MEDIA LSU RECORDS HISTORY REVIEW COA CHES TIGERS PREVIEW THIS IS LSU INTRO 8 2004LSU BASEBALL 184 ere nbsns diitainadeecs cec.Atheralma degrees inbusinessadministration andexercise science. of theBearfootballteam. Sports Information Sports os Peyton (5)andGrant (4). sons, andthecouplehastwo La., the formerRobin Arnaud ofOpelousas, Heismarriedto for SIDsoftheLouisianaSports Writer’s Association. . State Universityin er Matthew Bonnette istheSportsInformationDirector atHenderson Hisbroth- McNeese StateSportsInformationDirector LouisBonnette. relations profession hisentire lifeasheisthe son oflong-time ing asastudentassistantwithinthedepartmentforfouryears. winning gameday footballprogram. Healsoserved astheeditorofLSU’s award women’s basketballteam. handling allmediarelations effortsforLSU’s nationally-ranked Bonnettewas thetopassistantforfootballpublicityaswell Director, Priortotakingover asSportsInformation Athletic Department. isinhisninthyear withtheLSU Information Director forseven years, the 20sportssponsored by the Athletic Department. heeot Heearnedhismastersdegree atLSUin1982. Shreveport. Advocate. weekly bowlingcolumnfor The (BatonRouge) Times andforthepast11years haswritten a for The (Shreveport) Loweworked forseveral years asacorrespondent at LouisianaDowns, Priortoworking treasurer oftheLouisianaSports Writers Association. SID since August of 1988. was promoted toassociateSIDinJuly of1991afterserving asassistant Lowe racetrack. La., served aspublicitydirector fortheBossierCity, Network. women’s basketballandsoftballbroadcasts ontheLSUSports 00gaut fUa tt,Cannonearnedbachelorof arts A 2000graduate ofUtahState, onte h sa19 rdaeo S,serves asvicepresident whoisa1993graduate ofLSU, Bonnette, nativehasbeenaround thesportsmedia La., The LakeCharles, Bonnette joinedtheLSUSIDstaffasaninternin1993afterserv- whoserved asan Associate Sports The 33-year-old Bonnette, oe aieo heeot isa1979graduate from LSU- anativeofShreveport, Lowe, Lowe isamemberofCoSIDA andpresently serves assecretary- cametoLSUin1988from LouisianaDownswhere he 45, Lowe, His voiceisalsowellknownasthecoloranalystonhome rgas andassistedwiththepublicizing programs, track andfieldcross country the Bears’ where sheserved astheprimary contactfor spending oneyear atBaylor University Shecame toLSUafter field andgymnastics. LSU asassociateSIDincharge oftrack and [email protected] Associate SID Laurie Cannon Star events heldon theLSUcampus. dinates theannualLouisianaHighSchool All- Lowealsocoor- team andwomen’s golfteam. media contactfortheLSUmen’s Heserves astheprimary SID fornineyears. afterserving asassociate 2000, SID in August, [email protected] Senior Associate SID Kent Lowe well asoverseeing allpublicityactivitiesfor LSU’s nationally-ranked footballteamas Bonnette serves asthechiefcontactfor AsSportsInformationDirector, 2000. being promoted tothepositionin August of LSU’s SportsInformationDirector after [email protected] InformationDirector Sports Michael Bonnette Laurie Cannonentershersecondyear at Kent Lowewas appointed seniorassociate Michael Bonnetteentershisfourthyear as team captainduringherjuniorandseniorseasons. She served as nationallyranked gymnasticsteam. ner forthe Aggies’ softball andwomen’s soccerprograms. gymnastics, included serving astheprimary contactforthe Aggies’ HerdutiesatUSU and oneyear asamediarelations student assistant. mater Cannonserved oneyear asanassistantmediarelations director Franques istheproducer andco-hostof Inaddition, Sports Network broadcasts ofbaseballroad games. andheistheradio coloranalyst onLSU public address announcer, Healsoserves asthe Alex BoxStadium gram’s mediarelations director. andoverseeing officeoperations. and boosterclubmeetings, organizing fund-raising events coordinating teamandrecruiting travel, mediaandpublicrelations, tive assistantincludedhandlingthe Tigers’ uke a,adte aetocide,WlimPu,J. born 2002. Jr., born April 18, andBenjaminLewis, William Paul, 2000, September 23, andthey have two children, La., Bunkie, nativeismarriedtotheformer Yvette Lemoineof La., Lafayette, 3ranking in2003. includingaNo. nine ofthepast11seasons, His baseballbrochures have finishedamongthetopsixinUSA of America andthe NationalCollegiateBaseball Writers Association. named bestinthenationby theCollegeSportsInformationDirectors television program featuringLSUsportspersonalities. h opehsoesn Trey (2). the couplehasoneson, trips totheNCAA FinalFour. whichincludedtwo play voiceoftheLady Techsters basketballteam, Healsospentthree seasonsastheplay-by- and women's basketball. Millerprimarily handledthepublicityforfootball At Tech, two asanassistant(1996-98)andone the director (1999). University, SID aftergraduation before spendingthree years atLouisiana Tech program. as astudentassistantincharge ofthepublicityHuskies'baseball broadcast journalismandbeganhiscareer insportsinformationatNU in 1996withadegree in from NortheasternUniversityinBoston, Millergraduated field andwomen's tennisprograms onthePlains. cer andwomen's basketballat Auburn andworked withthetrack and CoSIDANation”by outof112DivisionIentries. 2002-03 LSUwomen’s basketballmediaguidewas named “Best inthe His HewillalsoassistinthepublicityofallotherLSUsports. team. anni aieo amcal Calif. Cannon isanativeofCarmichael, Cannonwas afour-year letterwin- While astudentatUtahState, sascaeSD Franques continuestowork asthebaseballpro- As associateSID, rnusrcie ahlro rsdge rmLUi 95 The Franques received abachelorofartsdegree from LSUin1985. hastwicebeen editedby Franques, The LSUbaseballmediaguide, ilri are otefre tcyHl fMnhm a,and La., Miller ismarriedtotheformerStacey HillofMangham, Miller spentoneyear atFlorida Atlantic Universityasanassistant Millerspentthree years handling soc- N.Y., A nativeofHamilton, [email protected] Associate SID Brian Miller nationally-ranked women's basketball football andtheprimary contactforLSU’s University. years inthesame capacityat Auburn as anassociateSIDafterspendingthree [email protected] Associate SID Bill Franques years. viously served as Associate SIDfornine Franques hadpre- office in August of2000. returned totheSportsInformation seasons, baseball administrative assistantforthree rnus responsibilities asadministra- Franques’ whoserved astheLSU Bill Franques, ilr 0 isthesecondary contactfor 30, Miller, Brian Millerentershissecondyear atLSU LSU SportsJournal amonthly ,

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Melissa Reynaud David Hurd Associate SID Graphic Design Coordinator [email protected] [email protected] THIS IS LSU Melissa Reynaud enters her third year on David Hurd was hired as the graphic the LSU sports information staff as design coordinator for LSU Athletics in Associate SID in charge of the nationally October, 2003. His responsibilities include recognized softball program. She is also the assisting in the design and production of all primary contact for the women’s volleyball athletics publications. program and supervises staff members over- Hurd, 26, worked as a student assistant seeing the women’s tennis program. in the LSU athletics department for three Reynaud, 26, is a Baton Rouge native and a 1997 graduate of LSU years prior to earning his bachelor’s degree in graphic design in May,

in Mass Communications. Prior to coming to LSU, Reynaud was the 2003. PREVIEW assistant SID at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches. At Hurd, a Metairie, La., native, is a graduate of Rummel High NSU, she was the primary media contact for the women's basketball, School. He and his wife, the former Kathy Lagarde, are expecting soccer and softball teams and assisted with the other 11 sports includ- their first child in February, 2004. ing the NCAA Tournament men's basketball team and Division I-AA football team. Prior to that, Reynaud worked as an intern at Ole Miss. During her year in Oxford, she worked primarily with the volleyball and men's and Steve Franz women's track and field programs while assisting with football and Photography Coordinator TIGERS both basketball teams. [email protected] Reynaud began her career at Northwestern State where she was a graduate assistant for two years while earning a master's degree in Steve Franz joined the LSU athletics sports administration. department in July of 1998 after being around the Tiger sports scene for years. Jason Feirman Prior to joining LSU athletics, the New Publications Director Orleans native served as photographer for CO [email protected] the independent Tiger Rag magazine for five years. Franz was also a photographer for United Press International A CHES Jason Feirman is in his fourth year as the covering some of the area's major political events, Presidential visits, director of all of LSU’s athletics publications. the Saints and the NCAA men's and women's Final Feirman served as publications student Fours in New Orleans. assistant for two years in the sports informa- Franz, a member of the National Press Photographers and Sports tion office before joining the staff on a full- Shooter.com, has had his pictures published in several national maga- time basis in August of 2000. zines, including Sports Illustrated and The Sporting News.

In 2002-03 the LSU Women’s Basketball Franz, an LSU graduate, also served a summer working in New REVIEW media guide was named “Best in the Nation”by CoSIDA out of 112 York state as an assistant photographer for the Buffalo Bisons minor Division I entries. In addition, the LSU Baseball Media Guide finished league baseball team and as chief photographer for the Niagara Falls third in the nation and was awarded best cover. In 2001-02, Feirman Rapids pro team. coordinated three media guides that finished in the top seven national- Franz, 33, attended Archbishop Rummel High School in Metairie ly of the CoSIDA publications contest. In his first year, six media guides and received his bachelor's degree from LSU in December of 1993. produced placed in the Top 20 nationally in the 2000-01 CoSIDA contest. He served as assistant sports editor of The Reveille in fall of 1998, as a sports reporter for Tiger Television in spring of 1998. He was a stringer HIST for The Associated Press from 1996 to 2000 covering LSU, and he held a sports internship at WGNO-TV, ABC affiliate in New Orleans. OR

Feirman, 25, received a bachelor’s of arts degree from LSU in Y December of 2000. A Metairie, La. native, Feirman was born on July 16, 1978.

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Student Assistants Tony Autin Laura Covington Michelle Fakier

Melissa Giardina LSU Natalie Grantham Annie Martin Bill Martin Pat Fredericks Kerri McGimsey Patrick Meehan Administrative Secretary

[email protected] Jeff Schneider MEDIA Will Stafford ESPN analyst Harold Reynolds meets Ryan Patterson at the 2003 CWS.

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MEDIA LSU RECORDS HISTORY REVIEW COA CHES TIGERS PREVIEW THIS IS LSU INTRO 8 2004LSU BASEBALL 186 3 n enfr 1adagadagtr KaleighRyan. 21andagranddaughter, andJennifer, 23, Allyson, Wagner andhiswifeKaren have two daughters, journalism, Conference honorsin1979onthethree-meter springboard. four-year earning All-Southeastern Tiger lettermanindiving(1975-79), his mostrecent promotion. as Coordinator of Electronic Media/Television foreightyears priorto Heserved after joiningLSUasassistantcoordinator in August of1989. Center.Maravich Assembly nation ofLSU'svideoscoreboards in Tiger StadiumandthePete Electronic Media Communications at OSUfrom 1987until 1993whenhejoinedOleMiss. 1987 before becomingaproducer/director in Agricultural in Educational Television Services atOklahomaStatefrom 1984through 90gaut fLUi racs oraim Wagner was a A 1980graduate ofLSUinbroadcast journalism, 2003 was promoted tohiscurrent positionin August, 47, Wagner, A nativeofHoustonwith22years ofexperienceinbroadcast The AthleticsAdministrationbuildinghousesatelevisioncontrolroomthatisusedforvideoscoreboardbroadcasts and-a-half years. Teleproductions CenterHewas there forone- post-production supervisor inthe University ofMississippiwhere heserved as came toLSUin August of1994from the He assistant inthetelevision department. includingthecoordi- Athletics Department, television projects associatedwiththeLSU Heoversees all baseball coachSmokeLaval. women's basketball coachSueGunterand men'sbasketballcoachJohn Brady, Saban, evision showsfeaturing footballcoachNick er/director forLSU's fourmajorcoaches'tel- Manager ofTelevision John Schiebe Assistant AD/Television Kevin Wagner Schiebe served asaproduction assistant John Schiebebeginshis10thyear aschief Kevin Wagner istheexecutiveproduc- for football,basketballandgymnasticsinTigerStadium andthePete MaravichAssembly Center. mass communications. stadiums around thecountry priortogames. the ESPNCollegeGameday crew whichtraveled tovarious football mostnotablyduringthe 1997 and1998seasonsasamemberof years, news editor. firstintheproduction departmentandlaterasa WBRZ, Department from 1991-95before working forlocaltelevision station en,adte aetocide,Toa,1,adPtik 14. andPatrick, 15, Thomas, andthey have two children, Tenn., Miss. andattended HighSchoolinOxford, Minn. Danna graduated from LSUin1995withabachelor'sdegree in He freelanced forvarious sportsproduction companiesforthree worked asastudentassistantintheElectronic Media 31, Danna, cib,4,ismarriedtotheformerMollieClementsofMemphis, 41, Schiebe, hewas borninMinneapolis, A 1986graduate of OklahomaState, Coordinator Paul Danna when hewas astudent attheUniversity. production ofLSU programming since1991 two years (1999-2000)andwas involved with as afull-timetelevision producer atLSUfor Conn. stint atESPNinBristol, LSU Athletics Department afteratwo-year eoewrigfrEP,Dannaserved Before working forESPN, Dannareturned tothe In August of2002, LSU Baseball Radio/TV INTRO

The LSU Network, in its 16th year of in-house opera- tion, is scheduled to broadcast all regular-season contests this season along with the Tigers' games in the THIS IS LSU SEC and NCAA Tournaments. LSU Baseball will be distributed by satel- lite to 25 radio sta- tions from the broad- cast studios on the 2004 LSU BASEBALL fifth floor of the ath- RADIO AFFILIATES letic administration building. WDGL-FM (98.1 Mhz) . . .Baton Rouge PREVIEW WDGL-FM WWL-AM (870Khz) ...... New Orleans WSMB-AM (1350 Khz) . . . . .New Orleans (98.1) Radio in Baton KWKH-AM (1150 Khz) . . .Shreveport Rouge will serve as KSYL-AM (970 Khz) . . . . .Alexandria the flagship station WBOX-AM (920 Khz) . . . . .Bogalusa LSU coach (right) with Jumbo for the LSU Sports WBOX-FM (92.9 Mhz) . . . .Bogalusa Sports Network announcers Ronnie Rantz and Lyn Rollins Network. KEUN-AM (1290 Khz) . . . .Eunice KFNV-FM (107.1 Mhz) . . . . .Ferriday Jim Hawthorne, WFPR-AM (1400 Khz) . . . .Hammond the "Voice of the KFXY-AM (1490 Khz) ...... Houma LSU Television TIGERS Tigers" for all LSU KCIL-FM (107.5 Mhz) ...... Houma sports, begins his 21st KJNA-FM (99.3 Mhz) . . . .Jena Inside LSU Baseball season of calling KLCL-AM (1470 Khz) . . . .Lake Charles Inside LSU Baseball is a weekly program featuring LSU head KJAE-FM (92.7 Mhz) ...... Leesville coach Smoke Laval.The first installment of the 2004 season will air baseball play-by-play KLLA-AM (1570 Khz) ...... Leesville action. He will be KASO-AM (1040 Khz) . . . .Minden March 21, and the show will air weekly through May 23. The show joined on the broad- KMLB-AM (1440 Khz) . . . .Monroe features game highlights, player profiles and in-depth stories on KLIP-FM (105.3 Mhz) ...... Monroe casts by Charles college baseball’s No. 1 program. Inside LSU Baseball is produced CO KBZZ-FM (96.7 Mhz) ...... Morgan City by the LSU Electronic Media Department – Kevin Wagner, Hanagriff and LSU KANE-AM (1240 Khz) . . . . .New Iberia A CHES baseball publicist Bill WKSY-FM (106.1 Mhz) ...... Picayune, Miss. Executive Producer; John Schiebe, Associate Producer. Inside LSU Franques. KMYY-FM (92.3 Mhz) ...... Rayville Baseball Affiliates include WBRZ Channel 2 in Baton Rouge and A veteran sports KTIB-AM (640 Khz) ...... Thibodaux Cox Cable Channel 4 in Baton Rouge. announcer and radio KVPI-FM (92.5 Mhz) ...... Ville Platte personality through- Live Game Telecasts out Louisiana, A minimum of 17

Hawthorne brings LSU baseball games are REVIEW years of baseball broadcast experience to his post, including stints scheduled to be telecast with the Shreveport Captains of the AA League, live during the regular Northwestern State University and Centenary College. season by Cox Sports In his 24-year LSU broadcasting career, Hawthorne has called Television, the Jumbo the action from two basketball Final Fours, 12 football bowl games, Sports Network and SEC- one football national championship game and five baseball TV. Televised games are available on affiliates national championship games. Hawthorne, a native of Anacoco, HIST La., is married to the former Juanita Carol Thomason. He has one throughout Louisiana and the southeastern United

son, Joseph William; two daughters, Jaime Lynn and Amanda OR Ruth; and two grandchildren. States: Y Selected LSU Sports Network stations will also air "Tiger Saturday, Feb. 14 at Central Noon JSN Sportsline with Smoke Laval" each Monday from 7-8 p.m., begin- Sunday, Feb. 15 at Central Florida Noon JSN ning in March. The show airs live from Superior Grill on Tuesday, March 2 at Tulane 7 p.m. JSN Government Street in Baton Rouge. Tuesday, March 9 at Louisiana-Monroe 6:30 p.m. JSN Sunday, March 14 SE Louisiana 1 p.m. CST RECORDS Sunday, March 21 at South Carolina 12:30 p.m. JSN Tuesday, March 30 at New Orleans 6:30 p.m. JSN Sunday, April 4 at Auburn 1:30 p.m. JSN Saturday, April 10 Arkansas 2 p.m. SEC-TV Sunday, April 11 Arkansas 1 p.m. CST Friday, April 16 Georgia 6:30 p.m. CST Sunday, April 25 at Tennessee 1 p.m. JSN Friday, April 30 Alabama 6:30 p.m. CST Sunday, May 9 at Kentucky Noon JSN Friday, May 14 Vanderbilt 6:30 p.m. CST LSU Saturday, May 22 at Ole Miss 3 p.m. SEC-TV Sunday, May 23 at Ole Miss 1:30 p.m. JSN

JSN - Jumbo Sports Network CST - SEC-TV - Fox Sports South/Southwest Times are Central and subject to change MEDIA 2004 LSU Sports Network crew (l to r): Check local listings for times and stations in your area Charles Hanagriff, Jim Hawthorne, Bill Franques

OFFICIAL YEARBOOK 187 MEDIA LSU RECORDS HISTORY REVIEW COA CHES TIGERS PREVIEW THIS IS LSU INTRO 8 2004LSU BASEBALL 188 QIMN 578-1158 Equipment Mgr. Asst. Equipment Mgr. Asst. Equipment Mgr. Asst. Jeff Springer Mike Boniol InterimEquipmentMgr. Ferrell Shillings Assistant AD/Radio 578-8226 Greg Stringfellow Coordinator of Televison Manager of TelevisonEQUIPMENT Director Jim Hawthorne Assistant AD/Television Coordinator Paul Danna Assistant AD John Schiebe 578-4100 Kevin Wagner TELEVISON/ RADIO Jaunelle Hamilton Miriam Segar Chris Howard Associate AD 578-0628 BusinessManager COMPLIANCE OFFICE Assistant Coach Michael Szul AssistantCoach Mark Ewing Administrative Asst. HeadCoach BUSINESS OFFICE AssociateCoach 578-6643 Joe Carvalhido Bob Starkey Carla Berry AssistantCoach HeadCoach AssociateCoach AssistantCoach BASKETBALL-WOMEN’S 578-8217 Mike Giorlando Rickey Broussard AdministrativeAsst. 578-4148 BASKETBALL-MEN’S Coach Assistant Coach Assistant VolunteerCoach Assistant HeadCoach Ted White Jody Autery Brady Wiederhold Turtle Thomas Ray “Smoke”Laval Director ofLifeSkills BASEBALL Coordinator Director ofLifeSkills LearningSpecialist Asst. Technology Coordinator Kristen McFadden Director LearningSpecialist Mike Mallet Tutorial Coordinator AssociateDirector Adolfo Ortuzar Margaret Denny Gwendolyn Clark Tommy AssociateDirector Powell ofFaculty Relations Coord. Amy Cole Tommy Karam ExecutiveDirector Jim Rost AD Associate Mary Boudreaux Associate AD Associate AD Ted White RogerGrooters Dr. Associate AD ACADEMIC CENTERFORSTUDENT-ATHLETES Herb Vincent Associate AD/SWA Mark Ewing Associate AD Sr. Bo Bahnsen Verge Ausberry 578-8001 Director of Athletics Judy Southard Dan Radakovich DIRECTOR ofATHLETICS Athletics PhoneDirectory Wanda Babin Secretary Marion Javius Wendy Carpenter Renee Arbour Secretary Pam LeBlanc Secretary Virginia Robertson Services Asst. Admin. Jean Jackson Secretary Admin. Jacqueline McClendon ExecutiveSecretary Wanda Carrier 578-5787 OTAL578-5050 Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Head Coach 578-8769 Lori Osterberg Coach Assistant James DeFeo AssistantCoach Yvette Girouard SOFTBALL HeadCoach Ricky Zambrano Tracy Ward George Fotopoulos Manager AssistantCoordinator SOCCER 578-6974 Brandon Fairburn (Videographer) Doug Aucoin VIDEOGRAPHY Coordinator Director Promotions Manager Account Tech Gayle Seefield Manager 578-6884 MERCHANDISING Guy Gaster 578-8496 Aide Administrative Jenni Peters MARKETING &PROMOTIONS Elise Evans 578-5050 AssistantCoach James Thomas Assistant Coach Wendy Nall Coach Head RESOURCES HUMAN 578-6643 Phillip Ogletree Women’sBob Moore Coach Women’sCoach Asst. Men’s Coach Sara “D-D”Breaux GYMNASTICS Men’s Coach Asst. Director Shane Warren Coordinator Karen Bahnsen Blaine Lindsley Greg Jones GOLF 578-1801 Gerry Bordelon Assistant AD Eddie Nunez GAME MANAGEMENT/PURCHASING Coach Assistant AssistantCoach AssistantCoach AssistantCoach AssistantCoach 578-1151 Sam Nader Bobby Williams HeadCoach Stacy Searels Travis Jones OffensiveCoordinator DefensiveCoordinator Derek Dooley Kirk Doll Manager 578-6727 Will Muschamp Jimbo Fisher Nick Saban FOOTBALL Manager AssistantManager Terrance Bold Director FIELD HOUSE AssistantManager 578-2885 David Hadskey Todd Jeansonne Jeff Kershaw Ronnie Haliburton FACILITIES &GROUNDS slyMtikSecretary Ashley Mitnick Secretary Ashley Mitnick Tandy Aron Secretary Jennie Murphy Receptionist Secretary Defensive OffensiveSecretary Lois Stuckey CC Thompson RecruitingOperations Faye Spradley Sharon Lewis ofOperations Coord. Ya’el Lofton Specialist Gwen Butler Admin. Paulette Cox 578-3510 ensCut 578-2705 578-8212 Women’s Coach Men’s Coach 578-8207 Tennis Courts AssistantMen’s Coach Assistant Women’s Coach Sandy Sureephong Tony Minnis Mark Booras Jeff Brown HeadCoach TENNIS AssistantCoach AssistantCoach AssistantCoach(Diving) 578-5050 Pool AssistantCoach Doug Shaffer AssistantCoach Amanda Norton AssistantCoach Lars Jorgensen Jeff Cavana Strength Coach SWIMMING &DIVING 578-1150 PhotographerWill Jones Scott Gadeken Bo Davis Tommy Moffitt STRENGTH &CONDITIONING PublicationsDirector AssociateDirector Graphic DesignCoordinator AssociateDirector Associate Director Steve Franz David Hurd Director AssociateDirector Jason Feirman AssociateDirector Sr. Melissa Reynaud 578-8226 Brian Miller Bill Franques Laurie Cannon Kent Lowe Michael Bonnette SPORTS INFORMATION rnFoyHeadCoach 578-5050 Coach Assistant AssistantCoach 578-1459 Danijela Tomic Manager Darrell McLean VOLLEYBALL Assistant Trainer Assistant Trainer Trainer Assoc. Sr. Mary Jane Merrill 578-2050 Associate Trainer TRAVEL Trainer Trainer Assoc. Assoc. Sr. Sr. Micki Sandy Shawn Eddy Secretary Keith Thompson Drew Shea Assistant Coach Shelly Mullenix Director of Athletic Training Andy Barker AssistantCoach AssistantCoach Jack Marucci HeadCoach 578-8627 TRAINING AssistantCoach Shantelle Dunn Mark Elliott Dennis Shaver Kent Pagel 578-2184 Manager AssistantManager Boo Schexnayder Pat Henry AssistantManager TRACK &FIELD Administrative Specialist Nancy Mann Tiffany Creel Zack Lassiter Brian Broussard TICKET OFFICE slyMtikSecretary Ashley Mitnick Secretary Adm. Pat Fredericks eneMrh Secretary Jennie Murphy Accounting Accounting Cindy Middleton Debi Johnson Athletics Staff History INTRO

President Paul Manasseh, 1971-83 Women’s Tennis Coach Joe Yates, 1983-85 (President of LSU System, 1965-present) Jamie Kimbrough, 1985-88 Pat Newman, 1976-79 James M. Smith, 1930-1939 Herb Vincent, 1988-2000 Karen McCarter Elliott, 1980 Paul M. Hebert, 1939-1941 Michael Bonnette, 2000- Betty Sue Hagerman, 1981-83 THIS IS LSU Campbell B. Hodges, 1941-1944 Philip Campbell, 1984-88 William B. Hatcher, 1944-1947 Football Coach Geoff Macdonald, 1988-91 Fred C. Frey, 1947 Tony Minnis, 1992- Harold W. Stoke, 1947-1951 L.M.“Biff”Jones, 1933-34 Troy H. Middleton, 1951-1962 Bernie Moore, 1935-47 Men’s Golf Coach John A. Hunter, 1962-1972 Gaynell Tinsley, 1948-54 , 1955-61 Major J. Perry Cole, 1933-43 Martin D. Woodin, 1972-1985 , 1944-45 Allen A. Copping, 1985-99 Charlie McClendon, 1962-79 T.P.“Red”Heard, 1946-47 PREVIEW William L. Jenkins, 1999- , 1980-83 , 1984-86 Mike Barbato, 1948-60 Chancellor Mike Archer, 1987-90 Harry Taylor & Fred Knight, 1961-62 Curley Hallman, 1991-94 Harry Taylor, 1963-67 Cecil G. Taylor, 1965-1974 Gerry DiNardo, 1995-99 C.D. Smith, 1968 Paul W. Murrill, 1974-1981 Nick Saban, 2000- Tommy Martty, 1969 James H. Wharton, 1981-1988 Ben Freeman, 1970-71 E. Grady Bogue, 1988 (Dec.)-1989 (July) Men’s Basketball Coach Bill Brogdon, 1972-76

William E. Davis, 1989-96 Dave Sigler, 1977-82 TIGERS William L. Jenkins, 1996-99 , 1933-42 Buddy Alexander, 1983-87 Mark A. Emmert, 1999- Dale Morey, 1943-44 Britt Harrison, 1987-99 Jess Fatherree, 1945 Greg Jones, 1999- Athletics Director A.L.“Red”Swanson, 1945 Harry Rabenhorst, 1946-57 Women’s Golf Coach T.P. Heard, 1933-55 Jay McCreary, 1958-65 Jim Corbett, 1955-67 , 1965-66 Mary Rehling-Holmes, 1979-82 Harry Rabenhorst, 1967-68 , 1966-72 Buddy Alexander, 1983 CO , 1968-78 Dale D. Brown, 1972-97 Rickie Stukes, 1983-84 A CHES Paul Dietzel, 1978-82 John Brady, 1997- Karen Bahnsen, 1984- , 1982-86 Joe Dean, 1987-2000 Baseball Coach Soccer Coach Skip Bertman, 2001- Harry Rabenhorst, 1933-41 Miriam Hickey, 1995-96 Faculty Athletic Chairman A.L.“Red”Swanson, 1941-44 Greg Boggs, 1997-99

Harry Rabenhorst, 1944-57 George Fotopoulos, 2000- REVIEW James F. Broussard, 1932-42 , 1958-64 B.F. Mitchell, 1942-43 , 1964-66 Softball Coach J.G. Lee, 1945-46 Jim Smith, 1966-78 Carol Smith, 1979-82 A.R. Choppin, 1956-57 , 1979-83 Cathy Compton, 1995-1998 John C. Floyd, 1957-58 Skip Bertman, 1984-2001 Glenn Moore, 1999-2000 George H. Lowrey, 1958-59 Smoke Laval, 2002- Benjamin C. Craft, 1959-60 Yvette Girouard, 2001- Lemos L. Fulmer, 1961-62 Women’s Basketball Coach HIST W.R. Edwards, 1962-64 Swimming & Diving Coach

Luther Wade, 1964-65 Jinks Coleman, 1975-79 OR Barbara Swanner, 1979-82 Ken Van Voorhis, 1968-69

Dale R. Carver, 1965-66 Y Layne Jorgenson, 1969-71 George W. Fair, 1966-68 Sue Gunter, 1982- Ivan Harless, 1971-72 A. Bigler Crow, 1968-69 Gymnastics Coach Ted Stickles, 1972-79 Maurice Vick, 1969-70 Ivan Harless, 1979-81

Frank Rickey, 1970-71 Jackie Walker, 1974-77 RECORDS Scott Woodburn, 1981-85 Melvin Dakin, 1971-72 D-D Breaux, 1977- Sam Freas, 1985-88 Robert May, 1972-74 Rick Meador, 1988-2000 J.B. Frye, 1974-75 Volleyball Coach Jeff Cavana, 2000- L.R. Daniel, 1975-78 Gerry Owens, 1977-80 Joseph Liuzzo, 1978-83 , 1981-84 Track & Field Coach Billy Seay, 1983-91 , 1985-1997 Sam Hilliard, 1991-1993 Bernie Moore, 1933-47 Fran Flory, 1998- Pat Culbertson, 1994-2002 Al Moreau, 1948-63

Ken Carpenter, 2002- Men’s Tennis Coach Joe May, 1964-76 LSU Bill McClure, 1976-81 Sports Information Director Charlie Diel, 1932-46 Boots Garland, 1981-83 W.T.“Dub”Robinson, 1947-74 Billy Maxwell, 1983-86 Jack Fiser, 1948-49 Steve Carter, 1975-78 Sam Seemes, 1987 Jim Corbett, 1945-48, 1950-1954 Steve Strome, 1979-81 Pat Henry, 1987- Bob Lynch, 1949-50 Jerry Simmons, 1982-97 Ace Higgins, 1954-66 Jeff Brown, 1998- MEDIA Bud Johnson, 1966-71

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WHAT IS TAF? The Tiger Athletic Foundation (TAF) is a private, nonprofit founda- tion dedicated to supporting LSU and its Athletic Programs. The Foundation is administered by its own board of directors, comprised of THIS IS LSU TAF donors, which meets quarterly. Officers of the corporation are elect- ed bi-annually. Louisiana State University has a proud athletic tradition, highlight- ed by scores of and NCAA championships in more than 20 men's and women's varsity sports. Thanks to generous private-sector contributions, the Tiger Athletic Foundation (TAF) con- tinues to play an integral role in sustaining that outstanding tradition.

TAF funded projects: PREVIEW As the central fund-raising organization in support of LSU athletics, TAF's mission is clear - to lead the university in building a comprehen- sively superior athletic program. Unrestricted contributions to the Tiger Athletic Foundation benefit every athlete and team at LSU through scholarship and academic awards, as well as through the construction and maintenance of athlet- ic facilities. These projects, large and small, chart the unmistakable course to excellence. And it is the shared vision of alumni and friends of TIGERS LSU that are making them a reality. A donation to the Tiger Athletic Foundation Academic Center for Student-Athletes assists in its programs of support for LSU Athletics.

• Funding the construction and renovation of facilities and the purchase of equip- ment to provide Tiger student-athletes with the best possible opportunity to com- CO pete at a national level A CHES • Funding support for facilities and programs to enhance the academic opportuni- ties for student/athletes. • Providing support to assure the best possible coaching and support staffs are in place to lead the LSU athletic program Athletic Training Center

AN INVITATION TO JOIN TAF REVIEW The Tiger Athletic Foundation stands poised and ready to support LSU Athletics and its vision for the future. The TAF exists solely to support Tiger Athletics and to give its student-athletes and coaches every opportunity to thrive in their athletic endeavors and their lives off the field. The TAF is proud of its accomplishments for the LSU Athletics HIST program. The TAF is a group of dedicated fans who believe in LSU and work day in and day out to provide the financial resources neces- OR sary to make a difference. TAF is dedicated to helping make LSU Soccer Complex Athletics the best athletics program in America. Y

Sincerely, RECORDS

Major General R. G. Richard, USMC (Ret.) Chief Executive Officer Lawton Squad Room LSU MEDIA University Club

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