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WASHINGTON MEN WASHINGTON WOMEN Day Date Opponent Location Time Day Date Opponent (TV) Time Location Tue. Nov. 12 CENTRAL WASHINGTON (exhibition) Seattle, Wash. 7:00 p.m. Sunday Nov. 10 Bay Area Pro-Am (Exhibition) 1:00 p.m. Bank of America Arena-Seattle Mon. Nov. 18 ATHLETES IN ACTION (exhibition) Seattle, Wash. 7:00 p.m. Friday Nov. 22 Boise State 7:00 p.m. (MT) Boise State Pavilion-Boise, ID Sun. Nov. 24 MONTANA STATE Seattle, Wash. 2:00 p.m. Sunday Nov. 24 Texas Tech (Fox Sports Net) 2:00 p.m. (CT) United Spirit Arena-Lubbock, TX Sat. Nov. 30 at UNLV Las Vegas, Nev. 6:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Nov. 29-30 SEATTLE TIMES CLASSIC Bank of America Arena-Seattle Mon. Dec. 2 at Gonzaga (at The Kennel) Spokane, Wash. 7:00 p.m. Friday Nov. 29 Kentucky vs. Pacific 5:00 p.m. Thu. Dec. 5 WYOMING Seattle, Wash. 7:00 p.m. Friday Nov. 29 UW vs. St. Bonaventure (FSNW) 7:30 p.m. Sat. Dec. 7 at Santa Clara Santa Clara, Calif. 7:00 p.m. Saturday Nov. 30 SEATTLE TIMES CLASSIC Bank of America Arena-Seattle Sat. Dec. 14 EASTERN WASHINGTON Seattle, Wash. 2:00 p.m. Consolation Game 5:00 p.m. Sat. Dec. 21 FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL Seattle, Wash. 2:00 p.m. Championship Game 7:00 p.m. Mon. Dec. 23 HOUSTON (Fox Sports NW) Seattle, Wash. 7:30 p.m. Monday Dec. 2 Wisconsin 7:00 p.m. Bank of America Arena-Seattle Sat. Dec. 28 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE Seattle, Wash. 2:00 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Dec. 6-7 North Carolina State Tournament ESA-Raleigh, N.C. Thu. Jan. 2 *UCLA Seattle, Wash. 7:00 p.m. Sat. Jan. 4 *USC (Fox Sports NW) Seattle, Wash. 6:00 p.m. Friday Dec. 6 UW vs. North Carolina State 6:30 p.m. (ET) Thu. Jan. 9 *at Arizona State (Fox Sports NW) Tempe, Ariz. 5:30 p.m. Friday Dec. 6 Florida vs. Houston 8:30 p.m. (ET) Sat. Jan. 11 *at Arizona (Fox Sports NW) Tucson, Ariz. 4:00 p.m. Saturday Dec. 7 Consolation Game 5:00 p.m. (ET) Thu. Jan. 16 *CALIFORNIA Seattle, Wash. 7:00 p.m. Saturday Dec. 7 Championship Game 7:00 p.m. (ET) Sat. Jan. 18 *STANFORD (Fox Sports Net) Seattle, Wash. 4:00 p.m. Friday Dec. 20 San Francisco (Fox Sports NW) 7:00 p.m. Bank of America Arena-Seattle Thu. Jan. 23 *at Oregon Eugene, Ore. 7:00 p.m. Sunday Dec. 22 Iowa State 1:00 p.m. Bank of America Arena-Seattle Sat. Jan. 25 *at Oregon State (Fox Sports NW) Corvallis, Ore. 7:00 p.m. Saturday Dec. 28 *Washington St. (Fox Sports NW) 1:00 p.m. Beasley Coliseum-Pullman, WA Fri. Jan. 31 *WASHINGTON STATE (Fox Sports NW) Seattle, Wash. 7:30 p.m. Friday Jan. 3 *UCLA 7:00 p.m. Pauley Pavilion-Los Angeles, CA Thu. Feb. 6 *ARIZONA (Fox Sports Net) Seattle, Wash 7:30 p.m. Sunday Jan. 5 *USC 2:00 p.m. Los Angeles Sports Arena-LA, CA Sat. Feb. 8 *ARIZONA STATE (Fox Sports Net) Seattle, Wash. 4:00 p.m. Thursday Jan. 9 *Arizona State 7:00 p.m. Bank of America Arena-Seattle Thu. Feb. 13 *at Stanford Stanford, Calif. 7:00 p.m. Saturday Jan. 11 *Arizona (Fox Sports NW) 8:00 p.m. Bank of America Arena-Seattle Sat. Feb. 15 *at California (Fox Sports Net) Berkeley, Calif. 4:00 p.m. Thursday Jan. 16 *California 7:00 p.m. Haas Pavilion-Berkeley, CA Thu. Feb. 20 *OREGON STATE Seattle, Wash. 7:00 p.m. Saturday Jan. 18 *Stanford (Fox Sports Net) 12:00 p.m. Maples Pavilion-Palo Alto, CA Sat. Feb. 22 *OREGON (Fox Sports Net) Seattle, Wash. 4:00 p.m. Thursday Jan. 23 *Oregon 7:00 p.m. Bank of America Arena-Seattle Sat. Mar. 1 *at Washington State (Fox Sports NW) Pullman, Wash. 8:00 p.m. Saturday Jan. 25 *Oregon State (Fox Sports Net) 5:00 p.m. Bank of America Arena-Seattle Thu. Mar. 6 *at USC Los Angeles, Calif. 7:30 p.m. Thursday Jan. 30 *USC 7:00 p.m. Bank of America Arena-Seattle Sat. Mar. 8 *at UCLA Los Angeles, Calif. 7:30 p.m. Saturday Feb. 1 *UCLA 1:00 p.m. Bank of America Arena-Seattle Thu.-Sat., March. 13-15 at Pacific-10 Conference Tournament Staples Center; Los Angeles, Calif. Thursday Feb. 6 *Arizona 7:00 p.m. (MT) McKale Center-Tucson, AZ (Top eight teams in the final regular-season standings; First-round games begin at 1:00 / 3:30 / 6:30 / 9:00 pm) Saturday Feb. 8 *Arizona State (Fox Sports Net) 1:00 p.m. (MT) Wells Fargo Arena-Tempe, AZ Thu. March 13 Pac-10 Tournament (Fox Sports Net) Los Angeles, Calif. TBA Thursday Feb. 13 Stanford 7:00 p.m. Bank of America Arena-Seattle Fri. March 14 Pac-10 Tournament Semifinals(Fox Sports Net) Los Angeles, Calif. 6:00 & 8:30 pm Saturday Feb. 15 California (Fox Sports Net WC) 12:00 p.m. Bank of America Arena-Seattle Sat. March 15 Pac-10 Tournament Championship (CBS) Los Angeles, Calif. 3:00 pm Thursday Feb. 20 Oregon State 7:00 p.m. Gill Coliseum-Corvallis, OR Thu.-Sun. Mar. 20-23 NCAA First and Second Rounds TBA Saturday Feb. 22 Oregon (Fox Sports Net WC) 7:00 p.m. McArthur Court-Eugene, OR Thu.-Sun. Mar. 27-30 NCAA Regionals TBA Saturday March 1 Washington St. (Fox Sports Net WC) 12:00 p.m. Bank of America Arena-Seattle Sat., April 5 NCAA Final Four — Semifinals, Superdome New Orleans, La. TBA March 7-10 Pac-10 Tournament Mon., April 7 NCAA Final Four — Championship, Superdome New Orleans, La. TBA March 21-23 NCAA 1st and 2nd Rounds March 28 &30 NCAA Regionals All Home Games played on campus in Bank of America Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion (3870 Montlake Blvd. N.E.) April 4 & 6 NCAA Final Four * Pacific-10 Conference Game. Times listed are for Pacific Time Zone and are subject to change. * Pacific-10 Conference Game. Times listed are for Pacific Time Zone (unless noted) and are subject to change.

HUSKIES Gameday 3 HUSKY PROFILE / MARLON SHELTON

by Lucas James Mack son. Forward Marlon Shelton was screaming, too, but for a different rea- son. n Mar. 8, 2001, the basketball fans in Bank of America With just 14 minutes and 37 seconds remaining in the game, Shelton Arena screamed support for the Huskies, who were brought down a rebound on the Husky baseline and immediately col- battling USC in the second-to-last game of the sea- lapsed, grasping his left knee. The excruciating pain in the knee was evi- dent in Shelton’s scream, and the fear in his eyes. “I have never seen a guy fall as badly as that in my entire college career,” said then-UW head coach Bob Bender after the game. An MRI the following day confirmed the worst — Shelton had torn the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his knee, bringing to an end a season in which the Rochester, Mich., native had led the Huskies with 37 blocks, and clouding the future of a career that once seemed so promising. While the injury was painful, the rehabilitation was even tougher. After undergoing surgery in April to repair the ligament, Shelton had to re-teach his knee how to run, cut, and jump. The endless hours of treatment in the training room bled into day after day of grinding work with Washington’s strength coaches. Throughout it all, Shelton remained focused on his goal — returning for Washington’s first game of the 2001-02 season. Late in the summer of 2001, Shelton returned to the court and began playing pickup games with his teammates. Slowly, the timing came back, and Shelton began to look once again like the player who had become a dependable presence off the bench for Washington while averaging 4.2 points and 3.8 rebounds per game in 2001, his third sea- Marlon Shelton Known as ‘Big Nasty’ to son with the team. his teammates, Shelton Unfortunately for Shelton, however, his presence on the court was not earned a career-high all that would seem familiar. In October of 2001, less than a month before four blocks against the start of Shelton’s senior year, the forward was working out with the UW eventual NCAA Sweet 16 women’s team when he felt a popping sensation in his knee. The next day, participant Gonzaga in the knee had swelled considerably. Less than a week later, Shelton was 2000. back on the operating table, with doctors taking control of his career for the second time in six months. While Shelton was devastated by the injury, the NCAA awarded the senior a medical redshirt, meaning if the knee would cooperate, he could return to play in 2002-03. Shelton was determined that this time, there would be no looking back. The senior dove back into his rehab with a sense of purpose, knowing this time exactly what to expect, and how to get the most out of his work- outs and treatment sessions. “I was in the training room so much over that time, that for a while it seemed like I got too comfortable in there,” Shelton says, “but I like to work hard.” While Shelton celebrated his small successes in the training and weight rooms, his teammates struggled on the court, placing eighth in the Pac-10 conference after winning fewer than 12 games for the third-consecutive season.. One of the elements most lacking in Washington’s game was depth among big men, as the team had lost Shelton and promising fresh- man Mike Jensen to injury, while a third player expected to contribute, Anthony Washington of Garfield High School, failed to qualify academically. Much has changed at Washington since Shelton was helped off the floor at Bank of America Arena 19 months ago. Most noticeably is the Continued on page 6

4 HUSKIES Gameday MARLON SHELTON Continued from page 4 change atop the Husky program, where former Husky Lorenzo Romar was hired in April of 2002 to provide a fresh start for a men’s bas- ketball team that had fallen on hard times. Shelton says that Romar and his assistants have earned the players’ respect in their first months with the program. “Coach Romar has all our respect, not only as a coach, but as an individual as well,” he says,” and [assistant] coach [Cameron] Dollar was our hero when we were younger. I loved to watch him play at UCLA. To have him and Coach Romar coaching us is great.” With all the changes, one fact remains the same: Marlon Shelton has not stepped on a bas- ketball court against a Husky opponent in over a year and half. This winter — knee willing — the long road back will finally reach its terminus. “My knee has its ups and downs, but I can finally go full speed on it,” he says. “This year, I’ve been able to do some running. As my knee is getting stronger, my heart aches more and more to get back on the court. I am enjoying every second of it.” At 6-foot-9 and 280 pounds, the senior hopes to give a boost to Washington under the basket, using his imposing presence in the key to bang inside and grab rebounds that will prove crucial to the Huskies’ success. “Marlon is a great guy that doesn’t mind giv- ing up his body on the boards, getting physical inside and taking charges,” says Romar of his fifth-year forward. With 19 months to think about his senior season, Shelton has no trouble identifying his personal goals, as well as his expectations for an enigmatic Husky team that in past years has not played up to the level of its talent. “I just want to see our team do great this season,” he says. “So far we are looking pretty good. The nice thing about our team is that we are very team-focused; there is very little indi- vidual play. We hang out off the court and are becoming pretty tight. That always feels good.” A young team will no doubt look to Shelton for leadership, and he credits his ability to han- dle that role to the mentorship of former Husky Donald Watts, who took Shelton under his wing when the latter arrived at UW as a freshman in Shelton’s father, Lonnie, was a member of the 1979 NBA Champion Seattle Supersonics, 1998. It should be no surprise that the two and his brother, L.J., is an offensive tackle for the Arizona Cardinals. shared an immediate bond — their fathers, Slick Watts and Lonnie Shelton, respectively, leadership, Shelton is the only remaining player leadership ability, and links to the past, and were teammates with the Seattle Supersonics in on the UW roster who has tasted postseason Shelton yearning to have his success measured the late 1970s. success, having been a freshman on the 1998- once again in wins and losses, not stages of “Donald instantly became like an older 99 UW team that finished 17-12, fourth in the rehabilitation. brother to me and really showed me how to Pac-10 conference, and battled Miami (OH) in On Nov. 24, 2002, Washington will host handle myself on the court, and how to lead by the NCAA Tournament. Montana State in the 2002-03 season opener. example,” Shelton says. “We have a lot of play- For the past 19 months, Washington basket- Husky fans will scream for the home team, but ers, though, who have stepped up and can be ball and Marlon Shelton have been yearning for for Marlon Shelton, the screaming is done; the looked to for leadership, which is nice to have.” each other: the Huskies yearning for Shelton to long wait is over. While other players may be able to help with bolster a young team with his inside presence, Let the games begin.

6 HUSKIES Gameday 2002-2003 PAC-10 CONFERENCE MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULES

Arizona California Oregon State UCLA Washington State Nov. 23 Western Kentucky Nov. 23 at New Mexico Nov. 23 Idaho Nov. 26 San Diego Dec. 4 at Idaho Nov. 27 Northern Arizona Nov. 26 Providence Nov. 26 Seattle University Nov. 30 vs. Duke Dec. 7 Gonzaga Dec. 3 Saint Louis Dec. 2 Cal Poly Dec. 8 Long Beach State Nov. 30 at Cleveland State Dec. 10 Montana Dec. 7 at San Diego State Dec. 3 Howard Dec. 7 at Portland Dec. 14 Portland Dec. 15 Texas Dec. 14 at Colorado State Dec. 7 vs. Georgia Dec. 14 Sacramento State Dec. 18 TBA Dec. 21 at Louisiana State Dec. 21 High Point Dec. 10 UC Santa Barbara Dec. 17 Portland State Dec. 21 at Kansas Dec. 20 at Oregon State Dec. 23 Fresno State Dec. 20-21 Golden Bear Classic Dec. 20 at Ipu Ft. Wayne Dec. 28 Michigan Dec. 22 at Oregon Dec. 28 vs. Kansas Dec. 22 at Kansas State Jan. 2 at Washington Jan. 2 USC Dec. 28-30 Fiesta Bowl Classic Dec. 28 Coppin State Jan. 4 at Washington State Jan. 4 Stanford Jan. 4 UCLA Jan. 2 at Oregon Jan. 2 Arizona State Jan. 9 USC Jan. 9 Oregon Jan. 9 at Arizona Jan. 4 at Oregon State Jan. 4 Arizona Jan. 11 St. Johns Jan. 11 Oregon State Jan. 11 at Arizona State Jan. 9 Washington State Jan. 9 at Stanford Jan. 16 Arizona State Jan. 16 at Washington Jan. 11 Washington Jan. 11 at California Jan. 18 Arizona Jan. 16 Stanford Jan. 18 at Washington State Jan. 16 at USC Jan. 18 at Oregon Jan. 23 at Stanford Jan. 18 California Jan. 18 at UCLA Jan. 23 USC Jan. 23 Washington Jan. 25 at California Jan. 23 at Oregon State Jan. 22 Arizona State Jan. 25 UCLA Jan. 25 Washington State Jan. 30 Oregon Jan. 25 at Kansas Jan. 25 at Oregon Jan. 30 at Arizona Jan. 30 at UCLA Feb. 1 Oregon State Jan. 30 California Feb. 1 at Washington Feb. 1 at Arizona State Feb. 1 at USC Feb. 5 at USC Feb. 1 Stanford Feb. 6 Arizona State Feb. 6 at Oregon State Feb. 6 California Feb. 8 at Georgetown Feb. 6 at Washington Feb. 8 at Oregon Feb. 8 Stanford Feb. 13 at Arizona Feb. 8 Arizona Feb. 8 at Washington State Feb. 13 Washington State Feb. 15 Oregon Feb. 15 at Arizona State Feb. 13 at California Feb. 13 UCLA Feb. 15 Washington Feb. 20 at Washington Feb. 20 California Feb. 15 at Stanford Feb. 15 USC Feb. 20 at UCLA Feb. 22 at Washington State Feb. 22 Stanford Feb. 22 at Arizona State Feb. 20 Oregon Feb. 22 at USC Feb. 27 UCLA Feb. 27 at Oregon State Feb. 27 at Stanford Feb. 22 Washington Feb. 27 Arizona State Mar. 1 USC Mar. 1 at Oregon Mar. 1 at California Mar. 6 at UCLA Mar. 1 Arizona Mar. 6 at Arizona Mar. 6 Washington State Mar. 6 Oregon State Mar. 8 at USC Mar. 8 Oregon Mar. 8 at Stanford Mar. 8 at Arizona State Mar. 8 Washington Mar. 13-15 Pac-10 Tournament Mar. 13-15 Pac-10 Tournament Mar. 13-15 Pac-10 Tournament Mar. 13-15 Pac-10 Tournament Mar. 13-15 Pac-10 Tournament

Arizona State Oregon Stanford USC Washington Nov. 22 Morehead State Nov. 30 Pacific Nov. 18-29 Pre-Season NIT Nov. 22 UC Riverside Nov. 12 Central Washington Nov. 25-27 Maui Invitational Dec. 4 Portland Nov. 24 Rice Nov. 26 at Rhode Island Nov. 18 Athletes in Action Nov. 30 Lafayette Dec. 7 Kansas Dec. 14 St. Mary’s College Nov. 30 Morris Brown Nov. 24 Montana State Dec. 4 Brigham Young Dec. 14 at Pepperdine Dec. 16-17 Stanford Invitational Dec. 3 at UC Santa Barbara Nov. 30 at UNLV Dec. 7 at Utah Dec. 17 at North Carolina St. Dec. 19 UC-Irvine Dec. 7 vs. Missouri Dec. 2 at Gonzaga Dec. 5 Wyoming Dec. 10 Nevada Dec. 20 Florida A&M Dec. 21 vs. UNLV Dec. 21 LaSalle Dec. 7 at Santa Clara Dec. 21 vs. Purdue Dec. 22 Minnesota Dec. 28 vs. Gonzaga Jan. 2 at Washington State Dec. 14 Eastern Washington Dec. 27-28 ASU Hooops Classic Dec. 28 UC Riverside Dec. 30 Yale Jan. 4 at Washington Dec. 21 Florida International Jan. 2 at Oregon State Jan. 2 Arizona Jan. 4 at California Jan. 9 at UCLA Dec. 23 Houston Jan. 4 at Oregon Jan. 4 Arizona State Jan. 9 Oregon State Jan. 11 Pennsylvania Dec. 28 Cal State Northridge Jan. 9 Washington Jan. 9 at California Jan. 11 Oregon Jan. 16 Arizona Jan. 2 UCLA Jan. 11 Washington State Jan. 11 at Stanford Jan. 16 at Washington State Jan. 18 Arizona State Jan. 4 USC Jan. 16 at UCLA Jan. 15 at Portland State Jan. 18 at Washington Jan. 23 at California Jan. 9 at Arizona State Jan. 11 at Arizona Jan. 18 at USC Jan. 18 Oregon State Jan. 23 UCLA Jan. 25 at Stanford Jan. 16 California Jan. 22 at Arizona Jan. 23 Washington Jan. 25 USC Jan. 30 Oregon State Jan. 18 Stanford Jan. 30 Stanford Jan. 25 Washington State Jan. 30 at Arizona State Feb. 1 Oregon Jan. 30 at UCLA Jan. 23 at Oregon Feb. 1 California Feb. 1 at Arizona Feb. 5 UCLA Jan. 25 at Oregon State Feb. 2 at USC Feb. 6 at Washington State Feb. 6 at Oregon Feb. 9 at UNLV Jan. 31 Washington State Feb. 6 Stanford Feb. 8 at Washington Feb. 8 at Oregon State Feb. 13 at Arizona State Feb. 6 Arizona Feb. 8 California Feb. 13 USC Feb. 13 Washington Feb. 15 at Arizona Feb. 8 Arizona State Feb. 15 at Oregon State Feb. 15 UCLA Feb. 15 Washington State Feb. 20 Stanford Feb. 13 at Stanford Feb. 20 at Washington State Feb. 15 at California Feb. 22 Arizona Feb. 20 at USC Feb. 22 California Feb. 22 at Washington Feb. 20 Oregon State Feb. 27 at California Feb. 27 USC Feb. 22 at UCLA Feb. 27 at Oregon Feb. 22 Oregon Mar. 1 at Stanford Mar. 1 UCLA Feb. 27 Arizona Mar. 1 at Oregon State Mar. 1 at Washington State Mar. 6 Oregon Mar. 6 at Arizona State Mar. 1 Arizona State Mar. 6 Washington Mar. 6 at USC Mar. 8 Oregon State Mar. 8 at Arizona Mar. 8 California Mar. 8 Washington State Mar. 8 at UCLA Mar. 13-15 Pac-10 Tournament Mar.13-15 Pac-10 Tournament Mar. 13-15 Pac-10 Tournament Mar. 13-15 Pac-10 Tournament Mar. 13-15 Pac-10 Tournament HUSKIES Gameday 5 12 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON STUDENT-ATHLETES WILL BE CHOSEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENT, ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AND EXEMPLARY COMMUNITY SERVICE. Academic All-Star Kate Bradshaw, Cross-Country Class: Senior Major: Psychology GPA: 3.25 Accomplishments Two-time Academic All-Pac-10 honorable mention selection Earned the Pac-10 title in the 10,000 meters as a true freshman in 2000 Won the 2001 Emerald City Invitational at Woodland Park Placed 13th at the 2002 Pac-10 cross-country meet, helping Washington to a third-place finish Ranks third all-time at UW indoors in the 5,000m with a personal-best time of 16:57.56 Competed with the U.S. Junior National Team at the 2000 World Junior Cross-Country Championships in Portugal

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Thoughout the academic year, 12 student-athletes will be selected by the University of Washington Athletic Department and its coaches. All student- athletes active in league sports with a grade point average of 3.0 or greater are eligible for consideration.

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HUSKY PROFILE / KELLIE DALAN

by Theresa Ripp

ans of Washington women’s basketball may not recognize the name “Kellie Dalan” in the pro- gram, but they certainly know the player who wears her jersey. Over the past three seasons, for- ward Kellie O’Neill has established herself as a reliable inside presence for the Dawgs. This past summer, though, O’Neill established herself under a new name after marrying longtime boyfriend Garrett Dalan. “My husband has brought such balance into my life,” Dalan says, “and has made me realize that basketball is not everything. He has helped me separate my basketball life and my personal life.” Garrett and Kellie were married on August 16 at Holy Rosary Church in Edmonds, and spent their honeymoon in the Florida Keys. Dalan’s teammates Loree Payne and Sarah Keeler were bridesmaids, while her younger sister and Huskies’ sophomore guard, Kristen, was the maid of honor. “It was a real Husky family chemistry on the court. Dalan christened atmosphere,” Dalan says. “We met “Kristen and I have always been gym rats,” Dalan says. Bank of America when I was a freshman. He was “If there was a favorite place for us to play growing up, it Arena with a 27- Kellie Dalan good friends with some of the bas- would have to be our backyard. It was low-key and we point output in the ketball players of the junior class would just have a good time.” Huskies’ 2000-01 that year and they introduced us at a gathering.” While the one-on-one matchups with Kristen may have season opener Garrett graduated two years ago from Washington with been low-key, Dalan has come to develop an aggressive against top-ranked a fisheries degree and is currently a biologist. While the style of play that has served her well in high school and UConn. name Dalan may be unfamiliar to fans of women’s basket- college. ball, Washington’s football supporters will recognize it “Colleen Brown, the assistant coach on my seventh immediately — Garrett’s older brother, Aaron, was a grade Select team, taught me to be a physical player,” standout offensive lineman for Washington from 1995 to Dalan says, “while Karen Blair, my high school coach, 1998. helped me develop to get to this level of competition.” Long before Kellie fell in love with Garrett, it was bas- A standout player for Meadowdale High School, Dalan ketball that captured her heart. Kellie began playing for a was a four-year varsity starter and led the team to a team coached by her father, Richard, when she was in the record of 100-10, including four appearances in the state second grade at St. Pius School in Mountlake Terrace. tournament. During her senior year, Meadowdale went “It just gave us something to do,” Dalan says. “We’ve 25-2 and were the runners-up at the 3A state champi- always had a hoop at our house and would always shoot onship. baskets with our Dad. It just seemed like fun to be a part Such outstanding performances gave Dalan plenty of of the team.” options when it came time to choose a college. The It’s no coincidence that the O’Neill sisters display Continued on page 12

10 HUSKIES Gameday KELLIE DALAN Continued from page 10 choice, however, was not a difficult one. “I’ve always been such a hometown girl,” Dalan says. “I love my family and it would have been difficult to go far away. I’ve had such a great fan base that has been following me since high school. This is a great university.” Dalan has improved in every season with the Huskies. Last year, she played in all 31 games, reached double figure scoring 12 times, and shot 43 percent from three-point range. “This year is my last shot,” Dalan says. “I want to do whatever I can to help the team get farther than we did two years ago. I know the system and what the coaches are expecting from us. I will use my experience to execute to the best of my ability.” While the team has set long-term goals of a Pac-10 title and advancing further than ever before at the NCAA Tournament, Dalan says that only by accomplishing smaller goals consistent- ly can the Huskies play at the level of which they are capable. “We are more focused on the everyday chal- lenges of constantly improving and staying con- sistent,” Dalan says. “If we stick to these goals and do everything better every day, we will be a dangerous team.” Dalan says that the most important part of a successful basketball team is the relationships that are formed between teammates. The rela- tionship between Dalan and her sister, Kristen, has only become stronger since they have both become Huskies. “Playing with Kristen in college has been so much more than I expected,” Dalan says. “She has really matured in her understanding of the game. We can go through a tough practice and give each other a hard time, but then turn around and are able to talk about anything. Our friendship has been enhanced so much more because we both have an understanding of what the coaches are thinking.” Dalan is an English major at Washington, and has entertained the idea of teaching after One of the Huskies’ most reliable players off the bench, Dalan has averaged 7.3 points college. However, she is putting any future and 4.4 rebounds per game in her three-year career. plans on hold until her final season of basket- America Arena. have. They need to have other things to fall ball is complete. The words of former “The tradition here is amazing,” Dalan says. back on.” Washington basketball star Megan Franza echo “There is so much purple and gold pride. Husky fans will soon recognize Dalan as the in Dalan’s mind on a daily basis. There are so many people who watch us who charming and hard-working player they have “The summer after Megan had graduated, I have been following the women’s basketball known the past three years. One fan who will was having a tough time getting motivated,” team since it first started. Washington is such a not need to be reminded of her name change is Dalan says. “Practice was just not going well. powerhouse. It is really awesome to play here her youngest brother, Roger. Roger is twelve Megan told me that I would never remember and I will be proud to have been a part of this and a sixth-grader at Holy Rosary School in this practice or the one the next day, but that for the rest of my life.” Edmonds. I’ll always remember my teammates. We have to Dalan, however, also understands the pres- “He and my younger cousins have always go through the hard times to get to the better sure that is put on young girls to dedicate them- been huge fans and come all of our games,” times and my teammates are there to go selves to one sport at such a young age. Dalan says. through all of it with me.” “I just hope all of these young girls play if it Roger keeps minute-by-minute statistics of Dalan and her teammates love the support makes them happy,” Dalan says. “If they make his older sisters, Kellie and Kristen, during the they receive from the fans, especially the young the decision by their freshman year in high games. While his stat sheet may show two dif- girls who scream and cheer, and whose eyes school to commit themselves to basketball, that ferent last names this season, Kellie is sure to widen under the bright lights of Bank of is great, but there is a balance they need to execute until the last shot. 12 HUSKIES Gameday THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON A Proud Tradition of Academic Excellence ounded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the foremost institutions of higher education in the nation, richly combining its Fresearch, instructional and public service missions. Its internationally acclaimed faculty includes five Nobel Laureates and the winner of the 1990 National Book Award for Fiction. Washington is part of an elite group of research universities whose contributions to American life are unique because they generate the basic knowledge upon which practical innovations are based. The UW student body on the Seattle campus totals about 37,000, with an undergraduate enrollment of approximately 26,800. The UW also has campuses in Bothell and Tacoma, designed primarily for upper division (junior and senior) undergraduates and master’s level graduate programs. Total enrollment at these campuses is about 3,600. For more than 30 years, the university has been among the country’s top five institutions in the dollar value of federal research grants and con- tracts awarded to its faculty. In 2000, the most recent year for which that data has been collected, the UW ranked second. Total grant and contract activity for 2001 exceeded $700 million. More than 80 percent of the uni- versity’s grant and contract funds come from federal agencies. Research contributes directly to the educational goals of graduate and professional students, as well as to those of undergraduates. Instruction and research at Washington are supported by a library sys- tem that is one of the most extensive in the nation, consisting of five major units and 18 branches, as well as libraries at UW Tacoma and UW Bothell, together housing more than five million volumes. In addition to offering instruction in more than 100 academic disciplines, the university offers a spectrum of continuing education courses that advance technical and pro- fessional skills and provide opportunities for personal growth and enrich- ment. Washington has 17 major schools and colleges: Architecture and Urban Planning, Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Dentistry, Education, Engineering, Forest Resources, The Graduate School, The Information School, Law, Medicine, Nursing, Ocean and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Public Affairs, Public Health and Community Medicine, and Social Work. The magnificent architecture of the Washington campus is replete About 90 percent of the University’s undergraduate students are state with fountains, flowers and greenery. residents, although instructional programs draw students from every region of the country and overseas. school graduating classes. In 2001, the average incoming freshman boast- Most freshmen entering Washington are in the top third of their high ed a 3.63 high school grade point average and an 1,159 SAT score. Beyond its academic and service missions, the UW has a strong eco- nomic impact on Washington and the Pacific Northwest. With about 20,000 employees, Washington is the second- largest employer in King County. Washington operates the University of Washington Medical Center and Harborview Medical Center, which annually provide more than 200,000 days of patient care and record more than 300,000 visits to their outpatient clinics. Washington also plays a critical role in attracting new busi- ness to the region. It provides these, and established business- es, with a steady stream of well-educated graduates and with highly skilled faculty members who assist business and indus- try in a variety of ways. The University of Washington in Seattle is located on 703 acres in the city’s northeast residential area, a beautiful setting on the shore of Lake Washington and Portage Bay. The majes- tic Cascade Mountains can be seen to the east and the Olympics loom to the west, while the western view includes downtown Seattle and Lake Union. The combination of this Cherry trees literally burst with blossoms in the spring, turning areas of the spectacular setting with buildings in both neo-Gothic and campus a vivid pink. modern styles gives the campus a distinctive aura.

14 HUSKIES Gameday INTERIM UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT LEE L. HUNTSMAN

ee L. Huntsman was appointed grams. The provost serves as deputy laboratory’s research, which received continuous interim president of the UW on to the UW president and provides funding from the National Institutes of Health, LNov. 4, 2002. advice and assistance to the president, applied principles of engineering to biology and Huntsman has served as UW the deans and the faculty in these mat- medicine in the measurement and regulation of provost and vice president for acade- ters. the cardiovascular system. mic affairs since March 1997. As the Huntsman, who joined the UW fac- He received a bachelor of science degree in University’s chief academic and bud- ulty in 1968, holds the faculty electrical engineering from Stanford University in getary officer, he has provided leader- appointment of professor of bioengi- ship in educational and curriculum neering. He served as director of the 1963 and a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering development, formulation and alloca- Center for Bioengineering (now from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968. tion of capital and operating budgets, academic Department of Bioengineering) from 1980 to Huntsman is a fellow of the American and administrative personnel matters, allocation 1996. He also served as associate dean for scien- Association for the Advancement of Science and of space, long-range strategic planning, and tific affairs in the School of Medicine from 1993 the American Institute of Medical and Biological management of the University’s research pro- to 1996, when he became acting provost. His Engineering.

DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS BARBARA HEDGES

hen it comes to recognition, best collegiate venues on the West Coast. Over the past six years the Husky women’s crew Washington athletic director The Arena’s expanded lockerrooms, team has won at least one NCAA event title and cap- WBarbara Hedges would prefer training room, equipment room and new tured back-to-back team titles in 1997 and 1998, that the spotlight fall on Husky student- breakout meeting rooms benefit the and again in 2001. During the past decade the athletes. Still, it is hard not to acknowl- entire athletic department. Husky softball team has proven to be the single-best edge her accomplishments. The Arena is also home to numerous athletic team in a town that features professional Hedges has built the Husky athletic community events including high school teams in baseball, football, men’s basketball and program into one of the most successful championship tournaments and gradua- women’s basketball, reaching the College World in the nation in a variety of ways. tion ceremonies. Series five of the last eight years. During the past decade, Washington’s The project also provided a home In 2000-01, five Husky squads — men’s and athletic teams have enjoyed unprecedented success. for the new $1 million Husky Hall of Fame that women’s soccer, football, women’s basketball and The Husky program is also recognized as a leader opened in the fall of 2002. For the first time ever, women’s crew — won Pac-10 Conference titles, in gender equity, community service and outreach Husky fans and campus visitors have the opportuni- and nine of the 23 Husky teams earned final rank- programs and Student-Athlete Support Services. ty to relive Washington’s rich athletic tradition with ings in the top-15 nationally in their respective Most recently, Hedges has focused on improving an exhibit room dedicated to documenting over 100 sports. Washington’s athletic facilities by more than $100 years of achievements. The Hall of Fame spans the Under Hedges’ direction the Husky golf, base- million. entire length of the west end of Bank of America ball and tennis programs have emerged on the Her hard work has not gone unnoticed by her Arena. national scene. Men’s soccer, women’s rowing and peers. In 1999-2000 Hedges was named the During September of 2001 Washington opened softball have all been ranked No. 1 in the nation NACDA/Continental Airlines Athletic Director of the the $29 million Dempsey Indoor multi-purpose during the past few years. Year for the NCAA Division I West Region. She was practice facility. With over 100,000 square feet of Hedges’ efforts in gender equity have made presented the Honda Award of Merit and the competition space, Washington’s student-athletes Washington one of the national leaders in providing Seattle/King County Sports and Events Council have the nation’s finest multi-purpose practice set- equal opportunities for both male and female stu- named her their MVP of the Year award winner. ting for year-round training purposes. dent-athletes. In December of 1997, The Chronicle There is a chalkboard in Hedges’ office filled In 2000, Hedges’ relationship with the NFL’s with inspirational messages, quotations and Seattle Seahawks resulted in a $1 million gift of Higher Education cited Washington as “the only philosophies provided by her staff and visitors. One towards the installation of a FieldTurf playing sur- Division I-A institution with an undergraduate of her passages reads, “Hope is not a strategy.” It is face in Husky Stadium. Washington became just the enrollment that was at least 50 percent female to very appropriate. The successes for Washington’s second major college football program in the have achieved substantial proportionality in both athletic programs during Hedges’ tenure that have nation to play on the surface that has won rave scholarships and participation.” earned her so many acknowledgements have been reviews from players on both the collegiate and More important than just championships, under forged in hard work, planning and a commitment professional levels. Hedges’ guidance Washington has become one of to excellence, not just wishful thinking. In 2001 Washington added a new FieldTurf the national leaders in participation for student-ath- The past few years are dramatic proof that practice field on the east end of Husky Stadium. letes and compliance. Last season over 650 student- Hedges’ approach to building Washington’s overall Still to come are stadium projects for the new athletes competed for Husky teams — the most in athletic program into one of the best in the country soccer and baseball fields and a renovation of the the Pac-10. have been successful. Many of those successes have Conibear Shellhouse. Hedges received her bachelor’s degree in physi- not been measured in wins and losses. It seems like Hedges’ workload is never ending, cal education from Arizona State University in 1963 Washington is currently in the second phase of but that is a reflection of her commitment to mak- where she was honored as the University’s outstand- its highly-successful “Campaign for the Student- ing the Washington program one of the best in the ing physical education major while also being Athlete” that has helped to generate several major nation. The results have been proven on the field of named to Who’s Who in American Colleges and capital improvements on the Montlake Campus. In competition. Universities. She received her master’s from the November of 2000 the newly renovated Bank of In just her first year on the job, in 1991, the University of Arizona in 1971. America Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion opened Husky football team posted a perfect 12-0 season Hedges was born August 23, 1937, in Glendale, to rave reviews. The facility also provides the Husky by defeating Michigan in the Rose Bowl and win- Arizona. She and her husband, John, have two volleyball and women’s gymnastics teams one of the ning the national championship. grown children, Mark and Gregg. 16 HUSKIES Gameday 2002-03 HUSKY OLYMPIC SPORTS SCHEDULES

2003 SOFTBALL SCHEDULE 2002-2003 MEN’S & WOMEN’S CREW SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME LOCATION DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME LOCATION Thur-Sun Feb 6-9 Chevron Paradise Classic TBA Honolulu, HI Sat-Sun Oct 19-20 Head of the Charles 9:00 am (ET) Boston, MA-Charles River Fri-Sun Feb 14-16 Pepsi Arizona Classic TBA Tucson, AZ Sat Nov 2 Portland Loop 8:00 am Portland, OR-Willamette River Fri-Sun Feb 21-23 NFCA Leadoff Classic TBA Columbus, GA Sat Nov 9 Pair Head 8:00 am Seattle, WA-Lake Washington Thur Sun Feb 27-Mar 2 Worth Invitational TBA Fullerton, CA Sun Nov 10 Head of the Lake 8:00 am Seattle, WA-Lake Washington Thur-Sun Mar 6-9 Speedline Tourney TBA Plant City, FL Sat Mar 29 Class Day Regatta 10:00 am Seattle, WA-Montlake Cut Thur-Sun Mar 13-16 Kia Classic TBA Fullerton, CA Sat Apr 5 Husky Invitational 7:00 am Seattle, WA-Montlake Cut Fri-Sun Mar 21-23 Capital Classic TBA Sacramento, CA Sat-Sun Apr 5-6 Crew Classic 7:00 am San Diego, CA-Mission Bay Fri Mar 28 California 2:00 pm Berkeley, CA Sat Apr 12 WSU 2:00 pm Pullman, WA-Snake River Sat Apr 19 Wisconsin 10:00 am Madison, WI-Lake Mendota Sat Mar 29 Stanford 7:00 pm Stanford, CA Sat Apr 26 CAL 9:00 am Seattle, WA-Montlake Cut Sun Mar 30 Stanford 1:00 pm Stanford, CA Sat May 3 Windermere Cup/Opening Day 10:00 am Seattle, WA-Montlake Cut Fri Apr 4 Arizona 2:00 pm Seattle, WA Sat May 10 Oregon State 9:00 am Seattle, WA-Montlake Cut Sat Apr 5 ASU 2:00 pm Seattle, WA Sun May 18 Pac-10 Championship 7:00 am Sacramento, CA-Lake Natoma Sun Apr 6 ASU 1:00 pm Seattle, WA Thu-Sat May 29-31 Intercollegiate Rowing Champ 8:00am (ET) Camden, NJ-Cooper River Thur Apr 10 Portland State (DH) 3:00 pm Portland, OR Fri-Sun May30-Jun 1 NCAA Championship 8:00am (CT) Indianapolis, IN-Eagle Creek Fri Apr 11 Oregon 2:00 pm Eugene, OR Home events in bold. Start times local to site. Schedule subject to change Sat Apr 12 OSU 2:00 pm Corvallis, OR Sun Apr 13 OSU 1:00 pm Corvallis, OR Fri Apr 18 UCLA 2:00 pm Los Angeles, CA 2003 BASEBALL SCHEDULE Sat Apr 19 UCLA 2:00 pm Los Angeles, CA DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME LOCATION Tue Apr 22 Western Washington (DH) 1:00 pm Seattle, WA Fri-Sun Feb 7-9 Pepperdine Tournament TBA Malibu, CA Fri Apr 25 Stanford 2:00 pm Seattle, WA Fri Feb 14 Loyola Marymount TBA Los Angeles, CA Sat Feb 15 Loyola Marymount TBA Los Angeles, CA Sat Apr 26 CAL 2:00 pm Seattle, WA Sun Feb 16 Loyola Marymount TBA Los Angeles, CA Sun Apr 27 CAL 2:00 pm Seattle, WA Fri Feb 21 Gonzaga 6:30 pm Seattle, WA Wed Apr 30 UCLA 2:00 pm Seattle, WA Sat Feb 22 Gonzaga 1:00 pm Seattle, WA Fri May 2 OSU 2:00 pm Seattle, WA Sun Feb 23 Gonzaga 1:00 pm Seattle, WA Sat May 3 Oregon 2:00 pm Seattle, WA Fri-Sun Feb 28-Mar 2 Lancaster Tournament TBA Lancaster, CA Sun May 4 Oregon 2:00 pm Seattle, WA Fri Mar 7 WSU 6:30 pm Seattle, WA Fri May 9 ASU 7:00 pm Tempe, AZ Sat Mar 8 WSU 1:00 pm Seattle, WA Sat May 10 Arizona/DH 6:00 pm Tucson, AZ Sun Mar 9 WSU 1:00 pm Seattle, WA Thur-Sun May 15-18 NCAA Regionals TBA TBA Tue Mar 11 OSU TBA Corvallis, OR Thur-Mon May 22-26 College World Series TBA Oklahoma City, OK Wed Mar 12 OSU TBA Corvallis, OR Home events in bold. Schedule subject to change. Game times local to site. Fri Mar 14 Cal State Northridge 6:30 pm Seattle, WA Sat Mar 15 Cal State Northridge 1:00 pm Seattle, WA 2003 WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS SCHEDULE Sun Mar 16 Cal State Northridge 1:00 pm Seattle, WA Fri Mar 21 UC Irvine TBA Irvine, CA DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME LOCATION Sat Mar 22 UC Irvine TBA Irvine, CA Fri Jan 10 Seattle Pacific 7:00 pm Brougham Pavilion – Seattle, WA Sun Mar 23 UC Irvine TBA Irvine, CA Fri Jan 17 ASU 7:30 pm (MT) Wells Fargo Arena – Tempe, AZ Tue Mar 25 University of Portland 2:00 pm Portland, OR Fri Jan 24 Arizona/San Jose State7:00 pm Bank of America Arena – Seattle, WA Wed Mar 26 University of Portland 2:00 pm Portland, OR Fri Jan 31 Florida 7:00 pm (ET) Connolly Center – Gainesville, FL Fri Mar 28 Stanford TBA Palo Alto, CA Fri Feb 7 Seattle Pacific 7:00 pm Brougham Pavilion – Seattle, WA Sat Mar 29 Stanford TBA Palo Alto, CA Fri Feb 9 UCLA 2:00 pm Wooden Center – Los Angeles, CA Sun Mar 30 Stanford TBA Palo Alto, CA Fri Feb 14 Stanford 7:00 pm Bank of America Arena - Seattle, WA Fri Apr 4 OSU 6:30 pm Seattle, WA Fri Feb 21 CAL/Denver/Sac State 7:30 pm Haas Pavilion – Berkeley, CA Sat Apr 5 OSU 1:00 pm Seattle, WA Fri Feb 28 OSU/Boise St/Sac State7:00 pm Bank of America Arena - Seattle, WA Sun Apr 6 OSU 1:00 pm Seattle, WA Fri Mar 7 Utah 7:00 pm (MT) Huntsman Center – Salt Lake City, UT Tue Apr 8 Albertsons College 6:30 pm Seattle, WA Fri Mar 14 Boise State 7:00 pm (MT) Bronco Pavilion – Boise, ID Fri Apr 11 Arizona TBA Tucson, AZ Fri Mar 21 Cal St Fullerton/SPU 7:00 pm Bank of America Arena – Seattle, WA Sat Apr 12 Arizona TBA Tucson, AZ Sat Mar 29 Pac-10 Championship 6:00 pm Pauley Pavilion – Los Angeles, CA Sun Apr 13 Arizona TBA Tucson, AZ Sat Apr 12 NCAA Regionals 6:00 pm Bank of America Arena – Seattle, WA Tue Apr 15 Univ. of British Columbia (Exhibit.) 6:30 pm Seattle, WA Thur Apr 24 NCAA Nationals Prelims 2:00/7:00 pm (CT) Bob Devaney Sports Ctr – Lincoln, NE Mon Apr 21 Univ. of Hawaii-Hilo (DH) 2:30/6:30 pm Seattle, WA Fri Apr 25 NCAA “Super Six” Finals 7:00 pm (CT) Bob Devaney Sports Ctr – Lincoln, NE Tue Apr 22 Univ. of Hawaii-Hilo 6:30 pm Seattle, WA Fri Apr 25 California 6:30 pm Seattle, WA Sat Apr 26 NCAA Natls - Ind Finals 7:00 pm (CT) Bob Devaney Sports Ctr – Lincoln, NE Sat Apr 26 California 1:00 pm Seattle, WA Home events in bold. Meet times are local to site. Schedule subject to change. Sun Apr 27 California 1:00 pm Seattle, WA Tue Apr 29 Lewis-Clark State College 6:30 pm Seattle, WA 2002-2003 MEN’S GOLF SCHEDULE Fri May 2 WSU TBA Pullman, WA DAY DATE EVENT HOST LOCATION Sat May 3 WSU TBA Pullman, WA Mon-Tue Oct 7-8 Ping/Golfweek Preview OK State Stillwater, OK-Karsten Creek Sun May 4 WSU TBA Pullman, WA Mon-Tue Oct 14-15 Alister Mackenzie Inv Fairfax, CA-Meadow Club Tue May 6 University of Portland 6:30 pm Seattle, WA Thur-Sat Oct 24-26 The Nelson at Stanford Stanford Palo Alto, CA-Stanford GC Wed May 7 University of Portland 4:00 pm Seattle, WA Mon-Tue Nov 4-5 The Prestige at Palm Desert, UC Davis Palm Desert, CA-Desert Willow Fri May 9 UCLA TBA Los Angeles, CA Sat May 10 UCLA TBA Los Angeles, CA Fri-Sun Nov 8-10 Collegiate Match Play Champ, Myrtle Beach, SC-Barefoot Resort Sun May 11 UCLA TBA Los Angeles, CA Thur-Sat Feb (TBA) Taylor Made/Waikoloa InvUH Hilo, Hilo, HI-Waikoloa Beach & Kings Fri May 16 ASU 6:30 pm Seattle, WA Mon-Tue Mar 3-4 Southwestern Intercollegiate USC Westlake, CA-North Ranch CC Sat May 17 ASU 1:00 pm Seattle, WA Sat-Sun Mar 22-23 Oregon Duck Oregon Eugene, OR-Eugene CC Sun May 18 ASU 1:00 pm Seattle, WA Mon-Tue Mar 31-Apr 1, US Intercollegiate Arizona Tucson, AZ-Tucson National GC Fri May 23 USC 6:30 pm Seattle, WA Mon-Tue Apr 7-8 Western Intercollegiate SJSU Santa Cruz-CA-Pasatiempo Sat May 24 USC 1:00 pm Seattle, WA Thur-Sat Apr 24-26 Pac-10 Championships UCLA Los Angeles, CA Sun May 25 USC 1:00 pm Seattle, WA Thur-Sat May 15-17 NCAA West Regionals UW Auburn, WA-Washington Natl GC Fri-Sun May 30-June 1 NCAA Regionals TBA TBA Wed-Sat May 28-31 NCAA Championships OK State Stillwater, OK-Karsten Creek Fri-Sun June 6-8 NCAA Super-Regionals TBA TBA Home events in bold. Schedule subject to change Fri-Mon June 13-23 NCAA College World Series TBA Omaha, NE Home games in bold *Pepperdine Tourn. – 2/7 vs Pepperdine 2pm, 2/8 vs UCSB 10:30am. 2/9 vs Houston 10:30am MORE SCHEDULES ON PAGE 26 Game times local to site Schedule subject to change 18 HUSKIES Gameday BANK OF AMERICA ARENA

In November 2000, after a 19-month restoration, Hec Edmundson Pavilion reopened as Bank of America Arena. The New Home Court of the Huskies enerable Hec Edmundson Pavilion housed ketball, volleyball and gymnastics teams, the Husky basketball for 72 consecutive sea- Bank of America Arena Facts Arena also houses the majority of UW’s locker sons before closing its doors during the Built: 1927 rooms, the men’s equipment room, the athletic V Dedicated: Dec. 27, 1927 spring of 1999. Since re-opening as Bank of Re-opened: Nov. 24, 2000 training offices, the facilities management America Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Original cost: $600,000 offices, the video services offices, the basketball November of 2001, after a 19-month renova- Dimensions: 240 feet x 385 feet coaches’ offices and the newly-opened Husky tion, the facility has earned rave reviews from Height: 66 feet Hall of Fame. Ground space: 130,000 sq. ft. (2 acres) players, coaches, and fans, and has seen its fair Capacity: 10,000 The renovation of the Arena prior to the share of thrilling outcomes. Architecture: Tudor Gothic 2000-01 season increased the seating capacity Over the past two seasons, the Husky from 7,900 to roughly 10,000, removed the women’s team has compiled an outstanding 24- saw Washington capture the 1951 Northern support pillars that blocked views from the 8 record in the Arena, including a 12-3 home Division title with a verdict over rival Arena’s upper levels, and opened the dramatic mark in 2001 that sparked the team to a share Washington State. The overall attendance west-facing windows which for so long were a of the Pac-10 championship and a run to the record is 12,961, set by the crowd for the semi- part of the Arena’s ambience. Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. The Husky finals of the 1957 state high school basketball The Bank of America Arena renovation is men have also had their share of memorable tournament. just one of many improvements to the moments in the Arena, including an upset of The Pavilion’s original architect, Carl Gould, Washington athletic complex as part of the 13th-ranked UCLA in 2001, and a win over declared upon its completion in 1927 that Campaign for the Student-Athlete. Since opening eventual NCAA quarterfinalist Oregon in 2002. “Madison Square Garden in New York City is last fall, Washington’s 29-million dollar indoor Entering 2002-03, Washington’s men have probably the only structure that can rival it in facility, Dempsey Indoor, has provided year- compiled an outstanding 757-278 all-time win- flexibility.” round practice facilities for football, baseball, loss record (.731) in the Pavilion, including Indeed, over the years the facility has played softball and soccer, and has established itself as perfect records in 1929 (10-0), 1951 (17-0), host to pregame and postgame football func- one of the premier indoor track and field com- 1953 (16-0) and 1984 (12-0). The Huskies’ tions, indoor track and field meets, summer petition venues in the nation. 757 victories at Bank of America Arena are sport camps, graduation ceremonies, commu- Along with the Bank of America Arena and more than any other team in the nation has nity book sales, craft shows, coaching clinics, Dempsey Indoor, funds raised during the cam- won in its current arena. NBA playoff games, NCAA Final Fours and even paign will help renovate the Conibear The UW single-game collegiate attendance Hollywood movies. Shellhouse and complete stadiums for the record was established when 12,242 spectators In addition to venues for Washington’s bas- recently-constructed baseball and soccer fields.

20 HUSKIES Gameday 24 HUSKIES Gameday 2002-03 HUSKY OLYMPIC SPORTS SCHEDULES

2002-2003 MEN’S & WOMEN’S SWIMMING SCHEDULE 2002-2003 WOMEN’S TENNIS SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME LOCATION DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME LOCATION Sat Oct 5 Oktoberfest 10:00 am Seattle, WA-UW Sat-Sun Oct 5-13 All-American Champs All Day Los Angeles, CA Sat Oct 12 Intrasquad 10:00 am Seattle, WA-UW Fri-Mon Oct 25-28 ITA Regionals All Day Stanford, CA Sat Oct 19 Pittsburgh 12:00 pm Seattle, WA-UW Thur-Sun Nov 7-10 National Indoors All Day Dallas, TX Fri-Sat Nov 1-2 Big West Shoot Out 2 pm/10 am Irvine, CA Fri-Sun Jan 17-19 Pac-10 Indoors All Day Seattle, WA Sat Nov 9 Southern California All-Stars TBA Seattle, WA-UW Fri Jan 24 Portland 1:30 pm Seattle, WA Fri Nov 22 WSU Women 7:00 pm Pullman, WA Sat Jan 25 Northwestern 11:00 am Seattle, WA Fri-Sun Dec 6-8 54th Annual Husky Invitational Sat Feb 1 Minnesota Inv vs Harvard 11:00 am (CT) Minneapolis, MN Fri-Sat Dec 6-7 Preliminaries - 9:30 am Finals - 6:00 pm Federal Way,WA Sun Feb 2 Minnesota Inv TBA Minneapolis, MN Sun Dec 8 Preliminaries - 9:30 am Finals- 5:00 pm Federal Way,WA Thur-Sun Feb 6-9 National Team Indoors All Day Madison, WI Sat Dec 28 TBA TBA TBA Sat Feb 22 Oregon 12:00 pm Eugene, OR Thur Jan 9 Air Force Men 6:00 pm (MT) Colorado Springs, CO Sat Mar 1 BYU 12:00 pm Pullman, WA Fri Jan 10 BYU Men 6:00 pm (MT) Provo, Utah Sun Mar 2 WSU 12:00 pm Pullman, WA Sat Jan 11 Utah 12:00 pm (MT) Salt Lake City, UT Fri Mar 7 SDSU 2:00 pm San Diego, CA Sat Jan 25 Hawaii 11:00 am (HT) Honolulu, HI Sat Mar 8 San Diego 12:00 pm San Diego, CA Sat Feb 8 OSU Women 11:00 am Seattle, WA-UW Fri Mar 14 Miami 1:30 pm Seattle, WA Thur-Sat Feb 27-Mar 1 Pac-10 Championships - Women Sat Mar 15 Oregon 12:00 pm Seattle, WA Preliminaries - 11:00 am Finals- 6:00 pm Federal Way, WA Sun Mar 23 Sacramento State 12:00 pm Sacramento, CA Thur-Sat Mar 6-8 Pac-10 Championships - Men Tue Mar 25 Fresno State 12:00 pm Sacramento, CA Preliminaries - 11:00 am Finals - 6:00 pm Long Beach, CA Thur Mar 27 Stanford 12:00 pm Stanford, CA Thur-Sat Mar 20-22 NCAA Championships - Women Fri Mar 28 California 12:00 pm Berkeley, WA Preliminaries - 11:00 am Finals - 7:00 pm (CT) Auburn, AL Fri Apr 4 Arizona 12:00 pm Seattle, WA Thur-Sat Mar 27-29 NCAA Championships - Men Sat Apr 5 ASU 12:00 pm Seattle, WA Preliminaries – TBA Finals- TBAAustin, TX Fri Apr 11 UCLA 12:00 pm Seattle, WA Tue-Sat Apr 1-5 US National Championships Sat Apr 12 USC 12:00 pm Seattle, WA Preliminaries – TBA Finals- TBA Indianapolis, IN Sat Apr 19 WSU 12:00 pm Seattle, WA Home events in bold. Thur-Sun Apr 24-27 PAC 10 Championships All Day Ojai, CA Start times local to site. Sat-Sun May 10-11 NCAA Regionals All Day TBA Schedule subject to change. Thur-Sun May 15-25 NCAA Championships All Day Gainesville, FL Home events in bold 2003 TRACK AND FIELD SCHEDULE Note: Home events from November through February will be played in the Lloyd Nordstrom Indoor Track Tennis Center. All others will be at the Bill Quillian Stadium, weather permitting Jan 18 Husky Indoor Preview Seattle, WA Additional Matches: Sun 1/26 10:00am - Northwestern vs Portland Feb 1 Husky Invitational Seattle, WA Sat 3/15 4:00 pm - Miami vs Portland Feb 15 University of Washington Invite Seattle, WA Start time are local to site. Schedule subject to change Feb 28 – Mar 1 Pac 10 Invitational Seattle, WA Mar 7 – 8 UW Last Chance Qualifier Seattle, WA 2002-2003 WOMEN’S GOLF SCHEDULE Mar 14 –15 NCAA Indoor Championships Fayetteville, AR DAY DATE OPPONENT HOST LOCATION Outdoor Track Thur-Sat Sept 26-28 New Mexico Invitational UNM Albuquerque, NM Mar 22 UW Outdoor Preview Seattle, WA Sun-Tue Oct 6-8 Edean Ilhanfeldt Invitational UW Tacoma, WA - Tacoma Mar 29 – 30 Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, CA Fri-Sun Oct 18-20 Stanford Intercollegiate Stanford Palo Alto, CA - Stanford Apr 12 University of Oregon Quad Eugene, OR Tue-Wed Feb 18-19 Bay Area Classic CAL/USF Vallejo, CA - Hiddenbrooke Apr 19 Mt. Sac Relays Walnut, CA Mon-Wed Feb 24-26 Arizona Invitational Arizona Tucson, AZ - Raven Apr 25 – 27 Drake Relays Des Moines, IA Tue-Wed Mar 4-5 Spartan Invitational San Jose St Monterey, CA - Corral de Tierra Apr 27 Oregon Invitational Eugene, OR Mon-Wed Mar 24-26 UCLA Invitational UCLA Santa Clarita, CA - Robinson Ranch May 2 Cardinal Qualifier Palo Alto, CA Fri-Sun Apr 4-6 ASU Invitational ASU Tempe, AZ - Karsten May 3 WSU Dual Seattle, WA Sun-Mon Apr 12-13 California Collegiate Stanford Palo Alto, CA - Stanford May 9 – 10 Pac 10 Multi-event Championships Los Angeles, CA Mon-Wed Apr 22-24 Pac-10 Championships OSU Corvallis, OR - Trysting Tree May 10 Pacific Northwest Championships Seattle, WA Thu-Sat May 8-10 NCAA West Regionals TBA TBA May 16 – 17 Pac 10 Championships Los Angeles, CA Tue-Fri May 20-23 NCAA Championships Purdue West Lafayette, IN - Purdue May 30 – 31 NCAA Championships – 1st Round TBA Home event in bold June 11 – 14 NCAA Championships – Finals Sacramento, CA Schedule subject to change June 20 – 22 USATF Jr. Championships TBA June 20 – 22 USATF Sr. Championships TBA MORE SCHEDULES ON PAGE 18 Home meets in bold.

Future Husky Football Schedules 2003 2004 2005 August 30 ...... at Ohio State September 4 ...... FRESNO STATE September 3 ...... at Air Force September 6 ...... BYE September 11 ...... BYE September 10 ...... CALIFORNIA September 13 ...... INDIANA September 18 ...... UCLA September 17 ...... IDAHO September 20 ...... IDAHO September 25 ...... at Notre Dame September 24 ...... NOTRE DAME September 27 ...... STANFORD October 2 ...... at Stanford October1 ...... at UCLA October 4 ...... at UCLA October 9 ...... SAN JOSE STATE October 8 ...... BYE October 11 ...... NEVADA October 16 ...... OREGON STATE October 15 ...... at Arizona State October 18 ...... at Oregon State October 23 ...... at USC October 22 ...... USC October 25 ...... USC October 30 ...... at Oregon October 29 ...... at Oregon November 1 ...... OREGON November 6 ...... ARIZONA November 5 ...... OREGON STATE November 8 ...... at Arizona November 13 ...... CALIFORNIA November 12 ...... at Arizona November 15 ...... at California November 20 ...... at Washington State November 19 ...... WASHINGTON STATE November 22 ...... WASHINGTON STATE

26 HUSKIES Gameday MEN’S HEAD BASKETBALL COACH LORENZO ROMAR

ashington men’s basketball coach Athletics Barbara Hedges exclaimed at the time of a 51-44 Lorenzo Romar was named to head his hiring. “Lorenzo is very highly regarded in the (.537) up the program at his alma mater on coaching profession and I think we are extremely record, April 3, 2002. A point guard for the lucky to have him back as a Husky.” including vic- Huskies’ 1978-79 and 1979-80 teams, A UW letterman from 1977-80, Romar com- tories over Lorenzo Romar Romar is the 18th head coach in Washington’s piled a 93-88 (.514) record in six seasons as a nine different 101-year history. He is the first African-American head coach. conference champions. His 51 wins rank No. 7 coach to lead the Washington basketball program. Washington is Romar’s third stint as a head among all-time SLU coaches and is the fourth- “We are excited to have Lorenzo come back college coach. During three-year tenures at best three-year total in the school’s history. to the University of Pepperdine (1997-1999) and Saint Louis (2000- Romar was named head men’s basketball Washington and 2002), he gained a reputation as a hard-working coach at Saint Louis on March 26, 1999. In his direct our coach admired by his peers for his integrity and inaugural season at the school, Romar guided the basketball dedication to his team. Billikens to a 19-14 record, including an upset of program,” “He is an outstanding coach,” legendary UCLA top-ranked Cincinnati. That was the third best Director of coach John Wooden remarked. “I see nothing debut season record in Saint Louis annals. but a bright future for Lorenzo.” His basketball lifetime has been marked by At both Pepperdine and Saint success at every level beginning with his playing Louis, Romar helped to return career from high school to the NBA through his programs to a competitive level. coaching career. He continued that success with a He led the Waves to a pair of sec- notable run of firsts in his initial season at Saint ond-place finishes in the Big Louis. West Conference and an NIT In directing the Billikens to the Conference invitation in 1999. During his USA Tournament title and an automatic invitation first season at Saint Louis, the to the NCAA Tournament, Romar became the first Billikens upset top-ranked Saint Louis coach to accomplish either feat in his Cincinnati in the second round debut season. The 1999-2000 season marked of the Conference USA tourna- many other notable firsts as well: ment and went on to win the • Romar became the first coach in SLU championship and the league’s history to lead the team into the NCAA automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament in his debut season. Championships. • Saint Louis won their first conference Twice during the past two sea- tournament championship in the sons Romar’s Saint Louis teams program’s history. defeated Washington. The • The Billikens became the first No. 9 seed Billikens handed the Huskies a to win the Conference USA Tournament. 69-61 defeat on Dec. 5, 2000 in • Saint Louis upset a No. 1 team, Cincinnati, Bank of America Arena at Hec for the first time since the 1951-52 season Edmundson Pavilion and beat when the Bills knocked off top-ranked Washington 71-70 on Dec. 29, 2001 in Kentucky. St. Louis. • The Billikens won the first Bud Light Seattle was the site of one of Romar’s great Showdown by knocking off intrastate rival coaching moments. As an assistant coach, he Missouri for the first time since the 1970- helped guide UCLA to an 89-78 triumph over 71 season. Arkansas in the Kingdome to win the 1995 NCAA After reaching the NCAA Tournament in his Championship and finish 31-2. Cameron Dollar, first season, expectations were high for Romar’s an assistant coach on Romar’s Saint Louis and 2000-01 squad. The team impressed with a 17- Washington staffs, was one of the stars for the 14 record, and became the first team in Bruins during that national title contest, replacing Conference USA history to defeat perennial power injured point guard Tyus Edney in the starting Cincinnati in back-to-back games. Romar also lineup. directed the Billikens to season sweeps of eventu- Romar built a reputation as one of the al conference champion Charlotte and rival nation’s top recruiters while an assistant at UCLA Louisville. That was the first time Saint Louis had (1992-1996) and was credited with recruiting swept the Cardinals in 35 years, dating back to much of the talent that formed the core of the 1965. Bruins’ title team. Riding the momentum from back-to-back In three years at Saint Louis, Romar compiled Continued on page 30 28 HUSKIES Gameday OACH ORENZO OMAR 23rd selection overall in the 2001 NBA Draft by C L R Houston and now plays for New Jersey. Continued from page 28 Prior to his stint at Pepperdine, Romar was successful seasons, the 2001-02 Saint Louis the top assistant under Jim Harrick at UCLA from squad faced a tough schedule that included 14 1992-1996. There he recruited such talent as games against teams that earned postseason invi- Toby Bailey, Cameron Dollar, J.R. Henderson, Kris tations in 2002. The Billikens finished with a 15- Johnson, Jelani McCoy and Charles O’Bannon. 16 overall record, but lost seven games by five That recruiting bonanza helped lead the points or less, including a two-point loss to NCAA Bruins to back-to-back Pac-10 championships in Elite Eight competitor Missouri and a four-point 1995 and 1996. UCLA registered a 31-2 record in heartbreaker to Cincinnati, which later earned a 1995 and won the national championship with an No. 1 seed in the 2002 NCAA Men’s Basketball 89-78 triumph over Arkansas at Seattle’s Tournament. Kingdome. Despite the close losses, Romar’s players ral- UCLA’s record during Romar’s four-year assis- lied to win their last four games entering the tant coaching tenure was a stunning 97-28 Conference USA Tournament, but were eliminated (.776). by Tulane, 50-47, in the first round. A native of Compton, Calif., Romar graduated Prior to coaching at Saint Louis, Romar from Pius X High School. He earned his associate amassed a three-year record of 42-44 (.488) at degree from Cerritos (Calif.) Community College Pepperdine, including 36 wins in his final two in 1978 before studying at Washington from seasons with the Waves. He took control of the 1978-80. He completed his coursework at Waves’ program in February 1996 and quickly Cincinnati, receiving his bachelor’s degree in established himself as a top recruiter, bringing in criminal justice in 1992. talent that would guide the Waves to a postseason During his sophomore year at Cerritos, Romar appearance in 1999. led the Falcons to a 23-8 record, averaged 14.1 In his second year, Romar staged a significant points per game, set the school record for single- 11-game improvement over the previous season season assists and earned first-team all-league to finish with a 17-10 record and earn a second- honors. Romar was inducted into the California place finish in the West Coast Conference, just Community College Hall of Fame in 1992. Romar started 224 of 233 games during his one game behind champion Gonzaga. Pepperdine He transferred to Washington in 1978 and seven years as a player for AIA. was the second-most improved NCAA Division I played two seasons for legendary Husky head In 1991-92, he averaged 24.4 points, 5.9 team in in 1997-98, trailing only Connecticut. coach Marv Harshman. Romar was a two-year assists and 1.8 steals while shooting 54.5 percent In his final season at the school, Romar guid- starter for the Huskies on the 1978-79 and 1979- from the field, including 49.5 percent from ed Pepperdine to a 19-13 record and a bid to the 80 teams. beyond the 3-point arc and 83.7 percent from the Postseason NIT, the Waves’ first postseason Romar played all 27 games, starting seven free throw line. appearance in five years. times for the 1978-79 UW squad that finished Romar set single-game records while an AIA The season after his departure, Pepperdine with an 11-16 record and a 6-12 mark in Pac-10 player for most points (54) and assists (21). He earned an NCAA Tournament berth with the play. He averaged 6.0 points and 1.4 rebounds remains the team’s all-time assists leader (1,689) majority of players Romar recruited. One of those during his junior season while posting team-lead- and ranks No. 2 in all-time scoring (4,244). In players was Brandon Armstrong who was the ing totals of 80 assists and 35 steals. He shot 51 1992, the then 34-year-old Romar scored 45 percent from the field and 72 percent from the points against Michigan’s “Fab Five” freshmen, free throw line. who went on to reach the NCAA championship As a senior in 1979-80, Romar played all 28 game. games for the Huskies who posted an 18-10 In 1989, Romar took on co-head coaching record, including a 9-9 conference mark. duties for AIA, in addition to his continued Washington participated in the National Invitation responsibilities as a player. The year prior to Tournament. He led all UW playmakers with 99 Romar’s assuming the coaching position, AIA assists while averaging 9.3 points and 1.9 went 12-25, the worst record in franchise history. rebounds per game. Just three years later, Romar directed the 1991- Romar served as team captain his senior year. 92 AIA team to 21 wins, including a victory over He was the recipient of the Most Inspirational NCAA Final Four participant Florida. Award both years, an honor voted on by his team- Romar participated in his first USA Basketball mates. coaching assignment during the summer of 1997, The Golden State Warriors selected Romar in serving as an assistant coach under Rick Majerus the seventh round of the 1980 NBA Draft with the for the United States’ 22 & Under Team that com- 141st pick overall. He totaled 1,731 points (5.9 peted at the World Championships in Melbourne, average) and distributed 1,022 assists (3.5 aver- Australia. age) during 291 career regular-season NBA At Washington, he replaces Bob Bender who games. His five-year NBA career included stints resigned on Mar. 13, 2002. Romar is the second with Golden State (1981-84), Milwaukee (1984) former Husky player to return as the head coach. and Detroit (1984-85). He joins Lynn Nance who played at UW from Following the 1984-85 season, Romar joined 1964-65 and was the Huskies’ head coach for Athletes in Action (AIA), the athletic division of four seasons from 1989-93. Campus Crusade for Christ which is a non-denom- Romar and his wife, Leona, have three daugh- inational ministry that began in 1951 at UCLA. ters — Terra, Tavia and Taylor.

30 HUSKIES Gameday No. Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Yr. Exp. Hometown (High School / Previous College) 1 C.J. Massingale G 6-3 210 Jr. 2V Tacoma, Wash. (Mount Tahoma HS) 2 Nate Robinson % G 5-9 170 Fr. HS Seattle, Wash. (Rainier Beach HS) 4 Jeffrey Day F 6-9 235 So. 1V Seattle, Wash. (Seattle Prep HS) 5 Will Conroy G 6-1 190 So. 1V Seattle, Wash. (Garfield HS) 10 Charles Frederick % G 5-11 180 So. SQ Boca Raton, Fla. (Pope John Paul II HS) 15 Bobby Jones F 6-6 200 Fr. HS Compton, Calif. (Long Beach Poly HS) 20 Curtis Allen G 6-0 170 Jr. 2V Tacoma, Wash. (Wilson HS) 23 Sean Davis# G 6-3 205 Jr. HS Tacoma, Wash. (Cascade Christian HS) 24 Doug Wrenn F 6-6 215 Jr.* 1V Seattle, Wash. (O’Dea HS / Connecticut) 30 Anthony Washington C 6-9 250 Fr. HS Seattle, Wash. (Garfield HS) 42 Mike Jensen F 6-8 230 Fr.* RS Covington, Wash. (Kentwood HS) 44 Marlon Shelton C 6-9 280 Sr.* 3V Rochester, Mich. (Rochester HS) 52 David Hudson # G 5-10 210 So.* SQ Seattle, Wash. (Rainier Beach HS) 55 Ben Devoe C 6-11 260 Fr.* RS Olympia, Wash. (Olympia HS) * = Used red-shirt season # = Walk-on % = On football scholarship and will join the team after football season

HUSKY MEN’S BASKETBALL STAFF Head Coach: Lorenzo Romar (Washington, ‘80), 1st year. Assistant Coach: Russ Schoene (UT-Chattanooga, ‘82), 1st year. Overall record (Entering 2002-03): 93-88 (.517), 6 years. Director of Basketball Operations: Lance LaVetter, 1st year. Assistant Coach: Ken Bone (Seattle Pacific, ‘83) 1st year. Head Trainer: Pat Jenkins, 1st year. Assistant Coach: Cameron Dollar (UCLA, ‘97), 1st year. Men’s Basketball SID: Dan Lepse, 13th year.

No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown/Previous School) 3 Andrea Lalum F/C 6-4 Jr. 2V Bozeman, Mont. (Bozeman HS) 4 Sarah Keeler F 6-4 So. * 1V Pendleton, Ore. (Pendleton HS) 5 Alicia Heathcote G 5-9 Sr. 1V Seattle, Wash. (Bishop Blanchet/North Seattle CC) 11 Erica Schelly G 5-11 Fr. HS Fort Collins, Colo. (Poudre HS) 12 Angie Jones G 5-9 Fr. HS Seattle, Wash. (Holy Names Academy) 13 Giuliana Mendiola G 5-11 Jr. 2V Lake Forest, Calif. (El Toro HS) 15 Nicole Castro G 5-10 Fr. * RS Darwin, Australia (St. John’s College HS) 20 Kayla Burt G 5-11 So. 1V Arlington, Wash. (Arlington HS) 22 Loree Payne G 6-0 Sr. 3V Havre, Mont. (Havre HS) 23 Emily Autrey F 6-0 Sr. 3V Kennewick, Wash. (Kamiakin HS) 24 Kellie (O’Neill) Dalan F 6-1 Sr. 3V Edmonds, Wash. (Meadowdale HS) 25 Jill Bell F 6-0 Fr. HS Bellevue, Wash. (Bellevue HS) 31 Gioconda Mendiola G 5-6 Jr. 2V Lake Forest, Calif. (El Toro HS) 33 Kristen O’Neill G 6-1 So. 1V Edmonds, Wash. (Meadowdale HS) 40 Kirsten Brockman F 6-0 So. 1V Snohomish, Wash. (Snohomish HS) 44 Cheryl Sorenson F 6-0 Sr. * 3V Milwaukie, Ore. (Clackamas HS) * = Used red-shirt season HUSKY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STAFF Head Coach: June Daugherty (Ohio State, ‘78), 7th year. Assistant Coach: Shimmy Gray (Michigan ‘96), 3rd year. Overall Record (Entering 2002-03): 223-152 (.594), 13 years. Assistant Coach: Sunny Smallwood (Boise State, ‘83), 10th year. Record at Washington: 100-78 (.594), 6 years. Head Trainer: Carrie Graham, 4th year. Assistant Coach: Mike Daugherty (Ohio State, ‘77), 7th year. Women's Basketball SID: Erin Rowley, 1st year. MEN’S BASKETBALL ASSISTANT COACHES

“He has run a program for quite some time and has been very KEN BONE successful. Ken and I share a lot of the same philosophies and he Ken Bone, who transformed Seattle Pacific University into one of complements the rest of our staff very well,” Romar says. “I am the nation’s premier NCAA Division II programs, was hired as an extremely impressed with his ties throughout the Northwest. He assistant coach on Lorenzo Romar’s Washington basketball staff on really has a great feel for the pulse of basketball in the state of April 16, 2002. Washington and the West Coast.” Bone, 44, moves across town to join the Huskies after serving Prior to his tenure at Seattle Pacific, Bone had two collegiate 12 seasons as the head coach at Seattle Pacific. He registered a 253- head coaching jobs. He coached the 1984-85 season at Cal State 97 (.723) record between 1990-2002 and ranks No. 2 in victories Stanislaus and directed the Olympic Community College program in among all-time Falcon coaches. Bone’s SPU teams claimed six out- Bremerton, Wash. during 1985-86. Bone served four years as an right or shared conference championships and earned eight NCAA assistant at SPU under Claude Terry from 1986-90 before taking playoff appearances. over head coaching duties beginning with the 1990-91 campaign. The Falcons made five trips to the NCAA Division II Sweet 16 in The first alum to run the program, Bone graduated from Seattle the past eight years, including a semifinal appearance in 2000 that capped a 27-5 Pacific in 1983 and received his master’s in athletic administration season. In 2000, Bone was recognized as both NABC District 8 Coach of the Year in 1993. He played two seasons (1980-82) at SPU after one-year stints at Shoreline and PacWest Conference Co-Coach of the Year. and Edmonds community colleges. He is a Shorecrest High School graduate. Last season, Seattle Pacific posted a 24-5 record, advanced to the second round A Seattle native, Bone comes from a prominent Northwest basketball family. His of the NCAA playoffs and were ranked ninth in the final 2002 poll. SPU is one of father, Walt Bone, was a longtime prep coach in Seattle at Queen Anne High School only four division II teams to qualify for the playoffs in each of the last five years. and later Nathan Hale High. His older brother, Len Bone, is currently the head boy’s One of Bone’s SPU squads played a home exhibition game against UW on Nov. coach at Snohomish (Wash.) High School. Ken, his wife Connie, and daughters 10, 2000, losing an 83-81 overtime decision to the Huskies at Brougham Pavilion. Kendra, Jenae and Chelsea reside in Richmond Beach, Wash.

After a three-month stay as a part-time assistant at the University of CAMERON DOLLAR Georgia in 1999, Dollar left to join the Saint Louis coaching staff on a Cameron Dollar was hired as an assistant coach on first-year full-time basis. coach Lorenzo Romar’s Washington men’s basketball staff on April 8, As a player, Dollar lettered four seasons at UCLA before graduating 2002. in 1997. He now returns to Seattle, the site of the Bruins’ 1995 NCAA Dollar comes to Washington after serving three years as an assis- Championship victory. UCLA defeated Arkansas 89-78 at the Kingdome. tant coach on Romar’s Saint Louis University staff. He helped the Dollar played against the Huskies eight times between 1994-97 Billikens to a three-year record of 51-44 (.537), including a and UCLA won all eight games. His most memorable moment against Conference USA Tournament championship in 2000 that secured the Washington was a half-court shot from the left sideline at the overtime league’s automatic NCAA Tournament berth. buzzer that lifted the Bruins to a 91-88 victory on Mar. 7, 1996 at “Cameron is a wonderful fit for our staff,” Romar remarks. “He is Pauley Pavilion. That was Dollar’s only basket of the game. an outstanding individual and a hard worker. After having played and A four-year letterman at UCLA from 1994-97, Dollar achieved coached from coast to coast, his basketball network is extremely national recognition in 1995 as a pivotal player in UCLA’s NCAA cham- extensive for a young coach. His rapport with players and recruits is a valuable asset pionship season when he took over for injured starter Tyus Edney in to a coaching staff.” the title game. In Dollar’s final three collegiate seasons, the Bruins won the NCAA title Dollar began his coaching career as an assistant on the staff of head coach Pat and reached the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament. Dollar averaged Douglass at UC Irvine in 1997. 5.0 points and 3.7 assists per game during his four-year career. He became the nation’s youngest head coach in 1998 when, at age 22, he took the He was recruited to UCLA by then-Bruins assistant Lorenzo Romar and was reunit- reins of the Southern California College program in Costa Mesa, Calif. The Vanguards, ed with his coach in 2001 when Romar added Dollar to his staff at Saint Louis who returned just six players from the previous season, posted an 11-22 record in University. Dollar’s only season, but recorded wins over NAIA Top 25 teams Westmont and Azusa Dollar is a native of Atlanta, where his father, Don, is the long-time coach at Pacific. Clarkston High School. His wife’s name is Deonca.

honoree. RUSS SCHOENE Chattanooga defeated No. 7 seed North Carolina State 58-51 in Russ Schoene (pronounced SHAY-nee), who worked the past the opening round of the 1982 tournaent. The Mocs battled No. 2 five years as an assistant coach at Bellevue Community College, was Minnesota before falling 62-61 in the second round despite hired April 24 as an assistant coach on Lorenzo Romar’s Husky Schoene’s 20-point, 12-rebound performance. staff. He can draw upon a wealth of collegiate and professional He averaged 13.6 points and 7.0 rebouds as a senior in 1982 playing experience. after averaging 7.2 points and 4.0 rebounds as a junior. “I have known Russ for a number of years, since we played Schoene was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the second against each other in the NBA,” says Romar. “Russ is a very quality round of the 1982 NBA draft. He was traded by Philadelphia during person. He worked the past five years as a volunteer coach, so that his rookie season to Indiana and stayed on the Pacers’ roster the shows his great passion for the game of basketball. He has very following year, despite an injury that prevented him from playing solid ties to the Northwest and will be a tremendous resource to during the season. our program. Russ is also very adept at coaching post players.” He spent the next two years playing in Italy and was named the A native of Trenton, Ill., Schoene was the Most valuable player Italian League MVP before returning to the NBA with the Seattle Sonics for the on the Wesclin High School squad. He lettered three years in basketball and base- 1986-87 season. Schoene played three years in Seattle (1986-89) and then ball. returned to Italy for the final five seasons of his professional career. Schoene attended Mineral Area Junior College in Park Hills, Mo. where he During four NBA seasons, he amassed 1,491 points (5.1 ppg) and 735 earned all-regional honors before transferring to the University of Tennessee- rebounds (2.5 rpg). Chattanooga. As a 6-10 forward, he helped to lead UTC to back-to-back Southern Along with several Seattle-area residents, he co-founded Samurai Sam’s, a Conference Championships in 1981 and 1982. Schoene was named the conference restaurant chain of nearly 50 stores in Arizona and Washington. tournament MVP as a senior and was also an All-Southern Conference first-team Schoene, 42, and his 8-year-old daughter, Makena, reside in Bellevue. 34 HUSKIES Gameday 2002-03 HUSKY MEN’S BASKETBALL

Curtis Will Jeffrey Ben 20 Allen 5 Conroy 4 Day 55 Devoe 6-0 Junior Guard 6-1 Sophomore Guard 6-9 Sophomore Forward 6-11 Freshman Center Tacoma, Wash. (Wilson) Seattle, Wash. (Garfield) Seattle, Wash. (Seattle Prep) Olympia, Wash. (Olympia)

Charles David Mike Bobby 10 Frederick 52 Hudson 42 Jensen 15 Jones 5-11 Sophomore Guard 5-10 Sophomore Guard 6-8 Freshman Forward 6-6 Freshman Forward Boca Raton, Fla. (Pope John Paul II) Seattle, Wash. (Rainier Beach) Covington, Wash. (Kentwood) Compton, Calif. (Long Beach Poly)

C.J. Nate Marlon Anthony Doug 1 Massingale 2 Robinson 44 Shelton 30 Washington 24 Wrenn 6-3 Junior Guard 5-9 Freshman Guard 6-9 Senior Center 6-9 Freshman Center 6-6 Junior Forward Tacoma, Wash. (Mt. Tahoma) Seattle, Wash. (Rainier Beach) Rochester, Mich. (Rochester) Seattle, Wash. (Garfield) Seattle, Wash. (O’Dea) 36 HUSKIES Gameday CAMPUS CORNER UW Professor Taps Into the Power of Peer Pressure in the Drive Against Teen Smoking f course Marilyn Cohen uses the media in The teens will continue peddling the mes- on a beach and create their own counter ad her crusade to keep Washington teen- sage to their peers, but not before they receive that shows the same woman but with yellowed, Oagers from using tobacco. It just makes some training. In fact, Cohen and Fitzgerald rotting teeth and wrinkled skin. good sense, she says. personally drive around the state training the The fourth lesson explores the nontradition- “Teens have a lot of media choices and they new recruits to ensure they are familiar with the al vehicles used by the tobacco industry to pro- bring all their media knowledge with them material and comfortable presenting it to a mote their products, such as sports sponsor- when they enter a classroom,” said Cohen, a group. The teams also have an adult coach who ships and the entertainment media. UW research associate professor of education helps prepare them and travels with them to the “[Moviemakers] are suggesting that everyone and director of the Teen Futures Media presentations. smokes. It’s portrayed as normal, or even glam- Network. “But they don’t often get to apply it, “We know from other research that teens orous,” Cohen said. because when they get to their classroom we want to hear from other teens,” Cohen said. The fifth lesson informs the participants close the door and that’s the end of it. We act as “Anyone over 30 is over the hill in the teens’ about teens from around the world who are though they don’t live in this media-saturated view. So it’s really important to have the stu- actively fighting against the tobacco industry. world.” dents out there giving the message and giving it They show tobacco prevention advertisements But that’s not the way Cohen operates. produced by other teens. They also inform Working with a team of teen-age them of teens in their community recruits, she’s working against helping youth the tobacco think critically industry. about the The final les- media messages son challenges teen the tobacco participants to industry contin- develop a plan or ues to send. project that uses the Ultimately, the media to fight back high school stu- against tobacco. dents craft their Cohen is working own media mes- with researchers at sages — messages Washington State that illuminate the University to assess the ugly truth about effectiveness of the pro- tobacco use. gram. Early indications, Some of Cohen’s she says, are very promis- previous research indi- ing and suggest that media cates that teens are literacy is an important more interested in hear- part of tobacco prevention ing from their peers than strategies. from adults. Messages In the future Cohen from other teens are more hopes to take a similar pro- influential. “So we carried Teens used an actual tobacco ad, left, to create a counter ad warning of the gram to middle school chil- that to the next step, asking dangers of smoking. dren. They, too, are bom- them, if they were involved in the development in their own way.” barded by messages from advertisers and would of the message, what would it look like?” The first lesson illustrates how, and how benefit from thinking critically about what they In the fall of 2000 Cohen began rounding often, advertisers target the teen audience. see in the media. up youth recruits through community groups Teens watch commercials and are encouraged “It’s ironic that as we think about educa- across the state — tobacco use-prevention to critically analyze them. The second lesson tion, so many of us don’t think about how groups, Boys and Girls Clubs, Red Cross, YMCA, teaches teens about the specific myths the media fit,” Cohen said. “Media literacy is really religious-affiliated groups and others. Those tobacco industry propagates in advertisements the literacy for the 21st century. You can’t talk teens helped develop the materials that are still — smoking makes you attractive, it’s fun, it’s about literacy without addressing the influence used today. In year two of the project, in the fall clean and natural. Those myths are discussed of the media. We need to move young people of 2001, teens were recruited from across the and then countered with reality. from being passive consumers to becoming state to serve as presenters in teams of two or The third lesson taps into the students’ cre- both critical users and savvy producers of their more. This year Cohen and Erin Fitzgerald, pro- ativity. They build on the first two lessons by own media.” ject coordinator for the Teen Futures Media coming up with their own counter ad. For For more information about the project and Network, are rounding up more teen presenters example, students might take a magazine ad for the Teen Futures Media Network, visit by going to high schools throughout the state. cigarettes that shows an attractive model sitting www.teenhealthandthemedia.org.

HUSKIES Gameday 37 WOMEN’S HEAD BASKETBALL COACH JUNE DAUGHERTY

une Daugherty enters her seventh year as in 2002, finishing in a tie for second place with the basketball court. Daugherty, whose husband, head coach at Washington, seeking to the same 12-6 record as the previous year. The Mike, is on her staff, is a firm believer in the guide a young team to a sixth postseason Huskies were invited to the WNIT and advanced to “Husky Family”and creating a home away from appearance in her brief tenure. A positive the third round, hosting three games in Bank of home for her players and staff. The Daugherty and energetic coach, Daugherty has guid- America Arena and knocking off twins, eight-year old Doc and ed Washington to the forefront of women’s North Texas and USC along the way. Breanne, have grown up with basketball in the Pac-10 In 2001 Daugherty engineered Husky basketball. They are reg- and around the country. one of the greatest turnarounds in ulars on the travel squad and Coming off a cham- the country for a women’s basket- are often credited with an assist pionship season in ball squad, from one season to the in recruiting. 2001, Washington next. She guided Washington to its Daugherty’s family theme remained atop the first Pac-10 Conference title since continues with academics and Pac-10 1990, and after a two-year community service. Each quar- Conference absence, a berth in the NCAA ter the women’s basketball team Tournament. is among the leaders in From there, the Huskies Washington’s 23-sport athletic made a dramatic run department when it comes to through the Big Dance, academic performance. Last June Daugherty knocking off Old spring the team posted the top Dominion, Florida and grade point average of any Oklahoma en route to the Elite Eight of team, with a 3.59 cumulative mark. the NCAA Tournament. Daugherty guided Community service is no different as the the Huskies to their first 20-win season Huskies, both players and staff, are among the since 1995 as the team led the Pac-10 in most visible in the Seattle community, working at rebounding, broke several school and area youth centers, homeless shelters, the conference records and collected all- Salvation Army and Children’s Hospital. Daugherty league, all-academic and all-America has been the driving force behind the Husky honors throughout the year. Community Youth Summer Basketball Clinics, The team’s turnaround from ninth now in the third year, conducting 10 different place the previous year to the Pac- clinics for young girls throughout the Seattle area. 10 championship in 2001 was In that same vein, Daugherty has placed a high the greatest in conference priority on keeping the top local high school tal- history. Picked to finish ent from around the region at home in the north- sixth and seventh in the west. She has established a pattern over the last Pac-10 in preseason polls, six years that began with Megan Franza, her first the Huskies put together a Husky recruit, back in 1997. Franza, season that surprised every- Washington’s Gatorade Player of the Year in ’97, one but themselves. went on to become one of Washington’s most Daugherty’s brand of basketball - with explo- prolific scorers and the career leader in three sive offense, dive-on-the-floor defense and excep- point field goals, along with earning national aca- tional team chemistry – brought Husky fans out in demic all-America honors. The same came be droves as Washington enjoyed the second-greatest said of the 2002 and 2003 classes, where five of increase in home attendance from one season to the six incoming freshmen are from the greater the next. Seattle area. Standing at No. 19 in the country – Daugherty, 46, was named head coach at Washington is annually among the leaders in the Washington May 10, 1996, replacing 11-year nation – with an average of 4,179 fans per game, coach Chris Gobrecht, who had resigned to the Huskies posted an increase of nearly 1,900 accept the head job at Florida State. She became fans per game from the year prior. The trend con- the seventh head coach in UW women’s basketball tinued in 2002. history. Daugherty, who has more than a decade of In Daugherty’s first season, the Huskies posted head coaching experience, enters the 2002-03 a record of 17-11, winning seven of their last 10 season with a 13-year career record of 223-152. games and finishing in a tie for fourth place in the Her first two victories of the 2002 season made Pac-10. She capped her inaugural year with an her the second-winningest coach at Washington. invitation to the NCAA Tournament, guiding the Washington’s success on the court can be Huskies back after a one-year absence. directly attributed to its team chemistry away from Continued on page 40 38 HUSKIES Gameday OACH UNE AUGHERTY attendance soared to more than C J D 2,000, a level that had been consis- Continued from page 38 tent throughout her tenure. In each Her second season saw the Huskies of her seven seasons, Boise State reach 18 victories for the first time since ranked among the nation’s top 30 the 1994-95 season. They logged a 9-0 in home attendance. non-conference record, the first time a The program reached an all- Washington team went undefeated in non- time high in 1993-94 with an aver- league play. Her team, which included five age of 4,003 per game. During her freshmen, jumped out to a 10-0 record tenure, more than 30 student-ath- and, after not appearing in the preseason letes were named to the Big Sky rankings, soared as high as No. 7 with vic- Conference all-academic team. Two tories over such formidable competition of Daugherty’s players - Lidiya as No. 26 Kansas, No. 18 Iowa, No. 5 Varbanova (1993 and ’94) and Vanderbilt and No. 20 North Carolina Michelle Schultz (1995) - earned State. honorable mention All-America The 1999 season saw Washington honors. open with a victory at perennial power Prior to her appointment at Iowa and face top-ranked Connecticut on Boise State, Daugherty served as an its home court. The Huskies finished the assistant coach to Tara Vanderveer regular season by winning three straight, at Stanford University from 1985 to including an upset of No. 12 UCLA in the 1989. During her tenure, she final game in Hec Edmundson Pavilion helped guide the Cardinal from a before it was shutdown for a year-long sub-.500 record in 1985-86 to one remodel. Washington went on to partici- of its finest seasons in school histo- pate in the WNIT, hosting Northwest ry when it finished the 1989 cam- neighbor Portland in the first round and paign with a record of 28-3, and advancing to the second round at New undefeated Pac-10 season and a Mexico. trip to the NCAA Midwest Regional Faced with a spate of injuries to its final. front line, a young squad with no seniors She also had a two-year stint on and an off-campus home court, the Kent State staff as an assistant Washington suffered through an 8-22 coach from 1983 to 1985. campaign in 2000. The season was not Just prior to the start of the without its highlights though, the biggest 2001 season, Daugherty was hon- coming on Jan. 27 when the Huskies ored for her talent as a collegiate upset No. 24 Stanford and captured the athlete when she is inducted into 500th win for the women’s basketball Daugherty consults with guard Kristen O’Neill during a game. the Ohio State University Athletic program. It was the second victory in a Hall of Fame. She was a standout row over Stanford and career win No. 180 for Daugherty. basketball player for the Buckeyes from 1974-78. Washington was led by the scoring duo of Loree Payne (17.4 ppg) and A 1978 OSU graduate, Daugherty helped the Buckeyes to the Big Ten Megan Franza (17.2 ppg), who combined to form the highest scoring duo championships in 1977 and 1978. She stills stands at No. 16 on Ohio State’s from the same school in Pac-10 history. Franza was named to the All-Pac-10 career scoring chart with 1,137 points and ranks fourth in career rebounds First Team, continuing a tradition which has seen Washington have a player with 829. She owns the single game school record for blocked shots, with 12 on the first team every year but two since the league began play in the 1986- against Michigan State in 1976. At the conclusion of her senior season, she 87 season. Payne finished the year as one of the most prolific freshman play- earned first team all-America honors and was a Wade Trophy finalist the first ers in UW history, breaking eight freshman records, highlighted by her scor- year the award was presented. ing mark of 521 points. Following graduation, Daugherty played and coached on several interna- Prior to her arrival at Washington, Daugherty was the head coach at Boise tional teams, including a stint as a player and head coach for the Union State for seven years, from 1989-96. During that period, she compiled a 123- Sportive Vierzon Club based in France. 74 overall record and a 73-31 record in the Big Sky Conference. Daugherty is a member of the Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Association Under Daugherty’s guidance, the Boise State program achieved a number and has served on its Board of Directors. Each year she serves as a clinician of firsts — a first NCAA tournament bid, a national ranking, and a regular for the NCAA YES Clinic at the Final Four. Daugherty has been active in USA season conference title. In 1992, the Broncos won the Big Sky regular season Basketball and was an assistant coach for the West Team at the 1995 Olympic championship, and in 1994 they shared the conference crown with Montana Sports Festival where former Husky Jamie Redd was a member of the team. and earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. At the conclusion of the More recently, she has seen Loree Payne become a member of the gold- 1993-94 season, Daugherty was named Big Sky Co-Coach of the Year. medal-winning Jones Cup Team in 2000 and earn a tryout for the World Prior to her arrival, Boise State qualified for the Big Sky Tournament University Games Team in 2001 along with teammate Andrea Lalum. Husky twice, and Daugherty continued that trend, making the four-team tournament point guard Giuliana Mendiola was invited to tryouts for the Junior National in six of seven seasons. During the 1993-94 season, the Broncos were ranked Team as well, in 2001. in the Associated Press and USA Today top 25 polls from January through the Daugherty is a native of Columbus, Ohio. She is the daughter of Naomi end of the season, climbing as high as 17th in mid-February. and Jim Brewer and has two brothers and one sister. She and her husband, The Broncos enjoyed tremendous success off the playing court under Mike, are the parents of eight-year-old twins. An active and athletic person, Daugherty. The program averaged 500 fans per game the year before Daugherty along with assistant coach Sunny Smallwood, completed the 200- Daugherty took over as head coach, and in her first season, average home mile Seattle to Portland Bike Ride in July, 2002. 40 HUSKIES Gameday WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ASSISTANT COACHES

She joined WSU’s staff after seven years as the head coach of SUNNY SMALLWOOD the Boise (Idaho) High girls’ basketball team. During her In her seventh season on June Daugherty’s staff, and 10th tenure, Boise had three 16-win seasons and enjoyed state tour- overall at Washington, Smallwood has played an integral part in nament appearances in 1986 and 1989. While at Boise High, Washington’s fixture as a national power on the women’s bas- Smallwood also served as head volleyball coach for one season, ketball map. assistant volleyball coach for three years and was also an assis- Smallwood has helped direct the Huskies to five NCAA tant track coach. Tournament appearances, including the regional semi-finals in Smallwood played Division I college basketball at Boise 1995 and the Elite Eight in 2001. In eight of her nine years, the State and was the starting point guard and off-guard for the Huskies finished in the top five of the Pac-10 Conference, with a Bronco’s from 1979-83. She was honored as Mountain West runner-up mark in 1995 and a share of the conference title in Conference Player of the Week on three separate occasions 2001. while playing for coach Connie Thorngren. A veteran among Pac-10 Conference assistant coaches, Smallwood was a consistent performer in the classroom as Smallwood was on former Husky coach Chris Gobrecht’s staff from 1993-96 well, compiling a 3.49 cumulative grade point average during college. She and was hired back by Daugherty as the defensive and recruiting coordinator. was a two-time Mountain West All-Academic first-team selection. Smallwood Smallwood’s first foray into collegiate coaching was at the Division I level, graduated in 1983 with a degree in elementary education. when she joined the Washington State staff as an assistant coach in 1990. Her Born in Deadwood, South Dakota, Smallwood attended high school in first year saw the Cougars earn their first-ever bid to the NCAA Tournament Price, Utah, where she was an all-around star at Carbon High, earning 16 let- when they finished the regular season with a record of 18-10. ters and graduating with a 3.94 GPA.

Daugherty is a 1977 graduate of Ohio State University where MIKE DAUGHERTY he was a starter on the basketball team from 1975 through Mike Daugherty, who is married to Husky head coach June 1977. He posted a career scoring average of 7.4 points and 3.5 Daugherty, is in his seventh year in charge of coordinating the rebounds per game while shooting 42 percent from the field. team offense, perimeter player development and scheduling. He dished out 120 assists while making 33 starts in 53 career Along with in-season scouting duties, he also serves as coordi- games for the Buckeyes. nator of the June Daugherty Basketball Camp. He was Ohio State’s defensive player of the year in 1976. His Daugherty, in his 14th season as a Division I coach, was an best collegiate game was an 18-point performance in Ohio assistant to June at Boise State from 1989-96. State’s disheartening 66-64 loss to eventual national champion Washington, which has finished second in the Pac-10 in and undefeated Indiana. points per game in each of the last two seasons, broke several Before he transferred to Ohio State, Daugherty played the 1973- Pac-10 offensive records during the magical 2001 season. The 74 season at Georgia Tech. He originally went to Georgia Tech as a Huskies shattered the single season mark for three pointers, combination guard in basketball and quarterback in football. with 237, and set a Pac-10 single-game record with 16 three point field goals Following graduation, Daugherty continued as a player-coach in the South versus Arizona. Megan Franza, one of the first recruits in the Daugherty era, American Professional Leagues where his team from Sirio Brazil won the finished her career at to No. 16 on the conference career scoring chart with world championship at the Jones Cup in 1979. In his best season, he averaged 1,612 points and holds school records for three pointers in a game and sea- 24 points per game for Hindu Club of Argentina. son while topping the Washington charts, and standing No. 2 in the Pac-10, in Daugherty, an avid fly fisherman, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in career three pointers made and attempted. marketing from Ohio State. He and June are the parents of eight-year-old In addition, Washington finished the 2001 season ranked No. 7 in the twins. Daugherty’s father, Harold, was a quarterback on the 1944 and ’45 country in three point field goals made per game. Ohio State teams.

A native of Flint, Mich., Gray played professional basketball SHIMMY GRAY with Olivias Futebol Clube in Coimbra, Portugal in during the In just two short years, assistant coach Yeshimbra 1998-99 season. Prior to her arrival at Washington, she was an “Shimmy” Gray has made an indelible mark on the Husky assistant coach at Bellevue (Wash.) Community College. women’s basketball program. As she enters her third season at She is actively involved with the Athletes in Action Christian Washington, she will assume the title of Director of Basketball Ministry and played on the program’s basketball team for three Operations, in addition to her coaching duties. years, completing foreign tours in Fall 1998 and Summer 1999. A a standout guard at Michigan, Gray was the impetus Gray also toured with the AIA All-Star Team in Oregon (2000) and behind the Huskies’ improved rebounding efforts in 2001. has been active as a featured speaker at numerous high school Washington went from posting a negative rebounding margin of assemblies and teen outreach projects throughout the United States. minus-3.8 per game (last in the Pac-10 Conference) in 2000, to Along with her coaching duties at Washington, Gray coordi- as high as a plus-3.7 over opponents in 2001. The vast nates the Huskies’ opponent scouting efforts and is the team improvement was a critical element of the Huskies’ run to the academic advisor. After just one season at Washington, she was Pac-10 championship and deep into the NCAA Tournament. honored with the Gertrude Peoples Award as the Husky coach most dedicated Gray played college basketball at Michigan from 1991-94, where she was a to helping her student-athletes succeed academically. Under her watch, the three-year starter for the Wolverines and team captain as a senior. Despite team compiled a cumulative team grade point average of 3.38, among the playing only three years, Gray is still ranked among the UM greats in seven dif- highest within Washington’s 23-sport department. ferent categories, including steals (6th), rebounds (15th) and rebounding Upon receiving her degree in sociology, with a minor in criminology, Gray average (11th). pursued a career as a police officer in Michigan for two years.

42 HUSKIES Gameday 2002-03 HUSKY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Emily Jill Kirsten Kayla 23 Autrey 25 Bell 40 Brockman 20 Burt 6-0 Senior Forward 6-0 Freshman Forward 6-0 Sophomore Forward 5-11 Sophomore Guard

Nicole Kellie Alicia Angie 15 Castro 24 Dalan 5 Heathcote 12 Jones 5-10 Freshman Guard 6-1 Senior Forward 5-9 Senior Guard 5-9 Freshman Guard

Sarah Andrea Gioconda Giuliana 4 Keeler 3 Lalum 31 Mendiola 13 Mendiola 6-4 Sophomore Forward 6-4 Junior Forward/Center 5-6 Junior Guard 5-11 Junior Guard

Kristen Loree Erica Cheryl 33 O’Neill 22 Payne 11 Schelly 44 Sorenson 6-1 Sophomore Guard 6-0 Senior Guard 5-11 Freshman Guard 6-0 Senior Forward 44 HUSKIES Gameday 2002-2003 PAC-10 CONFERENCE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULES

Arizona California Oregon State UCLA Washington State Nov. 11 BK CZ MUS Strakonice Nov. 1 Team Concept Nov. 7 Horsholm BBC Nov. 9 Love & Basketball Nov. 9 Lady Express Nov. 17 Team Concept (exh.) Nov. 16 Mirabel Banska Bystrica Nov. 13 Team Concept Nov. 17 LA All Stars Nov. 16 Denmark Nov. 22 Louisiana State Nov. 24 Rutgers Nov. 24 Western Oregon Nov. 23-24 Hawaii Tournament Nov. 22 Wyoming Nov. 25 at Pepperdine Nov. 29 Syracuse Nov. 26 at Portland Nov. 30-Dec. 1 UNLV Tournament Nov. 25 at Montana State Nov. 29 Tulane Nov. 30 Georgia Dec. 1 Seton Hall Dec. 3 Saint Mary’s Nov. 29-30 Florida Int’l Tournament Dec. 1 Idaho State Dec. 7-8 Fiesta Bowl Classic Dec. 4 Cal Poly SLO Dec. 6 at Georgia Dec. 4 Eastern Washington Dec. 4 at San Jose State Dec. 11 at Gonzaga Dec. 15 at Ohio State Dec. 7-8 Oakland Tribune Classic Dec. 14 at Pepperdine Dec. 18 New Mexico Dec. 7 Portland State Dec. 14 at Montana Dec. 21 at Saint Mary’s Dec. 19 Baylor. Dec. 22 at UNLV Dec. 27 Arizona Dec. 14 Florida Dec. 21 Utah Dec. 21 Cal State Northridge Dec. 27 at California Dec. 29 Arizona State Dec. 17 at Texas Tech Dec. 28 Washington Dec. 27 at Oregon Dec. 29 at Stanford Jan. 2 at Mercer Dec. 20 at SW Missouri State Jan. 3 at USC Dec. 27 USC Dec. 29 at Oregon State Jan. 2 Oregon Jan. 4 at Georgia Jan. 5 at UCLA Dec. 29 UCLA Jan. 3 Washington Jan. 4 Oregon State Jan. 9 at Oregon Jan. 9 Arizona Jan. 2 at Arizona State Jan. 5 Washington State Jan. 9 at Washington State Jan. 11 at Oregon State Jan. 11 Arizona State Jan. 4 at Arizona Jan. 11 at Washington Jan. 16 Washington Jan. 12 USC Jan. 16 at Stanford Jan. 9 Stanford Jan. 16 USC Jan. 18 Washington State Jan. 16 at Arizona State Jan. 18 at California Jan. 11 California Jan. 18 UCLA Jan. 24 at USC Jan. 18 at Arizona Jan. 23 Oregon State Jan. 18 Oregon Jan. 23 at Arizona State Jan. 24 Stanford Jan. 25 Oregon Jan. 26 at UCLA Jan. 23 at Washington State Jan. 26 at Wisconsin Jan. 26 California Jan. 30 UCLA Jan. 29 at Stanford Jan. 25 at Washington Jan. 30 at Washington State Jan. 30 at Oregon State Feb. 1 Stanford Jan. 30 Arizona Feb. 1 USC Feb. 1 at Oregon Feb. 6 Oregon State Feb. 1 Arizona State Feb. 1 at Washington Feb. 6 at Arizona State Feb. 6 Washington Feb. 8 Oregon Feb. 6 at California Feb. 8 at USC Feb. 8 at Arizona Feb. 8 Washington State Feb. 13 at Washington State Feb. 8 at Stanford Feb. 14 Arizona Feb. 13 California Feb. 14 at UCLA Feb. 15 at Washington Feb. 15 at Oregon Feb. 16 Arizona State Feb. 15 Stanford Feb. 16 at USC Feb. 20 UCLA Feb. 20 Washington Feb. 20 at California Feb. 20 at Oregon Feb. 22 Arizona State Feb. 22 USC Feb. 22 Washington State Feb. 22 at Stanford Feb. 22 at Oregon State Feb. 27 Stanford Feb. 27 at Arizona State Feb. 27 at UCLA Feb. 27 Oregon State Feb. 27 Idaho March 1 California Mar. 1 at Arizona Mar. 1 at USC Mar. 1 Oregon Mar. 1 at Washington Mar. 7-10 at Pac-10 Tournament Mar. 7-10 at Pac-10 Tournament Mar. 7-10 at Pac-10 Tournament Mar. 7-10 at Pac-10 Tournament Mar. 7-10 Pac-10 Tournament

Arizona State Oregon Stanford USC Washington Nov. 9 Horsholm BBC Nov. 22 Morehead State Nov. 10 Love & Basketball Nov. 12 Love & Basketball Nov. 10 Bay Area Pro-Am Nov. 15 Southern Oregon Nov. 15-20 Preseason Women’s NIT Nov. 8 Mirabel Banska Bystrica Nov. 14 Team Concept Nov. 22 at Boise State Nov. 22 Gonzaga Nov. 23 New Mexico Nov. 14 West Coast All Stars Nov. 22 Rutgers Nov. 24 at Texas Tech Nov. 26 at Wisconsin-Green Bay Nov. 24 at USF Nov. 24 at WNIT Final Nov. 22 Chicago State Nov. 29-30 Seattle Times Classic Nov. 25 Northern Illinois Nov. 28-30 Paradise Jam, Virgin Is. Nov. 29-30 Stanford Tournament Nov. 29 Notre Dame Dec. 2 Wisconsin Nov. 29-30 ASU Classic Dec. 5 Portland Dec. 14 at Pacific Dec. 4 at Pepperdine Dec. 6-7 North Carolina St. Tourn. Dec. 2 Georgia Dec. 7 Portland Jam, Portland Dec. 18 at Tennessee Dec. 8 at Connecticut Dec. 7 Notre Dame Dec. 15 Santa Clara Dec. 21 at Boston University Dec. 14 Tennessee Dec. 20 USF Dec. 9 Denver Dec. 19 at Montana Dec. 27 Arizona State Dec. 18 at SMU Dec. 22 Iowa State Dec. 18 at Kent State Dec. 22 at Texas Christian Dec. 29 Arizona Dec. 21 at Colorado Dec. 28 at Washington State Dec. 20 at Akron Dec. 27 UCLA Jan. 3 Oklahoma Dec. 27 at Oregon State Jan. 3 at UCLA Dec. 27 at Stanford Dec. 29 USC Jan. 5 Pepperdine Dec. 29 at Oregon Jan. 5 at USC Jan. 3 Washington State Dec. 29 at California Jan. 2 at Arizona Jan. 9 at Oregon State Jan. 9 Arizona State Jan. 11 at Oregon Jan. 5 Washington Jan. 2 Oregon State Jan. 4 at Arizona State Jan. 11 Arizona Jan. 9 at UC Santa Barbara Jan. 4 Oregon Jan. 9 California Jan. 16 Washington State Jan. 12 at UCLA Jan. 16 at California Jan. 9 at Washington Jan. 11 Stanford Jan. 18 Washington Jan. 24 at UCLA Jan. 16 at Arizona Jan. 18 at Stanford Jan. 11 at Washington State Jan. 18 at Oregon State Jan. 26 at USC Jan. 18 at Arizona State Jan. 23 Oregon Jan. 16 UCLA Jan. 23 at Washington Jan. 29 California Jan. 24 California Jan. 25 Oregon State Jan. 18 USC Jan. 25 at Washington State Feb. 1 at California Jan. 26 Stanford Jan. 30 USC Jan. 25 Arizona Jan. 30 Arizona State Feb. 6 Oregon Jan. 30 at Washington Feb. 1 UCLA Jan. 30 at Oregon Feb. 1 Arizona Feb. 8 Oregon State Feb. 1 at Washington State Feb. 6 at Arizona Feb. 1 at Oregon State Feb. 6 at Stanford Feb. 6 Washington State Feb. 13 at Washington Feb. 8 UCLA Feb. 8 at California Feb. 8 at Arizona State Feb. 8 Washington Feb. 15 at Washington State Feb. 14 Arizona State Feb. 15 Oregon State Feb. 13 Stanford Feb. 14 at USC Feb. 20 USC Feb. 16 Arizona Feb. 20 Washington State Feb. 15 California Feb. 16 at UCLA Feb. 22 UCLA Feb. 20 at Stanford Feb. 22 Washington Feb. 27 at Arizona Feb. 22 at California Feb. 20 at Oregon State Feb. 22 at Arizona Feb. 22 at Oregon Feb. 27 California Feb. 27 at USC Mar. 1 at Arizona State Feb. 27 Oregon Mar. 1 Washington State Mar. 1 Stanford Mar. 1 at UCLA Mar. 7-10 at Pac-10 Tournament Mar. 1 Oregon State Mar. 7-10 at Pac-10 Tournament Mar. 7-10 at Pac-10 Tournament Mar. 13-15 Pac-10 Tournament Mar. 7-10 Pac-10 Tournament Mar. 7-10 Pac-10 Tournament

48 HUSKIES Gameday HUSKY PROFILE / EMILY PRITCHARD

by Lisa Krikava Pac-10 selection for the bars, vault and all-around. ife as a collegiate athlete is Pritchard’s mental toughness is not the extremely tough. With pressure around at the NCAA Championships, including a only reason for her successes as a gym- to perform both on the field of play 33rd-place finish on the vault. nast. She attributes her ability to perform, despite and in the classroom, the mental and Pritchard didn’t stop there, going from a her constant battles with injuries, to her tough physical strain can take its toll. Thus, freshman phenom to a sophomore sensation. mental attitude. the true test of a good athlete is how they can While dealing with a newly-formed stress fracture “I have a good mental game and that makes perform in the face of adversity. in her shin, Pritchard posted another impressive me a tough competitor,” she says. “When it Emily Pritchard is a student-athlete that has season in 2002, placing second on bars with a comes time for me to compete, I mentally block not only dealt with adversity, but has overcome 9.900 at the regional meet. Pritchard’s success everything out and just go. Plus, I am a fierce that adversity and continued to excel in her was rewarded in the postseason, as she was the competitor; I absolutely hate to lose. For me it’s sport, gymnastics. This 5-foot-2 junior has an only Pac-10 gymnast named to the conference not good enough to go out and just make a rou- impressive record considering her time at team three times in 2002, earning first-team All- tine; I want to make it as perfect as possible. I Washington has been plagued with always concentrate on the smallest injuries. details. Even in the gym during regu- “I have struggled a lot with injuries, lar practices, I am really aggressive but I am really happy to be here at and focused.” Washington,” the Husky junior says. Pritchard also recognizes the “The support staff is amazing. I could importance of her mental game in her not have gotten where I am today with- preparation and focus. out their help, especially the doctors.” “I have a certain ritual that I go Pritchard has known the wrath of through before every event,” the injury bug since long before her Pritchard says. “I always go up to the career at Washington began. apparatus and touch it and visualize “My sophomore year in high school what I am going to, standing right I had a benign tumor removed from next to it. I’ll turn around and take a the middle of my left shin,” Pritchard couple of deep breaths and say a says. “The tumor had grown from the quick prayer. Then I always look up, inside outward, so they had to remove then turn around again and then I go. roughly a two-inch section of bone. It I always do that routine right before I was really deep and they only left a go.” small amount of the bone behind. It Reflecting back, Pritchard recog- was supposed to grow back on its own, nizes her battle has been tough. but it never healed. So, my senior year “I’ve had seven surgeries, four I had a tibial rod put into my shin.” since I’ve been at Washington,” Once a Husky, Pritchard underwent Pritchard says. “However, I want to three more surgeries to have a screw A three-time put that behind me. I just want to removed from her leg. Then, during competitor at continue to improve my skills and her freshman season in 2001, she Level 10 build off what I was able to accom- took a bad fall during a meet and Nationals, plish last year. My goal is to stay chipped a piece of bone in her ankle, Pritchard won healthy.” an injury which would not be detected state and Although Pritchard has faced pos- until the following summer. Still ham- regional titles sible career-ending injuries, she has pered by the rod in her leg, and with in the All- demonstrated her toughness and per- an undetected bone chip in her ankle, Around in 1999 severance, all the while keeping a Pritchard somehow managed to post for USA positive outlook for the future. perhaps the best season ever by a Gymnastics. “The team is going very strong this Husky freshman. year,” she says. “We have some awe- At the NCAA West Regionals, some freshmen and we are getting all Pritchard won the bars event and tied the injured girls back. We want to win for second on the beam, earning her a nationals and I really think we can.” second-place finish in the all-around With a success story like competition. She topped off her year Pritchard‘s to fall back on, anything is with a 43rd-place finish in the all- possible. 52 HUSKIES Gameday HUSKY PROFILE / MATT HANLIN

hopefully you can achieve the success you want.” It was during Hanlin’s junior sea- son, however, that his legend was cemented. Hanlin calls his match with 28th-ranked Stanford player David Martin in the second round of last year’s NCAA Championships one of the most remarkable matches he’s ever participated in. Never having beaten the fifth-seeded Cardinal, Washington entered the match a significant under- by Joseph Bayard dog, and after winning the doubles point, had dropped three-straight sin- ’ve been playing the game of gles matches to fall behind 3-1 with tennis for half my life,” says just three matches remaining. Huskies’ senior Matt Hanlin. “I could have sworn the Cardinal “Until I put my racket down had already broken out the cham- for good, I’m going to contin- pagne bottles, for they thought they ue to work as hard as I can to get better.” had won the match,” Hanlin says. Hanlin is proud to be playing for one The Huskies, however, of the premier tennis schools in the Pac- weren’t finished. Freshman 10, and to have the chance in 2002-03 to Alex Vlaski defeated his oppo- become Washington’s first two-time All- nent in straight sets, while fel- American. When asked how it feels to low freshman Peter Scharler know that he could accomplish such a feat, rallied from a set down to earn Hanlin displays a modesty characteristic of a victory in his match, evening his upbringing in Birmingham, England. the contest at three points apiece “I’ve realized that if you focus on achieving with just one match still to be complet- escalades, awards and rankings, that you stop ed. All eyes turned to the No. 1 singles focusing on the more important issues at match, where Hanlin and Martin entered the hand, like trying to improve your game and third and final set even at one game apiece. help your team win,” he says. “The smaller “I found myself in the third set with a guy goals are the more important goals.” I had lost to just a few weeks prior on the Spoken like the gentleman Hanlin same court,“ Hanlin recalls, then displaying became over the course of his first 13 his trademark modesty as he explains how the years in England. Hanlin’s love for tennis match was won. “He got tired, though, and I began when he was about 10 years old. won the final set, 6-1. Then we all danced.” One Christmas, his parents purchased Hanlin has his senior year off to a scintillat- Hanlin what he describes as “an oversized ing start as well, having won the ITA Regional metal thing.” Championships singles title in October, after His first racket in hand, Hanlin would bash teammate Alex Vlaski was forced to withdraw tennis balls against the walls around his house. As a youth, Hanlin trained at the Nick from the final. For Hanlin, though, the time to A few months and several cans of paint later, Bollittieri Tennis Academy, which has pro- think about individual glories is still far away. Hanlin’s father his felt it would be cheaper to duced tennis legends like Andre Agassi “Like every Husky, all I want to do is be a invest in tennis lessons for his young son, rather and Venus and Serena Williams. part of a championship team; nothing more, than paint the walls every few weeks. nothing less,” he says. “I would love to give the Just three years into his lessons, Hanlin’s tal- freshman in UW history to have an ITA singles tennis tour a shot after I‘m done. It’s a very dif- ents had outgrown the level of instruction local ranking, and earned second-team All-Pac 10 ficult tour to crack, but as long as I give it my teachers could provide. Thus, his family made honors. best shot, that’s all I want from the game of ten- the difficult decision to move to Bradenton, Fla., Hanlin followd up his outstanding freshman nis.” where Hanlin was enrolled in the elite Nick season with an even more impressive sopho- Hanlin has used tennis to achieve greatness Bollittieri Tennis Academy, known for accepting more campign, posting a 27-12 overall record. in his life, but his relationship with the game is only the world’s most talented junior players. This time, though, Hanlin took his success to a reciprocal one. There, Hanlin honed his craft to perfection, the postseason, advancing to the round of 16 at “I’m not embarrassed to say that tennis and has gifted University of Washington coaches the NCAA Tournament and becoming the fifth means a great deal to me, and that I love the with his talents for the past three years. As a Husky ever to earn All-American honors. game,” he says. freshman in 1999-2000, Hanlin posted a 12-9 “I enjoy being able to compete to the best of “Hopefully, when it’s all said and done — record at the No. 1 singles position and went my ability, ” Hanlin says. “You owe it to your when I’ve hit my last ball and played my last undefeated at No. 2. With six wins against teammates and coaches to perform to the best match — I can look back on the memories, ranked players, Hanlin became just the third of your ability. By working day in and day out, and say the game of tennis loved me back.” 54 HUSKIES Gameday HUSKY PROFILE / KIM HARADA

Two-time team captain Harada has Washington off to a 7-0 start in 2002-03. MAKING A SPLASH by Mike Bruscas the 100- and 200-meter freestyle events at the lot of the time, are bouncing off the walls! It’s 2001 U.S. Senior Nationals. Last year, again, really cool to see so many different people ome winter in Seattle, most students Harada didn’t lose a stroke, qualifying for the coming together to do one thing — swim!” do their best to stay out of the water NCAA Championships in three events. So has the babysitter role come full circle — dodging raindrops with umbrellas Just how high are Harada’s sights set? for Harada? C or avoiding puddles with well-planned “My personal goals are to win my events at “I hope people see me as a good role model footsteps. Pac-10s and to make the top-eight at the and a strong person,” she says. “I try to set a When Kimberly Emiko Harada sees water, NCAAs,” she says. good example.” however, she dives straight in. Sure, her puddle A young and talented Husky team has blos- With such a positive attitude, you might may be a bit larger, and a little warmer, but somed behind the relaxed and upbeat leader- think that Harada even relishes the team’s gru- those are the perks when you’re a two-time ship of Harada. Her enthusiasm comes through eling practices. OK, that would probably be too captain of the undefeated Washington swim in her affection for her teammates, high expec- much to ask. Harada knows, though, that prac- team, and school record holder in the 50-, 100- tations, and her pre-race preparation. tice plays an essential role in keeping her oppo- and 200-meter freestyle events. “We try to remind each other how good we nents floundering in her wake. The senior captain has only had herself to are, and not to get psyched out by the competi- “Truthfully,” she says, “I do not like prac- measure up against in Husky history since first tors’ times,” she says of her routine. “I person- tice. I like being around everyone, and I like making a splash during her sophomore year, ally focus by having fun. Some people like to be the fact that it is making me better, but the but neither her unparalleled success nor chron- alone before meets or races, but I like to be process of it, I don’t like. I just like to race, but ic shoulder problems have slowed Harada from talking and laughing up until the second I need I can’t rely on talent at the college level; I need becoming one of the nation’s elite swimmers. to be on the block. It helps me relax and swim to put in the hours of training, too.” Now in her final year at Washington, Harada faster.” That training has been especially important spends hours a day in the water, but the San Harada has been swimming plenty fast in Harada’s case. A chronic shoulder injury may Lorenzo, Calif., native wasn’t always eager to enough this year, including a limit her physically on occasion, but it simply jump right in. pair of victories in a Nov. 8 makes her spirit, success, and determination “I actually hated swimming when I was little. win over the Southern seem all the more limitless. My parents would put me in swim lessons and I California All-Stars that “It is really a struggle for me everyday,” she would cry,” Harada confesses. “Then we got pushed the Huskies’ says of the injury. “It takes a lot of time and this babysitter who swam, and of course I want- record to 7-0 in 2002-03. energy to take care of my shoulders, and a ed to do everything she did, so I started.” According to Harada, lot of frustration to keep on going, even After a standout prep and junior career, dur- the sky is the limit for the though practice is often painful. I ing which she earned a junior national title in youthful Dawgs. have had to make a lot of deci- 1999 in the 100-meter freestyle, Harada came “We are really good this sions about my training program to the UW for a change of pace. year, and I am constantly and it usually means sacrificing Apparently, a lightning-fast pace. being surprised,” she says. something, which then leads to As a freshman, Harada earned 16 first-place “We have six freshmen and asking, ‘What if I were able to do finishes and qualified for the 2000 U.S. Olympic 12 sophomores so there is a all those things, would I be bet- Team Trials. During her sophomore year, lot of energy. They are all still ter?’” Harada set herself apart from the majority of very new to the whole thing, and, a A faster Kim Harada? Husky swimmers to come before her, setting The competition has just been school records in three events, notching 22 Harada earned 16 first-place finishes sent scrambling for their water individual wins, and earning top-25 finishes in as a freshman. wings. 56 HUSKIES Gameday