General Information Location...Washington, D.C. Founded...1893 Enrollment...5,250 undergraduate men & women Nickname...Eagles Colors...Red, White & Blue Affi liation...ncaa Division I Conference...Patriot League Home Court (Capacity)...Bender Arena (4,500) President... Dr. Neil Kerwin Director of Athletics...Keith Gill Associate Director of Athletics / Business & Operations... Jon Palumbo Associate Director of Athletics / SWA...Athena Argyropoulos Associate Director of Athletics / External Affairs...David Bierwirth Associate Director of Athletics / Compliance... Rob Acunto Assistant Director of Athletics / Marketing & Corporate Sponsorships. Robert... Sherman Assistant Director of Athletics / Communications... Anthony Wilson Athletic Department Phone... (202) 885-3001 Academic Coordinator...Maureen Breslin Head Athletic Trainer... Sean Dash Director of Facilities and Operations... Jordan Tobin Facilities Manager... James Stevens Equipment Manager...Bryan Cornn Athletic Communications Assistant Athletic Communications Director/WBB Contact...Alison Luberski Offi ce... (202) 885-3032 Cell... (202) 531-0160 Fax... (202) 885-3033 E-Mail... luberski@american.edu Assistant AD for Communications...Anthony Wilson Athletic Communications Assistant...Andrew Chesebro Website... www.aueagles.com Women s Basketball Information Head Coach... Melissa McFerrin (Missouri 83; Fourth Season) Record at American / Seasons... 32-56 / 3 Overall College Coaching Record / Seasons... Same Associate Head Coach...Matt Corkery (West Texas A&M 93; Fourth Season) Assistants... Tennille Adams (University of Arkansas 00; First Season)... Michael Wholey (Emerson 04; First Season) Basketball Offi ce Phone... (202) 885-3019 Best to Reach Coach McFerrin... Contact Athletic Comm. Offi ce 2006-07 Overall Record... 13-19 2006-07 Conference Record / Finish...6-8 / 4th All- Program Record...355-417(.460) Letterwinners Returning / Lost... 8/5 Starters Returning / Lost... 4/1 Newcomers... 3 2007 Schedule November 11/4 M.I. Express (Exhibition) 3 p.m. 11/9 at Longwood 5 p.m. 11/13 VCU 7 p.m. 11/16 at Georgetown 7:30 p.m. 11/19 Wagner 7 p.m. 11/23 at URI Tourney 12 p.m. 11/24 at URI Tourney 2 p.m. December 12/1 Western Michigan 7 p.m. 12/3 Monmouth 7 p.m. 12/6 Morgan St. 7 p.m. 12/9 Fordham 2 p.m. 12/19 at George Mason 7 p.m. 12/22 Radford 2 p.m. 12/29 at Cleveland St. 1 p.m. 12/31 at Drexel 1 p.m. January 1/8 UMES 7 p.m. 1/12 Lehigh* 2 p.m. 1/16 Bucknell* 7 p.m. 1/19 at Colgate* 2 p.m. 1/23 Army* 7 p.m. 1/26 at Holy Cross* 1 p.m. 1/30 at Navy* 7 p.m. February 2/2 Lafayette* 2 p.m. 2/9 at Lehigh* 7 p.m. 2/13 at Bucknell* 7 p.m. 2/16 Colgate* 2 p.m. 2/20 at Army* 7 p.m. 2/23 Holy Cross* 2 p.m. 2/27 Navy* 7 p.m. March 3/1 at Lafayette* 7 p.m. 3/8 Patriot League Semifi nals TBA 3/9 Patriot League Quarterfi nals TBA 3/12 Patriot League Championship TBA Bold indicates home contest * Patriot League game
2007-08 Roster Numerical No. Name Ht. Pos. Yr. Hometown 2 Jackson, Talicia 5-8 G JR Minneapolis, inn./delasalle 3 Stanfi eld, Pam 5-4 G JR College Park, Md./Riverdale Baptist 5 Kirk, Michelle 6-0 F FR Corning N.Y./ Corning West 10 Ryan, Nicole 5-8 G JR Safety Harbor, Fla./Clearwater 13 Yencho, Ashley 5-7 G FR Allentown, Pa./ Parkland 22 Leer, Liz 6-1 F FR Abington, Pa./ Abington 23 Smith-Davidson, M. 5-10 F SR Ontario, Ore./Ontario 24 Hayes, Liz 5-7 G SR Easton, Pa./Easton 31 Nusseibeh, Sahar 6-2 F/C JR Uniontown, Ohio/N.Canton Hoover 32 N Garsanet, S. 6-2 F SR Adibjan, Ivory Coast/Voltaire 42 Nyanin, Ohemaa 6-2 C JR Accra, Ghana/Westtown School Alphabetical No. Name Ht. Pos. Yr. Hometown 24 Hayes, Liz 5-7 G SR Easton, Pa./Easton 2 Jackson, Talicia 5-8 G JR Minneapolis, Minn./DeLaSalle 5 Kirk, Michelle 6-0 F/G FR Painted Post, N.Y./Corning-Painted Post West 22 Leer, Liz 6-2 F FR Glenside, Pa./Abington 32 N Garsanet, S. 6-2 F SR Adibjan, Ivory Coast/Voltaire 31 Nusseibeh, Sahar 6-2 F/C JR Uniontown, Ohio/North Canton Hoover 42 Nyanin, Ohemaa 6-2 C JR Accra, Ghana/Westtown School 10 Ryan, Nicole 5-8 G JR Safety Harbor, Fla./Clearwater 23 Smith-Davidson, M. 5-10 F SR Ontario, Ore./Ontario 3 Stanfi eld, Pam 5-4 G JR College Park, Md./Riverdale Baptist 13 Yencho, Ashley 5-7 G FR Schnecksville, Pa./Parkland Head Coach Melissa McFerrin - Fourth Year (Missouri 83) Associate Head Coach Matt Corkery - Fourth Year (West Texas A&M 93) Assistant Coaches Tennille Adams - Assistant Coach Michael Wholey - Assistant Coach
2006-07 Schedule and Results RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES... (13-19) (7-7) (5-11) (1-1) CONFERENCE... (6-8) (5-2) (1-6) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE... (7-11) (2-5) (4-5) (1-1) DATE OPPONENT RESULT SCORE 11/10/06 at Fordham W 78-53 11/12/06 LONGWOOD L 59-66 11/17/06 at Delaware L 54-71 11/24/06 at LMU L 62-67 11/19/06 TOWSON L 57-69 11/25/06 vs West Virginia L 55-57 12/08/06 GEORGE MASON L 53-60 12/02/06 GEORGETOWN L 56-65 12/10/06 at Penn W 61-51 11/28/06 UMBC W 61-60 12/5/06 FURMAN W 78-57 12/20/06 at WAGNER W 73-56 12/22/06 at MONMOUTH L 64-76 12/30/06 DREXEL L 58-61 01/02/07 at Liberty L 42-73 01/06/07 * at Lehigh W 55-52 1/10/06 * at Bucknell L 62-70 1/13/07 * COLGATE W 69-58 1/16/07 * at Army L 47-60 1/20/07 * HOLY CROSS W 59-55 1/24/07 * NAVY W 62-48 01/27/07 * at Lafayette L 50-62 02/03/07 * LEHIGH L 60-67 02/10/07 * at Colgate L 53-66 2/13/07 * ARMY W 58-54 2/17/07 * at Holy Cross L 54-61 02/21/07 * at Navy L 58-65 02/03/07 * BUCKNELL L 57-70 02/24/07 * LAFAYETTE W 60-46 03/03/07 $ at Navy W 68-55 03/04/07 $ vs Colgate W 68-45 03/07/07 * at Holy Cross L 48-56 * - Conference game $ - Patriot League tournament * - Patriot League championship
2006-07 Individual Statistics Summary SUMMARY GP-GS Min FG% 3PT% FT% R/G A/G STL BLK PTS/G 01 Baran, Anna... 29-1 13.4.355.125.800 2.4 0.5 22 4 2.8 02 Jackson, Talicia... 32-21 25.2.358.356.724 3.4 2.0 57 5 5.1 03 Stanfield, Pam... 32-10 19.9.287.357.571 2.0 2.4 33 3 3.7 10 Ryan, Nicole... 32-32 28.0.348.332.819 2.2 1.0 51 5 11.6 11 Tenuta, Jessica... 5-1 3.4.500.000.000 0.8 0.2 2 0 0.4 22 Brazell, Rachel... 32-2 11.8.330.375.429 1.5 1.2 12 0 3.0 23 SmithDavidson,Maggie 32-22 19.0.455.000.614 5.7 1.0 41 0 4.0 24 Hayes, Liz... 32-30 31.9.332.333.833 1.9 2.9 47 7 14.4 31 Nusseibeh, Sahar... 31-14 17.0.463.000.697 3.5 0.3 15 18 4.8 32 N Garsanet,Stephanie 32-2 11.2.378.000.541 2.7 0.2 18 16 3.3 34 Curry, Letitia... 10-10 25.8.338.000.742 7.2 1.3 15 3 6.9 40 Lipskis, Abby... 32-15 15.6.464.000.545 4.1 0.3 18 10 4.6 42 Nyanin, Ohemaa... 5-0 1.2.500.000.667 1.2 0.0 0 0 0.8 51 Wargo, Paula... 4-0 1.3.000.000.000 0.5 0.0 0 0 0.0 Total... 32.366.335.696 36.1 12.0 331 71 59.3 Opponents... 32.410.325.679 36.7 14.6 262 82 60.4 Scoring SCORING GP FG-FGA FG% 3FG-FGA 3PT% FT-FTA FT% PTS PTS/G Baran, Anna... 29 33-93.355 2-16.125 12-15.800 80 2.8 Jackson, Talicia... 32 48-134.358 26-73.356 42-58.724 164 5.1 Stanfield, Pam... 32 33-115.287 5-14.357 48-84.571 119 3.7 Ryan, Nicole... 32 117-336.348 61-184.332 77-94.819 372 11.6 Tenuta, Jessica... 5 1-2.500 0-0.000 0-0.000 2 0.4 Brazell, Rachel... 32 35-106.330 24-64.375 3-7.429 97 3.0 SmithDavidson,Maggie 32 50-110.455 0-0.000 27-44.614 127 4.0 Hayes, Liz... 32 149-449.332 78-234.333 85-102.833 461 14.4 Nusseibeh, Sahar... 31 63-136.463 0-0.000 23-33.697 149 4.8 N Garsanet,Stephanie 32 37-98.378 0-0.000 33-61.541 107 3.3 Curry, Letitia... 10 23-68.338 0-0.000 23-31.742 69 6.9 Lipskis, Abby... 32 65-140.464 0-0.000 18-33.545 148 4.6 Nyanin, Ohemaa... 5 1-2.500 0-0.000 2-3.667 4 0.8 Wargo, Paula... 4 0-0.000 0-0.000 0-0.000 0 0.0 Total... 32 655-1789.366 196-585.335 393-565.696 1899 59.3 Opponents... 32 695-1694.410 160-493.325 382-563.679 1932 60.4
2006-07 Team Statistics TEAM STATISTICS AU OPP SCORING... 1899 1932 Points per game... 59.3 60.4 Scoring margin... -1.0 - FIELD GOALS-ATT... 655-1789 695-1694 Field goal pct....366.410 3 POINT FG-ATT... 196-585 160-493 3-point FG pct....335.325 3-pt FG made per game.. 6.1 5.0 FREE THROWS-ATT... 393-565 382-563 Free throw pct....696.679 REBOUNDS... 1155 1173 Rebounds per game... 36.1 36.7 Rebounding margin... -0.6 - ASSISTS... 384 468 Assists per game... 12.0 14.6 TURNOVERS... 567 612 Turnovers per game... 17.7 19.1 Turnover margin... +1.4 - Assist/turnover ratio.. 0.7 0.8 STEALS... 331 262 Steals per game... 10.3 8.2 BLOCKS... 71 82 Blocks per game... 2.2 2.6 WINNING STREAK... 0 - Home win streak... 1 - ATTENDANCE... 6227 8105 Home games-avg/game... 14-445 16-469 Neutral site-avg/game.. - 2-302 SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total American University... 832 1067 1899 Opponents... 948 984 1932