2010SOFTBALL CONTENTS Quick Facts/Media Information .......................1 The Record Book .................................. 33-42 UNIVERSITY FACTS WTAMU Recreational Sports Complex .........2 Year-By-Year Results ...............................34 2010 Season Preview................................3 Lady Buff Record Book ...................... 35-41 Location . Canyon, Texas 79016 Head Coach Kevin Blaskowski ....................4 LSC Record Book ....................................42 Founded. .1910 Assistant Coaches/Support Staff ................5 All-Time Series Records ...........................42 Enrollment. .7,750 Lady Buff TV Roster ...................................6 This is WTAMU ...................................... 43-52 Colors. .Maroon & White Meet The Lady Buffs ............................... 7-22 About WT.......................................... 44-45 Nickname. Lady Buffs 2010 Lady Buff Roster ..............................8 Canyon and Amarillo Texas ......................46 Affiliation. .NCAA Division II Returner Bios ...................................... 9-20 NCAA Division II ......................................47 Conference. Lone Star Conference Lady Buff Newcomers........................ 21-22 Dr. J. Patrick O’Brien ...............................48 President. .Dr. Patrick O’Brien (Auburn ’67) 2010 LSC Opponents ............................ 23-26 Athletic Director Michael McBroom ...........49 Athletic Director. Michael McBroom (SMU ’92) LSC Opponents ................................. 23-26 Athletic Administration .............................50 Stadium . Lady Buff Yard 2009 In Review..................................... 27-32 Media Information ...................................51 Capacity. 500 Season Statistics .....................................28 Lady Buff Spirit .......................................52 Surface. Natural Grass LSC Statistics ..........................................29 Athletic Department Phone. (806) 651-4400 Game-By-Game Results ..........................30 Ticket Sales. Misty Hobbs Team Statistical Leaders .................... 31-32 Ticket Office . (806) 651-1414 Athletic Website. www.gobuffsgo.com MEDIA RELATIONS Director. .Kent Johnson Office Phone. (806) 651-4406 E-Mail Address . [email protected] Assistant Director. Andi Leavitt Office Phone. (806) 651-4430 Softball Contact. .Megan Gerber Email. [email protected] Softball Contact. Rachel Zurbriggen Email. [email protected] Media Relations Office Fax. .(806) 651-4409 Mailing Address. .WTAMU Box 60049 Canyon, Texas 79016 COACHING STAFF Head Coach. Kevin Blaskowski Alma Mater. Valley City State ‘86 Experience. Fifth Season Record at WT. 86-135 (Four Seasons) Softball Office Phone. (806) 651-4425 Assistant Coach. .Kenny Terry Graduate Assistant Coach. Christina Helland SOFTBALL INFORMATION 2009 Record. .35-21 2009 LSC Record . .9-8 2009 LSC Finish (South). .3rd All-Time Record. 86-135 Pitchers Returning/Lost . 5/1 Position Players Returning/Lost. .12/5 Letterwinners Returning/Lost. 19/3 WWW.GOBUFFSGO. COM 1 WTAMU RECREATIONAL SPORTS COMPLEX The West Texas A&M Softball program is one season away from playing at a brand able to offer a full intramural program with more sports and teams to more participants. new softball field on campus, thanks to the students of WTAMU that voted “yes” Campus life in general will be improved, as will the overall aesthetic on the North side in November of 2009 to begin construction of a new Recreational Sports Complex. of our campus.’ Construction on the new complex began in January 2010 after the Texas A&M Board of Plans for the complex include playing fields for soccer, flag football and varsity Regents passed the agenda, where the northern portion of the WT campus will have a baseball and softball as well as tennis courts, sand volleyball, outdoor basketball courts, new look and feel in the upcoming future. a track and a practice field for the WTAMU marching band. The new recreational sports complex will include Lady Buff Yard which will be the “This is the first step of our facilities projects,” said McBroom. “We can now focus new home of the Lady Buffs softball team starting in the 2011 season. on raising the funds necessary to construct the Athletics Fieldhouse, which is the final WTAMU student voted in November 2009 to decide whether the athletic fee and stu- piece of our puzzle. The Fieldhouse will provide centralized service and support to our dent center fees should be increased for the addition of a recreational sports complex teams, with locker rooms, weight rooms, training rooms, coaches’ offices and academic on the north side of the campus and for an expansion at the JBK. The new athletic fee support services under one roof. It will match the Recreational Sports Complex as a will help pay for more than half of the estimated $40-$51M construction costs, and first-class venue, and I’m certain we will meet this mark, as well.” donations will be sought to help complete the project. “This facility is the sign of a great commitment by the University,” said softball head “I am pleased and very thankful that the students of West Texas A&M support such a coach Kevin Blaskowski. “It gives us the opportunity to have the best facility in Division large project that will dramatically change our campus and the opportunities available II Athletics, which in turn will help us attract the type of student-athlete that will allow for students” said WT Athletic Director Michael McBroom “Recreational sports will be us to grow into one of the elite softball programs in the country.” 2 WWW.GOBUFFSGO. COM 2010 SEASON PREVIEW Coming off the most successful season in team his- Around the infield, Kristina Myles (So-1L, Southlake, tory, the Lady Buffs will be looking to take their play, and Texas) had a fielding percentage of .973 with 64 putouts 2010 LSC SOFTBALL post-season aspirations, a step further in the upcoming and 43 assists. She led the Lady Buffs last season PRESEASON POLL 2010 season. Entering the season ranked 22nd nation- with a slugging percentage of .620 and an on base ally in the National Fastpitch Coach’s Association (NFCA) percentage of .556. Myles tallied 44 hits, 14 doubles, NORTH DIVISION preseason poll for the first time ever, the Lady Buffs and three home runs with a batting average of .407. Rank School First Place Votes Total Points will look to move up in the rankings during the season. Myles boasted 2009 Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division II 1 Midwestern State 8 99 With 14 returnees from last season’s 35-21 squad, the All-America first team as well as Daktronics All-South 2 Southeastern Oklahoma 6 95 Lady Buffs have the talented experience necessary to Central Region first team honors. Myles also made the 3 Central Oklahoma 3 92 accomplish that goal. All-LSC South Division second team. 4 Cameron 77 Kevin Blaskowski enters his fifth season at the helm Catcher Dani Couger (Sr-3L, Colorado Springs, Colo.) T-5 Northeastern State 38 of the Lady Buffs, after re-starting the program in 2006 returns to the field with the top fielding percentage of T-5 Southwestern Oklahoma 38 after a 24 year absence from competition. He holds an .995 in 2009 with 211 put-outs and 10 assists. Couger 7 East Central 37 86-135 (.389) record at WTAMU and a career record of totaled 44 hits, 11 doubles, and four home runs to give 438-412 (.515) during his 16 years of collegiate coach- her a batting average of .317. SOUTH DIVISION ing, his teams have qualified for the postseason in 12 of Infielder Kaitlyn Witte (Jr-2L, Midland, Texas) takes Rank School First Place Votes Total Points those 16 seasons. the field as the leader for the Lady Buffs in doubles 1 Angelo State 14 132 Outfielder Kasey Henderson (Jr-1L Katy, Texas) led (15), putouts (245), and fielding double plays (4). Witte 2 Abilene Christian 5 122 the Lady Buffs in hits last season, with 71. Henderson marked a .616 slugging percentage and a .466 on base 3 West Texas A&M 1 88 also topped the charts in batting average (.410), runs percentage with 52 hits, six home runs, and 45 RBI’s 4 Tarleton State 69 (58), and stolen bases (22). After the 2009 season, Hen- last season. Witte will also carry some of the load for the 5 Texas A&M-Kingsville 66 derson attained honors such as 2009 Louisville Slugger/ Lady Buffs in the circle, as she comes off an injury that 6 Texas Woman’s 54 NFCA Division II All-America first team along with the kept her from pitching last season. Witte was named to 7 Eastern New Mexico 29 Daktronics All-South Central Region first team. In the the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District LSC, Henderson was named All-LSC South Division first first team and All-LSC South Division Commissioner’s team and LSC Newcomer of the Year. Honor Roll. She tallied a 3.71 ERA at KU with a pair of complete games and 19 strikeouts in 34 innings. Pitcher Shelby Cockrell (So-1L, Pearland, Texas) re- WT welcomes Sarah Blair (So-Tr. Katy, Texas) to the turns to Lady Buff Yard with a 9-6 record in 2009 when program after transferring from the University of Kansas, The Lady Buffs open their season on February 5-6 she held a 2.92 earned run average. Cockrell started 10 where she made 14 appearances for the Jayhawks as as they travel to San Antonio, Texas for the St. Mary’s games, completing eight, during which she struck out a freshman in 2009. Coach Blaskowski hopes for Blair Classic. Lone Star Conference play begins on March 12, 92 batters in her 23 appearances. to be a staple in the pitching rotation for the Lady Buffs. when the Lady Buffs visit Texas Woman’s. WWW.GOBUFFSGO. COM 3 KEVIN BLASKOWSKI HEAD COACH FIFTH SEASON VALLEY CITY STATe ‘86 Kevin Blaskowski prepares to enter his fifth season as head coach of the Lady Buff softball program after a record breaking 2009 season where the Lady Buff softball program earned their first winning season record of 35-21 with a home record of 15-7. Blaskowski was hired in December of 2004 to bring back the softball program to WTAMU’s campus after a 24 year absence. In his first four years, Blaskowski has led the Lady Buffs to a 86-135 (.637) mark, however, in 2008 the Lady Buffs record of 25-33 surpassed the total number of victories from the two previous seasons combined (24).