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TABLE OF CONTENTS The American Staff ................. 2 Women’s Soccer Contacts ...... 3 American Athletic Conference 4 Michael L. Aresco, Commissioner 5 15 P ARK R OW W EST , 3 RD F LOOR P ROVIDENCE , R.I. 02903-1115 2016 Preseason Polls & Awards 6 T HE A MERICAN . ORG 2016 Composite Schedule ....... 7 (401) 453-0660 • C o m m u n i C at i o n s (401) 272-9108 • s w i t C h b oa r d 2016 Championship ................ 8 Commissioner .............................................................................................Michael L. Aresco 2016 Championship Bracket .... 9 Senior Associate Commissioner (Administration) ..................................... Donna DeMarco Senior Associate Commissioner (Broadcasting) ........................................... Tom Odjakjian The American Digital Network 10 Chief Financial Officer ........................................................................................ Stacy Martin Associate Commissioner (Communications and External Relations) Bernadette Cafarelli The American on the Web ........11 Associate Commissioner (Football) ..................................................................Scott Draper Associate Commissioner (Governance and Compliance) .................................Ellen Ferris Associate Commissioner (Men’s Basketball) .................................................Nate Pomeday Associate Commissioner (Women’s Basketball) ..........................................Barbara Jacobs TEAM PAGES Associate Commissioner (Sport Administration and Championships)......James Siedliski Associate Commissioner (Women’s Basketball) ..........................................Barbara Jacobs UCF ...................................12-13 Assistant Commissioner (Communications) .................................................Chuck Sullivan Assistant Commissioner (Sport Administration and Championships) .... Robert Weygand Cincinnati .........................14-15 Senior Director of Compliance .........................................................................Andrea Dahly UConn ...............................16-17 Senior Director of Communications and Digital Media ....................................... Bill Potter Director of Broadcast Scheduling ...................................................................Michael Coyne East Carolina ....................18-19 Director of Business Affairs ................................................................................Karen Giblin Director of Communications .................................................................Chevonne Mansfield Houston ............................20-21 Director of Branding and Sport Administration ................................Catherine Carmignani Director of Sport Administration and Championships ................................. Patrick Colbert Memphis ...........................22-23 Assistant to the Commissioner ...................................................................... Lisa Zanecchia Assistant Director of Digital Communications ................................................. Jamie Corun USF ...................................24-25 Assistant Director of Digital Media and Reporter ........................................... Hali Oughton Executive Assistant for Administration ..............................................................Lois DeBlois SMU ..................................26-27 Administrative Assistant ...................................................................................Wanda Factor Receptionist .................................................................................................. Kathy Kirkpatrick Temple ..............................28-29 Administrative Fellow ........................................................................................... Kauri Black Communications Assistant ...............................................................................Taylor Alward Tulsa .................................30-31 Communications Assistant ..................................................................... Christina Anderson Compliance Assistant ......................................................................................... Lauren Doby Conference Records ..........32-41 Digital Network Assistant .................................................................................... Kyle Coulter Credits: The 2016 American Athletic Conference Women’s Soccer Media Guide was produced by Christina Anderson Coordinator of Football Officiating ................................................................. Terry McAulay with assistance from Taylor Alward on Adobe InDesign CS6. Editorial assistance from Chevonne Mansfield and Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Officiating ............................................... Mark Whitehead Chuck Sullivan. Special thanks to American Athletic Conference Soccer Sports Information Directors for their Coordinator of Women’s Basketball Officiating ......................................Debbie Williamson assistance. Photo Credits: Ben Solomon and School Sports Information Offices. Women’s SOCCER @AMERICAN_WSOC Women’s SOCCER CONTACTS ONN UCF C IN C I N N AT I UC William (Bill) Morrison Alex Ryan Jennifer Greene Office: (407) 823-2464 Office: (513) 556-0618 Office: (860) 486-3531 Cell: (321)-442-3908 Cell: (513) 623-9992 Cell: (207) 712-9809 Press Box: Use Cell Press Box: Use cell Press Box: Use cell [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.UCFKnights.com www.GoBearcats.com www.UConnHuskies.com ® M E M PHIS E AST C AROLINA H O U STON Adam Miller Willi Anderson Kevin Rodriguez Office: (252) 737-5112 Office: (713) 743-9404 Office: (901) 678-5108 Cell: (845) 417-5197 Cell: (210) 334-5956 Cell: (817) 528-7402 Press Box: Use cell Press Box: Use cell Press Box: Use cell [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.ECUPirates.com www.UHCougars.com www.GoTigersGo.com USF SMU T E M PLE Lindsey Morrison Spencer Stewart Ed LeFurge Office: (813) 974-4029 Office: (214) 768-4723 Office: (215) 204-7664 Cell: (972) 849-3018 Cell: (425) 205-7540 Cell: (732)-600-6552 Press Box: Use cell Press Box: Use cell Press Box: Use cell [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.GoUSFBulls.com www.SMUMustangs.com www.OwlSports.com HE MERICAN T U LSA T A Stephanie Hall Christina Anderson Office: (918) 631-2163 Office: (401) 453-0660 Cell: (918) 232-2393 Cell: (936) 648-6382 Press Box: (918) 631-5440 [email protected] [email protected] www.TulsaHurricane.com www.TheAmerican.org 2016 MEDIA GUIDE 3 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE The American Athletic Conference consists of 12 prestigious institutions: Additionally, SMU’s Avery Acker was chosen as the Division I women’s the University of Central Florida, the University of Cincinnati, East Carolina volleyball Academic All-America of the Year in 2015, while Navy offensive University, the University of Connecticut, the University of Houston, the guard E.K. Binns was one of 12 finalists nationally for the Campbell Tro- University of Memphis, the U.S. Naval Academy (in football only), the Uni- phy, which is presented by the National Football Foundation to the top versity of South Florida Southern Methodist University, Temple University, scholar-athlete in college football. Tulsa soccer standout Katy Riojas was Tulane University and the University of Tulsa. the winner of the 2016 NCAA Walter Byers Postgraduate Scholarship, while Golden Hurricane rower Emalia Seto won the 2016 NCAA Jim McKay Under the leadership of commissioner Mike Aresco, the American Athletic Scholarship. Two student-athletes from The American earned NCAA Post- Conference has written an impressive list of accomplishments, both in the graduate Scholarships in the conference’s first three years. competitive arena and the classroom. In the course of its first three sea- sons, The American has taken its place at the forefront of intercollegiate The American Athletic Conference holds media rights partnerships with athletics, with a collection of national team and individual championships ESPN and CBS Sports which provide the conference with outstanding na- and football and men’s and women’s basketball postseason victories that tional exposure on the two industry leaders in sports television. The foot- place The American among the elite Division I FBS conferences. ball portion of the contract calls for nearly 90 percent of conference-con- trolled games on national broadcast or national cable platforms. The first The league has produced four NCAA championship teams – UConn men’s American Athletic Conference Football Championship, which was played basketball in 2014 and UConn women’s basketball in 2014, 2015 and 2016 in 2015, was televised by ABC as part of Championship Saturday. – two New Year’s Six bowl champions, and two individuals who have won NCAA titles, most recently SMU’s Bryson Dechambeau, who was the 2015 The American Athletic Conference serves its membership from a state- national champion in men’s golf. Additionally, American Athletic Confer- of-the-art office located in Providence, R.I. The location of the conference ence teams have advanced to the College World Series, reached the semi- headquarters – just steps from the city’s Amtrak station and 10 minutes final and final rounds of the NIT, qualified for the match play round of the from T.F. Green International Airport – gives the conference easy access to NCAA Men’s Golf Championship and registered a top-10 finish at the NCAA its member schools. The conference