2007 Schedule

FEBRUARY Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 123

456789 10 3:30/5:30 p.m. 11 a.m./1 p.m. Western Northwestern/ Michigan/Utah Texas 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 11 a.m. 2 p.m. 2/4 p.m. 2 p.m./TBA Northwestern Sacramento Santa Clara/ Pacific/TBA State State Missouri 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 7 p.m. 3 p.m. 9 a.m./3 p.m. Florida Texas State Purdue/ TBA International Syracuse 25 26 27 28

TBA

MARCH Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 11:15 a.m./6 p.m. 9/11 a.m. Cal Poly/ Texas Tech/ CS Fullerton Northwestern 4 56789 10 9 a.m. 2/4 p.m. 2/4 p.m. Minnesota UCSB/ San Diego State/ Sacramento St. Loyola Chicago 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

TBA 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2/4 p.m. Long Beach St./ Ohio Univ. 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Noon/2 p.m. 6 p.m. 3 p.m. 1 p.m. Portland State/ at Fresno State at Oregon State* at Oregon* UC Davis

APRIL Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2345 6 7 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 3 p.m. 1 p.m. at Oregon* California* at California* at California*

891011 12 13 14 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. Saint Mary’s at Arizona* at Arizona State* 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 5 p.m. at Arizona UCLA* Washington* State* 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. Washington* San Jose State Arizona State* Arizona*

29 30 1:30 p.m. Arizona*

MAY Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 12345 1 p.m. 2 p.m. at Washington* at UCLA*

6 789 10 11 12 1 p.m. 3 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. at UCLA* at UC Davis Oregon* Oregon State* Oregon State*

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 TBA TBA NCAA NCAA Regionals Regionals 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 TBA TBA TBA NCAA NCAA Super NCAA Super Regionals Regionals Regionals 27 28 29 30 31 June 1-6: TBA College World College World Series Series

Key: *Denotes Pac-10 Game; All time local; Schedule subject to change ■ Kajikawa Classic at Tempe, AZ; ■ Stanford Invitational I; ■ FIU adidas Invitational; ■ Worth Classic at Fullerton, CA; ■ Stanford Classic; ■ Stanford Invitational II ■ Home Game (Played at Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium) 2007 ST ANFORD S OFTBALL

2007 Quick Facts General Information Location ...... Stanford, Calif. Founded ...... 1885 Enrollment ...... 6,556 undergraduates Nickname ...... Cardinal School Colors ...... Cardinal & White Conference ...... Pacific-10 President ...... John L. Hennessy Athletic Director ...... Bob Bowlsby Home Field ...... Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium (820) Media Relations Media Relations Director...... ….. Kendall Johnson Office Phone ...... (650) 723-0996 Office Fax ...... (650) 725-2957 E-Mail ...... [email protected] Website ...... www.gostanford.com Mailing Address Arrillaga Family Sports Center, Suite 240 Stanford, CA 94305-6150 Coaching Staff Top Row: Mick Myrback, John Rittman, Erin Howe, Jackie Rinehart, Lauren Nydam, Missy Penna, , . Head Coach ...... John Rittman Middle Row: Lindsay Key, Maddy Coon, Michelle Schroeder, Alissa Haber, Becky McCullough. Bottom Row: Rosey Neill, Michelle Alma Mater ...... New Mexico State ‘86 Smith, Tricia Aggabao, Anna Beardman, Shannon Koplitz. Record at School ...... 430-199-1 (ten seasons) Overall Record/Years ...... Same Office Phone ...... (650) 725-0736 Assistant Coach ...... Trisha Ford (Saint Mary’s ’99) 2007 Stanford Softball Roster Assistant Coach ...... Jessica Allister (Stanford ’04) Volunteer Assistant Coach ...... Mick Myrback No. Name Pos. B/T Yr. Ht. Hometown (High School) 1 Jackie Rinehart OF L/R SR 5-11 Reno, NV (Reno) Team Information 2 Maddy Coon INF R/R SO 5-7 Chappaqua, NY (Horace Greeley) 2006 Overall Record ...... 42-18 3 Lindsay Key INF R/R SR 5-8 Galveston, TX (Galveston-Bay) 2006 Pac-10 Record/Finish ...... 10-11/6th 2006 NCAA Record/Finish ...... 4-3 5 Lauren Nydam P R/R JR 6-0 La Canada, CA (Village Christian) NCAA Super Regional 6 Alissa Haber OF L/L FR 5-8 Newark, CA (Newark Memorial) Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...... 10/5 9 Missy Penna P/UTL R/R SO 5-10 Miami, FL (Southwest) Starters Returning/Lost ...... 7/2 11 Becky McCullough P/UTL R/R JR 5-9 Moraga, CA (Campolindo) Newcomers ...... 4 13 Rosey Neill C R/R FR 5-7 Laguna Hills, CA (Laguna Hills) Table of Contents 16 Michelle Smith INF R/R JR 5-6 Agoura Hills, CA (Agoura) 2007 Schedule ...... IFC 22 Erin Howe C/INF L/R JR 5-9 Missouri City, TX (Elkins) Quick Facts ...... 1 26 Tricia Aggabao INF R/R JR 5-2 Walnut, CA (Bishop Amat) 2007 Roster ...... 1 29 Michelle Schroeder OF L/R FR 5-9 Yorba Linda, CA (Esperanza) 2007 Season Outlook ...... 2-3 Head Coach John Rittman ...... 4-5 36 Shannon Koplitz INF R/R FR 5-6 New Orleans, LA (Benjamin Franklin) Assistant Coaches ...... 6 40 Anna Beardman OF R/R JR 5-5 Perris, CA (Martin Luther King) Player Profiles ...... 7-17 Head Coach: John Rittman 2006 Statistics and Results ...... 18-19 Scholarship Funding ...... 18 Assistant Coach: Trisha Ford Individual Season Records ...... 20 Assistant Coach: Jessica Allister Game and Team Records ...... 21 Volunteer Assistant Coach: Mick Myrback Honors and Awards ...... 22-23 Team Results ...... 24 All-Time Letterwinners ...... 25 Alumni Testimonials ...... 26 Boyd and Jill Smith Family Stadium ...... 28 USA Softball ...... 29 ...... 30-31 Home of Champions ...... 32-33 Directors’ Cup ...... 34-35 National Championships ...... 36 Credits The 2007 Stanford Softball media guide was written and edited by Bob Vazquez (Media Relations Director) and Jeane Goff (Assistant Media Relations Director). Design and production by MB Designs. Photos by David Gonzales. Printing by db Print Solutions.

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sively and defensively, we have a lot of tools and TAKING THE PROGRAM TO weapons to choose from depending on what players are hot.” NEW HEIGHTS With Stanford’s versatility, look for the team to use several different lineups during the first half of the season. “That’s what makes this team unique. We have only 14 players on the roster but within that 14 Stanford head softball coach John Rittman players we have a lot of talent and versatility. The has seen his share of outstanding players competitveness from within our program is what graduate from Stanford University. Each year makes it so successful.” a talented number of players leave The Farm Stanford will open the season with its usual after taking the Cardinal program to new tough pre-conference schedule. The team heights. Last year’s team chalked up a 42-18 will compete in the Kajikawa record and a trip to the NCAA Super Classic in Tempe, Arizona, the Regional. From that squad, Stanford lost FIU Addidas Inviatational in two All-Americans, outfielder Catalina Miami, Florida, and the Morris and shortstop Lauren Lappin, Worth Classic in Fullerton, along with Laura Severson, infield- California. The Cardinal will er Megan Bordelon, and outfielder Shoney also host the Stanford Classic Hixon. “Losing players of that caliber is and two Invitational always difficult,” said Rittman, “However Tournaments. Stanford’s schedule will if you look at our returners and the talent help prepare the Cardinal for the rigors of the freshmen class, I think we have the of competing in the toughest collegiate ability to be very good.” conference in the nation, the Pacific-10. In 2007 Stanford returns ten out- “We play one of the toughest schedules standing letter winners and adds four in the country and this year is no talented freshmen who should keep exception. The level of competition Stanford among the top collegiate we face prior to conference helps teams in the nation. Among the prepare us for playing in the Pac- returners are All Pac-10 performers 10, the toughest conference in the infielders Maddy Coon and Michelle country.” Smith, outfielder Jackie Rhinehart, Success is an integral part of and Becky McCullough the Cardinal softball program. and Missy Penna. “We had During Rittman’s tenure as a great year last year, head coach at Stanford, the however the year did not Sophomore Missy Penna is a threat as a Cardinal has been to the post- end how we would have pitcher, hitter and first season nine straight years, liked. The expectation level of baseman. and during that time has made this program is very high. We expect to suc- two trips to the Women’s College ceed, and to have a winning program. Our World Series. “The loss at Super goal is to get to the Women’s College World Regionals last year was very tough on our team, howev- Series and to win a national championship. er it will make us stronger this year. All of our returners Our program has been very consistent, and are very hungry, and have worked extremely hard in the there are things we learned from last year off-season. I see a high level of commitment and focus that will benefit us in 2007. “ on this team.” In 2007 Stanford’s expectations are very The Cardinal return three players who above .317 high and another trip to the Women’s College last season. Maddy Coon and Jackie Rinehart started all World Series is not out of the question. “This 60 games in 2006 while Tricia Aggabao was a starter in year we probably have as good a balance and 44 of 49 games. Coon, a sophomore, leads all returning depth as we have ever had,” said Rittman, who players with a .353 average which was good enough for has chalked up a 430-199-1 record in ten sea- her to gain second team All Pac-10 honors. In addition sons on The Farm. “We still have players who to her ability to hit for power and average in the middle are incredibly versatile and still have the abil- of the lineup, Coon will be a stabilizing force either at ity to play the short game, have power in the third base or shortstop. Rinehart, a senior, has been a Junior Michelle Smith set middle of our lineup, as well as speed at the starter since she arrived on The Farm in 2004. Rinehart, the single season home- top and bottom of the our lineup. Our run record in 2005 with who hit .352 last year, has been a consistent performer in 19 homeruns. team can be interchangeable both offen- the outfield and offensively has a lot of versatility.

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Aggabao not only hit for a .317 average last year, but the the past two seasons, and is looking to two-year starter showed outstanding improvement build on her first two years of success. defensively at second base. Her passion for the game of Lauren Nydam is a two-year veteran softball makes her one of the team’s leaders. who is hoping to return to her fresh- The list of other top returning hitters include man season success when she Michelle Smith, Anna Beardman, Lindsay Key and Erin chalked up a 7-2 record with a 1.62 Howe. Smith, who set the single season homerun mark era. in 2005 with 19 homeruns, has played in and started 119 The Stanford coach- games during her two previous seasons at Stanford. ing staff recruited one Defense is one of her fortes for a player who has played of the top freshman at first base and third base. Two seasons ago, Smith, now classes in the nation, a junior, gained first team All Pac-10 honors and second and this year’s group of team All-American accolades with a .322 average. Her four standouts should ability to hit for power and average make her a danger- make an immediate ous offensive weapon in the middle of the lineup for the impact on the Cardinal fortunes in 2007. Cardinal. Beardman, a junior, started all 60 games last Heading the list of newcomers will be Alissa year. Her five triples was just one short of the school Haber and Rosey Neill. Haber and Neill recent- record. Beardman underwent arm surgery during the ly returned from the United States Junior off-season and when healthy, gives the Cardinal great National team where they both played an inte- speed and power from both sides of the plate. Key, a sen- gral part of the team winning the Junior Pan ior, has the ability to play several positions including sec- American Games championship in Puerto ond base, shortstop and even in the outfield. The coach- Rico. Haber can play outfield or first base and ing staff refers to Key as the ultimate team player; some- will provide the Cardinal with great speed and one who will do whatever it takes to make the team bet- power. Neill will battle for a starting position at ter. Howe, a junior, has started 98 of 110 games the past . Her outstanding arm and power two seasons at first base and behind the plate. Howe offensively will be tough to keep her out of the gives Stanford a strong bat from the left side of the plate. starting lineup. Shannon Koplitz is a versatile The Cardinal pitching staff returns three out- player who can play shortstop, second base and standing players. Missy Penna had a suc- the outfield. Michelle Schroeder has great range in cessful year as a freshman, and her enor- the outfield and possesses a strong offensive game. Sophomore Maddy Coon mous talent bodes well for an outstand- “We have proven players who are returning in leads the returners with a batting average of .353 in ing season in 2007. Last year, Penna led addition to 2006. the team in (196.2) an excellent and her 179 ranked her pitc hing sixth on the Stanford’s single season staff and an strikeouts list. Penna won 22 of outstanding Stanford’s 42 games and her five freshmen shutouts and six combined class who will shutouts helped chisel an excel- create a lot of lent 2.35 era. Penna can also hit energy and excite- (.280 last year) and play first ment,” said Rittman. base. Her ability to be an out- “The last two years we standing pitcher and her abili- have made it to the Super ty to drive in runs as a hitter Regionals. We’re ready to spells success for Stanford knock down the door, this year. Becky McCullouch get back to the College has chalked up a 31-14 World Series, and put record in two seasons at ourselves in a posi- Stanford, good enough to tion to win a nation- gain All Pac-10 al championship. Honorable Mention That’s our ulti- honors during that mate goal.” time. McCullough has been a stabi- lizing force in Junior Becky McCullough has chalked up a 31-14 record in the circle for her two years on The Farm. the Cardinal

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ohn Rittman begins his eleventh season at the helm of the Rittman served as the assistant coach for the 2004 USA JStanford women’s softball program after being named head Olympic Team that won a gold medal in Athens, Greece. He was coach on July 12, 1996. During that time, Rittman has brought the also a part of the ‘03 team that won a gold medal at the Pan Stanford softball program from a non-scholarship club-level pro- American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic as well gram to a fully-funded championship contender. as a gold at the the U.S. Cup. Rittman was also the assistant coach Under Rittman, the Cardinal have recorded ten consecutive for the 2002 USA National Softball Team won the 2002 US Cup, 40-win seasons and 2006 marked their tenth-straight postseason Canada Cup, Japan Cup and the World Championships. In 2001 appearance. Rittman has accumulated a 430-199-1 overall mark. Rittman coached the USA Red Team that won the gold medal at In 2006, Stanford chalked up a 42-18 record and a trip to the the US Cup and also competed in the Canada Cup and USA NCAA Super Regionals. Softball Shootout. In 2006, Rittman served as an assistant coach on the United In 2003, Rittman’s team posted a 41-26 record and a sixth con- States National team that won secutive berth in the NCAA the World Championships in Regional Championships. John Bejing, China. Rittman also Catalina Morris was named a served on the U.S. team that Third-Team All-American by Rittman won the World Cup in the National Fastpitch Coaches Oklahoma City and the Japan Association. Head Coach Cup in Yokohama. One of the Rittman’s 2002 squad fin- Eleventh Season team’s top members was for- ished 44-20 overall and earned mer Stanford All-American a sixth-place finish in the Pac- . 10 Conference. On May 3, Rittman coached the 2002, Rittman picked up his Cardinal to Stanford’s first- 250th career victory in By the ever Co-Pac-10 Championship Stanford’s 9-1 win over Numbers in 2005. Stanford ended the Arizona State. Stanford also season 43-16, 13-8 in the Pac- achieved the highest ranking in Seasons Ranked: 9 10, a trip to the NCAA Super program history, a No. 2 stand- Regionals, and ranked 10th ing in the NFCA/USA Today Consecutive Winning nationally. Catalina Morris Poll. The 2002 team produced Seasons: 10 and Michelle Smith were hon- two All-Americans in Jessica NCAA Postseason ored as NFCA Second Team Mendoza and Sarah Beeson. Appearances: 9 All-Americans, while Lauren Mendoza made history becom- Lappin was named to the ing the program’s first four- NCAA WCWS NFCA Third Team. Lappin was time First-Team All-American. Appearances: 2 named Pac-10 Defensive Player The 2001 season was the NCAA Postgraduate of the Year in the award’s first most impressive campaign Award Winners: 1 year of existence. during Rittman’s tenure, as the Rittman coached the USA Cardinal finished with its best NFCA Academic Elite Team that won the 2005 single-season overall record at All-Americans: 26 Intercontinental Cup in 54-16-1. After going 4-1 on its NFCA All-Americans: 21 Madrid, Spain. Former Stanford players Catalina Morris and way to winning the NCAA Regional championship on its home Lauren Lappin were members of Rittman’s USA Elite Team, as field, the Cardinal made its first appearance in the College World All-Pacific Region: 35 well as former Cardinal great Dana Sorensen. Series and finished with a 2-2 mark. The Cardinal outscored its All-Pac-10 Conference: 62 The 2004 campaign saw the Cardinal’s return to the Women’s opponents 290-104 on the year and posted a school record 33 College World Series and a 49-19 overall record. Stanford tied for shutouts in 71 games. Rittman was named Pac-10 co-Coach of Academic All-Pac-10: 64 third at the CWS in their second trip to Oklahoma City, Okla. The the Year, while three Stanford athletes were awarded First Team Olympians: 1, 1 alternate 2004 squad ended the season ranked fourth nationally and post- All-America status (Sarah Beeson, Jessica Mendoza, Dana ed their best Pac-10 finish in the program’s history, tying for sec- Sorensen)- the first time Stanford has had multiple first-team NFCA National Player ond. Senior Dana Sorensen was honored as a first-team All- selections in the same year. of the Week: 7 American while senior Jessica Allister and sophomore Lauren In 2000, the Cardinal went 45-18 overall and earned a third- Conference Titles: 1 Lappin were second-team All-America selections. For his efforts, straight berth in the NCAA tournament. Despite the fact that the Rittman was tabbed Pac-10 Coach of the Year for the second time Cardinal had never been nationally ranked prior to the 1998 sea- NCAA Regional Titles: 3 in his career. son, Stanford spent every week of 2000 in the top 25, and set a sin-

Coaching History Year Record Conference Coach Postseason 1994 5-30 —- Sandy Pearce —- 1995 15-37 1-27 Sandy Pearce —- 1996 24-29 7-19 Sandy Pearce —- 1997 31-27-1 10-18 John Rittman —- 1998 41-18 17-11 John Rittman NCAA Regional Championship 1999 40-25 10-18 John Rittman NCAA Regional Championship 2000 45-18 9-12 John Rittman NCAA Regional Championship 2001 54-16-1 11-10 John Rittman NCAA World Series 2002 44-20 7-14 John Rittman NCAA Regional Championship 2003 41-26 7-14 John Rittman NCAA Regional Championship 2004 49-19 13-8 John Rittman NCAA World Series 2005 43-16 13-8 John Rittman NCAA Regional Championship 2006 42-18 10-11 John Rittman NCAA Super Regional

4 2007 STANFORD SOFTBALL H EAD C OACH J OHN R ITTMAN gle-season record with its 45 victories. Sophomore Jessica Mendoza was selected as the Pac-10 Player of the Year selection 2000. Mendoza also made history by becoming the first back-to- back first-team All-Pac-10 selection. In 1999, the Cardinal went 40-25 overall and earned its sec- ond-straight trip to the NCAA tournament. Rittman’s teams broke 34 individual and team school records. Among them were the first three perfect games in school history, the first-ever win over Arizona, and the program’s initial first-team All-American, Jessica Mendoza. In 1998, Rittman presided over Stanford softball’s coming-out party. The Cardinal posted a 41-18 record and earned the pro- gram’s first NCAA appearance, where the squad advanced to the regional championship game. Stanford finished third in the Pac- 10, while consistently appearing in the Top-25 of the NFCA Coaches Poll, where it finished ranked 12th in country. Three Cardinal players were named third-team All-Americans, becom- ing the first All-Americans in school history. Numerous others earned all-region, all-Pac-10 and all-tournament honors. For his efforts, Rittman was named the 1998 NCAA Pacific Region Coach of the Year. In his first season at Stanford, Rittman led Stanford to its first- ever 30-win season, posting a 30-27-1 record. Although Stanford fell just short of earning an NCAA berth, the Cardinal received Prior to his appointment at Washington, Rittman spent two postseason consideration following a solid performance down the seasons as an assistant at Minnesota. During his second year, the stretch. Over the course of the 1997 season, Rittman’s squad Gophers won the Big Ten Conference with a 20-4 league record. recorded nine wins over ranked opponents, including four over The team batting average jumped from .235 to .269 and the teams ranked in the Top 10. Stanford defeated conference and Gophers set team and individual records in almost every offensive national powerhouses UCLA and Washington for the first time in category. The Minnesota squad also led the nation in hits and school history. The Cardinal also defeated two ranked squads en en route to a No. 15 ranking. Rittman also helped pro- route to a second-place finish at the Campbell/Cartier Softball duce two All-Americans. Classic. Two of Rittman’s players earned Pac-10 All-Conference Rittman had a three-year stay as assistant coach at Oregon recognition, while two individuals were named to the All-Pacific from 1988-90. While with Oregon, the Ducks played in the 1989 Region team. College World Series. During Rittman’s stay, the Ducks set sever- Prior to being named head coach at Stanford, Rittman spent al team and individual offensive records while Rittman again saw four seasons as the assistant coach at Washington. With the one of his pupils earn All-America recognition. Huskies, he was responsible for teaching the fundamentals of hit- Rittman graduated from New Mexico State with a degree in ting as well as defensive play. In just four seasons, the Husky team journalism in 1986. He was a three-year letterwinner in baseball earned a No. 1 national ranking, the 1996 Pac-10 Championship, as an outfielder at NMSU after transferring from Yavapai Junior Title, three NCAA Tournament appearances and a second-place College in Prescott, Ariz. Rittman played two years of semi-pro finish in its first College World Series appearance. Washington baseball and fast-pitch softball after his collegiate career. became the first team since Texas A&M (1983) to advance to the Rittman and his wife Lorie, a former softball player at championship game in its first appearance at the CWS. Oklahoma, are the parents of Justin Riley (11), and Jacob Dean (7).

Stanford Softball Summer Camps

Stanford coaches and players will run a series of summer camps on the campus of Stanford University this summer. Five sessions will be offered for a variety of age groups.

June 18-21 Advanced All Skills 9am-4pm July 2-4 Pitching/Catching 9am-12pm July 2-4 Offensive Skills Camp 1-4pm

For futher information, please visit www.gostanford.com or call 650-725-2631 Stanford Softball Camps • Department of Athletics • Stanford University • Stanford, CA 94305-6150 or email [email protected]

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Trisha Ford Jessica Allister Mick Myrback

Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Volunteer Assistant Coach

risha Ford begins her fourth year as an assistant ormer Cardinal All-American Jessica Allister ick Myrback returns for his third season as a Tsoftball coach for the Stanford University softball Fbegins her first year as an assistant coach. She will Mvolunteer assistant coach for the Stanford program. The past two years, Trisha has helped work primarily with the , while also serving Softball Team. Stanford to consecutive Super Regional berths. In as the first base coach and assisting with all other Prior to joining the Cardinal softball program, 2004, she helped the Cardinal return to the Women’s aspects of the program. Myrback spent four years as the top assistant at Santa College World Series where they tied for third. Allister joins the Cardinal program after spending Clara University where he helped lead the squad to Prior to coming to The Farm, Ford spent two sea- the past two seasons as an assistant coach at the two conference championships, establishing school sons as head softball coach at Saint Mary’s College in University of Georgia. records for most wins (30) in program history two Moraga. Ford’s squad finished the 2003 campaign “We are very excited to have Jessica on our staff,” years in a row. While at Santa Clara, Myrback helped with 25-27 record and a .481 winning percentage, said Rittman. “She has experienced softball at the solidify the defense of the team while coaching both which is the highest in school history. In 2007, she highest level. Her knowledge and enthusiasm for the the infielders and outfielders. will be inducted into the St. Mary’s Hall of Fame. game will be a tremendous asset to the program.” Myrback was also an assistant coach at “Trisha is an outstanding coach and does a Allister is a 2004 graduate of Stanford University Presentation High School for three seasons, helping tremendous job working with our pitching staff and with a degree in Economics. A four-year starter guide the team to a second place finish in the Central defense,”noted head coach John Rittman.“She brings behind the plate for the Cardinal, Allister earned All- Coast Section Division II finals. Myrback has coached a lot of enthusiasm and energy to our coaching staff America and All-Pac-10 honors after helping lead several ASA softball teams from U-12 through U-18, and has an amazing work ethic. We’re proud to have Stanford to a Women’s College World Series appear- developing fundamental softball skills in young play- someone of her caliber working with our program.” ance as a senior. She finished the season with a team- ers Prior to being named the head coach, Ford served high 12 home runs, 55 RBI, a .631 slugging percent- Myrback graduated from UC Davis in 1975 with a as an assistant at Saint Mary’s from 1999-2000 and age and a .404 on-base percentage. Allister also led the degree in Biological Sciences and currently performs worked with pitchers and infielders. Pac-10 conference in fielding percentage at the catch- research for several pharmaceutical companies. His Ford was one of the best softball players ever at er position in both her junior and senior campaigns wife Nancy works at the Career Center at Santa Clara Saint Mary’s, and is the only female athlete in school after posting only three errors. Allister was also a University. Myrback’s daughter, Lindsay, a graduate history to have had her number (9) retired. The 1999 member of the 2001 Stanford squad that earned the from Santa Clara University, now works at the Lucile graduate still holds career records in batting average school’s first appearance in the Women’s College Packard Foundation while his son, Scott, is a senior at (.364), hits (230), and doubles (62). In 1998 alone, World Series. She concluded her career at Stanford as CSU Chico. Ford led the nation with 25 doubles and set a new the school’s second in career home runs (32) and school single season batting average record (.435). third in RBIs (162). Ford, who graduated from SMC with a degree in A native of Nacogdoches, Texas, Allister was a two- politics, is a native of Fremont, California. Formerly time All-American at Nacogdoches High School. She Trisha Dean, she married Eddie Ford on July 10, 2005. has played professionally as a member of the New England Riptide of the League in 2004 and 2005.

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Went 3-4 again versus Saint Mary’s (4/26) when she scored one run and two RBI … Scored one run and had one RBI when she went 1-2 versus Arizona (5/14) … First on the squad with seven sacrifice hits … Turned in a .955 fielding percentage for the year … Ranked third on the team in assists (85) and fourth for putouts (105) … Tied for eighth on the all-time single season triples list (2). High School: A 2004 graduate of Bishop Amat Memorial High School in La Puente, Calif. … Four-year letterwinner … Captain her junior and senior years … Two-time first-team All-Del Rey League selection … Two-time Best Defensive Player on high school team … Four-time CIF Honorable Mention pick … 2004 Oustanding Athlete of the Year … Four-time Lady Lancer Award. Club: Competed for the California Cruisers 18 Gold. Getting To Know Tricia Aggabao: Born: October 16, 1986 Parents: Tony and Dolly Aggabao Major: Human Biology (Area of Concentration: Biology and Human Experience of Cancer) The Athlete I Admire Most: Lance Armstrong Since Coming to Stanford, I Have Learned: that with confidence and the grace of God on my side, I can do many things! Best Book I Have Ever Read: The Greatest Salesman in the World Favorite Food: Sushi and Korean BBQ Favorite Actor: Owen Wilson Favorite Actress: Julia Roberts The Person Or People Who Have Had The Greatest Influence In My Career: My coaches for their knowledge and instruction and my family for their endless love and support. Tricia Aggabao’s Career Batting Stats Year Avg. GP/GS AB R H 2B/3B/HR RBI BB/K SB/SBA 2005 .229 59/59 144 20 33 2/2/0 23 10/26 0/0 2006 .317 49/44 104 18 33 2/2/0 9 11/17 4/6 Total .266 108/103 248 37 66 4/4/0 32 21/43 4/6

#40 Anna Beardman Tricia Aggabao Class: Junior Height: 5-5 Position: Outfield Bats/Throws: R/R Hometown: Perris, CA #26 High School: Martin Luther King Tricia Aggabao

Class: Junior Height: 5-2 Coaching Staff on Anna Beardman: “Anna is a gifted player who has great Position: Infield Bats/Throws: R/R speed and instincts. Her strengths are her ability to hit from both sides of the Hometown: Walnut, CA plate. She can slap from the left side and hit for power from the right side. In High School: Bishop Amat addition she can play all three outfield positions. We are looking for her to have a great season.” 2006 Season (Sophomore): Started all 60 games in right field … Hit .261 with Coaching Staff on Tricia Aggabao: “Tricia is an outstanding defensive 24 runs, 19 RBI, five doubles and tied for first on the team with five triples … second baseman and has really improved her hitting. She hit for average last year One triple away from Morris’ single-season triples record of six in 2004 … Went and was one of the team’s best hitters down the stretch. Look for Tricia to provide 4-4 in stolen bases … Tallied nine multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games … a lot of leadership this year. She has a real passion for the game and plays with a Went 2-3 against Utah State (2/10) to open the year with one run, going 2-3 the lot of energy.” next day versus Nebraska (2/11) with two runs and one RBI … Also went 2-3 2006 Season (Sophomore): Started 44 games, primarily at second base … against Drake (2/18) with one run and three RBI … In conference, went 1-2 with Averaged .317 at the plate with a .375 … Tallied two doubles, one run and one RBI to help Stanford upset Oregon State (4/7) … Went 1-2 as well as two triples to rank third on the team … Scored 18 runs with nine RBI versus Tulsa (5/19) in the NCAA Regional with one run, one RBI and a … … Collected nine multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games … Went 2-2 versus Longest hitting streak of the season was 13 games … Boasted a .983 fielding Nevada at the Kajikawa Classic (2/10) with two RBI and a triple … Went 2-3 percentage … Honorable Mention Pac-10 All-Academic. against Pacific (3/12) with one run and one RBI … In conference, was 2-3 versus 2005 Season (Freshman): Played in 49 games, starting 39 … Hit .181 for the Arizona (4/21) with one run, as well as 2-3 with one run to help upset UCLA year with 19 hits, 16 runs and 17 RBI … Recorded one double and one triple … (5/13) … Went 2-3 versus Tulsa (5/19) in the NCAA Regional with one run, one Went 7-7 in stolen bases … Hit her first two collegiate home runs back-to-back RBI and a double … Scored the game-winning run as she went 1-3 versus Fresno versus DePaul (2/12) and Kentucky (2/12) … Went 2-4 early in the year versus State (5/21) in the Regional championship game with one run … Longest hitting Pacific (2/5) with one run, three RBI and a triple … Went 1-2 against Kentucky streak was seven games … Turned in a .957 fielding percentage with 79 putouts (2/12) with two runs, 1 RBI and her second straight … Hit 3-3 with and 56 putouts … Honorable Mention Pac-10 All-Academic. one run, 3 RBI and a double versus Boston College … Had an outstanding 2005 Season (Freshman): Started all 59 games for the Cardinal … Hit .229 for weekend in Oregon (4/16-17) as she went 2-5 with two runs, three RBI and a the year with 33 hits and 20 runs scored … Tallied two doubles and two triples on home run in game 1, coming back to hit 2-4 the next day and scoring one run … the year and tied for fifth on the team in RBI (23) … Had nine multi-hit games Did not commit a fielding error in 39 games. and six multi-RBI games … Opened her collegiate career with a three RBI game versus Santa Clara (2/4) … Went 3-4 twice, including a conference game at Oregon (4/16) in which she collected a career-high three runs and two RBI …

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I’d Like To Switch Places For A Day With: a five year old because then I could go back to ele- mentary school and have recess, naptime and snacks at my softball games. If I Had One CD TO Listen To It Would Be: A mix of all the different types of music I love. If I Could Bring Anything From My Hometown To Stanford It Would Be: My family with- out a doubt. One Wish I Would Make For The 21st Century: My family stays healthy and I keep learning. Anna Beardman’s Career Batting Stats: Year Avg. GP/GS AB R H 2B/3B/HR RBI BB/K SB/SBA 2005 .181 49/39 105 16 19 1/1/3 17 10/32 7/7 2006 .261 60/60 153 24 40 5/5/0 19 3/41 4/4 Total .229 109/99 258 40 59 6/6/3 36 13/73 11/11

#2 Maddy Coon

Class: Sophomore: Height: 5-7 Position: Infield Bats/Throws: R/R Hometown: Chappaqua, NY High School: Horace Greeley

Coaching Staff on Maddy Coon: “Last year Maddy split time at shortstop and third base. She is a very good hitter that can hit for power, average and can drive in runs. I’m looking for her to be a more consistent hitter in the middle of the line up. Defensively she has really improved and we look for her to provide stability on the left side of the infield.” 2006 Season (Freshman): Second-Team All-Pac-10 … Started all 60 games in her first season, playing shortstop for the first half of the season and later moving to third base … Led the team in home runs (9), doubles (13), RBI (40) … Hit .353 with 38 runs and a .584 slugging percentage … Also ranked first on the team and second on the single-season walks list with 32 this year … One home run away from the single season top-10 list … Had 14 multi-hit games and 11 multi-

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High School: A 2004 graduate of Martin Luther King High School in Riverside, Calif. … Four-year letterwinner … Captained her team for two years … Coached by Lucinda Brewer … 2002 All-America selection … 2004 all-county first-team pick … Sunkist League MVP in ‘04 … First-team all-league in 2004 … Member of the all-state team her senior year … Second-team all-county in 2002. Club: Competed on Gordon’s Panthers. Getting to Know Anna Beardman Born: 1/17/1986 Parents: Tanya and Dan Beardman Major: Human Biology Nickname: Beardmonster Hobbies: working out, cooking, painting Stanford Softball Will Be Fun To Watch This Year Because: We will give 100% every inning of every game for the whole season. My Greatest Athletic Moment Was: Playing on the Junior Olympic Team Since Coming To Stanford, I Have Learned: that holding yourself accountable and demand- ing more of yourself everyday is the only way you improve, and that no matter what is thrown at you, you can only control you, your attitude, and your work ethic. Best Book I Have Ever Read: Grapes of Wrath, My Favorite Class: Human Biology 135: Exercise physiology Favorite Food: Peanut Butter Least Favorite Food: hot dogs If I Had To Cook All Of My Meals, I’d Probably Survive On: chicken and apples My Favorite Movie: Elf My Favorite TV Show: House Favorite Actor: Johnny Depp Favorite Actress: (TV personality) Paula Dean The Person Or People Who Have Had The Greatest Influence In My Career: My family If I Could Invite Three People To Dinner In History, They Would Be: Harriet Tubman, Joan of Arc, Maya Angelou The Best Advice I Ever Received: To enjoy life, to listen to my heart and my head, to have the strength to take each day with fierce optimism My Advice To Youngsters: Its never too early to start working torwards dreams, because dreams can become realized through hard work, but most importantly dreams are realized by those that beleive they can come true. Maddy Coon

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RBI games … Went 4-4 in the first game of the year versus Utah State (2/10) with three runs and two RBI … Was 4-4 against Texas Tech (2/24) with three runs and two RBI, going 3-4 the next day versus Maryland (2/25) with two runs and four RBI … Hit in three-straight games versus Oregon State and Oregon, going 1-3 versus the Ducks (4/8) with one run and one RBI … Hit 3-3 versus Cal State Fullerton (5/20) in the NCAA Regional with one RBI and a double … Also went 2-3 versus Fresno State (5/21) with two runs, three RBI and a double … Longest hitting streak of the season was six games … Boasted a .963 fielding percentage with 64 putouts and 90 assists. High School: A 2005 graduate of Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, NY … Four-year letterwinner … Coached by Stan Sotlerden … New York Gatorade Player of the Year in 2005 … An All-State selection all four years … 2004, 2005 State Player of the Year … Team captain her junior and senior seasons … Helped the Virginia Shamrocks to the 18U Gold National Championship … Also earned varsity letters in field hockey and basketball. Club: Competed for the Virginia Shamrocks 18U Gold. Getting to Know Maddy Coon Born: March 11, 1987 Parents: Randy and Jeanne Coon Nickname: Cooner Hobbies: Playing ball, listening to music, hanging out with friends Stanford Softball Will Be Fun To Watch This Year Because: We are extremely versatile. Everybody can contribute something to the team. My Greatest Athletic Moment Was: Signing my National Letter of Intent to Stanford The Athlete I Admire Most: Jeremy Shockey The Current Or Former Stanford Athlete I Most Enjoy Watching Perform: Mike Mussina Since Coming To Stanford, I Have Learned: My teammates are my family Best Book I Have Ever Read: The Natural My Favorite Class: Zen Buddhism Favorite Food: Chipotle Least Favorite Food: Maple Syrup If I Had To Cook All Of My Meals, I’d Probably Survive On: Cinnamon Life Cereal My Favorite Movie: Bull Durham My Favorite TV Show: Paula’s Home Cooking My Favorite Musical Group: Dixie Chicks/Rascal Flatts Favorite Actor: Mel Gibson Alissa Haber Favorite Actress: Susan Sarandon My Ultimate SportsCenter Highlight Would Be: Stanford Softball winning the 2007 national championship The Person Or People Who Have Had The Greatest Influence In My Career: My father #6 If I Could Invite Three People To Dinner In History, They Would Be: Mickey Mantle and Alissa Haber my two grandfathers The Best Advice I Ever Received: Just Be Maddy My Advice To Youngsters: Keep swinging Class: Freshman Height: 5-8 I’d Like To Switch Places For A Day With: Natalie Maines (lead singer of the Dixie Chicks) Position: Outfield Bats/Throws: L/L If I Had One CD TO Listen To It Would Be: The new rascal flatts cd Hometown: Newark, CA If I Could Bring Anything From My Hometown To Stanford It Would Be: My puppy and High School: Newark Memorial the YES channel so I wouldn’t miss any Yankees games Maddy Coon’s Career Batting Stats Coaching Staff on Alissa Haber: “Alissa was a highly recruited player out of Year Avg. GP/GS AB R H 2B/3B/HR RBI BB/K SB/SBA high school. A member of the U.S. Junior National team, Alissa can play in the 2006 .353 60/60 173 38 61 13/0/9 40 32/36 1/1 outfield or at first base. This year we will use her in the outfield. She has great speed and power. She also has the ability to be effective with the short game. Her versatility offensively and her abilities in the outfield will be a huge asset for us.” High School: A member of the 2006 United States Junior National team … Competed on the USA team which captured first place honors at the Junior Women’s Pan American Championship in Puerto Rico in November … In the victory over Puerto Rico in the championship game, Haber started at first base and went 1-for-2 with one rbi … A four-time All Mission Valley Athletic League selection … League MVP … A three-time All-North Coast Section (NCS) team member … A second team all-state selection … Helped lead her team to four league titles … Also played volleyball where she gained all-league honors … Scholar-Athlete of the Year at Newark Memorial High School … Won numerous academic awards in modern language (French) .. Graduated from high school with an A-plus average. Club: Played for the Strike Zone club. Cardinal Catalogue: Undeclared major … Parents are Dave and Beth Haber … Hobbies include reading and music … Born: February 12, 1988.

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Getting To Know Alissa Haber catcher, but also saw significant action at first base … Batted .185 with 13 runs, The Current Or Former Stanford Athlete I Most Enjoy Watching Perform: Jessica Mendoza four doubles, one home run and 21 RBI … Went 2-2 in stolen bases … Had seven Best Book I Have Ever Read: Animal Farm by George Orwell multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games … Was walked 14 times … Went 2-3 My Favorite Class: Writing versus Santa Clara (2/17) with two runs and three RBI … Was 2-2 against Middle Favorite Food: Chicken Parmesean If I Had To Cook All Of My Meals, I’d Probably Survive On: Pasta and Bread Tennessee State with one run and two RBI … Helped the Cardinal beat Oregon My Favorite Movie: Dogma State (4/7) as she went 2-3 with one run and one RBI … Went 1-3 with one run My Favorite TV Show: The Simpsons and three RBI as Stanford beat California (4/15) … Was 1-2 versus Tulsa (5/19) in My Favorite Musical Group: The Beatles the NCAA Regional with one run and two RBI … Went 1-3 versus Alabama Favorite Actor: Johnny Depp (5/26) in the NCAA Super Regional with a double … Boasted a .989 fielding My Ultimate SportsCenter Highlight Would Be: Stanford winning the World Series!!! percentage with a team-leading 259 putouts and 15 assists. The Person Or People Who Have Had The Greatest Influence In My Career: My parents 2005 Season (Freshman): Played in 53 games for Stanford, starting in 42 … If I Could Invite Three People To Dinner In History, They Would Be: George Orwell, Rickey Henderson and Johnny Depp Hit .274 on the year, collecting 31 hits and seven runs in 113 at-bats … Earned 21 The Best Advice I Ever Received: When you’re at the top, the only way you can go is down. RBI with four home runs and five doubles … Tallied two RBI early in the season versus DePaul (2/12), going 1-1 … Recorded her first collegiate home run versus Hofstra (2/19), hitting home two RBI … Went 2-3 against Utah (3/20), scoring one run and two RBI off of a double and her second home run of the season … #22 Went 1-2 during the second game of a doubleheader at Sacramento State, hitting Erin Howe one home run with three RBI … Went 2-3 at UCLA (4/30) with one home run and three RBI … Collected three RBI versus Oregon State (5/8) as she hit 2-2 … Class: Junior Height: 5-9 Second on the team with 250 putouts, recording a .955 fielding percentage. Position: Catcher Bats/Throws: L/R High School: A 2004 graduate of Elkins High School in Missouri City, Texas … Hometown: Missouri City, TX Four-year letterwinner … Coached by James McClanahan … Four-time first- High School: Elkins team All-District selection … Two-time first-team All-Region pick … 2002 second-team all-region selection … 2004 first-team All-American … Two-time NFCA National Scholar Athlete … 2004 Houston Softball Scholar Athlete. Coaching Staff on Erin Howe: “Erin has started at all three positions for us Club: Competed for the Texas Magic Gold. the last two years. She has been a designated player for us, played first base and caught. Last year she took over the catching duties halfway through the Getting to Know Erin Howe conference season and did an outstanding job. Erin is a good hitter from the left Born: 11/3/85 side of the plate. We look for Erin to provide leadership. She battled through Parents: Tommy and Barbara Howe Major: Economics some injuries last year so we are looking for her to have a healthy and productive Hobbies: crossword puzzles, getting pedicures, dance parties year in 2007.” Stanford Softball Will Be Fun To Watch This Year Because: We have a talented combination 2006 Season (Sophomore): Played 57 games, starting 56 … Played mostly at of speedy slappers, powerful hitters, and amazing pitchers working toward one goal: to win a national championship. Since Coming To Stanford, I Have Learned: to take advantage of every opportunity this uni- versity offers, whether that be inspiring professors, motivating coaches, or even fountain hop- ping. I know that the time flies while at Stanford, so I try to utilize everything it has to offer me as a student-athlete. Best Book I Have Ever Read: Tuesdays with Morrie My Favorite Class: Socialist Economies in Transition Favorite Food: guacamole and chips If I Had To Cook All Of My Meals, I’d Probably Survive On: grilled cheeses and tomato soup The Person Who Has Had The Greatest Influence In My Career: my dad My Advice To Youngsters: Remember that even the best players fail 7 out of 10 times at the plate, so keep on smiling! Erin Howe’s Career Batting Stats: Year Avg. GP/GS AB R H 2B/3B/HR RBI BB/K SB/SBA 2005 .274 53/42 113 7 31 5/0/4 21 15/27 0/0 2006 .185 57/56 157 13 28 4/0/1 21 14/40 2/2 Total .223 110/98 264 20 59 9/0/5 42 29/64 2/2

#3 Lindsay Key

Class: Senior Height: 5-8 Position: Infielder Bats/Throws: R/R Hometown: Galveston, TX High School: Galveston-Bay

Coaching Staff on Lindsay Key: “Lindsay has been a role player for us during her three previous years at Stanford. She is a great defensive player. She has played second base, shortstop and even played some outfield for us. She is the ultimate team player. She will do whatever it takes to make our team successful. We’re looking for Lindsay to provide leadership for us this year. Most likely she will play shortstop for us but again she is very versatile. She has a lot of power and we are looking for her to step up offensively this year. Erin Howe 2006 Season (Junior): Played in 36 games, predominantly at second base, with

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Getting to know Lindsay Key Parents: Jeanne and Gary Key Major: Economics Hobbies: Theme parties, piano, and water ballooning Stanford softball will be fun to watch this year because: Missy Penna can squat 235 lbs. The current or former Stanford athlete I most enjoy watching perform: Meghan Sickler Since coming to Stanford, I have learned: I can’t live without TIVO My favorite class: Sex and Love in Modern Society Favorite food: Turkey burgers and sweet potatoes My favorite tv show: Wednesday night line up at 3357 SpidersDen Favorite actor: Nick Cannon Favorite actress: Amanda Bynes If I had to listen to one cd it would be: the infamous cd #2 If I could bring anything from my hometown to Stanford it would be: humidity Lindsay Key’s Career Batting Stats Year Avg. GP/GS AB R H 2B/3B/HR RBI BB/K SB/SBA 2004 .160 38/29 75 5 12 3/0/0 4 3/22 0/0 2005 .216 28/5 37 5 8 2/0/3 10 3/10 0/0 2006 .217 36/22 69 10 15 4/0/2 11 6/23 0/0 Total .193 102/56 181 20 35 9/0/5 25 12/55 0/0

#36 Shannon Koplitz

Class: Freshman Height: 5-6 Position: Infield Bats/Throws: R/R Hometown: New Orleans, LA High School: Benjamin Franklin

Coaching Staff on Shannon Koplitz: “Shannon is a versatile player who can play shortstop, second base and the outfield. She has learned quite a bit and developed in the short time she has been here. As a middle infielder, she has a lot

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22 starts … Hit .217 on the season with ten runs, four doubles, two home runs and 11 RBI … Had three multi-RBI games … Went 1-2 versus UC Davis (3/26) with the team’s first grand slam of the year to bring home four runs … Was 1-1 at UCLA (3/31) with two RBI … Went 1-3 at Arizona (5/6) with a home run to bring in two runs for the Cardinal … Longest hitting streak of the season was four games … Tallied a .960 fielding percentage with 40 putouts and 32 assists. 2005 Season (Sophomore): Played in 28 games with five starts … Hit .216 for the year with eight hits and five runs scored … Recorded three home runs and two doubles … Went 1-2 versus Auburn (2/26) and notched her first double of the season … Hit her first home run of the season versus Saint Mary’s (3/24) with two RBI … Went 2-2 at Fresno State (3/28) with a home run and a double, scoring one run and four RBI … Went 2-2 again at Oregon (4/16), knocking in her third home run of the season and scoring two runs and three RBI … Earned a .963 fielding percentage with 11 putouts and 15 assists. 2004 Season (Freshman): Made 29 starts in 38 games as a Cardinal … Hit .160 on the year with 12 hits and five runs scored … Also notched three doubles on the year … Went 2-for-3 against Fresno State (3/24) with an RBI … Had a 1- for-2 effort versus Santa Clara (2/13) with an RBI and a run scored … Tallied a .949 fielding percentage with 41 putouts and 33 assists … turned in a 2-for-4 day at the plate against BYU (3/27). High School: A 2003 graduate of Galveston-Ball High School in Galveston, Texas … Four-year letterwinner in softball … Also lettered in cross country and basketball … Captained the softball team in 2002-03 … Coached by Gary Key and Amanda Spencer … 2003 all-state selection … Three-time all-district pick … Three-time ASA all-state … AFA All-American … 2003 academic all-state selection … Three-time All-Galveston County honoree … Two-time member of the All-Greater Houston Area team … Participated in Texas High School All-Star Game in ‘03 … Holds school’s season record for most home runs (7) and career record for homers (13).

Shannon Koplitz

2007 STANFORD SOFTBALL 11 2007 PLAYER P ROFILES of range, speed and a good arm which will also make her a possible candidate for the outfield. She has a lot of ability and we look for her to do some great things for us at Stanford.” High School: A four-time All-District, three-time All-Metro, and All-Metro Player of the Year in softball at Benjamin Franklin High School … The Gatorade Player of the Year for her high school … A high school Heisman Honorable Mention selection … Also a standout basketball player where she twice gained All-District honors … A National Merit finalist … An AP Scholar … Valedictorian. Getting to Know Shannon Koplitz Born: April 23, 1988 Parents: Brent and Lynn Koplitz Nickname: Kopa, Koopa, Shan, Shannanigans Hobbies: watching movies (especially Disney movies), reading, sudoku Stanford Softball Will Be Fun To Watch This Year Because: We will dominate. My Greatest Athletic Moment Was: Signing with Stanford. The Athlete I Admire Most: Sue Bird The Current Or Former Stanford Athlete I Most Enjoy Watching Perform: Jessica Mendoza Since Coming To Stanford, I Have Learned: how to nap Best Book I Have Ever Read: Ender’s Game Favorite Food: enchiladas/candied sweet potatoes Least Favorite Food: beets If I Had To Cook All Of My Meals, I’d Probably Survive On: peanut butter and jelly, granola with milk, and watermelon My Favorite Movie: A Knight’s Tale/ Hook My Favorite TV Show: Family Guy My Favorite Musical Group: Dave Matthews Band Favorite Actor: Clive Owen Favorite Actress: Scarlett Johansson/Claire Danes My Ultimate SportsCenter Highlight Would Be: Making a diving catch to win the College World Series for Stanford University The Person Or People Who Have Had The Greatest Influence In My Career: my parents If I Could Invite Three People To Dinner In History, They Would Be: Buddha, Walt Disney, Gene Kelly The Best Advice I Ever Received: The only things you can control are your attitude and your effort. My Advice To Youngsters: Work hard, study hard, play hard, have fun (courtesy of my grand- Becky McCullough ma). If I Had One CD TO Listen To It Would Be: Dave Matthews Band-”Live at Folsom Field” If I Could Bring Anything From My Hometown To Stanford It Would Be: Mardi Gras 2005 Season (Freshman): All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention … Posted a 21-8 overall record in the circle with a 1.83 ERA … Recorded 206.1 innings pitched while striking out 141 batters … Appeared in 39 games, starting in 32 … Threw #11 19 complete games and three shutouts, combining on an additional six shutouts … Pitched a hitless inning in her first collegiate competition against Santa Clara Becky McCullough (2/4) … Gave up only one hit in four innings versus Alabama-Birmingham (2/26) … Pitched six scoreless innings versus Utah (3/20), giving up only one run and Class: Junior Height: 5-9 striking out eight batters … Pitched a complete game against Illinois (3/25), Position: Pitcher/Utility Bats/Throws: R/R allowing only one run and four hits and striking out a career-high 11 batters … Hometown: Moraga, CA Allowed only one run and four hits in seven innings at Arizona State (4/2) … High School: Campolindo Pitched 10.2 innings at Sacramento State (4/20), allowing three runs and striking out 10 batters … Hit .216 for the year with 11 hits and five runs … Collected one double, two home runs and nine RBI … Hit her first home run versus Hofstra Coaching Staff on Becky McCullough: “Becky is recovering from off-season (2/19), going 1-2 and notching two RBI … Hit her second home run of the year arm surgery. Look for her to get back to full speed and strength in 2007. She is a against Hawaii (3/24) and tallied two RBI … Earned a .976 fielding percentage very capable pitcher. During her freshman season in 2005, she pretty much led with 73 putouts and 49 assists … Tied for sixth on the single season wins list (21) our team to the Super Regional and did an outstanding job. Despite not being and ranked ninth for strikeouts (141). totally healthy she still had a solid sophomore year. She is a very good team High School: A 2004 graduate of Campolindo High School in Moraga, Calif. … player. We’re looking for her to provide leadership in the circle and have a great Four-year letterwinner in softball and two-year letterwinner in cross country … year.” Captained the softball team for two years … First-team All-CIF … HS Sports 2006 Season (Sophomore): Honorable Mention All-Pac-10 … Made 22 starts Focus/Cal-HS Sports Spring Scholar Athlete … CC Times Top Five Region Athlete in the circle in 25 appearances … Tallied a 10-6 record … Second on the team … Diablo Foothill Athletic League MVP … All-Eastbay selection. with 73 strikeouts … Also ranked second on the team with 102.2 innings pitched Club: Competed for the Sorcerer Gold. … Boasted eight complete games seven combined shutouts … Third on the team with a 2.45 ERA … Struck out a season-high nine batters to lead Stanford to victory over New Mexico (2/11) … In Pac-10 action, struck out six batters to claim the upset win over Oregon State (4/29) … Also struck out four batters and allowed just six hits to upset top-ranked UCLA (5/12) … Notched her only of the season against Pacific (3/12), allowing just one hit in two innings pitched … Boasted a perfect fielding percentage with 12 putouts and 21 assists … Also hit .185 in 27 at-bats, collecting a run and two RBI with five hits … Honorable Mention Pac-10 All-Academic.

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Getting to Know Becky McCullough Born: 2/26/86 Redwood City, CA Parents: Janet and Tim McCullough Major: Earth Systems Nickname: Rev Hobbies: Running, Hiking, Cooking, Reading, Churching My Greatest Athletic Moment Was: Winning the national championship in high school, pitch- ing and hitting 2 home runs The Athlete I Admire Most: Nolan Ryan The Current Or Former Stanford Athlete I Most Enjoy Watching Perform: Jamila Wideman Since Coming To Stanford, I Have Learned: You can’t do everything and do everything per- fectly, but you can put your all into everything and keep your eyes open to enjoy the journey Best Book I Have Ever Read: On the Road Favorite Food: Mangos Least Favorite Food: Doughnuts If I Had To Cook All Of My Meals, I’d Probably Survive On: Sweet potatoes My Favorite Movie: Good Will Hunting My Favorite TV Show: Friends My Favorite Musical Group: Counting Crows Favorite Actor: Will Smith Favorite Actress: Julia Roberts The Person Or People Who Have Had The Greatest Influence In My Career: My dad who practiced with me every day. If I Could Invite Three People To Dinner In History, They Would Be: Apostle Paul, Thomas Friedman, Bill Clinton The Best Advice I Ever Received: Live for an Audience of One. My Advice To Youngsters: Keep sports a game—don’t let it become work, have fun and give 100% of what you have every time you step on the field. I’d Like To Switch Places For A Day With: Candice Wiggins If I Could Bring Anything From My Hometown To Stanford It Would Be: The trails. One Wish I Would Make For The 21st Century: That minds may open and global under- standings and collaboration may address our crises while respectfully preserving identity and culture. Becky McCullough’s Career Batting Stats: Year Avg. GP/GS AB R H 2B/3B/HR RBI BB/K SB/SBA 2005 .216 23/20 51 5 11 2/0/2 9 5/14 0/0 2006 .185 14/12 27 1 5 0/0/0 2 3/8 0/0 Rosey Neill Total .205 37/32 78 6 16 2/0/2 11 8/22 0/0 Becky McCullough’s Career Pitching Stats: Getting To Know Rosey Neill Yr. ERA G/GS W-L CG SV Sho IP R-ER H K BB Stanford Softball Will Be Fun To Watch This Year Because: Everyone has a lot of passion for 2005 1.83 39/32 21-8 19 1 3 206.1 67-54 172 141 38 the game. 2006 2.45 26/23 10-6 8 1 0 102.2 36-36 87 73 22 My Greatest Athletic Moment Was: Signing with Stanford Total 2.04 65/55 31-14 27 2 3 308.3 103-85 259 214 60 The Athlete I Admire Most: The underdog. The Current Or Former Stanford Athlete I Most Enjoy Watching Perform: Lauren Lappin Since Coming To Stanford, I Have Learned: How to eat meals in a very short amount of time. Best Book I Have Ever Read: Ender’s Game #13 My Favorite Class: The Rhetoric of Advertising Favorite Food: Italian Rosey Neill Least Favorite Food: Anything Spicy My Favorite Movie: Fight Club Class: Freshman Height: 5-7 My Favorite TV Show: The Gilmore Girls Position: Catcher Bats/Throws: R/R My Favorite Musical Group: Rage Against the Machine Hometown: Laguna Hills, CA Favorite Actor: Brad Pitt and Channing Tatum High School: Laguna Hills Favorite Actress: Julie Andrews My Ultimate SportsCenter Highlight Would Be: Making a diving catch into the stands for a foul ball to end the game after hitting the winning homerun the inning prior. Coaching Staff on Rosey Neill: “Rosey was another highly recruited student- The Person Or People Who Have Had The Greatest Influence In My Career: Anyone I have athlete. A member of the U.S. Junior National team, Rosey has a great arm and is ever played with, against, or for. a good defensive catcher. She has a lot of power offensively, and we’re looking for If I Could Invite Three People To Dinner In History, They Would Be: The Buddha, Gandhi, Dane Cook her to do some great things behind the plate this year.” The Best Advice I Ever Received: Relax and find your chi. High School: A member of the 2006 United States Junior National team … My Advice To Youngsters: Just keep swinging. Competed on the USA team which captured first place honors at the Junior I’d Like To Switch Places For A Day With: A really rich person. Women’s Pan American Championship in Puerto Rico last November … Started If I Had One CD TO Listen To It Would Be: John Mayer- Continuum every game during her four year career at Laguna Hills High School … League If I Could Bring Anything From My Hometown To Stanford It Would Be: My cat, Maui MVP during her senior campaign … A three-time All-CIF selection … A two- One Wish I Would Make For The 21st Century: A better sense of community. time all-state selection … Named a first team all-county and all-league selection all four years of high school … President of the National Honor Society and CSF … A member of the Principal’s Honor Roll (2003-06). Club: Played for Southern California Athletics. Cardinal Catalogue: Undeclared major … Born April 6, 1988 … Parents are Mike and Mitzi Neill … Hobbies include reading, sleeping and knitting.

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Club: Competed on the Gordon’s Panthers. Lauren Nydam’s Career Pitching Stats Yr. ERA G/GS W-L CG SV Sho IP R-ER H K BB 2005 1.62 19/7 7-2 3 2 2 56.1 16-13 39 21 16 2006 5.73 5/0 0-1 0 0 0 3.2 4-3 7 2 1 Total 1.89 24/7 2-8 3 2 2 59.3 20-16 46 23 17 Getting To Know Lauren Nydam Born: May 25, 1986 Parents: David and Linda Nydam Major: Product Design Nickname: Ny Hobbies: Bible study, baking, sewing, photoshopping, investment casting, reading, html, organ- izing my room, talking on the phone Best Book I Have Ever Read: Life Expectancy, by Dean Koontz. Read it!!! Favorite Food: Watermelon and Patacones If I Had To Cook All Of My Meals, I'd Probably Survive On: Whatever I felt like eating and also had time to cook My Favorite Movie: Much Ado About Nothing My Favorite TV Show: House and 24 If I Could Invite Three People To Dinner In History, They Would Be: Jesus, Salvador Dali, and Exekias, although I'd have to seriously study ancient Greek again for the latter The Best Advice I Ever Received: "Serve Jesus," from my 100 year old great-grandmother the year before she passed away. My Advice To Youngsters: It's never too soon to start trying your hardest at everything I'd like To Switch Places For A Day With: My future self, when I'm done with school and have the evenings free to relax If I Could Bring Anything From My Hometown To Stanford It Would Be: My four best friends- Jader, Danny, Amanda and Brooke

#9 Missy Penna

Class: Sophomore: Height: 5-10 Position: Pitcher/Utility Bats/Throws: R/R Lauren Nydam Hometown: Miami, FL High School: Southwest #5 Coaching Staff on Missy Penna: “Missy stepped into the circle last year and Lauren Nydam provided a big boost for us. She pitched a lot of big games and that experience will be valuable for her success this year. Missy is continuing to develop as a Class: Junior Height: 6-0 pitcher and we look for her to have a great year. She is also an outstanding hitter Position: Pitcher Bats/Throws: R/R Hometown: La Canada, CA and can play first base. She has some power and we’re looking for her to drive in a High School: Village Christian lot of runs this year.” 2006 Season (Freshman): Honorable Mention All-Pac-10 … Tallied 22 starts in the circle in 34 appearances … Boasted a 22-10 record with a 2.35 ERA, Coaching Staff on Lauren Nydam: “Lauren has played an important role as ranking her fifth on the single season wins list and eighth on the career wins list the #3 pitcher the last couple years. She has valuable experience and is continuing … Led the team with 196.2 innings pitched and 179 strikeouts, ranking her sixth to develop. She works extremely hard and is a great team player. We’re looking for on the single-season strikeouts list and eighth for career strikeouts … Has five her to bolster our pitching staff.” shutouts and six combined shutouts, throwing 13 complete games … Held her 2006 Season (Sophomore): Was 0-1 in the circle in 3.2 innings pitched … Collected batters to a team-low .198 batting average … Struck out a career-high 13 batters a 5.73 ERA … Combined for two shutouts against Utah State (2/10) and Sacramento as Stanford beat Nevada (2/11) … Also struck out 11 batters in wins versus Drake State (2/19) … Struck out a season-high two batters versus Utah State (2/10). (2/17) and Purdue (3/3) … Threw her first no-hitter against UC Davis (3/26), striking out seven batters and walking just one … Struck out seven batters and 2005 Season (Freshman): Posted a 7-2 overall record and led the team with a 1.62 allowed just three runs to help Stanford beat Fresno State (5/21) in the NCAA ERA … Pitched 56.1 innings, striking out 21 batters … Appeared in 19 games and Regional … Also hit .280 on the year with 18 runs and 29 RBI … Tied for third started seven … Threw three complete games and two shutouts, combining for an on the team with four home runs … Tallied three doubles … Collected nine additional four shutouts … Began the season with two hitless innings at DePaul multi-hit games and five multi-RBI games … Went 3-3 versus BYU (3/11) with (2/12) … Pitched two hitless innings versus Jacksonville (2/19), striking out three one run and one RBI … Was 2-3 in the first conference game against UCLA batters … Gave up just one hit in five innings versus Boston College (3/5) … Threw (3/31) with one run, one RBI and one double … Led Stanford to victory over a complete game versus Princeton (3/20) … Allowed no runs and just one hit in four Oregon (4/8) with a 1-3 effort, one run and four RBI … Also was 1-2 against innings versus Saint Mary’s (4/26), striking out four batters. Washington (5/11) with one run, one RBI and a home run … Went 3-4 versus High School: A 2004 graduate of Village Christian High School in Sun Valley, Calif. Tulsa (5/19) in the NCAA Regional with one run and one RBI, also collecting the … Four-year letterwinner in softball … Coached by Jana Kovar and Jim Stone … win in the circle with five strikeouts. Four-time first-team All-CIF selection … Los Angeles Daily News First-Team All-Area High School: A 2005 graduate of Southwest Senior High in Miami, FL … Four- in 2004 … San Fernando Valley Daily News Most Valuable Pitcher her senior year … year letterwinner and captain her senior year … Coached by Maria Alvarez and Thousand Oaks Tournament MVP in 2003 … 2003 CIF Div. V Co-MVP … Cal-Hi Carlos Caro … Selected as the Miami Herald Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2005 Sports All-State Small Schools First-Team in 2004 … 2004 L.A. Times San Fernando … Miami Herald Female Athlete of the Year in 2004 and 2005 … 2005 Florida Valley Pitcher of the Year … Holds school record for most perfect games in a season, Dairy Farmer’s 6A Softball Player of the Year … All-State her sophomore, junior most career perfect games and most strikeouts in a game.

14 2007 STANFORD SOFTBALL 2007 PLAYER P ROFILES #1 Jackie Rinehart

Class: Senior Height: 5-11 Position: Outfield Bats/Throws: L/R Hometown: Reno, NV High School: Reno

Coaching Staff on Jackie Rinehart: “Jackie has been a starter since she arrived at Stanford. A consistent performer in the outfield, she has also been a huge part of our offense the past three years. She can bunt, slap, hit for average and has some power. She will provide stability at the top of our line up. She is a proven player for us and we are looking for her to provide leadership for our team.” 2006 Season (Junior): Honorable Mention All-Pac-10 … Started all 60 games in left field … Third on the team with a .352 average, along with 27 runs and 14 RBI … Collected three doubles and two stolen bases … Currently ranks ninth on the career hits list (195) and tenth on the career runs list (92) … Tallied 20 multi- hit games and two multi-RBI games … Went 2-3 versus Drake (2/18) with three runs … Was 3-3 versus Texas Tech (2/23) with one run and one RBI … Also went 3-4 versus Miami (Ohio) (3/10) with one RBI and 3-4 versus Illinois (3/25) with one run and two RBI … In Pac-10 action, went 3-4 in the Cardinal’s win over Oregon State (4/29) with two runs and one RBI, as well as 2-4 against UCLA (5/12) with one RBI … Was 2-3 versus Fresno State (5/21) in the NCAA Regional with two runs and one RBI … Went 3-3 against Alabama (5/26) in the NCAA Super Regional with one run … Longest hitting streak was nine games … Second-Team Pac-10 All-Academic … During the summer of 2006, played with the U.S. World University Team in Taiwan and helped the team win the gold medal there. 2005 Season (Sophomore): All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention … Second Team Pac-10 All-Academic … Played in 55 games for Stanford, starting in 54 … Hit

Missy Penna and senior seasons … Florida 6A Pitcher of the Year in 2003 and 2004 … First- team All-County all four years … Helped her team to the Florida State Championship her junior year … Team MVP her sophomore, junior and senior years … Rookie of the Year in 2002 … A Wendy’s Heisman state finalist … Holds county records for strikouts in one game (32, 2003), strikeouts in one season (380, 2005), career strikeouts (1,255) and high school career wins (85) … Plays for the Dominican National Team … Also a four-year letterwinner in volleyball and basketball and captain of both squads her senior year … Helped her volleyball team to the State Final Four her junior and senior years … County Volleyball Player of the Year in 2004. Getting to Know Missy Penna Born: Oct 20 1986 Parents: Robert and Lori Penna Major: civil engineering Nickname: Missy The Athlete I Admire Most: Team Holt The Current Or Former Stanford Athlete I Most Enjoy Watching Perform: Lindsay Key Best Book I Have Ever Read: A Voice in the Wind!! Favorite Food: Luna Bars/whole foods My Favorite Movie: Anne of Green Gables (sigh) My Favorite TV Show: Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman The Best Advice I Ever Received: Never leave your food unattended. My Advice To Youngsters: Go on an adventure to the unknown. I’d Like To Switch Places For A Day With: an explorer of the Amazon or any National Geographic explorer If I Could Bring Anything From My Hometown To Stanford It Would Be: humidity Missy Penna’s Career Batting Stats: Year Avg. GP/GS AB R H 2B/3B/HR RBI BB/K SB/SBA 2006 .280 54/54 157 18 44 3/0/4 29 13/30 0/1 Missy Penna’s Career Pitching Stats: Yr. ERA G/GS W-L CG SV Sho IP R-ER H K BB 2006 2.35 35/22 22-10 13 0 5 196.2 71-66 137 179 63

Jackie Rinehart

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.331 on the year with 25 runs scored … Tied for fourth on the team with 52 hits … Recorded eight doubles and three triples … Led the team with an 11-game hitting streak during the season from 3/28-4/30 … Collected 10 multiple-hit games … Went 1-2 versus Kentucky (2/12) with four RBI, two runs scored and her first collegiate home run of the season … Went 1-2 at Oregon State (4/15) with a triple and one RBI … Hit a double and scored two runs at Sacramento State (4/20), going 3-4 … During the NCAA Regional versus Southern Illinois (5/21), went 2-4 with a double, one run and two RBI … Tied for eighth on the single-season triples list (3) … Earned a .943 fielding percentage with 47 putouts and three assists … Following her sophomore season at Stanford, played with the U.S. Elite team. 2004 Season (Freshman): Started in all 68 games for the Cardinal … Second- team All-Pacific Region selection … Honorable Mention All-Pac-10 pick … Played on the USA National Elite Team … Hit .356 on the year with a team- leading 80 hits … Tied for second on the squad with 13 stolen bases … Third in runs scored with 40 … NCAA Softball Region Seven All-Tournament Team … Had a nine-game hitting streak during the year … Notched 22 multi-hit games and one multi-RBI game … Went five-for-five with two runs scored and an RBI against CS Northridge (3/5) … The five hits ranks second on The Farm for a single game … Had a 3-for-4 day at the plate with three runs scored versus San Jose State (2/7) … Went 3-for-3 at CS Fullerton (3/7) with two runs scored and an RBI … Tallied a season-best two RBI at Arizona State (4/30) … Stole two bases against SJSU (2/8) in a 2-for-2 effort at the plate … Third on the squad with six sacrifice hits … Went 3-for-4 at UCLA (4/23) … Her 225 at bats is a single season record on The Farm … Her 80 hits ranks fourth for a single season at Stanford. High School: A 2003 graduate of Reno High School in Reno, Nev. … Played on the USA Jr. World Team … Lettered in basketball, softball and volleyball … captained both the softball and volleyball teams … Coached by Jim Pace (softball) … 2002-03 all-state and all-league first-team selection … ‘03 all-league second- team pick in volleyball … ‘02 all-league honorable mention (basketball). Club: ASA Getting to Know Jackie Rinehart Born: November 12, 1984 Parents: Jess and Kim Rinehart Michelle Schroeder Major: psychology Nickname: Jack Jack, Reno My Greatest Athletic Moment Was: playing for the Junior Olympic Team in China, playing in two varsity sports … An All-CIF selection, and a three-time selection as a for the US Elite Team in Canada, and playing for the World University Team in Taiwan scholar-athlete … Principals Honor Roll … CSF (3 years). Since Coming To Stanford, I Have Learned: how to take a nap anytime and anywhere Best Book I Have Ever Read: Angels and Demons Club: Played for the Worth Firecrackers 18 gold team the last two years … The My Favorite Movie: Boondock Saints team advanced to the Gold Nationals during the summer of 2006 and the team My Favorite TV Show: Rob and Big finished second. Favorite Actor: Christian Bale Getting to Know Michelle Schroeder Favorite Actress: Natalie Portman Born: December 2, 1987 in Downey, CA The Best Advice I Ever Received: go hard in everything you do Parents: Michael and Charlotte Schroeder My Advice To Youngsters: set goals and work hard everyday to achieve them Major: Economics Jackie Rinehart’s Career Batting Stats Nickname: Schro Year Avg. GP/GS AB R H 2B/3B/HR RBI BB/K SB/SBA Hobbies: Reading, sports, hanging out with friends, watching movies 2004 .356 68/68 225 40 80 6/1/0 6 15/40 13/16 Stanford Softball Will Be Fun To Watch This Year Because: The team has a lot of great ath- 2005 .331 55/54 157 25 52 8/3/1 16 10/27 4/7 letes and it’s going to be interesting to see how we all play together. 2006 .352 60/60 179 27 63 3/0/0 14 13/29 2/5 The Athlete I Admire Most: Nellie Spicer Totals .348 183/182 561 92 195 17/4/1 36 37/96 19/28 The Current Or Former Stanford Athlete I Most Enjoy Watching Perform: Jessica Mendoza Since Coming To Stanford, I Have Learned: It is entirely possible to make it through weights, school, and practice on four hours of sleep. Best Book I Have Ever Read: Sloppy Firsts #29 Favorite Food: Pasta, steak and lobster Least Favorite Food: Anything spicy Michelle Schroeder My Favorite Movie: Pride and Prejudice My Favorite TV Show: House Class: Freshman Height: 5-9 My Favorite Actor: Sean Connery Position: Outfield Bats/Throws: L/R My Favorite Actress: Kiera Knightly Hometown: Yorba Linda, CA My Ultimate SportsCenter Highlight Would Be: Making a play jumping over the fence to win High School: Esperanza the championship game at the World Series. The Person Or People Who Have Had The Greatest Influence In My Career: My family The Best Advice I Ever Received: Put the ball in play Coaching Staff on Michelle Schroeder: “Michelle is another versatile player My Advice To Youngsters: Play because you want it and you love it I’d Like To Switch Places For A Day With: Bill Gates offensively who can bunt, slap and also hit away. We’re looking for her to step up If I Had One CD TO Listen To It Would Be: The mix CD my sister made and is in my car and win a position in the outfield. She has a tremendous arm and great range as If I Could Bring Anything From My Hometown To Stanford It Would Be: My Car an outfielder. She has a bright future for us at Stanford.” One wish I Would Make For The 21st Century: Get softball back in the Olympics High School: A standout student-athlete at Esperanza High School … Lettered

16 2007 STANFORD SOFTBALL 2007 PLAYER P ROFILES #16 Michelle Smith

Class: Junior Height: 5-6 Position: Infield Bats/Throws: R/R Hometown: Agoura Hills, CA High School: Agoura

Coaching Staff on Michelle Smith: “Michelle has been a very consistent defensive player for us. She has played third base, first base, and has done an outstanding job defensively. Offensively, she has been in the middle of the lineup for us and been a big run producer. She hits for power and average. We’re looking for Michelle to continue her excellent work both offensively and defensively. We’re looking for her to provide leadership in the infield this year.” 2006 Season (Sophomore): Honorable Mention All-Pac-10 … Started all 60 games for the Cardinal … Played at third base for the first half of the year, later moving to first base … Hit .263 on the year and ranked second on the team with 37 RBI … Also third on the squad with 11 doubles … Collected 21 runs and four home runs … Tied for first on the team with five sacrifice flies … Tallied 12 multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI games … Went 3-3 against Birmingham- Southern (2/18) with one run, one RBI and a double … Was 3-4 versus Miami (Ohio) (3/10) with one run and four RBI … Went 2-3 versus UC Davis (3/26) with three runs and three RBI … In conference action, went 1-2 at Arizona (5/7) with one run, one RBI and a home run … Was 1-2 at home versus UCLA (5/13) with three RBI and a double … Went 2-3 to help Stanford beat Fresno State (5/21) in the NCAA Regional with two RBI … Scored one run versus Alabama (5/27) in the NCAA Super Regional … Longest hitting streak of the season was five games. 2005 Season (Freshman): NFCA Second-Team All-American … First-Team All-Pac-10 … Started all 59 games for the Cardinal in her first season … Hit .322 on the year with 34 runs scored … Third on the team with 56 hits … Recorded 11 doubles and one triple … Led the team with school-record 19 home runs … Also led the team in total RBI (54) and multiple-RBI games (20) … Second on Michelle Smith the team in multiple-hit games (15) … Tied for third on the team with a seven- game hit streak … Second on the team with 18 walks … Went 3-3 versus DePaul My Favorite Class: Exercise Physiology (2/12), hitting a home run and a triple and collecting two RBI … Hit 2-3 at USF Favorite Food: Rojoz Baja California Burrito (2/20) with two home runs and two RBI … Slammed in another pair of home Least Favorite Food: Mushrooms runs versus Boston College (3/5), tallying three RBI … Went 2-3 against If I Had To Cook All Of My Meals, I’d Probably Survive On: I do cook all of my meals, and I Washington (4/9) with one home run and a double, batting in four RBI … At the have grilled chicken or pasta all of the time NCAA Regional versus Southern Illinois (5/21), hit her 19th home run and 11th My Favorite Movie: Miracle double, going 4-4 and knocking home two RBI … All-time leader in single- My Favorite TV Show: Grey’s Anatomy, House season home runs (19) … Ranked fourth all-time for single-season RBI (54) … My Favorite Musical Group: Rascal Flatts Also ranked seventh all-time for single-season assists (150) … Ranked seventh on Favorite Actor: Tom Hanks, Kevin Costner Favorite Actress: Reese Witherspoon Stanford’s career home run list (19) … Earned a .985 fielding percentage with 45 My Ultimate SportsCenter Highlight Would Be: Hitting a homerun in the Women’s College putouts and second on the team with 150 assists. World Series High School: A 2004 graduate of Agoura High School in Agoura Hills, Calif. … The Person Or People Who Have Had The Greatest Influence In My Career: My parents Four-year letterwinner … Captained team her senior year … Coached By Brandy The Best Advice I Ever Received: You can’t just roll out of bed and think you’re good enough; Brennan … Four-time team MVP … Two-time first-team all-league … Two-time you have to wake up every morning and work at getting better. Marmente League MVP … Two-time first-team All-Ventura County … 2004 If I Had One CD TO Listen To It Would Be: Country Mix Ventura County Player of the Year … Daily News first-team All-Area in 2003 … If I Could Bring Anything From My Hometown To Stanford It Would Be: My dogs 2004 All-Area Player of the Year … L.A. Times All-State selection in 2004 … L.A. Michelle Smith’s Career Batting Stats Times All-Region pick in 2003 … 2004 L.A. Times All-Region Player of the Year Year Avg. GP/GS AB R H 2B/3B/HR RBI BB/K SB/SBA … 2004 first-team All-CIF … Cal-Hi Sports All-State in 2004. 2005 .322 59/59 174 34 56 11/1/19 54 18/20 0/0 Club: Competed on the Orange County Batbusters Gold … During the summer 2006 .263 60/60 171 21 45 11/0/4 37 19/33 1/2 of 2006, competed with the So Cal Sliders in the Women’s Major Nationals in Total .293 119/119 345 55 101 22/1/23 91 37/53 1/2 Buffalo, NY … The team finished second, and Michelle gained first team All- American honors … Also played with the Nor Cal Heat in two exhibition games against the USA National Team … Hit a home run off Cat Osterman. Getting to Know Michelle Smith Born: Aug. 2, 1986 Parents: Russ and Judy Smith Major: Human Biology Nickname: Smitty Hobbies: Skiing, wakeboarding, photography Stanford Softball Will Be Fun To Watch This Year Because: We’re going to win it all! My Greatest Athletic Moment Was: Come from behind win at UCLA on TV in 2005 Since Coming To Stanford, I Have Learned: Sleep is a privilege, not a right

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2006 Results (42-18, 10-11) 3/10 MIAMI (OHIO)% W 13-0 4/30 at Oregon State* L 0-4 Head Coach: John Rittman 3/10 WISCONSIN% W 12-3 5/2 SAN JOSE STATE W 4-3 Date Opponent Result Score 3/11 MIDDLE TENNESSEE ST.% W 13-1 5/5 at Arizona State* L 0-6 2/10 Utah State# W 11-0 3/11 BRIGHAM YOUNG% W 8-0 5/6 at Arizona* L 2-3 2/10 Nebraska# W 7-3 3/12 PACIFIC% W 4-3 5/7 at Arizona* L 1-6 2/11 Nevada# W 5-1 3/25 PRINCETON& W 6-1 5/11 WASHINGTON* W 3-2 2/11 New Mexico# W 3-2 3/25 PRINCETON& W 1-0 5/12 UCLA* W 3-2 2/12 Texas# L 0-2 3/26 UC DAVIS& W 11-0 5/13 UCLA* W 5-4 2/17 SANTA CLARA^ W 13-1 3/26 UC DAVIS& W 3-0 5/19 Tulsa## W 8-0 2/17 DRAKE^ W 5-0 3/31 at UCLA* L 4-5 5/20 Fresno State## L 0-3 2/18 DRAKE^ W 7-4 4/1 at Washington* W 1-0 5/20 Cal State Fullerton## W 4-1 2/18 BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN^ W 8-0 4/2 at Washington* L 0-8 5/21 Fresno State## W 9-3 2/19 Sacramento State^ W 7-0 4/7 OREGON STATE* W 3-2 5/21 Fresno State## W 3-0 2/19 Santa Clara^ W 4-0 4/8 OREGON* W 7-3 5/26 Alabama^^ L 1-4 2/23 Texas Tech+ W 8-0 4/9 OREGON* L 2-9 5/27 Alabama^^ L 7-8 4/14 at California* L 0-8 2/24 Maryland+ W 8-5 #Kajikawa Classic in Phoenix, Az 2/24 Texas+ L 0-2 4/15 CALIFORNIA* W 2-1 ^Stanford Invitational I at Stanford, Ca 2/25 Illinois-Chicago+ W 3-0 4/15 CALIFORNIA* W 4-2 +Palm Springs Classic at Palm Springs, Ca 2/25 Baylor+ L 2-5 4/19 ST. MARY’S W 1-0 =Worth Classic at Fullerton, Ca %Stanford Classic at Stanford, Ca 2/26 LSU+ W 1-0 4/21 ARIZONA* L 1-4 &Stanford Invitational at Stanford, Ca 3/3 Purdue= W 4-0 4/22 ARIZONA STATE* W 3-1 *Pacific-10 3/4 UC Santa Barbara= L 0-2 4/23 ARIZONA STATE* L 1-3 ##NCAA Regional at Fresno State 3/4 Northwestern= W 5-4 4/28 at Oregon* L 0-9 ^^NCAA Super Regional at Tuscaloosa, Al 3/5 at Cal State Fullerton= W 4-2 4/29 at Oregon State* W 7-5

Stanford Softball Home Run Club

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S CHOLARSHIP F UNDING Stanford’s Scholarship Funding The following scholarships, named for the donor or for someone the donor wishes to honor, provide full or partial grants-in-aid to members Two sources provide scholarship funds for Stanford's student athletes: of the 2007 women's softball team: the Athletic Department's scholarship endowment and the The Ann T. and Robert M. Bass Family Scholarship Buck/Cardinal Club. The Judy and Bill Dailey Scholarship The Buck/Cardinal Club The John C. and Laura Grant Gamble Athletic Scholarship Nearly $3 million is raised annually in scholarship funds through the The John and Marian Gilbert Family Scholarship gift of the Club's 6,000 members. Over 250 volunteers assist the Athletic The Rachford and Carlota A. Harris Scholarship Department in its annual fund raising efforts. The W. Ruel and Jane Johnson Scholarship Endowed Scholarships The Sara and Bill Kimball Endowed Athletic Scholarship Endowed scholarships are large sums of money that have been invested The Monica Kitterman Shockro Scholarship in the University's endowment and generate significant interest income The Roger M. Laverty Jr. Scholarship II each year. A portion of the income is spent on student aid and the The Clarke and Elizabeth Nelson Scholarship remainder is reinvested in the principle. The Ralph "Jim" Reynolds Memorial Scholarship The Diane and Karl Wustrack Athletic Scholarship

18 2007 STANFORD SOFTBALL 2006 TEAM S T ATISTICS

2006 Team Statistics Record: 42-18 Home: 25-3 Away: 4-10 Neutral: 13-5 Pac-10 Conference: 10-11

2006 Overall Hitting Statistics No. Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 7 Morris, Catalina .365 60-60 197 39 72 9 5 7 29 112 .569 15 6 31 0 .425 1 0 12-14 82 3 1 .988 2 Coon, Maddy .353 60-60 173 38 61 13 0 9 40 101 .584 32 5 36 1 .467 0 0 1-1 64 90 6 .963 1 Rinehart, Jackie .352 60-60 179 27 63 3 0 0 14 66 .369 13 0 29 0 .386 5 5 2-5 76 0 2 .974 27 Lappin, Lauren .328 60-59 177 42 58 12 2 1 28 77 .435 15 4 24 0 .385 4 6 12-14 213 104 8 .975 26 Aggabao, Tricia .317 49-44 104 18 33 2 2 0 9 39 .375 11 1 17 0 .388 0 4 4-6 79 56 6 .957 9 Penna, Missy .280 54-54 157 18 44 3 0 4 29 59 .376 13 1 30 1 .335 2 1 0-1 81 37 1 .992 16 Smith, Michelle .263 60-60 171 21 45 11 0 4 37 68 .398 19 5 33 3 .345 5 3 1-2 229 64 4 .987 40 Beardman, Anna .261 60-60 153 24 40 5 5 0 19 55 .359 3 3 41 0 .288 1 3 4-4 54 3 1 .983 3 Key, Lindsay .217 36-22 69 10 15 4 0 2 11 25 .362 6 3 23 0 .308 0 1 0-0 40 32 3 .960 22 Howe, Erin .185 57-56 151 13 28 4 0 1 21 35 .232 14 2 40 0 .263 0 5 2-2 259 15 3 .989 11 McCullough, Becky .185 14-12 27 1 5 0 0 0 2 5 .185 3 1 8 0 .290 0 0 0-0 12 21 0 1.000 33 Hixson, Shoney .182 33-1 11 10 2 1 0 0 1 3 .273 2 0 4 0 .308 0 1 3-4 4 0 0 1.000 6 Bordelon, Megan .000 10-1 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 2 2 0 .222 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 1.000 23 Severson, Laura .000 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 3 41 1 .978 5 Nydam, Lauren .000 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 2 0 1.000 Totals. .296 60-60 1576 262 466 67 14 28 240 645 .409 146 33 318 5 .364 18 29 41-53 1197 468 36 .979 Opponents .219 60-60 1455 150 319 54 10 29 143 480 .330 110 27 297 10 .285 8 49 22-34 1158 418 63 .962

LOB - Team (384), Opp (303). DPs turned - Team (16), Opp (16). CI - Team (0), Opp (1). IBB - Team (6), Lappin 2, Coon 2, Morris 1, Smith 1, Opp (3).

2006 Overall Pitching Statistics No. Player ERA W-L APP GS CGSHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA 23 Severson, Laura.. 1.96 10-1 28 15 7 3/5 2 96.1 88 39 27 24 43 19 3 2 364 .242 4 0 0 5 14 9 Penna, Missy..... 2.35 22-10 35 22 13 5/6 0 196.1 137 71 66 63 179 19 7 19 691 .198 12 23 0 1 26 11 McCullough, Becky 2.45 10-6 26 23 8 0/7 1 102.2 87 36 36 22 73 16 0 7 382 .228 10 4 0 2 9 5 Nydam, Lauren.... 5.73 0-1 5 0 0 0/2 0 3.2 7 4 3 1 2 0 0 1 18 .389 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 2.32 42-18 60 60 28 18/10 3 399.0 319 150 132 110 297 54 10 29 1455 .219 26 27 0 8 49 Opponents 4.08 18-42 60 60 30 9/0 0 386.0 466 262 225 146 318 67 14 28 1576 .296 26 33 1 18 29

PB - Team (3), Lappin 2, Howe 1, Opp (13). Pickoffs - Team (2), Lappin 2. SBA/ATT - Howe (16-21), Penna (10-16), McCullough (8-13), Lappin (6-12), Severson (4-5).

2006 Overall Fielding Statistics Player C PO A E FLD% DPs SBA CSB SBA% PB CI 11 McCullough, Becky 33 12 21 0 1.000 1 8 5 .615 0 0 33 Hixson, Shoney 4 4 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 —- 0 0 5 Nydam, Lauren 2 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 —- 0 0 6 Bordelon, Megan 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 —- 0 0 9 Penna, Missy 119 81 37 1 .992 5 10 6 .625 0 0 22 Howe, Erin 277 259 15 3 .989 3 16 5 .762 1 0 7 Morris, Catalina 86 82 3 1 .988 0 0 0 —- 0 0 16 Smith, Michelle 297 229 64 4 .987 6 0 0 —- 0 0 40 Beardman, Anna 58 54 3 1 .983 1 0 0 —- 0 0 23 Severson, Laura 45 3 41 1 .978 0 4 1 .800 0 0 27 Lappin, Lauren 325 213 104 8 .975 5 6 6 .500 2 0 1 Rinehart, Jackie 78 76 0 2 .974 0 0 0 —- 0 0 2 Coon, Maddy 160 64 90 6 .963 7 0 0 —- 0 0 3 Key, Lindsay 75 40 32 3 .960 5 0 0 —- 0 0 26 Aggabao, Tricia 141 79 56 6 .957 3 0 0 —- 0 0 Totals 1701 1197 468 36 .979 16 22 12 .647 3 0 Opponents 1639 1158 418 63 .962 16 41 12 .774 13 1

Catalina Morris led the team with a .365 batting average in 2006.

2007 STANFORD SOFTBALL 19 I NDIVIDUAL S EASON R ECORDS

Hitting Walks Pitching Batting Average 1. Sarah Beeson 2002 33 1. Jessica Mendoza 2000 .475 2. Jessica Mendoza 2001 32 1. Dana Sorensen 2001 0.64 2. Jessica Mendoza 1999 .415 Sarah Beeson 2001 32 2. Dana Sorensen 2000 1.06 3. Jessica Mendoza 2001 .405 Maddy Coon 2006 32 3. Dana Sorensen 2003 1.09 4. Summer Lee 1994 .388 5. Jessica Mendoza 2002 31 4. Maureen LeCocq 2001 1.20 5. Sarah Beeson 2001 .387 6. Sarah Beeson 1999 28 5. Becky Blevins 1998 1.24 6. Summer Lee 1995 .382 Cassi Brangham 2003 28 6. Jessica Schulman 1995 1.28 7. Sarah Beeson 2002 .376 Leah Nelson 2005 28 7. Marcy Crouch 1998 1.35 8. Jessica Mendoza 2002 .367 Michelle Schneider 1999 28 8. Lauren Nydam 2005 1.62 Hits At Bats 9. Laura Severson 2005 1.80 1. Jackie Rinehart 2004 225 1. Jessica Mendoza 2000 94 10. Becky McCullough 2005 1.83 2. Robin Walker 2001 224 2. Jessica Mendoza 2001 83 Wins 3. Kira Ching 2001 223 3. Jessica Mendoza 1999 81 1. Dana Sorensen 2004 34 4. Robin Walker 2002 217 4. Jackie Rinehart 2004 80 2. Dana Sorensen 2001 27 5. Catalina Morris 2004 206 5. Sarah Beeson 2001 79 3. Tori Nyberg 2002 26 6. Jessica Mendoza 2001 205 6. Lauren Lappin 2004 73 4. Becky Blevins 1998 24 7. Lauren Lappin 2004 204 7. Catalina Morris 2006 72 5. Dana Sorensen 2000 22 Sarah Beeson 2001 204 8. Robin Walker 2000 71 Missy Penna 2006 22 9. Jessica Allister 2004 203 9. Jessica Allister 2004 70 7. Marcy Crouch 1999 21 Michelle Smith holds the records for most 10. Jenni Foyle 1999 202 Becky McCullough 2005 21 10. Jessica Mendoza 2002 69 home runs in a single season with 19 in 2005. Games Played Dana Sorensen 2003 21 1. Jessica Mendoza 2001 71 10. Becky Blevins 1999 19 Sarah Beeson 2001 71 Home Runs Strikeouts Kira Ching 2001 71 1. Michelle Smith 2005 19 1. Dana Sorensen 2004 358 Robin Walker 2001 71 2. Jessica Mendoza 2002 14 2. Dana Sorensen 2003 332 5. Cassi Brangham 2001 69 Jessica Mendoza 2001 14 3. Dana Sorensen 2001 295 6. Lauren Lappin 2004 68 4. Catalina Morris 2004 13 4. Tori Nyberg 2002 203 Jackie Rinehart 2004 68 Jessica Mendoza 2000 13 5. Becky Blevins 1999 186 Jessica Allister 2004 68 6. Jessica Allister 2004 12 6. Missy Penna 2006 179 Catalina Morris 2004 68 Sarah Beeson 2001 12 7. .Dana Sorensen 2000 164 Katherine Hoffman 2004 68 8. Jessica Allister 2003 11 8. Becky Blevins 1998 162 9. Kira Ching 2002 10 Fielding 9. Becky Blevins 1997 143 Leah Nelson 2005 10 Fielding Average (min. 100 chances) 10. Becky McCullough 2005 141 Runs Batted In 1. Jessica Allister 2002 .997 Innings Pitched 1. Sarah Beeson 2001 66 Leah Nelson 2005 .997 1. Dana Sorensen 2004 303.0 2. Jessica Mendoza 1999 57 3. Jessica Allister 2003 .996 2. Tori Nyberg 2002 240.1 3. Jessica Allister 2004 55 4. Jenni Shideler 1998 .995 3. Angela Webb 1995 226.2 4. Michelle Smith 2005 54 5. Jessica Allister 2004 .993 4. Dana Sorensen 2003 218.1 5. Sarah Beeson 2000 53 Sarah Beeson 1999 .993 5. Becky Blevins 1998 214.0 6. Kira Ching 2002 46 Kellie Wiginton 1998 .993 6. Marcy Crouch 1999 213.0 Jessica Mendoza 2001 46 8. Kellie Wiginton 2000 .992 7. Dana Sorensen 2000 211.2 Sarah Beeson hit 23 doubles in 2001. 8. Kira Ching 2001 45 9. Jessica Allister 2001 .990 8. Dana Sorensen 2001 208.2 Sarah Beeson 2002 45 10. Kellie Wiginton 1999 .989 Becky Blevins 1999 208.2 10. Lauren Lappin 2004 43 bold indicates current players Doubles Putouts 1. Sarah Beeson 2001 23 Runs Scored 1. Jenni Shideler 1998 575 2. Jessica Allister 2004 20 1. Jessica Mendoza 2001 70 2. Sarah Beeson 1999 568 Jessica Mendoza 2001 20 2. Jessica Mendoza 2002 65 3. Jessica Allister 2003 534 Jessica Mendoza 2000 20 3. Jessica Mendoza 2000 57 4. Summer Lee 1997 524 5. Robin Walker 2002 18 4. Lauren Lappin 2005 52 5. Jessica Allister 2004 505 6. Sarah Beeson 2000 17 5. Catalina Morris 2004 51 6. Sarah Beeson 2000 500 Jessica Mendoza 2002 17 Robin Walker 2002 51 7. Sarah Beeson 2001 469 8. Kira Ching 2001 16 7. Kellie Wiginton 2000 48 8. Sarah Beeson 2002 420 8. Catalina Morris 2005 46 9. Carolyn Okinaga 1995 385 Triples 9. Robin Walker 2001 45 Assists 1. Catalina Morris 2004 6 10. Lauren Lappin 2004 44 2. Catalina Morris 2006 5 1. Amanda Renteria 1997 167 3. Lauren Lappin 2004 4 Stolen Bases 2. Michelle Schneider 1998 165 Catalina Morris 2005 4 1. Jessica Mendoza 2001 31 3. Michelle Schneider 1997 164 Kelly Yablonski 1996 4 2. Jessica Mendoza 2002 29 4. Robin Walker 2000 162 6. Kira Ching 2000 3 3. Jessica Mendoza 2000 20 5. Lauren Lappin 2005 160 Jessica Mendoza 2002 3 4. Katherine Hoffman 2004 18 6. Michelle Schneider 1999 153 Jessica Mendoza 2001 3 5. Kira Ching 2001 14 7. Michelle Smith 2005 150 Summer Lee 1994 3 6. Jackie Rinehart 2004 13 8. Elizabeth Bendig 2003 145 Jackie Rinehart 2005 3 Catalina Morris 2004 13 Kira Ching 2002 13 9. Lauren Lappin 2006 12 Catalina Morris 2006 12 Dana Sorensen holds every single season record for pitching for Stanford.

20 2007 STANFORD SOFTBALL T EAM R ECORDS

Team Season Records Individual Game Highs (from 1995 to present) Hitting Home Runs Pitching all records against Division I opponents, Batting Average 1. 2005 67 Innings Pitched * indicates non-Division I opponents 1. 2006 .296 2. 2002 46 1. 2001 477.1 BATTING 2. 2005 .293 3. 2001 44 2. 2004 467.0 At Bats (7) – Kira Ching, vs. Arizona (5/6/01) 3. 1999 .281 4. 2004 33 3. 2003 456.0 (last time) 4. 2000 .279 2003 33 4. 2000 441.1 (7) – Jessica Mendoza vs. Arizona 5. 2002 .273 6. 1999 29 5. 1999 426.0 (5/6/01) (last time) 6. 2004 .270 7. 2000 28 6. 2002 425.0 Runs (4) – Jessica Mendoza, vs. Illinois State 7. 1995 .259 2006 28 7. 1998 420.2 (3/6/99) (last time) 9. 1997 8 8. 2001 .257 8. 1997 400.6 (4) – Catalina Morris vs. Washington 1998 8 9. 2003 .253 9. 2006 399.0 (4/24/04) 10. 1997 .252 Slugging Percentage 10. 2005 387.2 (4) – Lauren Lappin vs. Santa Clara At Bats 1. 2005 .487 Complete Games (2/5/05) 1. 2001 1,814 2. 2002 .416 1. 1999 57 Hits (6) – Summer Lee, vs. Menlo College 3. 2006 .409 2. 2004 1,783 2. 1997 49 (2/4/95) * 4. 2001 .392 3. 2003 1,692 3. 2004 46 (5) – Jackie Rinehart vs. CS Northridge 4. 1999 1,680 5. 2004 .383 1995 46 1999 .383 (3/5/04) 5. 2002 1,677 5. 2002 40 RBI (7) – Sarah Beeson, vs. Sacramento 6. 2000 1,662 7. 2000 .380 6. 1998 37 8. 2003 .365 State (4/25/00) Jessica Mendoza was a four-time First Team 7. 1997 1,578 7. 1996 36 All-American. 9. 1998 .313 Walks (3) – Maureen LeCocq, vs. Pacific 8. 2006 1,576 8. 2003 32 (5/16/02) (last time) 9. 2005 1,566 10. 1997 .306 9. 2001 30 Strikeouts (4) – Jenni Shideler, vs. Oklahoma State (3/2/01) (last time) 10. 1998 1,542 Runs Batted In 10. 2000 28 FIELDING Runs 1. 2005 290 2006 28 1. 2005 319 2. 2002 275 Strikeouts Putouts (20) – Jenni Shideler, vs. California (4/11/98) 2. 2002 305 3. 2001 266 1. 2003 512 Assists (12) – Michelle Schneider, vs. Pacific (5/20/99) 3. 1999 296 4. 1999 255 2. 2004 484 Errors (4) – Sarah Beeson, vs. Arkansas (2/18/00) 4. 2001 293 5. 2006 240 3. 2001 483 PITCHING 5. 2006 262 6. 2000 235 4. 2000 313 IP (13.0) – Dana Sorensen, vs. Central Michigan (5/18/00) (last time) 6. 2000 258 7. 2004 225 5. 2006 297 Strikeouts (16) – Dana Sorensen, vs. New Mexico (2/16/01) 7. 2004 245 8. 2003 216 6. 2002 281 Walks (10) – Angela Webb, at Arizona, (4/14/95) 9. 1997 174 8. 2003 230 7. 2005 257 Hits (17) – Angela Webb, at UCLA, (4/20/95) 10. 1998 148 9. 1997 205 8. 1999 241 Runs (17) – Angela Webb, at Arizona (4/14/95) 10. 1998 177 Walks 9. 1998 235 Hits 1. 2002 198 10. 1997 208 1. 2004 481 2. 1999 179 Walks 2. 1999 472 3. 2001 173 1. 1999 184 3. 2001 467 4. 2003 169 2. 2004 142 Team Game Highs Team Season Records 5. 2000 159 4. 2006 466 1995 142 BATTING HITTING 5. 2000 463 6. 2005 155 1997 142 7. 2006 146 At Bats (50) – vs. Arizona (5/6/01) Batting Average – .296 (2006) 6. 2005 459 5. 2000 141 Runs (29) – vs. Menlo College (2/4/95) * AB – 1814 (2001) 7. 2002 457 8. 2004 133 6. 2002 137 9. 1996 122 (21) – vs. Ohio University (3/25/99) Runs – 319 (2005) 8. 2003 428 7. 2003 133 Hits (24) – vs. Menlo College (2/4/95) * Hits – 472 (1999) 9. 1997 398 10. 1997 119 8. 2001 118 (18) – vs. Illinois State (3/6/99) Doubles – 102 (2001) 10. 1998 386 Strikeouts 9. 1994 114 RBI (24) – vs. Menlo College (2/4/95) * Triples – 14 (2005, 2006) Doubles 1. 2001 352 10. 2006 110 2. 2003 324 (16) – vs. Ohio University (3/25/99) Home Runs – 67 (2005) 1. 2001 102 Shutouts Walks (11) – vs. Menlo College (2/4/95), vs. College Slugging Pct. – .487 (2005) 2. 2002 87 3. 2004 323 1. 2001 34 4. 2006 318 of Notre Dame (4/26/95)* RBI – 290 (2005) 3. 2004 76 2. 1998 25 (9) – vs. Utah State (4/1/99) (last time) Walks – 198 (2002) 2003 76 5. 2002 312 3. 2004 24 Strikeouts (17) – vs. Arizona (5/6/01) (last time) Strikeouts – 352 (2001) 5. 2005 74 6. 2005 282 4. 1999 22 2000 74 7. 2000 267 5. 2003 20 FIELDING Stolen Bases – 80 (2001) 7. 1999 71 8. 1999 241 6. 2006 18 Putouts (45) – vs. Arizona (5/6/01) PITCHING 8. 2006 67 9. 1998 207 7. 2005 17 Assists (26) – vs. California (4/11/98) Innings Pitched – 477.1 (2001) 9. 1998 66 10. 1997 196 8. 1996 16 (26) – vs. Oregon State (5/9/98) Complete Games – 57 (1999) 10. 1996 51 Stolen Bases 9. 2002 15 Errors (7) – vs. Arizona State (4/27/96) Strikeouts – 512 (2003) Triples 1. 2001 80 10. 1997 12 PITCHING Walks – 118 (2001) 1. 2005 14 2. 2004 63 Lowest Earned Run IP (15.0) – vs. Arizona (5/6/01) Shutouts – 33 (2001) 2006 14 2002 63 Average Strikeouts (16) – vs. New Mexico (2/16/01) Lowest ERA – 1.20 (2001) 4. 2000 58 3. 2004 13 1. 2001 1.20 At Bats (21) – at Arizona (4/14/95) 5. 1998 51 4. 1996 9 2. 1998 1.30 Hits (21) – at Arizona (4/14/95) 5. 2002 8 6. 2003 47 3. 2000 1.48 7. 1999 41 Runs (25) – at Arizona (4/14/95) 6. 2003 7 4. 2005 1.62 Walks (11) – at Arizona (4/14/95) 1995 7 2006 41 5. 1999 1.68 1999 7 9. 1997 37 6. 2004 1.75 9. 1994 6 10. 2005 35 7. 2003 1.81 10. 1997 5 8. 2002 1.93 2000 5 9. 1996 2.11 2001 5 10. 1997 2.24

2007 STANFORD SOFTBALL 21 H ONORS AND A W ARDS

2003 2004 Catalina Morris (first team) Dana Sorensen (first team) Dana Sorensen (second team) Jessica Allister (first team) 2002 Lauren Lappin (first team) Jessica Mendoza (first team) Catalina Morris (second team) Kira Ching (first team) Jackie Rinehart (honorable mention) Sarah Beeson (second team) 2003 2001 Dana Sorensen (first team) Jessica Mendoza (first team) Lauren Lappin (second team) Sarah Beeson (first team) Catalina Morris (second team) Dana Sorensen (first team) Jessica Allister (honorable mention) Jessica Allister (second team) Elizabeth Bendig (honorable mention) 2000 Cassi Brangham (honorable mention) Jessica Mendoza (first team) Kira Ching (honorable mention) Sarah Beeson (first team) Tori Nyberg (honorable mention) Dana Sorensen (second team) 2002 Robin Walker (second team) Jessica Mendoza (first team) 1999 Sarah Beeson (first team) Jessica Mendoza (first team) Tori Nyberg (second team) Michelle Schneider (first team) Robin Walker (second team) Robin Walker (first team) Kira Ching (honorable mention) Catcher Jessica Allister was a Second-Team John Rittman was named the Pac-10 Co-Coach NFCA All-American in 2004. Kellie Wiginton (second team) Jessica Allister (honorable mention) of the Year in 2001 and 2004. 1998 2001 Michelle Acosta (first team) Sarah Beeson (first team) NFCA All-Americans Marcy Crouch (first team) Jessica Mendoza (first team) Pac-10 Co-Coach of the Year 2006 Becky Blevins (second team) Dana Sorensen (first team) 2004 Catalina Morris (third team) Jennie Foyle (second team) Robin Walker (honorable mention) John Rittman 2005 Kelli Wiginton (second team) Kira Ching (honorable mention) 2001 Catalina Morris (second team) 1997 2000 John Rittman Michelle Smith (second team) Michele Acosta (second team) Jessica Mendoza (first team & Player NFCA Regional Coaching Staff Lauren Lappin (third team) Michelle Schneider (second team) of the Year) of the Year 2004 Robin Walker (second team) 1998 Dana Sorensen (first team) Sarah Beeson (second team) John Rittman & Jessica Allister (second team) Dana Sorensen (second team) 2001 Lauren Lappin (second team) Kellie Wiginton (honorable mention) John Rittman, Lonni Alameda & Sara 2003 1999 Pickering Catalina Morris (third team) Jessica Mendoza (first team & 2002 Newcomer of the Year) Jessica Mendoza (first team) Becky Blevins (second team) Sarah Beeson (second team) Michelle Schneider (second team) 2001 Kellie Wiginton (second team) Jessica Mendoza (first team) Sarah Beeson (honorable mention) Sarah Beeson (first team) Marcy Crouch (honorable mention) Dana Sorensen (first team) 1998 2000 Becky Blevins (first team) Jessica Mendoza (first team) Kellie Wiginton (first team) Sarah Beeson (second team) Michele Acosta (second team) Dana Sorensen (second team) Marcy Crouch (second team) 1999 Jennie Foyle (honorable mention) Jessica Mendoza (first team) Michelle Schneider (honorable mention) Kellie Wiginton (second team) 1997 1998 Marcy Crouch (second team) Michele Acosta (third team) Lauren Lappin was named the Pac-10 defensive Michelle Schneider (second team) player of the year in both 2005 and 2006. Becky Blevins (third team) Becky Blevins (honorable mention) Marcy Crouch (third team) Kellie Wiginton (honorable mention) Pacific All-Region All-Pac-10 1996 2006 2006 Becky Blevins (second team) Catalina Morris (first team) Lauren Lappin (Defensive Player of Michelle Schneider (second team) Marcy Crouch (honorable mention) Shoney Hixson was an NFCA all-American Lauren Lappin (second team) the Year, first team) Scholar-Athlete in 2005 and 2006. 2005 Catalina Morris (first team) Jennie Foyle (honorable mention) Catalina Morris (first team) Maddy Coon (second team) 1995 NFCA All-American Scholar- Lauren Lappin (second team) Becky McCullough (honorable mention) Summer Lee (second team) Athlete Michelle Smith (second team) Jackie Rinehart (honorable mention) Amanda Renteria (honorable mention) 2006 2004 2005 Shoney Hixson Dana Sorensen (first team) Lauren Lappin (Defensive Player of Catalina Morris Lauren Lappin (first team) the Year, first team) 2005 Jessica Allister (second team) Catalina Morris (first team) Elizabeth Bendig Jackie Rinehart (second team) Michelle Smith (first team) Shoney Hixson Catalina Morris (second team) Leah Nelson (second team) Katherine Hoffman Becky McCullough (honorable mention) Becky McCullough Jackie Rinehart (honorable mention) Jackie Rinehart

22 2007 STANFORD SOFTBALL H ONORS AND A W ARDS

2004 2002 2002 Katherine Hoffman Sarah Beeson (first team) Most Improved – Robin Walker and 2003 Jessica Draemel (first team) Cassi Brangham Cassi Brangham Robin Walker (first team) Most Inspirational – Tori Nyberg Katherine Hoffman Cassi Brangham (second team) Rookie of the Year – Leah Nelson Tori Nyberg Kira Ching (second team) Player of the Year – Tori Nyberg Dana Sorensen Maureen LeCocq (second team) Coaches Award – Kira Ching 2002 Tori Nyberg (second team) 2001 Sarah Beeson 2001 Most Improved – Tori Nyberg Cassi Brangham Sarah Beeson (first team) Most Inspirational – Kira Ching Meghan Sickler Jenni Shideler (first team) Rookie of the Year – Jessica Allister Tori Nyberg Cassi Brangham (second team) Player of the Year – 2001 Softball Team Jessica Mendoza Kira Ching (second team) Coaches Award – Jenni Shideler 2001 Dana Sorensen (second team) 2000 Sarah Beeson Robin Walker (second team) Most Improved – Jenni Shideler Cassi Brangham Maureen LeCocq (honorable mention) Most Inspirational – Robin Walker Ramona Shelburne 2000 Rookie of the Year – Dana Sorensen Jessica Draemel Ramona Shelburne (first team) Player of the Year – Jessica Mendoza Jenni Shideler Jenni Shideler (first team) Coaches Award – Sarah Beeson 2000 Sarah Beeson (second team) 1999 Sarah Beeson Robin Walker (second team) Most Improved – Ramona Shelburne Lauren Lappin was named the NFCA Cassi Brangham Kellie Wiginton (second team) National Player of the Week in April of Most Inspirational – Sarah Beeson Jaime Forman-Lau 1999 2004. Rookie of the Year – Jessica Mendoza Ramona Shelburne Jennie Foyle (first team) NFCA National Player of the Player of the Year – Kellie Wiginton 1999 Michelle Schneider (first team) Week Coaches Award – Robin Walker Shane Anderson Ramona Shelburne (second team) Lauren Lappin (4/19/04) 1998 Sarah Beeson 1998 Dana Sorensen (3/31/04) Most Improved - Jennie Foyle Jennie Foyle Jennie Foyle (first team) Jessica Mendoza (3/4/02) Most Inspirational - Lauren Gellman Brie Ford Shane Anderson (second team) Sarah Beeson (2/28/01) Rookie of the Year - Jenni Shideler Michelle Schneider Dawn Kobata (second team) Jessica Mendoza (3/14/01) Player of the Year - 1998 Team Ramona Shelburne 1997 Dana Sorensen (4/4/01) 1997 Kelly Yablonski Dawn Kobata (second team) Jessica Mendoza (3/8/99) Most Improved – Kelly Yablonski 1998 Summer Lee (second team) Most Inspirational – Amanda Jennie Foyle Jennie Foyle (honorable mention) Stanford Team Awards Renteria Liz Quimby Amanda Renteria (honorable mention) 2006 Rookie of the Year – Kellie Wiginton Ramona Shelburne 1996 Most Improved – Tricia Aggabao Player of the Year – Marcy Crouch Jessica Schulman Lynn Anderson (second team) Most Inspirational – Becky Kelly Yablonski Summer Lee (honorable mention) McCullough Rookie of the Year – Maddy Coon Academic All-Pac-10 Amanda Renteria (honorable mention) Jessica Schulman (honorable mention) Players of the Year – Lauren Lappin, 2006 Catalina Morris Michelle Smith (first team) 1995 Toni Marengo (second team) Coaches Award – Megan Bordelon Catalina Morris (second team) Best Defensive Player – Lauren Lappin Jackie Rinehart (second team) Caryn Okinaga (second team) Amanda Renteria (second team) 2005 Tricia Abbagao (honorable mention) Most Improved – Jackie Rinehart Anna Beardman (honorable mention) Lynn Anderson (honorable mention) Angela Webb (honorable mention) Most Inspirational – Shoney Hixson Becky McCullough (honorable mention) Rookies of the Year – Becky Laura Severson (honorable mention) GTE Academic All-America McCullough, Michelle Smith 2005 2002 Players of the Year – Catalina Morris, Katherine Hoffman (first team) Sarah Beeson (District VII selection) Lauren Lappin Meghan Sickler (first team) Robin Walker (District VII selection) Coaches Award – Meghan Sickler Jackie Rinehart (second team) 2000 Best Defensive Players – Lauren Elizabeth Bendig (honorable mention) Sarah Beeson (District VII selection) Lappin, Leah Nelson Catalina Morris (honorable mention) 1999 2004 2004 Jennie Foyle (District VIII selection) Most Improved – Leah Nelson Dana Sorensen (first team) Most Inspirational – Laura Severson Katherine Hoffman (first team) Rookie of the Year – Jackie Rinehart Elizabeth Bendig (second team) Players of the Year – Dana Sorensen, Heather Shook (second team) Jessica Allister Kellie Wiginton was named Rookie of the Year by the coaches in 1997. Catalina Morris (second team) Coaches Award – Katherine Hoffman Meghan Sickler (second team) 2003 2003 Most Improved – Elizabeth Bendig Cassi Brangham (first team) Most Inspirational – Kira Ching Katherine Hoffman (first team) Rookie of the Year – Catalina Morris Tori Nyberg (first team) and Lauren Lappin Megan Sickler (second team) Player of the Year – Dana Sorensen Elizabeth Bendig (honorable mention) Coaches Award – Cassi Brangham Kira Ching (honorable mention) Maureen LeCocq (honorable mention) Dana Sorensen (honorable mention) Sarah Beeson was an outstanding student-ath- lete in the classroom and on the field.

2007 STANFORD SOFTBALL 23 T EAM R ESULTS

Overall Record Tournament Record 1994 5-28 overall Arizona Tournament 2 3 0 San Diego State Tour. 4 1 0 1995 15-37 overall (1-27 Pac-10) CS Fullerton/Worth Classic 14 4 0 Spartan Kickoff Classic 5 7 0 1996 24-29 overall (7-19 Pac-10) Campbell/Cartier Classic 22 5 0 Speedline Invitational 21 2 0 1997 31-27 overall (10-18 Pac-10) Easton Showcase 6 0 0 Stanford Classic 16 4 0 1998 41-18 overall (17-11 Pac-10) Fiesta Bowl Tournament 9 1 0 Stanford Invitational I 17 1 0 1999 40-25 overall (10-18 Pac-10) Kajikawa Classic 4 1 0 Stanford Invitational II 9 0 0 2000 45-18 overall (9-12 Pac-10) NFCA Leadoff Classic 17 7 1 Stanford Tournament 8 1 0 2001 54-16-1 overall (11-10 Pac-10) Palm Springs Classic 7 3 0 Stanford Round Robin 2 2 0 2002 44-20 overall (7-14 Pac-10) Rainbow Wahine Invite 3 2 0 Troy Cox Invitational 0 6 0 2003 41-26 overall (7-14 Pac-10) Red Desert Classic 14 0 0 USF Tournament 5 0 0 2004 49-19 overall (13-8 Pac-10) 2005 43-16 overall (13-6 Pac-10) 2006 42-18 overall (10-11 Pac-10) Total 474-297-1

Record vs. Opponents Opponent W L T 1st Meeting Prev. Meeting Opponent W L T 1st Meeting Prev. Meeting Alabama 2 3 0 2000 2006 New Mexico 2 0 0 2001 2006 Arizona 4 41 0 1995 2006 New Mexico State 0 2 0 1994 1996 Arizona State 15 21 0 1995 2006 North Carolina 1 0 0 2003 2003 Arkansas 2 0 0 1997 2000 Northeast Louisiana 1 1 0 1994 1999 Auburn 2 0 0 1999 2005 Northwestern 2 3 0 1999 2006 Baylor 1 1 0 2002 2006 Notre Dame 1 0 0 2004 2004 Birmingham-Southern 1 0 0 2006 2006 Ohio 2 0 0 1999 1999 Boston 1 1 0 2001 2004 Oklahoma 1 0 0 2004 2004 Boston College 1 0 0 2005 2005 Oklahoma State 5 3 0 1998 2004 Bowling Green 1 1 0 1994 1996 Oregon 18 18 0 1995 2006 Brigham Young 4 1 0 2000 2006 Oregon State 29 13 0 1994 2006 California 17 26 0 1995 2006 Pacific 16 10 0 1996 2006 Cal Poly 6 2 0 1995 2003 Penn State 5 0 0 2001 2004 Cal State Fullerton 13 3 0 1996 2006 Portland State 6 0 0 1999 2004 Cal State Northridge 5 3 0 1997 2004 Princeton 1 1 0 2005 2006 Central Michigan 2 1 0 1999 2001 Purdue 1 0 0 2006 2006 Coastal Carolina 2 0 0 2003 2004 Robert Morris 1 0 0 2005 2005 College of Notre Dame 2 0 0 1995 1995 Sacramento State 18 6 0 1996 2006 DePaul 1 0 0 2005 2005 Saint Mary’s 22 6 0 1994 2006 Drake 2 0 0 2006 2006 San Diego State 7 3 0 1996 2003 Eastern Kentucky 1 0 0 2002 2002 San Francisco State 7 0 0 1995 2001 Eastern Michigan 2 0 0 1998 1998 San Jose State 16 10 0 1994 2006 Florida A&M 1 0 0 2005 2005 Santa Clara 31 3 0 1994 2006 Florida Atlantic 2 0 0 2001 2002 Seton Hall 2 0 0 2001 2005 Florida State 1 0 0 1998 1998 Sonoma State 0 4 0 1994 1995 Fresno State 11 6 0 1999 2006 South Carolina 1 0 1 1999 2001 Georgia 2 1 0 2000 2003 South Florida 3 1 0 2001 2005 Georgia Southern 1 0 0 2002 2002 Southern Illinois 2 0 0 2003 2005 Georgia Tech 1 1 0 2001 2003 Southern Mississippi 1 0 0 2003 2003 Harvard 2 0 0 1998 1998 Southern Utah 1 0 0 2002 2002 Hawaii 5 1 0 1996 2005 Southwest Missouri State 1 1 0 1998 1998 Hofstra 5 1 0 2001 2005 Southwest Texas State 1 0 0 2003 2003 Illinois 4 0 0 2003 2006 Tennessee 3 2 0 1997 2005 Illinois-Chicago 6 1 0 2001 2006 Tennessee Tech 1 0 0 2001 2001 Illinois State 1 0 0 1999 1999 Tennessee-Chattanooga 1 1 0 1996 2003 Iowa State 1 0 0 1999 1999 Texas 0 2 0 2006 2006 Jacksonville 1 0 0 2005 2005 Texas A&M 2 1 0 2000 2003 Kansas 3 0 0 1998 2001 Texas Tech 7 0 0 1998 2006 Kentucky 3 0 0 2003 2005 Toledo 2 0 0 1998 1998 Long Beach State 6 4 1 1997 2005 Tulsa 1 0 0 2006 2006 Long Island 1 0 0 2003 2003 UAB 1 0 0 2005 2005 Louisiana-Lafayette 1 0 0 2000 2000 UC Davis 6 3 0 1994 2006 Louisiana State 3 1 0 1998 2006 UC Riverside 2 0 0 2002 2004 Loyola Marymount 6 4 0 1994 1997 UC Santa Barbara 8 2 0 1999 2006 Maryland 1 0 0 2006 2006 UCLA 11 33 0 1995 2006 Massachusetts 3 1 0 2000 2003 University of San Diego 0 2 0 1994 1994 Miami (Ohio) 1 0 0 2006 2006 UNLV 4 0 0 2000 2005 Michigan 3 3 0 1997 2004 Utah 5 0 0 2000 2005 Michigan State 0 1 0 1994 1994 Utah State 6 0 0 1999 2006 Middle Tennessee State 1 0 0 2006 2006 Virginia 1 0 0 1998 1998 Missouri 6 0 0 2001 2005 Washington 17 26 0 1995 2006 Mississippi State 2 1 0 2000 2002 Western Michigan 2 1 0 1994 2003 Nebraska 4 3 0 1994 2006 Wichita State 1 0 0 1999 1999 Nevada 1 0 0 2006 2006 Wisconsin 3 0 0 2000 2006

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Christina Chao ...... 1999 Laura Severson ...... 2003-06 Kira Ching ...... 2000-03 Ramona Shelburne ...... 1998-01 Maddy Coon...... 2006- Jenni Shideler ...... 1998-01 Marcy Crouch ...... 1996-99 Heather Shook ...... 2002-2005 Jessica Draemel ...... 2001-02 Meghan Sickler ...... 2002-2005 Danika Dukes ...... 2004-2005 Michelle Smith ...... 2005- Shawna Escobar ...... 1994 Dana Sorensen ...... 2000-04 Brianne Ford ...... 1998-99 Deborah Splansky ...... 2000 Jaime Forman-Lau ...... 2000 Karla Starr ...... 1994-95 Jennie Foyle ...... 1996-99 Michelle Thiry ...... 2001-2005 Lauren Gellman ...... 1997-00 Becky Unruh ...... 1995-96, 98 Laurie Hahn ...... 1995 Robin Walker ...... 1999-02 Jacki Hansen ...... 2004 Angela Webb ...... 1994-96 Shoney Hixson ...... 2004-06 Kellie Wiginton ...... 1997-00 Katherine Hoffman ...... 2003-2005 Susan Winkelman ...... 1999-00 Erin Howe ...... 2005- Kelly Yablonski ...... 1996-99 Lindsay Huston ...... 1995 Bold indicates current players Lindsay Key ...... 2004- Dawn Kobata ...... 1995-98 Lauren Lappin ...... 2003-06 Maureen LeCocq ...... 2000-03 Katherine Hoffman lettered for the Cardinal from 2003-2005. Summer Lee ...... 1994-97 (since 1994) Megan Mackh ...... 1994-95 Michele Acosta ...... 1996-99 Toni Marengo ...... 1994-95 Tricia Aggabao ...... 2005- Becky McCullough ...... 2005- Jessica Allister ...... 2001-04 Jessica Mendoza ...... 1999-02 Lynn Anderson ...... 1994-96 Catalina Morris ...... 2003-06 Shane Anderson ...... 1996-99 Leah Nelson ...... 2002-2005 Melissa Atienza ...... 1994 Tori Nyberg ...... 2000-03 Sarah Barnum ...... 1999-00 Lauren Nydam ...... 2005- Allison Barrett ...... 1994 Caryn Okinaga ...... 1994-95 Anna Beardman ...... 2005- Missy Penna...... 2006- Katie Beattie ...... 1994-97 Liz Quimby ...... 1998 Sarah Beeson ...... 1999-02 Amanda Renteria ...... 1994-97 Elizabeth Bendig ...... 2002-2005 Kelly Richardson ...... 1995 Becky Blevins ...... 1996-99 Jackie Rinehart ...... 2004- Megan Bordelon ...... 2003-06 Gemma Rowley ...... 1994 Cassi Brangham ...... 2000-03 Michelle Schneider ...... 1996-99 Eva Bunker ...... 1994 Jessica Schulman ...... 1995-98 Tori Nyberg lettered for the Cardinal from 2000-03.

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Marcy Crouch have ever anticipated. ing that you were influenced by so many different There is a humble aspects of life: coaches, teammates, athletics, Class of 1999 pride that exists astounding classes, and so many amazing experi- within the professors, feel very fortunate ences that have influenced me into the person I students, coaches and am today. Ito have represented athletes. This pride Stanford University permeates the cam- as a softball student- pus and cannot be Dana Sorensen athlete. I remember resisted as you walk when I was in high through the quad, sit Class of 2004 school and the word down for lecture, started to spread that hang out in your or me playing for Stanford was more than Stanford was going to dorm room or step Fanything I could imagine. From the moment fully fund their soft- onto the playing field. My journey as a Stanford I stepped on campus I had a family, a group of ball program; I knew student has been the most enriching experience people I could count on and who could count on this was the place for of my life. Each person on this campus comes me. It didn’t take long to realize that Stanford is a me. with their own story and passion, all of which My experience as a student-athlete lived up to truly unique place; in my five years on the farm I have inspired me to continue to appreciate my not only grew as an athlete and student but a per- my expectations. My teammates are still my clos- past and always invest in the future. Furthermore, son as well. I quickly learned my freshman year est friends, and I loved that the Stanford culture being a member of the Stanford Softball program promoted athletics along with academics. Even provided me with a family away from home. I that I was surrounded by greatness, not just more exciting was that my teammates and I were could not have chosen a better group of people to amazing athletes, but amazing students, coaches, an integral part of the growth of the Stanford be surrounded by for four years. I learned so and professors. softball program. My freshman year we were much from every one of my coaches and team- There is a mystique about Stanford, something below .500, but the next three years we finished mates and will be forever thankful for the player that just can’t be replicated by anyone else, the above .500 every year, made two Regional and person they have helped me become and the more time I spend away from here, the more appearances, and were ranked nationally in the lasting memories and friendships that being a compelled I am to return. Stanford isn’t just top 10. I am proud to have been a part of that Stanford softball player has provided me with. about the superior academics, or the unparalleled growth, and look forward to supporting the team Our teams were able to achieve many successes for years to come. athletics, but rather the whole package. It’s about on the field but, what I am most proud of is to be the people you meet, the relationships you devel- My Stanford experience also prepared me well associated with Stanford Softball players and op, and the experiences you have. I have left to enter the workforce. After graduating in 1999, coaches of the past, present and future. I was named the head softball coach at Santa Stanford having established life long friendships, Clara University. After a successful 5-year run, and take with me more memories than I will ever and with an MBA under my belt, I headed out to Jessica Mendoza realize. explore. I spent one year in Boston, coaching at My time on the softball team was nothing Boston University and earning another masters, Class of 2002 short of amazing. I was lucky enough to be a part this time in counseling. I am now back on The ttending Stanford University was truly the of the first Stanford Softball team to make the Farm, working as a Leland Intern in the Athletic trip to Oklahoma for the Women’s College World Department. I still walk around the campus most influential experience of my life. I A Series. For myself, and my teammates, there was admiring the beauty of this place, and reminisc- stepped onto Stanford’s campus for the first time ing about the glory days as a student-athlete. I am unsure of who I was or what I wanted to do. The no single great achievement than knocking down proud of this University, of its ability to think only thing I was sure about was that I played soft- that door for the first time. I know that there were outside of the box and to foster some of the ball. so many great players along the way that helped greatest student-athletes in the world. It truly is a One of the first things Stanford provided me get Stanford Softball to where it is now, and they special place. Go Cardinal! was realizing how many different aspects of life were just as much a part of our success in the past and opportunities there were in the world. I was as they are in the future. As I keep up with the current softball teams, Lauren Lappin able to learn so much on the field from my coaches and team- and watch them continue the legacy that only just Class of 2006 mates, but was also begun, I am proud able to learn much to know that there When I decided to sign a letter of intent to more from the most will be many more Stanford University I knew that I was making the Pac 10 titles, World right decision, but I had no idea that it would remarkable profes- sors in the world and Series trips, and impact my life as it has. At the risk of stating the some day soon a obvious, I cannot speak of the Stanford experi- some of the most national champi- ence without mentioning the combination of unique students I did world class academics and an athletic department and ever will meet. onship. whose success is unmatched. While I was aware There are very few that this institution possessed these qualities institutions you can when I first came to the farm, my four years as a walk away from feel- Stanford student-athlete was more than I could

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B OYD & JILL S MITH F AMILY S T ADIUM

B O YD AND J ILL S MITH F AMILY S T ADIUM

he Stanford women’s softball team Tplays its home games at the Boyd and Jill Smith Family Stadium, located just south of Sunken Diamond (base- ball stadium). Phase One of the con- struction was completed prior to the 1997 season while Phase Two, complet- ed in the spring of 2001, included per- manent seating, restroom facilities, a new batting cage, and a press box. The stadium has a fixed seating capacity of 820. The facility has a capac- ity of 1,500 and is scaleable to 3,500. The stadium has fixed, theater-style seating with individual seats. Wheelchair seating is located through- out the facility. Gates open one hour prior to the first pitch. The field surface is a Bermuda Rye Blend, mowed to one inch.

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Head coach John Rittman represented the Jackie Rinehart competed on the USA Lauren Lappin was named to the 2006 Dana Sorensen was named to the 2005 United States at the 2004 Olympics in Schutt Elite Team, National Training Team. Women’s Elite Team. Athens, Greece.

urrent and former Cardinal softball greats have enjoyed a consistent presence on USA National Teams. One of the more heralded members of the USA team Cis former Cardinal Jessica Mendoza, a 2002 Stanford graduate. During the summer of 2006, Mendoza started in leftfield for Team USA and Stanford head coach John Rittman served as an Assistant Coach on the team that won the World Championships in Beijing, China. The USA team also won the gold medal at the World Cup in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and the Japan Cup in Yokohama. The United States Olympic Committee honored Mendoza as its July Athlete of the Month. Also during the summer of 2006, former Cardinal standout Lauren Lappin and current Stanford player Jackie Rinehart helped the United States to the World University Games gold medal in Taiwan. Lappin and Mendoza have both been selected to the 2007 National Training Team. Freshmen Alissa Haber and Rosey Neill were members of the 2006 United States Junior Team that won the Junior Pan American Qualifier in Puerto Rico. The two will also represent Team USA at the Junior World Championships in Poland this summer. During the summer of 2005, Mendoza played with the USA National Team and Cardinal head coach John Rittman was selected as an assistant coach for the National team. That summer former Stanford players Dana Sorensen, Lauren Lappin and Catalina Morris were named to the USA Women's Elite Team. That team went on to win the Intercontinental Cup in Madrid, Spain. Rittman also served as a coach on that team. Mendoza, a four-time Stanford All-American, and Rittman represented the United States at the 2004 in Athens, Greece, bringing home the gold medal. Lappin served as an alternate on the squad. During the summer of 2004, Morris and Rinehart competed on the USA Elite Team that participated in the Canada Cup and Champion's Cup. That fall, Morris was selected to the USA Elite Team that won gold at the first annual World University Games in Florida. Mendoza and Rittman were members of the USA National Team that won the gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games in the Dominican Republic. Lappin led the USA Elite Team to the gold medal at the 2003 Canada Cup and a sweep of Olympic bronze medalist Australia in the Pacific Challenge. She was also part of the Junior Olympic National Team. Mendoza and Rittman were also on the team that won the 2002 U.S. Cup, Canada Cup, Japan Cup and the World Championships in Saskatchewan, Canada. Former All-American Sarah Beeson was a member of the 2002 USA Elite Team that finished second at the Canada Cup. In 2001, Mendoza and Rittman were selected by USA Softball as a part of 32 elite athletes and six coaches who participated on two separate National teams during the summer. Mendoza was selected to the USA Red team as a player, and Rittman joined the team as one of three coaches.

Stanford’s four-time All-American outfield- Catalina Morris was named to the 2005 Kellie Wiginton was a member of the 1995 Rosey Neill (LR) and Allisa Haber were er Jessica Mendoza helped the United States Women’s Elite Team. Junior World Team. members of the 2006 U.S. Junior National bring home a gold medal from the 2004 team. Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

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n October 1, 1891, the 465 new students who were on Ohand for opening day ceremonies at Leland Stanford Junior University greeted Leland and Jane Stanford enthusi- astically, with a chant they had made up and rehearsed only that morning. Wah-hoo! Wah-hoo! L-S-J-U! Stanford! Its wild and spirited tone symbolized the excitement of this bold adventure. As a pioneer faculty member recalled, “Hope was in every heart, and the presiding spirit of freedom prompted us to dare greatly.” For the Stanford’s on that day, the university was the real- ization of a dream and a fitting tribute to the memory of their only son, who had died of typhoid fever weeks before his sixteenth birthday. Far from the nation’s center of culture and unencumbered by tradition or ivy, the new university

Millions of volumes are housed in many libraries throughout the campus. drew students from all over the country: many from California; some who followed professors hired from other colleges and universities; and some simply seeking adventure in the West. Though there were many difficulties during the first months – housing was inadequate, microscopes and books were late in arriving from the East – the first year fore- told greatness. As Jane Stanford wrote in the summer of Stanford University 1892, “Even our fondest hopes have been realized.” The University at a Glance

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Ideas of “Practical Education” Stanford People Governor and Mrs. Stanford had come from families of By any measure, Stanford’s faculty – which numbers modest means and had built their way up through a life of approximately 1,700 – is one of the most distinguished in hard work. So it was natural that their first thoughts were to the nation. It includes 16 Nobel laureates, 4 Pulitzer Prize establish an institution where young men and women could winners, 21 National Medal of Science winners, 132 mem- “grapple successfully with the practicalities of life.”As their bers of the National Academy of Sciences, 223 members of thoughts matured, these ideas of “practical education” the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 80 members of enlarged to the concept of producing cultured and useful cit- the National Academy of Engineering, and 23 members of izens who were well-prepared for professional success. the National Academy of Education. Yet beyond their array More than one hundred years later, the university still of honors, what truly distinguishes Stanford faculty is their enjoys the original 8,180 acres (almost 13 square miles) of commitment to sharing knowledge with their students. The grassy fields, eucalyptus groves, and rolling hills that were the great majority of professors teach undergraduates both in Stanfords’ generous legacy, as well as the Quadrangle of introductory lecture classes and in small advanced seminars. “long corridors with their stately pillars” at the center of Currently 13,900 students, of which 6,500 are undergradu- campus. It is still true, as the philosopher William James ates, live and study on campus. About 40 percent come from said, during his stint as a visiting professor, that the climate is California, but all 50 states and approximately 100 countries “so friendly ... that every morning wakes one fresh for new are represented as well. Among undergraduates, 44 percent amounts of work.” are African American, Asian American, Hispanic or Native Current Perspectives American. Like the faculty, the Stanford student body is dis- tinguished. Approximately 10 students apply to Stanford for In other ways, the university has changed tremendously every place in the freshman class. Eighty-four Stanford stu- on its way to recognition as one of the world’s great universi- dents have been named Rhodes Scholars, 66 have been ties. At the hub of a vital and diverse Bay Area, Stanford is an named Marshall Scholars, and 48 have been named Truman hour’s drive south of San Francisco and just a few miles Scholars. Nearly 90 percent of graduating seniors plan to Stanford University north of the Silicon Valley, an area dotted with computer and attend graduate or professional schools. Stanford students still enjoys the high technology firms largely spawned by the university’s original 8,100 acres also shine in a tremendous array of activities outside the faculty and graduates. On campus, students and faculty of grassy fields, classroom – from student government to music, theater, and eucalyptus groves, enjoy new libraries, modern laboratories, sports facilities, journalism. Through the Haas Center for Public Service, stu- and rolling hills that and comfortable residences. Contemporary sculpture, as well were the Stanfords’ dents participate in dozens of community service activities, as pieces from the Stanford Museum’s extensive collection of generous legacy. such as tutoring programs for children in nearby East Palo sculpture by Auguste Rodin, is placed throughout the cam- Alto, the Hunger Project, and the Arbor Free Clinic. pus, providing unexpected pleasures at many turns. At the In the athletic arena, Stanford students have enjoyed Stanford Medical Center, world-renowned for its research, tremendous success as well. Stanford fields teams in 35 teaching, and patient care, scientists and physicians are Division I varsity sports – equally divided between men’s and searching for answers to fundamental questions about health women’s teams. Of Stanford’s 104 national team titles, 52 and disease. Ninety miles down the coast, at Stanford’s have been captured since 1990, by far the most in the nation. Hopkins Marine Station on the Monterey Bay, scientists are Thirty-eight of Stanford’s athletes and coaches participated working to better understand the mechanisms of evolution, in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, 49 competed in human development, and ecological systems. at the 1996 Games, 34 represented Stanford at the 2000 The university is organized into seven schools: Earth Games in Sydney – by far the most of any university in the Sciences, Education, Engineering, the Graduate School of nation – and 42 Stanford athletes competed at the 2004 Business, Humanities and Sciences, Law and Medicine. In Games in Athens. Intramural and club sports are also popu- addition, there are more than 30 interdisciplinary centers, pro- lar; over 1,000 students take part in the club sports program, grams, and research laboratories – including the Hoover while participation in the intramural program has reached Institution on War, Revolution and Peace; the Institute for 9,000, with many students active in more than one sport. International Studies; the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center; and the Stanford Center for the Study of Families, Children Looking Ahead and Youth – where faculty from a wide range of fields bring In her address to the Board of Trustees, in 1904, Jane different perspectives to bear on issues and problems. Stanford said, “. . . Let us not be afraid to outgrow old Stanford’s Overseas Studies Program offers students in all thoughts and ways, and dare to think on new lines as to the fields remarkable opportunities for study abroad, with cam- future of the work under our care.” Her thoughts echo in the puses in Paris, Kyoto, Santiago, Berlin, Oxford, Florence, and words of former Stanford President Gerhard Casper, who Moscow. has said, “The true university must reinvent itself every day . . . At Stanford, these are days of such reconsideration and fresh support for our fundamental tasks – teaching, learning, and research.”

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Stanford Athletics Home of Champions

ome of Champions.” Those are the bywords for the Stanford women have won an NCAA-best 35 team championships while “HUniversity Athletic Department. men’s teams have captured 57 NCAA team titles, third-best in the And for good reason. No athletic department in the country nation. Overall, Stanford’s 92 NCAA team championships rank can boast of the kind of success that Stanford has accomplished second in the nation. since the 1980’s. NCAA team champions. NCAA individual In the last 10 years (since 1996-97), Stanford has claimed 33 The Stanford women’s tennis champions. Olympic medalists. Stanford University athletes have national team championships and 29 NCAA team titles – the best team has captured five of the been all over the world capturing championships. in the country. past six NCAA titles. The statistics speak for themselves: Stanford University has The best athletic year in school history arguably came in won 75 NCAA team championships since 1980, the most in the 1996-97 when Cardinal teams set an NCAA record by winning nation; Cardinal athletes have won 52 NCAA championships six NCAA team championships in a single academic year: men’s since 1990 – again the most in the nation. Stanford has brought and women’s cross country; men’s and women’s volleyball; and home 31 NCAA championship trophies the past eight years, including an unprecedented six NCAA team titles in 1996-97. In 1991-92, Stanford athletes took home 29 individual NCAA titles – No other athletic an NCAA record. Cardinal athletes won 21 individual champi- department in the onships during the 1992-93 season, the second most in history. country can boast of the kind of success Even more impressive is Stanford’s string of 12 consecutive that Stanford has Directors’ Cup titles (1995-2006). The award honors the nation’s accomplished. top overall athletic program and with 12 straight victories in the competition, it is no wonder Stanford is considered the dominant athletic program in the nation. Stanford captured its 12th straight Directors’ Cup in 2005-06. The Cardinal won a total of three national team crowns (two NCAA) in synchronized swimming (U.S. Collegiate), women’s tennis and women’s cross country. Stanford had a total of 20 Top 10 finishes with men’s water polo, women’s basketball, men’s swimming, women’s swimming, men’s gymnastics, women’s indoor track, men’s crew, women’s sailing, men’s tennis and women’s water polo joining the national champions in the Top Five. The Cardinal also picked up six individual national titles (two NCAA) and 13 team conference championships. Stanford has now won at least one NCAA team championship for 30 straight years. Cardinal teams have also won four or more NCAA team titles in a single year nine times, an NCAA best. All totaled, Stanford has won 104 collegiate team titles (92 Tiger Woods is one of the PGA’s most successful golfers with NCAA championships) and 395 NCAA individual titles. Cardinal victories in all four Major events.

32 2007 STANFORD SOFTBALL S T ANFORD A THLETICS – HOME OF C HAMPIONS men’s and women’s tennis. Nine other teams finished in the Top Four nationally, including second-place finishes in women’s swimming, men’s swimming, men’s water polo and women’s synchronized swimming. Stanford also posted third-place fin- ishes in women’s basketball, baseball and fencing, as well as fourth place finishes in women’s golf and women’s water polo. In addition, the Stanford co-ed sailing team added a ICYRA national championship. The 1996-97 school year also saw the Cardinal football team advance to the Sun Bowl, the women’s basketball team return to the Final Four, the baseball team qualify for the College World Series and the men’s basketball team advance to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since it won the 1942 NCAA title. Not only has the Cardinal won an NCAA record six NCAA team championships in a single season (1996-97), but it has also won five NCAA titles in a single year on three occasions: 1991-92, ’94-95 and ’97-98. Cardinal teams have won four championships in a single academic year on five occasions: 1985-86, ’86-87, ’92- 93, ’93-94 and 2001-02. Stanford has won 186 conference or regional titles since 1991, Stanford’s women’s cross country team has won two of the past three NCAA titles. again the best in the country. Cardinal teams won a record 18 conference or regional championships in 1998-99 – by far the best Quick, women’s swimming; Skip Kenney, men’s swimming). performance of any school in the nation. Stanford athletes accounted for 16 gold medals, one silver and one bronze in Atlanta. At the 1992 Games in Barcelona, Cardinal athletes earned 19 medals – 10 gold, four silver and five bronze. If Stanford were a country, it would’ve placed 13th in the world with its 19 medals and ninth with 10 golds. Thirty-eight Stanford-affiliated athletes and coaches participated in Barcelona while 41 members of the Cardinal family took part in the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Stanford Korea. Championship Facts Olympic gold medalists are numerous on The Farm. Former Total National Cardinal standout Bob Mathias won back-to-back Olympic Championships: 104 decathlon gold medals in 1948 and ’52, while swimmers Pablo Total NCAA Morales, Jenny Thompson, Summer Sanders, and Misty Championships Hyman have become household names in the swimming world. (NCAA rank): 92 (No. 2) Morales, who helped Stanford win three straight NCAA team championships (1985-87), won three medals at the 1984 Games Total Men’s in Los Angeles (one gold, two silver) and two more gold medals at NCAA Championships the 1992 Games in Barcelona. Evans won three golds in the 1988 (NCAA rank): 57 (No.3) Games in Seoul, and one gold and one silver in Barcelona, while Total Women’s The Stanford women’s basketball team has been a consistent top finisher Sanders won four medals in Barcelona; two gold, one silver and NCAA Championships in the Pac-10, advancing well into the NCAA tournament for years. one bronze. Thompson is the most decorated athlete in Olympic (NCAA rank): 35 (No. 1) history with 12 medals (eight gold, three silver, one bronze). Total Individual Another memorable moment came in 1999-2000 when the Hyman added her name to the list of Stanford swimming greats NCAA Championships: Cardinal football, men’s basketball and baseball teams won at by winning the 2000 Olympic gold medal in the 200 meter but- 395 least a share of their respective Pac-10 titles for the first time in terfly to pull off one of the biggest upsets of the Sydney NCAA Team school history. Olympiad. Championships Stanford has simply dominated in several sports. The Cardinal A list of the great student-athletes in the history of Stanford Since 1990: 52* men’s tennis team has won 17 NCAA titles while the women’s Athletics would be difficult to even come close to compiling but a NCAA Team squad has hauled in 16 national titles. Other programs to have few of the great names in the amazing history of Stanford Championships brought in at least five national titles include men’s water polo Athletics include Tom Watson and Tiger Woods (golf); Tim Since 1980: 75* (11), women’s swimming (9), men’s swimming (8), men’s golf (7) Mayotte, John McEnroe and Roscoe Tanner (men’s tennis); Keri *most in the nation and women’s volleyball (6). Walsh, Ogonna Nnamani, Kim Oden and Logan Tom (women’s Stanford has also enjoyed unequaled success in Olympic compe- volleyball); Kristin Folkl (women’s basketball/volleyball); Jack tition. Stanford was represented by 43 affiliates at the most recent McDowell and Mike Mussina (baseball); Julie Foudy (women’s Olympic Games that took place in 2004 in Athens, Greece. The soccer); Hank Luisetti, Brevin Knight and Mark Madsen (men’s Cardinal totaled 17 medals (three gold, seven silver, seven bronze). basketball); Jennifer Azzi, Nicole Powell and Kate Starbird At the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney, Australia, Stanford was (women’s basketball); Tony Azevedo (men’s water polo); Jim represented by a total of 34 athletes and coaches. The Cardinal Plunkett, John Elway and Troy Walters (football); Debi Thomas contingent won a total of 10 medals – four gold, three silver and (figure skating); Eric Heiden (speed skating) and the great Ernie three bronze. Nevers (football); just to name a few. At the 1996 Games in Atlanta, Stanford placed 49 coaches and It’s no wonder Stanford University is often referred to as the athletes on Olympic teams, including three head United States “NCAA’s Champion of Champions.” Olympic coaches (Tara VanDerveer, women’s basketball; Richard

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Stanford’s 2005-06 Varsity National Titles 3 National (2 NCAA) Championships, 6 National (2 NCAA) Directors’ Cup Individual Champions

Champion of Team Champions: Women’s Cross Country Champions Synchronized Swimming Women’s Tennis

Junior Dylan Carney won the NCAA high bar title.

Individual Champions: Men’s Gymnastics High Bar Dylan Carney (Junior) Vault David Sender (Sophomore)

Synchronize Swimming National A Elements Courtenay Stewart (Sophomore) National Duet Sara Lowe (Sophomore) tanford University captured its 12th consecutive NCAA Division Courtenay Stewart (Sophomore) SI Directors’ Cups in 2005-06. The award is presented annually by National Solo Sara Lowe (Sophomore) the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) to the best overall collegiate athletic program in the Directors’ Cup country. Champion of The Cardinal won three national team championships in 2005- Champions 06 (synchronized swimming, women’s tennis, women’s cross coun- 2005-06 Season try), while a total of 13 teams finished among the Top five national- Conference Championships: 13 ly and 19 teams placed in the Top 10. National Finish: Stanford teams finishing in the Top 10 were synchronized swim- 13 teams in the national Top 5 ming (1st), women’s tennis (1st), women’s cross country (1st), 20 teams in the national Top 10 men’s water polo (2nd), women’s indoor track (2nd), men’s swim- 24 teams in the national Top 25 ming (3rd), men’s gymnastics (3rd), men’s crew (3rd), women’s National Rankings: water polo (3rd), women’s sailing (4th), women’s basketball (5th), 11 teams in the national Top 5 women’s swimming (5th), men’s tennis (5th), men’s cross country 18 teams in the national Top 10 (6th), men’s fencing (7th), women’s fencing (7th), co-ed sailing 27 teams in the national Top 25 (8th), women’s lacrosse (9th), baseball (9th) and softball (9th). Developed as a joint effort between USA Today and NACDA, the Sports Academy Directors’ Cup is the only all-sports competition that recognizes the institution in each of the four categories with the Sophomore Sara Lowe won the 2006 national solo title and teamed with best overall athletics program. Courtenay Stewart to win the national duet title.

Women’s Cross Country – NCAA Champions Synchronized Swimming – Collegiate Champions Women’s Tennis – NCAA Champions • Stanford wins second NCAA championship in three • Fourth national championship in program history • 16th national title (15th NCAA) in program history years • Sara Lowe won collegiate title in solo • Fifth NCAA title in six seasons for head coach Lele • Arianna Lambie named Pac-10 Athlete of the Year • Courtenay Stewart placed first nationally in “A” Forood. • Lambie led Cardinal with 8th place finish at NCAA elements competition • Finished the season with a perfect 30-0 record, Championship • Lowe and Stewart won collegiate title in duet marking the team’s third straight unbeaten campaign • Stanford won all seven races it competed in during the and 10th in school history season • Extended its winning streak to 86 consecutive dual match victories

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2005-06 Stanford Athletics Sport-by-Sport Results

Fall Sports Overall Conference Conf. Finish Nat’l Finish Final Rank Football 5-6 4-4 6th, Pac-10 – – W Volleyball 26-6 14-4 2nd, Pac-10 13th 13th M Soccer 4-11-3 1-7-2 6th, Pac-10 – – W Soccer 10-7-3 4-3-2 4th, Pac-10 – – M Cross Country – – 1st, Pac-10 6th 6th W Cross Country – – 1st, Pac-10 1st 1st Field Hockey 7-14 4-2 4th, NorPac – – M Water Polo 20-7 8-3 2nd, MPSF 2nd 2nd

Righthanded pitcher Greg Reynolds was the #2 overall pick in the 2006 draft. Spring Sports Overall Conference Conf. Finish Nat’l Finish Final Rank Baseball 33-27 11-13 5th-T, Pac-10 9th-T 15th Arianna Lambie paced Stanford to an Erica McLean finsihed second in the triple NCAA title in cross country and a second jump and third in the long jump at the 2006 M Crew – – 2nd Pac-10 2nd 2nd place NCAA finish in indoor track. NCAA Track & Field Championships. W Crew – – 3rd, Pac-10 11th 11th Lightweight Crew – – 2nd, PCRC 12th 12th Winter Sports M Golf – – 6th, Pac-10 – 40th Overall Conference Conf. Finish Nat’l Finish Final Rank W Golf – – 7th, Pac-10 13th-T 19th M Basketball 16-14 11-7 5th, Pac-10 - – W Lacrosse 12-6 6-1 1st, MPSF 9th-T 15th W Basketball 26-8 15-3 1st, Pac-10 5th 7th Co-ed Sailing – – 1st, PCC 8th 14th M Fencing – – – 7th 7th W Sailing – – 1st, PCC 4th 3rd W Fencing – – – 7th 7th Softball 42-18 10-11 6th-Pac-10 9th-T 7th M Swimming 5-1 4-1 1st, Pac-10 3rd 3rd M Tennis 18-3 6-1 1st-T, Pac-10 5th-T 10th W Swimming 7-1 5-0 1st, Pac-10 5th 5th W Tennis 30-0 8-0 1st, Pac-10 1st 1st M Gymnastics 26-6 7-3 2nd, MPSF 3rd 2nd M Outdoor Track – – 7th, Pac-10 37th 37th W Gymnastics 9-14 7-8 1st, Pac-10 13th-T 8th W Outdoor Track – – 2nd, Pac-10 12th 12th Synchronized Swim. – – – 1st 1st M Indoor Track – – 2nd, MPSF 52nd 52nd W Indoor Track – – 1st, MPSF 2nd 2nd M Volleyball 4-24 2-20 11th, MPSF – – W Water Polo 24-5 10-2 1st, MPSF 3rd 2nd Wrestling 8-7 4-4 8th, Pac-10 37th –

Sophomore Courtenay Stewart won the Ben Wildman-Tobriner had second place National “A” elements and the National finishes in the 50 and 100 free to pace Stanford Sophomore David Sender, competing above on the pommel horse, won the 2006 NCAA Men’s duet title at the 2006 Synchronized to a third place showing at the NCAA Gymnastics title in the vault. Swimming national championships. Swimming Championships.

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Stanford has won 5 NCAA Women’s Volleyball titles.

Men’s Swimming ...... 8 Women’s Tennis ...... 16 1967 Jim Gaughran 1978* Anne Gould 1985 Skip Kenney 1982 Frank Brennan 1986 Skip Kenney 1984 Frank Brennan 1987 Skip Kenney 1986 Frank Brennan 1992 Skip Kenney 1987 Frank Brennan 1993 Skip Kenney 1988 Frank Brennan 1994 Skip Kenney 1989 Frank Brennan 1998 Skip Kenney 1990 Frank Brennan Synchronized Swimming ... 4 1991 Frank Brennan 1998# Vickey Weir 1997 Frank Brennan 1999# Gail Emory 1999 Frank Brennan 2005# Heather Olsen 2001 Lele Forood 2006# Heather Olsen 2002 Lele Forood Women’s Swimming ...... 9 2004 Lele Forood The Stanford women’s tennis team CAA championships are commonplace at Stanford University. 1980* Thomas 2005 Lele Forood has won a record 15 out of25 NCardinal teams have won NCAA championships at an 1983 George Haines 2006 Lele Forood possible NCAA titles since 1982. unprecedented rate, including a national-best 75 since 1980 and 52 1989 Richard Quick Men’s Track & Field ...... 4 titles since 1990. Stanford has won at least one NCAA team champi- 1992 Richard Quick 1925 Dink Templeton 1928 Dink Templeton onship for 30 consecutive years and has won at least four national 1993 Richard Quick 1994 Richard Quick 1934 Dink Templeton titles in a single season nine times – again an NCAA best. 1995 Richard Quick 2000 Vin Lananna Stanford has won 18 national titles in men’s tennis, 16 in women’s 1996 Richard Quick Men’s Volleyball ...... 1 tennis, 11 in men’s water polo, nine in women’s swimming, eight in Stanford 1998 Richard Quick 1997 Ruben Nieves Championship Facts men’s swimming and seven in men’s golf, among others. Nineteen Men’s Tennis ...... 18 Women’s Volleyball ...... 5 Cardinal teams have won national championships. 1942• John Lamb 1992 Don Shaw Total National 1973 Dick Gould 1994 Don Shaw Championships: ...... 104 Stanford Athletics has won 104 national championships. In NCAA competition, Cardinal teams have won 92 team titles, includ- 1974 Dick Gould 1996 Don Shaw Total NCAA ing 57 men’s championships and an NCAA-best 35 women’s titles. 1977 Dick Gould 1997 Don Shaw Championships: ...... 92 1978 Dick Gould 2001 John Dunning Men’s: ...... 57 Women’s: ...... 35 1980 Dick Gould 2004 John Dunning 1981 Dick Gould Men’s Water Polo ...... 11 Other National Titles By Sport Men’s Cross Country ...... 4 1983 Dick Gould 1963• Jim Gaughran Championships: ...... 12 1996 Vin Lananna * AIAW ^ ICYRA 1986 Dick Gould 1976 Art Lambert • Unofficial title # U.S. Collegiate 1997 Vin Lananna 1988 Dick Gould 1978 Dante Dettamanti Note: NCAA titles unless otherwise noted 2002 Vin Lananna 1989 Dick Gould 1980 Dante Dettamanti Baseball ...... 2 2003 Andy Gerard 1990 Dick Gould 1981 Dante Dettamanti 1987 Mark Marquess Women’s Cross Country ..... 3 1992 Dick Gould 1985 Dante Dettamanti 1988 Mark Marquess 1996 Vin Lananna 1995 Dick Gould 1986 Dante Dettamanti Men’s Basketball ...... 3 2003 Dena Evans 1996 Dick Gould 1994 Dante Dettamanti 1937 John W. Bunn (Helms) 2005 Peter Tegen 1997 Dick Gould 1995 Dante Dettamanti 1938 John W. Bunn (Helms) Football ...... 1 1998 Dick Gould 2001 Dante Dettamanti 1942 Everett Dean 1926 Glenn “Pop” Warner 2000 Dick Gould 2002 John Vargas (Rissman) Two in a row for the baseball Women’s Basketball ...... 2 Women’s Water Polo ...... 1 team as coach Mark Marquess 1990 Tara VanDerveer Men’s Golf ...... 7 2002 John Tanner guided Stanford to College World 1992 Tara VanDerveer 1938 Eddie Twiggs Series titles in 1987 and 1988. 1939 Eddie Twiggs 1941 Eddie Twiggs 1942 Eddie Twiggs 1946 Eddie Twiggs 1953 Eddie Twiggs 1994 Wally Goodwin Men’s Gymnastics ...... 3 1992 Sadao Hamada 1993 Sadao Hamada 1995 Sadao Hamada Co-ed Sailing ...... 1 1997^ Steve Bourdow

Jennifer Azzi and Sonja Henning lifted Stanford to its first of two NCAA women’s basketball titles in 1990.

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