CREDITS: The 2010 Radford University Softball Guide was written, edited and designed by Brian Stanley and Radford University’s Office of Athletic Commu-nications. Photography by Lora Gordon,Stephen May, Dan Kruhm, Brett Whitesell, Willis Glascow, Brian Stanley and Tim Cowie. Publication was designed using InDesign CS4 and Photoshop CS3. The guide was printed by Southern Printing in Blacksburg, Va.

RADFORD UNIVERSITY 2010 SOFTBALLQuick Facts / Team Information

TABLE OF CONTENTSQuick Facts ............................................1Big South Champs ............................. 2-3Season Outlook .................................. 4-5Head Coach Mickey Dean ................. 6-7Assistant Coach Katy Lampman ............8Assistant Coach Loren Messick .............9Support Staff ..........................................92010 Roster ..........................................10Player Profiles ................................ 11-21Season Review .....................................232009 Season Headlines .................. 24-252009 Results .........................................262009 Overall/Big South Stats......... 27-28Softball History ....................................30Record Book .................................. 31-382010 Tournaments/Big South Opp. ......40RU Softball Facilities ...........................41This is Radford University ...................42President Penelope Kyle ......................43Radford Athletics ........................... 44-47Big South Conference ..........................48

RADFORD UNIVERSITYLocation ...................................................................................... Radford, Va.Founded................................................................................................... 1910Enrollment .............................................................................................. 9,230Nickname .....................................................................................HighlandersColors .......................................................................................Red and WhiteAffiliation ............................................................................ NCAA Division IConference ...................................................................................... Big SouthPresident ...............................................Penelope W. Kyle (Guilford College)Director of Athletics ........................ Robert Lineburg (Roanoke College ’91)

SOFTBALL INFORMATIONFacility ........................................................................ Radford Softball FieldCapacity .................................................................................................... 500Head Coach ................................................................................Mickey DeanAlma Mater ........................................................................................Elon ‘87Record at Radford (Years) ............................................................. 131-57 (3)Career Record (Years) .................................................................... 186-62 (4)Office Phone / Email .......................(540) 831-5882 / mdean11@radford.eduAssistant Coach ............................................. Katy Lampman (Winthrop ‘03)Assistant Coach ............................................... Loren Messick (Roanoke ‘08)2009 Overall / Big South (Finish) Record .......................... 41-15 / 16-2 (1st)Position Starters Returning / Lost ............................................................ 7 / 2Pitchers Returning / Lost ......................................................................... 2 / 1Others Returning / Lost ............................................................................ 3 / 3Newcomers ................................................................................................... 4

PROGRAM HISTORYFirst Year ................................................................................................. 1992All-Time Record (Years) ........................................................461-524-1 (18)All-Time Big South Record (Years).......................................... 124-109 (18)Conference Titles ...............................................................................1 (2009)NCAA Appearances ...........................................................................1 (2009)NCAA Results ............................................1-2, NCAA Chapel Hill Regional

ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONSAssistant Director (SB Contact) .................................................Brian StanleyOffice Phone ........................................................................... (540) 831-6884Cell Phone .............................................................................. (540) 818-6656Email .........................................................................bmstanley@radford.eduAssistant A.D. ...............................................................................Joey BeelerOffice Phone ........................................................................... (540) 831-5726Email ........................................................................... jwbeeler@radford.eduAssistant Director ........................................................................Patrick ReedEmail ............................................................................. pmreed@radford.eduIntern ............................................................................................Curt CassellEmail ............................................................................ctcassell@radford.eduOffice Fax ............................................................................... (540) 831-6095Website ................................................................www.RadfordAthletics.comMailing Address ......................................P.O. Box 6913, Radford, VA 24142Overnight Address ......................... 101 Dedmon Center, Radford, VA 24142

2009 BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONS

RADFORD, Va. – Radford cruised to its first Big South Championship in school history with a 10-1 six-inning victory over Liberty in the if-necessary game on May 9, 2009 at the RU Softball Field. With the triumph, the Highlanders earned its first bid to the NCAA Softball Tournament where they went on to face eventual national semifinalist Georgia. Highlighted by tournament MVP Kristen Shifflett’s 4-for-4 outing, which included her school-record 13th long ball of the season, Sarah Himan and Michelle Beall also belted home runs and added three RBI each. Chelsea Kelley, the 2009 Big South Pitcher of the Year, bounced back from a game one setback to scatter five hits over six innings to record her 24th victory of the season, while striking out a pair of Flames. Kelley and Shifflett, Jenn Everhart and Leigh Godfrey were named to the all-tournament team. The Highlanders did not waste time, using small ball to take a 4-0 lead in the first. Radford bunted the ball four times, including two successful squeezes by Himan and Nichole Beall, to go up 2-0. Michelle Beall and Shannon Keefe knocked in the next two runs with back-to-back RBI singles. Home runs by Shifflett and Beall made it 7-0. After Liberty scored its first run of the game in the sixth, Himan closed out the game with a one-out two-run walk-off home run in the bottom half of the inning.

“Itoldtheteamthattheyneededtostepupinthesec-

ondgameandwedidthat,”saidBigSouthCoachof

theYearMickeyDean.“Everyoneplayedtheirroles

anditpaidoff.Icouldnotbeanyprouderofthisteam.

Theyputinalotofhardworkallseasonandwere

rewardedintheendwithachampionship.”

“This is four years of hard work and dedication that has finally paid off,” said senior Jenn Everhart. “This is what our team has dreamed of and its feels amazing!”

2010 SEASON OUTLOOKQ&A WITH MICKEY DEAN

Radford softball is coming off its first Big South Championship and NCAA regional appearance and is looking forward to improving on the most successful season in program history. The Highlanders, under the direction of fourth-year head coach Mickey Dean, know they will have a tough task ahead of them, but are ready for the challenges that will be presented to them throughout the 2010 season. The 2009 Big South and State Coach of the Year sat down for a few minutes to talk Radford Softball and discuss a variety of topics which in-clude the challenges presented to his team coming off their first conference championship.

What did last season and the championship mean for this program?

The first thing is by going out and playing the teams that we played, and getting to regionals, it showed our team that we can compete at the national level on a week in and week out basis. And it’s important that we carry that forward. They understand now the work, the dedication, the commitment, and the trust that it takes to get to that point.

What are the expectations for this 2010 squad?

It’s important that we’ve been there (regionals) now. I know some coaches may not like to put the pressure on, but I think it’s vital that you have to continue it. Now, our expectations are even higher than they were last year as well as our team and individual goals. But they need to be, and I think our team understands that. We’re going to do what we need to do on a daily basis, and that’s all we can control at this point.

How do you think winning a championship helps Returning players?

I think it helps, especially with our juniors and seniors because they’ve been there the last two or three years and just haven’t gotten over the hump.

We got over the hump. We did conditioning yesterday and we worked our butts off, and then we got to the end and we did just a little bit more, because it always takes a just a little bit more. It’s not just on the physical part, it’s on the mental part too. Once you get to that point, all the teams are pretty even. Now it comes down to the mental part, who’s going to be mentally strong, because physically you’re all pretty even.

Coming into this season what is the most impor-tant thing you can instill in your players?

We’re not defending anything. This team has won zero, has not won a thing. This team does not get credit for what last year’s team did, because it’s a whole new dynamic. This is a completely different team, completely different year, one does not build on the other. You can’t take credit for something you did last year, when it’s this year. Everybody’s zero-zero.

The team has the most upperclassmen returning since you’ve been here. Does that play a significant role?

I think so, because the upperclassman that are here, are the ones that have been through the entire regime since I’ve been here. We’ve tried to build a little each year and a little bit more just on the mental part of it and the knowledge of the game. Every year they say, “why didn’t you teach us this last year?” It’s a pro-cess, everything is a process, we as coaches grow. We get through things in a matter of day that two or three years ago took us weeks to get through. Everyone that comes in and is on the team understands our philosophy with hitting and its backed by the upperclassmen. Everyone understands what our nature is on the bases, and it’s backed by the upperclassmen. Before we were just trying to build that and there was no real support from upperclassmen until last year, because it was still new.

What is the biggest difference you have seen in this team since taking over four years ago?

I think the biggest difference is understanding. I think the understanding of what it takes over the summer break, what it takes over Christmas break. All that stuff was new, and it takes awhile to build. I thought the teams the past three years did a good job of recognizing that, and trying to build on it, and because of their sacrifices that’s why this program is where it is today.

With Sarah Himan and Hope Creasy, what is the one thing you have noticed in their growth from freshmen to seniors?

Sarah has a better understanding of me. She knows what I’m doing dur-ing a game, and understands it, and therefore she doesn’t get flustered or upset. She’s the one I correspond with most during a game. In her first couple of years she didn’t quite understand what I was trying to do sometimes, and it would get to her. Now it just doesn’t get to her, and she’s also helped with taking that over to the rest of the team. There’s a purpose to this, lets figure out what this purpose is, and go forward. Sarah’s done a nice job of that.

Hope has done a tremendous job of understanding how important it is to just be on the field. She has played first base, third base, outfield, and understands the importance of every position on the field. I think that really carries over to the younger players. We have seven shortstops on the team. We don’t start seven shortstops.

We start one and six others at different positions. What Hope has done is taken that and helped players understand; it doesn’t matter what position you played in high school, the important thing is to get on the field, be able to contribute to be a part of it on the field. She has does a nice job with that.

the toughest message to get across to the team

The toughest thing to get across to players is how important every day is. It’s so easy to take a day off in January when you know you’re not playing till the end of February. At the end of the season you can go back and count how many days you didn’t come out as a player, and took off, and how it hurt you in the end. I think that’s important. The other thing is that in this game everybody puts their pants, and shirts, and socks, and cleats, and gloves on the same way, and when we step on the field everything is even in that fashion. We have to make sure that we are in the best condition, we have knowledge of the game, and when we run out on to that field, we know that we are going to win. It doesn’t matter who it is, it doesn’t matter what name is across the chest, it matters what name is in the heart. We just want to get that across to our players.

Radford Softball is....

Disciplined aggressiveness.

SARAH HIMAN

HOPE CREASY

Since taking his spot in the coaches’ box in 2007, Mickey Dean has lifted Radford softball to suc-cesses never before seen by the program, or any Highlander team. Dean, whose champi-onship pedigree extends from high school to the professional ranks, led

the Highlanders to their first Big South championship in 2009 as well as the school’s first-ever NCAA tournament win in any sport. The program’s remarkable year-by-year improvement under Dean cul-minated with a title last season, but was clearly a model of consistency: since 2006, the Highlanders are just one of 10 Division I teams to post four consecutive 40-win seasons. Under the guidance of the winningest coach in program history, Rad-ford has won 131 games (three 40-plus win seasons) over the past three years. Radford’s showing in the Chapel Hill regional, along with its 41-15 (16-2, Big South) campaign in 2009 earned the Highlander coaching staff NFCA Mid-Atlantic Region Coaching Staff of the Year honors. Under Dean’s tutelage, the Highlanders have garnered 19 all-confer-ence and six regional (four 2009 first-teamers) selections, recorded the program’s highest (44) and end of the season (49) RPI in 2008, earned recognition in the 2008 national polls and has been ranked regularly among the top teams in several NCAA statistical categories. Continuing the trend of record-breaking seasons in 2009, the High-landers improved on school marks set in 2008 in home runs (71), batting average (.315), slugging percentage (.535), on-base percentage (.369) and conference wins (16). They also set new records with 24 double plays and 16 road wins. Individually, marks that had been held since 1996 were broken as new records were set in batting average, home runs, slugging percentage and on base-percentage. The success, however, extended beyond the box scores. After hosting and winning the 2009 Big South tournament, Dean and the Highland-ers appeared in the tough Chapel Hill regional. Radford was edged by eventual national semifinalist Georgia, defeated Campbell and fell to the host and 15th-ranked Tar Heels. The 9-5 come-from-behind win over the Camels was the first NCAA team victory for a Radford University athletic program in school history. To go along with Radford’s accolades, Dean also guided the Chicago Bandits of the National Pro FastPitch League to a 2008 championship, the first in franchise history. After completing his fourth season as the head coach of the Bandits, he was promoted to the team’s general man-ager position in September of 2008. The championships by the Bandits and Highlanders added to Dean’s stellar accomplishments. He has now won a championship at the high school, junior college, NCAA, professional and Olympic levels. On the recruiting trail, Dean has reaped the benefits early on as his first two recruiting classes have made immediate impacts on the field. In 2008, Shannon Keefe was named the Big South and VaSID state Fresh-man of the Year and just a season later Leigh Godfrey garnered both those honors. Keefe was the first Highlander rookie to be recognized by

HEAD COACHFourth SEASON AT RADFORD

MICKEY DEAN

the Big South since 1995. Dean’s pitchers have been successful under his tutelage having been named the Big South Pitcher of the Year each season. In 2009, Chelsea Kelley followed in Ashley Taylor’s footsteps as the conference’s top pitcher as well as being one of the first four Highlanders to be named a first team all-region selection. Following a strong coaching debut in 2007, Radford softball under Dean completed one of its most successful campaigns in school history in 2008. The Highlanders posted a school-best 46-15 mark that included a record 16-game winning streak. Those were just two of several marks obtained that season. Along with the wins and winning streak, new records were set for winning percent-age (.754), road/neutral site wins (34), hit by pitches (26), winning streak (16 games) and road winning streak (eight games). As with 2007, several hitting records were set, only to be broken a season later. On a national scale, Radford received its first vote in a NCAA poll, ranking it 34th and 37th nationally. The Highlanders recorded the high-est RPI (44) in school history and finished the season 49th. They also garnered a Big South record seven first team all-conference selections and eight overall. Dean was hired on Sept. 7, 2006 as Radford University’s fifth head coach in school history. He joined Radford after two seasons as an as-sistant and associate head coach at Longwood University. In his first season with Radford, Dean guided the Highlanders to a then-school record 44-27 mark and their second straight appearance in

the Big South Championship game. Under his guidance, RU athletes earned six all-conference awards and four all-state accolades. Ashley Taylor was named Big South Pitcher of the Year and earned Southeast region honors, while becoming the first Highlander to obtain all-confer-ence accolades as a pitcher and hitter. The Highlanders also broke several team and individual records in 2007. Dean’s pitchers struck out a school-record 492 batters, while the base runners swiped a program-best 128 bases. Along with those marks, several hitting records fell, only to be broken again in 2008. A three-time NPF Manager of the Year, Dean became the sole manager of the Bandits in 2007 and after the 2008 championship he was named general manager. Prior to that, he along with co-manager Eugene Lenti led the Bandits to regular season championships in 2005 and 2006, including a 30-12 finish in 2006. Along with the Highlanders and Bandits, Dean currently holds the position of pitching coach with the Venezuelan National Team. Dean, who has been on the staff of the Venezuelan National team since 2002, helped lead the squad to the Gold Medal at the Central American Olympic Games in his first season and a Bronze Medal at the 2006 Pan American Games in Guatemala. He was also on the coaching staff in 2003 when Venezuela played in the Olympic qualifying tournament. In 2008, Venezuela qualified for its first-ever Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Before coming to Radford, Dean became a member of Longwood’s coaching staff as an assistant in 2005 and was promoted to associate head coach in 2006. During his two seasons, he served as the pitching coach, recruiting coordinator and defense strategy coach. Prior to the Bandits, Dean spent two seasons (2002-2004) as an as-sistant coach at Indiana University, helping guide the Hoosiers to their first winning season since 1997, finishing 2004 with a 32-31 record. The 2004 pitching staff also ranks second all-time in strikeouts in a season at Indiana. Before joining the staff at Indiana, Dean was an assistant at the Uni-versity of Akron from 2001-2002, where the Zips won the Mid-Ameri-can Conference (East Division) Championship in 2002. While at Akron, he coached the 2002 MAC Pitcher of the Year. He was also an assistant coach for Lake City Community College (Fla.) (LCCC) in the spring of 2000, before being promoted to head coach in the fall of the same year. As head coach of LCCC, he led the team to a NJCAA National Championship with a 65-5 record, earning him NJCAA Tournament Coach of the Year.

Dean began coaching softball in 1996, taking over the head coaching position at Orange County High School in Orange, Va. He was at the helm of the Hornets from 1996-1999, winning two Virginia AA State Titles (1998-99) and reaching the state semifinals in 1997. During his stint at OCHS, Dean was named Group AA Coach of the Year in 1998 and 1999 and co-coach of the year in 1997. He was also selected to coach in the 1999 and 2000 Virginia East-West All-Star Games. A 1987 graduate of Elon University, Dean holds a bachelor’s degree in public administration. During his playing days, he was a four-year mem-ber of the baseball team which participated in the NAIA College World Series in both 1985 and 1987. Dean and his wife Liz reside in Pulaski with their two children, Isaac and Caroline.

With a 9-5 win over Campbell, Dean guided the Highlanders to the first-ever NCAA Tournament team victory for a Radford Athletic program in school history.

YEAR OVERALL BIG SOUTH2001 65-5 (LAKE CITY CC)2007 44-27 9-7/3rd 2008 46-15 13-2/2nd2009 41-15 16-2/1st $RADFORD 131-57 (.697) 38-11OVERALL 186-62 (.750)$ - BIG SOUTH TOURNAMENT CHAMPION

Dean’s YEAR-BY-YEAR

PERSONALHometown ................................................................. Elkton, Va.High School ........................................................... SpotsylvaniaCollege .......................................................................... Elon ‘87Playing Experience .............................................Elon (1984-87)

BY THE NUMBERSCareer Record .............................................186-62 (Four Years)Record at Radford .................................... 131-57 (Three Years)Big South Record ...............................................................38-11

COACHING CAREER2006-Current ............................................ Head Coach, Radford2004-Current ...............................Head Coach, Chicago Bandits2002-pr. ..................Pitching Coach, Venezuelan National Team2005-06 ................................Associate Head Coach, Longwood2002-04 ............................................... Assistant Coach, Indiana2001-02 ................................................. Assistant Coach, Akron2000-01 ................ Head Coach, Lake City Community College2000................Assistant Coach, Lake City Community College1996-99 ....................Head Coach, Orange County High School

THE MICkEY DEAN FILE

ASSISTANT COACHSECOND SEASON AT RADFORD

KATY LAMPMAN

Katy Lampman, enter-ing her second season as assistant softball coach at Radford University, has made an immediate impact on the Highlander squad. Playing a key role in Radford’s 2009 Big South Championship and a NCAA Regional appear-

ance, Lampman was part of a staff that was named Mid-Atlantic Region Coaching Staff of the Year. With on-field instruction being Lampman’s main focus, the Highland-er defense flourished in 2009. Radford turned a school record 24 double plays and posted a .966 fielding percentage, tops in the Big South and second best in school history. Also working with the Highlander bats, the Highlanders improved on several team and individual numbers from a season ago which included breaking school records in batting average (.315), home runs (71), slug-ging (.535) and on base (.369) percentage.

A 2003 graduate of Winthrop, Lampman joins Radford after spending the past two seasons as a volunteer assistant coach at her alma mater. While with the Lady Eagles, she worked closely with the hitters and catchers. Along with coaching, Lampman has been providing private lessons that keyed on pitching, catching and hitting, while working several camps at Winthrop, University of Georgia and in Canada over the past five years. In 2007, she founded the Superior Softball School in Con-cord, N.C. which offers individual instruction and clinics in all areas of softball. Lampman (formerly Katy Agee) was a three-year starting catcher for the Lady Eagles (2001-03). A 2002 Big South All-Tournament selection, Lampman helped Winthrop to a pair of Big South Championship game appearances in 2001 and 2002. A pre-med major, Lampman graduated from Winthrop with a degree in biology, earning NFCA All-Academic honors, while being a member of the Tri-Beta Honor Society. A native of Louisa, Va., Lampman resides in Dublin with her two daughters, Natalie and Corynn.

SOFTBALL SUPPORT STAFF

TENNILLE CHAMBERSAssistant Athletic Trainer

BRIAN STANLEYAssistant Director of Athletic Communications

ASSISTANT COACHFIRST SEASON AT RADFORD

LOREN MESSICK

Loren Messick is in her first season as an assistant softball coach at Radford University. Messick will be involved in all phases of the Highlander program from practice organization to recruiting. “Loren will be a great addition to our staff,” said

Dean. “She brings a great deal of knowledge of the local and state wide talent.” Messick, a former Roanoke College standout, joins Radford after spending last season as an assistant coach at her alma mater. She made a successful transition from player to coach, serving as the Maroons’ infield instructor in 2009 and helping them to a 24-11 overall and 12-6 ODAC (Old Dominion Athletic Conference) record. “Loren’s hire is part of our continuing commitment to be in the best position to recruit Virginia talent,” commented Dean.

Messick enjoyed a successful four-year career in a Maroon uniform. The four-time first team ODAC shortstop left Roanoke ranked in the top ten in sacrifice hits (2nd/41), batting (5th/.383), assists (5th/233), hits (7th/180) and runs (7th/135). A mainstay in the starting lineup, Messick was a key factor in Roanoke winning a pair of ODAC championships (2005 & 2006) and earning NCAA regional bids both seasons, reaching the finals in 2006. The Maroons, who finished ranked 21st nationally in 2005 and 2006, posted an impressive 118-38 overall and 57-15 conference record during Messick’s four-year career. Messick was recently named ASA (Amateur Softball Association) Deputy JO Commissioner and has served as an assistant coach with a pair of Virginia summer-club teams; the 2009 U-23 Renegades and the 2007 U-16 Northern Neck Rage.

STEPHANIE BALLEINTeam AdministratorSWA/Director of Student-Athlete Support Services

KIM FAULKNERAssistant Strength and Conditioning Coach

BOB HAYESSoftballGame Operations

Numerical RosterNo. Name Yr. POS. B/T Ht. Hometown/Last School2 Lauren Williams Jr. OF L/R 5-4 Ashburn, Va./Stone Bridge3 Taylor Cunningham Jr. 3B/OF R/R 5-2 Fairfax, Va./Robinson Secondary5 Vicki Madden So. 3B R/R 5-2 Virginia Beach, Va./Kempsville7 Shannon Keefe Jr. OF/DP R/R 5-8 Lemont Township, Ill./Lemont9 Kellie Snooks Jr. P R/R 5-8 Alsip, Ill./Marist10 Kristen Shifflett Jr. SS/2B R/R 5-3 Charlottesville, Va./Monticello11 Ryndee Ruch Fr. OF/3B R/R 5-5 Mechanicsville, Va./Atlee12 Meredith Moore So. C R/R 5-7 Roanoke, Va./Cave Spring13 Jessica Agee Fr. OF/MI R/R 5-7 Louisa, Va./Louisa County17 Heather Paquette Fr. P/UT S/L 5-8 Mississauga, Ontario/Streetsville Sec.20 Morgan Eye Fr. OF R/R 5-6 Bridgewater, Va./Turner Ashby22 Hope Creasy Sr. OF R/R 5-6 Christiansburg, Va./Christiansburg23 Nichole Beall So. 3B/SS R/R 5-8 Culpeper, Va./Culpeper County24 Sarah Himan Sr. C R/R 5-1 Woodbridge, Va./Hylton30 Michelle Beall So. 1B R/R 5-7 Culpeper, Va./Culpeper County44 Chelsea Kelley Jr. P R/L 5-9 Roanoke, Va./Cave Spring

Head Coach: Mickey Dean (Elon ‘87)Assistant Coach: Katy Lampman (Winthrop ‘03)Assistant Coach: Loren Messick (Roanoke ’08)

Alphabetical RosterNo. Name Yr. Pos.13 Jessica Agee Fr. OF/MI30 Michelle Beall So. 1B23 Nichole Beall So. 3B/SS22 Hope Creasy Sr. OF3 Taylor Cunningham Jr. 3B/OF20 Morgan Eye Fr. OF24 Sarah Himan Sr. C7 Shannon Keefe Jr. OF/DP44 Chelsea Kelley Jr. P5 Vicki Madden Jr. 3B12 Meredith Moore So. C17 Heather Paquette Fr. P/UT11 Ryndee Ruch Fr. OF/3B10 Kristen Shifflett Jr. SS/2B9 Kellie Snooks Jr. P2 Lauren Williams Jr. OF

2010 RADFORD SOFTBALL ROSTER

#22 HOPE CREASYOutfield w Senior5-7 w R/RChristiansburg, Va.Christiansburg

2009 HIGHLIGHTS: Led all outfielders with seven assists, recording a .984 field-ing percentage… Launched a career-high eight home runs and knocked in 25 runs… 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles in NCAA Regional victory over Campbell… Put Radford on the board with a solo home run in first round Big South win over Gardner-Webb... Was 3-for-4 with two runs and four RBI, including the game-tying sixth inning three-run long ball in 11-6 victory at Virginia Tech... Went 3-for-4 with a double, triple and three RBI at Georgia Southern... Hit home run in first at bat of 2009 against Mercer.

2008 HIGHLIGHTS: First-Team All-Big South... One of five players to start all 61 games… Selected First-Team VaSID All-State… Led team in batting average (.368) and RBI (39) which were fifth best in school history… Second in on base percentage, third in slugging and doubles ... Ranked second in Big South in batting and RBI, fourth in slugging... Team high 14 two-out RBI... 15 multi-hit and nine multi-RBI games… Career best 4-for-4 performance at Charleston Southern… Two hits and two RBI in fourth inning of game two at JMU… 6-for-8 with eight RBI in three games at Virginia... Tied a career-best with four RBI in third game at Virginia… Hit pair of home runs at Littlewood Classic vs. Illinois State and eventual national champion Arizona State… Batted .455 with six doubles and 10 RBI in 15 conference games.

2007 HIGHLIGHTS: Second-team all-state as selected by VaSID... Started every game... Knocked in 33 runners and scored 28 times... Second on the team in triples, third in stolen bases and fourth in doubles and slugging (.449)... Third on team with 14 stolen bases... Went 3-for-4 with a RBI and run vs. Winthrop on ESPNU... Hit first col-legiate walk-off home run in seventh inning vs. Elon... 3-for-4 with a home run and career best four RBI at Charlotte... First collegiate round tripper was against Albany at Winthrop/Adidas Tournament... Went 3-for-3 with a double and three runs vs. Georgetown at Buzz Classic... First collegiate hit came against Florida A&M.

PREP: 2006 VHSL Achievement Award (top senior female athlete in Group AA)... First-Team All-Timesland, All-River Ridge District and All-Region III from 2004 to 2006... Three-time all-state... District co-pitcher of the year in 2005 and 2004 all-district co-player of the year... In the circle, she tossed Christiansburg’s first career perfect game (2005) and no-hitter (2004) and has been team’s most valuable defensive player as a junior and freshman... Also a track standout, capturing the 2006 AA indoor shot put state championship and finished second and third in the state as a junior and sophomore respectively... Finished 13th in the National Scholastic Indoor Championship... 2006 All-Timesland Indoor shot put.

ACADEMICS/PERSONAL: Natasha Hope Creasy was born on Dec. 19,1987 in Radford, Va.... 2008 NFCA scholar-athlete and Big South All-Academic Team selec-tion… Majoring in sports administration with a minor in marketing… Hope and her older brother Michael are the children of Mark and Tammy Creasy.

Creasy ’s TotalsYEAR AVG GP-GS AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SF SH SB-SBA TB SLG% OB% PO A E FLD%2007 .291 71-71 196 57 28 12 2 5 33 17 2 26 1 5 14-18 88 .449 .352 68 110 25 .8772008 .368 61-61 152 56 18 10 1 7 39 14 0 24 3 5 5-8 89 .586 .414 124 7 3 .9782009 .213 55-54 150 32 15 5 1 8 25 10 4 31 3 0 5-7 63 .420 .275 53 7 1 .984TOTALS .291 187-186 498 145 61 27 4 20 97 41 6 81 7 10 24-33 240 .482 .348 245 124 29 .927

#24 SARAH HIMANCatcher w Senior5-1 w R/RWoodbridge, Va.Hylton

2009 HIGHLIGHTS: First Team Mid-Atlantic Region, Big South and VaSID all-state selections... One of four Highlanders to start every game... Ranked in the Big South’s top ten in hits (63/5th), batting average (.356/6th), doubles (12/t6th), on base (.405/9th) and slugging (.576/10th) percentages… Went 2-for-2 against eventual national semifinalist Georgia in first NCAA Regional appearance… Scored Radford’s first ever NCAA Regional run in the fourth inning against the Bulldogs… Closed out Big South champion-ship game against Liberty with a sixth-inning two-run run round tripper... Threw out 32 percent of runners trying to steal... Third on the team in hits, doubles, triples and RBI and fourth in runs scored and slugging... Recorded 19 multi-hit and nine multi-RBI games... Went for three base knocks in six of those multi-hit games... Recorded four straight multi-hit games, going 9-16 during that stretch (March 24-30)... 3-for-3 with three RBI at Longwood... 7-for-10 with a double and home run in final four games of Chevron Spring Fling Tournament... Big South Player of the Week (3/17)... Knocked in a career-high five runs vs. Harvard.

2008 HIGHLIGHTS: First-team all-conference and VaSID All-State... “Toughest Player to Strikeout” in the nation, striking out four times in 179 at bats… One of five players to start every game… Three-time Big South Player of the Week… Led team in hits and fielding percentage... Ranked third in the league in RBI and fourth in hits... Team-best 18 multiple-hit and 11 multi-RBI games... Batted .500 (14-28) with 10 RBI during a team-high nine-game hitting streak (Feb. 24-March 12)… Four three-hit games… 3-for-4 with double, home run and two RBI vs. Coastal Carolina on ESPNU (7-for-8 in two ESPNU games)… 5-for-8 with six RBI in doubleheader at Virginia.

2007 HIGHLIGHTS: Started 63 games... Recorded third best batting average on the team ... Scored 23 runs and stole seven bases... In ESPNU game vs. Winthrop, went 4-of-4 with a double two RBI and two runs scored... Hit first collegiate home run vs. Furman at Buzz Classic... First collegiate hit and RBI vs. Jacksonville State at Gamecock Invitational... 3-for-4 vs. Furman with three RBI and two runs at Winthrop/Adidas Tournament ... Selected to Catamount Classic and Big South All-Tournament Teams... Batted .533 (8-15) with a home run six RBI and threw out 2-of-3 runners at Catamount Classic... Recorded consecutive three hit games against UNC Wilmington and Western Carolina with walk-off singles in both contests... Big South Player of the Week (3/19).

PREP: As a senior, Potomac Nationals Softball Player of the Year and Washington Post’s Honorable Mention All-Met ... 2005 Cardinal District Player of the Year and second-team all-met... Four-time first-team all-area and all-district... Washington Post’s First-Team All-Extra from 2004 to 2006 as well as second-team all-region as a senior and first-team dur-ing junior and sophomore campaigns ... Two-year captain and team MVP as a junior and defensive player of the year as a freshman.

ACADEMICS/PERSONAL: Sarah Elizabeth Himan was born on May 2, 1988 in Manassas, Va.... Criminal justice major… Sarah and her two older brothers, Josh and Jake and younger brother Joel are the children of Jerry and Pat Himan.

Himan’s TotalsYEAR AVG GP-GS AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SF SH SB-SBA TB SLG% OB% PO A E FLD%2007 .313 63-63 179 56 23 7 1 2 25 15 2 21 3 6 7-10 71 .397 .367 473 34 3 .9942008 .341 61-61 179 61 29 13 1 5 37 12 1 4 1 2 3-5 91 .508 .383 318 43 3 .9922009 .356 56-56 177 63 28 12 3 7 35 16 0 12 2 8 3-5 102 .576 .405 133 29 2 .988TOTALS .336 180-180 535 180 80 32 5 14 97 43 3 37 6 16 13-20 264 .493 .385 924 106 8 .992

#3 TAYLOR CUNNINGHAMThird Base/Outfield w Junior5-2 w R/RFairfax, Va.Robinson Secondary

2009 HIGHLIGHTS: Saw action in 36 games mostly as a pinch hitter, making six starts... Five of nine hits and two of three RBI have been recorded in pinch-hitting roles… In start against then No. 25 Mississippi State, recorded a career-high two hits in win.

2008 HIGHLIGHTS: Appeared in 27 games, making three starts… Recorded five hits, four runs and three RBI… First collegiate hit was a clutch pinch hit triple in game three at Liberty… In first collegiate start, went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI in game two at Elon… Stole first base and scored first run vs. Delaware at ECU Pirate Clash.

PREP: Four-year all-state, all-region and all-district performer... Member of the Stingrays club team for seven years ... Also played travel ball for the Shamrocks, Fire and Ice and Xplosion... Also lettered in field hockey.

ACADEMICS/PERSONAL: Taylor McEachern Cunningham was born on Dec. 19, 1988 in Fairfax, Va…. Elementary education major... Taylor and younger sister Christine are the daughters of Gary and Dee Cunningham.

Cunningha m’s TotalsYEAR AVG GP-GS AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SF SH SB-SBA TB SLG% OB% PO A E FLD%2008 .172 27-3 29 5 4 1 1 0 3 2 0 4 1 0 1-1 8 .276 .219 12 18 4 .8822009 .237 36-6 38 9 5 2 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 1-1 11 .289 .275 3 8 0 1.000TOTALS .209 63-9 67 14 9 3 1 9 6 4 0 6 1 3 2-2 19 .284 .250 15 26 4 .911

#7 SHANNON KEEFEOF/Designated Player w Junior5-8 w R/RLemont Township, Ill.Lemont

2009 HIGHLIGHTS: Second Team All-Conference... First Radford player to record a pair of multi-home run games in the same season (St. John’s and Liberty)... Both per-formances tied a school record held by several players... Knocked in Radford’s first ever NCAA Regional run with a fourth inning sacrifice fly against eventual national semifi-nalist Georgia… Homered in comeback regional victory against Campbell… Third on team and tied for fourth in the Big South with nine long balls… VaSID All-State Second Team selection… 12 multi-hit games with three, three-hit contests... Big South Player of the Week (4/27) after batting .563 (9-16) with two home runs and eight RBI, recording three multi-hit and multi RBI contests… Three-hit games came against Liberty, Winthrop and Charleston Southern... Career-high three RBI at Longwood and Charleston Southern.

2008 HIGHLIGHTS: Big South Freshman of the Year… First-team all-conference utility player… Named state’s freshman of the year as selected by VaSID… 10 home runs and .675 slugging percentage were third highest in school history and second best by a Radford freshman… Batting average (.366) was the sixth highest in school histo-ry… Second in conference in home runs and slugging percentage and third in batting average… Second on team in round-trippers, batting and slugging… In final 31 games, batted .487 (38-78) with five doubles, nine home runs, 18 RBI and 23 runs while slug-ging .923 and recording a .494 on base percentage... Tied for a team-best four three-hit games… Two-time conference player of the week ... Recorded a hit in 9-of-12 confer-ence games, batting .517 (15-29) and slugging .966… Ended season on nine-game hit-ting streak (tying team-high), batting .556 (15-27) with nine runs.

PREP: Second-team All-American selection as a sophomore and junior ... Three-time all-conference and all-area honoree... Also lettered in volleyball and basketball... Member of the Beverly Bandits U-18 Gold team.

ACADEMICS/PERSONAL: Shannon Rose Keefe was born on Feb. 10, 1989 in Woodridge, Ill.... Physical therapy major… Is the middle of Cindy and the late James Keefe’s three daughters... Older sister Jessica recently completed her collegiate softball career at the University of Tampa (2006-09).

keefe ’s TotalsYEAR AVG GP-GS AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SF SH SB-SBA TB SLG% OB% PO A E FLD%2008 .366 55-51 123 45 30 6 1 10 23 6 3 22 2 4 9-10 83 .675 .403 158 9 7 .9602009 .298 53-53 161 48 25 6 0 9 26 1 1 18 2 1 13-16 81 .503 .303 34 2 5 .878TOTALS .327 108-104 284 93 55 12 1 19 49 7 4 40 4 5 22-26 164 .577 .348 192 11 12 .944

#44 CHELSEA KELLEYPitcher w Junior5-9 w R/LRoanoke, Va.Cave Spring

2009 HIGHLIGHTS: Big South Pitcher of the Year… First Team Mid-Atlantic Region and all-conference selection... Led Big South in wins and second in ERA and saves... Workhorse in the circle, appearing in 47 of 56 games... Recorded third most sin-gle-season victories with 25... Saves and wins ranked her ninth and 27th in the NCAA, respectively… Went 21 appearances (14 starts) without a loss from April 8-May 8, going 13-0 with two saves... Bounced back from first loss in over a month, allowing one run on five hits in championship clinching game against Liberty... Tossed one-hit shut-out, the first of her career, vs. Gardner-Webb in first round of Big South Tournament... Big South all-tournament team selection... Big South Pitcher of the Week (5/4)... Won first collegiate start, striking out five in five innings vs. Belmont... 13-1 in Big South contests.

2008 HIGHLIGHTS: Made seven relief appearances… 2-0 with four strikeouts in 11 innings of work… Recorded one hit in four at bats... Picked up first collegiate victo-ry with two innings of work in game two at Elon… In game one against Elon, struck out two in two innings… Registered a win in game one vs. Birmingham-Southern… First collegiate hit was a pinch hit single in game two at James Madison.

PREP: 2006 and 2007 AA state player of the year (co-POY as a junior)... First-team all-state and All-Timesland Player of the Year as a junior and senior... Three-time region and district player of the year as well as first-team all-region and district... As a fresh-man was named Gatorade Rookie of the Year and Second Team All-Timesland and all-district.

ACADEMICS/PERSONAL: Chelsea Lauren Kelley was born on June 12, 1989 in Roanoke, Va.... 2008 & 2009 NFCA scholar-athlete… Sport medicine major… Chelsea is the daughter of Randy and Robyn Kelley… Former high school battery mate of soph-omore catcher Meredith Moore.

kelley ’s TotalsYEAR AVG GP-GS AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SF SH SB-SBA TB SLG% OB% PO A E FLD%2008 .250 5-0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 1 .250 .250 0 2 1 .6672009 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 .000 .000 14 43 0 1.000TOTALS .250 5-0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 1 .250 .250 14 45 1 .983

kelley ’s Pitching TotalsYEAR W-L ERA APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO B/AVG WP HBP2008 2-0 4.45 7 0 0 0/0 0 11.0 12 7 7 3 4 .255 0 42009 25-8 2.55 47 35 13 1/0 4 208.2 193 88 76 58 111 .248 3 17TOTALS 27-8 .264 54 35 13 1/0 4 219.2 205 95 83 61 115 .248 3 21

#10 KRISTEN SHIFFLETTShortstop/Second Base w Junior5-3 w R/RCharlottesville, Va.Monticello

2009 HIGHLIGHTS: First Team All-Big South and All-State selection… ASA First Team selection at 23-Under Fast Pitch National Championships this summer... Hit three of school record 16 home runs at NCAA Regionals, including two, tying a school record, against host North Carolina... Big South Tournament MVP... In the tournament, batted .583 with a pair of doubles, home run, three RBI, four runs scored, slugged 1.000, recorded a .571 on base percentage... Career-high 4-for-4 with three runs in title-clinching game vs. Liberty... Started every game... Hit eight home runs in first 24 games of the season and eight more in the final 18… Led the conference in long balls, while ranking in the top five in runs scored (2nd), RBI, (2nd), slugging (2nd), hits (3rd), dou-bles (t-3rd), batting average (4th) and stolen bases (t-4th)... Ranked nationally in home runs (16th), home runs per game (21st), runs per game (25th) and slugging (36th)… Runs (2nd), slugging (2nd), total bases (2nd), hit by pitches (2nd), batting average (4th) and hits (5th) ranked in Radford’s single-season top five… 20 multiple-hit and 10 multi-ple-RBI games... Scored two-plus runs 14 times... Two-time Big South Player of the Week (3/10 & 3/23)... 3-for-5 with four runs, tying a school record at Gardner-Webb... Hit eventual game-winning home run in first inning vs. then-No. 25 Mississippi State and then scored the game-winning run against Oregon State... Named to the Pepsi Malahini Kipa Aloha All-Tournament Team.

2008 HIGHLIGHTS: First-Team All-Big South… One of five players to start every game… Second-Team VaSID All-State… Led team with 39 runs scored which was fifth best in a Radford single-season… Ranked second in Conference in runs scored and dou-bles, third in triples... Ended Big South play with 13-game hitting streak… Hit first four collegiate home runs in six-game span… Left the yard for the first time in game two against Liberty and hit first grand slam vs. Longwood… Went 2-for-3 with home run at Coastal Carolina on ESPNU… 13 multiple-hit games… Batted .556 (5-for-9) with two triples, four RBI and five runs to go along with 1.111 slugging and .667 on base per-centages in four games at Cavalier Classic… Big South Player of the Week (3/24)... First multi-hit game (two singles) came against Delaware at ECU Pirate Classic… Recorded first collegiate hit in season-opener vs. Georgetown… Batted .396 with 13 runs, five doubles, three home runs in 15 conference games.

PREP: 2007 Jefferson District Player of the Year... Three-time first-team all-district... Also lettered in basketball... Second-team all-district as a junior and senior... Named Monticello’s Best Defensive Player.

ACADEMICS/PERSONAL: Kristen Alisa Shifflett was born on August 15, 1989 in Charlottesville, Va.... Psychology major… Kristen and her two younger siblings Joshua and Hannah are the children of Cliff and Lisa Shifflett.

Shifflett ’s TotalsYEAR AVG GP-GS AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SF SH SB-SBA TB SLG% OB% PO A E FLD%2008 .321 61-61 168 54 39 15 3 5 28 9 12 15 1 3 13-18 90 .536 .395 84 143 23 .9082009 .381 56-56 181 69 53 14 1 16 41 10 11 12 2 1 14-20 133 .735 .441 83 136 17 .928TOTALS .352 117-117 349 123 92 29 4 21 69 19 23 28 3 4 27-38 223 .639 .419 167 279 40 .918

#9 KELLIE SNOOKSPitcher w Junior5-8 w R/RAlsip, Ill.Marist

2009 HIGHLIGHTS: Started season 9-0, setting school record for most wins to start a season without suffering a loss... Allowed a run on four hits in longest relief stint of season vs. Liberty in Big South Championship game one... Tossed back-to-back com-pete-game victories against Memphis (2 runs, 7 hits) and Hawai’i (1 run, six hits) at Chevron Spring Fling Tournament... Picked up a pair of relief victories (7.2 innings, 1 run, three hits) on same day against then No. 25 Mississippi State (0 runs, 0 hits) and Oregon State (1 run, 3 hits)... Named Most Outstanding Pitcher at the Pepsi Malahini Kipa Aloha Tournament and Big South Pitcher of the Week (3/10).

2008 HIGHLIGHTS: Made 18 appearances, starting three games… Was 4-0 with a 2.13 ERA in 42.2 innings of work… Opponents batted .223 against her… All four wins came in relief stints… In first collegiate start vs. Appalachian State, allowed two runs and struck out six in 6.2 innings… Earned first save at Liberty… Recorded win in lon-gest relief appearance (4.1 innings) of season vs. North Carolina State, allowing zero runs and striking out four… Picked up first win in first collegiate appearance, striking three in three innings vs. Buffalo at Littlewood Classic..

PREP: Three-time all-area honorable mention and All-Eastern Suburban Catholic Conference (ESCC) Pitcher... Recipient of the 2005 Redhawk Award... Member of the Beverly Bandits Club Team

ACADEMICS/PERSONAL: Kellie Catherine Snooks was born on September 28, 1988 in Oaklawn, Ill… 2009 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Second Team All-District and Big South All-Academic selection… 2008 NFCA scholar-athlete… Pre-med, biolo-gy major with minors in chemistry and Spanish... Kellie and two younger siblings, Taylor and David are the children of David and Marigrace Snooks.

Snooks ’ TotalsYEAR AVG GP-GS AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SF SH SB-SBA TB SLG% OB% PO A E FLD%2008 .000 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0 .000 .000 2 10 1 .9232009 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 .000 .000 4 31 1 .972TOTALS .000 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0 .000 .000 6 41 2 .959

Snooks ’ Pitching TotalsYEAR W-L ERA APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO B/AVG WP HBP2008 4-0 2.13 18 3 0 0/1 1 42.2 37 19 13 22 23 .223 6 32009 11-6 2.93 41 15 3 0/1 2 126.2 138 74 53 44 53 .279 7 9TOTALS 15-5 2.73 59 18 3 0/2 3 169.1 175 93 66 66 76 .265 13 12

#2 LAUREN WILLIAMSOutfield w Junior5-4 w L/RAshburn, Va.Stone Bridge

2009 HIGHLIGHTS: Jumped into the starting lineup and started the final 21 games of the season... Registered a walk and a sacrifice hit in NCAA Regional opener against eventual national semifinalist Georgia… Stole a base in NCAA regional victory over Campbell… Played in 50 games, making 30 starts… Stole 12 bases… Recorded game-tying RBI single in game three against Coastal Carolina... Made first collegiate start at Hawai’i, recording a single in her first at bat and made a highlight reel catch in right-field and turned it into a double play.

2008 HIGHLIGHTS: Saw action in 46 games, making six starts… Second on team and fifth in the Big South with 15 stolen bases… Tallied 23 runs… First two collegiate hits came in fourth inning against Georgetown at Cavalier Classic… Recorded first col-legiate stolen base vs. Alabama State and run vs. Georgia Southern at Georgia Southern Invitational… Scored four runs and was 4-for-4 in stolen bases at ECU Pirate Classic.

PREP: First-team all-region and All-Liberty District... Two-time Second-Team All-Liberty District... Also a Second-Team All-Dulles District team selection... Played five years for the Fire and Ice Club Team.

ACADEMICS/PERSONAL: Majoring in sports medicine… Lauren and her old sis-ter Kelly are the daughters of Paul and Ann Williams... Born on July 21, 1989 in Alexandria, Va.

Willia ms ’ TotalsYEAR AVG GP-GS AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SF SH SB-SBA TB SLG% OB% PO A E FLD%2008 ..300 47-0 10 3 23 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 15-20 3 .300 .364 5 0 2 .7142009 .206 50-30 68 14 15 0 0 0 2 6 0 10 0 6 12-17 14 .206 .270 48 2 1 .980TOTALS .218 97-30 78 17 38 0 0 0 2 7 0 13 0 6 27-37 17 .218 .282 53 2 3 .948

#30 MICHELLE BEALLFirst Base w Sophomore5-7 w R/RCulpeper, Va.Culpeper County

2009 HIGHLIGHTS: Started 49 of 52 games... 2-for-3 with a round tripper, two runs and three RBI in Big South Championship game... Tied a school record with two home runs, knocking in three vs. Winthrop... Nine multiple-hit games... Big South Player of the Week (4/20) after hitting .538 with three home runs and six RBI… Hit first collegiate home run vs. Florida Gulf Coast at Pepsi Malahini Kipa Aloha Classic... Recorded three RBI and stole two bases against FGCU… First collegiate hit was a triple vs. Oakland at the Eagle Classic.

PREP: Four-year All-Commonwealth District selection, including first-team honors as a sophomore… Started all four seasons and named a two-year captain for the Blue Devils… Selected team’s best all-around player as a junior… Honorable mention all-district in basketball.

ACADEMICS/PERSONAL: Michelle Anne Beall was born on March 25, 1990 in Fredericksburg, Va.… Elementary education major… Michelle and her three siblings are the children of Tom and Karen Beall… Twin sister Nichole is a sophomore on the softball team.

M. Beall’s TotalsYEAR AVG GP-GS AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SF SH SB-SBA TB SLG% OB% PO A E FLD%2009 .295 52-49 129 38 18 4 2 6 22 14 1 22 1 4 3-3 64 .496 .366 276 32 7 .978TOTALS .295 52-49 129 38 18 4 2 6 22 14 1 22 1 4 3-3 64 .496 .366 276 32 7 .978

#23 NICHOLE BEALLThird Base/Shortstop w Sophomore

5-8 w R/RCulpeper, Va.Culpeper County

2009 HIGHLIGHTS: Mid-Atlantic Region and Big South First Team selection... Started every game... Led Big South in RBI and triples... Radford rookie record 46 RBI which is third best single season... 10 home runs tied for second amongst RU freshman and tied for fifth in a single season... Second team VaSID All-State... 2-for-2 with two runs and school-record tying three stolen bases in 9-5 NCAA Regional victory vs. Campbell... Second on team in home runs and third in runs, stolen bases and slugging... Ranked in the Big South top 10 in RBI, hits, runs, slugging, on base percentage, stolen bases, doubles and home runs... Ranked 18th and 34th nationally in triples and triples per game… Recorded a season-high 12-game hitting streak... Scored two runs in Big South Championship game vs. Liberty... Career-best 4-for-4 with a home run and four RBI vs. Winthrop on ESPNU...16 multiple-hit games and team-best 12 multiple-RBI contests... Big South Player of the Week (4/6), batting .471 with eight hits, seven RBI and two home runs… 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBI at Hawai’i… Went 2-for-3, recording first collegiate hit vs. Belmont at Eagle Classic.

PREP: Four-time all-district performer, earning first-team distinction as a junior and senior… 2008 Commonwealth District Pitcher of the Year… Four-year starter and two-time captain for the Blue Devils… Named the team’s best all-around player in 2007.

ACADEMICS/PERSONAL: Nichole Lynn Beall was born on March 25, 1990 in Fredericksburg, Va.… Exercise, Sport and Health Education major… Michelle and her three siblings are the children of Tom and Karen Beall… Twin sister Michelle is a sophomore on the softball team.

N. Beall’s TotalsYEAR AVG GP-GS AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SF SH SB-SBA TB SLG% OB% PO A E FLD%2009 .360 56-56 161 58 37 12 5 10 46 15 3 31 3 1 15-17 110 .683 .418 54 98 9 .944TOTALS .360 56-56 161 58 37 12 5 10 46 15 3 31 3 1 15-17 110 .683 .418 54 98 9 .944

#12 MEREDITH MOORECatcher w Sophomore5-7 w R/RRoanoke, Va./Cave Spring

2009 HIGHLIGHTS: Saw action in 35 games, making 23 starts... Helped Radford rally past Oregon State with the game-tying two-out, two-run fifth-inning double ... Three two-hit games against Santa Clara, Hawai’i and Eastern Michigan... First collegiate hit was a home run vs. Belmont at Georgia Southern’s Eagle Classic... Also homered at Gardner-Webb.

PREP: First team all-state, region and district junior and senior seasons… River Ridge District Player of the Year… Batted .493 with nine doubles, six home runs, 27 RBI and 29 runs scored as a senior… Three-year First-Team All-Timesland selection… Three–year member of the New Jersey Pride Gold Team… Also lettered in cross country.

ACADEMICS/PERSONAL: Meredith Leigh Moore was born on August 28, 1990 in Roanoke, Va.… Majoring in sports medicine… Daughter of Fred Moore… Former high school battery mate of junior pitcher Chelsea Kelley.

Moore ’s TotalsYEAR AVG GP-GS AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SF SH SB-SBA TB SLG% OB% PO A E FLD%2009 .230 35-23 61 14 9 1 0 2 11 6 1 15 1 3 2-2 21 .344 .304 77 14 2 .978TOTALS .230 35-23 61 14 9 1 0 2 11 6 1 15 1 3 2-2 21 .344 .304 77 14 2 .978

#5 VICKI MADDENThird Base w Sophomore5-2 w R/RVirginia Beach, Va./kempsville

2008 HIGHLIGHTS: First-team all-conference and VaSID all-state… Set Radford freshman record for home runs (11) and slugging percentage (.689), a then-second best in a single-season…Led Big South in slugging and tied for league lead in home runs, second in on-base pct. (.443) and fifth in batting … Slugging ranked 58th in the NCAA... Team leader in round trippers, slug-ging, walks (18) and on-base pct... 13 multiple-hit games… Three straight 2-for-3 performances vs. FIU, Indiana and Rutgers… A double shy of the cycle (3-3) in game three vs. Winthrop… In first collegiate tournament, batted .556 (5-9) with a home run and three RBI and was perfect in the field (21 chances) at Georgia Southern Invitational… First collegiate home run and three RBI vs. Drexel… Named Big South Player of the Week (2/19).

PREP: First-Team All-Tidewater and all-district sophomore, junior and senior seasons... First-team all-region and second-team all-state as a sophomore... 2007 second-team all-region... Member of the Virginia Lady Eagles Club Team.

ACADEMICS/PERSONAL: Victoria Lynn Madden was born on April 30, 1989 in Virginia Beach, Va... Double major in physical education and sports administration... Daughter of Steve and Marietta Madden.

Madden’s TotalsYEAR AVG GP-GS AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SF SH SB-SBA TB SLG% OB% PO A E FLD%2008 .356 56-54 135 48 18 10 1 11 28 18 4 17 1 3 2-5 93 .689 .443 31 127 7 .958TOTALS .356 56-54 135 48 18 10 1 11 28 18 4 17 1 3 2-5 93 .689 .443 31 127 7 .958

#11 RYNDEE RUCHOutfield/Third Base Freshman w 5-5 w R/RMechanicsville, Va.Atlee

PREP: Three-time first team All-Capital District selection… 2008 and 2009 All-Central Region honoree… Second team all-metro performer as a senior… Four-year starter and two-time offensive team MVP… Led Atlee in batting average, hits, on base percentage and runs scored as a sopho-more and junior… Helped the Raiders to a Group AAA state quarterfinal appearance… Led team in extra base hits as a sophomore… Also lettered in indoor track.

ACADEMICS/PERSONAL: Ryndee Adele Ruch was born on May 29, 1991, Kokomo, Ind… Majoring in sports administration with a minor in marketing… Ryndee and younger brother Dalton are the children of Steve and Carrie Ruch… Academic all-district and all-region honoree at Atlee.

#17 HEATHER PAQUETTEPitcher/Utility Freshman w 5-8 w S/LMississauga, OntarioStreetsville Secondary

PREP: Three-time competitor in Canada Cup… Member of the Chinguacousy Cougars U19 summer ball team under the guidance of Dave Murray since 2006… Selected for tryouts to represent Team Ontario in 2009 Canadian Summer Games… Four-time competitor at the Canadian National Fastball championships… Has earned several MVP awards… All-around athlete at Streetsville Secondary; four-year varsity starter in volleyball, basketball, softball and rugby… Placed fourth in shot put at the 2007 Southern Ontario Track & Field Meet… Only female ath-lete in the Mississauga Football League (full contact football)… Started at quarterback for the SMFC Mustangs from 2001-07.

ACADEMICS/PERSONAL: Heather Lauren Paquette was born on October 15, 1991 in Oakville, Ontario... Majoring in journalism... Lauren and her two older siblings, Stacey and Aaron are the children of Cliff and Robin Paquette... Honors and French Immersion Student (bilingual certifi-cate) and earned fitness and leaderships awards at Streetville.

#20 MORGAN EYEOutfield Freshman w 5-6 w R/RBridgewater, Va.Turner Ashby

PREP: Garnered multiple all-district honors, including first team as a senior… Second team All-Region III first baseman… Turner Ashby’s offensive Player of the Year… Also lettered in basketball helping Turner Ashby (27-2) to a state runner-up finish in 2009 which included a win over two-time state champion Hidden Valley in the semifinals.

ACADEMICS/PERSONAL: Morgan was Born on Feb. 3, 1991 in Harrisonburg, Va.... She is the daughter of Randy and Gena Wheeler and has a younger sister Bréhanna Wheeler… Exercise, sport and health edu-cation major with a minor in biology…

#13 JESSICA AGEEOutfield/Middle Infield Freshman w 5-7 w R/RLouisa, Va.Louisa County

PREP: LCHS Senior Female Athlete of the Year... Four year-starter for the Lions under Susan Sharp… Second Team All-Battlefield DIstrict outfielder as a senior... 2008 and 2009 LCHS Offensive MVP… Second-team All-Battlefield District infielder as a junior… Also lettered in volleyball and track and field (pole vault)… Holds school’s pole vault record and was an all-state performer as a senior... Also garnered all-district and all-region track honors... Blue Ridge Virtual Governor’s School student.

ACADEMICS/PERSONAL: Jessica Lindsay Agee was born on Jan. 11, 1991 in Charlottesville, Va… Majoring in foods and nutrition... Blue Ridge Virtual Governor’s School Student... Jessica and sister Katy Lampman are the daughters of Yvonne and Dean Peery Agee, Jr... Katy is Radford’s assistant softball coach... Father played baseball and football at Virginia Tech.

2009 In Review “A Season of Firsts”

Hawai’i 20098-2 Trip

Defeated #25 Mississippi State, 3-1Defeated Oregon State, 3-2

2009 SEASON HEADLINESHighlanders Wrap up Season at NCAA Regionals

Radford softball’s season came to an end, falling to North Carolina, 9-4, in the second elimination of the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional. Just prior to their matchup with the Tar Heels (47-12), the Highlanders (41-15) won their and the school’s first team NCAA tournament contest with a 9-5 victory over Campbell. “I could not be more proud of our team this season,” said Dean. “We had a tremendous year with a lot of firsts. Our first conference championship, first team NCAA victory for our athletic program and our first all-region first-team selections.” Sophomore Kristen Shifflett paced the Highlanders, hitting a pair of home runs and knocking in three. Her two long balls brought her school record total to 16. Freshman Leigh Godfrey recorded a double and finished the season with a 15-game hitting streak and a school-record .469 batting average. Her average was 49 points higher than record holder Melissa Pickel (.420) and she became only the second player to bat .400 in a season and the first since 1996.

Radford Rallies Past Campbell for NCAA Regional Win Radford scored six unanswered runs, courtesy of four home runs, two by Leigh Godfrey, to defeat Campbell, 9-5 to earn its first NCAA Tournament win. It also marked the first NCAA tournament victory for any Radford athletic team.

Radford Edged by Top Seeded Georgia in Regional Opener A pair of solo home runs by Georgia was the difference as Radford fell in its first NCAA appearance, 3-1, from Anderson Field on the campus of North Carolina. Junior Sarah Himan recorded a pair of hits and scored the Highlanders’ (40-14) lone run of the contest.

Radford REcoginzed Regionally On the heels of making its first NCAA Tournament appearance, the Radford soft-ball team had four Highlanders were named to the Mid-Atlantic Region first team as announced by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Thursday. Earning Radford’s first-ever recognition on the squad were Chelsea Kelley, Sarah Himan, Nichole Beall and Leigh Godfrey. The coaching staff was also recognized as head coach Mickey Dean, along with assistant coach Katy Lampman and volunteer assistant Ashley Taylor were recognized by their peers as the Mid-Atlantic Region Coaching Staff of the Year, announced Monday by the NFCA (National Fastpitch Coaches Association).

Radford REcoginzed By the Commonwealth Leigh Godfrey and Mickey Dean garnered top honors and a total of seven members Radford’s 2009 Big South Championship softball squad were named to the VaSID University Division All-State Softball Team as announced by the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID). Godfrey was tabbed Rookie of the Year and skipper Mickey Dean was named Coach of the Year, the first state coaching nod in program history. Godfrey, along with catcher Sarah Himan, second baseman Jenn Everhart, short-stop Kristen Shifflett and pitcher Chelsea Kelley garnered first-team accolades with third baseman Nichole Beall and outfielder Shannon Keefe earning second-team nods. For the second straight year, Radford paced the way with seven selections.

Big South Champions! Radford dropped Liberty 10-1 in six innings to claim its first Big South Champi-onship on May 7 from RU Softball Field. Highlighted by tournament MVP Kristen Shifflett’s 4-for-4 outing, which included her school-record 13th long ball of the season, Sarah Himan and Michelle Beall also belted home runs and added three RBI each for the Highlanders. Chelsea Kelley, the 2009 Big South Pitcher of the Year, bounced back from a game one setback to scatter five hits over six innings to record her 24th victory of the season, while striking out a pair of Flames.

SHIFFLETT NAMED MVP Kristen Shifflett was honored as the 2009 Big South Tournament MVP, following her 4-for-4 performance in the deciding championship game. She batted .583 with a pair of doubles, home run, three RBI and four runs scored. She slugged 1.000, recorded a .571 on base percentage and was stellar on defense. The home run she hit in the championship game was her 13th, setting a new school record.

Highlanders Garner Big South Honors Sophomore Chelsea Kelley, freshman Leigh Godfrey and head coach Mickey Dean were named Big South Pitcher, Freshman and Coach of the Year respectively. Joining Kelley and Godfrey on the league’s first team were junior catcher Sarah Himan, sophomore shortstop Kristen Shifflett and freshman third baseman Nichole Beall. Senior second baseman Jenn Everhart and sophomore outfielder Shannon Keefe, garnered second team honors. Sophomore pitcher Kellie Snooks rounded out the accolades as she was selected the conference’s all-academic squad.

Regular Season Champs Radford claimed its first Big South regular season championship on April 25 with a 5-2 victory at Charleston Southern and clinched the outright title with a 2-1 tri-umph at home over Liberty on April 28. The Highlanders finished with a 16-2 league mark, a new Big South record for wins.

Dean Doesn’t Take Long to Become Highlanders’ Winningest Coach

In just his third season with Radford, Mickey Dean became the all-time wins leader in program history when he recorded his 128th in a 6-0 home victory over Gardner-Webb on May 7 during the first round of the Big South Tournament. He surpassed Amy Kvilhaug (2003-06), who won 127 contests prior to his arrival and finished 2009 with 133.

40x4 Among the Elite Radford has recorded 40-plus wins for the fourth consecutive season which has only been done by nine other division I schools since 2006. During that time, the Highlanders have amassed 171 victories.

Radford made its first NCAA Regional appearance on May 14, 2009 against eventual national semifinalist Georgia.

FirstsBig South Championship and NCAA Regional

NCAA Victory (9-5 vs. Campbell)First Team All-Region Selections (4)Regional Coaching Staff of the Year

Wins over Top 25 and Pac 10 ProgramsBig South Tournament MVP

Nationally Televised Home Game

LAUREN WILLIAMS

KRISTEN SHIFFLETT

2009 SEASON HEADLINESGodfrey Just knows How to Get On Base

In her first collegiate season, freshman Leigh Godfrey found a knack for getting on base. The Big South Freshman of the Year reached base safely in 45 of the 48 contests she has played in, while recording a hit in all but six games (42 of 48). Earlier this season, Godfrey set a school record with an 18-game hitting streak and did not waste time starting a new one. She concluded 2009 recorded a hit in her last 15 contests and 33 of the last 34.

Undefeated on ESPNU Radford won its third consecutive contest on ESPNU, defeating Winthrop, 9-4 at home on April 19. The Highlanders are 3-0 on the network with their first two victories coming on the road at Winthrop in 2007 and Coastal Carolina in 2008. In front of a national audience, freshman Nichole Beall went 4-for-4 with four RBI and sophomore Chelsea Kelley turned in a gutsy pitching performance helping Radford surge past Winthrop and take sole possession of first place in the Big South from RU Softball Field. The Highlanders take a one-game lead in the standings after winning the rubber game of the three-game series. Beall belted her team and conference-tying ninth home run of the season, doubled and scored two runs, pacing the Highlanders’ 13-hit attack. Radford finished the three-game series with 40 hits.

Bombs Away; Records Fall

After six round trippers during the NCAA Regionals, Radford concluded the sea-son with school record 71. They broke the old mark on May 1 with its 59th at East Tennessee State. Individually, Kristen Shifflett launched her school-record 15th and 16th home runs in Radford’s regional contest against North Carolina. She broke a mark that has been held by Melissa Pickel since 1996 and was matched in 2007 by Ashley Taylor. Nine players have hit at least two home runs and six with six or more this season. On March 22 against Toledo, Radford hit a school record three home runs in the first inning and finished the game with four. The Highlanders hit at least one round tripper in 38 games this season and went deep more than once in 20 contests. Five times this season a Highlander tied the school record with two in a game. Shannon Keefe and Michelle Beall did the honor on March 11 and April 18 respec-tively. Keefe did it again on April 22 at Liberty, the first Highlander with a pair of two home run games in the same season. Leigh Godfrey and Shifflett recorded theirs during regionals. For the first time in 18 seasons, one of Radford’s home runs did not go over the fence. On May 1 at ETSU, Godfrey hit the first inside-the-park round tripper in school history.

2009 Radford Softball Accomplishments

- Won first Big South regular season and tournament championships and made first NCAA appearance- Defeated Campbell, 9-5, for first NCAA Tournament team win for any Radford athletic squad- Defeated first nationally-ranked program with a 3-1 victory over then No. 25 Mississippi State (March 8)- Defeated first Pac-10 squad with 3-2 win over Oregon State (March 8)- 27-10 record away from home; school record 16 road wins- Fourth consecutive 40-win season; Just one of 10 Division I teams to accom plish this feat- Hit school record 71 home runs- School records in batting average (.315), slugging (.535), on base pct (.369) and double plays (24)- Seven Highlanders earned All-Conference honors (five first team)- Seven Highlanders earned All-State honors (five first team)- Leigh Godfrey named Big South and VaSID state Rookie of the Year- Mickey Dean named Big South and VaSID state Coach of the Year- Chelsea Kelley named Big South Pitcher of the Year- Kristen Shifflett named Big South Tournament MVP- Kelley, Godfrey, Sarah Himan and Nichole Beall named First Team All-Mid Atlantic Region- Ranked in the top 25 in nine NCAA statistical categories; slugging percentage (7th), home runs per game (8th), doubles per game (8th), stolen bases per game (10th), batting average (11th), triples per game (15th), double plays per game (19th), winning percentage (20th) and scoring (21st)- Godfrey became just second Highlander to bat over .400, batting a school record .469- Shifflett hit school record 16 home runs, three in the NCAA Regionals- Godfrey and Shifflet only second and third Highlander to slug over .700 both topping the school record with .749 and .735 marks respectively- Kellie Snooks named Pepsi Malahini Kipa Aloha Tournament Most Valuable Pitcher- Snooks named to the ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District Second Team- Godfrey registered school-record 18-game hitting streak and had a hit in 33 of final 34 games; Reached base safely in 48 of 51 games played

FirstsBig South Championship and NCAA Regional

NCAA Victory (9-5 vs. Campbell)First Team All-Region Selections (4)Regional Coaching Staff of the Year

Wins over Top 25 and Pac 10 ProgramsBig South Tournament MVP

Nationally Televised Home Game

2009 SCHEDULE / RESULTSRECORD: 41-15 HOME: 14-5 AWAY: 16-5 NEUTRAL: 11-5 BIG SOUTH: 16-2

DATE OPPONENT SCORE INNS R-H-E (RU) R-H-E OVERALL BSC PITCHER !Feb. 20, 2009 vs. Mercer L, 1-6 7 1-2-4 6-4-0 0-1 0-0 Whalley (0-1)!Feb. 20, 2009 vs. Belmont W, 6-1 7 6-7-0 1-3-1 1-1 0-0 Kelley (1-0)!Feb. 21, 2009 vs. Oakland W, 5-2 7 5-9-0 2-6-1 2-1 0-0 Snooks (1-0)!Feb. 21, 2009 at Georgia Southern W, 9-1 5 9-10-0 1-1-2 3-1 0-0 Kelley (2-0)!Feb. 22, 2009 vs. Mercer W, 5-4 7 5-8-1 4-9-0 4-1 0-0 Snooks (2-0)#Feb. 27, 2009 vs. UT-Martin L, 1-9 6 1-2-2 9-8-0 4-2 0-0 Kelley (2-1)$March 6, 2009 vs. Mount St. Mary’s W, 3-1 7 3-9-2 1-2-3 5-2 0-0 Snooks (3-0)$March 6, 2009 vs. Santa Clara W, 5-3 7 5-10-2 3-4-0 6-2 0-0 Snooks (4-0)$March 7, 2009 vs. Florida Gulf Coast L, 6-16 7 6-8-2 16-17-2 6-3 0-0 Kelley (2-2)$March 8, 2009 vs. #25 Mississippi State W, 3-1 7 3-8-1 1-5-1 7-3 0-0 Snooks (5-0)$March 8, 2009 vs. Oregon State W, 3-2 7 3-6-0 2-9-1 8-3 0-0 Snooks (6-0)^March 11, 2009 vs. St. John’s W, 6-3 7 6-7-3 3-6-1 9-3 0-0 Kelley (3-2)^March 12, 2009 vs. Utah W, 5-0 7 5-8-0 0-4-2 10-3 0-0 Whalley (1-1)^March 12, 2009 vs. Memphis W, 4-2 7 4-7-0 2-7-1 11-3 0-0 Snooks (7-0)^March 13, 2009 vs. Wisconsin L, 0-3 7 0-3-1 3-5-0 11-4 0-0 Kelley (3-3)^March 13, 2009 at Hawai’i W, 6-1 7 6-11-2 1-6-0 12-4 0-0 Snooks (8-0)+March 20, 2009 TOLEDO W, 11-3 5 11-8-0 3-5-1 13-4 0-0 Kelley (4-3)+March 21, 2009 HARVARD W, 8-0 5 8-11-1 0-4-1 14-4 0-0 Whalley (2-1)+March 21, 2009 EASTERN MICHIGAN W, 11-3 5 11-14-1 3-6-0 15-4 0-0 Kelley (5-3)+March 22, 2009 TOLEDO W, 6-3 7 6-7-1 3-5-3 16-4 0-0 Snooks (9-0)+March 22, 2009 HARVARD L, 2-3 7 2-7-2 3-7-0 16-5 0-0 Kelley (5-4)March 24, 2009 at Virginia Tech L, 2-4 7 2-7-1 4-5-0 16-6 0-0 Snooks (9-1)March 24, 2009 at Virginia Tech W, 11-6 7 11-13-2 6-10-2 17-6 0-0 Kelley (6-4)*March 29, 2009 at Gardner-Webb W, 8-5 7 8-10-0 5-7-3 18-6 1-0 Kelley (7-4)*March 29, 2009 at Gardner-Webb W, 15-6 (8) 15-16-1 6-13-2 19-6 2-0 Whalley (3-1)*March 30, 2009 at Gardner-Webb W, 7-3 (8) 7-13-0 3-8-1 20-6 3-0 Snooks (10-1)April 1, 2009 JAMES MADISON L, 2-4 7 2-8-1 4-8-0 20-7 3-0 Snooks (10-2)April 1, 2009 JAMES MADISON L, 1-5 7 1-3-1 5-7-1 20-8 3-0 Kelley (7-5)*April 4, 2009 at Presbyterian W, 7-1 7 7-10-0 1-2-1 21-8 4-0 Kelley (8-5)*April 4, 2009 at Presbyterian W, 7-3 7 7-8-0 3-7-1 22-8 5-0 Kelley (9-5)*April 5, 2009 at Presbyterian L, 3-4 7 3-6-1 4-6-0 22-9 5-1 Kelley (9-6)April 8, 2009 at Marshall L, 2-8 7 2-9-2 8-6-0 22-10 5-1 Snooks (10-3)April 8, 2009 at Marshall L, 5-6 (8) 5-8-1 6-9-1 22-11 5-1 Snooks (10-4)*April 10, 2009 COASTAL CAROLINA W, 8-3 7 8-8-0 3-6-4 23-11 6-1 Kelley (10-6)*April 10, 2009 COASTAL CAROLINA W, 3-2 7 3-4-0 2-7-2 24-11 7-1 Kelley (11-6)*April 11, 2009 COASTAL CAROLINA W, 3-2 7 3-8-0 2-4-1 25-11 8-1 Snooks (11-4)April 16, 2009 at Longwood W, 10-4 7 10-13-1 4-12-1 26-11 8-1 Whalley (4-1)*April 18, 2009 WINTHROP W, 6-3 7 6-12-1 3-10-0 27-11 9-1 Kelley (12-6)*April 18, 2009 WINTHROP L, 8-11 7 8-15-4 11-11-2 27-12 9-2 Snooks (11-5)*April 19, 2009 WINTHROP W, 9-4 7 9-13-2 4-8-1 28-12 10-2 Kelley (13-6)*April 22, 2009 at Liberty W, 4-1 7 4-9-0 1-4-0 29-12 11-2 Kelley (14-6)*April 22, 2009 at Liberty W, 3-2 (8) 3-9-1 2-5-1 30-12 12-2 Kelley (15-6)*April 24, 2009 at Charleston Southern W, 6-1 7 6-10-0 1-6-2 31-12 13-2 Kelley (16-6)*April 24, 2009 at Charleston Southern W, 10-4 7 10-12-1 4-10-3 32-12 14-2 Kelley (17-6)*April 25, 2009 at Charleston Southern W, 5-2 7 5-14-1 2-9-0 33-12 15-2 Kelley (18-6)*April 28, 2009 LIBERTY W, 2-1 7 2-6-0 1-7-2 34-12 16-2 Kelley (19-6)April 29, 2009 ELON W, 6-5 (8) 6-8-2 5-6-4 35-12 16-2 Kelley (20-6)May 1, 2009 at East Tennessee State W, 3-2 7 3-6-3 2-3-0 36-12 16-2 Kelley (21-6)May 1, 2009 at East Tennessee State W, 7-4 7 7-9-2 4-12-2 37-12 16-2 Whalley (5-1)&May 7, 2009 GARDNER-WEBB W, 6-0 7 6-9-0 0-1-0 38-12 16-2 Kelley (22-6)&May 8, 2009 LIBERTY W, 2-1 7 2-5-1 1-6-0 39-12 16-2 Kelley (23-6)&May 9, 2009 LIBERTY L, 3-5 7 3-7-0 5-8-0 39-13 16-2 Kelley (23-7)&May 9, 2009 LIBERTY W, 10-1 6 10-13-1 1-5-1 40-13 16-2 Kelley (24-7)=May 14, 2009 vs. #8 Georgia L, 1-3 7 1-4-0 3-10-0 40-14 16-2 Kelley (24-8)=May 15, 2009 vs. Campbell W, 9-5 7 9-11-2 5-10-3 41-14 16-2 Kelley (25-8)=May 15, 2009 at #15 North Carolina L, 4-9 7 4-3-1 9-11-0 41-15 16-2 Snooks (11-6)

() Extra Inning Game; * Big South Contest! Eagle Classic (Statesboro, Ga.); # Frost Classic (Chattanooga, Tenn.)$ Pepsi Malahini Kipa Aloha Classic (Honolulu, Hawai’i); ^ Chevron Spring Fling (Honolulu, Hawai’i)+ Highlander Classic (Radford, Va.); % Big South Championships (Radford, Va.)= NCAA Regional (Chapel Hill, N.C.)

BATTiNGPLAyEr AVG GP-GS AB r H 2B 3B Hr rBi TB SLG% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%Leigh Godfrey .469 51-51 179 58 84 18 4 8 27 134 .749 10 2 9 .503 0 1 24-30 85 5 1 .989Kristen Shifflett .381 56-56 181 53 69 14 1 16 41 133 .735 10 11 12 .441 2 1 14-20 83 136 17 .928 Nichole Beall .360 56-56 161 37 58 12 5 10 46 110 .683 15 3 31 .418 3 1 15-17 54 98 9 .944Sarah Himan .356 56-56 177 28 63 12 3 7 35 102 .576 16 0 12 .405 2 8 3-5 133 29 2 .988Shannon Keefe .298 53-53 161 25 48 6 0 9 26 81 .503 1 1 18 .303 2 1 13-16 34 2 5 .878Michelle Beall .295 52-49 129 18 38 4 2 6 22 64 .496 14 1 22 .366 1 4 3-3 276 32 7 .978Jenn Everhart .255 56-56 161 26 41 14 1 4 22 69 .429 18 1 20 .331 1 1 16-18 143 94 8 .967Hope Creasy .213 55-54 150 15 32 5 1 8 25 63 .420 10 4 31 .275 3 0 5-7 53 7 1 .984Lauren Williams .206 50-30 68 15 14 0 0 0 2 14 .206 6 0 10 .270 0 6 12-17 48 2 1 .980

Kristy Brewer .500 38-0 2 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500 1 0 1 .667 0 0 9-12 1 0 0 1.000Taylor Cunningham .237 36-6 38 5 9 2 0 0 3 11 .289 2 0 2 .275 0 3 1-1 3 8 0 1.000Meredith Moore .230 35-23 61 9 14 1 0 2 11 21 .344 6 1 15 .304 1 3 2-2 77 14 2 .978Nicole Dailey .176 21-0 17 0 3 1 0 0 1 4 .235 3 0 4 .300 0 0 0-1 5 0 0 1.000Alex Roderick .163 29-14 43 6 7 1 0 1 3 11 .256 3 1 13 .234 0 0 1-2 128 6 4 .971ToTals .314 56 1528 304 481 90 17 71 264 818 .535 115 25 200 .369 15 29 118-151 1142 516 58 .966OPPONENTS .261 56 1461 197 382 83 4 41 176 596 .408 135 33 196 .336 33 196 35-49 1111 468 62 .962

LOB - TEAM (301), OPP (344). DPS TurNED - TEAM (24), OPP (20). iBB - TEAM (3), EVERHART (2), HIMAN (1), OPP (4). PiCKED OFF - HIMAN, KEEFE, BREWER, WILLIAMS.

2009 OVERALL STATISTICSRECORD: 41-15 HOME: 14-5 AWAY: 16-5 NEUTRAL: 11-5 BIG SOUTH: 16-2

PiTCHiNGPLAyEr ErA W-L APP-GS CG SHO/CBO SV iP H r Er BB SO 2B 3B Hr B/AVG WP HBP SHA SFALeigh Godfrey 0.00 0-0 1-0 0 0/0 0 1.0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .571 0 0 0 0Chelsea Kelley 2.55 25-8 47-35 13 1/0 4 208.2 193 88 76 58 111 44 2 22 .248 3 17 28 3Kellie Snooks 2.93 11-6 41/15 3 0/1 2 126.2 138 74 53 44 53 31 1 14 .279 7 9 11 5Rebecca Whalley 4.74 5-1 24/6 1 1/1 0 44.1 47 33 30 33 32 8 1 5 .260 12 7 3 0ToTals 2.89 41-15 56/56 17 3/1 6 380.2 382 197 157 135 196 83 4 41 .261 22 33 42 8OPPONENTS 4.63 15-41 56/56 19 1/0 1 370/1 481 304 245 115 200 90 17 71 .315 25 25 29 15

PB - TEAM (4), HIMAN, OPP (12). PiCKOFFS - TEAM (4), HIMAN (4), OPP (4). SBA/ATT - HIMAN (19-28), KELLEY (19-28), MOORE (16-21), SNOOKS (12-17), WHALLEY (4-4).

Miscellaneous Stats

Multiple Hit GamesLeigh Godfrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Kristen Shifflett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Sarah Himan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Nichole Beall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Shannon Keefe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Multiple RBI GamesNichole Beall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Kristen Shifflett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Shannon Keefe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Sarah Himan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Jenn Everhart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Hitting StreaksLeigh Godfrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Leigh Godfrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 (Current)Kristen Shifflett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Nichole Beall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Nichole Beall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Radford hit a school record 71 home runs in 2009, setting a new school record for the fifth straight year.

BATTiNGPLAyEr AVG GP-GS AB r H 2B 3B Hr rBi TB SLG% BB HBP SO OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%Leigh Godfrey .582 18-18 67 26 39 10 1 2 12 57 .851 4 0 3 .606 0 0 11-13 38 1 0 1.000Sarah Himan .500 18-18 58 14 29 4 2 3 16 46 .793 5 0 5 .531 1 4 2-3 47 7 0 1.000Shannon Keefe .412 16-16 51 7 21 2 0 3 9 32 .627 0 0 2 .404 1 0 6-8 6 0 0 1.000Kristen Shifflett .397 18-18 63 21 25 5 1 2 12 38 .603 2 4 2 .443 1 0 4-6 28 50 6 .929Nichole Beall .356 18-18 59 11 21 4 2 3 21 38 .644 4 0 9 .379 3 0 5-5 17 25 2 .955Michelle Beall .289 15-14 45 5 13 2 1 2 7 26 .578 4 0 6 .347 0 2 0-0 97 14 2 .982Jenn Everhart .226 18-18 53 8 12 6 0 2 8 24 .453 7 0 9 .317 0 1 4-5 41 26 1 .985Lauren Williams .192 17-12 26 7 5 0 0 0 0 5 .192 1 0 3 .222 0 2 6-6 21 0 0 1.000 Hope Creasy .173 18-18 52 6 9 1 0 2 6 16 .308 3 4 10 .267 1 0 2-3 24 2 0 1.000

Taylor Cunningham .417 13-1 12 2 5 0 0 0 2 5 .417 0 0 0 .417 0 1 0-0 1 2 0 1.000Nicole Dailey .250 5-0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .500 1 0 1 .400 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000Alex Roderick .182 7-4 11 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 .182 0 0 5 .182 0 0 0-1 31 2 0 1.000Meredith Moore .063 10-7 16 3 1 0 0 1 3 4 .250 1 1 4 .158 1 2 1-1 21 5 0 1.000Kristy Brewer .000 11-0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 2-4 0 0 0 .000 ToTals .354 18 517 114 183 35 7 21 98 295 .571 32 9 59 .396 8 12 43-55 381 159 12 .978OPPONENTS .263 18 494 58 130 33 1 14 55 207 .419 30 9 69 .315 4 14 5-7 366 160 26 .953

LOB - TEAM (100), OPP (114). DPS TurNED - TEAM (6), OPP (9). iBB - TEAM (1), HIMAN (1), OPP (1). PiCKED OFF - KEEFE, WILLIAMS.

2009 BIG SOUTH STATISTICSRECORD: 16-2 HOME: 6-1 AWAY: 10-1 NEUTRAL: 0-0

PiTCHiNGPLAyEr ErA W-L APP-GS CG SHO/CBO SV iP H r Er BB SO 2B 3B Hr B/AVG WP HBP SHA SFAChelsea Kelley 2.19 13-1 17-13 6 0/0 1 86.1 80 33 27 13 48 19 0 8 .245 0 6 12 1Kellie Snooks 3.73 2-1 12-4 0 0/0 2 30.0 36 19 16 12 13 10 1 6 .303 0 0 2 3Rebecca Whalley 3.94 1-0 5-1 0 0/0 0 10.2 14 6 6 5 8 4 0 0 .292 4 3 0 0 ToTals 2.70 16-2 18-18 6 0/0 3 127.0 130 58 49 30 69 33 1 14 .263 4 9 14 4OPPONENTS 5.34 2-16 18-18 8 0/0 0 122.0 183 114 93 32 59 35 7 21 .354 8 9 12 8

PB - TEAM (1), HIMAN (1), OPP (2). PiCKOFFS - TEAM (1), HIMAN (1), OPP (2). SBA/ATT - HIMAN (4-6), KELLEY (5-6), SNOOKS (0-1), MOORE (1-1).

Miscellaneous Stats

Multiple Hit GamesLeigh Godfrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Sarah Himan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Kristen Shifflett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Shannon Keefe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Nichole Beall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Multiple RBI GamesNichole Beall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Sarah Himan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Leigh Godfrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Shannon Keefe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Kristen Shifflett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Hitting StreaksLeigh Godfrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Kristen Shifflett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Nichole Beall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Sarah Himan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Nichole Beall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

The Highlanders turned six of their school record 24 double plays during conference play.

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YEAR COACH OVERALL CONFERENCE1992 Jeff Woods 6-25 1-101993 Jeff Woods 6-28 1-111994 Jeff Woods 11-32 3-9 1995 Jeff Woods 20-33 4-101996 Charlie Gunter 33-24 7-81997 Charlie Gunter 25-29 6-101998 Charlie Gunter 26-27 12-4 1999 Kami Sutton 25-27 10-42000 Kami Sutton 9-50 2-82001 Kami Sutton 24-35-1 6-32002 Sutton/Woods/Whitney 18-41* 5-5 (3rd)2003 Amy Kvilhaug 17-36 6-42004 Amy Kvilhaug 31-32 6-62005 Amy Kvilhaug 39-25 8-42006 Amy Kvilhaug 40-22 9-3 (2nd)2007 Mickey Dean 44-27 9-6 (3rd)2008 Mickey Dean 46-15 13-2 (2nd)2009 Mickey Dean 41-15 16-2 (1st)Totals 461-524-1 (.468) 124-109 (.532)

COACH YEARS RECORDJeff Woods* 1992-95, 2003 54-131Charlie Gunter 1996-98 84-80Kami Sutton* 1999-02 41-105Kari Whitney* 2002 11-13Amy Kvilhaug 2003-06 127-115Mickey Dean 2007-pr. 131-57*suttonwas7-28,Woods&Whitney11-13in2002

SEASON-BY-SEASON RESULTS

ALL-TIME COACHING RECORDS

RADFORD SOFTBALL HISTORY

Ashley Carlson, a four-year starter in the outfield for Radford, became the first Highlander softball player to compete profes-sionally when she landed a roster spot on May 25, 2008 with the Chicago Bandits of the National Pro Fastpitch League (NPF). Carlson, a two-year member of the Bandits, played a key role off the bench as Chicago won its first NPF Championship in 2008. The Bandits made their magical run from worst to first, winning their final 15 games, culminat-ing with a 6-4 victory over the Washington

Glory in the championship game to win the Cowles Cup Trophy on Aug. 24. In her first professional start on June 9, Carlson helped the Bandits in a 14-1 victory over the Akron Racers with three singles and a sacrifice bunt. She also scored a pair of runs and had an RBI. She finished her rookie season batting .286 (4-14) with 12 runs scored and an RBI. She tied for third on the team with eight stolen bases. Carlson, a two-time All-Big South performer, was a key factor in the success of Radford softball over the past four years. The Highlanders won 169 games during her time roaming the outfield. Carlson’s speed and quick hands contributed to her breaking both the career hits and steals records at Radford, while landing in the top five in the Big South in both those categories. The 2008 graduate played in 257 games, making 254 starts. She bat-ted .313 with 255 hits, eight doubles, eight triples, 30 RBI and 139 runs scored. She also stole 98 career bases, leading the Big South in that category her final three seasons.

ASHLEY CARLSON

NO HITTERS/PERFECT GAMESPERFECT GAMESBre Felix ..................................................... vs. Maryland Eastern Shore, 3/26/04

No HittersAshley Taylor .......................................................................... vs. Liberty, 4/12/06Ashley Taylor ............... vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Conway, S.C.), 3/19/06Bre Felix ............................................................................. vs. Delaware, 2/27/05

ESPNU A WINNING TRADITION For the past three seasons, Radford softball has enjoyed national tele-vision exposure on ESPNU, the 24-hour college sports network, which included the first nationally televised game from RU Softball Field on April 19, 2009 against Winthrop. The Highlanders made the most of that game, a 9-4 victory, and the previous two with wins at Coastal Carolina and Winthrop. The contest at Winthrop on May 6, 2007 was the first-ever nationally televised softball game for the Big South Conference which saw the Highlanders clobber 19 hits and defeat the Eagles, 9-2. GamesRadford 9, WINTHROP 2 (May 6, 2007, Rock Hill, S.C.)Radford 6, COASTAL CAROLINA 4 (April 27, 2008, Conway, S.C.)RADFORD 9, Winthrop 4 (April 19, 2009, Radford, Va.)

Highlights19 Hits at Winthrop in Inaugural Game on May 6, 2007Sarah Himan 4-4 at Winthrop (May 6)Nichole Beall: 4-4, HR, 4 RBI vs. Winthrop (April 19)Himan records a hit in her first seven at bats and is 8-for-11 in three games

TeamGames Played ............................................................................................... 71 (2007)Games Won ................................................................................................... 46 (2008)Home Wins ................................................................................................... 17 (2006)Road Wins ..................................................................................................... 16 (2009)Winning Streak ..............................................................................16 (4/17/08-5/8/08)Home Winning Streak ....................................................................18 (5/6/05-5/12/06)Road Winning Streak .....................................................................8 (3/24/08-4/12/08)Fewest Games Lost ............................................................................. 15 (2008, 2009)Most Games Lost .......................................................................................... 50 (2000)Losing Streak ...............................................................................21 (2/13/00-3/17/00)Consecutive Home Losses .........................................................10 (4/14/93-3/17/94)aConsecutive Road Losses ..............................................................18 (4/21/99-5/6/00)Winning Percentage ...................................................................... .754 (46-15) (2008)

BattingBatting Average ............................................................................................315 (2009)Lowest Batting Average ..............................................................................204 (1992) At Bats .......................................................................................................1864 (2007)Runs Scored .................................................................................................320 (2007) Hits ...............................................................................................................554 (2007)Doubles ..........................................................................................................98 (2007)Triples ............................................................................................................18 (2004) Home Runs ....................................................................................................71 (2009)Slugging Percentage ....................................................................................535 (2009)Total Bases ...................................................................................................824 (2007)Walks ............................................................................................................144 (1996) Strikeouts .....................................................................................................333 (2004)Hit by Pitches .................................................................................................26 (2008)On Base Percentage .....................................................................................369 (2009)Stolen Bases .................................................................................................128 (2007) Stolen Bases Attempted ...............................................................................174 (2007)Sacrifice Hits ..................................................................................................60 (2006)Sacrifice Flies ................................................................................................15 (2009)

PitchingLowest ERA ................................................................................................1.26 (2006)Highest ERA .............................................................................................. 6.10 (1993) Complete Games ............................................................................................50 (2005)Innings.......................................................................................................477.2 (2007)Strikeouts .....................................................................................................492 (2007) Fewest Walks .................................................................................................61 (1996) Most Walks ..................................................................................................165 (2000) Opponent’s Batting Average ........................................................................189 (2006) Shutouts..........................................................................................................20 (2006)Saves ................................................................................................................9 (2008)Fewest Runs Allowed ..................................................................................116 (2006) Fewest Earned Runs Allowed ........................................................................75 (2006) Most Runs Allowed .....................................................................................416 (2000) Most Earned Runs Allowed .........................................................................289 (2000) Fewest Hits Allowed ....................................................................................248 (1992)Fewest Hits Per Game Allowed ....................................................................4.6 (2006) Most Hits Allowed .......................................................................................578 (2000) Most Wild Pitches ..........................................................................................43 (1993)Fewest Wild Pitches .........................................................................................6 (2006)Most Hit Batters .............................................................................................52 (2000)Fewest Hit Batters ............................................................................................2 (1992)

FieldingPutouts........................................................................................................1429 (2007)Assists ..........................................................................................................564 (2001) Fewest Errors .................................................................................................55 (2005) Most Errors ..................................................................................................121 (1995) Errors (Game) ......................................................................12 vs. Charlotte (2/28/93)Fielding Percentage ......................................................................................970 (2005)Lowest Fielding Pct. ....................................................................................908 (1994)Double Plays ..................................................................................................24 (2009)Fewest Passed Balls .........................................................................................4 (2009)Most Passed Balls ..........................................................................................28 (2001)

TeamRuns Scored .........................................24 (W, 24-2) at North Carolina A&T, 2/26/02Runs (Inning) ...............................................15 (4th) at North Carolina A&T, 2/26/02Hits .............................................................................. 20 vs. Davis & Elkins, 3/22/96Home Runs ........................................................................ 5 vs. Georgetown, 3/25/06Stolen Bases .............................. 7 at Gardner-Webb, 3/29/09; at Norfolk St., 2/29/04Walks ................................................................ 21 at at North Carolina A&T, 2/26/02

Individual BattingAt Bats ..........................................6, Deana Benner, at North Carolina A&T, 2/26/02Runs Scored ..................................................................................4 by several players ..........................................................................Leigh Godfrey at Marshall, 4/8/09* ............................... Leigh Godfrey & Kristen Shifflett at Gardner-Webb, 3/29/09*Hits ........................................................ 5, Leigh Godfrey at Gardner-Webb, 2/29/09 ..................................................................Melissa Pickel vs. St. Joseph’s (3/23/96)Doubles .............................. 3, Alex Roderick vs. Detroit, 3/17/07 (Cullowhee, N.C.)Triples ..............................................2, Suzie Rath vs. Charleston Southern (3/22/95)Home Runs ................................................................................................2 (12 times) ..........................................................Kristen Shifflett at North Carolina (5/15/09)* .....................................Leigh Godfrey vs. Campbell, 5/15/09 (Chapel Hill, N.C.)* ..................................................................... Michelle Beall vs. Winthrop, 4/18/09* ..... Shannon Keefe at Liberty, 4/22/09; vs. St. John’s, 3/14/09 (Honolulu, Hawai’i)* ...................................................................................................................................Total Bases ..................................................................................................9, six times .....................................Leigh Godfrey vs. Campbell, 5/15/09 (Chapel Hill, N.C.)* ......................................................................... Shannon Keefe at Liberty, 4/22/09* ..................................................................... Michelle Beall vs. Winthrop, 4/18/09*

RBI .....................6, Ashley Taylor vs. UNC Wilmington (3/17/07, Cullowhee, N.C.) ............................... Sara Beth Clayton, vs. East Tennessee State (Bristol, 4/21/04)Stolen Bases ............................................................................................. 3, nine times .................................. 3, Nichole Beall vs. Campbell, 5/15/09 (Chapel Hill, N.C.)* ......................................................................3, Leigh Godfrey at Marshall, 4/8/09*Walks ..............................................5, Payton Nash at North Carolina A&T (2/26/02) Individual PitchingInnings..................................................... 12.0, Deana Benner vs. Winthrop (2/26/00)Strikeouts ..........................................16, Ashley Taylor vs. Coastal Carolina (4/6/07)Most Walks .................................................10, Jennifer Williams vs. Rider (3/27/92)Runs/Earned Runs Allowed ..........................15, Melanie Napier vs. Furman (3/5/93)Hits Allowed ............................................21, Kerrie Pingley vs. Penn State (2/26/94)

*Mostrecent

SINGLE GAME RECORDS

SINGLE GAME/TEAM RECORDSTEAM RECORDS

Ashley Carlson (2005-08) holds the single-season and career marks in hits and stolen bases.

BATTING

INDVIDUAL SINGLE-SEASON RECORDSBatting Average(min. 2.0 AB/team games)1. Leigh Godfrey 2009 .4692. Melissa Pickel 1996 .4203. Melissa Pickel 1995 .4054. Kristen Shifflett 2009 .3815. Suzie Rath 1993 .3806. Ashley Carlson 2007 .3777. Hope Creasy 2008 .3688. Shannon Keefe 2008 .3669. Kate Neuman 1993 .36210. Nichole Beall 2009 .360

Hits1. Ashley Carlson 2007 922. Leigh Godfrey 2009 843. Cassie Rhodes 2007 814. Melissa Pickel 1996 745. Kristen Shifflett 2009 696. Lara Wohlgemuth 2005 66 Shelly Guy 2001 66 Melissa Pickel 1995 6610. Payton Nash 2001 65 Suzie Rath 1996 65

Doubles1. Melissa Pickel 1995 212. Alex Roderick 2007 193. Leigh Godfrey 2009 184. Shelly Guy 2001 165. Chassity Chronick 1997 15 Macy Price 1997 15 Ashley Smith 2004 15 Kristen Shifflett 2008 159. Payton Nash 2001 14Ashley Taylor 2007 14Cassie Rhodes 2007 14Kristen Shifflett 2009 14Jenn Everhart 2009 14

Triples1. Suzie Rath 1994 7 Suzie Rath 1995 7 Cassie Rhodes 2007 74. Sara Beth Clayton 2004 65. Nichole Beall 2009 56. Seven tied at four

Home Runs1. Kristen Shifflett 2009 162. Melissa Pickel 1996 12 Ashley Taylor 2007 124. Vicki Madden 2008 115. Ashley Smith 2005 10 Shannon Keefe 2008 10 Nichole Beall 2009 108. Alex Roderick 2007 9 Shannon Keefe 2009 910. Melissa Pickel 1999 8 Ashley Smith 2003 8 Cassie Rhodes 2008 8 Hope Creasy 2009 8

RBI1. Melissa Pickel 1996 562. Ashley Taylor 2007 483. Cassie Rhodes 2007 46 Nichole Beall 2009 465. Shelly Guy 2001 426. Kristen Shifflett 2009 417. Sara Beth Clayton 2004 39 Hope Creasy 2008 399. Melissa Pickel 1999 3810. Payton Nash 2001 37 Alex Roderick 2007 37 Sarah Himan 2008 37 Cassie Rhodes 2008 37

Runs Scored1. Suzie Rath 1996 612. Leigh Godfrey 2009 583. Kristen Shifflett 2009 534. Ashley Carlson 2007 505. Melissa Pickel 1996 496. Cassie Rhodes 2007 407. Kristen Shifflett 2008 398. Suzie Rath 1995 38 Lara Wohlgemuth 2004 38 Cassie Rhodes 2008 38

Walks1. Lara Wohlgemuth 2004 272. Ashleigh Brooks 2002 25 3. Melissa Pickel 1996 21 Suzie Rath 1995 21 Payton Nash 2002 216. Ashley Smith 2005 20 Ashley Taylor 2005 20 Donita Brady 2002 20 Ashley Taylor 2007 2010. Suzie Rath 1996 19

Stolen Bases1. Ashley Carlson 2007 362. Suzie Rath 1996 323. Ashley Carlson 2008 274. Leigh Godfrey 2009 245. Sarah Ogilvie 1999 236. Donita Brady 2001 22 Cassie Rhodes 2007 228. Ashley Carlson 2006 219. Suzie Rath 1995 1910. Suzie Rath 1994 18 Donita Brady 2000 18

Slugging Percentage1. Leigh Godfrey 2009 .7492. Kristen Shifflett 2009 .7353. Melissa Pickel 1996 .7334. Vicki Madden 2008 .689

5. Nichole Beall 2009 .6836. Shannon Keefe 2008 .6757. Melissa Pickel 1995 .6638. Stacie Morioka 2000 .6199. Shelly Guy 2001 .60810. Macy Price 1998 .594

Total Bases1. Leigh Godfrey 2009 1342. Kristen Shifflett 2009 1333. Cassie Rhodes 2007 1304. Melissa Pickel 1996 1295. Shelly Guy 2001 1156. Ashley Taylor 2007 1147. Nichole Beall 2009 1108. Melissa Pickel 1995 1089. Sarah Himan 2009 10210. Suzie Rath 1996 100

On Base Percentage1. Leigh Godfrey 2009 .5032. Melissa Pickel 1996 .4853. Melissa Pickel 1995 .4504. Vicki Madden 2008 .4435. Suzie Rath 1993 .4426. Kristen Shifflett 2009 .4417. Suzie Rath 1996 .4218. Nichole Beall 2009 .4189. Hope Creasy 2008 .41410. Amy Hausman 1996 .408 Ashleigh Brooks 1999 .408

At Bats1. Ashley Carlson 2007 2442. Cassie Rhodes 2007 2293. Jenn Everhart 2007 2154. Lara Wohlgemuth 2005 2145. Ashley Taylor 2007 2086. Ashley Carlson 2005 1997. Hope Creasy 2007 1968. Lara Wohlgemuth 2004 1949. Ashley Carlson 2008 19010. Ashley Smith 2005 189

Sacrifice Hits1. Jenn Everhart 2007 182. Lindsay Woody 2004 173. Ashley Carlson 2005 144. Ashleigh Brooks 2001 135. Tracy Parks 1999 116. Ashley Carlson 2006 107. Ashley Carlson 2007 9 Lindsay Woody 2003 9 Stephanie Fields 1998 9 Lori Reilly 1997 9 Patty Gavin 1992 9

Sacrifice Flies1. Melissa Pickel 1996 42. 11 tied at three

Hit By Pitch1. Kristen Shifflett 2008 12 2. Kristen Shifflett 2009 113. Ashley Smith 2004 104. Ashley Smith 2005 5 Leigh Gardner 1993 56. Tina Rogers 2003 4 Ashley Smith 2004 4 Glynn Tolleson 2004 4 Donita Brady 2001 4 Diane Raisovich 1994 4 Vicki Madden 2008 4

Suzie Rath (1993-96) holds the single-season and career marks for runs scored and triples.

PITCHINGWins1. Ashley Taylor 2008 292. Bre Felix 2005 263. Chelsea Kelley 2009 254. Ashley Taylor 2007 235. Bre Felix 2007 216. Ashley Taylor 2006 20 Sheree’ Fletcher 1996 208. Bre Felix 2006 169. Jennifer Shellhammer 1998 1410. Jennifer Bosley 2004 13 Laura Jewett 1996 13

ERA (Minimum 100 innings pitched)1. Ashley Taylor 2006 1.202. Ashley Taylor 2008 1.253. Bre Felix 2006 1.644. Jennifer Shellhammer 1999 1.685. Sherree’ Fletcher 1996 1.826. Bre Felix 2005 1.917. Ashley Taylor 2007 2.018. Sheree’ Fletcher 1997 2.109. Laura Jewett 1996 2.1810. Bre Felix 2007 2.50

Strikeouts1. Ashley Taylor 2007 2662. Ashley Taylor 2008 2273. Bre Felix 2006 213 Ashley Taylor 2006 2134. Bre Felix 2005 2056. Bre Felix 2007 2007. Jennifer Bosley 2003 1398. Ashley Taylor 2005 1369. Jennifer Shellhammer 1999 13110. Jennifer Shellhammer 1998 126 Jennifer Bosley 2004 126

Appearances1. Ashley Taylor 2008 502. Chelsea Kelley 2009 473. Ashley Taylor 2007 444. Kellie Snooks 2009 415. Bre Felix 2005 40 6. Deana Benner 2003 38 Bre Felix 2007 388. Sheree’ Fletcher 1995 359. Jennifer Bosley 2004 34 Deana Benner 2003 34 Sheree’ Fletcher 1996 34

Starts1. Ashley Taylor 2008 392. Ashley Taylor 2007 383. Bre Felix 2005 364. Chelsea Kelley 2009 355. Ashley Taylor 2006 30 Sheree’ Fletcher 1995 307. Bre Felix 2007 298. Jennifer Bosley 2003 279. Bre Felix 2006 26 Ashley Taylor 2005 26 Jennifer Bosley 2004 26 Sheree’ Fletcher 1994 26

Complete Games1. Bre Felix 2005 292. Ashley Taylor 2008 283. Ashley Taylor 2007 274. Ashley Taylor 2006 25

5. Deana Benner 2000 246. Bre Felix 2006 20 Ashley Taylor 2005 208. Bre Felix 2007 19 Deana Benner 2003 19 Laura Jewett 1997 19 Sheree’ Fletcher 1995 19

Solo Shutouts1. Ashley Taylor 2006 92. Ashley Taylor 2008 8 Jennifer Bosley 2004 8 Bre Felix 2005 85. Bre Felix 2006 76. Ashley Taylor 2007 57. Seven tied at three

Innings Pitched1. Ashley Taylor 2008 251.22. Ashley Taylor 2007 251.13. Bre Felix 2005 234.24. Chelsea Kelley 2009 208.25. Ashley Taylor 2006 205.06. Bre Felix 2007 201.27. Deana Benner 2003 190.18. Ashley Taylor 2005 188.29. Deana Benner 2000 186.110. Bre Felix 2006 179.2

Fewest Walks (Min. 100 IP)1. Brandy Winstead 2002 132. Laura Jewett 1996 163. Bre Felix 2005 234. Brandy Winstead 2001 235. Bre Felix 2006 25 Bre Felix 2007 277. Sheree Fletcher 1996 28 Caroline Henderson 1995 289. Bre Felix 2004 2910. Ashley Taylor 2005 30 Sheree’ Fletcher 1994 30

Fewest Wild Pitches (Min. 100 IP)1. Ashley Taylor 2006 12. Chelsea Kelley 2009 3 Sheree’ Fletcher 1996 3 Laura Jewett 1996 3 Ashley Taylor 2008 36. Bre Felix 2006 4 Brandy Winstead 2001 4 Jennifer Overstreet 2001 49. Brandy Winstead 2002 5 Sheree’ Fletcher 1997 5 Caroline Henderson 1995 6 Sheree’ Fletcher 1994 6

Assists1. Kelly Hartzog 2001 1902. Ashleigh Brooks 2000 1633. Ashleigh Brooks 2002 1594. Melissa Pickel 1996 1485. Kristen Shifflett 2008 1436. Kristen Shifflett 2009 1367. Melissa Pickel 1997 1318. Vicki Madden 2008 127 Melissa Pickel 1995 12710. Ashleigh Brooks 2001 121 Kelly Hartzog 2000 121

Putouts1. Sarah Himan 2007 4732. Amanda Walling 2006 4583. Laura Greshhan 2001 4044. Danielle Tompkins 2005 4015. Amanda Walling 2005 3636. Alex Roderick 2007 3507. Danielle Tompkins 2006 3388. Sarah Himan 2008 3189. Kelly Miles 2002 31210. Glynn Tolleson 2003 287

Fielding Percentage (min. 75 attempts)1. Amanda Walling 2006 .9962. Danielle Tompkins 2005 .9953. Sarah Himan 2007 .9944. Sarah Himan 2008 .9925. Kelly Miles 2002 .991 Chassity Chronick 1997 .9917. Sara Beth Clayton 2004 .9908. Leigh Godfrey 2009 .9899. Sarah Himan 2009 .988 Amanda Walling 2005 .988 Amber Drexel 2004 .988

INDVIDUAL SINGLE-SEASON RECORDS

FIELDING

Sheree’ Fletcher (1994-97) became Radford’s first 20-game winner in 1996.

BATTING

INDVIDUAL CAREER RECORDSGames Played1. Ashley Taylor 2005-08 2582. Ashley Carlson 2005-08 2573. Cassie Rhodes 2005-08 2534. Jenn Everhart 2006-09 2475. Lara Wohlgemuth 2001, 2003-05 2406. Ashley Smith 2002-05 2397. Amanda Walling 2003-06 229 Ashleigh Brooks 1999-02 2299. Shelly Guy 1998-01 21910. Donita Brady 2000-03 214

Games Started1. Ashley Taylor 2005-08 255 Ashley Carlson 2005-08 2553. Cassie Rhodes 2005-08 2524. Jenn Everhart 2006-09 2465. Lara Wohlgemuth 2001, 2003-05 2406. Ashley Smith 2002-05 2397. Ashleigh Brooks 1999-02 227 8. Amanda Walling 2003-06 2189. Shelly Guy 1998-01 213 Melissa Pickel 1995-97, 99 213

Batting Average (min. 200 AB)1. Melissa Pickel 1995-97, 99 .3692. Kristen Shifflett 2008-pr. .3523. Sarah Himan 2007-pr. .3364. Kate Neuman 1993-94 .3295. Shannon Keefe 2008-pr. .3276. Suzie Rath 1993-96 .324 Macy Price 1997-98 .3248. Payton Nash 2000-02 .3179. Ashley Carlson 2005-08 .31310. Sarah Oglivie 1998-00 .305

Hits1. Ashley Carlson 2005-08 2552. Melissa Pickel 1995-97, 99 2403. Lara Wohlgemuth 2001, 03-05 2284. Cassie Rhodes 2005-08 2265. Ashley Smith 2002-05 2046. Jenn Everhart 2006-09 196 7. Suzie Rath 1993-96 1928. Ashley Taylor 2005-08 1899. Shelly Guy 1998-01 18410. Sarah Himan 2007-pr. 180

Doubles1. Melissa Pickel 1995-97, 99 522. Shelly Guy 1998-01 41 Ashley Taylor 2005-08 414. Ashley Smith 2002-05 405. Jenn Everhart 2006-09 386. Cassie Rhodes 2005-08 36 Payton Nash 2000-02 36 8. Sarah Himan 2007-pr. 329. Suzie Rath 1993-96 3010. Chassity Chronick 1995-97 29 Kristen Shifflett 2008-pr. 29

Triples1. Suzie Rath 1993-96 182. Cassie Rhodes 2005-08 133. Melissa Pickel 1995-97, 99 12 4. Shelly Guy 1998-01 95. Ashley Carlson 2005-08 8 Sara Beth Clayton 2004-05 8 Ashleigh Brooks 1999-02 8 Stacy Morioka 1998-00 8 Amy Hausman 1996-98 810. Ashley Smith 2002-05 7 Home Runs1. Melissa Pickel 1995-97, 99 312. Ashley Taylor 2005-08 303. Ashley Smith 2002-05 22 Cassie Rhodes 2005-08 225. Kristen Shifflett 2008-pr. 21 Shelly Guy 1998-01 217. Hope Creasy 2007-pr. 208. Shannon Keefe 2008-pr. 199. Jenn Everhart 2006-09 1810. Sarah Himan 2007-pr. 14

RBI1. Melissa Pickel 1995-97, 99 1582. Ashley Taylor 2005-08 1363. Ashley Smith 2002-05 126 Cassie Rhodes 2005-08 1265. Shelly Guy 1998-01 1146. Jenn Everhart 2006-09 1057. Hope Creasy 2007-pr. 97 Sarah Himan 2007-pr. 979. Amanda Walling 2003-06 91 Kate Neuman 1993-94 91

Runs Scored 1. Suzie Rath 1993-96 1482. Melissa Pickel 1995-97, 99 1433. Ashley Carlson 2005-08 1394. Cassie Rhodes 2005-08 1305. Lara Wohlgemuth 2001, 2003-05 118 6. Jenn Everhart 2006-09 1177. Ashley Smith 2002-05 1158. Lori Reilly 1995-98 96 Donita Brady 2000-03 9610. Ashleigh Brooks 1999-02 95 Stolen Bases1. Ashley Carlson 2005-08 982. Suzie Rath 1993-96 943. Donita Brady 2000-03 634. Cassie Rhodes 2005-08 555. Ashleigh Brooks 1999-02 48 Lara Wohlgemuth 2001, 03-05 487. Jenn Everhart 2006-09 388. Sarah Ogilvie 1998-00 339. Kristen Shifflett 2008-pr. 2810. Lauren Williams 2008-pr. 27

Walks1. Lara Wohlgemuth 2001, 03-05 702. Ashleigh Brooks 1999-02 663. Suzie Rath 1993-96 654. Ashley Taylor 2005-08 635. Melissa Pickel 1995-97, 99 596. Jenn Everhart 2006-09 577. Ashley Smith 2002-05 56 Donita Brady 2000-03 569. Chrissy Talbot 1993-96 4910. Sarah Himan 2007-pr. 43

At Bats1. Ashley Carlson 2005-08 8142. Cassie Rhodes 2005-08 7733. Lara Wohlgemuth 2001, 2003-05 7574. Jenn Everhart 2006-09 7345. Ashley Taylor 2005-08 7266. Ashley Smith 2002-05 7077. Melissa Pickel 1995-97, 99 6508. Ashleigh Brooks 1999-02 6249. Shelly Guy 1998-02 62310. Amanda Walling 2003-06 601

Wins1. Ashley Taylor 2005-08 842. Bre Felix 2004-07 743. Sheree’ Fletcher 1994-97 48 4. Laura Jewett 1996-97 375. Chelsea Kelley 2008-pr. 27 Deana Benner 2000-03 277. Jennifer Shellhammer 1998-99 268. Jennifer Bosley 2003-04 209. Rebecca Whalley 2008-09 1610. Kellie Snooks 2008-pr. 15 Katie Moss 1998-99 15 ERA (min. 100 IP)1. Ashley Taylor 2005-08 1.742. Jennifer Shellhammer 1998-99 2.173. Bre Felix 2004-07 2.334. Chelsea Kelley 2008-pr. 2.645. Kellie Snooks 2008-pr. 2.736. Laura Jewett 1996-99 2.91

PITCHING

Bre Felix (2004-07) tossed Radford’s first perfect game on March 26, 2004 against Maryland-Eastern Shore.

Melissa Pickel (1995-97,99) remains Radford’s all-time leader in batting average, doubles, home runs and RBI.

7. Sheree’ Fletcher 1994-97 3.198. Katie Moss 1998-99 3.149. Caroline Henderson 1995 3.3210. Brandy Winstead 2001-02 3.40

Strikeouts1. Ashley Taylor 2005-08 8422. Bre Felix 2004-07 7273. Deana Benner 2000-03 3554. Sheree’ Fletcher 1994-97 3095. Jennifer Bosley 2003-04 2656. Jennifer Shellhammer 1998-99 2577. Brandy Winstead 2001-02 1738. Laura Jewett 1996-99 1679. Chelsea Kelley 2008-pr. 11510. Rebecca Whalley 2008-09 110

Shutouts1. Ashley Taylor 2005-08 252. Bre Felix 2004-07 203. Jennifer Bosley 2003-04 104. Laura Jewett 1996-99 7 Sheree’ Fletcher 1994-97 76. Jennifer Shellhammer 1998-99 57. Deana Benner 2000-03 48. Allison Carter 2005-07 3 Rebecca Whalley 2008-09 310. Kat Peck 2004 2

Complete Games1. Ashley Taylor 2005-08 1002. Bre Felix 2004-07 79

3. Sheree’ Fletcher 1994-97 654. Deana Benner 2000-03 625. Laura Jewett 1996-99 506. Jennifer Bosley 2003-04 307. Jennifer Shellhammer 1998-99 288. Kerrie Pingley 1993-94 189. Brandy Winstead 2001-02 1710. Chelsea Kelley 2008-09 13

Starts1. Ashley Taylor 2005-08 1332. Bre Felix 2004-07 1113. Sheree’ Fletcher 1994-97 994. Deana Benner 2000-03 795. Laura Jewett 1996-99 786. Jennifer Bosley 2003-04 537. Brandy Winstead 2001-02 39 Jennifer Shellhammer 1998-99 399. Chelsea Kelley 2008-pr. 3510. Kerrie Pingley 1993-94 32

Appearances1. Ashley Taylor 2005-08 1602. Bre Felix 2004-07 1393. Sheree’ Fletcher 1994-97 1284. Deana Benner 2000-03 1115. Laura Jewett 1996-99 986. Jennifer Bosley 2003-04 677. Kellie Snooks 2008-pr. 598. Brandy Winstead 2001-02 54 Chelsea Kelley 2008-pr. 5410. Rebecca Whalley 2008-09 53

Fielding PCT. (Min. 150 chances)1. Sarah Himan 2007-pr. .992 (924)2. Kelly Miles 2002-03 .990 (366)3. Danielle Tompkins 2003-06 .988 (915)4. Sara Beth Clayton 2004-05 .985 (194)5. Amanda Walling 2003-06 .984 (1057) Chassity Chronick 1995-97 .984 (523)7. Glynn Tolleson 2003-04 .980 (389)8. Michelle Beall 2009-pr. .978 (276)9. Laura Greshhan 2001 .977 (404)10. Alex Roderick 2006-09 .976 (753)

Putouts1. Amanda Walling 2003-06 10572. Sarah Himan 2007-pr. 9243. Danielle Tompkins 2003-06 9154. Alex Roderick 2006-09 7535. Shelly Guy 1998-01 6346. Lara Wohlegemuth 2001, 03-05 5587. Chassity Chronick 1005-97 5238. Jenn Everhart 2006-09 5009. Cindy Larki 1995-96 45410. Laura Jewett 1996-99 438

assists1. Ashleigh Brooks 1999-02 5502. Melissa Pickel 1995-97, 99 4803. Jenn Everhart 2006-09 3574. Lara Wohlgemuth 2001, 03-05 3015. Cassie Rhodes 2005-08 292

Bold Denotes Current Players

INDVIDUAL CAREER RECORDS

Ashley Taylor (2005-08) left Radford as the pro-gram’s career leader in wins, strikeouts, shutouts, ERA, complete games, appearances and starts.

FIELDING

TEAM SINGLE-SEASON RECORDSWins1. 2008 462. 2007 443. 2009 414. 2006 405. 2005 39

Batting Average1. 2009 .3152. 2008 .3073. 2007 .2974. 1996 .2795. 1998 .275

Hits1. 2007 5542. 2008 4844. 2009 4814. 2005 4415. 1996 426

Doubles1. 2007 982. 2009 903. 2008 834. 1997 705. 1996 68

Triples1. 2004 182. 1997 17 2009 174. 1996 165. 2001 15 1998 15 2008 15

Home Runs1. 2009 712. 2008 573. 2007 484. 2006 425. 2005 32

RBI1. 2007 2652. 2009 2643. 2008 2624. 1996 2475. 2005 216

Runs1. 2007 3202. 2009 3043. 2008 3014. 1996 2985. 2005 251

Walks1. 2002 1452. 1996 1443. 2009 115 2008 1155. 2005 112 2003 112

Stolen Bases1. 2007 1282. 2009 1183. 2008 1174. 2001 925. 2003 81

Slugging Percentage1. 2009 .5352. 2008 .4863. 2007 .4424. 1996 .3975. 2006 .385

Total Bases1. 2007 8242. 2009 8183. 2008 7684. 2005 6315. 2006 626

On Base Percentage1. 2009 .3692. 2008 .3613. 1996 .3464. 1993 .3425. 2007 .338

Hit by Pitch1. 2008 282. 2009 253. 2004 214. 2005 185. 2003 17 2000 17

Sacrifice Flies1. 2009 152. 2007 143. 2008 134. 1995 115. 2004 10 2001 10

Sacrifice Hits1. 2006 602. 2007 593. 2004 554. 1997 515. 2001 48

Strikeouts1. 2004 3332. 2005 3283. 2007 2904. 2000 2895. 2006 273

ERA (Min. 100 innings)1. 2006 1.262. 2008 1.813. 2005 2.284. 2007 2.515. 1996 2.52

Strikeouts1. 2007 4922. 2006 4593. 2005 3474. 2008 3255. 2004 309

Shutouts1. 2006 202. 2008 133. 2005 12 2004 125. 2007 10

Fewest Walks1. 1996 612. 2005 673. 2006 734. 1992 835. 1999 87

Saves1. 2008 92. 1996 6 2009 65. 2005 4 1997 4

Batting Avg. Against1. 2006 .1892. 2008 .2243. 2007 .2314. 2005 .2425. 2009 .261 1998 .261

Complete Games1. 2005 502. 2006 483. 2007 464. 2000 455. 1998 40

Innings Pitched1. 2007 477.22. 2005 439.03. 2006 418.04. 2004 416.15. 2008 402.1

Fewest Wild Pitches 1. 2006 62. 1996 103. 1998 144. 1995 15 1996 15

Putouts1. 2007 14292. 2005 13183. 2006 12534. 2004 12495. 2008 1207

Assists1. 2008 5802. 2001 5643. 2002 5354. 2009 5165. 2000 508

Errors1. 2005 552. 2009 58 2006 584. 2004 645. 2003 74

Fielding Pct.1. 2005 .9702. 2009 .966 2006 .9664. 2004 .9635. 2008 .957

Double Plays Turned1. 2009 242. 2003 213. 2008 15 1996 155. 2007 14 1997 14

The 2008 Highlanders won a school record 46 contests.

PITCHING

FIELDING

BATTING

AWARDS AND HONORS

Big South Player of the YearMelissa Pickel 1996

VaSID State Player of the YearMelissa Pickel 1996

Big South Pitcher of the YearAshley Taylor 2006Ashley Taylor 2007Ashley Taylor 2008Chelsea Kelley 2009

Big South Coach of the YearCharlie Gunter (Co-Coach) 1996Charlie Gunter 1998Amy Kvilhaug (Co-Coach) 2005Mickey Dean 2009

Vasid State Coach of the YearMickey Dean 2009

Big South Freshman of the YearMelissa Pickel 1995Shannon Keefe 2008Leigh Godfrey 2009

VaSID Freshman of the YearShannon Keefe 2008Leigh Godfrey 2009

NFCA First Team All-Region (Mid-Atlantic)Nichole Beall 2009

Leigh Godfrey 2009Sarah Himan 2009Chelsea Kelley 2009

NFCA Second Team All-Region (Southeast)Ashley Taylor 2006Ashley Taylor 2007Ashley Taylor 2008

First TeamSuzie Rath (OF) 1993Suzie Rath (OF) 1995Melissa Pickel (SS) 1996Macy Price (OF) 1998Ashleigh Brooks (SS) 2001Shelly Guy (C) 2001Payton Nash (DP) 2001Lara Wohlgemuth (2B) 2003Kat Peck (DP) 2004Bre Felix (P) 2005Ashley Smith (OF) 2005Amanda Walling (C) 2005Anne Tatum (OF) 2006Ashley Taylor (P) 2006Amanda Walling (C) 2006Cassie Rhodes (SS) 2007Ashley Taylor (P) 2007Hope Creasy (OF) 2008Jenn Everhart (2B) 2008Sarah Himan (C) 2008Shannon Keefe (UT) 2008Vicki Madden (3B) 2008Kristen Shifflett (SS) 2008Ashley Taylor (P) 2008Nichole Beall (3B) 2009Leigh Godfrey (OF) 2009Sarah Himan (C) 2009Chelsea Kelley (P) 2009Kristen Shifflett (SS) 2009

Second TeamMelissa Pickel (SS) 1995Suzie Rath (OF) 1996Sheree’ Fletcher (P) 1996Maci Price (OF) 1997Lori Reilly (OF) 1998Jennifer Shellhammer (P) 1998Sarah Oglivie (OF) 1999Melissa Pickel (2B) 1999Jennifer Shellhammer (P) 1999Lara Wohlgemuth (2B) 2001Deana Benner (P) 2002Ashleigh Brooks (3B) 2002Ashley Smith (OF) 2002Hallie East (3B) 2003Ashley Smith (OF) 2003Lindsay Woody (DP) 2003Sara Beth Clayton (OF) 2004Bre Felix (P) 2004Lara Wohlgemuth (2B) 2005Bre Felix (P) 2006Cassie Rhodes (SS) 2006Danielle Tompkins (UT) 2006Ashley Carlson (OF) 2007Alex Roderick (1B) 2007Ashley Taylor (DP) 2007Ashley Carlson (OF) 2008

Jenn Everhart (2B) 2009Shannon Keefe (OF) 2009

Tournament MVPKristen Shifflett 2009

All-Tournament TeamSuzie Rath 1996Crystal Ray 1998Shelly Guy 1998Melissa Pickel 1999Ashleigh Brooks 2000Shelly Guy 2000Donita Brady 2002Ashleigh Brooks 2002Glynn Tolleson 2003Ashley Smith 2003Ashley Taylor 2006Jenn Everhart 2006Cassie Rhodes 2006Sarah Himan 2007Michelle Carlson 2007Ashley Taylor 2007Ashley Taylor 2008Jenn Everhart 2009Leigh Godfrey 2009Chelsea Kelley 2009Kristen Shifflett 2009

ESPN The Magazine Academic All-DistrictKellie Snooks (2nd) 2009

Big South All-Academic TeamLaura Jewett 1997Laura Jewett 1998Sarah Ogilvie 1999Shelly Guy 2000Shelly Guy 2001Payton Nash 2002Donita Brady 2003Lindsay Woody 2004Lara Wohlgemuth 2005Michelle Carlson 2006Michelle Carlson 2007

Players of the Year

Region Selections

Big South All-Conference

Big South All-Tournament

Academics

VaSID All-State

Hope Creasy 2008Kellie Snooks 2009

NFCA Scholar AthletesDonita Brady 2002Lindsay Woody 2002Hope Creasy 2008Chelsea Kelley 2008Kellie Snooks 2008Nichole Beall 2009Chelsea Kelley 2009Alex Roderick 2009Rebecca Whalley 2009

First TeamSheree’ Fletcher 1996Melissa Pickel 1996Macy Price 1997Macy Price 1998Bre Felix 2005Ashley Smith 2005Ashley Taylor 2006Hope Creasy 2008Sarah Himan 2008Vicki Madden 2008Ashley Taylor 2008Jenn Everhart 2009Leigh Godfrey 2009Sarah Himan 2009Chelsea Kelley 2009Kristen Shifflett 2009

Second TeamBre Felix 2006Anne Tatum 2006Amanda Walling 2006Ashley Carlson 2007Hope Creasy 2007Cassie Rhodes 2007Ashley Taylor (DP & P) 2007Ashley Carlson 2008Jenn Everhart 2008Kristen Shifflett 2008Nichole Beall 2009Shannon Keefe 2009

Shelly Guy (1998-01) was the first Highlander catcher to earn first team Big South honors in 2001.

Macy Price (1997-98) earned back-to-back all-state accolades in 1997 and 1998.

RECORDS VERSUS OPPONENTSAdelphi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1Akron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2Alabama State . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0Albany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-0Appalachian State . . . . . . . . . . 9-5Auburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0Arizona State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1Austin Peay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1Ball State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1Barton College . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2Belmont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0Bentley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0Bethune-Cookman . . . . . . . . . . 0-3Binghamton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0Birmingham-Southern . . . . . . .11-4Boston College . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2Boston University . . . . . . . . . . 1-0Brown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-0Bucknell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1-1Buffalo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0California (Pa.). . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2Cal Poly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2Cal-Riverside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0Cal-Santa Barbara . . . . . . . . . . 0-2Campbell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17Canisius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1Carson-Newman . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2Catawba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1Charleston Southern . . . . . 34-20Charlotte. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13Cleveland State . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1Coastal Carolina. . . . . . . . . 19-30Colgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1College of Charleston . . . . . . . 1-2

Cornell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Davis & Elkins. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-0Dayton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2Delaware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4Delaware State . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3Drexel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0East Tennessee State . . . . . . 14-6East Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21Eastern Kentucky. . . . . . . . . . . 1-3Eastern Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1Elon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-4Fairfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0Florida A&M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-0Florida Gulf Coast . . . . . . . . . . 0-1Florida International . . . . . . . . 0-1Florida State. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2Fordham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3Furman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2Gardner-Webb . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2George Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-7George Washington . . . . . . . . . 1-1Georgetown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-0Georgia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2Georgia Southern. . . . . . . . . . 2-2Georgia State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1Georgia Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-6Hampton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4Harvard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1Hawai’i. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0Hofstra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1Howard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1Illinois-Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-3illinois State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Indiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2Indiana State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0Iona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1Iowa State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0Jacksonville State. . . . . . . . . . . 2-2James Madison. . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1La Salle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0Lehigh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1Liberty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-22Lipscomb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0Long Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5Longwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-6Louisville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1Loyola Marymount . . . . . . . . . 0-2Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2Manhattan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2Mansfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0Marist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3UMBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17Maryland-Eastern Shore . . . . . 3-0Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1Memphis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0Mercer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4Miami. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1Michigan State . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-3Middle Tennessee State . . . . . 0-1Minnesota. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0Mississippi State . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0Morgan State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1Mt. Olive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1Mount St. Mary’s . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0

Niagara. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1Norfolk State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-0North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-8North Carolina A&T . . . . . . . . 8-1UNC Asheville. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2UNC Greensboro . . . . . . . . . 13-28North Carolina State . . . . . . . . 2-3UNC Wilmington. . . . . . . . . . 14-5Northern Illinois. . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1Nova Southeastern . . . . . . . . . . 0-1Oakland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1Oregon State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0Penn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0Penn State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0Presbyterian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1Purdue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1Quinnipiac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-0Rider. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1Robert Morris. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2Rutgers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-0Sacred Heart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0St. Andrews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0St. Bonaventure . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0St. Francis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2St. John’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2St. Joseph’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-0St. Peter’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1San Jose State . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1Santa Clara. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0Samford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1Seton Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1Shaw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Shippensburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1Slippery Rock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1South Carolina State . . . . . . . . 1-0South Dakota State . . . . . . . . . 1-0USC Upstate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2South Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-3Southeast Missouri. . . . . . . . . . 0-1Stony Brook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2Stetson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2Syracuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0Temple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-7Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1UT-Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1Tennessee Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1Texas A&M Corpus Christi . . . . 4-4Texas-El Paso. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0Toledo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1Towson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6Troy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2Tulsa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0Valparaiso. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2Villanova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-13Virginia Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24Wagner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-0Western Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1Western Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . 0-1Winthrop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-28Wisconsin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2Xavier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0Yale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1

2010 Opponents in Bold

TEAM W-L TEAM W-L TEAM W-L TEAM W-L TEAM W-L

Radford’s 2006 squad won 40 games (40-22) for the first time in school history.

2010 TOURNAMENTS/BIG SOUTH OPPONENTS

March 20-21 w Radford, Va.

Location: RU Softball FieldParticipants: Radford, Albany, Kent State, SienaYear of Tournament: FourthTournament Record: 12-2 Past Champions: Radford (2004, 2006) Harvard (2009)

Radford’s ScheduleMarch 20 ......................................................ALBANY w 2:00March 20 ...........................................................SIENA w 4:00March 21 ............................................... KENT STATE w 2:00March 21 .................. Consolation/Championship w 2:00/4:00

HIGHLANDER CLASSIC NFCA LEADOFF CLASSIC

February 26-28 w Columbus, Ga.

Location: South Commons Stadium and ComplexOpponents: Louisiana Lafayette, Kent State, Illinois, Illinois State, MissouriYear of Tournament: 15thPast Results: First Appearance

Radford’s ScheduleFeb. 26 ............... Louisiana Lafayette/Kent State w 1:30/4:00Feb. 26 .............................................................. Illinois w 1:30Feb. 27 ..................................................... Illinois State w 6:30Feb. 28 ................................................... Missouri w 10:00 am

March 5-7 w Clearwater, Fla.

Location: Eddie C. Moore ComplexOpponents: UAB, Central Michigan, St. Joseph’s, Toledo, Villanova, Year of Tournament: ThirdTournament Record: 2-2 (2008)

Radford’s ScheduleMarch 5 ......................................UAB/Toledo w 9:30 am/1:30March 6 ..................................................... St. Joseph’s w 5:00March 6 .........................................................Villanova w 7:00March 7 ............................................ Central Michigan w 1:30

USF UNDER ARMOUR SHOWCASE USF UNDER ARMOUR CLASSIC

March 12-14 w Clearwater, Fla.

Location: Eddie C. Moore ComplexOpponents: Ball State, Boston College, Fairfield, Middle Tennessee State, TempleYear of Tournament: ThirdTournament Record: First Appearance

Radford’s ScheduleMarch 12 ............................Fairfield/Ball State w 9:30 am/1:30March 13 ........................ Middle Tennessee State w 10:30 amMarch 13 ....................................................... Temple w 12:30March 14 ........................................Boston College w 9:30 am

Big South Tournament

WINTHROPAPRIL 23 & 24, 201011: 00 AM/1:00 & 2:00ROCk HILL, S.C.

COASTAL CAROLINAAPRIL 17 & 18, 20101/3:00 & 1:00CONWAY, S.C.

LIBERTYMARCH 18 & 23, 20103/5:00 & 2:00RADFORD, VA./LYNCHBURG, VA.

GARDNER-WEBBAPRIL 2 & 3, 20102/4:00 & 1:00RADFORD, VA.

PRESBYTERIANAPRIL 10 & 11, 20102/4:00 & 1:00RADFORD, VA.

May 13-15 w Conway, S.C.

Location: Coastal Carolina Softball Field Year of Tournament: 24thTournament Record: 22-33Tournament Championships: 1 (2009)Past Champions: Winthrop (6), Coastal Carolina (5), UNC Greensboro (4), Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (3), Campbell (1), Charleston Southern (1), East Carolina (1), Liberty (1), Radford (1)

CHARLESTON SOUTHERNMARCH 27-28, 20102/4:00 & 1:00RADFORD, VA.

PRESBYTERIANAPRIL 10 & 11, 20102/4:00 & 1:00RADFORD, VA.

RADFORD SOFTBALL FIELD & FACILITIES

Located in the northeast corner of the Dedmon Center’s outdoor facilities, Radford Softball field offers several new amenities. In 2009, additions of a backstop netting replacing the original fencing and second batting cage located on the first base side feature several upgrades.

Other improvements include a new outfield windscreen, along with lowering the fences to four feet in foul territory.In the summer and fall of 2007, new grass sod was laid out in foul territory. With that, a new irrigation system was installed to cover the expanded

area of grass. Renovations on the field started prior to the 2004 season when covered dugouts that include a heating system were built. Upgrades prior to the 2006 season included a working press box and an improvement in the fan seating areas, moving the primary grandstand area

directly behind home plate.The newest addition to the list of amenities for the Highlander softball team is an indoor batting and pitching facility that allows Radford to practice

year-round.The facility includes six dedicated batting cages, with the necessary equipment and amenities for either live pitching or machine pitching. Located

adjacent to campus, the indoor facility can serve the Radford softball team year-round, anytime the weather restricts outdoor practice.

Penelope Ward Kyle became Radford University’s sixth, and first female, president when she took office on June 1, 2005. She came to RU with more than 30 years of experience in state government, the corporate and legal worlds, and higher educa-tion.

Upon assuming the presidency, President Kyle immediately focused on leading the university’s initiative to become one of the top 50 masters universities in the nation. The Radford Uni-versity strategic plan “7-17”, completed in 2007 at her direction, identifies four strategic directives -- the investment in people, programs, global and local society and the future of Radford University.

Under President Kyle’s leadership, the university also added its first doctoral program with an emphasis in rural mental health and launched an initiative to grow graduate college stu-dent enrollment by offering additional doctoral and masters level programs. She hired the university’s first provost and created two new vice presidential areas of responsibility, Information Technology and University Relations. The Radford University Board of Visitors, at President Kyle’s request, has increased its membership by four positions to provide an opportunity for more diversity and leadership innovation within the governing body.

A native of southwest Virginia, President Kyle is a prod-uct of the Galax public schools system. She graduated from Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina and did her postgraduate studies in English at Southern Methodist Univer-sity in Dallas, Texas. She received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Virginia School of Law and later earned her MBA from the College of William and Mary.

President Kyle served as Executive Director of the Virginia Lottery for 11 years, under three successive governors. First ap-pointed by Governor George Allen in 1994, she was reappointed by Governor James Gilmore, and then reappointed once again by Governor Mark Warner. Previously, Ms. Kyle was employed by CSX Corporation, an international transportation company, where she became the company’s first female officer. Before joining CSX Corporation, she was an attorney with McGuire, Woods, LLP in Richmond. She also taught English for six years at Thomas Nelson Community College in Hampton, Virginia.

President Kyle serves in leadership positions on numerous educational, civic, cultural, professional, financial and volun-teer organizations. She served on the Board of Visitors at James Madison University from 1984 until 1992 and on the JMU Foundation Board 1992 until 1994. She also served on the Vir-ginia Commonwealth University Foundation Board from 1994 until 2000 and on the Board of Governors of Saint Christopher’s School from 1999 until 2005. President Kyle is currently a mem-ber of the Board of Directors of the Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Board of Directors of PRA, Inc., a publicly traded company.

Ms. Kyle is married to Charles L. Menges, an attorney and partner with McGuire, Woods, LLC. They are the parents of a son, Kyle Ward Menges, and two daughters, Penelope Whitley Menges, and Patricia Lee Menges.

RADFORD UNIVERSITY FAST FACTS

- Located in the in the New River Valley of Southwest Virginia

- 177-acre main campus; 78-acre RU West campus

- 9,230 Students (60% female, 40% male) - Students originate from 45 states and Washington D.C.; 47 countries

- Student-to-faculty ratio of 19:1

- 83% of faculty hold doctorate or terminal degrees in their fields

- 93% of RU students obtain employment or continue education within 3-8 months of graduation

PRESIDENT PENELOPE W. KYLE

Radford University blends the rich, diverse curriculum of a major university with a small town atmosphere conducive to learning and personal en-richment. By emphasizing student learning as the core of its mission, Radford challenges students and helps them develop academically, socially, physi-cally, culturally and morally. The university recognizes that in our rapidly changing global society today’s technology is tomorrow’s history and what endures is the ability to learn, think logically and communicate clearly.

Radford is a successful, popular university that has quickly grown in stature as an innovator in higher education. Its growth in reputation has been paralleled by a growth in numbers and diversity. The school enrolls some 9,230 students from throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia, from 45 other states and from 47 foreign countries.

A state-supported institution founded in 1910, Radford offers more than 140 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in seven colleges. The institution offers Bachelor of Arts, Science, Fine Arts, Business Administration, Music Therapy, Master of Science, Arts and Educational Specialists degrees. Army ROTC is available.

Radford is, and will continue to be, a community in which all members participate actively and communicate openly. It is a community that values diversity and is responsive to change and new ideas. Most importantly, it is a community that is committed to the teaching and learning process and maintains service to students as its highest priority and most enduring value.

THIS IS RADFORD UNIVERSITY

Since being introduced as radford university’s Director of Athletics in the fall of 2007, radford native robert Lineburg has helped usher in a new era of Highland-er athletics, marked by unprecedented on-and off-field improvements and successes.

“robert Lineburg brings a unique col-lection of skills and experiences that make him a great fit for our program,” radford President Penelope W. Kyle said. “He is a former coach, he has worked in the corpo-rate world. His ties to the City of radford

will help build community support for Highlander athletics.”

in his short time with the depart-ment, Lineburg has been the catalyst for a number of changes, particularly in areas such as facilities, personnel and strategic

planning. His most visible influence to date has been on the Dedmon Cen-

ter, where Lineburg has been involved with major renovations to the centerpiece of radford athletics for more than 25 years. Beginning in the spring of 2008, the facility underwent transformations to the arena, including a new steel-supported roof, a new basketball floor, renovated athletic offices, a new-look natatorium, and improved athletic locker, training, and medical facilities.

Lineburg has also overseen the hires of four new head coaches, as well as five new athletic administrators. His hires include women’s basketball head coach Taj Njongba, head volleyball coach Marci Jenkins, women’s head golf coach Jeff Beeler, and the promotion of track and field interim director Brent Chumbley to head coaches’ status. Among the administrators added in Lineburg’s tenure are executive associate A.D. randy Butt, head athletic trainer David Jager, assistant A.D. for communications Joey Beeler, director of student-athlete support services/senior women’s adminstrator Stephanie Ballein, and associate A.D. for external operations Greg Herring.

As a result of the changes, radford achieved a banner year in 2008-09: women’s soccer, men’s basketball, men’s tennis and softball claimed Big South conference crowns and advanced to NCAA Tournament play. Women’s soc-cer advanced to its fourth tournament, men’s basketball won the Big South regular-season and tournament title to advance to the NCAAs for the first time since 1998, men’s tennis made its third-straight appearance, and softball appeared for the first time and won radford’s first-ever NCAA tournament game in any sport.

He and his staff have also been responsible for creat-ing a five-year strategic plan for the radford athletic department and building an athletics facilities master plan. Addi-tional achievements include ushering in a new athletics internet site (radfordAthletics.com), and helping implement a new ticket system (Ticket return). Lineburg and his staff have also hosted top-level competition, with three Big South championships taking place on

the radford campus in 2008-09 (men’s basketball, track & field and softball).

in addition to making an impact on radford athletics, Lineburg is also involved in a number of different organizations and commit-tees. He is the chairman of the Big South Conference Subcommittee on Basketball improvement, a member of the Big South ad-hoc Com-mittee on Basketball issues, and a member of the selection committee to select radford university’s Vice President for Advancement.

Prior to becoming radford’s third Director of Athletics, Line-burg’s corporate knowledge was groomed as a marketing associate with Peloton real Estate Partners in Dallas, Texas.

Along with his business experience, Lineburg spent 15 seasons as a college basketball coach, including time as Southern Methodist’s (Dallas, Texas) interim head coach. Prior to serving as the Mustangs interim head coach, Lineburg spent eight years as an assistant coach at SMu. Following his interim tenure, he served two more seasons as an assistant coach at Southern Methodist.

Lineburg’s coaching resume also includes assistant coaching positions with the men’s basketball programs at James Madison university and Emory & Henry College, as well as with the Dallas Mavericks summer league team. His coaching experience also took him through the Big South, as he spent time on the sideline at uNC Greensboro.

A 1991 graduate of roanoke College, Lineburg started his col-legiate basketball career as a radford Highlander, where he was a two-year letterman before transferring to nearby roanoke College to play his final two years.

He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in political science with a minor in history. in 1995, he received a Master’s Degree in education from Virginia Tech, where he was also a graduate assistant on the men’s basket-ball staff.

“in addition to being a good candidate, robert is a radford native, something that will serve him well in his new role,” Kyle said at the time of his hire. “He has great family ties in the area and we’re ex-cited he’s decided to come home to work with us.”

Lineburg is the son of re-tired radford High School foot-ball coach and athletic director Norman Lineburg and the brother of Dr. Mark Lineburg, the Assistant Superintendent of

Amherst Country Schools, Paul Lineburg, the Assistant Principal at Cave Spring H.S. and Wayne Lineburg, who is in his third season as the wide receivers coach at the university of Virginia.

He is married to the former Mary Parish, also a native of radford.

Robert LINEBURG

Radford UniversityDirector of Athletics

ATHLETIC DIRECTOR ROBERT LINEBURG

RADFORD ATHLETICS

A component that is vital to the Radford athletic program is the strength and conditioning program directed by strength and conditioning coach Max Appleby.

Radford University has long been recognized as one of the leaders among Mid-Atlantic schools in its conditioning and strength training. It has been an in-strumental part in the success of Radford University sports through the years. Under the direction of Appleby and as-sistant coach Kim Faulkner, the program is designed to help each student-athlete reach his or her full potential in their respective sport. Each Radford Uni-versity student-athlete has strength and conditioning programs unique to their goals as a player. This program, devel-oped by Appleby, helps prepare Radford student-athletes for the long and rigor-ous in-season schedule.

The Strength and Conditioning staff at Radford University is committed to excellence in competition and in life.

STRENGTH & CONDITIONING

The department of sports medicine at RU is deeply concerned with both the short-term and long-term effects of intercollegiate competition on the physical and mental well being of the student-athlete.

The sports medicine department is committed to providing quality health care to all varsity student-athletes, which begins with injury prevention. It is a priority to work with coaches, physicians, and the rest of the medical community to ensure that student-athletes are physically and mentally prepared for practice and competition.

Additionally, the sports medicine staff is responsible for the treatment and rehabilitation of all athletically related injuries. It is the staff’s goal to return the athlete to a level equal or above that of their pre-injury status; no athlete will return to play until his or her highest post-injury level of function has been achieved.

Lastly, the concern from the physical well being of the student-athlete includes the opposition to the use of all il-legal and NCAA-banned chemical substances by student-athletes. It is the responsibility of the sports medicine staff to provide athletes with information on the ill effects of drug use and to provide deterrents through periodic, ran-dom drug testing by the institution and the NCAA.

The mission of the Student-Athlete Support Services (SASS) office for Radford University Athletics is to pro-mote, assist, and provide counsel to all student-athletes. Its primary, constant goal is to develop graduates and outstanding citizens who have contributed in the areas of athletic competition during their tenures of education.

Located in the Dedmon Center, the newly established Learning Enhancement Center (LEC) is equipped with computers, tutorial rooms, and a study lounge.

The Learning Enhancement Center provides direc-tion for student-athletes via academic counseling in conjunction with advisors from the respective colleges at Radford University. Academic support services such as tutoring and supervised study hall are provided, as well as career planning, monitoring of eligibility status, and a host of other guidance and advisory services.

ATHLETIC TRAINING / S.A.S.S.

BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE

Date Opponent TimeFeb 24 at Virginia Tech (single) 3:00Feb. 26 vs. Louisiana Lafayette! 1:30 vs. Kent State! 4:00Feb. 27 vs. Illinois! 1:30 vs. Illinois State! 6:30Feb. 28 vs. Missouri! 10:00 amMarch 2 at North Carolina 3/5:00March 5 vs. UAB# 9:30 am vs. Toledo# 1:30March 6 vs. St. Joseph’s# 5:00 vs. Villanova# 7:00March 7 vs. Central Michigan# 1:30March 12 vs. Fairfield$ 9:30 am vs. Ball State$ 1:30March 13 vs. Middle Tennessee State$ 10:30 am vs. Temple$ 12:30March 14 vs. Boston College$ 9:30 amMarch 16 GEORGIA SOUTHERN 3/5:00March 18 LIBERTY* 3/5:00March 20 Kent State vs. Albany+ 10:00 am Kent State vs. Siena+ Noon ALBANY+ 2:00 SIENA+ 4:00March 21 Siena vs. Albany+ 10:00 am KENT STATE+ 12:00 3 seed vs. 4 seed+ 2:00 1 seed vs. 2 seed+ 4:00March 23 at Liberty* (single) 2:00March 27 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN* 2/4:00March 28 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN* (single) 1:00March 31 at Longwood 3/5:00April 2 GARDNER-WEBB* 2/4:00April 3 GARDNER-WEBB* (single) 1:00April 7 at James Madison 4/6:00April 10 PRESBYTERIAN* 2/4:00April 11 PRESBYTERIAN* (single) 1:00April 14 VIRGINIA TECH (single) 7:00April 17 at Coastal Carolina* 1/3:00April 18 at Coastal Carolina* (single) 1:00April 21 at Virginia 3/5:00April 23 at Winthrop* 11:00 am/1:00April 24 at Winthrop* 2:00May 7 at East Tennessee State 4/6:00May 13-15 Big South ChampionshipsMay 21-23 NCAA RegionalsMay 28-30 Super RegionalsJune 3-9 Women’s College World Series (Oklahoma City, Okla.)

* Denotes Big South GamesHOME GAMES CAPS/BOLD/RED

! NFCA Leadoff Classic (Columbus, Ga.); # Under Armour Showcase(Clearwater, Fla.); $ Under Armour Invitational (Clearwater, Fla.);

+ Highlander Classic (Radford, Va.)All Times Eastern

Times and Dates Subject to Change