2012 Volleyball Prospectus

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1 GW Quick Facts Location: Washington, D.C. Founded: 1821 Enrollment: 25,000 Nickname: Colonials Colors: Buff & Blue Home Court: Charles E. Smith Center Affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Atlantic 10 President: Dr. Steven Knapp Director of Athletics & Recreation: Patrick Nero Deputy Athletic Director: Chris Boyer Sr. Assoc. AD/SWA: Mary Jo Warner Athletic Department Phone: Ticket Office Phone: Website: Volleyball Staff Head Coach: Amanda Ault (Central Michigan 99) Record at GW: (.666), 2nd season Career Record: (.666), 2nd season Conf. Record at GW: 9-6 (.600), 2nd season Career Conf. Record: 9-6 (.600), 2nd season Assistant Coach: Ryan Freeburg (Purdue 10) Assistant Coach: Erin Moore (Michigan 04) Team Information 2011 Overall Record: Atlantic 10 Record: Home Record: Road Record: 6-6 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 10/3 Starters Returning/Lost: 3+libero/2 Newcomers: 4 Postseason: A-10 Championship, First Round Duquesne 3, GW Volleyball Prospectus George Washington Colonials 2011: overall, 9-6 Atlantic 10 George Washington University 2012 Volleyball Roster Numerical Roster No. Name Yr. Ht. Pos. Hometown/High School 1 Rachael Goss Jr OH Manassas, VA/Forest Park 3 Jamie Armstrong Jr. 6-1 MB Monroe, WI/Monroe 4 Landon Garvik So. 6-1 OH/RS Carbondale, CO/Roaring Fork 6 Taylor Knox Jr RSH Huntington Beach, CA/Edison 7 Christie Graf Sr. 5-8 DS Brookfield, WI/Divine Savior Holy Angels 9 Christy Harper So. 6-2 MB Centreville, VA/Chantilly 10 Candace Silva-Martin Sr. 5-9 Libero Fremont, CA/The Harker School 11 Jessica Burr Jr. 5-9 OH/DS Coventry, RI/La Salle Academy 13 Lauren Whyte Sr. 6-1 OH Olmsted Falls, OH/Olmsted Falls 15 Kelsey Newman So OH Charlotte, NC/Charlotte Catholic Alphabetical Roster No. Name Yr. Ht. Pos. Hometown/High School 3 Jamie Armstrong Jr. 6-1 MB Monroe, WI/Monroe 11 Jessica Burr Jr. 5-9 OH/DS Coventry, RI/La Salle Academy 4 Landon Garvik So. 6-1 OH/RS Carbondale, CO/Roaring Fork 1 Rachael Goss Jr OH Manassas, VA/Forest Park 7 Christie Graf Sr. 5-8 DS Brookfield, WI/Divine Savior Holy Angels 9 Christy Harper So. 6-2 MB Centreville, VA/Chantilly 6 Taylor Knox Jr RSH Huntington Beach, CA/Edison 15 Kelsey Newman So OH Charlotte, NC/Charlotte Catholic 10 Candace Silva-Martin Sr. 5-9 Libero Fremont, CA/The Harker School 13 Lauren Whyte Sr. 6-1 OH Olmsted Falls, OH/Olmsted Falls History First Year of Volleyball: 1976 All-Time Record/Years: (.625) / 36 yr. All-Time A-10 Record/Years: (.620) / 29 yr. Athletics Communications GW Volleyball Contact: Dan DiVeglio Phone: Cell: d.diveglio@gmail.com Head Coach: Amanda Ault (Central Michigan 99) - 2nd season Assistant Coach: Ryan Freeburg (Purdue 10) - 2nd season Assistant Coach: Erin Moore (Michigan 04) - 2nd season Vol. Asst. Coach: Daniel Davidson - 2nd season Graduate Asst. Athletic Trainer: Andrew Maguire - 2nd season 2011 Comparative Statistics K-E-A % Assists SA Digs BS BA Total GW Opponents GW Margins

2 George Washington University Media Information General Information The GW Athletics Communications Office can provide media members with biographical information on coaches and student-athletes, historical and statistical information, photographs and more. Please contact the GW Athletics Communications Office to obtain this information. Credential Requests Requests for media and photo credentials should be addressed to Athletics Communications Specialist Dan DiVeglio and the Athletics Communications Office. Requests should be made at least 24 hours prior to match time. Media check in is at the Control Desk entrance of the Charles E. Smith Center. Post Match Procedures A member of the Athletics Communications staff will escort media representatives to the Smith Center conference room after a 10-minute cool down period. Head Coach Amanda Ault and requested player(s) will be available for comment. Ault and Player Interviews All interview requests for head coach Amanda Ault or any players must be made through the GW Athletics Communications Office, , at least 24 hours in advance. Players are available as their class schedules, team commitments and meetings permit. Please contact Dan DiVeglio for information regarding media attending practices. Gametracker/Live Stats A live statistical account of every home volleyball contest is scheduled to be available online at GWsports.com. Additional home and away events may also be available. Check GWsports.com for an updated schedule. Opponents can link to all live statistical accounts provided by GW Athletics on their website free of charge. Additionally, all home games are streamed live on GW All-Acceess. Visit GWsports.com for more information George Washington Volleyball Schedule DAY DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (ET) AUGUST Fri-Sun Purdue Invitational Lafayette, IN Fri 24 vs. Pittsburgh Lafayette, IN 4:00 pm Sat 25 at Purdue Lafayette, IN 12:00 pm vs. Northern Iowa Lafayette, IN 5:00 pm Fri-Sat 31 Wyoming Invitational Laramie, WY Fri 31 vs. Florida-Gulf Coast Laramie, WY 11:00 am at Wyoming Laramie, WY 7:00 pm SEPTEMBER Sat 1 vs. Missouri-Kansas City Laramie, WY 11:00 am vs. Bethune-Cookman Laramie, WY 5:00 pm WED 5 vs. UMBC WASHINGTON, DC 7:00 PM Fri-Sat 7-8 Maryland Invitational College Park, MD Fri 7 vs. Tennessee College Park, MD 5:00 pm Sat 8 at Maryland College Park, MD 1:30 pm vs. Boston College College Park, MD 5:00 pm FRI-SAT GW/NIKE INVITATIONAL WASHINGTON, DC FRI 14 PRINCETON WASHINGTON, DC 7:00 PM SAT 15 NEW HAMPSHIRE WASHINGTON, DC 10:00 AM 15 BYU WASHINGTON, DC 7:00 PM FRI 21 CHARLOTTE* WASHINGTON, DC 7:00 PM SUN 23 VCU* WASHINGTON, DC 1:00 PM Fri 28 at Butler* Indianapolis, IN 7:00 pm Sat 29 at St. Louis* Saint Louis, MO 7:00 pm OCTOBER FRI 5 DUQUESNE* WASHINGTON, DC 7:00 PM FRI 12 LA SALLE* WASHINGTON, DC 7:00 PM SUN 14 TEMPLE* WASHINGTON, DC 1:00 PM Fri 19 at VCU Richmond, VA 7:00 pm Sat 20 at Charlotte* Charlotte, NC 7:00 pm Fri 26 at Dayton* Dayton, OH 7:00 pm Sat 27 at Xavier Cincinnati, OH 7:00 pm NOVEMBER FRI 2 FORDHAM* WASHIGNTON, DC 7:00 PM SUN 4 RHODE ISLAND* WASHINGTON, DC 1:00 PM Sat 10 at Duquesne* Pittsburgh, PA 4:00 pm Fri-Sun Atlantic 10 Championship Pittsburgh, PA TBA * - Atlantic 10 Conference Match All matches/times are subject to change Season Highlights Overall: A-10: 9-6 Home: 12-1 Away: 6-6 Neutral: sets: sets: sets: 6-2 A-10 Home: 6-1 A-10 Away: Posted 10 consecutive victories to open season, best start since Tournament Champions: DC Challenge (4-0), GW Invitational (3-0) and Third Degree Sportswear Invitational (3-0) - Hosted largest crowd in program history at Charles E. Smith Center as 1,317 fans watched the Colonials sweep Fordham, 3-0, on Octoer Lauren Whyte named to Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team, Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference Team and CoSIDA Academic All-District Team. - Candace Silva-Martin became GW s all-time career digs leader and enters her senior season with 1,687 career digs. - Jamie Armstrong was named Atlantic 10 Defenisve Player of the Week on three occasions last season. Offensively, she led GW and finished third in A-10 with a.314 attack percentage. - The Colonials returned to the A-10 Championship for the first time since the 2008 season while ranking among the top four teams in the conference hitting percentage (4th,.207), assists (4th, 11.94/set) and kills (4th, 12.89/set). - Colonials players combined to post 24 double-doubles in 2011 led by Katie Crosby (12) and Lauren Whyte (8). Crosby also notched a triple-double (11 kills, 41 assists, 10 digs) vs. Rhode Island on October 16.

3 2012 George Washington Volleyball Roster Breakdown (Total Players: 14) STARTERS RETURNING (4) 13 Lauren Whyte Sr. 6-1 OH Jamie Armstrong Jr. 6-1 MB Candace Silva-Martin Sr. 5-9 Libero Rachel Goss Jr OH STARTERS LOST (2) 5 MacKenzie Knox Sr. 6-2 OH Katie Crosby R-Jr. 6-0 Setter LETTERWINNERS RETURNING (6) 6 Taylor Knox Jr RSH Kelsey Newman So OH Christy Harper So. 6-2 MB Landon Garvik So. 6-1 OH Jessica Burr Jr. 5-9 OH/DS Christie Graf Sr. 5-8 DS LETTERWINNERS LOST (2) 8 Savannah Clark Fr. 5-9 L/DS Jessie Kupcha Fr. 5-7 DS Hillary DeCarl Jr DS NEWCOMERS (4) No. Name Yr. Ht. Pos. Hometown/High School/Previous School Newcomer Notes Maddy Doyle Doyle was named the recipient of Michigan s Miss Volleyball award, given annually to the top player in the state by the Michigan Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association. She helped her team at Mercy High School in Farmin ton Hills, Mich., to the Class A District Championship for three consecutive years while leading the Marlins to the Class A Final Four in her sophomore and junior seasons. Her club team, Michigan Elite Volleyball Academy, won the 2012 USAV Girls Junior National Championship in early July. Alexis Huntey Huntey finished as the runner-up in Michigan s Miss Volleyball voting after garnering First Team All-State honors for the fourth year in a row at Morley Stanwood High School in Morley, Mich. Over the course of her career she led her team to 11 tournament championships, three consecutive district and league titles and a regional championship (as a sophomore). Morely s overall record is with Huntey in the lineup. Huntey was also named to the PrepVolleyball.com All-American Third Team after totaling 930 kills, 106 aces and 748 digs as a senior. She slammed 30 kills to lead Morley Stanwood to the Michigan Class C State Championship. Jessica Lubic Lubic will join the Colonials as a transfer from Northern Illinois where she redshirted as a freshman. She was a four-time varsity letterwinner and two-time captain at Kaneland High School in Sugar Grove, Ill. Lubic, a setter, owns her high school s record for career assists (1,608) and service aces (148), and earned All-Western Sun Conference and First Team All-Area honors as a junior and senior. Margarethe Skjelbred Skjelbred is the first non-canadian international recruit to join the Colonials since Suzana Manole (Bucharest, Romania) was on the roster in Skjelbred hails from Bodo, Norway, and played scholastically at Top Volley Norway. She is also an accomplished beach volleyball player, having appeared in numerous interntional tournaments.

4 George Washington Volleyball 2011 George Washington Combined Team Statistics (Final) All matches Overall record: Conf: 9-6 Home: 12-1 Away: 6-6 Neutral: 2-3 Attack Set Serve Dig Blocking ## Player sp k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa se sa/s re dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe points 13 WHYTE, Lauren ARMSTRONG, Jamie KNOX, Taylor KNOX, MacKenzie NEWMAN, Kelsey GOSS, Rachael CROSBY, Katie HARPER, Christy GARVIK, Landon CLARK, Savannah SILVA-MARTIN,Canda DeCARL, Hillary BURR, Jessica GRAF, Christie KUPCHA, Jessie GEORGE WASHINGT Opponents Team Statistics GW OPP ATTACK Kills Errors Total Attacks Attack Pct Kills/Set SET Assists Assists/Set SERVE Aces Errors Aces/Set SERVE RECEPTIONS Errors Errors/Set DEFENSE Digs Digs/Set BLOCKING Block Solo Block Assist Total Blocks Blocks/Set Block Errors Ball handling errors ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date 13/340 12/402 Neutral site #/Avg 5/17 Current win streak 0 - Home win streak 5 - Date Opponent Score Score by set Att. *Aug 26 at AMERICAN W ,22-25,25-20, *Aug 27 GEORGE MASON W ,25-21,25-22, Aug 30 HOWARD W ,25-11, ^Sep 02 UNCW W ,25-14, ^Sep 03 NCCU W ,25-15, ^Sep 03 CCSU W ,26-24, &Sep 09 vs North Carolina A&T W ,25-12, &Sep 10 vs Cornell W ,25-16, &Sep 10 at VCU W ,28-26,20-25, *Sep 13 GEORGETOWN W ,25-20,24-26,25-20, $Sep 16 vs Indiana L ,24-26,15-25,25-15, $Sep 17 at #17 San Diego L ,13-25, $Sep 17 vs UC Santa Barbara L ,23-25, *Sep 23 at Duquesne L ,15-25,27-25, *Sep 25 at Saint Louis L ,24-26, Sep 28 at Loyola (Md.) W ,25-22, *Oct 01 CHARLOTTE W ,25-20,25-22, *Oct 07 DAYTON L ,12-25, *Oct 09 XAVIER W ,20-25,25-21,25-18, *Oct 14 FORDHAM W ,25-23, *Oct 16 RHODE ISLAND W ,25-22,23-25,25-21, *Oct 21 at Temple W ,25-23, *Oct 22 at La Salle W ,25-21, *Oct 28 at Xavier L ,14-25, *10/29/11 at Dayton L ,19-25, *Nov 04 SAINT LOUIS W ,20-25,25-18,18-25, *Nov 05 DUQUESNE W ,25-16,20-25,31-29, *Nov 11 at Rhode Island L ,24-26,20-25, *11/12/11 at Fordham W ,22-25,12-25,25-19, /18/11 vs Duquesne L ,25-21,26-28,21-25, * - DC Challenge (Washington D.C. / Smith Center) ^ - GW Invitational & - VCU/Third Degree Sportswear Invitational (Richmond, VA) $ - San Diego Invitational (San Diego, CA) Record in 3-set matches:10-6 Record in 4-set matches:4-2 Record in 5-set matches:6-2 DC Challenge Champions (4-0) GW Invitational Champions (3-0) Third Degree Sportswear Invitational Champions (3-0)

5 George Washington Volleyball 2011 George Washington Combined Team Statistics (as of Jul 05, 2012) Conference matches Overall record: 9-6 Conf: 9-6 Home: 6-1 Away: 3-5 Neutral: 0-0 Attack Set Serve Dig Blocking ## Player sp k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa se sa/s re dig dig/s bs ba total blk/s be bhe points 13 WHYTE, Lauren ARMSTRONG, Jamie GOSS, Rachael KNOX, MacKenzie KNOX, Taylor NEWMAN, Kelsey CROSBY, Katie HARPER, Christy GARVIK, Landon SILVA-MARTIN,Canda CLARK, Savannah BURR, Jessica DeCARL, Hillary KUPCHA, Jessie GRAF, Christie GEORGE WASHINGT Opponents Team Statistics GW OPP ATTACK Kills Errors Total Attacks Attack Pct Kills/Set SET Assists Assists/Set SERVE Aces Errors Aces/Set SERVE RECEPTIONS Errors Errors/Set DEFENSE Digs Digs/Set BLOCKING Block Solo Block Assist Total Blocks Blocks/Set Block Errors Ball handling errors 15 9 ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date 7/395 8/325 Neutral site #/Avg 0/0 Current win streak 1 - Home win streak Final Standings Conference Overall School W L Pct. W L Pct. Dayton Xavier Saint Louis George Washington Duquesne Rhode Island Charlotte Temple Fordham La Salle Date Opponent Score Score by set Att. *Sep 23 at Duquesne L ,15-25,27-25, *Sep 25 at Saint Louis L ,24-26, *Oct 01 CHARLOTTE W ,25-20,25-22, *Oct 07 DAYTON L ,12-25, *Oct 09 XAVIER W ,20-25,25-21,25-18, *Oct 14 FORDHAM W ,25-23, *Oct 16 RHODE ISLAND W ,25-22,23-25,25-21, *Oct 21 at Temple W ,25-23, *Oct 22 at La Salle W ,25-21, *Oct 28 at Xavier L ,14-25, *10/29/11 at Dayton L ,19-25, *Nov 04 SAINT LOUIS W ,20-25,25-18,18-25, *Nov 05 DUQUESNE W ,25-16,20-25,31-29, *Nov 11 at Rhode Island L ,24-26,20-25, *11/12/11 at Fordham W ,22-25,12-25,25-19, * - DC Challenge (Washington D.C. / Smith Center) ^ - GW Invitational & - VCU/Third Degree Sportswear Invitational (Richmond, VA) $ - San Diego Invitational (San Diego, CA) Record in 3-set matches:3-4 Record in 4-set matches:1-2 Record in 5-set matches: Atlantic 10 Championship Bracket