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ORANGE POWER 2009 TENNESSEE LADY VOL SOFTBALL LADY VOL SOFTBALL Tennessee’s ranking for a record 11 1 weeks in 2007, becoming the first SEC team to reach No. 1 Consecutive SEC Player of the Year 2 awards for Tennessee (2007, 2008) Consecutive 60+ win seasons and berths in the Women’s College 3 World Series First-Team ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America selections 5 since 2006 Louisville Slugger/NFCA 15 All-American selections since 2004 Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-South 22 Region selections since 2002 All-SEC or All-SEC Freshman 26 selections since 2002 Career home runs by Tonya Callahan, the all- 51 time leader for the Lady Vols Pitching wins by NCAA career leader and former 189 Lady Vol Monica Abbott Total victories in seven seasons at Tennessee by 376 co-head coaches Ralph and Karen Weekly, the most in the SEC during that time span Career batting average of all-time Lady Vol .417 leader India Chiles Tennessee’s all-time NCAA-best fielding .988 percentage in 2007, the third time UT topped the nation in the last five seasons Total number of career strikeouts 2,440 for all-time NCAA Division I leader, former Lady Vol and Olympian Monica Abbott 2009 LADY VOL SOFTBALL QUICK FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION GENERAL INFORMATION Location . Knoxville, Tennessee 37996 Lady Vols Inside the Numbers . Inside. Front Cover Founded . .1794 as Blount College Quick Facts/Table of Contents . .1 Enrollment . 26,400. Media Information/Phone Directory . .2 Nickname . Lady Volunteers (Lady Vols) Media Services . 3 Colors . Orange. and White Radio/Television Spotting Chart . 4 Affiliation . .NCAA Division I Team Photograph and Roster . 5 Conference . Southeastern. (SEC), Eastern Division Squad Breakdown/Positional Depth Chart . 6 Home Field . Sherri. Parker Lee Softball Stadium (1,614)/Second Season 2008 Final National Rankings . .6 Dimensions . Left-200,. Center-220, Right-200 All-Time Home Record (Lee Stadium) . .29-8 ( .784) 2009 LADY VOL PREVIEW All-Time Home Record (Tyson Park) . 241-72 ( .770) 2009 Season Preview . 8-10. President . Dr. John Petersen (Cal State Los Angeles ‘70) Chancellor . Dr. Jimmy Cheek (Texas A&M, ‘69) COACHES AND STAFF Faculty Athletics Representative . Dr . Todd A . Diacon (Southwestern College (Kan .) ‘78) Co-Head Coach Ralph Weekly . 12-13. Athletics Director . Joan. Cronan (LSU ’66) Co-Head Coach Karen Weekly . 14-15. Senior Associate A.D. Donna. Thomas (Tennessee ’88) Assistant Coach Marty McDaniel . 16 Assoc. A.D. – Media Relations . Debby Jennings (Tennessee ’77) Vol . Assistant Coach Marc Weekly . .17 Assoc. A.D. – Marketing & Promotions . Chris Fuller (Shepherd [W . Va .] ‘88) What the Lady Vols Say About the Weeklys . .17 Assoc. A.D. – Development . Dara. Worrell (Tennessee Tech ’93) Softball Support Staff . 18 Assoc. A.D. – Sports Medicine . .Jenny Moshak (Western Michigan ’85) Asst. A.D. – Ticket Operations . Joe Arnone (Merrimack [Mass .], ‘88) MEET THE LADY VOLS Asst. A.D. – Facilities & Operations . Angie. Boyd Keck (Tennessee ’94) Lady Vol Bios . 20-39. Asst. A.D. – Compliance & Operations . Todd. Dooley (Tennessee ’97) All-Time UT Softball Roster . 40-41. Asst. A.D. -- Strength & Conditioning . Heather Mason (Cincinnati ’96) The Lighter Side of Tennessee . 42-43. Assoc. Strength & Cond. Coach . Collin. Schlosser (Miami [Ohio], ‘00) Lady Vols to Watch . .44 Asst. Athletic Trainer (SB) . Amanda Shields (College of Charleston ‘03) Internet Communications Director . Rick. Starratt (Wheaton [Mass .] ’96) 2008 SEASON IN REVIEW Athletics Department Web Site . www .utladyvols .com 2008 Review . 46-48. Game-by-Game Results . 49 COACHING STAFF Final Overall and SEC Statistics . 50 Co-Head Coach . Ralph. Weekly (Arizona State ’73) Statistical Breakdown . 51 Ralph Weekly’s Record at UT . 376-117-1. ( .762)/Seven Years Inside the Numbers/Lady Vol Individual Honors . 52 Ralph Weekly’s Career Record . 877-298-1. ( .746)/21 Years Co-Head Coach . Karen. Weekly (Pacific Lutheran ’86) THE SEC AND NCAA Karen Weekly’s Record at UT . 376-117-1(. .762)/Seven Years The Southeastern Conference/SEC Quick Facts and Awards . 54 Karen Weekly’s Career Record . 599-214-1. ( .736)/12 Years 2008 SEC Standings/Tournament Results . 55 Softball Office Phone . (865). 974-8192 SEC Statistical Summary/Year-by-Year Standings . 56-58. Assistant Coach . .Marty McDaniel (Carson-Newman ‘89) 2008 NCAA Statistical Leaders . 59 Vol. Assistant Coach . Marc Weekly (Pacific Lutheran ‘93) Softball and the NCAA . 60 Director of Softball Operations . Kendall Rainey (Virginia [Wise] ’05) Managers . Caroline. Powell, Kirstie Reed, Tyler Sadler 2009 OPPONENTS Lady Vol Travel Plans . 62 MEDIA RELATIONS 2009 Opponents . 62-68. Mailing Address . 117 Stokely Athletics Center . Knoxville,. Tenn . 37996-3110 LADY VOL HISTORY AND RECORDS Asst. Media Relations Director/Softball Contact . Brian Davis (Tennessee ’97) Tennessee Team & Individual Records . 70-71. Davis’ Office Phone/Cell Phone . (865) 974-7478/696-7947 Opponent Team & Individual Records . 72 E-Mail Address . .bdavis16@utk .edu Lady Vol Single-Season & Career Leaders . 73-77. Media Relations Fax . (865). 974-8875 Top Performances by Class . .78 Lee Stadium Press Box . (865). 946-3979 NCAA Tournament History/Regionals/Women’s College World Series . 79-86. Lady Vol All-Americans . 87 TEAM INFORMATION Lady Vol Honors and Awards . 88-91. 2008 Overall Record . .50-16 ( .758) Lady Vol Legend -- Monica Abbott . .92 2008 SEC Record/Finish . 14-12. ( .538)/2nd in Eastern Division Lady Vol Olympian -- Monica Abbott . .93 Postseason . 1-1. at SEC Tournament (T-3rd), 3-2 in NCAA Regional #13 Lady Vols of Distinction . 94-95. Letterwinners Returning/Lost . 10/7. Lady Vols and USA Softball . .96 Position Starters Returning/Lost . 6/4. Series Records/Records vs . Conferences/Team-by-Team Scores . 97-102. Pitchers Returning/Lost . 2/1. Year-by-Year Results . 103-108. Newcomers . 7 THIS IS TENNESSEE Excellence in Athletics . 110-111. ABOUT THE COVER History of Lady Vol Athletics . 112-113. Tennessee Athletic Facilities . 114-116. Power is defined as the energy by which a physical system is operated . The Lady Vol Facts . 117 ultimate goal is for that power to be as energy efficient and clean burning as pos- Thornton Athletic Student Life Center . 118-119. sible while still being effective . Few systems in the world of collegiate softball The University of Tennessee . 120-121. have utilized power more effectively and efficiently over the last few years to Welcome to Knoxville . 122-123. achieve success on a league and national level than Tennessee Lady Vol softball . Women’s Athletics Director Joan Cronan . 124-125. Lady Vol co-head softball coaches Ralph and Karen Weekly have put their heads Women’s Athletics Staff . 126-127. together with their staff and worked to discover the proper method for plugging Lady Vol Head and Assistant Coaches . .128 their squad in for accomplishment utilizing “Orange Power.” The 2008 Volscars . .129 Lady Vol Traditions . 130 Lady Vol Scholarship Endowments . 131 CREDITS Lady Vol Hall of Fame . 132 Lee Softball Stadium . Inside Back Cover The 2009 Lady Volunteer Softball Media Guide was written, edited and designed by Brian Davis, Debby Jennings, Eric Trainer, Cameron Harris, Marcus Dittmer, Kelly Hayes and 2009 Schedule . Back. Cover Zach Stipe with original contributions from John Hines, Koby Padgett and Courtney Tysinger . Photography by the UT Photography Center, Assistant Director of Internet Communications Rick Starratt, Elizabeth Olivier of the UT Athletics Department, William Ewart, Jim Burgess and USA Softball . Printing by UT Graphic Arts Services of Knoxville . Cover and graphic enhancement by Cameron Harris . PAN E01-0245-061-010-09 . www.utladyvols.com 1 MEDIA INFORMATION BRIAN DAVIS Assistant Media Relations Director PHONE DIRECTORY MEDIA DIRECTORY Brian Davis rejoined the Lady Vols staff on a (Area Code 865 unless noted) full-time basis in September 2004, after spend- Outlet Phone Fax ing the previous year as an assistant media rela- tions director at Vanderbilt University . With the Associated Press (Knoxville) 522-3963 523-5904 Commodores, Davis handled the day-to-day media Associated Press (Nashville) (800) 453-1282 (615) 376-0947 relations duties for the women’s basketball and Chattanooga Times Free Press (800) 733-2637 (423) 757-6490 men’s golf programs . He also assisted in the hosting Kingsport Times News (423) 392-1323 (423) 392-1385 of the 2004 SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament in Nashville, Tenn ., Knoxville News-Sentinel 342-6259 342-6402 and traveled to Athens, Ga ., as the media contact with the VU women’s Maryville Daily Times 981-1145 981-1175 tennis team during its run to the NCAA Final Four . NFCA (662) 320-2155 (662) 320-2283 At UT, Davis is in charge of all publicity efforts for the nationally- Rocky Top News 558-9791 558-9221 ranked softball program . The Jackson, Tenn ., native is familiar with the The Daily Beacon (UT) 974-0646 974-5569 Tennessee program after serving for three seasons (2000-03) as a media The Tennessean (Nashville) (615) 259-8010 (615) 259-8826 relations graduate assistant and intern working with the Lady Vol bas- USA Softball (405) 424-3463 (405) 424-4734 ketball team . Since entering the profession in 1999, he has worked as a USA Today (703) 276-3735 (703) 276-3721 contact or assistant contact with seven teams over four sports that have WATE-TV 6 (ABC)/WTNZ-43 (FOX) 637-6397 523-3561 been to NCAA Final Fours or the Women’s College World Series, two WBIR-TV 10 (NBC) 637-1272 522-7341 NCAA finalists and served as a part of seven Southeastern Conference WNML-AM & FM 588-6511 558-4218 regular-season or tournament championship teams . Davis earned a bach- elor’s degree in communications from Tennessee in 1997 . He completed WUTK-FM 974-2228 974-2814 work on a master’s degree in sport administration from UT in 2002 . WVLT-TV 8 (CBS) 450-8888 584-1978 UT MEDIA RELATIONS/CREDENTIAL REQUESTS ATHLETICS The University of Tennessee Lady Vol Media Relations Department (Area Code 865) looks forward to serving the members of the media during the 2009 Department Phone Lady Vol softball season .