2021-22 Catamount Women's Basketball - Digital Game Day Program (February)

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24 ................. 2021-22 Western Carolina Radio / TV Roster 27...............................Catamount Athletics Head Coaches 5.................................... Catamount Head Coach Kiley Hill

28 ..............Catamount Athletics Assistant Coaches & Staff

6....................... WCU Women's Basketball Coaches & Staff

30 .............................................Catamount Athletics Staff

8.............................Athletics Clear Bag & Masking Policies

32 ............................... Ingles Court at the Ramsey Center

10 .................................... WCU Athletics AD & Senior Staff

35.................WCU Women’s Basketball – Did You Know...?

14 ......2021-22 WCU Women's Basketball Schedule/Results

36 .............................................. the Cat House Pep Band

19-20 ....................................................Opponent Rosters

38 .................................................. the WCU Dance Team

21 ............ 2021-22 Catamount Women’s Basketball Roster

40 ............................................. Catamount Cheerleaders

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HEAD COACH KILEY HILL

Third Season as Head Coach at WCU KILEY HILL is amidst his third season as the head women's basketball coach at Western Carolina. A veteran coach with more than 25 years experience in collegiate women’s basketball including 19 as a head coach, Hill scored his 300th career coaching victory on the Catamount sidelines during the 2020-21 season.

The former associate head coach at Southern Mississippi and head coach at Valdosta State, Hill was named head coach at WCU on July 8, 2019.

In his first two seasons on the WCU sidelines, five Catamounts have earned postseason accolades including two collecting All-Southern Conference plaudits in Jewel Smalls (2019-20) and Nadia Marshall (2020-21). Three first-year players have earned SoCon All-Freshman honors including Andrea Martin Ruiz and Alyssa Walker in 2019-20 and Zanoria Cruz in 2020-21.

His 2020-21 squad scored the most seasonal wins for Catamount women's basketball and earned the program's highest seed in the conference tournament since 2016-17.

THE KILEY HILL FILE PERSONAL:

Hometown: Hot Springs, Ark. Family: Molly Longing (wife); Whitley (daughter) and Skyler (son)

EDUCATION:

Arkansas Tech, 1995 & West Alabama, 1997

COACHING EXPERIENCE: During his career, Hill's experience also includes a 16-year stint as the head coach at Valdosta State in Georgia, and a four-year term at West WESTERN CAROLINA......... Head Coach...........2019-present Alabama in Livingston, Ala. – one as head coach preceded by three as Southern Mississippi.......... Associate Head.................... 2016-19 the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator.

Valdosta State....................... Head Coach..................... 2000-16 As the associate head coach at Southern Miss, Hill helped the team West Alabama....................... Head Coach................. 1999-2000 amass a record of 56-40 including a 23-11 tally in the 2016-17 season West Alabama.................... Assistant Coach................... 1997-99 that finished with a return to the Conference USA championship game. Arkansas Tech..................Graduate Assistant................. 1995-97 Hill made the move to Southern Miss following a 16-year stint as head women’s basketball coach at Valdosta State where he compiled a 279177 record. He established himself as one of the top NCAA Division II coaches in the nation and was recognized as the 2012 Women’s Basketball Coaches Association’s (WBCA) South Region Coach of the Year.. He stacked that on top of being named the Gulf South ConferYear ence (GSC) East Division’s Coach of the Decade.

Decade. During his time at Valdosta, Hill garnered the GSC East Coach of the Year twice.

A four-year letter winner on the baseball diamond and a 1995 graduate of Arkansas Tech in Russellville, Ark., Hill got his start in collegiate coaching at his alma mater as a graduate assistant.

Hill is married to the former Molly Longing of Russellville, Ark., and the couple has two children; Whitley and Skyler.

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WESTERN CAROLINA ATHLETICS – DEPARTMENT SENIOR STAFF DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS ALEX GARY Alex Gary, a former student-athlete on the Western Carolina University baseball team was dubbed the next director of the Catamount athletics program in late February 2020. Gary had most recently served as senior associate athletics director for development at Oregon State University.

WCU Chancellor Kelli R. Brown announced the selection of Gary on Friday, Feb. 28 to serve as director of athletics following approval of his contract by the university’s Board of Trustees during a special conference call meeting earlier in the day. The appointment, which is effective May 1, follows a national search conducted by a 15-member committee working with the assistance of the North Carolina-based executive search consulting firm Collegiate Sports Associates.

Gary served as senior associate director of athletics and the department’s chief development officer at Oregon State since September 2017. He previously served as associate athletics director for development and external relations at the University of Maryland from 2014

Kyle Pifer

Deputy Athletics Director

Stacey Miller

Associate AD for Academics & Compliance (SWA)

until 2017. He also has held development positions at the University of Michigan and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Gary’s professional experience in major collegiate athletics conferences, such as the Pac-12 and Big Ten, combined with his personal familiarity with WCU as a former student-athlete make him a perfect fit to take over the helm of the Catamount athletics program, Brown said.

A native of Knoxville, Tennessee, who grew up in Charlotte, Gary was an outfielder on the WCU baseball team from 2001 until 2004, earning Southern Conference Player of the Week honors in March 2004. During his junior year of 2003, he was a member of WCU’s regular season and Southern Conference Tournament championship baseball team and participated in the NCAA regionals held in Wilson.

At Oregon State, he has been a member of the executive leadership team responsible for the athletics department’s $85 million budget, 150 employees and more than 500 student-athletes. He oversees the 16-member athletics development team, which raised nearly $26 million in 2019, a record for the Beavers’ athletics program. That fundraising effort included a $3.5 million sports performance center renovation, $2.3 million women’s locker room renovation, and $2.6 million baseball stadium expansion.

Chad Gerrety

Associate Athletics Director for External Affairs

Julie Miller

Associate Athletic Director for Development

During his stint at the University of Maryland, Gary chaired a committee focused on the financial sustainability of the athletics department, and he led annual giving growth in the Terrapin Club by 22 percent in 2015 and 13 percent in 2016. As a member of the development team at the University of Michigan from 2010 until 2014, he worked closely with the university’s athletics department, raising $12.8 million to support the Wolverines’ athletics program’s capital and endowment needs. He began his career in 2009 as assistant director of annual giving at UNC Charlotte.

He earned a degree in business administration in 2005 from Virginia Commonwealth University and his master’s degree in business administration at UNC Charlotte in 2009.

Gary was selected from a slate of more than 40 qualified candidates for the position after an initial narrowing of a larger list of possibilities, said Ivy Gibson, WCU associate general counsel and chair of the athletics director search committee. Six candidates were interviewed by the search committee off-site in Charlotte.

Gary and the former Katie Mavis of Saint Joseph, Mich., were married in a mountain-top ceremony in Oregon on Aug. 28, 2020.

Travis Chandler Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance

Daniel Hooker

Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations

Amanda Murchie Assistant Athletic Director for Business

Western Carolina Athletics Mission Statement: Catamount Athletics strives to foster a championship culture while preparing student-athletes for livelong success. #FIGHTON Guiding Principles and Beliefs: Derived from the lyrics of the Western Carolina University's Fight Song, the phrase “FIGHT ON” has been associated with Catamount Athletics for a long time. This acronym now helps to outline the guiding principles and beliefs that will support the success of Catamount Athletics.

FIRST CLASS STUDENT EXPERIENCE:

We want all Catamount student-athletes to have an experience that allows them to reach their personal and competitive goals.

INNOVATE AND BUILD THE BRAND:

We commit to continuous improvement and making Catamount Athletics known.

GROW IN EVERY WAY:

We believe growth in all areas is necessary to reach our mission.

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HOLISTIC STUDENT-ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT:

We believe that the future of a student-athlete is as important as the present.

TALENT AND CULTURE WINS:

We want Catamount Athletics to be a great place to be.

OUTREACH AND ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT:

We know that partnership is critical to reach our mission.

NOW IS OUR TIME!:

We believe that Catamount Athletics is positioned for a high level of competitive success.

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2021-22 SCHEDULE / RESULTS DATE

OPPONENT

LOCATION

EMORY & HENRY (Exh. – DH)

CULLOWHEE

W, 72-48

NOV. 12

UNC ASHEVILLE

CULLOWHEE

L, 74-72 (OT)

NOV. 16

PRESBYTERIAN (Education Day)

CULLOWHEE

W, 52-51

NOV. 20

CHARLESTON SOUTHERN

CULLOWHEE

W, 74-48

Nov. 23

at Cincinnati

Cincinnati, Ohio

L, 46-45

Nov. 26

at Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

L, 77-43

NOV. 29

NOV. 9

TIME/RESULT

MARS HILL

CULLOWHEE

W, 70-51

DEC. 1

USC UPSTATE (DH)

CULLOWHEE

L, 58-51 (OT)

Dec. 4

at Winthrop

Rock Hill, S.C.

L, 71-55

Dec. 6

at Campbell

Buies Creek, N.C.

L, 53-40

DEC. 9

TENNESSEE TECH

CULLOWHEE

L, 67-50

Dec. 12

at South Carolina State

Orangeburg, S.C.

W, 61-52

DEC. 20

DAVIDSON

CULLOWHEE

L, 68-46

JAN. 2

MONTREAT

CULLOWHEE

W, 79-23

Jan. 6

at Wofford *

Spartanburg, S.C.

Jan. 8

at Furman *

Greenville, S.C.

JAN. 13

SAMFORD *

CULLOWHEE

L, 62-47

JAN. 15

MERCER * (DH)

CULLOWHEE

L, 69-58

Jan. 20

at Chattanooga *

Chattanooga, Tenn.

L, 55-48

Jan. 22

at ETSU *

Johnson City, Tenn.

L, 68-45

JAN. 29

MADISON PACK

L, 72-48 L, 71-59

UNCG * (DH)

CULLOWHEE

L, 64-29

FEB. 3

FURMAN *

CULLOWHEE

7:00 PM 2:00 PM

FEB. 5

WOFFORD *

CULLOWHEE

Feb. 10

at Mercer *

Macon, Ga.

7:00 pm

Feb. 12

at Samford *

Birmingham, Ala.

3:00 pm

FEB. 17

ETSU *

CULLOWHEE

7:00 PM

FEB. 19

CHATTANOOGA * (DH - Pack the RAC) CULLOWHEE

5:00 PM

Feb. 26

at UNCG *

Greensboro, N.C.

4:00 pm

MAR. 3-6

@ SoCon Championships

Asheville, N.C.

TBA

– Dates & Times are subject to change / HOME = ALL CAPS * denotes Southern Conference game

TEMBRE MOATES

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FURMAN PALADINS No. 1

Name Evie DePetro

(Pronunciation)

Pos.

Ht.

Cl.

(E-vee da-pea-TRO)

G

5-9

So.

2 Janay Outten (ja-NAY OUT-en) G 5-6 Fr. 3 Jada Session (JAY-da) F 6-1 Fr. 4 Tate Walters G 5-9 So. 5 Jaeyden Hill-Mims F 5-7 So. 10 Kennedy Grier G 5-4 So. 13 Paraskevi Koilia (para-ski-VEE kill-EE-ah) G 5-8 So. 14 Grace van Rij (van RYE) F 6-2 Sr. 15 Tierra Hodges (TEE-air-uh) G/F 5-9 5th 21 Niveya Henley (na-VAY-ah) G 6-0 Fr. 23 Beatriz Mateo (BAY-ah mah-TAY-oh) G 5-4 Sr. 24 Greyson Boone G 5-9 Sr. 25 Aaliyah Irizarry-Perez (ah-LEAH iri-zary-per-EZ) F 6-0 So. 35 Sydney James G/F 6-0 So. 42 Kate Johnson F 6-3 Fr. 43 Katie Whitaker F 6-5 Fr. 45 Cyan Dyke (cy-ANN) G/F 5-11 So.

HEAD COACH: Jackie Carson (Furman, 2000) • 12th season ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Pierre Curtis (James Madison, 2010) • 9th season ASSISTANT COACHES: Ashley Johnson (LSU, 2010) • 1st season Amber Reeves (UNC Wilmington, 2017) • 1st season DIRECTOR OF OPS: Lauren Bornstein (Florida, 2016) • 1st season ATHLETIC TRAINER: Stephanie Owens

Hometown (Previous School / High School) Knoxville, Tenn. (Carter HS) Fort Myers, Fla. (Fort Myers HS) Locust Grove, Ga. (Luella HS) Buford, Ga. (Buford HS) Greenville, S.C. (Greenville HS) Charlotte, N.C. (Charlotte Country Day School) Athens, Greece (Moraitis HS) Knoxville, Tenn. (Bearden HS) Covington, Ga. (Alcovy HS) Seattle, Wash. (Montverde (Fla.) Academy) Madrid, Spain (SEK El Castillo) Greenville, S.C. (Wade Hampton HS) Oviedo, Fla. (The Masters Academy) Ocala, Fla. (West Port HS) Canton, Ga. (Cherokee HS) Rochester, N.Y. (Our Lady of Mercy Catholic HS) Los Angeles, Calif. (Bishop Montgomery) QUICK FACTS: LOCATION: Greenville, S.C. ENROLLMENT: 2,700 PRESIDENT: Dr. Elizabeth Davis ATHLETICS DIRECTOR: Jason Donnelly WEBSITE: FurmanPaladins.com

WOFFORD TERRIERS No.

Name

(Pronunciation)

Pos.

Ht.

Cl.

Hometown (Previous School / High School)

(JUH-ray)

Piedmont, S.C. (Woodmont HS)

0

Ja’Rae Smith

G

5-6

So.

1

Annabelle Schultz

G

5-7

So.

Asheville, N.C. (Erwin HS)

2

Niyah Lutz

G

5-8

Sr.

Charlotte, N.C. (Ardrey Kell HS)

3

Sydnee Richetto

(ree-KET-oh)

G

5-8

Fr.

Mt. Juliet, Tenn. (Green Hill HS)

4

Reagan Rapert

(RAY-pert)

G

5-5

Fr.

Union, Mo. (Union HS)

5

Helen Matthews

G

5-10

So.

Kaiapoi, New Zealand (Kaiapoi HS) Atlanta, Ga. (Greater Atlanta Christian)

(LOOTS)

11

MaryMartha Turner

F

6-1

Sr.

14

Lilly Hatton

F

6-1

Jr.

Georgetown, Ind. (North Harrison HS)

20

Elena Pulanco

G

5-2

Sr.

Englewood, N.J. (Academy of the Holy Angels)

(PULL-an-coe)

21

Alexis Tomlin

F

6-1

Sr.

Myrtle Beach, S.C. (Carolina Forest HS)

30

Jackie Carman

G

5-8

Sr.

Twinsburg, Ohio (Hathaway Brown HS)

32

Alea Harris

G

5-9

Sr.

Cincinnati, Ohio (Summit Country Day)

40

Abbey Crawford

F

6-1

So.

Blountville, Tenn. (Sullivan Central HS)

HEAD COACH: Jimmy Garrity (Elon, 1989) • 6th season ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Mike Merrill (UNC Wilmington, 2007) • 7th season ASSISTANT COACH: Trent Bunn (North Carolina, 2001) • 1st season ATHLETIC TRAINER: Ben Adams ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE: A.J. Kerr

QUICK FACTS: LOCATION: Spartanburg, S.C. ENROLLMENT: 1,750 PRESIDENT: Dr. Mayef Samhat ATHLETICS DIRECTOR: Richard Johnson WEBSITE: WoffordTerriers.com CATAMOUNT WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

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ETSU BUCCANEERS No.

Name

1

Carly Hooks

4

Meleah Kirtner

(Pronunciation)

Pos.

Ht.

Cl.

(CAR-lee)

G

5-8

Fr.

Hometown (Previous School / High School) Atlanta, Ga. (Westlake HS)

(muh-LEE-uh)

G/F

5-10

Fr.

Wytheville, Va. (Wythe HS)

5

Abby Carrington

G/F

5-10

Fr.

Westlake, Ohio (Westlake HS)

10

Courtney Moore

G

5-7

Fr.

Gainesville, Fla. (PK Yonge Dev. Research School)

G

5-8

Fr.

Maryville, Tenn. (Maryville HS)

F

6-2

Jr.

Marshall, Ill. (UT Martin / Marshall HS) Cleveland, Ohio (Miami (Fla.) / John Hay HS)

11

Aaliyah Vananda

13

Demi Burdick

15

Jamir Huston

F

6-0

Jr.

21

Amaya Adams

G

5-10

Jr.

Kansas City, Mo. (Notre Dame de Sion HS)

22

Damiah Griffin

F

6-0

Jr.

Memphis, Tenn. (UT Martin / White Station HS)

23

Sarah Thompson

G

5-7

Fr.

Gate City, Va. (Gate City HS)

24

Jakhyia Davis

(juh-KY-uh)

C

6-3

Fr.

Knoxville, Tenn. (Bearden HS)

32

Jada Ryce

(JAY-duh)

G

5-6

Fr.

34

Mykia Dowdell

F

5-9 R-So.

HEAD COACH: ASSISTANT COACHES: DIRECTOR OF OPS: GRADUATE ASSISTANT:

(uh-LEE-uh vuh-NAN-duh) (juh-MEER) (duh-MY-uh)

McDonough, Ga. (The Galloway School) Oak Ridge, Tenn. (MTSU / Oak Ridge HS)

Simon Harris (NC State, 2008) • 1st season Adria Crawford (Georgetown, 2012) • 1st season Joe Silvestri (UCF, 2012) • 1st season Jackie Alexander (Univ. of the Cumberlands, 2014) • 1st season Christina Jefferson (Ursuline College) • 1st season Alyssa Sweeney (Hampton, 2021) • 1st season

QUICK FACTS: LOCATION: Johnson City, Tenn.

ENROLLMENT: 14,400 PRESIDENT: Dr. Brian Noland ATHLETICS DIRECTOR: Scott Carter WEBSITE: ETSUBucs.com

CHATTANOOGA MOCS No.

Pos.

Ht.

Cl.

Hometown (Previous School / High School)

1

Name

Audrey Canter

(Pronunciation)

G

5-9

So.

Chattanooga, Tenn. (Silverdale Baptist Academy)

2

Pare Pene

5

Sigrún Ólafsdóttir

(PAH-day PENNY)

G

5-6

Jr.

Rotorua, New Zealand (Rotorua HS)

(SEE-grin OH-laffs-DOT-tir)

G

5-9

Fr.

Hafnarfjordur, Iceland (Flensborg HS)

(DEE-nuh JAIR-els)

G

5-7

So.

Dunlow, W.Va. (St. Joseph HS)

G

5-8

Fr.

Greensboro, Ga. (Lake Oconee HS)

10

Dena Jarrells

12

Destiny McClendon

13

Lara Habling

(LAR-ah HAH-bling)

F

6-0

Fr.

Budapest, Hungary

14

Amaria Pugh

(uh-MAR-ee-uh PEW)

G

5-10

Jr.

Dyersburg, Tenn. (Dyersburg HS)

15

Leah Jones

F

5-11

Fr.

Memphis, Tenn. (Northpoint Christian School)

21

Addie Grace Porter

G

5-4

Fr.

Lebanon, Tenn. (Lebanon HS)

22

Brooke Hampel

G

5-10

Jr.

Huntsville, Ala. (Hazel Green HS)

25

Abbey Cornelius

F

6-2

Jr.

Knoxville, Tenn. (Hardin Valley Academy)

33

Karsen Murphy

F

6-0

Fr.

Glendive, Mont. (/Montana / Dawson County HS)

HEAD COACH: Katie Burrows (Chattanooga, 2004) • 4th season ASSISTANT COACHES: Brittany Johnson (Ohio State, 2011) • 9th season

Jonathan Goldberg (Emerson, 2014) • 8th season Kristen Clounch (Chattanooga, 2000) • 1st season DIRECTOR OF OPS: Tyler Clark (Bowling Green, 2015) • 1st season STUDENT ASSISTANT: Liz Wood (Chattanooga, 2021) • 1st season ATHLETIC TRAINER: Eric Roux

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QUICK FACTS: LOCATION: Chattanooga, Tenn.

ENROLLMENT: 11,728 CHANCELLOR: Dr. Steve Angle ATHLETICS DIRECTOR: Mark Wharton WEBSITE: GoMocs.com

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WESTERN CAROLINA CATAMOUNTS

2021-22 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER No.

Pos.

Ht.

Cl.

2

Name

Mykaylyn "KK" Davis

(Pronunciation)

G

5-8

So.

Riverview, Fla. (Seffner Christian Academy)

3

Kyla Allison

G

6-0

R-Sr.

Orlando, Fla. (Middle Tennessee / Wekiva HS)

5

Vanessa Oduah

G

5-8

Jr.

Asaba, Nigeria (Barton CC / St. Augustine's) Woodstock, Ga. (Woodstock HS)

(OH-dwahh)

Hometown (Previous School / High School)

11

Sophia Singer

G

6-0

So.

12

Joi Reid

G

6-0

So.

Ellenwood, Ga. (Forest Park HS)

13

Zanoria Cruz

G / F 5-10

So.

Orlando, Fla. (Lake Highland Prep School)

(JOY) (zuh-NORE-e-uh)

14

Jacey Justice

20

Andrea Martin Ruiz

(JAY-cee)

G

5-8

Fr.

Peebles, Ohio (Peebles HS)

(an-DRAY-uh rue-EASE)

G

5-6

Jr.

Granada, Spain (La Presentacion de Nuestra Senora)

22

Nadia Marshall

23

Madison Pack

(NAH-dee-uh)

G/F

5-9

R-Jr.

Bainbridge, Ga. (Gulf Coast State / Bainbridge HS)

F/C

6-3

Gr.

Sarasota, Fla. (Columbia Univ. / Sarasota HS)

25

Bailey Trumm

G

5-7

Fr.

Powell, Tenn. (Appalachian State / Powell HS)

31

Audrey Meyers

32

Endia Holliday

G/F

6-0

So.

Columbia, S.C. (Cardinal Newman HS)

(like India)

F

6-1

Jr.

Ellisville, Miss. (Jones College / South Jones HS)

33

Tembre Moates

34

Grace Yocum

(Timber)

G/F

6-0

R-5th

(YO-come)

F

6-4

Jr.

Greenwood, S.C. (Greenwood HS) Frankfort, Ky. (Vincennes Univ. / Frankfort HS)

HEAD COACH:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kiley Hill (Arkansas Tech, 1995) • 3rd season at WCU ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kendra Samuels-Eaton (Western Carolina, 2009) • 1st season at WCU ASSISTANT COACH: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shyla Coleman (Southern Wesleyan, 2015) • 3rd season at WCU ASSISTANT COACH: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Megan Brown (Southern Miss, 2017) • 3rd season at WCU DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPS:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Darryln McDonough (Baylor, 2021) • 1st season at WCU ATHLETIC TRAINER:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alisha Grisby (Univ. of Central Oklahoma, 2014) • 3rd Season at WCU SPORTS PERFORMANCE:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Dryden (Arizona State, 2018) • 1st Season at WCU

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WESTERN CAROLINA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL – 2021-22 Radio / TV Chart

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2 Mykaylyn 'KK' DAVIS 5-8 | G | So.

5 Kyla ALLISON 6-0 | G | R-Sr.

13

12

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Jacey JUSTICE 5-8 | G | Fr.

Tembre MOATES 6-0 | G/F | 5th Yr.

Andrea MARTIN RUIZ 5-6 | G | Jr.

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Bailey TRUMM 5-7 | G | Fr.

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Sophia SINGER 6-0 | G | So.

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Joi REID 6-0 | G | So.

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WESTERN CAROLINA ATHLETICS – CATAMOUNT HEAD COACHES

BOBBY MORANDA baseball

mens basketball

JUSTIN GRAY

womens basketball

KILEY HILL

KERWIN BELL

TIM ECKBERG

COURTNEY GUNTER

CHAD MILLER

JIM CLIFT

mens golf

womens golf

BRET BEAVER tennis

JESSE NORMAN / track and field

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KAREN GLOVER volleyball

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WESTERN CAROLINA ATHLETICS – COACHES & STAFF

Taylor Sandefur Head Assistant Coach Baseball

Andrew Cox Assistant Coach Baseball

Jeff Lavin

Volunteer Assistant Coach Baseball

Cody Cohen

Ashley Morgan Crowe Kourtney Sandefur Head Coach Cheerleading

Assistant Coach Cheerleading

Larry Murphy

Chazmon Scales

Jeff Burger

Todd Shealy

Video Coordinator Men's Basketball

Assistant Coach Football

Volunteer Assistant Coach Football

Assistant Coach Football

Director of Football Operations

Josh Hall

Graduate Assistant Coach Track & Field

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Associate Head Coach Men's Basketball

Hailey Schenk

Brian Graves

Zack Freesman

Molly Bachand

Assistant Coach Men's Basketball

Assistant Coach Women's Basketball

Director of Men's Basketball Operations

Assistant Coach Cheerleading

Assistant Coach / OC Football

Kade Bell

Justin Hinds

JJ Laster

Rudi Small

Dennis Thomas

Rylan Wells

Cody Edwards

Greg McGruder

Trent Turknett

Todd Herman

Assistant Coach Football

Director of Player Personnel (Football)

Assistant Coach Football

Assistant Coach Women's Soccer

Assistant Coach Football

Assistant Coach / DC Football

Quality Control – Defense Football

Madison Armstrong David Johnston Assistant Coach Softball

Assistant Coach Track & Field

Assistant Coach Football

Quality Control – Offense Football

Greg Lambert Assistant Coach Track & Field

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WESTERN CAROLINA ATHLETICS – DEPARTMENT STAFF MEMBERS

Zach Denitto

Greg Camillone

Patrick Mullaney Assistant Director of Video Operations

Director of Athletics Marketing & Fan Engagement

Director of Corporate Sponsorships

Director of Ticket Operations & Data Analytics

Ashley Buck

Justin Dowd

Haley Townsend

Mark Conlin

Rory Jimerson

Eynde Frazier Game Operations & Facilities Assistant

Athletics Department Administrative Assistant

Director of Media Relations

Assistant Director of Academic Support

Director of Creative Media

Assistant Director of Academic Support

Assistant Director of Academic Support

Tyler Pope

Ben Page

Steven Grandy

Director of Athletic Facilities

Ric Sisler

Director of Game Operations & Facilities

Athletics Ticketing Operations & Marketing Assistant

Kim Jamison

Associate Director of Development / Catamount Club

Associate Director of Development / Catamount Club

Assistant Director of Development, Events & Stewardship

Assistant Director of Development / Catamount Club

JP Hill

Jeff Bewsey

Mike Taylor

Spencer Wright

Steven Honbarger

Rob Reyburn

Nicole Bohannon

Julia Daniel

Tyler Spain

Braxton Zeigler

Lindsey Bartle

Ben Jacobs

Collin Lawless

Bailey Forst

Connor Owens

Todd Lawing

Blake Cantrell

Director of Sports Medicine (FB)

LeeAnn Grayson Athletic Training Intern

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Associate Head Athletic Trainer (FB)

Director of Sports Performance & Nutrition

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Assistant Athletic Trainer (XC/T&F)

Assistant Sports Performance Coach

Catamount Club Assistant

Assistant Athletic Trainer (BASE)

Assistant Sports Performance Coach

Head Equipment Manager

Assistant Athletic Trainer (MBK)

Director of the Ramsey Center

Assistant Equipment Manager

Athletic Training Intern

Nick Mashburn

Assistant Director of Operations – Ramsey Center

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RAMSEY CENTER QUICK FACTS:

DEDICATION: December 6, 1986 First Game / First Women’s Basketball Game: Western Carolina 65, Mars Hill 61 (12/4/86) First Men’s Basketball Game: N.C. State 96, Western Carolina 75 (12/6/86) First Men’s Basketball Win: Western Carolina 90, Tusculum 58 (1/5/87) 1.

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Top Men’s Basketball Attendances: 8,114 North Carolina State (12/6/86) 6,024 Appalachian State (2/06/10) 4,765 College of Charleston (1/25/10) 4,603 No. 16 Kansas (12/3/87) 4,577 Appalachian State (2/26/96) 4,343 Chattanooga (1/14/06) 4,217 Georgia Southern (2/10/07) 4,178 Davidson (1/24/13) 4,121 Appalachian State (2/28/04) 4,107 Appalachian State (1/28/02) Top Women’s Basketball Attendance: 2,178 - vs. Chattanooga (02/10/07) (02/10/07)

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CATAMOUNT WOMEN'S BASKETBALL – DID YOU KNOW...?

• Western Carolina’s 1969 women’s basketball team made history on March 22 as the first team to compete in the CIAW Championship, facing West Chester State (Pa.) in the title game, falling 65-39 ... Coached by BETTY WESTMORELAND, the team finished its fourth season with a 14-3 record, losing only to UNC Greensboro twice and West Chester in the final game ... the 1969 Catamount women’s basketball team was inducted into the WCU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2003; • JAYNE ARLEDGE was the first female student-athlete to receive athletic grant-in aid at WCU in 1976 and was later the first female student-athlete to have her jersey retired in school history ... In 1992, Arledge was inducted into the Western Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame ... Arledge coached at North Greenville University for 36 years, remaining on-staff as the Senior Woman Administrator ... She was inducted into the Crusaders’ Athletics Hall of Fame in 2019;

BETTY WESTMORELAND

• JAYNE ARLEDGE is the program’s all-time leading scorer, finishing with 1,928 career points, averaging 21.7 points per game over four seasons ...

Arledge scored 30 points five times and owns 11 Western Carolina game, season and career records ... Arledge led the Catamounts to four-consecutive winning seasons and was twice named All-State; • WCU won its first Southern Conference tournament title in 2005, outlasting fifth-seeded Georgia Southern, 97-95, in double overtime to earn the program’s first trip to the NCAA Tournament ... WCU also became the first team in SoCon history to reach and win the tournament championship after playing in the opening round;

LAURA ECHOLS

• In 2007, Western Carolina won its first SoCon regular season title ... the Catamounts won a school-record 15 league games and tied Chattanooga for the regular season title, earning the program’s first-ever No. 1 seed in the SoCon tournament ... WCU went on to play in the postseason WNIT; • It took three overtime periods, 101 points and clutch free throws down the stretch, but WCU weathered it all to capture the 2009 SoCon Tournament title, the second in program history ... No. 3 seed WCU defeated No. 5 seed College of Charleston, 101-87, in the come-from-behind victory ... the game was the third-highest scoring game in SoCon Tournament history and also the first triple OT game in the tournament ... WCU earned a No. 13 seed in the NCAA tournament, the highest in school history;

JAYNE ARLEDGE

• LAURA ECHOLS (1998-2002) and JENNIFER GARDNER (2001-05) were both named to the SoCon's 100th Anniversary Women's Basketball team at the end of the year-long celebration in 2021 ... Both Echols and Gardner were three-time, first-team All-SoCon selections in their WCU careers.

JENNIFER GARDNER

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2021-22 CATAMOUNT CHEERLEADERS FRONT ROW (l-r): Hannah Wing, Lauren Brooks, Liz Liner, Emma Page, Sarena Burrell, Kristin Cates, Olivia Hawkins, Scottie Branning MIDDLE ROW (l-r): Marissa Clontz, Kylee Johnson, Makenna Shipley, Izzy Wilson, Caroline Lopp, Airica Anderson, Mary Morrison, Kamdyn Anderson, Trinity Turner BACK ROW (l-r): Shelby Bramlett, Kasi Jones, Savannah Jones, Sara-Grace Smith, Nicole Carmical, Molly McAvoy, Natalie McIver, Becca Kilpatrick, Leah Bridges, Brayden Short, Riley Sanz

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