BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY 2012 SOFTBALL 7-Straight NCAA Tourney Appearances Softball SID Jordan Christiansen 7-Straight 40-Win Seasons Email [email protected] 3-Straight Conference Titles Phone 801.717.5217 2012 BYU COUGARS SCHEDULE KAJIKAWA CLASSIC (Tempe, AZ) Feb 9 (Thu) Oregon State L, 22-5 (5) EAKIN LOOKS FOR WIN Feb 10 (Fri) No. 15 Texas A&M W, 3-2 Feb 10 (Fri) Texas State L, 6-2 Feb 11 (Sat) No. 11 Oregon W, 2-1 NO. 400 IN LOUISIANA Feb 11 (Sat) UC Santa Barbara W, 12-4 (6) APR. 20-21, 2012 LOUISVILLE SLUGGER DESERT CLASSIC (Las Vegas) Feb 16 (Thu) Portland State W, 4-1 Feb 17 (Fri) Cal State Northridge W, 11-1 (6) Feb 17 (Fri) Memphis W, 14-8 Feb 18 (Sat) Indiana W, 8-7 Feb 18 (Sat) DePaul L, 8-2 CATHEDRAL CITY CLASSIC (Cathedral City, CA) Feb 23 (Thu) No. 21 Oklahoma State L, 3-2 BYU COUGARS Feb 23 (Thu) Pacific W, 3-2 Feb 24 (Fri) No. 1 Florida L, 3-0 2012 Record: 28-12, 7-3 WAC Feb 24 (Fri) No. 14 Texas A&M L, 14-8 (8) Last Week: Idaho State (L 7-4), Utah Valley (W 3-1), Utah Feb 25 (Sat) LIU Brooklyn W, 11-4 State (W 15-6, W 2-0, W 6-4) SAN DIEGO CLASSIC (San Diego) Mar 1 (Thu) San Diego State L, 1-0 Mar 2 (Fri) Cal State Northridge W, 4-1 Mar 2 (Fri) St. Joseph’s W, 3-2 (8) Mar 3 (Sat) Long Beach State W, 2-1 Mar 3 (Sat) Charlotte W, 9-0 (5) JUDI GARMAN CLASSIC (Fullerton, CA) Mar 15 (Thu) Purdue W, 14-1 (5) Mar 15 (Thu) No. 5 Arizona State L, 3-0 LOUISIANA TECH Mar 16 (Fri) UC Davis W, 9-0 (6) LADY TECHSTERS Mar 20 (Tue) Idaho State* W, 5-2 2012 Record: 18-23, 5-6 WAC Mar 23 (Fri) New Mexico State* W, 3-2 Mar 24 (Sat) New Mexico State* W, 9-1 (5) Last Week: Northwestern State (L 3-0), Hawaii (L 9-1, L 9-1, L 8-0) New Mexico State* W, 6-3 Mar 27 (Tue) UMKC* W, 8-2 UMKC* W, 16-1 (5) Mar 30 (Fri) at Fresno State L, 3-1 Mar 30 (Fri) at Fresno State L, 10-9 Apr 3 (Tue) Southern Utah W, 8-0 (5) Apr 3 (Tue) Southern Utah* W, 6-4 Apr 7 (Sat) Hawaii* L, 1-0 Hawaii* W, 7-3 Apr 9 (Mon) at Idaho State L, 7-4 Apr 11 (Wed) Utah Valley* W, 3-1 (5) COUGAR QUICK HITS Apr 13 (Fri) Utah State W, 15-6 Utah State W, 2-0 Apr 14 (Sat) Utah State* W, 6-4 — BYU head coach Gordon Eakin is one win away from his 400th career victory and currently Apr 20 (Fri) at Louisiana Tech 6 p.m. sits at a record of 399-172 in his 10th year as head coach. Apr 21 (Sat) at Louisiana Tech 1 p.m. at Louisiana Tech 3 p.m. Apr 24 (Tue) at Southern Utah 12 p.m. — BYU junior pitcher Hannah Howell is returning to her home state of Louisiana this week- at Southern Utah 2 p.m. Apr 27 (Fri) San Jose State* 6 p.m. end as the Cougars play in the state for the first time ever. Howell, the only BYU softball player Apr 28 (Sat) San Jose State* 1:30 p.m. to ever come out of the state, leads the Cougars with 13 wins in 19 starts in addition to having San Jose State* 3:30 p.m. two saves and 92 strikeouts on the year, all team highs. May 1 (Tue) Utah Valley 6 p.m. May 2 (Wed) at Utah Valley 5 p.m. May 4 (Fri) at Nevada 3 p.m. — Senior outfielder Delaney Willard was named on of the Top 25 finalists for the 2012 USA May 5 (Sat) at Nevada 1 p.m. at Nevada 3 p.m. Softball Collegiate Player of the Year. Willard has emerged as an All-America candidate and is currently ranked in the NCAA top-20 in six different categories, including RBI per game (2nd, WAC TOURNAMENT (Las Cruces, NM) May 10-12 1.50), slugging percentage (6th, .939), batting average (11th, .447), home runs per game (13th, NCAA REGIONAL 0.35), on base percentage (15th, .542) and home runs (17th, 14). May 17-19 All times listed are local to site — With the newest RPI rankings released on Monday, BYU was ranked 36th, second-highest Bold signifies Western Athletic Conference opponent in the WAC. The Cougars have three wins over top-15 teams while all but one of BYU’s 12 *Televised game on BYUtv losses have been to teams ranked 65th or better. WWW.BYUCOUGARS.COM / @BYUATHLETICS BYU SOFTBALL 2012 QUICK FACTS 2012 NUMERICAL ROSTER MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION NO. NAME POS. HT. YR. B/T HOMETOWN (PrevioUS SCHOOL) 1 Lacey Millett OF 5-6 So. L/R Folsom, CA / Folsom HS Softball Media Relations Director: Jordan Christiansen 2 Shelbi Everett C 5-7 Fr. R/R Murray, UT / Brighton HS Office: (801) 422-8999; Cell: (801) 717-5217 3 Carly Duckworth OF 5-7 So. R/R Salt Lake City, UT / Olympus HS Email: [email protected] 4 Ashlee Brawley 3B, SS 5-6 So. R/R Vail, AZ / Arizona 5 Alexandra Hudson OF 5-2 Jr. L/R Everett, WA / Everett HS Assistant Softball Media Relations: Ralph Zobell 6 Bailie Hicken OF 5-6 Jr. L/R Highland, UT / Dixie State Office: (801) 422-9769; Cell: (801) 367-3554 8 Tori Almond P 6-1 So. R/R South Jordan, UT / Bingham HS Email: [email protected] 10 Caroline Umphlett P 6-1 Fr. R/R Elizabeth City, NC / Northeastern HS 11 Hannah Howell P 5-3 Jr. R/R Winnfield, LA / Calvin HS Associate AD/Communications: Duff Tittle 12 Megan Arnold 1B, C 5-8 Fr. R/R Yorba Linda, CA / Esperanza HS Office: (801) 422-8948; Cell: (801) 372-4401 14 Anna Hudson C 5-5 Fr. R/R Everett, WA / Everett HS Email: [email protected] 16 JC Clayton SS 5-5 Jr. L/R Hollister, CA / San Benito HS 19 Jessica Dugas CF, 3B 5-4 Sr. L/R Bellflower, CA / Mayfair HS Athletic Communications Fax: (801) 422-0633 20 Tiffany Messerschmidt LF 5-6 Sr. L/R Thousand Oaks, CA / Thousand Oaks HS Mailing Address: 30 SFH, Provo, UT 84602-2239 21 Stacie Toney 2B 5-10 Sr. L/R Farmington, UT / Salt Lake CC 22 Krista Hicks 3B, SS 5-4 Sr. R/R Mesa, AZ / Dobson HS 2011 BYU QUICK FACTS 24 Jenna Goar 1B 5-9 So. L/R Littleton, CO / Heritage HS 28 Delaney Willard RF 5-7 Sr. L/R Camarillo, CA / Adolfo Camarillo HS 31 Katie Manuma 1B 5-8 So. R/R Ewa Beach, HI / Campbell HS BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY Location: Provo, Utah 84602 33 Madisen Robb 3B, SS 5-3 So. R/R Vernal, UT / Uintah HS Elevation: 4,553 feet Enrollment: 32,955 (Daytime) Head Coach: Gordon Eakin (10th year) Founded: October 15, 1875 Associate Head Coach: Vaughn Alvey (10th year) PRONOUNCIATION GUIDE Owned: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Assistant Coach: Neta Le’i (5th year) Jessica Dugas DOO - gus Nickname: Cougars Volunteer Coach: Bob Shober (4th year) Mascot: Cosmo Graduate Coach: Kristin Delahoussaye (1st year) Jenna Goar Gore Colors: Blue & White Athletic Trainer: Chris Linde (13th year) Katie Manuma Mah-NEW-mah Arena (capacity): Gail Miller Field (2,100) Tiffany Messerschmidt Mez-er-shmit Conference: Western Athletic President: Dr. Cecil O. Samuelson Athletic Director: Tom Holmoe Athletic Website: byucougars.com Tickets: 422-BYU1 or 1-800-322-BYU1 Seniors (5) Pitchers (3) Arizona (2) Jessica Dugas Tori Almond Ashlee Brawley BYU COACHING STAFF Krista Hicks Hannah Howell Krista Hicks Head Coach: Gordon Eakin Tiffany Messerschmidt Caroline Umphlett Record at School (years): 399-172 (10th year) Stacie Toney California (6) Career Div. I Record (years): same Delaney Willard Catchers (2) Megan Arnold Office phone for head coach: Call SID JC Clayton Best time/day to reach coach: Call SID Megan Arnold Associate Head Coach: Vaughn Alvey (10th year) Juniors (4) Shelbi Everett Jessica Dugas Assistant Coach: Neta Le’i (5th year) JC Clayton Anna Hudson Tiffany Messerschmidt Volunteer Coach: Bob Shober (4th year) Bailie Hicken Lacey Millett Hannah Howell Infielders (8) Delaney Willard MEDIA RELATIONS Alexandra Hudson JC Clayton Softball SID: Jordan Christiansen Krista Hicks Colorado (1) Email: [email protected] Sophomores (7) Ashlee Brawley Jenna Goar Work: 801-422-8999 Tori Almond Jenna Goar Cell: 801-717-5217 Ashlee Brawley Katie Manuma Hawaii (1) Carly Duckworth Katie Manuma BYU TEAM INFO Lacey Millett 2011 Overall Record: 40-18 Jenna Goar Madisen Robb Conference Record/Finish: 11-2 / 1st Katie Manuma Stacie Toney Louisiana (1) 2011 Postseason: NCAA Seattle Regional, 2-2 record Lacey Millett Hannah Howell 2011 Final National Ranking: NA Madisen Robb Outfielders (6) Starters Returning/Lost: 7/4 Carly Duckworth North Carolina (1) Lettermen Returning/Lost: 14/4 Freshmen (3) Jessica Dugas Caroline Umphlett Newcomers: 5 Megan Arnold Bailie Hicken Shelbi Everett Alexandra Hudson Utah (6) BYU HISTORY Anna Hudson Tori Almond First Year of Softball: 2000 (12 seasons) Tiffany Messerschmidt Overall All-Time Record: 481-248 (.660) Caroline Umphlett Delaney Willard Carly Duckworth Gail Miller Field Record: 144-33 (.814) Shelbi Everett Winning Seasons: 11 (last 2011) Bailie Hicken Conference Championships: 5 (last 2011) Madisen Robb Total NCAA Appearances (record): 8 (12-16) Stacie Toney Last NCAA Appearance: 2011 Result: Defeated Auburn twice, lost to Washington twice Washington (2) in Seattle Regional Alexandra Hudson In-State Opponent Record: 124-23 (.844) Record vs.