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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1...... Table of Contents REVIEW 2...... Media Information UNIVERSITY 40-42 ...... 2006 Review 88-90 ...... One of the Nation’s Premier Programs 3...... Media Outlets 43...... 2006 Results 91...... This is the ACC 4...... Quick Facts 44...... 2006 Match-by-Match Results/ 92-93 ...... This is Florida State 5-6 ...... Media Coverage ...... Category Leaders/Team Averages 94...... University Facts OUTLOOK 45...... 2006 Match-by Match Leaders 95...... Famous Alumni 46...... 2006 Individual Season Highs 96...... Athletic Administration 8-10 ...... Season Preview 47...... 2006 Statistics/Team Season Highs 97...... Academic Services 11 ...... Roster/Team Photo 48...... 2006 ACC Statistics 98...... Student Services 12...... Roster Breakdown 99...... Compliance 13...... Schedule Calendar HISTORY 100...... Seminole Spirit 14...... Schedule Calendar/Tournament Schedule 50...... FSU Volleyball History 101-104 ...... This is Tallahassee 15...... ACC Composite Schedule 51...... Hall of Fame 16...... Lucy McDaniel Court 52...... Endowed Scholarships THIS IS FSU VOLLEYBALL COACHES 53-54 ...... Famous Alumni 106-107 ...... Loose Talk 55...... Lucy McDaniel 108-109 ...... Banquet 18-19 ...... Head Coach Todd Kress 56...... Postseason History 110-111 ...... Fun Facts 20...... Associate Head Coach Melissa Batie 57...... Honor Roll 112 ...... Radio & TV Roster 21...... Assistant Coach Mitch Sadowsky 58...... All-Time Letterwinners 22...... Support Staff 59...... Team Records 60...... Individual Career Records PLAYERS 60...... Individual Season Records 24-25 ...... Maini Thompson 61...... Year-by-Year Leaders 26-27 ...... Summer Weissing CREDITS 62...... All-time Series Records 28...... Mira Djuric Editor: Katy Baker and Michael Smoose 63-64 ...... Series Record vs. ACC & Florida 29...... Jackie BonSalle 65-80 ...... Year-by-Year Results 30...... Nikki Baker Writing and Research: Katy Baker, Michael 31...... Brianna Barry OPPONENTS Smoose, Shannon O’Neil, Tina Thomas, FSU 32...... Malorie Wessell Sports Information 82...... UNC Asheville, TCU, Missouri State, Kansas 33...... Lauren Young 83 ...... Michigan State, Florida, Washington, Long Beach State 34...... Ashlee Moon/Jordana Price Photography: Brandon Goodman, FSU Photo 84...... Miami, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Duke 35...... Stephanie Neville/Lauren Richardson Lab, Bill Lax, Ryals Lee, Jr., Michelle Edmunds, 85...... Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, Clemson, Maryland 36...... Jenna Romanelli/Lauren Rosenthal Ross Obley, Greg Miller, FSU Volleyball Team 86...... Boston College, North Carolina, NC State, ACC 37...... Allison Sharp/Taylor Wilson 38...... Fun with the Seminoles Design: Grant Hawkins Design - Dallas, Texas Printing: Multi-Ad in Peoria, Illinois

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1 MEDIA INFORMATION A NOTE TO THE MEDIA, FANS AND OPPONENTS Florida State assistant sports information director Katy Baker of the Sports SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTORY Information Offi ce is ready to assist you with any questions or requests you may have about the 2007 Seminole volleyball program, media guide, coaches and student-athletes. Please do not hesitate to contact the FSU Sports Information VOLLEYBALL CONTACT offi ce if we can further assist you. Katy Baker - Assistant SID PLAYERS & COACHES INTERVIEWS - Volleyball, Softball All players and coaches interviews must be arranged through the sports information - Phone: 850-645-7683 offi ce by contacting Katy Baker at (850) 645-7683 at least 24 hours in advance. - Email: [email protected] Player’s home or cell phone numbers will not be released. HOW TO COVER THE SEMINOLES Members of the media are supplied with weekly press releases, including updated individual and career statistics, as well as conference and national rankings and information on upcoming matches. This information may be obtained in the sports information offi ce and will be updated after every match at www.seminoles.com. WHERE THE HOME MATCHES WILL BE All of the 2007 volleyball matches take place on Lucy McDaniel Court at Tully Tina Thomas Elliott Finebloom Chuck Walsh Gymnasium (capacity 1,162). Media members will be provided with a parking pass Sports Information Associate SID Associate SID Director Football Men’s Basketball/Golf and seated in a designated area. Please notify the sports information offi ce prior to home matches for credentials. Any accredited photographer wishing to shoot the matches must check in with Katy Baker prior to match day so proper credentials can be assigned. There are no strobe lights in Tully Gym. FSU ON THE WEB All the game stories, updated stats, weekly releases and Seminole volleyball news you could ever ask for is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year at www. seminoles.com. The offi cial FSU athletics website is your fi rst stop for all the Jason Leturmy Michael Smoose Ryan Pensy information you could ever need on the Seminole volleyball team and is updated Assistant SID Assistant SID Director of Digital immediately following each match. Baseball, Soccer Women’s Basketball, Media Cross Country, Track & Field

Maryjane Gardner Shannon O’Neil Layne Herdt Program Assistant Graduate Assistant Graduate Assistant Cross Country, Swimming & Diving, Track & Field, Men’s Tennis Women’s Tennis

Contact Us At: Ship Overnight Packages to: Phone 850.644.1403 Katy Baker Fax 850.644.3820 FSU Sports Information 525 Stadium Dr. Address Inquiries to: Tallahassee, FL 32306 Florida State Sports Information PO Drawer 2195 Tallahassee, FL 32316

2 MEDIA OUTLETS PRINT MEDIA Palatka Daily News ...... (386) 328-2721 Fax (386) 312-5209 • Kerry Dunning*, Ryan Gilchrest Associated Press (Local) ...... (850) 224-1211 1825 St. John’s Ave., Palatka, FL 32177 Fax (850) 224-2099 • Brent Kallestad* 336 E. College Ave., Suite 301 Tallahassee, FL 32301 Palm Beach Post ...... (561) 820-4440 Fax (561) 820-4481 • [email protected] Bradenton Herald ...... (941) 745-7007 Dave George (C), Tom D’Angelo* Fax (850) 745-7097 • Roger Mooney (C) 2751 S. Dixie Highway, W. Palm Beach, FL 33405 102 Manatee Ave., W., Bradenton, FL 34205 Panama City News-Herald ...... (850) 747-5065 Daytona Beach News-Journal ...... (386) 252-1511 Fax (850) 747-5097 • [email protected] • Tim Hathcock Fax (386) 253-8433• [email protected] • Ken Willis (C) PO Box 1940, Panama City, FL 32401 901 Sixth Street, Daytona Beach, FL 32120 Pensacola News-Journal ...... (850) 435-8552 Florida Times-Union (Local) ...... (850) 224-7515, x14 Fax (850) 434-6241 • [email protected] Fax (850) 681-2961 • [email protected] • Bob Thomas* 101 E. Romana Street, Pensacola, FL 32502 336 E. College Avenue, Suite 304, Tallahassee, FL 632301 Sarasota Herald-Tribune ...... (941) 957-5172 Florida Times-Union ...... 1 (800) 255-4679 Fax (941) 957-5276 • newscoast.com Fax (904) 359-4147 • [email protected] Chris Anderson, Doug Fernandez (C) Mike Freeman (C), Mark Woods (C), Gene Frenette (C) 801 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34236 One Riverside Avenue, Jacksonville, FL 32202 St. Petersburg Times ...... (813) 226-3347 Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel ...... (954) 356-4645 Fax (813) 226-3381 • [email protected] Fax (954) 356-4566 • [email protected] Brian Landman*, Gary Shelton (C) Craig Barnes*, Dave Hyde (C) PO Box 1211, St. Petersburg, FL 33731 New River Center, 200 E. Las Olas Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301 Tallahassee Democrat ...... (850) 599-2167 Ft. Myers News-Press ...... (239) 335-0357 Fax (850) 599-2301 • [email protected] Fax (239) 334-0708 • [email protected] Steve Ellis, Randy Beard (C), Jack Corcoran* Virginia Lewis, Craig Handel (C), Deron Snyder (C), Glenn Miller (C) 277 N. Magnolia Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32301 2442 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Ft. Myers, FL 33901 Tampa Tribune (Local) ...... (850) 294-3088 FSView ...... (850) 561-6653 Fax (850) 222-4772 • [email protected] TBA Scott Carter* • 336 E. College Avenue, Tallahassee, FL 32301 954 Brevard Street, Tallahassee, FL 32304 Tampa Tribune ...... (813) 259-7655 Gainesville Sun ...... (352) 378-1411 Fax (813) 259-8148 • [email protected] Fax (352) 338-3128 • [email protected] • Pat Dooley (C) Martin Fennelly (C), Joey Johnston (C), Joe Henderson (C) PO Drawer A, Gainesville, FL 32602 PO Box 191, Tampa, FL 33601

Lakeland Ledger ...... (863) 802-7569 *Beat writer (C) Columnist Fax (863) 802-7812 • Rick Brown* PO Box 408, Lakeland, FL 33802

Miami Herald ...... (305) 376-2387 Fax (305) 376-2295 • [email protected] ELECTRONIC MEDIA Jeff Shain*, Bill Van Smith, Edwin Pope (C) Cable 47 ...... (850) 487-3170 One Herald Plaza, Miami, FL 33132-1693 WFSU Television Center

Northwest Florida Daily News ...... (850) 863-1111, x423 Sun Sports Network ...... (407) 245-2511 Cal Powell • 200 Racetrack Road • Ft. Walton Beach, FL 32548 Fax (407) 245-2571 390 N. Orange Ave. Suite 1075, Orlando, FL 32801 Ocala Star-Banner ...... (352) 867-4146 Fax (352) 867-4018 • Dwight Collins* WCTV-TV (CBS) ...... (850) 906-0477 PO Box 490, Ocala, FL 34478 Fax (850) 668-3851 • Elton Gumbel 4000 County Rd. 12, Tallahassee, FL 32312 Orlando Sentinel (Local) ...... (850) 222-5564 Fax (850) 224-0979 • [email protected] • Emily Badger* WNLS Radio ...... (850) 422-3107 336 E. College Avenue, Suite 303, Tallahassee, FL 32301 Fax (850) 514-4441 • Jeff Cameron, Preston Scott 325 John Knox Rd, Bldg. G, Tallahassee, FL 32303 Orlando Sentinel ...... (407) 420-5474 Fax (407) 420-5069 • [email protected] FSU Headlines/TV & Radio ...... (850) 644-1360 Mike Bianchi (C), David Whitley (C) Fax (850) 644-8344 • Dennis Schnittker, Jay Wirth, Frank Calzado, 633 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, FL 32801 Katie Flannagin, Tom Block

The Osceola ...... (850) 222-7733 WTXL-TV (ABC) ...... (850) 893-1313 Fax (850) 224-3627 • [email protected] (850) 668-1460 • Brad Dalton, Sean Smith Derek Redd, Rick Jones 1600-2 Red Barber Plaza, Tallahassee, FL 32310 402 Dunwoody Street, Tallahassee, FL 32304

3 2007 QUICK FACTS RETURNING STARTERS (3 + Libero) Attack Set Serve Dig Blocking No Player POS YR MP-MS K K/G PCT A A/G SA SA/G DIG D/G BS BA TOT B/G 1 Makini Thompson OH Sr. 30-29 423 3.95 .290 5 0.05 9 0.08 70 0.65 15 26 41 0.38 5 Brianna Barry MB So. 30-16 280 2.52 .325 17 0.15 0 0.00 32 0.29 11 98 109 0.98 15 Malorie Wessel OH So. 28-21 210 2.50 .210 27 0.32 43 0.51 108 1.29 2 20 22 0.26 21 Summer Weissing L Sr. 30-0* 1 0.01 .125 43 0.41 18 0.17 467 4.41 0 0 0 0.00

RETURNING LETTERWINNERS (3) Attack Set Serve Dig Blocking No Player POS YR MP-MS K K/G PCT A A/G SA SA/G DIG D/G BS BA TOT B/G 2 Jackie BonSalle OH So. 26-14 157 2.42 .169 1 0.02 9 0.14 30 0.46 3 18 21 0.32 8 Nikki Baker S So. 13-1 1 0.05 -.200 124 6.20 6 0.30 13 0.65 1 3 4 0.20 23 Lauren Young MB So. 2-0 2 1.000 .250 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 1 1 0.50 GENERAL INFORMATION Location Tallahassee, Fla. STARTERS LOST (3) Enrollment 39,652 Attack Set Serve Dig Blocking Founded 1851 No Player POS YR MP-MS K K/G PCT A A/G SA SA/G DIG D/G BS BA TOT B/G Symbol Seminoles 12 Sarah Griffi n MB Sr. 31-31 287 2.59 .280 47 0.42 44 0.40 236 2.13 7 100 107 0.96 Color Garnet & Gold 14 Jessica Skower OH Sr. 31-26 244 2.26 .280 84 0.78 30 0.28 125 1.16 10 84 94 0.87 President Dr. T.K. Wetherell 7 Zrinka Tomic S Sr. 31-30 127 1.22 .332 1201 11.15 39 0.38 242 2.33 3 52 55 0.53 Affi liation NCAA Division I Conference Atlantic Coast Athletics Director Dave Hart, Jr. LETTERWINNERS LOST (4) Sr. Associate AD (Volleyball) Charlie Carr Attack Set Serve Dig Blocking Home Court Lucy McDaniel Court No Player POS YR MP-MS K K/G PCT A A/G SA SA/G DIG D/G BS BA TOT B/G at Tully Gymnasium 3 Caitlin Belvin DS Fr. 11-3 1 0.05 1.000 9 0.41 0 0.00 22 1.00 0 0 0 0.00 Capacity 1,162 6 Kim Crawford DS Sr. 14-0 0 0.00 .000 10 0.34 1 0.03 39 1.34 0 0 0 0.00 9 Alex Plummer DS Jr. 31-15 0 0.00 -.150 21 .20 25 0.23 171 1.60 0 0 0 0.00 HISTORY 10 Lauren Walker DS Jr. 9-0 0 0.00 .000 9 0.41 1 0.08 16 1.33 0 0 0 0.00 First Year 1968 All-Time FSU Record 829-418 (.664) NEWCOMERS (9) (Since 1972) All-Time ACC Record 124-122(.504) No Player POS HT YR Hometown (High School/Last School or Club) (Since 1991) 13 Mira Djuric OH 6-2 Jr. Belgrade, Serbia (Medicine/Oregon) 7 Ashlee Moon DS 5-7 Jr. Murrieta, Calif. (Murrieta Valley/Orange Coast College) 12 Jordana Price MB 6-1 So. Mountain Home, Idaho (Mountain Home/College of Southern Idaho) COACHING STAFF 6 Stephanie Neville OH 6-2 Fr. Cambridge, Ontario (Jacob Hespeler Secondary/Waterloo Tigers) Head Coach Todd Kress (Cincinnati ‘92) 3 Lauren Richardson OH 6-1 Fr. Ocala, Fla. (St. John’s Lutheran/Brick City Slam) Career Record/Yrs 239-145 (.622)/12 Record at FSU/Yrs 87-70 (.554)/5 10 Jenna Romanelli DS X Fr. Lighthouse Point, Fla. (Cardinal Gibbons/Boomers) Associate Head Coach Melissa Batie 11 Lauren Rosenthal S 5-10 Fr. Colorado Springs, Colo. (Colorado Springs Christian/Stellar) (Southern Mississippi ‘91) 22 Allison Sharp DS 5-11 Fr. Tampa, Fla. (Plant/Tampa Juniors) Assistant Coach Mitch Sadowsky 4 Taylor Wilson DS 5-7 Fr. Tarpon Springs, Fla. (Countryside/Mizuno Bombers) (Ball State ‘98) Volleyball Secretary Jill Hoomes Offi ce Phone (850) 644-3003 TEAM INFORMATION 2006 Overall Record 19-12 2006 ACC Record 13-9 (4th) 2006 Postseason N/A Starters Returning/Lost 3 + Libero/3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 7/7 Dr. T.K. Wetherell Dave Hart, Jr. Charlie Carr Newcomers 9FSU President Athletics Director Senior Associate AD Final CSTV/AVCA Ranking N/A

4 MEDIA COVERAGE

Established in 1987, Seminole Productions handles virtually every video production need for Florida State Athletics. Under the direction of Mark Rodin, Seminole Productions produces the Bobby Bowden Show, the the Seminole Basketball Report with Leonard Hamilton and the Mike Martin Show, as well as Seminole Sports Magazine, which devotes four episodes to the Sue Semrau Show, and Seminole Uprising. Seminole Productions also produces all of the in-game entertainment needs for Seminole Vision, our big-screen video production for FSU football, Mark Rodin Jim Garbarinon D.D. Garbarino Jerry Tootle basketball and baseball. That’s over 80 live-events Director of Video Producer/Director Producer/Director Producer/Director every year to enhance the game day experience for Operations Bobby Bowden Show Seminole Sports Leonard Hamilton Show Seminole fans. Mike Martin Show Magazine

The Seminole Productions award-winning staff also creates the season highlight tapes, team motivational In the summer of 2004, Seminole Productions moved Seminole Productions continually gets recognized for videos, banquet and special event videos for many to a new 6,000 square foot communication center in excellence. The staff once again raised the bar in the sports. Seminole Productions is also a resource for the new Coyle Moore Athletics Center. This state- fi eld of visual communications by gathering eight more media outlets when it comes to fi nding footage of FSU of-the-art facility includes a brand new studio, two awards in two national video competitions in 2005-06. Athletics. Seminole Productions has garnered national control rooms, 10 Avid digital editing and graphics With these latest recognitions, Seminole Productions recognition as one of the best video production facilities suites, private offi ces, a green room, a new computer staff members continue an almost unheard of streak of in the nation and consistently ranks at the top of the editing and graphics classroom, a student producer national recognitions with over 30 since 2003. in-game entertainment arena for universities across area and much more. There are also fi ber optic video the nation. And it only gets better... camera connections to all areas of the Coyle Moore The most recent recognitions come from two of the Athletics Center, Doak Campbell Stadium, Donald most respected competitions in the industry, the Aurora L. Tucker Civic Center, FSU Basketball Training and Telly Awards. These international competitions are Center and Dick Howser Stadium with connections to designed to recognize excellence in the fi lm and video WFSU-TV’s uplink. This has created the ability to do industries on an international level. Entries have come live, multi-camera productions or uplink feeds. With a from across the US and abroad including Canada, simple camera connection, Seminole Productions can Hong Kong, Denmark, Mexico, and more. send the signal through fi ber to WFSU’s satellite uplink and bang, Coach Bowden’s wit and charm is instantly The Aurora Awards competition recognized Seminole seen all over the world. Productions staff for their Seminole Pride video presentation, the 2005 Gameday Football Headshots, FSU athletics aren’t the only ones reaping the benefi ts and the Environmental Results program produced for of this new state-of-the-art communication center. the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Students in the College of Communication media Staff members recognized with Aurora Awards production program also have plenty of hands-on include Jim Garbarino, Jerry Tootle, Chris Hahn, and access to some of the fi nest equipment around. Since Jim Shaw. Previous winners of this award include Seminole Productions’ mission is one of teaching, Disney I.D.E.A.S, The History Channel, A&E Network students studying in the art of television design, and Fox Sports Net. The Aurora statue itself was production and performance work alongside the SP commissioned specifi cally for the competition by a staff gaining real experience with real deadlines in a nationally renowned sculptor. The statues are cast in professional environment while gaining class credit the same foundry that creates the Emmy, Oscar and as well as professional experience. This new facility Clio statues. also ensures that FSU continues to attract the best and brightest students of media production from all across the globe.

5 MEDIA COVERAGE THE VOICE OF THE SEMINOLES Play-by-play man Ryan Pensy returns for his fourth season with the Seminoles in 2007 and will provide all the action. Pensy is a 2002 graduate of the University of Central Florida where he earned a degree in radio/TV with a minor in computer science. He went on to receive his master’s degree in sport administration from Florida State in 2003 during which time he served as a graduate assistant in the Seminole ticket and business ofﬁ ces. In 2003, Pensy became a full-time member of the Florida State athletics staff as an Information Technology Manager. Some of his duties at FSU include technical Seminole Productions was also recognized for support for the department, website maintenance excellence by the Telly Awards and brought home ﬁ ve and editor of the Seminole Dispatch, FSU athletics statues in that competition. Telly’s were awarded to the weekly online newsletter. Pensy is also the Seminole staff of Seminole Productions for the Football Stadium women’s basketball broadcaster. Team opens prior to the Miami and Maryland games, the Women’s Basketball open, the Bobby Bowden Show and the Environmental Results Program. The Sun Sports Network’s extensive coverage of FSU Saturdays with “Seminole Sports Magazine” and Seminole Productions staff members awarded Telly sports is available to fans not just in Florida, but across “Seminole Uprising”, all on Sun Sports Network. In awards include Jim Garbarino (2), Jerry Tootle, Jeff the U.S., enabling alumni from coast-to-coast to follow addition, the ‘Noles are discussed on Sun Sports’ Levine, and student Phil Jackson (2). their team year-round. In addition to distribution on popular “SportsTalk Live” show featuring media cable and satellite in Florida, Sun Sports Network is panelists from Earlier this year in competition against universities also available nationwide on satellite, from DirecTV and around the state each Monday night. across North America, Seminole Productions took DISH Network. Much of Sun Sports’ FSU programming home the Golden Matrix Award (GMA) for having the is also available to digital cable subscribers nationwide An agreement with the ACC provides Sunshine Best Overall Video Display for Universities. The Golden via Fox Sports Digital Nets, a programming service Network with additional FSU games and events, Matrix Award means that the content appearing on the offered to cable systems throughout the U.S. including the conference’s Sun Sports night ACC Seminole Vision screens at all FSU home football, basketball package, “ACC Sunday Night Hoops” on baseball, and basketball games, was judged to be the Each year, Sun Sports Network airs and produces regional sports networks nationwide (exclusively on best in the nation for Universities. The Golden Matrix numerous FSU games/programs, including its own Sun Sports in Florida). The Awards are voted on by In-Game Entertainment and production of every FSU regular season football game, network also airs “ACC Live!,” Mondays at 6:30 p.m. Video Display professionals across North America and which replay statewide on Sun Sports on Sunday and numerous other games/events for the ACC, giving includes league members from the NFL, MLB, NHL, evenings during “Prime Time Noles”. “The Bobby FSU fans coverage of not only their home team, but NBA, and Universities as well as representatives from Bowden Show” can be seen statewide Sundays at Stadiums and Arenas. Finalists for the GMA award 12:30pm. Weekly highlights of FSU athletics air for universities included The University of Nebraska, Ohio State University, University of Illinois, Texas A&M, Purdue and Baylor.

With an experienced, award-winning staff and creative and talented students, Seminole Productions is looked at as a leader in sports production, graphics and corporate video. Creating the perfect blend of high-tech wizardry with good ole’ Seminole sports action is a big part of what Seminole Productions is all about.

Since 1988, Sun Sports Network, previously known as Sunshine Sports, has been the exclusive regional sports network home of FSU athletics in Florida. Available in over 6.4 million homes statewide via cable and satellite, Sun Sports Network provides more coverage of FSU athletics than any other Florida television outlet. FSU was the ﬁ rst local sports team to sign an agreement with Sun Sports prior to the network’s 1988 launch and is one of its cornerstone properties.