Guide

A Message from the President

As a comprehensive university in anurban setting, Memphis State has much tooffer its students. The academic programsare the result of a dedicated faculty attract-ing talented and interested students.

Just as Memphis State is committed toproviding quality academic programs, it isalso committed to assuming a leadershiprole in women's athletics.

We are making rapid progress in severalareas. For example, we now have a full-timewomen's athletic director, coaches on 12-month appointments and we offer scholar-ships in six women's sports.

Whatever your career goals, I feel thatMemphis State has much to interest thestudent-athlete, plus the opportunity to par-ticipate in a growing program that alreadyreceives regional, even national, attention.Billy M. JonesPresident

Table of ContentsAthletic DirectorBasketballGolfGymnasticsAthletic FacilitiesTennisTrack & Field/Cross CountryVolleyballAthletic TrainerSports InformationFacts of Memphis State

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Inside Back Cover

A Message from theAthletic Director

Greetings from one whose first experi-ence in athletics was a West Tennessee trackmeet on the Memphis State campus as athird grader.

From my varied experiences as an athlete,physical education teacher, coach and ath-letic director for many years, I am convincedthat the present time is the most exciting andchallenging for women's athletics. Thecoaches and I feel privileged to be a part ofthe action.

Memphis State University Women's In-tercollegiate Athletic program has much tooffer a woman athlete who is interested in awell rounded and educationally sound ath-letic program. Our coaches are profession-als, who have been leaders in developingathletic opportunities for women for manyyears. We have been instrumental in prom-oting international competition for athletesas well as playing host to national, regionaland state tournaments. The heath care andathletic training services are outstanding.The student athletic council has assisted inproviding leadership and support for pro-jects sponsored by Women's Athletics.

I invite you to visit on our campus andconsider developing your athletic andeducational talents at Memphis StateUniversity.

Elma RoaneEven though this is only her second year

as full-time athletic director, Miss Roane hasbeen the backbone of MSU women's athlet-ics for over 30 years. A native of Memphis,she began her affiliation with MemphisState in the late 1930's as an undergraduateat MSU, then called West Tennessee StateTeacher's College.

After graduating in 1940, Miss Roanebegan her career on the high school level,but returned to Memphis State in 1946 as aphysical education instructor and also thedirector of the women's division of physicaleducation at Memphis State. She was alsoappointed the coordinator of women athlet-ics, which at that time, there were very fewuniforms and equipment and no scholar-ships.

From 1955-1970 she also coached theLady Tiger basketball, volleyball, and bad-minton teams. One of her star pupils wasMary Lou Johns, now the women's basket-ball coach at MSU.

An all-around athlete herself, she wasselected in 1973 to the Memphis ParkCommission's Hall of Fame in Softball. Onthe national level, her forte was badminton.In 1969 she finished runner-up in the veter-an's ladies doubles division of the U.S. Na-tional Badminton Tournament.

During her career, she has chairednumerous national committees, and has re-ceived countless awards for her service, in-cluding in 1977 a Certificate of Recognitionby the Tennessee Commission of the Staticsof Women "for her outstanding efforts inpromoting opportunity for women in athlet-ics and physical education."

Because of her involvement in educa-tion, Miss Roane is especially proud of theaward she received in 1973 from theSouthern District of the Association ofHealth, Physical Education and Recreation.The award is given to those, who haveshown excellence as a teacher, and out-standing service and leadership in theareas of health, physical education andrecreation.

ELMA ROANE

MARY LOUJOHNSHead Basketball Coach

Mary Lou JohnsThe 1978-79 season marks the eighth

year at Memphis State for Coach Mary LouJohns, her only head coaching position onthe collegiate level. Some of her ac-complishments during her tenure at MSUinclude a career record of 153-66 (698 win-ning percentage), only one losing season,having two of her teams ranked in the top20 teams, and bringing top-caliber basket-ball to Memphis State.

Before coming to Memphis State, theGreenwood, Miss., native coached for threeyears on the high school level, winning 48 of53 games.

Memphis State has been more than justa place to coach basketball for Mary Lou.Over the past two decades, she competed inbasketball, tennis, volleyball and badmin-ton while a student at MSU, which is whereshe received herB.S.,in 1964 and her mas-ters in physical education in 1969. She alsocoached tennis at Memphis State from1973-75.

As an educator Mary Lou has publishednearly ten articles on basketball and tennisin such publications as "Coaches Digest"and the "Athletic Journal".

Coach Johns has also been instrumentalin developing young talent by sponsoringbasketball clinics for junior high and highschool students at Memphis State duringthe summer.

Married and the mother of two boys,Mary Lou's husband is also a boy's basket-ball coach on the high school level.2

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Assistant Basketball Coach

Mickie DeMossEntering her second year, Mickie De-

Moss is MSU's first full-time assistant bas-ketball coach. Last season she served asgraduate assistant before obtaining hermasters in RE. during the summer of 1978.

Before joining the Memphis State pro-gram, Miss DeMoss played collegiate bas-ketball at Louisiana Tech, in Ruston, La.,where she graduated in 1977. While atLTU,which won the Louisiana State champion-ship in 1977, Mickie was a letter winner forthree years, and served as team captain for1976 and 1977.

She also won the coaches' award forthree consecutive years, and was selected tothe All-State teams at both the 1976 and1977 Louisiana AIAW state championships.

BasketballIn the past few years, most basketball

experts will agree that women's basketballhas entered a new era, as shown by nationalrankings and the growth of televising na-tional championships.

The Lady Tigers under the leadership ofCoach Mary Lou Johns are pleased to beincluded in this elite group. No longer doesone think of women's basketball at Mem-phis State in an intramural sense.

National prominence came to MSU in1976, the same year the Lady Tigers barelylost to the eventual national championsDelta State. Since that year, scholarshipshave been awarded to such players asguard Betty Booker and center LindaStreet, who in their junior year have alreadyscored over 1100 points and are consideredMemphis State's first All-American candi-dates in women's basketball.

Since then, the Lady Tigers have beenrated among the top 20 teams in the last twoyears, and haven't had a losing season since1971. At home the Lady Tigers play theirbest basketball. In fact, they did not lose ahome game during the entire 1977-78season.

Since 1971, the initial season for CoachJohns, the Lady Tigers have yet to lose 10games in a season out of a schedule whichhas ranged between 25-28 games perseason.

As the skill level of the Lady Tigers hasincreased, so has the support from both themedia and fans. During the 1978-79 sea-son, WKNO-TV in Memphis will televisefour of the Lady Tigers games and hopes todo more in the future.

Two other examples of the growth of thisbasketball program have been the hiring ofa full-time assistant coach, Mickie DeMoss,and the use of air travel to away games, in-cluding games in Florida.

Future plans are being made to travel tothe West and East coasts to compete againstteams like UCLA and Maryland, who madethe finals of last season's AIAW nationaltournament.

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GolfAsk coach Lynn Parkes to describe the

growth of the women's golf program atMemphis State and she'll tell you it hasturned "360 degrees."

MSU's women's golf mentor has reasonto be so optimistic about her program atMemphis State, now in its third year. Nolonger does her team consist of only threewomen, not enough to score as a team intournaments.

With the arrival of recruiting and scholar-ships to women's intercollegiate athletics,the number of women on the team hasgrown to as many as ten, with five onscholarships.

The level of competition has also grownand includes tournaments at Purdue andMissouri, and strong national competition atthe Lady Jack Invitational in Texas.

One of the outstanding areas in thisyoung program as been the organization ofthe booster club, which consists of womenfrom the Memphis area. In addition to theirmoral and financial support, they have es-tablished the Annual Lady Tiger InvitationalScramble, a best shot tournament, andsponsored MSU's two-day instructionalclinic.

In preparation for their meets, the LadyTigers have the privilege of practice on a dif-ferent course each day on five of the area'stop golf courses, complete with beautifulBermuda greens. Also, one of these coursesis equipped with the bentgrass greens, thatthe Lady Tigers play on when they competein northern areas.

Lynn Parkes

A native of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., LynnParkes begins her second year as the wom-en's golf coach on a competitive level, andthird overall.

Lynn came to Memphis State initially tocomplete her masters degree in 1976, atwhich time she started the golf program atMSU with a team comprised mainly of phys-ical education students.

Miss Parkes obtained her B.S. at theUniversity of Alabama, where she com-peted for three years and participated twicein the AIAW nationals.

On a more local level, Lynn was thesemi-finalist in the 1977 Women's Statechampionship and a runner-up at the 1976Women's City championship in Memphis.

After retiring from competition in thefall of 1978, Lynn has now become a teach-ing pro for the Ladies Professional GolfAssociation.

GymnasticsThe women's gymnastics team at Mem-

phis State, in celebrating its tenth anniver-sary, has experienced almost every level ofcompetition, within this country andabroad.

Since the beginning of women's gym-nastics at Memphis State in 1968, the LadyTigers have won every state championship,qualified every year as a team for the reg-ionals, and finished 15th in 1972, when theteam qualified for the nationals.

Located in AIAW's Region II, which has23 schools involved in gymnastics, Mem-phis State has competed against teams fromalmost every state south of the Mason-Dixon line, plus teams from Kansas, Iowa,Illinois, Indiana and Missouri.

In the past decade, the women gymnastshave also been fortunate to travel outsidethe boundaries of the United States. Duringthe summer of 1976, the Lady Tigerstraveled to Venezuela and for two weeks puton clinics, exhibitions, and demonstrationsfor gymnastic clubs and schools throughoutthe South American country.

Coach Riki Sutton's squad this year willalso put on exhibitions at numerous col-leges and the Mid-South Fair. They will alsocompete, along with the men's team,against Georgia and S.E. Missouri in 1978.

Riki SuttonMemphis State is happy to welcome

home Riki Sutton, a native of Memphis,who coached for the past three years atEmporia State University in Kansas.

Riki, a 1973 MSU graduate, competedon Memphis State's first intercollegiategymnastics team. As a Lady Tiger, Riki qual-ified for the 1972 nationals after finishingfirst in the floor exercise and third in all-around competition at the southernregionals.

RIKI SUTTONGymnastics Coach

Miss Sutton began her coaching careerat the University of Alabama in 1974, whilecompleting her M.A. in physical education.

In 1975, Riki accepted her first full-timecoaching position, starting a new programat Emporia State. It soon became one of thetop programs in Kansas.

An enthusiastic horseback rider, Rikiowns a nine-year-old horse namedMaverick, which she has had since its birth.While in Kansas, Riki also developed an in-terest in sky-diving.

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FACILITIES

RE. Complex Tennis Courts

MSU Fieldhouse Gymnasium

Lady Tigers Weightlifting Room

Kennedy Sports Complex Lady Tigers Training Room

MEMPHIS

Charlotte PetersonIf anyone is considered the expert on the

history of women's intercollegiate tennis atMemphis State, it might be Charlotte Peter-son, now in her fourth year as head coach.

A native of Memphis, Charlotte receivedboth her bachelor of science and mastersdegrees at Memphis State, in 1972 and1974, respectively.

While an undergraduate, Miss Petersonplayed varsity tennis for three years underDr. Andrea Farrow, presently at Delta State,and later started coaching the Lady Tigersas a graduate assistant while a masterscandidate.

Still competitive in state and local tour-naments, her doubles play has earned her anumber one ranking in Tennessee and anumber 9 rank in the USTA southerndistrict.

Sports psychology has also been of in-terest to Charlotte, who has had an article,"Psychological Aspects of Coaching Tennis"published in the 1978-80 TennisGuidebook, which is produced by the Na-tional Association of Girls'and Women'sSports.10

TennisWhat a difference a decade makes!In 1967, a group of physical education

majors at Memphis State decided to meetevery Tuesday and Thursday night to formthe first women's tennis team at MemphisState.

Over the last few years, especially underthe leadership of Coach Charlotte Peterson,MSU's tennis team is now composed of allstudents, and has become a sport whichtakes dedication every day and season ofthe year.

At Memphis State there are two competi-tive seasons, the fall season from Septem-ber to November, and the spring season,which begins in March till the end of theschool year.

There really is no off-season for the LadyTigers. Throughout the winter months,Coach Peterson organizes a training period,in which the women work on endurancefrom running and strength through weightlifting.

During the summer, Coach Peterson is astrong advocate of having her players entersanctioned tournaments on an individualbasis.

The women's squad also has theprivilege of working out indoors at theMemphis Racquet Club, which has spon-sored tournaments for the likes of JimmyConners, as well as amateur invitationals,such as the National 18-Year-Old ClayCourt Championship, won in 1978 byTracy Austin.

With the construction of seven additionalcourts, the women play outdoors on a com-plex composed of 21 plexicushion courts.

With such facilities, Memphis State hashad the pleasure of acting as host to boththe 1976 and 1977 state collegiate cham-pionships, as well as the AIAW SouthernRegion II tournament.

As the level of competition at MemphisState has risen, so has the competitivenessof the schedule, including a tournament atLouisiana State, which will include the bestcollegiate players in the South.

With Memphis' geographic location,Coach Peterson also has plans to scheduleteams from the Midwest as they travel to

tournaments along the Gulf Coastthe colder months.

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Susan RussBeginning her tenth year, Susan Russ is

the seniority leader and the only original"Yankee" among the women coaches atMemphis State.

Since becoming the first women's trackcoach in 1969, the Mount Vernon, Illinois,native has not only increased interest inwomen's track at MSU, but in the entireMemphis and Mid-South areas as well.

Dedication, persistence, and, perhaps,stubbornness may be the keys to Susan'slong career at MSU.

Despite never: competing in track at Mur-ray State in Kentucky, where she receivedboth her B.S. and M.A. in 1965 and 1966,respectively, her leadership qualities havebeen recognized on the national level.

During the fall of 1978, Susan wasselected to chair the "Track and Field Guide:Tips and Technique" published by the Na-tional Association of Girls' and Women'sSports. She is also on the AIAW Ethics andEligibilities committee and has served as thecoordinator of the 1976 Junior Olympics,held at Memphis State.

Married and the mother of three, Susanis also interested in swimming, racquetball,and macrame.12

Track & FieldIt may have taken Coach Russ a decade,

but the women's track and field program atMemphis State has finally obtained the na-tional recognition it has worked so hard toachieve.

With the arrival of scholarships and ahigher skill level of athletes, the Lady Tiger'strack roster, which was lucky to number tenathletes in the past, now tops the 25 mark.

One of these highly competitive athletesat MSU is Wanda Hooker, who qualified forthe 1978 AIAW Track and Field Nationals inthe 100 and 200 meter dashes, as well asthe 440 and mile relays. Even before com-ing to Memphis State, Wanda was familiarwith national competition, as she won the100 meter dash at the 1977 National AAUAge Group Championship. That same yearshe also finished third in both the 100 and200 meter dashes at the National JuniorOlympics.

Two important assets in improving theperformance of Hooker and her teammateshave been the schedule and facilities atMemphis State.

Like basketball, many of the top wom-en's track teams are in the South, such asTennessee, Tennessee State and FloridaState. All three are on the Lady Tiger'sschedule.

To open her women to more teams,Coach Russ makes a practive of enteringnumerous team invitationals, rather thandual meets. In these invitationals, the LadyTigers have met such Midwestern powers asIowa State, Michigan State, and Nebraska.

The Lady Tigers have the opportunity touse what may be some of the best track andfield facilities in the South. The KennedyComplex, which was the site of the 1976Junior Olympics, includes a nine lane, all-weather tartan track, as well as an indoorpractice area with artificial turf, for incle-ment weather.

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Cross-CountryWhat was originally used as preseason

training for the track team's long distancerunners, cross country at Memphis Statenow provides another area in which theLady Tigers can be competitive, even on thenational level.

The 1978 season will mark only the thirdyear for cross country at MSU. Last year in-troduced the then unknown skills offreshman Laura Brewer, who in her first ex-perience with the autumn sport, qualifiedfor the AIAW Nationals and finished 79thout of 234 runners.

With the large number of parks and golfcourses in the Memphis area, the Lady TigerHarriers have opportunities to train innumerous areas. Because of Memphis' rela-tively flat landscape, Coach Russ, in prepa-ration for meets in more hilly locations,trains her team in areas which are similar tothe terrain of the upcoming meet.

As in track, coach Russ enters highcaliber tournaments such as those of IowaState and Eastern Kentucky, who finishedfirst and sixth respectively in the 1977 AIAWNational meet.

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Diane HaleIn returning to her home state, Janet

"Diane" Hale gives Memphis State its firsthead volleyball coach who has played in themodern era of volleyball on a national level.

Diane is a native of Knoxville, Tenn., andreceived her B.S. and M.S. in physical edu-cation in 1975 and 1976, respectively, attheUniversity of Tennessee.

While at U.T-Knoxville, Diane playedfor four years on the women's intercol-legiate team, which participated in theAIAW Nationals during her freshman andjunior years. She later became head coachwhile a masters candidate.

After the completion of her graduatework, she became the first volleyball coachat Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. Dur-ing her two years (1976-1977) at ISU, herteams finished third and fourth in the IowaAIAW state tournament.

While in Ames, she became a member ofthe Mid-America Olympic DevelopmentProgram, and in the summer of 1978,Diane was on the coaching staff of theUSVBA Olympic Development Camp atGraceland College in Lamoni, la.

Diane was also selected in the fall of1978 as the chairperson of the Region 3AAU Junior Olympic Volleyball program.

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VolleyballSince its advent in the mid-1950's,

volleyball at Memphis State has grown tosomething more than just a recreationalgame that families play on Sundayafternoons.

With the influences of the Olympicgames, and especially the play of theJapanese, the skill levels of volleyballplayers have improved so much that"power volleyball" may be the moreappropriate terminology.

In addition to Coach Hale, who hascoached national level players, MemphisState's volleyball program has been blessedwith players like Sandy Monce and SylviaWatson.

During the summer of 1978, Sandy wasselected to participate on a southern re-gional all-star team, which played in theUnited States National Sports FestivalMini-Olympics, held at the Olympic Train-ing Camp in Colorado and televised byABC.

Sylvia, along with a few other MSUplayers, was fortunate to play in the nation-

als of the United States Volleyball Associa-tion, which promotes amateur volleyball inthis country.

The volleyball schedule runs from Sep-tember through December and includesduals, tri-meets, and weekend tourna-ments. One of those tourneys is the annualfifteen team Lady Tiger Invitational held atMemphis State.

In such tournaments the Lady Tigers willface competition from such nationallyranked opponents as Alabama andOle Miss.

The volleyball squad also has had theopportunity to travel extensively to take onsome tough competition, including the Uni-versity of Houston Invitational Tournament.

Being the oldest women's sports atMemphis State, there are some interestinghistorical accounts. Our athletic director,Miss Elma Roane, was the first head vol-leyball coach here and one of her starathletes was Mary Lou Johns, the presentbasketball coach.

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Training RoomLinda Arnold

The growth of women's athletics at Mem-phis State may be best exemplified by theposition of Linda Arnold, the Lady Tigers'first certified athletic trainer.

Since coming to Memphis State in 1976,Linda has built from scratch one of the mostmodern and adequately equipped trainingrooms in this part of the country.

The training facility modern equipmentincludes a lockable medicine cabinet, aScottsman ice machine, a Coldspot freezer,two Dakon whirlpools, a 10-pack hydrocal-lator (heating) unit, and three treatment ta-bles for athletic rehabilitation.

Complementing the training room is arecently designed weight room, equippedwith Universal weight machines, numerousfree weights and a Challenger kneemachine.

A first-aid area combined with the tapingarea is also available when emergency careis required.

The Lady Tiger's first-class trainingfacility has permitted Memphis State to actas hosts of several important athleticsevents, such as the 1977 Region II Basket-ball tournament, the 1978 Region II Tennis

Championships and the 1978 SouthernRegional Tryouts for the Junior OlympicBasketball team.

Miss Arnold, a native of Memphis andgraduate of Murray State University in Kentucky, has also worked at other prestigiousevents including the 1976 AIAW NationalTrack Meet and the 1976 National JuniorOlympic Track Meet.

Linda was certified in 1976 after receiv-ing her masters at Fort Hayes University inKansas, where she studied under StevenAntonopulos, now the head trainer of theDenver Broncos professional football team.

Since then, she has also made herself na-tionally known by serving as an examiner atthe 1978 National Athletic Trainer Associa-tion Exam held at Vanderbilt University.

Sports Information OfficeMichael Finn

Another example of the growth of MSU'swomen's athletic program, was the additionthis year of a sports information office andthe arrival of Michael Finn, its first director.

A native of Waterloo, Iowa, Mike is incharge of coordinating Lady Tiger news tothe media and general public.

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Before joining the MSU staff, Mike wasan assistant sports information director atthe University of Iowa, where he receivedhis B. A. in journalism in 1978. A self-proclaimed sports trivia nut, Mike has alsohad experience in newspaper reporting andradio broadcasting while at Iowa.

Because of its centralized urban location,Memphis State women's athletics arecovered by large daily newspapers, tele-vision and radio stations throughout themid-south.

Plans are being finalized to have severalof the Lady Tigers home basketball gamestelevised on a delayed basis by WKNO-TVthe public television station in Memphis.

As shown by last year's nationaltelevision coverage of the AIAW NationalTournament, women's athletics, especiallybasketball is in the position of providing anew and exciting entertainment to the massaudience.

The University TodayMemphis State University stands tall

among the leading academic institutions ofthe South. Its growth in enrollment (nowmore than 21,000 students) has beenmatched by its intellectual growth and its in-creased public service for the people of itsarea.

Founded in 1912 as West TennesseeState Normal School, Memphis State be-came a senior college in 1925 and attaineduniversity status in 1957. The original sitehas been expanded to 140 acres and theUniversity now owns more than 1,100acres. The new South Campus providesspacious living accommodations for mar-ried students, a research park and varsityathletic practice fields.

Fields of Study

Students at Memphis State can pursuemany fields of study in six undergraduatecolleges: The College of Arts and Sciences,The College of Business Administration,The College of Communication and FineArts, The Herff College of Engineering, TheCollege of Education and the UniversityCollege.

The new University College offers non-traditional degrees through a programwhich emphasizes personally designededucation unrestricted by departmental orcollege boundaries. An Air Force ROTC fullscholarship program is offered through theDepartment of Aerospace Studies. A twoyear program leading to an associate degreein nursing is available, and the Bachelor ofScience in Nursing is offered. Also availableare interdepartmental programs in interna-tional studies, criminal juistice, comparativeliterature and urban studies, and the HonorsProgram for the academically talented. TheUniversity offers advanced study in theGraduate School and training for the legalprofession in the Humphreys School ofLaw. Graduate students in the Departmentof Audiology and Speech Pathology aretrained in the Memphis Speech and Hear-ing Center, administered by the University.

Housing

The University operates residence hallsfor single men and women on the maincampus and apartments for married stu-dents on the South Campus. Applicationforms may be obtained from the UniversityResidence Life Office.

We can reserve a room for you, if younotify us of your interest in attending Mem-phis State. This is your responsibility, andwe can only help to the extent that dead-lines are met and housing is still availablewhen we receive word from you. Applica-tion for housing must be made early, asrooms are limited in number.

FINANCIAL AID

Memphis State offers both full (tuition,fees, room and board), and partial (tuitionand fees) scholarships in all seven sports.The maximum number of full athletic scho-larships allowed per year by the AIAW toeach sport is as follows:BASKETBALL 12CROSS COUNTRY 8GOLF 8GYMNASTICS 10TENNIS 8TRACK & FIELD 20VOLLEYBALL 12

Other types of financial aid can beapplied for through the Student Aid Officeat MSU in terms of grants, academic scho-larships, loans and student employment.

Undergraduate Expenses

Basic costs for FULL academic year areas follows:Registration Fees $448Books and Supplies $100Dormitory $450-600Board $1,000Total $1,998-2,148Add for Non-resident Tuition 836

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