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36 2015 PAC-12 VOLLEYBALL MEDIA GUIDE // TEAMS WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS COUGAR FACTS Location: Pullman, Wash. 99164-1602 Founded/Enrollment: 1890/19,756 Colors: Crimson & Gray Joined Pac-12: 1986 All-Time Record: 625-622-10 (36 years) Home Court: Bohler Gym (3,000) Interim President: Daniel J. Bernardo Faculty Rep: Ken Casavant Athletic Director: Bill Moos SWA: Anne McCoy Head Coach: Jen Greeny (Washington State, '99) Career Record: 165-100 (8 years) WSU Record: 53-76 (4 years) Pac-12 Record: 13-69 (4 years) Office: (509) 335-4290 Fax: (509) 335-7168 Assistant Coaches: Burdette Greeny, Shannon Hunt SID: Bill Stevens Office: (509) 335-COUG Fax: (509) 335-0267 Volleyball SID: Linda Chalich E-Mail: lindak@wsu.edu Office: (509) 335-0268 Cell: (509) 432-3263 2014 Records: Overall: 10-22 Pac-12: 1-19 (12th) NCAA: None RECORD HOLDERS KILLS Career: 1848 Sarah Silvernail, 1993-96 Season: 649 Sarah Silvernail, 1996 Match: 39 Sarah Silvernail vs. California (1996) HITTING PERCENTAGE Career: .306 Carrie Gilley, 1990-93 Season: .405 Sarah Silvernail, 1996 Match: .909 Holly Harris (10-0-11) vs. Oregon, 2001 ASSISTS Career: 4553 Keri Killebrew, 1990-92 Season: 1726 Keri Killebrew, 1992 Match: 85 Keri Killebrew vs. USC, 1992 TOTAL BLOCKS Career: 615 Carrie Couturier, 1988-91 Season: 198 Joanne Johnson, 1992, 1993 Match: 20 Traci King at Oregon State, 1989 DIGS Career: 1773 Kelly Hyder, 2006-09 Season: 565 Kelly Hyder, 2006 Match: 39 Oceana Bush vs. Arizona State (2009) SERVICE ACES Career: 143 LaToya Harris, 1999-2002 Season: 55 Carrie Couturier, 1991 Match: 7 Maggy Robinson vs. Washington, 1981 NO. NAME POS HT YR EXP HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL (LAST SCHOOL) 2 Kate Sommer L/DS 5-4 Sr. 3V Pacific Palisades, Calif./Lighthouse Christian Academy 3 Haley DeSales OH 6-0 Fr. HS Burbank, Calif./La Salle HS 5 McKenna Woodford OH 6-4 Fr. HS Chandler, Ariz./Hamilton HS 6 Jocelyn Urias MB 6-3 Fr. HS Tijuana, Mexico/Jose Vasconcelos HS 7 Katelyn Vander Tuig S 5-10 Fr. HS Tulare, Calif./Central Valley Christian HS 10 Taylor Mims MB 6-3 Fr. HS Billings, Mont./Billings Senior HS 11 Ashley Vander Tuig* OH 6-2 Jr. TR Tulare, Calif./Central Valley Christian HS (Azusa Pacific) 12 Claire Martin MB 6-4 Fr. HS Bremerton, Wash./Bellarmine Prep 13 Olivia Coale DS 5-6 Fr. HS Vancouver, Wash./Skyview HS 14 Haley MacDonald S 6-0 Jr. 2V Bothell, Wash./Jackson HS 17 Tani Stephens DS 5-8 Jr. 2V Albany, Ore./West Albany HS 20 Hailey Bethune OH 6-0 Jr. 2V Stockton, Calif./Lincoln HS 21 Casey Schoenlein OH 6-5 So. 1V Bellevue, Wash./Newport HS 22 Kyra Holt OH 6-1 Jr. 2V Hercules, Calif./Albany HS * Has utilized redshirt season. Letterwinners Returning/Lost/Newcomers: 7/6/8. Returning starters in bold. TEAM OUTLOOK Washington State will look to get off to another strong start in 2015 with junior Kyra Holt and senior Kate Sommer leading the way. The Cougars had another successful non-conference slate in 2014, going 9-3. But will need to find a way to carry that momentum heading into the Pac- 12 schedule in 2015. Head coach Jen Greeny welcomes back seven letterwinners, including four starters. She will also have an injection of youth into the squad, adding eight freshmen, the 21st-ranked class in the nation. STRENGTHS » Kyra Holt returns for her junior season after having been the Cougars' leading scorer in her first two years with program. In 2014, she had 392 kills and averaged 3.38 kills per set. She was tied for ninth in the league in double-doubles with 12. Another year with junior setter Haley MacDonald should only help Holt's production in 2015. » Senior libero Kate Sommer (pictured) will play a pivotal role on the team again in 2015. Last year, she was fifth in the Pac-12 in digs per set at 4.27 (512 total) and contributed to the team attack, dishing out 79 total assists. » Four of the eight newcomers to the 2015 squad are 6-3 or taller, and 10 Cougs in all are 6-0 and taller. The team may be young but it should tough for opponents to penetrate at the net. CONCERNS » Holt and the newcomers will look to be more efficient during the 2015 season after ranking 12th in the Conference in hitting percentage at .195. » The Cougars were fifth in the Pac-12 in blocks per set at 2.53. However, Chelsey Bettinson and Ver'Leea Hardaway, the team's two leading blockers in 2014, both graduated. The duo combined for 278 of WSU's 308 blocks on the season. But, with the three middle blockers 6-3 and taller, the Cougars should be able to fill the void. » Bettinson and Jaicee Harris were big offensive producers for the Cougars in 2014. Bettinson was second on the team with 324 kills and Jaicee Harris was third at 296. The duo graduated from WSU so Casey Schoenlein and some of the newcomers will have shoes to fill. » Greeny has a young squad with just one senior and eight newcomers, including seven freshmen. She will have to acclimate to the underclassmen quickly if the Cougs are going to improve in the Pac-12 standings. GREENY'S CAREER RECORD Year School Overall Conference Postseason 2007-10 Lewis-Clark State (4 years) 112-24 (.848) 49-7 (.875) 7-8 (.467) 2011-14 Washington State (4 years) 53-76 (.411) 13-69 (.159) 0-0 (.000) Career totals (8 years) 165-100 (.623) 62-76 (.449) 0-0 (.000) Division I only HEAD COACH JEN GREENY • Prior to joining the Cougars, spent four seasons as head coach of Lewis-Clark State College, leading the team to four-straight Frontier Conference regular-season crowns, including an undefeated league record in 2010, and four-straight conference tourna- ment titles. • Four-time Frontier Conference Coach of the Year and the 2010 AVCA Northwest Region Coach of the Year. • A graduate of WSU, she led the Cougars to a No. 5 national ranking in 1995 and the NCAA Regional Finals in 1996, and the regional finals as an assistant in 2002. 2015 WASHINGTON STATE ROSTER