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’10
volleyball
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Players
#1
Jessica Huneycutt
#2
MaryBeth Finegan
#3
Anna Hayes
#4
Kara Baughman
#5
Clarke Glendenning
#6
Liz Ostermann
#7
Cori Spade
#8
Emily Anderson
#9
Molly Markley
#10
Rebecca Yow
#11
Mallory Booker
#14
Mollie Schrull
#15
Caroline Cobb
#16
Valerie Stoltzfus
#17
Leanne Burton
2010 volleyball Roster No. Name Yr
Pos Ht Hometown/High School
1
Jessica Huneycutt
SO
OH
5’7”
Albemarle, N.C. / South Stanley
2
MaryBeth Finegan*
JR
LIB
5’7”
Chapel Hill, N.C. / East Chapel Hill
3
Anna Hayes
FR
RS
5’7”
Roxboro, N.C. / Person
4
Kara Baughman
SO
S
5’7”
Clayton, N.C. / West Johnson
5
Clarke Glendenning
FR
S/RS
5’9”
Cary, N.C. / Cary
6
Liz Ostermann
SO
DS
5’5”
Easton, Md. / Easton
7
Cori Spade
SO
OH
5’11”
Raleigh, N.C. / Athens Drive
8
Emily Anderson
JR
DS/LIB
5’1”
Wilmington, N.C. / Hoggard
9
Molly Markley
FR
MB
6’0”
Mooresville, N.C. / Mooresville
10
Rebecca Yow
JR
S/RS
5’7”
Asheboro, N.C. / Asheboro
11
Mallory Booker*
SR
OH
5’9”
Elon, N.C. / Western Alamance
14
Mollie Schrull
FR
DS
5’4”
Sanford, N.C. / Lee County
15
Caroline Cobb
SO
MB
5’10”
Raleigh, N.C. / Sanderson
16
Valerie Stoltzfus
FR
M/RS
5’10”
Cochranville, Pa. / Octorara
17
Leanne Burton
FR
S/RS
5’9”
Camden, N.C. / Camden County
* Captains Head Coach: Fiona Barkley
Athletics Director: Jackie Myers
Assistant Athletics Director/Sports Information Director: Greg Jarvis
Athletic Facilities Weatherspoon Gymnasium The home to Meredith’s basketball and volleyball teams. The facility provides up-close seating for over 500 spectators. The complex also includes locker rooms, athletics offices, a training room, a fitness center, a 5,000 square-foot dance studio and a six-lane, indoor swimming pool.
Meredith Athletic Field and Track Complex The home to Meredith’s soccer and cross country teams. The complex includes a lighted competition level track, a FieldTurf artificial playing surface capable of supporting soccer and lacrosse games and a storage facility. Future phases of the project will include a grandstand, hospitality areas, support facilities, restrooms, brick arcade and locker rooms. The cross country team uses the complex as well as the College’s 225-acre campus and the Reedy Creek Greenway.
Meredith Softball Complex
Senior captain Mallory Booker leads the Avenging Angels.
The home of Meredith softball has recently undergone several
Meredith Tennis Complex
renovations. The addition of irrigation to the Bermuda field and
The home of the Meredith tennis program includes six lighted tennis
infield improvements have stepped up the playing conditions to
courts with windscreen. Over the summer of 2007, the courts were
make it one of the best fields in the area. New dugouts have also
resurfaced with a new color scheme—a “US Open Blue” inner court
been completed to increase comfort for the players and enhance
surrounded by a green outer court. This new color scheme will help to
the game atmosphere.
heighten the visibility of the ball for players and fans.
Coaching Staff Previous Records
Fiona Barkley Meredith Record (Years).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32-64 (3) 2009 Record.. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-18 (7-11 USA South) Home Court.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weatherspoon Gymnasium Alma Mater/Year.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elon/1999 Phone.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (919) 760-2374 Email.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . barkleyf@meredith.edu
Barkley enters her fourth year as head coach of the Meredith College volleyball team. During the 2009 season the Meredith volleyball team proved to be a strong competitor in the USA South Athletic Conference and produced the most wins the program has seen since 2003. Formerly an assistant coach at N.C. State University from 2004-2005, Barkley trained defensive systems and serving strategy while assisting with all aspects of this ACC team. In addition, Barkley coordinated team travel, support staff, special events, video scouting systems and summer camps. Barkley’s college coaching career also includes time as assistant coach at Lynn University and recruiting coordinator at her alma mater, Elon University. During her time at Elon, she signed several recruits who went on to earn all-conference honors. She finished up her time at Elon in 2003 as interim head coach. As a four-year collegiate letter winner at Elon University, Barkley was named team captain and MVP. For her performance as an outside hitter, she was named to Elon’s 1,000 Digs and 1,000 Kills Club. Barkley earned a Bachelor of Science in Leisure/Sport Management from Elon in 1999. In addition to running the volleyball program, Barkley is also the advisor for Meredith’s Student Athlete Advisory Committee and the Chair of the annual Athletics Golf Tournament. Outside of her duties at Meredith, Barkley works with local youth volleyball programs including the NC High Performance program. During the summers she has worked volleyball camps with such programs as UNC, NC State, Duke, Elon, Furman and Emory. She also hosts summer volleyball camps at Meredith.
Year 2009 2008 2007 Coach Fiona Barkley - Meredith Career 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2001 1999 1998 1997 1996 Coach Kathy Mayberry - Meredith Career
W 14 11 7 32 12 8 9 18 14 12 20 21 25 14 16
L 18 22 24 64 15 16 21 6 14 6 9 10 10 17 10
Coach Barkley Barkley Barkley 3 Seasons Mayberry Mayberry Mayberry Mayberry Mayberry Mayberry Mayberry Mayberry Mayberry Mayberry Mayberry
Win%
169
134
11 Seasons
0.558
0.368
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Tennessee. The conference consists of Averett University, Christopher Newport University, Ferrum College, Greensboro College, Peace College, Shenandoah University, Methodist University, Mary Baldwin College, Meredith College and North Carolina
South Carolina
Wesleyan College. The two Georgia institutions, Agnes Scott College and LaGrange College, became competing members of the conference in the fall of 2009 as women’s lacrosse only
Georgia
members. The lone Tennessee institution, Maryville College, entered the conference in 2005 as a football-only member.
sports information Florida
Media Information All inquiries about interviews, press credentials, broadcasting
Meredith College Quick Facts
requests, and other related sports information areas should be sent
Location . ......................................... Raleigh, N.C.
to Greg Jarvis, sports information director, at jarvisgr@meredith.edu, (919) 760-8811.
Founded .................................................. 1891 Enrollment ............................................... 2,262
www.goavengingangels.com
Nickname ...................................... Avenging Angels
Follow the Avenging Angels on Meredith’s official athletics web site
Colors ................................ Maroon, Black and White
at www.goavengingangels.com throughout the 2010-11 season. The
Affiliation.................................... NCAA Division III
site features game notes, schedules, rosters, player and coaches’ bios, game recaps and special news related to the program.
Conference . .................. USA South Athletic Conference President . ................................... Maureen Hartford
Broadcasting Information
Athletics Director ................... Jackie Myers (Elon/1978)
The 2010-11 sports season will feature
Asst. Athletics Director/SID......Greg Jarvis (Virginia Tech/1994)
at least 45 Meredith College athletics
Senior Woman Administrator/Athletic Trainer...... Sharon Malley
events to be broadcast live and archived
Athletics Department Phone ................. (919) 760-8205
on the athletics web site. Meredith’s
Athletics Web Site ................. www.goavengingangels.com
athletics broadcasting team is made up
Mailing Address ..... 3800 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC 27607
of faculty member Michael Novak and guest broadcasters. All broadcasts can
SID Office Phone ............................. (919) 760-8811
be found on Meredith’s official athletics
SID Email.. ............................. jarvisgr@meredith.edu
web site at www.goavengingangels.com. Michael Novak, “Voice of the Avenging Angels”
Meredith College Athletics History Athletics at Meredith
NCAIAW state championship while the tennis team took the confer-
College began in
ence title. The golf team finished second in the AIAW Division III
1904 with the advent
national tournament in 1981, in Meredith’s first bid for a national
of Meredith’s Athletic
championship. Softball was added as a varsity sport during the
Association. The first
1985-86 academic year. The most recent varsity sports to be
competitive games
added were soccer in 1993 and cross country in 2005.
against other schools were held in 1904 with two games against St. Mary’s College. In the
In recent years at Meredith, there has been an increase in the com-
early years, Meredith athletic activities included swimming, soccer,
petitiveness of the athletics programs on a regional and national level
horseback riding, tennis, baseball, basketball, golf, football and field
in Division III. The program has had seven NCAA tournament bids
hockey. The first events were primarily inter-class competitions. In
across three different sports since 2001 (basketball 2001, 2003;
1937, Meredith became a part of the United States Conference.
tennis 2003, 2007, 2009; and soccer 2007, 2008). In 2007, Meredith’s athletics identity became the “Avenging Angels” to emphasize
In 1944, Meredith’s freshman-sophomore basketball team
the prowess of Meredith athletes. The 2007-08 season marked the
defeated the team from what is now Peace College, marking the
first year of competition in the
beginning of a cross-town rivalry between the two Raleigh women’s
USA South Athletic Confer-
colleges. In 1952, the basketball team and the field hockey team
ence. Meredith was the first
pulled out impressive victories against the University of North
single gender institution to
Carolina and Duke.
win a conference title with both tennis and soccer tour-
In 1970, Meredith athletics took on a new life with the completion
nament wins in 2008-09. The
of Weatherspoon Gymnasium. Volleyball and tennis saw their first
soccer team added a regular
winning seasons during the 1970s. In 1980, the golf team won the
season title in 2009.
Meredith College Athletics Program THE DIVISION III EXPERIENCE
athletes finished with a 3.0 or higher and 21% received the Athletics
Meredith athletics teams participate in Division III of the National
Director’s award with a 3.5 or higher.
Collegiate Athletic Association. Meredith College fully supports the Division III experience that allows the student athlete to enjoy
MEDICAL SERVICES
competitive sports and other activities throughout their college years.
In addition to the academic and fitness programs available, the
Division III athletics offers student-athletes the opportunity to become
athletic training staff provides excellent care for participants. The
well-rounded individuals who successfully integrate athletics and
athletic training support staff consists of head athletic trainer, Sharon
academics while experiencing all aspects of college life. Division III
Malley, student athletic trainers from the University of North Carolina
athletics feature athletes who can receive only academic financial
and on-call physicians. Some of the services and equipment provided
assistance and athletics departments that are staffed and funded like
in the Weatherspoon Gymnasium include a whirlpool, hydrocollator,
any other department in the College.
ultrasound, injury ice and electrical stimulation. Meredith College serves as a clinical site for the UNC-Chapel Hill Undergraduate Ath-
ACADEMICS Meredith College’s commitment to academics is exemplified by its
letic Training Program.
athletics teams. Each year, the USA South Athletic Conference recog-
COMMUNITY SERVICE
nizes its student-athletes’ hard work in the classroom by naming an
Members from each team are elected to the Student Athlete
Academic All-Conference team. A student-athlete must have earned
Advisory Committee that organizes support for each sport and also
a 3.0 GPA in each of the two semesters of a given year to be eligible.
coordinates community service. Past volunteer work includes Special
The athletics department also offers a special Athletics Director’s
Olympics of Wake County, Habitat for Humanity, Service Raleigh,
List that recognizes the athletes that receive a 3.5 each of the two
and the USA South Athletic Conference’s Cans Across the Confer-
semesters. During the 2009-10 season, 37.9% of Meredith’s student
ence and Pennies for a Purpose.
about Meredith Campus Life • Total enrollment for 2009-10 was 2,262, which included 1,967 undergraduate degree students and 249 graduate-level students. Seventy-eight non-degree students also took undergraduate courses. • Meredith sponsors juried student exhibitions, an active concert schedule, visiting artists and exhibitions featuring professional artists. • Students participate in theatre and dance performance troupes and a variety of vocal and instrumental ensembles. • Meredith students advance their leadership skills in programs such as the Emerging Leader Seminar Series, Officer and Advisor Training, Sophie Lanneau Women’s Leadership Development Program and the LeaderShape® Institute.
Academics and Special Programs • Meredith offers 32 majors.
Tuition and Financial Assistance
• Meredith awards Bachelor of Arts; Bachelor of Science; Bachelor of
• Tuition and fees for full-time undergraduate students in 2010-11 is
Music; Bachelor of Social Work; Master of Business Administration;
$26,200, with room and board at $7,500, for a total of $33,700.
Master of Education; Master of Arts in Teaching; and Master of Sci-
Cost for part-time students is $675 per credit hour, with a graduated
ence in Nutrition degrees.
fee schedule.
• As part of the Meredith Technology Initiative, freshmen receive a laptop loaded with professional and educational software to use on
• In 2009–10, Meredith coordinated $41 million in financial aid for more than 2,100 students.
Meredith’s wireless campus environment. • The Undergraduate Research Program supports student/faculty partnerships in the pursuit of research and creative activity in all fields. College funds support these projects and underwrite travel costs for students presenting their work at conferences. • Meredith recently launched a semester study abroad program in Sansepolcro, Italy. • Honors and Teaching Fellows programs are offered. Meredith is one of five private colleges participating in the N.C. Teaching Fellows program.
Faculty • The undergraduate student-faculty ratio is approximately 10:1. The average class size is 16. • Of the 138 full-time faculty members, 90% have earned doctoral or terminal degrees. Sixty-six percent of the full-time faculty is female and 34% is male.
Campus and Facilities • Meredith’s 225-acre campus includes a 1,200-seat amphitheater on a lake, seven residence halls, a music library, art galleries, a research greenhouse, music practice rooms, auditoriums, a theater, concert halls, a student center, computer labs, a child care lab, a learning center, an autism lab, an astronomy observation deck, an indoor swimming pool, a fitness center, a dance studio, lighted tennis courts, a putting green, an athletic field and track complex and two miles of greenway connecting our campus to the community.
about raleigh • The capital city of North Carolina has a population of more than 350,000 • Raleigh is located 150 miles west of the Atlantic Ocean and 190 east of the Great Smoky Mountains • Raleigh has an annual average high of 70 degrees and low of 47 • Raleigh is a true college town; in addition to Meredith, it is home to NC State University, Peace College, St. Augustine’s College and Shaw University. NC Central University, UNCChapel Hill and Duke University are also located within 30 minutes of Meredith’s campus. • Area sports teams include Carolina Hurricanes (NHL) Carolina Mudcats (AA baseball), Durham Bulls (AAA baseball) and Carolina Railhawks (USL-1 soccer). • Raleigh is home to entertainment venues including the RBC Center, Time Warner Cable Music Pavillion and the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts. Some recent artists: Dave Matthews Band, Coldplay and John Mayer. • Raleigh’s active arts scene is supported by the N.C. Museum of Art, which is connected to Meredith by a greenway that runs through campus. Other museums include the North Carolina Museum of History and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.
2010 volleyball Schedule Date
Opponent
Time
Date
Opponent
Time
@ Averett * vs Mary Baldwin * @ Averett @ Gallaudet & vs. Sweet Briar & vs. Emerson & TBA & vs. N.C. Wesleyan * Dig Pink @ Lynchburg @ Sweet Briar @ Methodist * vs. Chris. Newport * @ Peace vs. Ferrum * @ Peace vs. Peace * Senior Night @ Shenandoah * vs. Greensboro * @ Shenandoah
4 p.m. 6 p.m. 2 p.m. 6 p.m. 9 a.m. 1/3 p.m. 7 p.m. W 6:30 p.m. 12 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. W 12 p.m. 2 p.m.
USA South Quarterfinals USA South Semifinals USA South Finals
TBD TBD TBD
October
September 1 Wed
@ Guilford
7 p.m.
3 Fri
vs. Philadelphia Biblical #
3 p.m.
4 Sat
vs. Sweet Briar #
12 p.m.
4 Sat
vs. Agnes Scott #
4 p.m.
10 Fri
vs. Roanoke %
8 p.m.
11 Sat
vs. Emory & Henry %
11 a.m.
11 Sat
vs. Sewanee %
1 p.m.
15 Wed
@ N.C. Wesleyan *
7 p.m.
18 Sat
vs. Chris. Newport *
12 p.m. W
18 Sat
vs. Ferrum *
6 p.m. W
19 Sun
vs. Mary Baldwin *
12 p.m. W
19 Sun
vs. Averett *
4 p.m. W
22 Wed
vs. Methodist *
7 p.m. W
25 Sat
vs. Shenandoah * @ Greensboro
2 p.m.
25 Sat
@ Greensboro *
4 p.m.
28 Tue
@ Peace *
7 p.m.
# - Methodist Tournament % - Emory & Henry Tournament & - Gallaudet University Tournament W - Web cast on Meredith athletics web site Home Games in bold
1 1 8 8 9 9 13 15 16 19 23 23 27 30 30
Fri Fri Fri Fri Sat Sat Wed Fri Sat Tue Sat Sat Wed Sat Sat
November 2 Tue 5 Fri 6 Sat
Schedule is subject to change. Visit www.goavengingangels.com for up-to-date information.
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