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INFORMATION OPPONENTS Covering the Utes...... 2 2014-15 Opponents Informati on ...... 38-39 Utah Athleti cs Directory...... 3 All-Time Series Records ...... 40 2014-15 Season Outlook ...... 4-5 Series Game-by-Game ...... 41-46 2014-15 Roster ...... 6 2014-15 Schedule...... 7 2013 14 REVIEW Pac-12 Conference ...... 8 2013-14 Season Review...... 48 2013-14 Stati sti cs ...... 49 HERE’S UTAH 2013-14 Results ...... 50 Utah Athleti cs History ...... 10 2013-14 Game Highs ...... 51 Salt Lake City...... 11 2013-14 Box Scores ...... 52-62 University of Utah ...... 12 Who’s Who at the U...... 13 RECORD BOOK Jon M. Huntsman Center...... 14 Team Records ...... 64 Single Game Records ...... 65 MEET THE UTES Huntsman Center Records...... 65 Wendy Anae ...... 16 Season Records...... 66 Nakia Arquett e ...... 17 Career Records ...... 67-68 Paige Crozon ...... 18 1,000-Point Club...... 69-70 Malia Nawahine ...... 19 Yearly Leaders...... 71-72 Valerie Nawahine ...... 20 Individual Honors ...... 73 Devri Owens ...... 21 All-Americans ...... 74-77 Emily Pott er ...... 22 Postseason History...... 78-80 Danielle Rodriguez ...... 23 All-Time Roster ...... 81-82 Taryn Wicijowski...... 24 Coaching Legends...... 82 Cheyenne Wilson ...... 25 Year-by-Year Summary ...... 83 Tanaeya Boclair...... 26 Year-by-Year Results ...... 84-90 Gabrielle Bowie ...... 26 Joeseta Fatuesi ...... 27 Kati e Kuklok ...... 27 Jada Matt hews ...... 28 CREDITS COACHES AND STAFF Head Coach Anthony Levrets ...... 30 The 2014-15 Utah women’s basketball media guide was writt en by Associate Head Coach Matt Legerski ...... 31 Mike DeVine, assistant communicati ons director, and designed by Assistant Coach Velaida Harris ...... 32 Mike Lageschulte, special projects coordinator. Editorial assistance Assistant Coach JD Gusti n ...... 33 was provided by Lynde Hoopes. Cover design by Mike Lageschulte. Director of Administrati on and Operati ons Willett e White ...... 34 Photography by Steve Wilson, Tom Smart, Scott Pett ett , George Seeley, Video Coordinator Morgan Warburton-Nelson...... 34 Chris Blunk, Dave Saff ran/MSG Photos, Kevin C. Cox, Grant Halverson, Director of Community Relati ons Kim Gaucher...... 34 Franke Donlon, Terry Newfarmer, Frank Jensen, Canada Basketball, Athleti cs Director Dr. Chris Hill ...... 35 WNBA, Utah Travel Council, Salt Lake City Conventi on and Visitors President David W. Pershing ...... 36 Bureau. Athleti cs Department Senior Staff ...... 36

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QUICK FACTS MEDIA SERVICES THE BASICS GENERAL INFORMATION The University of Utah athleti cs communicati ons offi ce welcomes your interest in Utah Locati on ...... Salt Lake City women’s basketball and will make every eff ort to ensure your coverage of the Utes is an Founded...... 1850 enjoyable experience. Press credenti als, weekly releases and game results are available by Enrollment...... 32,077 contacti ng Mike DeVine, Assistant Director of Communicati ons. Nickname...... Utes DeVine can be reached in his offi ce at 801-581-8997, on his mobile phone at 801-580-4502 Mascot ...... Swoop (Red-Tailed Hawk) or via e-mail at [email protected]. Utah’s press row telephone number is 801-581- Colors...... Crimson and White 6657. Conference ...... Pac-12 To request space for broadcasti ng Utah home games, please send an email request to Arena ...... Jon M. Huntsman Center DeVine. Capacity...... 8,590 (with draping system) President ...... David W. Pershing. Ph.D. POST GAME SERVICES Director of Athleti cs ...... Chris Hill, Ph.D. Head Coach Anthony Levrets will be available for post-game interviews with the media aft er each game. He will be available in the men’s team room at the tunnel behind the scorer’s table. BASKETBALL STAFF Utah student-athletes will be available following a 10-minute cooling-off period. A member Head Coach ...... Anthony Levrets of the Utah sports informati on staff will gather interview requests immediately following the 5th year (Lafayett e, ’01) game. Full box scores will be provided and can be emailed or faxed upon request. Career Record/Utah Record...... 69-66 Associate Head Coach ...... Matt Legerski INTERVIEWS 12th year (Utah, ’01) Head Coach Anthony Levrets and Utah student-athletes are available for interviews Assistant Coach...... Velaida Harris throughout the week. Those members of the media wishing to interview Levrets or a student- 6th year (Portland State, ’93) athlete will be required to coordinate their request with Assistant Director of Communicati ons, Assistant Coach...... JD Gusti n Mike DeVine, preferably at least 24 hours in advance. 4th year (Western Montana, ‘97) Dir. of Admin./Operati ons ...... Willett e White 4th year (Idaho, ‘82) UTAH SPORTS RADIO NETWORK Video Coordinator . . Morgan Warburton-Nelson 4th year (Utah, ‘09) ESPN 700 (KALL-AM) has been the radio home to University of Utah athleti cs since 1951. All of Utah’s games on ESPN 700 can also be heard TEAM FACTS live on the Internet at ESPN700sports.com. 2013-14 Overall Record ...... 12-19 Managing the radio network is Utah Sports Properti es, a division 2013-14 Pac-12 Record ...... 4-14 of CBS Collegiate Sports Properti es. Utah Sports Properti es (USP) is in 2013-14 Pac-12 Finish ...... 11th its eighth year as the multi -media rights partner for Utah Athleti cs. USP 2013-14 Pac-12 Tournament ...... 1-1 brokered the most recent contract extension with ESPN 700 and Utah Starters Returning/Lost ...... *5/2 athleti cs – a fi ve-year agreement signed in May, 2012. Lett erwinners Returning/Lost ...... 10/4 Handling the play-by-play for the Utah women’s basketball team is Newcomers ...... 5 RICK BOUILLON Rick Bouillon. Radio coverage for women’s basketball games confl icti ng Play-by-Play * two sidelined during 2013-14 with injury with other events airing on ESPN 700 will be announced at a later date.

HISTORY Started Basketball...... 1974-75 UTAH UTES ON THE WEB All-Time Record...... 837-364 (.697) Last NCAA Appearance...... 2011 (First Round) The latest on all University of Utah sports teams can be found 24 hours a day, 365 days a NCAA Record/Appearances ...... 9-17/17 year online. Informati on on upcoming games, recaps, stati sti cs, rosters, schedules and results, Last WNIT Appearance...... 2013 media guides and a large selecti on of video and audio off erings are available at UtahUtes.com. WNIT Record/Appearances ...... 4-9/7 Here’s how you can follow the Utes:

ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS WEB FACEBOOK Assistant Director/WBB ...... Mike DeVine htt p://utahutes.com/ htt p://facebook.com/uathleti cs Offi ce Phone ...... 801.581.8997 htt p://facebook.com/UtahWomensHoops Cell Phone ...... 801.580.4502 YOUTUBE Fax ...... 801.581.4358 htt p://www.youtube.com/uathleti cs ITUNESU E-Mail...... [email protected] htt p://www.youtube.com/utahwhoops htt p://ti nyurl.com/utahitunesu Mailing Address RECORD BOOK 2013-14 REVIEW OPPONENTS COACHES & STAFF PLAYER BIOS HERE’S UTAH INFORMATION UTAH BIOS HERE’S PLAYER & STAFF BOOK 2013-14 REVIEW COACHES RECORD OPPONENTS 1825 E. South Campus Drive, Front TWITTER Salt Lake City, UT 84112 htt p://twitt er.com/utahathleti cs htt p://twitt er.com/utahwbasketball

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MIKE DEVINE LIZ ABEL BROOKE FREDERICKSON LYNDE HOOPES MIKE LAGESCHULTE DAMEON MYRES DREW WISEMAN

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WOMEN’S CONTACT MEDIA Assistant Director Sr. Associate A.D. / Director Associate Director Administrative Assistant Special Projects Coord. Assistant Director Associate Director

Name Offi ce / Cell Email Abel, Liz, Sr. Assoc. A.D./Director ...... 801-581-3511 / 209-6346 ...... [email protected] DeVine, Mike, Assistant Director (WBB Contact) ...... 801-581-8997 / 580-4502 ...... [email protected] Frederickson, Brooke, Associate Director ...... 801-581-8302 / 493-9254 ...... [email protected] Hoopes, Lynde, Administrati ve Assistant ...... 801-581-3510 ...... [email protected] Lageschulte, Mike, Special Projects Coordinator ...... 801-587-9162 / 557-2322 ...... [email protected] Myres, Dameon, Assistant Director...... 801-587-7298 / 201-4834 ...... [email protected] Wiseman, Drew, Associate Director ...... 801-581-3771 / 201-8563 ...... [email protected]

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COACHES OFFICE EMAIL Gaucher, Kim, Director of Community Relati ons ...... 801-661-3750...... [email protected] Gusti n, J.D, Assistant Coach ...... 801-585-9396...... jgusti [email protected] Harris, Velaida, Assistant Coach...... 801-581-3281...... [email protected] Legerski, Matt , Associate Head Coach ...... 801-581-4366...... [email protected] Levrets, Anthony, Head Coach...... 801-581-6230...... [email protected] Warburton-Nelson, Morgan, Video Coordinator ...... 801-585-9396...... [email protected] White, Willett e, Director of Administrati on and Operati ons...... 801-581-4839...... [email protected] WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SUPPORT STAFF OFFICE EMAIL Freshour, Megan, Equipment Operati ons...... 801-585-3862...... [email protected] Holt, Kristy, Event Services (Huntsman Center) ...... 801-585-1018...... [email protected] Gough, Gavin, Asst. Director of Event Management ...... 801-585-5601...... [email protected] Pearson, Meagan, Executi ve Secretary ...... 801-581-6445...... [email protected] Riley Steve, Faciliti es Coordinator ...... 801-581-4101...... [email protected] Thomas, Matt , Marketi ng...... 801-585-6779...... [email protected] Vranes, Colby, Academic Advisor...... 801-585-6024...... [email protected] Webster, Jon, Strength and Conditi oning ...... 801-587-9661...... [email protected] Adams, Lindsay, Athleti c Trainer ...... 801-581-4836...... [email protected] Wolfgram, Beth, Sports Dieti ti an...... 801-557-3912...... [email protected] ATHLETICS SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICE EMAIL Abel, Liz, Sr. Associate A.D. (Communicati ons)...... 801-581-3511...... [email protected] Argust, Ann, Associate A.D. (Marketi ng)...... 801-585-5692...... [email protected] Bowman, Mary, Sr. Associate A.D. (SWA) ...... 801-585-6850...... [email protected] Brennan, Kyle, Sr. Associate A.D. (Administrati on)...... 801-585-3819...... [email protected] Charipar, Kate, Assistant A.D. (Compliance) ...... 801-585-1629...... [email protected] Gross, Kris, Executi ve Assistant to the A.D...... 801-581-3508...... [email protected] Hendrix, Manny, Associate A.D. (Development) ...... 801-585-7233...... [email protected] Hill, Chris, Athleti cs Director ...... 801-581-3508...... [email protected] Pyne, Steve, Director of Events and Faciliti es...... 801-585-5054...... [email protected] Smith, Steve, Chief Financial Offi cer ...... 801-587-9371...... [email protected] Weierholt, Eric, Director of Academic Services ...... 801-585-6146...... [email protected] Woodbury, David, Director of Ticket Operati ons ...... 801-581-8849...... [email protected] OTHER IMPORTANT TELEPHONE NUMBERS MAILING/OVERNIGHT ADDRESS Athleti cs Department ...... 801-581-8171 Women’s Basketball Offi ce...... 801-585-9396 University of Utah Ticket Offi ce...... 801-581-8849 Athleti cs Department Communicati ons Offi ce ...... 801-581-3510/3511 1825 E. South Campus Dr. Communicati ons Offi ce Fax ...... 801-581-4358 Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0900 Huntsman Center Press Row ...... 801-581-6657 Phone: (801) 581-8171

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Bounce Back Year Utes welcome back  ve starters as they look to return to post-season play.

A 12-19 season mired with injuries and other “When you go through those sorts of Utah in career free throws made (341). unforeseen obstacles would test the mettle of things, something special can happen. It is “Getti ng [Wicijowski] back helps put any women’s basketball program in the nation, hard to put down into words, but you can just scoring, rebounding and defense back into that but the University of Utah is looking forward see it and feel it,” Levrets said. “It’s created a spot so we’re replacing Plouff e with a two-ti me to reaping the long-term bene ts after forging toughness about us. We feel like we’ve faced all-Pac-12 performer who sat out the year last everything that can happen and when things year in that positi on,” Levrets said. through an adversity- lled 2013-14 campaign. do happen, we’re going to face them and get Levrets then points to the improvement of Five players who have combined to start through them.” every player on his roster to fi ll in the rest of the 221 games return to the lineup for the Utes, void. who are now equipped with an amplifi ed level FRONT COURT “Every year, we just want every player of intangible att ributes like mental toughness One element that will not carry over from to get bett er,” Levrets said. “We have great and team chemistry that can only be developed the 2013-14 season is the impact of three- additi ons to the program through freshmen by going through a season. ti me Honorable Menti on All-American forward recruiti ng, [Wicijowski] coming back from injury, “Last year was obviously diffi cult. Wins Michelle Plouff e. What will it take for the Utes Paige [Crozon] coming back from injury and and losses are what shows, but what was more to regenerate Plouff e’s producti on? then the transfer Kati e [Kuklok] coming to us. diffi cult was all of the ups and downs that we The answer starts with senior forward We feel like we have a bunch more scoring in went through,” Utah head coach Anthony Taryn Wicijowski, who returns to the fl oor for way more places than we’ve had in the past.” Levrets said. “The great thing about this group her senior season aft er being sidelined last Sophomore forward Malia Nawahine is how they not only survived it, but have come season with an ACL injury. She is already one played in all 31 games with 12 starts as out of it stronger to become what might be the of the most decorated players in recent Utah a freshman, averaging 5.5 points and 2.8 closest group I’ve ever seen as far as how they history as a two-ti me all-Pac-12 selecti on in rebounds. She scored a season-high 19 points at get along and care about each other.” 2011-12 and 2012-13 and was in the top 10 Oregon (2/8) and had fi ve diff erent fi ve-rebound The stati sti cs found on a box score cannot of the Pac-12 in both scoring and rebounding outi ngs. defi ne what Utah gained last season. during each of those seasons. “[Nawahine] is a long athleti c wing who “You never replace a good can score in a variety of ways, both shooti ng the player like [Plouff e], but basketball and getti ng to the rim,” Levrets said. this program has had good “We believe she also has the capability to turn players forever,” Levrets into a lockdown defender.” said. “The All-American Redshirt sophomore Nakia Arquett eand list around here is a really sophomore Wendy Anae both return to the Ute long list. You don’t replace front court aft er batt ling injuries last season. them, but the fi rst thing Arquett e averaged 2.7 points and 2.7 rebounds is that I feel like we have in 14.2 per game last season before sustaining good players in the program a knee injury that held her out of the fi nal 10 right now. We are prett y games. Anae suff ered a leg injury during the deep and we have a two- fi rst month of last season and missed 11 games ti me All-Pac-12 and one- before coming back for a majority of Pac-12 ti me all-Mountain West play. Conference player who sat A trio of highly-touted incoming freshmen out with injury who is back Tanaeya Boclair, Joeseta Fatuesi and Jada and is a very good player in Matt hewswill also provide depth. [Wicijowski].” “Just as a group, this freshman class has Wicijowski’s name is a litt le bit of everything,” Levrets said. “We litt ered throughout the have post play, wing play, and combo guard Utah school record book as play out of this group of freshmen. They are all her .537 career fi eld goal very capable of having a major imprint on this percentage currently ranks program during their ti me here. A couple of third all-ti me at Utah and them are going to be asked to step right in and she is also third in school make major impacts right away.” history with 310 career Unfortunately, sophomore Emily Pott er off ensive rebounds. The sustained a leg injury and will be out for the

RECORD BOOK 2013-14 REVIEW OPPONENTS COACHES & STAFF PLAYER BIOS HERE’S UTAH INFORMATION UTAH BIOS HERE’S PLAYER & STAFF BOOK 2013-14 REVIEW COACHES RECORD OPPONENTS Regina, Saskatchewan nati ve season. Pott er was a Pac-12 All-Freshman Team is sixth all-ti me at Utah with selecti on last season aft er averaging 10.5 points, 106 career blocks, eighth 6.7 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game. Two-ti me all-Pac-12 honoree Taryn Wicijowski comes back to the with a 7.4 rebounding Utah lineup in 2013-14. average and ranks 10th at

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returning starter, another welcomed additi on to the Ute program in Kuklok. She was on the Western Athleti c Conference All-Newcomer Team in 2013-14 at Utah Valley and led the Wolverines in scoring throughout the season, INFORMATION HERE’S UTAH PLAYER BIOS COACHES & STAFF RECORD OPPONENTS BOOK 2013-14 REVIEW pouring in a team-best 16.0 points per game, which stood fi ft h in the WAC. “Her ability to shoot the basketball, score the basketball from the perimeter allowing our ‘bigs’ to play inside with shooti ng around them is just going to make our post play even bett er,” Levrets said. “She’s just a tough, hard-nosed competi tor who scores in a variety of ways. Her character and who she is has really added to our team.” Sophomore Devri Owens shot .304 (17- 56) from 3-point territory in league play as a freshman and averaged 3.3 points in 15.2 minutes per game in conference play . Sophomore Valerie Nawahine and freshman Gabrielle Bowie will be counted on to supply depth at each guard spot for the Utes in 2014-15. “One of the long-term benefi ts of going through a season like the one we had in 2013- 14 was what we found out about our group,” Levrets said. “We have a lot of strong-minded people who have come through a very diffi cult situati on bett er than when we started.” Danielle Rodriguez enters her third season as Utah’s starti ng point guard. The kids we have in this program right now have tremendous character and are such a fun group to be around,” Levrets said. “Fans are basketball last season. I expect her to conti nue BACK COURT going to enjoy how hard they play and the way doing that, making open shots, making good Junior point guard Danielle Rodriguez this group of kids plays the game.” will direct the Utah off ense at point guard. decisions with the ball in Experience is on her side as she has made 66 her hands as secondary starts in 67 appearances in her fi rst two years ball-handler, being a leader as a Ute. Last season, Rodriguez was third in the for us on the fl oor and then Pac-12 with 4.3 assists per game this season and also being a lock-down ranked fourth in assist-to-turnover rati o (1.9, wing defender.” 133-71). Crozon was “Dani has had the experience of starti ng sidelined for all of last as a freshman on a team that won 23 games season, but comes back and made it to the championship game of the for her sophomore WNIT, but also the tough year last season,” season aft er playing in Levrets said. “She’s been on both ends of the 30 games with 10 starts spectrum. She’s started 66 games going into her and averaging 4.0 points junior year, you can’t replace that experience. and 2.3 rebounds in 16.4 She’s really grown as a player and grown into a minutes per game in 2012- leadership role. She’s also physically developing, 13. getti ng a litt le bit stronger. She’s really worked “Paige is another one on her game and I expect her to have a really of those multi -dimensional good season.” kids with the ability to Senior Cheyenne Wilson is coming off a shoot the basketball and successful shooti ng season in 2013-14, where play close to the basket,” she fi nished eighth in the conference with a .383 Levrets said. “She has (44-115) clip from 3-point territory and was 15th the ability to score the with 1.4 3’s per game. In league games, she was basketball as we’ve seen 12th with a .379 (25-66) mark from distance. with Canada Basketball “Cheyenne has really worked on her game and at ti mes during her and is in the best shape of her life,” Levrets freshman year.” said. “She had a really good year shooti ng the In additi on to three Cheyenne Wilson was Utah’s leading 3-point shooter last season.

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NUMERICAL ALPHABETICAL No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown (Last School) No. Name Ht. Pos. Yr. Exp. 1 Gabrielle Bowie G 5-9 Fr. HS San Antonio, Texas (Johnson HS) 21 Wendy Anae F 6-3 So. 1L 2 Jada Matt hews F 6-1 Fr. HS Long Beach, Calif. (Poly HS) 10 Nakia Arquett e F 6-1 R-So. 1L 3 Malia Nawahine F 5-10 So. 1L Springville, Utah (Springville HS) 32 Tanaeya Boclair F 6-0 Fr. HS 5 Cheyenne Wilson G 5-11 Sr. 3L Seatt le, Wash. (Cleveland HS) 1 Gabrielle Bowie G 5-9 Fr. HS 10 Nakia Arquett e F 6-1 R-So. 1L Spokane, Wash. (Lewis and Clark HS) 14 Paige Crozon G 6-1 R-So. 1L 11 Taryn Wicijowski F 6-3 R-Sr. 3L Regina Saskatchewan (NEDA) 33 Joseta Fatuesi C 6-4 Fr. HS 12 Emily Pott er F 6-5 So. 1L Winnipeg, Manitoba (Glenlawn Collegiate) 20 Kati e Kuklok G 5-10 Jr. TR 13 Devri Owens G 5-8 So. 1L Plano, Texas (Plano West HS) 2 Jada Matt hews F 6-1 Fr. HS 14 Paige Crozon G 6-1 R-So. 1L Humboldt, Saskatchewan (Humboldt Coll. Inst.) 3 Malia Nawahine F 5-10 So. 1L 20 Kati e Kuklok G 5-10 Jr. TR Poway, Calif. (Utah Valley) 24 Valerie Nawahine G 5-9 Jr. 1L 21 Wendy Anae F 6-3 So. 1L San Diego, Calif. (Cathedral Catholic HS) 13 Devri Owens G 5-8 So. 1L 22 Danielle Rodriguez G 5-10 Jr. 2L Downey, Calif. (Warren HS) 12 Emily Pott er F 6-5 So. 1L 24 Valerie Nawahine G 5-9 Jr. 1L Springville, Utah (BYU) 22 Danielle Rodriguez G 5-10 Jr. 2L 32 Tanaeya Boclair F 6-0 Fr. HS San Antonio, Texas (Brennan HS) 11 Taryn Wicijowski F 6-3 R-Sr. 3L 33 Joseta Fatuesi C 6-4 Fr. HS Santa Clara, Calif. (Wilcox HS) 5 Cheyenne Wilson G 5-11 Sr. 3L

TV / RADIO ROSTER ROSTER BREAKDOWN BY CLASS Seniors: Michelle Plouff e, Ariel Reynolds, Taryn Wicijowski Juniors: Ciera Dunbar, Cheyenne Wilson Sophomores: Paige Crozon, Awa Kalmstrom, Valerie Nawahine, Danielle Rodriguez Freshmen: Wendy Anae, Nakia Arquett e, 1 2 3 5 Malia Nawahine, Devri Owens, Emily Pott er GABRIELLE BOWIE JADA MATTHEWS MALIA NAWAHINE CHEYENNE WILSON G 5-9 Fr. F 6-1 Fr. F 5-10 So. G 5-11 Sr. BY HEIGHT 5-8: Devri Owens 5-9: Gabrielle Bowie, Valerie Nawahine 5-10: Kati e Kuklok, Malia Nawahine, Danielle Rodriguez 5-11: Cheyenne Wilson 6-0: Tanaeya Boclair 6-1: Nakia Arquett e, Paige Crozon, 10 11 12 13 Jada Matt hews 6-3: Wendy Anae, Taryn Wicijowski NAKIA ARQUETTE TARYN WICIJOWSKI EMILY POTTER DEVRI OWENS 6-4: Joeseta Fatuesi F 6-1 R-So. F 6-3 R-Sr. F 6-5 So G 5-8 So. 6-5: Emily Pott er BY POSITION Guard: Gabrielle Bowie, Paige Crozon, Kati e Kuklok, Valerie Nawahine, Devri Owens, Danielle Rodriguez, Cheyenne Wilson Forward: Wendy Anae, Nakia Arquett e, Tanaeya Boclair, Jada Matt hews, 14 20 21 22 Malia Nawahine, Taryn Wicijowski, Emily Pott er PAIGE CROZON KATIE KUKLOK WENDY ANAE DANIELLE RODRIGUEZ Center: Joeseta Fatuesi G 6-1 R-So. G 5-10 Jr. F 6-3 So. G 5-10 Jr. PRONUNCIATIONS Wendy Anae ...... UH-nigh Nakia Arquett e . . . .na-KEE-ah Joeseta Fatuesi . . . .FAH-too-ee-see Malia Nawahine . . .MUH-lea NAH-wah-HE-nay Valerie Nawahine . .NAH-wah-HE-nay RECORD BOOK 2013-14 REVIEW OPPONENTS COACHES & STAFF PLAYER BIOS HERE’S UTAH INFORMATION UTAH BIOS HERE’S PLAYER & STAFF BOOK 2013-14 REVIEW COACHES RECORD OPPONENTS Devri Owens ...... DEV-ree 24 32 Michelle Plouff e . . .PLOO-ff e 33 Taryn Wicijowski . . .tear-IN witch-OW-ski VALERIE NAWAHINE TANAYEA BOCLAIR JOSETA FATUESI Cheyenne Wilson . .SHY-anne G 5-9 Jr. F 6-0 Fr. C 6-4 Fr.

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Date Opponent Locati on Arena Time TV Wed., Nov. 5 Alaska Anchorage (exh.) Salt Lake City Huntsman Center 7 p.m. MT Fri., Nov. 14 San Jose State Salt Lake City Huntsman Center 5 p.m. MT Thur., Nov. 20 at Creighton Omaha, Neb. D.J. Sokol Arena 7:05 p.m. CT INFORMATION HERE’S UTAH PLAYER BIOS COACHES & STAFF RECORD OPPONENTS BOOK 2013-14 REVIEW Sun., Nov. 23 at Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. Bob Devaney Sports Center 1 p.m. CT

John Ascuaga’s Nugget Classic Reno, Nev. Lawlor Events Center Fri., Nov. 28 vs. Ole Miss 6:30 p.m. PT Sat., Nov. 29 vs. Nevada or 4/6:30 p.m. PT

Wed., Dec. 3 Utah State Salt Lake City Huntsman Center 6 p.m. MT Sat., Dec. 6 UNLV Salt Lake City Huntsman Center 3 p.m. MT Wed., Dec. 10 Idaho State Salt Lake City Huntsman Center 7 p.m. MT Sat., Dec. 13 BYU Salt Lake City Huntsman Center 12 p.m. MT Pac-12 Networks Sat., Dec. 20 Louisiana Tech Salt Lake City Huntsman Center 3 p.m. MT Mon., Dec. 29 Charlott e Salt Lake City Huntsman Center 7 p.m. MT

Sat., Jan. 3 at California* Berkeley, Calif. Haas Pavilion 3 p.m. PT Pac-12 Networks Mon., Jan. 5 at Stanford* Stanford, Calif. Maples Pavilion 5 p.m. PT Pac-12 Networks Fri., Jan. 9 UCLA* Salt Lake City Huntsman Center 6 p.m. MT Pac-12 Networks Sun., Jan. 11 USC* Salt Lake City Huntsman Center 12 p.m. MT Pac-12 Networks Wed., Jan. 14 at Colorado* Boulder, Colo. Coors Events Center 7 p.m. MT Pac-12 Networks Sun., Jan. 18 Colorado* Salt Lake City Huntsman Center 12 p.m. MT Pac-12 Networks Fri., Jan. 23 at Washington State* Pullman, Wash. Beasley Coliseum 7 p.m. PT Sun., Jan. 25 at Washington* Seatt le Alaska Airlines Arena 11 a.m. PT Pac-12 Networks Fri., Jan. 30 Arizona* Salt Lake City Huntsman Center 7 p.m. MT

Sun., Feb. 1 Arizona State* Salt Lake City Huntsman Center 3 p.m. MT Fri., Feb. 6 at USC* Los Angeles Galen Center 7 p.m. PT Pac-12 Networks Sun., Feb. 8 at UCLA* Los Angeles Pauley Pavilion 2 p.m. PT Fri., Feb. 13 Washington* Salt Lake City Huntsman Center 7 p.m. MT Sun., Feb. 15 Washington State* Salt Lake City Huntsman Center 12 p.m. MT Pac-12 Networks Fri., Feb. 20 Oregon* Salt Lake City Huntsman Center 7 p.m. MT Sun., Feb. 22 Oregon State* Salt Lake City Huntsman Center 12 p.m. MT Pac-12 Networks Fri., Feb. 27 at Arizona State* Tempe, Ariz. Wells Fargo Arena 6:30 p.m. MT

Sun., Mar. 1 at Arizona* Tucson, Ariz. McKale Center 3 p.m. MT Pac-12 Networks

Pac-12 Tournament Seatt le KeyArena Thur., Mar. 5 First Round TBD Pac-12 Networks Fri., Mar. 6 Quarterfi nal TBD Pac-12 Networks Sat., Mar. 7 Semifi nal TBD Pac-12 Networks Sun., Mar. 8 Final TBD Pac-12 Networks

Home games in bold played at Jon M. Huntsman Center * Pac-12 Conference games ^ Televised live on Pac-12 Networks

Utah women’s basketball will recognize Youth Teams of the Game throughout the 2014-15 season.

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CONFERENCE HISTORY Conference’s fi rst Commissioner in 1940. He has been succeeded by Victor O. Schmidt (1944), NCAA TEAM TITLES WON BY With more than 120 Thomas J. Hamilton (1959), Wiles Hallock PAC 12 INSTITUTIONS Nobel Laureates across (1971), Thomas C. Hansen (1983) and current all of its campuses and Commissioner Larry Scott (2009). The Pac-12 Men’s/Comb. Women’s Total the fi rst ever to reach 450 Conference offi ces are located 25 miles east of UCLA 78 39 111 NCAA Championships, San Francisco in Walnut Creek, Calif. Stanford 61 44 105 the Pac-12 Conference is USC 84 16 100 synonymous with both “CONFERENCE OF CHAMPIONS” California 27 6 33 academic excellence and Arizona State 11 12 23 athleti c success, having Capturing 469 NCAA Championships Colorado *22 2 *24 earned the nickname the all-ti me, the Pac-12 Conference has surpassed Utah *11 9 *20 “Conference of Champions.” every other league by more than 200 ti tles. The Oregon 15 9 24 The Pac-12 opened a new chapter in its Big Ten is the next closest conference with 266 Arizona 7 11 18 long and storied history on July 1, 2011 with championships. Only three insti tuti ons across Washington - 6 6 the additi on of the University of Utah and the all divisions have won at least 100 NCAA ti tles, Oregon State 3 - 3 University of Colorado. and all three are Pac-12 members: UCLA (110), Washington State 2 - 2 The roots of the Pac-12 Conference go Stanford (104) and USC (100). * Utah has won 10 NCAA skiing back more than 80 years to Dec. 15, 1915, when Pac-12 teams captured 10 NCAA ti tles during championships (9 combined and 1 men’s). the Pacifi c Coast Conference (PCC) was founded the 2013-14 campaign. It marked the seventh ti me Colorado has won 18 NCAA skiing ti tles at a meeti ng at the Oregon Hotel in Portland, the Conference has totaled double digits in NCAA (7 combined and 11 men’s). Ore. Original membership consisted of four ti tles, a feat no other league has ever achieved. Note: Does not include football schools: the University of California at Berkeley, The 10 nati onal championships came in the form championships, which the NCAA does not the University of Washington, the University of of six men’s and four women’s team ti tles. It is the offi cially designate. Various polls and systems Oregon, and Oregon State College (now Oregon 13th ti me in the last 14 years the Pac-12 has led or have been used to determine football State University). All sti ll are charter members of ti ed all conferences in NCAA Championships won. champions. USC claims 10 ti tles, California 5, the Conference. In additi on to the 10 ti tles, Pac-12 teams Washington 2, and Stanford and UCLA 1 each. Pacifi c Coast Conference play began in 1916. recorded six runner-up fi nishes and at least one One year later, Washington State College (now team placed in the top four in 22 championships. Washington State University) was accepted into Oregon was one of three NCAA programs PAC 12 NCAA TEAM the Conference, and Stanford University joined in to win three ti les in 2013-14, claiming women’s 1918. In 1922, the PCC expanded to eight teams indoor track & fi eld, men’s indoor track & fi eld, TITLES BY SPORT with the admission of the University of Southern and men’s outdoor track & fi eld. UCLA won California and the University of Idaho. The women’s soccer and women’s tennis, while Men’s/Comb. Women’s University of Montana joined the league in 1924, USC also took home a pair of ti tles in men’s Baseball 28 - and in 1928, the PCC grew to 10 members with water polo and men’s tennis. California (men’s Basketball 16 4 the additi on of UCLA. swimming & diving), Colorado (men’s cross Boxing 4 - The Pacifi c Coast Conference competed as country) and Stanford (women’s water polo) also Cross Country 12 11 a 10-team league unti l 1950, with the excepti on claimed a nati onal ti tle in 2013-14. Golf 14 15 of 1943-45, when World War II curtailed Stanford clinched its unprecedented Gymnasti cs 13 15 intercollegiate athleti c competi ti on to a minimum. 20th consecuti ve Learfi eld Sports Directors’ Rowing - 6 In 1950, Montana resigned from the Conference Cup, an award presented annually to the top Skiing *28 0 and joined the Mountain States Conference. The intercollegiate athleti cs program in the country. Soccer 4 3 PCC conti nued as a nine-team conference through Other Pac-12 teams fi nishing in the top 20 Soft ball - 23 1958. were UCLA (7th), USC (8th), Oregon (15th) and Swimming 24 13 In 1959, the PCC was dissolved and a new California (20th). Tennis 53 21 league was formed—the Athleti c Indoor Track 6 9 Associati on of Western Universiti es. Outdoor Track 45 6 Original AAWU membership consisted Volleyball 25 14 of California, Stanford, Southern Water Polo 40 14 California, UCLA, and Washington. Wrestling 1 - Washington State became a member * Utah has won 10 NCAA skiing in 1962, while Oregon and Oregon championships (9 combined and 1 men’s). State joined in 1964. In 1968, the Colorado has won 18 NCAA skiing ti tles name Pacifi c-8 Conference was (7 combined and 11 men’s). adopted. Ten years later, on July 1, 1978, the University of Arizona and Arizona State University were admitt ed and the Pacifi c-10 Conference became a reality. In 1986- 87, the league took on a new look, RECORD BOOK 2013-14 REVIEW OPPONENTS COACHES & STAFF PLAYER BIOS HERE’S UTAH INFORMATION UTAH BIOS HERE’S PLAYER & STAFF BOOK 2013-14 REVIEW COACHES RECORD OPPONENTS expanding to include 10 women’s sports. Currently, the Pac-12 sponsors 11 men’s and 11 women’s sports. Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott has been a frequent guest on Edwin N. Atherton was named the the University of Utah campus.

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