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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) BYU BEGINS PLAY AT Feb 9 (Thu) Oregon State L, 22-5 (5) Feb 10 (Fri) No. 15 Texas A&M W, 3-2 Feb 10 (Fri) Texas State L, 6-2 HOME, IN THE WAC Feb 11 (Sat) No. 11 Oregon W, 2-1 Feb 11 (Sat) UC Santa Barbara W, 12-4 (6) MAR. 20, 23-24, 2012 LOUISVILLE SLUGGER DESERT CLASSIC (Las Vegas) Feb 16 (Thu) Portland State W, 4-1 Feb 17 (Fri) Cal State Northridge W, 11-1 (6) Feb 17 (Fri) Memphis W, 14-8 Feb 18 (Sat) Indiana W, 8-7 Feb 18 (Sat) DePaul L, 8-2 CATHEDRAL CITY CLASSIC (Cathedral City, CA) BYU COUGARS Feb 23 (Thu) No. 21 Oklahoma State L, 3-2 2012 Record: 15-8 Feb 23 (Thu) Pacific W, 3-2 Feb 24 (Fri) No. 1 Florida L, 3-0 Last Week: Purdue (W 14-1), Arizona State (L 3-0), UC Feb 24 (Fri) No. 14 Texas A&M L, 14-8 (8) Davis (W 9-0) Feb 25 (Sat) LIU Brooklyn W, 11-4 SAN DIEGO CLASSIC (San Diego) Mar 1 (Thu) San Diego State L, 1-0 Mar 2 (Fri) Cal State Northridge W, 4-1 Mar 2 (Fri) St. Joseph’s W, 3-2 (8) Mar 3 (Sat) Long Beach State W, 2-1 Mar 3 (Sat) Charlotte W, 9-0 (5) IDAHO STATE BENGALS JUDI GARMAN CLASSIC (Fullerton, CA) 2012 Record: 3-19 Mar 15 (Thu) Purdue W, 14-1 (5) Last Week: UC Davis (L 5-0), Minnesota (L 10-2) Mar 15 (Thu) No. 5 Arizona State L, 3-0 Mar 16 (Fri) UC Davis W, 9-0 (6) 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. New Mexico State* 3:30 p.m. Mar 27 (Tue) UMKC* 5 p.m. UMKC* 7 p.m. Mar 30 (Fri) at Fresno State 6 p.m. NEW MEXICO ST AGGIES Mar 31 (Sat) at Fresno State 1 p.m. 2012 Record: 17-12 at Fresno State 3 p.m. Apr 3 (Tue) Southern Utah* 6 p.m. Last Week: Arizona State (L 13-5), New Mexico (W 8-6) Apr 6 (Fri) Hawaii 6 p.m. Apr 7 (Sat) Hawaii* 1:30 p.m. Hawaii* 3:30 p.m. Apr 9 (Mon) at Idaho State 4 p.m. 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. Apr 21 (Sat) at Louisiana Tech 1 p.m. at Louisiana Tech 3 p.m. COUGAR QUICK HITS Apr 24 (Tue) at Southern Utah 12 p.m. at Southern Utah 2 p.m. Apr 27 (Fri) San Jose State* 6 p.m. — BYU begins its first conference game as a member of the WAC with a three-game series against Apr 28 (Sat) San Jose State* 1:30 p.m. New Mexico State this weekend. After Idaho State visits Miller Field on Tuesday, the Cougars will San Jose State* 3:30 p.m. host the Aggies on Friday with a doubleheader on Saturday. All games will be televised live on May 2 (Wed) at Utah Valley 5 p.m. BYUtv. May 4 (Fri) at Nevada 3 p.m. May 5 (Sat) at Nevada 1 p.m. at Nevada 3 p.m. — The Cougars have never lost to the Bengals or Aggies, posting a 10-0 record against the former and a 1-0 series lead over the latter. This is NMSU’s first visit to Provo. WAC TOURNAMENT (Las Cruces, NM) May 10-12 — Senior Delaney Willard has led the way for BYU this season and is ranked in the NCAA top-15 NCAA REGIONAL May 17-19 in four different categories, including batting average (2nd, .493), slugging percentage (9th, .910), on base percentage (11th, .568) and RBI per game (12th, 1.3). All times listed are local to site Bold signifies Western Athletic Conference opponent *Televised game on BYUtv — BYU puts its 21-game home win streak on the line this season after going 14-0 at home in 2011. BYU’s next six games are at home including a doubleheader vs. UMKC on March 27. — The Cougars have won six of their last seven, with the lone loss coming against No. 5 Arizona State. 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): 386-168 (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: 468-244 (.657) 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.