: 6, by Mackenzie Angner, vs. Robert Morris, 9/23/06 5 G : 119, at North Dakota, 10/24/02 by Minette Ridenour, vs. Bemidji State (Minn.), 9/13/03 Note: The NCAA implemented rally-scoring in 2001, which continues in 4 GAMES: 8, by Minette Ridenour, vs. Morehead State (Ky.), 9/16/05 2008, but teams now need 25 points to win the game, with game five still 5 GAMES: 6, by Grethe Bornhoft, vs. Findlay (Ohio), 9/1/01 being 15-points. In addition to changing the games from 30 to 25 points, games will now SET ASSISTS be called sets. 3 GAMES: 52, by Angie Rime, vs. Montana State-Billings, 8/30/02 by Melia Iwamoto, vs. Centenary, 11/9/07 4 GAMES: 72, by Angie Rime, at Northern Colorado, 11/23/02; by Melia Iwamoto, at Sam Houston State, 9/1/07 5 GAMES: 76, by Kristie Klusaw, vs. IPFW, 11/12/05

TOTAL BLOCKS 3 GAMES: 10, by Amy Anderson, vs.Western Illinois, 11/16/07 4 GAMES: 10, by Amy Anderson, at North Dakota State, 11/11/06 5 GAMES: 12, by Shauna Sturm, vs. Nebraska-Omaha, 9/21/01

DIGS 3 GAMES: 28, by Samantha Pearson, vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, 8/31/07 4 GAMES: 30, by Samantha Pearson, vs. Montana, 9/8/07 5 GAMES: 37, by Samantha Pearson, at IUPUI, 9/22/04

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COSIDA DISTRICT VII ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN GTE/VERIZON/COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT DIVISION IERA (2004-PRESENT) 2007 — Amy Anderson (Third Team) 1991 — Gail Ahlquist (1) DIVISION I ALL-INDEPENDENT FIRST TEAM 2000 — Rose Ebnet (2), Shauna Sturm (2) 2004 — Kim Bostrom THE SUMMIT LEAGUE COACH OF THE YEAR 2001 — Shauna Sturm (1) 2005 — Kristina Martin, Minette Ridenour 2007 — Andrew Palileo 2002 — Annie Ebnet (3) 2006 –– Kristina Martin 2003 — Kim Bostrom (3) (1966-2003) GTE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA ALL-SUMMIT LEAGUE FIRST TEAM DIVISION II ERA 1991 — Gail Ahlquist (Second Team) 2007 — Amy Anderson, Kristina Martin ALL-NORTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE 1983 — Paula Burma, Jenni Johnson NCAA POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP DIVISION I ALL-INDEPENDENT SECOND TEAM 2000 — Rose Ebnet 2004 — Sarah Biggerstaff, Kristina Martin 1986 — Wendy Windschitl Minette Ridenour, Sarah Simet 1996 — Merridee Peterson AVCA ALL-NORTH CENTRAL REGION 2005 — Amy Anderson, Kristie Klusaw 1997 — Julie Nihart, Arika Sanders 1997 — Julie Nihart, Roxie Rath, Arika Sanders 2006 –– Amy Anderson, Kristie Klusaw 1998 — Rose Ebnet, Julie Nihart, Roxie Rath 1998 — Roxie Rath 1999 — Rose Ebnet, Liz Force, Shauna Sturm 1999 — Shauna Sturm ALL-SUMMIT LEAGUE SECOND TEAM 2000 — Rose Ebnet, Angie Rime, Shauna Sturm 2000 — Rose Ebnet, Angie Rime, Shauna Sturm 2007 — Samantha Pearson 2001 — Angie Rime, Shauna Sturm 2001 — Angie Rime, Shauna Sturm 2002 — Annie Ebnet, Kelly Hoemann, Angie Rime 2002 — Angie Rime DIVISION I ALL-INDEPENDENT HONORABLE MENTION 2003 — Kim Bostrom 2006 — Samantha Pearson AVCA DIVISION II ALL-AMERICA NORTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE MVP 1997 — Arika Sanders (2) DIVISION I INDEPENDENT NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR 1998 — Roxie Rath 2004 — Kristina Martin 1998 — Roxie Rath (1) 2000 — Rose Ebnet 2000 — Rose Ebnet (1), Shauna Sturm (1) THE SUMMIT LEAGUE ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM 2001 — Shauna Sturm 2001 — Shauna Sturm (1), Angie Rime (2) 2007 — Melia Iwamoto 2002 — Angie Rime (2) NCC FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR DIVISION IINDEPENDENT PLAYER OF THE WEEK 1999 — Angie Rime ASICS ALL-AMERICA 2004 — Kim Bostrom (Nov. 2) 2002 — Rhonda Bitker* 1998 — Roxie Rath (2) 2005 — Minette Ridenour (Sept. 13) NCC DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST OF THE YEAR Kristina Martin (Sept. 20) SUCCESSFUL FARMING ALL-AMERICAN FARM TEAM 1999 — Sarah Worklan 2000 — Rose Ebnet 2006 –– Amy Anderson (Oct. 24 2001 — Liz Archer Kristina Martin (Nov. 7) 2002 — Liz Archer AVCA DIVISION II PLAYER OF THE YEAR Samantha Pearson (Sept. 5, Oct. 17, Oct. 24) 2001 — Shauna Sturm NCC PLAYER OF THE WEEK HE UMMIT EAGUE FFENSIVE LAYER OF THE EEK T S L O P W 1997 — Arika Sanders (Nov. 10) DAKTRONICS ALL-REGION FIRST TEAM 2007 — Kristina Martin (Sept. 24, Oct. 29, Nov. 12) 1998 — Julie Nihart (Sept. 21), Roxie Rath (Oct. 5) 2000 — Rose Ebnet, Shauna Sturm 2001 — Liz Archer, Shauna Sturm THE SUMMIT LEAGUE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK 2000 — Rose Ebnet (Sept. 18, Oct. 23, Nov. 6), 2007 — Samantha Pearson (Sept. 4, Sept. 24,) Shauna Sturm (Sept. 11) 2002 — Liz Archer Amy Anderson (Oct. 1) 2001 — Annie Ebnet (Oct. 29), Kelly Hoemann (Aug. 27) DAKTRONICS ALL-REGION SECOND TEAM 2000 — Liz Archer, Angie Rime DIVISION IINDEPENDENT SETTER OF THE WEEK Shauna Sturm (Sept. 10, Nov. 5) 2004 — Stephanie Behm (Oct. 12) 2003 — Kim Bostrom (Sept. 8, Sept. 22) 2001 — Angie Rime Kristie Klusaw (Nov. 2) 2002 — Kim Bostrom, Angie Rime 2005 — Kristie Klusaw (Sept. 13) NCC SETTER OF THE WEEK 2003 — Kim Bostrom 2006 — Kristie Klusaw (Aug. 29, Oct. 17) 1997 — Julie Nihart (Sept. 2, Sept. 8, Nov. 17) 2002 — Angie Rime (Sept. 3, Nov. 11) DAKTRONICS DIVISION II ALL-AMERICA 2000 — Rose Ebnet (1), Shauna Sturm (3) DIVISION IINDEPENDENT NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK 2004 — Kristina Martin (Sept. 28, Oct. 19, Nov. 2) AVCA/SPORTS IMPORTS DIVISION II 2001 — Liz Archer (1), Shauna Sturm (1) 2005 — Laura Slagter (Oct. 4) NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK 2002 — Liz Archer (1) 1998 — Roxie Rath (Oct. 6) NORTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE COACH OF THE YEAR THE SUMMIT LEAGUE FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE MONTH 2000 — Rose Ebnet (Sept. 18, Nov. 6) 2007 — Amy Anderson (Aug./Sept., Nov.) 2000 — Mary Byrne NCC ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM AVCA NORTH CENTRAL REGION COACH OF THE YEAR THE SUMMIT LEAGUE ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM 1982 — Rebecca Johnson, Nancy Buryanek 2007 — Amy Anderson (MVP) Tressa Noehren 1997 — Mary Byrne Kristina Martin, Samantha Pearson 1986 — Jenni Johnson 2001 — Andrew Palileo 1987 — Teresa Rowe * Shared honor IVISION NDEPENDENT LL CADEMIC EAM D I I A -A T 1988 — Wendy Windschitl Number in parentheses indicates first-, second- or third-team 2004 — Sarah Biggerstaff, Kim Bostrom 1989 — Gail Ahlquist selection 2006 –– Kristie Klusaw, Minette Ridenour 1990 — Gail Ahlquist 1991 — Gail Ahlquist THE SUMMIT LEAGUE ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM 2007 — Amy Anderson, Mackenzie Angner, 1995 — Jenni Dold Rachel Dahl, Kristina Martin, Justine Olsen, 2000 — Grethe Bornhoft, Rose Ebnet, Shauna Sturm Mackenzie Osadchuk, Samantha Pearson, 2001 — Grethe Bornhoft, Shauna Sturm Nicole Peters, Emily Rooney, Stacey Wernert 2002 — Annie Ebnet 2003 — Sarah Biggerstaff, Kim Bostrom

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ARIKA SANDERS – 1997 AVCA Division II All-America Second Team

Sanders capped her career by becoming the first SDSU player to attain All-America status as she helped lead the Jackrabbits to their first NCAA postseason berth. She set a then-SDSU single-season record with 513 kills in 1997, while earning a spot on the AVCA All-America second team.

1997 STATISTICS YEAR GP K E TA PCT. A SA SE RE DIGS BS BA BE BHE 1997…… 121 513 153 1,317 .273 7 55 45 24 390 20 26 5 3

ROXIE RATH – 1998 AVCA Division II All-America First Team 1998 Asics Division II All-America Second Team

Rath led the Jackrabbits to their second consecutive postseason appearance with a stellar senior season from the middle hitting position.The North Central Conference MVP,Rath ended her career as the all-time SDSU leader in block assists with 301.

1998 STATISTICS YEAR GP-MP K E TA PCT. A SA SE RE DIGS BS BA BE BHE 1998…… 112-29 417 109 899 .343 9 49 40 22 240 23 90 18 9

ROSE EBNET – 2000 AVCA Division II All-America First Team 2000 Daktronics Division II All-America First Team

Ebnet put together the finest individual season by a Jackrabbit player, earning North Central Conference MVP honors while leading the league in kills. She set SDSU single-season and career records for kills as the Jackrabbits advanced to the regional finals.

2000 STATISTICS YEAR GP-MP K E TA PCT. A SA SE RE DIGS BS BA BE BHE 2000…… 110-33 564 153 1,332 .309 15 57 96 42 423 14 36 13 8

SHAUNA STURM – 2000 AVCA Division II All-America First Team 2000 Daktronics Division II All-America Third Team

Sturm advanced from her all-region selection the previous season with an All-America performance in 2000. A middle hitter, Sturm teamed with Ebnet to give Jackrabbits a potent inside-outside attack as she finished second in the NCC for hitting percentage.

2000 STATISTICS YEAR GP-MP K E TA PCT. A SA SE RE DIGS BS BA BE BHE 2000…… 111-33 485 111 1,021 .366 20 26 38 11 270 13 93 16 6

LIZ ARCHER – 2001 Daktronics Division II All-America First Team

After playing the first month of the season throughout the rotation, Archer moved almost exclusively to the back row, earning All-America honors as a defensive specialist.The NCC Defensive Specialist of the Year, Archer led the Jackrabbits with 426 digs as she reached the 1,000-mark for her career. She recorded double figures for digs in 25 of the team’s 34 matches, including a career-high 34 digs against Nebraska-Omaha.

2001 STATISTICS YEAR GP-MP K E TA PCT. A SA SE RE DIGS BS BA BE BHE 2001…… 128-34 122 64 489 .119 7 32 36 35 426 0 15 5 1

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ANGIE RIME – 2001 AVCA Division II All-America Second Team

Rime distributed the ball to a variety of offensive weapons during the 2001 season, averaging 11.69 assists per game as the Jackrabbits reached the national title match. She tallied 50 or more set assists in 14 matches and added an average of 1.12 kills per game. Rime also was solid defensively, finishing third on the team in both digs (330) and blocks (67), while posting 17 double- doubles for assists and digs.

2001 STATISTICS YEAR GP-MP K E TA PCT. A SA SE RE DIGS BS BA BE BHE 2001…… 127-34 145 57 361 .244 1,484 31 36 0 330 9 58 24 28

SHAUNA STURM – 2001 AVCA Division II All-America First-Team & Player-of-the-Year 2001 Daktronics Division II All-America First Team

Sturm became the first SDSU volleyball player to earn All-America recognition in two separate seasons when she earned first-team honors from the AVCA and Daktronics.The AVCA Player of the Year, Sturm set an SDSU single-season record with 126 block assists, while leading the team in kills (491) and hitting percentage (.361) as a middle hitter.

2001 STATISTICS YEAR GP-MP K E TA PCT. A SA SE RE DIGS BS BA BE BHE 2001…… 128-34 491 112 1,050 .361 29 29 18 28 351 29 126 18 5

LIZ ARCHER – 2002 Daktronics Division II All-America First-Team Archer anchored the Jackrabbits’ back row as she took over the newly created position of libero.The Apple Valley, Minn., native registered double figures for digs in 30 of the team’s 35 matches, including 11 outings of 20 or more digs. During the 2002 season, Archer set the SDSU single-season record of 595 digs and established a new Jackrabbit career mark of 1,615 digs. A repeat pick on the Daktronics All-America First Team, Archer also earned North Central Conference’s Defensive Specialist of the Year honors for the second consecutive season. 2002 STATISTICS YEAR GP-MP K E TA PCT. A SA SE RE DIGS BS BA BE BHE 2002…… 131-35 2 6 44 -.091 26 0 1 31 595 0 0 0 1

ANGIE RIME – 2002 AVCA Division II All-America Second Team

Rime earned a spot on the AVCA All-America Second Team for the second straight year after setting SDSU single- season and career marks for set assists. Her 1,775 assists were good for an average of 13.45 per game. Rime, who played in every game for the Jackrabbits in 2002, also led the team with 28 service aces, ranked third in digs with 411 and tied for fourth on the club with 67 blocks.

2002 STATISTICS YEAR GP-MP K E TA PCT. A SA SE RE DIGS BS BA BE BHE 2002…… 132-35 152 43 346 .315 1,775 28 32 1 411 9 58 19 2

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South Dakota State University plays its home matches in Frost Arena, named after former SDSU coach and athletic director R.B. "Jack" Frost. The facility, part of the Stanley J. Marshall HPER Center, now seats 6,500 fans for basketball and 6,000 for volleyball.The SDSU- Augustana basketball game on February 11, 1989, attracted an arena record 9,456 fans, a record which may never be broken since the new chair-back and courtside seating, added before the 1992-93 season, elimi- nated seats from the arena total. R.B. "Jack" Frost The improved seating represents just one in a series of changes which include a combined $3 million in Daktronics scoreboard equipment, added to Frost Arena and Coughlin-Alumni Stadium in the fall of 2005. The Frost Arena portion includes a four-sided scoreboard with four ProStar® video screens measuring 12 feet by seven feet, two ProAd® displays measuring 60 feet long by four feet high and a full-color digital ProTable® scorers table, all of which can display real-time statistics. Frost Arena also received a newly repainted floor in 2007. The State of South Dakota let bids totaling $3,374,115 for the facility following legislative approval of the project, with the bill signed by Governor Frank Farrar on Feb. 14, 1970. SDSU broke ground on site on Sept. 22, 1970 and Governor Richard Kneip placed the cornerstone on Oct. 2, 1971. Final cost of the building totaled $3,685,000, with the difference made up by gifts and items donated later. The Jackrabbits played their first game in Frost Arena on February 2, 1973. In 1994, the one-millionth fan passed through the Frost Arena turnstiles. Born in Sheyenne North Dakota on April 26, 1907, Reuben B. “Jack” Frost graduated from Spring Grove, Minn., High School in 1923. He attend Luther College (Iowa) from 1924 to 1928, and received his PhD in Physical Education from the University of Oregon in 1958. His coaching career began in 1928 at Glenwood, Minn., High School and later at Fergus Falls, Minn. In 1935, he became athletic director and coach at Bemidji State College. Frost served as athletic director, professor and head of the physical education department at South Dakota State from 1947 until 1960. He compiled an 86-79 mark in seven seasons as Jackrabbit men’s basketball coach from 1948-54. Frost also worked as an international leader in recreation, health and physical education, serving in 1965 as the United States representative at the Fifth Session of the International Olympic Academy in Greece. Dr. Frost established the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Graduate program at South Dakota State University in 1951. An author, teacher, coach and administrator, Dr. Frost's influence on this university remains today. He mentored Dr. Stanley Marshall, in whose honor the HPER Center is named.

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JACKRABBIT SOFTBALL STADIUM ERV HEUTHER FIELD

FISHBACK SOCCER PARK COUGHLIN-ALUMNI STADIUM

CONCEPTUAL DRAWING OF THE NEW SDSU EQUESTRIAN CENTER HPER CENTER POOL THAT OPENED IN THE WINTER OF 2008

JACKRABBIT ACCELERATION VARSITY ATHLETICS WEIGHT ROOM

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With a record enrollment of 11,706 students in the fall of 2007, South Dakota State remains the state’s largest institution of higher learning.

SDSU EARLY HISTORY Located in Brookings,The Territorial Legislative Assembly authorized SDSU in 1881 to serve as the state’s land grant institution. Territorial Council member John O’Brien Scobey managed to secure Dakota Agricultural College for his city. Although allocations fell short of the actual cost, the school did open in the fall of 1884 because the president, TOMPKINS ALUMNI CENTER FEATURES THE AGGIE SCHOOL CLOCK TOWER.THE BUILDING, George Lilley, advanced $500 — one- LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF CAMPUS, HOSTS MANY UNIVERSITY AND ALUMNI FUNCTIONS. third of his salary — to finish three rooms in the new Central Building.“Old Mechanic Arts, there were 22 depart- Sioux Falls.The Office of Academic Central” was soon joined by South ments on campus. Affairs and Outreach coordinates (1885) and North (1887), forming the Reorganization into the five divisions evening, RDTN, Internet and off-campus nucleus of campus for a decade and a that formed the basis for the designa- courses. half. tion of colleges was completed under SDSU is accredited by the North During the first year of operation, the President Charles W. Pugsley in 1923. Central Association of Colleges and college only held preparatory classes. In 1964, when “State College” Secondary Schools and numerous College classes started in 1885 with became South Dakota State University, departments on campus hold accredita- five teachers, 17 freshman and 61 the school included six colleges. Now, tion from various agencies. preparatory students. Growth stayed students can earn degrees offered SDSU celebrated its 125th anniver- slow and erratic for many years, but by through eight colleges. sary in 2006, a yearlong event that cul- minated with the 2006 Hobo Day foot- the turn of the 20th century, 242 stu- THE EIGHT COLLEGES INCLUDE: dents enrolled and by 1990, SDSU • Agricultural and Biological Sciences ball game. enrollment grew to more than 9,000 • Arts and Science Over those 125 years, SDSU grew students. • Education and Counseling from a campus of 80 acres in 1881 to • Engineering a 271-acre campus with facilities worth • Family and Consumer Sciences more than $220 million. COLLEGES ESTABLISHED • General Registration The university owns or leases another SDSU granted Nearly 50,000 degrees • Nursing 15,000 acres for research throughout since its charter in 1881. • Pharmacy the state. Recently, the Printing and The structure of the college became • Graduate School Journalism Building — now named more complex as enrollments increased. Students can choose from more than Anson and Ada May Yeager Hall — The first nine chairs of instruction 200 majors, minors and options at underwent a $2.1 million expansion established in 1884 included agricul- SDSU with more than 2,500 different and renovation project. ture, science, mathematics, English, course offerings. modern languages, military tactics, vet- Master’s degrees can be earned in erinary science, practical business, polit- more than 30 areas, with doctorates ical & domestic economy, and music. available in eight fields. (Continued on next page) By 1907, the year the name of the SDSU also offers degree programs institution changed to South Dakota through the South Dakota Public State College of Agriculture and Universities and Research Center in

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SDSU is also one of just five universities to serve as a regional center for the Sun Grant Initiative, which is a concept to solve America’s energy needs and revitalize rural communities with Land- Grant university research, education and Extension programs on renewable energy and bio-based non-food industries. The Harding Distinguished Lecture Series, the F.O. Butler Lectures, the Lusk Lecture and the Amdahl, Schultz-Werth and Griffiths endowments all supple- ment classroom instruction. Students can also choose from more than 100 clubs and organizations on campus.

MUSEUMS & ATTRACTIONS

SDSU ADDED STATE OF THE ART VIDEO SCOREBOARDS IN FROST ARENA IN 2005 The educational opportunities do not end in the classroom or laboratory, as Other recent campus construction Engineering and Environmental South Dakota State University houses projects include a $7 million expansion Research Center; Animal Disease several facilities, including museums to Crothers Engineering Hall, the reno- Research and Diagnostic Laboratory; and gardens. vation of Solberg Hall and the building and Northern Grain Insect Research Dedicated in 1970, and expanded in of a $9 million performing arts center, Laboratory. These units help strengthen 2000, the South Dakota Federation of which opened in the fall of 2002. the university’s growing commitment to Women’s Club first envisioned the A new residence hall (Caldwell Hall) research and support of state and local South Dakota Art Museum in 1949. and the University Student Union economic development efforts. The expansion and renovation opened in the Northern Great Plains Biostress fall of 2005, and the Enterprise Laboratory, dedicated in 1993, houses (Continued on next page) Institute, located on the southwest cor- scientists who focus on research aimed ner of campus opened in 2004. at developing new technologies to pro- In 2005, SDSU spent more than $3 tect crops and livestock. million to install new state of the art scoreboards in Frost Arena and at Coughlin Alumni Stadium.

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH The university reaches all corners of the state through the Cooperative Extension Service and the Agricultural Experiment Station, offering service to improve the quality of rural life. Also at SDSU are the Center for Innovation,Technology and Entrepreneurship; Engineering Experiment Station, Office of Remote Sensing; Water Resources Institute; CALDWELL HALL OPENED IN THE FALL OF 2005

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The museum's collections include early Sioux Indian tribal art, the famed Harvey Dunn paintings of pioneer life and the exclusive Vera Way Marghab linens. The State Agricultural Heritage Museum transformed the former Stock Judging Pavilion into a home for exhibits that record and preserve the agrarian heritage of South Dakota. The 70-acre McCrory Gardens and South Dakota Arboretum, located south and east of campus, provide a beautiful setting for area residents and tourists to enjoy a stroll through the radiant colors and fragrances of one of the top 10 MCCRORY GARDENS HONORS PROFESSOR S.A. MCCRORY WHO HEADED THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE small ornamental gardens in the nation. AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES FROM 1947 UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1964 It is also recognized as an All- and Children’s Maze. The arboretum’s purpose is to test American Display Garden, one of only In August 1994, McCrory Gardens woody plants needed to protect agricul- 13 in the nation. In 1993 McCrory dedicated the Mickelson Grove tural fields and livestock from the Gardens was designated an All- Memorial in honor of former governor region’s harsh environment, to provide American Judging Garden to conduct and Brookings resident George S. hardy trees to shade our towns and research on annual flowers. Mickelson. cities, and to test ornamental shrubs for Since 1985, private contributions In 1982, they dedicated the area both durability and beauty. made many new gardens possible north of the formal garden to the plant- SDSU Horticulture, Forestry, including the Rose, Rock, Centennial ing and testing of ornamental trees and Landscape and Parks Department man- Prairie, Iris,True Lily, Mum, Native shrubs.The 45-acre site was designated age the arboretum and gardens. Prairie Collection, Oak Tree Memorial the South Dakota State Arboretum in McCrory Gardens continues to devel- Garden, All-Red Specialty Garden, 1988. op more gardens, tree and shrub collec- Peony Garden, Shrub Rose Collection, tions.

THE COUGHLIN CAMPANILE South Dakota State’s most recognizable landmark may be the 165-foot Coughlin Campanile, the state’s largest chimes tower. A climb of 179 steps leads to a panoramic view of the city. 1909 Engineering graduate Charles Coughlin, who later went on to become head of the Briggs & Stratton Corporation, donated the statuesque structure on the west end of campus at a cost of $65,000. Coughlin laid the campanile’s cornerstone on June 10, 1929. Since then, its chimes call students to classes with the famous Westminster peals. THE SOUTH DAKOTA ART MUSEUM, WHICH IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, STARTED A $1.8 MILLION EXPANSION IN 1998 AND REOPENED IN 2000 (Continued on next page)

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An alumni-sponsored project to Over the years the outdoor amphithe- to 45, making it the second fastest ani- restore the campanile was completed in ater hosted concerts, graduations and mal in North America, second only to the summer of 2001. inaugurations for university presidents. the pronghorn antelope, which can run Named after a former SDSU Woodbine Cottage, the home of the at speeds up to 60 miles per hour. President,The Hilton M. Briggs Library, university president, is a charming Jackrabbits are, properly speaking, the state’s largest, opened in 1977 and example of Queen Anne architecture. not rabbits but hares, with longer feet joined South Dakota’s statewide auto- Built in 1887 by South Dakota and longer ears than rabbits. Most mated library network in 1988.Through Agricultural College’s second president, hares live in open country, whereas rab- the library, users can access holdings Dr. Lewis McLouth, the home is bits - like cottontails - live in brushy from all 10 of the state’s libraries, crowned by multiple rooflines.The habitats. including official documents and more house also served as a women’s dormi- Jackrabbits can grow up to two feet than 1 million other holdings at Briggs. tory, music hall and infirmary. long, weigh froms six to nine pounds, Adjacent to the campanile, Coolidge- with ears up to eight inches long. Hares Sylvan Theatre provides a restful, green THE JACKRABBITS are vegetarians, eating tender herbs in haven for students since its dedication Two theories exist as to how and why summer, and woody twigs and bark in by President Calvin Coolidge in SDSU’s athletic teams became known the winter. September 1927. as the “Jackrabbits”. Most believe that the name BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA “Jackrabbits” came from a story and Named after W.W. Brookings, who cartoon sketch that appeared in a came to the area in 1857.That winter, Minneapolis newspaper following a his legs froze so badly they had to be 1905 football game between the amputated. Undaunted, Brookings University of Minnesota and South stayed and eventually became president Dakota State College. Many believe that of the territorial council and a judge in a reporter for the newspaper, knowing the state supreme court. In honor of his of the preponderance of jackrabbits in support of railroad construction, and the Brookings area, wrote that the possibly because of his stalwart nature, SDSC team was as quick as jackrabbits. South Dakota’s first locomotive was Many people believe that the school named the “Judge Brookings.” adopted the Jackrabbits as its official Situated at the intersection of U.S. nickname from that beginning. Highway 14 and Interstate 29, about The other theory about the origin of 20 miles west of the Minnesota border the nickname came in The Jackrabbit, and 50 miles north of Sioux Falls, the SDSU’s yearbook. A poem in the 1907 Brookings community of about 18,500 yearbook puts forth the idea that the people continues to grow.The commu- yearbook is called The Jackrabbit nity also houses several recognizable because a group of juniors wished to companies including Rainbow Play immortalize themselves by changing the Systems, Minnesota Mining and name of the yearbook. Athletic teams Manufacturing (3M medical products), followed suit, adopting the nickname. Larson Manufacturing (doors and win- Prior to the adoption of the Jackrabbit dows), and Daktronics, a leading manu- nickname, fans knew the school athletic facturer of scoreboards and display sys- teams as the Barn Yard Cadets as SDSU tems.The largest gasohol production was known as South Dakota State plant in South Dakota (Vera Sun College of Agriculture and Mechanic Energy) sits just east of Brookings while Arts in 1907. soybean production plant operates just The Jackrabbit can run at speeds of west of the city. 30-to-35 miles per hour, with bursts up THE COUGHLIN CAMPANILE

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ACADEMIC OVERVIEW Atmospheric, Environmental and Water • Organismal The following list includes the more than Resources (Ph.D.) • Pre-Professional 200 majors, minors and options available Biology (B.S., Minor) Business (Minor) in the classroom at South Dakota State • Ecology Chemistry (B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Minor) University: • Molecular/Cellular Clinical Lab Technology • Organismal Communication Studies and Theatre • Indicates options within the major • Pre-Professional (B.A., B.S., Minor) Biological Sciences (M.S., Ph.D.) • Radio,TV and Film Botany (Minor) • Speech Communications COLLEGE OF GENERAL STUDIES AND Business Area Studies • Speech Education OUTREACH PROGRAMS Dairy Manufacturing (B.S.) • Theatre General Registration — the most Dairy Production (B.S.) Communication Studies and popular freshman option • Business Journalism (M.S.) Liberal Studies (B.S.) • Science Criminal Justice (Minor) General Studies (A.A.) Dairy Science (M.S.) Economics (B.A., B.S., M.S., Minor) Applied Technical Science (B.A.T.S.) Entomology • Business Economics Applied Agriculture Environmental Management (B.S.) English (B.A., M.A., Minor) General Supervision General Agriculture (A.S., B.S.) European Studies Program General Technology Horticulture (B.S.) French (B.A., Minor) Industrial Sales • Business Geographic Information Systems (B.S., Industrial Supervision • Production Minor) Pre-Professional Programs • Science Geography (B.S., M.S., Minor) Pre-Chiropractic International Agricultural Specialization • Environmental Planning & Pre-Dental Landscape Architecture (B.S.) Management Pre-Law Microbiology (B.S., Minor) • Technical Geography - Science Pre-Medicine • Applied/Environmental German (B.A., Minor) Pre-Ministerial • Infectious Disease Global Studies Pre-Mortuary Science • Molecular Biology Graphic Design (B.A., B.S.) Pre-Optometry Park Management (B.S.) Health Education (Minor) Pre-Physical Therapy Pest Management (Minor) Health, Physical Education and Recreation Pre-Physician’s Assistant Plant Pathology (M.S.) (B.S., M.S., Minor) Pre-Veterinary Medicine Pre-Veterinary Medicine Health Promotion (B.S.) Range Science (B.S., Minor) History (B.A., B.S., Minor) COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND • Range Livestock Production Journalism (B.A., B.S., Minor) BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES • Rangeland Ecology & Habitat • Advertising Ag Business (B.S., Minor) Management • Broadcast Journalism Ag & Resources Economics (B.S.) • Rangeland Resource Conservation • News-Editorial • Environmental Economics Rural Sociology (M.S., Minor) Latin America Area Studies Ag Education (B.S.) Zoology (Minor) Mathematics (B.S., M.S., Minor) Ag Journalism (B.S.) Microbiology (B.S., M.S., Minor) Ag Marketing (Minor) COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE Military Science (Minor) Ag Systems Technology (B.S., Minor) Accounting (Minor) Modern Language Business-Economics • Business Aerospace Studies (Minor) Specialization • Environmental Systems American Indian Studies (Minor) Music (B.A., Minor) • Processing Art (B.A., B.S., Minor) • Choral Music • Production • Art Education • Instrumental Music Agronomy (B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Minor) • Fine Arts Music Education (B.M.E.) • Business • Painting/Printmaking Music Merchandising (B.S.) • Production • Ceramics/Sculpture Philosophy (Minor) • Science Athletic Training (B.S.) Political Science (B.A., B.S., Minor) Animal Sciences (B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Minor) Biology (B.S., M.S., Minor) Pre-Occupational Therapy • Business and Production • Ecology Pre-Physical Therapy • Science • Molecular/Cellular Psychology (B.A., Minor)

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• Applied Option COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Hotel and Food Service Management (B.S.) • Pre-Professional Agricultural and Biosystems • Food Service Management • Psychological Services Engineering (B.S.) • Hotel and Hospitality Management • Teaching • Food and Bio-Materials Human Development and Family Public Recreation (B.S., Minor) • Power and Machinery Studies (B.S.) Religion (Minor) • Structures and Environment Human Development, Child and Sociology (B.A., B.S., Ph.D., Minor) • Water and Natural Resources Family Studies (Minor) • Human Services Civil and Environmental Engineering (B.S.) Interior Design (B.S., Minor) • Human Resources Computer Science (B.S., Minor) Nutrition, Food Science (B.S., Minor) • Social Work Construction Management (B.S.) • Dietetics Spanish (B.A., Minor) Electrical Engineering (B.S.) • Food Science Women’s Studies (Minor) • Biomedical Engineering • Nutrition • Communications and Advanced COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND Electronics COLLEGE OF NURSING COUNSELING • Computers-Digital Hardware Nursing (B.S., M.S.) Aviation • Image Processing • Accelerated Program Career and Technical Education (B.S.) • Power Systems • RN Upward Mobility • Aviation Electronics Engineering Technology (B.S.) Health Science (Minor) Counseling and Human Resource Engineering (M.S.) Gerontology (Minor) Development (M.S.) Engineering Physics (B.S.) Curriculum and Instruction (M.Ed.) • Electrical Engineering COLLEGE OF PHARMACY Educational Administration (M.Ed.) • Mechanical Engineering Pharmacy (Pharm. D.) Career and Technical Education (B.S.) Industrial Management (M.S.) Secondary Education Certification Manufacturing Engineering Technology (B.S.) For more information about Agriculture Mechanical Engineering (B.S.) Physics (B.S., Minor) South Dakota State University Art (K-12) academic programs, call the Biology • Professional Physics Career and Technical Education • Science Education Admissions Office at: Chemistry Safety Management (B.S.) 1-800-952-3541 Computer Science Software Engineering (B.S.) –– or –– Economics • Food Service Management (605) 688-6891 English • Hotel and Hospitality Management Family and Consumer Sciences Human Development and Family Admissions E-Mail: Studies (B.S.) French [email protected] Geography Human Development, Child and German (K-12) Family Studies (Minor) Health, Physical Education and Interior Design (B.S., Minor) University Web Site: Recreation (K-12) Nutrition, Food Science (B.S., Minor) www3.sdstate.edu History • Dietetics Journalism • Food Science Athletics Web Site: • Nutrition Mathematics GOJACKS.COM Music (K-12) Physics COLLEGE OF FAMILY AND Political Science CONSUMER SCIENCES Psychology Apparel Merchandising (B.S., Minor) Sociology Consumer Affairs (B.S., Minor) Spanish (K-12) Early Childhood Education (B.S.) Speech (Speech/Debate, Drama/Theatre) • Birth to age 8 • Cooperative programs in elementary education Family and Consumer Sciences (M.S.) Gerontology (Minor)

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SENIORS JUSTINE OLSEN,MACKENZIE ANGNER,RACHEL DAHL

JUNIOR STACEY WERNERT SOPHOMORES ATHLEY KATHOL,NICOLE PETERS, MELIA IWAMOTO,REBECCA PEOPPEL FRESHMEN KELLI FIEGEN,TRISHA BIRR,EMILY PALMER, MOLLY JANSSEN,MARY SANDERFOOT, ELLYCE YOUNGREN

2007 NCAA TOURNAMENT GOJACKS.COM AUGUST OCTOBER 29-30 Blue Raider Bash, Murfreesboro, Tenn. 03 *IPFW, Fort Wayne, Ind., 7 p.m. 29 Southeast Missouri State, 4:30 p.m. 04 *Oakland, Rochester, Mich., 7 p.m. 30 Idaho, 10 a.m. 10 *Western Illinois, 7 p.m. Middle Tenneessee State, 7:30 p.m. 11 *IUPUI, 7 p.m. 17 *Centenary, 7 p.m. SEPTEMBER 18 *UMKC, 4 p.m. 20 Drake, 7 p.m. 04-05 Hurricane Invitational, Coral Gables, Fla. 23 *Oral Roberts, Tulsa, Okla., 7 p.m. 04 Miami, 6 p.m. 25 *North Dakota State, 7 p.m. 05 Alabama, 10 a.m. 31 *IUPUI, Indianapolis, Ind., 7 p.m. Virginia Commonwealth, 2 p.m. 06-07 Seminole Tri-Tournament, Tallahasse, Fla. 06 North Florida, 3 p.m. NOVEMBER 07 Florida State, 12 p.m. 01 *Western Illinois, Macomb, Ill., 7 p.m. 19 *Oral Roberts, 7 p.m. 07 *Oakland, 7 p.m. 21 Missouri State, 12 p.m. 08 *IPFW, 7 p.m. 23 Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa, 7 p.m. 14 *UMKC, Kansas City, Mo., 5 p.m. 27 *North Dakota State, Fargo, N.D., 7 p.m. 16 *Centenary, Shreveport, La., 3 p.m. 21-22 The Summit League Tournament, Tulsa, Okla., TBA 21 Semi Finals, TBA 22 Finals, TBA

Home games in blue and held in Frost Arena. Times local to game location. Schedules subject to change. *Conference game PE083 08/08