2007 Media Guide Table of Contents This is Georgia Tech Volleyball ........................................... 1-9 Stephanie Robbins ..................................................................... 25 2006 In Review .................................................................. 48-51 O’Keefe Gym ............................................................................... 2-3 Laura DeMichelis ........................................................................ 26 Notes ......................................................................................... 48-49 Match Day Atmosphere ......................................................... 4-5 Erin Birmingham ......................................................................... 27 Results .............................................................................................. 50 Retired Jerseys ............................................................................... 6 Chrissy DeMichelis ...................................................................... 28 Statistics ........................................................................................... 51 Success after Georgia Tech ...................................................... 7 Brittany Roderick ......................................................................... 29 Yellow Jacket All-Americas ................................................... 8-9 Jordan McCullers ......................................................................... 30 The Atlantic Coast Conference ........................................ 52-53 Mary Ashley Tippins .................................................................. 30 2006 Final Results ...................................................................... 52 General Information .......................................................... 10-13 The Tradition ................................................................................. 53 Media Information ..................................................................... 10 Georgia Tech Administration & Staff ............................ 31-32 Quick Facts ..................................................................................... 10 President G. Wayne Clough ................................................... 31 Georgia Tech Volleyball Record Book ......................... 54-63 Georgia Tech on the Air .......................................................... 10 Director of Athletics Dan Radakovich ................................ 31 Career Records ............................................................................. 54 Contact Information ................................................................... 10 Asst. Director of Athletics Theresa Wenzel ...................... 32 Match Records ............................................................................. 55 2007 Schedule ............................................................................. 11 Volleyball Support Staff ............................................................ 32 Miscellaneous Records ............................................................ 55 2006 Results ................................................................................. 11 Elite Performances ...................................................................... 55 Opponent Contacts ..................................................................... 11 This is Georgia Tech .......................................................... 33-42 Season Records ........................................................................... 56 Q & A with Bond Shymansky ....................................... 12-13 A Tech Degree .............................................................................. 33 Season Leaders ........................................................................... 57 Athletic Facilities ................................................................... 34-35 Series Records vs. Opponents ............................................... 58 Meet the Coaches .............................................................. 14-17 Georgia Tech Campus ...................................................... 36-37 Tournament History ................................................................... 59 Head Coach Bond Shymansky ..................................... 14-15 Athletic Excellence ............................................................... 38-39 Year-by-Year Results ........................................................ 60-63 Associate Head Coach Ben Bodipo-Memba ................. 16 Georgia Tech Traditions ........................................................... 40 All-Time Coaching Records ..................................................... 63 Assistant Coach Jennifer Carey ............................................. 17 Serving the Community ............................................................ 41 Alumni Reflections ...................................................................... 42 The 2007 Georgia Tech Volleyball Media Guide was designed, written Meet the Team ................................................................... 18-30 and edited by Cheryl Watts with assistance from the 2007 team members Lindsey Gray .................................................................................. 18 Georgia Tech Volleyball Excellence .............................. 43-47 and coaching staff. Outside Cover Design by Summit Athletic Media Nikki Kaminskas ......................................................................... 19 In the ACC ....................................................................................... 43 (www.summitathletics.com). Photography by Rob Skinner, Mark Parker, Ulrike Stegemann ....................................................................... 20 Honors and Awards ................................................................... 44 Sam Morgan, Stanley Leary and Christopher Gooley. Printing by J.D. Michelle Kandell ......................................................................... 21 Letterwinners ................................................................................. 45 Rutledge and Ebsco Media. On the front cover: Yellow Jacket seniors Talisa Kellogg ............................................................................... 22 In the NCAA Tournament ......................................................... 46 Lindsey Gray, Nikki Kaminskas and Ulrike Stegemann. Callie Miller .................................................................................... 23 In the ACC Tournament ............................................................ 47 The Yellow Jackets are proud to wear products of Russell Athletic, the Allie Niekamp ............................................................................... 24 official uniform of the Georgia Tech volleyball team, and Mizuno, the official footwear of the Georgia Tech volleyball team. 1 The History 2 3 Seven Yellow Jackets have earned Lynnette Moster Kele Eveland Alexandra Preiss All-America distinction since the 2002 - Second Team 2003 - First Team 2003 - Honorable Mention program first began in 1980, with 2003 - Third Team all seven players having played for 2004 - Third Team current Yellow Jacket head coach Bond Shymansky. The list is highlighted by first-team All-America Lynnette Moster is Georgia Tech’s all-time leader The Yellow Jackets’ only first-team volleyball All- Alexandra Preiss became the first middle hitter Kele Eveland, the only female in in kills, notching 1,859 in her career on the Flats America is setter Kele Eveland, who played for in Georgia Tech history to be tabbed an All- school history to have her jersey from 2001-04. The outside hitter became the the Yellow Jackets from 2000-03. The only American when she earned honorable mention retired, and three-time All-America first player in the history of the program to earn female in the history of Georgia Tech Athletics to honors in 2003. A two-time All-ACC honoree, Lynnette Moster, one of just six All-America honors when she was tabbed to the have their jersey retired, Eveland shattered Preiss helped the Yellow Jackets to the NCAA females in school history to earn the AVCA Second Team in 2002. By earning third- Yellow Jacket career marks in assists and assists Sweet 16 in 2002 before guiding Tech to the honor on three occasions. team All-America honors in 2003 and 2004, she per game (13.38) in her four years on the Flats. NCAA Elite Eight in 2003, a season in which she became the only three-time All-American in the Her 6,464 career assists from 2000-03 was the led the team and finished seventh in the nation history of the program and one of just six fourth-best mark in the history of NCAA volleyball in hitting percentage. Her .417 hitting females in school history to earn All-America and set a new record in the Atlantic Coast percentage in her senior season was the honors on three occasions. Moster’s accolades Conference. Eveland’s accolades include being second-best mark in Atlantic Coast Conference include being tabbed the ACC Player of the Year named the ACC Player of the Year in 2003 and history. Preiss concluded her career on the Flats in 2004, earning first-team All-ACC honors on the ACC Rookie of the Year in 2000 and earning holding the school record in hitting percentage three occasions (2002, 2003, 2004) and first-team All-ACC honors in 2003 after being (.364), standing fifth in total blocks (441) and receiving second-team All-ACC accolades as a tabbed to the All-ACC