Bartow Arena serves as the UAB are a total of 8,500 seats (6,500 volleyball team’s home court. Formerly permanent, 2,000 retractable), and UAB Arena, the home facility for the there is a maximum capacity of 9,500. Blazers was later renamed to honor In addition, the arena houses athletic former athletics director and head and administrative offices, locker rooms, basketball coach Gene Bartow. The the Green and Gold Room, the Blazer UAB volleyball team is now in its 24th Club and the Champion Club. season at the venue. In 2009, the arena added new Since becoming the first team to host scoreboards at each end and a new, intercollegiate athletic competition four-panel, video board above mid- in the arena in 1988, UAB volleyball court. In 2011, the lower bowl of seats has hosted a number of tournaments, was replaced. including the 1988 Sun Belt Conference Championship and the first Women’s Additional changes to the building over Invitational Volleyball Championship the years have included a renovation of in 1989. In 1993, UAB hosted the the administrative towers annex, a new third Great Midwest Conference locker room and equipment room for Championship. football and a renovation of the Green and Gold, Blazer Club and Champions Bartow Arena is a multi-purpose facility Club rooms. that is used for intercollegiate athletic events, as well as numerous other Specifically related to volleyball, the activities and events hosted by the arena’s 15 foot by 26 foot locker university. The arena is home to the room was renovated in the summer of men’s and women’s basketball teams 2007. With the upgrade came brand and UAB graduation ceremonies. new spacious lockers for each student- athlete, leather couches and a 50-inch With 18,000-square feet of floor space, flat-screen plasma television. the arena has a permanent wood floor, which has three basketball courts, The UAB volleyball program’s all-time three volleyball courts and a portable record in Bartow Arena entering 2012 hardwood floor for basketball. There stands at 166-107 (.608). ALL-TIME RECORDS vs . OPPONENTS AT HOME
Alabama...... 5-4 James Madison...... 1-0 Samford...... 9-0 Alabama A&M...... 4-1 Lamar...... 0-1 Sam Houston State...... 1-0 Alabama State ...... 2-2 Lipscomb...... 1-0 Savannah State...... 1-0 Arkansas...... 0-1 Louisiana-Lafayette...... 1-0 SE Missouri State...... 0-0 Auburn...... 2-8 Louisiana-Monroe...... 1-1 SMU...... 2-4 Austin Peay...... 2-0 Louisiana Tech...... 1-0 South Alabama...... 6-1 Baylor...... 0-1 Louisville ...... 0-4 South Carolina ...... 1-1 Butler...... 1-0 Marshall...... 6-4 South Florida ...... 3-7 Chattanooga...... 1-1 Marquette...... 6-2 Southeastern Louisiana...... 2-0 Charlotte...... 3-4 Memphis...... 11-10 Southern Miss...... 10-9 Cincinnati...... 4-6 Mercer ...... 3-1 Stephen F . Austin...... 1-1 Dayton...... 1-0 Michigan State ...... 0-1 Stetson...... 1-0 DePaul...... 6-3 Middle Tennessee...... 3-2 TCU...... 0-1 East Carolina...... 9-1 Minnesota...... 0-1 Tennessee...... 0-1 East Tennessee State...... 1-1 Mississippi ...... 1-4 Tennessee State...... 3-0 Eastern Kentucky ...... 1-0 Missisippi State...... 3-2 Tennessee Tech...... 2-0 Florida A&M...... 1-0 Mississippi Valley State...... 2-0 Texas Tech...... 0-1 Florida Atlantic...... 0-1 Montevallo...... 2-0 Troy ...... 8-2 Florida International...... 1-1 Murray State...... 2-1 Tulane...... 6-6 Georgia Southern...... 1-0 NC State...... 1-0 Tulsa...... 1-3 Georgia State...... 4-1 North Carolina Central...... 0-0 UCF...... 6-1 Georgia Tech...... 2-0 North Texas...... 1-1 UMass-Lowell ...... 1-0 George Washington...... 1-0 Northeastern Illinois...... 1-0 UT Martin ...... 0-0 Hofstra...... 0-1 Northwestern State...... UTEP...... 7-1 Houston...... 3-3 Pittsburgh...... 1-1 UTSA...... 1-2 Iowa State...... 0-1 Presbyterian...... 1-0 Western Kentucky...... 4-2 Jackson State...... 1-0 Radford...... 0-0 Jacksonville ...... 1-0 Rice ...... 4-5 *BOLD indicates playing at Bartow Arena in 2016 Jacksonville State...... 5-1 Saint Louis...... 5-5 UAB VOLLEYBALL UABUAB VOLLEYBALLVOLLEYBALL TABLE OF CONTENTS QUICK FACTS General Information INFORMATION School ...... UAB Location ...... Birmingham, Ala . Quick Facts ...... 2 Founded ...... 1969 Media Relations/Outlets ...... 3 Enrollment ...... 18,333 Nickname ...... Blazers SEASON PREVIEW Mascot ...... Blaze Colors ...... Forest Green and Old Gold Roster ...... 4 Home Venue ...... Bartow Arena (8,500) Schedule ...... 5 Affiliation ...... NCAA Division I Conference ...... Conference USA (C-USA) PLAYERS President ...... Dr . Ray L . Watts Director of Athletics ...... Mark Ingram Players ...... 7-15 Faculty Athletics Represenative ...... Dr . Frank Messina Ticket Office Phone ...... 205 975. 8221. STAFF Athletics Communications Head Coach Kerry Messersmith ...... 17-18 Associate AD/Communications ...... Ted Feeley Assistant Coach Ashley Hardee ...... 19 Associate Athletics Communications Director ...... Jay D’Abramo Assistant Coach Rashinda Reed ...... 20 Assistant Athletics Communications Director ...... Kylie Murphy Athletics Communications Associate ...... Tyler Brown OPPONENTS Athletics Communications Associate/Volleyball Contact ...... Kathryn Langley Email: ...... langleyk@uab .edu Opponents ...... 21-28 Phone: ...... 229 .308 .3823 (cell) Athletics Communications Assistant ...... Abby Vinson SEASON REVIEW Main Office Phone ...... 205 934. .0722 2015 Results ...... 30 Office Fax ...... 205 934. .7505 2015 Individual Results ...... 31 Mailing Address ...... UAB Media Relations 2015 Combined Stats ...... 32 617 13th Street South 2015 C-USA Review ...... 33 Bartow Arena-West Tower Birmingham, Ala . 35294 HISTORY Team History First Year of UAB Volleyball ...... 1978 All-Time Roster ...... 35 Years of UAB Volleyball ...... 38 All-Time Series Results ...... 36 All-Time Overall Record ...... 671-699 NCAA Tournament Appearances/Last ...... 2/2008 RECORDS Last NCAA Appearance/Result ...... 2nd Round at Nebraska (12/6/08) - L, 0-3 C-USA Championships/Last ...... 1/Defeated Memphis 3-2 (11/19/06) Single-Season Records ...... 38 Career Records ...... 39 Coaching Staff Head Coach ...... Kerry Messersmith (11th season) Alma Mater ...... Chadron State,’86 Career Record ...... 663-399 (28th season) UAB Record ...... 189-147 (11th season) Associate Head Coach ...... Ashley Hardee (3rd season) Alma Mater ...... East Carolina, ‘00 Assistant Coach ...... Rashinda Reed (2nd season) Alma Mater ...... Georgia, ‘05 Volunteer Assistant Coach ...... Chelsi Carter (1st season) Director of Operations ...... Brynnley Messersmith Volleyball Office Phone ...... 205 934. .6003 2 UABSPORTS .COM UABUAB VOLLEYBALL VOLLEYBALL MEDIA OUTLETS Ted Feeley Print Television (Football, Men’s Golf, Beach Volleyball) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ABC 33/40 Associate Athletics Director for Communications 201 Monroe Stree, Suite 1940 P .O . Box 360039 Office Phone: 205.934.0722 Montgomery, Ala . 36104 Birmingham, Ala . 35236 Email: tfeeley@uab edu. 800 .821 .3737 (phone) 205 .982 .3988 (phone) 334 .265 .7177 (fax) 205 .982 .3942 (fax) 334 .262 .5947 (out of state) Mike Raita (Sports Director) John Zenor (Sports) miker@abc3340 com. (Email) Jay D’Abramo jzenor@ap .org (Email) Jeff Speegle, Stu McCann (Men’s Basketball, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Tennis) THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS CBS 42 Associate Athletics Communications Director 2000 4th Avenue North 2075 Golden Crest Drive Office Phone: 205.934.7920 Birmingham, Ala . 35203-3840 Birmingham, Ala . 35209 Email: jdabramo@uab edu. 205 .325 .2431 (phone) 205 .488 .4237 (phone) 205 .325 .2425 (fax) 205 .320 .2722 (fax) Gary Estwick (Beat Writer) Chris Breece (Sports Director) gestwick@al .com (Email) chris .breece@wiat com. (Email) Kylie Murphy Lauren Sisler, Chris McCulley (Women’s Basketball, Secondary Football, Cross Country, Men’s Tennis) THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES FOX 6 Assistant Athletics Communications Director (WEEKLY) P .O . Box 6 Office Phone: 205.934.2576 115 3rd Avenue West Birmingham, Ala . 35201 Email: knmurphy@uab .edu Birmingham, Ala . 35204 205 .583 .4345 (phone) 205 .251 .5158 (phone) 205 .583 .4356 (fax) 205 .323 .2294 (fax) Rick Karle (Sports Director) Sheldon Haygood, Mike Dubberly Kathryn Langley (Volleyball, Softball, Rifle, Secondary Men’s UAB Reporter NBC 13 Basketball) (CAMPUS, WEEKLY) P .O . Box 10502 Athletics Communications Associate Birmingham, Ala . 35294-0113 Birmingham, Ala . 35202 Office Phone: 205.934.0724 205 .934 .2040 (phone) 205 .558 .7348 (phone) Email: langleyk@uab .edu 205 .934 .7911 (fax) 205 .323 .3314 (fax) Don Hawes (Sports Director) dhawes@wvtm .com (Email) KALEIDOSCOPE Tom Annino, Kyle Burger Josh Gleason (STUDENT, WEEKLY) (Baseball, Men’s Soccer, Track & Field) HUC 135 Athletics Communications Associate Birmingham, Ala . 35294-1150 205 .934 .3354 (phone) Office Phone: 205.934.0725 205 .934 .8050 Email: jgleas@uab edu. sports@insideuab .com (Email)
Abby Vinson PLEASE CALL US UAB (Women’s Golf, Bowling) Please note that there are only two correct versions of our name, the Athletics Communications Assistant acronym ‘UAB’ or the full ‘University of Alabama at Birmingham.’ Office Phone: 205.934.0722 WE ARE: UAB or University of Alabama at Birmingham Email:avinson1@uab edu. WE ARE NOT: Alabama-Birmingham, Ala -Birm. ., Ala -Birmingham. or U .A .B .
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2016 NUMERICAL ROSTER
No . Name Class Pos . Ht . Hometown/Previous School 1 Caitlin Conner Sr . S 5-8 Lakeland, Fla /Daytona. State 2 Amber Treace Sr . S 6-0 Spanish Fort . Ala /Spanish. Fort HS 3 Kassidy Sullivan Sr . MB 6-0 Utica, Neb /Iowa. Western CC 5 Erika Zembyla Jr . OH 6-0 Nicosia, Cypress/Hillsborough CC 6 Emily Rudolph So. MB 6-0 Chesterfield, Mo./Marquette HS 7 Gabby Deshotel Sr . OH 5-11 Daphne, Ala /Bayside. Academy 8 Kaylee Gilchrist Fr . DS/L 5-6 Pelham, Ala ./John Carroll HS 9 Petra Silic Jr . MB 6-4 Zagreb, Croatia/Hutchinson CC 10 Emma Mitchell Fr . OH 6-0 Charlotte, N .C ./Charlotte Catholic 11 Sydney Hinds So . DS/L 5-2 Wake Forest, N .C ./Heritage HS 12 Kenley Adams Fr . S/RSH 6-0 Panama City, Fla /Mosley. HS 13 Victoria Young RS-So . MB 6-1 Mobile, Ala /McGill-Toolen. HS 15 Aria Smith Fr . DS 5-7 Albany, Ga ./Woodward Academy 16 Emily Martinez So . DS/L 5-8 San Antonia, Texas/Comfort HS 17 Zahria Richard RS-So . OH 5-9 South Lyon, Mich ./South Lyon HS 23 Jillian Tinglin So . OH 5-9 Montgomery, Ala ./Montgomery Academy 33 Haley Jared Jr . OH 5-11 Hartselle, Ala /Hartselle. HS
2016 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No . Name Class Pos . Ht . Hometown/Previous School 12 Kenley Adams Fr . S/RSH 6-0 Panama City, Fla /Mosley. HS 1 Caitlin Conner Sr . S 5-8 Lakeland, Fla /Daytona. State 7 Gabby Deshotel Sr . OH 5-11 Daphne, Ala /Bayside. Academy 8 Kaylee Gilchrist Fr . DS/L 5-6 Pelham, Ala ./John Carroll HS 11 Sydney Hinds So . DS/L 5-2 Wake Forest, N .C ./Heritage HS 33 Haley Jared Jr . OH 5-11 Hartselle, Ala /Hartselle. HS 16 Emily Martinez So . DS/L 5-8 San Antonia, Texas/Comfort HS 10 Emma Mitchell Fr . OH 6-0 Charlotte, N .C ./Charlotte Catholic 17 Zahria Richard RS-So . OH 5-9 South Lyon, Mich ./South Lyon HS 6 Emily Rudolph So. MB 6-0 Chesterfield, Mo./Marquette HS 9 Petra Silic Jr . MB 6-4 Zagreb, Croatia/Hutchinson CC 15 Aria Smith Fr . DS 5-7 Albany, Ga ./Woodward Academy 3 Kassidy Sullivan Sr . MB 6-0 Utica, Neb /Iowa. Western CC 23 Jillian Tinglin So . OH 5-9 Montgomery, Ala ./Montgomery Academy 2 Amber Treace Sr . S 6-0 Spanish Fort . Ala /Spanish. Fort HS 13 Victoria Young RS-So . MB 6-1 Mobile, Ala /McGill-Toolen. HS 5 Erika Zembyla Jr . OH 6-0 Nicosia, Cypress/Hillsborough CC
Head Coach: Kerry Messersmith (11th season) PRONUNCIATION Associate Head Coach: Ashley Hardee (3rd season) Assistant Coach: Rashinda Reed (2nd season) Gabby DAY-SHO-TEL Volunteer Assistant Coach: Chelsi Carter (1st season) Kaylee GIL-CREST Director of Operations: Brynnley Messersmith ZAH-RIA RI-SHARD Athletic Trainer: Katelyn Hand Amber TREECE Manager: Ashlyn Sunseri Erika ZEM-BYE-LA
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2016 SCHEDULE
Catamount Volleyball Classic - Cullowhee, N.C. (August 26-27) Aug . 26 vs . Western Carolina Cullowhee, N .C . Liston B . Ramsey Activity Center 5:30 p m. . Aug . 27 vs . Tennessee Tech Cullowhee, N .C . Liston B . Ramsey Activity Center 10:00 a .m . Aug . 27 vs . Charleston Southern Cullowhee, N .C . Liston B . Ramsey Activity Center 3:30 p m. .
Blazer Classic - Birmingham, Ala. (September 2-3) Sept . 2 vs . North Carolina Central BIRMINGHAM Bartow Arena 11:00 a .m . Sept . 2 vs . SE Missouri State BIRMINGHAM Bartow Arena 7:00 p .m . Sept . 3 vs . Northwestern State BIRMINGHAM Bartow Arena 10:00 a .m . Sept . 3 vs . Radford BIRMINGHAM Bartow Arena 7:00 p .m .
Jax State Invitational - Jacksonville, Ala. (September 9-10) Sept . 9 vs . Mississippi Valley Jacksonville, Ala . Pete Matthews Coliseum 9:00 a m. . Sept . 9 vs . Jackson State Jacksonville, Ala . Pete Matthews Coliseum 4:30 p m. . Sept . 10 vs . New Orleans Jacksonville, Ala . Pete Matthews Coliseum 9:00 a m. .
Sept . 13 vs . Troy BIRMINGHAM Bartow Arena 7:00 p .m .
Fight Like Hal Memorial Invitational - Birmingham, Ala. (September 16-17) Sept . 15 vs . UL Lafayette BIRMINGHAM Bartow Arena 12:30 p .m . Sept . 16 vs . UT Martin BIRMINGHAM Bartow Arena 7:00 p .m . Sept . 16 vs . Memphis BIRMINGHAM Bartow Arena 2:00 p .m .
Sept . 23 *Middle Tennessee BIRMINGHAM Bartow Arena 7:00 p .m . Sept . 25 *UTEP BIRMINGHAM Bartow Arena 1:00 p .m . Sept . 30 *at Charlotte Charlotte, N .C . Halton Arena 5:00 p m. . Oct . 2 *at FIU Miami, Fla . FIU Arena 12:00 p m. . Oct . 7 *North Texas BIRMINGHAM Bartow Arena 11:30 a .m . Oct. 9 *Louisiana Tech BIRMINGHAM Bartow Arena 1:00 p.m. Oct . 14 *at Western Kentucky Bowling Green, Ky . E .A . Diddle Arena 7:00 p .m . Oct . 16 *at Rice Houston, Texas Tudor Fieldhouse 1:00 p m. . Oct . 19 at Alabama State Montgomery, Ala . Lockhart Gymnasium 7:00 p .m . Oct . 23 *at Middle Tennessee Murfreesboro, Tenn . Alumni Memorial Gym 1:00 p m. . Oct . 28 *UTSA BIRMINGHAM Bartow Arena 7:00 p .m . Oct . 30 *Western Kentucky BIRMINGHAM Bartow Arena 12:00 p .m . Nov . 4 *at Southern Miss Hattiesburg, Miss . Reed Green Coliseum 6:00 p m. . Nov . 10 *at FAU Boca Raton, Fla . FAU Arena 6:00 p m. . Nov . 12 *Marshall BIRMINGHAM Bartow Arena 1:00 p .m . Nov . 18 at C-USA Championship Houston, Texas Tudor Fieldhouse TBD Nov . 19 at C-USA Championship Houston, Texas Tudor Fieldhouse TBD Nov . 20 at C-USA Championship Houston, Texas Tudor Fieldhouse TBD
Home Matches in BOLD, played at Bartow Arena *Conference USA match All times are Central and subject to change
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UAB PLAYERS UAB VOLLEYBALL CAITLIN CONNER 5-8 | Sr. | S 1 Lakeland, Fla. | Daytona State
JUNIOR (2015) Appeared in 15 matches, playing 32 sets . . Finished second on the squad in assists with 145 . . Recorded a game-high 27 assists against Southern Miss (Oct .4) . . Totaled 37 digs and recorded one kill over the season DAYTONA STATE COLLEGE Set school record for most assists and assists per game . . Ranked No . 2 in the nation in assists among NJCAA . . Named First Team All-Conference . . Holds record with 65 assists in a single match, 1,554 assists in a single season and holds the two-year career record with 3,067 assists HIGH SCHOOL Played four years at Lakeland Senior High School under Coach Crystal Ramsey . . Ranked in top-10 of the nation in assists . . Set school record for assists after recording 888 as a senior PERSONAL Full name is Caitlin Morgan Conner . . Born on Sept . 6, 1994 . . Daughter of Tom and Jennifer Conner . . Has two brothers, Garrett and Wesley, and one sister, Megan ... Majoring in finance AMBER TREACE 6-0 | Sr. | S 2 Spanish Fort, Ala. | Spanish Fort HS
JUNIOR (2015) Started all 32 matches for the Blazers while playing in 110 sets ... Recorded 946 assists to rank first on the squad and ninth in the conference ... Set a career-high 56 assists against Marshall (Oct. 30) ... Ranked second on the squad with 33 service ace while finishing seventh in the league ... Totaled 179 digs and 31 blocks while adding 41 kills on 144 attempts offensively ... Had the second-most double-doubles on the team with five SOPHOMORE (2014) Led UAB with 784 assists, averaging 8 .34 assists per set . . Recorded 51 kills, 11 service aces, 136 digs and 46 blocks . . Tallied eight matches with 40 or more assists ... Dished out a career-best 51 assists against Jacksonville State (Sept. 12) ... Notched a career-high five blocks at Marshall (Oct. 17) ... Had multiple blocks in 15 matches ... Put down a career-best five kills against Miami (Ohio) (Sept.20) ... Recorded a double-double with 28 assists and a career-high 14 digs against Chatanooga (Sept . 9) FRESHMAN (2013) Saw action in 13 matches and 37 sets ... Had 14 kills, setting a career-high five blocks at Marshall (Oct. 29) ... Finished second on the team in assists tallying 258 . . Had a total 11 blocks for the Blazers HIGH SCHOOL Played for Coach Barclay Kercher at Spanish Fort High School . . Broke the school record for set assists with 945 . . Team made it to the Elite Eight of the Alabama 5A State Tournament her junior and senior seasons . . Recorded 312 kills, 185 aces and 945 set assists with 64 blocks and 274 digs during her high school career . . Member of the North/South All-Star Team PERSONAL Full name is Amber Nicole Treace . . Born on May 16, 1995 . . Daughter of Bobby and Michelle Treace . . Has two sisters, Alexis and Ashley . . Majoring in sociology UABSPORTS .COM 7 UAB VOLLEYBALL
KASSIDY SULLIVAN 6-0 | Sr. | MB 3 Utica, Neb. | Iowa Western CC
JUNIOR (2015) Appeared in 20 matches making 12 starts and playing in 47 sets . . Recorded 56 kills on 181 attempts . . Finished the season with 20 blocks IOWA WESTERN CC Played two years at Iowa Western Community College, including one year with former teammate Sydney Nelson . . Totaled 606 kills hitting at a 316. clip . . Named to the NJCAA Region XI All-Region Team as a sophomore . . Earned Academic All-Region honors both years . . Member of the 2014 team that finished first in the nation (NJCAA) with a 45-2 record, the most wins in program history HIGH SCHOOL Played four years at Lincoln Northeast under Coach Craig Songster . . Four-time recipient of All-State honors and All-Conference honrs . . Two-time All-City honoree (junior and season years) PERSONAL Full name is Kassidy Morgan Sullivan . . Born on July 13, 1994 . . Daughter of Kevin and Brenda Sullivan . . Has two brothers, Dylan and Jordan . . Majoring in communications
ERIKA ZEMBYLA 6-0 | Jr. | OH 5 Nicosia, Cypress | Hillsborough CC
HILLSBOROUGH CC Led the squad to a 34-6 overall record and a 7-1 Suncoast Conference record in 2015 ... Hillsborough finished third place at the NJCAA National Championships in 2015 . . won the 2015 FCSAA State Championship and the 2015 Suncoast Conference Championship . . Named a member of the FCSAA All-Tournament Team and the All-Suncoast Conference First Team in 2015 . . Named to the 2014 All-Suncoast Conference Second Team . . Earned a bronze medal at Nationals where she was selected as a member of the National All-Tournament team . . HIGH SCHOOL Attended Kykkos B Lyceum in Nicosia where she was she ran track and field PERSONAL Full name is Erika Zembyla . . Born on Nov . 14, 1996 . . Daughter of Manos Zembylas and Maria Zembyla . . Has one brother, Michalis . . Majoring in psychology
8 UABSPORTS .COM UAB VOLLEYBALL EMILY RUDOLPH 6-0 | So. | MB 6 Chesterfield, Mo. | Marquette HS
FRESHMAN (2015) Appeared in nine matches, playing in 10 sets . . Totaled eight kills on 20 attempts for a .200 attack percentage . . Added one service ace, two digs and three blocks HIGH SCHOOL Attended Marquette High School where she was coached by Jared Krelenkamp . . Totaled 173 kills on .439 hitting in senior season . . Earned All-Dis- trict honors and received Honorable Mention All-State as a senior . . Two-time All-Conference and All-Region selection (2013, 2014) . . Recorded 159 kills and 117 total blocks to help the team get to the state championship in 2013 PERSONAL Full name is Emily Ann Rudolph . . Born on Nov . 28, 1996 . . Daughter of Debbie and Donald Rudolph . . Has one sister, Katelyn . . Majoring in graphic design GABBY DESHOTEL 5-11 | Sr. | OH 7 Daphne, Ala. | Bayside Academy
JUNIOR (2015) Started all 32 matches for the Blazers while playing in 117 sets . . Recorded a team high 504 kills, 1473 total attempts and 4 .31 kills per set . . Third on the team with 21 service aces . . Finished the season with a .200 attack percentage . . Recorded a career-best 26 kills against Gardner-Webb (Sept . 12) ... Finsihed the season with 260 digs and recorded a dig in all 32 matches ... Had double figure kills in 25 matches, including a season-high streak of nine SOPHOMORE (2014) Averaged a team-best 2.82 kills per set on 319 kills ... Had 16 games with double figure kills, including a streak of four-straight twice ... Hit 20 or more kills in two matches . . Led team with 18 service aces . . Finished with 45 blocks on the season . . Recorded a career-best 22 kills and a career-high six blocks against Mercer (Sept. 12) ... Motched a career-high five service aces against Georgia State (Aug. 30) ... Picked up a dig in 28 of 32 matches played . . Played in 113 sets, appearing in all 32 matches and starting 27 FRESHMAN (2013) Played in 22 matches and 44 set plays this season for the Blazers . . Recorded 73 kills, recording a career-high six kills against Florida Atlantic (Oct . 13) ... Tallied 26 block assists with a career-high five blocks versus Florida Atlantic (Oct. 13) HIGH SCHOOL Played for Coach Ann Shilling at Bayside Academy ... Finished high school career with 2,405 kills, 1,054 blocks, 408 digs and 237 aces in five seasons . . Mobile Press-Register Co-Player of the Year in 2012 . . Four-time Press-Register Super 12 honoree from 2008-11 . . Named MVP of the state tournament in 2010 and 2012 . . MaxPreps All-American Team selection . . Won state tournament all four years at Bayside Academy . . Eastern Shore Volleyball Club team won silver in Big South PERSONAL Full name is Gabrielle Alyah Monique Deshotel . . Born Feb . 12, 1995 . . Daughter of Monique Adams and Robert Deshotel . . Majoring in exercise science UABSPORTS .COM 9 UAB VOLLEYBALL KAYLEE GILCHRIST 5-6 | Fr. | DS/L 8 Pelham, Ala. | John Carroll HS
HIGH SCHOOL Attended John Carroll Catholic in Birmingham, Ala . and played four years under head coach Ginny Masa as a libero . . Named All-State Honorable Mention . . Helped her team win the 6-A state championship in 2014 and were state runner-ups in 2015 . . Also played basketball and ran track . . Holds the school record in the long jump . . Finished third in the 4x100 relay during state tournament PERSONAL Full name is Kaylee Renee Gilchrist . . Born on April 5, 1998 . . Daughter of Roger and Elizabeth Gilchrist . . Has one sister, Kaitlin . . Majoring in chemistry
PETRA SILIC 6-4 | Jr. | MB 9 Zagreb, Croatia | Hutchinson CC
HUTCHINSON CC Led the Jayhawk West Conference in total blocks (176) and blocks per set (1 .21) during the 2015 season . . Holds the HCC total blocks record with 185 . . Ranks number three in career blocks at HCC with 361 . . Number four in HCC history with 1 .30 blocks per set . . Led the team with 53 service aces . . Sixth in the conference in hitting percentage with a .295 mark . . Named 2014 Jayhawk West Freshman of the Year . . Named to the First Team All-Jayhawk West twice . . Named to the First Team All-Region VI twice . . Helped the team win the Region VI Championship in 2014 and 2015 . . HIGH SCHOOL Played four years at Third Gymnasium Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia where she was an honor student . . She played under head coach Mato Banovac . . She played as middle hitter and right side PERSONAL Full name is Petra Silic . . Born on Oct . 9, 1995 . . Daughter of Zeljko and Zeljka Silic . . Has two sisters, Ivana and Magdalenda . . Majoring in kinesiology
10 UABSPORTS .COM UAB VOLLEYBALL EMMA MITCHELL 6-0 | Fr. | OH 10 Charlotte, N.C. | Charlotte Catholic
HIGH SCHOOL Attended Charlotte Catholic and played four years under head coach Tracy Landschoot in Charlotte, N .C . . . Was named First Team All-District all four years of high school . . Named Player of the Year her senior season . . Advanced to the third round of postseason her freshman and junior years . . Advanced to the fourth round her sophomore season and advanced to the fifth round her senior season
PERSONAL Full name is Emma Rebecca Mitchell . . Born on Sept . 22, 1997 . . Daughter of Ryan and Angie Mitchell . . Has one brother, Aaron . . Undecided on a major
SYDNEY HINDS 5-2 | So. | DS/L 11 Wake Forest, N.C. | Heritage HS
FRESHMAN (2015) Appeared in 18 matches, seeing action in 31 sets . . Her lone start of the season came against Gardner-Webb (Sept . 12) . . Totaled two kills, four assists, eight service aces and 32 digs . . Totaled two assists and eight digs against Garner-Webb HIGH SCHOOL Played at Heritage High School under Coach Brandon Green . . Totaled 1818 digs in four years averaging 7 1. digs per set as a junior and senior . . Earned First Team All-Conference honors as a junior and senior . . Named Second Team All-Conference as a freshman and sophomore . . Named Heritage High School Female Athlete of the Year for three straight years (2012-2014) PERSONAL Full name is Sydney Elizabeth Hinds . . Born on March 16, 1997 . . Daughter of Bob and Jody Hinds . . Has one brother, Jack . . Majoring in psychology
UABSPORTS .COM 11 UAB VOLLEYBALL KENLEY ADAMS 6-0 | Fr. | S/RSH 12 Panama City, Fla. | Mosley HS
HIGH SCHOOL Played four years at A . Crawford Mosley High School in Lynn Haven, Fla . . . Named county MVP her senior year . . Holds the record for most kills in the state of Florida . . Named First Team All-County all four years of high school . . Helped the team reach the Sweet 16 her freshman and sophomore seasons and the Elite 8 her junior and senior seasons PERSONAL Full name is Kenley Taylor Adams . . Born on Sept . 17, 1997 . . Daughter of Debbie and Donald Rudolph . . Majoring in kinesiology
VICTORIA YOUNG 6-1 | R-So. | MB 13 Mobile, Ala. | McGill-Toolen HS
R-FRESHMAN (2015) Appeared in all 31 matches with 30 total starts, seeing action in 101 sets . . Tied for the team-lead with 72 blocks . . Recorded 157 kills, two assists, nine service aces and 35 digs FRESHMAN (2014) Sat out season as a redshirt HIGH SCHOOL Played at McGill-Toolen High School under Coach Gretchen Boykin . . Helped team to the Final Four and area champions in junior and senior seasons ... Played club for five years ... Named Kiwanas Club Player of the Week twice PERSONAL Full name is Victoria Paige Young . . Born on Nov . 8, 1995 . . Daughter of John and Sonja Young . . Has one brother, John . . Majoring in pediatric nursing
12 UABSPORTS .COM UABUAB VOLLEYBALLVOLLEYBALL ARIA SMITH 5-7 | Fr. | DS 15 College Park, Ga. | Woodward Academy
HIGH SCHOOL Played four seasons at Woodward Academy in College Park, Ga . under coaches Tim Grooms and Tad Sahara as a setter . . Advanced to the Final Four all four seasons of high school PERSONAL Full name is Aria Leah Smith . . Born on Jan . 5, 1998 . . Daughter of Adam Smith and Lisa West . . Has two sisters, Kamara and Anna, and one brother, Sam . . Majoring in biomedical science
EMILY MARTINEZ 5-8 | So. | DS/L 16 San Antonio, Texas | Comfort HS
FRESHMAN (2015) Appeared in all 32 of the Blazers’ matches, making 23 starts and seeing action in 105 sets ... Recorded 16 service aces and 189 digs ... Set a career-high 18 digs against UTEP (Nov . 6) HIGH SCHOOL Played at Comfort High School under Coach Rose McGonagill . . Named Offensive MVP her sophomore, junior and seasons . . Made the all-state, all- star and all-area team in 2014 . . Named to the all-area team and the all-state her junior season . . Made all-tournament in two tournaments in 2013 . . Made the all-area team her sophomore season . . Also played basketball and softball . . Named second team all-district her sophomore and senior seasons in basketball ... Named Co-Offensive MVP in basketball her junior year ... Named First Team Outfielder all four seasons PERSONAL Full name is Emily Schuyler Martinez . . Born on Nov . 12, 1996 . . Daughter of Louis and Patricia Martinez . . Has two sisters, Lauren and Angel . . Majoring in accounting
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ZAHRIA RICHARD 5-9 | R-So.| OH 17 South Lyon, Mich. | South Lyon HS
R-FRESHMAN (2015) Appeared in 28 matches with 18 starts while seeing action in 83 sets . . Recorded 112 kills on 257 attempts for a team-leading .265 clip . . Tied for the team-lead in blocking with 72 . . Totaled 13 digs, six service aces and two assists . . Earned C-USA Freshman of the Week on Sept . 21 after closing the week with 33 kills and 21 blocks . . Set career-high 12 kills against ULM (Sept . 21) . . Totaled a career-high nine blocks against Jacksonville State (Sept . 19) FRESHMAN (2014) Sat out season as a redshirt HIGH SCHOOL Played under Coach Mindy Collins at South Lyon High School after starting her career at Detroit Renaissance High School under Coach Louis Mitchell . . Named the Most Valuable Rookie . . Earned team MVP honors and Best Offensive Player award . . Named All-Conference and All-Regional . . Also earned Gold Champion at 2014 Bluegrass Tournament and 2014 March Madness Dune’s Volleyball PERSONAL Full name is Zahria Pamela Martin Richard . . Born on April 28, 1998 . . Daughter of Henry and Pamela Richard . . Has three brothers, Quintero, Vonderio and Xavier . . Majoring in kinesiology
JILLIAN TINGLIN 5-9 | So. | OH 23Montgomery, Ala. | Montgomery Academy
FRESHMAN (2015) Played a total of 59 sets while appearing in 26 matches with starts in four . . Totaled 124 kills, 25 digs and 11 blocks . . Had a career-high of 13 kills twice on the season with the last coming against Southern Miss (Oct . 4) . . Set a career-high seven digs versus Gardner-Webb HIGH SCHOOL Attended Montgomery Academy and played under coach Julie Sinclair . . Two-time Montgomery Advertiser AHSAA Player of the Year (junior and senior years) . . Led her high school team to 2A AHSAA State Championship in 2013 and earned state tournament MVP honors . . Named Bryant-Jordan Scholar Athlete PERSONAL Full name is Jillian Alexis Tinglin . . Born on Feb . 18, 1997 . . Daughter of John and Grace Tinglin . . Has one brother, Sean, and one sister, Robin . . Majoring in biomedical sciences
14 UABSPORTS .COM UABUAB VOLLEYBALLVOLLEYBALL HALEY JARED 5-11 | Jr. | OH 33 Hartselle, Ala. | Hartselle HS
SOPHOMORE (2015) Named to the Conference USA All-Academic Team . . Played in 102 sets, appearing in 30 matches and starting 24 . . Recorded 84 kills, 191 digs, 13 blocks and 17 service aces ... Notched her first career double-double versus Marshall (Oct. 30) with 19 kills and 18 digs ... Set career highs in kills (19), attempts (43), attacke percentage ( .302) and assists against the Thundering Herd . . Totaled a career-high 20 digs at Troy (Sept . 1) . . Delivered five service aces against Southern Miss (Oct. 4) FRESHMAN (2014) Played in 70 sets, appearing in 20 matches and starting four ... Recorded 74 digs, 17 kills, nine assists and four blocks ... Had five or more digs in eight contests ... Recorded a career-high eight digs against Marshall (Nov. 16) ... Notched a career-high five kills in back-to-back matches against Chattanooga (Sept . 9) and Ole Miss (Sept . 11) HIGH SCHOOL A member of the Hartselle High School varsity volleyball team for four years under Coach Tanya Lybarger . . Led the team in kills as a senior and blocks as a junior and senior . . A two-time All-County (2012, 2013) and All-Area selection (2012, 2013) . . Named to Decatur Daily All-State First Team . . Received Hartselle Enquirer Player of the Year Honorable Mention and Hartselle Enquirer All-Area First Team as a senior (2013) . . Also played softball PERSONAL Full name is Haley Ellen Jared . . Born on Jan . 16, 1996 . . Daughter of Matt and Kim Jared . . Has two brothers, Grant and Gavin . . Majoring in engineering
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KERRY MESSERSMITH Head Coach | 11th Season Chadron State, 1986
Entering her 11th season at the helm of the UAB program, Kerry Messersmith has showcased contin- ued success in leading the Blazers, evident by four 23-plus win seasons and a streak of seven straight seasons finishing .500 or better in Conference USA action. UAB is looking to bounce back after a hard-luck 2015 season where the Blazers finished with a 9-23 overall record and 1-15 in conference play. Gabby Deshotel was the bright spot in the 2015 season earning All-Conference USA honors. 2014 proved to be tough season for the Blazers, which saw a young UAB team finish 8-24 overall and 2-14 in C-USA. The highlight came from Sara Rishell, who competed with the US Collegiate National Team in the summer before earning All-C-USA Second Team honors. THE MESSERSMITH FILE The 2013 season saw continued sucess for the UAB volleyball program under Messersmith. She guided the team to an overall record of 21-14 and a 7-7 mark in Conference USA, marking the third RECORDS consecutive season of 20 or more wins for the Blazers. CAREER RECORD...... 663-399 (28 seasons) During that season, four players were selected to the All-C-USA team and Rachel Fairbanks was NCAA ...... 410-286 (19 seasons) named C-USA Libero of the Year with Messersmith’s guidance. It was the first Libero of the Year DIVISION I...... 305-199 (15 seasons) award for any UAB player.
HEAD COACHING EXPERIENCE Messersmith guided UAB to its second consecutive 20-win season with an overall record of 20-14 in 2012. The Blazers finished third in the conference with an 11-5 record in C-USA play. Under her 2006-Present ...... UAB (189-147) tuteledge, All-American Sam Serley set a UAB single season record in blocks and led the conference 2001-2005...... Georgia Southern (116-52) in hitting percentage. 1997-2000...... Arizona Western CC (129-65) In 2011, the Blazers were yet again one of the top programs in the league, finishing second in the 1994-1995 ...... Chadron State (46-29) standings at 23-9 overall and 13-7 against C-USA foes as Messersmith earned the C-USA Co-Coach 1991-1993 ...... Pittsburg State (59-58) of the Year award for the first time leading the Blazers. The 13 victories in conference action tied 1989-1990 ...... Fort Scott CC (63-25) Messersmith’s 2008 squad for the most in program history and the Green and Gold also recorded a 13-match win streak last season, the second longest in UAB lore. 1987-1988 ...... Allen County CC (61-23) Messersmith reached a legendary milestone during the 2011 campaign, earning her 600th career NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES coaching victory when UAB defeated Rice, 3-1, on October 23 at Bartow Arena. Entering her 25th 2001 NCAA First Round (Georgia Southern) season on the sidelines, Messersmith boasts a career record of 605-324 (.651). 2003 NCAA First Round (Georgia Southern) In the two seasons prior to Messersmith’s arrival in 2006, the Blazers were a combined 15-37, includ- 2006 NCAA First Roung (UAB) ing a 1-24 campaign in 2004. The program had never won a Conference USA Championship and 2008 NCAA Second Round (UAB) had never earned a berth in the NCAA tournament. In the six seasons since she set foot in Birmingham, UAB has made three appearances in the C-USA EDUCATION Championship finals, competed in two NCAA tournaments and posted an overall record of 131-72 BACHELOR’S: Chadron State (1986) (67-37 C-USA). Messersmith’s .645 winning percentage at the school is the highest in program his- tory.
FAMILY The Blazers posted two AVCA All-Midwest Region selections in Sam Serley (first team) and Heather HUSBAND: late Hal Messersmith Thomas (honorable mention) during the 2011 campaign. Serley and Thomas were also recognized CHILDREN: Meghan and Brynnley by the conference, earning first and second team honors, respectively. In addition, six times a player won C-USA Player of the Week accolades, five coming on defense. RESIDES Messersmith has guided numerous players to notch a spot in several statistics in the UAB record Vestavia Hills, Ala . book. Most recently, Thomas, a 2012 graduate, set both the single season (631) and career (2,131) records for digs and finished fourth all-time in C-USA last season. Her inaugural UAB squad made an immediate breakthrough in 2006, winning the program’s first C-USA Championship and advancing to its first NCAA tournament. The team’s 27 wins were the most by a Blazer squad since 1991. Messersmith earned her 500th career win in the 2006 conference tournament semifinals, and an- other victory the next day sealed an NCAA trip. The Blazers lost in the first round to fourth-ranked UCLA, but they would be back. Following a 24-win campaign in 2007 and a conference tournament runner-up finish that left the team just shy of another postseason berth, UAB posted its best season ever in 2008. At 27-8, the 2008 UAB squad set a program record for winning percentage (.771) and won a school-record 16 straight matches. The Blazers finished second in the C-USA standings at 13-3 and
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advanced to the league tournament finals for first-team all-conference accolades in her five the third consecutive year under Messersmith, seasons with the Eagles. Four other GSU losing a hard-fought five-setter to top-seeded players earned second-team all-league hon- Tulane. ors during her tenure. YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORDS But UAB was rewarded for its strong regular Her success at Georgia Southern was just an- YEAR SCHOOL RECORD PCT . season with an NCAA tournament at-large other example of a program demonstrating a 1987-88 Allen County CC 61-23 726. berth and a trip to Lincoln, Neb. The Blazers dramatic turnaround under her leadership. In 1989-90 Fort Scott CC 63-25 716. swept Missouri State, 3-0, on Dec. 5 for the fact, in her 23-year career as a head coach, 1991 Pittsburg State 22-19 .537 first NCAA tourney win in program history she has guided six teams to substantial resur- 1992 Pittsburg State 19-22 463. before falling in the second round to No. 4 gences. overall seed Nebraska on the Huskers’ home Prior to taking over the Eagles’ program at 1993 Pittsburg State 18-17 514. floor at the historic NU Coliseum. - UABfin GSU, Messersmith spent four seasons at Ari- 1994 Chadron State 23-12 .657 ished the year at No. 22 in the final RPI. zona Western College, where she took a pro- 1995 Chadron State 23-17 .575 gram that won just four matches the season 1997 Arizona Western CC 15-23 .395 The 2008 team was led by a pair of AVCA before she arrived to an eighth-place finish at 1998 Arizona Western CC 33-19 .635 honorable mention All-Americans in Ivana the NJCAA National Tournament four years 1999 Arizona Western CC 38-13 .745 Bozic (for the second time) and Nevena Ste- later in 2000. The Matadors finished 15-23 fanov, who was also the C-USA Setter of the during her first season but then improved to 2000 Arizona Western CC 43-10 811. Year. Three seasons later in 2011, Sam Serley 33-19 in 1998. The success would continue 2001 Georgia Southern 22-12 .647 (another two-time selection) became Messer- over the next two seasons as Arizona West- 2002 Georgia Southern 26-9 743. smith’s fifth Blazer All-American, while the ern finished 38-13 in 1999 and 43-10 in Mess- 2003 Georgia Southern 27-10 729. coach has also tutored eight all-region selec- ersmith’s final year there. 2004 Georgia Southern 20-10 667. tions and 11 all-conference players at UAB. Serley (2010) and current assistant coach Before her stint at Arizona Western, Mess- 2005 Georgia Southern 21-11 656. Casey Dent (three times; 2006-2008) also ersmith coached for two years at her alma 2006 UAB 27-10 730. earned Academic All-District honors under mater, Chadron State. She guided the school 2007 UAB 24-10 .706 Messersmith’s guidance. to a combined record of 46-29 over the 1994 2008 UAB 27-8 .771 and 1995 seasons. 2009 UAB 17-16 515. In 2009, Messersmith coached C-USA 2010 UAB 13-19 .406 Newcomer of the Year Michelle Uzoh and Messersmith also helped lead huge turn- All-Freshman team member Serley, who went arounds as head coach at Allen County 2011 UAB 23-9 .719 on to earn second-team all-league honors in (Kan.) Community College, Fort Scott (Kan.) 2012 UAB 20-14 .588 2010. Messersmith led UAB to another win- Community College and Pittsburg State Uni- 2013 UAB 21-14 .600 ning season in 2009 with a 17-16 overall versity. Her coaching career began at Allen 2014 UAB 8-24 .250 record and a 9-7 mark in league play. Her County CC in 1987. During her two seasons 2015 UAB 9-23 281. 2010 team went 13-19 but closed with wins there, she compiled a mark of 61-23 and led TOTAL 28 Seasons 663-399 .624 in its final five matches and eight of its last 11 the program to its first conference champion- to post a 10-10 league mark and finish in the ship. top half of the C-USA standings for the fifth consecutive season, every year of her tenure. Messersmith is a 1986 graduate of Chadron UAB’s 13-7 mark in league in 2011 extended State, where she earned her bachelor’s de- that streak to six straight years. gree in education. Messersmith and her late husband, Hal, have two daughters, Meghan Her achievements at UAB are the latest in a and Brynnley, and reside in Vestavia Hills, MESSERSMITH BY THE long line of coaching successes and program Ala. turnarounds. Messersmith owns an overall NUMBERS coaching record of 605-324 (.651), and she took over at UAB with a proven track record .624 of resurrecting collegiate volleyball pro- Winning percentage in 10 years at UAB grams. Coming to the Blazers from Georgia South- 663 ern in December of 2005, Messersmith was Career victories the Eagles’ all-time winningest coach in her tenure at the Statesboro, Ga., school. She turned around a program that was 15-45 in 189 the two seasons prior to her arrival in 2001. Wins in ten years at UAB The Casper, Wyo., native compiled an overall 23 record of 116-52 at GSU and was 75-17 in Winning seasons in 27 years as a coach Southern Conference matches. Under Mess- ersmith, the Eagles finished 21-11 and were 14-6 in SoCon play in 2001, her first season 21 at GSU. That effort came only a year after Seasons with 20+ wins Georgia Southern was 11-19 overall and just 5-15 in league action. 4 For the 2002 and 2003 seasons, the Eagles NCAA tournament appearances, including the only two in were a combined 53-18 overall and 35-3 in UAB program history and two at Georgia Southern conference matches. GSU won Southern Con- ference tournament titles and earned NCAA 3 tournament berths in 2001 and 2003, while Appearances in the C-USA Championship finals also capturing the league’s regular season ti- tle in both 2002 and 2003. Messersmith, who earned Southern Confer- ence Coach of the Year honors during her time at GSU, coached four players to eight
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Ashley Hardee Associate Head Coach | 3rd Season East Carolina, 2000 Ashley Hardee enters his third season with the UAB indoor volleyball team and his first after being promoted to associate head coach in February, 2015.
Hardee joined the Blazers’ staff after serving as the head coach at the University of North Dakota for the past five seasons. During his time, he led UND to four seasons with over 22 wins, three regular season champion titles and three tournament championships. He has an overall record or 110-44 as a Division I head coach.
In his first two seasons with UND, Hardee was named Great West Conference Coach of the Year after leading his team to GWC regular season and tournament championships in 2009 and 2010. The team finished 22-6 (11-1 GWC) and 25-5 (12-0 GWC), respectively.
He saw similar results in 2011, guiding the team to its third consecutive GWC tournament championship and finishing 26-5 overall, 8-2 in conference play.
Prior to North Dakota, Hardee was an assistant coach for eight seasons at New Mexico State University under Mike Jordan. The team saw much success during those years, making five NCAA tournament appearances and three conference championships.
He helped guide New Mexico State to three 30-win seasons and recruited three All-American players. Hardee’s responsibility as an assistant included recruiting coordinator, court coaching and training, scouting opponents, coordinating summer camps, academic coordinator and Compliance with NCAA rules.
During his time at New Mexico State, he also served as head coach of the Diamondback Volleyball Club. He led that team to quali- fy for the Junior Olympic Nationals in 2004 and 2005.
His other coaching experience includes four years as USA Volleyball Sun Country Region head coach and two years as head vol- leyball coach at J. H. Rose High School in Greenville, N.C.
Hardee earned his Bachelor of Science in Health and Human Performance from East Carolina in 2000. Resides in Trussville, Ala. With his wife, Dori, and two sons, Noah and Dylan.
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Rashinda Reed Assistant Coach | 2nd Season Georgia, 2005 Rashinda Reed enters her second season as an assistant coach with the UAB indoor volleyball team.
Reed joins the Blazers from Northeastern University where she served as an assistant coach and was involved in recruiting. During her time with the Huskies the team finished 10-20 over- all. There, she worked with the 2014 CAA Rookie of the Year and an All-CAA Second Team selection.
Prior to her stint at Northeastern, Reed spent three years as an assistant coach at Binghamton, where she helped the Bearcats capture the 2012 America East championship. As an assistant coach, Reed was heavily involved in recruiting, scheduling, player development, scouting and travel coordination.
In addition to helping Binghamton to the 2012 conference title, Reed coached two first-team All-America East performers, five sec- ond-team student-athletes, one America East Rookie of the Year, one Setter of the Year and was on the staff when head coach Glenn Kiriyama was named America East Coach of the Year in 2012.
Also during her time at Binghamton, she was the club director and coach for the Whirlwind Volleyball Club in Vestal, N.Y. From 2009- 11, Reed worked as an assistant coach at Southern Indiana, where she helped the Screaming Eagles reach the 2010 NCAA Division II Tournament.
Prior to coaching, Reed played professionally in Europe for three years. During that time she also studied anthropology and language in Europe at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary in 2005, and Innsbruck University in Innsbruck, Austria in 2006.
Reed began her college career at Southwestern Oregon Community College (2000-02), before transferring to the University of Georgia in 2002. A middle blocker, Reed played at Georgia and earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology in 2005.
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WESTERN CAROLINA Catamounts TENNESSEE TECH Golden Eagles Aug . 26 | Cullowhee, N .C . Aug . 27 | Cullowhee, N .C . catamountsports .com ttusports com.
Location ...... Cullowhee, N .C . Location ...... Cookeville, Tenn . Conference ...... Southern Conference ...... Ohio Valley President ...... Dr . David Belcher President ...... Dr . Phil Oldham Athletic Director ...... Randy Eaton Athletic Director ...... Mark Wilson Facility ...... Liston B . Ramsey Regional Activity Center Facility ...... Hooper Eblen Center Head Coach ...... Karen Glover Head Coach ...... Dave Zelenock Assistant(s) ...... Travis Nead Assistant(s) ...... Cassandra Joyner and Danielle Gotham
2015 Record ...... 12-22 2015 Record ...... 10-21 2015 Conference Record ...... 5-11 2015 Conference Record ...... 7-9 Colors ...... Purple and Gold Colors ...... Purple and Gold UAB vs . Western Carolina ...... 0-1 UAB vs . Tennessee Tech ...... 9-4
SID Contact ...... Sean Forrester SID Contact ...... Holly Weber Office Phone ...... 828 .227 .2655 Office Phone ...... 931 .372 .6139 Email ...... stforrester@email .wcu .edu Email ...... hweber@tntech .edu
CHARLESTON SOUTHERN Buccaneers NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL Eagles Aug . 27 | Cullowhee, N .C . Sept . 2 | Birmingham, Ala . csusports .com nccueaglepride .com
Location ...... Charleston, S .C . Location ...... Durham, N C. . Conference ...... Big South Conference ...... Mid-Eastern Atlantic President ...... Dr . Jairy Hunter President ...... Dr . Debra Saunders-White Athletic Director ...... Hank Small Athletic Director ...... Dr . Ingrid Wicker McCree Facility ...... The Buc Dome (Buccaneer Field House) Facility ...... McDougald-McLendon Arena Head Coach ...... Christy Mooberry Head Coach ...... Jody Brown Assistant(s) ...... Jordan Fish Assistant(s) ...... Emma Celentano and Jonathan Paulk
2015 Record ...... 10-23 2015 Record ...... 5-24 2015 Conference Record ...... 4-10 2015 Conference Record ...... 4-6 Colors ...... Blue and Gold Colors ...... Maroon and Grey UAB vs . Charleston Southern ...... 2-0 UAB vs . North Carolina Central ...... 0-0
SID Contact ...... Seth Montgomery SID Contact ...... Kevin Buczek Office Phone ...... 843 .863 .7853 Office Phone ...... 919 530. .6017 Email ...... smontgomery@csuniv .edu Email ...... kbuczek@nccu edu.
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SE MISSOURI STATE Redhawks NORTHWESTERN STATE Lady Demons Sept . 2 | Birmingham, Ala . Sept . 3 | Birmingham, Ala . gosoutheast .com nsudemons .com
Location ...... Cape Girardeau, Mo . Location ...... Natchitoches, La . Conference ...... Ohio Valley Conference ...... Southland President ...... Dr . Carlos Vargas-Aburto President ...... Dr . Jim Henderson Athletic Director ...... Brady Barke Athletic Director ...... Greg Burke Facility ...... Houck Field House Facility ...... Prather Coliseum Head Coach ...... Julie Yankus Head Coach ...... Sean Kiracofe Assistant(s) ...... Nikki Buccholz and Calaeb Campbell Assistant(s) ...... Alicia Roth
2015 Record ...... 10-20 2015 Record ...... 7-22 2015 Conference Record ...... 6-10 2015 Conference Record ...... 5-11 Colors ...... Red and Black Colors ...... Purple, White and Orange Trim UAB vs . SE Missouri State ...... 0-0 UAB vs . Northwestern State ...... 2-0
SID Contact ...... Danny Chesnut SID Contact ...... Jason Pugh Office Phone ...... 573 651. .2937 Office Phone ...... 318 .357 .6467 Email ...... dchesnut@semo .edu Email ...... pughj@nsula edu.
RADFORD Highlanders MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE Devilettes Sept . 3 | Birmingham, Ala . Sept . 9 | Jacksonville, Ala . radfordathletics .com mvsusports .com
Location ...... Radford, Va . Location ...... Itta Bena, Miss . Conference ...... Big South Conference ...... Southwestern Atlantic President ...... Dr . Brian Hemphill President ...... Dr . William Bynum Jr . Athletic Director ...... Robert Lineburg Athletic Director ...... Dianthia Ford-Kee Facility ...... Donald N . Dedmond Center Facility ...... Harrison HPER Complex Head Coach ...... Marci Jenkins Head Coach ...... Douglas Hunter Assistant(s) ...... Chris Hertel and Caleb Adams Assistant(s) ...... N/A
2015 Record ...... 14-15 2015 Record ...... 3-30 2015 Conference Record ...... 6-8 2015 Conference Record ...... 0-9 Colors ...... Red and White Colors ...... Green and White UAB vs . Radford ...... 0-0 UAB vs . Mississippi Valley State ...... 2-0
SID Contact ...... Brian Cox SID Contact ...... LaMonica Scott Office Phone ...... 540 .831 .5726 Office Phone ...... 662 .254 .3550 Email ...... bcox@radford .edu Email ...... lamonica .scott@mvsu edu.
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JACKSON STATE Tigers NEW ORLEANS Privateers Sept . 9 | Jacksonville, Ala . Sept . 10 | Jacksonville, Ala . jstatetigers .com unoprivateers com.
Location ...... Jackson, Miss . Location ...... New Orleans, La . Conference ...... Southwestern Atlantic Conference ...... Southland President ...... Dr . Carolyn Meyers President ...... Dr . John Nicklow Athletic Director ...... Wheeler Brown Athletic Director ...... Derek Morel Facility ...... Williams Assembly Center Facility ...... Human Performance Center Head Coach ...... Rose Washington Head Coach ...... Milicent Van Norden Assistant(s) ...... Joelle Mafo Assistant(s) . . . . Jennifer Hawk, Gabrielle Otero and Jan Sander
2015 Record ...... 15-22 2015 Record ...... 19-16 2015 Conference Record ...... 11-1 2015 Conference Record ...... 7-9 Colors ...... Navy Blue and White Colors ...... Reflex Blue and Silver UAB vs . Jackson State ...... 1-0 UAB vs . New Orleans ...... 5-4
SID Contact ...... Wesley Peterson SID Contact ...... Richie Weaver Office Phone ...... 601 .979 .5899 Office Phone ...... 504 280. .6284 Email ...... wesley .peterson@jsums .edu Email ...... rweaver2@uno .edu
JACKSONVILLE STATE Gamecocks TROY Trojans Sept . 10 | Jacksonville, Ala . Sept . 13 | Birmingham, Ala . jsugamecocksports .com troytrojans .com
Location ...... Jacksonville, Ala . Location ...... Troy, Ala . Conference ...... Ohio Valley Conference ...... Sun Belt President ...... Dr . John Beehler President ...... Dr . Jack Hawkins Athletic Director ...... Greg Seitz Athletic Director ...... Jeremy McClain Facility ...... Pete Matthews Coliseum Facility ...... Trojan Arena Head Coach ...... Terry Gamble Head Coach ...... Sonny Kirkpatrick Assistant(s) ...... Leigh Barea Assistant(s) ...... Ross Kessler
2015 Record ...... 14-20 2015 Record ...... 14-18 2015 Conference Record ...... 5-11 2015 Conference Record ...... 7-9 Colors ...... Red and White Colors ...... Cardinal, Black and Silver UAB vs . Jacksonville State ...... 13-9 UAB vs . Troy ...... 22-6
SID Contact ...... Daniel Porter SID Contact ...... Taylor Blue Office Phone ...... 256 .782 .5965 Office Phone ...... 334 670. .5654 Email ...... dporter2@stu .jsu .edu Email ...... rblue100238@troy .edu
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UL LAFAYETTE Ragin’ Cajuns UT MARTIN Skyhawks Sept . 15 | Birmingham, Ala . Sept . 16 | Birmingham, Ala . ragincajuns .com utmsports .com
Location ...... Lafayette, La . Location ...... Martin, Tenn . Conference ...... Sun Belt Conference ...... Ohio Valley President ...... Dr . Joesph Savoie President (Interim) ...... Dr . Robert Smith Athletic Director ...... Scott Farmer Athletic Director (Interim) ...... Kevin McMillan Facility ...... Earl K . Long Gym Facility ...... Skyhawk Fieldhouse Head Coach ...... Heather Mazeitis-Fontenot Head Coach ...... Jaclynn Yocum Associate Head Coach ...... Jenny Andrew Assistant(s) ...... Julia Noe Assistant(s) ...... Trey Cruz 2015 Record ...... 9-24 2015 Record ...... 6-23 2015 Conference Record ...... 5-11 2015 Conference Record ...... 2-14 Colors ...... Navy Blue and Orange Colors ...... Vermillion and White UAB vs . UT Martin ...... 3-1 UAB vs . UL Lafayette ...... 3-1 SID Contact ...... Ryne Rickman SID Contact ...... Matt Hebert Office Phone ...... 731 .881 .7632 Office Phone ...... 337 .482 .6330 Email ...... rrickman@utm edu. Email ...... matth@louisiana .edu
MEMPHIS Tigers MIDDLE TENNESSEE Blue Raiders Sept . 16 | Birmingham, Ala . Sept . 23 | Birmingham, Ala . gotigersgo .com Oct . 23 | Murfreesboro, Tenn . goblueraiders .com Location ...... Memphis, Tenn . Location ...... Murfreesboro, Tenn . Conference ...... American Athletic Conference ...... C-USA President ...... Dr . Davis Rudd President ...... Dr . SidneyMcPhee Athletic Director ...... Tom Bowen Athletic Director ...... Chris Massaro Facility ...... Elma Roane Fieldhouse Facility ...... Alumni Memorial Gym Head Coach ...... April Jauregui Head Coach ...... Don Ahiers Associate Head Coach ...... James Onikeku Assistant(s) ...... Jeffrey Huebner and Kristen Pickett Assistant(s) ...... Kallie Noble 2015 Record ...... 8-22 2015 Record ...... 19-14 2015 Conference Record ...... 6-10 2015 Conference Record ...... 10-10 Colors ...... Royal Blue and White Colors ...... Blue and Gray UAB vs . Middle Tennessee ...... 13-8 UAB vs . Memphis ...... 18-33 SID Contact ...... John Galatos SID Contact ...... Tammy DeGroff Office Phone ...... 615 .904 8209. Office Phone ...... 901 .678 .5787 Email ...... galatos@goblueraiders .com Email ...... tdegroff@memphis .edu
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UTEP Miners CHARLOTTE 49ers Sept . 25 | Birmingham, Ala . Sept . 30 | Charlotte, N C. . utepathletics .com charlotte49ers .com
Location ...... El Paso, Texas Location ...... Charlotte, N .C . Conference ...... C-USA Conference ...... C-USA President ...... Dr . Diana Natalicio President ...... Dr . Philip Dubois Athletic Director ...... Bob Stull Athletic Director ...... Judy Rose Facility ...... Memorial Gym Facility ...... Halton Arena Head Coach ...... Holly Watts Head Coach ...... Karen Weatherington Assistant(s) ...... Jerry Wagner and Paty Figueiredo Assistant(s) ...... Verna Julaton and Jaye Loyd
2015 Record ...... 9-23 2015 Record ...... 8-19 2015 Conference Record ...... 3-13 2015 Conference Record ...... 5-11 Colors ...... Blue, Orange and Silver Colors ...... Green and White UAB vs . UTEP ...... 10-4 UAB vs . Charlotte ...... 18-10
SID Contact ...... Lisa Sanchez SID Contact ...... Sean Fox Office Phone ...... 915 .747 .6451 Office Phone ...... 704 .687 1023. Email ...... lbsanchez@utep .edu Email ...... sean .fox@uncc .edu
FIU Panthers NORTH TEXAS Mean Green Oct . 2 | Miami, Fla . Oct . 7 | Birmingham, Ala . fiusports.com meangreensports .com
Location ...... Miami, Fla . Location ...... Denton, Texas Conference ...... C-USA Conference ...... C-USA President ...... Dr . Mark Rosenberg President ...... Dr . Neal Smatrest Athletic Director ...... Pete Garcia Athletic Director ...... Hank Dickenson Facility ...... FIU Arena Facility ...... Volleyball Center Head Coach ...... Rita Buck-Crockett Head Coach ...... Andrew Palileo Assistant(s) ...... Quann Scott Assistant(s) ...... Kaylee Fifer and Chris Seroka
2015 Record ...... 15-13 2015 Record ...... 20-13 2015 Conference Record ...... 9-7 2015 Conference Record ...... 11-5 Colors ...... Navy Blue and Gold Colors ...... Green, Black and White UAB vs . FIU ...... 1-5 UAB vs . North Texas ...... 1-3
SID Contact ...... Brian Murton SID Contact ...... Eric Capper Office Phone ...... 305 .348 .4716 Office Phone ...... 940 .565 2476. Email ...... [email protected] Email ...... eric .capper@unt edu.
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LOUISIANA TECH Lady Techsters WESTERN KENTUCKY Lady Toppers Oct . 9 |Birmingham, Ala . Oct . 14 | Bowling Green, Ky . latechsports .com Oct . 30 | Birmingham, Ala . wkusports .com Location ...... Ruston, La . Location ...... Bowling Green, Ky . Conference ...... C-USA Conference ...... C-USA President ...... Dr . Les Guice President ...... Dr . Gary Ransdell Athletic Director ...... Thomas McClelland II Athletic Director ...... Todd Stewart Facility ...... Thomas Assembly Center Facility ...... E .A . Diddle Arena Head Coach ...... Adriano de Souza Head Coach ...... Travis Hudson Assistant(s) ...... Gabryel Ording Assistant(s) ...... Kristi Griffin and Craig Bere
2015 Record ...... 10-20 2015 Record ...... 32-4 2015 Conference Record ...... 3-13 2015 Conference Record ...... 15-1 Colors ...... Blue and Red Colors ...... Red and White UAB vs . LA Tech ...... 2-1 UAB vs . WKU ...... 21-5
SID Contact ...... Blake Bolin SID Contact ...... Nick Brown Office Phone ...... 318 .257 .5314 Office Phone ...... 270 .745 .4363 Email ...... bolin@latech .edu Email ...... nicholas .brown@wku .edu
RICE Owls ALABAMA STATE Hornets Oct . 16 | Houston, Texas Oct . 19 | Montgomery, Ala . riceowls .com bamastatesports com.
Location ...... Houston, Texas Location ...... Montgomery, Ala . Conference ...... C-USA Conference ...... Southwestern Atlantic President ...... Dr . David Leebron President ...... Dr . Gwendolyn Boyd Athletic Director ...... Joe Karlgaard Athletic Director ...... Melvin Hines Facility ...... Tudor Fieldhouse Facility ...... Lockhart Gymnasium Head Coach ...... Genny Volpe Head Coach ...... Penny-Lucas White Assistant(s) ...... Zheng Xiang and Ariel Apolinario Assistant(s) ...... LaToya Clark and Janay Yancey
2015 Record ...... 21-10 2015 Record ...... 21-15 2015 Conference Record ...... 11-5 2015 Conference Record ...... 6-2 Colors ...... Blue and Gray Colors ...... Old Gold and Black UAB vs . Rice ...... 8-10 UAB vs . Alabama State ...... 15-5
SID Contact ...... Kenny Bybee SID Contact ...... Peter Polehan Office Phone ...... 713 348. .8878 Office Phone ...... 334 .229 5217. Email ...... kab10@rice .edu Email ...... pholehan@alasu .edu
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UTSA Roadrunners SOUTHERN MISS Golden Eagles Oct . 28 | Birmingham, Ala . Nov . 4 | Hattiesburg, Miss . goutsa .com southernmiss .com
Location ...... San Antonio, Texas Location ...... Hattiesburg, Miss . Conference ...... C-USA Conference ...... C-USA President ...... Dr . Ricardo Romo President ...... Dr . Rodney Bennett Athletic Director ...... Lynn Hickey Athletic Director ...... Bill McGillis Facility ...... Convocation Center Facility ...... Reed Green Coliseum Head Coach ...... Laura Neugebauer-Groff Head Coach ...... Amanda Berkley Assistant(s) ...... Pat Stangle and Danka Danicic Assistant(s) ...... David Brown
2015 Record ...... 24-9 2015 Record ...... 24-11 2015 Conference Record ...... 13-3 2015 Conference Record ...... 10-7 Colors ...... Navy Blue, Orange and White Colors ...... Black and Gold UAB vs . UTSA ...... 1-7 UAB vs . Southern Miss ...... 25-23
SID Contact ...... Zena Rex SID Contact ...... Shirley Hill Office Phone ...... 956 .739 .4878 Office Phone ...... 601 .266 4503. Email ...... zena .rex@utsa .edu Email ...... shirley .jones-hill@usm .edu
FLORIDA ATLANTIC Owls MARSHALL Thundering Herd Nov . 10 | Boca Raton, Fla . Nov . 12 | Birmingham, Ala . fausports .com herdzone .com
Location ...... Boca Raton, Fla . Location ...... Huntington, W . Va . Conference ...... C-USA Conference ...... C-USA President ...... Dr . John Kelly President ...... Dr . Jerry Gilbert Athletic Director ...... Patrick Chun Athletic Director ...... Mike Hamrick Facility ...... FAU Arena Facility ...... Cam Henderson Center Head Coach ...... Fernanda Nelson Head Coach ...... Mitch Jacobs Assistant(s) ...... Chuck Amshoff and Alyssa Warren Assistant(s) ...... Taylor Strickland and Matt Jackson
2015 Record ...... 18-11 2015 Record ...... 16-14 2015 Conference Record ...... 10-6 2015 Conference Record ...... 7-9 Colors ...... Blue and Red Colors ...... Kelly Green and White UAB vs . FAU ...... 1-2 UAB vs . Marshall ...... 12-9
SID Contact ...... Justin Johnson SID Contact ...... Corey Dieteman Office Phone ...... 561 .302 .0461 Office Phone ...... 304 696. .5276 Email ...... jjohn218@fau .edu Email ...... dieteman@marshall edu.
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The Automated ScoreBook UAB2015 Match Results RESULTS (as of Jul 28, 2016) All matches
Date Opponent Score Score-by-set Overall Conf Time Att. ! Aug 28 vs Marist W 3-0 25-12,25-23,27-25 1-0 0-0 1:19 185 ! Aug 28 at Lamar L 0-3 22-25,17-25,23-25 1-1 0-0 1:26 411 ! Aug 29 vs Texas Southern W 3-2 14-25,25-20,20-25,25-17,15-11 2-1 0-0 1:47 107 Sep 1 at Troy L 2-3 20-25,25-20,18-25,27-25,6-15 2-2 0-0 1:15 586 * Sep 04 FIU L 2-3 22-25,25-20,25-23,14-25,8-15 2-3 0-1 2:25 209 Sep 05 SSU W 3-0 25-12,25-20,25-15 3-3 0-1 1:19 363 Sep 05 APSU W 3-0 25-21,25-16,25-12 4-3 0-1 1:09 378 * Sep 07 at North Texas L 0-3 21-25,20-25,18-25 4-4 0-2 1:37 550 Sep 11 at Chattanooga L 1-3 21-25,28-26,15-25,16-25 4-5 0-2 1:56 223 Sep 12 vs APSU L 0-3 15-25,22-25,26-28 4-6 0-2 1:27 Sep 12 vs Gardner-Webb L 1-3 20-25,25-20,23-25,25-27 4-7 0-2 1:54p * Sep 16 at Middle Tennessee L 0-3 20-25,23-25,23-25 4-8 0-3 1:33 78 Sep 18 UML W 3-1 25-19,24-26,25-22,25-9 5-8 0-3 1:52 247 Sep 18 OLE MISS L 1-3 21-25,25-23,18-25,12-25 5-9 0-3 1:54 572 Sep 19 MVSU W 3-0 25-9,25-7,25-9 6-9 0-3 1:05 219 Sep 19 JSU W 3-1 25-8,25-19,21-25,25-17 7-9 0-3 1:46 332 Sep 21 ULM L 2-3 23-25,29-27,25-19,23-25,9-15 7-10 0-3 2:17 532 * Sep 27 CHARLOTTE L 1-3 25-23,23-25,18-25,16-25 7-11 0-4 1:55 190 * Oct 02 UTSA L 0-3 19-25,17-25,16-25 7-12 0-5 1:25 197 * Oct 04 USM L 1-3 19-25,25-21,20-25,22-25 7-13 0-6 1:50 476 * Oct 09 at Marshall L 1-3 19-25,17-25,25-18,19-25 7-14 0-7 1:57 1575 * Oct 11 at Louisiana Tech L 0-3 18-25,23-25,27-29 7-15 0-8 1:30 154 Oct 13 ALABAMA A&M W 3-0 25-18,25-17,25-16 8-15 0-8 1:18 183 * Oct 16 FAU L 0-3 18-25,13-25,10-25 8-16 0-9 1:20 189 * Oct 23 at #22 WKU L 0-3 15-25,11-25,10-25 8-17 0-10 1:10 684 * Oct 25 at USM L 0-3 18-25,22-25,13-25 8-18 0-11 1:25 243 * Oct 30 MARSHALL W 3-2 25-20,18-25,28-26,18-25,15-11 9-18 1-11 2:20 234 * Nov. 1 MIDDLE TENNESSEE L 0-3 18-25,21-25,17-25 9-19 1-12 1:25 212 * Nov 06 at UTEP L 1-3 25-27,16-25,26-24,16-25 9-20 1-13 1:53 536 * Nov 08 at UTSA L 1-3 11-25,17-25,25-18,22-25 9-21 1-14 1:56 561 Nov 10 ALABAMA STATE L 2-3 25-13,25-20,23-25,23-25,9-15 9-22 1-14 2:09 626 * Nov 14 RICE L 0-3 17-25,15-25,19-25 9-23 1-15 1:16 253
Team Record W-L-T Attend Dates Total Avg. Overall: 9-23 Total: 32 11305 353 Conference: 1-15 Home: 17 5412 318 Home: 7-10 Away: 11 5601 509 Away: 0-11 Neutral: 4 292 73 Neutral: 2-2 3 sets: 5-11 4 sets: 2-8 5 sets: 2-4
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The Automated ScoreBook 2015UAB INDIVIDUALOverall Individual Statistics STATS(as of Jul 28, 2016) All matches
Overall record: 9-23 Conf: 1-15 Home: 7-10 Away: 0-11 Neutral: 2-2
Attack Set Serve ## Player sp mp-ms k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s se 11 Hinds, Sydney 31 18- 2 0.06 0 2 1.000 4 0.13 8 0.26 2 17 Richard, Zahria 83 28- 112 1.35 44 257 . 2 6 5 2 0.02 6 0.07 7 1 Conner, Caitlin 32 15- 1 0.03 0 4 . 2 5 0 145 4.53 3 0.09 5 4 Hunter, Amy 95 30- 160 1.68 78 408 . 2 0 1 2 0.02 0 0.00 0 6 Rudolph, Emily 10 9- 8 0.80 4 20 . 2 0 0 0 0.00 1 0.10 0 7 Deshotel, Gabby 117 32- 504 4.31 210 1473 . 2 0 0 15 0.13 21 0.18 46 13 Young, Victoria 101 32- 157 1.55 83 455 . 1 6 3 2 0.02 9 0.09 32 3 Sullivan, Kassidy 47 20- 56 1.19 28 181 . 1 5 5 5 0.11 6 0.13 3 23 Tinglin, Jillian 59 26- 124 2.10 67 374 . 1 5 2 1 0.02 0 0.00 0 14 Moreno, Gabbi 35 20- 16 0.46 8 53 . 1 5 1 20 0.57 8 0.23 5 15 Nelson, Sydney 60 22- 82 1.37 55 244 . 1 1 1 5 0.08 0 0.00 0 2 Treace, Amber 110 32- 41 0.37 28 144 . 0 9 0 946 8.60 33 0.30 27 33 Jared, Haley 102 30- 84 0.82 67 357 . 0 4 8 14 0.14 17 0.17 46 5 Sunseri, Ashlyn 14 10- 7 0.50 7 32 . 0 0 0 0 0.00 2 0.14 2 22 Hiett, Autumn 6 5- 0 0.00 0 2 . 0 0 0 0 0.00 2 0.33 3 9 West, Bailey 7 7- 0 0.00 0 1 . 0 0 0 2 0.29 0 0.00 0 8 Schroer, Emma 118 32- 3 0.03 4 27 - . 0 3 7 74 0.63 36 0.31 49 16 Martinez, Emily 105 32- 0 0.00 1 12 - . 0 8 3 17 0.16 16 0.15 22 UAB 118 32- 1357 11.5 684 4046 . 1 6 6 1254 10.6 168 1.42 249 Opponents 118 32- 1431 12.1 609 3880 . 2 1 2 1326 11.2 170 1.44 198
Dig Blocking ## Player sp re dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe 11 Hinds, Sydney 31 9 32 1.03 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 17 Richard, Zahria 83 0 13 0.16 7 65 7 2 0.87 4 1 1 Conner, Caitlin 32 0 37 1.16 0 2 2 0.06 2 9 4 Hunter, Amy 95 1 27 0.28 3 46 4 9 0.52 4 0 6 Rudolph, Emily 10 0 2 0.20 1 2 3 0.30 1 0 7 Deshotel, Gabby 117 43 260 2.22 5 44 4 9 0.42 6 4 13 Young, Victoria 101 2 35 0.35 8 64 7 2 0.71 34 2 3 Sullivan, Kassidy 47 2 17 0.36 5 20 2 5 0.53 6 1 23 Tinglin, Jillian 59 5 25 0.42 1 10 1 1 0.19 2 0 14 Moreno, Gabbi 35 0 12 0.34 0 3 3 0.09 2 1 15 Nelson, Sydney 60 0 16 0.27 4 30 3 4 0.57 7 0 2 Treace, Amber 110 0 179 1.63 4 31 3 5 0.32 7 12 33 Jared, Haley 102 37 191 1.87 1 12 1 3 0.13 1 2 22 Hiett, Autumn 6 0 8 1.33 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 9 West, Bailey 7 2 6 0.86 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 5 Sunseri, Ashlyn 14 1 16 1.14 0 1 1 0.07 0 0 8 Schroer, Emma 118 26 521 4.42 0 0 0 0.00 0 3 16 Martinez, Emily 105 29 189 1.80 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 - TEAM - 13 ------UAB...... 118 170 1586 13.44 39 330 204.0 1.73 77 36 Opponents...... 118 167 1713 14.52 73 356 251.0 2.13 46 51
UABSPORTS .COM 31 UAB VOLLEYBALL The Automated ScoreBook UAB Combined Team Statistics (as of Jul 28, 2016) All matches 2015Overall record: 9-23COMBINED Conf: 1-15 Home: 7-10 Away:STATS 0-11 Neutral: 2-2 Attack Set Serve Dig Blocking ## Player sp k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa se sa/s re dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe points 11 Hinds, Sydney 31 2 0.06 0 2 1.000 4 0.13 8 2 0.26 9 32 1.03 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 - 17 Richard, Zahria 83 112 1.35 44 257 .2 6 5 2 0.02 6 7 0.07 0 13 0.16 7 65 72 0.87 4 1 - 1 Conner, Caitlin 32 1 0.03 0 4 .2 5 0 145 4.53 3 5 0.09 0 37 1.16 0 2 2 0.06 2 9 - 4 Hunter, Amy 95 160 1.68 78 408 .2 0 1 2 0.02 0 0 0.00 1 27 0.28 3 46 49 0.52 4 0 - 6 Rudolph, Emily 10 8 0.80 4 20 .2 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0.10 0 2 0.20 1 2 3 0.30 1 0 - 7 Deshotel, Gabby 117 504 4.31 210 1473 .2 0 0 15 0.13 21 46 0.18 43 260 2.22 5 44 49 0.42 6 4 - 13 Young, Victoria 101 157 1.55 83 455 .1 6 3 2 0.02 9 32 0.09 2 35 0.35 8 64 72 0.71 34 2 - 3 Sullivan, Kassidy 47 56 1.19 28 181 .1 5 5 5 0.11 6 3 0.13 2 17 0.36 5 20 25 0.53 6 1 - 23 Tinglin, Jillian 59 124 2.10 67 374 .1 5 2 1 0.02 0 0 0.00 5 25 0.42 1 10 11 0.19 2 0 - 14 Moreno, Gabbi 35 16 0.46 8 53 .1 5 1 20 0.57 8 5 0.23 0 12 0.34 0 3 3 0.09 2 1 - 15 Nelson, Sydney 60 82 1.37 55 244 .1 1 1 5 0.08 0 0 0.00 0 16 0.27 4 30 34 0.57 7 0 - 2 Treace, Amber 110 41 0.37 28 144 .0 9 0 946 8.60 33 27 0.30 0 179 1.63 4 31 35 0.32 7 12 - 33 Jared, Haley 102 84 0.82 67 357 .0 4 8 14 0.14 17 46 0.17 37 191 1.87 1 12 13 0.13 1 2 - 5 Sunseri, Ashlyn 14 7 0.50 7 32 .0 0 0 0 0.00 2 2 0.14 1 16 1.14 0 1 1 0.07 0 0 - 22 Hiett, Autumn 6 0 0.00 0 2 .0 0 0 0 0.00 2 3 0.33 0 8 1.33 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 - 9 West, Bailey 7 0 0.00 0 1 .0 0 0 2 0.29 0 0 0.00 2 6 0.86 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 - 8 Schroer, Emma 118 3 0.03 4 27 - .0 3 7 74 0.63 36 49 0.31 26 521 4.42 0 0 0 0.00 0 3 - 16 Martinez, Emily 105 0 0.00 1 12 - .0 8 3 17 0.16 16 22 0.15 29 189 1.80 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 - UAB 118 1357 11.50 684 4046 .1 6 6 1254 10.63 168 249 1.42 170 1586 13.44 39 330 204.0 1.73 77 36 - Opponents 118 1431 12.13 609 3880 .2 1 2 1326 11.24 170 198 1.44 167 1713 14.52 73 356 251.0 2.13 46 51 -
Team Statistics UAB OPP Date Opponent Score Score by set Att. ATTACK !Aug 28 vs Marist W 3-0 25-12,25-23,27-25 185 K i l ls 1357 1431 !Aug 28 at Lamar L 0-3 22-25,17-25,23-25 411 E r r o r s 684 609 !Aug 29 vs Texas Southern W 3-2 14-25,25-20,20-25,25-17,15-11 107 Total Attacks 4046 3880 Sep 1 at Troy L 2-3 20-25,25-20,18-25,27-25,6-15 586 Attack Pct .1 6 6 .2 1 2 *Sep 04 FIU L 2-3 22-25,25-20,25-23,14-25,8-15 209 K i l ls / S e t 11.5 12.1 Sep 05 SSU W 3-0 25-12,25-20,25-15 363 SET Sep 05 APSU W 3-0 25-21,25-16,25-12 378 A s s is t s 1254 1326 *Sep 07 at North Texas L 0-3 21-25,20-25,18-25 550 A s s is t s / S e t 10.6 11.2 Sep 11 at Chattanooga L 1-3 21-25,28-26,15-25,16-25 223 SERVE Sep 12 vs APSU L 0-3 15-25,22-25,26-28 0 A c e s 168 170 Sep 12 vs Gardner-Webb L 1-3 20-25,25-20,23-25,25-27 0 E r r o r s 249 198 *Sep 16 at Middle Tennessee L 0-3 20-25,23-25,23-25 78 A c e s / S e t 1.4 1.4 Sep 18 UML W 3-1 25-19,24-26,25-22,25-9 247 SERVE RECEPTIONS Sep 18 OLE MISS L 1-3 21-25,25-23,18-25,12-25 572 E r r o r s 170 167 Sep 19 MVSU W 3-0 25-9,25-7,25-9 219 E r r o r s /S e t 1.4 1.4 Sep 19 JSU W 3-1 25-8,25-19,21-25,25-17 332 DEFENSE Sep 21 ULM L 2-3 23-25,29-27,25-19,23-25,9-15 532 D ig s 1586 1713 *Sep 27 CHARLOTTE L 1-3 25-23,23-25,18-25,16-25 190 D ig s /S e t 13.4 14.5 *Oct 02 UTSA L 0-3 19-25,17-25,16-25 197 BLOCKING *Oct 04 USM L 1-3 19-25,25-21,20-25,22-25 476 Block Solo 39 73 *Oct 09 at Marshall L 1-3 19-25,17-25,25-18,19-25 1575 Block Assist 330 356 *Oct 11 at Louisiana Tech L 0-3 18-25,23-25,27-29 154 Total Blocks 204.0 251.0 Oct 13 ALABAMA A&M W 3-0 25-18,25-17,25-16 183 B lo c k s / S e t 1.7 2.1 *Oct 16 FAU L 0-3 18-25,13-25,10-25 189 Block Errors 77 46 *Oct 23 at #22 WKU L 0-3 15-25,11-25,10-25 684 Ball handling errors 36 51 *Oct 25 at USM L 0-3 18-25,22-25,13-25 243 ATTENDANCE *Oct 30 MARSHALL W 3-2 25-20,18-25,28-26,18-25,15-11 234 T o t a l 5412 5601 *Nov. 1 MIDDLE TENNESSEE L 0-3 18-25,21-25,17-25 212 Dates/Avg Per Date 17/318 11/509 *Nov 06 at UTEP L 1-3 25-27,16-25,26-24,16-25 536 Neutral site #/Avg 4/73 *Nov 08 at UTSA L 1-3 11-25,17-25,25-18,22-25 561 Current win streak 0 - Nov 10 ALABAMA STATE L 2-3 25-13,25-20,23-25,23-25,9-15 626 Home win streak 0 - *Nov 14 RICE L 0-3 17-25,15-25,19-25 253
Record in 3-set matches:5-11 • Record in 4-set matches:2-8 • Record in 5-set matches:2-4
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Final 2015 Conference USA Standings C-USA VOLLEYBALL AWARDS
C-USA All Matches FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE Team W-L Pct . Streak W-L Pct . Home Away Neutral Last 10 Maja Ristic ...... Florida Atlantic WKU ^ 15-1 .938 W5 28-3 903. 11-1 11-1 6-1 9-1 Ally Kiekover ...... Marshall UTSA 13-3 .812L1 22-8 .733 8-2 7-5 7-1 8-2 Chelsea Ross ...... Middle Tennessee Rice 11-5 .688 W3 21-9 .700 10-2 6-6 5-1 8-2 Carnae Dillard ...... North Texas North Texas 11-5 .688W3 19-12 .613 9-4 6-6 4-2 6-4 Florida Atlantic 10-6 .625W2 18-10 .643 8-3 7-4 3-3 6-4 Madison McDaniel ...... Rice Southern Miss 10-6 .625 L1 23-10 697. 12-2 7-6 4-2 6-4 Leah Mikesky ...... Rice FIU 9-7 .562W2 15-12 556. 8-7 5-4 2-1 5-5 Mary Pursell ...... Southern Miss Marshall 7-9 .438W1 16-13 .552 6-4 4-5 6-4 4-6 Dajana Boskovic ...... UTSA Middle Tennessee 6-10 .375 L3 8-22 .267 4-13 3-7 1-2 4-6 Charlotte 5-11 .312L3 8-19 .296 5-7 2-9 1-3 3-7 Alyssa Cavanaugh ...... WKU UTEP 3-13 188 . L2 9-22 290. 5-8 1-12 3-2 2-8 Noelle Langenkamp ...... WKU Louisiana Tech 3-13 188 . L4 10-20 .333 6-6 2-10 2-4 3-7 Jessica Lucas ...... WKU UAB 1-15 .062 L5 9-23 .281 6-10 0-11 3-2 2-8
SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE Abreia Epps ...... Charlotte C-USA STATISTICAL RANKING Brittney Brown ...... Florida Atlantic Lucia Castro ...... FIU TEAM OFFENSE HIT % KILLS BLOCKS ACES DIGS ASSISTS Jennifer Ene ...... FIU Charlotte 7 9 2 1 10 9 Holly Milam ...... North Texas FIU 9 10 1 4 9 11 Portia Okafor ...... Rice Florida Atlantic 5 3 5 5 2 3 Chelsey Harris ...... Rice Louisiana Tech 12 11 12 12 11 10 Stephany Purdue ...... Southern Miss Marshall 8 8 13 9 6 8 Gabby Deshotel ...... UAB Middle Tennessee 6 7 8 11 13 7 Amanda Gonzalez ...... UTSA North Texas 4 4 9 10 8 4 Marijeta Runjic ...... UTSA Rice 2 1 10 8 4 2 Kylie Schott ...... UTSA Southern Miss 10 6 7 7 5 6 Haley Bodway ...... WKU UAB 11 12 11 3 12 13 Sydney Engle ...... WKU UTEP 13 13 4 13 1 12 UTSA 3 5 3 2 3 5 WKU 1 2 6 6 7 1 PLAYER OF THE YEAR Carnae Dillard ...... North Texas
TEAM OFFENSE HIT % KILLS BLOCKS ACES DIGS ASSISTS COACH OF THE YEAR Charlotte 12 12 7 12 12 12 Travis Hudson ...... WKU FIU 5 6 8 8 7 6 Florida Atlantic 4 3 13 3 10 4 Louisiana Tech 11 9 11 9 4 8 SETTER OF THE YEAR Marshall 6 8 5 7 11 9 Jessica Lucas ...... WKU Middle Tennessee 13 11 12 6 1 11 North Texas 10 10 2 10 3 10 Rice 7 7 6 2 6 7 LIBERO OF THE YEAR Southern Miss 3 2 10 5 9 2 Mary Pursell ...... Southern Miss UAB 8 5 9 13 5 5 UTEP 9 13 3 11 13 13 UTSA 2 4 1 4 8 3 FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR WKU 1 1 4 1 2 1 Rachel Anderson ...... WKU
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UAB HISTORY UAB VOLLEYBALL ALL-TIME ROSTER A Hailey Isham...... 1995-98 Lindsay Simmons...... 2012-14 Haylee Adkins...... 2006-07 Michele Simmons...... 2010-12 Ginny Alexander...... 1983-85 J Sam Skinner...... 2012-13 Terri Andrews...... 1984-85 Rachel James...... 2008-09 Ally Slaughter...... 2010-13 Kim Arnold...... 1991-95 Haley Jared...... 2014-present Kristy Smith ...... 1998-99 Jennifer Johnson...... 1986-88 Suzay Smith...... 1989-92 B Suzie Johnson...... 1989-92 Thais Soares...... 2010-11 Denise Bailey...... 1992-95 Meredith Jones...... 2004 Amber Sorensen...... 2001 Bree Barnard ...... 1992-95 Lindsay Joyce...... 2000-02 Veronica Starr...... 1982 Hilary Beck...... 1988-92 Nevena Stefanov...... 2005-08 Kim Bigham...... 1979 K Karen Steuer...... 1996-99 Chelsea Bishop...... 1993 Dina Katsoulis...... 1999-02 Tracy Strickland...... 1982 Mary Leah Boggan...... 1979-81 Kerra Kepley...... 2001 Terri Steeb ...... 1995-98 Shondra Bonovitch ...... 1984-87 Ruth King...... 1982 Kassidy Sullivan...... 2015-present Kathy Bowditch...... 1994 Linda Kirschbaum...... 1986-87 Ashlyn Sunseri ...... 2014-15 Nicole Bowland...... 2004-07 Hannah Kowal ...... 2013 Breanne Swenson...... 2002-03 Karen Boyd...... 2000-03 Joanna Szeszycki ...... 2004 Ivana Bozic...... 2005-08 L Deborah Burgess...... 1979-81 Katrine LaCroix...... 1987-88 T Donna Burke...... 1984 Andrea Lalic...... 2006-09 Libby Takenaka...... 1986-87 Laura Burke...... 1997-00 Tonya Larson ...... 1994-97 Aley Tallman...... 2006, 2009 Kristi Lee...... 2001-02 Abby Thatcher...... 1995-98 C Michele Lewis...... 1980-83 Bethanie Thomas ...... 2013-14 Blair Canant...... 2000 Charli Lindley...... 2004-05 Heather Thomas...... 2008-11 Lindsay Carnohan...... 2003 Jenna Link...... 2003-04 Kim Thomas...... 1979-81 Becky Carr ...... 1979-81 Jessica Liptak...... 2001 Jillian Tinglin...... 2015-present Daniela Cavallo...... 2010 Christine Lorentz...... 1999 Amber Treace ...... 2013-present Mellissa Cobb...... 1988-91 Samanta Tucillo ...... 2002 Caitlin Conner...... 2015-present M Shaniquwa Cooper ...... 2004-07 Allison Magner...... 2001-02 U Leann Crockett ...... 1986 Cheri Magsam...... 1988 Michelle Uzoh...... 2009-10 Chip Mahaffey ...... 1993-94 D Emily Martinez ...... 2015-present V Donna Deason ...... 1980-83 Mariah McCallum...... 2012-13 Aleksandra Vujovic...... 2005-08 Heather Dempsey...... 1997-00 Janet McCrary...... 1984 Casey Dent...... 2005-08 Jordan McDonald ...... 2008-10 W Gabby Deshotel...... 2013-present Mandy Miller ...... 1993-96 Jill Waddell...... 1992-93 Heather Dillard...... 1992-94 Gabbi Moreno...... 2014-15 Tammy Washer...... 1993-94 Fernanda Domingos...... 2006-07 Kate Morrell...... 2010-12 Lisa Watts...... 1983 Lilly Domingos...... 2007-08 Michele Moses...... 1983-85 Meredith Walker...... 2003-04 Gina Doss...... 1984-87 Jessica Murphy...... 1979-81 Velissa Weatherby...... 1982 Sharilee Doty...... 1992-95 Julie Myers...... 1986-89 Karla Wehrle...... 1998-99 Baley West...... 2014 E N Amy White ...... 2005 Trisha Eddy...... 1995-98 Sydney Nelson ...... 2014-15 Beulah Williams...... 1979-81 Leslie Ekpe...... 2014 Collin Nichols ...... 2014 MacKenzie Wilson...... 2008-09 Vicki Norwood...... 1980-81 Alison Woods...... 2009-12 F Leah Nye ...... 2007 Rachel Fairbanks...... 2010-13 Y Renee Fangman...... 1986-87 O Victoria Young...... 2014-present Molly Farrell...... 1991 Cassi Ociesa ...... 2003-04 Denise Feer...... 1999 Isabel Oquendo...... 2003-05 * Bold indicates current players Kaitlyn Filar...... 2004 Karyn Oliver...... 1996-97 Leigh Fincher ...... 1979 Laura Opperman...... 1980-83 Belinda Fitzsimmons...... 1987 Stephanie Overfelt ...... 1988-91 Ellen Fleisher ...... 2001 Sheila Owens ...... 1980-81 Emily Foreman...... 2007-09 Andrea Fountain...... 1989-90 P Cassaundra Fuqua...... 1988-89 Patty Paniagua...... 2008-09 Savannah Pegg...... 2008-09 G Kristen Pettey...... 1997-00 Kirsten Gallagher...... 2009-12 Angie Ping ...... 2004-07 Brianna Galvin...... 2003-04, 2006-07 Angela Powell...... 1986 Kellyanne Gandy...... 1995-98 Kris Procter...... 1983 Jill Gilmour...... 1987-88 Artie Pyeatt...... 1984-85 Diane Goodwin...... 1988 Robin Pyeatt...... 1985 Kilee Goetz...... 2002 Kasey Goth...... 2003 R Shelly Greene...... 1998-01 Janette Raczek...... 1994-95 Bilun Gunal...... 2003 Danielle Reaves ...... 1988-91 Katrina Gunsorek...... 1997-99 Zahria Richard...... 2014-present Tiffany Gunsorek ...... 1999 Ashley Ricks...... 2011-12 Sara Rishell ...... 2013-14 H Tammy Robertson...... 1989-92 Kathy Hardwick...... 1982 Lorraine Rogers...... 1979 Angie Harris...... 1983 Emily Rudolph...... 2015-present Toni Herron...... 1991-94 Sydney Hinds...... 2015-present S Carolyn Higgins ...... 1982-84 Ashley Sargent...... 1983-86 Kiriana Hirini...... 2011-14 Patti Schroder...... 1985-86 Nanea Holmes ...... 2002 Emma Schroer...... 2013-15 Becca Howard...... 2010-13 Cheri Schmidt...... 1989-90 Wendy Huber...... 1990-93 Debbi Schultz...... 1984-85 Whitney Hudson...... 2009 Tammy Schultz...... 1984 Amy Hunter ...... 2015 Sam Serley...... 2009-12 Molly Shahan...... 1982-83 I Martina Shields...... 2000-03 UABSPORTS .COM 35 UAB VOLLEYBALL ALL-TIME SERIES RESULTS
Akron...... 1-1 Judson...... 0-1 San Jose State...... 0-2 Alabama...... 11-16 Kansas...... 1-0 Savannah State...... 1-0 Alabama A&M ...... 11-1 Kennesaw State...... 1-0 SE Missouri State...... 0-0 Alabama State ...... 15-5 Kentucky...... 0-1 Seton Hall...... 1-0 Albany ...... 0-1 Lake City CC...... 1-0 SMU...... 3-8 Alcorn State ...... 2-0 Lamar...... 1-5 South Alabama...... 21-17 Appalachian State...... 1-0 Lawson State CC...... 1-0 South Carolina ...... 1-7 Arizona...... 0-1 Lipscomb...... 2-0 South Carolina State...... 1-0 Arizona State...... 0-1 Livingston...... 2-0 Southeastern Louisiana...... 3-1 Arkansas ...... 1-2 Long Island...... 1-0 Southern ...... 1-0 Arkansas-Little Rock...... 1-1 Louisiana-Monroe...... 2-2 Southern Benedictine ...... 2-0 Arkansas State...... 6-5 Louisiana-Lafayette...... 3-1 Southern Illinois...... 0-2 Auburn...... 8-24 Louisiana Tech...... 2-1 Southern Miss...... 25-23 Austin Peay ...... 8-1 LSU...... 0-3 Southwestern Louisiana...... 2-1 Ball State...... 0-1 Louisville ...... 0-12 Southwest Texas...... 0-1 Baylor ...... 0-2 Loyola (Ill .)...... 0-2 Spring Hill College ...... 0-1 Belmont...... 1-2 Marist...... 1-0 Stephen F Austin...... 1-2 Bowling Green...... 0-1 Marquette...... 9-8 Stetson...... 2-1 Buffalo...... 3-0 Marshall...... 12-9 Stillman...... 1-0 Butler...... 2-2 Maryland-Baltimore County...... 0-1 Temple...... 1-0 Cal-Riverside...... 0-1 Maryland-Eastern Shore...... 1-0 Tennessee...... 3-5 Cal-Santa Barbara...... 0-1 McNeese State...... 1-0 Tennessee State...... 7-0 Cal State-Northridge...... 0-2 Memphis...... 18-33 Tennessee Tech ...... 9-4 Centenary...... 2-0 Mercer ...... 9-1 Texas A&M...... 1-0 Charleston...... 0-2 Miami-Dade CC...... 0-1 TCU...... 1-7 Charleston Southern ...... 2-0. Miami (Fla .)...... 1-1 Texas Southern...... 1-0 Charlotte...... 18-10 Miami (Ohio)...... 0-4 Texas Tech...... 0-2 Chattanooga...... 6-2 Michigan State ...... 0-1 Toledo...... 2-2 Chicago State...... 1-1 Middle Tennessee...... 13-8 Towson...... 1-0 Cincinnati...... 6-14 Milwaukee ...... 1-0 Troy ...... 22-6 Clemson...... 5-3 Minnesota...... 0-3 Tulane...... 13-10 Cleveland State...... 1-0 Mississippi ...... 5-22 Tulsa...... 3-12 Costal Carolina...... 1-0 Mississippi State...... 17-11 Tuskegee...... 2-2 Colorado State...... 0-1 Mississippi University for Women...... 6-9 UC Davis...... 1-0 Cornell...... 2-0 Mississippi Valley State...... 2-0 UCF ...... 14-7 Covenant ...... 2-0 UMKC...... 0-1 UCLA...... 0-1 Creighton...... 2-0 Missouri State...... 1-0 UMASS-Lowell...... 1-0 Dayton...... 1-3 Montana...... 1-1 UNC-Ashville...... 3-1 Delaware...... 2-0 Montevallo...... 8-10 UNC-Greensboro...... 2-0 DePaul...... 11-11 Morehead State...... 2-1 USF...... 8-33 Drake...... 1-0 Murray State...... 6-2 Utah...... 0-1 Duke...... 0-2 Navy...... 1-0 Utah State...... 0-1 East Carolina ...... 17-4 Nebraska ...... 0-1 UTEP...... 10-4 East Tennessee State...... 3-2 Nevada...... 0-2 UT Martin ...... 3-1 Eastern Illinois...... 0-1 New Mexico...... 1-1 UTPA...... 1-0 Eastern Kentucky...... 8-1 New Mexico State...... 0-1 UTSA...... 1-7 Eastern Michigan...... 0-2 New Orleans...... 5-4. Valparaiso...... 1-1 Eastern Washington...... 0-1 Nicholls State ...... 2-1 Virginia...... 0-1 Elon...... 1-0 North Alabama...... 3-8 VCU...... 7-6 Erskine...... 1-0 North Carolina ...... 0-2 Virginia Tech...... 0-3 Evansville...... 0-1 N .C . State...... 2-2 Wake Forest...... 0-1 Florida...... 0-4 North Dakota ...... 1-0 Washington State ...... 0-1 Florida A&M...... 2-0 North Texas...... 1-3 Weber State ...... 0-1 Florida Atlantic ...... 1-2 Northeast Louisiana ...... 1-1 West Georgia ...... 1-0 Florida International...... 1-5 Northeastern...... 1-0 West Virginia...... 0-1 Florida Southern...... 0-1 Nrortheastern Illinois ...... 1-0 Western Carolina...... 0-1. Florida State...... 1-6 Northern Arizona ...... 0-1 Western Illinois...... 0-1 Furman ...... 2-2 Northern Iowa...... 0-1 Western Kentucky...... 21-5 Gardner-Webb ...... 0-1 Northwestern State...... 2-0. Western Michigan...... 0-1 George Mason ...... 0-2 Notre Dame ...... 0-1 William & Mary...... 0-1 George Washington ...... 1-2 Ohio...... 1-4 Winthrop...... 1-2 Georgia ...... 0-14 Ohio State...... 0-1 Wisconsin Green Bay...... 1-0 Georgia Southern...... 3-0 Oklahoma...... 0-2 Wofford ...... 1-0 Georgia State...... 10-3 Pacific...... 0-1 Wright State...... 3-0 Georgia Tech...... 16-3 Penn State ...... 0-1 Wyoming ...... 2-0 Gonzaga...... 0-1 Pensacola JC...... 3-0 Xavier...... 1-1 Hampton ...... 1-0 Pittsburgh...... 1-3 Youngstown State...... 1-0 Hawaii-Hilo...... 0-2 Portland...... 0-2 Hofstra...... 0-2 Portland State...... 0-1 *2016 Opponents in Bold Houston...... 4-18 Presbyterian...... 1-0 Huntingdon...... 1-1 Providence...... 0-1 Idaho State...... 0-1 Purdue...... 0-2 Indiana...... 0-2 Radford...... 0-0 Indiana State ...... 0-2 Rice...... 8-10 Iowa...... 0-2 Rhode Island...... 0-1 Iowa State...... 0-1 Rollins College ...... 0-1 IUPUI...... 1-1 Rutgers...... 1-0 Illinois ...... 0-1 Sacramento State...... 0-1 Illinois State...... 0-2 Saint Louis...... 8-11 Jackson State ...... 1-0 Sam Houston State...... 2-5 Jacksonville ...... 10-8 Samford...... 26-3 Jacksonville State ...... 13-9 San Diego State ...... 0-1. James Madison...... 2-0 San Francisco...... 0-1 36 UABSPORTS .COM UAB VOLLEYBALL
UAB RECORDS UAB VOLLEYBALL SINGLE-SEASON RECORDS KILLS 7 . Mellissa Cobb ...... 86 (1988) 1 . Tonya Larson ...... 668 (1996) 8 . Julie Myers ...... 81 (1989) 2 . Tonya Larson ...... 663 (1997) Ginny Alexander ...... 81 (1989) 3 . Ivana Bozic ...... 656 (2006) 10 . Mellissa Cobb ...... 79 (1989) 4 . Mellissa Cobb ...... 565 (1991) 5 . Julie Myers ...... 525 (1989) BLOCK SOLOS 6 . Laura Opperman ...... 514 (1983) 1 . Julie Myers ...... 73 (1990) 7 . Mellissa Cobb ...... 504 (1990) 2 . Hillary Beck ...... 47 (1990) Gabby Deshotel ...... 504 (2015) Janet McCrary ...... 47 (1984) 8 . Mellissa Cobb ...... 501 (1989) Sam Serley ...... 47 . (2012) 9 . Danielle Reaves ...... 477 (2002) 5 . Terri Steeb ...... 46 (1995) 10 . Martina Shields ...... 457 (2002) 6 . Julie Myers ...... 43 (1988) Julie Myers ...... 457 (1988) Shondra Bonovitch ...... 43 (1985) 8 . Chelsea Bishop ...... 38 (1993) TOTAL ATTEMPTS 9 . Michele Moses ...... 37 (1985) 1 . Tonya Larson ...... 1,723 (1996) 10 . Sam Serley ...... 36 (2010) 2 . Ivana Bozic ...... 1,684 (2004) 3 . Tonya Larson ...... 1,605 (1997) BLOCK ASSISTS 4 . Gabby Deshotel ...... 1,473 (2015) 1 . Terri Steeb ...... 142 (1996) 5 . Mellissa Cobb ...... 1,275 (1991) 2 . Sam Serley ...... 138 (2012) 6 . Ivana Bozic ...... 1,267 (2008) 3 . Hailey Isham ...... 134 (1997) 7 . Denise Feer ...... 1,185 (1999) 4 . Sam Serley ...... 121 (2011) 8 . Mellissa Cobb ...... 1,181 (1989) 5 . HIlary Beck ...... 116 (1991) 9 . Martina Shields ...... 1,179 (2003) 6 . Chelsea Bishop ...... 115 (1993) 10 . Trisha Eddy ...... 1,171 (1998) Sara Rishell ...... 115 (2013) 8 . Toni Herron ...... 114 (1991) ATTACK PERCENTAGE 9 . Hilary Beck ...... 113 (1992) (Minimum of 500 attempts) 10 . Hailey Isham ...... 112 (1995) 1 . Laura Opperman ...... 424 (1983) 2 . Lisa Watts ...... 404 (1983) TOTAL BLOCKS 3 . Sam Serley ...... 380 (2012) 1 . Sam Serley ...... 185 (2012) 4 . Danielle Reaves ...... 379 (1990) 2 . Julie Myers ...... 175 (1989) 5 . Casey Dent ...... 365 (2008) 3 . Terri Steeb ...... 168 (1996) 6 . Julie Myers ...... 355 (1989) 4 . Hailey Isham ...... 166 (1997) 7 . Sara Rishell ...... 350 (2013) 5 . Sam Serley ...... 154 (2011) 8 . Casey Dent ...... 347 (2006) Hillary Beck ...... 154 (1990) 9 . Mellissa Cobb ...... 340 (1990) 7 . Chlesea Bishop ...... 153 (1993) 10 . Kiriana Hirini ...... 336 (2013) 8 . Hilary Beck ...... 149 (1992) 9 . Hailey Isham ...... 146 (1995) ASSISTS Terri Steeb ...... 146 (1995) 1 . Tammy Robertson ...... 1,763 (1991) Toni Herron ...... 146 (1991) 2 . Tammy Robertson ...... 1,746 (1991) 3 . Nevena Stefanov ...... 1,739 (2006) DIGS 4 . Jill Gilmour ...... 1,600 (1988) 1 . Rachel Fairbanks ...... 653 (2012) 5 . Tammy Robertson ...... 1,584 (1992) 2 . Heather Thomas ...... 631 (2011) 6 . Tammy Robertson ...... 1,557 (1989) 3 . Rachel Fairbanks ...... 609 (2013) 7 . Patti Schroder ...... 1,496 (1985) 4 . Heather Thomas ...... 607 (2010) 8 . Nevena Stefanov ...... 1,467 (2008) 5 . Brianna Galvin ...... 592 (2007) 9 . Heather Dillard ...... 1,397 (1994) 6 . Heather Thomas ...... 586 (2009) 10 . Heather Dillard ...... 1,388 (1993) 7 . Emma Schroer ...... 521 (2015) 8 . Brianna Galvin ...... 518 (2007) SERVICE ACES 9 . Danielle Reaves ...... 476 (1990) 1 . Mellissa Cobb ...... 112 (1990) 10 . Julie Myers ...... 458 (1987) 2 . Mellissa Cobb ...... 111 (1991) 3 . Patti Schroder ...... 95 (1985) 4 . Ashley Sargent ...... 94 (1984) 5 . Julie Myers ...... 92 (1988) 6 . Danielle Reaves ...... 87 (1990) 38 UABSPORTS .COM UAB VOLLEYBALL CAREER RECORDS KILLS 8 . Ivana Bozic ...... 203 (2005-08) 1 . Mellissa Cobb ...... 2,029 (1988-91) 9 . Suzie Johnson ...... 195 (1989-92) 2 . Tonya Larson ...... 1,982 (1994-97) Ashley Sargent ...... 195 (1983-86) 3 . Ivana Bozic ...... 1,874 (2005-08) 4 . Danielle Reaves ...... 1,616 (1988-91) BLOCK SOLOS 5 . Julie Myers ...... 1,463 (1986-89) 1 . Julie Myers ...... 139 (1986-89) 6 . Wendy Huber ...... 1,450 (1990-93) 2 . Hilary Beck ...... 136 (1988-82) 7 . Martina Shields ...... 1,427 (2000-03) Sam Serley ...... 136 (2009-12) 8 . Hilary Beck ...... 1,420 (1988-92) 4 . Haiely Isham ...... 124 (1995-98) 9 . Casey Dent ...... 1,284 (2005-08) 5 . Shondra Bonovitch ...... 108 (1984-87) 10 . Sam Serley ...... 1,245 (2009-12) 6 . Jennifer Johnson ...... 103 (1986-88) 7 . Terri Steeb ...... 100 (1995-98) TOTAL ATTEMPTS 8 . Toni Herron ...... 81 (1991-94) 1 . Tonya Larson ...... 5,060 (1994-97) 9 . Michele Moses ...... 80 (1983-85) 2 . Ivana Bozic ...... 4,954 (2005-08) 10 . Karen Boyd ...... 53 (2000-03) 3 . Mellissa Cobb ...... 4,705 (1988-91) Ginny Alexander ...... 53 (1983-85) 4 . Danielle Reaves ...... 4,021 (1988-91) 5 . Martina Shields ...... 3,756 (2000-03) BLOCK ASSISTS 6 . Julie Myers ...... 3,600 (1986-89) 1 . Sam Serley ...... 428 (2009-12) 7 . Wendy Huber ...... 3,480 (1990-93) 2 . Hailey Isham ...... 411 (1995-98) 8 . Hilary Beck ...... 3,316 (1988-92) Hilary Beck ...... 411 (1988-92) 9 . Trisha Eddy ...... 3,145 (1995-98) 4 . Terri Steeb ...... 352 (1995-98) 10 . Toni Herron ...... 3,075 (1991-94) 5 . Wendy Huber ...... 316 (1990-93) 6 . Shaniquwa Cooper ...... 307 (2004-07) ATTACK PERCENTAGE 7 . Karen Boyd ...... 274 (2000-03) (Minimum of 1,000 attempts) Kim Arnold ...... 274 (1991-95) 1 . Tammy Robertson ...... 389 (1989-92) 9 . Toni Herron ...... 271 (1991-94) 2 . Sam Serley ...... 340 (2009-12) 10 . Casey Dent ...... 268 (2005-08) 3 . Casey Dent ...... 333 (2005-08) 4 . Danielle Reaves ...... 308 (1988-91) TOTAL BLOCKS 5 . Lilly Domingos ...... 305 (2007-08) 1 . Sam Serley ...... 564 (2009-12) 6 . Mellissa Cobb ...... 279 (1988-91) 2 . Hilary Beck ...... 547 (1988-92) 7 . Hilary Beck ...... 275 (1988-92) 3 . Hailey Isham ...... 535 (1995-98) 8 . Zahria Richard ...... 265 (2014-present) 4 . Terri Steeb ...... 452 (1995-98) 9 . Tonya Larson ...... 259 (1994-97) 5 . Julie Myers ...... 388 (1986-89) 10 . Kirsten Gallagher ...... 247 (2009-12) 6 . Shondra Bonovitch ...... 356 (1984-87) 11 . Shondra Bonovitch ...... 243 (1984-87) 7 . Toni Herron ...... 352 (1991-93) 8 . Shaniquwa Cooper ...... 347 (2004-07) ASSISTS 9 . Wendy Huber ...... 336 (1990-93) 1 . Tammy Robertson ...... 6,650 (1989-92) 10 . Karen Boyd ...... 327 (2000-03) 2 . Nevena Stefanov ...... 5,839 (2005-08) 3 . Abby Thatcher ...... 4,872 (1995-98) DIGS 4 . Alison Woods ...... 3,707 (2009-12) 1 . Heather Thomas ...... 2,131 (2008-11) 5 . Jill Gilmour ...... 2,948 (1987-88) 2 . Danielle Reaves ...... 1,651 (1988-91) 6 . Heather Dillard ...... 2,785 (1993-94) 3 . Brianna Galvin ...... 1,650 (2005-07) 7 . Patti Schroder ...... 2,480 (1985-86) 4 . Mellissa Cobb ...... 1,533 (1988-91) 8 . Becca Howard ...... 2,411 (2010-13) 5 . Julie Myers ...... 1,413 (1986-89) 9 . Bree Barnard ...... 2,375 (1992-95) 6 . Ivana Bozic ...... 1,394 (2005-08) 10 . Heather Dempsey ...... 2,284 (1997-00) 7 . Aleksandra Vujovic ...... 1,381 (2005-08) 8 . Rachel Fairbanks ...... 1,372 (2010-13) SERVICE ACES 9 . Tammy Robertson ...... 1,334 (1989-92) 1 . Mellissa Cobb ...... 388 (1988-91) 10 . Wendy Huber ...... 1,263 (1990-93) 2 . Julie Myers ...... 263 (1986-89) 3 . Danielle Reaves ...... 225 (1988-91) 4 . Tammy Robertson ...... 224 (1989-92) 5 . Wendy Huber ...... 218 (1990-93) 6 . Tonya Larson ...... 210 (1994-97) 7 . Ginny Alexander ...... 206 (1983-85) UABSPORTS .COM 39 2016 UAB VOLLEYBALL
#1 Caitlin Conner #2 Amber Treace #3 Kassidy Sullivan #5 Erika Zembyla #6 Emily Rudolph #7 Gabby Deshotel S | 5’8 | Sr. S | 6’0 | Sr. MB | 6’0 | Sr. OH | 6’0 | Jr. MB | 6’0 | So. OH | 5’11 | Sr. Lakeland, Fla . Spanish Fort, Ala . Utica, Neb . Cypress Chesterfield, Mo. Daphne, Ala .
#8 Kaylee Gilchrist #9 Petra Silic #10 Emma Mitchell #11 Sydney Hinds #12 Kenley Adams #13 Victoria Young DS/L | 5’6 | Fr. MB | 6’4 | Jr. OH | 6’0 | Fr. DS/L | 5’2 | So. S/RSH | 6’0 | Fr. MB | 6’1 | R-So. Pelham, Ala . Zagreb, Croatia Charlotte, N .C . Wake Forest, N .C . Panama City, Fla . Mobile, Ala .
#15 Aria Smith #16 Emily Martinez #17 Zahria Richard #23 Jillian Tinglin #33 Haley Jared DS | 5’7 | Fr. DS/L | 5’8 | So. OH | 5’9 | R-So. OH | 5’9 | So. OH | 5’11 | Jr. Albany, Ga . San Antonio, Texas South Lyon, Mich . Montgomery, Ala . Hartselle, Ala .
Kerry Messersmith Ashley Hardee Rashinda Reed Chelsi Carter Head Coach Associate Head Coach Assistant Coach Volunteer Assistant Coach 11th Season 3rd Season 2nd Season 1st Season 2016 SCHEDULE
Catamount Volleyball Classic - Cullowhee, N.C. (August 26-27) Aug . 26 vs . Western Carolina Cullowhee, N .C . Liston B . Ramsey Activity Center 5:30 p m. . Aug . 27 vs . Tennessee Tech Cullowhee, N .C . Liston B . Ramsey Activity Center 10:00 a .m . Aug . 27 vs . Charleston Southern Cullowhee, N .C . Liston B . Ramsey Activity Center 3:30 p m. .
Blazer Classic - Birmingham, Ala. (September 2-3) Sept . 2 vs . North Carolina Central BIRMINGHAM Bartow Arena 11:00 a .m . Sept . 2 vs . SE Missouri State BIRMINGHAM Bartow Arena 7:00 p .m . Sept . 3 vs . Northwestern State BIRMINGHAM Bartow Arena 10:00 a .m . Sept . 3 vs . Radford BIRMINGHAM Bartow Arena 7:00 p .m .
Jax State Invitational - Jacksonville, Ala. (September 9-10) Sept . 9 vs . Mississippi Valley Jacksonville, Ala . Pete Matthews Coliseum 9:00 a m. . Sept . 9 vs . Jackson State Jacksonville, Ala . Pete Matthews Coliseum 4:30 p m. . Sept . 10 vs . New Orleans Jacksonville, Ala . Pete Matthews Coliseum 9:00 a m. .
Sept . 13 vs . Troy BIRMINGHAM Bartow Arena 7:00 p .m .
Fight Like Hal Memorial Invitational - Birmingham, Ala. (September 16-17) Sept . 15 vs . UL Lafayette BIRMINGHAM Bartow Arena 12:30 p .m . Sept . 16 vs . UT Martin BIRMINGHAM Bartow Arena 7:00 p .m . Sept . 16 vs . Memphis BIRMINGHAM Bartow Arena 2:00 p .m .
Sept . 23 *Middle Tennessee BIRMINGHAM Bartow Arena 7:00 p .m . Sept . 25 *UTEP BIRMINGHAM Bartow Arena 1:00 p .m . Sept . 30 *at Charlotte Charlotte, N .C . Halton Arena 5:00 p m. . Oct . 2 *at FIU Miami, Fla . FIU Arena 12:00 p m. . Oct . 7 *North Texas BIRMINGHAM Bartow Arena 11:30 a .m . Oct. 9 *Louisiana Tech BIRMINGHAM Bartow Arena 1:00 p.m. Oct . 14 *at Western Kentucky Bowling Green, Ky . E .A . Diddle Arena 7:00 p .m . Oct . 16 *at Rice Houston, Texas Tudor Fieldhouse 1:00 p m. . Oct . 19 at Alabama State Montgomery, Ala . Lockhart Gymnasium 7:00 p .m . Oct . 23 *at Middle Tennessee Murfreesboro, Tenn . Alumni Memorial Gym 1:00 p m. . Oct . 28 *UTSA BIRMINGHAM Bartow Arena 7:00 p .m . Oct . 30 *Western Kentucky BIRMINGHAM Bartow Arena 12:00 p .m . Nov . 4 *at Southern Miss Hattiesburg, Miss . Reed Green Coliseum 6:00 p m. . Nov . 10 *at FAU Boca Raton, Fla . FAU Arena 6:00 p m. . Nov . 12 *Marshall BIRMINGHAM Bartow Arena 1:00 p .m . Nov . 18 at C-USA Championship Houston, Texas Tudor Fieldhouse TBD Nov . 19 at C-USA Championship Houston, Texas Tudor Fieldhouse TBD Nov . 20 at C-USA Championship Houston, Texas Tudor Fieldhouse TBD
Home Matches in BOLD, played at Bartow Arena *Conference USA match All times are Central and subject to change