HILLTOPPER ATHLETICS 2016–2017

1 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHEERLEADING ST. EDWARD’S Cheerleading...... 1 CHEERLEADING STAFF Cross Country...... 2–3 Cheer Men’s Soccer...... 4–5 Head Coach: Talia Russell UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS Cheer Office Phone: 512-637-5615 Volleyball...... 6–7 St. Edward’s University competes as a member of NCAA Division II in 13 sports, including Women’s Soccer...... 8–9 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and Team Awards Since 2011: women’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, and volleyball. Men’s Basketball...... 10–11 2016 — UCA College Spirit Camp (Fight Song-Third) After enjoying many successful seasons in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Women’s Basketball...... 12–13 2016 — UCA College Spirit Camp (Sideline-Fourth) (NAIA), St. Edward’s University Athletics made the move to NCAA Division II in 1999. As Baseball...... 14–15 2016 — UCA College Spirit Camp (Mascot-Superior) a charter member of the Heartland Conference, the Hilltoppers have won 62 conference 2015 — UCA College Spirit Camp (Fight Song-First) Men’s Golf...... 16–17 championships since joining the NCAA. In fact, 53 of those titles have occurred since the 2015 — UCA College Spirit Camp (Sideline-Third) Men’s Tennis...... 18–19 2015 — UCA College Spirit Camp (Game Day-Third) beginning of the 2005–2006 academic year. A total of 77 Hilltoppers have earned All-America 2015 — UCA College Spirit Camp (Mascot-Fifth) honors, and 95 have been named Academic All-Americans. St. Edward’s has sent 76 teams to Softball...... 20–21 2014 — UCA College Spirit Camp (Fight Song) the NCAA National Tournament. Women’s Golf...... 22–23 2014 — UCA College Spirit Camp (Sideline) 2014 — UCA College Spirit Camp (Game Day) Hilltopper Athletics is coming off another impressive year in 2015–2016. The department Women’s Tennis...... 24–25 2012 — Texas Collegiate Cheer Championships (Team Overall) 2011 — Texas Collegiate Cheer Championships (Skills Routine) finished 55th out of 302 Division II schools in the annual Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup. Men’s Athletic Training...... 26–27 2011 — Texas Collegiate Cheer Championships (Cheer Routine) soccer won its fourth-straight Heartland Conference championship, and women’s soccer Facilities...... 28–29 2011 — Texas State UCA College Camp (Most Improved While at Camp) appeared in the regional tournament for the seventh-straight year, advancing to the Sweet 16. Life in Austin...... Back Cover In cross country’s first season back on the hilltop, both the men and women appeared at the South Central Regional Meet, while women’s basketball made a magical run to the Heartland TALIA RUSSELL Conference Tournament Championship game. In the spring, men’s and women’s golf k'pt ATHLETICS Head Coach • Second Season postseason streaks alive as the men advanced to a 13th-straight regional and the women an ADMINISTRATION 11th. On the tennis court, the St. Edward’s University men’s team won its eighth-consecutive conference tournament title, and the women also earned a berth in the postseason for Athletics Director: Talia Russell took over as head coach of the second-straight season. Hilltopper baseball rewrote the record book on the way to its Debbie Taylor, 512-448-8744 the Hilltopper cheer team in January 2015. Russell is also the fan promotions and most wins in school history, a regular-season conference title, a conference tournament Associate Athletics Director/Compli- engagement coordinator. championship and a fifth-straight NCAA South Central Regional berth. ance: Melinda Terry, 512-233-1637 In the 2015–2016 season, Russell led the cheer team to two competition Hilltopper student-athletes enjoyed success in the classroom, too, earning a cumulative GPA of Associate Athletics Director/Operations: performance exhibitions at Texas State University, including the UCA High 3.0 or higher for the past 28 semesters. This past spring, 194 of 264 student-athletes compiled Jameson Adams, 512-233-1495 School and Regional competitions. The cheer team also travled to Tulsa, Okla., in March to support the men’s and women’s basketball teams at the a 3.0 GPA or higher, and 24 individuals earned a 4.0 GPA. The combined GPA for 2015–2016 Assistant Athletics Director/ Heartland Conference Tournament. was 3.23. Health and Wellness: Lisa Lowe, 512-448-8498 Prior to arriving on the hilltop, Russell spent one season as assistant cheer coach at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania. At Kutztown, an Administrative Assistant: NCAA DII institution, Russell was also a compliance intern within the Heartland Conference Monica Baker, 512-448-8480 athletic department. Founded in 1999, the Heartland Conference is an NCAA Division II conference consisting of Administrative Coordinator: As an undergraduate student at Kutztown, she was a member of the 10 schools from Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. These schools include founding cheerleading squad for four years. While a cheerleader for the Golden Abby Caswell, 512-448-8448 members St. Edward’s University and St. Mary’s University as well as expansion members Bears, Russell was the team captain her senior season in which her Dallas Baptist University, Oklahoma Panhandle State University, Texas A&M–International Assistant Athletic Trainer: squad finished fourth nationally at the UCA College Cheerleading Championships for the Division I All-Girl Division. She helped lead University, Newman University, University of Arkansas–Fort Smith, Oklahoma Christian Nicole Wilkins, 512-416-5802 Kutztown to four top-10 finishes at the UCA Nationals during her time. University, Lubbock Christian University and Rogers State University. Assistant Athletic Trainer: Russell was also an assistant varsity and head junior varsity coach Annie Nalepa, 512-448-8496 The Heartland Conference is one of the newest NCAA Division II conferences. At the present for Exeter Township High School in 2014. She has also been a cheer time, there are 26 conferences in NCAA Division II, totaling just over 300 institutions in full or Assistant Athletic Trainer: instructor and competition judge for Varsity Brands, Inc., for the last four years. provisional status across the nation. Savannah Burks, 512-448-8496 Russell graduated from Kutztown in 2013 with a BS in Leisure and Sport Assistant Athletic Trainer: Studies with an emphasis in Athletic Administration and Coaching; she Matthew McNamee, 512-448-8496 graduated magna cum laude. She received her Master of Education in Media Relations Coordinator: Sport Management from Millersville University (Pa.) in 2014. Logan Lawrence, 512-464-8810, (cell) 512-636-2779 Media Relations Assistant: Sam Boender, 512-464-8870, (cell) 402-580-1771

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1 CROSS COUNTRY CROSS COUNTRY STAFF cross country Head Coach: David Chandler DAVID CHANDLER CROSS COUNTRY HISTORY Head Coach • Second Season After sponsoring cross country from 2003 to 2008, School Record (Yrs/Pct): M: 19-63 (1/.232) the university brought the sport back to the hilltop W: 44-34 (1/.564) David Chandler enters his second year of competition as head for both men and women in 2015. “We are fully coach after coming to the hilltop in December 2014. committed to creating an NCAA DII cross country Overall Record (Yrs/Pct): M: same program that is nationally recognized year in and The fall of 2015 marked cross country’s return to St. Edward’s year out, just as our other programs are,” said W: same after a seven-year hiatus. Chandler’s recruiting and coaching efforts Director of Athletics Debbie Taylor. “We should CC Office Phone: (512) 428-1344 over the previous nine months paid off as the Hilltoppers made a triumphant be vying for the Heartland Conference title and debut. The men’s team tied for first place, and the women’s team took the top running in the NCAA regional meet each year.” spot as well at the Texas Lutheran Inviational. 2015 SEASON IN REVIEW The fall competitive season will consist of five to Under Chandler’s guidance, the Hilltoppers raced their way to three more top-two finishes with the six meets plus the conference championship. 2015 Record: M: 19-63 (1/.232) men grabbing first place at Southwestern and the women coming in second at Our Lady of the Lake The team will also compete in middle and W: 44-34 (1/.564) and Southwestern. Along the way, Chandler also brought his team to the NCAA National Preview race long-distance events, ranging from 400 meter to in Joplin, Missouri, and led a contingency to Bellingham, Washington, to compete in a field of nearly 10,000 meter races, in track meets during HC Finish: M: 8th 200 student-athletes. the spring. W: 5th The return of cross country to the hilltop culminated with the women finishing fifth at the Heartland Final Ranking: None Conference Meet and the men finishing eighth. Senior runner Katy Gillis was named honorable AUSTIN RUNNING SCENE mention All-Heartland Conference and also garnered third-team Academic All-America honors. A Postseason Play: None Austin, Texas, is a great place for runners representation of Hilltoppers also advanced to compete at the NCAA South Central Regional meet in with many perfect running locations and an SEU cross country History Canyon, Texas. enthusiastic running culture. The most popular All-Time DII Record: N/A Prior to arriving on the hilltop, Chandler spent 11 years as the head cross country and assistant track is the 10-mile Lady Bird Lake Trail only a couple and field coach at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas. During his tenure at McMurry, Chandler miles away from St. Edward’s University. At any HC Titles (Last): 1-Men (2006) coached 79 all-conference performers, 11 all-region honorees, 22 school record breakers, two NCAA given time, this gravel trail is packed with runners. NCAA Tournament DIII national qualifiers, 102 academic honorees, three Academic All-Americans and six Academic Come enjoy the top-notch atmosphere and Appearances (Last): 2-Men (2008) All-American teams. camaraderie of the running community in Austin, and make your mark at St. Edward’s. NCAA Tournament Record: Men: 11-26 Chandler has directed long distance running camps and clinics since 1999 and has presented at The 2015 men’s and women’s cross country teams marked the return of running to the hilltop while collecting three combined first-place finishes and two second-place finishes. Women: N/A several coaches’ clinics, including the Texas High School Girls Coaching School, Corpus Christi Track Coaches Clinic and the Mississippi High School Track Coaches Association. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Chandler is a member of both the USA Cross Country and Track and Field Coaches Associations and is a USATF level I coach, and he has been a level II coach in endurance events since 2004. Individual awards since 2003: As a student-athlete, Chandler was a four-year letterman in cross country at McMurry. He won Men: the ASC individual cross country championship in 1998 and 2000, led the men’s team to an ASC championship in 2000, was the ASC 800-meter champion in 1997, and earned all-conference honors 1: All-America Selection twice in track and field. 3: All-Region Selections Chandler graduated from McMurry in 2000 with a BS in Multidisciplinary Studies with an emphasis 4: All-Conference Selections in Secondary History and Physical Education. He received his master’s degree in Sports Recreation Management from Hardin-Simmons in 2002. 3: Conference Runner of the Year Selections Chandler married the former Janet Bohling in May 2002, and the couple has a son, Michael. Lady Bird Lake Jogging Trail 1: Conference Coach of the Year Selection Women: 1: All-Conference Selection Academic awards since joining DAN SHANNON NCAA in 1999: O’DWYER MADIGAN Men: Volunteer Volunteer KATY GILLIS ’16 28: Academic All-Conference Selections Assistant • Assistant • Athletic Honors and Achievements 29: Dean’s List Honorees Second Season First Season Honorable mention All-Heartland Conference in 2015 1: Magna Cum Laude Graduate (3.7–3.89) Dan O’Dwyer begins his Shannon Madigan begins second season as the her first season as the NCAA South Central Regional competitor Women: volunteer assistant coach for the Hilltoppers. volunteer assistant coach for the Hilltoppers. Barton Creek Greenbelt in first season, broke program records in 5K and 6K 1: Academic All-America Selection The former Hilltopper cross country team Madigan’s résumé includes a four-year running 1: Academic All-District Selection member was a runner for St. Edward’s during career at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh JOHN DANIELS ’19 Listed five times in St. Edward’s record book the 2006 through 2008 seasons. O’Dwyer was from 2006 to 2010 where she was team captain 59: Academic All-Conference Selections Ran as the Hilltoppers’ top finisher in five out of Records Held: 5K-18:49, 6K-23:21 named to the Heartland Conference President’s and earned many academic accolades. In 2010, the team’s eight races 48: Dean's List Honorees Honor Roll three times and the St. Edward’s she graduated with a bachelor’s degree Academic Awards Competed at the NCAA South Central University Dean’s List eight times. in Journalism. Program’s first CoSIDA Academic All-American 1: Magna Cum Laude Graduate (3.7–3.89) Regional meet O’Dwyer also works in the St. Edward’s Since 2011, Madigan has worked for Turnkey 2: Summa Cum Laude Graduates (3.9–4.0) CoSIDA Academic All-District University Office of the Registrar. He has Operations as the event manager for the Austin Posted a 1500-meter time of 4:05 at Rice in held the position of office specialist VI since 10/20 and California 10/20 road races. She has Spring 2016 USTFCCCA All-Academic February 2011. also volunteered at multiple NCAA Division III Graduated with 4.0 GPA National Championships. O’Dwyer graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from Madigan’s main focus will be assisting the St. Edward’s University St. Edward’s in 2009. women’s cross country team. 2 3 MEN’S SOCCER BRIAN YOUNG Head Coach • 13th Season MEN’S SOCCER STAFF Brian Young begins his 13th season as the head men’s soccer coach at St. Edward’s University. men’s SOCCER Head Coach: Brian Young LORNE CAMERON In 2015, for the first time ever in the history of the program and the Heartland School Record (Yrs/Pct): 118-80-25 Conference, his team won its fourth-consecutive Heartland Conference Volunteer Assistant • Third Season Coaching Duties: Defensive units and central defenders (12/.585) Championship and returned to the NCAA Tournament in back-to-back seasons. Over the last four years, the team has held an impressive record of Playing Experience: Wisconsin–Parkside (2007); Overall Record (Yrs/Pct): Same 55-12-7 (.791) and is currently on a 20-game Heartland Conference winning Houston Baptist (2008–2010) Assistant Coach (Year): Matt O’Sullivan steak. In 2015, six program records were broken: goals against/fewest goals allowed (10), shutouts Honors: Graduated cum laude with a BS in Kinesiology (Seventh Season) (14), shutout percentage (0.48), most assists (49), and Kevin Leib earned the record for career shutouts (18) and goalkeeping victories (31). The team finished as the nation’s #1 NCAA Statistical Champion JAMIE SCOPE MSOC Office Phone: 512-448-8507 in shutout percentage with 0.70 with 14 shutouts in 20 matches, and goalkeeper Kevin Leib also broke the Goals-Against Average with eight goals allowed in 20 games for a 0.43. These records were broken Volunteer Assistant • Second Season 2015 SEASON IN REVIEW with the #1 NCAA South Central Region regular season strength of schedule. The Hilltoppers were also Coaching Duties: Defenders, central midfielders nationally ranked the entire season and ended with a #15 NSCAA Final Postseason Ranking in 2015. and team fitness 2015 Record: 15-3-2 Another highlight this year was former Hilltopper Andy Fox ’15 scoring in the FA Cup while playing for Playing Experience: Incarnate Word (2006–2009) Peterborough United in England’s League One side against West Bromwich Albion F.C. of the English Honors: NSCAA All-America, Heartland Conference Home: 11-1-1 Away: 4-2-1 Premier League. Andy Fox is joined by fellow St. Edward’s players Danny Riley ’15 (Enebybergs IF, Defensive Player of the Year Neutral: 0-0 Sweden) and Sean Arters ’11 (Scorpions FC, NASL) who have signed professional contracts under Professional Experience: Wilmington Young’s head coaching career. Hammerheads (USL Pro) HC Record (Finish): 8-0 (First) In his 12 seasons, Young has coached 69 All-Heartland Conference players, 51 all-region performers Home: 5-0 Away: 3-0 and seven All-Americans. He has led the team to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America ZACH HARTWERTH Final Ranking: 15th (NSCAA)/Adidas Team Academic Award in 10 of the last 12 seasons. In the spring of 2013, the team Volunteer Assistant • Second Season tallied a GPA of 3.04, and six of his student-athletes earned higher than a 3.5 GPA. For the past five Coaching Duties: Backline and goalkeepers St. Edward’s has had five former players sign with professional clubs: Andrew Fox Postseason Play: NCAA Round of 32 seasons, Young has served as the chair of the NSCAA Division II Men’s Soccer National Ranking Playing Experience: Houston Baptist (NCAA DI) Committee, and he has been the chair for the Heartland Men’s Soccer Coaches since 2004. (Stevenage FC-England), Danny Riley (Enebybergs IF-Sweden), Sean Arters (San (2011–2013); Wisconsin–Superior (2014) Antonio-NASL), Fabio Eidelwein (San Jose-MLS), Gabe Jones (Dallas-MLS). SEU MEN’S SOCCER HISTORY Young came to St. Edward’s University after six years as the assistant men’s soccer coach at Brown Liscenses: NSCAA America Goalkeeper Level I and II University in Providence, R.I. He helped the team win four Ivy League Championships (1997, 1998, First Year of Men’s Soccer: 1985 2000 and 2001) and make four NCAA Division I Tournament appearances (1997, 1998, 1999 and All-Time Record (Years): 306-226-52 (31) 2000). The 1999 squad advanced to the Sweet 16, while the 2000 squad made the Elite Eight. Young coordinated national and international recruitment of high school student-athletes. He assisted in All-Time DII Record: 164-124-31 coaching five All-Americans and 11 players who have been drafted in the annual Major League Soccer HC Titles: Seven Superdraft or have signed Major League Soccer (MLS) contracts (FC Dallas, LA Galaxy, Kansas City Wizards, Columbus Crew and New England Revolution). While he was at Brown, the Bears posted an NCAA Appearances (Last): Three (2015) overall record of 61-35-10 (.576) and an Ivy League record of 28-8-5 (.683). NCAA Record: 0-2-1 Prior to Brown University, Young spent a year as an assistant coach at Bates College, where he helped the team to the East College Athletic Conference Tournament and BBC title. He was the co-founder, PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS technical director and head coach of Bruno United Futbol Club from 2002 to 2003. Young was also the head coach and director of player development for the Lake Travis Soccer Club in Austin, where he led Individual awards since 1985: his team (U14) to the 2003 state finals. 17: All-Americans Young coached the “90 Boys” Olympic Development Program for South Texas Youth Soccer and is currently a United States Soccer Federation (USSF) academy scout for the United States Youth Soccer 77: All-Region Selections National Teams. 2: Regional Coach of the Year Selections Young played collegiate soccer at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H. He helped his 143: All-Conference Selections 1994 team to the first NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Tournament appearance in UNH history. He earned All-North Atlantic Conference Tournament honors in 1993 and 1994. After graduating from UNH, Young 10: Conference Most Valuable Player Selections played professionally with the Cape Cod Crusaders Soccer Club in the United States Interregional The St. Edward’s University men’s soccer team won its fourth- Soccer League from 1995 to 1997. 4: Conference Freshman of the Year Selections The St. Edward’s University men’s soccer team has been awarded the NSCAA straight Heartland Conference Championship, going undefeated Young holds an NSCAA Advanced National Diploma and the USSF “A” license. Team Academic Award 10 of the 12 years during Coach Young’s tenure. In in conference play and advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the 3: Conference Offensive Player of the 2015–2016, the team’s GPA was 3.02. second-consecutive season. Year Selections He resides in Austin with his wife, Lillian. 5: Conference Defensive Player of the Year Selections MATT O’SULLIVAN 8: Conference Coach of the Year Selections Assistant Coach • Seventh Season Academic awards since joining Matt O’Sullivan is beginning his seventh year as the assistant men’s soccer NCAA in 1999: coach for the Hilltoppers. 15: Academic All-America Selections O’Sullivan came to the hilltop after three seasons as a member of the University of the Incarnate Word coaching staff — two years as the graduate 10: Academic All-District Selections assistant coach and his last season as an assistant coach. While at Incarnate 10: NSCAA Team Academic Awards Word, he helped lead the Cardinals to back-to-back Heartland Conference Championships in 2007 and 2008 as well as an NCAA Tournament appearance. 204: Academic All-Conference Selections As a player, O’Sullivan lettered three seasons at California State–Bakersfield, where he appeared in 226: Dean's List Honorees 57 matches, scoring 14 goals. He helped lead the team to the second round of the NCAA Playoffs his 12: Cum Laude Graduates (3.5–3.69) junior season and was a first-team selection in the California Collegiate Conference. He played semi- professionally for the Bakersfield Brigade in the USL Premier Development League from 2004 to 2008. 10: Magna Cum Laude Graduates (3.7–3.89) Ryan Dendinger Owain Hoskins Kevin Leib Josh Taylor O’Sullivan earned his bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology and Exercise Science at California State– Academic All-American (CoSIDA) All-American (D2CCA) National Goalkeeper of the Year All-American (NSCAA) 9: Summa Cum Laude Graduates (3.9–4.0) Bakersfield in 2007 and his Master of Arts and Administration in Business at the University of the (Hero Sports) Incarnate Word in 2009. Heartland Conference Heartland Conference Defensive Player of the Year All-American (D2CCA) Most Valuable Player O’Sullivan resides in San Marcos with his wife, Taylar, and daughter Georgie. Academic All-American (CoSIDA) 4 5 VOLLEYBALL MARY DEJUTE Head Coach • Second Season VOLLEYBALL STAFF Mary DeJute is entering her second as head coach at St. Edward’s University after joining the Hilltoppers in 2015. VolleyBall Head Coach: Mary DeJute DeJute began and ended her first year on the hilltop with wins over School Record (Yrs/Pct): 8-20 (1/.286) Southwestern Oklahoma State and Dallas Baptist. She helped lead Overall Record (Yrs/Pct): 180-201 (12/.472) the Hilltoppers to a top-six finish in the Heartland Conference and put together a season that included a record-tying performance Assistant Coach (Year): Stefanie Holler from freshman libero Morgan Beckham. (Second Season) A veteran coach with 16 years of head coaching experience with men’s and women’s teams, she VB Office Phone: 512-428-1386 has more than 175 wins at the NCAA Division I, II and III levels, with a total of more than 20 years of experience as a player, camp director and coach. DeJute comes to St. Edward’s after a successful 2015 SEASON IN REVIEW run at NCAA Division II Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, N.C. 2015 Record: 8-20 During her six seasons leading the Crusaders, DeJute compiled a 110-71 record and led the team to Conference Carolinas Championships in 2012 and 2013. She was named Conference Coach of the Home: 6-9 Away: 2-9 Year in both seasons after leading her team to the NCAA Tournament for the first and second time in Neutral: 0-2 school history. In each of her first four seasons at the helm, she either tied or broke the school record for wins in a season. HC Record (Finish): 6-10 (Sixth) The 2012 championship team captured the program’s first Conference Carolinas Championship and Home: 4-4 Away: 2-6 NCAA Tournament berth. The team posted school records in overall wins (26), conference wins (14), Final Ranking: None winning streak (9), all-conference honorees (5) and all-region honorees (1). In 2015 St. Edward’s University freshman Morgan Beckham recorded 39 digs at The 2014 Hilltoppers finished third in the nation in digs per set, recording Postseason Play: None DeJute’s 2014 squad won the conference’s Messick Sportsmanship Award. She was also the men’s volleyball head coach at Belmont Abbey from 2012 to 2014. St. Mary's on October 22. The libero’s performance matched the all-time St. Edward’s 20.68 per set — the most by a Hilltopper team since the NCAA switched record for digs in a four-set match. Beckham also finished the season ranked seventh to the 25-point rally scoring method. SEU VOLLEYBALL HISTORY Prior to joining Belmont Abbey, DeJute spent nine years as the founder/director of the Columbus in the record book for single-season digs per set. (Ohio) Volleyball Experience club team where she instructed local youth in the game of volleyball First Year of Volleyball: 1974 through camps, clinics and Junior Olympic competitions. All-Time Record (Years): 771-591-6 (42) DeJute began her head coaching career at Mercer University from 1992 to 1996, where she posted All-Time DII Record: 317-248 back-to-back winning seasons, including the first 20-win season in school history. Her teams maintained the top GPA of all varsity sports and had 24 players earn Academic All-Conference. HC Titles: Seven After directing Mercer’s efforts, DeJute moved to Northwestern State University, where she was NCAA Appearances (Last): Four (2011) the head coach from 1996 to 1999. While there, her teams were in the top-two academically, while NCAA Record: 2-4 producing 15 Academic All-Conference performers. On the court, the squad set 11 new school records and had five all-conference players. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS In the summer of 1999, DeJute returned to her native Ohio where she led Heidelberg College for one season while teaching in the department of Health and Physical Education. Individual awards since 1974: A native of Swanton, Ohio, DeJute is a 1986 graduate of Bluffton University with a Bachelor of Arts 17: All-America Selections degree in Education and Art. On the court, she is among the school’s all-time leaders in blocks per 41: All-Region Selections game. She obtained her master’s degree in Education from Northwestern State. 4: Regional Coach of the Year Selections 93: All-Conference Selections 6: Conference Most Valuable Player Selections STEFANIE HOLLER 7: Conference Freshman of the Year Selections Assistant Coach • Second Season 5: Conference Coach of the Year Selections Stefanie Holler begins her second season as assistant volleyball coach at Former Hilltopper volleyball player Angela Vorpahl was named St. Edward’s Hilltopper libero Michelle Hundt was named AVCA honorable mention St. Edward’s University after coming to the hilltop in 2015. 13: Conference All-Tournament Team Selections University valedictorian for the Class of 2008. Over the past eight seasons, All-America her final two seasons on the hilltop. These were the first In her first season as a collegiate assistant coach, Holler trained and the squad has had an average team GPA of 3.46. The squad has also won All-America honors for St. Edward’s since 2002. Hundt amassed 2,718 Academic awards since joining ran a defense that featured record-tying freshman Morgan Beckham. the AVCA Team Academic Award in each of the last nine seasons. digs in her four years on the hilltop, which is a school record, and she NCAA in 1999: Under Holler's guidance, Beckham tied the program record for digs in was also second in the nation in digs per set in 2012 with a 6.91 average. a four-set match. 5: Academic All-District Selections Holler joins the Hilltopper Athletics staff with over 10 years of coaching experience at various levels of 10: AVCA Team Academic Awards compeition. She started her coaching career as a senior in high school, where she volunteered as a 157: Academic All-Conference Selections second assistant for one of the younger teams at her volleyball club. The St. Edward’s volleyball team has won four of the last eight Heartland Conference titles. 218: Dean’s List Honorees Throughout college, Holler stayed in the coaching world by serving as head coach for a number of During those eight years, the Hilltoppers have produced a 75-28 record in conference play. Below is a look at their titles dating club teams in the Charlotte, N.C., area. Following graduation, she went back to Triangle Volleyball back to 1990, when current athletic director Debbie Taylor took over, followed by Sean Donahue in 2001 and Mary DeJute in 2015. 6: Cum Laude Graduates (3.5–3.69) Club where she was the assistant coach for two seasons and head coach for one season. All three of 14: Magna Cum Laude Graduates (3.7–3.89) the teams she worked with at Triangle were national level teams. Many alumni signed with top NCAA Division I programs around the country. 11: Summa Cum Laude Graduates (3.9–4.0) In 2014, Holler was named head women’s volleyball coach at Rolesville High School, where she led 1: Valedictorian the team to their winningest season in school history. Before moving to Austin, Holler started and 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 directed a youth volleyball league in her home town of Wake Forest, N.C. That club has now tripled in size with more than 300 athletes. As a student-athlete at Belmont Abbey, Holler was a four-year academic and athletic scholarship winner from 2008 to 2012. She qualified for the dean’s list and was honored as a member of Conference Carolina’s All-Academic Team. The 2011 team captain, Holler graduated in May 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and minors in both Education and Sociology. = Heartland Conference Championships = postseason appearances

6 7 WOMEN’S SOCCER WOMEN’S SOCCER STAFF WOmen’s SOCCER NICK COWELL Head Coach: Nick Cowell ST. EDWARD’S UNIVERSITY SENIORS HILLTOPPER WOMEN'S SOCCER School Record (Yrs/Pct): 160-33-13 Head Coach • 11th Season REPORT CARD (SINCE 2006) (10/.808) Nick Cowell is entering his 11th year as head coach of the women’s soccer Overall Record (Yrs/Pct): 376-120-34 program. After finishing second in the Heartland Conference in 2015, the Heartland Conference NCAA Tournament (27/.742) Hilltoppers appeared in their seventh-straight NCAA Tournament and their Championships Appearances Assistant Coach (Year): Kelsey Baird ninth in 10 years. The squad advanced to the Sweet 16 for the fifth time. (First Season) In 2013, the Hilltoppers’ only loss came in the Elite Eight of the NCAA 2006 2006 Tournament. This was their second trip to the Elite Eight. Their 18 wins tied WSOC Office Phone: 512-428-1052 the school record set in 2012 when they hosted the NCAA Regional round for the third time in school history and were ranked as high as #3 in the nation. In 2010, Cowell led the 2007 2007 2015 SEASON IN REVIEW team to a 17-2-2 record, a #6 national ranking and the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament for the first 2015 Record: 14-6-1 time in school history. The 2009 season saw Cowell guide the squad to a 16-3-3 record, and a NCAA Sweet 16 appearance for the first time in school history. For his efforts, Cowell was named South 2010 2009 Home: 7-3 Away: 6-2 Central Region Coach of the Year. Neutral: 1-1-1 While at St. Edward’s (2006–Present) Career (1989–Present) HC Record (Finish): 6-2 (Second) 2012 2010 Overall record: 160-33-13 Overall record: 376-120-34 Home: 3-2 Away: 3-0 (Third All-Time in NCAA Division II) Lorrie Santoy Heartland Conference record: 81-9-2 Jessica Williamson Final Ranking: 14-Nation Overall winning percentage: .742 2013 2011 Conference championships: 6 Postseason Play: NCAA Sweet 16 (Ninth All-Time in NCAA Division II) NCAA Tournament appearances: 9 Conference championships: 13 SEU WOMEN’S SOCCER HISTORY All-Americans: 18 2014 2012 NCAA Tournament appearances: 16 First Year of Women’s All-region honorees: 62 Soccer: 1990 All-Americans: 26 Heartland Conference Players of the Year: 9 2013 All-Time Record (Years): 291-169-30 (26) Conference players of the year: 18 All-conference honorees: 74 All-Time DII Record: 217-98-23 Conference coach of the year: 11 HC Titles: Seven Team grade-point average: 3.37 2014 NCAA Appearances (Last): Nine (2015)

NCAA Record: 7-9-5 For the past three years, Cowell has served as the chair of the NCAA Division II Women’s Soccer 2015 National Committee, after serving two years on the NCAA Regional Selection Committee. He has PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS served as the National Soccer Coaches Association of America National Rankings Committee chair, NSCAA All-American Committee regional chair and NCAA Selection Committee regional chair. He Individual awards since 1990: GPA: 3.37 is involved in NSCAA national and regional clinics, and in United States Soccer Federation regional *Overall GPA during head coach Nick Cowell's tenure 21: All-Americans and state clinics. He coaches in the Olympic Development Program at the national, regional and Jennifer Boudreau Julia Harrison Libby Fish state levels. 105: All-Region Selections Cowell received his bachelor’s degree in French and Spanish at the University of Birmingham, 2: Regional Coach of the Year Selections England, in 1983 and earned his master’s degree in Sports Psychology, and in Curriculum and 118: All-Conference Selections Instruction, at Cleveland State University in 1988. He holds a USSF “A” license, a NSCAA 10: Conference Most Valuable Player Selections Advanced National Diploma and an English F.A. Preliminary Coaching Badge. 5: Conference Freshman of the Year Selections 1: Conference Offensive Player of the Year Selection 2: Conference Defensive Player of the Year KELSEY BAIRD Selections Assistant Coach • First Season 2: Conference Goalkeeper of the Year Selections Kelsey Baird begins her first season as assistant coach for the Hilltopper 7: Conference Coach of the Year Selections women’s soccer program. 22: Conference All-Tournament Team Selections Baird, who was a volunteer assistant coach for the Hilltoppers the past three seasons, moves up to the assistant coach spot. While a volunteer coach at Academic awards since joining St. Edward's, Baird was also the head coach for the Veritas Academy varsity NCAA in 1999: girl's soccer team in Austin. At Veritas, Baird helped start the program and led the team to four playoff appearances, three district titles and one state championship. She was 16: Academic All-America Selections also the assistant Student Life director and taught Anatomy and Physiology at Veritas. 11: Academic All-District Selections Baird also founded and is director of Kibera Penda Project, a nonprofit organization in Kenya. The 3: Academic All-Region Selections organization has helped impoverished students with scholarships and placement in high schools and 10: NSCAA Team Academic Awards college in the United States since 2009. 233: Academic All-Conference Selections Collegiately, Baird was a four-year letterwinner for the Hilltoppers; she was named honorable mention All-America (2008), first-team all-region (2006, 2007, 2008) and first-team All-Heartland Conference 440: Dean’s List Honorees (2006, 2007, 2008). She was also named Heartland Conference Woman of the Year (2009) and 12: Cum Laude Graduates (3.5–3.69) a semifinalist for the NCAA Woman of the Year (2009). She was honored as a member of the NCAA Shown left: Former Hilltopper Rachel Murray was named Heartland Conference Woman of the Year and a finalist for the NCAA DII 40th Anniversary Tribute Team (2014) and made the SEU Dean’s List every semester while Woman of the Year. She was the fifth women’s soccer player to earn Heartland Conference Woman of the Year since Nick Cowell 25: Magna Cum Laude Graduates (3.7–3.89) in attendance. took over as head coach in 2006: Kristen Gascoyne (Robbins) (2008), Kelsey Yeatts (Baird) (2009), Kim Abbott (2010), Olivia 14: Summa Cum Laude Graduates (3.9–4.0) Collado (2012) and Rachel Murray (2014). Shown right: The 2014 Heartland Conference Tournament Champions. Baird graduated in 2009 from St. Edward’s with a BS in Kinesiology. 8 9 MEN’S BASKETBALL MEN’S BASKETBALL STAFF men’s Basketball ANDRE COOK Head Coach: Andre Cook ALL-HEARTLAND CONFERENCE Overall Record (Yrs/Pct): 82-85 (6/.491) Head Coach • Eighth Season School Record (Yrs/Pct): 201-125 (11/.617) Andre Cook enters his eighth season as head coach of the St. Edward’s University men’s basketball program. In the 2015–2016 season, Cook led the Assistant Coach (Year): Taylor Land 18-12 Hilltoppers to another Heartland Conference Tournament berth, and a (First Season) national ranking for the second-straight season. MBKB Office Phone: 512-448-8591 The 2014–2015 team was the first team to be nationally ranked since 2008. From his arrival in 2009, Cook has led the Hilltoppers to a 100-97 record. 2014–2015 SEASON IN REVIEW He has produced two first-team All-Heartland Conference players, four second-team All-Heartland Conference players, six honorable mention All-Heartland Conference players and one all-region 2014–2015 Record: 22-8 performer. In 12 years as collegiate head coach, Cook holds an overall record of 219-137 (.615). Home: 16-2 Away: 5-6 Cook came to St. Edward’s from Hudson Valley Community College, where he compiled an overall Neutral: 1-0 record of 119-40 (.748) in five seasons. In each of his last two seasons, he led the Vikings to school Taylor Land Taylor Mullenax Shawn Weinstein, 2006–2007 David Lunn, 2005–2006 records for victories in a season. In 2007–2008, Hudson Valley compiled an amazing 30-1 record and HC Record (Finish): 13-7 (Second) a perfect 16-0 in-conference record, winning the Mountain Valley Conference title for the first time Former Hilltopper Shawn Former Hilltopper David Lunn Home: 8-2 Away: 5-5 in eight years. As a result of his team’s efforts, Cook was named Region III Coach of the Year and Weinstein was selected to helped lead the team to its BCANY (Basketball Coaches Association of New York) Junior College Coach of the Year. In 2008– From the Hilltop to the Pros Final Ranking: None the Heartland Conference first-ever Heartland Conference 2009, the Vikings again had a perfect conference record and advanced to the National Junior College Chris Smith 2004–2005: Merry Monk Ballina (Ireland), 2006–2007; first-team in 2006–2007 title in 2005–2006. Lunn was Postseason Play: None Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division III national tournament, winning their way to the semifinals Sangalhos (Portugal), 2006–2007; Forssan Koripojat (Finland), and 2007–2008, and he named Heartland Conference before falling to eventual national champion Richland College. 2007–2008; Indios de San Francisco (Dominican Republic), 2007– was the Conference Most Most Valuable Player and Valuable Player in 2006–2007, Cook received his bachelor’s degree in American Studies from Skidmore College in 1994, and he 2008; Fjolnir (Iceland), 2009–2010; Njardvik (Iceland), 2009–2010; Newcomer of the Year. SEU MEN’S helping lead the Hilltoppers completed a master’s degree in teaching social studies from Union College in 1996. While at Union, Svi (Slovakia), 2010–2011; Haukar (Iceland), 2011–2013; Fjolnir to three-straight Heartland Coach of the Year BASKETBALL HISTORY he served as an assistant men’s basketball coach from 1994 to 1996. (Iceland), 2013 Conference Championships. Ryan Marks, 2005–2006, First Year of Men’s As a high school player, Cook played four years of varsity basketball at Watervliet High School for 2006–2007, 2007–2008 David Lunn 2005–2006: Jonstrup (Denmark), 2006–2007 Basketball: 1921–1922 New York State and Hudson Valley Hall of Fame coach George Mardigan. Cook was inducted into Newcomer of the Year the Watervliet Hall of Fame in 2009. Cook played four years at Skidmore College and is in the top 10 David Lunn, 2005–2006 Second-Team All-Time Record (Years): 926-969 (86) Daniel Pierre 2005–2008: Jonstrup (Denmark), 2008–2010; Bodfeld in scoring at Watervliet and Skidmore, amassing over 1,000 points at both places. In 2012, Cook was Bradley Burdick, 2001–2002 All-Time DII Record: 215-232 (Germany), 2010–2011 inducted into the Capital District Basketball Hall of Fame in Albany, New York. Defensive Player of the Year Lawrence Ramsey, 2002–2003 HC Titles: Three Cornelius Gilleylen, 2006–2007 Cook resides in Austin, with his wife, Stacey, and children, Emily (13) and Colin (7). Shawn Weinstein 2005–2008: Elitzur Maccabi Netanya (Israel), Chris Smith, 2004–2005 NCAA Appearances (Last): Three (2007–2008) 2008–2009; Meralco Bolts (Philippines), 2009–2010; Talk N Tex First-Team Daniel Pierre, 2005–2006 (Philippines), 2010–2011; Barako Bull (Philippines), 2011–present Bradley Burdick, 1999–2000, NCAA Record: 0-3 Remy Boswell, 2010–2011 2000–2001 Taylor Mullenax 2005–2009: Ulriken Elite (Norway), 2009–2010; Shimeek Johnson, 2011–2012 TAYLOR LAND Rhonney Greene, 1999–2000 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Kalamuda E.S. (Australia), 2010–2011; Mandura (Australia) 2012–2013 Assistant Coach • First Season 2011–present Ben Lyman, 1999–2000, Individual awards since 1921: 2000–2001 Frankie Mgbolu, 2014–2015 Taylor Land enters his first season as assistant coach of St. Edward’s 17: All-Americans Taylor Land 2005–2009: Jonstrup (Denmark), 2010–2011; University men’s basketball after his hiring in Summer 2016. Lachlan Teasdale, 1999–2000, Mandura (Australia), 2011–present 18: All-Region Selections 2000–2001 The Hilltoppers’ new assistant has been a player/coach for the Rockingham 147: All-Conference Selections Flames in Australia’s State Basketball League since 2014. As a coach, Land Remy Boswell 2010–2012: Tokyo Cinq Reves (Japan), 2013–2014 David Lunn, 2005–2006 served as an assistant since arriving in Rockingham, while also holding the 6: Conference Most Valuable Player Selections Taylor Mullenax, 2006–2007, position of head development officer. As a player, he is currently averaging 2008–2009 2: Conference Newcomer of the Year Selections 13.1 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.7 assists per contest as the team’s starting Shawn Weinstein, 2006–2007, point guard. Land has also played two seasons for the Mandurah Magic (Australia-SBL) and two 3: Conference Freshman of the Year Selections 2007–2008 more seasons for Jonstrup Basket (Denmark-1st League). WHERE ARE THEY NOW (Recent Graduates Under Coach Cook) 1: Conference Defensive Player of the Year Daniel Pierre, 2007–2008 Land’s other coaching experience includes an assistant coaching stint at the University of St. Francis Cory Griffin (2010) 8th Grade Teacher/Coach, Northeast ISD (San Antonio, Texas) Selection Jeff Miner, 2009–2010 (Ill.) from 2013–2014, volunteer assistant at St. Edward’s from 2012–2013 and graduate assistant Reggie Shanks (2010) Property Accountant, Greystar Management 5: Conference Coach of the Year Selections coach at The University of Texas–Pan American from 2009–2010. Assistant Coach, Regents School (Austin, Texas) Reggie Shanks, 2009–2010 5: Conference All-Tournament Team Selections During his collegiate career, the Flower Mound, Texas, native lettered four years for the Hilltoppers Bobby Watkins (2010) Office Manager, Keith E. Starr State Farm (Las Vegas, Nev.) from 2005–2009. During that span, St. Edward’s compiled a 85-33 record, won three conference Academic awards since joining championships and appeared in three NCAA Regional Tournaments. He was also a relief pitcher on Jannick Zimmer (2010) International Sales Manager, K1X (Munich, Germany) James Stukes (2015) Guest Services, Omni Hotel (Austin, Texas) NCAA in 1999: the St. Edward’s baseball team his freshman through junior seasons. In 2009, Land was named the Patrick Barnes (2011) Ocular Sales Representative, Alcon (Irvine, Calif.) SEU Men’s Senior Student-Athlete of the Year. Harley Nussman (2015) Child Support Officer, Attorney General’s Office (Austin, Texas) 2: Academic All-District Selections Tylor Carr (2011) Utility Coordinator, ONEprop, Inc. (Dallas, Texas) Land received his bachelor's degree in Finance from St. Edward’s University in 2009, graduating 103: Academic All-Conference Selections Jae Ricketts (2015) Police Office, Denison Police Department (Denison, Texas) summa cum laude. He also holds a master's degree in communication from UT–Pan American, which Jeff Miner (2011) Account Manager for Luxury Fashion, Google Inc. (New York, N.Y.) Zach Ghormley (2015) Capital Markets Associate, Greysteel (Dallas, Texas) 115: Dean’s List Honorees he gained in 2010. Mark Watson (2011) Senior Financial Analyst, Nalco Champion (Houston, Texas) John Rutherford (2015) Security Agent, The W Hotel (Austin, Texas) 4: Cum Laude Graduates (3.5–3.69) Remy Boswell (2012) Professional Basketball Player, Tokyo Cinq Reves (Tokyo, Japan) Quinton Lilley (2016) Sport Reporting Intern, Inland Valley Newspaper 7: Magna Cum Laude Graduates (3.7–3.89) Cameron Couball (2012) Weathercaster, United States Air Force (Tucson, Ariz.) (San Bernardino, Calif.) 6: Summa Cum Laude Graduates (3.9–4.0) Zac Graham (2013) Assistant Coach, Southwestern University (Georgetown, Texas) Corey Guderyahn (2016) Master's Student, University of Texas (Austin, Texas) Tyler Foster (2014) Leadership Account Manager, ACG (Austin, Texas) Frank Mgbolu (2016) Research Analyst, Myriad Development (Austin, Texas) Matt Miner (2014) Women’s Assistant Coach, St. Edward’s University (Austin, Texas) Trey Lindsey (2016) Graduate Assistant, St. Edward’s University Men’s Basketball Chris Wacker (2014) Financial Auditor, Holtzman Partners (Austin, Texas) (Austin, Texas)

10 11 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STAFF WOmen’s basketball Head Coach: J.J. Riehl J.J. RIEHL School Record (Yrs/Pct): 59-52 (4/.532) Head Coach • Fifth Season Overall Record (Yrs/Pct): Same J.J. Riehl enters her fifth season as head coach of the St. Edward’s University women’s basketball team. Under Riehl’s direction, the Hilltoppers won more Assistant Coach (Year): Matt Miner games in the first three seasons than any other staff in program history. (Second Season) During the 2015–2016 season, the Hilltoppers qualified for their fourth- WBKB Office Phone: 512-448-8590 straight Heartland Conference Tournament. As the sixth-seed, St. Edward’s upset two-straight opponents in a magical run to finish as runner-up in the championship. St. Edward’s also saw its first trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2015–2016 SEASON IN REVIEW 2013–2014, following its Heartland Conference Tournament Championship and a 19-9 record. 2015–2016 Record: 12-17 Riehl’s roots tie deep into the hilltop, as she served as an assistant coach for 10 seasons. While Home: 7-8 Away: 3-8 assisting, she played an instrumental role in the program’s sole conference championship (2005– 2006), six consecutive conference tournament appearances stretching from 2006 to 2011, 24 Neutral: 2-1 all-conference players, one conference Player of the Year, one Defensive Player of the Year and two HC Record (Finish): 8-10 (Seventh) professional players. Home: 5-4 Away: 3-6 Riehl also played collegiate basketball at St. Edward’s, arriving on the hilltop in 1998. She was a three- year starter, two-year captain and two-time all-conference honoree, and she led her team to an NAIA Minnesota Lynx forward Taj McWilliams-Franklin Hilltopper point guard Shakera Barnes made 2012–2016 St. Edward’s University Final Ranking: None Championship appearance. Riehl is listed in the record books 11 times, most notably for scoring over was a two-time All-America selection and NAIA quite the splash in her first season on the hilltop. Women’s Basketball by the Numbers Postseason Play: None 1,000 points and for placing herself No. 1 all-time in career three-point field goal percentage. Riehl National Player of the Year during her time at Barnes led the Hilltoppers in scoring (13.8 ppg) Overall record: 59-52 was recognized as a member of the St. Edward’s University Women’s Athletics All-Era Team in 2010. St. Edward’s. She holds the school scoring record and assists (4.9 apg) on her way to being named with 1,837 points in just three years of action. Heartland Conference Newcomer of the Year. Conference record: 35-32 SEU WOMEN’S Riehl received her bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology in 2002 and earned her Master of Human She is shown above with teammate Lindsay Barnes teamed up with fellow Hilltopper Khiani Heartland Conference: Four-consecutive BASKETBALL HISTORY Services with a Sports Management concentration in 2004, both from St. Edward’s. Whalen holding the 2011 WNBA Championship Clark (12.8 ppg, 9.1 rpg) to lead St. Edward’s tournament appearances, one trophy. This was the second WNBA title for the on a magical run to the Heartland Conference tournament championship First Year of MATT MINER six-time All-Star. Tournament Championship game. 7: All-Heartland Conference honorees Women’s Basketball: 1974–1975 1: Heartland Conference Newcomer of the Assistant Coach • Second Season Year honorees All-Time Record (Years): 524-452 (42) 5: Heartland Conference All-Tournament Matt Miner concluded his first season as assistant coach for the Hilltoppers this All-Time DII Record: 199-266 Team honorees past March. In his new role, the Hilltoppers finished runner-up in this past year’s 5: Player of the Week award winners HC Titles: One nationally broadcasted Heartland Conference Tournament. Miner assisted 90: New record book top-10 rankings NCAA Appearances (Last): One (2013–2014) Riehl in producing the Hilltoppers’ first Heartland Conference Newcomer of 25: Conference honor roll honorees the Year recipient (Shakera Barnes) and Riehl’s eight and ninth All-Heartland 1,403: Community service hours served NCAA Record: 0-1 Conference players (Barnes, Khiani Clark). Miner spent the 2014–2015 season as the graduate assistant coach for the team. He helped lead the team to a PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS 15-12 record and a third place finish in the Heartland Conference. What they are saying about He also helped found the annual Cowan Elementary Mentoring Program, where student-athletes tutor, Individual awards since 1974: mentor and assist elementary students in classroom activities, and facilitate recreational events. In Coach Riehl and St. Edward’s University women’s basketball 5: All-Americans 2016, the Austin Independent School District named St. Edward's University women's basketball as the Cowan Elementary Campus Community Partner of the Year. 1: National Player of the Year Selection RHINA PALAZUELOS ’03, KELLI PAYTON ’10, Miner came to the Hilltopper coaching staff after lettering four seasons for the St. Edward's University Varsity head women’s basketball coach, 21: All-Region Selections Former Mackay Meteorettes (Australia) men's basketball team. During his time, Miner appeared in 77 games, tallied 281 points (3.6 ppg), Round Rock “My coaches and teammates all taught me the 2: Regional Player of the Year Selections and knocked down 43 career three-pointers. He was named to the Heartland Conference President’s “I was fortunate enough to have Coach Riehl as a teammate, a coach and value of teamwork, communication and leadership. Honor Roll twice (2011–2012, 2013–2014), and to the Dean’s List five times. mentor during my years as a player and graduate assistant. The amount of Through my four years at St. Edward’s, the team 3: Regional Coach of the Year Selections pride and passion that Coach Riehl displays not only for the game, but also The Clifton Park, N.Y., native played his prep basketball at Shenendehowa High School where he was overcame a tremendous amount of adversity and 91: All-Conference Selections for her program and the university is infinite. She has a way of making you fourth on the all-time scoring list (971 points) averaging 21.0 points per contest. He was named New with the guidance of the coaching staff, it enabled want to work harder and be greater than you ever imagined was possible. 3: Conference Most Valuable Player Selections York Section II Player of the Year his senior season and helped lead his team to the Suburban Council all of us to grow up and step into positions that There is no doubt in my mind that the student-athletes that attend Championship all four seasons. we otherwise may not have been ready for. Those 1: Conference Newcomer of the Year Selections St. Edward’s University will be prepared for whatever obstacles experiences gave me the confidence to travel to Miner graduated from St. Edward’s in 2014 with a degree in Finance with cum laude distinction. He is come their way, and they will have the time of their lives doing it.” 7: Conference Freshman of the Year Selections the other side of the world and step into a role on currently enrolled in the MBA Program at St. Edward’s. a team that six years ago I would not have had the 1: Conference Defensive Player of the LEAH FOSTER ’06, guts to do.” Year Selection 2013–2014 Heartland Conference Tournament Champions Assistant women’s basketball coach, Tulsa University 5: Conference Coach of the Year Selections “St. Edward’s is a remarkable campus in one of TRICIA JOHNSON ’02, Varsity head girls’ basketball coach, 3: Conference All-Tournament Team Selections the most desired cities in the entire country, and Austin High School on top of that you receive an amazing education “St. Edward’s helped prepare me for my career in coaching and teaching. I Academic awards since joining with individualized attention from a great faculty. brought many drills and ideas that I learned as a Hilltopper to my high school NCAA in 1999: Even more, several student-athletes that graduate program. The teaching program was excellent and I felt completely prepared from St. Edward’s go on to play at the next level, to get out there in the real world.” 114: Academic All-Conference Selections but when they complete their professional career 115: Dean’s List Honorees they have a great degree to fall back on, as well MADDIE WHEELER ’14, as a lot of nationwide connections. There are a lot 8: Cum Laude Graduates (3.5–3.69) Assistant girls’ basketball, cross country and track coach, of universities in the country that you have to give Anderson High School (Austin, Texas) 9: Magna Cum Laude Graduates (3.7–3.89) up something you desire to go to that university; “Through my experience at St. Edward’s, I became a better basketball player with St. Edward’s, that just isn’t the case.” 3: Summa Cum Laude Graduates (3.9–4.0) as well as a better person. Coach Riehl taught us how to push our bodies past the limit of exhaustion, create beneficial relationships with our professors and express our feelings in order to create better friendships with our teammates.” 12 13 BASEBALL ROB PENDERS Head Coach • 11th Season BASEBALL STAFF Rob Penders begins his 11th season as the head coach of the St. Edward’s University baseball team. Last season, he led the Hilltoppers to their sixth NCAA baseball Head Coach: Rob Penders regional appearance while winning their fourth-straight Heartland Conference JONATHAN BURNS Tournament Championship and fifth regular season title. Penders has accounted School Record (Yrs/Pct): 385-174 (10/.689) Assistant Coach • Third Season for all nine of the St. Edward’s University Heartland Conference titles, and he led Overall Record (Yrs/Pct): Same the team to a 46-12 record in 2016, marking the most wins in program history. Burns begins his third season as a member of the Hilltopper baseball coaching staff, serving as the pitching coach. His 2016 staff posted the second-best Assistant Coach (Year): Dave Wood During his tenure on the hilltop, Penders has continued to rewrite the St. Edward’s ERA in school history and also broke the program record for strikeouts in a (Sixth Season) record book. The team’s 46 wins in 2016 resets the mark of 44 victories that was accomplished in 2013 on the way to the NCAA DII World Series, and a trip to the 2016 regional tournament championship game single season. Assistant Coach (Year): Jonathan Burns helped Penders earn two separate Regional Coach of the Year awards. His 2016 Hilltoppers proceeded to tie He previously coached the Victoria Generals of the Texas Collegiate League and (Third Season) or break 20 single-game, season and career records. As the St. Edward’s head coach, Penders has reached was an assistant coach with Texas A&M–Kingsville from August 2012 until June BB Office Phone: 512-448-8497 career win milestones of 100, 200 and 300 faster than anyone in school history. His career head coaching 2014, also working with the pitching staff. record of 385-174 advances him to first place in wins and first in winning percentage in the 112-year history of baseball on the hilltop. Burns pitched in 47 games over his two-year career on the hilltop, compiling 10 saves, throwing 2016 SEASON IN REVIEW 98.1 innings, producing a 3.75 ERA and striking out 97 batters. He primarily served as the closer Since his arrival at St. Edward’s, his players have received numerous accolades as well, and 2016 was for St. Edward’s and was ultimately drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 26th round of the 2010 MLB 2016 Record: 46-12 no different. In addition to a pair of All-Americans, 20 all-region nods and 10 more named All-Heartland First Year Player Draft. Conference, Romeo Cortina earned Heartland Conference Newcomer of the Year and Tournament MVP. Home: 22-5 Away: 17-4 Additionally, Nick Lerick gave Penders his first CoSIDA Academic All-American. To cap it all off, Cameron After pitching professionally for two years, Burns returned as a volunteer assistant in August of 2011 and Neutral: 7-3 Stanton became the sixth Hilltopper to be drafted under Penders’ watch, as he was selected in the 30th helped the Hilltoppers during the 2012 season. Burns received a BS in Kinesiology from St. Edward’s in round by the Atlanta Braves. J.D. Arrowood and Joseph Olson also signed free-agent contracts with the 2011, and a MS in Kinesiology from Texas A&M–Kingsville in 2015. HC Record (Finish): 23-4 (First) Tampa Bay Rays. This adds to a history that includes Hilltopper starting pitcher Brannon Easterling earning Home: 10-2 Away: 13-2 College Baseball Lineup’s DII Josh Willingham Most Valuable Player award in 2013. In 2012, Stephen Johnson was named by Baseball America as the best prospect in NCAA Division II as well as Preseason Final Ranking: 5-Nation, Pitcher of the Year. Collin Sherrod and Dexter Moreno both won a Rawlings Gold Gloves as well, in 2015 and 2-Region 2010, respectively. Postseason Play: NCAA Regional Overall, Penders has had 22 All-Americans, 50 all-region players, 77 individuals named to all-conference teams, four Conference Players of the Year, two Conference Pitchers of the Year, two Conference Freshmen Hilltopper outfielder Romeo Cortina was named of the Year and two Conference Newcomers of the Year. His teams have tied or broken 120 individual and SEU BASEBALL HISTORY the 2016 Heartland Conference Newcomer of the team school records. First Year of Baseball: 1902 Year and the Heartland Conference Tournament The success of the Hilltopper baseball program has not been limited to the field of play. In 10 years, MVP. During the regular season he went 4-for-4 All-Time Record (Years): 1562-1397-11 (85) 244 student-athletes have been nominated to the Heartland Conference Honor Roll. During that same with four home runs against Oklahoma Christian, timeframe, 161 student-athletes have been named to the Dean’s List. The baseball program has also had All-Time DII Record: 577-347-1 the best single-game performance in NCAA five team members named the St. Edward’s Outstanding Senior Student-Athlete of the Year. This award Division II in 2016. HC Titles: Five encompasses not only athletic achievement but also academic excellence and community service. NCAA Appearances (Last): Six (2016) In his prep days, Penders was a two-time all-state shortstop at East Catholic High School in Manchester, Conn. He played there for his father, Jim Penders, who won four state championships during his career and NCAA Record: 11-13 was named the National High School Coach of the Year in 1996. Rob’s brother, Jim, currently serves as the head baseball coach for the University of Connecticut, where both his father and his uncle, Tom Penders was the PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS (long-time Division I men’s basketball coach), were members of the 1965 Huskies College World Series team. 2016 Penders was a four-year letterman for Wake Forest and a team captain his senior year. Primarily a third fifth-straight season the Individual awards since 1902: baseman, he was voted to the Atlantic Coast Conference All-Academic Team three times from 1994 to 1996. Hilltopper baseball team 14: MLB First-Year Player Draft Picks In Summer 1995, he played for the Hyannis Mets in the Cape Cod League. After Wake Forest, he played professionally for the Richmond Roosters in the Frontier League in Indiana. He has a daughter named Emmy qualified for the NCAA 28: All-America Selections and a son, Jack. They live in Austin. Cameron Stanton was taken by the Atlanta In 2016, Hilltopper head coach Rob Penders 104: All-Region Selections South Central Regional. Braves in the 30th round of the 2016 MLB made St. Edward’s the only team in Texas to 8: Regional Player of the Year Selections First-Year Player Draft. He is the 14th player in make five-straight NCAA Division II Regional St. Edward’s University history to be drafted. Tournaments. He also holds the program 10: Regional All-Tournament Team Selections DAVE WOOD record for career head coaching wins and 178: All-Conference Selections winning percentage. The St. Edward’s University baseball team Assistant Coach • Sixth Season opened its brand-new hitting/pitching facility 7: Conference Player of the Year Selections during the 2012 season. In 2016, a generous Dave Wood begins his sixth season as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator 3: Conference Pitcher of the Year Selections donation brought the addition of a lighted sign for the St. Edward’s University baseball team. He leads the Hilltoppers’ recruiting on the front of the building. The facility is 80x36 efforts after previously overseeing the pitching staff. He has signed transfers, such 6: Conference Freshman of the Year Selections feet and 20 feet in height. It has room for two as J.D. Arrowood and Joseph Olson, and four-year players including Cameron full-length batting cages and three regulation- 4: Conference Coach of the Year Selections Stanton and Dylan Watts. pitching mounds. 33: Conference All-Tournament Team Selections In 2014, under Wood’s guidance, the pitching staff produced a 2.57 ERA, which broke the school record set in 2013 and advanced the Hilltoppers to sixth in the nation. In the four years Academic awards since joining Wood led the Hilltopper staff, they have produced four of the lowest five ERAs in school history. NCAA in 1999: Wood came to the hilltop after spending three years in the Kansas City Royals minor league organization. In 2: Academic All-America Selections 2007, he was a member of the Royals in the Arizona Fall League, where he won Player of the Year. During the 2008 season, he split time between the Wilmington Royals and the Burlington (N.C.) Royals, where he was a 5: Academic All-District Selections team captain. His final season, he played for the Class A Burlington (Iowa) Royals, whom he helped lead to 314: Academic All-Conference Selections the championship series of the Midwest League. 260: Dean’s List Honorees A native of Long Island, N.Y., Wood began his collegiate career at Stony Brook University, where he was named to the Freshman All-America East Team. After transferring to Temple (Texas) College, he was 8: Cum Laude Graduates (3.5–3.69) named second-team all-region as both a pitcher and first baseman. His final two seasons, Wood played 14: Magna Cum Laude Graduates (3.7–3.89) at Texas State University, where he was second-team all-conference on the 2007 Southland Conference Champion Bobcats. 3: Summa Cum Laude Graduates (3.9–4.0) Wood holds a bachelor’s degree in Applied Arts and Sciences with a coaching emphasis from Texas State. He is married to the former Randi Warren; the couple and their son live in Kyle, Texas. 14 15 MEN’S GOLF MEN’S GOLF STAFF Men’s golf TODD OHLMEYER Head Coach: Todd Ohlmeyer Local golf courses with St. Edward’s University playing privileges: School Record (Yrs/Pct): 875-465 (8/.653) Head Coach • Ninth Season Overall Record (Yrs/Pct): Same Todd Ohlmeyer enters his ninth season as head coach of the St. Edward’s Course Website University men’s golf program. Last year, Ohlmeyer led the Hilltoppers to MG Office Phone: 512-448-8604 the NCAA Regionals for the 13th-straight season. Since Ohlmeyer joined onioncreekclub.com the Hilltoppers in November 2008, the golf team has finished first 14 times Onion Creek Country Club (Home Course) 2015–2016 SEASON IN REVIEW — including at the 2014 NCAA DII South Central/West Super Regional, the 2010 and the 2014 Heartland Conference Championships — second 10 times Austin Country Club austincountryclub.com 2015–2016 Record: 92-78 and in the top five in 50 tournaments. The program has amassed a 875-465 record over the course HC Finish: Fourth of his tenure. He has coached 13 members of the Srixon Golf All-America Scholar team, five All- Barton Creek Resort bartoncreek.com America selections, 12 all-region members, 21 all-conference players, the 2012 and 2014 Heartland Onion Creek Country Club Final Ranking: 8-Region Conference Freshmen of the Year, and the 2010, 2012 and 2014 Heartland Conference Players of the Postseason Play: NCAA Regional Year. Ohlmeyer was also named the Heartland Conference Coach of the Year in 2010, 2011, 2012 Flintrock Falls Golf Club flintrockfalls.com Tournament and 2014. (T-14th) Grey Rock Golf Club greyrockgolfclub.com Ohlmeyer got his start in coaching as a volunteer assistant to both the men’s and women’s golf teams at Belmont Abbey College outside of Charlotte, N.C. He assisted with the instruction of both teams SEU MEN’S GOLF HISTORY and traveled with them to tournaments. Lakecliff Country Club lakecliffcc.com All-Time DII Record: 1702-922 He then became the associate head coach of men’s and women’s golf at DI Coastal Carolina University in Myrtle Beach, S.C. While at Coastal, he was in charge of all recruiting efforts, coached Lost Creek Country Club clubcorp.com/Clubs/Lost-Creek-Country-Club HC Titles: Five the women’s program at tournaments and served as tournament director for the General Jim NCAA Tournament Hackler Championship. The Hills Country Club clubcorp.com/Clubs/The-Hills-of-Lakeway Appearances (Last): 13 (2015-2016) Ohlmeyer has wide-ranging golf experience. He worked for the American Cancer Society, overseeing NCAA Tournament Record: 152-104 all the golf events in the Carolinas from 2005 to 2008. From 2000 to 2003, Ohlmeyer played golf UT Golf Club utgolfclub.com professionally on the Golden Bear Tour, the Developmental Players Tour, Pro Tour Hawaii and the Wolfdancer Golf Club Tight Lies Tour. Additionally, he caddied for Debbie Koyama on the LPGA Tour and Michael Walton on PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Wolfdancer Golf Club wolfdancergolfclub.com the Nationwide Tour. Individual awards since 1999: In 1997, he joined the staff of ESPN Regional Television as production assistant and then as 12: All-Americans operations coordinator in 1999. Ohlmeyer prepared the operational budget of each golf telecast, negotiated weekly and yearly contracts with equipment vendors, and researched and wrote video 22: All-Region Selections features on the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour and Champions TOUR players. 38: All-Conference Selections Ohlmeyer, a two-time Connecticut High School All-State Golf selection from New Canaan, attended 5: Conference Player of the Year Selections Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif. He graduated in 1997 with a bachelor’s degree in Public Relations with an emphasis on Sport Management/Administration. While at Pepperdine, Ohlmeyer 5: Conference Freshman of the Year Selections was a member of the Pepperdine men’s golf team that captured the NCAA Division I National Team 7: Conference Coach of the Year Selections Championship in 1997. In November 2007, along with his teammates, he was inducted into the Pepperdine University Hall of Fame. 7: Conference All-Tournament Team Selections Ohlmeyer is an avid runner and triathlete who competed in the 2014 Ironman Lake Placid. He and his Barton Creek Fazio Foothills Academic awards since joining wife, Kati, have two children: Ian and Lauren. NCAA in 1999: 19: Academic All-American Selections 3: Academic All-District Selections 79: Academic All-Conference Selections 71: Dean’s List Honorees Joey Hearn Eliott Azoulay 2: Cum Laude Graduates (3.5–3.69) GCAA Academic All-America GCAA Academic All-America 4: Magna Cum Laude Graduates (3.7–3.89) 2: Summa Cum Laude Graduates (3.9–4.0)

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The 2015–2016 team qualified for the NCAA Regional Tournament for the 13th-straight season. Jay Hogan UT Golf Club Thomas Holtzman GCAA Academic All-America Second-team All-Heartland Conference 16 17 MEN’S TENNIS ESTEVAM STRECKER Head Coach • Third Season MEN’S TENNIS STAFF Estevam Strecker begins his third season as head men’s tennis coach at St. Edward’s. He is coming off of his second-straight Heartland Men’s tennis Head Coach: Estevam Strecker Conference Coach of the Year award and two-consecutive trips to the Another Successful Run School Record (Yrs/Pct): 22-23 (2/.489) NCAA Regional Tournament. HILLTOPPER STRENGTH The St. Edward’s University men’s tennis team has proven to be one of the top teams in the After leading the Hilltoppers to the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2015, Strecker Overall Record (Yrs/Pct): Same nation, with trips to the NCAA Tournament in 15 of its 17 years since joining the NCAA in 1999. The OF SCHEDULE guided the Hilltoppers to yet another Heartland Conference Tournament Hilltoppers have appeared in the Sweet 16 seven times and the National Quarterfinals three times. MT Office Phone: 512-448-8743 Championship in 2016, giving St. Edward’s its eighth-straight bid to the NCAA Regional Tournament. The team closed 2016 ranked 24th in the nation with five individuals earning All-Heartland Team results since joining NCAA in 2000: 2016 SEASON IN REVIEW Conference Honors. 2016 Record: 11-14 Prior to his arrival on the hilltop, Strecker coached at the Austin Tennis Academy from 2007 to 2014. Final Regional Final National Year Conference NCAA Postseason While at the ATA, Strecker was an Academy coach, and he was the fitness director from 2008 to 2014. Ranking Ranking Home: 3-6 Away: 2-6 He has also been a College Prep teacher in Anatomy and Physiology since 2010. Neutral: 6-2 Strecker’s coaching experience extends into the collegiate ranks; he was an assistant coach for 2000 Runner-up Sweet 16 2 25 HC Finish: Second his alma mater Auburn from 2004 to 2007. He coached the men for one season and the women for three seasons. Final Ranking: 24-Nation, 2001 Runner-up Round of 32 5 26 4-Region A native of Novo Hamburgo, Brazil, Strecker played collegiate tennis at Auburn from 1999 to 2002. While a Tiger, Strecker claimed 86 singles victories, which ranks eighth on the all-time list. He led 2002 Third None 5 NR Postseason Play: NCAA Regional Auburn to three NCAA Tournament appearances. His senior season, he was team captain and led his team to a best-ever NCAA DI #11 ranking and an Elite Eight tournament finish. Strecker was named SEU MEN’S TENNIS HISTORY Academic All-American his senior season and named Academic All-SEC three times while at Auburn. 2003 Runner-up Round of 64 5 NR All-Time DII Record: 204-164 Strecker graduated cum laude from Auburn in 2002 with a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science, 2016 2014 2004 Runner-up Round of 32 4 28 and in 2007 with a master’s degree in Exercise Physiology. He is married to Lia Almeida. The couple #3 Texas A&M (DI) HC Titles: 10 #3 Trinity (DIII) and their two sons, Rafael Almeida Strecker and Luca Almeida Strecker, live in Austin. #3 Tyler JC (JUCO) #16 Cameron NCAA Tournament 2005 Runner-up Round of 32 4 19 #4 Trinity (DIII) #17 Midwestern State #11 Midwestern State Appearances (Last): 15 (2016) #27 St. Mary’s #12 Cameron #40 Ouachita Baptist NCAA Tournament Record: 16-15 2006 Champions Elite Eight 3 10 #14 Laredo CC (JUCO) #19 Nebraska–Kearney #41 McMurry #24 SE Oklahoma State #45 Colorado Mesa PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS 2007 Champions Sweet 16 3 16 #24 St. Mary’s Abilene Christian (DI) #27 UT–Tyler (DIII) Incarnate Word (DI) Individual awards since 1999: Hilltopper men’s tennis GPA: #28 Western New UT–San Antonio (DI) 2008 Runner-up None 6 23 Mexico 1: All-American #34 Holy Names #65 TAMU–Corpus 2013 4: All-Region Selections Team Academic 2009 Champions Sweet 16 3 15 Year Christi (DI) #1 Barry GPA All-Conference UT–Rio Grande 2: Regional Rookie of the Year Selections #5 Hawaii Pacific Valley (DI) 2010 Champions Elite Eight 2 13 #8 Trinity (DIII) 77: All-Conference Selections 2015–2016 3.29 9 #15 Grand Canyon 8: Conference Player of the Year Selections 2011 Champions Elite Eight 3 14 2015 #16 Cameron #2 Hawaii Pacific #17 Midwestern State 6: Conference Senior of the Year Selections 2014–2015 3.27 8 #2 Tyler JC (JUCO) #19 Abilene Christian 2012 Champions Round of 32 3 16 10: Conference Freshman of the Year Selections #3 Armstrong State #23 Incarnate Word 2013–2014 3.30 6 #8 Trinity (DIII) UT–San Antonio (DI) 8: Conference Coach of the Year Selections 2013 Champions Round of 32 6 31 #11 Azuza Pacific Academic awards since joining #14 Midwestern State 2012–2013 3.50 8 #19 Cameron 2014 Champions Round of 32 3 24 NCAA in 1999: #27 Western New 7: Academic All-District Selections Mexico 2011–2012 3.51 10 2015 Champions Round of 16 3 24 #34 Newman 84: Academic All-Conference Selections #35 St. Mary’s UT–Pan American (DI) 108: Dean’s List Honorees 2016 Champions Round of 64 4 24 4: Cum Laude Graduates (3.5–3.69) 2016 Heartland Conference Tournament Champions 7: Magna Cum Laude Graduates (3.7–3.89) 3: Summa Cum Laude Graduates (3.9–4.0)

Maximo Agoglia closed his career in 2016 ranked In 2016, Charlie Shin tied the St. Edward’s Ricardo Pineda finished 2016 ranked 37th third in all-time singles wins and was named the University single-season record for doubles nationally in singles. He was also named the Heartland Conference Outstanding Senior of victories with 24 wins. He finished the year region’s Player to Watch by the ITA. the Year. ranked 25th in the nation in doubles with partner Ricardo Pineda. 18 19 SOFTBALL MEGHAN MULLIN Head Coach • First Season Meghan Mullin begins her first season as head softball coach on the hilltop. SOFTBALL STAFF Mullin is no stranger to the Hilltoppers. She has been the assistant coach Softball at St. Edward’s for the past two seasons, helping the Hilltoppers compile a Head Coach: Meghan Mullin 53-46 record. She was also the graduate assistant coach in 2011 and 2012. School Record (Yrs/Pct): First Season Mullin’s responsibilities involved working primarily with the outfielders and Overall Record (Yrs/Pct): Same slap hitters. She was also responsible for all travel operations and logistics. Assistant Coach (Year): Kaycee Taylor In between her stints on the hilltop, Mullin spent two years as assistant coach at her alma mater, (First Season) Seton Catholic Preparatory High School in Chandler, Arizona. She also taught Theology and worked as an assistant in the Counseling Center and in Campus Ministry. SB Office Phone: 512-448-8494 As a player, Mullin lettered four seasons for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Her final three seasons, she was a starter and hit over .300 in each season. She finished seventh all-time at Nebraska with 2016 SEASON IN REVIEW 54 stolen bases. Her junior year, she was named second-team all-Big 12. In her senior campaign, 2016 Record: 26-24 Mullin was named the team’s most valuable player and academic all-district. She was named to the All-Big 12 Academic Team all four seasons, and she was a team captain her sophomore through Home: 13-7 Away: 9-10 senior years. Neutral: 4-7 Mullin earned her bachelor’s degree in History from Nebraska in 2010, with a minor in Religious HC Record (Finish): 16-8 (T-Third) Studies and Philosophy. She earned a master’s degree in Liberal Arts from St. Edward’s in 2013. Home: 8-4 Away: 8-4 Mullin resides in Austin. Alex Mayfield Megan Hoffman Ashley Rex Final Ranking: None Postseason Play: None KAYCEE TAYLOR Assistant Coach • First Season SEU SOFTBALL HISTORY Kaycee Taylor begins her first season as assistant coach for First Year of Softball: 1989 St. Edward's University softball. All-Time Record (Yrs): 826-628-1 (28) Taylor comes to the hilltop after spending the 2016 season at Southeastern All-Time DII Record (Yrs): 508-415 (17) Oklahoma State. As assistant coach in charge of pitchers and catchers, she helped lead the Savage Storm to a 29-23 record. HC Titles: Four Before that, Taylor was an assistant coach at Howard College in Big Spring, NCAA Tournament Texas. The team compiled an impressive 95-27 record including a fourth place finish at the 2015 Appearances (Last): Seven (2014) NJCAA DI National Tournament. The coaching staff was selected as the NJCAA DI West Region NCAA Tournament Record: 17-15 Coaching Staff of the Year. The 2014 team advanced to the Regional Championship game. Prior to Howard, Taylor spent two years as a graduate assistant coach at Midwestern State. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS She helped lead the Mustangs to post season appearances both years, including a berth to the NCAA DII South Central Regional Tournament in 2013. Individual awards since 1989: Taylor was a highly decorated player at Angelo State from 2007 to 2011 where she was named to the 1: All-American NFCA All-South Central Region first team four times. In 2007 and 2010, she earned NFCA first-team All-American honors and was a Daktronics third-team All-American selection in 2011. She helped 48: All-Region Selections Breah Whitten Melina Sanchez lead the team to two NCAA DII National Championship finals and was selected to the All-Tournament 4: Regional All-Tournament Team Selections team in 2010. 1: Regional Tournament Most Valuable A native of Carrollton, Texas, Taylor earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Angelo State in 2011 Player Selection and her Master's of Education in 2013 from Midwestern State. 128: All-Conference Selections 8: Conference Player of the Year Selections 3: Conference Pitcher of the Year Selections 6: Conference Freshman of the Year Selections 5: Conference Coach of the Year Selections 8: Conference All-Tournament Team Selections 2: Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player Selections Academic awards since joining NCAA in 1999: 5: Academic All-America Selections 9: Academic All-District Selections 180: Academic All-Conference Selections 226: Dean’s List Honorees 12: Cum Laude Graduates (3.5–3.69) 16: Magna Cum Laude Graduates (3.7–3.89) 9: Summa Cum Laude Graduates (3.9–4.0) Lauren Slatten Meghan Mullin

20 21 WOMEN’S GOLF JENNIFER MCNEIL Head Coach • 13th Season WOMEN’S GOLF STAFF Jennifer McNeil enters her 13th season as head coach of the St. Edward’s University women’s golf team. WOmen’s GOLF Head Coach: Jennifer McNeil In the span of 13 seasons, McNeil has led the Hilltoppers from a last-place School Record (Yrs/Pct): 1,368-361 finish at the Heartland Conference Championship in 2003–2004 to a fifth- (13/.791) place finish at the DII National Tournament in 2011, a fourth-place finish at the Overall Record (Yrs/Pct): Same NCAA National Championship in 2013, an eighth-place finish at the NCAA National Championship in 2014 and a sixth-place finish at the 2015 NCAA National Championships. WG Office Phone: 512-233-1654 She led the team to six-straight Heartland Conference Championships from 2006–2007 to 2011–2012, a Heartland Conference Championship in 2013–2014, as well as 11-straight appearances in the 2015–2016 SEASON IN REVIEW NCAA West Regional. She has coached 42 all-conference players, six conference Freshman of the Year players, nine conference Players of the Year, nine All-Americans and15 NGCA Academic 2015–2016 Record: 86-63 All-Scholars in her 13-year stint. In the 2007–2008 season, the Hilltoppers were ranked as high as HC Finish: Second 12th in the nation and they finished in fourth place at the NCAA West Regional, just missing a trip to the National Tournament. She followed that up in 2008–2009 by taking the Hilltoppers to number 10 Final Ranking: 32-Nation, in the nation. She led the squad to four victories and produced the school’s first-ever All-American. 10-Region In the 2009–2010 season, St. Edward’s again reached number 10 in the nation and narrowly missed Postseason Play: NCAA West out on the team’s first appearance in the NCAA National Tournament. The 2010–2011 team qualified Regional for nationals for the first time in school history. The 2011–2012 squad garnered the highest ranking Tournament (12th) in program history, reaching third on the list. The 2012–2013 edition of Hilltopper women’s golf took it a step further. In the fall season, they won all four tournaments and finished the year with a school SEU WOMEN’S GOLF HISTORY record seven victories. The team won the NCAA Regional for the first time in school history and Ana Sofia Benavides reached as high as second in the national rankings. McNeil has been named Heartland Conference Rogers State Invitational Medalist All-Time DII Record: 1,368-361 Coach of the Year nine times. She has been named NCAA West Region Coach of the Year in 2006, Heartland Conference All-Tournament Team 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. In 2011, McNeil was named NGCA DII National Coach of the Year HC Titles: Seven — the first such honor for any coach at St. Edward’s University. 2015–2016 Heartland Conference Tournament Runner-Up NCAA Tournament As a player, McNeil earned four NAIA All-America honors at Mary Hardin-Baylor. She was named Appearances (Last): 11 (2015–2016) four-time most valuable player, was selected Senior Athlete of the Year and was a member of the 2000 NCAA Tournament NAIA National Championship Team. Record: 67-51 McNeil grew up in Austin and attended Anderson High School. After receiving her bachelor’s degree in Exercise and Sports Science from Mary Hardin-Baylor, she attended Baylor University and earned PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS a master’s degree in Sports Management. She came to St. Edward’s University from Mill Creek Inn 2015–2016 was another banner year for the St. Edward’s and Golf Club, where she worked as an assistant golf professional. Individual awards since 2003: University women’s golf team. The team finished as runner-up 9: All-Americans at the Heartland Conference Tournament and advanced to the 1: National Coach of the Year Selection NCAA West Super Regional for the 11th-straight season. Head Coach Jennifer McNeil and Johany Rivera 7: All-Region Selections 6: Regional Coach of the Year Selections 42: All-Conference Selections 9: Conference Player of the Year Selections A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH 6: Conference Freshman of the Year Selections Hilltopper women’s golf finishes since 2006: 8: Conference Coach of the Year Selections Jessica Tamen NGCA All-America Scholar (2015–2016) Heartland Regional National 17: Conference All-Tournament Team Selections Year Second-team All-Heartland Conference Conference Finish Rank Rank Academic awards since joining Heartland Conference All-Tournament Team NCAA in 2003: 2006–2007 1st 2nd 11th 16: Academic All-America Selections 2007–2008 1st 3rd 13th 61: Academic All-Conference Selections

65: Dean’s List Honorees 2008–2009 1st 2nd 9th 1: Cum Laude Graduate (3.5–3.69) 2009–2010 1st 3rd 11th 6: Magna Cum Laude Graduates (3.7–3.89) 2: Summa Cum Laude Graduates (3.9–4.0) 2010–2011 1st 3rd 7th

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2014–2015 2nd 1st 8th Isabel Morales NGCA All-America Scholar 2015–2016 2nd 10th 32nd (2013–2014, 2014–2015, 2015–2016) 22 23 WOMEN’S TENNIS WOMEN’S TENNIS STAFF WOmen’s tennis Head Coach: Kendall Brooks KENDALL BROOKS Hilltopper women’s tennis GPA since 2011: School Record (Yrs/Pct): 34-29 (3/.539) Head Coach • Fourth Season *Fall Academic All-Conference started in 2015–2016 Overall Record (Yrs/Pct): Same Kendall Brooks begins her fourth season as head coach for the St. Edward’s Year Team GPA Academic All-Conference University women’s tennis team. In 2016, Brooks brought the Hilltoppers back WT Office Phone: 512-637-5617 to the NCAA Regional Tournament for a second-straight year. They would Fall 2011 3.74 finish as Heartland Conference runner-up, earning the No. 4 seed in the 2016 SEASON IN REVIEW NCAA Regional, and close the year ranked 41st in the country. Spring 2012 3.58 10 2016 Record: 15-9 The 2016 squad featured four All-Heartland Conference players and the Fall 2012 3.49 South Central Region Rookie of the Year. This improves on a 2015 season that saw the Hilltoppers Home: 5-4 Away: 5-2 head back to the NCAA Regional Tournament for the first time since the 2012 season. They would Spring 2013 3.58 8 Neutral: 5-3 finish as Heartland Conference runner-up and a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Regional. In 2014, Brooks led the Hilltoppers to a spot in the Heartland Conference Tournament Semifinals, featuring a doubles Final Ranking: 41-Nation, Fall 2013 3.64 team ranked 19th in the nation. 4-Region Brooks came to St. Edward’s after serving as the director of Junior Development and academy coach Spring 2014 3.31 6 Postseason Play: NCAA Regional at the Austin Tennis Academy for seven years. While at the Austin Tennis Academy, Brooks was the coordinator for the junior tennis team and the director of all women’s programs. As the junior coach, Fall 2014 3.57 she led the 18-and-under team to national titles in 2009, 2011 and 2012. She led the 14-and-under SEU WOMEN’S Spring 2015 3.53 7 team to a national championship in 2012. During this time, Brooks was named the Capitol Area Tennis TENNIS HISTORY Association Pro of the Year in 2010, as well as the United States Tennis Professional Association’s Fall 2015 3.29 6 All-Time DII Record: 198-145-1 Texas Section Touring and National Touring Coach of the Year in 2011. Brooks was the Team Texas coach for the United States Tennis Association Boys’ and Girls’ 14 Zone Team Championships in 2012 Spring 2016 3.25 6 HC Titles: Five and 2013. NCAA Tournament Before the Austin Tennis Academy, Brooks served as assistant coach for Texas Tech during the TOTALS 3.49 43 Appearances (Last): 11 (2016) 2004–2005 and 2005–2006 seasons. The Red Raiders were nationally ranked in both seasons and NCAA Tournament finished with a combined 24-21 record. Record: 6-12 Brooks was a four-year letterwinner for Texas Tech, where she compiled a career singles record of 61- As a freshman, Laura Galvan teamed up with Ivana Zecevic to break the 58 and a doubles mark of 41-17, playing primarily at the number two and one positions, respectively, single-season record for doubles victories. Galvan’s efforts also led to her PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS for the Red Raiders. Brooks still holds the school’s career record for winning percentage in doubles being named the ITA South Central Region Rookie of the Year. THIS IS HILLTOPPER TENNIS play. Her sophomore season, she was the Big XII Conference winner at her positions in both singles Individual awards since 1999: and doubles. She was named preseason All-Big XII before her junior season and was team captain her junior and senior seasons. Brooks graduated from Texas Tech in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in 2: All-Region Selection Exercise and Sports Science, with a minor in English and Spanish. She is a Corpus Christi native. The 2016 team at the 2015–2016 Celebration of Champions The 2015–2016 St. Edward’s University Hilltoppers Women’s Tennis Team 2: Regional Rookie of the Year Selection 1: Regional Coach of the Year Selection 71: All-Conference Selections 6: Conference Player of the Year Selections 5: Conference Senior of the Year Selections 4: Conference Freshman of the Year Selections 6: Conference Coach of the Year Selections Academic awards since joining NCAA in 1999: 7: Academic All-District Selections 103: Academic All-Conference Selections 146: Dean’s List Honorees 8: Cum Laude Graduates (3.5–3.69) 10: Magna Cum Laude Graduates (3.7–3.89) 9: Summa Cum Laude Graduates (3.9–4.0) The 2016 team on a spring break road trip to Oklahoma City, Okla. Preparation for the 2016 Heartland Conference Tournament Finals

24 25 ATHLETIC TRAINING athletic training LISA LOWE NICOLE WILKINS DEPARTMENT PHILOSOPHY Assistant Athletic Director for Assistant Athletic Trainer The Sports Medicine Department at St. Edward’s University is dedicated to providing Health and Wellness Ninth Season the highest standards of sports medicine care for all 13 Hilltopper intercollegiate sports. The department strives to provide the most efficent and effective treatment available to Nicole Wilkins begins her ninth season as assistant Ninth Season help prevent and manage athletic related injuries and illnesses. athletic trainer. Her primary sports include Lisa Lowe begins her ninth season in Athletic cheerleading, men’s soccer, and volleyball. The underlying philosophy for the St. Edward’s University athletic training staff is that Training at St. Edward’s. She started as an the healthcare needs of the student-athlete shall be the first consideration. Services to assistant athletic trainer in 2008, became the head Wilkins is a Certified Athletic Trainer (A.T.C.) and a athletic trainer in 2009 and has been assistant Licensed Athletic Trainer (L.A.T.). She is also a certified be delivered are divided into five domains established by the National Athletic Trainers’ athletic director for Health and Wellness since February 2015. Her primary instructor for ESCI and CPR. Wilkins is a member of National Athletic Trainers Association including (1) injury/illness prevention and wellness protection, (2) clinical sports include men’s and women’s golf. Association (NATA) and Southwest Athletic Trainers Association (SWATA). evaluation and diagnosis, (3) immediate and emergency care, (4) treatment and rehabilitation, and (5) organizational and professional well-being. Lowe is a Certified Athletic Trainer (A.T.C.), a Licensed Athletic Trainer Prior to St. Edward’s, Wilkins was an assistant athletic trainer at Central (L.A.T.), and a NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. She is Arkansas. She was also a student athletic trainer at both Arkansas and The staff is committed to using the most recent advances in technology and continuing also a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA). UT–San Antonio. education services needed for delivery of these services, and to addressing problems and concerns in a timely manner so the needs of the student-athlete are met. The team She came to St. Edward’s after experience as an assistant athletic trainer She received her Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from UT–San Antonio is also committed to ongoing evaluations of athletic health care and educational services in at the University of Georgia, graduate assistant strength and conditioning and her Master of Science in Kinesiology from the University of Arkansas. order to assure the student-athlete receives the highest quality in athletic health care. The staff coach at the University of Texas at Austin, and as a strength and She is currently studying for her doctorate in Education at the University of will integrate education about athletic injuries and physical fitness to the student-athletes of conditioning coach at the University of Texas at Austin. She also was co- St. Augustine. owner of Peak Performance Resources, LLC, in Austin. St. Edward’s University so that they may be empowered to lead healthier, injury-free lifestyles. Lowe earned her Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from the University of Colorado and Master of Education in Kinesiology from the University of Texas at Austin. She is also a member of the National Association of Collegiate Women’s Athletic Administrators. DEPARTMENT SERVICES Equipment Rehabilitation Equipment ANNIE SAVANNAH MATTHEW Electrical Simulation Agility Training Equipment NALEPA BURKS MCNAMEE Ultrasound Slideboard Assistant Assistant Assistant Hot and Cold Whirlpools (Extremity Tank/Body Balance Training Equipment Tank) Athletic Trainer Tubing and Free Weights Athletic Trainer Athletic Trainer Hydrocollator Physioballs Second Season First Season First Season Game-Ready Cold Units Medicine Balls Annie Nalepa begins Savannah Burks Matthew McNamee HIVAMAT her second season as begins her first season begins his first Biodex Balance System assistant athletic trainer. Her primary sports as assistant athletic trainer. Her primary sports season as assistant athletic trainer. His primary Recovery Modalities Spin Bikes include baseball and men’s and women’s include men’s and women’s basketball, along sports include softball and women’s soccer. Active Recovery Compression Units cross country. with men’s and women’s tennis. McNamee is a Certified Athletic Trainer (A.T.C.) Compex Units Nalepa is a Certified Athletic Trainer (A.T.C.) Burks is a Certified Athletic Trainer (A.T.C.) and a Licensed Athletic Trainer (L.A.T.). He and a Licensed Athletic Trainer (L.A.T.). She is and a Licensed Athletic Trainer (L.A.T.). She is a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ an NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning is a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) and Southwest Athletic Specialist. Nalepa is a member of the National Association (NATA). Trainers Association (SWATA). Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) and National Before joining St. Edward’s, Burks was a Before joining St. Edward’s, McNamee was an Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). graduate assistant athletic trainer at the graduate assistant athletic trainer at Texas State Before joining St. Edward’s, Nalepa was an University of Kansas where she worked with where he worked with the cross country and track assistant athletic trainer at Midwestern State. the cross country and track and field teams. and field teams. She was also a graduate assistant athletic trainer She also spent time at Sports Center Physcial He received his Bachelor of Science in Athletic at Tarleton State. She also had athletic training Therapy as a Physcial Therarpy Tech. She worked Training from Castleton University in Vermont and experience at Vanguard University (Calif.) and as a contract athletic trainer at the University of his Master of Science in Athletic Training from Santiago Canyon College (Calif.). Texas and St. Edward’s. Texas State. She received her Bachelor of Science in Athletic She received her Bachelor of Science in Training from Chapman University (Calif.) and Athletic Training from the University of Texas her Master of Science in Kinesiology from and her Master of Science in Education (Sports Tarleton State. Management) from the University of Kansas. DEPARTMENT EDUCATION St. Edward’s University offers a Bachelor of Arts in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Athletic Training through the School of Education. The 55-hour major includes a wide range of challenging courses, such as Musculoskeletal Anatomy and Biomechanics, Evaluation of Athletic Injuries, and Rehabilitation Therapeutic Modalities. Upon completion of the program, you’ll be able to sit for the licensure test administered by the Advisory Board of Athletic Trainers through the Texas Department of State Health Services. The program is internship-based, which means you will recieve hands-on experience working with NCAA Division II student-athletes at St. Edward’s. Over five semesters, you will complete 1,800 hours of field experience under the supervision of a state licensed athletic trainer.

26 27 FACILITIES facilities RECREATION AND CONVOCATION CENTER LUCIAN-HAMILTON FIELD The Recreation and Convocation Center (RCC), built in 1987, is the main hub Located on the northernmost point of campus, Lucian-Hamilton Field was for Hilltopper Athletics. The RCC contains all athletic staff offices for the 13 built in 1968, and was named for longtime athletic director Brother Lucian varsity programs, one co-ed team and administration. The main gym seats up Blersch, CSC, and former baseball coach Tom Hamilton. to 1,300 spectators for volleyball and basketball competitions. Other uses for The facility has received recent updates, such as new dugouts in 2007, new this space include informal recreation, intramural leagues, dance shows and infield turf in 2008, a new net backstop to replace the outdated chain link in volleyball tournaments. It has two regulation volleyball and basketball courts. 2010, and, most notable, a new enclosed hitting and pitching facility in 2011. The RCC has two meeting spaces available. The smaller meeting space, This facility houses two full-length batting cages and three regulation pitching known as the Ed Norris Room or Trophy Room, is used for meetings and mounds. Another unique addition is a four-camera video system added in comfortably holds 20–25 people. Additionally, on the second floor of the Spring 2012. The system provides unique game and practice film to the RCC is a large multi-purpose classroom that is used for classes, film baseball team from four different angles and is also used for live streaming sessions, team meetings and study hall sessions. of home games. The RCC contains a modern fitness center with cardio, free weights and Cybex machines, which is available to all students, faculty and staff, as well BROTHER EMMETT STROHMEYER as a weight training facility for athletic teams. The RCC has four racquetball VARSITY TENNIS COURTS courts used for kinesiology classes, informal recreation and intramural Built in the late 1960s, the tennis facility is named for Brother Emmett leagues, in addition to a 25-meter competition pool with six lanes. Strohmeyer, CSC, legendary tennis coach at St. Edward’s, who amassed The Athletic Training Room is home to the Sports Medicine Department 25 consecutive conference championships. The facility is the home of the which is dedicated to providing the highest standards of sports medicine men’s and women’s tennis programs. The facility was most recently repaired care for the 13 Hilltopper intercollegiate athletic teams. Hilltopper student- and resurfaced in Spring 2012. New top-of-the-line windscreens adorned Recreation and Convocation Center (Basketball) athletes receive care in the newly renovated athletic training room, located Lucian-Hamilton Field with the famous Hilltopper logo were added in 2011. The courts have video on the lower level of the Recreation and Convocation Center. The 750 streaming capabilities, and the Hilltoppers had several matches streamed sq. ft. facility has been upgraded with new rubber composite flooring, this past season. taping stations and cabinetry, along with the latest therapeutic treatment, At times, the tennis programs compete at the South Austin Tennis Center rehabilitation and recovery equipment to ensure that student-athletes (SATC), located just one mile from campus. The SATC has 10 courts, receive the best care possible. including one championship court and a pro shop. For more information, visit rippnertennis.com. LEWIS-CHEN FAMILY FIELD With some of the best views of Austin, the Lewis-Chen Family Field sits on the ONION CREEK COUNTRY CLUB north side of campus overlooking downtown and is used as the competition Originally opened in 1974, the Onion Creek Country Club is the home of and practice field for the men’s and women’s soccer teams. The field was the St. Edward’s University men’s and women’s golf teams, both nationally relocated from its original location, where the current residence halls of ranked. Located just 15 minutes from campus, the 27-hole course designed Dujarié and Moreau sit, in 2004. Renamed Lewis-Chen Family Field in Fall by Jimmy Demaret and Ben Crenshaw is known as the “Birthplace of the 2011 for the Lewis-Chen families, who generously donated to the university, Senior PGA Tour.” It hosted the first-ever Senior PGA event in 1978. The the facility hosted the 2007 NCAA South Central Regional as well as the 2010 course has been a regular host of Senior PGA and LPGA Tour events. first round through Elite Eight round of the NCAA National Tournament. The For more information, visit onioncreekclub.com. field is a natural bermuda grass surface with an extra 50x70 yard practice area on the back end. A quarter-mile walking/jogging crushed granite path surrounds the field. ADDITIONAL PRACTICE AND RECREATION FIELDS DIANE DANIELS FIELD Two additional fields are available on the St. Edward’s campus. The practice field is located just north of the Brother Strohmeyer Tennis Courts. This field is Built in 1988, the Diane Daniels Field is the home of Hilltopper softball. natural turf and has dimensions of 130x75 yards. It is used by all club sports Dedicated in April of 1990 in honor of Diane Daniels, a physical education programs and also as a secondary practice field for the varsity men’s and instructor and the first female coach at St. Edward’s, the field is 190 feet Lewis-Chen Family Field Brother Emmett Strohmeyer Varsity Tennis Courts women’s soccer programs. down the lines and 220 feet to center. Just outside the left field fence is a 2,800 sq. ft. covered batting/pitching facility built in 2008. Also added in The Recreation Field was built in 2010. Located just in front of Teresa Hall, the Winter 2011 was a net backstop, which replaced the outdated chain link. field is 70x40 yards and is used for informal recreation as well as several club The field contains two enclosed dugouts, as well as a storage and changing sport practices. area for the home team. The home and visitors bullpens were renovated in Spring 2010 to add pitching lanes to each.

Diane Daniels Field Athletic Weight Room Recreation and Convocation Center (Volleyball) Onion Creek Country Club

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