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General Information General Quick Facts Media Relations Staff/Phone Directory Official School Name: East Carolina University Primary Office Phone: (252) 737-4522 Location: Greenville, N.C. Assistant AD/Media Relations: Tom McClellan Founded: 1907 McClellan Office Phone: (252) 737-1274 Enrollment (2018-19): 29,131 McClellan E-Mail: [email protected] Nickname: Pirates Director: Malcolm Gray Conference: American Athletic Office Phone: (252) 737-4523 Colors: Purple (PMS #268) and Gold (PMS #109) E-Mail: [email protected] Home Arena: Minges Coliseum (8,000) Associate Director: Jody Jones Chancellor (Interim): Dan Gerlach Office Phone: (252) 737-4524 Director of Athletics: Jon Gilbert E-Mail: [email protected] Senior Woman Administrator: Caroline Bevillard Assistant Director (VB): Chip Welch Athletics Department Phone: (252) 737-4600 Office Phone: (252) 737-4520 Ticket Office Phone: (252) 737-4500 Cell Phone: (336) 508-1994 Athletics Website: www.ECUPirates.com E-Mail: [email protected] Assistant Director: Pat McGlynn Coaching Staff Office Phone: (252) 737-5112 Head Coach: Julie Torbett (Penn State, ‘90) Email: [email protected] Record at East Carolina: 90-96 / Six Seasons Administrative Assistant: Brenda Perkins Overall Coaching Record: 428-381 / 26th Season Assistant Coach: Moneshia McKenney (Second Season) Social Media Headquarters Alma Mater: Clemson, ‘14 Facebook: ECUAthletics Assistant Coach: Tyler Golsteyn (First Season) East Carolina Volleyball Alma Mater: IPFW, ‘16 Twitter: @ECUAthletics Director of Operations Cody Carmichael @ECUVB Volleyball Office Phone: (252) 737-1425 @ECUScoreboard (in-match updates) Volleyball Office Fax: (252) 737-1414 Instagram: ECUAthletics ECUVB Team Information Youtube: ECUAthletics First Year of Volleyball: 1977 All-Time Record: 512-796 About East Carolina University NCAA Tournament Appearances None Founded in 1907, East Carolina University is a public university nationally recognized 2018 Record: 13-16 for preparing teachers and primary care physicians as well as for its cultural and 2018 Home Record: 6-7 performing arts programs. It enrolls over of 29,000 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students and is North Carolina’s leading producer of initially licensed 2018 Road Record: 4-8 teachers and primary care physicians. Among the colleges and schools, East 2018 Neutral Site Record: 13-1 Carolina operates the Brody School of Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, College 2018 American Athletic Conference Record/Finish: 5-13 / of Engineering and Technology, and a growing undergraduate Honors College. ECU 2018 Postseason: None is located near four major military bases, including Camp Lejeune and Fort Bragg, 2018 NCAA Final RPI Ranking: 154 and won the Freedom Award from the United States Department of Defense for Players Returning/Lost: 9/7 its support of military families and service men and women in 2010. East Carolina’s Starters Returning/Lost: 3+libero/3 economic impact is estimated at $3 billion statewide, with more than $2 billion in eastern North Carolina alone. Newcomers: Nine EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY 2 2019 VOLLEYBALL FACT BOOK 2019 Schedule AUGUST OPPONENT LOCATION (VENUE) TIME (ET) 30 (Friday) vs. Providence ! San Juan, Puerto Rico (Coliseo Montañez) 3:00 p.m. 31 (Saturday) vs. George Mason ! San Juan, Puerto Rico (Coliseo Montañez) Noon 31 (Saturday) vs. Evansville ! San Juan, Puerto Rico (Coliseo Montañez) 6:00 p.m. SEPTEMBER OPPONENT LOCATION (VENUE) TIME (ET) 6 (Friday) at North Florida # Jacksonville, Fla. (UNF Arena) 10:00 a.m. 6 (Friday) vs. Mercer # Jacksonville, Fla. (UNF Arena) 4:30 p.m. 7 (Saturday) vs. Wake Forest # Jacksonville, Fla. (UNF Arena) 11:00 a.m. 10 (Tuesday) at NC State Raleigh, N.C. (Reynolds Coliseum) TBD 13 (Friday) GEORGE WASHINGTON $ Greenville, N.C. (Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum) 7:00 p.m. 14 (Saturday) NORFOLK STATE $ Greenville, N.C. (WIlliams Arena at Minges Coliseum) 1:00 p.m. 14 (Saturday) USC UPSTATE $ Greenville, N.C. (Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum) 7:00 p.m. 17 (Tuesday) N.C. CENTRAL Greenville, N.C. (Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum) 6:00 p.m. 20 (Friday) at Gardner-Webb Boiling Springs, N.C. (Paul Porter Arena) 6:00 p.m. 21 (Saturday) vs. Alabama A&M % Boiling Springs, N.C. (Paul Porter Arena) Noon 25 (Wednesday) CAMPBELL Greenville, N.C. (Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum) 7:00 p.m. 27 (Friday) at Cincinnati + Cincinnati, Ohio (Fifth-Third Arena) 7:00 p.m. 29 (Sunday) at Tulsa + Tulsa, Okla. (Reynolds Center) 1:00 p.m. OCTOBER OPPONENT LOCATION (VENUE) TIME (ET) 4 (Friday) USF + Greenville, N.C. (Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum) 7:00 p.m. 6 (Sunday) UCF + Greenville, N.C. (Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum) Noon 11 (Friday) at Temple + Philadelphia, Pa. (McGonigle Hall) 7:00 p.m. 13 (Sunday) at Connecticut + Storrs, Conn. (Gampel Pavilion) Noon 18 (Friday) at Houston + Houston, Texas (Fertitta Center) 8:00 p.m. 20 (Sunday) at Tulane + New Orleans, La. (Devlin Fieldhouse) 1:00 p.m. 25 (Friday) SMU + Greenville, N.C. (Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum) 7:00 p.m. 27 (Sunday) MEMPHIS + Greenville, N.C. (Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum) Noon 29 (Tuesday) at N.C. Central Durham, N.C. (McDougald-McClendon Arena) 6:00 p.m. NOVEMBER OPPONENT LOCATION (VENUE) TIME (ET) 1 (Friday) CONNECTICUT + Greenville, N.C. (Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum) 7:00 p.m. 3 (Sunday) TEMPLE + Greenville, N.C. (Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum) Noon 8 (Friday) at UCF + Orlando, Fla. (The Venue at UCF) 6:00 p.m. 10 (Sunday) at USF + Tampa, Fla. (The Corral) Noon 15 (Friday) CINCINNATI + Greenville, N.C. (Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum) 7:00 p.m. 17 (Sunday) WICHITA STATE + Greenville, N.C. (Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum) Noon 22 (Friday) AAC Volleyball Championship Orlando, Fla. (The Venue at UCF) TBD 23 (Saturday) AAC Volleyball Championship Orlando, Fla. (The Venue at UCF) TBD 24 (Sunday) AAC Volleyball Championship Orlando, Fla. (The Venue at UCF) TBD ! Puerto Rico Clásico (San Juan, Puerto Rico) # UNF Invitational (Jacksonville, Fla.) $ Pirate Invitational (Greenville, N.C.) % at Boiling Springs, N.C. + Denotes American Athletic Conference match All Times Eastern EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY 3 2019 VOLLEYBALL FACT BOOK 2019 Roster No. Name Position Height Class Hometown (Last School) 2 Shelby Martin S 5-11 Jr. Waxahachie, Texas (Waxahachie HS) 3 Brianna Wood RS 5-10 Jr. Fayetteville, N.C. (Freedom Christian Academy) 5 Gabrielle Ferguson MB 6-0 So. Stafford, Va. (North Stafford HS) 6 Chloe Wilmoth OH 6-1 Fr. Williamsburg, Va. (Warhill HS) 7 Jaylibeth Garcia MB 6-1 Fr. Toa Baja, Puerto Rico (Bayamon Military Academy) 8 Natalie Tyson OH 5-8 So. Winston-Salem, N.C. (Mount Tabor HS) 9 Janiece Jefferies S/RS 5-10 So. Germantown, Md. (Northwest HS) 10 Brandee Markwith DS/L 5-8 R-Jr. Honolulu, Hawai’i (Punahou HS) 11 Kalee Vanderhorst OH 5-10 Jr. Raleigh, N.C. (East Tennessee State) 14 Kaiya Heyliger-Powell OH 6-1 Jr. Silver Spring, Md. (Sherwood HS) 16 Alden Willis DS 5-4 So. Raleigh, N.C. (Broughton HS) 18 S’Mara Riley MB 5-10 So. Encino, Calif. (Bishop Alemany HS) 23 Marissa Harmon S 6-1 Jr. Frisco, Texas (University of Wyoming) 32 Sydney Hall MB 6-1 R-So. Torrance, Calif. (Bishop Montgomery HS) 41 Sydney Kleinman OH 6-2 Jr. Frisco, Texas (University of Minnesota) 99 Toya Osuegbu MB 5-11 Sr. Winder, Ga. (Winder-Barrow HS) Head Coach: Julie Torbett (Seventh Season at ECU) (Penn State, ‘90) Assistant Coach: Moneshia McKenney (Second Season at ECU) (Clemson, ‘14) Assistant Coach: Tyler Golsteyn (First Season at ECU) (IPFW, ‘16) Director of Operations: Cody Carmichael EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY 4 2019 VOLLEYBALL FACT BOOK Head Coach Julie Torbett Julie Torbett, who played an integral role in the success of a nationally-prominent Penn State team as a student-athlete and has followed with over 400 victories in 24 years as a head coach, begins her seventh season as head volleyball coach at East Carolina University in 2019. In just six years, Torbett has transferred a once dormant ECU program into a contender in the American Athletic Conference. The Purple and Gold experienced another strong start under Torbett’s tutelage in 2018, winning seven of 10 matches prior to the start of AAC play. ECU ran its overall record all the way to 12-4 and began the league season 4-1 - the best start to a conference schedule in program history - before injuries finally caught up with the Pirates and hampered the remainder of the campaign. East Carolina enjoyed one of its finest seasons in school history in 2017, racking up a 22-11 overall record and 13-7 AAC mark – good for fourth place in the league standings. ECU was picked to finish 11th in the preseason coaches poll. The 22 victories were the most for the Pirates since 1982 and the 20-win season was the first for the program since 2005. Setter Shelby Martin was tabbed the AAC Freshman of the Year and to the Second Team, marking the first ECU player to earn such an honor in program history. Senior middle blocker Natalie Montini also collected the first all-conference first-team laurel for the Pirates since 2007 while classmate and outside hitter Ashton Mares became the fifth player in school history to record over 1,000 career kills and digs. Torbett enjoyed some personal accolades as well in 2017, becoming the all-time winningest head volleyball coach at ECU when the Pirates defeated AAC opponent USF 3-1 on Nov. 3 in Greenville. She also earned her 400th career win with a 3-0 sweep of N.C. Central Sept. 19 at home. Torbett currently owns the second-most career victories of any active head coach in the American Conference. The 2016 season saw the program take a large and important step in the turnaround process as ECU posted a 15-15 record - its first non-losing season OACH ORBEtt AT A LANCE since 2006.