2006 Season in Review

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After a one-year absence, the collegiate women’s volleyball program thathas become a fixture of the NCAA Final Four was back in the spotlight. In2006, the Stanford Cardinal made a 16th Final Four appearance andadvanced to its 12th national title match, figures unparalleled by any pro-gram in the country. The Cardinal finished the season with a No. 2 nation-al ranking, a 30-4 record and an unprecedented 10th Pac-10 title, all col-lected while playing 15 matches against ranked opponents and 22 matchesagainst eventual NCAA Tournament participants.

Stanford was nearly perfect in the preseason, going 9-1 with a small hic-cup against BYU in the Cougars’ home tournament. With the exception ofthat match, the Cardinal entered the Pac-10 season having not lost a singlegame and was ready for the challenging conference season. Despite battlinga conference schedule that included five top-10 teams, the Cardinal cameout on top with a 16-2 Pac-10 record.

Stanford received an automatic bid to its 26th-straight NCAATournament, and eased past Sacramento State in the First Round in MaplesPavilion. In the Second Round, the squad won a thrilling five-game battlewith Missouri to advance to the Regional in Austin, Texas. In Austin,Stanford swept Bay Area rival Cal, before knocking off the Texas Longhorns

on their home court. The Cardinal routed defending National ChampionWashington in the NCAA semifinal, but fell 27-30, 30-26, 30-28, 30-27 toNebraska in the championship match.

Stanford had much to be proud of in 2006, however. Of the team’s 30wins, 25 were by 3-0 margins. The Cardinal produced four All-Americans,matching the highest single-season total in program history, with BrynKehoe, Cynthia Barboza, Foluke Akinradewo and Kristin Richards allreceiving the honor. Five players earned All-Conference recognition, andnine of the ten eligible team members earned Pac-10 All-Academic honors.

It was a record year for Richards, as the senior outside hitter finished hercareer ranked in the top-10 in program history in nine career categories.The Orem, Utah native shattered the program dig record, notching 1,597in her time on the Farm. She also graduated as one of the top five playersin kills, service aces and total attacks and found herself in 10 places on theStanford single-season charts. Akinradewo set a single-season hitting per-centage record with a .431 clip and Kehoe continued her climb to fourth onthe career assists chart. Barboza led the Cardinal in kills (463), service aces(48) and points (562.5).

At the end of the run, Stanford said goodbye to four outstanding seniors:Richards, Nji Nnamani, Lizzie Suiter and Michelle Mellard. The foursomefinished their careers having helped Stanford to two Final Four appear-ances, a 111-23 record and the 2004 National Championship.

Back to the Top:Cardinal Makes 16th NCAA

Final Four Appearance in 2006

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2006 Stat ist ics

2006 Overall StatisticsOVERALL: 30-4 CONFERENCE: 16-2 HOME: 14-1 AWAY: 9-2 NEUTRAL: 7-1

[---------------Attack---------------] [-----Set-----] [----------Serve----------] [-----Dig-----] [------------------Blocking------------------] [--Points--]Player G MP/MS K K/Gm E TA Pct A A/Gm SA SE SA/Gm RE DIG Dig/G BS BA Total B/Gm BE BHE Pts P/Gm

Barboza, Cynthia 110 34-33 463 4.21 141 1221 .264 31 0.28 48 0.44 57 29 329 2.99 27 49 76 0.69 5 0 562.5 5.11Akinradewo, Foluke 98 31-30 382 3.90 63 740 .431 6 0.06 19 0.19 37 0 69 0.70 21 120 141 1.44 6 0 482.0 4.92Richards, Kristin 105 32-31 397 3.78 177 972 .226 33 0.31 34 0.32 44 32 350 3.33 17 39 56 0.53 11 1 467.5 4.45Girard, Franci 103 34-31 210 2.04 57 464 .330 6 0.06 11 0.11 25 3 42 0.41 13 79 92 0.89 13 0 273.5 2.66Waller, Erin 88 31-6 173 1.97 61 421 .266 30 0.34 8 0.09 11 4 79 0.90 9 41 50 0.57 9 7 210.5 2.39Okogbaa, Janet 32 18-0 32 1.00 21 95 .116 8 0.25 0 0.00 0 0 6 0.19 0 18 18 0.56 3 0 41.0 1.28Mellard, Michelle 28 17-3 28 1.00 8 72 .278 1 0.04 5 0.18 1 0 16 0.57 2 25 27 0.96 5 1 47.5 1.70Kehoe, Bryn 110 34-34 105 0.95 23 224 .366 1473 13.39 28 0.25 26 2 316 2.87 8 78 86 0.78 19 31 180.0 1.64Suiter, Lizzie 29 15-3 25 0.86 6 68 .279 1 0.03 1 0.03 1 0 2 0.07 4 23 27 0.93 5 0 41.5 1.43Nnamani, Nji 108 33-31 66 0.61 34 213 .150 74 0.69 27 0.25 31 2 208 1.93 1 31 32 0.30 1 3 109.5 1.01Fishburn, Jessica 111 34-0 3 0.03 0 3 1.000 31 0.28 7 0.06 14 52 430 3.87 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 10.0 0.09Evans, Joanna 45 19-1 1 0.02 0 3 .333 39 0.87 3 0.07 17 0 25 0.56 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 4.0 0.09Hernandez, Heather 6 5-0 0 0.00 0 1 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 3 0.50 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00TEAM 9STANFORD 111 34-34 1885 16.98 591 4497 .288 1733 15.61 191 1.72 264 133 1875 16.89 102 503 353.5 3.18 77 45 2429.5 21.89OPPONENTS 111 34-34 1514 13.64 803 4524 .157 1425 12.84 133 1.20 253 191 1701 15.32 40 445 262.5 2.36 65 66 1909.5 17.20

KEY:G – Games PlayedK – Kills

E – Errors TA – Total Attempts A – Assists

SA – Service Aces SE – Service Errors RE – Receiving Errors

DIG – DigsBA – Block Assists BS – Block Solos

BE – Block Errors BHE – Ball Handling Errors

2006 Pac-10 StatisticsOVERALL: 16-2 HOME: 8-1 AWAY: 8-1 NEUTRAL: 0-0

[---------------Attack---------------] [-----Set-----] [----------Serve----------] [-----Dig-----] [------------------Blocking------------------] [--Points--]Player G MP/MS K K/Gm E TA Pct A A/Gm SA SE SA/Gm RE DIG Dig/G BS BA Total B/Gm BE BHE Pts P/Gm

Barboza, Cynthia 57 18-18 254 4.46 93 679 .237 18 0.32 23 0.40 36 18 172 3.02 12 27 39 0.68 3 0 302.5 5.31Richards, Kristin 55 17-16 210 3.82 85 524 .239 20 0.36 21 0.38 27 23 181 3.29 9 20 29 0.53 7 0 250.0 4.55Akinradewo, Foluke 49 16-15 175 3.57 29 343 .426 3 0.06 12 0.24 12 0 41 0.84 11 59 70 1.43 4 0 227.5 4.64Girard, Franci 54 18-16 127 2.35 24 267 .386 6 0.11 9 0.17 20 3 29 0.54 6 35 41 0.76 4 0 159.5 2.95Waller, Erin 51 18-4 91 1.78 33 227 .256 17 0.33 3 0.06 7 3 45 0.88 4 24 28 0.55 6 6 110.0 2.16Okogbaa, Janet 16 9-0 21 1.31 12 55 .164 1 0.06 0 0.00 0 0 2 0.12 0 3 3 0.19 3 0 22.5 1.41Kehoe, Bryn 57 18-18 65 1.14 7 123 .472 798 14.00 13 0.23 12 0 142 2.49 4 34 38 0.67 6 16 99.0 1.74Suiter, Lizzie 18 10-2 18 1.00 2 49 .327 0 0.00 1 0.06 1 0 7 0.44 0 6 6 0.38 5 0 23.0 1.44Mellard, Michelle 16 9-2 16 1.00 3 35 .371 0 0.00 4 0.25 0 0 2 0.11 1 15 16 0.89 3 0 27.5 1.53Nnamani, Nji 58 18-16 25 0.43 17 77 .104 24 0.41 14 0.24 13 1 118 2.03 1 9 10 0.17 1 1 44.5 0.77Fishburn, Jessica 58 18-0 3 0.05 0 3 1.000 18 0.31 0 0.00 3 29 216 3.72 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 3.0 0.05Evans, Joanna 33 14-1 0 0.00 0 1 .000 13 0.39 2 0.06 13 0 2 0.67 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00Hernandez, Heather 3 3-0 0 0.00 0 1 .000 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0 12 0.36 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2.0 0.06TEAM 4STANFORD 58 18-18 1005 17.33 305 2384 .294 918 15.83 102 1.76 144 81 969 16.71 48 232 164.0 2.83 42 23 1271.0 21.91Opponents 58 18-18 797 13.74 401 2341 .169 754 13.00 81 1.40 123 102 881 15.19 19 242 140.0 2.41 36 40 1018.0 17.55

StanfordHighs Lows

Attack Percentage .471 vs. Fairfield (9/8) .150 at BYU (9/1)Kills 84 vs. Missouri (12/3) 41 vs. Oregon (10/20)Total Attempts 196 vs. Missouri (12/3) 95 at Washington State (9/21)Assists 78 vs. Missouri (12/3) 33 vs. Oregon (10/20)Digs 96 vs. Missouri (12/3) 34 vs. California (12/8)Blocks 18.5 at Texas (12/9) 3 at Washington (9/22)Service Aces 12 at UCLA (10/13) 0 vs. USC (11/10)

OpponentHighs Lows

Attack Percentage .364, Washington (9/22) -.088, Oregon (10/20)Kills 80, Texas (12/9) 22, Fairfield (9/8)Total Attempts 210, Missouri (12/3) 90, Washington State (9/21)Assists 77, UCLA (10/13) Fairfield, 19 (9/8)Digs 85, UCLA (11/11) 21, Washington State (9/21)Blocks 17.5, UCLA (11/11) 1, Oregon State (10/19)Services Aces 9, Arizona State (9/30) 1, Fairfield (9/8)

9, UCLA (10/13) 1, Hawaii, (9/9)1, Georgetown (9/15)

2006 Team Highs/Lows

2006 Individual Match HighsHitting Percentage .850 (17-0-20), Foluke Akinradewo at Arizona (10/28)Kills 26, Foluke Akinradewo vs. Missouri (12/3)Total Attempts 69, Cynthia Barboza at UCLA (10/13)Assists 67, Bryn Kehoe vs. Missouri (12/3)Digs 26, Kristin Richards at UCLA (10/13)Total Blocks 9, Franci Girard vs. Santa Clara (9/14), Foluke Akinradewo vs. Oregon (10/20)Service Aces 4, Cynthia Barboza at Hawaii (9/9), Foluke Akinradewo vs. Arizona (9/29),

Kristin Richards vs. California (12/8), Cynthia Barboza at Texas (12/9), Bryn Kehoe at Washington (12/14)

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2006 Resu lts/Postseason Honors

Date Opponent W/L Game Scores Attend High Kills High Digs High BlocksAug. 26 UC Santa Barbara W, 3-0 30-20, 30-26, 30-25 1257 RIchards, 14 Fishburn, 14 Akinradewo, 6Sept. 1 at BYU L, 1-3 30-17, 25-30, 25-30, 16-30 4050 Girard/Richards, 14 Kehoe, 15 Akinradewo/Girard, 5Sept. 2 vs VCU W, 3-0 30-28, 30-17, 30-16 263 Barboza, 15 Fishburn, 15 Nnamani, 4Sept. 2 vs Texas A&M-CC W, 3-0 30-12, 30-15, 30-20 263 Richards, 11 Fishburn, 14 Akinradewo, 6Sept. 7 vs Northwestern W, 3-0 30-27, 30-27, 30-17 6311 Barboza, 19 Barboza/Fishburn, 16 Akinradewo, 6Sept. 8 vs Fairfield W, 3-0 30-13, 30-16, 30-14 6430 Akinradewo, 17 Richards, 11 Akinradewo, 4Sept. 9 at Hawaii W, 3-0 30-10, 30-22, 30-24 8213 Barboza, 15 Fishburn, 13 Akinradewo, 6Sept. 14 Santa Clara W, 3-0 30-28, 30-14, 30-23 1353 Richards, 16 Nnamani, 11 Girard, 9Sept. 15 Georgetown W, 3-0 30-20, 30-23, 30-25 1027 Barboza, 18 Kehoe, 13 Mellard, 7Sept. 16 Saint Mary’s W, 3-0 30-27, 30-23, 30-19 1190 Akinradewo, 15 Fishburn, 17 Akinradewo/Barboza/Kehoe, 3Sept. 21 at Washington State W, 3-0 30-17, 30-16, 30-23 721 Richards, 15 Barboza/Fishburn, 8 Akinradewo, 8Sept. 22 at Washington L, 0-3 21-30, 28-30, 25-30 4128 Barboza, 25 Fishburn, 25 Akinradewo, 2Sept. 29 Arizona W, 3-0 35-33, 30-20, 30-15 1637 Barboza, 19 Fishburn, 9 Akinradewo, 4Sept. 30 Arizona State W, 3-0 30-27, 30-21, 30-25 1377 Barboza, 17 Fishburn, 11 Girard, 6Oct. 6 California W, 3-0 30-20, 30-22, 30-21 3213 Barboza/Richards, 13 Kehoe, 12 Akinradewo, 7Oct. 12 at USC W, 3-0 30-20, 30-26, 30-28 5000 Barboza, 18 Barboza, 14 Girard, 5Oct. 13 at UCLA W, 3-2 30-27, 27-30, 25-30, 30-25, 15-10 2320 Barboza/Richards, 21 Richards, 26 Akinradewo, 7Oct. 19 Oregon State W, 3-0 30-19, 30-17, 30-20 1257 Barboza, 20 Barboza, 14 Barboza, 2Oct. 20 Oregon W, 3-0 30-20, 30-18, 30-18 1778 Akinradewo, 10 Fishburn, 12 Akinradewo, 9Oct. 27 at Arizona State W, 3-0 30-24, 30-22, 30-24 842 Akinradewo, 15 Fishburn,13 Akinradewo, 3Oct. 28 at Arizona W, 3-0 30-17, 30-19, 30-19 747 Akinradewo, 17 Richards, 20 Waller, 3Nov. 3 at California W, 3-1 30-26, 30-21, 28-30, 30-28 2689 Barboza, 17 Nnamani/Richards, 13 Akinradewo, 5Nov. 10 USC L, 0-3 18-30, 24-30, 31-33 3997 Akinradewo, 15 Fishburn, 21 Akinradewo/Barboza, 2Nov. 11 UCLA W, 3-1 17-30, 30-25, 30-26, 30-27 3824 Barboza, 15 Barboza, 20 Suiter/Waller, 6Nov. 16 at Oregon W, 3-0 30-26, 36-34, 30-22 1203 Richards, 15 Fishburn, 11 Akinradewo, 8Nov. 17 at Oregon State W, 3-0 30-16, 30-16, 30-24 829 Barboza, 12 Barboza, 11 Girard/Waller, 3Nov. 24 Washington W, 3-0 30-27, 30-15, 31-29 3256 Richards, 13 Barboza, 18 Kehoe, 8Nov. 25 Washington State W, 3-0 30-27, 30-23, 30-18 1623 Richards, 21 Barboza, 13 Richards, 3Dec. 2 Sacramento State W, 3-0 30-18, 30-18, 30-26 2922 Akinradewo/Barboza, 14 Fishburn, 20 Akinradewo/Suiter, 4Dec. 3 Missouri W, 3-2 30-20, 27-30, 30-24, 25-30, 15-9 2038 Akinradewo, 26 Kehoe, 21 Akinradewo/Kehoe, 5Dec. 8 vs California W, 3-0 31-29, 30-25, 31-29 3013 Barboza, 12 Fishburn, 10 Akinradewo, 4Dec. 9 vs Texas W, 3-1 30-28, 34-32, 31-33, 30-24 3191 Barboza, 18 Richards, 23 Barboza, 7Dec. 14 vs Washington W, 3-0 30-12, 30-25, 30-15 17013 Akinradewo, 15 Fishburn, 14 Girard, 6Dec. 16 vs Nebraska L, 1-3 30-27, 26-30, 28-30, 27-30 17209 Waller, 18 Fishburn, 20 Akinradewo, 8

2006 Final Match Results

Foluke AkinradewoWaikiki Beach Marriott Challenge

All-Tournament TeamStanford Invitational All-Tournament

TeamPac-10 All-Academic Honorable

MentionAll-Pac-10 TeamAVCA Pacific Region First TeamAVCA All-America First TeamHonda Award NomineeVolleyball Magazine All-America First

Team

Cynthia BarbozaWaikiki Beach Marriott Challenge

Most Outstanding PlayerWaikiki Beach Marriott Challenge

All-Tournament TeamPac-10 Player of the Week (9/11)Stanford Invite Most Outstanding PlayerStanford Invite All-Tournament TeamPac-10 All-Academic Honorable MentionAll-Pac-10 TeamAVCA Pacific Region First TeamAVCA All-America First TeamVolleyball Magazine All-America First

Team

Jessica FishburnPac-10 All-Academic Second Team

Franci GirardPac-10 All-Academic Honorable

MentionAll-Pac-10 Honorable Mention

Bryn KehoeStanford Invitational Most

Outstanding PlayerStanford Invitational All-Tournament

TeamPac-10 All-Academic Honorable

MentionPac-10 Player of the Week (11/27)All-Pac-10 TeamSports Imports/AVCA National Player

of the Week (11/28)AVCA Pacific Region First TeamAVCA All-America Second TeamVolleyball Magazine All-America

Second Team

Michelle MellardPac-10 All-Academic Honorable

Mention

Nji NnamaniPac-10 All-Academic Honorable

Mention

Kristin RichardsWaikiki Beach Marriott Challenge

All-Tournament TeamPac-10 Player of the Week (10/9)All-Pac-10 TeamAVCA Pacific Region Honorable

MentionAVCA All-America Third TeamVolleyball Magazine All-America

Honorable Mention

Lizzie SuiterPac-10 All-Academic First Team

Erin WallerPac-10 All-Academic Honorable

Mention

2006 Postseason Honors

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Pac-10 Resu lts

2006 Pac-10 StandingsConference Overall

School W L .Pct W L .PctStanford 16 2 .889 30 4 .882UCLA 15 3 .833 33 4 .892Washington 15 3 .833 29 5 .853USC 14 4 ,778 27 5 .844California 9 9 .500 22 10 .688Oregon 7 11 .389 17 12 .586Arizona State 7 11 .389 16 15 .516Arizona 4 14 .222 13 17 .433Washington State 3 15 .167 15 17 .469Oregon State 0 18 .000 3 24 .111

Pac-10 at the 2006 NCAA Tournament:

First RoundArizona State d. Coll. of Charleston3-1 30-26, 30-23, 29-31, 30-20California d. LSU 3-1 25-30, 30-23, 30-17, 30-16Stanford d. Sacramento St. 3-0 30-18, 30-18, 30-26UCLA d. UAB 3-0 30-24, 30-21, 30-23USC d. Mississippi 3-0 30-17, 30-24, 30-23Washington d. Colorado State 3-1 26-30, 30-26, 30-24, 30-22Hawaii d. Oregon 3-0 30-17, 30-17, 30-18

Second RoundCalifornia d. Cal Poly 3-1 30-24, 30-26, 23-30, 30-20UCLA d. Utah 3-0 30-24, 30-27, 30-26Washington d. Colorado 3-1 30-15, 22-30, 30-26, 30-24Florida d. Arizona State 3-1 30-17, 30-27, 26-30, 30-23Stanford d. Missouri 3-2 30-20, 27-30, 30-24, 25-30, 15-9USC d. BYU 3-0 30-25, 39-37, 30-19

Regional SemifinalsRegional SemifinalsUCLA d. Oklahoma 3-0 30-22, 30-16, 30-26Washington d. Ohio State 3-0 30-16, 30-18, 30-18Stanford d. California 3-0 31-29, 30-25, 31-29Hawaii d. USC 3-2 28-30, 30-21, 21-30, 30-27, 15-5

Regional FinalsStanford d. Texas 3-1 30-28, 34-32, 31-33, 30-24Washington d. Penn State 3-1 30-27, 30-24, 28-30, 30-26UCLA d. Hawaii 3-0 30-16, 30-23, 30-23

National SemifinalsStanford d. Washington 3-0 30-12, 30-25, 30-15Nebraska d. UCLA 3-1 23-30, 30-28, 30-23, 30-28

National ChampionshipNebraska d. Stanford 3-1 27-30, 30-26, 30-28, 30-27

2006 Pac-10 All-Freshman Women’s Volleyball Team

Player (School) POS HT HometownTaylor Carico (USC) S 5-10 Manhattan Beach, Calif.Hana Cutura (California) OH 6-3 Zagreb, CroatiaWhitney Dosty (Arizona) OH 6-3 Tucson, Ariz.Marina Mercer (Arizona State) S 5-11 Chandler, Ariz.Tamari Miyashiro (Washington) L 5-7 Honolulu, HawaiiSonja Newcombe (Oregon) MB 6-1 Lake Arrowhead, Calif.Rachel Rourke (Oregon State) OH 6-5 Aroona, Queensland, AustraliaHonorable Mention: Corina Beyer (Washington State); Nevena Djordjevic (Oregon); NeticiaEnesi (Oregon); Kelly Hyder (Washington State); Jacy Norton (Arizona); Lexie Rathgeber(Oregon State).

2006 All-Pac-10 Women’s Volleyball Team

Player (School) Pos. HT YR Hometown

Foluke Akinradewo (Stanford) MB 6-3 So. Plantation, Fla.Cynthia Barboza (Stanford) OH 6-0 So. Long Beach, Calif.Katie Carter (UCLA) OH 6-3 Sr. Steamboat Springs, Colo.Alesha Deesing (Washington) MB 6-1 Jr. Salem, Ore.Asia Kaczor (USC) OH 6-4 So. Wroclaw, PolandBryn Kehoe (Stanford) S 5-11 Jr. North Bend, OhioNana Meriwether (UCLA) MB 6-1 Sr. Ventura, Calif.Christal Morrison (Washington) OH 6-2 Jr. Puyallup, Wash.Angie Pressey (California) OH 5-8 Jr. Heathrow, Fla.Kristin Richards (Stanford) OH 6-0 Sr. Orem, UtahDebora Seilhamer (USC) L 5-5 Sr. Ponce, Puerto RicoNellie Spicer (UCLA) S 5-10 So. Barrington, Ill.Jessica Swarbrick (Washington) MB 6-1 So. El Dorado, Calif.Courtney Thompson (Washington) S 5-8 Sr. Kent, Wash.Honorable Mention: Morgan Beck (California); Diane Copenhagen (USC); Jillian Davis(California); Sydney Donahue (Arizona State); Franci Girard (Stanford); Jessica Gysin (USC);Dominique Lamb (Arizona); Tamari Miyashiro (Washington); Nicole Morton (Arizona State);Sonja Newcombe (Oregon); Ellen Orchard (California); Janine Sandell (Washington).

Pac-10 Player of the Year: Christal Morrison (Washington)Pac-10 Freshman of the Year: Taylor Carico (USC)Pac-10 Coach of the Year: Jim Moore (Oregon)

2006 Pac-10 All-Academic Women’s Volleyball Team

First TeamPlayer (School) Yr. GPA MajorKristen Bitter (Oregon) Sr. 4.07 Business AdministrationErin Litte (Oregon) Sr. 3.74 General ScienceJade Machado (UCLA) So. 3.97 UndeclaredColette Meek (Arizona State) Jr. 3.92 PsychologyMarina Mercer (Arizona State) RFr. 4.00 UndeclaredKristin Murray (Oregon State) Jr. 3.74 Business AdministrationElizabeth Suiter (Stanford) Sr. 3.79 CommunicationSecond TeamJill Collymore (Washington) So. 3.72 Psychology/Digital ArtsAlli Dillon (USC) Sr. 3.68 Occupational TherapyJessica Fishburn (Stanford) So. 3.62 UndeclaredBrittany Johnson (Washington St.) So. 3.71 Management Information SystemsRachel Mittelstaedt (Arizona State) Jr. 3.79 MarketingCourtney Thompson (Washington)Sr. 3.52 Business AdministrationAbby Windell (Oregon State) Sr. 3.61 Apparel DesignHonorable Mention: Foluke Akinradewo, So. (Stanford); Ashley Aratani, Jr., (Washington);Cynthia Barboza, So. (Stanford); Katelyn Bishop, Jr. (USC); Stephanie Butkus, Sr. (Arizona);Brittany Cahoon, Sr. (Oregon State); Samantha Carter, Sr. (California); Vivian Cheung, Sr.(California); Jillian Davis, Sr. (California); Amy Dyck, Jr. (Arizona); Ashley Evans, So. (OregonState); Danielle Fernandes, Jr. (Arizona State); Jennifer Fitz, So. (Oregon State); Franci Girard,Jr. (Stanford); Natalie Hooper, So. (Oregon State); Katie Jackels, Jr. (Arizona); Bryn Kehoe, Jr.(Stanford); Dominique Lamb, Jr. (Arizona); Alison Lund, Jr., (Arizona State); HeatherMadison, Sr. (Oregon); Michelle Mellard, Sr. (Stanford); Nana Meriwether, Sr. (UCLA); NicoleMorton, Sr. (Arizona State); Bryte Nielson, So. (California); Njideka Nnamani, Sr. (Stanford);Angie Pressey, Jr. (California); Nina Reeves, Sr. (Arizona State); Kaitlin Sather, So. (UCLA);Natalie Smart, Sr. (California); Am’ra Solomon, RSo. (California); Karen Waddington, Jr.(Oregon); Erin Waller, So. (Stanford); Stephanie Weishaar, So. (Washington State).

Stanford won an unprecedented tenth Pac-10 Championship in 2006.

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Fr iends of Stanford Vo l leyba l l

In 2007, there are some new and excitingchanges being made in the Stanford AthleticDepartment. One of those is in the area of indi-vidual sport program fundraising. StanfordAthletics is in the process of providing Women’sVolleyball, as well as all of the other varsity pro-grams in the department, full operating budgetsfor the first time in almost 10 years. Our newbudget will include all of the components neces-sary for our programs to compete for conferenceand national titles each and every year. Because ofthis, Women’s Volleyball will no longer fundraisefor our basic operating budgets effective fiscalyear 2008 (September 1, 2007).

Women’s Volleyball’s new budget will be fund-ed in large part by the Buck/Cardinal Club, andthis will allow us to focus more time and energy

on coaching and recruiting instead of onfundraising for our basic operating expenses.

Instead of receiving solicitations through theQuick Set Club, donors will now receive a singlesolicitation from the Buck/Cardinal Club. Donorsto the Buck/Cardinal Club will also now receivebenefits such as improved seating, parking passes,and newsletters. By giving a gift to theBuck/Cardinal Club, you will be helping to pro-vide Women’s Volleyball, and all of Stanford’sother programs, with the budget resources weneed on an annual basis.

At the time of your donation, you will have thechance to select Women’s Volleyball as your sportof preference, and by doing so, will continue toreceive communications from our program. TheQuick Set Club will still exist; we will continue tohost events such as the post game hospitality

room and barbeques, and continue our benefitschart, awarding benefits to donors who con-tribute at a certain level.

To supplement our budget support fromBuck/Cardinal, we will also fundraise on occasionfor special one-time projects that are not coveredin our new budget. We will do this through spe-cial events and/or donor outreach with the coop-eration of our Athletic Development Office.

This change is a very positive and exciting onefor our programs, and we hope you will continueto support Stanford Women’s Volleyball and all ofour fellow varsity sports, by giving to theBuck/Cardinal Club.

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