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TABLE OF CONTENTS QUICK FACTS 2007 Mississippi State GENERAL INFORMATION Location . .Starkville, Mississippi Founded . .February 28, 1878 Softball Media Guide Enrollment . .15,934 (Fall, 2005) SECTION 1: GENERAL INFORMATION SECTION 4: 2006 REVIEW Conference . .Southeastern (SEC Western Division) MSU Media Relations/Media Information . .2 2006 Final Statistics . .45 Nickname . .Bulldogs Media & Athletic Department Directory . .3 2006 Results . .46 Colors . .Maroon (PMS 202) & White Mississippi State Softball Field/City of Starkville . .4-5 2006 Southeastern Conference Review . .47 Stadium . .Mississippi State Softball Field (750) MSU Facilities . .6-7 2006 Southeastern Conference Leaders . .48 President . .Dr. Robert H. Foglesong Director Of Athletics . .Larry Templeton 2007 Mississippi State Softball Camps . .8 2006 NCAA Statistical Leaders . .49 Faculty Representative . .Dr. Steven C. Turner 2007 Softball Rosters . .9 Senior Woman’s Administrator . .Ann Carr Season Preview . .10-11 SECTION 5: HISTORY AND RECORDS Mississippi State Softball Diamond Club . .12 Individual Records Quick Glance . .50-51 MSU STAFF INFORMATION Radio/TV Speed Chart . .Inside Front Cover Individual Single Game Records . .51-52 Head Coach . .Jay Miller (Illinois State, 1978) 2007 Schedule . .Back Cover Individual Season Records . .52-56 Record At MSU . .141-115 (4 years) Individual Career Records . .57-60 Career Record . .850-530 (24 years) SECTION 2: MEET THE TEAM Annual Individual Champions . .61-63 Assoc. Head Coach .Annie Smith (Grinnell College, 1995) Stephanie Comeaux . .13 Team Records Quick Glance . .64 Assistant. Coach . .Bo Reid Blair Hewett . .14 Team Single Game Records . .64-65 Certified Athletic Trainer . .Corey Lock Michelle Kinney . .15 Team Season Records . .65-66 Strength Coach . .Travis Illian Katie Johnson . .16 Class-By-Class Records . .67-68 Katie Cooley . .17 Year-By-Year Results . .69-71 MSU TEAM INFORMATION Sara Hickerson . .18 All-Time Letterwinners . .72 2006 Overall Record . .33-28 Kelli Miller . .19 SEC Series Records/Breakdowns . .73-74 2006 SEC Record (Finish) . .7-22 (6th SEC West) Courtney Bures . .20 Non-Conference Series Records/Breakdowns . .75-76 Letterwinners Returning/Lost . .16/3 Nakita Boyce . .21 Awards & Honors . .77 Starters Returning/Lost . .8/1 Lindsay Hunley . .22 Newcomers: . .4 Hayle Guess . .23 SECTION 6: THIS IS MSU POSITION STARTERS RETURNING (8): Rachel Hurley . .24 Mississippi State University . .78-81 Sammie Jo Bailey (5-8, So., 1B) Laura Leigh Reese . .25 Mississippi State Athletic Excellence . .82-87 Nakita Boyce (5-7, Jr., OF) Ashley Wroten . .26 Mississippi State Distinguished Alumni . .88-89 Courtney Bures (5-5, Jr., SS) Sammie Jo Bailey . .27 University President . .90 Katie Cooley (5-5, Sr., OF) Gina McCloud . .28 Athletic Administration . .91 Blair Hewett (5-3, Sr., C) Jessie Bailey . .29 MSU Athletic Academics . .92 Hayle Guess (5-8, R-Jr., OF) Megan Bateman . .29 Mississippi State & USA Softball . .93 Lindsay Hunley (5-9, Jr., INF) Laurie Siebert . .30 Mississippi State & WPSL/NPF . .94 Michelle Kinney (5-5, Sr., OF/3B) Chelsea Bramlett . .30 Mississippi State Traditions . .95-96 PITCHERS RETURNING (3): Head Coach Jay Miller . .31-33 Stephanie Comeaux (5-4, Sr., RHP) Associate Head Coach Annie Smith . .34 Sara Hickerson (5-9, Sr., RHP) Assistant Coach Bo Reid . .35 Kelli Miller (5-10, Sr., RHP) MSU Softball Support Staff . .36 OTHER LETTERWINNERS RETURNING (5): Rachel Hurley (5-3, So., OF) SECTION 3: 2007 OPPONENTS Katie Johnson (5-6, Jr., INF/OF) Iowa State/Purdu . .37 Gina McCloud (5-4, R-So., 3B) Kennesaw State/BYU . .37 Laura Leigh Reese (5-10, So., C) California/Cal-Davis . .37 Ashley Wroten (5-8, So., OF) Hawai’i/Utah State . .37 NEWCOMERS (4): Mississippi Valley State/Florida State . .38 Jessie Bailey (5-7, Fr., P/3B) Seton Hall/Tennessee Tech . .38 Megan Bateman (5-5, Jr., C) Nebraska/Toledo . .38 Chelsea Bramlett (5-8, Fr., C/INF) Laurie Siebert (5-2, Fr., INF) UT-Martin/UT-Chattanooga . .38 Austin Peay/Indiana State . .39 Samford/Alabama . .39 MISSION STATEMENT Kentucky/Morehead State . .39 The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics is an integral Tennessee/UAB . .39 part of Mississippi State University. It incorporates in its Auburn/Ole Miss . .40 overall mission the Mississippi State University, South Carolina/Southern Miss . .40 Southeastern Conference and NCAA philosophy, pur- pose, fundamental policies and general principles. Our LSU/Georgia . .40 primary purpose is to ensure the academic well-being, Florida/Arkansas . .40 the physical fitness and the ethical foundation for all stu- The Southeastern Conference . .41 dent-athletes. The Athletic Department offers a focal 2006 SEC Composite Schedule . .42-43 point for school spirit throughout the academic year, SEC All-Time Standings/Tournament Results . .44 complementing the academic, cultural and social facets of college life. Since it is an activity of the University, the CREDITS: The 2007 Mississippi State Softball Media Department’s standards, goals and ideals must remain in Guide is a publication of the MSU Athletic Media Relations harmony with the academic programs. Office. It was compiled, edited and designed by Tim Andrzejewski using QuarkXPress on a Compaq nx5000. Photography provided by Darrell McAllister, the late Fred Faulk, Russ Houston, David Lann and Brian Allen Loden. The cover design was created by John Schauffhauser of Mississippi State University does not discriminate on the Schauffhauser Design in Canton, Miss. The media guide basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disabili- ty or veteran status. Carson C. Cook Jr., Director of the Office was printed by Harvey Dallas Printing in Jackson, Miss. The of Diversity and Equity Programs (McArthur Hall, Room 223, 2007 Mississippi State Softball Media Guide has been pre- P.O. Box 6199, Mississippi State, MS 39762/662.325.2493) pared to assist the media and is designed to aid all media has been designated as the responsible employee to coordi- members in their coverage of Mississippi State Softball. nate efforts to carry out responsibilities and make investiga- Questions and changes to this guide should be directed to tions of complaints relating to discrimination in conforming Tim Andrzejewski, Assistant Director of Athletic Media with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1974, and the Relations (662.325.7556). Junior shortstop Courtney Bures returns to lead a vet- eran-laden team in 2007. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. 1 MEDIA RELATIONS ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE: The MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY Mississippi State Athletic Media Relations Office is Bob Hartley Memorial Fellowship ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS DIRECTORY located in Room 202 of Humphrey Coliseum. Office Providing Graduate Assistant Opportunities To Young SIDs hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. Humphrey Coliseum/Bryan Building CREDENTIALS: Requests for press/photo creden- Phone: 662.325.0540/2703 tials should be faxed or mailed on official letterhead Fax: 662.325.3654/2563 to the Mississippi State Athletic Media Relations Office (FAX 662.325.3654) at least 48 hours prior to the event. Since space is limited, accomodations are MIKE NEMETH on a priority basis: daily newspapers, originating Associate Athletic Director/ radio and television stats, national weekly or month- Media & Public Relations ly publications, electronic media outlets, local and Football Contact regional television crews. Priority is granted to mem- Office: 662.325.2703 bers of the media who cover Mississippi State on a E-mail: regular basis, and to visiting media members. At the [email protected] MSU Softball Field, media credentials will be avail- able for pickup at the press tent. Only working media Bob Hartley Tony Schmidt with proper credentials will be allowed access to the For more than half a century Robert M. "Bob" Hartley ded- press area. JOHN R. CADE icated his life's work to promoting Mississippi State athletics. Assistant Athletic Director/ From his hiring as the school's first sports publicity director in Media & Public Relations PHOTO REGULATIONS: Photo passes will be issued only to accredited photographers on assignment. August 1946 to his initial "retirement" as assistant athletic Website Administration Photographers may shoot from designated areas director for communications in June 1985, through his later Office: 662.325.2703 outside of the fences of the field and within the sta- years as an invaluable consultant for the Mississippi State E-mail: dium. The Mississippi State Athletic Department University Department of Athletics, the man we called "Hart" [email protected] adheres to NCAA photography policies and reserves gave special meaning to the words "loyalty" and "devotion to all commercial and non-commercial rights to the use duty." of film, videotape and still photographs of its athlet- Mr. Bob's labors of love with MSU have not gone unrecog- DAVID ROSINSKI ic events and facilities. nized. He has taken his place among college athletics' greats Associate Director as a member of both the university's and the state's sports halls Athletic Media Relations MSU SOFTBALL FIELD: With its fully enclosed press of fame and the College Sports Information Directors of Men’s Basketball Contact box and telephone lines that allows for faxing and America Hall of Fame. Office: 662.325.3595 web site updates, as well as radio/television broad- His willingness to generously give of his talent, his time and casting