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BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY 2012 SOFTBALL 7-Straight NCAA Tourney Appearances Softball SID Jordan Christiansen 7-Straight 40-Win Seasons Email [email protected] 3-Straight Conference Titles Phone 801.717.5217 2012 BYU COUGARS SCHEDULE KAJIKAWA CLASSIC (Tempe, AZ) COUGARS’ NEXT STOP: Feb 9 (Thu) Oregon State L, 22-5 (5) Feb 10 (Fri) No. 15 Texas A&M W, 3-2 SAN DIEGO CLASSIC Feb 10 (Fri) Texas State L, 6-2 Feb 11 (Sat) No. 11 Oregon W, 2-1 MAR. 1-3, 2012 Feb 11 (Sat) UC Santa Barbara W, 12-4 (6) LOUISVILLE SLUGGER DESERT CLASSIC (Las Vegas) Feb 16 (Thu) Portland State W, 4-1 Feb 17 (Fri) Cal State Northridge W, 11-1 (6) BYU COUGARS Feb 17 (Fri) Memphis W, 14-8 2012 Record: 9-6 Feb 18 (Sat) Indiana W, 8-7 Feb 18 (Sat) DePaul L, 8-2 Last Time: Oklahoma State (L 3-2), Pacific (W 3-2), Florida (L 3-0), Texas A&M (L 14-8), LIU Brooklyn (W 11-4) CATHEDRAL CITY CLASSIC (Cathedral City, CA) Feb 23 (Thu) No. 21 Oklahoma State L, 3-2 Feb 23 (Thu) Pacific W, 3-2 Feb 24 (Fri) No. 1 Florida L, 3-0 SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS Feb 24 (Fri) No. 14 Texas A&M L, 14-8 (8) 2012 Record: 9-8 Feb 25 (Sat) LIU Brooklyn W, 11-4 Last Week: Oklahoma (L 5-0), Texas (L 2-1), New Mexico State (W 6-0), Iowa SAN DIEGO CLASSIC (San Diego) State (L 6-4), Stanford (L 8-3), Cal State Northridge (W 7-1) Mar 1 (Thu) San Diego State 7 p.m. Mar 2 (Fri) Cal State Northridge 11:30 a.m. Mar 2 (Fri) St. Joseph’s 4 p.m. CAL STATE NORTHIRDGE MATADORS Mar 3 (Sat) Long Beach State 11:30 a.m. 2012 Record: 1-14 Mar 3 (Sat) Charlotte 6:30 p.m. Last Time: Boise State (L 5-3), Texas (L 4-0), Iowa (W 1-0), California (L 7-0), Mar 7 (Wed) at Utah 3:30 p.m. San Diego State (L 7-1) JUDI GARMAN CLASSIC (Fullerton, CA) Mar 15 (Thu) Purdue 11 a.m. Mar 15 (Thu) Arizona State 5:30 p.m. SAINT JOSEPH’s HAWKS Mar 16 (Fri) UC Davis 7:30 p.m. 2012 Record: 4-3 Mar 17 (Sat) Arizona 11 a.m. Last Week: Virginia (L 3-1, L 8-3), Colgate (W 9-4) Mar 17 (Sat) Penn State 3:30 p.m. Mar 20 (Tue) Idaho State* 6 p.m. Mar 23 (Fri) New Mexico State* 6 p.m. Mar 24 (Sat) New Mexico State* 1:30 p.m. LONG BEACH STATE 49ERS New Mexico State* 3:30 p.m. Mar 27 (Tue) UMKC* 5 p.m. 2012 Record: 6-9 UMKC* 7 p.m. Last Week: Fordham (W 12-6), Colorado State (L 7-6), Stanford (L 3-0), LIU Mar 30 (Fri) at Fresno State 6 p.m. (L 5-2), Arizona (L 4-0) Mar 31 (Sat) at Fresno State 1 p.m. at Fresno State 3 p.m. Apr 3 (Tue) Southern Utah* 6 p.m. CHARLOTTE 49ERS Apr 6 (Fri) Hawaii 6 p.m. Apr 7 (Sat) Hawaii* 1:30 p.m. 2012 Record: 8-5 Hawaii* 3:30 p.m. Last Time: Boston College (L 6-2, W 12-2), Towson (W 7-4, W 7-3), Morgan State Apr 9 (Mon) at Idaho State 4 p.m. (W 4-1) Apr 11 (Wed) Utah Valley* 6 p.m. Apr 13 (Fri) Utah State 6 p.m. Apr 14 (Sat) Utah State* 1:30 p.m. Utah State* 3:30 p.m. Apr 20 (Fri) at Louisiana Tech 6 p.m. COUGAR QUICK HITS Apr 21 (Sat) at Louisiana Tech 1 p.m. at Louisiana Tech 3 p.m. — The Cougars face their first former Mountain West Conference opponent since joining the Apr 24 (Tue) at Southern Utah 12 p.m. Western Athletic Conference beginning this season when they face San Diego State. BYU will at Southern Utah 2 p.m. Apr 27 (Fri) San Jose State* 6 p.m. also play two opponents for the first time in program history this weekend in Saint Joseph’s Apr 28 (Sat) San Jose State* 1:30 p.m. (Philadelphia, PA) and Charlotte (Charlotte, NC). San Jose State* 3:30 p.m. May 2 (Wed) at Utah Valley 5 p.m. May 4 (Fri) at Nevada 3 p.m. — Senior right fielder Delaney Willard leads the Cougars with a .558 batting average and 1.186 slug- May 5 (Sat) at Nevada 1 p.m. ging percentage. She is 24 of 43 on the year with seven homers, six doubles, 15 runs, 24 RBI and at Nevada 3 p.m. eight walks compared to just five strikeouts. Willard is also currently on an 11-game hitting streak. WAC TOURNAMENT (Las Cruces, N.M.) May 10-12 — BYU’s record of 9-6 through its first 15 games under coach Gordon Eakin is par for the course in NCAA REGIONAL the Cougars’ last nine seasons. Under Eakin, BYU has averaged 9.1 wins and 5.8 losses through its May 17-19 first 15 games. BYU also started 9-6 in 2003, 2004 and 2007 and were 7-8 through 15 games last year. All times listed are local to site Bold signifies Western Athletic Conference opponent — Last season at an SDSU-sponsored tournament, BYU went 1-4, with a win against Cal Poly and *Televised game on BYUtv losses to No. 25 Houston, Long Beach State, No. 23 Fresno State and No. 6 UCLA. WWW.BYUCOUGARS.COM / @BYUATHLETICS BYU SOFTBALL 2012 QUICK FACTS AND ROSTER 2012 NUMERICAL ROSTER MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION NO. NAME POS. HT. YR. B/T HOMETOWN (PrevioUS SCHOOL) 1 Lacey Millett OF 5-6 So. L/R Folsom, CA / Folsom HS Softball Media Relations Director: Jordan Christiansen 2 Shelbi Everett C 5-7 Fr. R/R Murray, UT / Brighton HS Office: (801) 422-8999; Cell: (801) 717-5217 3 Carly Duckworth OF 5-7 So. R/R Salt Lake City, UT / Olympus HS Email: [email protected] 4 Ashlee Brawley INF 5-6 So. R/R Vail, AZ / Arizona 5 Alexandra Hudson OF 5-2 Jr. L/R Everett, WA / Everett HS Assistant Softball Media Relations: Ralph Zobell 6 Bailie Hicken OF 5-6 Jr. L/R Highland, UT / Dixie State Office: (801) 422-9769; Cell: (801) 367-3554 8 Tori Almond P 6-1 So. R/R South Jordan, UT / Bingham HS Email: [email protected] 10 Caroline Umphlett P 6-1 Fr. R/R Elizabeth City, NC / Northeastern HS 11 Hannah Howell P 5-3 Jr. R/R Winnfield, LA / Calvin HS Associate AD/Communications: Duff Tittle 12 Megan Arnold 1B, C 5-8 Fr. R/R Yorba Linda, CA / Esperanza HS Office: (801) 422-8948; Cell: (801) 372-4401 14 Anna Hudson C 5-5 Fr. R/R Everett, WA / Everett HS Email: [email protected] 16 JC Clayton INF 5-5 Jr. L/R Hollister, CA / San Benito HS 19 Jessica Dugas OF, 3B 5-4 Sr. L/R Bellflower, CA / Mayfair HS Athletic Communications Fax: (801) 422-0633 20 Tiffany Messerschmidt OF 5-6 Sr. L/R Thousand Oaks, CA / Thousand Oaks HS Mailing Address: 30 SFH, Provo, UT 84602-2239 21 Stacie Toney INF 5-10 Sr. L/R Farmington, UT / Salt Lake CC 22 Krista Hicks INF 5-4 Sr. R/R Mesa, AZ / Dobson HS 2011 BYU QUICK FACTS 24 Jenna Goar INF 5-9 So. L/R Littleton, CO / Heritage HS 28 Delaney Willard OF 5-7 Sr. L/R Camarillo, CA / Adolfo Camarillo HS 31 Katie Manuma INF 5-8 So. R/R Ewa Beach, HI / Campbell HS BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY Location: Provo, Utah 84602 33 Madisen Robb INF 5-3 So. R/R Vernal, UT / Uintah HS Elevation: 4,553 feet Enrollment: 32,955 (Daytime) Head Coach: Gordon Eakin (10th year) PRONOUNCIATION GUIDE Founded: October 15, 1875 Associate Head Coach: Vaughn Alvey (10th year) Owned: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Assistant Coach: Neta Le’i (5th year) Jessica Dugas DOO - gus Nickname: Cougars Volunteer Coach: Bob Shober (4th year) Jenna Goar Gore Mascot: Cosmo Athletic Trainer: Chris Linde (13th year) Katie Manuma Mah-NEW-mah Colors: Blue & White Arena (capacity): Gail Miller Field (2,100) Tiffany Messerschmidt Mez-er-shmit Conference: Western Athletic President: Dr. Cecil O. Samuelson Athletic Director: Tom Holmoe Athletic Website: byucougars.com Tickets: 422-BYU1 or 1-800-322-BYU1 Seniors (5) Pitchers (3) Arizona (2) Jessica Dugas Tori Almond Ashlee Brawley BYU COACHING STAFF Krista Hicks Hannah Howell Krista Hicks Head Coach: Gordon Eakin Tiffany Messerschmidt Caroline Umphlett Record at School (years): 380-166 (10th year) Stacie Toney California (6) Career Div. I Record (years): same Delaney Willard Catchers (2) Megan Arnold Office phone for head coach: Call SID JC Clayton Best time/day to reach coach: Call SID Megan Arnold Associate Head Coach: Vaughn Alvey (10th year) Juniors (4) Shelbi Everett Jessica Dugas Assistant Coach: Neta Le’i (5th year) JC Clayton Anna Hudson Tiffany Messerschmidt Volunteer Coach: Bob Shober (4th year) Bailie Hicken Lacey Millett Hannah Howell Infielders (8) Delaney Willard MEDIA RELATIONS Alexandra Hudson JC Clayton Softball SID: Jordan Christiansen Krista Hicks Colorado (1) Email: [email protected] Sophomores (7) Ashlee Brawley Jenna Goar Work: 801-422-8999 Tori Almond Jenna Goar Cell: 801-717-5217 Ashlee Brawley Katie Manuma Hawaii (1) Carly Duckworth Katie Manuma BYU TEAM INFO Lacey Millett 2011 Overall Record: 40-18 Jenna Goar Madisen Robb Conference Record/Finish: 11-2 / 1st Katie Manuma Stacie Toney Louisiana (1) 2011 Postseason: NCAA Seattle Regional, 2-2 record Lacey Millett Hannah Howell 2011 Final National Ranking: NA Madisen Robb Outfielders (6) Starters Returning/Lost: 7/4 Carly Duckworth North Carolina (1) Lettermen Returning/Lost: 14/4 Freshmen (3) Jessica Dugas Caroline Umphlett Newcomers: 5 Megan Arnold Bailie Hicken Shelbi Everett Alexandra Hudson Utah (6) BYU HISTORY Anna Hudson Tori Almond First Year of Softball: 2000 (12 seasons) Tiffany Messerschmidt Overall All-Time Record: 462-242 (.656) Caroline Umphlett Delaney Willard Carly Duckworth Gail Miller Field Record: 131-32 (.804) Shelbi Everett Winning Seasons: 11 (last 2011) Bailie Hicken Conference Championships: 5 (last 2011) Madisen Robb Total NCAA Appearances (record): 8 (12-16) Stacie Toney Last NCAA Appearance: 2011 Result: Defeated Auburn twice, lost to Washington twice Washington (2) in Seattle Regional Alexandra Hudson In-State Opponent Record: 118-23 (.837) Record vs.