Miner Players & Coaches ........... Inside Front Cover 1 Missouri S&T Quick Facts ...................................... 2 Media Information................................................... 2 Gale Bullman Multi-Purpose Building..................... 3 About Missouri S&T................................................ 4 Coaches/Administration Head Coach Alan Eads .......................................... 6 Assistant Coach Keri Hessel .................................. 7 Graduate Assistant Coach Amber Wheeler ........... 7 Missouri S&T Chancellor Dr. John Carney III......... 8 Vice Chancellor Dr. Debra Robinson...................... 8 Director of Athletics Mark Mullin ............................. 8 Faculty Representative Jeff Cawlfield .................... 9 Assistant Athletics Director Sarah Moore............... 9 Missouri S&T Athletics Staff Directory.................... 9 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE 2007-08 Lady Miners Season Preview.................................................... 10 2007-08 Roster ..................................................... 11 Katie Bunge .......................................................... 12 Sheena Chadwell.................................................. 13 Jaime Forsberg..................................................... 14 Tamara McCaskill................................................. 15 Katie McElrath ...................................................... 16 Chism McEntire .................................................... 17 Jennifer Pena........................................................ 18 Josie Polk ............................................................. 19 Ashton Morgan ..................................................... 20 Maria Bratcher ...................................................... 20 Lauren Dubbert..................................................... 20 Lydia Karlefors...................................................... 21 Chelsea Stangel ................................................... 21 Emily Page (team manager)................................. 21 2007-08 Review and Records Season Statistics .................................................. 22 2006-07 Box Scores ............................................. 23 2006-07 Single Game Highs ................................ 27 Lady Miner Records.............................................. 28 Lady Miner 1,000-Point Scorers ........................... 28 Lady Miner Top Ten List....................................... 30 Annual Leaders..................................................... 31 GLVC Information Great Lakes Valley Conference............................ 32 GLVC Basketball Records.................................... 33 GLVC Champions................................................. 34 Lady Miners’ All-Time Record vs. Opponents ...... 35 Lady Miners’ All-Time Results .............................. 36 Lady Miners vs. Ranked Teams ........................... 39 All-Time Roster ..................................................... 39 2007-08 Lady Miner Opponents Oklahoma Panhandle State, Saint Leo, Saint Joseph’s, Indianapolis ................................. 40 Lincoln, Texas A&M International, Saint Leo, Ouachita Baptist .................................. 41 Kentucky Wesleyan, Southern Indiana, Oakland City Indiana, Missouri-St. Louis.............. 42 Wisconsin-Parkside, Lewis, Bellarmine, Northern Kentucky............................. 43 Southern Illinois Edwardsville, Quincy, Drury, Rockhurst................................................... 44 Lady Miner All-America Players ..Inside Back Cover Team Photo & Schedule........................ Back Cover 2 Information for Incoming Media Missouri S&T Quick Facts Credentials for Lady Miner games: These will be assigned to Location: Rolla, Mo. 65401 news media covering the game. Passes must be requested at least Founded: 1870 one day in advance of the game to be covered. Please make all Enrollment: 6,100 requests to John Kean, Sports Information, University of Missouri- Chancellor: Dr. John Carney III Rolla, Rolla, Mo. 65401; phone number is 573-341-4140. Director of Athletics: Mark Mullin Game Services: Media representatives will be provided a game Phone: (573) 341-4175 program prior to the contest, halftime statistics, and a final game Head Women’s Basketball Coach: Alan Eads packet including play-by-play of the action. Refreshments are also Alma Mater: Missouri, 1973 available. Coaching Record: 52-82 (5 years) Office Phone: (573) 341-4105 Interview policy: Post-game interviews with Lady Miner players Assistant Coach: Keri Hessel are allowed after games. Please inform Missouri S&T sports Graduate Assistant Coach: Amber Wheeler information director John Kean if you wish to interview a Miner 2006-07 Overall Record: 17-11 player near the end of the game and he will make them available in a designated area. Access to the Missouri S&T locker room is 2006-07 GLVC Record: 10-9 (3rd in GLVC West) prohibited. Head coach Alan Eads will be available for interviews Home Arena: Gale Bullman Multi-Purpose Building shortly after the game in a designated area. All interviews with Capacity (Surface): 4,000 (wood surface) players and coaches during the week must be cleared through the Press Row Phone: (573) 341-6054 Missouri S&T sports information office. Interviews with opposing Nickname: Miners players following the game must be arranged with that school’s Colors: Silver and Gold sports information director. Conference: Great Lakes Valley Conference Head Athletic Trainer: Tiffany King World Wide Web Office Phone: (573) 341-4107 Sports Information Director: John Kean Information on Missouri S&T athletics can be obtained through the Office Phone: (573) 341-4140 World Wide Web. The page for that information can be accessed at Home Phone: (573) 364-9509 the following URL: http://sports.mst.edu. At that site, you can receive up-to-date information on the university's 15 athletic teams. Cell Phone: (573) 578-1654 Fax Phone: (573) 341-4880 Through this site, you can also link into many other sites on the E-mail address: [email protected] internet, such as NCAA Online, the NCAA Division II Home Page Web site: sports.mst.edu and other NCAA Division II institutions including those in the Great Athletics Office Telephone: (573) 341-4175 Lakes Valley Conference. This information is available 24 hours a day. Credits The 2007-08 Missouri S&T women’s basketball media guide was produced by the UMR sports information office. The cover was designed by Melpo Kardon. The book was printed by University of Missouri-Rolla Printing Services. Additional assistance provided by the Rolla Daily News. Media Outlets NEWSPAPERS: Rolla Daily News: 101 West Seventh, Rolla, Mo., 65401; (573) 364-2468 Missouri Miner (UMR): 1870 Miner Circle, Rolla, Mo., 65409; (573) 341-4235 Waynesville Guide: Drawer S, Waynesville, Mo., 65583; (573) 336-3711 St. Louis Post-Dispatch: 900 North Tucker, St. Louis, Mo., 63101; (314) 340-8170 Kansas City Star: 1729 Grand Ave., Kansas City, Mo. 64108; (816) 234-4355 Springfield News-Leader: 651 Boonville, Springfield, Mo., 65806; (417) 836-1118 MEDIA INFORMATION MEDIA INFORMATION RADIO: KTTR/KZNN: 1505 Soest, Rolla, Mo., 65401; (573) 364-2525 KUMR (UMR): 1870 Miner Circle, UMR, Rolla, Mo. 65409; (573) 341-4386 TELEVISION: KRCG: P.O. Box 659, Jefferson City, Mo., 65102; (573) 896-5144 KOLR: 2650 East Division, Springfield, Mo., 65803; (417) 862-6397 KSPR: 1359 St. Louis St., Springfield, Mo., 65808; (417) 831-1234 KYTV: 999 West Sunshine, Springfield, Mo., 65807; (417) 268-3220 The Gale Bullman Multi-Purpose Building is the 3 home of Missouri S&T basketball. Renovation work was done in the facility in the summer of 2004 as new chairback seats and bleachers were installed on the floor level of the arena. The new seating was made possible thanks to a donation by Norman and the late Armin Tucker, twin brothers who graduated from the Missouri School of Mines in 1940 and strong supporters of athletics at Missouri S&T. Jackling Gym served as the previous home of Miner basketball, until 1966 when it was razed to build a new library on the Missouri S&T campus. The 73rd M-P BUILDING BULLMAN Missouri General Assembly appropriated $2.4 million towards the construction of a new 78,000 square foot athletic facility on the campus, and in 1969 the Bullman Multi-Purpose Building Facts University of Missouri-Rolla Multi-Purpose Building opened. Following the death of long-time football Opened: 1969 (renovated in 2004) coach and athletics director Gale Bullman in 1977, the Cost: $2.4 million building was renamed in his honor. The name was Capacity: 4,000 approved by the University of Missouri Board of First Women’s Game: Feb. 7, 1975; Lady Miners lost to Stephens Curators in July 1977. College 55-37 The facility houses the Missouri S&T men's and Playing Surface: Wood women's basketball, volleyball and swimming teams. Most Points (by Lady Miners): 109 vs. McKendree, Nov. 27, 1990 The arena is the central feature in the building, a two- Most Points (Opponent): 103, Emporia State, Jan. 8, 2000 Most Points (Both teams): 180, Lady Miners vs. Northwest Mis- tiered setting which seats 4,000 fans in bleacher seats. souri State (2OT), Feb. 18, 1987 The wooden floor is long enough to accommodate two Longest Winning Streak: 13 games, Feb. 18, 1995 to Feb. 24, full-court basketball games at the same time, and there 1996 are eight basketball goals on the floor level. Also Longest Winning Streak (conference games): 11 games, Feb. included in the arena are two recreation areas, both in 18,