MEDIA AND RECRUITING GUIDE 1 GENERAL INFORMATION QUICK FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION Quick Facts and Schedule 1 Roster Information 20 Career Leaders 39 Location College Park, Md. Welcome to Maryland Volleyball 2 Pronunciation Guide 20 All-Time Single Season Leaders 40 Founded 1856 This is Maryland Volleyball 4 Player Profiles 21 All-Time Letterwinners 41 Enrollment 36,014 Comcast Center 6Opponent Information 32 All-Time Match Results 42 President Dr. C.D. Mote, Jr. Athletic Excellence 82007 Season Review All-Time Series Records 47 Athletics Director Deborah A. Yow No Better Place to Be 10 Season Results 33 University of Maryland Nickname Terrapins, Terps So Much, So Close 12 Season Statistics 34 University Profile 48 Colors Red, White, Black and Gold 2008 Season Preview 14 ACC Standings, Stats & Honors 35 President C.D. Mote Jr. 49 Affiliation NCAA Division I Coaching Staff History and Record Book Athletics Director Deborah A. Yow 50 Conference Atlantic Coast Head Coach Tim Horsmon 16 Year-By-Year Results 36 UM’s Distinguished Alumni 53 Arena Comcast Center Pavilion Assistant Coach Tami Ores 18 Coaching History 36 Academic Support & Career Development 54 Capacity 1,500 Assistant Coach Jason Oliver 19 All-Time Honors 37 Media Information 56 Terrapin Profiles Individual & Team Records 38 VOLLEYBALL INFORMATION First Year of Volleyball 1971 Overall All-Time Record 837-475 (.638) 2008 SCHEDULE All-Time ACC Record 176-151 (.538) Day Date Opponent Location Time NCAA Tournament Appearances/Last 7/2005 VCU Third Degree Sportswear Invitational Head Coach Tim Horsmon Fri. Aug. 29 vs. Central Michigan Richmond, Va. 2:00 p.m. Alma Mater/Year Frostburg State/1991 Sat. Aug. 30 vs. Liberty Richmond, Va. 2:00 p.m. Overall Record/Years 225-93 (9) Sat. Aug. 30 at Virginia Commonwealth Richmond, Va. 7:00 p.m. Record at Maryland/Years First Season Horsmon’s Office Phone (301) 314-9839 SPRING HILL SUITES AT ARUNDEL MILLS MARYLAND VOLLEYBALL INVITATIONAL Best Time To Call Through Media Relations FRI. SEPT. 5 MISSOURI COMCAST PAVILION 7:00 p.m. Assistant Coach Tami Ores SAT. SEPT. 6 ST. JOHN’S COMCAST PAVILION 10:00 a.m. 2008 Seniors Alma Mater/Year Xavier/2001 SAT. SEPT. 6 KENTUCKY COMCAST PAVILION 7:30 p.m. Ores’ Office Phone (301) 314-7009 Assistant Coach Jason Oliver Allstate Sugar Bowl Alma Mater/Year George Mason/1998 Fri. Sept. 12 vs. North Dakota State New Orleans, La. 5:00 p.m. Oliver’s Office Phone (301) 314-6684 Sat. Sept. 13 vs. Jacksonville State New Orleans, La. 3:00 p.m. 2007 Record 18-13 2007 ACC Record/Finish 10-12/7th Sat. Sept. 13 at Tulane New Orleans, La. 9:00 p.m. Letterwinners Returning/Lost 13/2 Starters Returning/Lost 4+libero/2 Towson Invitational Fri. Sept. 19 at Towson Towson, Md. 7:00 p.m. MEDIA RELATIONS INFO Sat. Sept. 20 vs. Lehigh Towson, Md. 10:30 a.m. Assoc. AD/Media Relations Doug Dull Sat. Sept. 20 vs. North Dakota Towson, Md. 4:30 p.m. 2008 Juniors Volleyball SID Joey Flyntz SID Phone (301) 314-8093 TUES. SEPT. 23 BOSTON COLLEGE* COMCAST PAVILION 7:00 p.m. SID E-mail [email protected] Fri. Sept. 26 at North Carolina* Chapel Hill, N.C. 7:00 p.m. Media Relations Fax (301) 314-9094 Sun. Sept. 28 at NC State* Raleigh, N.C. 1:00 p.m. Athletics Web site www.umterps.com FRI. OCT. 3 VIRGINIA TECH* COMCAST PAVILION 7:00 p.m. Media Relations Mailing Address SAT. OCT. 4 VIRGINIA* COMCAST PAVILION 7:00 p.m. 2732 Comcast Center Fri. Oct. 10 at Florida State* Tallahassee, Fla. 7:00 p.m. Terrapin Trail, University of Maryland Sun. Oct. 12 at Miami* Coral Gables, Fla. 1:00 p.m. College Park, MD 20742 FRI. OCT. 17 GEORGIA TECH* COMCAST PAVILION 7:00 p.m. SUN. OCT. 19 CLEMSON* COMCAST PAVILION 1:00 p.m. Fri. Oct. 24 at Duke* Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m. MEDIA GUIDE CREDITS Sat. Oct. 25 at Wake Forest* Winston-Salem, N.C. 5:00 p.m. 2008 Sophomores FRI. OCT. 31 NC STATE* COMCAST PAVILION 7:00 p.m. The 2008 Maryland volleyball media guide was written by Joey Flyntz, media relations assistant. Design and SUN. NOV. 2 NORTH CAROLINA* COMCAST PAVILION 1:00 p.m. layout by Patrick Fischer, publications coordinator and FRI. NOV. 7 mIAMI* COMCAST PAVILION 7:00 p.m. assistant media relations director. Editorial assistance SAT. Nov. 8 floRIDA STATE* COMCAST PAVILION 7:00 p.m. provided by Natalia Ciccone, Doug Dull, Michael Lip- Fri. Nov. 14 at Virginia* Charlottesville, Va. 7:00 p.m. itz and Tim Horsmon. Cover design by John Schaff- hauser. Photography by Greg Fiume and the Maryland Sat. Nov. 15 at Virginia Tech* Blacksburg, Va. 6:00 p.m. Athletic Dept. Archives. Printing by Multi-Ad. Fri. Nov. 21 at Clemson* Clemson, S.C. 7:00 p.m. Sat. Nov. 22 at Georgia Tech* Atlanta, Ga. 7:00 p.m. Copies of this media guide can be purchased for $10 plus $3.00 for shipping and handling, by writing the Wed. Nov. 26 at Boston College* Chestnut Hill, Mass. 3:00 p.m. Athletic Media Relations Office, University of Mary- - NCAA Tournament: First/Second Rounds (Dec. 4-7 at campus sites), Regionals (Dec. 11-14 TBD), land, College Park, MD 20742, or by calling (301) Semifinals and Championship (Dec. 18 & 20 at Omaha, Neb.) 314-7064. - All home matched played at Comcast Center Pavilion in BOLD CAPS 2008 Freshmen * ACC matches - All dates and times, which are Eastern, are subject to change. As a Maryland native, I am excited to be home and eager to continue Maryland’s tradition as an Atlantic Coast Conference powerhouse and to quickly grow our presence on the national scene. This year’s team is looking forward to returning to the level of play that brought back-to-back-to- back ACC championships to College Park in 2003, 2004 and 2005. The schedule features seven matches against teams that made the NCAA Tournament last season. Our home invitational on September 5-6 brings nationally-recognized programs Missouri, St. John’s and Kentucky to Comcast Pavilion and our pre-conference tournament schedule includes a trip to New Orleans September 12-13. Our determination to become a perennial top-25 program is matched only by our expectation to maintain the strong academic tradition of Maryland’s past student-athletes. We placed three players on the 2007 ACC All-Academic Team and our goal is to repeat or exceed that number this season. The 2008 Terrapins roster blends experienced veterans and exciting newcomers. Our five-mem- ber senior class should prove invaluable to our four first-year players. The new crop of Terps features a group of dynamic athletes with great potential, all of whom have seen great success academically, as well. Maryland Volleyball is fortunate to play in Comcast Center – the nation’s premier on-campus ath- letic facility. Comcast Center Pavilion has undergone an exciting facelift for the 2008 season, with the addition of a new, volleyball-specific playing court. Our locker room has also doubled in size and now features custom wood lockers, a team lounge with flat-screen television and wireless Internet, custom carpet and designer Maryland graphics and logos. Admission to home matches is free, so come out and be a part of the Maryland Volleyball community. We appreciate your support in 2008. You can follow the team year-round on umterps.com, which contains updated statistics, player and coach biographies, schedules and results, photo gal- leries and archived information from past seasons. We also provide regular e-mail updates to our Friends of Maryland Volleyball support group. Video streaming will be available for many matches, while live statistics will be provided for all home matches and most road matches. See you at our next match, Tim Horsmon Head Coach University of Maryland 1 4 2 COACHING EXCELLENCE 1 :: Tim Horsmon, the 2007 AVCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year, has led his teams to eight NCAA Tournaments and eight con- ference championships in his nine seasons as a head coach. The Maryland-native and 1998 Washington Post Coach of the Year has returned to lead his hometown Terps to even greater heights. 3 ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE 2:: Maryland volleyball players are true STUDENT-athletes. Three Terps earned spots on the 2007 ACC All-Academic Team and sev- en players were selected to the 2007 ACC Honor Roll. Maryland volleyball recorded a terrific team GPA of 3.32 during in-season competition last fall. CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAM 3 :: The Terps have won five ACC titles (1990, 1996, 2003, 2004 & 2005) and have made seven trips to the NCAA tournament. The ACC Tournament was discontinued in 2004 and the Terps closed out the event with the title, sweeping North Carolina. MEDIA EXPOSURE 4 :: Combining the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. areas, Maryland plays in the nation’s fourth-largest media market. In addition to na- tional newspapers like the Washington Post and Baltimore Sun, the Terps are also covered regularly by one of the country’s top student newspapers, The Diamondback. Maryland volleyball has also been featured in several national publications, including USA Today and on ESPN.com. AWARD WINNERS 5 :: Setter Eden Kroeger (left) was an All-American and the ACC 5 Player of the Year in 1997, while 2000 graduate Beth Murphy (right) was honored by the ACC with the presitigious Weaver-James- Corrigan Award. In total, Maryland has had six AVCA All-Americans and three ACC Players of the Year.