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Volleyball 2008 Maureen DuVall Kelsi Hoffman Karey Toms WWW.SHIPRAIDERS.COM Shippensburg Quick Facts Offi cial Name of University: Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Table of Contents Member: The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Location and Zip Code: Shippensburg, Pa. 17257 Quick Facts/PSAC .................2 President: Dr. William N. Ruud About the University ..............3 Undergraduate Enrollment: 6,600 Academics & Athletics ...........4 Overall Enrollment: 7,600 Academic Support Services .....5 Founded: 1871 Coaching Staff .....................6-7 Colors: Red and Blue Nickname: Lady Raiders Roster .....................................8 Conference: Pennsylvania State Athletic Season Outlook .................9-11 Other Affi liations: NCAA Division II Player Profi les ..................12-22 Director of Athletics: Dr. Roberta Page Season Review .................23-24 Athletics Offi ce: (717) 477-1541 Stats & Results ................25-26 Head Coach: Leanne Piscotty (Penn State ’92) PSAC Results .......................27 Coach’s Offi ce: (717) 477-1322 Arena (Capacity): Heiges Field House (2,758) Pacesetters .......................28-29 Sports Information Director: Bill Morgal History .................................30 Offi ce Phone 717-477-1201 Athletics Administration.......31 E-mail [email protected] Schedule ................. Back Cover Fax 717-477-1253 Hotline 717-477-7678 Shippensburg University of Penn syl va nia, in com- pliance with federal and state laws and university Mailing Address policy, is committed to human understanding and Sports Information Offi ce provides equal educational, employment, and economic opportunities for all persons without 1871 Old Main Drive (OM 302) regard to race, color, sex, age, creed, national Shippensburg, Pa. 17257 origin, religion, veteran status, or disability. Direct requests for disability accommodations and Web site www.shipraiders.com other inquiries to the Office of Disability Services, Horton Hall 120, Shippensburg University, 1871 Old Main Drive, Shippensburg, PA 17257-2299, (717) 477-1329. academic standpoint. Today, well over a quarter of the PSAC’s estimated 5,300 participants are honored each About the PSAC year as “Scholar-Athletes” for maintaining a grade-point average of 3.25 or better - a total that has nearly doubled The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, with 57 since PSAC Scholar-Athletes were fi rst recognized in the years of organized competition, has evolved into one of the mid-1990s. NCAA’s largest and most heralded intercollegiate athletic conferences. The PSAC was organized in 1951 for the purpose of promoting and administering men’s athletic programs The 2008-09 academic year will be a groundbreaking one within the 14 state teachers colleges in the Commonwealth for the PSAC, as the league will expand beyond its original of Pennsylvania. In 1977, due to the interest and growth 14 members for the fi rst time since its offi cial formation of women’s athletics, the conference was restructured to in 1951. New full-time members Gannon University and provide for women’s programs. Mercyhurst College, along with associate member Long Island University – C.W. Post, expect to complement the Upon its formation, the league did not have a standard PSAC’s already solid foundation. competitive division. However, in 1980, the league voted to reclassify the entire conference to NCAA Division II. With 16 full-time institutions, the PSAC shares distinction Although all 16 current institutions are members of Divi- with the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference sion II, eight schools also compete at the Division I level in as the NCAA Division II’s largest in terms of membership. select sports. PSAC schools enroll over 117,000 students League expansion has brought acclaim through postseason and claim over 661,000 alumni, including 430,000 who opportunities, as well. In 2008-09, the Conference will reside in Pennsylvania. sponsor 23 championships, the most for leagues in Division II. The PSAC is governed by the presidents of the 16 member in- Highly competitive on a regional and national level, PSAC stitutions. It employs a commis- schools annually combine to send nearly one-third of sioner, two assistant commis- its teams into NCAA postseason play. Ultimately, the sioners and a director of media membership’s success has yielded 40 NCAA team and 218 relations at its headquarters in individual title winners. Lock Haven, Pa. While proud of its athletic accomplishments, the league Members: Bloomsburg, California, Cheyney, Clarion, also has evolved into one of Division II’s fi nest from an East Stroudsburg, Edinboro, Gannon, Indiana, Kutztown, Lock Haven, Mercyhurst, Mansfi eld, Millersville, Shippensburg, 2 Lady Raiders Slippery Rock, West Chester. About Shippensburg University General Information • Founded in 1871 as the Cumber- land Valley State Normal School • Comprehensive regional public university • Member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education • Located on 200 acres in southcen- tral Pennsylvania Enrollment • 6,621 undergraduate students and 1,144 graduate students • 53% women and 47% men • 40% of students live on campus • 95% of our students are from Penn- sylvania Faculty • Student-faculty ratio: 19:1 and each student has a faculty advisor • 86% of the 301 full-time instruc- tional faculty members hold a doctorate or other terminal degree in their fi eld • Our faculty’s main focus is teach- ing. All classes are taught by faculty, not graduate assistants Accreditations • AACSB International • Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology • Internships, hands-on labs, gradu- • Intramural sports: ate assistantships and more, SU • American Chemical Society Basketball, bowling, racquetball, helps you create opportunities for soccer, softball, street hockey, ten- • Council for the Accreditation of real-life experiences. nis, Ultimate Frisbee, volleyball. Counseling and Related Educa- • Academic options include indepen- tional Programs • Sports facilities include: outdoor dent study and research internships, tennis courts, indoor and outdoor • Council for Exceptional Children fi eld experience, the Marine Science track, two indoor swimming pools, • Council on Social Work Education Consortium at Wallops Island, a squash and handball courts, a • International Association of Coun- 3+2 engineering program with two rehabilitation center, outdoor sand seling Services schools of engineering, 3+4 and 3+3 volleyball courts. • National Council for the Accredita- health science programs with pro- • A 62,000-square-foot Student tion of Coaching Education fessional schools, 2+2 allied health Recreation Building features an • Middle States Association of Col- programs, and Army ROTC. 8,000-square-foot fi tness center, an leges and Schools • Find a job or focus on a career with elevated running track, racquetball • National Council for the Accredita- the help of Career Development courts, and four multi-purpose tion of Teachers Center and alumni career services. courts. Academic Programs and Athletics • 12-acre student recreation center includes: hockey rink; sand volley- Opportunities • Member of the Pennsylvania State ball courts; basketball courts; fi elds • 75 majors and concentrations and Athletic Conference and NCAA for football, softball, lacrosse, and 22 graduate programs Division II. rugby; exercise trail for rollerblad- • 3 colleges: Arts and Sciences, Busi- • Intercollegiate sports: ing, biking, and jogging. ness, and Education and Human Men: baseball, basketball, cross- Services; plus a Offi ce of Unde- country, football, soccer, swimming, clared Students. track and fi eld, wrestling. • Study abroad opportunities are Women: basketball, cross country, available in dozens of countries. fi eld hockey, lacrosse, soccer, soft- Find out more at www.ship.edu/ ball, swimming, tennis, track/fi eld, academic/study_abroad/ volleyball. Volleyball 3 Academics and Athletics Shippensburg University shapes its athletic pro- 2.82. This can be compared to the fall 2006 fi gures: gram to fi t within the overall academic goals of the the total student body QPA averaged 2.82, females university—maintaining a balance between athletics were slightly higher at 2.98, and males were slightly and academics. lower at 2.66. Since 1984, the university’s Offi ce of Institutional Shippensburg’s athletes continue to show high six- Research has monitored the progress of our athletes year graduation rates. Seventy-one percent of those in the classroom. The original study found that receiving athletically related fi nancial aid gradu- Shippensburg was ahead of many institutions in ate within six years of enrolling. The 2005 NCAA meeting the standards of Propositions 48 and Graduation Rate Report found that nationally, 64—two NCAA resolutions designed to set mini- among public Division II schools, the graduation mum educational levels in collegiate athletes. rate was 45 percent with athletes graduating at 54 Proposition 64 of the NCAA established a mini- percent. Retention studies by the Offi ce of Institu- mum score of 700 in the SAT and a 2.0 grade point tional Research and Planning show male athletes average in 11 core curriculum courses in high school. at Shippensburg graduated at 55 percent and those Proposition 48 carries these minimums even further receiving athletically related fi nancial aid graduated and outlines availability of scholarships to freshmen at 54 percent. In addition, female athletes graduated athletes based on their school performance. at 79 percent and those receiving