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1 2015 INDIANA SOFTBALL BIG TEN TOURNAMENT MAY INDIANA SOFTBALL Caitlin Davis - Media Relations - davis288@indiana.edu CELL - (317) IUHOOSIERS.COM 2015 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time/Result (ET) Kajikawa Classic (Tempe, Ariz.) Feb. 6 Western Michigan L, 5-4 Oregon State L, San Diego W, 4-3 #16 Arizona State L, 10-2 (6) 8 Utah Valley L, 4-1 Wilson/DeMarini Desert Classic (Henderson, Nev.) 13 Utah Valley W, 8-7 UTEP L, Cal State Northridge L, 12-5 New Mexico L, Utah State L, 6-5 Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (Cathedral City, Calif.) 19 #8 Georgia L, 9-1 (5) #12 UCLA L, Loyola Marymount L, 13-5 Cal Poly L, BYU L, 5-3 Citrus Classic II (Orlando, Fla.) 27 #8 Georgia L, 4-1 Lehigh W, 15-7 (6) 28 Mississippi State Cancelled March 1 Georgetown L, 7-2 Miami (Oh) L, 3-2 Owl Invitational (Kennesaw, Ga.) 7 Austin Peay W, 10-7 St. Louis L, Eastern Illinois W, 9-8 Kennesaw State L, 9-4 Hoosier Classic (Bloomington, Ind.) 12 Bowling Green W, Wright State W, 7-2 Bowling Green W, IPFW W, North Dakota State L, at #13 Kentucky L, Rutgers* L, Rutgers* W, Rutgers* L, 10-6 (6) 25 at Louisville L, at Illinois* (DH) L, 9-6 at Illinois* L, at Illinois* L, (5) April 4 Maryland* L, Maryland* W, Maryland* L at Penn State* W, at Penn State* W, at Penn State* W, at #4 Michigan* L, 11-2 (5) 18 at #4 Michigan* L, at #4 Michigan* L, at Ball State 19-9 (5) 22 Purdue (DH)* W, 6-3 Purdue* L, Michigan State* W, 16-9 Michigan State* L, Michigan State* W, at Indiana State L, 9-1 (6) May 1 at Ohio State* L, at Ohio State* L, at Ohio State* L, Big Ten Tournament (Columbus, Ohio) 7 Ohio State 5:30 p.m. 8-9 TBA TBA NCAA Regional (Campus Sites) TBA TBA NCAA Super Regional (Campus Sites) TBA TBA Women s College World Series (Oklahoma City, Okla.) May 28-June 3 TBA * Big Ten Opponent Bold indicates home game BIG TEN TOURNAMENT Indiana has earned the 11 seed in the 2015 Big Ten Tournament, earning a tie-break against No. 12 Purdue due to more victories against the tournament field. The top 12 teams are invited to participate in the tournament. The single elimination tournament begins Thursday, May 7 and runs until Saturday, May 9. The top four seeds have earned a bye for the first round and will see the first action of the weekend on Friday. All games of the Big Ten Tournament will be played at Buckeye Field in Columbus, Ohio with the winner earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. INDIANA IN THE TOURNAMENT The Hoosiers will play in the Big Ten Softball tournament for the second straight season and the fifth time in program history. The Cream and Crimson are 3-6 at the tournament with its most recent outing in 2014 when the No. 11 seed Hoosiers fell to No. 6 Purdue, 4-2. This marks the is the second consecutive year the Hoosiers have earned the 11 seed in the Big Ten Tournament. No. 4 (1996) seed highest in Indiana B1G Tournament history, 12th is the lowest (2013) This is the second time Indiana has faced Ohio State in the tournament with the last meeting resulting in a 3-2 Buckeye win in 1982 in Ann Arbor, Mich. The winner of Indiana vs. Ohio State will face No. 3-seeded Nebraska on Friday at 5:30 p.m. OS-U AGAIN Indiana will face off against Ohio State just four days after completing a three-game set against the Buckeyes in Columbus. Ohio State took all three games of the series, 7-0, 17-2 and 6-3. Freshmen Rachel O Malley and Rebecca Blitz each recorded three hits in the series. SCOUTING THE BUCKEYES After dropping the first four conference games of the season, Ohio State responded with a 12-7 mark since BIG TEN TOURNAMENT - May 7-9 ROUND ONE Thursday, May 7 5:30 p.m. BTN #11 Indiana Hoosiers Overall: Big Ten: 7-14 #6 Ohio State Buckeyes Overall: Big Ten: Indiana leads series, Last meeting: 5/3/15 Indiana 3, Ohio State 6 **Live stats and radio broadcasts available on IUHoosiers.com TOURNAMENT SEEDING 1. Michigan* 2. Minnesota* 3. Nebraska* 4. Northwestern* 5. Illinois 6. Ohio State 7. Rutgers 8. Maryland 9. Penn State 10. Iowa 11. Indiana 12. Purdue *1st Round Bye March 27 loss against Maryland. In addition to Indiana, the Buckeyes have taken series from Maryland, Rutgers and Michigan State, who they swept in East Lansing. Ohio State s offense has 11 different players batting above.300, led by a.392 average by Erika Leonard. Seven Buckeyes have recorded at least 40 hits with Caitlin Conrad sitting at 66 on the year. With 70 long balls, Ohio State sits in fifth place in the conference in home runs. Maddy McIntyre and Conrad have each hit 14 homers. Olivia O Reilly has the most appearances in the circle with 34, including 29 starts. O Reilly has a 4.28 ERA with a 14-9 mark. Shelby Hursh (30 appearances, 5.44 ERA, 6-4) and Lena Springer (26 appearances, 6.45 ERA, 7-5) have also seen a lot of time in the rotation. Last weekend against Indiana, OSU hit eight home runs, including three from Anna Kirk, a pair from both Conrad and Leonard and a shot by Alex Bayne. HOMERING HOOSIERS With a pair of home runs in Sunday s game at Ohio State, the Hoosiers have now recorded multi-home run games 16 times this year. The Hoosiers now sit at a school-record 51 homers on the year. CaraMia Tsirigos grand slam on April 11 at Penn State set a new program single-season record for home runs with 41. The previous high of 40 was set back in Led by Dotson s 14 home runs, 10 different Hoosiers have homered this season. With a first-career grand slam by Huber in game two against Michigan State, the Hoosiers have now recorded six bases-loaded homers this season. Dotson, Conenna, Tsirigos and Shannon Cawley (2) have also smashed grand slams this year.

2 2015 INDIANA SOFTBALL BIG TEN TOURNAMENT MAY INDIANA S RECORD WHEN... OVERALL RECORD At Andy Mohr Field On the road At a neutral site Day games Night games Vs. top-10 opponents Vs. ranked opponents Vs. unranked opponents Vs. teams.500 or better Vs. teams worse than Indiana scores first Opponent scores first Scoring 4 or more runs hits or more Hitting one home run Hitting 2 or more home runs Playing error free Committing one error Committing two or more errors Leading after 5 innings Trailing after 5 innings Leading after 6 innings Trailing after 6 innings In one-run games In two-run games Extra innings Run-rule decisions vs. left-handed starters vs. right-handed starters MONTHLY RECORD Indiana in February Indiana in March Indiana in April Indiana in May DAYS OF THE WEEK Indiana on Monday Indiana on Tuesday Indiana on Wednesday Indiana on Thursday Indiana on Friday Indiana on Saturday Indiana on Sunday WINNING AND LOSING STREAKS Longest winning streak...4 Longest losing streak...10 Last 10 games Last 15 games Last 20 games Current streak...l4 Largest winning margin...8 Largest losing margin...15 PITCHING Olson Starts Tamayo Starts Kirk Starts ATTENDANCE Total home attendance...4,921 Average home attendance Total home dates...16 Largest Crowd vs. Michigan St. (4/26) IMPRESSIVE HITTING In addition to the program s home record, the 2015 Hoosiers sit near the top of numerous statistical categories, including ranking second in runs (281, record is 328), RBI (251, record is 278) and walks (189, record is 209). In addition, the team currently sits at seventh all-time in hits with 426. DOTSON DIGGING IN Kelsey Dotson, who homered in Sunday s finale at Ohio State, now sits just two home runs behind Michelle Venturella for the most Indiana homers in a season. Dotson has 14 on the year, which passed Monica Armendarez 13 she hit in Dotson has driven in a team-high 46 runs this season, which also moves her past Armendarez into third most in a single season. With 12 multi-rbi games and 16-multi hit games, Dotson also has an impressive team-best.687 slugging percentage. In addition to home runs, Dotson has found a way to get 2015 INDIANA SOFTBALL ROSTER No. Name Pos. B-T Yr. Ht. Hometown/Last School/Preivous School 00 Denisa Brooks IF L-R FR 5-6 Columbus, Ind./Columbus North 1 Shannon Cawley OF R-R SR 5-4 Brookfield, Ill./Nazareth Academy 2 Maria Latimer C R-R SO 5-1 Leesburg, Va./Tuscarora 4 Erin Lehman UT R-R SO 5-7 New Palestine, Ind./New Palestine 5 Mena Fulton UT R-R FR 5-7 Bloomington, Ind./Bloomington South 7 Lora Olson P R-R SR 5-10 Orland Park, Ill./Carl Sandburg 10 Miranda Tamayo P R-R SR 5-10 Huntington Beach, Calif./Mater Dei 11 Rebecca Blitz OF L-R FR 5-4 Birmingham, Ala./Mountain Brook 14 Sarah Thompson OF L-R FR 5-4 Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove 15 Emily Kirk P R-R FR 5-10 Round Rock, Texas/Stony Point 16 Alyssa Rosati OF R-R JR 5-7 Clearwater, Fla./Countryside 18 Taylor Uden IF R-R FR 5-10 Glendale, Ariz./Raymond S. Kellis 19 Kennedy Cribbs IF R-R FR 5-2 San Gabriel, Calif./La Salle 21 Rachel O Malley IF R-R FR 5-8 Elk Grove Village, Ill./James B. Conant 22 Kassi Farmer C/IF R-R JR 5-7 Columbia, Ill./Columbia 23 Kelsey Dotson C/3B R-R JR 5-6 Silver Lake, Ind./Warsaw Community 24 CaraMia Tsirigos C/IF R-R SO 6-0 Atlanta, Ga./Wesleyan 26 Michelle Huber UT R-R JR 5-9 Carmel, Ind./Carmel 28 Brianna Meyer OF L-L SR 5-7 Rancho Cucamonga/Los Osos 44 Kayla Mathewson OF L-R SO 5-4 Lakewood, Colo./Wheat Ridge 77 Katelyn Conenna UT R-R JR 5-8 Addison, Ill./Immaculate Conception Head Coach: Michelle Gardner (Seventh Year, Michigan 89) Assistant Coaches: Ben Sorden (Second Year, Buena Vista University, 95) and Mike Perniciaro (First Year, University of Missouri-St. Louis, 93 and Western Illinois, 95) Pronunciation Guide 00 Denisa - Da-neesa 5 Mena - Mean-ah 24 - Tsirigos - Churr-EE-goes 1 Cawley - Call-ee 10 Tamayo -Ta-my-oh 26 - Huber HUE-burr 4 Lehman - Lay-men 16 - Rosati - Row-zah-tee 28 - Brianna - BRY-anna (Like Brian) 18 - Uden- YOU-den Perniciaro - Per-ni-CHAIR-oh on base any way she could this season. She carried a 31-game on-base streak that spanned from Feb. 19 to March 18, which is the longest in the last 10 years at Indiana and surpassed Bri Meyer s 25 game streak last season as the longest of an active player. BLITZ ATTACK Blitz is the lone Hoosier to start in all 55 games this season. The centerfielder not only makes spectacular plays in the outfield, she also gives the opponent s defense a tough assignment. The Birmingham, Ala. native leads the team with 58 base knocks and has scored 40 runs starting primarily in the lead-off spot. Blitz is currently riding a three-game hitting streak and has recorded a base knock in eight out of the last nine contests dating back to the first game of the doubleheader against Purdue on April 22. The freshman has recorded at least one hit it 39 games and has not gone longer than two games without a hit all season. With a.341 average, Blitz ranks fourth in the Big Ten in terms of freshmen batting average (min. 2 AB).

3 2015 INDIANA SOFTBALL BIG TEN TOURNAMENT MAY LEHMAN GETTING ON BASE The sophomore has been on a tear lately, carrying a seven-game on-base streak into the Tournament. Lehman had a six-game hitting streak snapped at Ohio State, but has recorded a hit in 11 out of the last 14 games, including two 3-hit outings. RETURNING IN The Hoosiers welcomed back 12 letterwinners this spring with seven of those being everyday players in the Hoosiers 2014 lineup. Senior right-handed pitcher Lora Olson made 36 appearances and a team-high 26 starts in 2014 and finished the year with a 3.98 ERA and eight wins. Fellow senior Miranda Tamayo, who is returning to the Hoosiers after not playing last year, joins Olson in the circle this season. Tamayo has made three career appearances for the Hoosiers, two in 2012 and one in Indiana will look to fill the loss of Breanna Saucedo, who led the team with a.335 batting average, 65 hits and 30 runs before graduating in However, Indiana does have much of its 2014 offensive firepower back this year, including senior Brianna Meyer and junior Kassi Farmer. Last season, the duo combined for 49 runs and 90 hits to be two of the top three scoring leaders. Farmer led the team with seven home runs, while Meyer tied for third with 17 RBI. Junior Kelsey Dotson tied with Farmer for a team-high 23 runs batted in, which includes six homers. Sophomore CaraMia Tsirigos is looking to followup a big freshman campaign that saw the Atlanta, Ga. native hit six home runs, while earning an onbase percentage of.364. Erin Lehman is another sophomore coming off a productive season after scoring 16 runs on 24 hits last season. After being sidelined in 2014 with an injury, senior Shannon Cawley is primed for a big year. In her first two seasons in Cream and Crimson, Cawley hit.301 while combining for 93 hits, 44 runs and 47 RBI, including a team-best 26 in THE GREAT EIGHT Indiana welcomes eight new faces to the 2015 squad this spring. Freshmen Rebecca Blitz, Denisa Brooks Kennedy Cribbs, Mena Fulton, Rachel O Malley, Sarah Thompson, Taylor Uden and Emily Kirk will all don the Cream and Crimson for the first time in their careers. Hailing from Birmingham, Ala., Rebecca Blitz led her high school to a winning-tradition, while hitting.583 and swiping 34 bases in her senior campaign. Named Columbus North s Team MVP, Defensive Player of the Year and Team Captain, Denisa Brooks recorded a career batting average of.482, while earning a fielding percentage of.945. San Gabriel, Calif. - native Kennedy Cribbs hit.417 last season, which ranks 12th in her high school s history. For her efforts, Cribbs picked up First Team All-League, First Team All-Area and Team MVP honors. Bloomington s own Mena Fulton, who led South to its first-even State Championship appearance last season, is a four-time All-Conference selection and was named the Bloomington Herald-Times Player of the Year. During her senior season, Rachel O Malley hit a school-record 11 home runs and 47 RBI, while picking up numerous accolades, including Chicago Sun-Times All-Area. Named the Top Female Athlete at Center Grove in 2014, Sarah Thompson hit.372 with 35 hits, 28 runs and 17 RBI in her senior season. In addition, the Greenwood, Ind. native is a multiple All-District selection. Also named the Female Athlete of the Year at her high school after her senior year, Taylor Uden knocked in 38 runs, while hitting.473 with nine home runs. She was named First Team All-Section in both her junior and seniors seasons. Emily Kirk, a Round Rock, Texas native, was a three-time First Team All-District selection and recorded 253 strikeouts her senior season, while helping her high school to a Co-District Championship. PERNICIARO JOINS STAFF Head coach Michelle Gardner added a new face to the 2015 coaching staff as Mike Perniciaro joined the Hoosiers on July 8, Perniciaro works primarily with hitting and the infield, as well as assists with recruiting. Perniciaro, who brings nearly 20 years of coaching experience to the Hoosiers, most recently served as the associate head coach at the University of Mississippi. In his three seasons with Ole Miss, Perniciaro coached 32 letterwinners and led the Rebels to school records in hits (396), walks (150) and stolen bases (79). Prior to his tenure at Ole Miss, Perniciaro spent six seasons as the head coach for the Wichita State softball team, where he led the program to 168 wins. While leading the Shockers, Perniciaro coached Britnee Barnett to the most career hits in Wichita State s history (249). He also served as the head coach for Northwestern State University during the 2005 campaign, which saw the Lady Demons amass a record while averaging 4.7 runs per game. As an assistant at Auburn University, he guided the Tigers to two NCAA Regional Tournament Appearances in 2002 and The Tigers also ranked as high as #12 in the nation in Following a successful 2004 campaign, the Tigers staff earned South Region Coaching Staff of the Year honors by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association. Before his time with Auburn, Perniciaro spent two years with the University of Georgia and was instrumental in the start-up of the program. He coached the Bulldogs to their first-ever winning season in Perniciaro and his wife, Shannon, have two children: Nicholas (4) and Alexander (3). USA Today/NFCA Top 25 Poll - Week of May 5 Rank/School... Record/Points /Previous 1...Oregon (18) Florida (14) Michigan Alabama Oklahoma UCLA Auburn LSU Florida State Louisiana Lafayette Tennessee Minnesota Missouri Georgia UCF Baylor Arizona James Madison California Washington Notre Dame Texas A&M South Alabama Arizona State Kentucky Also receiving votes: North Dakota State 44, Utah 36, Kansas 24, USC Upstate 21, CSUN 6, South Carolina 5, Texas 4, Western Kentucky 2, Hofstra 1. As of May Opponents in Bold 2015 BIG TEN STANDINGS Team Record Pct.Conf. Record Pct. Michigan Minnesota Nebraska Northwestern Illinois Ohio State Rutgers Maryland Penn State Iowa Indiana Purdue Wisconsin Michigan State Through games of May 3, 2015.

4 2015 INDIANA SOFTBALL BIG TEN TOURNAMENT MAY DENISA BROOKS FR INF Columbus, Ind. - Columbus North Hits - N/A Runs - N/A RBI - N/A At Bats - N/A Walks - N/A HOOSIER SINGLE-GAME HIGHS SHANNON CAWLEY SR OF 00 Brookfield, Ill. - Nazareth Academy 1 Hits - 3, nine times Runs - 4 vs. Michigan State (4/24/15 G1) RBI - 6 vs. Maryland (4/4/15 - game two) At Bats - 5, four times Walks - 2, four times MARIA LATIMER SO C Leesburg, Va. - Tuscarora Hits - N/A Runs - N/A RBI - N/A At Bats - N/A Walks - N/A MENA FULTON FR INF Bloomington, Ind. - Bloomington South Hits - 2, three times Runs - 2, twice RBI - 3, twice At Bats - 4 vs. Austin Peay (3/7/15) Walks - 1, six times 2 5 ERIN LEHMAN SO UTL New Palestine, Ind. - New Palestine Hits - 3, five times Runs - 2, seven times RBI - 3, three times At Bats - 5 vs. Rutgers (3/21/15) Walks - 2 vs. Michigan State (4/24/15 G1) LORA OLSON SR P Orland Park, Ill. - Carl Sandburg 4 7 Hits - 1, twice PITCHING Runs - 1 vs. Memphis (2/19/12) Strikeouts - 7, three times RBI - 2 vs. Memphis (2/19/12) Innings - 8.0, twice At Bats - 2, five times Batters Faced - 44 vs. Stanford (3/2/12) Walks - 2 vs. SE Louisiana (2/24/12) MIRANDA TAMAYO SR P Huntington Beach, Calif. - Mater Dei 10 Hits - N/A PITCHING Runs - N/A Strikeouts - 6, twice RBI - N/A Innings vs. Purdue (4/22/15-G1) At Bats - N/A Batters Faced -32 at Michigan (4/18/15) Walks - N/A REBECCA BLITZ FR OF Birmingham, Ala. - Mountain Brook Hits - 4 vs. Lehigh (2/27/15) Runs - 3, three times RBI - 3 vs. Lehigh (2/27/15) At Bats -5 vs. Lehigh (2/27/15) Walks - 1, 20 times 11 SARAH THOMPSON FR OF Greenwood, Ind. - Center Grove Hits - 1 vs. UCLA (2/19/15) Runs - 1, three times RBI - N/A At Bats - 3 vs. UCLA (2/19/15) Walks - 1 vs. Oregon State (2/6/15) 14 EMILY KIRK FR P Round Rock, Texas - Stony Point 15 Hits - N/A PITCHING Runs - N/A Strikeouts - 2, twice RBI - N/A Innings - 3.1, twice At Bats - N/A Batters Faced - 21 Arizona St. (2/7/15) Walks - N/A ALYSSA ROSATI JR OF Clearwater, Fla. - Countryside Hits - N/A Runs - 1, 18 times RBI - N/A At Bats - N/A Walks - N/A TAYLOR UDEN FR INF Glendale, Ariz. - Raymond S. Kellis Hits - 2, nine times Runs - 3 vs. Lehigh (2/27/15) RBI - 5 at Illinois (2/28/15) At Bats - 4, 10 times Walks - 2, four times

5 2015 INDIANA SOFTBALL BIG TEN TOURNAMENT MAY HOOSIER SINGLE-GAME HIGHS KENNEDY CRIBBS FR INF San Gabriel, Calif. - La Salle 19 RACHEL O MALLEY FR INF Elk Grove Village, Ill. - James B. Conant 21 Hits - 1 vs. Loyola Marymount (2/20/15) Runs - 1 vs. Loyola Marymount (2/20/15) RBI - N/A At Bats - 3 vs. Loyola Marymount (2/20/15) Walks - N/A Hits - 2, 11 times Runs - 3 vs. Maryland (4/4/15 - game two) RBI - 3 vs. IPFW (3/15/15) At Bats - 4, twice Walks - 2 vs. Texas El-Paso (2/13/15) KASSI FARMER JR C/1B Columbia, Ill. - Columbia 22 KELSEY DOTSON JR C/3B Silver Lake, Ind. - Warsaw Community 23 Hits - 4 vs. Penn State (4/13/14) Runs - 3 vs. Ohio State (3/28/14) RBI - 5 vs. Penn State (4/13/14) At Bats - 5, twice Walks - 2, five times Hits - 3, three times Runs - 3 vs. Michigan State (4/24/15 G1) RBI -7 vs. Lehigh (2/27/15) At Bats - 4, 22 times Walks - 3 vs. Northwestern (5/9/13) CARAMIA TSIRIGOS SO C/INF Atlanta, Ga. - Wesleyan 24 MICHELLE HUBER JR INF Carmel, Ind. - Carmel 26 Hits - 2, eight times Runs - 2, twice RBI - 4 at Penn State (4/11/15) At Bats - 4, 10 times Walks - 3 at Ball State (4/21/15) 44 Hits - 4 vs. Utah Valley (2/13/15) Runs - 4, vs. Illinois-Chicago (3/14/14) RBI - 4 vs. Michigan State (4/24/15 G2) At Bats - 5, twice Walks - 2, four times BRIANNA MEYER SR OF Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. - Los Osos Hits - 4 at Ohio State (3/23/13) Runs - 3, three times RBI - 4 vs. Bradley (2/9/13) At Bats - 4, 39 times Walks - 4 at Penn State (4/14/12) 28 KAYLA MATHEWSON SO OF Lakewood, Colo. - Wheatridge Hits - 1, 13 times Runs - 1, 11 times RBI - 4 vs. Portland State (2/7/14) At Bats - 4, twice Walks - 2 vs. Illinois-Chicago (3/15/14) 44 KATELYN CONENNA JR UTL Addison, Ill. - Immaculate Conception 77 Hits - 2, four times Runs - 2, four times RBI - 4, twice At Bats - 4, three times Walks - 1, seven times

6 2015 INDIANA SOFTBALL BIG TEN TOURNAMENT MAY MICHELLE GARDNER Head Coach 7th Year as Indiana Head Coach 13th Year as Collegiate Head Coach Career Record (Prior to 2015) PERSONAL > BIRTHPLACE...PETERSBURGH, MICH. > HUSBAND...WILLIAM GARD GARDNER > CHILDREN... LUCAS (13)... JILLIYN (9)... LYDIA (8) > COLLEGE... MICHIGAN, B.A. PHYSICAL EDUCATION COACHING EXPERIENCE > UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ASSISTANT COACH > MILAN (MICH.) HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY HEAD COACH > BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY ASSISTANT COACH > TRI-STATE SOFTBALL ACADEMY INSTRUCTOR > FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY ASSISTANT COACH > ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY ASSISTANT COACH > UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA HEAD COACH > INDIANA UNIVERSITY 2009-PRESENT... HEAD COACH PLAYING EXPERIENCE > UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PITCHER > WOMEN S MAJOR FASTPITCH PITCHER > OLYMPIC TRIALS PITCHER Michelle Gardner will be entering her seventh season as the head coach of the Indiana softball program in the 2015 season. She was named the eighth head coach IU softball history on June 9, 2008 after spending the previous six seasons as the head coach at the University of Nevada, where she was named the 2008 Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year. Since taking the helm for the 2009 campaign, she has had 11 players receive All-Big Ten honors, a 2011 Big Ten Pitcher of the year, the program s first All-Big Ten Freshman Team honoree, three NFCA All-Region selections and 36 Academic All-Big Ten selections. In 2011 and 2012, she had three players named First Team All-Big Ten, which is more than the seasons combined (two). Gardner picked up her 300th career victory in 3-1 decision against Valparaiso on March 9, The 2014 Hoosiers picked up 17 victories, while senior Breanna Saucedo earned Second Team All-Big Ten honors. In addition, nine Hoosiers earned Academic All-Big Ten, three were named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars and six were named NFCA All-America Scholar Athletes. In 2013, Gardner earned her 100th win in just her fifth season as the Hoosiers head coach the Hoosiers 8-0, five-inning win over Alabama State at the Tiger Classic in Nashville, Tenn. to become one of three IU head coaches to earn at least 100 wins in program history. Amanda Wagner was named a second team All-Big Ten selection that season and earned NFCA All-Region accolades after posting an impressive season campaign. She ranked fifth nationally with her.573 on-base percentage, while her 0.31 doubles per game and.423 batting average ranked 27th and 30th in the NCAA, respectively. Gardner led the Hoosiers to a record in 2012, and by reaching 30 wins, it was the first time since 1989 and 1990 that the Hoosiers have posted back-to-back 30-win seasons (37 wins in 2011). Shannon Cawley was named to the All-Big Ten First Team, while Amanda Wagner was named to the Second Team and Cassie Cogreve earned Third Team honors. Gardner led the Hoosiers resurgence in 2011 behind the arm of strikeout queen Morgan Melloh and the bat of Sara Olson. Melloh was named the Big Ten Pitcher of the Year and Olson was named First Team All-Big Ten. Both were named First Team All-Midwest Region and paced the Hoosiers as they advance to the NCAA Regional for the first time since Melloh set Big Ten and IU records for strikeouts in a single-season (494). Ind 2010, Jennifer Glueckert became the first All-Big Ten honoree from Indiana to receive Second Team accolades since 2006 as she led the team with a.389 conference batting average and had a hit in all but three conference games. While at Nevada, Gardner had an overall record of and in WAC play and coached 34 Academic All-WAC selections, 13 preseason All-WAC selections, 21 postseason All-WAC honorees, 21 WAC Players of the Week, eight WAC All-Tournament selections, one WAC Tournament MVP and 2008 WAC Player of the Year, Vanessa Briones. The success of her players also began to show itself on the national scene, as three Wolf Pack players on the 2008 roster received NFCA All-West Region honors. Gardner, a native of Petersburg, Mich., led the Wolf Pack to an appearance in the NCAA Regional in 2008 and was named WAC Coach of the Year and her coaching staff was named NFCA West Region Staff of the Year following a school-best overall record. She also posted a 16-2 record in conference play to claim the WAC regular season title, also the first in program history. Yet another first in the 2008 season for Gardner came at the end the year when freshman catcher Noelle Micka was named NFCA Second Team All-American, the first Wolf Pack player to ever receive all-american laurels. The 2007 season saw four Wolf Pack players receive All-WAC honors en route to 28 wins and an appearance in the WAC Tournament finals. All of this came one year after Gardner led Nevada to the WAC regular season and tournament titles and the first-ever appearance in the NCAA Regionals in The Wolf Pack record dipped below.500 in 2005 but they were still able to land a player on the first and second all-conference teams. In 2004, Gardner led Nevada to a then-school record 38 wins and saw Candice Rainwater earn First Team All-WAC honors, the first time in school history a player was named to the first team. In her inaugural season in Reno in 2003, Gardner and the Wolf Pack went on the year and were still able to place a pair of players on the All-WAC Second Team. She was hired by Nevada in December of 2001 when the university decided to bring softball back a varsity sport following a 14-year hiatus. The Wolf Pack began competing in the WAC with the start of the 2003 season and Gardner led them to 22 overall wins, the first of six consecutive seasons with 20-plus wins Before heading up the Nevada program, Gardner was an assistant coach at Arizona State ( ) and Florida State ( ) helping lead both schools to NCAA Regional appearances and a College World Series appearance at Arizona State. She was also and assistant coach at Bowling Green State University as well as a hitting and pitching instructor at the high school level. Gardner is a 1989 graduate of the University of Michigan with a degree in Physical Education, where she was a standout pitcher from In her senior season, she was named the Big Ten Player of the Year and garnered first team all-region honors as well. After exhausting her eligibility at Michigan, Gardner participated with several nationally-ranked Amateur Softball Association (ASA) teams in addition to competing in three Olympic festivals. She was also part of softball s first appearance in the 1996 Olympic Games when she took part in the Olympic Trials. Garner is married to William Gard Gardner and they have three children, Lucas (13), Jilliyn (9) and Lydia (8). GARDNER YEAR-BY-YEAR 2003 Nevada Nevada Nevada Nevada Nevada Nevada Totals at Nevada Indiana Indiana Indiana Indiana Indiana Indiana Indiana 2-13 Totals at Indiana Career Totals

7 2015 INDIANA SOFTBALL BIG TEN TOURNAMENT MAY Indiana Softball Overall Statistics for Indiana (as of May 03, 2015) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: Home: 9-7 Away: 3-15 Neutral: 5-16 Big Ten: 7-14 Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 4 Erin Lehman Kelsey Dotson Rebecca Blitz Shannon Cawley Michelle Huber Rachel O'Malley Brianna Meyer Taylor Uden CaraMia Tsirigos Kassi Farmer Katelyn Conenna Mena Fulton Kayla Mathewson Kennedy Cribbs Sarah Thompson Alyssa Rosati Totals Opponents LOB - Team (374), Opp (367). DPs turned - Team (24), Opp (24). IBB - Team (0), Opp (3). Picked off - Blitz 3. (All games Sorted by Earned run avg) Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 10 Miranda Tamayo / Lora Olson / Emily Kirk / Brianna Meyer / Katelyn Conenna / Taylor Uden / Totals / Opponents / PB - Team (7), Dotson 6, Farmer 1, Opp (16). SBA/ATT - Dotson (38-48), Olson, L. (26-36), Tamayo (16-18), Farmer (6-8), Kirk (2-2).

8 2015 INDIANA SOFTBALL BIG TEN TOURNAMENT MAY Indiana Softball Conference statistics for Indiana (as of May 03, 2015) (Big Ten games only Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 7-14 Home: 4-5 Away: 3-9 Big Ten: 7-14 Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% Kayla Mathewson Shannon Cawley Rebecca Blitz Kelsey Dotson Michelle Huber Katelyn Conenna Erin Lehman Brianna Meyer Rachel O'Malley CaraMia Tsirigos Taylor Uden Mena Fulton Kassi Farmer Sarah Thompson Kennedy Cribbs Alyssa Rosati Totals Opponents LOB - Team (157), Opp (149). DPs turned - Team (10), Opp (12). (Big Ten games only Sorted by Earned run avg) Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 10 Miranda Tamayo / Lora Olson / Brianna Meyer / Katelyn Conenna / Totals / Opponents / PB - Team (2), Dotson 2, Opp (3). SBA/ATT - Dotson (9-12), Tamayo (7-7), Olson, L. (2-5).

9 2015 INDIANA SOFTBALL BIG TEN TOURNAMENT MAY Indiana Softball Team Game-by-Game for Indiana (as of May 05, 2015) Batting (All games) Date Opponent ab r h rbi 2b 3b hr tb bb ibb sb cs hbp sac sf gdp k po a e lob avg Feb 06 vs Western Michigan Feb 06 vs Oregon State Feb 07 vs San Diego Feb 07 at Arizona State Feb 08 vs Utah Valley Feb 13 vs Utah Valley Feb 13 vs Texas El-Paso Feb 14 vs Cal State Northridge Feb 15 vs Utah State Feb 14 vs New Mexico Feb 19 vs Georgia Feb 19 vs UCLA Feb 20 vs Loyola Marymount Feb 20 vs Cal Poly Feb 21 vs Brigham Young Feb 27 vs Georgia Feb 27 vs Lehigh Mar 01 vs Georgetown Mar 01 vs Miami (Oh) Mar 07 vs Austin Peay Mar 07 vs St. Louis Mar 08 vs Eastern Illinois Mar 08 at Kennesaw State Mar 12 BOWLING GREEN Mar 14 WRIGHT STATE Mar 14 BOWLING GREEN Mar 15 IPFW Mar 16 NORTH DAKOTA ST Mar 18 at Kentucky *Mar 20 RUTGERS *Mar 21 RUTGERS *Mar 22 RUTGERS Mar 25 at Louisville *Mar 28 at Illinois *Mar 28 at Illinois *Mar 29 at Illinois *Apr 04 MARYLAND *Apr 04 MARYLAND *Apr 05 MARYLAND *Apr 09 at Penn State *Apr 11 at Penn State *Apr 12 at Penn State *Apr 17 at Michigan *Apr 18 at Michigan *Apr 18 at Michigan Apr 21 at Ball State Apr 08 PURDUE Apr 22 PURDUE *Apr 24 MICHIGAN STATE *Apr 24 MICHIGAN STATE *Apr 26 MICHIGAN STATE Apr 28 at Indiana State *May 01 at Ohio State *May 02 at Ohio State *May 03 at Ohio State Totals

10 2015 INDIANA SOFTBALL BIG TEN TOURNAMENT MAY Indiana Softball Team Game-by-Game for Indiana (as of May 05, 2015) Pitching (All games) Date Opponent ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr wp bk hbp dp ibb score w-l sv era Feb 06 vs Western Michigan Feb 06 vs Oregon State Feb 07 vs San Diego Feb 07 at Arizona State Feb 08 vs Utah Valley Feb 13 vs Utah Valley Feb 13 vs Texas El-Paso Feb 14 vs Cal State Northridge Feb 15 vs Utah State Feb 14 vs New Mexico Feb 19 vs Georgia Feb 19 vs UCLA Feb 20 vs Loyola Marymount Feb 20 vs Cal Poly Feb 21 vs Brigham Young Feb 27 vs Georgia Feb 27 vs Lehigh Mar 01 vs Georgetown Mar 01 vs Miami (Oh) Mar 07 vs Austin Peay Mar 07 vs St. Louis Mar 08 vs Eastern Illinois Mar 08 at Kennesaw State Mar 12 BOWLING GREEN Mar 14 WRIGHT STATE Mar 14 BOWLING GREEN Mar 15 IPFW Mar 16 NORTH DAKOTA ST Mar 18 at Kentucky *Mar 20 RUTGERS *Mar 21 RUTGERS *Mar 22 RUTGERS Mar 25 at Louisville *Mar 28 at Illinois *Mar 28 at Illinois *Mar 29 at Illinois *Apr 04 MARYLAND *Apr 04 MARYLAND *Apr 05 MARYLAND *Apr 09 at Penn State *Apr 11 at Penn State *Apr 12 at Penn State *Apr 17 at Michigan *Apr 18 at Michigan *Apr 18 at Michigan Apr 21 at Ball State Apr 08 PURDUE Apr 22 PURDUE *Apr 24 MICHIGAN STATE *Apr 24 MICHIGAN STATE *Apr 26 MICHIGAN STATE Apr 28 at Indiana State *May 01 at Ohio State *May 02 at Ohio State *May 03 at Ohio State Totals

11 2015 INDIANA SOFTBALL BIG TEN TOURNAMENT MAY INDIVIDUAL CAREER HISTORY Rebecca Blitz TOTAL Denisa Brooks Shannon Cawley TOTAL Katelyn Conenna TOTAL Year era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr bf bavg wp hbp bk sfa sha / TOTAL / Kennedy Cribbs TOTAL Kelsey Dotson TOTAL Kassi Farmer TOTAL

12 2015 INDIANA SOFTBALL BIG TEN TOURNAMENT MAY INDIVIDUAL CAREER HISTORY Individual Career History Mena Fulton TOTAL Michelle Huber TOTAL Emily Kirk TOTAL Year era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr bf bavg wp hbp bk sfa sha / TOTAL / Maria Latimer TOTAL Erin Lehman TOTAL Kayla Mathewson TOTAL

13 2015 INDIANA SOFTBALL BIG TEN TOURNAMENT MAY INDIVIDUAL CAREER HISTORY Individual Career History Brianna Meyer TOTAL Year era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr bf bavg wp hbp bk sfa sha / TOTAL / Rachel O'Malley TOTAL Lora Olson TOTAL Year era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr bf bavg wp hbp bk sfa sha / / / / TOTAL / Alyssa Rosati TOTAL Miranda Tamayo TOTAL Year era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr bf bavg wp hbp bk sfa sha / / / TOTAL /

14 2015 INDIANA SOFTBALL BIG TEN TOURNAMENT MAY INDIVIDUAL CAREER HISTORY Individual Career History Sarah Thompson TOTAL CaraMia Tsirigos TOTAL Taylor Uden TOTAL Year era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr bf bavg wp hbp bk sfa sha / TOTAL /