3-TIME DEFENDING MIAA CHAMPIONS 2005-06 LADY BLUES BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Fri., Nov. 4 Ichabod Golf Team (Exhibition) 5:30 p.m. Sun., Jan. 1 Valley 1 p.m. Sun., Nov. 13 Missouri- City (Exhibition) 4 p.m. Wed., Jan. 4 *Northwest Missouri 5:30 p.m. MISSOURI SOUTHERN CLASSIC • JOPLIN, MO. Wed., Jan. 11 *at Emporia State 5:30 p.m. Sat., Jan. 14 *Southwest Baptist 5:30 p.m. Fri., Nov. 18 vs. Central Oklahoma 5 p.m. Wed., Jan. 18 *Pittsburg State 5:30 p.m. Sat., Nov. 19 vs. Southwestern Oklahoma 1 p.m. PREMIER MORTGAGE/WIBW RADIO HOLIDAY CLASSIC Sat., Jan. 21 *at Missouri Southern 5:30 p.m. Thurs., Nov. 24 Emporia State vs. West Virginia Tech 6 p.m. Wed., Jan. 25 *at Missouri Western 5:30 p.m. Thurs., Nov. 24 Washburn vs Cal-State Stanislaus 8 p.m. Sat., Jan. 28 *Truman State 1:30 p.m. Wed., Feb. 1 *Missouri Western 5:30 p.m. Fri., Nov. 25 Emporia State vs. Cal State Stanislaus 1 p.m. Fri., Nov. 25 Washburn vs West Virginia Tech 3 p.m. Sat., Feb. 4 *Missouri Southern 5:30 p.m. Mon., Nov. 28 Baker 7 p.m. Wed., Feb. 8 *at Pittsburg State 5:30 p.m. Wed., Nov. 30 Oklahoma Panhandle State 7 p.m. Sat., Feb. 11 *at Southwest Baptist 5:30 p.m. Sat., Dec. 10 *Central Missouri 5:30 p.m. Wed., Feb. 15 *Emporia State 5:30 p.m. Wed., Dec. 14 Benedictine 7 p.m. Wed., Feb. 22 *at Northwest Missouri 5:30 p.m. Sat., Dec. 17 Drury 7 p.m. Sat., Feb. 25 *at Central Missouri 5:30 p.m. LAS VEGAS HIGH DESERT CLASSIC Mar. 2-5 MIAA Postseason Conference Tournament TBA Tues., Dec. 20 vs. West Texas A&M 5 p.m. (PST) Mar. 10-13 NCAA South Central Regional Tournament TBA Wed., Dec. 21 vs. Cameron 7 p.m. (PST) Mar. 22-25 NCAA Elite Eight - Hot Springs, Ark. TBA Home Games, CAPS, BOLD - Fri., Dec. 30 *at Truman State 5:30 p.m. Games played at

3-TIME DEFENDING MIAA CHAMPIONS 2005-06 Washburn Lady Blues: (front row) Stephanie Wittman, Holly Henrichs, Cindy Keeley, Jennifer Harris, April Roadhouse, Jessica Mainz, Jessica Aebi, Kaydi Hooker. (back row) Student assistant Juwanna Rivers, assistant coach Dustin Odum, Brooke Ubelaker, Megan Sullivan, Bojana Samardziska, Amanda Holmes, Dani McHenry, student assistant Lora Westling, student assistant Carla Sintra, head coach Ron McHenry.

• 17TH ALL-TIME IN NCAA DIVISION II WINS • 9 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS — INCLUDING THE LAST THREE MIAA TITLES • 9 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES • 4 NCAA ELITE EIGHT APPEARANCES • 1 NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP • 7 ALL-AMERICAN SELECTIONS • 12 FIRST TEAM ALL-MIAA SELECTIONS • ANNUALLY AMONG THE NATION’S TOP 15 IN ATTENDANCE - FINISHED 4TH IN 2005

THIS IS WASHBURN BASKETBALL 2005-06 ������������������� �������� ��������� ��������� ����������������������� � � � Table of Contents Introduction 2004-05 In Review WASHBURN VIEW Media Information 3 Season Wrap-up 40-41 About Washburn 4-5 Regular Season Stats 42 Athletic Department 6 MIAA Season Stats 42 Athletic Success 7 Season Schedule Results 43 Athletic Department Staff 8-9 Team/Individual Highs 44

COACHES Washburn Phone Directory 10 Team Game-By-Game 45 About Topeka 11 Team Superlatives 46 Washburn Athletic Facilities 12 Player Points/Rebounds/Assists 47 About Lee Arena 14 Season Box Scores 48-55 MIAA Season Standings 56 Coaching Staff MIAA Postseason Honors 56 MIAA Team Leaders 57

PLAYERS Ron McHenry 16-19 MIAA Individual Leaders 58 Year-by-Year 16 MIAA Record Book 59-60 20-win seasons 18 About the MIAA 61 Coaching Records 18 Run to a Championship Against all opponents 19 Assistant Coaches A Championship Review 64 Dustin Odum 20 Elite 8 vs Charleston 65 REVIEW Student Assistants 20 Final 4 vs Central Arkansas 66 National Championship vs Seattle Pacific 67-68 2005-06 Outlook

Lady Blues Roster 22 Alphabetical Roster 22 Pronunciation Guide 22

CHAMPIONSHIP Photo Roster 23 Lady Blues Basketball History Season Preview 24-25 Lady Blues Personality Chart 26 All-time Team Stats 70 Lady Blues Record Book 71-79 Lady Blues All-Americans 80 Lady Blues honors 80

HISTORY All-time Roster 81 2005-06 Washburn Lady Blues Lady Blues All-time Stats 82-88 Lady Blues in NCAA Play 89-92 April Roadhouse 28 Lady Blues Yearly Summaries 93 Jennifer Harris 29 Lady Blues Game-by-Game 94-98 Dani McHenry 30 Cindy Keeley 31 2005-06 Opponents Holly Henrichs 32 Non-Conference Capsules 100-102 OPPONENTS Megan Sullivan 33 MIAA Capsules 103-106 Brooke Ubelaker 34 MIAA Composite Schedule 107 Bojana Samardziska 35 Records Versus All Opponents 108 Jessica Aebi 35 Amanda Holmes 36 Kaydi Hooker 36 Jessica Mainz 37 Stephanie Wittman 37 WUSPORTS.COM

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The 2005-06 Women’s Basketball make broadcast requests through the Sports Information Office at Media Guide is intended to provide information for writers, broad- least one week prior. One courtesy line will be made available to the casters, sports editors, sports information personnel and fans who official station of each visiting team. Additional stations wishing to follow the Lady Blues. Material in the guide was current as of the broadcast must install their own line. AM 580 WIBW is the official printing deadline of Oct. 20, 2005. Additional information is avail- broadcast station of the . Telephone lines for writers able in the Washburn Sports Information Office and through weekly to file their stories are available

releases available to personnel from accredited media outlets covering in the Sports Information Office. There are plenty of telephone for COACHES the Lady Blues. writers to file stories in the Lee Arena press box. Writers wishing to Washburn University is in Topeka, Kan., at the intersection of file via telephone lines should contact the Sports Information Office 21st Street and Washburn Avenue. Lee Arena is located in the Petro to make arrangements. Media services Allied Health at the east edge of the Washburn campus. include a game program and lineups, plus statis- Parking for the facility is adjacent to Washburn Avenue. tics and game notes for each team. Halftime stats are provided as well The Washburn University Sports Information Office is located as individual and team stats and a play-by-play summary. Statistics in room 200 of the Petro Allied Health Center. Office hours are from are kept on the Automated Scorebook computer system by MRR 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Systems. Pizza and refreshments are available before each game. PLAYERS Postgame interviews with Coach Ron McHenry Phone: (785) 670-1791; Fax: (785) 670-1091. You may e-mail the are available SID office at [email protected]. to media personnel after his brief meeting with the team immediately Media credentials are available to personnel from accred- following the game. Players will be brought, by request, to Lee Arena ited media outlets by contacting Gene Cassell, Sports Information press box or made available outside the locker room. The 2005 Washburn Basketball Media Guide was designed Director, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas, 66621. Credentials are available 60 minutes before tipoff at the Will Call window at the by Sports Information Director Gene Cassell. Action, team and mug southeast entrance of Lee Arena. All media seating in the Lee Arena shots were taken by Cassell as well. Additional action photos were press box is reserved on a game-by-game basis and space is limited. taken by Chad Hickman. The guide was edited by assistant sports REVIEW Please contact the Sports Information Office at least four days before information director Brad Noller. The guide was printed by Mainline the game date to ensure a seat in the press box. Printing of Topeka. Radio stations wishing to broadcast from Lee Arena should Lady Blues on radio CHAMPIONSHIP Washburn Basketball games are broadcast in northeast Kansas on one of the strongest stations in the Midwest - AM580 WIBW Topeka. Bruce Steinbrock is the play-by-play voice of the Ichabods and Lady Blues basketball squads and former Ichabod quarterback and assistant coach, Mark Elliott, will provide color commentary. The AM580 signal has a signal strength of six states. All Washburn Ichabod and Lady Blues games will also be broadcast on the World Wide Web at Bruce Mark www.wusports.com by following the links to listen to the games. HISTORY Steinbrock Elliott Covering the Lady Blues PRINT Topeka Capital-Journal Salina Journal Washburn Review WIBW-13 (CBS)

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785.827.6060 Fax 785.231.1035 Fax OPPONENTS 616 Jeff erson, Topeka, KS 66607 P.O. Box 779, Salina, KS 67401 1700 SW College, Topeka, KS 66621 P.O. Box 119, Topeka, KS 66601 1.800.777.7171 800.827.6363 Sports Editor Sports Director: Mark Ewing Sports Editor: Eric Turner Wichita Eagle WU Beat Writer: Ken Corbitt RADIO STATIONS WIRE SERVICES WIBW (580AM/94.5FM) Associated Press 785.295.1123 800.825.6397 316.268.6536 Fax 785.297.9797 800.852.4844 Kansas City Star 825 East Douglas, Wichita, KS 67201 785.272.3536 Fax 816.421.3590 Fax 816.234.4355 Small College Beat Writer P.O. Box 119, Topeka, KS 66601 215 West Pershing, Kansas City, MO WUSPORTS.COM 816.234.4360 Fax Sports Department: Bruce Steinbrock 64108 Hutchinson News 1729 Grand Ave., Kansas City, MO Sportsticker 64108 800.766.5772 TV STATIONS KSNT-27 (NBC) Small College Beat Writer: David 316.662.4186 Fax 800.367.8935 Boyce P.O. Box 190, Hutchinson KS, 67504 785.582.3222 800.336.0383 Fax Sports Editor 785.582.5283 Fax P.O. Box 2700, Topeka, KS 66601 Sports Director: Lance Veeser 2005-06 Washburn Basketball • 3 ������������������� �������� ��������� ��������� ����������������������� � � �

Washburn University was established in February 1865 as Lincoln College by a charter issued by the State of Kansas and the General Association of Congregational Ministers and Churches of Kansas. A two-story brick building on the northeast corner of 10th and Jackson Streets was soon erected and the

WASHBURN VIEW fi rst classes began in January 1866. In 1868, the school was renamed Washburn College, in recognition of a $25,000 donation by , a church deacon and resident of Worcester, Mass. Th e university was granted a permanent location in 1865 when Topekan Col. John Ritchie donated a 160-acre site, which at the time was a considerable distance southwest of the city. Construction on the fi rst building began in 1872, with occupancy taking place in 1874. For the next two decades, col- lege President Peter MacVicar conducted an aggressive development campaign. His eff orts resulted COACHES in the establishment of numerous Victorian limestone structures which characterized the campus for the next 90 years. Expansion of the school was constant. Th e School of Law was organized in 1903, as was a School of Fine Arts and a medical school, which educated physicians until 1913. During the next three decades structures such as the Mulvane Art Museum, Benton Hall and Whiting Field House were added to the campus. In June 1966, a tornado struck Topeka and several historic buildings on campus were demolished. Th e Washburn community rallied and fi nancial support from friends PLAYERS and alumni made possible the rebuilding of many school facilities during the coming years. Today, university facilities off er more than one million square feet of modern academic and support space. REVIEW CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY OPPONENTS WUSPORTS.COM

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In 1941, the citizens of To- Academic Majors * Denotes fields in which Secondary Education teaching certificates peka endorsed Washburn by are available. Degrees are listed after majors (C=Certificate of Completion) voting to establish a munici- # Denotes joint programs with Kaw Area Technical School pal university, supported in Accounting, BBA, MBA Law, JD Addiction Counseling, C, Legal Office part by the city and governed AAS, BAS Administration, C by a local board of regents. Adult Care Home Legal Studies, C, AA Administrator, C, BAS Liberal Studies, MLS COACHES In 1952, the Washburn Allied Health C, AS, BHS Management, BBA Board of Regents offi cially Anthropology, BA Marketing, BBA Art History, BA Mass Media, BA changed the name of the Art*, BA, BFA Mathematics*, BA, BS school to Washburn Univer- Athletic Training, BS Medical Imaging , BHS Banking, AAS Medical Office sity of Topeka. In 1999, the Biology*, BA,BS Administration, C university's primary funding Business Administration, Medical Technology, BS MBA Mental Health and was moved from city property Business Education, B.Ed Disabilities, AAS, BAS PLAYERS tax to county sales tax sources, with the school retaining status as a municipal sub- Cardiac Sonography, C Military and Strategic Chemistry*, BA,BS Studies, C division of the state. In addition to local fi nancial support, Washburn has received Clinical Psychology, MA Music Education, BM state funds since 1961, which have been coordinated by the Kansas Board of Regents Communication, BA Music Performance, BM Computer Information Music, BA since 1991. Washburn is governed by its own nine member Board of Regents. Science, BS Natural Science and Washburn provides broadly-based liberal arts and professional education through Computer Information Mathematics, AA Systems, AA, BA, BS Non-Profit Management, more than 190 certifi cate, associate, baccalaureate, master's and juris doctor programs Correctional C, BPA (in asso- through the College of Arts and Sciences and the Schools of Law, Administration, MCJ ciation with Public

Criminal Justice, AA, BSCJ Administration) REVIEW Business, Nursing and Applied Studies. Ninety-seven percent of Criminal Justice, MCJ Nursing, BSN the faculty hold a doctorate or the highest degree available in Curriculum and Instruction, Office Administration C, M.Ed. AA # their discipline. Design Technology, AAS # Philosophy, BA Developmental Disabilities, Physical Education*, BA, AAS, BAS B.Ed, BS Diagnostic Medical Physical Therapy Assistant, Sonography, C AS CHAMPIONSHIP Early Childhood Physics*, BA, BS Education, AA Political Science, BA Early Childhood Pre-Dentistry Education, B.Ed Pre-Engineering Economics, BA Pre-Law Economics, BBA Pre-Medicine Education, M.Ed. Pre-Optometry Educational Pre-Pharmacy Administration, M.Ed Pre-Theology Elementary Education, Pre-Veterinary Medicine B.Ed Psychology*, BA, MA English*, BA Public Administration, became organizations. He has authored or co- Executive Administrative C, BP HISTORY the 14th President authored numerous articles and books Assistant, C Public Health Nursing, C Finance, BBA Purchasing, C, AAS # of Washburn on fi nance and accounting. Food Service, AA # Radiation Therapy, C University in 1997 Dr. Farley holds a degree in fi nance Forensic Chemical Science, Radiologic Technology, AS BS Reading, M.Ed. following an exten- and accounting, an MBA, and a Ph.D. French*, BA Religious Studies, BA sive career in fi nance in Higher Education Administration - General Business, BBA Respiratory Therapy, AS and business aff airs all from the University of Oklahoma. General Science, BS RN Articulation, BSN General Sonography, C RN Refresher OPPONENTS at several Oklahoma Serving on local and state boards has German*, BA School Nurse Certification, Dr. Jerry B. Farley Gerontology, AAS, BAS C University President higher education always been a priority for Dr. Farley. Health Information Secondary Education, institutions. Aside He is past president of the Topeka Technology, C, AS M.Ed Health Services Social Work, BSW from a full schedule of Washburn Chamber of Commerce. He has served Administration, BHS Social Work, MSW responsibilities, Dr. Farley speaks and on the board of directors of Red Cross, History*, BA Sociology, BA Human Services, C, AAS, Spanish*, BA

teaches around the United States on American Cancer Society, Boy Scouts, BAS Studio Art, BA WUSPORTS.COM topics related to Higher Education United Way and economic development Humanities and Creative Technology Administration, and Performing Arts, AA BAS Finance, Auditing, Management and corporations including Go Topeka. Industrial Technology, Theatre, BA AAS # Vascular Sonography, C Leadership. He is a C.P.A. and has been He is the recipient of awards for out- Integrated Studies, BIS Victim/Survivor Services, the president and chair of the board of standing contributions in public service, Interrelated Special C, AAS, BAS Education, M.Ed. Word Processing, C several state and national professional accounting, and higher education. Law Enforcement, MCJ Youth Services, AAS, BAS

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WASHBURN VIEW Baseball 23-31 10-21 8th None Basketball-M 24-8 15-3 1st NCAA Rnd. 64 Basketball-W 35-2 16-2 1st National Champions Football 8-4 6-3 3rd Mineral Water Champs Steve Anson Chris Herron Baseball Golf 120-37 30-0 1st 10th at NCAA National Volleyball Soccer-W 5-11-3 3-9-2 5th None COACHES Softball 30-26 5-13 9th None Tennis-M 10-9 2-2 3rd None Tennis-W 21-5 5-1 2nd NCAA Rnd. 32 Volleyball 29-7 13-3 3rd NCAA Rnd. 32 Totals 305-140-3 (.684) 105-57-2 (.646) Overall athletic department

PLAYERS Bob Chipman winning percentage - .684 Ron McHenry Basketball (M) Basketball (W) REVIEW

Craig Schurig Doug Hamilton Jennifer Hastert Tim Collins Lisa Carey Football Golf Tennis (M/W) Soccer (W) Softball

Th e Ichabod Club is a Loren Ferré became Washburn’s director of ath- booster club that works letics in February of 1996 after a six-year appoint- to promote Washburn ment at Black Hills State University in Spearfi sh, University Ath letics and S.D. Ferré is a dynamic leader who has implemented provides fin ancial sup- CHAMPIONSHIP many internal changes within the athletic depart- port to its athletic pro- ment since arriving on campus. He has put increasing grams. Membership in the scholarships and departmental fund-raising at the Ichabod Club has played a top of his list. major role in supporting the annual scholarship drive and mak- Th is past season, Ferré was named the Central ing a diff erence in the lives of Washburn student-athletes for the Loren Ferre' Region Athletic Director of the Year. past 20 years. HISTORY At Washburn, Ferré has been instrumental in Washburn Athletics depends upon the annual contributions Athletic Director the establishment of a strong Ichabod Club support to the Ichabod Club Scholarship Fund to continue off ering team and the raising of funds for athletic scholar- scholarship aid to our student-athletes. ships. Th e mission of the Ichabod Club is simply to provide the While at BHSU, Ferré was also director of the Donald E. Young Sports Fitness scholarship assistance to young men and women student-athletes Center, a 172,000 square foot, $10.2 million facility. During his Black Hills tenure, (tuition, fees, books, room and board) unless the contribution is the athletics department nearly tripled its outside revenue, including large increases restricted to a specifi c sport or some other specifi c purpose. All in ticket sales and scholarship funding. All 10 varsity teams won a conference title in gifts to the Ichabod Club are tax deductible to the full extent his fi nal three years. allowable by law. OPPONENTS Before joining the staff at Black Hills State, Ferré spent 17 years at the University Opportunities for alumni, friends, parents and boosters to of North Texas. He was the director of the Coliseum (1987-90) and was the associate become involved with the Ichabod Club program are available and assistant director since 1980. He held the post of event coordinator (1978-80). through pregame parties, golf tournaments, the Ichabod Club Ferré is a 1971 graduate of Texas Christian University, earning a bachelor of arts newsletter, monthly luncheons, the kick-off party and other degree. He earned a master’s in journalism from North Texas in 1982. special events. Ferré has just fi nished a three-year term as Chair of the NCAA Division II Men’s For more information, call the Washburn Athletic Department Basketball South Central Regional Chairman. at (785) 670-1135. Ferré and his wife Sarah, have two daughters, Caitlin and Hope. WUSPORTS.COM

6 • 2005-06 Washburn Basketball ������������������� VIEW WASHBURN �������� ��������� ��������� ����������������������� � � � Washburn wins 3 MIAA Titles, 5 NCAA appearances, 1 National Championship Football — 8-4 / 6-3 MIAA (3rd) Women's Basketball — 35-2 / 16-2 MIAA (1st) Cumulative • 2004 Mineral Water Bowl Champions • 2005 NCAA National Champions • MIAA First Team All-MIAA: Curtis Massey • MIAA Most Valuable Player: Carla Sintra Athletic • MIAA Second Team All-MIAA: Sam Sissom, Rudy Su’e, Trey Lewis, • First Team All-MIAA: Carla Sintra, Brooke Ubelaker Department Grade COACHES Fletcher Terrell • Honorable Mention All-MIAA: Lora Westling, Jennifer Harris Point Average as • MIAA Honorable Mention All-MIAA: Tyler Schuerman, Ra’Shawn • All-MIAA Defensive Team: April Roadhouse Mosley, Mike Odupitan, Rawshawn Bland, Tyrone Barrett, Grant Gould • NCAA South Central Regional Team: Carla Sintra, Brooke Ubelaker, of Spring 2005 • MIAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll: Adam Azeltine, Evin Beck, Jennifer Harris Ben Boswell, Matt Durler, Zach Hemmerling, Dustin Hickel, Josh Looney, • NCAA South Central Regional Most Outstanding Player: Jennifer Harris Pat Mack, Chris McCann, Blake Meyer and Tyler Schuerman • Elite 8 Most Outstanding Player: Carla Sintra • All-Southwest Region Second Team: Sam Sissom • Elite 8 All-Tournament Team: Carla Sintra, Lora Westling, Juwanna 2.97 • CoSIDA Academic First Team All-Region: Matt Durler Rivers • Academic All-MIAA: Tyler Schuerman • WBCA/Kodak First Team All-American: Carla Sintra

• Off ensive Team MVP: Tyler Schuerman and Sam Sissom • WBCA/Kodak First Team All-District: Carla Sintra 2004-05 MIAA PLAYERS • Defensive Team MVP: Grant Gould • Daktronics Second Team All-Region: Carla Sintra, Brooke Ubelaker Commissioner’s • Overall Team MVP: Tyler Schuerman • MIAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll: Alison Garrett, Dani McHenry, Lora Westling, Holly Henrichs, Cindy Keeley, Erin Academic Honor Volleyball — 29-7 / 13-3 MIAA (3rd) Menard, Carla Sintra, Megan Sullivan, Brooke Ubelaker, Stacey Becker Roll Members • Ranked No. 16 in fi nal AVCA National Poll • All-MIAA Academic Team: Lora Westling • First Team All-MIAA: Dani McHenry and Emily Foster • D2 Bulletin National Coach of the Year: Ron McHenry • Second Team All-MIAA: Katie Brandt • MIAA Coach of the Year: Ron McHenry • Honorable Mention All-MIAA: Julie Sackman and Wendy Kobbeman • Team MVP: Carla Sintra 54 • MIAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll: Emily Foster, Wendy Baseball — 23-31 / 10-21 MIAA (8th) Kobbeman, Dani McHenry and Valerie Peterson • American Volleyball Coaches Association First Team All-Region: Dani • Second Team All-MIAA: Jake Lenherr Of 221 REVIEW McHenry and Emily Foster • Honorable Mention All-MIAA: Nolan Deitrich, Jerad Head, Jesse Student-Athletes, • American Volleyball Coaches Association Honorable mention: Katie Schmidt, Sam Sissom and Randy Wild Brandt • MIAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll: Nolan Deitrich, Kenny number who had • American Volleyball Coaches Association Th ird Team All-American: Dani Howard, Brian Martinek, Jesse Schmidt and Brett Unrein 3.0 GPA or higher McHenry • Team MVP: Randy Wild • Academic All-MIAA: Emily Foster Softball — 30-26 / 5-13 MIAA (9th) • Team MVP: Dani McHenry • First Team All-MIAA: Kala Huske, Ashley Webb CHAMPIONSHIP Soccer — 5-11-3 / 3-9-2 MIAA (5th) • Second Team All-MIAA: Brooke DeVader 152 • Second Team All-MIAA: Meagan Horvath and Lauren Schwindt • Honorable Mention All-MIAA: Amanda Carey, Jackie Sells, Mandy • Honorable Mention All-MIAA: Jenna Hatlestad and Jenna Lawless Tarbutton Of 221 • MIAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll: Laura Barnaby, Virginia • NFCA First Team All-Region: Kala Huske Barnes, Stephanie Bruegger, Anna Fahey, Amanda Geist, Deidre Gorynski, • MIAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll: Mikala Mohler, Erin Student-Athletes, Meagan Horvath, Erica Painting, Erica Schmidt, Celese Siebert and Jolene Pierce, Jackie Sells number who had Silovsky • MIAA All-Academic Team: Brooke DeVader 3.5 GPA or higher • MIAA Presidential Scholars: Deidre Gorynski • Team MVP: Jackie Sells • Team MVP: Meagan Horvath Men's Tennis — 10-9 / 2-2 MIAA (3rd) Men's Basketball — 24-8 / 15-3 MIAA (1st) • Second Team All-MIAA: Nathan Martin (singles), Rick Vleeshouwers • MIAA Most Valuable Player: Travis Robbins (singles) 57 HISTORY • First Team All-MIAA: Travis Robbins • Honorable Mention All-MIAA: Rutger Vliegenberg (singles/doubles), • Second Team All-MIAA: Karlton Mims Tyler Kinder (singles/doubles), Blake Edwards (singles/doubles), Nathan Of 221 • Honorable Mention All-MIAA: Steve Bonner Martin (doubles), Andrew Plum (doubles) • First Team NABC All-American: Travis Robbins • MIAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll: Tyler Kinder Student-Athletes, • First Team NABC All-Region: Travis Robbins • All-MIAA Academic Team: Nathan Martin number who had • Daktronics Co-Region Player of the Year: Travis Robbins • Team MVP: Nathan Martin 4.0 GPA or higher • First Team Daktronics All-Region: Travis Robbins Golf — 110-28 / 30-0 MIAA (1st) • Team MVP: Travis Robbins

• First Team All-MIAA: Chris McGown, Paul Resner, Taylor Dunham, OPPONENTS Women's Tennis — 21-5 / 5-1 MIAA (2nd) Jeremiah Nelson, Ryan Deutsch • First Team All-MIAA: Julie Huyberechts (singles) • MIAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll: Paul Resner, Jason Robbins, 14 • Second Team All-MIAA: Kris Castillo (singles) Matt Warnock, Tyler Alt, Taylor Dunham, Spencer Hemmingway, Chris • Honorable Mention All-MIAA: Alicia Gardner (singles), Kris Castillo McGown (doubles), Julie Huyberechts (doubles), Lauren Harris (doubles), Alex • MIAA Coach of the Year: Doug Hamilton Number of Rodenbeek (doubles) • Eaton/Golf Pride Regional Coach of the Year: Doug Hamilton Student-Athletes • MIAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll: Caitlin Day, Julie • PING All-Region Team: Ryan Deutsch, Chris McGown, Jeremiah to receive all- Huyberechts Nelson, Paul Resner and Matt Warnock • All-MIAA Academic Team: Alicia Gardner and Lauren Harris • All-MIAA Academic Team: Chris McGown MIAA Athletic WUSPORTS.COM • MIAA Presidential Scholar: Audrie Miller and Lauren Harris • Presidential Scholar: Jason Robbins Honors • Team MVP: Kris Castillo • Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars: Chris McGown and Matt Warnock • CoSIDA Academic First Team All-Region: Chris McGown • CoSIDA Academic First Team All-America: Chris McGown 64 • All-MIAA Academic Team: Chris McGown • NCAA All-American: Chris McGown and Jeremiah Nelson • Team MVP: Chris McGown

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Kerry Dickerson and promotion duties to his responsibilities. Former Ichabod assistant basketball coach Kerry Noller has also worked as a part-time sports reporter for the Topeka Dickerson is in his third season as the Ichabod athletic Capital-Journal. Prior to that, he worked in the Johnson County Community department’s director of development after serving six College’s sports information offi ce during the 1997-98 season.

WASHBURN VIEW seasons on the Ichabod coaching staff . A native of Blue In the summer of 1999, Noller was honored as one of three initial recipi- Springs, Mo., Dickerson was a two-year starter for the ents of the CoSIDA undergraduate internship grant. Ichabods at point guard and played on the team from Th e Clinton, Mo., native earned a bachelor of arts degree from Washburn 1988 to 1993. He started 38 of 116 games for Washburn in mass media with a journalism emphasis. He also received a business and his team leadership on two MIAA championship and NCAA Division minor in marketing. He lives in Topeka with his wife Tiff any, ‘bsn 02. II tournament teams was a mark of success. Steve Ice

COACHES Janet Degginger Steve Ice enters his 24th year as the Head Athletic Janet Degginger is in her 19th year as Washburn’s Trainer at Washburn University. assistant athletics director. Ice took over the Ichabods and Lady Blues programs Degginger returned to her alma mater in 1987 as in the fall of 1982 after a three-year assignment as assistant director of athletics. In that capacity, she is the Associate Athletic Trainer at Lehigh University in responsible for managing and monitoring the eligibility of Bethlehem, Penn. student athletes as the compliance director. During the During Ice’s tenure at Washburn, the athletics training staff has seen the 1995-96 academic year, Degginger served as the interim addition of the Petro Allied Health Center as a valuable resource for the director of athletics. She also currently serves as the university’s senior prevention and rehabilitation of WU student-athletes. PLAYERS women’s administrator. Ice received his bachelor’s degree from St. Mary of the Plains College in Degginger has served on several university, conference and national Dodge City, Kan., in 1977 and earned his master’s from the University of committees. She is currently a member of the NCAA Professional Sports Kansas in 1980. Ice also served as a graduate assistant athletic trainer for the Liaison Committee and has served on a subcommittee of the NCAA Jayhawks from 1977 to 1979. Research Committee for developing a fi nancial analysis report. She is a In addition to his duties at Washburn, Ice works in conjunction with the member of Washburn’s Faculty Athletics and Financial Aid committees. Tallgrass Orthopedic Group of Topeka. Degginger is a 1967 graduate of Washburn and has done postgraduate Steve and his wife Janis have four children; Brian, Patrick, Jenna and work at Kansas. She has a son, Preston. Alyssa. REVIEW Gene Cassell Ron Wessel Gene Cassell is in his seventh season as Washburn Ron Wessel enters his 26th year at Washburn Sports Information Director after starting in December University as the head equipment manager for the athlet- 1998. Cassell is a 1997 graduate from Northwest Missouri ics department. State University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Wessel, a native of Sierra Vista, Ariz., is in charge of Science in journalism accompanied with a minor in maintaining all of the athletic department’s equipment broadcasting. needs. He attended in Baldwin City. Besides overseeing the media relations of Washburn’s 10 athletic teams, Wessel then accepted the equipment manager’s position at Washburn in Cassell also runs game administration and is the webmaster of “Th e Blue the spring of 1980. Zone” - Th e Offi cial Site of Washburn Athletics. Cassell is a member of He is a member of the American Equipment Managers Association and CHAMPIONSHIP CoSIDA and a member of the Publications Contest Committee. became certifi ed in 1992. Wessel has served as a District Director of the Cassell has received 33 citations for excellence for offi ce publications, AEMA since 1993. In addition, he serves on the Continuing Education including four best in the nation, 11 second place fi nishes and six best cov- Committee of the AEMA. ers in the nation. Ron lives in Topeka and enjoys sports, traveling, science fi ction and Cassell and his wife, Regina, live in Topeka with their two sons, Jacob physical fi tness. who was born on March 23, 2003, and Jared who was born on May 26, John Burns 2005. Regina the director of student publications and is a professor in the HISTORY Washburn mass media department. John Burns is in his third season as a Certifi ed Athletic Trainer after joining Washburn Athletics in August of Summer Broeckelman 2003. Summer Broeckelman is in her fi rst season as the Burns, a native of Salina, Kan., has job responsibilities Marketing/Ticket Coordinator for Washburn. She will with both athletics and academics. His primary athletic also focus on increasing interest and attendance on training responsibilities is with the football team, and aca- Ichabod and Lady Blues game nights. Prior to joining the demically, he oversees and teaches athletic training students as the Clinical athletic department, Broeckelman worked as a sales rep Education Coordinator in the Athletic Training Education Program for the for Alternative Business Systems in Lenexa, Kan. HPEES department.

OPPONENTS Broeckelman is a 2004 graduate of Washburn University with a Bachelor’s He is an alumnus of Washburn, receiving his bachelor’s degree in 1992. Degree in Mass Media/Public Relations and a minor in Communications. Burns then earned a Master of Science degree in exercise and sports science from the University of Arizona in 1994. Prior to returning to Washburn, Brad Noller he was a staff athletic trainer at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Mo., and most Brad Noller has worked in the WU sports information recently, the Coordinator of Sports Medicine for Integris Baptist Regional offi ce since arriving in Topeka in the fall of 1998. As a Health Center in Miami, Okla., where he also served as a consultant athletic student he served as the interim sports information direc- trainer for the Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Junior College Norsemen. tor at Washburn when the sports information director’s John is married to Linda Oldham Burns, also a Washburn alumn and position was vacated soon after his arrival. He remained scholarship coordinator in the fi nancial aid department, and they have a on staff as the student assistant until his graduation in son, Tyler. WUSPORTS.COM December 1999. In the fall 2004, Noller added marketing 8 • 2005-06 Washburn Basketball ������������������� VIEW WASHBURN �������� ��������� ��������� ����������������������� � � � COACHES

Steve Anson Ewan Auguste Larry Blumberg Chris Brown Lisa Carey Head Baseball Coach Assistant Men’s Faculty Athletics Assistant Football Coach Head Softball Coach Basketball Coach Representative Defensive Coordinatior PLAYERS

Bob Chipman Tim Collins Sandy Foster Doug Hamilton Cooper Harris Head Men’s Head Women’s Athletics Secretary Head Golf Coach Assistant Football Coach REVIEW Basketball Coach Soccer Coach Special Teams Coordinator CHAMPIONSHIP

Jennifer Hastert Gil Herrera Chris Herron Trent Jones Ron McHenry Head Men’s and Women’s Petro Facilities Head Women’s Assistant Women’s Head Women’s Tennis Coach Coordinator Volleyball Coach Volleyball Coach Basketball Coach HISTORY

Brian Miller Dustin Odum Rob Robinson Craig Schurig David Trupp OPPONENTS Assistant Football Coach Assistant Women’s Assistant Football Coach Head Football Coach Assistant Football Coach Off ensive Coordinator Basketball Coach Recruiting Coordinator Strength/Conditioning WUSPORTS.COM

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WASHBURN VIEW Main campus switchboard number: 785.670.1010 General athletics number: 785.670.1134 Athletics fax number: 785.670.1091 University Administration President ...... Dr. Jerry Farley ...... 670-1556 Vice President / Administration & Treasurer ...... Wanda Hill ...... 670-1634 COACHES Vice President / Academic Affairs ...... Dr. Ron Wasserstein ...... 670-1649 Vice President / Student Life ...... Dr. Denise Ottinger ...... 670-1390 Vice President / Enrollment Management ...... Al Dickes ...... 670-1812 Washburn Athletics Phone Numbers Director of Athletics ...... Loren Ferre’ ...... 670-1794 Associate Director of Athletics for Development ...... Kerry Dickerson ...... 670-1334 PLAYERS Assistant Director of Athletics/SWA ...... Janet Degginger ...... 670-1790 Sports Information Director ...... Gene Cassell ...... 670-1791 Marketing / Ticket Director ...... Summer Broeckelman ...... 670-2637 Assistant Sports Information/Marketing Director ...... Brad Noller ...... 670-1948 Faculty Athletics Representative ...... Larry Blumberg ...... 670-1493 Head Athletic Trainer ...... Steve Ice ...... 670-1753 Head Equipment Manager ...... Ron Wessel ...... 670-1761 or 670-1338 REVIEW Athletic Facilities Manager ...... Gil Herrera ...... 670-1304 Athletics Secretary ...... Sandy Foster ...... 670-1339 Administrative Assistant for Development ...... Charie Broughton ...... 670-1466 Washburn Coaching Staff Football Head Coach ...... Craig Schurig ...... 670-1340 Offensive Coordinator ...... Brian Miller ...... 670-1705

CHAMPIONSHIP Defensive Coordinator ...... Chris Brown ...... 670-1795 Defensive Line Coach/Strength and Conditioning . . . . . David Trupp ...... 670-1335 Linebackers/Special Teams Coordinator ...... Cooper Harris ...... 670-1798 Wide Receivers/Recruiting Coordinator ...... Rob Robinson ...... 670-1947 Volleyball Head Coach ...... Chris Herron ...... 670-1946

HISTORY Women’s Soccer Head Coach ...... Tim Collins ...... 670-1756 Baseball Head Coach ...... Steve Anson ...... 670-1793 Softball Head Coach ...... Lisa Carey ...... 670-1797 Men’s Basketball Head Coach ...... Bob Chipman ...... 670-1355 OPPONENTS Assistant Coach ...... Ewan Auguste ...... 670-1881 Women’s Basketball Head Coach ...... Ron McHenry ...... 670-1796 Assistant Coach ...... Dustin Odum ...... 670-1462 Golf Head Coach ...... Doug Hamilton ...... 670-1764 Men’s and Women’s Tennis

WUSPORTS.COM Head Coach ...... Jennifer Hastert ...... 670-1757 10 • 2005-06 Washburn Basketball ������������������� VIEW WASHBURN �������� ��������� ��������� ����������������������� � � � About the city of Topeka: Topeka is the capital city of Kansas and supports most of the state agencies. It is the home of national companies such as Frito-Lay, Goodyear, Payless Shoe Source, American Investors, Hill’s Pet Nutrition and Josten’s. Topeka has more than 200 restaurants and 30 attrac- COACHES tions, galleries and entertainment venues and more than 3,200 hotel rooms. Heartland Park, Topeka (left) has been a world-class destination since 1989 and was the first major motors- ports facility to be built in North America since 1968. PLAYERS REVIEW CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY OPPONENTS WUSPORTS.COM

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