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2010 Big Sky Volleyball Table of Contents Conference History .............................................................................2 2010 Big Sky Preaseason Polls ...........................................................3 2010 Composite Schedule ............................................................. 4-6 2010 Big Sky Championship Bracket ................................................7 2009 Big Sky Season Review ........................................................ 8-12 2009 Polls and Rankings ...................................................................13 Final 2009 Statistics .....................................................................14-15 Team Pages (See Below for Breakdown) ....................................16-51 Big Sky Single Match Highs .............................................................52 2491 Washington Boulevard, Suite 201 Big Sky Single Season Individual Records ...............................53-54 Ogden, Utah 84401 Big Sky Single Season Team Records ........................................55-56 Phone: 801.392.1978 • Fax: 801.392.5568 Annual Individual Leaders ...............................................................57 www.bigskyconf.com Annual Team Leaders .......................................................................58 Big Sky Career Leaders ...............................................................59-61 Big Sky Conference Staff Players of the Week .....................................................................62-63 Commissioner ...........................................................................Doug Fullerton All-Conference Teams ................................................................64-66 Associate Commissioner ...............................................................Ron Loghry Annual Award Winners ....................................................................67 Assistant Comm./Compliance ...............................................Jaynee Nadolski All-America and All-Region Honorees ..........................................68 Assistant Comm./Media Relations .................................................Jon Kasper All-Academic Teams ...................................................................69-71 Media Relations Intern ........................................................... Anne Morrison Marketing/Media Relations ..................................................... Tanner Gooch Big Sky Scholar Athletes and CoSIDA All-Academians ..............71 Supervisor of Volleyball/Basketball Offi cials ........................Marla Denham Big Sky Championship History .................................................72-75 Supervisor of Football Offi cials .................................................... Doug Toole Big Sky Championship Records ................................................76-79 Business Manager ...................................................................... Christy Hatley Postseason History ............................................................................80 Administrative Assistant ........................................................Janet Carpenter Year-by-Year Final Standings .....................................................81-82 Composite Coaching Records .........................................................83 Internet Big Sky Series Records ......................................................................84 Th e offi cial website of the Big Sky Conference can be accessed by visiting www.bigskyconf.com. Weekly match notes, news releases, statistics and Team Pages standings are updated on the website. Volleyball statistics are updated on Eastern Washington ....................................................................16-19 Sunday’s following Saturday matches. Idaho State ....................................................................................20-23 Player of the Week Montana ........................................................................................24-27 Each week of the 2010 volleyball season, the Big Sky offi ce selects a Player Montana State ..............................................................................28-31 of the Week. Th e winner is announced Mondays by noon via a PDF Northern Arizona ........................................................................32-35 document email and the release is also available on the website. Nomina- Northern Colorado .....................................................................36-39 tions are made by each institutions’ sports information director. Portland State ...............................................................................40-43 Sacramento State .........................................................................44-47 Weekly Press Release Weber State ...................................................................................48-51 Th e Big Sky Conference media relations department produces a weekly volleyball release every Monday during the season. Media can re- ceive the releases as a PDF document via email by contacting Anne at 801.392.1978 ext. 12 or email at [email protected]. Volleyball on Big Sky TV All-Conference and Individual Awards Following the completion of the regular season, the Big Sky names First, Second and Honorable Mention All-Conference Teams. Individual awards consist of the Most Valuable Player, Outstanding Freshman, Top Newcomer and Libero of the Year. All awards are voted on by Big Sky volleyball coaches. Catch all of the 2010 conferences matches, as well as Credits non-conference matches held in Big Sky Conference Th e 2010 Big Sky Conference volleyball media guide is published by the venues at www.bigskytv.org. You can watch all matches Big Sky Conference. Th e guide was written, edited and designed by Anne live for free. Morrison. Cover design by Mackenzie Kasper. Special thanks to the nine www.bigskytv.org Big Sky institutional media relations staff and photo departments for all their help in putting the guide together. 1 2010 Big Sky Volleyball • www.bigskyconf.com Big Sky Conference History he Big Sky Conference enters its 48th year of Of the eight western-most states in the contiguous United athletic competition in 2010-11. Th e Big Sky is States only one, Nevada, is not represented in the Big Sky. an NCAA Division I member in all sports, with member institutions classifi ed in the Football On Feb 25, 1963, the name Big Sky was adopted by the six Championship Subdivision (formally I-AA). presidents of the charter members as the name of the new Th e Big Sky returned to a nine-team format in 2006 with the conference. Th e name Big Sky originated in a novel written Taddition of Northern Colorado. by the late A.B. (Bud) Guthrie of Great Falls, Mont., in 1947 entitled “Th e Big Sky.” Jack Hollowell, a former Montana Th e current lineup includes Eastern Washington, Idaho advertising director, promoted the Big Sky theme for the State, Montana, Montana State, Northern Arizona, Northern Treasure State. While on a track and fi eld trip from Pocatel- Colorado, Portland State, Sacramento State and Weber State. lo, Idaho, to Missoula, Mont., the legendary Dubby Holt of Th e league has become one of the strongest Division I con- Idaho State saw a “Welcome to Big Sky Country” sign as his ferences in the West and is a national leader in the Football team entered Montana. Holt, and his athletes thought “Big Championship Subdivision. Sky” would be a perfect name for the new conference. Harry Missildine of the Spokane Spokesman-Review called for the Th e Big Sky Conference was established in 1963 by six newly formed league to be named the Big Sky Conference charter members – Idaho, Idaho State, Gonzaga, Montana, in his column dated Feb. 20, 1963. Montana State and Weber State. Th ose six schools formed the foundation of the Big Sky before the league expanded in Th e Big Sky sponsors championships in 14 sports, 1970 by adding Boise State and Northern Arizona. Gonzaga including men’s and women’s cross country, indoor and left the Sky in 1979 and was replaced by Nevada, which outdoor track and fi eld, basketball and tennis. In addition, gave the league eight members. Th e conference grew to nine there are also championships in football, and women’s vol- schools in 1987 with the addition of Eastern Washington. leyball, golf and soccer. Th e 1990s saw change in the makeup of the league, Th e 2010-2011 season will mark the 23rd year that the beginning in 1992 when Nevada departed and put the Big Big Sky Conference will sponsor championships in women’s Sky back at eight teams. In 1996 Boise State and Idaho left sports. Th e former Mountain West Conference existed from and at the same time the conference added Portland State, 1982-88, sponsoring championships for women’s sports at Sacramento State and Cal State Northridge. Th e Big Sky the same institutions the Big Sky had men’s programs. Th e maintained nine teams for fi ve years before Cal State North- Big Sky merged with the Mountain West in 1988, forming ridge departed in the spring of 2001. one league for both men and women. With the addition of Northern Colorado, the Big Sky Doug Fullerton, the fi ft h commissioner of the Big Sky spreads across eight states spanning from the Pacifi c Ocean Conference, will enter his 15th year at the helm. Fullerton to the Rocky Mountain Front. Th e Big Sky is represented took over the Big Sky on July 1, 1995, replacing longtime along the entire west coast with schools in Washington, commissioner Ron Stephenson. Stephenson served

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