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12 2015-16 PAC-12 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE // TEAMS ARIZONA WILDCATS QUICK FACTS Location ...............................................Tucson, Ariz. Founded .......................................................... 1885 Enrollment ................................................... 40,200 Colors ..............................................Cardinal & Navy Home Court ........................ McKale Center (14,545) Press Row Phone .............................(520) 621-5291 President ................................ Dr. Anne Weaver Hart Faculty Representative ....................... Jory Hancock Athletics Director ................................... Greg Byrne Deputy Dir./SWA ...................................Erika Barnes Head Coach ............................................. Niya Butts Assoc. AD of Comm. Services .......... Jeremy Sharpe Asst. Dir./WBB SID ................................ Daniel Berk Office/Fax ....................... (520) 626-9395/621-2681 Cell ..................................................(314) 363-5842 Email .................................dberk@email.arizona.edu Website ............................ www.arizonawildcats.com YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORD (since 1981-82) Year Conf. Place Overall Postseason 81-82 0-12 7 10-21 82-83 2-12 T7 10-17 83-84 1-13 T7 8-20 84-85 1-13 8 7-21 85-86 4-4 T2 19-9 86-87 4-14 T8 11-18 87-88 2-16 10 5-23 88-89 6-12 T8 11-7 89-90 5-13 T8 12-17 90-91 1-17 10 6-25 91-92 3-15 10 9-19 92-93 7-11 8 13-14 93-94 8-10 7 15-12 94-95 6-12 7 11-19 95-96 10-8 T3 22-8 WNIT Champion 96-97 12-6 T4 23-8 NCAA 2nd 97-98 14-4 T2 23-7 NCAA S16 98-99 12-6 4 18-11 NCAA 2nd 99-00 13-5 T2 25-7 NCAA 2nd 00-01 9-9 5 20-12 WNIT 2nd 01-02 10-8 T6 14-14 02-03 13-5 T2 22-9 NCAA 1st 03-04 14-4 T1 24-9 NCAA 1st 04-05 11-7 5 20-12 NCAA 2nd 05-06 3-15 9 8-22 06-07 4-14 T8 11-21 07-08 4-14 T8 10-20 08-09 4-14 T8 12-19 09-10 6-12 8 14-17 10-11 10-8 T4 21-12 WNIT 1st 11-12 3-15 12 15-17 12-13 4-14 T10 12-18 13-14 1-17 12 5-25 14-15 3-15 T11 10-20 WCAA member from 1979-1985 Pac-West Conference member in 1985-1986 Pac-12 Conference member since 1986 CANNON BUTTS JONES No. Name POS HT YR Hometown/High School (Last School) 0 Breanna Workman F 6-1 JR Las Vegas, Nev./Centennial HS 3 Taryn Griffey G 5-7 RS FR Seattle, Wash./Dr. Phillips HS 10 Lauren Evans G 5-11 RS JR Phoenix, Ariz./Hamilton HS 11 Cherice Harris G 5-8 SO Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Etiwanda HS 13 Eugenie Simonet-Keller C 6-8 FR La Biot, France/IMG Academy 14 Malena Washington G 5-6 JR Beaumont, Texas/Central HS 15 Keyahndra Cannon G 5-9 SR San Diego, Calif./Mission Bay HS 20 Farrin Bell G 6-1 RS JR Richardson, Texas/Richardson HS 21 Destiny Graham F 6-3 FR East Palo Alto, Calif./Eastside College Prep 23 Michal Miller G 5-7 FR Michigan City, Ind./Michigan City HS 24 LaBrittney Jones F 6-1 JR Cedar Hill, Texas/Cedar Hill HS 31 Dejza James F 6-1 JR Elk Grove, Calif./Pleasant Grove HS 33 JaLea Bennett G 6-1 SO Grand Prairie, Texas/Mansfield Timberview HS 42 A'Shanti Coleman F 6-2 FR San Francisco, Calif./Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep Head Coach: Niya Butts (Tennessee, 2000), 8th year Letterwinners R/L: 9/3 Associate Head Coach: E.C. Hill (Northern Illinois, 1995), 6th year Starters returning in bold Assistant Coach: Calamity McEntire (Tennessee, 2003), 5th year Assistant Coach: Sean LeBeauf (Montevalo, Ala.), 4th year TEAM OUTLOOK • Head coach Niya Butts returns for her ninth season at the helm at Arizona. Despite doubling their win total from 2013-14, the Wildcats still finished last in the league. • Arizona will be without the likes of leading scorer and honorable mention All-Pac-12 pick Candice Warthen. Butts will look to upperclassmen guards Malena Washington and Keyahndra Cannon, as well as honorable mention All-Pac-12 guard LaBrittney Jones to help fill the loss of Warthen. Th trio started the majority of the games last year. • Jones was the team's leading rebounder and the second-leadin scorer and looks to fill that role again. • Arizona placed last in the league rankings in field goal percentage at 36.5 percent and assists, averaging 9.9 per game. New faces will look to improve on that mark, after Warthen accounted for almost 400 field goal attempts last season. • Arizona will be an inexperienced team with eight rostered players with two seasons of collegiate play under their belt or less. The young Wildcats will need to learn quickly if they are going to improve upon last year's performance. • The injury bug has been detrimental to the Wildcats the last several years, taking out key players for entire seasons. In addition to incorporating the young squad, the Wildcats will need to remain healthy, as well. • Speaking of injuries, highly-touted recruit Taryn Griffey will look to make her first appearance on the court this year after missing last season due to injury. BUTTS' RECORD Year School Overall Conf. Place/Conf 08-09 Arizona 12-19 4-14 T8/Pac-10 09-10 Arizona 14-17 6-12 8/Pac-10 10-11 Arizona 21-12 10-8 T4/Pac-10 11-12 Arizona 15-17 3-15 12/Pac-12 12-13 Arizona 12-18 4-14 T10/Pac-12 13-14 Arizona 5-25 1-17 12/Pac-12 14-15 Arizona 10-20 3-15 T11/Pac-12 ARIZ Total (7 yrs) 89-128 31-95 Career Total (7 yrs) 89-128 31-95 NIYA BUTTS Head Coach • 8th Year at Arizona Alma Mater: Tennessee, 2000 89-128 (.410) at Arizona • Overall: 89-128 (.410, 7 Years) The eighth head coach in Arizona history, Butts enters her eighth season at Arizona ... Under her tutelage, Davellyn Whyte was a four-time all-conference selection and the 2010 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year ... One of the most sought- after young coaches in the country ... Prior to landing in Tucson, spent five seasons at Kentucky, the last as an associate head coach ... Also spent time at Michigan State and Tennessee Tech ... A four-year letterwinner at Tennessee and a member of two national championship teams (1997, 98). 2015-16 ARIZONA ROSTER