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Table of Contents INTRO THIS IS LS CO A CHES PL A YERS 2 Quick Facts Records 3 Roster/Roster Breakdown 60 Individual Records 4 2004 Season Outlook 61 Team Records This is LSU 62 Individual Single-Season Records OPPONENT 8 Campus Life 64 Individual Career Records 10 City of Baton Rouge 66 Team Single-Game Records/Streaks 11 State of Louisiana 68 Team Season Records 12 Cox Communications Academic 70 Yearly Leaders S Center for Student-Athletes History 14 Academic Success 72 Honors/Awards 16 LSU Greats 74 Letterwinners 18 Athletic Training 75 Year-by-Year Results REVIEW 19 Strength and Conditioning 79 All-Time Weekly Polls 20 Tiger Park 80 Series Records/Coaching Records Coaches 81 Postseason History 22 Head Coach Yvette Girouard 84 Tiger Park 26 Assistant Coaches LSU 27 Support Staff 86 President William L. Jenkins 28 2004 Diamond Backers 87 Chancellor Mark A. Emmert RECORDS Tigers 88 Athletics Director Skip Bertman 30 Leigh Ann Danos 89 Athletics Administration 31 Lauren Delahoussaye 90 SEC Information 32 Sara Fitzgerald Media 33 Camille Harris 92 Media Guidelines 34 Stephanie Hill 93 LSU on the Air 35 LaDonia Hughes 94 Media List 36 Kristin Schmidt 95 LSUsports.net HIST 37 Julie Wiese 96 Radio/TV Roster 38 Amber Brooks/Lauren Castle OR 39 Kristen Hobbs/Leslie Klein Y 40 Emily Turner/Lauren Uhle CREDITS 2004 Opponents 42 Opponents EDITOR: Melissa Reynaud 45 Tournament/Travel Information 2003 Season Review LAYOUT & DESIGN: Annie Martin, Melissa Reynaud PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS: LSU 48 Season Review Jason Feirman, David Hurd, 50 NCAA Regionals Melissa Giardina 51 2003 Senior Tribute 52 2003 Game Results PHOTOGRAPHY 53 2003 Final Statistics Steve Franz, Greg LaRose 54 2003 Statistical Summary 55 2003 Honors/SEC Review PRINTING MEDIA 56 2003 SEC Rankings EBSCO Media - Birmingham, Ala. 58 2003 NCAA Rankings 2004 LSU SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDE 1 Quick Facts INTRO University LOCATION: Baton Rouge, La. FOUNDED: 1860 ENROLLMENT: 31,582 NICKNAME: Tigers or Fighting Tigers COLORS: Purple & Gold MASCOT: Mike V (live Bengal tiger) HOME FIELD: Tiger Park CAPACITY: THIS IS LSU 1,000 FIELD DIMENSIONS: L - 200, C - 220, R - 200 CONFERENCE: Southeastern University Administration CHES PRESIDENT: Dr. William L. Jenkins A CHANCELLOR: Dr. Mark A. Emmert CO FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE: Dr. Kenneth E. Carpenter Athletics Department ATHLETICS DIRECTOR: Stanley “Skip”Bertman SENIOR ASSOCIATE AD: Dan Radakovich ASSOCIATE AD/SWA: Judy Southard YERS A ASSOCIATE AD/OPERATIONS: Verge Ausberry PL ASSOCIATE AD/INTERNAL RELATIONS: Bo Bahnsen ASSOCIATE AD/BUSINESS: Mark Ewing ASSOCIATE AD/EXTERNAL AFFAIRS: Herb Vincent ASSISTANT AD/COMPLIANCE: Chris Howard S Senior LaDonia Hughes led the Tigers in runs scored and stolen bases in 2003. Sports Information SPORTS INFORMATION DIR.: Michael Bonnette SR. ASSOCIATE SID: Softball Staff Kent Lowe ASSOCIATE SID: OPPONENT Laurie Cannon HEAD COACH: Yvette Girouard ASSOCIATE SID: Bill Franques ALMA MATER, YEAR: UL-Lafayette, 1976 ASSOCIATE SID: Brian Miller CAREER RECORD: 924-290 (.761, 23 years) ASSOCIATE SID (SOFTBALL): Melissa Reynaud RECORD AT LSU: 165-40 (.805, Four years) PUBLICATIONS DIRECTOR: Jason Feirman ASSISTANT COACHES: James DeFeo (Rutgers, 1996) GRAPHIC DESIGN COORDINATOR: David Hurd Lori Osterberg (UL-Lafayette, 1999) PHOTOGRAPHY COORDINATOR: Steve Franz REVIEW Team Information ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY: Pat Fredericks 2003 RECORD: 50-18 Sports Information Mailing Address 2003 SEC RECORD: 20-9 (Second-West) 2003 POSTSEASON: NCAA Regionals LSU Sports Information FINAL NFCA/USA TODAY RANKING: No. 15 P.O. Box 25095 FINAL ESPN/USA SOFTBALL RANKING: No. 17 Baton Rouge, LA 70894 STARTERS RETURNING/LOST: CORDS 6/3 Sports Information Overnight Address PITCHERS RETURNING/LOST: RE 1/1 LSU Sports Information LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST: 8/6 Fifth Floor, Athletics Administration Building NEWCOMERS: 6 Nicholson Drive at North Stadium Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70803 ALL-TIME RECORD: 382-91 (.808, Seven years) Y ALL-TIME SEC RECORD: 165-36 (.821, Seven years) OR Electronic Media SEC TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES: 7 ASSISTANT AD/TELEVISION: ALL-TIME SEC TOURNAMENT RECORD: 23-7 (.767) Kevin Wagner ASST. COORD. OF TELEVISION: HIST SEC TOURNAMENT TITLES: 3 (1999, 2001, 2002) John Schiebe TELEVISION PRODUCER: NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES: 6 Paul Danna NCAA TOURNAMENT RECORD: 17-12 (.586) WCWS APPERANCES: 1 (2001) LSU Sports Network WCWS RECORD: 2-2 (.500) ASSISTANT AD/RADIO: Jim Hawthorne PLAY-BY-PLAY: Patrick Wright Media Information NETWORK PHONE NUMBER: (225) 578-1882 LSU SOFTBALL SID: Melissa Reynaud NETWORK ADDRESS: P.O. Box 25095 SID OFFICE PHONE: (225) 578-8226 Baton Rouge, LA 70894-5095 REYNAUD’S OFFICE PHONE: (225) 578-1869 SID FAX: (225) 578-1861 REYNAUD’S HOME PHONE: (225) 344-2072 REYNAUD’S CELL PHONE: (225) 241-4365 REYNAUD’S E-MAIL ADDRESS: [email protected] LSU WEBSITE: www.LSUsports.net MEDIA 2 2004 LSU SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDE 2004 Team Roster INTRO Numerical NO. NAME POS. HT. B-T CL./EXP. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 1 Emily Turner P/1B 5-11 R-R Fr./HS Chula Vista, Calif./Bonita Vista HS 3 Stephanie Hill UT 5-8 R-R So./1L Harahan, La./Dominican HS THIS IS LS 4 Amber Brooks 1B/OF 5-4 R-R Jr./TR Eufala, Ala./Oklaoosa Walton CC 6 Leslie Klein OF 5-6 L-R Fr./RS Sunrise, Fla./South Plantation HS 8 Kristin Schmidt P 5-8 R-R Sr./1L Houston, Texas/Notre Dame 9 Lauren Delahoussaye SS 5-5 R-R So./1L Lafayette, La./Teurlings Catholic HS 10 Kristen Hobbs C 5-5 R-R Fr./HS Royal Palm Beach, Fla./Royal Palm Beach HS 12 Camille Harris 2B 5-1 R-R So./1L Hendersonville, Tenn./Beech HS 13 Leigh Ann Danos C 6-0 R-R Jr./2L Lafayette, La./James E. Taylor HS CO A 14 Sara Fitzgerald 2B 5-3 R-R Sr./3L Kingwood, Texas/Kingwood HS CHES 19 Lauren Uhle INF/OF 5-2 R-R Fr./HS Harahan, La./John Curtis HS 21 Julie Wiese 3B 5-6 R-R Sr./3L Baton Rouge, La./Central HS 44 LaDonia Hughes OF 5-4 L-R Sr./1L Farmville,Va./Lake City CC 55 Lauren Castle OF/P 5-11 R-R So./TR Lafayette, La./UL-Lafayette PL Alphabetical A YERS NO. NAME POS. HT. B-T CL./EXP. HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 4 Amber Brooks 1B/OF 5-4 R-R Jr./TR Eufala, Ala./Oklaoosa Walton CC 55 Lauren Castle OF/P 5-11 R-R So./TR Lafayette, La./UL-Lafayette 13 Leigh Ann Danos C 6-0 R-R Jr./2L Lafayette, La./James E. Taylor HS 9 Lauren Delahoussaye SS 5-5 R-R So./1L Lafayette, La./Teurlings Catholic HS OPPONENT 14 Sara Fitzgerald 2B 5-3 R-R Sr./3L Kingwood, Texas/Kingwood HS 12 Camille Harris 2B 5-1 R-R So./1L Hendersonville, Tenn./Beech HS 3 Stephanie Hill UT 5-8 R-R So./1L Harahan, La./Dominican HS 10 Kristen Hobbs C 5-5 R-R Fr./HS Royal Palm Beach, Fla./Royal Palm Beach HS S 44 LaDonia Hughes OF 5-4 L-R Sr./1L Farmville,Va./Lake City CC 6 Leslie Klein OF 5-6 L-R Fr./RS Sunrise, Fla./South Plantation HS 8 Kristin Schmidt P 5-8 R-R Sr./1L Houston, Texas/Notre Dame 1 Emily Turner P/1B 5-11 R-R Fr./HS Chula Vista, Calif./Bonita Vista HS REVIEW 19 Lauren Uhle INF/OF 5-2 R-R Fr./HS Harahan, La./John Curtis HS 21 Julie Wiese 3B 5-6 R-R Sr./3L Baton Rouge, La./Central HS Coaching Staff Head Coach Yvette Girouard (UL-Lafayette, 1976) Assistant Coach James DeFeo (Rutgers, 1996) RECORDS Assistant Coach Lori Osterberg (UL-Lafayette, 1999) Tigers by State TENNESSEE (1) CALIFORNIA (1) Camille Harris HIST Emily Turner OR VIRGINIA (1) Y LaDonia Hughes FLORIDA (2) Kristen Hobbs, LSU Leslie Klein LOUISIANA (6) ALABAMA (1) Baton Rouge - Julie Wiese Amber Brooks TEXAS (2) Harahan - Stephanie Hill, Lauren Uhle Sara Fitzgerald, Lafayette - Lauren Castle, Leigh Ann MEDIA Kristin Schmidt Danos, Lauren Delahoussaye 2004 LSU SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDE 3 2004 Season Outlook INTRO THIS IS LSU CHES A CO YERS A PL S Hey Fighting Tigers... OPPONENT FIGHT ALL THE WAY Returning five starters, including three offensive opportunities. We worked on our set school records for single-season All-Louisiana selections and a two-time short game and moving runners. I expect appearances, starts, complete games and All-American pitcher, from a 50-win team us to be different in that aspect." innings pitched while ranking fourth in the a year ago, the LSU softball team has During fall drills, personal and team NCAA in wins. The senior also threw three tremendous potential as it heads into the losses helped spark a spirit and cama- complete-game no-hitters and combined 2004 season. raderie between the players and coaches for a fourth while being named the SEC REVIEW Along with the return of several key off the field as the team worked to play Tournament MVP. components from a team that played for together as a unit on the field. "Kristin returns for her senior season as the Southeastern Conference Tournament "The fall was interesting for us," said a two-time All-American," Girouard said. championship for a fifth-consecutive year Girouard. "We had some attrition and I had "She is a cagey pitcher who doesn't allow and advanced to the NCAA Regionals for a some personal loss in my life with the herself to get beat." sixth-consecutive year, the Tigers have six death of my dad, so there were times that I Turner (Chula Vista, Calif.) was a high outstanding newcomers that should make wasn't here. I actually only got to see one school 2002 All-American at Bonita Vista CORDS an immediate impact and compliment the game in the fall.