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B RIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY 2012 SOFTBALL 7- Straight NCAA Tourney Appearances Softball SID Jordan Christiansen 7-Straight 40-Win Seasons Email [email protected] 3-Straight Conference Titles Phone 801.717.5217 2012 BYU COUGARS SCHEDULE KAJIKAWA CLASSIC (Tempe, AZ) Feb 9 (Thu) Oregon State L, 22-5 (5) DOUBLEHEADER VS. UMKC, Feb 10 (Fri) No. 15 Texas A&M W, 3-2 Feb 10 (Fri) Texas State L, 6-2 Feb 11 (Sat) No. 11 Oregon W, 2-1 ROAD TRIP TO FRESNO Feb 11 (Sat) UC Santa Barbara W, 12-4 (6) MAR. 27, 30-31, 2012 LOUISVILLE SLUGGER DESERT CLASSIC (Las Vegas) Feb 16 (Thu) Portland State W, 4-1 Feb 17 (Fri) Cal State Northridge W, 11-1 (6) Feb 17 (Fri) Memphis W, 14-8 Feb 18 (Sat) Indiana W, 8-7 Feb 18 (Sat) DePaul L, 8-2 CATHEDRAL CITY CLASSIC (Cathedral City, CA) BYU COUGARS Feb 23 (Thu) No. 21 Oklahoma State L, 3-2 2012 Record: 19-8, 3-0 Feb 23 (Thu) Pacific W, 3-2 Last Week: Idaho State (W 5-2), New Mexico State (W 3-2, Feb 24 (Fri) No. 1 Florida L, 3-0 Feb 24 (Fri) No. 14 Texas A&M L, 14-8 (8) W 9-1, W 6-3) Feb 25 (Sat) LIU Brooklyn W, 11-4 SAN DIEGO CLASSIC (San Diego) Mar 1 (Thu) San Diego State L, 1-0 Mar 2 (Fri) Cal State Northridge W, 4-1 Mar 2 (Fri) St. Joseph’s W, 3-2 (8) Mar 3 (Sat) Long Beach State W, 2-1 Mar 3 (Sat) Charlotte W, 9-0 (5) UMKC KANGAROOS JUDI GARMAN CLASSIC (Fullerton, CA) 2012 Record: 12-13 Mar 15 (Thu) Purdue W, 14-1 (5) Last Week: North Carolina State (W 3-2), IPFW (L 4-3, L 2-0, W Mar 15 (Thu) No. 5 Arizona State L, 3-0 5-4) Mar 16 (Fri) UC Davis W, 9-0 (6) Mar 20 (Tue) Idaho State* W, 5-2 Mar 23 (Fri) New Mexico State* W, 3-2 Mar 24 (Sat) New Mexico State* W, 9-1 (5) New Mexico State* W, 6-3 Mar 27 (Tue) UMKC* 5 p.m. UMKC* 7 p.m. Mar 30 (Fri) at Fresno State 6 p.m. FRESNO ST. BULLDOGS Mar 31 (Sat) at Fresno State 1 p.m. 2012 Record: 21-13, 2-1 at Fresno State 3 p.m. Apr 3 (Tue) Southern Utah* 6 p.m. Last Week: Nevada (W 3-0, L 4-3, W 7-3) Apr 6 (Fri) Hawaii 6 p.m. Apr 7 (Sat) Hawaii* 1:30 p.m. Hawaii* 3:30 p.m. Apr 9 (Mon) at Idaho State 4 p.m. Apr 11 (Wed) Utah Valley* 6 p.m. Apr 13 (Fri) Utah State 6 p.m. Apr 14 (Sat) Utah State* 1:30 p.m. Utah State* 3:30 p.m. Apr 20 (Fri) at Louisiana Tech 6 p.m. Apr 21 (Sat) at Louisiana Tech 1 p.m. at Louisiana Tech 3 p.m. COUGAR QUICK HITS Apr 24 (Tue) at Southern Utah 12 p.m. at Southern Utah 2 p.m. Apr 27 (Fri) San Jose State* 6 p.m. — BYU will welcome UMKC to Provo for the first time in a doubleheader on Tuesday. The Roos are Apr 28 (Sat) San Jose State* 1:30 p.m. playing BYU and UVU before a weekend series against Summit League opponent SUU. San Jose State* 3:30 p.m. May 2 (Wed) at Utah Valley 5 p.m. — The Cougars travel to Fresno for their first-ever WAC road trip this weekend. BYU is 2-6 all-time May 4 (Fri) at Nevada 3 p.m. May 5 (Sat) at Nevada 1 p.m. against Fresno State and 11-10 overall at Bulldog Diamond including tournament games against at Nevada 3 p.m. neutral opponents in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009. WAC TOURNAMENT (Las Cruces, NM) May 10-12 — Picking up her second WAC Hitter of the Week award this week, senior Delaney Willard has emerged as an All-America candidate. The right fielder is ranked in the NCAA top-15 in five differ- NCAA REGIONAL May 17-19 ent categories, including batting average (2nd, .500), slugging percentage (4th, 1.039), RBI per game (4th, 1.52), on base percentage (6th, .585) and home runs per game (8th, 0.41). All times listed are local to site Bold signifies Western Athletic Conference opponent *Televised game on BYUtv — BYU is currently on a 25-game home win streak, good for second longest in the country. Last sea- son, the Cougars went 14-0. BYU is 4-0 at home this year. The Cougars have won five straight and 10 of their last 11 of their last seven, with the lone loss coming against No. 5 Arizona State. WWW.BYUCOUGARS.COM / @BYUATHLETICS BYU SOFTBALL 2012 QUICK FACTS AND ROSTER 2012 NUMERICAL ROSTER MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION NO. NAME POS. HT. YR. B/T HOMETOWN (PrevioUS SCHOOL) 1 Lacey Millett OF 5-6 So. L/R Folsom, CA / Folsom HS Softball Media Relations Director: Jordan Christiansen 2 Shelbi Everett C 5-7 Fr. R/R Murray, UT / Brighton HS Office: (801) 422-8999; Cell: (801) 717-5217 3 Carly Duckworth OF 5-7 So. R/R Salt Lake City, UT / Olympus HS Email: [email protected] 4 Ashlee Brawley 3B, SS 5-6 So. R/R Vail, AZ / Arizona 5 Alexandra Hudson OF 5-2 Jr. L/R Everett, WA / Everett HS Assistant Softball Media Relations: Ralph Zobell 6 Bailie Hicken OF 5-6 Jr. L/R Highland, UT / Dixie State Office: (801) 422-9769; Cell: (801) 367-3554 8 Tori Almond P 6-1 So. R/R South Jordan, UT / Bingham HS Email: [email protected] 10 Caroline Umphlett P 6-1 Fr. R/R Elizabeth City, NC / Northeastern HS 11 Hannah Howell P 5-3 Jr. R/R Winnfield, LA / Calvin HS Associate AD/Communications: Duff Tittle 12 Megan Arnold 1B, C 5-8 Fr. R/R Yorba Linda, CA / Esperanza HS Office: (801) 422-8948; Cell: (801) 372-4401 14 Anna Hudson C 5-5 Fr. R/R Everett, WA / Everett HS Email: [email protected] 16 JC Clayton SS 5-5 Jr. L/R Hollister, CA / San Benito HS 19 Jessica Dugas CF, 3B 5-4 Sr. L/R Bellflower, CA / Mayfair HS Athletic Communications Fax: (801) 422-0633 20 Tiffany Messerschmidt LF 5-6 Sr. L/R Thousand Oaks, CA / Thousand Oaks HS Mailing Address: 30 SFH, Provo, UT 84602-2239 21 Stacie Toney 2B 5-10 Sr. L/R Farmington, UT / Salt Lake CC 22 Krista Hicks 3B, SS 5-4 Sr. R/R Mesa, AZ / Dobson HS 2011 BYU QUICK FACTS 24 Jenna Goar 1B 5-9 So. L/R Littleton, CO / Heritage HS 28 Delaney Willard RF 5-7 Sr. L/R Camarillo, CA / Adolfo Camarillo HS 31 Katie Manuma 1B 5-8 So. R/R Ewa Beach, HI / Campbell HS BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY Location: Provo, Utah 84602 33 Madisen Robb 3B, SS 5-3 So. R/R Vernal, UT / Uintah HS Elevation: 4,553 feet Enrollment: 32,955 (Daytime) Head Coach: Gordon Eakin (10th year) Founded: October 15, 1875 Associate Head Coach: Vaughn Alvey (10th year) PRONOUNCIATION GUIDE Owned: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Assistant Coach: Neta Le’i (5th year) Jessica Dugas DOO - gus Nickname: Cougars Volunteer Coach: Bob Shober (4th year) Mascot: Cosmo Graduate Coach: Kristin Delahoussaye (1st year) Jenna Goar Gore Colors: Blue & White Athletic Trainer: Chris Linde (13th year) Katie Manuma Mah-NEW-mah Arena (capacity): Gail Miller Field (2,100) Tiffany Messerschmidt Mez-er-shmit Conference: Western Athletic President: Dr. Cecil O. Samuelson Athletic Director: Tom Holmoe Athletic Website: byucougars.com Tickets: 422-BYU1 or 1-800-322-BYU1 Seniors (5) Pitchers (3) Arizona (2) Jessica Dugas Tori Almond Ashlee Brawley BYU COACHING STAFF Krista Hicks Hannah Howell Krista Hicks Head Coach: Gordon Eakin Tiffany Messerschmidt Caroline Umphlett Record at School (years): 390-168 (10th year) Stacie Toney California (6) Career Div. I Record (years): same Delaney Willard Catchers (2) Megan Arnold Office phone for head coach: Call SID JC Clayton Best time/day to reach coach: Call SID Megan Arnold Associate Head Coach: Vaughn Alvey (10th year) Juniors (4) Shelbi Everett Jessica Dugas Assistant Coach: Neta Le’i (5th year) JC Clayton Anna Hudson Tiffany Messerschmidt Volunteer Coach: Bob Shober (4th year) Bailie Hicken Lacey Millett Hannah Howell Infielders (8) Delaney Willard MEDIA RELATIONS Alexandra Hudson JC Clayton Softball SID: Jordan Christiansen Krista Hicks Colorado (1) Email: [email protected] Sophomores (7) Ashlee Brawley Jenna Goar Work: 801-422-8999 Tori Almond Jenna Goar Cell: 801-717-5217 Ashlee Brawley Katie Manuma Hawaii (1) Carly Duckworth Katie Manuma BYU TEAM INFO Lacey Millett 2011 Overall Record: 40-18 Jenna Goar Madisen Robb Conference Record/Finish: 11-2 / 1st Katie Manuma Stacie Toney Louisiana (1) 2011 Postseason: NCAA Seattle Regional, 2-2 record Lacey Millett Hannah Howell 2011 Final National Ranking: NA Madisen Robb Outfielders (6) Starters Returning/Lost: 7/4 Carly Duckworth North Carolina (1) Lettermen Returning/Lost: 14/4 Freshmen (3) Jessica Dugas Caroline Umphlett Newcomers: 5 Megan Arnold Bailie Hicken Shelbi Everett Alexandra Hudson Utah (6) BYU HISTORY Anna Hudson Tori Almond First Year of Softball: 2000 (12 seasons) Tiffany Messerschmidt Overall All-Time Record: 472-244 (.659) Caroline Umphlett Delaney Willard Carly Duckworth Gail Miller Field Record: 135-32 (.808) Shelbi Everett Winning Seasons: 11 (last 2011) Bailie Hicken Conference Championships: 5 (last 2011) Madisen Robb Total NCAA Appearances (record): 8 (12-16) Stacie Toney Last NCAA Appearance: 2011 Result: Defeated Auburn twice, lost to Washington twice Washington (2) in Seattle Regional Alexandra Hudson In-State Opponent Record: 118-23 (.837) Record vs.