2009 Women's Volleyball

2009 Women’s Volleyball WWW.SHIPRAIDERS.COM Shippensburg Quick Facts Official Name of University: Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Table of Contents Member: The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Location and Zip Code: Shippensburg, Pa. 17257 Quick Facts/PSAC .................. 2 President: Dr. William N. Ruud About the University ............... 3 Undergraduate Enrollment: 6,800 Academics & Athletics ............ 4 Overall Enrollment: 8,000 Academic Support Services ..... 5 Founded: 1871 Athletic Administration .......... 6 Colors: Red and Blue Coaching Satff ......................7-8 Nickname: Lady Raiders Roster ...................................... 9 Conference: Pennsylvania State Athletic (East) Season Outlook ................10-11 Other Affiliations: NCAA Division II Player Profiles ...................12-23 Acting Athletic Director: Jeff Michaels Season Review ..................24-25 Athletic Department Phone: (717) 477-1711 Stats & Results .................26-27 Head Coach: Leanne Piscotty Team Records ........................ 28 Coach’s Office: (717) 477-1322 Home Court: Heiges Field House Pacesetters ........................29-30 Interim Sports Information Director: Bill Morgal History .................................. 31 Office Phone 717-477-1201 Schedule ..................Back Cover E-mail [email protected] Fax 717-477-1253 Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, in com- Hotline 717-477-7678 pliance with federal and state laws and university Mailing Address: policy, is committed to human understanding and provides equal educational, employment, and Sports Information Office economic opportunities for all persons without regard to race, color, sex, age, creed, national origin, 1871 Old Main Drive (OM 302) religion, veteran status, or disability. Direct requests Shippensburg, Pa. 17257 for disability accommodations and other inquiries to the Office of Disability Services, Horton Hall 120, Web site www.shipraiders.com Shippensburg University, 1871 Old Main Drive, Shippensburg, PA 17257-2299, (717) 477-1329. About the PSAC Originating in 1951 to administer and promote men’s teams into NCAA postseason athletics, the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference has play. Ultimately, the member- evolved into one of the NCAA’s most heralded intercol- ship’s success has yielded 42 legiate conferences. NCAA team and 228 indi- vidual title winners. The first major step came in 1977, when based on a grow- ing interest, the league reorganized to provide a structure While proud of its athletic for its women’s programs. Only three years later, lacking a accomplishments, the league standard competitive division, league voted to reclassify the also has evolved into one of entire conference to NCAA Division II. Division II’s finest from an academic standpoint. Today, The most recent enhancement came during the 2008-09 nearly one-third of the PSAC’s estimated 6,200 par- academic year when the PSAC expanded for the first time ticipants are honored each year as “Scholar-Athletes” for in its rich history, adding full-time members Gannon maintaining a grade-point average of 3.25 or better - a total University and Mercyhurst College, and associate member that has nearly doubled since PSAC Scholar-Athletes were Long Island University-C.W. Post. The membership now first recognized in the mid-1990s. consists of 16 full-time institutions and the one associate. Although all 16 current institutions are members of Divi- All of the league’s full-time members are located within the sion II, eight league schools also compete at the Division Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which makes the PSAC I level in select sports. PSAC schools enroll over 118,000 the largest one-state conference in the NCAA. The league students and claim over 670,000 alumni, including 430,000 has also grown to share the distinctions as: The largest who reside in Pennsylvania. conference in Division II, the largest football-playing conference in the NCAA, and, with 23, the conference that sponsors the most championships at the Division II level. Members: Bloomsburg, California, Cheyney, Clarion, East Stroudsburg, Edinboro, Gannon, Indiana, Kutztown, Highly competitive on a regional and national level, PSAC Lock Haven, Mansfield, Mercyhurst, Millersville, Shippensburg, schools annually combine to send nearly one-third of its Slippery Rock, West Chester. 2 Shippensburg University About Shippensburg University General Information • Founded in 1871 as the Cumber- land Valley State Normal School • Comprehensive regional public university • Member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education • Located on 200 acres in southcen- tral Pennsylvania Enrollment • 6,800 undergraduate students and 1,200 graduate students • 53% women and 47% men • 39% of students live on campus • 94% of our students are from Penn- sylvania Faculty • Student-faculty ratio: 20:1 and each student has a faculty advisor • 91% of the 294 full-time instruc- tional faculty members hold a doctorate or other terminal degree in their fi eld • Our faculty’s main focus is teach- ing. All classes are taught by faculty, not graduate assistants Accreditations • AACSB International • Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology • Internships, hands-on labs, gradu- • Intramural sports: • American Chemical Society ate assistantships and more, SU Basketball, bowling, racquetball, • Council for the Accreditation of helps you create opportunities for soccer, softball, street hockey, ten- Counseling and Related Educa- real-life experiences. nis, Ultimate Frisbee, volleyball. tional Programs • Academic options include indepen- • Sports facilities include: outdoor • Council for Exceptional Children dent study and research internships, tennis courts, indoor and outdoor fi eld experience, the Marine Science • Council on Social Work Education track, two indoor swimming pools, Consortium at Wallops Island, a squash and handball courts, a • International Association of Coun- 3+2 engineering program with two rehabilitation center, outdoor sand seling Services schools of engineering, 3+4 and 3+3 volleyball courts. • National Council for the Accredita- health science programs with pro- • A 62,000-square-foot Student tion of Coaching Education fessional schools, 2+2 allied health Recreation Building features an • Middle States Association of Col- programs, and Army ROTC. 8,000-square-foot fi tness center, an leges and Schools • Find a job or focus on a career with elevated running track, racquetball • National Council for the Accredita- the help of Career Development courts, and four multi-purpose tion of Teachers Center and alumni career services. courts. Academic Programs Athletics • 12-acre student recreation center includes: hockey rink; sand volley- and Opportunities • Member of the Pennsylvania State ball courts; basketball courts; fi elds • 75 majors and concentrations and Athletic Conference and NCAA for football, softball, lacrosse, and 22 graduate programs Division II. rugby; exercise trail for rollerblad- • 3 colleges: Arts and Sciences, Busi- • Intercollegiate sports: ing, biking, and jogging. ness, and Education and Human Men: baseball, basketball, cross- Services; plus a Offi ce of Unde- country, football, soccer, swimming, clared Students. track and fi eld, wrestling. • Study abroad opportunities are Women: basketball, cross country, available in dozens of countries. fi eld hockey, lacrosse, soccer, soft- Find out more at www.ship.edu/ ball, swimming, tennis, track/fi eld, academic/study_abroad/ volleyball. Lady Raider Volleyball 3 Academics and Athletics Shippensburg University shapes its athletic program to fi t within the overall academic goals of the university—maintaining a balance between athletics and academics. Since 1984, the university’s Offi ce of Institutional Research has monitored the progress of our athletes in the classroom. The original study found that Shippensburg was ahead of many institutions in meeting the standards of Propositions 48 and 64 — two NCAA resolutions designed to set minimum educational levels in collegiate athletes. Proposition 64 of the NCAA established a minimum score of 700 in the SAT and a 2.0 grade point average in 11 core curriculum courses in high school. Proposition 48 carries these minimums even further and outlines availability of scholarships to freshmen athletes based on their school performance. Incoming freshmen athletes show preparation levels among public Division II schools, the graduation comparable to those of all incoming students. In rate was 45 percent with athletes graduating at 54 2006, the average SAT score for incoming freshmen percent. Retention studies by the Offi ce of Institu- athletes was 1006, only slightly below the SAT aver- tional Research and Planning show male athletes age for new incoming students of 1015. Both groups at Shippensburg graduated at 55 percent and those average in the upper two-fi fths of their graduating receiving athletically related fi nancial aid graduated high school classes. at 54 percent. In addition, female athletes graduated at 79 percent and those receiving athletically related Today Shippensburg University athletes continue to fi nancial aid graduated at a rate of 81 percent. uphold the study’s fi ndings. The quality point average (QPA) for all athletic teams in 2006-07 was 2.67 Since 1975, 44 athletes have earned Academic on a 4.0 scale. The 10 women’s teams had a 2.93 All-America honors and four athletes have earned overall average while the eight men’s teams averaged NCAA Postgraduate scholarships.

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