THE 2008 JACKRABBITS SOUTH DAKOTA STATE SOFTBALL DANI BROSHAR ASHLEY DURAZO STACEY EVANS SAM HEINZMAN JENNA MARSTON SO., LOUISVILLE,COLO. FR., MISSION HILLS,CALIF. JR., PIPESTONE,MINN. JR., OMAHA,NEB. JR., ELKHORN,NEB. STEPHANIE PETERS BRITTANY POSTMA BROOKE POSTMA SAM PRZYBELSKI KILEY SCHWEDHELM SO., NERSTRAND,MINN. JR., MADISON, S.D. JR., MADISON, S.D. FR., STEVENS POINT,WIS. SR., PAPILLION,NEB. GRETA STROH JESSICA VINEYARD DANA WILSON FR., SAVAGE,MINN. SO., NUEVO,CALIF. FR., SIOUX CITY,IOWA JOANNA LANE TRACIE ADIX MEGAN MEYER TERESA HOWELL HEAD COACH ASSISTANT COACH ASSISTANT COACH STUDENT MANAGER GOJACKS.COM SOUTH DAKOTA STATE SOFTBALL TABLE OF CONTENTS SDSU Quick Facts . 1-7 2008 Schedule . 3 2008 Roster . 4 Inside the 2008 Roster . 5 Jackrabbit Media Policy . 6 Jackrabbit Media Outlets . 7 SDSU Athletic Department Mission Statement . 8 2008 Season Preview . 9-11 2007 Season Recap & Statistics . 12-16 Jackrabbit Coaching Staff . 17-21 Head Coach Joanna Lane . 18 Assistant Coach Tracie Adix . 19 Assistant Coach Megan Meyer . 19-20 Student Manager Teresa Howell . 20 SDSU Strength & Conditioning . 21 SDSU Athletic Staff . 22 Jackrabbit Returning Players . 23-41 Kiley Schwedhelm . 24-25 Stacey Evans . 26-27 Sam Heinzman . 28-29 Jenna Marston . 30-31 Brittany Postma . 32-33 Brooke Postma . 34-35 Dani Broshar . 36-37 Stephanie Peters . 38-39 Jessica Vineyard . 40-41 SDSU Administration . 42 Jackrabbit Newcomers . 43-45 Ashley Durazo & Sam Przybelski . 44 Greta Stroh & Dana Wilson . 45 SDSU Softball All-Time Letterwinners . 46-47 Jackrabbit Softball Stadium . 48 SDSU Athletic Facilities . 49 The Summit League . 50 2008 Opponents . 51-60 SDSU Softball Record Book . 61-68 Year-by-Year Jackrabbit Softball Scores . 69-72 About South Dakota State University . 73-77 Academics at South Dakota State University . 78-79 The South Dakota State University Print Lab produced 300 copies of the 2008 SDSU softball RONUNCIATION UIDE media guide at a cost of $6.97 per copy. P G Front cover and The Summit League logo design by Nina Schmidt, SDSU University Relations. Tracie Adix . Ah-dix Photos credited to Eric Landwehr, SDSU University Relations, and Ty Carlson, SDSU Sports Dani Broshar . .Broh-sher Information. Historical data compiled by Tyler Merriam, SDSU Sports Information. Ashley Durazo . .Dir-ah-zoh For more information regarding the Jackrabbit softball program, please contact SDSU Jenna Marston . .Mahr-stun Assistant Sports Information Director Ryan Sweeter at (605) 688-4822 or by e-mail at Sam Przybelski . .Shi-BILL-Skee [email protected] Kiley Schwedhelm . .Shweed-helm GOJACKS.COM 1 SDSU QUICK FACTS SOUTH DAKOTA STATE SOFTBALL GENERAL INFORMATION SOFTBALL HISTORY NAME OF SCHOOL: South Dakota State University FIRST YEAR OF SOFTBALL: 1971 CITY/ZIP: Brookings, SD 57007 OVERALL ALL-TIME RECORD: 596-709-1 FOUNDED: February 21, 1881 NCAA POSTSEASON BERTHS/LAST: 1/1996 ENROLLMENT: 11,706 (fall 2007) RECORD IN NCAA POSTSEASON: 1-2 NICKNAME: Jackrabbits NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: N/A SCHOOL COLORS: Yellow and Blue LAST POSTSEASON OPPONENT: Nebraska-Omaha ATHLETIC WEBSITE:GOJACKS.COM RESULT: L, 0-2 UNIVERSITY WEBSITE: www3.sdstate.edu Note: Postseason appearance came at the NCAA Division II level OME IELD H F : Jackrabbit Softball Stadium SDSU becomes postseason eligible in NCAA Division I starting in 2009 CAPACITY: 500 AFFILIATION: NCAA Division I - Provisional CONFERENCE: The Summit League CONFERENCE WEBSITE: TheSummitLeague.org PRESIDENT: Dr. David Chicoine ALMA MATER,YEAR: South Dakota State, 1969 COACHING STAFF ATHLETICS DIRECTOR: Dr. Fred Oien HEAD COACH: Joanna Lane ALMA MATER,YEAR: South Dakota State, 1972 ALMA MATER,YEAR: Georgetown (Ky.), 2002 SWA: Kathy Heylens (Interim) RECORD AT SCHOOL (YEARS): 0-0 ATHLETIC DEPT.PHONE: (605) 688-5625 CAREER RECORD: 15-60, TWO SEASONS TICKET OFFICE PHONE: (605) 688-5422 SOFTBALL OFFICE PHONE: (605) 688-4326 or 1-866-GO JACKS BEST TIME TO REACH COACH: Mornings ASSISTANT COACH: Tracie Adix ALMA MATER,YEAR: DePaul, 2007 ASSISTANT COACH: Megan Meyer ALMA MATER,YEAR: Northern Illinois, 2005 SPORTS INFORMATION SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR: Jason Hove SID OFFICE PHONE: (605) 688-4623 SID HOME PHONE: (605) 692-1484 TEAM INFORMATION SID CELL PHONE: (605) 695-1827 2006-07 OVERALL RECORD: 17-32 E-MAIL ADDRESS: [email protected] HOME RECORD: 4-6 AWAY RECORD: 2-11 ASST. SID/SOFTBALL CONTACT: Ryan Sweeter NEUTRAL RECORD: 11-15 ASST. SID PHONE: (605) 688-4822 CONFERENCE RECORD: N/A (Independent) ASST. SID CELL PHONE: (605) 376-4422 FINAL RANKING (POLL): N/A E-MAIL ADDRESS: [email protected] LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST: 8/6 SID FAX: (605) 688-5999 STARTERS RETURNING/LOST: 5/3 PRESS ROW PHONE: (605) 688-4623 PITCHERS RETURNING/LOST: 2/1 NEWCOMERS:4 SID MAILING ADDRESS: Sports Information Office 1047 16th Ave. Box 2820 Brookings, SD 57007-1497 2 GOJACKS.COM SOUTH DAKOTA STATE SOFTBALL 2008 SCHEDULE FEBRUARY 9-10 at UNI Dome Tournament Cedar Falls, Iowa Saturday 9 vs. North Dakota State 11 a.m. 9 vs. Northern Iowa 5 p.m. Sunday 10 vs. Dayton (Ohio) 12 p.m. 10 vs. Northern Iowa 2 p.m. 22-24at FGCU Spring Break Invitational Fort Meyers, Fla. Friday 22 vs. Western Carolina 1 p.m. 22 vs. Florida Gulf Coast 5 p.m. Saturday 23 vs. Boston College 10 a.m. 23 vs. St. Bonaventure 12 p.m. Sunday 24 vs. Florida Gulf Coast 8 a.m. 29-1 at Tiger Invitational Columbia, Mo. Friday 29 vs. Missouri 1 p.m. ∆ 29 vs. Boston University 5:30 p.m. ∆ MARCH Saturday 1 vs. Missouri 1 p.m. ∆ 1 vs. Boston University 5:30 p.m. ∆ 7-9 at Shocker Invitational Wichita State, Kan. Friday 7 vs. Iowa State 10 a.m. ∆ 7 vs. Wichita State 3 p.m. ∆ Saturday 8 vs. Iowa State 10 a.m. ∆ 8 vs. UMKC 3 p.m. ∆ Sunday 9 vs. UMKC 10 a.m ∆ Friday 14 *at Southern Utah (DH) Cedar City, Utah. 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday 15 *at Southern Utah Cedar City, Utah 1 p.m. Monday 17 at BYU Provo, Utah 2 p.m. Tuesday 18 vs. Utah State Provo, Utah 4 p.m. Wednesday 19 at Utah Valley State (DH) Orem, Utah 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. Friday 21 *at IPFW (DH) Fort Wayne, Ind. 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday 22 *at IPFW Fort Wayne, Ind. 12 p.m. Monday 24 DAKOTA STATE Brookings, S.D. 3 p.m. ∆ Friday 28 *IUPUI (DH) Brookings, S.D. 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. ∆ Saturday 29 *IUPUI Brookings, S.D. 12 p.m. ∆ APRIL Wednesday 2 at Nebraska (DH) Lincoln, Neb. 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. ∆ Friday 4 *CENTENARY (DH) Brookings, S.D. 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. ∆ Saturday 5 *CENTENARY Brookings, S.D. 12 p.m. ∆ Tuesday 8 *NORTH DAKOTA STATE (DH) Brookings, S.D. 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. ∆ Wednesday 9 *NORTH DAKOTA STATE Brookings, S.D. 3.p.m. ∆ Friday 11 *at Western Illinois (DH) Macomb, Ill. 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday 12 *at Western Illinois Macomb, Ill. 12 p.m. Friday 18 *at Oakland(DH) Rochester, Mich. 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Saturday 19 *at Oakland Rochester, Mich. 11 a.m. Thursday 24 at Minnesota (DH) Minneapolis, Minn. 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. ∆ Friday 25 *UMKC (DH) Brookings, S.D. 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. ∆ Saturday 26 *UMKC Brookings, S.D. 12 p.m. ∆ Wednesday 30 IOWA STATE (DH) Brookings, S.D. 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. ∆ *Summit League Game ∆-Games Broadcast on GOJACKS.COM and/or KBRK-AM 1430 •Schedule and Radio Coverage subject to change GOJACKS.COM 3 THE 2008 JACKRABBITS SOUTH DAKOTA STATE SOFTBALL NUMERICAL ROSTER NO. NAME POS. B/T HEIGHT YEAR HOMETOWN 3 Greta Stroh IF R/R 5-8 Fr. Savage, Minn. 4 Ashley Durazo IF R/R 5-2 Fr. Mission Hills, Calif. 5 Jessica Vineyard* SS L/R 5-8 So. Nuevo, Calif. 6 Dana Wilson OF R/R 5-8 Fr. Sioux City, Iowa 7 Sam Przybelski P R/R 5-11 Fr. Stevens Point,Wis. 8 Kiley Schwedhelm*** 1B/P R/R 5-8 Sr. Papillion, Neb. 9 Stephanie Peters * OF R/R 5-8 So. Nerstrand, Minn. 10 Sam Heinzman** OF L/L 5-8 Jr. Omaha, Neb. 11 Jenna Marston** P R/R 5-8 Jr. Elkhorn, Neb. 12 Brittany Postma** OF L/R 5-7 Jr. Madison, S.D. 13 Brooke Postma** OF L/R 5-7 Jr. Madison, S.D. 15 Stacey Evans** C/1B R/R 5-8 Jr. Pipestone, Minn. 16 Dani Broshar* C R/R 5-8 So. Louisville, Colo. * indicates number of previous letters earned ALPHABETICAL ROSTER NO. NAME POS. B/T HEIGHT YEAR HOMETOWN 16 Dani Broshar* C R/R 5-8 So. Louisville, Colo. 4 Ashley Durazo IF R/R 5-2 Fr. Mission Hills, Calif. 15 Stacey Evans** C/1B R/R 5-8 Jr. Pipestone, Minn. 10 Sam Heinzman** OF L/L 5-8 Jr. Omaha, Neb. 11 Jenna Marston** P R/R 5-8 Jr. Elkhorn, Neb. 9 Stephanie Peters * OF R/R 5-8 So. Nerstrand, Minn. 12 Brittany Postma** OF L/R 5-7 Jr. Madison, S.D. 13 Brooke Postma** OF L/R 5-7 Jr. Madison, S.D. 7 Sam Przybelski P R/R 5-11 Fr. Stevens Point,Wis. 8 Kiley Schwedhelm*** 1B/P R/R 5-8 Sr. Papillion, Neb. 3 Greta Stroh IF R/R 5-8 Fr. Savage, Minn. 5 Jessica Vineyard* SS L/R 5-8 So. Nuevo, Calif. 6 Dana Wilson OF R/R 5-8 Fr. Sioux City, Iowa * indicates number of previous letters.