2009-10 tcu women's basketball media guide

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INTRODUCTION1 Table of Contents/Credits2 Team Info/Travel Info/Quick Facts3 Daniel-Meyer Coliseum/TCU Media Relations4-5 Media Policies & Outlets6 TCU/ISP Sports Network7 2010 Postseson Tournament Info/ TCU Endowed Scholarships8-9 Season Outlook/Schedule10 TV/Radio Roster

TH IS I S TCU13 This is TCU14-15 A Winning Program16-19 TCU in the NCAA Tournament20-21 Lady Frogs in the WNBA22-23 Coaching Excellence24-25 Game Day at TCU26-27 Horned Frog Tradition28-29 Media Exposure30-33 Basketball Facilities34-35 TCU Athletics Facilities36-37 Strength & Conditioning38-39 Sports Medicine40-41 Academic Success42-43 Lady Frogs in the Community44-45 Mountain West Conference46-47 Texas Christian University48-49 TCU at a Glance50-51 What’s New at TCU52-53 The City of Fort Worth54 Prospective Student-Athlete Information

TCU COACHES57-61 Head Coach Jeff Mittie62-63 Brian Ostermann, Associate Head Coach64-65 Tonya Haut, Assistant Coach66-67 Tricia Davern, Assistant Coach68-69 Sandora Irvin, Director of Operations70-71 Support Staff72 Chancellor Victor J. Boshini Jr./ TCU Board or Regents73 A. D. Chris Del Conte/Athletics Administration

THE LADY FROGS77-79 Chantelle John80-82 TK LaFleur83-85 Eboni Mangum86-88 Emily Carter89-91 Micah Garoutte92-94 Rachel Rentschler95-97 Helena Sverrisdottir98-100 Antoinette Thompson101-02 Hannah Christian103-04 Starr Crawford105-06 Delisa Gross107-08 Ida Tryggedsson

2008-09 REV IEW111 2008-09 Season Results112 2008-09 Overall Season Statistics113 2008-09 MWC Statistics114 2008-09 Season Superlatives115 2008-09 Game-By-Game Comparisons116-26 2008-09 Box Score Recaps126 2008-09 MWC Recap127 2008-09 MWC/NCAA Statistical Rankings

TCU RECORD BOOK131-32 Career Records133-34 Individual Season Records135-36 Individual Single-Game Records137-38 Team Season Records139-41 Single-Game Team Records142 Defense Season Records143 Opponent Team Season Records144 Opponent Team Single-Game Records145 Opponent Individual Single-Game Records146 TAIAW Division II Career Records147 Yearly Statistical Records148 Top Individual Performances

LADY FROG H ISTORY151 All-Time Coaches152 Individual TCU Honors153 1,000-Point Club154 500-Rebound Club155 All-Time Letterwinners156-57 All-Time Conference Standings158-61 All-Time Series Results161 TCU in Overtime/100-Point Games162-72 All-Time TCU Teams

TCU IN THE POSTSEASON175 Postseason Tournament Results176 Conference Tournament Team Statistics177 Conference Tournament Individual Statistics178 NCAA Tournament Statistics179 Conference Tournament Game Records180 NCAA Tournament Game Records181-88 TCU’s NCAA Tournament Appearances

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C R E D ITS /AC kn owlE D g E m E nTSThe 2009-10 TCU Women’s Basketball Guide was written, edited

and designed by Assistant Media Relations Director Andy Anderson. Special thanks to student assistants Chase Illes and Will Morris. Editorial assistance was provided by TCU media relations staff members, in addition to women’s basketball coaches Jeff Mittie and Brian Ostermann.

The publication covers were produced by Old Hat Creative of Norman, Okla. Photography came courtesy of Michael Clements, Keith Robinson, Glen Ellman, Linda Kaye, NBAE/Getty Images and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Printing was handled by Cockrell Printing of Fort Worth, Texas.

Additional copies of this publication may be purchased for $20 at the TCU Athletics Media Relations Office.

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OKLAHOMANorman, Okla.

Embassy Suites Norman2501 Conference Drive

Norman, OK 73069Phone: (405) 364-8040

JUNKANOO JAM Freeport, Bahamas

Radisson Our Lucaya Resort1 Sea Horse Lane

Grand Bahamas Island, BahamasPhone: (242) 373-1333

NC STATE Raleigh, N.C.

Sheraton Raleigh Hotel421 South Salisbury Street

Raleigh, NC 27601 Phone: (919) 834-9900

Dallas, TexasTBD

HOUSTON Houston, TexasHyatt Regency

1200 Louisiana St.Houston, TX 77002

Phone: (503) 501-3736

AIR FORCE Colorado Springs, Colo.

Embassy Suites7290 Commerce Center Dr. Colorado Springs, CO 80919

Phone: (719) 599-9100

WYOMING Laramie, Wyo.

Holiday Inn Laramie204 S 30th Street

Laramie, WY 82070 Phone: (877) 863-4780

UNLV Las Vegas, Nev.

Red Rock Casino Resort and Spa 11011 W. Charleston Las Vegas, NV 89135

Phone: (702) 797-7777

NEW MEXICO Albuquerque, N.M.

Hyatt Regency Albuquerque330 Tijeras Ave. NW

Albuquerque, NM 87102Phone: (505) 842-1234

UTAH Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City Marriott Univ. Park 480 Wakara Way

Salt Lake City, UT 84108Phone: (801) 581-1000

SAN DIEGO STATESan Diego, Calif.

Marriott Mission Valley 8757 Rio San Diego Dr. San Diego, CA 92108

Phone: (619) 692-3800

COLORADO STATE Fort Collins, Colo.

Marriott Hotel Fort Collins 350 East Horsetooth Road

Fort Collins, CO 80525 Phone: (970) 226-5200

BYU Provo, Utah

Marriott Hotel/Conference Center 101 West 100 North

Provo, UT 84601 Phone: (801) 377-4700

QUICK FACTSLocation Fort Worth, TexasElevation 612 feetFounded 1873Enrollment 8,696Colors Purple and WhiteNickname Horned Frogs (Lady Frogs)Home Facility Daniel-Meyer Coliseum (7,201)Conference Mountain WestAffiliation NCAA Division IChancellor Victor J. Boschini, Jr.Athletics Director Chris Del ConteSWA Kim JohnsonFaculty Representative Rhonda HatcherTicket Office (817) 257-FROG

COACHES INFOHead Coach Jeff MittieAlma Mater Missouri Western (1989)Record at TCU 216-106, 10 yearsCareer Record 367-165, 17 yearsAssociate Head Coach Brian Ostermann, 2nd yr.Alma Mater Wisconsin La Crosse (1988)Assistant Coach Tonya Haut, 10th yr.Alma Mater Baylor (1999) Assistant Coach Tricia Davern, 6th yr.Alma Mater TCU (2002)Director of Operations Sandora Irvin, 3rd yr.Alma Mater TCU (2005)Administrative Assistant Jodi ChristianOffice Phone # (817) 257-7962

2008-09 TEAM INFORMATIONRecord (H-A-N) 20-11 (12-2, 6-7, 2-2)Conference Record 12-4Conference Finish 3rd, MWCPostseason NCAA First Round loss to South Dakota State (55-90)Final AP/USA Today Rankings NR/NR

2009-10 TEAM INFORMATIONLetterwinners Returning/Lost 8/4Starters Returning/Lost 5/0Other Letterwinners Returning 3Returning Redshirt 0Newcomers 4Seniors/Jr./So./Fr. 3/4/1/4

HISTORYFirst Season 1977-78First NCAA Division I Season 1982-83Record All-Time 424-508 (.455)Record in Division I 367-165 (.690)Years in NCAA Tourney 8Record in NCAA Tourney 5-8Years in WNIT 1Record in WNIT 2-1

ROAD HOTEL INFORMATION

NUMER ICAL ROSTERNo. Name Pos. Ht. Yr.-Exp. Hometown (Last School) 1 Antoinette Thompson G 5-7 So.-1L Fort Worth, Texas (O.D. Wyatt HS) 4 Helena Sverrisdottir G/F 6-1 Jr.-2L Hafnarfjordur, Iceland (Flensborg) 5 Ida Tryggedsson G 5-9 Fr.-HS Aarhus, Denmark (Marselisborg Gymnasium)11 Starr Crawford F 6-0 Fr.-HS Arlington, Texas (Mansfield Summit HS) 12 TK LaFleur G 5-8 Sr.-1L Houston, Texas (Warren Township, Ill. HS)/Nebraska 15 Emily Carter G 6-1 Jr.-2L Bossier City, La. (Airline HS)22 Delisa Gross F 6-2 Fr.-HS Waco, Texas (Midway HS)23 Hannah Christian G 5-7 Fr.-HS Aledo, Texas (Aledo HS)24 Eboni Mangum G 5-8 Sr.-1L Houston, Texas (Dulles HS)/Louisiana Tech41 Rachel Rentschler F 6-2 Jr.-1L Keller, Texas (Fort Worth Christian HS)/Texas42 Micah Garoutte F 6-2 Jr.-2L Plano, Texas (Plano West HS) 44 Chantelle John F 6-2 Sr.-1L Scarborough, Ont. (Agincourt Collegiate Institute)/ George Washington

ALPHABETICAL ROSTERNo. Name Pos. Ht. Yr.-Exp. Hometown (Last School)15 Emily Carter G 6-1 Jr.-2L Bossier City, La. (Airline HS)23 Hannah Christian G 5-7 Fr.-HS Aledo, Texas (Aledo HS)11 Starr Crawford F 6-0 Fr.-HS Arlington, Texas (Mansfield Summit HS) 42 Micah Garoutte F 6-2 Jr.-2L Plano, Texas (Plano West HS) 22 Delisa Gross F 6-2 Fr.-HS Waco, Texas (Midway HS)44 Chantelle John F 6-2 Sr.-1L Scarborough, Ont. (Agincourt Collegiate Institute)/ George Washington12 TK LaFleur G 5-8 Sr.-1L Houston, Texas (Warren Township, Ill. HS)/Nebraska 24 Eboni Mangum G 5-8 Sr.-1L Houston, Texas (Dulles HS)/Louisiana Tech41 Rachel Rentschler F 6-2 Jr.-1L Keller, Texas (Fort Worth Christian HS)/Texas 4 Helena Sverrisdottir G/F 6-1 Jr.-2L Hafnarfjordur, Iceland (Flensborg) 1 Antoinette Thompson G 5-7 So.-1L Fort Worth, Texas (O.D. Wyatt HS) 5 Ida Tryggedsson G 5-9 Fr.-HS Aarhus, Denmark (Marselisborg Gymnasium)

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TEAM INFO/TRAVEL INFO

MARK COHENDirectorFootball, Women’s GolfOffice: (817) 257-5394Cell: (817) 343-2017E-mail: m.cohen@tcu.edu

TCU mEDIA RElATIonS ConTACTS

D I R E CT I o n S To DAn I E l-m EYE R C o l I S E U mFrom DFW Airport: Take the South Airport Exit and head west on Highway 183. Highway 183 becomes Interstate 820/Highway 121. Continue south on 121 toward downtown Fort Worth. Merge onto Interstate 35W and head south until you come to the Berry Street exit. Turn right (west) and proceed for approximately three miles on Berry Street until you reach the TCU campus. Continue west past University Drive and turn right (north) on Stadium Drive. Continue through one four-way stop sign and turn left at the second four-way stop to enter the DMC parking lot.

From Interstate 30: Take Interstate 30 (east or west) to the University Drive exit. Go south on University Drive for approximately one mile until you reach the TCU campus. Turn right (west) on Cantey Street (stoplight) and proceed to Stadium Drive (stop sign). Turn left (south) on Stadium Drive and proceed one block until you reach a four-way stop. Turn right at the stop sign to enter the Daniel-Meyer Coliseum parking lot.

From Interstate 20: Take Interstate 20 (east or west) to the Hulen Street exit. Take Hulen Street north for one mile until you come to Bellaire Drive. Turn right onto Bellaire Drive East (which becomes Berry Street) until you reach the stoplight at Stadium Drive. Turn left (north) on Stadium Drive and proceed two blocks until you come to a four-way stop. Turn left at the stop sign to enter the DMC parking lot.

From Interstate 35W: Take Interstate 35W (north or south), until you come to the Berry Street exit. Head west and proceed for approximately three miles on Berry Street until you reach the TCU campus. Continue west past University Drive and turn right (north) on Stadium Drive. Continue through one four-way stop sign and turn left at the second four-way stop to enter the DMC parking lot.

BRANDIE DAVIDSONAssistant DirectorVolleyball, Baseball, RifleOffice: (817) 257-7479Cell: (817) 343-2050E-mail: b.i.davidson@tcu.edu

JOE MONACOAssistant DirectorMen’s Basketball, Men’s GolfOffice: (817) 257-5378Cell: (817) 343-2064E-mail: j.monaco@tcu.edu

MATT HOOVERCoordinatorSoccer, Track & Field/XC, EquestrianOffice: (817) 257-5299Cell: (817) 343-9914E-mail: m.hoover@tcu.edu

JAIME HANDYGraduate AssistantSwimming & Diving, Women’s TennisOffice: (817) 257-5379Cell: (817) 343-2525E-mail: j.handy@tcu.edu

ROBYN WRIGHTAdministrative AssistantOffice: (817) 257-7969Cell: (817) 821-3132E-mail: r.d.wright@tcu.edu

ANDY ANDERSONAssistant DirectorWomen’s Basketball, Football, Men’s TennisOffice: (817) 257-5367Cell: (817) 343-6465E-mail: a.anderson2@tcu.edu

DAn I E l-m EYE R C o l I S E U mTCU Media Relations Office: Concourse level near section L (Room 104).Varsity Club Room (TCU Postgame): Concourse level near section GH (Room 107).Home Bench: Tunnel end of the arena (right side of court when facing the TCU at center court).Visitor Bench: Opposite from tunnel end of the arena (left side of court when facing the TCU at center court).Press Row: Faces the TCU logo at center court opposite the home and visitor benches.

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TCU MED IA RELATIONS/DAN IEL-MEYER COLISEUM

TCU ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONSThe TCU Athletics Media Relations Office is located on the main level of Daniel-Meyer Coliseum in room 104. The office is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. The main office phone number is (817) 257-7969 and the fax number is (817) 257-7964. The women’s basketball contact is Andy Anderson. Anderson can be reached directly in his office at (817) 257-5367 or via e-mail at a.anderson2@tcu.edu. Media members may also contact him on his cell phone at (817) 343-6465.

MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE MEDIA RELATIONSContact the Mountain West Conference Communications Department for any information or questions concerning Mountain West women’s basketball during the 2009-10 season. The MWC women’s basketball media contact is Becky Motchan. She can be reached by phone at (719) 488-4046 or via e-mail at bmotchan@themwc.com. For the most up-to-date information regarding MWC women’s basketball, visit the official Web site of the league at www.themwc.com.

TCU ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB All TCU women’s basketball information is available on the World Wide Web at the official Web site of TCU athletics, which is www.gofrogs.com. All statistical information, along with an archive of the entire season’s game stories, game notes and press releases, can be found there. The site is managed by CBS College Sports.

INTERVIEW REQUESTSInterviews with TCU women’s basketball student-athletes and coaches must be scheduled directly through the TCU Athletics Media Relations Office by contacting Andy Anderson. Requests should be made at least 24 hours in advance. Practices are generally open to the media and run from approximately 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., however, media members should call to verify the schedule and notify the media relations department of their attendance. While telephone interviews with local media members are permissible, in-person interviews with student-athletes and coaches are recommended and encouraged.

DANIEL-MEYER COLISEUMThe TCU women’s basketball team plays its home games at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum on the TCU campus. The facility is located on the southwest side of campus on the corner of Stadium Drive and Bellaire Drive North, next to Amon G. Carter Stadium. The physical address is 2900 South Stadium Drive. Parking spaces for working media are limited in the DMC lot. Ample media parking is available in Lot 1, which is located adjacent to the John Justin Athletic Center. It can be entered from Bellaire.

MEDIA WILL CALLThe location of media will call has changed from the traditional location of past seasons. Media passes will now be left at the main TCU ticket office window, located on the east side of Daniel-Meyer Coliseum that faces Stadium Drive. Passes will no longer be available at the tunnel entrance.

MEDIA CREDENTIALSAny media outlet wishing to cover a TCU home game must contact the TCU Athletics Media Relations Office in writing on official letterhead or from a work e-mail address, or by phone to receive a working press pass for the event. Requests must be received by noon for a night game or by the previous day for an afternoon contest. Working media with special needs or requests are advised to contact Andy Anderson prior to gameday.

GAME-DAY SERVICESThe TCU Athletics Media Relations Office will provide rosters of both teams, game notes, statistics and media guides to accredited media members for each home contest. Complete statistics and game books will be available following each game. Media wishing to file stories after the game may do so in the Varsity Club Room, located on the west side of the concourse in Daniel-Meyer Coliseum. Food and drinks also will be available for working media members prior to each home game in the Varsity Club Room.

RADIO BROADCASTSFour (4) courtesy telephone lines, as well as two (2) ISDN SPIDS, are available courtside on press row for the visiting team’s official radio station. The visitor’s radio location is at the north (tunnel) end of press row. The TCU/ESPN Sports Network is located in the middle of press row. The visiting phone line numbers are: (817) 257-7076, 257-7077, 257-7078 and 257-7079. If additional lines are needed, TCU Director of Broadcasting Brian Estridge serves as the local contact when placing phone line orders. He can be contacted at (817) 257-5462 or via e-mail at b.estridge@tcu.edu. The ISDN circuit is 12- BJD561302 and switch type is G3 R5. The SPID numbers are 817-314-7450 0101 and 817-314-7451 0101. Commence all outgoing calls by dialing nine first. Also, for ease of operation, all outgoing calls should be placed with either a calling card or by collect. If problems are encountered TCU’s Bruce Hudson is on call during all TCU home games.

PHOTOGRAPHERSAs prescribed in NCAA and Mountain West Conference guidelines, working photographers will be limited to the court baseline areas for game-time shooting. No photographers will be allowed to shoot courtside from in front of either the officials or press row tables. Additionally, tripods will not be allowed at courtside or along the end lines. Strobe light installations must first gain approval by TCU Associate Athletics Director Ross Bailey. He can be reached at (817) 257-5658 or via e-mail at r.bailey@tcu.edu. No upper-level shooting platforms are available in Daniel-Meyer Coliseum. Space does not allow for freelancers. Photographers who wish to cover TCU home basketball games must apply for credentials via TCU Athletics Media Relations Office guidelines.

TCU ON THE RADIOAll TCU women’s basketball games are broadcast in the DFW Metroplex on KTCU 88.7 FM. For the 12th consecutive season, Jeff Williams provides the play-by-play for each contest, while he will be joined by Jeff Lewis for the second straight year in 2009-10. Lady Frog games are also broadcast live on the athletics Web site at www.gofrogs.com.

POST-GAME INTERVIEWSTCU coach Jeff Mittie and requested student-athletes will be available for interviews in the Varsity Club Room on the west side of the concourse following a brief cooling off period. If requested, opposing coaches and student-athletes can be available to the media in the Varsity Club Room prior to TCU’s arrival. To request specific players to attend the post-game press conference, contact Andy Anderson during the second half of the game. The TCU locker room is closed to the media both at home and on the road.

THE JEFF MITTIE CALL-IN SHOWPlans for Jeff Mittie’s weekly coach’s show will be announced around the time of TCU’s season opener.

HIGH SPEED INTERNET ACCESSHigh speed Internet access at home TCU women’s basketball games is available through a wireless signal. The wireless connection is available in the Varsity Club Room and courtside. To use the wireless connection, join the secured network “Authorized Guests of TCU” and then launch your Web browser. You should see a login page for Frog Wave. TCU media relations will provide you with a username and password good for one game only. Should you encounter technical difficulties, contact a member of TCU media relations and he/she will be happy to assist you.

MEDIA GU IDELINES

PR INTFORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM400 W. 7th StreetFort Worth, Texas 76102Phone ________________ (817) 390-7760Fax ___________________ (817) 390-7210Joe Garza, Sports EditorStefan Stevenson, Beat WriterJan Hubbard, Beat WriterGil Lebreton, ColumnistJim Reeves, ColumnistRandy Galloway, Columnist

THE DALLAS MORNING NEWSCommunications CenterDallas, Texas 75265Phone ________________ (214) 977-8444Fax ___________________ (214) 651-0580Bob Yates, Asst. Managing Editor-SportsGarry Leavell, Sports EditorMark Konradi, Deputy Sports EditorKate Hairopoulos, Beat Writer

TCU DAILY SKIFFTCU Box 298050Fort Worth, Texas 76129Phone ________________ (817) 257-7428Fax ___________________ (817) 257-7133

ASSOCIATED PRESS4851 LBJ Freeway, Suite 300Dallas, Texas 75244Phone ________________ (972) 991-2100Fax ___________________ (972) 991-7207Jaime Aron, Sports EditorStephen Hawkins, Writer

RAD IOTCU/ISP SPORTS NETWORKTCU Box 297600Fort Worth, Texas 76129Phone ________________ (817) 257-5462Fax ___________________ (817) 257-7964Brian Estridge, Director

ESPN RADIO KESN (103.3 FM)2221 E. Lamar Blvd. Suite 300Arlington, Texas 76006Phone ________________ (817) 695-1820Fax ___________________ (817) 695-3505Pete Dits, General ManagerDave Shore, Sports Director

KTCU (88.7 FM)TCU Box 298000Fort Worth, Texas 76129Phone ________________ (817) 257-7631Fax ___________________ (817) 257-7637Russell Scott, Station Manager/Sports Dir.

KRLD (1080 AM)1080 Ballpark WayArlington, Texas 76004Phone ________________ (817) 543-5462Fax ___________________ (817) 543-5514

KHFX (1460 AM) P.O. Box 1629 Cleburne, Texas 76033 Phone ________________ (817) 645-6643 Fax __________________ (817) 645-6644

THE SPORTSFAN 990 AM 12900 Preston Road Suite 201 Dallas, TX 75230 Office __________________ 972-354-1990 Studio Line _____________ 972-490-0990

KTCK (1310 AM)3500 Maple Ave., Suite 1310Dallas, Texas 75219Phone ________________ (214) 526-7400Fax ___________________ (214) 525-2525

WBAP (820 AM)2221 East Lamar, Suite 400Arlington, Texas 76006Phone ________________ (817) 695-1820Fax ___________________ (817) 695-0850

TELEV IS IONKDFW-TV (FOX–CHANNEL 4)400 N. GriffinDallas, Texas 75202Phone ________________ (214) 720-3158Fax ___________________ (214) 720-3263Kevin Morrell, Mike Doocy, Max Morgan, Chris Yates

KXAS-TV (NBC–CHANNEL 5)3900 Barnett StreetFort Worth, Texas 76103Phone ________________ (817) 654-6465Fax ___________________ (817) 654-6354Newy Scruggs, Matt Barrie, Sam Hale

WFAA-TV (ABC–CHANNEL 8)606 Young StreetDallas, Texas 75202Phone ________________ (214) 748-9631Fax ___________________ (214) 977-6280Sean Hamilton, Dale Hansen, Joe Trahan, George Riba, Ted Madden

KTVT-TV (CBS–CHANNEL 11)5233 Bridge StreetFort Worth, Texas 76103Phone ________________ (817) 586-7441Fax ___________________ (817) 509-1063Dandy Killeen, Chris Bullock, Ted Jakis, Babe Laufenberg, Steve Dennis, Gina Miller, Chuck Fisher, Lewis Jackson

KDAF-TV (CW–CHANNEL 33)8001 John Carpenter FreewayDallas, Texas 75247Phone ________________ (214) 252-3334Fax ___________________ (214) 252-3379Dave Crome, Desmond Purnell

FOX SPORTS SOUTHWEST100 East Royal Lane Suite 200Irving, Texas 75039Phone ________________ (972) 868-1436Fax ___________________ (972) 868-1678Jeff Gibson, John Rhadigan, Ric Renner, Dana Larson

MWC TELEV IS ION PARTNERSCBS COLLEGE SPORTS

CBS College Sports, the 24-hour power in college sports, is the nation’s leading digital and cable programming company dedicated to college sports.

The network connects more fans to more college sports than any other company and is now available to more than 80 million households across

the nation. The netowrk is scheduled to broadcast five regular season MWC women’s basketball games this year, including two TCU matchups—Jan. 30 at

New Mexico and Feb. 10 at Utah.

THE MTN. – MOUNTAIN WEST SPORTS NETWORKThe Mtn. (Mountain West Sports Network), the first network dedicated to a collegiate athletic conference, provides sports fans blanket coverage of

MWC athletics across multiple sports. The Mtn. features more MWC games on television than ever before in 2009-10, including 30 live MWC football games,

75 live men’s basketball games, 23 live women’s basketball games, conference championships and men’s and women’s Olympic sports. At least four Lady Frog

games will appear on The Mtn. this season—Dec. 12 vs. Texas A&M; Feb. 16 at San Diego State; Feb. 23 vs. UNLV; and March 2 vs. New Mexico.

VERSUSThe Mountain West Conference and its many member institutions

compromise many of the country’s legendary programs. The conference’s teams are a showcase for some ot the country’s top talent, intense

conference/regional rivalries, and never-say-die spirit on the field and the court - serving as true role models of student/athletics with a commitment

to sportsmanship. The MWC exemplifies all the attributes of the VERSUS competitive genre. The network will broadcast the 2010 MWC Championship

game on March 13 at 3 p.m. CT.

MEDIA OUTLETS

LADY FROGS ON THE RAD IOEach 2009-10 TCU women’s basketball contest will be broadcast

live in the Metroplex on KTCU 88.7 FM with veteran play-by-play man Jeff Williams calling the action. Williams, in his 12th season as the “Voice of the Lady Frogs,” is joined by second-year color commentator Jeff Lewis, who is the play-by-play voice of the TCU women’s volleyball team.

TCU fans outside of the Fort Worth-Dallas area unable to receive the KTCU broadcasts can follow the Frogs live via the Internet at www.gofrogs.com.

ABOUT THE TCU/ISP SPORTS NETWORKOn July 1, 2006, TCU reached a seven-year

agreement with ISP Sports, the national leader in collegiate sports marketing, that provides the company with primary multi-media rights to TCU Athletics.

With the partnership, ISP Sports receives the rights to all sales and marketing opportunities associated with Horned Frog sports, including the TCU radio network for all sports, print advertising in various athletic department publications, promotions and all signage in TCU athletics facilities.

TCU is one of nearly 60 major NCAA athletic programs to align itself with ISP Sports. The unique TCU/ISP partnership provides comprehensive play-by-play coverage of TCU Athletics. Thanks in part to a multi-year agreement between TCU and Metroplex-based 100,000-watt 103.3 ESPN, the Horned Frog faithful and nearly six million people throughout the region will have access to every Horned Frog football and men’s basketball game. The TCU/ISP Sports Network broadcasts can also be heard in Houston on 1070 AM KNTH and around the world via the Internet on gofrogs.com.

J E F F WILLIAMSPlay-By-Play Announcer

Jeff Williams, who has served as the play-by-play voice of Lady Frog basketball since 1998, is now in his 12th season with TCU. Williams helps broadcast every home and away Lady Frog game during the season.

Among his TCU broadcasting highlights are doing the play-by-play for 13 Lady Frog NCAA Tournament games as well as the 2003, 2004 and 2005 Conference USA championship games.

Williams also is the sideline analyst for TCU football during radio and television broadcasts and has done play-by-play accounts for select men’s basketball games. Additionally, he has worked all 10 of TCU’s bowl appearances from 1998 to 2008.

A current staff member at WBAP Radio in Arlington, Texas, Williams was the play-by-play voice of Penn State women’s basketball from 1993 to 1995. He also served as sports director of WMAJ in State College, Pa.

The native of Irving, Texas, currently resides in Weatherford, Texas, with his wife, Kathy, and their children, Dustin, Abby and Jake.

J E F F LEWISColor Commentator

Jeff Lewis enters his second season as the color commentator for Lady Frog broadcasts in 2009-10.

A 1990 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, he holds a master’s degree in education with an emphasis in physical education. Lewis has a decorated resume of coaching tennis, basketball and football in the high school ranks and teaching at the junior college level. He is actively committed to running and directing the Lewis

Basketball and Volleyball Camps.Lewis is married to the former Prentice Perkins, TCU head volleyball coach. The couple resides in Fort Worth.

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TCU ENDOWED SCHOLARSH IPS/POSTSEASON TOURNEY INFO

2010 CONOCO MOUNTA IN WEST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSH IPThe Conoco Mountain West Conference Women’s Basketball Championship returns to Las Vegas, Nev., for

the fourth straight season the week of March 9-13, 2010. The event will be held at the 18,500-seat Thomas & Mack Center on the campus on UNLV.

Seeds for the Conoco MWC Championship are determined by the finish of each team in a 16-game regular season schedule. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Tournament. Please visit the Mountain West Conference web site (www.TheMWC.com) for additional information. For details on how to order tickets for the 2010 Conoco MWC Basketball Championship, contact the TCU athletics ticket office at (817) 257-FROG.

The bracket format for the Conoco MWC Women’s Championship also returns for a third straight season. Under the format, the top-2 seeds earn two straight byes before beginning play in the semifinals, while the No. 3 seed, which receives one bye, begins play in the quarterfinals.

LADY FROG ENDOWED SCHOLARSH IPSThe TCU women’s basketball program would like to thank the donors

behind the following two endowed scholarships for the 2009-10 academic year. Endowed scholarships help ensure that TCU can provide its student-athletes the opportunity to reach their full potential, not only on the court, but also in the classroom.

ED & ONA WRIGHT ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPThe Ed and Ona Wright Athletic Scholarship

was established in 2001 by the generosity of Mr. Edwin E. and Dr. Ona Roberts Wright, TCU Class of 1949 and 1948, respectively. The scholarship benefits a student-athlete, preferably from the women’s basketball team. Recipient for the 2009-10 academic year is junior guard Emily Carter.

HEATHER ALTER BELLOMY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPThe Heather Alter Bellomy Memorial

Scholarship was established in 1980 by Mr. and Mrs. Louis William Alter, Jr., of New Jersey, parents of Jeanne Alter Bellomy, TCU Class of 1978, to provide assistance to a women’s basketball player. First preference is given to a New Jersey resident. The fund was established as a memorial for the Alters’ granddaughter. Recipient for the 2009-10 academic year is junior forward Rachel Rentschler.

2010 NCAA TOURNAMENTThe 2010 NCAA Tournament will once again begin with eight campus sites playing host to the NCAA First

and Second Rounds March 20-23—Stanford, Calif. (Stanford, host); Berkeley, Calif. (Cal, host); Durham, N.C. (Duke, host); Knoxville, Tenn. (Tennessee, host); Louisville, Ky. (Louisville, host); Seattle, Wash. (Washington, host); Tallahassee, Fla. (Florida State, host); Tempe, Ariz. (Arizona State, host); Ames, Iowa (Iowa State, host); Austin, Texas (Texas, host); Cincinnati, Ohio (Xavier, host); Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota, host); Norfolk, Va. (Old Dominion, host); Norman, Okla. (Oklahoma, host); Notre Dame, Ind. (Notre Dame, host); Pittsburgh, Pa. (Pittsburgh, host).

The ensuing NCAA Regionals will be played at four other sites March 27-30— Memphis, Tenn. (Memphis, host); Sacramento, Calif. (Pacific, host); Dayton, Ohio (Dayton, host); Kansas City, Mo. (Big 12 Conference, host), while the 2010 NCAA Women’s Final Four will by played in San Antonio, Texas, at the Alamodome April 4 and 6. UT San Antonio will serve as the site host.

Emily Carter Rachel Rentschler

NEW SEASON, EXPERIENCED TEAMEight letterwinners who accounted for all but three starts from a season ago return for the TCU women’s

basketball team in 2009-10. Among the returnees are three players who earned All-Mountain West Conference honors as underclassmen in 2008-09—junior Helena Sverrisdottir (first team), senior TK LaFleur (second team; MWC Newcomer of the Year) and junior Emily Carter (second team). Former Lady Frog Michaela Younger (three starts at center) was the only player with starting experience lost.

Overall, TCU returns 91.1 percent of scoring (top five scorers), 79.1 percent of rebounding (top seven players) and 92.9 percent of its assist totals (top six players) from a year ago.

FROGS’ STRENGTHS RANK AMONG THE NATION’S BESTOne area to look at when examining TCU’s success in 2008-09 was the four statistical categories for which the

squad ranked among the nation’s top-13 teams: free-throw percentage (77.9 percent; No. 9), fewest turnovers (13.7 tpg; No. 12), 3-point field-goal percentage (36.7 percent; No. 13) and 3-point field-goal percentage defense (27.8 percent; No. 13). The Frogs led the Mountain West Conference in all but one of those categories (fewest turnovers; No. 2), in addition to scoring offense (69.2 ppg; No. 47 nationally).

TCU broke team records for free-throw percentage and fewest turnovers per game last season. The team’s free-throw percentage was far higher than the previous school record of 72.6 percent set in 1999-00, while its turnover average easily broke the mark of 16.0 per game recorded in 2006-07. In addition to the two records, TCU also recorded the No. 4 totals in school history in 3-point percentage and 3-pointers made (207).

SVERRISDOTTIR DOES IT ALL FOR LADY FROGSDespite featuring a lineup with many new faces last season, one returning player in particular took the reigns

of the team and led it through the season. Helena Sverrisdottir joined former Lady Frog Natasha Lacy (2005-06) as the only TCU players to lead their teams in scoring (15.8 ppg), rebounding (7.4 rpg) and assists (4.8 apg) while starting every game at point guard. She was the only player in the MWC to rank among the league’s top-7 players in the following four major statistical categories: assists (4.8 apg; No. 2), scoring (15.8 ppg; No. 4), rebounding (7.4 rpg; No. 6) and steals (1.7; No. 7).

LAFLEUR, CARTER LEAD STRONG TCU 3-POINT THREATTK LaFleur helped make TCU one of the nation’s most dangerous teams from 3-point range in 2008-09, as she

led the MWC in 3-point field-goal percentage with a mark of 39.8 percent. Overall, TCU had three of the league’s top-8 players in terms of 3-point shooting. Helena Sverrisdottir was fourth at 37.6 percent, while Emily Carter ranked No. 8 (36.9). Carter sizzled in league play, leading the MWC with a mark of 42.4 percent in 16 games.

LaFleur and Carter also each finished among the conference’s top 10 in 3-pointers made with averages of 2.06 (sixth) and 1.55 (10th) per game, respectively.

FOUR PLAYERS IN REACH OF 1,000 CAREER POINTSTCU has four players on its roster who enter the season with the capabilities of reaching the 1,000-career point

mark. Most likely to reach the milestone this season are Helena Sverrisdottir (818 points) and TK LaFleur (803 points). Both Eboni Mangum (546 points) and Emily Carter (530 points) could also reach the 1,000-point mark with big seasons. Mangum returns to the floor after missing the final half of last season due to surgery to repair a torn ACL in her right knee suffered two weeks prior to the season opener.

FROGS ADD FOUR FRESHMEN TO MIXFour new faces dot TCU’s 2009-10 roster, and the Frog coaching staff believes each can make an impact as

early as this season. Among the group are three local products in Hannah Christian (Aledo, Texas/Aledo HS), Starr Crawford (Arlington, Texas/Mansfield Summit HS) and Delisa Gross (Waco, Texas/Waco Midway HS), while Ida Tryggedsson (Aarhus, Denmark/Marselisborg Gymnasium) joins the Lady Frogs from overseas.

Each of the four freshmen bring accomplished resumes with them from either the prep or club levels. Crawford was named DFW Metroplex Player of the Year last spring by several media outlets after leading Mansfield Summit to the Texas 4A state title, while Gross helped Waco Midway win the Texas 5A state crown. Christian started all four years for Aledo, a Texas 4A school, and she totaled 2,537 career points. Tryggedsson has been one of the top players in her country and has spent several years as a member of the Danish National Team.

THIRTEEN GAMES VS. 2008-09 POSTSEASON QUALIFIERS ON TAPTCU’ schedule features 13 games against 10 different teams that advanced to postseason play last season. No

fewer than eight of those contests will be played against six teams that reached the NCAA Touranment. Overall, TCU will play 17 regular-season games against teams that finished in the top-112 in the NCAA’s final RPI rankings.

Opponents that reached the NCAA Tournament include: Fresno State, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Xavier (Junkanoo Jam possible second-round matchup), Texas A&M, Utah and San Diego State. Other teams on TCU’s schedule that played in the Women’s NIT include: Kansas (Junkanoo Jam possible second-round matchup), New Mexico, SMU and UT Arlington.

Oklahoma (No. 4), Texas A&M (No. 7) and Xavier (No. 25) each appeared in the ESPN/USA Today coaches’ poll following the conclusion of the season.

CONTINUED MWC SUCCESSTCU finished in third place in the Mountain West Conference in 2008-09 with a 12-4 record, which was only

one game behind league champions Utah and San Diego State. The Frogs split the season series with both the Utes and Aztecs.

The successful showing in conference play helped TCU become the only league squad to finish in third place or better in each of the past four seasons. The Frogs are also the only team with at least 11 wins each season during that period, which dates back to the program’s first season since joining the league from Conference USA.

HOME SWEET HOME AT THE DMCMuch of TCU’s success over the past few years can be directly related to its ability to defend the home court.

The Lady Frogs are 21-3 at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum in their three seasons in the MWC, which is tied for the lead among all MWC teams during the period. TCU is 35-4 in its last 39 games overall held at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum. The squad’s 15-3 record at the DMC in 2008-09 tied the 2006-07 squad for most home wins in school history.

TCU’s 15-1 home record in 2006-07 was good for a program-record 93.7 percent winning percentage. The Frogs won 14 straight games to open the season. Counting the 2005-06 campaign, TCU put together a 19-game home win streak, which was the sixth longest in the nation, prior to dropping a 61-50 decision to Wyoming on Feb. 22, 2007. The Lady Frogs own a 108-24 (.818) home record since Jeff Mittie’s arrival on campus prior to the 1999-200 season.

2009-10 PRESEASON OUTLOOK

Helena Sverrisdottir TK LaFleur Emily Carter

2009-10 PRESEASON OUTLOOKQUOTING HEAD COACH J E F F MITTI E 2009-10 SCHEDULE

DAY DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (TV)Wednesday Nov. 11 Cameron University (Exh.) Fort Worth, Texas 5:30 p.m.Sunday Nov. 15 Houston Baptist Fort Worth, Texas 1 p.m.Wednesday Nov. 18 Fresno State Fort Worth, Texas 6:30 p.m.Saturday Nov. 21 at Oklahoma Norman, Okla. 2 p.m.Monday Nov. 23 Texas Southern Fort Worth, Texas 11:30 a.m. Junkanoo Jam (Freeport, Bahamas) Friday Nov. 27 vs. Minnesota Freeport, Bahamas 10 a.m.Saturday Nov. 28 vs. Kansas or Xavier Freeport, Bahamas Noon/2:15 p.m.Tuesday Dec. 1 Louisiana-Monroe Fort Worth, Texas 6:30 p.m.Sunday Dec. 6 at NC State Raleigh, N.C. 1 p.m.Wednesday Dec. 9 at SMU Dallas, Texas 7 p.m.Saturday Dec. 12 Texas A&M Fort Worth, Texas 6 p.m. (Mtn.)Sunday Dec. 20 Sam Houston State Fort Worth, Texas 1 p.m.Thursday Dec. 31 at Houston Houston, Texas 1 p.m.Saturday Jan. 2 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Fort Worth, Texas 4 p.m.Wednesday Jan. 6 at Air Force* USAFA, Colo. 8 p.m.Saturday Jan. 9 Utah* Fort Worth, Texas NoonWednesday Jan. 13 at Wyoming* Laramie, Wyo. 8 p.m.Saturday Jan. 16 San Diego State* Fort Worth, Texas NoonSaturday Jan. 23 at UNLV* Las Vegas, Nev. 5 p.m.Wednesday Jan. 27 Colorado State* Fort Worth, Texas 6:30 p.m.Saturday Jan. 30 at New Mexico* Albuquerque, N.M. 2:30 p.m. (CBS C)Wednesday Feb. 3 BYU* Fort Worth, Texas 6:30 p.m.Saturday Feb. 6 Air Force* Fort Worth, Texas TBAWednesday Feb. 10 at Utah* Salt Lake City, Utah 8 p.m. (CBS C)Saturday Feb. 13 Wyoming* Fort Worth, Texas TBATuesday Feb. 16 at San Diego State* San Diego, Calif. 9:30 p.m. (Mtn.)Tuesday Feb. 23 UNLV* Fort Worth, Texas 6:30 p.m. (Mtn.)Saturday Feb. 27 at Colorado State* Fort Collins, Colo. 3 p.m.Tuesday March 2 New Mexico* Fort Worth, Texas 6 p.m. (Mtn.)Saturday March 6 at BYU* Provo, Utah 3 p.m.Tues.-Sat. March 9-13 MWC Championships Las Vegas, Nev. TBASat.-Tues. March 20-23 NCAA First & Second Rounds Eight Sites # TBASat.-Tues. March 27-30 NCAA Regionals Four Sites & TBASun. & Tue. April 4 & 6 NCAA Final Four San Antonio, Texas ^ TBA

All times centralHome games in bold at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum* — Mountain West Conference game# — Stanford, Calif. (Stanford, host); Berkeley, Calif. (Cal, host); Durham, N.C. (Duke, host); Knoxville, Tenn. (Tennessee, host); Louisville, Ky. (Louisville, host); Seattle, Wash. (Washington, host); Tallahassee, Fla. (Florida State, host); Tempe, Ariz. (Arizona State, host); Ames, Iowa (Iowa State, host); Austin, Texas (Texas, host); Cincinnati, Ohio (Xavier, host); Minneapolis, Minn. (Minnesota, host); Norfolk, Va. (Old Dominion, host); Norman, Okla. (Oklahoma, host); Notre Dame, Ind. (Notre Dame, host); Pittsburgh, Pa. (Pittsburgh, host)& — Memphis, Tenn. (Memphis, host); Sacramento, Calif. (Pacific, host); Dayton, Ohio (Dayton, host); Kansas City, Mo. (Big 12 Conference, host)^ — UT San Antonio, host

On what he sees as his team’s strengths:

“We showed last year that we could take care of the

basketball fairly well. We shot the ball well overall as a group,

so I think we have the ability to continue to do that, also.”

On what improvements need to be made from last season:

“One of the things we need to do is play faster. We had

trouble moving the ball against pressure teams, so we need

to move the ball. We may end up with more turnovers, but

we need to find some easier baskets. Shooting percentage-

wise last year, we were about 40 percent, so that needs to be

elevated. I think in order for us to do that, we need to find

easier baskets. We already have good shooters and good

overall shooting.”

On the focus on defense and rebounding in the offseason:

“We had to play a lot of zone defense last year, so therefore

the early part of practice has been to practice better habits in

our man-to-man defense. While I think we have made some

improvements, we are still a long ways away from where we

want be. We expect our rebounding to be better, but for us to

truly be a better rebounding team, every returning player has

to improve. We have to get after the basketball better.

On who he sees as leaders for this year’s team:

“Emily Carter has been very consistent during the fall and

TK LaFleur has done some good things in the offseason. I

think Helena Sverrisdottir, certainly, she’s improved in that

area. Then I get to the freshmen. I think they’ve become very

involved in the process and they haven’t been afraid to voice

there opinions or show their leadership capabilities.”

On any possible changes in roles for returning players:

“I would like to have a little better balance with Helena than

we did last year, in that she played no point guard her first

year, then almost exclusively point guard a year ago. Ideally,

we would like to get her to more like a 70-30 percent split (70

percent at the point). That would be the one that would be

most noticeable. We’ll see who emerges there.”

On the potential to be more of an up-tempo offensive team:

“I think we have better guard depth than we did a year ago.

Antoinette Thompson is a year older, Hannah Christian has

come in and been good and we hope to have Eboni Magnum

back healthy. I think that depth will allow us to push the ball

better.”

On what he considers a strong freshman class:

“I’ve been pleased with the basketball IQ of our freshmen.

I would say out of the 11 years that I’ve been here, that

characteristic from this group would rank right up there

at top with any of our previous classes. That may get this

group on the floor pretty quick this year. They are all very

competitive, and they have been able to pick things up very

quickly, so we’ll see. The early indications are that this group

is going to help us.”

On the return of guard Eboni Mangum from last year’s season-ending knee injury:

“That’s an unknown for this basketball team. If she is healthy

she could potentially be a defensive stopper. She’s a player

who can get to the rim off the bounce, which was a weakness

of ours a year ago. Those two things could give us dimensions

that we really didn’t have a year ago.”

On testing his team’s toughness during fall practice:

“I think we accomplished that and we saw good leadership

and good communication between our players. We did a

variety of things that forced them to communicate differently

with each other and put them in tenuous situations where

their chemistry was tested. I think it was tested, and there

were times when it was frustrating for them. All in all, it was

great for us, and I think the team felt great about what it

accomplished. I think we are tougher and stronger as a unit.”

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A W I N N I N G PR O G RAM

TCU has won f ive conference championships during the last dec ade, with the f irst

t it le coming as a memb er of the Western Athletic Conference in 2001. I ncluded in

the total are three conference tournament crowns.

T C U h a s T r a n s f o r m e d i T s e l f i n T o a m a j o r p l ay e r o n T h e n aT i o n a l s Tag e s i n C e j e f f m i T T i e T o o k T h e r e i g n s a s h e a d C o aC h a d e C a d e ag o.

BU ILD ING ON A DECADE OF SUCCESS

4TCU owns winning records in each of Jef f M itt ie’s 10 seasons as head coach, inc luding e ight 20-win campaigns

(2000-01; 2001-02; 2002-03; 2003-04; 2004-05; 2006-07; 2007-08; 2008-09) .

The Frogs are 200-92 s ince the star t of the 2000-01 season, having reached the postseason each spr ing.

TCU has taken home f ive conference regular-season or tournament t i t les dur ing that same t ime.3

4TCU has appeared in the nat ional rank ings for the f i rst t ime in program histor y this decade. The team has

been ranked No. 25 or h igher at one point in f ive of the past seven seasons.

TCU uses aggress ive schedul ing to posit ion i tse l f to compete with the best . The Lady Frogs earned a pair of

wins last season over teams ranked No. 3 at the t ime in one of the nat ional pol ls (Mar yland, Cal ) .3

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2007 NCAA TOURNAMENT

W E’R E G O I N G DAN C I N GTCU made its eighth NCAA Tournament appearance in nine seasons last March when it

faced South Dakota State in the first round of the Raleigh Regional in Lubbock, Texas. Five

times during its eight trips, the squad has moved on to the tournament’s second round.

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NCAA TOURNAMENT SUCCESS

4TCU was one of only 12 programs to advance to the NCAA Tournament seven stra ight seasons bet ween 2001

and 2007. The squad returned to the tourney last spr ing fol lowing a WNIT Quar ter f inal ber th in 2008.

Five of TCU’s e ight NCAA appearances have reached the second round, inc luding four

consecut ive seasons f rom 2001 through 2004.4

LUBBOCK , Texas—TCU reached the 2009 NCAA Tournament on the heels of a regular

season marked by a fast star t . The Lady Frogs upended No. 3 Mar yland in the season

opener and never looked back . The team later took down another No. 3 in Cal , th is

t ime on the road, before star t ing up Mountain West Conference play. TCU f in ished

only one game out of f i rst p lace in the MWC with a 12-4 record.

TCU faced a hot opponent in the f i rst round, as the 10th-seeded Frogs dropped a

90-55 decis ion to No. 7 seed South Dakota State, which entered the tourney ranked

as high as No. 15 in the nat ional pol ls . Helena Sverr isdott i r tota led 12 points, e ight

boards and four ass ists to lead the squad.

HARTFORD, Conn. — TCU entered the 2007 NCAA Tournament with a 21-10

record and No. 10 seed in the Dayton Regional . I n a f i rst- round matchup, the

Frogs dropped an 88-74 decis ion to No. 7 seed Ole M iss.

Ashley Davis led TCU with 24 points and 12 rebounds in her f inal game in a Lady

Frog uni form, whi le fe l low senior Hanna Biernack a added 20 points and nine

boards.

The Rebels would go on to reach the E l i te E ight , where they lost to eventual

nat ional champion Tennessee.

Helena Sverrisdottir

Ashley Davis

S e AT T L e — One of only three TCU squads not to advance past the f i rst round

af ter reaching the NCAA Tournament, the seventh-seeded Lady Frogs lost a

hear tbreaker to No. 10 seed Oregon, 58-55. The game marked the f inal game

in the career of the accompl ished Sandora I r v in , who totaled s ix blocked

shots against the Ducks.

P H I L A D e L P H I A — TCU’s 2003-04 squad earned the program’s highest- ever

NCAA seed at No. 6 af ter enter ing the Tournament with a 23-6 record. The team

posted a 70-57 win over No. 11 Temple in the f i rst round of the West Regional

thanks to double - doubles by Sandora I r v in and Ebony Shaw.

The Frogs were e l iminated in the second round by No. 3 seed Georgia , 85-71,

which would go on to lose to LSU in the E l i te E ight .

Sandora Irvin

Tiffany evans

T R e N TO N , N.J. — TCU advanced to the NCAA Tournament ’s second round for

the f i f th t ime in s ix years with a f i rst- round v ic tor y over No. 6 seed Texas A&M.

The v ic tor y t ied those by the 2001 and 2004 Lady Frog squads for the highest

NCAA seed defeated in program histor y.

The Purple and White matched up with No. 3 seed Rutgers in the second round,

dropping an 82-48 decis ion. The Scar let K nights were eventual ly e l iminated

f rom the Tournament dur ing Sweet 16 play by Tennessee.

Ashley Davis

D U R H A M , N.C.—TCU opened the NCAA Tournament with i ts second win in the

f i rst round in as many tr ies, as the e ighth-seeded Frogs out-played No. 9 seed

I ndiana dur ing a 55-45 v ic tor y in the East Region.

Pit ted against eventual Final Four par t ic ipant Duke in the second round, TCU

dropped a hard-fought batt le to the Blue Devi ls , 76-66. The Frogs t ra i led by 11

points at the hal f and cut the lead to e ight on several occass ions, but could get

no c loser.

R U S TO N , L a.—TCU made i ts f i rst- ever NCAA Tournament appearance on March 17,

2001 as the No. 11 seed matched up against No. 6 Penn State in the East Regional .

The Frogs a lso earned their f i rst Tournament v ic tor y, as four players scored in double

f igures to lead the squad to a 77-75 win over the N ittany L ions.

TCU dropped out of the Tournament in the second round to No. 3 seed Louis iana Tech,

80-59.

Jill & Amy Sutton

S TO R R S , Conn. — TCU was placed in an ex tremely tough regional as the No. 9 seed, but

opened the Tournament with a mi ld upset of No. 8 M ichigan State, 50-47, thanks to 15

points f rom Grace G antt and 14 points f rom Ebony Shaw.

The Lady Frogs matched up against one of the top teams in NCAA histor y in the second

round, as the squad dropped an 81-66 decis ion to No. 1 seed and eventual NCAA

champion Connec t icut . The Husk ies had set the NCAA record for most consecut ive

v ic tor ies ear l ier dur ing the season. TCU ac tual ly took a hal f t ime lead over UConn to

become only the s ix th team in the previous f ive seasons to do so on the Husk ies’ home

cour t . Kim Ortega

FR O G S I N TH E PR O S

Talented athletes have been one of the trademarks of the last decade of Lady Frog

basketball. Once college ball is finished for some of these players, the professional ranks

come calling. The summer of 2008 saw two former Frogs, Sandora Irvin and Adrianne Ross,

reach the WNBA Finals as members of the San Antonio Silver Stars.

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TAK ING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL

4Sandora I r v in (below lef t ) and Adr ianne Ross ( r ight) , former TCU teammates, jo ined up again to help the San

Antonio S i lver Stars advance to the WNBA Finals in the summer of 2008.

4I r v in became the f i rst Lady Frog to reach the WNBA in 2005, when she was the No. 3 overal l p ick of the WNBA

Draf t by the Phoenix Mercur y.

4I r v in played four WNBA seasons overal l , t wo with Phoenix (2005-06) and t wo with San Antonio (2007-08) .

4I n addit ion to the WNBA, several other former TCU players have gone on to play internat ional ly. Lady Frogs

who have seen their career cont inue overseas include: Ti f fany Evans (Spain) , Monek a K night ( Ice land) ,

Adr ianne Ross (Poland) and K at i Safar i tova (Belgium).

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C OAC H I N G E XC E LLE N C E

Jeff Mittie‘s teams have combined to post a 216-106 record in his 10 seasons as TCU’s

head coach. The .671 winning percentage easily ranks as the best in school history.

Mittie’s 367-win total overall during his 17-year coaching career nearly equals TCU’s all-

time victories count of 404.

4Jeff Mittie, Head Coach 4Tonya Haut, Asst. Coach

11th year (216-106 at TCU; 367-165 overall) 10th year at TCU

9 straight postseason bids Frogs reached postseason each year

Winningest coach in Lady Frog history Also TCU’s recruiting coordinator

4Brian Ostermann, Assoc. Head Coach 4Tricia Davern, Asst. Coach

2nd year at TCU 6th year at TCU

Spent 9 years as men’s college Helped guide Frogs to first 2

head coach (178-107) NCAA Tournament bids as a player

4Sandora Irvin, Director of Operations 4Adam Call, Video Coordinator

3rd year as Director of Ops 2nd year at TCU

Spent 4 seasons playing in WNBA (2005-08) 3 years prior experience at Oklahoma

First-Team All-American at TCU in 2005 Served as Point Guard College instructor

4Levi Memmer, Strength Coach 4Valerie Tinklepaugh, Athletic Trainer

1st year with Lady Frogs 2nd year at TCU

Nationally certified strength and Nationally certifid athletic trainer and

conditioning coach strength and conditioning coach

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CREATING A BETTER TEAM

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4Jeff Mittie, Head Coach

11th year (216-106 at TCU; 367-165 overall)

9 straight postseason bids

Winningest coach in Lady Frog history

4Brian Ostermann, Assoc. Head Coach

2nd year at TCU

Spent 9 years as men’s college

head coach (178-107)

4Sandora Irvin, Director of Operations

3rd year as Director of Ops

Spent 4 seasons playing in WNBA (2005-08)

First-Team All-American at TCU in 2005

4Levi Memmer, Strength Coach

1st year with Lady Frogs

Nationally certified strength and

conditioning coach

Tonya Haut

Brian Ostermann

Jeff M itt ie

Tricia Davern

GAM E DAY AT TC U

The sound of the band... the cheers of the student section... the 42-6 home record over

the past three seasons... there is no better place to be during the winter in Fort Worth

than Daniel-Meyer Coliseum, where the TCU men’s and women’s basketball teams play

in front of one of the most passionate groups of fans in all of college athletics.

T h e r e i s n o p l aC e l i k e h o m e aT T C U ’ s d a n i e l - m e y e r C o l i s e U m

LADY FROG GAME DAY

3Daniel -Meyer Col iseum, a lso k nown as the DMC, is the home for the TCU hoopsters. The arena seats

7 ,201 and provides both the women’s and men’s teams with decis ive home - cour t advantages.

3Last season, the Lady Frogs ranked third in home attendance in the Mountain West Conference with an

average of 2 ,310 specators per game. That f igures ranked 54th nat ional ly.

3O ver 400,000 fans have attended TCU women’s basketbal l games over the past decade.

3TCU owns a dominant home record of 120-26 ( .822) in Jef f M itt ie’s head coaching tenure, inc luding a

stagger ing mark of 42-6 s ince the star t of the 2006-07 season.

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Tradition runs deep at TCU. It all begins with the Horned Frog. Some say the frog was chosen because the football practice field

was overrun with the small, spiny lizards. Other say its feisty attitude simply matched the tough frontier spirit shown by TCU itself.

Other school traditions include TCU’s school colors, purple and white. The former represents royalty, the latter a clean game. Got a

test? Rub the nose of the Horned Frog sculpture in the center of campus for good luck. Swaying while singing the alma mater is a

must. So is learning how to do the horned frog hand sign. (Make a peace sign. Now fold those two fingers.) And new students may

not have any idea what Riff Ram Bah Zoo means now, but they’ll soon discover that it’s one of the oldest cheers in the country.

H O R N E D FR O G TRAD IT I O N

What th e h e c k i s a h o r n e d Fr o g? The scientific name for this Texas reptile is phrynosoma cornutum; in Greek,

phrynos means “a toad” and soma means “body”; in Latin, cornutus means

“horned.” Their primary diet is red harvester ants; they’d like 80 to 100 a day.

The typical horned frog is three to five inches long. Horned frogs are cold-

blooded animals and have an unusual pineal gland, resembling a “third eye”

on the top of the head, which zoologists believe is part of their system of

thermoregulation. When angered or frightened, horned frogs can squirt a

fine, four-foot stream of blood from their eyes. The horned frog was named

the state reptile of Texas in 1992.

aLMa Mate rHail all hail, TCU

Memories Sweet, Comrades True

Light of Faith, Follow Through

Praise to Thee, TCU

F i g ht s o n g c hantF-R-O-G-S F-I-G-H-T

Purple, White, Horned Frogs Fight

Victory, Victory, Right, Right, Right

Rah, Rah TCU! Rah, Rah, TCU

F-R-O-G-S F-I-G-H-T

Go, Go, Horned Frogs Go

TCU Frogs Fight

F i g ht s o n gWe’ll raise a song, both loud and long

To cheer our team to victory

For TCU, so tried and true,

We pledge eternal loyalty.

Rah, Rah, TCU!

Fight on boys, fight, with all your might

Roll up the scores for TCU

Hail white and purple flag

whose heroes never lag,

Horned Frog, we are all for you!

What th e The scientific name for this Texas reptile is phrynosoma cornutum; in Greek,

phrynos means “a toad” and soma means “body”; in Latin, cornutus means

“horned.” Their primary diet is red harvester ants; they’d like 80 to 100 a day.

The typical horned frog is three to five inches long. Horned frogs are cold-

blooded animals and have an unusual pineal gland, resembling a “third eye”

H O R N E D FR O G TRAD IT I O N TCU TRAD ITIONSTH I S I S TC U BAS KETBALLTH I S I S TC U BAS KETBALL

TCU is located in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, the seventh-largest media market in the country.

Several local television stations and newspapers cover the Lady Frogs, and the weekly exposure

extends to millions of people around the DFW area. In addition to the local media exposure, the

national media also call on the Frogs at times. TCU will play at least eight games this season that will

be televised across the nation.

M E D IA E XPO S U R E

l a dy f r o g s r e C e i V e aT T e n T i o n f r o m n aT i o n a l , lo C a l p r e s s

IN THE NATION’S EYE

4TCU is scheduled to play in front of television audiences at least eight times 2009-10, each of which

are viewable from anywhere in the nation.

4Fans unable to catch the Frogs in person or on T V can always log on to the Internet. All non-

televised home games are video streamed live, while radio feeds for all games are also available.

4The Lady Frogs’ radio affil iate, FM 88.7 KTCU, can be heard throughout the DFW Metroplex.

4In addition to broadcast coverage, several publications follow TCU on a regular basis, including the

For t Wor th Star-Telegram and Dallas Morning News .

4The Mountain West Sports Network, also known as The mtn., provides TCU and the rest of the Mountain

West Conference with coverage that is nearly unmatched by any other college athletics league.

One of several new facilities on campus is the ed & Rae Schollmaier Basketball Complex, which was

added to TCU’s athletics collection in 2004. The Frogs are one of the select college programs in the

country that can boast having their own basketball-only practice facility.

F I R ST-C LASS FAC I L I T I ES

PRACTICE FAC I LITI ESS C H O L L M A I E R C O M P L E X E N H A N C E S T C U P R O G R A M S

4The Ed & Rae Schollmaier Basketball Complex was officially

dedicated on April 2, 2004.

4At a cost of $5 million, the facility provides the Lady Frogs with a

first-class environment for student-athletes and coaches.

4The 22,000-square-foot complex features two NCAA regulation

practice courts, men’s and women’s coaching offices, meeting

rooms and a weight room specifically for TCU basketball players.

DAN IEL-MEYER COLISEUML A DY F R O G S’ F I R S T A N D O N LY H O M E K N O W N A S T H E D M C

3One of the most int imidat ing and int imate arenas in the Southwest , the

DMC doors f i rst opened for a col legiate basketbal l game on Dec. 18 , 1961.

3TCU has posted a 120-26 ( .822) record in the last n ine seasons at the DMC,

including a ste l lar 42-6 mark s ince the star t of the 2006-07 season.

3Updates to the fac i l i t y in recent seasons include new men’s and women’s

basketbal l locker rooms, a new athlet ic medic ine fac i l i t y and new cour t

f loor ing. The most recent addit ions include a four-panel LED scoreboard and

LED boards a long the cour t s idel ines at a cost of near ly $1.5 mi l l ion.

TOP LADY FROg CROwDS AT ThE DMCNo. Date Opponent Atten. W/L Score

1. Nov. 27, 2000 Tennessee 7,262 L 61-83

2. Jan. 2, 2004 Tennessee 6,949 L 66-74

3. March 3, 2001 SMU 6,369 L 79-87

4. Dec. 29, 2001 Arkansas 6,081 W 60-58

5. Feb. 27, 2005 Houston 5,876 L 52-61

6. Dec. 28, 2000 Texas 5,045 L 49-70

7. Feb. 5, 2005 Memphis 4,808 W 74-64

8. Feb. 22, 2002 DePaul 4,645 W 76-72

9. March 7, 2004 Houston 4,387 L 75-86

10. Jan. 9, 1999 SMU 4,360 L 53-67

11. Jan. 18, 2004 Houston 4,235 L 59-61

12. Feb. 22, 2004 DePaul 4,155 W 73-53

13. Feb. 9, 2003 Houston 4,126 W 60-51

14. Dec. 14, 2002 Oklahoma 4,016 L 64-68

2009-10 TC U W O M E N’S BAS KETBALL2009-10 TC U W O M E N’S BAS KETBALL

DMC doors f i rst opened for a col legiate basketbal l game on Dec. 18 , 1961.

TCU has posted a 120-26 ( .822) record in the last n ine seasons at the DMC,

Updates to the fac i l i t y in recent seasons include new men’s and women’s

f loor ing. The most recent addit ions include a four-panel LED scoreboard and

L A DY F R O G S’ N E W LO C K E R R O O M O P E N E D E A R L I E R T H I S D E C A D E

DMC LOCKER ROOM/LOUNgE

3The locker room features an expanded dressing room area as well as a large shower room. Each

player has a designated locker with a permanent name plate, and there also is a

fi lm room/film breakdown office.

3The lobby area sports a hardwood floor resembling a free throw line, as well as TCU

championship memorabilia from over the years in an expansive trophy case.

3The lounge includes amenities such as a computer work area with internet access, leather

couches and a widescreen television. The area converts into the team’s film room and

pre-game/halftime meeting room.

TCU takes pride in its ability to provide student-athletes with the finest facilities possible. The most

recent addition unveiled in the fall of 2008 is the Dutch Meyer Athletic Complex and Abe Martin

Academic Enhancement Center, a $13.3 million facility situated in the south end of Amon G. Carter

Stadium (pictured) that benefits each of the Frogs’ athletic programs. Other recent upgrades include

the construction of an all-sport indoor practice facility unveiled in the fall of 2007. Programs which

have received major sports-specific upgrades since 2000 include men’s and women’s basketball,

football, baseball, tennis, track and field, soccer and volleyball.

ATH LET I C S FAC I L I T I ES

D utch M eyer Athletic Complex & Ab e M ar tin Ac ademic Enhancement Center S am B augh I ndo or Prac tice Faci l i t y

G ar vey-Rosenthal S o ccer Stadium Lupton Stadium Universit y Recreation Center Gym

B ayard H. Friedman Tennis Center Lowden Track & Field Complex Universit y Recreation Center Po ol

Both the TCU women’s and men’s basketball programs benefited from the addition of a new

basketball-only weight room (pictured) with the construction of the Ed & Rae Schollmaier

Basketball Complex in 2004. The Schollmaier weight room is nearly 3,500 square feet and is directly

adjacent to the complex’s practice courts. In fact, the area is in full view through a wall of windows

on the weight room’s east side. The weight room consists of many of the tools needed to increase

explosive strength. The program also utilizes the massive main weight room in the Walsh Complex

that is available to all TCU student-athletes.

H O R N E D FR O G STR O N G

H E L P I N G T O M A K E F R O G S T U D E N T - AT H L E T E S R E AC H T H E I R P OT E N T I A L

TCU STRENgTh & CONDITION INg

3The No. 1 goal of TCU’s strengh and condit ioning program is to make each student-athlete stronger, faster

and more power ful in their respec t ive spor t , which in turn helps prevent in jur y.

3TCU’s spor t-speci f ic t ra ining regiments are preventat ive in nature. The program’s strength and condit ioning

profess ionals are entrusted with the care and guidance of student-athletes f rom across the countr y and

molding them into e l i te wor ld- c lass athletes dur ing their careers as Frogs.

3The Lady Frogs ut i l ize the ta lents of st rength coach Levi Memmer (below r ight) . Memmer designs indiv idual

workout regimens to help each player reach their potent ia l on the cour t .

3TCU boasts a strong col lection of strength and condit ioning faci l i t ies, especial ly for basketbal l . In addit ion

to a 9,000-square -foot main athletics weight room in the Walsh Complex (below left) , there also is a separate

faci l i ty in the Schollmaier Basketbal l Complex (opposite page) intended soley for men’s and women’s hoops.

The TCU athletic training staff aims to provide the highest level of sports medicine care so Frog

student-athletes can keep themselves on the field of play. The staff uses processes combining

care, prevention and rehabilitation with the supervision of nutritional and physiological needs of

each student-athlete.

S PO RTS M E D I C I N E

KEEP INg FROgS ON ThE COURTS P O R T S M E D I C I N E S TA F F H E L P S AT H L E T E S S TAY I N T H E G A M E

4The Lady Frogs uti l ize an athletic training room in the DMC (r ight top). There also

are faci l i t ies in the Walsh Center, Lupton Stadium and the University Rec Center.

4The Walsh facil ity received a facelift in the Fall of 2008 featuring a newly remodeled

rehab room (right center) that includes all-new state -of-the -art equipment.

4TCU employs a large spor ts medic ine staf f featur ing s ix fu l l - t ime athlet ic medic ine

personnel , one ful l - t ime physic ian, one par t-t ime nutr i t ionist , four graduate

ass istants and at least 30 athlet ic t ra ining students.

4The Frogs are covered year-round by a staf f headed up by Ass istant Athlet ic Tra iner

Valer ie Tink lepaugh (below r ight) . Tink lepaugh is ass isted by athlet ic t ra ining

student Alyc ia Landers (below lef t ) dur ing each home game and prac t ice sess ion.

4TCU is one of the few NCAA athlet ics programs with a fu l l - t ime physic ian on staf f

and has mult iple af f i l iat ions with area physicans.

student Alyc ia Landers (below lef t ) dur ing each home game and prac t ice sess ion.

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Before practice, before the training room and before watching film there are the books. Up early

and up late, TCU student-athletes strive for excellence in the classroom, just as they do on the

playing field.

ACAD E M I C S U C C ESS

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AChIEV INg SUCCESS AT ACADEMICS

4TCU student-athletes work as hard academical ly as they do in competit ion, and their c lassroom commitment

shows. The depar tmental cumulat ive grade -point average of 2 .96 in the spr ing 2009 semester i s the highest

s ince t rack ing began in Fal l 1998.

4Eight y- one TCU student-athletes graduated dur ing the 2008-09 academic year, inc luding three former women’s

basketbal l p layers : Lor ie But ler-R ayford, M onek a K night (below lef t ) and Helen Roden (below r ight) .

4Among those basketbal l p layers earning academic recognit i t ion was junior Emi ly Car ter ( r ight) , who was

named to the Academic Al l -Mountain West Conference Team for the spr ing 2009 semester.

4TCU’s Athlet ic Academic S er vices O ff ice (AASO) , made up of the Davis Academic Learning Center and the Abe

M ar t in Academic Enhancement Center, of fers academic suppor t ser v ices for a l l Frog student-athletes.

4I n addit ion to f ive fu l l - t ime staf f members, the AASO also ut i l izes the help of t wo graduate ass istants and

f ive undergrad student workers, in addit ion to a pool of 50-plus tutors. The academic advisor to the Lady

Frogs is Ass istant Direc tor of Athlet ic Academic Ser vies Kel le Brant ing.

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Just as important as winning games at TCU, the women’s basketball staff likes to focus intently

on molding well-rounded student-athletes. The Lady Frogs not only compete for one of the top

programs in the nation, but they continue to remain a fixture in the community each season.

I N TH E C O M M U N ITY

2008-09 wOMEN’S BASKETBALL SERV ICE ACTIV ITI ESS U P E R F R O G R E A D I N G C H A L L E N G E

I n what has been one of TCU Athlet ics’ more popular ser v ice ac t iv i t ies, s tudent-athletes and

SuperFrog v is i t se lec t e lementar y schools throughout the year for a program intended to

encourage students in For t Wor th e lementar y schools to read.

TA R R A N T A R E A F O O D B A N k V I S I T

Lady Frog basketbal l p layers v isted the Tarrant Area Food Bank on mult iple occas ions

to donate t ime and ef for t for the “Back packs for K ids” program, which provides

underpr iv i leged chi ldren with food dur ing weekends when school lunches are unavai lable.

TCU players helped stuf f back packs with food that was to be distr ibuted to those chi ldren

throughout the area .

FORT WORTH BRUSH UP

The Lady Frogs ser ved in the fa l l of 2009 as Paint Team members for the For t Wor th Brush

Up program, which was organized for volunteers to paint the ex ter iors of homes owned by

the Cit y of For t Wor th for low-income fami l ies, the e lder ly and persons with disabi l i t ies.

CO O k C H I L D R E N ’S H O S P I TA L V O LU N T E E R S

Each member of the women’s basketbal l team spent a minimum of 20 hours dur ing the

2008-09 academic year v is i t ing and interac t ing with chi ldren at the For t Wor th-area Cook

Chi ldren’s Hospita l .

FROgS REACh OUT TO COMMUNITYW O R K I N G W I T H A R E A YO U T H A M O N G T C U ’ S FAV O R I T E S E R V I C E P R O J E C T S

4Year af ter year, the women’s basketbal l team logs hundreds of hours ser v ing the local For t

Wor th communit y.

4Chief among the ser v ice ac t iv i t ies i s work ing with area youth, as the Lady Frogs attempt

to use their posit ions as role models to have a posit ive impac t .

4Even when not out in the communit y, TCU l ikes to t r y and make an impac t . Selec t players

stay af ter each game to s ign autographs for chi ldren, whi le Projec t Purple is a program

designed to col lec t and distr ibute f ree t ickets so that thousands of underpr ivelaged youth

can attend Lady Frog games each season.

TH I S I S TC U BAS KETBALLTH I S I S TC U BAS KETBALL

Year af ter year, the women’s basketbal l team logs hundreds of hours ser v ing the local For t

des igned to col lec t and distr ibute f ree t ickets so that thousands of underpr ivelaged youth

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From its inception in 1999, the Mountain West Conference has been committed to excellence in intercollegiate

athletics, while promoting the academic missions of its member institutions. Fresh off the celebration of its 10th

anniversary in 2008-09, the MWC continues to cultivate opportunities for student-athletes to compete at the highest

level, while fostering academic achievement and sportsmanship. Over its 10-year history, the MWC has been assertive

in its involvement with the NCAA governance structure and has taken a leadership role in the overall administration

of intercollegiate athletics. Progressive in its approach, the MWC has marked several achievements over its first

decade of existence, most notably becoming the first to establish a sports television network dedicated solely to an

intercollegiate athletic conference (The Mtn.). The Mountain West Conference is noted for its geographic diversity. Some

of the most beautiful terrain and landscapes in the nation can be found within Mountain West Conference boundaries,

including the majestic Rocky Mountain range, which borders four MWC schools (Air Force, BYU, Colorado State and

Utah). The high plains of Wyoming (elevation 7,220 feet – the highest Division I campus in the nation) contrast with the

desert city of Las Vegas (the fastest growing metropolitan area in the West) and the Pacific Ocean locale of San Diego

State. The southwestern flavor of New Mexico complements the western heritage and culture of Fort Worth, Texas, home

of the MWC’s most recent member, TCU.

From its inception in 1999, the Mountain West Conference has been committed to excellence in intercollegiate

athletics, while promoting the academic missions of its member institutions. Fresh off the celebration of its 10th

anniversary in 2008-09, the MWC continues to cultivate opportunities for student-athletes to compete at the highest

I N TH E M O U NTA I N W EST

I N TH E M O U NTA I N W EST H I S T O R Y O F T H E M O U N TA I N W E S T C O N F E R E N C E

MOUNTA IN wEST CONFERENCE

The Mountain West Conference was conceived on May 26, 1998, when the

presidents of eight institutions — Air Force, Brigham Young, Colorado State, New

Mexico, San Diego State, UNLV, Utah and Wyoming — decided to form a new NCAA

Division I-A intercollegiate athletic conference. The split from the former 16-team

conference re -established continuity and stability among the membership within

the new league and signaled the continuation of its tradition-rich, long-standing

athletic r ivalries. Five of the MWC’s eight members have been conference rivals

since the 1960s (BYU, Utah, New Mexico, Wyoming, Colorado State), while San

Diego State (1978) and Air Force (1980) were longtime members as well. UNLV

entered the fold in 1996 and TCU began its f irst year of competition in 2005-06,

completing the membership in the MWC as it stands today.

T C U ’ S M O U N TA I N W E S T C O N F E R E N C E S U C C E S STCU has experienced a high level of success on a department-wide scale since

joining the Mountain West Conference prior to the 2005-06 academic year. The

Horned Frogs finished 2008-09 with four league team championships—two

regular season and two postseason titles—to bring the school’s total count to

14 in only four years of competition. The Lady Frogs experienced another solid

season in the Mountain West with a 12-4 conference record and third-place

finish, only one game behind the league co-champions. TCU has never finished

lower than third in the MWC in its four seasons of women’s basketball.

L A S V E G A S L I G H T SThe Mountain West Conference plays host to numerous events every year in Las

Vegas. Included among the list is the Conoco MWC Men’s and Women’s Basketball

Championships, which return to Las Vegas for the fourth straight season in 2010.

The event will be held March 9-13 at UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center.

Texas Christian University is forging into all-new frontiers today—the explosion of technology;

the reality of a global society; the wonder found in diversity; the satisfaction of understanding

the world we live in and making it better. At TCU, students find small classes (a 14:1 student-to-

teacher ratio), challenging and caring professors and countless ways to get involved and lead.

A challenging academic environment helps individuals grow as thinkers, writers and speakers.

Learning to change the world isn’t just some lofty idea. For thousands of students who choose

TCU each year, it’s what they work toward every day.

Texas Christian University is forging into all-new frontiers today—the explosion of technology;

TH E U N I V E R S I TY

T E X A S C H R I S T I A N U N I V E R S I T Y — A B R I D G E TO T H E WO R L D

wELCOME TO CAMPUS

3TCU is in the top -10 percent of Amer ican col leges and univers i t ies and is l i s ted in

U S N e w s a n d Wo r l d R e p o r t ’s Amer ica’s Best Col leges.

3At TCU, you’ l l f ind a diverse learning community offer ing more than 100 undergraduate

majors across eight col leges - l iberal ar ts, business, communication, education, f ine ar ts,

nursing and health sciences, science and engineering and the John V. Roach Honors College.

3Our more than 200 student organizat ions give students more to do than they ’ l l have t ime

for. Our athletes do more than just p lay bal l . They a lso lead in student government, worship

their own way, work for the school paper, s ing in the choir, jo in soror i t ies,

or do a l l of the above.

TC U AT A G LAN C E TCU BY ThE NUMBERS

• Enrollment of 8,853

· 7,640 undergraduates

· 1,213 graduate and professional students

• 117 undergraduate majors

• 41 master’s level programs

• 15 doctoral fields of study

• Approximately 1,820 employees

· 506 full-time faculty members, 83 percent

hold the highest degree in their discipline

· 14:1 full-time equivalent student/faculty ratio

• Budget of $364.4 million

• Endowment of more than $1.1 billion

• 74,300 living alumni

• Founded in 1873

• Estimated annual cost, including housing,

books and fees, is $39,030

ABOUT TCU’S STUDENTS

• 25 Percent of students from outside Texas

• 23-28 Mid-50 ACT score range

• 30 Percent of students outside the Metroplex

• 44 Percent of students from Fort Worth-Dallas

• 53 Percent of freshmen ranked in the top 20

percent of their high school class

• 78 Countries represented on campus

• 95 Percent of freshmen who live on campus

• 1060-1260 Mid-50 percent SAT score range

ADDRAN COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTSAerospace Studies

Anthropology

Asian Studies*

British & Colonial/Post-Colonial Studies*

Classical Studies*

Criminal Justice

Economics

English

Geography

History

Military Science

Modern Language Studies

· French studies

· German studies

· Italian studies

· Japanese studies

Philosophy

Political Science

Pre-Law Track

Pre-Major Track

Religion

Sociology

Spanish and Latin American Studies

Women’s Studies*

NEELEY SCHOOL OF BUSINESSBusiness

· Accounting#

· Electronic Business

· Entrepreneurial Management#

· Finance#

· Marketing#

· Supply & Value Chain Mgmt.

General Business*

* - available as a minor only

# - available with International Emphasis

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE & ENGINEERINGAstronomy

Biology

Chemistry

Child Development*

Computer Information Technology

Computer Science

Engineering

· Electrical

· Mechanical

Environmental Earth Resources

Environmental Science

Geology

Health Care Ethics

Mathematics

Neuroscience

Nutritional Sciences

· Coordinated Program In Dietetics

· Nutrition

· Food Management

Physics

Pre-Health Professions Track

· Pre-Dentistry

· Pre-Medicine

· Pre-Optometry

· Pre-Pharmacy

· Pre-Podiatry

· Pre-Veterinary

Psychology

Ranch Management

COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATIONBroadcast Journalism

Communication Studies

International Communications

· News Editorial

· Global Adv./Public Relations

News Editorial

· Newspaper/Magazine

· Periodical Design

· Photojournalism

Digital Media/TV/Film

Strategic Communications

COLLEGE OF FINE ARTSArt Administration*

Art Education

Art History

Classical and Contemporary Dance

Fashion Merchandising

Graphic Design

Interior Design

· Church Music

· Music Education

· Orchestra Instraments

· Organ

· Opera

· Performance

· Piano

· Piano Pedagogy

· Voice

Presentation*

Studio Art

Theatre

· Acting

· Design

· Directing

· Make-Up and Hair

· Musical Theatre

· Stagecraft

COLLEGE OF EDUCATIONEducation

· Early Childhood Education

· Middle School Education

· Secondary Education

HARRIS COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCESAthletic Training

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W HAT’S N E W AT TC U

Great progress has been made at Texas Chrisitan University in the last several years in terms of

campus growth. The school has invested more than $500 million in new facilities and upgrades to

campus classrooms, laboratories and residence halls. The individual projects have radically changed

the face of campus, and further advances continue each day.

C A M P U S L I F E I M P R O V E D T H R O U G H R E C E N T A D D I T I O N S T O C A M P U S

BU ILD INg FOR ThE FUTURE

3Among the recent building projects at TCU have been the addit ions of several new housing faci l i t ies.

Aside from four new student residence hal ls on campus, apar tment-syle l iving complexes exist

both on and off campus.

3Located mere blocks east of campus is the GrandMarc at Westberr y Place (top left) , where many

members of the women’s basketbal l team have l ived in recent years. The GrandMarc provides the

convenience of a campus location and the amenit ies of a pr ivate luxur y apar tment community.

3The new Brown Lupton Univers i t y Union (below) , completed in the fa l l of 2008, features three

separate dining opt ions. Market Square (middle lef t ) , an 800-seat hal l where TCU students can watch their food being gr i l led, seared, tossed or baked to order, boasts seven di f ferent var iet ies of cuis ine

f rom which students can selec t on a l l -you- can- eat terms.

3The 34,000-square -foot TCU Barnes & Noble Bookstore (below lef t ) was added in 2008. The new

bookstore includes a Starbucks Café and a lso sel ls an ex tensive selec t ion of TCU fan gear.

Among the recent building projects at TCU have been the addit ions of several new housing faci l i t ies.

separate dining opt ions. Market Square (middle lef t ) , an 800-seat hal l where TCU students can watch their food being gr i l led, seared, tossed or baked to order, boasts seven di f ferent var iet ies of cuis ine

I N S I D E TH E M ETR O PLE XFort Worth continues to wear its cowboy heritage and exude a prop-your-feet-up-

and-stay-awhile spirit. Smiles and nods are the norm. Optimism, like a friendly

handshake, is undeniable. Yet as much as Fort Worth began on the open range, it

thrives more today as a cosmopolitan city. It marries a proud cowboy heritage with a

distinct sophistication that sets the city apart. Downtown itself is only five miles from

campus. Sundance Square invites patrons to enjoy the 20-block entertainment and

shopping venue. Where else can you take your pick of more than 25 upscale eateries,

see a movie, attend a play, listen to a symphony or dance under the stars – all within

walking distance of each other? Fort Worth connects with nearby Dallas and other

surrounding communities for what is simply known as the “Metroplex,” which boasts

a total population of more than 6.1 million to form the fourth-largest metropolitan

area in the United States.

DALLAS-FORT wORTh QU ICK FACTS4For t Wor th ranks No. 1 among fastest growing c i t ies in Texas ; 18th nat ional ly

( ranked by CNN money.com)

4There are f ive major profess ional spor ts teams in DFW

(Cowboys, Maver icks, R angers, Stars and FC Dal las)

4For t Wor th is a lso home to minor league basebal l ’s For t Wor th Cats

4There are 21 mal ls in DFW

4There are 13 movie theaters in For t Wor th and the surrounding areas

4There are more than 350 restaurants in the Dal las/For t Wor th Metroplex

4An average of 1 ,150 commercia l f l ights f ly in and out of DFW I nternat ional

Ai rpor t on a dai ly bas is ( to at least 85 c i t ies a day)

4There are 22 a i r l ines that f ly in and out of DFW Airpor t

4There are approximately 1 ,500 churches in Dal las/For t Wor th

4Dal las/For t Wor th is made up of 12 count ies

( TCU is located in Tarrant Count y)

4The Metroplex ’s total populat ion of more than 6 .1 mi l l ion res idents ranks No. 4

among the top metropol i tan areas in the United States

4There are more than 600,000 people l iv ing in For t Wor th

4The land area of For t Wor th is 293 square mi les

4Approximately 7 .5 mi l l ion people v is i t For t Wor th each year,

br inging $900 mi l l ion to the local economy

4For t Wor th is home to Bi l ly Bob’s , the largest honk y-tonk in the wor ld

The ins ide of this landmark is three acres

DEEP IN ThE hEART OF TEXASFORT WORTH COMBINES DOWN HOME FEEL WITH COSMOPOLITAN FL AIR

Pr o s Pe ctsWho is a Prospective Student-Athlete (Prospect)?

You are a prospect if you have started classes for the ninth grade. Before the ninth grade, you may become a prospect if a university provides you (or your family or friends) any financial aid or other benefit that is not usually provided to prospective student-athletes generally.

How do I know if I’m being recruited?There are several ways to be recruited: (1) A coach may provide you

with an official paid visit to view the campus, (2) a coach may arrange an in-person, off-campus meeting with you (or your family), or (3) a coach or staff member may call you (or your family) on more than one occasion for the purpose of recruitment. Only coaches and athletic department staff can be involved in the recruiting process. Athletic representatives are prohibited from contacting a prospective student-athlete or members of his/her family by telephone, letter or in person for the purpose of encouraging participation in athletics at TCU. Please contact the coaching staff if you know of a prospect that may have the interest and ability to participate in intercollegiate athletics at TCU. The coach can then take appropriate action.

What is a Contact?A contact is any face-to-face encounter between a prospect or the

prospect’s parent(s) or legal guardian and an institutional staff member or athletic representative during which any dialogue occurs in excess of an exchange of greeting. NOTE: At the Division I level, athletic representatives (boosters) may not contact you for the purpose of recruiting.

What can TCU offer you to attend?You (or your family) may not receive any benefit, inducement, or

arrangements (e.g. cash, clothing, cars, gifts, loans, etc...) to encourage you to sign a National Letter of Intent. TCU may offer you a one-year scholarship that covers room and board, tuition and fees, and required course-related books, or any part of these. TCU can recommend that this aid is renewed each year, as is the general practice at the institution, but this renewal is not guaranteed.

B o o ste r sWho is a “booster”?

A “booster” is known in NCAA terms as a “representative of the institution’s athletics interests.” You become a booster if:

•youhaveeverbeenamemberofanyorganizationpromoting TCU Athletics, •youhaveevermadeanytypeofdonationtotheFrogClub, TCU Athletics or any other TCU booster organization, •youhaveeverassistedinevaluatingorrecruitingprospective student-athletes, •youhaveeverassistedinprovidingbenefitstoenrolled student-athletes or their families, •youhavepromotedTCUAthleticsinanyothermanner.

NCAA Bylaw 13.02.13.1 mandates that when you become a booster, you retain that identity for the rest of your life. As a representative of TCU’s athletics interests, you are bound by NCAA rules. TCU is responsible for your actions.

I N st ItUt I o NAL c o Ntr o L“Institutional control” of athletics is a fundamental requirement

of NCAA rules. The NCAA constitution provides that each institution shall be responsible for ensuring that student-athletes, members of the institution’s staff and other individuals or groups that represent the institution’s athletics interests comply with all applicable NCAA regulations.

Because of the complexity of NCAA rules, this document does not include all applicable situations and should not be relied upon exclusively.

c o NtAct I N fo r mAtI o NOFFICE OF ATHLETICS COMPLIANCE

Andrea NordmannAssociate Athletics Director - Compliance

817.257.5658a.nordmann@tcu.edu

John CunninghamDirector of Compliance

817.257.5869j.a.cunningham@tcu.edu

Becky HolmesAssistant Director of Compliance

817.257.7068r.holmes@tcu.edu

Stephanie KeyAdministrative Assistant

817.257.7525stephanie.key@tcu.edu

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In the first 22 seasons of TCU women’s basketball, the Lady Frogs had just

four winning seasons and zero trips to the postseason. On Aug. 19, 1999,

the face and reputation of the TCU women’s basketball program changed

with the hiring of Jeff Mittie as TCU’s sixth head coach.

Now entering his 11th season at TCU, Mittie has led the Lady Frogs on

one of the greatest turnarounds in women’s basketball history. The 43-

year-old Mittie has guided the program to winning seasons in each of his

10 years, while taking TCU to nine consecutive postseason tournaments,

including eight NCAA Tournament berths.

Since his arrival in Fort Worth, Mittie has compiled a 216-106 (.671)

record, while exceeding the win total the program accomplished in the first

22 seasons of existence. Mittie’s 216 victories account for 50.9 percent of the

school’s wins in 32 seasons of basketball. Prior to

Mittie’s arrival, TCU owned a 208-402 (.340) mark.

He recorded his milestone 200th victory at TCU last

season, his 10th with the Frogs, during a home win

over Sam Houston State.

Overall, Mittie has been a head coach for 17

seasons, compiling a 367-165 (.690) record. He

ranks as women’s college basketball’s current

leader in victories for a coach age 43 or younger,

while he is 28th overall on the current active winning percentage list

among coaches with a minimum of 10 years as a Division I head coach. He

also ranks among the top-46 winningest active coaches in terms of overall

victories.

Under Mittie, the Lady Frogs were one of only 12 programs to advance to

seven straight NCAA Tournaments between 2001 and 2007. TCU currently

is the only school in the state of Texas to reach postseason tournaments

following each of the past nine seasons.

Others have taken notice of the recent success experienced by TCU.

Two of Mittie’s former assistant coaches, Larry Tidwell and Yolanda Wells-

Broughton, have moved on to Division I head coaching positions at Lamar

University and Texas Southern, respectively. The Frogs have also began to

build a pipeline to the WNBA, as former players Sandora Irvin and Adrianne

Ross both have moved on to play in the league in the past few seasons.

TCU overcame an inexperienced lineup in 2008-09 to put together one of

the most successful seasons in program history. The team put a quick end

to a one-year absence from the NCAA Tournament by earning the No.

10 seed in the Raleigh Regional for its eighth appearance

in the last nine years. Despite returning only five

letterwinners from the previous season, the Lady

Frogs battled for the Mountain West Conference

title to season’s end, finishing only one game

behind league co-champions Utah and San

Diego State.

The year started

off with a bang, as

a home win over

No. 3 Maryland to

open the season

helped push

TCU into the

national polls.

The squad

later added a second victory over

a top-3 opponent with a road win

over No. 3 Cal in the championship

game of the Colliers International

Classic. The decision over the

Golden Bears boosted the Frogs

to No. 19 in the Associated Press

Top 25, the team’s highest

position in the poll in nearly

five years. TCU became the first

team in the nation that season,

and one of only four overall for

ABOUT j E F F MITTI E11th Year at TCU (18th Overall)367-165 (.690) Overall Record

216-106 (.671) at TCUAlma Mater: Missouri Western (‘89)

Nine Straight Postseason Bids

J E FF M IT T I E HEAD COACH • 11TH SEASON MISSOUR I WESTERN, 1989

the year (also North Carolina, Stanford and Texas A&M), with two victories

against teams that were ranked No. 3 or higher in at least one of the two

national polls at the time of the game.

Helping push the Frogs back to the NCAA Tournament was a team

season shooting performance that ranked among the best in program

history. Mittie’s squad set a team record for free-throw percentage (77.9

percent) while adding top-5 seasons for both 3-point field goals made (207)

and percentage (36.7). Ball handling was another strength, as the team’s 425

turnovers shattered the previous season-low total by nearly 70 miscues.

TCU’s performance in 2008-09 set the foundation for future success,

as the top five scorers and top seven rebounders return for 2009-10.

Included among the returnees are each of the team’s three all-conference

performers—first teamer Helena Sverrisdottir and second teamers Emily

Carter and TK LaFleur. The Frogs set a program high by placing each of the

three among the top-two all-league squads. LaFleur, who led the MWC in

3-point field-goal percentage, was named the league Newcomer of the Year,

while Sverrisdottir was the only player ranked among the league’s top-7

players in scoring (No. 3), rebounding (No. 6), assists (No. 2) and steals (No.

TCU earned its eighth straight postseason berth, and first Women’s

National Invitational Tournament appearance, in 2007-08 after Mittie led the

squad to its highest finish in three seasons as a member of the Mountain

West Conference. The Lady Frogs rallied from a 5-7 start to the season and

at one point won 11 of 12 games on their way to a 23-12 campaign. In

addition to finishing runner-up to undefeated Utah in the MWC standings,

the squad tied a single-season program record for conference victories with

a 13-3 league record.

The season marked one of several firsts for TCU. Not only did Mittie’s

squad post the program’s first-ever win in five trips to New Mexico, it also

ended one of college basketball’s longest losing streaks to a single team

during its second-round WNIT win over former Southwest Conference

rival Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas. The victory, the 500th game in Mittie’s

coaching career, was the Frogs’ first win in 38 all-time matchups against the

Lady Raiders, although it was only the second matchup with Tech in the

Mittie era.

The 2007-08 season signified the end of the line for one of TCU’s most

successful senior classes. Lorie Butler-Rayford, Moneka Knight, Jenna Lohse,

Helen Roden and Adrianne Ross helped the Frogs rack up 111 victories, the

second-most wins over a five-year period in program history. Ross (second

team) and Butler-Rayford (third team) each concluded their careers with

all-conference honors, while newcomer Helena Sverrisdottir provided TCU

with promise for future seasons by taking home MWC Freshman of the Year

honors.

Following the season, Ross earned a spot on the opening day roster of

the WNBA’s San Antonio Silver Stars and joined former Lady Frog Sandora

Irvin as the only TCU players to reach the WNBA.

TCU also continued the recent dominance of its home floor by matching

the school record for home wins previously set a year earlier with 15

victories. The Lady Frogs are 53-9 (.855) during the last four seasons at

Daniel-Meyer Coliseum and 129-28 (.822) overall during Mittie’s nine

seasons on campus. Included in the run was a 19-game winning streak that

stretched from Jan. 25, 2006 until Feb. 22, 2007.

During the 2006-07 season, the Lady Frogs finished 21-11 overall, earning

their sixth 20-win season in seven years. In their second season in the MWC,

the Lady Frogs tied for second with an 11-5 league record and earned a No.

10 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

In the NCAA Tournament, the Frogs traveled to Hartford, Conn., where

they lost to tournament Cinderella Ole Miss in the first round. The Rebels

went on to advance to the Elite 8 before falling to eventual national

champion Tennessee.

Individually, Ross recorded one of the finest seasons ever for a Lady Frog

during her junior campaign. In addition to being named Co-Player of the

Year and earning First Team All-MWC honors, Ross became just the second

player in school history and second under Mittie to earn All-America honors.

Ross was named to the Associated Press Honorable Mention All-America

Team, joining former Lady Frog Sandora Irvin as the only All-Americans in

school history. Ross was also a WBCA/Kodak All-America finalist.

In 2005-06 Mittie guided his young team to a 19-12 overall record during

its inaugural season in the Mountain West Conference. TCU ended league

play with an 11-5 mark and a third-place finish. Despite playing one of

the toughest schedules in the country that featured 12 top-25 teams, the

Lady Frogs advanced to their sixth-straight NCAA Tournament appearance.

On March 20, 2006, Mittie led his team to an instrumental victory as the

Frogs knocked-off No. 20 Texas A&M in the opening round of the NCAA

HEAD COACH j E F F MITTI E

M itt i e ’s C oaC h i n g h o n o r s1993-94 – MIAA Coach of the Year

MIAA Regular-Season Championship1994-95 – MIAA Coach of the Year

MIAA Regular-Season Championship MIAA Tournament Championship

2000-01 – WAC Coach of the YearWAC Regular-Season ChampionshipWAC Tournament Championship

2001-02 – C-USA Coach of the YearC-USA Regular-Season Championship

2002-03 – C-USA Tournament Championship2004-05 – C-USA Tournament Championship

C OAC H ES & STAFFTournament. The win was key because it snapped a 13-game losing streak

to the Aggies.

Mittie led TCU to new heights in 2004-05. The Lady Frogs knocked

off their first top-five squad by defeating then-No. 3-ranked Georgia in

Honolulu at the Rainbow Wahine Classic. TCU followed up that performance

with an 80-75 victory over then-No. 13/14 Michigan State in the title game

the next day. The Spartans went on to finish the season as the Big Ten

regular-season and tournament champions and were runner-ups in the

NCAA Championship to Baylor.

TCU ended the season with a 23-10 record for its fifth consecutive 20-win

season and Mittie’s ninth as a head coach. Despite a first-round loss to

Oregon in the NCAA Tournament, TCU made its fifth straight showing in the

Big Dance.

Although TCU did not win the regular-season title in Conference USA, it

did claim its second tourney crown in four years with the league. The Lady

Frogs finished with a 10-4 record to tie for third with Houston and went on

to win the tournament in Charlotte, N.C., by defeating fifth-seeded USF, top-

seeded DePaul and No. 2 seed Louisville in the championship game.

While many Lady Frogs have been honored under Mittie’s tutelage,

Irvin won awards in 2004-05 that left little argument for her not being the

greatest player in school history. Irvin was tabbed an All-American by The

Associated Press, Kodak/Women’s Basketball Coaches Association and the

United States Basketball Writers Association. She picked up C-USA Player

of the Year honors and was selected to the league’s All-Decade Team as

well. In addition to holding 10 TCU career records, she reestablished the

NCAA career and single-game records for blocked shots with 480 and 16,

respectively.

An historic day for TCU, Mittie and Irvin took place April 16, 2005, in

Secaucus, N.J., when she became the first-ever Lady Frog selected in the

WNBA Draft. Irvin was chosen third overall by the Phoenix Mercury, making

her the earliest draftee from a C-USA team in league history. She currently

plays with San Antonio.

In 2003-04, Mittie continued to forge the TCU name across the country.

The Lady Frogs began and finished the year ranked in the top 25 of the

AP Poll and the USA Today/ESPN Coaches’ Poll for the first time in school

history. The Purple and White was the only team from C-USA to remain in

the rankings every week the entire season, finishing at No. 20 and No. 22.

The squad also achieved new program-highs in the polls during the year of

13th by the AP and 15th by the coaches.

Overall, the Lady Frogs registered a 25-7 record, and their 78.1 percent

winning percentage was the best in school history. The 25 victories also tied

a school record initially set in 2000-01. TCU advanced to the second round

of the NCAA Tournament for the fourth consecutive year.

In addition to the all-conference accolades that were earned by two TCU

players, Mittie had his first All-America honoree at the NCAA Division I

level. Irvin was tabbed an Honorable Mention All-American by the AP and

Kodak/WBCA, becoming the first Lady Frog in school history to earn such

distinction.

The season before, Mittie pulled off perhaps his greatest coaching job by

doing a one-eighty with his team when it stood a mere 10-12 and appeared

out of contention for a third consecutive NCAA bid. The squad entered the

C-USA Tournament as the fifth seed with a 15-13 record and went on to oust

the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds en route to the crown. It was the third straight

year Mittie and the Lady Frogs won a conference title of some sort.

In the NCAA Tournament, TCU reached the second round and gave

eventual national champion Connecticut one of its toughest battles of the

tournament. The Lady Frogs actually took a halftime lead over the Huskies,

M itt i e Year-bY-YearYear School W L Pct1992-93 Missouri Western 16 11 .5931993-94 Missouri Western 29 3 .9061994-95 Missouri Western 31 3 .912Totals 3 Years 76 17 .817

1995-96 Arkansas State 17 10 .6301996-97 Arkansas State 20 8 .7141997-98 Arkansas State 20 10 .6671998-99 Arkansas State 18 14 .563Totals 4 Years 75 42 .641

1999-00 TCU 16 14 .5332000-01 TCU 25 8 .7582001-02 TCU 24 7 .7742002-03 TCU 20 14 .5882003-04 TCU 25 7 .7812004-05 TCU 23 10 .6972005-06 TCU 19 12 .6132006-07 TCU 21 11 .6562007-08 TCU 23 12 .6572008-09 TCU 20 11 .645Totals 10 Years 216 106 .671 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Career 17 Years 367 165 .690

becoming only the sixth team in the five seasons prior to lead UConn at the

half of a home game. Mittie’s squad finished the year with a 20-14 mark.

Mittie continued to establish the Lady Frogs as being one of the nation’s

premier defensive squads in 2002-03, and it was exemplified Dec. 30, 2002,

when TCU set an NCAA record for fewest points allowed in a game by

holding Texas Southern to just 16. The unbelievable performance shattered

a nearly 20-year-old standard previously held by Jackson State. The Lady

Frogs ended up in the top 20 nationally in field goal percentage defense

and blocked shots per game.

While Mittie’s record-setting victory over Texas Southern certainly

turned heads around the nation, his victory two days earlier was one of

the greatest of his career and in TCU history. The Purple and White downed

eighth-rated Vanderbilt in a rout, 70-53, to pick up its first-ever win over a

top 10 team.

In 2001-02, Mittie captured the C-USA Coach of the Year award after the

Lady Frogs claimed the C-USA regular-season championship in TCU’s first

stint with the league. He also guided the Lady Frogs to their first national

ranking in program history and their second straight 20-win season despite

the fact that just one starter returned from the previous year. TCU also made

its second appearance in a row in the NCAA Tournament Second Round and

finished 24-7.

The 2000-01 season was revolutionary for TCU, as Mittie led the Lady

Frogs to their first NCAA Tournament showing. Mittie’s squad, though, was

not satisfied with simply making the tournament. The Lady Frogs upended

the East Region’s sixth seed Penn State, a Final Four team the year before.

The victory was the program’s first against a ranked school and the triumph

by the 11th-seeded Lady Frogs was the biggest first-round upset of the

2001 tournament.

The 2000-01 Lady Frogs also rewrote the TCU single-season records book

by breaking more than a dozen school marks. Thanks to an incredible 25-8

record, the Lady Frogs’ win total crushed the previous Division I best of

16 set the two prior seasons. Mittie was also tabbed the Western Athletic

Conference Coach of the Year for leading TCU to the regular-season and

conference tournament titles. It was the first conference title of any kind for

the Lady Frogs.

In the 1999-00 season, Mittie’s first TCU squad posted a 16-14 overall

record and compiled a 7-7 mark in WAC play, good for a share of fourth

place in the league standings.

Appointed to the TCU post Aug. 19, 1999, Mittie is the sixth head coach

to guide the Lady Frog basketball program since the 1977-78 season.

Mittie’s .671 winning percentage at TCU easily ranks as the best in school

history thanks to a 196-95 record. He is also the all-time winningest coach in

program history, a distinction he claimed with a 74-49 victory over UAB on

Feb. 28, 2003. Remarkably, it took Mittie less than four seasons to better Hall

of Famer Fran Garmon, who spent 10 years at the helm.

In addition to increasing the win total, Mittie has sought to upgrade

TCU’s non-conference schedule and increase attendance. In 2000-01, the

Lady Frogs hosted Tennessee in front of a then-arena-record 7,262 fans.

During the 2005-06 campaign TCU hosted No. 2 Duke. In 2001-02, TCU

averaged a school-record 2,621 fans per contest over 15 home games. The

HEAD COACH j E F F MITTI EM itt i e i n th e Po sts eas o n

Year Tourney Opponent Score W/L1994 NCAA (II) Washburn 66-62 W Missouri Southern 75-73 W North Dakota State 74-91 L1995 NCAA (II) Abilene Christian 79-71 W Washburn 73-57 W Florida Southern 79-77 W North Dakota State 67-74 L Stonehill 76-66 W1999 WNIT New Hampshire 78-65 W Kansas State 83-70 W Memphis 86-101 L2001 NCAA Penn State 77-75 W Louisiana Tech 59-80 L2002 NCAA Indiana 55-45 W Duke 66-76 L2003 NCAA Michigan State 50-47 W Connecticut 66-81 L2004 NCAA Temple 70-57 W Georgia 71-85 L2005 NCAA Oregon 55-58 L 2006 NCAA Texas A&M 69-65 W Rutgers 82-48 L2007 NCAA Ole Miss 74-88 L2008 WNIT Boise State 85-56 W Texas Tech 81-74 W Colorado 90-96 (ot) L2009 NCAA South Dakota State 55-90 L

C OAC H ES & STAFFLady Frogs crushed that mark in 2003-04 by averaging a throng of 3,470

each game, tops in C-USA and 31st in the country. TCU came in a hair under

that figure with 3,462 in 2004-05.

The overall attendance figures since Mittie’s arrival on campus are

staggering. TCU has ranked in the top 50 in home attendance in seven

of the last nine seasons. A total of 402,458 fans have attended TCU home

games over the past nine years for an average of over 2,600 per contest.

During the Lady Frogs’ first 17 years in Division I before the Mittie era, just

over 100,000 patrons witnessed a home game and TCU had on average

less than 600 fans per game. Nine of the top 10 and 24 of the top 25 home

crowds in TCU women’s basketball history have come during Mittie’s tenure.

Prior to his move to Cowtown, Mittie pieced together a 75-42 (.641) mark

in his four campaigns at Arkansas State, posting a pair of 20-win seasons

and winning 17 or more contests in each of his four years with the Lady

Indians. Twice his teams topped the Sun Belt Conference in grade point

average as well.

In his final season at Arkansas State, Mittie’s squad finished 18-14 with

victories over a pair of ranked foes in Virginia (No. 8) and Kansas (No. 19). His

team eventually advanced to the final eight of the Women’s NIT.

Prior to taking over the Arkansas State program, Mittie fashioned a 76-17

(.817) mark in three years as head coach at Missouri Western. In 1995, Mittie

guided the school to a remarkable 31-3 slate,

which included a 15-1 conference record, and he led the club to the Division

II Final Four. That squad finished the season ranked No. 3 nationally and

captured both the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association regular-

season and tournament championships. For his efforts, he was tabbed

league and district Coach of the Year, and was among eight finalists for the

national honor.

Mittie garnered league Coach of the Year honors for the first time in his

career in 1994 when his Griffons posted a 29-3 overall and 16-0 league

record and captured the MIAA regular-season title. His club also made a trip

to the NCAA Elite Eight.

In Mittie’s first season, his club compiled a 16-11 record, an improvement

of 11 wins over the previous year. Before assuming the head coaching

duties, Mittie served one season as assistant basketball and baseball coach

at the school.

Mittie saw several of his players pick up numerous honors during his

three-year stay at Missouri Western. Two of his standouts, Tonya Foster

and Amy Towne, were all-conference, all-region and All-America selections

during their careers. Both Foster and Towne set school records for single-

season points scored, field goal percentage and blocked shots. They also

set marks for career field goal percentage and blocked shots. Seven squad

members picked up Academic All-MIAA honors and two snagged GTE/

College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District VII

accolades.

Mittie’s teams continue to hold school records for highest

single-season winning percentage (.912), most wins and

fewest losses in one year (31 and three) and single-season

field goal percentage (.479). Mittie also is tied for the longest

winning streak in school history (21). Missouri Western’s 2001-02

squad tied his record for fewest losses when it went 27-3.

Mittie has never had a losing record and has averaged just

under 22 wins and 10 losses per season. Twelve times Mittie has

advanced his teams to either the NCAA or WNIT Tournaments,

where he is a combined 15-12.

A native of Blue Springs, Mo., Mittie earned his undergraduate

degree in sports management from Missouri Western in 1989 and

his master’s in sports management from the United States Sports

Academy in Mobile, Ala., in 1992.

Mittie and his wife, Shanna, are the proud parents of three

children, daughters Logan and Madison and son Jordan.

guided the school to a remarkable 31-3 slate, College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District VII

accolades.

single-season winning percentage (.912), most wins and

fewest losses in one year (31 and three) and single-season

field goal percentage (.479). Mittie also is tied for the longest

winning streak in school history (21). Missouri Western’s 2001-02

squad tied his record for fewest losses when it went 27-3.

Mittie has never had a losing record and has averaged just

under 22 wins and 10 losses per season. Twelve times Mittie has

advanced his teams to either the NCAA or WNIT Tournaments,

where he is a combined 15-12.

A native of Blue Springs, Mo., Mittie earned his undergraduate

degree in sports management from Missouri Western in 1989 and

his master’s in sports management from the United States Sports

Academy in Mobile, Ala., in 1992.

Mittie and his wife, Shanna, are the proud parents of three

children, daughters Logan and Madison and son Jordan.

Brian Ostermann is entering his second season as associate head coach

for the TCU women’s basketball program after previously serving as head

men’s basketball coach at Missouri State-West Plains for four seasons. In

addition to his duties as a coach, Ostermann’s roles on head coach Jeff

Mittie’s staff include scheduling, academic mentoring, recruiting evaluation

and gameplan preparation and development.

Ostermann experienced a highly

successful inaugural season with

the Lady Frogs in 2008-09,

as the squad advanced to

the NCAA Tournament

for the eighth time in

the last nine seasons

following a one-year absence. TCU collected a

pair of wins over top-3 ranked teams during

non-conference play, climbing into the

national rankings with a high position of No.

19 in the Associated Press

Top 25.

The hiring of

Ostermann reunited him

with head coach Jeff

Mittie, who he worked

under during his first

season as an assistant

coach at Missouri

Western in 1992-93,

which also was Mittie’s debut

season as a head coach.

“Brian has a very diverse

background in coaching,” Mittie

said. “He has been an assistant

coach at all levels of the collegiate

game, and he also spent nine years in a highly advanced role as a head

coach. He also is a great recruiter. We are always looking for someone who

is effective in that role, and a coach is even more valuable when he has the

on-floor coaching talents of someone like Brian.”

“It’s a blessing to have the opportunity to coach at a place like TCU,”

Ostermann said. “To work for the second time with Jeff Mittie, one of the

premier Division I women’s basketball coaches, is

exciting. The program has been one of the best in

the country since Jeff took over.”

A native of Good Thunder, Minn., Ostermann

has logged 21 years experience as a coach at

the collegiate level, including nine seasons as a

head coach. He ran the Missouri State-West Plains

men’s program for four seasons from 2004-05 through 2007-08, leading the

Grizzlies to at least 20 wins in each of his final three campaigns. He posted

an 83-46 record in four seasons with the program to move his career won-

loss record to a mark of 178-107.

ABOUT BRIAN OSTERMANNTutors TCU’s post players

Spent nine years as a men’s head coachOwns career 178-107 record as coach

Sent 26 players to DI colleges

BRIAN OSTERMANNASSOC IATE HEAD COACH • 2ND SEASONWISCONS IN LA CROSSE, 1988

Brian Ostermann is entering his second season as associate head coach

for the TCU women’s basketball program after previously serving as head

men’s basketball coach at Missouri State-West Plains for four seasons. In

addition to his duties as a coach, Ostermann’s roles on head coach Jeff

Mittie’s staff include scheduling, academic mentoring, recruiting evaluation

and gameplan preparation and development.

Ostermann experienced a highly

successful inaugural season with

the Lady Frogs in 2008-09,

as the squad advanced to

the NCAA Tournament

for the eighth time in

the last nine seasons

following a one-year absence. TCU collected a

pair of wins over top-3 ranked teams during

non-conference play, climbing into the

national rankings with a high position of No.

19 in the

Top 25.

The hiring of

Ostermann reunited him

with head coach Jeff

Mittie, who he worked

under during his first

season as an assistant

coach at Missouri

Western in 1992-93,

which also was Mittie’s debut

season as a head coach.

“Brian has a very diverse

background in coaching,” Mittie

said. “He has been an assistant

coach at all levels of the collegiate

BRIAN OSTERMANNASSOC IATE HEAD COACH WISCONS IN LA CROSSE, 1988

C OAC H ES & STAFFOstermann’s final season in West Plains saw his Grizzly squad tie

the program’s best-ever record at 27-5 in addition to reaching the

championship round of the National Junior College Athletics Association

(NJCAA) Region 16 Championship Tournament. It marked the second time

in three seasons of reaching the regional final for the Grizzlies, who finished

the season ranked No. 18 in the NJCAA poll after peaking at No. 10 at one

point in the season.

Missouri State-West Plains began its string of 20-win seasons in

Ostermann’s second year on campus with a 20-13 record in 2005-06. Among

the victory total were five wins over teams that were ranked at one time in

the NJCAA top 10, including eventual NJCAA national champion Arkansas-

Fort Smith. Tyrone Brazelton, who would later help Western Kentucky reach

the Sweet 16 of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, was named Region 16 Player

of the Year and a first-team All-American in his final season as a Grizzly.

Ostermann’s squad followed up its breakthrough season with a 20-12

record and fourth-place finish in Region 16 in 2006-07.

Including Brazelton, Ostermann helped a group of 26 junior college

players advance on to NCAA Division I careers, headlined by Justin Williams,

the 2005-06 Mountain West Conference Defensive Player of the Year at

Wyoming, and Paul Carter, who currently plays for Minnesota. Seven of the

former players have even gone on to play in the professional ranks.

Prior to his appointment at West Plains, Ostermann spent five seasons

as head coach at Colby (Kan.) Community College, where he helped turn

the Trojan program into one of the top squads in the Jayhawk Conference.

The school’s all-time leader in career wins, Ostermann

went 95-61 during his time with the Trojans.

Ostermann was an accomplished assistant coach

before moving into the head coach’s role, holding

positions at UMKC (1996-99), Missouri Western

(1992-96) and Mercyhurst College (1991-92). His first

season at Missouri Western was spent as an assistant

for both the men’s and women’s team. That season

marked Mittie’s first season as head coach of the

Griffon women’s program. One of Ostermann’s early

achievements included the successful recruitment of

two-time All-American Tonya Foster to Missouri Western.

Ostermann began his coaching career as a graduate

assistant coach at Northwest Missouri State University

(1989-91) after graduating from Wisconsin La Crosse in

1988. He and his wife, Julie, have four children: Robbie

(12), John (10), Allie (7) and Emily (7).

former players have even gone on to play in the professional ranks. as head coach at Colby (Kan.) Community College, where he helped turn

the Trojan program into one of the top squads in the Jayhawk Conference.

The school’s all-time leader in career wins, Ostermann

went 95-61 during his time with the Trojans.

before moving into the head coach’s role, holding

positions at UMKC (1996-99), Missouri Western

(1992-96) and Mercyhurst College (1991-92). His first

season at Missouri Western was spent as an assistant

for both the men’s and women’s team. That season

marked Mittie’s first season as head coach of the

Griffon women’s program. One of Ostermann’s early

achievements included the successful recruitment of

two-time All-American Tonya Foster to Missouri Western.

Ostermann began his coaching career as a graduate

assistant coach at Northwest Missouri State University

(1989-91) after graduating from Wisconsin La Crosse in

1988. He and his wife, Julie, have four children: Robbie

(12), John (10), Allie (7) and Emily (7).

Tonya Haut, the longest-tenured assistant on Head Coach Jeff

Mittie’s staff, enters her 10th season at TCU. She has served as

recruiting coordinator since Spring 2007. In addition to her recruiting

duties, Haut assists with on-the-floor coaching of TCU’s guards and

aids with the team’s advance scouting.

In her nine seasons at TCU, the Frogs have a combined record

of 200-92 (.685 winning percentage) and

have advanced to postseason play each

season after never advancing to the

tournament prior. TCU has also won

two regular-season conference

championships and a trio of

league tournament titles.

TCU’s guard play has been one of the team’s strong

points over the past few seasons. The success of the Lady

Frogs’ backcourt was the driving force behind its return

to the NCAA Tournament in 2008-09 following a one-

year absence, as three guards earned All-Mountain West

Conference honors—first-teamer Helena Sverrisdottir and

second-teamers Emily Carter and TK LaFleur.

LaFleur led the MWC in 3-point field-goal percentage

in 2008-09, while Sverrisdottir was the lone player

ranked among the league’s top-7 players in scoring

(No. 3), rebounding (No. 6), assists (No. 2) and steals

(No. 7). As a team, TCU set a program record for free-

throw percentage (77.9 percent) while recording

top-5 totals for 3-pointers made (207) and

percentage (36.7 percent).

The play of former Lady Frogs Adrianne Ross

and Moneka Knight, along with guard/forwards

Lorie Butler-Rayford and Sverrisdottir, led the

squad’s scoring attack on its way to the Women’s

NIT Third Round in 2007-08. The team’s top-

seven scorers each worked under Haut, including Ross and Butler-Rayford,

who claimed All-Mountain West Conference honors, as well as Sverrisdottir,

the MWC Freshman of the Year.

Following the completion of Ross’ career, she became only the second

Lady Frog, and the first TCU guard, to reach the WNBA when she appeared

on the opening-night roster of the San Antonio Silver Stars.

In 2006-07, Haut helped tutor Ross to one of

the finest seasons ever experienced by a TCU

player, as she earned honorable-mention All-

America honors by the Associated Press and was

named MWC Co-Player of the Year. Ross was also

a WBCA/Kodak All-America finalist after leading

the league in scoring and in steals. In addition to her success, fellow guard

Ashley Davis earned second-team All-MWC honors and led the league in

3-point field-goal percentage and 3-pointers made.

ABOUT TONYA HAUTServes as recruiting coordinator

Coaches TCU guardsEight NCAA Tournament bids with TCUFrogs own 200-92 record since arrival

TONYA HAUTASS ISTANT COACH • 10TH SEASONBAYLOR, 1999

C OAC H ES & STAFF

In Haut’s first season at TCU, the Lady Frogs took the basketball world by

storm. It was a season of firsts for TCU, which set numerous school records

including overall wins (25) and league triumphs (13). The Frogs also won

their first conference title of any kind by snagging both the Western Athletic

Conference regular-season and tournament crowns. TCU landed in the

NCAA Tournament for the first time and pulled off the largest first-round

upset that year as a No. 11 seed by upending No. 6-seeded Penn State, a

Final Four team the previous year.

Individually, the Lady Frogs’ starting backcourt of Jill Sutton and Amy

(Sutton) Porter received all-conference accolades. Sutton was a second-

team All-WAC honoree and Porter snared a spot on the conference all-

tournament squad.

Since joining the Purple and White, 15 different players have garnered 20

academic awards from the conference office. In 2006-07, Hanna Biernacka,

Ashley Davis and Micaela Younger were named to the Mountain West

Conference All-Academic Team. Since joining the MWC prior to the 2005-06

season, TCU has had four individuals earn five league academic honors.

Tricia Payne and Tracy Wynn were two of the more notable honorees,

as both received C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Medals. To be eligible

for a medal, a student-athlete must attain at least a 3.75 GPA for the entire

academic year. Payne earned her medal in 2003 and Wynn was awarded

hers in 2004.

Prior to coming to TCU in September of 2000, Haut served as an assistant

coach at Howard Junior College in Big Spring, Texas.

Haut, a native of Waco, Texas, played two seasons at Cisco (Texas) Junior

College from 1993 to 1995. She earned her bachelor’s degree in health and

human performance from Baylor University in 1999 and her master’s in

liberal arts from TCU in 2003.

Formerly Tonya Benton, Haut was married to her husband, Eric Haut, in

the summer of 2009. Eric is an assistant coach with the TCU men’s basketball

program.

In Haut’s first season at TCU, the Lady Frogs took the basketball world by

College from 1993 to 1995. She earned her bachelor’s degree in health and

human performance from Baylor University in 1999 and her master’s in

liberal arts from TCU in 2003.

the summer of 2009. Eric is an assistant coach with the TCU men’s basketball

program.

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Tricia Davern, now in her sixth season with TCU, is entering her third year

as an assistant coach on head coach Jeff Mittie’s staff. Prior to being named

assistant coach, Davern served as director of basketball operations from

2004-2007.

Davern, in addition to helping Mittie tutor the Lady Frog post players,

also helps to coordinate the team’s academic efforts, summer camps

and community outreach program. As director of basketball operations,

Davern’s duties included handling team travel,

academics, film exchange, community

outreach, compliance issues

and other administrative

responsibilities.

A former Lady Frog

herself and member of TCU’s first three

NCAA Tournament teams, Davern

helped the Lady Frogs return to

the national tournament in 2008-09 following a one-year absence. TCU

collected a pair of wins over top-3 ranked teams during non-conference

play, climbing into the national rankings with a high position of No. 19 in

the Associated Press Top 25. Since her arrival on staff, the Lady Frogs have

combined for a 106-56 record (.654 winning percentage).

Davern, formerly Tricia Payne, starred for the Lady Frogs from 1998 to

2003. When she was hired on June 9, 2004, she became the first former

player of Mittie’s to later be hired on his staff.

After earning her bachelor’s of business

administration from TCU in August 2002 and her

master’s of liberal arts the following summer,

Davern became the women’s basketball head

coach at Arlington Heights High School in Fort

Worth, Texas. In her only year with the program, she led the team to the

playoffs for the first time in five years and finished as the runner-up for

District Coach of the Year honors.

ABOUT TRICIA DAVERNPreviously Director of Operations

Coaches TCU postsFrogs own 106-56 record since arrival

TRICIA DAVERNASS ISTANT COACH • 6TH SEASONTCU, 2002

C OAC H ES & STAFF

She was responsible for all phases of the program, from budgeting and

scheduling to coaching and tournament management.

Davern, who came to TCU in fall 1998 after playing at Duncan High

School in Duncan, Okla., is sixth on the school’s all-time scoring list

with 1,178 points. In 2007, her athletic success was recognized with the

induction into the Duncan High School Hall of Fame.

She suffered a torn ACL prior to her senior season and redshirted before

becoming the fifth 1,000-point scorer in school history Dec. 28, 2002, in a

70-53 upset victory over No. 8 Vanderbilt. She averaged double figures in

scoring in each of her first three years and continues to hold the school’s

career record for free throw percentage (.830, 322-of-388). She also ranks

among the top 10 in career games played, games started, field goals, field

goal attempts, 3-pointers made, 3-pointers attempted, 3-point field goal

percentage, free throws made, free throws attempted and assists.

Davern accumulated a number of honors as a Lady Frog. She helped

the team earn its first bid to the NCAA Tournament in 2001, the same

season she led TCU to its first conference tournament crown. Davern was

subsequently named the Western Athletic Conference Tournament MVP

after tallying 26 points against Hawaii in the title game. She was named

TCU’s Player of the Year in 2002 and earned the Janice Dziuk Award in 2003.

No stranger to success in the classroom, Davern was named to the

Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll in 2003 for maintaining at least

a 3.0 grade point average.

She also snagged a Commissioner’s Academic Medal the same year for

attaining at least a 3.75 GPA for the academic year. She earned the team’s

Academic Award in 2003, as well.

Davern resides in Fort Worth.

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Former TCU great Sandora Irvin was added to the Lady Frog

basketball staff in Fall 2007 by head coach Jeff Mittie. Irvin,

arguably the top player in school history who lettered from 2001

through 2005, replaced current assistant coach Tricia Davern as

the Lady Frogs’ Director of Operations.

In her current capacity, Irvin’s duties include

handling team

travel, academics,

film exchange,

community

outreach,

compliance

issues and other administrative

responsibilities. Overall, her task is to

make sure everything runs smoothly

behind the scenes while also serving

as a liasion to anyone who comes in

contact with the program.

“TCU was a big part of me growing

up, and Coach Mittie, the other coaches

and the faculty played a big part in my

maturation and preparation for the real

world,” Irvin said at the time of her hiring.

“To come back and be a part of this program is

very exciting for me. I’m also excited to be able to

see another perspective of the game that I love, not

just as a player but from the coaching side. It should

be a great experience to be able to give back to this

program that gave me so much.”

Irvin, a native of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., who played four

seasons in the WNBA from 2005 through 2008, is one of the

most decorated student-athletes in TCU history. She was

named a first-team All-American by the Associated Press

as a senior in 2004-05 while leading the Lady Frogs to a fifth consecutive

NCAA Tournament appearance. Also one of four finalists for the prestigious

Naismith Trophy that same season, Irvin notched NCAA records for blocked

shots both in a single game and for a career with 16 and 480, respectively,

in 2004-05.

Irvin still holds numerous TCU career records, including: games started

(118), field goals made (686), free throws

made (482), points (1,892), scoring average

(14.9), rebounds (1,370), rebounding average

(10.8) and blocked shots (480). She also

recorded the only triple-double in school

history with 20 points, 18 rebounds and 16

blocks against UAB on Jan. 16, 2005.

“It’s always good to have a former player want to come back,” Mittie said.

“Sandora wants to start preparing for her life after basketball and feels that

she will earn a great deal of experience working with us. She was truly an

ABOUT SANDORA IRVIN Former TCU Lady Frog great Spent four seasons in WNBANCAA career & game blocked shots record-holder

2005 First-Team All-American

SANDORA IRVINDIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS • 3RD SEASONTCU, 2005

Former TCU great Sandora Irvin was added to the Lady Frog

basketball staff in Fall 2007 by head coach Jeff Mittie. Irvin,

arguably the top player in school history who lettered from 2001

through 2005, replaced current assistant coach Tricia Davern as

the Lady Frogs’ Director of Operations.

In her current capacity, Irvin’s duties include

handling team

travel, academics,

film exchange,

community

outreach,

compliance

issues and other administrative

up, and Coach Mittie, the other coaches

and the faculty played a big part in my

maturation and preparation for the real

world,” Irvin said at the time of her hiring.

“To come back and be a part of this program is

very exciting for me. I’m also excited to be able to

see another perspective of the game that I love, not

just as a player but from the coaching side. It should

be a great experience to be able to give back to this

program that gave me so much.”

Irvin, a native of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., who played four

seasons in the WNBA from 2005 through 2008, is one of the

most decorated student-athletes in TCU history. She was

named a first-team All-American by the

SANDORA IRVINDIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS TCU, 2005

C OAC H ES & STAFF

outstanding player for us and one with great name recognition that will

really benefit our program.”

Following her All-American career at TCU, Irvin was chosen as the third

overall selection in the 2005 WNBA Draft by Phoenix, where she played her

first two seasons. She was acquired by the San Antonio Silver Stars via trade

prior to the 2007 season.

Irvin was a big part of a San Antonio squad that advanced deep into the

WNBA playoffs in 2007 and 2008. She helped the Silver Stars finish second

in the Western Conference and advance to the WNBA Western Conference

Finals in 2007, when she played in a career-high 23 regular season

games. The squad won its first-round playoff match-up that season with

Sacramento before falling to Phoenix the following round.

The 2008 season saw the Silver Stars advance to the WNBA Finals after

winning the franchise’s first Western Conference championship. Irvin was

joined on the team by former Lady Frog teammate Adrianne Ross.

Irvin resides in Fort Worth.

outstanding player for us and one with great name recognition that will

SUPPORT STAFF

J o D i C h r i st i anAdministrative Assistant

Jodi Christian is in her sixth year at TCU as an administrative assistant for the women’s basketball program. Christian’s duties include serving as an office assistant and helping manage student workers.

Christian currently resides in Aledo, Texas. She and her husband, Richey, have three children: Ryan, Hannah and Todd. Hannah is a freshman on the Lady Frog basketball team, while Ryan is a senior tailback for the Frog football team.

an DY an D e r s o nAssistant Director of Media Relations

Andy Anderson is in his third year at TCU as Assistant Director of Media Relations. Anderson serves as the primary media relations contact for women’s basketball and men’s tennis and as the secondary contact for the Frog football team.

A native of Cozad, Neb., Anderson previously worked three years as a graduate assistant and intern at Nebraska. While at NU, he was the primary contact for the men’s and women’s track and field and cross country programs while also assisting with media relations operations for the Husker football team.

Prior to his time at Nebraska, Anderson held season-long internships in professional baseball with both the Colorado Rockies and Pacific Coast League office. He also worked for a year at Colorado College following a four-year stint as a student assistant.

Anderson graduated from Colorado College in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in English.

2009-10 TCU women’s basketball staff (L to R): Front row: Eisha Johnson, Tonya Haut, Jeff Mittie, Brian Ostermann and Alycia Landers. Back row: Valerie Tinkelpaugh, Tricia Davern, Sandora Irvin, Levi Memmer, Adam Call and Jodi Christian.

aDaM CaLLVideo Coordinator

Adam Call is in his second year serving as the Lady Frogs’ video coordinator after joining the staff in the summer of 2008. Call arrived at TCU after spending the previous summer as a site coordinator and instructor for Point Guard College, one of the nation’s foremost intensive training camps for high school and college-aged players.

A 2007 graduate of Oklahoma with a bachelor’s in international studies, Call worked as a student assistant with the OU women’s basketball program from 2004 through 2007. During his four seasons with the program, the Sooners won two Big 12 championships

and twice advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.

Call played one season of college basketball at Southwestern Christian in Bethany, Okla., in 2003-04 prior to transferring to Oklahoma. He originally hails from Norman, Okla.

Ke LLe b r ant i n gAssistant Director of Athletic Academic Services — Advisor/Tutor Supervisor

Kelle Branting joined the AASO staff in January as Academic Advisor for the Lady Frog basketball team. She also serves as an advisor for men’s and women’s track and field and cross country and women’s volleyball, in addition to overseeing the tutorial program.

Branting helps TCU’s student-athletes adjust to college life while learning to balance the demands of classes and sport, in addition to being prepared for a career following graduation. In her role, she assists with class registration, major selection, monitors

NCAA eligibility and coordinates academic support services including study hall and tutoring.

A former volleyball player at Kansas State University, Branting graduated with a degree in life sciences in 2001. She received a master’s in college student development with an emphasis in intercollegiate athletics from Kansas State in 2006. The North Platte, Neb., native worked for the Kansas State athletics department as an Academic Counselor for the volleyball, baseball, equestrian, women’s tennis, and men’s and women’s golf teams from 2003-2008. Branting has a daughter, Kennedy, who is in first grade and enjoys coaching her youth sports teams.

Ki M J o h n s o nAssociate Athletics Director/Senior Woman Administrator

Kim Johnson is in her second year as associate athletics director and senior woman administrator.

Johnson joined the Horned Frogs after working the previous three years at the University of Alabama. She was the assistant director of compliance for two years before being promoted to assistant athletics director.

Prior to arriving in Tuscaloosa in May 2005, Johnson worked one year as the assistant director of compliance at Tulane University. Included among her duties were managing

the admissions process for 15 sports and overseeing the financial aid requirements for the NCAA.

Johnson is a 2001 graduate of Northwestern University, where she received a degree in communications.

Upon her graduation, Johnson was hired by Northwestern as a compliance assistant. She worked three years at her alma mater before heading to Tulane.

Johnson received a Master’s of Science degree in human environmental science with a sport management emphasis from Alabama in December 2007.

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J U L i e MaYAssistant Director of Athletics Marketing

Julie May is in her first year as Assistant Director of Athletics Marketing. In addition to handling marketing for the Lady Frog basketball program, she also assists with baseball and football. A native of Topeka, Kansas, May received her undergraduate degree from Kansas in 2004. After graduation, she worked at Marquette as an Athletics Marketing Assistant until 2005. May then received her master’s in sport administration from Wichita State in 2007 while working for the Wichita State athletics department as the marketing

oversight for women’s basketball and softball, and assisting with men’s basketball, volleyball, and baseball. She came to TCU from Penn, where she was the Athletics Marketing Assistant with duties for football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, wrestling and the Penn Relays Carnival.

Mar K M i LLe rAssistant Equipment Manager

Mark Miller, in his fifth season with TCU, helps oversee daily operation of the athletic equipment room, which services 14 varsity sports. He was promoted from graduate assistant to Assistant Equipment Manager prior to the 2007-08 season.

A 2003 graduate of Adelphi University in Garden City, N.Y., Miller is a Nationally Certified Equipment Manager (AEMA). He previously interned at Villanova, working with the basketball, football and softball programs following a stint as marketing coordinator for the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers before the league-wide lockout in 2004-05.

A native of Norwalk, Conn., Miller was the starting goalie for the Adelphi University lacrosse program for two seasons and was named an all-conference selection in 2002 and 2003. Miller currently serves as head coach for the TCU club lacrosse program and is taking classes to complete a master’s degree in advertising/public relations from TCU.

LeV i M e M M e rStrength and Conditioning Coach

Levi Memmer is in his first season as strength and conditioning coach for the TCU women’s basketball team. He is currently pursuing a graduate degree in liberal arts from TCU and is on track to graduate in December 2009.

Memmer worked as an intern at Michigan State and Wyoming, as well as a year-long stint as the head strength and conditioning coach at Black Hills State University. Other TCU programs that Memmer has been involved with include men’s and women’s swimming and diving, women’s golf, men’s tennis and football.

Memmer is certified through the NSCA and USAW. A native of Buffalo, Wyo., Memmer received an undergraduate degree in exercise science from Black Hills State in May 2006.

an D r ea n o r D Man nAssociate Athletics Director for Compliance

Andrea Nordmann, who joined the TCU staff in February 2007 as associate athletics director for compliance, oversees administration of the Lady Frog basketball program.

Nordmann came to the Horned Frogs after serving as the assistant director of compliance for financial aid at the University of Miami (Fla.). She spent six years with the Hurricanes. In June 2003, she was promoted from compliance coordinator to her current position.

A 1993 graduate of Bowling Green State, Nordmann was a member of the Falcons’ women’s basketball team. She later played professionally in Belgium. After her playing career ended, Nordmann served two seasons (1996-98) as an assistant women’s basketball coach at Central Michigan. She then moved on to Eastern Michigan as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator from 1998-01. She received a Master’s of Business Administration from Bowling Green State in 1999.

At both Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan, Nordmann was the liaison for the women’s basketball team to the compliance office.

Va Le r i e t i n KLe PaU g hAssistant Athletic Trainer

Valerie Tinklepaugh is in her second year as the primary athletic trainer for TCU women’s basketball.

A native of Houston, Tinklepaugh shares responsibility for the overall operation of the TCU athletic training room, specifically the design and implementation of prevention and rehabilitation programs for all student-athletes, as well as coordinating insurance. She also serves as an ACI for the education program while working as an adjunct professor in the Kinesiology department.

Tinklepaugh arrived at TCU after spending the previous four years at Villanova working with women’s basketball and swimming and diving. Prior to her stint with the Wildcats, she attended Bloomsburg University to obtain a Master’s in Exercise Physiology while working as a graduate assistant.

As an undergraduate, Tinklepaugh attended Texas Tech and majored in exercise and sport science with a minor in biology. She is a nationally certified athletic trainer, licensed in Texas and Pennsylvania, and a certified strength and conditioning coach. She is a member of NATA, SWATA, CATS and NSCA.

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GRACE ELLIOTTOffice Assistant

E ISHA jOHNSONStudent Manager

CALLI E KEYSEROffice Assistant

ALYC IA LANDERSStudent Trainer

As Chancellor of Texas Christian University since 2003, Dr. Victor J. Boschini, Jr., has had the privilege of leading the university through an extraordinary period. TCU has made unprecedented investments in scholarships, facilities and technology, academic programs, and new faculty and staff, all for one purpose: providing a world-class, values-centered university experience for TCU’s almost 9,000 students.

Reflecting his background in higher education administration and the familiarity with undergraduates that comes from teaching a class in the College of Education each year, Chancellor Boschini knows it’s a 24/7 world for this generation of Horned Frogs. And he’s determined that TCU maximizes all the opportunities for learning.

That’s why the new Campus Commons is open day and night. With four residence halls, the Brown-Lupton University Union, and soon-to be-completed Scharbauer Hall, an academic facility, the Commons is becoming the center of a vibrant social, cultural and intellectual life for students, faculty and staff.

The Campus Commons concept grew from Vision in Action, a major strategic planning effort Dr. Boschini launched soon after becoming TCU’s 10th chancellor. Among the results of Vision in Action are 10 new living/learning facilities opened in recent years; significant increases in scholarships and financial aid funds; the addition of a substantial number of faculty and instructional positions, resulting in a low 15:1 student/faculty ratio; several endowed chairs and professorships; and the creation of the John V. Roach Honors College. Underwriting these achievements is The Campaign for TCU, which has raised more than $203 million, 81 percent of its $250 million goal.

Chancellor Boschini maintains a high profile in the world of higher education. Last year, as chair of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Independent Colleges & Universities (NAICU), he advocated for 1,000 independent colleges and universities across the nation. As past chair, he continues his work for NAICU, which is often described as “the voice of private higher education.” Chancellor Boschini is also past chair of the Mountain West Conference’s Executive Board and is a member of the Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas (ICUT).

In spite of these responsibilities, the Chancellor teaches an honors course, A New Paradigm for Leadership, in the College of Education. It’s a natural fit since he not only holds the rank of professor of education, but also brings an extensive background in higher education administration to the classroom.

Since TCU is Fort Worth’s “home team,” the Chancellor takes an active role in as many community ventures as possible. He serves on the board of directors of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and the Van Cliburn Foundation.

Chancellor Boschini and his wife Megan have given TCU two Horned Frogs: Elizabeth, a 2009 graduate, and Mary, a sophomore. Future Frogs Edward and Margaret attend All Saints Episcopal School.

CHANCELLOR DR. V ICTOR BOSCH IN I

Term Expires Spring 2010Allie Beth Allman (Dallas)Brenda A. Cline (Fort Worth)Ronald W. Clinkscale (Fort Worth)Lou Hill Davidson (Washington, DC)Mark L. Johnson (Fort Worth)J. Roger King (Fort Worth)Jerry J. Ray (Austin)Roy C. Snodgrass III (Austin)William E. Steele III (Fort Worth)J. Roger Williams (Fort Worth)

Term Expires Spring 2011J. Kelly Cox (Midland)Alan D. Friedman (Dallas)Ann M. Jones (Albany)Mary Ralph Lowe (Fort Worth)Matthew K. Rose (Fort Worth)Patricia Penrose Schieffer (Washington, DC)F. Howard Walsh, Jr. (Fort Worth)

Term Expires Spring 2012Marcia Fuller French (Fort Worth)Rafael G. Garza (Fort Worth)Charlie L. Geren (Fort Worth)Nick A. Giachino (Chicago, IL)J. Luther King, Jr. (Dallas)G. Malcolm Louden (Fort Worth)Kit Tennison Moncrief (Fort Worth)Roger A. Ramsey (Houston)Trevor D. Rees-Jones (Dallas)Amy E. Roach (Fort Worth)Joan G. Rogers (Fort Worth)Edgar H. Schollmaier (Fort Worth)Rick L Wittenbraker (Houston)Kimbell Fortson Wynne (Fort Worth)

Term Expires Spring 2013Peter L. Bermont (Miami, FL)John F. Davis III (Dallas)A.R. “Buddy” Dike (Fort Worth)Kenneth J. Huffman (Newtown, PA)Bruce W. Hunt (Dallas)Ronald C. Parker (Dallas)Billy Rosenthal (Fort Worth)Clarence Scharbauer III (Midland/Fort Worth)Duer Wagner III (Dallas/Fort Worth)Lissa N. Wagner (Midland)Robert J. Wright (Dallas) Ex-Officio MembersDani L. Cartwright, Regional Minister, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the Southwest (Fort Worth)

Christopher D. Curtis, President, TCU Alumni Assoc. (Flower Mound)

Colby D. Siratt, Alumni Association Representative (Fort Worth)

John Wooldridge, Alumni Association Representative (Houston)

tC U b oar D o F tr U ste e sOFFICERS OF THE BOARD

CHAIRMAn – J. Luther King, Jr.VICE CHAIRMAn – Clarence Scharbauer III

SECRETARY – Karen M. BakerTREASuRER – Brian G. Gutierrez

C OAC H ES & STAFF

Chris Del Conte was appointed TCU’s seventh athletics director on

Oct. 21, 2009. Del Conte, who has 19 years professional experience in

intercollegiate athletics, was formerly the director of intercollegiate

athletics for Rice University.

During his tenure as director of intercollegiate athletics at Rice,

Del Conte had responsibility for 16 intercollegiate programs and 350

student-athletes, along with coaches and staff. Del Conte also designed,

developed and managed the Rice Vision for the Second Century

Campaign, which has raised over $90 million to date. He secured

significant funds to build athletic facilities such as the Tudor Fieldhouse

and Youngkin Center for Student Athlete Excellence, and also raised $4

million for upgrades to the football stadium. Del Conte also secured

a marketing sponsorship and broadcast rights contract for Rice and

maintained a focus on student-athlete academic achievement, resulting

in numerous public recognition awards from the NCAA for the academic

progress rate of student-athletes.

“We conducted a thorough national search, reviewed numerous

résumés and ultimately found a stellar professional with the expertise

and background to continue guiding our athletic program toward

excellence,” said TCU Chancellor Victor J. Boschini, Jr. “Christopher has

extensive experience and proven ability in collegiate athletics and

academic administration. He has successfully served in leadership

positions in athletic programs throughout the country and guided

the development of strategic partnerships, negotiated and managed

key contracts, advanced student-athlete academic achievement, and

ensured that athletics remained integrated with the strategic direction

of each university he served.”

“I am thrilled to be appointed TCU’s athletics director,” said Del Conte.

“Athletics plays a vital role in the entire university experience and as

such, it must remain an integral part of TCU’s strategic direction. Doing

so enhances and supports not only the student-athlete experience

but also the collegiate experience of all TCU students. This program

enjoys invaluable community involvement and support, has a history of

excellence steeped in tradition and continues building its reputation on

a national level. I look forward to carrying forward the great momentum

that is clearly visible throughout the TCU athletic program.”

Prior to Rice, Del Conte was the senior associate athletics director

for external operations and sports programs for the University of

Arizona in Tucson. In that role, Del Conte had responsibility for the

planning, management and oversight of the day-to-day operation for

the department of intercollegiate athletics. He also functioned as the

chief financial officer for the department; managed external operations;

had oversight and management of all contracts, ticket sales, broadcast

rights fees, corporate sponsorships, and trademarks and licensing; and

oversight of all facility construction.

He has served on various professional committees and associations

including the Division 1A Directors’ Association and the National

Association of Directors of Athletic Development.

Del Conte received a bachelor’s of arts degree in sociology from

the University of California, Santa Barbara and a master’s of education,

administration and supervision from Washington State University in

Pullman, Wash. Del Conte is married to Dr. Robin Ward and has two

children, ages 8 and 7.

ATHLETICS D IRECTOR CHR IS DEL CONTE

ass o C i ate ath Let i C s D i r e Cto r s

DAV IS BABBAssociate A.D.

ROSS BA I LEYAssociate A.D.

jACK HESSELBROCKAssociate A.D.

K IM jOHNSONAssociate A.D./SWA

SCOTT KULLAssociate A.D.

ANDREA NORDMANNAssociate A.D./Compliance

2009-10 LADY FROGS

TH E TC U LADY FR O G S

JOHN’S CAREER STATISTICSSeason GP-S Min FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct O-D-T Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts-Avg2008-09 29-5 357 46-108 .426 4-15 .267 9-18 .500 18-42-60 2.1 45 0 18 23 14 10 105-3.62007-08 Redshirted 2006-07 24-1 178 23-58 .397 0-2 .000 6-9 .667 10-22-32 1.3 22 0 4 16 11 5 52-2.2 2005-06 29-8 248 35-82 .427 0-1 .000 9-11 .818 18-37-55 1.9 27 0 4 19 8 6 79-2.7 TOTALS 82-14 783 104-248 .419 4-18 .222 24-38 .632 147 1.8 40 0 26 58 33 21 236-2.9

TH E TC U LADY FR O G STH E TC U LADY FR O G S

Blk Stl Pts-AvgPts-Avg14 10 105-3.6

11 5 52-2.2 8 6 79-2.7

33 21 236-2.9

2008-09 (JUN IOR):Chantelle John saw action in 29 games with five starts as a junior in her

first season playing for TCU after sitting out 2007-08 as a transfer from George

Washington... ranked sixth on the team in rebounds and seventh in scoring...

scored in double figures twice... led TCU with a career-high four assists during

the team’s season-opening win over No. 3 Maryland (Nov. 14)... scored a

then-career high with 13 points on 6-of-8 shooting vs. Houston (Nov. 25)...

came off the bench and had the best offensive game of her career with a

personal-best 16 points at Fresno State (Dec. 4), when she shot 8-of-10 from

the field and pulled down five rebounds... scored five points, including her

second career 3-pointer, while adding four boards during the Jan. 17 home

win over Air Force... went 3-of-5 from the field with seven points and tied a

career high with two steals during the Feb. 14 win at BYU... totaled nine points

on 3-of-3 shooting and a 3-for-4 effort at the charity stripe during TCU’s NCAA

Tournament first-round loss to South Dakota State (March 22).

2007-08 (REDSH IRT TRANSFER):John sat out the season after transferring from George Washington.

2006-07 (SOPHOMORE AT GEORGE WASHINGTON):Saw action in 24 games at forward, making one start against Coppin State...

averaged 2.2 points and 1.3 rebounds per game while playing an average of

7.5 minutes each contest... registered 11 blocked shots while also shooting .397

from the floor... twice posted her GWU career high of 11 points, during wins

over Coppin State and TCU... also pulled in her former high of seven rebounds

against the Frogs.

2005-06 (FRESHMAN AT GEORGE WASHINGTON):Played in 29 of the Colonials’ 32 games, including starting the first eight

contests of her rookie season... averaged 2.7 points and 1.9 rebounds per

game... recorded her first career double-figure scoring game with 10 points

against No. 19 Purdue... shot .427 from the field and .818 at the free-throw line...

posted eight points, six boards and three blocks against No. 18 Texas... drilled

first seven career attempts from the charity stripe before finishing the season

9-of-11.

HIGH SCHOOL:Ranked as one of the top five post players in Canada during her

senior year... averaged 14.7 points per game and 10.9 rebounds at

Stoneleigh-Burnham Prep School while playing for coach Darrell

Tibbles... also averaged 2.0 blocks per game and shot 58 percent from

the field (128-241)... received the team’s 2005 Coaches Award for best

overall performance and was named a 2005 New England Preparatory

Council “A” All-Star... namedto The Toronto Star All-City Team and The

Toronto Sun Second Team...selected to the Stonleigh-Burnham Holiday

Classic All-Tournament Team... competed as a member of the Canadian

Junior National Team at the 2005 FIBA U-19 World Championship...

helped push Canada to a bronze-medal victory over Brazil at the FIBA

Americas U-18 World Championship Qualification Tournament...

helped Agincourt to the all-city championship and its first trip

provincials in 18 years during her final season in 2004... averaged

nearly 21 points and 11 boards during her final season with the

Lancers... also competed in track & field and flag football...

CHANTELLE JOHNSENIOR • FORWARD • 6-2 SCARBOROUGH, ONT., CANADA • AGINCOURT PREP • GEORGE WASHINGTON44

provincial champion and school-record holder in the shot put... also played

field hockey and lacrosse at Stoneleigh-Burnham.

PERSONALJohn is a sports broadcasting journalism major... has one brother, Zackery

Sparkes... Chantelle Aneika John is the the daughter of Marcia Jackson...

aspires to play professional basketball following graduation, while one day

working for either ESPN or TSN in Canada... considers her interests writing

music, listening to poetry and taking pictures.

#44 CHANTELLE JOHN • SR. • F • 6-2

JOHN’S CAREER H IGHSPOINTS 16 (12/4/08-Fresno St.)

REBOUNDS 7 (11/18/06-TCU)*

FIELD GOALS Made: 8 (12/4/08-Fresno St.) Attempted: 10, 2x (last 12/4/08-Fresno St.)

3-POINT FIELD GOALS Made: 1, 4x (last 2/14/09-BYU) Attempted: 2, 4x (last 1/17/09-Air Force)

FREE THROWS Made: 3, 2x (last 11/23/08-Sam Houston) Attempted: 4, 2x (last 11/23/08-Sam Houston)

ASSISTS 4 (11/14/08-Maryland)

STEALS 2, 4x (last 2/14/09-BYU)

BLOCKED SHOTS 3 (11/26/05-Texas)*

MINUTES PLAYED 28 (11/14/08-Maryland)

* - career highs set while at George Washington (2005-06—2006-07).

7 8 I 8 N C A A T O U R N A M E N T B I D S I N 9 Y E A R S 2 0 0 1 • 2 0 0 2 • 2 0 0 3 • 2 0 0 4 • 2 0 0 5 • 2 0 0 6 • 2 0 0 7 • 2 0 0 98 N C A A T O U R N A M E N T B I D S I N 9 Y E A R S 2 0 0 1 • 2 0 0 2 • 2 0 0 3 • 2 0 0 4 • 2 0 0 5 • 2 0 0 6 • 2 0 0 7 • 2 0 0 9

“KN O W YO U R LADY FR O G S” W ITH . . .

NAME ONE THING YOU CAN’T LIvE WITHOUT...

My family

FAvORITE RECESS ACTIvITY GROWING UP...

Four square

WHAT IS YOUR DREAM JOB?

Anchor for ESPN

FAvORITE CLASS AT TCU IS/WAS...

Interviewing with Dr. Iba

FAvORITE HOLIDAY TRADITION...

Opening gifts after Christmas dinner

I ALMOST WALkED OUT OF THIS MOvIE…

7 Pounds

FAvORITE CARTOON CHARACTER GROWING UP…

Bugs Bunny

FAvORITE FAMILY vACATION GROWING UP...

Jamaica

THE EMMY’S WERE….

Terrible

FAvORITE THING TO WATCH ON Tv OTHER THAN HOOPS...

Track and field

MY TEAMMATES WOULD SAY THAT MY MOST ANNOYING HABIT WOULD BE…

The humming noise I do when something exciting happens

THREE THINGS I CAN’T WAIT TO TRY...

Scuba diving, walking in 5 inch heels, flying on a G5 jet.

Tv THEME SONG THAT I CAN’T GET OUT OF MY HEAD….

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

THIS TREND SHOULD NEvER, EvER COME BACk…

MC Hammer pants.

HANGING ON THE WALLS OF MY BEDROOM...

Pictures of Michael Jackson

THE MOST UNDERRATED BAND/SINGER...

THE MOST OvERRATED BAND/SINGER...

Lady Gaga

FAvORITE ROAD TRIP...

Las Vegas

WORST DANCER ON THE TEAM…

TK LaFleur

THE NUMBER OF TExT MESSAGES I SEND IN AN AvERAGE DAY….

2008-09 (JUN IOR)TK LaFleur started all 31 games in her first season on the court for TCU

after transferring from Nebraska prior to the 2007-08 season... was named

All-Mountain West Conference Second Team and MWC Newcomer of

the Year... was one of only two Frogs, along with Helena Sverrisdottir, to

start each game... led the Mountain West Conference in 3-point field-goal

percentage and was seventh in scoring, fifth in steals, sixth in 3-pointers

per game and ninth in free-throw shooting... led the Frogs in steals and

3-point field-goal percentage, while ranking second in scoring and

rebounds... was 35th nationally in 3-point percentage... placed her

name in several of the program’s

single-season top-10 statistical

charts, including: field goals

made (seventh), 3-pointers made

(seventh), scoring (ninth) and

3-point percentage (ninth)... scored in double figures in 25 of 31

games, while reaching 20-plus points on six occasions... led TCU in

scoring nine times, rebounds seven times and assists four times...

had four double-doubles, the first of her career... opened her TCU

career with a career-high 28-point outburst to help TCU upset No.

3 Maryland in the season opener (Nov. 14)... set career bests in the

game for field goals and 3-pointers... followed up her career game by

scoring 16 points with three treys and six boards against UTSA (Nov.

16)... named MWC Player of the Week for her performance in TCU’s

opening two games... set a career high for assists (seven) vs. Sam

Houston State (Nov. 23)... led TCU with a game-high 22 points vs.

Houston (Nov. 25), in addition to collecting a career-best five steals... made

three second-half 3-pointers in TCU’s Dec. 7 road upset of No. 3 Cal... pulled

down a then-career-high 10 boards, all on the defensive end, at No. 24

Oklahoma State (Dec. 14)... went for 22 points vs. No. 4/3 Texas A&M (Dec.

21)... reached 20 points again Dec. 30 vs. SMU, regrouping from an 0-for-6

start to make seven of her final eight shots, including 4-of-5 from outside

the arc... notched her second career double-double with 13 points and a

career-best 13 boards (five offensive) Jan. 7 at Colorado State... drilled 5-of-

10 attempts from 3-point range on her way to a 20-point performance Jan.

10 at UNLV... led TCU with 18 points and nine boards in the Jan. 17 home

win over Air Force... made 7-of-11 shots,

including 2-of-2 from behind the arc, while

tying Emily Carter for the team lead with

18 points during the Jan. 28 home win

over San Diego State... tied career bests

for free throws and attempts Feb. 4 at Utah... went for 21 points on 8-of-16

shooting (3-of-6 on 3-pointers) during the Feb. 10 home win over UNLV..

went 3-of-3 from behind the arc Feb. 14 at BYU... totaled 18 points and eight

boards during the Feb. 18 road win at Air Force... recorded her third double-

double with 16 points and 10 boards (five offensive), while leading the team

with three assists and four steals, Feb. 28 at San Diego State... made 7-of-8

free throws on her way to 15 points while helping lead TCU to a home

victory over Utah in the regular-season finale... tied a career high with five

treys against UNLV during a second-round loss in the MWC Tournament...

scored 10 points in her second career NCAA Tournament appearance during

TCU’s first-round loss to South Dakota State (March 22).

Tk LaFLEUR’S CAREER HONORS All-Mountain West Conference Second Team (2009)

MWC Newcomer of the YearMWC Player of the Week (Nov. 17, 2008)

TK LaFLEUR SENIOR • GUARD • 5-8 HOUSTON, TExAS • WARREN TOWNSHIP (ILL.) HS • NEBRASkA 12

LaFLEUR’S CAREER STATISTICSSeason GP-S Min FG-A Pct 3FG-A Pct FT-A Pct O-D-T Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts-Avg2008-09 31-31 1009 162-410 .395 64-161 .398 67-84 .798 55-113-168 5.4 60 0 64 76 1 63 455-14.72007-08 Redshirted - Transfer2006-07 32-0 598 62-158 .392 16-53 .302 34-46 .739 27-60-87 2.7 61 1 36 47 4 27 174-5.42005-06 32-0 535 64-171 .374 20-62 .323 26-42 .619 25-35-60 1.9 59 1 27 42 3 15 174-5.4TOTALS 95-31 2142 288-739 .390 100-276 .362 127-172 .738 107-208-315 3.3 180 2 127 165 8 105 803-8.5