2005 26th Annual NAIA Volleyball National Championship Press Book

Missouri Baptist University Quick Facts Locati n: ................................................. ..... ........ ............ St Louis, Mo. F unded: ............................ ............................. ............ .............. ....... 1964 Regi n: .................................................................................................. V nferenc : ........................... ... ...... ........ American Midwest Conference Enr llm nt: ......................... ............ ...... ...... .... ....... ...... .... .... .............. 500 Colors: ............................. ........... .. .......... ... ..................... ....... Blue/White Ma ot: .................................................. .......... ......... ................. Spartans Pr ident: ........ ............ ... .. ......................... .......... .......... ...... Dr. R Lacey Athletic Director: ....... ....... ... ......... ... ................ .. ........ ....... ... Tom Smith Athletic Trainer: ...... .... ................ ......... .... Erica Asher/Bryce Hickerson Coaching Staff Head Coach: John Yehling (Missouri Baptist '02) Overall Record (Years): 102-28 (4th Year) Assistant Coach: Chris Nichols, Shelli Byrkit, Carrie Girst Head Coach Notes port Information Director: ........ ........... ............. .......... Danny Wingate 2005 Overall Record: .................. .... .... ............... ........ ... ........ ............ 34-5 Qualified by: ... .. .. ....... ..... ............................. ..... .. .... Region V Champion arsity Program Started: ........................... .... ... ................................ 1982 Roster Also head coach of the men's volleyball team...Honored as MAMVIC Coach of the Year in 2004, while earning the University 's first ever MAMVIC Regular Season title and two-time Conference Tournament Championships. He has coached four players to All-American status and he took his team to the final four in 2005. This is Coach Yehling's first season as the Women 's Head Coach, but not his first year of coaching women...Coaches club volleyball for St. Louis High Performance and is a Camp Director for No Limits Volleyball in the summer. # ~ame Pos. Ht Yr. Hometom1 1 ..... Shannan Swiney ........ S .. ........ ...... 6-0 .... .... JR .... St. Louis, Mo. 3 ..... Emmalee Steiger ......... DS .............. 5-8 ........ SR ... Washington, Mo. 4 ..... Stacey Held ................ DS .............. 5-8 ........ SR ... St. Louis, Mo. 5 ..... Tracey Abell .... .. ......... L ................ 5-5 ........ FR ... St. Charles, Mo. 6 ..... Ashlee Lukasek .......... OH ....... ...... 5-9 ..... .. . JR .... St. Louis, Mo. 7 ..... Alex Fox ..................... DS/OH ....... 5-7 ........ JR .... Manchester, Mo. 8 ..... Ana Mercado .. ........... OH .... .. ....... 6-1 ........ JR .... Tepic, Mexico 9 .. ... Ashley Blaske ............ DS .. ... ......... 5-7 ........ SR ... Defiance, Ohio 10 .... Marquita Travis ·····:···MB ............. 5-10 ...... SR ... Brawley, CA 11 .... Kim Ramsay ............... RS ... ........... 6-4 ........ SR ... Victoria, B.C. 12 .... Lindsay Morin ... ........ OH .. .......... . 5-9 ........ JR .... Elkhorn, Neb. 13 .... DanaDreisewerd .. .... .. MB ............. 5-10 ...... SO ... Defiance, Ohio 15 .... Jessica Egelhoff ..... .... OH ............ . 5-7 ........ SR ... St. Charles, Mo. 23 .... Brittany Lukasek ........ MB ......... ... . 5-11 ...... FR ... St. Louis, Mo. Season Statistics No. Name Pos Yr Kills/G Kill% Asts/G Ace Serve % Rec. % Oigs/G BS/BA BIG 1 __Shannan Swiney __S__Jr _ .85 .363 12.09 78 91.8 1.96 14/54 .51 3 __Emmalee Steiger __OS__ Sr 2 91 .7 89.1 1.67 4 __Stacey Held OS Sr 5 93.8 87.2 1.69 5 __Tracey Abell L Fr 42 92 .3 93.0 5.77 6 Ashlee Lukasek o; Jr 1.99 .190 14 93.8 91.5 1.72 8/22 .27 -- 7 Alex Fox OS/OH Fr .30 .240 24 91 .5 89.4 1.33 1/2 .03 - 8 Ana Mercado o; Jr 5.45 .296 173 85.3 92.5 2.56 16/39 .46 9 __Ashley Blaske OS Sr 22 96.2 86.8 2.57 10 _Marquita Travis __ MB _Sr_ 1.84 __ .322 12/53 1.16 11 _Kim Ramsay RS Sr 3.02 .328 27/94 .98 12 _Lindsey Morin o; Jr 2 90.6 90.9 .90 0/5 .24 13 Dana Dreisewerd MB So 1.64 .216 16/57 .82 15 _Jessica Egelhoff __ o; _ Sr _ .70 24 90.2 88.2 2.3 6/3 .09 23 _ Brittany Lukasek __MB Fr 2.14 .285 7 95.7 18/94 .92 Others Team Totals 14.7 13.0 396 91 .0 91 .0 16.18 118/423 2.34 __Opponent Totals 56