2009 PANTHER BIOS 2009 DRURY VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE

1 Brittany Cataldi 2 Austin Warren 3 Kyrie Hopkins 4 Riley Citron Date Opponent Place Time Date Opponent Place Time Class: Junior Class: Junior Class: Junior Class: Sophomore AUGUST OCTOBER Height/position: 5-4 Height/position: 5-7 Setter Height/position: 5-11 Height/position: 5-10 25, Tuesday Red-Black Game Weiser Gym 7:00 p.m. 2, Friday Bellarmine University Wesier Gym 7:00 p.m. Defensive Specialist Hometown: Lebanon, MO Middle Hitter Outside Hitter 29, Saturday University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Ft. Smith, AR 10:00 a.m. 3, Saturday Northern Kentucky University Weiser Gym 3:00 p.m. Hometown: Springfield, Born: December 11, 1988 Hometown: Nixa, MO Hometown: Mountain MO (Glendale HS) Parents: Steve and Julie War- Born: January 24, 1989 Grove, MO 29, Saturday University of Arkansas-Monticello Ft. Smith, AR 12:00 p.m. 9, Friday University of Missouri-St. Louis St. Louis, MO 7:00 p.m. Born: March 27, 1989 ren. Steve and Beth Knight Parents: John and Libby Roberts Born: October 12, 1989 SEPTEMBER 10, Saturday Missouri U. of Science & Technology Rolla, MO 3:00 p.m. Farewell to Weiser Parents: Frank and Michelle Cataldi Major: Exercise and Sports Science Major: Finance Parents: John and Liz Citron 2, Wednesday Southern Arkansas University Magnolia, AR 7:00 p.m. 16, Friday GLVC/GLIAC Crossover Lansing, MI TBA Major: Biology Fast Fact: Austin ranks eighth on the DU Fast Fact:: Kyrie led the Panthers with 265 Major: Accounting 4, Friday Southwest Baptist University Wichita Falls, TX 11:00 a.m. 23, Friday U. of Illinois-Spflg/Dig For A Cure Weiser Gym 7:00 p.m. Fast Fact: Brittany finished fourth on the career list with 1,828 assists through her kills and 94 blocks last season, her first as Fast Fact: Riley saw action in three team with 14 service aces in 2008. first two seasons as a Panther. a starter. matches as a freshman last season, regis- 4, Friday Midwestern State University Wichita Falls, TX 1:30 p.m. 24, Saturday Quincy University Weiser Gym 3:00 p.m. tering two kills in a victory over Felician. 5, Saturday Tarleton State University Wichita Falls, TX 9:00 a.m. 30, Friday University of Indianapolis Weiser Gym 7:00 p.m. 5, Saturday University of Central Oklahoma Wichita Falls, TX 11:30 a.m. 31, Saturday Saint Joseph’s College/Senior Day Weiser Gym 3:00 p.m. 8, Tuesday University of Arkansas-Ft. Smith Weiser Gym 7:00 p.m. NOVEMBER 11, Friday Angelo State University Omaha, NE 2:30 p.m. 6, Friday Lewis University Romeoville, IL 7:00 p.m. 5 Hallie Freeborg 6 Kaitlin Goetz 7 Rachel Warrington 8 Katrina Westhoff 11, Friday University of Nebraska-Omaha Omaha, NE 7:00 p.m. 7, Saturday University of Wisconsin-Parkside Kenosha, WI 3:00 p.m. Class: Junior Class: Freshman Class: Senior Class: Sophomore 12, Saturday Cameron University Omaha, NE 11:45 a.m. 13-15, Fri.-Sun. GLVC Tournament TBA TBA Height/position: 5-10 Height/position: 5-8 Height/position: 5-8 Height/position: 5-7 12, Saturday Minnesota State University Moorehead Omaha, NE 4:15 p.m. Outside Hitter Setter Defensive Specialist Defensive Specialist 15, Tuesday Rockhurst University Kansas City, MO 7:00 p.m. Head Coach: Ashleigh Shear Assistant Coaches: Tessa Jones Hometown: Kirkwood, MO Hometown: Nixa, MO Hometown: St. Louis, MO Hometown: Carthage, MO 19, Saturday Maryville University Weiser Gym 3:00 p.m. Born: March 1, 1988 Born: May 8, 1991 (Incarnate Word) Born: November 29, 1989 Home Games in BOLD Parents: John Freeborg and Parents: Gary and Shen Goetz Born: May 27, 1988 Parents: Mark and Nan 25, Friday University of Southern Indiana Evansville, IN 7:00 p.m. Trysh Brown Major: Bio-Medical Engineering Parents: Mark and Debbie Warrington Westhoff 26, Saturday Kentucky Wesleyan College Owensboro, KY 3:00 p.m. Major: Education and History Fast Fact: Kaitlin was a National Honor Major: Elementary Education Major: Chemistry/Biology Fast Fact: Hallie, a transfer from Emory Society member and team captain for her Fast Fact: Rachel led the GLVC in digs per Fast Fact: Katrina saw action in six University, registered a career-best nine Nixa Eagles prep squad, helping the team to game (5.14), earning Second Team All-GLVC matches last season, registering four digs kills last season vs. Alabama-Huntsville. a district title her junior season. honors in her first season after transferring to – including two in a victory over Kentucky Panthers Claim AVCA Team Honor for Record 13th Straight Year Drury from Missouri State-West Plains. Wesleyan. The American Volleyball Coaches Association announced that a record maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative team grade-point average on a 4.0 409 teams from all levels have earned the AVCA Academic Award for scale or a 4.10 cumulative team GPA on a 5.0 scale. the 2008-09 season - a list that includes Drury’s Panthers, for an NCAA Said first-year DU coach Ashleigh Shear, “The AVCA award is a tribute to 9 Kayla Hellebusch 10 Krystal Glessner 11 Ali Rook 12 Brianne Holtkamp Division II-record 13th consecutive year. the strong and consistent effort these players have put into their work in Class: Junior Class: Senior Class: Sophomore Class: Senior Drury is one of 46 D-II schools to earn the distinction this time, pushing the classroom as well as on the court. And it’s an honor that I will continue Height/position: 5-11 Height/position: 5-11 Height/position: 5-11 Height/position: 6-0 its record number of honors to 13. The award, which was initiated in to emphasize that we keep the streak alive, going forward, for many more Outside Hitter Middle/Outside Hitter Outside Hitter Outside/Middle Hitter the 1992-93 academic year, honors collegiate and high school volleyball years.” Hometown: Washington, MO Hometown: Republic, MO Hometown: Plainfield, IL Hometown: Jefferson City, MO teams that displayed excellence in the classroom during the school year by Born: February 7, 1989 Born: October 30, 1987 (Naperville North) Born: February 18, 1988 Parents: Neal and Mary Ellen Parents: Vince and Kitty Born: January 17, 1989 Parents: Bob and Sally Hellebusch Glessner Parents: Steven and Susan Rook Holtkamp The O’Reilly Family Event Center – Drury’s New Volleyball Home In 2010 Major: Business Management Major: Business Management Major: Elementary Education Major: Design Art/Fine Art Fast Fact: Kayla had a career high of 18 kills Fast Fact: Krystal picked up season highs Fast Fact: Ali comes to Drury from Fast Fact: Brianne finished second on the and five assists in a match last season against The 2009 campaign marks the final season in the historic Weiser Gym for of 16 kills vs. Quincy and 22 digs vs. NCAA Division I Western Carolina, DU squad in kills (211) and blocks (50) the Drury volleyball program, as the Panthers will move into the plush, Rockhurst. Rockhurst last season. where she led the Catamounts with 922 as a junior in 2008. total attacks and was second on the squad new O’Reilly Family Event Center in 2010. with 270 kills as a freshman in 2007. The O’Reilly Family Event Center is a 3,100-seat arena that will also serve as the new home of the Drury men’s and women’s basketball squads. 15 Jagoda Pstras 22 Callie Carroll Construction began in early May on the $13 million project, which will also include luxury suites, banquet facilities and office space for DU Class: Junior Class: Freshman athletic personnel in addition to interactive displays honoring past Drury Height/position: 5-10 Height/position: 5-9 Def athletic greats and their teams. Outside Hitter Specialist/Outside Hitter The O’Reilly Family Event Center was made possible largely due to a Hometown: Jaworzno, Hometown: Rogersville, Mo Poland Born: February 25, 1991 generous $6 million naming rights gift from the the O’Reilly family of Born: June 3, 1987 Parents: Jerry and Margaret Springfield and a gift of $600,000 from the Bill Pitt Family, including son Parents: Yacek and Katarzyna Pstras Carroll and famed actor Brad Pitt, for the naming rights to the court. Major: Exercise and Sports Science Major: Integrated Media Once completed in early Fall, 2010, the O’Reilly Family Event Center will Fast Fact: Jagoda, a transfer last season from Fast Fact: Callie helped her Logan- NCAA Division I Illinois State, had a season- Rogersville High School team to a second- provide Drury with one of the top athletic facilities in NCAA Division II, high 16 kills against Southern Indiana and place finish in Class 3 as a senior, earning For complete DU statistics and coverage, a source of pride for students, faculty and alumni alike and a jewel in the notched 12 digs twice, in matches vs. Central All-Ozarks, All-District, All-Central Ozark center of the beautiful DU campus. Oklahoma and Missouri Science and Technology. Conference and All-State recognition. visit www.drurypanthers.com For complete DU statistics and coverage, visit www.drurypanthers.com DRURY COACHING STAFF 2009 SEASON PREVIEW 2009 DRURY VOLLEYBALL PANTHERS ROSTER Panthers Ready To Roll Under First-Year Coach Ashleigh Shear It’s perfectly understandable why the Drury vol- group led by three-year starting setter Austin War- season. The Panthers also have a pair of freshmen leyball Panthers are sporting a new and noticeable ren, who has posted 1,828 assists over her first two - setter Kaitlin Goetz and defensive specialist/out- level of youthful enthusiasm during their pre- seasons to rank eighth on the DU all-time charts. side hitter Callie Carroll - ready to step in when season workouts this fall. Her 1,005 assists as a sophomore last fall ranked called upon. That, in part, comes with the territory when your eighth in the GLVC and was the ninth highest Combined, it’s a group that Shear and new assistant first-year head coach single-season total in the program’s history. coach Tessa Jones (a former Washburn University - in this case, former Junior Kyrie Hopkins is also expected to continue standout) believe can begin reversing a string that McNeese State assis- her rapid progress as a middle blocker after lead- has seen Drury volleyball go 15 consecutive sea- tant Ashleigh Shear - ing the Panthers with 265 kills and a .261 attack sons without posting a winning percentage above isn’t much older than percentage last season while matching Warrington .500. Other coaches in the GLVC see the poten- her squad ... and can for the team high in sets played (109). Classmate tial for such a step forward, tabbing the Panthers relate to their 25-year- Kayla Hellebusch also is expected to see an ad- to finish seventh in the 15-team league preseason old new boss calling the vanced role on the right side after collecting 59 poll. shots from the sidelines kills as a sophomore. Drury could help itself greatly in that cause by Head Coach Ashleigh Shear Assistant Coach Tessa Jones as a result. The left side up front is expected to be manned closing out opponents this fall after going 1-5 in Former Ole Miss standout and McNeese State top assistant coach Tessa Jones joins the Drury volleyball staff this season as an assistant “The kids are a great fit by a pair of NCAA Division I transfers - 5-10 matches that went five sets in 2008. Shear hopes a Ashleigh Shear will be entering her first season as the head volleyball coach after serving as a student assistant coach at her alma mater, for me ... hey, they quote junior Jagoda Pstras (Illinois State) was with the coach at Drury in 2009-10. Shear, 26, has spent the past three Washburn University, in 2008. Seinfeld,” Shear says Panthers last season and had 180 kills in limited seasons as an assistant for NCAA Division I McNeese State from Jones played at Washburn from 2005-07 and earned All-America with a laugh. “They’re action, while 5-11 sophomore Ali Rook (Western Lake Charles, La., handling recruiting coordinator responsibilities honors all three years. She finished her playing career last year by fun to be around ... Carolina) could make a large impact in her first in addition to on-the-floor coaching for the Southland Conference being named the MIAA most valuable player and by earning AVCA they’re smart kids, they work hard and they like season at DU after sitting out last year with an member school. First Team All-America honors. being coached. If they feel like they’re getting bet- elbow injury. As a freshman in 2007, Rook led the The Chapin, South Carolina native played two years for the Lady She earned her degree in exercise physiology and a minor in sports ter, they really put out the effort for you.” Catamounts with 922 attacks and finished second Rebels of Ole Miss (2004-05), ranking fourth in the Southeastern education. She also did work with the Topeka Boys and Girls The former Ole Miss standout inherited the bulk with 270 kills. Conference in aces per game in 2004 and fifth in the SEC in assists Club. of a Panthers’ squad that posted finishes of 12-18 Junior Brittany Cataldi will provide depth at de- in ‘05. She played her first two collegiate seasons at the United Jones ranks fourth in career kills at Washburn with 1,511, and also overall and 8-9 in the Great Lakes Valley Confer- fensive specialist after picking up 66 digs in her No. Name Ht. Pos. Yr. Hometown/High School/Previous School States Naval Academy. is fourth with 3.97 kills per set. Her 657 kills in 2007 also are a ence under former coach Amy Gardner and earned 80 sets played last season, as will junior Hallie 1 Brittany Cataldi DS 5-4 Jr. Springfield, MO/ Glendale Shear was an academic standout at Ole Miss as well, earning the school record. a third berth in four years as a league member in Freeborg as an outside hitter, while sophomores faster-paced DU attack and a Panthers’ squad in SEC’s post-graduate scholarship for community service in 2006. Jones played one season at the University of Kansas before the eight-team GLVC post-season tournament as Katrina Westhoff and Riley Citron will be look- prime physical condition might help remedy the 2 Austin Warren S 5-7 Jr. Lebanon, MO/ Lebanon She served as a volunteer coach for the Lady Rebels in the spring of transferring to Washburn. She is a native of Lee’s Summit, Mo., a result. ing for expanded roles off the bench as well this situation. 3 Kyrie Hopkins MH 5-11 Jr. Nixa, MO/ Nixa ‘06. In her three seasons at McNeese State under head coach Dale and a 2003 graduate of Bishop O’Hara High School. She played all The returnees are led by senior Rachel War- Starr, the Cowgirls posted a 46-46 overall mark, including a 19- three years at WU under her brother, former assistant coach Trent rington, a Second Team All-GLVC selection as Drury Volleyball Quick Facts 4 Riley Citron OH 5-10 So. Mountain Grove, MO/ Mountain Grove 14 overall record in 2007. McNeese State was 30-18 in her three Jones, now the head coach at Missouri-St. Louis. a defensive specialist last season after leading the seasons in Southland Conference play, including a 12-4 mark and 5 Hallie Freeborg OH 5-10 Jr. Kirkwood, MO/ Kirkwood/ Emory U. league in digs per game (5.14). Warrington fin- Springfield, Mo. 1973 East Division title in 2006. Location: First Season Of Volleyball: ished with 560 digs and was second on the DU Enrollment: 1,550 All-Time Record: 631-563-119 6 Kaitlin Goetz S 5-8 Fr. Nixa, MO/ Nixa squad with 19 service aces last season, her first President: Todd Parnell Conference Affiliation: 7 Rachel Warrington L 5-8 Sr. St. Louis, MO/ Incarnate Word with the Panthers after transferring from Missouri VP For Athletic Affairs: Dr. Edsel Matthews Great Lakes Valley Conference DRURY UNIVERSITY RECORD BOOKS State-West Plains. 8 Katrina Westhoff DS 5-7 So. Carthage, MO/ Carthage Athletic Director: Pat Atwell Last Year’s Records: 12-18 overall, Warrington is one of three seniors on the squad, Senior Womens Ad/Asst. AD: Barbara Cowherd 8-9 in the GLVC 9 Kayla Hellebusch OH 6-0 Jr. Washington, MO/ Washington KILLS SERVICE ACES joining four-year members Krystal Glessner and Athletic Department Phone: (417) 873-7265 Brianne Holtkamp. The versatile, 5-foot-11 Gless- Top Returnees: L Rachel Warrington, 10 Krystal Glessner MH/OH 5-11 Sr. Republic, MO/ Republic Game–10, Stacey Phillips vs. SW Minn. State (10-3-92) Sports Information Director: Scott Puryear Game–31, Paula Wohnhas vs. Mo. State (10-22-88) ner - who has played in 271 games over her previ- 5-8 sr.; MH/OH Krystal Glessner, Season–574, Paula Wohnhas (1988) Season–135, Cari St. Clair (1983) SID Phone: (417) 873-4097 11 Ali Rook OH 5-11 So. Plainfield, IL/ Naperville North/W. Carolina ous three seasons - was fourth on the team in digs 5-11 sr.; OH/MH Brianne Holtkamp, Career–1,648, Stacey Tyson (1991-94) Career–347, Cari St. Clair (1980-84) SID E-mail: [email protected] (218) and third in service aces (18). Holtkamp, a Athletics Website: www.drurypanthers.com 6-0 sr.; S Austin Warren, 5-7 jr.; MH 12 Brianne Holtkamp OH/MH 6-0 Sr. Jefferson City, MO/ Jefferson City 6-foot outside/middle hitter, made a major leap Kyrie Hopkins, 5-11 jr. ASSISTS DIGS ALL-AMERICAN HONORS Arena: Weiser Gym (2,200 capacity) 15 Jagoda Pstras OH 5-10 Jr. Jawarzno, Poland/ Illinois State forward last season, finishing second on the squad Head Coach: Ashleigh Shear (First Season) Top Newcomers: OH Ali Rook, Game–73, Missy Sterr vs. Henderson State (10-3-97) Game–43, Maggie Thompson vs. Saginaw Valley (9-1-06) Paula Wohnhas, 1987, 1988 (NAIA Second Team) with 211 kills and 50 blocks, including a 16-kill, 22 Callie Carroll DS/OH 5-9 Fr. Rogersville, MO/ Logan-Rogersville –720, Erin Hoemann (2004) Assistant Coach: Tessa Jones (First Season) 5-11 so. (Western Carolina transfer) Season–1,554, Kim Metts (1991) Season Stephanie Bates, 1990 (NAIA Second Team) five-block night against Rockhurst. Career–4,404, Kim Metts (1990-93) Career–2,027, Paula Wohnhas (1985-88) Sandy Rippee, 1993 (NAIA Honorable Mention) The three seniors are backed by a talented junior Head Coach Ashleigh Shear • Assistant Coach Tessa Jones

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