2006 LMU
VOLLEYBALL
2006mediaguide 2006 LMU VOLLEYBALL quick facts the university
Location: ............................Los Angeles, CA Founded: ............................................1911 Enrollment: ........................................8,300 Nickname: ............................................Lions Colors: ............................Crimson and navy National Affiliation:..............NCAA Division I Conference:................................West Coast Home Court: ......................Gersten Pavilion Capacity: ............................................4,156 President:............Rev. Robert B. Lawton, S.J. Athletic Director: ..............Dr. William Husak
volleyball staff Head Coach: ..............................................................................Steve Stratos Stratos’ Office: ......................................................................(310) 338-2765 Stratos’ E-Mail:....................................................................sstratos@lmu.edu Alma Mater: ....................................................................San Diego State ‘75 Record at LMU: ............................................................324-153 (16 seasons) Collegiate Career Record:..............................................324-153 (16 seasons) Assistant Coach: ....................................................Larry Smoot (17th season) Alma Mater: ........................................................................Long Beach State Assistant Coach: ..............................................Heather Collins (10th season) Alma Mater: ................................................................UC Santa Barbara ‘96 Assistant Coach: ....................................................Branden Higa (1st season) Alma Mater:............................................................................Pepperdine ‘98
volleyball facts All-Time Record:................................................................................462-293 2005 Record: ........................................................................................19-11 2005 WCC Record: ................................................................7-7 (fifth place) 2005 Postseason..................................................................NCAA 1st Round 2005 Final Ranking ....................................................................................NR Letterwinners Returning / Lost: ..............................................................11/5 Starters Returning / Lost: ............................................................5 + libero/2 Newcomers: ................................................................................................5
media relations Assistant Athletic Director of Media Services: ..............................John Shaffer Office Phone: ........................................................................(310) 338-7643 Cell Phone: ............................................................................(310) 864-2626 E-Mail: ................................................................................jshaffer@lmu.edu Assistant Media Relations Director (volleyball contact):....................Alissa Zito Office Phone: ........................................................................(310) 338-7638 Cell Phone: ............................................................................(310) 345-6997 E-Mail: ....................................................................................azito@lmu.edu Assistant Media Relations Director:..........................................Carolyn French Office Phone: ........................................................................(310) 338-5798 Cell Phone: ............................................................................(310)-261-8470 E-Mail: ................................................................................cfrench@lmu.edu SID Office Fax:........................................................................(310) 338-2703 Hotline / Tickets: ....................................................................(310) 338-LION Website: ........................................................................www.LMULions.com Mailing Address: ............................................Athletic Media Relations Office ........................................................................Loyola Marymount University ............................................................................................Gersten Pavilion ..................................................................................................1 LMU Drive ........................................................................Los Angeles, CA 90045-8235
credits The 2006 Loyola Marymount volleyball media guide is a product of the LMU Athletic Media Relations Office... Photography provided by Glenn Cratty, Jeff Golden, Dave Hill, Dirk Dewachter, Scott Cunningham, and Christian Peterson... Film and printing by West Coast Reproductions of Marina del Rey... Inside cover photos courtesy of the Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau... Additional copies of this guide are available through the Athletic Media Relations Office for $10.00 each.
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contents inside LMU volleyball 2006 season outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Sweet Sixteen appearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 LMU volleyball All-Americans . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Coach Stratos’ Wall of Fame . . . . . . . . . . 10 LMU volleyball Olympian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Gersten Pavilion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Strength/Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
welcome to LMU About LMU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Academics at LMU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Building Champions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 LMU Athletics facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 LMU administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Staff directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 NCAA compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
the 2006 LMU Lions Steve Stratos, Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Assistant coaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 2006 players. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Alphabetical roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Numerical roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Pronunciation guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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LMU media information
2005 season review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 All-time record book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Postseason history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 All-time series records/stat leaders . . . . . . 55 Year-by-year results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Volleyball’s retired jerseys . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
2006 opponent information. . . . . . . . . . . 62 LMU media outlets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Speed chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
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