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TABLE OF CONTENTS & QUICK FACTS MEDIA INFORMATION 1-4 SOUTH ALABAMA QUICK FACTS Table of Contents / Quick Facts 1 STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS STAFF GENERAL 2020 Schedule 2 Brian Fremund Associate A.D. for Strategic Communica ons Name: University of South Alabama (Football [Primary]/Men’s Golf/Women’s Basketball) City/State: Mobile, Ala. Jaguar Gym 3 Founded: 1963 2020 Roster 4 Kevin Beasley Associate Director (Football [Secondary]/So ball/Men’s Tennis/Cross Country) Enrollment: 14,834 Charlie Nichols Assistant Director Nickname: Jaguars MEET THE JAGUARS 5-18 (Volleyball/Baseball/Women’s Golf) School Colors: Blue, Red and White Juanita Monteiro-Pai 5 Joseph Ashley Assistant Arena Name: Jag Gym (1,118) Conference: Sun Belt Lillie Fromdahl 6 Salena Jones Assistant President: Dr. Tony G. Waldrop Rachel Hickey 7 Strategic Communica ons Offi ce Phone (251) 460-7035 Alma Mater: North Carolina, ‘74 Hannah Maddux 8 Strategic Communica ons Fax (251) 460-7297 NCAA Faculty Athle c Rep.: Paige Vitulli Paige Lynn 9 Director of Athle cs: Joel Erdmann, Ph.D. Maddie Soboleski 10 Strategic Communica ons Mailing Address Alma Mater: South Dakota State, ‘86 Carly Doros 11 University of South Alabama Athle c Dept. Phone: 251-460-7121 Ticket Offi ce Phone: 251-460-6047 Hannah Johnson 12 Athle c Administra on Building 300 Joseph E. Go ried Drive Hannah Kazee 13 Mobile, AL 36688 TEAM INFO Rebecca Walk 14 First Year of Volleyball: 1974 Meaghan Jones 15 Seasons: 47th Lillie Simons 16 Program’s All-Time Record: 588-812-2 Sun Belt Record: 113-295 Hannah Harris 17 All-Sun Belt Selec ons: Morgan Stalcup 18 27 (Kelley Hartman, First-Team All-Sun Belt in 2019; Meaghan Jones & Iva Durdanovic Second-Team All-Sun Belt in 2019) JAGUAR COACHING STAFF 19-21 NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0 Head Coach Alexis Meeks-Rydell 19 SBC Tournament Appearances: 23 Assistant Coach Rob Chilcoat 20 2019 Final Record: 20-11 Assistant Coach Patricia Gandolfo 21 Home Record: 15-1 Away Record: 5-6 2019 SEASON REVIEW 22-25 Neutral: 0-4 Sun Belt Year-In-Review 22 2019 Sun Belt Record: 11-5 Home SBC Record: 8-1 South Alabama Sun Belt Tournament History 23 Away SBC Record: 3-4 Final 2019 Sta s cs 24 2019 Sun Belt Finish: 2nd (East Division) 2019 Results 25 It is a principle of the Sun Belt Conference that Le erwinners Returning/Lost: 7/6 Starters Returning/Lost: 5/1 student-athletes, coaches, administrators, support Newcomers: 7 HISTORY AND RECORDS 26-56 groups and all others associated with intercollegiate All-Time Le erwinners 26-28 athle cs adhere to such fundamental values as COACHING STAFF All-Time Series Vs. Opponents 29-37 respect, civility, honesty and accountability. Head Coach: Alexis Meeks-Rydell Year-By-Year Results 38-44 Alma Mater: IUPUI, ‘14 South Alabama Coaching Records 45 Record at USA (Years): 20-11 (1) Academic Honors 46 Career Record: 78-51 Athle c Honors 47 Sun Belt Record: 11-5 Offi ce Phone: 251-460-7124 Jaguar Triple-Doubles and Double-Doubles 48 Email: [email protected] Individual / Team Match Records 48-49 Assistant Coaches: Rob Chilcoat, Patricia Gandolfo Individual Year-By-Year Leaders 50-52 Team Year-By-Year 53-54 Single-Season Records 55 Career Records 56 TThehe 22020020 SSouthouth AlabamaAlabama FactFact BookBook TThehe 22020020 SSouthouth AlabamaAlabama volleyballvolleyball factfact bookbook iiss a producproduc oonn ooff thethe SouthSouth AlabamaAlabama StrategicStrategic CCommunicaommunica oonsns Offi cce.e. TThishis publicapublica oonn wwasas wriwri een,n, eediteddited andand designeddesigned byby aassistantssistant directordirector ofof strategicstrategic ccommunicaommunica oonsns CCharlieharlie Nichols.Nichols. PPhotographyhotography PProvidedrovided bbyy JJohnohn AAdams,dams, CChiphip EEnglish,nglish, JJoeoe Imel,Imel, BBobbyobby MMcDucDuffi ee,, BBradrad PPuckeucke , SScoco DDonaldsononaldson aandnd thethe UniversityUniversity ofof SouthSouth AlabamaAlabama StrategicStrategic CCommuicaommuica oonsns archives.archives. 1 2020 JAGUAR SCHEDULE Date Opponent Location Time Sept.11 (Fri.) atLouisiana Lafayette,La. 6:30p.m. Sept.12 (Sat.) atLouisiana Lafayette,La. Noon Sept.18 (Fri.) STEPHENF.AUSTIN! JagGym 10:30a.m. Sept.18 (Fri.) ULM! JagGym 6:30p.m. Sept.19 (Sat.) STEPHENF.AUSTIN! JagGym 11a.m. Sept.19 (Sat.) ULM! JagGym 3p.m. Sept.25 (Fri.) COASTALCAROLINA• JagGym 11a.m. Sept.25 (Fri.) COASTALCAROLINA• JagGym 6p.m. Sept.26 (Sat.) COASTALCAROLINA• JagGym Noon Oct.1 (Thu.) TROY• JagGym 6p.m. Oct.2 (Fri.) TROY• JagGym 6p.m. Oct.9 (Fri.) atAppalachianState• Boone,N.C. 10a.m. Oct.9 (Fri.) atAppalachianState• Boone,N.C. 5p.m. Oct.10 (Sat.) atAppalachianState• Boone,N.C. Noon Oct.23 (Fri.) GEORGIASOUTHERN• JagGym 11a.m. Oct.23 (Fri.) GEORGIASOUTHERN• JagGym 6p.m. Oct.24 (Sat.) GEORGIASOUTHERN• JagGym Noon Oct.30 (Fri.) atTroy• Troy,Ala. 6p.m. Oct.31 (Sat.) atTroy• Troy,Ala. 1p.m. Nov.5 (Thu.) atGeorgiaState• Atlanta,Ga. 5p.m. Nov.6 (Fri.) atGeorgiaState• Atlanta,Ga. 10a.m. Nov.6 (Fri.) atGeorgiaState• Atlanta,Ga. 5p.m. Nov.18Ͳ22 (Wed.ͲSun.) SunBeltConferenceChampionship Foley,Ala. TBD !–JaguarInvitational(Mobile,Ala.) •ͲSunBeltConferencematch AllTimesCentralandSubjecttoChange 2 JAGUAR GYM JJaguaraguar GGymnasiumymnasium hhasas beenbeen hhomeome toto thethe SouthSouth AAlabamalabama vvolleyballolleyball teamteam sincesince itsits inauguralinaugural seasonseason bbackack iinn 1974.1974. 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Hometown(PreviousSchool) 1 JuanitaMonteiroͲPai L/DS 5Ͳ8 Fr.ͲHS Madison,Ala.(BobJonesHS) 2 LillieFromdahl S 5Ͳ6 So.Ͳ1L Mobile,Ala.(McGillͲToolenHS) 3 RachelHickey L/DS 5Ͳ4 Jr.ͲTR Mishawaka,Ind.(IUPUI) 4 HannahMaddux OH 6Ͳ1 So.Ͳ1L SanAntonio,Texas(BoerneͲSamuelV.ChampionHS) 5 PaigeLynn L/DS 5Ͳ3 So.Ͳ1L Labadie,Mo.(St.FrancisBorgiaRegionalHS) 6 MaddieSoboleski S 6Ͳ0 RͲSo.ͲTR Erie,Pa.(Pittsburgh) 7 CarlyDoros MB 5Ͳ11 Fr.ͲHS FlatRock,Mich.(FlatRockCommunityHS) 9 HannahJohnson MB 6Ͳ2 Sr.Ͳ3L FoxLake,Ill.(GrantCommunityHS) 11 HannahKazee OH 5Ͳ11 Fr.ͲHS Lexington,Ky.(TatesCreekHS) 14 RebeccaWalk MB 6Ͳ2 Fr.ͲHS BaySt.Louis,Miss.(OurLadyAcademy) 19 MeaghanJones OH 5Ͳ8 Sr.Ͳ3L Sachse,Texas(SachseHS) 21 LillieSimons RS 5Ͳ10 Fr.ͲHS Marengo,Ill.(MarengoCommunityHS) 24 HannahHarris OH 6Ͳ0 Sr.Ͳ3L Dothan,Ala.(ProvidenceChristianSchool) 25 MorganStalcup MB 6Ͳ5 RͲJr.Ͳ2L Roswell,Ga.(BlessedTrinityCatholicHS) HeadCoach:AlexisMeeksͲRydell(IUPUI,2014) AssistantCoaches:RobChilcoat,PatriciaGandolfo 4 2020 STUDENT-ATHLETES 1 JUANITA MONTEIRO-PAI Fr.-HS | 5-9 | Libero / Defensive Specialist Madison, Ala. | Bob Jones HS BOB JONES HS 2019 Super All-State by AL.com … Recorded 407 kills, 371 digs and 21 service aces as a senior … 2019 All-Huntsville Region selec on by AL.com … Earned First-Team All-State honors as a junior in 2018 … Helped BJHS to a 7A state runner- up fi nish in 2018, and semifi nal appearance as a senior … Finished with 1,264 kills, 1,357 digs and 187 service aces in her career. PERSONAL Full name is Juanita Monteiro-Pai ... Born May 18, 2002, in Des Moines, Iowa ... The second of two children to Sushil and Julie Monteiro-Pai ... Played club with United Volleyball for four years in Huntsville, Ala. ... Favorite movie is “Starstruck” ... Favorite book is “The Atlan s Grail” ... Lists the Bal more Ravens as her favorite pro sports team ... Favorite athlete is Caroline Knop ... Lists Brandon Urie among her favorite musical ar sts ... Majoring in chemistry. 5 2020 STUDENT-ATHLETES 2 LILLIE FROMDAHL So.-1L | 5-6 | Se er Mobile, Ala. | McGill-Toolen Catholic HS CAREER HIGHS SOUTH ALABAMA KILLS 2019 (Freshman): Appeared in 21 matches with two starts ... Finished with 272 assists for an average of 4.69 assists per 4 vs. Nicholls State (9/21/19) set, along with 13 kills, 10 service aces, 97 digs, one solo block and eight block-assists ... Made her Jaguar debut against Western Michigan (Aug. 30) ... Recorded