Washington State Women s Basketball

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1 Washington State Women s Basketball Washington State Athletic Media Relations Bohler Addition 195 Pullman, WA (509) Jason Krump (Interim Women s Basketball) - Office jkrump@wsu.edu Bill Stevens, Director - Office: wsstevens@wsu.edu Assistant Directors: Linda Chalich (lindak@wsu.edu) Craig Lawson (craigl@wsu.edu) Jessica Schmick (jessica_schmick@wsu.edu) WSU Schedule Record: 0-0, 0-0 Time (PT)/Result 11/7 Lewis-Clark State (Exh.) W /12 at Saint Mary s L /14 at UC Davis L /18 at Portland 7 p.m. 11/22 vs. Nebraska 7 p.m. Waikiki Beach Marriott Rainbow Wahine Showdown 11/26 vs. North Carolina 2:15 p.m. 11/27 TBA TBA 11/28 TBA TBA 12/5 vs. Nevada 1 p.m. 12/7 vs. South Dakota St. 7 p.m. 12/11 at Gonzaga 2 p.m. 12/18 at Wyoming 1 p.m. 12/21 at San Diego State 7 p.m. 12/31 vs. USC 1 p.m. 1/2 vs. UCLA 1 p.m. 1/6 at Oregon TBA 1/8 at Oregon State TBA 1/14 vs. California 5:30 p.m. 1/16 vs. Stanford 1 p.m. 1/20 at Arizona State 10 a.m. 1/22 at Arizona TBA 1/30 at Washington 12 p.m. 2/3 vs. Oregon State 7 p.m. 2/5 vs. Oregon 1 p.m. 2/10 at Stanford TBA 2/12 at California 7:30 p.m. 2/17 vs. Arizona 7 p.m. 2/19 vs. Arizona State 1 p.m. 2/26 vs. Washington 7:30 p.m. 3/3 at USC TBA 3/5 at UCLA TBA 3/9-3/12 Pac-10 Conference Tournament Cougars Continue Road Trip at Portland Washington State Cougars (0-2, 0-0) at Portland November 18 Portland, Ore. 7 p.m. (PT) WSU faces the Pilots for the seventh all-time meeting vs. Nebraska November 22 Pullman, Wash. 7 p.m. (PT) Cougars host No. 23 (ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll) Cornhuskers What s Happening: The Washington State women s basketball team plays the last of three road games to begin the season at Portland, Thursday, Nov. 18 for a 7 p.m. tip. The Cougars play their home opener, Monday, Nov. 22 vs. Nebraska at Beasley Coliseum at 7 p.m. Series History: Thursday s game will mark the seventh all-time meeting between Portland and WSU. The Pilots have won five of the six previous meetings, including a win at Pullman, Dec. 13, The Cougars lone win in the series occurred Nov. 29, 1985, a win in Portland. Listen In: Fans can listen to this Thursday s game live on KQQQ 1150 AM or KHTR (104.3 FM) in the Pullman/Moscow area, or with a subscription to Cougar All Access at WSUCougars.com (click on the All Access button on the WSUCougars.com home page). Steve Grubbs and Jessica Oestreicher will call the action. Last Week Recap: The Cougars opened the season dropping a pair of road games to St. Mary s and UC Davis. WSU fell to St. Mary s 73-69, Nov. 12. Freshman Sage Romberg led WSU with 19 points, while Jazmine Perkins added 17 and Rosetta Adzasu 15 for the Cougars. Two days later, WSU fell at UC Davis Katie Madison led WSU with 12 points. April Cook (back) sat out the weekend s games and her status is day-to-day. Making Some Noyes: With five blocks last week, including four against UC Davis, sophomore center Carly Noyes increased her career blocks total to 62, seventh on the school s all-time list. Noyes is sixth behind Bianca McCall ( ) for sixth place on the list. With 2.5 blocks per game, Noyes is third in the Pac-10 in that category.

2 WASHINGTON STATE WOMEN S BASKETBALL WSU Quick Facts WSU Information Location... Pullman, Wash. Nickname Cougars Colors... Crimson and Gray Founded President... Elson S. Floyd Athletic Director...Bill Moos Faculty Representative Ken Casavant Conference...Pacific-10 Enrollment...23,300 Venue...Beasley Coliseum (11,671) Tickets GO-COUGS Website... Twitter...twitter.com/WSUCougars_com Facebook... facebook.com/ WSUCougarAthletics YouTube. youtube.com/wsucougarathletics SID Information SID Bill Stevens Assistants...Linda Chalich Craig Lawson Jessica Schmick Address... Bohler Athletic Complex Pullman, WA Phone COUG (2684) FAX Team Information Head Coach June Daugherty Ohio State, 1978 WSU Record (Three Seasons) Career Record (21 Seasons) Associate Head Coach... Mike Daugherty Assistant Coach Mo Hines Assistant Coach Brian Holsinger Coordinator of Operations...Kate Werner Student-Athletes Returning...9 Newcomers Record Pac-10 Record/Finish /9th Find WSU Women s Hoops WSU RADIO:Fans can listen to this weekend s games live on KQQQ 1150 AM or KHTR (104.3 FM) in the Pullman/Moscow area, or with a subscription to Cougar All Access at WSUCougars. com (click on the All Access button on the WSU- Cougars.com home page). Steve Grubbs will call the games live. WSUCOUGARS.COM: Student-athlete bios, stats, schedule, results, records, and blog can be found at the women s basketball home page at WSUCougars.com, the official website of Cougar Athletics. COUGAR ATHLETICS ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Find WSU Athletics on Twitter (twitter.com/ WSUCougars_com), Facebook (facebook.com/ WSUCougarAthletics) and YouTube (youtube. com/wsucougarathletics). Exhibition Wrap: Sage Romberg s jumper with nine seconds remaining propelled the Washington State University women s basketball team to a win over Lewis-Clark State in exhibition action at Beasley Coliseum, Sunday, Nov. 7. After her offensive heroics, Romberg, a freshman guard/forward from McKinleyville, Calif., clinched the win with a block of Lauren Daling s field goal attempt as time expired. Jazmine Perkins led a trio of Cougars in double figures with 15 points. Romberg added 13 and Carly Noyes scored 12. Academic Excellence: At the Oct. 23 volleyball match vs. Arizona, the Cougars were recognized as recipients of the Seehafer Academic Award, earned for the 2010 spring semester. The Seehafer award is presented each semester to the WSU athletic team that demonstrates the most improved academic performance or greatest strides toward achieving its team academic goals. During the 2010 spring semester, the Cougars earned their highest semester GPA a Cougars on TV: WSU s Jan. 14 game versus California has been selected for broadcast by Fox Sports Northwest. The Cougars match-up against the Golden Bears at Beasley Coliseum will tip at 5:30 p.m. It will mark the third appearance for the Cougars on television during the season. Two games have previously been selected for live national television broadcasts. The Cougars match-ups at Washington (Jan. 30) and at California (Feb. 12) were selected as part of the Pac-10 s 20-game package with FSN, and will be televised nationally. Pac-10 Coaches/Media Polls: After garnering 22 points, the Cougars were tied for eighth with Washington in the Pac-10 Coaches Poll and ninth in the Media Poll with 26 points. Stanford is the coaches and media pick to win the Pac-10 women s basketball title while UCLA was picked to finish second in both polls. Oestreicher retires: Center Jessica Oestreicher will no longer compete with the women s basketball team due to injuries. Oestreicher redshirted her sophomore season in after undergoing knee surgery following her freshman season. During the season, Oestreicher played in 18 games, starting three, averaging 2.3 points and 1.3 rebounds a game. She is will continue to be on scholarship while pursuing her degree in communication and will serve as color commentator with Steve Grubbs during road broadcasts on the Washington State ISP Sports Network Non-Conference Schedule: In addition to a Pac-10 schedule that features 2010 national runner-up Stanford, 2010 WNIT champion California, NCAA participant UCLA, and in-state rival Washington, the Cougars non-conference slate features at least 10 teams that advanced to postseason play in including Nebraska, one of four No. 1 seeds in the 2010 NCAA Tournament. The Nebraska game marks the home opener for the Cougars, Monday, Nov.22 at 7 p.m. Tickets: Season and single-game tickets are on sale by calling GO- COUGS or visiting WSUCougars.com. Cougs on Social Network sites: Follow the WSU women s basketball team on twitter (@WSUWomenshoops). Also follow the team on the WSU Athletics official twitter page (@WSUCougars_com), Facebook page (facebook.com/wsu- CougarAthletics) and YouTube page (youtube.com/wsucougarathletics).

3 WASHINGTON STATE WOMEN S BASKETBALL NUMERICAL ROSTER NO NAME POS HT EXP YR HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL / COLLEGE) 1 Cook, April PG/G 5-8 2V JR Carson, Calif. (Long Beach Poly HS) 2 Amojo, Ireti G/F 5-10 SQ RS-FR Berlin, Germany (Coubertin Gymnasium) 3 Madison, Katie F 6-0 1V RS-SR Vancouver, Wash. (Prairie HS/Idaho) 4 Grad, Katie G 5-8 1V RS-SO Lake Tapps, Wash. (Auburn-Riverside HS) 5 Brooks, Devin PG 5-6 TR RS-JR Seattle, Wash. (New Mexico State) 11 Perkins, Jazmine G V JR Berkeley, Calif. (Berkeley HS) 13 Adzasu, Rosetta PG 5-5 TR JR West Linn, Ore. (West Linn HS/Yakima Valley) 20 Calderwood, Katie G/F 6-0 3V SR Broomfield, Colo. (Broomfield HS) 21 Tarnowski, Rosie G/F 6-1 2V JR Philadelphia, Pa. (Archbishop Wood HS) 22 Romberg, Sage G/F 6-1 HS FR McKinleyville, Calif. (McKinleyville HS) 24 Thomas, Brandi G/F 6-1 HS FR McCleary, Wash. (Elma HS) 25 Pettersen, Lexie F 6-1 2V JR Spokane, Wash. (Shadle Park HS) 33 Noyes, Carly C 6-5 1V SO Moses Lake, Wash. (Moses Lake HS) 42 Potter, Hana F/C 6-2 HS FR St. Louis Park, Minn. (Hopkins HS) ALPHABETICAL ROSTER NO NAME POS HT EXP YR HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL / COLLEGE) 13 Adzasu, Rosetta PG 5-5 TR JR West Linn, Ore. (West Linn HS/Yakima Valley) 2 Amojo, Ireti G/F 5-10 SQ RS-FR Berlin, Germany (Coubertin Gymnasium) 5 Brooks, Devin PG 5-6 TR RS-JR Seattle, Wash. (New Mexico State) 20 Calderwood, Katie G/F 6-0 3V SR Broomfield, Colo. (Broomfield HS) 1 Cook, April PG/G 5-8 2V JR Carson, Calif. (Long Beach Poly HS) 4 Grad, Katie G 5-8 1V RS-SO Lake Tapps, Wash. (Auburn-Riverside HS) 3 Madison, Katie F 6-0 1V RS-SR Vancouver, Wash. (Prairie HS/Idaho) 33 Noyes, Carly C 6-5 1V SO Moses Lake, Wash. (Moses Lake HS) 11 Perkins, Jazmine G V JR Berkeley, Calif. (Berkeley HS) 25 Pettersen, Lexie F 6-1 2V JR Spokane, Wash. (Shadle Park HS) 42 Potter, Hana F/C 6-2 HS FR St. Louis Park, Minn. (Hopkins HS) 22 Romberg, Sage G/F 6-1 HS FR McKinleyville, Calif. (McKinleyville HS) 21 Tarnowski, Rosie G/F 6-1 2V JR Philadelphia, Pa. (Archbishop Wood HS) 24 Thomas, Brandi G/F 6-1 HS FR McCleary, Wash. (Elma HS) June Daugherty - Head Coach (Fourth Season) Mike Daugherty - Associate Head Coach (Fourth Season) Mo Hines - Assistant Coach (Fourth Season) Brian Holsinger - Assistant Coach (Fourth Season) Kate Werner - Coordinator of Operations (Fourth Season) Previous Game Starters Nov. 14 at UC Davis No. Pos. Name PPG 22 F Sage Romberg F Brandi Thomas C Carly Noyes G Jazmine Perkins G Rosetta Adzasu 8.5 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Iteti Amojo EAR-uh-tee / a-mo-jo Katie Calderwood CALL-der-wood Carly Noyes - Noise Lexie Pettersen PET-er-sen Rosie Tarnowski Tar-NOW-ski Rosetta Adzasu - Ah-zah-zoo W S U C O U G A R S. C O M

4 WASHINGTON STATE WOMEN S BASKETBALL 13 Rosetta Adzasu 2 Ireti Amojo 5 Devin Brooks 20 Katie Calderwood 1 April Cook 4 Katie Grad 3 Katie Madison 33 Carly Noyes 11 Jazmine Perkins 25 Lexie Pettersen 42 Hana Potter 22 Sage Romberg PG 5-5 JR West Linn, Ore. PG/G 5-8 JR Carson, Calif. G 5-10 JR Berkeley, Calif. G 5-10 RS-FR Berlin, Germany G 5-8 RS-SO Lake Tapps, Wash. G 6-1 JR Spokane, Wash. 21 Rosie Tarnowski G/F 6-1 JR Philadelphia, Pa. PG 5-6 RS-JR Seattle, Wash. F 6-0 RS-SR Vancouver, Wash. F/C 6-2 FR St. Louis Park, Minn. G/F 6-0 SR Broomfield, Colo. C 6-5 SO Moses Lake, Wash. G/F 6-1 FR McKinleyville, Calif. 24 Brandi Thomas G/F 6-1 FR McCleary, Wash.

5 WASHINGTON STATE WOMEN S BASKETBALL Head Coach June Daugherty With three full seasons under her belt, Washington State University Head Coach June Daugherty has come exactly as advertised, leading the charge toward a New Era in Cougar women s basketball. Just as she had done at each of her two previous stops, Daugherty, who has coached more than 600 career games, has begun turning around the WSU women s program, bringing in top-ranked recruiting classes, improving attendance numbers and overseeing student-athletes who place premiums on academics and community service. In year one, Daugherty instilled excitement around Cougar women s basketball, signing the nation s 16th-ranked recruiting class (Blue Star Basketball). The class also received a top-25 nod from HoopGurlz (No. 24), ranked second in the Pacific-10 Conference and was unquestionably the greatest signing class in school history. Fans excitement translated into a packed Beasley Coliseum, as WSU more than tripled its attendance from the previous season. In year two, Daugherty guided the Cougars to an eighth-place finish in the Pacific-10 Conference, WSU s highest ranking in the conference since also finishing eighth in , and the team posted double-digit wins for the first time since the season. Daugherty also followed the most heralded recruiting class in school history with another highly-ranked class in Following , the Cougars ranked among the nation s top 30 teams in both increasing their win total and increasing their RPI ranking. During the regular season the Cougars won six more games than the previous season, ranking 26th nationally and second in the Pac-10 amongst teams making the greatest turnarounds. WSU also moved up 83 spots in the RPI from the previous season, the second-highest increase amongst Pac-10 teams, and tied for the 28th-highest jump nationally. Last year, in her third season at the helm, the Cougars started to make their move. Despite having the sixth-youngest team in the country, WSU started earning wins and accolades that hadn t been seen in Pullman for years. The Cougars defeated Arizona State in Tempe, Ariz., in front of a national television audience, their first road win over the Sun Devils in more than 13 years. WSU also defeated USC at Galen Center, the team s first road win over the Trojans in more than 11 years. Individually, following a 33-point scoring barrage against ASU, then-sophomore guard April Cook garnered WSU s first Pac-10 Player of the Week honor in four years, and just the second by a Cougar in the last 13 years. Then-freshman Carly Noyes broke WSU s single-season blocks record, a mark that had stood for 25 years, and became the first player in school history to lead the Pac-10 in the statistical category. Daugherty also signed her third-straight nationally-ranked recruiting class, and if recent history is any indication, greatness should be expected from the get-go. Multiple players from each of her first two signing classes garnered postseason recognition by Pac-10 coaches and media members following their debut seasons. Daugherty s players have received quite a bit of postseason attention since her arrival on the Palouse. In her first season, then-junior guard Katie Appleton garnered her first-career all-conference honor after being named All-Pac-10 honorable mention. Freshman guard Kezia Kelly was named Freshman All-Pac-10 honorable mention. Freshmen April Cook and Jazmine Perkins took home a slew of honors following the season, earning mention on the All-Pac-10 Team and the Pac-10 All-Freshman Team. Perkins was also named to the Pac-10 All-Defensive Team. And then in , Cook garnered her second-straight honorable mention all-conference honor, and freshmen Carly Noyes and KiKi Moore combined for a number of accolades. Dating back to her years at Washington, Daugherty has placed at least one individual on the All-Pac-10 Team each year since Daugherty, whose career record stands at (.548), has more than 20 years of experience working with WNBA-caliber talent. She began her head coaching career at Boise State, where she coached for seven years ( ) and compiled a record of (73-31 Big Sky Conference). Under her watch, the Broncos not only made the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history, but achieved their first national ranking and won their first regular season conference title. In 1992, the Broncos won the Big Sky regular season championship, and in 1994 they shared the conference crown with Montana and earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. At the conclusion of the season, Daugherty was named Big Sky Co-Coach of the Year. After turning things around at Boise State, Daugherty did the same for Washington, where she coached for 11 seasons. After finishing ninth in the Pac-10 in 2000, Daugherty led the Huskies to their first conference title since 1990, the greatest turnaround in conference history. She led Washington to nine postseason appearances in 11 seasons - six NCAA Tournament appearances and three WNIT appearances and led the Huskies all the way to the NCAA Women s Basketball Championship Elite Eight in Daugherty helped a number of players earn individual honors at Washington, with Giuliana Mendiola becoming the school s first Pac-10 Player of the Year, and four players earning District VIII All-America honors. Home attendance soared under Daugherty s watch at both Boise State and Washington. The Broncos averaged 500 fans per game before Daugherty s arrival. During her tenure, more than 2,000 fans were coming to watch every game, placing Boise State in the nation s top 30 for home attendance in each of her seven seasons. Washington led the Pac-10 in home attendance in both and The team chemistry formed on the basketball court is a direct result of creating a family atmosphere with Daugherty s staff and players. Daugherty creates a home away from home for her basketball family, consisting of coaches, players and support staff. This environment culminated in 16 players combining for 49 selections to the Pac-10 All-Academic Team at Washington, and 30 student-athletes on the Big Sky Conference All- Academic Team at Boise State. In her three seasons at WSU, six players have combined for eight Pac-10 All-Academic selections. Daugherty s basketball family is involved not only in providing everything necessary to achieve academic excellence, but also the means to becoming involved in community service. Daugherty leads by example, speaking at meetings for the Chamber of Commerce, the Kiwanis and for many women s groups. A major advocate for healthy heart awareness, Daugherty was named the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association s National Coach of the Year in Since becoming a survivor of sudden cardiac arrest Daugherty has become one of the nation s most visible spokesmen, filming a nationallyaired commercial, speaking at fund-raisers for the Hope Heart Institute and the American Red Cross and helping WSU sponsor the inaugural Cougs Have Heart basketball game to raise awareness for heart disease. W S U C O U G A R S. C O M