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Quick Facts/Contents/Credits This is LSU Lady Tiger History THIS IS LSU 2 Campus Life 37 Lady Tiger SEC Results 4 Cox Communications Academic Center for Student Athletes 38 Lady Tiger SEC/NCAA Results THE PROGRAM 6 Academic Success 39 Lady Tiger All-Time Top 10 COACHES 7 President Dr. William L. Jenkins/ Chancellor Sean O’Keefe 40 Lady Tiger All-Americans LADY TIGERS 8 City of Baton Rouge 41 Lady Tiger/SEC/NCAA Records LADY TIGER 9 State of Louisiana 42 Lady Tiger Letterwinners HISTORY 10 A Championship Tradition 43 Lady Tiger History/All-Time Records TIGERS 12 Director of Athletics Skip Bertman 44 Lady Tiger Year-By-Year Results 13 Athletic Facilities TIGER HISTORY 14 Strength & Conditioning Tigers 15 Dr. Martin J. Broussard Center for Athletic Training 46 Tiger Season Preview 48 Tiger Roster/Qualifying Times The Program 49 Tiger Profiles 16 LSU Swimming and Diving 17 SEC Swimming/Season Review Noteook Tiger History 18 LSU Natatorium 55 Tiger SEC Results 19 LSU Olympians 56 Tiger SEC/NCAA Results 20 Non-Conference Opponents 57 Tiger All-Time Top 10 21 SEC Opponents 58 Tiger All-Americans 59 Tiger/SEC/NCAA Records Coaches 60 Tiger Letterwinners 22 Head Coach Adam Schmitt 61 Tiger History/All-Time Records 24 Diving Coach Doug Shaffer 62 Tiger Year-By-Year Results 25 Associate Head Coach/Assistant Coaches/Support Staff 64 LSUsports.net Lady Tigers 26 Lady Tiger Season Preview 28 Lady Tiger Roster/Qualifying times 29 Lady Tiger Profiles The 2005-2006 LSU Swimming & Diving Media Guide is a production of the LSU Sports Information Office. Editor Bill Martin Layout and Design Peter Hoang Research Eric Maxwell Publications Director Jason Feirman Photography Steve Franz Printing EBSCO Media - Birmingham, Ala. University Athletic Department Contact Information (area code 225) Location: Baton Rouge, La. Athletics Director: Stanley "Skip" Bertman Sports Information: 578-8226 Founded: 1860 Senior Associate AD: Dan Radakovich Sports Information Fax: 578-1861 Enrollment: 31,582 Associate AD/SWA: Judy Southard Bill Martin, home: 767-2338 Nickname: Tigers or Fighting Tigers Associate AD/Internal Operations: Verge Ausberry Email: [email protected] Colors: Purple (PMS 268) and Gold (PMS 123) Associate AD/Internal Relations: Bo Bahnsen Michael Bonnette, home: 923-2426 Conference: Southeastern Associate AD/Business: Mark Ewing Swimming & Diving Office: 578-3947 Mascot: Mike V (live Bengal tiger) Associate AD/External Affairs: Herb Vincent Natatorium: 578-8207 Facility: LSU Natatorium Associate AD/Compliance: Chris Howard LSU Athletic Department: 578-8001 Capacity: 2,200 Assistant AD/Operations: Eddie Nunez Ticket Office: 578-2184 Year Opened: 1985 Assistant AD/Student Service: Miriam Segar Website: www.LSUsports.net Length: 50-meters (splits to short course length) President: Dr. William L. Jenkins Sports Information Media Information Chancellor: Sean O’ Keefe Sports Information Director: Michael Bonnette The LSU 2005-06 Swimming & Diving Media Guide was written to pro- Faculty Representative: Kenneth E. Carpenter Senior Associate SID: Kent Lowe vide members of the media with statistics and information needed to Associate SID: Laurie Cannon adequately cover the LSU swimming & diving teams. If you need fur- Swimming and Diving Staff ther information on the team, pictures, or wish to set up an interview Associate SID: Bill Franques with head swimming coach Adam Schmitt, diving coach Doug Shaffer, Head Coach: Adam Schmitt (LSU, 1989) Associate SID: Brian Miller associate head coach Morgan Bailey, or assistant coaches Anne Year at LSU: Second Associate SID: Melissa Reynaud Shawhan or David Geyer, as well as any of the student-athletes, please Career Record: 7-12 Publications Director: Jason Feirman contact Bill Martin in the LSU Sports Information Office at (225) 578- Diving Coach: Doug Shaffer (UCLA, 1986) Graphic Design Coordinator: Peter Hoang 8226. Associate Head Coach: Morgan Bailey (Oakland, 1995) Publications Student Assistants: Krystal Bennett and Assistant Coaches: Anne Shawhan (Florida State, 2000) Brandon Jantz Mailing Address: and David Geyer (Shippensburg, 1999) Administrative Secretary: Pat Fredericks LSU Sports Information P.O. Box 25095 Graduate Assistant: Matt Leach (Indiana, 2004) Swimming & Diving Contact: Bill Martin Baton Rouge, LA 70894-5095 Administrative Assistant: Ashley Stringfellow Student Assistants: Kate Doll, Caroline Domecq, Amanda Phone: (225) 578-8226 Graduate Assistant Trainer: Chad Cook Joseph, Bill Martin, Eric Maxwell, Brianne Mickles, Alex Restrepo, Will Stafford, Melissa Stoltz and Ben Wright Overnight Mailing Address: Photographer: Steve Franz Athletic Administation Building, Fifth Floor North Stadium Drive at Nicholson Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70894 2005-06 LSU SWIMMING AND DIVING MEDIA GUIDE 1 Campus Life THIS IS LSU LSU's landscaping was called “a botanical joy" in its listing among the 20 best THE PROGRAM COACHES campuses in America in Thomas Gaines’ “The Campus as a Work of Art." LADY TIGERS LADY TIGER HISTORY TIGERS TIGER HISTORY LSU Facts ouisiana State University and Agricultural & Location: Baton Rouge, La. Mechanical College has, throughout its 145 Founded: January 2, 1860 Enrollment: 31,582 Lyear history, served the people of Louisiana, President: Dr. William Jenkins the region, the nation, and the world. LSU is Major Fields for Bachelor’s Degrees: 72 Major Fields for Master’s Degrees: 72 creating a revolution, one of pervasive change and Major Fields for Doctoral Degrees: 54 advancement. For the past five years, the focus of the LSU community has been an increased commitment to excellence. Our progress has been dramatic and shows no sign of stopping. Having witnessed many of yesterday's possibilities become today's tangible realities, the LSU community set forth to capitalize on its success. The goal was to improve our standing as a nationally competitive flagship university. Following intense discussions among the LSU Board of Supervisors, campus administrators, faculty, and student lead- ers, the objectives required to reach this status crystallized, providing the impetus for LSU's National Flagship Agenda. 2 2005-06 LSU SWIMMING AND DIVING MEDIA GUIDE Campus Life DIVERSITY THIS IS LSU THE PROGRAM “ The Most Diverse COACHES school in the nation. ” LADY TIGERS “LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HAS A LADY TIGER Newsweek magazine named HISTORY Louisiana State University the TIGERS “Most Diverse” school in the TRADITION OF GRATITUDE EXPRESSED IN nation in the Sept. 3, 2003 issue. TIGER HISTORY The enrollment consists of 24 per- cent minority students. SERVICE TO COMMUNITY AND COUNTRY.” President George W. Bush 2004 LSU SPRING COMMENCEMENT Strong supporters of education institution opened January 2, 1860. When and International Programs. throughout the state have provided the Civil War began, the school’s first The primary mission of the LSU resources for a variety of innovative proj- superintendent, William Tecumseh Agricultural Center is to conduct ects that are attracting world-class Sherman, resigned to assume a command research in agricultural and natural researchers and their expertise to LSU. in the Union Army. The seminary resource development and to provide The National Flagship Agenda is working reopened in 1869, but was soon destroyed off-campus extension education that to improve the standing of the University, by fire. The institution moved to Baton disseminates technological, economic, as well as strengthen its position as an Rouge, opening on Nov. 1, 1869. and management information to economic engine for the state of In 1870, the Seminary was renamed Louisiana residents. Louisiana. As a result, the University com- Louisiana State University. In 1874, under In 1977, the Paul M. Hebert Law munity is even more determined to the United States Morrill Act, the Center, established as the LSU Law achieve excellence at every level. Louisiana State Agricultural & Mechanical School in 1906, was made an LSU remains firmly focused on College was established in New Orleans. autonomous division of the LSU attaining national flagship status by 2010, The two institutions were merged by the System. The Law Center provides legal the University's 150th anniversary. The Legislature in 1877 to become Louisiana education characterized by an resolve of the LSU community and the State University and Agricultural & unyielding demand for academic support of the state make these goals Mechanical College. excellence. Its unique curriculum, attainable. And, if the last five years are Construction on the present campus based on civil law as well as substantial any indication of success, the next phase began in 1922 and the first classes were elements of common law, provides law of this agenda will guarantee LSU's place held in 1926. LSU experienced major graduates with qualifications and in the arena of national prominence. growth in the 1930s and 1940s, expanding training for not one, but two legal Because of its designation as a its student body, curricula, and services. systems. The Hebert Law Center holds doctoral/research university by the During the 1960s, the University began to membership in the Association of Law Carnegie Foundation, LSU ranks in the place increasing emphasis on research. Schools and is on the approved list of top 2 percent of the nation’s colleges and Recognizing the importance and the American Bar Association. universities. This designation is shared by extent of statewide agricultural activities LSU, located on more than 2,000 only 59 public and 29 private universities of units in the LSU