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TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S CONTENTS About the American.................................4 Commissioner Mike Aresco....................5 2015 Review..........................................6-7 2015 Statistical Leaders...........................8 2016 Composite Schedule..................9-10 Preseason Awards................................. 11 2016 NCAA Championship.................... 12 Digital Media Services........................... 13

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AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE STAFF Commissioner......................................................................................................Michael L. Aresco Senior Associate Commissioner (Administration)............................................Donna DeMarco Senior Associate Commissioner (Broadcasting).................................................. Tom Odjakjian Chief Financial Officer................................................................................................. Stacy Martin Associate Commissioner (Communications and External Relations) ..... Bernadette Cafarelli Associate Commissioner (Football) ..........................................................................Scott Draper

UCF....................................................14-17 Cincinnati...........................................18-21 UConn................................................22-25 East Carolina.....................................26-29 Houston.............................................30-33 Memphis............................................34-37 USF....................................................38-41 SMU...................................................42-45 Temple...............................................46-49 Tulane................................................50-53 Tulsa...................................................54-57

Associate Commissioner (Governance and Compliance) ....................................... Ellen Ferris Associate Commissioner (Men’s Basketball)........................................................Nate Pomeday

RECORDS

Associate Commissioner (Women’s Basketball)................................................ Barbara Jacobs

Game Records........................................58 Season Records................................59-60 Career Records.......................................61

Associate Commissioner (Sport Administration and Championships)...........James Siedliski Associate Commissioner (Women’s Basketball)................................................ Barbara Jacobs Assistant Commissioner (Communications)........................................................Chuck Sullivan Assistant Commissioner (Sport Administration and Championships)..........Robert Weygand

HISTORY

Senior Director of Compliance.................................................................................Andrea Dahly

Annual Statistical Leaders....................62 All-Time Standings................................63 All-Time All-Conference...................64-65 Conference Honors................................66 AVCA Honors.........................................67 NCAA Championship............................68

Senior Director of Communications and Digital Media...............................................Bill Potter Senior Director of Football Operations................................................................... Michael Costa Director of Broadcast Scheduling...........................................................................Michael Coyne Director of Business Affairs.........................................................................................Karen Giblin Director of Communications........................................................................ Chevonne Mansfield Director of Branding and Sport Administration...................................... Catherine Carmignani Director of Sport Administration and Championships.........................................Patrick Colbert

CREDITS

Assistant to the Commissioner............................................................................... Lisa Zanecchia

The 2016 American Athletic Conference Women’s Volleyball Media Guide was produced by Taylor Alward on Adobe InDesign CS6.

Assistant Director of Digital Communications........................................................ Jamie Corun Assistant Director of Digital Media and Reporter................................................... Hali Oughton Executive Assistant for Administration...................................................................... Lois DeBlois Administrative Assistant............................................................................................Wanda Factor Receptionist........................................................................................................... Kathy Kirkpatrick Administrative Fellow.................................................................................................... Kauri Black Communications Assistant.......................................................................................Taylor Alward Communications Assistant.............................................................................Christina Anderson Compliance Assistant.................................................................................................. Lauren Doby

Editorial assistance from Chevonne Mansfield and Chuck Sullivan. Special thanks to American Athletic Conference Volleyball Sports Information Directors for their assistance.

Digital Network Assistant............................................................................................ Kyle Coulter Coordinator of Football Officiating......................................................................... Terry McAulay Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Ofiiciating....................................................... Mark Whitehead

Photo Credits: Ben Solomon and School Sports Information Offices.

Coordinator of Women’s Basketball Officiating.............................................Debbie Williamson

ABOUT THE AMERICAN The American Athletic Conference consists of 12 prestigious institutions: the University of Central Florida, the University of Cincinnati, East Carolina University, the University of Connecticut, the University of Houston, the University of Memphis, the U.S. Naval Academy (in football only), the University of South Florida Southern Methodist University, Temple University, Tulane University and the University of Tulsa.

Individual teams in The American have enjoyed unprecedented success since the conference’s formation. Houston went 13-1 in the 2015 football season, setting a school record for wins, while Navy won a program-record 11 games in its first season in the conference, also in 2015. The 2014 season saw Memphis finish with 10 wins in football for the first time since 1938, while Temple enjoyed its first 10-win season in 2015.

Under the leadership of commissioner Mike Aresco, the American Athletic Conference has written an impressive list of accomplishments, both in the competitive arena and the classroom. In the course of its first three seasons, The American has taken its place at the forefront of intercollegiate athletics, with a collection of national team and individual championships and football and men’s and women’s basketball postseason victories that place The American among the elite Division I FBS conferences.

American Athletic Conference student-athletes have distinguished themselves in all facets of intercollegiate athletics. Temple linebacker Tyler Matakevich won the Bednarik Award and the Nagurski Trophy as the nation’s top defensive player in 2015, while Navy quarterback Keenan Reynolds finished fifth in the Heisman Trophy voting. UConn basketball standout Breanna Stewart finished her career as the most decorated player in college basketball history as she was chosen as the consensus national player of the year for the third time and became the first player be named four times as the Most Outstanding Player at the Final Four.

The league has produced four NCAA championship teams – UConn men’s basketball in 2014 and UConn women’s basketball in 2014, 2015 and 2016 – two New Year’s Six bowl champions, and two individuals who have won NCAA titles, most recently SMU’s Bryson Dechambeau, who was the 2015 national champion in men’s golf. Additionally, American Athletic Conference teams have advanced to the College World Series, reached the semifinal and final rounds of the NIT, qualified for the match play round of the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship and registered a top-10 finish at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship.

Reynolds and Stewart were selected as the winners of the 2016 AAU James E. Sullivan Award as the nation’s top amateur athletes, marking only the second time in the 86-year history of the award that multiple winners were chosen.

Additionally, SMU’s Avery Acker was chosen as the Division I women’s volleyball Academic All-America of the Year in 2015, while Navy offensive guard E.K. Binns was one of 12 finalists nationally for the Campbell Trophy, which is presented by the National Football Foundation to the top scholar-athThe American Athletic Conference was one of six finalists for the 2016 lete in college football. Tulsa soccer standout Katy Riojas was the winner of Sports Business Journal Sports League of the Year award, along with Major the 2016 NCAA Walter Byers Postgraduate Scholarship, while Golden HurriLeague Baseball, Major League Soccer, NASCAR, the National Basketball cane rower Emalia Seto won the 2016 NCAA Jim McKay Scholarship. Two stuAssociation and the PGA Tour. The American was the only entity from col- dent-athletes from The American earned NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships in lege athletics to be so honored. the conference’s first three years. In football, three American Athletic Conference teams were in the final College Football Playoff rankings of 2015, while two teams from The American were ranked in the top 20 of the final national polls in both 2013 and 2015. Eight of The American’s 12 football teams played in bowl games to cap the 2015 season as Houston defeated Florida State in the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl and Navy beat Pittsburgh in the Military Bowl. Houston’s finish at No. 8 nationally gave The American a top-10 team in the final national polls for the second time in the league’s three seasons. UCF finished No. 10 in the 2013 rankings after the Knights’ Fiesta Bowl win against Baylor.

The American Athletic Conference holds media rights partnerships with ESPN and CBS Sports which provide the conference with outstanding national exposure on the two industry leaders in sports television. The football portion of the contract calls for nearly 90 percent of conference-controlled games on national broadcast or national cable platforms. The first American Athletic Conference Football Championship, which was played in 2015, was televised by ABC as part of Championship Saturday.

The American Athletic Conference serves its membership from a stateof-the-art office located in Providence, R.I. The location of the conference In 2014, The American had the best men’s basketball postseason re- headquarters – just steps from the city’s Amtrak station and 10 minutes from cord of any league, when conference teams were a combined 13-4, and the T.F. Green International Airport – gives the conference easy access to its memleague sent four teams to the 2016 NCAA Championship. Teams from The ber schools. The conference headquarters is equipped with a complete video American have registered top-10 national rankings in football, men’s bas- production studio, which serves as the home of The American Digital Network, ketball, women’s basketball, baseball, men’s soccer, men’s golf, and men’s and meeting rooms to accommodate the many coaches’ and administrators’ track and field. meetings held on-site each year.

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MICHAEL L. ARESCO Mike Aresco has established himself as one of the leading figures in intercollegiate sports as commissioner of the American Athletic Conference. Aresco, who was named to his current position Aug. 14, 2012, has overseen a strategic reinvention of the conference, which has quickly become one of the premier conferences in the nation. Conference teams have won four NCAA Championships and two New Year’s Six bowl games since the 2012-13 academic year. The American’s inaugural year produced a remarkable string of accomplishments as UCF won the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and finished the season ranked No. 10 in the Associated Press poll. UConn won NCAA titles in both men’s and women’s basketball as American Athletic Conference teams had the best postseason winning percentage of any conference in men’s basketball. The league sent four teams to the NCAA tournament and saw SMU advance to the championship game of the NIT.

ference’s men’s and women’s basketball championships; and the launching of a brand marketing campaign. Additionally, Aresco brokered a multi-year marketing rights agreement with IMG College, the industry leader in collegiate sports marketing, and oversaw the development of The American’s new football bowl lineup, which features numerous annual matchups against the nation’s other top conferences. Included in that lineup is the Miami Beach Bowl – a bowl game that is owned and operated by the American Athletic Conference in a first-of-its-kind venture. Aresco’s first months were marked by his successful efforts to ensure the conference’s place within the College Football Playoff. Aresco was instrumental in securing the arrangement that puts the American Athletic Conference champion in a New Year’s Day system bowl if it is the highest-ranked team among the champions of five conferences.

The American was the only conference to have a Bowl Championship Series win and teams in the Men’s Final Four, the Women’s Final Four and the College World Series in 2013-14. Teams from the conference finished in the national top 10 in football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, men’s soccer, baseball and men’s golf.

Aresco has played an active role in the formation of the College Football Playoff, serving on the College Football Playoff Management Committee and helping to select the 13 members of the CFP Selection Committee. Aresco also serves on the College Football Playoff Television and Site Selection committees.

More recently, The American produced three teams in the final College Football Playoff poll of 2015, including Houston, which defeated Florida State in the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl and finished No. 8 in the final national rankings with a 13-1 record. Navy, in its first year as a member of the conference, finished No. 18 nationally after a school-record 11 wins in 2015. UConn went on to win its fourth straight NCAA title in women’s basketball, while The American sent four teams to the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.

In basketball, Aresco has secured the conference’s participation in The Men’s Basketball Officiating Consortium, L.L.C., partnering with the Big 12 Conference, Conference USA, the Ohio Valley Conference and the Southland Conference to ensure that the highest-quality game officials are assigned to American Athletic Conference contests.

Among the milestones reached in Aresco’s tenure have been the announcement of a conference football championship game for the first time in 2015 and the league’s successful staging of its own postseason bowl game, the Miami Beach Bowl, in 2014. In the wake of the changes created by college sports realignment, Aresco moved quickly to solidify the conference, leading negotiations that resulted in the most favorable financial terms for the conference’s football schools, after the withdrawal of the non-football-playing schools, as well as the 2013-14 launch of the renamed and rebranded conference. He simultaneously led the negotiations that resulted in television contracts with ESPN and CBS Sports, which have given the conference unprecedented national exposure and branding with the two industry leaders in sports television. Aresco then quickly and successfully organized the process whereby the conference was renamed the American Athletic Conference – a name that was immediately accepted nationally – and he also oversaw the process that resulted in the conference’s popular graphic identity. He has also successfully worked with the conference schools to arrive at an equitable distribution of existing revenue for the current and new conference institutions, bringing about a period of cohesiveness that is unprecedented in the league’s history. He has restructured the conference office staff to maximize efficiency and better serve the needs of the membership. Among his other significant accomplishments on behalf of the American Athletic Conference were the spearheading of expansion efforts, which resulted in the addition of East Carolina, Tulane and Tulsa as of July 1, 2014, and Navy as a football member in 2015; launching The American Digital Network; successful site negotiations for the con-

Aresco is a member of the Conference Commissioners Association enforcement working group and women’s basketball working group. He serves on the board of managers for both College Football Officiating, LLC, and Men’s College Basketball, LLC. He is also a member of the FBS commissioners’ media subcommittee. He is a charter member of the steering committee of the Columbia University/New York City Chapter of the National Football Foundation and serves on the board of the National Sports Marketing Network. Aresco has been a leader in the NCAA governance redesign efforts and a strong and articulate spokesman in various forums for the integrity of the collegiate model. Aresco came to the conference from CBS Sports where he was Executive Vice President, Programming. He was responsible for all college sports programming for CBS Sports and CBS Sports Network. Aresco oversaw the acquisition and management of CBS Sports college properties, including the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship, regular-season college basketball and football, conference basketball championship games, football bowl games and other programming. His responsibilities included game selection and scheduling, day-to-day operations, contract negotiations, identification of future acquisitions, development of programming strategies and coordination of new media and marketing initiatives. Aresco played an integral role in the landmark deal that created the CBS Sports-Turner Broadcasting partnership, which resulted in the acquisition of the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship rights through 2024. He managed the complex 14-year agreement that provides expanded national broadcast and cable coverage of the NCAA basketball championship. Aresco also was instrumental in the CBS Television Network’s groundbreaking bundled rights agreement with the NCAA, which granted CBS exclusive rights to

the NCAA tournament from 2003 through 2010. The 2010 NCAA Championship won a Sports Emmy in the Outstanding Playoff Coverage category. Aresco also played a key role in negotiating NCAA marketing agreements and in creating a partnership with IMG and the NCAA to assist in acquiring new NCAA corporate sponsors. He also was a significant contributor in the development of new media platforms for the NCAA Championship, including March Madness On Demand, a highly successful streaming platform. In 2008, Aresco negotiated a historic 15-year agreement with the Southeastern Conference to televise the league’s football and basketball games. The agreement also provided multiple new media rights for CBS, CBS Sports Network and CBS Interactive. He forged numerous basketball agreements with major conferences and negotiated 10-year extensions of the Army-Navy and Notre Dame-Navy football rivalries. Aresco was the creator and executive producer of The Tony Barnhart Show and Courtside with Seth Davis, both of which aired on the CBS Sports Network. In 2004, he was appointed by the late NCAA President Myles Brand to the Basketball Partnership, a select panel whose mission was to explore ways to improve and promote college basketball. Aresco joined CBS Sports from ESPN where he was responsible for overseeing the acquisition, scheduling and development of long-term strategies for all ESPN college sports properties. Earlier in his tenure at ESPN, he was responsible for programming a wide variety of sports properties, including College Football Association, Big Ten, and Pac-10 college football, NCAA events, including early rounds of the NCAA basketball tournament, the College World Series and various professional sports events, including thoroughbred racing, Top Rank Boxing, CFL football, Australian Rules Football, rodeo and yachting. He was the architect of ESPN’s signature Thursday night college football series and helped develop ESPN’s Bowl Week. He joined ESPN in 1984 as Counsel and was named Assistant General Counsel in 1988 before moving to the programming department. Aresco is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Tufts University (B.A., magna cum laude, history), The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts (M.A., international relations), where he held a John Moors Cabot Scholarship, and the University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D.). He practiced law privately in Hartford, Connecticut, for several years. Aresco is a regular speaker and expert panelist at national symposiums and seminars on the topics of college athletics and sports television. He was awarded the 2013 Distinguished Graduate Award by the UConn School of Law Alumni Association and was elected to the Middletown (Connecticut) Sports Hall of Fame in January of 2015. Aresco and his wife, Sharon, have two adult sons: Matthew, an Emmy-nominated television producer who lives in Connecticut with his wife, Elizabeth; and Brett, an actor who lives in New York City.

2 01 5 R E V I E W T H E A M E R IC A N 2 015 A L L- CO N F E R E N C E T E A MS Player of the Year Avery Acker, Sr., S, SMU Coach of the Year Lisa Seifert, SMU Freshman of the Year Jordan Thompson, Fr., RS/OH, Cincinnati Libero of the Year Morgan Heise, Jr., L, SMU Setter of the Year Avery Acker, Sr., S, SMU

First-Team All-Conference Jale Hervey........................Jr....... OH...................UCF Carly Nolan........................Fr....... OH........Cincinnati Jordan Thompson.............Fr....... OH/RS. Cincinnati* Brookah Palmer................Fr....... OH.........Houston* Janelle Giordano...............Jr....... MB...............SMU* Morgan Heise....................Jr....... L...................SMU* Avery Acker.......................Sr....... S..................SMU* Irem Asci............................So...... OH............ Temple Kristen Overton.................Jr....... MB........... Temple Sandra Sydlik.....................Sr....... S................Temple Erica Bohannon.................Jr....... OH............... Tulsa Ashley Hooper...................Sr....... MB............... Tulsa

2015 FINAL STANDINGS Standings Conference PCT. Overall PCT. Home Away Neutral Last 10 Streak SMU 17-3 .850 27-6 .818 14-2 10-2 3-2 7-3 L 1 Temple 15-5 .750 24-8 .750 15-3 6-5 3-0 8-2 W 7 Cincinnati 13-7 .650 21-10 .677 10-5 8-4 3-1 7-3 W 5 Tulsa 10-10 .500 15-17 .469 5-10 8-5 2-2 5-5 W 1 Memphis 10-10 .500 19-14 .576 8-9 7-5 4-0 5-5 W 2 UConn 10-10 .500 16-15 .516 10-4 4-9 2-2 5-5 L 4 UCF 9-11 .450 15-17 .469 5-8 8-6 2-3 4-6 L 1 Houston 9-11 .450 19-13 .594 7-6 7-6 5-1 4-6 L 2 USF 8-12 .400 11-21 .344 5-11 4-8 2-2 4-6 L 1 East Carolina 5-15 .250 12-19 .387 5-8 4-10 3-1 2-8 L 1 Tulane 4-16 .200 10-22 .313 7-8 0-12 3-2 3-7 L 2

THE AMERICAN IN THE FINAL NCAA RPI 34. SMU............................... 27-6 72. Temple........................... 24-8 86. Cincinnati.................... 21-10 109. Tulsa............................ 15-17 123. UCF............................... 15-17 128. Memphis..................... 19-14 141. UConn.......................... 16-15

144. Houston....................... 19-13 151. USF............................... 11-21 237. Tulane.......................... 10-22 254. East Carolina.............. 12-19

NCAA TOURNAMENT RESULTS NCAA TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND Thursday, December 3, 2015 Purdue 3, SMU 1

Second-Team All-Conference Abbbie Fleener..................Sr....... OPP ................UCF Jade Strawberry.................Jr....... OH..............UConn Erika Thomas.....................Sr....... MB/RS...... UConn Olivia Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Dell........................Sr....... L.............. Houston Dakota Hampton...............Jr....... OH...................USF Caitlin Bula.........................Sr....... OH................ SMU Abbey Bybel.......................Sr....... OH.................SMU Izzy Rapacz........................So...... OH/RS.......Temple * denotes unanimous selection

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2 01 5 R E V I E W PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OFFENSE

11-2 Abby Fleener.......................... UCF

9-21 Morgan Heise...................... SMU

DATE NAME.............................. SCHOOL

11-9 Erica Bohannon...................Tulsa

9-28 Erika Figueroa........East Carolina

8-31 Brookah Palmer............. Houston

11-16 Brookah Palmer............. Houston

10-5 Morgan Heise...............................SMU

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Kia Bright................................ UCF

11-23 Jordan Thompson.......Cincinnati

10-12 Olivia O’Dell............................Houston

9-14 Avery Acker......................... SMU

11-30 Irem Asci............................Temple

10-19 Olivia O’Dell.................... Houston

9-21 Avery Acker......................... SMU DEFENSE

9-28 Kristen Overton................ Temple 10-5 Cailin Bula............................ SMU

DATE NAME.............................. SCHOOL

10-12 Jordan Thompson...... Cincinnati

8-31 Morgan Heise...................... SMU

10-19 Ashley Hooper.....................Tulsa

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10-26 Jordan Thompson...... Cincinnati

9-14 Olivia O’Dell.................... Houston

Olivia O’Dell.................... Houston

10-26 Janelle Giordano................. SMU 11-2 Morgan Heise...................... SMU 11-9 Morgan Heise...................... SMU 11-16 Morgan Heise...................... SMU 11-22 Morgan Heise .................... SMU 11-30 Lise Alaiwan ...............Cincinnati

THE AMERICAN IN TOP-25 NATIONAL STATISTICAL RANKINGS TEAM Assists per Set 12. SMU..............................................................13.57 22. Temple..........................................................13.35 Digs per Set 17. SMU..............................................................17.39 Kills per Set 13. Temple.........................................................14.42 14. SMU..............................................................14.36 Match W-L Pctg. 18. SMU.................................................................818 Opp Hitting Percentage 13. SMU.................................................................160 Team Assists 13. UCF.................................................................1677 16. Memphis.......................................................1647 Team Attacks Per Set 12. UConn...........................................................38.40 Team Digs 4. Memphis.......................................................2301 Team Kills 16. UCF.................................................................1771 17. Memphis.......................................................1742 Team Service Aces 19. Tulsa.................................................................184 Total Attacks 10. Memphis.......................................................4924 12. UConn............................................................4838 18. Houston.........................................................4749

INDIVIDUAL Assiststs per Set 1. Avery Acker, SMU......................................12.45 Attacks per Set 19. Erica Bohannon, Tulsa...............................11.91 20. Kadi Kullerkann, Houston..........................11.90 Digs per Set 3. Morgan Heise, SMU....................................6.06 7. Olivia O’Dell, Houston..................................5.70 23. Erika Figueroa, East Carolina.....................5.18 Hitting Percentage 20. Kristen Overton, Temple...............................402 Service Aces T-16. Brookah Palmer, Houston..............................50 Total Assists 6. Avery Acker, SMU.......................................1482 Total Attacks T-17. Erica Bohannon, Tulsa................................1415 Total Blocks 3. Janelle Giordano, SMU................................188 Total Digs 2. Morgan Heise, SMU.....................................721 4. Olivia O’Dell, Houston...................................701 15. Brooke Berryhill, Tulsa.................................623 17. Erika Figueroa, East Carolina......................617 Total Kills T-17. Erica Bohannon, Tulsa..................................515 22. Brookah Palmer, Houston............................506

2015 STATISTICAL LEADERS TEAM Hitting Percentage S K E TA PCT 1. Temple 115 1658 597 4079 .260 2. SMU 119 1709 584 4589 .245 3. Cincinnati 117 1587 605 4315 .228 4. UCF 121 1644 687 4262 .225 5. Tulsa 127 1612 674 4701 .200 6. UConn 119 1524 677 4253 .199 7. USF 116 1508 628 4424 .199 8. Houston 123 1586 689 4552 .197 9. East Carolina 119 1427 597 4218 .197 10. Tulane 125 1449 638 4181 .194 11. Memphis 122 1495 624 4495 .194

Assists per Set 1. SMU 2. Temple 3. UCF 4. Cincinnati 5. USF 6. Houston 7. UConn 8. Tulsa 9. Memphis 10. East Carolina 11. Tulane

Blocks per Set 1. SMU 2. Tulane 3. Cincinnati 4. Houston 5. UConn 6. Memphis 7. USF 8. Temple 9. East Carolina 10. UCF 11. Tulsa

Service Aces per Set SP 1. Houston 123 2. Memphis 122 3. Tulsa 127 4. USF 116 5. Cincinnati 117 6. Temple 115 7. UConn 119 8. Tulane 122 9. East Carolina 119 10. UCF 121 11. SMU 115

S BS BA BT B/S 115 50 508 304.0 2.64 122 76 428 290.0 2.38 117 53 413 259.5 2.22 123 59 398 258.0 2.10 119 54 376 242.0 2.03 122 45 386 238.0 1.95 116 63 326 226.0 1.95 115 42 351 217.5 1.89 119 61 314 218.0 1.83 121 55 312 211.0 1.74 127 70 302 221.0 1.74

S 115 115 121 117 116 123 119 127 122 119 122

K 1567 1535 1547 1450 1413 1475 1421 1492 1389 1311 1337

K/S 13.63 13.35 12.79 12.39 12.18 11.99 11.94 11.75 11.39 11.02 10.96

Kills per Set 1. Temple 2. SMU 3. UCF 4. Cincinnati 5. USF 6. Houston 7. UConn 8. Tulsa 9. Memphis 10. East Carolina 11. Tulane

S 115 115 121 117 116 123 119 127 122 119 122

K 1658 1658 1646 1587 1509 1586 1524 1610 1495 1425 1421

K/S 14.42 14.42 13.60 13.56 13.01 12.89 12.81 12.68 12.25 11.97 11.65

SA 168 164 167 150 141 134 136 138 126 116 108

SA/S 1.37 1.34 1.31 1.29 1.21 1.17 1.14 1.13 1.06 0.96 0.94

Digs per Set 1. SMU 2. USF 3. Memphis 4. Cincinnati 5. Tulsa 6. East Carolina 7. UCF 8. Houston 9. Temple 10. UConn 11. Tulane

S 115 116 122 117 127 119 121 123 115 119 122

D 2020 1967 2005 1911 2074 1928 1945 1965 1798 1773 1793

D/S 17.57 16.96 16.43 16.33 16.33 16.20 16.07 15.98 15.63 14.90 14.70

INDIVIDUAL Hitting Percentage 1. Kirsten Overton,Temple 2. Janelle Giordano, SMU 3. Taylor Wickey, UCF 4. Joli Holland, USF 5. Ashley Hooper, Tulsa 6. Chenelle Walker, Houston 7. Kristen Stehling, SMU 8. Ashley McRae, East Carolina 9. Sarah Strasner, Tulane 10. Immanuella Anagu, UConn

Cl. JR JR SO SO SR FR JR JR JR SR

S 115 119 121 116 127 122 119 119 106 112

Assists per Set Cl. 1. Avery Acker, SMU SR 2. Sandra Sydlik, Temple SR 3. Sophie Bethke, Tulsa SO 4. Veronica Zimmerman, Memphis SR 5. Sabrina Gonzalez, East Carolina JR 6. Jade Tingelhoff, Cincinnati FR 7. Keandra McCardell, Houston SO 8. Elizabeth Hurring, Tulane FR 9. Miranda Watkins, UCF FR 10. Rebecca Rivera, UConn JR Blocks per Set 1. Janelle Giordano, SMU 2. Summer Morgan, Memphis 3. Immanuella Anagu, UConn 4. Sarah Strasner, Tulane 5. Chenelle Walker, Houston 6. Dayna Kern, Tulane 7. Clara Payne, USF 8. Ashley Hooper, Tulsa 9. Maya Muldrow, Cincinnati 10. Kirsten Overton, Temple

Cl. JR JR SR JR FR FR FR SR SO JR

K E 285 56 300 57 195 48 217 67 341 112 235 77 264 81 262 76 178 47 217 80 S 119 111 127 92 119 117 123 77 121 119

S 119 122 112 106 122 118 94 127 93 115

K 24 24 19 26 30 20 26 29 8 15

TA 569 619 400 450 716 509 605 620 445 475

K 1482 1253 1325 796 1028 992 959 512 714 692 E 164 110 104 90 103 101 67 91 78 85

TA 188.0 134.0 123.0 116.0 133.0 121.0 93.0 120.0 86.0 100.0

PCT .402 .393 .368 .333 .320 .310 .302 .300 .294 .288 K/S 12.45 11.29 10.43 8.65 8.64 8.48 7.80 6.65 5.90 5.82 PCT 1.58 1.10 1.10 1.09 1.09 1.03 0.99 0.94 0.92 0.87

Kills per Set 1. Brookah Palmer, Houston 2. Erica Bohannon, Tulsa 3. Jale Hervey, UCF 4. Jordan Thompson, Cincinnati 5. Irem Asci, Temple 6. Tea Juric, Tulane 7. Carly Nolan, Cincinnati 8. Ashton Mares, East Carolina 9. Dakota Hampton, USF 10. Abbey Bybel, SMU

Cl. FR JR JR FR SO JR FR SO JR SR

S 122 127 98 117 111 125 117 118 110 119

K 506 515 385 459 409 404 372 374 342 358

K/S 4.15 4.06 3.93 3.92 3.68 3.23 3.18 3.17 3.11 3.01

Service Aces per Set 1. Brookah Palmer, Houston 2. Trinity Alualu, Tulsa 3. Lauren Mills, SMU 4. Catlin Lilly, Memphis 5. Courtney Smith, Houston 6. Sandra Sydlik, Temple 7. Molly Burkhardt, USF 8. Dakota Hampton, USF 9. Lindsey Purvis, Memphis 10. Brooke Berryhill, Tulsa

Cl. FR JR SO JR SR SR FR JR SR JR

S 122 127 103 121 102 111 82 110 122 127

K 50 43 32 34 28 30 22 29 32 33

K/S 0.41 0.34 0.31 0.28 0.27 0.27 0.27 0.26 0.26 0.26

Digs per Set 1. Morgan Heise, SMU 2. Olivia Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Dell, Houston 3. Erika Figueroa, East Carolina 4. Jordan Pingel, UCF 5. Alyssa Drachslin, Temple 6. Brooke Berryhill, Tulsa 7. Wylie Devlin, USF 8. Abby Williams, Cincinnati 9. Lisa Mordell, Tulane 10. Kennedy Arundel, UConn

Cl. JR SR SR FR SR JR SR FR FR FR

S 119 123 119 114 115 127 115 117 125 114

K 721 701 618 568 568 623 542 511 463 414

K/S 6.06 5.70 5.19 4.98 4.94 4.91 4.71 4.37 3.70 3.63

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2016 COMPOSITE SCHEDULE AUGUST

Date Away 8-26 Stony Brook Chicago State Incarnate World Montana Campbell Uconn Canisius UL-Lafayette Grambling State Northern Arizona Cincinnati Kent State Central Arkansas UTSA Alabama 8-27 Farleigh Dickinson Middle Tennesse McNeese State Weber State Mercer Florida State South Dakota Belmont Arkansas-Little Rock Louisiana-Monroe UConn East Carolina Hampton USF Tulane Stetson Houston

SEPTEMBER 9-2 9-5

UConn Western Carolina Jackson State Pepperdine Kennesaw State Texas Southern Virginia Tech Stephen F. Austin Southern Miss New Mexico Idaho State Cincinnati UT Rio Grande Valley Eastern Illinois UCF SMU Northern Arizona Marquette Virginia Stetson Bethune Cookman Lamar Alabama Louisiana Tech Tulsa Western Michigan IUPUI Alabama State Sam Houston State

Home UCF Memphis Tulsa SMU USF Syracuse East Carolina Houston Tulane Temple Tennessee UCF Memphis SMU Tulsa East Carolina Cincinnati Tulane Houston USF UCF Tulsa Memphis SMU Cincinnati Colgate Bucknell Temple Charlotte Southern Miss UCF Houston Baptist

Location Orlando, Fla. Memphis, Tenn. Tulsa, Okla. Dallas, Texas Charlotte, N.C. Syracuse, N.Y. Lewisburg, Pa. Houston, Texas Hattiesburg, Miss. Philadelphia, Pa. Knoxville, Tenn. Orlando, Fla. Memphis, Tenn. Dallas, Texas Tulsa, Okla Lewisburg, Pa. Knoxville, Tenn. Hattiesburg, Miss. Houston, Texas Charlotte, N.C. Orlando, Fla. Tulsa, Okla. Memphis, Tenn. Dallas, Texas Knoxville, Tenn. Hamilton, N.Y. Lewisburg, Pa. Philadelphia, Pa. Charlotte, N.C. Hattiesburg, Miss. Orlando, Fla. Houston, Texas

Time Noon 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 5 p.m. 5 p.m. 5 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 10 a.m. 10 a.m. 11 a.m. 11 a.m. Noon 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m.

LSU USF Memphis SMU Tulsa Houston Temple Tulsa Uconn USF Houston Wichita State Tulane Memphis Southern Illinois Arizona UCF Cincinnati UConn USF Tulane Houston Temple Memphis Texas State UCF Cincinnati SMU Tulane

Baton Rouge, La. Tampa, Fla. Memphis, Tenn. Tucson, Ariz. San Marcos, Texas Houston, Texas San Juan, PR San Marcos, Texas Baton Rouge, La. Tampa, Fla. Houston, Texas Wichita, Kan. New Orleans, La. Memphis, Tenn. Carbondale, Ill. Tucson, Ariz. Carbondale, Ill. Wichita, Kan. Baton Rouge, La. Tampa, Fla. New Orleans, La. Houston, Texas San Juan, PR Memphis, Tenn. San Marcos, Texas Carbondale, Ill. Wichita, Kan. Tucson, Ariz. New Orleans, La.

11 a.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 6 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 10 p.m. 11 a.m. 11 a.m. Noon 1:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 8 p.m.

9-4 9-6 9-9 9-10 9-11 9-14 9-16 9-17

East Carolina Savannah State East Carolina North Carolina A&T Loyola Maryland UConn Florida Atlantic UCF North Dakota Tulane Memphis Auburn UT Martin Tulsa San Jose State Houston Delaware SMU South Carolina State East Carolina Michigan State Cincinnati Cleveland State Temple Jacksonville Memphis LSU UCF Yale UConn Tulsa Arkansas State Cincinnati Western Kentucky USF DePaul Houston Baptist Houston Tulane Clemson New Hamphshire Temple University of Illinois-Chicago USF Central Arkansas Tulsa Miami (OH) Memphis St. Francis Brooklyn UConn Louisiana-Monroe Houston Navy East Carolina High Point SMU Southern Illinois Cincinnati Albany USF East Carolina Campbell Rutgers Temple SMU N.C. State East Tennessee State Tulane Seattle UCF Miami (OH) Cincinnati Albany UConn UNC Asheville UCF Corpus Christi Houston Sam Houston State SMU Louisiana-Lafayette Memphis Florida Gulf Coast Tulane Villanova Temple UConn Army Stetson USF SMU TCU Central Arkansas UCF Memphis UAB Oral Roberts Tulsa Tulane Florida Atlantic Temple LaSalle South Carolina State East Carolina Yale Houston Northwestern State Tulsa UT Marttin Memphis Wright State USF North Carolina SMU Abilene Christian Tulane Furman Cincinnati St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s UConn Central Michigan UCF East Carolina Georgia State Penn Temple LIU Brooklyn USF Louisiana Tech Tulsa Houston Rice

Savannah, Ga. Greensboro, N.C. Storrs, Conn. Orlando, Fla. Clemson, S.C. Auburn, Ala. Jonesboro, Ark. Houston, Texas Raleigh, N.C. Buies Creek, N.C. Bowling Green, Ky. Philadelphia, Pa. Auburn, Ala. Orlando, Fla. Storrs, Conn. Jonesboro, Ark. Bowling Green, Ky. Chicago, Ill. Houston, Texas Clemson, S.C. Philadelphia, Pa. Chicago, Ill. Jonesboro, Ark. Auburn, Ala Storrs, Conn. Houston, Texas Buies Creek, N.C. Raleigh, N.C. Bowling Green, Ky. Chicago, Ill. Buies Creek, N.C. Philadelphia, Pa. Raleigh, N.C. Clemson, S.C. Orlando, Fla. Cincinnati, Ohio West Point, N.Y. Orlando, Fla. Houston, Texas Fort Worth, Texas Birmingham, Ala. Boca Raton, Fla. Philadelphia, Pa. West Point, N.Y. Tampa, Fla. Fort Worth, Texas Orlando, Fla. Birmingham, Ala. Tulsa, Okla. Boca Raton, Fla. Philadelphia, Pa. Atlanta, Ga. Houston, Texa Tulsa, Okla. Birmingham, Ala. Tampa, Fla. Fort Worth, Texas Boca Raton, Fla. Cincinnati, Ohio West Point, N.Y. Orlando, Fla. Atlanta, Ga. Philadelphia, Pa. Tampa, Fla. Tulsa, Okla. Houston, Texas

1 p.m 6 p.m. 10 a.m. 11 a.m. Noon 1 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 10 a.m. 101a.m. 11:30 a.m. Noon 1 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 11 a.m. Noon Noon Noon 1:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 5 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 11 a.m. 11 a.m. 11 a.m. Noon Noon 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 5 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8:30 p.m.

2016 COMPOSITE SCHEDULE 9-21 9-22 9-23 9-24 9-25 9-28 9-30

USF East Carolina Cincinnati Memphis Houston Tulane East Carolina Cincinnati Memphis Tulane Houston Temple UCF USF UConn Tulsa SMU

OCTOBER 10-2 10-5 10-7 10-9 10-12 10-13 10-14 10-15 10-16 10-19 10-21 10-23 10-26 10-27 10-28 10-29 10-30

USF UCF Temple Tulsa SMU Cincinnati Temple Houston Memphis Tulane UConn UConn Memphis Tulane Houston Temple Tulsa East Carolina Cincinnati UCF USF SMU East Carolina Cincinnati USF UCF Tulsa Tulane Temple Tulsa UConn SMU Houston Tulsa SMU Temple UConn Tulane UConn East Carolina Cincinnati Memphis Tulane Houston East Carolina Cincinnati Memphis Houston Tulane

UCF SMU Tulsa UCF UConn Temple Tulsa SMU USF UConn Temple UConn East Carolina Cincinnati Memphis Houston Tulane

Orlando, Fla. Dallas, Texas Tulsa, Okla. Orlando, Fla. Storrs, Conn. Philadelphia, Pa. Tulsa, Okla. Dallas, Texas Tampa, Fla. Storrs, Conn. Philadelphia, Pa. Storrs, Conn. Greenville, N.C. Cincinnati, Ohio Memphis, Tenn. Houston, Texas New Orleans, La.

7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. Noon Noon 1 p.m. 5 p.m. 5:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m.

East Carolina Cincinnati Memphis Tulane Houston East Carolina Tulsa UCF East Carolina USF SMU Tulsa Cincinnati UCF USF SMU SMU Tulane Houston UConn Temple Memphis Houston Tulane UConn Temple Memphis Houston East Carolina UCF Cincinnati USF Memphis USF UCF Cincinnati East Carolina Memphis Temple USF UCF Temple Tulsa SMU UCF USF UConn Tulsa SMU

Greenville, N.C. Cincinnati, Ohio Memphis, Tenn. New Orleans, La. Houston, Texas Greenville, N.C. Tulsa, Okla. Orlando, Fla. Greenville, N.C. Tampa, Fla. Dallas, Texas Tulsa, Okla. Cincinnati, Ohio Orlando, Fla. Tampa, Fla. Dallas, Texas Dallas, Texas New Orleans, La. Houston, Texas Storrs, Conn. Philadelphia, Pa. Memphis, Tenn. Houston, Texas New Orleans, La. Storrs, Conn. Philadelphia, Pa. Memphis, Tenn. Houston, Texas Greenville, N.C. Orlando, Fla. Cincinnati, Ohio Orlando, Fla. Memphis, Tenn. Tampa, Fla. Orlando, Fla. Cincinnati, Ohio Greenville, N.C. Memphis, Tenn. Philadelphia, Pa. Tampa, Fla. Orlando, Fla. Philadelphia, Pa. Tulsa, Okla Dallas, Texas Orlando, Fla. Tampa, Fla. Storrs, Conn. Tulsa, Okla. Dallas, Texas

1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. Noon 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 8 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 5 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. Noon 2 p.m. 2 p.m.

NOVEMBER 11-2 11-4 11-6 11-9 11-10 11-11 11-12 11-13 11-16 11-17 11-18 11-19 11-20 11-23 11-25 11-26

UCF Tulsa SMU USF UConn Temple Temple Tulsa SMU UConn UCF Houston UCF USF East Carolina Cincinnati Memphis UCF USF Cincinnati East Carolina Memphis SMU Tulane Houston Temple UConn Memphis Tulane Houston Temple UConn Memphis East Carolina Tulsa SMU UCF USF SMU Tulsa USF UCF Cincinnati East Caroling

USF East Carolina Cincinnati Memphis Tulane Houston Tulane Cincinnati East Carolina Houston Memphis Tulane SMU Tulsa Uconn Temple Tulane Tulsa SMU UConn Temple Houston Tulsa Cincinnati East Carolina UCF USF Tulsa East Carolina Cincinnati USF UCF SMU Cincinnati UConn Temple Tulane Houston UConn Temple Tulane Houston Memphis Memphis

Tampa, Fla. Greenville, N.C. Cincinnati, Ohio Memphis, Tenn. New Orleans, La. Houston, Texas New Orleans, La. Cincinnati, Ohio Greenville, N.C. Houston, Texas Memphis, Tenn. New Orleans, La. Dallas, Texas Tulsa, Okla. Storrs, Conn. Philadelphia, Pa. New Orleans, La. Tulsa, Okla. Dallas, Texas Storrs, Conn. Philadelphia, Pa. Houston, Texas Tulsa, Okla Cincinnati, Ohio Greenville, N.C. Orlando, Fla. Tampa, Fla. Tulsa, Okla. Greenville, N.C. Cincinnati, Ohio Tampa, Fla. Orlando, Fla. Dallas, Texas Cincinnati, Ohio Storrs, Conn. Philadelphia, Pa. New Orleans, La. Houston, Texas Storrs, Conn. Philadelphia, Pa. New Orleans, La. Houston, Texas Memphis, Tenn. Memphis, Tenn.

7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. Noon 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. Noon Noon 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. Noon 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m.

Note: All times (Eastern) are subject to change Italicized games will be on The American Digital Network

American Digital Network Games 11-18 Temple 11-19 Houston 11-23 SMU

UCF Caincinnati Temple

Orlando, Fla. Cincinnati, Ohio Philadelphia, Pa.

7 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m.

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P R E S E A S O N AWA R D S 2016 American Athletic Conference Preseason Coachesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Poll School (First Place Votes)

Points

1. Cincinnati (7)

Temple (2)

SMU (2)

4. UCF

5. UConn

6. Houston

7. Tulsa

8. Tulane

9. USF

10. Memphis

11. East Carolina

2016 American Athletic Conference Preseason Award Winners Preseason All-Conference Team

Kia Bright, UCF Jale Hervey, UCF* Carly Nolan, Cincinnati Jordan Thomspon, Cincinnati* Jade Strawberry, UConn Brookah Palmer, Houston* Dakota Hampton, USF Janelle Giordano, SMU* Morgan Heise, SMU* Irem Asci, Temple* Kirsten Overton, Temple* Izzy Rapacz, Temple Preseason Player of the Year Jordan Thompson, Cincinnati

Tea Juric, Tulane Erica Bohannon, Tulsa* *Unanimous selection

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP 2 0 16 N C A A D I V I S I O N I WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL C H A M P I O N S H I P The winner of the the American Athletic Conference regular season title will receive the league’s automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship. The 2015 NCAA Championship marks the 35th anniversary of the tournament. First and second round games are held on the campuses of participating institutions. Regionals will be hosted at non-predetermined sites and are held in single elimination format. The national semifinals and championship games will be held at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio on Dec. 15 & 17.

American Athletic Conference Schools’ NCAA Championship Appearances School

NCAA Appearances

Houston............................................................... 11 Cincinnati............................................................ 10 UCF......................................................................... 8 USF......................................................................... 7 Temple.................................................................... 4 Tulsa....................................................................... 4

2016 NCAA Women’s Division I Volleyball Championship Schedule First and Second Rounds Campus Sites...................................................................Dec. 1-3 Regionals Non-predetermined sites............................................Dec. 9-10 Semifinals (Nationwide Arena) Columbus, Ohio................................................................ Dec. 15 Championship (Nationwide Arena) Columbus, Ohio................................................................ Dec. 17

Tulane..................................................................... 2 Memphis................................................................ 1 SMU....................................................................... 1 UConn.................................................................... 0 East Carolina......................................................... 0 Total......................................................42

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AMERICAN DIGITAL NETWORK The most in-depth coverage of the American Athletic Conference can be found on The American Digital Network, the over-the-top streaming video platform of The American and its 12 member institutions. The American has extended its partnership with L2 Productions to provide video production services for more than 65 events annually on The American Digital Network through the 2018-19 academic year. The American and L2 Productions have collaborated on live video production of regular-season and championship events for the past two years. The American Digital Network produced more than 80 events for the 2015-16 season. All events are carried by professional-grade, multiple-camera productions which include accomplished play-by-play announcers and expert analysts. As a result of the partnership, The American Digital Network will provide complete live video coverage of The American’s postseason championships in cross country, swimming and diving, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, and rowing. The ADN will also provide coverage of any games of the conference’s women’s soccer, men’s soccer, softball and baseball championships that are not carried by one of the conference’s television partners.

Additionally, The American Digital Network will provide coverage of 25 regular-season women’s basketball games as well as select regular-season contests in soccer, volleyball, softball and baseball. The ADN will have full wraparound coverage of The American’s postseason championships in football and men’s and women’s basketball. In addition to its coverage of regular-season and championship events, The American Digital Network is the home for on-demand previews and game highlights as well as “The Rise,” a weekly look at the conference that includes scores, highlights and feature stories. The American Digital Network is also the primary source for coverage of the conference’s football and basketball media days. Coverage in 2016 will include live segments from the podium, including roundtable discussions with The American’s head coaches and the opening remarks by commissioner Mike Aresco. All of The American Digital Network productions are available on desktop, tablet, mobile and Roku devices at no charge. The ADN includes DVR functionality and immediate access to archived replays.

TheAmerican.org/DN

UCF

SCHEDULE AUGUST Holiday Inn Orlando East/UCF Inv. (Orlando, Fla.) 26 Stony Brook Noon Kent State 7:30 p.m. 27 Florida State 1 p.m. Stetson 7 p.m. SEPTEMBER Southern Illinois Inv. (Carbondale, Ill.) 2 at Southern Illinois 8 p.m. 3 vs. Northern Arizona 11 a.m. vs. Western Michigan 5:30 p.m. Holiday Inn Orlando East/USF Classic (Orlando, Fla.) 9 Florida Atlantic 11 a.m. LSU 7 p.m. 11 Seattle 2 p.m. Holiday Inn Orlando East/UCF Chall. (Orlando, Fla.) 16 UNC Asheville Noon Central Arkansas 7:30 p.m. 17 Central Michigan 4 p.m. 21 USF* 7 p.m. 23 Memphis* 7 p.m. 30 at East Carolina* 5:30 p.m. OCTOBER 2 at Cincinnati* 7 Houston* 9 Tulane* 14 at UConn* 16 at Temple* 21 Tulsa* 23 SMU* 27 Cincinnati* 29 East Carolina*

1 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m.

NOVEMBER 2 at USF* 7 p.m. 6 at Memphis* 2 p.m. 10 at SMU* 8 p.m. 12 at Tulsa* 2 p.m. 18 Temple* 7 p.m. 20 UConn* 1 p.m. 23 at Tulane* 1 p.m. 25 at Houston* 2 p.m. All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches denoted with asterisk

Jale HERVEY

2016 ROSTER No. 5 10 9 1 13 7 4 15 19 14 2 17 3 11 12 8

Name Kia Bright Taylor Gallart Lache Harper Jale Hervey Brooke Imirie Nerissa Maravec Jordan Pingel Farah Rajaee Ann Richards Alli Sabol Halle Scott Whitney Turner Miranda Watkins Jeanne Westney Taylor Wickey Abby Zimroth

Pos. Cl. Ht. OH R-Jr. 5-9 OH Sr. 6-1 OH/MB Fr. 6-2 OH Sr. 5-11 RS R-Fr. 6-1 MB Fr. 6-2 L So. 5-7 S/DS Jr. 5-5 MB Jr. 6-3 RS Fr. 6-3 DS Jr. 5-9 MB/RS R-Fr. 6-2 S So. 5-9 MB Fr. 6-3 MB/OPP R-Jr. 6-4 OH/S Fr. 5-10

Hometown/Previous School Starke, Fla./Auburn Germantown, Md./Academy of the Holy Cross Richmond, Va./ L.C. Bird Huntsville, Ala./Middle Tennessee Austin, Texas/Westwood Lincoln, Neb./Lincoln Southeast Colorado Springs, Colo./Air Academy Gainesville, Fla./Santa Fe College Assiniboia, Canada/Assiniboia Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Coffman Tallahassee, Fla./Tallahassee Troutdale, Ore./Central Catholic Tallahassee, Fla./Tallahassee Washington, D.C./St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s College Omaha, Neb./Omaha Concordia Tampa, Fla./Tampa Catholic

HEAD COACH: Todd Dagenais ASSISTANT HEAD COACH: Michelle Chatman ASSISTANT COACH: Mike Gee

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TODD DAGENAIS Head Coach

JALE HERVEY Senior - Outside Hitter

TAYLOR GALLART Senior - Outside Hitter

NEWS & NOTES • Senior outside hitter Jale Hervey was named to the American Athletic Conference First Team, while Abbie Fleener was placed on the Second Team. Hervey tallied 386 kills and averaged 3.94 kills per set with a .239 hitting percentage. Fleener recorded 291 kills with 2.40 kills per set while also hitting .239.

• Freshman Jeanne Westney was tabbed as Gatorade Player of the Year for the District of Columbia. She led her high school team to a 21-13 overall record, was named MVP of the Columbia State Athletic Association Championship and was placed on the First Team All-Washington Catholic Athletic Conference.

• Libero Jordan Pingel finished the season ranked in the top 50 in NCAA Division I in both digs per set and total digs. She averaged 5.0 digs per set and recorded 570 digs.

• The Knights add six new faces to the roster this season, including five true freshmen and one transfer.

QUICK FACTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFO Location............................................................... Orlando, Fla. Founded............................................................................. 1963 Enrollment.......................................................................61,810 Nickname..................................................................... Knights Colors.................................................................. Black & Gold President......................................................... Dr. John C. Hitt Director of Athletics.........................................Danny White Senior Woman Administrator...........................Jessica Reo Volleyball Office Phone..................................(407) 823-4177 Assistant Coaches....................... Jenny Maurer, Mike Gee

2015 Overall Record....................................................... 15-17 2015 Conference Record/Finish..................... 9-11/Seventh Starters Returning/Lost......................................... 6+libero/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost.........................................13/3 Newcomers......................................................................... Six Volleyball Contact..........................................Bridgette Gale Phone...................................................................................N/A E-mail...............................................bgale@athletics.usf.edu Website................................................www.ucfknights.com Twitter...........................................................@UCF_Volleyball

UCF

TODD DAGENAIS 9th Year at UCF Career Record (8 years)......... 127-112 (.559) UCF Record (8 years).............. 127-112 (.559) Conference Record.................... 80-66 (.548) NCAA Appearances (2014)............ 0-1 (.000)

Education - B.A. in Sports Medicine, Central Michigan (1995) Coaching File - Assistant head coach, University of Southern California (2005-07); Associate head coach, Michigan State University (1998-03); Assistant coach, Northern Michigan (1998)

The American (Overall)............. 61-35 (.635) The American (Conference Only).. 39-19 (.672)

DAGENAISâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR SCHOOL OVERALL CONFERENCE RECORD NCAA POSTSEASON CONFERENCE 2008 UCF 15-17 6-10 C-USA 2009 UCF 12-18 3-13 C-USA 2010 UCF 16-16 9-11 C-USA 2011 UCF 20-11 12-8 C-USA 2012 UCF 18-15 11-5 C-USA 2013 UCF 21-10 12-6 The American 2014 UCF 25-8 18-2 0-1 The American 2015 UCF 15-17 9-11 The American CAREER (8 Years) 142-112 80-66 0-1 (.559) (.548) (.000)

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2015 STATISTICS

2 0 15 R E SULT S (15-17 Overall / 9-11 American) AUGUST (2-1) Holiday Inn (Orlando, Fla.) 28 North Colorado 28 Delaware 29 Southern Illinois

THE VENUE AT UCF CAPACITY - 2,000

OCTOBER (5-4) 2 Tulane* W, 3-0 4 Houston* L, 3-2 9 at Cincinnati* W, 3-2 11 at Memphis* 16 SMU* SEPTEMBER (5-5) 18 Tulsa University of Nebraska-Omaha Inv. (Omaha, Neb.) 21 USF* 4 vs. Drake W, 3-0 23 at East Carolina* 5 vs. North Dakota W, 3-1 30 at Houston* 5 at Nebraska-Omaha W, 3-0 NOVEMBER (3-6) Minnesota Diet Coke Tour. (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1 at Tulane* 11 vs. North Dakota State L, 3-1 4 at USF* 12 vs. UC Irvine L, 3-2 8 East Carolina* 12 at Minnesota L, 3-0 13 at Temple* 15 at UConn* FIU/Miami Challenge (Miami, Fla.) 20 Memphis* 17 vs. Seattle L, 3-1 22 Cincinnati* 17 vs. FIU W, 3-0 25 at Tulsa* 18 at Miami L, 3-1 27 at SMU* 25 UConn* 27 Temple*

W, 3-0 L, 3-0

W, 3-2 L, 3-2 L, 3-1 W, 3-0 L, 3-2 L, 3-1 W, 3-1 W, 3-0 W, 3-0

W, 3-0 W, 3-1 L, 3-2 L, 3-0 L, 3-2 L, 3-0 L, 3-0 W, 3-1 L, 3-0

Conference matches denoted with asterisk *

C I N C I N N AT I

SCHEDULE AUGUST Tennessee Tournament (Knoxville, Tenn.) 26 at Tennessee 7 p.m. 27 vs. Middle Tennessee 10 a.m. vs. Lousiana-Monroe 3:30 p.m. SEPTEMBER Wichita State Tournament (Wichita, Kan.) 2 at Wichita State 8 p.m. 3 vs. Marquette 11 a.m. vs. IUPUI 6 p.m. Western Kentucky Invitational (Bowling Green, Ky.) 9 vs. Michigan State 4 p.m. at Western Kentucky 8 p.m. 10 vs. Southern Illinois 4 p.m. 14 17 22 24 30

Miami (Ohio) Furman at Tulsa* at SMU* USF*

OCTOBER 2 UCF* 5 at East Carolina* 9 Memphis* 13 at Houston* 15 at Tulane* 21 UConn* 23 Temple* 27 at UCF* 29 at USF*

NOVEMBER 4 SMU* 6 Tulsa* 11 at Temple* 13 at UConn* 17 Tulane* 19 Houston* 23 East Carolina* 25 at Memphis*

1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m.

7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. Noon 7 p.m. 1 p.m. Noon 3 p.m.

All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches denoted with asterisk

Ciara HILL

7 p.m. 2 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m.

2016 ROSTER No. 21 19 7 11 13 17 8 3 12 5 6 23 9 2 4

Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Lise Alaiwan MB Sr. 6-2 Cortnee Bowser MB Jr. 6-4 Dasha Cabarkapa MB Fr. 6-3 Lindsey Dinkelacker DS Sr. 5-11 Ciara Hill OH Sr. 5-10 Alison Kimmel MB RS-Sr. 6-2 Erica Kostelac OH Fr. 6-2 Maya Muldrow MB Jr. 6-1 Carly Nolan OH So. 6-0 Elly Ogle S RS-So. 5-11 Parker Shepherd S Jr. 5-10 Jordan Thompson RS/OH So. 6-4 Jade Tingelhoff S So. 6-0 Abby Williams DS So. 5-9 Sabrina Wolf DS Fr. 5-10

Hometown/Previous School Villeneuve Loubet, France/Kedge Business School Kent, Ohio/Theodore Roosevelt Novi Sad, Serbia/High Medical School Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Louis Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield North Chardon, Ohio/Notre Dame Cathedral Latin Raleigh, N.C./Wakefield Crystal Lake, Ill./Crystal Lake South Ft. Mitchell, Ky./Notre Dame Academy McKinney, Texas/McKinney Boyd Edina, Minn./Edina Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville South Loveland, Ohio/Ursuline Academy Cincinnati, Ohio/Mount Notre Dame

HEAD COACH: Molly Alvey ASSISTANT COACH: Phillip White ASSISTANT COACH: Kayla Jeter

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MOLLY ALVEY Head Coach

CARLY NOLAN Sophomore - Outside Hitter

JORDAN THOMPSON Sophomore - Outside Hitter

NEWS & NOTES • Head coach Molly Alvey enters her fifth year at the helm of the Bearcats after leading Cincinnati to a 21-10 record and a third-place finish in the American Athletic Conference in 2015 • Jordan Thompson, the 2015 American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year and a unanimous First Team All-Conference pick, is back for her sophomore campaign in Cincinnati. Thompson led the Bearcats with 3.92 kills per set and a .283 hitting percentage last season. Her 459 kills were good for second on the UC all-time freshman kills list. She earned a league-high nine weekly honors, including three Offensive Player of the Week accolades.

• Also back is First Team All-American Athletic Conference honoree Carly Nolan. Nolan, also a sophomore, paced UC with 3.18 kills per set and 2.72 digs per set in 2015. She was eighth on the school’s all-time freshman kills list (372) and ninth on the digs list (318). • The Bearcats have the ultimate homecourt advantage inside Fifth Third Arena. Since it began hosting volleyball matches in 1989, Cincinnati is 231-97 in the arena for a .705 winning percentage. • UC will play a competitve schedule featuring seven NCAA tournament teams from 2015, including Wichita State, Marquette, Michigan State and Western Kentucky.

QUICK FACTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFO Location..........................................................Cincinnati, Ohio Founded............................................................................. 1819 Enrollment......................................................................43, 691 Nickname.................................................................. Bearcats Colors....................................................................Red & Black President....................................Beverly J. Davenport, PhD Director of Athletics............................................ Mike Bohn Senior Woman Administrator................. Maggie McKinley Volleyball Office Phone..................................(513) 556-2877 Assistant Coaches.......................Phillip White, Kayla Jeter

2015 Overall Record....................................................... 21-10 2015 Conference Record/Finish.............................. 13-7/3rd Starters Returning/Lost......................................... 5+libero/1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost.........................................11/3 Volleyball Contact................................................Alex Lange Phone.................................................................(513) 556-5145 E-mail........................................................alex.lange@uc.edu Website................................................... GoBEARCATS.com Twitter....................................................... @GoBEARCATSVB

C I N C I N N AT I

Molly Alvey 5th Year at Cincinnati Career Record (7 years)......... 113-107 (.514) Cincinnati Record (4 years)...... 51-76 (.402) Conference Record.................... 72-57 (.558) NCAA Appearances....................... 0-0 (.000) The American (Overall)............. 39-56 (.411)

Education - B.A. in Economics, Centre College (2001) Coaching File - Head coach, University of Houston (2010-11); Associate head coach, University of Mississippi (2008-09); Assistant coach, University of Mississippi (2005-07); Head coach, University of Southern Indiana (2004); Graduate assistant coach, Temple University (2001-03)

The American (Conference Only)....23-35 (.397)

ALVEYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR SCHOOL OVERALL CONFERENCE RECORD NCAA POSTSEASON 2004 Southern Indiana 24-7 15-1 2010 Houston 19-13 13-7 2011 Houston 19-11 12-8 2012 Cincinnati 12-20 9-6 2013 Cincinnati 3-29 3-15 2014 Cincinnati 15-17 7-13 2015 Cincinnati 21-10 13-7 CAREER (7 Years) 113-107 72-57 0-0 (.514) (.558) (.000)

CONFERENCE GLVC C-USA C-USA Big East The American The American The American

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2015 STATISTICS

2 0 15 R E SULT S ( 2 1-1 0 O v e r a l l / 1 3 -7 A m e r i c a n ) AUGUST (2-1) Queen City Classic (Cincinnati, Ohio) 28 Eastern Michigan L, 3-0 29 Northern Kentucky W, 3-0 29 Xavier W, 3-1 SEPTEMBER (7-3) Cleveland State Classic (Cleveland, Ohio) 4 vs. Binghamton W, 3-0 5 vs. Central Michigan W, 3-0 5 at Cleveland State W, 3-1 Butler Tournament (Indianapolis, Ind.) 11 vs. Northern Iowa L, 3-1 12 vs. UIC W, 3-1 12 at Butler W, 3-1

FIFTH THIRD ARENA CAPACITY - 13,176

17 19 23 25

Louisville SIUE Memphis* East Carolina*

L, 3-1 W, 3-0 L, 3-2 W, 3-1

OCTOBER (6-3) 2 at UConn* 4 at Temple* 9 UCF* 11 USF* 16 at Tulane* 18 at Houston* 23 at SMU* 25 at Tulsa* 30 Temple* NOVEMBER (6-3) 1 UConn* 6 Tulsa* 8 SMU* 11 at Memphis* 15 at East Carolina* 20 at USF* 22 at UCF* 25 Houston* 27 Tulane*

L, 3-2 L, 3-1 W, 3-1 W, 3-1 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 L, 3-0 W, 3-2 W, 3-1

L, 3-2 W, 3-2 L, 3-0 L, 3-1 W, 3-0 W, 3-1 W, 3-0 W, 3-1 W, 3-1

Conference matches denoted with asterisk *

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SCHEDULE AUGUST Syracuse Invitational (Syracuse/Hamilton, N.Y.) 26 at Syracuse 5 p.m. 27 at Colgate 4 p.m. SEPTEMBER LSU Tiger Classic (Baton Rouge, La.) 2 at LSU vs. Southern Miss 3 vs. Virginia Dog Pound Challenge (Storrs, Conn.) 9 Loyola (Md.) Yale

11 a.m. 6:30 p.m. Noon 10 a.m. 7 p.m.

10 St. Francis (N.Y.) Army Invitational (West Point, N.Y.)

1 p.m.

16 17

11 a.m. 5 p.m. 3 p.m.

vs Albany at Army vs. St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

23 Houston* 25 Tulane* 28 Temple* 30 at Memphis*

7 p.m. Noon 5 p.m. 8 p.m.

OCTOBER 7 at SMU* 9 at Tulsa* 14 UCF* 16 USF* 21 at Cincinnati* 23 at East Carolina* 26 at Temple* 30 Memphis*

8 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. Noon 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 5 p.m. Noon

NOVEMBER 4 at Tulane* 8 p.m. 6 at Houston* 2 p.m. 11 East Carolina* 2 p.m. 13 Cincinnati* Noon 18 at USF* 7 p.m. 20 at UCF* 1 p.m. 23 Tulsa* Noon 25 SMU* Noon All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches denoted with asterisk

Tosin ADENIYI

2016 ROSTER No. 13 18 2 7 14 9 8 1 12 15 16 11 3 4 6

Name Tosin Adeniyi Kennedy Arundel Danielle Cabel Kenya Cason Hayley Cmajdalka Camille Evans Genna Florig Elizabeth Kline Jessika Long Iman McGary Rebecca Rivera Avery Spaziani Jade Strawberry Emma Turner Kayla Williams

Pos. MB DS OH OH MB OH MB L/DS S OH S DS OH S OH/PH

Cl. Ht. Jr. 6-2 So. 5-6 Jr. 6-2 Jr. 5-11 Sr. 6-2 Sr. 6-0 Fr. 6-2 So. 5-6 R-Jr. 5-9 So. 5-11 Sr. 5-7 Fr. 5-8 Sr. 5-11 So. 5-10 R-Fr. 5-9

Hometown/Previous School Springfield, Ill./Chatham-Glenwood Chicago, Ill./Mother McAuley Bettendorf, Iowa/Iowa Columbus, Ohio/St. Francis DeSales College Station, Texas/A&M Consolidated Chicago, Ill./St. Ignatius Wilsonville, Ore./Sunset High School Pittsburgh, Pa./Shaler Area Sandy, Utah/Arizona Rockford, Ill./Keith School Mississauga, Ontario/Albany Hingham, Mass./Notre Dame Academy Tallahassee, Fla./Maclay School Winter Park, Fla./Lake Highland Prep Manhattan, N.Y./Seward Park

HEAD COACH: Kris Grunwald ASSISTANT COACH: Ellen Kimball ASSISTANT COACH: Matt Scott

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H US K IES

KRIS GRUNWALD Head Coach

REBECCA RIVERA Senior - Setter

JADE STRAWBERRY Senior - Outside Hitter

NEWS & NOTES • Senior Jade Strawberry returns following a breakout season in 2015, being named to the All-American Athletic Conference Second Team and leading the Huskies with 350 kills.

• UConn led its opponents in kills per set, attack percentage, assists per set, and service aces in 2015. It led The American in fewest kills (11.82) and assists (10.97) per set allowed to opponents.

• UConn saw a four-game improvement last season under head coach Kris Grunwald, finishing tied for fourth place in The American. Grunwald enters his third season in Storrs.

• A balanced roster of four seniors, four juniors, four sophomores, one redshirt freshman and two newcomers make up the UConn roster.

• The Huskies play in four early-season tournaments prior to a 20-game conference schedule, including the Syracuse Invitational, LSU Tiger Classic, Dog Pound Challenge (in Storrs) and the Army Invitational.

QUICK FACTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFO Location...............................................................Storrs, Conn. Founded............................................................................. 1881 Enrollment.......................................................................31,119 Nickname.....................................................................Huskies Colors.................................. Navy Flag Blue (Navy) & White President............................................................Susan Herbst Director of Athletics.................................... David Benedict Team Administrator....................................... Evan Feinglass Volleyball Office Phone................................. (860) 486-2612 Assistant Coaches........................Ellen Kimball, Matt Scott

2015 Overall Record....................................................... 16-15 2015 Conference Record/Finish......................... 10-10/T-4th Starters Returning/Lost....................................... 4 + libero/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost........................................ 12-3 Newcomers....................................................................Seven Volleyball Contact.............................................. Steve Lewis Phone.................................................................(860) 486-1498 E-mail...........................................steven.l.lewis@uconn.edu Website........................................ www.UConnHuskies.com Twitter.................................................................... @UConnVB

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Kris Grunwald 3rd Year at UConn Career Record (4 years)............. 69-54 (.561) UConn Record (2 years)............. 28-34 (.452) Conference Record.................... 32-38 (.447) NCAA Appearances....................... 0-0 (.000) The American (Overall)............. 28-34 (.452) The American (Conference Only).15-25 (.375)

Education - M.S. in Mathematics, Flordia State (1993), B.A. in Mathematics, George Mason University (1991) Coaching File - Assistant coach, Auburn (201213); Assistant head coach, Arkansas (2008-11); Associate head coach, Moorehead State (20062007); Assistant coach, Mississippi (2002-05); Head coach, Auburn (1998-99); Assistant coach, Auburn (1994-97); Assistant coach, Florida State (1991-93)

GRUNWALDSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR SCHOOL OVERALL CONFERENCE RECORD NCAA POSTSEASON 1998 Auburn 22-9 9-6 1999 Auburn 19-11 8-7 2014 UConn 12-19 5-15 2015 UConn 16-15 10-10 CAREER (4 Years) 69-54 32-38 0-0 (.561) (.457) (.000)

CONFERENCE SEC SEC The American The American

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2015 STATISTICS

2 0 1 5 R E S U LT S (16-15 Overall / 10-10 American) AUGUST (1-2) UConn Invitational (Hartford/Storrs, Conn.) 28 at Hartford W, 3-0 28 vs. Rhode Island L, 3-1 29 Syracuse L, 3-1

GAMPEL PAVILION CAPACITY - 10,241

SEPTEMBER (5-5) Dog Pound Challenge (Storrs, Conn.) 4 Bryant University W, 3-1 4 UMBC W, 3-0 5 James Madison W, 3-0 Dartmouth Tournament (Hanover, N.H.) 12 vs. West Virginia W, 3-0 13 at Dartmouth L, 3-1 New England Challenge (Cambirdge, Mass.) 18 at Harvard L, 3-1 19 vs. Boston College L, 3-0 19 vs. Northeastern W, 3-0 25 at UCF* 27 at USF*

L, 3-0 L, 3-1

OCTOBTER (6-3) 2 Cincinnnati* 4 Memphis* 9 at Tulsa* 11 at SMU* 14 Temple* 16 East Carolina* 23 Tulane* 25 Houston* 30 at Memphis*

W, 3-2 L, 3-1 L, 3-2 L, 3-0 W, 3-2 W, 3-2 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0

NOVEMBER (4-5) 1 at Cincinnati* 5 at Houston* 8 at Tulane* 13 USF* 15 UCF* 18 at Temple* 20 SMU* 22 Tulsa* 25 at East Carolina*

W, 3-2 L, 3-1 W, 3-2 W, 3-0 W, 3-2 L, 3-1 L, 3-0 L, 3-1 L, 3-2

Conference matches denoted with asterisk *

EAST

C ARO LI N A

SCHEDULE AUGUST Bucknell Invitational (Lewisburg, Pa.) 26 vs Canisius 5 p.m. 27 vs. Farleigh Dickinson 10 a.m. at Bucknell 6 p.m. SEPTEMBER 4 at Savannah State 1 p.m. 6 at North Carolina A&T 6 p.m. Hampton Inn and Suites Holly Spirngs Invitational (Buies Creek, N.C.) 9 vs. South Carolina State 4:30 p.m. 10 vs. Navy 1:30 p.m. at Campbell 5:30 p.m. Georgia State Invitational (Atlanta, Ga.) 17 vs South Carolina State 11 a.m. at Georgia State 4 p.m. 22 24 30

at SMU* at Tulsa* UCF*

8 p.m. 1 p.m. 5:30 p.m.

OCTOBER 2 USF* 5 Cincinnati* 7 Memphis* 13 at Tulane* 15 at Houston* 21 Temple* 23 UConn* 27 at USF* 29 at UCF*

1 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m.

NOVEMBER 4 Tulsa* 6 SMU* 11 at UConn* 13 at Temple* 17 Houston* 19 Tulane* 23 at Cincinnati* 26 at Memphis*

7 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. Noon 3 p.m.

All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches denoted with asterisk

Ashley McRAE

2016 ROSTER No. 6 13 23 5 4 3 1 9 10 12 7 11 24 8

Name Haley Bidgood Kelly Brogan Lael Ceriani Tiara Cottingham Sydney Darden Sabrina Gonzalez Alex Jesett Ashton Mares Brandee Markwith Ashley McRae Natalie Montini Toya Osuegbu I’Tiana Taylor Megan Williams

Pos. S/RS S OH OH OH S L OH DS/L MH MB MH OH DS/L

Cl. So. Fr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Sr. So. So. Fr. Jr. So. Fr. Sr. Jr.

Ht. 6-1 5-10 6-1 6-1 5-8 5-9 5-6 6-0 5-8 5-9 6-0 5-11 6-1 5-1

Hometown/Previous School Cary, N.C./Green Hope Northvale, N.J./Old Tappan San Diego, Calif./UT Martin Fort Collins, Colo/Rocky Mountain Virginia Beach, Va./UNC Greensboro Elizabeth City, N.C./UNC Pembroke Katy, Texas/Seven Lakes Fort Collins, Colo./Rocky Mountain Honolulu, Hawai’i/Punahou Silver Spring, Md./Bethesda Chevy Chase Fletcher, N.C./Reynolds Winder, Ga./Winder-Barrow Pflugerville, Texas/Pflugerville Durham, N.C./Durham School of the Arts

HEAD COACH: Julie Torbett ASSISTANT COACH: Russ Friedland ASSISTANT COACH: Nick Polite

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P I R AT E S

JULIE TORBETT Head Coach

ASHTON MARES Junior - Outside Hitter

ASHLEY McRAE Junior - Middle Hitter

NEWS & NOTES • East Carolina welcomes back four starters for the 2016 campaign, including three of the top four hitters and its starting setter.

• Ashton Mares and Sabrina Gonzalez ranked in the top 10 among American Athletic Conference players with 14 and 13 double-doubles respectively in 2015.

• ECU swept a home conference weekend for the first time as a member of the American Athletic Conference with a 3-0 triumph over then first place Houston and a five-set win over Tulane.

• Head Coach Julie Torbett needs just 22 victories to reach 400 for her career. Torbett is the second-winningest active coach in the American Athletic Conference.

• East Carolina allowed the fewest blocks per set of any team in The American (1.73 against) in 2015. League champion SMU was second in allowing 1.92 per set.

• The Pirates tallied the most team digs (1,928) in a season since 2007.

QUICK FACTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFO Location.......................................................... Greenville, N.C. Founded............................................................................. 1907 Enrollment.......................................................................28,289 Nickname...................................................................... Pirates Colors.................................................................Purple & Gold Chancellor..................................................... Dr. Cecil Staton Director of Athletics........................................Jeff Compher Senior Woman Administrator.................... Shelley Binegar Volleyball Office Phone..................................(252) 737-1425 Assistant Coaches....................Russ Friedland, Nick Polite

2015 Overall Record....................................................... 12-19 2015 Conference Record/Finish.............................5-15/10th Letterwinners Returning/Lost...........................................8/9 Newcomers......................................................................... Six Volleyball Contact............................................... Chip Welch Phone.................................................................(252) 737-4520 E-mail.......................................................welchc15@ecu.edu Website.............................................. www.ECUPirates.com Twitter................................................................... @ ECUVBall

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C ARO LI N A

Julie Torbett 4th Year at East Carolina Career Record (22 years)...........378-339 (.527) East Carolina Record (3 years).....40-44 (.476) Conference Record....................158-145 (.521)

Education - B.S. in Exercise and Sport Science, Penn State (1990) Coaching File - Head coach, Winthrop (20112012); Head coach, UNC Asheville (1994-10)

NCAA Appearances...........................0-0 (.000) The American (Overall).................27-35 (.435) The American (Conference Only)...11-29 (.275)

TORBETTSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR SCHOOL OVERALL CONFERENCE RECORD NCAA POSTSEASON 1994 UNC Asheville 12-23 3-5 1995 UNC Asheville 24-11 4-3 1996 UNC Asheville 21-16 8-6 1997 UNC Asheville 16-17 5-7 1998 UNC Asheville 18-13 3-5 1999 UNC Asheville 16-17 8-6 2000 UNC Asheville 13-21 5-9 2001 UNC Asheville 7-21 5-9 2002 UNC Asheville 26-8 12-2 (1st) 2003 UNC Asheville 18-10 9-5 2004 UNC Asheville 19-17 8-6 2005 UNC Asheville 25-7 10-4 2006 UNC Asheville 15-18 10-4 2007 UNC Asheville 12-22 2-10 2008 UNC Asheville 18-14 8-8 2009 UNC Asheville 25-10 13-3 (1st) 2010 UNC Asheville 19-12 11-5 2011 Winthrop 20-8 12-2 (1st) 2012 Winthrop 14-16 8-6 2013 East Carolina 13-9 3-11 2014 East Carolina 15-16 6-14 2015 East Carolina 12-19 5-15 CAREER (22 Years) 378-339 158-145 0-0 (.527) (.521) (.000)

CONFERENCE Big South Big South Big South Big South Big South Big South Big South Big South Big South Big South Big South Big South Big South Big South Big South Big South Big South Big South Big South C-USA The American The American

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2015 STATISTICS

2 0 1 5 R E S U LT S (12-19 Overall / 5-15 American) AUGUST (1-0) 30 at Savannah State W, 3-0. SEPTEMBER (7-5) 1 at N.C. Central

W, 3-0

Davidson Tournament (Davidson, N.C.) 4 vs. Presbyterian W, 3-2 5 vs. Hampton W, 3-0 5 at Davidson L, 3-2

OCTOBER (2-7) 2 at SMU* 4 at Tulsa* 9 Tulane* 11 Houston* 16 at UConn* 18 at Temple* 23 UCF* 25 USF* 30 Tulsa*

L, 3-0 L, 3-2 W, 3-2 W, 3-0 L, 3-2 L, 3-1 L, 3-0 L, 3-0 L, 3-0

East Carolina Invitational (Greenville, N.C.) 12 Hampton W, 3-0 13 Western Carolina L, 3-1 13 William & Mary W, 3-0

MINGES COLISEUM CAPACITY - 8,000

NOVEMBER (2-7) 1 SMU* L, 3-0 6 at USF* L, 3-0 8 at UCF* W, 3-2 13 Memphis* L, 3-2 South Carolina Invitational (Columbia, S.C.) 15 Cincinnati* L, 3-0 18 at South Carolina L, 3-0 20 at Houston* L, 3-1 19 vs. Wofford L, 3-1 22 at Tulane* L, 3-2 19 vs. Charleston Southern W, 3-2 25 UConn* W, 3-2 27 Temple* L, 3-0 25 at Cincinnati* L, 3-1 27 at Memphis* W, 3-1 Conference matches denoted with asterisk *

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SCHEDULE AUGUST Houston Baptist Tournament (Houston, Texas) 26 vs. Louisiana 5:30 p.m. 27 vs. Weber State 11 a.m. at Houston Baptist 8 p.m. SEPTEMBER Cougar Classic (Houston, Texas) 2 Texas Southern 2 p.m. Idaho State 8 p.m. 3 Lamar 1:30 p.m. Flo Hyman Collegiate Cup (Houston, Texas) 9 San Jose State 2 p.m. Houston Baptist 8 p.m. 10 Louisiana-Monroe 1:30 p.m. Rice Invitational (Houston, Texas) 16 vs. Texas A&M-CC Noon 17 vs Yale 11 a.m. at Rice 8:30 p.m. 23 25 30

at UConn* at Temple* Tulsa*

OCTOBER 2 SMU* 7 at UCF* 9 at USF* 13 Cincinnati* 15 East Carolina* 19 Tulane* 21 at Memphis* 28 at SMU* 30 at Tulsa* NOVEMBER 4 Temple* 6 UConn* 9 at Tulane* 13 Memphis* 17 at East Carolina* 19 at Cincinnati* 23 USF* 25 UCF*

7 p.m. 1 p.m. 8 p.m.

2 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 8 p.m. 1 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m.

8 p.m. 2 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m.

All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches denoted with asterisk

Brookah PALMER

2016 ROSTER No. 15 12 22 92 3 7 14 8 11 1 18 5 2 20 16 9 13 6 10 4

Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Sarah Afflerbaugh OH/RS Jr. 5-11 Megan Duncan OH/RS Fr. 6-1 Halle Evans S Fr. 5-9 Brianna Gardner MB Jr. 6-2 Abby Giles DS/L Fr. 5-5 Marisa Guzman DS/L Sr. 5-7 Shelby Harper MB/RS Jr. 6-2 Katie Karbo DS/L Fr. 5-5 Katie Krebs S So. 5-8 Bryanna Lawrence OH/RS RS-So. 5-8 Brianna Lynch OH Jr. 5-9 Keandra McCardell S Jr. 5-8 Kendall Montgomery DS/L So. 5-5 Kylie Napoleon DS/L Fr. 5-6 Brookah Palmer OH So. 6-2 Faith Squier OH/RS Fr. 6-1 Megan Sullivan DS/L Fr. 5-6 Chenelle Walker MB/RS So. 6-1 Kayla Weixelman MB Fr. 6-1 Hunter Wise MB/RS Sr. 6-3

Hometown/Previous School Austin, Texas/Westwood Plano, Texas/Plano Senior Denton, Texas/Billy Ryan Alta Loma, Calif./Montana Magnolia, Texas/Magnolia West Cypress, Texas/Cy-Woods Corpus Christi, Texas/Arkansas Fort Worth, Texas/All Saints Episcopal Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound Arlington, Texas/Mansfield Timberview Richmond, Texas/Wake Forest Missouri City, Texas/Ridge Point Round Rock, Texas/Cedar Ridge Pearland, Texas/Pearland Carrollton, Texas/Hebron San Antonio, Texas/Reagan Houston, Texas/Cy-Fair Fort Myers, Fla./Riverdale Vanderbilt, Texas/Industrial Fairmount, Ind./Madison-Grant

HEAD COACH: Kaddie Platt ASSISTANT COACH: Jason Allen ASSISTANT COACH: Ron Arenz

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COUGA RS

KADDIE PLATT Head Coach

KEANDRA MCCARDELL Junior - Setter

BROOKAH PALMER Sophomore - Outside Hitter

NEWS & NOTES • Kaddie Platt enters her fifth season at the helm of Cougar Volleyball. • The Cougars return 10 letterwinners and welcome 11 newcomers including two transfers. • Sophomore Brookah Palmer returns in the outside hitter position for the Cougars. Palmer was named AVCA All-Region honorable mention last season for her outstanding rookie year. She tallied 506 kills, hitting .224, 301 digs and 41 blocks. She also led the team with 50 service aces, the sxith most in school history.

• Houston will have to replace senior libero Olivia O’Dell who broke the school record for the most digs in a single season (701), the second most in conference history. • The Cougars will not leave the city of Houston for their non-conference schedule. Houston hosts two non-confernce tournaments as well as competing in tournaments at Rice University and Houston Baptist University

QUICK FACTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFO Location...........................................................Houston, Texas Enrollment.......................................................................40,914 Founded..............................................................................1927 Nickname....................................................................Cougars Colors......................................................... Scarlet and White President........................................................Dr. Renu Khator V. P. for Intercollegiate Athletics ............Hunter Yurachek Senior Woman Administrator.................... DeJuena Chizer Volleyball Office Phone..................................(407) 823-6229 Assistant Coaches.......................... Jason Allen, Ron Arenz

2015 Overall Record....................................................... 19-13 2015 Conference Record/Finish...............................9-11/8th Starters Returning/Lost......................................... 4/2+libero Letterwinners Returning/Lost.........................................10/4 Newcomers...................................................................... Nine Volleyball Contact.................................. Jessika McKernan Phone.................................................................(361) 549-6297 E-mail............................................jmckerna@central.uh.edu Website............................................... www.uhcougars.com Twitter..............................................................@UHCougarVB

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Kaddie Platt 5th year at Houston Career Record (21 years)...........559-222 (.716) Education - M. Ed; B. Ed in History, Houston Baptist (1994) Houston Record (4 years)..............60-65 (.440) Conference Record......................190-61 (.757) Coaching File - Head coach, Houston Baptist (1995-2011); Assistant coach, Howard Payne NCAA Appearances...........................0-0 (.000) (1994-95) The American (Overall).................51-46 (.526) The American (Conference Only)...25-33 (.431)

PLATTSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR SCHOOL OVERALL CONFERENCE RECORD NCAA POSTSEASON 1995 Houston Baptist 34-13 10-0 1996 Houston Baptist 27-11 -- 1997 Houston Baptist 14-19 -- 1998 Houston Baptist 33-6 14-0 1999 Houston Baptist 27-8 13-0 2000 Houston Baptist 32-10 13-0 2001 Houston Baptist 29-7 13-0 2002 Houston Baptist 47-3 15-0 2003 Houston Baptist 37-7 22-0 2004 Houston Baptist 41-8 16-0 2005 Houston Baptist 39-6 14-2 2006 Houston Baptist 37-7 11-0 2007 Houston Baptist 26-3 -- 2008 Houston Baptist 24-7 -- 2009 Houston Baptist 13-20 3-9 2010 Houston Baptist 17-13 7-5 2011 Houston Baptist 22-9 7-3 2012 Houston 9-19 7-9 2013 Houston 18-15 10-8 2014 Houston 14-18 6-14 2015 Houston 19-13 9-11 CAREER (20 Years) 559-222 190-61 0-0 (.716) (.757) (.000)

CONFERENCE Big State Independent Independent Red River Red River Red River Red River Red River Red River Red River Red River Red River Independent Independent Great West Great West Great West C-USA The American The American The American

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2015 STATISTICS

2 0 1 5 R E S U LT S (19-13 Overall / 9-11 American) AUGUST (2-1) Texas Tech Invitational (Lubbock, Texas) 28 vs. Louisiana-Lafayette W, 3-0 28 vs. Utah State W, 3-1 29 at Texas Tech L, 3-1

ATHLETICS / ALUMNI CENTER CAPACITY - 1,000

OCTOBER (4-5) 2 at USF* W, 3-2 4 at UCF* W, 3-2 7 at Tulane* W, 3-2 11 at East Carolina* L, 3-0 16 Memphis* L, 3-2 SEPTEMBER (9-2) 18 Cincinnati* L, 3-0 Sawyer Camillo Memorial (Lafayette, La.) 23 at Temple* W, 3-2 4 vs. Nicholls State W, 3-2 25 at UConn* L, 3-0 5 vs. Jackson State W, 3-0 30 UCF* L, 3-0 5 at Louisiana-Lafayette W, 3-1 North Texas Invitational (Denton, Texas) NOVEMBER (4-5) 11 vs. Abilene Christian W, 3-1 1 USF* L, 3-2 12 vs. Boise State L, 3-0 6 UConn* W, 3-1 12 at North Texas W, 3-0 8 Temple* L, 3-0 Flo Hyman Collegiate Cup (Houston, Texas) 13 at Tulsa* W, 3-0 18 Nicholls State W, 3-0 15 at SMU* L, 3-1 18 Alabama A&M W, 3-0 18 Tulane* W, 3-1 19 Southeastern Louisiana W, 3-2 20 East Carolina* W, 3-1 25 at Cincinnati* L, 3-1 25 SMU* W, 3-0 27 at Memphis* L, 3-0 27 Tulsa* L, 3-2 Conference matches denoted with asterisk *

ME MP H I S

SCHEDULE AUGUST Memphis Invitational (Memphis, Tenn.) 26 Chicago State 1 p.m. Central Arkansas 8 p.m. 27 Belmont 3 p.m. SEPTEMBER Tiger Invitational (Memphis, Tenn.) 2 Jackson State Eastern Illinois 3 Louisiana Tech Auburn Tournament (Auburn, Ala.) 9 Auburn Jacksonville 10 Miami (OH) UAB Tournament (Birmingham, Ala.) 16 Louisiana UAB 17 UT-Martin 23 at UCF* 25 at USF* 30 UConn* OCTOBER 2 Temple* 7 at East Carolina* 9 at Cincinnati* 14 SMU* 16 Tulsa* 21 Houston* 23 Tulane* 28 at Temple* 30 at UConn*

1 p.m. 8 p.m. 3 p.m. 1 p.m. 6 p.m. Noon

7 p.m. Noon 8 p.m.

1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. Noon

NOVEMBER 4 USF* 8 p.m. 6 UCF* 2 p.m. 11 at Tulane* 8 p.m. 13 at Houston* 2 p.m. 18 at Tulsa* 8 p.m. 20 at SMU* 2 p.m. 25 Cincinnati* 3 p.m. 26 East Carolina* 3 p.m. All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches denoted with asterisk

Morgan SUMMER

1:30 p.m. 8 p.m. Noon

2016 ROSTER No. 21 13 12 1 22 3 15 7 6 8 2 14 4 11 16

Name Tai Bierria Regan Comperry Allison Grzebien McKenzie Hayes Brianna Kadiku Catlin Lilly Sarah Marlatt Summer Morgan Michaella Moss Faith Myers Addison Root Mady Ruhlman Kendall Seering Kelsey Walter Natale Zanellato

Pos. OH S OH RS MB OH/RS MB MB OH S OH L DS MB OH

Cl. Fr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Sr. So. Sr. Sr. Jr. Fr. So. Jr. So. Fr.

Ht. 6-1 6-0 6-2 6-2 6-1 6-2 6-3 6-2 6-1 5-11 6-1 5-5 5-6 5-11 5-11

Hometown/Previous School Marietta, Ga./George Walton HS Clarksville, Tenn./Rossview HS Des Plaines, Ill./Maine West HS Tell City, Ind./Tell City HS Cedar Hill, Texas/Cedar Hill HS New Albany, Ind./New Albany HS Mason, Ohio/Loveland HS Springdale, Ark./Arkansas Monument, Colo./Lewis-Palmer HS Elizabethtown, Ind./Columbus East HS Wichita, Kan./Wichita Collegiate School North Branch, Mich./North Branch HS Millington, Tenn./Tipton-Rosemark Academy Dallas, Texas/Southlake Carroll HS Vienna, Va./James Madison HS

HEAD COACH: April Jauregui ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: James Onikeku ASSISTANT COACH: Kallie Noble

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APRIL JAUREGUI Head Coach

CATLIN LILLY Senior - OH/RS

FAITH MYERS Junior - Setter

NEWS & NOTES • The Tigers are looking for their third consecutive winning season in 2016. Memphis posted records of 23-11 in 2014 and 19-14 in 2015. The last time the Tigers had three straight winning campaigns were from 2006-2008. • Although some veterans departed from its 2015 squad, Memphis returns the senior trio of McKenzie Hayes, Catlin Lilly and Summer Morgan that has combined for 1,781 kills and 2,084 points. Hayes (547 kills/645 pts) and Lilly (880 kills/1,018 pts) both enter their fourth season with the Tigers. Morgan, a transfer from Arkansas, had 261 kills and 341 points in her first season with Memphis in 2015.

• Memphis enters 2016 nearing the 900-victory mark in its history. The Tigers bring 887 all-time wins into the 2016 campaign. The Memphis volleyball program’s initial season was 1971. • Junior Faith Myers returns as the Tigers’ primary setter in 2016. Last season, Myers split time with Veronica Zimmerman, who finished her career fourth on the program’s all-time assists chart with 4,021. Myers had 363 assists in 2015 • Head coach April Jauregui enters her ninth season in 2016. She is tied as the second-longest tenured coach in Tigers volleyball history. Jauregui only trails her immediate predecessor, Carrie Yerty, who coached for 12 easons at Memphis.

QUICK FACTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFO Location..........................................................Memphis, Tenn. Founded............................................................................. 1912 Enrollment.......................................................................20,585 Nickname........................................................................Tigers Colors......................................................... Royal Blue & Gray President....................................................Dr. M. David Rugg Director of Athletics...........................................Tom Bowen Senior Woman Administrator................... Courtney Vinson Volleyball Office Phone..................................(901) 678-3570 Associate Head Coach................................ James Onikeku Assistant Coache................................................ Kallie Noble

2015 Overall Record....................................................... 19-14 2015 Conference Record/Finish......................... 10-10/T-4th Starters Returning/Lost......................................................3/4 Letterwinners Returning/Lost.........................................10/4 Newcomers........................................................................Five Volleyball Contact..........................................Lamar Chance Phone.................................................................(901) 678-5787 E-mail..............................................lchance1@memphis.edu Website............................................... www.gotigersgo.com Twitter..........................................................@MemphisVolley

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April Jauregui 9th year at Memphis Career Record (8 years).............129-128 (.502) Education - M.S. in Organizational Communication, Ohio University (2002) ; B.A. in CommunicaMemphis Record (8 years)........129-128 (.502) tion/Political Science, Memphis (2001) Conference Record........................64-82 (.438) Coaching File - Assistant coach, Memphis NCAA Appearances...........................0-0 (.000) (2005-07); Assistant coach, Lamar (2003-04); Assistant coach, Ohio University (2002); Volunteer coach, Ohio University (2001) The American (Overall).................57-42 (.576) The American (Conference Only)...30-28 (.517)

JAUREGUIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR SCHOOL OVERALL CONFERENCE RECORD NCAA POSTSEASON 2008 Memphis 17-14 8-8 2009 Memphis 7-24 3-13 2010 Memphis 16-16 7-13 2011 Memphis 20-13 9-11 2012 Memphis 12-19 7-9 2013 Memphis 15-17 7-11 2014 Memphis 23-11 13-7 2015 Memphis 19-14 10-10 CAREER (8 Years) 129-128 64-82 0-0 (.502) (.438) (.000)

CONFERENCE C-USA C-USA C-USA C-USA C-USA The American The American The American

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2015 STATISTICS

2 0 1 5 R E S U LT S (19-14 Overall / 10-10 American) AUGUST (2-1) University of Georgia Tournament (Athens, Ga.) 28 vs. High Point W, 3-0 29 vs. Wofford W, 3-0 29 at Georgia L, 3-0

ELMA ROANE FIELDHOUSE CAPACITY - 2,565

SEPTEMBER (8-4) Belmont Tournament (Nashville, Tenn.) 4 vs. UTEP W, 3-1 4 vs. South Alabama W, 3-0 5 at Belmont L, 3-2 Memphis Invitational (Memphis, Tenn.) 11 Arkansas-Pine Bluff W, 3-0 11 Auburn L, 3-0 12 Tennessee Tech W, 3-0 12 Arkansas-Little Rock W, 3-2 Tiger Invitational (Memphis, Tenn.) 18 Austin Peay W, 3-1 19 Southern Miss W, 3-1 19 Mississippi State L, 3-0 23 at Cincinnati* 27 East Carolina*

W, 3-2 L, 3-1

OCTOBER (4-5) 2 at Temple* 4 at UConn* 9 USF* 11 UCF* 16 at Houston* 18 at Tulane* 23 at Tulsa* 25 at SMU* 30 UConn*

L, 3-0 W, 3-1 L, 3-1 L, 3-0 W, 3-2 W, 3-2 W, 3-0 L, 3-0 L, 3-0

NOVEMBER (5-4) 1 Temple* 6 SMU* 8 Tulsa* 11 Cincinnati* 13 at East Carolina* 20 at UCF* 22 at USF* 25 Tulane* 27 Houston

L, 3-1 L, 3-1 L, 3-1 W, 3-1 W, 3-2 W, 3-0 L, 3-1 W, 3-0 W, 3-0

Conference matches denoted with asterisk *

US F

SCHEDULE AUGUST Charlotte Invitational (Charlotte, N.C.) 26 vs. Campbell 5 p.m. 27 vs. Mercer Noon at Charlotte 7 p.m. SEPTEMBER USF Invitational (Tampa, Fla.) 2 Western Carolina New Mexico 3 Stetson DePaul Invitational (Chicago, Ill.) 9 at DePaul 10 vs. Illinois-Chicago vs. Albany USF Classic (Tampa, Fla.) 16 Stetson 17 Wright State LIU Brooklyn

1 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 8 p.m. 11 a.m. 5:30 p.m.

21 at UCF* 25 Memphis* 30 at Cincinnati*

7 p.m. Noon 7 p.m.

OCTOBER 2 at East Carolina* 7 Tulane* 9 Houston* 14 at Temple* 16 at UConn* 21 SMU* 23 Tulsa* 27 East Carolina* 29 Cincinnati*

1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. Noon 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m.

NOVEMBER 2 UCF* 4 at Memphis* 10 at Tulsa* 12 at SMU* 18 UConn* 20 Temple* 23 at Houston* 25 at Tulane*

7 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m.

All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches denoted with asterisk

Dakota HAMPTON

7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m.

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Name Tâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ara Austin Denise Belcher Priscilla Ehieze Claire Embry Adyson Goodnight Dakota Hampton Alexus Heidelberg Joli Holland Alex Mendoza Nyemba Musemuna Elyse Panick Clara Payne Hannah Smith Amy Van Sant Amber Weber

Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown/Previous School OH Sr. 5-8 Joliet, Ill./Northern Illinois OH Sr. 6-0 Apopka, Fla./Florida RS/OH Jr. 5-10 Houston, Texas/Cinco Ranch HS OH Fr. 5-11 McKinney, Texas/McKinney HS RS/OH Jr. 5-11 Papillion, Neb./Papillion La Vista South HS OH Sr. 6-0 Orland Park, Ill./Carl Sandburg HS RS/OH Sr. 5-9 Winter Garden, Fla./West Orange HS MB Jr. 5-11 Dublin, Calif./Dublin HS S Jr. 5-11 Minneola, Fla./Lake Minneola HS MB Fr. 6-1 Avon, Ohio/Avon HS RS Sr. 6-2 Chicago, Ill./Marshall MB R-So. 6-2 Osteen, Fla./Virginia Tech MB R-Jr. 6-3 Fleming Island, Fla./Orange Park DS Sr. 5-7 Atlanta, Ga./Lakeside HS DS/L Fr. 5-4 Ocala, Fla./Trinity Catholic HS

HEAD COACH: Courtney Draper ASSISTANT COACH: Travers Green ASSISTANT COACH: Benavia Jenkins

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BULLS

COURTNEY DRAPER Head Coach

DAKOTA HAMPTON Senior- Outside Hitter

JOLI HOLLAND Junior - Middle Blocker

NEWS & NOTES • The Bulls return their top eight point scorers from last season including 2015 Second Team selectee Dakota Hampton. The senior led USF in kills (342), kills/set (3.11), points (389.5), service aces (29), and service aces/set (3.15). • USF has a large upperclassman contigent this season. The Bulls boast a 2016 roster of six seniors, five juniors, one sophomore and three freshman. • There wil lbe five new faces playing for the Bulls this season including senior T’ara Austin. The outside hitter was named the 2015 Mid-American Conference Player of the Year after leading the MAC in kills (445), kills/set (4.24), points (491.5) and points/set (4/68).

• USF will host two tournaments this season. The first will be the USF Invitational (Sept. 2-3) and includes Florida Atlantic, Georgetown, New Mexico, Stetson and Western Carolina. Just two weeks later, the USF Classic (Sept. 16-17) will feature teams like LIU Brooklyn, Stetson and Wright State. • The Bulls won the Team Community Award at the 2016 Stampede of Champions last April for their continuous giving back to the Bay Area. Head Coach Courtney Draper’s team committed the most service hours of any USF Athletics team. The 15-member roster and four-member coaching staff donated 402 community service hours just last year.

QUICK FACTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFO Location..................................................................Tampa, Fla. Founded............................................................................. 1956 Enrollment.......................................................................48,793 Nickname..........................................................................Bulls Colors..............................................................Green and Gold President....................................................Dr. Judy Genshaft Director of Athletics......................................... Mark Harlan Senior Woman Administrator.......................Jocelyn Fisher Volleyball Office Phone..................................(813) 974-7939 Assistant Coaches...........Travers Green, Benavia Jenkins

2014 Overall Record....................................................... 11-21 2014 Conference Record/Finish...............................8-12/8th Starters Returning...............................................................6/1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost.........................................10/7 Volleyball Contact........................................ Mike Radomski Phone.................................................................(813) 974-7009 E-mail..................................................... mradomski@usf.edu Website............................................. www.GoUSFBulls.com Twitter............................................................. @USFvolleyball

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Courtney Draper 5th year at USF Career Record (13 years)...........219-187 (.539) Education - M.S. in Sports Administration, Florida State (2001); B.S. in Sports Management, Florida USF Record (4 years)......................59-69 (.460) State (2000) Conference Record....................101-108 (.483) Coaching File - Head coach, Eckerd College NCAA Appearances...........................0-0 (.000) (2004-11); Head coach, Jacksonville (2003); Assistant coach, Duke (2002); Assistant coach, Florida State (2000-01) The American (Overall).................42-54 (.438) The American (Conference Only)...27-31 (.466)

DRAPERSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR SCHOOL OVERALL CONFERENCE RECORD NCAA POSTSEASON 2003 Jacksonville 15-15 8-2 2004 Eckerd 13-13 7-9 2005 Eckerd 12-16 3-11 2006 Eckerd 21-14 8-8 2007 Eckerd 23-11 9-7 2008 Eckerd 20-14 8-8 2009 Eckerd 20-12 9-7 2010 Eckerd 9-18 2-14 2011 Eckerd 27-5 13-3 2012 USF 17-15 7-8 2013 USF 17-15 11-7 2014 USF 14-18 8-12 2015 USF 11-21 8-12 CAREER (13 Years) 219-187 101-108 0-0 (.539) (.483) (.000)

CONFERENCE Atlantic Sun Sunshine State Sunshine State Sunshine State Sunshine State Sunshine State Sunshine State Sunshine State Sunshine State Big East The American The American The American

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BULLS

2015 STATISTICS

2 0 1 5 R E S U LT S (11-21 Overall / 8-12 American) AUGUST (2-1) Panther Challenge (Miami, Fla.) 28 vs. Alabama A&M W, 3-0 29 vs. North Florida W, 3-0 29 at Florida International L, 3-0

THE CORRAL CAPACITY- 1,000

SEPTEMBER (2-9) USF Classic (Tampa, Fla.) 4 Arkansas State L, 3-0 5 Florida Gulf Coast L, 3-0 5 Missouri L, 3-1 Ameritas Players Challenge (Lincoln, Neb.) 11 vs. Georgia Tech L, 3-1 12 at No. 5 Nebraska L, 3-0 12 vs. UC-Davis L, 3-0 USF Invitational(Tampa, Fla.) 19 Auburn L, 3-0 19 No. 1 Penn State L, 3-0 20 Florida A&M

W, 3-0

25 Temple* 27 UConn*

L, 3-0 W, 3-1

OCTOBER (3-6) 2 Houston* 4 Tulane* 9 at Memphis* 11 at Cincinnati* 16 Tulsa* 18 SMU* 21 at UCF* 25 at East Carolina* 30 at Tulane*

L, 3-2 W, 3-2 W, 3-1 L, 3-1 L, 3-1 L, 3-1 L, 3-1 W, 3-0 L, 3-2

NOVEMBER (4-5) 1 at Houston* 4 UCF* 6 East Carolina* 13 at UConn* 15 at Temple* 20 Cincinnati* 22 Memphis* 25 at SMU* 27 at Tulsa*

W, 3-2 L, 3-1 W, 3-0 L, 3-0 L, 3-0 L, 3-1 W, 3-1 W, 3-1 L, 3-0

All times (Eastern) are subject to change; Conference matches denoted with asterisk *

SMU

SCHEDULE AUGUST SMU Doubletree Classic (Dallas, Texas) 26 Montana 1:30 p.m. UTSA 8 p.m. 27 Arkansas-Little Rock 3:30 p.m. SEPTEMBER Arizona Invitational (Tucson, Ariz.) 2 vs. Pepperdine at Arizona 3 vs Alabama State N.C. State Invitational (Raleigh, N.C.) 9 vs. Delaware 10 vs. High Point at N.C. State TCU Invitational (Fort Worth, Texas) 16 vs. Sam Houston State at TCU 17 vs North Carolina 22 24 30

East Carolina* Cincinnati* at Tulane*

OCTOBER 2 at Houston* 7 UConn* 9 Temple* 12 Tulsa* 14 at Memphis* 21 at USF* 23 at UCF* 28 Houston* 30 Tulane* NOVEMBER 4 at Cincinnati* 6 at East Carolina* 10 UCF* 12 USF* 16 at Tulsa* 20 Memphis* 23 at Temple* 25 at UConn*

1 p.m. 10 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 3 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m.

8 p.m. 2 p.m. 8 p.m.

2 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m.

7 p.m. 1 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. Noon 1 p.m.

All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches denoted with asterisk

Janelle GIORDANO

Noon 7 p.m. 1 p.m.

2016 ROSTER No. 24 13 8 10 12 30 3 6 21 9 1 21 4 2

Name Brittany Adams Nastassja Bowman Kelly Brunstein Janelle Giordano Katie Hegarty Morgan Heise Aubry Hinners Ashley Homan Meryn Kennedy Lauren Mills Kendall Patterson Ashtyn Richey Kristen Stehling Montana Watts

Pos. Cl. Ht. OH So. 5-10 S So. 5-10 MB So. 6-1 MB Sr. 6-2 OH Rs-Jr. 6-2 L Sr. 5-6 DS So. 5-7 OH Fr. 6-0 MB Fr. 6-3 OH Jr. 6-0 S Fr. 5-9 OPP Fr. 6-1 MB Sr. 6-0 L Fr. 5-5

Hometown/Previous School Austin, texas/St.Stephenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Episcopal School Sacramento, Calif./Christian Brothers Highlands Ranch, Colo./Highlands Ranch Keller, Texas/Keller Aztec, N.M./Piedra Vista Hempstead, Texas/Waller Austin, Texas/Westlake Brenham, Texas/Brenham Allen, Texas/Allen Keller, Texas/Timber Creek Carrollton, Texas/Hebron Prosper, Texas/Prosper Spring, Texas/Klen Collins McKinney, Texas/Boyd

HEAD COACH: Lisa Seifert ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Cristine Dixon ASSISTANT COACH: Jason Tanaka GRADUATE ASSISTANT: Caroline Young

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M U STA N G S

RICK HART Director of Athletics

JANELLE GIORDANO Senior - Middle Blocker

MORGAN HEISE Senior - Setter

NEWS & NOTES • SMU won the 2015 conference championship with a 17-3 record. The Mustangs have finished in the top two in each of the three seasons. in The American. • The Mustangs set program records for wins in each of the last two seasons, winning 26 matches in 2014 and 27 matches in 2015.

• Senior Janelle Giordano hit a program-record .393 and also set a single-season school and conference record with 188 blocks. Morgan Heise set a school and conference record with 721 digs. • The Mustangs set a team record last season with a .245 attack percentage.

• SMU returns two All-Conference and All-Region award winners, including back-to-back conference Libero of the Year Morgan Heise. Janelle Giordano was also a first-team selection at middle blocker.

QUICK FACTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFO Location.............................................................. Dallas, Texas Founded............................................................................. 1911 Enrollment.......................................................................10,981 Nickname.................................................................Mustangs Colors..................................................................Red and Blue President.......................................................R. Gerald Turner Director of Athletics............................................... Rick Hart Senior Woman Administrator.................. Monique Holland Volleyball Office Phone..................................(214) 768-4227 Associate Head Coach...................................Cristine Dixon Assistant Coach...............................................Jason Tanaka

2015 Overall Record......................................................... 27-6 2015 Conference Record/Finish...............................17-3/1st Starters Returning/Lost........................................ 5+Libero/1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost...........................................8/5 Volleyball Contact...................................... Travis Chamblee Phone.................................................................(214) 768-3735 E-mail.................................................... tchamblee@smu.edu Website........................................www.SMUMustangs.com Twitter...........................................................@SMUVolleyball

SMU

Lisa Seifert 21st year at SMU Career Record (20 years)...........338-280 (.542) Education - M.S. in Physical Education, Wisconsin-LaCrosse (1987); B.S. in Physical SMU Record (20 years)..............338-280 (.542) Education, Winona State (1983) Conference Record....................173-146 (.542) Coaching File - Assistant coach, Texas Tech NCAA Appearances (2015)................0-1 (.000) (1990-95) The American (Overall).................75-21 (.781) The American (Conference Only)...46-12 (.793)

SEIFERTSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR SCHOOL OVERALL CONFERENCE RECORD NCAA POSTSEASON 1996 SMU 7-24 3-13 1997 SMU 15-19 5-9 1998 SMU 14-17 5-9 1999 SMU 20-13 9-5 2000 SMU 14-17 4-12 2001 SMU 14-13 8-5 2002 SMU 12-17 6-7 2003 SMU 23-7 11-2 2004 SMU 14-14 5-8 2005 SMU 13-16 8-7 2006 SMU 17-15 7-9 2007 SMU 16-15 6-10 2008 SMU 14-17 6-10 2009 SMU 19-12 9-7 2010 SMU 25-6 17-3 2011 SMU 15-17 11-9 2012 SMU 11-20 7-9 2013 SMU 22-9 14-4 2014 SMU 26-6 15-5 2015 SMU 27-6 17-3 0-1 CAREER (20 Years) 338-280 173-146 0-1 (.542) (.542) (.000)

CONFERENCE WAC WAC WAC WAC WAC WAC WAC WAC WAC C-USA C-USA C-USA C-USA C-USA C-USA C-USA C-USA The American The American The American

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2015 STATISTICS

2 0 1 5 R E S U LT S (27-6 Overall / 17-3 American) AUGUST (2-1) SMU Doubletree Classic (Dallas, Texas) 28 UTEP W, 3-1 28 No. 17 Arizona L, 3-1 29 Texas State W, 3-0 SEPTEMBER (10-2) New Mexico Invitational (Albuquerque, N.M.) 4 vs. Cal State Fullerton W, 3-0 5 vs. Santa Clara W, 3-1 5 at New Mexico W, 3-2 UC Santa Barbara Inv. (Santa Barbara, Calif.) 11 at UC Santa Barbara W, 3-1 12 vs. No. 18 San Diego W, 3-1 12 vs. No. 17 UCLA L, 3-0 SMU Doubletree Invitational (Dallas, Texas) 18 Clemson W, 3-0 18 TCU W, 3-2 19 UTSA W, 3-1

MOODY COLISEUM CAPACITY - 7,000

25 at Houston* 27 at Tulane* 30 Tulsa*

L, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-1

OCTOBER (8-0) 2 East Carolina* 9 Temple*

W, 3-0 W, 3-0

11 16 18 23 25 28

UConn* at UCF* at USF* Cincinnati* Memphis* at Tulsa*

W, 3-0 W, 3-2 W, 3-1 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-0

NOVEMBER (7-2) 1 at East Carolina* 6 at Memphis* 8 at Cincinnati* 13 Tulane* 15 Houston* 20 at UConn* 22 at Temple* 25 USF* 27 UCF*

W, 3-0 W, 3-1 W, 3-0 W, 3-0 W, 3-1 W, 3-0 L, 3-2 L, 3-1 W, 3-0

DECEMBER NCAA Championship - First Round (Austin, Texas) 3 vs. Purdue L, 3-1 Conference matches denoted with asterisk *

TE MP LE

SCHEDULE AUGUST Temple Invitational (Philadelphia, Pa.) 26 Northern Arizona 6 p.m. 27 Hampton 6 p.m. SEPTEMBER Puerto Rico Clasico (San Juan, P.R.) 2 vs. Virginia Tech 3 p.m. 3 vs. Alabama 3 p.m. Cherry & White Challenge (Philadelphia, Pa.) 9 Cleveland State 6 p.m. 10 New Hampshire 10 a.m. Rutgers 6 p.m. Big 5 Tournament (Philadelphia, Pa.) 16 vs. Villanova 4:30 p.m. 17 at LaSalle 11 a.m. vs. Penn 5 p.m. 23 25 28

Tulane* Houston* at UConn*

OCTOBER 2 at Memphis* 7 at Tulsa* 9 at SMU* 14 USF* 16 UCF* 21 at East Carolina* 23 at Cincinnati* 26 UConn* 28 Memphis* NOVEMBER 4 at Houston* 6 at Tulane* 11 Cincinnati* 13 East Carolina* 18 at UCF* 20 at USF* 23 SMU* 25 Tulsa*

Izzy RAPACZ

7 p.m. 1 p.m. 5 p.m.

1 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 5 p.m. 7 p.m.

8 p.m. Noon 7 p.m 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m.

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Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Irem Asci OH Jr.. 5-11 Kyra Coundourides S Jr. 5-10 Tyler Davis OH Sr. 6-0 Iva Deak MB So. 6-0 Caroline Grattan OH/RS Sr. 6-1 Carla Guennewig MB So. 6-2 Mia Heirakuji DS/L So. 5-5 Kirsten Overton MB Sr. 6-1 Dara Peric OH Jr. 6-0 Izzy Rapacz OH/RS Jr. 6-2 Janine Simmons MB Jr. 6-1 Hannah Vandegrift S So. 6-0 Dana Westfield OH Fr. 6-0

Hometown/Previous School Ankara, Turkey/UNC Charlotte Brunswick, Ohio/Virginia Tech Palm Desert, Calif./Xavier College Prep Zagreb, Croation/Iowa Western Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon Muenster, Germany/Pascal Gymnasium Muenster Kailua, Hawaii/Kamehameha Royersford, Pa./Spring-Ford Belgrade, Serbia/HS of Tourism Glenview, Ill./Blenbrook South Centreville, Va./Centreville Leesburg, Va./Loudon County Champaign, Ill./Champaign Central

HEAD COACH: Bakeer Ganesharatnam ASSISTANT HEAD COACH: Akiko Hatakeyama ASSISTANT COACH: Ren Cefra

All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches denoted with asterisk

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OW LS

BAKEER GANESHARATNAM Head Coach

IREM ASCI Junior - Outside Hitter

KIRSTEN OVERTON Senior - Middle Blocker

NEWS & NOTES • Temple volleyball is coming off its second-straight 24-8 season. • The Owls finished second in the American Athletic Conference in 2015, recording a 15-5 record among conference opponents. Temple aslo defeated every team in the league at least once last season. • The cherry and white return a pair of All-Conference first-team selections in senior middle Kirsten Overton and junior outside hitter Irem Asci. Junior Izzy Rapacz is a returning second-team All-Conference selection from a year ago.

• In total, the Owls have five players on the 2016 roster that have earned at least one All-Conference nod, as senior Tyler Davis and junior Dara Peric were each honored for their play in 2014, with Peric earning the conference’s Freshman of the Year honor. • Temple once again has a tough non-conference schedule as the Owls host two tournaments, and play on the road for two more.

QUICK FACTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFO Location........................................................Philadelphia, Pa. Founded............................................................................. 1884 Enrollment.......................................................................39,000 Nickname..........................................................................Owls Colors.............................................................. Cherry & White President...................................................... Neil D. Theobald Director of Athletics................................... Dr. Patrick Kraft Senior Woman Administrator....................... Mary McElroy Volleyball Office Phone..................................(215) 204-0476 Assistant Head Coach........................... Akiko Hatakeyama Assistant Coach...................................................... Ren Cefra

2015 Overall Record......................................................... 24-8 2015 Conference Record/Finish..............................15-5/2nd Starters Returning/Lost......................................... 5/1+libero Letterwinners Returning/Lost.........................................10/3 Volleyball Contact......................................... Lauren FerretT Phone.................................................................(215) 204-1608 E-mail...........................................lauren.ferrett@temple.edu Website................................................www.OwlSports.com Twitter.................................................................@Temple_VB Facebook......................................................TempleVolleyball Instagram................................................................Temple.VB

TE MP LE

Bakeer Ganesharatnam 6th year at Temple Career Record (5 years).................93-59 (.612) Education - M.S. in Athletic Coaching Education, West Virginia (2007); B.A. in Political Temple Record (5 years)................93-59 (.612) Science, Queens College (2006) Conference Record........................51-36 (.586) Coaching File - Assistant coach, West NCAA Appearances...........................0-0 (.000) Virginia (2008-10); Graduate assistant, West Virginia (2006-07); Assistant coach, Cedar Valley (2005) The American (Overall).................66-28 (.702) The American (Conference Only)...39-19 (.672)

GANESHARATNAMSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR SCHOOL OVERALL CONFERENCE RECORD NCAA POSTSEASON 2011 Temple 8-20 4-11 2012 Temple 19-11 8-6 2013 Temple 18-12 9-9 2014 Temple 24-8 15-5 2015 Temple 24-8 15-5 CAREER (5 Years) 93-59 51-36 0-0 (.612) (.586) (.000)

CONFERENCE A-10 A-10 The American The American The American

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2015 STATISTICS

2 0 1 5 R E S U LT S (24-8 Overall / 15-5 American) AUGUST (2-1) Crowne Plaza Philadelphia West Temple Invitational (Philadelphia, Pa.) 28 No. 13 Oregon L, 3-0 29 Navy W, 3-0 29 St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s W, 3-0

MCGONIGLE HALL CAPACITY - 3,900

OCTOBER (5-4) 2 Memphis* W, 3-0 4 Cincinnati* W, 3-1 9 at SMU* L, 3-0 11 at Tulsa* W, 3-1 14 at UConn* L, 3-2 18 East Carolina* W, 3-1 SEPTEMBER (9-2) 23 Houston* L, 3-2 Seton Hall Invitational (South Orange, N.J.) 25 Tulane* W, 3-1 4 vs. Hofstra W, 3-1 30 at Cincinnati* L, 3-1 5 vs. Notre Dame W, 3-1 5 at Seton Hall L, 3-0 NOVEMBER (8-1) Cherry & White Challenge (Philadelphia, Pa) 1 at Memphis* W, 3-1 11 Montana W, 3-0 6 at Tulane* L, 3-1 12 Duquesne W, 3-2 8 at Houston* W, 3-0 12 Binghamton W, 3-0 13 UCF* W, 3-0 Big 5 Tournament (Philadelphia, Pa.) 15 USF* W, 3-0 18 vs. La Salle W, 3-0 18 UConn* W, 3-1 19 Penn W, 3-0 20 Tulsa* W, 3-0 19 Villanova L, 3-1 22 SMU* W, 3-2 27 at East Carolina* W, 3-0 25 at USF* W, 3-0 27 at UCF* W, 3-0 Conference matches denoted with asterisk *

TU L A NE

SCHEDULE AUGUST Southern Miss Invitational (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 26 vs. Grambling State 6 p.m. 27 vs. McNeese State 11 a.m. at Southern Miss 7 p.m. SEPTEMBER Allstate Sugar Bowl Collegiate Classic (New Orleans, La.) 2 UT-Rio Grande Valley 8 p.m. 3 Bethune Cookman 1:30 p.m. Sam Houston State 8 p.m. Clemson Classic (Clemson, S.C.) 9 10

vs. North Dakota at Clemson vs. East Tennessee St.

Noon 8 p.m. 8 p.m.

Owls Classic (Boca Raton, Fla.) 16 vs. Florida Gulf Coast 2:30 p.m. at Florida Atlantic 8 p.m. 17 vs. Abilene Christian 1 p.m. 23 at Temple* 7 p.m. 25 at UConn* Noon 30 SMU* 8 p.m. OCTOBER 2 Tulsa* 2 p.m. 7 at USF* 8 p.m. 9 at UCF* 1 p.m. 13 East Carolina* 8 p.m. 15 Cincinnati* 1 p.m. 19 at Houston* 8 p.m. 23 at Memphis* 2 p.m. 28 at Tulsa* 8 p.m. 30 at SMU* 2 p.m. NOVEMBER 4 UConn* 8 p.m. 6 Temple* 1 p.m. 9 Houston* 8 p.m. 11 Memphis* 8 p.m. 17 at Cincinnati* 7 p.m. 19 at East Carolina* 1 p.m. 23 UCF* 1 p.m. 25 USF* 1 p.m. All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches denoted with asterisk

Sarah RAY

2016 ROSTER No. 1 18 9 13 10 11 12 4 6 22 23 16 5 30 24

Name Justine Bowers Meghan Doyle Lauren Etta Makenzie Frieden Erika Hansel Tea Juric Dayna Kern Kaylie McHugh Lisa Mordell Sarah Ray Bianca Ryals Hannah Shaw Annie Shurtz Alexis Silver Sarah Strasner

Pos. S L S DS/L MH OH MB L DS/L RS S OH OH RS MB

Cl. Jr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Sr. So. Fr. So. Jr. Jr. So. Sr. Fr. Sr.

Ht. 5-10 5-10 5-10 5-6 6-1 6-2 6-3 5-6 5-7 6-2 5-11 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-2

Hometown/Previous School Dana Point, Calif./Gardner-Webb Houston, Texas/St. Agnes Academy Cold Spring, New York/Haldane Friendswood, Texas/Friendwood Genoa, Ill./Genoa-Kingston Kastel Stari, Croatia/Secondary School of Health Care Vancouver, British Columbia/York House Secondary

Davie, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas Wheaton, Ill./St. Francis Nashville, Tenn./Humme-Fogg San Juan, Puerto Rico/Saint Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s School Joshua, Texas/North Texas Moraga, Calif./Campolindo Mequon, Wis./Homestead Houston, Texas/Clear Lake

HEAD COACH: Jim Barnes ASSISTANT COACH: Brian Yale ASSISTANT COACH: Meredith Schamun

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G R E E N WAV E

JIM BARNES Head Coach

TEA JURIC Senior - Outside Hitter

SARAH STRASNER Senior - Middle Blocker

NEWS & NOTES • Tulane enters its third season in the American Athletic Conference looking to improve on last year’s 4-16 record and make its first NCAA tournament appearance since 2009.

in kills (404) and points (467) in the 2015 season and hopes to lead her team to their first ever American Conference Championship.

• The Green Wave welcome head coach Jim Barnes for his inaugural season with the program. Barnes owns a 344268 all-time head coaching record and led Baylor to two NCAA Tournament appearances (2009 Sweet 16, 2011 First Round). Barnes is joined by assistant coaches Brian Yale and Meredith Schamun.

• The Green Wave will host their 15th annual Allstate Sugar Bowl sponsored event September 2-3, welcoming Sam Houston State, UT-Rio, and Bethune Cookman to the Fieldhouse for the second tournament of the 2016 season. Tulane will participate in three additional non-conference tournaments at Southern Miss, Clemson and Florida Atlantic before opening up conference play.

• Senior Tea Juric enters her final season in New Orleans. A two-time All-Louisiana honoree, Juric led the Green Wave

• Barnes and his staff welcome six newcomers to the Tulane roster, the biggest incoming class since 2013.

QUICK FACTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFO Location....................................................... New Orleans, La. Founded............................................................................. 1834 Enrollment.......................................................................13,449 Nickname.............................................................Green Wave Colors................................................ Olive Green & Sky Blue President........................................................Michael A. Fitts Director of Athletics......................................... Troy Dannen Volleyball Office Phone..................................(504) 314-7660 Assistant Coaches............. Brian Yale, Meredith Schamun

2015 Overall Record....................................................... 10-22 2015 Conference Record/Finish.............................4-16/11th Starters Returning/Lost........................................ 5/2+Libero Letterwinners Returning/Lost...........................................8/5 Newcomers......................................................................... Six Volleyball Contact...........................................Kaitlin Maheu Phone.................................................................(504) 314-2475 E-mail..................................................... kmaheu@tulane.edu Website................................. www.TulaneGreenWave.com Twitter...........................................................@GreenWaveVB

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Jim Barnes 1st year at Tulane Career Record (20 years)...........344-268 (.416) Education - B.S. in health and human performance, McNeese State (1994); M.S., McNeese Tulane Record (0 years).....................0-0 (.000) State (1997) Conference Record....................143-187 (.389) Coaching File - Head coach, Baylor (2004NCAA Appearances (2009, 11)..........2-2 (.500) 14); Head coach, Wyoming (2002-03); Head coach, Lamar (1996-01); Assistant coach, McNeese State (1990-95) The American (Overall).....................0-0 (.000) The American (Conference Only).......0-0 (.000)

BARNESâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR SCHOOL OVERALL CONFERENCE RECORD NCAA POSTSEASON 1996 Lamar 20-13 3-6 1997 Lamar 22-15 8-1 1998 Lamar 19-12 11-9 1999 Lamar 17-15 11-9 2000 Lamar 24-11 12-8 2001 Lamar 26-5 18-2 2002 Wyoming 20-11 5-9 2003 Wyoming 15-16 4-10 2004 Baylor 12-19 4-16 2005 Baylor 15-17 6-14 2006 Baylor 18-15 6-14 2007 Baylor 14-17 6-14 2008 Baylor 18-13 9-11 2009 Baylor 24-10 11-9 2-1 2010 Baylor 16-15 9-11 2011 Baylor 18-15 5-11 0-1 2012 Baylor 20-12 7-9 2013 Baylor 12-20 4-12 2014 Baylor 14-17 4-12 CAREER (7 Years) 344-268 143-187 2-2 (.562) (.433) (.500)

CONFERENCE Sun Belt Sun Belt Southland Southland Southland Southland Mountain West Mountain West Big 12 Big 12 Big 12 Big 12 Big 12 Big 12 Big 12 Big 12 Big 12 Big 12 Big 12

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2015 STATISTICS

2 0 1 5 R E S U LT S (10-22 Overall /4-16 American) AUGUST (1-3) Sam Houston Invitational (Huntsville, Texas) 28 vs. Montana State L, 3-1 28 at Sam Houston State L, 3-0 29 vs. Prairie View A&M W, 3-0 29 vs. UTSA L, 3-0 SEPTEMBER (6-4) Allstate Sugar Bowl Collegiate Classic (New Orleans, La.) 11 Incarte Word W, 3-1 11 Nicholls State W, 3-0 12 North Carolina State L, 3-1 12 TCU L, 3-0 Cardinal Classic (Beaumont, Texas) 18 vs. Jackson State W, 3-0. 19 vs. Texas-Rio Grande W, 3-1 19 at Lamar L, 3-1

DEVLIN FIELDHOUSE CAPACITY - 3,600

25 Tulsa* 27 SMU* 29 New Orleans

W, 3-2 L, 3-0 W, 3-1

OCTOBER (1-8) 2 at UCF* 4 at USF* 7 Houston* 9 at East Carolina* 16 Cincinnati* 18 Memphis* 23 at UConn* 25 at Temple* 30 USF*

L, 3-2 L, 3-2 L, 3-2 L, 3-2 L, 3-0 L, 3-2 L, 3-0 L, 3-1 W, 3-2

NOVEMBER (2-7) 1 UCF* 6 Temple* 8 UConn* 13 at SMU* 15 at Tulsa* 18 at Houston* 22 East Carolina* 25 at Memphis* 27 at Cincinnati*

L, 3-0 W, 3-1 L, 3-2 L, 3-0 L, 3-2 L, 3-1 W, 3-2 L, 3-0 L, 3-0

Conference matches denoted with asterisk *

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SCHEDULE AUGUST Hurricane Classic (Tulsa, Okla.) 26 Incarnate Word Alabama 27 South Dakota

1 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m.

SEPTEMBER Texas State Invitational (San Marcos, Texas) 2 vs. Kennesaw State 1:30 p.m. vs Stephen F. Austin 6 p.m. 3 at Texas State 3 p.m. A-State Invitational (Jonesboro, Ark.) 9 vs UT-Martin 1:30 p.m. at Arkansas State 7 p.m. 10 Central Arkansas 11:30 a.m. Tulsa Volleyball Invitational (Tulsa, Okla.) 16 Oral Roberts 8 p.m. 17 Northwestern State Noon Lousiana Tech 8 p.m. 22 Cincinnati* 8 p.m. 24 East Carolina* 1 p.m. 30 at Houston* 8 p.m. OCTOBER 2 at Tulane* 7 Temple* 9 UConn* 12 at SMU* 16 at Memphis* 21 at UCF* 23 at USF* 28 Tulane* 30 Houston*

2 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m.

NOVEMBER 4 at East Carolina* 6 at Cincinnati* 10 USF 12 UCF* 16 SMU* 18 Memphis* 23 at UConn* 25 at Temple*

7 p.m. 1 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 8 p.m. Noon 1 p.m.

Erica BOHANNON

2016 ROSTER No. 21 15 10 5 20 9 1 4 18 25 12 19 2

Name Trinity Alualu Ashton Anderson Brooke Berryhill Erica Bohannon Ebony Carter Haley Coulter Taylor Horsfall Alyssa LaMont Rachel Moore Mariah Pardo Jaime Rahilly Rebecca Reeve Emily Thorson

Pos. OH S/DS DS/L OH MB OH DS/L L OH/MB S MB OH OH

Cl. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Sr. So. Fr. Jr. Sr. So.

Ht. 5-11 5-6 5-6 6-1 5-11 6-1 5-8 5-2 6-0 5-9 6-2 6-0 6-2

Hometown/Previous School Honolulu, Hawaii/Farrington Kansas City, Mo./Park Hill South Haslet, Texas/Northwest Coppell, Texas/Coppell Rowlett, Texas/Sachse Brandon, Fla./Manatee Houston, Texas/Alvin Houston, Texas/Cypress-Ridge Oklahoma City, Okla./Heritage Hall League City, Texas/Clear Creek Tulsa, Okla./Cascia Hall Adelaide, Australia/Brighton Secondary The Woodlands, Texas/College Park

HEAD COACH: Ryan Wills ASSISTANT COACH: Megan Pendergast ASSISTANT COACH: Eli Sharping

All times (Eastern) are subject to change; American Athletic Conference matches denoted with asterisk

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GOLDEN HURRICANE

RYAN WILLS Head Coach

BROOKE BERRYHILL Senior - Defensive Specialist/Libero

REBECCA REEVE Senior - Outside Hitter

NEWS & NOTES • Tulsa returns senior outside hitter Erica Bohannon, who earned back-to-back All-American Athletic Conference First Team honors after ranking 13th nationally in kills last sesaon. The three-time letter winner currently sits third on Tulsa’s career kills list with 1,275. • The Hurricane return an array of players from their 2015 squad that finished in fourth place in The American. Rebecca Reeve, a first-year transfer last season, returns after making an immediate impact on the Tulsa attack as she finished with a second-best 371 kills while adding 352 digs. Serve specialist Trinity Alualu returns after racking up 43 service aces last season, along with Brooke Berryhill,

who led the Hurricane in digs with 623 for an average of 4.91 per match. • Tulsa posted a 6-4 record in matches that went the distance last season, including a comeback win on the road at Houston on September 27. After falling down two sets to none, the Hurricane battled back to take the match 3-2 on an afternoon that saw Bohannon rack up 25 kills while Reeve added 17. • Head coach Ryan Wills enters his third year at the helm of the Hurricane volleyball program. In his two full years of coaching Tulsa, Wills has compiled a 3726 overall record while coaching three players to the All-American First Team.

QUICK FACTS, STAFF & SPORTS INFO Location................................................................. Tulsa, Okla. Founded............................................................................. 1894 Enrollment.........................................................................4,682 Nickname................................................... Golden Hurricane Colors.....................................Old Gold, Royal Blue, Crimson President..............................................Dr. Steadman Upham Director of Athletics.................................Dr. Derrick Gragg Senior Woman Administrator.......................Crista Troester Volleyball Office Phone..................................(918) 631-2128 Assistant Coaches..........Megan Pendergast, Eli Sharping

2015 Overall Record....................................................... 15-17 2015 Conference Record/Finish.......................10-10/Fourth Starters Returning/Lost......................................................5/1 Letterwinners Returning/Lost.........................................11/4 Newcomers.................................................................... Three Volleyball Contact.............................................. Riley Ubben Phone.................................................................(918) 631-3720 E-mail............................................... riley-ubben@utulsa.edu Website........................................ www.tulsahurricane.com Twitter...........................................................@TulsaVolleyball

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Ryan Wills 3rd year at Tulsa Career Record (2 year)...................37-26 (.587) Education - B.A. in Business Administration, Tulsa (2008) Tulsa Record (2 year).....................37-26 (.587) Conference Record........................24-16 (.600) Coaching File - Assistant coach, Alabama (2011-13); Assistant coach, Tulsa (2010); NCAA Appearances...........................0-0 (.000) Volunteer assistant coach, UCLA (2008-09); Student assistant coach, Tulsa (2006-07) The American (Overall).................37-26 (.587) The American (Conference Only)...24-16 (.600)

WILLSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY YEAR SCHOOL OVERALL CONFERENCE RECORD NCAA POSTSEASON 2014 Tulsa 22-9 14-6 2015 Tulsa 15-17 10-10 CAREER (2 Years) 37-26 24-16 0-0 (.587) (.600) (.000)

CONFERENCE The American The American

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2015 STATISTICS

2 0 1 5 R E S U LT S (15-17 Overall / 10-10 American) AUGUST (1-2) Nebraska Invitational (Lincoln, Neb.) 28 at Nebraska L, 3-0 29 vs. Pittsburgh L, 3-0 29 vs. Grand Canyon W, 3-1

DONALD W. REYNOLDS CENTER CAPACITY - 8,355

SEPTEMBER (5-7) Bama Bash (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) 4 vs. College of Charleston W, 3-2 4 at Alabama W, 3-2 5 vs. Southern Mississippi L, 3-1 Tulsa Tournament (Tulsa, Okla.) 11 Stephen F. Austin L, 3-2 11 Arkansas State L, 3-0 12 Southern Illinois L, 3-1 Tulsa Tournament (Tulsa, Okla.) 18 at Oral Roberts W, 3-0 19 Houston Baptist W, 3-1 19 North Texas L, 3-0 25 at Tulane* 27 at Houston* 30 at SMU*

L, 3-2 W, 3-2 L, 3-1

OCTOBER (5-4) 4 East Carolina* 9 UConn* 11 Temple* 16 at USF* 18 at UCF* 23 Memphis* 25 Cincinnati* 28 SMU* 30 at East Carolina*

W, 3-2 W, 3-2 L, 3-1 W 3-1 W, 3-1 L, 3-0 L, 3-2 L, 3-0 W, 3-0

NOVEMBER (4-4) 6 at Cincinnati* 8 at Memphis* 13 Houston* 15 Tulane* 20 at Temple* 22 at UConn* 25 UCF* 27 USF*

L, 3-2 W, 3-1 L, 3-0 W, 3-2 L, 3-0 W, 3-1 L, 3-1 W, 3-0

Conference matches denoted with asterisk *

M AT C H R E C O R D S TEAM - ALL MATCHES

INDIVIDUAL - ALL MATCHES

Hitting Percentage .557^^ Temple vs. St. John’s, 8/29/15 .500^^ Temple vs Binghamton, 9/12/15 .474^^ UCF vs. Elon, 9/6/13 .471^^ SMU vs. Quinnipiac, 8/30/13 .471^^ Temple at Tulane, 10/19/14

Hitting Percentage (min. 12 kills) .909^^ Randi Ewing, Louisville at Houston, 10/6/13 .818^^ DeLaina Sarden, UCF vs. North Florida, 8/30/13 .800^^ Ashley Hooper, Tulsa at Tulane, 11/2/14 .800^^ DeLaina Sarden, UCF vs. Temple, 11/29/13 .789^^ DeLaina Sarden, UCF at Cincinnati, 10/19/14

Assists 78 73 71 70

Memphis at Cincinnati, 9/29/13 UCF vs. Tulsa, 11/14/14 Temple vs. Princeton, 9/6/14 7 times, most recently Temple vs. SMU, 11/22/15

Assists 67 66 66 65 63

Avery Acker, SMU vs. TCU, 9/18/15 Avery Acker, SMU at Temple, 11/22/15 Destiny Patterson, Houston vs. Cincinnati, 9/26/14 Veronica Zimmerman, Memphis vs. USF, 11/29/13 Marie Reiterova, UCF vs. Stephen F. Austin, 9/7/13

Kills 81 77 76 76 76

Memphis at Cincinnati, 9/29/13 Houston at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 9/19/14 Temple vs. SMU, 11/22/15 Houston vs. Cincinnati, 9/26/14 UCF vs. Tulsa, 11/14/14

Kills 37 34 32 31 31

Kadi Kullerkann, Houston at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 9/19/14 Jale Hervey, UCF vs. UC Irvine, 9/12/15 Kadi Kullerkann, Houston at UConn, 11/26/14 Brookah Palmer, Houston at Tulane, 10/7/15 Kadi Kullerkann, Houston vs. Sam Houston State, 9/13/14

Blocks 21^ 21 20 19^ 19^

Tulane vs. Temple, 11/6/15 Rutgers at Sacred Heart, 9/14/13 Tulane vs. UConn, 10/17/14 Temple at SMU, 11/23/14 SMU vs. UConn, 11/21/14

Blocks 13 13 13^ 13^ 13^

Janelle Giordano, SMU at UCF, 10/16/15 Kristen Stehling, SMU at New Mexico, 9/5/15 Jennifer Iacobini, Temple at SMU, 11/23/14 Janelle Giordano, SMU vs. UConn, 11/21/14 Kaiti Waters, Houston at SMU, 10/25/13

Service Aces 14 Houston vs. USF, 11/1/15 13^ Tulane vs. New Orleans, 9/29/15 13 Temple vs Duquesne, 912/15 12 8 times, most recently Memphis at Houston, 10/16/15 Digs 117 111 110 110 107

Memphis vs. Tennessee State, 10/15/13 SMU at Temple, 10/24/14 Houston at Tulane, 10/7/15 Tulane vs. Tulsa, 9/25/15 UConn at Temple, 11/12/14

^ - Four-set match ^^ - Three-set match

Service Aces 7^^ Bailey Clampitt, Tulsa at East Carolina, 11/29/14 6 Six times, most recently Dara Peric, Temple vs. Duquesne, 9/12/15 Digs 47 40^ 39 38

Olivia O’Dell, Houston at Tulane, 10/7/15 Caitlin Welch, Louisville vs. UCF, 10/13/13 Natalie Keck, Houston at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 9/19/14 Three times, most recently Morgan Heise, SMU at Arkansas, 9/13/14

^ - Four-set match ^^ - Three-set match

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SEASON RECORDS TEAM - ALL MATCHES Hitting Percentage .292 UCF........................................................................ 2014 .260 Temple.................................................................. 2015 .259 Louisville.............................................................. 2013 .245 SMU...................................................................... 2015 .243 SMU...................................................................... 2013 Opponent Hitting Percentage .152 SMU...................................................................... 2014 .160 SMU...................................................................... 2015 .161 Memphis.............................................................. 2014 .166 Louisville.............................................................. 2013 .169 SMU...................................................................... 2013 Assists 1677 UCF........................................................................ 2014 1647 Memphis.............................................................. 2014 1615 SMU...................................................................... 2015 1585 SMU...................................................................... 2014 1578 Houston................................................................ 2014 Assists Per Set 13.63 UCF........................................................................ 2014 13.57 SMU...................................................................... 2015 12.99 SMU...................................................................... 2014 12.95 Louisville.............................................................. 2013 12.83 Temple.................................................................. 2014 Kills 1771 UCF........................................................................ 2014 1742 Memphis.............................................................. 2014 1709 SMU...................................................................... 2014 1692 Houston................................................................ 2014 1679 SMU...................................................................... 2014

Blocks Per Set 2.71 USF........................................................................ 2013 2.60 SMU...................................................................... 2015 2.46 UCF........................................................................ 2013 2.41 SMU...................................................................... 2013 2.36 Tulane................................................................... 2015 Service Aces 184 Tulsa..................................................................... 2014 175 Houston................................................................ 2013 174 Memphis.............................................................. 2014 172 SMU...................................................................... 2014 169 USF........................................................................ 2014 Service Aces Per Set 1.57 Tulsa..................................................................... 2014 1.41 SMU...................................................................... 2014 1.41 Houston................................................................ 2013 1.37 Houston................................................................ 2015 1.34 Memphis.............................................................. 2015 Digs 2300 Memphis.............................................................. 2014 2168 Memphis.............................................................. 2013 2074 Tulsa..................................................................... 2015 2069 SMU...................................................................... 2015 2050 UConn................................................................... 2014 Digs Per Set 17.39 SMU...................................................................... 2015 17.29 Memphis.............................................................. 2014 17.21 Memphis.............................................................. 2013 16.99 Temple.................................................................. 2014 16.97 USF........................................................................ 2015

INDIVIDUAL - ALL MATCHES

Kills Per Set 14.42 Temple.................................................................. 2015 14.40 UCF........................................................................ 2014 14.36 SMU...................................................................... 2015 13.92 Louisville.............................................................. 2013 13.76 SMU...................................................................... 2014

Hitting Percentage .451 DeLaina Sarden....................... UCF................... 2014 .428 Kaye-Alese Green................... UCF................... 2014 .409 DeLaina Sarden....................... UCF................... 2013 .402 Kirsten Overton........................ Temple.............. 2015 .401 Randi Ewing.............................. Louisville ......... 2013

Blocks 325 USF........................................................................ 2013 309 SMU...................................................................... 2015 296.5 UConn................................................................... 2013 295 Tulane................................................................... 2015 291.5 Rutgers................................................................. 2013

Assists 1482 1413 1397 1325 1298

Avery Acker.............................. SMU ................. 2015 Avery Acker.............................. SMU ................. 2014 Veronica Zimmerman............. Memphis ......... 2014 Sophie Bethke.......................... Tulsa ................ 2015 Veronica Zimmerman............. Memphis.......... 2013

SEASON RECORDS Assists Per Set 12.45 Avery Acker.............................. SMU ................. 2015 11.68 Avery Acker.............................. SMU.................. 2014 11.39 Marie Reiterova....................... UCF................... 2013 11.29 Sandra Sydlik........................... Temple.............. 2015 11.21 Avery Acker.............................. SMU.................. 2013

Blocks Per Set 1.58 Janelle Giordano..................... SMU.................. 2015 1.53 Andrea Rodriguez Gomez...... USF................... 2013 1.31 Janelle Giordano..................... SMU.................. 2014 1.26 Kaiti Water................................ Houston............ 2013 1.25 Jennica Mullins....................... USF................... 2014

Kills 644 515 506 489 472

Service Aces 54 Valerie El Houssine................. Tulsa................. 2014 50 Brookah Palmer....................... Houston............ 2015 47 Caroline Young......................... SMU.................. 2014 46 Bailey Clampitt......................... Tulsa................. 2014 43 Trinity Alualu............................ Tulsa................. 2015

Kadi Kullerkann........................ Houston............ 2014 Erica Bohannon....................... Tulsa................. 2015 Brookah Palmer....................... Houston............ 2015 Erin Fairs................................... USF................... 2014 Erica Bohannon....................... Tulsa................. 2014

Kills Per Set 5.03 Kadi Kullerkann........................ Houston............ 2014 4.15 Brookah Palmer....................... Houston............ 2015 4.06 Erica Bohannon....................... Tulsa................. 2015 4.03 Erica Bohannon....................... Tulsa................. 2014 3.88 Erin Fairs................................... USF................... 2014

Service Aces Per Set 0.52 Valerie El Houssine................. Tulsa................. 2014 0.41 Brookah Palmer....................... Houston............ 2015 0.39 Caroline Young......................... SMU.................. 2014 0.39 Bailey Clampitt......................... Tulsa................. 2014 0.34 Cailin Bula................................. SMU.................. 2013 0.34 Trinity Alualu............................ Tulsa................. 2015 Digs 721 717

Morgan Heise.......................... SMU.................. 2015 Aleksandra Petronijevic......... Memphis.......... 2014

701 654 645

Olivia O’Dell.............................. Houston............ 2015 Natalie Keck............................. Houston............ 2014 Aleksandra Petronijevic......... Memphis.......... 2013

Digs Per Set 6.06 Morgan Heise.......................... SMU.................. 2015 5.70 Olivia O’Dell.............................. Houston............ 2015 5.39 Aleksandra Petronijevic......... Memphis.......... 2014 5.19 Erika Figueroa.......................... East Carolina... 2015 5.13 Morgan Heise.......................... SMU.................. 2014 Points 686.5 582.0 567.0 556.5 537.5

Erica Bohannon - Tulsa Blocks 182 168 160 156 147

Andrea Rodriguez Gomez...... USF................... 2013 Janelle Giordano..................... SMU.................. 2015 Janelle Giordano..................... SMU.................. 2014 Jennica Mullins....................... USF................... 2014 Alexis Wesley.......................... Memphis.......... 2014

Kadi Kullerkann........................ Houston............ 2014 Brookah Palmer....................... Houston............ 2015 Erica Bohannon....................... Tulsa................. 2014 Erin Fairs................................... USF................... 2014 Erica Bohannon....................... Tulsa................. 2014

Points Per Set 5.36 Kadi Kullerkann........................ Houston............ 2014 4.77 Brookah Palmer....................... Houston............ 2015 4.59 Erica Bohannon....................... Tulsa................. 2014 4.46 Erica Bohannon....................... Tulsa................. 2015 4.42 Erin Fairs................................... USF................... 2014

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CAREER RECORDS Hitting Percentage (min. 750 attempts) .427 DeLaina Sarden....................... UCF......................... 2013-14 .385 Kaye-Alese Green................... UCF......................... 2013-14 .365 Kirsten Overton........................ Temple.................... 2013-15 .342 Janelle Giordano..................... SMU........................ 2013-15 .327 Ashley McRae.......................... East Carolina......... 2013-15 Assists 4,094 3,491 3,318 2,054 1,979

Avery Acker.............................. SMU........................ 2013-15 Veronica Zimmerman............. Memphis................ 2013-15 Sandra Sydlik........................... Temple.................... 2013-15 Keandra McCardell................. Houston.................. 2014-15 Marie Reiterova....................... UCF......................... 2013-14

Assists/Set (min. 1000 assists) 11.80 Avery Acker.............................. SMU........................ 2013-15 10.63 Sandra Sydlik........................... Temple.................... 2013-15 10.51 Bailey Clampitt......................... Tulsa....................... 2014 10.43 Sophie Bethke.......................... Tulsa....................... 2015 10.06 Veronica Zimmerman............. Memphis................ 2013-15 Kills 987 985 953 918 880

Erica Bohannon....................... Tulsa....................... 2014-15 Abby Bybel............................... SMU........................ 2013-14 Kadi Kullerkann........................ Houston.................. 2013-14 Erin Fairs................................... USF......................... 2013-14 Catlin Lily................................... Memphis................ 2013-15

1,361 1,300 1203

Aleksandra Petronijevic......... Memphis.. 2013-14 Olivia Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Dell.............................. Houston.... 2013-15 Natalie Keck............................. Houston... 2013-14

Digs/Set (min. 1000 digs) 5.25 Aleksandra Petronijevic......... Memphis.. 2013-14 4.97 Morgan Heise.......................... SMU.......... 2013-15 4.84 Brooke Berryhill....................... Tulsa......... 2014-15 4.75 Natalie Keck............................. Houston.... 2013-14 4.68 Alyssa Drachslin...................... Temple...... 2013-15 Service Aces 88 Sandra Sydlik........................... Temple...... 2013-15 81 Caroline Young......................... SMU.......... 2013-14 78 Lindsey Purvis.......................... Memphis.. 2013-15 71 Dakota Hampton...................... USF........... 2013-15 70 Catlin Lily................................... Memphis.. 2013-15 Service Aces/Set (min. 50 aces) 0.52 Valerie El Houssine................. Tulsa...............2014 0.41 Brookah Palmer....................... Houston..........2015 0.35 Caroline Young......................... SMU.......... 2013-14 0.29 Jennifer Iacobini.................... Temple...... 2013-14 Sandra Sydlik........................... Temple...... 2013-15

Kills/Set (min. 500 kills) 4.15 Brookah Palmer....................... Houston.................. 2015 4.05 Erica Bohannon....................... Tulsa....................... 2014-15 3.89 Kadi Kullerkann........................ Houston.................. 2013-14 3.81 Erin Fairs................................... USF......................... 2013-14 3.67 Jale Hervey.............................. UCF......................... 2014-15 Total Blocks 461 Janelle Giordano..................... SMU........................ 2013-15 356 Immanuella Anagu.................. UConn..................... 2013-15 301 Erika Thomas............................ UConn..................... 2013-15 279 Jennica Mullins....................... USF......................... 2013-14 259 Alexis Wesley.......................... Memphis............... 2013-14 Blocks/Set (min. 200 blocks) 1.31 Janelle Giordano..................... SMU........................ 2013-15 1.16 Jennica Mullins....................... USF......................... 2013-14 1.06 Sarah Strasner......................... Tulane..................... 2014-15 1.03 DeLaina Sarden....................... UCF......................... 2013-14 1.02 Alexis Wesley.......................... Memphis................ 2013-14 Digs 1,753 1,578

Morgan Heise.......................... SMU........................ 2013-15 Alyssa Drachslin...................... Temple.................... 2013-15

Janelle Giordano - SMU

ANNUAL LEADERS Individual Hitting Percentage 2015 Kristen Overton, Temple........402 2014 DeLaina Sarden, UCF..............451 2013 DeLaina Sarden, UCF..............409

. Kills per Set 2015 Brookah Palmer, Houston.......4.15 2014 Kadi Kullerkann, Houston.......5.03 2013 Erin Fairs, USF..........................3.73

Assists per Set 2015 Avery Acker, SMU............12.45 2014 Avery Acker, SMU............11.68 2013 Marie Reiterova, UCF.......11.39

Service Aces per Set 2015 Brookah Palmer, Houston.... .041 2014 V. El Houssine, Tulsa............. 0.52 2013 Cailin Bula, SMU................... 0.34

. Blocks per Set 2015 Janelle Giordano, SMU...........1.58 2014 Janelle Giordano, SMU...........1.31 2013 A. Gomez Rodriguez, USF ......1.53

. Digs per Set 2015 Morgan Heise, SMU........... 6.06 2014 A. Petronijevic, Memphis.. 5.39 2013 A. Petronijevic, Memphis.. 5.11

Team

Hitting Percentage

2015 Temple........................................ .260 2014 UCF............................................. .292 2013 Louisville.................................. . .259

Service Aces per Set 2015 Houston................................ 1.37 2014 Tulsa..................................... 1.57 2013 SMU..................................... 0.87

Kills per Set

2015 Temple...................................... 14.42 2014 UCF............................................ 14.40 2013 SMU.......................................... 11.16

Blocks per Set 2015 SMU......................................2.60 2014 SMU......................................2.34 2013 Louisville...............................1.94

Assists per Set

2015 SMU.......................................... 13.57 2014 UCF............................................ 13.63 2013 SMU.......................................... 10.62

. Digs per Set 2015 SMU....................................17.39 2014 Memphis.............................17.29 2013 Memphis.............................17.20

Last season, Temple led the American Athletic Conference in kills with 14.42 per set

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A L L- T I M E S TA N D I N G S Year-by-Year 2015 Team Conference PCT. Overall PCT. SMU 17-3 .850 27-6 .850 Temple 15-5 .750 24-8 .750 Cincinnati 13-7 .650 21-10 .677 Tulsa 10-10 .500 15-17 .469 Memphis 10-10 .500 19-14 .576 UConn 10-10 .500 16-15 .516 UCF 9-11 .450 15-17 .469 Houston 9-11 .450 19-13 .594 USF 8-12 .400 11-21 .344 East Carolina 5-15 .250 12-19 .387 Tulane 4-16 .200 10-22 .312

2014 Team Conference PCT. Overall PCT. UCF 18-2 .900 25-8 .758 SMU 15-5 .750 26-6 .813 Temple 15-5 .750 24-8 .750 Tulsa 14-6 .700 22-9 .710 Memphis 13-7 .650 23-11 .676 USF 8-12 .400 14-18 .438 Cincinnati 7-13 .350 15-17 .469 Houston 6-14 .300 14-18 .438 East Carolina 6-14 .300 15-16 .484 UConn 5-15 .250 12-19 .387 Tulane 3-17 .150 5-27 .156

2013 Team Conference PCT. Overall PCT. Louisville 18-0 1.000 23-7 .767 SMU 14-4 .778 22-9 .710 UCF 12-6 .667 21-10 .677 USF 11-7 .611 17-15 .531 Houston 10-8 .556 18-15 .545 Temple 9-9 .500 18-12 .600 Memphis 7-11 .389 15-17 .469 UConn 5-13 .278 14-19 .424 Cincinnati 3-15 .167 3-29 .094 Rutgers 1-17 .056 .156 .156

BOLD - denotes The American Champion

SMU won the 2015 volleyball championship after finishing in second place in 2014 and 2013

ALL-TIME ALL-CONFERENCE 2015 Player of the Year Avery Acker, S, Sr., SMU

2014 Player of the Year DeLaina Sarden, Sr., MB, UCF

Libero of the Year Morgan Heise, Jr., L, SMU

Libero of the Year Morgan Heise, So., L, SMU

Setter of the Year Avery Acker, S, Sr., SMU

Setter of the Year Sandra Sydlik, Jr., S, Temple

Freshman of the Year Jordan Thompson, RS/OH, Cincinnati

Freshman of the Year Dara Peric, Fr., OH, Temple

Coach of the Year Lisa Seifert, SMU

Coach of the Year Todd Dagenais, UCF

First-Team All-Conference Jale Hervey, Jr., OH, UCF Carly Nolan, Fr., OH, Cincinnati Jordan Thompson, Fr., RS.OH, Cincinnati * Brookah Palmer, Fr., OH, Houston * Janelle Giordano, Jr., MB, SMU * Morgan Heise, Jr., L, SMU * Avery Acker, Sr., S, SMU * Irem Asci, So., OH, Temple Kirsten Overton, Jr., MB, Temple Sandra Sydlik, Sr., S, Temple Erica Bohannon, Jr., OH, Tulsa Ashley Hooper, Sr., MB, Tulsa

First-Team All-Conference Kia Bright, So., OH, UCF Kaye-Alese Green, Sr., MB, UCF Jale Hervey, So., OH, UCF DeLaina Sarden, Sr., MB, UCF* Kadi Kullerkann, Sr., OH/RS, Houston * Lauren Wright, Sr., MB/RS, Memphis Erin Fairs, Jr., OH, USF Avery Acker, Jr., S, SMU Morgan Heise, So., L, SMU Caroline Young, Sr., OPP, SMU Sandra Sydlik, Jr., S, Temple Erica Bohannon, So., OH, Tulsa

Second-Team All-Conference Abbie Fleener, Sr., OPP, UCF Jade Strawberry, Jr., OH, UConn Erika Thomas, Sr., MB/RSH, UConn Olivia Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Dell, Sr., L, Houston Dakota Hampton, Jr., OH, USF Cailin Bula, Sr., OH, SMU Abbey Bybel, Sr., OH, SMU Izzy Rapacz, So., OH/RS, Temple

Second-Team All-Conference Emma Roberson, Jr., RS, Cincinnati Aleksandra Petronijevic, Sr., L, Memphis Janelle Giordano, So., MB, SMU Tyler Davis, So., OH, Temple Jennifer Iacobini, Sr., MB, Temple Kirsten Overton, So., MB, Temple Dara Peric, Fr., OH, Temple Valerie El Houssine, Sr., OH, Tulsa

* - denotes Unanimous Selection

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ALL-TIME ALL-CONFERENCE 2013 Player of the Year Erin Fairs, USF Libero of the Year Caitlin Welch, Louisville Setter of the Year Avery Acker, SMU Freshman of the Year Maya McClendon*, Louisville Coach of the Year Anne Kordes, Louisville First Team All-Conference Erin Fairs*, OH, USF Emily Juhl*, OH, Louisville Caroline Young*, OH, SMU DeLaina Sarden*, MB, UCF Maya McClendon*, OH, Louisville Avery Acker*, S, SMU Caitlin Welch, DS/L, Louisville Brooke Mattingly, MB, Louisville Katie George, S, Louisville Gabriella Matautia, RS, Temple Andrea Rodriguez Gomez, MB, USF Janelle Giordano, MB, SMU Second Team All-Conference Lauren Hawkins, MB, Memphis Abbey Bybel, MB, SMU Randi Ewing, MB, Louisville Sarita Mikals, OH/RS, Houston Angelica Crump, OH, UCF Cailin Bula, OH, SMU Marie Reiterova, S, UCF Kadi Kullerkann, OH, Houston Kaye-Alese Green, MB, UCF Alexis Wesley, MB, Memphis Karson Ratliff, OH, UConn

CONFERENCE HONORS TEAM ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD Year School 2015......................................................................Temple 2014......................................................................Temple 2013.................................................................. Louisville

SCHOLAR-ATHLETE SPORT EXCELLENCE AWARD 2013 Name School Cl. Pos. Avery Acker..............SMU.............Sr.................. S 2014 Name School Cl. Pos. Avery Acker..............SMU.............Jr................... S 2013 Name School Cl. Pos. Emily Juhl..................Louisville......Sr............... OH

Temple earned the 2015 American Athletic Conference Team Academic Excellence Award.

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AVC A H O N O R S ALL-AMERICA TEAMS 2015 Honorable Mention Name School Pos. Cl. Avery Acker..............SMU.............S..................Sr. Janelle Giordano......SMU.............MB.............. Jr. Morgan Heise...........SMU.............L.................. Jr. 2014 Honorable Mention Name School Pos. Cl. Avery Acker SMU S Jr. Kaye Alese Green....UCF...............MB....... RS-Sr. Kia Bright...................UCF...............OH..............So. Kadi Kullerkan..........Houston.......OH/RS..RS-Jr. DeLaina Sarden........UCF...............MB..............Sr. Caroline Young.........SMU.............OH...............Sr. 2013 Honorable Mention Name School Pos. Cl. Avery Acker..............SMU.............S.................So. DeLaina Sarden........UCF...............MB.............. Jr.

TEAM ACADEMIC AWARD 2015 UCF Cincinnati Memphis Temple 2014 UCF Cincinnati Memphis SMU Temple 2013 UCF Louisville Memphis Rutgers SMU ALL-TIME ACADEMIC AWARDS School Total UCF..................................................................................3 Memphis.........................................................................3 Cincinnati.......................................................................2 SMU................................................................................2 Temple.............................................................................2 Louisville.........................................................................1 Rutgers...........................................................................1

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS 2015 SMU vs. Purdue - Austin, Texas L, 1-3 (27-25, 17-25, 26-28, 16-25)

ANNUAL NCAA RESULTS School Appearances Record Years SMU 1 0-1 2015 UCF 1 0-1 2014 Louisville 1 0-1 2013

2014 UCF vs. Miami (Fla.) - Gainesville, Fla. L, 2-3 (22-25, 25-18, 10-25, 25-23, 10-15) 2013 Louisville vs. Marquette - Champaign, Ill. L, 0-3 (23-25, 22-25, 19-25)

APPEARANCES BY SCHOOL School Appearances Louisville.........................................................................1 SMU................................................................................1 UCF..................................................................................1

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