2009 BC Volleyball Team

2009 BC Volleyball Team
Credits
The 2009 Brevard College Volleyball Media Guide is published by the BC Sport Information Office.
Written, compiled and edited by:
Seth Montgomery
Photography by:
Duane Jones of Duane’s Photography and Rachel Montgomery
About the Front Cover:
Featured on this year’s cover is senior Chelsey Trojan and 2009 Preseason First
Team All-SAC member Brooke Seaman. Cover Design:
Seth Montgomery using Adobe
Photoshop CS3. Photography by
Duane Jones and Rachel Montgomery
Table of Contents
About the Back Cover:
Featured is seniors Cori Emory, Megan
Street and Christin Johnston, and
junior libero Rebecca Schoonover.
Quick Facts
Coaching Staff
Roster
Season Outlook
Player Profiles
2008 Results
2008 Statistics
2008 SAC Statistics/All-SAC Team
Brevard College Record Book
Opponent Information
History of the SAC
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GENERAL INFORMATION
School:........................................................Brevard College
Location:................................................Brevard, NC 28712
Founded:.....................................................................1853
Enrollment:....................................................................700
Nickname:............................................................ Tornados
School Colors:................................... Royal Blue and White
Stadium:......................................... Boshamer Gymnasium
.............................................................. @ Brevard College
Capacity:.....................................................................1,000
Surface:..................................................................... Wood
Affiliation:.................................................. NCAA Division II
Conference:.................................................. South Atlantic
President:.............................................. Dr. Drew Van Horn
Alma Mater:...........................South Carolina (PhD.), 2002
Director of Athletics:.............................................Kim Pate
Alma Mater:................................................. Brevard, 2003
..............................................Western Carolina (Ma.) 2008
Athletic Dept. Phone:................................. (828) 884-8276
Ticket Office Phone:................................... (828) 884-8276
2008 BC VOLLEYBALL
2008 Record:............................................. 14-17, 3-13 SAC
No. Years in NCAA Playoffs:...............................................0
No. Years in the SAC Tournament......................................1
Last post-season opponent:.................................. Wingate
Result:......................................................................... L, 1-3
SPORTS INFORMATION
Sports Information Director:................Seth Montgomery*
Email:.............................................montgosj@brevard.edu
Office Phone:.............................................. (828) 884-8288
SID Cell Phone:........................................... (828) 582-8407
Assistant SID:.................................................... Stacy Keller
Email:................................................ kellersl@brevard.edu
Director of Broadcasting:.................................. Jim Stewart
Email:............................................................................ TBD
Office Phone:.............................................. (828) 884-8288
Fax:............................................................. (828) 884-8274
Press Box Phone: ....................................... (828) 582-8407
................................ * indicates primary volleyball contact
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COACHING STAFF
Head Coach:......................................... Brenda Skeffington
Alma Mater (year):...................... Springfield College, 1984
........................ United States Sports Academy (Ma.), 1988
Record at BC (years):........................................ 136-146 (9)
Career Record (years):.................................... 476-419 (25)
Office Phone:.............................................. (828) 884-8203
Best Time of Day to Reach:.................................. Mornings
Email:................................................. skeffib@brevard.edu
Assistant Coaches (Alma Mater, Year):
Shane Ihme..........................................................................
Nicole Owenby............................................ Clemson, 2003
............................................................Furman (Ma.), 2008
Athletic Training Staff
Athletic Training Staff (Alma Mater, Year):
Head Athletic Trainer............................. Joshua Smallwood
..................................................... Appalachian State, 2007
........................ University of Central Arkansas (Ma.), 2009
Asst. Athletic Trainer..................................... Ty Reutebuch
.............................................................Indiana State, 2004
Asst. Athletic Trainer....................................... Josh Owen*
..................................................... Appalachian State, 2007
Asst. Athletic Trainer....................................... Kate Meiner
.............................................................Lenoir-Rhyne, 2009
................................. * indicates primary volleyball trainer
MEDIA INFORMATION
Media Outlets
The Transylvania Times........................................................
....................................................... Phone: (828) 883-8156
............................................................ Fax: (828) 883-8158
The Hendersonville Times...................................................
....................................................... Phone: (828) 232-5832
............................................................ Fax: (828) 693-5581
The Asheville Citizen-Times.................................................
..................................... Phone: 1-800-800-4204, ext. 5832
............................................................ Fax: (828) 251-0585
Coaching Staff
Head
Coach Brenda Skeffington
Brenda Skeffington begins her tenth season at Brevard College and has outstanding success
during her tenure of 25 years of being a Head Volleyball Coach at the collegiate level with 476
career wins and 419 losses.
Over the past nine years at Brevard, she has taken the Tornados from eighth place in the
conference to first place in the Appalachian Athletic Conference with her best season coming in
2005 as she was named AAC Coach of the year with the Tornados finishing 25-6.
In 2008, she guided Brevard College to a 14-17, 3-13 SAC record as the Tornados made the 2008
Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Volleyball Tournament as the #8 seed before bowing out
to regular season champion Wingate.
A three-time Brevard College Coach of the year, Skeffington will look to continue the improvement of the entire volleyball program as
the Tornados compete in their second season as full members of both the NCAA Division II and the South Atlantic Conference.
Prior to taking over at Brevard, Skeffington coached at The College of Wooster, Robert Morris College (Division I), and St. John Fisher
College, respectively. During her time at St. John Fisher, Skeffington recorded her best overall season as a head coach as the Cardinals
at 42-3.
In addition to coaching college, Skeffington has been active in directing volleyball camps at Brevard College, Wooster, and at St. John
Fisher College. Skeffington has also been a part of several local camps including: Brevard High School, East Henderson High School,
Girl Scouts of Asheville, Pisgah High School, Rosman High School and Shelby High School.
Skeffington is CAP II certified as a coach and continues to direct several volleyball camps and Team Camps over the summer.
Assistant
Coach Shane Ihme
Coach Ihme joins the Brevard College volleyball staff in the fall of 2009, after volunteering some time
with the team in the spring of 2008.
Prior to coming to Brevard, Ihme worked as the Men’s Club Volleyball Head Coach at Covenant College
located at Lookout Mountain, Ga., where he organized practice schedules, planned tournament travel
and led the team to competition in tournaments at King College, Brevard College, Georgia Tech
and Lee University.
While at Covenant, Ihme also worked as a work study to the women’s volleyball team, helping coach
the junior varsity and varsity teams in their preseason workouts as well as during the season,
mainly focusing on the defensive specialists.
Ihme also has experience coaching in club leagues, having coached 14’s, 15’s and 17’s with Dig to Win, and has worked as a volunteer
coach with the Rosman High School junior varsity and varsity teams.
Assistant Athletic Trainer Josh Owen
Josh Owen is starting his second full year in the Brevard College Athletic Training Department. He works
primarily with the Tornado volleyball, soccer and softball teams.
Josh comes to Brevard College from Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C., where he graduated
with honors and earned his Bachelor’s degree in 2007. While at ASU, Josh worked with the football
team and other varsity sports in the Mountaineer Athletic Training Department.
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2009 Tornados Roster
2009 Brevard College Volleyball Numerical Roster
# Name Pos. 1 Cori Emory Def. 2 Brooke Sturgill OH 3 Lindsey Rogers Def. 4 Chelsea Larsen OH 6 Megan Street OH 7 Jamie Atkinson
MH/OH
8 Caroline Merrill Def. 9 Bethany Stevenson S
10 Brooke Seaman MH 12 Christin Johnston OH 16 Ashley Wilson
MH/OH
20 Jordei Osby MH/OH
21 Sydney Yeomans
Def.
24 Ashlie Morrison MH/OH
32 Chelsey Trojan OH 99 Rebecca Schoonover Libero Ht. 5-4 5-9 5-3 6-0 5-9 6-1
5-0 5-8
5-10 5-10 6-0
6-1 5-6
5-9 5-8 5-0 Cl. Sr. Jr. So. So. Sr. Fr.
So. Fr.
Sr. Sr. Fr.
So. Fr.
So. Sr. Jr. Hometown
Boiling Springs, S.C.
Zionville, N.C.
Hickory, N.C.
Greer, S.C.
Taylorsville, N.C.
Spartanburg, S.C.
Hendersonville, N.C.
Prattville, Ala.
Spring Hill, Fla.
Walnut Cove, N.C.
Lansing, Mich.
Goldsboro, N.C.
Ball Ground, Ga. Denver, Colo.
Sacramento, Calif.
Palm City, Fla.
Previous School
Boiling Springs HS
Watauga HS
Hickory HS
Riverside HS
Alexander Central HS
Broome HS
Hendersonville HS
Prattville HS
Springstead HS
South Stokes HS
Lansing Everett HS
Eastern Wayne HS
Sequoyah HS
Thomas Jefferson HS
Sac City College
John Carroll Catholic HS
2009 Brevard College Volleyball Alphabetical Roster
# Name Pos. 7 Jamie Atkinson
MH/OH
1 Cori Emory Def. 12 Christin Johnston OH 4 Chelsea Larsen OH 8 Caroline Merrill Def. 24 Ashlie Morrison MH/OH 20 Jordei Osby MH/OH 3 Lindsey Rogers Def. 99 Rebecca Schoonover Libero 10 Brooke Seaman MH 9 Bethany Stevenson S
6 Megan Street OH 2 Brooke Sturgill OH 32 Chelsey Trojan OH 16 Ashley Wilson
MH/OH
21 Sydney Yeomans
Def.
Ht. 6-1
5-4 5-10 6-0 5-0 5-9 6-1 5-3 5-0 5-10 5-8
5-9 5-9 5-8 6-0
5-6
Cl. Fr.
Sr. Sr. So. So. So. So. So. Jr. Sr. Fr.
Sr. Jr. Sr. Fr.
Fr.
Hometown
Spartanburg, S.C.
Boiling Springs, S.C.
Walnut Cove, N.C.
Greer, S.C.
Hendersonville, N.C.
Denver, Colo,
Goldsboro, N.C.
Hickory, N.C.
Palm City, Fla.
Spring Hill, Fla.
Prattville, Ala.
Taylorsville, N.C.
Zionville, N.C.
Sacramento, Calif.
Lansing, Mich.
Ball Ground, Ga.
Previous School
Broome HS
Boiling Springs HS
South Stokes HS
Riverside HS
Hendersonville HS
Thomas Jefferson HS
Eastern Wayne HS
Hickory HS
John Carroll Catholic HS
Springstead HS
Prattville HS
Alexander Central HS
Watauga HS
Sac City College
Lansing Everett HS
Sequoyah HS
Head Coach: Brenda Skeffington (Springfield, 1984)
Assistant Coach: Shane Ihme
Volunteer Assistant Coach: Nicole Owenby (Clemson, 2003)
Asst. Athletic Trainer: Josh Owen (App. State, 2007)
2009 Brevard College Volleyball Pronunciation Guide
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Brooke Sturgill Jordei Osby
Rebecca Schoonover
Sydney Yeomans
Brook Stir-jill
Jor-day Oz-bee
Rebecca Scoon-over
Sid-knee Yoh-mans
2009 Season Preview
Overview
The 2009 Tornados volleyball team returns all but one player from the 14-17, 3-13 SAC squad which made it
to the first round of the 2008 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference tournament before falling to Wingate, 3-1,
in their first full season as members of NCAA Division II and the South Atlantic Conference. With five seniors
on the team, including Preseason First Team All-SAC selection Brooke Seaman, the Tornados look to continue
building on last season’s success by becoming annual members of the SAC tournament.
Middle Hitter
Seaman, the 2008 SAC leader in hitting percentage (.340) and blocks per game (0.98), returns to defend her
titles in one of the deepest positions on the Tornados roster. Her 2008 season goes down as one of the best in
Brevard volleyball history as she placed third on the list in kill percentage in a season and second in total blocks
in a season with 142. Seaman could break several BC career records this season, sitting in third in both total
blocks and total kills behind Marquessa Chappell and Sandy Tabor. Over the summer, Seaman was a part of
the USAAI team which traveled down to Argentina and has greatly improved both her serve and her all-around
game.
Sophomores Jordei Osby and Ashlie Morrison return for the Tornados in the middle as well. Osby played in
all 31 matches as a freshman, finishing fifth on the team in kills and second on the team in total blocks. Osby
started to breakout in her last six matches, averaging 3.5 kills per match and showed her defensive prowess
on Nov. 8th against Columbia College where she recorded nine blocks in Brevard’s five set come-from-behind
victory.
Morrison played in 25 matches, finishing sixth on the team with 66 kills and recorded 24 blocks but showed
flashes of brilliance in when she was on the court, recording a 13 kills on Oct. 21 against North Greenville and
seven blocks on Nov. 8 against Columbia.
At times in 2008, Coach Skeffington played all three middle hitters on the front row, showing off the versatility
of the trio as they call all cover all three frontline positions.
Outside Hitter
Chelsey Trojan made an immediate impact in her junior season after transferring from Sacramento City
College, displaying a great overall all-around game in finishing second on the team in kills and digs. Trojan
recorded seven double-digit kill games and 16 double-digit dig games, including a 13 kill-17 dig performance in
leading the Tornados to the first SAC win in school history against Mars Hill on Sept. 23rd.
Trojan is joined by fellow seniors Megan Street and Christin Johnston on the outside as the trio comprises the
most experienced group among the Tornados returners. Street played in 29 matches as a junior, recording
two six-kill games, while Johnston played in 19 matches, with her best match coming on Nov. 11 in the regular
season finale against North Greenville with four kills and three digs
Junior Brooke Sturgill and sophomore Chelsea Larsen will both press for playing time behind the three seniors.
Sturgill played in 10 matches in 2008, recording three kills, while having her best game against Columbia on
Nov. 8th where she rallied the team with two service aces to start the comeback in the thrilling 3-2 win. Larsen
finished third on the team with 173 kills as a freshman, providing a physical presence at the net, finishing with
32 total blocks.
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2009 Season Preview (cont.)
Libero
Rebecca Schoonover returns to the libero position as a junior after finishing second in the conference and 98th
in the NCAA in digs per game with 4.10. Schoonover led the team in digs with 455, playing in all 31 matches
and was named team captain this season after showing leadership skills and all-around play with 23 assists and
16 service aces. The 5-0 athlete showed off her leaping ability in recording one total block on the season.
Defensive Specialist
Senior Cori Emory leads a trio of returning defensive specialists, providing consistency to the backline for
Coach Skeffington as she finished fourth on the team with 194 digs. Emory played in all 31 matches and was
second on the team with 28 service aces. Emory averaged 6.3 digs per match, leading the Tornados backliners
and will be expected to provide leadership to sophomores Lindsay Rogers and Caroline Merrill.
Rogers returns after a freshman season which saw her play in 30 matches as a defensive specialist and backup
setter. She finished fifth on the team with 163 digs, behind Emory and was sixth on the team with 14 service
aces. Rogers recorded five double-digit dig matches, with a season-high 18 coming against Carson-Newman
on Sept. 16. Merrill joins her fellow sophomore on the backline after playing in 22 matches as a freshman,
recording 35 digs, with two assists and five service aces.
Newcomers
Coach Skeffington welcomes four to the 2009-2010 freshman class this season as Bethany Stevenson, Jami
Atkinson, Ashley Wilson and Sydney Yeomans, all join the Tornados team. Atkinson and Wilson will combine
to provide depth to the Tornados front line, while Stevenson will step into the setter position vacated by
BC career set assists record holder Jami Perry. Yeomans comes in to help with the backline as a defensive
specialist.
Roster Breakdown
By Class
Senior
5
Junior
2
Sophomore
5
Freshman
4
By Position
Outside Hitter
8
Middle Hitter
4
Defensive Specialist 4
Libero
1
6
By State
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Colorado
California
Georgia
Michigan
2009 Preseason All-SAC Team
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3
2
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1
1
1
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First Team
Second Team
Brooke Seaman, BC
Carly Mozgai, CN
Katie Troyer, CN
Amanda Horenkamp, LMU
Lorena Maia, NEW
Stormi Gale, WIN
Liz Willis, WIN
Maggie Malone, WIN (Libero)
Stephanie Cutter, CN
Mai Zoua Lo, CAT
Kassi Henry, LR
Kodi Cartwright, LMU
Fernanda Frey, NEW
Peyton Colclough, TC
Lauren Billo, WIN
Alicia MacIntyre, LMU (Libero)