NEVADA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 2015-16 MED I A GUI D E Table of Contents INTRO TEAM INFO PLAYERS COACHES & STAFF STATISTICS Table of Contents QUICK FACTS 3 MEDIA INFORMATION 4 LAWLOR EVENTS CENTER 5 NUMERical roster 8 TV & RADIO roster 9 SEASON PREVIEW 12 HEAD COACH JANE ALBRIGHT 13-15 assistant coacHES 17-20 CoacHING staff 21 plaYER profiles 23-38 2014-15 SEASON REVIEW 39-50 record BOOK 51-58 TEAM HistorY 60-70 ALL-TIME letterWINNERS 72-74 CREDITS The 2015-16 Nevada women’s basketball media guide was prepared by the Athletics Media Services Office with editorial contributions by Katie Rihn, Chad Hartley and Nick Beaton in addition to all previous SIDs and interns of the Nevada Media Services Office. The media guide was designed by Sheneé Sanchez using Adobe InDesign CS6 on Mac hardware. Photography contributions by John Byrne; Mark Rauh, Silver and Blue Sports; and Claudia Ortega-Lukas, Jean Dixon, Eric Asistin, David Calvert, Crista Hecht, Jeff Ross, Matt Theilen and Beth Cohen, University of Nevada Marketing All text and photo content is property of or licensed to the University of Nevada and Nevada Athletics. These materials can not be reproduced without permission from the Nevada Media Services Office. SPECIAL THANKS Claudia Ortega-Lukas, and Brandon Stewart, University of Nevada Electronics; Javan Hedlund, Mountain West Conference; The Reno/Sparks Convention Visitors Authority for photos of the Reno/Lake Tahoe area. 1 Quick Facts 2015-16 Schedule General Information NOVEMBER Location Reno, Nev. 89557 Sat. 7 ^ Chico State Reno, Nev. 4 p.m. Enrollment 20,000 Fri. 13 San Diego Reno, Nev. 6:30 p.m. Nickname Wolf Pack Sun. 15 Montana State Reno, Nev. 2 p.m. School Colors Navy Blue and Silver Fri. 20 & vs. Washington State Honolulu, Hawaii 6:30 p.m. Home Arena (Capacity) Lawlor Events Center (11,536) Sun. 22 & vs. Loyola Marymount Honolulu, Hawaii 4:30 p.m. Conference Mountain West INTRO Fri. 27 # Utah Valley Reno, Nev. 4 p.m. President Dr. Marc Johnson TEAM INFO Athletics Director Doug Knuth (UConn, 1994) Sat. 28 # Middle Tennessee Reno, Nev. 4 p.m. SWA Rhonda Lundin Bennett PLAYERS Athletics Dept. Phone (775) 784-6900 DECEMBER Ticket Office Phone (775) 348-PACK Tues. 1 San Francisco Reno, Nev. 6:30 p.m. COACHES Athletics Website www.NevadaWolfPack.com Sun. 6 at UC Irvine Irvine, Calif. 2 p.m. & STAFF Tues. 8 San Francisco State Reno, Nev. 11 a.m. STATISTICS Coaching Staff Thurs. 17 at Pacific Stockton, Calif. 7 p.m. Head Coach Jane Albright Tues. 22 at Illinois-Chicago Chicago, Ill. 10 a.m. Alma Mater, Year Appalachian State ‘77 Wed. 30 * New Mexico Reno, Nev. 6:30 p.m. Record at Nevada (Years) 99-121 (Seven seasons) Career Record (Years) 496-433 (31 seasons) Mountain West Record (Years) 19-33 (Three seasons) JANUARY Associate Head Coach Camille Williams (Wisconsin ‘96) Sat. 2 * at Wyoming Laramie, Wyo. 1 p.m. Assistant Coach Kami Malnaa (Montana State-Billings ‘02) Wed. 6 * Fresno State Reno, Nev. 6:30 p.m. Assistant Coach Janet Butler (Louisiana College ‘11) Sat. 9 * Air Force Reno, Nev. 4 p.m. Director of Operations Shea Mead (Central Michigan ‘11) Wed. 13 * at Boise State Boise, Idaho 6 p.m. Graduate Assistant Tahnee Robinson (Nevada ‘11) Wed. 20 * Wyoming Reno, Nev. 6:30 p.m. Graduate Assistant Kassidy Hardgrove (Malone ‘15) Sat. 23 * at UNLV Las Vegas, Nev. 3 p.m. Women’s Basketball Office Phone (775) 682-6904 Wed. 27 * at San Diego State San Diego, Calif. 6:30 p.m. Best Time to Contact Coach Albright Contact SID Sat. 30 * Utah State Reno, Nev. 4 p.m. Team Information 2014-15 Overall Record 9-21 FEBRUARY 2014-15 MW Record/Finish 5-13 (Ninth) Sat. 6 * Colorado State Reno, Nev. 4 p.m. Postseason Lost to San Diego State in MW opening round Wed. 10 * at Air Force Colorado Springs, Colo. 5 p.m. Letterwinners Returning/Lost 5/5 Sun. 14 * at Fresno State Fresno, Calif. 2 p.m. Starters Returning/Lost 1/4 Wed. 17 * San Jose State Reno, Nev. 6:30 p.m. Newcomers 6 Sat. 20 * UNLV Reno, Nev. 4 p.m. Wed. 24 * at Utah State Logan, Utah 6 p.m. Media Services Women’s Basketball Contact Katie Rihn Sat. 27 * at Colorado State Fort Collins, Colo. 1 p.m. Office (775) 682-6963 Cell (412) 719-0168 MARCH Office Fax (775) 784-4386 Tues. 1 * Boise State Reno, Nev. 6:30 p.m. E-mail [email protected] Fri. 4 * at New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. 6 p.m. Website www.nevadawolfpack.com 7-11 MW Tournament Las Vegas, Nev. TBA University Website www.unr.edu ^ Exhibition contest Nevada Media Services & Hawaii Tournament Mailing Address University of Nevada # Nugget Classic Athletics Media Services Office * indicates Mountain West contest Legacy Hall/232 Home games in bold Reno, NV 89557-0110 All game times listed in Pacific Standard Time 3 Media Information HISTORICAL INFORMATION POSTGAME INTERVIEWS The University of Nevada women’s basketball program began Wolf Pack head coach Jane Albright and selected Nevada in the year 1899, when the team, coached by Ada Edwards, earned student-athletes will be available approximately 10 minutes after its first win over a varsity opponent, Stanford. Since its inception the conclusion of the game. If requested and available, the visiting in 1899, records of the program’s history have not accurately been coach and players will be available outside the opponent locker kept up to date. For the purposes of all records, wins and losses room. Please contact the visiting SID for details. and other statistical information related to the Nevada women’s basketball program, the 1981-82 season will be considered the first for the program, the first year women’s basketball was recognized Weekly intervieWS by the NCAA. All practices are closed to the media. To arrange interviews with head coach Jane Albright and Wolf Pack student-athletes, please INTRO CREDENTIALS contact Katie Rihn. All interviews with members of the program All requests for credentials for Nevada women’s basketball must be arranged through the Nevada Media Services office. TEAM INFO games should be emailed or called in to Katie Rihn at krihn@unr. edu or (775) 682-6963 no later than 48 hours before the game. MOUntain WEST contact PLAYERS Assigned courtside seating for credentialed media is limited Judy Willson, Assistant Commissioner of Communications, and will be available on the following basis: (1) local, national and handles all information requests related to women’s basketball for COACHES visiting team outlets covering Nevada women’s basketball on a the MW office. The address is 9250 E.15455 Gleneagle Drive, Suite & STAFF deadline basis; (2) live television and radio outlets covering the 200, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80921. Willson’s phone number: game; (3) others, granted on a priority basis. Nevada’s complete Office: 719-488-4052 * Fax: 719-487-7241 email: jwillson@themw. STATISTICS credential policy is available at www.nevadawolfpack.com. com. The media entrance at Lawlor Events Center is located at the main entrance and will open one hour before each game. Media ON THE INTERNET arriving earlier than two hours prior to the game can enter at the Updated information on the Nevada women’s basketball team bottom of the truck ramp on the southeast side of the arena. and Wolf Pack Athletics is available on the official University of Media parking (by pass) is in the West Stadium Parking Complex, Nevada athletic department’s website: www.nevadawolfpack.com. located just north of Lawlor Events Center. Information includes current schedules and results, rosters, latest press releases, statistics, coach and athlete profiles, and more. MEDIA WORKROOM CBS Interactive is the website provider of NevadaWolfPack.com. The media workroom is located in Meeting Room 4 in the main hallway immediately to the left of the Lawlor floor-level entrance. GETTING TO THE ARENA Wireless internet and a limited number of telephone lines are Lawlor Events Center is located on the campus of the University available for filing on a first-come, first-served basis. Game notes, of Nevada. Lawlor is on Virginia Street on the northwestern end of rosters and other information will be available in the workroom the campus. From Interstate 80, take the Virginia Street exit and before each game. proceed north. Take a right on 15th Street and the main parking lot will be on your right. PHOTOGRAPHY From the Reno/Tahoe International Airport, take the 395 freeway Only properly credentialed photographers will be allowed in the north to the Interstate 80 west interchange and exit on Virginia designated photo areas of Lawlor Events Center as specified by the Street (Follow above directions from this point). NCAA. Any backboard cameras or other remote cameras must be approved by media services. NEVADAWOLFPACK.TV NevadaWolfPack.TV is the Wolf Pack’s in-house streaming network and the premier destination for fans looking for Nevada Wolf Pack athletics video content. In the 2014-2015 athletic year, NevadaWolfPack.TV produced more than 100 on-demand video features and streamed 158 live events. Fans can see all the Wolf Pack action by visiting www.NevadaWolfPack.TV. By working with all 11 institutions, The Mountain West Network powered by Campus Insiders streamed over 1,900 live events during the 2014-15 academic year. Fans can see the action from all the schools in the conference by downloading the Mountain West app on your phone or tablet or by visiting CampusInsiders.com. For the latest news, streaming links, postgame highlights, press conferences, photos, GIFs and more follow @WolfPack_TV on Twitter.