Sports Information

Michael Bonnette the publicizing of the Bear football team. A 2000 graduate of State, Cannon earned bachelor of arts Assistant Athletics Director/Sports Information INTRO degrees in business administration and exercise science. At her alma [email protected] mater Cannon served one year as an assistant media relations director THIS IS LSU and one year as a media relations student assistant. Her duties at USU Michael Bonnette enters his fifth year as PREVIEW included serving as the primary contact for the Aggies’ gymnastics, LSU's Sports Information Director and first softball and women’s soccer programs. as an assistant after being TIGERS While a student at Utah State, Cannon was a four-year letterwin- promoted to his current position in July. ner for the Aggies’ nationally ranked gymnastics team. She served as COACHES Bonnette was originally elevated to Sports team captain during her junior and senior seasons. Information Director in August of 2000. As Cannon is a native of Carmichael, Calif. REVIEW Sports Information Director, Bonnette serves as the chief contact for LSU's national champion football team as well HISTORY as overseeing all publicity activities for the 20 sports sponsored by the Bill Franques Athletic Department. Associate SID RECORDS The 34-year-old Bonnette, who served as an Associate Sports [email protected] LSU Information Director for seven years, is in his 10th year with the LSU Athletic Department. Prior to taking over as Sports Information Bill Franques, who served as the LSU MEDIA ¨ Director, Bonnette was the top assistant for football publicity as well as administrative assistant for three handling all media relations efforts for LSU's nationally-ranked seasons, returned to the Sports Information women's team. He also served as the editor of LSU’s award office in August of 2000. Franques had pre- winning gameday football program. viously served as Associate SID for nine Bonnette joined the LSU SID staff as an intern in 1993 after serv- years. ing as a student assistant within the department for four years. Franques’ responsibilities as administra- The Lake Charles, La., native has been around the sports media tive assistant included handling the Tigers’ media and public relations, relations profession his entire life as he is the son of longtime McNeese coordinating team and recruiting travel, organizing fund-raising events State Sports Information Director Louis Bonnette. His brother and booster club meetings, and overseeing office operations. Matthew Bonnette is the Assistant Sports Information Director at As associate SID, Franques continues to work as the baseball pro- Northwestern State University in Natchitoches. gram’s media relations director. He also serves as the Alex Box Bonnette, who is a 1993 graduate of LSU, serves as vice president public address announcer, and he is the radio color analyst on LSU for SIDs of the Sports Writer’s Association. He is married to Sports Network broadcasts of baseball road games. In addition, the former Robin Arnaud of Opelousas, La., and the couple has two Franques is the producer and co-host of LSU Sports Journal, a month- sons, Peyton (7) and Grant (5). ly television program featuring LSU sports personalities. The LSU baseball media guide, edited by Franques, has twice been Kent Lowe named best in the nation by the College Sports Information Directors of America and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. Senior Associate SID His baseball brochures have finished among the top six in the USA in [email protected] 10 of the past 12 seasons, including a No. 2 ranking in 2004. Franques received a bachelor of arts degree from LSU in 1985. The Kent Lowe was appointed senior associ- Lafayette, La., native is married to the former Yvette Lemoine of ate SID in August, 2000, after serving as Bunkie, La., and they have three children, William Paul, Jr., born associate SID for nine years. He serves as the September 23, 2000; Benjamin Lewis, born April 18, 2002; and primary media contact for the LSU men’s Madeline Lemoine, born November 20, 2004. basketball team and women’s golf team. Lowe also coordinates the annual Louisiana High School All-Star events held on the LSU campus. Brian Miller His voice is also well known as the color analyst on home Associate SID women’s basketball and softball broadcasts on the LSU Sports [email protected] Network. Lowe, 46, came to LSU in 1988 from Louisiana Downs where he Brian Miller enters his third year at LSU served as publicity director for the Bossier City, La., racetrack. Lowe as an associate SID after spending three was promoted to associate SID in July of 1991 after serving as assistant years in the same capacity at Auburn SID since August of 1988. University. Lowe is a member of CoSIDA and presently serves as secretary- Miller, 31, is the secondary contact for treasurer of the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. Prior to working football and the primary contact for LSU’s at Louisiana Downs, Lowe worked for several years as a correspondent nationally-ranked women's basketball team. for The (Shreveport) Times and for the past 12 years has written a He will also in the publicity of all other LSU sports. His 2002-03 weekly bowling column for The (Baton Rouge) Advocate. LSU women’s basketball media guide was named “Best in the Nation” Lowe, a native of Shreveport, is a 1979 graduate from LSU- by CoSIDA out of 112 Division I entries. Shreveport. He earned his masters degree at LSU in 1982. A native of Hamilton, N.Y., Miller spent three years handling soccer and women's basketball at Auburn and worked with the track and field Laurie Cannon and women's tennis programs on the Plains. Miller graduated from Northeastern University in , in 1996 with a degree in broadcast Associate SID journalism and began his career in sports information at NU as a student [email protected] assistant in charge of the publicity of the Huskies' baseball program. Miller spent one year at Florida Atlantic University as an assistant Laurie Cannon enters her third year at SID after graduation before spending three years at Louisiana Tech LSU as associate SID in charge of track and University, two as an assistant (1996-98)and one as the director (1999). field and gymnastics. In addition, assists in At Louisiana Tech, Miller primarily handled the publicity for football game management for LSU's seven home and women's basketball. He also spent three seasons as the play-by- football games. She came to LSU after play voice of the Lady Techsters basketball team, which included two spending one year at Baylor University trips to the NCAA Final Four. where she served as the primary contact for Miller is married to the former Stacey Hill of Mangham, La., and the Bears’track and field and cross country programs, and assisted with the couple has two sons, Trey (3) and Cody, born July 1, 2004.

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Sports Information

Melissa Reynaud Jason Feirman

Associate SID Publications Director INTRO [email protected] [email protected] THIS IS LSU Melissa Reynaud enters her fourth year Jason Feirman is in his fifth year as the on the LSU sports information staff as director of all of LSU’s athletics publications. PREVIEW Associate SID in charge of the nationally His responsibilities include the production of TIGERS recognized softball program. She is also in media guides, posters, schedule cards, advertising campaigns and various other her third season as the primary contact for COACHES the women's volleyball program. Her 2004 design projects for all 20 varsity sports. LSU softball media guide was ranked third in the nation. Feirman also oversees the design of out- REVIEW Reynaud, 28, is a Marksville, La., native and a 1997 graduate of door signage on LSU Athletics facilities, including the scoreboards for LSU in Mass Communications. Prior to coming to LSU, Reynaud was Tiger Stadium, billboards at Alex Box Stadium, Maravich Center, and HISTORY the assistant SID at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches. At the Charles McClendon Football Practice Facility. RECORDS NSU, she was the primary media contact for the women's basketball, Feirman has coordinated numerous media guides that finished among the top in the nation of the annual CoSIDA publications con- soccer and softball teams and assisted with the other 11 sports includ- LSU ing the NCAA Tournament men's basketball team and Division I-AA test. In 2000-01, six media guides produced placed in the Top 20 in his

football team. first year. In 2002-03 the LSU women’s basketball media guide was ¨ MEDIA Prior to that, Reynaud worked as an intern at Ole Miss. During her named “Best in the Nation”by CoSIDA out of 112 Division I entries. In year in Oxford, she worked primarily with the volleyball and men's and addition, the LSU Baseball Media Guide finished third in the nation women's track and field programs while assisting with football and and was awarded best cover. This past year the LSU Baseball media both basketball teams. guide was second in the nation, the softball guide finished third in the Reynaud began her career at Northwestern State where she was a nation, and the women’s golf guide placed first in district. graduate assistant for two years while earning a master's degree in Prior to being named the full-time director in August of 2000, sports administration. Feirman served as publications student assistant for two years in the sports information office. He served as assistant sports editor of The Reveille in fall of 1998 and as a sports reporter for Tiger Television in Steve Franz spring of 1998. He was a stringer for The Associated Press from 1996 to Photography Coordinator 2000 covering LSU, and he held a sports internship at WGNO-TV, ABC [email protected] affiliate in . Feirman, 26, received a bachelor’s of arts degree from LSU in 2000. Steve Franz joined the LSU athletics The Metairie, La. native married the former Rachael Click of department in July of 1998 after being Shreveport, La. in December. around the Tiger sports scene for years. Prior to joining LSU athletics, the New David Hurd Orleans native served as photographer for Graphic Design Coordinator the independent Tiger Rag magazine for five [email protected] years. Franz was also a photographer for United Press International covering some of the area's major political David Hurd is in his second year as events, Presidential visits, the New Orleans Saints and the NCAA graphic design coordinator for LSU men's and women's Final Fours in New Orleans. Athletics. His responsibilities include assist- Franz, a member of the National Press Photographers and Sports ing in the design and production of all ath- Shooter.com, has had his pictures published in several national maga- letics publications. zines, including Sports Illustrated and The Sporting News. Hurd designed the 2003-04 LSU men's Franz, an LSU graduate, also served a summer working in New tennis poster that placed sixth in the nation in the annual CoSIDA York state as an assistant photographer for the Buffalo Bisons minor publications contest. The poster was one of 65 entries for all Division I league baseball team and as chief photographer for the Niagara Falls sports. Rapids pro team. Prior to earning his bachelor’s degree in graphic design in May, Franz, 34, attended Archbishop Rummel High School in Metairie 2003, Hurd, 26, worked as a student assistant in the LSU athletics and received his bachelor's degree from LSU in December of 1993. department for three years. Hurd, a Metairie, La., native, is a graduate of Archbishop Rummel High School. He and his wife, the former Kathy Lagarde, became proud parents of their first child, Elizabeth Catherine (1). STAFF Annie Martin Graphic Design Coordinator Student Assistants [email protected]

Krystal Bennett Annie Martin is in her first year as graph- Aimee Burroughs ic design coordinator for LSU Athletics. Her Caroline Domecq responsibilities include assisting in the Natalie Grantham design and production of all athletics publi- Peter Hoang cations for LSU Athletics as well as for the Tiger Athletic Foundation. Bill Martin Martin, 23, worked as a student assistant in the LSU athletics Kerri McGimsey department for one year prior to earning her bachelor’s degree in Kevin Minor graphic design in May, 2004. As a student, she designed LSU's 2004 Pat Fredericks Jeff Schneider softball media guide, which placed third in the nation in the annual Administrative Secretary Will Stafford CoSIDA publications contest. Martin also spent time working in the [email protected] Ben Wright Union Programs Department and the Performing Arts Series while pursuing her degree. She is an Albany, La., native and a graduate of Albany High School.

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Electronic Media

INTRO

THIS IS LSU

PREVIEW

TIGERS

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HISTORY

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The Athletics Administration building houses a television control room that is used for video scoreboard broadcasts in Tiger Stadium and the Assembly Center.

Kevin Wagner until 1993 when he joined Ole Miss. A 1986 graduate of State, he was born in Minneapolis, Assistant AD/Television Minn. and attended high school in Oxford, Miss. Schiebe, 43, is married to the former Mollie Clements of Memphis, Kevin Wagner, LSU's Assisant Athletic Tenn., and they have two children, Tom, 16, and Pat, 15, both members of Director for Television, is the executive pro- the 2004 Class 1A state championship football team at the Dunham ducer/director for LSU's four major coaches' School in Baton Rouge. television shows featuring football coach Nick Saban, men's basketball coach , women's basketball coach Pokey Paul Danna Chatman and baseball coach . He oversees all television projects associated with the LSU Athletics Coordinator Department, including the coordination of LSU's video scoreboards in Tiger Stadium and the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. In August of 2002, Danna returned to the Wagner, 48, was promoted to his current position of Assistant LSU Athletics Department after a two-year AD/Television in August, 2003 after joining LSU as assistant coordina- stint at ESPN in Bristol, Conn. tor in August of 1989. He served as Coordinator of Electronic Before working for ESPN, Danna served Media/Television for eight years prior to his most recent promotion. as a full-time television producer at LSU for A 1980 graduate of LSU in broadcast journalism, Wagner was a two years (1999-2000) and was involved with four-year Tiger letterman in diving (1975-79), earning All-Southeastern production of LSU programming since 1991 Conference honors in 1979 on the three-meter springboard. when he was a student at the university. A native of with 23 years of experience in broadcast Danna, 32, worked as a student assistant in the Electronic Media journalism, Wagner and his wife Karen have two daughters, Allyson, Department from 1991-95 before working for local television station 24, and Jennifer, 22, and a granddaughter, Kaleigh Ryan. WBRZ, first in the production department and later as a news editor. He freelanced for various sports production companies for three years, most notably during the 1997 and 1998 seasons as a member of John Schiebe the ESPN College Gameday crew which traveled to various football stadiums around the country prior to games. of Television Danna, known as "Speedy" throughout the LSU athletic depart- ment, graduated from LSU in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in mass John Schiebe begins his 11th year as communications. He married the former Susan Marlowe in July. chief assistant in the television department. He came to LSU in August of 1994 from the University of Mississippi where he served as post-production supervisor in the Teleproductions Center. He was there for one-and-a-half years. Schiebe served as a production assistant in Educational Television Services at Oklahoma State from 1984 through 1987 before becoming a producer/director in Agricultural Communications at OSU from 1987

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LSU Baseball Radio/TV

The LSU Sports Radio Network, in its 17th year of in-house opera- tion, is scheduled to broadcast all INTRO regular-season contests this season THIS IS LSU along with the Tigers' games in the SEC and NCAA Tournaments. LSU PREVIEW Baseball will be distributed by satel- lite to 25 radio sta- TIGERS tions from the broad- COACHES cast studios on the 2005 LSU BASEBALL fifth floor of the ath- RADIO AFFILIATES REVIEW letic administration HISTORY building. WDGL-FM (98.1 Mhz) . . .Baton Rouge WDGL-FM WWL-AM (870Khz) ...... New Orleans WSMB-AM (1350 Khz) . . . . .New Orleans RECORDS (98.1) Radio in Baton KWKH-AM (1150 Khz) . . .Shreveport

Rouge will serve as KSYL-AM (970 Khz) . . . . .Alexandria LSU the flagship station KJMG-FM (97.3 Mhz) ...... Bastrop LSU coach Smoke Laval (right) with Jumbo ¨ MEDIA for the LSU Sports WBOX-AM (920 Khz) . . . . .Bogalusa Sports Network announcers Ronnie Rantz and Lyn Rollins Network. WBOX-FM (92.9 Mhz) . . . .Bogalusa KEUN-AM (1290 Khz) . . . .Eunice Jim Hawthorne, KFNV-FM (107.1 Mhz) . . . . .Ferriday the "Voice of the WFPR-AM (1400 Khz) . . . .Hammond LSU Television Tigers" for all LSU KYLA-FM (106.7 Mhz) . . . . .Homer sports, begins his KFXY-AM (1490 Khz) ...... Houma Inside LSU Baseball 22nd season of call- KCIL-FM (107.5 Mhz) ...... Houma Inside LSU Baseball is a weekly program featuring LSU head KJNA-FM (99.3 Mhz) . . . .Jena coach Smoke Laval.The first installment of the 2005 season will air ing baseball play-by- KVOL-FM (105.9 Mhz) . . . . .Lafayette play action. He will KLCL-AM (1470 Khz) . . . .Lake Charles March 20, and the show will air weekly through May 22. The show be joined on the KJAE-FM (92.7 Mhz) ...... Leesville features game highlights, player profiles and in-depth stories on broadcasts by Charles KLLA-AM (1570 Khz) ...... Leesville college baseball’s No. 1 program. Inside LSU Baseball is produced KASO-AM (1040 Khz) . . . .Minden by the LSU Electronic Media Department – Kevin Wagner, Hanagriff and LSU KBZZ-FM (96.7 Mhz) ...... Morgan City baseball publicist Bill KANE-AM (1240 Khz) . . . . .New Iberia Executive Producer; John Schiebe, Associate Producer. Inside LSU Franques. WKSY-FM (106.1 Mhz) ...... Picayune, Miss. Baseball Affiliates include WBRZ Channel 2 in Baton Rouge and A veteran sports KTIB-AM (640 Khz) ...... Thibodaux Cox Cable Channel 4 in Baton Rouge. announcer and radio KVPI-FM (92.5 Mhz) ...... Ville Platte personality through- Live Game Telecasts out Louisiana, A minimum of 16 Hawthorne brings LSU baseball games are years of baseball broadcast experience to his post, including stints scheduled to be telecast with the Shreveport Captains of the AA League, live during the regular Northwestern State University and Centenary College. season by In his 25-year LSU broadcasting career, Hawthorne has called Television, the Jumbo the action from two basketball Final Fours, 13 football bowl games, Sports Network and SEC- one football national championship game and five baseball TV. Televised games are national championship games. Hawthorne, a native of Anacoco, available on affiliates La., is married to the former Juanita Carol Thomason. He has one throughout Louisiana and son, Joseph William; two daughters, Jaime Lynn and Amanda the southeastern United Ruth; and two grandchildren. States: Selected LSU Sports Network stations will also air "Tiger Sportsline with Smoke Laval" each Monday from 7-8 p.m., begin- ning on March 28 and continuing through May 23. The show airs Tuesday, Feb. 15 Louisiana-Monroe 6:30 p.m. COX live from Superior Grill on Government Street in Baton Rouge. Saturday, Feb. 26 at Houston 3 p.m. JSN Sunday, Feb. 27 at Houston 1 p.m. JSN Tuesday, March 8 Tulane 6:30 p.m. COX Sunday, March 20 at Georgia Noon JSN Tuesday, March 29 New Orleans 6:30 p.m. COX Sunday, April 3 at Alabama 2 p.m. JSN Sunday, April 17 Ole Miss 1 p.m. COX Tuesday, April 19 at Tulane 7 p.m. JSN Sunday, April 24 at 1 p.m. JSN Sunday, May 1 at Vanderbilt 1 p.m. JSN Tuesday, May 3 Southern 6:30 p.m. COX Friday, May 6 Kentucky 6:30 p.m. COX Friday, May 13 Tennessee 6:30 p.m. COX Saturday, May 14 Tennessee 3 p.m. SEC-TV Sunday, May 22 at Mississippi State 1:30 p.m. JSN

JSN - Jumbo Sports Network COX - SEC-TV - Fox Sports South/Southwest

2005 LSU Sports Network crew (l to r): Times are Central and subject to change Charles Hanagriff, Jim Hawthorne, Bill Franques Check local listings for stations in your area

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DIRECTOR of ATHLETICS 578-8001 EQUIPMENT 578-1158 SPORTS INFORMATION 578-8226 Director of Athletics Greg Stringfellow Equipment Mgr. Michael Bonnette Assistant AD/SID INTRO Wanda Carrier Executive Secretary Ferrell Shillings Asst. Equip. Mgr. Kent Lowe Sr. Associate Director THIS IS LSU Dan Radakovich Sr. Associate AD Mike Boniol Asst. Equip. Mgr. Laurie Cannon Associate Director Judy Southard Associate AD/SWA Jeff Springer Asst. Equip Mgr. Bill Franques Associate Director PREVIEW Jacqueline McClendon Admin. Secretary Brian Miller Associate Director Verge Ausberry Associate AD FACILITIES & GROUNDS 578-2885 Melissa Reynaud Associate Director TIGERS Bo Bahnsen Associate AD Ronnie Haliburton Director Jason Feirman Publications Director Mark Ewing Associate AD Jeff Kershaw Manager David Hurd Graphic Design Coordinator COACHES Herb Vincent Associate AD Todd Jeansonne Assistant Manager Annie Martin Graphic Design Coordinator Chris Howard Associate AD David Hadskey Assistant Manager Steve Franz Photography Coordinator REVIEW Paulette Cox Admin. Specialist 1 Pat Fredericks Adm. Secretary HISTORY ACADEMIC CENTER FOR STUDENT-ATHLETES 578-5787 FIELD HOUSE 578-6727 STRENGTH & CONDITIONING 578-1150 RECORDS Dr. Roger Grooters Executive Director Terrance Bold Manager Tommy Moffitt Strength Coach Ted White Sr. Associate Director Gwen Butler Bo Davis Assistant Coach LSU ¨ Mary Boudreaux Associate Director Scott Gadeken Assistant Coach Jim Rost Associate Director FOOTBALL 578-1151 Will Jones Assistant Coach MEDIA Tommy Karam Coord. of Faculty Relations Les Miles Head Coach Rachel Lassiter Coordinator Ya’el Lofton Coord. of Operations SWIMMING & DIVING 578-5050 Tommy Powell Technology Specialist/Advisor Jimbo Fisher Offensive Coordinator Adam Schmitt Head Coach Gwendolyn Clark Educational Support Coord. Stacy Searels Assistant Coach Pool 578-8207 Sabrina Youmans Learning Specialist Sam Nader Assistant AD Ashley Stringfellow Coordinator Adolfo Ortuzar Technology Coordinator Sharon Lewis Recruiting Operations Mike Mallet Director of Life Skills Faye Spradley Offensive Secretary TENNIS 578-8212 Stacie Wentz Asst. Director of Life Skills CC Thompson Defensive Secretary Jeff Brown Men’s Coach Jean Jackson Admin. Services Asst. Lois Stuckey Receptionist Mark Booras Assistant Men’s Coach Tim Boye Associate Director Ako Baye Stafford Tutorial Coordinator GAME MANAGEMENT/PURCHASING 578-1801 Tony Minnis Women’s Coach Harold Russell Coordinator Eddie Nunez Manager Sandy Sureephong Assistant Women’s Coach Gerry Bordelon Coordinator Tennis Courts 578-2705 BASEBALL 578-4148 Ray “Smoke”Laval Head Coach GOLF 578-6643 TICKET OFFICE 578-2184 Turtle Thomas Assistant Coach Greg Jones Men’s Coach Brian Broussard Manager Brady Wiederhold Assistant Coach Zack Lassiter Assistant Manager Jeramie Moore Administrative Asst. Karen Bahnsen Women’s Coach Tiffany Creel Assistant Manager Robertson Secretary Shane Warren Asst. Women’s Coach Nancy Mann Administrative Specialist Elise Evans Accounting Tech BASKETBALL-MEN’S 578-8217 GYMNASTICS 578-5050 John Brady Head Coach Sara “D-D”Breaux Head Coach TRACK & FIELD 578-8627 Associate Coach Bob Moore Assistant Coach Dennis Shaver Head Coach John Treloar Assistant Coach Phillip Ogletree Assistant Coach Boo Schexnayder Assistant Coach Nikita Johnson Assistant Coach Jennie Murphy Secretary Mark Elliott Assistant Coach Pam LeBlanc Secretary Dana Boone Assistant Coach HUMAN RESOURCES 578-8496 John Woosley Assistant Coach BASKETBALL-WOMEN’S 578-6643 Wendy Nall Manager Shantelle Dunn Coordinator Head Coach James Thomas Administrative Aide Carla Berry Assistant Coach TRAINING 578-2050 Assistant Coach MARKETING & PROMOTIONS 578-6884 Jack Marucci Director of Athletic Training Christie Sides Assistant Coach Jenni Peters Director Andy Barker Sr. Assoc. Trainer Joe Carvalhido Administrative Asst. Guy Gaster Coordinator Shelly Mullenix Sr. Assoc. Trainer Renee’Braud Secretary Drew Shea Sr. Assoc. Trainer MERCHANDISING 578-6974 Keith Thompson Associate Trainer BUSINESS OFFICE 578-0628 Gayle Seefield Manager Shawn Eddy Assistant Trainer Mark Ewing Associate AD Tandy Aron Marion Javius Micki Sandy Assistant Trainer Michael Szul Business Manager Wendy Carpenter Wanda Babin VIDEOGRAPHY TRAVEL 578-1459 Doug Aucoin (Videographer) 578-3510 Mary Jane Merrill Manager COMPLIANCE OFFICE 578-4100 Brandon Fairburn Coordinator Debi Johnson Accounting Chris Howard Associate AD Cindy Middleton Accounting Miriam Segar Director SOCCER 578-8769 Jaunelle Hamilton Coordinator Brian Lee Head Coach VOLLEYBALL 578-5050 Ashley Stringfellow Coordinator Head Coach ELECTRONIC MEDIA 578-8226 Josh Ivans Assistant Coach Kevin Wagner Assistant AD/Television SOFTBALL 578-5050 Danijela Tomic Assistant Coach John Schiebe Manager Yvette Girouard Head Coach Jennie Murphy Secretary Paul Danna Coordinator James DeFeo Assistant Coach Jim Hawthorne Assistant AD/Radio Lori Osterberg Assistant Coach Ashley Stringfellow Coordinator

188 2005 LSU BASEBALL YEARBOOK Athletics Staff History

President Football Coach Men’s Golf Coach (President of LSU System, 1965-present) L.M.“Biff”Jones, 1933-34 Major J. Perry Cole, 1933-43 INTRO James M. Smith, 1930-1939 Bernie Moore, 1935-47 , 1944-45 Gaynell Tinsley, 1948-54 T.P.“Red”Heard, 1946-47 Paul M. Hebert, 1939-1941 THIS IS LSU Campbell B. Hodges, 1941-1944 , 1955-61 Mike Barbato, 1948-60 William B. Hatcher, 1944-1947 Charlie McClendon, 1962-79 Harry Taylor & Fred Knight, 1961-62 PREVIEW Fred C. Frey, 1947 Jerry Stovall, 1980-83 Harry Taylor, 1963-67 Harold W. Stoke, 1947-1951 Bill Arnsparger, 1984-86 C.D. Smith, 1968 TIGERS Troy H. Middleton, 1951-1962 Mike Archer, 1987-90 Tommy Martty, 1969 John A. Hunter, 1962-1972 Curley Hallman, 1991-94 Ben Freeman, 1970-71 COACHES Martin D. Woodin, 1972-1985 Gerry DiNardo, 1995-99 Bill Brogdon, 1972-76 Allen A. Copping, 1985-99 Nick Saban, 2000-2004 Dave Sigler, 1977-82 REVIEW William L. Jenkins, 1999- Les Miles, 2005- Buddy Alexander, 1983-87 Britt Harrison, 1987-99 HISTORY Men’s Basketball Coach Greg Jones, 1999- Chancellor RECORDS

Cecil G. Taylor, 1965-1974 , 1933-42 Women’s Golf Coach ¨ Paul W. Murrill, 1974-1981 Dale Morey, 1943-44 LSU James H. Wharton, 1981-1988 Jess Fatherree, 1945 Mary Rehling-Holmes, 1979-82 E. Grady Bogue, 1988 (Dec.)-1989 (July) A.L.“Red”Swanson, 1945 Buddy Alexander, 1983 MEDIA William E. Davis, 1989-96 Harry Rabenhorst, 1946-57 Rickie Stukes, 1983-84 William L. Jenkins, 1996-99 Jay McCreary, 1958-65 Karen Bahnsen, 1984- Mark A. Emmert, 1999-2004 , 1965-66 Sean O’Keefe, 2005- , 1966-72 Soccer Coach Dale D. Brown, 1972-97 Miriam Hickey, 1995-96 Athletics Director John Brady, 1997- Greg Boggs, 1997-99 George Fotopoulos, 2000-2004 T.P. Heard, 1933-55 Baseball Coach Brian Lee, 2005- Jim Corbett, 1955-67 Harry Rabenhorst, 1933-41 Harry Rabenhorst, 1967-68 A.L.“Red”Swanson, 1941-44 , 1968-78 Softball Coach Harry Rabenhorst, 1944-57 Paul Dietzel, 1978-82 Carol Smith, 1979-82 , 1958-64 , 1982-86 Cathy Compton, 1995-1998 , 1964-66 Joe Dean, 1987-2000 Glenn Moore, 1999-2000 Jim Smith, 1966-78 Skip Bertman, 2001- Yvette Girouard, 2001- , 1979-83 Skip Bertman, 1984-2001 Swimming & Diving Coach Faculty Athletic Chairman Smoke Laval, 2002- James F. Broussard, 1932-42 Ken Van Voorhis, 1968-69 B.F. Mitchell, 1942-43 Women’s Basketball Coach Layne Jorgenson, 1969-71 J.G. Lee, 1945-46 Ivan Harless, 1971-72 Jinks Coleman, 1975-79 Ted Stickles, 1972-79 A.R. Choppin, 1956-57 Barbara Swanner, 1979-82 John C. Floyd, 1957-58 Ivan Harless, 1979-81 , 1982-2004 Scott Woodburn, 1981-85 George H. Lowrey, 1958-59 Pokey Chatman, 2004- Benjamin C. Craft, 1959-60 Sam Freas, 1985-88 Lemos L. Fulmer, 1961-62 Gymnastics Coach Rick Meador, 1988-2000 W.R. Edwards, 1962-64 Jeff Cavana, 2000-2004 Luther Wade, 1964-65 Jackie Walker, 1974-77 Adam Schmitt, 2004- Dale R. Carver, 1965-66 D-D Breaux, 1977- George W. Fair, 1966-68 Track & Field Coach A. Bigler Crow, 1968-69 Volleyball Coach Bernie Moore, 1933-47 Maurice Vick, 1969-70 Gerry Owens, 1977-80 Al Moreau, 1948-63 Frank Rickey, 1970-71 , 1981-84 Joe May, 1964-76 Melvin Dakin, 1971-72 , 1985-1997 Bill McClure, 1976-81 Robert May, 1972-74 Fran Flory, 1998- Boots Garland, 1981-83 J.B. Frye, 1974-75 Billy Maxwell, 1983-86 L.R. Daniel, 1975-78 Men’s Tennis Coach Sam Seemes, 1987 Joseph Liuzzo, 1978-83 Charlie Diel, 1932-46 Pat Henry, 1987-2004 Billy Seay, 1983-91 W.T.“Dub”Robinson, 1947-74 Dennis Shaver, 2004- Sam Hilliard, 1991-1993 Steve Carter, 1975-78 Pat Culbertson, 1994-2002 Steve Strome, 1979-81 Ken Carpenter, 2002- Jerry Simmons, 1982-97 Sports Information Director Jeff Brown, 1998- Jack Fiser, 1948-49 Women’s Tennis Coach Jim Corbett, 1945-48, 1950-1954 Pat Newman, 1976-79 Bob Lynch, 1949-50 Karen McCarter Elliott, 1980 Ace Higgins, 1954-66 Betty Sue Hagerman, 1981-83 Bud Johnson, 1966-71 Philip Campbell, 1984-88 Paul Manasseh, 1971-83 Geoff Macdonald, 1988-91 Joe Yates, 1983-85 Tony Minnis, 1992- Jamie Kimbrough, 1985-88 Herb Vincent, 1988-2000 Michael Bonnette, 2000-

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Tiger Athletic Foundation

WHAT IS TAF? The Tiger Athletic Foundation (TAF) is a private, nonprofit founda- INTRO tion dedicated to supporting LSU and its Athletic Programs. The THIS IS LSU Foundation is administered by its own board of directors, comprised of TAF donors, which meets quarterly. Officers of the corporation are elect- PREVIEW ed bi-annually. TIGERS Louisiana State University has a proud athletic tradition, highlight- ed by scores of and NCAA championships in COACHES more than 20 men's and women's varsity sports. Thanks to generous private-sector contributions, the Tiger Athletic Foundation (TAF) con- TAF funded projects: REVIEW tinues to play an integral role in sustaining that outstanding tradition. HISTORY As the central fund-raising organization in support of LSU athletics,

TAF's mission is clear - to lead the university in building a comprehen- RECORDS sively superior athletic program. ¨ LSU Unrestricted contributions to the Tiger Athletic Foundation benefit every athlete and team at LSU through scholarship and academic MEDIA awards, as well as through the construction and maintenance of athlet- ic facilities. These projects, large and small, chart the unmistakable course to excellence. And it is the shared vision of alumni and friends of LSU that are making them a reality. East Side Expansion of Tiger Stadium A donation to the Tiger Athletic Foundation assists in its programs of support for LSU Athletics.

• Funding the construction and renovation of facilities and the purchase of equip- ment to provide Tiger student-athletes with the best possible opportunity to com- pete at a national level • Funding support for facilities and programs to enhance the academic opportuni- ties for student/athletes. • Providing support to assure the best possible coaching and support staffs are in Scoreboard in Tiger Stadium place to lead the LSU athletic program AN INVITATION TO JOIN TAF The Tiger Athletic Foundation stands poised and ready to support LSU Athletics and its vision for the future. The TAF exists solely to support Tiger Athletics and to give its student-athletes and coaches every opportunity to thrive in their athletic endeavors and their lives off the field. The TAF is proud of its accomplishments for the LSU Athletics program. The TAF is a group of dedicated fans who believe in LSU Football Operations Center and work day in and day out to provide the financial resources neces- sary to make a difference. TAF is dedicated to helping make LSU Athletics the best athletics program in America.

Sincerely,

Mike the Tiger’s Habitat Major General R. G. Richard, USMC (Ret.) Chief Executive Officer West Side Expansion of Tiger Stadium

2005 LSU BASEBALL YEARBOOK 191 LSU Corporate Sponsors When you see this... INTRO THINK LSU TIGERS THIS IS LSU Twenty corporations, some of them national and multi-national in scope, participate in an PREVIEW innovative and profitable corporate sponsorship program with the LSU Athletics TIGERS Department. The sponsorships provide these companies with valuable promotional avenues COACHES and high-profile identity affiliation with LSU sports in exchange for financial support. REVIEW The corporate sponsorship program generates over $3 million annually, enabling the athletic HISTORY department to fund scholarships, team travel, athletic facility improvements and other typical athletic expenses. RECORDS Current Major Corporation Sponsors of LSU Athletics include Bank One of Louisiana, Coca-Cola, Powerade, EATEL, LSU ¨ Winn-Dixie, Louisiana Lottery Foundation, McDonald’s, UPS, Farm Bureau Insurance, Our Lady of the Lake Regional MEDIA Medical Center, Ochsner Clinic, Advance Auto Parts, Abita Springs Water Company, The Advocate, Roadshow Coach & RV Center, Tiger Mania, Raising Cane’s, Southgate Towers, Verizon and Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation.

Jenni Peters Marketing & Promotions Director

Guy Gaster Marketing & Promotions Assistant Director

For Information on LSU Athletics Corporate Sponsorships call (225) 578-6884

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