Staff Profiles Craig Haubrich Coordinator of Basketball Operations * First Year * Arizona, 2002 The most staff, boosters, season ticket holders team as a student athletic trainer recent addi- and alumni. during the 2000-01 season. tion to the During the 2001-02 school year, Haubrichs other experience includes Arizona staff Haubrich was a student intern with performing as a marketing assistant is coordinator the UA athletics event management for Lane Affiliated Companies in of basketball office, where he directed event Tucson during 2001 and acting as operations Craig Haubrich, who operations for baseball and assisted executive director of the universitys joined the program in July. in operations for football, volleyball, annual carnival, the Spring Fling, Haubrichs responsibilities gymnastics and mens and womens from 1999-2000. include coordination of all team basketball. Over the same time A graduate of the University of travels and program events, mainte- frame, Haubrich was also the direc- Arizona, Haubrich earned his degree nance of the program master calen- tor of Safe Ride, a program which in business administration, with a dar, production of a quarterly booster provides UA students with safe rides dual major of marketing and busi- newsletter and preparation of pro- around campus after hours. ness management, in May of 2002. gram expense reports and annual An internship with the UA athlet- His extracurricular activities included operation budget. He will also ics medical services staff gave membership in the Phi Kappa Tau supervise the team managers and Haubrich the opportunity to work Fraternity and acting as a campus be the programs liaison with support with the Wildcat womens basketball tour guide. 2002-03 rizona Womens Basketball 41 Support Staff Sylvia Carver Anna Ferguson Preston Greene Julius Holt Secretary Athletic Strength & Academic Trainer Conditioning Counselor Barbara Bouldin Mindy Claggett Alexis Johansen Nathan Luckow Equipment Media Team Team Manager Relations Manager Manager (Fourth Year) (Third Year) Courtney Peters Kate Deiters Michael Perkins Chenin Rogers Team Team Team Team Manager Manager Manager Manager (Second Year) (First Year) (First Year) (First Year) 42 2002-03 rizona Womens Basketball 2001-02 Season Review 2002-03 rizona Womens Basketball 43 2001-02 Season Review There are no two ways about it -- the ment. However, the UA was pitted 2001-02 season was a rough one for the against No. 3 seed and eventual University of Arizona womens basketball tournament champion Arizona State team. The difficulties actually started that in the first round, and the Cats found August, when anticipated starter Veranda their season over much earlier than James left the program for personal rea- theyd hoped it would be. It also sons. ended Arizonas six-year string of consecutive post-season appear- Then the Wildcats found out that their ances. star recruit Shawntinice Polk, a high school All-American, didnt meet academic require- ABOUT THE SEASON: The 2001- ments, wouldnt be on campus until Janu- 02 season looked promising ary and even then wouldnt be eligible to enough from the outset, as the Cats play until the 2002-03 season. To com- ripped off three straight victories in pound the problem, sophomore guard Jenn the first six days of the season over Chesney went down with an ACL tear in Pepperdine, defending WNIT cham- September, and freshman guard Katrina pion Ohio State and defending Lindner, another potential starter, tore an NCAA champion Notre Dame. After ACL in October. a loss at New Mexico in their first road game of the season on Nov. So, the Wildcats entered yet another 27, things went from bad to worse. season short-handed. Most of the year, to a win over Washington. Unfortunately, the they had 10 active players, but more than Losing sophomore guard Candice Allen advent of the Pac-10 Tournament forced the once during the season, they found them- to a grade-three concussion during the first Cats to play their final non-conference game selves down to only eight. Of those 10 ac- contest, the Cats dropped back-to-back against traditional powerhouse UC Santa tive players, only four had played more than games in their own Arizona Basketball Clas- Barbara just two days after the Washing- one season of collegiate basketball prior to sic for the first time in the history of the tour- ton schools, and the Wildcats suffered for 2001-02. nament. A win at Rice on Dec. 8 ended what it, dropping a game to the Gauchos for the had become a nine-game road losing skid The youth and general inexperience of first time since 1990. for the Cats, but they followed that up with the squad shown through, as Arizona played a devastating loss at Stephen F. Austin a A sweep at USC (Jan. 17) and UCLA to a 14-14 overall mark, the teams worst week later. (Jan. 19) the following weekend more than record since the 1994-95 team went 11-19. made up for that loss, however, as Arizona A positive was that the Cats were 10-8 in After being thoroughly beaten by then- won its first conference road games in more Pac-10 play, a one-game improvement over No. 6 Stanford at home during the Pac-10 than a year and swept the L.A. schools on the 2001 teams 9-9 finish, but last years opener on Dec. 19, Arizona recovered to the road for the first time since 1998. The 10-8 mark was good enough only for a tie edge California just before Christmas break. Cats four-game road swing continued with with Oregon for sixth place in the final con- Losses at Arizona State (Dec. 30), Oregon a loss at then-No. 3 Stanford on Jan. 24 ference standings. (Jan. 4) and Oregon State (Jan. 6) had the and a win at California two days later. Ari- Wildcats in a true tailspin and sitting at 5-8 By virtue of tie-breakers, Arizona zona returned home to split with Oregon overall. Candice Allen, who had missed earned the No. 6 seed in the inaugural State State (88-85 overtime loss) on Jan. 31 and seven games with her concussion, returned Farm Pac-10 Womens Basketball Tourna- Oregon (84-68 win) on Feb. 2. They fol- to action at Oregon lowed that with a split at Washington (77- State but wasnt able 73 loss) and Washington State (106-60 win) to play enough min- during the second weekend in February. utes in that contest to truly make a differ- Arizona wrapped up regular-season ence. play with a trio of home games that included a win over UCLA on Feb. 14, a loss to USC Allen had a major im- on Feb. 16, and a victory over Arizona State pact the following on Feb. 23. Barely a week later, the Cats weekend, though. found themselves facing their rival ASU During a sweep of the again in the first round of the inaugural Pac- Washington schools 10 Tournament in Eugene, Oregon. Arizona at home, she aver- held 10-point lead at halftime of that game aged 21 points and on Mar. 2, but the Cats just couldnt contain 4.5 rebounds per an ASU team that would eventually advance game and exploded to win the tournament. for a career-high 25 points on Jan. 12 INDIVIDUALLY IN 2001-02: Averaging The Cats celebrate at mid-court after upsetting defending national champion while leading the Cats 16.1 points per game, senior forward Eliza- Notre Dame with a buzzer-beater shot. beth Pickney lead the Wildcats in scoring. 44 2002-03 rizona Womens Basketball 2001-02 Season Review Freshman guard Dee-Dee Wheeler was Arizona had four second in scoring, averaging 12.3 ppg, fol- players among the top lowed closely by sophomore guards Aimee 20 in the conference in Grzyb (10.8 ppg) and Candice Allen (10.0 scoring. Pickney was ppg). seventh (16.1 ppg), Wheeler was 13th Senior center LaKeisha Taylor was fifth (12.2 ppg), Aimee on the scoring chart, with 9.6 ppg, trailed Grzyb was 17th (10.8 by junior wing Krista Warrens 8.2 ppg. ppg), and Candice Fellow junior Julie Brase averaged 5.6 ppg, Allen was 19th (10.0 and freshman guard Robin Roberson reg- ppg). istered 4.8 points per game. TOUGH SCHEDULE: Krista Warren was Arizonas top Thirteen of Arizonas 18 rebounder, with a career-best season av- opponents last year erage of 8.1 rpg. Pickney was a close sec- earned post-season ond, averaging 8.0 rpg, followed by bids. Seven teams -- LaKeisha Taylors 5.7 rpg and Dee-Dee Arizona State, UC Wheelers 3.4 rpg. Santa Barbara, New ARIZONA IN THE PAC-10: As a team, Ari- Mexico, Notre Dame, Posts Elizabeth Pickney (45) and LaKeisha Taylor (50) dominated the zona finished the year as the Pac-10 leader Pepperdine, Stanford boards for the Cats in 2002. in free throw percentage (.740) and was and Stephen F. Austin - second in scoring offense (74.1 ppg), three- - were in the NCAA tournament. The oth- games last year. During those contests, the point field goal percentage (.366) and de- ers -- Holy Cross, Oregon, Oregon State, Cats averaged 84.5 points per game, out- fensive rebounds (25.07 drpg). Rice, USC and Washington -- were all in scored their opponents by an average of the WNIT. Oregon was the most success- 16.3 ppg and shot 46.5 percent from the Individually, Krista Warren was fifth in ful, winning its second WNIT championship floor, 38.1 percent from three-point range the conference in rebounding (8.1 rpg), at the end of March. Stanford was the only and 82.8 percent from the free throw line.