2009 Park Women's Volleyball Media Guide

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2009 WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL MEDIA GUIDE

2009 PIRATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

2009 PARK WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL • 1

2009 WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL MEDIA GUIDE CREDITSThe 2009 Park women’s volleyball media guide is a product of the Park University Department of Athletics, which is under the direc-ton of Claude W. English, Director of Athletics. MANAGING EDITOR & DESIGNER: Steve Wilson, Sports Information Director. CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: Rita Weighill, Vice President for Communications; Brad Biles, University Communications Coordi-nator; Tyler Price, Assistant Sports Information Director. PHOTOGRAPHY: Park University, Nancy Joe Block, Kristen Hansen, Don Wolf, City of Kansas City, Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City Royals, Kansas Wesleyan, UMKC. PRINTING: Multi-Ad. Peoria, Ill.

THE 2009 SEASONSeason Preview ........................................2-3Opponents ..............................................4-5American Midwest Conference................5-6

MEET THE PIRATESHead Coach ...............................................7Assistant Coaching Staff .............................8Player Bios ............................................9-11

HISTORY, REVIEW & STATISTICS2008 Recap ..............................................122008 Statistics ..........................................13Women’s Volleyball History .................14-17

EXPERIENCE PARK UNIVERSITYPark University ....................................18-19Parkville & Kansas City .......................20-21University President .................................22Director of Athletics .................................23Administrative Athletics Staff ...................24

MEDIA INFORMATIONAthletics Staff Directory ...........................25Athletics Facilities .....................................26Breckon Sports Center Media Policies ......27Media Directory & Campus Directions ...28

RIGHT TO KNOW • ENROLLMENT OF STUDENTS RECEIVING ATHLETICALLY-RELATED AID IN 2008-09 In accordance with the federal Right to Know Act, the following chart outlines the number of recipients of athletic grants in each program. The number of athletes is broken down by sex and race. The chart represents the number of students in each area; it does not reflect the dollar amounts of aid granted. Also, those receiving grants for more than one sport are only counted once. NO: Non-resident Alien; BL: Black -- Non-Hispanic; WH: White -- Non-Hispanic; OT: Other; HI: Hispanic; UN: Unknown; AM: American Indian; BI: Bi-Racial.

2008-09 NO BL WH OT HI UN AM BI Total

M. Baseball 1 1 20 0 3 0 0 0 25

M. Basketball 1 11 7 0 1 0 0 0 20

M. Soccer 11 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 17

M. Spirit Squad 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 7

M. Track & Field 3 6 11 1 0 0 0 0 21

M. Volleyball 11 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 15

W. Basketball 2 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 26

W. Golf 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 6

W. Soccer 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 20

W. Softball 0 0 14 0 1 0 0 0 15

W. Spirit Squad 0 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 11

W. Track & Field 6 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 13

W. Volleyball 5 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 14

Total 54 46 98 4 6 1 1 0 210

For the most up-to-date information on Park University women’s volleyball, log on to www.parkathletics.com, the official Web site of Pirate athletics. There you’ll find weekly releases, game recaps, statistics, schedules, rosters and biographical informa-tion on Park student-athletes, coaches and staff.

UNIVERSITY INFOLocation .......................................... Parkville, Mo.Enrollment ................................................. 24,157Conference ...............................American MidwestNickname....................................................PiratesColors .......................................... Canary & WinePresident ..................................Dr. Michael DrogeFAR ..........................................Dr. Don WilliamsAD ........................................... Claude W. EnglishHead Trainer .....................................Michael FreyArena .................... Breckon Sports Center (1,200)Athletics Phone ............................ (816) 584-6425Athletics Fax ................................. (816) 505-5448Web .................................. www.parkathletics.com

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL INFOFirst Season ................................................... 1980All-Time Record ............................ 522-489 (.516)2008 Record .................................................11-212008 MCAC Record ........................... 7-7 (T-4th)Posteason ...................................................... None

COACHING STAFFHead Coach .....................................Rick MischkaAlma Mater .................................... Graceland, ‘06Record at Park ..................................................0-0Overall Record .............................................12-24Assistant Coach ........................................Jenn LeeAssistant Coach .............................. Brett Ferguson

SPORTS INFORMATIONSports Information Director .............. Steve WilsonE-Mail ....................................... [email protected] Phone ................................ (816) 584-6490Mobile Phone ............................... (913) 687-2663

Assistant Sports Info. Director ...............Tyler PriceE-Mail ................................... [email protected] Phone ................................ (816) 584-6751Mobile Phone ............................... (913) 645-4111

Mailing Address:8700 NW River Park Drive, PMB 123

Parkville, MO 64152

WWW.PARKATHLETICS.COM • 2

It’s a season of firsts for the Park University women’s volleyball program. A first-year head coach will lead the team in 2009, and

for the first time in more than a decade, that head coach will also be responsible for the men’s volleyball program at Park. Add to it a pair of first-year assistant coaches and a new conference, and change is everywhere for Park’s women’s volleyball squad. Park will add six newcomers to a roster of five returners in 2009, and the Pirates will at-tempt to improve on a 2008 season that saw 11 wins and a 7-7 mark in conference play, which kept the Pirates out of postseason play. “Everyone we’re bringing in brings some-thing positive to the program,” Mischka said. “I hope that everyone, together, will build a posi-tive, fun and dedicated team that will be pas-sionate about competing and winning.”

THE RETURNERS Park brings back a group of five returners to the 2009 roster, including one all-conference player and three starters from the 2008 season. Gabriela Garcia headlines the returning group, playing both setter and right-side hitter last season for the Pirates while averaging 3.02 assists per game and 1.99 kills on the way to 281 total points. Garcia is Park’s only returning all-conference player, having landed on the MCAC’s Second Team, and she was Park’s most proficient player from the service line, notching 40 service aces in her freshman campaign. Crystal Cole also returns to the Park lineup after averaging 5.26 assists per game as the team’s starting setter in 2008. Cole was also a defensive factor for the Pirates, totaling 192 digs on the year, and she was a force at the service line in 2008 with 28 aces. Rafaella Chaves brings 1.49 kills per game back from last season after getting a late start for the Pirates, playing in only 76 sets during her freshman year. Chaves, along with Garcia, is one of three players from Brazil on the ros-ter, in addition to Mariana Vogado, who enters her sophomore year after posting 71 kills and 13 blocks in limited action. Park’s final returner, Ashley Reinert, was a late addition to last year’s preseason roster and provided depth to the team defensively, where she figures to help this season as a defensive spe-cialist as a sophomore. “Our returners must give us a solid leader-ship base to go off of this season,” Mischka said. “This is a team without a senior on its roster, so we’ll be looking to different leaders throughout the year to step up on a really young team.”

THE NEWCOMERS Park’s incoming signing class includes one junior, as Bethany Buehler joins the Pirate women’s program after attending Maple Woods

Community College. At 6-foot-1, Buehler will be the tallest player on the roster for Park, contribut-ing both in the middle and on the right side. “Bethany is a tall and explosive player, who will help us this year in the middle,” Mischka said. “In the future, she will help us on the right side. She’s a smart player who can hit the ball with a lot of pace, but she can also find the court with smart shots. Her blocking pres-ence should also thrive in our system.” Kristin Beck also joins Park’s roster as a sophomore after attending Missouri State Uni-versity, marking the only other non-freshman transfer to the 2009 Park roster. “Kristin is a local young lady that chose to attend school elsewhere for a year before trans-ferring back home,” Mischka said. “She is a great student, looking to get a pre-medical undergrad-uate degree and she maintains a superb grade point average. “On the court, it’s amazing. After taking a year off from volleyball, she has a great passing platform and a solid approach from the outside. I’m interested to see what she will look like af-ter preseason and working out the rust from her game.” The Pirates’ four-member freshman group is half-local, half-international in 2009, as a pair of local stand-outs from both sides of the state line will join two Canadian players as the only four freshmen on this season’s roster. Lawson, Mo., native Jasmine Kassanavoid is one half of the local freshman class, coming from Lawson High School. Kassanavoid will be a two-sport student-athlete at Park, joining the

women’s basketball pro-gram at the conclusion of the volleyball season. “Jasmine is a very strong kid who hits a heavy ball,” Mischka said. “I look forward to working with her to see where her potential is after not see-ing her play a whole lot in high school.” The second local freshman to join the 2009 class also has ties to a cen-tral Kansas institution, as Brooke Didde comes to the Pirates after a gray-shirt semester spent last

spring at Kansas Wesleyan University. Didde graduated from Leavenworth High School a semester early last December before enrolling at Kansas Wesleyan, and she made the transition to Park University from KWU after Mischka made the same move late at the conclu-sion of the Spring 2009 semester. “Brooke is a great kid and super intelligent,” Mischka said. “Having graduated early from high school, she’s already got one semester of col-lege under her belt and I’ve had the opportunity to work with her on her off-season conditioning and individual practice schedule. She is also re-ally good at receiving the serve which could turn itself into a future as a potential defensive spe-cialist or as a hitter, since she is so versatile.” Mischka rounded out the 2009 signing class with a pair of Canadian student-athletes, as Saskatchewan’s Justine Cleghorn and Brit-ish Columbia’s Tracey Martin join the roster as freshmen. Cleghorn is a 5-foot-8 defensive special-ist from Perdue, Saskatchewan’s Lord Asquith High School, while Martin comes to the Pirates from Langley, British Columbia, and Mennonite Educational Institute, where she was a stand-out

Sophomores Gabriela Garcia (right) and Rafaella Chaves (left) are two of Park’s five return-ing players for the 2009 season. Both saw significant time on the floor last season, as did sophomore Ashley Reinert (below), who was a late addition to the 2008 preseason roster.

2009 PARK WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL • 3outside hitter. “Tracey is a young lady who came highly rec-ommended by coaches in Canada. After watch-ing her on film and talking with her over the phone, I knew she was a young lady we needed to have. She will see a lot of time this year in the middle, but has the potential to play anywhere on the court as a hitter. She really knows the game and looks to have no limit to her poten-tial,” Mischka said. “The addition of Justine is also big for us be-cause I see her pushing herself to see court time as our libero this season. I also think as she gets used to the college game, she will be a defensive machine. She has the volleyball IQ, and really knows how to read the ball well and add her quickness to the mix. She’s very agile and has everything it takes to be a great young player.”

THE SCHEDULE The 2009 Park University women’s volley-ball schedule features eight home matches, eight contests against Kansas City-area rivals and a 16-match schedule in the American Midwest Conference, as the Pirates begin their first year in the AMC since 1999. Not only will the Pirates be entering a new conference for the 2009 campaign, but they’ll also do it with a new head coach taking the reins of both Park University volleyball programs. “The AMC is a really tough conference, both with the competition and the travel to some very difficult places to play,” said first-year head coach Rick Mischka. “I am interested to see how each team matches up, and how we match up against the other teams in the conference.” The 2009 season-opener sends the Pirates to the University of Saint Mary on Wednesday, Sept. 2, at 7 p.m., and after the local-rivalry match with the Spires, Park will travel to Point Lookout, Mo., for four matches in the 2009 Mazzio’s Classic at College of the Ozarks. After the event, Park will travel to Grace-land University on Sept. 8, marking the first of six-straight matches against opponents from the Heart of America Athletic Conference. Park will play Baker, Benedictine, Avila and William Jewell in the 2009 Baker Univer-sity Invitational, Sept. 11-12 before concluding the season-opening 11-match road swing on Sept. 15, traveling to MidAmerica Nazarene in Olathe, Kan. “We play a lot of Heart of America oppo-nents, which is a tough conference,” Mischka said. “It’s a good opportunity to see great com-petition that is relatively close to home, and also helps to play teams that have the potential to be ranked which will only help us become a better team.” The Pirates’ 2009 home opener will also be the team’s first conference test of the AMC schedule, when Park hosts McKendree on Sept. 17. Hannibal-LaGrange visits Breckon Sports

Center two days later, and the Pirates’ first AMC road contest is Sept. 22, when Park travels to Stephens College in Columbia, Mo. Park will then host Missouri Baptist and Harris-Stowe State in conference play Sept. 25-26 before a Sept. 30 date with Avila. The Pirates begin the month of October on the road, going away from home for six-straight matches, start-ing at NAIA national tournament participant Columbia College on Oct. 2. During the road trip, Park will also travel to William Woods, Hannibal-LaGrange and McK-endree, with two matches also scheduled against Williams Baptist in Walnut Ridge, Ark. The Pi-rates return home Oct. 20-21 to play Stephens and William Woods before the final road trip of the season, sending Park to a triangular at Wil-liam Jewell, paired with two conference contest in St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 30-31 at Missouri Baptist

and Harris-Stowe State. The regular season ends Nov. 3 inside Breck-on Sports Center when the Pirates host Colum-bia on Senior Night at 7 p.m., and the AMC postseason tournament begins on campus sites Nov. 10. The tournament continues with semifinal matches on Nov. 12 and concludes with the league’s championship match on Nov. 14. All conference tournament matches are played at the home court of the better seed, and the tourna-ment champion advances to the NAIA national tournament, which begins with opening-round matches on campus sites Nov. 21. The NAIA tournament continues Dec. 2 in Sioux City, Iowa, where the national champion will be crowned on Dec. 6 at Sioux City’s Tyson Events Center.

2009 NUMERICAL ROSTERNo. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown Previous School2 Justine Cleghorn DS 5-8 Fr. Perdue, Saskatchewan Lord Asquith HS3 Ashley Reinert DS 5-4 So. North Kansas City, Mo. North Kansas City HS7 Mariana Vogado OH 5-10 So. Brasilia, Brazil University do Distrito Federal8 Rafaella Chaves OH/RS 5-9 So. Porto Alegre, Brazil PUCRS9 Gabriela Garcia S/RS 5-8 So. Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Brazil Universidade Estadual Paulista11 Bethany Buehler RS/MH 6-1 Jr. Parkville, Mo. Maple Woods CC18 Brooke Didde S/OH 5-10 Fr. Leavenworth, Kan. Kansas Wesleyan20 Crystal Cole S 5-7 Jr. Kearney, Mo. Kearny HS21 Jasmine Kassanavoid OH 5-10 Fr. Lawson, Mo. Lawson HS22 Tracey Martin OH 5-10 Fr. Langley, British Columbia Mennonite Educational Inst.24 Kristin Beck OH 5-11 So. Kansas City, Mo. Missouri State

2009 ALPHABETICAL ROSTERNo. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown Previous School24 Kristin Beck OH 5-11 So. Kansas City, Mo. Missouri State11 Bethany Buehler RS/MH 6-1 Jr. Parkville, Mo. Maple Woods CC8 Rafaella Chaves OH/RS 5-9 So. Porto Alegre, Brazil PUCRS2 Justine Cleghorn DS 5-8 Fr. Perdue, Saskatchewan Lord Asquith HS20 Crystal Cole S 5-7 Jr. Kearney, Mo. Kearny HS18 Brooke Didde S/OH 5-10 Fr. Leavenworth, Kan. Kansas Wesleyan9 Gabriela Garcia S/RS 5-8 So. Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Brazil Universidade Estadual Paulista21 Jasmine Kassanavoid OH 5-10 Fr. Lawson, Mo. Lawson HS22 Tracey Martin OH 5-10 Fr. Langley, British Columbia Mennonite Educational Inst.3 Ashley Reinert DS 5-4 So. North Kansas City, Mo. North Kansas City HS7 Mariana Vogado OH 5-10 So. Brasilia, Brazil University do Distrito Federal


AVILAMatch 9 • Sept. 12 • NeutralMatch 17 • Sept. 30 • Home

GENERAL INFOLocation: Kansas City, Mo.Nickname: EaglesColors: Purple & Vegas GoldEnrollment: 1,800Conference: HAACArena: Mabee Fieldhouse

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALLHead Coach: Jan MadlockAlma Mater: Illinois StateOverall: 3-26At AU: 3-262008 Overall: 3-262008 HAAC: 1-9 (10th)

SPORTS INFORMATION Contact: Eugene PeoplesPhone: (816) 501-2495E-Mail: [email protected]: (816) 941-4503Web: www.avila.edu/athletics

SERIES INFORMATION Last Meeting: Oct. 22, 2008Result: Avila 3, Park 1Series*: Park leads, 8-2

BAKERMatch 7 • Sept. 11 • Away

GENERAL INFOLocation: Baldwin City, Kan.Nickname: WildcatsColors: Orange & WhiteEnrollment: 3,000Conference: HAACArena: Collins Center

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALLHead Coach: Kathy AllenAlma Mater: Emporia StateOverall: 231-136At BU: 231-1362008 Overall: 23-132008 HAAC: 6-4 (T-3rd)

SPORTS INFORMATION Contact: Kevin KundePhone: (785) 594-8495E-Mail: [email protected]: (785) 594-4025Web: www.bakerwildcats.com

SERIES INFORMATION Last Meeting: Oct. 1, 2008Result: Baker 3, Park 0Series*: Baker leads, 7-2

BENEDICTINEMatch 8 • Sept. 11 • Neutral

GENERAL INFOLocation: Atchison, Kan.Nickname: RavensColors: Red, Black & WhiteEnrollment: 1,350Conference: HAACArena: Ralph Nolan Gym

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALLHead Coach: Mary LileAlma Mater: UMKCOverall: 51-37At BC: 51-372008 Overall: 20-92008 HAAC: 7-3 (2nd)

SPORTS INFORMATION Contact: Josh PoundPhone: (913) 360-7634E-Mail: [email protected]: (913) 360-7451Web: www.ravenathletics.com

SERIES INFORMATION Last Meeting: Oct. 4, 2005Result: Park 3, Benedictine 2Series*: BC leads, 10-3

BETHANYMatch 2 • Sept. 4 • Neutral

GENERAL INFOLocation: Lindsborg, Kan.Nickname: SwedesColors: Blue & GoldEnrollment: 625Conference: KCACArena: Hahn Gymnasium

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALLHead Coach: Nathalea StephensonAlma Mater: Kansas StateOverall: 19-10At BTHY: 19-102008 Overall: 19-102008 KCAC: 15-3 (2nd)

SPORTS INFORMATION Contact: Sarah HawbakerPhone: (785) 227-3380 x8299E-Mail: [email protected]: (785) 227-2021Web: www.bethanyswedes.com

SERIES INFORMATION Last Meeting: Sept. 6, 2008Result: Park 3, Bethany 2Series*: Park leads, 4-1

COLUMBIAMatch 18 • Oct. 2 • AwayMatch 30 • Nov. 3 • Home

GENERAL INFOLocation: Columbia, Mo.Nickname: CougarsColors: Navy & SilverEnrollment: 1,200Conference: AMCArena: Southwell Complex

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALLHead Coach: Melinda Wrye-WashingtonAlma Mater: ColumbiaOverall: 426-58At CC: 348-452008 Overall: 41-52008 AMC: 16-0 (1st)

SPORTS INFORMATION Contact: Cindy FottiPhone: (573) 875-7454E-Mail: [email protected]: (573) 875-7415Web: www.columbiacougars.com

SERIES INFORMATION Last Meeting: Oct. 19, 2000Result: Columbia 3, Park 0Series*: Columbia leads, 8-0

CULVER-STOCKTONGame 8 • Oct. 3 • Home

Game 13 • Oct. 19 • Away

GENERAL INFOLocation: Canton, Mo.Nickname: WildcatsColors: Royal Blue & WhiteEnrollment: 850Conference: HAACArena: Joe Charles Fieldhouse

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALLHead Coach: Rich MeyerAlma Mater: QuincyOverall: 29-75At CSC: 29-752008 Overall: 12-252008 HAAC: 5-5 (T-7th)

SPORTS INFORMATION Contact: John SchlidPhone: (573) 288-6532E-Mail: [email protected]: (573) 288-6338Web: www.culver.edu/athletics

SERIES INFORMATION Last Meeting: Oct. 27, 2006Result: Park 3, CSC 0Series*: CSC leads, 6-1

gracelandMatch 6 • Sept. 8 • Away

GENERAL INFOLocation: Lamoni, IowaNickname: Yellow JacketsColors: Blue & GoldEnrollment: 1,200Conference: HAACArena: Closson Center

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALLHead Coach: Stew McDoleAlma Mater: GracelandOverall: 696-335At GU: 696-3352008 Overall: 19-122008 HAAC: 6-4 (T-3rd)

SPORTS INFORMATION Contact: Matt SheltonPhone: (641) 784-5318E-Mail: [email protected]: (641) 784-5472Web: www.graceland.edu/athletics

SERIES INFORMATION Last Meeting: Sept. 15, 2008Result: Graceland 3, Park 0Series*: Graceland leads, 7-4

HANNIBAL-LaGRANGEMatch 13 • Sept. 25 • Home

Match 20 • Oct. 6 • Away

GENERAL INFOLocation: Hannibal, Mo.Nickname: TrojansColors: Scarlet & BlueEnrollment: 1,100Conference: AMCArena: Mabee Complex

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALLHead Coach: David GanserAlma Mater: IndianaOverall: 33-70At HLG: 33-702008 Overall: 15-232008 AMC: 5-77 (7th)

SPORTS INFORMATION Contact: Matt GordonPhone: (573) 629-3212E-Mail: [email protected]: (573) 221-9424Web: www.hlg.edu/athletics

SERIES INFORMATION Last Meeting: Oct. 21, 2000Result: Park 3, HLG 1Series*: Park leads, 9-0

HARRIS-STOWE STATEMatch 16 • Sept. 26 • HomeMatch 29 • Oct. 31 • Away

GENERAL INFOLocation: St. Louis, Mo.Nickname: HornetsColors: Brown & GoldEnrollment: 1,900Conference: AMCArena: Emerson Performance Center

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALLHead Coach: Johnny ChittakhoneAlma Mater: Harris-Stowe St.Overall: 23-73At HSSU: 23-732008 Overall: 7-21 2008 AMC: 3-13 (8th)

SPORTS INFORMATION Contact: Phillip HuntPhone: (314) 340-5984E-Mail: [email protected]: (314) 340-5762Web: athletics.hssu.edu

SERIES INFORMATION Last Meeting: Sept. 5, 2008Result: Park 3, HSSU 2Series*: Park leads, 8-0

JOHN BROWNMatch 5 • Sept. 5 • Neutral

GENERAL INFOLocation: Siloam Springs, Ark.Nickname: Golden EaglesColors: Royal Blue & GoldEnrollment: 2,100Conference: SoonerArena: Murray Sells Arena

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALLHead Coach: Robyn DaughertyAlma Mater: John BrownOverall: 423-289At JBU: 4323-2892008 Overall: 21-112008 Sooner: 10-4 (T-2nd)

SPORTS INFORMATION Contact: Simeon HineseyPhone: (479) 524-7304E-Mail: [email protected]: (479) 524-7412Web: www.jbu.edu/athletics

SERIES INFORMATION Last Meeting: Sept. 7, 2001Result: John Brown 3, Park 0Series*: John Brown leads, 4-1

LYONMatch 3 • Sept. 4 • Neutral

GENERAL INFOLocation: Batesville, Ark.Nickname: ScotsColors: Cardinal & WhiteEnrollment: 511Conference: TranSouthArena: Becknell Gymnasium

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALLHead Coach: Ray GreenAlma Mater: Virginia IntermontOverall: 58-88At LYON: 19-122008 Overall: 19-122008 TSAC: 8-6 (4th)

SPORTS INFORMATION Contact: Gene McCoyPhone: (870) 307-1756E-Mail: [email protected]: (870) 307-7524Web: www.lyon.edu/athletics

SERIES INFORMATION Last Meeting: Oct. 17, 2003Result: Park 3, Lyon 0Series*: Park leads, 1-0

McKENDREEMatch 12 • Sept. 17 • HomeMatch 23 • Oct. 13 • Away

GENERAL INFOLocation: Lebanon, Ill.Nickname: BearcatsColors: Purple & WhiteEnrollment: 3,000Conference: AMCArena: Melvin Price Center

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALLHead Coach: Evelyn BeanAlma Mater: GreenvilleOverall: 262-208At McK: 262-2082008 Overall: 18-172008 AMC: 9-7 (5th)

SPORTS INFORMATION Contact: Scott CummingsPhone: (618) 537-6879E-Mail: [email protected]: (618) 537-6876Web: athletics.mckendree.edu

SERIES INFORMATION Last Meeting: Oct. 28, 2006Result: Park 3, McKendree 2Series*: McKendree leads, 9-3


Park University begins its first season back in

the American Mid-west Conference in the 2009-10 school year, rejoining the league after nine years of membership in the MCAC and as an NAIA Independent in basketball. Park previously held membership in the AMC from 1993 to 2000, exiting the league following the spring semester in 2000. “This is a great partnership for Park Uni-versity and the AMC,” said Park University Director of Athletics Claude English. “In the ever-changing landscape of col-legiate athletics, it is important to have strong alliances within a conference for all of our ath-letic programs. The AMC gives us one unified conference home for our programs, and it also provides a familiarity with our past history in the league.” Park is one of nine AMC member insti-tutions, joining Columbia College, Hannibal-LaGrange College, Harris-Stowe State Univer-sity, McKendree University, Missouri Baptist University, Stephens College, William Woods University and Williams Baptist College. “The AMC looks forward to Park Uni-versity rejoining the conference, and we know that Park will bring a lot to our league in the way of sponsored teams and quality conference competition,” Lowell Pitzer, AMC Commis-sioner, said. “Park’s location and proximity to the NAIA National Headquarters will also provide a boost for our conference. This was a unani-mous decision by our executive committee, and we are excited for Park to come in next year.” The AMC sponsors championships in 13 different sports: baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s track and field, and volleyball. The purpose of the American Midwest Conference is to promote the positive ideals and objectives of athletics, to provide an orga-nization of colleges and universities with simi-lar foundations to engage in athletic contests on an equal basis, to serve as a forum to formu-late and solve common problems, to enhance and preserve athletics in their true perspective and to promote athletics in an academic envi-ronment.

MIDAMERICA NAZARENEMatch 11 • Sept. 15 • Away

GENERAL INFOLocation: Olathe, Kan.Nickname: PioneersColors: Navy, Scarlet & WhiteEnrollment: 1000Conference: HAACArena: Bell Family Arena

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALLHead Coach: Rick BanisAlma Mater: NewmanOverall: 13-18At MNU: 13-182008 Overall: 13-182008 HAAC: 3-7 (9th)

SPORTS INFORMATION Contact: Chad JenkinsPhone: (913) 971-3457E-Mail: [email protected]: (913) 971-3456Web: www.mnusports.com

SERIES INFORMATION Last Meeting: Oct. 7, 2008Result: MNU 3, Park 2Series*: MNU leads, 5-4

MISSOURI BAPTISTMatch 15 • Sept. 25 • HomeMatch 28 • Oct. 30 • Away

GENERAL INFOLocation: St. Louis, Mo.Nickname: SpartansColors: Navy & WhiteEnrollment: 3,496Conference: AMCArena: Muncy Gym

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALLHead Coach: John YehlingAlma Mater: Overall: 245-95At MBU: 126-452008 Overall: 23-152008 AMC: 12-4 (2nd)

SPORTS INFORMATION Contact: Tiah WingatePhone: (314) 323-0307E-Mail: [email protected]: (314) 392-2371Web: www.mbuspartans.com

SERIES INFORMATION Last Meeting: Sept. 21, 1999Result: MBU 3, Park 1Series*: MBU leads, 6-1

OKLAHOMA BAPTISTMatch 4 • Sept. 5 • Neutral

GENERAL INFOLocation: Shawnee, Okla.Nickname: Lady BisonColors: Green & GoldEnrollment: 1,600Conference: SoonerArena: Noble Complex

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALLHead Coach: Anna HowleAlma Mater: OklahomaOverall: 24-16At OBU: 24-162008 Overall: 24-162008 Sooner: 6-8 (5th)

SPORTS INFORMATION Contact: Ray FinkPhone: (405) 878-2108E-Mail: [email protected]: (405) 878-2142Web: www.obubison.com

SERIES INFORMATION Series*: 2009 will mark the first-ever meeting between Park and Oklahoma Baptist.

SAINT MARYMatch 1 • Sept. 2 • Away

GENERAL INFOLocation: Leavenworth, Kan.Nickname: SpiresColors: Blue & GoldEnrollment: 450Conference: KCACArena: Ryan Sports Center

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALLHead Coach: Paul LawsonAlma Mater: George WilliamsOverall: 278-196At USM: 240-1602008 Overall: 18-162008 KCAC: 10-8 (5th)

SPORTS INFORMATION Contact: Mike BaslerPhone: (913) 758-4339E-Mail: [email protected]: (913) 758-6313Web: www.gospires.com

SERIES INFORMATION Last Meeting: Sept. 20, 2007Result: Park 3, USM 0Series*: Park leads, 8-2

STEPHENSMatch 14 • Sept. 22 • AwayMatch 24 • Oct. 20 • Home

GENERAL INFOLocation: Columbia, Mo.Nickname: StarsColors: Maroon & GoldEnrollment: 754Conference: AMCArena: Silverthorne Arena

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALLHead Coach: Shane McAfeeAlma Mater: N/AOverall: 0-0At SC: 0-02008 Overall: 10-252008 AMC: 0-16 (9th)

SPORTS INFORMATION Contact: Crystal DominguezPhone: (573) 876-2340 E-Mail: [email protected]: (573) 876-7160Web: www.stephens.edu/athletics

SERIES INFORMATION Series*: 2009 will mark the first-ever meeting between Park and Stephens.

WILLIAM JEWELLMatch 10 • Sept. 12 • Neutral

Match 26 • Oct. 24 • Away

GENERAL INFOLocation: Liberty, Mo.Nickname: CardinalsColors: Cardinal Red & BlackEnrollment: 1,300Conference: HAACArena: Mabee Center

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALLHead Coach: Allison JonesAlma Mater: William WoodsOverall: N/AAt WJC: N/A2008 Overall: 20-112008 HAAC: 6-4 (T-3rd)

SPORTS INFORMATION Contact: Paul WorstellPhone: (816) 415-5959E-Mail: [email protected]: (816) 415-5029Web: www.jewell.edu

SERIES INFORMATION Last Meeting: Nov. 5, 2008Result: WJC 3, Park 0Series*: Park leads, 9-7

WILLIAM WOODSMatch 19 • Oct. 3 • Away

Match 25 • Oct. 21 • Home

GENERAL INFOLocation: Fulton, Mo.Nickname: OwlsColors: Burgundy & Forest GreenEnrollment: 2,300Conference: AMCArena: Helen Stephens Complex

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALLHead Coach: Jennifer MuellerAlma Mater: Central MissouriOverall: 19-16At WWU: 19-162008 Overall: 19-162008 AMC: 10-6 (3rd)

SPORTS INFORMATION Contact: Jason VittonePhone: (573) 592-1627E-Mail: [email protected]: (573) 592-4386Web: www.williamwoods.edu/athletics

SERIES INFORMATION Last Meeting: Sept. 24, 2002Result: WWU 3, Park 0Series*: WWU leads, 12-3

WILLIAMS BAPTISTMatch 21 • Oct. 9 • AwayMatch 22 • Oct. 10 • Away

GENERAL INFOLocation: Walnut Ridge, Ark.Nickname: EaglesColors: Blue & WhiteEnrollment: 700Conference: AMCArena: Southerland-Mabee

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALLHead Coach: Eric NewellAlma Mater: Williams BaptistOverall: 51-21At WBC: 51-212008 Overall: 27-112008 AMC: 7-9 (6th)

SPORTS INFORMATION Contact: Brett CooperPhone: (870) 759-4107E-Mail: [email protected]: (870) 886-3924Web: www.wbcoll.edu/athletics

SERIES INFORMATION Last Meeting: Sept. 21, 2001Result: Park 3, WBC 2Series*: Park leads, 1-0


Thursday, August 27Bethel (Tenn.) at Williams Baptist, 5 pm

Saturday, August 29Lincoln Christian at Hannibal-LaGrange, 1 pmSt. Louis Coll. of Pharmacy at Hannibal-LaGrange, 5 pm

Tuesday, September 1Williams Baptist at Lyon, 6 pmHarris-Stowe State at Washington-St. Louis, 6 pmMissouri Baptist at Missouri-St. Louis, 7 pm

Wednesday, September 2Central Methodist at William Woods, 4 pmPark at Saint Mary (Kan.), 7 pmMissouri Baptist at Maryville-St. Louis, 7 pmHannibal-LaGrange vs. Mount Mercy, 7 pmWestminster at William Woods, 8 pmHannibal-LaGrange at Culver-Stockton, 9 pm

Friday, September 4Hannibal-LaGrange vs. Concordia (Neb.), NoonPark vs. Bethany, 1 pmMissouri Baptist vs. Lindenwood, 1 pmPark vs. Lyon, 3 pmWilliams Baptist at Mid-Continent, 3 pmSCAD at Columbia, 3 pmWilliam Woods vs. Wayland Baptist, 3 pmWilliams Baptist at Bethel (Tenn.), 5 pmWilliam Woods vs. John Brown, 5 pmHannibal-LaGrange vs. Hastings, 6 pmMissouri Baptist at Columbia, 7 pmMcKendree at IIT/SXU Crossover, TBAHarris Stowe State at C of O Mazzio’s Classic, TBA

Saturday, September 5Park vs. Oklahoma Baptist, 9 amMissouri Baptist vs. Bryan, 9 amHannibal-LaGrange vs. Morningside, 10 amPark vs. John Brown, 1 pmBryan at Columbia, 1 pmWilliam Woods vs. Lyon, 1 pmHannibal-LaGrange vs. Dordt, 2 pmMissouri Baptist vs. SCAD, 3 pmWilliam Woods at Coll. of the Ozarks, 3 pmLindenwood at Columbia, 5 pmMcKendree at IIT/SXU Crossover, TBAHarris Stowe State at C of O Mazzio’s Classic, TBA

Tuesday, September 8*Stephens at Columbia, 7 pmMissouri Baptist at Missouri Valley, 7 pm*William Woods at Harris-Stowe State, 7 pm

Wednesday, September 9Park at Graceland, 7 pmWebster at McKendree, 7 pmHarris-Stowe State at Maryville-St. Louis, 7 pm

Thursday, September 10Williams Baptist at Crowleys Ridge, 6 pmSt. Louis College of Pharmacy at Harris-Stowe State, 7 pm

Friday, September 11Park at Baker, 1 pmWilliam Woods vs. Southwestern, 3 pmHarris-Stowe State vs. Central Methodist, 4 pmHarris-Stowe State vs. Cornerstone, 6 pmPark vs. Benedictine, 7 pmCornerstone at McKendree, 8 pmWilliam Woods vs. Central Christian, 9 pmColumbia at Graceland Invitational, TBAMissouri Baptist at Graceland Invitational, TBAWilliams Baptist at Hendrix Tournament, TBASaturday, September 12

Park vs. Avila, 9 amCentral Methodist at McKendree, 11 amPark vs. William Jewell, 1 pmWilliam Woods at St. Mary (Kan.), 1 pmWilliam Woods vs. Tabor, 3 pmBrescia at McKendree, 5 pmColumbia at Graceland Invitational, TBAMissouri Baptist at Graceland Invitational, TBAWilliams Baptist at Hendrix Tournament, TBA

Monday, September 14Hannibal-LaGrange at Lincoln Christian, 7 pmCottey at Stephens, 7 pm

Tuesday, September 15Hendrix at Williams Baptist, 6 pmPark at MidAmerica Nazarene, 7 pm*Missouri Baptist at Columbia, 7 pm*McKendree at Hannibal-LaGrange, 7 pmWilliam Woods at Lindenwood, 7 pm

Wednesday, September 16Central Methodist at Stephens, 7 pm

Thursday, September 17*McKendree at Park, 7 pm*Columbia at Harris-Stowe State, 7 pm*Missouri Baptist at William Woods, 7 pm

Friday, September 18*Williams Baptist at Hannibal-LaGrange, 6 pm* Stephens at Harris-Stowe State, 7 pm

Saturday, September 19*Stephens at Missouri Baptist, Noon*Williams Baptist at McKendree, 1 pm*Hannibal-LaGrange at Park, 1 pm*William Woods at Columbia, 1 pm

Monday, September 21*Columbia at McKendree, 7 pm*Missouri Baptist at Hannibal-LaGrange, 7 pm

Tuesday, September 22*William Woods at Williams Baptist, 6 pm*Park at Stephens, 7 pm*Harris-Stowe State at Hannibal-LaGrange, 7 pmColumbia at Missouri S&T, 7 pm

Thursday, September 24Hannibal-LaGrange at St. Louis Coll. of Pharmacy, 7 pm

Friday, September 25*Missouri Baptist at Park, 7 pm*William Woods at McKendree, 7 pmKentucky State at Harris-Stowe State, 7 pmStephens at Quad City Classic, TBA

Saturday, September 26*Harris-Stowe at Park, NoonMissouri Baptist at Central Methodist, Noon

Monday, September 28Champion Baptist at Williams Baptist, 3 pmUnion (Tenn.) at Williams Baptist, 6 pm*Hannibal-LaGrange at Columbia, 7 pm*William Woods at Stephens, 7 pm

Tuesday, September 29*Hannibal-LaGrange at Stephens, 7 pm*McKendree at Missouri Baptist, 7 pm

Wednesday, September 30Avila at Park, 7 pm

Thursday, October 1*Williams Baptist at Harris-Stowe State, 7 pm*William Woods at Hannibal-LaGrange, 7 pm*Stephens at McKendree, 7 pm

Friday, October 2*Park at Columbia, 7 pmHannibal-LaGrange at Lindenwood Tournament, TBAMissouri Baptist at Lindenwood Tournament, TBA

Saturday, October 3*Park at William Woods, 1 pm*McKendree at Harris-Stowe State, 1 pmStephens at Cottey, 2 pmHannibal-LaGrange at Lindenwood Tournament, TBAMissouri Baptist at Lindenwood Tournament, TBA

Monday, October 5Williams Baptist at Champion Baptist, 5 pm*William Woods at Missouri Baptist, 7 pm

Tuesday, October 6Crowleys Ridge at Williams Baptist, 5 pm*Park at Hannibal-LaGrange, 7 pm*Harris-Stowe State at Stephens, 7 pm

Wednesday, October 7*Hannibal-LaGrange at McKendree, 7 pm*Missouri Baptist at Stephens, 7 pmGreenville at Harris-Stowe State, 7 pm

Thursday, October 8*Columbia at Missouri Baptist, 7 pmWilliam Woods at Avila, 7 pmCarroll at Missouri Baptist, 7 pm

Friday, October 9Culver-Stockton at Hannibal-LaGrange, 3 pm*Park at Williams Baptist, 7 pmGrand View at Hannibal-LaGrange, 7 pmMcKendree at Indiana Wesleyan Invite, TBAHarris-Stowe State at HLG Dig Pink Classic, TBA

Saturday, October 10Carroll at Hannibal-LaGrange, 11 am*Harris-Stowe State at Columbia, Noon*Park at Williams Baptist, 1 pmCentral Methodist at Hannibal-LaGrange, 3 pm*Harris-Stowe State at William Woods, 3 pmMcKendree at Indiana Wesleyan Invite, TBA

Monday, October 12*Stephens at Hannibal-LaGrange, 7 pm

Tuesday, October 13*Missouri Baptist at Harris-Stowe State, 5 pm*Missouri Baptist at Harris-Stowe State, 6:30 pmLyon at Williams Baptist, 6 pm

*Park at McKendree, 7 pm*Columbia at Hannibal-LaGrange, 7 pm

Thursday, October 15*Stephens at William Woods, 4 pmStephens vs. Missouri Valley, 6 pm*Missouri Baptist at McKendree, 7 pmMissouri Valley at William Woods, 8 pm

Friday, October 16Columbia vs. Graceland, 3 pmColumbia at Lindenwood, 7 pmMissouri Baptist at Lindenwood Invitational, TBAHarris-Stowe State at STL-COP Invitational, TBA

Saturday, October 17Columbia vs. Trevecca Nazarene, 11:30 am*Hannibal-LaGrange at Williams Baptist, 1 pmHannibal-LaGrange vs. Central Baptist, 3 pmColumbia vs. Oklahoma City, 3:30 pmMissouri Baptist at Lindenwood Invitational, TBAHarris-Stowe State at STL-COP Invitational, TBA

Monday, October 19Missouri Valley at Columbia, 7 pm*Hannibal-LaGrange at William Woods, 7 pm

Tuesday, October 20*Missouri Baptist at Williams Baptist, 5 pm*Missouri Baptist at Williams Baptist, 7 pm*Stephens at Park, 7 pm*Harris-Stowe State at McKendree, 7 pm

Wednesday, October 21*William Woods at Park, 7 pm

Thursday, October 22Columbia at Benedictine, 7 pm*Hannibal-LaGrange at Harris-Stowe State, 7 pmStephens at Central Methodist, 7 pm

Friday, October 23McKendree at St. Ambrose Invitational, TBA

Saturday, October 24Harris-Stowe State at Fontbonne, 10 amPark at William Jewell, 11 am*Columbia at Williams Baptist, NoonStephens vs. Eureka, NoonPark vs. Culver-Stockton, 1:30 pmStephens at Westminster, 2 pm*Columbia at Williams Baptist, 2 pmMcKendree at St. Ambrose Invitational, TBA

Monday, October 26*Williams Baptist at Stephens, 5 pm*Williams Baptist at Stephens, 7 pmTuesday, October 27*Williams Baptist at William Woods, 4 pm

*McKendree at Columbia, 7 pm*Hannibal-LaGrange at Missouri Baptist, 7 pm

Wednesday, October 28Maryville-St. Louis at Harris-Stowe State, 7pm

Thursday, October 29*Columbia at William Woods, 5 pmHannibal-LaGrange at Central Methodist, 7 pmHarris-Stowe State at St. Louis College of Pharmacy, 7 pm

Friday, October 30Columbia at Indiana Wesleyan, 3 pm*Park at Missouri Baptist, 7 pm*McKendree at Stephens, 7 pmColumbia vs. Taylor, 7 pmWilliams Baptist at Hendrix Tournament, TBA

Saturday, October 31*Park at Harris-Stowe State , 11 amColumbia vs. Trinity Christian, Noon*McKendree at William Woods, 1 pmColumbia vs. Spring Arbor, 2 pmWilliams Baptist at Hendrix Tournament, TBA

Tuesday, November 3Mid-Continent at Williams Baptist, 3 pm*Columbia at Park, 7 pmMcKendree at Illinois-Springfield, 7 pmWilliam Woods at Missouri S&T, 7 pmMaryville-St. Louis at Missouri Baptist, 7 pm

Thursday, November 5*Columbia at Stephens, 7 pmWilliam Woods at Central Methodist, 7 pm

Friday, November 6McKendree at Lyon, 7 pm

Saturday, November 7*Williams Baptist at McKendree, 11:30 am

Tuesday, November 10AMC Quarterfinals, 7 pm

Thursday, November 12AMC Semifinals, 7 pm

Saturday, November 14AMC Championship, Noon

Saturday, November 21NAIA National Opening Round

December 2-6NAIA National Tournament

* All Dates, Times and Opponents Subject to Change.

2009 AMERICAN MIDWEST CONFERENCE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE


RICK MISCHKAHead Volleyball Coach (1st Season)

Year SCHOOL W-L PCT CONF PCT2008 KWU 12-24 .333 7-11 .389CAREER RECORD 12-24 .333 7-11 .389

Rick Mischka became the fifth head coach in the history of the Park men’s volleyball program and the sixth head coach in Pi-rate women’s volleyball history on May 13, 2009, and enters

his first season as head men’s and women’s volleyball coach at Park University in the 2009-10 season. “Rick is an outstanding recruiter and has the energy and enthusiasm that it will take to run two successful programs on the high level we expect at Park Univer-sity,” said Director of Athletics Claude English. “He possesses all the tools to get the job done on this campus, and it starts with his ability to bring in the kind of quality student-athletes who can make a difference both on and off the court for our volleyball programs.” Mischka comes to Park from Kansas Wesleyan University, where last season, he coached the Coyotes to a semifinal appearance in the Kansas Collegiate Ath-letic Conference tournament and five wins in the team’s last nine matches of the 2008 campaign. He also coached one first-team All-KCAC performer, as well as one Dak-

tronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete in 2008. “Rick will run disciplined programs, but at the same time, our student-athletes will get the most out of their experience at Park Uni-versity because of his energy and character, which are both outstand-ing,” English said. “We are very excited to have someone of his caliber

on our staff.” Before Kansas Wesleyan, Mischka was an assistant coach at NCAA Division-III Saint Mary’s University in Winona, Minn., where he was responsible for all aspects of the program, and was a major part of the recruiting process. In his two-plus seasons at SMU, the Cardinals rebounded from a 10-19 record in 2006 to a 17-12 overall mark in 2007. Mischka has also been strongly involved in the USA Volleyball Junior Olympic program for the last five years, spending the past two with the Southern Minne-sota Volleyball program. During those two years, he has served as head coach of the 17-elite team that finished the 2007 season 35-22 and was 34th out of 64 teams at the AAU Nationals in Orlando, Fla. “This is my dream job,” Mischka said. “I have wanted to be a dual head coach since graduating from college, and Park is an elite program within the NAIA. Park has the resources to be a nationally recognized program on both sides – men and women – so this is a very exciting move for my career.” Before Saint Mary’s, Mischka was an assistant coach at Graceland University, where he worked with both the men’s and women’s programs for two seasons. Mischka played three years at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point where he was co-captain, player-coach and team treasurer for the Pointers’ NIR-SA collegiate club team. While at UWSP, he received NIRSA Club National Championships All-National Team honors as a setter. Mischka then transferred to Graceland where he played for two seasons as setter and right side hitter for the Yellow Jackets before graduating in 2006 with a double-major in Philosophy and Religion. He is cur-rently pursuing his Master of Arts in Human Develop-ment at Saint Mary’s. He is also a certified firefighter, and holds a val-id Emergency Medical Technician license, obtained through the Wisconsin Technical College system.


Jenn Lee is in her first year on the volleyball coaching staff at Park University, coming to the Pirates after a successful playing career in both volleyball and basketball at Kansas Wesleyan University.

Lee was team captain of the Coyote volleyball squad in 2008 under current Park head coach Rick Mischka where she served as the team’s setter, averaging seven assists per game with 11 matches of 30 assists or more and 874 total assists. She also finished her senior campaign with 41 kills and 12 service aces, and defensively, Lee was third on the team in digs, averaging 2.7 per game and totaling 342 on the year. Lee played for the Kansas Wesleyan basketball program in the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons under head coach Gordon Reimer, serving as team captain as a senior and scoring 117 points in two sea-sons while passing out 52 assists in the Coyote backcourt. She was a 71-percent career free-throw shooter for the Coyotes and defensively, she picked up 30 steals in two seasons at KWU. Prior to her three-year, two-sport career at Kansas Wesleyan, Lee played at Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, Calif., where she was an all-conference basketball and volleyball player, helping the Maraud-er basketball team to a pair of conference titles and the 2005 California State Final Four. Lee holds a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from Kansas Wesleyan and she is currently pursuing a master’s degree from Park University in Healthcare Leadership.

JENN LEEAssistant Coach • First Season

Brett Ferguson is in his first year as an assistant coach for the men’s and women’s volleyball programs at Park University, joining the Pirate programs after a year away from the Parkville

campus. In 2008, Ferguson served as a volunteer assistant coach with the UMKC volleyball program and head coach Geno Frugoli. Ferguson helped coach the Kangaroos to 12 wins, and UMKC had many indi-vidual honors in Ferguson’s lone season with the program, including 10 academic all-conference honorees and an all-freshman team hon-oree in the Summit League. Ferguson is a 2008 graduate of Park University, playing on the Pirate men’s volleyball squad from 2005 to 2008. While playing for the Pirates, Ferguson helped the team reach the NAIA National Tour-nament in each of his four seasons. In 2008, he helped lead Park to the NAIA National Invitational Tournament Championship, while the team was the national runner-up during his junior campaign when it finished with a 30-3 overall record. During his four years at the school, the libero/defensive specialist helped the Pirates to a 102-16 overall record, appearing in 34 matches and in 64 games during his career. Ferguson holds a degree in historic preservation from Park and during his time as a student in Parkville, he was an active member of the Park Zeta Omicron (Phi Alpha Theta) Chapter, serving as the organization’s president during his junior and senior years.

BRETT FERGUSONAssistant Coach • First Season


24KRISTIN BECK

5-11 • So. • Outside HitterKansas City, Mo. (Missouri State)

PERSONAL - Kristin Beck was born in Kan-sas City, Mo., and is the daughter of Al Beck and Lee Thomas…Has one sister, Julie (16)…Played high school volleyball with fellow Park teammate Ashley Reinert at North Kansas City

High School for Hornet head coach Katie Dowden…Helped the team to a district

appearance as a senior…Attended Mis-souri State University after high school, but was not a member of the Bears’ vol-

leyball program…Chose Park for its location and plans to major in Biol-ogy.

8RAFAELLA CHAVES

5-9 • So. • Outside Hitter/Right SidePorto Alegre, Brazil (PUCRS)

2JUSTINE CLEGHORN

5-8 • Fr. • Defensive SpecialistPerdue, Saskatchewan (Lord Asquith HS)

PERSONAL - Justine Cleghorn was born in Saskatoon, Sas-katchewan and is the daughter of Jim and Beth Cleghorn…Has two brothers, Tyson (21) and Jordan (17)…Mother is a teacher’s assistant, father a co-op man-ager…Played high school volleyball for coach Mark McTavish at Lord Asquith High School in Asquith, Saskatchewan…Was a member of the Great Distinction Honour Roll from seventh grade through her senior year…Also played club volleyball in 2008-09 for JCVC Extreme in Saskatoon…

11BETHANY BUEHLER

6-1 • Jr. • Middle Hitter/Right SideParkville, Mo. (Maple Woods CC)

PERSONAL - Bethany Buehler was born in Parkville, Mo., and is the daughter of Tammi and Josh Walker…Has four siblings, Kristin (24),

Molly (21), Brandon (7) and Brett (7)…Played high school volleyball with her two sisters at Park Hill South for Panther head coach Deb-bie Fay, taking second-place at the Missouri state championship in 2003…Stepfather, Josh

Walker, coaches baseball and softball at the high school level and sister, Kristin, was a

four-year letterwinner in volleyball at the University of Kansas…Played

Junior Olympic volleyball for five years and has already been

named to the Park University Dean’s Honor Roll…Was recruited to play volleyball out of high school by the University of Missouri…In her spare time, serves

as an interpreter for Silver City Health Center and is

majoring in Spanish and Athletic Training at Park…Off the court, enjoys Spanish, salsa dancing, music, laughing and reading...Chose Park for its location.

2008 – Played in 23 matches and 76 sets for the Pirates in 2008, averaging 1.49 kills per game from her outside and right-side hit-ting positions…Had one double-digit kill performance, registering a career-high 13 kills against nationally ranked Doane Col-lege…Hit .118 on the year, including a season-best .467 against Calumet-St. Joseph…Had a career-high for defensive digs against MidAmerica Nazarene, making six of her 45 defensive stops on the year…Ended the year with 125.5 points…PERSONAL – Rafaella C. Chaves was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil…Parents are Luiz A. Chaves and Eliane C. Chaves…Has two siblings…Played high school volleyball at Leonardo da Vinci High School in Porto Alegre for head coach Helga Sas-so…Played for Sogipa Volleyball Club, helping the team to three Rio Grande do Sul championships and three Porto Alegre Cup titles…Team also placed third at the Hercosul Championships…Enjoys playing guitar, reading and watching television when away from the volleyball court.

CAREER STATISTICSYear GP/MP K K/G E TA PCT A A/G SA SE RE DIG D/G BA BS TOT BE BHE PTS2008 76/23 113 1.49 64 415 .118 7 0.09 5 3 14 45 0.59 2 11 13 1 4 125.5TOT. 76/23 113 1.49 64 415 .118 7 0.09 5 3 14 45 0.59 2 11 13 1 4 125.5


20CRYSTAL COLE

5-7 • Jr. • SetterKearney, Mo. (Kearney HS)

2008 – Played in 177 sets and 31 matches for the Pirates in 2008, serving as the team’s primary setter…Averaged 5.26 assists per game, while totaling 615…Also had 13 kills and averaged 1.64 digs per game, totaling 192 defensive stops…Had 20 or more assists in 15 matches, including a career-high 51 in a win at Oklahoma Wesleyan…Also had 41 assists at Haskell and 39 at home against MidAmerica Nazarene…Had back-to-back matches in the C of O Mazzio’s Classic with more than 30 assists, against Freed Hardeman and Harris-Stowe State on Sept. 5…Had five double-digit defensive outings, topped by a 15-dig performance against Bethany in September…Also had 28 service aces on the season…2007 – Saw limited playing time as a freshman, ap-pearing in 10 matches and 18 games, posting eight assists and three digs on the season…Also had three aces, two of which came on Sept. 8 in a 3-0 win over Robert Morris in the 2007 C of O/Mazzio’s Clas-sic…Posted three assists against the University of Saint Mary on Sept. 20…PERSONAL – Crystal Marie Cole was born in Kansas City, Kan., and attended high school in her home town, Kearney, Mo. …Has four siblings and is the daughter of Anna and Brett LaVigne…Father, Butch Cole, played professional baseball in the Pittsburgh Pi-rates and Kansas City Royals organizations...Chose Park for its volley-ball program and was recruited by Avila, Missouri S&T and Highland Community College…Played high school volleyball for head coach Peter Smart at Kearney High, winning a conference title as a senior in 2006…Received Best Setter awards in 2005 and 2006 as well as second-team all-conference honors as a senior…Carried a 3.9 GPA through high school, landing in the top 10 percent in her class and on the “A” Honor Roll…Played club volleyball for Club North un-der head coach Matt Striegel, and in high school, posted 97 percent serving consistency and had 565 assists from the setting position…Volunteers her time in the community as a math tutor.

CAREER STATISTICSYear GP/MP K K/G E TA PCT A A/G SA SE RE DIG D/G BA BS TOT BE BHE PTS2007 18/10 0 0.00 0 0 .000 8 0.44 3 1 0 3 0.17 0 0 0 1 0 3.02008 117/31 13 0.11 6 63 .111 615 5.26 28 10 1 192 1.64 2 10 12 1 4 48.0TOT. 135/41 13 0.10 6 63 .111 623 4.61 31 11 1 195 1.44 2 10 12 2 4 51.0

9GABRIELA GARCIA

5-8 • So. • Setter/Right SideSao Jose do Rio Preto, Brazil (Universidade Estadual Paulista)

2008 – Played in 111 sets and 31 of Park’s 32 matches, averaging 1.99 kills and 3.02 assists from both the right-side and setting posi-tions…Had seven double-digit kill outings, including a career-high 17 at Oklahoma Wesleyan…Against Calumet-St. Joseph, established a new NAIA record for single-match attacking percentage by hitting .941 on 16 kills, no errors and 17 attempts…Hit .202 for the season and had 20 double-digit setting outings, including two at more than 20 assists…Passed out a career-high 26 as-sists against Saint Ambrose and 22 against Central Christian…Averaged 1.67 digs per game and had five double-digit defensive per-formances, including a career-high 14 against Peru State and 10 to complete a double-double with 11 kills against William Jewell…Was also Park’s leader from the service line, putting down 40 aces on the year, moving her point total to 281 on the year…PERSONAL – Gabriela Gar-cia was born in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil…Parents are Suely (teacher) and Silvio (basketball

PERSONAL – Brooke Didde was born in Lansing, Kan., and is the daughter of Kim and Dale Didde…Attended Leavenworth High School where she was an honorable mention All-Sunflower League performer for the Pioneers under head coach Gary Ander-son…Earned all-tournament honors at Blue Val-ley in 2008 and was a captain for Leavenworth in her final season…Helped her club team, Highlands VBC, to nationals in 2008 and was voted the team’s MVP…Was also involved in Mathletes, Kayettes, Leadership, Student Council, and Junior Class Cabinet…Graduated high school last December and spent the spring of 2008 at Kansas Wesleyan University as a gray shirt, choosing to transfer to Park when head coach Rick Mischka was named the Pirates’ men’s and women’s volleyball coach in May of 2008…Has one brother, Stephen (20), a wide receiver last season for Kansas State University’s football program…Away from the court, Brooke enjoys running and basketball…Will major in Athletic Train-ing and Biology at Park.

18BROOKE DIDDE

5-10 • Fr. • Setter/Outside HitterLansing, Kan. (Leavenworth HS)

Chose Park University for its academic and volleyball programs…Was also recruited by Valley City State and the University of North Da-kota…Off the court, enjoys listening to music…Is a communications major.


21JASMINE KASSANAVOID

5-10 • Fr. • Outside HitterLawson, Mo. (Lawson HS)

PERSONAL - Jasmine Kassanavoid was born in Independence, Mo., and is the daughter of Ron and Janet Kassanavoid…Has three sib-lings, Janee (14), Jaaron (17) and Joseph (20), a football player at Kansas State University…Will also play for the Park University wom-en’s basketball program and head coach Joe C. Meriweather…Chose

Park over Kansas State and the University of Iowa for the opportunity to play two sports…Played high school basketball and

volleyball at Lawson High for Cardinal head coaches Lisa Glenn (basketball) and

Corrie Willoughby (volleyball)…Was part of conference and district champion-

ship teams in both volleyball and basketball and was a four-year medal winner in the shot put at the Missouri State High School Track & Field program…Won a state title in the shot put as a sophomore and finished second as a senior…On the basketball court, averaged 16.6 points per game for the Cardinals and es-tablished a school record with 23 rebounds in a single game…Will major in education at Park.

3ASHLEY REINERT

5-4 • So. • Defensive SpecialistNorth Kansas City, Mo. (North Kansas City HS)

2008 – Played in 10 matches and 20 sets as a defensive specialist, making 27 defensive digs on the season…Had a career-high nine digs against Haskell and followed the perfor-mance with six at Oklahoma Wesleyan…Posted her only two service aces of the season at Baker, a match in which she had five digs…Fin-ished the year with two kills, earning one against Haskell and a second against Central Christian…PERSONAL – Ashley Reinert was born in Kansas City, Mo., and has four siblings…Is the daughter of John Reinert of Kansas City…Graduated in 2008 from North Kansas City High School where she was a volleyball letterwinner for the Hornets under head coach Katie Dowden and was a teammate of fellow Pirate volleyball player Kristin Beck…Chose Park University for its volley-ball program…Hobbies include the game of volleyball and drawing.


22TRACEY MARTIN5-10 • Fr. • Outside Hitter

Langley, British Columbia (Mennonite Educational Institute)

PERSONAL - Tracey Martin was born in her hometown of Langley, British Columbia, and is the daughter of Sandee Krause and Jim Martin…Has four brothers and four sisters…

Played high school volleyball at Mennonite Educational In-stitute for head coach Grayden Krause…Helped the Eagles to a second-place finish at Provincials where she was named

to the All-Star squad…Graduated from MEI with honors in 2009…Traveled to Brazil for two weeks to assist with youth volleyball camps and play competitive club volleyball…Was

7MARIANA VOGADO

5-10 • So. • Outside HitterBrasilia, Brazil (University do Distro Federal)

2008 – Played in 25 matches and 55 sets, totaling 71 kills with a .130 hitting percentage…Also had 13 blocks on the year and added 19 digs…Scored 79 total points and had three-straight matches with seven kills against Bellevue, Saint Mary (Neb.) and Avila…Posted a career-high for kills against Concordia (Neb.) with nine…Also had three appearances where she registered six kills…PERSONAL – Mariana de Oliveira Vogado was born in Brasilia, Brazil…Parents are Cardlos Olbes Vogado and Cassia hellen de Oliveira Vogado…Has two siblings…Father is a public worker in Brasilia…Chose to attend Park University because of its International Student Program and for the volleyball program…Played high school volleyball through 2006 in Brasilia…Away from the court, en-joys listening to music, shopping, travel and motion pictures.


also recruited by Thompson Rivers University, Capilino, Camosun, Briercrest and Columbia Bible…Chose Park for its volleyball program and enjoys writing and shopping away from the court…Brother, Jared Krause, played men’s volleyball at the University of British Columbia and currently plays for Team Canada…Plans to major in journalism at Park University.

coach)…In her spare time, enjoys watching movies…Played high school volleyball at Universidade Estadual Paulista.



2008 SEASON RECAP It was an up-and-down year for Park Uni-versity’s women’s volleyball program, starting out hot before falling victim to a pair of losing streaks that left the Pirates under .500 for the first time in five years. Five players were named to all-conference teams and the squad had a pair of national academic honorees before falling just short of the MCAC playoffs in the team’s final year as a member of the Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference.

SECOND-STRAIGHT OVER KWU For the second-straight year, Park Universi-ty opened its season with a 3-1 win over Kan-sas Wesleyan University, this time traveling to Salina, Kan., on Sept. 2, 2008, to defeat the Coyotes in four sets at Muir Gymnasium. The win pushed Park to 4-1 all-time against Kansas Wesleyan in the all-time series. Park also defeated the Coyotes in four to begin the 2008 season at Breckon Sports Center.

MCAC WIN SPARKS 4-2 START Park University had four wins in its first six matches in 2008, including a 1-0 start in the Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference when the team took care of Central Christian College at Breckon Sports Center, 3-0. The match was Park’s home opener for the 2008 season, and the Pirates held the Tigers to 18 points or less in each of the match’s three sets.

GARCIA GETS NAIA RECORD In Park’s 3-0 win on Oct. 11, 2008, over Calumet-St. Joseph, Park University fresh-man Gabriela Garcia etched her name in the NAIA record book by putting down 16 kills on 17 attempts without an error. The result was a .941 hitting percentage for the match, which was eight points higher than the previous record which had stood for nine seasons when Saint Mary’s (Neb.) Julie Trouba hit .933 against Avila University. It marked the first time in Park University women’s volleyball history that a player found the top of the NAIA record book in any sta-

tistical category.

STRONG FINISH IN MCAC Through its first 10 matches in MCAC play, Park University’s postseason tournament hopes looked bleak. The Pirates were 4-6 before taking the floor on Oct. 25 against Oklahoma Wesleyan, but Park got the match against the Eagles and fol-lowed with a win over Haskell Indian Nations University for the first back-to-back confer-ence wins of the 2008 season. A loss to Peru State eliminated a chance at an above-.500 conference record, but Park finished the season on a high note, beating College of Saint Mary (Neb.) to end the sea-son on Nov. 8, 3-1. The win moved the Pirates into a fourth-place tie with the Flames, but CSM advanced to the postseason by virtue of the league’s tie-breaker rules, putting an end to the Pirates’ 2008 campaign.

AWARDS FOR 2008 Park University’s women’s volleyball team earned accolades both on and off the court in the 2008 season, including five all-confer-ence honors, two Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete designations, an AVCA All-Region honor and four conference player of the week awards. Allison Block and Sydney Rennack head-lined Park’s 2008 award-winners, claiming the program’s two Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete designations for the year. Block was also one of three players named Honorable Mention All-MCAC, joined by fellow-seniors Daniella Martins and Alison Joens on the list. Carolina Faria was a First Team performer in the MCAC and also earned the designation of All-AVCA West Region Honorable Men-tion as a libero. She was also the recipient of all four MCAC player of the week honorees during the season. Garcia rounded out Park’s post-season award winners, earning Second Team All-MCAC honors at year’s end.

The 2008 senior class (left sidebar) led a group of five freshmen, including Mariana Voga-do, into the 2008 season. Vogado will return to the Park women’s volleyball roster in 2009 as one of five veterans on a roster with six newcomers.


RECORD ........................................... OVERALL ........................HOME........................... AWAY ......................NEUTRALALL MATCHES .......................................11 - 21 .............................. 3 - 7................................ 5 - 6.............................. 3 - 8CONFERENCE .........................................7 - 7 ................................ 3 - 4................................ 4 - 3.............................. 0 - 0NON-CONFERENCE..............................4 - 14 ............................... 0 - 3................................ 1 - 3.............................. 3 - 8

2008 PARK UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL STATISTICS

## Player G K K/G E TA PCT A A/G SA SE SA/G RE DIG D/G BS BA BLK B/G BE BHE PTS18 Allison Block 120 277 2.31 186 962 .095 8 0.07 18 42 0.15 57 360 3.00 7 18 25 0.25 1 2 311.09 Gabriela Garcia 111 221 1.99 90 649 .202 335 3.02 40 37 0.36 0 185 1.67 8 24 32 0.29 5 22 281.010 Shareikka Theus-Downey 120 180 1.50 129 719 .071 3 0.03 16 25 0.13 24 117 0.98 12 26 38 0.32 6 0 221.08 Rafaella Chaves 76 113 1.49 64 415 .118 7 0.09 5 3 0.07 14 45 0.59 2 11 13 0.17 1 4 125.516 Stephanie Bloodgood 109 146 1.34 76 421 .166 6 0.06 25 35 0.23 3 78 0.72 19 44 63 0.58 12 3 212.07 Mariana Vogado 55 71 1.29 43 216 .130 2 0.04 0 3 0.00 1 19 0.35 3 10 13 0.24 4 0 79.011 Daniella Martins 106 62 0.58 18 176 .250 5 0.05 0 1 0.00 0 17 0.16 31 49 80 0.75 14 1 117.56 Jessica Martin 40 11 0.28 13 61 -.033 9 0.22 0 0 0.00 1 8 0.20 0 7 7 0.17 1 1 14.520 Crystal Cole 117 13 0.11 6 63 .111 615 5.26 28 10 0.24 1 192 1.64 2 10 12 0.10 1 4 48.03 Ashley Reinhart 20 2 0.10 1 3 .333 0 0.00 2 3 0.10 8 31 1.55 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 4.02 Carolina Faria 120 7 0.06 8 79 -.013 19 0.16 37 52 0.31 52 663 5.53 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 44.021 Alison Joens 100 1 0.01 2 23 -.043 2 0.02 13 9 0.13 15 220 2.20 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 14.022 Sydney Rennack 11 0 0.00 0 1 .000 0 0.00 0 2 0.00 2 7 0.64 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0TEAM 10PARK 120 1104 9.20 636 3788 .124 1011 8.43 184 223 1.53 188 1942 16.18 84 199 183.5 1.53 45 38 1471.5Opponents 120 1270 10.58 538 3591 .204 1142 9.52 179 227 1.49 151 1766 14.72 70 334 237.0 1.98 57 71 1686.0

TEAM STATISTICS .............. PARK OPPATTACK ................................ Kills ...................................... 1104 1270 Errors.................................... 636 538 Total Attacks ......................... 3788 3591 Attack Percentage .................. .124 .204 Kills per Game ...................... 9.2 10.6SET ........................................ Assists ................................... 1011 1142 Assists per Game ................... 8.4 9.5SERVE ................................... Aces ...................................... 184 179 Errors.................................... 223 227 Aces per Game ...................... 1.5 1.5SERVE REC. .......................... Errors.................................... 188 151 Errors per Game ................... 1.6 1.3DEFENSE .............................. Digs ...................................... 1942 1766 Digs per Game ...................... 16.2 14.7BLOCKING .......................... Block Solo ............................ 84 70 Block Assist ........................... 199 334 Total Blocks .......................... 183.5 237.0 Blocks per Game ................... 1.5 2.0Block Errors ............................. 45 57BALL HANDLING ERRORS 38 71ATTENDANCE .....................Total ......................................... 1504 1666Dates/Avg Per Date .................. 10/150 11/151Neutral Site #/Avg .................... 11/89 -

DATE OPPONENT W - L SCORE ATT.Sept. 2 at Kansas Wesleyan W, 3-1 25-22, 17-25, 25-20, 25-23 331Sept. 5 vs. Freed Hardeman L, 1-3 25-22, 11-25, 17-25, 17-25 100Sept. 5 vs. Harris-Stowe State W, 3-2 25-19, 23-25, 25-15, 21-25, 18-16 100Sept. 6 vs. Bethany W, 3-2 25-22, 16-25, 17-25, 25-21, 18-16 105Sept. 6 vs. Bethel (Kan.) L, 0-3 16-25, 12-25, 18-25 118Sept. 9 CENTRAL CHRISTIAN * W, 3-0 25-17, 25-18, 25-14 147Sept. 12 vs. Oklahoma City L, 1-3 23-25, 13-25, 25-21, 15-25 25Sept. 12 vs. Dordt L, 0-3 15-25, 18-25, 21-25 100Sept. 13 vs. Doane L, 2-3 25-23, 18-25, 16-25, 25-23, 6-15 131Sept. 13 vs. Concordia (Neb.) L, 2-3 26-24, 23-25, 25-20. 15-25, 9-15 159Sept. 15 GRACELAND L, 0-3 18-25, 20-25, 18-24 266Sept. 19 at Bellevue * L, 0-3 13-25, 16-25, 12-25 167Sept. 20 at Peru State * L, 0-3 15-25, 22-25, 16-25 111Sept. 23 HASKELL INDIAN NATIONS * W, 3-1 25-18, 25-23, 22-25, 29-27 162Sept. 26 at Coll. of the Ozarks * L, 0-3 9-25, 18-25, 16-25 117Sept. 27 at Oklahoma Wesleyan * W, 3-2 14-25, 16-25, 25-23, 25-14, 18-16 102Oct. 1 at Baker L, 0-3 19-25, 21-25, 22-25 125Oct. 7 MIDAMERICA NAZARENE L, 2-3 26-28, 25-23, 20-25, 25-18, 15-17 108Oct. 10 at Saint Ambrose L, 1-3 25-22, 18-25, 18-25, 17-25 50Oct. 10 vs. Ashford L, 0-3 17-25, 18-25, 15-25 50Oct. 11 vs. Calumet-Saint Joseph W, 3-0 25-16, 25-12, 25-19 50Oct. 11 vs. Illinois Tech L, 0-3 19-25, 21-25, 17-25 50Oct. 14 at Central Christian * W, 3-0 25-12, 25-19, 25-19 75Oct. 17 BELLEVUE * L, 0-3 16-25, 27-29, 9-25 65Oct. 18 SAINT MARY (NEB.) * L, 0-3 20-25, 19-25, 20-25 164Oct. 22 at Avila L, 1-3 22-25, 17-25, 25-19, 20-25 108Oct. 24 COLL. OF THE OZARKS * L, 0-3 21-25, 26-28, 14-25 83Oct. 25 OKLAHOMA WESLEYAN * W, 3-1 25-20, 20-25, 25-15, 25-14 57Oct. 28 at Haskell Indian Nations * W, 3-2 13-25, 25-8, 21-25, 25-23, 15-6 355Oct. 30 PERU STATE * L, 2-3 19-25, 25-17, 25-22, 23-25, 10-15 113Nov. 5 WILLIAM JEWELL L, 0-3 23-25, 20-25, 23-25 339Nov. 8 at Saint Mary (Neb.) * W, 3-1 25-23, 23-25, 25-13, 26-24 125


PARK VOLLEYBALL HISTORYCOACH YEAR W L PCTSusan Harris 1980 4 15 .211Larry Hurshman 1981 14 9 .609Larry Hurshman 1982 23 8 .742Larry Hurshman 1983 -- -- -- Larry Hurshman 1984 17 24 .415Larry Hurshman 1985 17 22 .436Larry Hurshman 1986 11 22 .333Mike Waller 1987 -- -- -- Mike Waller 1988 28 11 .718Terry Flynn 1989 -- -- -- Terry Flynn 1990 27 34 .443Terry Flynn 1991 24 30 .444Ronda Miles 1992 30 27 .526Ronda Miles 1993 45 26 .634Ronda Miles 1994 25 31 .446Ronda Miles 1995 21 26 .447Ronda Miles 1996 22 22 .500Ronda Miles 1997 31 21 .596Ronda Miles 1998 15 25 .375Ronda Miles 1999 14 30 .381Peggy Tuter 2000 18 18 .500Peggy Tuter 2001 7 29 .194Peggy Tuter 2002 9 22 .290Peggy Tuter 2003 14 21 .400Peggy Tuter 2004 25 13 .658Peggy Tuter 2005 25 14 .641Peggy Tuter 2006 27 11 .711Peggy Tuter 2007 18 14 .563Peggy Tuter 2008 11 21 .343TOTAL 1980-08 522 546 .489

ALL TIME HEAD COACHESCOACH YEARS W L PCTSusan Harris 1980 4 15 .211Larry Hurshman 1981-86 82 85 ,491Mike Waller 1987-88 28 11 .718Terry Flynn 1989-91 51 64 .443Rhonda Miles 1992-99 203 208 .494Peggy Tuter 2000-08 154 164 .484TOTAL 1980-08 522 546 .489

SERIES RECORDS SINCE 1996 *Opponent W-L Pct. Last Result Ashford 0-1 .000 2008 L, 0-3Augustana 1-0 1.000 1997 W, 3-0Avila 8-2 .800 2008 L, 1-3Bacone 2-0 1.000 2004 W, 3-0Baker 2-7 .222 2008 L, 0-3Baptist Bible 1-0 1.000 1997 W, 3-0Bellevue 2-16 .111 2008 L, 0-3Benedictine 3-10 .231 2005 W, 3-2Bethany 4-1 .800 2008 W, 3-2Bethel (Kan.) 3-3 .500 2008 L, 0-3Bethel (Ind.) 0-1 .000 1999 L, 0-3Black Hills State 0-1 .000 1997 L, 1-3Briar Cliff 0-2 .000 2004 L, 1-3Calumet-St. Joseph 1-0 1.000 2008 W, 3-0Central Arkansas 1-0 1.000 2000 W, 3-1Central Christian 15-0 1.000 2008 W, 3-0Central Methodist 4-3 .571 2004 W, 3-1Coll. of the Ozarks 7-14 .333 2008 L, 0-3Columbia 0-8 .000 2000 L, 0-3Concordia (Neb.) 0-5 .000 2008 L, 2-3Culver-Stockton 1-6 .167 2006 W, 3-0Cumberland (Tenn.) 0-1 .000 2002 L, 1-3Dakota State 1-0 1.000 1996 W, 2-1Dakota Wesleyan 3-0 1.000 2007 W, 3-1Dana 3-0 1.000 1998 W, 3-2Dickinson State 0-1 .000 1997 L, 0-3

Doane 0-5 .000 2008 L, 2-3Dordt 0-1 .000 2008 L, 1-3Emporia State 0-3 .000 1999 L, 0-3Evangel 1-6 .143 2002 L, 0-3Franciscan 1-0 1.000 2004 W, 1-0Freed Hardeman 0-2 .000 2008 L, 1-3Friends 3-0 1.000 1998 W, 3-0Georgetown 0-1 .000 2001 L, 0-3Grace 1-0 1.000 2007 W, 3-0Graceland 4-7 .364 2008 L, 0-3Grand View 4-0 1.000 2005 W, 3-0Grinnell 0-1 .000 1998 L, 1-3Hannibal-LaGrange 9-0 1.000 2000 W, 3-1Harris-Stowe State 8-0 1.000 2008 W, 3-2Haskell Indian Nations 17-2 .895 2008 W, 3-2Hastings 0-2 .000 2004 L, 1-3Hendrix 1-0 1.000 1996 W, 2-0Huston-Tillotson 1-0 1.000 2005 W, 3-2Illinois-Springfield 2-2 .500 2007 L, 0-3Illinois Tech 0-1 .000 2008 L, 0-3Incarnate Word 1-1 .500 1999 L, 0-3Indiana Wesleyan 0-1 .000 1999 L, 2-3Iowa Wesleyan 0-1 .000 2005 L, 1-3John Brown 1-4 .200 2001 L, 0-3Kansas Wesleyan 4-1 .800 2008 W, 3-1Lambuth 1-0 1.000 1997 W, 3-1Lindenwood 2-3 .400 2004 W, 3-1Loyola (La.) 0-1 .000 2005 L, 1-3Lubbock Christian 0-1 .000 2001 L, 0-3Lyon 1-0 1.000 2003 W, 3-0Marycrest 2-0 1.000 2000 W, 3-0McKendree 3-9 .250 2006 W, 3-2McPherson 1-0 1.000 1996 W, 2-0Michigan-Dearborn 0-1 .000 1999 L, 2-3MidAmerica Nazarene 4-5 .444 2008 L, 2-3Midland Lutheran 1-2 .333 2004 L, 0-3Midwestern State 0-1 .000 1998 L, 0-3Missouri Baptist 1-6 .143 1999 L, 1-3Missouri Valley 7-3 .700 2007 W, 3-1Missouri Western 0-1 .000 1997 L, 0-3Morningside 0-1 .000 2003 L, 1-3Mount Marty 2-0 1.000 2005 W, 3-0Mount Mercy 2-0 1.000 2003 W, 3-2Mount Saint Claire 2-0 1.000 2000 W, 3-0Mount Sanario 1-0 1.000 2000 W, 3-0National American 0-4 .000 2005 L, 0-3Newman 6-8 .429 2006 W, 3-0Northwest Missouri St. 0-5 .000 2001 L, 2-3Northwestern (Iowa) 0-3 .000 2007 L, 1-3Oklahoma City 0-1 .000 2008 L, 1-3Oklahoma Wesleyan 17-0 1.000 2008 W, 3-1Ottawa 6-0 1.000 2006 W, 3-1Peru State 5-15 .250 2008 L, 2-3Pittsburg State 0-3 .000 2001 L, 0-3Purdue-North Central 1-0 1.000 2007 W, 3-0Robert Morris (Ill.) 2-0 1.000 2007 W, 3-0Rockhurst 0-4 .000 2001 L, 0-3Saint Ambrose 0-4 .000 2008 L, 1-3Saint Francis (Ill.) 0-2 .000 2006 L, 2-3Saint Mary (Kan.) 8-2 .800 2007 W, 3-0Saint Mary (Neb.) 3-18 .143 2008 W, 3-1Saint Scholastica 0-1 .000 1998 L, 1-3Saint Xavier 1-1 .500 2006 L, 0-3Si Tanka-Huron 1-1 .500 2004 L, 0-3South Dakota Tech 1-0 1.000 2004 W, 3-0Southern Nazarene 1-1 .500 2000 L, 0-3Southwestern (Kan.) 4-0 1.000 2005 W, 3-0Sterling 4-0 1.000 1999 W, 3-0Tabor 4-2 .667 2007 W, 3-0Trevecca Nazarene 1-0 1.000 1999 W, 3-0Trinity International 1-0 1.000 2006 W, 3-1

Valley City State 0-1 .000 1997 L, 0-3Viterbo 1-0 1.000 2003 W, 3-1Walsh 0-1 .000 2006 L, 2-3Washburn 0-1 .000 1998 L, 0-3Wayland Baptist 0-1 .000 2001 L, 0-3Wayne State 0-1 .000 1997 L, 0-3William Jewell 9-7 .563 2008 L, 0-3William Penn 1-5 .167 2005 W, 3-1William Woods 3-12 .200 2002 L, 0-3Williams Baptist 1-0 1.000 2001 W, 3-2York 5-0 1.000 2006 W, 3-0

ALL-TIME ALL-AMERICANSPlayer YearsColeen Mahoney ‘06* List does not include Honorable Mention All-Americans.

NAIA SCHOLAR ATHLETESPlayer YearsAllison Block ‘08Milena Borojevic ‘06Gabriela Carvalho ‘06Sugglis Chinchilla ‘04Bianca Hendricks ‘03Erin Holt ‘99, ‘01Shari Howe ‘88, ‘89Janessa Ikeda ‘98, ‘99Gretchen Metz ‘93Stacy Olczyk ‘98Sydney Rennack ‘08Nicole Sanderson ‘97April Savage ‘01Michelle Terry ‘03, ‘04Lavinia Vaitai ‘06, ‘07Terra Van Duine ‘03, ‘04Heather Weers ‘96, ‘97Aigline Yoke ‘05, ‘06, ‘07

1996 • RHONDA MILES (22-22)Opponent ScoreHendrix W, 2-0Saint Mary (Neb.) L, 1-2John Brown L, 1-2Coll. of the Ozarks W, 2-0Doane L, 0-2Northwest Missouri State L, 1-3McKendree W, 3-0MidAmerica Nazarene L, 1-2McPherson W, 2-0Avila W, 2-0Saint Mary (Neb.) L, 1-2Graceland L, 0-2Dakota State W, 2-1Saint Ambrose L, 0-2Columbia L, 0-2Mount Marty W, 2-0Hastings L, 0-2Columbia L, 0-3William Woods L, 1-3Evangel L, 2-3Culver-Stockton L, 0-3William Woods L, 1-3Hannibal-LaGrange W, 3-2Saint Mary (Kan.) W, 3-1Friends W, 2-1Benedictine W, 2-1Southwestern W, 2-1Baker L, 0-2Benedictine L, 1-2William Woods W, 3-0Benedictine L, 0-2


William Woods L, 1-2Rockhurst L, 0-2Sterling W, 2-1Marycrest W, 2-1Rockhurst L, 0-2Missouri Baptist L, 1-3Harris-Stowe State W, 3-0Hannibal-LaGrange W, 3-0Missouri Valley W, 3-0Robert Morris (Ill.) W, 3-0Friends W, 3-1Kansas Wesleyan W, 3-1Missouri Baptist L, 2-3

1997 • RHONDA MILES (31-21)Date Opponent ScoreAug. 29 Dana W, 3-1Aug. 29 Bellevue W, 3-2Aug. 30 Dickinson State L, 0-3Aug. 30 Doane L, 1-3Sept. 5 Lambuth W, 3-1Sept. 5 William Woods L, 1-3Sept. 6 Tabor L, 0-3Sept. 6 Southwestern W, 3-0Sept. 6 Southwestern W, 3-0Sept. 6 John Brown W, 3-0Sept. 9 Missouri Baptist W, 3-2Sept. 12 William Jewell L, 2-3Sept. 12 Sterling W, 3-0Sept. 13 Benedictine W, 3-0Sept. 13 Avila W, 3-0Sept. 13 Saint Mary (Kan.) W, 3-0Sept. 16 McKendree W, 3-2Sept. 18 Lindenwood W, 3-0Sept. 19 Augustana W, 3-0Sept. 19 Northwestern (Iowa) L, 0-3Sept. 20 Midland Lutheran W, 3-0Sept. 20 Saint Ambrose L, 1-3Sept. 23 Northwest Missouri St. L, 2-3Sept. 24 Missouri Valley W, 3-1Sept. 26 MidAmerica Nazarene W, 3-0Sept. 26 Northwest Missouri St. L, 0-3Sept. 27 Central Methodist W, 3-1Sept. 27 William Jewell L, 2-3Sept. 30 Columbia L, 0-3Oct. 3 Black Hills State L, 1-3Oct. 3 Dakota Wesleyan W, 3-0Oct. 4 Valley City State L, 0-3Oct. 4 Si Tanka-Huron W, 3-1Oct. 7 Peru State L, 1-3Oct. 9 Wayne State L, 0-3Oct. 9 Dana W, 3-0Oct. 10 Northwest Missouri St. L, 2-3Oct. 10 Missouri Western L, 0-3Oct. 14 Hannibal-LaGrange W, 3-0Oct. 17 Missouri Valley W, 3-0Oct. 17 Ottawa W, 3-0Oct. 18 Baptist Bible W, 3-0Oct. 18 Ottawa W, 3-0Oct. 18 Avila W, 3-0Oct. 21 William Woods L, 0-3Oct. 24 Lindenwood L, 2-3Oct. 24 Harris-Stowe State W, 3-0Oct. 28 Saint Mary (Kan.) W, 3-0Nov. 1 Sterling W, 3-0Nov. 1 Newman W, 3-1Nov. 4 Hannibal-LaGrange W, 3-1Nov. 7 William Woods L, 0-3Nov. 15 Columbia L, 0-3

1998 • RHONDA MILES (15-25)Date Opponent ScoreAug. 29 MidAmerica Nazarene W, 3-0Aug. 29 Saint Mary (Kan.) L, 1-3Sept. 8 William Woods W, 3-1Sept. 10 Missouri Valley L, 1-3Sept. 11 Avila W, 3-0Sept. 12 Baker L, 2-3Sept. 12 Pittsburg State L, 0-3Sept. 12 Friends W, 3-1Sept. 15 Missouri Baptist L, 1-3Sept. 18 Dakota Wesleyan W, 3-2Sept. 19 Dana W, 3-2Sept. 19 Bethany W, 3-1Sept. 19 Missouri Valley L, 2-3Sept. 23 McKendree L, 1-3Sept. 25 Lindenwood L, 0-3Sept. 25 Concordia (Neb.) L, 0-3Sept. 26 Kansas Wesleyan L, 2-3Sept. 26 Saint Scholastica L, 1-3Oct. 1 Peru State L, 1-3Oct. 2 Harris-Stowe State W, 3-1Oct. 4 Central Methodist W, 3-2Oct. 6 Columbia L, 0-3Oct. 8 Washburn L, 0-3Oct. 8 Baker L, 1-3Oct. 9 Bellevue L, 1-3Oct. 16 Benedictine L, 0-3 Oct. 16 Saint Mary (Kan.) L, 1-3Oct. 17 William Jewell W, 3-2Oct. 17 Avila W, 3-0Oct. 20 Hannibal-LaGrange W, 3-2Oct. 23 Emporia State L, 0-3Oct. 23 Graceland L, 0-3Oct. 24 Midwestern State L, 0-3Oct. 24 Missouri Baptist L, 0-3Oct. 28 Saint Mary (Kan.) W, 3-0Oct. 30 Grinnell L, 1-3Oct. 31 Peru State L, 0-3Oct. 31 Grand View W, 3-1Oct. 31 Grand View W, 3-1Nov. 3 Missouri Baptist L, 0-3

1999 • RHONDA MILES (14-30)Date Opponent ScoreAug. 27 Concordia (Neb.) L, 0-3Aug. 27 National American L, 0-3Aug. 28 Doane L, 0-3Aug. 28 Saint Mary (Neb.) L, 0-3Sept. 4 Coll. of the Ozarks L, 0-3Sept. 7 Hannibal-LaGrange W, 3-0Sept. 9 MidAmerica Nazarene L, 0-3Sept. 11 Bethany L, 2-3Sept. 11 Newman L, 0-3Sept. 14 William Woods L, 1-3Sept. 17 Northwestern (Iowa) L, 0-3Sept. 17 Bethel (Kan.) L, 1-3Sept. 18 Bethany W, 3-1Sept. 18 Mount Saint Claire W, 3-0Sept. 21 Missouri Baptist L, 1-3Sept. 24 York W, 3-2Sept. 25 Sterling W, 3-0Sept. 25 Southern Nazarene L, 1-3Sept. 25 Bethel (Kan.) L, 2-3Sept. 28 McKendree L, 0-3Oct. 1 Bethel (Ind.) L, 0-3Oct. 1 Indiana Wesleyan L, 2-3Oct. 2 Michigan-Dearborn L, 2-3Oct. 2 Trevecca Nazarene W, 3-0Oct. 5 Harris-Stowe State W, 3-0Oct. 8 Mid-America Nazarene L, 1-3

Oct. 8 Kansas Wesleyan W, 3-0Oct. 9 William Jewell W, 3-0Oct. 9 Benedictine L, 0-3Oct. 12 Columbia L, 0-3Oct. 13 Missouri Valley W, 3-1Oct. 16 Coll. of the Ozarks L, 0-3Oct. 21 Haskell Indian Nations W, 3-0Oct. 22 Emporia State L, 0-3Oct. 22 Incarnate Word W, 3-2Oct. 23 Incarnate Word L, 0-3Oct. 23 Emporia State L, 0-3Oct. 25 Haskell Indian Nations W, 3-0Oct. 27 Saint Mary (Kan.) W, 3-2Oct. 29 Bellevue L, 0-3 Oct. 29 National American L, 0-3Oct. 30 Midland Lutheran L, 1-3Oct. 30 Baker L, 0-3Nov. 2 William Woods L, 0-3

2000 • PEGGY TUTER (18-18)Date Opponent ScoreSept. 5 Haskell Indian Nations W, 3-0Sept. 7 MidAmerica Nazarene W, 3-0Sept. 8 Evangel L, 1-3Sept. 8 Coll. of the Ozarks W, 3-2Sept. 8 Southern Nazarene L, 0-3Sept. 9 Tabor W, 3-2Sept. 9 Oklahoma Wesleyan W, 3-2Sept. 12 William Woods L, 0-3Sept. 15 Hannibal-LaGrange W, 3-1Sept. 15 Central Methodist L, 0-3Sept. 19 McKendree L, 0-3Sept. 21 Harris-Stowe State W, 3-0Sept. 22 Central Arkansas W, 3-1Sept. 23 McKendree L, 1-3Sept. 23 Evangel W, 3-1Sept. 26 Columbia L, 0-3Sept. 29 Lindenwood L, 1-3Sept. 29 Culver-Stockton L, 0-3Sept. 30 Missouri Valley W, 3-2Sept. 30 McKendree L, 0-3Oct. 3 Hannibal-LaGrange W, 3-1Oct. 5 William Woods W, 3-1Oct. 11 Rockhurst L, 0-3Oct. 12 McKendree L, 0-3 Oct. 15 Harris-Stowe State W, 3-0Oct. 19 Columbia L, 0-3Oct. 20 Culver-Stockton L, 1-3Oct. 20 Grand View W, 3-2Oct. 21 Evangel L, 0-3Oct. 21 Hannibal-LaGrange W, 3-1Oct. 27 Saint Ambrose L, 0-3Oct. 28 Mount Saint Claire W, 3-0Oct. 28 Marycrest International W, 3-0Oct. 28 Mount Sanario W, 3-0Nov. 4 Pittsburg State L, 1-3

2001 • PEGGY TUTER (7-29)Date Opponent ResultSept. 4 Oklahoma Wesleyan W, 3-0Sept. 5 Benedictine L, 0-3Sept. 7 William Woods L, 0-3Sept. 7 John Brown L, 0-3Sept. 7 Evangel L, 2-3Sept. 8 McKendree L, 0-3Sept. 8 Bacone W, 3-0Sept. 10 Peru State L, 0-3Sept. 20 Missouri Valley L, 0-3Sept. 25 Newman L, 1-3Sept. 28 Illinois-Springfield L, 0-3Sept. 28 Culver-Stockton L, 0-3


Sept. 29 Williams Baptist W, 3-2Sept. 29 Mount Mercy W, 3-1Oct. 2 Haskell Indian Nations W, 3-0Oct. 5 William Jewell L, 0-3Oct. 6 Benedictine L, 0-3Oct. 6 Baker L, 0-3Oct. 6 Avila L, 1-3Oct. 9 Haskell Indian Nations W, 3-0Oct. 10 Pittsburg State L, 0-3Oct. 16 Central Methodist L, 2-3Oct. 17 William Woods L, 1-3Oct. 19 Georgetown (Ky.) L, 0-3Oct. 19 Briar Cliff L, 0-3Oct. 20 Saint Mary (Neb.) L, 0-3Oct. 20 National American L, 0-3Oct. 23 Evangel L, 2-3Oct. 24 Graceland L, 1-3Oct. 26 Wayland Baptist L, 0-3Oct. 26 Northwest Missouri St. L, 2-3Oct. 27 Lubbock Christian L, 0-3Oct. 27 John Brown L, 0-3Oct. 29 Rockhurst L, 0-3Nov. 1 Graceland L, 0-3Nov. 2 Coll. of the Ozarks W, 3-2

2002 • PEGGY TUTER (9-22)Date Opponent ResultSept. 3 Haskell Indian Nations L, 0-3Sept. 6 Evangel L, 0-3Sept. 6 Central Methodist W, 3-2Sept. 7 Peru State L, 0-3Sept. 7 William Jewell W, 3-2Sept. 7 Tabor L, 2-3Sept. 10 Benedictine L, 1-3Sept. 12 Baker L, 0-3Sept. 12 Benedictine L, 1-3Sept. 13 Ottawa W, 3-1Sept. 13 William Jewell L, 0-3Sept. 18 Haskell Indian Nations L, 1-3Sept. 20 Bellevue L, 0-3Sept. 21 Saint Mary (Neb.) L, 0-3Sept. 24 William Woods L, 0-3Sept. 27 Culver Stockton W, 3-2Oct. 1 Central Christian W, 3-0Oct. 4 McKendree L, 1-3Oct. 4 Cumberland L, 1-3Oct. 8 Oklahoma Wesleyan W, 3-0Oct. 11 Saint Mary (Neb.) L, 0-3Oct. 12 Bellevue L, 0-3Oct. 15 Newman L, 0-3Oct. 16 Peru State L, 0-3Oct. 21 William Jewell W, 3-2Oct. 25 Coll. of the Ozarks L, 1-3Oct. 26 Oklahoma Wesleyan W, 3-2Oct. 29 Peru State L, 0-3Nov. 2 Coll. of the Ozarks L, 1-3Nov. 8 Central Christian W, 3-0Nov. 9 Newman L, 0-3

2003 • PEGGY TUTER (14-21)Date Opponent ResultSept. 3 William Penn L, 2-3Sept. 5 Morningside L, 1-3Sept. 5 William Penn L, 0-3Sept. 6 Peru State L, 2-3Sept. 6 William Penn L, 0-3Sept. 9 Coll. of the Ozarks W, 3-0Sept. 10 Avila W, 3-0Sept. 17 Haskell Indian Nations W, 3-0Sept. 19 Bellevue L, 0-3Sept. 22 MidAmerica Nazarene L, 2-3

Sept. 24 William Jewell W, 3-0Sept. 26 Goshen L, 1-3Sept. 26 Mount Mercy W, 3-2Sept. 27 William Jewell W, 3-1Sept. 27 Viterbo W, 3-1Sept. 30 Saint Mary (Neb.) L, 0-3Oct. 3 Peru State L, 2-3Oct. 7 Central Methodist L, 1-3Oct. 10 Newman L, 0-3Oct. 10 Coll. of the Ozarks L, 0-3Oct. 11 Bellevue L, 0-3Oct. 11 Central Christian W, 3-0Oct. 15 Haskell Indian Nations W, 3-0Oct. 17 Lyon W, 3-0Oct. 18 McKendree L, 1-3Oct. 18 Missouri Valley W, 3-1Oct. 21 Newman L, 0-3Oct. 24 Benedictine L, 2-3Oct. 25 Graceland L, 1-3Oct. 28 Peru State L, 1-3Oct. 30 Oklahoma Wesleyan W, 3-1Nov. 4 Saint Mary (Neb.) L, 0-3Nov. 7 Central Christian W, 3-0Nov. 8 Oklahoma Wesleyan W, 3-1Nov. 14 Saint Mary (Neb.) L, 0-3

2004 • PEGGY TUTER (25-13)Date Opponent ResultSept. 2 Graceland W, 3-1Sept. 3 Oklahoma Wesleyan W, 3-0Sept. 4 South Dakota Tech W, 3-0Sept. 4 Bacone W, 3-0Sept. 4 Bethany W, 3-0Sept. 8 Avila W, 3-1Sept. 10 Midland Lutheran L, 0-3Sept. 10 MidAmerica Nazarene W, 3-0Sept. 11 Si Tanka-Huron L, 0-3Sept. 11 Briar Cliff L, 1-3Sept. 15 Haskell Indian Nations W, 3-0Sept. 17 Bellevue L, 0-3Sept. 18 Saint Mary (Neb.) L, 0-3Sept. 22 Central Methodist W, 3-1Sept. 24 William Penn L, 2-3Sept. 24 Graceland W, 3-2Sept. 25 Franciscan W, 3-0Sept. 25 Culver-Stockton L, 0-3Sept. 28 Oklahoma Wesleyan W, 3-0Oct. 1 William Jewell W, 3-1Oct. 5 Peru State W, 3-0Oct. 8 Bellevue W, 3-1Oct. 8 Central Christian W, 3-0Oct. 9 Coll. of the Ozarks W, 3-1Oct. 9 Newman L, 0-3Oct. 13 Haskell Indian Nations W, 3-0Oct. 15 Lindenwood W, 3-1Oct. 15 Hastings L, 1-3Oct. 16 William Jewell W, 3-1Oct. 16 Avila W, 3-0Oct. 19 Newman W, 3-0Oct. 21 Central Christian W, 3-2Oct. 26 Peru State L, 2-3Oct. 29 Oklahoma Wesleyan W, 3-0Oct. 30 Coll. of the Ozarks W, 3-0Nov. 2 Saint Mary (Neb.) L, 0-3Nov. 4 Benedictine L, 1-3Nov. 12 Saint Mary (Neb.) L, 0-3

2005 • PEGGY TUTER (25-14)Date Opponent ResultAug. 26 Iowa Wesleyan L, 1-3Aug. 26 Saint Xavier W, 3-1

Aug. 27 Saint Francis (Ill.) L, 2-3Aug. 27 Loyola (La.) L, 1-3Aug. 30 Graceland W, 3-1Sept. 7 William Penn L, 2-3Sept. 9 Central Christian W, 3-0Sept. 9 Huston-Tillotson W, 3-2Sept. 10 Southwestern (Kan.) W, 3-0Sept. 10 Concordia (Neb.) L, 1-3Sept. 13 Haskell Indian Nations W, 3-0Sept. 16 Bellevue L, 1-3Sept. 17 Saint Mary (Neb.) L, 0-3Sept. 19 Ottawa W, 3-0Sept. 20 Central Christian W, 3-0Sept. 24 Coll. of the Ozarks L, 1-3Sept. 27 Newman W, 3-0Sept. 29 Oklahoma Wesleyan W, 3-0Oct. 4 Benedictine W, 3-2Oct. 7 Bellevue L, 1-3Oct. 11 Haskell Indian Nations W, 3-0Oct. 12 William Jewell W, 3-0Oct. 14 Grand View W, 3-0Oct. 14 National American L, 0-3Oct. 15 William Penn W, 3-1Oct. 15 Mount Marty W, 3-0Oct. 21 Peru State W, 3-0Oct. 21 York W, 3-0Oct. 22 Central Christian W, 3-0Oct. 22 Newman W, 3-1Oct. 25 Oklahoma Wesleyan W, 3-0Oct. 28 Saint Mary (Kan.) W, 3-0Oct. 29 Coll. of the Ozarks L, 1-3Nov. 1 Saint Mary (Neb.) L, 0-3Nov. 3 Peru State W, 3-0Nov. 4 York W, 3-0Nov. 11 Newman L, 2-3Nov. 17 Tabor W, 3-0Nov. 18 Coll. of the Ozarks L, 1-3

2006 • PEGGY TUTER (27-11)Date Opponent ResultAug. 31 Saint Mary (Kan.) W, 3-0Sept. 5 Oklahoma Wesleyan W, 3-0Sept. 8 Saint Francis (Ill.) L, 2-3Sept. 8 Trinity International W, 3-1Sept. 9 Saint Xavier L, 0-3Sept. 9 Walsh L, 2-3Sept. 12 Central Christian W, 3-0Sept. 15 Bethel (Kan.) W, 3-0Sept. 15 Ottawa W, 3-0Sept. 16 Freed-Hardeman L, 2-3Sept. 16 Tabor W, 3-0Sept. 19 Newman W, 3-0Sept. 21 Baker W, 3-2Sept. 21 Ottawa W, 3-1Sept. 26 Graceland W, 3-1Sept. 29 Saint Mary (Neb.) W, 3-0Sept. 30 Bellevue L, 1-3Oct. 3 Haskell Indian Nations W, 3-0Oct. 6 Coll. of the Ozarks L, 2-3Oct. 7 Oklahoma Wesleyan W, 3-0Oct. 10 William Jewell L, 2-3Oct. 13 Peru State W, 3-2Oct. 13 Central Christian W, 3-0Oct. 14 Newman W, 3-0Oct. 14 York W, 3-0Oct. 17 Coll. of the Ozarks W, 3-0Oct. 20 Peru State W, 3-1Oct. 21 York W, 3-0Oct. 24 Haskell Indian Nations W, 3-0Oct. 27 Culver-Stockton W, 3-0Oct. 27 Illinois-Springfield W, 3-0


Oct. 28 McKendree W, 3-2Oct. 28 Illinois-Springfield W, 3-0Nov. 3 Saint Mary (Neb.) L, 0-3Nov. 4 Bellevue L, 1-3Nov. 10 Bellevue L, 0-3Nov. 16 Bethel (Kan.) W, 3-2Nov. 17 Saint Mary (Neb.) L, 0-3

2007 • PEGGY TUTER (18-14)Date Opponent ResultAug. 28 Kansas Wesleyan W, 3-1Aug. 30 Graceland L, 1-3Sept. 5 Missouri Valley W, 3-1Sept. 7 Harris-Stowe State W, 3-0Sept. 7 Bethel (Kan.) W, 3-1Sept. 8 Robert Morris (Ill.) W, 3-0Sept. 8 Tabor W, 3-0Sept. 11 Central Christian W, 3-0Sept. 14 Northwestern (Iowa) L, 1-3Sept. 14 Doane L, 1-3Sept. 15 Dakota Wesleyan W, 3-1Sept. 15 Concordia (Neb.) L, 0-3Sept. 18 Coll. of the Ozarks L, 1-3Sept. 20 Saint Mary (Kan.) W, 3-0Sept. 25 Saint Mary (Neb.) L, 1-3Sept. 28 Peru State L, 2-3Sept. 29 Bellevue L, 1-3Oct. 2 Central Christian W, 3-0Oct. 5 Oklahoma Wesleyan W, 3-0Oct. 9 Haskell Indian Nations W, 3-0Oct. 12 Coll. of the Ozarks L, 1-3Oct. 13 Saint Mary (Neb.) W, 3-0Oct. 13 Oklahoma Wesleyan W, 3-0Oct. 18 William Jewell L, 1-3Oct. 19 Baker W, 3-2Oct. 23 Haskell Indian Nations W, 2-0Oct. 26 Purdue-North Central W, 3-0Oct. 27 Grace W, 3-0Oct. 27 Illinois-Springfield L, 0-3Nov. 2 Peru State L, 2-3

Nov. 3 Bellevue L, 1-3Nov. 15 Coll. of the Ozarks L, 0-3

2008 • PEGGY TUTER (11-21)Date Opponent ResultSept. 2 Kansas Wesleyan W, 3-1Sept. 5 Freed Hardeman L, 1-3Sept. 5 Harris-Stowe State W, 3-2Sept. 6 Bethany W, 3-2Sept. 6 Bethel (Kan.) L, 0-3Sept. 9 Central Christian W, 3-0Sept. 12 Oklahoma City L, 1-3Sept. 12 Dordt L, 1-3Sept. 13 Doane L, 2-3Sept. 13 Concordia (Neb.) L, 2-3Sept. 15 Graceland L, 0-3Sept. 19 Bellevue L, 0-3Sept. 20 Peru State L, 0-3Sept. 23 Haskell Indian Nations W, 3-1Sept. 26 Coll. of the Ozarks L, 0-3Sept. 27 Oklahoma Wesleyan W, 3-2

Oct. 1 Baker L, 0-3Oct. 7 MidAmerica Nazarene L, 2-3Oct. 10 Saint Ambrose L, 1-3Oct. 10 Ashford L, 0-3Oct. 11 Calumet-Saint Joseph W, 3-0Oct. 11 Illinois Tech L, 0-3Oct. 14 Central Christian W, 3-0Oct. 17 Bellevue L, 0-3Oct. 18 Saint Mary (Neb.) L, 0-3Oct. 22 Avila L, 1-3Oct. 24 Coll. of the Ozarks L, 0-3Oct. 25 Oklahoma Wesleyan W, 3-1Oct. 28 Haskell Indian Nations W, 3-2Oct. 30 Peru State L, 2-3Nov. 5 William Jewell L, 0-3Nov. 8 Saint Mary (Neb.) W, 3-1

*Due to incomplete records, match-by-match records are available from 1996 forward. If you can provide information that will better help us in completing our records, please contact Steve Wilson, SID, at (816) 584-6490, or [email protected].

Junior setter Crystal Cole is Park’s only two-year letter winner returning to the 2009 roster, playing for the Pirates in both the 2007 and 2008 seasons.


FOUNDED Park University was founded in 1875 as an independent, liberal arts, four-year coeduca-tional, residential Christian institution. PRESENT Park has developed into a comprehensive, independent, institution, accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The University is a national leader in higher education and is a growing entre-preneurial institution with 43 campus centers in 21 states, including our extensive Online program. Park continues to increase access to higher education by offering the quality undergraduate and graduate degrees students desire at locations, times and delivery formats that best serve their needs.

LOCATION The flagship campus of Park University is located on a historic site in Parkville, Mo., situated on a bluff above the scenic Missouri River. The Parkville Campus is 10 minutes from downtown Kansas City, 15 minutes from Kansas City International Airport, and is part of the KCI Business Corridor. The School for Extended Learning has es-tablished campus centers on military instal-lations across the United States and Online. The School for Extended Learning has served the non-traditional, working adult student since 1972 by offering undergraduate pro-grams in an accelerated format. Our Graduate School is located at our

Downtown Kansas City, Mo., Campus Cen-ter. Park also serves the Kansas City metro-politan area with campuses in Independence and Lexington, Mo. In addition to our mili-tary campus centers, Park also has a campus in Austin, Texas. STUDENTS Park has developed considerable diver-sity among its student population, including more than 700 international students from 105 countries. Nearly 42 percent of Park’s students are represented by racial, ethnic and cultural groups typically underrepresented in colleges and universities. The University has repeatedly been recognized as one of the top

100 American colleges/universities in the na-tion graduating African American, Hispanic and American-Indian students. In addition, approximately 60 percent of Park University students are active duty military, active duty dependents, retired military or members of the Department of Defense. PARKVILLE CAMPUS• Founded: 1875

• Location: Parkville, Mo., A historic town on the Missouri River, 10 minutes from down-town Kansas City, Mo., and 15 minutes from Kansas City International Airport.

• Tuition: Our fiscal initiatives provide varying

Park University’s MacKay Hall is the focal point of the Parkville campus. It has also been the subject of countless drawings and paintings, many of which are exhibited in University offices and galleries. The main tower has appeared on the official school seal and flag for many years, making MacKay the best-known Park symbol in the school’s history. Its image has appeared, among other places, on China plates, paperweights, license plate frames, the alumni association logo and university stationery.


revenue streams which allow Park to maintain our tuition at approximately the same level as students attending state universities in Mis-souri (our tuition benchmark).

• First-time Freshmen: ACT is 22 with an av-erage GPA of 3.385.

• Student/Faculty Ratio: Undergraduate 15:1; Graduate 9:1.

• Diverse Population: Students represent all 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as 105 foreign countries.

• Athletics: Park University is a member of the NAIA: Men’s and Women’s Basketball, Track and Field, Cross-Country, Soccer, Men’s & Women’s Volleyball, Women’s Softball, and Men’s Baseball.

• Financial Aid: More than 85 percent of undergraduate students who qualify receive some form of financial aid. These include loans, grants, and work-study positions.

• Accreditation: Commission on the Institu-tions of Higher Education of the North Cen-tral Association of Colleges and Schools.

• Special Programs and Facilities: Parkville Commercial Underground; Mabee Learn-ing Center (academic underground, includ-ing the McAfee Memorial Library); limitless internship opportunities; Academic Support Center for tutoring, testing, and writing labs; Career Development Center, Breckon Sports Center, state-of-the-art fitness facility; In-ternational Center for Music and the Youth Conservatory of Music; Campanella Art Gal-

lery; David Theatre. ACCREDITATIONPark University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, The State of Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has officially ap-proved the academic standards of Park Uni-versity for teacher education. The Depart-ment of Nursing is accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission and approved by the Missouri State Board of Nursing. The Department of Athletic Train-ing is accredited by the Commission on Ac-creditation of Athletic Training Education.

The Department of Social Work is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. VISION STATEMENTPark University will be a renowned interna-tional leader in providing innovative educa-tional opportunities for learners within the global society. MISSION STATEMENTThe mission of Park University, an entrepre-neurial institution of learning, is to provide access to academic excellence which will pre-pare learners to think critically, communicate effectively and engage in lifelong learning while serving a global community.

The Copley Quad is Park University’s newest campus addition, housing 250 students in four-person suites, which include approximately 840 square feet of furnished living space. Each unit is comprised of two bedrooms, two full bathrooms and a shared living area with an efficiency kitchen. The building boasts 2,500 square feet of common area space, and the new housing will also provide a greater level of access to the rest of the campus and meets all Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements, including an elevator and fully accessible rooms.


Park University calls Parkville, Mo., and the Greater Kansas City Area home, offering students the features

of both small-town life and the flashing lights of the big city. With a population of just more than 4,000, Parkville allows students the small-town lifestyle and tightly knit community often times associated with small college ath-letics and the NAIA. Originally a trading post on the Mis-souri River, Parkville grew as Kansas City boomed in the late 1800s, which included the founding of Park University. Both the University and the city get their names from Col. George S. Park, who played a key role in the early development of the area. Today, Parkville’s historic downtown district coupled with new shopping areas to the north and east of Park University’s Parkville Campus gives Park students two great entertainment opportunities within the area. Parkville sits within the Northland of the Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area, which encompasses 15 counties, nine of which are in Missouri and six across the state line in Kansas.

The Northland is locally referred to as “north of the river”. Contained wholly within Missouri, it encompasses portions of Clay County including the northern half of Kansas City, Mo., and the cities of Parkville, Liberty, North Kansas City and Gladstone. As a whole, the Kansas City Metropolitan Area is situated at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers, often referred to as Kaw

Kansas City’s downtown skyline, one of the metropolitan area’s most recognizable views, as seen from across the Missouri River. The down-town area, which has undergone a drastic face lift in the last two years, is about 10 miles from Park University’s Parkville campus (above). Home to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, the College Basketball Experience, Municipal Auditorium and the Power & Light District, downtown Kansas City is re-establishing itself as one of the area’s best entertainment districts.


Point, straddling the state border between Missouri and Kansas. The Kansas City Metropolitan Statistical Area, anchored by Kan-sas City, Mo., is the 27th largest in the United States, with an esti-mated population just shy of 2 million. A tradition-rich city known for its barbecue and storied sports history, Kansas City is currently home to Major League Baseball’s Kan-sas City Royals, the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL, Major League Soccer’s Kansas City Wizards, and the Kansas Speedway, which is host to several NASCAR events throughout the year including one Nextel Cup Series event in the fall. The Wizards currently play next door to Kansas Speedway at Community America Ballpark, which is also home to KC’s minor league baseball franchise, the Kansas City T-Bones. The Wizards are scheduled to open a new stadium in 2011 where Bannister Mall once stood on the city’s east side. Kansas City is also home to the Kansas City Explorers of World Team Tennis, and the city will add two more minor league franchises during Park Univer-sity’s 2009-10 school year when the Missouri Mavericks of the CHL begin play in Inde-pendence, along with an American Basket-ball Association franchise that will work to begin play in the ABA’s 2009 season. Kansas City is also home to the Sprint Center and Kansas City Power & Light Dis-trict, which opened in 2007 and has quickly turned into one of the region’s top entertain-ment districts. The Sprint Center also houses the Col-lege Basketball Experience, which includes the College Basketball Hall of Fame. Blocks from the Power & Light District and the Sprint Center sits Municipal Audi-torium, home to the Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament.

Additionally, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics moved its offices downtown in the summer of 2007 after more than five years in nearby Olathe, Kan., blocks from both the Sprint Center and Municipal Auditorium. In the 2006-07 season, Park advanced to the tournament’s sweet 16, marking the deepest run in more than a decade by a Kansas City-area team. Kansas City is also known for its historic shopping districts, in-cluding Westport and the Country Club Plaza, which is one of the world’s largest outdoor shopping areas designed for motor-vehicles. Commonly referred to as “The Plaza”, the Country Club Plaza is home to one of the nation’s largest holiday light displays between the Thanksgiving Holiday and mid-January. In the Northland, Zona Rosa has become a popular shopping district, while Town Center and The Legends at Village West in Kansas keep shoppers occupied in the Sunflower State.

At nearly 80,000 seats and the third-largest facility in the National Football League, Arrowhead Stadium is known as one of the NFL’s loudest when the Chiefs play on Sundays in the fall. Arrowhead is part of the two-stadium Truman Sports Complex, which also houses the newly renovated Kauffman Stadium, home of Major League Baseball’s Kansas City Royals. At nearly 40,000 seats, “the K” opened in 1973 and was home to the Royals in 1985 when the club brought home its first-ever World Series title in seven games over the St. Louis Cardinals.


Michael Droge, Ph.D., was ap-pointed interim president by the Park University Board of

Trustees in 2009. He arrived at Park in September 2002 to serve as the Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs. His role in that position gave him charge of all academic areas of the Uni-versity, including acting as the liaison between the academic and non-academ-ic components. A nationally respected participant in higher education, Droge has a dis-tinguished academic career of teaching, research and serving as principle investi-gator on federally funded programs such as the Multiethnic Biomedical Research Support Program from the National In-stitutes for Health, the Bridges to the Future Program from the NIH and the McNair Scholars Program from the De-partment of Education. He has also served as a member of the Neuroscience and Physiology Panel for the Howard Hughes Medical Insti-tute in Washington, D.C., and an ad hoc reviewer for the National Institute

of General Medical Sciences, the Na-tional Science Foundation, and a jour-nal reviewer for Brain Research and J. Neuroscience. His academic awards include the Beall Memorial Award for Outstanding Dissertation from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, the Mary Mason Lyon Award for Excellence in Scholarship, Teaching and Service, and the President’s Award for Distinguished Service from Texas Woman’s University. Droge received his Bachelor of Arts degree in biology and German from the University of Kansas and he began grad-uate studies in Germany at the Universi-ty of Bonn as a Fulbright Scholar. Upon receiving his Master of Science degree from Texas Tech University, Droge went on to earn a Ph.D. in physiology and biophysics from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. He came to Park University with 19 years of experience in higher education as a faculty member and administrator, most recently as a professor of biology and dean of graduate studies and re-search.

2009-10 Park University Executive Staff (L to R) - Clarinda H. Creighton, Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Services; Paul H. Gault, Special Assistant for Administration, and Assistant Secretary/Assistant Treasurer to the Board of Trustees; Roger Hershey, Vice President and General Counsel, and Assistant Sec-retary to the Board of Trustees; Laurie D. McCormack, Vice President for University Advancement; Thomas W. Peterman, Ph.D., Vice President for Distance Learning; Dorla Watkins, Vice President for Finance and Administration; Rita Weighill, Vice President for Communication; Thimios Zaharopoulos, Ph.D., Interim Provost.

MICHAEL DROGE, Ph.D.Interim President (1st Year) • 8th Year at Park University


Claude English enters his 14th year as Park University’s Director of Athlet-ics, serving as Park’s A.D. since Janu-

ary of 1996. English coached men’s basketball for 13 standout seasons before retiring from coach-ing at the conclusion of the 2004-05 season, beginning his affiliation with Park athletics in the 1992-93 men’s basketball campaign. During English’s guidance as athletic di-rector, Park University athletics has under-gone drastic improvements. Women’s golf and men’s baseball have been added as intercol-legiate sports since his appointment to A.D. In addition, English has overseen numerous facility improvements, such as Park soccer’s 1,500-seat Julian Field and the construction of the Breckon Sports Center. Under English’s watch as A.D., 119 stu-dents have earned All-America Scholar-Athlete honors, while 72 individuals were named athletic All-Americans. Since 2002, Park athletic teams have won 20 conference titles, 11 region champion-ships and advanced to 22 national tour-naments. The winningest coach in Park men’s basketball history with a record of 182-207, English’s coaching tenure was high-lighted by the Pirates’ run to the NAIA Final Four in 1997-98, which ended with a school-record mark of 27-8. English was honored at the national tournament with the Charles A. Krigel Award for out-standing sportsmanship, while his team was awarded the Dr. James Naismith-Emil S. Liston Sportsmanship Award for the team recognized as most sportsman-like at the tourney.

After playing basketball for Christian College in Dallas, Texas, and the University of Rhode Island, English was selected in the NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers where he played the 1970-71 season. English also played in the Eastern Basketball Association for the Hartford Capitals, the affiliate team for the Philadelphia 76ers. In 1973-74, Eng-lish won the Eastern Basketball Association Championship with the Capitals. He was a three-year captain at Hartford. He joined the coaching staff at the Uni-versity of Rhode Island in 1972 where he re-mained for 12 years, including four seasons as the head coach from 1981-84. English was named Coach of the Year in the Atlantic 10 Conference in 1981. Overall, he owns a 227-277 career record in 17 seasons as a head coach.

CLAUDE W. ENGLISHDirector of Athletics (14th Year) • 18th Year at Park University


Steve Wilson enters his third year as the Director of Sports Information at Park University, overseeing pub-licity and operational efforts for all 15 sports. Wilson is the primary media liaison for both women’s soccer and women’s volleyball in the fall, men’s basketball in the winter, and baseball and women’s golf in the spring. He is also responsible for overseeing all publica-

tions and online efforts within the department, including www.parkathletics.com, the official Web site of Pirate athletics. Additionally, Wilson supervises game-day staff at all home events as well as other administrative duties within the Department of Athletics. He also serves as the play-by-play voice of the Pirates at select events. An active CoSIDA and NAIA-SIDA member, Wilson is involved in several national committees, including serving as chair of the NAIA Statistical Com-mittee in 2009-10. He is also involved in publications committees, serving as a contest coordinator of the NAIA-SIDA Women’s Basketball Brochure Contest as well as a judge in various CoSIDA competitions. A 2004 graduate of Kansas State University, Wilson began his career in sports information as a Graduate Assistant at Kansas Wesleyan University dur-ing the 2004-05 school year, assisting with the Coyote football, men’s basket-ball, baseball and women’s basketball programs. In 2005, he joined the athletic media relations staff at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, where he was the primary contact for women’s volleyball, women’s basketball and baseball, while also assisting with publicity efforts in the Bobcat football program. While at Texas State, Wilson also provided basketball and baseball play-by-play on KTSW-FM. Away from San Marcos, Wilson assisted on the game-day staffs of the 2005 United States Basketball League Championship, the 2006 NCAA Women’s Basketball Regional in San Antonio and the 2006 NCAA Baseball Regional in Austin, Texas. During the 2005 football season, he also assisted the game-day efforts of the New Orleans Saints, who were relocated to San Antonio by Hurricane Katrina. Prior to his work in sports information, Wilson was a play-by-play voice and account manager for KSAL-AM in Salina, Kan., as well as a contributing writer and assistant editor for Rivals.com College Baseball. He received top honors in the student-intern play-by-play category by the Kansas Association of Broad-casters in 2003. Wilson and his wife, Sarah, reside in Roeland Park, Kan.

STEVE WILSONSports Information Director, 3rd Year

Tyler Price enters his second year as the Assistant Sports Information Director at Park. Price is the pri-mary contact for both men’s soccer and cross country in the fall, women’s basketball, men’s volleyball and in-door track and field in the winter, as well as softball and outdoor track and field in the spring. A 2008 graduate of Kansas State University, Price

spent three years in the Sports Information Department from 2005-08 as a Student Assistant. Along with assisting in the promotion of all 12 varsity sports at K-State, Price’s main responsibility was serving as the primary contact for the women’s equestrian program. After graduation, Price joined the Sports Information staff at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). After a few months promoting the NAIA, Price made the trek a few miles north to Parkville. The Lenexa, Kan. native also worked in sports broadcasting early in his ca-reer, spending two summers working at KSHB-TV in Kansas City as an Associ-ate Sports Producer for the 38 Sports Spot television program and all evening newscasts. Price is an avid Kansas City sports fan and enjoys watching all Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City Royals and Kansas State football games. Price and his wife, Jenny, also a graduate of Kansas State, reside in Overland Park, Kan. with their daughter Maria.

TYLER PRICEAssistant Sports Information Director, 2nd Year

Michael Frey begins his seventh year as head ath-letic trainer at Park University, coming to the Pirates after a one-year stint as the head athletic trainer at Cen-tennial High School in Peoria, Ariz. Frey owns a bachelor’s degree from Kansas State University in 1994, and he completed his master’s de-gree in 2002 from the University of Kansas.

A native of Silver Lake, Kan., and member of Silver Lake’s 1989 Class 3A state champion football team, Frey began his career in sports medicine as the Industrial Program Director at the Rehability Center in Kansas City, Kan., staying in that role from 1994 to 1998. In 1998, Frey landed his first position in a collegiate athletics setting, serving as athletic trainer at Avila University from 1998-2000. Frey returned to his alma mater in 2000, where he served as the Intramural Sports Medicine Director at Kansas State University until 2002, prior to going to Centennial High. Frey resides in Lee’s Summit, Mo., with his wife, Kelly, and two daughters Lorien and Natalie. He also has one son, Talin.

MICHAEL FREYHead Athletic Trainer, 7th Year

Christy Grimes is in her fourth year as an assistant athletic trainer at Park, serving the University in a dual role as an athletic training instructor, a position she has held since the fall of 2005. Grimes is a graduate of Kan-sas Wesleyan, where she was a soccer letterwinner for the Coyotes in addition to her athletic training student duties.

She began her career at Prism Rehab Services in St. Louis before moving on to Saint Louis University in the summer of 1998, and in August of the same year, she began at UMKC as an athletic training graduate assistant. From there, Grimes worked as a certified athletic trainer at Shawnee Mission Medical Center until coming to Park University. While at Park, Grimes has also volunteered as a certified athletic trainer for Kansas City Jazz Rugby. She received her master’s degree from the Univer-sity of Kansas last May.

CHRISTY GRIMESAssistant Athletic Trainer, 4th Year

Darrell Cooper is entering his third season as as-sistant athletic trainer at Park University, coming to the Pirates after a one-year stint at Henderson State Univer-sity in Hot Springs, Ark. Cooper holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Akron, and he began his career as a graduate assistant at his alma mater, working with

the Zips’ football and track programs from 1998 to 2000. He has also worked for the Adirondack Icehawks of the United Hockey league, Iowa Central Community College and the University of Missouri-Rolla (now Missouri S&T), prior to coming to Park University. Cooper is also an instructor for the American Red Cross’s Professional Rescuer Training and he is an accredited clinical instructor.

DARRELL COOPERAssistant Athletic Trainer, 4th Year

Pat Fayard is in her 25th year at Park University, entering her seventh as the office manager for the de-partment of athletics. Fayard is responsible for coordi-nating team travel and overall budgetary items for the department, as well as serving as an administrative as-sistant for director of athletics, Claude English. She also coordinates many of Park’s gameday op-

erations, including concession-stand management and student work-study em-ployees. Fayard and her husband, Dennis, reside in Parkville, Mo.

PAT FAYARDOffice Manager, 7th Year (25th at Park)


Darrell CooperAsst. Athletic Trainer

Pat FayardOffice Manager

Michael FreyHead Athletic Trainer

Christy GrimesAsst. Athletic Trainer

Ken HefnerWomen’s Soccer Coach

Claude EnglishDirector of Athletics

Jason KlineMen’s Basketball Coach

Cary LundyBaseball Coach

Joe C. MeriweatherWomen’s Basketball Coach

Rick MischkaVolleyball Coach

Tyler PriceAssistant SID

Amy ReifSoftball Coach

Brian RenshawTrack & Field Coach

Efrem ShimlisMen’s Soccer Coach

Krystal WebbSpirit Squad Coach

Don Williams, Ph.D.Faculty Athletics Rep.

Steve WilsonSports Information Dir.

General Contact InformationMain University Phone Line................................................................ (816) 741-2000Main Athletics Phone Line .................................................................. (816) 584-6425Athletics Fax Line ................................................................................ (816) 505-5448Athletic Training Room ....................................................................... (816) 584-6353Julian Field Pressbox ............................................................................ (816) 746-6803Breckon Sports Center Courtesy Radio Line ....................................... (816) 505-5112Breckon Sports Center Courtesy Radio Line ....................................... (816) 505-5111University Web site ................................................................................www.park.eduAthletics Web site ..................................................................... www.parkathletics.com

Administration - Phone numbers begin with (816) 584- Dr. Michael Droge, Interim President [email protected] ........................6202Clarinda Creighton, Vice President [email protected] ..........6833Claude English, Athletics Director ................cenglish@park.edu..........................6492Pat Fayard, Office Manager [email protected] ..........................6425Dr. Don Williams, Faculty Rep. [email protected] ..................6516Eileen West, Registrar [email protected] ..........................6270Greg Degener, Fields Supervisor [email protected]

Sports Medicine/Athletic TrainingMichael Frey, Head Athletic Trainer [email protected] ...................6353Darrell Cooper, Assistant Trainer [email protected] .................6353Christy Grimes, Assistant Trainer [email protected] .................6353

Sports Information/Media RelationsSteve Wilson, Sports Information Dir. [email protected] ...........................6490Tyler Price, Assistant SID [email protected] .......................6751

Head CoachesKen Hefner, Women’s Soccer .........................ken.hefner@park.edu......................6408Jason Kline, Men’s Basketball [email protected] .....................6438Cary Lundy, Baseball [email protected] ......................6746Joe C. Meriweather, Women’s Basketball [email protected] ..........6491Rick Mischka, Volleyball [email protected] ..................6493Amy Reif, Softball [email protected] ..........................6443Brian Renshaw, Cross Country/Track [email protected] ................6488Efrem Shimlis, Men’s Soccer ..........................eshimlis@park.edu..........................6487Krystal Webb, Spirit Squad ...........................krystal.webb@park.edu...................6425

2009-10 PARK UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS STAFF DIRECTORY

PARK UNIVERSITY PIRATE CLUBSupport Park University Athletics by joining the Park University Pirate Club today. The Club promotes the rich tradition of Park Athletics and serves to increase necessary revenue to help support the athletics budget in areas of recruitment, enhancement and scholarship. For information, contact Roland Shelton at 816.584.6844 or e-mail [email protected].


Named after longtime Park University President Donald Breckon, the Breckon Sports Center was built in 2000 and houses the Park University athletic department offices. The 1,200-seat capacity arena in the west dome plays host to men’s and women’s basketball and men’s and women’s volleyball games. The east dome serves as practice facility for not only the volleyball teams, but also is a year-round indoor home to the soccer, baseball and softball programs.

Park University’s training facilities for student-athletes includes a regulation track, which is located adjacent to Julian Field, a full weight room and cardio training facility located in the Pirate Fitness Center, as well as a sports medicine facility in the Pirate Fitness Center with three full-time, fully acredited athletic trainers.

Park University’s outdoor athletics facilities include one of the NAIA’s premiere soccer facilities, Julian Field, as well as Comfort Field, which is home to Park’s baseball program, and the Park Soft-ball Complex. Park’s soccer teams also train on a top-notch practice surface at Hemingway Field, located adjacent to the baseball facilities.


The home of Park University’s volleyball and basketball pro-grams is the 1,200-seat Breck-

on Sports Center, located on the north side of the University’s Parkville Cam-pus. Named for former Park University president Dr. Donald J. Breckon and comprised of two concrete, monolithic domes, Breckon Sports Center is home to Park University’s men’s and women’s volleyball contests, as well as men’s and women’s basketball contests, in its West Dome, while the East Dome serves as a practice facility for both volleyball programs as well as baseball, softball and soccer if weather forces the Pirates inside. TheEastDome’sfloorsurfaceisasport-court material marked for volleyball, while the West Dome is marked for both volleyball and basketball and includes seating for more than 1,000 spectators. In 2008-09, the Pirate vol-leyball and basketball programs combined for 25 wins on Park’s home court, which hosted the NAIA Men’s Volleyball National Invita-tional Tournament for the second-straight year. In addition to serving as home to four Park athletic programs, Breckon Sports Cen-teralsohousestheadministrativeofficesforPark University athletics, including officespace for the Director of Athletics, both volleyball and basketball programs and the sportsinformationoffice. MEDIA & PHOTO CREDENTIALS Credentials for Park home contests are is-sued for working media only and must be re-quested through the sports information office,

preferably in advance. Credentials are issued on a game-by-game basis and a formal request must be issued to the Park University Sports Information Office. Only photographers on assignment from an accredited media agency will be issued credentials. Photographers are required to abide by the guidelines set forth by the NCAA and NAIA on shooting limi-tations from the court perimeter. Those not complying with the guidelines may be re-moved.

MEDIA SERVICES Pregame packets including notes, statistics, media guides and gameday programs will be available prior to each home match. Game-by-game and final statistics, plus a running play-by-play and post game notes will be provided on press row. Final statistics will be faxed and e-mailed via Park’s broadcast sys-tem following the conclusion of the game. In-game questions or concerns can be addressed by a member of the Park sports information

staff, who are located on press row at Breckon Sports Center on game day.

INTERVIEWS Following home games, Park head coach Rick Mischka will conduct postgame inter-views at press row, and players will also be available after a cooling off period following the conclusion of the match. Park’s locker room will remain closed at all times.

TELEPHONES A phone line is available for broadcast use at Breckon Sports Center. To reserve your line, please contact sports information direc-tor, Steve Wilson, at (816) 584-6490.

‘PU’ & ‘PARK COLLEGE’ In editorial references to Park University Athletics, media outlets are asked to refrain from the use of the ‘PU’ acronym. Print and broadcast outlets are asked to use ‘Park Uni-versity”, “Park” and “Pirates.”


PRINT MEDIAAssociated Press215 W. Pershing Rd., Ste. 221Kansas City, Mo. 64108T: 816.421.4844F: 816.421.3590

Kansas City StarBlair Kerkhoff1729 Grand BlvdKansas City, Mo. 64108T: 816.234.4355F: 816.234.4360www.kansascity.com

Independence ExaminerBill Althaus410 South LibertyIndependence, Mo. 64050T: 816.350.6313www.examiner.net

Kansas City Kansan7815 Parallel ParkwayKansas City, Kan. 66112T: 913.371.4300F: 913.342.8620www.kansascitykansan.com

Lee’s Summit JournalSteve Bubalo415 South DouglasLee’s Summit, Mo. 64063T: 816.282.7015F: 816.524.5136www.lsjournal.com

Olathe Daily NewsTod Palmer514 South Kansas Ave.Olathe, Kan. 66061T: 913.764.2211F: 913.764.2251www.theolathenews.com

Sun GazetteBill Knust963 West LibertyLiberty, MO 64068T: (816) 781-1044F: (816) [email protected]

BROADCASTKSHB NBC 41Justin Unell4720 Oak StreetKansas City, Mo.T: 816.932.0716F: 816.932.4145www.nbcactionnews.com

Metro SportsShawn Beldin6550 Winchester Ave.Kansas City, Mo. 64133T: 816.358.5367F: 816.358.5479www.kcmetrosports.com

KMBC ABC 9John Crumley6455 Winchester Ave.Kansas City, Mo. 64133T: 816.221.9999F: 816.421.4163www.kmbc.com

WDAF FOX 4Al Wallace3030 SummitKansas City, Mo. 64108T: (816) 753-4567F: (816) 561-4181www.wdaftv4.com

Sports Radio 810 WHBTodd LeaboUnion Broadcasting, Inc.6721 W. 121st StreetOverland Park, Kan. 66209T: 913.344.1500F: 913-469-8488www.810whb.com

610 Sports RadioRyan Maguire7000 SquibbMission, Kan. 66222T: 913.744.3600www.61sports.net

GETTING TO PARK FROM KCI AIRPORTTake I-29 South to the MO-45/NW 64th Street/Tom Watson Parkway Exit. Turn right and travel two miles to MO-9. Turn left and follow to the intersection of 6th and East. Make a left to enter Park University’s campus.

GETTING TO PARK FROM DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITYTake US-169 North to MO-9 and exit toward Riverside/Parkville. Continue on MO-9 past Park’s front entrance to the intersection of 6th and East. Turn right to enter Park University’s campus.

GETTING TO PARK FROM JOHNSON COUNTY, KAN.Take I-635 North to MO-9 and exit toward Riverside/Parkville. Continue on MO-9 past Park’s front entrance to the intersection of 6th and East. Turn right to enter Park University’s campus.

Derrick Akers Monica Akers Leona Baskerville Betty Bennett Allison Block Stephanie Bloodgood Emily Calder Rafaella Chaves Faith Cherry Crystal Cole Clarinda Creighton Jerod Dahlgren Johnny Davis Betty DusingCharlotte English Claude English Connie Espinoza-Springfield Bob FrankenfeldKaren FrankenfeldCarolina Faria Dennis Fayard Johnnie Fields Jennifer Ganaway Gabriela Garcia Sylvia Gault John Greenlee, Sr. Mark Griggs

Lenin Guerra Elvin Hatamzade Harold HendersonDanita Hodges James Hodges Melissa Hurley JoAnn Immele Jason Ingraham Jennifer Ingraham Diane Jayne Alison Joens Rosalee Justus Dan Kline Jolina Kline Nancy Kline Benny Lee Robert Lee, IILiberty Banking CenterSidny Lurten Jessica Martin Daniella Martins Douglas Martinson Jessica McCloud Julie McCollum Laurie McCormack Virginia McCoy Joe Meriweather

Thomas Mooney Emmanuel Ngega Stacy Olczyk Michael Oyster LeeAnn Parsons Patriots Bank Thomas Peterman Reggie Pittman Ashley Reinert Ryan Rink Michelle Rodriguez Paul Rust Ray Seidelman Roland Shelton Kenneth Smith Susan Smith William Stewart Shareikka Theus-Downey Anto Vincetic Mariana Vogado Mishca Waliczek Margaret Waters Dorla Watkins Donald Williams Stephen Wilson Richard Wolf, Jr. Audrey Zambrana

2009-10 PIRATE CLUB MEMBERS

2 Justine Cleghorn 8 Rafaella

Chaves3 AshleyReinert

20 CrystalCole

24 KristinBeck22 Tracey

Martin21 JasmineKassanavoid

9 GabrielaGarcia 18 Brooke

Didde

7 Mariana Vogado

11 BethanyBuehler

DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME

SEPT. 2 UNIVERSITY OF SAINT MARY LEAVENWORTH, KAN. 7 P.M.

SEPT. 4 BETHANY COLLEGE POINT LOOKOUT, MO. 1 P.M.

SEPT. 4 LYON COLLEGE POINT LOOKOUT, MO. 3 P.M.

SEPT. 5 OKLAHOMA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY POINT LOOKOUT, MO. 9 A.M.

SEPT. 5 JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY POINT LOOKOUT, MO. 1 P.M.

SEPT. 8 GRACELAND UNIVERSITY LAMONI, IOWA 7 P.M.

SEPT. 11 BAKER UNIVERSITY BALDWIN CITY, KAN. 1 P.M.

SEPT. 11 BENEDICTINE COLLEGE BALDWIN CITY, KAN. 7 P.M.

SEPT. 12 AVILA UNIVERSITY BALDWIN CITY, KAN. 9 A.M.

SEPT. 12 WILLIAM JEWELL COLLEGE BALDWIN CITY, KAN. 1 P.M.

SEPT. 15 MIDAMERICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY OLATHE, KAN. 7 P.M.

SEPT. 17 * McKENDREE UNIVERSITY BRECKON SPORTS CENTER 7 P.M.

SEPT. 19 * HANNIBAL-LaGRANGE COLLEGE BRECKON SPORTS CENTER 1 P.M.

SEPT. 22 * STEPHENS COLLEGE COLUMBIA, MO. 7 P.M.

SEPT. 25 * MISSOURI BAPTIST UNIVERSITY BRECKON SPORTS CENTER 7 P.M.

SEPT. 26 * HARRIS-STOWE STATE UNIVERSITY BRECKON SPORTS CENTER 12 P.M.

SEPT. 30 AVILA UNIVERSITY BRECKON SPORTS CENTER 7 P.M.

OCT. 2 * COLUMBIA COLLEGE COLUMBIA, MO. 7 P.M.

OCT. 3 * WILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY FULTON, MO. 1 P.M.

OCT. 6 * HANNIBAL-LaGRANGE COLLEGE HANNIBAL, MO. 7 P.M.

OCT. 9 * WILLIAMS BAPTIST COLLEGE WALNUT RIDGE, ARK. 7 P.M.

OCT. 10 * WILLIAMS BAPTIST COLLEGE WALNUT RIDGE, ARK. 1 P.M.

OCT. 13 * McKENDREE UNIVERSITY LEBANON, ILL. 7 P.M.

OCT. 20 * STEPHENS COLLEGE BRECKON SPORTS CENTER 7 P.M.

OCT. 21 * WILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY BRECKON SPORTS CENTER 7 P.M.

OCT. 24 WILLIAM JEWELL COLLEGE LIBERTY, MO. 11 A.M.

OCT. 24 CULVER-STOCKTON COLLEGE LIBERTY, MO. 1 P.M.

OCT. 30 * MISSOURI BAPTIST UNIVERSITY ST. LOUIS, MO. 7 P.M.

OCT. 31 * HARRIS-STOWE STATE UNIVERSITY ST. LOUIS, MO. 11 A.M.

NOV. 3 * COLUMBIA COLLEGE BRECKON SPORTS CENTER 7 P.M.

NOV. 10, 12, 14 AMC TOURNAMENT CAMPUS SITES TBA

NOV. 21 NAIA NATIONAL OPENING ROUND CAMPUS SITES TBA

DEC. 2-6 NAIA NATIONAL TOURNAMENT SIOUX CITY, IOWA TBA

* DESIGNATES AMERICAN MIDWEST CONFERENCE MATCHES. HOME MATCHES IN GOLD.

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