PANTHER BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE aaa PROGRAM INFO & TABLE OF CONTENTS 200 QUICK FACTS Location..........................Charleston,.Illinois Enrollment........................................ 11,966 Founded..............................................1895 -3 37-43 Nickname......................................Panthers Colors...................................Blue.and.Gray Conference............. Ohio.Valley.(14th.year) President.......................... Dr..William.Perry GENERAL INFORMATION THE OVC, SERIES HISTORY & STATS Director.of.Athletics..............Barbara.Burke Quick.Facts...............................................1 2009.OVC.Standings.&.Honorees.......... 37 NCAA.Faculty.Rep.............Dr..Gail.Richard Lantz.Arena...............................................2 2009.OVC.Statistics..........................38-39 Associate..AD...................Mark.Bonnstetter Media.Info.&.Guide.Credits.......................3 2010.Opponent.Info................................ 40 Associate..AD............................John.Smith All-Time.Series.History........................... 41 Associate..AD............................Rich.Moser 2009.EIU.Results.&.Highlights............... 42 Associate..AD............................Tracy.Scott 2009.EIU.Statistics................................. 43 Assistant..AD/SWA................ Mary.Wallace Assistant..AD.......................... Dave.Kidwell Assistant..AD..........................Joel.Moersch Dir..of.Academic.Services.........Cindy.Tozer Director.of.Marketing.............Ryan.Gilmore Business.Manager................... Kim.Bagwell Ticket.Manager........................Cindy.Bayes COACHING STAFF 4-7 Head.Coach............................Brady.Sallee Alma.Mater.(Year)..... Thomas.More.(1993) EIU.Record........................ 73-77.(6th.year) Career.Record....................................Same COACHING STAFF Office Phone....................... (217).581-6008 Head.Coach.Brady.Sallee......................4-5 44-60 E-Mail................................ [email protected] Lee.Buchanan.&.Jackie.Moore.................6 Office Fax........................... (271).581-7001 Quacy.Timmons.&.Support.Staff...............7 Associate.Head.Coach.........Lee.Buchanan Alma.Mater..................Murray.State.(1983) Office Phone....................... (217).581-7617 E-Mail......................... [email protected] RECORDS & PROGRAM HISTORY Individual.&.Team.Game.Records..........44 Assistant.Coach................Quacy.Timmons Season.Top.10.&.Freshman.Records.....45 Alma.Mater...........................Indiana.(1998) Career.Top.10.........................................46 Office Phone....................... (217).581-8505 1,000.Point.Club................................47-49 E-Mail.......................... [email protected] Annual.Leaders.................................50-51 Year-by-Year.Results.........................52-58 Assistant.Coach.....................Jackie.Moore Coaching.History.&.Memorable.Games....59. Alma.Mater..........Christian.Brothers.(2005) Awards.&.Honors....................................60 Office Phone........................(217).581-3411 8-36 E-Mail............................. [email protected] Athletic.Trainer.......................Sam.Laingen SEASON & PLAYER INFORMATION Strength.&.Conditioning.Coach... Eric.Cash EIU’s.GPA.among.tops.in.the.country.......8 BBall Office Systems Asst....Brenda.Wilson 2009.Season.Recap.&.Notes....................9 Equipment.Mananger.................Jeff.Brown 2010.Season.Outlook..............................10 Team.Manager....................LaKiva.Hudson Roster.&.Pronunciations.......................... 11 Team.Manager.................. Joshua.Jackson Marie.Baker........................................12-13 Team.Manager..........................Monee.Ray Sports.Info................................. Ben.Turner Madeline.Kish.....................................14-15 TV-Radio.PBP/Analyst..............John.Twork Maggie.Kloak......................................16-17 Chantelle.Pressley.............................18-19 Dominique.Sims.................................20-21 PROGRAM INFO Lauren.Sturtevant...............................22-23 Home.Facility............................Lantz.Arena Ashley.Thomas...................................24-25 Capacity.............................................5,300 Pilar.Walker........................................26-27 First.Year.of.Basketball...................1973-74 Mariah.King.............................................28 6-76 Overall.Record..............468-509.(36.years) Bianca.McGee.........................................29 Division.I.Record...........338-429.(26.years) Sydney.Mitchell.......................................30 Ohio.Valley.Record..........95-135.(13.years) Ta’Kenya Nixon.......................................31 OVC.Tournament.Record.......................4-8 Kelsey.Wyss............................................32 Letter-winners.Returning/Lost................8/5 Academic.Class.Photos..........................33 Starters.Returning/Lost..........................1/4 OVC.Tournament.Photo.Gallery.........34-35 EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY Newcomers................................................5 Radio.&.TV.Photo.Roster........................36 This.is.Eastern.Illinois........................61-76 EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY aaa WWW.EIUPANTHERS.COM PANTHER BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE aaa MEDIA INFO PANTHER BASKETBALL ON THE AIR . For.the.seventh.consecutive.season,.WEIU-TV.will.be.telecasting.EIU.home.games..Seven.regular-season.contests.are.set.to.air.this. year..A.program-high.10.games.were.televised.on.WEIU-TV.in.2008-09.and.the.Panthers.also.played.on.ESPNU.and.Comcast Sports South. Should the Panthers host a first-round game in the OVC Tournament, that contest may also be carried byWEIU-TV ,.as.it.has.been. the.last.two.seasons..WEIU-TV.games.can.be.seen.live.in.several.media.markets.across.Eastern,.Central.and.Southern.Illinois.as.well. as.Western.Indiana..WEIU-TV.can.also.be.accessed.as.a.local.DISH.network.channel.in.those.same.markets. Women’s.basketball.will.also.be.featured.prominently.on.the.OVC’s.multi-media.website,.www.ovcsports.tv,.this.season..Fans.can. watch.all.EIU.home.games.and.road.OVC.contests.live.on.their.computer.via.an.on-demand.webcast. Lastly,.WEIU-FM (88.9).will.once.again.broadcast.all.EIU.women’s.basketball.regular-season.and.postseason.games..An.Internet. stream.of.the.audio.is.available.at.www.weiufm.com. During.the.2006-07.season,.ESPNU.televised.the.Panthers’.Feb..11.victory.against.UT.Martin.at.Lantz.Arena..In.January.2009,.ESPNU. carried.EIU’s.victory.at.Jacksonville.State. 2009-0 TELEVISION GAMES... Dec..9. vs.Western.Michigan,.5:30.p.m..–.WEIU Dec..12.vs.Indiana.State,.4.p.m..–.WEIU Jan..2. vs.Jacksonville.State,.4.p.m..–.WEIU Jan..4. vs.Tennessee.Tech,.5:30.p.m..–.WEIU Jan..23. vs.UT.Martin,.4.p.m..–.WEIU Feb..13.vs.Eastern.Kentucky,.4.p.m..–.WEIU Feb..27.vs.Tennessee.State,.4.p.m..–.WEIU EIU SPORTS INFORMATION STAFF RICH MOSER BEN TURNER BART RETTBERG SANDY KING Associate.AD/Media.&.PR Assistant.SID Assistant.SID Photographer Men’s.BBall.Contact Women’s.BBall.Contact Computer.Statistician &.Graphic.Designer (217).581-7480 (217).581-7020 (217).581-6408 (217).581-7761 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] MEDIA GUIDE CREDITS ABOUT THE FRONT COVER The. 2009-10. Eastern. Illinois. University. women’s. basketball. The.2009-10.senior.class.–.Marie.Baker,.Maggie.Kloak,.Domi- media.guide.is.a.product.of.the.EIU.Sports.Information.Department,. nique.Sims,.Lauren.Sturtevant.and.Ashley.Thomas.–.are.featured.on. supervised.by.Rich.Moser. the.front.cover..This.year’s.theme.is.“Success.is.Our.Choice.”.The. Writing.and.design.by.Ben.Turner..Inside.and.outside.covers.–.as. five elements of building a successful basketball program includes: well.as.pages.2,.34.and.35.–.designed.by.Sandy.King,.EIU.athletics. getting stronger in the weight room (Kloak), remaining fit through photographer.and.graphic.design.artist..All.photos.of.current.players. conditioning.(Thomas),.making.the.grade.in.the.classroom.(Sturte- by.Sandy.King..Other.photos.courtesy.of.Steven.Haas,.Anne.O’Neil,. vant),.being.active.in.the.community.(Baker).and.winning.games. Pat.Osterman,.Bart.Rettberg,.Megan.Sparks,.Ben.Turner.and.the. (Sims). The five seniors are pictured in these five elements. EIU.athletic.department.archives..Printing.by.MultiAd of.Peoria,.Ill.. INTERVIEWS CREDENTIALS All.interview.requests.must.go.through.Assistant.Sports.Infor- Working.media.should.make.arrangements.for.credentials.by. mation.Director.Ben.Turner..Head.coach.Brady.Sallee,.his.staff.and. contacting the Sports Information OfficeAT LEAST 24.hours.before. players.are.available.after.practices.(as.player.schedules.permit).and. the. game.. Seating. will. be. assigned. courtside.. Game. programs,. after.games..NO.interviews.will.be.done.prior.to.a.game.on.game. game.notes,.rosters.and.statistics.will.be.available.during.the.day. days..Information.on.women’s.basketball.can.be.found.at.EIUpan- of.a.game. thers.com.or.by.contacting.Ben.Turner..The.Eastern.Illinois.Sports. Information.Department.is.located.in.Room.2240.of.Lantz.Arena. EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY aaa WWW.EIUPANTHERS.COM 3 PANTHER BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE aaa HEAD COACH BRADY SALLEE . When.Brady.Sallee took.over.the.Eastern.Illinois.women’s.basketball.program.in.April.2004.he. understood.the.challenge.ahead..Since.day.one.Sallee.began.steering.the.program.in.the.direction.he. wanted.to.take. “Our.challenge.is.to.turn.Eastern.Illinois.into.a.championship.caliber.program..Once.I.saw.the.