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ANITA BROWN DIANDRA GIBSON HANNAH PLYBON MEGAN BARILLA TABLE OF CONTENTS COACHING STAFF Table of Contents ......................................................................................................2 Directions to Campus ...............................................................................................3 Athletics Communications ........................................................................................3 Quick Facts ................................................................................................................4 Media Information ...................................................................................................5 Roster Information ...................................................................................................6 Radio/Television Chart ..............................................................................................7 2015-16 Schedule ....................................................................................................8 Series Records vs. 2015-16 Opponents ...............................................................9-11 2014-15 Season Review ................................................................................... 12-14 COACHING STAFF Head Coach Jodi Kest ....................................................................................... 16-18 Associate Head Coach Melissa Jackson ..................................................................19 Assistant Coach Sam Pierce ....................................................................................20 Assistant Coach Preston Reid ..................................................................................20 Support Staff ...........................................................................................................21 Akron Zips by Class .................................................................................................22 MEET THE 2015 AKRON ZIPS Meet the Zips .................................................................................................... 24-36 THIS IS AKRON BASKETBALL James A. Rhodes Arena .................................................................................... 38-39 S BASKETNALL Mid-American Conference Schedule ......................................................................40 ’ AKRON HISTORY All-Time Series History ............................................................................................42 All-Time Annual Team Statistics/Coaching Records .................................................43 All-Time Letterwinners ............................................................................................44 Team Records ..........................................................................................................45 Individual Records ............................................................................................ 46-48 Akron Hall of Fame .................................................................................................49 Margins of Victory/Defeat .......................................................................................49 All-Time Honors ......................................................................................................50 AKRON WOMEN Annual Leaders ................................................................................................. 51-53 Overtime/100-Point Games ....................................................................................53 Team Awards ...........................................................................................................54 Postseason History ........................................................................................... 55-60 AKRON RESULTS Year-By-Year Results .......................................................................................... 62-68 CREDITS Follow Akron women’s basketball on the official web site of UA Athletics, www.GoZips.com. The publication was designed, written, and edited by Sean Palchick, with The site offers everything for the Zips fan, media member, and recruit. From the latest results, editorial assistance from Dallas Moyer, Cathy Bongiovi. Cover design and recaps and statistics to previews and press releases. Updated daily, the newly-redesigned layout by Jessica Atsas. Photography by John Ashley, Ernie Aranyosi, and www.GoZips.com also provides ticket information and UA apparel. If it’s happening in Zips Jeff Harwell. Athletics, it’s happening on . www.GoZips.com 2 GoZips.com/ZipsWBB 2015-16 WOMEN’S’BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE DIRECTIONS TO CAMPUS | ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT INFO External Relations Office Phone: (330) 972-7468 External Relations/Athletics Comm. Fax: (330) 374-8844 InfoCision Stadium Press Box Phone: (330) 374-2913 Athletics Ticket Office: 1-888-99-AKRON Athletics Dept. Phone: (330) 972-7080 Athletics Department Fax: (330) 972-5473 Athletics Web Site: GoZips.com Mid-American Conference Office Phone: (216) 566-4622 MAC Office Fax: (216) 858-9622 AKRON WOMEN MAC Web Site: www.MAC-Sports.com ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Rhodes Arena • Suite 83 • Akron, OH 44325-5201 DIRECTIONS TO CAMPUS Below are directions to the UA campus and CATHY InfoCision Stadium-Summa Field (building #99 on the campus map on page 4). BONGIOVI From Rt. 8 North: Exit Buchtel Avenue. Go straight through traffic } Assistant AD for Communications light. Turn right on Carroll Street at the next traffic } E-Mail: [email protected] light. InfoCision Stadium-Summa Field is to your } Office: (330) 972-6106 • Cell: (267) 326-5400 ’ left. Gameday media parking is in Lot 1 at this } Contact for Football S BASKETBALL intersection (Carroll Street/Spicer Street). From I-77 North, Rt. 8 North, I-76 West: SEAN Take 77 North/76 West to Route 8 North. Take the first exit (Carroll Street/Buchtel Ave.). Turn left PALCHICK at the stop light. The second traffic light is the Carroll Street/Spicer Street intersection. InfoCision } Associate Director for Communications Stadium-Summa Field is to your left. Gameday } E-Mail: [email protected] media parking is in Lot 1 at this intersection. } Office: (330) 972-2677 • Cell: (440) 567-3992 From Route 8 South: } Contact for Men’s Soccer, Women’s Basketball, XC/Track & Field Follow 76 East/77 South to the Route 8 North/ Cuyahoga Falls exit. Take the first exit (Carroll BRIAN Street/Buchtel Ave.). Turn left at the stop light. The second traffic light is the Carroll Street/Spicer Street intersection. InfoCision Stadium-Summa DENNISON Field is to your left. Gameday media parking is in } Assistant Director for Communications [Basketball Contact] Lot 1 at this intersection. } E-Mail: [email protected] From I-76 East/I-77 South: } Office: (330) 972-6292 • Cell: (330) 571-4145 Follow 76 East/77 South to the Route 8 North/ } Contact for Men’s Basketball, Men’s & Women’s Golf Cuyahoga Falls exit. Take the first exit (Carroll Street/Buchtel). Turn left at the stop light. The sec- CHELSEA ond traffic light is the Carroll Street/Spicer Street intersection. InfoCision Stadium-Summa Field is to your left. Gameday media parking is in Lot 1 at ANDORKA this intersection. } Graduate Assistant for Communications E-Mail: [email protected] From the west on Market Street: } Office: (330) 972-7171 • Cell: (330) 844-6305 Take Market to Union Street and follow Union } Street to Buchtel Avenue. At Buchtel turn left and } Contact for Volleyball, Tennis, XC/Track & Field [secondary contact] go to the first traffic light. Turn right at the light onto Spicer Street. InfoCision Stadium-Summa JONATHAN Field is straight ahead. Gameday media parking is in Lot 1 at the corner of Carroll and Spicer Streets. PLATTEN From the west on Exchange Street: } Graduate Assistant for Communications Take Exchange to Spicer Street and turn left. InfoCision Stadium-Summa Field is to your left. } E-Mail: [email protected] Gameday media parking is in Lot 1 at the Carroll } Office: (330) 972-6584 • Cell: (216) 973-4181 and Spicer Streets. } Contact for Women’s Soccer, Rifle, Swimming & Diving, Softball #ZipsGameday 3 #RiZeUP! QUICK FACTS THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON COACHING STAFF Location Akron, Ohio (44325) Head Coach Population 200,000 (fifth largest in Ohio) Jodi Kest 10th Season Founded 1870 (as Buchtel College) Alma Mater Slippery Rock, 1984 Enrollment 26,000 Record at Akron (Yrs.) 142-139 (.505) (9) Nickname Zips Career Record/Pct. (Yrs.) 368-291 (.558) (23) School Colors Blue (PMS 282) and Gold (PMS 871) Associate Head Coach Affiliation NCAA Division I Melissa Jackson (Richmond, 2004) Eighth Season Conference Mid-American (East Division) Assistant Coaches President Dr. Scott L. Scarborough Sam Pierce (Slippery Rock, 2002) Second Season Director of Athletics Larry Williams Preston Reid (Ball State, 2011) Fourth Season Faculty Athletics Representative: Dr. Deborah Owens Director of Basketball Operations Sr. Associate AD/SWA/WBB Administrator Mary Lu Gribschaw Candace Smith (Central Michigan, 2008) Eighth Season Sr. Associate AD/Development and Marketing George Van Horne Graduate Manager/Video Coordinator Athletics Department Phone (330) 972-7080 Jared Roane (Akron, 2011) Second Season Ticket Office Phone 1-888-99-AKRON Graduate Manager Chelsie Butler (Marquette, 2015) First Season JAMES A. RHODES ARENA Home Facility: James A. Rhodes Arena SOCIAL MEDIA Rhodes Arena Capacity: 5,500 Web Site GoZips.com/ZipsWBB Rhodes Arena Press Row Phone: (330) 374-8771 Twitter @ZipsWBB Facebook /ZipsWBB PROGRAM HISTORY Instagram /ZipsWBB