2007 Alabama Soccer Media Guide
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01699f_Text.qxp 8/29/07 9:01 AM Page 1 THIS IS ALABAMA SOCCER Contents 2007 ALABAMA SOCCER MEDIA GUIDE This is Alabama Soccer Quick Facts . .2 Media Information . .3 The University of Alabama . .5 President Dr. Robert E. Witt . .6 Athletic Director Mal Moore . .7 Athletic Support Staff . .8-9 Center for Athletic Student Services . .10 Commitment to Excellence . .11 Alabama Community Service Leaders . .12-13 2007 Outlook . .14-15 All- Time Jersey Numbers . .16 Breaking Down the 2007 Team . .17 The Team Head Coach Don Staley . .18-19 Assistant Coach Nikki Smith . .20 Assistant Coach Jeremy Hampton . .21 The Players . .23-47 Soccer Support Staff . .48 The Opponents Non Confrence Opponents . .49-54 SEC Opponents . .55 2006 in Review 2006 Statistics . .62 2006 Lineups and Boxscores . .64 Southeastern Confrence SEC Soccer “Setting the Standard” . .66 The History Individual Records . .68 Team Records . .69 UA Soccer Stadium Records . .72 All-Time vs. All Opponents . .73 All-Time Results . .75 All-Time Roster . .79 ALABAMASOCCER2007 1 01699f_Text.qxp 8/29/07 9:01 AM Page 2 THIS IS ALABAMA SOCCER 2007 Alabama Soccer 2007 2006 Record: 5-14 2006 SEC Record/Finish: 1-9 / 5th SEC West All-Time Record: 148-137-12 (16) Returning Letterwinners (14) Quick # Name Class EXP HT POS Hometown/Previous School 3 Susie Beard SR 2VL 5’4 M/F Bowling Green, Ky./Bowling Green 18 Alex Butera SO 1VL 5’7 F Orlando, Fla./Bishop Moore Facts 14 Kailey Corken SO 1VL 5’7 M Cincinnati, Ohio/ Turpin 23 Jessica Deegan JR 2VL 5’8 F/M Centreville, Va./ Westfield 00 Kara Gudmens JR 2VL 5’9 GK Cincinnati, Ohio/ Milford UNIVERSITY INFORMATION 25 Kelsey King SO 1VL 5’8 F Kingwood, Texas/Kingwood Location:Tuscaloosa, Alabama 24 Cara Kelly JR 2VL 5’3 M Cincinnati, Ohio/ St. Ursula Academy Enrollment: 23.878 21 Natalie Kohn SR 3VL 5’6 D Gurnee, Ill./Warren Township Founded:April 12, 1831 10 Hayley MacDonald SR 3VL 5’4 M/D St. Catharine's, Ont./West Park Conference: Southeastern (SEC) 15 Jordan O’Banion SR 3VL 5’7 F Carmel, Ind./Carmel Colors: Crimson (PMS 201) & White 16 Callie Pike JR 2VL 5’3 M Tuscaloosa/Northridge Nickname: Crimson Tide 4 Colleen Posey JR 2VL 5’7 D Cincinnati, Ohio/ Sycamore President: Dr. Robert E. Witt 39 Ashley Schedit SO 1VL 5’4 M Cincinnati, Ohio/ St. Ursula Athletics Director: Mal Moore 9 Jamie Zimmerman JR 1VL 5’3 M/F White Hall, Md./Univ. of Richmond Senior Women Administrator: Returning Redshirts- 2006 MEDICAL (4) Marie Robbins 5 Annie B. Collins SO 1VL 5’4 F/M Mountain Brook/Mountain Brook NCAA Faculty Representative: Joe Hornsby 1 Karen Lansden SO 1VL 5’9 GK Houston, Texas/ Kingwood Associate AD/Media Relations Director: 7 Grace Lawson FR RS 5’7 F Hendersonville, Tenn./Pope John Paul II Doug Walker 13 Rosaly Petriello FR RS 5’6 M St. Catharine's, Ontario/Holy Cross Sec. Associate Media Relations Directors: Becky Hopf Newcomers (16) Roots Woodruff Jessie Allaway FR HS 5’9 D Tuscaloosa/Northridge Assistant Media Relations Directors: Maggie Bailey FR HS 5’4 D Birmingham/Altamont Barry Allen Sydney Barker FR HS 5’6 M/D Roswell, Ga./Roswell Corey Hoodjer Media Relations Interns: Dani Bernier JR TR 5’9 D Oakville, Ontario/Canisius College Jason Kirksey Justine Bernier FR HS 5’10 GK Oakville, Ontario/St Ignatius Lindsay Frantz-Laurent Stephanie Dixon FR HS 5’7 D Brentwood, Tenn./Brentwood Web Communications: Ali Deidrich FR HS 5’8 D Ponto Verda Beach, Fla/Episcopal Chip Dillard Victoria Frederick FR HS 5’4 F Tuscaloosa/Holy Sprit Publications Director: Hailey Hull FR HS 5’8 D Brentwood, Tenn./Ravenwood Brent Hollingsworth Kelly King FR HS 5’4 F Lake Norman, NC/Lake Norman Media Relations Department Carly Mygrants FR HS 5’8 M Dayton, Ohio/ Archbishop Alter Office Staff: Brianna Ondriezek SO TR 5’3 F Southington, Conn/Southern Conn. State Brenda Burnette Callie O’Steen FR HS 5’7 D Birmingham/Briarwood Karen Deaver Brooke Rodgers FR HS 5’5 F Cincinnati, Ohio/Indian Hill Molly Wittig FR HS 5’0 M Columbia, SC/Spring Valley CREDITS: The 2007 Alabama Media Guide was written and edited by Jason Kirksey. Statistical and historical research credit along with additional editing credit goes to all past assistant media relations directors and stu- dent assistants. Photos provided by Media Relations staff photographer Kent Gidley and his assistants Jessica Smith and Cory Johnson. The book was printed by EBSCO Media in Birmingham, Ala. Alabama Athletic Media Relations Mailing Address Overnight Address UA Athletics Phone: 205-348-6084 Box 870391 1201 Coliseum Drive Phone: 205-348-3697 Fax: 205-348-8841 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Coleman Coliseum Rm 170 Fax: 205-348-2196 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 2 ALABAMASOCCER2007 01699f_Text.qxp 8/29/07 9:01 AM Page 3 The Staff Media Information Head Coach: Don Staley Alma Mater: Radford ‘91 Alabama Media Relations Satellite Feeds/Television Alabama Record (years): 125-118-11 (13) The Alabama Athletic Media Relations Office is The University of Alabama, through the Crimson Tide Sports Network, offers a weekly Overall Record (years): 315-247-37 (22) located on the ground level of Coleman Coliseum, Room 170. 15-minute satellite feed consisting of interviews Office Phone: 205-348-0143 with coaches and athletes, taped video highlights E-mail Address: [email protected] Media Services/Credentials and narrated tape packages from September Members of the media are supplied with up-to- through May. Occasionally, the soccer team will Assistant Coach: Nikki Smith date release packages which can be obtained be featured in these packages. Please call the Alma Mater: Alabama, ‘98 from the official UA website www.rolltide.com Media Relations office for more details. During Office Phone: 205-348-0144 or in the Media Relations Office. The release the fall, the soccer team’s progress will be cov- E-mail Address: [email protected] contains updated statistics, season results and ered each week on “Crimson Tide This Week,” a Years at UA: 1st season as coach notes. Pre-match notes and media guides are 30-minute regional sports show. Tom Roberts is available before all home matches at the the Crimson Tide Sports Network’s contact for Assistant Coach: Jeremy Hampton University of Alabama Soccer Stadium. Coach video and satellite feeds. Alma Mater: Alabama, ‘02 Don Staley and Alabama’s players are available Office Phone: 205-348-6240 for interviews about 15-20 minutes after most Internet E-mail Address: [email protected] matches. Information about University of Alabama ath- Years at UA: 2nd season as coach letics can be found at the Athletic Department’s Telephone/Fax Services web site, www.rolltide.com. Soccer Secretary: Sherry Selby The University of Alabama Soccer Stadium is E-mail address: [email protected] equipped with a phone at the field at 205.348.5078. Special requests for a private line Soccer FAX: 205.348.5388 should be made at least two weeks in advance of the match. Managers: Daniel Almond Anthony Bolz Practice Schedule Brian Fisher Daily weight training begins at 1 p.m. and field Hunter Johnson practice ranges from 3-5 p.m. every weekday Zach Tanner except match days and Thursdays prior to away matches. Practice schedule is subject to change. Athletic Trainer: Sherry Kimbro Interviews Student Trainers: Ryan Curtis Player and coaches interviews must be arranged Daniel McAdams through Jason Kirksey in the Media Relations Daniel Pontal office at 205.348.7476. The soccer team prac- Maria White tices at the Alabama Soccer Stadium located adjacent to the Student Recreation Center, on Soccer Media Contact: the corner of Campus Drive and Fifth Avenue. Jason Kirksey Players are available immediately following Cell Phone: 251.370.8258 practice. Office Phone: 205.348.7476 Office FAX: 205.348.8841 E-mail Address: [email protected] Soccer Mailing Address: Alabama Soccer P.O. Box 870393 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0393 Soccer Overnight Shipping Address: Alabama Soccer Coleman Coliseum 323 Bryant Drive Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Coleen Posey Alex Butera Kailey Corken ALABAMASOCCER2007 3 01699f_Text.qxp 8/29/07 9:01 AM Page 4 THIS IS ALABAMA SOCCER The storyof the the Elephant The story of how Alabama became associated with the “elephant” goes back to the 1930 season when Coach Wallace Wade had assembled a great football team. On October 8, 1930, sports writer Everett Strupper of the Atlanta Journal wrote a story of the Alabama-Mississippi game he had witnessed in Tuscaloosa four days earlier. Strupper wrote, “That Alabama team of 1930 is a typical Wade machine, powerful, big, tough, fast, aggressive, well-schooled in fundamentals, and the best blocking team for this early in the season that I have ever seen. When those big brutes hit you I mean you go down and stay down, often for an additional two minutes. “Coach Wade started his second team that was plenty big and they went right to their knitting scoring a touchdown in the first quarter against one of the best fighting small lines that I have seen. For Ole Miss was truly battling the big boys for every inch of ground. “At the end of the quarter, the earth started to tremble, there was a distant rumble that continued to grow. Some excited fan in the stands bellowed, ‘Hold your horses, the elephants are coming,’ and out stamped this Alabama varsity. “It was the first time that I had seen it and the size of the entire eleven nearly knocked me cold, men that I had seen play last year looking like they had nearly doubled in size.” Strupper and other writers continued to refer to the Alabama linemen as “Red Elephants,” the color referring to the crimson jerseys.