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UTAH MICHELLE CIERA PLOUFFE DUNBAR DANIELLE RODRIGUEZ University of Utah UTAH WNBA DRAFT PICKS Shona Thorburn 2006 1st round 7th pick Minnesota Lynx Kim Smith 2006 1st round 13th pick Sacramento Monarchs Leilani Mitchell 2008 2nd round 25th pick Phoenix Mercury Morgan Warburton 2009 3rd round 33rd pick Sacramento Monarchs LEILANI MITCHELL Traded to the New York Liberty shortly after being drafted in 2008. She has been a regular in the Liberty’s rotation the past six seasons. SHONA THORBURN The highest draft pick in MWC history, She played for the Minnesota Lynx in 2006 and had a brief stint with the Seattle Storm in 2007. Thorburn was most recently in France with Aix-en-Provence. KIM SMITH Played in over 55 games over three years (2006-08) with the Sacramento Monarchs. Smith has most recently played on the Canadian Senior Women’s National Team. She is the Utes director of community relations. MORGAN WARBURTON Participated in preseason camp for the Sacramento Monarchs in 2009. She is currently the Utes video coordinator. UTAH WOMEN’S CONTENTS BASKETBALL INFORMATION INFORMATION HERE’S UTAH PLAYER BIOS COACHES & STAFF OPPONENTS 2012-13 REVIEW BOOK OPPONENTS RECORD & STAFF BIOS COACHES PLAYER UTAH HERE’S INFORMATION OPPONENTS Covering the Utes . 2 2013-14 Opponents Information . 36-37 Utah Athletics Directory . 3 All-Time Series Records . 38 2013-14 Season Outlook . 4-5 Series Game-by-Game . 39-44 2013-14 Roster . 6 2013-14 Schedule . 7 2012-13 REVIEW Pac-12 Conference . 8 2012-13 Season Review . 46 2012-13 Statistics . 47 HERE’S UTAH 2012-13 Results . 48 Utah Athletics History . .10 2012-13 Game Highs . 49 Salt Lake City . 11 2012-13 Box Scores . 50-62 University of Utah . 12. Who’s Who at the U . 13 RECORD BOOK Jon M. Huntsman Center . 14 Team Records . 64 Single Game Records . 65 MEET THE UTES Huntsman Center Records . 65 Nakia Arquette . 16 Season Records . 66 Paige Crozon . 17 Career Records . 67-68 Ciera Dunbar . 18 1,000-Point Club . 69-70 Awa Kalmstrom . 19. Yearly Leaders . 71-72 Michelle Plouffe . 20 Individual Honors . 73 Ariel Reynolds . 21 All-Americans . 74-77 Danielle Rodriguez . 22 Postseason History . 78-80 Taryn Wicijowski . 23 All-Time Roster . 81-82 Cheyenne Wilson . 24 Coaching Legends . 82 Wendy Anae . 25 Year-by-Year Summary . 83 Malia Nawahine . 25 Year-by-Year Results . 84-90 Valerie Nawahine . 26 Devri Owens . 26 Emily Potter . 26. CREDITS COACHES AND STAFF Head Coach Anthony Levrets . 28 The 2013-14 Utah women’s basketball media guide was written by Assistant Coach Velaida Harris . 29 Mike DeVine, assistant communications director, and designed by Assistant Coach Matt Legerski . 30 Mike Lageschulte, special projects coordinator. Editorial assistance Assistant Coach Willette White . 31 was provided by Kate Sturgeon. Cover design by Old Hat Creative. Director of Operations JD Gustin . .32 Photography by Steve Wilson, Tom Smart, Scott Pettett, George Seeley, Video Coordinator Morgan Warburton-Nelson . 32 Chris Blunk, Dave Saffran/MSG Photos, Kevin C. Cox, Grant Halverson, Director of Community Relations Kim Gaucher . 32 Franke Donlon, Terry Newfarmer, Frank Jensen, Canada Basketball, Athletics Director Dr. Chris Hill . 33 WNBA, Utah Travel Council, Salt Lake City Convention and Visitors President David W. Pershing . 34 Bureau . Athletics Department Senior Staff . 34 WWW.UTAHUTES.COM 1 UTAH WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COVERING THE UTES QUICK FACTS MEDIA SERVICES THE BASICS GENERAL INFORMATION The University of Utah athletics communications office welcomes your interest in Utah Location . Salt Lake City women’s basketball and will make every effort to ensure your coverage of the Utes is an Founded . 1850 enjoyable experience. Press credentials, weekly releases and game results are available by Enrollment . 31,660 contacting Mike DeVine, Assistant Director of Communications. Nickname . Utes DeVine can be reached in his office at 801-581-8997, on his mobile phone at 801-580-4502 INFORMATION Mascot . Swoop (Red-Tailed Hawk) or via e-mail at [email protected]. Utah’s press row telephone number is 801-581- Colors . Crimson and White Conference . Pac-12 6657 . Arena . Jon M. Huntsman Center To request space for broadcasting Utah home games, please send an email request to Capacity . 15,000 DeVine. President . David W. Pershing Director of Athletics . Dr. Chris Hill POST-GAME SERVICES Head Coach Anthony Levrets will be available for post-game interviews with the media after BASKETBALL STAFF each game. He will be available in the men’s team room at the tunnel behind the scorer’s table. Head Coach . Anthony Levrets Utah student-athletes will be available following a 10-minute cooling-off period. A member 4th year (Lafayette, ’01) of the Utah sports information staff will gather interview requests immediately following the Career Record/Utah Record . 57-47 game. Full box scores will be provided and can be emailed or faxed upon request. Assistant Coach . Velaida Harris 5th year (Portland State, ’93) Assistant Coach . Matt Legerski INTERVIEWS 11th year (Utah, ’01) Head Coach Anthony Levrets and Utah student-athletes are available for interviews Assistant Coach . Willette White throughout the week. Those members of the media wishing to interview Levrets or a student- 3rd year (Idaho, ‘82) athlete will be required to coordinate their request with Assistant Director of Communications, Dir. of Basketball Operations . .JD Gustin Mike DeVine, preferably at least 24 hours in advance. 3rd Year (Western Montana, ‘97) Video Coordinator . Morgan. Warburton-Nelson 3rd Year (Utah, ‘09) UTAH SPORTS RADIO NETWORK BASKETBALL FACTS ESPN 700 (formerly known as KALL-AM) has been the radio home 2012-13 Overall Record . 23-14 to University of Utah athletics since 1951. All of Utah’s games on ESPN 2012-13 Pac-12 Record . 8-10. 700 can also be heard live on the Internet at ESPN700sports.com. 2012-13 Pac-12 Finish . .6th Managing the radio network is Utah Sports Properties, a division 2012-13 Postseason . WNIT Runner-up of CBS Collegiate Sports Properties. Utah Sports Properties (USP) is in Starters Returning/Lost . 3/2 its sixth year as the multi-media rights partner for Utah Athletics. USP Letterwinners Returning/Lost . 9/4 brokered the most recent contract extension with ESPN 700 and Utah Newcomers . .5 athletics – a five-year agreement signed in May, 2012. HISTORY Handling the play-by-play for the Utah women’s basketball team is Started Basketball . 1974-75 RICK BOUILLON Rick Bouillon. Radio coverage for women’s basketball games conflicting All-Time Record . 825-345 (.705) Play-by-Play with other events airing on ESPN 700 will be announced at a later date. Last NCAA Appearance . 2011 NCAA Record/Appearances . 9-17/17 Last WNIT Appearance . 2013 WNIT Record/Appearances . 9-10/7 UTAH UTES ON THE WEB ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS The latest on all University of Utah sports teams can be found 24 hours a day, 365 days a Assistant Director/WBB . .Mike DeVine year online. Information on upcoming games, recaps, statistics, rosters, schedules and results, Office Phone . 801 .581 .8997 media guides and a large selection of video and audio offerings are available at UtahUtes.com. Cell Phone . 801 .580-4502 Here’s how you can follow the Utes: Fax . 801 .581 .4358 E-Mail . [email protected] WEB FACEBOOK Mailing Address: 1825 E. South Campus Drive, Front http://utahutes.com/ http://facebook.com/uathletics Salt Lake City, UT 84112 http://facebook.com/UtahWomensHoops YOUTUBE http://www.youtube.com/uathletics ITUNESU http://www.youtube.com/utahwhoops http://tinyurl.com/utahitunesu RECORD BOOK 2012-13 REVIEW OPPONENTS COACHES & STAFF PLAYER BIOS HERE’S UTAH UTAH BIOS HERE’S PLAYER & STAFF BOOK 2012-13 REVIEW COACHES RECORD OPPONENTS TWITTER http://twitter.com/utahathletics http://twitter.com/utahwbasketball 2 2013-142012 MEDIAMEDIA GUIDE GUIDE UTAH WOMEN’S UTAH ATHLETICS DIRECTORY BASKETBALL COMMUNICATIONS STAFF INFORMATION INFORMATION HERE’S UTAH PLAYER BIOS COACHES & STAFF OPPONENTS 2012-13 REVIEW BOOK OPPONENTS RECORD & STAFF BIOS COACHES PLAYER UTAH HERE’S MIKE DEVINE LIZ ABEL BROOKE FREDERICKSON MIKE LAGESCHULTE KATE STURGEON DREW WISEMAN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WOMEN’S CONTACT MEDIA Assistant Director Sr. Associate A.D. / Director Associate Director Special Projects Coordinator Communications Coordinator Associate Director Name Office / Cell Email Abel, Liz, Sr. Assoc. A.D./Director (football) . 801-581-3511 / 209-6346 . [email protected]. DeVine, Mike, Assistant Director . 801-581-8997 / 580-4502 . [email protected]. Frederickson, Brooke, Associate Director (football) . .801-581-8302 / 493-9254 . [email protected]. Lageschulte, Mike, Special Projects Coordinator . 801-587-9162 / 557-2322 . [email protected]. Sturgeon, Kate, Communications Coord./Special Projects . 801-581-3510 . [email protected] Wiseman, Drew, Associate Director . 801-581-3771 / 201-8563 . [email protected]. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL COACHES OFFICE EMAIL Gaucher, Kim, Director of Community Relations . 801-661-3750 . [email protected] Gustin, J.D, Director of Operations . 801-585-9396 . [email protected] Harris, Velaida, Assistant Coach . 801-581-3281 . [email protected] Legerski, Matt, Assistant Coach . 801-581-4366 . [email protected] Levrets, Anthony, Head Coach . 801-581-6230 . [email protected] Warburton-Nelson, Morgan, Video Coordinator . 801-585-9396 . [email protected] White, Willette, Assistant Coach . 801-581-4839 . [email protected] WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SUPPORT STAFF OFFICE EMAIL Freshour, Megan, Equipment Operations . 801-585-3862 . [email protected] Holt, Kristy, Event Services (Huntsman Center) . 801-585-1018 . [email protected] Gough, Gavin, Asst. Director of Event Management . 801-585-5601 . [email protected] Pearson, Meagan, Executive Secretary . 801-581-6445 . [email protected] Riley Steve, Facilities Coordinator . 801-581-4101 . [email protected] Thomas, Matt, Marketing . 801-585-6779 . [email protected] Vranes, Colby, Academic Advisor . 801-585-6024 .