2009 UIC Volleyball Media Guide

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JuniorJessica Dalke

JuniorEpiphany Davis

SeniorLana Lobdell

JuniorCasie Sullivan

#2EMILY SCHAFFER

#3KELSEY SAFRANEK

#4DANA VAN SYCKLE

#5JESSICA DALKE

#7AUBREY SNIEGOWSKI

#8TAYLOR SZATKOWSKI

#10CASIE SULLIVAN

#11CHELSEA SLOAN

#12LANA LOBDELL

#13NICOLE ALLGOOD

#16JACQUELINE LANG

#18KATE ELDRED

#24EPIPHANY DAVIS

#25JANISE DISMUKE

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AUGUST28 (Fri.) vs. Stephen F. Austin* 10:00 a.m. vs. Western Illinois* 5:00 p.m.29 (Sat.) vs. Southern Illinois* 12:00 p.m. at Northern Illinois* 7:00 p.m.SEPTEMBER 4 (Fri.) vs. Murray State^ 4:00 p.m. 5 (Sat.) vs. UT-Martin^ 9:00 a.m. at Indiana^ 6:00 p.m 8 (Tue.) at Eastern Illinois 7:00 p.m.11 (Fri.) GEORGIA STATE+ 7:00 p.m.12 (Sat.) DUQUESNE+ 10:00 a.m. MICHIGAN STATE+ 7:00 p.m.15 (Tue.) CENTRAL MICHIGAN 7:00 p.m.19 (Sat.) MILWAUKEE# 4:00 p.m.20 (Sun.) GREEN BAY# 2:00 p.m.26 (Sat.) at Youngstown State# 1:00 p.m.27 (Sun.) at Robert Morris 1:00 p.m.

OCTOBER 2 (Fri.) at Cleveland State# 6:00 p.m. 3 (Sat.) at Wright State# 3:00 p.m. 6 (Tue.) at Loyola# 7:00 p.m.10 (Sat.) BUTLER# 4:00 p.m.11 (Sun.) VALPARAISO# 4:00 p.m.16 (Fri.) at Milwaukee# 7:00 p.m.17 (Sat.) at Green Bay# 4:00 p.m.20 (Tue.) CHICAGO STATE 5:00 p.m.24 (Sat.) YOUNGSTOWN STATE# 2:00 p.m.27 (Tue.) at DePaul 7:00 p.m.30 (Fri.) WRIGHT STATE# 7:00 p.m.31 (Sat.) CLEVELAND STATE# 4:00 p.m.

November 6 (Fri.) at Valparaiso# 7:00 p.m. 7 (Sat.) at Butler# 6:00 p.m.10 (Tue.) WESTERN ILLINOIS 7:00 p.m.14 (Sat.) LOYOLA# 2:00 p.m. 19-22 (Thu.-Sun.) at Horizon League Tournament TBA

# Horizon League match; * Northern Illinois Volleyball Invitational (DeKalb, Ill.); ^ IU adidas Classic (Bloomington, Ind.); + UIC Invitational (Flames Athletic Center)

All Times Central; HOME MATCHES IN BOLD CAPS

ADMISSION TO UIC VOLLEYBALL HOME MATCHESGeneral admission individual game ticket prices for all UIC home regular season matches are $6.00 per ticket * Children 3 and under are admitted free * UIC students are free with a valid UIC I-Card

Tickets can be purchased at the Flames Field entry gates on the day of the game with cash only.

Groups of 10 or more can purchase tickets at half-price by calling the UIC Ticket Office in advance at (312) 413-8421. Group tickets must be ordered at least 24 hours before the scheduled game.

All advance ticket orders through the UIC Ticket Office will include a $7.00 order-processing fee.

UIC ALL-SPORT TICKETA UIC All-Sport Ticket, which provides one general admission ticket to all regular season home events during the 2008-2009 season for Soccer, Volleyball, Women’s Basketball, Base-ball, Softball, Swimming and Diving and Men’s and Women’s Gymnastics, can be purchased for $25 through the UIC Ticket Office at (312) 413-UIC1 (8421).

Order forms are available through www.uicflames.com.

The All-Sport Ticket does not include any tickets for men’s basketball.

2009 UIC VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE

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2009 UIC VOLLEYBALLQUICK FACTS

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Chicago, Ill.

Founded: 1896Enrollment: 24,541Nickname: Flames

Colors: Navy Blue and Fire Engine RedPresident: B. Joseph White

Chancellor: Dr. Paula Allen-MearesDirector of Athletics: James W. Schmidt

Affiliation: NCAA Division IConference: Horizon League

Facility (Capacity): Flames Athletic Center (500)Athletics Website: uicflames.com

COACHING STAFFHead Coach: Katie Schumacher-CawleyAlma Mater (Year): Penn State (2002)

Record at UIC (Years): First YearCareer Record (Years): Same

Assistant Coach: Sara HughesAlma Mater (Year): Valparaiso (2008)

Assistant Coach: Ellen HayesAlma Mater (Year): DePaul (2007)

Volleyball Office Phone: (312)-996-2056Best Time to Reach Coaches: Contact SID

TEAM INFORMATION2008 Overall Record: 14-18

Horizon League Record: 5-11 (Seventh)Starters Returning/Lost: 3/3

Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 7/3Newcomers: 4

UIC VOLLEYBALL HISTORYFirst Year of Division I Play: 1981All-Time Record: 489-483 (.503)

NCAA Appearance: N/A

SPORTS INFORMATIONAssistant Sports Information Director (Volleyball Contact): Jackie Paquette

Office Phone: 312-996-5881Email: [email protected]: 312-996-8349

MEDIA INFORMATIONMEDIA SERVICESPress credentials for UIC volleyball contests are available by contacting Jackie Paquette of the UIC Sports Information Office. Final box scores will be available to working media at the completion of each match. Cumulative statistics and media guides will also be made available. Head Coach Katie Schumacher-Cawley and selected players will be available for interviews following a 10-minute cooling down period immediately after the match.

IN-SEASON INTERVIEW POLICYAll requests for player or coach interviews must be made through Jackie Paquette, Assistant Sports Informa-tion Director, at (312) 996-5881. At no time should a member of the media contact a student-athlete at his residence without prior approval from the UIC Sports Information Office.

CREDITSThe 2009 UIC Volleyball Media Guide was written, compiled and edited by Jackie Paquette with editorial assistance provided by John Jaramillo and Zoe Kind. Design and layout by Zoe Kind. Photography provided by Steve Woltmann.

TABLE OF CONTENTS2009 Roster ............................................................................................................................................................... 3

Pronunciation Guide .................................................................................................................................................. 3

Head Coach Katie Schumacher-Cawley ................................................................................................................... 4

Assistant Coach Sara Hughes ................................................................................................................................... 5

Assistant Coach Ellen Hayes ..................................................................................................................................... 5

Support Staff .............................................................................................................................................................. 6

Flames at a Glance .................................................................................................................................................... 7

2009 Outlook .......................................................................................................................................................... 7-9

Student-Athletes Bios .........................................................................................................................................10-15

2008 Results ............................................................................................................................................................ 16

2008 Statistics ......................................................................................................................................................... 16

The Horizon League ................................................................................................................................................. 17

Records and Honor Roll ..................................................................................................................................... 18-20

All-Time Team Roster ............................................................................................................................................... 21

All-Time Records versus Opponents ....................................................................................................................... 21

Getting to Know UIC ........................................................................................................................................... 22-29

Follow the Flames online at uicflames.com

Updated stats, postgame releases, schedules, player bios…

and much, much more are all available to you at

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2009 UIC VOLLEYBALL ROSTER

# NAME POS. YR. HT. HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL/LAST SCHOOL/CLUB TEAM13 Nicole Allgood MB Fr. 5-11 Crestwood, Ky. /South Oldham/Louisville/MAVA 5 Jessica Dalke S Jr. 5-9 Millstadt, Ill./Belleville-Althoff/Mississippi/Southwest Illinois Juniors24 Epiphany Davis MB Jr. 6-1 Chicago, Ill./Notre Dame for Girls/Wichita State/Powerhouse25 Janise Dismuke OH So. 6-1 Peoria, Ill./Richwoods/Eastside18 Kate Eldred DS So. 5-8 Greenwood, Ind./Roncalli/Circle City16 Jacqueline Lang DS Fr. 5-9 Chicago, Ill./Marist/Chicago Juniors12 Lana Lobdell MB Sr. 6-1 Lena, Ill./Lena-Winslow/Club Fusion 3 Kelsey Safranek OH Fr. 6-1 Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove South/1st Alliance 2 Emily Schaffer DS Sr. 5-7 Roswell, Ga./Blessed Trinity/Atlanta Juniors11 Chelsea Sloan MB So. 6-0 Southfield, Mich./Mercy/Michigan Elite 18 Red 7 Aubrey Sniegowski OH Fr. 6-0 Lemont, Ill./Lemont Township/1st Alliance10 Casie Sullivan OH Jr. 5-11 Kewanee, Ill./Kewanee Wethersfield/Eastside Shockers 8 Taylor Szatkowski DS Jr. 5-4 Cary Grove, Ill./Cary-Grove/Sky High 4 Dana Van Syckle S Jr. 5-10 Palos Heights, Ill./Alan B. Shepard/Celtic Force

Coaching/Support Staff Katie Schumacher-Cawley - Head Coach

Sara Hughes - Assistant Coach

Ellen Hayes- Assistant Coach

Dan Buehring Volunteer Asst. Coach

Ana Maguin- Athletic Trainer

Nick Zostautas - Strength and Conditioning Coach

PRONUNCIATION GUIDEJessica Dalke DOLL-keyEpiphany Davis e-PIF-anyJanise Dismuke Diss-MEW-keyKelsey Safranek Sa-FRAN-ikAubrey Sniegowski Snig-OW-skiTaylor Szatkowski Zat-COW-ski

Front Row (L-R):Taylor Szatkowski, Emily Schaffer, Jessica Dalke, Nicole Allgood, Aubrey Sniegowski, Katie Eldred, Jacqueline Lang. Back Row: Dana Van Syckle, Janise Dismuke, Lana Lobdell, Epiphany Davis, Kelsey Safranek, Chelsea Sloan, Casie Sullivan.

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Former NCAA All-American and national champion Katie Schumacher-Cawley was named the head coach of the University of Illinois at Chicago volleyball program Dec. 5, 2008.

Schumacher-Cawley takes over the reins at UIC after spending the previous six seasons as an as-sistant coach for the Flames, including the last five as the top assistant coach.

A 2002 graduate of Penn State, Schumacher-Cawley helped lead the Nittany Lions to the 1999 NCAA Division I Women’s Volley-ball Championship and three Big Ten Conference titles during her career at University Park.

Schumacher-Cawley was a three-time All-Big Ten selection, two-time All-American and an AVCA All-Region selection in 2001. Schumacher tallied 1,310 kills (tenth in Penn State history), 299 blocks (eighth in Penn State history) and 772 digs.

A native of Chicago’s South Side, Schumacher-Cawley first tasted the collegiate coaching life in 2002 when she served as a volunteer coach for the University of Illinois. She had spent her entire collegiate career at Penn State serving as a coach for the Nittany Lions’ summer camps in both volleyball and basketball.

She first broke onto the local sports scene as a prep star for volleyball power Mother McAuley. From 1993-97 she excelled at volleyball and basketball, earning All-Girls Catho-lic Athletic Conference (GCAC) honors in both sports and leading the Mighty Macs to state and national titles in volleyball. Schumacher-Cawley was named the 1996 Player of the Year by The Star Newspaper and the 1997 Chicago Sun-Times Female Athlete of the Year, among many awards and highlights, before heading to Penn State.

She was also inducted into the GCAC Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Catholic League Hall of Fame in 2003. In 2008, a resolution in the Illinois House of Representatives congratu-lated Schumacher-Cawley for her achievements.

On October 15, 2008, Schumacher-Cawley was inducted into the prestigious Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame for her contribu-tions to the sport of volleyball as an athlete and a coach. She was inducted in a class that featured the likes of Pro Football Hall of Famers Dick Butkus, Gale Sayers and Marv Levy, Chicago Cubs great Andre Dawson and Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley.

Schumacher-Cawley was married on May 26, 2007 to Mike Cawley of Pittsburgh. The couple resides in Chicago.

HEAD COACH KATIE SCHUMACHER-CAWLEYFIRST SEASON • PENN STATE (2002)

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ASSISTANT COACH SARA HUGHESSECOND SEASON • VALPARAISO (2008)

ASSISTANT COACH ELLEN HAYESFIRST SEASON • DEPAUL (2007)

Former Valparaiso standout Sara Hughes enters her second sea-son on the coaching staff for the UIC volleyball team.

Hughes’ primary on-court respon-sibilities include setter training

and scouting opponents.

A 2008 graduate of Valparaiso, Hughes helped guide the Cru-saders to NCAA Division I Championship appearances in 2004 and 2005.

Hughes was a 2008 Academic All-Horizon League honoree. She was also a four-time AVCA Academic Team Award selection

Local product Ellen Hayes enters her first year as an assistant coach on head coach Katie Schumacher-Cawley’s staff.

Hayes, who played on the prep level at local powerhouse Mother McAuley and in the collegiate ranks at DePaul, comes to UIC after two years as an assistant coach at Marshall. While with the Thundering Herd, Hayes helped Marshall to a 2007 Conference USA regular season title and a 36-24 overall record.

In addition to her coaching experience at Marshall, Hayes served as head coach of the First Alliance/Fearless Volleyball Club based in Western Springs, Ill. from 2006-07.

The Evergreen Park, Ill. native was a decorated four-year letter-winner as a libero for the Blue Demons from 2002-2006, serv-ing as DePaul’s team captain from 2004-06. Hayes earned All-Conference USA Third Team accolades in 2004.

Off the court, Hayes was a BIG EAST Academic All-Star, a C-USA Academic Honor Roll student-athlete and a constant on the DePaul Athletic Director’s Honor Roll. She was an ac-tive member of DePaul’s Student-Athlete Captain’s Council, serving as the organization’s vice president in 2006-07, and earned both the DePaul University Outstanding Senior Award and the DePaul Senior Leadership Award for Athletics.

As a prep star at Mother McAuley on Chicago’s South Side, Hayes was a key component for the Mighty Macs during their IHSA volleyball championship run in 2000.

She has served as a counselor at the Mother McAuley High School Volleyball Camps since 1999 and as a coach and camp counselor for the Elite Volleyball School in Chicago since 2003.

Hayes, who resides in Chicago, graduated from DePaul with a Bachelor of Arts in secondary education with a concentration in English in March of 2007. She received her Master of Arts in secondary education from Marshall in May of 2009.

and a 2008 Valparaiso University Athletic Department Rebec-ca D. Carter Sportsmanship Award winner.

The Horizon League Scholar Athlete of the Week on Sept. 25, 2008. She concluded her career at Valpo with 2,582 career assists, ranking sixth in school history.

A Perrysburg, Ohio native, Hughes spent two years as the Chesterton Volleyball Club coach in Indiana. She also helped coach and run Midwest Volleyball Camps throughout her col-legiate career.

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VOLUNTEERASSISTANT COACHDAN BUEHRING

ATHLETIC TRAINERANA MAGUIN

HEAD STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACHNICK ZOSTAUTAS

Ana Maguin enters her first season as the athletic trainer for the UIC women’s volleyball team. She is serving as an intern in the Flames’ athletic training department for the 2009-10 year.

Prior to coming to UIC, Maguin was an athletic training student at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. During her education, Maguin worked with the Illini football, softball, volleyball and soccer teams. She earned her degree in Kine-siology with a concentration in athletic training in May of 2009.

While at U of I, Maguin also served as a first-aid responder at the University of Illinois summer camps, and she was a volunteer at the Carle Sport Medicine Clinic. She also had the opportunity to work as a first-aid responder at the 2007 Women’s Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships when the Illini hosted the event.

Dan Buehring joins Katie Schum-acher-Cawley’s staff for his first year in 2009. A Naperville, Ill. native, Buehring comes to UIC as a volun-teer coach.

A graduate of California Baptist University, Buehring was a two-year

member of the men’s volleyball team. While at Cal Baptist, Buehring helped his team to a pair of NAIA National Champinships in 2006 and 2007. He has also been a volleyball coach for Sports Performance Volleyball and volleyballpros.com since 2004.

Buehring is a fixture on the North Avenue beach volleyball scene and has won two professional beach volleyball tournament champion-ships. He has finished in the top three in 17 pro tournaments over the past four years.

He is a 2007 graduate of California Baptist with a Bachelor of Sci-ence in business administration.

Nick Zostautas is in his second season as UIC’s head strength and conditioning coach.

Zostautas took over the strength and conditioning program at UIC after six seasons as Northwestern’s assis-tant strength and conditioning coach. During his team in Evanston, Zostautas worked with a variety of Wildcat teams, including the football program. He also trained Northwestern’s NCAA Tournament-qualifying men’s soccer and wrestling squads.

Prior to Northwestern, Zostautas worked as an assistant strength coach at North Dakota, where he helped the Fighting Sioux football team win the 2001 NCAA Division II national championship.

From January through May of 2001, Zostautas assisted Paul Goldberg, the head strength coach of the Colorado Avalanche, which won the Stanley Cup in 2001.

Zostautas began his career as a strength coach at Northwestern in the summer of 2000 as an intern.

Zostautas is an accomplished powerlifting competitor, winning the 2003 Colorado State Strongman championship while setting the state record in the Rams head carry. For his efforts, Zostautas qualified for the powerlifting amateur national championships.

Zostautas graduated from Colorado State in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in health and exercise science before earning a master’s degree in kinesiology from North Dakota in 2003. While at Colorado State, Zostautas was a member of the football team from 1996-97. He also was a hammer thrower and competed in the shot put as a member of the track and field team from 1997-2001.

Zostautas is certified by the National Strength & Conditioning Association, and is a certified Sport Performance Coach from USAW. He also is a member of the Collegiate Strength & Conditioning Coaches Association.

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2009 SEASON OUTLOOKThe UIC volleyball program opened a new chapter in its history in December, with a familiar author. Katie Schumacher-Cawley

took over the program after spending the last six seasons as an assistant coach at UIC.

Schumacher-Cawley comes into her first season at the head of the Flames’ program with the goal to be constantly improving.

“Our goals are taking practice one day at a time and getting better with every contact,” Schumacher-Cawley said. “We need to be

prepared every time we step on the floor and compete at the highest level.”

On the sidelines with Schumacher-Cawley will be Sara Hughes, Ellen Hayes and Dan Buehring. Hughes, who played collegiately

at Horizon League member Valparaiso, returns for her second year as an assistant coach on the UIC volleyball staff, while Hayes

is a new addition. Hayes comes to the Flames after two years as an assistant at Marshall, but played in college just across town

at DePaul. Buehring will serve as a volunteer assistant and was a two-time NAIA national title winner at California Baptist.

“I am looking forward to starting the season,” Schumacher-Cawley said. “I feel that we have a great staff that is willing to do

whatever it takes to make a difference here.”

Ten returnees and four newcomers will make up the roster for the first year of Schumacher-Cawley’s tenure. Seniors Lana Lob-

dell and Emily Schaffer will provide leadership for the UIC squad, while five juniors help anchor the upperclassman portion of the

team. A trio of sophomores and four freshmen round out the 2009 Flames roster.

“We have two seniors who will be looked to for leadership on and off the floor,” Schumacher-Cawley said. “Every player will have

the opportunity to compete in their position. I am excited to see who will rise to the challenge.”

UIC VOLLEYBALL AT A GLANCEStarters Returning Yr. Pos. Kills Pct. A Digs Blk 2008 Honors/StatsEpiphany Davis Jr. MB 158 .202 26 27 98 Led team in blocksLana Lobdell Sr. MB 223 .249 24 35 88 Second on team in blocksCasie Sullivan Jr. OH 296 .171 19 292 41 Second on team in kills, highest returning dig numbers Other Key Returnees Yr. Pos. Kills Pct. A Digs Blk 2008 Honors/StatsDana Van Syckle Jr. S 9 .091 575 213 7 Second on team in assistsJessica Dalke Jr. S 20 .119 607 243 5 Led team in assists, highest re turning service aces mark

Newcomers Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown/Last School/Club TeamNicole Allgood Fr. MB 5-11 Crestwood, Ky./South Oldham/Louisville/MAVAJacqueline Lang Fr. DS 5-9 Chicago, Ill./Marist/Chicago Juniors Kelsey Safranek Fr. OH 6-1 Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove South/1st Alliance Aubrey Sniegowski Fr. OH 6-0 Lemont, Ill./Lemont Township/1st Alliance

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SETTERSReturning: Junior Jess Dalke (5.75 aps, 30 sa), Junior Dana Van Syckle (5.93 aps, 27 sa)

Both Dalke and Van Syckle saw significant time on the court in 2008, with Dalke leading the team with 607 assists and Van Syckle not far behind with 575. Van Syckle started 14 matches for the 2008 Flames, while Dalke started the remaining 18. Both setters managed to play in almost every match, however.

Van Syckle bounced back from a mid-season knee surgery her freshman year with her strong sophomore campaign, while Dalke made her impact in her first year in a Flames uniform after transferring from Mississippi. In addition to their setting prow-ess, the pair are also two of UIC’s most prolific servers, with Dalke recording 30 aces in 2008 to Van Syckle’s 27. Dalke’s total last season was good for second on the roster, with Van Syckle taking third.

MIDDLE BLOCKERSReturning: Senior Lana Lobdell (0.77 bps, 88 tb), Junior Epiphany Davis(0.92 bps, 98 tb),

Sophomore Chelsea Sloan (0.76 bps, 17 sp)Newcomer: Freshmen Nicole Allgood

The duo of Lobdell and Davis accounted for just more than 85 percent of the Flames’ 217.5 total blocks last year, chipping in for 88 and 98, respectively. Both totals were good for top ten in the Horizon League a year ago.

Sloan saw limited action, appearing in 17 sets during the course of the season. In those 17 sets, however, Sloan posted a block per set average of 0.76. That number set her third on the squad, just behind Davis’ 0.92 and Lobdell’s 0.77.

Allgood comes to the program as a transfer from the University of Louisville. A highly-decorated prep player who led her South Oldham, Ky. high school team to four state tournament appearances, Allgood will retain four years of eligibility, as she redshirted at Louisville last season.

OUTSIDE HITTERSReturning: Junior Casie Sullivan (2.74 kps, 853 ta), Sophomore Janise Dismuke (1 ta, 2 mp) Newcomers: Freshmen Aubrey Sniegowski, Freshmen Kelsey Safranek

Sullivan returns for her junior campaign after posting the second-highest kill total on the UIC squad a year ago. As a sophomore, Sullivan posted 296 kills with 853 attempts. Her kills per set average was 2.74, with the second-year Flame starting 29 of UIC’s 32 matches.

Dismuke, a sophomore who saw the floor in just two matches as a rookie last season, and newcomers Sniegowski and Safranek will also be looking to get in the mix. Snie-

JUNIOR DANA VAN SYCKLE

JUNIOR CASIE SULLIVAN

SENIOR LANA LOBDELL

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gowski comes to the Flames from Lemont Township, where she led her prep squad to a pair of IHSA regional titles. Safranek led her Downers Grove South team to three conference titles and was a three-time all-conference selection.

DEFENSIVE SPECIALISTSReturning: Senior Emily Schaffer (2.06 dps, 0.10 saps), Junior Taylor Szatkowski (2.81 dps, 0.19 saps), Sophomore Kate Eldred (0.67 dps, 0.00 saps)Newcomer: Freshmen Jacqueline Lang

Schaffer and Szatkowski handled the bulk of the libero duties a year ago, with both defensive specialists seeing the court in 23 matches last season. Szatkowski posted a digs per set average of 2.81 on the year with 219 digs, while Schaffer’s dps was 2.06

with 140 digs.

Eldred will move from the outside hitter/right side position on the court to help out with libero duties in her sophomore season. As a sophomore, Eldred came off the bench in five matches.

Lang is a local product, coming to UIC from Marist High School, where she helped the Redhawks to a pair of regional titles. She was a two-time all-East Suburban Catholic Con-ference selection, and was named second team All-Area in both the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune her senior season.

SCHEDULEOn tap in 2009 for the Flames is a schedule that features a flurry of tournaments to open the year, followed by a tough double-run though the Horizon League.

UIC opens its season at the Northern Illinois Invitational Aug. 28, with matches slated against Stephen F. Austin, Western Illinois, Southern Illinois and the host Huskies. The

Flames will then head to Bloomington, Ind., for the IU adidas Classic, hosted by Indiana University. While at IU, UIC will face off against Tennessee-Martin, Kentucky, Murray State and the home-court Hoosiers. Both Kentucky and Indiana floated just outside the AVCA Top 25 rankings a season ago.

The Flames close out their tournament schedule with the UIC Invitational at the Flames Athletic Center Sept. 11-12. The FAC will play host to Duquesne, Georgia State and Michigan State for the event, with UIC playing all three schools during the tourna-ment’s two days.

“Our non-conference tournaments will be an excellent test in preparing us for the Horizon League,” Schumacher-Cawley said. “We accomplished a lot during the spring season, and we are excited about raising the bar of excellence this upcoming season. This team is hungry to compete and eager to prove what they can do.”

Other non-conference tilts on the schedule include single matches against Chicago State, Western Michigan, Robert Morris, DePaul and Western Illinois.

UIC will also meet up with each of the eight Horizon League schools twice in 2009, leading up to the 2009 Horizon League Vol-leyball Championships Nov. 19-22.

SENIOR EMILY SCHAFFER

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#12 LANA LOBDELLMiddle Blocker • Senior • 6-1 Lena, Ill./Lena-Winslow/Club Fusion

2008: Appeared in all 34 matches...named Horizon League Defensive Player of the Week Oct. 8...finished the season ranked 10th in school history with a .249 attack percentage...ranks ninth in the career record book with 230 block assists...tied for 10th place in school history with 69 solo blocks...led the Flames with 19 solo blocks and ranked second with 88 total blocks...led the team with a .249 attack percentage...recorded a career-high 18 kills UTEP...totaled a career-best three service aces twice...tallied a career-high three solo blocks versus Wright State.

2007: Appeared in all 31 matches...led the team with 119 blocks and 31 service aces...recorded a season-high .538 attack percentage (16-1-28) versus Western Illinois...totaled 17 double-figure kill match-es...posted a career-best eight digs against Wright State Oct. 2...tallied a career-high 19 kills versus Green Bay Sept. 18...tabbed a season-high four service aces versus Towson.

2006: Started in all 34 matches...led the team with 0.72 blocks per set... ranked second on the squad with 92 total blocks...recorded a season-high 13 kills versus North Texas Sept. 16...garnered a season-high .538 attack percentage against Loyola Oct. 13.

Prep/Personal: Four-year letterwinner for Lena-Winslow...helped team to a 35-4 record in 2005...

two-time conference champions...fourth at state as a freshman...three-time

all-conference and all-area recipient...named to

four all-tournament teams...led team in

kills and blocks as a senior...daugh-ter of Murry and Julie Lobdell...born May 2, 1988...major

is elementary education.

LANA LOBDELL’S CAREER STATSYEAR K E TA PCT. A SA DIGS BS BA TB2006 186 58 553 .231 51 0 43 19 73 922007 304 95 782 .267 40 31 110 31 88 1192008 223 63 643 .249 24 8 35 19 69 88TOTALS 713 216 1,978 .249 115 39 188 69 230 299

CAREER-HIGHSKills -18 vs. Texas-El Paso (9/5/08) Att. - 45 vs. Green Bay (9/18/07) Pct. (min. 10 TA) - .625 (11-1-16) vs. NIU (9/11/07) Digs - 8 vs. Wright State (10/2/07)Assists - 5 vs. Wright State (10/20/06)Aces - 4 - twice - last vs. Louisville (9/13/08)Block Assists- 7 - 3 times - last vs. Wright State (11/16/07) Solo Blocks- 3 vs. Quinnipiac (10/5/08) Total Blocks - 9 - twice - last vs. Wright State (11/16/07)

#2 EMILY SCHAFFERDefensive Specialist • Senior • 5-7 Roswell, Ga./Blessed Trinity/Atlanta Juniors

2008: Competed in 23 matches...recorded double-figure dig matches on five occasions...picked up a career-high 13 digs on three occasions...aver-aged 2.31 digs per game in Horizon League contests...recorded a career-best two service aces versus

Youngstown State Oct. 18...finished the season with career highs in assists (10), service aces (7), digs (140) and block assists (1).

2007: Competed in 15 matches...totaled a season-high 10 digs and

two service aces versus Towson Sept. 2...tallied 51 digs overall on the year.

2006: Medical Redshirt, retaining all four years of eligibility.

Prep/Personal: Three-year letterwinner for Blessed Trinity Catholic High School...helped the Titans to consecutive second-place state fin-ishes...2003 Georgia State Final Four appearance...recorded 201 kills, 432 digs and 56 service aces as a senior...2005 first-team all-region and senior all-star selection...2004 first team all-area and all-county recipi-ent...2003 Coach’s Award recipient...ranked second in the state in digs...totaled 200 kills, 342 digs and 44 service aces as a junior...daugh-ter of Don and Barb Schaffer...born Apr. 16, 1988...majoring in nursing.

EMILY SCHAFFER’S CAREER STATSYEAR K E TA PCT. A SA DIGS BS BA TB2006 REDSHIRT2007 0 1 8 -.125 2 5 51 0 0 02008 2 0 7 .286 10 7 140 0 1 1TOTALS 2 1 15 .080 12 12 191 0 1 1

CAREER-HIGHSKills - 1 - twice - last vs. Butler (1/12/08) Att. - 3 vs. Winthrop (9/1/07)Digs - 13 - 3 times - last vs. Youngstown State (11/20/08) Assists - 1 - twice - last vs. Milwaukee (10/13/07)Aces - 2 - twice - last vs. Youngstown State (10/18/08) Block Assists - 1 vs. Wright State (11/1/08) Solo Blocks - N/A Total Blocks - 1 vs. Wright State (11/1/08)

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#5 JESSICA DALKESetter •Junior• 5-9 • Millstadt, Ill.Belleville-Althoff/Mississippi/Southwest Illinois Juniors

2008: Played in 110 games as one of UIC’s setters...finished the season second on the team with 30 service aces...finished the season ranked ninth in the Horizon League with 5.52 assists per set...recorded a career-best 27 digs versus Green Bay on Nov. 15...posted a career-best four service aces versus Texas-El Paso on Sept. 5...tabbed a career-high three block assists against Milwaukee on Nov. 14...totaled seven double-doubles in assists and digs.

Prior to UIC: Redshirted her sophomore year at Ole Miss, retain-ing three years of eligibility.

Prep/Personal: Three-time all-conference selection for Althoff Catholic High School...two-time Chicago Tribune All-State recipient...2004 St.

Louis/Metro East Player of the Year (double AA)...2005 St. Louis Metro East Player of the Year (single A)...2005 Prep Sports All-America selection...daughter of Dennis and Bonita Dalke...born Sept. 1, 1987...majoring in marketing.

JESSICA DALKE’S CAREER STATSYEAR K E TA PCT. A SA DIGS BS BA TB2006 MISSISSIPPI2007 REDSHIRT2008 20 12 67 .119 607 30 243 0 5 5TOTALS 20 12 67 .119 607 30 243 0 5 5

CAREER-HIGHSKills - 4 vs. North Dakota State (9/5/08) Att. - 10 vs. Green Bay (11/15/08) Pct. (min. 10 TA) - .200 (3-1-10) vs. Green Bay (11/15/08) Digs - 27 vs. Green Bay (11/15/08) Assists - 51 vs. SIUE (11/11/08) Aces - 4 vs. Texas El-Paso (9/5/08) Block Assists - 3 vs. Milwaukee (11/14/08) Solo Blocks - N/A Total Blocks - 3 vs. Milwaukee (11/14/08)

#24 EPIPHANY DAVISMiddle Blocker •Junior •6-1 • Chicago, Ill.Notre Dame for Girls/Wichita State/Powerhouse

2008: Played in 107 games...ranked first on the team with 98 blocks...finished the season ranked ninth in the Ho-rizon League with 0.92 blocks per set...recorded a season-high 13 kills versus Chicago State Sept. 9...totaled a career-high nine blocks against Butler Oct. 12...posted a career-best .643 attack percentage (10-1-14) against Youngstown State Oct. 18.

2007: Appeared in 30 matches...ranked second on the team with 108 blocks...posted a season-high .393 attack percentage (15-4-28) versus Cleveland State Oct. 5...totaled 10 or more kills in seven matches...recorded a season-high eight blocks per match on three separate occa-sions.

Prior to UIC: Redshirted her freshman season at Wichita State.

Prep/Personal: Three-year letter winner for Notre Dame for Girls

High School in Chicago...guided team to a third-place finish in the Blue Conference...three-time

All-Conference Blue selection...four-time Honor Roll recipi-

ent...voted Most Valuable Player consecutive seasons...Coaches Award recipient...one-year let terwinner in basketball...

two-year track and field letterwinner...daughter of Joanne and Tyler Davis...born Feb. 23, 1988...majoring in

communicative disorders and sign language.

CAREER-HIGHSKills - 15 vs. Cleveland State (10/15/07) Att. - 39 vs. Loyola (10/19/07) Pct. (min. 10 TA) - .643 (10-1-14) vs. Youngstown State (10/18/08) Digs - 3 - 4 times - most recently vs. DePaul (8/30/08) Assists - 6 - twice - most recently vs. McNeese State (9/8/07) Block Assists - 8 vs. Cleveland State (10/5/07) Solo Blocks - 3 - three times - most recently vs. Northern Illinois (9/11/07)Total Blocks - 9 vs. Butler (10/12/08)

EPIPHANY DAVIS’ CAREER STATSYEAR K E TA PCT. A SA DIGS BS BA TB2006 WICHITA STATE2007 186 118 529 .129 40 0 25 23 85 1082008 158 74 415 .202 26 0 27 13 85 98TOTALS 344 192 944 .165 66 0 52 33 170 116

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#10 CASIE SULLIVANOutside Hitter•Junior• 5-11 Kewanee, Ill./Wethersfield/Eastside Shockers

2008: Played in 108 games...finished the season second on the team with 2.74 kills per set...averaged a career-best 2.70 digs per set...totaled 13 double-doubles...recorded a double-dou-ble in nine of UIC’s last 12 matches...posted a career-high 17 kills on two occasions...recorded a season-high 19 kills against Milwaukee...picked up a career-high four total blocks against Western Illinois...tallied two or more service aces five times.

2007: Overcame injury early in the season to compete in the final 14 matches...ranked second on the team with 438 assists and fourth with 19 service aces...recorded first career

double-double with 17 kills and 15 digs in her collegiate debut

against DePaul...recorded a season-best 66 assists

versus Western Illinois Nov. 11...totaled a

career-best 20 digs against

Youngstown State...totaled 30 or more as-sists in nine matches.

2006: Medical Redshirt.

Prep/Personal: Four-year letterwinner

for Wethersfield High School......team

co-captain...All-Conference First Team honors...two-time Toney Anderson Memorial Award recipient...two-time Star Courier Athlete of the Week recipient...four-time The Dispatch/Rock Island Argus All-Area Volleyball Team member...2005 Peoria Journal Star All-Area Volleyball Team...led team with 339 kills and 119 digs as a senior...totaled 1,110 career kills...National Honor Society member...daughter of Patrick and Eileen Sulli-van...born Aug. 18, 1988...majoring in movement sciences.

CAREER-HIGHSKills - 17 - 3 times - last vs. Wright State (10/4/08) Att. - 48 vs. Valparaiso (10/11/08) Pct. (min. 10 TA) - .571 (8-0-14) vs. Bradley (10/22/07) Digs - 19 vs. Valparaiso (10/11/08) Assists - 66 vs. Western Illinois (11/11/07) Aces - 5 vs. Wright State (11/3/07) Block Assists - 7 vs. Cleveland State (10/27/07) Solo Blocks - 1 - 5 times - last vs. Milwaukee (11/21/08 Total Blocks - 7 vs. Cleveland State (10/27/07)

CASIE SULLIVAN’S CAREER STATSYEAR K E TA PCT. A SA DIGS BS BA TB2006 REDSHIRT2007 67 31 206 .175 438 19 142 2 27 292008 296 150 853 .171 19 18 292 4 37 41TOTALS 363 181 1,059 .173 457 37 434 6 64 70

#8 TAYLOR SZATKOWSKIDefensive Specialist•Junior• 5-4 Cary Grove, Ill./Cary-Grove/Sky High

2008: Played in 23 matches...ranked third on the team with 2.81 digs per set...improved her average to 3.06 digs per set in Horizon League matches...totaled a career-high 15 service aces on the season...recorded a season-high 20 digs and a career-best three assists versus Texas-El Paso Sept. 5.

2007: Started in all 31 matches...led the team with 3.45 digs per game...recorded a career-high 21 digs versus Butler Oct. 3...finished rookie campaign with a team-best 418 digs...totaled 23 double-digit dig matches...notched her first

career kill and totaled 17 digs versus Winthrop Sept. 1...recorded 20 as-sists and 14 service aces on the year.

Prep/Personal: Four-year letterwinner for Cary-Grove High School...captured the 2006 Fox Valley Conference Cham-pionship with a 29-9 record...2006 Fox Valley All-Conference recipient...2006 All-Area Daily Herald Second Team...two-time regional champions...four-year Honor Roll recipi-ent...American Legion Award winner...2006 team captain...totaled 354 digs and 41 service aces as a defensive specialist her senior year...member of the Sky High Club volleyball team in Crystal Lake...daughter of Lisa and Dan Szatkowski...born Oct. 23, 1998...majoring in nursing.

CAREER-HIGHSKills - 1 - four times - most recently vs. Bradley (10/22/07) Att. - 3 - twice - most recently vs. North Dakota State (9/7/07) Pct. (min. 10 TA) N/A Digs - 21 vs. Butler (10/3/07) Assists - 3 vs. Texas El-Paso (9/5/08) Aces - 6 vs. Youngstown State (10/26/07)

TAYLOR SZATKOWSKI’S CAREER STATSYEAR K E TA PCT. A SA DIGS BS BA TB2007 4 3 24 .042 20 14 418 0 0 02008 0 1 5 -.200 10 15 219 0 0 0

TOTALS 4 4 29 .112 30 29 637 0 0 0


#4 DANA VAN SYCKLESetter•Junior •5-10 Palos Heights, Ill./Shepard/Celtic Force

2008: Played in 29 matches...split time as the starting setter...finished the season ranked ninth in the Horizon League with 5.93 assists per set...ranked eighth in the league with 0.28 service aces per set...re-corded a career-high 23 digs versus DePaul on Aug. 30...tied career-best with three service aces against Chicago State Sept. 9...totaled a season-high four kills against Texas-El Paso Sept. 5.

2007: Played in 21 matches before being sidelined with a season-ending knee injury...led the team with 900 assists... ranked second on the squad with 27 service aces...amassed 216 digs... totaled a season-high six kills on two occasions...totaled

double-figure dig matches nine times...picked up a season-high 18 digs on two

occasions.

Prep/Personal: Four-year letterwinner for Alan B. Shepard High School...helped team to 2005 South Suburban Blue Conference Cham-pionship...guided squad to a 16-13 record her senior year...three-time South Suburban Blue All-Conference honors...two-time Daily South-town Player of the Year...two-time Most Valuable Player honors...2007 all-state selection...totaled 257 kills, 137 assists, 353 digs, 42 blocks, 58 service aces and a .426 attack percentage her senior year...led the team in kills, service aces and digs in 2007...daughter of Ray and Sherry Van Syckle...born July 25, 1989...majoring in English.

CAREER-HIGHSKills - 6 - twice - last vs. Green Bay (10/12/07) Att. (min. 10 TA) - 11 - twice - last vs. Green Bay (10/12/07) Pct. .545 (2-2-10) vs. Green Bay (10/12/08) Digs - 23 vs. DePaul (8/30/08) Assists - 58 vs. Green Bay (10/12/07) Aces - 3 - 4 times - last vs. Chicago State (9/9/08) Block Assists - 6 vs. Valpraiso (9/21/07) Solo Blocks - 1 vs. Green Bay (10/12/07) Total Blocks - 6 vs. Valparaiso (9/21/07)

DANA VAN SYCKLE’S CAREER STATSYEAR K E TA PCT. A SA DIGS BS BA TB2007 37 18 122 .156 900 27 216 1 25 262008 9 6 33 .091 575 27 213 0 7 7TOTALS 46 24 155 .123 1,475 54 429 1 32 33

#11 CHELSEA SLOANMiddle Blocker • Sophomore• 6-0 Southfield, Mich./Mercy/Michigan Elite 18 Red

2008: Played in eight matches...recorded a career-high five kills, six total blocks, four block assists, two solo blocks and a .286 attack percentage (5-1-14) against North Dakota State Sept. 5...picked up a dig on two occasions...recorded one assist versus Wright State Nov. 1.

2007: Redshirted her freshman year.

Prep/Personal: Four-year letterwin-ner for Mercy High School...helped team to four Catholic League District Championships, one city championship and four regional appearances...two-time All-Catholic Hon-orable Mention and a 2005 All-Catholic League Honorable Mention...two-time all-area honorable mention...earned 2006 All-Catholic Second Team

honors, All-Catholic League First Team and all-region third team...named to the 2007 All-Catholic First Team, all-region first team, all-area second team and all-county second team...totaled 252 kills and 110 blocks in 2007...daughter of

Kevin and Carolyn Sloan...born Aug. 28, 1989...majoring in biology and pre-medicine.

CHELSEA SLOAN’S CAREER STATSYEAR K E TA PCT. A SA DIGS BS BA TB2007 REDSHIRT2008 17 12 51 .098 1 0 2 3 10 13TOTALS 17 12 51 .098 1 0 2 3 10 13

CAREER-HIGHSKills - 5 vs. North Dakota State (9/5/08) Att. - 15 vs. Northern Colorado (9/6/08) Pct. (min. 10 TA) - .286 (5-1-14) vs. North Dakota State (9/5/08) Digs- 1 - 2 times - last vs. Northern Colorado (9/6/08) Assists - 1 vs. Wright State (11/1/08) Block Assists - 4 vs. North Dakota State (9/5/08) Solo Blocks - 2 vs. Quinnipiac (10/5/08) Total Blocks - 6 vs. North Dakota State (9/5/08)

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#25 JANISE DISMUKEOutside Hitter• Sophomore • 6-1 Peoria, Ill./Richwoods/Eastside

JANISE DISMUKE’S CAREER STATSYEAR K E TA PCT. A SA DIGS BS BA TB2008 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 5TOTALS 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 5

#18 KATE ELDREDDefensive Specialist •Sophomore• 5-8 Greenwood, Ind./Roncalli/Circle City

2008: Appeared in five matches...recorded season-high two kills and two digs against Chicago State on Sept. 9.

Prep/Personal: Two-year letterwin-ner for Roncalli High School...helped guide her team to a 2006 3A Indiana State Championship...ranked No. 16 nationally by Prep Volleyball in 2006...named a 3A Indiana All-State First Team and 3A Senior South All-Team selection...India-napolis Star All-Marion County First Team honoree...daughter of Pat and Pam Eldred...born Sept. 27, 1989...majoring in movement science.

KATE ELDRED’S CAREER STATSYEAR K E TA PCT. A SA DIGS BS BA TB2008 3 2 11 .091 0 0 4 0 0 0

TOTALS 3 2 11 .091 0 0 4 0 0 0

CAREER-HIGHSKills - 2 vs. Chicago State (9/9/08) Att. - 7 vs. Chicago State (9/9/08) Digs - 2 vs. Chicago State (9/9/08)

2008: Appeared in two matches.

Prep/Personal:

Helped guide Rich-

woods High School

to four Midstate Conference championhips…undefeated in conference

play three straight years…four-time Midstate All-Conference recipient…

Champaign News Gazette All-State selection and Journal Star All-Area

recipient…senior captain in volleyball and basketball…member of the

basketball team…helped guide the basketball team to an Illinois State

Super Sectional appearance…daughter of John and LeVera Dismuke…

born Aug. 31,1990…majoring in computer science and math.

CAREER-HIGHSAtt. - 1 vs. SIUE (11/11/2008)


#13 NICOLE ALLGOODMiddle Blocker •Freshman• 5-11 • Crestwood, Ky.South Oldham/Louisville/MAVA

Prior to UIC: Redshirted her freshman year at Louisville, retaining all four years of eligibility.

Prep/Personal: Four-year volleyball let-terwinner at South Oldham...district MVP in 2006...region all-tournament team in 2004 and 2007...region MVP in 2005 and 2006...state all-tournament team in ‘05, ‘06 and ‘07..two-time all-state selection...two-time Oldham County player of the year...Region 8 “Player of the Year” in 2007...led team in kills as a senior...helped team to the region championship andstate tourna-ment every sea-son...born Dec. 20, 1989...daughter of Howard and Sheryl Allgood...planned major is marketing.

#3 KELSEY SAFRANEKOutside Hitter•Freshman •6-1Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove South/1st Alliance

#16 JACQUELINE LANGDefensive Specialist •Freshman• 5-9 Chicago, Ill./Marist/Chicago Juniors

#7 AUBREY SNIEGOWSKIOutside Hitter •Freshman •6-0Lemont, Ill./Lemont Township/1st Alliance

Prep/Personal: Lettered two years on the volleyball court for Marist...two-time

all-East Suburban Catholic Confer-ence selection...second team All-Area in the Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune her senior season...Daily

Southtown all-area honoree as a senior, honorable mention as a junior...led Redhawks in kills, kill percentage, digs, dig percentage and serve receive percentage...helped team to a pair of regional titles and a No. 13 ranking in the state of

Illinois in 2007...Honor Roll and Dean’s List student at

Marist...born Sept. 6, 1990...daughter of Ray and Karen

Lang...major is undecided.

Prep/Personal: Three-time letterwinner in volleyball at Downers Grove South…three-time all West Suburban Gold Conference selection…All-Academic 2008-09…Daily Herald All-Area selec-tion in 2007...helped team to three conference titles and two re-gional crowns...born Oct. 4, 1990...daughter of Dave and Janne Safranek...major is undecided.

Prep/Personal: Two-year letterwinner on the volleyball court at Lemont Township High School…finished her prep career with 377 kills, 153 blocks and a .431 overall hitting percentage…led team to two regional championships and a South Subur-ban Blue Conference championship in 2007…two-time All-Conference selection…2008 Sun-Times All-Area and Top 50 Players selection…2007 Prep Volleyball Classic Outstanding Player Fi-nalist…2007 USA Na-tional Developmental Team selection…played club ball with 1st Alliance…daughter of Mark and Suzette Snie-gowski…born Sept. 3, 1991…majoring in graphic design.

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2008 SEASON STATISTICS & RESULTS -------ATTACK------- --SET-- ---SERVE---- --DEF-- ---------BLOCK--------- FLAMES MP SP K E TA PCT. A SA SE RE DIG BS BA TOTAL BE BHE2 SCHAFFER, EMILY 23 68 2 0 7 .286 10 7 7 17 140 0 1 1 0 0 3 HEE, KERI 5 9 0 0 1 .000 0 2 1 1 19 0 0 0 0 0 4 VAN SYCKLE, DANA 28 97 9 6 33 .091 575 27 18 2 213 0 7 7 1 16 5 DALKE, JESSICA 31 110 20 12 67 .119 607 30 30 1 243 0 5 5 3 7 7 NEDELJKOVIC, KATARINA 28 102 216 103 731 .155 20 17 39 30 322 3 37 40 2 1 8 SZATKOWSKI, TAYLOR 23 78 0 1 5 -.200 10 15 10 42 219 0 0 0 0 0 9 HANACKOVA, KATERINA 32 117 324 152 1026 .168 23 40 38 37 356 3 33 36 2 1 10 SULLIVAN, CASIE 30 108 296 150 853 .171 19 18 19 32 292 4 37 41 9 1 11 SLOAN, CHELSEA 8 17 17 12 51 .098 1 0 0 0 2 3 10 13 1 2 12 LOBDELL, LANA 32 114 223 63 643 .249 24 8 8 1 35 19 69 88 9 2 16 HUNT, CHRISTIN 31 107 151 71 530 .151 12 0 0 1 55 7 47 54 20 0 18 ELDRED, KATE 5 6 3 2 11 .091 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 24 DAVIS, EPIPHANY 31 107 158 74 415 .202 26 0 0 0 27 13 85 98 17 0 25 DISMUKE, JANISE 2 2 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM 10UIC FLAMES 32 118 1419 646 4374 .177 1327 164 171 175 1927 52 331 217.5 64 30

OPPONENT 32 118 1565 669 4478 .200 1453 175 212 164 2017 53 358 232.0 61 29

DATE OPPONENT SCORE SCORE BY GAME RECORD HIGH KILL HIGH DIG 8/29 vs Northwestern% L, 3-0 19-25,21-25,18-25 0-1 Christin Hunt (8) Katerina Hanackova (11) 8/30 vs DePaul% W, 3-2 25-15,23-25,22-25,25-15,15-8 1-1 Katerina Hanackova (17) Katerina Hanackova (23) Dana Van Syckle (23) 9/5 vs UTEP# L, 3-1 24-26,25-20,22-25,21-25 1-2 Lana Lobdell (18) Taylor Szatkowski (20) 9/5 at North Dakota State # W, 3-0 25-19,25-21,27-25 2-2 Casie Sullivan (12) Taylor Szatkowski (12) 9/6 vs Northern Colorado # L, 3-0 23-25,11-25,14-25 2-3 Casie Sullivan (11) Taylor Szatkowski (8) 9/9 CHICAGO STATE W, 3-0 25-14,25-14,25-19 3-3 Epiphany Davis (13) Katerina Hanackova (14) Dana Van Syckle (14) 9/12 vs Penn State@ L, 3-0 9-25,18-25,20-25 3-4 Katerina Hanackova (7) Casie Sullivan (7) 9/13 vs Louisville@ L, 3-1 25-19,18-25,15-25,18-25 3-5 Lana Lobdell (14) Jessica Dalke (9) 9/13 vs Illinois State@ L, 3-1 18-25,15-25,29-27,10-25 3-6 Casie Sullivan (13) Katerina Hanackova (14) 9/19 at Youngstown State* W, 3-1 25-15,22-25,25-23,25-20 4-6 Katerina Hanackova (17) Katerina Hanackova (19) 9/20 at Cleveland State* L, 3-0 13-25,22-25,23-25 4-7 Casie Sullivan (9) Katerina Hanackova (10) 9/23 at Central Michigan W, 3-2 19-25,25-22,25-22,24-26,15-13 5-7 Casie Sullivan (14) Katerina Hanackova (13) 9/26 LOYOLA* L, 3-2 14-25,18-25,25-15,25-20,15-17 5-8 Casie Sullivan (17) Katerina Hanackova (12) Katarina Nedeljkovic (12) 9/30 at Green Bay* L, 3-0 23-25,25-27,20-25 5-9 Katerina Hanackova (8) Taylor Szatkowski (16) 10/4 WRIGHT STATE* L, 3-1 19-25,21-25,26-24,22-25 5-10 Casie Sullivan (17) Taylor Szatkowski (18) 10/5 QUINNIPIAC W, 3-0 25-17,25-23,25-7 6-10 Katerina Hanackova (9) Katerina Hanackova (8) 10/8 at Milwaukee* L, 3-2 23-25,23-25,25-23,25-23,12-15 6-11 Katarina Nedeljkovic (18) Katarina Nedeljkovic (23) 10/11 at Valparaiso* W, 3-2 18-25,25-20,26-24,15-25,19-17 7-11 Katerina Hanackova (14) Katarina Nedeljkovic (20) 10/12 at Butler* L, 3-0 19-25,23-25,19-25 7-12 Katarina Nedeljkovic (13) Emily Schaffer (10) 10/14 BRADLEY W, 3-0 25-17,25-23,25-23 8-12 Katerina Hanackova (10) Katerina Hanackova (9) 10/17 CLEVELAND STATE* W, 3-1 25-14,25-21,21-25,26-24 9-12 Katerina Hanackova (19) Katarina Nedeljkovic (16) 10/18 YOUNGSTOWN STATE* W, 3-0 25-16,25-18,25-21 10-12 Casie Sullivan (12) Emily Schaffer (13) 10/21 at Western Illinois W, 3-1 25-18,25-14,21-25,25-22 11-12 Katerina Hanackova (14) Katarina Nedeljkovic (18) 10/25 at Loyola* L, 3-0 22-25,23-25,18-25 11-13 Casie Sullivan (7) Emily Schaffer (8) 11/1 at Wright State* L, 3-1 19-25,21-25,26-24,13-25 11-14 Casie Sullivan (14) Katarina Nedeljkovic (22) 11/7 BUTLER* W, 3-0 25-23,25-22,25-22 12-14 Casie Sullivan (14) Casie Sullivan (18) 11/8 VALPARAISO* L, 3-0 17-25,22-25,24-26 12-15 Casie Sullivan (10) Jessica Dalke (7) 11/11 SIU EDWARDSVILLE W, 3-1 23-25,25-22,25-21,25-22 13-15 Katarina Nedeljkovic (16) Jessica Dalke (12) 11/14 MILWAUKEE* L, 3-0 23-25,21-25,19-25 13-16 Katerina Hanackova (10) Taylor Szatkowski (14) 11/15 GREEN BAY* L, 3-1 25-27,25-19,14-25,19-25 13-17 Katerina Hanackova (12) Jessica Dalke (27) Katarina Nedeljkovic (12) Casie Sullivan (12) 11/20 vs Youngstown State^ W, 3-2 25-20,22-25,25-21,19-25,15-10 14-17 Katerina Hanackova (26) Katarina Nedeljkovic (23) 11/21 vs Milwaukee^ L, 3-0 15-25,21-25,23-25 14-18 Katerina Hanackova (7) Katerina Hanackova (15)

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Coming into its 31st season in 2009-10, the Horizon League continues to aspire toward its goal of being one of the nation’s leading athletics conferences while being recognized as a leader in the development of student-athletes as leaders and role models.

The Horizon League membership features ten public and private institutions that have impressive academic reputations and a storied tradition of broad-based athletic programs. Cur-rent membership includes Butler University, Cleveland State University, the University of Detroit Mercy, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Loyola University Chicago, Valparaiso Uni-versity, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wright State University and Youngstown State University.

The Horizon League’s primary focus is on adding value to the educational experience through its four platforms of athletic performance, academic achievement, community outreach, and personal responsibility and accountability. It is the League’s belief that athletics is a powerful and visible resource tool that can be used to enhance student-athletes’ collegiate experience. The Horizon League’s goals are to enhance the holistic university experience for the student-ath-lete, to create an affiliation of institutions with similar athletic goals, and to adhere to the principals of integrity, diversity, excellence and growth.

The Horizon League sponsors competition in 19 sports – nine for men (baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field and tennis) and ten for women (basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, tennis and volleyball). In all sports, all teams participate in their respective postseason League championships regardless of regular-season perfor-mance, allowing all student-athletes an opportunity to qualify for NCAA championships. The League receives automatic bids to NCAA championships in baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, and women’s volleyball.

The Horizon League is headquartered in Indianapolis, the “Amateur Sports Capital of the World,” with offices in the Pan American Plaza (201 S. Capitol Avenue), located a block from Lucas Oil Stadium and just minutes from Conseco Fieldhouse, the State Capitol Building, Victory Field and the NCAA national office.

A PROUD HISTORYFounded on June 16, 1979, as the Midwestern City Confer-ence with six charter members, the League changed its name to the Midwestern Collegiate Conference in 1985 and added women’s sports for the 1986-87 academic year. Charter members of the conference included current members Butler and Loyola as well as the University of Evansville, Oklahoma City University, Oral Roberts University and Xavier University. Among other current members, Detroit joined in 1980, and Cleveland State, UIC, Green Bay, Milwaukee and Wright State came aboard in 1994 in the largest non-merger conference expansion in history, with Youngstown State joining in 2001 and Valparaiso in 2007. On June 4, 2001, the Horizon League unveiled its current name and ushered in a new dynamic direction that has brought the League closer to its stated goal of being one of the nation’s top ten conferences with a focus on enhancing the student-athletes experience by upgrading the League’s market and competitive positions. ATHLETIC SUCCESSIn the past few years, the Horizon League has enjoyed unprec-edented success on the national stage, highlighted by three Sweet Sixteen appearances (Butler 2003, 2007; Milwaukee 2005) and nine wins in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Champion-ship in the past seven seasons. In other sports, League teams have won at least one game in their respective NCAA Champi-onships each of the last seven seasons in men’s soccer (Mil-waukee 2002-05, UIC 2006-08), with UIC just one win away from the College Cup in 2007. In softball, League teams won a game in the national tournament four straight years earlier in the decade (UIC 2002, 2004; Wright State 2003; Green Bay 2005) while advancing into the second round in women’s

soccer three of the last four seasons (Detroit 2004, Milwaukee 2005-06). Green Bay’s women’s basketball team added to that résumé with a victory in the 2007 NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship. Butler’s Victoria Mitchell became the League’s first NCAA individual champion when she won the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships and then finished fourth at the 2005 NCAA Cross Country Championships. ACADEMIC SUCCESSHorizon League student-athletes also excel in the classroom as more than 500 have been named to the Academic Honor Roll each of the past seven semesters for carrying a grade-point average of 3.2 or better, including more than 600 for the fall 2007 and spring 2008 semesters. Forty-eight student-ath-letes were named to ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District teams in 2007-08, while 14 earned Academic All-America honors, including a pair of first-team selections.

COMMUNITY SERVICEIn addition to its athletics success, the Horizon League has secured a well-earned reputation for its community service initiatives. Each January, member institutions partner with local elementary schools for an art, music and essay contest highlighting the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with winners recognized at League games on the weekend of MLK Day. The Horizon League Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) also has continued a tradition of working with youth in India-napolis during its annual summer meeting, while the League, it schools and fans donate to Komen for the Cure for breast cancer awareness during its annual women’s basketball cham-pionship. On campus, student-athletes have raised money and awareness for such causes as breast cancer, diabetes and hurricane relief, while hosting blood drives, neighborhood clean-ups, Big Brother/Big Sister programs and more. SPORTSMANSHIPOne of the Horizon League’s points of emphasis is fostering collegial environments for competition among student-athletes, coaches, administrators and fans in a pro-active approach. Among the vehicles is the Ethical Conduct Pledge, which is signed each season by student-athletes, coaches, officials, and campus and League administrators. Its purpose is to make all the involved groups aware of the Horizon League expectations of behavior during conference events. DEMOGRAPHICSHorizon League institutions boast a combined enrollment of more than 130,000 plus nearly a quarter-million living alumni centered in the League’s Midwest footprint. League media markets include five of the nation’s top 35 in Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Indianapolis and Milwaukee, covering more than ten million television households and encompassing more than nine percent of the nation’s television audience.

LEADERSHIPJonathan B. (Jon) LeCrone is in his 18th year as Commissioner of the Horizon League, having been named to the position on May 11, 1992, and is the ninth-longest tenured commissioner among the 33 Division I conferences. He is the fifth commis-sioner in League history, succeeding Daniel B. “Tucker” DiEd-wardo (1989-92), James W. Shaffer (1984-89), Cecil N. Cole-man (1980-84) and James J. McCafferty (1979-80). LeCrone is in the second year of a four-year term on the NCAA Division I Leadership Council after recently completing a five-year term on the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee. McCAFFERTY TROPHYThe Horizon League annually awards the McCafferty Trophy in recognition of its all-sports champion in honor of its first commissioner, James J. McCafferty. Milwaukee won the McCafferty Trophy following the 2008-09 academic year. UIC captured the Men’s All-Sports Award, while Milwaukee claimed the women’s honor for the fourth straight year and eighth time in the past nine years. As an indication of the League’s competitive balance, eight of its ten schools won at least one team championship last year.

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League Overall

Institution W-L Pct W-L PctMilwaukee 13-3 .812 23-9 .719 Valparaiso 12-4 .750 25-7 .781 Wright State 10-6 .625 15-16 .484 Butler 8-8 .500 19-11 .633 Loyola 8-8 .500 19-11 .633 Cleveland State 7-9 .438 11-19 .367 UIC 5-11 .312 14-18 .438 Green Bay 5-11 .312 9-18 .333 Youngstown St. 4-12 .250 11-17 .393

2008 HORIZON LEAGUE AWARD WINNERS

PLAYER OF THE YEAR Angie Porche, Valparaiso

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Brittany Malicoat, Valparaiso

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR Kelsey Labrum, Butler

COACH OF THE YEAR Susie Johnson, Milwaukee

ALL-LEAGUEAngie Porche (Valparaiso) Becky Peters (Milwaukee)

Brittany Malicoat (Valparaiso) Shaunda Sandifer (Wright State)

Porshia Allen (Butler) Maddie Sueppel (Milwaukee)

Sarah Singer (Loyola) Amy Benz (Cleveland State) Kim Bukowski (Valparaiso)

Jessica Wolfe (Butler) Lizzy Gunn (Wright State)

Lauren Felsing (Milwaukee) Megan Elfering (Green Bay) Allison Sears (Valparaiso)

ALL-NEWCOMER Kelsey Labrum (Butler)

Jordan Goad (Cleveland State) Kerri Schuh (Milwaukee)

Michelle Hammond (Wright State) Melissa Joyce (Green Bay)

Samantha Trawitzke (Milwaukee) Leilani Tafuna (Wright State)

THE HORIZON LEAGUE

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Midwestern Collegiate Conference

All-Newcomer Team

Katie Walsh, 1995

Ashley Clark, 1996

Vanessa Grazzini, 1996

Jackie Utz, 1997

Gina Caneva, 1999

Teaha Shepperd, 2000

Lindsey Filkins, 2000

First Team All-Mid-Continent

Conference

Inga Balzaras, 1992

Second Team

All-Mid-Continent Conference

Jennifer Wenzel, 1992

Susan Morris, 1993

First Team All-North Star Conference

Dee Dee Ericks, 1988, 1989

Sharon Tracy, 1988

Jennifer Wenzel, 1991

Second Team All-North Star

Conference

Carlyn Fisk, 1989, 1990, 1991

Kelly Gaughan, 1989

Claudine Borkovec, 1990

North Star Conference

Coach of the Year

Don August, 1988

30-30 CLUB (30 KILLS/30 DIGS)Jackie Utz (1)32 kills, 30 digs vs. DePaul (10/13/99)

20-20 CLUB (20 KILLS/20 DIGS)Dee Dee Ericks (8) 23 kills, 26 digs vs. Milwaukee (10/20/87)21 kills, 22 digs vs. Bowling Green (9/18/88)25 kills, 20 digs vs. Butler (9/12/89)20 kills, 23 digs vs. Eastern Illinois (9/22/89)23 kills, 22 digs vs. Milwaukee (9/26/89)34 kills, 20 digs vs. Marquette (10/24/89)23 kills, 27 digs vs. Georgetown (11/4/89)26 kills, 25 digs vs. Valparaiso (11/7/89)Jackie Utz (8) 22 kills, 21 digs vs. Wright State (9/26/97)21 kills, 21 digs vs. Wright State (11/1/97)20 kills, 30 digs vs. Butler (9/25/99)24 kills, 22 digs vs. Eastern Illinois (10/5/99)32 kills, 30 digs vs. DePaul (10/13/99)21 kills, 24 digs vs. Butler (10/22/99)26 kills, 22 digs vs. Wright State (10/23/99)20 kills, 24 digs vs. Loyola (11/20/99)Katie Walsh (4) 29 kills, 25 digs vs. Butler (11/9/95)21 kills, 23 digs vs. Butler (9/27/96)26 kills, 28 digs vs. Northeastern Illinois (10/15/96)21 kills, 25 digs vs. Milwaukee (11/1/96)Lindsey Filkins (3)25 kills, 25 digs vs. IUPUI (9/15/00)21 kills, 26 digs vs. Oral Roberts (10/19/00)20 kills, 21 digs vs. Butler (11/10/00)Sharon Tracy (2)20 kills, 22 digs vs. Lewis (9/20/88)22 kills, 22 digs vs. Western Illinois (9/30/88)Kelly Gaughan (2) 28 kills, 22 digs vs. Eastern Illinois (9/22/89)20 kills, 22 digs vs. Valparaiso (11/7/89)Teaha Shepperd (2) 23 kills, 21 digs vs. Wright State (9/26/03)29 kills, 26 digs vs. Eastern Illinois (10/14/03)Amanda Kenny (2)20 kills, 22 digs vs. Wright State (10/20/06)24 kills, 22 digs vs. McNeese State (9/8/07)Claudine Borkovec (1) 24 kills, 32 digs vs. Southern Illinois (9/14/90)Carlyn Fisk (1) 22 kills, 21 digs, 25 assists vs. UTEP (9/7/90)Tina Bahr (1) 21 kills, 22 digs vs. Valparaiso (11/24/91)Susan Morris (1) 22 kills, 20 digs vs. Loyola (10/5/93)Michelle Dennis (1)23 kills, 32 digs vs. Wright State (10/18/96)Allison Phillips (1)27 kills, 27 digs vs. Wright State (11/16/96)Kelly Colangelo (1)21 kills, 20 digs vs. Wright State (9/24/99)Vicki Lublow (1)20 kills, 33 digs vs. Cleveland State (10/21/00)Katarina Nedeljkovic (1)22 kills, 20 digs vs. Western Illinois (10/11/05)Katarina Hanackova (1)24 kills, 22 digs vs. McNeese State (9/8/07)

UIC VOLLEYBALL ALL-TIME ALL-LEAGUE HONOREES

UIC ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME MEMBERSDebbie Bird Robinett, Class of ‘91

Diane Lee, Class of ‘93Rose Rouse, Class of ‘94

Dee Dee Ericks, Class of ‘951975 Team, Class of ‘96Carlyn Fisk, Class of ‘97

Kathy (Bay) Apostolovich, Class of ’98Ilene (O’Connell) Ketter, Class of ‘98

Debbie Obosla, Class of ‘86Claudine Borkovec, Class of ‘90

All-Horizon League

Teaha Shepperd, 2002, 2003

Katie Kozak, 2004, 2006

Katarina Nedeljkovic, 2005, 2006

Ambria Springer, 2005, 2006

All-Horizon League Second Team

Teaha Shepperd, 2001

Horizon League All-Newcomer Team

Dawn Strahanoski, 2001

Meghan Keck, 2002

Katarina Nedeljkovic, 2004

Amanda Kenny, 2006

Horizon League Newcomer of the Year

Meghan Keck, 2002

All-Midwestern Collegiate Conference

First Team

Katie Walsh, 1996

Kathy Berg, 1998

All-Midwestern Collegiate Conference

Second Team

Katie Walsh, 1995

Vanessa Grazzini, 1998

Jackie Utz, 1999

Kelly Colangelo, 1999

HONOR ROLL


Kills1. 595 Dee Dee Ericks (1988)2. 555 Kathy Bay (1982)3. 537 Dee Dee Ericks (1989)4. 531 Katarina Nedeljkovic (2005)5. 512 Katie Walsh (1996)6. 495 Ambria Springer (2006)7. 485 Sharon Tracy (1988)8. 474 Susan Morris (1993)9. 471 Kathy Bay (1983)10. 462 Teaha Shepperd (2003)

Hitting Percentage 1. 354 Kathy Berg (1998)2. 346 Erica Anderson (1999)3. 327 Meghan Keck (2003)4. 320 Jennifer Wenzel (1992)5. 317 Erica Anderson (2000)6. 304 Vanessa Grazzini (1998)7. 295 Susan Morris (1993)8. 291 Jennifer Wenzel (1991)9. 275 Gina Caneva (2002)10. 272 Ambria Springer (2005)

Assists1. 1,506 Carlyn Fisk (1988)2. 1,476 Katie Kozak (2006)3. 1,463 Erica Anderson (1998)4. 1,467 Katie Kozak (2005)5. 1,451 Erica Anderson (1999)6. 1,339 Jenny Dickey (1987)7. 1,332 Katie Kozak (2004)8. 1,328 Ashley Clark (1996)9. 1,267 Dawn Strahanoski (2001)10. 1,264 Erica Anderson (2000)

Service Aces1. 128 Debbie Obosla (1984)2. 125 Debbie Obosla (1985)3. 109 Debbie Obosla (1986)4. 78 Gert Riordan (1983)5. 70 Jenny Dickey (1987)6. 65 Kathy Bay (1983)7. 64 Carlyn Fisk (1990)8. 59 Kris Barakauskas (1998)9. 56 Sandy Ulesich (1988)10. 55 Collette Housh (1987)

Digs1. 514 Claudine Borkovec (1990)2. 476 Ilene O’Connell (1984)3. 473 Dee Dee Ericks (1989)4. 455 Kelly Gaughan (1989)5. 448 Inga Balzaras (1991)6. 418 Taylor Szatkowski (2007)7. 422 Carlyn Fisk (1990)8. 416 Sharon Tracy (1988)9. 415 Carlyn Fisk (1990)10. 410 Kelly Colangelo (1999)

Total Blocks1. 160 Ambria Springer (2006)2. 158 Lynn Ammeson (1987)3. 139 Kathy Berg (1998)4. 128 Jennifer Wenzel (1991)5. 125 Leslie Slinkman (1985)6. 122 Michelle Parrish (1988)7. 120 Lynn Ammeson (1986) 120 Jennifer Wenzel (1990)9. 119 Lana Lobdell (2007)10. 118 Ambria Springer (2004)

Kills1. 1,906 Kathy Bay (1981-84)2. 1,646 Teaha Shepperd (2000-03)3. 1,557 Dee Dee Ericks (1987-89)4. 1,309 Leslie Slinkman (1983-86)5. 1,481 Susan Morris (1991-94)6. 1,381 Katarina Nedeljkovic (2004-08) 7. 1,298 Debbie Obsola (1983-86)8. 1,221 Ambria Springer (2003-06) 9. 1,109 Carlyn Fisk (1988-91)10. 1,100 Sharon Tracy (1985-88)

Hitting Percentage (minimum 300 att.)1. .283 Jennifer Wenzel (1990-92)2. .280 Erica Anderson (1998-00)3. .279 Meghan Keck (2002-03)4. .262 Margaret Bird (1978-81)5. .259 Kathy Bay (1981-84)6. .258 Gina Caneva (1999-2002)7. .257 Vanessa Grazzini (1996-98)8. .254 Susan Morris (1991-94)9. .250 Jill Greer (1997-00)10. .249 Lana Lobdell (2006-present)

Assists1. 4,640 Katie Kozak (2003-06)2. 4,178 Erica Anderson (1998-00)3. 3,553 Carlyn Fisk (1988-91)4. 3,213 Inga Balzaras (1989-92)5. 3,156 Eva Svoboda (1992-95)6. 2,471 Ashley Clark (1996-97)7. 2,211 Meghan Keck (2002-03)8. 1,883 Sandy Ulesich (1983-86)9. 1,578 Dawn Strahanoski (2001-04) 10. 1,475 Dana Van Syckle (2007-present)

Service Aces1. 422 Debbie Obosla (1983-86)2. 196 Carlyn Fisk (1988-91)3. 192 Ilene O’Connell (1981-84)4. 191 Kathy Bay (1981-84)5. 191 Gert Riordan (1982-85)6. 166 Sandy Ulesich (1983-86)7. 163 Katarina Nedeljkovic (2004-08)8. 155 Julie Valaitis (1982-85)9. 151 Teaha Shepperd (2000-03)10. 148 Inga Balzaras (1989-92)

Digs 1. 1,531 Carlyn Fisk (1988-91)2. 1,412 Inga Balzaras (1989-92)3. 1,411 Teaha Shepperd (2000-03)4. 1,362 Ilene O’Connell (1982-85)5. 1,252 Kathy Bay (1981-84)6. 1,243 Sharon Tracy (1985-88)7. 1,223 Lindsey Filkins (2000-03)8. 1,212 Jordan Studzinski (2001-04)9. 1,210 Dee Dee Ericks (1987-89)10. 1,183 Eva Svoboda (1992-95)

Solo Blocks1. 307 Mary Bloedorn (1979-82)2. 254 Margaret Bird (1978-81)3. 155 Ilene O’Connell (1982-85)4. 128 Kristen Fredrichs (1982-84)5. 107 Leslie Slinkman (1983-86)6. 89 Lynn Ammeson (1986-87)7. 85 Ambria Springer (2003-06)8. 81 Kathy Bay (1981-84)9. 80 Pam Binkley (1981)10. 69 Kathy Berg (1995-98)

Block Assists1. 312 Ambria Springer (2003-06)2. 296 Kathy Berg (1995-98)3. 294 Jennifer Wenzel (1990-92)4. 283 Lynn Clarkson (1998-2001) 5. 272 Teaha Shepperd (2000-03)6. 249 Sharon Tracy (1985-88) Carlyn Fisk (1988-91)8. 239 Leslie Slinkman (1983-86)9. 230 Lana Lobdell (2006-present)10. 218 Kristi Herrington (2001-04)

SINGLE-SEASON RECORDS

CAREER RECORDS

Katie Kozak is theall-time assists leader with 4,640

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Kills1. 39 Katie Walsh at Wright State 10/18/962. 34 Dee Dee Ericks vs. Marquette 10/24/893. 33 Dee Dee Ericks at Western Illinois 9/30/884. 32 Jackie Utz at Bradley 10/22/99 32 Jackie Utz at DePaul 10/13/996. 31 Kathy Bay vs. Southern Illinois 9/8/847. 30 Ambria Springer vs. Green Bay 11/4/06

Total Attacks1. 92 Dee Dee Ericks at Western Illinois 9/30/882. 85 Katie Walsh at Wright State 10/18/963. 83 Dee Dee Ericks at Milwaukee 9/27/884. 80 Dee Dee Ericks at Bradley 11/4/885. 78 Vicki Lublow at Wright State 10/23/99 78 Dee Dee Ericks at Georgetown 11/4/89 78 Dee Dee Ericks at Butler 9/12/89

Attack Percentage (min. 10 att.)1. .900 Meghan Keck vs. Birmingham-Southern 8/31/022. .889 Susan Morris vs. Youngstown State 10/31/923. .800 Kelly Colangelo vs. Chicago State 9/8/99 .800 Eva Svoboda at Valparaiso 9/12/955. .750 Karen Puckett at Valparaiso 10/13/92

Digs1. 33 Vicki Lublow vs. Cleveland State 10/21/00 33 Claudine Borkovec vs. Wichita State 9/7/903. 32 Michelle Dennis at Wright State 10/18/96 32 Michelle Baldwin vs. Valparaiso 9/12/95 32 Carlyn Fisk at Valparaiso 11/6/90 32 Claudine Borkovec vs. Southern Illinois 9/14/90 32 Kelly Gaughan vs. DePaul 11/18/89

Assists1. 91 Erica Anderson at DePaul 10/13/992. 81 Ashley Clark at Wright State 10/18/963. 78 Erica Anderson at Wright State 10/23/99 78 Erica Anderson at Milwaukee 10/10/985. 76 Erica Anderson at Iowa 9/19/98

Service Aces1. 10 Debbie Obosla at Florida 10/31/86 10 Debbie Obosla vs. Northern Illinois 11/6/843. 9 Debbie Obosla vs. Illinois Central 10/29/85 9 Debbie Obosla vs. Western Illinois 10/5/85 9 Debbie Obosla vs. Northern Iowa 10/4/85

Block Solo1. 7 Michelle Parrish vs. Saint Louis 9/7/882. 6 Kathy Berg vs. Wright State 10/18/96

Block Assists1. 11 Lynn Ammenson vs. Loyola 11/6/872. 10 Kathy Berg vs. Iowa 9/19/98 10 Nani Flores vs. Northern Illinois 11/23/91 10 Michelle Baldwin vs. DePaul 11/18/89 10 Lynn Clarkson vs. Wright State 11/2/01

Total Blocks1. 13 Joy Beauregard vs. Eastern Illinois 9/25/94 13 Michelle Parrish vs. Saint Louis 9/7/88 13 Lynn Ammenson vs. Loyola 11/6/874. 12 Lynn Clarkson vs. Wright State 11/2/015. 11 Michelle Baldwin vs. DePaul 11/18/89 11 Kathy Berg vs. Western Illinois 9/12/98 11 Lynn Clarkson vs. Marquette 10/3/01

Year Overall Conf. Coach1981 25-25 N/A Don August1982 15-29 N/A Don August1983 22-16 N/A Don August1984 30-11 N/A Don August1985 25-19 N/A Don August1986 26-9 N/A Don August1987 22-13 N/A Don August1988 23-17 6-1 Don August1989 16-18 5-1 Don August1990 18-17 5-2 Don August1991 19-14 2-4 Don August1992 17-15 9-8 Don August1993 19-13 11-7 Don August1994 9-25 4-6 Don August1995 14-17 5-9 Don August1996 14-19 7-7 Don August1997 11-21 5-7 Don August1998 15-16 5-7 Don August1999 17-15 7-5 Don August2000 18-13 6-6 Don August2001 15-15 6-8 Don August2002 20-14 7-7 Don August2003 11-21 2-12 Don August2004 10-21 6-8 Nancy Mueller2005 12-19 10-6 Nancy Mueller2006 17-17 8-6 Nancy Mueller2007 15-16 6-10 Nancy Mueller2008 14-18 5-11 Nancy MuellerTotals 489-483 131-138

Kills1. 108 vs. DePaul 10/13/992. 97 vs. Wright State 10/18/963. 94 vs. Bradley 11/4/884. 92 vs. Northern Illinois 9/15/905. 90 vs. Milwaukee 10/20/87 90 vs. Bradley 10/13/84

Total Attacks1. 277 vs. DePaul 10/13/992. 276 vs. Bradley 10/27/993. 272 vs. Wright State 10/18/964. 257 vs. Green Bay 10/10/985. 256 vs. DePaul 11/17/90

Attack Percentage1. .617 vs. Youngstown State 10/31/922. .455 vs. Chicago State 9/15/983. .435 vs. Chicago State 9/8/994. .423 vs. Georgia State 9/26/875. .417 vs. Texas Pan-Am 10/4/98

Assists1. 92 vs. DePaul 10/13/992. 86 vs. Wright State 10/18/963. 84 vs. Northern Illinois 9/15/904. 82 vs. Oral Roberts 10/19/005. 81 vs. Milwaukee 10/10/98 81 vs. Iowa 9/19/98

Digs1. 136 vs. DePaul 10/13/992. 134 vs. Milwaukee 10/20/873. 133 vs. Valparaiso 11/24/91 133 vs. Valparaiso 11/6/90 133 vs. DePaul 11/18/89

Service Aces1. 27 vs. Illinois Central 10/29/852. 20 vs. Northern Illinois 11/6/843. 19 vs. Western Illinois 10/5/854. 18 vs. Loyola College 9/4/93 18 vs. Florida 10/31/86 18 vs. Bradley 10/4/85 18 vs. Cleveland State 11/3/84

Block Assists1. 34 vs. Iowa 9/19/98 34 vs. DePaul 11/18/893. 32 vs. Akron 11/19/89 32 vs. UMKC 9/18/995. 30 vs. DePaul 9/24/93

Block Solo1. 17 vs. Valparaiso 11/8/882. 12 vs. Green Bay 9/11/98 12 vs. Milwaukee 10/12/964. 9 vs. Eastern Illinois 9/25/94 9 vs. Wichita State 9/8/89

Team Blocks1. 22 vs. DePaul 9/11/962. 20 vs. DePaul 9/24/93 20 vs. Valparaiso 11/8/884. 19 vs. Iowa 9/19/98 19 vs. Marquette 9/27/94

INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-MATCH RECORDS

TEAM SINGLE-MATCH RECORDS

YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS (in Division I)

Ambria Springer ranks seventh with 30 kills versus Green Bay on 11/4/06


AAllgood, Nicole (2009-Present)Almlof, Karen (1981)Ammeson, Lynn (1986-87)Anderson, Erica (1998-2000)Avila, Rosemary (1977)BBahr, Linda (1993-94)Bahr, Tina (1988-91)Baldwin, Michelle (1989-92)Balzaras, Inga (1989-92)Barakauskas, Kris (1995-98)Baro, Linda (1978)Bay, Kathy (1981-84)Beauregard, Joy (1993-96)Berg, Kathy (1994-98)Binkley, Pam (1981)Bird, Debbie (1974-75)Bird, Margaret (1978-81)Blizzard, Diane (1976-79)Bloedorn, Mary (1979-82)Borkovec, Claudine (1988-90)Burrel, Celestine (1981)Bzdelik, Nina (1974-76)CCarey, Meghan (2004)Carrington, Maryann (1985-86)Caneva, Gina (1999-2002)Cebrzynski, Jill (1974-77)Clark, Ashley (1996-97)Clarkson, Lara (2000-2002)Clarkson, Lynn (1998-2001)Colangelo, Kelly (1999)Colins, Megan (2003-04)Coglianese, Lisa (1983)Connell, Heidi (1986-89)

DDachniwsky, Olga (1981)Dalke, Jessica (2008-Present)Davis, Epiphany (2007-Present)DeBolt, Tiffaney (1995-97)Dennis, Michelle (1995-96)Dickey, Carol (1986-89)Dickey, Jenny (1987)Dismuke, Janise (2008-Present)Dixon, Hilarie (1996-1999)Dolgner, Nicole (2005-06)Dooley, Colleen (1997)Duffy, Patty (1976-79)EElam, Debbie (1982)Eldred, Kate (2008-Present)Ericks, DeeDee (1987-89)FFiala, Laura (1974-75)Fiala, Maria (1980-81)Filkins, Lindsey (2000-03)Fisk, Carlyn (1988-91)Flores, Nani (1991)Foley, Karen (1980)Forster, Kim (1998-01)Friedrichs, Kristen (1982-84)GGaughan, Kelly (1987-89)Gentile, Susan (1980-82)Goszczynski, Joan (1988)Graf, Tisha (2002-05)Grazzini, Vanessa (1996-98) Greer, Jill (1997-2000)Grosklaus, Shirley (1977)HHanackova, Katerina (2006-2008)Hansra, Riva (1999)Haplin, Carrie (1977)

Hecker, Carolyn (1978-81)Hee, Keri (2005-08)Herrington, Kristi (2001-04)Hinsch, Michelle (1994-98)Hintz, Ann (1997-2000)Hoffman, Megan (2001-04)Housh, Collette (1985-87)Hrebic, Liz (2004-07 )Hunt, Christin (2005-08)KKantutis, Jeanne (1974-76)Keck, Meghan (2002-03)Kennedy, Carol (1976-77)Kenny, Amanda (2006-07 )Keplar, Bridget (1989-93)Kimala, Maria (1974-75)Kirk, Lora (1979-80)Kozak, Katie (2002-06)Kozak, Sarah (1994-97)Kufta, Jillian (2003-05)LLabay, Sue (1974-75)Ladzinski, Julie (1990-92)Lang, Debbie (1999-2000)Lang, Jacqueline (2009-Present)Lang, Sarah (2002-04)Lewaniak, Denise (1976-79)Lobdell, Lana (2006-Present)Logan, Rachel (1994)Lublow, Vicki (1998-01)Luchetti, Linda (1979)MMalpede, Mary (1974-78)Mankus, Camille (2003-05) Martin, Ashley (2004-07)McCarthy, Maura (2005-06)McGinnis, Emily (2007)McMahon, Amy (1999-00)

Meyle, Julie (1985-87)Michaels, Claudette (1976-79)Morris, Susan (1991-94)Mungy, Annika (1978-81)NNedeljkovic, Katarina (2004-08)Nelson, Julie (1992-94)Novaski, Kim (1979-82)OObosla, Debbie (1983-86)O’Connell, Ilene (1982-85)O’Connell, Jennifer (1992-95)O’Keefe, Peggy (1975)Ostrander, Kristen (1985)PParrish, Michelle (1988)Phillips, Allison (1994-97)Piaszczynski, Liz (1983-86)Pikul, Sophie (1981-82)Pocius, Debbie (1981)Popp, Julie (2002-06)Puckett, Karen (1990-93)RRapacz, Debbie (1991-94)Riordan, Gert (1982-85)Roscskea, Annette (1990)Rouse, Rose (1974-75)Roy, Catherine (2002-05)Rozewski, Lori (1976-77)SSafranek, Kelsey (2009-Present)Sajna, Nancy (1978)Saunders, Debbie (1975)Sawicki, Judy (1974-75)Schaffer, Emily (2006-Present)Schurla, Cathy (1993-94)Shannon, Kathy (1975)Shepperd, Teaha (2000-03)Sien, Sue (1980-82)Sinnard, Connie (1974-75)

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UIC VOLLEYBALL - ALL-TIME ROSTER

A Air Force 1-0Akron 6-3Alabama 1-1Alabama A&M 0-1American 1-0Arizona State 1-0Arkansas State 0-1Army 1-0Ashland 1-0Auburn 0-1B Ball State 9-2Birm. Southern 1-0Binghamton 1-0Boise State 0-1Bowling Green 4-6Bradley 13-11Butler 16-23C UC-Riverside 0-0-1Cal.- Long Beach 0-2Cal. - Northridge 0-2Calvin 1-0Carthage 5-0C. Connecticut St. 1-0Central Florida 1-0Central Michigan 4-5-1Central Missouri St. 1-0Charleston 1-0Charlotte 0-1Charleston Southern 1-0Chicago State 17-0Cincinnati 8-6Clemson 0-2Cleveland State 39-12Coll. of Charleston 0-2Concordia (Ill.) 2-0D Davidson 1-0Dayton 4-1

Delaware State 1-0Denver 1-0DePaul 25-26-1Drake 3-3Duke 2-0E E. Tennessee St. 3-0Eastern Illinois 19-11Eastern Kentucky 1-1Eastern Michigan 4-3Eastern Washington 0-1Edinboro 1-1Elon 1-0Elmhurst 4-1Evansville 4-1F Fairfield 2-0Fairleigh Dickinson 1-0Florida 1-0Florida International 4-3Fresno State 0-1G George Mason 1-0George Washington 1-1George Williams 16-3-1Georgetown 2-0Georgia 0-3Georgia State 1-0Gonzaga 0-1Graceland 3-0Grand Valley State 2-1Green Bay 28-14H Harvard 1-0Hawaii 0-1Hofstra 3-0Houston 1-4I Idaho 1-0Idaho State 0-1Illinois 17-3

Illinois Benedictine 1-0Illinois Central 6-0Illinois State 7-19Indiana 2-1IUPUI 5-1IPFW 2-1Indiana State 7-2Indiana Tech 0-1Iowa 3-2Iowa State 2-4J Jacksonville State 0-1James Madison 2-1K Kansas 5-7Kansas State 1-2Kearney State 1-0Kellogg State 3-2Kent 2-1Kentucky 1-0L Lake Forest 1-0Lake Michigan 2-0Lake Superior State 2-1-1Lamar 3-1LaSalle 1-0Lewis 13-8Loras 1-0Louisiana-Lafayette 0-1Louisiana State 1-1Louisville 1-2Loyola College 1-0Loyola (Ill.) 24-36M Mankato State 1-0Marquette 12-5Marshall 4-0Massachusetts 1-0Memphis 2-4McNeese State 1-0Miami-Dade 1-0

Miami Univ. 1-2Michigan 0-7Michigan State 9-2-1Michigan Tech 1-0Middle Tennessee 0-1Milwaukee 15-33Minnesota 3-0Minnesota-Duluth 1-1Mississippi 2-2Missouri 1-2-1Missouri-Kansas City 1-0Montana State 1-0Morehead State 0-2Molt 0-0-1Mount St. Joseph 5-0Murray State 0-1N Nebraska 3-1Nevada 0-1New Mexico State 0-1New Orleans 1-0North Carolina St. 1-3North Central 4-0North Dakota State 2-0North Park 1-0North Texas State 1-2Northeastern 1-0Northeastern Illinois 26-7Northern Colorado 0-1Northern Illinois 27-34Northern Iowa 2-10Northern Kentucky 0-3Northern Michigan 0-4Northwestern 5-24Northwood 1-0Notre Dame 0-5O Oakland 2-0Ohio 2-0Ohio State 3-6Oklahoma 0-1Oklahoma State 1-0

Oral Roberts 0-1Oregon 0-1P Pacific 0-1Penn State 0-5Pepperdine 0-1Pittsburgh 0-2Portland State 0-1Providence 0-1Purdue 9-2Q Quinnipiac 1-0R Rhode Island 1-1Rice 3-2Robert Morris 1-0Sacramento State 1-0St. Francis (Ill.) 4-1St. Louis 3-3St. Xavier 4-0Sam Houston State 0-4Slippery Rock 1-0South Alabama 1-0South Carolina 0-1South Florida 1-1SE Louisiana 2-0Southern Illinois 10-13So. Illinois-Edwardsville 1-0SW Missouri St. 3-7-1SW Texas St. 1-0Stanford 0-2Stephen F. Austin 1-1Stony Brook 2-0T Temple 1-1Tennessee 0-2Tennessee State 2-0Tennessee Tech 1-0Texas 0-1Texas A&M 0-1Texas A&M CC 1-0Texas-Arlington 1-2

ALL-TIME RECORD VS. OPPONENTS Texas-El Paso 0-5Texas Lutheran 1-0Texas-Pan American 1-0Texas-San Antonio 1-0Texas Tech 0-1Toledo 2-0Towson 1-1Triton 1-0Tulsa 2-1U UCLA 0-1Utah State 0-2V Valparaiso 23-15Virginia 0-2VCU 1-0Virginia Tech 1-0W Washington 1-1Wayne State 1-2West Georgia 2-0West Texas State 1-0Western Illinois 28-14Western Kentucky 1-1Western Michigan 5-11Western Ontario 2-0Wichita State 3-1William & Mary 1-2Winthrop 2-0Wisconsin 10-6UW-Eau Claire 1-0UW-LaCrosse 3-1UW-Oshkosh 2-0UW-Parkside 5-1Wright State 19-23Wyoming 0-1X Xavier (OH) 4-2Y Youngstown State 22-4

CHICAGO - MY KIND OF TOWNAs a student at the University of Illinois at Chicago, you will find that there is no better place to begin your education than in the nation’s third-largest city. Whether you are looking to get ahead professionally with numerous internships and networking opportunities with any of the city’s major corpora-tions, or mixing in socially with an endless list of things to see and do, Chicago is the place to be.

The city offers 40 museums, 15 miles of bathing beaches, 11 professional sports franchises, over 6,000 restaurants tucked into its 77 different neighborhoods and a nightlife that will keep you going until daylight. So whatever your pleasure – work or play – it is all easily found in UIC’s backyard.

Chicago helps the university go beyond its campus perim-eters and extend into everything this great city has to offer, making UIC an unbeatable choice in an unbeatable city.

Millenium Park

Picasso Sculpture at Daley Center

Lake Shore Drive

Adler PlanetariumBuckingham Fountain

A GREAT UNIVERSITY IN A GREAT CITY

In the midst of the nation’s third-largest city, you will find a bustling university that truly reflects the area which surrounds it. Located just one mile west of the downtown area, the University of Illinois at Chicago is the largest university in the city with an enrollment of 25,000 students and annual research expenditures of over $290 million. Formed in 1982 through the consolidation of the UIC Medical Center and the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, UIC features a 240-acre campus with over 100 buildings, hous-ing 15 colleges which offer 74 bachelor’s, 77 master’s and 60 doctoral degree programs. UIC is home to one of the nation’s largest medical schools, touting six health science colleges: Applied Health Sciences, Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Public Health. UIC has been designated a Research I university and ranks among the top 50 out of more than 650 national universities in federal research funding. UIC is a place that challenges its students to be their best by providing them with cut-ting-edge academic programs, award-winning faculty and the finest research and academic facilities. The campus provides a melting pot of interactions and experiences. A variety of stu-dents of varying races and backgrounds call UIC home, giving students the opportunity to expand their horizons amidst a diverse and vibrant atmosphere. With the city of Chicago as the backyard of it all, its Great Cities Commitment is a hall-mark of UIC. The Great Cities Commitment engages university faculty and staff in numerous pro-grams with community, corporate, government and civic partners to improve the quality of life in Chicago and other metropolitan areas around the world. At UIC, the world is at your fingertips. This university will challenge you to be your best, but you will find the limits of what you can achieve to be endless with the access to excellence that UIC provides.

“By bringing an elite research faculty to an urban mission, UIC forges an identity that aligns it with the other leading universities but makes it differ-ent. In the heart of the city, UIC offers extraordinary opportunity to all who seek learning in an intense research environment. It is urban and elite; it is elite but not exclusionary; it joins access with excellence.”—Sylvia Manning, Chancellor Emeritus

DID YOU KNOW?* An estimated one in 10 Chicagoans with a college degree is a UIC alumnus.

* Approximately one in six Illinois doctors is a graduate of the UIC College of Medicine, the nation’s largest medi-cal school.

* One in three Illinois pharmacists is a graduate of our College of Pharmacy.

* More than one third of the state’s dentists are gradu-ates of UIC’s College of Dentistry.

* UIC’s College of Education is the primary supplier of new teachers for the Chicago Public School system.

UIC QUICK FACTS

Type of InstitutionComprehensive, public, Research I university

LocationOne mile west of downtown Chicago

Degrees Offered74 Bachelor’s77 Master’s 60 Doctoral

Average Class Size: 31Student-Faculty Ratio: 13:1Campus Size:100 buildings on 240 acres

Undergraduate CollegesApplied Health Sciences Architecture & the ArtsBusiness AdministrationEducationEngineeringHonorsLiberal Arts & SciencesNursingJane Addams College of Social Work

Graduate & Professional CollegesDentistryMedicinePharmacyPublic HealthUrban Planning and Public AffairsGraduate College

UIC CAMPUS HOUSING - IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ALLWith 10 residence halls scattered throughout the entire UIC campus community, campus housing is a university entity on the rise.

Housing nearly 4,000 students, the residences available are situated on some of the finest real estate in Chicago.

Minutes from downtown, Lake Michigan and the museum campus, the dormitories at UIC are a refreshing concept from the traditional high-rise facilities developed at many institutions.

James J. Stukel Towers is the latest crown jewel in campus housing and opened its doors in the Fall of 2007.

The Towers provide four towers of different heights to accommodate 740 undergraduate students. Each floor in the building has 30 resi-dents, living in four-, five-, and eight-person suites consisting of single rooms, double rooms, bathrooms & living rooms. Half of the students living in the Towers will have single rooms.

The strong community development residence life model is intended to provide coordination and support for a number of academic-related programs and living areas, with each two-floor community having a two-story common-area lounge and adjacent study lounge, and each of the Towers offering a penthouse lounge/piano room.

The building also provides a full-service dining hall for residents, a snack bar/convenience store, student kitchens in common areas, computer labs, meeting & seminar rooms, student organization of-fices, and a 150-seat auditorium for special events.

Stukel Towers is just one of many new residence facilities to open on the UIC campus in the last five years. A component of the university’s south campus expansion, Marie Robinson and Thomas Beckham Halls opened in 2003. The units house more than 750 students who inhabit spacious, apartment-style dorms, equipped with kitchens and private bathrooms.

Across the east campus at the corner of Harrison and Halsted Streets is the Courtyard Residence Hall, along with Commons West, North and South. Built in 1988, these four halls house nearly 1,300 students. The Courtyard houses students in clusters, typically three doubles and two single rooms sharing a common bathroom, while the remainder of the halls offer a variety of living options.

Every hall has a variety of lounges, meeting rooms, laundry facilities and spots for social and recreational activities. The convenient link to the campus unions allows for easy access to dining halls, bookstores and more.

Thomas Beckham Hall

Marie Robinson Hall

Commons North

Commons South

Courtyard Residence

Commons West

Stukel Towers

STUDENT-ATHLETE SUCCESSUIC STUDENTS AND FACULTY AS ONE

UIC students and faculty work together with a low student-to-teacher ration, allowing for more opportunity for interaction between profes-sors and students, building early relationships that foster academic success.

The university continues to attract top national scholars to its strong faculty. UIC’s faculty have been recognized with many prestigious awards, including the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship, Fulbright Distinguished Professorship, Guggenheim Foundation grant, National Science Foundation’s CAREER grant, Jonas Salk Lifetime Achievement Award, Society of Women Engineers’ Achievement Award and the United States Capitol Historical Society’s Freedom Award.

UIC students win major national competitive awards, including a Rhodes Scholarship, Gates-Cambridge Scholarships, Goldwater Schol-arships, Fulbright Fellowships and Harry S. Truman Scholarships, among others.

UIC is a member of three Regional Centers for Excellence designated in September 2003 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as part of the federal government’s response to 9/11. The RCEs research new diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines for

potential bioterrorist agents and emerging infectious diseases.

UIC is home to the world’s most powerful magnet for imaging the human body. The 9.4-Tesla magnet – which has a mag-netic field approximately 100,000 times stronger than Earth’s – is used in a human scanning machine to study individual molecules as they support life.

Two faculty members in the College of Architecture and the Arts have won MacAr-thur Fellowships, also known as “genius grants”.

UIC’s Electronic Visualization Laboratory has created a virtual reality tool called PARIS – the Personal Augmented Reality Immersive System – that allows collaborat-ing researchers anywhere to jointly move and fell a virtual object in real time.

ACADEMIC RESOURCES

While the challenges to the students at the University of Illinois at Chicago are often great, the campus provides vast resources to help students find the solutions to any roadblocks they may encounter to facilitate success both in and out of the classroom.

UIC PROVIDES ACCESS TO EXCELLENCE

UIC offers its students many academic outlets to get help outside of the classroom, whether it is in instruction from a tutor or counselor, or a mountain of research materials that can be found in any of the school’s libraries. UIC helps its students reach their goals.

Richard J. Daley Library & Library of Health SciencesThese two mainstays of the UIC library system house more than 1.8 million volumes. UIC also has separate libraries for mathematics, architecture, art and science.

Counseling CenterThis center offers career counseling and testing for UIC students who are having trouble deciding which direction to set their careers.

Writing CenterThis office provides guidance to students who need help with their writing assignments.

African-American Academic NetworkWith counseling workshops and tutoring, this network offers academic, social and motiva-tional help to African-American students.

Latin American Recruitment & Educational Services (LARES)This recruitment and retention program primarily serves Latino students with counseling workshops and tutoring.

(L-R) Casie Sullivan, Emily Schaffer and Christin Hunt were all members of the honor roll during the 2008-09 season.

PORT ACADEMIC CENTER - A “HOME BASE” FOR ACADEMIC SUPPORT

PORT ACADEMIC CENTER SERVICES

Individual StudyThe spacious and comfortable main study area is monitored from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday though Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday. Students can focus on their schoolwork without distractions of home or dorm life. Computers are available for student-athletes to use in the main study area.

TutoringTutoring is available to student-athletes in nearly every subject area. The Athletic Department has an exceptionally qualified staff of tutors. Sessions are scheduled during convenient hours for the student and the tutor, and are held in the Cen-ter’s small study rooms.

Study GroupsStudent-athletes who wish to study together can reserve the small study rooms by checking with the receptionist outside the main study area.

AdvisingEach student-athlete is required to meet with an academic ad-visor once each semester. In addition, advisors are available year-round to assist students with specific questions. Athletic Department advisors give special attention to NCAA degree and eligibility requirements when assisting student-athletes.

Scheduling AssistanceCenter advisors have established relationships with faculty in many colleges and can intervene on the student’s behalf when scheduling problems arise.

Scholarship SupportA $1,000 scholarship is awarded each year to a student-athlete who has utilized the Center to significantly improve academic performance over the past year. Funding for this award is provided by the Port Endowment for Academic Excellence.

Time management is very important for a student-athlete. At the University of Illinois at Chicago, we recognize the unique demands of pursuing an academic degree and competing at the NCAA Division I level. Therefore, we offer the student-athlete a full-scale academic support program. At the heart of this program is the Port Academic Center.

The Port Academic Center is a great support service provided by the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics to help a student-athlete excel in the classroom and attain a bachelor’s degree or other advanced degree. Services available within the center include advising, tutoring, scheduling assistance, eligibility monitoring, scholarship support and optional accommodations for individual and group study.

The Port Academic Center is conveniently located on the lower level of the Physical Education Building. The 5,000-square foot facility serves as headquarters for the academic support staff and features a large public area for individual study, three smaller rooms for tutoring or group study, personal computer workstations linked to laser jet printers, a conference room, a reception area and private offices for counseling sessions.

The Port Academic Center, with all of its resources, helps UIC meet the challenge of tightened NCAA academic requirements, providing a “home base” for the academic life of its student-athletes.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Who is my college advisor?Students are provided with a list of advisors and their phone numbers to assist them in easily finding their advisor.

What is the academic reputation of UIC in the job world?Academically, it is a Big Ten degree and on par with any of the top schools.

How will my major help me get a job?Current information is provided to students on this matter. Students are then referred to the career placement office, which will answer any questions they might have regarding a particular career.

What do I do if I have a question about eligibility?A one-on-one conference is initiated to go over questions regarding changing major, course selection and any other academic problems a student might have regarding effects on their eligibility.

THE FIELD OF DREAMSNOWHERE IS UIC’S COMMITMENT TO ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE MORE APPARENT THAN AT THE FACILITIES THAT HOUSE THE 18 MEN’S AND WOMEN’S VARSITY PROGRAMS -

Men’s Sports - Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Gymnastics, Soccer, Swimming and Diving, Track and Field, Tennis.Women’s Sports - Softball, Basketball, Cross Country, Gymnastics, Volleyball, Swimming and Diving, Track and Field, Tennis.

UIC PAVILION - Men’s & Women’s Basketball

FLAMES ATHLETIC CENTER - Volleyball

LES MILLER FIELD - Baseball

FLAMES COURTS - Men’s & Women’s Tennis

FLAMES FIELD - Soccer

FLAMES FIELD - Softball

UIC NATATORIUM - Men’s & Women’s Swimming & Diving

PHYSICAL EDUCATION BUILDING - Men’s & Women’s Gymnastics

Christened on June 10, 1999, the Flames Athletic Center is the crown jewel in the University of Illinois at Chicago’s effort to bring its 18 Divison I men’s and women’s programs to national prominence.

The $9.25-million, 50,000-square-foot venue is a state-of-the-art practice facility and features two NCAA regulation-sized basketball courts; a two-story compre-hensive weight training and cardio-fitness center; an in-house sports medicine facility; locker rooms for student-athletes, with two just for men’s and women’s basketball; as well as offices for the basketball, and athletic administration staff.

Several individuals provided leadership to the center through their generous gifts, and each was recognized with selected facilities in the new center being named in their honor. Among those are Pat and Peggy Colvin, whose funding established The Colvin Communication and Administration Center; Arnold J. Hartoch, who helped fund the Arnold J. Hartoch Baseball Suite; William and Cathy Merchantz, whose gift funded the Lambert Basketball Center; and Sidney L. Port, whose contributions set up the Port Hall of Excellence.

FLAMES ATHLETIC CENTER

DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS - JIM SCHMIDT The University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Intercollegiate Athletics has seen unprecedented growth and reached new heights both on the playing field and in the classroom under the leadership of Jim Schmidt. Named UIC’s fourth director of athletics on January 24, 1997, Schmidt quickly put together a department that could compete on a championship level, not only within the Horizon League, but on regional and national scenes as well. In Schmidt’s first 12 years, the Flames have captured more league titles than in the prior 15 years of NCAA Division I competition com-bined. Most recently, UIC garnered its second James J. McCafferty Trophy in 2006-07, the award honoring the most successful all-around athletic program in the Horizon League each season, and earned the league’s Men’s All-Sports Trophy just last year. Schmidt has also watched 42 of his teams represent UIC in NCAA postseason competition during his tenure. Among those NCAA tourna-ment appearances were first-ever bids for men’s basketball, men’s soccer, women’s tennis and baseball.

New history has been made each season under Schmidt, with the past year being no different. Highlighting the 2008–09 season were many memorable moments: •TheUICmen’ssoccerteamwontheHorizonLeagueregularseasontitleandadvancedtotheNCAATour-nament Sweet 16 for the second straight season. The Flames achieved a national ranking as high as fourth in the country in 2008 and featured the program’s first-ever First Team All-Americans in goalkeeper Jovan Bubonja, a semifinalist for the Hermann Trophy recognizing the nation’s best college soccer player, and Baggio Husidic, a Major League Soccer draft pick of the Chicago Fire in 2009. •TheUICwomen’stennisteamcontinuedtodominatetheHorizonLeague,capturingits13thconsecu-tive league title and making its 11th straight NCAA Tournament appearance while running its unbeaten streak against league foes to 113 and counting. The men’s tennis team once again found itself on the brink of a title, taking runner-up honors in the Horizon League for the fifth straight season. •TheUICmen’sswimminganddivingteamwonitsfirst-everHorizonLeagueChampionshipundertheguid-ance of Paul Moniak, who was named the Horizon League’s Coach of the Year. •TheUICmen’sgymnasticsteamclaimeditssecondall-timeEasternCollegeAthleticConferenceChampi-onship and advanced to the National Men’s Gymnastics Championship meet for the first time since 2004. •TheUICbaseballteamwonitseighthstraightHorizonLeagueregularseasontitleandcamewithinoneout of securing its third straight Horizon League tournament championship and fifth NCAA berth in the last seven years. •Underfirst-yearheadcoachand2000OlympicgoldmedalistMichelleVenturellaandledbyHorizonLeague Player of the Year Sarah Clynes, the UIC softball team won the Horizon League regular season champi-onship and advanced to the Horizon League title game for the first time since 2005. •TheUICmen’sbasketballteam,ledbyNABCAll-DistrictTeamguardJoshMayoandthree-timeHorizonLeague All-Defensive Team selection Scott VanderMeer, secured marquee road victories over Southeastern Conference foe Vanderbilt and Atlantic Coast Conference opponent Georgia Tech. “At UIC, we are committed to excellence, both academically and athletically,” Schmidt said. “We will create an atmosphere that will assist each student in attaining lifelong experiences that will help them be successful.” In keeping with that commitment, UIC has continued to enhance the academic performance of its student-athletes under Schmidt. Last season, UIC student-athletes achieved an overall grade point average of 2.91, the second-highest overall semester GPA in the department’s history, with 121 reaching a 3.0 GPA or higher and 14 garnering a perfect 4.0 GPA. NCAA graduation reports list UIC Athletics’ graduation rates at 86% for all athletes who exhaust their eligibility. Under Schmidt’s direction in 1994, UIC Athletics instituted a Life Skills program designed to enhance the total student-athlete, with activities designed to improve personal, social and career development. Team build-ers, community service projects and leadership opportunities through the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) were also implemented. Schmidt has also played a key role in the local and national exposure of UIC Athletics. He helped expand radio coverage of UIC by reporters on ESPN Radio, WSCR, WGN, WBBM and other radio stations while increas-ing television exposure on ESPN, Comcast SportsNet Chicago and other local and national outlets. With a strong desire to win conference titles and earn regular appearances in NCAA postseason action, Schmidt has brought numerous conference championships to the UIC campus to aid in the task. For the first time ever, the Flames hosted the league’s men’s basketball championship in 1999 and 2000. UIC has also hosted conference tournaments in softball, baseball, soccer, cross country, gymnastics, women’s basketball, and swimming and diving, while the school also welcomed the NCAA softball regional championships to its

field in 1999 and the NCAA softball super regional championships in 2005. An NCAA Men’s Soccer Tournament First Round match was also played at Flames Field for the first time in the fall of 2006 and again in 2008. Flames administrative long-term plans are ag-gressive as well. In addition to major projects such as the first phase of the “Campaign for Athletics” that was implemented and the Flames Athletic Center fundraising campaign that was completed under Schmidt, UIC’s overall strategic plan outlines detailed improvements for scholarship funding; renovations to facilities, including the aquatics center; and improvements to indoor competition/practice facilities for baseball, softball, track, ten-nis and volleyball. Construction of the stadium portion of the baseball and softball complexes and renovations to the soccer field are also high on the capital program’s list of improvements. While serving as associate athletic director, Schmidt helped develop a broad-based athletic program headed by strong men’s and women’s basketball programs and rapidly improving, nation-ally competitive Olympic sports teams. He also saw UIC’s student-athletes gain national recognition for top academic achievements while the teams and coaches earned regional and national expo-sure through conference championships and NCAA postseason competition. Schmidt assisted during the many historical de-cisions that took place over the last several years, including changes in conference affiliation leading up to UIC’s current membership in the Horizon League. Schmidt recently finished up a term as chair of the league’s men’s basketball committee. He had previously served as the chair of the televi-sion and finance committees. Schmidt has also served on the championships/facilities committee, equity committee and executive council. Schmidt began his collegiate athletics career in the fall of 1980, serving one year as the pitching coach at Western Illinois University while earning his master’s degree in sports administration. Arriving at UIC in 1982, Schmidt served as a pitching coach on the Flames’ baseball staff before being named an assistant to the athletic director in charge of marketing/promotions and daily opera-tions. From 1983–86, Schmidt handled all sports information duties as an assistant athletic director and assumed the title of associate athletic director in 1987. A 1979 graduate of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Schmidt and his wife, Mary, reside in Naperville, Ill., with their two children, Billy and Eva.

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