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GWU 2010 SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDEGWU 2010 SOFTBALL MEDIA GUIDETABLE OF CONTENTS

Table of Contents/Credits .............................. 1Gardner-Webb University .............................. 2Gardner-Webb University Academics ........... 3Gardner-Webb Administration .................... 4-5 Dr. A. Frank Bonner, GWU President ....... 4 Chuck Burch, V.P. For Athletics ................ 5 Pam Scruggs, Associate A.D./SWA ........... 5This is Gardner-Webb ................................. 6-7 GWU Athletic Training .............................. 6 GWU Strength and Conditioning ............... 6 GWU Campus Facilities ............................ 7Gardner-Webb 2010 Season Preview.......... 8-9Gardner-Webb Coaching Staff ................ 10-11 Head Coach Tom Cole ............................. 10 Assistant Coach Stacie Reichert .............. 11 Grad. Assistant Coach Diana Cook ......... 112010 GWU Softball Team By Class .............122010 GWU Team Roster .............................. 13The Lady Bulldogs .................................. 14-26Seniors .....................................................14-18 Melody Harrell ........................................ 14 Christine Murray ...................................... 15 Alison Coffey .......................................... 16 Christa Fullwood ..................................... 17 Mandy Ward ............................................ 18Redshirt-Junior ............................................ 19 Ashley Whitlock ...................................... 19Juniors .................................................... 20-21 Cindy Boomhower .................................. 20 Kelsey Witter .......................................... 21Sophomores............................................. 22-24 Melinda Dulkowski ................................. 22 Kara Buchanan ........................................ 22 Jane Savage ............................................. 23 Kelly Montgomery .................................. 23 Lindsea Hutchinson ................................. 24 McKenzie Morenus ................................. 242010 Newcomers .................................... 25-26 Michelle Primm ....................................... 25 Brittney Morrow ...................................... 25 Jordyn Arrowood ..................................... 25 Jessica Milligan ........................................ 26 Presley Wesson ........................................ 26 Morgan Baker .......................................... 262009 Season Review ............................... 27-29 2009 Season Review ................................ 27 2009 Season Statistics .............................. 28 2009 Season Results ................................ 29GWU Record Book ................................ 30-32 Single Season Records ............................ 30 Career Records ........................................ 31 Team Records ...........................................32

CREDITSEditor: ................................................................... Kevin DavisEditorial Assistance: ...................... Bailey Holt, Jay Wallace, ........................................................................Meranda BurnettLayout and Design: .............................................. Kevin DavisCover Artwork: ............................... Kevin Davis, Marc RabbCover Concept: ..................................................... Kevin DavisPhotography: ..................................Bob Carey, Brent C. Hager,........................Atlantic Sun Conference, Big South Conference, .........WG Sports Photos, GWU Photo Team, GWU File Photos, .............................................................Kevin Davis, Jay Wallace

Special thanks to head coach Tom Cole and the GWU softball staff for their assistance in producing this media

guide.

Gardner-Webb admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs and athletic and other school-administered programs.

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GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITYGARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITYGardner-Webb University (GWU), located on 250 acres in Boiling Springs, N.C., is a private, four-year, NCAA Division I institution affi liated with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. GWU has been recognized as one of only 134 institutions in America on the John Templeton Foundation’s Honor Roll for Character-Building Colleges.

GWU enrolls over 4,000 students from 33 states and 34 foreign countries in undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degree programs. Small classes in a personal learning environment allow the university to feature a 15-to-1 student-to-faculty ratio. With increased national exposure and attention given to the institution’s academic programs and character building opportunities, the enrollment has grown over 60 percent in the last 10 years.

There are 45 major fi elds of study on the undergraduate level. Graduate programs such as the School of Divinity, the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program, and the Graduate School are gaining regional acclaim for numbers of students served and quality of programs exhibited. Gardner-Webb’s GOAL Program (Greater Opportunities for Adult Learners) operates on 17 satellite campuses around North Carolina for working adults who are seeking to complete their four-year degrees at night. Recent expansion efforts also have created two new modern facilities for off-campus students - GWU at Statesville and GWU at Charlotte.

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ACADEMICS AT GARDNER-WEBBACADEMICS AT GARDNER-WEBB

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS

GRADUATE SCHOOL

Perhaps there is no greater time to observe the academic quality of Gardner-Webb University than right now. All of the necessary factors for academic excellence – faculty, students, resources, curriculum – are working in conjunction with one another to gain widespread acclaim from alumni, friends, trustees, the media and the community. Over 130 full-time faculty members comprise a group of educators at GWU being heralded as the "premiere class of instructors ever assembled at the University." Over 80 percent of the faculty hold a Ph.D. or equivalent, and many boast of well-documented activities in the business and professional worlds. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 15 to 1, Gardner-Webb is able to provide personal instruction to its students, who now number over 4,000, making Gardner-Webb the fifth-largest private institution in North Carolina. New technological features in our library enhance the learning experience for a higher quality student. The incoming freshman class this year averaged over 1020 on the SAT and a 3.5 GPA.

AccountingAmerican Sign LanguageArtAthletic TrainingBiologyBusiness AdministrationChemistryCommunications

SCHOOL OF DIVINITY

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

GOAL PROGRAMS

Bachelor of Science in:AccountingBusiness AdministrationCriminal JusticeHealth ManagementHuman ServicesManagement Information SystemsNursingReligious Studies

M.A. in Mental Health CounsellingM.A. in Elementary Education (K-6)M.A. in EnglishM.A. in English Education (K-6)M.A. in Middle Grades Education (9-12)M.A. in NursingM.A. in School Administration (K-12)M.A. in School CounselingM.A. in Sport Science & Pedagogy

MBA in Business AdministrationM.Acc. in AccountingI.MBA in International Business

Master of Divinity (M.Div.)M.D M.Div. in Christian EducationM.Div. in Church MusicM.Div/MBAM.Div. in MissiologyM.Div. in Pastoral Care and Counseling

DOCTORAL DEGREES OFFERED

Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.)

Computer ScienceElementary Education (K-6)EnglishFinanceFrenchHealth & WellnessHistoryInternational Business

JournalismManagement Information SystemsMathematicsMedical TechnologyMiddle School Education (6-9)Music BusinessMusic CompositionMusic Education

Music PerformanceNursingPhysical EducationPhysician AssistantPolitical SciencePsychologyReligious StudiesSacred Music

Social ScienceSociologySpanishSports ManagementTheater Arts

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Dr. A. Frank Bonner, in his fi fth year as the president of Gardner-Webb University, took offi ce on May 2, 2005, and was inaugurated on April 6, 2006. Bonner is no stranger to Gardner-Webb, having been a part of the University family since 1987. A native of Greenville, S.C., Bonner graduated from Furman University in 1969, has a M.A. degree from the University of Georgia and earned a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was a faculty member and Associate Dean at Anderson College in Anderson, S.C., prior to beginning his career in Boiling Springs as Vice President for Academic Affairs. In 1992, Bonner was promoted to provost and senior vice president at Gardner-Webb, a post he held until assuming his current role in 2005.

After a comprehensive, national search for the university’s new president, chairman of the presidential search committee and the board of trustees, Frank Beam, said, “We came to the conclusion that we had the most qualifi ed candidate right here at the university.” Bonner succeeded Dr. Frank Campbell, who served Gardner-Webb University as president from October, 2002 until June, 2005. Active in civic life and in the community, Bonner has served on the boards of the United Way, the YMCA, and Communities in Schools, and he serves on the Cleveland County Sports Commission. He is a past chairman of the Cleveland County Chamber, a past president of the Shelby Rotary Club, and a Sunday School teacher and deacon at First Baptist Church in Shelby. Bonner is also a retired Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve. During Bonner’s time as provost, Gardner-Webb emerged as a vibrant institution for higher learning, offi cially moving from college to university in 1993. The institution’s academic reputation has steadily improved during Bonner’s time in Boiling Springs, with a tremendous faculty and consistently evolving curriculum. Bonner is married to the former Florence “Flossie” Black of Chester, S.C., also a graduate of Furman University. They are parents of two adult daughters and four grandchildren.

PRESIDENT DR. A. FRANK BONNERPRESIDENT DR. A. FRANK BONNER

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GWU ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATIONGWU ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATION

Gardner-Webb alumnus Chuck Burch is in his 13th year as Vice President for Athletics and his 28th year in athletics administration. The Charlotte, N.C., native spearheaded the Bulldogs move into Division I athletics, which resulted in Gardner-Webb’s addition to the Big South Conference as an associate member for football in 2001, and GWU’s move to the Big South as a full member – which became offi cial on July 1, 2008. Burch oversees all athletic operations at Gardner-Webb, including management and supervision of athletic programs, facilities and budgets. During his career at GWU, Burch has overseen across-the-board improvements in facilities and the addition of fi ve new sports since arriving in 1997. A sixth sport, men’s swimming was added in 2007-08. Burch is also responsible for continued improvements in the quality and quantity of Gardner-Webb’s athletics staff – with a number of full-time positions created to assist and enhance the entire department. GWU athletics has seen a steady increase in academic performance since Burch’s arrival, and the department has posted a combined GPA above 3.0 in each of the last two academic years. Gardner-Webb’s fi nal year in the Atlantic Sun Conference was fruitful, with several notable wins and the usual high number of strong academic performances by the Bulldogs’ student-athletes. GWU enjoyed its most successful athletics year as a Division I member in 2006-07. Gardner-Webb won its fi rst Atlantic Sun Conference Academic Championship, unseating Belmont University for the title. The Bulldogs also fi nished third in the men’s and women’s combined sports standings – a very impressive effort in the race for the inaugural Bill Bibb Trophy. Gardner-Webb’s men’s soccer team captured the imagination of faces across Cleveland County during its run to the 2006 A-Sun Championship and the NCAA Tournament second round. National qualifi ers in Track & Field, swimming and wrestling highlighted competitive success for the Bulldogs in 2006-2007. Burch, a graduate of Independence (N.C.) High in Charlotte, and former member of Gardner-Webb’s football team, spent 1991-1997 as Director of Athletics at Liberty (Va.) University, and was instrumental in a successful and well run department in Lynchburg as well. He also served Liberty as Associate Director of Athletics (1988-1990), Assistant Director of Athletics (1984-1988), Sports Information Director (1986-1988) and Assistant Director of Sports Information (1982-1984). After graduating from Gardner-Webb in 1979 with a bachelor’s degree in Social Science, Burch, 52, earned his master’s degree from Eastern Kentucky University in 1982. His wife, Franki, holds a Ph.D. in Health Education from the University of Virginia, and is a member of the faculty at Gardner-Webb. The couple has three children, Travis, a recent graduate of Furman University, Danielle, a sophomore soccer player at Brevard (N.C.) College and Amy (15).

Senior Woman Administrator Pam Scruggs is in her 30th year of service with Gardner-Webb University athletics, and remains one of the most vital components of the program’s success. Scruggs has served as Associate Athletics Director and SWA since 2000. Scurggs provides the athletics department with consistent and dependable performance in a number of crucial administrative areas. Her primary responsibilities include monitoring the athletics department budgets, monitoring the operation of the department’s women’s varsity programs, overseeing game-day operations and assisting in the administration of the University’s entire athletics program. Scruggs plays an invaluable role in the success of Bulldog athletics. Pam and her husband, John, have one daughter, Bonnie.

Chuck BurchChuck Burch

Vice Presidentfor Athletics

Pam ScruggsPam Scruggs

Associate A.D.& Senior Women’sAdministrator

PRESIDENT DR. A. FRANK BONNER

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GWU ATHLETIC TRAININGGWU ATHLETIC TRAINING

BULLDOG STRENGTH STAFF DIRECTORY

Tracy Sibley Director of Strength & Conditioning [email protected] Dave Miller Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach [email protected] Eric Wood Strength & Conditioning Graduate Assistant [email protected] Amanda Kuperavage Strength & Conditioning Graduate Assistant [email protected]

GWU STRENGTH & CONDITIONINGGWU STRENGTH & CONDITIONING

ATHLETIC TRAINING STAFF DIRECTORYKevin Jones, MA, ATC Director of Athletic Training [email protected]

Jon T. Mitchell, MA, ATC Service Program Director [email protected] Heather Hartsell, MA, ATC Educational Program Director [email protected] Kat Ayotte, MA, ATC Assistant Athletic Trainer [email protected] Stephenie Stark, MS, ATC Assistant Athletic Trainer [email protected] Bill Harvard, MA, ATC, CSCS Assistant Athletic Trainer [email protected] Mathea Hungerford, MS, ATC Assistant Athletic Trainer [email protected] Patti Denny, MA, ATC Assistant Athletic Trainer [email protected] Josh Martin Graduate Assistant [email protected] Heather Byrd Graduate Assistant [email protected] Brianna Shevlin Graduate Assistant [email protected]

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GWU CAMPUS FACILITIESGWU CAMPUS FACILITIES Gardner-Webb University’s campus has experienced tremendous growth and improvements to facilities, both academic and athletic, over the past 10 years. The school provides students with an excellent environment for learning and enjoying the college experience to its fullest. One of the newest facilities on campus, the Suttle Wellness Center is one of the most modern facilities of its kind on any campus in America. Whether you’re there to play billiards, ping-pong or air hockey, you can relax with friends in its cozy atmosphere. A spacious area with countless fi tness machines and free weights is located in the heart of the building, providing a top-notch facility for aerobic and anaerobic training for the entire student body. The Complex is also home to the legendary Bost Gymnasium, where countless intramural contests are held. University Commons, a set of apartment-style dormitories just adjacent to the beautiful Lake Hollifi eld Complex, is the newest and most impressive living facility on campus. A cutting-edge concept in on-campus housing, University Commons combines all the amenities of comfortable living – full kitchens, spacious living quarters, washer/dryers, and private bedrooms and baths. Internet connections and instant access to the GWU technology center make living conditions both modern and functional. Six separate buildings comprise University Commons, which has quickly become a popular choice among resident students. The postcard site of the University, the Lake Hollifi eld Complex, features the most modern bell tower in America on its six-acre facility. Walking trails, a picturesque lake, gazebo and swings are popular features for GWU students, faculty and staff, as well as residents from the surrounding communities. A newer feature of campus, the Broyhill Adventure Course has an impressive ropes course and climbing wall used by church and student groups, businesses and organizations to teach leadership and team-building skills. Located just beyond Lake Hollifi eld, the Broyhill Adventure Course is nestled in a wooded area that provides the perfect outdoor setting for physical exercise and activity. The Broyhill Course is one of the many campus features that make Gardner-Webb a nationally recognized character-building institution, an award designated by the Templeton Foundation of Washington, D.C. New technological features on our campus enhance the learning experience for a higher quality student. For example, Gardner-Webb’s Dover Library provides students with all the research and reference tools necessary for undergraduate and graduate educational pursuits. A helpful staff, computer databases, stacks of research materials and NC Live – a special computer system linking library resources from around the world – are all featured. One of the newest buildings on campus is also the oldest. Hamrick Hall, the only building remaining from the original GWU campus, was dormant for several years before being completely refurbished with ultra-modern amenities. It now houses the School of Business, with state-of-the-art computer labs, offi ces for business faculty and a 310-seat multimedia auditorium. Newly renovated Ernest W. Spangler Stadium, once voted one of the best venues to watch collegiate football in North Carolina, now seats over 7,500 and provides fans with a cozy atmosphere for enjoying a college football Saturday. The brand new football center, opened in September, 2004, houses state-of-the-art offi ces, locker rooms and a 5,600-square foot weight room which is open to all Gardner-Webb student-athletes. Gardner-Webb’s golf facility is located just off campus. The golf offices can be found there, along with a lighted, full-distance driving range. While GWU can use the driving range for flexible practice times, the Bulldogs also practice at beautiful River Bend Golf Club located just over four miles from campus. River Bend is a full 18-hole course that was founded in 1965. The 6,770-yard course can be a challenge for even the most experienced golfer and is nestled neatly in a scenic North Carolina foothills setting.

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2010 SEASON PREVIEW2010 SEASON PREVIEW The 2010 season appears to be one of both excitement and high expectations, as Coach Cole’s squad returns all but two players from last year’s team that went 19-27 overall and 6-12 in its fi rst season as Big South Conference members. Heading into this season, the excitement rests on high expectations as the 2010 squad is perhaps the best mix of both experience and youth, veterans and newcomers, and offense and pitching Coach Cole has had since coming to Gardner-Webb nine years ago. “We have the best of both worlds, we are blessed with a veteran team, yet we are still a young team with 12 underclassmen,” commented Coach Cole. “While we have more seniors this season, our sophomores played a lot of innings last year and saw a lot of time for us as true freshmen. All have improved tremendously since last year and we are optimistic that the experience gained from last season will help us tremendously this season.”

PITCHING With no pitchers leaving the staff from last season and the addition of two newcomers, the GWU coaching staff is extremely optimistic about its pitching staff in 2010. “From top to bottom our pitchers are very diverse, which in turn provides us with a variety of weapons this year,” continued Coach Cole. “We have tremendous depth in the circle this season and strongly believe that this is one of the most talented pitching staffs we have ever had here at GWU.” Headlining the pitching staff is senior Christine Murray. Murray, who was named to the Big South Conference All-Tournament Team last season, made 28 starts for GWU a year ago. The right-hander from Ontario, Canada picked up a team-high 11 wins on the season, posting a 3.13 ERA on the year and fanning 193 batters, the most in the Big South Conference, along the way. “Christine was our number one last year and is our number one this year,” commented Cole. “We are expecting big things from her in her senior season.” Junior Cindy Boomhower is coming off a season in which she appeared in, and started, only six games before suffering a season-ending injury. Boomhower, whose absence in the circle last season clearly affected the Lady Bulldogs, threw only 38.0 innings, yet picked up 32 strikeouts and issued only seven walks along the way. The right-hander held opponents to a team low .224 batting average on the year while recording four wins, two of which were shutouts, and fi ve complete games. “Cindy is pitching well and had a very good fall,” stated Coach Cole. “With her being healthy we not only expect big things out of her, but we also anticipate a breakout year for her this season.” Senior left-hander Alison Coffey saw limited action last season posting a 2-3 record in 11 appearances. Coffey will again be asked to not only provide depth this season, but will also compete right away for a starting spot come the season opener. “Alison had a very strong fall season and we are optimistic that she will have a strong senior year,” said Cole “We believe Alison will pitch like she did her freshman year when she had 10 wins and threw over 120 innings for us.” The deep pitching staff also includes sophomore Kara Buchanan, who was thrust into action last season as a true freshman, and newcomers Presley Wesson

and Jessica Milligan. Buchanan appeared in 11 games last season and threw 20 innings, including, two innings in the Big South Conference Tournament. “Kara pitched well for us last year and fi lled a role for us throughout the season,” stated Cole. “As a sophomore we expect her to contribute even more this season.” “Jessica and Presley both had very solid fall seasons,” commented Cole. “We feel really good about having both of them out there for us this spring. They have tremendous potential and should provide us with quality innings even as true freshmen.”

CATCHER For the fourth straight season, it will be senior Mandy Ward suiting up behind the plate for the Lady Bulldogs. Ward played in 32 games last season, and was named to the Big South Second-Team All-Conference Team. Offensively, Ward was second on the team with seven doubles, and was tied for third on the team with two home runs. Defensively, the four-year starter was stellar behind the plate as she posted a fi elding percentage of .989, allowing only one passed ball all season long. “We expect a great year from Mandy in her senior season,” said Cole. “Mandy has worked well with all our pitchers and we expect her big bat to help us offensively in a tremendous way this year.” Sophomore McKenzie Morenus will also see time behind the plate for Coach Cole, providing some relief to Ward throughout the long season. Last year as a true freshman, Morenus started 41 games for the Lady Bulldogs, splitting time at third base, catcher, designated player and shortstop. Morenus was second on the team with 24 RBI’s, tallying 28 hits on the season, including four doubles and two home runs. Defensively, she led the Lady Bulldogs with three pick offs from the catcher position and also threw out 10 potential base stealers on the year. “Like all of our sophomores, McKenzie has improved tremendously from last season,” commented Coach Cole. “She has a strong arm, a big bat, and a great attitude. Plus, she runs the bases very well, and she does a good job of handling our pitchers.” Freshman Brittney Morrow could also see some time at the catcher position this season, while also providing depth at third base. “Brittney has nice hands behind the plate and hit the ball well this fall,” commented Coach Cole. “Her ability provides us depth not only at the catcher position, but also in the infi eld, particularly third base.”

INFIELD With the loss of only one infi elder from last year’s team in senior second baseman Angie Walls, the core of the Lady Bulldogs infi eld returns with the addition of a number of highly touted freshmen. A staple at fi rst base last season, senior Christa Fullwood will start there this season for Coach Cole’s squad. Fullwood, who started all 46 games for the Bulldogs last season, was named to the Big South First-Team All-Conference Team and also earned a spot on the Big South Conference All-Tournament Team. The lefty, who was named to the NCCSIA All-State University Team, was seventh in the nation with a .460 batting average for the year. She was ranked 23rd in the nation with a .519 on-base percentage and 48th overall with a 0.719 slugging percentage. Last year, as a junior she posted a GWU single-season record with a .460 batting average and led the team in batting average (.460), hits (64), doubles (12), home runs (6), RBI’s (36), total bases (100), slugging percentage (.719), walks (15), on-base percentage (.519) and putouts (257). “Christa had an exceptional year last season and we expect the same thing from her this season,” commented Coach Cole. “With some help behind her in the middle of the lineup, we hope teams will be forced to pitch more to her this year.” Behind Fullwood at fi rst will be Morenus who will be splitting time at fi rst base, catcher and designated player this season. Next to Fullwood at second base will be a new face in freshman Morgan Baker. Despite being a true freshman, Baker is slated to start the season as the Lady Bulldogs starting second baseman, fi lling the void left by graduating senior Angie Walls. “Morgan is an exceptional all-around player with great hands and a great bat,” stated Coach Cole. “Morgan is sound offensively, defensively and on the base paths and we expect her to make an immediate impact right away for us this season. With her bat, Morgan changes the entire dynamic of our line up offensively.” Joining Baker up the middle at shortstop will be senior Melody Harrell. Harrell, who is a four-year starter for the Lady Bulldogs, has spent the last

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2010 SEASON PREVIEW2010 SEASON PREVIEWtwo years as the Lady Bulldogs shortstop. Harrell, who started and played in 45 games last year for Coach Cole, was named to the Big South Second-Team All-Conference Team. Harrell, led the team with 32 runs scored and seven stolen bases and was tops on the team with 148 at bats. The speedy leadoff hitter tied for fi rst on the team with three triples and was second on the team with four home runs, 50 total hits and 74 total bases. She was also second on the team with a .338 average, a .500 slugging percentage and a .361 on-base percentage for the season. “Melody has a very strong arm and has improved her game each year,” commented Coach Cole. “With her once again at the top of our lineup, we expect her to have a stellar senior season.” Freshman Jordyn Arrowood will start immediately at third base, as the newcomer made an immediate impact both offensively and defensively during the fall season. “Jordyn has a cannon for an arm and very good hands at third base,” remarked Coach Cole. “She is a left-handed slapper that has excellent speed, good foot work, and can cause problems at the plate and on the base paths for the opposing teams.” With fi rst base nailed down between Fullwood and Morenus, depth at the other infi eld spots fall on Baker, who will back up Harrell at shortstop, Arrowood, who could also see some time at second base, and redshirt-junior Ashley Whitlock. Whitlock, who came on late last season both offensively and defensively, played in 33 games, starting 31 of them in the GWU infi eld. Whitlock recorded 19 hits and six RBI’s on the year and posted a .946 fi elding percentage at third base. “Ashley will provide depth for us at both second and third, but predominantly at third” commented Cole. “She hit very well in the fall and we expect her to continue to contribute to our success.”

OUTFIELD While the outfi eld will be young this season with a junior and fi ve sophomores, the Lady Bulldogs are not lacking experience as all six outfi elders have playing experience. However, with the amount of depth and the talent that each Lady Bulldog brings to the table, all six student-athletes will be battling for playing time all season long. “We have a lot of depth in the outfi eld positions this season,” commented Coach Cole. “All of them will be competing for playing time and we expect all of them to be contributors this year.” Junior Kelsey Witter is perhaps the top returner for the Lady Bulldogs in the outfi eld, as she fi nished the season strong last year and had a superb Big South Conference Tournament. Last year as a sophomore, Witter played in 41 games, starting 40 of them as she saw action at catcher, third base, second base and in the outfi eld. Witter, who was named to the Big South First-Team All-Conference as a utility player, was third on the team with a .297 batting average, third on the team with 20 runs scored, 35 hits and 49 total bases and tied for third on the team with two home runs, six doubles and one triple. “Kelsey had an outstanding sophomore season last year,” stated Cole. “She is a leader both on and off the fi eld and nobody works harder than Kelsey. With her playing full time in the outfi eld this season, we expect her to continue to improve from last season.” Sophomore Melinda Dulkowski returns after starting last season in centerfi eld as a true freshman. Dulkowski, who improved as the season went along, played in 43 games, starting 40 for Coach Cole’s squad. Dulkowski tied for fi fth on the team with fi ve doubles and was perfect in the stolen base department on the year. “Melinda improved as the year went along last season and like all of our sophomores, she has improved tremendously from last year,” commented Cole. “Melinda has speed that helps us both offensively and defensively and has a great glove in the outfi eld for us.” Fellow sophomores Kelly Montgomery, Lindsea Hutchinson and Jane Savage all return with a year’s worth of experience under their belts, while newcomer Michelle Primm adds even more depth to the outfi eld, having transferred to GWU from Belmont Abbey. Montgomery played in 27 games, starting 20 as a true freshman and was tied for third on the team with two home runs, while Hutchinson will move to the outfi eld full time after seeing time in 22 games last season in the outfi eld, at designated player, at fi rst base and in the circle for the Bulldogs. “Kelly improved tremendously from last season when she was a freshman and will be competing for a starting spot in the outfi eld,” remarked Coach Cole. She gets good jumps on the ball, she’s exceptional at diving for balls, and she has a big stick.

“Lindsea Hutchinson has a very strong arm, a good glove, and a big bat. With her concentrating on playing just in the outfi eld this season, we expect her to help us both offensively and defensively and to compete for a starting spot from the start of the season.” Savage, who played in 36 games, recorded 10 hits, including two doubles and a triple, and scored 14 runs on the season. Savage, who tied for second on the team with two stolen bases, was solid in the outfi eld, posting a 1.000 fi elding percentage for the season, while Primm brings a very good stick to the line up for Coach Cole’s squad. “Like all the sophomores, Jane has improved tremendously from last year,” commented Cole. “She can hit for percentage, she has very good speed, and she’s doing a much better job defensively. She’s reading the ball better, taking better angles and getting in better positions to make plays.” “Michelle has a big bat and a strong arm,” continued Cole. “She had a strong fall season and will compete for playing time in the outfi eld as well as at the designated player spot. Michelle works hard, is very coachable, and is improving every day.“

SCHEDULE The Gardner-Webb University softball team will have a challenging slate in 2010, as head coach Tom Cole has stacked the schedule full of big time tournaments, in-state rivals and of course the always tough Big South Conference slate. The Lady Bulldogs will jump start its season with a month full of road contests which includes games in the Seminole Classic, hosted by Florida State; the Seahawk Classic, hosted by UNC Wilmington; the War Eagle Classic, hosted by Auburn University; and at the Winthrop/Adidas Invitational, hosted by the Winthrop Lady Eagles. After a month of tournament play, the Lady Bulldogs will host it’s fi rst home contests on back-to-back days, playing a double-header against Charlotte on March 16 and then a double-header against North Carolina A&T on March 17. The following week the Lady Bulldogs will take on Appalachian State in Boone, N.C. on March 25, before starting conference play at home versus Presbyterian College on March 27. After stepping out of conference play against USC Upstate at home on March 30 and at Furman on March 31, GWU jumps directly into conference play, hosting Coastal Carolina, Charleston Southern and Winthrop at Varsity Field. Coach Cole’s squad will wrap up its regular season with a home double-header against Winston-Salem State on April 28 and a road double-header at East Tennessee State in Johnson City, Tenn. on May 1, before competing in the 2010 Big South Conference Championship Tournament on May 13-15 in Conway, S.C. “We’re excited about the schedule we are playing, but it’s pretty much a typical GWU schedule,” stated Cole. “Year in and year out we step out of conference and play big time programs. This is how we’ve been able to get our most notable victories against NCAA Tournament teams UNC and Notre Dame. But, the reality is, our biggest games are always against our Big South opponents; and this year is no different.”

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HEAD COACH TOM COLEHEAD COACH TOM COLE

The winningest coach in Gardner-Webb softball history, head coach Tom Cole enters his 10th season at the helm for the Bulldogs. Cole came to Gardner-Webb in 2001 and produced immediate results, supervising GWU’s transition to NCAA Division I status and directing the Bulldogs to a school-record 36 wins in just his second year in Boiling Springs. For the Gardner-Webb softball team, 2009 was a season of fi rsts - the Bulldogs fi rst year competing as members of the Big South and the fi rst ever appearance for Gardner-Webb in the Big South Softball Championship tournament. Despite a very young team, as the roster consisted of seven freshmen and only two seniors, Coach Cole did not allow the youth to perturb the Bulldogs, as GWU picked up 19 wins on the season. With a 6-12 conference regular season record, the Bulldogs entered its fi rst ever Big South Softball Championship tournament in 2009 as the No. 5 seed, but turned some heads in the three-day event. Gardner- Webb went 2-2 in the tournament, defeating No. 4 Charleston Southern in the opening round and then eliminating No. 6 Coastal Carolina in the fi rst elimination game of the championships. While at the tournament the Bulldogs made history, as in the 12-8 win over No. 6 Coastal Carolina, the two teams combined for 20 runs, the third most in Big South Softball Championship history. The Bulldogs had four players receive postseason honors, as junior fi rst-baseman Christa Fullwood and sophomore utility player Kelsey Witter both earned spots on the All-Conference First-Team, while junior shortstop Melody Harrell and junior catcher Mandy Ward both were named to the Second-Team All- Conference. The four all-conference selections were the most ever for a GWU team in one year since the Bulldogs moved to the NCAA Division level in 2000-01. Fullwood along with Christine Murray were both named to the 2009 Big South Softball Championship All-Tournament Team as well. In 2009, Gardner-Webb’s Christa Fullwood also made waves nationally, as at the conclusion of the season, the junior was ranked seventh in the nation in batting average with her average of .460 on the year. Fullwood was also ranked 23rd in the country in on-base percentage at .519 and 48th nationally in slugging percentage at .719. Fullwood also was named to the All-Conference Academic Team and also earned a spot on the North Carolina All-State University First-Team by the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association. The 2008 Gardner-Webb team was able to reach the A-Sun Tournament for the third consecutive season by earning the No. 6 seed. Cole and his squad went into the tournament and shocked No. 1 seed Lipscomb by a 3-2 score. The team competed just as hard in the classroom, fi nishing with the No. 2 grade point average in the country among all NCAA Division I softball programs while 10 GWU players were named All-American Scholars. In 2007, Cole guided the program to a 10-7-1 record in the A-Sun and a 35-26-1 overall mark, recording its fi rst-ever postseason win in Division I. The Bulldogs, with solid all-around team play, earned the No. 2 seed in the league and advanced to the conference championship for the fi rst time in the program’s history. The team broke nearly every major offensive statistical category en route to a second-place fi nish in the league during regular-season play. The 23.5 game improvement from the 2006 campaign marked the eighth-best turnaround in Division I history.

Melody Harrell fi nished the season ninth in the NCAA with 1.09 RBIs per game after amassing 51 in just 47 games. Abbie Looper, after blasting one fi nal triple in her career in the second round of the A-Sun Tournament, ended her season 14th nationally in triples per game (0.10). Off the fi eld, Joanna Ward earned fi rst-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III honors. Harrell garnered A-Sun All-Freshman team accolades. After the 2007 season, Cole took over the reigns of the Michigan Ice professional softball team for the fi nal three series of the season. While with the Ice, he was able to coach his former student-athlete and assistant coach, Lani Shaffer, who was playing her second season with the team. With only one senior on the squad and 11 underclassmen, Cole led his young 2006 team to a 12-38 record, fi nishing 7-13 in the Atlantic Sun despite having to deal with multiple injuries to the pitching staff. The seven wins were good enough for a spot in the conference tournament. Jessi Williams, who led the team in seven offensive categories, was named second-team all-conference and second-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III. In 2005, Cole saw his Lady Bulldogs post a 19-33-1 mark while suffering through a plague of assorted injuries, which hampered the squad all season. Not all was lost however as Rachael Riopel was named Second Team All-Atlantic Sun and was tabbed by CoSIDA as an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American Third Team. Riopel was also selected to the North Carolina All-State Team by the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association. Cole guided Gardner-Webb to the nation’s 14th-best turnaround in 2004, as it posted a 30-32-1 record to improve 10.5 games from the previous season. The Bulldogs also went 11-9 in the Atlantic Sun Conference, good enough for a sixth-place fi nish and the program’s fi rst-ever appearance in the A-Sun Championship. After leading the Bulldogs to a spot in the A-Sun Championship and just the third 30-win season in school history, Cole was voted as the A-Sun Coach of the Year by his league peers. Now with nine seasons under his belt in Boiling Springs, Cole owns a 205-281-3 record at Gardner-Webb, making him the only coach in school history with 200 career victories to his credit. Off the fi eld, Cole’s teams have been extremely successful. Three times the program has been rated in the top-20 academically by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association. Following the tremendous 2007 campaign, Cole’s team had 10 student-athletes garner NFCA All-American Scholar Athlete awards. The team fi nished fourth nationally with a 3.493 GPA. In 2006, he had nine earn NFCA All-American Scholar Athlete status while the team placed seventh with a 3.43 GPA. After the 2005 season, fi ve were named to the NFCA All-American Scholar Athlete roster. In 2003, the team was 20th in the NFCA with a 3.24 GPA. Eight of his student-athletes were named NFCA All-American Scholar Athlete. All nine of Cole’s teams have recorded a GPA of at least 3.07 since his arrival at GWU. In 16 years as a collegiate head coach, Cole has put together a 331-449-3 career record. He picked up his 300th career victory with a 6-0 win over Presbyterian on March 18, 2008. Prior to coming to GWU, Cole was the head coach at NCAA Division III Elmhurst (Ill.) College. There, the Jamison, Pa., native inherited a program that had to forfeit the last two games of its previous season due to a lack of players. Cole wasted little time in turning around the struggling program and during his fi ve seasons there, became the winningest coach in the history of the program. In 1997, Cole was named the CCIW Coach of the Year and the NFCA Division III Midwest Regional Co-Coach of the Year. Before his tenure as Elmhurst, Cole spent two years as an assistant at Kutztown (Pa.) University with the softball and women’s basketball teams. From 1988-92 he was the head softball coach, head women’s basketball coach and a physical education instructor at Broward Community College in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Cole also served a fi ve-year stint as athletics director and head coach for softball, girl’s basketball, and volleyball at Orlando Christian (Fla.) High School. Cole earned a bachelor’s degree in recreation and parks administration from North Carolina State University in 1977. Cole then went on to get his master’s degree from Florida International University in 1989.

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ASSISTANT COACHESASSISTANT COACHES

Former Gardner-Webb standout Stacie Reichert returned to Boiling Springs as an assistant coach on Tom Cole’s staff in August 2007 and is now in her third year with the team. In her second season with the Bulldogs in 2009, Reichert had a tough task of mending together a pitching staff that was devastated by injuries and untimely illnesses all season long. Despite the obstacles, she helped junior hurler Christine Murray to 11 wins and a place on the 2009 Big South Championship All-Tournament Team. In the regular season conference games only, Murray was fi rst in innings pitched (90.0), strikeouts (98), and games started with 13. On the overall season, Murray was fi rst in the conference in strikeouts (193), third in the conference in opposing batting avg. (.250), third in innings pitched (181.1). Murray was twice named the New Balance Pitcher of the Week, coming on April 6 and April 23 and recorded a streak of 23 consecutive innings without issuing a walk. During her fi rst season as an assistant coach, she helped the Bulldogs to the fourth-best ERA in the school’s Division I history. Reichert also helped rookie Cindy Boomhower record the fewest walks per seven innings in GWU’s history, allowing just 0.91 walks per seven innings pitched. Reichert also directed the squad’s Christine Murray to fi rst place in the record book for strikeouts per seven innings as she struck out 7.46 batters every seven innings pitched. Reichert, who topped multiple single-season and career categories for the Bulldogs during her playing days, returned to Gardner-Webb after coaching at Frostburg State from 2005-2007. Reichert etched her name in multiple categories throughout her career. Upon graduating, she was the single-season leader in wins, complete games, innings pitched, strikeouts, ERA and shutouts. She topped the school’s record book for career wins, saves, complete games, innings pitched, strikeouts, strikeouts per seven innings, ERA and shutouts. During her freshman season, she recorded a team-best 69 strikeouts while tallying a 2.36 ERA. Reichert led the team in wins her sophomore campaign while amassing a mere 2.12 ERA in 28 appearances. She earned second-team all-conference honors her junior year and was named to the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association all-state team. Reichert posted 18 wins and led the A-Sun with a school-record 213 strikeouts. She also tossed a career-best 1.71 ERA. Reichert fi nished her career in 2005 by posting 166 strikeouts in 183 innings with a 2.33 ERA. Reichert received her master’s from Frostburg State in May 2007 in human performance. She currently resides in Shelby, N.C.

Diana Cook, a former standout softball player for Appalachian State University, enters her second season as a graduate assistant coach on head coach Tom Cole’s staff. Cook assists in everyday happenings of the GWU softball program including on the fi eld coaching, recruiting, travel and fi eld upkeep. Cook also assists head coach Tom Cole with the Bulldog hitting and offense. Cook comes to Gardner-Webb after a stellar playing career at Appalachian State. While with the Mountaineers, Cook virtually re-wrote the school’s record book. For a single season, she ranks fi rst in walks, games played and games started while also being etched in the record book as second for runs batted in, third in doubles and in homeruns. On the defensive side, Cook is fi rst in fi elding attempts, putouts and double plays. For her career, she is fi rst in fi elding attempts, putouts, double plays turned and walks. Cook is second in at bats, runs scored, games played, games started and in homeruns. She also fi nished her career by notching third-place overall for career RBI’s and total bases. Cook also brings a wealth of coaching knowledge to an already strong staff. Cook was a camp counselor from the fall of 2003 through the spring of 2006 at Appalachian State youth softball clinics, instructing beginners to advanced students in softball skills and strategies. For three summers, she was a volunteer assistant coach for the Cabarrus County Challengers ASA softball team. Cook graduated with a bachelor of science degree in physical education K-12 in December 2007 and is working toward her master’s degree in sport science and pedagogy.

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2010 GWU SOFTBALL TEAM2010 GWU SOFTBALL TEAM

JUNIORSJUNIORSKelsey Witter

&Cindy Boomhower

SOPHOMORESSOPHOMORESMelinda DulkowskiLindsea HutchinsonMcKenzie MorenusKelly MontgomeryKara BuchananMichelle PrimmJane Savage

FRESHMENFRESHMENJordyn Arrowood

Morgan BakerJessica MilliganBrittney MorrowPresley Wesson

SENIORSSENIORSAshley Whitlock

Christine MurrayChrista Fullwood

Mandy WardAlison Coffey

Melody Harrell

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2010 GARDNER-WEBB ROSTER2010 GARDNER-WEBB ROSTER

No. Name Year Pos. B/T Ht. Hometown/Previous School1 Melody Harrell Sr. SS R/R 5-3 Wilmington, N.C./Ashley H.S.2 Melinda Dulkowski So. OF S/R 5-2 Port St. Lucie, Fla./St. Lucie West Centennial H.S.3 Kara Buchanan So. P L/R 5-7 Danville, Va./Homeschool4 Ashley Whitlock r-Jr. 3B/2B R/R 5-2 Mocksville, N.C./Davie County H.S.5 Cindy Boomhower Jr. P R/R 6-1 Walhalla, S.C./Walhalla H.S.6 Jane Savage So. OF R/R 5-0 Marietta, Ga./Marietta H.S.7 Kelly Montgomery So. OF R/R 5-9 Danville, Va./Chatham H.S.8 Michelle Primm So. OF R/R 5-6 Gastonia, N.C./Belmont Abbey9 Brittney Morrow Fr. 3B/C R/R 5-6 Lincolnton, N.C./Lincolnton H.S.12 Lindsea Hutchinson So. OF R/R 5-6 Surrey, B.C., Canada/Fleetwood Park Secondary13 Jordyn Arrowood Fr. 3B/2B L/R 5-4 Matthews, N.C./Hickory Grove Christian14 Christine Murray Sr. P R/R 5-5 Brampton, Ontario, Canada/Heart Lake H.S.15 Alison Coffey Sr. P L/L 5-9 Delta, B.C., Canada/Delta H.S.16 Jessica Milligan Fr. P R/R 5-7 Laurinburg, N.C./Scotland H.S.17 McKenzie Morenus So. C/3B R/R 5-7 Midland, N.C./Butler H.S.18 Kelsey Witter Jr. OF S/R 5-5 Portland, Ore./Reynolds H.S.20 Christa Fullwood Sr. 1B L/L 6-0 Wilmington, N.C./Mars Hill21 Mandy Ward Sr. C R/R 5-10 Charlotte, N.C./Butler H.S.22 Presley Wesson Fr. P R/R 5-7 Gulfport, Miss./Gulfport H.S.30 Morgan Baker Fr. 2B/UT R/R 5-10 Louisville, Ky./Eastern H.S.

Head Coach: Tom ColeAssistant Coach: Stacie ReichertGrad. Assistant Coach: Diana Cook

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#1 MELODY HARRELL#1 MELODY HARRELL2009: Started and played in 45 games … Was named the Big South Second-Team All-Conference Team … Led the team with 32 runs scored and seven stolen bases … Was tops on the team with 148 at bats … Tied for fi rst on the team with three triples … Was second on the team with four homeruns, 50 total hits and 74 total bases … Was also second on the team with a .338 average, a .500 slugging percentage and a .361 on-base percentage … Was third on the team with 23 RBI’s and six doubles … Posted 16 multi-hit games on the season, the second most of any Bulldog … Was second on the team with eight multi-RBI games … Tallied a season-high seven game hitting streak … Went three-for-four with a double, two RBI’s and two runs scored against Austin Peay at the Samford Bulldog Bash … Was two-for-fi ve with two RBI and a stolen base against Howard … Went three-for-fi ve with a homerun, two RBI’s and two runs scored in the win over Lehigh … In four games at the Maryland Round Robin, she was 7-for-14 with a homerun, a double, two RBI’s and three runs scored … Went two-for-three with a triple, two RBI’s and a run scored in the blowout of Winston-Salem State … Was two-for-fi ve with two homeruns, three RBI’s and two runs scored in two regular season games against Radford … Went three-for-four with a triple and a run scored in game two versus Winthrop … Had a stellar Big South Tournament in which she was 7-for-16 with two doubles, four RBI’s and a stolen base over four games.2008: Started all 57 games ... Led the team with a .309 average ... Posted a team-best 59 hits ... Tied for the team lead with 16 steals ... Tied for second on the team with eight doubles ... Went one-for-two with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored in the season-opening game against Furman ... Legged out a triple, driving in one, while scoring one in the win over Marshall ... Was two-for-three with a run scored in the win over McNeese State ... Had a leadoff homerun and a triple in the 3-2 win over Notre Dame ... Went three-for-three with an RBI against UNF ... Was two-for-three against South Carolina ... Went two-for-four against South Carolina in game two ... Was two-for-three with an RBI, a run scored and two stolen bases against ETSU ... Went two-for-four in the win over Mercer ... Blasted a two-run homerun in the win over USC Upstate ... Reached safely all four times at bat against Jacksonville, scoring twice ... Went three-for-four with a solo homerun and two runs scored in the win over Coastal Carolina ... Also had two stolen bases in the game ... Went two-for-four with two runs scored against the Eagles in game two ... Was four-for-six in the doubleheader sweep of Appalachian State, driving in three runs and scoring once ... Also stole three bases for the day ... Combined to go four-for-eight with two RBI and two runs scored in the sweep of Belmont ... Was four-for-fi ve with two RBI while scoring the game-winning run in the victory over Campbell ... Recorded the game-winning run on a solo homerun in the upset of top-seeded Lipscomb in the A-Sun Tournament ... Named to the A-Sun All-Academic Team. 2007: Finished ninth nationally in RBIs per game ... Named to the A-Sun All-Freshman Team and A-Sun All-Tournament Team ... Missed the fi rst 15 games due to injury, but still played in 42 con-tests, starting 40 ... Third on the team with a .324 average ... Pounded out 10 doubles, four triples and seven homeruns en route to 51 RBIs ... Recorded a two-run homerun in the win over Towson ... Had a walk-off three-run homerun against Valpo ... Belted a homer and two triples en route to a sea-son-best seven RBIs against WSSU ... Earned A-Sun Player of the Week for her efforts ... Launched a three-run homer against No. 23 UNC ... Went 3-3 with three doubles and three RBIs against ETSU ... Was 4-4 with six RBIs in the 8-0 win over Campbell at the A-Sun Championship ... Had two RBIs in the second-round win over ETSU ... Named to the Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team. High School: Earned all-state honors her junior year ... Garnered Academic All-America honors ... All-state honorable mention her senior season ... Four-year letterwinner at Ashley H.S. ... Broke 11 school records ... Batted .594 her junior season while recording a .613 on base percentage ... Totaled 74 hits, including 14 homeruns and eight triples on the season ... Set the state record for homeruns during her junior year ... Three-time NFCA all-scholar athlete ... National Honor Society member ... Was a Presidential scholar and won the N.C. scholar award.Personal: Melody Anne Harrell was born January 31, 1988 in Wilmington, N.C. ... Daughter of Leon and Teresa Harrell ... Majoring in business administration.

5-3 * R/RSenior * SS

Wilmington, N.C.Ashley H.S.

Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%2007 .324 47-45 148 24 48 10 4 7 51 87 .588 3 1 22 1 .331 5 0 7-9 90 61 3 .9812008 .309 57-57 191 29 59 8 2 4 18 83 .435 7 1 26 0 .335 1 3 16-19 94 98 28 .8732009 .338 45-45 148 32 50 6 3 4 23 74 .500 5 1 21 0 .361 1 0 7-9 71 74 17 .895Total .322 149-147 487 85 157 24 9 15 92 244 .501 15 3 69 1 .342 7 3 30-37 255 233 48 .911

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#14 CHRISTINE MURRAY#14 CHRISTINE MURRAY2009: Played in 30 games, starting 28 of them … Was named to the Big South Conference All-Tournament Team … Was twice named Big South Pitcher of the Week during the season … Picked up a team-high 11 wins on the season … Posted a 3.13 ERA on the year … Fanned 193 bat-ters, the most in the Big South Conference … Hurled a team-high 181.1 innings on the season, picking up three shutouts on the season … Held opponents to a batting average of .243 against her on the season … Had a span of 23 consecutive innings without a walk … Recorded nine strike-outs or more on nine different occasions … Picked up her fi rst win of the season in the season opener against Austin Peay, when she went 7.0 innings striking out 12 along the way … Threw back-to-back shutouts against Winston-Salem State and North Carolina A&T … Had 11 strikeouts over 7.0 innings in the win over Appa-lachian State … Picked up 10 strikeouts in the complete game shutout win over Presbyterian … Recorded 12 strikeouts over 7.0 innings in the 3-2 win over Coastal Carolina … Had nine strikeouts in the complete game win over Charleston

Southern … Picked up nine strikeouts in 6.1 innings of work in the Bulldogs win over Coastal Carolina in the Big South Conference Tournament … Pitched all 9.2 innings against Charleston Southern in the Bulldogs loss to the Lady Buccaneers in the Big South Conference tournament.2008: Recorded an 8-7 record on the season, tossing 102.1 innings ... Posted a school-record 7.46 strikeouts per seven innings ... Tossed a complete game while striking out four and picking up the 4-2 win over Marshall ... Went 4.1 innings against Evansville, striking out six while giving up just one run ... Picked up her second win of the season after pitching three innings of relief while striking out seven against McNeese State ... Came in and tossed 1.1 innings of relief work to earn the win over Presbyterian ... Struck out four and didn’t give up a hit in 2.2 innings of relief against USC Upstate ... Picked up the win, pitching 4.1 innings of relief against USC Upstate ... Went 4.1 innings and didn’t give up a run in the combined shutout victory over Jacksonville ... Picked up the win over Coastal Carolina, allowing just one hit in 3.1 innings of work ... Went seven innings without giving up a run, striking out nine while giving up just two hits against Stetson ... Struck out 13 while tossing a complete game shutout of Appala-chian State ... Gave up just four hits while pitching six frames to get the shutout victory over Belmont ... Struck out eight in 5.1 innings of work in the win over Campbell ... Named to the A-Sun All-Academic Team. 2007: Appeared in seven games, getting the starting nod once ... Tossed 13.2 innings of work on the season ... Recorded her fi rst career no-hitter, throwing six innings of near-perfect ball in the 8-0 win over Winston-Salem State ... Struck out 13 in the game ... Pitched two innings of shutout ball against North Carolina A&T ... Struck out four in 1.2 innings of work against WCU ... Went 2.1 innings in relief against Lipscomb, strik-ing out two ... Named to the Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team.High School: Attended Heart Lake Secondary school where she was on the honor roll and an Ontario Scholar student ... Played club ball with the Chinguacousy Cougars ... Pitched 201.7 innings during her junior season ... Went 23-10 with an ERA of 0.69 ... Struck out 348 batters while allowing just 20 earned runs ... Led the Cougars to the 2006 Ontario Provincial Championship ... Helped her team reach the fi nals of the 2006 Canadian National Championship ... Was a member of the 2005 Super World Series ‘A’ Championship team.Personal: Born January 25, 1988 in Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada ... Daughter of David and Donna Murray ... Majoring in biology.

5-5 * R/RSenior * P

Ontario, CanadaHeart Lake H.S.

Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/AVG WP HBP BK SFA SHA2007 6.15 1-1 7 1 1 1 0 13.2 13 13 12 19 27 1 0 4 74 .236 2 0 0 0 02008 3.35 8-7 26 16 3 1 1 102.1 97 59 49 57 109 19 1 12 471 .249 9 9 0 3 132009 3.13 11-17 30 28 21 3 0 181.1 165 95 81 72 193 22 2 20 782 .243 13 8 0 3 20Total 3.35 20-25 63 45 25 5 1 297.1 275 167 142 148 329 42 3 36 1357 .239 24 17 0 6 33

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#15 ALISON COFFEY#15 ALISON COFFEY2009: Played in 14 games, appearing in 11 games in the circle, starting fi ve of them … Tossed 31.2 innings on the season … Picked up 15 strikeouts on the season … Posted a 2-3 record on the year … Picked up her fi rst win on the season in the Bulldogs 10-1 win over Austin Peay at the Samford Bulldog Bash … Pitched a complete game, striking out six batters in the fi ve inning contest in the 10-1 win over the Lady Govs … Recorded her second win of the season in 4.1 innings of relief work against Appalachian State … Was a pinch runner in three contests for the Bulldogs.2008: Tossed 45 innings on the season ... Came in during the third inning and tossed fi ve innings of relief, picking up the win in the season-opener, allowing just one run while striking out three ... Pitched three innings against McNeese State, giving up just one run while strik-ing out one ... Struck out two and didn’t allow anyone to reach base in three innings of relief work against ETSU ... Tossed an inning of shutout ball in the win over USC Upstate ... Did not allow a run in an inning pitched against Kennesaw State ... Pitched a perfect inning of relief at Liberty ... Threw a shutout inning in the A-Sun Tournament ... Named to the A-Sun All-Academic Team. 2007: Appeared in 33 games while starting 21 ... Threw fi ve complete games while recording one shutout ... Fanned seven batters in four innings of work against Liberty ... Tossed fi ve innings of shutout ball for the win over Charleston Southern ... Picked up a complete-game win over Kennesaw State ... Came in relief, throwing 4.1 innings against UNF to pick up a win ... Recorded her fi rst complete-game shutout in the 4-0 win over ETSU ... Allowed just two earned runs in the 7-4 win over ETSU in the second round of the A-Sun Championship ... Earned the win against Stetson in the semifi nals, pitching three innings of shutout ball while striking out the last three batters of the game ... Named to the Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team.High School: Two-sport standout in soccer and volleyball at Delta H.S. ... Helped her Delta Heat club team to the 2003 Canadian National Championships in 2003 ... Also led them to the 2004 Bantam “A” Division silver medal in the Canadian National Championships ... Named MVP during nationals ... Led her team to the bronze medal in the Midget BC Provincial Championships and the Canadian National Championships during her senior year ... Has international experience, playing in the Rising Stars Fall Showcase Tournament and the Triple Crown Tour-nament ... Member of Delta’s honor society.Personal: Born August 2, 1988 in Vancouver, British Columbia ... Daughter of Geoff and Lorraine Coffey ... Majoring in biology.

5-9 * L/LSenior * P

British Columbia, Canada

Delta H.S.

Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/AVG WP HBP BK SFA SHA2007 3.40 10-9 33 21 5 1 0 129.2 182 105 62 43 70 15 2 9 621 .337 7 12 0 1 242008 4.51 1-3 19 2 0 0 0 45.0 67 51 29 12 17 12 2 7 234 .328 3 10 0 1 72009 11.05 2-3 11 5 1 0 0 31.2 71 55 50 14 15 12 2 6 184 .447 2 4 0 2 5Total 4.81 13-15 63 28 6 1 0 205.4 320 211 141 69 102 39 6 22 1039 .354 12 26 0 4 36

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#20 CHRISTA FULLWOOD#20 CHRISTA FULLWOOD2009: Was named to the Big South First-Team All-Confer-ence Team … Also earned a spot on the Big South Confer-ence All-Tournament Team … Was named to the NCCSIA All-State University Team … Was named the Choice Hotels Big South Player of the Week on February 24 … Was sev-enth in the nation with a .460 batting average … Was ranked 23rd in the nation with a .519 on-base percentage … Nation-ally ranked 48th overall with a 0.719 slugging percentage … Posted a GWU single-season record with a .460 batting average … Led the team in batting average (.460), hits (64), doubles (12), homeruns (6), RBI’s (36), total bases (100), slugging percentage (.719), walks (15), on-base percentage (.519) and putouts (257) … Was second on the team with 30 runs scored … Was tied for fi rst on the team with three doubles … Was named to the Samford Bulldog Bash All-Tournament Team … Ended the season on a team-high 14 game hitting streak … Had a team-high 18 multi-hit games, including two four hit games … Also had a team-high 11 multi-RBI games, including a fi ve RBI game … Posted a .989 fi elding percentage on the season … Was two-for-three in the season opener versus Austin Peay … Went two-for-fi ve with a triple and a run scored in the home opener versus Howard … Was an amazing 10-for-10 with a homerun, a triple, two doubles, seven RBI’s, six runs scored and two walks over three games against Lehigh … Went three-for-four with a homerun, two RBI’s and two runs scored in the loss to Dartmouth … Went three-for-seven with three RBI’s and two runs scored in the double-header sweep of Winston-Salem State … Went three-for four with a double in a loss

to Towson … Went two-for-three in the Big South Conference opener against Presbyterian … Went three-for-fi ve with a walk-off grand slam, two doubles, six RBI’s and three runs scored in the two-game sweep of Appalachian State … Was 5-for-11 with two doubles and thee runs scored in the three-game series with Radford … Went two-for-two with a homerun, two RBI’s a run scored and a walk in the Bulldogs fi rst win over Coastal Carolina … Went six-for-nine with a homerun, two doubles, two RBI’s and three runs scored in the three-game series at home against Liberty … Was 5-for-11 with two doubles and fi ve RBI’s in the three-game series at Charleston Southern … Went one-for-three with a homerun, two RBI’s, two runs scored and a walk in a loss to Winthrop … Had a stellar Big South Tournament, as she was 8-for-11 with four RBI’s, four runs scored and fi ve walks over the four games … Was also named to the Big South Academic All-Conference Team.2008: Played in 55 games, starting 53 ... Was second on the team with a .299 average ... Tied for the second most doubles on the team with eight ... Recorded the fi fth-best fi elding percentage in school his-tory (.995) ... Recorded 10 putouts in the win over Marshall ... Recorded her fi rst multi-hit game of her Bulldog career, going two-for-four with a run scored against North Carolina A&T ... Scored a run against UNF ... Drove in three runs in the win over Winston-Salem State ... Went two-for-three with an RBI and a run scored in the win over Winston-Salem State ... Was two-for-three with a double against ETSU ... Had a hit and an RBI against Lipscomb in the fi rst game of the doubleheader ... Went three-for-four with two RBIs and a run scored against Lipscomb in the second game, notching her fi rst career homerun in the game ... Drove in two runs against UNF ... Was three-for-three with an RBI in the win over Jacksonville ... Belted a three-run homer against Florida Gulf Coast ... Went three-for-four with a solo homerun against the Eagles in game two ... Pounded out two hits while driving in a run and scoring once in the victory over Appalachian State ... Went one-for-three with an RBI and two runs scored in the win over Belmont ... Was two-for-three with an RBI against Kennesaw State ... Recorded two base hits in the victory over Campbell ... Launched a solo homerun at Liberty ... Had a season-high 16 putouts in the A-Sun Tournament second round against Mercer ... Drove in a pair of runs with a double against ETSU in the A-Sun Tournament ... Named to the A-Sun All-Academic Team. 2007 (at Mars Hill): Attended and played for Mars Hill College ... Recorded a .362 batting average ... Tallied a .412 on base percentage ... Led the team and was fourth in the South Atlantic Conference with a .991 fi elding percentage ... Pounded out 59 hits, 17 of which were doubles ... Was on the Dean’s List both semesters and was on the SAC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.High School: Played at Ashley H.S. ... Earned all-state honors her sophomore year ... Was all state her senior season after returning from an injury that caused her to miss her junior year ... Was a three-time all-conference selection ... Two-time team MVP ... Three-time all-academic accolades ... US Army Reserves National Female Scholar-Athlete ... Earned Female Athlete of the Year honors ... Guided her Carolina Hurricanes club team to the Super World Series championship game.Personal: Christa Rebecca Fullwood was born December 27, 1987 in Mobile, Ala. ... Daughter of Eliza-beth Fullwood ... Majoring in both psychology and sociology.

6-0 * L/LSenior * 1B

Wilmington, N.C.Ashley H.S.

Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%2008 .299 55-53 154 15 46 8 0 4 24 66 .429 19 2 10 0 .381 1 2 0-0 195 12 1 .9952009 .460 46-46 139 30 64 12 3 6 36 100 .719 15 3 12 0 .519 1 0 0-1 257 16 3 .989Total .371 101-99 293 45 110 20 3 10 60 166 .567 34 5 22 0 .449 2 2 0-1 452 28 4 .992

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#21 MANDY WARD#21 MANDY WARD2009: Played in 32 games, starting 31 of them … Bounced back from off-season surgery to see action at both catcher and designated play-er … Was named to the Big South Second-Team All-Conference Team … Was second on the team with seven doubles on the season … Tied for third on the team with two homeruns … Was fourth on the team with a .296 batting average and 18 RBI’s … Was also fourth on the team with a .429 slugging percentage and a .333 on-base percentage … Posted a fi elding percentage of .989, allowing only one passed ball all season long … Recorded seven multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games … Posted a season-high fi ve game hitting streak … Went one-for-two in GWU’s second game against Southern Illinois at the Samford Bulldog Bash … Went two-for-three with two RBI’s in a win over Appalachian State … Was 4-for-10 with two doubles and a run scored in the three-game series at home versus Radford … Went one-for-two with a homerun, an RBI and a run scored in the Bulldogs lone loss to Coastal Carolina … Went three-for-four with a homerun, a double, three RBI’s and a run scored in the second game of the double-head-er with Winthrop … Had a solid Big South Conference Tournament, as she was 6-for-16 with three doubles, fi ve RBI’s and a run scored over the four games.2008: Started all 57 games behind the plate ... Led the team with nine doubles and was second on the squad with eight homeruns ... Tied for the team lead with 29 RBIs ... Belted a three-run homerun to give the Bulldogs the lead in the season-opening win over Furman ... Scored the game-winning run with her grand slam in the victory over McNeese State ... Was two-for-four with an RBI and two runs scored against North Carolina A&T ... Went three-for-four with a run scored in the win over Notre Dame ... Drove in two runs while scoring once in the win over Bucknell ... Had a homerun against Furman ... Belted a two-run homer against UNC-Charlotte ... Was two-for-three in the win over Presbyterian ... Had a two-run homerun in the win over Presbyterian ... Launched a solo homerun against ETSU ... Had an RBI single in the second game against ETSU ... Was two-for-three with a double and two RBIs against Lipscomb ... Had an RBI against USC Upstate ... Recorded a two-run homerun in the win over Coastal Carolina ... Scored a run in the second victory over Coastal Carolina ... Doubled home a run against FGCU ... Went four-for-eight on the day in the doubleheader sweep of Appalachian State, scoring once ... Notched her eighth homerun of the season in the win at Belmont ... Was two-for-four with an RBI at Liberty.2007: Started in all 56 games in which she played ... Launched seven doubles and six homeruns, driving in 27 runs on the season ... Threw out 14 base runners from her catcher position, which is the third most of any athlete in school history ... Had two hits and drove in a run in the win over Coastal Carolina ... Smacked her fi rst homer of the season against Col-lege of Charleston, going 2-3 on the day ... Went 2-4 with two RBIs in the win over Liberty ... Had two RBIs against Charleston Southern ... Scored a run in the win over UNCW ... Only hit in the win over Dartmouth was a two-run homer ... Blasted a homerun and had two RBIs in the win over Charleston Southern ... Had a two-run homer against Albany ... Had a solo homerun against WCU ... Went 3-5 with an RBI against Lipscomb ... Drove in the game-winning run in the win over Belmont ... Blasted a two-run homerun in the win over UNF ... Recorded a single and an RBI in the win over ETSU ... Had an RBI single against Mercer.High School: Earned all-state honors during her senior season at Butler H.S. ... Two-time all-conference selection ... Named Rick Hendricks player of the month ... Led her school to a state championship her senior season ... Batted .474 her senior season and .390 her junior year.Personal: Amanda Lee Ward was born September 23, 1987 in Galeton, Tenn. ... Daughter of Joseph and Karen Ward ... Her older sister, Joanna, also played on the Gardner-Webb softball team ... Also has an older sister, Barbara ... Majoring in sociology.

5-10 * R/RSenior * C

Charlotte, N.C.Butler H.S.

Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%2007 .220 56-56 173 14 38 7 0 6 27 63 .364 12 1 23 1 .273 1 1 0-0 101 32 5 .9642008 .271 57-57 177 23 48 9 0 8 29 81 .458 14 1 28 1 .326 1 1 0-1 301 34 4 .9882009 .269 32-31 98 7 29 7 0 2 18 42 .429 6 0 15 4 .333 1 1 0-0 84 5 1 .989Total .257 145-144 448 44 115 23 0 16 74 186 .415 32 2 66 6 .307 3 3 0-1 486 71 10 .982

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#4 ASHLEY WHITLOCK#4 ASHLEY WHITLOCK2009: Played in 33 games, starting 31 of them … Recorded 19 hits and six RBI’s on the year … Posted a .946 fi elding percentage at third base … Recorded three multi-hit games, including a three hit game against Howard … Tallied a season-high four game hitting streak on the year … Went two-for-three with an RBI and two runs scored in the 10-0 win over Austin Peay … Was three-for-four with two runs scored in the home opener against Howard … Went one-for-two with an RBI and a run scored in the win over Manhattan … Went one-for-three with a double, two RBI’s a run scored and a walk in the win over Winston-Salem State … Was two-for-three in the 3-2 win over Georgetown … Went one-for-one in the extra inning loss to Charleston Southern in the Big South Confer-ence tournament.2008: Played in 16 games, start-ing three ... Saw her fi rst collegiate

playing time against No. 7 Florida, seeing playing time at second base ... Notched a three-run homerun for her fi rst career hit in the win over Presby-terian ... Was one-for-two with a run scored in the second game victory over Presbyterian ... Recorded her fi rst career start in the win at Belmont, driving home two runs while going one-for-three at the plate ... Drove in a run with a bases-loaded walk in the 3-2 upset of top-seeded Lipscomb in the A-Sun Tournament.High School: Two-time all-conference selection at Davie County H.S. ... Four-year letterwinner ... Two-time winner of the coaches’ award ... Two-time winner of the leadership award ... Defensive player of the year for her team her senior season ... Scholar-Athlete for all four years ... Played club ball for the Carolina Cardinals.Personal: Ashley Brooke Whitlock was born March 12, 1988 in Statesville, N.C. ... Daughter of Barry and Jane Whitlock ... Majoring in psychology.

5-2 * R/RRS-Junior * 3B/2BMocksville, N.C.

Davie County H.S.

Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%2008 .158 16-3 19 2 3 0 0 1 7 6 .316 5 0 7 0 .333 0 1 0-0 6 0 0 1.0002009 .211 33-31 90 8 19 1 0 0 6 20 .222 7 0 26 1 .265 1 0 0-0 20 50 4 .946Total .202 49-34 109 10 22 1 0 1 13 26 .239 12 0 33 1 .279 1 1 0-0 26 50 4 .950

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#5 CINDY BOOMHOWER#5 CINDY BOOMHOWER2009: Appeared in and started six games before suffering a sea-son-ending injury … Threw 38.0 innings, picking up 32 strikeouts and issuing only seven walks … Held opponents to a team low .224 batting average on the season … Recorded two shutouts on the sea-son … Had four wins on the year and fi ve complete games … Threw 8.0 innings, allowing only one run while striking out eight, in the extra inning win over Manhattan for her fi rst win on the year … Defeated Manhattan again the next day, throwing 5.0 innings of shutout ball … Went 5.0 innings holding Win-ston-Salem State scoreless, while striking out fi ve to pick up her third win on the season … Picked up the 3-2 win over Georgetown, going the distance in the seven inning affair.2008: Recorded 0.91 walks per seven innings, which is the best in school history ... Won three games on the year while recording a 3.16 ERA ... Pitched 99.2 innings of work ... Picked up her fi rst career save by pitching 2.1 innings of shutout relief in the win over Winston-Salem State ... Struck out four in 6.2 innings of work in the victory over Presbyterian ... Recorded a complete game shutout for her fi rst win in the 3-0 win over Mercer ... Struck out fi ve while giving up just six hits in the contest ... Picked up the win at Coastal Carolina, tossing six innings of work without allowing an earned run ... Gave up just one earned run in seven innings against Stetson ... Went six innings while striking out three to get the win over Appalachian State ... Tossed three frames of shutout ball in the win at Belmont ... Named to the A-Sun All-Academic Team. High School: Five-time fi rst-team all-region selection at Walhalla H.S. ... Three-time fi rst-team Golden Corner Pitcher ... A South Carolina Senior All-Star selection ... Had an ERA of under 1.00 during two seasons ... Allowed just nine walks versus 140 strikeouts over her fi nal two high school seasons ... Selected as an Adidas Top-100 prospect in 2006 ... Led her SC Bandits club team to two ASA state championships ... Helped her Carolina Mudcats club team win two state championships ... A three-time all-region selection in volleyball ... Garnered second-team Golden Corner honors on three occa-sions in volleyball ... Member of the Beta club.Personal: Cynthia Marie Boomhower was born January 22, 1989 in Ander-son, S.C. ... Daughter of Matt and Beth Boomhower ... Has an older brother, Chris ... Majoring in elementary education.

6-1 * R/RJunior * P

Walhalla, S.C.Walhalla H.S.

Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/AVG WP HBP BK SFA SHA2008 3.16 3-12 22 19 6 1 1 99.2 128 64 45 13 46 11 1 6 457 .301 1 4 0 1 142009 1.84 4-2 6 6 5 2 0 38.0 33 16 10 7 32 6 2 0 163 .224 0 5 1 0 4Total 2.80 7-14 28 25 11 3 1 137.2 161 80 55 20 78 17 3 6 620 .281 1 9 1 1 18

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#18 KELSEY WITTER#18 KELSEY WITTER2009: Played in 41 games, starting 40 of them … Saw action at catcher, third base, second base and in the outfi eld … Was named to the Big South First-Team All-Conference as a utility player … Was third on the team with a .297 batting aver-age … Was also third on the team with 20 runs scored, 35 hits and 49 total bases … Was tied for third on the team with two homeruns, six doubles and one triple … Was also third on the team with a .415 slugging percentage and a .344 on-base percentage … Recorded 10 multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games … Posted a six game hitting streak on the season … Went two-for-fi ve with an RBI in the win over Howard … Was one-for-three with a triple and a run scored in a loss to Lehigh … Went one-for-three with two RBI’s and a run scored in the win over Lehigh … Was two-for-three with two doubles in a loss at USC Upstate … Went three-for-fi ve with a double, two RBI’s and four runs scored in the double-header sweep over Winston-Salem State

… Was one-for-two with two RBI’s in the 3-2 win over Georgetown … Went two-for-three in the home loss to Presbyterian … Went three-for-three with two homeruns, four RBI’s and two runs scored in the fi rst game of the double-header at home against Radford … Was three-for-four with two runs scored in the sec-ond game of the double-header against Radford … Went 4-for-10 with a double, an RBI and three runs scored in the three-game series with Liberty … Was 5-for-16 with two doubles, two RBI’s and a run scored in the Big South Conference Tournament.2008: Played in 32 games, starting 29 ... Stole six bases without being caught ... Recorded 34 putouts without an error on the season for a perfect 1.000 fi elding percentage ... Belted a two-run homerun against No. 7 Florida ... Posted a career-high three RBIs on her base-clearing triple in the victory over Winthrop ... Scored the game-winning run in the victory over Presbyterian ... Went one-for-two with an RBI in the win over Mercer ... Scored a run in the win over USC Upstate ... Was two-for-three with a triple against UNF ... Had a hit in the win over Coastal Carolina ... Posted a single against Florida Gulf Coast ... Notched her fi rst col-legiate double in a two-for-four performance in the win over Appalachian State ... Had an RBI and a run scored in the victory ... Scored a run while earning two base on balls in the win at Belmont ... Went two-for-four with two sacrifi ce hits at Liberty.High School: Four-year letterwinner at Reynolds H.S. ... Recorded a .384 batting average and a .525 on base percentage her senior season ... Also played for the Oregon Panthers Gold club team ... During her last year with the club team, she posted a .404 batting average with a .536 on-base percentage ... Swiped 19 bases while playing with the Gold.Personal: Kelsey Lynn Witter was born February 8, 1989 in The Dalles, Ore. ... Daughter of Duane and Wendy Witter ... Has two older siblings, Donelle and Stephen ... Majoring in biology.

5-5 * S/RJunior * OF

Portland, Ore.Reynolds H.S.

Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%2008 .210 32-29 81 9 17 1 4 1 8 29 .358 11 0 22 1 .304 0 1 6-6 34 0 0 1.0002009 .297 41-40 118 20 35 6 1 2 13 49 .415 8 1 22 0 .344 1 1 1-2 83 15 6 .942Total .261 73-69 199 29 52 7 5 3 21 78 .392 19 1 44 1 .327 1 2 7-8 117 15 6 .957

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#2 MELINDA DULKOWSKI#2 MELINDA DULKOWSKI2009: Played in 43 games, starting 40 of them as a true freshman … Tied for fi fth on the team with fi ve doubles … Led the team with 10 sacrifi ces … Was perfect in the stolen base department … Recorded fi ve multi-hit games, including posting two games with three hits … Totaled three games with multiple RBI’s … Had 30 hits and 11 RBI’s on the year … Picked up a season long seven game hitting streak … Picked up her fi rst career RBI in the fourth game of the season, a win over Austin Peay … Knocked her fi rst career base hit in the home opener versus Howard … Went two-for-four with three RBI’s and two runs scored in the win over Howard … Was two-for-two with a double, two RBI’s and a run scored in the extra inning win over Manhattan … Had the game winning RBI single in the seventh to give the Bulldogs the 3-2 win over Georgetown … Went three-for-four with an RBI and a run scored in the second game against Towson … Was three-for-seven with a double in the three game series with Coastal Carolina … Went 5-for-11 with two doubles, two RBI’s and three runs scored in the three game series at Charleston Southern … Was huge in the Bulldogs win over Coastal Carolina in the tournament, as she was two-for-four with a double, an RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base … Went two-for-fi ve with a run scored in the extra inning loss to CSU at the Big South tournament.High School: Three-year letterwinner at St. Lucie West Centennial H.S. ... Batted .385 as a sophomore when she earned all-area honorable mention honors ... Two-time Defensive Player of the Year ... Two-time all-area honorable mention ... Member of the National Honor Society ... 2008 Scholar-Athlete award winner.Personal: Melinda Ann Dulkowski was born July 31, 1990 in Ft. My-ers, Fla. ... Daughter of Buddy and Shirley Dulkowski ... Has two older siblings, Olivia and Eric … Intends to major in political science and minor in sports management

5-2 * S/RSophomore * OF

Port St. Lucie, Fla.St. Lucie West

Centennial H.S.

#3 KARA BUCHANAN#3 KARA BUCHANAN2009: Made 11 appearances in the circle for the Bulldogs, starting three games as a true fresh-man … Saw her fi rst action in the second game of the season … Picked up her fi rst collegiate win throwing 2.0 innings of relief work in the Bulldogs 6-5 win over Liberty … Got her fi rst career start in the second-game of the double-header at Coastal Carolina.High School: Played for the Diamond Fever and Va. Renegades club teams ... Helped guide her team to the No. 1 NSA state ranking in 2007 ... Part of the two-time WFC World Champi-onship teams ... Guided her team to a 2005 Pony National Championship ... Led the team to the 2004 state championship and the Pony National Final Four ... Batted .429 for the Vegas Renegades.Personal: Kara Lynn Buchanan was born January 19, 1990 in Newport News, Va. ... Daughter of Jim and Cindy Buchanan ... Has two younger brothers, Lee and Billy ... Intends to major in American Sign Language and minor in interpreting.

5-7 * L/RSophomore * P

Danville, Va.Homeschool

Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%2009 .261 43-40 115 17 30 5 0 0 11 35 .304 5 0 10 0 .292 0 10 2-2 60 0 3 .952

Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR BF B/AVG WP HBP BK SFA SHA2009 8.75 1-2 11 3 0 0 0 20.0 42 37 25 14 4 3 0 7 121 .408 6 1 1 1 2

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#6 JANE SAVAGE#6 JANE SAVAGE2009: Played in 36 games, starting 17 of them as a true freshman … Recorded 10 hits, including two doubles and a triple … Scored 14 runs on the season … Was tied for second on the team with two stolen bases … Posted a 1.000 fi elding percentage for the season … Recorded a four-game hitting streak … Picked up her fi rst career start in the season opener against Austin Peay at the Samford Bulldog Bash … Knocked her fi rst career base hit in the win over Lehigh … Went three-for-three with a double and a run scored in the second game of the double-header with Charleston Southern … Was one-for-three with a triple, an RBI and a run scored in game one against Winthrop … Went one-for-three with a run scored and a stolen base against Coastal Carolina in the Big South Conference tournament.High School: Posted a four-year batting average of .365 at Marietta H.S. ... Two-time team MVP ... Earned the Offensive Player of the Year award her fresh-man season ... Selected to the 2008 all-region team ... Garnered all-Cobb County honors as a senior ... Played for the West Cobb X-plosion and the Roswell Orange Crush club teams ... Helped her club teams earn two trips to the national tournament and a .650 winning percentage.Personal: Jane Elizabeth Savage was born September 22, 1989 in Marietta, Ga. ... Daughter of Chris and Amy Savage ... Intends to major in English.

5-0 * R/RSophomore * OF

Marietta, Ga.Marietta H.S.

#7 KELLY MONTGOMERY#7 KELLY MONTGOMERY2009: Played in 27 games, starting 20 as a true freshman … Had 10 hits on the season … Was tied for third on the team with two homeruns … Recorded three multi-hit games … Had three multi-RBI games including a fi ve RBI game against Lehigh … Picked up her fi rst career hit and RBI in the Bull-dogs loss to Lehigh … Hit her fi rst career homerun, which was a grand slam, in the win over Lehigh … Hit a three-run walk-off homerun in the eighth inning to give the Bulldogs a 3-1 extra inning win over Manhattan at the Maryland Round Robin … Went two-for-four with a grand slam, fi ve RBI’s, and two runs scored in the win over Lehigh … Was two-for-four with a homerun, three RBI’s and a run scored in the 3-1 win over Manhattan … Went two-for-fi ve in the win over Winston-Salem State … Was one-for-three with a double and two RBI’s in the 3-2 win over Georgetown … Was one-for-two with a run scored in the win over Appalachian State.High School: Four-year letterwinner at Chatham H.S. ... VHSL Class A Female Athlete of the Year ... Danville Reg-ister & Bee Female Student-Athlete of the Year ... Four-time fi rst-team all-district selection ... Earned all-state honors as a sophomore ... Garnered honorable mention all-state accolades as a junior ... Three-time all-Met selection ... Picked up fi rst-team all-region honors twice ... Was second-team all-region once ... Posted a .340 career average ... Guided her club team to the 2005 Pony National Championship ... Part of the 2005 and 2006 WFC World Championship team ... Helped her team to the Commonwealth Games Gold Medal ... Three-sport standout as she was a three-year letterwinner in basketball and volleyball ... Member of the National Honor Society ... National Senior Beta Club member ... Valedictorian.Personal: Kelly Diane Montgomery was born April 18, 1990 in Danville, Va. ... Daughter of Ron and Teresa Montgomery ... Intends to major in elementary education.

5-9 * R/RSophomore * OF

Danville, Va.Chatham H.S.

Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%2009 .204 36-17 49 14 10 2 1 0 1 14 .286 1 0 7 0 .220 0 0 2-3 11 0 0 1.000

Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%2009 .149 27-20 67 9 10 1 0 2 13 17 .254 4 3 17 0 .230 0 0 0-0 21 1 1 .957

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#12 LINDSEA HUTCHINSON#12 LINDSEA HUTCHINSON2009: Played in 22 games, starting 19 of them as a true freshman … Saw action in the outfi eld, designated player, fi rst base and in the circle for the Bulldogs … Knocked 10 hits on the year, including four doubles … Had three multi-hit games and two multi-RBI games … Did not make an error on the season, posting a 1.000 fi elding percentage … Ap-peared in 12 games in the circle for the Bulldogs, starting three of them … Posted a 1-2 record on the season … Recorded 15 strikeouts in 27.2 innings of work … Knocked her fi rst career hit and RBI in the 10-0 win over Austin Peay at the Samford Bulldog Bash … Went two-for-three with a double, three RBI’s and a run scored in the win over Austin Peay … Was two-for-three with a double and an RBI in the home opener against Howard … Went three-for-fi ve with two doubles, three RBI’s and a run scored in two games against Radford in the regular season … Picked up her fi rst collegiate win in 5.2 innings of relief work against Lehigh … Made her fi rst career start in the second game of the double-header at USC Upstate.High School: Played for the White Rock Renegades club team ... Guided her team to a fi rst-place fi nish in the region in the U-18 champi-onship ... Part of the gold medal winning team at the Lady Hawks Gold U-18 tournament ... Posted a 1.50 ERA while pitching 135 innings ... Won 26 games ... Recorded eight saves ... Was second on the team with a .403 batting average ... Led the team with a .584 slugging percent-age ... Guided the team to a bronze medal fi nish at the Canadian Cup International Tournament in 2006 ... Led her team to the gold medal of the Starfi re Junior Olympic Pacifi c Challenge Series Qualifi er in 2005 ... Named Provincial Top 17 Player in Midget ‘A’ Girls her junior year ... Top 25 participant at the NFCA Valley Invitational Recruiting Camp ... Five year honor roll student.Personal: Lindsea Laura Hutchinson was born July 8, 1990 in Surrey, British Columbia ... Daughter of Marty and Kathie Hutchinson ... Has an older brother, Sean ... Major is undeclared.

5-6 * R/RSophomore * OF

Surry, B.C., CanadaFleetwood Park

Secondary

#17 McKENZIE MORENUS#17 McKENZIE MORENUS2009: Played in and started 41 games for the Bulldogs as a true freshman … Saw action at third base, catcher, designated player and shortstop … Was second on the team with 24 RBI’s … Had 28 hits on the season, including four doubles and two homeruns … Led the Bulldogs with three pick offs from the catcher position … Also threw out 10 potential base stealers on the year … Recorded eight multi-hit games on the season … Was third on the team with fi ve multi-RBI games … Posted a fi ve game hitting streak during the year … Got her fi rst career start in the season opener against Austin Peay … Drove in her fi rst career RBI in the Bulldogs win over Howard … Picked up her fi rst career hit in the loss to Lehigh … Knocked her fi rst career home-run in the win over Winston-Salem State in game two of a double-header … Went two-for-three with a double, two RBI’s and two runs scored in the win over Lehigh … Was fi ve-for-six with a homerun, a double, six RBI’s and three runs scored in the double-header sweep of Winston-Salem State … Went two-for-three with three RBI’s in a loss to Radford … Went one-for-three with two RBI’s in a loss to Presby-terian … Went four-for-eight with a homerun, a double, two RBI’s and a run scored in the three-game series at Charleston Southern … Went two-for-four with an RBI and a run scored in the Bulldogs fi rst round game of the Big South Conference Tournament … Was one-for-three with a double and a run scored in the win over Coastal Carolina at the Big South Conference Tournament.High School: Guided her Butler H.S. team to two state champion-ships ... Selected to the 2007 all-state team ... Earned 2005 NSA all-tournament team honors in 2005 ... Recorded a .329 batting average her junior year ... Posted a .431 on-base percentage as a junior.

Personal: McKenzie Jean Morenus was born on Feb. 20, 1990 in Charlotte, N.C. ... Daughter of Ron and Kelly Morenus ... Has an older brother, Tyler ... Intends to major in biology.

5-7 * R/RSophomore * C/3B

Midland, N.C.Butler H.S.

Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%2009 .243 41-41 115 11 28 4 0 2 24 38 .330 6 2 22 0 .290 1 5 0-0 172 37 5 .977

Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%2009 .189 22-19 53 2 10 4 0 0 7 14 .264 3 2 18 0 .259 0 1 0-1 8 3 0 1.000

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2010 NEWCOMERS2010 NEWCOMERS

2009 (at Belmont Abbey): Played at Belmont Abbey College … Posted a 1-1 on the season in the circle, recording a team low ERA of 2.05 in 13.2 innings of work … Started 26 games as a true freshman … Recorded 12 putouts and 12 assists on the year … Hit .136 on the season, picking up eight hits, four of which were doubles … Scored seven runs and knocked in three RBIs.High School: A four-year letter award winner at East Gaston H.S. … Posted a high school career record of 52-21 in the circle … Struck out 329 batters in her fi nal two seasons … Was named the Gaston Gazette Player of the Year and the Team MVP in her senior season … A three-time all-conference recipient … Helped to guide her team to become the Big South 3A/4A Conference Champions in both her senior and junior season.Personal: Michelle Lynn Primm was born on October 15, 1990 in Pineville, N.C. … Daughter of Kenneth and Phyllis Primm … Intends to major in biology.

5-6 * R/R * Sophomore * OF * Gastonia, N.C. * Belmont Abbey

#8 MICHELLE PRIMM#8 MICHELLE PRIMM

High School: Played at Lincolnton High School under head coach Ann Anderson … Posted three straight seasons with a batting average of .340, including hitting a stellar .425 as a sophomore … Was the team MVP for both her senior and junior seasons … Was also twice named to the all-conference team … Received the Golden Glove Award as a freshman and the Sparkplug Award as a sophomore … Knocked 26 extra base hits for Lincolnton H.S., while driving in 52 RBI’s over four years … Swiped 31 bases in her four-year high school career … Was a two-sport athlete at Lincolnton High, where she was also an two-time all-conference volleyball player … Was a member of the Denver Dazzle Gold 16U club team and the Carolina Prep club team … Took fi rst-place in the 2007 North Carolina State Tournament NSA 16U Division B tourna-ment and fi rst-place in the 2007 World Series Warm-Up NC-NSA 16U event … On the 2006 West Lincoln Dixie Ball State Championship team that fi nished third in the World Series in Alexandria, Louisiana.Personal: Brittney Lynn Morrow was born on March 6, 1991 in Hickory, N.C. … Daughter of Lynn and Kim Morrow … Intends to major in business.

5-6 * R/R * Freshman * 3B/C * Lincolnton, N.C. * Lincolnton H.S.

#9 BRITTNEY MORROW#9 BRITTNEY MORROW

High School: A four-sport standout athlete at Hickory Grove Christian High School … Batted over .400 and drove in over 30 RBI’s each and every season … Led her team to four NCISAA Softball State Championships and was a four-time member of the All-Conference and 3A All-State Team … Was named to the Charlotte Observer’s All-Mecklenburg Second-Team her senior season … Named the Female Athlete of the Year for Hickory Grove as a senior … Recognized as a “Player to Watch” by the Charlotte Observer heading into her fi nal season … Honored as “Someone you should know” by the Charlotte Observer .. Was a regular member of the Charlotte Weekly’s Super Team in softball season … Also a member of the varsity cheerleading, volleyball and basketball teams … Played for the Carolina Legacy club team. Personal: Jordyn Brooke Arrowood was born February 14, 1991 in Charlotte, N.C. … Daughter of Scott and Kim Arro-wood … Has not yet declared a major.

5-4 * L/R * Freshman * 3B/2B * Matthews, N.C. * Hickory Grove Christian

#13 JORDYN ARROWOOD#13 JORDYN ARROWOOD

Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%2009 .136 28-26 59 7 8 4 0 0 3 12 .203 7 0 17 1 .227 0 5 0-1 21 21 12 .778

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2010 NEWCOMERS2010 NEWCOMERS

High School: A four-year letterwinner at Scotland High School … Posted a 72-17 record in the circle over her four years at Scotland High … Picked up 709 strikeouts in four years … Batted over .275 three of the four years, including hitting .333 as a sophomore … Was named the 2009 Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year at Scotland High School … Was a Gold Medalist in 2008 as a junior and a Silver Medalist in 2007 at the North Carolina State Games … Was named the All-Dis-trict Pitcher of the Year in 2008 as a junior … Named to the Mid-Southeastern 4-A All-Conference Team all four years … A two-time Mid-Southeastern 4-A Player of the Year … Named the Scotland High School Defensive Player of the Year all four seasons … A two-time member of the All-State and All-District teams … Was also a member of the volleyball team at Scotland H.S. … A member of the National Honor Society … Served as a Junior Marshal and was a recipient of the Outstanding Academic Achievement Award.Personal: Jessica Lynn Milligan was born on June 8, 1991 in Laurinburg, N.C. … Daughter of Thomas and Karen Milligan … Intends to major in biology.

5-7 * R/R * Freshman * P * Laurenburg, N.C. * Scotland H.S.

#16 JESSICA MILLIGAN#16 JESSICA MILLIGAN

High School: Played at Gulfport High School in Gulfport, Mississippi … Recorded 461 strikeouts over her junior and senior seasons … Posted an ERA under 0.80 in her fi nal two years … Named to the All-Conference Team as both a junior and a senior … Named the team MVP in 2009 … Also named to the All-District Team in her senior season … Led her team to second runner-up in the 2009 State Championships … Was named the Best Defensive Player as both a sophomore and a junior … Named the Team MVP as a freshman … Helped to guide her club team the Mississippi Pride to the Mississippi ASA State Tournament Championship and the Nationals ASA – Southern Region Championships in 2008.Personal: Presley Ann Wesson was born on April 4, 1991 in Mobile, Alabama … Daughter of Ray and Lisa Wesson … Intends to major in education and minor in religion.

5-7 * R/R * Freshman * P * Gulfport, Miss. * Gulfport H.S.

#22 PRESLEY WESSON#22 PRESLEY WESSON

High School: Played at Eastern High School in Louisville, Kentucky … Hit .381 and posted a .486 on-base percentage dur-ing her fi nal four-years on the varsity team … Posted a stellar .427 batting average during her junior season … A six-year varsity letter award winner, that was twice named to the All-Regional and All-District Teams … Received the Offensive Award as a senior … Was named the Varsity-Eagle Award Winner, given to the best offensive and defensive player, and the MVP of the District Tournament as a junior … Was twice named to the District Tournament Team and was also a four-year recipient of the Team Defensive Award … Also a member of the Louisville Lady Sluggers and the Majestixx club teams, where she posted an overall batting average of .392 and an on-base percentage of .480.Personal: Morgan Renee Baker was born on June 17, 1991 in Louisville, Kentucky … Daughter of Dale and Vivian Baker … Has not yet declared a major.

5-10 * R/R * Freshman * 2B/UT * Louisville, Ky. * Eastern H.S.

#30 MORGAN BAKER#30 MORGAN BAKER

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2009 SEASON REVIEW2009 SEASON REVIEWFor the Gardner-Webb softball team, 2009 was a season of fi rsts - the

Bulldogs fi rst year competing as members of the Big South and the fi rst ever appearance for Gardner-Webb in the Big South Softball Championship Tournament. Head Coach Tom Cole’s squad in 2009 was very young, as the roster consisted of seven freshmen and only two seniors. Yet the youth did not perturb the Bulldogs, as GWU picked up 19 wins on the season. The Bulldogs started off the 2009 season with a win in its season opener, a 2-0 victory over Austin Peay at the Samford Bulldog Bash in Birmingham, Alabama. Gardner-Webb then dropped its next two contests, both against No. 24 nationally ranked Southern Illinois, before again defeating Austin Peay, this time 10-1, to fi nish its opening weekend at the Bulldog Bash at 2-2. Gardner-Webb then returned home to host the GWU Tournament at Varsity Field on February 20-21. Coach Cole’s squad fi nished the fi rst day of the tournament at 1-1, defeating Howard 9-1 before dropping its second game of the day to Lehigh 16-4. On day two of the event, Howard had to return home to due personal team reasons, leaving the Bulldogs and Lehigh to square off in a doubleheader. Lehigh was able to hold off the Bulldogs in game one, defeating the Bulldogs 7-5. Yet Gardner-Webb responded in game two, winning 16-11 in what was an offensive slugfest. At 4-4 after two weekend tournaments, the Bulldogs then traveled down the road to Spartanburg, S.C. to take on former Atlantic Sun Conference foe USC Upstate. The Lady Spartans of USC Upstate protected its home territory, shutting out the Bulldogs in both games of the doubleheader dropping GWU to 4-6 overall heading into the month of March. The Bulldogs opened up the month of March on the road at the Maryland Round Robin hosted by the University of Maryland in College Park. Gardner-Webb fell to the Big Green of Dartmouth University 12-3 in its fi rst game, but bounced back to pick up a big 3-1 extra inning win over the Manhattan Jaspers in game two. On day two of play, GWU battled with the host Maryland Terrapins before falling 1-0 in seven innings and then went on to decisively defeat Manhattan 8-0, the Bulldogs second win over the Jaspers in as many days. After the Maryland Round Robin, the Bulldogs jump started its spring break playing six games in three-consecutive days. On March 10, Gardner-Webb swept Winston-Salem State, defeating the Lady Rams 10-0 and 9-0 in Winston-Salem. Coach Cole’s squad then turned around the very next day to play a doubleheader against N.C. A&T in Greensboro, N.C., where the Lady Aggies swept the Bulldogs with a 3-1 win in game one and a 7-2 victory in game two. The Bulldogs then returned home to host the Lady Hoyas of Georgetown on the 12th. After the GWU bats were held hitless in the fi rst game of the twin bill, the Bulldogs took game two in dramatic fashion with a 3-2 walk-off win.

However, the Bulldogs dropped its next three contests, all of which came at home, falling to Towson 2-1 and 6-5, then dropping its fi rst-ever Big South Conference contest to Presbyterian 4-0 on March 19. Yet Coach Cole’s young squad responded with vengeance, sweeping Appalachian State in dramatic fashion in Gardner-Webb’s fi nal two non-conference games of the season. After holding off the Mountaineers in game one for the 3-2 win, a fi ve-run seventh inning capped off by a walk-off grand-slam in game two, gave the Bulldogs a 9-8 win. At 11-14 after the sweep of Appalachian State, Gardner-Webb opened up the heart of its conference slate with the Radford Highlanders on March 29-30. The Highlanders, who would go on to win both the conference regular season and championship tournament titles, defeated the Bulldogs in all three-games, dropping GWU to 0-4 in conference play. Gardner-Webb bounced back to pick up its fi rst ever Big South Conference win on April 2, as junior hurler Christine Murray pitched a one-hit complete game shutout to help lead the Bulldogs to a 2-0 win over Presbyterian. However, the Blue Hose battled back to defeat GWU 5-3 in the second game of the twin bill to put the Bulldogs at 1-5 in the conference after two series. The young Bulldogs responded by winning its next two conference weekend series, going 4-2 over that span. Gardner-Webb kicked off its winning ways with a 3-2 win over Coastal Carolina in Myrtle Beach, S.C. on April 4. After the Lady Chanticleers took game two on Saturday, the Bulldogs rebounded with a 2-1 win on Sunday to take the series 2-1. Coach Cole’s squad’s next series win came over the Liberty Lady Flames the following weekend, as GWU dropped the opening game 5-1, but bounced back at Varsity Field to sweep Liberty on Saturday, April 11, 2-1 and 6-5. Gardner-Webb then pushed its winning streak to three straight games on April 17, defeating Charleston Southern 4-1 in the opening game of a three-game weekend series and improving to 6-7 in the Big South. However, the Bulldogs dropped the next two contests to the Lady Buccaneers in Charleston, S.C., including a heartbreaking 4-3 loss in the third and fi nal game of the series. With the end of the semester approaching and exams looming, the Bulldogs struggled at the end of April, falling in three straight games to the pre-season favorites Winthrop Lady Eagles, which gave Coach Cole and his squad fi ve consecutive losses to end the season, its longest losing streak on the year. With a 6-12 conference regular season record, the Bulldogs entered its fi rst ever Big South Softball Championship Tournament in 2009 as the No. 5 seed, but turned some heads in the three-day event. Gardner- Webb went 2-2 in the tournament, defeating No. 4 Charleston Southern in the opening round and then eliminating No. 6 Coastal Carolina in the fi rst elimination game of the championships. While at the tournament the Bulldogs made history, as in the 12-8 win over No. 6 Coastal Carolina, the two teams combined for 20 runs, the third most in Big South Softball Championship history. The Bulldogs had four players receive postseason honors, as junior fi rst-baseman Christa Fullwood and sophomore utility player Kelsey Witter both earned spots on the All-Conference First-Team, while junior shortstop Melody Harrell and junior catcher Mandy Ward both were named to the Second-Team All- Conference. The four all-conference selections were the most ever for a GWU team in one year since the Bulldogs moved to the NCAA Division level in 2000-01. Fullwood along with Christine Murray were both named to the 2009 Big South Softball Championship All-Tournament Team as well. Gardner-Webb’s Christa Fullwood also made waves nationally, as at the conclusion of the Bulldogs 2009 season, the junior was ranked seventh in the nation in batting average with her average of .460 on the year. Fullwood was also ranked 23rd in the country in on-base percentage at .519 and 48th nationally in slugging percentage at .719.

#16 JESSICA MILLIGAN

#22 PRESLEY WESSON

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2009 SEASON STATISTICS2009 SEASON STATISTICSRecord: 19-27 Home: 8-13 Away: 6-11 Neutral: 5-3 Conference: 6-12

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld%

20 FULLWOOD, Christa . 4 6 0 46-46 139 30 64 12 3 6 36 100 . 7 1 9 15 3 12 0 . 5 1 9 1 0 0-1 257 16 3 . 9 8 9

1 HARRELL, Melody . 3 3 8 45-45 148 32 50 6 3 4 23 74 . 5 0 0 5 1 21 0 . 3 6 1 1 0 7-9 71 74 17 . 8 9 5

18 WITTER, Kelsey . 2 9 7 41-40 118 20 35 6 1 2 13 49 . 4 1 5 8 1 22 0 . 3 4 4 1 1 1-2 83 15 6 . 9 4 2

21 WARD, Mandy . 2 9 6 32-31 98 7 29 7 0 2 18 42 . 4 2 9 6 0 15 4 . 3 3 3 1 1 0-0 84 5 1 . 9 8 9

2 DULKOWSKI, Melinda . 2 6 1 43-40 115 17 30 5 0 0 11 35 . 3 0 4 5 0 10 0 . 2 9 2 0 10 2-2 60 0 3 . 9 5 2

17 MORENUS, Mckenzie . 2 4 3 41-41 115 11 28 4 0 2 24 38 . 3 3 0 6 2 22 0 . 2 9 0 1 5 0-0 172 37 5 . 9 7 7

10 SMITH, Adrienne . 2 3 1 45-43 134 18 31 5 0 1 8 39 . 2 9 1 1 2 33 0 . 2 4 8 0 5 5-6 29 2 0 1.000

4 WHITLOCK, Ashley . 2 1 1 33-31 90 8 19 1 0 0 6 20 . 2 2 2 7 0 26 1 . 2 6 5 1 0 0-0 20 50 4 . 9 4 6

6 SAVAGE, Jane . 2 0 4 36-17 49 14 10 2 1 0 1 14 . 2 8 6 1 0 7 0 . 2 2 0 0 0 2-3 11 0 0 1.000

12 HUTCHINSON, Lindsea . 1 8 9 22-19 53 2 10 4 0 0 7 14 . 2 6 4 3 2 18 0 . 2 5 9 0 1 0-1 8 3 0 1.000

22 WALLS, Angie . 1 7 3 42-42 110 8 19 4 0 0 9 23 . 2 0 9 10 0 35 0 . 2 4 2 0 0 0-0 82 54 3 . 9 7 8

7 MONTGOMERY, Kelly . 1 4 9 27-20 67 9 10 1 0 2 13 17 . 2 5 4 4 3 17 0 . 2 3 0 0 0 0-0 21 1 1 . 9 5 7

3 BUCHANAN, Kara . 0 0 0 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 5 2 . 7 1 4

15 COFFEY, Alison . 0 0 0 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 3 1 . 7 5 0

14 MURRAY, Christine . 0 0 0 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 3 36 0 1.000

Totals . 2 7 1 46 1236 176 335 57 8 19 169 465 . 3 7 6 71 14 238 5 . 3 1 7 6 23 17-24 902 310 48 . 9 6 2

Opponents . 2 9 7 46 1224 243 364 55 7 40 227 553 . 4 5 2 133 20 259 1 . 3 7 4 7 33 51-64 911 385 59 . 9 5 6

LOB - Team (270), Opp (279). DPs turned - Team (4), Opp (11). IBB - Team (4), FULLWOOD 3, WARD 1, Opp (4). Picked off -

FULLWOOD 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha

5 BOOMHOWER, Cindy 1 . 8 4 4-2 6 6 5 2/0 0 38.0 33 16 10 7 32 6 2 0 . 2 2 4 0 5 1 0 4

14 MURRAY, Christine 3 . 1 3 11-17 30 28 21 3/0 0 181.1 165 95 81 72 193 22 2 20 . 2 4 3 13 8 0 3 20

3 BUCHANAN, Kara 8 . 7 5 1-2 11 3 0 0/0 0 20.0 42 37 25 14 4 3 0 7 . 4 0 8 6 1 1 1 2

12 HUTCHINSON, Lindsea 8 . 8 6 1-2 12 3 0 0/0 0 27.2 49 37 35 25 15 12 1 5 . 3 8 6 7 2 0 1 2

22 WALLS, Angie 10.50 0-1 1 1 0 0/0 0 2.0 4 3 3 1 0 0 0 2 . 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0

15 COFFEY, Alison 11.05 2-3 11 5 1 0/0 0 31.2 71 55 50 14 15 12 2 6 . 4 4 7 2 4 0 2 5

Totals 4 . 7 5 19-27 46 46 27 5/0 0 300.2 364 243 204 133 259 55 7 40 . 2 9 7 28 20 2 7 33

Opponents 3 . 0 9 27-19 46 46 26 8/1 4 303.2 335 176 134 71 238 57 8 19 . 2 7 1 28 14 0 6 23

PB - Team (15), MORENUS 8, WITTER 6, WARD 1, Opp (7). Pickoffs - Team (3), MORENUS 3, Opp (1). SBA/ATT - MORENUS (28-38),

MURRAY (27-35), WITTER (11-11), COFFEY (8-9), WARD (8-9), HUTCHINSON (5-7), BOOMHOWER (5-6), FULLWOOD (4-5), BUCHANAN (4-4),

WALLS (2-3).

Player c po a e fld% dp sba csb sba% pb ci

14 MURRAY, Christine 39 3 36 0 1.000 0 27 8 . 7 7 1 0 0

10 SMITH, Adrienne 31 29 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0

6 SAVAGE, Jane 11 11 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - - 0 0

12 HUTCHINSON, Lindsea 11 8 3 0 1.000 0 5 2 . 7 1 4 0 0

20 FULLWOOD, Christa 276 257 16 3 . 9 8 9 3 4 1 . 8 0 0 0 0

21 WARD, Mandy 90 84 5 1 . 9 8 9 0 8 1 . 8 8 9 1 0

22 WALLS, Angie 139 82 54 3 . 9 7 8 3 2 1 . 6 6 7 0 0

17 MORENUS, Mckenzie 214 172 37 5 . 9 7 7 1 28 10 . 7 3 7 8 0

7 MONTGOMERY, Kelly 23 21 1 1 . 9 5 7 0 0 0 - - - 0 0

2 DULKOWSKI, Melinda 63 60 0 3 . 9 5 2 0 0 0 - - - 0 0

4 WHITLOCK, Ashley 74 20 50 4 . 9 4 6 0 0 0 - - - 0 0

18 WITTER, Kelsey 104 83 15 6 . 9 4 2 1 11 0 1.000 6 0

1 HARRELL, Melody 162 71 74 17 . 8 9 5 3 0 0 - - - 0 0

5 BOOMHOWER, Cindy 12 1 9 2 . 8 3 3 0 5 1 . 8 3 3 0 0

15 COFFEY, Alison 4 0 3 1 . 7 5 0 0 8 1 . 8 8 9 0 0

3 BUCHANAN, Kara 7 0 5 2 . 7 1 4 0 4 0 1.000 0 0

Totals 1260 902 310 48 . 9 6 2 4 51 13 . 7 9 7 15 0

Opponents 1355 911 385 59 . 9 5 6 11 17 7 . 7 0 8 7 0

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2009 SEASON RESULTS2009 SEASON RESULTS(All games)

Date Opponent Score Inns Overall Conference Pitcher of record Attend Time

Feb 14, 2009 vs Austin Peay W 2-0 7 1-0-0 0-0-0 MURRAY (W 1-0) 1 1 6 1:51

Feb 14, 2009 vs #24 Southern Illinois L 0-10 5 1-1-0 0-0-0 COFFEY (L 0-1) 1 2 6 3:41

Feb 15, 2009 vs #24 Southern Illinois L 0-9 5 1-2-0 0-0-0 MURRAY (L 1-1) 9 4 11:1

Feb 15, 2009 vs Austin Peay W 10-1 6 2-2-0 0-0-0 COFFEY (W 1-1) 5 7 4:10

Feb 20, 2009 HOWARD UNIVERSITY W 9-1 7 3-2-0 0-0-0 MURRAY (W 2-1) 8 5 2:15

Feb 20, 2009 LEHIGH UNIVERSITY L 4-16 6 3-3-0 0-0-0 COFFEY (L 1-2) 7 5 2:45

Feb 21, 2009 LEHIGH UNIVERSITY L 5-7 7 3-4-0 0-0-0 MURRAY (L 2-2) 7 8 2:30

Feb 21, 2009 LEHIGH UNIVERSITY W 16-11 7 4-4-0 0-0-0 HUTCHINSON (W 1-0) 7 8 2:40

Feb 25, 2009 at USC Upstats-1 L 0-6 7 4-5-0 0-0-0 MURRAY (L 2-3) 6 6 1:58

Feb 25, 2009 at USC Upstats-2 L 0-17 5 4-6-0 0-0-0 HUTCHINSON (L 1-1) 6 6 1:40

Mar 07, 2009 DARTMOUTH L 3-12 6 4-7-0 0-0-0 MURRAY (L 2-4) 1 1 9 2:00

Mar 07, 2009 vs Manhattan W 3-1 (8) 5-7-0 0-0-0 BOOMHOWER (W 1-0) 2 0 2 1:50

Mar 08, 2009 at Maryland Terrapins L 0-1 7 5-8-0 0-0-0 MURRAY (L 2-5) 2 3 1 1:55

Mar 08, 2009 MANHATTAN W 8-0 5 6-8-0 0-0-0 BOOMHOWER (W 2-0) 1 7 4 75

Mar 10, 2009 at Winston-Salem State-1 W 10-0 6 7-8-0 0-0-0 MURRAY (W) 5 6 2:13

Mar 10, 2009 at Winston-Salem State-2 W 9-0 5 8-8-0 0-0-0 BOOMHOWER (W) 5 6 1:22

Mar 11, 2009 at North Carolina A&T-2 L 1-3 7 8-9-0 0-0-0 MURRAY (L) 5 7 1:48

Mar 11, 2009 at North Carolina A&T-2 L 2-7 7 8-10-0 0-0-0 BOOMHOWER (L) 5 4 2:02

Mar 12, 2009 GEORGETOWN UNIV. L 0-2 7 8-11-0 0-0-0 MURRAY (L 3-7) 5 5 1:43

Mar 12, 2009 GEORGETOWN UNIV. W 3-2 7 9-11-0 0-0-0 BOOMHOWER (W 4-1) 5 8 2:00

Mar 18, 2009 TOWSON UNIVERSITY L 1-2 7 9-12-0 0-0-0 MURRAY (L 3-8) 6 8 2:00

Mar 18, 2009 TOWSON UNIVERSITY L 5-6 (8) 9-13-0 0-0-0 BOOMHOWER (L 4-2) 7 4 2:30

* Mar 19, 2009 PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE L 0-4 7 9-14-0 0-1-0 MURRAY (L 3-9) 6 5 1:55

Mar 24, 2009 APPALACHIAN STATE W 3-2 7 10-14-0 0-1-0 MURRAY (W 4-9) 7 4 1:32

Mar 24, 2009 APPALACHIAN STATE W 9-8 7 11-14-0 0-1-0 COFFEY (W 2-2) 7 0 2:10

* Mar 29, 2009 RADFORD UNIVERSITY L 5-8 7 11-15-0 0-2-0 MURRAY (L 4-10) 7 8 1:56

* Mar 29, 2009 RADFORD UNIVERSITY L 6-15 7 11-16-0 0-3-0 COFFEY (L 2-3) 8 5 2:00

* Mar 30, 2009 RADFORD UNIVERSITY L 3-7 (8) 11-17-0 0-4-0 MURRAY (L 4-11) 5 5 2:02

* Apr 02, 2009 at Presbyterian College W 2-0 7 12-17-0 1-4-0 MURRAY (W 5-11) 4 2 1:28

* Apr 02, 2009 at Presbyterian College L 3-5 7 12-18-0 1-5-0 MURRAY (L 5-12) 3 9 1:40

* 04-04-09 at Coastal Carolina-1 W 3-2 7 13-18-0 2-5-0 MURRAY (W 6-12) - 1:46

* 04-04-09 at Coastal Carolina-2 L 1-9 5 13-19-0 2-6-0 HUTCHINSON (L 1-2) 2 2 5 1:21

* 4-5-09 at Coastal Carolina W 2-1 7 14-19-0 3-6-0 MURRAY (W 7-12) 1 4 7 1:38

* Apr 10, 2009 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY L 1-5 7 14-20-0 3-7-0 MURRAY (L 7-13) 4 5 1:48

* Apr 11, 2009 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY W 2-1 7 15-20-0 4-7-0 MURRAY (W 8-13) 6 5 1:40

* Apr 11, 2009 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY W 6-5 7 16-20-0 5-7-0 BUCHANAN (W 1-0) 7 2 1:13

* Apr 17, 2009 at Charleston Southern-1 W 4-1 7 17-20-0 6-7-0 MURRAY (W 9-13) 5 3 1:50

* Apr 17, 2009 at Charleston Southern-2 L 4-7 7 17-21-0 6-8-0 WALLS (L 0-1) 6 1 1:50

* Apr 18, 2009 at Charleston Southern L 3-4 (8) 17-22-0 6-9-0 MURRAY (L 9-14) 6 8 2:15

* Apr 21, 2009 WINTHROP UNIVERSITY L 3-11 7 17-23-0 6-10-0 MURRAY (L 9-15) 7 3 1:43

* Apr 21, 2009 WINTHROP UNIVERSITY L 5-8 7 17-24-0 6-11-0 BUCHANAN (L 1-1) 6 8 2:05

* Apr 23, 2009 at Winthrop L 1-6 7 17-25-0 6-12-0 MURRAY (L 9-16) 1 0 3 1:33

May 07, 2009 vs Charleston Southern W 5-3 7 18-25-0 6-12-0 MURRAY (W 10-16) 0 1:53

% May 07, 2009 at Radford L 0-6 7 18-26-0 6-12-0 BUCHANAN (L 1-2) 0 1:24

% May 08, 2009 vs Coastal Carolina W 12-8 7 19-26-0 6-12-0 MURRAY (W 11-16) 0 2:00

% May 08, 2009 vs Charleston Southern L 2-3 (10) 19-27-0 6-12-0 MURRAY (L 11-17) 0 2:56

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SINGLE SEASON RECORDSSINGLE SEASON RECORDSINDIVIDUAL BATTING

BATTING AVERAGE1. Christa Fullwood (2009) ......................... .460

2. Lindsey Whitfi eld (2007) .......................... .365 3. Abbie Looper (2007) ................................. .356 4. Beverly Proffi tt (2001) ............................. .353 5. Stephanie Shrum (2001) ........................... .346

HITS 1. Abbie Looper (2007) .................................... 73 2. Stephanie Shrum (2002) ...............................69

3. Christa Fullwood (2009) .............................64 T4. Allison Murphy (2002) ................................ 63 Rachael Riopel (2004) ..................................63

AT BATS 1. Stephanie Shrum (2002) ............................ 219 2. Abbie Looper (2007) ..................................205 3. Joni Carter (2002) .......................................204 T4. Rachael Riopel (2004) ................................202 Jessi Polk (2007) .........................................202

RBI 1. Beverly Proffi tt (2001) ................................ 52

2. Melody Harrell (2007) ............................... 51 3. Emily Sherrill (2007) .................................. 48 4. Rachael Riopel (2005) ................................ 38

5. Christa Fullwood (2009) ........................... 36

RUNS 1. Emily Sherrill (2007) .................................. 41 2. Stephanie Shrum (2002) ............................. 38 T3. Joni Carter (2002) ....................................... 34 Rachael Riopel (2002) ................................ 34 Lindsey Whitfi eld (2007) ............................. 34

DOUBLES 1. Beverly Proffi tt (2001) ................................ 18 2. Stephanie Shrum (2002) ..............................17 3. Rachael Riopel (2002) ................................ 14 4. Allison Murphy (2002) ............................... 13 T5. Christa Fullwood (2009) .............................12 Emily Sherrill (2007) ................................... 12

TRIPLEST1. Abbie Looper (2007) ......................................5

Lani Shaffer (2002) ....................................... 5 T3. Rachael Riopel (2002) .................................. 4 Kelly Linsley (2006) ......................................4 Melody Harrell (2007) ................................ 4 Kelsey Witter (2008) ................................... 4

HOME RUNS T1. Emily Sherrill (2007) .................................. 12 Joanna Ward (2007) .................................... 12 3. Jessi Williams (2008) .................................. 11 4. Lindsey Whitfi eld (2007) .............................. 9 T5. Rachael Riopel (2005) .................................. 8 Beverly Proffi tt (2001) .................................. 8 Mandy Ward (2008) .................................... 8

EXTRA BASE HITS 1. Beverly Proffi tt (2001) ................................ 27 2. Emily Sherrill (2007) .................................. 24 3. Rachael Riopel (2005) ................................ 22 4. Melody Harrell (2007) ................................21 5. Christa Fullwood (2009) ........................... 21

TOTAL BASES 1. Emily Sherrill (2007) ................................. 104 2. Joanna Ward (2007) ................................... 103 3. Lindsey Whitfi eld (2007) .......................... 102 4. Christa Fullwood (2009) .......................... 100 5. Rachael Riopel (2005) ................................. 94

SLUGGING PERCENTAGE 1. Beverly Proffi tt (2001) .............................. .723 2. Christa Fullwood (2009) ......................... .719 3. Lindsey Whitfi eld (2007) .......................... .600 4. Melody Harrell (2007) ............................ .588 5. Rachael Riopel (2005) .............................. .570 WALKS 1. Emily Sherrill (2007) ................................... 27 2. Jenny Wallace (2002) .................................. 26 3. Jessi Williams (2007) ................................... 25 4. Kelly Linsley (2007) .................................... 23 5. Christie Barlow (2006) ................................ 22

STOLEN BASES T1. Stephanie Shrum (2002) ............................. 32 Abbie Looper (2007) .................................... 32 3. Lani Shaffer (2004) ..................................... 30 4. Joni Carter (2002) ....................................... 29 5. Stephanie Shrum (2001) ............................. 25

GAMES PLAYED T1. Joni Carter (2002) ....................................... 63 Allison Murphy (2002) ............................... 63 Carla Poskas (2002) .................................... 63 Rachael Riopel (2002, 2004) ...................... 63 Lani Shaffer (2002, 2004) ........................... 63 Jenny Wallace (2004) ................................... 63

GAMES STARTED T1. Joni Carter (2002) ....................................... 63 Allison Murphy (2002) ............................... 63 Carla Poskas (2002) .................................... 63 Rachael Riopel (2002, 2004) ...................... 63 Lani Shaffer (2002, 2004) ........................... 63

INDIVIDUAL PITCHING

WINS T1. Stacie Reichert (2004) ................................. 18 Taryn Beck (2007) ...................................... 18 3. Stacie Reichert (2005) ................................. 12 T4. Susan Frank (2001) ..................................... 11 Susan Frank (2002) ..................................... 11 Stephanie Taylor (2002) .............................. 11 Christine Murray (2009) ............................11

LOSSES 1. Haley Scism (2006) ..................................... 22 2. Stacie Reichert (2004) ................................. 20 T3. Stacie Reichert (2005) ................................. 17 Christine Murray (2009) ............................17 5. Stacie Reichert (2003) ...................................16 SAVES T1. Susan Frank (2002) ....................................... 4 Taryn Beck (2008) ........................................ 4 3. Stacie Reichert (2004) ................................... 3 T4. Stacie Reichert (2002) .................................... 2 Susan Frank (2001) ....................................... 2

COMPLETE GAMES 1. Stacie Reichert (2004) .................................. 31 2. Stacie Reichert (2005) .................................. 22 T3. Taryn Beck (2007) ...................................... 21 Christine Murray (2009) ........................... 21 5. Susan Frank (2001) ...................................... 18 INNINGS PITCHED 1. Stacie Reichert (2004) ............................. 254.1 T2. Stacie Reichert (2005) ............................. 183.0 Taryn Beck (2007) .................................. 183.0 4. Christine Murray (2009) ...................... 181.1 5. Haley Scism (2006) ................................. 171.1 STRIKEOUTS 1. Stacie Reichert (2004) ................................ 213 2. Christine Murray (2009) ......................... 193 T3. Stacie Reichert (2005) ............................... 166 Taryn Beck (2007) ..................................... 166 5. Taryn Beck (2008) ..................................... 126 STRIKEOUTS PER 7 IP (MIN. 50 IP) T1. Christine Murray (2008) ....................... 7.46 Christine Murray (2009) ........................ 7.46 3. Taryn Beck (2008) ................................... 6.47 4. Taryn Beck (2005) ................................... 6.49 T5. Stacie Reichert (2005) .............................. 6.35 Taryn Beck (2007) ................................... 6.35

WALKS 1. Christine Murray (2009) .......................... 72 2. Stacie Reichert (2004) .................................. 65 3. Haley Scism (2006) ...................................... 64 4. Stacie Reichert (2005) ................................. 59 5. Angie Walls (2007) ..................................... 58 FEWEST WALKS PER 7 IP (MIN. 50 IP) 1. Cindy Boomhower (2008) ....................... 0.91 T2. Susan Frank (2001) ................................... 1.26 Taryn Beck (2007) ................................... 1.26 4. Stacie Reichert (2002) ............................... 1.38 5. Stephanie Taylor (2002) ........................... 1.44

ERA (MIN. 50 IP) 1. Stacie Reichert (2004) .............................. 1.71 2. Susan Frank (2002) .................................. 1.94 3. Stacie Reichert (2003) .............................. 2.12 4. Taryn Beck (2007) ................................... 2.30 5. Stacie Reichert (2005) .............................. 2.33 SHUTOUTS 1. Taryn Beck (2007) ........................................ 9 2. Stacie Reichert (2004) ................................... 8 3. Susan Frank (2001) ....................................... 5 T4. Stacie Reichert (2005) .................................... 3 Christine Murray (2009) ..............................3

INDIVIDUAL FIELDING

FIELDING PERCENTAGE (MIN. 50 ATTEMPTS) T1. Jordyn Hill (2004) .................. 1.000 (177 TC) Jenny Wallace (2001) ............... 1.000 (75 TC) Lani Shaffer (2002) .................. 1.000 (62 TC) Kelly Linsley (2008) ................ 1.000 (76 TC) 5. Christa Fullwood (2008) ...... .995 (208 TC)

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CAREER RECORDSCAREER RECORDSINDIVIDUAL BATTING

BATTING AVERAGE 1. Rachael Riopel (2002-05) ......................... .311 2. Stephanie Shrum (2001-03) ...................... .297 3. Abbie Looper (2004-07) .......................... .291 4. Joni Carter (2001-02) ................................ .290 5. Jessi Williams (2005-08) .......................... .282

HITS 1. Rachael Riopel (2002-05) .......................... 217 2. Abbie Looper (2004-07) ............................ 203 3. Allison Murphy (2001-04) ......................... 175 4. Lani Shaffer (2001-04)............................... 172 5. Kelly Linsley (2005-08) ............................. 167

AT BATS T1. Rachael Riopel (2002-05) .......................... 698 Abbie Looper (2004-07) ............................698 3. Lani Shaffer (2001-04)............................... 674 4. Allison Murphy (2001-04) ......................... 646 5. Kelly Linsley (2005-08) ............................. 629

RBI 1. Rachael Riopel (2002-05) ......................... 126 2. Jessi Williams (2005-08) ............................ 100 3. Melody Harrell (2007-present) ................ 92 4. Allison Murphy (2001-04) .......................... 87 5. Mandy Ward (2007-present) .................... 74

RUNS 1. Abbi Looper (2004-07) ............................. 111 2. Lani Shaffer (2001-04) .............................. 102 3. Rachael Riopel (2002-05) ........................... 98 4. Kelly Linsley (2005-08) .............................. 97 5. Jessi Williams (2005-08) .............................. 96

DOUBLES 1. Rachael Riopel (2002-05) ........................... 36 2. Allison Murphy (2001-04) ...........................30 T3. Jessi Williams (2005-08) ............................. 24 Melody Harrell (2007-present) ................. 24 5. Mandy Ward (2007-present) ..................... 23 TRIPLES 1. Rachael Riopel (2002-05) ........................... 12 T2. Lani Shaffer (2001-04) .................................. 9 Rachael Riopel (2004-07) ............................. 9 Melody Harrell (2007-present) ................... 9 5. Stephanie Shrum (2001-03) .......................... 7

HOME RUNS 1. Jessi Williams (2005-08) ............................. 22 T2. Lindsey Whitfi eld (2006-07) ....................... 16 Joanna Ward (2005-07) ............................... 16 Mandy Ward (2007-present) .................... 16 4. Melody Harrell (2007-present) ..................15 5. Rachael Riopel (2002-05) ........................... 14 EXTRA BASE HITS 1. Rachael Riopel (2002-05) ........................... 68 2. Jessi Williams (2005-08) ............................. 52 3. Melody Harrell (2007-present) ................ 48 4. Mandy Ward (2007-present) ..................... 39 5. Lindsey Whitfi eld (2006-07) ........................ 38

TOTAL BASES 1. Rachael Riopel (2002-05) .......................... 319 2. Jessi Williams (2005-08) ............................ 262 3. Melody Harrell (2007-present) ............... 244 4. Abbie Looper (2004-07) ........................... 241 5. Allison Murphy (2001-04) ......................... 221 WALKS 1. Kelly Linsley (2005-08) ............................... 73 2. Lani Shaffer (2001-04) ................................ 69 3. Christie Barlow (2003-06) ........................... 67 4. Jessi Williams (2005-08) .............................. 63 5. Allison Murphy (2001-04) ........................... 55

STOLEN BASES 1. Stephanie Shrum (2001-03) ........................ 77 2. Abbie Looper (2004-07) .............................. 74 3. Lani Shaffer (2001-04) .............................. 65* 4. Joni Carter (2001-02) .................................. 39 5. Stephanie Shrum (2005-08) ........................ 31

GAMES PLAYED 1. Rachael Riopel (2002-05) ......................... 224 2. Kelly Linsley (2005-08) ............................ 220 3. Lani Shaffer (2001-04) .............................. 219 4. Allison Murphy (2001-04) ........................ 218 5. Abbie Looper (2004-07) ........................... 216

GAMES STARTED 1. Rachael Riopel (2002-05) ......................... 224 2. Kelly Linsley (2005-08) ............................ 219 3. Lani Shaffer (2001-04) .............................. 218 4. Allison Murphy (2001-04) ........................ 217 5. Abbie Looper (2004-07) ........................... 216

INDIVIDUAL PITCHING

WINS 1. Stacie Reichert (2002-05) ........................... 45 2. Taryn Beck (2005-08) ................................. 35 3. Susan Frank (2001-03) ................................ 28 4. Stephanie Taylor (2002-05) ........................ 23 5. Christine Murray (2007-present) ............. 20 LOSSES 1. Stacie Reichert (2002-05) ........................... 63 2. Taryn Beck (2005-08) ................................. 42 3. Stephanie Taylor (2002-05) ........................ 30 4. Susan Frank (2001-03) ................................. 27 5. Christine Murray (2007-present) ............. 25

SAVES T1. Susan Frank (2001-03) .................................. 7 Stacie Reichert (2002-05) ............................. 7 3. Taryn Beck (2005-08) ................................... 5 4. Stephanie Taylor (2002-05) ........................... 2 5. Six tied with ...................................................1

COMPLETE GAMES 1. Stacie Reichert (2002-05) ............................ 63 2. Taryn Beck (2005-08) .................................. 49 3. Christine Murray (2007-present) ............. 25 4. Susan Frank (2001-03) ................................ 20 5. Haley Scism (2006-08) ................................ 17

INNINGS PITCHED 1. Stacie Reichert (2002-05) ....................... 702.2 2. Taryn Beck (2005-08) ............................. 479.0 3. Stephanie Taylor (2002-05) .................... 344.1 4. Susan Frank (2001-03) ............................ 303.0 5. Christine Murray (2007-present) ........ 297.1

STRIKEOUTS 1. Stacie Reichert (2002-05) .......................... 538 2. Taryn Beck (2005-08) ............................... 413 3. Christine Murray (2007-present) ........... 329 4. Stephanie Taylor (2002-04) ....................... 211 5. Susan Frank (2001-03) ............................... 124

STRIKEOUTS PER 7 IP (MIN. 75 IP) 1. Christine Murray (2007-present) ......... 7.75 2. Taryn Beck (2005-08) .............................. 6.04 3. Stacie Reichert (2002-05) ........................ 5.36 4. Andrea Lewis (2004-05) .......................... 5.03 5. Stephanie Taylor (2002-05) ..................... 4.29

WALKS 1. Stacie Reichert (2002-05) .......................... 201 2. Christine Murray (2007-present) ........... 148 3. Taryn Beck (2005-08) ................................ 139 4. Stephanie Taylor (2002-05) ...................... 132 5. Susan Frank (2001-03) ................................ 85

FEWEST WALKS PER 7 IP (MIN. 75 IP) 1. Cindy Boomhower (2008-present) ......... 1.02 2. Stevi Bolin (2001-02) ............................... 1.30 3. Susan Frank (2001-03) ............................. 1.96 4. Stacie Reichert (2002-05) ......................... 2.00 5. Taryn Beck (2005-08) .............................. 2.03

ERA (MIN. 150 IP) 1. Stacie Reichert (2002-05) ........................ 2.07 2. Taryn Beck (2005-08) .............................. 2.79 3. Susan Frank (2001-03) ............................. 2.82 4. Julie White (2001-03) .............................. 3.19 5. Stephanie Taylor (2002-05) ..................... 3.72 SHUTOUTS T1. Stacie Reichert (2002-05) ........................... 14 Taryn Beck (2005-08) ................................. 14 T3. Susan Frank (2001-03) .................................. 5 Stephanie Taylor (2002-05) ........................... 5 Christine Murray (2007-present) ............. 5

INDIVIDUAL FIELDING

FIELDING PERCENTAGE (MIN. 200 ATTEMPTS) 1. Emily Sherrill (2007) ............................... .991 2. Haley Scism (2006-08) ............................ .983 3. Jenny Wallace (2001-04) .......................... .979 4. Lindsey Cooper (2005) ............................ .976 5. Christie Barlow (2003-06) ....................... .970

RUNNERS CAUGHT STEALING 1. Christie Barlow (2003-06) .......................... 64 2. Jenny Wallace (2002-04) ............................. 53 3. Mandy Ward (2007-present) .................... 28 T4. Julie Dillon (2001-02) ................................. 12 Emily Sherrill (2007) .................................. 12

* During her career, Lani Shaffer stole 55 consecutive bases. Her 55 straight steals are the fi fth-most all-time in NCAA history.

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TEAM RECORDSTEAM RECORDSGENERAL

Games Played T1. 63 ..................................................... 2002 63 ..................................................... 2004 3. 62 ..................................................... 2007 4. 57 ...................................................... 2008 5. 53 ..................................................... 2005

Wins 1. 36 ..................................................... 2002 2. 35 ...................................................... 2007 3. 30 ..................................................... 2004 4. 22 ...................................................... 2008 T5. 19 ..................................................... 2005 19 ..................................................... 2001

Losses 1. 26 ...................................................... 2007 T2. 27 ..................................................... 2009 27 ...................................................... 2002 4. 29 ..................................................... 2001 5. 32 ..................................................... 2004

BATTINGHits 1. 494 ................................................... 2007 2. 466 ................................................... 2002 T3. 370 ................................................... 2004 370 .................................................... 2008 5. 341 ................................................... 2001

At Bats 1. 1703 ................................................. 2002 2. 1673 ................................................. 2007 3. 1652 ................................................. 2004 4. 1515 .................................................. 2008 5. 1314 ................................................. 2005

Batting Average 1. .295 .................................................. 2007 2. .274 .................................................. 2002

3. .271 ................................................... 2009 4. .263 .................................................. 2001 T5. .244 ................................................... 2008 .244 ................................................... 2006

Runs 1. 285 .................................................... 2007 2. 256 ................................................... 2002 3. 179 ................................................... 2001 4. 177 ................................................... 2004

5. 176 .................................................... 2009

Doubles 1. 85 ..................................................... 2002 2. 69 ...................................................... 2007

3. 57 ...................................................... 2009 4. 54 ..................................................... 2001T5. 45 ..................................................... 2004 45 ..................................................... 2005 45 ...................................................... 2006

Triples 1. 20 ..................................................... 2002 2. 15 ...................................................... 2007 3. 11 ...................................................... 2006 T4. 10 ..................................................... 2003 10 ...................................................... 2008

Home Runs 1. 52 ...................................................... 2007 2. 36 ...................................................... 2008 3. 24 ...................................................... 2006 4. 19 ...................................................... 2009 5. 18 ..................................................... 2005

Extra Base Hits 1. 136 .................................................... 2007 2. 111 ................................................... 2002 3. 85 ...................................................... 2008

4. 84 ..................................................... 2009 5. 80 ...................................................... 2006 Total Bases 1. 749 .................................................... 2007 2. 609 ................................................... 2002 3. 537 .................................................... 2008

4. 465 ................................................... 2009 5. 454 .................................................... 2006 RBI 1. 256 .................................................... 2007 2. 215 ................................................... 2002 3. 172 ................................................... 2001

4. 169 .................................................... 2009 5. 156 ................................................... 2008

Walks 1. 146 .................................................... 2007 2. 130 ................................................... 2008 3. 124 ................................................... 2004 4. 115 ................................................... 2002 5. 112 ................................................... 2001

Stolen Bases 1. 92 ..................................................... 2002 2. 86 ...................................................... 2007 3. 61 ..................................................... 2001 4. 60 ..................................................... 2004 5. 53 ...................................................... 2008

PITCHING

Innings Pitched 1. 434.1 ................................................ 2004 2. 415.2 ................................................ 2002 3. 403.1 ................................................ 2007 4. 383.1 ................................................. 2008 5. 337.1 ................................................ 2005

Runs Allowed 1. 183 ................................................... 2002 2. 207 ................................................... 2003 3. 212 ................................................... 2001 4. 224 ................................................... 2005 5. 238 ................................................... 2004

Earned Runs Allowed 1. 136 ................................................... 2003 2. 142 ................................................... 2002 3. 148 ................................................... 2001 4. 155 ................................................... 2005 5. 166 ................................................... 2004

ERA 1. 2.39 .................................................. 2002 2. 2.68 .................................................. 2004 3. 2.87 .................................................. 2003 4. 3.18 .................................................. 2008 5. 3.19 .................................................. 2007

FIELDING

Fielding Percentage 1. .964 .................................................. 2007 2. .962 ................................................... 2009 3. .957 .................................................. 2008 4. .956 .................................................. 2002 5. .954 ................................................... 2006

Total Chances 1. 2041 ................................................. 2002 2. 2035 ................................................. 2004 3. 1749 ................................................. 2007 4. 1680 .................................................. 2008 5. 1652 ................................................. 2003

Putouts 1. 1303 ................................................. 2004 2. 1247 ................................................. 2002 3. 1210 .................................................. 2007 4. 1150 .................................................. 2008 5. 1021 ................................................. 2005

Assists 1. 705 ................................................... 2002 2. 637 ................................................... 2004 3. 559 ................................................... 2003 4. 481 ................................................... 2001 5. 476 ................................................... 2007

Errors1. 48 ...................................................... 2009

2. 62 ...................................................... 2006 3. 63 ..................................................... 2007 4. 64 ..................................................... 2001 5. 72 ...................................................... 2008

Double Plays Turned 1. 20 ...................................................... 2007 T2. 12 ..................................................... 2004 12 ..................................................... 2003 4. 11 ...................................................... 2008 5. 7 ....................................................... 2005

Stolen Bases Allowed 1. 27 ...................................................... 2006 2. 39 ..................................................... 2002 3. 48 ...................................................... 2008 4. 49 ..................................................... 2005

5. 51 ..................................................... 2009

Runners Caught Stealing 1. 30 ..................................................... 2002 2. 29 ..................................................... 2003 T3. 26 ..................................................... 2004 26 ...................................................... 2007 5. 23 ..................................................... 2005

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THis is GArdner-Webb

Gardner-Webb at a Glance• Located in Boiling Springs, N.C.• Thirteen departments offering 45 major fields of study• Approximately 4,000 students from 33 states and 34 foreign countries• 15:1 student-faculty ratio• Founded in 1905 as Boiling Springs H.S. and became Boiling Springs Junior College in 1928. It was renamed Gardner-Webb College in 1942 in honor of Governor O. Max Gardner and his wife, Fay Webb Gardner. It became a university in 1993.• Honored by the U.S. News and World Report magazine as one of America’s best colleges.

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