2009 Volleyball Schedule

AugustRadisson/UCF Tournament (Orlando, FL)

28 Florida Atlantic 3-1 (W) 29 North Florida 3-2 (W)29 Central Florida 0-3 (L)Sept.

DePaul Challenge (McGrath Arena)4 Western Illinois 7:30 p.m.5 Loyola-Chicago 12:30 p.m.5 Clemson 7:30 p.m.

NC State Challenge (Raleigh, NC)11 North Carolina State 11 a.m.11 Dartmouth 4 p.m.12 Xavier 9 a.m.12 George Mason 4 p.m.

DePaul Invitational (McGrath Arena)18 Eastern Michigan 7:30 p.m.19 Western Kentucky 12:30 p.m.19 Sacramento 7:30 p.m._______________________________________

22 at N. Illinois 7:00 p.m.25 at St. Johns* 6:00 p.m.27 at Connecticut* NoonOctober 2 Villanova * 7 p.m.9 Louisville * 7 p.m.11 Cincinnati * 2 p.m.16 at West Virginia* 5 p.m.18 at Pittsburg* Noon23 Notre Dame* 7 p.m.27 Illinois-Chicago 7 p.m.31 Rutgers* 1 p.m.November1 Seton Hall* 2 p.m.6 at Syracuse * 6:00 p.m.8 at Marquette * 2:00 p.m.13 USF* 7:00 p.m.15 Georgetown* 2:00 p.m.

BIG EAST ChampionshipNovember 20-22, Louisville, KY

All home matches are played at McGrath ArenaAll times are Central Standard*Denotes Big East Conference Match

Hello friends, family and Alumni,

Guess what time it is? It is time to get back in thegym to watch your favorite student-athletes in action! I cannot believe how fast the summer hasgone by and that the season has already begun. The members of the team have worked extremely hard over the summer to improve both physically and mentally to prepare for the season.

We have added three new student-athletes to the roster this fall. Rachel Au-mann comes to us from Wisconsin and will be playing in the middle; Chandler Carney from Indiana, is an outside hitter; and Chelsea Thurlby is a libero from the Chicago area.

Our pre-season tournaments give us a good mix of competition to prepare us for BIG EAST Conference play. We opened the season on the road, as we traveled to Orlando, Florida to compete in the University of Central Florida’s tournament. We played well in our first tournament, beating Florida Atlantic, 3-1, and North Florida, 3-2. During the month of September, we are hosting two home tournaments and look forward to seeing you there!

We continue to improve in the extremely competitive BIG EAST Conference by accumulating more conference wins each year. Finishing last year with the big win over conference champion St. John’s was just what we needed. The momentum from that victory has carried us into the new season; and on Sep-tember 25th, we will kick-off BIG EAST play against St. Johns in Queens, NY at 6 p.m.- what a great way to start conference play!

I want to thank everyone for their continued support and we can’t wait to see you this fall!

Remember it is a great time to be Blue – Go Blue Demons!

Amy

No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (HS - Previous)

1 Chelsea Thurlby DS/L 5-6 Fr. Naperville, Ill. (Naperville Central H.S.)

2 Chandler Carney OH 6-1 Fr. Indianapolis, Ind. (Lawrence North H.S.)

3 Sarah Cullen OH 5-11 Sr. Sycamore, Ill. (Sycamore H.S.)

5 Molly Creek MB 6-0 So. Longmont, Colo. (Peak to Peak Charter)

6 Lauren Blasi RS 6-1 So. Fort Wayne, Ind. (Carroll H.S.)

7 Katherine Knutson DS/L 5-5 Jr. Oregon, Wisc. (Stoughton H.S.)

9 Sammy Geiger S/RS 6-0 RFr. Cave Creek, Ariz. (Cactus Shadows H.S.)

10 Christy Landschoot S 5-11 Jr. Western Springs, Ill. (Lyons Township H.S.)

11 Kate Letcher MB 6-1 Jr. West Lafayette, Ind. (West Lafayette H.S.)

12 Mattie Boyd OH 5-9 So. St. Charles, Ill. (St. Charles East H.S.)

14 Kyndell Highland OH 6-0 Jr. Bloomington, Ill. (University H.S.)

15 Rachel Aumann MB 6-1 Fr. Racine, Wis. (Racine Lutheran H.S.)

Head Coach: Amy HardisonAssistant Coach: Billy HardisonAssistant Coach: Nichole Stahovich

Amy Hardison, Head Coach• Enters fourth season as Head Volleyball Coach• During her first three seasons, the Blue Demons were

annually awarded the American Volleyball Coaches As-sociation (AVCA) Team Academic Award

• 2006 NCAA Women’s Coaching Academy and Dimen-sion 2 graduate

• Spent nine seasons as an assistant coach at the Uni-versity of Denver before coming to DePaul

• Finished playing career earning three letters at the University of South Florida

Billy Hardison, Assistant Coach

• Hired as full-time assistant coach for the 2009 season after serving as a volunteer assistant

• Spent four seasons as an assistant coach at the Univer-sity of Denver, where he worked primarily with outside hitters and liberos

• At Denver helped produce a Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year, as well as several First Team All-SBC selections.

Nichole Stahovich, Assistant Coach

• Second season on the Blue Demon staff

• Responsible for coordinating volleyball camps, while as-sisting with scouting, tape breakdown and recruiting

• Three-year starter at UW-Stevens Point, where she received her Bachelors in Sociology

• Currently pursuing a Masters in Educational Leadership

Volleyball Alumnae SpotlightSheila (Carroll) Chambers (‘94) is currently the Head Coach for the Lions Juniors 16-1 Volleyball Club in Western Springs, Ill. In addition to her duties as head coach, Shelia works as a management consultant for McLagan Partners, Inc.

Shelia and her family reside in Western Springs. She and her husband, Jamie,are the proud parents of Brady (3 yrs.), Tyler (2 yrs.) and Colleen (4 months). Shelia notes that “Colleen is going to be one tough cookie”...possibly a future Blue Demon volleyball player in the making!

Phil Wantoch (‘02/ ‘04), volleyball team manager from 1999-2002; and graduate assistant coach from2002-2004, is currently working asan investment banker for U.S. BankReal Estate Capital Markets.

Phil received his undergraduate degree from the College of Commerce(Finance) in 2002, and his MBA (Finance) in 2004. Phil resides in Chicago, and is a faithful DePaul women’s volleyball fan!

Volleyball Alumnae SpotlightSpecial congratulations to Dr. Anna Marie Frank (‘77) and husband Jurgen Frank (‘78) who will celebrate 30 years of marriage in October! Anna and Jur-gen met at DePaul while completing their undergraduate degrees.

Currently, Anna works at DePaul University, as an Associate Professor (Physi-cal Education) and is Chair of the Athletic Board.

Scott Steffens (‘89), volleyball team manager, has been named Partner in Grant Thornton’s Audit Practice. Scott received his undergraduate degree from the College of Commerce (Accountancy).

Scott was awarded the 2009 Outstanding Leadership in Advancing Diversity Award by the Illinois CPA Society for his creative and determined actions to get more minority stu- dents involved in accounting.

He is a member of the Illinois CPA Society and the American Institute of Certi-fied Public Accountants.

Don’t Miss Volleyball Alumnae Day!November 15, 2009