Notebook • Page 89 Noting The 2009-10 Blue Devils... 7.8 rebounds, 2.3 steals and 1.7 assists as a senior. knee in the Western Kentucky contest on Nov. 28 and She was the 2009 GMC, Butler and District 15 Player missed fi ve games. Hopkins came back to play 16 McCallie Enters Third Campaign... of the Year. Rogers posted 10 double-doubles as a games following the Christmas holiday. After securing her “Dream Job” in April of 2007, senior and fi nished second in career points (1,027) and Selby, who is from Cleveland, Ohio, saw action Joanne P. McCallie guided the Blue Devils to a 25-10 rebounds (536) at Lakota West in just three years. in 26 games in her fi rst year with the Blue Devils. She overall record in her fi rst season and then posted a Johnson, a 6-1 forward, was tabbed No. 62 in the averaged 2.7 points, while hitting 10-of-24 three-point 27-6 mark and a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament Blue Star Report in the class rankings. She averaged fi eld goals for a 41.7 percentage. in year two. 12.1 points, 7.0 rebounds, 3.5 steals and 1.6 assists as Fifth-year senior Keturah Jackson also had In two years so far with the Blue Devils, McCallie a senior at Providence Day School. Johnson earned surgery over the summer as she suffered a torn left has led Duke to a 52-16 overall and a 21-7 league NCISAA All-State fi rst team accolades, while also being rotator cuff in a pick-up game at home. mark. Duke has advanced to the NCAA Tournament named All-Conference, Charlotte Weekly Super Team As a junior, Jackson averaged 3.1 points, 2.9 both years as well as the ACC Championship. second team, Charlotte Observer All-Observer third rebounds and 1.3 steals. A product of Columbia, S.C., McCallie’s group made history in 2008-09 as team and Charlotte Observer All-Mecklenburg County she also made 16 starts. the Blue Devils became only the second team at second team. Duke to go undefeated in Cameron Indoor Stadium Blue Devils Add New Assistant Coach... with a 14-0 record. Jackson Returns For Fifth Year... Joanne P. McCallie added Trisha Stafford- In her 17 years as a head coach, McCallie has Fifth-year senior Keturah Jackson will return Odom as an assistant coach over the summer follow- led 13 teams to the NCAA Tournament, registered for her fi nal year with the Blue Devils after receiving ing the departure of assistant coach Shannon Perry. a 368-164 overall record, notched a 69.2 winning a degree in sociology over the summer. Jackson is Stafford-Odom will be heavily involved in recruiting and percentage, was the 2005 National Coach of the Year, attending the Fuqua Business School in 2009-10 at coaching the guards at Duke. won fi ve conference championships and collected 13 Duke. Stafford-Odom, a standout student-athlete at the 20-win seasons. Over her career, Jackson has seen action in 90 University of California who went on to play profession- games and made 26 starts. Known best for her defen- ally in the WNBA and overseas, had previously served Preseason Rankings... sive play, Jackson has notched 109 steals in 90 games, as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Duke has been tabbed fourth nationally in the while averaging 3.2 points and 2.7 rebounds. UCLA from 2005-08. Recognized as one of the most Athlon Magazine preseason poll, while also being She will look to continue Duke’s trend of having infl uential and positive coaches that continues to impact listed sixth by Lindy’s Magazine. very successful fi fth-year seniors over the last number the women’s game, Stafford-Odom has an infectious of years -- Chante Black, Lindsey Harding and Monique personality that captivates players, coaches, event Experience Returns... Currie all stayed fi ve years and were All-America selec- coordinators and parents. Duke returns two starters and nine letterwinners tions in the fi nal year. During her years with UCLA, Stafford-Odom from last season, while losing three seniors -- Chante brought in the third-best recruiting class nationally, Black, Carrem Gay and Abby Waner. Both Waner Trio of Blue Devils Have Offseason Surgery... which was the Bruins’ top class in school history. She and Black were selected in the WNBA Draft, and Gay Both Chelsea Hopkins and Shay Selby had also worked with the perimeter players, did scouting signed with a professional team in Israel. surgery on their right knees in the offseason by Dr. and guided four UCLA student-athletes to WNBA Draft The Blue Devils return 58.5 percent of their Alison Toth. selections. scoring and 63.3 percent of rebounding from a year A native of Las Vegas, Nev., Hopkins appeared ago. Duke returns fi ve players who started at least in 20 games as a freshman this past season, while two games from last year -- Jasmine Thomas (28), averaging 2.7 points, 1.1 rebounds and hitting 51.9 Bridgette Mitchell (11), Joy Cheek (16), Keturah percent of her fi eld goals. She originally hurt her Jackson (16) and Karima Christmas (2). Other returning letterwinners include Chelsea Preseason Top 15 Rankings Hopkins, Kathleen Scheer and Shay Selby. Lindy’s Magazine Athlon Magazine

1. Connecticut 1. Connecticut Blue Devils Add Three Freshmen... 2. Stanford 2. Stanford Head Coach Joanne P. McCallie added three 3. Ohio State 3. Ohio State freshmen for the 2009-10 campaign -- Allison Ver- 4. Tennessee 4. Duke nerey (Alsace, France), Janeé Johnson (Matthews, 5. Notre Dame 5. Michigan State N.C.) and Alexis Rogers (West Chester, Ohio). 6. Duke 6. Texas Vernerey, a 6-5 , is coming off playing 7. Michigan State 7. Xavier for France in the U-19 World Championship over 8. Rutgers 8. Baylor the summer where she averaged 6.2 points, 6.8 9. Baylor 9. Georgia Tech rebounds and 1.2 blocks. She notched 15 rebounds, 10. Oklahoma 10. North Carolina nine points, two blocks and one in 26 minutes 11. Virginia 11. Tennessee versus Lithuania to close out the championship. She 12. North Carolina 12. Notre Dame is also a member of the French National Team. 13. Xavier 13. Virginia Rogers, who attended Lakota West high 14. Florida State 14. Florida State school., is a 6-1 wing was ranked as high as 24th 15. Arizona State 15. Rutgers in the Blue Star Report after averaging 15.0 points, Notebook • Page 90 Smoak Promoted; Lehman Added to Staff... coaches to lead three different programs to the Over the summer, Kevin Lehman was added NCAA Tournament (Gary Blair, Jim Foster and Vivian 2009-10 Quick Facts to the women’s basketball staff and Sarah Smoak Stringer). University was promoted. Lehman joins the staff as an Assistant McCallie is also one of only four head coaches Location ...... Durham, N.C. Director of Basketball Operations, and Smoak will now to guide three different programs to 25 or more wins in Founded ...... 1838 Trinity College serve as Director of Marketing/Assistant Director of a single season (Vivian Stringer, Jim Foster and Tara Enrollment ...... 6,340 undergraduates Basketball Operations for women’s basketball after VanDerveer). Nickname ...... Blue Devils having interned for the team in 2008-09. School Colors ...... Royal Blue & White In her new post, Smoak will develop and execute Stellar In The Classroom... Stadium/Capacity ...... Cameron Indoor Stadium/9,314 marketing and promotional concepts with women’s The women’s basketball program had another Affi liation ...... NCAA Division I basketball along with the day-to-day operations of the stellar year in the classroom in 2008-09 as the Blue Conference ...... Atlantic Coast program, with game and practice preparation, Devils registered over a 3.0 grade-point average in President ...... Dr. Richard H. Brodhead help arrange team community involvement and assist both the fall and spring campaigns. Vice President & Director of Athletics ...... Kevin White with on-campus recruiting. Duke notched a 3.144 grade-point average in Athletic Dept. Phone ...... (919) 668-5700 A Lancaster, Ohio native, Lehman comes to the fall and then posted a 3.019 GPA in the spring last Duke after two years as the Director of Basketball year. A total of eight Blue Devils notched over a 3.0 in Ticket Offi ce Phone ...... (919) 681-BLUE Operations for the Eastern Michigan University Eagles. the fall. Prior to his time at Eastern Michigan, Lehman worked Sports Information as a student manager and assistant video coordinator Challenging Schedule Awaits... Sports Information Director ...... Art Chase for the Michigan State University women’s basketball The 2009-10 schedule is made up of 11 teams Associate SID/Women’s Basketball...... Lindy Brown program while earning his undergraduate degree. In that advanced to the 2009 NCAA Tournament, including Other SIDs ....Matt Plizga (Associate), Ben Blevins, Chris Cook, 2007, Lehman graduated from Michigan State with a two that advanced to the NCAA Final Four -- Stanford Meredith Rieder, Ashley Wolf Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism. and National Champion Connecticut. Staff Assistant ...... Colin Small Lehman will assist with on-campus recruiting, Duke will also face nine squads that are preseason SID Phone ...... (919) 684-2633 recruiting correspondence, team travel, special event ranked in the Athlon Sports preseason rankings -- Texas Brown’s Offi ce/Cell Phone ...... (919) 684-2664/599-9821 functions and planning, game day operations, video A&M, Ohio State, Stanford, Georgia Tech, Connecticut, Brown’s Email ...... [email protected] editing and coordinating the scout team. Maryland, Florida State, Virginia and North Carolina. SID Fax ...... (919) 684-2489 Connecticut, Stanford and Ohio State are ranked No. Duke Athletics Website ...... www.GoDuke.com Impressive Numbers for Coach P... 1, No. 2 and No. 3 in the preseason rankings. Mailing Address ...... Box 90557 Head Coach Joanne P. McCallie became one Seven of those nine teams who are preseason Durham, N.C. 27708-0557 of only two head coaches in Division I history last year ranked are listed in the top 14 of the national rank- Overnight Address ...... 115 Cameron Indoor Stadium to lead two different programs to No. 1 seeds in the ings. Durham, N.C. 27708 NCAA Tournament (Vivian Stringer). Press Row Phone ...... (919) 684-6186 Coach P also became one of only three head Coaching Staff Head Coach ...... Joanne P. McCallie (Northwestern, ‘87) Record at School/Years ...... 52-16 (2) Career Record/Years ...... 368-164 (17) Basketball Offi ce Phone ...... (919) 613-7565 Assistant Coaches ...... Al Brown (Purdue, ‘64) Samantha Williams (Auburn, ‘96) Trisha Stafford-Odom (California-Berkley, ‘92) Director of Basketball Operations ...... Kate Senger Players • Page 91 Director of Marketing/Assist. Dir. of Operations .....Sarah Smoak Assistant To The Head Coach/External Relations .Bobby Sorrell Video Coordinator ...... Lauren Rice Assistant Director of Basketball Operations ...... Kevin Lehman Athletic Trainer ...... Summer McKeehan Academic Coordinator ...... Heather Ryan Strength & Conditioning Coordinator ...... William Stephens

History First year of basketball ...... 1975-76 Overall all-time record ...... 663-330 (.668) - 34 Years NCAA appearances/Last ...... 16/2009 Last post-season opp./Result ...... Lost to Michigan State, 49-63 NCAA Second Round The 2009-10 Duke Women’s Basketball Team Front Row (left to right): Karima Christmas, Keturah Jackson, Joy Cheek, Bridgette Mitchell, Team Information Jasmine Thomas; Middle Row: Athletic Trainer Summer McKeehan, Assistant Coach Samantha Williams, Overall Home Away Neutral Chelsea Hopkins, Janeé Johnson, Kathleen Scheer, Krystal Thomas, Allison Vernerey, Alexis Rogers, 2008-09 Record ...... 27-6 14-0 8-4 5-2 Shay Selby, Assistant Coach Trisha Stafford-Odom, Head Coach Joanne P. McCallie; Back Row: 2008-09 ACC Record ...... 10-4 7-0 4-3 0-0 Assistant to the Head Coach/External Relations Bobby Sorrell, Director of Operations Kate Senger, Final Ranking ...... No. 6 (AP), No. 14 (USA Today) Academic Coordinator Heather Ryan, Video Coordinator Lauren Rice, Assistant Coach Al Brown, Strength Conference Regular Season Finish ...... 3rd & Conditioning Coordinator William Stephens, Assistant Director of Basketball Operations Kevin Lehman, Starters Returning/Lost ...... 2/3 Director of Marketing/Assistant Director of Basketball Operations Sarah Smoak Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...... 9/3 Notebook • Page 91 NUMERICAL Squad No. Name Ht. Yr. Pos. Exp. Hometown (High School/Last School) Breakdown 1 Chelsea Hopkins 5-8 So. G 1V Las Vegas, Nev. (Mojave) 3 Shay Selby 5-9 So. G 1V Cleveland, Ohio (Regina) 5 Jasmine Thomas 5-9 Jr. G 2V Fairfax, Va. (Oakton) By Height 13 Karima Christmas 5-11 Jr. F/G 2V Houston, Texas (J. Frank Dobie) 6-5 ...... Allison Vernerey 15 Bridgette Mitchell 6-0 Sr. F/G 3V Trenton, N.J. (The Peddie School) 6-4 ...... Krystal Thomas 21 Joy Cheek 6-1 Sr. F 3V Charlotte, N.C. (South Mecklenburg) 6-2 ...... Kathleen Scheer 24 Kathleen Scheer 6-2 So. F/G 1V New Haven, Mo. (New Haven) 6-1 ...... Joy Cheek ~31 Keturah Jackson 6-0 Sr. G/F 4V-R Columbia, S.C. (Dreher) Janeé Johnson 32 Alexis Rogers 6-1 Fr. F/G HS West Chester, Ohio (Lakota West) Alexis Rogers 34 Krystal Thomas 6-4 Jr. C 2V Orlando, Fla. (First Academy) 6-0 ...... Keturah Jackson 43 Allison Vernerey 6-5 Fr. C HS Alsace, France (Mulhouse) Bridgette Mitchell 44 Janeé Johnson 6-1 Fr. F HS Matthews, N.C. (Providence Day School) 5-11 ...... Karima Christmas 5-9 ...... Jasmine Thomas ALPHABETICAL Shay Selby No. Name Ht. Yr. Pos. Exp. Hometown (High School/Last School) 5-8 ...... Chelsea Hopkins 21 Joy Cheek 6-1 Sr. F 3V Charlotte, N.C. (South Mecklenburg) By Class 13 Karima Christmas 5-11 Jr. F/G 2V Houston, Texas (J. Frank Dobie) Senior ...... Joy Cheek 1 Chelsea Hopkins 5-8 So. G 1V Las Vegas, Nev. (Mojave) Keturah Jackson ~31 Keturah Jackson 6-0 Sr. G/F 4V-R Columbia, S.C. (Dreher) Bridgette Mitchell Junior ...... Karima Christmas 44 Janeé Johnson 6-1 Fr. F HS Matthews, N.C. (Providence Day School) Jasmine Thomas 15 Bridgette Mitchell 6-0 Sr. F/G 3V Trenton, N.J. (The Peddie School) Krystal Thomas 32 Alexis Rogers 6-1 Fr. F/G HS West Chester, Ohio (Lakota West) Sophomore ...... Chelsea Hopkins 24 Kathleen Scheer 6-2 So. F/G 1V New Haven, Mo. (New Haven) Shay Selby 3 Shay Selby 5-9 So. G 1V Cleveland, Ohio (Regina) Kathleen Scheer 5 Jasmine Thomas 5-9 Jr. G 2V Fairfax, Va. (Oakton) Freshman ...... Janeé Johnson 34 Krystal Thomas 6-4 Jr. C 2V Orlando, Fla. (First Academy) Alexis Rogers 43 Allison Vernerey 6-5 Fr. C HS Alsace, France (Mulhouse) Allison Vernerey ~ Redshirted the 2005-06 season By State Florida ...... Krystal Thomas Head Coach: Joanne P. McCallie (Northwestern, ‘87) Missouri ...... Kathleen Scheer Assistant Coaches: Al Brown (Purdue, ‘64), Samantha Williams (Auburn, ‘96), Trisha Stafford-Odom (California, ‘92) Nevada ...... Chelsea Hopkins Director of Basketball Operations: Kate Senger (Michigan State, ‘04) New Jersey ...... Bridgette Mitchell Athletic Trainer: Summer McKeehan (Utah State, ‘98) North Carolina ...... Joy Cheek Janeé Johnson Ohio ...... Shay Selby Pronunciation Guide Alexis Rogers South Carolina .....Keturah Jackson Karima Christmas Chelsea Hopkins Texas ...... Karima Christmas ka - REE - mah Chel - see Virginia ...... Jasmine Thomas Joanne P. McCallie Bridgette Mitchell Keturah Jackson mc - CAW - lee bridge - ETT Allison Vernerey Other--- ka - TUR - ah VER - ner - ray France ...... Allison Vernerey

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