MISSOURI UNIVERSIITY OF SCIIENCE & TECHNOLOGY VVOOLLLLEEYYBBAALLLL NNEEWWSSLLEETTTTEERR VOLUME 4 / ISSUE 4 JUNE 2011 COACH’S CORNER BY COACH HOLT 2011 MINER VB - UPDATE What a great year! Our most successful year in Another spring, non-championship sea- our program’s still relatively short existence. The fall son has come to an end of the fourth year championship season ended with this program program. With the graduation from the pro- earning its first winning season ever. To many 14- H gram of eight seniors, seven of which from 13 may not sound like a great record, but put that O the inaugural 2007 recruiting class, this up next to 3-31 and it looks amazing. It is hard to L was the first spring season where the S believe that three seasons prior, we were 3-31. This T Miners didn’t have enough players for team has come so far in such a short amount of H scrimmages in practice, having only seven time. We did unfortunately fall just one match short E players. Spring season officially began on of our goal of making post season in this fourth season, but still we H March 7th with full team practices, going had so much to be proud of. Those seniors that helped build this pro- O 3-4 per week, as they prepared for four gram will be greatly missed for all they did in those four seasons to competition dates that awaited them in put Miner Volleyball on the map. Great fall season? CHECK! R the month of April. The Miners hit the road With the loss of all those players, we had to have an awesome N for two competitions before hosting two recruiting class for 2011 to fill such big shoes. Well, we really feel we more. The short-numbered Miners, who found such a class to pick up where those seniors left fall. The talent, only played with six players all spring, but high- intelligence, work ethic and passion to win in this incoming group of ly talented group of Miner returnees completed one of their best young women is outstanding and I can’t wait for our Miner faithful to springs yet, going an amazing 20-7 in games. see them all in action in the fall and years to come. Great recruiting On April 6th, S&T traveled to Drury class? CHECK!! University in Springfield (Mo.) sweeping the We only had six players playing this spring and yet we out played host Panthers 3-0 before going 2-1 against and outlasted bigger, stronger teams with larger rosters. The return- College of the Ozarks. ing of four starters from the fall really were huge for us this spring The Miners then headed to Univ. of S (see right). This group of returnees is fired up for fall! They will welcome Central Missouri for their spring classic. The S P in the ‘11 class with open arms but then push them hard to do what Miners had an amazing showing, beating P needs to be done...WIN!! Great spring season? CHECK!!! MIAA powerhouses Truman St (2-0), E Enjoy your summer off ladies, because come August...IT’S GO Missouri Southern (2-0) and splitting with E A TIME!! Hope all to see all your great Miner Volleyball fans out in the Washburn (1-1) to finish the day 5-1. A R fall to see this growth continue. GO MINERS 2011!! Next, Missouri S&T hosted Southwest R S Baptist and East Central College, going 4-0 S during their Spring Triangle Tourney. 2010 /2011 MINER VB TEAM April 16th finished off the spring season for the Miners, where they went 6-5 on the day, beating Missouri-St. Louis (2-1) and Mineral Area (3-0) but los- ing two hard fought battles with Columbia College (0-2) and Lindenwood (1-2). The non-championship sea- D son again showed everyone e that the Miners continue to M improve greatly from the team’s inception in 2007 and O are a team to watch for T 2011! T What else has been going E on with the program this spring? Lots as always! As with previous seasons, the team continued lifting and conditioning, get- ting stronger, faster and jumping higher. They concluded with physi- cal testing before getting a much deserved two-week break then beginning their summer workouts (see page 7). The team also worked hard raising money for the upcoming season (see page 6). The team is now returned home for the summer. The roster has gone through some major (2010 Team Photo, Above, Taken at): changes with the loss of the eight seniors, and two other players, Er Ericaica Gallois 2010-2011 End of the Year (Sparta, Ill.) and Tabre Oliver (Blue Springs, K M-Club Awards Banquet Mo.) from the 2010 fall roster, who will all be K (Back Row, L to R): E greatly missed. However the addition of nine E Kit Spears, Bethany Bray, Jennifer Costello, Samantha Klump, G outstanding new players to round out the G Erica Gallois, Melanie Shehorn & Erin Bekebrede 2011 roster, makes for a very exciting fall! L (Front Row, L to R): L Jocelyn DeMotte*, Annie Smith & Hayley Wright Now, its time to prepare for the upcom- E (Not Pictured): ing 2011 season. Lots to do for the Miner E R Katie Herington, Kaci Herron, Tory Holderby, Jennifer Kegler, coaching staff, but... R Jessica Laughary, Tabre Oliver & Bridget Williams *Jocelyn DeMotte did not play in fall season. Was a spring semester transfer from Emporia. We can’t wait to get started!! MISSOURI UNIVERSITYOFSCIENCEANDTECHNOLOGY | MINER VOLLEYBALL MMIINNEERR VVOOLLLLEEYYBBAALLLL | NNEEWWSSLLEETTTTEERR PAGE 2 JUNE 2011 MINERS SIGN TWO FOR FALL 2011MINER VB ROSTER Missouri S&T volleyball coach Jas Jasonon Holt has announced the # Name Yr. Ht. Pos. Hometown/Prev. School signing of two additional players to national letters of intent to play for the Miners during the fall 2011 season. 2 Jessica Holder Fr. 5-9 S-RS Independence, MO/St. Mary’s The new incoming freshmen are Sierr Sierraa Comer, a outside hit- 3 Jennifer Costello Jr. 5-10 S St. Louis, MO/Parkway South ter/defensive specialist from Camdenton, Mo. and Kat Katieie McDon McDo naldald, a right side/middle hitter from Orland Park, Ill., a sub- 5 Jocelyn DeMotte Jr. 5-5 DS-L Topeka, KS/Emporia State U urb of Chicago. They join the five incoming freshmen signed in the fall, Jes Jessicasica Holder (Independence, Mo.), Emily Jaeger (St. Louis, 6 Emily Jaeger Fr. 5-8 DS-L St. Louis, MO/St. Joseph’s Mo.), Alis Alisonon Mueller (Bartelso, Ill.), Sydne Sydneyy Wheeler (Ozark, Mo.) 7 Kit Spears Sr. 6-0 RS Valley Center, KS/Valley Center and Jacly Jaclynn Zellmer (Nixa, Mo.), as well as transfers Jocel Jocelynyn DeM otteotte (Topeka, Kan.) and Kell Kellyy Kosmopolis, (O’Fallon, Ill.). 8 Kelly Kosmopolis Jr. 5-9 MH O’Fallon, IL/Mineral Area CC Says Coach Holt about the addition of Comer and McDonald to this 2011 Class, "We were extremely excited about the players that 9 Sydney Wheeler Fr. 5-8 S-DS Ozark, MO/Ozark we signing back in November. We became even more excited when Jocelyn joined us at the start of spring semester. The addition of 10 Jackie Zellmer Fr. 5-11 MH Nixa, MO/Nixa Sierra and Katie top off an amazing 2011 class of the Miners. Both 11 Melanie Shehorn So. 6-3 MH Flora, IL./Flora of these players bring high level skill and great passion and intensity on the court. They work very hard and are outstanding teammates, 12 Erin Bekebrede Sr. 6-0 OH St. Charles, MO/St. Charles bringing others around them up on and off the court. We are pumped to add them to the class.” 14 Alison Mueller Fr. 5-11 OH Bartelso, IL/Mater Dei This brings the Miners 2011 roster to 15 for their fifth season 17 Jennifer Kegler Jr. 5-5 DS-L Ballwin, MO/Cor Jesu of play in the NCAA and the Great Lakes Valley Conference. The 2011 season will begin September 2-3, when the Miners travel to 18 Sierra Comer Fr. 5-8 OH Camdenton, MO/Camdenton the University of Indianapolis tournament opening weekend. 19 Katie McDonald Fr. 6-2 RS-MH Orland Park, IL/Providence Here iis an iindiiviidual llook at the newest addii- tions to the Class of 2011 for Miiner Volleyballll… 21 Hayley Wright So. 5-10 OH Omaha, NE/Millard West Comer, is a 5-8 outside hitter/defensive spe- Head Coach: Jason Holt (5th year) cialist from Camdenton HS in Camdenton, Mo. where she earned four letters for the Lakers and Assistant Coach: Megan Laws (4th year) was a member of two Ozark Conference champi- C St. Asst. Coaches: Kyle Walton (3rd yr.) & Samantha Klump (1st yr.) onship teams in 2009 and 2010. Comer was a O St. Manager: Ashton Tiddy (1st year) two-time first team all-district and all-regional M selection. She was also selected first team all- conference as a junior and helped lead her team E 2011MINERS ON THE MAP to a district title as a sophomore. She was also a R M four time academic all-confer- Katie McDonalld Hayley Wright RS-MH / Orland Park, Ill. c ence selection. Hayley Wright OH / Omaha, Neb. D McDonald, is a 6-2 middle hitter/right side hit- Jessica Holder O ter from Providence Catholic HS in New Lenox, Ill. where she earned two letters for the Celtics as a S-RS / Independence, Mo.