2009 tiger volleyball Junior Katee Luecke Junior Britney Loomis Senior Alysha Fanning Towson university Quick Facts Mailing Address: 8000 York Rd ., Towson, Md . 21252-0001 Internet Site: www .TowsonTigers .com Founded: 1866 Enrollment: 21,111 Nickname: “Tigers” Colors: Gold, White & Black President: Dr . Robert Caret Director of Athletics: Mike Hermann Sr. Associate AD: Nance Reed Sr. Associate. AD: Tom Brush Associate AD: Margie Tversky Assistant AD: John Latteri Assistant AD: Tim Knavel Assistant AD: Mark Temmel Top Majors: Business, Biology, Mass Communication, Elementary Education, Psychology Degrees: B .A ., B .F .A ., B .M ., B .S ., M .A ., M .S ., M .A .T ., M .Ed ., M .F .A ., M .M . Arena (Capacity): Towson Center (5,000) Head Coach: Paul Koncir (George Mason,’99) Koncir’s Record: 48-44, 3 seasons Assistant Coaches: Jerry Hulla, Roberta Holehouse, Kristina Shannon Strength Coach: Jeremy Pick Head Athletic Trainer: Terry O’Brien Table of conTenTs Volleyball Athletic Trainer: Dana Parisi Equipment Manager: Dion Harris Quick Facts, Table of Contents . 2 Colonial Athletic Association . .24-26 All-Time Record: 638-539-4 ( .541) Coaching Staff . 3-5. 2008 Final CAA Statistics . .25-26 Letter Winners Returning: 6 Paul Koncir . 4 Volleyball History . 27-40. Starters Returning: 4 Jerry Hulla/Coaching Staff . 5 Year-by-Year Record . 28 Towson University Nickname . 6 All-Time Roster . 29 AThLeTic MediA Relations 2009 Outlook . 7-9. Honor Roll . 30 Director: Peter Schlehr 2009 Roster . 10 Single-Match/Single-Season Records 3 1 Associate Director: Dan O’Connell Assistant Director: Eric Rhew Player Profiles . 11-20. Career Records . 32 Assistant Director (VB Contact): Megan O’Brien 2008 In Review . 21-26. Year-by-Year Results . .33-39 Media Relations Phone: 410-704-4972 2008 Statistics . 22 All-Time Record vs . Opponents . 40 Media Relations FAX: 410-704-3861 2008 Results . 23 Towson University . 41-48. coLonial AThLeTic Association 2009 VoLLeyball MediA Guide Commissioner: Tom Yeager The 2009 Tiger Volleyball Media Guide is published by the Towson University Department of Athletics . It was written and edited by Volleyball Contact: Niki DeSantis Megan O’Brien . Photography by Scott Thornton, Kanji Takeno and Desiree Stover . The guide was designed and produced by Chris CAA Phone: 804-754-1616 Komisar and Kate Bateman of the Towson University Design Center . CAA Website: www .CAASports .com 2 2009 Tiger volleyball coaching staff head coach Paul Koncir coaching staff Entering his fourth season on the Tiger sidelines, Paul Koncir looks to help the Tigers take the next step during the 2009 campaign. Paul Koncir head coach – 4th season george Mason, ‘99 career record: 48-44 (.521) The ninth coach in the program’s history, Koncir coached a pair of All-Colonial Athletic Association selections last season in Val Chromy and Maddie Haseltine in addition to CAA All-Rookie selection Susan Gansor . He also helped the team return to the CAA Tournament after a one year absence . Koncir led the Tigers to a 22-9 record three years ago and a berth in the CAA Tournament . He also coached the CAA Rookie of the Year in middle blocker Alysha Fanning while two other players earned All-CAA honors . A 1999 graduate of CAA rival George Mason, Koncir came to Towson after two years as the top assistant for the Patriots women’s volleyball team . During his two seasons, Koncir coached the CAA Setter of the Year, three All-CAA honorees and an AVCA East All- Regional selection . He was involved in all aspects of the program, including training and skill development of the players along with recruiting duties . Prior to George Mason, Koncir spent three years at Georgetown University as an assistant coach . While with the Hoyas, he helped Georgetown return to the BIG EAST Championship Tournament, including a finals appearance in 2001 . He coached four all-confer- ence players as well as a conference Rookie of the Year honoree . In addition to his experience with women’s volleyball, Koncir also has extensive experience with the men’s game . He coached the George Mason men’s team for two seasons, leading the Patriots to the EIVA Championship final in 2004 and the EIVA Championship semi-finals in 2005 . He also served one year as the head coach of the Georgetown club men’s team and led the squad to a conference title and a fifth-place finish at the Division III Club Nationals . He spent one season at his alma mater before heading to Georgetown . Koncir also had a successful playing career while at George Mason . As a member of the Patriot men’s volleyball team, he started every match and ranked second on the team in kills . After graduat- ing, Koncir was a member of the USA Volleyball Chesapeake Region Championship team in 1998 and 1999 . His team also won a pair of championships at the Bahamas International Volleyball Tourna- ment . Koncir’s team earned the championship at the Scottish Open two times and he was named as the tournament’s MVP in 2003 . Towson University Coaching Records Koncir’s experience also extends to the youth level . He coached at both the boy’s and girl’s USA Youth Development Camp in 2005 coach years W-L Pct. and worked at the USA High Performance Tryouts in 2006 . From Margo verKruzen 1976-77 27-27-4 0.692 2000 to 2002, he was the head coach of the Girl’s 19 and Under gail abrams 1978 17-17 0.500 Northern Virginia Juniors, guiding the team to a Chesapeake arlene geppi 1979-84 120-131 0.478 Region championship . Terry McQuaid 1985-87 52-71 0.423 Carol ansell 1988 4-29 0.121 Cathy Cain 1989-1998 201-142 0.586 Catherine lavery 1999 12-20 0.406 4 2009 Tiger volleyball Chris riley 2000-2005 144-54 0.727 Paul Koncir 2006-pres. 48-44 0.521 Jerry hulla coaching staff Assistant Coach Roberta Holehouse joins the 3rd Season Tigers an assistant coach for the UMBC, ‘91 2009 season after a stellar four-year career at Penn State . Entering his third season as Assistant The Nittany Lions won two Coach and Recruiting Coordinator for NCAA titles during her career the Tigers, Jerry Hulla brings over while posting a 72-2 record 16 years of experience at the during those seasons . international, college, high school and club levels . Holehouse averaged 0 .35 Internationally, Hulla was the assistant coach for the U .S . Disabled service aces per set, which Standing National Team from 1998-2001 . The team finished fourth at ranked third in the Big Ten, and the 1998 World Championships, won a silver medal at the 1999 Pan- 3 .40 digs per set as a senior and American Championships and finished fourth at the 2001 Paralympic earned All-Big Ten Honorable Mention honors . She recorded Games . Hulla also served as a statistician for the U .S . Men’s National over 1,000 digs in her career . Holehouse earned Academic Team during the 2001 World League and the World University Games All-Big Ten honors in both her sophomore and junior seasons . Team . He is one of only a handful of coaches in the country who are As a junior, she recorded 471 digs, including 87 digs in the certified by USA Volleyball as CAP Level IV . NCAA tournament . Holehouse graduated with a degree In six years as a head coach at the junior college level, Hulla amassed in kinesiology . over 100 wins, trained twelve All-Conference, eleven All-Region, one National All-American and one Female Athlete of the Year . During that time, Hulla was honored as the Tachikara/American Volleyball Coaches Having completed her playing Association Junior College Northeast/Southeast Region Coach of the career for the Tigers last season, Year (’98 & ’99), the NJCAA Division II District IV Coach of the Year Kristina Shannon joins the (’99), the Region XX Coach of the Year (’99), the Maryland Junior coaching staff as a volunteer College Conference Coach of the Year (’98 & ’99) and CCBC-Catons- assistant in 2009 . She played in ville Coach of the Year (’98-‘99) . His teams at CCBC-Catonsville were 91 matches during her four undefeated for two consecutive years in both the conference and region years . As a senior, Shannon while winning back-to-back Maryland Junior College Conference served as one of the team Championships (‘98 & ‘99) . In 1999, the team won the Region XX captains for the Tigers . She had Championship, District IV Championship and placed seventh at the a career-high 284 digs in her NJCAA Division II National Tournament . They were ranked ninth in final season and collected 27 the nation in the final NJCAA Division II Poll . digs against UMBC as a junior . At the NCAA collegiate level, Hulla served two one year stints as She had 11 service aces and Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at Division II University contributed a career-high 29 assists last season . Shannon was a of Central Arkansas (2003) and Division I University of Louisiana- psychology/biology major at Towson . Monroe (2004) . His 2003 recruiting class at Central Arkansas was the top class in the program’s history and led the team to its first winning record in ten years in the Gulf South Conference Western Division . During his six years of coaching at the high school level, Hulla spent tenures in Maryland at Mercy and Centennial High Schools as well as Presentation High School in California . At Mercy, his teams won the 1994 Catholic League and Catholic Tournament championships as well as the 1995 Catholic League Sportsmanship award . At Centennial the Eagles won two 3A regional and state titles .