2012 Roster Numerical Roster No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 14 15 16 17 18 33
Name Ariel Scott Lara Caraway Kendall Pierce Dominique Gonzalez Kristin Carpenter Maddie Martin Nia Grant Erica Denney Paulina Prieto Cerame Marika Racibarskas Micha Hancock Aiyana Whitney Maggie Harding Katie Slay Megan Courtney Deja McClendon Lacey Fuller
Roster Breakdown
Yr. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Sr. Jr. So. RS-So. Fr. Sr. So. So. RS-So. Jr. Fr. Jr. So.
Head Coach: Assistant Coaches: Vol. Asst. Coach: Dir. of VB Operations: Trainer:
Pos. OH DS DS DS S/DS OH MH MH OH S S/OH OH DS MH S/OH OH DS
Ht. Hometown/Last School 6-4 Ridgewood, N.J./Immaculate Heart Academy 5-4 Evans City, Pa./Home schooled 5-6 Eden, N.Y./Eden Jr.-Sr. 5-6 San Antonio, Texas/Sandra Day O’Connor 5-7 Mechanicsville, Va./Hanover 6-1 Tampa, Fla./H.B. Plant 6-2 Warren, Ohio/Howland 6-3 Aurora, Colo./Grandview 6-2 Miami, Fla./Palmer Trinity 6-0 Chatham, N.J./Chatham 5-11 Edmond, Okla./Edmond Memorial 6-4 Norwood, N.J./Northern Valley Regional 5-6 State College, Pa./State College Area 6-6 Raleigh, N.C./Wakefield 6-2 Dayton, Ohio/Archbishop Alter 6-1 Louisville, Ky./DuPont Manuel Magnet 5-6 San Diego, Calif./Torrey Pines
Russ Rose (George Williams, 1975), 34th year Steve Aird (Penn State, ), 1st year Kaleena Davidson (Penn State, 2006), 4th year Owen Monroy (Messiah, 2008), 1st year Adam Hughes (Penn State, 2006), 3rd year Brandon Hall (Michigan State, 2008), 1st year
By Class Seniors: Carpenter, Racibarskas Juniors: Martin, McClendon, Scott, Slay Redshirt Sophomores: Denney, Harding Sophomores: Fuller, Gonzalez, Grant, Hancock, Whitney Freshmen: Caraway, Cerame, Courtney, Pierce
By Position Setters (4): Carpenter, Courtney, Hancock, Racibarskas Libero/DS (5): Caraway, Fuller, Gonzalez, Harding, Pierce Middle Hitters (3): Denney, Grant, Slay Outside Hitters (6): Cerame, Courtney, Martin, McClendon, Scott, Whitney
By State California (1): Fuller Colorado (1): Denney Florida (2): Cerame, Martin
Net - 7’ 4 1/8” Left Front
Middle Front
Right Front
• OH
• MH
• S, Opp.
Left Back
Right Back
• OH, L, DS, MH
• S, Opp., DS
Middle Front • OH, L DS, MH
Players rotate in a clockwise direction and serve when they are in the right back position. The libero (wearing a different color jersey) may take the place of any of the three backrow players and does not count as a team substitution.
Kentucky (1): McClendon New Jersey (3): Racibarskas, Scott, Whitney New York (1): Pierce North Carolina (1): Slay Ohio (2): Courtney, Grant Oklahoma (1): Hancock Pennsylvania (2): Caraway, Harding Texas (1): Gonzalez Virginia (1): Carpenter
Pronunciations Aird................................................................ Air-d Aiyana.................................................. Ai-yahn-uh Ariel.......................................................... Air-ee-el
Position Breakdown: OH: Outside hitter, generally attacks from left front MH: Middle hitter, generally attacks from middle front Opp.: Opposite or right side hitter, generally attacks from the right front DS: Defensive Specialist, a substitution in the backrow for serving, passing and defensive purposes
S: Setter, generally handles the second contact to distribute the ball to the hitters, may only attack and block when in the front row L: Libero, a backrow player concentrated on passing and defense; may serve; may not attack the ball above the height of the net; wears a different colored jersey to help distinguish “onthe-fly” entry into the game.
Cerame............................................... Sair-uh-may Kaleena...................................................KA-lee-na Lacey...........................................................Lace-ee Marika.................................................Ma-REE-ka Micha........................................................Mike-uh Nia............................................................Knee-uh Paulina................................................... Paul-ee-na
Prieto..................................................... Pre-eh-toe Terminology and Scoring: Racibarskas...................................... Rass-i-bars-kus As of 2008, the NCAA coaches have decided to change the terminology “game” to “set” - so matches consist of the best three-of-five sets. In addition, instead of rally scoring to 30 points in the first four sets, sets are played to 25. The fifth set will be rally scoring to 15 points. Both changes were made to mirror international volleyball. 8
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