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1 florida state VOLLEYBALl 19 NCAA Tournament Appearances , 85, 87, 88, 89, 90, 92, 93, 97, 98, 02, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 Five Sweet 16 Appearances , 11, 13, 14, 16 Two Elite Eight Appearances , 11 One Final Four Appearance Four ACC Championships , 09, 11, AVCA All-American Honorees 39 AVCA All-Region Honorees 37 All-ACC Honorees 2017 SEASON Overall Record Home Record Away Record Neutral Record ACC Record SCHEDULE august 25 at Baylor + - / - 8:00 PM 26 vs. Illinois State + - / - 12:30 PM 26 UC Santa Barbara + - / - 5:30 PM september 1 vs. UNC Asheville ^ - / - 1:00 PM 2 vs. Colorado State ^ - / - 3:00 PM 3 vs. TCU ^ - / - 1:00 PM 8 vs. Tennessee # - / - 6:00 PM 9 vs. Arizona # - / - 4:30 PM 12 at Florida - / - 6:00 PM 22 vs. Virginia * - / - 6:30 PM 24 vs. Virginia Tech * - / - 1:00 PM 29 Louisville * - / - 7:00 PM october 1 at Notre Dame * - / - 1:00 PM 4 vs. Miami * - / - 6:30 PM 6 vs. Pittsburgh * - / - 6:30 PM 13 at Wake Forest * - / - 6:30 PM 15 at Duke * - / - 1:00 PM 20 vs. Notre Dame * - / - 6:30 PM 22 vs. Louisville * - / - 1:00 PM 27 vs. North Carolina * - / - 6:00 PM 29 vs. NC State * - / - 1:00 PM november 1 at Miami * - / - 6:00 PM 5 at Pittsburgh * - / - 1:00 PM 10 vs. Syracuse * - / - 6:30 PM 12 vs. Boston College * - / - 1:00 PM 17 at Virginia Tech * - / - 6:30 PM 19 at Virginia * - / - 1:00 PM 22 at Clemson * - / - 2:00 PM 24 at Georgia Tech * - / - 1:00 PM december 11/30-2 NCAA First & Second Rounds 8-9 NCAA Regionals 14 NCAA Semifinals 16 NCAA Finals + Hampton Inn & Suite Waco North Baylor Invitational ^ Home2 Suites by Hilton Tallahassee Seminole Invitational # FSU-FAMU Classic * Conference Match match overview Florida State (AVCA Rank: 15th) Baylor (AVCA Rank: RV)... Aug. 25, :00 p.m. (EST) Waco, Texas Broadcast Information Record Florida State leads All-Time Series... Florida State, 2-0 (Sept. 18, 1961)... First Meeting... Florida State, 3-2 (Sept. 8, 2016)... Last Meeting... Milica Kubura (376) Kills Leader... Katie Staiger (698) Cecilie Woie (500) Digs Leader...Jana Brusek (577) Brianne Burkert (771) Assists Leader...Morgan Reed (1330) Melanie Keil (194) Total Blocks Leader...Camryn Freiberg (154) match overview Florida State (AVCA Rank: 18th) Illinois State (AVCA Rank: NR)... Aug. 26, :30 p.m. (EST) Waco, Texas Broadcast Information Record Florida State leads All-Time Series First Meeting...Illinois State, 2-0 (Dec. 12, 1974)... Last Meeting...Illinois State, 3-0 (Aug. 30, 2002) Milica Kubura (376) Kills Leader...Jaelyn Keene (364) Cecilie Woie (500) Digs Leader...Courtney Pence (652) Brianne Burkert (771) Assists Leader...Jordan Weatherless (681) Melanie Keil (194) Total Blocks Leader... Jaelyn Keene (115) match overview Florida State (AVCA Rank: 15th ) UC Santa Barbara (AVCA Rank: NR)... Nov. 13, :30 p.m. (EST) Syracuse, N.Y Broadcast Information Record All-Time Series... UCSB leads First Meeting... UCSB, 3-1 (Sept. 18, 1998)... Last Meeting... UCSB, 3-0 (Sept. 15, 1999) Milica Kubura (376) Kills Leader... Lindsey Ruddins (389) Cecilie Woie (500) Digs Leader...Emilia Petrachi (489) Brianne Burkert (771) Assists Leader...Hannah Juley (1055) Melanie Keil (194) Total Blocks Leader... Phoebe Grunt (76) MEDIA INFORMATION Volleyball SID...Kelsey Bibik Phone Cell Fax kbibik@fsu.edu Website... Seminoles.com Mailing Address Stadium Dr., Tallahassee, Fla

2 2017 QUICK FACTS Location... Tallahassee, Fla. Enrollment... 41,473 Nickname... Seminoles School Colors...Garnet & Gold Conference Affiliation... Atlantic Coast President... John Thrasher Vice President / Director of Athletics... Stan Wilcox Senior Associate Athletics Director (Senior Women s Administrator)... Vanessa Fuchs Head Coach... Chris Poole Alma Mater... Arkansas Tech 83 Career Record Overall Record at Florida State ACC Record at Florida State Associate Head Coach... Jeff Hulsmeyer Alma Mater... Kentucky 88 Assistant Head Coach... Jordana Price Director of Volleyball Operations... Aubrey Marsellis Volleyball Office Phone Home Venue...Tully Gymnasium Home Court...Lucy McDaniel Court Tully Gym Capacity... 1,250 Press Row Phone First Year of Volleyball All-Time Record <since 1972>...1, All-Time ACC Record <joined in 1991> All-Time ACC Championships... Four (1998, 2009, 2011, 2012) All-Time NCAA Tournament Appearances...19 (1983, 1985, , , , 2002, ) All-Time NCAA Tournament Record Overall Record ACC Record ACC Finish... Second Returning Letterwinners / Lost... 7 / 5 Returning Starters / Lost Libero / 4 Twitter... FSU_Volleyball Facebook... facebook.com/fsuvolleyball Instagram... fsuvolleyball Website... Assistant Athletic Director / Sports Information Director / Digital Media Director... Elliott Finebloom Assistant Sports Information Director (Volleyball Contact)... Kelsey Bibik Kelsey Bibik s Office Number Kelsey Bibik s Cell Number SID Fax Number Mailing Address Stadium Drive West... Tallahassee, Fla SEMINOLES BY LOCATION Alberta Croatia Florida Georgia Iowa Kansas Missouri Norway Ohio Serbia Texas 2017 FLORIDA STATE VOLLEYBALL MATCH NOTES

3 2017 ROSTER NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Player Pos. Ht. Class Hometown / High School (Last School) / Club Team 1 Cecilie Woie L 5-6 Sr. Alsvag, Norway / OSKIL 3 Natasha Calkins OH 6-1 Sr. Calgary, Alberta, Canada / William Aberhart 4 Mariah Brim RS 6-6 Fr Overland, Kan. / Aquinas High School 5 Bozena Culo OH 6-2 So. Bjelovar, Croatia / Architectural Technical School Zagreb / Hoak Mladost Zagreb 6 Brianne Burkert S 6-1 Jr. Richardson, Texas / J.J. Pearce / Texas Advantage Volleyball 7 Milica Kubura OH 6-4 Sr. Belgrade,Serbia / 3rd Belgrade High School 8 Tiana Jackson MB 6-2 Fr. O Fallon, Mo. / Fort Zumwalt North High School 9 Madison Sullivan L 5-7 So. Jacksonville, Fla. / Duncan U. Fletcher / Jacksonville Juniors 10 Christina Ambrose OH 6-3 RJr. Winter Park, Fla. / Winter Park High School / Orlando Volleyball Academy 11 Logan Holanchock L 5-5 Jr. St. Augustine, Fla. / St. Augustine HS (Tampa) 13 Taryn Knuth MB 6-3 Fr. Johnston, Iowa / Johnston High School 15 Annie Tietjens S 5-8 RSo. St. Louis, Mo. / Ursuline Academy / Spring Hill College 17 Adrian Ell S 6-2 Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio / Archbishop McNicholas 47 Deja Williams MB 6-2 Fr. Suwanee, Ga. / Peachtree Ridge High School ALPHABETICAL ROSTER 10 Christina Ambrose OH 6-3 RJr. Winter Park, Fla. / Winter Park High School / Orlando Volleyball Academy 4 Mariah Brim RS 6-6 Fr Overland, Kan. / Aquinas High School 6 Brianne Burkert S 6-1 Jr. Richardson, Texas / J.J. Pearce / Texas Advantage Volleyball 3 Natasha Calkins OH 6-1 Sr. Calgary, Alberta, Canada / William Aberhart 5 Bozena Culo OH 6-2 So. Bjelovar, Croatia / Architectural Technical School Zagreb / Hoak Mladost Zagreb 17 Adrian Ell S 6-2 Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio / Archbishop McNicholas 11 Logan Holanchock L 5-5 Jr. St. Augustine, Fla. / St. Augustine HS (Tampa) 8 Tiana Jackson MB 6-2 Fr. O Fallon, Mo. / Fort Zumwalt North High School 13 Taryn Knuth MB 6-3 Fr. Johnston, Iowa / Johnston High School 7 Milica Kubura OH 6-4 Sr. Belgrade,Serbia / 3rd Belgrade High School 9 Madison Sullivan L 5-7 So. Jacksonville, Fla. / Duncan U. Fletcher / Jacksonville Juniors 15 Annie Tietjens S 5-8 RSo. St. Louis, Mo. / Ursuline Academy / Spring Hill College 47 Deja Williams MB 6-2 Fr. Suwanee, Ga. / Peachtree Ridge High School 1 Cecilie Woie L 5-6 Sr. Alsvag, Norway / OSKIL SEMINOLES BY CLASS FRESHMEN... Mariah Brim, Adrian Ell, Tiana Jackson, Taryn Knuth, Deja Williams SOPHOMORES... Bozena Culo, Madison Sullivan, Annie Tietjens JUNIORS... Christina Ambrose, Brianne Burkert, Logan Holanchock SENIORS...Natasha Calkins, Milica Kubura, Cecilie Woie SEMINOLES BY POSITION OUTSIDE HITTERS... Christina Ambrose, Bozena Culo, Natasha Calkins, Milica Kubura SETTERS... Brianne Burkert, Adrian Ell, Annie Tietjens RIGHT SIDE HITTER...Mariah Brim MIDDLE BLOCKERS...Tiana Jackson, Taryn Knuth, Deja Williams LIBERO... Madison Sullivan, Cecilie Woie Bozena Culo: Milica Kubura: Cecilie Woie: BO-genna COO-low MEEL-itsa Que-Bura See-sill-yay Voy-yay PRONUNCIATION GUIDE COACHING STAFF Head Coach... Chris Poole Associate Head Coach... Jeff Hulsmeyer Assistant Coach... Jordana Price Volunteer Assistant Coach... Mallory Mangun Director of Operations... Aubrey Marsellis

4 AVCA TOP 25 COACHES POLL Preseason Poll August 9, 2017 No. School (First-Place Votes) Pts Rec. Previous Rk 1 Texas (25) Stanford (35) Washington (2) Minnesota (2) Nebraska Penn State Wisconsin Kansas Creighton BYU North Carolina* Florida* UCLA Kentucky Florida State Michigan Michigan State Oregon Missouri Hawai i Ohio State San Diego Utah Arizona* Purdue RV * 2017 Opponent 2016 PRESEASON ACC POLL 1. North Carolina (196 points, 14 first place votes) 2. Florida State (169) 3. Pitt (168) 4. Notre Dame (149) 5. NC State (140) 6. Miami (136) 7. Duke (118) 8. Louisville (104) 9. Georgia Tech (99) 10. Syracuse (75) 11. Wake Forest (69) 12. Virginia Tech (54) 13. Virginia (50) 14. Boston College (28) 15. Clemson (20) 2017 HONORS & ACCOLADES MILICA KUBURA Preseason All-ACC NOLES ENTER 2017 RANKED 15th: The Florida State volleyball team received a No. 15 ranking in the preseason polls released by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) on Aug. 9. It marks the seventh time in the ten years under head coach Chris Poole that the Seminoles have entered the season ranked in the AVCA Top 20. The highest in that span came in 2012 when Florida State opened the campaign 12th, after reaching the NCAA Final Four the previous season. The Noles are one of only two Atlantic Coast Conference programs in the AVCA polls, trailing the 2017 league preseason favorite North Carolina (11th). Florida State ended the 2016 season ranked 13th in the final American Volleyball Coaches Association Polls (AVCA) and has now spent the last 91 weeks ranked in the AVCA Top 25. The streak began on Sept. 19, 2011 when the Seminoles brandished a 23rd overall ranking. THREE AVCA TOP 25 TEAMS ON THE DOCKET: The Seminoles will play three matches against the same number of teams currently ranked in the AVCA Top 25. The first will be against No. 24 Arizona on September 9 as a part of the FSU-FAMU Classic, immediately followed by No. 12 Florida on the road. The Noles will see conference rival No. 11 North Carolina only once this season, as the Tar Heels will travel to Tallahassee on October 27. NOLES SECOND IN ACC PRESEASON POLLS: The Seminoles were picked to finish second to North Carolina by the league s 15 head coaches in the 2017 campaign. The Tar Heels garnered 196 points - out of 196 possible points - and 14 first-place votes. Coaches were not allowed to include their own team in their predicted order of finish. North Carolina s roster features 11 returning members from last year s squad. KUBURA PRESEASON ALL-ACC: Florida State s star outside hitter Milica Kubura was named to the Preseason All-ACC team in Kubura, also a Firs Team All-ACC honoree in 2016, was a solid two-way player for Florida State as she finished ranked in the top five places on the team in seven major categories including kills (376-1st), kills/set (2.98-1st), hitting percentage (.327-2nd), assisted blocks (78-3rd), total blocks (84-3rd), blocks/set (0.67-3rd) and solo blocks (6-4th). Kubura was instrumental in guiding the Seminoles to a 17-3 mark in ACC action in 2016 after her.327 hitting percentage earned her an eighth place ranking in the ACC FLORIDA STATE VOLLEYBALL MATCH NOTES

5 WINNING THROUGH THE YEARS: With a ranked win over in-state rival Florida on Dec. 3, 2016, the Seminoles have earned at least 20 wins for the 33rd time since the 1973 campaign. Former head coach Cecile Reynaud ( ) owns the most 20+ win campaigns (20), while current head coach Chris Poole has contributed nine, including a pair of 30-win seasons in 2009 and Poole has guided the Noles to a school record 147 ACC wins since 2008, the most of any program in the league while amassing a overall mark at FSU. As a result the Noles have made eight straight appearances in the NCAA Tournament. STRONG OPENERS: Florida State has a 39-6 all-time mark in season openers dating back to the 1972 campaign, including a 15-2 mark since the 2000 season. The 2017 season opener against Baylor marks just the sixth time since 1972 that the Seminoles are starting the season in a true road contest, and it is just the 18th opening match that has taken place at a neutral site in-season tournament. The Seminoles are 8-1 under head coach Chris Poole in season openers since he took over the program 2008, with five of those victories by virtue of a sweep, including last season s season opener against UCF. Poole has lead Florida State to wins over Florida A&M, Central Michigan, New Mexico State, Kentucky, Tennessee, Nebraska, Oklahoma and now UCF in that stretch. POOLE DEVELOPS FSU INTO MAJOR FORCE: Entering his tenth year at Florida State, head coach Chris Poole has established the Seminoles as fixture in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Top 25 and among the elite programs in the nation, rejuvenating the program into a consistent national contender. When Poole inherited the Florida State volleyball program in the summer of 2008, he took over a team that hadn t been to the NCAA Tournament since However, since the beginning of the 2009 season, when Poole began overseeing the scheduling process, the Seminoles have gone head-to-head with 33 non-conference opponents that were ranked in the top 25 of the AVCA polls. By facing those upper echelon programs, Poole has established Florida State s schedule as one of the most difficult in the nation for the last seven years. According to richkern.com the Seminoles strength of schedule has ranked seventh, eighth and fourth in succession in each of the last three seasons. By the close of the 2016 season Poole further ce- ALL-TIME RECORDS vs OPPONENTS NON-CONFERENCE Team FSU W-L Last Meeting Baylor 3-0 FSU, 3-2 (Sept. 8, 2016) Illinois State 4-3 ILS, 3-0 (Aug. 30, 2002) UC Santa Barbara 0-2 UCSB, 3-0 (Sept. 15, 1999) UNC Asheville 2-0 FSU, 3-0 (Aug. 25, 2007) Colorado State 0-1 CSU, 3-1 (Dec. 4, 1988) TCU 1-0 FSU, 3-1 (Aug. 25, 2007) Tennessee 11-7 FSU, 3-0 (Aug. 24, 2012) Arizona 0-2 UA, 3-0 (Oct. 11, 1985) Florida FSU, 3-2 (Dec. 8, 216) ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE Team FSU W-L Last Meeting Boston College 20-1 FSU, 3-1 (Nov. 11, 2016) Clemson FSU, 3-1 (Nov. 23, 2016) Duke FSU, 3-1 (Nov. 18, 2016) Georgia Tech FSU, 3-2 (Nov. 25, 2016) Louisville 13-5 FSU, 3-1 (Oct. 28, 2016) Miami FSU, 3-0 (Oct. 19, 2016) North Carolina UNC, 3-2 (Nov. 6, 2016) NC State 46-6 NCSU, 3-2 (Nov. 4, 2016) Notre Dame 8-2 FSU, 3-1 (Oct. 30, 2016) Pittsburgh 5-4 FSU, 3-1 (Oct. 16, 2016) Syracuse 6-0 FSU, 3-1 (Nov. 13, 2016) Virginia 3-14 FSU, 3-0 (Oct. 21, 2016) Virginia Tech 30-4 FSU, 3-2 (Oct. 14, 2016) Wake Forest 32-7 FSU, 3-1 (Nov. 20, 2016) 2017 DOUBLE-DOUBLE TRACKER Brianne Burkert 35 assists, 11 digs (vs. Baylor; Sept. 8, 2016) 37 assists, 12 digs (vs. Little Rock; Sept. 9, 2016) 28 assists, 11 digs (vs. Florida; Sept. 14, 2016) 24 assists, 13 digs (vs. Louisville; Sept. 25, 2016) 31 assists, 10 digs (vs. NC State; Oct. 9, 2016) 23 assists, 10 digs (vs. NC State; Nov. 4, 2016) 27 assists, 16 digs (vs. Syracuse; Nov. 13, 2016) 20 assists, 10 digs (vs. Cincinnati; Dec. 2, 2016) 30 assists, 10 digs (vs. Florida; Dec. 3, 2016) Christina Ambrose 12 kills, 10 digs (at Louisville; Oct. 28, 2016) 15 kills, 11 digs (vs. North Carolina; Nov. 6, 2016) <13 Career> <2 Career> FLORIDA STATE RPI since 2008 under Chris Poole Season Final RPI

6 FLORIDA STATE S 2016 RECORD WHEN... Playing at home Playing on the road Playing at a neutral site Non-conference matches ACC matches In three-set matches In four-set matches In five-set matches When winning the first set When losing the first set When winning the second set When losing the second set When winning the third set When losing the third set When winning the fourth set When losing the fourth set When winning the fifth set When losing the fifth set Hitting Hitting Out-hitting a team Out-hit by a team Playing a ranked team In August In September In October In November In December SCOUTING THE COMPETITION Baylor 3-0 Home Record Away Record Neutral Record ALL-TIME SERIES Date Season FSU / Opp. Opponent Result Scores Sept / - vs. Baylor! W, , 15-1 Oct / - vs. Baylor W, , 15-7, 15-4 Sept / - vs. Baylor W, , 25-15, 25-13, 19-25, Illinois State 4-3 Home Record 2-1 Away Record 0-1 Neutral Record 2-1 ALL-TIME SERIES Date Season FSU / Opp. Opponent Result Scores Dec / - vs. Illinois State ^ L, , / - vs. Illinois State $ W, , Oct / - vs. Illinois W, , 15-4, 13-15, 15-8 Sept / - vs. Illinois State L, , 6-15, 4-15 Sept / - vs. Illinois State W, , 15-7, 12-15, 15-6, 15-9 Sept / - vs. Illinois State W, , 15-8, 2-15, 15-7 Aug / - at Illinois State! L, , 30-32, UC-Santa Barbara 0-2 Home Record 0-1 Away Record 0-1 Neutral Record 0-0 ALL-TIME SERIES Date Season FSU / Opp. Opponent Result Scores Sept / 4 at UC-Santa Barbara # L, , 17-19, Sept / 9 vs. UC-Santa Barbara L, , 5-15, 6-15 mented his name among the best coaches in the sport as he led the Seminoles to at least 25 wins for the sixth consecutive campaign. Along with surpassing 200 wins in his Florida State career in 2015, Poole climbed to sixth among active Division I coaches in NCAA history with 787 career wins. Scouting the Competition Baylor Series record: Florida State leads 3-0 Last meeting: No. 16 FSU won 3-2 on September 8, 2016 in Tallahassee, dropping the first and fourth sets. Before facing off in 2016, the Bears and the Seminoles had not met since 1990, and 1981 before that. Baylor has seen a huge upswing in its volleyball program in the last few years, posting a record in 2016 its best record since 2009 (24-10). The Bears also advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in five years in 2016, earning an upset win in the first round but falling in the second. Baylor has a young roster, not unlike FSU s, as it brought on six freshmen this season. The Bears returned five starters plus a libero, but lost setter Morgan Reed, a staple in the BU lineup, who earned herself a top-10 ranking for single season assists in Baylor s history, notching 1,330 in Head Coach Ryan McGuyre served as Florida State s associate head coach under Coach Poole in the 2013 and 2014 seasons. McGuyre saw FSU s back-to-back Sweet 16 appearances in the NCAA Tournament, and notched a record in his two-year stint with the Seminoles. Illinois State Series record: Florida State leads 4-3 Last meeting: ILS won 3-0 on August 30, 2002 in Normal, Ill., FSU was not ranked. Illinois State enters the 2017 season with a brand new head coach, as Leah Johnson was hired following the 2016 season. In 2016, the Redbirds notched a overall record (9-9 MVC) after coming off a pair of 22+ win seasons and going undefeated in the Missouri Valley Conference in FLORIDA STATE VOLLEYBALL MATCH NOTES

7 The Redbirds return five starters and ten letterwinners this season, and added four freshmen to the roster. UC Santa Barbara Series record: UCSB leads 2-0 Last meeting: No. 9 UCSB won 3-0 on September 15, 1999 in Tallahassee, FSU was not ranked. The Gauchos will prove to be new competition for the Seminoles, as the two have not met in 18 years. Under head coach Cecile Reynaud, Florida State fell to a ranked UC Santa Barbara team in both 1998 and 1999 the Gauchos advanced to the NCAA Tournament Regionals both of those seasons. UCSB returns four starters and a libero in 2017, including last season s star outside hitter, Lindsey Ruddins. Ruddins earned numerous accolades following her redshirt freshman season in 2016, including an All-American Honorable Mention and a selection to the All-Big West First Team. UCSB is in a similar position as FSU, with an almost entirely new group of middle blockers. While Florida State will look to its freshman to fill that role, UCSB will return 2016 Big West All-Freshman pick Rowan Ennis to balance out the position. WINNINGEST ACTIVE DIVISION I NCAA COACHES as of August 15, 2017 Head Coach Institution Seasons Wins 2017 Wins Russ Rose Penn State 41 2,015 David Shoji Hawaii 42 1,204 Mick Haley Southern Cal John Dunning Stanford Mary Wise Florida Brian Gimmillaro Long Beach State Chris Poole Florida State Joe Sagula North Carolina Bob Bertucci Lehigh Barry Goldberg American Tom Hilbert Colorado State FLORIDA STATE UNDER CHRIS POOLE <since 2008> MOST OVERALL CONFERENCE WINS IN ACC as of Nov. 27, 2016 W L Winning Pct. Florida State North Carolina Duke Miami Pittsburgh Louisville Georgia Tech Virginia Tech Clemson Syracuse Virginia Wake Forest NC State Notre Dame Maryland Boston College FLORDA STATE VS. ACC OPPONENTS <as of Nov. 27, 2016> Opponent W-L Record Boston College 14-0 Clemson 14-2 Duke 10-5 Georgia Tech 11-4 Louisville 3-1 Maryland 9-1 Miami 12-6 North Carolina 9-6 Notre Dame 7-0 NC State 14-1 Pittsburgh 3-1 Syracuse 5-0 Virginia 12-1 Virginia Tech 10-2 Wake Forest 14-1 Total (.829 win pct.)

8 CHRIS POOLE HEAD COACH TENTH SEASON Entering his tenth year at Florida State, head coach Chris Poole has established the Seminoles as fixture in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Top 25 and among the elite programs in the nation as he has rejuvenated a program that has become a national contender year in and year out. When Poole inherited the Florida State volleyball program in the summer of 2008, he took over a team that had failed to reach the 20-win plateau in five-straight seasons and hadn t been to the NCAA Tournament since It was a program looking for answers; a program looking to get back to the winning ways it had grown accustomed to in the 1980s and early 90s. However, since the beginning of the 2009 season, when Poole began overseeing the scheduling process, the Seminoles have gone head-to-head with 35 non-conference opponents that were ranked in the top 25 of the AVCA polls. By facing those upper echelon programs, Poole has established Florida State s schedule as one of the most difficult in the nation for the last seven years. According to richkern.com the Seminoles strength of schedule has ranked seventh, eighth and fourth in succession in each of the last three seasons. By the close of the 2015 season Poole further cemented his name among the best coaches in the sport as he led the Seminoles to at least 25 wins for the fifth consecutive campaign. Along with surpassing 200 wins in his Florida State career Poole climbed to seventh among active coaches in NCAA history with 761 career wins. The 2015 season, which culminated in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at in-state rival Florida, was highlighted by the five-member senior class which included Caroline Dadowski, Laura Dadowski, Karlie Hauer, Mercedes Vaughn and Nicole Walch. Under the direction of Poole, that quintuplet capped off one of the best four-year runs in program history, brandishing a overall record, including a 54-2 mark in Tully Gymnasium, and along the way finished in ACC action. Poole s continued development of Nicole Walch witnessed the Stuart, Fla., native become the first player in the rally scoring era to crack the program s top 10 list in kills (1,466) after driving home a team-high 459 kills. By leading the team in eight major categories, Walch was a unanimous selection for All-ACC First Team and was named Senior CLASS Top 10 Finalist, AVCA All-East Region Team and AVCA Honorable Mention All-American. Poole s program also drew individual honors for Sarah Burrington (AVCA Honorable Mention All-American, AVCA All-East Region Team, All-ACC First Team); Brianne Burkert (All-ACC Freshman Team); Katie Horton (All-ACC Second Team); Milica Kubura (AVCA Honorable Mention All-East Region Team, All-ACC Second Team, CoSIDA Academic All-District IV Team) and Hailey Luke (CoSIDA Academic All-District IV Team). SEMINOLES UNDER COACH POOLE Season Overall Home Away Neutral Conference Notes ACC Tournament ACC Champions / Elite Eight (NCAA Tournament) NCAA Tournament ACC Champions / Final Four (NCAA Tournament) ACC Champions / NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 (NCAA Tournament) Sweet 16 (NCAA Tournament) NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 (NCAA Tournament) SEMINOLES AVCA TOP 25 WINS UNDER COACH POOLE Date Season FSU / Opp. Rank Opponent Site Result Score Scores Sept / 8 vs. Illinois Las Cruces, NM W , 25-22, Dec / 13 vs. Kentucky Minneapolis, MN W , 26-24, 25-17, 19-25, Sept / 16 at Kentucky Lexington, KY W , 25-22, 25-20, 17-25, 15-6 Aug / 23 vs. Tulsa Tallahassee, Fla. W , 21-25, 25-16, Sept / 23 at Dayton Dayton, OH W , 22-25, 25-23, Sept / 20 vs. Miami Tallahassee, Fla. W , 25-21, Dec / 8 vs. Purdue Minneapolis, MN W , 21-25, 25-20, Dec / 14 vs. Iowa State Minneapolis, MN W , 23-25, 25-20, 19-25, Aug / 15 at Tennessee Knoxville, TN W , 25-15, Aug / 10 vs. Iowa State Knoxville, TN W , 25-23, 25-11, 25-27, Sept / 21 vs. Ohio State Tallahassee, Fla. W , 22-25, 25-13, Oct / 11 vs. Florida Tallahassee, Fla. W , 25-22, Nov / 23 vs. Miami Tallahassee, Fla. W , 22-25, 25-14, Aug / 17 vs. Kentucky Long Beach, CA W , 25-23, Sept / 16 vs. Western Kentucky Tallahassee, Fla. W , 25-15, 25-15, Sept / 7 vs. Michigan College Station, TX W , 23-25, 25-17, 25-19, Nov / 12 vs. North Carolina Tallahassee, Fla. W , 25-21, 25-16, 17-25, 15-8 Nov / 13 vs. Duke Tallahassee, Fla. W , 25-22, Dec / 6 vs Florida Tallahassee, Fla. W , 20-25, 22-25, 25-22, 15-9 Aug / 7 at Nebraska Lincoln, NE W , 27-25, 25-23, Sept / 11 vs. Florida Tallahassee, Fla. W , 25-21, 23-25, 25-23, 15-9 Sept / 21 at Texas A&M College Station, TX W , 23-25, 26-24, Sept / 21 at Texas A&M College Station, TX W , 25-16, 25-8 Sept / 12 vs. North Carolina Tallahassee, Fla. W , 25-22, Sept /14 vs. Texas A&M San Juan, Puerto Rico W , 19-25, 25-20, 25-21, FLORIDA STATE VOLLEYBALL MATCH NOTES

9 2017 TEAM PHOTO ROSTER 1 CECILIE WOIE 5-6 / SR. / L-DS Alsvag, Norway 3 NATASHA CALKINS 6-1 / SR. / OH Calgary, Alberta 4 MARIAH BRIM 6-6 / FR. / RS Overland, Kan. 5 BOZENA CULO 6-2 / SO. / OH Bjelovar, Croatia 6 BRIANNE BURKERT 6-1 / JR. / S Richardson, Texas 7 MILICA KUBURA 6-4 / SR. / OH Belgrade, Serbia 8 TIANA JACKSON 6-0 / FR. / S O Fallon, Mo. 9 MADISON SULLIVAN 5-7 / SO. / L-DS Jacksonville, Fla. 10 CHRISTINA AMBROSE 6-3 / R-JR. / OH Winter Park, Fla. 11 LOGAN HOLANCHOCK 5-5 / JR. / L-DS St. Augustine, Fla. 13 TARYN KNUTH 6-3 / FR. / MB Johnston, Iowa 15 ANNIE TIETJENS 5-8 / R-SO. / S St. Louis, Mo. 17 ADRIAN ELL 6-2 / FR. / S Cincinnati, Ohio 47 DEJA WILLIAMS 6-2 / FR. / MB Suwanee, Ga. CHRIS POOLE HEAD COACH JEFF HULSMEYER ASSOC. HEAD COACH JORDANA PRICE ASSISTANT COACH AUBREY MARSELLIS DIR. OF OPERATIONS