HISTORY OPPONENTS 06-07 REVIEW PLAYERS COACHES INFORMATION L L A B T E K S A B S ’ N E M O W E T A T S R E B E W 8 0 - 7 0 0 2 WILDCAT COACHES m o c . s t r o p s e t a t s r e b e w
2007-08 WEBER STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL INFORMATION HEAD COACH CARLA TAYLOR CARLA TAYLOR HEAD COACH 20TH SEASON COACHES
PLAYERS The 2007-08 season will mark the 20th season for Carla Taylor as the head coach of the Weber State women’s basketball program. Taylor has been associated with the Wildcat women’s basketball tem for over 25 years as a player and coach. She has the second-most wins among coaches in Big Sky history and has produced 22 All- Big Sky First Team selections and five District 7 Kodak OFF THE COURT WITH All-Americans. In 19 seasons as head coach Taylor CARLA TAYLOR has amassed a career record of 270-265 at Weber State. She is 163-122 all-time in Big Sky Conference Birthdate: April 29, 1961 games. Heading into this season she has coached the 06-07 REVIEW Birthplace: LaGrande, Oregon Wildcats in 535 games and among active coaches, she Alma Mater: Weber State ‘84 has the eighth most wins of any coach in the nation at Dream vacation: Italy one school. Craziest ambition: Win the lottery -- and I will win it. I would most like to have dinner with: Oprah Winfrey In 20 years I plan to be: Retired The Wildcats are coming off a 17-14 overall record Favorite food: Sushi during the 2006-07 season. WSU also finished 11-5 in Favorite movie: On Golden Pond Big Sky play, ending up in a tie for second place in the Favorite sports team: Weber State Wildcats league standings. The Wildcats started the conference My best basketball memory: Finally winning a Big Sky Cham- season 6-0, their best conference start in school history. pionships and cutting down the nets. WSU advanced to their 14th overall appearance and Before each game I like to: Have time to myself When I’m not coaching I’m most likely: Riding my road bike, 12th straight appearance at the Big Sky Tournament. OPPONENTS mountain biking, skiing, or working in the yard. The Wildcats beat Portland State in the First Round One thing most people don’t know about me: My graduating before losing to eventual tournament champion Idaho high school class was 19. State in the Second Round. Weber State has advanced One word that best describes me ON the court: Competi- to the championship game of the Big Sky Tournament tor in four of the last six years. One word that best describes me OFF the court: Dancer In 19 season as head coach Taylor has been through it all with the Wildcats. She has coached Weber State against 86 different schools during her tenure and has coached WSU in games in 22 different states. She has coached the most games against Eastern Washington, Montana, and Northern Arizona, all of which she has faced HISTORY 43 times during her career with the Wildcats.
Carla Taylor’s (CT) loyalties to Weber State began when she signed her letter of intent to play for the Wildcats and continued as she was hired as one of the youngest head coaches in Division I at the age of 26 in 1988.
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The 2001-02 season was a season of firsts for Taylor and the ‘Cats. They produced the first 20-win season, finishing with a record of 22-9. They also won their first Big Sky regular season championship (tied with Montana State), the first Big
Sky Championship, and the first trip for the school to the NCAA COACHES tournament, losing to Stanford in the first round. Other firsts for WSU during the year were: First time to host a Big Sky Championship; First time to have a Wildcat player named the Big Sky Most Valuable Player (Stephanie Stanger); and the first time to have a Wildcat
named as the Big Sky Tournament MVP (also Stanger).
The 2002-03 season was an encore to the previous year. The Carla Taylor cutting down the net at her Wildcats put together a 19-8 regular season record, including an 11- first Big Sky Championship in 2002. 3 conference record, which netted the team a Big Sky regular season PLAYERS co-championship with Montana State. For the second-straight year the ‘Cats hosted the conference tournament, and defeated Eastern Washington and Montana Carla Taylor’s Coaching Highlights State to post their second-straight Big Sky title Three-time Big Sky Coach of the Year (1996, 2002, 2003) and another trip to the NCAA tournament where District VII Coach of the Year (2001-02) they faced Ohio State. 13 Big Sky Conference Tournament appearances 11 straight Big Sky Conference Tournament appearances
During the 2003-04 season the Wildcats Career record 270-265 06-07 REVIEW finished with a 17-11 record last year and were Career Big Sky Conference record 163-123 11-3 in Big Sky Conference action. In 2004-05 the Wildcats again finished with an 11-3 Big Overall Accomplishments Sky regular season record for the fourth straight 118 Academic All-Conference Performers 38 All-Conference Performers season. The Wildcats advanced to the tourna- 7 Top 25 WBCA National Top 25 Team GPA rankings ment final before falling to Montana. Weber 5 Kodak All-Region Performers State posted a 21-8 overall record, the third best 3 20 plus win seasons record in school history. The team was led by 2 Big Sky Conference Championships senior Julie Gjertsen who was named Big Sky 2 Post Season NCAA Appearances Co-MVP. OPPONENTS In 2005-06 Taylor again led the Wildcats to the Big Sky Championship game. Weber State finished with a 15-15 record and a 7-7 conference mark to finish in fifth in the league standings. The ‘Cats defeated Eastern Washington in the first round and then defeated host Idaho State in the second round, to become the first team in conference history to defeat the No. 1 seed in the second round of the tournament. The ‘Cats fell to Northern Arizona in the championship game but advanced to the title game for the fourth
time in the last five years. Also during the season she coached her HISTORY 500th game at Weber State.
CT with WSU athletic director Jerry Gray- beal (left) and her father at her 500th game at Weber State on March 2, 2006. weberstatesports.com HISTORY OPPONENTS 06-07 REVIEW PLAYERS COACHES INFORMATION Florida A (Greater Ogden Taylor ayn 1-0 Grand Canyon Gonzaga Georgia Georgia 0-1 Eastern Washington 2-5 Eastern Montana Denver Delaware 1-0 Colorado State Colorado 6-6 1-1 Chapman College 0-2 Cal StateNorthridge Cal StateFullerton Cal PolyPomona 1-0 Cal Poly Brigham Bradley Boston College Boise State Arizona Air Force recently She Health on at opportunities forwomeninathletics,andbeingadadvocatewomen’s teamsatWeber State. TAYLOR AGAINSTALLOPPONENTS Award inJanary2005. CT wontheAthena Weber gender-equity L L A B T E K S A B S ’ N E M O W E T A T S R E B E W 8 0 - 7 0 0 2 has
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2007-08 WEBER STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL INFORMATION ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH RACHELLE GARDNER-SAYERS ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH COACHES 11TH SEASON
Former Weber State standout Rachelle Gardner-Sayers begins her 11th season as a coach with the Wildcats . In PLAYERS October 2007 she was elevated to the position of Associate Head Coach after serving for ten seasons as an assistant coach for the Wildcats.
As an assistant coach with the Wildcats Gardner-Sayers has overseen the recruiting as well as coached the guard OFF THE COURT WITH and perimeter play. She was a four-year player at Weber State and a two-year starter from 1993-96, playing for RACHELLE GARDNER-SAYERS Carla Taylor. She led the Wildcats in scoring her junior year Birthdate: February 14, 1972 with 14.9 points per game and was named to the Big Sky Birthplace: Billings, Montana All-Conference First Team. The second leading scorer her 06-07 REVIEW Alma Mater: Weber State ‘97 senior year (11.8 ppg), she helped lead the Wildcats to a Master’s Degree: Regis University ‘06 second place finish at the Big Sky Championship and was Dream vacation: Anywhere that is warm and has babysit- a Big Sky Honorable Mention pick. Gardner was also a Big ters! Sky Academic All-Conference selection for two years and Craziest ambition: Own and run my own Sports Bar. the WSU team MVP in 1995. In 20 years I plan to be: A “soccer” (hopefully basketball) mom. I would most like to have dinner with: Magic Johnson or For her career Gardner averaged 9.4 points, 2.5 re- Tina Turner bounds and 1.8 assists Favorite food: Ice cream per game and is cur- Favorite sports teams: Pittsburgh Steelers and LA Lakers rently the 14th all-time Favorite movie: Tommy Boy leading scorer in Wild- OPPONENTS The CD I’m listening to right now: Kenny Chesney cat history with 1,009 My best basketball memory: Winning our first Big Sky Cham- career points. She pionship and going to the NCAA Tournament. ranks fifth in Weber “You are all highly conditioned Division I Favorite CT quote: State history in career basketball players, you’re not tired!” Before each game I like to: Look up scores to see how ev- three-pointers made eryone else is doing. with 149 and is ninth in When I’m not coaching I’m most likely: Chasing my girls. school history in three- point percentage at .323. After her career she spent one season as a graduate assistant coach and the next nine years as a full-time assistant coach with the Wildcats. HISTORY
A native of Absarokee, Montana, Gardner-Sayers graduated from Weber State in June 1997 with a degree in English and in 2006 she earned her master’s degree in Business Administration from Regis University. She is married to Keith Sayers and they are the parents of two daughters Keetyn, age 4, and Taylor, age 1. weberstatesports.com HISTORY OPPONENTS 06-07 REVIEW PLAYERS COACHES INFORMATION 10 the Buffaloes advancedtotheEliteEight oftheNCAA for in of Buffaloes round tothesecond theyadvanced his firstyearasmanager and during Reynolds The primary responsibilitiesarecoachingthepostplayers,filmexchange,andassistinginrecruitingfor Wildcats. team bitten byrattlesnakesthreetimes. me: about know don’t people most thing One Favorite CTquote: ter likely: most I’m coaching not I’m When at now: right to listening I’m CD The teams: sports Favorite Favorite food: Favorite movie: Favorite TVshow: In 20yearsIplantobe: I would most like to have dinner with: Craziest ambition: Dream vacation: Nickname: Alma Mater: Birthplace: Birthdate: Full name: Boston RedSox and MikeKrzyzewski
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This year will mark the fifth season for Stephanie Stanger-Hale as a full-time assistant coach at Weber State. Prior PLAYERS to that she spent one season as a student-assistant coach. Stanger-Hale’s duties at Weber State include team travel, setting up recruiting calendars, handling the individual development of the guards, scouting of opponents, and assisting Coach Taylor on the court.
OFF THE COURT WITH Stanger-Hale was a four-year letter winner for Weber STEPHANIE STANGER-HALE State from 1999-2002. As a senior she led the Wildcats to their first-ever Big Sky Championship and NCAA Birthdate: May 3, 1980 appearance. That year she became the first Wildcat 06-07 REVIEW Birthplace: Ogden, Utah ever to be named Big Sky Conference MVP and Big Sky Alma Mater: Weber State ‘03 Tournament MVP. Dream vacation: Anywhere to see Dolly Parton in concert. Craziest ambition: Write a book. I would most like to have dinner with: Dolly Parton or Molly She ranks as the 11th all-time leading scoring in school Shannon history, totaling 1,126 points, four more than head coach In 20 years I plan to be: Retired and on a vacation some- Carla Taylor. Stanger-Hale is the Weber State all-time where. leader in free throw percentage at .842 for her career. She Favorite food: broccoli or Grandma’s meatloaf. also holds the single- Favorite movie: Somethings Gotta Give season for free throw Favorite TV show: Super Nanny percentage, shooting Detroit Lions or whoever just beat the Favorite sports teams: .895 during the 2000- LA Lakers. OPPONENTS The CD I’m listening to right now: Kenny Rogers “Back to 01 season. the Well”. My best basketball memory: Playing in the Big Sky Champi- She ranks fifth all- onship game my senior year and hearing the crowd cheering time in three-pointers for us during the last few minutes of the game and having them made with 145 and rush the floor when we won. eighth in percentage Favorite CT quote: “Just do whatever you want to, you will at .323. She ranks anyway.” fifth in assists with 350 for an average of 3.04 and is sixth in steals, averaging 1.21 per game. She played in 115 games during her career, the tenth most in Weber State history, and was a three-time Big HISTORY Sky Conference All-Academic selection.
Stephanie was a 2003 graduate of Weber State University with a degree in Secondary Education. In July 2003 she married former Weber State football player Mike Hale. weberstatesports.com 11 HISTORY OPPONENTS 06-07 REVIEW PLAYERS COACHES INFORMATION 12 L L A B T E K S A B S ’ N E M O W E T A T S R E B E W 8 0 - 7 0 0 2 that Assistant two yearsatSnowJC. earned Nielsen a teamdieticianfortheWeber StateathleticdepartmentsinceJanuary2002. Athletic Weir for Weber in order patientssince1983. She Utah HealthFacility Administrators CertifiedDietitianLicensingBoard. Nancy Nutrition conducts drugeducationprogramsforallathletes. volleyball Association WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TRAINER m o c . s t r o p s e t a t s r e b e w Ogden. two began TEAM DIETICIANandnutritionist KATHLEEN NIELSEN seasons State Kathleen Nancy a Trainer atSnowJuniorCollegein1979. Services Trainer Master’s teams. She in
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