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CAL FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Location: ...... Berkeley, Calif. 2005 Cal Roster/Quick Facts/Media Information ...... 1 Nickname: ...... Golden Bears California Tournament Notes ...... 2-5 Colors: ...... Blue (282) and Gold (116) 2005 Player Bios ...... 6-10 Enrollment: ...... 33,000 Depth Chart ...... 10 Founded: ...... 1868 Head Coach ...... 11 Conference: ...... Pacific-10 Assistant Coaches/Support Staff ...... 12 Home Venue: ...... Levine-Fricke Field (500) 2005 Overall/Conference Statistics ...... 13 Chancellor: ...... Robert J. Birgeneau 2005 Results ...... 14 Athletic Director: ...... Sandy Barbour 2005 Statistical Analysis ...... 15 Executive Associate AD/SWA: ...... Teresa Kuehn 2005 Regional Game Summaries ...... 16-17 2005 Record: ...... 52-13 2005 Statistical Category Leaders ...... 18 2005 Pac-10 Record: ...... 13-8/T1st 2005 Game-By-Game Statistics – Batting ...... 19 2005 Regional Finish: ...... Won Fresno State Regional (4-1) 2005 Game-By-Game Statistics – Pitching ...... 20 2005 Super Regional Finsh: ...... Won Baylor Super Regional (2-1) Miscellaneous Statistics ...... 21 2004 NCAA Regionals: ...... Won Region 5 (4-0) Historical Postseason Results ...... 22-23 2004 Postseason Finish: ...... NCAA Runner-up (3-2 WCWS) Career Records ...... 24-25 Season Records ...... 26-27 SOFTBALL STAFF Team Records ...... 28 Head Coach: ...... Diane Ninemire (18th season, California in the News ...... 29-40 University of Nebraska-Omaha/’80) Cal/Career Record (as of 5/28/05): ...... 807-382 Assistant Coach: ...... John Reeves (12th season, San Jose State/’80) MEDIA INFORMATION Assistant Coach: ...... Kim Maher (6th season, Fresno State/’95) INTERVIEWS Volunteer Assistant Coach: ...... Dan Parajon (3rd season) Aside from WCWS-scheduled press conferences, please make all player Softball Office Phone: ...... (510) 643-0282 and coach interview requests through softball SID Chris Giovannetti Softball Fax: ...... (510) 643-1116 (contact information on left). Any phone interviews will be on a call-back Mailing Address: ...... 200 B Strawberry Canyon Center basis only. Berkeley, CA 94720 WE ARE CALIFORNIA MEDIA RELATIONS When referring to any California athletic team, please use either Softball Contact: ...... Chris Giovannetti “California” or “Cal” to denote the institution, and “Golden Bears” or Cell Phone: (707) 290-5422 E-mail: [email protected] “Bears” when indicating the mascot. Refrain from using such names as Office Phone: ...... (510) 643-5846 UC Berkeley, California-Berkeley, Cal Berkeley, Cal State Berkeley, Media Relations Fax: ...... (510) 643-7778 the Berkeley Bears and U Cal Berkeley. Mailing Address: ...... 349 Haas Pavilion, Berkeley, CA 94720 Hotel in Oklahoma City: ...... Oklahoma City Marriott Phone: ...... 405-842-6633 Fax: ...... 405-842-3152 2005 CALIFORNIA SOFTBALL NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown/Previous School 1 Kristina Thorson P R/R 5-7 Jr 2V Lake Forest Park, Wash. / Shorecrest HS Head Coach: Diane Ninemire, 18th season 2 Chelsea Spencer SS R/R 5-4 Sr 3V San Leandro, Calif. / Arroyo HS (University of Nebraska-Omaha ’80) 3 Alex Sutton OF L/R 5-6 So 1V Morgan Hill, Calif. / Archbishop Mitty HS Assistant Coach: John Reeves, 12th season 4 Shannon Harper C R/R 5-4 So 1V Stockton, Calif. / Lincoln HS (San Jose State ’80) 5 Lindsay James OF L/R 5-5 Jr 2V San Carlos, Calif. / Sequoia HS Assistant Coach: Kim Maher, 6th season 6 Julie Meyer 1B/C R/R 5-10 Fr HS Yardville, N.J. / Steinert HS (Fresno State ’95) 7 Sarah Adams P R/R 5-11 So 1V Half Moon Bay, Calif. / Half Moon Bay HS 9 Haley Woods C/1B R/R 5-11 Jr 2V Burlingame, Calif. / Burlingame HS 10 Kaleo Eldredge OF L/R 5-4 Sr 3V Kahului, Hawaii / H.P. Baldwin HS PRONOUNCIATIONS 11 Kristen Bayless OF/C R/R 5-6 Sr 3V San Jose, Calif. / Archbishop Mitty HS Gwen Arafiles...... ah-RAHF-uh-leez 13 Erika Racklin OF S/R 5-3 Fr HS Pittsburg, Calif. / Berean Christian HS Kaleo Eldredge ...... KA-lay-oh 16 Kelly Anderson P R/R 5-9 Sr 3V Woodland, Calif. / Woodland HS Jeana Gevas ...... JEEN-uh G-vus 17 Katelyn Valenzuela IF R/R 5-3 Fr HS Hemet, Calif. / West Valley HS Kim Maher ...... MAR 19 Vicky Galindo 3B L/R 5-4 Sr 3V Union City, Calif. / West Valley JC Diane Ninemire ...... NINE-mire 22 Gwen Arafiles 1B R/R 5-11 Sr 1V Stockton, Calif. / San Joaquin Delta College Jessica Pamanian ...... PAH-main-ee-un 24 Jessica Pamanian 2B R/R 5-4 Sr 3V Milpitas, Calif. / Milpitas HS Katelyn Valenzuela ... val-en-zway-LAH 25 Jeana Gevas IF/DP R/R 5-3 Fr HS Benicia, Calif. / Cal Poly Jessica Vernaglia ...... ver-NAG-lia 31 Emily Friedman IF/OF R/R 5-7 Jr TR Berkeley, Calif. / Wisconsin 33 Jessica Vernaglia UT R/R 5-4 Sr Sr Laguna Niguel, Calif. / Alisa Niguel HS

2005 WOMEN’S SOFTBALL COLLEGE WORLD SERIES 1 WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES NOTES Cal placed fifth. Cal’s only other appearance at the WCWS prior to their CAL REACHES WOMEN’S current seven-year run was a fifth-place showing in 1996. The Bears are COLLEGE WORLD SERIES FOR 18-16 all-time at the WCWS, 16-14 under Ninemire. In Cal’s nine previous SEVENTH STRAIGHT YEAR trips to the NCAA WCWS, the Bears have won the opening game six times. The second-seeded Golden Bears qualified for their seventh consecutive trip to the WCWS by virtue of defeating Baylor in the Waco Super Regional CAL IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT and going 4-1 at the Fresno State Sub-Regional. This year’s appearance The Bears are making their 21st appearance in the NCAA Tournament marks the Bears’ 10th program trip to the WCWS. Cal (52-13) opens WCWS and have advanced to the postseason for 20 consecutive years, the longest play on Thursday against a familiar opponent – seventh-seeded UCLA (36- active streak of any school in the Pac-10 Conference. The Bears are 67- 18). The Bruins have defeated the Bears in each of the last two WCWS title 44 all-time in the NCAA competition. games and the two schools faced off in their 2003 WCWS opener, a game Cal won, 7-3, in 10 innings. First pitch at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium is BEARS SURVIVE MARATHON scheduled for 2 p.m. CST and the game can be seen live on ESPN2. The Bears have faced five teams that reached Oklahoma City this season and have SESSION TO WIN WACO posted a combined 7-3 record against the field in 2005. SUPER REGIONALS Senior Kelly Anderson threw a three-hitter and Cal took game No. 1 BEARS LOOK FOR RETURN of the Super Regional from Baylor, 8-0, in six innings May 27. But winning TO TITLE GAME the series from the host school proved to be far less easy the following day. The Bears had to overcome two rain delays and a six-and-a-half hour Having played in the national championship game each of the past three postponement just too begin the second game, a contest Baylor won, 4- seasons, there’s no doubt that California has been a dominant force at the 1, to force a third and decisive game. The Cal bats came around in the WCWS in recent years. In 2002, the Bears won the first NCAA title by a nightcap, as the Bears scored all their runs in the first two innings, and junior women’s team in school history when they defeated Arizona, 6-0, in the Kristina Thorson pitched a one-hitter en route to a 7-1 victory. The series championship game. Cal returned to the final game a year later, but fell to wrapped up near midnight on May 28, almost 13 hours after Cal had UCLA, 1-0, in nine innings. Last year, the Bruins again trumped the Bears originally arrived at the park. for the crown, 3-1. In the last three years, Cal has posted an 11-4 record at the WCWS. RESILIENT BEARS MASTER 2004 WORLD SERIES IN REVIEW FRESNO STATE REGIONAL Cal opened last year’s WCWS with a 4-2 victory against Florida State, Cal’s march to the Super Regional round was marked with late-inning highlighted by second baseman Jessica Pamanian’s two-run in heroics and clutch hitting and pitching performances. After losing the third inning that plated center fielder Kaleo Eldredge and catcher their NCAA Tournament opener, the top-seeded Bears had to win Haley Woods for a 3-2 lead. The Bears then defeated Oklahoma, 2- four games in two days to advance out of Fresno. Cal opened the 1, to advance to the semifinals, where LSU handed Cal a 4-1 loss. The tournament May 19 with a 3-1 loss to BYU, a defeat which Bears rebounded to defeat the Tigers by the same score later in the snapped Cal’s 13-game regional winning streak and a seven-year day, with right fielder Alex Sutton going 3-for-4 with two RBI, and opening-game regional winning streak. The Bears rebounded advanced to the championship game. In the final against UCLA, the next day against Long Beach State, although it took Cal took a 1-0 first-inning lead on a Pamanian single that a two-strike, two-out, two-run from catcher scored left fielder Lindsay James. Starter Kelly Ander- Haley Woods in the top of the seventh to pull out a son was perfect through four innings before allowing a 4-3 victory against the 49ers. In the loser’s bracket game-tying homer to the Bruins’ Claire Sua in the fifth. final later that night, senior Kelly Anderson no- UCLA tacked on two more runs in the inning en route BYU – just the second Cal no-hitter in postseason to the national title. Anderson, Pamanian and third history – as Cal pounded the Cougars, 9-0, in five baseman Vicky Galindo were named to the all-tour- innings. In the first game of the regional champi- nament team. Anderson went 2-1, struck out 14 and onship May 21, Fresno State leapt out to a 1-0 posted a 1.47 ERA. Galindo hit .412 and scored twice, lead in the second inning before a run by senior while Pamanian batted .400 with four RBI. second baseman Jessica Pamanian in the fourth and scores by senior third baseman Vicky Galindo and junior left fielder Lindsay James in the fifth CAL HISTORICALLY gave Cal the win. Anderson scattered two hits in six AT THE WCWS innings of relief to earn her second victory of the Although it hasn’t been until recently that the Bears tournament. Anderson upped her own ante in the have made their mark at the WCWS, Cal has been a player regional clincher, tossing her second no-hitter of the in the sport’s most important competition for two-and-a- tournament as Cal advanced to the Super Regionals half decades. Cal first qualified for the AIAW World Series with a 1-0 win. In perhaps her finest pitching perfor- from 1980-82, putting together a trio of fifth- mance of the year, Anderson faced just two batters place finishes. The Bears returned to the over the minimum and didn’t allow a runner past first NCAA’s version of the WCWS in 1986, taking base. A first-inning leadoff by Galindo held third. Current head coach Diane Ninemire first directed the Bears to a WCWS in 1992 when Senior Kelly Anderson GOLDEN BEARS POSTSEASON MEDIA GUIDE 2 WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES NOTES

2005 WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES All-Time Postseason Last Meeting Team Series Record Series Record (Result) No. 1 Michigan (60-5) Cal, 6-0 Cal, 3-0 May 18, 2003 (Cal, 1-0) No. 2 California (52-13) –– – No. 3 Arizona (44-10) UA, 57-19 UA, 4-3 May 12, 2005 (Cal, 1-0) No. 4 Texas (47-11) Texas, 3-2 Texas, 1-0 Feb. 25, 2005 (Cal, 1-0) No. 7 UCLA (36-18) UCLA, 67-17 UCLA, 3-1 April 29, 2005 (Cal, 3-2) No. 11 Tennessee (64-13) Cal, 3-0 Never Met Feb. 26, 2005 (Cal, 7-3) No. 12 Alabama (62-13) Cal, 3-1 Never Met March 6, 2005 (Cal, 7-0) DePaul (45-19) Cal, 4-1 Cal, 1-0 Feb. 14, 2004 (Cal, 17-0)

2005 WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES SCHEDULE Date Matchup Time (CST)/TV Thursday, June 2 Game 1: Arizona vs. Tennessee 12 noon/ESPN2 Thursday, June 2 Game 2: California vs. UCLA 2 p.m./ESPN2 Thursday, June 2 Game 3: Michigan vs. DePaul 6:30 p.m./ESPN2 Thursday, June 2 Game 4: Alabama vs. Texas 8:30 p.m./ESPN2 Friday, June 3 Game 5: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 7 p.m./ESPN2 Friday, June 3 Game 6: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 9 p.m./ESPN2 Saturday, June 4 Game 7: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 (Elimination) 11 a.m./ESPN Saturday, June 4 Game 8: Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 (Elimination) 1 p.m./ESPN Saturday, June 4 Game 9: Winner Game 7 vs. Loser Game 5 (Elimination) 6 p.m./ESPN Saturday, June 4 Game 10: Winner Game 8 vs. Loser Game 6 (Elimination) 8 p.m./ESPN Sunday, June 5 Game 11: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 9 12 noon/ESPN Senior Sunday, June 5 Game 12: Winner Game 6 vs. Winner Game 10 2 p.m./ESPN Kaleo Eldredge Sunday, June 6 Game 13 (If Necessary): Winner Game 11 vs. Loser Game 11 6 p.m./ESPN2 Sunday, June 6 Game 14 (If Necessary): Winner Game 12 vs. Loser Game 12 8 p.m./ESPN2 Best-of-Three Championship Monday, June 6 Game 1 6:30 p.m./ESPN Tuesday, June 7 Game 2 6:30 p.m./ESPN Wednesday, June 8 Game 3 (If Necessary) 6:30 p.m./ESPN up for the Bears. In capturing the regional and eliminating all three teams, 10 banner in 1987 and the best mark for a Diane the Bears won four straight games after losing the first of a regional for the Ninemire-coached team. Coupled with a second-place first time in program history. Cal’s comeback also marked the first time the showing last year, the 2005 co-championship gave Cal Bears had won four consecutive games when facing elimination. its best back-to-back conference showing. The 13-8 Pac-10 mark is also Cal’s best conference record CAL HELD IN HIGH REGARD since going 20-8 in 1995. IN 2005 CAL KEEPS LOSSES The Bears entered this season as the preseason No. 1 in the NFCA/USA Today, USA Softball/ESPN.com and Pac-10 coaches poll – all firsts in AT A MINIMUM program history. Over the course of the year, Cal didn’t disappoint the The Bears opened the 2005 season with nine voters. The Bears enter the WCWS ranked No. 2 in the nation in both polls consecutive wins, posted a season-high 12-game behind top-ranked Michigan. winning streak early in the campaign, and enter the WCWS having won 10 of 13 games against some of the nation’s top teams. In between all the success, the BEARS EARN FIRST PAC-10 Bears have suffered just 13 losses, tying with last CHAMPIONSHIP IN 18 YEARS year’s Cal squad for least under head coach Diane Cal won four of its final five games over the last two weekends of league Ninemire. Additionally, Cal’s eight Pac-10 losses play and had a chance to win the Pac-10 Conference crown outright, but in 2005 were the fewest since 1991 (6). The 2005 after a 2-1 loss to Arizona State on the final day of the regular season, the Bears also have an excellent shot to set a new Bears had to settle for a four-way split of the title. Cal, Stanford, Arizona mark for victories in a season. The 2002 WCWS- and Oregon State all finished the Pac-10 season at 13-8, though OSU title squad holds that record with 56. received the conference’s automatic NCAA Tournament bid by league tie- breaker rules. The split is Cal’s best finish since taking the inaugural Pac- Junior Kristina Thorson 2005 WOMEN’S SOFTBALL COLLEGE WORLD SERIES 3 WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES NOTES ANDERSON SEIZES THE MOMENT Senior Vicki Galindo Senior pitcher Kelly Anderson’s postseason prowess has been a huge reason why the Bears qualified for the 2005 WCWS. At the Fresno State Regional, Anderson enjoyed the top week of her season and, perhaps, the best stretch of her four-year career. The senior went 3-0 and tossed no- hitters in the loser’s bracket final against BYU and championship game against Fresno State. She finished the tournament with a 0.00 ERA (allowing one unearned run) and gave up just five hits in 20.1 innings. Anderson’s mastery continued into the Super Regionals, where she three-hit Baylor in game No. 1. In the second game, she scattered two hits over five innings before allowing four runs – the first earned runs Anderson had given up in 31.2 postseason innings. She enters the WCWS with a 4-1 record and 0.87 ERA in 32.1 innings, and has allowed 14 hits, five runs (four earned) and has a career 1.26 ERA and a .133 opposing average. On the year, Anderson is 28-8 with a 1.20 ERA has won 20-plus games for and leads Cal with 13 shutouts and a .146 opposing batting average. three consecutive seasons. Centerfielder Kaleo Eldredge has been one of THORSON COMES THROUGH Cal’s most consistent It took Cal’s most important contest of 2005 to produce one of the Bears’ hitters, batting nearly top pitching performances of the year, but junior Kristina Thorson was .300 each year with at game for the occasion. In the Super Regional final against Baylor, Thorson least 50 hits. She is also tossed a one-hitter, struck out 12 and faced one batter over the minimum. first all-time in runs Down the Pac-10 stretch, Thorson was nearly flawless. She didn’t suffer scored in the school a loss in her last 11 appearances of the regular season (4/10-5/13) and entered record book. Enter- the postseason having allowed just one earned run in her last 31.1 innings ing the WCWS, pitched. On the season, Thorson (23-5) Chelsea Spencer leads the Bears with a 1.15 ERA, 220 has started an as- and has walked just 29 hit- tounding 275 consecutive games at shortstop. She has teamed with second ters. She combines with Anderson to baseman Jessica Pamanian – who’s also had at least 50 hits every year form one of the top pitching staffs in – to form the core of Cal’s infield. Utility players Kristen Bayless and the nation, if not the country’s Jessica Vernaglia have been invaluable to Cal off the bench as position best 1-2 punch. players, pinch hitters and pinch runners. Bayless had committed just one error in the past three seasons. ELDERS DIRECT NEWCOMERS MAKE AN BEARS IMPACT FOR CAL Four of the five first-year Bears have been regular contribu- The 2005 Cal lineup is tors to Cal’s success in 2005. Freshman first baseman Julie loaded with seniors, six Meyer has started all 65 games for Cal with a .992 fielding of whom were on the percentage. Designated player Emily Friedman, a transfer from Wiscon- roster when the Bears sin, enters the WCWS batting .293 on the season, but is hitting .364 in eight won the 2002 WCWS. postseason games. Sophomore Jeana Gevas, a transfer from Cal Poly, has Picher Kelly Ander- seen the majority of her time in the designated player role. Freshman Erika son is fifth in Cal Racklin leads the Bears in substitute appearances (42) and has 15 steals. program his- Freshman Katelyn Valenzuela has provided late-inning relief at second tory in victo- base and shortstop and as a pinch runner. ries (83), GALINDO HOLDS DOWN THE TOP OF THE LINEUP A first team All-American, All-Pacific Region and All-Pac-10 selection last year, senior third baseman Vicky Galindo is having another superb season in the leadoff role for Cal in 2005. Already a first team All-Pac-10 and All-Region choice again this spring, Galindo paces the Bears in runs (48), doubles (11), triples (3), steals (18) and is batting .333. Her solo home run in the regional championship game provided the only run Cal would need against Fresno State in the 1-0 clinching victory

Junior Haley Woods

GOLDEN BEARS POSTSEASON MEDIA GUIDE 4 WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES NOTES LINDSAY JAMES BACK IN FORM 2005 NCAA SUPER REGIONAL Following a 17-game hiatus due to a broken left hand (4/9-5/14) suffered RESULTS (MAY 27-28) in an vs. Washington, junior left fielder Lindsay James returned to the Cal lineup for the Fresno State Regional. James, whose current .450 Ann Arbor Super Regional average has her poised to become the first Cal batter to hit .400 in 10 seasons, Friday, May 27 is shades from Gillian Boxx’s program single-season mark of .466, set in Michigan 4, Washington 1 1995. James is hitting .333 in the postseason. Saturday, May 28 Washington 3, Michigan 2 CAL TAKES HOME THE Michigan 11, Washington 2 ACCOLADES Waco Super Regional Even before this season’s All-America team has been announced, the Friday, May 27 2005 Bears have become one of the most decorated units in program history. California 9, Baylor 0, 6 innings No less than eight Cal players – the most of any school in the conference Saturday, May 28 – were named to the All-Pac-10 team. Third baseman Vicky Galindo, Baylor 4, California 1 pitcher Kelly Anderson and pitcher Kristina Thorson garnered first team California 7, Baylor 1 honors, while center fielder Kaleo Eldredge, left fielder Lindsay James and catcher Haley Woods took home second team awards. Second baseman Tucson Super Regional Jessica Pamanian and shortstop Chelsea Spencer were tabbed honor- Friday, May 27 able mention. The Bears also placed five players on the NFCA All-Pacific Arizona 6, Oklahoma 0, 6 innings, susp., rain Region team – again, the most of any region institution and highest total since Saturday, May 28 six Cal competitors made the 1993 team. Galindo and Eldredge were Cal’s Arizona 6, Oklahoma 0 (completion of suspended game) first team honorees, while Thorson, James and Woods were named to the Arizona 7, Oklahoma 6 second team. Additionally, Anderson and Pamanian were named to the CoSIDA District VIII Academic All-District first team. Austin Super Regional Friday, May 27 Texas 1, Bethune-Cookman 0, 9 innings ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL Saturday, May 28 SEASON FOR NINEMIRE Texas 6, Bethune-Cookman 1 Diane Ninemire, already the winningest coach in California athletics history, earned her 800th career College Station Super Regional win in the Bears’ 1-0 victory against No. 3 Arizona Friday, May 27 May 12. Ninemire (807-382) is just the 20th Division I Alabama 4, Texas A&M 1 head coach to reach the plateau. She led the Golden Bears to Saturday, May 28 the 2002 WCWS title – the first NCAA championship by any Alabama 6, Texas A&M 5 Cal women’s team. In 18 seasons, she has directed Cal to 10 WCWS appearances, as well as reached the postseason and won at Stanford Super Regional least 35 games each year. Friday, May 27 Tennessee 2, Stanford 0 Saturday, May 28 FIELD GEMS Tennessee 6, Stanford 0 Entering the WCWS, Cal’s .978 team fielding percentage in 2005 ranks first all-time in program history. While center fielder Kaleo Los Angeles Super Regional Eldredge leads the way with a 1.000 fielding mark, two other Cal Friday, May 27 starters – catcher Haley Woods (.994) and first baseman Julie Georgia 4, UCLA 1 Meyer (.992) – have posted impressive clips at high-activity Saturday, May 28 positions. Cal’s .978 fielding percentage tied for first in the Pac-10 UCLA 5, Georgia 4 this year. The Bears have committed just 41 errors all year (65 UCLA 3, Georgia 2 games), which has led to only 16 unearned runs.

Chicago Super Regional Friday, May 27 GOLDEN BEAR NOTES DePaul 4, Northwestern 0 The Bears, who average 4.8 runs per contest, have been shutout just Saturday, May 28 three times in 2005 … Cal has lost just three non-conference games, tying DePaul 4, Northwestern 3 last year’s squad for fewest in Diane Ninemire’s tenure as head coach ... the Bears are 44-4 when leading after five innings and their only two losses when leading after six have come on walk-off homers (3/18 vs. Northwestern; 4/2 at Arizona) … Cal is 44-6 when scoring first … the Bears are 39-5 against non-conference teams and 34-0 when the opponent makes two-plus errors … Cal lost 11 games this year due to rain ... the Bears are Senior Chelsea Spencer 40-2 when scoring at least three runs.

2005 WOMEN’S SOFTBALL COLLEGE WORLD SERIES 5 2005 GOLDEN BEARS UPDATED PROFILES

in an 8-0 win against Portland State (3/3) as she went 3-for-4 with three RBI and a pair of doubles … went 2-for-4 and scored three times against 1 KRISTINA THORSON Mississippi State (2/25) … batted .500 (8-for-16) over a season-high five- P • Junior game hitting streak (4/3-9) … of her 23 regular-season RBI, eight came in Bats: R • Throws: R five games at the Carolina Classic (3/25-27), and had nine with a runner on third and less than two outs … had nine multi-hit games and five multi-RBI Lake Forest Park, WA games … reached base in 20 of 43 opportunities when leading off an inning Shorecrest HS … took over the No. 2 spot in the batting order for injured left fielder Lindsay James (4/9). POSTSEASON: Struck out 12 in one-hitting SPENCER’S CAREER STATISTICS Baylor in the Waco Super Regional final (5/28) … Year G AB R H AVG 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB pitched 5.2 innings of relief to earn the victory in a 2002 75 228 23 57 .250 15 0 3 32 16 29 1-1 4-3 win against Long Beach State (5/20) at the Fresno State Regional … 2003 69 200 20 48 .240 3 1 2 25 7 25 4-4 threw five no-hit innings in regional opener versus BYU (5/19) before 2004 66 190 31 62 .326 9 0 8 36 14 19 17-19 allowing three runs in the sixth … enters WCWS with a 2-1 record, 2.49 ERA 2005 65 184 36 50 .278 9 0 2 25 19 24 15-18 in 19.2 innings pitched, and has allowed 12 hits, seven runs (all earned), Total 275 802 110 217 .272 36 1 15 118 56 97 37-42 walked three, struck out 24 and a .171 opposing batting average. REGULAR SEASON: Allowed just one run in final 35.2 regular season innings pitched … prior to postseason, did not suffer a loss since falling to UCLA, 2-1 (4/ 10) – a span of 10 appearances … finished regular season at 21-4, the second 3 ALEX SUTTON consecutive season she has won 20-plus games … had a 1.00 ERA at the end of the regular season, holding opposing batters to a .151 average (third OF • Sophomore in the conference) … teamed with senior Kelly Anderson to become the only Bats: R • Throws: R Cal pitching duo to win 20-plus games in two straight seasons … tossed a season-high 30.1 scoreless innings (4/22-5/13) … collected a season-high Morgan Hill, CA 13 strikeouts and allowed two hits in a 1-0 win at Washington (4/30) … Archbishop Mitty HS accumulated 12 strikeouts in a game twice: versus Coastal Carolina (3/25) and at Sacramento State (4/13) … struck out 10 in a game on two occasions: POSTSEASON: After batting just .223 during against Delaware State (3/6) and versus Northwestern (3/18) … dominated the regular season, enters WCWS as Cal’s second- Oregon (5/7), allowing just one hit, facing one batter over the minimum and leading hitter with a .350 postseason clip … batted not allowing a runner past first base … allowed just three hits in defeating 4-for-12 (.333) at the Fresno State Regional with two RBI and 3-for-8 (.375) Stanford, 1-0 (4/24) … began the season with 11 straight victories … did with an RBI in the Super Regionals … singled in Cal’s lone run in the Bears not allow an earned run in her first 24 innings pitched of 2005 … has earned tournament-opening loss to BYU (5/19) … collected two hits, including a two saves (2/25 versus Mississippi State and 3/29 against UCLA) and the double, in 9-0, five-inning regional victory over BYU (5/20). REGULAR seven in her career are second all-time at Cal. SEASON: Had game-winning base hit in the bottom of the seventh against Arizona (5/12) in a 1-0 victory … hit first Cal homer in a 2-1 loss to Arizona THORSON’S CAREER STATISTICS State (5/14) … went 2-for-3 with two RBI in Cal’s 9-1 win against Arizona Year APP GS CG W L SV ERA IP H R ER BB K State (5/13) … went 2-for-4 with a double in the Bears’ 6-3 win at Arizona 2003 35 18 11 15 7 1 1.44 141.0 87 37 29 30 153 2004 45 34 21 28 4 4 0.87 226.1 119 30 28 27 232 (4/3) … batted .500 (5-for-10) over a season-high four-game hitting streak 2005 38 28 20 23 5 2 1.15 188.1 100 37 31 29 220 (4/2-6) … had three multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games … when Totals 118 80 52 66 16 7 1.11 555.2 310 104 88 86 605 leading off, successfully reached base in 10 of 25 opportunities … of her 13 RBI, six came with a runner on third and less than two outs. SUTTON’S CAREER STATISTICS Year G AB R H AVG 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB 2 CHELSEA SPENCER 2004 63 163 14 40 .245 3 0 0 14 10 40 4-6 2005 52 123 15 30 .244 4 0 1 16 14 24 2-4 SS • Senior Total 115 286 29 70 .244 7 0 1 30 24 66 6-10 Bats: R • Throws: R San Leandro, CA Arroyo HS 4 SHANNON HARPER POSTSEASON: Enjoyed a 2-for-3, two-RBI C • Sophomore performance in the Bears’ 8-0, six-inning Super Bats: R • Throws: R Regional game No. 1 victory against Baylor … went 2-for-3 with two runs in Cal’s 9-0, five-inning regional romp over BYU (5/ Stockton, CA 20) ... has started 275 consecutive games at shortstop to begin WCWS. Lincoln HS REGULAR SEASON: Solo homer against Oregon (5/8) gave Cal a 1-0 win … belted two doubles, collected two RBI and scored twice in Cal’s 6-5 win REGULAR SEASON: Appeared in four games at Oregon (4/15) … squeeze bunt plated Vicky Galindo for the lone run in for the Bears, collecting hits in three appearances … a 1-0 win at Washington (4/30) … belted a three-run homer and had four picked up two RBI and scored in Cal’s 12-0 win RBI in an 8-0 victory against Harvard (3/25) … top day at the plate came against Mount St. Mary’s (3/5) … also collected an RBI in the Bears’ 10- 0 romp over Saint Mary’s (4/6). GOLDEN BEARS POSTSEASON MEDIA GUIDE 6 HARPER’S CAREER STATISTICS MEYER’S CAREER STATISTICS Year G AB R H AVG 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB Year G AB R H AVG 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB 2004 17 2 3 0 .000 0 0 0 1 1 1 0-0 2005 65 164 25 41 .250 9 0 3 16 21 46 2-2 2005 4 4 1 3 .750 0 0 0 3 0 0 0-0 Total 21 6 4 3 .500 0 0 0 4 1 1 0-0 7 SARAH ADAMS 5 LINDSAY JAMES P • Sophomore LF • Junior Bats: R • Throws: R Bats: L • Throws: R Half Moon Bay, CA San Carlos, CA Half Moon Bay HS Sequoia HS REGULAR SEASON: Lone victory of the sea- son came against Iowa State (2/19) as she struck out POSTSEASON: Returned from a 17-game hia- seven and allowed three hits … pitched two innings tus for the Fresno State Regional (broken left hand of relief against Mount St. Mary’s (3/5), striking out two … in 14 innings suffered 4/8 vs. Washington) … hitting .333 and of work, allowed 10 hits, four earned runs, tallied a 2.00 ERA and struck leads Cal with nine hits and eight runs … batted 5-for-11 (.455) against out 12. Baylor in the Super Regional … went 2-for-4 with two runs in each of Cal’s victories against Baylor … scored four runs at the regional, including the ADAMS’S CAREER STATISTICS game-winner in Cal’s 4-3 victory against Long Beach State (5/20) … season Year APP GS CG W L S ERA IP H R ER BB K average of .450 has her poised to become Cal’s first .400 hitter since 1995, 2004 8 0 0 0 0 0 4.67 9.0 10 7 6 5 5 2005 7 4 1 1 0 0 2.00 14.0 10 4 4 9 12 when Gillian Boxx batted a program record .466. REGULAR SEASON: Totals 15 4 1 1 0 0 3.04 23.0 20 11 10 14 17 Was hitting a team-leading .478 at the time of the broken left hand that cancelled the remainder of her regular season ... posted a team-high 12-game hit streak (2/27-3/12) where she batted .489 (23-for-47) … went 11-for- 16 (.688) in five games at the Carolina Classic (3/25-27) … went 4-for-5 9 HALEY WOODS in a win against Alabama (3/5) … led Bears with 17 multi-hit games and had C • Junior eight games of three hits or more … tallied four perfect days at the plate … hit righthanded pitching (.515) supremely better than lefthanded (.214) Bats: R • Throws: R … had five multi-RBI games … regular season batting average of .478 was Burlingame, CA 156 points over her .322 career mark entering 2005. Burlingame HS JAMES’ CAREER STATISTICS POSTSEASON: Game-winning two-strike, Year G AB R H AVG 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB two-out, two-run double in the top of the seventh 2003 66 206 36 59 .286 0 0 0 7 14 38 4-5 versus Long Beach State (5/20) at the Fresno State 2004 65 216 51 77 .356 3 0 0 17 6 25 23-25 Regional gave Cal a 4-3 win and kept the Bears in 2005 46 140 42 63 .478 4 0 0 17 9 16 16-19 the NCAA Tournament … went 1-for-3 with a run and an RBI in Super Totals177 562 129 199 .354 7 0 0 41 29 79 43-49 Regional championship game against Baylor (5/28) … squeeze bunt in regional championship opener against Fresno State (5/21) scored Kaleo Eldredge to give Cal a 3-1 lead … collected two RBI against BYU (5/20) … has six RBI. REGULAR SEASON: Cal’s top power threat who led the 6 JULIE MEYER Bears in homers (13), RBI (52), multi-RBI games (14), RBI per game (0.91), (99) and (.579) and hit .298 … twice named 1B/C • Freshman Pac-10 Player of the Week: 4/4-10 after batting .500 (6-for-12) with two Bats: R • Throws: R homers and six RBI, and 2/28-3/6 after batting .435 (10-for-23) with 12 RBI, Yardville, N.J. four home runs and a pair of doubles … collected five RBIs against Michigan State (2/20) and Mount St. Mary’s (3/5) … hit two homers at Arizona State Steinert HS (4/1) to account for all of Cal’s RBI in a 4-2 victory … went 4-for-9 with eight RBI in Cal’s Pac-10 opening series at Arizona State (4/1) and Arizona POSTSEASON: Hit a solo homer in Cal’s 7-1 (4/2-3) … Batted 6-for-20 (.300) over a season-high six-game hit streak (3/ Super Regional championship victory against 6-12) … collected two doubles against Penn State (3/26) … five sacrifice Baylor (5/28) … enters WCWS having played an flies led Cal … her .448 slugging percentage over 21 Pac-10 contests was errorless first base, recording 59 putouts. REGULAR SEASON: Freshman Cal’s second-best mark … hit .444 with the bases loaded, .344 with runners started every game for the Bears at first base and led Cal newcomers in hits on base and .319 with runners in scoring position and ... accumulated 10 (37), runs (23) and total bases (52), and had nine doubles … led the Pac- multi-hit games … .353 batting average versus lefthanders was Cal’s top 10 and Cal in putouts (418), chances (449) and fielding double plays (15) mark … enters postseason on a three-game hitting streak … her 197 total … carried a .991 fielding percentage, which was third-best among Cal’s plate appearances led Cal and the Pac-10 … .993 fielding percentage was starters … batted .379 (11-for-29) over a season-high nine-game hit streak second among Cal’s starters … was fourth in Pac-10 in chances (414) and (2/27-3/11) … first Cal home run (3/23) was part of a 3-for-3, three-RBI fifth in putouts (367). performance against Pacific … had a two-run double in Cal’s 6-0 win against WOODS’ CAREER STATISTICS Santa Clara (2/23) … .413 slugging percentage in Pac-10 play was one of Year G AB R H AVG 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB Cal’s best clips … had nine multi-hit games … co-led the Bears in sacrifice 2003 31 93 10 28 .301 5 0 3 21 8 13 0-0 bunts (12) with Kristen Bayless and was third in the Pac-10 … backup 2004 66 198 28 62 .313 9 1 16 57 24 31 1-2 catcher for starter Haley Woods. 2005 65 196 24 54 .281 10 0 13 58 19 27 0-0 Totals154 487 62 145 298 24 1 32 136 49 71 1-2 2005 WOMEN’S SOFTBALL COLLEGE WORLD SERIES 7 10 KALEO ELDREDGE 13 ERIKA RACKLIN OF • Senior OF • Freshman Bats: L • Throws: R Bats: S • Throws: R Kahului, HI Pittsburg, CA H.P. Baldwin HS Berean Christian HS

POSTSEASON: Went 1-for-4 with two RBI POSTSEASON: Has made five appearances, and a run in Cal’s Super Regional championship all in pinch-running roles. REGULAR SEASON: game against Baylor (5/28) … batted .333 (4-for- Appeared primarily as a pinch runner for the Bears, 12) at the Fresno State Regional with a run, two RBI, two doubles, a stolen making a team-high 37 substitute appearances … 15 steals were second on base and drew three walks … RBI-double versus Fresno State gave Cal a Cal … 0.37 steals per game clip was eclipsed only by Vicky Galindo’s 0.38 2-1 lead and eventual win in regional championship opener … hit safely in per contest … made four starts in right field and collected first collegiate four of Cal’s five regional games and six of eight NCAA Tournament games hit against Michigan State (2/20). …… .370 on-base percentage. REGULAR SEASON: Perhaps Cal’s most RACKLIN’S CAREER STATISTICS versatile batter as her .322 batting average, six homers, 35 RBI, 74 total Year G AB R H AVG 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB-AT bases, .517 slugging percentage and .473 on-base percentage suggested … 2005 46 15 12 3 .200 0 0 0 1 1 9 15-17 batted .432 (16-for-37) during a season-high 12-game hit streak (3/4-3/23) … belted a two-run homer and collected three RBI in the Bears’ 4-3 defeat of Washington (4/8) … went 3-for-4 with an RBI in Cal’s 4-2 loss at Arizona (4/2) … hit a two-run homer and scored twice to help pace Cal’s 7-3 win against Tennessee (2/26) … against Iowa (3/12), went 3-for-4 with a homer 16 KELLY ANDERSON and a double to lead the Bears to a 7-2 victory … was Cal’s toughest hitter P • Senior to (1K/15.8ABs) and had just one strikeout in her last 49 regular season at-bats … only regular Cal starter with a perfect fielding percentage Bats: R • Throws: R (38 putouts) … 39 walks led Cal and were second in the Pac-10 … Woodland, CA conference on-base percentage of .446 paced Bears … reached as the leadoff hitter in 23 of 43 opportunities … batted .356 with two outs … successfully Woodland HS advanced runners in 56 of 96 opportunities … had 10 multi-hit games and two of three hits … second on Cal with nine multi-RBI games and had three 2005 POSTSEASON: Enters WCWS with a 4- games of three. 1 record, 0.87 ERA in 32.1 innings pitched and has allowed 14 hits and five runs (four earned), walked ELDREDGE’S CAREER STATISTICS 14 and struck out 23 in seven postseason appearances … pitched four Year G AB R H AVG 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB-AT complete games … posted a 0.00 ERA (one unearned run), allowed five hits 2002 75 254 47 76 .299 6 1 1 18 25 18 9-12 and 11 walks and struck out 15 in 20.1 innings at the Fresno State Regional 2003 60 165 22 51 .309 6 2 1 30 18 13 4-5 … at the regional, tossed no-hitters against BYU (5/20) and in the 2004 63 174 49 59 .339 9 0 7 32 27 6 16-17 championship clincher against Fresno State (5/21) … no-hitter against BYU 2005 63 166 42 52 .313 8 2 6 39 42 11 11-13 was Cal’s first in postseason since Jocelyn Forest tossed one against Total 261 759 160 238 .314 29 5 15 119 112 48 40-47 Massachusetts (5/22/99) … in the championship opener against Fresno State, held the Bulldogs to two hits in six innings of relief (5/21) … scattered three hits in earning the victory in Cal’s Super Regional opener against Baylor … allowed just two hits in second Super Regional game before 11 KRISTEN BAYLESS yielding four, sixth-inning runs. REGULAR SEASON: Led Cal in wins OF • Senior (24), shutouts (10), innings pitched (200.2), opposing batting average (.147) and starts (28) … opposing batting average was second in the Pac- Bats: R • Throws: R 10 and wins were third … captured a win in 10 straight starts (3/18-4/13) San Jose, CA … tossed fourth career no-hitter (and first in more than two seasons) at Archbishop Mitty HS North Carolina (3/26), striking out 11 … no-hit Saint Mary’s (4/6), striking out six and walking two without allowing a runner past second base … named Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week (3/21-27) after striking out 23 without REGULAR SEASON: Made 20 outfield starts allowing an earned run in three victories at the Carolina Classic (3/25-27) for Cal, filling in admirably when injuries sidelined … registered 11 strikeouts in a win against Delaware State (3/4) … tossed left fielder Lindsay James (11 appearances), right a six-inning, one-hit victory against Southern Illinois (2/18) … recorded a fielder Alex Sutton (7) and center fielder Kaleo Eldredge (2) … co-led the two-hit victory seven times, most recently in a 1-0 win against Oregon (5/ Bears in sacrifice bunts (12) with Julie Meyer and was third in the Pac-10 8) … has won 20-plus games for the third consecutive season but has done … successfully advanced baserunners in 18 of 37 opportunities. it the quickest this year … teamed with Kristina Thorson to become the BAYLESS’ CAREER STATISTICS only Cal pitching duo to win 20-plus games in two straight seasons … Year G AB R H AVG 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB-AT earned two saves (4/8 versus Washington and 4/15 at Oregon). 2002 63 127 10 20 .157 3 0 0 5 13 17 0-2 ANDERSON’S CAREER PITCHING STATISTICS 2003 28 18 5 3 .167 0 0 0 2 4 6 0-0 2004 45 86 8 12 .140 1 0 0 5 10 25 1-1 Year APP GS CG W L SV ERA IP H R ER BB K 2005 33 48 3 3 .063 0 0 0 4 3 15 0-0 2002 18 9 4 7 3 2 1.46 62.1 35 16 13 29 52 Total 169 279 26 38 .136 4 0 0 16 30 63 1-3 2003 46 39 22 23 12 1 1.05 247 134 53 37 97 199 2004 42 32 18 25 9 1 1.43 210 167 62 43 65 156 2005 43 33 24 28 8 2 1.20 233.0 116 50 40 97 195 Total 149 113 68 83 32 6 1.29 720.0 452 181 133 288 602

GOLDEN BEARS POSTSEASON MEDIA GUIDE 8 17 KATELYN VALENZUELA 22 GWEN ARAFILES 2B • Freshman 1B • Senior Bats: R • Throws: R Bats: R • Throws: R Hemet, CA Stockton, CA West Valley HS Lincoln HS/San Joaquin Delta College REGULAR SEASON: Made 23 appearances for the Bears in 2005, primarily as a pinch-runner REGULAR SEASON: Appeared in 12 games and in late-inning infield relief … scored nine runs for Cal – all in relief roles – and is batting .250 … … collected first collegiate hit against Delaware State (3/4). picked up doubles against Mount St. Mary’s (3/5) and Saint Mary’s (4/ VALENZUELA’S CAREER STATISTICS 6) … successfully advanced base runners 60 percent of time. Year G AB R H AVG 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB-AT ARAFILES’ CAREER STATISTICS 2005 23 13 9 2 .154 0 0 0 0 0 5 2-2 Year G AB R H AVG 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB-AT 2004 28 29 6 4 .138 0 0 0 1 6 14 1-1 2005 12 12 3 3 .250 2 0 0 0 0 3 0-0 19 VICKY GALINDO Total 40 41 9 7 .171 2 0 0 1 6 17 1-1 3B • Senior Bats: L • Throws: R 24 JESSICA PAMANIAN Union City, CA 2B • Senior James Logan HS/West Valley J.C. Bats: R • Throws: R POSTSEASON: Enters WCWS batting .296 Milpitas, CA (8-for-27) and leads Cal in runs (8), total bases (14) Milpitas HS and slugging percentage (.519) in the postseason … POSTSEASON: Collected three of Cal’s five leadoff first-inning homer against Fresno State (5/21) gave Cal a 1-0 regional hits in Super Regional game No. 2 loss to Baylor (5/ championship victory and propelled the Bears into the Super Regionals … 28) … score versus Fresno State (5/21) in regional leadoff homer in Super Regional game No. 2 (5/28) versus Baylor gave Cal championship opener snapped Bulldogs pitcher a 1-0 lead until the sixth inning … run versus Fresno State gave Cal a 2-1 Jamie Southern’s 78-inning streak without allowing an earned run … went lead and eventual win in regional championship opener (5/21) … had two 4-for-9 at the Super Regional with two RBI ... at the regional in Fresno, hits against Long Beach State (5/20) and two RBI against BYU (5/20) … collected two hits and an RBI … leads Cal with three steals. REGULAR has scored in all but one of Cal’s postseason games and hit safely in all but SEASON: During a season-high 10-game hitting streak (3/11-25), batted two. REGULAR SEASON: Leadoff hitter had a .340 batting average and .531 (17-for-32) with eight runs and eight RBIs … in five games at the led Cal in runs (40), doubles (11) and stolen bases (17) … had a .504 slugging Carolina Classic (3/25-27), hit .438 (7-for-16) with two homers and seven percentage and a .399 on-base percentage … missed 12 games (3/3-13) with RBIs … went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and scored twice against Loyola an injury … scored the winning run in Cal’s 1-0 defeats of Stanford (4/24) Marymount (2/27) … collected three RBIs in a 2-for-3 performance at and Washington (4/30) … scored the decisive run and tallied three hits in Oregon State (4/16) … had 10 multi-hit games and four of three hits … six the Bears’ 3-2 win at UCLA (4/29) to give Cal its first series victory against multi-RBI games were third among Bear hitters … successfully advanced the Bruins since 1998 … two-run homer at Oregon State (4/17) proved to runners in 50 of 118 opportunities … .980 fielding percentage was one of be the difference in a 2-1 win … went 4-for-5 with two runs in Cal’s 6-3 Cal’s top marks (91 putouts) … had stolen six bases in seven attempts … victory at Arizona (4/3) … went 2-for-3 with three runs at North Carolina 178 at-bats led the Pac-10. (3/27) … had a 3-for-4 performance with two doubles, a run and an RBI PAMANIAN’S CAREER STATISTICS in a loss to Texas A&M (2/26) … scored three runs and went 2-for-4 in Cal’s Year G AB R H AVG 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB season-opening victory against San Jose State (2/5) … went 5-for-15 (.333) 2002 75 222 31 62 .279 9 1 3 37 7 23 2-2 and scored six times to pace Cal’s 5-0 sweep at the Carolina Classic (3/25- 2003 66 192 20 46 .240 6 0 1 21 8 22 1-2 27) … collected two doubles in a 4-3 victory against Washington (4/8) … 2004 63 198 21 56 .283 10 1 3 32 6 14 9-10 had 13 multi-hit games and batted 10-for-20 (.500) over a season-high six- 2005 65 201 26 54 .269 6 0 3 28 7 23 9-10 game hitting streak (4/2-9) … hit much better against righthanders (.362) Total 269 813 98 218 .268 31 2 10 118 28 82 21-24 than lefties (.143) … reached as the leadoff batter in 32 of 74 opportunities … hit .360 with runners in scoring position, .355 with two outs and successfully advanced runners in 32 of 55 opportunities … hit .290 in Pac- 10 play with a .464 slugging percentage … invited to participate in the 2005 U.S. Women’s National Team Selection Camp, June 13-17, at the Olympic 25 JEANA GEVAS Training Center (Chula Vista, Calif.). 1B/3B • Sophomore GALINDO’S CAREER STATISTICS Bats: R • Throws: R Year G AB R H AVG 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB Benicia, CA 2003 68 225 39 73 .324 5 4 1 21 15 22 19-23 2004 66 222 53 83 .374 18 2 7 20 19 25 23-32 Benicia HS/Cal Poly 2005 53 168 48 56 .333 11 3 4 16 9 19 18-22 Total 187 615 140 212 .345 34 9 12 57 42 66 60-77 REGULAR SEASON: Transfer from Cal Poly made 28 starts as a designated player and 10 at third

2005 WOMEN’S SOFTBALL COLLEGE WORLD SERIES 9 base … hit first Cal homer, a two-run shot, and had a season-high three RBI against Santa Clara (3/11) … went 4-for-4 with two RBI versus Pacific (3/ versus Iowa State (2/19) … belted a two-run homer to help Cal defeat 23) … went two-for-three with two RBI in an 8-0 victory against Portland Tennessee, 7-3 (2/26) … went 2-for-3 with two RBI in Cal’s 7-2 win against State (3/3) … had a two-run double and three RBI in the Bears’ 9-1 romp Iowa (3/12) ... had five multi-RBI games and four multi-hit games … posted past Arizona State (5/13) … had six multi-hit games and five multi-RBI a .429 slugging percentage in Pac-10 play … successfully advanced runners games … hit .353 with runners on base and .333 with the bases loaded ... in 33 of 70 opportunities. had collected nine RBI in 11 opportunities with a runner on third base and less than two outs. GEVAS’ CALIFORNIA CAREER STATISTICS Year G AB R H AVG 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB-AT FRIEDMAN’S CALIFORNIA CAREER STATISTICS 2005 46 92 7 21 .228 1 0 3 18 16 32 0-0 Year G AB R H AVG 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB-AT 2005 54 140 9 41 .293 4 0 1 22 9 11 4-4 31 EMILY FRIEDMAN 2B • Junior 33 JESSICA VERNAGLIA Bats: R • Throws: R UT • Senior Berkeley, CA Bats: R • Throws: R Berkeley HS/Wisconsin Laguna Niguel, CA Aliso Niguel HS POSTSEASON: Enters WCWS with a team- leading .364 batting average (8-for-22) and .417 on- POSTSEASON: Made five appearances, all as base percentage in NCAA Tournament play … a pinch runner, and scored twice. REGULAR SEA- batted .500 (7-for-14) to lead Cal at the Fresno State Regional … lone Bear SON: Made 24 substitute appearances for Cal, to hit safely in all five of Cal’s regional games and also collected two runs primarily in pinch-running roles … has scored nine runs … lone hit of the and two RBI … tormented BYU with two hits in each regional game Cal season was run-scoring double against Mount St. Mary’s (3/6). contested against the Cougars … RBI versus Fresno State in regional VERNAGLIA’S CAREER STATISTICS championship opener snapped Bulldogs pitcher Jamie Southern’s 78- Year G AB R H AVG 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB inning streak without allowing an earned run. REGULAR SEASON: 2002 53 109 18 24 .220 3 1 2 13 9 18 3-3 Wisconsin transfer became Cal’s most productive newcomer with 46 total 2003 32 32 6 4 .125 0 0 0 1 0 8 0-0 appearances at third base, in right and left field and as the designated player 2004 48 75 7 9 .120 2 0 1 9 1 25 0-0 … slapped game-winning base hit with two outs in the bottom of the 2005 30 7 11 1 .143 1 0 0 1 0 2 4-4 seventh to help Cal defeat UCLA (4/9) … first Cal homer, a solo shot, came Total 163 223 42 38 .170 6 1 3 24 10 53 7-7

2005 CALIFORNIA DEPTH CHART

C 9 Haley Woods (R/R) 6 Julie Meyer (R/R) 4 Shannon Harper (R/R) 3B 11 Kristen Bayless (R/R) 19 Vicky Galindo (L/R) 1B P 25 Jeana Gevas (R/R) 6 Julie Meyer (R/R) 1 Kristina Thorson (R) 22 Gwen Arafiles (R/R) 16 Kelly Anderson (R) 7 Sarah Adams (R) SS 2 Chelsea Spencer (R/R) 2B 24 Jessica Pamanian (R/R) LF 17 Katelyn Valenzuela (R/R) 5 Lindsay James (L/R) RF 31 Emily Friedman (R/R) 3 Alex Sutton (L/R) 11 Kristen Bayless (R/R) 31 Emily Friedman (R/R) CF 10 Kaleo Eldredge (L/R)

DP UT 31 Emily Friedman (R/R) 13 Erika Racklin (R/R) 25 Jeana Gevas (R/R) 33 Jessica Vernaglia (R/R)

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GOLDEN BEARS POSTSEASON MEDIA GUIDE 10 HEAD COACH DIANE NINEMIRE

Prior to becoming head coach, Ninemire served as an assistant DIANE NINEMIRE for five years at Cal under Donna Terry. Together, the tandem led the Bears to three appearances in the NCAA Tour- Head Coach nament, a third-place finish at the 1986 WCWS and 18th Season at Cal the inaugural Pac-10 championship in 1987. The 2005 season has been yet In 2004, Ninemire’s winning reputation was another successful and memorable recognized internationally when she was named as campaign for the Golden Bears un- an assistant coach to the inaugural Greek Olympic der 18th-year head coach Diane softball team. At home, Ninemire is a past member Ninemire. Cal advanced to its sev- of the NCAA Pacific Region Advisory Commit- enth consecutive Women’s College tee and a former chair of the All-American Selec- World Series and for the first time tion Committee. under Ninemire, the Bears took first place in the Pac-10 Ninemire began her collegiate playing career at Conference (tie), finishing with their best league mark (13-8) Midland Lutheran College (Fremont, Neb.), leading the since 1995 (20-8) and splitting the title with Oregon State, team to a state championship as a freshman. After one Stanford and Arizona. Ninemire, already the most successful season, she transferred to Nebraska-Omaha, where she coach in California athletics history (807-381), won her played on both the softball and basketball teams for three 800th career game with a thrilling, 1-0, victory against No. years. A shortstop and left fielder, Ninemire helped 3 Arizona on May 12. Also, for the seventh consecutive UNO to the 1978 state championship and three appear- year, the Bears won at least 46 games. ances in the College World Series. Ninemire has guided Cal to three consecutive Women’s Ninemire graduated from UNO in 1980 and com- College World Series championship game appearances, win- pleted her master’s degree in physical education at ning the national title in 2002. Cal has reached the postseason Texas Woman’s University in 1987. She began her every year and never suffered a losing season under Ninemire, coaching career at TWU in 1980 as Terry’s assistant the 2002 Speedline/NFCA National Coach of the Year and before heading west to assist Terry and the Golden 2003 Pacific Region Coach of the Year. Bear program in 1983. Last year’s Bears were one of Ninemire’s most successful and decorated squads. Four All-Americans and eight All-Pac- 10 selections helped drive Cal to its third consecutive WCWS championship game appearance. Ninemire surpassed former Bears baseball coach Bob Milano for wins by a Cal coach (see below) on the to way the Bears’ 2003 title game appearance. Cal’s 2002 National Championship was the first NCAA title for a women’s athletic team and the program set a school-record for victories (56). In 2001, Cal began the season 32-0 before finishing fifth at the WCWS. Under Ninemire, Cal has also finished third (1999), fifth (1992, 1996) and seventh (2000) at the WCWS. Since Ninemire has been at the helm, Cal players have earned All-American honors 23 times. Two of Ninemire’s former players – Michele Granger and Gillian Boxx – were four-time All-Americans and DIANE NINEMIRE AT CAL helped the United States win a gold medal as members of the 1996 U.S. Year Record Pac-10 Regionals WCWS Olympic softball team. In addition, Bears have received all-region awards 1988 39-24 7-11/5th 1-2 — on 49 occasions and All-Pac-10 honors 75 times. Cal players have also 1989 38-26 10-10/4th 0-2 — collected a total of 14 Academic All-American and 29 Academic All-Pac- 1990 41-28 9-9/3rd 2-2 — 10 certificates under Ninemire. 1991 48-20 14-6/3rd 0-2 — 1992 47-16 8-8/3rd 2-0 1-2/T5th 1993 37-20 12-10/4th 2-2 — 1994 40-21 10-12/5th 1-2 — 1995 41-21 20-8/3rd 1-2 — ALL-TIME WINNINGEST 1996 41-23 14-12/4th 3-0 1-2/T5th 1997 36-26 13-14/4th 2-2 — CAL COACHES* 1998 35-27 12-14/4th 1-2 — Coach (Sport) Years Record (Pct.) 1999 51-22 13-14/5th 5-1 2-2/T3rd 1. Diane Ninemire (Softball) (1988-Present) 807-381 (.679) 2000 49-25 6-15/T7th 4-1 0-2/T7th 2. Bob Milano (Baseball) (1978-1999) 688-644-4 (.517) 2001 54-18 6-14/7th 4-1 1-2/T5th 3. Clint Evans (Baseball) (1930-1954) 547-256 (.682) 2002 56-19 12-9/4th 4-0 4-0/Champion 4. Jan Brogan (Tennis) (1978-Present) 501-205 (.711) 2003 49-20 10-11/T3rd 4-0 4-2/Runner-up 5. George Wolfman (Baseball) (1955-1973) 484-335 (.591) 2004 53-13 13-8/T2nd 4-0 3-2/Runner-up 2005 52-13 13-8/T1st 6-2 — *Records as of May 28, 2005 Totals 807-381 202-192 46-23 16-14

2005 WOMEN’S SOFTBALL COLLEGE WORLD SERIES 11 ASSISTANT COACHES/SUPPORT STAFF JOHN REEVES KIM MAHER DAN PARAJON Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Volunteer Coach 12th Year 6th Year 3rd Year The driving force be- Kim Maher, a member Former baseball hind Cal’s continued in- of the 1996 United States standout Dan Parajon is in circle success, John Reeves Olympic team, is in her his third year as a volun- is in his 12th year with the sixth season as an assis- teer coach for the Golden Golden Bear program. tant coach with the Bears. Bears. With Reeves’ guidance and A shortstop at Fresno Parajon currently works tutelage, the 2005 season State (1991-94), Maher in the parking and trans- proved to be another successful campaign for was named a second team All-American her portation enforcement department at Cal. Along- Cal’s pitching staff as, for the second straight senior season. She finished her career as the side his duties at the University, Parajon served year, senior Kelly Anderson and junior Kristina Bulldogs all-time leader in home runs (31), RBIs as head softball coach at Bishop O’Dowd High Thorson each won 20-plus games. (181), runs (162) and doubles (49). Her career School in Oakland (1998-02), where he coached Reeves brings more than two decades of coach- batting average was .344 with a season-high .421 former Cal slugger Veronica Nelson. From 1993- ing experience to the field. He has helped seven in 1994. 99, he coached the Alameda Stars ASA team. different Cal pitchers capture 13 All-Pac-10 As an international, Maher represented the Parajon played center field at Laney College in awards and seven All-Pacific Region accolades. United States at the 1995 Pan American Games Oakland from 1990-92. Professionally, he rose as In addition, Whitney Floyd (1995-96) and Jocelyn and 1997 World Championships, in addition to high as the Triple-A Pacific Coast League. Forest (2001-02) were twice named as All-Ameri- winning a gold medal at the Atlanta Summer A graduate of Skyline High School in Oakland, cans and Thorson earned the distinction last Games. Parajon resides in Castro Valley with wife, Shay, season. A graduate of Buena High School in Ventura, and daughters, Makayla and Makenzia. Prior to his arrival at Cal in 1994, Reeves served Calif., Maher earned her bachelor’s degree in as head softball coach at Lynbrook High School physical education from Fresno State in 1995. in San Jose. He led his teams to a combined 105- 27 record over five years, including a Central Coast Section title. From 1987-93, he coached the Twin Creeks Diamonds ASA team, developing SOFTBALL SUPPORT STAFF more than 30 players who earned positions on Division I softball teams. He has also served as a Bobby Sox and PAL coach for 12 years. In addition to his coaching stints, Reeves has TERESA KUEHN CHRIS GIOVANNETTI presented pitching techniques and strategies at Executive Media Relations various clinics, including the NFCA Softball Ex- Associate AD/ 1st Year at Cal posure Camp. Reeves graduated from San Jose State with a Senior Women’s bachelor’s degree in liberal studies in 1980. He Administrator and his wife, Marsha, reside in San Jose. 5th Year at Cal

FOTI MELLIS BRIAN WILKINSON Associate AD, Equipment Compliance Manager 3rd Year at Cal 3rd Year at Cal

RICKEY BONDS Trainer - 2nd Year at Cal

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