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INTRODUCTION Table of Contents .........................................................................................................................................................1 HISTORY OF THE GREEN WAVE Quick Facts .........................................................................................................................................................................2 From 1893 to 1919, the athletic teams of Tulane were known as the Olive and Strategic Communications ...............................................................................................................................3 Blue. In 1919, the Tulane Weekly, one of Tulane’s many student newspapers at the time, began calling the football team the Greenbacks. Schedule...............................................................................................................................................................................4 Roster .......................................................................................................................................................................................5 On Oct. 20, 1920, Earl Sparling, the editor of the Tulane Hullabaloo, wrote a football song which was printed in the newspaper. The song was titled FACILITIES “The Rolling Green Wave.” Although the name was not immediately adopted, Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse ............................................................6 it began to receive acceptance. A month later, a report of the Tulane- Mississippi A&M game in the Hullabaloo referred to the team as the Green Hertz Center ......................................................................................................................................................................7 Wave. ADMINISTRATION & COACHING STAFF By the end of the season, the Hullabaloo was using the term Green Wave to President Michael A. Fitts ..................................................................................................................................8 refer to all Tulane athletic teams, as were many daily papers, although as Director of Athletics Chair Troy Dannen ...........................................................................................9 late as 1923, the name Greenbacks was still in use. Head Coach Lisa Stockton ........................................................................................................................11-13 In its infancy, Tulane’s mascot was depicted as a pelican riding on a surf Assistant Coach Beth Dunkenberger..................................................................................................14 board. The surfing pelican image lasted for more than 50 years. Assistant Coach Alan Frey .............................................................................................................................15 Assistant Coach Doshia Woods ................................................................................................................16 The “Greenie” was adopted in 1955. It was created by John Chase, a local Director of Operations Lindsay Werntz/Support Staff ......................................................17 cartoonist who drew the covers of the Tulane football program and those of many teams throughout the South. THE PLAYERS When Dr. Rix Yard became the athletic director in 1963, he felt Tulane Kolby Morgan .......................................................................................................................................................19-20 needed a more virile symbol for its teams. Working with Eldon Endacott, Caylah Cruickshank ................................................................................................................................................21 the manager of the Tulane bookstore, he arranged for a new mascot to Ksenija Madzarevic ..............................................................................................................................................22 be created. Several sketches were submitted by Art Evans, art director for Angelus-Pacific, Co., in Fullerton, Calif. The angry-looking wave was adopted Meredith Schulte ......................................................................................................................................................23 in 1964, and the block “T” with waves became the Tulane athletics logo in Tene Thompson ........................................................................................................................................................24 1986. Harlyn Wyatt ................................................................................................................................................................25 Kayla Manuirirangi ................................................................................................................................................26 Tulane unveiled a new family of marks in August 1998. The new logos Maddison Wells ........................................................................................................................................................27 featured the return of the pelican to the Green Wave look, along with the use of a ”T” with a modern “wave” as a primary logo mark. A new pelican Newcomers ...........................................................................................................................................................28-29 mascot was introduced and given the name Riptide by a vote of Tulane students. 2016-17 IN REVIEW ..................................................................................................................................30-36 In the summer of 2015, Riptide received its first make-over since its 2016-17 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE IN REVIEW......................37-41 inception and featured a more modern, sleeker look. Tulane fans will see a familiar face this season as the “Angry Wave” TEAM HISTORY returns as the Green Wave’s primary mark of Tulane Athletics in 2017-18 Year-by-Year Records ........................................................................................................................................43 with the “T-Wave” remaining as the secondary mark. NCAA Tournament History ....................................................................................................................44-45 WNIT History ...............................................................................................................................................................46 CREDITS American Athletic Tournament History .........................................................................................47 Other Tournament History ............................................................................................................................48 The 2017-18 Tulane University Women’s Basketball Media Guide is a Tulane Classic History .......................................................................................................................................49 publication of the Tulane Strategic Communications Office. Editors: Evan All-Americans .....................................................................................................................................................50-52 Drexler; Design: Eric Hollier, Adam Miller. Contributors: Brian Miller, Rachel Tulane in the WNBA .............................................................................................................................................52 Perreault, John Sudsbury, George Smith, Gayle LeTulle, American Athletic Conference Office, Tulane Strategic Communications Student Assistants, Conference Honors ................................................................................................................................................53 Tulane University Communications & Marketing; Front and Back Cover Year-by-Year Results ...................................................................................................................................54-59 Design: Kayla Koch. Photography: Parker Waters, Ben Solomon, Steve All-Time Series Results .............................................................................................................................60-64 Dalmado, Greg Thompson, Joe Labolito, Greg Fencik, Ryan Rivet, Tulane Series History .....................................................................................................................................................65-66 University. Printing: Mele Printing. All-Time Letterwinners .............................................................................................................................67-68 1,000-Point Club ...................................................................................................................................................69-72 Career Records ..................................................................................................................................................73-74 Tulane University is an equal opportunity insti- Single-Season Records ..............................................................................................................................75-76 tution whose programs, services, activities and Single-Game Records ..........................................................................................................................................77 operations