2015 Northwestern State Softball Media Guide by Northwestern State Sports Information

LADY DEMON

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2015 SENIORS Brittany VIRGOE Kayla BOENING

Cassandra BAREFIELD

LEAVING THEIR

LEGACY 89-68 OVERALL RECORD | 40 WINS VS. LEAGUE OPPONENTS 2 SLC TOURNAMENT TITLES | 2 NCAA REGIONAL APPEARANCES SCORED 10 RUNS 8 TIMES IN 2014 | FIVE TOP 5 NSU SEASON PERFORMANCES

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NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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Table of CONTENTS 2015 ROSTER

2015 PLAYERS

2015 HOME SCHEDULE

2.14 JACKSON STATE 2.14 BAYLOR 2.15 JACKSON STATE 2.15 BAYLOR 2.18 ULM 3.6 INCARNATE WORD (DH) 3.7 INCARNATE WORD 3.11 UL LAFAYETTE 1 2015 Senior Class 2 Table of Contents 3 Quick Facts 4 Roster 5 Roster Breakdown 6 Preview 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

MEET THE TEAM

Shelby Alexander Cassandra Barefield Kayla Boening Skylar Cagle Baylee Gray Brittney Jones Kellye Kincannon Natalie Landry Shelby Sells Baylee Shephard Micayla Sorosiak Brittany Virgoe Taylor Alexander/Micaela Bouvier Mikayla Brown/Sarah Huey Michaela Johnson/Kaylee Parker Kaytie Proctor/Hailee Rhodes Bri Rivera/Sidney Salmans

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MEET THE COACHES AND STAFF Donald Pickett Amy Hooks Kathy Shelton Brooke Boening Kayla Guidry Additional Support Staff

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THE SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE Southland Conference Opponent Information

36 37 44 45 47

HISTORY OF THE PROGRAM Series Results Year-By-Year Results Individual Season Records Individual Career Records All-Time Letterwinners

The SLC 31

Coaches/ STAFF 25

11:30 4:30 10:00 3:00 5:00 3:00, 5:00 1:00 6:00

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NORTHWESTERN STATE 52 Dr. James Henderson, President 53 Jerry Pierce, Vice President 54 Greg Burke, Director of Athletics 55 Athletic Administration 58 Sports Information 69 University Profile 60 City of Natchitoches 61 Academics 62 Campus Life 63 Campus Life 64 CHAMPS/Life Skills

Northwestern State softball seniors Cassandra Barefield, Kayla Boening and Brittany Virgoe, alongside junior Baylee Gray represent one of the most decorated classes in program history, having each played major roles in NSU’s back-to-back Southland Conference Tournament championships. For the first time since 1999-2000, NSU enters a season coming off consecutive Southland championships. The Lady Demons look to make head coach Donald Pickett’s seventh season another special one.

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

NSU

3.18 LOUISIANA TECH 3.20 SAM HOUSTON STATE (DH) 3.21 SAM HOUSTON STATE 4.3 CENTRAL ARKANSAS (DH) 4.4 CENTRAL ARKANSAS 4.17 NICHOLLS 4.18 NICHOLLS (DH) 5.7-5.9 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT

Retired Jerseys 2014 In Review 2014 Season Stats The Best of 2014

ON THE COVER

HISTORY

6:00 3:00, 5:00 1:00 3:00, 5:00 12:00 6:00 1:00, 3:00 TBA

2015 SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME 2.6 at So Cal Collegiate Classic vs. Long Beach State Long Beach, Calif. 1:30 vs. Sacramento State Long Beach, Calif. 4:00 2.7 at UCLA’s So Cal Collegiate Classic vs. Notre Dame Fullerton, Calif. 1:00 vs. Cal-State Fullerton Fullerton, Calif. 6:00 2.8 at UCLA’s So Cal Collegiate Classic vs. Loyola Marymount (DH) Los Angeles, Calif. 2:00, 4:00 2.14 NHDDC Lady Demon Classic vs. Jackson State Natchitoches, La. 11:30 vs. Baylor Natchitoches, La. 4:30 2.15 NHDDC Lady Demon Classic vs. Jackson State Natchitoches, La. 10:00 vs. Baylor Natchitoches, La. 3:00 2.18 Louisiana-Monroe Natchitoches, La. 5:00 2.20 at Jackson State Tournament vs. Belmont Jackson, Miss. 12:00 vs. Morehead State Jackson, Miss. 2:30 2.21 at Jackson State Tournament vs. Belmont Jackson, Miss. 10:00 vs. Morehead State Jackson, Miss. 2:45 2.22 at Jackson State Tournament vs. Jackson State Jackson, Miss. 10:30 2.27 at Purple and Gold Challenge vs. Florida Atlantic Baton Rouge, La. 12:30 vs. Ball State Baton Rouge, La. 2:30 2.28 at Purple and Gold Challenge vs. Ball State Baton Rouge, La. 2:30 vs. LSU Baton Rouge, La. 7:30 3.3 at LSU Baton Rouge, La. 6:00 3.6 Incarnate Word (DH)* Natchitoches, La. 3:00, 5:00 3.7 Incarnate Word* Natchitoches, La. 1:00 3.11 UL Lafayette Natchitoches, La. 6:00 3.13 at Houston Baptist (DH)* Houston, Texas 3:00, 5:00 3.14 at Houston Baptist* Houston, Texas 12:00 3.18 Louisiana Tech Natchitoches, La. 6:00 3.20 Sam Houston State (DH)* Natchitoches, La. 3:00, 5:00 3.21 Sam Houston State* Natchitoches, La. 1:00 3.27 at Lamar (DH)* Beaumont, Texas 3:00, 5:00 3.28 at Lamar* Beaumont, Texas 2:00 4.3 Central Arkansas (DH)* Natchitoches, La. 3:00, 5:00 4.4 Central Arkansas* Natchitoches, La. 12:00 4.10 at McNeese State* Lake Charles, La. 6:00 4.11 at McNeese State (DH)* Lakes Charles, La. 1:00, 3:00 4.15 at Louisiana Tech Ruston, La. 6:00 4.17 Nicholls* Natchitoches, La. 6:00 4.18 Nicholls (DH)* Natchitoches, La. 1:00, 3:00 4.22 at ULM Monroe, La. 6:00 4.24 at Stephen F. Austin (DH)* Nacogdoches, Texas 1:00, 3:00 4.25 at Stephen F. Austin * Nacogdoches, Texas 1:00 5.1 at Southeastern La. (DH)* Hammond, La. 3:00, 5:00 5.2 at Southeastern La.* Hammond, La. 12:00 5.7-5.9 SLC Tournament Natchitoches, La. TBA

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UNIVERSITY INFORMATION

Location Natchitoches, La. School Founded 1884, as Louisiana Normal Enrollment 9,002 Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference Southland Nickname Lady Demons Mascot Victory “Vic” The Demon Colors Purple (492f92), White and Orange (f78426) trim President Dr. James Henderson Vice President Jerry Pierce Director of Athletics Greg Burke Faculty Representative Jody Biscoe Senior Woman Administrator Carrie Greene

STADIUM INFORMATION

Stadium Name Lady Demon Diamond Capacity 1,000 Dimensions 196 foul pole, 218 center Surface Grass Press Row Phone 318-357-4442

COACHING STAFF/ SUPPORT STAFF

KAYLA BOENING

Head Coach Donald Pickett, seventh season Alma Mater Tennessee-Chattanooga, 2005 Record at NSU 153-165 (.481) Overall Record Same Assistant Coach Amy Hooks, third season Alma Mater Texas, 2011 Assistant Coach Kathy Shelton, first season Alma Mater Baylor, 2013 Strength and Conditioning Lexi Beeson

2014 REVIEW 30-22 15-10 (2nd) 14-6 8-11 8-5 3-0/SLC Champions

LETTERWINNERS RETURNING (12)

BRITTANY VIRGOE

YR. AVG./ERA So. .313 So. .296 Sr. .307 Jr. 4.54 Jr. .178 So. 6.00 Sr. .196 Sr. .331 So. 5.05 So. .303 So. 5.33 So. .357

GP-GS 9-5 50-48 52-52 24-6 27-13 3-0 46-27 51-51 20-15 38-17 19-11 42-42

LETTERWINNERS LOST (8) POS. NAME INF Tara McKenney INF Cali Burke INF Brianna Rodriguez C Cheyenne DelaGarza UP Shenequia Abby

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Austin College, 2013 Jordan Wheat TCU, 2014 Andrew Clausen Colorado Mesa, 2013 Zach Weinberg Ohio, 2012 Andrew Pate Houston, 2013

PROGRAM HISTORY

2014 Overall Record Conference Record (Finish) Home Record Road Record Neutral Site Record SLC Tournament Finish

POS. NAME C Baylee Shephard INF Brittney Jones C/DH Cassandra Barefield P Baylee Gray OF Natalie Landry P Shelby Alexander UP Kayla Boening INF Brittany Virgoe P Shelby Sells OF Micayla Sorosiak P Skylar Cagle C Kellye Kincannon

Alma Mater Athletic Trainer Alma Mater Softball Marketing Alma Mater Softball Public Address Alma Mater Softball SID Alma Mater

YR. AVG./ERA Sr. .392 Sr. .341 Sr. .265 Sr. .245 Sr. .387

GP-GS 50-50 51-51 51-51 44-44 32-14

First Year of Softball at NSU 1979 First Year in the Southland Conference 1988 All-Time Record 924-912-3 Conference Titles 4 (1991, 1998, 1999, 2000) Conference Tournament Titles 5 (1998, 2000, 2002, 2013, 2014) NCAA Regional Appearances 5 (1998, 2000, 2002, 2013, 2014) OF UP P

Amanda Fulkerson Tashana Triplett Kaylee Guidry

NEWCOMERS (9)

POS. NAME C/OF Kaylee Parker INF Taylor Alexander INF Hailee Rhodes INF Sarah Huey P/UP Mikayla Brown C Kaytie Proctor OF Michaela Johnson OF Sidney Salmons INF Bri Rivera

Fr. Jr. Sr.

.179 .143 3.71

22-3 32-0 28-20

YR. PREVIOUS Fr. Liberty HS Fr. Natchitoches Central HS Fr. Klein HS Jr. Embry-Riddle Fr. Buckeye HS Fr. Centennial HS So. Iowa Fr. The Woodlands HS Fr. Glenda Dawson HS

2015 MEDIA GUIDE CREDITS

Editor, Design & Layout Andrew Pate Covers Andrew Pate Editorial Assistance Doug Ireland Jason Pugh Ronnette Pellegrin Photography Gary Hardamon, NSU Photographic Services

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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2015 ROSTER NUMERICAL NO. NAME 2 Baylee Shephard 4 Brittney Jones 5 Cassandra Barefield 6 Baylee Gray 7 Kaylee Parker 8 Natalie Landry 9 Shelby Alexander 10 Taylor Alexander 12 Hailee Rhodes 13 Sarah Huey 14 Mikayla Brown 15 Kaytie Proctor 16 Kayla Boening 17 Brittany Virgoe 18 Shelby Sells 22 Micayla Sorosiak 24 Skylar Cagle 25 Michaela Johnson 32 Kellye Kincannon 33 Sidney Salmans 34 Bri Rivera 99 Micaela Bouvier

POS. C INF C/DH P C/OF OF P INF INF INF P/UP C UP INF P OF P INF C OF INF P

B/T R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L L/L R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/R L/R R/R R/R

HT. 5-7 6-0 5-8 5-8 5-3 5-8 5-9 5-10 5-7 5-6 5-6 5-2 5-4 5-6 5-6 5-2 5-7 5-6 5-8 5-7 5-3 5-5

ALPHABETICAL 9 Shelby Alexander P 10 Taylor Alexander INF 5 Cassandra Barefield C/DH 16 Kayla Boening UP 99 Micaela Bouvier P 14 Mikayla Brown P/UP 24 Skylar Cagle P 6 Baylee Gray P 13 Sarah Huey INF 25 Michaela Johnson INF 4 Brittney Jones OF 32 Kellye Kincannon C 8 Natalie Landry OF 7 Kaylee Parker C/OF 15 Kaytie Proctor C 12 Hailee Rhodes INF 34 Bri Rivera INF 33 Sidney Salmans OF 18 Shelby Sells P 2 Baylee Shephard C 22 Micayla Sorosiak OF 17 Brittany Virgoe INF

YR.-EXP. So.-1L So.-1L Sr..-3L Jr.-2L Fr.-HS Jr.-2L So.-1L Fr.-HS Fr.-HS Jr.-TR Fr.-HS Fr.-HS Sr.-1L Sr.-3L So.-1L So.-1L So.-1L So.-TR So.-1L Fr.-HS Fr.-HS R.-Fr.

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HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL Shreveport, La./Evangel Christian Academy Bryan, Texas/Bryan HS Houston, Texas/Cy-Fair HS Mansfield, Texas/Mansfield Legacy HS Liberty, Texas/Liberty HS Denham Springs, La./Denham Springs HS Dallas, Texas/South Grand Prairie HS Natchitoches, La./Natchitoches Central HS Spring, Texas/Klein HS Tomball, Texas/Embry-Riddle Deville, La./Buckeye HS Dallas, Texas/Centennial HS Floresville, Texas/ULM Anaheim, Calif./Esperanza HS Pflugerville, Texas/Pflugerville HS Sugar Land, Texas/Kempner HS Pilot Point, Texas/Pilot Point HS Wake Village, Texas/Iowa Lake Jackson, Texas/Brazoswood HS The Woodlands, Texas/The Woodlands HS Pearland, Texas/Glenda Dawson HS Santa Fe, Texas/Santa Fe HS

BAYLEE GRAY

KELLYE KINCANNON

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

Cassandra BAREFIELD Kayla BOENING Micaela BOUVIER MICHAELA Johnson KELLYE Kincannon Donald PICKETT Micayla SOROSIAK Brittany VIRGOE NATCHITOCHES, La. PFLUGERVILLE, Texas

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

Bear-field Bay-ning Mi-KAY-luh Boo-vi-ay Mi-KAY-luh Kelly Pick-it Mi-KAY-luh So-ROSE-ee-ak Ver-go NACK-uh-dish FLU-grr-ville

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POSITION

California (1) Catcher (5) Brittany Virgoe...............................................................Anaheim Cassandra Barefield............................................................ Senior Kellye Kincannon....................................................... Sophomore Kaylee Parker................................................................Freshman Louisiana (4) Taylor Alexander......................................................Natchitoches Kaytie Proctor...............................................................Freshman Mikayla Brown...................................................................Deville Baylee Shephard........................................................ Sophomore Natalie Landry................................................... Denham Springs Designated Hitter (1) Baylee Shephard.........................................................Shreveport Cassandra Barefield............................................................ Senior Texas (17) Shelby Alexander................................................................Dallas Cassandra Barefield......................................................... Houston Kayla Boening...............................................................Floresville Micaela Bouvier..............................................................Santa Fe Skylar Cagle................................................................. Pilot Point Baylee Gray...................................................................Mansfield Sarah Huey.......................................................................Tomball Michaela Johnson.................................................... Wake Village Brittney Jones..................................................................... Bryan Kellye Kincannon................................................................. Clute Kaylee Parker.................................................................... Liberty Kaytie Proctor.....................................................................Dallas Hailee Rhodes....................................................................Spring Bri Rivera....................................................................... Pearland Sidney Salmans.................................................... The Woodlands Shelby Sells................................................................ Pflugerville Micayla Sorosiak.........................................................Sugar Land

CLASS

Senior (3) Cassandra Barefield.............................................................. C/DH Kayla Boening..........................................................................UP Brittany Virgoe........................................................................ INF Junior (3) Baylee Gray................................................................................ P Natalie Landry......................................................................... OF Sarah Huey.............................................................................. INF

Infielder (7) Taylor Alexander...........................................................Freshman Sarah Huey..........................................................................Junior Michaela Johnson...................................................... Sophomore Hailee Rhodes...............................................................Freshman Bri Rivera......................................................................Freshman Brittany Virgoe................................................................... Senior Brittney Jones............................................................ Sophomore

Sophomore (8) Shelby Alexander....................................................................... P Skylar Cagle............................................................................... P Michaela Johnson................................................................... INF Brittney Jones.......................................................................... OF Kellye Kincannon....................................................................... C Shelby Sells................................................................................ P Baylee Shephard........................................................................ C Outfielder (5) Natalie Landry....................................................................Junior Micayla Sorosiak...................................................................... OF Kaylee Parker................................................................Freshman Sidney Salmans.............................................................Freshman Redshirt Freshman (1) Micayla Sorosiak........................................................ Sophomore Micaela Bouvier......................................................................... P Pitcher (6) Shelby Alexander....................................................... Sophomore Micaela Bouvier..............................................Redshirt Freshman Mikayla Brown..............................................................Freshman Skylar Cagle............................................................... Sophomore Baylee Gray.........................................................................Junior Shelby Sells................................................................ Sophomore Utility Player (2) Mikayla Brown..............................................................Freshman Kayla Boening.................................................................... Senior

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Freshman (7) Taylor Alexander..................................................................... INF Mikayla Brown..................................................................... P/UP Kaylee Parker........................................................................C/OF Kaytie Proctor............................................................................ C Hailee Rhodes......................................................................... INF Bri Rivera................................................................................ INF Sidney Salmans........................................................................ OF

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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2015 PREVIEW

Starting left fielder Kellye Kincannon (No. 32) led NSU with 41 RBIs including 11 multiple-RBI games while hitting .357 one year ago as a freshman.

The Northwestern State softball team enters the new season with high expectations following its second straight Southland Conference Tournament title one year ago. The Lady Demons were picked by the league’s head coaches to win the 2015 Southland regular-season softball title, tallying six first-place votes and 116 points. In the sports information directors’ poll, the squad garnered five first-place votes and was picked second behind McNeese State. In 2014, NSU was on point in all phases of the game, finishing as the only Southland institution in the top three league leaders in batting average (.307), team ERA (3.54) and fielding percentage (0.965). If the Lady Demons are to be successful in 2015, they’ll have to do so without Tara McKenney and Cali Burke, a pair of seniors from last year’s squad who finished first (69) and tied for third (46) in hits, respectively. Still, Northwestern State returns 12 letterwinners and is expected to be a deeper squad than a year ago. Included in that group is NSU’s leader in home runs (14; Cassandra Barefield), RBIs (41; Kellye Kincannon), walks (20; Brittney Jones), doubles (10; Brittney Virgoe & Barefield), total bases (98; Barefield),

Head coach Donald Pickett had led NSU to 89 wins over the past three seasons. Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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Sophomore right fielder Brittney Jones posted a .296 batting average while leading the Lady Demons with 20 walks during her first year with the program one year ago.

slugging percentage (.706; Kincannon), hit by pitch (12; Barefield) and on base percentage (.419; Kincannon). In the circle, NSU returns four pitchers who will look to make up for the loss of 2014 ace and senior Kaylee Guidry (12-5 record, 3.71 ERA and 10 complete games in 106.2 innings pitched). Included in the four returners is junior Baylee Gray who picked up the win in her last five outings of the 2014 regular season and SLC Tournament. The Mansfield, Texas native finished the season with a 7-5 record and 4.54 ERA along with an impressive 55/27 strikeout to walk ratio. NSU’s No. 2 starter, sophomore Shelby Sells, is also back after throwing 92.1 innings as a freshman including 15 starts and 20 total appearances. She finished with a 6-8 record and 5.05 ERA. Fellow sophomores Skylar Cagle (5-4 record, 5.33 ERA in 11 starts) and Shelby Alexander (3 appearances, 6.00 ERA) round out the returning staff members. The Lady Demons take part in four tournaments in 2015, highlighted by a season-opening trip to Los Angeles for UCLA’s So Cal Collegiate Classic. NSU’s West Coast adventure will offer a homecoming for Virgoe, an Anaheim, Calif. native, and the squad’s starting third baseman. NSU opens its home slate on Feb. 14 when it welcomes Baylor and

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Jackson State for the annual Natchitoches Historic District Development Commission Lady Demon Classic. The two-day event will feature two games against a Lady Bears program that defeated NSU in last year’s NCAA Regionals and advanced to the Women’s College World Series. After a trip to Jackson, Miss. for games against Belmont, Morehead State and Jackson State as a part of the Jackson State Tournament, the Lady Demons close out tournament play with the Purple and Gold Challenge from the campus of LSU. There, NSU takes on Florida Atlantic, Ball State (twice) and LSU. Three days later, the squad is back in Baton Rouge for a midweek game to close out nonconference play against the Tigers. NSU opens conference play on March 6 with Incarnate Word. Sam Houston State, Central Arkansas and Nicholls join the Cardinals as Southland mates slated to visit Lady Demon Diamond. In-state foes including ULM, Louisiana Tech and UL Lafayette also come to Natchitoches. For the second time in three seasons, the Lady Demons host the Southland Conference Tournament, which will take place May 7-9. In 2013, NSU captured the tournament in front of its home fans in thrilling fashion, using a three-hit, seventh-inning to rally from a 4-3 deficit and win, 5-4 against Sam Houston State. NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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SHELBY ALEXANDER

Pitcher• So.-1L • 5-9 Dallas, Texas South Grand Prairie HS

CAREER HIGHS Innings Pitched: 1, 3x, last vs. Southern (4/2/14) Strikeouts: 3, vs. Miss. Valley State (2/15/14) No Hits (Min. 5 IP): N/A No Earned Runs (Min 5 IP): N/A

2014 SEASON HIGHS Innings Pitched: 1, 3x, last vs. Southern (4/2/14) Strikeouts: 3, vs. Miss. Valley State (2/15/14) No Hits (Min. 5 IP): N/A No Earned Runs (Min 5 IP): N/A

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2014 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

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Freshman Season (2014): Made three appearances pitching accumulating three innings and four strikeouts … pitched one inning each against Alabama, Mississippi Valley State and Southern … struck out three batters against MVSU on Feb. 1. At South Grand Prairie HS: Earned All-District First-Team accolades, the South Grand Prairie MVP award, and was named to the Dallas Morning News All-Area Honorable Mention Team as a junior... named District 7 Pitcher of the Year as a sophomore, and Newcomer of the Year as a freshman... earned team MVP honors her junior and senior seasons. Personal File: Born March 9, 1995 … the daughter of Terry and Ellen… one sister, Sara… majoring in business marketing … maintained a 3.7 GPA as a freshman at NSU … after NSU, she aspires to become a pharmaceutical representative or the head of a marketing department for a large company … her life’s ambition is to give her full effort when it comes to faith, family and her career path.

ALEXANDER’S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR ERA W-L APP-GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB 2014 6.00 0-0 3-0 0 1-0 0 3.0 1 2 2 3 4 1 0 0 10

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

B/AVG .100

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CASSANDRA BAREFIELD

Catcher/Designated Player • Sr.-3L • 5-8 Houston, Texas Cy-Fair HS

At Bats: Runs: Hits: RBIs: Walks: Doubles: Triples: Home Runs: Stolen Bases:

CAREER HIGHS

5, at Southern Miss (2/2/13) 2, 14x, last vs. Central Ark. (4/13/14) 3, 6x, last vs. Central Ark. (4/13/14) 5, at Stephen F. Austin (4/14/13) 2, 3x, last vs. Sam Houston (5/4/13) 2, vs. Houston (5/17/14) N/A 2, at A&M-Corpus Christi (3/24/13) 1, 2x, last vs. Central Ark. (4/6/13)

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Junior Season (2014): Started and played in all 52 games including 50 as designated player for NSU … finished season with 36 career home runs, only two shy of NSU record 38 (Erin Mancuso) ... cleanup hitter who ranked second on team inbatting average (.307) and RBIs (38) and first in home runs (14), total bases (98) and hit by pitch (12) … Barefield’s 14 home runs led all Southland hitters ... tied for team lead with 12 multiple-RBI games … posted 13 multi-hit games … tied for team lead after reaching base in 13 consecutive games … drove in combined eight runs after going 6-for-7 in two games against Middle Tennessee State.

Sophomore Season (2013): Appeared in 54 games, starting 52 at designated player and clean-up hitter…led the conference in homers 2014 SEASON HIGHS and broke into NSU individual season record book, At Bats: 4, 14x, last vs. McNeese (5/11/14) ranking thrid for home runs (14) and fourth slugRuns: 2, 6x, last at Central Arkansas (4/13/14) Hits: 3, 3x, last at Central Arkansas (4/13/14) ging percentage (.638)... hit safely in 13 straight RBIs: 4, 2x, last vs. Middle Tenn. (2/22/14) games from 2/16 at Miss. State to 3/5 vs. Alcorn… Walks: 1, 17x, last vs. Houston (5/17/14) notched five RBI in a single game three times at Doubles: 2, vs. Houston (5/17/14) Alcorn, AMCC and at SFA… recorded career-high Triples: N/A two homers in a single game against AMCC…her Home Runs: 1, 14x, last vs. Central Ark. (5/8/14) RBI single in the first inning was all NSU needed Stolen Bases: N/A to defeat SHSU in first game of conference tournament…stepped up during NCAA regionals to fill CAREER HONORS position at third base for injured starter. · All-Southland Conference Third Team selection · LSWA’s 2014 All Louisiana Collegiate Softball Team, designated player, second team selection · 2014 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

North Texas…stepped up to bat 120 times notching 26 RBI and crossing the plate 16 times…led the team in multiple RBI per game with seven… named SLC Hitter of the Week (3/12)…cracked a two-run homer to lift NSU over UCA…sent the ball over center-field wall for a grand slam in 8-0 win over SFA…snuck a homer inside the foul pole to aid in win over Louisiana Tech…earned LSWA AllLouisiana Collegiate Softball Second Team honors. At Cy-Fair HS: Selected all-state first team in each of her last two years and all-district first team four consecutive years as a catcher and designated player along with a co-MVP award as a senior…. as a senior, Cassandra led her team to the district title along with the regional quarterfinals….she capped her high school career with three regional quarterfinals appearances, including her sophomore season where she finished as the RBI leader of the greater Houston area…selected to the Key Club and participated in Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) and Student Council….graduated in 2011.

Personal File: Born May 31, 1993 as the only child to Clayton and Sylvia….mother works in medical billing and father is a truck driver….majoring in psychology….wants to become a school counselor and coach at the high school level…her life’s ambiFreshman Season (2012): Appeared in all 50 tion is to help people get better every day. games, starting 43…led the team with eight home runs including two in the season finale against

BAREFIELD’S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR 2014 2013 2012 TOTAL

AVG. GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT PO A E FLD% .307 52-52 150 32 46 10 0 14 38 17 36 0-0 0 0 0 .000 .313 54-52 160 28 50 10 0 14 45 18 43 1-1 63 8 1 .986 .267 50-43 120 16 32 6 0 8 26 15 29 1-1 81 20 5 .953 .297 156-147 430 76 128 26 0 36 109 50 108 2-2 144 28 6 .966

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NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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KAYLA BOENING

Utility Player • Sr.-1L • 5-8 Floresville, Texas Poth HS/Louisiana-Monroe

At Bats: Runs: Hits: RBIs: Walks: Doubles: Triples: Home Runs: Stolen Bases:

CAREER HIGHS

5, at Louisiana Tech (3/2/13) 3, vs. Grambling State (2/12/12) 2, 11x, last vs. Southern (4/2/14) 3, vs. Southern (3/3/12) 2, 3x, last Ohio (2/17/13) 1, 6x, last vs. Middle Tenn. (3/29/13) 1, 2x, last vs. Southern (4/2/14) 1, 4x, last vs. UIW (4/18/14) 2, 2x, last vs. FAU (4/24/12)

2014 SEASON HIGHS

At Bats: Runs: Hits: RBIs: Walks: Doubles: Triples: Home Runs: Stolen Bases:

3, 6x, last vs. UIW (4/18/14) 1, 16x, last vs. Houston (5/17/14) 2, 2x, last vs. Southern (4/2/14) 1, 5x, last vs. UIW (4/18/14) 1, 4x, last at Nicholls (4/26/14) N/A 1, vs. Southern (4/2/14) 1, 4x, last vs. UIW (4/18/14) 1, vs. UIW (4/19/14)

CAREER HONORS ·

2014 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

BOENING’S CAREER STATISTICS

Junior Season (2014): Appeared in 46 games and started 27 … posted a .196 average to go along with four walks … of her 11 hits, four were home runs … drove in one run in five different games for NSU … posted two hits against Mississippi Valley State on Feb. 14 and against Southern on April 2.

past three seasons prior… 2009 and 2010 district defensive MVP… San Antonio All-Area selection 2009-11… Play of the Week by mysanantonio.com on April 4, 2011… led the San-Antonio area across all classifications with a .593 batting average… recorded 48 steals her junior year… member of 4-H, FFA, Beta club and was class Vice President.

Sophomore Season (ULM): Appeared in 41 games, starting 21… stepped up to bat 67 times, Personal File: Born Jan. 8, 1993 … the daughter notching 13 hits including three doubles, one triple of Scott and Diane … has two sisters, Brooke, who and six RBIs. played at NSU from 2010-13, and Ryann... majoring in Psychology and plans on going to graduate Freshman Season (Louisiana-Monroe): Led school to receive her master’s degree in speech the team in triples while spending the majority of pathology after NSU... her life’s ambition is to open the season at shortstop… third on the team with her own speech pathology practice. 17 walks… fourth with 11 stolen bases… led the team in games played and starts… also spent some time in right field… hit in six different spots in the order, most often in the six hole… finished second on the team in assists… recorded seven multi-hit games… put down two hits and three runs and a RBI against Grambling on Feb. 12 to lead ULM… tallied two hits and three RBI against Southern on March 3. At Poth HS: A four-year letterwinner at Poth High School under head coach Carilee Robbins… also ran track and cross country, and played volleyball for the Pirates… named Class 2A All-State second team her senior year… first team all-state as a sophomore, junior and senior… Co-District MVP in 2011… Earned first team all-district honors the

YEAR AVG. GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI 2014 .196 46-27 56 16 11 0 1 4 5 2013 .194 41-21 67 6 13 3 1 0 6 2012 .217 51-51 138 16 30 3 2 0 10 TOTAL .206 138-99 261 38 54 6 4 4 21

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BB SO SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 4 21 1-1 60 50 9 .924 5 16 2-5 17 11 6 .824 17 25 11-18 67 79 12 .924 26 62 14-24 144 140 27 .913

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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SKYLAR CAGLE

Pitcher • So.-1L • 5-7 Pilot Point, Texas Pilot Point HS

CAREER HIGHS Innings Pitched: 7, vs. Butler (2/21/14) Strikeouts: 9, vs. Butler (2/21/14) No Hits (Min. 5 IP): N/A No Earned Runs (Min 5 IP): N/A

2014 SEASON HIGHS Innings Pitched: 7, vs. Butler (2/21/14) Strikeouts: 9, vs. Butler (2/21/14) No Hits (Min. 5 IP): N/A No Earned Runs (Min 5 IP): N/A

CAREER HONORS ·

2014 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

SOFTBALL

Freshman Season (2014): Appeared in 19 games including 11 games started … posted 5-4 record and 5.33 ERA across 50.2 innings … allowed 30 earned runs and 19 walks … struck out four in 3.1 innings allowing just one hit in opening day relief appearance against North Florida … secured season highs in innings pitched (7) and strikeouts (9) in 5-1 win over Butler on Feb. 21. At Pilot Point HS: Led Pilot Point High School to the a 2A state championship crown her senior year while collecting team MVP, Dallas Morning News Pitcher of the Year, district MVP, area MVP, TXSWA2A Player of the Year, All-Texomaland Co-Player of the Year and MaxPreps Small School All-American first team Pitcher honors… NFCA All-America second-team and NFCA first-team All-Region selection as a sophomore... Also named district MVP as a junior and sophomore as well as team MVP all four years… Earned All-Texomaland first-team and Denton Record Chronicle All-Area MVP awards as a junior… Denton Record Chronicle All-Area CoPitcher of the Year as a sophomore and Newcomer of the Year as a freshman… Named a Texas Scholar after graduating with honors… also a member of National Honor Society. Personal File: Daughter of John and Angee… one sister, Camryn… majoring in radiology and plans on becoming a radiology assistant after NSU… life’s ambition is to lead the life God wants her to lead.

CAGLE’S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR ERA W-L APP-GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB 2014 5.33 5-4 19-11 1 0-2 0 50.2 61 37 30 19 43 11 2 5 208

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B/AVG .293

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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BAYLEE GRAY

Pitcher • Jr.-2L • 5-8 Mansfield, Texas Mansfield Legacy HS

CAREER HIGHS Innings Pitched: 7, vs. Butler (2/21/14) Strikeouts: 9, vs. Butler (2/21/14) No Hits (Min. 5 IP): N/A No Earned Runs (Min 5 IP): N/A

2014 SEASON HIGHS Innings Pitched: 7, vs. Butler (2/21/14) Strikeouts: 9, vs. Butler (2/21/14) No Hits (Min. 5 IP): N/A No Earned Runs (Min 5 IP): N/A

CAREER HONORS ·

Southland Conference Pitcher of the Week (4/23/2014)

SOFTBALL

Sophomore Season (2014): Appeared in 24 … plans on attending medical school after NSU… games, tallying a 7-5 record and 4.54 ERA for NSU life’s ambition is to be a doctor and have her own … struck out 55 batters in 81.1 innings pitched hospital for mentally challenged and disabled kids. … gave up just five home runs in 325 at bats … season-high seven innings pitched, allowing two earned runs against Middle Tennessee State on Feb. 22 … struck out season-high seven batters in 6.1 innings against Incarnate Word on April 18. Freshman Season (2013): Recorded a 2-0 mark in the circle, throwing 29.1 innings…struck out a career-high seven batters at vs. Alcorn…allowed a maximum of six hits on three occasions, twice vs. Louisiana Tech and once vs. Alcorn…gave up only 16 runs, 14 of them earned for a 3.34 ERA on the season. At Mansfield Legacy HS: Led Mansfield Legacy HS to a 26-7 record, 7-2 playoff record with a 1.06 ERA…was a big contributor for teams that won bi-district champions (three times), district champions, area champions, semi-final and quarterfinal champions and regional Finalists…earned all-district academic all four years…all-district first team and the Bronco Heart Award recipient as a junior… utility player of the district as a senior. Personal File: Born on Feb. 21, 1994 … the daughter of Marilinda and Randy Gray…mother works at Conveyors Inc, father is an accountant for Price Waterhouse Coopers…has one brother, Zackary, and one sister, Kolbee …majoring in biology

GRAY’S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR 2013 2014 TOTAL

ERA W-L APP-GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB 3.34 2-0 11-4 1 0-3 1 29.1 28 16 14 12 21 5 0 2 112 4.54 7-5 24-6 2 0-1 0 81.1 91 52 41 27 55 17 3 5 325 4.49 9-5 35-10 3 0-4 1 110.2 119 68 55 39 76 22 3 7 437 Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

B/AVG .250 .280 .272

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Freshman Season (2014): Right fielder who started in 48 games for NSU … batted .296 with BRITTNEY JONES 40 hits across 135 at bats … tied for first in doubles Infielder • So.-1L • 6-0 (10) and led team in walks (20) … ranked third Bryan, Texas in team home runs (10) and slugging percentage Bryan HS (.593) … went 3-for-3 driving in a season-high four runs against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on CAREER HIGHS March 15 … drove in four runs again in 2-for-3 At Bats: 5, vs. Sam Houston State (4/5/14) outing against Southeastern on May 3 … posted Runs: 3, vs. Southeastern La. (5/4/14) a season-high two doubles against Southeastern Hits: 3, 3x, last vs. Southeastern La. (5/4/14) RBIs: 4, 2x, last vs. Southeastern La. (5/3/14) Louisiana on May 4 … reached base in 11 consecuWalks: 2, 3x, last vs. Central Arkansas (5/8/14) tive games … team won nine of ten games she Doubles: 2, vs. Southeastern La. (5/4/14) homered in. Triples: Home Runs: Stolen Bases:

1, at Nicholls (4/27/14) 1, 10x, last vs. Southeastern La. (5/4/14) N/A

2014 SEASON HIGHS

At Bats: Runs: Hits: RBIs: Walks: Doubles: Triples: Home Runs: Stolen Bases:

5, vs. Sam Houston State (4/5/14) 3, vs. Southeastern La. (5/4/14) 3, 3x, last vs. Southeastern La. (5/4/14) 4, 2x, last vs. Southeastern La. (5/3/14) 2, 3x, last vs. Central Arkansas (5/8/14) 2, vs. Southeastern La. (5/4/14) 1, at Nicholls (4/27/14) 1, 10x, last vs. Southeastern La. (5/4/14) N/A

CAREER HONORS · ·

All-Southland Conference Third Team selection 2014 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

At Bryan HS: Led Bryan High School to a bi-district final game while earning first team all-state and academic all-state honors her senior year… also named team Co-MVP and Co-Offensive MVP… currently holds the school record for the highest batting average (.538) in a single season… earned all-district first Team and Collins Street Bakery 2012 All-State Team honors as a junior… also earned four letters in volleyball while being named to the all-academic team four times… member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Young Life and choir. Personal File: Born July 7, 1995 … the daughter of Mark and Leann… one sister, Erica … majoring in psychology and plans on becoming a physician’s assistant after NSU… posted a 3.11 GPA as a freshman … life’s ambition is to “give all glory to God and stay true to faith, family and friends.”

JONES’S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR AVG. GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 2014 .296 50-48 135 26 40 8 1 10 28 20 31 0-1 62 5 1 .985

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Freshman Season (2014): Starting left fielder who finished third on team with .357 average in KELLYE KINCANNON 42 games started … team-leader with 41 RBIs Catcher • So.-1L • 5-8 including 11 multiple-RBI games … first in slugLake Jackson, Texas ging percentage (.706) … tied for second in runs Brazoswood HS (34), home runs (12) and total bases (89) … third on team with 14 multi-hit games … reached base CAREER HIGHS in 10 consecutive games … was a thorn in the side At Bats: 5, vs. Sam Houston State (4/5/14) of Louisiana Tech capturing three RBIs in 2-for-4 Runs: 3, 2x, last vs. Southeastern La. (5/3/14) performance on March 26 and posted team-high Hits: 3, 6x, last vs. Southeastern La. (5/3/14) seven RBIs in 3-for-4 outing against Bulldogs on RBIs: 7, vs. Louisiana Tech (4/23/14) Walks: 1, 13x, last vs. McNeese State (5/11/14) April 23 … had four RBIs going 3-for-4 at the plate Doubles: 2, 6x, last vs. Houston (5/17/14) on opening day win against Troy … went a perTriples: 1, vs. Miss. Valley State (2/15/14) fect 3-for-3 with three runs scored and three RBIs Home Runs: 2, 3x, last vs. Southeasterrn (5/3/14) against Southeastern Louisiana on May 3. Stolen Bases: 1, vs. UIW (4/19/14)

ter of Alexa and Douglas… one twin sister, Kirby, who plays volleyball for Southwestern University… majoring in biology … posted 3.4 GPA as freshman … after NSU, plans to attend physical therapy school … life’s ambition is to become a physical therapist to help others in specific rehabilitation needs..

2014 SEASON HIGHS

At Brazoswood HS: Aided Brazoswood High School to a fifth place state finish while compiling At Bats: 5, vs. Sam Houston State (4/5/14) Runs: 3, 2x, last vs. Southeastern La. (5/3/14) a 38-5 mark, district championships, area champiHits: 3, 6x, last vs. Southeastern La. (5/3/14) onship and regional finalist crowns as a senior… RBIs: 7, vs. Louisiana Tech (4/23/14) Named TGCA All-State All Star, All-Greater Houston Walks: 1, 13x, last vs. McNeese State (5/11/14) 5A first team, All-District 5A MVP and All-Brazoria Doubles: 2, 6x, last vs. Houston (5/17/14) County MVP her senior year…. Earned all-state Triples: 1, vs. Miss. Valley State (2/15/14) Home Runs: 2, 3x, last vs. Southeasterrn (5/3/14) first team and Brazoswood High School MVP as a Stolen Bases: 1, vs. UIW (4/19/14) junior and senior… all-district first team and AllCounty first team and team MVP honors her junior CAREER HONORS year… Named to the all-district first team, all· Southland Conference Hitter of the Week (4/28/2014) county second team and team defensive player of · Louisiana Sports Writers Association Player of the Week the year as a sophomore… member of National (4/29/2014) · Southland Conference Hitter of the Week (5/5/2011) Honor Society. · All-Southland Conference Honorable Mention Team selection · National Fastpitch Coaches Association 2014 All-South Region Team · LSWA’s 2014 All Louisiana Collegiate Softball Team, outfielder, second team selection

Personal File: Born April 26, 1995 … the daugh-

KINCANNON’S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR AVG. GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 2014 .357 42-42 126 34 45 6 1 12 41 13 29 1-2 58 2 2 .968

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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NATALIE LANDRY

Outfielder • Jr.-2L • 5-8 Denham Springs, La. Denham Springs HS

At Bats: Runs: Hits: RBIs: Walks: Doubles: Triples: Home Runs: Stolen Bases:

CAREER HIGHS

2014 SEASON HIGHS

At Bats: Runs: Hits: RBIs: Walks: Doubles: Triples: Home Runs: Stolen Bases:

4, vs. Middle Tennessee (2/22/14) 1, 10x, last at Central Ark. (4/13/14) 2, vs. Tennessee Tech (2/22/14) 4, vs. Butler (2/21/14) 1, 6x, last at Nicholls (4/26/14) 1, vs. Miss. Valley State (2/15/14) N/A 1, 3x, last at Central Arkansas (4/13/14) N/A

CAREER HONORS ·

2014 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

SOFTBALL

Sophomore Season (2014): Played in 27 games, starting 13 for NSU … Scored 10 runs and hit .178 across 45 at bats … added 13 RBIs and 18 total bases … secured her second career grand slam in 5-1 win over Butler on Feb. 21 … contributed three-run home run in 9-0 win over Mississippi Valley State on Feb. 14 … played error-free softball recording 12 putouts as outfielder.

2012…lettered three years…also lettered in track when she ranked sixth in the state in the 55 meter hurdles as a freshman…coined parish champion in 100 meter dash…placed third in 100 meter hurdles…anchored the 4x100 meter and 4x200 meter relays…named long jump record holder in 2007 Louisiana Governor Games…lettered two years in volleyball and received Most Blocks award in 2012.

Freshman Season (2013): Started and appeared in 51 games as a freshman…notched 44 hits including 10 doubles and seven homers…put her first grand slam over the wall on 2/22 at Southern Miss., while driving in a career-high five RBIs…hit safely in nine straight games from 2/22 to 3/5… recorded two four-plus multi-RBI games, once at Southern Miss and again against Lamar…gave the Lady Demons a boost in the SLC tournament title game with a two-run homer to take a 3-1 lead over SHSU.

Personal File: Born Jan. 27, 1994 … daughter of Steve and Jana Landry … has three siblings Nathan (18), Ashley (30) and Melanie (26) … majoring in criminal justice … after NSU, she plans to work with the FBI or Homeland Security… her life’s ambition to run for office in her hometown of Denham Springs.

At Denham Springs HS: Named MVP at 2012 Louisiana State All-Star game after being selected by the Louisiana Softball Coaches Association to represent Denham Springs High School …earned all-state first-team, all-metro first-team and alldistrict first-team accolades for 2011 and 2012… named all-parish first team 2010-12…all-district second-team in 2010…led Denham Springs High School to state championship in 2011 after beating the No. 1 team, finishing as the runner-up… led her team to beat the No. 2 team in playoffs in

LANDRY’S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR AVG. GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 2014 .178 27-13 45 10 8 1 0 3 13 6 12 0-1 12 0 0 1.000 2013 .286 51-51 154 22 44 10 0 7 30 12 41 7-9 53 3 2 .966 TOTAL .261 78-64 199 32 52 11 0 10 43 18 53 7-10 65 3 2 .971

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NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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SHELBY SELLS

Pitcher • So.-1L • 5-6 Pflugerville, Texas Pflugerville HS

CAREER HIGHS Innings Pitched: 7, 3x, last vs. Sam Houston (4/5/14) Strikeouts: 10, vs. Troy (2/7/14) No Hits (Min. 5 IP): N/A No Earned Runs (Min 5 IP): 1, at Houston Baptist (3/8/14)

2014 SEASON HIGHS Innings Pitched: 7, 3x, last vs. Sam Houston (4/5/14) Strikeouts: 10, vs. Troy (2/7/14) No Hits (Min. 5 IP): N/A No Earned Runs (Min 5 IP): 1, at Houston Baptist (3/8/14)

CAREER HONORS ·

2014 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

SOFTBALL

Freshman Season (2014): Posted 6-8 record in 15 starts and 20 appearances for pitching staff … 5.05 ERA in 92.2 innings pitched … led pitching staff with 75 strikeouts … second on staff with six complete games … second on team with 92.2 inning pitches … threw team-high 10 strikeouts against Troy on Feb. 7 … recorded nine strikeouts in 6.2 innings against Ohio on Feb. 23. At Pflugerville HS: Led Pflugerville High School to three bi-district championships while earning first team All-District honors as a freshman, sophomore and senior… named second team all-district her junior year… earned team defensive player of the year and team offensive player of the year honors as a sophomore and a junior, respectively… named first team all-ccademic 2011-13. Personal File: Born Jan. 18, 1995 … the daughter of Kevin Sells and Angela and Scott Stieferman… one brother, Bryce, and two sisters, Bayleigh and Chelsea… majoring in business administration… posted a 3.5 GPA as a freshman … after NSU plans to attend cosmetology school and soon after open her own salon.

SELLS’S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR ERA W-L APP-GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB 2014 5.05 6-8 20-15 6 1-1 0 92.2 101 67 52 45 75 14 1 16 373

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

B/AVG .271

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BAYLEE SHEPHARD

Catcher • So.-1L • 5-7 Shreveport, La. Evangel Christian Academy

At Bats: Runs: Hits: RBIs: Walks: Doubles: Triples: Home Runs: Stolen Bases:

CAREER HIGHS

3, 3x, last at Nicholls (4/26/14) 2, vs. Southern (4/2/14) 2, 2x, last vs. Southern (4/2/14) 1, 2x, last vs. Southern (4/2/14) 1, at Nicholls (4/26/14) N/A N/A N/A N/A

2014 SEASON HIGHS

At Bats: Runs: Hits: RBIs: Walks: Doubles: Triples: Home Runs: Stolen Bases:

3, 3x, last at Nicholls (4/26/14) 2, vs. Southern (4/2/14) 2, 2x, last vs. Southern (4/2/14) 1, 2x, last vs. Southern (4/2/14) 1, at Nicholls (4/26/14) N/A N/A N/A N/A

SOFTBALL

Freshman Season (2014): Appeared in nine games including starting five … accumulated five hits in 16 at bats for a .313 average ... in her first game with NSU, went 1-for-1 with one RBI against Mississippi Valley State … went 2-for-3 in consecutive games against Southern scoring two runs in game one and driving in another in the second game of the doubleheader. At Evangel Christian Academy: Led Evangel Christian Academy to three state championships and four district championships since 2009… earned All-American second team, All-Region first team, all-state, District MVP and ShreveportBossier Player of the Year honors her senior year… named to the LHSAA Class 2A All-State team, and to the LHSAA Class 2A District 1 All-District team in 2009, 2010 and 2011… Earned all-city secondteam honors for the 2012 season… named NFCA All-American Scholar Athlete and earned all-city honorable mention accolades in 2011... holds career records at ECA for most doubles, second in most RBIs and walks and third in most hits and home runs... member of the Leadership team for three years. Personal File: Born on June 30, 1995 … daughter of Penny and Allen … one brother, Blake… majoring in business education … after NSU, wants to become a collegiate softball coach … life’s ambition is “to inspire everyone I meet and make everyone smile.”

SHEPHARD’S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR AVG. GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 2014 .313 9-5 16 2 5 0 0 0 2 1 4 0-0 35 1 1 .973

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MICAYLA SOROSIAK

Outfielder • So.-1L • 5-2 Sugar Land, Texas Kempner HS

At Bats: Runs: Hits: RBIs: Walks: Doubles: Triples: Home Runs: Stolen Bases:

CAREER HIGHS

4, at Central Arkansas (4/12/14) 2, at Central Arkansas (4/2/14) 2, 5x, last at Central Arkansas (4/2/14) 4, at Central Arkansas (4/12/14) 1, 3x, last vs. Ohio (2/23/14) 1, 5x, last vs. Tennessee Tech (2/22/14) N/A 1, 4x, last vs. UIW (4/18/14) N/A

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Freshman Season (2014): Appeared in 38 games starting 17 for NSU … batted .303 with 20 hits in 66 at bats … added an impressive 22 RBIs and 37 total bases in limited action … her .561 slugging percentage ranked fourth on the team … had four RBIs in 2-for-2 performance against Central Arkansas on April 12 … secured three RBIs twice including three-run home runs against Incarnate Word on April 18.

Personal File: Born Oct. 12, 1995 … the daughter of Susan and Todd … one sister, Kendahl… majoring in engineering … posted a 3.8 GPA as a freshman … her great grandfather was an umpire for the Toledo Mud Hens… after NSU, wants to become an engineer and play softball in the Olympics … life’s ambition is to get the most out of life and realize the value of hard work while embracing life and getting to experience the world.

At Kempner HS: Earned four letters at Kempner High School and collected Houston Chronicle Athlete of the week honors three times her senior year… completed her career at Kempner as team MVP and school record holder in homers, while being nominated to the All-Greater Houston Area team… Led the Lady Cougars in all offensive 2014 SEASON HIGHS categories with 38 hits, 12 doubles, three HRs, 22 At Bats: 4, at Central Arkansas (4/12/14) RBIs, a .576 batting average and .894 slugging Runs: 2, at Central Arkansas (4/2/14) Hits: 2, 5x, last at Central Arkansas (4/2/14) percentage for the 2012 season as her batting avRBIs: 4, at Central Arkansas (4/12/14) erage and slugging percentage were the best in Walks: 1, 3x, last vs. Ohio (2/23/14) the district… Named team MVP while earning Doubles: 1, 5x, last vs. Tennessee Tech (2/22/14) All-Greater Houston 1st Team honors as a junior… Triples: N/A earned all-district 1st team honors all four years... Home Runs: 1, 4x, last vs. UIW (4/18/14) Stolen Bases: N/A Launched a grand slam as a sophomore to clinch a district playoff spot, later leading to Kempner’s first ever district championship… Named newcomer of CAREER HONORS the year as a freshman, and was once again named · 2014 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll team MVP… Earned academic all-district, academic excellence, outstanding defense and leadership awards as a senior… member of PALS and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. SOROSIAK’S CAREER STATISTICS

YEAR AVG. GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 2014 .303 38-17 66 10 20 5 0 4 22 3 19 0-0 40 81 8 .940

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SOFTBALL

Junior Season (2014): Started in 51 games as team’s third baseman … ranked fifth on team with .331 average … second on the squad in at bats (166), runs (34), hits (55) and hit by pitch (9) … tied for team-lead with 10 doubles … led team with 16 two-hit games and ranked second with multi-hit games … reached base in team-leading 15 consecutive games including 13-game hit streak … recorded six RBIs and two runs against Southern on April 2.

pearances…as a junior, the two-time scholar athlete batted .417 and nabbed first-team selections on the All-CIF and All-Sunset League and collected the team’s most valuable player…senior year, Brittany led the Aztecs to a 22-3 record to become the No. 1-ranked team in the state and nation and selected 1st team All-Century League and team’s defensive player of the year…named the EHS Honor Roll…graduated in 2011 with a 3.87 grade point average.

Sophomore Season (2013): Started 53 games, notching a .335 average…recorded 61 hits including 11 doubles and 34 RBI…recorded a 12-game hitting streak from 3/2 vs. Louisiana Tech to 3/23 at AMCC…notched 3+ hits on five different occasions…sparked a flat NSU team in the conference 2014 SEASON HIGHS tournament championship game with a homer in At Bats: 5, 5x, last vs. UIW (4/18/14) Runs: 2, 6x, last vs. Louisiana Tech (4/23/14) the second to help secure the title.

Personal File: Born June 20, 1993 … the daughter to Brad and Elizabeth Virgoe … father is a lieutenant for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department and mother is a court reporter for the Los Angeles Superior Court… has one brother, Brandon… double majoring in Nursing and Psychology… wants to become a physician’s assistant after completing her studies at NSU… her life’s ambition is “to follow God’s plan for my life and to be happy.”

BRITTANY VIRGOE

Infielder • Sr.-3L • 5-6 Anaheim, Calif. Esperanza HS

At Bats: Runs: Hits: RBIs: Walks: Doubles: Triples: Home Runs: Stolen Bases:

Hits: RBIs: Walks: Doubles: Triples: Home Runs: Stolen Bases:

CAREER HIGHS

5, 13x, last vs. UIW (4/18/14) 3, 2x, last at SFA (4/14/13) 3, 7x, last at Central Arkansas (4/12/14) 6, vs. Southern (4/2/14) 1, 18x, last vs. Houston (5/7/14) 2, vs. Louisiana Tech (2/24/13) N/A 2, vs. Southern (4/2/14) 2, 2x, last at SFA (4/12/13)

3, 3x, last at Central Arkansas (4/12/14) 6, vs. Southern (4/2/14) 1, 7x, last vs. Houston (5/17/14) 1, 10x, last at Nicholls (4/27/14) N/A 2, vs. Southern (4/2/14) 1, 5x, last vs. Southeastern La. (5/4/14)

CAREER HONORS · All-Southland Conference First Team selection · LSWA’s 2014 All Louisiana Collegiate Softball Team, third baseman, first team selection · Southland Conference All-Academic Softball Team, first team · 2014 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

VIRGOE’S CAREER STATISTICS

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Freshman Season (2012): Appeared in 43 games, starting 42…had 105 at-bats…put the ball into play 16 times, including five doubles… went 3-3 in stolen bases… Finished the season tying a school record with 14 hit-by-pitches…went one-for-two in college debut, notching one run against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville…notched two RBIs against Grambling in 10-1 win. At Esperanza HS: As a four-year starter and letterman, she helped Esperanza High to three league championships and CIF Division I quarterfinals ap-

AVG. GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B .331 51-51 166 34 55 10 0 .335 53-53 182 34 61 11 2 .152 43-42 105 13 16 5 0 .291 147-146 453 81 132 26 2

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At Natchitoches Central HS: Played softball at Natchitoches Central HS … helped the Chiefs to the playoffs last three years including earning bi-district championship sophomore and senior year … as team captain senior year was named all-district as a utility player … all-district as shortstop junior year ... all-district designated player as sophomore … member of National Honors Society, Principles List and A Honor Roll … also participated in FCA and BETA.

TAYLOR ALEXANDER

Infielder • Fr.-HS • 5-10 Natchitoches, La. Natchitoches Central HS

Personal File: Born Sept. 5, 1995 … the daughter of Jamie LaCour and Earl Alexander… brother Austin played baseball at Northwestern State … cousin Brett Fredieu played baseball at Northwestern State … majoring in biology … after NSU, plans to attend dental or medical school … life’s ambition is to become an orthodontist and be successful with work while being a role model for youth.

Freshman Season (2014): Redshirted during the 2014 season.

At Santa Fe HS: Named to the state all-tournament team as she led the Lady Indians to their first state championship in 2011, earning alltournament and All-Greater Houston accolades while being named to the state all-tournament team… Named district pitcher of the year her senior and sophomore seasons… Collected first team all-county her freshman, sophomore and senior seasons… Named basketball defensive player of the year as she earned one letter on the court as a freshman… member of National Honor Society.

MICAELA BOUVIER

Pitcher • R.-Fr. • 5-5 Santa Fe, Texas Santa Fe HS

Personal File: Born Sept. 27, 1994 … the daughter of Gina and Rob… one brother, Braden, and one sister, Rylie… majoring in psychology … posted a 3.13 GPA as a freshman … plans on becoming an oncology nurse and work at the Children’s Hospital in Houston after NSU… life’s ambition is to impact people’s lives in positive ways.

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Pitcher/Utility Player • Fr.-HS • 5-6 Deville, La. Buckeye HS

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At Buckeye HS: Multi-sport athlete at Buckeye HS in Deville … six letters in softball, four letters in basketball and one letter in track … helped lead her squad to a 26-2 record and state championship victory as a sophomore … District MVP, District First-Team Pitcher, All-Star Team East Squad, LHSAA May Sportsman of the Month after hitting .506 in leadoff spot as a senior … named district MVP, district first-team pitcher, LSCA All-State Pitcher while hitting .488 as a junior … district MVP, district first-team pitcher, LSCA All-State Pitcher as a sophomore … finished first in district in 100-meter dash the same year … hit .273 in leadoff spot and was named first-team all-district outfielder as a freshman … member of the Spanish Club and the Science Club. Personal File: Born July 16, 1996 … the daughter of Toni and James … three sisters, Shawna, Kirstin and Jessica … majoring in biology … after NSU, plans to attend physical therapy school in Florida … life’s aspiration is to help young people believe, “every one of us is born with unlimited potential, we have the ability and the intelligence to make the impossible possible. You just can’t dream it, you must believe that you have the power to achieve it.” Sophomore Season (Embry-Riddle): Named to the NFCA second team All-Region... 2014 Sun Conference All-Conference team as an infielder... second on the team with a .392 batting average and three home runs... toped the team with 12 doubles ... 12 of 13 stolen bases... .955 fielding percentage ... started all 41 games... with 127 at-bats had a .378 average... led the team in runs with 22 (4 v. Hastings on 3/16) ... had 4 doubles, 3 triples and 11 RBIs.

SARAH HUEY

Infielder • Jr.-TR • 5-6 Tomball, Texas Tomball HS (Embry-Riddle)

11-3 win over Northwood (April 21).

At Tomball HS: 2012 graduate of Tomball High School … three-year letter winner in softball … helped the Cougars to the state semifinals in 2010 as well as the district titles in 2010 and 2011 and the Regional finals in 2011…first team all-district selection in 2010 and 2012…named to the all-district second team in 2011...earned MaxPreps Player of the Week in 2012...named a Greater Houston AllStar and was a member of the Texas All-State team Freshman Season (Embry-Riddle): One of in 2012. three Eagles to start all 41 games … started 40 times at second base and once at shortstop … Personal File: Born Dec. 13, 1993…the daughter named to the All-Conference first team … led the of Kelly and Denise … majoring in psychology and team with a .444 batting average, a .470 on-base addiction studies … after NSU, plans to attend percentage, 63 hits, two triples, 80 total bases, 38 graduate school … volunteered with the ALS Walk, runs scored and 15 stolen bases … collected seven Relay for Life, March of Dimes and Read to Lead … doubles, two home runs and 19 RBIs … got the life’s ambition is to be a mentor to youth. first hit in program history, a double off the rightfield fence in the Eagles’ inaugural game at Flagler (Feb. 2) … finished the year with nine three-hit games, most on the team … went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and three RBIs in a 6-3 win at Coastal Georgia (Feb. 24) … had a 3-for-4 day with two doubles, two runs scored and four RBIs in an

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Freshman Season (Iowa): Appeared in 18 games with four starts as the designated player with the Hawkeyes … pinch hit on 14 occasions … earned her first career start against UAB and posted her first career hit in the contest … picked up her first career RBI against Drake on Feb. 16 as a pinch hitter.

MICHAELA JOHNSON

Infielder • So.-TR • 5-6 Wake Village, Texas Texas HS (Iowa)

At Texas HS: A Texas District 13-4A First Team selection, Texarkana Gazette All-Area first-team honoree, Texas High School Softball Team Slugger award recipient and Texas High School softball team most valuable player on three occasions... increased her batting average each season, hitting .359 as a freshman, .374 as a sophomore and .554 as a junior... helped Texas High School to a 2012 Texas District 13-4A runner-up finish in 2012... played travel with Texas Elite Easton Gold Bell (2008-present), Texas Venom (2005-06) and Static Shockers (2004-05)... helped Texas Venom accomplish a USSSA Texas State Championship and World Series Championship and the Static Shockers earn an ASA Arkansas State Championship... three-year member of the Mu Alpha Theta Mathematics Honor Society, National Honors Society and Ross Perot STEM Academy of Texas High School... a National Society of High School Scholars, National Youth

Leadership Forum on Medicine and 2012 MASH through the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences selection in 2011-12... recognized for Who’s Who Among Outstanding Students in 2009-10... also played basketball as a freshman and sophomore at Texas High School, helping the team to a Texas District 13-4A championship as a freshman. Personal File: Born on Jan. 5, 1995... daughter of Cathy and Michael Johnson... has a half-brother, Michael, and a half-sister, Jessica... father, Michael, played football and ran track at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette... majoring in biology/premedicine.

At Liberty HS: Four-year letter winner as member of softball team … helped lead team to second place in district three consecutive years and district title as a freshman … district MVP as a senior, defensive MVP as sophomore and junior, newcomer of the year as freshman … all-state honoree as junior and senior … member of Spanish Honor Society, Honor Society, Student Council and was senior class vice president.

KAYLEE PARKER

Personal File: Born Oct. 30, 1995 … the daughter of Kathy and Robert … one brother, Keaton and one sister, Kamryn … majoring in pre-physical therapy … after NSU, plans to go to PT school and hopefully open own practice … life’s ambition is to be best person possible.

Catcher/Outfielder • Fr.-HS • 5-3 Liberty, Texas Liberty HS

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At Centennial HS: Four-year letterwinner for softball program … team reached playoffs all four years as player … helped team win district and reach regional quarterfinals as a senior… District 9-4A First Team All-District three consecutive years … all-state and 9-4A MVP as a senior … catcher of the year in district as junior … received team MVP award as sophomore … district newcomer of the year as freshman.

KAYTIE PROCTOR

Personal File: Born May 21, 1996 … the daughter of Rohna and Daryl Proctor … one brother, Brandon … majoring in business administration … after NSU, plans to pursue a master’s in marketing … life’s ambition is to make a difference in people’s lives for the better.

Catcher • Fr.-HS • 5-2 Frisco, Texas Centennial HS

At Klein HS: Attended Klein HS in Klein, Texas, where she was a four-year member of the softball team and first-team all-district four consecutive years … all-state honorable mention as a senior … newcomer of the year as a freshman … officer in FCA and Good Sportsmanship League Officer.

Personal File: Born April 22, 1996 … the daughter of Missy and Brad … one brother, Blake who plays baseball at Stephen F. Austin … majoring in business … after NSU, plans on attending law school to earn a degree in business law … life’s ambition is to become the best person I can be while helping benefit others around me.

HAILEE RHODES

Infielder • Fr.-HS • 5-7 Spring, Texas Klein HS

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At Glenda Dawson HS: Played softball at Glenda Dawson HS in Pearland, Texas … injuries limited playing time with program … member of Leader of Christians in the Youth (CITY) and assisted with FCA. Personal File: Born March 14, 1996 … the daughter of Marilyn and Joel Rivera Jr. … two sisters, Hannah and Daniella … majoring in business … after NSU, wants to open up a family bakery with mom and sisters … life’s ambition is to “live like Job from the Bible, having faith that no matter what happens in life, know God is watching out for me.”

BRI RIVERA

Infielder • Fr.-HS • 5-3 Pearland, Texas Glenda Dawson HS

At The Woodlands HS: Attended The Woodlands HS in The Woodlands, Texas … earned four letters as member of softball program … team posted 44-1 record and won the national championship as a freshman. Personal File: Born April 17, 1996 … the daughter of Michelle and Von … one brother, Garrett and one sister, Morgan … majoring in elementary education … after NSU, plans to become a veterinarian … life’s ambition is to be the best person and help others with what they may need.

SIDNEY SALMANS

Outfielder • Fr.-HS • 5-7 The Woodlands, Texas The Woodlands HS

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DONALD PICKETT

Head Coach 7th Season Overall (153-165) 7th Season at NSU

Donald Pickett enters his seventh year at the helm of the Northwestern State softball program after guiding the Lady Demons to consecutive Southland Conference Tournament crowns and NCAA Tournament appearances in 2013 and 2014. One season ago, under Pickett’s direction, NSU posted a 30-22 record including a 15-10 mark in Southland play. Beginning on April 12 against Central Arkansas, NSU won 13 of its final 16 games including three straight at the conference tournament in Hammond. With the conference tournament title in tact behind an 11-0 victory over McNeese State, Pickett’s squad headed to the Waco Regional alongside No. 13 Baylor, Houston and Tulsa. For their efforts, nine Lady Demons were named to the All-Southland squad. Six NSU players were also selected as members of the Louisiana Sports Writers Association’s all-Louisiana squad. Senior Tara McKenney and freshman Kellye Kincannon also became the first NSU players in over 10 years to earn All-South Region honors from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association. Several Lady Demons climbed the school’s individual career records list highlighted by McKenney who finished fifth in at-bats (712), third in hits (246) and third in triples (14). Not to be outdone, Cassandra Barefield entered her 2015 senior campaign second all-time with 36 home runs. In 2013, Northwestern State found itself in similar circumstances. As they did in 2014, the Lady Demons took second place in the regular season after a hot finish to the season. When it mattered, NSU posted three straight conference tournament victories including a dramatic 5-4 win against Sam Houston State to claim the title. The squad made an NCAA Tournament appearance in the Baton Rouge Regional and played a nailbiter against Super Regional qualifier UL Lafayette. Pickett was voted Coach of the Year honors on the 2013 All-Louisiana softball team, outpolling his NCAA Tournament counterparts from LSU and UL Lafayette among the voters from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. Five Lady Demons were included on the All-Louisiana Team. The 2013 haul of accomplishments included the best winning percentage in the program’s history (.727), the longest winning streak (11) since 1998, the fewest losses (15) since 1983 and the best 20-game start (16-4) since 1990. The Lady Demons won every conference series except the opener at eventual champion McNeese State. Five players altered the school record books as the Lady Demons finished four spots higher than predicted in a preseason coaches’ poll. “Donald deserves all the credit in the world for resurrecting the NSU softball program. It was very satisfying for me to see how happy he was when the team won the Southland Conference tournament championship and had the privilege of representing our conference at the NCAA Regionals, because I knew very well the arduous and persevering path that he had taken over the past five seasons,” said NSU director of athletics Greg Burke. Meanwhile, the renovation of the Lady Demon Softball Complex was completed, giving NSU an outstanding facility that already has been chosen to host the 2015 Southland Conference Tournament after impressing everyone as the 2013 conference tourney was played here.

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But there are more steps forward to take. Donald Pickett has a plan, and he’s working it. To see where Pickett plans to carry NSU softball, you only see where he’s already been as an assistant coach. Pickett helped Tennessee-Chattanooga to three NCAA Tournament appearances and the brink of a Women’s College World Series berth while on the Mocs’ staff. The 36-year-old Pickett finished his 17th season of collegiate coaching experience, his fifth as head coach at NSU. He spent two years helping establish a brand-new program at Memphis after working in a pair of highly successful programs at TennesseeChattanooga and Chattanooga State Community College. At Chattanooga State, Pickett was part of a staff that coached the team to three top-five finishes in the junior college

Head coach Donald Pickett has led Northwestern State to two straight postseason appearances, most recently in the Waco Regional against Baylor and Houston. NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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softball world series along with three regional and conference championships. He also has coached the Austin (Tenn.) Eagles American Softball Association summer team to four national tournament appearances and two top-five finishes in the ASA nationals. Pickett learned about the Northwestern coaching post from Pat Murphy, the coach of College World Series participant Alabama, who was among several nationally-prominent coaches consulted during the summer 2008 search for a new Lady Demons head coach.

good person, the type of person your family would like to be associated with, and he is perhaps one of the most ‘up and coming’ young coaches out there right now.” A strong reference came from an in-state rival of UTC’s, head coach Torey Acheson at Tennessee Tech. “At Tennessee-Chattanooga, those players all became better under him......technically, his knowledge base is really good....he is an upstanding human being; he was raised right.” Said Laura Mincy, assistant athletic director and SWA at UTC: “Donald is very determined and passionate about college softball. He’s a gem.” “Starting with his high level of character and integrity, Donald Pickett has an amaz- Donald is married to Paige Pickett, and they have one daughter, Ainsley Elizabeth ing reputation in the collegiate softball world. He will serve as a good role model for our (6), born Jan. 9, 2009 in Natchitoches. student-athletes while also providing them with the motivation and coaching needed to return Northwestern State to the point of challenging for Southland Conference titles and NCAA postseason berths,” said NSU director of athletics Greg Burke, announcing Pickett’s hiring. Working for five seasons under coach Frank Reed at UTC, Pickett helped the Mocs advance within one win of the World Series. The Mocs had an overall 210-126 record Personal while picking up three Southern Conference championships before Pickett joined coach Hometown...............................................................................................Whitwell, Tennessee High School............................................................................................Whitwell High School Wendy Thees at Memphis following the first year of softball for the Tigers. Also serving as assistant to Reed at Chattanooga State CC for three seasons, Pick- College..................................................................................... Tennessee-Chattanooga, 2005 ett helped post a 151-27 record, including a 62-3 mark in 2001. A year earlier, Pickett Family....................................................................... Wife, Paige; Daughter, Ainsley Elizabeth was part of the National Fastpitch Coaching Staff of the Year, and in 2002, Pickett was among the Chattanooga State team that was inducted into the Chattanooga Sports Hall Coaching History of Fame. Northwestern State.............................................................................................2009-present A 2005 UTC graduate, Pickett is regarded as an excellent recruiter whose expertise Record.............................................................................................................. 153-165 (.481) coaching hitting and defense is recognized nationally. University of Memphis (assistant)...............................................................................2006-08 Coaching and administrative colleagues of Pickett’s were effusive in their praise. “Donald is ready to be a head coach,” said Thees. “His softball knowledge is incred- Tennessee-Chattanooga (assistant)............................................................................2001-05 Chattanooga Community College............................................................................1998-2000 ible and he does a great job of getting to know his players and recruits.” Said Lynn Parkes, the senior woman administrator at Memphis: “Donald Pickett is a man of character and integrity. He loves the game of softball and loves working with Head Coach Year-by-Year 2009..................................................................................Northwestern State, 5-45; 3-26 SLC young people. I think he will do a fantastic job.” In Pickett’s first season as assistant coach at his alma mater, the 2001 Lady Mocs 2010..............................................................................Northwestern State, 27-27; 13-17 SLC opened the season with back-to-back no-hitters and knocked off top-25 teams in Ohio 2011..............................................................................Northwestern State, 32-25; 15-17 SLC State and Baylor, rolling to a 44-15 record while never dropping more than two games in 2012................................................................................Northwestern State, 19-31; 7-13 SLC a row. The Lady Mocs posted two upset wins over top-seeded and No. 12 ranked Florida 2013................................................................................Northwestern State, 40-15; 18-7 SLC Atlantic in the NCAA Regionals. UTC then just missed capturing a berth in the World 2014..............................................................................Northwestern State, 30-22; 15-10 SLC Series after narrow losses to Georgia Tech and Florida State. Six Years.................................................................................................... 153-165; 71-90 SLC “There may not be a better fundamental coach out there,” said UTC’s Reed. “He is a

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With 153 career wins at the helm of NSU, Pickett ranks third in program history and trails Gay McNutt (1995-2000) by only eight victories.

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AMY HOOKS

Assistant Coach Third season at NSU University of Texas, 2011

Amy Hooks enters her third season as assistant coach with the Northwestern State softball program. With the help of Hooks, NSU has undergone a resurgence in on-field success highlighted by consecutive Southland Conference Tournament championships and NCAA Tournament berths. Hooks works closely with the Lady Demons’ infielders and catchers. In 2014, Northwestern State posted the fewest number of errors (49) and highest fielding percentage (.965) among the conference’s 12 competing schools. NSU catchers finished the season tied for third, throwing out 17 runners. Hooks, a native of Mesquite, Texas (North Mesquite HS), is a 2011 graduate of the University of Texas. She ranks No. 2 all-time at Texas for career homers with 36, and also ranks second all-time in walks (107), fifth in RBI (110), sixth in runs (110), sixth in games played (219) sixth in games started (214), eighth in slugging percentage (.528) and eighth in on-base percentage (.404). Over her last three seasons as a Longhorn, Hooks started in all but one of 175

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PLAYER ACCOLADES Year Honor 2011 Big XII Player of the Year 2011 All-Big XII First Team 2011 Easton All-America Second Team games. Her accolades include 2011 2011 NFCA All Central Region Second Team All-Big 12 first-team, 2011 Big 12 2010 All-Big XII Second Team Player of the Year, 2011 Easton All- 2009 Academic All-Big XII Second Team

Hometown..................................................... Mesquite, Texas High School............................................... North Mesquite HS College..................................................................Texas, 2011

America second team, 2011 NFCA NCAA TOURNAMENT EXPERIENCE All-Central Region second team, 2010 All-Big 12 second team and 2009 Aca- Year Round 2008 NCAA Regional Round II demic All-Big 12 second team. NCAA Regional Finals As a senior, she hit for a .333 2009 2010 NCAA Regional Round II average with 13 homers, .459 on2011 NCAA Regional Round II base percentage and a .639 slugging 2013 NCAA Regionals average, while posting a .996 fielding 2014 NCAA Regionals percentage behind the plate. During her junior year, she boasted a .347 average with 11 homers, a .473 on-base percentage, .639 slugging and .991 fielding percentage. Hooks led Texas to the NCAA Regional Championships all four years she was there. “Amy has added a lot of energy to our staff. She carries a lot of knowledge and is a big help in recruiting in this region, and we’re are excited to have her part of our staff,” said head coach Donald Pickett. Hooks competed in the National Pro Fastpitch league for the NY/NJ Comets during the summer 2013, aiding the Comets in a number of wins over the four-team league competitors. The catcher also played nationally for the Texas Glory Gold out of McKinney, Texas, for head coach Dan Adkins. She guided the club to a 13th place finish at the ASA Gold Nationals in 2007 and a fifth place showing at the 2005 16U ASA Nationals. In high school, Hooks was a three-time All-District 12-5A First Team performer. She won District 12-5A Offensive Player of the Year in 2004 and 2006, and led the district in hitting in 2004 and 2006 with a .600 and .594 average, respectively. Hooks was born Nov. 19, 1988 in Dallas. She is the daughter of Ricky and Sandi Hooks and has two sisters, Terri Hooks (37) and Kristi Gregory (34). Hooks graduated from Texas with a degree in applied movement science and was a three-time Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection.

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KATHY SHELTON

Assistant Coach First season at NSU Baylor University, 2013

Hometown.....................................................McKinney, Texas High School.............................................. McKinney North HS College................................................................ Baylor, 2013

Northwestern State head softball coach Donald Pickett announced Aug. 7 the addition of former Baylor standout Kathy Shelton, the Big XII Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 2013, as an assistant coach. “It’s really exciting to get a person like Kathy,” seventh-year head coach Donald Pickett said. “She’s a really positive, upbeat and energetic person. She’s from McKinney, Texas and we’ve had quite a few recruits from that area in the past. We think she’ll fit in here real well from a chemistry standpoint.” Shelton comes into a program that has made back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances and won 75 games in the past two seasons under Pickett. She joins third-year assistant Amy Hooks, a former Big XII Conference Player of the Year (2011) at Texas, on the Lady Demons’ coaching staff. At Baylor, Shelton played for former Demon football tight end (1988-89) and NSU assistant softball coach (1990-92) Glenn Moore, the Lady Bears’ highly successful head coach for the past 14 seasons. As a four-year starter, Shelton made a lasting impact on the Baylor record book. During her 2013 senior campaign, Shelton secured the program’s single-season record for steals (41) as well as the all-time mark (121). Following the season, Shelton was one of just 20 Big XII student-athletes to receive the Dr. Prentice Gautt Postgraduate Scholarship. As a sophomore, Shelton led the team in batting average (.359), hits (74), runs (35) and stolen bases (33) playing a vital role in the Lady Bears’ 2011 World Series berth. “Kathy was a really big part of the Baylor program,” Pickett said. “When you watched Kathy play you could tell she was an exceptional leader and all the kids that played with her respected her. “I think she’ll bring the same qualities to our team as someone who the girls can look up to. Hopefully all those traits can help our kids grow and mature as players and individuals.” Shelton served as a hitting instructor at the Baylor University Coaches Clinic in 2014 and spent the last six years as a Baylor softball camp counselor. Shelton received her Master’s of Science in Communication Sciences & Disorders from Baylor in August.

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PLAYER ACCOLADES Year Honor 2013 Big XII Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year 2013 NFCA Division I All-Region 2013 First Team All-Big XII 2012 Second Team All-Big XII 2012 First Team All-Academic Big XII 2012 Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll 2011 First Team All-Big XII 2011 NFCA Division I Second Team All-Region NCAA TOURNAMENT EXPERIENCE Year Round 2011 NCAA Women’s CWS Semifinals 2012 NCAA Regional Round II 2013 NCAA Regional Finals

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After a successful four-year career (2010-2013) on the mound for Northwestern State, Brooke Boening made her debut on the coaching side as a volunter assistant last fall. In 2013, Boening, a Floresville, Texas, native, posted an 8-6 record, limiting opponents to a 3.26 ERA in 12 starts and 21 appearances. She struck out 60 batters in just 77.1 innings pitched while tossing two complete games. Boening earned four straight wins between March 17-April 7 including two complete game performances. On March 24, she held A&MCorpus Christi to three hits over seven innings to pick up the victory. Boening secured non-conference victories over Western Kentucky, Mississippi State, Southern Miss, Louisiana Tech and ULM. Against Western Kentucky, she allowed just one hit over four innings. In 2012, as a junior, she posted a 4.29 ERA and 4-6 record including two saves. In the conference opener, she shutout defending SLC Champion A&M-Corpus Christi, striking out three and allowing just two hits. As a sophomore, Boening shined in the circle, as one of the top 10 pitchers in the Southland after a 7-9 record, 2.11 ERA and 131 strikeouts. At Central Arkansas, she tossed a three-hit shutout including eight strikeouts in a 3-2 victory. On May 1, she struck out 14 hitters in a game against Nicholls. Against former conference foe, and at the time, league leader Texas-Arlington, Boening struck out six in a four-hit shutout. During her freshman campaign, Boening made 32 appearances, tallying an even 9-9 record and 3.55 ERA. She threw five complete games including a two-hit shutout against Texas-San Antonio. On March 21, she struck out 16 Sam Houston hitters in a wild 10-7 victory in Natchitoches. Boening received her undergraduate degree in health and exercise science with a minor in english.

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KAYLEE GUIDRY

Director of Operations • Northwestern State, 2014

Kaylee Guidry is in her first year as director of softball operations with Northwestern State, following a decorated twoyear stint as pitcher with the Lady Demon softball program. A season ago, Guidry was named the Southland Conference All-Tournament Most Valuable Player after posting three straight wins in the tournament. She allowed just nine hits and two earned runs over 17.1 innings pitched vs. Central Arkansas and McNeese State (2x) to help send NSU to its second consecutive NCAA Tournament. The Walker native received the win in ten straight decisions between April 13 and May 11, including the Southland Conference Tournament championship, where she limited McNeese to two hits while holding the Cowgirls scoreless in five innings on the hill. She finished the 2014 season with a team-leading 12-5 record and 3.71 ERA in 20 games started. She held hitters to a staff low .224 batting average while throwing ten complete games. She was the Southland Conference Pitcher of the Week on May 5 and was honored as an All-Southland Conference Second Team Selection. Other accolades include being a second team selection to the LSWA All-Louisiana Collegiate Softball Team in addition to being a second team Southland Conference All-Academic member. In 2013, her first year with NSU following a transfer from LSU-Eunice, Guidry posted a 12-3 record behind an impressive 2.06 ERA. Her 1.02 ERA at the conclusion of the regular season was top among Southland pitchers. She earned AllSouthland Second Team honors for her efforts. Guidry’s mother played softball at UL Lafayette and had her jersey retired by the Ragin Cajuns while her aunt Nancy Percle (Ensminger) and aunt Claudia Percle (Gremillion) played softball at NSU. Nancy was inducted into the Graduate “N” Club Hall of Fame in 2012. Guidry is currently pursuing a master’s degree in health and human performance at Northwestern State.

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT STAFF

JORDAN WHEAT

Athletic Trainer • TCU, 2014

LEXI BEESON

Strength Coach • Austin College, 2013

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ANDREW CLAUSEN

Softball Marketing • Colorado Mesa, 2013

ZACH WEINBERG

Softball Public Address • Ohio, 2012

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Skylar Cagle

Natalie Landry

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Shelby Sells

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Cassandra Barefield

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Sarah Huey

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Kaytie Proctor Catcher

Baylee Shephard

Micayla Sorosiak

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Outfielder

Assistant Coach

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

Micaela Bouvier

Utility Player

Pitcher

Michaela Johnson

Infielder

22 Catcher

Kayla Boening

Kaylee Parker

Outfielder

Pitcher

Baylee Gray

Pitcher

SOFTBALL

Brittney Jones

Outfielder

Hailee Rhodes

Bri Rivera

Infielder

Mikayla Brown

Pitcher/Utility Player

Infielder

Kellye Kincannon Catcher

33 Sidney Salmans Outfielder

17 Brittany Virgoe

Infielder

Brooke Boening

Volunteer Assistant

Kaylee Guidry

Dir. of Softball Operations

Jordan Wheat

Graduate Trainer

2015 NORTHWESTERN STATE LADY DEMON SOFTBALL

LADY DEMON

Now in its sixth decade of service, the Southland Conference continues to be a model of innovation, stability and consistent achievement as it celebrates the academic and athletic accomplishments of its member institutions. Having commemorated its 50th anniversary in 2013, the Southland Conference has transformed itself into a dynamic and respected consortium of 13 member universities in three states. Beginning with a historic meeting of five institutions in Dallas on March 15, 1963, the Southland Conference set on an extraordinary course that has proven successful well into its five decades of existence. The successful transformation continues, as the Southland Conference welcomed four additional members in 2013: Abilene Christian University, Houston Baptist University, the University of Incarnate Word in San Antonio, and the University of New Orleans. In addition to its newest members, the Southland also consists of the University of Central Arkansas, Lamar University, McNeese State University, Nicholls State University, Northwestern State University, Sam Houston State University, Southeastern Louisiana University, Stephen F. Austin State University and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. All told, the membership of the Southland encompasses nearly 140,000 current students and an alumni base of nearly 800,000. Famous alums from current Southland Conference schools include former CBS news anchor Dan Rather (Sam Houston State), NBA executive Joe Dumars (McNeese State), ABC news anchor Robin Roberts (Southeastern Louisiana), Major League Baseball star Wade Miley (Southeastern Louisiana), NBA legend Scottie Pippen (Central Arkansas), and track and field Olympians Kenta Bell (Northwestern State), and Bobby Morrow and Billy Olson (both Abilene Christian). The Southland sponsors 17 championship sports, all at the NCAA Division I level. The eight men’s sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, tennis, and indoor and outdoor track and field. The women compete for nine championships in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, and volleyball. The conference earns automatic qualification to NCAA championships in baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, football, men’s and women’s golf, women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, and volleyball. Continuing its tradition of innovation, the league launched the Southland Conference Television Network in the fall of 2008 and has broadcast more than 160 events. The network has expanded its reach to roughly 13 million households throughout Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma in recent years, and has also gained national viewership through ESPN3 and Fox College Sports. In its first six years, the network has received recognition for its work, earning numerous College Sports Media and Telly Awards. The Southland Conference, in conjunction with the city of Frisco, Texas, and Hunt Sports Group, also serves as the host to the NCAA Division I Football Championship Game in Frisco, which has been home to the conference headquarters since 2006. The game is played at Frisco’s Toyota Stadium, and after a successful three-year run, the partnership was rewarded with a three-year renewal to serve as the national championship host site through the 2015 season.

2015 NORTHWESTERN STATE LADY DEMON SOFTBALL

SOFTBALL

Name Shalie Day Sarah Bigej Brittany Virgoe Brooke Morris Tiffany Castillo Mikaela Flores Alyssa Burnett Katie Lacour Lauren Langner Briana Whisenhunt Jamie Allred Kylee Studioso

Cl. Sr. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. So. So. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. Sr.

2015 PRESEASON FIRST TEAM Pos. University 1B Stephen F. Austin 2B Central Arkansas 3B Northwestern State SS Nicholls C Sam Houston State UT UIW DP Houston Baptist OF Southeastern La. OF McNeese State OF Central Arkansas P McNeese State P Central Arkansas

Name Sarah Allison Danielle Phillips Sam Forrest Stephanie Meeuwsen Brittney Morse Casey Cromwell Emily Vincent Marisa Taunton Brittney Jones Taylor Brown Rachel Smith Hannah Null

Cl. Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. Sr. Jr. So. So. So. So. so.

2015 PRESEASON SECOND TEAM Pos. University 1B Sam Houston State 2B Nicholls 3B Central Arkansas SS Lamar C A&M-Corpus Christi UT Lamar DP McNeese State OF McNeese State OF Northwestern State OF Abilene Christian P McNeese State P Abilene Christian

Hometown Ashdown, Ark. Happy Valley, Ore. Anaheim, Calif. Denham Springs, La. Port Lavaca, Texas Lockhart, Texas Sugar Land, Texas Port St. Joe, Fla. Pearland, Texas Crandall, Texas Hallsville, Texas Edmond, Wash. Hometown College Station, Texas Resaca, Ga. Broken Arrow, Okla. Hillsboro, Ore. Yuma, Ariz. Danville, Ill. Sulpher, La. Beaumont, Texas Bryan, Texas Richland Hills, Texas Baytown, Texas Highland Village, Texas

2015 PRESEASON POLLS COACHES’ POLL SID POLL Place Team (First-Place Votes) Pts. Place Team (First-Place Votes) Pts. 1. Northwestern State (6) 116 1. McNeese State (6) 115 2. McNeese State (5) 114 2. Northwestern State (5) 109 3. Sam Houston State 97 3. Sam Houston State (1) 102 4. Stephen F. Austin (1) 90 4. Central Arkansas 81 5. Central Arkansas 82 5. Stephen F. Austin 80 6. Abilene Christian 65 6. Houston Baptist 62 7. Lamar 58 7. Lamar 61 8. Houston Baptist 52 8. Abilene Christian 54 9. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 43 9. Southeastern Louisiana 48 10. Southeastern Louisiana 39 10. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 43 11. Nicholls 24 11. Nicholls 24 12. UIW 12 12. UIW 13

In 2013, Northwestern State clinched its first Southland Conference Tournament title in more than a decade (2002), doing so in front of its home fans. NSU will again play host to the league tournament from May 7-9, 2015. NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

LADY DEMON LONG BEACH STATE

GAME 1 • FEB. 6 • 1:30

GENERAL INFORMATION Location................................................................................Long Beach, Calif. Enrollment............................................................................................ 36,808 Colors........................................................................................Gold and Black President........................................................................Dr. Jane Close Conoley Athletics Director..............................................................................Vic Cegles Conference....................................................................... Big West Conference Stadium.........................................................................49er Softball Complex Website............................................................................ longbeachstate.com HEAD COACH Kim Sowder (Long Beach State, 1993) Record at Long Beach/Overall.............................. 272-171 (9th season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2014 Record/Conference Record..................................................... 39-19/15-6 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................13/7 Newcomers.................................................................................................. 10

2015 SCHEDULE

2.6 Sacramento State 2.6 Northwestern State 2.7 Utah 2.7 Idaho State 2.8 Utah 2.13 vs. Utah (Las Vegas) 2.13 vs. Boise State (Las Vegas) 2.14 vs. Nevada (Las Vegas) 2.14 vs. Utah State (Las Vegas) 2.15 vs. Northwestern (Las Vegas) 2.19 vs. Kentucky (Palm Springs, Calif.) 2.19 vs. Missouri (Palm Springs, Calif.) 2.20 vs. Oklahoma State (Palm Springs, Calif.) 2.21 vs. Syracuse (Palm Springs, Calif.) 2.21 vs. Maryland (Palm Springs, Calif.) 2.26 Seattle University 2.27 UCLA 2.28 Stanford 2.28 Weber State 3.1 Northwestern 3.4 Florida 3.5 vs. San Jose State (Fullerton, Calif.) 3.5 vs. Auburn (Fullerton, Calif.) 3.7 vs. Arizona (Fullerton, Calif.) 3.8 vs. San Diego State (Fullerton, Calif.) 3.8 vs. Oregon (Fullerton, Calif.) 3.12 vs. BYU (San Diego) 3.12 vs. San Diego State (San Diego) 3.13 vs. New Mexico State (San Diego) 3.14 vs. Weber State (San Diego) 3.14 vs. Utah State (San Diego) 3.28 UC Davis (DH) 3.29 UC Davis 4.3 at UC Riverside (DH) 4.4 at UC Riverside 4.10 at Hawai’i 4.11 at Hawai’i (DH) 4.18 Cal State Fullerton (DH) 4.19 Cal State Fullerton 4.25 CSUN (DH) 4.26 CSUN 5.2 at Cal Poly (DH) 5.3 at Cal Poly 5.8 UC Santa Barbara (DH) 5.9 UC Santa Barbara

MEDIA RELATIONS Roger Kirk Office.........................................................................................562-985-7565 Cell.............................................................................................562-505-0975 SERIES INFORMATION Email............................................................................... roger.kirk@csulb.edu Overall.................................................... 0-1

SACRAMENTO STATE

GAME 2 • FEB. 6 • 4:00

GENERAL INFORMATION Location............................................................................... Sacramento, Calif. Enrollment............................................................................................ 29,353 Colors....................................................................................... Green and Gold President...................................................................... Dr. Alexander Gonzalez Athletics Director.............................................................Bill Macriss (interim) Conference..........................................................................Big Sky Conference Stadium......................................................................................Shea Stadium Website................................................................................ hornetsports.com HEAD COACH Lori Perez (Sacramento State, 2002) Record at Sacramento State/Overall.........................25-21 (2nd season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2014 Record/Conference Record..................................................... 25-21/12-4 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................16/5 Newcomers.................................................................................................... 4

2015 SCHEDULE

2.6 at Long Beach State 2.6 Northwestern State (Long Beach, Calif.) 2.7 vs. Loyola Marymount (Long Beach, Calif.) 2.13 vs. UC Davis (Fresno, Calif.) 2.13 vs. Cal (Fresno, Calif.) 2.14 vs. Santa Clara (Fresno, Calif.) 2.14 vs. UC Riverside (Fresno, Calif.) 2.15 vs. UC Riverside (Fresno, Calif.) 2.21 Saint Mary’s (DH) 2.24 Pacific 2.27 vs. CSU Bakersfield (Northridge, Calif.) 2.27 at Cal State Northridge 2.28 vs. College of Charleston (Northridge, Calif.) 3.1 vs. CSU Bakersfield (Northridge, Calif.) 3.1 vs. Loyola Marymount (Northridge, Calif.) 3.6 vs. Bryant (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) 3.6 vs. UIPUI (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) 3.7 vs. San Diego (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) 3.7 at Cal Poly 3.10 at UC Davis 3.12 Penn State 3.13 Grand Canyon 3.14 Fairleigh Dickinson 3.15 Loyola Marymount 3.15 Fairleigh Dickinson 3.18 Nevada (DH) 3.20 Northern Colorado (DH) 3.21 Northern Colorado 3.25 Cal 3.28 Montana (DH) 3.29 Montana 4.3 at Southern Utah (DH) 4.4 at Southern Utah 4.8 UC Davis 4.10 at North Dakota (DH) 4.11 at North Dakota 4.15 at Pacific 4.17 Idaho State (DH) 4.18 Idaho State 4.24 Weber State (DH) 4.25 Weber State 5.1 at Portland State (DH) 5.2 at Portland State

MEDIA RELATIONS Ryan Bjork Office.........................................................................................916-278-7426 Cell.............................................................................................916-838-7557 SERIES INFORMATION Email...................................................................................... rbjork@csus.edu Overall.................................. FIRST MEETING

NOTRE DAME

GAME 3 • FEB. 7 • 1:00

GENERAL INFORMATION Location...........................................................................Notre Dame, Indiana Enrollment............................................................................................ 12,126 Colors......................................................................................... Blue and Gold President..................................................................Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C. Athletics Director...................................................................... Jack Swarbrick Conference................................................................Atlantic Coast Conference Stadium.........................................................................Melissa Cook Stadium Website...............................................................................................und.com HEAD COACH Deanna Gumpf (Nebraska, 1993) Record at Notre Dame/Career..........................549-220-1 (14th season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2014 Record/Conference Record..................................................... 41-13/16-5 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................13/4 Newcomers.................................................................................................... 4

2015 SCHEDULE

2.6 vs. Utah (Los Angeles) 2.6 at UCLA 2.7 vs. Northwestern State (Fullerton, Calif.) 2.7 at Cal State Fullerton 2.8 at Cal State Fullerton 2.14 vs. Central Arkansas (Baton Rouge, La.) 2.14 at LSU 2.15 vs. Hofstra (Baton Rouge, La.) 2.15 at LSU 2.19 vs. Tennessee (Cathedral City, Calif.) 2.19 vs. Maryland (Cathedral City, Calif.) 2.20 vs. UNLV (Cathedral City, Calif.) 2.21 vs. Texas (Cathedral City, Calif.) 2.21 vs. Georgia (Cathedral City, Calif.) 2.25 vs. Missouri (Kissimmee, Fla.) 2.27 vs. Georgetown (Kissimmee, Fla.) 2.28 vs. Maryland (Kissimmee, Fla.) 2.28 vs. Mississippi State (Kissimmee, Fla.) 3.1 vs. Indiana (Kissimmee, Fla.) 3.7 at North Carolina State (DH) 3.8 at North Carolina State 3.10 at Campbell 3.11 at North Carolina Central 3.14 at Florida State (DH) 3.15 at Florida State 3.18 Cleveland State 3.21 Georgia Tech (DH) 3.22 Georgia Tech 3.25 IPFW 3.28 Virginia Tech (DH) 3.29 Virginia Tech 4.1 Eastern Michigan 4.3 at Pittsburgh (DH) 4.4 at Pittsburgh 4.7 Western Michigan 4.8 Butler 4.11 at Boston College (DH) 4.12 at Boston College 4.14 Bowling Green 4.15 Northwestern 4.18 Syracuse (DH) 4.19 Syracuse 4.21 DePaul 4.22 Toledo 4.26 North Carolina (DH) 4.27 North Carolina 4.28 at Michigan State

MEDIA RELATIONS Tony Jones Office.........................................................................................574-631-7516 Cell.............................................................................................574-532-4151 SERIES INFORMATION Email....................................................................................ajones25@nd.edu Overall.................................................... 1-2

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

SOFTBALL CAL STATE FULLERTON

GAME 4 • FEB. 7 • 6:00

GENERAL INFORMATION Location....................................................................................Fullerton, Calif. Enrollment............................................................................................ 37,677 Colors.....................................................................Navy Blue, Orange & White President.............................................................................. Dr. Mildred Garcia Athletics Director.........................................................................Jim Donovan Conference....................................................................... Big West Conference Stadium.........................................................................Anderson Family Field Website..............................................................................fullertontitans.com HEAD COACH Kelly Ford (Oklahoma, 1992) Record at Cal State Fullerton/Overall.....................61-49-1 (3rd season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2014 Record/Conference Record..................................................33-22-1/13-8 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................15/7 Newcomers.................................................................................................. 13

2015 SCHEDULE

2.6 Purdue 2.6 Idaho State 2.7 Notre Dame 2.7 Northwestern State 2.8 Notre Dame 2.13 vs. Boise State (Las Vegas) 2.13 vs. Nevada (Las Vegas) 2.14 vs. BYU (Las Vegas) 2.14 vs. Utah (Las Vegas) 2.15 vs. Utah Valley (Las Vegas) 2.19 vs. Missouri (Palm Springs, Calif.) 2.19 vs. LSU (Palm Springs, Calif.) 2.21 vs. Texas A&M (Palm Springs, Calif.) 2.22 vs. Nevada (Palm Springs, Calif.) 2.22 vs. Oklahoma State (Palm Springs, Calif.) 2.25 at San Diego 2.26 vs. Wichita State 2.27 vs. Southern Utah 2.27 vs. Northwestern 2.28 vs. Boise State 3.1 vs. Portland State 3.4 Michigan 3.5 Arizona State 3.6 Auburn 3.7 Iowa 3.8 San Diego State 3.13 DePaul 3.13 Boise State 3.14 Nebraska 3.14 Charleston Southern 3.17 Buffalo (DH) 3.25 CSU Bakersfield (DH) 3.28 at UC Santa Barbara (DH) 3.29 at UC Santa Barbara 4.3 Hawai’i 4.4 Hawai’i (DH) 4.7 at UCLA 4.11 at UC Riverside (DH) 4.12 at UC Riverside 4.18 at Long Beach State (DH) 4.19 at Long Beach State 4.25 Cal Poly (DH) 4.26 Cal Poly 5.2 at UC Davis (DH) 5.3 at UC Davis 5.8 CSUN 5.9 CSUN (DH)

MEDIA RELATIONS Shafi Karim Office.........................................................................................657-278-3981 Cell............................................................................................................. N/A SERIES INFORMATION Email............................................................................shkarim@fullerton.edu Overall.................................................... 2-0

LOYOLA MARYMOUNT

GAME 5 • FEB. 8 • 2:00 GAME 6 • FEB. 8 • 4:00

GENERAL INFORMATION Location.........................................................................................Los Angeles Enrollment.............................................................................................. 9,369 Colors....................................................................................Blue and Crimson President.......................................................................David W. Burcham, J.D. Athletics Director..................................................................Dr. William Husak Conference....................................................................West Coast Conference Stadium..........................................................................................Smith Field Website.......................................................................................lmulions.com HEAD COACH Gary Ferrin Record at Loyola Marymount/Overall.............. 667-510-1 (21st season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2014 Record/Conference Record..................................................... 20-27/1-13 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................16/4 Newcomers.................................................................................................. 10

2015 SCHEDULE

2.7 vs. Sacramento State 2.8 vs. Northwestern State 2.13 vs. Loyola Chicago (Tucson, Ariz.) 2.13 at Arizona 2.14 vs. Drake (Tucson, Ariz.) 2.14 vs. Wright State (Tucson, Ariz.) 2.15 vs. San Jose State (Tucson, Ariz.) 2.20 vs. Indiana (Palm Springs, Calif.) 2.20 vs. Syracuse (Palm Springs, Calif.) 2.21 vs. Oklahoma (Palm Springs, Calif.) 2.22 vs. UC Santa Barbara (Palm Springs, Calif.) 2.22 vs. Fresno State (Palm Springs, Calif.) 2.27 Charleston (DH) 2.28 CSU Bakersfield (DH) 3.1 vs. Sacramento State (Northridge, Calif.) 3.4 Howard (DH) 3.7 vs. Greensboro (DH) (Riverside, Calif.) 3.8 vs. Howard (Riverside, Calif.) 3.8 at UC Riverside (Riverside, Calif.) 3.10 Providence (DH) 3.13 vs. Grand Canyon (Sacramento, Calif.) 3.13 vs. Penn State (Sacramento, Calif.) 3.14 vs. Grand Canyon (Sacramento, Calif.) 3.14 vs. Penn State (Sacramento, Calif.) 3.15 at Sacramento State 3.15 vs. Grand Canyon (Sacramento, Calif.) 3.17 Iona 3.17 Fairleigh Dickinson 3.18 Buffalo 3.18 Harvard 3.20 Bethune Cookman 3.21 Seattle 3.22 UC Riverside 3.22 Seattle 4.2 at Santa Clara 4.3 at Santa Clara (DH) 4.11 San Diego (DH) 4.12 San Diego 4.18 at Pacific (DH) 4.19 at Pacific 4.25 Saint Mary’s (DH) 4.26 Saint Mary’s 5.8 BYU (DH) 5.9 BYU

MEDIA RELATIONS Sarah Finney Office.........................................................................................310-338-5798 Cell............................................................................................................. N/A SERIES INFORMATION Email.............................................................................sarah.finney@lmu.edu Overall.................................. FIRST MEETING

JACKSON STATE

(H) GAME 7 • FEB. 14 • 11:30 (H) GAME 9 • FEB. 15 • 10:00 (A) GAME 16 • FEB. 22 • 10:30

GENERAL INFORMATION Location..................................................................................... Jackson, Miss. Enrollment.............................................................................................. 9,500 Colors....................................................................................... Blue and White President............................................................................. Dr. Carolyn Meyers Athletics Director................................................................. Dr. Vivian L. Fuller Conference..................................................Southwestern Athletic Conference Stadium................................................................................ JSU Softball Field Website....................................................................................... jsutigers.com HEAD COACH Rick Fremin (Belhaven, 1999) Record at Jackson State/Career............................................ 114-107/303-202 TEAM INFORMATION 2014 Record/Conference Record..................................................... 28-29/16-1 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................2/1 Starters R/L.................................................................................................7/2

2015 SCHEDULE

2.5 vs. Eastern Kentucky (Gulf Shores, Ala.) 2.6 vs. Southern Miss (Gulf Shores, Ala.) 2.6 vs. Lamar (Gulf Shores, Ala.) 2.7 vs. Houston (Gulf Shores, Ala.) 2.7 vs. Houston Baptist (Gulf Shores, Ala.) 2.11 Louisiana Tech 2.14 at Northwestern State 2.14 vs. Baylor (Natchitoches, La.) 2.15 at Northwestern State 2.15 vs. Baylor (Natchitoches, La.) 2.18 Belhaven (DH) 2.20 Morehead State 2.21 Belmont 2.21 Morehead State 2.22 Northwestern State 2.22 Belmont 2.24 UAPB 2.27 vs. Incarnate Word (Gulfport, Miss.) 2.27 vs. Nicholls (Gulfport, Miss.) 2.28 vs. Incarnate Word (Gulfport, Miss.) 2.28 vs. Southern Miss (Gulfport, Miss.) 3.5 vs. Miles College (Birmingham, Ala.) 3.6 vs. Tennessee State (Irondale, Ala.) 3.7 vs. North Carolina Central (Irondale, Ala.) 3.8 vs. Morgan State (Irondale, Ala.) 3.8 vs. Savannah State (Irondale, Ala.) 3.20 vs. Grambling (Longview, Texas) 3.21 vs. Texas Southern (Longview, Texas) 3.21 vs. UAPB (Longview, Texas) 3.22 vs. Southern (Longview, Texas) 3.22 vs. Prairie View (Longview, Texas) 3.24 Central Arkansas 3.27 Mississippi Valley State 3.28 Mississippi Valley State (DH) 3.31 at Memphis (DH) 4.3 Alabama State 4.4 Alabama State (DH) 4.8 Mississippi College (DH) 4.10 at Alabama A&M 4.11 at Alabama A&M (DH) 4.15 Nicholls (DH) 4.17 at Alcorn State 4.18 at Alcorn State (DH) 4.22 at Lamar 4.23 at Southern (DH)

MEDIA RELATIONS E. Jenae Jones Office..........................................................................................601.979.0857 Email......................................................................... emily.j.jones@jsums.edu SERIES INFORMATION Overall.................................................... 9-3

2015 NORTHWESTERN STATE LADY DEMON SOFTBALL

LADY DEMON BAYLOR

GAME 8 • FEB. 14 • 4:30 GAME 10 • FEB. 15 • 3:00

GENERAL INFORMATION Location.........................................................................................Waco, Texas Colors....................................................................................... Green and Gold President............................................................................................Ken Starr Athletics Director............................................................................ Ian McCaw Conference........................................................................... Big 12 Conference Stadium............................................................................ Getterman Stadium Website.................................................................................. baylorbears.com HEAD COACH Glenn Moore (Northwestern State, 1993) Record at Baylor/Overall......... 566-277 (15th season)/705-319 (18th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2014 Record/Conference Record..................................................... 49-16/13-5 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................10/4 Newcomers.................................................................................................. 10

2015 SCHEDULE

2.6 Wichita State 2.6 Stephen F. Austin 2.7 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 2.7 TBA (Tournament Play) 2.8 Consolation/Championship 2.14 vs. Jackson State (Natchitoches, La.) 2.14 at Northwestern State 2.15 vs. Jackson State (Natchitoches, La.) 2.15 at Northwestern State 2.19 Oregon 2.20 North Texas 2.20 Tulsa 2.21 Oregon 2.21 Abilene Christian 3.6 vs. Arizona State (Fullerton, Calif.) 3.6 vs. Michigan (Fullerton, Calif.) 3.7 vs. Pacific (Fullerton, Calif.) 3.8 vs. Fresno State (Fullerton, Calif.) 3.8 vs. Arizona (Fullerton, Calif.) 3.10 at UCLA 3.12 vs. BYU (San Diego) 3.12 at San Diego State 3.13 vs. San Jose State (San Diego) 3.13 vs. Utah State (San Diego) 3.14 vs. UNLV (San Diego) 3.17 Houston (DH) 3.25 at North Texas 3.27 Oklahoma State 3.28 Oklahoma State 3.29 Oklahoma State 4.2 Texas Tech 4.3 Texas Tech 4.4 Texas Tech 4.8 at Texas State 4.9 at McNeese State 4.10 at Louisiana-Lafayette 4.11 at Louisiana-Lafayette (DH) 4.14 Houston Baptist 4.16 at Oklahoma 4.17 at Oklahoma 4.18 at Oklahoma 4.22 Sam Houston State (DH) 4.24 Iowa State 4.25 Iowa State 4.26 Iowa State 4.29 vs. UTSA 5.1 at Kansas 5.2 at Kansas 5.3 at Kansas 5.5 Texas 5.9 at Texas 5.10 at Texas

MEDIA RELATIONS Kyle Robarts Office.........................................................................................254-710-3065 Cell.............................................................................................254-227-1975 Email........................................................................ kyle_robarts@baylor.edu SERIES INFORMATION Overall.................................................. 1-21

ULM

(H) GAME 11 • FEB. 18 • 5:00 (A) GAME 46 • APRIL 22 • 6:00

GENERAL INFORMATION Location............................................................................................... Monroe Enrollment.............................................................................................. 8,560 Colors.................................................................................... Maroon and Gold President.................................................................................... Dr. Nick Bruno Athletics Director....................................................................Brian Wickstrom Conference.......................................................................................... Sun Belt Stadium.........................................................................ULM Softball Complex Website.................................................................................ulmathletics.com HEAD COACH Corey Lyon (Newman, 1995) Record at ULM/Overall.............................0-0 (1st season)/90-89 (4th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2014 Record/Conference Record..................................................... 25-27/6-14 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................16/3 Newcomers.................................................................................................... 6

2015 SCHEDULE

2.5 at Louisiana Tech 2.6 vs. Missouri State (Ruston, La.) 2.6 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Ruston, La.) 2.7 vs. Abilene Christian (Ruston, La.) 2.7 vs. Southern Illinois-Edwardsville (Ruston) 2.13 S.E. Missouri State 2.13 Alabama State 2.14 S.E. Missouri State 2.14 Alabama State 2.15 S.E. Missouri State 2.18 at Northwestern State 2.20 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Conway, Ark.) 2.21 vs. Delaware (Conway, Ark.) 2.21 vs. Western Illinois (Conway, Ark.) 2.22 at Central Arkansas 2.24 Southeastern Louisiana 2.27 vs. Idaho State (Las Vegas) 2.27 vs. New Mexico State (Las Vegas) 2.28 vs. Wisconsin (Las Vegas) 2.28 at UNLV 3.1 vs. Idaho State (Las Vegas) 3.4 Louisiana Tech 3.7 at Appalachian State (DH) 3.8 at Appalachian State 3.11 Incarnate Word (DH) 3.14 South Alabama (DH) 3.15 South Alabama 3.21 Texas State (DH) 3.22 Texas State 3.25 Central Arkansas 3.28 at Georgia Southern 3.29 at Georgia Southern (DH) 3.31 at LSU 4.3 at Troy (DH) 4.4 at Troy 4.8 at Louisiana Tech 4.11 UT-Arlington (DH) 4.12 UT-Arlington 4.15 at Stephen F. Austin (DH) 4.22 Northwestern State 4.25 at Georgia State (DH) 4.26 at Georgia State 5.2 Louisiana-Lafayette (DH) 5.3 Louisiana-Lafayette

MEDIA RELATIONS Taylor Shirey Office.........................................................................................318-342-5461 Cell.............................................................................................256-899-6482 SERIES INFORMATION Email...................................................................shireytr@warhawks.ulm.edu Overall................................................ 61-55

BELMONT

GAME 12 • FEB. 20 • 12:00 GAME 14 • FEB. 21 • 10:00

GENERAL INFORMATION Location...................................................................................Nashville, Tenn. Enrollment.............................................................................................. 6,665 Colors.......................................................................Navy Blue, Red and White President.............................................................................Dr. Robert C. Fisher Athletics Director..................................................................... Mike Strickland Conference......................................................................................Ohio Valley Stadium............................................................................................ Rose Park Website............................................................................. belmontbruins.com HEAD COACH Chris Kuhlmeyer (LSU, 1999) Record at Belmont/Overall..................................... 64-187 (6th season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2014 Record/Conference Record..................................................... 13-36/7-19 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................13/6 Starters R/L.................................................................................................... 5

2015 SCHEDULE

2.6 UIPUI 2.7 South Dakota 2.7 UMKC 2.8 Indiana State 2.15 Alabama A&M (DH) 2.20 vs. Northwestern State (Jackson, Miss.) 2.21 vs. Northwestern State (Jackson, Miss.) 2.21 at Jackson State 2.22 at Jackson State 2.25 at Lipscomb 2.27 vs. Purdue (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 2.27 vs. Alabama A&M (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 2.28 vs. Ohio (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 2.28 vs. Wright State (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 3.1 vs. Kentucky (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 3.7 vs. Albany (N.Y.) (Rock Hill, S.C.) 3.7 vs. Furman (Rock Hill, S.C.) 3.8 at Winthrop 3.8 vs. Albany (N.Y.) (Rock Hill, S.C.) 3.10 at Kennesaw State 3.14 Eastern Kentucky (DH) 3.15 Eastern Kentucky 3.17 at Memphis (DH) 3.21 Murray State (DH) 3.22 Austin Peay (DH) 3.28 at Tennessee Tech (DH) 3.29 at Tennessee Tech 4.1 Middle Tennessee 4.3 UT Martin (DH) 4.4 SEMO (DH) 4.11 at Morehead State (DH) 4.12 at Morehead State 4.15 at Middle Tennessee 4.18 at SIU Edwardsville (DH) 4.19 at Eastern Illinois (DH) 4.25 Jacksonville State (DH) 4.26 Jacksonville State 5.2 at Tennessee State 5.3 at Tennessee State (DH)

MEDIA RELATIONS Nick Brown Office.........................................................................................615-460-5990 Cell............................................................................................................. N/A SERIES INFORMATION Email..........................................................nicholas.brown@pop.belmont.edu Overall.................................................... 2-0

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SOFTBALL MOREHEAD STATE

GAME 13 • FEB. 20 • 2:30 GAME 15 • FEB. 21 • 2:45

GENERAL INFORMATION Location.....................................................................................Morehead, Ky. Enrollment............................................................................................ 10,951 Colors......................................................................................... Blue and Gold President........................................................................ Dr. Wayne D. Andrews Athletics Director.................................................................. Brian Hutchinson Conference......................................................................................Ohio Valley Stadium................................................................................... University Field Website....................................................................................msueagles.com HEAD COACH David Williams (Guilford (N.C.), 2000) Record at Morehead State/Overall.................55-95-1 (4th season)/234-227-1 TEAM INFORMATION 2014 Record/Conference Record..................................................15-36-1/9-16 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................10/9 Starters R/L.................................................................................................... 8

2015 SCHEDULE

2.6 vs. Akron (DeLand, Fla.) 2.6 at Stetson 2.7 vs. Rhode Island (DeLand, Fla.) 2.7 vs. Michigan State (DeLand, Fla.) 2.13 vs. IUPUI (Kennesaw, Ga.) 2.13 vs. Kentucky (Kennesaw, Ga.) 2.14 vs. Southern Illinois (Kennesaw, Ga.) 2.14 at Kennesaw State 2.20 vs. Northwestern State (Jackson, Miss.) 2.20 at Jackson State 2.21 vs. Northwestern State (Jackson, Miss.) 2.21 at Jackson State 2.28 vs. Canisius (Johnson City, Tenn.) 2.28 at East Tennessee State 3.1 vs. Canisius (Johnson City, Tenn.) 3.1 at East Tennessee State 3.6 vs. Fairfield (Buies Creek, N.C.) 3.6 vs. IPFW (Buies Creek, N.C.) 3.7 vs. Monmouth (Buies Creek, N.C.) 3.7 at Campbell 3.11 Dayton (DH) 3.14 Jacksonville State (DH) 3.15 Jacksonville State 3.21 Eastern Illinois (DH) 3.21 Eastern Illinois 3.22 SIU Edwardsville (DH) 3.25 East Tennessee State (DH) 3.28 at Eastern Kentucky (DH) 3.29 at Eastern Kentucky 3.31 Cleveland State (DH) 4.3 at Murray State (DH) 4.4 at Austin Peay (DH) 4.8 Northern Kentucky (DH) 4.11 Belmont (DH) 4.12 Belmont 4.15 Wright State (DH) 4.18 at Southeast Missouri (DH) 4.19 at UT Martin (DH) 4.25 at Tennessee State (DH) 4.26 at Tennessee State 5.2 Tennessee Tech (DH) 5.3 Tennessee Tech

MEDIA RELATIONS Matt Segal Office.........................................................................................606-783-2557 Cell.............................................................................................317-501-3627 SERIES INFORMATION Email..................................................................m.segal@moreheadstate.edu Overall.................................. FIRST MEETING

FLORIDA ATLANTIC

GAME 17 • FEB. 27 • 12:30

GENERAL INFORMATION Location.................................................................................. Boca Raton, Fla. Enrollment............................................................................................ 30,759 Colors...........................................................................................Blue and Red President.......................................................................................... John Kelly Athletics Director............................................................................... Pat Chun Conference...............................................................................Conference USA Stadium.......................................................................... FAU Softball Stadium Website......................................................................................fausports.com HEAD COACH Joan Joyce (Chapman, 1966) Record at FAU/Overall.........................................790-493 (21st season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2014 Record/Conference Record..............................................................33-22 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................11/7 Starters R/L.................................................................................................6/4

2015 SCHEDULE

2.6 Arkansas 2.6 Penn State 2.7 Kansas 2.8 LIU Brooklyn 2.13 Tulsa 2.13 Michigan State 2.14 Michigan State 2.15 Maryland 2.20 Florida A&M 2.20 Princeton 2.21 Albany 2.21 North Florida 2.27 vs. Stephen F. Austin (Baton Rouge, La.) 2.27 vs. Northwestern State (Baton Rouge, La.) 2.28 vs. Stephen F. Austin (Baton Rouge, La.) 2.28 at LSU 3.1 vs. Ball State (Baton Rouge, La.) 3.6 Coastal Carolina 3.6 Memphis 3.7 Bethune Cookman 3.7 Florida State 3.8 Bethune Cookman 3.10 Florida State 3.14 at Louisiana Tech (DH) 3.15 at Louisiana Tech 3.21 Middle Tennessee (DH) 3.22 Middle Tennessee 3.26 UCF 3.28 FIU (DH) 3.29 FIU (DH) 4.3 at Western Kentucky (DH) 4.4 at Western Kentucky 4.6 at Kentucky (DH) 4.11 Charlotte (DH) 4.12 Charlotte 4.18 at Marshall (DH) 4.19 at Marshall 4.22 Florida Gulf Coast (DH) 4.25 UTSA (DH) 4.26 UTSA 5.2 at Southern Miss (DH) 5.3 at Southern Miss

MEDIA RELATIONS Justin Johnson Office.........................................................................................561-302-0461 Cell............................................................................................................. N/A SERIES INFORMATION Email................................................................................... jjohn218@fau.edu Overall.................................................... 3-2

BALL STATE

GAME 18 • FEB. 27 • 2:30 GAME 19 • FEB. 28 • 2:30

GENERAL INFORMATION Location..................................................................................Muncie, Indiana Enrollment............................................................................................ 21,053 Colors................................................................................. Cardinal and White President................................................................................Paul W. Ferguson Athletics Director...........................................................................Mark Sandy Conference.............................................................. Mid-American Conference Stadium......................................................................... BSU Softball Complex Website............................................................................. ballstatesports.com HEAD COACH Tyra Perry (LSU, 1997) Record at Ball State/Overall.......33-19 (2nd Season)/375-363-1 (14th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2014 Record/Conference Record..................................................... 33-19/12-4 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................13/5 Newcomers.................................................................................................... 7

2015 SCHEDULE

2.6 vs. South Dakota (Nashville, Tenn.) 2.7 vs. IUPUI (Nashville, Tenn.) 2.7 vs. Indiana State (Nashville, Tenn.) 2.8 vs. Lipscomb (Nashville, Tenn.) 2.13 vs. Georgia State (Auburn, Ala.) 2.13 at Auburn 2.14 vs. Mercer (Auburn, Ala.) 2.14 vs. Winthrop (Auburn, Ala.) 2.15 vs. Eastern Illinois (Auburn, Ala.) 2.20 vs. Sam Houston State (Mobile, Ala.) 2.20 vs. Chattanooga (Mobile, Ala.) 2.21 vs. Jacksonville (Mobile, Ala.) 2.21 at South Alabama 2.22 vs. Chattanooga (Mobile, Ala.) 2.27 vs. Northwestern State (Baton Rouge, La.) 2.27 at LSU 2.28 vs. Stephen F. Austin (Baton Rouge, La.) 2.28 vs. Northwestern State (Baton Rouge, La.) 3.1 vs. Florida Atlantic (Baton Rouge, La.) 3.3 vs. Detroit (Hammond, La.) 3.3 at Southeastern Louisiana 3.4 at Memphis 3.6 vs. UMass (Louisville, Ky.) 3.6 at Louisville 3.7 vs. Northwestern (Louisville, Ky.) 3.7 vs. Illinois State (Louisville, Ky.) 3.8 vs. UMass (Louisville, Ky.) 3.9 Butler 3.18 IPFW 3.21 Western Kentucky (DH) 3.22 Western Kentucky 3.27 at Eastern Michigan (DH) 3.28 at Central Michigan 3.29 at Central Michigan 4.1 at Purdue 4.3 Kent State (DH) 4.4 Buffalo 4.5 Buffalo 4.10 at Toledo (DH) 4.11 at Bowling Green 4.12 at Bowling Green 4.17 Western Michigan (DH) 4.18 Northern Illinois 4.19 Northern Illinois 4.21 Indiana 4.24 at Ohio 4.25 at Akron 4.26 at Akron 5.2 at Miami (OH) 5.3 at Miami (OH)

MEDIA RELATIONS Brad Caudill Office.........................................................................................765-285-8242 Cell............................................................................................................. N/A SERIES INFORMATION Email.................................................................................. bcaudill2@bsu.edu Overall.................................................... 2-0 NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

LADY DEMON AT LSU

GAME 20 • FEB. 28 • 7:30 GAME 21 • MARCH 3 • 6:00

GENERAL INFORMATION Location.................................................................................Baton Rouge, La. Enrollment............................................................................................ 29,865 Colors...................................................................................... Purple and Gold President.......................................................................... Dr. F. King Alexander Athletics Director..............................................................................Joe Alleva Conference.................................................................................. Southeastern Stadium............................................................................................Tiger Park Website........................................................................................lsusports.net HEAD COACH Beth Torina (Florida, 2000) Record at LSU/Overall.................... 120-65 (4th season)/249-176 (8th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2014 Record/Conference Record................................................... 38-24/13-11 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................13/5 Newcomers.................................................................................................... 7

2015 SCHEDULE

2.6 Memphis 2.6 Eastern Illinois 2.7 Tennessee State 2.7 NC State 2.8 NC State 2.13 Hofstra 2.13 Central Arkansas 2.14 Notre Dame 2.14 Hofstra 2.15 Notre Dame 2.17 Louisiana Tech 2.19 vs. San Diego State (Palm Springs, Calif.) 2.19 vs. Cal State Fullerton (Palm Springs, Calif.) 2.20 vs. Arizona (Palm Springs, Calif.) 2.21 vs. Nebraska (Palm Springs, Calif.) 2.21 vs. Northwestern (Palm Springs, Calif.) 2.27 Stephen F. Austin 2.27 Ball State 2.28 Florida Atlantic 2.28 Northwestern State 3.1 Stephen F. Austin 3.3 Northwestern State 3.6 Arkansas 3.7 Arkansas 3.8 Arkansas 3.13 at Florida 3.14 at Florida 3.15 at Florida 3.17 Nicholls 3.20 Oklahoma 3.21 Oklahoma 3.24 South Alabama 3.27 at Kentucky 3.28 at Kentucky 3.29 at Kentucky 3.31 ULM 4.3 Ole Miss 4.4 Ole Miss (DH) 4.8 at Mississippi State 4.10 at Tennessee 4.11 at Tennessee 4.12 at Tennessee 4.15 at McNeese State (DH) 4.18 Texas A&M 4.19 Texas A&M 4.20 Texas A&M 4.25 at Missouri 4.26 at Missouri 4.27 at Missouri 4.29 Southeastern Louisiana 5.1 Auburn 5.2 Auburn 5.3 Auburn

MEDIA RELATIONS Clyde Verdin Office.........................................................................................225-578-8204 Cell.............................................................................................225-726-3434 SERIES INFORMATION Email...................................................................................... cverdin@lsu.edu Overall.................................................. 2-27

INCARNATE WORD

GAME 22/23 • MARCH 6 • 3:00, 5:00 GAME 24 • MARCH 7 • 1:00

GENERAL INFORMATION Location........................................................................................ San Antonio Enrollment.............................................................................................. 9,597 Colors.............................................................................. Red, Black and White President........................................................................ Dr. Louis J. Agnese, Jr. Athletics Director........................................................................John Williams Conference.......................................................................................Southland Stadium.....................................................................................Cardinals Field Website.................................................................................uiwcardinals.com HEAD COACH Mandee Gamboa (Angelo State, 2004) Record at UIW/Overall.............................................. 51-57 (3rd season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2014 Record/Conference Record..................................................... 21-31/7-14 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................13/7 Starters R/L.................................................................................................8/2

2015 SCHEDULE

2.6 Tennessee State (Lafayette, La.) 2.7 Central Arkansas (Lafayette, La.) 2.7 Eastern Illinois (Lafayette, La.) 2.8 Central Arkansas (Lafayette, La.) 2.8 Eastern Illinois (Lafayette, La.) 2.12 at Texas-Arlington 2.13 vs. Ohio State (Arlington, Texas) 2.13 at Texas-Arlington 2.14 vs. Sam Houston State (Arlington, Texas) 2.14 vs. Buffalo (Arlington, Texas) 2.20 vs. Iowa State (San Antonio) 2.21 at UTSA 2.22 at UTSA 2.27 vs. Jackson State (Gulfport, Miss.) 2.27 vs. Southern Miss (Gulfport, Miss.) 2.28 vs. Jackson State (Gulfport, Miss.) 2.28 vs. Mississippi Valley State (Gulfport, Miss.) 3.6 at Northwestern State (DH) 3.7 at Northwestern State 3.10 at Mississippi Valley State (DH) 3.11 at ULM (DH) 3.13 at Southeastern Louisiana (DH) 3.14 at Southeastern Louisiana 3.20 Lamar (DH) 3.21 Lamar 3.27 at Houston Baptist (DH) 3.28 at Houston Baptist 3.31 Texas Southern (DH) 4.1 at Texas State 4.3 Abilene Christian (DH) 4.4 Abilene Christian 4.7 at Prairie View A&M (DH) 4.10 Nicholls 4.11 Nicholls 4.17 at Stephen F. Austin (DH) 4.18 at Stephen F. Austin 4.24 Sam Houston State (DH) 4.25 Sam Houston State 4.29 Prairie View A&M (DH) 5.1 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 5.2 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (DH)

MEDIA RELATIONS Shane Meling Office.........................................................................................210-805-3071 Cell............................................................................................................. N/A SERIES INFORMATION Email.................................................................................. meling@uiwtx.edu Overall.................................................... 2-1

UL LAFAYETTE

GAME 25 • MARCH 11 • 6:00 GENERAL INFORMATION Location.............................................................................................Lafayette Enrollment............................................................................................ 18,796 Colors............................................................................... Vermilion and White President............................................................................Dr. E. Joseph Savoie Athletics Director......................................................................... Scott Farmer Conference........................................................................Sun Belt Conference Stadium....................................................................................... Lamson Park Website.................................................................................. ragincajuns.com HEAD COACH Michael Lotief Record at ULL/Career.......................................596-147-1 (13th season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2014 Record/Conference Record..................................................49-10-1/19-1 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................22/6 Newcomers.................................................................................................. 11

2015 SCHEDULE

2.6 North Carolina State 2.7 Central Arkansas 2.7 Eastern Illinois 2.8 Eastern Illinois 2.13 Idaho State 2.13 Mississippi Valley State 2.14 Mississippi Valley State 2.14 Idaho State 2.15 Idaho State 2.20 Iowa 2.20 Hofstra 2.21 Hofstra 2.21 Missouri State 2.22 McNeese State 2.27 at Alabama 2.28 at Alabama 3.1 at Alabama 3.7 at South Alabama (DH) 3.8 at South Alabama 3.11 at Northwestern State 3.13 Texas-Arlington 3.14 Texas-Arlington (DH) 3.16 Georgia 3.17 Georgia (DH) 3.21 Troy (DH) 3.22 Troy 3.28 at Texas State (DH) 3.29 at Texas State 4.1 at McNeese State 4.3 Georgia State 4.4 Georgia State (DH) 4.7 at Sam Houston State 4.10 Baylor 4.11 Baylor (DH) 4.15 Houston 4.18 at Appalachian State (DH) 4.19 at Appalachian State 4.25 at Oregon (DH) 4.26 at Oregon 5.2 at ULM (DH) 5.3 at ULM

MEDIA RELATIONS Matt Sullivan Office.........................................................................................337-482-6331 Cell............................................................................................................. N/A SERIES INFORMATION Email..................................................................... matt.sullivan@louisiana.ed Overall................................................ 14-68

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

SOFTBALL AT HOUSTON BAPTIST

GAME 26/27 • MARCH 13 • 3:00, 5:00 GAME 28 • MARCH 14 • 12:00

GENERAL INFORMATION Location.............................................................................................. Houston Enrollment.............................................................................................. 3,128 Colors............................................................................Royal Blue and Orange President.............................................................................Dr. Robert B. Sloan Athletics Director....................................................................... Steve Moniaci Conference.......................................................................................Southland Stadium......................................................................................... Husky Field Website...................................................................................hbuhuskies.com HEAD COACH Mary-Ellen Hall Record at HBU/Career......................................... 728-408 (24th season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2014 Record/Conference Record................................................... 22-28/14-13 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................9/5 Newcomers.................................................................................................... 8 MEDIA RELATIONS Mary Ellen Leisering Office.........................................................................................281-649-3087 Cell............................................................................................................. N/A Email............................................................................... mleisering@hbu.edu

LOUISIANA TECH

(H) GAME 29 • MARCH 18 • 6:00 (A) GAME 42 • APRIL 15 • 6:00

GENERAL INFORMATION Location................................................................................................ Ruston Enrollment............................................................................................ 11,200 Colors...........................................................................................Red and Blue President.......................................................................................Dr. Les Guice Athletics Director................................................................Tommy McClelland Conference...............................................................................Conference USA Stadium...........................................................Lady Techster Softball Complex Website................................................................................. latechsports.com HEAD COACH Mark Montgomery (Eastern Kentucky, 1992) Record at Tech/Overall....................46-59 (3rd season)/376-379 (12th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2014 Record/Conference Record..................................................... 19-33/7-16 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................10/5 Newcomers.................................................................................................... 9

2015 SCHEDULE

2.6 vs. Florida Gulf Coast (Gulf Shores, Ala.) 2.6 vs. Eastern Kentucky (Gulf Shores, Ala.) 2.7 vs. Liberty (Gulf Shores, Ala.) 2.7 vs. Jackson State (Gulf Shores, Ala.) 2.8 vs. Florida International (Gulf Shores, Ala.) 2.11 Texas Southern 2.13 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Hammond, La.) 2.14 vs. Southern Miss (Hammond, La.) 2.14 vs. Southeastern Louisiana (Hammond, La.) 2.15 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (Hammond, La.) 2.20 vs. Valparaiso (Birmingham, Ala.) 2.20 vs. Alabama State (Birmingham, Ala.) 2.21 at Samford 2.22 vs. Alabama State 2.25 at UTSA 3.3 at Houston (DH) 3.6 at Lamar (DH) 3.7 at Lamar 3.10 at Prairie View A&M (DH) 3.13 Northwestern State (DH) 3.14 Northwestern State 3.20 at McNeese State (DH) 3.21 at McNeese State 3.24 Prairie View A&M (DH) 3.27 Incarnate Word (DH) 3.28 Incarnate Word 4.3 at Stephen F. Austin (DH) 4.4 at Stephen F. Austin 4.10 Sam Houston State (DH) 4.11 Sam Houston State 4.14 at Baylor 4.15 at Texas State 4.17 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (DH) 4.18 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 4.22 UTSA 4.24 Central Arkansas (DH) 4.25 Central Arkansas 4.28 at Texas Southern 5.1 Abilene Christian (DH) 5.2 Abilene Christian

SERIES INFORMATION Overall.................................................... 7-1 2015 SCHEDULE

2.5 ULM 2.6 SIUE 2.7 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 2.7 Abilene Christian 2.8 Missouri State 2.11 at Jackson State 2.12 at Mississippi State 2.13 vs. Lamar (Starkville, Miss.) 2.14 vs. Tennessee-Martin (Starkville, Miss.) 2.14 vs. Illinois (Starkville, Miss.) 2.17 at LSU 2.18 Grambling State 2.20 Montana 2.20 Texas Southern 2.21 Lamar 2.22 TBD 2.25 Stephen F. Austin 2.28 Detroit 2.28 Southern 3.1 Southern 3.1 Detroit 3.4 at ULM 3.7 at Western Kentucky (DH) 3.8 at Western Kentucky 3.10 Lyon College 3.14 Florida Atlantic (DH) 3.15 Florida Atlantic 3.18 at Northwestern State 3.21 at Southern Miss (DH) 3.22 at Southern Miss 3.24 Southeastern Louisiana 3.28 Charlotte (DH) 3.29 Charlotte 4.3 UTEP (DH) 4.4 UTEP 4.8 ULM 4.11 at UAB (DH) 4.12 at UAB 4.15 Northwestern State 4.22 at McNeese State 4.25 North Texas (DH) 4.26 North Texas 4.29 at Grambling State 5.2 at UTSA (DH) 5.3 at UTSA

MEDIA RELATIONS Kane McGuire Office.........................................................................................318-257-5071 Cell.............................................................................................318-548-2161 SERIES INFORMATION Email..............................................................................kmcguire@latech.edu Overall................................................ 43-51

SAM HOUSTON STATE

GAME 30/31 • MARCH 20 • 3:00, 5:00 GAME 32 • MARCH 21 • 1:00

GENERAL INFORMATION Location................................................................................. Huntsville, Texas Enrollment............................................................................................ 19,719 Colors...................................................................................Orange and White President.................................................................................Dr. Dana G. Hoyt Athletics Director.....................................................................Bobby Williams Conference.......................................................................................Southland Stadium....................................................................... SHSU Softball Complex Website................................................................................... gobearkats.com HEAD COACH Bob Brock (Sam Houston State, 1969) Record at SHSU/Overall.........343-357 (14th season)/1,074-658 (31st season) TEAM INFORMATION 2014 Record/Conference Record................................................... 27-27/15-11 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................13/6 Newcomers.................................................................................................... 5

2015 SCHEDULE

2.6 vs. Pittsburgh (San Marcos, Texas) 2.6 at Texas State 2.7 at Texas State 2.7 vs. Northern Illinois (San Marcos, Texas) 2.8 vs. Pittsburgh (San Marcos, Texas) 3.13 vs. Ohio State (Arlington, Texas) 3.13 vs. Buffalo (Arlington, Texas) 3.14 vs. Incarnate Word (Arlington, Texas) 3.14 vs. Buffalo (Arlington, Texas) 3.15 at Texas-Arlington 3.18 vs. Oregon (College Station, Texas) 3.20 vs. Jacksonville (Mobile, Ala.) 3.20 vs. Ball State (Mobile, Ala.) 3.21 vs. Chattanooga (Mobile, Ala.) 3.21 at South Alabama 3.22 vs Jacksonville (Mobile, Ala.) 3.3 Mary Hardin-Baylor (DH) 3.4 Texas Southern 3.6 at McNeese State 3.7 at McNeese State (DH) 3.11 at Texas A&M 3.13 Nicholls 3.14 Nicholls (DH) 3.18 Texas A&M 3.20 at Northwestern State (DH) 3.21 at Northwestern State 3.27 at Southeastern Louisiana (DH) 3.28 at Southeastern Louisiana 4.3 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (DH) 4.4 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 4.7 Louisiana-Lafayette 4.8 Houston 4.10 at Houston Baptist (DH) 4.11 at Houston Baptist 4.15 at Texas Southern 4.17 Abilene Christian (DH) 4.18 Abilene Christian 4.22 at Baylor (DH) 4.24 at Incarnate Word (DH) 4.25 at Incarnate Word 5.1 Stephen F. Austin (DH) 5.2 Stephen F. Austin

MEDIA RELATIONS Paul Ridings Office.........................................................................................936-294-1764 Cell............................................................................................................. N/A SERIES INFORMATION Email.................................................................................... ridings@shsu.edu Overall................................................ 48-62

2015 NORTHWESTERN STATE LADY DEMON SOFTBALL

LADY DEMON AT LAMAR

GAME 33/34 • MARCH 27 • 3:00, 5:00 GAME 35 • MARCH 28 • 2:00

GENERAL INFORMATION Location.................................................................................Beaumont, Texas Enrollment............................................................................................ 14,889 Colors........................................................................................ Red and White President.......................................................................... Dr. Kenneth R. Evans Athletics Director...................................................................Jason Henderson Conference.......................................................................................Southland Stadium......................................................................Lamar Softball Complex Website............................................................................. lamarcardinals.com HEAD COACH Holly Bruder (Alma College, 1999) Record at Lamar/Overall.................44-65 (3rd season)/304-276 (13th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2014 Record/Conference Record................................................... 20-30/12-14 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................11/7 Starters R/L.................................................................................................7/5

2015 SCHEDULE

2.6 vs. Florida International (Gulf Shores, Ala.) 2.6 vs. Jackson State (Gulf Shores, Ala.) 2.7 vs. Liberty (Gulf Shores, Ala.) 2.7 vs. Southern Miss (Gulf Shores, Ala.) 2.8 vs. Eastern Kentucky (Gulf Shores, Ala.) 2.13 vs. Louisiana Tech (Starkville, Miss.) 2.13 vs. Tennessee-Martin (Starkville, Miss.) 2.14 at Mississippi State 2.14 vs. Illinois (Starkville, Miss.) 2.15 vs. Tennessee-Martin (Starkville, Miss.) 2.20 vs. Montana (Ruston, La.) 2.20 vs. Texas Southern (Ruston, La.) 2.21 at Louisiana Tech 2.21 Semifinals 2.22 Consolation/Championship 2.27 vs. Dartmouth (Austin) 2.27 vs. Texas Southern (Austin) 2.28 vs. Dartmouth (Austin) 2.28 at Texas 3.1 vs. Texas Southern (Austin) 3.6 Houston Baptist (DH) 3.7 Houston Baptist 3.11 at Texas State 3.13 Abilene Christian 3.14 Abilene Christian 3.20 at Incarnate Word (DH) 3.21 at Incarnate Word 3.25 Arkansas-Pine Bluff (DH) 3.27 Northwestern State (DH) 3.28 Northwestern State 4.1 UTSA 4.3 at Southeastern Louisiana (DH) 4.4 at Southeastern Louisiana 4.8 Alcorn State (DH) 4.10 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (DH) 4.11 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 4.15 at Texas A&M 4.17 Central Arkansas 4.18 Central Arkansas (DH) 4.22 Jackson State 4.24 at McNeese State 4.25 at McNeese State (DH) 4.29 at Houston (DH) 5.1 Nicholls 5.2 Nicholls (DH)

MEDIA RELATIONS Pat Murray Office.........................................................................................409-880-2323 Cell.............................................................................................409-651-0521 SERIES INFORMATION Email............................................................................pat.murray@lamar.edu Overall.................................................. 19-4

CENTRAL ARKANSAS

GAME 36/37 • APRIL 3 • 3:00, 5:00 GAME 38 • APRIL 4 • 12:00

GENERAL INFORMATION Location.......................................................................................Conway, Ark. Enrollment............................................................................................ 13,863 Colors...................................................................................... Purple and Gray President....................................................................................Tom Courtway Athletics Director.....................................................................Dr. Brad Teague Conference.......................................................................................Southland Stadium.......................................................................................... Farris Field Website..................................................................................... ucasports.com HEAD COACH David Kuhn Record at UCA/Career................ 174-168 (7th season)/542-390 (17th season) TEAM INFORMATION 2014 Record/Conference Record................................................... 25-34/13-13 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................15/3 Newcomers.................................................................................................... 5

2015 SCHEDULE

2.6 vs. Tennessee State (Lafayette, La.) 2.6 vs. NC State (Lafayette, La.) 2.7 vs. Incarnate Word (Lafayette, La.) 2.7 at Louisiana-Lafayette 2.8 vs. Incarnate Word (Lafayette, La.) 2.10 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 2.13 vs. Hofstra (Baton Rouge, La.) 2.13 at LSU 2.14 vs. Notre Dame (Baton Rouge, La.) 2.14 vs. Hofstra (Baton Rouge, La.) 2.15 vs. Mississippi Valley State (Lafayette, La.) 2.18 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 2.20 Delaware 2.21 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 2.21 Delaware 2.22 Western Illinois 2.22 ULM 2.27 vs. East Carolina (Tampa, Fla.) 2.28 vs. Radford (Tampa, Fla.) 2.28 vs. Oakland (Tampa, Fla.) 3.1 vs. Eastern Michigan (Tampa, Fla.) 3.3 Lyon College (Ark.) 3.6 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (DH) 3.7 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 3.10 at Missouri State 3.13 Stephen F. Austin (DH) 3.14 Stephen F. Austin 3.20 at Abilene Christian (DH) 3.21 at Abilene Christian 3.24 at Jackson State 3.25 at ULM 3.28 Nicholls (DH) 3.29 Nicholls 4.3 at Northwestern State (DH) 4.4 at Northwestern State 4.10 Southeastern Louisiana (DH) 4.11 Southeastern Louisiana 4.14 Mississippi Valley State 4.17 at Lamar (DH) 4.18 at Lamar 4.21 at Memphis 4.24 at Houston Baptist (DH) 4.25 at Houston Baptist 5.1 McNeese State (DH) 5.2 McNeese State

MEDIA RELATIONS Charlie Skinner Office.........................................................................................501-852-0708 Cell............................................................................................................. N/A SERIES INFORMATION Email....................................................................................cskinner@uca.edu Overall.................................................. 15-9

AT MCNEESE STATE

GAME 39 • APRIL 10 • 6:00 GAME 40/41 • APRIL 11 • 1:00, 3:00

GENERAL INFORMATION Location................................................................................. Lake Charles, La. Enrollment.............................................................................................. 8,992 Colors...............................................................Royal Blue and Sunflower Gold President.......................................................................... Dr. Philip C. Williams Athletics Director..................................................................... Bruce Hemphill Conference.......................................................................................Southland Stadium................................................................................ Cowgirl Diamond Website.............................................................................mcneesesports.com HEAD COACH Joanna Hardin (Biola University, 2005) Record at McNeese/Career.............................................................First season TEAM INFORMATION 2014 Record/Conference Record..................................................... 40-17/20-6 Letterwinners R/L.......................................................................................6/3 Newcomers.................................................................................................. 10

2015 SCHEDULE

2.6 vs. Florida Gulf Coast (Mobile, Ala.) 2.6 vs. Florida International (Mobile, Ala.) 2.7 vs. Southern Miss (Mobile, Ala.) 2.7 vs. South Alabama (Mobile, Ala.) 2.8 vs. Alabama (Mobile, Ala.) 2.13 at Houston 2.14 vs. Stephen F. Austin (Houston) 2.14 vs. Northern Iowa (Houston) 2.15 vs. DePaul (Houston) 2.20 Missouri State (DH) 2.22 vs. Hofstra (Lafayette, La.) 2.22 at Louisiana-Lafayette 2.27 Texas Tech 2.28 Texas Tech 2.28 Memphis 3.2 Holy Cross 3.6 Sam Houston State 3.7 Sam Houston State (DH) 3.11 at UTSA 3.13 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 3.14 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (DH) 3.17 Utah 3.18 Utah 3.20 Houston Baptist 3.21 Houston Baptist (DH) 3.22 vs. Oklahoma (Baton Rouge, La.) 3.25 at Texas State 3.27 at Abilene Christian (DH) 3.28 at Abilene Christian 4.1 Louisiana-Lafayette 4.3 at Nicholls 4.4 at Nicholls (DH) 4.9 Baylor 4.10 Northwestern State 4.11 Northwestern State (DH) 4.15 LSU 4.17 at Southeastern Louisiana 4.18 at Southeastern Louisiana (DH) 4.22 Louisiana Tech 4.24 Lamar 4.25 Lamar (DH) 5.1 at Central Arkansas (DH) 5.2 at Central Arkansas

MEDIA RELATIONS Pam LaFosse Office.........................................................................................337-475-5926 Cell............................................................................................................. N/A SERIES INFORMATION Email............................................................................plafosse@mcneese.edu Overall................................................ 73-66

2015 NORTHWESTERN STATE LADY DEMON SOFTBALL

SOFTBALL NICHOLLS

GAME 43 • APRIL 17 • 6:00 GAME 44/45 • APRIL 18 • 1:00, 3:00

GENERAL INFORMATION Location...........................................................................................Thibodaux Enrollment.............................................................................................. 6,100 Colors...........................................................................................Red and Gray President............................................................................... Dr. Bruce Murphy Athletics Director........................................................................Rob Bermardi Conference.......................................................................................Southland Stadium.................................................................... Colonel Softball Complex Website.............................................................................. geauxcolonels.com HEAD COACH Angel Santiago (SIU-Edwardsville, 1997) Record at Nicholls/Overall........................................ 55-91 (4th season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2014 Record/Conference Record..................................................... 19-34/9-16 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................11/9 Starters R/L.................................................................................................6/3

2015 SCHEDULE

2.6 vs. Southern (Hammond, La.) 2.6 vs. Nebraska-Omaha (Hammond, La.) 2.7 vs. Texas-Arlington (Hammond, La.) 2.7 vs. Alabama State (Hammond, La.) 2.8 vs. UT-Martin (Hammond, La.) 2.11 Southern 2.13 vs. Murray State (Birmingham, Ala.) 2.14 at Samford 2.14 vs. Garner-Webb (Birmingham, Ala.) 2.15 vs. Murray State (Birmingham, Ala.) 2.17 South Alabama 2.20 vs. Northern Iowa (Memphis, Tenn.) 2.21 vs. Butler (Memphis, Tenn.) 2.22 vs. SE Missouri State (Memphis, Tenn.) 2.24 Alcorn State 2.24 Alcorn State 2.27 vs. Jackson State (Gulfport, Miss.) 2.27 vs. Mississippi Valley State (Gulfport, Miss.) 2.28 vs. Mississippi Valley State (Gulfport, Miss.) 2.28 vs. Southern Miss (Gulfport, Miss.) 3.3 Holy Cross (DH) 3.7 Stephen F. Austin (DH) 3.8 Stephen F. Austin 3.11 at Southern 3.13 at Sam Houston State 3.14 at Sam Houston State (DH) 3.17 at LSU 3.20 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 3.21 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (DH) 3.28 at Central Arkansas (DH) 3.29 at Central Arkansas 4.1 at Alcorn State 4.3 McNeese State 4.4 McNeese State (DH) 4.8 at South Alabama 4.10 at Incarnate Word 4.11 at Incarnate Word (DH) 4.15 at Jackson State (DH) 4.17 at Northwestern State 4.18 at Northwestern State (DH) 4.24 Southeastern Louisiana 4.25 Southeastern Louisiana (DH) 5.1 at Lamar 5.2 at Lamar (DH)

MEDIA RELATIONS Jamie Bustos Office.........................................................................................985-448-4281 Cell.............................................................................................419-786-0417 SERIES INFORMATION Email...................................................................... jamie.bustos@nicholls.edu Overall.............................................51-72-1

AT STEPHEN F. AUSTIN

GAME 47/48 • APRIL 24 • 1:00, 3:00 GAME 49 • APRIL 25 • 1:00

GENERAL INFORMATION Location............................................................................ Nacogdoches, Texas Enrollment............................................................................................ 12,801 Colors.................................................................................... Purple and White President................................................................................ Dr. Baker Pattillo Athletics Director.............................................................................Robert Hill Conference.......................................................................................Southland Stadium................................................................................ SFA Softball Field Website........................................................................................ stajacks.com HEAD COACH Gay McNutt (UL Lafayette, 1987) Record at SFA/Overall.................166-200 (8th season)/538-590 (21st season) TEAM INFORMATION 2014 Record/Conference Record................................................... 26-27/14-11 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................10/9 Newcomers.................................................................................................... 8

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2.6 vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Waco, Texas) 2.6 at Baylor 2.7 vs. Wichita State 2.8 Championship/Consolation 2.13 vs. DePaul (Houston) 2.13 vs. UMass (Houston) 2.14 vs. McNeese State (Houston) 2.14 vs. Northern Iowa (Houston) 2.15 at Houston 2.18 Texas Southern 2.25 at Louisiana Tech 2.27 vs. Florida Atlantic (Baton Rouge, La.) 2.27 at LSU 2.28 vs. Florida Atlantic (Baton Rouge, La.) 2.28 vs. Ball State (Baton Rouge, La.) 3.1 at LSU 3.4 North Texas 3.5 Prairie View A&M 3.7 at Nicholls (DH) 3.8 at Nicholls 3.13 at Central Arkansas (DH) 3.14 at Central Arkansas 3.17 at UTSA 3.18 at Texas State (DH) 3.20 Southeastern Louisiana (DH) 3.21 Southeastern Louisiana 3.25 at Prairie View A&M 3.27 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (DH) 3.28 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 4.1 at Texas A&M (DH) 4.3 Houston Baptist (DH) 4.4 Houston Baptist (DH) 4.7 at Texas Southern 4.10 at Abilene Christian (DH) 4.11 at Abilene Christian 4.15 ULM (DH) 4.17 Incarnate Word (DH) 4.18 Incarnate Word 4.22 at North Texas 4.24 Northwestern State (DH) 4.25 Northwestern State 5.1 at Sam Houston State (DH) 5.2 at Sam Houston State

MEDIA RELATIONS Brian Newton Office.........................................................................................936-468-5800 Cell.............................................................................................641-417-9292 SERIES INFORMATION Email................................................................................newtonb@sfasu.edu Overall................................................ 53-58

AT SOUTHEASTERN LA.

GAME 50/51 • MAY 1 • 3:00, 5:00 GAME 52 • MAY 2 • 12:00

GENERAL INFORMATION Location...........................................................................................Hammond Enrollment............................................................................................ 15,000 Colors....................................................................................... Green and Gold President................................................................................. Dr. John L. Crain Athletics Director.......................................................................... Jay Artigues Conference.......................................................................................Southland Stadium....................................................................................North Oak Park Website...................................................................................... lionsports.net HEAD COACH Pete Langlois (Southeastern Lousiana, 1993) Record at Southeastern/Overall..........................421-576 (21st season)/Same TEAM INFORMATION 2014 Record/Conference Record................................................... 19-29/10-17 Letterwinners R/L.....................................................................................14/7 Newcomers.................................................................................................. 10

2015 SCHEDULE

2.6 Alcorn State 2.7 Nebraska-Omaha 2.7 Tennessee-Martin 2.8 Texas-Arlington 2.14 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 2.14 Houston Baptist 2.15 Southern Miss 2.18 at Alcorn State 2.19 at Mississippi State 2.21 vs. Iowa State (San Antonio) 2.21 at UTSA 2.22 at UTSA 2.24 at ULM 2.25 Southern 2.28 at Tennessee-Martin 2.28 vs. IUPUI (Martin, Tenn.) 3.1 vs. Northern Illinois (DH) (Martin, Tenn.) 3.3 Ball State 3.3 Detroit 3.6 at Abilene Christian (DH) 3.7 at Abilene Christian 3.11 Cleveland State (DH) 3.13 Incarnate Word (DH) 3.14 Incarnate Word 3.17 Mississippi State 3.20 at Stephen F. Austin (DH) 3.21 at Stephen F. Austin 3.24 at Louisiana Tech 3.27 Sam Houston State (DH) 3.28 Sam Houston State 4.3 Lamar (DH) 4.4 Lamar 4.8 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff (DH) 4.10 at Central Arkansas (DH) 4.11 at Central Arkansas 4.17 McNeese State 4.18 McNeese State (DH) 4.21 at Southern 4.24 at Nicholls 4.25 at Nicholls (DH) 4.29 at LSU 5.1 Northwestern State (DH) 5.2 Northwestern State

MEDIA RELATIONS Kemmler Chapple Office.........................................................................................985-549-3231 Cell.............................................................................................985-974-5466 SERIES INFORMATION Email...................................................... kemmler.chapple@southeastern.edu Overall................................................ 72-31 NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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Ball State Baylor Belmont Cal State Fullerton Central Arkansas Florida Atlantic Houston Baptist Incarnate Word Jackson State LSU Lamar Long Beach State Louisiana-Lafayette Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana Tech Loyola Marymount McNeese State Morehead State Nicholls Notre Dame Sacramento State Stephen F. Austin Sam Houston State Southeastern Louisiana Opponent Akron Alabama Alabama-Birmingham Alcorn State Angelo State # Arizona Arizona State Arkansas Arkansas-Pine Bluff Army Athens Auburn Austin Peay Ball State Baylor Belmont Birmingham Southen Brigham Young Butler Cal State Bakersfield Cal State Fullerton Centenary Central Arkansas * Central Connecticut State Central Missouri Central State (OK) College of Charleston Colgate Creighton Dana Delta State DePaul University Drake University East Tennessee Eastern Illinois Eastern Michigan Emporia State Evansville Florida Florida A & M Florida Atlantic Florida State Fresno State Furman Georgia Georgia State Georgia Tech Grambling Grand View Hofstra Houston Houston Baptist * Illinois-Chicago Illinois State Incarnate Word * Indiana Indiana State

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Won Lost 2 0 1 21 2 0 2 0 15 9 3 2 7 1 2 1 9 3 2 27 19 4 0 1 14 68 61 55 43 51 FIRST MEETING 73 66 FIRST MEETING 51 72 1 2 FIRST MEETING 53 58 48 62 72 31

Tie First Last 0 1990 1990 0 1980 2014 0 2000 2010 0 2004 2007 0 2007 2014 0 1998 2007 0 2012 2014 0 2014 2014 0 2002 2013 0 1979 2014 0 1983 2013 0 1998 1998 0 1982 2013 1 1980 2013 0 1980 2014 0 0 1979 2014 0 1 1981 2014 0 2003 2004 0 0 1979 2014 0 1979 2014 0 1985 2014

W L T 1 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 0 6 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 1 4 0 0 2 0 0 1 21 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 57 22 0 15 9 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 4 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 25 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 0 7 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

Last 1990 2014 2010 2013 1982 2000 2007 2014 2006 2004 1993 2005 2000 1990 2014 2010 2007 2008 2014 2008 2007 2011 2014 2013 1985 1983 2005 2007 2014 1993 1993 2002 2002 2011 2011 1991 1983 1999 2010 1992 2007 1992 2007 1995 2004 1994 1998 2012 1991 1994 2014 2014 2001 1999 2014 2000 2011

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Noteworthy Back-to-back wins over Ball State in 1990 pushed NSU’s record to an impressive 16-1 NSU assistant Kathy Shelton holds Baylor single-season steals (41), all-time record (121) Lady Demons won last meeting, 3-1, at South Alabama Invitational (2/21/10) Cal State Fullerton received two votes in USA Today/NCFA Preseason Top 25 poll 2015 marks the ninth consecutive year the two Southland foes have met NSU took 2-of-3 vs. FAU in 1998 NCAA Tournament Regional play 2015 trip to HBU will offer homecoming for nine NSU players from greater Houston area NSU scored 7-plus runs in all three of the squads 2014 matchups vs. UIW The Tigers posted a 16-1 SWAC record in 2014 to claim the conference’s regular season title NSU jumped out to 3-0 lead over LSU in lone 2014 matchup before Tigers rallied for 5-3 win NSU and Lamar have met just three times in the new millenium, all occuring in 2013 Lone meeting came in 1998 NCAA Tournament Regionals when The Beach ended NSU’s season The Ragin’ Cajuns are NSU’s highest ranked preseason opponent, coming in at No. 9 With 116 meetings all-time, NSU has played ULM more than any other non-conference foe In its last matchup (4/23/14), NSU won 8-7 on two-RBI single in 7th by Kellye Kincannon NSU wraps up the So Cal Collegiate Classic with its first matchup vs. LMU on Feb. 8 Lady Demons edged McNeese twice in 2014 SLC Tournament , including 11-0 route to claim title NSU will be Morehead State’s only Louisiana opponent on its 55-game schedule Since arriving in 2009, head coach Donald Pickett has posted 9-8 record vs. Nicholls After dropping its first seven games of 2003, NSU defeated Notre Dame, 3-2 for win No. 1 The Hornets .750 (12-4) Big Sky Conference win percentage in 2014 was their best in 21 seasons For the third straight season, NSU plays on the road against Stephen F. Austin NSU won 2013 SLC Tournament title game 5-4 vs. Bearkats behind two-run bottom 7th In 2013, NSU and Southeastern met for the 100th time with the Lady Demons winning 4-1

Opponent IUPUI Jackson State Jacksonville State Kansas Kent State Lamar* Lipscomb Livingston College Long Beach State UL Lafayette ULM LSU Louisiana Tech LSU-Alexandria Loyola-Chicago Loyola Marymount Marshall McNeese State * Memphis Middle Tennessee State Minnesota Mississippi College Mississippi State Miss. Univ. for Women Mississippi Valley State Missouri Missouri-Kansas City Missouri State $ Mobile College Morehead State Murray State Nebraska New Mexico New Orleans Nicholls * North Carolina North Carolina-Charlotte No. Carolina-Wilmington North Florida North Texas Northeast Missouri Northeast Oklahoma Northern Colorado Northern Iowa Northern Illinois Northwestern Notre Dame Ohio Oklahoma Oklahoma City Oklahoma State Ole Miss Oregon Oregon State Pacific Peru (NE) Prairie View A&M

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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W L T 2 0 0 9 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 19 4 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 14 68 0 61 55 1 2 27 0 43 51 0 18 0 0 1 0 0 FIRST MEETING 0 2 0 73 66 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 4 8 0 4 4 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 0 3 2 0 FIRST MEETING 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 15 3 0 51 72 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 9 0 0

Last 2012 2013 2009 1979 1990 2013 2013 1989 1998 2013 2013 2014 2014 1983 1999

Opponent W L T Quincy (IL) 1 0 0 Sacramento State FIRST MEETING Samford 2 0 0 Sam Houston State * 48 62 0 Siena College 2 0 0 South Alabama 1 3 0 South Carolina 2 3 1 South Dakota State 1 0 0 South Florida 1 0 0 Southeast Missouri State 3 2 0 Southeastern Louisiana * 72 31 0 Southern University 11 0 0 Southern Illinois 2 1 0 So. Illinois - Edwardsville 0 1 0 Southern Mississippi 13 16 0 Stanford 0 1 0 2005 Stephen F. Austin * 53 58 0 2014 St. Louis 2 0 0 2009 St. Peters 1 0 0 2014 Tarkio College 2 1 0 2007 Tennessee 1 2 0 1989 Tennessee-Martin 1 1 0 2013 Tennessee-Chatanooga 0 4 0 1990 Tennessee State 0 2 0 2014 Tennessee Tech 3 1 0 1999 Texas 0 1 0 2010 Texas A&M 0 19 0 2002 Tex. A&M-Corpus Christi * 10 14 0 1999 Texas - Arlington 32 38 0 Texas - El Paso 1 1 0 2013 Texas - San Antonio 31 43 0 2011 Texas State! 50 52 0 2009 Texas Southern 3 0 0 1988 Texas Tech 0 1 0 2014 Texas Wesleyan # 1 1 0 2012 Toledo 1 0 0 1991 Troy 2 2 0 1994 Tulsa 2 2 0 2014 UC-Santa Barbara 1 0 0 2012 Utah State 1 1 0 1985 Virginia 1 0 0 1980 Virginia Tech 1 0 0 2006 Washington 0 3 0 2011 West Florida 1 1 0 2004 West Texas State 1 0 0 2000 Western Kentucky 1 0 0 2004 Western Michigan 0 1 0 2014 Wichita State 0 1 0 2007 Winthrop 1 0 0 1998 Wisconsin 0 3 0 2000 TOTALS 924 912 3 2009 2008 BOLD denotes 2015 Opponents 2000 * Southland Opponents 2004 ! Formerly Southwest Texas 1992 $ Formerly Southeast Missouri St. 2011 #Discontinued Programs

Last 1984 2006 2014 2008 2010 1994 2006 1990 2013 2014 2014 2012 2012 2013 2007 2014 1998 2000 1990 1996 2007 2014 2012 2014 2004 2014 2014 2012 2008 2012 2012 2010 2007 1983 2011 2014 2014 2013 2005 1991 1998 1998 1992 1983 2013 2002 2004 2000 2008

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YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS W-L W W L L W W W L W L L L L L L L W W L L L W W L

1979 (10-14) Coach Pam Carey Opponent McNeese State McNeese State Texas A&M Texas A&M LSU-Alexandria LSU-Alexandria Stephen F. Austin Louisiana State Louisiana State Sam Houston St. Tarkio College Kansas Texas A&M McNeese State Louisiana State New Orleans LSU-Alexandria LSU-Alexandria McNeese State McNeese State McNeese State New Orleans Louisiana State McNeese State

Score 9-8 14-10 0-3 1-12 4-1 14-9 3-2 1-7 4-3 0-10 3-9 2-8 2-7 3-4 2-14 3-5 15-6 16-3 7-8 6-7 2-4 3-1 3-2 2-6

W-L L W W W W W L W L L L L L L L L L W W W L L W W L L

1980 (11-15) Coach Debra Pheil Opponent New Orleans New Orleans LSU-Alexandria LSU Alexandria Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech McNeese State McNeese State Sam Houston St. Sam Houston St. Texas A&M Texas A&M Stephen F. Austin Stephen F. Austin Louisiana State Louisiana State Northeast La. Northeast La. New Orleans New Orleans Stephen F. Austin Stephen F. Austin Southwestern La. New Orleans Baylor NE Oklahoma

Score 3-6 4-2 8-4 3-1 11-3 13-3 3-4 5-0 2-4 2-15 1-5 0-11 0-9 1-7 0-10 6-7 0-4 6-4 12-6 7-5 2-13 1-4 6-1 5-1 0-1 0-8

W-L W W W W W L W L W L L L L W W W W W W L L L W L

1981 (14-10) Coach James Smith Opponent LSU-Alexandria LSU-Alexandria LSU-Alexandria LSU-Alexandria Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech Northeast La. Northeast La. Nicholls State Nicholls State McNeese State McNeese State Nicholls State Nicholls State New Orleans New Orleans Northeast La. Northeast La. Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech McNeese State McNeese State Nicholls State New Orleans

Score 11-2 12-0 5-0 20-1 5-1 4-8 7-3 5-14 6-2 3-6 2-3 2-8 1-3 12-4 6-4 6-5 6-4 7-4 3-1 1-2 2-6 3-5 9-5 2-6

W-L W W W W L L L W

1982 (17-10) Coach James Smith Opponent LSU-Alexandria LSU-Alexandria Northeast La. Northeast La. McNeese State McNeese State Nicholls State Nicholls State

Score 7-0 5-1 4-3 4-2 0-5 1-3 1-3 7-3

W W L W L W W L W W L L W W W W W L L

LSU-Alexandria LSU-Alexandria Southwestern La. Southwestern La. Southwestern La. Southwestern La. McNeese State McNeese State New Orleans New Orleans Nicholls State Nicholls State Northeast La. Northeast La. New Orleans New Orleans Texas-Wesleyan Central St. (OK) Angelo State

9-0 12-1 2-3 9-7 0-1 3-1 1-0 1-2 2-1 7-0 1-2 1-7 8-2 5-4 5-0 10-0 8-0 1-2 3-5

W-L L W W W W W L W L W W W L L W W W W W L W W W W W L L L L

1983 (19-10) Coach James Smith Opponent Southwestern La. Southwestern La. LSU-Alexandria LSU-Alexandria Central St. (OK) Emporia State Texas Wesleyan West Texas St. Northern Iowa Lamar Lamar Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan Stephen F. Austin Stephen F. Austin New Orleans New Orleans McNeese State McNeese State Nicholls State Nicholls State LSU-Alexandria LSU-Alexandria Lamar Lamar Nicholls State Nicholls State McNeese State McNeese State

Score 0-3 3-0 18-0 18-0 4-1 1-0 3-4 4-1 1-2 9-1 6-3 11-7 1-3 0-4 7-2 7-0 4-0 4-0 5-1 2-3 5-0 12-2 13-1 6-3 6-2 0-2 2-5 2-5 3-4

W-L L W L L L L W W L L L L L W W L L W L W L L L W W W W L L L L L L L W

1984 (12-23) Coach James Smith Opponent Mississippi State Mississippi State Lamar Lamar Nicholls State Nicholls State Grambling Grambling Northeast La. Sam Houston St. Northeast La. Sam Houston St. Northeast La. McNeese State Quincy (IL) McNeese State McNeese State Miss. Univ. Women Miss. Univ. Women Northeast La. Northeast La. Nicholls State Nicholls State Lamar Lamar Grambling State Grambling State Stephen F. Austin Stephen F. Austin Northeast La. Northeast La. Southwestern La. Southwestern La. McNeese State McNeese State

Score 1-2 7-3 1-3 3-4 2-7 1-3 8-5 9-6 5-14 2-9 0-5 0-9 2-12 4-3 3-0 0-8 0-2 11-7 2-7 2-1 0-10 1-3 5-15 6-0 9-4 10-0 4-1 0-3 0-4 0-1 1-2 0-8 0-7 1-2 5-4

W-L W L

1985 (20-26-1, 4-12 GSC) Coach Linda Jones Opponent Score NE Missouri 3-2 NE Missouri 4-5

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James Smith coached the Lady Demons from 1981-84 L W W W L L L W L W T W L W L W W W W L L L L W W L W L W L W L L L W L L L L L W L L L W

W-L W W

Northeast La. Northeast La. Central Missouri Central Missouri Stephen F. Austin Southwestern La. Southwestern La. McNeese State McNeese State Northeast La. Northeast La. McNeese State Southwestern La. Northeast La. Nicholls State SW Missouri SW Missouri Lamar Lamar Stephen F. Austin Stephen F. Austin Sam Houston St. Sam Houston St. Southwest Texas Southwest Texas Lamar Lamar Grambling State Grambling State Southeastern La. Southeastern La. Nicholls State Nicholls State Grambling State Grambling State Stephen F. Austin Stephen F. Austin Sam Houston St. Sam Houston St. McNeese State McNeese State Southeastern La. Southeastern La. Nicholls State Nicholls State

2-4 3-2 3-0 5-2 0-4 4-9 3-7 3-1 1-3 2-1 1-1 3-2 2-5 3-2 0-5 4-2 4-2 7-3 3-0 0-2 1-9 1-2 3-4 8-2 5-2 1-2 8-7 4-7 12-2 3-4 5-1 0-4 1-5 4-6 8-7 1-4 0-2 2-9 0-12 5-6 3-1 2-5 4-5 1-3 4-3

1986 (23-20, 10-10 GSC) Coach Linda Jones Opponent Score McNeese State 2-1 McNeese State 3-1

L W W W W W L L W L L W L W W W W L W W W L W L L L L L L L W W L W W L L W W L L

W-L L L W W L L

Northeast La. Northeast La. Lamar Lamar Southwestern La. Southwestern La. Stephen F. Austin Stephen F. Austin Grambling State Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech Sam Houston St. Sam Houston St. Southwest Texas Southwest Texas Lamar Lamar Northeast La. Northeast La. Southeastern La. Southeastern La. Nicholls State Nicholls State Stephen F. Austin Stephen F. Austin McNeese State McNeese State Southwestern La. Southwestern La. Sam Houston St. Southwest Texas Southwest Texas Sam Houston St. Grambling State Grambling State Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech Southeastern La. Southeastern La. Nicholls State Nicholls State

0-6 4-3 1-0 3-0 5-0 3-2 1-4 0-2 2-1 0-2 1-6 4-2 2-10 5-2 2-0 4-1 3-0 0-5 3-1 3-2 5-0 2-3 5-4 1-2 0-3 1-3 1-4 1-8 0-1 0-1 2-0 3-2 0-1 6-4 9-0 0-2 2-6 5-3 6-1 1-10 1-4

1987 (22-20, 11-9 GSC) Coach Rickey McCalister Opponent Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech Centenary Centenary Stephen F. Austin Stephen F. Austin

Score 1-3 1-8 12-1 6-0 0-1 2-6

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

LADY DEMON W W W L L W W W W W L L W L L W L L W L L L W W W L L L W W L L W W W W

Lamar Lamar Southern Illinois Southern Illinois Southwest Texas Southwest Texas Lamar Lamar Southeastern La. Southeastern La. Nicholls State Nicholls State Stephen F. Austin Stephen F. Austin McNeese State McNeese State Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech McNeese State McNeese State Southwestern La. Southwestern La. Sam Houston St. Sam Houston St. Southwest Texas Southwest Texas Southwestern La. Southwestern La. Southeastern La. Southeastern La. Nicholls State Nicholls State Sam Houston St. Sam Houston St. Centenary Centenary

1988 (25-24, 6-7 SLC - 4th) Coach Rickey McCalister W-L Opponent L Louisiana Tech L Louisiana Tech L Northeast La. L Northeast La. L Nicholls State W Nicholls State W Southeastern La. L Miss. Univ. Women W Livingston College W Southern Miss. W Southeastern La. W Delta State W Mississippi College W Mississippi College L Southern Miss. W New Orleans W New Orleans L Centenary W Centenary W Southeastern La. W Southeastern La. W Centenary W Centenary L Southwestern La. L Southwestern La. W Kent State W Kent State L Louisiana Tech L Louisiana Tech W *Southwest Texas L *Sam Houston St. L *Southwest Texas L *Sam Houston St. W *Northeast La. L *Northeast La. W *North Texas State W *Texas-Arlington W *North Texas St. L Southwestern La. L Southwestern La. L *Stephen F. Austin W *McNeese State L *Stephen F. Austin W *McNeese State L Nicholls State W Nicholls State W ^Southwest Texas L ^Sam Houston St. L ^Southwest Texas ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game

W-L W W W W L L

1989 (32-29, 5-7 SLC - 4th) Coach Rickey McCalister Opponent Northeast La. Northeast La. Austin Peay Austin Peay Texas A&M Southwestern La.

3-2 5-1 2-1 0-1 1-5 3-0 2-1 11-2 4-0 6-0 1-2 2-4 2-1 0-1 1-2 6-3 1-6 0-6 4-3 5-6 2-5 0-4 2-1 2-1 3-2 1-2 0-5 0-3 19-1 6-0 4-6 3-9 7-6 6-1 6-2 12-2

Score 8-10 0-2 3-4 0-3 0-6 8-5 11-2 1-3 14-3 4-3 14-4 10-2 4-1 7-1 3-4 7-6 16-1 1-5 4-3 12-2 8-1 2-1 4-1 1-2 0-4 5-1 5-2 0-2 0-1 2-1 0-7 3-4 0-3 9-1 3-8 1-0 0-1 3-1 3-4 0-3 2-3 6-0 1-3 16-1 1-4 7-3 1-0 1-4 10-11

Score 1-0 7-5 3-2 8-3 0-6 1-2

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Head Coach Ricky McCalister (top left) led the 1991 Lady Demons to the program’s first SLC championship. W Southern Miss. W Southwestern La. L Texas A&M W Stephen F. Austin L Southwestern La. L Southwestern La. L Southern Miss. L Southern Miss. W Delta State L Miss. Univ. Women W Livingston College W Southern Miss. W Mississippi College W Southeastern La. W Centenary W McNeese State W Southeastern La. W Mississippi Women’s L Southeastern La. W Southeastern La. L Nicholls State W Nicholls State L Southwestern La. L Southwestern La. L Centenary W Centenary L Louisiana Tech W Louisiana Tech L Nicholls State L Nicholls State L *Sam Houston St. L *Southwest Texas L *Sam Houston St. W *Southwest Texas W Centenary W Centenary W *Northeast La. W *Texas-Arlington L *Texas-Arlington L *Northeast La. W Southeastern La. W Southeastern La. L Texas A&M L Texas A&M L *Stephen F. Austin W *McNeese State L *Stephen F. Austin W *McNeese State L Louisiana Tech L Louisiana Tech W ^Northeast La. W ^Texas-Arlington L ^Southwest Texas W ^Sam Houston St. L ^Southwest Texas ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game

W-L W W W W W W W W W W

1990 (43-17, 8-4 SLC - 3rd) Coach Rickey McCalister Opponent Centenary Southern Miss. Southern Miss. Southern Miss. Southeastern La. Livingston College Samford Austin Peay Centenary McNeese State

8-4 1-0 0-5 5-1 1-3 1-2 1-2 0-2 3-2 3-5 2-0 2-1 3-0 2-0 2-1 2-1 3-0 9-0 3-4 8-1 0-3 4-0 0-2 0-8 3-4 4-0 1-2 5-4 1-2 3-4 0-5 2-3 1-3 7-0 9-1 5-0 6-3 5-0 0-1 4-6 2-0 1-0 1-2 1-7 0-1 8-3 0-5 2-0 2-3 2-4 4-0 3-2 0-1 4-3 1-3

Score 1-0 7-0 3-2 9-2 5-3 7-1 8-0 11-3 5-2 8-0

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

W McNeese State L Louisiana Tech W Louisiana Tech W Furman W Furman W Ball State W Ball State L Southwestern La. L Southwestern La. L Centenary W Centenary L Centenary W Southeastern La. W Livingston College L Miss. Univ. Women L Southeastern La. W Miss. Univ. Women W Southeastern La. W Miss. Univ. Women W *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas W *Stephen F. Austin W *Stephen F. Austin W Tarkio College W Tarkio College W Akron L Kent State L Nicholls State W Nicholls State W Nicholls State L Nicholls State W *Northeast La. L *Northeast La. L *Sam Houston St. L *Sam Houston St. W *McNeese State W *McNeese State W *Texas-Arlingtron L *Texas-Arlington L Louisiana Tech W Louisiana Tech W Southwestern La. W South Florida W South Carolina W ^Southwest Texas W ^McNeese State W ^Sam Houston St. W ^Stephen F. Austin L ^Stephen F. Austin ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game

9-1 0-2 2-1 1-0 5-4 2-1 4-2 0-5 1-6 3-4 3-1 3-4 5-0 2-1 1-2 0-1 3-1 4-1 2-1 4-0 2-0 2-1 2-1 7-0 8-1 7-6 1-3 0-4 4-0 3-2 3-5 2-1 1-6 2-3 0-2 6-0 7-4 2-1 0-2 3-4 8-5 1-0 1-0 3-2 4-3 5-0 3-2 3-0 3-6

1991 (44-18-1, 18-5 SLC - 1st) Coach Rickey McCalister *Southland Champions* W-L Opponent Score W Northeast La. 2-1 W Southern Miss. 10-2 W Centenary 3-0 W West Florida 6-0 W Athens 4-0 W Centenary 4-3 L Stephen F. Austin 1-2 W McNeese State 5-1 W Louisiana Tech 2-1 L Texas A&M 1-5 W Southeastern La. 5-4 L Southeastern La. 1-2 L *Sam Houston St. 1-2 W *Sam Houston St. 3-0 W *McNeese State 2-0

L Oklahoma City 1-3 L Centenary 0-1 W Tulsa 11-1 L Louisiana Tech 0-5 L Texas-Arlington 4-5 W Centenary 9-1 W *McNeese State 7-0 W Nicholls State 5-4 L Nicholls State 4-6 W Grand View 9-1 W Grand View 15-0 L *Stephen F. Austin 0-1 L *Stephen F. Austin 0-2 W *Northeast La. 4-3 W *Northeast La. 4-1 W Centenary 3-0 W Centenary 7-1 W *Sam Houston St. 4-1 W *Sam Houston St. 8-0 W Southwestern La. 2-1 L Southwestern La. 0-4 L SW Missouri 0-3 W Athens 5-0 W SW Missouri 2-1 W Stephen F. Austin 4-2 L Nicholls State 2-3 L Eastern Illinois 1-5 W Centenary 1-0 L Centenary 2-3 L Louisiana Tech 0-2 W Louisiana Tech 4-0 W Southeastern La. 8-1 W Southeastern La. 1-0 T Nicholls State 3-3 W *Northeast La. 6-4 W *Northeast La. 4-0 W *Stephen F. Austin 2-1 W South Carolina 9-3 W Georgia State 6-0 W Virginia 4-2 W North Carolina-Charlotte 6-2 L Eastern Michigan 1-2 L Southwestern La. 0-1 L Southwestern La. 1-2 W *Texas-Arlington 3-0 L *Texas-Arlington 0-2 W *Texas-Arlington 1-0 W *Texas-Arlington 2-0 W *Southwest Texas 4-2 W *Southwest Texas 15-2 L *Southwest Texas 1-2 W *Southwest Texas 5-4 W *McNeese State 6-0 W *McNeese State 1-0 * - SLC Game 1992 (37-21-1, 16-11 SLC - 4th) Coach Rickey McCalister W-L Opponent Score W Southern Miss. 6-0 L West Florida 0-1 W Northeast La. 2-1 W Mobile 5-4 W Louisiana Tech 3-2 W Louisiana Tech 1-0 W Southern Miss. 4-0 W Southern Miss. 13-0 L Texas A&M 0-8 W St. Louis 9-1 W Northeast La. 5-1

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LADY DEMON W Centenary W Sam Houston St. L Texas A&M L *Nicholls State L *Nicholls State W Florida A&M W Florida A&M L Florida State L Florida State L *Northeast La. W *Northeast La. L South Carolina T South Carolina W Centenary W Centenary L Centenary W Peru (NE) L McNeese State L SW Missouri W Eastern Illinois W SW Missouri W Stephen F. Austin L *Nicholls State L *Nicholls State L *Sam Houston St. W *Sam Houston St. W *Stephen F. Austin W *Stephen F. Austin L *Texas-Arlington W *Texas-Arlington W *Texas-Arlington W *Texas-Arlington W *McNeese State W *McNeese State L Southwestern La. W *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas L *Sam Houston St. L *Sam Houston St. W *Texas-San Antonio W *Texas-San Antonio W *Stephen F. Austin L *Northeast La. W *Northeast La. W *McNeese State L *McNeese State * - SLC Game

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4-1 1-0 0-2 0-6 0-4 8-2 8-1 0-10 0-1 1-3 1-0 1-3 0-0 1-0 6-5 3-4 15-3 4-7 3-4 2-1 6-1 7-1 0-1 3-4 0-1 2-1 2-0 4-2 2-3 6-4 5-2 9-0 10-1 3-0 0-1 7-0 3-0 6-1 2-1 0-1 0-1 4-3 10-0 1-0 0-1 6-1 2-0 1-2

1993 (25-28, 7-19 SLC - 6th) Coach Rickey McCalister Opponent Score Centenary 4-5 Southeastern La. 7-6 Athens 10-5 Athens 5-2 Centenary 6-1 Northeast La. 0-9 Northeast La. 1-3 *Nicholls State 1-15 *Nicholls State 2-10 *Northeast La. 0-3 *Nicholls State 1-8 Southeastern La. 8-6 Centenary 0-2 *Sam Houston St. 2-3 *Sam Houston St. 0-4 Southeastern La. 6-0 Southeastern La. 9-0 Delta State 10-4 Delta State 9-3 Centenary 6-3 Centenary 3-4 Dana 4-2 Centenary 3-1 *Nicholls State 0-5 *Nicholls State 1-2 *McNeese State 0-2 *McNeese State 2-4 *Stephen F. Austin 5-0 *Stephen F. Austin 2-5 *Sam Houston St. 1-3 *Sam Houston St. 3-1 Louisiana Tech 2-1 Louisiana Tech 3-1 *Texas-Arlington 0-4 *Texas-Arlington 4-0 Delta State 1-7 Delta State 6-0 Southwestern La. 0-8 Southwestern La. 3-8 *Southwest Texas 1-6 *Southwest Texas 2-4 *Southwest Texas 2-3 *Southwest Texas 5-0 Centenary 9-1 Centenary 0-4 *Texas-San Antonio 1-2 *Texas-San Antonio 5-1

L *Texas-San Antonio W *Texas-San Antonio W Louisiana Tech W Louisiana Tech L *McNeese State W *McNeese State * - SLC Game

SOFTBALL 0-5 3-2 4-1 1-0 5-7 3-0

1994 (17-42, 9-23 SLC - 8th) Coach Rickey McCalister W-L Opponent Score W Centenary 6-1 L Southeastern La. 2-10 L Mobile 5-9 W Mobile 8-5 W *Northeast La. 1-0 W *Northeast La. 0-1 W *Nicholls State 2-0 L *Nicholls State 2-3 L *McNeese State 0-7 L *McNeese State 0-7 L *Texas-Arlington 2-3 L *Texas-Arlington 0-4 W *Texas-Arlington 2-0 L *Texas-Arlington 1-9 L Southeastern La. 1-9 W Southeastern La. 6-5 L Evansville 2-3 L Evansville 2-3 L *Stephen F. Austin 1-6 L *Stephen F. Austin 2-3 L *Nicholls State 0-5 L *Nicholls State 0-1 L Louisiana Tech 0-2 W Louisiana Tech 1-0 L Southwestern La. 0-7 L Southwestern La. 1-4 L Centenary 0-2 L Centenary 2-3 L *Sam Houston St. 0-7 W *Sam Houston St. 6-0 L *Stephen F. Austin 1-5 L *Stephen F. Austin 3-6 L *Texas- San Antonio 2-3 L *Texas- San Antonio 1-3 W *Texas- San Antonio 11-2 L *Texas- San Antonio 1-2 L *Northeast La. 0-2 L *Northeast La. 1-2 L *Sam Houston St. 3-5 L *Sam Houston St. 1-2 W *Southwest Texas 10-6 W *Southwest Texas 5-2 L *Southwest Texas 2-4 W *Southwest Texas 2-1 L South Carolina 0-8 L South Carolina 2-6 L Furman 0-3 L Furman 2-7 L Georgia State 2-3 W McNeese State 1-0 L Hofstra 0-1 L Furman 4-8 W N. Carolina-Wilmington 8-0 W Centenary 2-1 W Centenary 4-2 L *McNeese State 6-7 W *McNeese State 3-2 L Louisiana Tech 5-6 L Louisiana Tech 1-9 * - SLC Game

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1995 (13-37, 7-25 SLC - 9th) Coach Gay McNutt Opponent Score *Texas- San Antonio 1-0 *Texas- San Antonio 3-10 *Texas- San Antonio 5-6 *Texas- San Antonio 1-5 *Northeast La. 0-4 *Northeast La. 1-8 Oklahoma City 3-6 Oklahoma City 1-13 *Sam Houston St. 3-4 *Sam Houston St. 0-1 Furman 3-2 Furman 5-3 Southwestern La. 0-7 Southwestern La. 0-9 *Texas-Arlington 3-4 *Texas-Arlington 8-3 *Texas-Arlington 0-3 *Texas-Arlington 0-8 *Stephen F. Austin 4-3 *Stephen F. Austin 1-6 *Northeast La. 0-2 *Northeast La. 0-4 Southeastern La. 3-10 Southeastern La. 2-0 *McNeese State 0-8

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L *McNeese State W Centenary W Centenary L Louisiana Tech L Louisiana Tech L Southwestern La. L Southwestern La. L *Sam Houston St. L *Sam Houston St. L Southeastern La. W Southeastern La. L *McNeese State L *McNeese State L *Nicholls State L *Nicholls State W *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas L *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas L *Stephen F. Austin W *Stephen F. Austin L *Nicholls State L *Nicholls State L Louisiana Tech L Louisiana Tech * - SLC Game

3-4 7-5 9-1 0-10 0-8 0-6 0-10 1-6 1-2 0-5 6-5 0-8 3-5 0-5 3-7 6-4 4-2 2-3 7-5 2-3 4-3 0-11 0-3 0-9 3-4

1996 (10-41, 7-17 SLC - 8th) Coach Gay McNutt W-L Opponent Score L Northeast La. 0-7 L Tulsa 3-6 L Sam Houston St. 0-8 L Oklahoma 1-9 L McNeese State 4-5 W Centenary 1-0 L Centenary 1-4 L Tennessee 3-11 L Arizona 4-16 L Tennessee 0-8 L Arizona 1-15 W Tennessee 2-0 L Arizona 4-7 W Southeastern La. 8-0 L Southeastern La. 7-8 L *Texas-San Antonio 1-11 L *Texas-San Antonio 2-6 L *Texas-San Antonio 1-5 L Louisiana Tech 1-3 L Louisiana Tech 1-5 L *Texas-Arlington 0-5 L *Texas-Arlington 1-2 L *Texas-Arlington 4-9 L Baylor 0-1 L Baylor 4-5 L Southwestern La. 2-6 L Southwestern La. 0-9 W *Southwest Texas 1-0 L *Southwest Texas 2-6 L *Southwest Texas 5-7 L *Northeast La. 1-4 L *Northeast La. 0-1 L *Northeast La. 0-2 W *Stephen F. Austin 3-1 W *Stephen F. Austin 2-1 L *Stephen F. Austin 1-3 L Southwestern La. 0-2 L Southwestern La. 0-8 L *Sam Houston St. 1-4 W *Sam Houston St. 4-3 W *Sam Houston St. 8-0 L Southeastern La. 0-2 L Southeastern La. 1-2 W *McNeese State 1-0 W *McNeese State 3-2 L *McNeese State 0-7 L Louisiana Tech 0-1 L Louisiana Tech 0-8 L *Nicholls State 0-7 L *Nicholls State 0-4 L *Nicholls State 2-9 * - SLC Game 1997 (26-29, 12-10 SLC - 4th) Coach Gay McNutt W-L Opponent Score L Arizona 2-10 L Arizona 2-18 L Washington 2-8 L Washington 1-11 L Illinois-Chicago 4-10 L Illinois-Chicago 0-10 W Southeastern La. 3-2 W Southeastern La. 7-2 L McNeese State 6-7 W Northern Illinois 7-4 W Centenary 9-0 L *Northeast La. 0-1 L *Northeast La. 1-2 L *Northeast La. 0-1

L Southwestern La. L Southwestern La. L *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas L LSU L LSU W Centenary W Centenary W *Stephen F. Austin L *Stephen F. Austin W *Stephen F. Austin W Louisiana Tech L *Sam Houston St. L *Sam Houston St. W *Sam Houston St. W *McNeese State L *McNeese State W *McNeese State L Southwestern La. L Southwestern La. W *Nicholls State W *Nicholls State L *Nicholls State W Southeastern La. W Southeastern La. W Louisiana Tech L Louisiana Tech W *Texas-San Antonio W *Texas-San Antonio W *Texas-San Antonio W ^McNeese State L ^Nicholls State W ^Texas-San Antonio L ^Nicholls State ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game

2-6 2-5 0-6 3-0 8-4 4-9 1-5 7-1 7-3 2-0 4-8 2-1 8-0 0-2 5-6 2-0 2-0 3-4 5-0 3-9 1-6 6-4 3-1 1-2 7-1 2-1 3-1 3-4 10-2 3-2 5-4 2-1 1-9 4-0 3-4

1998 (40-18, 23-3 SLC - 1st) Coach Gay McNutt *Southland Champions* *SLC Tournament Champions* *NCAA Tournament* W-L Opponent Score W Mississippi State 3-1 L Mississippi State 1-3 L Mississippi State 0-5 W Arkansas 3-2 L Oklahoma City 3-7 W Louisiana Tech 3-1 L Nicholls State 0-1 W Northeast La. 6-3 W St. Louis 9-4 W Ole Miss 10-0 W Virginia Tech 4-2 L Georgia Tech 7-8 W Tennessee Tech 7-2 W Southwestern La. 1-0 L Southwestern La. 4-5 W *McNeese State 12-4 W *McNeese State 13-3 W *Northeast La. 3-1 W *Northeast La. 3-2 W *Northeast La. 3-1 W *Texas-Arlington 5-4 W *Texas-Arlington 2-0 W *Texas-Arlington 7-1 W *Southeastern La. 8-0 W *Southeastern La. 4-3 L *Southeastern La. 1-4 L Louisiana Tech 0-3 W Louisiana Tech 9-1 L LSU 0-3 L LSU 0-8 W *Southwest Texas 5-4 W *Southwest Texas 3-2 W *Southwest Texas 7-6 W *Nicholls State 1-0 L *Nicholls State 0-3 W *Nicholls State 1-0 L Louisiana Tech 0-1 L Louisiana Tech 1-5 L *Texas-San Antonio 1-3 W *Texas-San Antonio 3-2 W *Texas-San Antonio 1-0 L Southwestern La. 3-5 W Southwestern La. 5-1 W *Stephen F. Austin 3-2 W *Stephen F. Austin 8-2 W *Stephen F. Austin 3-0 W *Sam Houston St. 1-0 W *Sam Houston St. 8-0 W *Sam Houston St. 6-5 W ^Northeast La. 4-3 W ^Texas-San Antonio 3-1 W ^Nicholls State 7-5 W ^Nicholls State 2-1 L #Florida Atlantic 3-6 W #Florida Atlantic 6-3 W #Florida Atlantic 5-2 L #Washington 0-2

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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L #Long Beach St. 1-9 ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game # - NCAA Regionals 1999 (31-26, 19-7 SLC - 1st) Coach Gay McNutt *Southland Champions* W-L Opponent W Mississippi State L Mississippi State L Mobile W McNeese State L LSU W Mobile L LSU W *McNeese State W *McNeese State L Mississippi State L Tenn.-Chatanooga W Evansville L Tenn.-Chatanooga L Louisiana Tech W Centenary W Centenary W *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas W Southwestern La. L Southwestern La. W *Northeast La. W *Northeast La. L *Northeast La. W Drake University L Illinois State W Butler University L Northern Iowa W Loyola-Chicago L Missouri L Southwestern La. L Southwestern La. W *Texas-Arlington L *Texas-Arlington L *Texas Arlington W *Nicholls State W *Nicholls State W *Nicholls State L Louisiana Tech W *Southeastern La. W *Southeastern La. W *Southeastern La. W *Sam Houston W *Sam Houston W *Sam Houston W *Stephen F. Austin L *Stephen F. Austin W *Stephen F. Austin L LSU L LSU L *Texas-San Antonio L *Texas-San Antonio L *Texas-San Antonio L ^Southwest Texas W ^Texas-San Antonio W ^Northeast La. L ^McNeese State ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game

Score 0-1 1-3 2-3 3-0 0-8 3-2 1-9 3-2 10-1 1-6 1-2 3-2 3-4 0-1 10-1 7-6 4-3 8-1 6-5 2-1 0-5 9-0 6-0 2-3 6-2 2-4 11-3 2-3 4-0 0-1 1-5 4-5 2-1 1-2 2-3 6-3 4-3 4-0 1-2 3-2 9-5 6-5 7-0 8-4 10-3 2-1 4-7 10-0 0-3 2-4 3-7 4-12 2-8 3-4 2-0 7-1 4-8

2000 (41-19, 22-4 SLC - 1st) Coach Gay McNutt *Southland Champions* *SLC Tournament Champions* *NCAA Tournament* W-L Opponent Score W Centenary 7-0 W Stephen F. Austin 10-0 L Southern Miss. 0-9 W Arkansas 2-1 W La.-Monroe 6-4 W Oklahoma State 5-3 L Arkansas 3-5 W Winthrop 13-1 L Mississippi State 2-3 W Belmont 11-0 W Austin Peay 8-0 L TN-Chattanooga 0-2 W Louisiana Tech 9-0 W *Texas-San Antonio 6-3 W *Texas-San Antonio 6-1 L *Texas-San Antonio 2-3 L La.-Lafayette 3-7 L La.-Lafayette 6-7 L Oregon State 1-2 W St. Peters 8-2 W Indiana 7-3 W Northwestern 5-3 L Arizona 0-8 W *Sam Houston St. 12-0 W *Sam Houston St. 8-0 W *Sam Houston St. 3-1 W *Nicholls State 6-0

Erin Mancuso (1999-2002) helped lead the Lady Demons to three SLC championships and two NCAA Regional appearances. W *Nicholls State W *Nicholls State W *Stephen F. Austin W *Stephen F. Austin W *Southeastern La. L *Southeastern La. W *Southeastern La. L LSU L LSU L *Texas-Arlington W *Texas-Arlington W *Texas-Arlington L *Louisiana-Monroe W *Louisiana Monroe W *Louisiana-Monroe L La.-Lafayette L La.-Lafayette W Louisiana Tech W *McNeese State W *McNeese State W *McNeese State W Centenary W *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas W ^Texas-Arlington W ^Louisiana-Monroe L ^Texas San-Antonio W ^McNeese State W ^Texas-San Antonio W ^Texas-San Antonio L #LSU L #Oregon ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game # - NCAA Regionals

4-0 10-1 4-1 4-1 4-0 1-4 2-0 0-5 0-8 6-7 8-0 7-4 1-4 4-3 6-1 0-6 3-4 7-0 6-0 2-1 3-2 10-0 3-2 7-1 5-4 3-0 7-0 0-2 3-0 3-0 4-3 1-7 1-4

2001 (30-20, 15-11 SLC - 5th) Coach Ty Singleton Opponent Score Texas A & M 4-13 Southern Miss. 3-2 Tulsa 7-3 Brigham Young 4-2 Texas A & M 0-6 Illinois-Chicago 1-0 Houston 4-1 Illinois-Chicago 8-4 East Tennessee 11-3 Centenary 8-0 *Southwest Texas 0-2 *Southwest Texas 0-3 *Southwest Texas 2-1 LSU 0-1 Baylor 2-6 Baylor 1-4 Baylor 8-7 Louisiana Tech 3-4 *Louisiana-Monroe 1-5 *Louisiana-Monroe 2-3 *Louisiana-Monroe 5-7 *Texas-Arlington 0-1 *Texas-Arlington 3-2 *Southeastern La. 1-2 *Southeastern La. 1-2 *Southeastern La. 2-1

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Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

L La.-Lafayette 1-7 W La.-Lafayette 5-4 W *Nicholls State 2-1 W *Nicholls State 4-1 W *Nicholls State 2-1 W *Sam Houston St. 10-3 L *Sam Houston St. 0-2 W *Sam Houston St. 12-1 W *McNeese State 2-0 L *McNeese State 2-3 W *McNeese State 7-1 L *Stephen F. Austin 0-5 W *Stephen F. Austin 1-0 W *Stephen F. Austin 3-1 W Louisiana Tech 2-1 W *Texas-San Antonio 6-1 W *Texas-San Antonio 6-4 W *Texas-San Antonio 5-4 L ^La.-Monroe 5-7 W ^McNeese State 3-2 W ^La.-Monroe 3-2 W ^Southeastern La. 6-1 W ^Southwest Texas 1-0 L ^Southwest Texas 0-7 ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC ame 2002 (45-25, 22-5 SLC - 2nd) Coach Ty Singleton *SLC Tournament Champions* *NCAA Tournament* W-L Opponent Score L Baylor 2-4 L Baylor 3-4 W Southern 8-0 L Baylor 0-2 W Southern 6-0 W Texas-Arlington 1-0 L DePaul 0-3 L Western Michigan 0-1 W Jackson St. 10-0 L Louisiana State 1-3 W Jackson State 7-1 W DePaul 4-0 L Louisiana State 1-2 W Louisiana Tech 5-0 W Drake 11-3 W La.-Lafayette 5-3 L Creighton 3-4 W SW Missouri St. 9-3 L Oklahoma 1-4 L Baylor 0-3 L Baylor 1-2 W Florida 4-0 L Houston 0-6 W Houston 7-2 L La.-Lafayette 0-8 W Florida 6-3 L *Texas-San Antonio 0-1 W *Texas-San Antonio 3-0 W *Texas-San Antonio 1-0 W Centenary 6-0 W Centenary 8-0 L *Texas-Arlington 3-4 W *Texas-Arlington 9-1 W *Texas-Arlington 5-3

W Louisiana Tech W *McNeese State L *McNeese State W *McNeese State L *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas W *Southwest Texas L Texas A&M L Texas A&M L *Southeastern La. W *Southeastern La. W *Southeastern La. W *Nicholls State W *Nicholls State W *Nicholls State W *Stephen F. Austin W *Stephen F. Austin W *Stephen F. Austin L LSU L LSU W *Sam Houston St. W *Sam Houston St. W *Sam Houston St. W Centenary W Centenary W *La.-Monroe W *La.-Monroe W *La.-Monroe W ^Southeastern La. W ^Texas-San Antonio L ^Southwest Texas W ^Southeastern La. W ^Southwest Texas W ^Southwest Texas L #LSU L #Mississippi State ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game # - NCAA Regionals

3-2 4-1 3-7 8-0 0-1 9-1 5-3 0-4 0-5 1-2 1-0 11-3 10-0 8-2 7-0 10-1 6-1 4-1 3-4 0-2 8-0 3-0 7-2 3-0 2-0 10-2 2-0 5-2 7-1 1-0 0-4 1-0 4-0 2-0 2-3 6-9

2003 (27-33, 14-13 SLC - 4th) Coach Eileen Schmidt W-L Opponent Score L Southern Miss 2-4 L Southern Miss 4-5 L LSU 1-2 L LSU 0-5 L *Southwest Texas 0-3 L *Southwest Texas 9-11 L *Southwest Texas 0-4 W Notre Dame 3-2 L McNeese State 0-2 L McNeese State 1-3 L La.-Lafayette 2-3 L Notre Dame 7-12 W Louisiana Tech 4-1 L Wisconsin 2-3 L Oklahoma 3-5 L Wisconsin 2-3 L Oklahoma 3-6 L Wisconsin 1-3 L Southern Miss 0-5 L Southern Miss 2-4 W Prairie View A & M 4-1 W Prairie View A & M 8-0

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LADY DEMON W *Louisiana-Monroe 4-0 W *Louisiana-Monroe 1-0 W *Louisiana-Monroe 5-3 W Grambling State 6-0 W Grambling State 13-1 L *Texas-Arlington 1-4 W *Texas-Arlington 4-2 L *Texas-Arlington 1-3 W Louisiana Tech 5-1 L Louisiana Tech 1-2 W *Southeastern La. 4-1 W *Southeastern La. 5-4 W *Southeastern La. 2-0 L *Nicholls State 3-4 L *Nicholls State 0-4 W *Nicholls State 4-1 W Centenary 4-0 W Centenary 3-0 L *McNeese State 2-3 L *McNeese State 1-3 L *McNeese State 1-4 L *Sam Houston State 0-1 W *Sam Houston State 4-0 W *Sam Houston State 3-0 W Prairie View A & M 5-4 W Prairie View A & M 6-1 W *Stephen F. Austin 3-0 L *Stephen F. Austin 1-5 W *Stephen F. Austin 1-0 W Grambling State 10-2 W Grambling State 4-1 L La.-Lafayette 0-1 L La.-Lafayette 3-6 W *Texas-San Antonio 8-7 W *Texas-San Antonio 8-7 W *Texas-San Antonio 8-7 L ^McNeese State 1-4 L ^Texas-Arlington 0-4 ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game 2004 (35-28, 14-12 SLC - 5th) Coach Eileen Schmidt Opponent Score Auburn 0-2 Baylor 1-5 Pacific 1-3 North Texas 7-2 Wichita State 1-2 Louisiana Tech 2-1 Louisiana-Lafayette 2-5 McNeese State 3-0 Texas-El Paso 8-1 Butler 9-1 Louisiana-Monroe 6-0 Northern Illinois 8-3 Arkansas 6-1 Cal State Fullerton 4-1 Notre Dame 1-2 Georgia 0-6 Army 8-3 Florida Atlantic 2-3 Louisiana Tech 1-3 *Texas State 4-5 *Texas State 0-3 *Texas State 2-3 Texas 2-3

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W *Texas-Arlington 10-0 W *Texas-Arlington 5-4 L *Texas-Arlington 3-6 L Louisiana Tech 1-3 W Jackson State 14-1 L *Stephen F. Austin 0-1 W *Stephen F. Austin 3-1 L *Stephen F. Austin 2-4 W Grambling 8-0 W Grambling 15-0 W *Louisiana-Monroe 4-2 L *Louisiana-Monore 1-5 W *Louisiana-Monroe 7-0 L Centenary 1-6 L Louisiana-Lafayette 0-2 L Louisiana-Lafayette 0-8 W *McNeese State 4-3 W *McNeese State 2-0 W *McNeese State 3-2 W Texas Southern 9-1 W Texas Southern 10-2 L *Texas-San Antonio 5-7 W *Texas-San Antonio 8-0 L *Texas-San Antonio 2-3 W *Southeastern La. 4-0 W *Southeastern La. 1-0 W *Southeastern La. 8-0 L *Sam Houston St, 1-3 L *Sam Houston St, 1-3 L *Sam Houston St. 3-4 W Centenary 2-0 W Nicholls State 1-0 W Nicholls State 3-0 W ^Texas State 4-3 L ^Sam Houston St. 3-9 W ^Texas State 2-0 W ^Sam Houston 9-5 L ^Texas-San Antonio 3-11 W Arkansas 2-0 W Arkansas 6-3 ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game

L Arkansas 1-2 W Grambling State 11-1 W Grambling State 16-1 W *Texas-Arlington 6-2 W *Texas-Arlington 4-3 W *Texas-Arlington 11-2 L #9 Baylor 5-6 L #9 Baylor 1-9 W Centenary 7-2 W *Nicholls State 3-1 W *Nicholls State 4-3 W *Nicholls State 3-2 W *Texas-San Antonio 6-1 L *Texas-San Antonio 6-8 L *Texas-San Antonio 2-8 W *Louisiana-Monroe 5-3 W *Louisiana-Monroe 10-2 W *Louisiana-Monroe 7-6 L Southern Miss. 4-5 L Southern Miss. 3-4 L *Texas State 2-6 L *Texas State 3-6 L *Texas State 1-4 W Louisiana Tech 6-5 W Louisiana Tech 3-2 W *McNeese State 12-9 W *McNeese State 9-4 L *McNeese State 2-4 W *Southeastern 6-1 L *Southeastern 3-4 L *Southeastern 1-2 W Louisiana Tech 15-6 W Louisiana Tech 7-3 L *Sam Houston State 0-3 L *Sam Houston State 0-4 L *Sam Houston State 6-7 W Centenary 3-2 W Centenary 3-2 L ^Texas State 0-1 L ^Texas-San Antonio 1-4 ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game

2005 (35-28, 15-12 SLC - 4th) Coach Mike Perniciaro W-L Opponent Score W McNeese State 4-2 L #9 Louisiana-Lafayette 0-12 W McNeese State 4-1 W Sam Houston State 4-2 W Prarie View A&M 8-0 L #12 Alabama 1-2 L #12 Alabama 2-7 W College of Charleston 3-0 L Marshall 4-6 W Auburn 2-0 L Marshall 3-4 W College of Charleston 5-4 L Ole Miss 2-3 L Utah State 2-3 L #21 Texas A&M 3-9 W *Stephen F. Austin 5-2 W *Stephen F. Austin 9-1 L *Stephen F. Austin 4-8 W Miss. Valley State 10-2 W Arkansas 5-2 W Miss. Valley State 12-5

2006 (28-32, 12-13 SLC - 5th) Coach Becky McMurtry W-L Opponent Score W Arkansas-Pine Bluff 15-1 W South Dakota State 6-1 L *Stephen F. Austin 2-5 L LSU 1-6 W Louisiana Tech 11-1 W Samford 1-0 L TAMU-CC 2-4 W Sam Houston State 5-3 L Houston 2-4 L #15 Baylor 2-3 W Alcorn State 5-3 L Mississippi State 2-5 W Alcorn State 6-2 L Southeast Missouri State 7-12 W *Stephen F. Austin 9-1 L *Stephen F. Austin 5-6 L Centenary 1-4 W Centenary 4-2 L Arkansas 0-7 L Arkansas 1-3 L Jacksonville State 1-6

The 2002 Southland Conference Tournament Champion Lady Demons.

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W Jacksonville State 6-4 L #11 Louisiana-Lafayette 0-6 L #11 Louisiana-Lafayette 0-14 L *Texas-San Antonio 1-2 L *Texas-San Antonio 1-5 L *Texas-San Antonio 2-6 W Louisiana Tech 9-5 W *Texas-Arlington 5-4 W Southern 7-1 L #13 LSU 0-3 L #13 LSU 0-6 W *Nicholls State 6-5 L *Nicholls State 6-7 L *Nicholls State 1-11 W Grambling State 16-1 W Grambling State 16-0 L *Louisiana-Monroe 0-8 W *Louisiana-Monroe 5-4 L *Louisiana-Monroe 2-3 W Centenary 5-0 L *Texas State 0-6 L *Texas State 1-2 L *Texas State 0-3 L #18 Baylor 0-5 L *McNeese State 5-6 W *McNeese State 5-1 W *McNeese State 5-0 W Southern 8-0 L Centenary 3-7 W *Southeastern 3-0 W *Southeastern 9-1 W *Southeastern 3-0 W Northern Colorado 8-2 W *Sam Houston State 4-0 L *Sam Houston State 2-3 W *Sam Houston State 4-1 L ^Texas State 1-3 L ^Nicholls State 0-4 ^ - SLC Tournament • * - SLC Game 2007 (29-29, 17-13 SLC - 7th) Coach Becky McMurtry W-L Opponent Score L #5 Arizona State 0-8 L #5 Arizona State 1-10 L Florida 0-4 L Texas Tech 3-8 W Cal State-Fullerton 2-0 L #21 Fresno State 1-3 L #8 Stanford 0-8 W Louisiana Tech 15-9 W Minnesota 11-1 L #12 Oklahoma 0-12 W Birmingham-Southern 4-2 L Minnesota 2-4 L #12 Oklahoma 0-15 W Tennessee-Martin 4-2 L #9 Louisiana-Lafayette 0-2 W Colgate 6-2 L Tennessee Martin 5-7 W *McNeese State 3-2 L *McNeese State 5-6 L *McNeese State 0-1 W *Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 5-4 W *Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 6-5 W *Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 12-8 W Louisiana-Monroe 4-2 W Louisiana-Monroe 12-4 L *Texas-Arlington 5-6 L *Texas-Arlington 1-10 L *Texas-Arlington 1-3 W *Southeastern La. 2-0 L *Southeastern La. 3-5 W *Southeastern La. 5-0 W *Central Arkansas 4-0 W *Central Arkansas 6-1 W *Central Arkansas 13-2 L #15 Louisiana-Lafayette 2-6 L #15 Louisiana-Lafayette 4-12 W *Nicholls State 9-4 W *Nicholls State 7-0 L *Nicholls State 4-6 W Florida Atlantic 4-3 L #3 Alabama 7-13 L *Texas State 0-4 L *Texas State 1-3 L *Texas State 1-6 L Louisiana-Monroe 3-5 W Louisiana-Monroe 7-1 W *Texas-San Antonio 2-0 L *Texas-San Antonio 5-6 L *Texas-San Antonio 2-3 W Centenary 5-4 W Centenary 9-2 W *Stephen F. Austin 3-2 W *Stephen F. Austin 8-2 W *Stephen F. Austin 6-4 L Louisiana Tech 2-5 W *Sam Houston State 4-3

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

LADY DEMON L *Sam Houston State W *Sam Houston State * - SLC Game

2-12 5-3

2008 (10-45, 5-24 SLC - 10th) Coach Becky McMurtry Date Opponent Score 2/12 Louisiana-Monroe L 7-0 2/12 Louisiana-Monroe L 5-1 2/14 ^vs. BYU L 14-0 2/14 ^vs. UTEP L 12-4 2/15 ^vs. Oregon L 13-2 2/15 ^vs. Cal State-Bakersfield L 10-2 2/16 ^vs. Wisconsin L 8-4 2/22 !Jackson State W 11-3 2/22 !Siena W 11-7 2/23 !Siena W 13-5 2/23 !Stephen F. Austin L 9-1 2/24 !Jackson State L 5-2 2/24 !Stephen F. Austin L 8-3 2/26 *at McNeese State L 15-0 2/26 *at McNeese State W 16-6 2/27 *at McNeese State L 5-0 3/1 *Sam Houston State L 7-3 3/1 *Sam Houston State L 11-3 3/2 *Sam Houston State L 12-7 3/5 at Louisiana Tech L 1-0 3/8 *at A&M-Corpus Christi L 10-1 3/8 *at A&M-Corpus Christi L 8-0 3/9 *at A&M-Corpus Christi L 6-5 3/13 Troy W 5-4 3/15 *Texas-Arlington L 11-0 3/15 *Texas-Arlington L 8-0 3/16 *Texas-Arlington L 10-2 3/21 *at Southeastern La. L 9-0 3/21 *at Southeastern La. L 12-7 3/22 *at Southeastern La. L 5-3 3/25 at South Alabama L 5-2 3/25 at South Alabama L 6-3 3/26 at Southern Miss L 5-0 3/26 at Southern Miss L 8-0 3/29 *Central Arkansas W 1-0 3/29 *Central Arkansas W 4-3 4/2 at North Texas L 15-0 4/2 at North Texas L 11-5 4/5 *Nicholls L 8-0 4/5 *Nicholls L 8-0 4/6 *Nicholls L 9-5 4/9 Louisiana Tech W 5-4 4/12 *at Texas State L 8-4 4/12 *at Texas State L 11-3 4/13 *at Texas State L 2-0 4/16 at Louisiana-Monroe L 3-0 4/16 at Louisiana-Monroe L 5-0 4/19 *UTSA L 4-2 4/19 *UTSA L 6-1 4/20 *UTSA L 12-1 4/23 Centenary L 4-3 4/29 at Centenary L 9-1 5/3 *at Stephen F. Austin W 2-1 5/3 *at Stephen F. Austin L 8-3 5/4 *at Stephen F. Austin W 4-3 * - SLC Game • ^ - Las Vegas Classic ! NSU Classic 2009 (5-45, 3-26 SLC - 11th) Coach Donald Pickett Date Opponent Score 2/6 at South Alabama L 11-2 2/7 vs. Alabama L 12-2 2/7 vs. Jacksonville State L 2-1 2/8 vs. Memphis W 6-4 2/11 at Louisiana Tech L 4-0 2/13 vs. Stephen F. Austin L 3-2 2/13 at Baylor L 14-4 2/14 vs. New Mexico L 3-0 2/14 vs. Ole Miss L 10-0 2/15 vs. UTSA L 2-1 2/21 at Grambling L 7-6 2/21 at Grambling W 4-3 2/24 *McNeese State L 8-0 2/24 *McNeese State L 6-2 2/25 *McNeese State L 6-0 2/28 *Stephen F. Austin L 10-0 2/28 *Stephen F. Austin L 11-0 3/1 *Stephen F. Austin L 6-2 3/7 *at Sam Houston State L 1-0 3/7 *at Sam Houston State L 6-3 3/8 *at Sam Houston State W 4-1 3/12 Baylor L 11-0 3/15 *A&M-Corpus Christi L 8-4 3/15 *A&M-Corpus Christi L 7-0 3/21 *at Texas-Arlington L 4-0 3/21 *at Texas-Arlington L 5-2 3/22 *at Texas-Arlington L 6-2 3/28 *Southeastern Louisiana L 15-2 3/28 *Southeastern Louisiana W 9-1 3/29 *Southeastern Louisiana L 8-0 4/4 *at Central Arkansas L 7-1

4/4 *at Central Arkansas 4/5 *at Central Arkansas 4/8 Louisiana Tech 4/10 *at Nicholls 4/10 *at Nicholls 4/11 *at Nicholls 4/15 at Troy 4/15 at Troy 4/19 *Texas State 4/19 *Texas State 4/20 *Texas State 4/22 at Southern Miss 4/22 at Southern Miss 4/25 *at UTSA 4/25 *at UTSA 4/26 *at UTSA 4/29 at Centenary 4/29 at Centenary * - SLC Game

L 2-0 L 7-3 L 4-1 W 3-1 L 3-2 L 5-2 L 9-1 L 10-9 L 8-0 L 3-0 L 9-0 L 8-3 L 2-1 L 4-3 L 13-4 L 8-6 L 7-4 L 10-6

2010 (27-27, 13-17 SLC - 10th) Coach Donald Pickett Date Opponent Score 2/13 !Jackson State W 5-2 2/13 !Missouri-Kansas City W 13-2 2/14 !Louisiana-Monroe L 4-5 2/17 Prairie View A&M W 13-0 2/17 Prairie View A&M W 13-2 2/19 % Alabama-Birmingham W 3-2 2/20 % Alabama-BirminghamL 2-5 2/20 %South Alabama W 3-2 2/21 %Belmont W 3-1 2/24 Southern W 9-4 2/24 *McNeese State L 8-0 2/24 *McNeese State L 6-2 2/25 *McNeese State L 6-0 2/28 *Stephen F. Austin L 10-0 2/28 *Stephen F. Austin L 11-0 3/1 *Stephen F. Austin L 6-2 3/7 *at Sam Houston State L 1-0 3/7 *at Sam Houston State L 6-3 3/8 *at Sam Houston State W 4-1 3/12 Baylor L 11-0 3/12 Baylor L 9-1 3/15 *A&M-Corpus Christi L 8-4 3/15 *A&M-Corpus Christi L 7-0 3/21 *at Texas-Arlington L 4-0 3/21 *at Texas-Arlington L 5-2 3/22 *at Texas-Arlington L 6-2 3/28 *Southeastern Louisiana L 15-2 3/28 *Southeastern Louisiana W 9-1 3/29 *Southeastern Louisiana L 8-0 4/4 *at Central Arkansas L 7-1 4/4 *at Central Arkansas L 2-0 4/5 *at Central Arkansas L 7-3 4/8 Louisiana Tech L 4-1 4/10 *at Nicholls W 3-1 4/10 *at Nicholls L 3-2 4/11 *at Nicholls L 5-2 4/15 at Troy L 9-1 4/15 at Troy L 9-1 4/15 at Troy L 10-9 4/19 *Texas State L 8-0 4/19 *Texas State L 3-0 4/20 *Texas State L 9-0 4/22 at Southern Miss L 8-3 4/22 at Southern Miss L 2-1 4/25 *at UTSA L 4-3 4/25 *at UTSA L 13-4 4/26 *at UTSA L 8-6 4/29 at Centenary L 7-4 4/29 at Centenary L 10-6 * - SLC Game 2011 (32-25, 15-17 SLC - 8th) Coach Donald Pickett Date Opponent Score 2/11 !vs. SE Missouri State W 2-1 2/11 !at UL-Monroe L 8-0 2/12 !vs. Eastern Illinois W 3-1 2/12 !vs. Indiana State L 6-1 2/13 !vs. SE Missouri State W 10-2 2/16 Jackson State W 5-1 2/18 ^vs. Centenary W 13-2 2/19 ^vs. #21 Nebraska L 7-0 2/19 ^vs. Tennessee Tech W 2-1 2/20 ^at North Texas L 5-1 2/21 Baylor L 4-1 2/23 Prairie View W 14-0 2/23 Prairie View W 12-0 2/25 $vs. East Tennessee State W 6-3 2/25 $vs. IUPUI W 8-4 2/26 $vs. Northern Iowa W 1-0 2/26 $vs. Tennessee Tech L 2-0 2/27 $vs. Toledo W 4-3 3/1 *McNeese State W 3-1 3/1 *McNeese State W 3-2 3/2 *McNeese State W 5-1 3/5 *at UTSA L 4-0 3/5 *at UTSA L 2-1

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

SOFTBALL Lady Demon Coaching Records Head Coach Years Overall Pct. Conf. Pct. Finish Conference Pam Carey 1979 10-14 .417 - - - 1 Year 10-14 .417 - - - Debra Pheil 1980 11-15 .423 - - - 1 Year 11-15 .423 - - - James Smith

1981 1982 1983 1984 4 Years

14-10 .583 17-10 .630 19-10 .655 12-23 .343 62-53 .539

Linda Jones

1985 1986 2 Years

Rickey McCalister

1987 22-20 .524 11-9 1988 25-24 .510 6-7 1989 32-29 .525 5-7 1990 43-17 .717 8-4 1991 44-18-1 .710 18-5 1992 37-21-1 .638 16-11 1993 25-28 .472 7-19 1994 17-42 .288 9-23 8 Years 245-199-2 .552 80-85

.550 .462 4th .417 4th .667 3rd .783 1st .593 4th .269 6th .281 8th .485

Gulf Star Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland

Gay McNutt

1995 13-37 .260 7-25 1996 10-41 .196 7-17 1997 26-29 .473 14-12 1998 40-18 .690 23-3 1999 31-26 .544 19-7 2000 41-19 .683 22-4 6 Years 161-170 .486 92-68

.219 9th .292 8th .538 4th .885 1st .731 1st .846 1st .575

Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland

Ty Singleton

2001 30-20 .600 15-11 .577 5th Southland 2002 45-25 .643 22-5 .815 2nd Southland 2 Years 75-45 .625 37-16 .698

Eileen Schmidt

2003 27-33 .450 14-13 .519 4th 2004 35-28 .556 14-12 .538 5th 2 Years 62-61 .504 28-25 .528

Southland Southland

Mike Perniciaro

2005 35-28 .556 15-12 .556 4th 1 Year 35-28 .556 15-12 .556

Southland

Becky McMurtry

2006 2007 2008 3 Years

Donald Pickett

2009 5-45 .100 3-26 2010 27-27 .500 13-17 2011 32-25 .561 15-17 2012 19-31 .380 7-13 2013 40-15 .727 18-7 2014 30-22 .577 15-10 6 Years 153-165 .481 71-90

20-26-1 23-20 43-46-1

.435 .535 .483

- - - - -

4-12 10-10 14-22

28-32 .467 12-13 29-29 .500 17-13 10-45 .182 5-24 67-106 .387 34-50

- - - - - - .250 .500 .388

Gulf Star Gulf Star

.462 5th Southland .567 7th Southland .172 10th Southland .405 .103 11th .433 10th .469 8th .350 8th .720 2nd .600 2nd .440

Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland Southland

11 Coaches 35 Years 924-912-3 .502 353-361 .494 25-31 GSC 328-330 SLC Assistant Coaches Graduate Assistant Student Assistants Denise Dewey 1995 Mary Sonnier 1983 Kelly Carruth 1991 Cindy Willie 1996-00 Janet Guerrini 1985 Anne LaHaye 1991 Misty Carraway 1998-99 Ginger Craig 1990 Glen Moore 1992 Tom Royder 2002 Anne LaHaye 1992 Glenn Wood 1988-93 Mary Thompson 2003 Michelle Mackey 1993-94 Michelle Hastings 1994 Melissa Inouye 2004 Amy Thomas 1996 Ashley Lewis 2004 Amanda Ortego 2005 Jamie Fraizer 2003 Sara Vogt 2005 Annie Johnston 2003 Krystle Nichols 2006-08 Thaven Jackson 2013 Analynn Burch 2007-08 Caitlin Noble 2009-12 Stacie Pestrak 2009-12 Amanda Locke 2012-2014 Amy Hooks 2012-Present Kathy Shelton 2015-Present 3/6 3/16 3/19 3/19 3/20 3/23 3/23 3/26 3/26 3/27 4/2 4/2 4/3 4/6

*at UTSA Louisiana Tech *Stephen F. Austin *Stephen F. Austin *Stephen F. Austin at Grambling at Grambling *at Sam Houston State *at Sam Houston State *at Sam Houston State *A&M-Corpus Christi *A&M-Corpus Christi *A&M-Corpus Christi Alcorn State

L 5-4 L 4-3 L 3-2 W 7-0 L 4-1 W 9-0 W 9-4 L 4-0 W 4-0 L 1-0 L 12-4 W 4-2 L 5-0 W 4-0

4/6 4/9 4/9 4/10 4/13 4/16 4/16 4/17 4/22 4/22 4/23

Alcorn State *at Texas-Arlington *at Texas-Arlington *at Texas-Arlington at Louisiana Tech *Southeastern La. *Southeastern La. *Southeastern La. *at Central Arkansas *at Central Arkansas *at Central Arkansas

W 2-0 L 3-0 W 3-0 W 3-1 W 3-0 W 3-2 L 5-2 W 1-0 L 3-2 W 3-2 W 3-0

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The 2013 Southland Conference Tournament champions 4/27 at #23 UL-Lafayette 4/30 *at Nicholls State 4/30 *at Nicholls State 5/1 *at Nicholls State 5/7 *Texas State 5/7 *Texas State 5/8 *Texas State 5/12 #at Texas State 5/13 #vs. A&M-Corpus Christi * - SLC Game # - SLC Tournament

L 10-0 W 8-4 L 2-0 W 5-2 L 1-0 W 1-0 L 4-3 L 8-0 L 5-1

2012 (19-31, 7-13 SLC - 8th) Coach Donald Pickett Date Opponent Score 2/10 !vs. So. Ill.-Edwardsville L 4-7 2/11 ! at UL-Monroe L 0-10 2/11 !vs. IUPUI W 4-1 2/12 !vs. SE Missouri State L 1-3 2/12 !vs. Grambling W 10-1 2/17 ^vs. Louisiana Tech L 5-7 2/19 ^vs. #25 North Carolina L 0-1 2/19 ^vs. #20 La.-Lafayette L 0-10 2/21 at Baylor L 0-3 2/21 at Baylor L 0-3 2/24 $vs. Jackson State L 1-4 2/24 $at Arkansas L 7-10 2/25 $vs. Tennessee State L 1-4 2/25 $at Arkansas L 0-6 2/26 $vs. Tennessee State W 8-0 2/29 at Houston Baptist W 3-1 2/29 at Houston Baptist W 4-3 3/3 #vs. UL-Monroe W 3-1 3/3 #vs. Southern W 10-5 3/4 #vs. UL-Monroe L 3-8 3/4 #vs. Southern W 4-0 3/7 at Southern W 7-2 3/7 at Southern W 8-6 3/14 at Houston L 1-6 3/16 Tex. A&M-Corpus Christi* W 3-0 3/17 Tex. A&M-Corpus Christi* L 1-3 3/20 at Jackson State L 8-9 3/20 at Jackson State W 16-6 3/23 McNeese State* L 3-7 3/24 McNeese State* L 1-2 3/27 at Central Arkansas* L 1-6 3/27 at Central Arkansas* W 5-3 3/30 at Tex.-San Antonio* L 5-6 3/31 at Tex.-San Antonio L 4-6 4/1 at Sam Houston State* L 1-9 4/1 at Sam Houston State* L 3-4 4/6 Stephen F. Austin* W 3-0 4/7 Stephen F. Austin* W 8-0 4/10 Louisiana Tech W 3-0 4/13 at Texas-Arlington* L 2-6 4/14 at Texas-Arlington* W 2-0 4/20 at Nicholls State* W 1-0 4/20 at Nicholls State* L 1-5 4/24 Southeastern Louisiana* W 4-3 4/24 Southeastern Louisiana* L 2-10 4/27 Texas State* L 0-9 4/28 Texas State* L 1-7 5/2 at Louisiana Tech L 3-4 5/5 at North Texas L 8-17 5/5 at North Texas L 1-5 * - SLC Game # - NSU Invitational

2013 (40-15, 18-7 SLC - 2nd) Coach Donald Pickett *SLC Tournament Champions* *NCAA Tournament * Date Opponent Score 2/8 !Mississippi Valley State W 6-0 2/9 !Southeast Missouri State W 8-0 2/9 !UC - Santa Barbara L 0-5 2/15 ^Western Kentucky W 5-3 2/15 ^Lipscomb W 2-1 2/16 ^Mississippi State W 10-5 2/16 ^Murray State L 4-5 2/17 ^Murray State W 3-2 2/20 Alcorn State W 8-0 2/20 Alcorn State W 12-1 2/23 %Louisiana Tech W 11-3 2/23 %Southern Mississippi W 10-5 2/24 %Louisiana Tech W 11-3 2/24 %Southern Mississippi W 3-2 2/27 Jackson State W 5-2 3/1 $Louisiana-Monroe W 4-3 3/1 $Alcorn State W 8-0 3/2 $Alcorn State W 10-3 3/2 $Louisiana Tech L 3-4 3/3 $Louisiana Tech W 6-0 3/5 Southern W 8-0 3/9 McNeese State* L 0-1 3/9 McNeese State* L 2-5 3/16 Nicholls* L 4-6 3/16 Nicholls* W 4-3 3/17 Nicholls* W 5-2 3/20 Jackson State W 3-0 3/23 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* W 5-2 3/23 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* W 9-0 3/24 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* W 5-1 3/27 Louisiana Tech L 0-8

3/29 Lamar* L 3-5 3/29 Lamar* W 9-1 3/30 Lamar* W 8-2 4/6 Central Arkansas* W 1-0 4/6 Central Arkansas* L 4-8 4/7 Central Arkansas* W 1-0 4/10 Louisiana Tech L 0-5 4/13 Stephen F. Austin* W 3-1 4/13 Stephen F. Austin* W 6-1 4/14 Stephen F. Austin* W 12-0 4/20 Houston Baptist* W 6-1 4/20 Houston Baptist* W 4-0 4/21 Houston Baptist W 6-1 4/27 Southeastern Louisiana* L 2-3 4/27 Southeastern Louisiana* W 4-1 5/4 Sam Houston State* W 5-4 5/4 Sam Houston State* L 2-8 5/5 Sam Houston State* W 5-4 5/10 Sam Houston State# W 1-0 5/10 Central Arkansas# W 5-2 5/11 Sam Houston State# L 0-5 5/11 Sam Houston State# W 5-4 5/17 Louisiana-Lafayette& L 0-3 5/18 Central Connecticut State& L 1-9 * - SLC Game # - SLC Tournament & NCAA Regional

2/9 !Middle Tennessee State L 7-12 2/14 Mississippi Valley State W 9-0 2/15 Mississippi Valley State W 11-0 2/15 Mississippi Valley State W 8-0 2/19 at Arkansas L 1-9 2/21 ^Butler W 5-1 2/21 ^at Tennessee-Chattanooga L 2-5 2/22 ^Middle Tennessee State W 10-3 2/22 ^Tennessee Tech W 9-0 2/23 ^Ohio 6-7 3/1 $Creighton W 2-1 3/1 $at Tulsa L 0-9 3/4 LSU L 3-5 3/8 at Houston Baptist* W 3-0 3/8 at Houston Baptist* W 4-0 3/9 at Houston Baptist* L 8-9 3/15 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* L 10-9 3/15 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* W 4-0 3/16 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* W 10-2 3/18 at Texas A&M L 3-6 3/22 at Stephen F. Austin* L 1-4 3/22 at Stephen F. Austin* W 5-2 3/23 at Stephen F. Austin* L 1-4 3/26 at Louisiana Tech W 9-4 3/30 McNeese State* W 4-2 3/30 McNeese State L 0-6 4/2 Southern* W 13-1 4/2 Southern* W 9-1 4/5 Sam Houston State* L 5-7 4/5 Sam Houston State* L 3-6 4/12 at Central Arkansas* W 13-4 4/12 at Central Arkansas* L 5-8 4/13 at Central Arkansas* W 10-3 4/18 Incarnate Word* W 8-0 4/18 Incarnate Word* L 7-8 4/19 Incarnate Word* W 8-2 4/23 Louisiana Tech W 8-7 4/26 at Nicholls* W 6-4 4/26 at Nicholls* L 4-5 4/27 at Nicholls* W 7-1 5/3 Southeastern Louisiana* W 10-2 5/3 Southeastern Louisiana* W 5-1 5/4 Southeastern Louisiana* W 6-3 5/8 Central Arkansas# W 5-3 5/10 McNeese State# W 3-2 5/11 McNeese State# W 11-0 5/16 Baylor& L 1-6 5/17 Houston& L 6-7 * - SLC Game # - SLC Tournament & NCAA Regional

2014 (30-22, 15-10 SLC - 2nd) Coach Donald Pickett *SLC Tournament Champions* *NCAA Tournament * Date Opponent Score 2/7 !North Florida L 1-2 2/7 !Troy W 7-1 2/8 North Florida L 1-6 2/8 !Alabama L 0-16

NSU claimed its second straight Southland Tournament championship in 2014 with an 11-0 victory over McNeese State.

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NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

LADY DEMON

INDIVIDUAL SEASON RECORDS

BATTING RECORDS Batting Average

.428 .427 .404 .392 .379

Ginger Craig Annie Johnston Jackie Calandro Tara McKenney Sarina Noack

1987 2002 1981 2014 2003

Slugging Percentage

.783 Ginger Craig 1988 .742 Erin Mancuso 2000 .706 Kellye Kincannon 2014 .672 Shay Hunt 2005 .638 Cassandra Barefield 2013

At-Bats

230 219 209 209 207

Nicole Martin Sarina Noack Nicole Martin Linette Stuart Lindsay Leftwich

2002 2005 2003 2000 2002

47 46 44 44 41 41 41

Sarina Noack Nicole Martin Erin Mancuso Nicole Martin Tara McKenney Annie Johnston Nicole Martin

2005 2002 2000 2004 2013 2002 2005

83 79 75 72 71

Nicole Martin Annie Johnston Nicole Martin Sarina Noack Sarina Noack

2002 2002 2005 2003 2005

Runs

Hits

Ginger Craig

10 7 6 5 5 5 5

Annie Johnston Tara McKenney Ginger Craig Nicole Martin Annie Johnston Ashley Grisham Ginger Craig

Erin Mancuso

Hit By Pitches 14

Brittany Virgoe

2012

301.0 260.0 227.2 220.0 213.1

Donna Jo Lafitte Kellie Shotwell Amanda Glen Amanda Ortego Aimee Ford

Sarina Noack

1985 1987 2006 2002 2004

Wins

.923 .875 .818 .773 .750 .750 .741

Claudia Percle (12-1) Nancy Percle (21-3) Jemi LaHaye (9-2) Kylie Roos (17-5) Kaylee Guidry Cindy Leggett (9-3) Nancy Percle (20-7)

21 21 21 20 20

Aimee Ford Crista Miller Nancy Percle Nancy Percle Kellie Shotwell

Earned Run Average

0.93 0.94 1.01 1.07

Nancy Percle Jemi LaHaye Jemi LaHaye Nancy Percle

1992 1990 1991 2013 2013 2000 1991

2004 2002 1990 1991 1987

Nicole Martin

1992 1992 1990 1990

Shutouts

12 Nancy Percle 1991 10 Amanda Ortego 2002 10 Nancy Percle 1990 9 Aimee Ford 2004 8 Kylie Roos 2013 7 Kellie Shotwell 1989 7 Sydney Forrester 1983

Strikeouts Shay Hunt

257 257 236 216 199

Aimee Ford Amanda Ortego Amanda Glenn Amanda Glenn Amanda Ortego

2004 2002 2006 2007 2001

Christa Miller

FIELDING RECORDS Putouts

535 527 524 465

Shanté Jones Shanté Jones Shanté Jones Dawn Carlos

1998 1999 1997 1989

Assists

178 Sonja Olsen 1989 173 Kita Williams 1999 166 Cindy Berry 1985 163 Becca Allen 1997 163 Sonja Olsen 1990

132 Erin Mancuso 2000 129 Shay Hunt 2005 110 Annie Johnston 2002 108 Lindsay Leftwich 2002 108 Ginger Craig 1987 2007 1990 1992 1990 1991

Total Bases

Amanda Glenn Amy Grisham Rustie Stevens Rhonda Rube Amy Grisham

2006 2002 2002 2001 2000

Winning Percentage

52 Shay Hunt 2005 49 Erin Mancuso 2000 46 Brianna Rodriguez 2013 45 Cassandra Barefield 2013 44 Amanda Glenn 2007 44 Lindsay Leftwich 2002 44 Rhonda Rube 1991

39 36 33 31 30

Sarina Noack Annie Johnston Nicole Martin Annie Johnston Linette Stuart

50 48 44 37 32

Runs Batted In

Home Runs

Bases on Balls

1995 1990 2014 2013 2000 2000 1994 2005

Innings Pitched

2002 2013 1987 2003 2001 1993 1988

18 Erin Mancuso 2000 16 Shay Hunt 2005 14 Cassandra Barefield 2014 14 Cassandra Barefield 2013 10 Ginger Craig 1985 10 Erin Mancuso 2002 10 Margaret Patterson 2005

Amy Thomas Missy Pereira Cassandra Barefield Shenequia Abby Erin Mancuso Jana Strickland Amy Thomas Margaret Patterson

PITCHING RECORDS

22 Brandy Kenney 1998 20 Brianna Rodriguez 2013 18 Becca Allen 1997 17 Nicole Martin 2005 16 Margaret Patterson 2006 16 Misty Carraway 1994

14 13 12 10 9 9 9 9

Stolen Bases

Doubles

Triples

SOFTBALL

Amanda Ortego

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

Fielding Percentage (100 min.)

Shanté Jones 1.000 Jamie Fraiser 2002 .997 Krystle Nichols 2002 .996 Jennifer Jannak 1992 .995 Erin Mancuso 2000 .993 Cheyenne DelaGarza 2013 .993 Kayla Cole 2011 .993 Amanda Perdue 2005

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LADY DEMON

INDIVIDUAL CAREER RECORDS

BATTING RECORDS Batting Average

.376 .337 .331 .330 .378

Annie Johnston Sarina Noack Linette Stuart Nicole Martin Rhonda Rube

Slugging Percentage

.585 .555 .543 .509 .475

Erin Mancuso Annie Johnston Ginger Craig Brandy Kenney Shay Hunt

At-Bats

Stolen Bases

1999-02 2001-02 1985-88 1997-00 2002-05 2002-05 2003-06 1990-93 1988-91 2011-14

Nicole Martin Sarina Noack Tara McKenney Amy Grisham Linette Stuart

2002-05 2003-06 2011-14 1990-93 1997-00

273 Nicole Martin 249 Sarina Noack 246 Tara McKenney 216 Brandy Kenney 215 Rhonda Rube 213 Linette Stuart

2002-05 2003-06 2011-14 1997-00 1989-92 1997-00

1997-00 1989-92 1999-02 1993-97 2002-05

164 137 133 125 115

Hits

Doubles

62 45 44 40 40

Triples

18 15 14 13 9 9 9

Home Runs

38 36 30 29 26 22

Brandy Kenney Rhonda Rube Erin Mancuso Misty Carraway Nicole Martin Ginger Craig Annie Johnston Tara McKenney Nicole Martin Amy Grisham Shannon Straty Sarina Noack

1985-88 2001-02 2011-14 2002-05 1990-93 1997-00 2003-06

Erin Mancuso Cassandra Barefield Ginger Craig Amanda Glenn Shay Hunt Brandy Kenney

1999-02 2012-Present 1985-88 2004-07 2002-05 1997-00

Runs Batted In

127 125 123 120 117

Total Bases

360 352 347 321 317

Erin Mancuso Amanda Glenn Ginger Craig Brandy Kenney Rhonda Rube

1999-02 2004-07 1985-88 1997-02 1989-92

Nicole Martin Brandy Kenney Erin Mancuso Ginger Craig Shay Hunt

2002-05 1997-02 1999-02 1985-88 2002-05

Bases on Balls

99 95 84 76 69

Hit By Pitches

30 26 24 23 21

2001-02 2003-06 1997-00 2002-05 1989-92

828 Nicole Martin 744 Sarina Noack 741 Amy Grisham 719 Sonja Olsen 712 Tara McKenney

Runs

SOFTBALL

Amanda Glenn Rhonda Rube Amy Grisham Erin Mancuso Brandy Kenney

2004-07 1989-92 1990-93 1999-02 1997-02

Shanté Jones Brittany Virgoe Erin Mancuso Amy Thomas Margaret Patterson

1996-99 2012-Present 1999-02 1994-95 2004-07

111 110 85 78 60

Nicole Martin Sarina Noack Annie Johnston Linette Stuart Amy Grisham

Games Started

Annie Johnston

254 233 232 225 221

Nicole Martin Sarina Noack Shay Hunt Brandy Kenney Margaret Patterson

2002-05 2003-06 2002-05 1997-00 2004-07

Margaret Patterson

PITCHING RECORDS Innings Pitched

687.2 569.0 560.0 545.2 499.0 489.2

Amanda Ortego Kellie Shotwell Amanda Glenn Kylie Roos Nancy Percle Jennifer Owens

62 59 51 50 48 45

Kellie Shotwell Amanda Ortego Nancy Percle Kylie Roos Crista Miller Cindy Leggett

Wins

Brandy Kenney

.727 .720 .708 .684 .625 .590

Kaylee Guidry (24-9) Claudia Percle (36-14) Nancy Percle (51-21) Loni Rasberry (38-26) Jemi LaHaye (35-21) Amanda Ortego (59-41)

Earned Run Average

1.04 1.24 1.41

Shutouts Rhonda Rube

Winning Percentage

26 19 19 15 15 15

Strikeouts

694 568 471 465 443 384 343

Nancy Percle Jemi Lahaye Kellie Shotwell Nance Percle Amanda Ortego Kellie Shotwell Kylie Roos Jemi LaHaye Sydney Forrester Amanda Ortego Amanda Glenn Kelee Grimes Kylie Roos Crista Miller Brooke Boening Loni Rasberry

2000-03 1986-89 2004-07 2010-13 1990-92 1996-98 1986-89 2000-03 1990-92 2010-13 2001-04 1997-00 2013-14 1990-92 1990-92 2002-05 1989-92 2000-03

1990-92 2000-03 1986-89 2010-13 1989-92 1982-85 2000-03 2004-07 2009-12 2010-13 2001-04 2010-13 2002-05

1734 1148 1039 902 842 799

Shanté Jones Jeanne DiVittorio Brianna Rodriguez Missy Pereira Krystle Nichols Nicole Kilgore

1996-99 1985-88 2011-14 1990-91 2001-04 1990-93

614 603 434 332 322 320

Sonja Olsen Becca Allen Kita Willliams Tara McKenney Brandy Kenney Anne LaHaye

1988-91 1995-98 1995-99 2011-14 1997-00 1987-90

Kellie Shotwell

1990-92 1989-92 1986-89

Nancy Percle

FIELDING RECORDS Putouts Becca Allen

Assists

Fielding Percentage

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2002-05 2003-06 2001-02 1997-00 1990-93

Amanda Glenn

.988 .988 .988 .986 .985 .981

Brianna Rodriguez Krystle Nichols Erin Manusco Cheyenne Delagarza Amanda Perdue Shannon Straty

2011-14 2001-04 1999-02 2011-14 2005-06 1997-00

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Loni Rasberry

Sonja Olsen

LADY DEMON Longest Winning Streak 11 games (1990 and 1998) Longest Home Winning Streak 9 games (March 29, 2002 - May 4, 2002) (March 18, 2006 - April 24, 2006) Longest Losing Streak 14 games (2009) Most Consecutive Shutouts 4 games (March 2-6, 2002) Most Consecutive Being Shutout 5 games (1996) Most Wins in a Season 45 (2002) Most SLC Wins in a Season 23 (1998) Most Losses in a Season 45 (2008, 2009) Most SLC Losses in a Season 26 (2009)

SOFTBALL IMPECCABLE PITCHING

Perfect Games (5) Amber Welker vs. Ole Miss, February 28, 1998 Crista Miller and Amanda Ortego vs. Centenary, February 22, 2001 Crista Miller vs. Southern, February 2, 2002 Crista Miller vs. Prarie View A&M, March 12, 2003 Crista Miller vs. McNeese State, April 3, 2004 No-Hitters (12) Kelly Shotwell vs. North Texas, April 16, 1988 Kristi Parcel vs. Delta State, April 6, 1993 Jemi Lahaye vs. Southeastern Louisiana, March 10, 1989 Anne Hamilton vs. Southeastern Louisiana, March 25, 1995 Jennifer Owens vs. Stephen F. Austin, March 22, 1997 Jennifer Owens vs. Southeastern Louisiana, March 21, 1998 Loni Rasberry vs. Jackson State, February 9, 2002 Crista Miller vs. Centenary, April 7, 2003 Amanda Glenn vs. South Dakota State, February 11, 2006 Michelle Castellano vs. Grambling, March 31, 2006 Kelee Grimes vs. Alcorn State, April 6, 2011 Kaylee Guidry vs. Alcorn State, February 20, 2013

Fewest Losses in a Season 10 (1981, 1982, 1983) Fewest SLC Losses in a Season 3 (1998) Best Start to a Season 11-0 (1990) Best Start to the SLC season 15-0 (1998) Consecutive SLC Championships 3 (1998-1999-2000) Most Runs in a Game 20 (1981 - LSU-Alexandria) Most Runs by an Opponent 18 (February 7, 1997 - Arizona) Most Innings Played in a Game 21 (April 9, 1992 - Southwest Louisiana) Most 10+ Run Games in a Season 8 (2014, 2005) Longest Hitting Streak 19 games (2003 - Nicole Martin) 15 games (2005 - Sarina Noack) 13 games (2014, 2013 - Brittany Virgoe) 13 games (2013 - Tara McKenney) 13 games (2013 - Brianna Rodriguez) 13 games (2002 - Annie Johnston) 12 games (1997 - Becca Allen)

Kelee Grimes (2009-2012) blanked Alcorn State on April 6, 2011 by a 2-0 score. In the seven innings pitched, she walked two and struck out 16. Grimes is now an assistant academic coordinator and the director of the enhanced academic program for the NSU athletic department.

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

Crista Miller (2001-2004) threw a total of five no-hitters during her career at Northwestern State. Included in those five were four perfect games.

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ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS Aasness, Sara Abby, Shenequia Alexander, Shelby Allen, Becca Barefield, Cassandra Banks, Kelly Baranik, Audra Beard, Blair Berry, Cindy Biggs, Candice Boening, Brooke Boening, Kayla Bolin, Shannon Bone, Vicki Bordelon, Danielle Briggs, Karen Broocks, Sherri Bruce, Rebecca Bruno, Cary Burke, Cali Burke, Kelli Cagle, Skylar Calandro, Jackie Card, Brittany Carlos, Dawn Carraway, Misty

2011-2012 2011-2012-2013-2014 2014-Present 1995-1996-1997-1998 2012-2013-Present 1989-1990-1991 2005 2011-2012 1982-1983-1985-1986 2012 2010-2011-2012-2013 2014-Present 1991-1992-1993-1994 1995 1992 1979-1980-1981-1982 1981-1982-1983-1984 1994 2006-2007-2008-2009 2011-2012-2013-2014 1997-1998 2014-Present 1980-1981-1982-1983 2006-2007-2008-2009 1986-1987-1988-1989 1993-1995-1996-1997

Castellano, Michelle Cavallin, Paige Cavin, Heather Christophe, Connie Coert, Julie Cole, Kayla Cook, April Corliss, Kelly Cory, Alisha Craig, Ginger Danzy, Lindsey Darbonne, Debbie Darbonne, Kim Davis, Kim Davis, Laura DelaGarza, Cheyenne DeMahy, Caroline DiVittorio, Jeanne Dornelas, Sara Edgar, Christina Edmonds, Taywanee Efferson, Michelle England, Ashlee Ewing, Anita Ewing Fitts, Lauren Fontenot, Kelly Ford, Alyssa Forrester, Sydney Foshee, Tracy Frasier, Jamie Frasier Fulkerson, Amanda Garcia, Jada Gatto, Robin Glenn, Amanda Gorski, Lyndsey Gray, Baylee Grimes, Kelee Grisham, Amy Grisham, Ashley Groves, Mitzi Guerrini, Janet Guidry, Kaylee Hamilton, Anne

2005-2006-2007 2012-2013 1996-1997 1995 1993-1994 2010-2011 1997-1998-1999 2005-2006-2007-2008 2001-2002 1985-1986-1987-1988 2001-2002-2003-2004 1984-1985-1986 1993-1994 1987-1988 2000-2001 2011-2012-2013-2014 1998 1985-1986-1987-1988 2008-2009 1998-1999-2000-2001 2008-2009-2010-2011 1986-1987-1988-1989 2010-2011-2012 1996-1997-1998 2002-2003 1990 2011-2012 1982-1983-1985-1986 1985-1986-1987-1988 1999-2000-2001-2002 2014 1998-1999-2000-2001 1993-1994 2004-2005-2006-2007 2004-2005-2006-2007 2013-Present 2009-2010-2011-2012 1990-1991-1992-1993 1990-1991-1992-1993 1994 1981-1982-1983-1984 2013-2014 1995

Cartwright, Bailee

2012

Hanger, B. J. 1996 Hastings, Michelle 1993 Hebert,Morgan 2008-2009 Helen LeFevre 1979-1980-1981-1982 Hess, Tasha 2002 Holaway, Jessica 2000 Holloway, Kaitlin 2010-2011 Humphreys, Jami 1994 Hunt, Shay 2002-2003-2004-2005 Hurlburt, Lori 1989 Jameson, Amanda 2007-2008-2009 Jannak, Jennifer 1993-1994 Jenkins, Jill 1987-1988-1989-1990 John, Stephanie 1994 Johnson, Leslie 2008-2009-2010 Johnston, Annie 2001-2002 Jones, Brittney 2014-Present Jones, Shante’ 1996-1997-1998-1999 Jones, Sonia 1993-1994-1995-1996 Julie Cassel 1979-1980-1981-1982 Justin, Robyn 1984 Kenney, Brandy 1997-1998-1999-2000 Kilgore, Nicole 1990-1991-1992-1993 Kincannon, Kellye 2014-Present Kracki, Maureen 1985 Laffitte, Donna Jo 1985-1986 LaHaye, Anne 1987-1988-1989-1990 LaHaye, Jemi 1989-1990-1991-1992 Landreneau, Missy 1985-1986-1987-1988 Landry, Leslie 2000-2001 Landry, Natalie 2013-Present LeDoux, Shea 2002-2003 Leftwich, Lindsay 2001-2002-2003-2004 Leggett, Cindy 1997-1998-1999-2000 Lewis, Toby 1994 Lindley, Kristen 2006-2007 MacNair, Deven 1993-1994-1995-1996 Mancuso, Erin 1999-2000-2001-2002 Manuel, Annette 1982-1984-1985-1986 Martin, Nicole 2002-2003-2004-2005 May, Elizabeth 1995 McCoy, Cheri 1999 McGuirk, Nicky 2004-2005-2006 McKenney, Tara 2011-2012-2013-2014 McLoughlin, Taylor 2010-2011 McMillan, Morgan 2003-2004-2005 Melendy, Nicole 1996-1997 Militello, Winter 2000-2001-2002 Miller, Crista 2001-2002-2003-2004 Miller, Lauren 2001 Morales, Kathi 1993-1994 Morales, Richelle 2008 Mros, Tammy 1988-1989 Nichols, Krystle 2001-2002-2003-2004 Noack, Sarina 2003-2004-2005-2006 Normand, Dawn 2002-2003-2004-2005 Normand, Kim 2006 Olsen, Sonja 1988-1989-1990-1991 Ortego, Amanda 2000-2001-2002-2003 Owens, Jennifer 1996-1997-1998 Painter, Jennifer 1993-1994-1995-1996 Palmer, Cissy 1982-1983-1984 Palmer, Jordan 2012-2013 Palomarez, Erin 2000-2001 Parcel, Kristi 1993-1994 Parrino, Gloria 1995 Patterson, Margaret 2004-2005-2660-2007 Patton, Laura 1996-1997 Peck, Jennifer 1997-1998 Peck, Tammy 1997-1998

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Pellerin, Ainsley 2007-2008-2009-2010 Percle, Claudia 1990-1991-1992 Percle, Nancy 1990-1991-1992 Perdue, Amanda 2005-2006 Pereira, Melissa 1990-1991 Peters, Carla 1980-1981-1982-1983 Pollock, Shelly 1996 Poncik, Cassandra 2008-2009 Poore, Melissa 1996 Porche, Julianna 1996 Rasberry, Loni 2002-2003-2004-2005 Realmuto, Amanda 2007 Richard, Renee 1982-1983-1984-1986 Roberts, Samantha 2009-2010-2011-2012 Robinett, Robyn 1994-1995 Robinson, Julie 1983-1984 Rodriguez, Brianna 2011-2012-2013-2014 Roos, Kylie 2010-2011-2012-2013 Rube, Rhonda 1989-1990-1991-1992 Russell, Carrie 1994 Salemi, Lori 1990 Salter, Val 1986-1987-1988 Scott, Kiana 2001-2002-2003-2004 Sells, Shelby 2014-Present Shephard, Baylee 2014-Present Sherrill, Sandi 1990-1991-1992 Shier, Sara 2012 Shotwell, Kellie 1986-1987-1988-1989 Smith, Rhonda 1991 Smitherman, Shian 2006 Sorosiak, Micayla 2014-Present Stech, stormi 2007-2008-2009-2010 Stevens, Rustie 1991-1992 Steward, Travia 1989-1990-1991-1992 Stinson, Jamiee 2006 Stowell, Sarah 2002 Straty, Shannon 1997-1998-1999-2000 Strickland, Jana 1999-2000-2001-2002 Stuard, Randi 2007-2008-2009-2010 Stuart, Linette 1998-1999-2000 Stults, Marysa 2006 Sullivan, Tammy 1995 Swainston, Erin 1993-1994 Thibault, Amy 1988-1989-1990-1991 Thomas, Amy 1994-95 Thomas, Ladine 1989-1990-1991 Thompson, Jessica 2005-2006 Thompson, Tracye 2001-2002-2003-2004 Thornton, Mallorie 2004-2005-2007-2008 Triplett, Tashana 2013-2014 Vadnais, Margo 1997 Velotta, Cori 1995 Virgoe, Brittany 2012-2013-Present Waguespack, Laura 1982-1983 Walker, Katrina 2003-2004-2005 Walker, Shira 2005-2006-2007-2008 Ward, Tiffany 2009-2010-2011-2012 Welker, Amber 1997-1998-1999-2000 West, Brandi 1998-1999 Wigley, Cindy 1980-1981-1982-1983 Williams, Kita 1996-1997-1998-1999 Zappia, Karen 1994 Zucconi, Wendy 1984-1985-1986 Current Players

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RETIRED JERSEYS NO. 3 GINGER CRAIG

NO. 27 RHONDA RUBE

Ginger Craig was a standout at the plate at Northwestern State, playing from 1985-88. She set 10 career hitting records, one of which still remains (triples-18). She also holds individual season records for batting average (.428) and slugging percentage (.783). She was the first Louisiana Athletic Director’s Association Player of the Year and was the Gulf Star Conference Most Valuable Player in 1987. She also played two seasons (1984-86) for the Lady Demon basketball team.

Rhonda Rube remains the most highly decorated player in Northwestern State softball history. She is the only player to ever earn All-American honors, third team (1991). She set four career hitting records including hits, doubles, batting average, and walks, one of which still stands (walks-95). She was a threetime Louisiana Athletic Director’s Association Player of the Year and a four-time All-Southland Conference pick, three first team selections and one second team.

1985-1988

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

1989-1992

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A LOOK BACK AT 2014

For the second consecutive season, Northwestern State represented the Southland Conference in the NCAA Tournament.

Northwestern State entered the 2014 softball campaign tied with McNeese State atop the Southland Conference preseason polls, as voted upon by the league’s coaches and sports information directors. With 11 letterwinners, eight starters and two pitchers returning, NSU also led the league with six preseason honorees including first team selections Brianna Rodriguez, Brittany Virgoe, Kaylee Guidry and second team picks Cali Burke, Tara McKenney and Cassandra Barefield.

“We’ve had to battle all year long, and we knew how good we were; down the stretch, our seniors stepped up and became the aggressor and didn’t look back.” -- Donald Pickett, NSU head softball coach Despite the returning talent, NSU’s early non-conference schedule was daunting, highlighted by a season opening trip to Troy, Ala. to face North Florida, Middle Tennessee State, Alabama and host Troy. After a difficult 1-4 start, NSU returned to the friendly confines of the Lady Demon Diamond for the first time in 2014 against Mississippi Valley State. Within a two-day span, the Lady Demons outscored MVSU 28-0. Following a midweek loss at Arkansas, NSU headed to the campus of Tennessee-Chattanooga, head coach Donald Pickett’s alma mater, and held their own against strong competition defeating the likes of Butler, Middle Tennessee State and Tennessee Tech.

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NSU closed out its non-conference schedule by playing in its fifth different state in less than one month, edging Creighton, 2-1 and falling to Tulsa 9-0 from Tulsa, Okla. Three days later, the Lady Demons took a 3-0 lead on LSU before dropping the game, 5-3 in Natchitoches. The woes continued for NSU as it opened conference play. After posting a 6-7 record through three series, the Lady Demons found their groove. The squad would finish the season on a 10-3 run - including four straight wins heading into the tournament. The run pushed NSU into the No. 2 seed heading to Hammond, La. for the league tournament. In the first round, facing off against six seeded Central Arkansas, NSU utilized a two-RBI sixth inning triple from senior Cali Burke to propell the Lady Demons into a semifinals matchup with regular season champion and No. 1 seed McNeese State. The two squads, who split regular season matchups, sat knotted at 2-2 heading to the seventh inning when a Tara McKenney bunt and Cowgirls throwing error gave NSU a one-run victory and forced a rematch in the championship the following morning. In the finale, NSU saved its best performance for last, drubbing McNeese 11-0 in five innings behind three RBIs from Burke. The win marked the program’s 13th 30-plus win season and fifth trip to the NCAA Tournament. This time, NSU was headed to the Waco Regional, hosted by No. 13 Baylor and featuring Houston and Tulsa. Despite dropping its NCAA matchups, including a nailbiting 7-6 outing against Houston, the Lady Demons had once again found a home on the national stage and set the bar high moving into 2015. NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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2014 Northwestern State Softball Overall Statistics for Northwestern State (as of Jan 21, 2015) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 30-22 Player

avg gp-gs

McKenney, Tara Kincannon, Kellye Burke, Cali Virgoe, Brittany Barefield, Cassandra Jones, Brittney Rodriguez, Brianna DelaGarza, Cheyenne -------------------Abby, Shenequia Shepard, Baylee Sorosiak, Micayla Boening, Kayla Fulkerson, Amanda Landry, Natalie Triplett, Tashana Sells, Shelby Alexander, Shelby Gray, Baylee Guidry, Kaylee Cagle, Skylar

.392 . 357 . 341 . 331 . 307 . 296 . 265 . 245

50-50

. 387 .313 . 303 .1 9 6 . 179 .1 7 8 . 143 . 000 . 000 .000 . 000 . 000

32-14

42-42 51-51 51-51 52-52 50-48 51-51 44-44

9-5 38-17 46-27 22-3 27-13 32-0 20-15 5-0 24-6 28-20 19-11

Home: 14-6

176 126 135 166 150 135 155 110

35 34 24 34 32 26 29 14

31 16 66 56 28 45 7 0 0 0 0 0

2b 3b hr

69 9 45 6 46 7 55 10 46 10 40 8 41 8 27 10

14 12 2 5 10 20 16 11 3 5 10 8 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Away: 8-11

0 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0

rbi

Neutral: 8-5

tb slg%

3 0 20 84 1 12 41 89 1 3 31 64 0 6 27 83 0 14 38 98 1 10 28 80 0 5 32 64 0 1 15 40

.477 . 706 .474 . 500 .653 . 593 .413 . 364

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

. 387 .313 . 561 .446 . 179 .400 . 286 . 000 . 000 . 000 . 000 . 000

0 4 12 0 2 5 4 22 37 4 5 25 0 6 5 3 13 18 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

bb hp

Southland: 15-10 so gdp

14 2 18 13 4 24 19 0 29 7 9 16 17 12 36 20 2 31 15 3 20 16 5 16 6 1 3 4 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 5 0 4 0 19 0 21 1 9 1 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1

ob% sf sh sb-att

.440 . 431 .414 . 388 .419 . 395 .339 . 364

1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1

3 15-18 88 0 1-2 58 8 1-1 71 0 5-6 40 0 0-0 0 2 0-1 62 0 0-0 288 4 0-0 212

9 .941

2 .968

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

. 500 .353 . 329 .246 . 258 .288 . 143 .000 . 000 .000 . 000 .000

0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

6-6 0-0 0-0 1-1 1-2 0-1 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

e fld%

8 .940

8 .938

0 .000

1 .985

2 .993

6 .975

0 1.000

1 .973

1 .941

9 .924

0 1.000

2 .920

0 .000

0 1.000

Totals

.307

1402

299

431

7 62

285

706

.504

143 40

261

.385 10 23

31-40

1003

355

.965

Opponents

.261

1322

208

345

9 32

191

520

.393

139 32

240

.344

52-69

993

364

.962

7 16

0 1.000

LOB - Team (329), Opp (308). DPs turned - Team (4), Opp (15). IBB - Team (1), Burke, Cali 1. Picked off - Kincannon, K 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg) Player

Guidry, Kaylee Gray, Baylee Sells, Shelby -------------------Cagle, Skylar Alexander, Shelby

sho

2.89 12-5 3.53 7-5 3.93 6-8

era

w-l

app gs

28 20 10 24 6 2 20 15 6

3/3 0/1 1/1

1 106.2 91 0 81.1 91 0 92.2 101

50 52 67

44 41 52

45 27 45

63 55 75

18 17 14

3 6 3 5 1 16

hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha

.224 . 280 .271

4 9 8 5 5 10

0 0 3

1 2 2

3 6 3

4. 1 4 4. 67

5-4 0-0

19 11 3 0

1 0

0/2 0/1

0 0

50.2 3.0

61 1

37 2

30 2

19 3

43 4

11 1

2 0

5 0

.2 9 3 . 100

6 1

5 3

1 0

2 0

4 0

Totals

3. 54

30-22

52 52

8/4

334.1

345

208

169

139

240

.261

24 32

Opponents

5. 03

22-30

52 52

3/0

331.0

431

299

238

143

261

.307

19 40

1 10

PB - Team (6), DelaGarza, C 5, Shepard, Bay 1, Opp (5). Pickoffs - Team (1), DelaGarza, C 1, Opp (1). SBA/ATT - DelaGarza, C (48-61), Gray, Baylee (15-19), Guidry, Kayl (15-18), Sells, Shelb (9-17), Cagle, Skyla (13-15), Shepard, Bay (3-4), Kincannon, K (1-3).

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THE BEST OF 2014 Last time Northwestern State... Won At Least 5 Games In a Row: 7, April 19 - May 4, 2014

Won At Least 5 Home Games In a Row: 7, April 19 - May 4, 2014 Scored At Least 10 Runs In a Game: 11, May 11, 2014 (NSU 11 vs. McNeese 0) Allowed At Least 10 Runs In a Game: 10, March 15, 2014 (A&M-CC 10 vs. NSU 9) Played Extra Innings: 9, April 18, 2014 vs. UIW (UIW 8 vs. NSU 7) Recorded 15 or More Hits: 15, April 13, 2014 (NSU 10 vs. UCA 3) Allowed 15 or More Hits: 16, March 15, 2014 (A&M-CC 10 vs. NSU 9) Recorded 4 or More Doubles: 4, May 17, 2014 (Houston 7 vs. NSU 6) Allowed 4 or More Doubles: 6, Feb. 8, 2014 (Alabama 16 vs. NSU 0) Recorded 5 or More Home Runs: 5, April 12, 2014 (NSU 13 vs. UCA 4) Allowed 2 or More Home Runs: 2, May 4, 2014 (NSU 6 vs. Southeastern La. 3) Recorded 5 or More Walks: 7, April 26, 2014 (NSU 6 vs. Nicholls 4) Allowed 8 or More Walks: 8, Feb. 9, 2014 (Middle Tenn. 12 vs. NSU 7) Hit 4 or More Batters: 4, March 18, 2014 (Texas A&M 6 vs. NSU 3)

Last time a NSU player... Scored 4 or More Runs: 4, Tara McKenney, May 11, 2014 (NSU 11 vs. McNeese 0) Had 4 or More Hits: 4, Tara McKenney, May 11, 2014 (NSU 11 vs. McNeese 0) Had 7 or More RBIs: 7, Kellye Kincannon, April 23, 2014 (NSU 8 vs. LA Tech 7) Had 2 or More Doubles: 2, Cassandra Barefield, May 17, 2014 (Houston 6 vs. NSU 1) Had 2 or More Home Runs: 2, Kellye Kincannon, May 3, 2014 (NSU 5 vs. Southeastern 1) Scored 4 or More Runs: 4, Tara McKenney May 11, 2014 Walked 3 or More Times: 3, Brianna Rodriguez, Feb. 9, 2014 (MTSU 12 vs. NSU 7) Stole 3 or More Bases: 3, Abby Shenequia, April 27, 2014 (NSU 7 vs. Nicholls 1) Hit by Pitch 2 or More Times: 2, Brittany Virgoe, April 23, 2014 (NSU 8 vs. LA Tech 7) Committed 2 or More Errors: 2, Brittany Virgoe, April 23, 2014 (NSU 8 vs. LA Tech 7) Pitched 7 or More Innings: 7, Kaylee Guidry, April 19, 2014 (NSU 8 vs. UIW 2)

Hit By 4 or More Pitches: 4, May 3, 2014 (NSU 10 vs. Southeastern La. 2) Allowed 7 or More Runs: 7, Shelby Sells, Feb. 9, 2014 (MTSU 12 vs. NSU 7) Struck out 15 or More Times: 15, May 16, 2014 (Baylor 6 vs. NSU 1) Struck Out 10 or More Batters: 10, Shelby Sells, Feb. 7, 2014 Struck out 10 or More Batters: (NSU 7 vs. Troy 1) 10, March 1, 2014 (NSU 2 vs. Creighton 1) Stole 5 or More Bases: 6, April 19, 2014 (NSU 8 vs. UIW 2) Recorded 25 or More Putouts: 27, April 5, 2014 (SHSU 7 vs. NSU 5) Made 3 or More Errors: 3, April 19, 2014 (NSU 8 vs. UIW 2)

Allowed 3 or More Doubles: 3, Skylar Cagle, April 23, 2014 (NSU 8 vs. LA Tech 7) Allowed 2 or More Home Runs: 2, Shelby Sells, May 4, 2014 (NSU 6 vs. Southeastern 3) Hit 4 or More Batters: 4, Shelby Sells, March 18, 2014 (Texas A&M 6 vs. NSU 3)

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2014 NSU Softball Accolades Shenequia Abby · SLC All-Tournament Team, Utility Player · 2014 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll Shelby Alexander · 2014 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll Cassandra Barefield · All-Southland Conference Third Team selection · LSWA’s 2014 All Louisiana Collegiate Softball Team, DP, 2nd team selection · 2014 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll Kayla Boening · 2014 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll Micaela Bouvier · 2014 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll Cali Burke · All-Southland Conference Second Team selection · SLC All-Tournament Team,2B · Southland Conference All-Academic Softball Team, 2nd team · 2014 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll Skylar Cagle · 2014 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll Cheyenne DelaGarza · All-Southland Conference Honorable Mention Team selection · 2014 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll Amanda Fulkerson · 2014 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll Baylee Gray · Southland Conference Pitcher of the Week Kaylee Guidry · Southland Conference Pitcher of the Week · All-Southland Conference Second Team selection · SLC All-Tournament Most Valuable Player · LSWA’s 2014 All Louisiana Collegiate Softball Team, pitcher, 2nd team selection · Southland Conference All-Academic Softball Team, 2nd team Brittney Jones · All-Southland Conference Third Team selection · 2014 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll Kellye Kincannon · Southland Conference Hitter of the Week · Louisiana Sports Writers Association Player of the Week · Southland Conference Hitter of the Week · All-Southland Conference Honorable Mention Team selection · National Fastpitch Coaches Association 2014 All-South Region Team · LSWA’s 2014 All Louisiana Collegiate Softball Team, OF, 2nd team selection Natalie Landry · 2014 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll Tara McKenney · All-Southland Conference Second Team selection · SLC All-Tournament Team, Infielder · National Fastpitch Coaches Association 2014 All-South Region Team · LSWA’s 2014 All Louisiana Collegiate Softball Team, SS, 2nd team selection · Southland Conference All-Academic Softball Team, 1st team Brianna Rodriguez · Southland Conference Hitter of the Week (4/14/2014) · Louisiana Sports Writers Association Co-Player of the Week (4/14/2014) · All-Southland Conference 2nd Team selection · LSWA’s 2014 All Louisiana Collegiate Softball Team, 1B, 2nd team selection · 2014 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll Shelby Sells · 2014 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll Micayla Sorosiak · 2014 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll Tashana Triplett · 2014 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll Brittany Virgoe · All-Southland Conference First Team selection · LSWA’s 2014 All Louisiana Collegiate Softball Team, 3B, 1st team selection · Southland Conference All-Academic Softball Team, 1st team · 2014 Spring Commissioner’s Honor Roll

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NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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Dr. Jim Henderson

Northwestern State President Dr. James Henderson assumed the president’s office on Jan. 1, 2015. Prior to NSU, Henderson served as chancellor of Bossier Parish Community College since 2009. In that time, BPCC has grown enrollment by more than 84 percent and increased annual certificate and degree completions by 90 percent. From 2011-13, BPCC was among the five fastest growing community colleges in the nation with enrollments of between 5,000 and 9,999. Under Henderson’s leadership, the college created market responsive programs in nursing, oil and gas technology, construction management, industrial technology and engineering. Henderson was senior vice president, workforce and economic development/career & technical education for the Louisiana Community & Technical College System from 2005 to 2009. He served as appointing authority and chief executive officer of the LCTCS comprised of eight regional technical colleges serving more than 26,000 students. Under his leadership, the statewide technical college system with 42 individually accredited campuses was transitioned into eight regionally accredited technical colleges. During Henderson’s tenure, LCTCS enrollment grew by 98 percent and helped obtain more than $65 million in grants, appropriations and private funding to enhance workforce development. In partnership with Louisiana Economic Development, Henderson helped create Louisiana FastStart, the nation’s top-ranked state workforce training program. From 2001 to 2005, he was director of administration and director of workforce development for the Louisiana Department of Labor. Henderson was in the private sector for 10 years in hotel management. He worked for Mississippi Management, Inc., Kemmons Wilson Companies and Ryco Management, playing a leadership role as each company achieved record growth in profitability. A native of Shreveport, Henderson is a Northwestern State alumnus as is his wife Tonia. He earned a Master of Science in Administration from the University of West Florida and a Doctor of Management from the University of Maryland – University College. The Hendersons have three children, Reagan, Nicholas and Alexander. Dr. Jim Henderson and his family Tonia (wife) and children Nicholas, Reagan and Alexander

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT DR. JIM HENDERSON

“I have had the privilege of working with Dr. Henderson over the past few years as a member of the BPCC foundation board. He is one of the best higher education leaders that I have ever worked with. He is a visionary, loves his faculty, staff, and students and will be a great President for a great school. I will hate to lose him at BPCC, but will be glad he is staying in Louisiana.” Michael Woods, President, Woods Operating Company, Shreveport, former chair, Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System

“Leadership, vision, and innovation will compliment a vast array of dynamic strategies building a foundation of continued excellence at Northwestern State University following the appointment of Dr. James Henderson. His proven abilities to establish a higher education environment centered on student success and faculty excellence will promote a world class university responsive to the needs of stakeholders in the community, region, state and nation.” William S. Wainwright, Chancellor, Northshore Technical Community College

“Jim Henderson is one of the most exceptional graduates of University of Maryland University College’s Doctor of Management program. His vast knowledge of higher education and his commitment to the academic success of students are second to none. He also is exceptional at creating partnerships with businesses and other community organizations, thereby dramatically enhancing the quality and reputation of Bossier Parish Community College. Perhaps most important is his warm and open approach to communication. College constituencies are encouraged by his style to feel comfortable expressing their points of view. I was fortunate to be his dissertation advisor as he completed his outstanding dissertation. I deeply admire Jim and all that he has accomplished.” Charlene Nunley Program Director (Retired), Doctor of Management - Community College Policy and Administration, University of Maryland University College

“Dr. Henderson is one of the finest men as well as leaders I have ever had the privilege of working with. In my time at BPCC, Dr. Henderson has been the driving force behind much of the expansion of our college including development of our nursing program. He is a strong supporter of the community as well as the college. As Chancellor, he is very personable with faculty and student alike. He makes weekly rounds to all departments just to stay in touch with us and see how faculty members and our students are doing. He is not an untouchable leader, and I think that is a remarkable quality. I am very sad to see him leave BPCC, but I have no doubt he will be an excellent choice for NSU.” Amy Williams, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Bossier Parish Community College

“Northwestern has great days ahead. Dr. Henderson is a man of the highest level. He is a person of great integrity and knows how to empower people. Dr. Henderson is a very forward-thinking individual. Because of him, the staff at BPCC has a can do attitude. They believed that could accomplish things in spite of what is happening externally. He played a pivotal role in helping our board reshape how it functions.” Bruce Willson Jr., President/CEO, United Way of Northwest Louisiana

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“Dr. Henderson is a man who inspires great trust and confidence. His genuine, sincere and caring manner, great intellect, dedication to the college and students, determination to accept nothing less that quality education, and openness with students, staff and shareholders all serve well to enable him to be a leader of change, inspiration and vision. People believe in what he is doing and want to be part of a new and exciting vision and challenge.” Miles Hitchcock, Assistant Professor of Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, Bossier Parish Community College

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Jerry Pierce

Vice President • External Affairs Only a handful of people have served Northwestern State as long as Jerry Pierce has, and nobody has done so in a more understated manner. In his 50th year on the university’s staff, Pierce’s impact on NSU and the city of Natchitoches is indelible. He’s never wanted or gotten top billing, but consistently, he gets results to benefit the university. He is in his 24th year as vice president of external affairs at Northwestern. A significant aspect of his job is oversight of intercollegiate athletics. Pierce works closely with athletic director Greg Burke and all NSU coaches and staff members to keep Northwestern athletics competing at a championship level week after week, month after month and year after year. Pierce is an avid tennis player who has been a member of USTA teams that have won more than a dozen state championships, five regional titles and one national championship. Well before moving into the executive position, Pierce had already served his alma mater, adopted hometown and state with distinction. In his role as vice president, he overNSU Athletic Council sees university operations in athletics, alumni and development, public Jody Biscoe (Chair) and media relations and assists President Dr. Randall J. Webb in governLaCarsha Babers mental affairs activities. Many of those duties were his since the 1970s as Brittany Blackwell he worked under four previous presidents as Northwestern advanced from Kaymin Carter (Student) NAIA to NCAA College Division to NCAA Division I athletic status in 1977. Catherine Faucheaux A 1961 graduate of Northwestern, Pierce served as trainer/manager Cole Gentry for the Demon football team during his college years, working closely with Baylee Gray (Student) legendary coach Jack Clayton. After earning his journalism degree, Pierce Kelee Roddy went to work for the New Orleans Times Picayune, serving as a reporter Steve Gruesbeck and editor. He was named executive sports editor at the age of 24. Aaron Johnson Marcus Jones In 1965, he chose to raise his two sons in Natchitoches and returned Natalie Laurence to NSU as sports information director. He was promoted to news bureau Dr. Jack Pace director two years later and assumed additional responsibilities in athletDr. Charles Pellegrin ics, alumni affairs and other areas through the years. Kelee Roddy He founded, in 1972, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame facility in Steve Story Prather Coliseum on the NSU campus, providing a home for an entity creEx-Officio Members ated in 1958. He established annual induction activities that remain in Greg Burke place nearly four decades later, and served as director of the Hall for 19 Carrie Greene years until his promotion to vice president in 1990 forced him to step aside Dustin Eubanks Roxanne Freeman from the volunteer post. Dr. Patrice Moulton He helped guide Northwestern into three athletic conferences (Trans Dr. Vicki Parrish America, 1979; Gulf Star, 1983; Southland, 1987) and NCAA Division I staJerry Pierce tus in 1977. He is a past president of the Southland and has served the Dr. Randall Webb conference through other offices and committee positions. In 1994, he was named one of Louisiana’s 20 most influential sports figures by the Times-Picayune. Also on the list were New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson, LSU athletic director Joe Dean and basketball coach Dale Brown, and Grambling football coaching legend Eddie Robinson. His salesmanship and managerial skills were instrumental in convincing Tri-Star Productions to film the 1989 smash hit movie “Steel Magnolias,” with an all-star cast including Julia Roberts, Sally Field and Dylan McDermott in Natchitoches and on the NSU campus. The movie’s impact on tourism in Natchitoches continues to resonate more than two decades later. Pierce is regarded as one of the most effective legislative liaisons for Louisiana’s higher education system. He is also a popular after dinner speaker and master of ceremonies who has spoken at hundreds of events since 1965. In addition to his administrative responsibilities, Pierce is a member of the Journalism Department faculty. He is the author of one book and editor of two others and has written thousands of editorials, columns, features and other articles for newspapers and magazines. Pierce and his wife Regina, a teacher, live on Cane River Lake in Natchitoches. He has two sons, Randy and Rick, both NSU graduates; and three grandchildren, twins Evan and Amanda, 23, and Miranda, 12, and two stepchildren, Nicholas and Natalie.

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Highlights of NSU athletics under the leadership of recently retired Dr. Randall Webb, Vice President Jerry Pierce and Director of Athletics Greg Burke 23 Southland Conference Championships (8 sports) Football (1997, 1998, 2004), basketball (2005, 2006), women’s basketball (1999, 2004), baseball (1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005), women’s soccer (2000), softball (1998, 1999, 2000), women’s tennis (2010, 2014), men’s track and field (1998, 1999, 2001, 2002). All-Sports (1997-98). 16 Southland Conference Tournament Championships (5 sports) Basketball (2001, 2006, 2013), women’s soccer (1997, 2000, 2002, 2005), women’s basketball (2004, 2014), softball (1998, 2000, 2002, 2013, 2014), women’s tennis (2010), volleyball (2014). 22 NCAA Postseason Appearances (7 sports) Football - FCS Division I playoffs (1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004); basketball (2001, 2006, 2013); women’s basketball (2004, 2014); baseball (2005); softball (1998, 2000, 2002, 2013, 2014); women’s soccer (2000, 2002, 2005), women’s tennis (2010), volleyball (2014). Women’s basketball also played in the 1999 WNIT. Track and field qualifications are for individuals, not entire teams. 82 NCAA Postseason Individual Participants (5 sports) Men’s indoor track and field 13 (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2014), men’s outdoor track and field 36 (1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014), women’s indoor track and field 9 (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004), women’s outdoor track and field 23 (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014), women’s tennis 1 (2010). 73 National Awards (7 sports) All-America awards - track and field (29), football (24), baseball (1). Academic All-America honors – softball (2), baseball (3), football (2), women’s track and field (1). U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Women’s Field Evens Scholar-Athlete of the Year (1). National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete (2); AFCA Allstate Good Works Team (1), NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship (1). Basketball - 2006 Pontiac Game Changing Performance $100,000 Scholarship. NCAA Academic Progress Rates Public Recognition, top 10 percent nationally, (3, 2 by basketball, 1 by women’s soccer) 3 Olympic Competitors (2 sports) Track and field alumni LaMark Carter (2000) Kenta Bell (2004 and 2008) represented the USA in the Olympic Games in the triple jump. Former Demon basketball player Dr. Gayle Hatch was the USA’s head men’s weightlifting coach in the 2004 Athens Games.

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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Greg Burke

Director of Athletics The Burke File AGE: 58 (Born Oct. 22, 1956) • HOMETOWN: Alliance, Ohio • HIGH SCHOOL: Marlington ’74 • COLLEGE: Mt. Union ’78 (cum laude) POSTGRADUATE: Kent State ’86 • BEFORE HE WAS A.D.: Sports writer, Alliance (Ohio) Review, 1972-78; director of news and sports information, Hiram (Ohio) College (1978-85); administrative intern, NSU athletics, 1985-86; director, NSU Athletic Association, 1986-92; director of athletic development, University of Akron, 1992-96. BIG FAN OF: Cleveland Browns, Indians and Cavaliers • INTERESTS: Working out, watching ESPN and VH1 Classic, family outings. In his 19th year as director of athletics at Northwestern State, Greg Burke has received national acclaim for the job he’s done in his adopted hometown. Burke has been athletics director at Northwestern since Aug. 29, 1996, when his first day included speaking at the annual NSU/Independence Bowl Kickoff Luncheon. Burke is the longest serving AD at any Louisiana or Southland Conference institution. He has steered NSU athletics to many of its greatest accomplishments while overseeing a program that has fielded championship caliber teams in nearly all of the school’s NCAA Division I sports. During Feb. 2013, he was presented the “Outstanding Contributions to Amateur Football Award” by the north Louisiana chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame. Two years ago, he was included among 29 winners of the Under Amour AD of the Year Award presented by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA). Burke was the 2010-11 president of the Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association. He has just been named to the newly formed NCAA Committee on Academics, a 20-person group replacing the Committee on Academic Performance, which included Burke, and the NCAA Academic Cabinet. Burke also has served on the NCAA Championships/Sports Management Cabinet. He previously served a four-year term on the NCAA Division I Football Issues Committee (1999-2002) and concurrently served a term on the eight-member NCAA FCS Committee that administers the national playoffs. Burke has served as a site supervisor for Football Championship Subdivision playoff games across the nation, and he is regarded as one of the country’s premiere advocates of FCS football. Burke’s 17 years as athletic director include 37 Southland Conference regular-season or tournament championships, 61 All-American and Academic All-American student athletes, and three U.S. Olympic competitors. Twenty NSU teams have taken part in NCAA or WNIT postseason competition. All of the school’s athletic facilities have undergone nearly $7 million in improvements in the past four years. Burke spearheaded a $2 million series of sponsorships for new scoreboards installed for 2008-09 at all NSU athletic venues; the $700,000 Second Century Circle fencing project for athletic venues; and a $500,000 softball grandstand project completed earlier this year. NSU in 2004-05 became the first (and remains the only) Southland Conference member in the league’s five decades of history to sweep football, men’s basketball and baseball championships in the same athletic year. It’s been done only once in Southeastern Conference history, by Alabama in 1933-34, and only four times in Big Ten Conference history, the last time by Michigan State in 1979-80. Those accomplishments have come with one of the more modest athletic budgets in the state and conference. Burke’s management skill and fundraising ability have been pivotal. Burke has displayed a remarkable ability to hire dynamic head coaches. In just their second seasons, women’s basketball co-head coaches Brooke and Scott Stoehr guided NSU to the NCAA Tournament while baseball coach Lane Burroughs executed the best one-season turnaround in Southland Conference history and tied NSU’s school record. Anchors of the NSU department include current gead coaches Mike McConathy, Louisiana’s all-time career basketball wins leader; 2013 Louisiana softball coach of the Year Donald Pickett; Hugh and Stephanie Hernesman, who just led the volleyball program to its best two seasons in the 31-year history of the program; and Patric DuBois, whose Lady Demon tennis program has two Southland Conference titles in the past four years. Several other Burke hires had great success at Northwestern State that propelled them to national prominence in subsequent positions. From his first day on the job, Burke has stressed the importance of having a balanced athletic program. To that end, tremendous competitive strides have been made in women’s athletics under his guidance. Along with the aforementioned volleyball surge, NSU’s soccer program was the first in Louisiana to reach the NCAA Tournament. Softball and tennis made NCAA Tournament appearances in 2013, the second in four seasons for Lady Demon tennis, and softball returned in 2014. Burke has established a high standard for NSU Athletics in academic achievement and community service. The academic accomplishments are reflected annually in the NCAA’s APR and GSR studies. Community service by NSU student-athletes, coaches and staff more than doubled to over 5,000 hours in 2009-10 and has remained at that level. Burke spearheaded the adoption of the slogan “Great Tradition, Brighter Future” for NSU Athletics, and the creation of NSU Athletics “Cornerstones” for student-athletes: “Academic Achievement, Personal Responsibility, Competitive Success … Every Minute, Every Hour, Every Day!” In 2005, Burke was one of three recipients of the All-America Football Foundation’s Gen. Robert R. Neyland Outstanding Athletic Director Award and that same year, was also tabbed as one of two Natchitoches Parish Cenla Newsmakers of 2005 by the Alexandria Town Talk newspaper’s editorial staff. He received the 2006 “Outstanding Alumni Award” from his alma mater, Marlington High School in Alliance, Ohio, recognizing his community service and professional achievements. Burke became one of only 21 alumni honored since the award was instituted in 1982. Burke is a past president of the Natchitoches Kiwanis Club and remains active in that civic group. He has also been part of the steering committee for the Natchitoches Christmas Festival and is a former president of the Natchitoches Area Jaycees. He is involved with the American Heart Association and was 2010 March of Dimes chairman locally. His wife, Susu, is a Natchitoches native, NSU graduate and an elementary teacher. Their 20-year-old daughter, Catherine, graduated from St. Mary’s High School in May of 2012 and attends Louisiana Tech. Burke with his wife Susu and daughter Catherine

Southland Conference Champions: 1991 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 Southland Conference Tournament Champions: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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Jody BISCOE

Faculty Athletic Representative Jody Biscoe is Associate Professor of Psychology and Addiction Studies at Northwestern State, where he is the coordinator for the undergraduate Addiction Studies, and Substance Abuse/Prevention concentrations. Since 2006, he has served as Faculty Athletic Representative for NSU. This role includes the chair of the NSU Athletic Council. Since 2006, Northwestern State University has made numerous paradigm shifts in how it addresses the needs of student-athletes; however, one thing has been consistent in that its student-athletes are winners on the field and in the classroom. All have heard about higher educational institutions being penalized by the NCAA for academic improprieties. NSU has attempted to be a model program of “Doing Things the Right Way,” by following the Athletic Department motto: Great Tradition – Brighter Future. This past year, NSU was one of only four schools in the State of Louisiana that did not receive any penalties for low NCAA Academic Progress Rates (APR) with baseball, soccer, softball, tennis, women’s indoor & outdoor track, and volleyball rating in the top three in the Southland Conference. Among the 40 Northwestern State student-athletes and athletic staff members who graduated in spring 2010, 10 of the 20 receiving undergraduate degrees graduated either cum laude or magna cum laude. Graduation rates of student-athletes in soccer, volleyball, men’s basketball, baseball and football ranked in the top four of the Conference. Also, Jody is the Director for the Louisiana Addiction Technology Transfer Center at NSU. He has served on the National Addiction Technology Transfer Center’s (ATTC) - Practice and National Leadership Institute Committee. In addition, he has coordinated five nationally recognized leadership institutes for Louisiana, Texas and New Mexico and a member of the National ATTC Leadership Directors Committee. Recently, he was appointed to the NAADAC - National Addiction Studies & Standards Collaborative Committee. This past year, Jody was selected to serve on the United States Health and Human Services – Substance Abuse & Mental Health Service Administration Expert Panel concerning workforce issues. Jody’s married to his wife, Veronica (Roni), an avid runner, and daughter Roxy is a senior co-captain on the varsity cheerleading squad and Lady Tiger basketball team at St. Mary’s School. ASSISTANT AD/DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING

Haley BLOUNT

Haley Blount, a school record-setting competitor as a Northwestern State track and field student-athlete who has served as the associate director of alumni affairs at her alma mater for the past three years, is NSU’s assistant athletic director for development and marketing. Blount, a magna cum laude graduate of NSU in May 2006, was executive director of the NSU Alumni Association as well as the associate director of alumni affairs from July 2011-September 2014. She solicited funds for the Alumni Association and NSU Foundation, planned and coordinated all alumni events and events assigned by the office of NSU president Dr. Randy Webb, and managed the Alumni Association website, social media pages, the Purple Pulse e-newsletter and the Alumni Columns magazine. Previously, she worked as an assistant in student services for the Stephen F. Austin athletics department for 18 months from 2010-11. For nearly three years following her graduation from Northwestern, Blount was an assistant track and field coach and head cross country coach for NSU. She earned her master’s degree in sport administration from NSU in 2007, and is pursuing a doctoral degree in educational leadership from Louisiana Tech. Blount was a four-year competitor as a pole vaulter for the Lady Demons and still holds the NSU women’s school record with an 11-6 ¼ clearance at the 2006 Southland Conference Outdoor Championships. She did an internship with USA Track & Field in 2007, serving as assistant producer of the AT&T USA Outdoor Championships in Indianapolis, and she also assisted with operations at the 2008 USA Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore. She was the women’s track and field team representative from 2004-06 on the NSU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and was on the 2005 All-Louisiana Collegiate Track and Field Team based on posting one of the top three marks by any state competitor in her event. Blount was included on the Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll for academic achievement each season from 2002-06. Blount is the president of the women’s service organization Les Amies of Natchitoches and has been a board member since 2009. She has coordinated Les Amies community service activities and assisted with fundraising. She has served as vice president of the Kiwanis Club of Natchitoches, and fundraising coordinator and board member for the Natchitoches Hope for Paws organization. She’s also been a team captain for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life in Natchitoches, and has assisted with the Natchitoches Parish Special Olympics. As an undergraduate, Blount won the Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority highest grade point average award in 2005 and 2006, and earned the NSU Health and Human Performance Department’s Hall of Fame Award in 2006 for being the outstanding student-athlete of the year. Her father, Terry, is a ESPN.com sportswriter covering the NFL’s Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks, whose team includes former NSU cornerback Jeremy Lane. ASSISTANT AD/NCAA COMPLIANCE DIRECTOR

Dustin EUBANKS

Dustin Eubanks is in his 14th year in the NSU athletic department and his 13th year at the helm of the compliance duties, keeping all athletic personnel current and in

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Roxanne FREEMAN

Roxanne Freeman began working at NSU in 1983 as an accounting clerk in business affairs. She transferred to the athletic department as football/baseball/track secretary and served under Sam Goodwin, Leon Johnson and several baseball coaches for eight seasons before graduating with a B.S. in accounting in May 1995. Freeman then became the compliance coordinator and academic advisor during a three-year span before leaving in 1998. She returned to NSU in the Fall of 2000 in her current position as Business Manager where she now serves as liaison between the athletic department and business affairs. She has one son, Aaron Pizani, who is also a NSU alum. ASSISTANT AD FOR STUDENT-ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT/ SENIOR WOMAN ADMINISTRATOR

Carrie GREENE Carrie Greene, a two-year Academic All-Southland Conference soccer standout for Northwestern State in 2005-06, serves as the Assistant Athletic Director for StudentAthlete Development in the Johnnie Emmons Athletic Study Center at NSU as well as being the Senior Woman Administrator. Greene, a native of Arlington, Texas, was a magna cum laude graduate of NSU in August 2007 in business administration. She was a key contributor on the Lady Demons’ 2005 NCAA Tournament team that won the Southland Conference Tournament. Greene served as an intern in NSU’s Academic Services and CHAMPS/ Life Skills program beginning in in January 2009, while also completing her second season as a graduate assistant soccer coach and finishing work on her masters degree. Greene is the academic coordinator for the sports of soccer, tennis, baseball, men’s basketball, and varsity football. She is also the Director of the Victorious for Life program, NSU’s resident CHAMPS/Life Skills program which focuses on community service, personal development, and career development – allowing student-athletes to prepare for life after college athletics. Under her tenure, NSU Athletics has remained penalty-free with the NCAA Academic Progress Rate. Additionally, the student-athletes have set multiple records for honor roll and department grade point averages. Most notably, in the spring 2014 semester, NSU student-athletes posted a cumulative GPA of 2.95. Greene served an internship in the summer of 2008 with the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, helping stage events supporting a Nationwide Tour golf tournament co-sponsored by the Hall. She also assisted in daily operations of the museum in Springfield, Mo., and helped stage the Missouri High School Basketball All-Stars Game. Greene was a member of Alpha Lambda Delta honors society from 2005-2007, graduating in three years with a 3.74 grade point average. She made the SLC Commissioners’ Academic Honor Roll in the last three seasons she competed for NSU, capped by a 2006 season in which her defense helped the Lady Demons set a school record for least goals allowed per game. Greene graduated with her Masters of Science in Sport Administration with a 4.0 GPA in May 2009 and her Masters of Business Administration from University of Louisiana-Monroe in May 2014. The former Carrie Crowell married David Greene, also a member of the NSU Athletics Department, in June 2014. They were college sweethearts. DIRECTOR OF ATHLETIC FACILITIES AND GAME OPERATIONS

David GREENE David Greene is in his first year as the Director of Athletic Facilities and Game Operations for Northwestern State. His primary responsibilities involved the upkeep and maintenance of NSU’s athletic facilities, along with acting as the liaison for event and game operations. The NSU alumnus was a biology teacher at Natchitoches Central High School, where he coached football and soccer, before taking over as the director of facilities. Prior to his year at NCHS, he spent three years at Lakeview High School where he was named the Natchitoches Parish and Lakeview High School Teacher of the Year. He also coached football, baseball and softball at LHS, where he founded the Lakeview Beautification Program. Greene earned his bachelor’s degree in biology (2008) and master’s degree (2012) in teaching, both from Northwestern State. He and Carrie Greene, NSU’s senior woman administrator, were married in June of 2014. NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 • 2014 40+ Games Won: 1990 • 1991 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2013 Great Tradition • Brighter Future

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Mike JACKLICH

Mike Jacklich, who joined the Northwestern State athletic department in October, brings a varied background of sales experience to the role of director of ticket operations. Jacklich comes to Natchitoches from suburban Chicago, where he was the director of ticketing for the Schaumberg Boomers of independent baseball’s Frontier League. While with the Boomers, Jacklich worked closely with the Boomers general manager to shape and enhance all aspects of fan services. He was responsible for creating and executing all ticketing and sales reports, while training a full-time sales staff and overseeing a group of 15 interns. Jacklich also wore a variety of hats outside of the Boomers ticket office, including serving as a tour guide at Boomers Stadium and filling in as “Coop,” the Boomers’ mascot. Prior to his role in professional baseball, Jacklich worked for five years at Playboy Enterprises in Chicago, where he assisted customers with inquiries and complaints related to the group’s 10 members-only web sites. Jacklich earned his bachelor of arts degree in mass communication from the University of Tulsa in 2001. Following graduation, he returned to Chicago where he began a six-year run as the assistant audience services manager for the legendary Steppenwolf Theatre Company. While with Steppenwolf, Jacklich helped implement Tessitura, an innovative ticketing software system. Jacklich, a Lisle, Ill., native, is married to Krishni, whose family lives in nearby DeRidder. ASSOCIATE ATHLETICS DIRECTOR FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

Adam JONSON

For his second full-time stint at Northwestern State, Adam Jonson returned to his alma mater as Associate Athletic Director for External Relations and Executive Director of the Athletic Association on July 1, 2013, after gaining experience at three Division I schools. Jonson previously spent just over two years as Assistant Marketing Director for Ticket Operations at NSU before serving the past two years as Assistant Athletic Director for Ticketing and Operations at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. He also worked as the Assistant Director of Athletics Media Relations at the University of North Florida for one year. At ULM, Jonson provided oversight for the athletic communications and ticketing offices while assisting in marketing and fundraising activities. He helped establish new attendance records for several sports, including a season-long baseball tally that ranked in the top 40 nationally in 2012 and a single-game crowd of more than 31,000 for a nationally televised football game against Baylor. In addition to revamping office organization and operational structures, ticket revenue soared by more than 44 percent under Jonson’s watch. Other initiatives included leading a rebranding campaign for the student section at basketball, implementing a department-wide social media strategy, establishing a “Faith & Family” event and adding it to the title sponsor inventory and structuring new giving level requirements for premium areas to result in more than $100,000 in new revenue. In his first full-time role at NSU, Jonson worked in an external staff that notched record attainment figures. Focusing on all aspects of ticket operations, he also managed the student loyalty program, implemented new procedures for complimentary tickets to further ensure NCAA compliance and spearheaded plans for the current gameday parking structure to create new revenue streams. Beginning as a student worker in the NSU sports information office, Jonson completed his masters of science in sport administration at NSU with a 4.0 gpa after earning his bachelors of science in business administration as a summa cum laude graduate of NSU in 2007. He was donned the prestigious Ace Higgins Award, given by the Louisiana Sports Writer’s Association to the state’s top student SID in 2007. His 2008 softball media guide also earned second place in the annual LSWA contest. Jonson has also been very involved around campus and in the community. His activities in Natchitoches have included playing drums in the praise bands at the BCM and First Baptist Church, serving as intramurals faculty advisor for the BCM and on the WRAC intramurals committee and acting as a Chamber of Commerce ambassador. Through the NSU sports information office, Jonson has worked closely with the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, serving as Advertising Coordinator in 2006 and assisting with inductee hospitality for eight years. He and the former Elizabeth Holbert were married in Jan. 2014 and are expecting their first child. DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND PROMOTIONS

Josh MCDANIEL

After nearly five years working in the Louisiana Tech athletics department with extensive involvement with promotional activities and marketing initiatives, Josh McDaniel joined the Northwestern State athletic department in January 2014 as director of marketing and promotions. McDaniel, a native of Beauregard Parish, has a wide range of experience including involvement with event management, branding, ticketing, sales, in-game promotions, social media, graphic design, video production and managing the Louisiana Tech Kids Club. He was the multimedia services manager for Louisiana Tech athletic department since January 2010. In

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Kelee RODDY

A three-time Academic All-Southland Conference performer, Kelee Roddy, formerly Kelee Grimes, replaced another former softball standout, Cary Bruno, who departed in 2012 after two years on the academic staff. Roddy was selected as one of 26 recipients of a 2012 Ethnic Minority and Women’s Enhancement Scholarship awarded by the NCAA to be applied to her postgraduate studies in NSU’s Sport Administration master’s degree program. In her senior season, Roddy was included for the third straight year on the Southland Conference Softball All-Academic Team, finishing with a 3.82 grade point average in business administration while competing in her senior season and serving as a student worker in the Johnnie Emmons Academic Study Center at NSU. Third all-time in school history with 471 career strikeouts, she led the Lady Demons in that category in each of her last three seasons, averaging 1.4 per inning this spring. Roddy was a second-team All-Louisiana selection as a junior when she went 11-8 with a 1.40 earned run average that ranked 18th nationally. Roddy owns two of the 16 no-hitters in school history, blanking Alcorn State as a junior and Alabama State in her senior season. In 2011, she won two Southland Conference Pitcher of the Week honors. As a sophomore, she made the Capital One CoSIDA Academic All-District VI team and was Academic All-Southland Conference for the first time. Roddy is a member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and Beta Gamma Sigma academic honor sorority, and was president of NSU’s Blue Key Honor Society while earning recognition in Who’s Who Among American Universities and Colleges. A Pineville native, Roddy was the 2008 Gatorade Louisiana Softball Player of the Year, as she led Pineville High to the Class 5A state finals. She has been active in community outreach projects while a student-athlete

Jason DRURY

HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER

Idaho State, 1999 • Northwestern State, 2001 9th season at NSU in high school and college. She is married to Mike Roddy. Now in his ninth season at Northwestern State, Jason Drury was promoted to Head Athletic Trainer in 2012 after the retirement of long-time trainer Ed Evans. Drury joined the sports medicine staff at Northwestern State University in the summer of 2005 after being the head athletic trainer at Natchitoches Central for five years. In the spring of 2009, Drury took over as the head football athletic trainer for the Demons, after working for three seasons with the women’s soccer team and one season with men’s basketball team. A 1999 graduate of Idaho State University in biology, Drury worked with numerous sports in Pocatello, Idaho including football, men’s basketball and track and field. Drury earned his master’s degree in sports administration from Northwestern State in 2001, during which time he worked as a graduate assistant athletic trainer for the NSU softball team. Drury is a native of Paoli, Indiana. He and his wife, Toni, have been married for nine years. They have two children, Maddox and Kenzie.

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Dr. James KNECHT

Kansas, 2012 • Delta State, 2014 1st season at NSU

In her first year at Northwestern State, Anita Miller was hired on July 21 after earning her master’s degree at Delta State University. At DSU she worked with the football, men’s and women’s basketball programs and the men’s soccer program. She worked with the women’s basketball team for two seasons and created numerous rehabilitation plans, including several post-op ACL reconstructions. She covered practices and home games for the football, men’s basketball and soccer teams for one season. A 2012 graduate of the University of Kansas, she graduated with a bachelor’s of science in athletic training while covering the football, spirit squad, women’s tennis and women’s swimming and diving teams. She also earned Kansas Athletic Trainers’ second-team all-academic honors, and was awarded the Mount Oread Scholar and School of Education Recognition Scholarship. Miller is CPR/AED certified, and certified as an instructor. She is also a Mississippi Licensed Athletic Trainer, and is a National Athletic Trainers’ Association Board certified trainer. She is a native of Hutchinson, Kan., and is a graduate of Haven High School.

HEAD STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH

Evan COACHMAN Austin College, 2010 Third Season at Northwestern State

Evan Coachman was promoted as the head strength and conditioning at Northwestern State after serving last season as the assistant. He worked with football and baseball in 2012-13, but now serves a role with every sport team at NSU. He was a football and strength & conditioning coach for 17 months at his alma mater, where he developed all-conference players at tight end and wide receiver. He developed and managed the in-season workouts for the football team. From 2009-2012, he was also an assistant strength & conditioning coordinator for Athlete’s Performance Course in Allen, Texas, where he developed workout routines for baseball, softball, football and volleyball competitors ages 10-18, and ran workouts for up to 50 athletes simultaneously. Coachman is certified through the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and by USA Weightlifting. At Austin College from 2007-10, Coachman played receiver and free safety. He was a preseason AllAmerican as a senior. He was all-conference at receiver as a sophomore, then at free safety as a junior and senior. He was elected to the Leadership Council by his peers. At Frisco High School, he had a 3.3 GPA and was an all-district football player in his last two seasons. Coachman had a 3.5 GPA in graduate school at Austin College, earning his master’s in education. As an undergraduate, he earned a bachelor’s in history and was secretary and vice president of Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity.

Dr. Mike LEDDY

TEAM PHYSICIAN

Dr. Mike Leddy is in his sixth season with Northwestern State serving as a team physician. Dr. Leddy received his undergraduate degree and Doctorate of Medicine from Boston University. He completed his Orthopaedic Surgery Residency at Louisiana State University Medical Center-New Orleans in 2002. He then completed a sports medicine and arthroscopy fellowship with David Fischer, MD at TRIA Orthopaedics in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he worked on the medical staff to the Minnesota Vikings, Wild, Twins, and Timberwolves. After fellowship, Dr. Leddy practiced in Kissimmee, Florida with Orthopaedic Associates of Osceola. There, he cared for many local high school and collegiate athletes. He was head team physician for the Florida Seals Professional Hockey Team and Osceola Ghostriders Professional Indoor Football Team. He was also the lead orthopaedic surgeon for the Capital One Bowl and part of the medical staff for the NBA Combines. In 2007, Dr. Leddy accepted an invitation to return to Louisiana and join Mid-State Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Center in Alexandria. He specializes in sports medicine, arthroscopy of the shoulder, knee and hip, and knee and shoulder reconstruction. Dr. Leddy is Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. In 2007, he was part of the inaugural class of orthopaedic surgeons to receive a Subspecialty Board Certification in Sports Medicine by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery and a member of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, the Arthroscopy Association of North America, and the Louisiana Orthopaedic Association. A native of Hopewell Junction, New York, Dr. Leddy is married to the forrmer Andrée Braud of Belle Chasse, Louisiana, and they have two children, Anna Clare and Mary Caitlin. His hobbies include spending time with his family, golf, hunting, and reading.

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Dr. James Knecht has been Northwestern State’s team physician since 1984. He finished his pre-med curriculum from LSU in 1975. While at LSU, he was an Academic All-SEC and Academic All-American football player in 1974. He has been in private practice family medicine in Natchitoches since 1982. In addition to being Northwestern’s team physician, he has also been Natchitoches Central’s team physician since 1992. Dr. Knecht is actively involved in many professional organizations, including the Natchitoches Parish Medical Society, Active Staff Physicians at Natchitoches Parish Hospital, and the Louisiana State Medical Society. He is also a Diplomat of the American Board of Family Practice and Fellow of the American Academy of Family Practice. His father, Gene, was an assistant football coach at Northwestern State and has been active in the Graduate N Club for three decades. TEAM PHYSICIAN

Dr. William CRENSHAW

Dr. Will Crenshaw is in his fourth year as a member of the Northwestern State team medical staff. A native of Alexandria, Dr. Crenshaw graduated Cum Laude from Centenary in 1999 when receiving his bachelor’s degree and earned his medical degree from LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans in 2004. He worked his residency at Campbell Clinic in Tennessee beginning in 2004 until 2009. He is a member of the American Medical Association, OREF (Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation), and AAOS Resident member. He received the Kellogg Endowment Scholarship in 2002 and Alpha Omega Alpha in 2003. He is married.

Dr. Mark DODSON

TEAM PHYSICIAN

Dr. Mark Dodson serves as the hand and wrist specialist for Northwestern State University Athletics. He is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surery. He is a graduate of Louisiana College and the University of Tennessee School of Medicine. He completed his orththopaedic residency at Oschner Medical Foundation. A resident of Alexandria, LA, Dr. Dodson is a veteran of the United States Army. He enjoys spending time with family and hunting. TEAM PHYSICIAN

Dr. Paul SUNDERHAUS

Dr. Paul Sunderhaus serves as the foot and ankle specialist for Northwestern State University. Board Certified in Podiatric Medicine, Dr Sunderhaus is a partner at CENLA Foot and Ankle Specialists. He is a graduate of Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine and completed his residency at Westside Veterans Administration Medical Center. A native of Cincinnati, OH, Dr Sunderhaus is a veteran of the United States Army. He enjoys family time, ice hockey, and the music of Jimmy Buffett.

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ANDREW PATE

Assistant AD/ Sports Information Director In charge of athletic media relations at his alma mater since January of 1989, Doug Ireland coordinates publicity efforts for Northwestern’s 14 intercollegiate sports teams through local, regional and national media outlets in print, broadcast, television and the internet. He is assistant athletic director and sports information director. He also serves in the volunteer role of chairman of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. Ireland assumed that post in April 1990. He played a key role in the development of the $23 million Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and Northwest Louisiana History Museum, which opened its doors on Front Street in Natchitoches in June 2013. His 1992 Demon Football Media Guide won “Best in the Nation” in FCS Division from the College Sports Information Directors of America. A 1997 story on Joe Delaney, “The Guy We Called Joe D,” won a national second-place award in a COSIDA writing contest. Ireland has won numerous awards for writing and publications from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. In 2008, he was awarded the Northwest Louisiana “Distinguished American” award by the S.M. McNaughton Chapter of the National Football Foundation, joining a list of recipients including U.S. Senator J. Bennett Johnston. In 2012, he was honored by the Alexandria Town Talk as the “CENLA Sportsman of the Year” for his work as NSU’s SID and toward the completion of the $23 million Hall of Fame Museum. The LSWA presented its prestigious Mac Russo Award to Ireland in 2001 for his contributions to the organization. Ireland was awarded honorary membership in the Graduate N Club at NSU by the university’s group of athletic lettermen in 1999 for his service to Northwestern and its athletic program, and in 2003 he was given full N Club membership. He was appointed by President Dr. Randall Webb to serve a two-year term on the inaugural University Planning Council in 1997-99. Several of his assistant SIDs and graduate assistants have advanced to prominence in media fields. Former NSU sports information staffers under Ireland include Bruce Ludlow, associate commissioner of the Southland Conference; Bill Magrath, media relations manager for the Sports Business Daily; Kenny Lannou, assistant AD and director of athletic communications at Kansas State; Mike Morrison, former co-editor of the ESPN Information Please Almanac; Daucy Crizer, assistant AD and business manager at Lamar; Erik Cox, former SID at Lamar; Dart Volz, former SID at Southeastern Louisiana; Melissa Reynaud, former assistant SID at LSU; and Troy Mitchell, SID at Henderson State. Dustin Eubanks, NSU’s director of NCAA compliance, worked in the NSU SID office as a graduate assistant and for two years as the fulltime assistant, and Adam Jonson, NSU’s associate athletics director, was a student and graduate assistant in the SID office. In 1981-82, while an undergraduate at Northwestern, Ireland worked as chief of the Shreveport Times Natchitoches Bureau, coordinating news coverage of an eight-parish region along the Red River. From 1982-85, he was assistant SID at Louisiana-Lafayette, working with a men’s basketball program that made three straight postseason tournament appearances. He won CoSIDA publications and writing awards while at USL. Ireland was the sports editor of the Natchitoches Times in 1985-86 and attended graduate school at Louisiana-Monroe before joining the Alexandria Town Talk sports staff in 1987. In 18 months at the Town Talk, he covered both NSU and LSU sports and won 15 writing awards from the Louisiana Sports Writers’ Association, including a still-record nine in 1988. A member of the Blue Key National Honor Fraternity and a student government senator while completing a journalism degree from Northwestern, Ireland was editor of the student newspaper “Current Sauce” as a sophomore before going to work for the Shreveport Times. He was an all-district baseball player and the student body president at Jonesboro-Hodge High School, where he was a wingback for the Tigers’ 1977 Class AA state football finalists coached by the late Don Shows.

Sports Information Graduate Assistant Andrew Pate is in his first season as a graduate assistant for the Northwestern State sports information staff. Pate is the primary media contact for the Lady Demon softball and volleyball programs. During the fall, Pate served as the host SID for the 2014 Southland Conference Volleyball Tournament while providing coverage to a NSU volleyball program that reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time. He will also serve as the primary media contact for the 2015 Southland Conference Softball Tournament from May 7-9, 2015 at Lady Demon Diamond. Before coming to NSU, Pate worked as Sports Information intern with Sam Houston State during the spring semester. While at SHSU, Pate served as the contact for men’s and women’s track & field while assisting in coverage of men’s and women’s basketball, softball and baseball. Pate was also responsible for managing several key projects including the overhaul of the university’s Hall of Honor website and production of all-time win-loss results for baseball and softball. Pate, a San Angelo, Texas native, graduated from the University of Houston in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in Communication including a concentration in Public Relations and a minor in Kinesiology. While at Houston, Pate served as Sports Editor for the student newspaper, “The Daily Cougar” as well as golf beat reporter. He also held several leadership roles as a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. Pate is the son of Robert and Marilyn and has one younger sister Allison. He is currently working towards a master’s degree in Health and Human Performance at NSU.

THEY COVER THE DEMONS: PRIMARY MEDIA OUTLETS Daily Newspapers

-LaMar Gafford, Randy Benson, Sports, Alexandria Daily Town Talk, P.O. Box, 7558, Alexandria, LA 71306 (318-4876351, fax 487-6315) - Scott Ferrell, Roy Lang III, Matt Vines, Jimmy Watson, Sports, The Times, 222 Lake Street, Shreveport, LA 71101 (318-459-3296, 800-462-6436, fax 459-3301) - Joe Schiefelbein, Sports, Baton Rouge Advocate, P.O. Box 588, Baton Rouge, LA 70821 (225-383-1111, fax 3880371) - Russell Hedges, Sports, Bossier Press Tribune, P.O. Box 6267, Bossier City, LA 71171 (318-352-3618, fax 747-5298) - Daniel Green, Sports, Leesville Daily Leader, P.O. Box 619, Leesville, LA 71446 (318-239-3444, fax 318-238-1552)

Non-Daily Newspapers - NSU Current Sauce, Kyser Hall, Natchitoches, LA 71497 (318-357-5456, fax 357-6564) - Sports, New Orleans Times Picayune, 3800 Howard Ave., New Orleans, LA 70140 (504-826-3405, fax 826-3401) - Michael Johnson, Natchitoches Times, 904 Hwy. 1 South, Natchitoches, LA 71457 (318-352-3618, fax 352-7842)

Television Stations - Chris Bailey and Kelsey Wingert KALB-TV, 605 Washington St., Alexandria, LA 71306 (318-445-6397 exts. 516, 523; fax 442-7427) - Shayne Wright, Matt Harris, Rashad Johnson, KSLA-TV, 1812 Fairfield Ave., Shreveport, LA 71104 (318-677-6709, fax 677-6705) - Tim Owens, Kamady Rudd, KTAL-TV, 3150 N. Market St., Shreveport, LA 71107 (318-629-7134, 7133, fax 318-629-7171) - Paul Crane, Tatum Everett, Alex Anderson KTBS-TV, 312 E. Kings Hwy., Shreveport LA 71104 A 12-year veteran of The (Shreveport) Times newsroom, Jason Pugh (318-861-5838, fax 318-862-9431) is in his first year as the assistant sports information director at North- - David Antilley II, NSU-TV, 104A Kyser Hall, P.O. Box 5273, Natchitoches, LA 71497 (318-357-4417) western State.

JASON PUGH

Assistant Sports Information Director

During his tenure at The Times, Pugh was the Northwestern State football and men’s basketball beat writer from 2010-2013 and covered the 2012-13 NSU team that captured the program’s third NCAA Tournament berth. Prior to covering area college athletics, Pugh was the primary high school sports writer at The Times, during which he covered several athletes whose careers led them to Northwestern State, including preseason All-Southland Conference performers Jalan West (men’s basketball) and second-team All-Southland Conference third baseman Chase Daughdrill (baseball). While at The Times, Pugh had the opportunity to cover all three World Series that have taken place in Texas, one College World Series, one NCAA Men’s Final Four and Super Bowl XLV. He has won first-place awards in Best Feature Story and Best Sports Story from the Louisiana Press Association and first place in Best Prep Feature from the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. While a student at Louisiana-Lafayette, Pugh was the sports editor of the campus newspaper, The Vermilion, for two years and was a part of the sports information office for three years. In 2000-01, Pugh was the primary media contact for the inaugural season of Lady Cajuns soccer and for the nationally ranked Ragin’ Cajuns baseball team, which made its lone College World Series appearance the previous year. A 1997 graduate of Airline High School in Bossier City, Pugh was named the 2001 Louisiana-Lafayette Department of Communication Outstanding Graduate. He will complete requirements for a master’s of science in sport management from the Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management at the University of Massachusetts in February.

Campus Radio Station - KNWD, 109 Kyser Hall, P.O. Box 5273, Natchitoches, LA 71497 (318-357-5693) Wire Service - Bret Martel, Associated Press, 1001 Howard Ave. Suite 200A, New Orleans, LA 70113 (800-662-7717, 504-523-3931, fax 586-0531)

Conference/NCAA Offices - Luke Bolanos, Southland Conference, 2600 Network Blvd., Suite 150, Frisco, TX 75034 (972-422-9500, ext. 108; fax 422-9225) - Jim Wright, NCAA Statistics, P.O. Box 6222, Indianapolis, IN 46206 (317-917-6222, fax 917-6888)

National Outlets - USA Today, 7950 Jones Branch Dr., McLean, VA 22107 (703-276-3400) - Sports Illustrated, Time/Life Building, New York, NY 10020 (212-522-5782, 212-977-4540/4541) - Sporting News, Box 56, St. Louis, MO 63166 (800-433-1886, 314-993-7111) - CBS Sports, 51 W52nd St., 30th Floor, New York, NY 10019 (212-975-5162/3559) - ABC Sports, 1330 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10019 (212-456-7777) - ESPN, ESPN Plaza, Bristol, CT 06010 (203-585-2154/2125, 800-843-6416) - CNN, One CNN Plaza, 100 International Blvd., Atlanta, GA 30348 (404-822-1588) - SportsTicker, Harborside Financial Center, 600 Plaza Two, New Jersey City, NJ 07311 (800-367-8935)

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