2005 26th Annual NAIA Volleyball National Championship Press Book

Fresno Pacific University uick Facts L tion: ................................ .. ..... .. ......... ........ .......... ...... Fre no, Calif. F unded: .......................... ..... ... ..... ............. ....... .. .............. ....... .. .... 1944 Regi n: ....................................................... .... ..... ..... ...... ....... ..... ... .... .. lI nferen : ...................... ................ Golden State Athletic Conference Enr llment: ......................... ... ..... .. .................... ....... ... ............ ...... l ,200 olors: .......... ..... ........ .................... .................. ..... Royal/Orange/White Ma ot: ...... ............... ....................... ... .............. .............. ......... Sunbirds Pr id nt ............................................. ................. Dr. D. Merrill Ewert Athletic Director: .......... ...................... ......... ........ ... ..... Dennis Janzen Ath letic Trainer: ..... ........ ................ .. ..... ...... ................... .......... Jim Ave Coaching Staff Head Coach: Dennis Janzen (Tabor (Kan.) ' 75) Overall Record (Years): 673 - 17 l (22nd Year) Assistant Coach: Tracy Ainger-Schulte, Matt Whitaker, Todd Nord HeadC-oachNotes port Info rmation Director: ...... .... ...... ..... ... ....... ....... ........... Ken Isaak 2005 Overall Record: ...... .............. .. ...... ... ...... ........... .... ...... ... ..... .... 34-0 Qualified by: ............ ............... .. .... ................ ... ..... Region II Champion Var ity Program Started: .. ... ....... ........ ........ ................ ...... ... ........... 1982 Roster Both Jazen and Associate Head coach Tracy (Ainger) Schulte are both members of the NAIA Hall of Fame class of 2003 .. .Janzen has guided FPU to a pair of NAIA National Championships (1989, 2003 ) and is nearing 700 career wins...Schulte played three seasons of volleyball at FPU ( 1994-96) and led her team to a pair of Final Four appearances... Schulte was a three-time First Team All-America honoree and capped her career in 1996 by being named the NAIA National Player of the Year. Season Statistics SUNBIRD Athletics # '.\ame Pos. Ht \'1: Hometom1 1 ..... Marin Shilling ......... .... MB ... .......... 6-0 ........ SO ... . Clovis, Calif. 2 ..... Gera Bahr ................... DS ... .-... ...... . 5-10 ... ... SR .... Clovis, Calif 3 ..... Lira Xavier .. ................ S/OH .......... 6-0 ........ SR .... Belo Horizonte, Brazil 4 ..... Janelle Jackson ..... ..... DS ..... ......... 5-6 ..... ... JR .. ... Kingsburg, Calif. 5 ... .. Julie De Jager ............. OlI ... .......... 5-10 ......FR .... Merced, Cali£ 6 ..... Lorena Zuleta ............. MB ...... ....... 64 ........ SR .... Cali, Colombia 7 ..... Thais Julio ............ ...... OlI .... ......... fr 3 ........FR .... Sao Paulo, Brazil 8 .. ... Samantha Weatherly .. L ..... ........ ... 5-7 ........ SR .... VISalia,Cali£ 9 .. .. . BrittanyPierce ........ ,.. . OlI .... ... ... ... 5-10 ... ... FR .... Clovis, Calif. 10 .... Shu Liu ... ..... ............... S/OH .. ... .. ... 6-0 ........ FR ... . Shen Yang, China 13 .... Shailey Jones ...... ....... MB ... .......... 5-l l ...... SR ... . Kingsburg, Calif. 14 .. .. Allanah Munson ...... .. S .... .... ........ 5-8 ..... ... FR .... Medford, Ore. 17 .. .. Deanna Richards ..... ... OH .... ......... 5-l l ...... SR .. .. VISalia, Calif. 21 .... Katie Wild .... .. ... ..... .... OH/DS ....... 5-8 .. ... ... SO .... Kin sbur Calif. No. Name Pos Yr Kills/G Kill% Asts/G Ace Serve % Rec. % Digs/G BS/BA BIG 1 _ _ Marin Shilling 11/B So 3.22 .373 0.27 17/75 1.05 2 Gera Bahr OS Sr 11 .891 .958 2.44 3 Lira Xavi er S/OH Sr 2.40 .294 1.00 23 .879 .985 2.93 4/40 0.51 4 Janelle Jackson OS Jr 14 .860 .984 1.30 5 __Julie De Jager a-t Fr 1.88 .289 8 .962 0.65 7/29 0.75 6 Lorena Zuleta 11/B Sr 3.31 .460 33 .931 0.71 28/73 1.19 7 Thais Julio a-t Fr 4.68 .327 20 .868 .967 2.59 21/50 0.96 8 _ _ Samantha Weatherly _ L -= Sr 0.52 15 .944 .961 4.06 9 __Brittany Pierce a-t Fr 3.47 .316 42 .844 .935 2.53 5/18 0.23 10 Shu Liu S/OH Fr 1.62 .475 13.96 20 .930 2.39 12/48 0.85 13 _ Shailey Jones 11/B Sr 1.33 .183 1 .778 .962 0.40 1/9 0.25 14 Allanah Munson s Fr 0.53 .083 12.37 8 .970 1.61 2/6 0.21 - - -- 17 Deanna Richards a-t Sr 2.92 .299 1 1.00 .943 0.62 3/10 0.32 21 Katie Wild OH/DS So 4 .862 .927 1.52 - Others Team Tot al s 17.76 .337 16.17 200 .904 .958 16.42 100/359 2.66 __Opponent Totals 9.90 .091 9.31 83 .898 .919 12.63 46/158 1.50 42