HEAD COACH REVELLE IS WINNINGEST COACH IN NEBRASKA HISTORY rhonda Rhonda Revelle has won 913 games at Nebraska, more wins than any other coach - male or female - in the history of Nebraska Athletics. Revelle passed baseball coach John REVELLE Sanders as Nebraska's all-time wins leader with her 768th victory on March 3, 2013. She became Nebraska softball's all-time wins leader with her 189th victory on April 11, 1998. HEAD COACH • 25TH SEASON • NEBRASKA (1984) 921-501 CAREER RECORD • 913-485 AT NEBRASKA REVELLE A HALL-OF-FAME COACH COACHING ACCOLADES Rhonda Revelle earned the highest honor a collegiate softball coach can achieve in • National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame (2010) 2010, when she was inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of • Nebraska Softball Hall of Fame (1997) Fame. Revelle is a member of an elite fraternity, as she is one of only 73 coaches to be • Winningest Coach in Nebraska Athletics History enshrined in the NFCA Hall of Fame. Revelle is one of 16 Hall of Famers who are actively • Winningest Coach in Nebraska Softball History coaching at the Division I level in 2017. • Four-Time NFCA Midwest Region Staff of the Year (1998, 2002, 2013 & 2014) • Midwest Region Coach of the Year (1995) COACH OF THE YEAR IN THREE DIFFERENT CONFERENCES • Four-Time Conference Coach of the Year (1995, 1998, 2001 & 2014) Rhonda Revelle has been named coach of the year in three different conferences during • Big Ten Coach of the Year (2014) her career. Revelle was named Big Eight Coach of the Year in her third season at Nebraska • Two-Time Big 12 Coach of the Year (1998 & 2001) in 1995, and she was the Big 12 Coach of the Year in both 1998 and 2001. In 2014, Revelle • Big Eight Coach of the Year (1995) was honored as the Big Ten Coach of the Year. • Has Led Nebraska to the Top 11 Season Win Totals in Program History • Winner of Seven Conference Titles • Winner of Four NCAA Regional Championships REVELLE RANKS HIGHLY AMONG ACTIVE COACHES Not surprisingly given her Hall-of-Fame status, Rhonda Revelle compares well to her • Coached Three Women's College World Series Teams (1998, 2002 & 2013) active coaching peers. Revelle ranks 15th among all active Division I coaches with 921 • Coached 21 All-Americans at Nebraska career victories and is one of only 28 coaches in NCAA Division I history to record 900 • Coached 14 Academic All-Americans at Nebraska career wins. Revelle is also one of only five active Division I coaches who has taken • Dr. Barbara Hibner Trailblazer Award Recipient (2007) her team to 20 NCAA Tournaments, and her 47 wins in the NCAA Tournament rank 15th nationally among active coaches. PLAYING ACCOLADES • Member of Nebraska's 1982 Women's College World Series Team (Inaugural WCWS) REVELLE'S RANKINGS AMONG ACTIVE DIVISION I COACHES • 1982 All-Big Eight Selection Category Total Rank • Nebraska Single-Season Saves Record Holder (7 in 1983) NCAA Tournament Appearances 20 5th • Ranks 10th in School History in Career Saves (7) Wins at Current School 913 12th • Five-Time ASA All-American Career Victories 921 15th NCAA Tournament Wins 47 15th TOP-LEVEL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE • Three-Time NFCA President (1999-2002; 2005-06; 2013-present) ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA TRADITION THRIVES UNDER REVELLE • Nebraska Senior Woman Administrator (2006-08) Nebraska softball leads the nation with 30 academic All-Americans, a total that is the third-highest in NCAA history among all female athletic programs. Revelle has contributed When Nebraska began its search for a head softball coach following the 1992 season, the to that total, producing 14 academic All-Americans in her first 24 seasons. Revelle's total Huskers were in need of an enthusiastic, high-energy coach who could return the program ranks second nationally among all Division I coaches during that time. to its perch among the nation's elite. NU found that coach in Rhonda Revelle, who returned to her alma mater in 1993 on a mission to re-establish the Huskers as a national power. MOST ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS DURING REVELLE'S TENURE Consider it mission accomplished. Coach, School Total The numbers speak for themselves: 913 wins; 20 NCAA Tournament berths; 15 top-20 Ralph & , Tennessee 17 national finishes; eight top-10 finishes; eight coach-of-the-year awards; seven conference Rhonda Revelle, Nebraska 14 titles; and three trips to the Women’s College World Series. Those numbers solidify Revelle , DePaul 13 as one of the sport's elite coaches, and the National Fastpitch Coaches Association agreed in 2010, when Revelle was inducted into the NFCA Hall of Fame. NEBRASKA AN NCAA TOURNAMENT REGULAR UNDER REVELLE While Revelle's legacy continues to grow, she is only focused on continuing to raise Rhonda Revelle has guided Nebraska to the NCAA Tournament in 20 of her 24 the bar for one of the nation’s elite programs. Revelle helped form Nebraska's tradition as seasons, including 20 of the last 22 years. Revelle ranks fifth among all active Division I a player on the Huskers' 1982 team, which qualified for the inaugural Women's College coaches with her 20 NCAA Tournament appearances, and among those five coaches, only World Series. Her contributions as both player and coach were a big reason why Nebraska Oklahoma's has fewer coaching years than Revelle. Revelle has led Nebraska was voted the 12th-best program of all-time by the NFCA in 2003 and was recognized as to eight top-10 finishes in the NCAA Tournament, including three trips to the Women's the 10th-winningest program in NCAA history by CBS College Sports in 2007. College World Series. Entering her 25th season in 2017, Revelle owns nearly every Nebraska coaching record. With a record of 913-485 at Nebraska, Revelle has won more games than any other coach NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES AMONG ACTIVE COACHES - male or female - in the history of Husker Athletics. Coach, School Total Revelle is about more than just wins however. She places the student-athlete first in , Arizona 30 every decision she makes and is committed to developing not only great players, but great , Cal 28 students and citizens as well. Whether its her record-breaking win totals or her commitment , Michigan 24 to extending Nebraska's national lead in academic All-Americans, there is no doubt that Patty Gasso, Oklahoma 22 Rhonda Revelle was a home-run hire for the Husker softball program. Rhonda Revelle, Nebraska 20

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REVELLE REGULARLY LEADS NU TO TOP NATIONAL FINISHES REVELLE GROWS FAN SUPPORT FOR NEBRASKA SOFTBALL Rhonda Revelle has guided Nebraska to 15 top-20 national finishes and eight top-10 In addition to her coaching duties, Rhonda Revelle is also committed to growing the finishes. She posted top-10 national finishes when Nebraska advanced to the Women's popularity of Husker softball. She was instrumental in Bowlin Stadium being built, and College World Series in 1998, 2002 and 2013, and she added five more top-10 finishes since the facility opened in 2002, the Huskers have ranked in the top 10 nationally in when Nebraska fell one round shy of the WCWS in 1997, 1999, 2000, 2004 and 2014. attendance six times. Nebraska softball's popularity has continued to grow, reaching new heights in recent HUSKERS A FIXTURE IN NATIONAL RANKINGS seasons. In 2016, the Huskers averaged a school-record 1,006 fans per game. That same The NFCA top-25 poll began in 1995 and in its 22-year history, the Huskers have been season, Nebraska set a world record for the largest softball tailgate when 2,302 fans ranked in the final poll 15 times, all under head coach Rhonda Revelle. Nebraska was one came out to watch the Huskers take on top-ranked Michigan. of only six programs in the country to end the season with a national ranking in each of the first 12 years of the poll's existence. Revelle has guided Nebraska to 12 top-20 final REVELLE PROVIDES LEADERSHIP ON NATIONAL LEVEL rankings, eight top-15 rankings and three top-10 rankings. Rhonda Revelle's impact is not limited to Nebraska. She has served as a visionary Revelle also led Nebraska to its highest national ranking when the Huskers spent three leader for the sport and is in currently in her third term as president of the National weeks ranked third during the 2003 season. Revelle has also guided Nebraska to its only Fastpitch Coaches Association. Revelle served as the organization's president for the past three victories over a No. 1-ranked team, including a 1-0 victory vs. Michigan in 2016. four years following previous stints from 1999-2002 and 2005-06. In addition to her coaching duties, Revelle has also been the top female administrator FROM NEBRASKA TO THE OLYMPICS for Nebraska Athletics, serving as the Huskers' Senior Woman Administrator from 2006 to Softball was last included in the in 2008. That season, two of Rhonda 2008 before returning her full-time focus to coaching. Revelle's former Huskers competed for Team Canada, helping the Canadians to a fourth- place finish. Revelle was one of only five college coaches to have multiple former players A CHAMPION ON THE FIELD AND IN THE COMMUNITY compete in the 2008 Olympics. She trailed only Arizona's Mike Candrea for the most In addition to being a champion on the field, Rhonda Revelle is also a champion in former players competing in the Beijing Olympics. the community, as one of the most active volunteers in the Lincoln community. The 2003 Downtown YMCA Co-Volunteer of the Year, Revelle has served as chairperson for several FROM NEBRASKA TO THE NPF charitable campaigns, including the UNL United Way Combined Campaign, Leukemia & Eight of Rhonda Revelle's former players have gone on to successful careers in the Lymphoma Society Light the Night campaign, the Downtown YMCA Strong Kids campaign, National Pro Fastpitch League. The NPF held its lone All-Star Game in 2005, and three the YMCA Cycle-a-Thon for Strong Kids campaign and the Lincoln Youth Council "Let former Huskers were selected to participate in the game, the second-highest total among ‘Em Play" campaign. Under Revelle, the 2005 United Way Combined Campaign raised all collegiate programs. Four of Revelle's former players have won NPF championships, its highest dollar amount to date. Revelle is also actively involved with Lincoln's Child including two-time All-America twins Tatum and Taylor Edwards, who won back-to-back Advocacy Center. titles with the Chicago Bandits in 2015 and 2016.

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1993: REVELLE BEGINS REBUILDING PROJECT 2000: NEW CENTURY, NEW SCHOOL-RECORD WIN TOTAL Nebraska won 18 games in Rhonda Revelle's first season, as she laid the foundation Nebraska won a school-record 52 games in Revelle's eighth season. The Huskers finished to return the Husker softball program to the traditional success she helped create as a second in the Big 12 - behind eventual national champion Oklahoma - before winning player. Nebraska posted a fifth-place finish in the Big Eight Conference led primarily by the Big 12 Tournament. Making its sixth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, NU underclassmen, and Revelle produced her first academic All-American. posted a top-10 finish for the fourth straight year and was ranked 14th in the final poll. Individually, Nebraska had multiple All-Americans for the fourth time in six seasons. 1994: SETTING THE STAGE FOR A RETURN TO PROMINENCE The Huskers improved their victory total by three games in 1994, winning 21 games in 2001: A SECOND STRAIGHT 50-WIN SEASON Revelle's second season. While the progress was slower than Revelle may have hoped, In 2001, Nebraska dominated the , finishing 16-2 to win the regular- the 1994 season set the stage for a breakthrough 1995 campaign, and Revelle coached an season title. The Big 12 Coach of the Year, Revelle led the Huskers to a school-record 18 academic All-American for the second straight year. straight victories. Nebraska finished in a tie for 17th at the NCAA Tournament and was ranked 14th in the final NFCA poll. 1995: HUSKERS BACK IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT Nebraska’s re-emergence on the national scene began to fully take shape in Revelle’s 2002: HUSKERS HEAD BACK TO OKLAHOMA CITY third season, when she was named the 1995 Big Eight Conference and NFCA Midwest The Huskers made it back to the Women's College World Series in 2002. Nebraska posted Region Coach of the Year. The honors came after Revelle guided Nebraska to a school- a school-record 23-game winning streak, helping the Huskers spend six consecutive record 43 victories and a No. 18 final ranking in the inaugural NFCA top-25 poll. Nebraska weeks ranked fourth in the polls. Nebraska then swept through NCAA Regional play to advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in seven seasons and recorded a top- advance to the Women's College World Series. The Huskers won one game in Oklahoma 20 national finish. Individually, Tobin Echo-Hawk and Ali Viola, the 1995 Big Eight Player City while losing a pair of one-run heartbreakers. Nebraska earned a No. 6 final ranking of the Year, were each named second-team All-Americans, becoming the first Huskers to and posted a top-10 finish in the NCAA Tournament for the fifth time in six seasons. Kim earn All-America status in eight seasons. The duo were the first pair of Husker hitters to Ogee became the first player under Revelle to earn academic and athletic All-America earn All-America honors in the same season. honors in the same season.

1996: MAINTAINING THE SUCCESS 2003: REVELLE LEADS NEBRASKA TO HIGHEST RANKING EVER Revelle posted another 40-win season in 1996, and the Huskers were the runner-up at the The 2003 season once again saw Nebraska rise to new heights. The Huskers opened the inaugural Big 12 Tournament. Nebraska advanced to the NCAA Tournament and finished season ranked in the preseason top five for the first time ever. Revelle's team quickly in a tie for 17th for the second year in a row. The Huskers also ended the season with a ascended to the No. 3 spot in the poll, spending three consecutive weeks in the highest No. 18 national ranking for the second straight season. Echo-Hawk and Viola repeated as ranking Nebraska has ever achieved. Each of the Huskers' final 13 losses on the season All-America selections, and Revelle also coached her third player to academic All-America were by two runs or less and Nebraska had to settle for a No. 13 final ranking following a accolades. loss in the NCAA Regional semifinals at Bowlin Stadium.

1997: RELOADING, NOT REBUILDING 2004: NEBRASKA SWEEPS BIG 12 TITLES Revelle's first freshman class was instrumental in returning Nebraska to national In Revelle's 12th season, the 2004 Huskers swept the Big 12 Conference regular-season prominence. Following that group's graduation, the 1997 season proved Revelle had and tournament titles but received a tough draw for the NCAA Tournament. Nebraska a formula for sustained success. The Huskers made a third straight trip to the NCAA was unable to get past California in the NCAA Regional final, as the Huskers ended their Tournament, posting a top-10 finish for the first time in a decade. The strong finish helped season with a 45-17 record and a No. 14 ranking, while the Bears went on to finish as the Nebraska earn a No. 25 national ranking and Jennifer Lizama became the third different national runner-up. Nebraska posted a ninth-place national finish behind Peaches James, Husker to earn All-America accolades in three seasons. a second-team All-American and the 2004 Big 12 Player of the Year.

1998: HUSKERS RETURN TO THE WOMEN'S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES 2005: HUSKERS HOST NCAA REGIONAL FOR THIRD STRAIGHT SEASON In 1998, Nebraska enjoyed its first championship season in a decade. NU finished with a Nebraska faced a tough schedule in 2005, but Revelle's team won 36 games to earn a 48-12 record in Revelle's sixth season, setting school records for wins and win percentage. No. 25 ranking in the final poll. Nebraska was selected to host an NCAA Regional for Revelle picked up Big 12 Conference Coach-of-the-Year honors after Nebraska swept the third straight season, but the Huskers were eliminated with a pair of one-run losses through the league with a perfect 20-0 record en route to capturing the conference regular- after winning their opener. Revelle won her 500th game at Nebraska when the Huskers season and tournament titles, posting the only undefeated conference season in Big 12 defeated Cal State Fullerton, 8-0, on March 19. history. Included in that run was a 4-1 victory at Baylor on April 11, which made Revelle the winningest coach in program history (189). Nebraska won a home regional to advance 2006: NEBRASKA POSTS 44-12 RECORD to the Women's College World Series, where the Huskers finished in a tie for fifth to earn Nebraska finished 44-12 in Revelle's 14th season and posted the program's fourth-highest a No. 5 national ranking. The Huskers had a school-record three players earn All-America winning percentage. The Huskers finished second in the Big 12 and advanced to another recognition while adding another academic All-American. Jenny Voss also became the NCAA Regional final, posting a top-20 national finish for the 11th time in 12 seasons. first pitcher in program history to earn first-team All-America honors. Ali Viola ended her NU ended the season ranked 14th, the final year of its run as one of only six programs career with a third All-America award and a second Big 12 Player-of-the-Year honor. nationally to be ranked in every final NFCA poll during the poll's first 12 years in existence. While Nebraska did not produce an All-American in 2006, the Huskers had multiple 1999: NEBRASKA KEEPS ROLLING AFTER LOSING TALENTED SENIORS academic All-Americans for the first time under Revelle. Following the record-breaking 1998 season, Nebraska nearly made another run to Oklahoma City in Revelle's seventh season. Despite graduating a pair of All-Americans, 2007: NEBRASKA MAKES 13TH STRAIGHT NCAA TOURNAMENT the Huskers caught fire in the postseason, finishing as the runner-up at the Big 12 The 2007 Huskers featured one of the top pitching staffs in school history, as Nebraska Tournament before winning four games in the NCAA Tournament. The Huskers lost to finished ninth nationally in ERA. NU finished with 37 wins and was selected to host Arizona State, 4-2, in the regional championship game with a trip to the Women's College a fourth NCAA Regional at Bowlin Stadium in five seasons. Despite a solid season, World Series on the line. Nebraska's third consecutive top-10 national finish helped the Nebraska finished the year unranked, snapping a streak of 12 consecutive seasons with Huskers end the 1999 season with a No. 20 national ranking. Jennifer Lizama earned first- a final national ranking. team All-America honors, becoming Revelle's third first-team All-American.

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2008: YOUNG HUSKERS OVERCOME CHALLENGES TO FINISH STRONG 2015: NEBRASKA EARNS POSTSEASON BERTH WITH STRONG FINISH Revelle faced arguably her toughest challenge in her 16th season. The 2008 Huskers were In 2015, Revelle guided a roster that featured eight newcomers to the NCAA Tournament. without a single senior and ace Molly Hill - the 2007 Big 12 ERA champion - missed more NU struggled early but won 15 of its final 20 games to finish with 35 victories. The Huskers than a month due to injury. NU was also without pitching coach Lori Sippel for most of the made it to the championship game of the Big Ten Tournament, falling to eventual national year, as Sippel was preparing Team Canada for the 2008 Olympics. The challenges were runner-up Michigan. Nebraska won one game in the NCAA Tournament before suffering a too many for NU to overcome, as Nebraska posted its first losing season since 1994, but one-run, 10-inning loss at No. 5 LSU, which went on to finish third at the Women's College the Huskers did make a run to the championship game of the Big 12 Tournament, while Hill World Series. Individually, Kiki Stokes was named a third-team All-American. finished the year strong to earn academic All-America accolades. 2016: HUSKERS ADVANCE TO ANOTHER NCAA REGIONAL FINAL 2009: NU WINS 35 GAMES, RETURNS TO POSTSEASON Nebraska advanced to an NCAA Regional Final for the third time in four seasons in The Huskers made it back to the postseason in 2009, totaling 35 wins and earning a 2016, earning a top-20 national finish while posting a 35-21 record. Led by first-team trip to the Knoxville (Tenn.) Regional. Nebraska posted a 10-game improvement in the All-American MJ Knighten and third-team All-American Kiki Stokes, Nebraska knocked win column from 2008 to 2009. Revelle picked up her 650th win at Nebraska in the off three top-10 teams in 2016, including a 1-0 victory over No. 1 Michigan that marked Huskers' win over regional champion Jacksonville State in the NCAA Tournament opener. the program's third win over a No. 1 team - all during Revelle's tenure. Off the field, Individually, Molly Hill was named a first-team academic All-American. Nebraska became the first softball program in NCAA history to total 30 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans when Mattie Fowler was named to the first team. The Huskers also set a 2010: NEBRASKA POSTS 14TH 30-WIN SEASON UNDER REVELLE season attendance record in 2016, averaging 1,006 fans per game at Bowlin Stadium. Nebraska added an academic All-American for the third straight season in 2010, when Robin Mackin was a second-team selection. The Huskers also had a program-record five REVELLE'S YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING BREAKDOWN players selected to the academic all-district first or second team, while producing three NEBRASKA WESLEYAN (1987) all-region selections on the field. As a team, Nebraska produced a 30-win season and Year Record Conference Place Tournament Postseason qualified for the NCAA Tournament. Nebraska won one postseason game while making 1987 8-16 7-5 N/A N/A DNQ the NCAA Tournament with a roster that featured 11 first- or second-year players. NEBRASKA (1993-PRESENT) Year Record Conference Place Tournament NCAA Finish 2011: HUSKERS RETURN TO NATIONAL RANKINGS 1993 18-23 5-11* 5th N/A DNQ Revelle challenged her team to put Nebraska softball back on the national map in 2011, 1994 21-33 1-15* 6th N/A DNQ and her team accomplished just that. NU posted the best start in school history and 1995 43-20 10-6* 3rd N/A Regional 1996 42-23 10-8^ 4th 2nd Regional finished with a 41-14 record, winning 40 games and advancing to an NCAA Regional final 1997 29-24 10-6^ 4th 5th Regional for the first time in five seasons. Along the way, Nebraska rose to 11th in the polls while 1998 48-12 16-0^ 1st 1st WCWS defeating No. 1 Florida to give the program its first-ever victory over a No. 1 team. Taylor 1999 35-21 10-8^ 4th 2nd Regional Edwards earned third-team All-America honors as a freshman. She was the nation's only 2000 52-21 15-2^ 2nd 1st Regional freshman position player named to an All-America team, while she also became the first 2001 51-15 16-2^ 1st 5th Regional Nebraska catcher to earn All-America accolades. A pair of Huskers were academic All- 2002 50-14 11-5^ 3rd 2nd WCWS America honorees. 2003 39-17 10-8^ t-6th t-4th Regional 2004 45-17 14-3^ 1st 1st Regional 2012: NEBRASKA MAKES MOVE TO 2005 36-23 9-9^ 7th t-5th Regional In 2012, Revelle guided Nebraska to a third-place finish in its first year as a member of 2006 44-12 13-4^ 2nd t-3rd Regional the Big Ten Conference. Although the Huskers' 33-22 record wasn't enough to get them 2007 37-20 10-8^ 5th t-5th Regional 2008 25-28 4-14^ t-9th 2nd DNQ into the NCAA Tournament, 10 of the Huskers' 13 non-conference losses came against 2009 35-19 9-9^ 5th t-5th Regional teams that made the NCAA Tournament, including four losses to teams that won an NCAA 2010 30-29 7-11^ t-7th t-5th Regional Regional. Nebraska picked up six wins over postseason teams in 2012, including a three- 2011 41-14 9-9^ 6th N/A Regional game sweep over NCAA Regional finalist Northwestern in the Huskers' first-ever Big Ten 2012 33-22 14-9! 3rd N/A DNQ Conference series. Nebraska finished with a 15-1 record at Bowlin Stadium. 2013 45-16 16-6! 2nd t-3rd WCWS 2014 44-18 18-5! t-1st t-5th Super Regional 2013: A WORLD SERIES BERTH AND A COACHING RECORD 2015 35-23 17-6! 3rd 2nd Regional In 2013, leading a group that featured seven freshmen among its 16 players and only 2016 35-21 13-9! 5th t-5th Regional one pitcher with collegiate experience, Revelle helped Nebraska go from unranked in Career 921-501 274-178 -- -- the preseason polls to a No. 8 final ranking, the program's first NCAA Super Regional Nebraska 913-485 267-173 appearance and a trip to the Women's College World Series. Nebraska finished 45-16, *Big Eight (16-32, .333) ^Big 12 (173-106, .620) !Big Ten (78-35, .690) tying for the fifth-most victories in school history, including a 1-0 win at No. 1 Oklahoma. One day after the Oklahoma victory, Revelle led Nebraska to a doubleheader sweep at REVELLE'S MILESTONE VICTORIES AT NEBRASKA Oklahoma State, when she became Nebraska's all-time wins leader across all sports. NU Win Date Opponent Score Location earned the No. 14 seed for the NCAA Tournament, and the Huskers swept through their 1 3/5/93 Creighton 14-7 College Station, Texas home regional. Nebraska then went 2-1 in a best-of-three Super Regional series at No. 3 100 3/16/96 Santa Clara 6-1 Sunnyvale, Calif. 189* 4/11/98 at Baylor 4-1 Waco, Texas Oregon. In Oklahoma City, the Huskers lost a pair of one-run, extra-inning games, finishing 200 5/2/98 Texas 1-0 (10) Oklahoma City, Okla. in seventh place. Tatum Edwards was named a second-team All-American in 2013. 300 3/2/01 Brigham Young 4-1 St. George, Utah 400 2/14/03 Cal Poly 8-2 Las Vegas, Nev. 2014: REVELLE WINS FIRST BIG TEN TITLE 500 3/19/05 at Cal State Fullerton 8-0 Fullerton, Calif. In 2014, Revelle was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year. Nebraska won 44 games 600 2/29/08 Tennessee Tech 11-1 (5) Columbus, Ga. and captured its first Big Ten championship while winning an NCAA Regional title for 700 2/25/11 Hawaii 3-0 Cathedral City, Calif. the second straight year. The Huskers won four games in less than 24 hours to win the 768^ 3/3/13 at Oklahoma State 10-5 Stillwater, Okla. NCAA Columbia (Mo.) Regional. NU's season ended with a pair of one-run losses at 800 2/7/14 UTEP 7-0 Las Cruces, N.M. No. 2 Alabama in Super Regional play. With the fewest upperclassmen of any NCAA 900 4/3/16 at Maryland 26-4 (5) College Park, Md. Tournament, Nebraska posted a second straight top-10 national finish. Lone seniors *broke Nebraska's previous win record held by Ron Wolforth Tatum (third team) and Taylor (first team) Edwards both earned All-America accolades. ^became Nebraska's all-time wins leader in any sport

PAGE 51 NEBRASKA SOFTBALL ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH LORI SIPPEL SIPPEL DEVELOPS A STAR PITCHER SEEMINGLY EVERY YEAR lori Lori Sippel has consistently developed All-America-caliber pitchers during her first 27 seasons as the Huskers' pitching coach. Over the past two decades, Sippel has produced SIPPEL a star pitcher practically every year. During the last 22 seasons dating back to 1995, Nebraska has averaged more than one all-region pitcher per season, with all-region ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH • PITCHING COACH pitchers advancing to the All-America ballot. 28TH SEASON • NEBRASKA (1988) In a sport where teams often rely on one primary pitcher, it speaks volumes to Sippel's COACHING ACCOLADES coaching ability that Nebraska has averaged more than one all-region and all-conference • Fourth-Place Finish at 2008 Beijing Olympics as Team Canada Head Coach pitcher over the last 22 seasons. • AFLAC Assistant Coach of the Year (2002) MOST NFCA ALL-MIDWEST REGION PITCHERS SINCE 1995 • Four-Time NFCA Midwest Region Staff of the Year (1998, 2002, 2013 & 2014) School Total • Set More Than 20 Pitching Records at Nebraska Nebraska 23 • Coached Four Pitchers to Five All-America Accolades at Nebraska Oklahoma 12 • Coached 10 Pitchers to 23 All-Region Accolades at Nebraska Oklahoma State 9 • Produced More All-Region Pitchers Than Any Coach in the Midwest Region • Coached 10 Pitchers to 25 All-Conference Accolades at Nebraska Note: Oklahoma and Oklahoma State moved to the Central Region beginning in 2009. OU's total of all-region pitchers since 1995 is 21, while OSU's total is 11. PLAYING ACCOLADES • International Softball Federation Hall of Fame Inductee (2005) SIPPEL'S STAFFS SET SCHOOL RECORDS • Softball Canada Hall of Fame Inductee (1993) Nebraska's pitching records have been consistently re-written during Lori Sippel's • Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee (Inaugural Class, 2015) tenure as the Husker pitching coach. Sippel's staffs have set every Nebraska team pitching • Nebraska Softball Hall of Fame Inductee (1997) record except for ERA and saves. The top 11 season win totals in school history have all • Softball Canada Jersey Retired (1999) come under Sippel's watch, along with the seven highest strikeout seasons and the top • First Husker to Have Her Jersey Retired (No. 16 in 1995) four shutout seasons. • 1996 Olympian (Team Canada) • 16-Year Member of Canadian National Team NEBRASKA TEAM RECORDS UNDER SIPPEL • Three-Time ASA All-American (1993, 1994 & 1995) Category Record Previous Record • Three-Time ASA National Champion (1993, 1994 & 1995) Wins 52 41 • Member of Two Women's College World Series Teams at Nebraska Win Pct. .800 .792 • CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year (1988) Strikeouts 502 413 • Honda Award Nominee (1988) Shutouts 27 23 • Two-Time Second-Team All-American (1986 & 1987) Complete Games 51 50 • Ended Her Career With 17 Individual Nebraska Records No-Hitters 4 3

One of the best pitchers in NCAA history is also one of the sport's best pitching coaches. SIPPEL ALSO EXCELS AS NEBRASKA'S OUTFIELD COACH As a player, Lori Sippel was a two-time All-American at Nebraska, the 1988 Academic In addition to being the Huskers' pitching coach, Lori Sippel is also in charge of All-American of the Year and a 1996 Olympian. She earned the highest honor a player can Nebraska's outfielders. Sippel has excelled in that area as well. Kiki Stokes earned third- receive in 2005, when Sippel became the 24th female player inducted to the International team All-America honors as Nebraska's center fielder in both 2015 and 2016. Sippel has Softball Federation Hall of Fame and just the fifth from the United States or Canada. coached 12 all-region outfielders, 24 all-conference performers, three All-Americans and Sippel has arguably accomplished just as much as a coach as she did in her distinguished six academic All-Americans. playing career. Entering her 28th season at Nebraska in 2017 and her 15th as associate head coach, Sippel has made Lincoln a destination for top pitchers. Sippel has helped Nebraska set nearly every team pitching record during her tenure, while her pitchers have SIPPEL A CORNHUSKER FOR LIFE often played the leading role in the Huskers' 20 NCAA Tournament appearances in the last Lori Sippel has spent the better part of three decades as a Nebraska Cornhusker. Sippel 22 years, including three trips to the Women's College World Series. starred in the circle for the Huskers from 1985 to 1988. After spending the 1989 season Individually, Sippel has produced more all-region pitchers than any other pitching coach as an assistant coach at Kansas, Sippel returned to Nebraska in 1990 and has been in the in the Midwest region. In the last 22 years, Nebraska has averaged more than one all-region Husker dugout ever since. Counting her playing days, Sippel has been with the Nebraska (23) and all-conference (23) pitcher per season, a remarkable accomplishment for a sport softball program for 32 of the last 33 seasons. During that time, she has been a part of 15 where teams frequently rely on only one pitcher. Sippel has also tutored pitchers to honors conference championships and five Women's College World Series teams. on the national and international levels, producing five All-Americans and two Olympians. SIPPEL RE-WROTE HUSKER RECORD BOOK AS PLAYER NEBRASKA PITCHING DOMINANT UNDER SIPPEL Lori Sippel is arguably the best pitcher in the history of Nebraska softball. The first Nebraska has annually boasted one of the country's top pitching staffs under the Husker to have her jersey retired, Sippel was a two-time All-American in the circle and direction of Lori Sippel, widely regarded as one of the nation's premier pitching coaches. was the 1988 Softball Academic All-American of the Year. In 2015, she was one of 23 Sippel has helped Nebraska post an ERA lower than the national average in 22 of her first members of the inaugural Nebraska Athletics Hall-of-Fame class. 27 seasons, including 20 of the last 23 years. Fifteen times Nebraska's season ERA has One of only two Husker pitchers to be a two-time All-American, Sippel ended her been more than one run lower than the national average, while the Huskers' average ERA career with a 73-23 record and a 0.54 ERA in 695.1 innings. She added 838 strikeouts, 39 is 1.00 lower than the national average during Sippel's tenure. shutouts, 16 saves, 80 complete games, six no-hitters and one perfect game. Sippel ended In the last 19 years, Sippel's staffs have posted an ERA under 2.00 14 times. During her career owning records in nine of the 10 categories tracked by NU. Entering 2017, she that time, Nebraska has ranked in the top 30 nationally in ERA 10 times, including two still holds Husker all-time records for ERA, saves, no-hitters and perfect games. top-15 rankings in the past four seasons. The Huskers average a shutout once every six Sippel also set NU season records for win percentage (.870 in 1987), innings (245.2 starts during Sippel's tenure, and Nebraska has allowed one run or less in 41 percent of in 1988), ERA (0.37 in 1986), strikeouts (285 in 1988), shutouts (14 in 1988) and complete its games since Sippel became the Huskers' pitching coach in 1990. games (29 in 1988). Her ERA record still stands today.

PAGE 52 NEBRASKA SOFTBALL

CAREER COACHING STOPS HEAD COACH • Canadian National Team (March 2005 - Sept. 2008)

ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH • Nebraska (15th season: 2003-present)

ASSISTANT COACH » Nebraska (13 seasons: 1990-2002) » Kansas (1 season: 1989)

NEBRASKA'S PITCHING TEAM BESTS UNDER SIPPEL Category Mark Year NU Rank Wins 52 2000 1st Win Pct. .800 1998 1st Innings 480.0 2000 1st ERA 1.10 2004 7th Strikeouts 502 2001 1st Shutouts 27 Twice 1st Saves 7 2000 4th Complete Games 51 2004 1st

NEBRASKA'S PITCHING INDIVIDUAL BESTS UNDER SIPPEL Category Mark Player, Year NU Rank Wins 40 Jenny Voss, 1998 1st Win Pct. .900 Molly Hill, 2006 1st Innings 340.1 Jenny Voss, 1998 1st ERA 0.70 Peaches James, 2004 7th Strikeouts 394 Peaches James, 2004 1st Shutouts 18 Peaches James, 2004 1st Saves 5 Three pitchers 5th Complete Games 46 Jenny Voss, 1998 1st

SIPPEL'S ALL-CONFERENCE PITCHERS AT NEBRASKA (25) 1995: Angela Blackwood; Stacie Stafford 2005: Ashley DeBuhr 1997: Jenny Voss 2006: Ashley DeBuhr 1998: Jenny Voss 2007: Ashley DeBuhr; Molly Hill 1999: Jenny Voss 2009: Molly Hill 2000: Jenny Voss; Leigh Ann Walker 2011: Ashley Hagemann 2001: Peaches James; Leigh Ann Walker 2012: Ashley Hagemann 2002: Peaches James; Leigh Ann Walker 2013: Tatum Edwards; Emily Lockman 2003: Peaches James 2014: Tatum Edwards; Emily Lockman 2004: Peaches James 2015: Emily Lockman

SIPPEL'S ALL-REGION PITCHERS AT NEBRASKA (23) 1995: Angela Blackwood; Stacie Stafford 2005: Ashley DeBuhr 1997: Jenny Voss 2006: Ashley DeBuhr 1998: Jenny Voss 2007: Ashley DeBuhr 1999: Jenny Voss 2011: Ashley Hagemann 2000: Jenny Voss; Leigh Ann Walker 2012: Ashley Hagemann 2001: Leigh Ann Walker 2013: Tatum Edwards; Emily Lockman 2002: Peaches James; Leigh Ann Walker 2014: Tatum Edwards; Emily Lockman 2003: Peaches James 2015: Cassie McClure 2004: Peaches James 2016: Cassie McClure

SIPPEL'S ALL-AMERICA PITCHERS AT NEBRASKA (5) 1998: Jenny Voss (1st Team) 2000: Leigh Ann Walker (2nd Team) 2004: Peaches James (2nd Team) 2013: Tatum Edwards (2nd Team) 2014: Tatum Edwards (3rd Team)

PAGE 53 NEBRASKA SOFTBALL ASSISTANT COACH DIANE MILLER

MILLER MAKING MARK IN HUSKER RECORD BOOK diane Nebraska's offense has set more than 35 individual and team records in the eight seasons Diane Miller has been the Huskers' hitting coach, including more than a dozen MILLER team records in just the past three seasons. In most cases, the Huskers have not simply broken a previous team record, they have shattered it. ASSISTANT COACH • HITTING COACH In addition to setting school records, the Huskers have also posted several other top- 9TH SEASON • MISSOURI SOUTHERN (1992) five marks in school history. In fact, four of Nebraska's all-time top-five home run and COACHING ACCOLADES RBI totals have come under Miller's direction, along with four of the program's top five • Two-Time NFCA Midwest Region Coaching Staff of the Year (2013 & 2014) slugging and on-base percentages. Three of the Huskers' top-five all-time marks in batting • Set More Than 35 Offensive Records at Nebraska average, runs, doubles and walks have also come with Miller leading the Nebraska • Broke 44 Mountain West Conference Offensive Records at Colorado State offense. • Broke 14 Offensive School Records at Colorado State NEBRASKA TEAM RECORDS UNDER MILLER • Coached Seven All-America Hitters in Last Six Seasons Category Record Previous Record • Coached 27 All-Region Hitters in Her Career Average .337 .315 • Coached 17 All-Region Hitters at Nebraska Runs 400 358 • Coached 49 All-Conference Hitters in Her Career Home Runs 73 62 • Coached 29 All-Conference Hitters at Nebraska Extra-Base Hits 173 150 RBIs 370 321 PLAYING ACCOLADES Slugging Pct. .505 .462 • Missouri Sports Hall of Fame (2015) On-Base Pct. .431 .382 • Missouri Southern State Individual Hall of Fame (2003) Walks 217 203 • Missouri Southern State Championship Team Hall of Fame (2002) • NCAA Division II National Champion (1992) HUSKERS SCORING RUNS AT RECORD RATE • Three-Time Division II Second-Team All-American (1990, 1991 & 1992) Offense ultimately comes down to scoring runs and the Husker offense has been • Second-Team CoSIDA Academic All-American (1992) exceptional in that category under Diane Miller. The Huskers have scored 300 runs in four consecutive seasons after reaching the mark only three times in the program's first 37 After orchestrating an offensive revival at Colorado State, Diane Miller is producing seasons. In fact, the Huskers have averaged 309 runs per season under Miller. an encore performance in Lincoln. Nebraska's offense has exploded under Miller's watch, Run totals can vary greatly based on the number of games played each season, but the as the Huskers have set more than 35 school records entering her ninth season in 2017. Huskers have been even more impressive in runs per game. The Huskers have averaged Nebraska's record-breaking performances come on the heels of Miller's nine seasons at more than 5.0 runs per game in six consecutive seasons, a mark reached only twice in Colorado State, when the Rams' offense set 44 conference records and 14 school records. the first 35 seasons in program history. In 2015, the Huskers averaged 6.9 runs per game, Individually, Husker hitters have combined to earn 29 all-conference honors, 17 all- breaking the previous record - set the prior season - by 1.2 runs per game. region accolades and seven All-America awards under Miller. In her work as Nebraska's The Huskers are one of only nine teams to rank in the top 50 nationally in scoring each catching instructor, Miller has coached four catchers to six combined all-conference of the last six seasons. awards in her first eight seasons. A two-time member of the NFCA Midwest Region Coaching Staff of the Year, Miller TEAMS TO RANK IN THE TOP 50 IN SCORING EACH OF LAST 6 YEARS has helped Nebraska to a pair of NCAA Regional titles, a trip to the Women's College • Alabama • Florida • La.-Lafayette World Series and a share of the 2014 Big Ten regular-season championship in the past • Missouri • Nebraska • Oklahoma four seasons alone. • Notre Dame • UCLA • Washington

MILLER MAKING CASE AS PROGRAM'S BEST HITTING COACH HOME-RUN HITTING HUSKERS In only eight seasons, Diane Miller has made a strong case as the greatest hitting Like seemingly every other offensive category, Nebraska's home run totals have risen coach in the 41-year history of Nebraska softball. The numbers speak for themselves, as dramatically during the tenure of Diane Miller. The Huskers have averaged 52 home runs Nebraska has set team records for batting average, runs, home runs, extra-base hits, RBIs, per season in Miller's first eight years. Nebraska hit a school-record 73 home runs in 2014 slugging percentage, on-base percentage and walks in just the last three seasons. and five of the top six home run totals in school history have come under Miller's direction. The Huskers have slugged 415 home runs in the past eight seasons after hitting only 242 AVERAGE OFFENSIVE SEASON UNDER MILLER & BEFORE HER ARRIVAL home runs in the eight seasons prior to Miller's arrival, despite 13 fewer games played. Category AVG. R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SLG% 8 Seasons Under Miller .295 309 451 75 5 52 281 194 .452 2015 FEATURED TOP OFFENSE IN SCHOOL HISTORY 33 Seasons Before Miller .257 197 352 43 11 22 166 116 .352 Diane Miller's seventh season proved to be her best yet, as Nebraska boasted the best statistical offense in school history in 2015. The Huskers set school records for batting MILLER ALSO EXCELS AS NEBRASKA'S CATCHING INSTRUCTOR average, runs, RBIs, walks, on-base percentage and slugging percentage. In a testament In addition to directing the Husker offense, Diane Miller tutors Nebraska's catchers. Her to Miller's success, Nebraska broke its RBI and slugging percentage records for the second work with the Husker catchers has been just as impressive as what she has accomplished straight season. as Nebraska's hitting coach. The Huskers scored 400 runs for the first time in program history in 2015, posted the Only one catcher had earned all-region honors in the history of Nebraska softball first .400 on-base percentage at Nebraska and the first .500 slugging percentage. NU before Miller arrived in 2009. In Miller's eight seasons working with the position, three ranked 14th nationally in on-base percentage, while ranking 18th in both batting average Husker catchers have been recognized as all-region performers. Miller has also coached and scoring. The Huskers averaged a school-record 6.9 runs per game in 2015, breaking four different catchers to a total of six all-conference accolades in the past eight seasons. the previous record by 1.2 runs per game. In 2011, Taylor Edwards earned third-team All-America honors as a freshman, becoming the first Husker catcher to earn All-America recognition. A two-time All-American, Edwards ended her career as the 2014 Division I Catcher of the Year. PAGE 54 NEBRASKA SOFTBALL

CAREER COACHING STOPS HEAD COACH • Northwest Missouri State University (1 season: 1996)

ASSISTANT COACH • Nebraska (9th season: 2009-present) • Colorado State (9 seasons: 2000-08) • Nebraska-Omaha (3 seasons: 1993-95)

NEBRASKA'S OFFENSIVE TEAM BESTS UNDER MILLER Category Mark Year NU Rank Average .337 2015 1st Hits 524 2015 3rd Runs 400 2015 1st RBIs 370 2015 1st Walks 217 2015 1st Home Runs 73 2014 1st Doubles 90 2014 2nd On-Base Pct. .431 2015 1st Slugging Pct. .505 2015 1st

NEBRASKA'S OFFENSIVE INDIVIDUAL BESTS UNDER MILLER Category Mark Player, Year NU Rank Average .412 MJ Knighten, 2015 5th Hits 82 MJ Knighten, 2015 4th Runs 66 Kiki Stokes, 2015 1st RBIs 67 Taylor Edwards, 2011 3rd Walks 41 Two players 1st Home Runs 21 MJ Knighten, 2016 2nd Doubles 21 Hailey Decker, 2014 2nd On-Base Pct. .532 Kiki Stokes, 2015 1st Slugging Pct. .794 MJ Knighten, 2016 2nd

MILLER'S ALL-CONFERENCE HITTERS AT NEBRASKA (29) 2009: Crystal Carwile; Amanda Duran; Meghan Mullin 2010: Ashley Guile; Nikki Haget; Brooke Thomason 2011: Tatum Edwards; Taylor Edwards 2012: Gabby Banda; Courtney Breault; Tatum Edwards; Brooke Thomason 2013: Alicia Armstrong; Jordan Bettiol; Courtney Breault; Tatum Edwards; Taylor Edwards; Brooke Thomason 2014: Alicia Armstrong; Hailey Decker; Tatum Edwards; Taylor Edwards; MJ Knighten 2015: MJ Knighten; Steph Pasquale; Kiki Stokes 2016: Mattie Fowler; MJ Knighten; Kiki Stokes

MILLER'S ALL-REGION HITTERS AT NEBRASKA (17) 2010: Julie Brechtel; Ashley Guile; Brooke Thomason 2011: Taylor Edwards 2013: Tatum Edwards; Brooke Thomason 2014: Tatum Edwards; Taylor Edwards; Hailey Decker 2015: MJ Knighten; Cassie McClure; Steph Pasquale; Kiki Stokes 2015: Mattie Fowler; MJ Knighten; Cassie McClure; Kiki Stokes

MILLER'S ALL-AMERICA HITTERS AT NEBRASKA (7) 2011: Taylor Edwards (3rd Team) 2013: Tatum Edwards (2nd Team) 2014: Taylor Edwards (1st Team); Tatum Edwards (3rd Team) 2015: Kiki Stokes (3rd Team) 2016: MJ Knighten (1st Team); Kiki Stokes (3rd Team)

PAGE 55 NEBRASKA SOFTBALL SOFTBALL SUPPORT STAFF livi tatum ABNEY EDWARDS

VOLUNTEER COACH GRADUATE MANAGER Livi Abney is in her second season as a volunteer coach for Nebraska after helping the Tatum Edwards is in her second season as a graduate manager for the Nebraska softball Huskers to an NCAA Regional Final in her first year. Abney helps coordinate the infield team, and she assists the coaches in a variety of ways at practice and on game days. defense for the Huskers, in addition to assisting the coaches with scouting information. Edwards was a two-time All-American for the Huskers from 2011 to 2014, earning Abney came to Lincoln after spending the 2015 spring semester at UMKC, where she second-team honors in 2013 and third-team accolades in 2014. Edwards finished her Husker served as an intern while fulfilling a requirement for her master's degree in higher education career with a 70-28 record and a 2.02 ERA, including 24 shutouts. At the plate, Edwards administration. Abney also served as the head softball coach at Shawnee Mission South boasted a .292 career average with 38 doubles, 46 homers and 158 RBIs. High School for four years and as Director of Softball Operations for the Mac-N-Seitz training During the summer, Edwards is a three-year veteran in the National Pro Fastpitch league. academy. She has helped the Chicago Bandits to back-to-back NPF titles in 2015 and 2016. Abney earned her bachelor's degree in behavior science-family services from Northern Tatum, whose youngest sister Tristen is a freshman on the 2017 Husker roster, earned Iowa in 2011. Abney was a second baseman for the Panthers for two years, after spending her degree in elementary education from Nebraska in 2015. her first two seasons at Wisconsin. anne katie HACKBART

BROWN PROJECT COORDINATOR/SOFTBALL OFFICE MANAGER Anne Hackbart joined Nebraska in May of 2006 as the administrative assistant to the DIRECTOR OF SOFTBALL OPERATIONS athletic director's office. She currently serves as a project coordinator, working on a wide Katie Brown was hired full-time in January of 2013 as Nebraska's first director of softball variety of projects assigned by the Senior Management Team. Additionally, Hackbart is in operations. In her fifth season, Brown helps coordinate team travel and runs Nebraska's her first season of providing administrative support to the Nebraska softball program. camps and clinics, among many other duties. Brown, who earned her master's degree in Before joining the Nebraska athletic department staff, Hackbart spent eight years as an higher education administration from Nebraska in 2013, served as a volunteer coach for administrative assistant and project coordinator for the Nebraska Department of Health the Huskers in 2012. and Human Services. She also previously worked as an administrative assistant for nearly Brown brought Big Ten experience to Lincoln, as she was a four-year starter at Iowa two years at American Tool Companies, Inc., in Lincoln. from 2007 to 2010. A two-time All-Big Ten selection, Brown garnered first-team honors Originally from Lincoln, Hackbart graduated from the University of Nebraska with a in 2008 and second-team accolades in 2009. She started 175 games and posted a .282 bachelor's degree in psychology in 1996. She and her husband Greg reside in Lincoln. batting average in her Hawkeye career with 20 home runs. Brown ended her career ranked fifth in Iowa history in home runs and tied for 12th with 31 career doubles. She earned her bachelor's degree in elementary education and health and sports studies from Iowa in 2011. jen ROEBER

TURF MANAGER kristin Jen Roeber is in her 16th year as the turf manager for Bowlin Stadium, honored as the 2004 collegiate field of the year by the SportsTurf Managers Association. Roeber is SHAFFER responsible for daily maintenance of the field, as well as game-day setup. Roeber earned a degree in horticulture from Northeast Community College. A native of Wakefield, Neb., Roeber also works on the grounds crew for the Lincoln Saltdogs minor VIDEO COORDINATOR league baseball team. She has worked at in each of the 16 years the Kristin Shaffer joined the Nebraska softball program in the summer of 2016. In her role, facility has been open. Shaffer is responsible for all of the Huskers' video needs, including the shooting and editing of practice and game video, which includes tagging every pitch during the season. She also assists the coaching staff with advanced opponent video scouting. erin Shaffer came to Nebraska after spending the 2016 season with the National Pro Fastpitch champion Chicago Bandits. With the Bandits, Shaffer filled a variety of roles, including marketing, ticketing, merchandise, event management and game-day video and audio BOHLING operations. Shaffer graduated from Cincinnati in May of 2016 with degrees in communication and STUDENT MANAGER English - rhetoric and professional writing. Shaffer played club softball for the Bearcats, and she also served as the team's recruiting manager. She also coached a high school and Erin Bohling is in her third season as Nebraska's student manager. Bohling is charged travel team while attending Cincinnati. Shaffer spent her freshman season on the softball with the setup of all Husker practices, and she assists in practices in a variety of ways. team at Aurora University in Aurora, Ill. Bohling is a junior at Nebraska, and she is majoring in business administration.

PAGE 56 NEBRASKA SOFTBALL SOFTBALL SUPPORT STAFF marcia kim KENNEDY SCHELLPEPER

SOFTBALL ATHLETIC TRAINER ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ACADEMIC PROGRAMS Marcia Kennedy joined the Nebraska Athletic Department in September of 2014 as an Kim Schellpeper joined the Academic Performance Team in 1996 and was promoted assistant athletic trainer. Kennedy works directly with the Husker softball team, attending to associate director of academic programs in 2007. She has served as an academic all practices and games while tending to the student-athlete's medical care needs. counselor and the coordinator of learning development programs for 19 years. Prior to coming to Nebraska, Kennedy was an assistant athletic trainer at Marist, where As an academic counselor, Schellpeper coordinates academic support for the she worked with women's soccer, men's lacrosse and women's water polo teams. softball and football teams. Her additional responsibilities include the administration While working on her master's in sport science and pedagogy at Gardner-Webb, Kennedy and evaluation of the tutorial program, the mentoring and study hall programs, learning worked with the softball team and cheerleading squad. assessments and the hiring and supervision of Nebraska's assistant academic counselors. Kennedy earned her bachelor's degree in athletic training and minored in exercise Schellpeper also serves as the liaison to the Office for Students with Disabilities, Athletic science and Spanish at Nebraska Wesleyan. She graduated in 2011 and was a member of Medicine and to consulting clinical psychologists and campus instructors. the Prairie Wolves' softball team. Schellpeper came to the University of Nebraska from the Omaha Public School system, where she served as a reading specialist and social studies instructor at Omaha Central High School for 12 years. lauren Her contributions to Nebraska Athletics include representing Nebraska at the N4A National Conference in 1998 and 2001, the N4A Regional Conference in 2006, and the HARRIS National "On Course" Conference in 2008. Schellpeper also served as a working member of the Freshman Experience Task Force from 2000 to 2002, and the Academic Integrity Committee from 2008 to 2009. She currently serves as a working member of the Enrollment SOFTBALL STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH Management Council. A certified strength and conditioning specialist, Lauren Harris became part of the A native of Stanton, Neb., Schellpeper earned a bachelor's degree in education from Husker strength and conditioning program in February 2012. Harris is the assistant director Nebraska in 1981, and a master's degree in curriculum and instruction in August 2000. for strength and conditioning at Nebraska, and she coordinates training for the softball and rifle teams. Before joining Nebraska, Harris served as the director of strength and conditioning at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, beginning in 2009. While at TAMUCC, Harris was responsible whitney for the training and supervision of all 14 Division I sports, and oversaw the design and completion of TAMUCC's first athletics-only weight facility in the spring of 2011. CAVE Harris served as an assistant strength and conditioning coach for Olympic sports at Ohio State from 2006 to 2009. Primarily responsible for men's swimming, women's swimming, synchronized swimming, rifle and novice and varsity crew teams, Harris gained ASSISTANT TICKETING & ENGAGEMENT MANAGER experience training numerous All-Big Ten, All-American and National team athletes. She Whitney Cave joined Nebraska in July of 2014 as an assistant ticket manager. Cave joined served a six-week stint as the USA National Synchronized Swimming strength coach the Huskers after spending two years with the Nebraska School Activities Association. She while they trained on-site at OSU. Harris also was part of the Olympic sports strength and also worked in ticketing with both the Lincoln Saltdogs and Lincoln Stars. conditioning staff at Marshall. Cave earned bachelor's degrees in sport management and business administration from As a basketball player at Hardin-Simmons in Abilene, Texas, Harris earned All-ASC Wayne State College. She is originally from Silver Creek, Neb. (2001-2004) and Kodak First-Team All-America honors (2004). She holds all HSU career, season and game three-point records and was named ASC Female Athlete of the Year in 2004. Harris graduated with her bachelor's degree (2004) and master's degree (2005) in sports and recreation management from Hardin-Simmons. lynn torrey ZHANG

BALL ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF SPORTS NUTRITION A native of Beaverton, Ore., Lynn Zhang joined the Nebraska Athletic Department as an DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & STUDENT ENGAGEMENT assistant director of sports nutrition in July of 2015. Zhang works directory with baseball, Torrey Ball joined the Nebraska Athletic Department in 2014 as an Assistant Director softball, women's basketball, men's gymnastics, swimming and diving, men's golf, women's of Marketing and Fan Experience in Nebraska's marketing department. He was promoted golf and bowling. to Director of Marketing and Student Engagement in 2016. Zhang holds one-on-one nutrition consultations/counseling sessions with student-athletes, Ball oversees marketing and fan experience efforts for softball, wrestling and women's provides her team's with nutrition education and assists with meal/menu selections. She also basketball. He is in charge of all student marketing efforts and serves as the advisor for provides body composition analysis, hydration assessments and supplement evaluation. The the Iron N student group. nutrition staff collaborates with Nebraska strength and conditioning staff, athletic medicine Ball came to Nebraska after spending time at both Oregon and Syracuse. staff and team coaches to help student-athletes reach their goals. Ball earned his bachelor's degree in communications and rhetorical studies from Syracuse Along with receiving her bachelor's in nutrition from Oregon State, Zhang also completed in 2011 and then earned a master's in new media management in 2012. Ball played football a dietetic internship at the Oregon Health and Science University. Before coming to Nebraska for the Orange and was a team captain. Zhang worked as a sports dietician/nutrition operations manager at the University of Oregon. PAGE 57 NEBRASKA SOFTBALL SOFTBALL SUPPORT STAFF sarah chad HANNON CHIESA SOFTBALL PUBLIC ADDRESS ANNOUNCER DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR NEBRASKA IT OPERATIONS MANAGER Sarah Hannon joined the Nebraska Athletic Department as a Development Coordinator in Chad Chiesa joined Nebraska as an IT specialist within computing services in 2009. In January of 2014. She previously served as an intern in the Nebraska Athletic Development November of 2014 he was promoted to IT operations manager. He serves as the technical office from August 2008 to June 2009. director for football, men's and women's basketball, baseball and wrestling events, while In her current role, Hannon is responsible for all activities and organizational functions overseeing technology needs for all sports. He also serves as the public address announcer related to the 18 Development office booster clubs. She helps plan, organize and implement for the softball and swimming and diving teams. a strategy to raise contributions on an annual basis to support athletics at Nebraska. Hannon Chiesa contributes to special projects throughout the athletic department and serves attends and participates in all board meetings, special events, ticketing campaigns, and as its primary server and network administrator. Originally from Omaha, Chiesa attended some away trips to sporting events. She collaborates with Nebraska's head coaches on the University of Nebraska-Omaha College of Information Science and Technology, where plans to help support their team. he majored in information systems and quantitative analysis. During his time as an Before coming back to Nebraska, Hannon spent three years working at the Cox Classic, a undergraduate, he began working for the college as a systems assistant before assuming professional golf tournament on the web.com PGA Tour hosted in Omaha. Hannon graduated a role as an operations administrator/network specialist for the Peter Kiewit Institute. He from Nebraska Wesleyan in 2009 with her bachelor's degree in sport management. went on to become the institute's lead network administrator. While in high school at Omaha North and after graduation, Chiesa also worked in the athletic department, serving as the lead video technician for football, basketball and soccer; a statistician for football and basketball contests; and assisting in the management of event matt logistics for home varsity football contests. SMITH pat ASSOCIATE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR Matt Smith was promoted to Associate Communications Director in July of 2016 after LOGSDON being hired as an Assistant Communications Director at Nebraska in February of 2008. EXECUTIVE ASSOCIATE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR Smith is in his 14th season as the primary communications contact for the Nebraska softball SENIOR WOMAN ADMINISTRATOR program in 2017, after joining the athletic department as a student assistant in 2003-04. Pat Logsdon began working for Nebraska in 1979 and has risen to the role of Executive In his duties as the softball media director, Smith is responsible for the production of Associate Athletic Director for Administration. She is Nebraska's Senior Woman Administrator the media guide and maintenance of the softball page on Huskers.com, as well as serving to the NCAA and the Big Ten Conference and serves on the Big Ten Sports Management Council. as official scorer for all home games. Logsdon also serves as the sport administrator for Nebraska softball, volleyball, beach In addition to his softball duties, Smith is the secondary contact for the Nebraska football volleyball and men’s and women’s gymnastics. Her other duties include oversight on all team, traveling to all games and coordinating the statistics crew for home games. For the administrative issues and operational functions of the Director of Athletic's office. past five years, he has also coordinated the production of Nebraska's official game-day She also oversees the areas of Department travel, the Department’s Gender Equity Plan, football program. Smith also spent two seasons as the soccer communications director in equipment and serves as a liaison to adidas. In addition, Logsdon manages student-athlete 2004 and 2005. end of season evaluations and exit interviews. Smith earned his degree in advertising from Nebraska in May of 2004 with minors in Previously, Logsdon spent 23 seasons in football operations, including six seasons as English and communication studies. NU’s director of football operations, the first female in Division I to serve in that capacity. Logsdon earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Nebraska. nate ROHR keith IMG HUSKER SPORTS NETWORK ZIMMER SOFTBALL PLAY-BY-PLAY ANNOUNCER SENIOR ASSOCIATE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR/ Nate Rohr enters his 13th season as Nebraska softball's radio announcer for the IMG LIFE SKILLS & N CLUB Husker Sports Network in 2017, when he will call every game for the eighth straight season. In his 30th year serving Nebraska Athletics, Keith Zimmer leads Nebraska's Life Skills A full-time employee of the Husker Sports Network, Rohr handles the postgame Locker department. He also serves as the sport administrator for the swimming and diving team, as Room Show for HSN's coverage of Nebraska football games, and he also serves as the well as the men's and women's golf programs and oversees all components of Nebraska's Memorial Stadium public address announcer. Letterwinners N Club. Rohr graduated with a degree in broadcasting from Nebraska in 2009, as he began Zimmer, who started at Nebraska in 1987, carries 27 years of life skills and student calling Husker softball games as a student. Rohr has also served as the fill-in announcer for services experience and provides support to all current Nebraska student-athletes in addition Nebraska women's basketball games and for Sports Nightly. Rohr previously served as the to providing life skills guidance to alumni student-athletes. public address announcer for the Husker softball, soccer and swimming and diving programs. Zimmer was chosen for the Dr. Gene Hooks Award as the Life Skills Administrator of the He resides in Lincoln with his fiance, Ellie Schunk. The couple is set to be married this Year in 2006. Zimmer earned his bachelor’s degree at Wayne State College and his master’s summer. in education from Springfield (Mass.) College.

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shawn ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE • Nebraska, Director of Athletics (Jan. 1, 2013-present) • Miami, Director of Athletics (2011-12) EICHORST • Wisconsin, Deputy Athletic Director (2009-11) • Wisconsin, Executive Associate Athletic Director (2007-09) • Wisconsin, Senior Associate Athletic Director (2006-07) DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS • FIFTH YEAR • South Carolina, Interim Athletic Director (2005-06) Shawn Eichorst was recruited and hired by the University of Nebraska in 2012 and quickly displayed • South Carolina, Senior Associate Athletic Director (2004-05) an incredible passion for the University and for its student-athletes as well as the State of Nebraska. As • Wisconsin-Whitewater, Athletic Director (1999-2003) the leader of a tradition-rich athletic program with 24 intercollegiate teams, 600-plus student-athletes • Marquette University National Sports Law Institute Board of Advisors and more than 325 full-time employees, Eichorst has relied on a strong value system and a student- centered approach to lead the department. Nebraska’s primary mission is to provide student-athletes EDUCATIONAL LEDGER with the resources and support they need to be successful in academics, athletics and life. The health, • Wisconsin-Whitewater (Bachelor's Degree in Business, 1990) safety and welfare of student-athletes are priority one and the essence of every decision made at • Marquette (Juris Doctorate in 1995) Nebraska. Since Eichorst arrived in Lincoln, resources and services in every student-athlete support • Assistant Adjunct Professor of Law (Marquette) unit have been reviewed, improved and enhanced, including academics, athletic medicine, life skills, nutrition, sports psychology, strength and conditioning and performance/research [Nebraska Athletic Performance Laboratory (NAPL) and the Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior (CB3)]. for volleyball, wrestling and men’s and women’s gymnastics. In 2014, the largest wireless network Eichorst has continued to move Nebraska forward aggressively with several new initiatives to system at a college football stadium in history was installed in Memorial Stadium, along with a state- enhance the student-athlete experience. Beginning in the summer of 2015, Nebraska became the of-the-art sound system. In the summer of 2013, Memorial Stadium expansion added the innovative first athletic department in the country to offer laptop computers to every student-athlete and created NAPL inside East Stadium next to the Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior (CB3). That same year, a data analytics department. Husker student-athletes in all sports now receive four-year, full cost of Nebraska’s men’s and women’s basketball teams became the primary tenants at , attendance-based scholarships. Nebraska was also the first-known department of athletics to create and the renovated Devaney Center became the home for Husker volleyball, wrestling and the men’s a post-eligibility opportunity (PEO) program, where every Husker letterwinner who graduates and and women’s gymnastics programs. has exhausted his or her eligibility has an opportunity to pursue either an internship, study abroad or Eichorst came to Nebraska after serving as Director of Athletics at Miami in 2011 and 2012. He graduate school program valued at $7,500. Nebraska was also one of the first institutions to create hired legendary men’s basketball coach Jim Larrañaga, who led Miami to the NIT Second Round in a spring service abroad trip, taking a team of student-athletes and staff to Guatemala in 2015 and to his first season and ACC regular-season and tournament titles as well and the NCAA Sweet 16 in his the Dominican Republic in 2016. second. The women’s basketball program posted its highest national ranking in school history (No. Eichorst is in high demand and has made more than 500 public appearances around the state and 5) and advanced to the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament. The Miami women’s tennis team country and his monthly radio show and “Connecting on Campus” online column provide opportunities advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight for the fourth straight season, and the baseball team made its 40th to connect and share the incredible activities, initiatives and accomplishments happening at the greater consecutive NCAA appearance. The Hurricane women’s soccer team posted its first NCAA Tournament University and in the department. As a member of the Chancellor’s Senior Administrative Team, Eichorst win in school history, and the volleyball team made its third straight NCAA Tournament trip. maintains a strong connection and collaboration between the University and athletics. Before heading to Miami, Eichorst was the Deputy Athletics Director at Wisconsin. He was the A highly respected national leader, Eichorst was appointed in 2015 to the Division I Football Oversight Chief Operating Officer and oversaw the department’s daily operations, as well as the men’s basketball Committee. Most recently, Eichorst was named co-chair of the NCAA Division I Football Recruiting ad program under the direction of Director of Athletics and former Husker Barry Alvarez. hoc working group. He also serves on the Big Ten Conference Program and Budget Review Committee. From 2004 to 2006, Eichorst served as the Senior Associate Athletics Director for Administration Eichorst was the first Director of Athletics from any conference to visit the Big Ten Conference-based at South Carolina, overseeing the department’s daily operations, as well as the football and baseball Academic Alliance (formerly known as the Committee on Institutional Cooperation) at its Champaign, programs under legendary coaches Lou Holtz, Steve Spurrier and Ray Tanner, respectively. Ill., headquarters. The Big Ten Academic Alliance is a highly successful academic-based consortium From 1999 to 2003, Eichorst served as the Director of Athletics at Wisconsin-Whitewater, which of 15 schools, including all 14 in the Big Ten Conference. Nebraska is leading the Big Ten and the produced four top 10-percent finishes in the NACDA Directors Cup, one NCAA team title and two Big Ten Academic Alliance in several areas, including Digital Humanities and head injury research. NCAA runner-up finishes. The program also featured 11 CoSIDA Academic All-America selections. Under Eichorst, Nebraska extended its nation-leading total of CoSIDA Academic All-Americans to A native of Lone Rock, Wis., Eichorst was an all-conference defensive back, three-time letterwinner 327 and its nation-leading total of NCAA Top Ten Award winners to 17. More than 700 awards were and 1990 football team captain for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He graduated magna cum presented at the 26th Annual Student-Athlete Awards Show—A Night at the Lied. In 2015-16, 109 laude in business from UW-Whitewater in 1990 and in 2015 was awarded the Distinguished Alumni student-athletes earned undergraduate or graduate degrees and the Big Ten Conference honored 209 Award for Professional Achievement. He earned a law degree from Marquette Law School in 1995, Husker student-athletes with Academic All-Big Ten awards. For the first time in school history, all practiced law in Milwaukee until 1999 and is a past member of the State Bar of Wisconsin Board of Nebraska teams had an NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 960 or higher and the overall Graduation Governors. He served as an assistant adjunct professor of law at Marquette, where he taught classes Success Rate (GSR) of 86 percent is the highest in program history. In addition, seven Husker teams in sports law. He serves on the Marquette University National Sports Law Institute Board of Advisors (women’s basketball, golf, gymnastics, softball, tennis and volleyball and men’s tennis) had a GSR of and in 2006, Marquette awarded Eichorst the Sports Law Alumnus of the Year Award. He is also a 100 percent as reported in the fall of 2015. graduate of the Sports Management Institute and serves on its Executive Committee. During Eichorst’s tenure, Nebraska has won three NCAA team Championships, increasing its Shawn and his wife Kristin have three sons: Jack, Joseph and Bennett. total to 27. In 2012-13 and in 2014-15, the Nebraska women’s bowling team earned the program’s fourth and fifth NCAA titles, while the Husker volleyball team won the 2015 NCAA Championship, the program’s fourth national title. In 2016, the Husker men’s track and field team swept the Big Ten Indoor and Outdoor Championships and 14 Nebraska teams competed in NCAA postseason action, including bowling, football, volleyball, women’s swimming and diving, wrestling, softball, baseball, men’s and women’s gymnastics, rifle, and men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field. In 2015-16, Nebraska produced 41 All- Americans who won 49 national awards, including 21 first-team honorees. In 2013-14, Nebraska became one of only two NCAA institutions – and the first Big Ten program in history – to qualify for a football bowl game, and advance to NCAA postseason in the major team sports of volleyball, soccer, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball and softball. Additionally, Nebraska was the only institution to win a postseason game in six of those seven sports. Nebraska’s fan support continues to be unparalleled in college athletics. In 2015-16, top 15 national rankings for average attendance were reached across 10 sports—football, volleyball, men’s and women’s basketball, wrestling, soccer, softball, baseball and men’s and women’s gymnastics. Nebraska is the only school in the country to rank among the top 15 nationally in both football and men’s basketball attendance and in volleyball and women’s basketball. A tribute to loyal Husker fans, two sports lead the nation with consecutive home sellout streaks. Football has 347 consecutive sellouts and volleyball has 204 consecutive regular-season sellouts. Under Eichorst’s leadership, Nebraska continues to focus on improving its facilities and the game- day experience at all athletic venues. In August of 2015, Hibner Stadium and Barbara Hibner Field for soccer and the Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center were completed. A new center-hung video board and sound system was installed in the Devaney Center in 2015 to improve the game-day experience The Eichorst Family (from left): Jack, Joseph, Bennett, Kristin and Shawn. PAGE 59 NEBRASKA SOFTBALL UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION ronnie josephine GREEN POTUTO, J.D.

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN CHANCELLOR FACULTY ATHLETICS REPRESENTATIVE Ronnie Green assumed full authority as the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s 20th Josephine (Jo) R. Potuto, the Richard H. Larson Professor of Constitutional Law, has been chancellor on May 8, 2016. Nebraska’s faculty representative (FAR) at the NCAA and conference level since May 15, 1997. Prior to being named chancellor, Green served for six years as the Harlan Vice Chancellor In 2002, Potuto was named Outstanding Faculty Athletics Representative by the All- of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources. In this role, he also jointly served American Football Foundation. From 2008-09 to 2011-12 she was president of the 1A FAR as the Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources of the University of Nebraska (FARs from FBS institutions). Among her NCAA positions, Potuto spent nine years (the system. Since 2015, Green also was UNL’s Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, the maximum) on the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions (chair her last two years). She institution’s chief academic officer and responsible authority in the absence of the chancellor. was one of three Big 12 Conference representatives on the NCAA Division I Management Green was raised on a mixed beef, dairy and cropping farm in southwestern Virginia. Council, and served on the NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championship Committee and an He received bachelor and master’s degrees in animal science from Virginia Tech and NCAA-wide (all divisions) committee to advise NCAA staff on student-athlete issues and Colorado State University, respectively. His doctoral program was completed jointly at the educational programming for coaches, staff, and student-athletes. University of Nebraska and the USDA-ARS U.S. Meat Animal Research Center in animal A sports law expert, Potuto regularly lectures and consults on sports issues in general breeding and genetics in 1988. and NCAA processes in particular. She is an expert witness in litigation involving sports Green has served on the animal science faculties of Texas Tech University and Colorado issues. She testified before the House Subcommittee on the Constitution regarding due State University, and as the national program leader for animal production research for process in NCAA infractions hearings. the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service and executive secretary of the White House’s She has appeared in media reports in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, USA interagency working group on animal genomics within the National Science and Technology Today, Washington Post, CBSSports.com, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and Insider Council where he was one of the principal leaders in the international bovine, porcine, Higher Ed among others. She has presented to the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate and ovine genome sequencing projects. Prior to returning to NU, Green served as senior Athletics, the National Association of College and University Attorneys, the Association global director of technical services for Pfizer Animal Health’s animal genomics business. of Public and Land Grant Universities, the Texas Commission of Higher Education, NCAA Green has published 130 refereed publications and abstracts, nine book chapters and 56 regional conferences, law conferences and law firms, NACDA, and to universities and law invited symposia papers; and has delivered invited presentations in 43 U.S. states and 21 colleges, including the Universities of Istanbul, Washington, Maryland, Oklahoma, Santa countries around the world. He is a past-president of both the American Society of Animal Clara, Arizona State, Baltimore, and Mississippi. Science and the National Block and Bridle Club, and has served in a number of leadership Potuto is a past adviser to the Uniform Law Commissioners Committee to draft a sports positions for the U.S. Beef Improvement Federation, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, agent statute, has drafted rules governing search and seizure and hearings for the Nebraska National Pork Board, Federated Animal Science Societies and the National Research Council. Racing Commission, and also has written on issues of gender equity in college athletics. He was named a fellow of ASAS in 2014 and, in 2015, a fellow of the American Association She has authored numerous articles on sports law issues. She just completed articles on for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society. NCAA treatment of student-athlete violations and on NCAA and Olympic treatment of Ronnie and best friend Jane are the proud parents of four children: Justin, a UNL athlete violations (co-authored with an Olympic arbitrator). political science student and political journalist in Washington, D.C.; Nate, a UNL business Potuto delivered the 2012 Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture. She serves on the senate’s administration graduate and current UNL law student; Kelli, a UNL student majoring in intercollegiate athletics committee. She is a past member of the UNL academic senate and advertising, public relations and global studies; and Regan, a UNL student majoring in also served on Nebraska’s NCAA site certification steering committee. pre-inclusive early childhood education. Potuto teaches constitutional law, procedure, federal jurisdiction, and sports law. She has been a visiting professor of law at the , Rutgers University, the Cardozo College of Law at New York’s Yeshiva University, the University of Oregon, the University of North Carolina, and Seton Hall University. She has worked as an assistant prosecutor in both the Essex and Morris County (N.J.) prosecutor’s offices. Potuto was project director and a drafter of the Uniform Law Commissioners Sentencing and Corrections Act, as well as the drafter for the Nebraska Supreme Court Committee to Draft Criminal Jury Instructions. She is the author of three books. She was elected to membership in the American Law Institute, the Nebraska State Bar Foundation, and the Douglass Society. Potuto earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism at Rutgers’ Douglass College, and her master’s degree in English literature at Seton Hall. She earned her juris doctorate at the Rutgers Law College. She is a member of the bars of Nebraska and New Jersey and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the U.S. District Courts for Nebraska and New Jersey.

PAGE 60 NEBRASKA SOFTBALL UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION hank m. NEBRASKA BOARD OF REGENTS The Board of Regents consists of eight voting members elected by district for BOUNDS, PH.D. six-year terms, and four non-voting student Regents, one from each campus, who serve during their tenure as student body president. The board supervises the general operations of the university, and the control and direction of all expenditures. The UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PRESIDENT board also includes a corporation secretary who manages all records including On Jan. 12, 2015, the Board of Regents appointed lifelong educator Hank M. Bounds, Ph.D., agendas, minutes, notices, policies and bylaws. Those documents can be found on as the seventh president of the University of Nebraska. Bounds began his tenure as president the web at nebraska.edu/board/. on April 13, 2015, bringing with him a demonstrated record of expanding opportunities for The board meets regularly, primarily in Lincoln but also in Omaha and greater students, improving higher education outcomes and efficiencies, and building successful Nebraska. Persons wishing to provide information to the board or to appear before partnerships with policymakers, donors and business leaders. it should contact: Corporation Secretary, University of Nebraska, Varner Hall, 3835 Bounds grew up on a small farm in rural Mississippi, where his family raised hogs and Holdrege, Lincoln, NE 68583. cattle and he hauled hay. His service in the Army National Guard helped him pay for college, and he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Southern Mississippi and a doctorate from the University of Mississippi. Bounds has devoted his 25-year career to helping change students’ lives in the same way education opened doors in his own life. He began as a high school teacher, then rose to principal, superintendent and state superintendent before becoming Mississippi’s commissioner of higher education in 2009. In that role, he oversaw a complex system of eight public universities including research universities, regional universities, an academic health science center, historically black institutions, a law center, a school of veterinary medicine and 200 institutes and centers. Together the system enrolled 85,000 students, Timothy Clare Hal Daub Howard Hawks employed 26,000 faculty and staff, and operated with a combined annual budget of $4.5 Lincoln Omaha Omaha billion, including $500 million in research and development. During every year of Bounds’ tenure as commissioner, student enrollment and degrees awarded by the institutions in the Mississippi system increased, by a total of 13.3 percent and 11.4 percent, respectively. He advocated with legislative leadership for improved faculty compensation and providing greater opportunities for students. He also provided oversight for private fundraising in excess of $250 million per year. Bounds worked with the Board of Trustees to implement a performance-based allocation model that distributed funds equitably and rewarded universities for operating efficiently and achieving attainment outcomes. He designed an efficiencies plan that saved more than $90 million, an internal audit function, and a comprehensive diversity initiative that led to Bob Phares Jim Pillen Robert Schafer North Platte Columbus Beatrice increased diversity among Mississippi faculty, staff and students. Bounds also worked with partners to increase educational attainment in Mississippi, including a Center for Education Innovation focused on improving learning opportunities for disadvantaged children. Bounds created an office to foster relationships among university researchers, business and industry, and economic developers. He was tapped by the business community to chair a major statewide initiative to create an action plan to improve Mississippi’s competitive position. Bounds brings this experience to the University of Nebraska, which he believes can serve as a catalyst for change and growth in the lives of students and people in the state and around the world. He is working to make the University of Nebraska a giant in higher Kent Schroeder, J.D. Bob Whitehouse Rachel Flaugh education—for the benefit of the state, the country and the world. Kearney Omaha UNK Bounds holds faculty appointments in the College of Education and Human Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and in the Colleges of Education at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and the University of Nebraska at Kearney. He and his wife, Susie, are the parents of a son, Will, and a daughter, Caroline. They reside in Lincoln, Neb.

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