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202021 MEDIA GUIDE Audrey TINGLE Jackie KITTS Olivia BELKNAP Coach COOPER 1 Section I #GoWLU INDEX SECTION I: WELCOME TO WEST LIBERTY WLU Quick Facts . 6 This is West Liberty! ...............7 Hilltoppersports.com . 8 Topper Station ...................8 Media Information . 9 Athletic Facilities . 10 Dr. W. Franklin Evans . 14 Athletic Director Lynn Ullom. 14 Support Staff ....................15 WLU Athletic Administration. 16 SECTION II: 2020-21 SEASON PREVIEW 2020-21 Season Preview ..........18 SECTION III: THE COACHES Head Coach Kyle Cooper. 23 Assistant Coaches. .24 SECTION IV: THE PLAYERS 2020-21 Rosters .................27 Returning Players. .28 New Faces ......................34 SECTION V: 2019-20 REVIEW Morgan Brunner – She’s No. 1!. 37 2019-20 Game-By-Game Scores. .38 2019-20 Season at a Glance .......39 2019-20 Season Stats, Highs/Lows 40 SECTION VI: HILLTOPPER HISTORY Annual Records, Coaches .........42 Hilltopper Honor Roll. 44 1,000-Point Scorers ..............45 NCAA Record Book. 46 NCAA Tournament History ........47 WELCOME TO All-Time Individual Records ........48 All-Time Series Records . 49 All-Time Game-by-Game Scores ....50 Hilltoppers at the ASRC ...........55 Single-Game Leaders . 56 Single-Season Leaders ............57 Career Leaders ..................58 WEST LIBER TY Conference History ..............59 2 2020-21 WEST LIBERTY UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 3 Section I #GoWLU COVID-19 ADVISORY Hey, TopperNation! West Liberty University is committed to enforcing all local, state and national guidelines to ensure the safety of everyone on the WLU campus during the current health crisis. Please do your part by wearing a mask and cooperating with all social distancing directives when attending a Hilltopper event. These guidelines and protocols are updated frequently but with your help, we will get through this together. 2020/21 Schedule Date Opponent Time Friday, January 8 Notre Dame (Ohio) TBA Saturday, January 9 at Alderson-Broaddus TBA Wednesday, January 13 at Fairmont State TBA Saturday, January 16 Frostburg State TBA Wednesday, January 20 at Glenville State TBA Saturday, January 23 Concord TBA Wednesday, January 27 W.Va. State TBA Saturday, January 30 at Charleston TBA Wednesday, February 3 at Davis & Elkins TBA Saturday, February 6 W.Va. Wesleyan TBA Wednesday, February 10 Wheeling TBA Saturday, February 13 at Notre Dame (Ohio) TBA Wednesday, February 17 Alderson-Broaddus TBA Saturday, February 20 at Frostburg State TBA Wednesday, February 24 Fairmont State TBA Saturday, February 27 at Wheeling TBA CREDITS March 3-7 at MEC Tournament* TBA This 2020-21 West Liberty University women’s basketball media guide was produced by the WLU *-at Wheeling, W.Va. Sports Information Department under the guidance of Sports Information Director Don Clegg. It was written and edited by Don Clegg with research and editorial assistance from Rex Lancaster, Lynn Ullom, Christina Hardman and the West Liberty women’s basketball coaching staff. Layout and design services were provided by WLU senior Danielle Eddy, a Visual Communications major from Clarksburg, W.Va. Photo credits go to Rex Lancaster, Kori Hulit, Tasia Staunton, Jonna Hall, Sierra Cunningham, Mike Carpenter and Joe Stipetich with additional historical photos supplied by the WLU Archives. All information within this guide was current as of October 15, 2020 but is subject to change due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For the latest news about Hilltopper basketball and all West Liberty sports, please visit our athletics website at www.hilltoppersports.com. 4 2020-21 WEST LIBERTY UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 5 Section I #GoWLU UICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION TEAM INFORMATION School West Liberty University 2019-20 Record 12-17 Location West Liberty, W.Va. 2019-20 MEC Record 8-14 (8th) Founded 1837 Players Returning/Lost 7/5 Enrollment 2,526 Starters Returning/Lost 3/2 Nickname Hilltoppers Black and Gold (PMS 123) Colors ALL-STAR CANDIDATES Arena ASRC Capacity 1,200 G Audrey Tingle (5-6 Sr., West Lafayette, Ohio) Affiliation NCAA Division II - NCAA women’s active career leader w/524 assists Conference Mountain East Conference and 6.16 assists/game; 620 career points; 545 career President Dr. W. Franklin Evans rebounds Athletic Director Mr. Lynn Ullom G Olivia Belknap (5-7, Sr., Dover, Ohio) School Website www.westliberty.edu - 11.4 ppg., 49 3FGs; 17 dbl-figure scoring Athletics Website www.hilltoppersports.com games; 17 multiple 3FG games; 100 career 3FGs HISTORY CONTACT INFORMATION This Is First Year of Basketball 1980-81 Sports Information Director Don Clegg Seasons Played 38 years Sports Information e-mail [email protected] All-Time Record 678-444 (.604) SID Office Phone (304) 336-8107 *League Record 456-274 (.625) SID Cell Phone (740) 359-7447 SID Fax Phone (304) 336-8304 WEST LIBERTYLIBERTY! *League Tournament Record 58-33 (.637) *League Regular-Season SID Mailing Address West Liberty University Championships 5 Sports Information (1997, 2000, 2001, Box 103 West Liberty University (WLU), a public coeducational school and West 2015, 2016) West Liberty, WV 26074 Virginia’s oldest institution of higher education, is situated on 290 hilltop acres in a rural setting just an hour from Pittsburgh. A satellite campus *League Tournament TRAINING STAFF located at The Highlands Shopping Complex sits adjacent to Interstate Championships 6 70, minutes from the Pennsylvania and Ohio borders in West Virginia’s (1997, 1999, 2000, Jerry Duncan (Head Athletic Trainer) (304) 336-8651 Northern Panhandle. Established in 1837, more than 2,500 students 2001, 2004, 2015) Jason Coleman (304) 336-8093 are enrolled. NCAA Division II Postseason Record 5-15 Melanie Cheek (304) 336-8085 Alexandra Norris (304) 336-5468 NCAA Division II Tournament Bids 15 Elementary education and secondary education are the most selected (1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, majors but WLU offers more than 70 academic majors in its five Colleges: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, the Gary E. West College of Business, the College of Liberal Arts, the College 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, of Arts and Communication, the College of Education, and the College of 2015, 2016, 2019) Sciences. West Liberty also offers numerous graduate programs in a variety Last Postseason Game 2019 Atlantic Region of disciplines along with degree completion programs for nontraditional Quarterfinal students. Students both commute and live in residence halls on campus. (Glenville State 116, West Liberty 92) One of the more recent additions to the campus infrastructure is *-WVIAC (1923-2013); MEC (2014-Present) the Campbell Hall of Health Sciences. The 72,000 square-foot multi-story building united the university’s science and health care majors – Dental COACHING STAFF Hygiene, Physician Assistant Studies, Nursing, Medical Laboratory Science, Speech Pathology/Audiology, and Chemistry – under one roof. Head Coach Kyle Cooper (West Virginia ’08) Overall Record 46-43 (.517) There is a strong athletic tradition at West Liberty. The men’s West Liberty Record 46-43 (.517) basketball team has won 13 national scoring titles, earned 11 consecutive League Record 37-29 (.561) NCAA Division II Tournament bids and advanced to five NCAA Division II Time at West Liberty 4th season Elite Eights – including a run to the 2014 national championship game! Head Coach’s Phone (304) 336-8320 Hilltopper football made history in 2009 and 2010 as the only NCAA Division Media Availability 8 am to 4 pm (Mon-Fri) Assistant Coach Cassie Seth (Mercyhurst ’06) II team ever to lead the nation in scoring and total offense in consecutive Basketball Office Phone (304) 336-8480 seasons and the baseball team won the 1964 NAIA national championship! *-WVIAC (1923-2013); MEC (2014-Present) Grammy Award-winning country music singer-songwriter Brad Paisley is one of many distinguished West Liberty University alumni. The WLU website is www.westliberty.edu, Twitter feed is wlumedia and Facebook account is www.facebook.com/westliberty. 6 2020-21 WEST LIBERTY UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 7 Section I #GoWLU WWW.HILLTOPPERSPORTS.COM MEDIA INFORMATION You’re never more than a click away from full and comprehensive coverage of West Liberty University women’s Welcome to West Liberty University’s 2020-21 women’s basketball season! This 2020-21 Hilltopper women’s basketball media basketball along with the university’s 19 other intercollegiate sports at the newly-redesigned WLU athletics website: guide has been developed for use by the news media along with alumni and fans of West Liberty University. Thank you for your www.hilltoppersports.com. coverage and interest in Lady Hilltopper basketball. The WLU Sports Information Office strives to provide a full range of services for members of the working media to assist you Game stories, pictures, previews, features, game notes, selected media articles and videos are updated daily by in your coverage. For your quick reference, we have provided the following list of our general media policies. the WLU Sports Information staff to keep fans and media supplied with the latest information on the athletic and If you have any questions, special needs or requests, please contact WLU Sports Information Director Don Clegg. academic accomplishments of the university’s 400-plus student-athletes. Links to live streaming video and audio telecasts of all West Liberty home football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball games are posted along with complete game notes and live stats. Links to live audio, complete game Media Passes Radio/TV Services notes and live stats (where available) are provided for all away contests. Contingent on COVID-19 capacity restrictions, we will make Visiting radio and television crews are always welcome at every effort to honor all credential requests for print and West Liberty. We ask that each broadcast team contact us broadcast media. Please contact the WLU Sports Information well in advance to reserve seating and telephone lines. Office 24 hours in advance of the event you plan to attend. Masks and social distancing are required by order of the Ohio County Health Department.