TEXAS STATE SOFTBALL

TEXAS STATE STBALL Texas State Sports Information 601 University Dr. San Marcos, Texas 78666 Softball Contact Denise Thompson dt24@txstate.edu 512-245-2988 txstatebobcats.com 2009 Schedule Fri., Feb. 6 Fri., Feb. 6 Sat., Feb. 7 Sat., Feb. 7 Sun., Feb. 8 Wed., Feb. 11 Fri., Feb. 13 Fri., Feb. 13 Sat., Feb. 14 Sat., Feb. 14 Sun., Feb. 15 Wed., Feb. 18 Fri., Feb. 20 Sat., Feb. 21 Sat., Feb. 21 Sun., Feb. 22 Tue., Feb. 24 Tue., Feb. 24 Wed., Feb. 25 Sat., Feb. 28 Sat., Feb. 28 Sun., Mar. 1 Tue., Mar. 3 Sat., Mar. 7 Sat., Mar. 7 Sun., Mar. 8 Sat., Mar. 14 Sat., Mar. 14 Sun., Mar. 15 Tue., Mar. 17 Tue., Mar. 17 Wed., Mar. 18 Sat., Mar. 21 Sat., Mar. 21 Sun., Mar. 22 Wed., Mar. 25 Fri., Mar. 27 Sat., Mar. 28 Sun., Mar. 29 Tue., Apr. 7 Fri., Apr. 10 Fri., Apr. 10 Sat., Apr. 11 Mon., Apr. 13 Mon., Apr. 13 Sat., Apr. 18 Sat., Apr. 18 Sun., Apr. 19 Sat., Apr. 25 Sat., Apr. 25 Sun., Apr. 26 Thu., Apr. 30 Sat., May 2 Sat., May 2 Sun., May 3 Thu., May 7-9 vs. Bethune Cookman DeLand, Fla. 12:30 p.m. at Stetson! DeLand, Fla. 5:30 p.m at Kent State! DeLand, Fla. 10 a.m. CT vs. Bethune Cookman DeLand, Fla. 12:30 p.m. TBD DeLand, Fla. TBA at Texas Austin, Texas 5 p.m. CT vs. Oklahoma^ Houston, Texas at Indiana^ Houston, Texas at Oklahoma State^ Houston, Texas 9 a.m. CT at North Carolina State^Houston, Texas 11 a.m. CT at Houston^ Houston, Texas vs. Texas A&M San Marcos, Texas 6 p.m. CT at UAB% Baton Rouge, La. 3:45 p.m. CT at Northern Iowa% Baton Rouge, La. 11:45 a.m. CT at LSU% Baton Rouge, La. Championship Play% Baton Rouge, La. TBA at Texas-Arlington* Arlington, Texas 4 p.m. CT at Texas-Arlington* Arlington, Texas 6 p.m. CT at Texas-Arlington Arlington, Texas vs. McNeese State* San Marcos, Texas vs. McNeese State* San Marcos, Texas vs. McNeese State* San Marcos, Texas vs. Texas San Marcos, Texas at A&M-Corpus Christi* Corpus Christi, Texas at A&M-Corpus Christi* Corpus Christi, Texas at A&M-Corpus Christi* Corpus Christi, Texas vs. Southeastern La* San Marcos, Texas vs. Southeastern La* San Marcos, Texas vs. Southeastern La* San Marcos, Texas at Nicholls State* Thibodaux, La. 5 p.m. CT at Nicholls State* Thibodaux, La. at Nicholls State* Thibodaux, La. vs. Central Arkansas* San Marcos, Texas vs. Central Arkansas* San Marcos, Texas vs. Central Arkansas* San Marcos, Texas vs. UTEP San Marcos, Texas at New Mexico Albuquerque, NM. at New Mexico Albuquerque, NM. at New Mexico Albuquerque, NM. at Baylor Waco, Texas 6 p.m. CT vs. UTSA San Marcos, Texas 5 p.m. CT vs. UTSA San Marcos, Texas vs. UTSA San Marcos, Texas vs. Texas Tech San Marcos, Texas vs. Texas Tech San Marcos, Texas at Northwestern State* Natchitoches, La. at Northwestern State* Natchitoches, La. at Northwestern State* Natchitoches, La. vs. Stephen F. Austin* San Marcos, Texas vs. Stephen F. Austin* San Marcos, Texas vs. Stephen F. Austin* San Marcos, Texas vs. North Texas San Marcos, Texas at Sam Houston State* Huntsville, Texas at Sam Houston State* Huntsville, Texas 4 p.m. CT at Sam Houston State* Huntsville, Texas SLC Tournament Lake Charles, La. TBA! Stetson Lead-off Classic ^ - UH Crowne Plaza Classic % - LSU Purple and Gold Challenge * - Southland Conference game Stetson Lead-Off Classic February 6-8, 2009 Friday, Feb. 6 vs. Bethune Cookman 12:30p.m. vs. Stetson 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7 vs. Kent State 10:00 a.m. vs. Bethune Cookman 12:30p.m. The Texas State Softball team will open up its 2009 season on the road at the Stetson Lead-Off Classic, being held in DeLand, Fla. from Feb. 6-8, hosted by Stetson University. The Bobcats will play their first game against Bethune Cookman College on Friday, the 6th at 12:30 p.m. CT. Texas State will end the day against home team Stetson at 5:30p.m. This will be the second meeting for the Bobcats and the Wildcats. They last met in 2002, where the Bobcats came away with a 7-3 victory. Friday will mark the first meeting between Texas State and Stetson. Stetson, a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference finished fifth in the conference in 2008. On Saturday, the Bobcats will play Kent State in what will be another first for the two teams. Kent State finished first in the Mid Atlantic Conference last year, going 20-2 in the league. The Stetson Lead-Off Classic will be the Bobcats 2009 debut. Texas State is coming off a hot 2008 season, that ended with a lot of unfinished business. Texas State loses its starting pitcher and catcher, which means the fans will see a different face on the mound A Member of The Texas State University System

USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Preseason Poll January 20, 2009 RANK TEAM 08 Record TOTALS Last Poll 1 Florida (14) 70-5 728 3 2 Arizona State (15) 66-5 691 1 3 Alabama 58-8 678 4 4 UCLA 51-9 638 5 5 Texas A&M 57-10 553 2 6 Louisiana (1) 52-15 544 6 7 Arizona 41-19 542 7 8 Michigan 52-8 527 9 9 Northwestern 40-16 511 12 10 Oklahoma 47-14 498 10 11 Stanford 49-15 456 11 12 Tennessee 50-16 302 14 13 Houston 54-11 285 13 14 Fresno State 54-13 280 15 15 DePaul 51-18 279 22 16 Missouri 47-17 270 19 17 California 34-32 255 16 18 North Carolina 50-12-1 222 20 19 LSU 44-18 210 18 20 Virginia Tech 49-19 201 8 21 Washington 30-25-1 193 RV 22 Georgia 46-24 169 17 23 Nevada 44-18 157 21 24 Long Beach State 40-17 108 23 25 San Diego State 44-17 99 24 Others Receiving Votes: UMass 68, Mississippi State 46, Iowa 43, South Florida 42, Hofstra 27, Oklahoma State 19, BYU 17, Hawai i 15, Notre Dame 12, Nebraska 8, Purdue 8, Central Florida 8, Creighton 6, Auburn 6, Oregon 4, Oregon State 4, Jacksonville State 4, East Carolina 4, Louisiana Tech 3, Texas 2, UT-Chattanooga 2. Six schools received one point apiece. and behind the plate. Returning for the Bobcats is 2008 Southland Conference Hitter of the Year, McKenzie Baack. Baack can see time in the infield and outfield this season. Along with Baack, Texas State has four other SLC Preseason Team members with shortstop Alex Newton, first baseman Leah Boatright, third baseman Ali McCormack and outfielder Kristina Tello. Texas State was picked to finish second in the SLC Coaches and Sports Information (SID) Polls. The Bobcats will play 16 non-conference games before beginning conference play on Feb. 24 at UT Arlington. Fab Five Named Preseason All-SLC Alex Newton, McKenzie Baack and Leah Boatright were named to the All-SLC Preseason First Team. Kristina Tello and Ali McCormack earned a spot on the Second Team, to put Texas State with five players on the All-SLC Team the most by any other school. Texas State Picked 2nd in SLC Preseason Polls Entering the 2009 softball season, the Bobcats were picked to finish second in the Southland Conference Coaches and SID Polls. The Bobcats are the reigning SLC Regular Season Champions. Baack is Back Baack, who was a walk-on last season blasted on to the scene to soon become the teams designated player, starting 47 of 52 games for the Bobcats. She led the team in home runs with eight, 78 total bases, tied for the most RBI with 24 and had the highest batting average with.351. Baack was named the 2008 SLC Hitter of the Year for her accolades. The sophomore power hitter will be back in the line-up for the Bobcats looking to improve from her freshman campaign. Hall Times Two Senior outfielder Taylor Hall will no wbe joined on the team by her little sister Chandler. Chandler is a pitcher, but can play almost every spot on the field, so don t be suprised to see her out in the field when she is not on the mound. The Newbies The Texas State Softball fans will see six new players on the field this season. Chandler Hall, Brittany Johnson, Shekia Knight, Megan Parten, Amye Patrick and Allison Snow will are all first year Bobcats. The Toughest of the Tough Texas State will open up its 2009 season on Feb. 6 on the road at the Stetson Lead-Off Classic. They will return to the Lone Star State to play Texas on Feb. 11 at 5p.m. in Austin. At the UH Crowne Plaza Classic the Bobcats will face Oklahoma on Feb. 13, Indiana on Feb. 13, Oklahoma State and North Carolina State on

Feb. 14 and Houston on Feb. 15. The Bobcats will open up home play in the newly renovated Softball Stadium on Feb. 18 when they host Big 12 opponent Texas A&M at 6p.m. Traveling to Louisiana from Feb. 20-22 Texas State will play in the LSU Purple and Gold Challenge facing UAB, Northern Iowa and LSU. Southland Conference play will begin for the Bobcats on Feb. 24 when they travel to Arlington to face UTA. The Bobcats will play Texas for the second time of the season on March 3 at 7p.m. UTEP, New Mexico, Baylor, Texas Tech and North Texas highlight the rest of the non-conference schedule for Texas State. This years SLC Tournament will be held in Lake Charles, La. hosted by McNeese State. The tournament will begin Thursday, May 7th. ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 January 27 Preseason Poll Rank Team2008 Record PointsPVS 1. Florida (18) 70-5 497 3 2. Alabama 58-8 466 4 3. Arizona State (1) 66-3 432 1 4. UCLA (1) 51-9 428 5 5. Michigan 52-8 384 9 6. Oklahoma 47-14 378 10 7. Arizona 41-19 369 7 8. ULL 52-15 364 6 9. Stanford 49-15 321 13 10. Texas A&M 57-10 309 2 11. Northwestern 40-16 295 11 12. Fresno State 54-13 252 15 13. Tennessee 50-16 230 17 14. California 43-27 203 14 15. Washington 30-25-1 200 RV 16. Houston 54-11 188 12 17. LSU 44-18 179 19 18. DePaul 51-18 166 21 19. Missouri 47-17 165 16 20. Long Beach St. 42-16 120 22 21. North Carolina 50-12-1 107 25 22. Nevada 44-18 95 20 23. Georgia 46-24 89 18 24. UMass 42-12 86 23 25. Virginia Tech 49-19 55 8 Parenthesis Denotes first place votes. Dropped Out from 2008 Postseason Poll: San Diego State Others receiving votes: Mississippi State (20), San Diego State (19), Iowa (13), South Florida (12), Hawaii (10), Purdue (7), Oregon State (5), Kansas (4), Nebraska (4), Notre Dame (4), Texas (4), Creighton (3), Georgia Tech (3), Hofstra (3), Baylor (2), East Carolina (2), Jacksonville State (2), Oklahoma State (2), Oregon (2) and BYU (1).

Head Coach Ricci Woodard Ninth Season Texas State head softball coach Ricci Woodard enters her ninth season with the Bobcat program. Woodard was named the 2008 Southland Conference Coach of the Year after leading her team to a first place showing at the end of the regular season. Under Woodard guidance her student-athletes have appeared in eight straight Southland Conference Tournaments and two NCAA Tournaments. In 2008, the Bobcats recorded a 35-18 record. They started the conference schedule winning eight straight games, and ended the season winning five of their last six games, going 2 in the SLC. While leading her team to a first place finish, Woodard had eight of her players named to the SLC All-Conference Team to lead all teams. Senior pitcher Ragan Blake was a First Team selection and was named SLC Pitcher of the Year. Newcomer McKenzie Baack was named SLC Hitter of the Year, while joining Ashton Peters, Leah Boatwright, Ali McCormack, Jette Weinheimer and Kristina Tello on the all-conference Second Team. Alex Newton received Third Team honors. Woodard-led teams have compiled an overall 301-165-1 record while going 168-47-1 in Southland Conference play, in her eight seasons at Texas State. In 2004, Woodard became the all-time wins leader among Texas State softball coaches as she passed Pam Wuestenberg, who guided the first 10 Bobcat softball teams, for the record with her 172nd win. Including this last year s recognition, Woodard has now earned SLC Coach of the Year honors, three times as voted by her peers within the conference. In 2007, Texas State finished 32-26 overall and 18-12 in the SLC, including a 3-0 win at No. 18 Texas. The Bobcats also advanced to the final day of the Southland Conference Tournament before falling to tournament champion Sam Houston State. In 2006 the Bobcats finished 34-22 overall, going 18-5 in conference play to finish in second in the regular season standings. Texas State also defeated #1 ranked Texas before a record crowd of over 1,100 at Bobcat Field. The Longhorns were one of five 2006 opponents for the Bobcats that made the NCAA Tournament Field. As the second seed in the 2006 SLC Tournament, the Bobcats defeated Nicholls State and Northwestern State but fell to Texas-Arlington in a loser s bracket game. Texas State struggled to a 26-27 overall mark in 2005, the only season Woodard has failed to finish above.500 on the season. However, the Bobcats still showed they were among the Southland s best, going 18-8 in conference play to finish tied for second in the standings. In 2004, Texas State finished 37-20, good enough for second place in the SLC. Woodard guided the Bobcats to a 46-18-1 record in 2003. Finishing 21-5-1 in the SLC, the Bobcats placed second in the regular season race but still earned an NCAA Tournament bid. It marked the second year Woodard s team played in an NCAA regional tournament. The Bobcats went 3-2 in the Austin Regional, falling to eventual Women s College World Series participant Texas in the regional finals after earning wins over Arizona State, Northwestern and Hawaii. 2002 brought the second straight SLC regular season championship to San Marcos as the Bobcats posted a 37-22 overall record and went 23-4 in the SLC. The SLC title was the fourth in the program s then-17 year history. The season also marked the second-consecutive year that Woodard was honored as the SLC Coach of the Year. In 2001, Woodard took the helm at Texas State as the program s fourth head coach and immediately had unprecedented success. The `Cats had their best record in program history (54-12), a regular season SLC title, an SLC Tournament title and an appearance in the NCAA Regional Tournament. Texas State advanced to the regional finals before bowing out to eventual 2001 NCAA National Champion Arizona. Prior to coaching her current post with Texas State, Woodard served as an assistant coach at the University of Oregon for four seasons. In her first collegiate coaching experience, Woodard helped the Ducks to three consecutive national top 25 finishes and three consecutive appearances in the NCAA Regional Tournament. Woodard started her coaching career working with high school teams. Prior to becoming a Duck, she worked as head coach at Midland High School. The Bulldogs won a district title for the first time in school history under Woodard s guidance. She successfully started a softball program at Brazosport High School in Freeport before going to Midland and eventually entering college coaching. As a player, Woodard played infield at Central Arizona Junior College, where she served as team captain. She transferred to New Mexico State and graduated with a B.S. in education in 1991. Woodard played high school ball at Carlsbad (NM) High School, where her team won three New Mexico High School State Championships during her four years. Woodard s Season-By-Season Record Year Record Pct. SLC Pct. Finish 2001 54-12-0.818 26-1-0.963 1st 2002 37-22-0.627 23-4-0.852 1st 2003 46-18-1.719 21-5-1.808 2nd 2004 37-20-0.649 19-7-0.731 2nd 2005 26-27-0.491 18-8-0.692 2nd 2006 34-22-0.607 18-5-0.783 2nd 2007 32-26-0.552 18-12-0.600 3rd 2008 35-18-0.660 2-0.833 1st 8 Yrs. 301-165-1.640 168-47-1.782

2009 Southland Softball Preseason Polls Coaches Poll 1. Stephen F. Austin 104 (7) 2. Texas State 98 (2) 3. UTSA 90 (1) 4. UT Arlington 83 (1) 5. Sam Houston State 79 6. McNeese State 50 7. Nicholls State 49 t8. A&M-Corpus Christi 45 t8. Southeastern Louisiana 45 t10. Central Arkansas 28 t10. Northwestern State 28 SID s Poll 1. Stephen F. Austin 108 (5) 2. Texas State 96 (3) 3. UTSA 84 (2) 4. Sam Houston State 83 5. UT Arlington 68 (1) 6. McNeese State 51 7. Nicholls State 49 8. Southeastern Louisiana 43 9. A&M-Corpus Christi 38 10. Central Arkansas 29 11. Northwestern State 28 2009 Southland Conference Tournament May 7-9 Lake Charles, La. Hosted by McNeese State 2009 Southland Softball Preseason Teams FIRST TEAM 1B Leah Boatright Texas State Jr. Baytown, Texas 2B Rudi Cantu UTSA Jr. Alvin, Texas 3B Heather Sherrill Southeastern La. Sr. Alexandria, La. SS Alex Newton Texas State Sr. LaPorte, Texas C Samantha Chumchal UT Arlington Jr. Richwood, Texas Kendal Harper Stephen F. Austin Jr. Palmer, Texas Hailey Wiginton Sam Houston State So. Friendswood, Texas Kim Connelly A&M-Corpus Christi Sr. Beaverton, Ore. DP McKenzie Baack Texas State So. Round Rock, Texas P Monika Covington Stephen F. Austin So. Huffman, Texas P Cara Hulme UT Arlington Jr. Van, Texas 2009 Southland Conference Players of the Week SECOND TEAM 1B Rebecca Collom UT Arlington So. New Boston, Texas 2B Danielle Clayton Nicholls State Sr. Patterson, La. 3B Ali McCormack Texas State Sr. Denton, Texas SS Katie Duhe Southeastern La. So. Lutcher, La. C Kim Daley Stephen F. Austin Sr. League City, Texas Kristina Tello Texas State Jr. Houston, Texas Leanne Risberg UTSA Sr. New Orleans, La. Cary Bruno Northwestern State Sr. Pearland, Texas DP Danye Holmes UTSA So. Sugar Land, Texas P Danye Holmes UTSA So. Sugar Land, Texas P Morgan Mikulin Sam Houston State Jr. Huntsville, Texas

2009 Texas State Softball Roster No. Name 1 Kos, Ryan 2 Garnett, Katie 3 Hall, Chandler 4 Rother, Allyce 5 Keller, Tamara 6 Boatright, Leah 8 Hall, Taylor 9 McCormack, Ali 10 Emery, Jenna 11 Weinheimer, Jetta 12 Parten, Megan 13 Tello, Kristina 14 Knight, Shekia 15 Dennis, Elizabeth 18 Patrick, Amye 19 Johnson, Brittany 20 Snow, Allison 22 Newton, Alex 23 Baack, McKenzie 25 Duncan, Lacey Ht. 5-9 5-3 5-6 5-9 5-6 5-1 5-6 5-1 Head Coach: Ricci Woodard Assistant Coach: Peejay Brun Assistant Coach: Aimee Vaughn Volunteer Assistant: Garrett Valis Pos. 2B P P/1B UT 1B 3B/1B UT C UT P C P 1B/ SS/3B 1B Cl./Exp. SR-1L SO-1L SR-1L SO-1L SO-TR SO-1L B/T L/L Hometown (Previous School) Magnolia, Texas (Magnolia) Elgin, Texas (Temple College) Baytown, Texas (Barbers Hill) Tomball, Texas (Tomball) Castroville, Texas (Medina Valley) Baytown, Texas (Ross S. Sterling) Baytown, Texas (Temple College) Denton, Texas (Billy Ryan) Sugar Land, Texas (Stephen F. Austin) Stonewall, Texas (Fredericksburg) Angleton, Texas (Angleton) Houston, Texas (Cypress Falls) Garland, Texas (Garland) Houston, Texas (Langham Creek) Pasadena, Calif. (Navarro College) Corpus Christi, Texas (Moody) Stephenville, Texas (Stephenville) LaPorte, Texas (LaPorte) Round Rock, Texas (Round Rock) Spring, Texas (Klein)