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1 2 QUICK FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRO 2009 REVIEW Location .........................................Rohnert Park, Calif. 1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park, CA 94928 2010 Quick Facts _______________ 3 2009 Results __________________ 17 Athletics Phone .................................(707) 664-2521 2010 Schedule _________________ 4 2009 Statistics ________________ 18 Athletics Fax ......................................(707) 664-4104 COACHES 2009 CCAA Review ______________ 19 President ......................................Dr. Ruben Armiñana Head Coach Jennifer Bridges ________ 5 2009 CCAA Stat Leaders __________ 20 Director of Athletics ...................................... Bill Fusco Assistant Coaches ______________5-6 HISTORY Faculty Athletic Rep. .............................Dr. Duane Dove MEET THE SEAWOLVES All-Time Honors ________________ 21 Home Facility .......................................... Seawolf Field Enrollment ..........................................................7,500 2010 Roster __________________ 8 Yearly Leaders _______________ 22-23 Founded ...............................................................1961 Student-Athlete Bios ___________ 9-15 Individual Records ____________ 24-25 Colors ................................Navy, Columbia Blue, White Janelle Arnold _______________________9 Game Records _________________ 26 Conference ........................................................... CCAA Simone Brandalise ____________________9 Ashley Britton ______________________10 Yearly Team Statistics ____________ 26 National Affiliation ............................... NCAA Division II Vanessa Currie _____________________10 Year-By-Year Records ____________ 27 Head Coach ........................................Jennifer Bridges Danielle D’Eccliss ___________________10 Coaching Records _______________ 27 Coach’s Phone ..................................(707) 664-4054 Carli Feuerbach _____________________10 Record at SSU ...........................................First season Nikki Jaime ________________________11 Post-Season Results _____________ 27 Assistant Coaches ........................... Trisha McCormick, Kayla Ledford ______________________11 Tournament Results _____________ 28 Samantha Lipperd ___________________12 Mike Coate, Veronica Howard Danielle Lowe ______________________12 No-Hit History _________________ 28 2009 Record ..................................................... 36-25 Brooke MacLean ____________________12 All-Time Roster ________________ 29 Brittany Martinez____________________12 2008 CCAA Record ................................17-14 (t-3rd) Series Histories ________________ 30 Letterwinners Ret/Lost ...................................... 10/12 Julianne Martinez ___________________13 INFORMATION Starters Ret/Lost ....................................................5/4 Skylynn Myers ______________________13 Amanda Nazario ____________________13 CCAA Information _______________ 31 NCAA Appearances .................................................... 4 Ali Palermo _______________________13 1982, 1995, 2007, 2009 LeeAnn Stroud _____________________14 Department Information ________ 32-33 Jesse Talaugon _____________________14 Corporate Sponsors _____________ 34 Sports Info. Coordinator ..............................Tyler Lobe Rochelle Vanyi _____________________15 Sports Info. Phone ............................(707) 664-2478 Brittanie Verissimo ___________________15 Sports Info. Fax ................................(707) 664-3291 E-Mail [email protected] Website ............................ www.sonomaseawolves.com CREDITS The 2010 Sonoma State Softball media guide was written and designed by Associate Athletics Director Brandon Bronzan. Photography by Katie Burroughs, Brandon Bronzan, Alex Martin, and Stephen Kirschenmann. sonomaseawolves.com 3 2010 SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME Fri-Feb. 5 Grand Canyon^ Turlock, Calif. 1:00 pm Fri-Feb. 5 Cal State Stanislaus^ Turlock, Calif. 3:15 pm Sat-Feb. 6 San Francisco State^ Turlock, Calif. 11:00 am Sat-Feb. 6 Central Washington^ Turlock, Calif. 1:15 pm Sun-Feb. 7 UC San Diego^ Turlock, Calif. 12:00 pm Sun-Feb. 7 Cal State Dominguez Hills^ Turlock, Calif. 2:15 pm Wed-Feb. 10 Notre Dame de Namur Belmont, Calif. 1:00 pm Sat-Feb. 13 NOTRE DAME DE NAMUR ROHNERT PARK 12:00 pm Fri-Feb. 19 Cal State Dominguez Hills* Carson, Calif. 1:00 pm Sat-Feb. 20 Cal State Dominguez Hills* Carson, Calif. 12:00 pm Sun-Feb. 21 Cal State Dominguez Hills Carson, Calif. 11:00 am Fri-Feb. 26 DOMINICAN ROHNERT PARK 1:00 pm Sat-Feb. 27 UC SAN DIEGO* ROHNERT PARK 1:00 pm Sun-Feb. 28 UC SAN DIEGO* ROHNERT PARK 11:00 am Fri-Mar. 5 Cal State East Bay* Hayward, Calif. 1:00 pm Sat-Mar. 6 Cal State East Bay* Hayward, Calif. 12:00 pm Fri-Mar. 12 CAL STATE MONTEREY BAY* ROHNERT PARK 1:00 pm Sat-Mar. 13 CAL STATE MONTEREY BAY* ROHNERT PARK 12:00 pm Fri-Mar. 19 Chico State* Chico, Calif. 1:00 pm Sat-Mar. 20 Chico State* Chico, Calif. 12:00 pm Fri-Mar. 26 Northwest Nazarene# Turlock, Calif. 1:30 pm Fri-Mar. 26 Saint Martin’s# Turlock, Calif. 6:00 pm Sat-Mar. 27 Montana State-Billings# Turlock, Calif. 9:30 am Sat-Mar. 27 Hawaii Pacific# Turlock, Calif. 11:45 am Sat-Mar. 27 Western Oregon# Turlock, Calif. 6:30 pm Sun-Mar. 28 Tournament of Champions Turlock, Calif. tba Tue-Mar. 30 CHAMINADE ROHNERT PARK 1:00 pm Fri-Apr. 2 CAL STATE STANISLAUS* ROHNERT PARK 1:00 pm Sat-Apr. 3 CAL STATE STANISLAUS* ROHNERT PARK 12:00 pm Fri-Apr. 9 Cal State San Bernardino* San Bernardino, Calif. 1:00 pm Sat-Apr. 10 Cal State San Bernardino* San Bernardino, Calif. 11:00 am Fri-Apr. 16 San Francisco State* San Francisco, Calif. 1:00 pm Sat-Apr. 17 San Francisco State* San Francisco, Calif. 12:00 pm Fri-Apr. 23 HUMBOLDT STATE* ROHNERT PARK 1:00 pm Sat-Apr. 24 HUMBOLDT STATE* ROHNERT PARK 12:00 pm Thu-Apr. 29 CCAA Championship Tournament Stockton, Calif. tba Fri-Apr. 30 CCAA Championship Tournament Stockton, Calif. tba Sat-May 1 CCAA Championship Tournament Stockton, Calif. tba Fri-May 7 NCAA West Regionals tba tba Sat-May 8 NCAA West Regionals tba tba Sun-May 9 NCAA West Regionals tba tba Fri-May 14 NCAA Super Regionals tba tba Sat-May 15 NCAA Super Regionals tba tba May 20-24 NCAA Division II Championship tba tba * CCAA game; ^ Mizuno Best of the West Invitational; # Mizuno Tournament of Champions; & Seawolves Invitational 4 COACHING STAFF JENNIFER BRIDGES HEAD COACH Jennifer Bridges will begin her first season as the head softball coach at Sonoma State University in 2010. She comes to the Seawolves by way of Whittier College, where she spent the last two seasons as the head coach of the Poets. As head coach at Whittier in 2008 and 2009, Bridges led the Poets to unprecedented levels of success, including the program’s first ever conference tournament appearance last spring. Her two-year record at Whittier was 45-35 and the squad’s 24 wins in ‘09 were the most for the program since 1987. In addition to her coaching duties, Bridges also served as an Assistant Athletics Director and Senior Woman Administrator at Whittier. Prior to taking the reigns at Whittier, Bridges spent four seasons (2004-2007) as an assistant coach at the University of San CAREER RECORD Diego. She also coached the University of San Diego High School squad in 2002 and 2003. (at Whittier College) Bridges played NCAA Division I softball at the University of San Diego and was her team’s captain as a junior and senior. YEAR OVERALL PCT. CONF. 2008 21-17 .552 11-13 A graduate of the University of San Diego with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, Bridges earned her Master’s Degree in Physical Education from Azusa Pacific University. 2009 24-18 .571 11-13 Career 45-35 .563 22-26 TRISHA McCORMICK ASSISTANT COACH Trisha McCormick will begin her first season as the assistant softball coach at Sonoma State University iN 2010. She spent last season as the assistant coach under Jennifer Bridges at Whittier College. She comes to the Seawolves with head coach Bridges after helping the Poets to a 24-18 record in 2009 and their first ever conference tournament appearance in school history. As a student-athlete, Trisha spent four years at the University of La Verne in La Verne, California where she earned Second Team All-Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) honors. She also graduated cum laude with departmental honors. Prior to her career with the Leopards, she was a two-sport athlete at Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton, Calif. where she earned First Team All-League honors in softball and Second Team All-League accolades in volleyball. Trisha was a two-year captain in both sports and was also a four-year scholar athlete. 5 COACHING STAFF MIKE COATE ASSISTANT COACH Mike Coate returns for his third season as an assistant on the coaching staff at Sonoma State University in 2010. A veteran softball coaches with over a dozen years of experience, Coate has been designated as a Four-Star Master Coach by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA). He also spent five years as a coach at Petaluma High School. VERONICA HOWARD STUDENT ASSISTANT COACH Veronica Howard joins the coaching staff for the first time in 2010. A former All-American at San Jose Community College, Howard is currently at junior at Sonoma State, pursuing a degree in Kinesiology. A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Howard was a National Honor Society member and she hopes to work in the physical therapy field after graduation. 2010 6 YOUR 2010SEAWOLVES 7 2009 ROSTER BREAKDOWN NO NAME POS HT B/T YR HOMETOWN LAST SCHOOL