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16 // 2014 PAC-12 FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE // TEAMS SUN DEVIL FACTS Location: Tempe, Ariz. 85287-2505 Founded/Enrollment: 1885/76,771 Colors: Maroon & Gold Joined Pac-12: 1986 All-Time Record: 639-531 (40 years) Home Court: Wells Fargo Arena (10,734) President: Dr. Michael Crow Faculty Rep: Dr. Gary Grossman Athletic Director: Ray Anderson SWA: Dawn Rogers Head Coach: Jason Watson (Brigham Young '94) Career Record: 161-121 (9 years) ASU Record: 87-103 (6 years) Pac-12 Record: 36-80 (6 years) Office: (480) 965-7178 Fax: (480) 965-5408 Assistant Coaches: Sammie Stuart, Linda Hampton-Keith, James Felton SID: Doug Tammaro Office: (480) 965-6592 Fax: (480) 965-5408 Volleyball SID: Kathryn Roberts E-Mail: kathrynroberts47@asu.edu Office: (480) 965-1237 Press Row Phone: (480) 965-7274 2013 Records: Overall: 19-14 Pac-12: 8-12 (8th) NCAA: 0-1/First Round RECORD HOLDERS KILLS Career: 1871 Christine Garner, 1992-95 Season: 599 Amanda Burbridge, 2000 Match: 39 Amanda Burbridge vs. Washington State (10/20/00) HITTING PERCENTAGE Career: .342 Julia Leddy, 1999-2002 Season: .383 Mandy Stephens, 2003 Match: N/A ASSISTS Career: 5180 Regina Stahl, 1984-87 Season: 1482 Allison Palmer, 2012 Match: 90 Regina Stahl vs. Washington (10/10/87) TOTAL BLOCKS Career: 530 Tina Berg, 1987-90 Season: 260 Tina Berg, 1990 Match: N/A DIGS Career: 2385 Sydney Donahue, 2004-07 Season: 742 Sydney Donahue, 2006 Match: 50 Sydney Donahue vs. LMU (8/26/06) SERVICE ACES Career: 178 Regina Stahl, 1984-87 Season: 65 Regina Stahl, 1984 Match: 9 Regina Stahl vs. New Mexico (9/7/84) NO. NAME POS HT YR EXP HOMETOWN/HIGH SCHOOL (LAST SCHOOL) 1 Bianca Arellano S 5-8 Jr. 1V Phoenix, Ariz./Xavier HS (Tennessee) 3 Genevieve Pirotte DS/L 5-10 RS So. HS Cave Creek, Ariz./Notre Dame Prep 4 Madison McDaniel S 6-0 Fr. HS Arlington, Texas/The Woodlands HS 5 Kwyn Johnson RS 6-4 RS So. HS Kalispell, Mont./Flathead HS 7 Shannan McCready S 5-7 Sr. 3V Aiea, Hawaii/Punahou School 8 Whitney Follette OH 6-2 Jr. 2V Edmonton, Canada/Paul Kane HS 10 McKenzie Willey OH 6-0 So. 1V Highland, Utah/Lone Peak HS 11 BreElle Bailey MB/RS 6-4 So. 1V Highland, Utah/Lehi HS 12 Macey Gardner OH 6-0 Jr. 2V Gilbert, Ariz./Gilbert HS 13 Halle Harker L 5-5 Fr. HS Bakersfield, Calif./Liberty HS 15 Andi Lowrance MB 6-1 Jr. 2V Phoenix, Ariz./Sunnyslope HS (Seattle) 18 Julia Katolik MB 6-4 RS Sr. 2V Athens, Greece/ Third High School of New Philadelphia 23 Mia Mazon L 5-4 So. HS Phoenix, Ariz./Saint Mary's Catholic HS 24 Mercedes Binns MB 6-3 Jr. 2V South Pasadena, Calif./South Pasadena HS 55 Nora Tuioti-Mariner OH 6-1 Sr. 3V Corona, Calif./Corona HS *Has utilized redshirt season. Letterwinners Returning/Lost/Newcomers: 12/4/3. Returning starters in bold. TEAM OUTLOOK The Sun Devils saw their second-consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance for the first time since 1999 and 2000, and their second-straight season with 19 or more wins for the first time since 1992 and 1993. After finishing 2013 with a tough five-set opening round loss to BYU in the postseason tournament, Arizona State returns nearly all of its top talent for 2014 in the hunt for a third-straight postseason appearance for the first time in head coach Jason Watson's tenure. STRENGTHS » All of Arizona State's attacking core returns for another season, led by junior Macey Gardner (pictured), who led the team in kills per set for the the second-straight year with a 4.56 average. Gardner is joined by senior Nora Tuioti-Mariner, juniors Whitney Follette and Mercedes Binns, and sophomores BreElle Bailey and McKenzie Willey. The six players were the team's top scorers for ASU last year, combining for 17.57 points per set and an attack percentage of .226. » The Sun Devils found their setter in junior Bianca Arellano, who averaged 10.67 assists per set, fourth best in the Conference. Arellano also contributed defensively with 298 digs, second-most on the squad. » Blocking is on the upslope for Arizona State as the Sun Devils averaged 2.25 blocks per set in 2013, better than the 2012 average of 2.12, led by Follette's 117 blocks. CONCERNS » The Sun Devils will miss Stephanie Preach, a team leader who was ASU's key libero who led the team in digs for the past three years. Preach's 4.70 digs per set was third in the Pac-12. No other defensive specialist on the 2014 roster logged any time for the Sun Devils at the libero position. » With so much returning talent, Arizona State will have to find space for other roster members to get some playing time to create depth. Outside of the starters, only five players saw action in more than half of ASU's 117 sets last season. WATSON'S CAREER RECORD Year School Overall Conference Postseason 2005-07 Brigham Young (3 years) 74-18 (.804) 39-9 (.813) 4-3 (.571) 2008-13 Arizona State (6 years) 87-103 (.458) 36-80 (.310) 0-2 (.000) Career totals (9 years) 161-121 (.571) 75-89 (.457) 4-5 (.444) Div. I only HEAD COACH JASON WATSON • Hired as ASU's sixth coach in the program's history on Jan. 30, 2008. • In four seasons at BYU, guided the Cougars to an average of 24.7 wins per season and three-straight NCAA Tournament appearances. His 2007 squad reached the NCAA Tournament regional finals. • Spent 11 seasons as an assistant at four universities, including successful programs at Kansas State, Arkansas State, Montana State and also BYU, where he was an All- American from 1990-94. • Played for Australian National Team from 1990-91. 2014 ARIZONA STATE ROSTER ARIZONA STATE SUN DEVILS