2012-2013 RAIDER TENNIS www.shipraiders.com SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY Table of Contents SHIPPENSBURG Quick Facts About Official Name of University: Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Quick Facts/PSAC .................. 2 General Information Member: The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education About the University ............... 3 • Founded in 1871 as the Cumber- Location and Zip Code: Shippensburg, Pa. 17257 land Valley State Normal School Academics & Athletics ............ 4 President: Dr. William N. Ruud • Comprehensive regional public Academic Support Services ..... 5 Overall Enrollment: 7,800 university • Member of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Administration .......... 6 Founded: 1871 Colors: Red and Blue System of Higher Education Coaching Staff ......................... 7 • Located on 200 acres in south- Nickname: Raiders Roster ...................................... 8 central Pennsylvania Conference: Pennsylvania State Athletic Season Outlook ....................... 9 Other Affiliations: NCAA Division II Enrollment Player Profiles ...................10-14 Athletic Director: Jeff Michaels • 7,800 total undergraduate Stats & Game Results ......15-20 Athletic Department Phone: (717) 477-1541 and graduate students • 53% women and 47% men Record Book .....................21-22 Acting Head Coach: Amanda Fenn Coach’s Office: (717) 477-1283 • 37% of students live on campus History .................................. 23 • 94% of our students are from Penn- Sports Information Director: Bill Morgal Schedule ..................Back Cover sylvania Office Phone 717-477-1206 E-mail [email protected] Faculty Fax 717-477-1253 • Student-faculty ratio: 20:1 and each Hotline 717-477-7678 student has a faculty advisor Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, in compliance with Mailing Address: Sports Information Office • 91% of the 294 full-time instruc- federal and state laws and university policy, is committed to tional faculty members hold a human understanding and provides equal educational, employ- 1871 Old Main Drive (OM 304) ment, and economic opportunities for all persons without regard doctorate or other terminal degree to race, color, sex, age, creed, national origin, religion, veteran Shippensburg, Pa. 17257 in their field status, or disability. Direct requests for disability accommoda- Website www.shipraiders.com tions and other inquiries to the Office of Disability Services, • Our faculty’s main focus is teach- Horton Hall 120, Shippensburg University, 1871 Old Main ing. All classes are taught by faculty, Drive, Shippensburg, PA 17257-2299, (717) 477-1329. not graduate assistants Photos by Bill Smith: Photos can be purchased online. Go to www.shipraiders.com and click Photo Store. Accreditations • AACSB International helps you create opportunities for • Intramural sports: • ABET (computer science) real-life experiences. Basketball, bowling, racquetball, • American Chemical Society • Academic options include indepen- soccer, softball, street hockey, ten- THE PSAC league has also grown to share the distinctions as: The larg- • Council for the Accreditation of dent study and research internships, nis, Ultimate Frisbee, volleyball. About est conference in Division II, the largest football-playing Counseling and Related Educa- field experience, the Marine Science • Sports facilities include: outdoor conference in the NCAA, and, with 23, the conference that Consortium at Wallops Island, a tennis courts, indoor and outdoor Originating in 1951 to administer tional Programs sponsors the most championships at the Division II level. 3+2 engineering program with two track, two indoor swimming pools, and promote men’s athletics, the • Council for Exceptional Children schools of engineering, 3+4 and 3+3 squash and handball courts, a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Highly competitive on a regional and national level, • Council on Social Work Education health science programs with pro- rehabilitation center, outdoor sand has evolved into one of the NCAA’s most PSAC schools annually combine to send nearly one-third • International Association of Coun- fessional schools, 2+2 allied health volleyball courts. heralded intercollegiate conferences. of its teams into NCAA postseason play. Ultimately, the seling Services membership’s success has yielded 43 NCAA team and 246 programs, and Army ROTC. • A 62,000-square-foot Student The first major step came in 1977, when based on a grow- • Middle States Commission on individual title winners. • Find a job or focus on a career with Recreation Building features an ing interest, the league reorganized to provide a structure Higher Education the help of Career Development 8,000-square-foot fitness center, an for its women’s programs. Only three years later, lacking a While proud of its athletic accomplishments, the league • National Council for Accreditation Center and alumni career services. elevated running track, racquetball standard competitive division, league voted to reclassify the also has evolved into one of Division II’s finest from an aca- of Teacher Education courts, and four multi-purpose entire conference to NCAA Division II. demic standpoint. Today, nearly one-third of the PSAC’s Athletics courts. estimated 6,300 participants are honored each year as Academic Programs Among its recent enhancements the PSAC has expanded • Member of the Pennsylvania State • 12-acre student recreation center “Scholar-Athletes” for maintaining a grade-point average of and Opportunities its membership twice during a four-year span. The first oc- Athletic Conference and NCAA includes: hockey rink; sand volley- 3.25 or better - a total that has nearly doubled since PSAC curred during the 2008-09 academic year with the addition • 75 majors and concentrations and Division II. ball courts; basketball courts; fields Scholar-Athletes were first recognized in the mid-1990s. of full-time members Gannon University and Mercyhurst 22 graduate programs • Intercollegiate sports: for football, softball, lacrosse, and College, and associate member Long Island University- Although all 16 current institutions are members of Divi- • 3 colleges: Arts and Sciences, Busi- Men: baseball, basketball, cross- rugby; exercise trail for rollerblad- C.W. Post. Over the past year, the PSAC’s Board of sion II, seven league schools also compete at the Division ness, and Education and Human country, football, soccer, swimming, ing, biking, and jogging. Directors agreed to welcome Seton Hill University as an I level in select sports. PSAC schools enroll over 127,000 Services; plus a Office of Unde- track and field, wrestling. associate member to begin play in field hockey during the students and claim over 710,000 alumni, including 483,000 clared Students. Women: basketball, cross country, 2011-12 campaign. The membership now consists of 16 who reside in Pennsylvania. • Study abroad opportunities are field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, soft- full-time institutions and the two associate members. available in dozens of countries. ball, swimming, tennis, track/field, The PSAC is governed by the presidents of the 16 member Find out more at www.ship.edu/ volleyball. All of the league’s full-time members are located within institutions. It employs a commissioner, an associate and academic/study_abroad/ the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which makes the assistant commissioner, and a director of media relations at • Internships, hands-on labs, gradu- PSAC the largest one-state conference in the NCAA. The its headquarters in Lock Haven, Pa. ate assistantships and more, SU 2 Shippensburg University Tennis 3 ACADEMICS and ATHLETICS ACADEMIC SUPPORT SERVICES for Student Athletes Shippensburg University shapes its athletic program to Shippensburg University established the Office of fit within the overall academic goals of the university— Academic Support Services for Student-Athletes maintaining a balance between athletics and academics. to provide the best possible resources for enhanc- Since 1984, the university’s Office of Institutional Re- ing the academic experiences of student-athletes. search has monitored the progress of our athletes in the Through the coordinator, a variety of academic classroom. The original study found that Shippensburg assistance services are available, including academic was ahead of many institutions in meeting the standards advising support, academic progress monitoring, of Propositions 48 and 64—two NCAA resolutions academic counseling and referral, and assisting designed to set minimum educational levels in collegiate graduating student-athletes in researching and athletes. pursuing employment and/or opportunities for graduate education. Proposition 64 of the NCAA established a minimum score of 700 in the SAT and a 2.0 grade point average in The Office of Academic Support Services for Stu- 11 core curriculum courses in high school. Proposition dent-Athletes has strong links with the Learning Melissa Knouse 48 carries these minimums even further and outlines Center and other campus-wide programs to support the academic well being of student-athletes. Interim Coordinator of Academic availability of scholarships to freshmen athletes based on Support Services for Student-Athletes their school performance. All student-athletes have the opportunity to Incoming freshmen athletes show preparation levels participate in the NCAA Student Athletic Affairs. comparable to those of all incoming students. In 2009, This program is committed to promoting excel- Melissa Knouse was named the Interim the average SAT score for