Season Outlook GENERAL INFORMATION Location ................................................................ Nashville, Tenn. Founded ................................................................................1873 Enrollment ............................................................................6,796 Nickname.................................................................. Commodores Colors ........................................................................ Black & Gold Arena (Capacity)............................. Memorial Gymnasium (14,326) Press Row Phone.................................................. (615) 320-0436 Affiliation ............................................................... NCAA Division I Conference ................................................................Southeastern Chancellor.........................................................Nicholas S. Zeppos Vice Chancellor/Athletic Director............................David Williams II Faculty Representative......................................... Richard McCarty Senior Woman Administrator............................ Candice Storey Lee Website...........................................................vucommodores.com COACHING STAFF Head Coach......................................................... Melanie Balcomb Alma Mater.................................................... Trenton State (1984) Record at Vanderbilt........................... 259-106/.710 (12th Season) Career Record.................................... 422-210/.668 (21st Season) Associate Head Coach.................Tom Garrick (Rhode Island, 1989) Assistant Coaches......................... Ashley Earley (Vanderbilt, 2005) .................................................Kim Rosamond (Mississippi, 1998) Director of Basketball Ops........... Jon Erickson (Connecticut, 1997) Video Coordinator..........George MacLellan (New Hampshire, 2011) TEAM INFORMATION 2012-13 Overall Record....................................................... 21-12 2013 SEC Record...................................................... 9-7 (Seventh) 2013 Postseason.............................NCAA Second Round (#8 seed) ......................................................def. #9 Saint Joeseph’s (60-54) ........................................................lost to #1 Connecticut (44-77) 2013 Final Ranking......................................... NR (AP) / NR (ESPN) Letterwinners Returning/Lost...................................................8 / 6 Starters Returning/Lost............................................................3 / 2 Newcomers..................................................................................3 PROGRAM HISTORY First Year of Basketball...........................................................1977 Overall All-Time Record.......................................... 760-370 (.673) Overall SEC Record................................................. 219-158 (.581) NCAA Tournaments (Last)................................................26 (2013) Overall NCAA Tournament Record............................... 39-26 (.600) All-Time Home Record.............................................. 426-96 (.816) ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Director.................................................................. Rod Williamson Office Phone.......................................................... (615) 322-4051 Assistant Director/WBB Contact................................David Dawson Office Phone.......................................................... (615) 343-5823 E-mail............................................. david.dawson@vanderbilt.edu Athletic Communications Fax ................................ (615) 343-3618 Mailing Address...........2601 Jess Neely Drive, Nashville, TN 37212
RADIO BROADCAST INFORMATION WNSR................................Nashville Sports Radio 560 AM/95.9 FM Internet Simulcast (Subscription)............www.vucommodores.com WBB Announcer/Play-by-play...................................Charlie Mattos Phone.................................................................... (615) 844-5600 Address.........................810 Dominican Drive, Nashville, TN 37228 SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter Team..........................................................................@VandyWBB Melanie Balcomb.................................................. @coachbalcomb Tom Garrick................................................................... @tsgarrick Kim Rosamond...................................................... @kimrosamond Ashley Earley........................................................... @ashleyearley Facebook Team.......................................................................... Vandy Hoops Instagram Team.............................................................................. vandywbb THE RETURNERS Player Christina Foggie Jasmine Lister Kady Schrann Heather Bowe Kendall Shaw Morgan Batey Jasmine Jenkins Rayte’a Long
PPG 13.4 12.2 6.4 6.2 3.5 2.4 2.3 1.2
RPG APG 3.4 2.4 3.0 5.1 2.2 1.3 4.3 0.8 2.0 0.3 3.1 0.9 2.4 1.3 1.3 0.3
PLAYERS LOST Player Tiffany Clarke Elan Brown Gabby Smith Clair Watkins Maggie Morrison Nadine Ndip
PPG 16.6 6.1 1.6 1.5 0.2 0.0
RPG APG 8.4 1.1 5.5 1.8 1.1 0.7 0.9 0.1 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.0
NEWCOMERS Player Rebekah Dahlman Marqu’es Webb Kylee Smith
Pos. G F G
Ht. 5-9 6-1 5-11
Hometown (High School) Brahman, Minn. (Brahman Area) Hoover, Ala. (Hoover) Alpharetta, Ga. (Alpharetta)
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