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aamu volleyball - “bound and determined” 2009 Media Guide SWAC Tournament Champions 2008, 2007, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000 Alabama A&M University Quick Facts Institution................................... Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University Location........................................................................ Huntsville (Normal), Alabama Founded........................................................................................................... 1875 Enrollment....................................................................................................... 6,000 Nickname......................................................................................................... Bulldogs Colors............................................................................................. Maroon and White National Affiliation......................................................................... NCAA Division I Conference Affiliation................................ Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) President..................................................... Dr. Andrew Hugine, Jr. [South Carolina St.] Faculty Athletics Representative................................................. Dr. Ron Slaughter Director of Athletics................................... Betty K. Austin [Alabama A&M, 1973] A.D. Phone..................................................................................... (256) 372-5364 Athletics Compliance and Eligibility............................................ Ken Provitt Table of Contents Athletics Communications and Media Relations....................... Thomas Galbraith Athletics Academic Enhancement............................................... Waylon Sims Welcome to the Hill...................................................... 2 Athletics Sales Manager and Cultural Events Coordinator....... Tourischeva Stubbs AAMU Athletics............................................................. 5 Sports Medicine ............................................................................ Jessie Zucnick Athletics Administration............................................... 8 Facility........................................................................... T.M. Elmore Gymnasium T.M. Elmore Gymnasium............................................... 11 Capacity............................................................................................................ 6,000 Bulldog Roster............................................................... 12 Surface............................................................................................ Wood Program History............................................................. 14 Season Outlook.............................................................. 15 Player Profiles................................................................ 18 AAMU Volleyball Coaching Quick Facts AAMU Volleyball D-I Records........................................ 29 Head Coach.................................................................................... Nedra Brown Alma Mater.................................................................................... LeMoyne-Owen [1995] 2009 Team Information Freed Hardeman, M.Ed. [2005] 2008 Record........................................... 14-17 overall Career Coaching Record.............................................................. 148-132 [11th year] 6-2 SWAC (T-1st East) Alabama A&M Record................................................................... 29-27 [3rd year] 3-3 (home) • 4-6 (road) • 7-8 (neutral) Office Phone........................................................................................ (256) 372-4267 2008 SWAC Tournament Champions Office Fax.............................................................................................. (256) 372-5373 Letterwinners.............................................. Returning: 9 • Lost: 3 Starters........................................................ Returning: 6 • Lost: 3 AAMU Volleyball History Newcomers.................................................. 5 First Year of Volleyball.................................................................................... 1977 All-time Record.................................................................................... 633-262 Sports Information Conference Championships........................................................ 19 (11 SIAC, 8 SWAC) All-time NCAA Division I Post-season Record................................................... 0-8 Sports Information Director.................. Tom Galbraith Last appearance....................................................................... 2008 NCAA Tourney Office Phone.............................................. (256) 372-4005 Result........................................................................................ Lost, St. Louis Univ. 3-0 Assistant Sports Information Director..... Jamilah Coribtt Office Phone............................................... (256) 372-4550 Office Fax.................................................... (256) 372-5919 Southwestern Athletic Conference Volleyball Contact................................. Jamilah Corbitt E-Mail....................................................... [email protected] Commissioner.................................................. Duer Sharp ([email protected]) Athletics Website...................... www.aamusports.com Asst. Commissioner/Communications........... Duane Lewis ([email protected]) Mailing Address.......................... 4900 Meridian Street Asst. Director of Communications................. Kia Mason ([email protected]) T.M. Elmore Gym, Box 17 Mailing Address................................................. A.G. Gaston Building Normal, AL 35762 1527 Fifth Avenue, North Birmingham, AL 35203 (205) 251-7573 The 2009 Alabama A&M Volleyball Media Guide is published and designed by Jamilah Corbitt, Assistant Sports Information Director. Photos by Sidney Jackson, Eric Harris, Carlton Rice, AAMU Public Relations, SWAC Media Relations, Jamilah Corbitt and Tom Galbraith. Cover designs by Eric Harris of Kaptive De- signs, LLC. Special thanks to Nedra Brown, Naeka Patterson, the AAMU Athletics Staff, Thomas Colvin, Betty Austin, Duane Lewis, Kia Mason, Opponent SIDs, Reggie Benson, Tom Galbraith, Sidney Jackson, Eric Harris, Antoine Sales, and Jerome Saintjones. Printed by Color XPress, Madison, Ala. aamu volleyball - “bound and determined” aamu volleyball - “bound and determined” Welcome to “The Hill” as the result of a bill passed in the State chanical School for Negroes,” and a new Legislature in 1873 and through the con- location was provided in Normal, Alabama, tinued efforts of its principal and president, where the school would have ample room William Hooper Councill, an ex-slave. The for the development of its trades and school opened on May 1, 1875, as the agricultural programs. In 1919, the institu- Huntsville Normal School with an appro- tion became a junior college, and its name priation of $1,000 per year, 61 students, was changed to “The State Agricultual and and two teachers. Mechanical Institute for Negroes.” Industrial education was introduced around In 1939, by authority of the State Board of 1878. It attracted wide attention, and the Education, the Institute was permitted to school was assisted financially by the offer work on the senior college level. The Slater and Peabody Funds, along with first graduation class since 1920 received private contributors. The work in industrial the bachelor’s degree in 1941, and on education was so successful that the State January 14, 1948, the name was again Legislature authorized the name to be changed to “Alabama Agricultural and changed to the “State Normal and Indus- Mechanical College.” On June 26, 1969, Alabama A&M University trial School at Huntsville.” The appropria- the Alabama State Board of Education, the Founder, Principle, and President tion was increased by the State to $4,000 governing body of the institution, adopted a William Hooper Councill per year. resolution changing the name of the institu- tion to “Alabama Agricultural and Mechani- Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical In 1891, the school became the recipient cal University.” University is a dynamic and progressive of a part of the Federal Land-Grant Fund institution with a strong commitment to provided by an act of Congress, approved The University received a “Class A” rating academic excellence. The picturesque August 30, 1890. The purpose of this fund by the Southern Association of Colleges campus is situated on what many alumni was to further training in agricultural and and Secondary Schools in August 1946 and friends fondly refer to as “The Hill,” mechanical arts in the various states at the and became a fully accredited member of only a few minutes from downtown Hunts- college level. the Association in December 1963. ville. The institution is a diverse and vibrant microcosm of the larger world around it. The name of the school was changed It offers a student body of approximately again to “The State Agricultural and Me- 6,000 numerous degree programs, includ- ing four Ph.D. degrees in Food Science, Physics, Plant and Soil Science, and Read- ing/Literacy. Alabama A&M is a land-grant University. It receives support from the State of Alabama and through federal funda appropriated to assist in carrying on work stipulated by the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890. The University is under the control of a board of trustees