GUIDE CONTENTS

2008 Roster...... 1 Mindy Bacharach, Lisa Bender, Michelle Hook, Christine Meier...... 12 Quick Facts...... 3 Dakotah Mohr, Kelley Oreglia, Rachel Tatusko, Lauren Young...... 13 Schaal Aquatics Center...... 8 RECAP & RECORDS AGGIE PROFILES 2007 Game Results...... 14 Head Coach Jamey Wright...... 2 2007 Individual Statistics...... 15 Assistant Coaches Katherine O’Rourke & Amber Korner...... 3 School Records...... 16-20 Jaclyn Loberg, Ashley Greenwood, Mary Lowe...... 4 Aggie Award Winners...... 21 Casie Mota, Christi Raycraft...... 5 Year-by-Year Results...... 22-23 Jessica Soza, Madeline Stephenson...... 6 Laura Uribe, Emily Kitchens, Lindsay Kiyama...... 7 CAMPUS SECTION Sarah Odegard, Sofia Patronas...... 8 This is UC Davis...... i-ii Diana Pivacek, Jennie Brough, Ashley Chandler, Casey Hines...... 9 UC Davis Athletics Staff...... iii-iv Heidi Kucera, Cari MacPhail, Dana Nelsen...... 10 Facilities Overview...... vii-viii Ally Grace Esparza, Cara Schoeman, Lauren Seidemann, Serving The Student-Athlete...... ix Rachelle Smith...... 11

2008 UC DAVIS WOMEN’S ROSTER

ACTIVE ROSTER No. Player Pos Ht. Yr. Hometown Schools Major 1 Casey HINES* GK 5-8 So. Danville, Calif. Monte Vista HS ’05 Exercise Biology 1 Jaclyn LOBERG*** GK 5-5 Sr. San Rafael, Calif. Terra Linda HS ’03 History 1 Diana PIVACEK** GK 6-2 Jr. Moraga, Calif. Campolindo HS ’05 Organizational Studies 1 Cara SCHOEMAN GK 5-8 RFr. Riverside, Calif. Arlington HS ’06 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 2 Christi RAYCRAFT*** Atk 5-7 Sr. Davis, Calif. Davis HS ’04 Design 3 Casie MOTA*** Atk 5-7 Sr. Long Beach, Calif. Long Beach Wilson HS ’04 Psychology/Spanish 4 Sofia PATRONAS** Atk 5-4 Jr. Downey, Calif. Downey HS ’05 Spanish 5 Ashley CHANDLER* Def 6-0 So. Newport Beach, Calif. Corona Del Mar HS ’06 Undeclared 6 Laura URIBE* Ctr 5-11 Sr. Riverside, Calif. Chaffey College/Jurupa Valley HS ’04 Exercise Biology 7 Lindsay KIYAMA** Atk 5-10 Jr. Concord, Calif. Clayton Valley HS ’05 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 8 Rachelle SMITH Atk 5-8 RFr. Valley Center, Calif. Valley Center HS ’06 Clinical Nutrition 9 Sarah ODEGARD** Atk 5-3 Jr. Long Beach, Calif. Millikan HS ’05 History 10 Ashley GREENWOOD*** Ctr 5-9 Sr. Sanger, Calif. Buchanan HS ’04 English 11 Jessica SOZA*** Def 5-11 Sr. Walnut Creek, Calif. Las Lomas HS ’04 Clinical Nutrition 12 Lauren SEIDEMANN Ctr 5-11 RFr. Walnut Creek, Calif. College Park HS ’06 Communication 13 Mary LOWE*** Atk. 5-6 Sr. San Diego, Calif. Coronado HS ’04 Art Studio 14 Madeline STEPHENSON* Def 6-0 Sr. Roseville, Calif. Sierra College/Roseville HS ’04 English 15 Michelle HOOK Utl 5-7 Fr. La Jolla, Calif. La Jolla HS ’07 Environmental Biology & Management 16 Jennie BROUGH Utl 5-8 So. Sanger, Calif. Reedley College/Sanger HS ’06 Undeclared 17 Dana NELSEN* Ctr 5-10 So. San Diego, Calif. University City HS ’06 Undeclared 18 Cari MacPHAIL* Atk 5-6 So. Danville, Calif. San Ramon Valley HS ’05 Design 20 Emily KITCHENS** Def 5-10 Jr. Camarillo, Calif. Adolfo Camarillo HS ’05 Clinical Nutrition 21 Dakotah MOHR Ctr 5-8 Fr. Davis, Calif. Davis HS ’07 Design Mindy BACHARACH Atk 5-7 Fr. Alamo, Calif. San Ramon Valley HS ’07 Environmental Policy Analysis & Planning (EPAP) Lisa BENDER Atk 5-9 Fr. San Leandro, Calif. Bishop O’Dowd HS ’07 English Ally Grace ESPARZA Utl 5-9 RFr. Fairfield, Calif. Fairfield HS ’06 Sociology Heidi KUCERA Atk 5-8 So. Atherton, Calif. Menlo-Atherton HS ’06 Nutrition Science Christine MEIER Ctr 5-9 Fr. Long Beach, Calif. Long Beach Poly HS ’07 Undeclared Kelley OREGLIA Atk 5-8 Fr. Concord, Calif. Presentation HS ’07 Political Science Rachel TATUSKO GK 5-7 Fr. San Clemente, Calif. San Clemente HS ’07 Exploratory Lauren YOUNG Atk 5-9 Fr. Turlock, Calif. Turlock HS ’07 Animal Science

Jamey WRIGHT Head Coach, 25th Year (UC Davis ’80)) Katherine O’ROURKE Assistant Coach, 1st Year (UC Davis ’07) Amber KORNER Volunteer Assistant Coach, 1st Year (UC Davis ’07)

2008 UC DAVIS WOMEN’S WATER POLO  COACHING STAFF

Besides helping develop the high school girls’ water polo scene in the local area, Wright served as the driving in bringing women’s JAMEY water polo to varsity status at UC Davis for the 1997 season. His role of WRIGHT advancing the reached new heights in February 2004, when he Head Coach was selected to chair the inaugural NCAA joint men’s and women’s water 25th Year polo rules committee. UC Davis ’80 Jamey and his wife Nancy, who starred for the Aggies during the program’s club heydays, reside in Davis with their children Michael, Hailey and Cameron. Manning the helm of UC Davis women’s water polo since its earliest years as a club program in the 1980s, WRIGHT YEAR-BY-YEAR former Aggie student-athlete Jamey Varsity Era (1997 to present) Wright has brought national promi- nence to the program and has served Nat’l WWPA National as a pioneer of girls’ and women’s Year W-L Rank Finish Postseason† water polo in Northern . 1997 20-15 — — 8th at USWP regional Since inheriting the team in 1983, Wright led UC Davis to the Col- 1998 17-15 9th — 8th at USWP regional legiate I Nationals 15 times, where the team has placed third or higher 1999 26-12 7th 1st 7th at USWP Coll. I Nationals 10 times. Then when the NCAA began sponsoring an annual National 2000 22-17 6th 2nd 7th at USWP Coll. I Nationals Collegiate Championship in 2001, Wright embarked on a new quest: to 2001 21-13 10th 2nd 3rd at Nat’l Select Championship bring his program to prominence on that stage. In 2006, Wright’s program 2002 22-12 10th 3rd — reached such a pinnacle. With an 8-7 upset over Loyola Marymount 2003 20-11 15th 3rd — in the Western Water Polo Association title game, UC Davis earned 2004 21-11 12th 3rd — the conference’s automatic berth in the NCAA postseason. Sweetening 2005 20-17 13th 2nd — the victory was that UC Davis hosted the 2006 national tournament at 2006 22-12 10th 1st 5th at NCAA Championship Schaal Aquatics Center. 2007 25-7 10th 2nd — The Aggies finished fifth nationally in 2006, ending the year with Total 236-142 wins over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Hartwick. UC Davis went 22-12 for the season, extending Wright’s streak of consecutive 20-win seasons † - The USWP Collegiate I & II Nationals discontinued when the NCAA began sponsoring to eight. Best yet, the 20th win was the historic WWPA title victory that its National Collegiate Championship in 2001. USA Water Polo sponsored a National vaulted UC Davis to the national tourney. A year later, the tradition of Select Championship tournament in that year. success continued as the Aggies posted a 25-7 record and finished 10th in the final national coaches’ poll. UC Davis had come close to the NCAA Championships in the five previous years. In 2001, the Aggies came within one game – in fact, one goal – of earning the automatic qualification. Instead, the Aggies qualified for the National Collegiate Select Championships (formerly the USWP Collegiate I Nationals), where they placed fourth. For his achievements, Wright won the first-ever USWP Division II Coach of the Year award by the American Water Polo Coaches Association. From 2002 to 2004, UC Davis placed third in the conference, engaging in epic battles during semifinal play. In 2005, Wright guided a relatively inexperienced team to a 20-17 season and a runner-up finish in the WWPA Championships at Schaal Aquatics Center. Wright was voted as WWPA Coach of the Year by his peers. Wright guided the Aggies to the USWP national championship game six times, winning the title in 1984, 1988 and 1993. In 1999, the Aggies placed seventh at nationals after winning the inaugural WWPA women’s title, earning Wright Coach of the Year merit. Along with the team success, Wright has coached 62 All-Ameri- cans and has had eight players compete on the U.S. Senior National ‘A’ Team. Additionally, he was selected Collegiate I Coach of the Year in 1991 and served as the U.S. Senior National `B’ Team Coach from 1990 to 1999, coaching teams competing in Hungary, Great Britain, Holland, Canada and Puerto Rico. A 1980 graduate of UC Davis, Wright earned first team All-Far Western Conference honors in water polo in 1977 and 1978. He was a team captain and a 1980 All-American in as well. Wright also earned an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Award.

 2008 UC DAVIS WOMEN’S WATER POLO KATHERINE AMBER O’ROURKE KORNER Assistant Coach Volunteer Assistant Coach 1st Year 1st Year UC Davis ’07 UC Davis ’07

One of the most outstanding stu- Amber Korner begins her first year dent-athletes ever to don a UC Davis as a volunteer assistant in the UC Davis water polo , Katherine O’Rourke wommen’s water polo program. She will enters her first season as Jamey Wright’s work primarily with the team’s goalies. top assistant coach. She will be involved Put simply, Korner’s playing career in all aspects of the program. with the Aggies will stand as one of the In 2007, O’Rourke became the second Aggie women’s water polo program’s great success stories. The Hawthorne, Calif. native arrived at player to earn the Hubert Heitman Award, bestowed upon the university’s UC Davis as a middle for the team, seeing sparse action outstanding female athlete of the year. She led UC Davis with a career- as a redshirt freshman in 2003. high 57 goals and shot at a staggering .613 success rate, while posting 24 Korner joined the water polo team in the following spring, redshirt- steals and 52 drawn exclusions. O’Rourke earned Division I All-America ing the 2003 season then playing in 11 games as one of five goalies on honorable mention from the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches the roster in 2004. In 2005, she again saw limited time in front of the (ACWPC) and her third straight selection to the All-Western Water Polo cage, playing behind starters Lina Moore and Nicole Hall. Association team. Korner’s patience and hard work was rewarded in the team’s his- Her remarkable senior year came as an encore to a junior season toric 2006 season. She started 19 games down the final stretch of the that landed her WWPA Most Valuable Player and ACWPC All-America season, helping UC Davis capture the Western Water Polo Association third-team distinction. In all, O’Rourke finished her career among the title game and earn the program’s first-ever berth in the National Col- Aggies’ all-time leaders in goals (154), shooting percentage (.526), min- legiate Championships. utes (2,685), steals (122) and drawn exclusions (150). As a senior in 2007, Korner amassed 235 saves – the most since Most importantly, she played in 88 wins, more than any other player Molly Morris in 1999 – and became just the second Aggie in school in program history. history to surpass 400 saves in a career. O’Rourke graduated from UC Davis with a degree in organizational Korner twice earned ACWPC All-Academic honors in her major of studies in 2007. neurobiology, physiology and behavior.

UC DAVIS WOMEN’S WATER POLO QUICK FACTS

School:...... University of California, Davis (UC Davis) Head Coach...... Jamey Wright, 25th Year (UC Davis ’80) Address :...... One Shields Avenue / Davis, CA 95616 Gymnastics Office ...... 181 Hickey Gymnasium Established/Founded:...... 1905/1908 ...... One Shields Avenue Enrollment:...... 30,685 ...... Davis, CA 95616 Nickname:...... Aggies Email ...... [email protected] Colors:...... Yale Blue & Gold Phone ...... (530) 752-0648 National Affiliation:...... NCAA Division I Conference:...... Western Water Polo Association Assistant Coach...... Katherine O’Rourke, 1st Year (UC Davis ’07) Home Arena:...... Schaal Aquatics Center (500) Email ...... [email protected] Phone ...... (530) 752-3637 Chancellor...... Dr. Larry Vanderhoef (Wisc. Milwaukee ’64) Director of Athletics...... Greg Warzecka (California ’73) Volunteer Assistant Coach...... Amber Korner, 1st Year (UC Davis ’07) Senior Associate A.D...... Nona Richardson (Michigan State ’83) Associate A.D.s 2007 Record ...... 25-17 External Affairs: ...... Larry Swanson (Oregon State ’65) 2007 Conference Finish ...... 2nd at WWPA Championship Business & Game Mgmt...... Bob Bullis (Northern Iowa ’71) 2007 National Finish ...... none Assistant A.D.s 2007 Final National Rank ...... 10th Media Relations...... Mike Robles (Cal Poly ’88) Letterwinners Ret./Lost ...... 18/4 Ops., Event Mgmt & Camps...... Josh Flushman (UC Davis ’00) Marketing & Promotions...... Scott Brayton (UC Davis ‘94) Media Relations Contact ...... Mark Honbo Compliance: ...... Jennifer Cardone (Adelphi ‘90) Honbo Email ...... [email protected] Development: ...... Mike Angius (UC Davis ‘77) Honbo Office ...... (530) 752-8050 Faculty Athletic Rep...... Dr. Kimberly Elsbach (Iowa ’85) Media Relations FAX ...... (530) 754-5674 Head Athletic Trainer...... Jeff Hogan (UC Davis ’81) Aggies on the Web ...... http://www.ucdavisaggies.com

2008 UC DAVIS WOMEN’S WATER POLO  PLAYER PROFILES

senior... Scored 75 goals with 32 steals and 40 drawn kickouts as a ju- nior... Team went combined 49-14 with two Central Section runner-up JACLYN finishes in those two seasons... Also swam middle distances, advancing LOBERG at CIF-CS meet in 200 and 500 freestyle... Five-year member of Clovis • 5-5 • Sr. Water Polo Club... National Honor Society member. San Rafael, Calif. PERSONAL: Born in Fresno, Calif.... Majoring in English... Par- Terra Linda HS ’03 ents are Mark & Miriam Greenwood, both of whom swam at USC... Hopes for career in medicine, law or forensics... Dream vacation is to sail around the world in her own sailboat. 2007: Saw action in 10 games for 85 minutes... Scored one goal with an assist Year G Min Goals Ast Pts Shots Pct. Stl 1 and five steals... First collegiate goal was 2005 31 195 9 2 11 33 .273 4 in 20-2 win over CS Monterey Bay (2/4). 2006 33 268 23 3 26 44 .523 5 2006: Appeared in 4 games, logging 17 minutes as a reserve... 2007 28 229 14 3 17 33 .424 5 Posted one steal vs. UC Santa Cruz in Davis Shootout (4/9)... Did not Total 92 692 46 8 54 110 .418 14 attempt any shots during the year. 2005: Played 6 games as a reserve, recording one assist in 36 min- utes... Assist was against Colorado State during Davis Shootout (4/10). 2004: Redshirted. MARY TERRA LINDA HS ’03: Earned All-Marin County Athletic League Player of the Year honors as a junior... Voted MVP in swimming as a LOWE sprinter... Garnered school’s Marine’s Award in 2003... Also competed Attacker • 5-6 • Sr. for North Bay Aquatics from 1995-2003. San Diego, Calif. PERSONAL: Born in Greenbrae, Calif.... Majoring in history... Par- Coronado HS ’04 ents are Jon & Kari Loberg... Full name is Jaclyn Juliet Loberg... Older sister, Jessica, played water polo for UC Davis... Hopes to become a stand-up comic... Appropriately, lists Eddie Izzard and Dane Cook as 2007: Set career-high marks in nearly non-sports heroes. every category, including minutes (575), 13 goals (35), assists (29), shots (93) and steals (17)... Tied for team lead in assists Year G Min Goals Ast Pts Shots Pct. Stl and total shots... Assists total ranks T4th in school record book... Hit 15 2005 6 36 0 1 1 4 .000 0 of 31 on 6-on-5 situations... Had 11 multi-goal games, including five 2006 4 17 0 0 0 0 — 1 straight from Mar. 10-26... Scored 4 goals vs. UC Irvine (2/11), one of 2007 10 85 1 1 2 7 .143 5 three tricks for the year. Total 20 138 1 2 3 11 .091 6 2006: Scored 21 goals with 12 assists in 352 minutes played... Shot 21-for-57 overall, 14-for-34 (.412) in 6-on-5 opportunities... Had 13 steals and 4 field blocks defensively... Scored season-high 4 goals vs. UC Santa Cruz (2/5), one of four multi-goal games for the year. ASHLEY 2005: Appeared in 28 games, totaling 200 minutes... Scored 10 GREENWOOD goals with 4 assists... Shot 8-for-18 in 6-on-5 situations... Finished sea- Center • 5-9 • Sr. son with 9 steals... Had two multi-goal games including first career hat Sanger, Calif. trick vs. UC Santa Barbara at UCSD Invitational (2/6). Buchanan HS ’04 CORONADO HS ’04: Helped team to four San Diego Section Div. II postseason appearances, including championship in 2003... Named to All-CIF-SDS second team and All-Western League first team as a 2007: Played in 28 games, logging senior... Voted offensive MVP and team captain that year... Also made 229 minutes... Shot 14-for-33 (.424) with all-section and all-league first teams as a junior... Selected as school’s 10 3 assists... Added 5 steals with 10 drawn top senior athlete for both swimming and polo... Named to San Diego exclusions... Scored 9 goals in first two Union Tribune All-Academic team in each sport all four years... Com- weeks of the season, including a hat trick vs. UC Santa Cruz and two peted for Coronado Aquatics Club from 1998-2004. goals at Cal State Monterey Bay on Feb. 4. PERSONAL: Born in San Diego... Majoring in art studio... Parents 2006: Shot 23-for-44 (.523) in 268 minutes played... Ranks 6th on are Matthew & Patricia Horn... Stepfather, Matthew, played at UC Davis’ season shooting percentage list... Converted 4-for-5 in ad- Cornell... Older brother, Johnathan, is a senior at UC Santa Barbara... vantage situations... Was 3rd on team with 29 drawn exclusions... Had Proudest personal accomplishment was scoring the winning goal in the six multi-goal games, including three hat tricks... Scored season-best 4 CIF-SDS title game as a junior. goals vs. UC Santa Cruz (2/5). 2005: Played in 31 games, scoring 9 goals with 2 assists... Had one Year G Min Goals Ast Pts Shots Pct. Stl multi-goal game, posting 2 vs. Cal State East Bay (1/30)... Drew 12 ejec- 2005 28 200 10 4 14 42 .238 9 tions in 195 minutes of play. 2006 33 352 21 12 33 57 .368 13 BUCHANAN HS ‘04: Two-time NISCA All-American, collect- 2007 32 575 35 29 64 93 .376 17 ing second-team accolades in 2003, third-team honors in 2002... Total 93 1127 66 45 111 192 .344 39 Also twice named to All-Tri-City-Athletic Conference and All-Valley squads... Led team with 105 goals, 36 steals and 52 drawn ejections as  2008 UC DAVIS WOMEN’S WATER POLO CASIE CHRISTI MOTA RAYCRAFT Attacker • 5-7 • Sr. Attacker • 5-7 • Sr. Long Beach, Calif. Davis, Calif. Long Beach Wilson HS ’04 Davis HS ’04

2007: Led Aggies with 46 steals and 2007: ALL-WWPA HONORABLE ranked 3rd on team with 38 goals... Shot MENTION... Scored 49 goals with 21 as- 3 .437 for the season (38-for-87)... Also had 2 sists for 70 total points, sharing team lead 18 assists and 12 field blocks... Blocks to- with Katherine O’Rourke... Goals total tal was 2nd on team only to Jessica Soza, who is four inches taller... ranks 7th in school history... Shot career-best .533, firing 92 shots... Had 11 multi-goal games, including four hat tricks... Hit career-high Logged 533 minutes in 32 games played... Also had 37 steals, 33 drawn 4 goals (with 3 steals) at Pacific (2/3)... Earned All-Academic honors exclusions and 8 field blocks... Selected as WWPA Player of the Week by both the ACWPC (third straight) and WWPA... Enters 2008 season for March 5-11, posting 4-goal games against Santa Clara (3/10) and just seven goals shy of becoming the 10th player in program history to Indiana (3/11)... Also had 4 goals vs. Redlands (2/10), among eight hat reach century mark for her career. tricks for the year... Scored 3 goals with 3 steals and 2 drawn exclusions 2006: Set school record for shooting percentage, connecting on 41 vs. Pacific (2/3)... Moved into 4th on career goals list with 122... Also of 66 shots (.621)... Totalled 635 minutes in 35 games... Shot 21-for- ascended Aggie career lists in points (4th, 186), assists (3rd, 64), sh