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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION Table of Contents.............................................1 Quick Facts ......................................................2 Schedule ..........................................................3 Making History ...............................................4

ASU Chancellor Dr. Robert Potts .................67 ASU Director of Athletics Dr. Dean Lee .......68 Athletic Staff..................................................69 ASU Recent Accomplishments .....................72 THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE ..........74

COACHES............................................5 Head Coach Derek Pittman ............................6 Assistant Coach Lisa Berg...............................8

JONESBORO .....................................76 MEDIA INFORMATION .....................78

PLAYERS ............................................9 Returning Players..........................................10 Newcomers ....................................................21 Roster ............................................................26 42: HISTO RY GE PA

THE 2008 SEASON............................27 Outlook..........................................................28 OPPONENTS......................................31 Opponent Information..................................32 All-Time Series Results.................................38 2007 IN REVIEW...............................39 2007 Statistics...............................................40 Sun Belt Conference Review .........................41

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HISTORY ..........................................42 Year-by-Year Results.....................................43 All-Time Letterwinners.................................44 Records..........................................................45

CREDITS The 2008 Arkansas State soccer media guide has been compiled for use by the media, prospective students and fans. It is a publication of the ASU Sports Information Office. PHOTOGRAPHY Nelson Chenault, Terry Bill, Richard Bishop (Bishop Photography), Hannah Dolle, David Stout, Rodney Freeman, David Minton, Jonesboro Sun, Tom Moore, Ralph Notaro, Van Provence, Ernie Rice, Sun Belt Conference. COVER DESIGN ASU Creative Services Department. PRINTING Arkansas State University Press.

THIS IS ASU ......................................51 Welcome to ASU ...........................................52 Student Life at ASU ......................................60 Athletics at ASU ............................................62 Athletic Facilities...........................................64 ASU Administration......................................66

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Quick Facts ARKANSAS STATE QUICK FACTS GENERAL Location ......Jonesboro, Arkansas (60,489) Nickname ..................................Red Wolves Enrollment ........................................10,869 Colors ...................................Scarlet & Black Founded ...............................................1909 Home Facility .........................ASU Stadium Capacity..................................................500 Affiliation .....................................NCAA I-A Conference......................................Sun Belt President ................................Dr. Les Wyatt Chancellor ..........................Dr. Robert Potts Director of Athletics................Dr. Dean Lee SWA .............................Melanie Richardson Athletic Dept. Phone ............870-972-3880 Athletic Web Site........astateredwolves.com HISTORY First Year of Soccer .............................2000 All-Time Record.............................34-110-6

Starters Returning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Anna Kalaoghirou (Soph., F, 12 points) Katharine Krekeler (Sr., M, 5 points) Chelsea Hopkins (Sr., M/D, 3 points) Mary Geels (Jr., M/D, 2 points) Bernadette Dierker (Sr., M, 16 starts) Erin McKenna (Jr., D, 18 starts) Amy Koss (Jr., D, 9 starts) Starters Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Jessie Zingo (M/F, 18 points) Courtney Kassab (M/F, 6 points) Anna Steckel (D, 5 points) Kathleen Reagan (D, 2 points) Kellye Hamm (D, 2 points) Brielan Smiechowski (GK, 105 saves) Newcomers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Megan Stoltzfus (Fr., GK), Elizabeth Niles (Fr., M/D), Kailey Gear (D/M), Kara Nitti (Fr., F), Stasha Siers (Fr., F), Elin Savren-Eriksson (Fr., M), Sofia Turesson (Fr., F), Meghan Mace (F/M), Tracy Powell (Fr., M), Lyndsey Patterson (Fr., M), Michele Clark (Fr., M), Sara Krimm (Fr., GK)

SPORTS INFORMATION SID Main Phone Number......870-972-2541 Fax .........................................870-972-3367 Press Box Phone ....................870-972-2541 Asst. AD / Sports Info. Dir. . . . . Jerry Scott Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 870-972-3405 Cell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 870-243-6021 E-mail Address . . . . . . jscott@astate.edu Asst. SID (soccer contact) . . Anthony Reynolds Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 870-972-3547 Cell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBA E-Mail Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TBA Asst. SID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Van Provence Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 870-972-2707 Cell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 870-897-5010 E-mail Address . . vprovence@astate.edu Graduate Assistant . . . . . . . Kelly Goodman Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 870-972-2541 Cell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512-797-8884 E-Mail . . . kelly.goodman@smail.astate.edu Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1000, State University, AR 72467 Overnight Address: 217 Olympic Drive, Jonesboro, AR 72401

2008 TEAM INFORMATION 2007 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12-2 Conference Record/Finish . . . . . . . . . 0-9-2 Letterwinners Returning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Letterwinners Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

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COACHING STAFF Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Derek Pittman Alma Mater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Tulsa ‘98) Record at ASU. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12-2 (1 year) Career Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Same Soccer Office Phone . . . . . . . 870-972-2340 Soccer Office Fax. . . . . . . . . . 870-972-3243 Assistant Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lisa Berg 1st season, Minnesota ‘06

ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY MISSION STATEMENT We pursue and share knowledge within a caring community that prepares students in challenging and diverse ways to become more productive global citizens. ARKANSAS STATE ATHLETICS MISSION STATEMENT Arkansas State University Athletics supports the university mission through our commitment to student-athletes in their pursuit of academic achievements, athletic accomplishments, social development and personal growth.

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Schedule Date Day AUGUST 15 Fri. 20 Wed. 23 Sat. 29 Fri.

Opponent

Time

at Southeast Missouri (Exh) Lyon College (Exh) Central Arkansas Arkansas-Pine Bluff

SEPTEMEBER 5 Fri. at Centenary 7 Sun. at Stephen F. Austin

7:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm

7:00pm 1:00pm

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Tulsa Soccer Challenge at Oral Roberts at Tulsa

21 26 28

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S.E. Louisiana (Senior Day) at South Alabama* at Troy*

1:00pm 7:00pm 1:00pm

Louisiana-Lafayette* Louisiana-Monroe* Middle Tennessee State* Western Kentucky* at Denver* at North Texas* Florida-Atlantic* Florida-International* at Arkansas-Little Rock*

4:00pm 1:00pm 4:00pm 1:00pm 5:00pm 1:00pm 3:30pm 1:00pm 7:00pm

OCTOBER 3 Fri. 5 Sun. 10 Fri. 12 Sun. 17 Fri. 19 Sun. 24 Fri. 26 Sun. 31 Fri

7:00pm 1:00pm

NOVEMBER 5-8 Wed.-Sat. Sun Belt Conference Tournament at North Texas (Denton, TX) *Sun Belt Conference game All Times Central 2008 ARKANSAS STATE SOCCER MEDIA GUIDE

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Making History

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INSIDE Head Coach Derek Pittman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Assistant Coach Lisa Berg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Head Coach Derek Pittman

DEREK PITTMAN Arkansas State Head Coach Derek Pittman begins his second season with the ASU soccer program after coming to Arkansas State prior to the 2007 season. Pittman, an assistant coach for the University of Missouri’s women’s soccer program for the three years prior to coming to Jonesboro, worked primarily with goalkeepers and defense at Missouri. He assumed his duties at ASU Jan. 4, 2007. One of the first things Derek Pittman had on his agenda when he arrived at Arkansas State University was to install a rallying cry for the Red Wolves soccer program - “Building A Winning Tradition”. Pittman hit the ground running when he arrived at ASU, immediately installing a strong offseason conditioning program and setting up a competitive spring workout schedule which pitted ASU against both in-state and out-of-state opponents.

THE PITTMAN FILE Birthdate: July 26, 1974 Hometown: Owasso, Oklahoma Alma Mater: Tulsa ‘98 Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration Wife: Amber Coaching Career: Arkansas State, Head Coach (2007-present) Univ. of Missouri, Women’s Assistant (2004-06) Univ. of Georgia, Women’s Assistant (2005) Univ. of Tulsa, Men’s Assistant (2003-04) Playing Experience: Univ. of Tulsa (1993-96) Sheffield United Barrow Amateur Football Club (1996) Burnley Football Club (1996) Eastern Indoor Soccer League Savannah RugRatz (1996) Columbus Comets (1996) Accreditation: ‘B’ License from the United States Soccer Federation Member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America 2008 ARKANSAS STATE SOCCER MEDIA GUIDE

THE PITTMAN FAMILY Derek, Charlie and Amber 6

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Head Coach Derek Pittman The 34-year-old Pittman joined the Missouri staff in 2004 after spending the 2003 season at the University of Georgia. He was responsible for coaching the Tigers’ goalkeeper to career bests in shutouts and saves as well as the team to season bests in shutouts and fewest goals allowed. At Georgia, he was responsible for the Bulldogs’ recruiting in addition to his coaching duties. While there he coached the goalkeeper to career bests in wins, shutouts, and goals against average. In 2003, the Bulldogs finished 13-10-0 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. A 1998 graduate of Tulsa, Pittman also served as a graduate assistant coach for the school’s men’s soccer program from 2001-03. Under his direction, Tulsa’s goalkeepers had career bests in saves, shutouts and goals against average in a season. During the 2002 season, the Hurricanes were ranked 12th nationally and fifth in the Midwest Region. Pittman, who is licensed by the United States Soccer Federation with a USSF "B" coaching license, has also coached on the club level including stints with the Pride Soccer Club of Missouri, the Tulsa Soccer Club of Oklahoma and the Little Rock Futbol Club of Arkansas. As a four-year letterman, he was the starting goalkeeper at the University of Tulsa from 1993-96 and was a second-team Missouri Valley All-Conference pick in 1995. As a senior, the Hurricanes were ranked in the top 25. Professionally, Pittman played for the Barrow Amateur Football Club in England while studying at Lancaster University. After training with the Division I Sheffield United and Burnley Football Club, he returned to the United States and played with the Columbus Comets and the Savannah RugRatz in the Eastern Indoor Soccer League. Pittman, originally from Owasso, Okla., received his bachelor’s of science degree in business administration from Tulsa and has done graduate work in education toward his masters degree. He is married to former Amber Swinehart, who was an All-Big XII player at Missouri.

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Assistant Coach Lisa Berg

LISA BERG Beginning her first season with the ASU Soccer program, Lisa Berg was named assistant soccer coach at Arkansas State University Aug. 9, 2008. Berg comes to ASU from Minnesota, where she served as a volunteer assistant for the last two years with the Golden Gopher soccer program. Berg was an Academic All-Big 10 player for the Golden Gophers from 2003-05 and helped rebuild the Minnesota soccer program during her time as a player and assistant coach. While at Minnesota, Berg helped lift the Gopher program from the bottom of the Big 10 to a consistent qualifier for the conference tournament in a league that annually sends multiple teams to the NCAA Tournament. “We are very excited to have Lisa on board here at Arkansas State,” said Pittman. “She brings a ton of energy and enthusiasm. She also brings a great amount of experience to ASU after being involved with a top program at Minnesota. I think that having that big-school mentality will help our players realize what it takes to continue to raise our program to the next level.” “Lisa is also fantastic at community service,” added Pittman. “She is already looking for ways to get our kids out in the community and help raise the awareness of soccer in the Jonesboro area.” She graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2006 after majoring in Kinesiology/Pre Physical Therapy, with minors in Chemistry and Spanish. Berg currently holds a USSF National C Coaching License and while in Minnesota worked with the St. Croix Soccer Club, the North Suburban Soccer Club and the East Select Soccer Club. She also worked with the Minnesota Olympic Development Program. “My experience with helping to rebuild the program at Minnesota and seeing the processes involved with that will really fit well with Arkansas State,” said Berg. “There is so much potential here with the facilities, staff and community support. The players have bought into wanting to build a really solid program as well. Coach Pittman and I work well together, have similar ideas, and will complement each other as a staff.”

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INSIDE Returning Players . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Newcomers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Player Profiles

BERNADETTE DIERKER 5-7 Sr. 3L Midfielder Libertyville, Ill. (Libertyville High School) COACH PITTMAN SAYS: “We are very happy with what Bernie brings to our group. She is our most experienced player and has a tireless work ethic, which is why she will be one of our on-the-field leaders this fall. Her competitive drive, hard tackles and passing ability are just some of the qualities that will help this team take the next step towards a successful fall.” 2007: Played in 18 games with 16 starts . . . Had 16 shots and 8 on goal . . . Part of the team leadership committee. 2006: Played in 19 games with 10 starts . . . Scored two goals, once against Louisiana-Monroe and the other versus Florida Atlantic . . . Had 16 shots for and a .125 percentage . . . Had strong spring workouts.

2005: Sat out the 2005 season after sustaining a season-ending knee injury over the previous summer. 2004: Saw action in 19 games as a true freshman, including four starts as she played a variety of positions . . . Picked up starts against Centenary, Alabama A&M, Drury and Middle Tennessee . . . Scored her first collegiate goal in a pivotal gametying goal against South Alabama in the 83rd minute as ASU hung on for a tie to secure itself a berth in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament . . . Recorded her second goal of the season against Arkansas-Little Rock. HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner at Libertyville . . . Earned all-conference honorable mention as a junior and senior . . . Led team to conference regional championships in 2002 and the Illinois State Championship in 2001 . . . Among the Illinois ODP 85 Player Pool . . . Selected to the all-state team at the University of North Carolina Soccer Camp. PERSONAL: Majoring in early childhood education . . . Daughter of Charles and Monique Dierker . . . Born Dec. 10, 1985.

DIERKER’S CAREER STATISTICS Season 2007 2006 2004 Totals

GP 18 19 13 50

GS 16 10 4 30

G 0 2 1 3

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A 0 0 1 1

PTS 0 4 3 7

SH 16 16 3 35

SH% .000 .125 .333 .085

GW 0 0 0 0

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Player Profiles

CHELSEA HOPKINS 5-7 Sr. 3L Midfielder/Defender Topeka, Kan. (Seaman High School) COACH PITTMAN SAYS: “Chelsea is a player that because she plays equally with both her left and right foot, it opens up a number of possibilities for her to contribute to our group on the field, whether as a defender or a midfielder. She is a very good crosser of the ball and good in the air, which makes her very dangerous on set pieces so we are very excited about the 2008 season for her.” 2007: Saw action in all 18 games and started in 17 . . . Had one goal against Florida International . . . Posted two assist against North Texas . . . Had 6 shots on goal for a .667 percentage. 2006: Played 18 games with four starts against Tennessee-Chattanooga, Mississippi Valley State, Samford, and Alabama . . . Had three shots.

2005: Saw action in all 19 games as a true freshman including 16 starts at midfield and at the forward position . . . Recorded her first career collegiate point as she dished out an assist to Monica Roach against Sun Belt foe Troy. HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner at Seaman High School . . . Led her team in assists last two seasons and was named the Top Newcomer in 2003 . . . Member of the Kansas state ODP team in 2004 and part of the Topeka Select Galaxy Team . . . National Honor Roll recipient all four years . . . Who’s Who Among High School Students . . . Also participated in tennis at Seaman, where she finished ninth in the state and third at the regional tournament. PERSONAL: Accounting and CIT major . . . Daughter of Jack Hopkins and Gina Hopkins . . . Born Aug. 6, 1987.

HOPKINS’ CAREER STATISTICS Season 2007 2006 2005 Totals

GP 18 18 19 55

GS 17 4 16 37

G 1 0 0 1

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A 1 0 1 2

PTS 3 0 1 4

SH 9 3 6 18

SH% .111 .000 .000 .055

GW 0 0 0 0

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Player Profiles

KATHARINE KREKELER 5-5 Sr. 3L Midfielder Chesterfield, Mo. (Cor Jesu Academy) COACH PITTMAN SAYS: “Krek is a very technical, attacking-minded player, who can play central or on the left side. She is a good dribbler, solid passer and loves to strike the ball on goal with power and accuracy. We look for Katharine to help us out a lot during her senior year and will be a difference maker on set pieces around the goal.” 2007: Played in all 18 games and started in 9 . . . Had two goals against Central Arkansas and Arkansas-Little Rock . . . Also had one assist against Central Arkansas . . . Posted 10 shots on goal for a .625 percentage. 2006: Saw action in all 19 games including 18 starts . . . Had two assists and two points vs. Louisiana-Lafayette and TennesseeChattanooga . . . Recorded 17 shots.

2005: Saw action in 18 games as a true freshman including five starts while playing primarily as an outside midfielder . . . Recorded two assists on the season with both helpers coming against Centenary . . . Her two assists helped ASU to its first ever victory over Centenary in program history. HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year starter at Cor Jesu Academy . . . Member of the ‘96 Missouri ODP team for five years and helped team represent Region II in the Las Vegas, Nev. . . . Also played for the St. Louis Soccer Club Busch S.C., where she was the team captain and led them in goals and assists . . . Member of the National Honor Society. PERSONAL: Majoring in Broadcast Journalism . . . Born Oct. 4, 1986 . . . Parents are Greg and Karen Krekeler.

KREKELER’S CAREER STATISTICS Season 2007 2006 2005 Totals

GP 18 19 18 55

GS 9 18 5 32

G 2 0 0 2

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A 1 2 2 5

PTS 5 2 2 9

SH 16 17 5 38

SH% .125 .000 .000 .053

GW 0 0 0 0

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Player Profiles

MARKIE McRAE 5-8 Sr. Forward Eaton Rapids, Mich. (Eaton Rapids High School) COACH PITTMAN SAYS: “Markie has shown great determination and strength having battled back from several knee injuries. She is very good in the air and crafty on the ball, especially around the goal. We look for her to be a target forward within our formation and know that she will work really hard to have a great senior season this fall.” 2007: Played in all 18 games and started in 5 . . . Posted two goals against Texas State and the only game winning goal of the season against Prairie View A&M . . . Registered 3 shots on goal for a .375 percentage. 2006: Saw action in all 19 games, starting 12 . . . Led team in goals scored with seven and scored 14 points . . . Scored twice against Murray State and one goal each vs. Tennessee-Martin and Sun Belt foes Troy, South Alabama, Louisiana-Monroe, and Louisiana-Lafayette . . . Had 28 shots with .250 percentage.

2005: Saw action in three games as a true freshman . . . Limited for most of the season due to a knee injury that required early season surgery . . . Played in her first career game versus North Texas. HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year varsity starter at Eaton Rapids High School . . . Team captain . . . Named second-team All-State as a junior . . . . Also named firstteam All-Region and All-District as a junior . . . Set school records for most goals scored in a season with 21 and assists with 14 . . . Led Eaton Rapids to the district championship . . . Named to the Lansing State Journal Dream Team and also awarded the Lansing State Journal Player of the week . . . Recipient of the MEAP Merit Scholarship. PERSONAL: Advertising major and Marketing minor . . . Born May 22, 1987 . . . Parents are Matt and Shari McRae.

McRAE’S CAREER STATISTICS Season 2007 2006 2005 Totals

GP 18 19 3 40

GS 5 12 0 17

G 2 7 0 9

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A 0 0 0 0

PTS 4 14 0 18

SH 8 28 1 37

SH% .250 .250 .000 .243

GW 1 1 0 2

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Player Profiles

MARY GEELS 5-7 Jr. 2L Midfielder/Defender McKinney, Texas (McKinney North High School) COACH PITTMAN SAYS: “Mary is a hardworking and very determined player that will provide great leadership as one of our captains this fall. She is constantly improving her game and we love her defensive mentality. During the spring and summer, she worked extremely hard to earn a starting position in our backline, so we expect her to be a key to our success this year.” 2007: Saw action in all 18 games and starts in 17 games . . . Recorded one goal in the season opener against Centenary . . . Poste four shots on goal for a .500 percentage. 2006: Played in all 19 games with 17 starts . . . Scored one goal against Louisiana-Monroe and dished out one assist against South Alabama . . . Had three points ...had eight shots for .125 percentage.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year varsity letterwinner at McKinney North High School in Texas . . . Served as team captain for three years . . . Guided her team to the state playoffs in three different seasons . . . Her team was ranked as high as number one in the Texas 4A during her senior season . . . Was a first-team All-Region and AllDistrict accolades as a sophomore when was named team’s defensive MVP . . . Teammate of Erin McKenna at McKinney North . . . Also competed in track and field as a freshman and sophomore, earning All-Region honors both years . . . Member of the National Honor Society . . . Recipient of the Rotary Academic Excellence honor as a junior and senior. PERSONAL: Early Childhood Education Major . . . Parents are Ron and Lisa Geels . . . Born Nov. 15, 1987.

GEELS’ CAREER STATISTICS Season 2007 2006 Totals

GP 18 19 37

GS 17 17 34

G 1 1 2

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A 0 1 1

PTS 2 3 4

SH 8 8 16

SH% .125 .125 .125

GW 0 0 0

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Player Profiles

AMY KOSS 5-4 Jr. 2L Defender Lakeview, Ark. (Mountain Home High School) COACH PITTMAN SAYS: “We wish all kids had the type of attitude that Amy Koss brings to the team. As one of our leaders, she is so easy to coach because of her dedication and commitment to improve on a daily basis. Amy is solid skillfully and hits a very good driven ball which will help us out in defense either as an outside back or a center back this fall.” 2007: Played in 16 games and had starts in 9 games . . . Started against Central Arkansas, one of the big games of the season . . .Strong defensive player in the back. 2006: Saw action in 18 games . . . Had four starts against North Texas, Florida International, Florida Atlantic, and ArkansasLittle Rock . . . Had two shots in games with Tennessee-Martin and Florida International . . . Named to Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List for league student-athletes with 3.50 grade point average or better.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner at Mountain Home High School in Arkansas . . . Earned All-State honors as a junior and picked up All-Conference honors as a sophomore . . . Also added All-Region accolades as freshman . . . Played for the Arkansas ODP the past five years ad helped the Little Rock Futbol Club to the State Championship for Under-17 . . . Guided her team to the State Championships for U15 and U16 as part of the Arkansas Comets . . . Member of the National Honor Society . . . Member of the Who’s Who Among American High School Students. PERSONAL: Social Work major . . . Daughter of Don and Barbara Koss . . . Born July 30, 1988.

KOSS’ CAREER STATISTICS Season 2007 2006 Totals

GP 16 18 34

GS 9 4 13

G 0 0 0

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A 0 0 0

PTS 0 0 0

SH 1 2 3

SH% .000 .000 .000

GW 0 0 0

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Player Profiles

ERIN McKENNA 5-4 Jr. 2L Defender McKinney, Texas (McKinney North High School) COACH PITTMAN SAYS: “Erin led our team last season in minutes played and was our defensive player of the year. She is a diligent, competitive leader on and off the field. She is a tenacious defender and can also serve a quality ball from the flank so we look for her to help us not only defensively but also in attack from her left back position.” 2007: Played and started in all 18 games . . . had five shots and two shots on goal for a .400 percentage . . . Played a team-high 1,406 minutes. 2006: Started and played in all 19 games . . . Recorded shots against Harding, Mississippi Valley State, Florida International . . . Selected to Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List for student-athletes with 3.50 grade point average or better.

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner at McKinney North High School in Texas . . . Guided her team to a number one ranking in Texas 4A during her senior season . . . Helped her team to a Regional Final appearance and an Area Championship as a junior . . . Earned All-region honors and was named first-team All-District as a junior . . . Guided her team to an Area Championship as a sophomore as well when she earned second-team All-District honors . . . Teammate of teammate Mary Geels at McKinney North . . . Also participated in track and field as a freshman at Ursuline Academy . . . Member of the National Honor Society . . . Recipient of the Rotary Academic Excellence honor. PERSONAL: Majoring in Nursing . . . Parents are Jim and Maureen McKenna . . . Born Oct. 21, 1987.

McKENNA’S CAREER STATISTICS Season 2007 2006 Totals

GP 18 19 37

GS 18 19 37

G 0 0 0

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A 0 0 0

PTS 0 0 0

SH 5 4 9

SH% .000 .000 .000

GW 0 0 0

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Player Profiles

ANNA KALOGHIROU 5-6 So. 1L Forward Jonesboro, Ark. (Jonesboro High School) COACH PITTMAN SAYS: “Anna had a great season last year as our leading scorer and assists. She has a great passion for the game and constant desire to do whatever it takes to improve herself as well as her teammates. She is extremely athletic and has some quality pace to be a threat as forward at any stage of a game. Look for her to continue improving and refining her game up top.” 2007: Played in 17 games and started in 14 games . . . Led the team in goals with four against Louisiana-Lafayette, Florida International and two against Central Arkansas . . . Tied for the lead in assists also with four against Central Arkansas, Florida International and two against Texas State . . . Posted 15 shots on goal for a .556 percentage.

HIGH SCHOOL: Standout at Jonesboro High School for Coach Carol Cummings where helped team to 2006 conference championship . . . Set school records for goals (57 in her career), total points (139), goals in a season (25) . . . Was also second in all-time assists with 30 . . . Named all-conference and all-state in soccer three times (2004, 2005, and 2006) . . . Also was two-time all-conference basketball player at JHS . . . Also played for Little Rock Futbol Club under Coach Wes Gross . . . Three-time member of JHS Honor Roll. PERSONAL: Nursing major . . . Born March 15, 1989 . . . Parents are George and Robin Kaloghirou . . . Also recruited by Vanderbilt, Texas A&M, and Southern Methodist.

KALOGHIROU’S CAREER STATISTICS Season 2007 Totals

GP 17 17

GS 14 14

G 4 4

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A 4 4

PTS 12 12

SH 27 27

SH% .148 .148

GW 1 1

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Player Profiles

LINDSAY MOORE 5-6 Fr. RS Defender Libertyville, Ill. (Libertyville High School)

COACH PITTMAN SAYS: “Lindsay is a hard-nosed player that is recognized for her defensive presence on the field. She has an understanding and awareness as a defender that allows her to read the game very well and consistently be in the right place at the right time to make a tackle or intercept a crucial pass. We also feel that she possesses the technical ability to play out of the back, which will allow our team the opportunity to keep the ball as well as build an attack from the back. She is also one of our players battling back from knee surgery, but has been rehabbing well.” 2007: Sat out the 2007 season after sustaining a season-ending knee injury against Centenary.

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Collierville High School under Coach Bill Gillespie where she helped team to state championship in 2005 . . . Reached state finals in 2006 . . . Was selected as team’s Defensive MVP in 2005 and 2006 . . . Named “Best of Preps” in 2006 by Commercial Appeal . . . Played for Jodi Grant and Memphis Mercury club team . . . Won 2007 Tennessee State Championship . . . Made it to 2007 Regional Finals . . .High school teammate of Caitlin Wojt. PERSONAL: Born June 6, 1989, in Memphis, Tenn. . . . Parents are Steve and Pam Moore.

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Newcomers

MIRANDA WILEY

MICHELE CLARK

5-7 So. TR Defender Maryville, Ill. (Loyla-Chicago)

5-6 Fr. HS Midfielder St. Peters, Mo. (Ft. Zumwalt South)

COACH PITTMAN SAYS: “We are extremely happy to be adding a transfer player of Wiley’s ability to our roster for next fall. She has a year of college soccer under her belt and will help add some much needed experience to our defending group. She played for a team that won the Horizon League Conference tournament championship and participated in the NCAA tournament last year. She is a great kid with strength and knowledge of the game. We fully expect her to step in and contribute immediately this season.”

COACH PITTMAN SAYS: “Michele is an exciting, skillful player that has a great left foot. Her creativeness and ability to beat defenders will help us on the flanks. She comes from the same club team out of St. Louis as Stasha and Lyndsey where she has truly developed into a special player. She can play out wide or in the middle of the midfield with her dribbling and passing ability. She will add some much needed help to our roster.”

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LOYOLA-CHICAGO: Played one year at Loyola-Chicago . . . Participated in 50 percent of games including the NCAA Division I tournament against Notre Dame . . . Team was Horizon League Champion in 2007 . . . Went 7-1-0 in conference play and 14-9-1 overall. HIGH SCHOOL: Was a four-year varsity letterwinner at Collinsville High . . . Two-year team captain, team MVP and defensive player of the year . . . 2007 IHSSCA All-State . . . Three-time All-Conference selection and three-time Belleville News Democrat All-Area pick . . . Named St. Louis Post-Dispatch All-Metro Honorable Mention . . . Named to the Bi-State and Fralish Cup All-Tournament teams . . . Collinsville team was a regional finalist three times . . . Member of the Metro United club team that was a 2006 Germantown Gold Finalist and a state cup quarterfinalist . . . Team went undefeated in the College Search Kickoff and GSC College Challenge . . . Was a 2004 SYL Midwest Division ODP team member . . . Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Collinsville . . . Was an Illinois State Scholar and a member of the National Honor Society.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year varsity letterwinner at Fort Zumwalt South High . . . 2007 Bi-State Shootout Champions . . . 2007 Alton Tournament Champions . . . Named to the GAC All-Conference First Team as a midfielder in 2006 and 2007 . . . Was named to the 2007 Bi-State Shootout All-Tournament Team . . . Received the 2005 GAC Sportsmanship Award and was named Honorable Mention . . . Part of the Missouri Premiere club team that was the 2007 Best of the Midwest Champion and 2007 Texas Cup Quarterfinalist . . . 2006 Texas Cup Finalist, Missouri Cup Finalist and Orange Classic finalist . . . Member of the Missouri State ODP team from 2005 to 2007 . . . 2007 Scholar Athlete, Academic Letter and named to the Honor Roll at Fort Zumwalt South . . . Member of the Gateway Athletic Conference Academic Team from 2005 to 2007 . . . Also played basketball and participated in the A++ Tutoring program . . . Club teammate of Stasha Siers and Lyndsey Patterson. PERSONAL: Athletic Training major . . . Born Jan. 20, 1990 . . . Parents are Mark and Karen Clark . . . Also recruited by Indiana State, Purdue, Central Missouri and Newberry.

PERSONAL: Criminology major . . . Born Sept. 2, 1988 . . . Parents are Stephen and Vicki Wiley . . . Goes by Mandi . . . Also recruited by Memphis and Southeast Missouri State.

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Newcomers

KAILEY GEAR

SARA KRIMM

5-7 Fr. HS Defender/Midfielder Batavia, Ill. (Batavia High School)

5-9 Fr. HS Goalkeeper Brentwood, Tenn. (Brentwood High School)

COACH PITTMAN SAYS: “Kai could easily be one of the fastest and most athletic players we have ever recruited here at ASU. In high school she played as a forward or midfielder, but we feel she will be a great addition to our group of defenders, adding some needed speed either centrally or out wide. Her attacking mentality will also help us build our attacks from the back going forward and we look for her to be a dangerous threat defensively and offensively.”

COACH PITTMAN SAYS: “Sara is the other individual that will come in and help fill the goalkeeper void for 2008. She is a seventime State Club Champion out of Tennessee and has competed at some of the highest levels across this country with her Real Madrid teammates. Sara is a very athletic and physical goalkeeper that will do well for us this season. Her technical and game-related decisions will be a great addition to our roster.”

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year varsity starter at Batavia High School . . . Recorded 11 goals and 13 assists as a junior; 14 goals and 13 assists and a sophomore; and six goals and eight assists as a freshman . . . Named All-Conference Honorable Mention as a sophomore and junior . . . Also named All-Area Special Mention as a junior . . . Batavia team won Moline High School tournament three consecutive years . . . Member of Metro-Cup Champion Fox Valley Strikers club team . . . Team was runner-up at the Surf Cup and Score at the Shore . . . Illinois State ODP pool player for two years . . . Member of the Student Council and the Honor Roll at Batavia . . . Also coaches Strikers clinics for kids . . . Club teammate of Kara Nitti.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year varsity letterwinner and threeyear starter at Brentwood High School . . . Holds the school record for shutouts in a season with 15 . . . Named All-District, All-Region and All-State as a junior and senior . . . Named BHS Defensive MVP as a sophomore and senior . . . Member of six-time state champion Real Madrid club team . . . Team finished third in the region and was ranked seventh nationally in 2007 . . . State ODP in 2005 and 2006 . . . Club teammate of Meghan Mace . . . Member of the National Honor Society . . . Also played basketball in High School.

4 23 PERSONAL: Journal ism major . . . Born Oct. 28, 1989 . . . Parents are Mark and Tricia Krimm.

PERSONAL: Physical Therapy major . . . Born Oct. 24,1989 . . . Parents are Ted and Christine Gear . . . Goes by Kai . . . Also recruited by Northern Illinois, Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Illinois State.

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Newcomers

MEGHAN MACE

ELIZABETH NILES

5-6 Fr. HS Forward/Midfielder Franklin, Tenn. (Franklin High School)

5-2 Fr. HS Midfielder/Defender Elgin, Ill. (Elgin High School)

COACH PITTMAN SAYS: “As a seventime Tennessee State Cup winner, Mace is a kid that will bring a lot of versatility to our roster. She can play anywhere in the midfield or as a forward. She has a very powerful shot which allows her to be dangerous around the goal, but she is also very good on the ball so she will be very helpful in the midfield. We are very excited about Meghan because she is a quality athlete and will help improve our overall team speed and athleticism.”

COACH PITTMAN SAYS: “The word ‘Feisty’ comes to mind when Lisa and I think of Lizzy Niles. She is an absolute ball of energy that brings a tenacious mentality to the soccer field. She has the stamina and work ethic to be a nightmare for opposing teams. We are looking for Lizzy to help our team in the midfield or as an outside back because she has the quickness and skill to help us possess the ball as well as attack with pace off of our defensive pressure. She will be a fun kid to watch.”

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year varsity letterwinner at Franklin High School . . . Named Rookie of the Year in 2004 . . . 17th all-time leading scorer at Franklin . . . Named to the All-District Team in 2006 . . . Team was District Champion, Region Champion, Sectional Champion and State Quarterfinalist in 2007 . . . Franklin team was Sectional Champ and State Quarterfinalist in 2006 . . . Member of six-time state champion Real Madrid club team . . . Team was 2007 Regional Semi-Finalist and 2006 Regional Quarterfinalist . . . Real Madrid was ranked seventh in the nation . . . Club teammate of Sara Krimm . . . Named Who’s Who of American High School Students . . . Member of the Franklin High Honor Roll . . . Selected for Girls State . . . Received the DAR Good Citizen Award . . . Member of the German Club and Friends of the Harpeth River.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year varsity starter at Elgin High School . . . Soccer and gymnastics team captain senior year . . . All-conference , Upstate Eight, all-area first team, Daily Herald, Most Valuable Player selections as a senior . . . Holds the all-time scoring record at Elgin High . . . Female athlete of the year for Elgin High in 2008 . . . Club team, KUFC Cosmos, was Illinois State Cup Champs in 2008 . . . Was an AllConference Honorable Mention as a freshman and sophomore . . . Named All-Sectional Honorable Mention as a freshman . . . Named All-Conference and All-Sectional as a junior . . . Named to the All-Area Daily Herald First Team as a sophomore and junior . . . Tied school record for career goals with 45 as a junior . . . Plays with KUFC Cosmos club team . . . Member of the 2005 US Club National Championship team . . . Club team was a finalist at the 2007 US Club Nationals U17 . . . Team was 2006 Score at the Shore Champion . . . Also participates in gymnastics and was a member of the sophomore volleyball team as a freshman . . . Earned freshman honors in 2004-2005 and honors in 2006-2007 from Elgin.

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PERSONAL: Major is undecided . . . Born March 3, 1990 . . . Parents are Jim and Debbie Mace . . . Also recruited by Alabama and Virginia Tech.

PERSONAL: Zoology major . . . Born June 5, 1990 . . . Parents are Steve and Sue Niles . . . Goes by Lizzy . . . Also recruited by Coastal Carolina, Winthrop, California Baptist, UT-Martin, Wisconsin-Parkside and Westpoint.

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KARA NITTI

LYNDSEY PATTERSON

5-6 Fr. HS Forward St. Charles, Ill. (St. Charles East High School)

5-7 Fr. HS Midfielder Des Peres, Mo. (Parkway South High School)

COACH PITTMAN SAYS: “We are very excited about Kara being a part of this recruiting class for 2008. She will be able to add some much needed technical ability to our forward line and a wealth of experience, having played on Illinois’ State ODP team for the past six years. Kara has the ability to stretch defenses with her pace and is a tremendous finisher in and around the 18-yard box. She will definitely have the opportunity to score some goals this year for us.”

COACH PITTMAN SAYS: “Lyndsey comes from the same team, Missouri Premiere, as Stasha and Michele and has been taught the game by a quality coach. We expect her to come in and challenge for playing time in our midfield because she can be very physical and an imposing presence. Our conference is a physical one and we need players like Lyndsey to help us battle for hard tackles or balls in the air. She is also a very good passer of the ball and will help in our desire to possess the ball.”

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HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year varsity letterwinner at St. Charles East . . . Team was regional champion in 2006 and sectional champ in 2007 . . . Was a Kane County Chronicle All-Area selection in 2005, 2006 and 2007 . . . Daily Herald All-Area selection in 2006 and 2007 . . . Named All-Conference and All-Sectional in 2007 . . . Chicago Tribune All-State selection in 2007 . . . Was just the second freshman in school history to lead team in scoring . . . Lead team in scoring as a freshman, sophomore and junior . . . Ranked No. 11 in school history in scoring, goals and assists as a junior . . . Member of Fox Valley Strikers club team that was ranked eight nationally . . . Led team in goals, assists and points for five seasons . . . Illinois State ODP team starter for six years . . . Two-time regional pool selection - Region II . . . Also participated in track . . . Member of the Math National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, Spanish Club, Hope and Key Club . . . Member of the Honor Roll at St. Charles East with a 5.4 GPA . . . Named Academic All- Conference . . . Club teammate of Kai Gear.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year varsity starter at Parkway South . . . Was named All-Conference for the past two years . . . Won the Most Valuable Offensive Player Award in 2005, 2006 and 2007 . . . Member of the Missouri Premiere club team that won the 2007 Best of the Midwest Tournament . . . Has won two state championships during club career . . . Also participated in varsity cross country and basketball . . . Member of the National Honor Society, DECA, Beta Chi Pi, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Eco-Act and Peer Teaching . . . Named to the Highest Honors Roll List for four years . . . Carries a 4.2 GPA . . . Club teammate of Stasha Siers and Michele Clark. Personal: Psychology major . . . Born May 22, 1990 . . . Parents are Matt and Lisa Patterson . . . Also recruited by Northwest Missouri, University of Dayton and SIU-Edwardsville.

PERSONAL: Biology major . . . Born June 1,1990 . . . Parents are Cliff and Krista Nitti . . . Also recruited by San Diego State, Missouri, ISU and Florida Gulf Coast.

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Newcomers

TRACY POWELL

STASHA SIERS

5-7 Fr. HS Midfielder Little Rock, Ark. (Pulaski Academy)

5-8 Fr. HS Forward High Ridge, Mo. (Northwest High School)

COACH PITTMAN SAYS: “Tracy is a hard working individual that will add some much needed depth to our forward line. She is a simple player that offers quality passing and a tactical understanding that will earn herself playing time this season.”

COACH PITTMAN SAYS: “Stasha is a strong, athletic individual that will be a very dynamic player at the college level. We expect her to come in and immediately challenge for playing time in one of our attacking roles. She is a proven goal scorer and comes from a very competitive club environment which has helped develop her ability to be a physical presence all over the field. Stasha will be a great asset to our team.”

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HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year varsity starter and three-year team captain at Northwest High School . . . Three-time Offensive Player of the Year in 2005, 2006, and 2007 . . . Suburban West scoring leader in 2006 and 2007 . . . Named to the Bi-State Shootout All-Tournament Team in 2006… . . . Named to the Suburban West All-Conference Team in 2005, 2006 and 2007 . . . Jefferson County scoring leader in 2006 and runner-up in 2007 . . . Nominated for the Jefferson County Female Athlete of the Year in 2006 and 2007 . . . Part of the Missouri Premiere Club team that was the 2007 Best of the Midwest Champion, Dallas Cup semifinalist and Denver Cup semifinalist . . . Member of the Missouri State ODP team in 2006 and 2007 . . . Club teammate of Michele Clark and Lyndsey Patterson. PERSONAL: Pre-medicine major . . . Born March 15, 1990 . . . Parents are Kevin Siers and Kathleen Bachman . . . Also recruited by Illinois State, Indiana State, Florida Southern, Missouri, Newberry, Drury, Missouri State and Lincoln Memorial.

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ELIN STAVREN-ERIKSSON MEGAN STOLTZFUS 5-8 Fr. HS Midfielder Bromma, Sweden COACH PITTMAN SAYS: “It is always nice to have International players on your team because they play with such passion and heart. Elin is no exception! She brings technical and tactical ability to our midfield that will immediately improve our team and our chances to break opponents with our passing game.”

5-10 Fr. HS Goalkeeper Tijeras, New Mexico (Sandia High School) COACH PITTMAN SAYS: “One of our biggest needs for 2008 was to bring in two quality goalkeepers after graduating Kelly and Brie last fall. Megan is one of those individuals that will fill this void. She brings a tremendous presence and aggressiveness to that position, which will help her compete for playing time right away. She has been trained by a top quality GK coach and we have high expectations for her to help us this fall.”

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HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year letterwinner at Sandia High School . . . Team was District runner-up and third in state in 2005 and 2006 . . . 2006 APS Tournament Champions . . . Was named Second Team All-District Goalkeeper in 2005 . . . 2006 First Team All-District Honorable Mention . . . Was named High School Player of the Week in 2006 . . . Member of Albuquerque United club team that was state champion in 2000 and 2001 . . . Placed third in Far West Regionals in 2001 . . . ODP ‘89 girls small pool in 2002-2003 . . . Member of the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society . . . Received the Academic Scholar Athlete Award in 2006 and 2007. PERSONAL: Exercise Science major . . . Born Aug. 4, 1989 . . . Parents are Jay and Elizabeth Stoltzfus . . . Also recruited by Kansas, Texas Tech, Louisiana-Lafayette and Florida International.

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SOFIA TURESSON 5-7 Fr. HS Forward Hasselby, Sweden COACH PITTMAN SAYS: “Sofia is going to be a very exciting player to watch this season. She has all the tools to be one of the top forward in the SBC Conference. Her skill, speed and finishing touch will give our opponents fits this year.”

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Roster NUMERICAL ROSTER No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 23 24

Name Megan Stoltzfus Elizabeth Niles Amy Koss Kailey Gear Mary Geels Bernadette Dierker Katharine Krekeler Anna Kaloghirou Kara Nitti Markie McRae Stasha Siers Elin Stavren-Eriksson Chelsea Hopkins Lindsay Moore Sofia Turesson Meghan Mace Miranda Wiley Tracy Powell Lyndsey Patterson Michele Clark Sara Krimm Erin McKenna

Pos. GK M/D D D/M M/D M M F F F F M M/D D F F/M D M M M GK D

No. 21 6 4 5 13 8 3 7 23 16 24 10 14 2 9 20 19 11 12 1 15 17

Name Michele Clark Bernadette Dierker Kailey Gear Mary Geels Chelsea Hopkins Anna Kaloghirou Amy Koss Katharine Krekeler Sara Krimm Meghan Mace Erin McKenna Markie McRae Lindsay Moore Elizabeth Niles Kara Nitti Lyndsey Patterson Tracy Powell Stasha Siers Elin Stavren-Eriksson Megan Stoltzfus Sofia Turesson Miranda Wiley

Pos. M M D/M M/D M/D F D M GK F/M D F D M/D F M M F M GK F D

Height 5-10 5-2 5-4 5-7 5-7 5-7 5-5 5-6 5-6 5-8 5-8 5-8 5-7 5-6 5-7 5-6 5-7 5-7 5-7 5-6 5-9 5-4

Year Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. RS Sr. Sr. So. Fr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Sr. RS Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr.

Hometown (Prev. School) Tijeras, NM (Sandia) Elgin, IL (Elgin) Lakeview, AR (Mountain Home) Batavia, IL (Batavia) McKinney, TX (McKinney North) Libertyville, IL (Libertyville) Chesterfield, MO (Cor Jesu Academy) Jonesboro, AR (Jonesboro) St. Charles, IL (St. Charles East) Eaton Rapids, MI (Eaton Rapids) High Ridge, MO (Northwest) Bromma, Sweden Topeka, KS (Seaman) Collierville, TN (Collierville) Hasselby, Sweden Franklin, TN (Franklin) Maryville, IL (Loyola-Chicago) Little Rock, AR (Pulaski Academy) Des Peres, MO (Parkway South) St. Peters, MO (Ft. Zumwalt South) Brentwood, TN (Brentwood) McKinney, TX (McKinney North)

ALPHABETICAL ROSTER Height 5-6 5-7 5-7 5-7 5-7 5-6 5-4 5-5 5-9 5-6 5-4 5-8 5-6 5-2 5-6 5-7 5-7 5-8 5-8 5-10 5-7 5-7

Year Fr. RS Sr. Fr. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. RS Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So.

Hometown (Prev. School) St. Peters, MO (Ft. Zumwalt South) Libertyville, IL (Libertyville) Batavia, IL (Batavia) McKinney, TX (McKinney North) Topeka, KS (Seaman) Jonesboro, AR (Jonesboro) Lakeview, AR (Mountain Home) Chesterfield, MO (Cor Jesu Academy) Brentwood, TN (Brentwood) Franklin, TN (Franklin) McKinney, TX (McKinney North) Eaton Rapids, MI (Eaton Rapids) Collierville, TN (Collierville) Elgin, IL (Elgin) St. Charles, IL (St. Charles East) Des Peres, MO (Parkway South) Little Rock, AR (Pulaski Academy) High Ridge, MO (Northwest) Bromma, Sweden Tijeras, NM (Sandia) Hasselby, Sweden Maryville, IL (Loyola-Chicago)

Head Coach: Derek Pittman (2nd season) Assistant Coach: Lisa Berg (1st season) Trainer: Scott McGinn Strength & Conditioning: Ross Miller Manager: Jillian Williams

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Outlook Second-year head coach Derek Pittman injected some youth into the newly rebranded Red Wolves soccer team, adding 12 true freshmen to their 2008 roster. The ASU soccer roster will look to be more athletic and competitive in 2008, inside and outside of conference competition.

ber of newcomers what is needed and expected for our team to succeed this fall.” Senior midfielder Bernadette Dierker is the only player on the team who has been to a post-season tournament during her time at Arkansas State, a trip to the 2004 Sun Belt Tournament, which the then Indians lost in the first round to top-seeded Middle Tennessee State.

“We are very excited about this season and what it holds for this new group of ASU Soccer players,” said head coach Derek Pittman. “I feel that we have worked very hard to improve and overcome some of the struggles that this program has faced in the past and expect great things from this year’s team.”

Senior captain Chelsea Hopkins brings with her a winning mentality to the Red Wolves soccer program. Hopkins scored one goal and had one assist in 2007 from her defensive position, while appearing in 18 games. Along with Dierker and Hopkins, seniors Markie McRae and Katharine Krekler will add some needed guidance and leadership to the young ASU squad. McRae and Krekler each scored two goals in 2007, which was tied for second on the team, and appeared in 18 games.

After posting a 4-12-2 record in 2007, including a 12th place 0-9-2 Sun Belt finish, Arkansas State will be looking to its very young team to come out rise out of the basement and compete for a top eight finish in the league. ASU welcomes back four seniors, who will help lead the young pack while they take on the challenge to change the minds of the fellow Sun Belt institutions, who picked the Red Wolves to finish 11th in the preseason coaches’ poll.

Of the 12 freshmen reporting to camp, the biggest question mark is who will be in goal for ASU on opening day. After the departure of seniors Kelly Goodman and Brielan Smiechowski, the Red Wolves have a pair of freshmen vying for time between the pipes. “This will be the most athletic recruiting class to come through ASU Soccer in its eightyear history,” said Pittman. “These newcomers

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and expect top performances from both these girls throughout the season.” 2007’s leading scorer, Anna Kaloghirou, returns for her sophomore season with the Red Wolves. Kaloghirou scored four goals and notched four assists to lead the squad with 12 points at the forward position.

Five-foot-ten Megan Stoltzfus and 59 Sara Krimm, both true freshmen, will be competing for the starting goalkeeper position.

Three newcomers will look to add some pop to the Red Wolves attack. The addition of freshmen Kara Nitti, the first of two Swedish imports, Sofia Turresson and Tracy Powell, a standout from Pulaski Academy in Little Rock, ASU’s attack will be young, but talented.

“I am very happy to have the opportunity to train two quality goalkeeper’s in Sara and Megan, “ said Pittman. “Both players have strengths and weaknesses in different areas so it will be a true battle to see who wins the starting position. They both come from very competitive backgrounds and will have the chance to earn playing time week in and week out in training. I take great pride in the training of our keepers

“Goals were at a premium last year and if we want to continue improving as a program we have to bring in players that can find the back of the net on a consistent basis and I really feel that we have done that with our returning players and the addition of our freshman class,” added Pittman. “Markie and Anna K. have proven their ability to score and by adding other attacking options to the mix our team will look a lot better this season. Our biggest need from last year was our ability to score goals and that is a need we addressed in this recruiting class. I can’t wait to get this group on the field and see how they mesh together around the goal. We expect a lot more goal celebrations this year and we hope the fans enjoy it as well.” Adding to the experience of Dierker and Krekler the biggest infusion of newcomer blood will be at the midfield where they will be joined by five newcom-

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Outlook ers. Elin Stavren-Eriksson, the second Swedish import, Stasha Siers, a true freshman from High Ridge, Mo., Michele Clark a standout from St. Peters, Mo., Meghan Mace from Franklin, Tenn., and Lyndsey Patterson who hails from Des Peres, Mo. will join the fray at the ASU midfield.

“This is the one position where we return the most experience and I expect this to be the backbone of our team. We need to improve our individual and team defending from last season and the key will be finding the exact combination of players that will allow us to do that,” added Pittman. “Our upperclassmen will bring a level of understanding tactically and our newcomers will

“The main needs that we have addressed in the midfield are our overall toughness and speed of play. I feel we will have a great mixture of skill, speed and athleticism no matter what formation we play and it will be a much more attractive style of soccer this year. There is no doubt our fans will love watching these kids play together over the course of our season.”

add some much needed speed and athleticism to the backline. I really think once we become more organized and comfortable with each other within our system of play, we will be a tough team to break down and that is exciting for a lot of reasons.”

ASU’s defensive unit will be bolstered by the return of juniors Erin McKenna and Mary Geels. McKenna and Geels played in 18 games each in 2007 and helped lead the Arkansas State defense to three shutouts last season. Along with Hopkins, they will be the anchors in the Red Wolves defense. Junior Amy Koss and sophomore transfer Miranda Wiley will be looking to reinforce the Red Wolves defense. Koss played in 16 matches a year ago. Wiley joins the ASU program from LoyolaChicago. Adding to the mix will be freshmen Lindsay Moore from Collierville, Tenn., Lizzy Niles a standout player from Elgin, Ill. and Kai Gear from Batavia, Ill. 2008 ARKANSAS STATE SOCCER MEDIA GUIDE

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Game 1

Aug. 15 • Southeast Missouri

Aug. 20 • Lyon College

Aug. 23 • Central Arkansas

Cape Girardeau • 7:00 p.m.

ASU Soccer Park • 5:00 p.m.

Information Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cape Girardeau Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1873 Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10,477 Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Red and Black Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Redhawks Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ohio Valley Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Houck Stadium Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10,000 President . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. Kenneth W. Dobbins Director of Athletics . . . . . . . . . . .Don Kaverman Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Heather Nelson Soccer Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .573-986-6013 Record at School (Years) . . . . . . . .100-47-18 (9) Career Record (Years) . . . . . . . . . 131-91-23 (13) Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4/7 2007 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2-4 Athletic Website . . . . . . . .www.gosoutheast.com

Information Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Batesville, Arkansas Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1872 Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500 Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Red and White Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pipers Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TranSouth Atlantic Stadium . . . . . . . .Lyon College Soccer Complex President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. Walter Roettger Director of Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kirk Kelley Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . .Chris L. McNaughton Soccer Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .870-307-0736 Record at School (Years) . . . . . . . . . .22-14-1 (2) Career Record (Years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Same Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7/5 2007 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-8-1 Athletic Website . . . . . .cmcnaughton@lyon.edu

Information Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conway, Arkansas Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1907 Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12,400 Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Purple & Gray Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lady Bears Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Southland Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Farris Field Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500 President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lu Hardin Director of Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brad Teague Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tina Banham Soccer Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .501-764-0801 Record at School (Years) . . . . . . . . .87091-4 (10) Career Record (Years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61-55-4 Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9/2 2007 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-9-0 Athletic Website . . . . . . . . . . . . .UCASports.com

at Indiana State (Exh.) Arkansas State (Exh.) Missouri-St. Louis (Exh.) Saint Louis Missouri State Army SIU-Edwardsville at Northern Illinois Evansville Murray State Tennessee-Martin at Jacksonville State at Alabama A&M Morehead State Eastern Kentucky at Austin Peay at Tennessee Tech at Eastern Illinois

Media Relations Soccer Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gene McCoy E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .gmccoy@lyon.edu Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .870-307-7516 Athletic Dept. Phone . . . . . . . . . . .870-307-7525 Fax Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .870-307-7524 2008 Schedule

2008 Schedule

Aug. 12 Aug. 15 Aug. 17 Aug. 22 Aug. 29 Sept. 7 Sept. 13 Sept. 19 Sept. 22 Sept. 26 Sept. 28 Oct. 3 Oct. 5 Oct. 10 Oct. 12 Oct. 17 Oct. 19 Oct. 26

PIPERS

REDHAWKS

Media Relations Soccer Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brett Maikowski E-mail . . . . . . . . . . .bmmaikowski1s@semo.edu Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .573-651-2937 Cell Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214-402-5725 Fax Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .573-651-2810 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. TBA 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. TBA 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m.

Aug. 20 Aug. 29 Aug. 31 Sept. 2 Sept. 7 Sept. 13 Sept. 16 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Sept. 29 Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 14 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Oct. 29 Nov. 1 Nov. 6

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Arkansas State (Exh.) 5 p.m. Mid-American Christian 2 p.m. vs. Spring Hill College Noon at Central Baptist College 2p.m. University of the Ozarks 2 p.m. at Delta State 10 a.m. Harding 2 p.m. Union University 2 p.m. at Martin Methodist College 1 p.m. at Cumberland University 1 p.m. at William Woods University 2 p.m. Freed-Hardeman University 1 p.m. at Crichton College 1 p.m. Trevecca Nazarene Univ. 12:30 p.m. at Lambuth University 1 p.m. Missouri Baptist 2 p.m. Bethel College Noon at Lindenwood University 2 p.m.

LADY BEARS

Exhibition 2

Exhibition 1

Media Relations Football Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Josh Goff E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .jgoff@uca.edu Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .501-450-5696 Cell Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .501-650-6886 Fax Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .501-450-5740 2008 Schedule

Aug. 23 Sept. 7 Sept. 8 Sept. 12 Sept. 23 Sept. 26 Sept. 28 Oct. 5 Oct. 10 Oct. 12 Oct. 17 Oct. 19 Oct. 24 Oct. 26 Oct. 31 Nov. 2

at Arkansas State at Louisiana-Monroe at Grambling Lipscomb Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Northern Arizona at New Mexico Northwestern State Lamar McNeese State at Nicholls State at Southeastern Louisiana Stephen F. Austin Sam Houston State at UTSA at Texas State

5 p.m. 5 p.m. 1 p.m. 12 p.m. 5 p.m. 8 p.m. 12 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m.

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Game 2

Game 4

Game 3

Nacogdoches, Texas • 1:00 p.m.

Information Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pine Bluff, Arkansas Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1873 Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,300 Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Black & Gold Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lady Lions Conference . . . . . . . . . . . .Southwestern Athletic Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pumphrey Stadium Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250 Chancellor . . . . . . . . . .Dr. Lawrence A. Davis Jr. Director of Athletics . . . . . .Louis “Skip” Perkins Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roberto Mazza Soccer Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .870-575-7961 Record at School (Years) . . . . . . . . . . . .2-11-0 (1) Career Record (Years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Same Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2/9 2007 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-11-0 Athletic Website . . . . . . . .UAPBLionsRoar.com

Information Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Shreveport, Louisiana Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1825 Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .905 Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maroon & White Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ladies Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Summit League Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mayo Field Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500 President . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. Kenneth L. Schwab Director of Athletics . . . . . . . . . .Dr. Tom Tallach Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chase Wooten Soccer Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318-869-5165 Record at School (Years) . . . . . . . . . .29-40-0 (4) Career Record (Years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Same Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6/5 2007 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-12-2 Athletic Website . . . . . . . . . . .GoCentenary.com

Information Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nacogdoches, Texas Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1921 Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11,607 Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . .Purple & White (red trim) Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ladyjacks Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Southland Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SFA Soccer Complex Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,000 President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. Baker Pattillo Director of Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Robert Hill Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . .George Van Linder Soccer Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .936-468-4467 Record at School (Years) . . . . . . . . . . .First Year Career Record (Years) . . . . . . . . .121-101-20 (12) Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9/2 2007 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-5-2 Athletic Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SFAJacks.com

Media Relations Soccer Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tim Munn E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .munnt@uapb.edu Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .870-575-7174 Cell Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .870-718-3321 Fax Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .870-575-7881 2008 Schedule

Aug. 29 Sept. 5 Sept. 7 Sept. 9 Sept. 11 Sept. 14 Sept. 19 Sept. 26 Sept. 30 Oct. 3 Oct. 5 Oct. 10 Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Oct. 24 Oct. 26 Oct. 31

at Arkansas State at Harding at UCA Louisiana State Central Baptist College Austin Peay Lipscomb at Texas Christian Crichton at Jackson State at Southern Texas Southern Prarie View A&M at Alabama State Mississippi Valley State Alcorn State Grambling State

5 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 11 a.m. 4 p.m. 3 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 3 p.m. 2 p.m. 3 p.m.

Media Relations Soccer Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tony Black E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ablack@centenary.edu Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318-841-7260 Cell Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318-751-3380 Fax Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318-869-5128

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McNeese State at Mississippi Valley State at Stephen F. Austin Arkansas State Arkansas-Little Rock Louisiana-Monroe at Texas State at Houston Baptist at Northwestern State at Nicholls State Louisiana Tech Oakland at South Dakota State at North Dakota State Oral Roberts at Western Illinois at Southern Utah IPFW IUPUI

Media Relations Soccer Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brian Ross E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .rossbrian@sfasu.edu Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .936-468-5800 Cell Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .936-556-1168 Fax Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .936-468-4593 2008 Schedule

2008 Schedule

Aug. 22 Aug. 24 Aug. 29 Sept. 5 Sept. 7 Sept. 9 Sept 12 Sept. 14 Sept. 19 Sept. 24 Sept. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 12 Oct. 17 Oct. 24 Oct. 26 Oct. 31 Nov. 2

LADYJACKS

Sept. 7 • Stephen F. Austin

Shreveport, La. • 7:00 p.m.

LADIES

Sept. 13 • Centenary

ASU Soccer Park • 5:00 p.m.

lADY LIONS

Aug. 29 • Arkansas-Pine Bluff

7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. 5 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 3 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m.

Aug. 22 Aug. 28 Aug. 31 Sept. 5 Sept. 7 Sept. 14 Sept. 19 Sept. 21 Sept. 28 Oct. 3 Oct. 5 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 19 Oct. 24 Oct. 26 Oct. 31 Nov. 2

at TCU Centenary at Houston at Louisiana Tech Arkansas State Arkansas at Creighton at Nebraska Prarie View A&M at Southeastern Louisiana at Nicholls State at Sam Houston State Texas-San Antonio Texas State at Central Arkansas at Northwestern State Lamar McNeese State

7 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m.

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Sept. 12 • Oral Roberts

Sept. 14 • Tulsa

Sept. 21 • Southeast Louisiana

Tulsa, Okla. • 7:00 p.m.

Tulsa, Okla. • 1:00 p.m.

ASU Soccer Park • 1:00 p.m.

Information Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tulsa, Oklahoma Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1963 Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5,109 Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . .Blue, Vegas Gold & White Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Golden Eagles Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Summit League Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ORU Soccer Complex Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,000 President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA Director of Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mike Carter Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ryan Bush Soccer Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .918-495-6806 Record at School (Years) . . . . . . . . .First Season Career Record (Years) . . . . . . . . . . .First Season Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7/4 2007 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-9-3 Athletic Website . . . . . . .ORUGoldenEagles.com

Information Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tulsa, Oklahoma Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1894 Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,165 Colors . . . . . . . .Old Gold, Royal Blue & Crimson Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Golden Hurricane Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Conference USA Stadium . . . .Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,000 President . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. Steadman Upham Director of Athletics . . . . . .Bubba Cunningham Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kyle Cussen Soccer Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .918-631-3836 Record at School (Years) . . . . . . . . .First Season Career Record (Years) . . . . . . . . . .110-47-15 (10) Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8/3 2007 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-14-2 Athletic Website . . . . . . . . .TulsaHurricane.com

Information Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hammond, Louisiana Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1925 Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14,727 Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Green & Gold Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lady Lions Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Southland Stadium . . . . . . . .Southeastern Soccer Complex Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,000 President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Vacant Director of Athletics . . . . . . . .Dr. Joel Erdmann Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Blake Hornbuckle Soccer Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .985-549-3495 Record at School (Years) . . . . . . .105-67-22 (10) Career Record (Years) . . . . . . . . . .115-74-24 (11) Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8/3 2007 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-7-3 Athletic Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LionSports.net

Media Relations Soccer Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kyle Seay E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kseay@oru.edu Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .918-495-7094 Cell Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .817-455-2127 Fax Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .918-495-7102

Media Relations Football Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Stephanie Hall E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . .stephanie-hall@utulsa.edu Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .918-631-2163 Cell Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .918-232-2393 Fax Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .918-631-3913

Media Relations Football Contact . . . . . . . . . . .Kemmler Chapple E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kchapple@selu.edu Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .985-549-3221 Home Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .985-974-5466 Fax Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .985-549-3733

2008 Schedule

Aug. 29 Aug. 31 Sept. 5 Sept. 12 Sept. 14 Sept. 16 Sept. 18 Sept. 21 Sept. 26 Oct. 5 Oct. 10 Oct. 12 Oct. 17 Oct. 19 Oct. 26 Oct. 31 Nov. 2

Oklahoma State at Arkansas John Brown Arkansas State vs. MTSU at Tulsa at Texas Tech at Loyola Marymount Missouri State Oakland at North Dakota State at South Dakota State at Centenary Southern Utah at Western Illinois IUPUI IPFW

7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 11 a.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 11 a.m. 8 p.m. 7 p.m. 3 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 12 p.m.

Aug. 22 Aug. 24 Aug. 29 Aug. 31 Sept. 5 Sept. 7 Sept. 12 Sept. 14 Sept. 16 Sept. 26 Sept. 28 Oct. 3 Oct. 5 Oct. 10 Oct. 12 Oct. 17 Oct. 19 Oct. 24 Oct. 26 Oct. 31

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at Northwestern State vs. Southern at Arkansas at Missouri State at Louisiana-Monroe vs. Jackson State MTSU Arkansas State Oral Roberts UTEP Colorado College at Houston at Rice at East Carolina at Marshall UAB Memphis at Southern Miss UCF SMU

7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 12 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 3 p.m. 10 a.m. 6 p.m. 1 p.m. 3 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m.

LADY LIONS

Game 7

GOLDEN HURRICANE

Game 6

GOLDEN EAGLES

Game 5

2008 Schedule

Aug. 24 Aug. 29 Aug. 31 Sept. 5 Sept. 12 Sept. 14 Sept. 19 Sept. 21 Sept. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 5 Oct. 10 Oct. 12 Oct. 17 Oct. 19 Oct. 24 Oct. 26 Nov. 2

at Louisiana Lafayette at Troy at South Alabama Grambling Southern Miss Southern at Arkansas-Little Rock at Arkansas State Prairie View A&M Stephen F. Austin Sam Houston State at Texas State at UTSA Northwestern State Central Arkansas at Lamar at McNeese State at Nicholls State

1 p.m. 3 p.m. 1 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 4:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m.

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Game 8

Game 9

Game 10 ASU Soccer Park •4:00 p.m.

Information Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mobile, Alabama Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1963 Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14,003 Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Blue, Red & White Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jaguars Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sun Belt Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The Cage Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500 President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gordon Moulton Director of Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . .Joe Gottfried Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mike Varga Soccer Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251-414-8253 Record at School (Years) . . . . . . . . .87-76-15 (9) Career Record (Years) . . . . . . . . .152-101-22 (14) Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3/8 2007 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-8-3 Athletic Website . . . . . . . . . . . .USAJaguars.com

Information Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Troy, Alabama Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1887 Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28,255 Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cardinal, Silver & Black Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Trojans Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sun Belt Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Trojan Soccer Complex Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .400 Chancellor . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. Jack Hawkins Jr. Director of Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . .Steve Dennis Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chris Bentley Soccer Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334-670-5758 Record at School (Years) . . . . . . . . .First Season Career Record (Years) . . . . . . . . . . .First Season Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6/5 2007 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-13-0 Athletic Website . . . . . . . . . . . .TroyTrojans.com

Information Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lafayette, Louisiana Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1900 Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17,075 Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Vermilion & White Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ragin’ Cajuns Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sun Belt Stadium . . . . . . . . .Cajuns Track/Soccer Facility Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5,000 President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. E. Joseph Savoie Director of Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . .David Walker Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Scot Wieland Soccer Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337-482-1355 Record at School (Years) . . . . . . . . . .21-26-11 (3) Career Record (Years) . . . . . . . . . .107-64-14 (9) Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9/2 2007 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-8-4 Athletic Website . . . . . . . . . . . .RaginCajuns.com

Media Relations Soccer Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Taylor Bryan E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .bryant@troy.edu Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334-670-5655 Cell Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205-862-8418 Fax Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .334-670-5665

Media Relations Soccer Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chris Whitehead E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . .whitehead@louisiana.edu Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337-482-6329 Cell Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .404-697-6363 Fax Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337-482-6429

Media Relations Soccer Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kevin Beasley E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .kbeasley@usouthal.edu Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251-414-8033 Cell Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251-377-8164 Fax Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251-460-7297 2008 Schedule

Aug. 22 Aug. 26 Aug. 29 Aug. 31 Sept. 5 Sept. 7 Sept. 12 Sept. 14 Sept. 19 Sept. 26 Sept. 28 Oct. 3 Oct. 5 Oct. 10 Oct. 12 Oct. 17 Oct. 19 Oct. 24 Oct. 26 Oct. 31

at LSU Southern Miss Nicholls State Southeastern Louisiana at Lamar at Sam Houston State vs. Jackson State vs. Mississippi State at Jacksonville State Arkansas State UALR at Western Kentucky at MTSU North Texas Denver at Florida International at Florida Atlatnic at Louisiana-Monroe at Louisiana-Lafayette Troy

2008 Schedule

7 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 12 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 6 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 6 p.m. 12 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m.

Aug. 22 Aug. 29 Sept. 3 Sept. 7 Sept. 12 Sept. 14 Sept. 19 Sept. 21 Sept. 26 Sept. 28 Oct. 3 Oct. 5 Oct. 10 Oct. 12 Oct. 17 Oct. 19 Oct. 24 Oct. 26 Oct. 31

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Faulkner Southeastern Louisiana at Southern Miss Mississippi Valley State Jacksonville State at Alabama State North Florida Louisiana Tech Arkansas-Little Rock Arkansas State at MTSU at Western Kentucky Denver North Texas at Florida Atlantic at Florida International at Louisiana-Lafayette at Louisiana-Monroe at South Alabama

RAJUN’ CAJUNS

Oct. 3 • Louisiana

Troy, Ala. • 1:00 p.m.

TROJANS

Sept. 28 • Troy

Mobile, Ala. • 7:00 p.m.

JAGUARS

Sept. 26 • South Alabama

4:30 p.m. 3 p.m. 8 p.m. 1 p.m. 3 p.m. 1 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 1 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 3 p.m. 12 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m.

Aug. 24 Aug. 29 Aug. 31 Sept. 5 Sept. 7 Sept. 9 Sept. 12 Sept. 14 Sept. 21 Sept. 26 Sept. 28 Oct. 3 Oct. 5 Oct. 10 Oct. 12 Oct. 17 Oct. 19 Oct. 24 Oct. 26 Oct. 31

Southeastern Louisiana vs. Eastern Washington at UTEP at Houston at Lamar at McNeese State Louisiana State at Southern Miss at Northwestern State North Texas Denver at Arkansas State at Arkansas-Little Rock Florida International Florida Atlantic at Western Kentucky at MTSU Troy South Alabama Louisiana-Monroe

1 p.m. 3 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. 2 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m.

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Game 11

Game 12

Game 13 ASU Soccer Park •1:00 p.m.

Information Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Monroe, Louisiana Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1931 Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9,275 Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maroon & Gold Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Warhawks Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sun Belt Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ULM Soccer Complex Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500 President . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. James E. Cofer, Sr. Director of Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bobby Staub Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Stacy Lamb Soccer Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318-342-5090 Record at School (Years) . . . . . . . . .60-71-15 (7) Career Record (Years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Same Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8/3 2007 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-11-1 Athletic Website . . . . . . . . . . .ULMAthletics.com

Information Location . . . . . . . . . . . .Murfreesboro, Tennessee Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1911 Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23,246 Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Royal Blue & White Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Blue Raiders Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sun Belt Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Blue Raider Field Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,500 President . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. Sidney A. McPhee Director of Athletics . . . . . . . . . . .Chris Massaro Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Aston Rhoden Soccer Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .615-898-5272 Record at School (Years) . . . . . . . . . . . .73-40 (5) Career Record (Years) . . . . . . . . . .112-90-13 (10) Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8/3 2007 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-6-4 Athletic Website . . . . . . . . . .GoBlueRaiders.com

Information Location . . . . . . . . . . . .Bowling Green, Kentucky Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1906 Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19,265 Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Red & White Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hilltoppers Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sun Belt Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .WKU Soccer Complex Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,000 President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. Gary Ransdell Director of Athletics . . . . . . . .Dr. Camden Wood Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jason Neidell Soccer Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270-745-6563 Record at School (Years) . . . . . . . . . .77-50-8 (8) Career Record (Years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Same Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8/3 2007 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14-3-3 Athletic Website . . . . . . . . . . . .WKUSports.com

Media Relations Soccer Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jeff Hendrix E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .jhendrix@ulm.edu Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318-342-5462 Cell Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318-450-8317 Fax Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318-342-5464

Media Relations Soccer Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .David Powell E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . .powell@goblueraiders.com Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .615-479-1611 Cell Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .615-479-1611 Fax Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .615-898-5626

Media Relations Soccer Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alex Watkins E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . .franklin.watkins@wku.edu Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270-745-4298 Cell Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270-725-4170 Fax Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270-745-3444

2008 Schedule

Aug. 29 Sept. 7 Sept. 9 Sept. 12 Sept. 14 Sept. 19 Sept. 21 Sept. 26 Sept. 28 Oct. 3 Oct. 5 Oct. 10 Oct. 12 Oct. 17 Oct. 19 Oct. 24 Oct. 26 Oct. 31

vs. Lamar UCA at Centenary at Belmont vs. Murray State vs. Boise State at Northern Arizona Denver North Texas Arkansas-Little Rock at Arkansas State Florida Atlantic Florida International at MTSU at Western Kentucky South Alabama Troy at Louisiana-Lafayette

5:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 12 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 12 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. TBA

Aug. 23 Aug. 29 Aug. 31 Sept. 5 Sept. 7 Sept. 12 Sept. 14 Sept. 19 Sept. 26 Sept. 28 Oct. 3 Oct. 5 Oct. 10 Oct. 12 Oct. 17 Oct. 19 Oct. 24 Oct. 26 Oct. 31

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at Jacksonville State Vanderbilt Belmont Texas Tech High Point at Tulsa vs. Oral Roberts Ole Miss at Florida International at Florida Atlantic Troy South Alabama at Arkansas State at Arkansas-Little Rock Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Lafayette at North Texas at Denver Western Kentucky

HILLTOPPERS

Oct. 12 • Western Kentucky

BLUE RAIDERS

Oct. 10 • Middle Tennessee ASU Soccer Park • 4:00 p.m.

WARHAWKS

Oct. 5 • Alabama ASU Soccer Park • 1:00 p.m.

2008 Schedule

6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 11 a.m. 6:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 11 a.m. 6:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 6 p.m.

Aug. 22 Aug. 24 Aug. 29 Aug. 31 Sept. 12 Sept. 14 Sept. 19 Sept. 26 Sept. 28 Oct. 3 Oct. 5 Oct. 10 Oct. 12 Oct. 17 Oct. 19 Oct. 24 Oct. 26 Oct. 31

Mississippi at Eastern Kentucky Morehead State Butler vs. Murray State at Belmont Eastern Illinois at Florida Atlantic at Florida International South Alabama Troy at Arkansas-Little Rock at Arkansas State Louisiana-Lafayette Louisiana-Monroe at Denver at North Texas at MTSU

6 p.m. 12 p.m. 6 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 12 p.m. 6 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 6 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 6:30 p.m.

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Game 14

Game 16

Game 15

Information Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Denver, Colorado Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1864 Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10,791 Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Crimson & Gold Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pioneers Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sun Belt Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pioneer Field Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,000 Chancellor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Robert D. Coombe Director of Athletics . . . . .Peg Bradley-Doppers Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jeff Hooker Soccer Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303-891-3154 Record at School (Years) . . . . . . . . . . .219-97-33 Career Record (Years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Same Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8/3 2007 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-5-4 Athletic Website . . . . . . . . .DenverPioneers.com

Information Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Denton, Texas Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1890 Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33,550 Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Green & White Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mean Green Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sun Belt Stadium . . . . . . . .Soccer Field at the MG Village Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,000 President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. Gretchen Bataile Director of Athletics . . . . . . . . . . .Rick Villarreal Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Hedlund Soccer Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .940-565-3669 Record at School (Years) . . . . . . . .181-72-13 (13) Career Record (Years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Same Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5/3 2007 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15-8-0 Athletic Website . . . . . . .MeanGreenSports.com

Information Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Boca Raton, Florida Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1961 Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26,000 Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Blue & Red Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Owls Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sun Belt Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FAU Stadium Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300 President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Frank T. Brogan Director of Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . .Craig Angelos Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brian Dooley Soccer Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .561-297-3743 Record at School (Years) . . . . . . . .110-53-10 (9) Career Record (Years) . . . . . . . . . .163-65-14 (13) Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7/4 2007 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-8-2 Athletic Website . . . . . . . . . . . . .FAUSports.com

Media Relations Soccer Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mike Kennedy E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . .michael.kennedy@du.edu Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303-871-7555 Cell Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303-520-7001 Fax Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303-871-3890

Media Relations Soccer Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kenny Bybee E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kenneth.Bybee@unt.edu Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .940-565-3671 Cell Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .979-451-2123 Fax Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .940-565-3671

Media Relations Soccer Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nick Mirkovich E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .nmirkovi@fau.edu Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .561-297-3063 Cell Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .561-756-0653 Fax Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TBA

2008 Schedule

Aug. 22 Aug. 24 Aug. 30 Sept. 1 Sept. 5 Sept. 12 Sept. 14 Sept. 19 Sept. 21 Sept 26 Sept. 28 Oct. 3 Oct. 5 Oct. 10 Oct. 12 Oct. 17 Oct. 19 Oct. 24 Oct. 26 Oct. 31

New Mexico at Colorado vs. Long Beach State at Hawaii Montana vs. Colorado College at Air Force vs. Fresno State vs. Gonzaga at Louisiana-Monroe at Louisiana-Lafayette Florida International Floria Atlantic at Troy at South Alabama Arkansas State Arkansas-Little Rock Western Kentucky MTSU at North Texas

4 p.m. 3 p.m. 9 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 11 a.m. 3 p.m. 12 p.m. 2 p.m. 11:30 p.m. 2 p.m. 12 p.m. 4 p.m. 12 p.m. 3 p.m. 12 p.m. 7 p.m.

2008 Schedule

Aug. 29 Aug. 31 Sept. 5 Sept. 7 Sept. 12 Sept. 14 Sept. 19 Sept. 21 Sept. 26 Sept. 28 Oct. 3 Oct. 5 Oct. 10 Oct. 12 Oct. 17 Oct. 19 Oct. 24 Oct. 26 Oct. 31

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Louisiana Tech Xavier Oklahoma UTSA ETSU at Lamar at Baylor at Houston Baptist at Louisiana-Lafayette at Louisiana-Monroe Florida Atlantic Florida International at South Alabama at Troy Arkansas-Little Rock Arkansas State MTSU Western Kentucky Denver

7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 12 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m.

OWLS

Oct. 24 • Florida Atlantic ASU Soccer Park •3:30 p.m.

MEAN GREEN

Oct. 19 • North Texas Denton, Texas • 1:00 p.m.

PIONEERS

Oct. 17 • Denver Denver, Colo. • 4:00 p.m.

2008 Schedule

Aug. 22 Aug. 24 Aug. 29 Sept. 14 Sept. 19 Sept. 21 Sept. 26 Sept. 28 Oct. 3 Oct. 5 Oct. 10 Oct. 12 Oct. 17 Oct. 19 Oct. 24 Oct. 26 Oct. 31

at Florida Gulf Coast Florida Indiana State Eastern Michigan at Stetson at USF Western Kentucky MTSU at North Texas at Denver at Louisiana-Monroe at Louisiana-Lafayette Troy South Alabama at Arkansas State at Arkansas-Little Rock Florida International

12 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 12 p.m. 8 p.m. 3 p.m. 5 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 12 p.m. 8 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m.

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Oct. 26 • Florida International

Oct. 31 • Arkansas-Little Rock

ASU Soccer Park • 1:00 p.m.

Little Rock, Ark. • 7:00 p.m.

Information Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Miami, Florida Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1965 Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38,000 Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Blue & Gold Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Golden Panthers Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sun Belt Stadium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .University Park Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,500 President . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. Modesto A. Aaidique Director of Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pete Garcia Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thomas Chestnutt Soccer Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305-348-3411 Record at School (Years) . . . . . . . . . . . .3-11-3 (1) Career Record (Years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Same Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9/2 2007 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-11-3 Athletic Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FIUSports.com

Information Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Little Rock, Arkansas Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1927 Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11,409 Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maroon, Silver & Black Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Trojans Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sun Belt Stadium . . . . . . . . . .Burns Park Soccer Complex Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,000 Chancellor . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. Joel E. Anderson Director of Athletics . . . . . . . . . . .Chris Peterson Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Freddy Delgado Soccer Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .501-569-3452 Record at School (Years) . . . . . . . . .First Season Career Record (Years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Same Starters Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9/2 2007 Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-10-2 Athletic Website . . . . . . . . . . .UALRTrojans.com

Media Relations Soccer Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brett Rybak E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .brybak@fiu.edu Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305-348-6024 Cell Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .440-840-4962 Fax Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305-348-2963

Media Relations Soccer Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joe Angolia E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .jaangolia@ualr.edu Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .501-569-3449 Cell Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .501-351-1060 Fax Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .501-683-7002 2008 Schedule

2008 Schedule

Aug. 24 Aug. 29 Aug. 31 Sept. 5 Sept. 7 Sept. 11 Sept. 14 Sept. 26 Sept. 28 Oct. 3 Oct. 5 Oct. 10 Oct. 12 Oct. 17 Oct. 19 Oct. 24 Oct. 26 Oct. 31

Florida Gulf Coast at Miami Buffalo at Florida State at North Florida at Fresno State at Cal Poly MTSU Western Kentucky at Denver at North Texas at Louisiana-Lafayette at Louisiana-Monroe South Alabama Troy at Arkansas-Little Rock at Arkansas State at Florida Atlantic

TROJANS

Game 18

GOLDEN PANTHERS

Game 17

7 p.m. 7 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 10 p.m. 3 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 2 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 12 p.m. 8 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m.

Aug. 22 Aug. 24 Aug. 29 Aug. 31 Sept. 5 Sept. 7 Sept. 9 Sept. 14 Sept. 19 Sept. 26 Sept. 28 Oct. 3 Oct. 5 Oct. 10 Oct. 12 Oct. 17 Oct. 19 Oct. 24 Oct. 26 Oct. 31

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at Memphis at Missouri State at Mississippi State vs. Southern Mississippi Miami at Centenary at Northwestern State Lipscomb Southeast Louisiana at Troy at South Alabama Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Lafayette Western Kentucky MTSU at North Texas at Denver Florida International Florida Atlantic Arkansas State

5:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 12 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 3 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 12 p.m. 7 p.m. 12 p.m. 7 p.m.

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2007 Results

2007 Results Overall: 4-12-1

Conference: 0-9-2

DATE

OPPONENT

Aug. 31

CENTENARY

Sep. 2

Home: 3-6-1

Away: 1-6-1

Neutral: 0-0-0

W/L

SCORE

ATT.

2-0#

182

OKLAHOMA STATE

0-3

263

Sep. 7

at Southeastern Louisiana

0-2

Sep. 9

TEXAS STATE

3-2 (OT)

132

Sep. 17

PRAIRIE VIEW A&M

3-0

123

Sep. 21

TENNESSEE-MARTIN

0-2

197

Sep. 23

at Central Arkansas

3-2

322

Sep. 28

TROY*

0-1

149

Sep. 30

SOUTH ALABAMA*

0-1

136

Oct. 5

at Louisiana-Monroe*

1-5

273

Oct. 7

at Louisiana-Lafayette*

1-3

174

Oct. 12

at Western Kentucky*

0-6

255

Oct. 14

at Middle Tennessee*

0-0 (2OT)

155

Oct. 19

NORTH TEXAS*

1-2

138

Oct. 21

DENVER*

0-4

168

Oct. 26

at Florida International*

2-3

252

Oct. 28

at Florida Atlantic*

0-5

108

Nov. 2

ARKANSAS-LITTLE ROCK*

2-2 (2OT)

323

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2007 Statistics INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS No.

Name

GP-GS

Pts

Shot%

PK-ATT

8 Anna Kaloghirou . . . . . . . . 17-14 . . . . . . . 4. . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . 27. . . . . . . . . .148 . . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . . 9 Jessie Zingo . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-16 . . . . . . . 2. . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . .111. . . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . . 20 Courtney Kassab. . . . . . . . . 15-9 . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . 31. . . . . . . . . .032 . . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . . . . . 7 Katharine Krekeler. . . . . . . 18-9 . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . .125 . . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . . . . . 22 Anna Steckel . . . . . . . . . . . 18-18 . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . 7. . . . . . . . . .286 . . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . . . . . 10 Markie McRae . . . . . . . . . . 18-5 . . . . . . . 2. . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . 8. . . . . . . . . .250 . . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . . 13 Chelsea Hopkins . . . . . . . . 18-17 . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . .111. . . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . . . . . 12 Kathleen Reagan . . . . . . . . 18-11 . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . .111. . . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . . . . . 5 Mary Geels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-17 . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . .125 . . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . . . . . 4 Kellye Hamm . . . . . . . . . . . 10-9 . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . 4. . . . . . . . . .250 . . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . . . . . 6 Bernadette Dierker . . . . . . 18-16 . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . .000 . . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . . . . . 24 Erin McKenna . . . . . . . . . . 18-18 . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . .000 . . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . . . . . 16 Caitlin Wojt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-1 . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . .000 . . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . . . . . 11 Megan Czepiel. . . . . . . . . . . 16-1 . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . .000 . . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . . . . . 15 Pilar Gonzalez. . . . . . . . . . . 17-6 . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . .000 . . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . . . . . 17 Emily Troutman . . . . . . . . . 10-3 . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . .000 . . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . . . . . 3 Amy Koss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-9 . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 1. . . . . . . . . .000 . . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . . . . . 28 Kelly Goodman. . . . . . . . . . 8-7 . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . .000 . . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . . . . . 23 Brielan Smiechowski. . . . . 13-11 . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . .000 . . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . . . . . 14 Lindsay Moore . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . .000 . . . . . . . . 0. . . . . . . . . . TOTALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18. . . . . . . 17. . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . 49 . . . . . . . 168 . . . . . . . .101 . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . OPPONENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . 45 . . . . . . 36 . . . . . . . 126 . . . . . . . 298 . . . . . . . .151 . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . .

No. Name 23 28

Brielan Smiechowski Kelly Goodman TEAM

GP-GS 13-10 7-7

|-----GOAL AVERAGE-----| Min GA Avg 1162:15 520:51 0:00

31 14 2

2.40 2.42 0.00

|-----SAVES-----| Saves Pct. 105 39 1

.772 .736 .333

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

|-------RECORD------| W L T Sho 1 2 0

9 4 0

2 0 0

1 1 0

TEAM STATISTICS ASU SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts Goals scored average Shot pct Shots on goal-Attempts SOG pct. Shots/Game Assists CORNER KICKS PENALTY KICKS PENALTIES Yellow cards Red cards ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date Neutral Site #/Avg

OPP

17-168 0.91 .101 93-168 .554 9.3 15 47 0-0

45-298 2.51 .151 184-298 .617 16.6 36 91 1-1

12 1

15 0

1811 10/181 0/0

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GOALS BY PERIOD Arkansas State Opponents

1st 13 26

2nd 3 19

OT 1 0

OT2 0 0

SHOTS BY PERIOD Arkansas State Opponents

1st 73 156

2nd 89 138

OT 3 3

OT2 2 1

Total 167 298

SAVES BY PERIOD Arkansas State Opponents

1st 74 30

2nd 67 44

OT 3 1

OT2 1 0

Total 145 75

CORNER KICKS BY PRD 1st Arkansas State 24 Opponents 51

2nd 21 40

OT 2 0

OT2 0 0

Total 47 91

FOULS BY PERIOD Arkansas State Opponents

2nd 76 86

OT 2 2

OT2 1 2

Total 183 162

1st 104 72

Total 17 45

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Team Western Kentucky Denver Middle Tennessee North Texas Florida Atlantic Louisiana-Lafayette UALR South Alabama Louisiana-Monroe Troy Florida International Arkansas State

2007 SUN BELT CONFERENCE STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL W-L-T Pct. W-L-T Pct. 8-1-2 .818 14-3-3 .775 7-2-2 .727 12-5-5 .659 7-2-2 .727 10-5-5 .625 7-4-0 .636 15-8-0 .652 6-4-1 .591 9-7-3 .553 5-3-3 .591 9-8-4 .524 5-5-1 .500 10-9-1 .523 4-5-2 .455 8-11-1 .525 4-6-1 .409 6-13-0 .425 3-8-0 .273 3-11-3 .316 1-8-2 .182 4-12-2 .265 0-9-2 .091 4-12-1 .272

SHOTS No. Team 1. North Texas 2. Western Kentucky 3. Middle Tennessee 4. Louisiana-Lafayette 5. Denver 6. South Alabama 7. Louisiana-Monroe 8. Florida Atlantic 9. UALR 10. Florida Int’l 11. Arkansas State 12. Troy

GP 23 20 20 21 22 20 20 19 22 17 18 19

No. Avg/G 413 17.96 355 17.75 336 16.80 331 15.76 309 14.05 285 14.25 278 13.90 270 14.21 248 11.27 195 11.47 167 9.28 162 8.53

ASSISTS No. Team 1. Western Kentucky 2. North Texas 3. South Alabama 4. UALR Middle Tennessee Louisiana-Lafayette 7. Denver 8. Louisiana-Monroe Florida Atlantic 10. Troy 11. Arkansas State Florida Int’l

GP 20 23 20 22 20 21 22 20 19 19 18 17

No. Avg/G 56 2.80 52 2.26 32 1.60 24 1.09 24 1.20 24 1.14 22 1.00 19 0.95 19 1.00 17 0.89 13 0.72 13 0.76

SHUTOUTS No. Team 1. Denver 2. Florida Atlantic Western Kentucky North Texas 5. Middle Tennessee 6. South Alabama Louisiana-Lafayette UALR 9. Louisiana-Monroe 10. Troy 11. Florida Int’l Arkansas State

GP 22 19 20 23 20 20 21 22 20 19 17 18

SO Avg/G 12 0.55 9 0.47 9 0.45 9 0.39 7 0.35 6 0.30 6 0.29 6 0.27 5 0.25 4 0.21 2 0.12 2 0.11

POINTS No. Team 1. North Texas 2. Western Kentucky 3. South Alabama 4. Denver Louisiana-Lafayette 6. Middle Tennessee 7. UALR 8. Florida Atlantic 9. Louisiana-Monroe 10. Troy 11. Arkansas State 12. Florida Int’l

GP 23 20 20 22 21 20 22 19 20 19 18 17

No. Avg/G 170 7.39 158 7.90 106 5.30 96 4.36 96 4.57 90 4.50 80 3.64 75 3.95 65 3.25 59 3.11 47 2.61 43 2.53

GOALS ALLOWED No. Team 1. Western Kentucky Florida Atlantic 3. Denver 4. Middle Tennessee 5. South Alabama 6. North Texas 7. Louisiana-Lafayette 8. Florida Int’l 9. Louisiana-Monroe 10. UALR 11. Arkansas State 12. Troy

GP 20 19 22 20 20 23 21 17 20 22 18 19

No. Avg/G 15 0.75 15 0.79 18 0.82 22 1.10 24 1.20 28 1.22 33 1.57 35 2.06 36 1.80 40 1.82 45 2.50 46 2.42

CORNERS No. Team 1. North Texas 2. Denver 3. South Alabama 4. Florida Atlantic 5. Louisiana-Lafayette 6. Western Kentucky 7. Middle Tennessee 8. UALR Louisiana-Monroe 10. Florida Int’l 11. Troy 12. Arkansas State

GP 23 22 20 19 21 20 20 22 20 17 19 18

No. Avg/G 138 6.00 117 5.32 110 5.50 103 5.42 91 4.33 88 4.40 77 3.85 75 3.41 75 3.75 55 3.24 52 2.74 44 2.44

GOALS No. Team 1. North Texas 2. Western Kentucky 3. South Alabama Denver 5. Louisiana-Lafayette 6. Middle Tennessee 7. Florida Atlantic UALR 9. Louisiana-Monroe 10. Troy 11. Arkansas State 12. Florida Int’l

GP 23 20 20 22 21 20 19 22 20 19 18 17

No. Avg/G 59 2.57 51 2.55 37 1.85 37 1.68 36 1.71 33 1.65 28 1.47 28 1.27 23 1.15 21 1.11 17 0.94 15 0.88

SAVES No. Team 1. Troy 2. UALR 3. Arkansas State 4. South Alabama 5. Louisiana-Monroe 6. Middle Tennessee 7. Florida Int’l 8. Louisiana-Lafayette 9. Western Kentucky 10. North Texas 11. Denver 12. Florida Atlantic

GP 19 22 18 20 20 20 17 21 20 23 22 19

No. Avg/G 163 8.58 145 6.59 139 7.72 134 6.70 125 6.25 106 5.30 101 5.94 98 4.67 95 4.75 92 4.00 79 3.59 53 2.79

OFFSIDES No. Team 1. North Texas 2. Denver 3. Louisiana-Monroe 4. Louisiana-Lafayette 5. Florida Int’l 6. UALR 7. Western Kentucky Troy 9. Florida Atlantic 10. Arkansas State Middle Tennessee 12. South Alabama

GP 23 22 20 21 17 22 20 19 19 18 20 20

No. Avg/G 60 2.61 51 2.32 50 2.50 46 2.19 43 2.53 39 1.77 36 1.80 36 1.89 34 1.79 32 1.78 32 1.60 30 1.50

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INSIDE Year-by-Year Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 All-Time Letterwinners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Year-by-Year Results 2000: 5-14-0 (2-5-0 Sun Belt) Head Coach: Ken Hefner W vs. Northern Iowa (SEMO) 2-1 at Oral Roberts L vs. Southwest Missouri State 0-7 L vs. Central Oklahoma 0-4 L Oral Roberts 0-2 L Southeast Missouri State 0-5 L at Colorado Christian 0-2 L at Denver* 0-7 W Alabama A&M 9-1 L Christian Brothers 0-3 W Murray State 2-1 W Arkansas-Little Rock* 2-1 (2OT) L at Dallas Baptist 1-4 L at North Texas* 0-11 W Louisiana-Lafayette* 4-2 L Florida International* 0-3 L at South Alabama* 0-3 L Middle Tennessee* 2-4 L at Centenary 0-1 Sun Belt Conference Tournament L vs. North Texas* 0-6 2001: 3-14-0 (1-7-0 Sun Belt) Head Coach: Ken Hefner L Stephen F. Austin 0-1 W Louisiana-Monroe 2-0 W at Alabama A&M 1-0 L at Murray State 0-6 L Alabama 1-3 L at Southeast Missouri State 0-1 T Centenary 0-0 L at North Texas* 1-7 L at Denver* 0-8 L Western Kentucky* 1-3 L Middle Tennessee* 1-5 L at Louisiana-Lafayette* 1-3 L at South Alabama* 0-3 L Tennessee-Martin 0-1 L Florida International* 0-2 W at Arkansas-Little Rock* 4-1 Sun Belt Conference Tournament L vs. North Texas 2-10 2002: 4-14-1 (2-5-1 Sun Belt) Head Coach: Ken Hefner W McNeese State W Alabama A&M L at No. 18 Tennessee L at Tennessee-Martin L Southeast Missouri State L at Tennessee-Chattanooga L at Northwestern (La.) State L at Centenary L North Texas* L Denver* L at Western Kentucky* L at Middle Tennessee* W Louisiana-Lafayette*

3-1 1-0 0-9 2-5 0-2 0-3 0-1 0-1 0-2 1-2 0-1 0-1 4-0

L L T W L L

South Alabama* 0-1 (OT) at UAB 0-1 at Florida Intâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;l* 0-0 (OT) Arkansas-Little Rock* 1-0 (OT) at Drury 1-3 Sun Belt Conference Tournament vs. No. 18 Denver 0-3

2003: 7-12-0 (2-5-0 Sun Belt) Head Coach: Ken Hefner L at St. Louis 0-6 L Drury 2-3 L Tennessee-Martin 0-1 W at Alabama A&M 2-0 L at Alabama 0-2 W at Louisiana-Monroe* 2-1 W at Jacksonville State 10-3 W Murray State 2-1 L at Centenary 0-3 L at Denver* 0-2 L at North Texas* 1-6 L Western Kentucky* 0-4 L Middle Tennesse* 0-4 L at South Alabama* 0-1 W at Louisiana-Lafayette* 3-2 W at Mississippi Valley State 4-1 W Florida International* 2-1 L at Arkansas-Little Rock* 1-3 Sun Belt Conference Tournament L vs. North Texas 1-10 2004: 5-14-1 (1-6-1 Sun Belt) Head Coach: Jason Wharton L Stephen F. Austin 0-2 L at Centenary 0-3 L at Oral Roberts 0-1 L at Tulsa 0-3 W vs. Murray State 4-3 L at Tennessee-Martin 1-2 W Arkansas-Pine Bluff 8-0 L at Southeast Missouri State 0-4 W Louisiana Tech 2-0 L North Texas* 0-1 W Denver* 2-1 L at Western Kentucky* 1-2 L at Middle Tennessee* 0-9 L Louisiana-Lafayette* 0-2 T South Alabama* 1-1 (2 OT) W Alabama A&M 2-0 L at Florida International* 0-2 L Arkansas-Little Rock* 2-3 L at Drury 3-4 (OT) Sun Belt Conference Tournament L vs. Middle Tennessee 2-5 2005: 5-13-1 (2-6-1 Sun Belt) Head Coach: Jason Wharton L at Missouri State L at Oklahoma State W Tulsa

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L L L W W L L L T W L L W L L L

Stephen F. Austin 1-2 at Missouri 0-7 at Tennessee-Chattanooga 0-3 Centenary 2-1 Tennessee-Martin 3-2 at Troy* 1-2 at South Alabama* 0-1 Louisiana-Lafayette* 0-1 Florida International* 1-1 (2 OT) at Arkansas-Little Rock* 2-0 at Northwestern (La.) State 0-4 at North Texas* 1-4 at Denver* 2-0 Western Kentucky* 0-1 Middle Tennessee* 1-5 at Murray State 1-4

2006: 1-17-1 (1-9-0 Sun Belt) Head Coach: Jason Wharton L Tennessee-Chattanooga 1-2 L Mississippi Valley State 0-1 L vs. Samford 0-4 L vs. Alabama 0-4 L vs. Murray State 2-3 L at Tennessee-Martin 1-2 (2 OT) T at Louisiana Tech 0-0 (2 OT) L at Centenary 0-2 L at Troy* 1-2 L at South Alabama* 1-2 W Louisiana-Monroe* 4-0 L Louisiana-Lafayette* 1-2 (OT) L Western Kentucky* 0-3 L Middle Tennessee* 0-4 L at North Texas* 0-8 L at Denver* 0-7 L Florida International* 0-2 L Florida Atlantic* 1-3 L at Arkansas-Little Rock* 0-1 (OT) 2007: 4-12-2 (0-9-2 Sun Belt) Head Coach: Derek Pittman L Centenary 1-2 L Oklahoma State 0-3 L at Southeastern Louisiana 0-2 W Texas State 3-2 (OT) W Prairie View A&M 3-0 L Tennessee-Martin 0-2 W at Central Arkansas 3-2 L Troy* 0-1 L South Alabama* 0-1 L Louisiana-Monroe* 1-5 L at Louisiana-Lafayette* 1-3 L at Western Kentucky* 0-6 T Middle Tennessee* 0-0 (2 OT) L North Texas* 1-2 L Denver* 0-4 L at Florida International* 2-3 L at Florida Atlantic* 0-5 T Arkansas-Little Rock* 2-2 (2OT)

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All-Time Letterwinners B Annaliese Beckers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘06 Katelin Benefiel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘05, ‘06 Maria Bramer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘02 Anna Bunner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘06 Gwen Burgess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘02, ‘03 C Lana Cairns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘04, ‘05 Lena Colgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘02 Lindsay Cook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘00 Megan Czepiel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘06, ‘07 D Beranadette Dieker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘05, ‘06, ‘07 F Candace Fletcheer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘01, ‘02, ‘03 Kelly Fulgham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘02 G Mary Geels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘06, ‘07 Mollie Getter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘01, ‘02 Melissa Glatter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘03, ‘04 Pilar Gonzalez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘07 Kelly Goodman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘04, ‘05, ‘06, ‘07 Jenny Graham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘01, ‘02, ‘03 H Kellye Hamm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘05, ‘06, ‘07 Faith Hannah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘00, ‘01 Noelle Harper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘06 Callah Heckman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘06 Chelsea Hopkins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘05, ‘06, ‘07 Meg Hubbard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘00, ‘01 Ashley Huckaby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘00 Tiffany Hull. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘00, ‘02, ‘03, ‘04 I Alexia Isenberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘04, ‘05 K Anna Kaloghirou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘07 Courtney Kassab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘07 Sheri Kiser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘00, ‘01, ‘02 Amy Koss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘06, ‘07 Katharine Krekeler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘05, ‘06, ‘07 L Stacey Little . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘00, ‘01, ‘02, ‘03 Amanda Long . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘00, ‘01, ‘02, ‘03 M Adrienne Mann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘00, ‘01, ‘02, ‘03 Karen Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘00, ‘01, ‘02 2008 ARKANSAS STATE SOCCER MEDIA GUIDE

Erin McKenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘06, ‘07 Leslie McKinney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘00, ‘01 Markie McRae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘05, ‘06, ‘07 Laura Millitoni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘06 Lindsay Moore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘07 Joanne Munro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘01, ‘02, ‘03 N Ina Neiser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘03, ‘04, ‘05 P Calley Pace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘05 Sarah Palke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘02, ‘03, ‘04, ‘05 R Emma Raikes-May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘03 Mary Jo Rana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘05 Heather Ray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘03, ‘04, ‘05, 06 Stephanie Ray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Kathleen Reagan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘04, ‘05, ‘06, ‘07 Jamie Reesby. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘00, ‘01, ‘02, ‘03 Rachel Reese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘00, ‘01 Monica Roach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘05 S Sara Sahlen-Axelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘01, ‘02 Lindsey Sand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘02 Adair Sauerwein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘06 Christine Schager . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘01, ‘02, ‘03, ‘04 Lisa Shirley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘02 Brielan Smiechowski . . . . . . . . . . ‘04, ‘05, ‘06, ‘07 Shawna Sparks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘02, ‘03, ‘04, ‘05 Jamey Spear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘00, ‘01, ‘02 Anna Steckel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘07 Lyndsie Stephens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘02, ‘03, ‘04 Ellen Stewart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘05 T Melanie Thiele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘03, ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Emily Troutman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘07 Katie Truman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘02 V Marcia Vaapil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘02, ‘03, ‘04 W Jen Widener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘01, ‘02, ‘03, ‘04 Sallye Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘02, ‘03, ‘04 Caitlin Wojt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘07 Y Shana Yoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘03, ‘04, ‘05, ‘06 Z Jessie Zingo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘06, ‘07 45

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4. 5.

126 (38 GA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 120 (54 GA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003

Saves Per Game 1. 8.05 (18 games) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 2. 7.63 (19 games) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000 Points 3. 7.26 (19 games) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006 1. 30 (30g, 20a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003 4. 6.65 (19 games) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005 2. 79 (28g, 23a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 5. 6.63 (19 games) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 3. 61 (22g, 17a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000 6. 6.53 (17 games) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001 SCORING

Points Per Game 1. 4.21 (19 games) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003 2. 3.95 (20 games) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 3. 3.21 (19 games) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000

Goals Against Average 1. 1.97 (38 GA, 1735 min) . . . . . . 2002 2. 2.22 (43 GA, 1742 min). . . . . . 2005 3. 2.37 (48 GA, 1826 min) . . . . . 2004 4. 2.61 (47 GA, 1683 min) . . . . . . 2007 4. 2.85 (56 GA, 1704 min). . . . . . 2003

Goals 1. 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003 2. 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 Most Wins 3. 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000 1. 7 (7-12-0) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003 2. 5 (5-13-1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005 Goals Per Game 3. 5 (5-14-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 1. 1.57 (19 games) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003 4. 5 (5-14-0) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000 2. 1.40 (20 games) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 T5. 4 (4-12-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 3. 1.16 (19 games) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000 4 (4-13-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 7. 3 (3-14-0) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001 Assists 8. 1 (1-17-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006 1. 23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 2. 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003 Most Losses 3. 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005 1. 17 (1-17-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006 4. 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000 2. 14 (3-14-0) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2001 3. 14 (5-14-0) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000 Assists Per Game 4. 14 (5-14-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 1. 1.15 (20 games) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 5. 13 (5-13-1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005 2. 1.05 (19 games) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003 6. 13 (4-13-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 3. 0.89 (19 games) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005 T7. 12 (4-12-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 4. 0.89 (19 games) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000 12 (7-12-0) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003 Shots Attempted 1. 222 (15 goals). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 2. 216 (28 goals). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 3. 204 (30 goals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003 Shots Per Game 1. 11.68 (19 games) . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 2. 10.80 (20 games). . . . . . . . . . . 2004 3. 10.73 (19 games) . . . . . . . . . . . 2003

TIFFANY HULL 2000-04

Most Ties 1. 2 (4-12-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 2. 1 - (1-17-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006 3. 1 - (5-13-1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005 4. 1 - (5-14-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004 5. 1 - (4-13-1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2002

GOALKEEPING Saves T1. 145 (47 GA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 145 (68 GA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000 2. 138 (52 GA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2006 3. 127 (43 GA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2005

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INDIVIDUAL GAME RECORDS

INDIVIDUAL SEASON RECORDS

SCORING

Points 1.. . . . . . . . . . . 9, Shawna Sparks (4g, 1a) vs. Jacksonville State, 2003 2.. . . . . . . . . . . . 8, Rachel Reese (4g, 0a) vs. Alabama A&M, 2000 3. . . . . . . . . . . . 7, Stephanie Ray (2g, 3a) vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 2004

Points 1. 26 . Shawna Sparks (12g, 2a), 2003 2. 21 . . . . Rachel Reese (8g, 5a), 2000 3. 19 . . Shawna Sparks (8g, 3a), 2004 4. 15 . . . Stephanie Ray (5g, 5a), 2004

Points Per Game (Min. 10 games) 1. 1.38 . . . . . . . . Shawna Sparks, 2003 2. 1.11 . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Reese, 2000 Goals T1. .......4, Shawna Sparks vs. JSU, 2003 3. 0.95. . . . . . . . Shawna Sparks, 2004 4, Rachel Reese vs. Ala. A&M, 2000 3.. ..3, Emma Raikes-May vs. JSU, 2003 Goals 1. 12. . . . . . . . . . Shawna Sparks, 2003 T2. 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Reese, 2000 Assists 8 . . . . . . . . . . Shawna Sparks, 2004 1. ........3, Stephanie Ray vs. UAPB, 2004 T2. ....2, Sheri Kiser vs. Ala. A&M, 2000 4. 7 . . . . . . . . . . . Markie McRae, 2006 2, Tiffany Hull vs. JSU, 2003 T5. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . Stephanie Ray, 2004 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . Jen Widener, 2004 2, Sallye Wilson vs. JSU, 2003 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tiffany Hull, 2003 2, Shana Yoder vs. UL Monroe, 2006 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Reese, 2001 2, Jessie Zingo vs. PVAM, 2007 2, Anna Kaloghirou vs. Texas St., 2007 Goals Per Game (Min 10 Games) 1. 0.63. . . . . . . . Shawna Sparks, 2003 Shots 1. ..12, Rachel Reese vs. Ala. A&M, 2000 2. 0.42 . . . . . . . . . Rachel Reese, 2000 T2. ....7, Shawna Sparks vs. UAPB, 2004 3. 0.40 . . . . . . . Shawna Sparks, 2004 7, Jen Widener vs. La. Tech, 2004 Assists T1. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . Stephanie Ray, 2004 Shots On Goal 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Reese, 2000 1.....8, Rachel Reese vs. Ala. A&M, 2000 2. ......7, Shawna Sparks vs. UAPB, 2004 T3. 4 . . . . . . . . . Anna Kaloghirou, 2007 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jessie Zingo, 2007 3. .........5, Markie McRae vs. Troy, 2006 4 . . . . . . . . . Courtney Kassab, 2007 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tiffany Hull, 2000 GOALKEEPING T7. 3 . . . . . . . . . . . Stephanie Ray, 2005 3 . . . . . . . . . . Shawna Sparks, 2005 Saves 3 . . . . . . . . . . Shawna Sparks, 2004 1.......21, Kelly Goodman vs. UNT, 2006 3. . . . . . . . . . . Jen Widener, ‘03, ‘04 2. ...........15, A. Mann vs. St. Louis, 2003 3. . . . . . . . . Sheri Kiser, ‘00, ‘01, ‘02 3. ......14, Adrienne Mann vs. UNT, 2001 T4. ......13, Jamie Reesby vs. UCO, 2000 13, Brielan Smiechowski vs. MT, 2007 Assists Per Game (Min. 10 Games) 13, Kelly Goodman vs. Okla. St., 2007 1. 0.26 . . . . . . . . . Rachel Reese, 2000 T7.....12, B. Smiechowski vs. UNT, 2007 2. 0.21 . . . . . . . . . . Tiffany Hull, 2000 12, B. Smiechowski vs. Denver, 2007 3. 0.19 . . . . . . . . . . . . Sheri Kiser, 2001 9........11, B. Smiechowski vs. OSU, 2005 11, B. Scmiechowski vs. ULL, 2007 Shots Attempted 1. 53 . . . Rachel Reese (8 goals), 2000 2. 45 . Shawna Sparks (8 goals), 2004 T3. 37. . . . Shawna Sparks (12 G), 2003 37 . . . . . Sheri Kiser (2 goals), 2002

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32. . . Mary Jo Rana (2 goals), 2005 31 . Courtney Kassab (1 goal), 2007 28 . . Markie McRae (7 goals), 2006 27 . . . Anna Kaloghirou (4 G), 2007 27 . . Melanie Thiele (0 goals), 2006

INDIVIDUAL CAREER RECORDS SCORING

Shots Per Game (Min. 10 Games) 1. 2.79 . . . . . . . . . Rachel Reese, 2000 2. 2.06 . . . . . . Courtney Kassab, 2007 T3. 1.95 . . . . . . . . Shawna Sparks, 2003 1.95. . . . . . . . . . . . Sheri Kiser, 2002 GOALKEEPING

Points 1. 53 . . . . . . Shawna Sparks, 2002-05 2. 32 . . . . . . . . Rachel Reese, 2000-01 3. 29 . . . . . . . Stephanie Ray, 2002-05 4. 25 . . . . . . . . . . Sheri Kiser, 2000-02 5. 24. . . . . . . . . Jen Widener, 2001-04 6. 19 . . . . . . . . . Tiffany Hull, 2000-04 7. 18 . . . . . . Markie McRae, 2005-cur. 8. 15 . . . . . . . Melanie Thiele, 2003-06 9. 14. . . . . Lyndsie Stephens, 2002-04 T10.12 . . . . . . . . . Jessie Zingo, 2006-07 12 . . . . Anna Kaloghirou, 2007-cur.

Saves 1. 105. . . . Brielan Smiechowski, 2007 2. 88 . . . . Brielan Smiechowski, 2005 3. 86 . . . . . . . . . Kelly Goodman, 2006 4. 85 . . . . . . . . . Adrienne Mann, 2002 5. 84 . . . . . . . . . Adrienne Mann, 2003 6. 80 . . . . . . . . . Adrienne Mann, 2001 Points Per Game (Min. 10 games) 1. 0.89 . . . . . . Rachel Reese, 2000-01 2. 0.71 . . Anna Kaloghirou, 2007-cur. Saves Per Game (Min. 10 Games) 1. 8.07 . . . Brielan Smiechowski, 2007 3. 0.69. . . . . Shawna Sparks, 2002-05 2. 6.60 . . . . . . . Kelly Goodman, 2006 4. 0.48 . . . . . Stephanie Ray, 2002-05 3. 6.50 . . . . . . . Adrienne Mann, 2001 5. 0.47 . . . . . . . . Sheri Kiser, 2000-02 4. 6.46 . . . . . . . Adrienne Mann, 2003 6. 0.45 . . . . Markie McRae, 2005-cur. 5. 6.07 . . . . . . . Adrienne Mann, 2002 7. 0.40 . . . . . . Courtney Kassab, 2007 6. 5.88 . . . Brielan Smiechowski, 2005 8. 0.38 . . . . Emma Raikes-May, 2003 9. 0.37 . . . . . . . . . MaryJo Rana, 2005 Goals Against Avg. (Min. 400 Min) 10. 0.33. . . Lyndsie Stephens, 2002-04 1. 1.94 . . . Brielan Smiechowski, 2005 2. 2.01 . . . . . . . Adrienne Mann, 2002 Goals 3. 2.20. . . Brielan Smiechowski, 2006 1. 22 . . . . . . Shawna Sparks, 2002-05 4. 2.27 . . . . . . . . . Jamie Reesby, 2003 2. 13 . . . . . . . . Rachel Reese, 2000-01 3. 11. . . . . . . . Stephanie Ray, 2002-05 4. 9 . . . . . . . Markie McRae, 2005-cur. Most Wins 1. 5 . . . . . Jamie Reesby (5-3-0), 2003 T5. 8 . . . . . . . . . . . Sheri Kiser, 2000-02 8. . . . . . . . . . Jen Widener, 2001-04 T2. 4. . . B. Smiechowski (4-10-1), 2005 4 . . . Kelly Goodman (4-5-0), 2004 T7. 6 . . . . . . . . . . Tiffany Hull, 2000-04 6 . . . . . Lyndsie Stephens, 2002-04 4 . . . . Adrienne Mann, 2002, 2000 9. 5 . . . . . . . . Melanie Thiele, 2003-06 T10.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 tied with four Most Losses 1. 12 . . Kelly Goodman (1-12-0), 2006 T2. 10. . B. Smiechowski (4-10-1), 2005 Goals Per Game (Min. 5 Goals) 10. . Adrienne Mann (2-10-0), 2001 1. 0.36. . . . . . . Rachel Reese, 2001-02 T4. 9. . . . B. Smiechowski (1-9-2), 2007 2. 0.29. . . . . Shawna Sparks, 2002-05 9 . . . Adrienne Mann - 2000, 2003 3. 0.23 . . . . Markie McRae, 2005-cur. 4. 0.18. . . . . . Stephanie Ray, 2002-05 5. 0.15 . . . . . . . . Sheri Kiser, 2000-02 Most Ties 1. 2. . . . B. Smiechowski (1-9-2), 2007 6. 0.14 . . . Lyndsie Stephens, 2002-04 T2. 1. . . . B. Smiechowski (0-3-1), 2006 7. 0.11 . . . . . . . Jen Widener, 2001-04 1 . . . B. Smiechowski (4-10-1), 2005 8 0.08. . . . . . . Tiffany Hull, 2000-04 1 . . . . B. Smiechowski (1-8-1), 2004 9. 0.07 . . . . . Melanie Thiele, 2003-06 1 . . . . Adrienne Mann (4-8-1), 2002 2008 ARKANSAS STATE SOCCER MEDIA GUIDE

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Individual Records Assists T1. 9 . . . . . . . Shawna Sparks, 2002-05 9 . . . . . . . . . . . Sheri Kiser, 2000-02 3. 8. . . . . . . . . . Jen Widener, 2001-04 T4. 7 . . . . . . . . . . Tiffany Hull, 2000-04 7 . . . . . . . . Stephanie Ray, 2002-05 6. 6 . . . . . . . . . Rachel Reese, 2001-02 T7. 5 . . . . . . . . Melanie Thiele, 2003-06 5 . . . Katharine Krekeler, 2005-cur. 5. . . . . . . . . . Shana Yoder, 2003-06 T10.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Four tied with four Assists Per Game (Min. 5 Assists) T1. 0.17 . . . . . . . . Sheri Kiser, 2000-02 0.17 . . . . . . . Rachel Reese, 2000-01 T3. 0.12 . . . . . Shawna Sparks, 2002-05 0.12. . . . . . . Mollie Getter, 2000-01 0.12. . . . . . Stephanie Ray, 2002-05 6. 0.11 . . . . . . . Jen Widener, 2001-04 T7. 0.09 . . . . . . K. Krekeler, 2005-Cur. 0.09 . . . . . . . Tiffany Hull, 2000-04 T9. 0.07 . . . . . Melanie Thiele, 2003-06 0.07 . . . . . . . Shana Yoder, 2003-06 Shots Attempted 1. 132. . . . . . Shawna Sparks, 2002-05 2. 93. . . . . . . . . Jen Widener, 2001-04 3. 85 . . . . . . . . . . Sheri Kiser, 2000-02 4. 80 . . . . . . Melanie Thiele, 2003-06 5. 79 . . . . . . . . Rachel Reese, 2000-01 6. 44 . . . . . . . Marica Vaapil, 2002-04 7. 42 . . Bernadette Dierker, 2004-cur. 8. 41 . . . . . . . Stephanie Ray, 2002-05 T9. 39 . . . . . . . Gwen Burgess, 2002-04 39 . . . . . . . Jenny Graham, 2001-03

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137 . . . . . . . Jamie Reesby, 2000-03 23 . . . . . . Alexia Isenberg, 2004-05 20 . . . . . . . . . . Kathy Weglein, 2002 12 . . . . . . . . Adair Sauerwein, 2006

Saves Per Game (Min. 10 Games) 1. 6.09 . . . . B. Smiechowski, 2004-07 2. 5.95 . . . . Adrienne Mann, 2000-03 3. 4.56. . . . . Kelly Goodman, 2004-07 4. 3.51 . . . . . . Jamie Reesby, 2000-03 Goals Against Avg (Min. 800 Min) 1. 2.24 . . . . B. Smiechowski, 2004-07 2. 2.46. . . . . Kelly Goodman, 2004-07 3. 2.82 . . . . Adrienne Mann, 2000-03 4. 2.95 . . . . . . Jamie Reesby, 2000-03 Most Wins 1. 12 . . . . . . Adrienne Mann, 2000-03 2. 9 . . . . . . . Kelly Goodman, 2004-07 3. 7 . . . . . . . . . Jamie Reesby, 2000-03 4. 6. . . Brielan Smiechowski, 2004-07 Most Losses (Min. 30 games) 1. 34 . . . . . . Adrienne Mann, 2000-03 2. 30 . Brielan Smiechowski, 2004-07 3. 19 . . . . . . Kelly Goodman, 2004-07 4. 14 . . . . . . . . Jamie Reesby, 2000-03 Most Ties 1. 5. . . Brielan Smiechowski, 2004-07 2. 1 . . . . . . . Adrienne Mann, 2000-03

Shots Per Game (Min. 35 shots) 1. 2.19 . . . . . . . Rachel Reese, 2000-01 2. 1.71 . . . . . Shawna Sparks, 2002-05 3. 1.60 . . . . . . . . Sheri Kiser , 2000-02 4. 1.25 . . . . . . Hannah Faith, 2000-01 5. 1.24 . . . . . . . Jen Widener, 2001-04 6. 1.16. . . . . . Melanie Thiele, 2003-06 7. 0.98 . . . . . Gwen Burgess, 2002-04 8. 0.90 . . . . Markie McRae, 2005-cur. 9. 0.86 . . Lyndsie Stephens, 2002-04 10. 0.83 . . . . . Jenny Graham, 2001-03 GOALKEEPING Saves 1. 327 . . . . . Adrienne Mann, 2000-03 2. 268 . . . . . B. Smiechowski, 2004-07 3. 178 . . . . . Kelly Goodman, 2004-07

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INSIDE Welcome to ASU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Student Life at ASU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Athletics at ASU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Athletic Facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 ASU Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 ASU Chancellor Dr. Robert Potts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 ASU Director of Athletics Dr. Dean Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Athletics Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 ASU Recent Accomplishments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Welcome to ASU Those who have not visited the campus of Arkansas State University in the last five or 10 years would be shocked at the school’s appearance today. So much on campus is tied to athletics. ASU Stadium is the gathering site for Saturdays and excitement surrounding each game can be felt for miles. The sights, the smells, the sounds of football. There is so much construction and new projects on campus. The school looks . . . and is . . . a modern educational institution that has kept up with technology and student needs as much, if not more, than most schools in the nation. A student center addition anchors the campus and a new student recreation and wellness center is on the way. New campus housing has recently been completed, including a “Collegiate Park” apartment complex, coastal-type soft-colored housing throughout campus, and a new dorm. There is a new Alumni Center and construction of a new overpass connecting the campus to local businesses is about to become a reality. It’s a new-look campus that is growing and improving each day. Arkansas State University is an extremely valuable part of Northeast Arkansas and surrounding areas. On the following pages are portraits of the campus, of the people and areas which strengthen the university and those who are involved with its growth. Welcome to Arkansas State!

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Welcome to ASU Arkansas State University continues to thrive and expand. The University is constantly undergoing changes in its look, its increased enrollment and its expanding academic programs. The last few years have seen extensive physical changes, including more housing, a parking garage, a new and refurbished student center, and there are more changes on the books for the near future. ASU is emerging as one of the leading universities in the South when it comes to preparing its graduates for the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s challenges.

Beautiful apartment housing constructed in the coastal style of the Gulf Coast or tropical islands cover the east side of campus.

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Welcome to ASU Located next to the pond that lies close to the Pavilion, and just southwest of ASU Stadium, ASU’s new alumni center recently opened. It’s presence adds another dimension to ASU Athletics events. Arkansas State’s alums will be able to incorporate game-day activities in a centralized area. A new section of student housing was recently completed as well, another sign of ASU’s growth.

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Since its opening in January 2001, the Fowler Center has quickly become the region’s home for performance and visual arts presentations of the highest caliber, as well as for special civic and community events. Its location is just south of the Convocation Center.

Arkansas State University was established April 1, 1909, as a “public school of agriculture” by Act 100 of the Arkansas General Assembly. It was located at Jonesboro because citizens of the city bid $40,000 to the state and pledged 200 acres of land as a site. After 99 years of growth, ASU-Jonesboro now has an annual budget of some $122.6 million, owns more than 3,000 acres of land in five different counties, has a physical plant valued at almost $200 million, and has an alumni roll exceeding 53,000. ASU’s rapid development over the years has been typical of other major universities in an emerging modern South. From an agricultural high school in 1909, to a junior college in 1918, to a four-year degree-granting institution in 1930, to a university in 1967, ASU has become regionally respected and nationally recognized for its qualities of teaching, research and service. The ASU system includes campuses at Beebe (White County), Mountain Home (Baxter County),

and Newport (Jackson County) where associate degree programs are offered, and at Marked Tree, Searcy and Heber Springs. A new campus is being built for ASU-Heber Springs. An instructional site is located at Paragould. The Jonesboro campus, which occupies 942 acres amid the gentle slopes of Crowley’s Ridge in east Jonesboro, is located between the vast and fertile Mississippi River Valley and the cultural and scenic richness of the Ozark Mountains. More than 10,000 students annually work toward degrees in 141 areas of specialization at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Fifteen undergraduate degrees are offered through the Colleges of Agriculture, Business, Communications, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Nursing and Health Professions, Sciences and Mathematics, and the University College. The Honors College was instituted July 1, 2004, evolving from the Honors Program.

The Arkansas Biosciences Institute opened in 2004. The $20 million facility is dedicated to multi-disciplinary research to fulfill purposes outlined in the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement.

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Welcome to ASU Fifteen master’s and two specialist degrees are offered, as well as doctoral degrees in educational leadership, environmental sciences, and heritage studies. Pre-professional programs are offered in nine areas. The bachelor’s degree programs with the most graduates are early childhood education, business administration, management information systems, accounting, nursing, agricultural business, and finance. The top graduate programs, based on number of degrees awarded, are business administration, education administration-elementary principalship, reading education, educational administration-secondary principalship, communication disorders, nursing and physical therapy. New academic programs are introduced as needed to respond to the rapid changes in our society. For instance, the athletic training program is the only such accredited program in the state. Academic strength has been enhanced with the Distance Learning Program which extends ASU’s educational influence across the nation. Also, ASU offers bachelor’s and master’s degree programs and upper level courses at ASU-Beebe, ASUMountain Home, and ASU degree centers in three Arkansas cities—Blytheville, Forrest City, and West Memphis—where partnership agreements have been established in cooperation with the community colleges in those cities.

CAMPUS LANDMARKS (Above) The eight-story bell tower of the Dean B. Ellis Library, dedicated in 1995, is the focal point of the Arkansas State University campus.

(Right) ASU’s Pavilion is the site of many student activities. A new Alumni Center was recently constructed across the pond from the Pavilion. The two sites form with ASU Stadium and the Convocation Center to create an exciting atmosphere on game days and nights.

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Welcome to ASU ASU offers challenging, fully-accredited programs and a prestigious 600-member faculty with a vast number holding doctorates from other major institutions. Some faculty are nationally known for teaching, research and service in the sciences, humanities and professional fields. Arkansas State Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment to excellence in higher education is demonstrated by its accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association, as well as 18 specialized accrediting organizations. ASUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reputation toward excellence has been established in part by student performance in national competition, such as a nationally ranked debate team, and by the success of its graduates. The underlying principle of learning at Arkansas State University is its tradition of changing to meet the needs of its students and the society in which they live and work. Arkansas State University continues to grow and prosper because the university plans ahead for the needs of students. A recent example is the Horizon Institute of Technology, created in the College of Business with a major gift from alumna Dr. Kathy Brittain White. The institute will provide opportunities for students, faculty, community and business leaders to expand their capabilities for providing solutions and increasing productivity with technology.

Arkansas Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new student union is identified by a new fountain. The fountain was provided by Chi Omega Sorority and serves as a beautiful landmark to enter the building.

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Welcome to ASU Following the success of Collegiate Park, a 336-bed luxury apartment complex on the north side of campus, ASU also erected Indian Village Apartments, which accommodates up to 100 families. The new $29 million Student Union has taken prominent place in the center of campus, with the first portions opening in the spring of 2004. The second phase of the project was complete renovation of the existing Reng Center. Students and visitors enjoy a new dining hall, meeting facilities, student leadership offices, bookstore, computer labs, a food court and many other features. A new track and field complex has been completed on the south side of the campus. The $2.7 million facility features a 400-meter track facility, including venues for NCAA track and field events. The academic enterprise at ASU was enhanced with the addition of the $20 million Biosciences/Biotechnology Building. This facility was dedicated to multi-disciplinary research to fulfill purposes outlined in the Arkansas Tobacco Settlement. Several other projects which involve new construction or improved facilities are in various stages of planning and development, including a liberal arts classroom building in the heart of the campus and the recently completed Cooper Alumni Center. A groundbreaking ceremony for a new student recreation and wellness center was also held this past spring.

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The $29 million Student Union (left) and complete renovation of the existing Reng Center (left) houses a new dining hall, meeting facilities, bookstore, computer labs, a food court and other features. Indian Village Apartments (above) accommodates up to 100 families. Collegiate Park (at top) serves 336 students.

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Welcome to ASU While the Arkansas State campus is beautiful, the University atmosphere is not all about buildings and construction. It is ultimately about academics, the people and the different ideas and cultures they bring to the campus. Arkansas State University is filled with friendly smiles, enthusiasm, and a thirst for learning. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also filled with people who enjoy life and the joy and challenges it brings.

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Student Life at ASU

Life at Arkansas State University is exciting, youthful and vibrant. There is something always happeningâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;with the students' best interests at heart. Not only do all kinds of student events center around football and other sports, but nearly every academic discipline on campus offers societies or organizations to help spark interest. More than 160 different organizations, including social and religious organizations, are available to promote personal growth of the individual. On-campus concerts are regular events, as are cultural exhibits, plays, specialty shows and seminars. Competition is available through a challenging intramural program, and club sports are available. Academically, there are plenty of quiet nooks all around campus for studying. At the same time, opportunities abound for recreation and relaxation. Campus life has it all at Arkansas State University.

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A groundbreaking ceremony for the $18 million ASU Student Recreation and Wellness Center (above) was held April 4, 2008. The facility is designed as a 74,000square-foot structure that will house multiple amenities for students. This new recreation facility will have two levels and will be equipped to outfit an aquatics center in the future. The lower level will house approximately 17,000 square feet of cardiovascular and strength training equipment, three basketball/volleyball courts, one multipurpose activity court, office space, locker rooms, and wellness assessment rooms. The upper level will house a three-lane walking/running track, as well as meeting rooms and exercise classroom space. The Student Recreation and Wellness Center will be able to increase the number of fitness classes currently offered, as well as adding additional wellness and nutritional programming options.

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Student Life at ASU Arkansas State University is growing and improving life for its students. A new student union has opened in the middle of campus. It houses the most modern equipment including a new theater (left), eating areas, exercise equipment, study and rest areas. Plenty of comfortable student housing is available, including the new 840-bed Residence Hall Community that opened in the fall of 2006; Collegiate Park, just north of the Student Union; and Arkansas, Kays and University Halls.

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Athletics at ASU

ASU: WHERE CHAM Arkansas State University has a longstanding saying: “Big enough to play your game, small enough to know your name.” The names of student-athletes are known all over the country for their contributions to their sport. Champions are made at ASU. Opportunities are provided for all 16 of ASU’s NCAA Division I sports. Just look at the names and numbers—12 Olympians, over 100 National Football League contracts, All-Americans, AllConference, All-Academic. You name it . . . you can be it at Arkansas State. The people on these two pages prove it. They have excelled individually as well as with their teams. They not only represent themselves as champions but their school, community, friends, and family as well.

Candice James was named a First Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VI selection in 2008.

Shawn Morgan finished his junior season ranked among the top-10 players in the Sun Belt Conference in steals, rebounds and field goal percentage.

Renee Branker was an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VI selection last season.

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B.J. Parish closed out his career at ASU last season with a 15th place finish in the decathlon at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

Shay Scott was named to the Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament team after helping lead ASU to the tournament semifinals as a freshman last season.

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Junior Marissa Martinek was named second team All-America by the National Tenpin Coaches Association at the conclusion of last season.

Sophomore Anna Steckel received the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Newcomer of theYear and MVP Award Sophomore Lloyd DuPreez last year. was named the Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year after posting five top-10 finishes last year. Robin Aaron concluded her career at ASU last season with her third All-Sun Belt Conference selection.

Matt Mandich is a three-time All-Sun Belt Conference selection, including first team last season as a junior.

ASUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three Olympic medal winners and former track and field coach Guy Kochel. (From left) Bronze medal winner Dr. Tom Hill, Kochel, Gold Medal winner Al Joyner and Bronze Medal winner Earl Bell.

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Cassie Huffer recorded a top-10 finish in three tournaments last season as a sophomore. Brandon Eller was named Third Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America as a junior in 2008.

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Athletics Facilities Arkansas State University’s athletic programs compete in top-of-the line facilities. ASU Stadium, which opened in 1974, has evolved into a beautiful stadium which seats 30,406 fans. That includes a cluster of exclusive suites in the south end zone atop the football office complex. A million dollar video/scoreboard is the focal point in the stadium. Coaches and student-athletes moved into a new $2.7 million track and field complex in spring 2004. It contains an eight-lane 400-meter track and can be set up for two NCAA venues. Three local country clubs graciously allow ASU’s men’s and women’s golf programs to utilize their facilities for practice and play. J.A. “Ike” Tomlinson Stadium-Kell Field serves as home to Red Wolves baseball. Built in 1993, the stadium received complete lighting in 1996 and, most recently, 206 field level seats were added for the 2008 season. ASU’s newest women’s program, bowling, competes in the Jonesboro Bowling Center, a 40lane state-of-the-art facility.

RidgePointe Country Club hosts the annual ASU Red Wolves Golf Classic

The ASU Soccer Park opened in 2001, one year after the program was installed. It is located at the north end of ASU Stadium and accommodates seating for 500. The complex also is the office headquarters for the program. The Convocation Center seats 10,038 for basketball and is the home of ASU’s men’s and women’s teams. It also is the site for women’s volleyball and men’s and women’s indoor track and field. ASU’s cross country teams run on a wellplanned course which originates and has its finish line at the Garry Meadows Arena at the Equine Center.

Convocation Center—Pride of ASU men’s and women’s basketball and indoor track and field

ASU Baseball plays at Tomlinson Stadium and Kell Field

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ASU Soccer Park opened in 2001

Sage Meadows Golf Club has been the site of two Sun Belt Conference golf championships

Track & Field moved into a new facility in spring 2004

In addition to playing on campus at the ASU Tennis Courts (above), RidgePointe Tennis Center, Three Oaks Racquet Club, and the Jonesboro Country Club provide their facilities in inclement weather.

ASU Stadiumâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Home of ASU Football

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ASU Administration

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

UNIVERSITY VICE CHANCELLORS

Mike Gibson Osceola

Dr. G. Dan Howard Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs and Research

Dr. Rick Stripling Vice Chancellor Student Affairs

Mr. Ed Kremers Vice Chancellor Finance & Administration

(Chair)

Michael Medlock

Dr. Leslie Wyatt University System President

Jonesboro (Vice Chair)

Florine Tousant Milligan Forrest City (Secretary)

Howard Slinkard Rogers

Ron Rhodes Cherokee Village

INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS COMMITTEE

ASU President Dr. Les Wyatt announced the formation of the new Intercollegiate Athletics Committee in the spring of 1997. The Intercollegiate Athletics Committee reviews and makes recommendations on issues involving the welfare of student-athletes, the role of athletics in campus life, and the athletics programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s compliance with the University, conference, and NCAA regulations; serves as a search advisory committee for key athletics program personnel; reviews the role of existing and potential sports programs; and reviews the athletics budget. The committee reports to the Chancellor. Membership consists of four students appointed annually by the Student Government Association (one should be a student-athlete); four faculty appointed by the Faculty Senate (staggered two-year terms); one Faculty athletic Representative appointed by the Chancellor (two-year term); one executive staff member appointed by the Chancellor (two-year term); the Dean of University College; two staff members appointed by the staff Senate (staggered two-year terms); Student Government Association and Student Activities Board Presidents; and representatives from the following external organizations: Alumni Association, Red Wolf Club, Lettermanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club, and the Jonesboro Regional Chamber of Commerce ASU Committee. The Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and the Senior Woman Athletic Administrator serve as ex-officio, nonvoting members. The Chancellor appoints a chair at the beginning of each academic year.

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Dr. Robert Potts, University Campus Chancellor Dr. Robert L. Potts, a veteran administrator in higher education, was selected after a national search on Oct. 6, 2006, to serve as the first chancellor of the Jonesboro campus of Arkansas State University. In that capacity, among his other duties he now provides oversight for ASUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s athletic program. After studying at Newbold College in England then completing his bachelor's degree at Southern Adventist University in Tennessee, Potts earned a juris doctor degree from the University of Alabama. He later earned a master of laws degree from Harvard University. Potts has had a distinguished career in higher education. Prior to joining ASU, he served as chancellor of the North Dakota University System. Previously, he served as president of the University of North Alabama in Florence, Ala., for more than 14 years, and prior to that was General Counsel of the University of Alabama System. During his first months at ASU-Jonesboro, Potts worked closely with the Faculty Senate in resolving issues of concern to the faculty, and planned for a major capital campaign and the Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s upcoming centennial celebration in 2009-2010. During the 2007-08 academic year, in addition to overseeing the process that led to the selection of Red Wolves as the new ASU mascot, he appointed seven task forces of faculty, staff, and students who have studied and made recommendations on major issues of importance to the future of the University. Many of those recommendations are now being implemented. The University is currently focused on increasing its enrollment through expansion of distance learning offerings and building a more robust international program, in addition to improving its facilities across the campus to make the campus more convenient and attractive to students. In addition, under Potts leadership, the University is taking steps to modernize and expand its curriculum and also to increase its research and sponsored program activities. As President of the University of North Alabama, his accomplishments included streamlining the administrative structure, implementing a shared governance decision making structure, raising admission standards, and establishing a development and advancement office. He and his administration also led the university's first capital campaign, established a Child Development Center, expanded the international students program, completed a campus master plan, and implemented several construction projects, including academic buildings, student recreation center, four residence halls, and others. While at UNA, Potts served a term as President of the Gulf South Athletic Conference, and University athletic teams won five Division II national championships. While with the North Dakota University System, Potts was chief executive officer for a statewide system that included 42,000 students on six four-year campuses and five twoyear campuses. Among the highlights of his work there, he provided leadership in creating a statewide collaboration plan for increasing the number of international students, in implementing a new higher education administrative software system, in continuing the highly acclaimed Higher Education Roundtable process that successfully aligned the higher education system with the needs of the state, and in implementing the first stage of a $50 million Economic Centers of Excellence program for system campuses. His list of professional activities is long, including membership in the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools' Commission on Colleges, on the board of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, on the U.S. Department of Education's National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, and on several accreditation teams. He also chaired the Secretary of the Army's ROTC Program Sub-Committee, which focused on improving the Army ROTC and Junior ROTC programs throughout the United States. He has also served terms on the boards of trustees of Alabama State University and Oakwood College. In addition to his administrative experience, he has taught at Boston University, University of Alabama, and University of North Alabama. Potts met his wife Irene, a native of Sweden, while they were participating in an international education program in England. They are the parents of two adult children. Julie Anna Potts and her husband, Parks Shackelford, live in the Washington, D.C. area where Julie Anna is general counsel for the American Farm Bureau Federation and Parks works for Florida Crystals, a sugar cane company. They have three children, Ella, Olivia, and Duke. Les Potts and his wife Holly also have two children, Claire and Anna Leslie. They live in Starkville, Miss., where he is employed at Mississippi State University and she is an active volunteer with Habitat for Humanity and other charitable organizations.

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Dr. Dean Lee, Director of Athletics

The Lee Family (from left) Anna Pearl, Reba, Dean and Diamond

When the Arkansas State University athletics program reaches its 100th birthday in two years, Dean Lee's name will figure prominently in the celebration. ASU athletics is entering its 99th year and Lee still has a little more time to continue restoring the old and building new tradition for Arkansas State. Under Lee’s direction, the ASU athletic department enjoyed another significant year in 2007-08. Not only did ASU enjoy some of the most exciting moments ever on the fields, courts, and tracks, but also in the arenas of academics, donor and alumni involvement, community service and achievement. Lee was named the AAFF’s Outstanding Athletic Director in 2008 and serves on the NCAA Men’s Basketball Issues Committee, the BCS Athletic Directors Advisory Committee and the Division I-A Athletic Directors Association Board of Trustees. He has guided the athletic department to annual success academically and competitively, but last year ASU athletics once again enjoyed growth through a number of unique accomplishments and projects as well. For instance, 206 field-level seats and new party boxes available for corporate events were added to Tomlinson Stadium, the Convocation Center weight room underwent major renovations that included new weights and cardio equipment, festivities such as Jazz in Jonesboro continued to grow and improve, the women’s bowling team was the NCAA National Runner-up and Lee was instrumental in the recruitment and hiring of John Brady, who is just two years removed from an NCAA Final Four appearance, as the Red Wolves new men’s basketball coach. Those are just a few of the many ways the ASU athletic department continued to develop under Lee, who is always looking for new and creative ways to take the Red Wolves athletic program to the next level while maintaining its main focus on academics, competitive performance and a well-rounded environment for student-athletes. Entering his seventh year as Director of Athletics, Lee is even hungrier for ASU to have continued success in all areas. He has already made great strides in enabling Arkansas State's Department of Athletics to become one of the most respected programs around. Dr. Dean Lee became ASU's 10th Director of Athletics July 9, 2002. It wasn't long before the department began to experience important and progressive changes which were capped by an unprecedented “State of A-State” address in the spring of 2004. When he concluded the address to a packed house, there was no mistaking that he is committed to building a successful program at ASU. In a very short time, he has orchestrated sellout and capacity crowds, overseen the expansion and growth of ASU's athletic facilities, and provided sound leadership to both the athletic staff and population of student-athletes. Lee came to ASU from Oklahoma State University, where he was the executive director of the OSU Athletic Associates and assistant vice president of the OSU Foundation. His administrative experience at two NCAA Division I-A universities, OSU and the University of Arkansas, and his achievements in mobilizing financial support make him well-suited for Arkansas State University and Northeast Arkansas. In addition, Dr. Lee's experience as athletic director at Arkansas Tech University and his familiarity with ASU and the state of Arkansas help him feel right at home. He earned his bachelor's degree in 1979 and master's in education at Henderson State University, then completed his doctor of education degree at the University of Arkansas in 1989. Although born in Tulsa, Okla., Lee competed in high school sports in Berryville, Arkansas, and was selected to play in the all-Star basketball and football games in 1975. He also played basketball, baseball and tennis at Henderson State, where he later served as an assistant coach. He was head basketball coach at Malvern High School early in his career. Dean and wife Reba are the parents of two daughters, Diamond Olivia (13) and Anna Pearl (11).

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Athletics Staff

DR. DEAN LEE Director of Athletics

DOUG ABEL Senior Associate Director of Athletics

MELANIE RICHARDSON

GLEEN HART

NIKKI LEE Assistant Director of Athletics for Ethics & Governance

RON CARROLL Head Certified Trainer

ROSS MILLER

Assistant Director of Athletics for Marketing & Promotions

Assistant Director of Strength & Conditioning

SANDRA SMYTHE Compliance Secretary

DOUG DOGGETT Associate Director of Athletics for External Operations & Director of the Red Wolf Club

RANDY KNOWLES Assistant Director of Athletics for Facilities & Event Management

JERRY SCOTT Assistant Director of Athletics for Sports Information

BRAD PIETZ Assistant Director of Athletics for Development

JOHN ARCE Director of Strength & Conditioning

BRAD BOBO Director of Corporate Sales

BOBBY BURTON Athletics Facilities Supervisor for Grounds & Landscape

RYAN DICKSON Equipment Supervisor

BEVERLY EDENS Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Basketball Secretary

DARLENE ETTER Administrative Assistant to Director of Athletics

MEREDITH GREEN A-Team Adviser

MARTHA McFERRON Cheerleader Adviser

VAN PROVENCE Assistant Director of Sports Information

ANTHONY REYNOLDS Assistant Director of Sports Information

JOHN RILEY Video Coordinator

KAREN RINEHART

ANDREA SCOTT Director of Marketing

KANGIT TATE Football Secretary

LEELA TAYLOR Athletics Secretary

CHAD STURKIE Assistant Certified Trainer

Associate Director of Athletics for Student Services/SWA

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Administrative Secretary to Head Football Coach

BILL TEMPLETON Director of Major Gifts

NATALIE TROTTER Assistant Certified Trainer

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ASHLEY CHRESTMAN

Athletic Training GA

ADAM FEDERLE Football GA

MAKINZIE FOOS Marketing & Promotions GA

KELLY GOODMAN

Sports Information GA

REBEKAH GREGORY Development GA

HEAD COACHES

CAROLINE WILLIAMS Athletics Secretary

GRADUATE ASSISTANTS & INTERNS

Athletics Staff

SCOTT McGINN Athletic Training GA

KAREN SYROCKI Student Services GA & Assistant Women’s Bowling Coach

JEREMY THOMAS Marketing & Promotions GA

LON BADEAUX Track & Field, Cross Country

BRIAN BOYER Women’s Basketball

JOHN BRADY Men’s Basketball

CRAIG CUMMINGS Women’s Volleyball

CHRIS JAMES Women’s Bowling

STEVE JOHNSON Men’s Golf

GINGER BROWN LEMM Women’s Golf

DEREK PITTMAN Women’s Soccer

TOMMY RAFFO Baseball

STEVE ROBERTS Football

MARCIA WILLIAMS Women’s Tennis

JULIE ALLEN Women’s Volleyball

JASON BROOKS Track & Field, Cross Country

CHRIS COOK Baseball

KEVIN CORLESS Football

ASSISTANT COACHES

KEVIN KENDRICK Compliance Intern

JEFF CLAPACS Men’s Basketball

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JACK CURTIS Football

ELIZABETH DAVENPORT Track & Field, Cross Country

CHAD DOLLAR Men’s Basketball

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Athletics Staff

TONY GILBERT Football

DAVID GUNN Football

MAURICE HARRIS Football

DARREN HILLER Football

JUSTIN MECCAGE Baseball

KEVIN PEOPLES Football

REBECCA PEOPLES Women’s Basketball

TANYA RAY Women’s Basketball

Track & Field

ELWYN McROY Men’s Basketball

DOUG RUSE Football

TYLER SISKEY Football

MATT KRAFT

SEAN WEIBLING Women’s Basketball

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Recent Accomplishments and Points of Pride

The ASU women’s bowling team finished runner-up at the 2008 NCAA Championships, held in Omaha, Nebraska.

ACADEMICS 2007-08

Four ASU student-athletes were First

Team ESPN The Magazine Academic AllDistrict VI selections.

Brandon Eller, a junior on the ASU base-

ball team, was named Third Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America.

Over 160 ASU student-athletes were rec-

ognized for their academic achievements as members of the fall 2007 Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

Additionally, over 140 student-athletes team were named to the National Ten-

were recognized as members of the spring pin Coaches Association 2007 Academic 2007 AD’s Honor Roll.

Three ASU student-athletes were named to

All-America Team.

For the sixth straight year, the women’s

the list of 74 students for the 2008 edition of tennis team was selected to the 2007 ITA AllWho’s Who Among American Universities Academic Teams and Scholar-Athletes List. and Colleges.

COMPETITIVE PERFORMANCE

45 student-athletes will earn their college

degrees for the 2007-08 academic year.

2007-08

ASU was represented by 106 student-ath-

letes on both the 2006-07 SBC CommisThe women’s bowling team was the 2008

sioner’s List and Academic Honor Roll,

announced July 13, 2007.

NCAA National Championship runner-up.

Five members of the women’s bowling

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The football team defeated Conference

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Recent Accomplishments and Points of Pride USA foes SMU and Memphis at Indian Sta-

Senior safety Tyrell Johnson, named the dium, where it now holds a 22-7 record under 2007 Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player The ASU women’s basketball reached out head coach Steve Roberts. of the Year, was a second round selection in and spent time with children at St. Jude Chil-

dren’s Hospital in Memphis.

the 2008 NFL Draft.

The women’s basketball team posted its

second consecutive 20-win season and third

over the last four years.

contracts in 2008.

Three ASU football players signed NFL

Amanda DeWalt (VB) and Alfred Louis

(FB) were selected to represent ASU at the 2008 NCAA National Student-Athlete Devel-

The baseball team defeated No. 2 nation-

ASU student-athletes were awarded the opment Conference.

ally ranked Ole Miss 7-5 at Oxford-University Sun Belt Conference Player/Performer of the Stadium/Swayze Field. Week honor 13 times during 2007-08.

Lesley Hale (women’s track and field) and

Tarius Moss (men’s track and field) were seVolleyball head coach Craig Cummings Lloyd du Preez, who won the UTA/Water- lected to attend the NCAA Leadership Conwon his 300th career match and 100th career chase Invitational, on the men’s golf team ference in Dallas, Texas. Sun Belt Conference match at Arkansas was named the Sun Belt Conference Fresh-

State.

man of the Year.

Student-athletes were very active in the

community, reaching out to local schools, ASU named John Brady, who led LSU to Women’s basketball freshman Shay Scott businesses and other sources of service. the Final Four in 2006, its 15th all-time head was named to the 2008 Sun Belt Conference men’s basketball coach on March 19, 2008. All-Tournament Team. ADMINISTRATION,

MARKETING

The women’s cross country team were

ranked as high as 15th in the South Central Region of the NCAA Division I Regional

2007-08

RED WOLF CLUB, SPECIAL EVENTS AND AWARDS, FACILITIES

Rankings.

2007-08

ASU officially retired the Indian Family as

The women’s tennis team defeated No. 57 its mascot during halftime of a men’s basket 206 field-level seats and party boxes were UAB, but also recorded victories over teams ball game played Feb. 28, 2008. added at Tomlinson Stadium and Kell Field. such as Memphis, Southern Illinois,

Louisiana Tech and Air Force.

A roll-out ceremony for ASU’s new adopted

mascot, the Red Wolves, was held March 13, The women’s golf team won the 2007 2008 at the Student Union. ULM/Fred Marx Challenge, played Sept. 24-

25.

The Convocation Center weight room un-

derwent major renovations that included new weights, cardio equipment, doors, light-

Over 60 ASU student-athletes participated ing and wall covering.

in reading, playing games, art and P.E. Head Women’s Basketball Coach Brian classes during Fox Meadow Elementary’s “In AD Dr. Dean Lee and Assistant AD Bill Templeton received the AAFF’s Outstanding Boyer was recognized by the Sun Belt Con- School Camp Out”. AD Award and Outstanding Assistant AD ference for winning his 150th career game

last season.

The ASU Athletic Department held its Award, respectively.

fourth annual Senior Citizen Prom, which has ASU placed 12-student athletes on an all- become a major community outreach project A number of fall traditions and festivities surrounded home football games, including conference team. the last several years. Jazz in Jonesboro.

Senior Katie Peil became just the eighth The ASU Athletic Department helped colvolleyball player all-time to join the lect items this spring to be given to victims of Some other bigger events held were Paint the Town “Red,” Hall of Honor, Homecom1,000/1,000 club at ASU. the recent flooding across the state. ing and Ring of Honor.

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This is the Sun Belt Conference While there are 31 NCAA conferences that sponsor multiple sports, the Sun Belt is one of only eleven to participate in the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) and Football Bowl Subdivision. The Sun Belt was formed in 1976 with six members competing in four men’s sports, and today comprises 13 institutions of higher learning while sponsoring 19 championship sports for men and women. The Sun Belt Conference enters its 33rd season in 2008-2009 with a proud history of athletic and academic success. The conference sponsors 10 women’s sports - basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, and volleyball; and nine men’s sports – baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, swimming and diving, tennis, and indoor and outdoor track and field. Each of the 19 sports has seen numerous team and individual accomplishments, and 12 Sun Belt Conference schools are currently graduating its student athletes at a rate higher than their school’s student body. All Sun Belt schools are committed to excellence in the 21st century, and facility upgrades and expansion are occurring on virtually every campus. During the 2007-08 academic year alone the Sun Belt Conference accomplished numerous feats. In the fall of 2007 Middle Tennessee and Western Kentucky University both represented the league in the NCAA Volleyball Tournament – the first time the Sun Belt has sent multiple teams to the NCAA Tournament in volleyball. Middle Tennessee did not disappoint, as the Blue Raiders advanced to the “Sweet 16” – marking the first time a Sun Belt school has made the round of 16 in volleyball. The Sun Belt momentum continued in the sport of football as Florida Atlantic defeated Memphis in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl. The win marked the second consecutive season that a Sun Belt team has defeated its Conference USA opponent as Troy defeated Rice in 2006. In men’s basketball, Western Kentucky University and South Alabama both received bids to the 2008 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament – the first the league has sent two teams to the “Big Dance’” since 1994. WKU’s 101-99 win over 14th ranked Drake followed by a 72-63 win over San Diego made the Hilltoppers the first Sun Belt team to reach the tournament’s “Sweet 16” since 1993. Despite losing more than half of the league’s All-Conference members from 2006-07, Sun Belt women’s basketball ranked in the top half (14th of 31) of the final league RPI rankings for the 10th consecutive year. In six of those ten years, Sun Belt women’s basketball has placed in the national top 10 for RPI. There was no shortage of success in the Sun Belt’s spring sports in 2008 as well. In tennis, Florida International and Denver represented the Sun Belt in the NCAA Women’s Tennis Tournament – with the Pioneers advancing to the second round. In men’s tennis, South Alabama and Denver represented the league in the NCAA Tournament with USA advancing to the second round. Sun Belt golf was also well represented in postseason play as Middle Tennessee’s men’s team and Denver’s women’s team both reached the NCAA National Championship. Both the Blue Raiders and Pioneers finished in the top ten of their regionals to advance to the final stage of the NCAAs. The 2008 Sun Belt softball season saw Louisiana-Lafayette reach the Women’s College World Series after defeating Houston in three games in the Super Regionals and winning the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional by defeating East Carolina and in-state rival LSU twice.

two or more teams reach NCAA play is matched by only four other conferences (ACC, Big West, SEC, Pac-10). Because of its status as a member of the Division 1-A football coalition, the Sun Belt Conference has a permanent seat on the NCAA’s 17-member Board of Directors. As a result, the conference has a crucial voice on some of the most pressing issues in college athletics and will always have a role in the implementation of any future NCAA legislation and guidelines. The conference continues to utilize television to grow and promote the league. Adding volleyball, baseball and softball to the conference’s television package has resulted in more national and regional television exposure for the league than at any time in its history. The conference’s regional television package enables live telecasts of Sun Belt events to reach over 20 million households. Additionally, ESPN televised the conference’s men’s basketball championship game for the 28th straight season in 2008, marking its longest affiliation with any conference in the country. The Sun Belt Conference has partnered with JumpTV Sports, Inc. to deliver a full-service, customized, public and premium web site to provide fans with a broad range of real-time information and content about the conference’s athletic teams. The Sun Belt is one of the few conferences in the nation to provide video highlights and features on its website from each of the league’s respective championships. This technology serves as a great recruiting tool for schools by enabling anyone in the world with internet access to view the conference’s championship events, and fans in five different countries viewed the conference’s most recent soccer championship. Prominent Sun Belt alumni include United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (Denver), NFL Hall of Fame football player “Mean” Joe Greene (North Texas), Arizona Diamondbacks All-Star baseball player Luis Gonzalez (South Alabama), former member of the United States Senate and House of Representatives John Breaux (LouisianaLafayette), country music superstar Tim McGraw (Louisiana-Monroe), and actor Andy Garcia (Florida International). The conference’s first 32 years have also produced numerous individual national champions along with Olympic track medalists including Earl Bell, Tom Hill and Al Joyner (Arkansas State), Hollis Conway (Louisiana-Lafayette), and Tayna Lawrence (Florida International). Old Dominion’s Anne Donovan received the Naismith Trophy recognizing the nation’s top women’s basketball player in 1983, helped the United States win the Olympic gold medal in 1984, and helped the Lady Monarchs capture the national championship in 1985 (one of eight women’s Final 4 appearances by Sun Belt schools: Old Dominion - 1983, 1985; WKU – 1985, 1986, 1992; Louisiana Tech – 1994, 1998, 1999). Sun Belt teams have also participated in the men’s NCAA Final 4 (UNC-Charlotte in 1977), the College World Series (Louisiana-Lafayette in 2000), the women’s College World Series (Louisiana-Lafayette in 1993, 1995, 1996, 2003), and had 10 players selected in the first round of the NBA Draft. The Sun Belt Conference is led by Commissioner Wright Waters, who is in his ninth full year as commissioner. He was named the conference’s fourth commissioner in February of 1999 following the tenures of Vic Bubas (1976-1990), Jim Lessig (1990-1991), and Craig Thompson (19911998). The league’s annual all sports champion is awarded the Vic Bubas Cup, named after the conference’s first commissioner. The conference office has been headquartered in downtown New Orleans since 2000 after moving from suburban Metairie, La., where it had been based since 1991. Prior to moving to the “Big Easy,” the league was based in Tampa, Fla., from 1977-1991. The original conference office was located in Charlotte, N.C., from 1976-77.

In baseball, the Sun Belt Conference has sent multiple teams to the NCAA tournament each year since 1988. The 20-year streak of having

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Bert Carter

Dr. Kathy Keene

Rick Mello

John McElwain

Assoc. Commissioner Chief Financial Officer

Assoc. Commissioner Compliance

Assoc. Commissioner Sports Administration

Assoc. Commissioner Media Relations

Wright Waters Commissioner

Bryant Carter

Travis Llewellyn

Chauntrell Shelby

Assistant Commissioner Sports Administration

Director of Multimedia/ New Media

Chief Administrative Officer

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Jonesboro

gional center for cultural, educational, industrial, commercial, agricultural, communication, transportation, recreational and medical interests. It contains almost every convenience of a big city and every comfort of a small town.

Jonesboro, home of Arkansas State University, weighs in as the largest city in Northeast Arkansas. As a matter of fact, if you form a triangle by connecting Little Rock, St. Louis and Memphis, Jonesboro stands out as the largest metropolitan city in what amounts to a 17,000 square mile triangular area.

The community is alive with cultural events such as the art exhibitions, theatrical and musical productions, not only on campus but in the city itself through the Jonesboro Fine Arts Council, NEA Foundation of Arts, the Forum and the Northeast Arkansas Symphony. One highlight is the annual Hispanic celebration when downtown Main Street is transformed into a festive explosion of Hispanic music, food and cultural activity.

Jonesboro is a great city of 60,000, and is always ready to welcome incoming ASU students from the moment they arrive in town. The booming community has matured over the past half century into a re-

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Jonesboro . . . More About Jonesboro • Regionally located with numerous services for Northeast Arkansas, portions of Tennessee & Missouri. • More than 100 industries are located in Jonesboro. • Cited as Volunteer and Arkansas Community of Year. • Ideal climate and temperature provide a variety of recreational activities including hunting, fishing, golf, park activities, tennis, boating, swimming, camping and picnicking. • Downtown Jonesboro is revitalized into area including loft housing, restaurants, specialty shops, weekly and weekend concerts featuring everything from gospel to rap. • Site of new Mall at Turtle Creek which houses over 100 new stores. Construction of the mall, which opened in March 2006, exceeded $100 million. Jonesboro is living up to its slogan of “People, Pride, and Progress” Memphis is less than a hour away from the ASU campus.

souri, with two major hospitals and countless medical professionals. The city is also a shopping mecca, offering a modern business district as well as quaint downtown antique shops and restaurants. The $100 million Mall at Turtle Creek recently opened with more than 100 stores.

“capital” of the northeast quadrant of the state. Northeast Arkansas is a recreation haven for the person who enjoys water sports, fishing, hunting, and boating as well as the joys of unspoiled nature. Jonesboro and the surrounding area have an abundance of lakes, rivers, ponds, streams and forests to serve as nature’s playgrounds for the avid outdoors person.

One of the five largest cities in Arkansas, Jonesboro is located between the vast and fertile Mississippi River and the cultural and scenic richness of the Ozark Mountains. It is nestled about 70 miles west of Memphis, Tennessee, on the gentle slopes of Crowley’s Ridge.

And, Jonesboro, ranked by Forbes.com as the 27th “best small place to live” is a nice place to call home.

Jonesboro is a comfortable one hour drive from Memphis, two hours from Little Rock and four hours from St. Louis.The city and University have meshed resources in recent years and have truly become the 2008 ARKANSAS STATE SOCCER MEDIA GUIDE

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ASU Soccer Park Arkansas State Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soccer program enters its eighth season at home at ASU Soccer Park. The Red Wolves play nine regular-season home games and one exhibition game this season. The Red Wolves have posted an overall record of 18-39-3 over the past seven seasons at home. ASU posted its first home winning record in 2004 as the Red Wolves finished 4-3-1 on its home field. Arkansas State also notched the biggest victory in ASU soccer history of the park when the Red Wolves knocked off defending Sun Belt Conference champion and preseason favorite Denver, 2-1, in 2004. ASU Soccer Park is also home to the Red Wolves locker room and the coaching offices. The complex has an athletic training room on the premises as well.

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ASU Soccer Park

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ASU Soccer Park DIRECTIONS TO ASU SOCCER PARK From Memphis International Airport: Start going toward the Airport Exit on Wichester Road. Bear right on Plough Boulevard for 1.4 miles. Take ramp onto I-240 West toward I-240 Little Rock/Downtown for 2.6 miles. Continue on I-55 North for 6.1 miles. Take the St. Louis/Little Rock exit on I-55 North and go 24.4 miles. Take exit 23B/Marked Tree/Jonesboro onto US-61for 0.5 miles. Continue on US-63 North for 41 miles. Take ramp toward Caraway Road/Stadium Boulevard for 0.2 miles. Bear right on Stadium Boulevard and go 2.2 miles until seeing ASU Soccer Park on the left. Parking is available for the working media on the northwest grass lot of the stadium complex. From Little Rock National Airport: Leaving the airport on East Roosevelt Road go 0.3 miles and continue on Annie M. Bankhead Drive for another 0.4 miles. Turn left to take the ramp onto I440 East toward TO I-40 for 11.3 miles. Take the Jacksonville exit onto US-167 North and go 48.4 miles. Continue on US 67 North for 25.3 miles. Take exit 90/Jonesboro and go 0.3 miles. Turn right on AR-14 and continue for 18.6 miles. Turn left on US 49 and go 22.6 miles. Take ramp onto US 49 North and go 2.7 miles until taking the Stadium Boulevard exit for 0.2 miles. Turn left on Stadium Boulevard and go 2.4 miles until seeing ASU Soccer Park on the left. Parking is available for working media on the northwest grass lot of the stadium complex.

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Aug. 15 20 23 29 Sept.5 7

Fri Wed Sat Fri Fri Sun

@ Southeast Missouri (Exh) Lyon College (Exh) Central Arkansas Arkansas-Pine Bluff @ Centenary @ Stephen F. Austin

7:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 7:00pm 1:00pm

Tulsa Soccer Challenge: 12 Fri 14 Sun 21 Sun

@ Oral Roberts @ Tulsa S.E. Louisiana (Senior Day)

7:00pm 1:00pm 1:00pm

Sun Belt Conference Games: 26 28 Oct. 3 5 10 12 17 19 24 26 31 Nov. 5-8

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@ South Alabama* @ Troy* Louisiana-Lafayette* Louisiana-Monroe* Middle Tennessee* Western Kentucky* @ Denver* @ North Texas* Florida-Atlantic* Florida-International* @ Arkansas-Little Rock* Sun Belt Conference Tournament @ North Texas (Denton, TX)

7:00pm 1:00pm 4:00pm 1:00pm 4:00pm 1:00pm 4:00pm 1:00pm 3:30pm 1:00pm 7:00pm TBA