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FALLSPO RTS F OO TB ALL ( 1 2-1, 8-0 M WC) • Won the Mountain West Conference championship and made its first BCS appearance with a trip to the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl • Closed the season ranked sixth for its third top-10 ranking in the last five years • The 2009 seniors became TCU’s all-time winningest class with 42 victories • Gary Patterson received nine National Coach of the Year honors • Topped the MWC with a school-record 20 all-conference selections, including seven All-Americans • Jerry Hughes became just the second two-time consensus AllAmerican in TCU history in addition to winning the Lott Trophy and Ted Hendricks Award • Led the nation in defense for the second straight year and fourth time since 2000 • Set single-season school records for points scored (498), total offense (5,937 yards) and first downs (311) • One of just two teams (Florida) to rank in the top 10 in both offense and defense • Three Horned Frogs (Jerry Hughes, Daryl Washington, Marshall Newhouse) were taken in the 2010 NFL draft with Hughes becoming TCU’s first first-round selection since LaDainian Tomlinson in 2001
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VOLLEY BALL ( 2 7 - 7 , 1 3 - 3 MWC) • Won a school record 27 matches • Posted a program-best second-place finish in the Mountain West Conference • Made its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament • Advanced to the second round after defeating Rice 3-0 in an opening-round match • Had the first All-Americans in program history with Christy Hudson, Kourtney Edwards and Megan Munce • Munce was tabbed MWC Setter of the Year, while Hudson, Edwards and Katelyn Blackwood earned all-conference accolades
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• Edwards became TCU’s all-time blocks leader with 525 • Produced seven MWC Player of the Week recipients, including Edwards on five occasions • Defeated No. 25 Colorado State in a nationally-televised contest before a record home crowd of 1,875 • Ranked 45th nationally in attendance with an average of 1,104 fans per game • Earned a Team Academic Award from the Association of Volleyball Coaches of America after posting a collective GPA of 3.42 for 2009-2010. Six members – Blackwood, Edwards, Hudson, Munce, Kylie Pont and Sloane Sunstrum –placed on the Fall 2009 Academic All-Conference team
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