2006 TEXAS STATE BOBCATS

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1 HISTORY REVIEW 2006 OPPONENTS GENERAL INFORMATION 2006 COACHES & STAFF 2006 BOBCAT PLAYERS 2006 PREVIEW KELLY FLETCHER SR/3L OH/RS RED OAK, TEXAS RED OAK HS MID CITIES VOLLEYBALL CLUB YEAR 2003 TOTAL THE FLETCHER FILE FAVORITE MOVIE...HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS FAVORITE HOBBY...HANGING OUT WITH FRIENDS FAVORITE FOOD...STEAK PETS... TWO DOGS, CLEO AND DOLLY FAVORITE TV SHOW... RELATED ROLE MODEL / MENTOR...MOM & DAD SAN MARCOS IS RELAXING & BEAUTIFUL FAVORITE ATHLETE...NONE Fletcher played in 24 matches and 47 games on the year, finishing with a.246 hitting percentage and 2.34 kills per game Kills average finished fourth on the team Finished fifth on the squad in points per game with 2.51 Had 54 digs and seven aces on the year Had 14 blocks, one solo and 13 assisted Posted a season-best.667 attack percentage on Oct. 22 at UTA Had a season-best 14 kills and 16.5 points on 37 total attempts against Auburn on Sept. 9 Also had a season-high three set assists and eight digs, while recording an ace in the Auburn match Had three blocks on three occasions, against UTSA, Lamar and Auburn. Fletcher appeared in 11 matches, playing in 43 games in an injury-shortened season... Recorded a seasonbest.636 attack percentage Sept. 10 against San Diego State... Tied for sixth on the MP/GP 27/69 11/43 25/47 63/159 TA K K/G E PCT team w i t h 126 kills and was third with 2.93 kills per game and...recorded 31 blocks... Suffered a season-ending knee injury in practice prior to the Bobcats October 1 match with Nicholls State. A SA DIGS BS/BA 6/18 3/28 1/13 10/59 This should be Kelly s best year as a Bobcat. After her ACL rehab over the last year and a half, she looks great with really good armswing and whip on the ball Fletcher appeared in 27 matches and 69 games for the Bobcats in her first year with the team...she was fourth on the team in kills (201) and third in kills per game (2.91)... Recorded a season-high 15 kills twice against Texas-Arlington (11/8) and Texas-Pan American (9/9)... Had 10 or more kills in 10 matches... Ranked 19th in the Southland Conference in kills... Had 123 digs including a season-best 17 against McNeese State (11/14). RED OAK HS Fletcher was a four-year letter winner as a middle blocker at Red Oak High School for Coach Arthur Stanfield... Helped lead Red Oak to a 46-2 record and the Class 4-A State Volleyball championship as a senior in Was a two-time All-District 10-4A selection, a First-Team All-State and a Dallas Morning News First-Team All-Area selection as a senior... Appeared in the 2003 TGCA AllStar Game. Parents are Ricky and Gail Fletcher...She has two brothers Luke and Chad and one sister Kerry...Fletcher is an education major...selected Texas State over Sam Houston State. 4 BLK

2 KARRY GRIFFIN SR/2L MB/RS SELMA, TEXAS KENT STATE JUDSON HS ALAMO JUNIORS VOLLEYBALL CLUB YEAR 2003* TOTAL TA K K/G E PCT A SA DIGS BLK BS/BA 2/25 2/51 11/88 15/164 the Golden Flashes in total kills (190)...She was also third on the team in service aces (14) and fifth in total blocks (27). * Karry Griffin played the 2003 season at Kent State University. Only her and statistical numbers count for career records at Texas State. Additionally, Griffin will switch to No. 3 for the 2006 season after wearing No. 12 the last two seasons. Griffin played in 31 of Texas State s 32 matches, appearing in 103 games Was fourth on the team with 217 kills and fifth with 2.11 kills per game Finished second on the team with 99 blocks and 0.96 blocks per game Posted a.227 hitting percentage, 20 assists and seven aces Recorded 127 digs on the year Made good on all five attempts at Southeastern Louisiana for a percentage Had 19 kills against McNeese State in the SLC tournament s first round Also scored 20.5 points in the Bobcats first-round win Made 38 total attempts on Nov. 5 against SFA Recorded five assists and 15 digs at Northwestern State...Recorded seven blocks against Albany and four more times had six blocks during the year. Griffin appeared in 28 matches, playing in 85 games for the Bobcats... Ranked fourth with a.229 attack percentage and 410 total attacks... Was fifth on the team with 146 kills and 172 digs... Had 53 blocks and averaged 2.02 digs per game in... Recorded 35 assists on the year Griffin was fourth at Kent State in digs (204), and third for THE GRIFFIN FILE MP/GP 26/96 28/85 31/103 85/284 FAVORITE MOVIE... THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO SAN MARCOS IS... EXTRAORDINARILY WONDERFUL ROLE MODEL/MENTOR...MOM FAVORITE TV SHOW... GREY S ANATOMY PETS...DOGS FAVORITE FOOD...CHEESE ENCHILADAS FAVORITE HOBBY...WATCHING MOVIES FAVORITE ATHLETES...MANU GINOBLI & TIM DUNCAN JUDSON HS Griffin was a threetime letter winner as a middle blocker for head coach Karen Kahill... She had a career average 4.96 kills per game... Her team was BiDistrict qualifiers in 2002 and Griffin was a three-time All-District First-Team selection and a two-time Team MVP in 2002 and She was named an Express-News Player of the Week and Express-News Super Team selection in Also received four letters in soccer under Head Coach Shay Huntington... Was a member of the Alamo Juniors Volleyball Club. Parents are Harry and Katherine Griffin...She has a brother named Patrick... Both of her parents are Texas State alumni...griffin is majoring in business management...con Karry is a quiet leader with a lot of sidered Texas A&M, Rice, passion for the game. She is a very soland UTSA id player and tends to surprise people before comon the court. ing to Texas State from Kent State TEXAS STATE VOLLEYBALL PREVIEW 2006 BOBCAT PLAYERS 2006 COACHES & STAFF GENARAL INFORMATION 2006 OPPONENTS REVIEW HISTORY

3 HISTORY REVIEW 2006 OPPONENTS GENERAL INFORMATION 2006 COACHES & STAFF 2006 BOBCAT PLAYERS 2006 PREVIEW ERIN HICKMAN SR/1L SETTER SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS JACKSONVILLE CASTLE HILLS FIRST BAPTIST HS ALAMO JUNIORS VOLLEYBALL CLUB YEAR 2003* * TOTAL * Erin Hickman played the 2003 and seasons at Jacksonville University. Only her statistical numbers count for career records and marks at Texas State. Hickman played in 24 matches and 86 games in, finishing first on the team and second in the Southland Conference with assists per game Finished the year with 1040 set assists Was fifth on the team with 58 blocks, six of which were solo, 52 assisted Posted 199 digs and finished fourth on the team with 2.31 digs per game Scored 117 points on the year and averaged 1.36 points per game Produced a season-high 77 assists against Stephen F. Austin on Nov. 5 Had 19 digs and posted a season-best six digs in a win over McNeese State on Oct. 29..Scored eight points twice, at Louisiana-Monroe and against Texas-Arlington Had six kills at Texas-Pan American. Appeared in 47 games for the Dolphins, recording 327 assists (6.97 per game) and seven service aces... Tallied 73 kills on the year, and recorded 80 digs... Registered 25 blocks on the year Played in 20 matches and 56 games as a freshman for Jacksonville... finished second on the team with 499 assists and led the Dolphins with 8.91 assists per game... tallied a team and season-high 62 assists against Birmingham Southern and added 12 digs and two service aces in the match... Recorded double-digit digs three times... posted nine kills, a season high, against Wyoming. CASTLE HILLS FIRST BAPTIST HS Four-year starter coached by her father, Robert, as a senior... had 45 kills, 21 digs, six blocks and two aces in the regional final to lead the Eagles to the state tourney... finished her senior season with 605 kills, 121 blocks, 125 digs and 44 aces in 76 games to garner first-team all-district and first- MP/GP 20/56 22/46 25/86 67/188 TA K E PCT A A/G SA DIGS BLK BS/BA 2/13 1/23 6/52 9/88 THE HICKMAN FILE PETS...TWO DOGS FAVORITE MOVIE... WIZARD OF OZ / MARY POPPINS FAVORITE ATHLETE... NO FAVORITE FAVORITE HOBBY...PIANO AND SINGING TO THE RADIO FAVORITE FOOD...TORTILLA SOUP & BLONDIE BROWNIES TV SHOW...FRIENDS ROLE MODEL/MENTOR...PARENTS SAN MARCOS IS... A LITTLE TOWN WITH BIG FUN team all-state honors... member of the Alamo Juniors Club team... ranked one of the top teams in the country after competing in the 2002 National Championships in Salt Lake City. Erin Hickman is daughter of Robert and Janice Hickman...has two sisters (Jennifer and Katheryne) and a brother (Michael)...Mother played volleyball on the 1969 USA national team and led Sul Ross State to the 1970 national title...sister (Jennifer) played basketball at TCU from and Texas A&M-Commerce from sister (Katheryne) is currently the head women s basketball coach at Texas Lutheran...Brother played volleyball at Lindenwood... majoring in public relations. Erin makes things happen on the floor and really enjoys the game. She s what represents this team s personality. -Head Coach Karen Chisum 6

4 17 CHRISTINA MELVIN 5-9 SR/1L SETTER LAKEWOOD, COLO. GREEN MOUNTAIN HS BOISE STATE FRONT RANGE VOLLEYBALL CLUB * Christina Melvin played the 2003 and seasons at Boise State University. Only her statistical numbers count for career records and marks at Texas State. Melvin played in 54 games and 24 matches last year for the Bobcats, serving as the squad s back-up setter Averaged 4.3 assists per game, which ranked second on the team (among players that met statistical minimums) Finished the year with 232 assists Produced seven kills and 77 digs Averaged 1.43 digs per game, which ranked seventh on the team Had five blocks and five service aces Had a season-best three kills, 3.5 points and six attempts on Nov. 1 against Texas Posted 20 or more assists four times, including a season-high 24 at Baylor on Sept. 6 Had ten digs against Albany on Sept. 3. Melvin appeared in 27 matches for the Broncos and played in 93 games as a sophomore... Led Boise State in assists with THE MELVIN FILE FAVORITE ATHLETES... FOOTBALL & BASKETBALL PLAYERS FAVORITE MOVIE...DIRTY DANCING FAVORITE HOBBY...DANCING FAVORITE FOOD... DESSERTS PETS... NONE FAVORITE TV SHOW... GREY S ANATOMY ROLE MODEL/MENTOR...MOM & DAD SAN MARCOS IS... GOOD FOR TANNING & QUAINT YEAR MP/GP TA K E PCT A A/G SA DIGS BLK BS/BA 2003* 26/ /26 * 26/ /59 24/ /4 TOTAL 76/ / and assists per game at Averaged two blocks every three games, good for fourth on the team... Recorded 69 kills on the season... Registered 17 service aces... Averaged 1.75 digs per game, recording 163 digs on the year Shared time as the starting setter as a freshman... played in 80 games... averaged 9.66 assists and 1.65 digs per game... named to the academic All-WAC team... active on the student-athlete advisory committee. GREEN MOUNTAIN HS Graduated from Green Mountain High School in a member of the honor roll... in Who s Who Among American High School Students... named her high school s Top Language Arts Female in 2002, Top Math Student in 2003, and Scholar Athlete of the Year in received four academic letters... a four-time allconference honoree... Jefferson County MVP in team MVP... voted all-state by the Colorado Coaches in high school coach: J.K. Harlan... Played for the Front Range Volleyball Club... club coach: Jim Miret... was selected a Rocky Mountain Region Division All-Star... her club team was the 18 Open Junior National Gold Medal Champion. Christina Melvin is the daughter of Roy Melvin and Irene Regaspi... Has two sisters, Kelly and Sydney... Majoring in mass communications with an emphasis in broadcast journalism. Mel is the most competitive player on this team. She loves to play the game and is a true leader in our program. -Head Coach Karen Chisum 2006 TEXAS STATE VOLLEYBALL PREVIEW 2006 BOBCAT PLAYERS 2006 COACHES & STAFF GENARAL INFORMATION 2006 OPPONENTS REVIEW HISTORY

5 HISTORY REVIEW 2006 OPPONENTS GENERAL INFORMATION 2006 COACHES & STAFF 2006 BOBCAT PLAYERS 2006 PREVIEW No. Player Cl./Exp. Ht. Pos. Hometown (Previous School) So./1L So./1L Sr./2L So./1L So./1L Fr./HS So./1L Jr./2L Fr./HS So./1L Fr./HS Jr./2L Sr./1L Sr./3L Sr./1L Defensive Specialist Middle Blocker Middle Blocker Defensive Specialist Libero Libero Middle Blocker Middle Blocker Outside Hitter Outside HItter Setter Middle Blocker Setter Outside Hitter Setter Boerne, Texas (Boerne HS) Arlington, Texas (Martin HS) Selma, Texas (Kent State) Dallas, Texas (Plano HS) Arlington, Texas (Lamar HS) Arlington, Texas (Martin HS) Arlington, Texas (Martin HS) Corpus Christi, Texas (Calallen HS) Brenham, Texas (Brenham HS) Austin, Texas (Akins HS) Sugar Land, Texas (Dulles HS) Deer Park, Texas (Deer Park HS) San Antonio, Texas (Jacksonville) Red Oak, Texas (Red Oak HS) Lakewood, Colo. (Boise State) Nicole Blumhorst Emily Jones Karry Griffin Haley Speyer Danna Melito Kacee Wimpy Amy Weigle Ashley Stark Jessica Weynand Lawrencia Brown Brittany Collins Brandy St. Francis Erin Hickman Kelly Fletcher Christina Melvin BREAKING DOWN THE BOBCATS... By State... Texas Colorado...1 By Class... Freshmen...3 Sophomores...6 Juniors...2 Seniors...4 By Experience... HS...3 TR...0 1L...8 2L...3 3L...1 By Returning / Newcomer... Newcomers...3 Returning Players By Last School High School Junior College...0 Four Year College...3 By Position... Setters...3 Outside Hitters...3 Middle Blockers...5 Defensive Specialists...2 Liberos...2 By Height & Over to & Under

6 BRANDY ST. FRANCIS JR/2L MIDDLE BLOCKER DEER PARK, TEXAS DEER PARK HS SOUTH SHORE VOLLEYBALL CLUB YEAR TOTAL St. Francis played in all 32 matches and 111 games for Texas State, leading the team with 123 blocks (11 solo, 112 assisted, 1.11 per game) Had the team s top attack percentage at.286 Was third on the team with 269 kills and 2.42 kills per game Finished third on the team with 354 points scored and 3.19 points per game Recorded ten blocks in an Oct. 7 win over Louisiana-Monroe Posted a season-best.667 hitting percentage against ULM Scored 24 points, posted 19 kills and had 32 attempts in a Sept. 17 win over Texas-Arlington Had two assists against Houston Had six digs against Stephen F. Austin Recorded three aces against Texas-San Antonio. MP/GP 31/99 32/111 63/210 K K/G E PCT A SA DIGS BLK BS/BA 1/27 11/112 12/139 Brandy is a solid offensive threat on our front line and hits a heavy ball to create problems for the opposition. Northwestern State... Recorded ten or more kills eight times on the year... Tallied eight blocks against McNeese State and recorded seven blocks three times. St. Francis appeared in 31 matches for the Bobcats in, playing in 99 games her freshman season... Had the team s fifthbest kills per game average at Recorded 208 kills on the year... Held the team s second-best hit percentage at Had the team s second best total in blocks (100) and blocks per game (1.01)... Had a season-high 18 kills at THE ST. FRANCIS FILE TA FAVORITE FOOD...CHIPS & SALSA HOBBIES...SWIMMING & BEACH VOLLEYBALL FAVORITE ATHLETE... SHAQUILLE O NEAL (MIAMI HEAT) ROLE MODEL / MENTOR...MOM & DAD PETS...2 DOGS ( SUGAR & RAVEN ) FAVORITE TV SHOWS...BIG BROTHER & EMERGENCY VETS FAVORITE MOVIE...THE LION KING SAN MARCOS IS BEAUTIFUL & FUN DEER PARK HS St. Francis earned two letters under Head Coach Gay Sabatell...She led District 23-5A in kills and blocks in Her team was Bi-Distric t Champions in 2002 and She was selected Second-Team All-District in Parents are Todd and Debbie St. Francis... Has one sibling, Tiffany... She is an animal science major... Considered Stephen F. Austin, LSU, and Texas-Arlington before signing with the Bobcats TEXAS STATE VOLLEYBALL PREVIEW 2006 BOBCAT PLAYERS 2006 COACHES & STAFF GENARAL INFORMATION 2006 OPPONENTS REVIEW HISTORY

7 HISTORY REVIEW 2006 OPPONENTS GENERAL INFORMATION 2006 COACHES & STAFF 2006 BOBCAT PLAYERS 2006 PREVIEW 8 ASHLEY STARK 5-11 JR/2L MIDDLE BLOCKER CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS CALALLEN HS WILLOW BROOK VOLLEYBALL CLUB Stark played in 27 matches and 62 games Was third on the team with 0.87 blocks per game and fourth in total blocks with 54 Had five solo blocks and 49 block-assists Finished the year with 85 kills and 1.37 kills per game with a.227 hitting percentage Had 32 digs and scored points on the year (1.85 per game) Posted nine kills against Nicholls State Had 18 total attempts on Sept. 6 at Baylor Scored 10.5 points against Nicholls and ten against Northwestern State Recorded her only ace against SFA on Oct. 25 Had six blocks against Albany. Stark played in 27 of Texas State s 33 matches in, appearing in 63 games for the Bobcats... Had 79 kills (1.25 per game) on the season... Recorded 16 assists and 28 blocks on the year... Had 60 digs, just shy of one per game... Had a season-high.545 attack percentage against Northwestern State... Recorded five or more kills in eight games, including a season-high nine against Texas-Arlington... Had a career-high 20 digs against Southeastern Louisiana. Stark is a natural athlete. She s got a very good jump and she is a great blocker - the best this team has on the block YEAR MP/GP TA K K/G E PCT A SA DIGS BLK BS/BA 27/ /27 27/ /49 TOTAL 54/ / Stark redshirted the 2003 season. CALALLEN HS Stark was a threeyear letter winner for Coach Lupe Cardona at Corpus Christi s Calallen High School... Led Calallen HS to three consecutive 30-4A District championships, two Area championships, and two Regional semifinal appearances... Helped CHS to a three-year record of and a district record of Was an All-State selection and Calallen s MVP in 2002 and the team s Offensive Player of the Year in Was the All-South Texas Newcomer of the Year in 2000 and a First-Team All-South Texas selection in Is the daughter of James and Denise Stark and has a younger brother, Cody... Selected Texas State over TCU, Baylor, and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. THE STARK FILE FAVORITE ATHLETE... MANU GINOBILI, SAN ANTONIO SPURS FAVORITE TV SHOW... GREY S ANATOMY ROLE MODEL/MENTOR...MOM & DAD FAVORITE MOVIE... OFFICE SPACE FAVORITE HOBBY...TAKING PICTURES/PHOTOGRAPHY FAVORITE FOOD... ANYTHING MEXICAN PET... HAYDEN, THE CHIHUAHUA SAN MARCOS IS BEAUTIFUL & FUN

8 1 YEAR MP/GP TA K E PCT A SA DIGS DIG/G BLK BS/BA 16/ /0 TOTAL 16/ /0 THE BLUMHORST FILE FAVORITE HOBBY... PAINTING PETS... 2 HORSES, 2 DOGS, 3 CATS FAVORITE FOOD...WHOLE WHEAT PASTA SAN MARCOS IS A FRIENDLY COMMUNITY Nicole loves being a Bobcat and is one of the most dedicated players in our program. On the floor, she provides the team with a great serve and passing ability. - Head Coach Karen NICOLE BLUMHORST 5-8 SO./1L DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST BOERNE, TEXAS BOERNE HS AHCA VOLLEYBALL CLUB Despite seeing limited time, earned the Bobcat Pride Award at the conclusion of the season for her hard work and inspiriation to the program...blumhorst appeared in 16 matches and 22 games for Texas State, averaging 0.41 digs Totaled nine digs and two assists on the year, both of which came at Nicholls State Set a season- and career-high for digs with four at Northwestern State, while posting two digs at Texas-Pan American and in a home match with NSU...Also attempted two attacks on the year in limited action at the net. Blumhorst redshirted the season. BOERNE HS Blumhorst was a two-time letter winner at the middle blocker position under Head Coach Troy Errington She was a member of back-to-back District 27-4A champions in 2002 and 2003 Her team reached the Regional Quarterfinals in 2002 and the Regional Finals in 2003 Blumhorst was a two-time Academic All-District selection Named All-District Honorable Mention in 2002 and All-District Second-Team selection in 2003 She was named the team s Most Inspirational Player in 2003 She was also the team captain during the 2003 season. Parents are Don and Susan Blumhorst...Has one brother named Brian... Nicole is majoring in management. 11 LAWRENCIA BROWN 5-10 SO./1L OUTSIDE HITTER AUSTIN, TEXAS AKINS HS AUSTIN JUNIORS VOLLEYBALL CLUB YEAR MP/GP TA K K/G E PCT A SA DIGS BLK BS/BA 32/ /40 TOTAL 32/ /40 Brown played in all 32 matches for Texas State, recording 114 games played on the year with a 3.46 kills per game average, which ranked second on the team and best among returning players Posted 395 kills on the year Was third on the team in digs per game with 2.52 and second with 287 total digs Recorded 44 blocks on the year Had a career-high 23 kills in an Oct. 28 win over Lamar, a match in which she also had a career-best 29 points scored Went for 20 or more kills on four occasions Posted a seasonbest 53 attempts Nov. 5 against Stephen F. Austin...Had a season-high 17 digs at Louisiana-Monroe and recorded five aces against Lamar Posted five blocks in a Nov. 20 loss to Texas-San Antonio. AKINS HS Named 2nd-Team All-District as a sophomore and junior, 1st-Team All-District as a senior while playing for head coach Johnike Schuler... Earned three letters at Akins High School, and was named team MVP from Led Akins to a runner-up finish in district play in Was the team s statistical leader in... Played for the Austin Juniors Club Team. Lawrencia Brown is the daughter of Marilyn and Lawrence Brown... Father works for the City of Austin and mother works in telecommunications... Has two brothers, Rodney (30) and Marlon (24)... Lawrencia has not declared her major. Lawrencia is a great jumper who can touch She ll be our go-to player in 2006 and has the potential to be one of the greatest players in Bobcat history. THE BROWN FILE FAVORITE MOVIE... FRIDAY FAVORITE ATHLETE... CARMELLO ANTHONY FAVORITE TV SHOW... SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS SAN MARCOS IS EXCITING & FUN 2006 TEXAS STATE VOLLEYBALL PREVIEW 2006 BOBCAT PLAYERS 2006 COACHES & STAFF GENARAL INFORMATION 2006 OPPONENTS REVIEW HISTORY

9 HISTORY REVIEW 2006 OPPONENTS GENERAL INFORMATION 2006 COACHES & STAFF 2006 BOBCAT PLAYERS 2006 PREVIEW EMILY JONES 6-2 SO./1L MIDDLE BLOCKER ARLINGTON, TEXAS MARTIN HS TEXAS ADVANTAGE VOLLEYBALL CLUB 2 5 YEAR MP/GP TA K K/G E PCT A SA DIGS BLK BS/BA 27/ /37 TOTAL 27/ /37 THE JONES FILE PETS... DOLLY, THE BEAGLE FAVORITE TV SHOW...FRIENDS FAVORITE FOOD...BREAD SAN MARCOS IS... FUN IN THE SUN Jones appeared in 27 matches and 66 games for Texas State, averaging 1.47 kills and 0.68 blocks per game Had 17 digs on the year to go with 97 kills and 45 blocks, totaling points on the season Posted better than.600 in attacking percentage twice on the year, topped by a.636 mark against Texas-Arlington Had 12 kills against SFA and 10 against Northern Arizona, setting season-highs in both matches with 21 attacks Scored 14.5 points against Stephen F. Austin and 13.5 against Northern Arizona Had six blocks against NAU, while posting five blocks against both SFA and California. MARTIN HS Helped team to Region I championship and a state semifinal appearance as a junior and senior... MHS Outstanding Scholar Athlete as a senior... District 6-5A All-District 1st Team as a sophomore, junior and senior... District 6-5A Blocker of the Year as a sophomore... Named to Dallas Morning News All Area 1st Team in sophomore and junior season, and Dallas Morning News Newcomer of the Year as a sophomore... As a senior, named to the Texas Girls Coaches Association Academic All-State Squad and West All-Star team... Led club teams to seven appearances at the USA junior Olympic Nationals including a 5th-place finish in Emily Michelle Jones is the daughter of Tom and Diane Jones... Father is a Police Detective, mother works as a Computer Analyst... Has one sister, Laura (22)... Sister played volleyball at Texas A&M...Three-year National Honor Society Member... Majoring in mathematics. Emily is a hard worker and a great asset to our team. Her versatility enables us to play her in the middle or on the right side, and she s very bright so she can handle multiple responsibilities Melito saw time in 31 matches and 76 games for the Cats, lending to the team s defense with 77 digs on the season and a 1.01 digs per game average Also had 11 total attacks on the year and five aces, while posting two assists on the season Scored a single point in matches against Albany and Baylor Had a season-high 13 digs against Arizona State, marking her only double-digit digs outing of the season Posted nine digs against McNeese State. LAMAR HS Melito earned four letters, the first coming at Oakridge High School as a freshman, while the next three came at Lamar High School under head coach Shain Sackett... Holds two Lamar High School records in digs per season with 354 and passing efficiency (2.47)... Helped her high school team to three Regional Quarterfinal Appearances and a District 6-5A championship in... Named All-District (6-5A) three consecutive seasons ( )... Named to the 2003 Texas Sports Writers Association All-State Honorable Mention squad and the Texas Girls Coaches Association Academic All-State Team in... Named to the Lonestar Volleyball All-Texas Honorable Mention Team in... Fort Worth Star-Telegram Newcomer of the Year in Danna Melito is the daughter of Joseph and Janice Melito... Father is a designer, mother an artist... Has a sister, Janei (22). She s one of the most eager players in our program and loves to play the game. She ll provide us with great defense and floor leadership this season. DANNA MELITO 5-3 SO./1L LIBERO ARLINGTON, TEXAS LAMAR HS NORTH DALLAS VOLLEYBALL CLUB YEAR MP/GP TA K E PCT A SA DIGS DIG/G BLK BS/BA 31/ /0 TOTAL 31/ /0 THE MELITO FILE FAVORITE ATHLETE... LANCE ARMSTRONG PETS... TATTOO, THE PUG FAVORITE FOOD...SUSHI & PIZZA (NOT TOGETHER) FAVORITE MOVIE... BRAVEHEART

10 HALEY SPEYER 5-2 SO./1L DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST DALLAS, TEXAS PLANO HS NORTH DALLAS VOLLEYBALL CLUB 4 7 YEAR MP/GP TA K E PCT A SA DIGS DIG/G BLK BS/BA 2/ /0 TOTAL 2/ /0 THE SPEYER FILE FAVORITE ATHLETE... DIRK NOWITZKI (DALLAS MAVERICKS) FAVORITE TV SHOW... ENTOURAGE ROLE MODEL / MENTOR... JESUS CHRIST FAVORITE MOVIE... BRAVEHEART *Speyer will switch jersey numbers this season, changing from No. 6 in to No. 4 in Speyer saw limited action, playing in only two matches and two games for Texas State, posting two digs for a 1.00 digs per game average Had a single dig in a matches against Texas and Nicholls State Haley loves being a Bobcat and will continue to improve as she progresses, resulting in finding her more and more floor time. PLANO HS Speyer earned two varsity letters at Plano High, playing libero as well as defensive specialist for head coach Maggie Younger... Was named honorable mention All-District as a junior, second-team as a senior... Played for the North Dallas Juniors Club Volleyball team at libero, which finished 19th in the open nationals in... Club coach was Texas-Arlington head volleyball coach Dianne Seymore. Haley Ann Speyer s parents are Gene and Jackie Speyer... Father is the Vice President of Avionics... Has one sister, Heather Weymer (21)... A cousin, Mindy Latos, attended Texas State. Did not register a point or an attack in. AMY WEIGLE 6-1 SO./1L MIDDLE BLOCKER ARLINGTON, TEXAS MARTIN HS TEXAS ADVANTAGE VOLLEYBALL CLUB YEAR MP/GP TA K K/G E PCT A SA DIGS BLK BS/BA 17/ /19 TOTAL 17/ /18 Weigle played in 17 matches and 29 games for the Bobcats, posting a kill per game and 19 blocks on the year Had one ace and scored 40 points on the year Posted a season-best four kills twice, first against Northern Arizona and again against Nicholls State Totaled 12 attempts against NAU Scored a season-best 6.5 points against Albany while also setting a career-high with six blocks in the match Had four assists against NAU and two digs against Albany Lone ace on the year came against Texas- San Antonio Finished the year with a 0.66 blocks per game average. MARTIN HS Weigle lettered three years under head coach Joni McCoy, helping Martin to a 35-7 record as a senior... Helped team to Region I title and state semifinals as a junior and senior... Led team to the 2003 District 7-5A Title... Averaged 2.59 kills per game, totaled 319 kills and registered 249 total blocks her senior season... Named outstanding freshman in 2001, Most improved in 2002 and Named 2nd Team All-District as a junior... Named All-State Academic, Co- Blocker of the Year, 1st Team All-District and 2nd Team All-Area as a senior. Amy Michelle Weigle is the daughter of Dave & Sandy Weigle... Father works for American Airlines as a dispatcher, mother is a teacher s aid... Has one sister, Kim (21)... Considered TCU, Central Florida and Southern Illinois before deciding on Texas State... Amy is an education major. Amy i s a hard worker and is very eager to learn. Teammates love to play with Amy. She s improved immensely over the last year and will continue to improve in the future. THE WEIGLE FILE FAVORITE HOBBY...PLAYING SAND VOLLEYBALL FAVORITE ATHLETE...MICHAEL JORDAN FAVORITE FOOD... PIZZA FAVORITE MOVIE...DAZED AND CONFUSED 2006 TEXAS STATE VOLLEYBALL PREVIEW 2006 BOBCAT PLAYERS 2006 COACHES & STAFF GENARAL INFORMATION 2006 OPPONENTS REVIEW HISTORY

11 HISTORY REVIEW 2006 OPPONENTS GENERAL INFORMATION 2006 COACHES & STAFF 2006 BOBCAT PLAYERS 2006 PREVIEW 12 BRITTANY COLLINS 5-11 FR./HS SETTER SUGAR LAND, TEXAS DULLES HS TBA CLUB THE COLLINS FILE FAVORITE FOOD...STEAK FAVORITE ATHLETE... KERRI WALSH FAVORITE TV SHOWS...GREY S ANATOMY & ONE TREE HILL SAN MARCOS IS AWESOME & MARVELOUS *Collins enrolled at Texas State last spring and went through spring drills with the Bobcats after graduating from high school a semester early last December. She is still considered a newcomer and a first-year freshman. DULLES HS Collins helped Dulles High to a regional quarterfinal appearance in her senior season after helping the Lady Vikings to a second-place regional finish as a junior...was named all-state in both her junior and senior seasons as well as the district s Most Outstanding Offensive Player in both seasons...prior to her senior season, was named to the Houston Chronicle s Players to Watch List and PrepVolleyball s Top 250 Senior Aces List...Was named to the all-tournament team at the Pearland Tournament...Competed in the Junior Olympics for five straight seasons, helping her team to an 11th-place finish in. Brittany Collins is the daughter of Reba & Brent Collins...Father is a retail store manager, mother is a legal assistant...has one sibling, Stephanie (26), a teacher in the Houston-area...Has not yet declared a major. THE WIMPY FILE FAVORITE MOVIE... MOULIN ROUGE FAVORITE ATHLETE... JASON TERRY (DALLAS MAVERICKS) FAVORITE HOBBY...PLAYING GUITAR FAVORITE FOOD... CHINESE FOOD Karen Chisum on the 2006 Freshman Class... Brittany Collins is very dedicated to our program as shown by her graduating high school early and joining us in the spring. She has great hands and will demand from her teammates. Jessica Weynand hits a heavy ball and should be a force in the Southland Conference in the future. Kacee Wimpy loves to play defense and I love to watch her play the game. She is very intense and driven on the volleyball court JESSICA WEYNAND 6-0 FR./HS OUTSIDE HITTER BRENHAM, TEXAS BRENHAM HS TEXAS TORNADOS SWOOSH CLUB THE WEYNAND FILE FAVORITE MOVIE... A WALK TO REMEMBER FAVORITE FOOD... ENCHILADAS ROLE MODEL / MENTOR...MOM & DAD SAN MARCOS IS AWESOME & BEAUTIFUL BRENHAM HS Weynand led Brenham to post-season competition in each of her four seasons, including a District 18-4A Regional Championship appearance in and a State Semifinal appearance in Was named All-State, Academic All-District, All-Brazos Valley Super Eight and 18-4A Most Valuable Hitter in both her junior and senior seasons while garnering All-District Honors and Academic All-District recognition as a sophomore and freshman Also helped the Brenham softball team to the state title Averaged 5.5 kills per game while at Brenham. Jessica Rene Weynand is the daughter of David and Rhonda Weynand Mother is a teacher at Brenham High, father is a plant engineer for Blue Bell Has three siblings: Jennifer (16), Trey (15) and Kelsey (11) Mother and cousin (Mitchell Kern) are Texas State alumni. 6 KACEE WIMPY 5-5 FR./HS DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST ARLINGTON, TEXAS MARTIN HS NORTH DALLAS JUNIORS VB CLUB MARTIN HS Wimpy helped Martin finish district play with a record of 14-0, had a final record for the year of 38-7, and won the Texas 5A State Championship Was Martin High s first libero, holding the school record for digs in a season (709) Named Outstanding Defensive Player as a junior and senior Named District 7-5A 1st Team All-District as a junior and senior Selected as District 7-5A Defensive MVP as a junior and senior Named to the Dallas Morning News All-Area 1st Team as a senior...also lettered one year on Martin s wrestling team. Kacey Gayle Wimpy is the daughter of Don and Christy Wimpy... Father is a store IT architect for Radio Shack...Mother works as a senior programmer for Radio Shack...A brother, Kevin (22), currently attends Texas State...Kacey has not yet declared a major.

12 T he Texas State Volleyball team participates in many community service events during the academic year, working with kids and adults throughtout the San Marcos area on several projects. During the -06 academic school year, the community service projects that Texas State volleyball student-athletes are actively involved in include: READ WITH THE CATS The Read with the Cats program is designed to encourage youth to read more books. It is an incentive program that provides gifts for reading 25, 50 and 100 books. The program is sponsored by HEB. ADOPT-A-SCHOOL WITH SMCISD The Adopt-a-School Program, in conjunction with Partners in Education and the principals of the San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District, was initiated to create programs that have an overall positive experience for the children and the studentathletes. Each Texas State team was assigned to a school in the SMCISD and is responsible for creating fun and innovative programs. HUMANE SOCIETY The Texas State Volleyball Camp initiated an item drive to benefit the Humane Society last season. Each camper brought an item to benefit the San Marcos Humane Society. BOBCAT BUILD Bobcat Build is a project where Texas State student-athletes assist in helping to clean up low-income neighborhoods in the San Marcos area. The student-athletes assisted with the collecting and dumping of trash and yard clippings, among other service projects. M ake volleyball a part of your summer plans, as you improve your volleyball skills through the instruction of an elite group of coaches and staff at the Karen Chisum Volleyball Camps at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. We are pleased and excited to offer aspiring athletes one of the strongest instructional volleyball experiences in the nation, Chisum said. Our camp has become one of the most popular and successful camps running, with athletes returning each year for additional training. The Karen Chisum camps rank among the largest in the state, including their newest addition, a third-session summer team camp. These camps are designed to provide the best instruction for players of all ages and abilities in a structured, enthusiastic and fun environment. Highlighting the camp s top-notch facilities is the 7,200-seat Strahan Coliseum. Home of the & Southland Conference Tournament Champion Texas State Bobcats, Strahan has been labeled as one of the premier volleyball venues in the country. Other camp features include: exceptional coaches and instructors selected for their ability to teach the fundamentals and strategies of the game, nightly team competitions, a 10-to-1 playerto-coach ratio, 18 air-conditioned indoor courts, athletic training staff and a camp tournament on the last afternoon of each session. Each player will also receive a camp T-Shirt and volleyball TEXAS STATE VOLLEYBALL PREVIEW 2006 BOBCAT PLAYERS 2006 COACHES & STAFF GENARAL INFORMATION 2006 OPPONENTS REVIEW HISTORY CATS IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE COMMUNITY VOLLEYBALL CAMPS