Text Table of Contents GENERAL INFORMATION _________________________ -2 Table of Contents _________________ 1 2006 Schedule ___________________ 2 HISTO Quick Facts _____________________ 2 RY SEASON PREVIEW _____________________________ 3-6 2006 Roster _____________________ 4 Season Preview ________________ 5-6 COACHING STAFF _____________________________ 7-0 N Coach Heather Tarr _______________ 8 Coach Geoff Hirai _______________ 10 C Coach Eve Gaw __________________ 9 Support Staff ___________________ 10 AA PLAYER PROFILES _____________________________-34 Seniors _____________________ 12-15 Newcomers _________________ 30-33 Juniors _____________________ 16-25 Class Photos ___________________ 34 O PP Sophomores ________________ 22-29 ONENTS 2005 REVIEW ______________________________ 35-42 Season Notes ________________ 36-37 Individual Statistics _____________ 39 Game-By-Game Results __________ 38 Pac-10 Statistics _____________ 40-42 2006 OPPONENTS ___________________________ 43-52 R Tournaments _________________ 44-45 Dawgs On Deck ________________ 49 E V Seniors Aimee Minor and Sarah Hyatt are expected to lead the Huskies at the Non-Conference Opponents _______ 46 UW Sponsors __________________ 49 IE plate. Last season, the pair combined for 32 home runs and 97 RBI. Pac-10 Opponents ____________ 47-49 All-Time Series Records _______ 50-52 W NCAA HISTORY _____________________________ 53-65 Husky Postseason Results _________ 54 1999 Box Scores _____________ 60-61 NCAA Records _________________ 55 2000 Box Scores _____________ 61-62 P 1994 Box Scores ________________ 55 2001 Box Scores ________________ 62 LA 1995 Box Scores ________________ 56 2002 Box Scores ________________ 62 Y E 1996 Box Scores _____________ 56-57 2003 Box Scores ________________ 63 R S 1997 Box Scores _____________ 57-58 2004 Box Scores _____________ 63-64 1998 Box Scores ________________ 59 2005 Box Scores _____________ 64-65 HUSKY HISTORY ____________________________ 66-89 C Honor Roll __________________ 67-71 Season Pitching Leaders __________ 80 OA All-Americans _______________ 72-74 Year-By-Year Leaders _________ 81-83 C HES Olympians _____________________ 75 Year-By-Year Statistics ___________ 83 Team Records________________ 76-77 All-Time Pac-10 Standings ________ 84 / STAFF No-Hitters _____________________ 77 Yearly Coaching Records ________ 84 Career Batting Leaders ___________ 78 All-Time Roster ________________ 85 Season Batting Leaders ___________ 79 Year-By-Year Results _________ 86-88 Career Pitching Leaders ___________ 80 Husky Softball Stadium __________ 89 PR HUSKY EXPERIENCE _________________________ 90-00 E V University of Washington _________ 90 Strength & Conditioning__________ 96 IE Campus Landmarks ______________ 91 Athletic Facilities ____________ 97-98 W Alumni ________________________ 92 Excellence In Coaching __________ 99 Husky Highlights _____________ 93-94 Athletic Administration _________ 100 Caitlin Noble returns for her sophomore campaign after setting the UW single- season strikeout record last year with 9.85 strikeouts per seven innings. GENE Total Student-Athlete Program _____ 95 GENE CREDITS: The 2006 Washington softball media guide was written, designed, layed-out and edited by Assistant Athletic Communications Director Misty Tucci. Cover R R AL designs by Jonathan Soriano. Photographs by Rob Carlson, Adam Hardtke, Jerry Laizure, Corky Trewin, Joanie Komura, Bruce Terami, Allsport, Scott Bisch, Chris AL Thiry, Ben VanHouten and USA Softball. Special assistance by the UW coaching staff, Rachel Caton, Chad Kent, Jonathan Price, Erin Rodenbiker, Soriano and Benton Strong. Printing by UW Department of Publications Services (Judy Robertson). 2006 WASHINGTON SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDE 2006 Schedule/ Quick Facts 2006 SCHEDULE QUICK FACTS DATE OppONENT LOCATION TIME RY School: 2/0-2 UNLV ALEXIS RESORT KICKOFF LAS VEGAS, NEV _______________________________ University of Washington 2/10 vs. Kentucky 9 am Location: ________________________________________Seattle, Wash. 2/10 vs. Oklahoma 11:15 am Address: __________________________229 Graves Bldg., Box 354070, HISTO 2/11 vs. Illinois-Chicago 11:15 am ____________________________________ Seattle, WA 98195-4070 2/11 vs. Long Beach State 1:30 pm Founded: ____________________________________ November 4, 1861 2/12 at UNLV 3 pm Enrollment: ________________________ 37,000 (26,800 undergraduate) 2/7-9 LSU TIGER CLASSIC BATON ROUGE, LA. Nickname: ___________________________________________Huskies 2/17 vs. Eastern Michigan 11 am Colors: _______________________________________ Purple and Gold 2/17 vs. Western Kentucky 1:15 pm AA Conference: ________________________________________ Pacific-10 C 2/18 vs. Mississippi Valley State 9 am Home Facility: ____________________ Husky Softball Stadium (1,500) N 2.18 at LSU 3:45 pm Press Box Phone: _______________________________ (206) 616-6936 2/19 Bracket Play TBD Web site: _________________________________ www.gohuskies.com 2/25-26 HUSKY FEVER CLASSIC SEATTLE, WASH. President: 2/25 Utah Valley State 11:15 am ___________________________________Dr. Mark Emmert Athletic Director: 2/25 Santa Clara 1:30 pm __________________________________ Todd Turner 2/26 Utah Valley State 11:15 am Interim Athletic Communications Directors: _ Jeff Bechthold/Dan Lepse 2/26 Santa Clara 1:30 pm Asst. Athletic Communications Dir./SB Contact: __________ Misty Tucci 3/3-5 COMPASS INVITATIONAL WACO, TEXAS Work: _______________________________________(206) 685-3119 ONENTS 3/3 vs. Bowling Green 10 am Cell: _______________________________________(206) 349-3119 Fax: PP 3/3 vs. Mississippi State 12:30 pm _______________________________________ (206) 543-5000 O 3/4 vs. Mississippi State 12:30 pm E-mail: ____________________________ [email protected] 3/4 at Baylor 3 pm Head Coach: _____________________Heather Tarr (Washington, 1998) 3/5 vs. Bowling Green 9 am Record at Washington: _______________________35-22 (1 season) 3/5 at Baylor 1 pm Overall Record: ______________________________________ same 3/0-2 FrESNO STATE BULLDOG CLASSIc FrESNO, CALIF. Phone: _____________________________________ (206) 543-3785 3/10 vs. San Diego$ 11 am W Assistant Coach: ____________________ Eve Gaw (Washington, 1998) 3/10 vs. DePaul$ 3 pm IE Phone: ____________________________________ (206) 616-8618 V 3/11 vs. Ball State$ 11 am E Assistant Coach: 3/11 vs. UCF$ 5 pm __________________ Geoff Hirai (Hilo-Hawaii, 1998) R Phone: 3/12 at Fresno State$ 10 am _____________________________________ (206) 543-5872 Certified Athletic Trainers: 3/6-9 JUDY GARMAN CLASSIC FULLERTON, CALIF. ____________ Chrissy Messick/ Greg Obray 3/16 vs. Texas 4 pm Equipment Manager: _____________________________ Gary McGuire 3/17 vs. Michigan 11:15 am Strength/Conditioning Coach: ______________________ Jason Phillips 2005 Overall Record: S 3/17 vs. Louisiana-Lafayette 6:15 pm ____________________________________ 35-22 R 3/18 Bracket Play TBD 2005 Conference Record/Place: ______________________ 10-11 (6th) E Y 3/19 Bracket Play TBD 2005 Postseason: ___________________________ 4-2, Super Regional LA 3/21 at Pacific (DH) Stockton, Calif. 12 pm Final NFCA Ranking: _____________________________________No. 14 P 3/22 vs. Nevada Stockton, Calif. 12 pm Letterwinners Returning/Lost: ______________________________ 9/7 3/31 California* Seattle, Wash. 1 pm Starters Returning/Lost: ___________________________________ 7/3 4/1 Stanford* Seattle, Wash. 2 pm NCAA Tournament Appearances: __________________ 12—1994-2005 4/2 Stanford* Seattle, Wash. 1 pm NCAA Tournament Record: 4/5 Portland State Seattle, Wash. 4 pm _______________________________ 50-22 Best NCAA Finish: 4/7 at Arizona* Tucson, Ariz. 7 pm ______________World Series Runner-up (1996, 1999) 4/8 at Arizona State* Tempe, Ariz. 7 pm 4/9 at Arizona State* Tempe, Ariz. 1 pm STAFF / 4/14 UCLA*$ Seattle, Wash. 3 pm 4/15 UCLA*$ Seattle, Wash. 2 pm 4/21 Oregon* Seattle, Wash. 1 pm HES C 4/22 Oregon State* Seattle, Wash. 2 pm 4/23 Oregon State* Seattle, Wash. 1 pm OA 4/26 at UCLA* Westwood, Calif. 2 pm C 4/28 Arizona State*$ Seattle, Wash. 1 pm 4/29 Arizona*$ Seattle, Wash. 2 pm 4/30 Arizona*$ Seattle, Wash. 1 pm 5/5 at Oregon State* Corvallis, Ore. 3 pm W 5/6 at Oregon* Eugene, Ore. 1 pm IE 5/7 at Oregon* Eugene, Ore. 1 pm V E 5/11 at Stanford* Palo Alto, Calif. 7 pm 5/12 at California* Berkeley, Calif. 2 pm PR 5/13 at California* Berkeley, Calif. 1 pm 5/19-21 NCAA Regionals$ TBD TBD 5/26-27 Super Regionals$ TBD TBD 6/1-6 Women’s College World Series$ Oklahoma City, Okla. TBA AL AL R R * denotes Pacific-10 Conference game $ indicates KKNW 1150 AM radio broadcast Times subject to change Pioneer Radio & Sports will broadcast select Husky softball games on KKNW 1150 GENE GENE AM. Mike Brown (right) returns for his ninth season as UW’s play-by-play an- All times Pacific nouncer, while John Cowley returns for his sixth year providing color commentary. 2006 PREVIEW 2 2006 WASHINGTON SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDE 2006 PREVIEW 2006 Roster Season Preview NO NAME POS B/T HT YR/ELIG HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 00 Brooke Woodward IF/P R/R 5-7 Fr./Fr. Vancouver, Wash./Prairie RY 2 Marnie Koziol OF L/R 5-7 Fr./Fr. Renton, Wash./Liberty 3 Dena Tyson OF R/R 5-3 Jr./Jr. Corona, Calif./Corona 4 Dominique Lastrapes 2B L/R 5-3 Jr./Jr. Mission Viejo, Calif./Laguna Hills HISTO 7 Aimee Minor OF R/R 5-6 Sr./Sr. San Jacinto, Calif./Hemet 8 Dena DePompa C R/R 5-7 Jr./Tr. Tujunga, Calif./Verdugo Hills/Hawaii 9 Jacki Hansen OF R/R 5-6 Jr./Jr. Mill Creek, Wash./Henry M. Jackson/Stanford 10 Nicole Moojen IF R/R 5-8 Jr./Tr. Westminster,