Quick Facts T A B L E OF C O N T E N T S Q U I C K F A C T S Quick Facts/Table of Contents . 1 2009 Lady Rams . 2-14 Location . Fort Worth, TX 76105 Coaching Staff . 3-4 Preview. 5 Founded. 1890 Roster . 6 Enrollment . 2,863 Schedule . 7 Nickname . Rams Opponents Directory . 8 Meet the Lady Rams . 8-14 Colors . Blue and Gold 2008 Review . 15-20 Affiliation . NAIA Division I Season Review . 16 Match Results. 17 Conference . Red River Athletic Statistics . 18 President . Dr. Harold G. Jeffcoat Red River Athletic Conference . 19-20 Athletics Director . Kevin Millikan Lady Ram Record Book . 21-28 Year-by-Year & Coaching Record . 22 Faculty Athletics Rep.. Dr. Pam Rast Individual & Team Records . 23 Head Athletic Trainer . Kyle Morgan Award Winners . 24-25 All-Time Roster . 26-27 Sports Information Director . Josh Lacy All-Time vs. Opponents. 28 Assistant SID . Ryan Amador Texas Wesleyan . 29-36 Athletics Phone . (817) 531-4210 Sid Richardson Center . 30 Athletic Directory . 31 Texas Wesleyan Athletic History . 32-33 C O A C H I N G S T A F F This is Texas Wesleyan . 34-35 Campus Map . 36 Head Coach . Christy Clawson Record at Wesleyan . 66-52 (.559) Career Record . 66-52 (.559) Alma Mater . Texas Lutheran ‘96 E-Mail . [email protected] Assistant Coach . Amanda Martin E-Mail . [email protected] Manager . Cristina Ibarra T E A M I N F O R M A T I O N Destiny Clemmons ranked sixth in the RRAC with 274 kills last season. 2008 Record . 14-26 M ED I A I N F O R M A T I O N RRAC . 9-2 Fort Worth Star-Telegram All-Time Record . 776-460 (.628) John Henry . (817) 390-7761 Starters Returning/Lost . 5/1 Dallas Morning News Letter Winners Returning/Lost . 8/6 Bob Yates . (214) 977-8260 Arlington Star-Telegram S P O R T S I N F O R M A T I O N Larry Lutz . (817) 548-5400 Arlington Morning News Cameron Maun . (214) 977-2770 Sports Information Director . Josh Lacy WFAA-TV (ABC) George Riba . (214) 977-6585 Office Phone . (817) 531-4855 KDFW-TV (Fox) Cell . (817) 584-8178 Mike Doocy. (817) 654-4000 Fax . (817) 531-4208 KTVT-TV (CBS) . (817) 451-1111 KXAS-TV (NBC) E-Mail . [email protected] Derek Castillo . (817) 654-6311 Assistant SID . Ryan Amador NOTE: This guide contains historical information that E-Mail . [email protected] dates back to the program’s inception in 1935. To Website . www.ramsports.net make any corrections or provide information that will aid in its accuracy, please contact the Texas Wesleyan Address . 1201 Wesleyan St Sports Information department at (817) 531-4855 or write us at 1201 Wesleyan St., Ft. Worth, TX 76105. Fort Worth, TX, 76105 CREDITS: The 2009 Volleyball Media Guide was written and edited by Josh Lacy. Editorial assistance by Adrienne Lacy, and Kevin Millikan. Contributing Photographers include Jose Valdez and Josh Lacy. Covers by Josh Lacy. This guide was printed by MultiAd Printing in Chicago, IL. www.ramsports.net 1 2009 Lady Rams Coaching Staff 2009 Lady Rams Christy C LA W SO N ’ S C ARE E R R E C ORD Overall Conference Clawson Year W L Pct. W L Pct. 2006 20 10 .667 8 3 .727 2007 32 16 .667 10 0 1.000 2008 14 26 .350 9 2 .818 Head Coach Totals 66 52 .559 27 5 .844 Fourth Season In the fall of 2007 Clawson was inducted into the Texas Lutheran University Athletic Hall of Fame. As Christy Clawson took over as head coach of the a setter at Texas Lutheran, she was a team captain Texas Wesleyan University volleyball program in and was named 1st-team All-Heart of Texas 2006. Conference and 1st-team All-Region while leading the Bulldogs to the 1993 NAIA National Last season Clawson led the Rams to a 9-2 confer- Tournament. She still holds several school records ence record that was good for the third seed in the including single season records for service aces RRAC Tournament. The Lady Rams reached the (114), service aces per game RRAC semifinals before (.717), and assists (1,810), as being ousted in an epic five- well as career records for game match by the eventual service aces (247), service champion, Wiley. The 2008 aces per game (.585), and Lady Rams featured six All- assists per game (9.858). Conference selections, including Defensive Clawson has also held Specialist of the Year, internships at both the Katlynn Romig. Southland and Lone Star Conferences where she In her first season with the worked on eligibility, com- Rams, Clawson led the team pliance, scheduling, record to a 20-10 record, an 8-3 keeping, statistics, and cham- mark in conference play, and pionships. an appearance in the RRAC Semifinals. The team fea- In addition, she has exten- tured three All-RRAC play- sive high school coaching ers, two All-Region VI selec- experience. She joined the tions, one Academic All- Rams from Keller High American, and one All- School where she served as American in Liz Meng. outdoor education instruc- tor and coordinator while In 2007, Clawson led the assisting with the volleyball Rams to a 32-16 record and and soccer teams. From a perfect 10-0 mark in the In three seasons, Coach Clawson has coached 14 All- 1996-2002 she held coach- RRAC North Division. The Conference selections and two All-Americans. ing and teaching positions in team reached the RRAC the Liberty Hill, Eanes, Pflugerville, and Lake Travis championship match and took thrilling five set wins ISDs. over Wayland Baptist and Lubbock Christian to reach the Region VI final. The 2007 Lady Rams fea- Clawson is a member of the American Volleyball tured five All-RRAC players, three All-Region VI Coaches Association, as well as USA Volleyball and selections, and one Academic All-American, while Liz holds an IMPACT Certification and CAP level I & II. Meng won her second All-American award. She received her bachelor of arts in kinesiology and secondary education from Texas Lutheran College Clawson had previous collegiate coaching experi- and completed her master of science in kinesiology ence at Texas Woman's University where she served with a specialization in sport administration at Texas as assistant volleyball coach and home event manag- Woman’s University. er from 2002-2004. As assistant coach, she was inte- gral in on the court training, strength and condition- Coach Clawson resides in Fort Worth with her hus- ing, travel, recruiting, fundraising, directing and devel- band, David Diver, and their son, Jackson. oping camps and tournaments, and mentoring ath- letes. She also served as an assistant coach at Texas Lutheran College in 1995. www.ramsports.net 3 2009 Lady Rams Coaching Staff Amanda Robert Martin Brown Assistant Coach Strength & Third Season Conditioning First Season Amanda Martin is in her third season as an assistant Robert Brown begins his first season with Texas Wesleyan in 2009. He is the Founder and CEO of coach at Texas Wesleyan University. the well-regarded Robert Brown Sports Performance, which is one of the country's only During her tenure at Texas Wesleyan, Martin has facilities specializing in volleyball performance train- ing. helped the Lady Rams to a 46-42 overall record and a 19-2 mark in conference play. Under her guidance A well-known, respected and outspoken leader in the Volleyball Sports Performance industry, Robert the program has produced 11 All-Conference selec- has written feature articles for sport training maga- tions and one All-American. zines throughout North America including Protraineronline, Performance Conditioning (Soccer, Softball, Cycling, and Volleyball) and Volleyball Martin also coaches 16 Molten for Texas Advantage Magazine. Volleyball Club, the #1 club in the State of Texas for the sixth year in a row. Her 16 Molten team won a An accomplished presenter, Robert provides educa- tional seminars covering Volleyball Sports National Championship in the American division at Performance and training topics to Sport coaches the Junior Olympic National Tournament in 2008. In (Junior High, High School, and Collegiate) throughout the USA. 2009, the team posted a 16th place finish in the open division at the Junior Olympic National Additionally, Robert currently serves as Primary Tournament. She has served as the director of the Master Instructor for the USA Volleyball Conditioning Accreditation Program (VCAP), which Metroplex program for TAV for the last five years. is an educational entity certifying Trainers and Since 1999 her travel teams have posted 3rd, 5th, Coaches as Volleyball Conditioning Instructor (VCI) and 9th place finishes at the open national level. worldwide. Lastly, Robert serves as Master of Sports Science for the International Sports Science Association (ISSA) in Carpentaria, CA. He is certi- Martin has had previous coaching experience as an fied as a Performance Enhancement Specialists thru The National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM). assistant at North Texas High Performance, which posted two 3rd place finishes at the international level in 2006-07. From 2004-06 she served as head Cristina junior varsity and varsity assistant coach at All Saints’ Episcopal School. From 2001-03 she held the same position at Trinity Valley School. Ibarra Martin is IMPACT certified through USA Volleyball, and is a USA certified referee and scorekeeper. Manager Third Season A graduate of Arlington High School, Martin played collegiate volleyball at North Central Texas College Cristina Ibarra is in her third season with the Texas where she earned All-Conference recognition as a Wesleyan volleyball team.