O P P O N E N T S PACIFIC-10 CONFERENCE The Pacifi c-10 Conference continues to uphold its tradition as the “Conference of Champions” ®, claiming an incredible 166 NCAA team titles PAC-10 CONFERENCE STAFF DIRECTORY over the past 19 years, including 11 in 2008-09, averaging nearly nine championships per academic year. Even more impressive has been the breadth of the Pac-10’s success, with championships coming in 26 different men’s and women’s sports. The Pac-10 has led the nation in NCAA 1350 Treat Boulevard, Suite 500 Walnut Creek, CA 94597-8853 Championships in 43 of the last 49 years and fi nished second fi ve times. Phone: (925) 932-4411 • Fax: (925) 932-4601 Spanning nearly a century of outstanding athletics achievements, the Pac-10 has captured 380 NCAA titles (261 men’s, 119 women’s), far outdistancing the runner-up Big Ten Conference’s 222 titles. COMMISSIONER The Conference’s reputation is further proven in the annual Learfi eld Sports Directors’ Cup competition, the prestigious award that honors Larry Scott the best overall collegiate athletics programs in the country. STANFORD won its 15th-consecutive Directors’ Cup in 2008-09, continuing its ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER remarkable run. Eight of the top 25 Division I programs were Pac-10 member institutions: No. 1 STANFORD, No. 4 USC, No. 7 CALIFORNIA, No. ADMINISTRATION & WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ADMIN 11 WASHINGTON, No. 12 ARIZONA STATE, No. 16 UCLA, No. 22 OREGON and No. 24 ARIZONA. The Pac-10 landed three programs in the top-10, Christine Hoyles one more than the second-place ACC, Big Ten and SEC (2). ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER The Pac-10 captured a nation’s-best 11 NCAA titles in 2008-09. The total does not include a national title in men’s rowing, which WASHINGTON COMMUNICATIONS AND FOOTBALL ADMIN claimed by taking top honors at the IRA Championships Regatta. Men’s rowing is not a NCAA event. Jim Muldoon Seven of the 10 Conference institutions claimed NCAA team titles in 2008-09. NCAA team champions came from ARIZONA STATE (women’s golf), ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER CALIFORNIA (women’s swimming), OREGON (men’s cross country, men’s indoor track & fi eld), UCLA (women’s water polo), STANFORD (men’s ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS gymnastics, women’s rowing), USC (men’s tennis, men’s water polo) and WASHINGTON (women’s cross country, softball). The Pac-10 also had Duane Lindberg runners-up in nine NCAA Championship events: women’s cross country (OREGON), women’s volleyball (STANFORD), women’s water polo (USC), ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER men’s volleyball (USC), women’s tennis (CALIFORNIA), women’s golf (UCLA), women’s rowing (CALIFORNIA), men’s and women’s outdoor track COMPLIANCE & fi eld (OREGON). The Pac-10 also earned a runner-up fi nish at the IRA men’s rowing championship (CALIFORNIA). Overall, the conference had Mike Matthews 26 teams fi nish in the top four at NCAA Championship events. Participation in the postseason was a common occurrence for the Pac-10 in 2008-09. Of the 22 sports sponsored by the Conference, 18 ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER BUSINESS & FINANCE witnessed at least half its teams participating in NCAA or other postseason action. The men sent 63 of a possible 93 teams into the postseason Scott Sabatino (67.7 percent), while the women sent 65 of a possible 101 teams (64.4 percent). On the men’s side, Pac-10 members have won 261 NCAA team championships, far ahead of the 200 claimed by the runner-up Big Ten. Men’s ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER NCAA crowns have come at a phenomenal rate for the Pac-10 - 15 basketball titles by fi ve schools (more than any other conference), 50 tennis GOVERNANCE AND ENFORCEMENT Ron Barker titles, 44 outdoor track & fi eld crowns, and 26 baseball titles. Pac-10 members have won 24 of the last 40 NCAA titles in volleyball, 35 of the last 50 in water polo, and 21 in swimming & diving national championships. ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER Individually, the Conference has produced an impressive number of NCAA men’s individual champions, as well, boasting 1,169 individual OLYMPIC SPORTS & STUDENT-ATHLETE PROGRAMS crowns. Chris Dawson On the women’s side, the story is much the same. Since the NCAA began conducting women’s championships 28 years ago, Pac-10 members ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER have claimed at least four national titles in a single season on 20 occasions, including 2008-09. Overall, the Pac-10 has captured 119 NCAA COMMUNICATIONS AND MEN’S BASKETBALL ADMIN women’s titles, easily outdistancing the SEC, which is second with 74. Pac-10 members have dominated a number of sports, winning 21 softball Dave Hirsch titles, 18 tennis crowns, 13 of the last 19 volleyball titles, 13 of the last 20 trophies in golf and 11 in swimming & diving. ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER Pac-10 women athletes shine nationally on an individual basis, as well, having captured an unmatched 525 NCAA individual crowns, an average COMMUNICATIONS of more than 18 championships per season. Natalia Ciccone The roots of the Pacifi c-10 Conference date back over 90 years to December 2, 1915, when the Pacifi c Coast Conference (PCC) was founded ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER at a meeting at the Oregon Hotel in Portland, Ore. The original membership consisted of four schools - the University of California at Berkeley, GOVERNANCE AND ENFORCEMENT the University of Washington, the University of Oregon, and Oregon State College (now Oregon State University). All still are charter members Tammy Newman of the Conference. ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER Pacifi c Coast Conference play began in 1916 and, one year later, Washington State College (now Washington State University) was accepted COMPLIANCE into the league, with Stanford University following in 1918. Erik Price In 1922, the PCC expanded to eight teams with the admission of the University of Southern California (USC) and the University of Idaho. In 1924, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER the University of Montana joined the league roster, and in 1928, the PCC grew to 10 members with the addition of UCLA. CHAMPIONSHIPS The Pacifi c Coast Conference competed as a 10-member league until 1950, with the exception of 1943-45 when World War II curtailed Heather Perry intercollegiate athletic competition to a minimum. During that time, the league’s fi rst commissioner was named. Edwin N. Atherton was Commissioner in 1940 and was succeeded by Victor O. Schmidt in 1944. ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER BUSINESS AND FINANCE In 1950, Montana resigned from the Conference and joined Kathy Lynch the Mountain States Conference. The PCC continued as a nine-team Conference through 1958. ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER In 1959, the PCC was dissolved and the Athletic Associates OFFICE MANAGEMENT Pat Cesnik of Western Universities was formed and Thomas J. Hamilton was appointed Commissioner of the new league. The original ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER AAWU membership included California, Stanford, Southern VIDEO OPERATIONS California, UCLA and Washington. Washington State joined Kristina Case the membership in 1962, while Oregon and Oregon State ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS AND FINANCE joined in 1964. Under Hamilton’s watch, the name Pacifi c-8 Lina Diaz Conference was adopted in 1968. In 1971, Wiles Hallock COORDINATOR OF SOFTBALL OFFICIATING took over as Commissioner of the Pac-8. Joanne Venditto Ten years later, on July 1, 1978, the University of Arizona and Arizona State University were admitted to the league and COMMUNICATIONS INTERNS Rachel Caton, Victor Rodriguez the Pacifi c-10 Conference became a reality. In 1986-87, the league took on a new look, expanding to include 10 women’s ADMINISTRATIVE FELLOW sports. Thomas C. Hansen was named the Commissioner of TBA the Pac-10 in 1983, a role he would hold for 26 years until CHAMPIONSHIPS PROGRAMS MANAGER 2009. Hansen was succeeded by current Commissioner Larry Kristine Berndt Scott, who took on the new role in July 2009. HISTORIAN Currently, the Pac-10 sponsors 11 men’s sports and 11 TBA women’s sports. Additionally, the Conference is a member of the Mountain Pacifi c Sports Federation (MPSF) in four other ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS men’s sports and three women’s sports. Pat Ricks, Wendy Heredia, Michelle Zumalt, Ginny Bruzzone, Karen Vesely The Pacifi c-10 Conference offi ces are located 25 miles east of San Francisco in Walnut Creek, Calif. 36 2010 UCLA SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDE PACIFIC-10 CONFERENCE 2009 PACIFIC-10 CONFERENCE SOFTBALL STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL 2009 ALL-PACIFIC-10 CONFERENCE HONORS W L PCT H A W L PCT H A N UCLA 1, 2 16 5 .762 9-2 7-3 45 11 .804 19-6 11-3 15-2 PLAYER OF THE YEAR Washington 2, 3 14 7 .667 9-1 5-6 51 12 .810 15-1 11-8 25-3 Kaitlin Cochran, Arizona State Arizona 2 13 7 .650 9-2 4-5 46 17 .730 23-3 13-8 10-6 Stanford 2 13 8 .619 9-1 4-7 48 11 .814 31-3 6-7 11-1 PITCHER OF THE YEAR California 2 10 10 .500 8-2 2-8 38 20 .655 10-3 6-12 22-5 Danielle Lawrie, Washington Arizona State 2 10 11 .476 6-4 4-7 47 19 .712 36-5 5-8 6-6 FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Oregon State 4 17 .190 3-7 1-10 25 30 .455 7-7 5-11 13-12 Ashley Hansen, Stanford Oregon 3 18 .143 3-8 0-10 16 34 .320 6-9 2-12 8-13 1 - Pac-10 Champion 2 - NCAA Tournament 3 - National Champion DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Rosey Neill, Stanford 2009 PACIFIC-10 INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM STATISTICAL LEADERS BATTING AVERAGE HIT BY PITCH ON BASE PERCENTAGE COACH OF THE YEAR 1.