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On June 17, 2010, the University of Utah became the 12th member of the Pacific-10 Conference. Utah and Colorado, which accepted an invitation to join the Pac-10 the week prior, will begin play in the new Pac-12 in the fall of 2011. The Utes and Buffaloes are the conference’s first new members since 1978.
“The addition of the University of Utah continues to strengthen the Pac10’s goals of becoming the country’s leader in college athletics. The University of Utah is a great academic and athletic fit, and we are thrilled to welcome (the Utes) to the Pac-10.” - Larry Scott, Pac-10 Commissioner
THE PAC-12 IN 2011 Arizona made 25-consecutive NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament appearances to rank behind only North Carolina (27 straight).
Arizona State ranked in the top 10 in NCAA Division I All-Americans over the past six years.
Cal athletes have won more than 100 Olympic medals.
Colorado has captured 21 NCAA Championships, including 16 in skiing and the 1994 football championship.
Oregon won the first NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship in 1939 and owns 16 NCAA titles in men’s and women’s cross country and track and field.
Oregon State’s baseball team won back-to-back NCAA Championships in 2006 and 2007.
Stanford has won more NCAA individual championships than any school in the nation with 431. The Cardinal women’s basketball team was the 2010 NCAA Runner-up.
UCLA has the most NCAA team championships of any school in the nation with 106 and the most Olympic medalists since 1976.
USC is second in the nation in NCAA team championships with 92 and first in men’s team titles (78).
Utah is only school ever to produce the No. 1 overall draft pick in the NFL and NBA in the same year (2005). Teams have won 20 NCAA Championships.
Washington’s men’s rowing team has won 14 national titles, while the women’s team owns 10 NCAA championships.
Washington State won a national men’s basketball championship in 1917.
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CONTENTS TS MEET THE UTES Michelle Harrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-43 Hennasea Tokumura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-45 Janita Badon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-47 Chelsea Bridgewater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48-49 Rachel Messer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50-51 Iwalani Rodrigues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52-53 Diana Rolniak. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-55 Rita Sitivi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56-57 Taryn Wicijowski. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58-59 Ciera Dunbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Allison Gida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Brittany Knighton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Amy Krommenhoek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Michelle Plouffe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
OPPONENTS 2010-11 Opponents Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66-67 2010-11 Opponent Series Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68-70 All-Time Series Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71-72
2009-10 REVIEW A Look Back at 2009-10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 2009-10 Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 2009-10 Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 2009-10 Box Scores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77-88
THIS IS UTAH BASKETBALL MWC Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 NCAA Tournaments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 History of the Utes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 Utes on National Teams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Utes in the WNBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Travelin’ Utes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
THE UTAH EXPERIENCE Jon M. Huntsman Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Locker Room and Team Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Academics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-13 Alex Smith Strength & Conditioning Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Strength & Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Utah Traditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 University of Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Salt Lake City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Campus Life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Utah Athletics History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Who’s Who at UU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Utah Athletic Venues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
MEDIA INFORMATION Covering the Utes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Utah Athletics Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Media Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2010-11 SEASON OUTLOOK
UTAH RECORD BOOK Team Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Single Game Records / Huntsman Center Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Season Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Career Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93-94 1,000-Point Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95-96 Yearly Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97-98 Individual Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 All-Americans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100-103 Postseason History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104-105 All-Time Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Year-By-Year Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Year-By-Year Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108-114
IN MEMORIAM CHRIS TUNIS “Voice of Utah Women’s Basketball” Longtime Utah women’s basketball play-by-play announcer Chris Tunis passed away on Aug. 23, 2010, from complications of cancer. He was 54. Tunis also hosted the postgame call-in show for Utah football games. He worked in broadcasting in Salt Lake City for nearly 30 years and was a seven-time Utah Broadcaster of the Year. Tunis is survived by his wife Julie and daughter Jacqueline. The women’s basketball team will honor Tunis throughout the season with a uniform patch reading ‘CT.’
2010-11 Season Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-29 2010-11 Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
COACHES/STAFF Interim Head Coach Anthony Levrets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Assistant Coach Velaida Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Assistant Coach Matt Legerski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Assistant Coach Lana Sitterud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Director of Operations Steve Farley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Support Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Coaching Legends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Athletic Director Chris Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 President Michael K. Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
CREDITS The 2010-11 Utah women’s basketball media guide was designed by Mike Lageschulte, coordinator of special projects, and written by Brooke Frederickson, assistant sports information director. Editorial assistance was provided by Kate Sturgeon. Cover design by Brooke Frederickson. Photography by Steve Wilson, Tom Smart, Scott Pettett, George Seeley, Chris Blunk, Dave Saffran/MSG Photos, Kevin C. Cox, Grant Halverson, Franke Donlon, Terry Newfarmer, Frank Jensen, Canada Basketball, WNBA, Utah Travel Council, Salt Lake City Convention and Visitors Bureau.
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2000 MWC TOURNAMENT
MOUNTAIN WEST DOMINANCE • 7 of 11 MWC Regular Season Championships: 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 • Three MWC Tournament Championships: 2000, 2006, 2009 • 130-34 (.793) MWC Record • Two Undefeated Seasons 2001 (14-0), 2008 (16-0) • MWC Record 25-game regular-season win streak from 2008 to 2009
MWC CHAMPIONSHIPS 2006 MWC TOURNAMENT
2009 MWC TOURNAMENT
MOUNTAIN WEST REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 1999-2000 2000-01 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2007-08 2008-09
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NCAA APPEARANCES The Utah women have made 16 appearances in the NCAA Tournament, including seven in the last 11 years. The Utes advanced to the second round for the first time in 1997 and made history in 2001 with a Sweet 16 appearance. Their best showing was in 2006, going to the Elite Eight. Utah is 9-15 overall in the tournament.
Top Left: Utah hosted the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament in 2001, moving on to the Sweet 16 for the first time in school history before falling to eventual national champion Notre Dame. Top Right: Kim Smith (center) is all smiles after the Utes reached the second round with a 74-65 win over DePaul in 2003. Smith had a career-high 35 points in the win. Bottom Left: Utah celebrates its 2006 Sweet 16 win over Boston College, 57-54. The would fall to eventual national champion Maryland in the Elite Eight. Bottom: Utah beat Villanova 60-30 in the first round in 2009. The Utes held the Wildcats to the third-lowest point total alltime in NCAA Tournament play. Katie King tied her career high with with 18 points in the game.
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HISTORY OF THE UTES Top Left: Ute head coach Elaine Elliott earned her 500th career win with a 73-57 victory over Colorado State on Jan. 12, 2007. Her 582 victories rank 23rd alltime. Bottom Left: Deb Asper was a three-time All-American for the Utes from 1982-84. Asper, Smith and Julie Krommenhoek are among the Utes to earn multiple All-America honors. Right: Kim Smith is the only Utah player to have her number retured. Smith earned third-team AP All-America honors her senior season after leading Utah to the Elite Eight.
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UTAH IN THE POSTSEASON NCAA Tournament Appearances 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009
WAC Division Champions 1997, 1998, 1999 WAC Tournament Champions 1991, 1995
Women’s NIT Appearances 1979, 1984, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2010
HCAC Champions 1986, 1987, 1989
MWC Regular Season Champions 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 MWC Tournament Champions 2000, 2006, 2009 WAC Regular Season Champions 1996
HCAC Tournament Champions 1989, 1990 IAC Champions 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 AIAW Tournament 1976, 1977 AIAW Sectional 1978
HISTORY OF THE UTES Top: The 1997-98 team climbed as high as No. 9 in the USA Today/ESPN poll. The senior class of Laura Ross Allen, Amy Alcorn, Alli Bills, Julie Krommenhoek and Angie Thill went to four consecutive NCAA Tournaments. Left: Utah has made seven NCAA Tournaments in the past 11 years. Amy Ewert and the 2001 team were the first to make it to the Sweet 16.
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KIM SMITH Kim Smith is one of the most decorated players in Canadian National Team history. She has been with the team for eight years (2001-06, 2009-10) and most recently participated with Canada at the 2010 FIBA World Championships, finishing 12th. Smith led Canada with 13.1 points per game while averaging 4.8 rebounds per game. She participated in back-to-back World Championships with Canada, also playing in the 2006 World Championships. She scored 78 points in eight games with one double-double and two 18-point performances in 2006, with the Canadians placing 10th. Other highlights include a third-place finish in the 2003 FIBA Americas Olympic Qualification Tournament and a third-place run at the 2009 FIBA Americas Tournament.
SHONA THORBURN A member of the Canadian Senior Women’s National Team from 2003-04. She competed at the FIBA Americas Olympic Qualification Tournament in 2003, where Canada finished third. Thorburn was also in the 2003 Pan American Games.
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TARYN WICIJOWSKI
MICHELLE PLOUFFE
Helped lead Canada to a ninth-place finish at the 2005 FIBA U19 World Championships. She was also with the Junior National Team in the 2004 L’International de Basketball de Quebec and an exhibition series in France.
Served as a team captain for Canada’s fourth-place run at the 2009 FIBA U19 World Championships, held in Bankok, Thailand. She averaged 8.3 points and 8.1 rebounds during the tournament. Wicijowski was also on the 2008 team that placed second at the FIBA Americas U18 Championships
Michelle Plouffe ranked among the tournament leaders at the 2010 FIBA Americas U18 Championship with 14.4 points and 9.4 rebounds per game, as Canada earned a bronze medal. She also competed at the 2009 FIBA World U19 Championship, averaging six points per game in nine games with a high of 14 points against Japan.
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UTAH WNBA DRAFT PICKS Shona Thorburn Kim Smith Leilani Mitchell Morgan Warburton
2006 2006 2008 2009
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7th pick 13th pick 25th pick 33rd pick
Minnesota Lynx Sacramento Monarchs Phoenix Mercury Sacramento Monarchs
LEILANI MITCHELL Traded to the New York Liberty shortly after being drafted in 2008. She has been a regular in the Liberty’s roation the past two seasons.
SHONA THORBURN The highest draft pick in MWC history, She played for the Minnesota Lynx in 2006 and had a brief stint with the Seattle Storm in 2007. Thorburn is currently playing in Spain for PDV Ibiza.
UTES IN THE WNBA KIM SMITH Played in over 55 games over three years (2006-08) with the Sacramento Monarchs. Smith is currently playing in Spain for PDV Ibiza.
MORGAN WARBURTON Participated in preseason camp for the Sacramento Monarchs in 2009. She currently plays with FC Girona in Spain.
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TRAVELIN’ UTES Top Left: Hailey Sawyer (left) shares a jersey with an Italian player during Utah’s 2009 trip to Italy. Top Right: The team poses in from of the Panthenon in Rome during its 2009 Italy trip. Bottom Right: The Utes regularly travel accross the country to face top-notch competition. Highlighted on the map are the states Utah has visited.
HEY, LET’S GO! The Utes have made a tradition of taking an international trip every four years. Below is a list of places the Utes have traveled. 2009: Italy 2005: Spain and Portugal 2001: Denmark, Sweden and Norway 1997: France and Switzerland
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“The addition of the University of Utah continues to strengthen the Pac10’s goals of becoming the country’s leader in college athletics. The University of Utah is a great academic and athletic fit, and we are thrilled to welcome (the Utes) to the Pac-10.” - Larry Scott, Pac-10 Commissioner
THE PAC-12 IN 2011 Arizona made 25-consecutive NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament appearances to rank behind only North Carolina (27 straight).
Arizona State ranked in the top 10 in NCAA Division I All-Americans over the past six years.
Cal athletes have won more than 100 Olympic medals.
Colorado has captured 21 NCAA Championships, including 16 in skiing and the 1994 football championship.
Oregon won the first NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship in 1939 and owns 16 NCAA titles in men’s and women’s cross country and track and field.
Oregon State’s baseball team won back-to-back NCAA Championships in 2006 and 2007.
Stanford has won more NCAA individual championships than any school in the nation with 431. The Cardinal women’s basketball team was the 2010 NCAA Runner-up.
UCLA has the most NCAA team championships of any school in the nation with 106 and the most Olympic medalists since 1976.
USC is second in the nation in NCAA team championships with 92 and first in men’s team titles (78).
Utah is only school ever to produce the No. 1 overall draft pick in the NFL and NBA in the same year (2005). Teams have won 20 NCAA Championships.
Washington’s men’s rowing team has won 14 national titles, while the women’s team owns 10 NCAA championships.
Washington State won a national men’s basketball championship in 1917.
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CONTENTS TS MEET THE UTES Michelle Harrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-43 Hennasea Tokumura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-45 Janita Badon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-47 Chelsea Bridgewater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48-49 Rachel Messer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50-51 Iwalani Rodrigues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52-53 Diana Rolniak. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-55 Rita Sitivi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56-57 Taryn Wicijowski. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58-59 Ciera Dunbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Allison Gida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Brittany Knighton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Amy Krommenhoek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Michelle Plouffe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
OPPONENTS 2010-11 Opponents Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66-67 2010-11 Opponent Series Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68-70 All-Time Series Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71-72
2009-10 REVIEW A Look Back at 2009-10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 2009-10 Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 2009-10 Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 2009-10 Box Scores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77-88
THIS IS UTAH BASKETBALL MWC Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 NCAA Tournaments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 History of the Utes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 Utes on National Teams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Utes in the WNBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Travelin’ Utes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
THE UTAH EXPERIENCE Jon M. Huntsman Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Locker Room and Team Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Academics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-13 Alex Smith Strength & Conditioning Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Strength & Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Utah Traditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 University of Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Salt Lake City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Campus Life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Utah Athletics History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Who’s Who at UU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Utah Athletic Venues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
MEDIA INFORMATION Covering the Utes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Utah Athletics Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Media Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2010-11 SEASON OUTLOOK
UTAH RECORD BOOK Team Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Single Game Records / Huntsman Center Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Season Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Career Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93-94 1,000-Point Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95-96 Yearly Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97-98 Individual Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 All-Americans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100-103 Postseason History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104-105 All-Time Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Year-By-Year Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Year-By-Year Results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108-114
IN MEMORIAM CHRIS TUNIS “Voice of Utah Women’s Basketball” Longtime Utah women’s basketball play-by-play announcer Chris Tunis passed away on Aug. 23, 2010, from complications of cancer. He was 54. Tunis also hosted the postgame call-in show for Utah football games. He worked in broadcasting in Salt Lake City for nearly 30 years and was a seven-time Utah Broadcaster of the Year. Tunis is survived by his wife Julie and daughter Jacqueline. The women’s basketball team will honor Tunis throughout the season with a uniform patch reading ‘CT.’
2010-11 Season Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-29 2010-11 Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
COACHES/STAFF Interim Head Coach Anthony Levrets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Assistant Coach Velaida Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Assistant Coach Matt Legerski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Assistant Coach Lana Sitterud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Director of Operations Steve Farley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Support Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Coaching Legends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Athletic Director Chris Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 President Michael K. Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
CREDITS The 2010-11 Utah women’s basketball media guide was designed by Mike Lageschulte, coordinator of special projects, and written by Brooke Frederickson, assistant sports information director. Editorial assistance was provided by Kate Sturgeon. Cover design by Brooke Frederickson. Photography by Steve Wilson, Tom Smart, Scott Pettett, George Seeley, Chris Blunk, Dave Saffran/MSG Photos, Kevin C. Cox, Grant Halverson, Franke Donlon, Terry Newfarmer, Frank Jensen, Canada Basketball, WNBA, Utah Travel Council, Salt Lake City Convention and Visitors Bureau.
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2000 MWC TOURNAMENT
MOUNTAIN WEST DOMINANCE • 7 of 11 MWC Regular Season Championships: 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 • Three MWC Tournament Championships: 2000, 2006, 2009 • 130-34 (.793) MWC Record • Two Undefeated Seasons 2001 (14-0), 2008 (16-0) • MWC Record 25-game regular-season win streak from 2008 to 2009
MWC CHAMPIONSHIPS 2006 MWC TOURNAMENT
2009 MWC TOURNAMENT
MOUNTAIN WEST REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS 1999-2000 2000-01 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2007-08 2008-09
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NCAA TOURNAMENTS
NCAA APPEARANCES The Utah women have made 16 appearances in the NCAA Tournament, including seven in the last 11 years. The Utes advanced to the second round for the first time in 1997 and made history in 2001 with a Sweet 16 appearance. Their best showing was in 2006, going to the Elite Eight. Utah is 9-15 overall in the tournament.
Top Left: Utah hosted the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament in 2001, moving on to the Sweet 16 for the first time in school history before falling to eventual national champion Notre Dame. Top Right: Kim Smith (center) is all smiles after the Utes reached the second round with a 74-65 win over DePaul in 2003. Smith had a career-high 35 points in the win. Bottom Left: Utah celebrates its 2006 Sweet 16 win over Boston College, 57-54. The would fall to eventual national champion Maryland in the Elite Eight. Bottom: Utah beat Villanova 60-30 in the first round in 2009. The Utes held the Wildcats to the third-lowest point total alltime in NCAA Tournament play. Katie King tied her career high with with 18 points in the game.
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HISTORY OF THE UTES Top Left: Ute head coach Elaine Elliott earned her 500th career win with a 73-57 victory over Colorado State on Jan. 12, 2007. Her 582 victories rank 23rd alltime. Bottom Left: Deb Asper was a three-time All-American for the Utes from 1982-84. Asper, Smith and Julie Krommenhoek are among the Utes to earn multiple All-America honors. Right: Kim Smith is the only Utah player to have her number retured. Smith earned third-team AP All-America honors her senior season after leading Utah to the Elite Eight.
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UTAH IN THE POSTSEASON NCAA Tournament Appearances 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009
WAC Division Champions 1997, 1998, 1999 WAC Tournament Champions 1991, 1995
Women’s NIT Appearances 1979, 1984, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2010
HCAC Champions 1986, 1987, 1989
MWC Regular Season Champions 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 MWC Tournament Champions 2000, 2006, 2009 WAC Regular Season Champions 1996
HCAC Tournament Champions 1989, 1990 IAC Champions 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 AIAW Tournament 1976, 1977 AIAW Sectional 1978
HISTORY OF THE UTES Top: The 1997-98 team climbed as high as No. 9 in the USA Today/ESPN poll. The senior class of Laura Ross Allen, Amy Alcorn, Alli Bills, Julie Krommenhoek and Angie Thill went to four consecutive NCAA Tournaments. Left: Utah has made seven NCAA Tournaments in the past 11 years. Amy Ewert and the 2001 team were the first to make it to the Sweet 16.
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KIM SMITH Kim Smith is one of the most decorated players in Canadian National Team history. She has been with the team for eight years (2001-06, 2009-10) and most recently participated with Canada at the 2010 FIBA World Championships, finishing 12th. Smith led Canada with 13.1 points per game while averaging 4.8 rebounds per game. She participated in back-to-back World Championships with Canada, also playing in the 2006 World Championships. She scored 78 points in eight games with one double-double and two 18-point performances in 2006, with the Canadians placing 10th. Other highlights include a third-place finish in the 2003 FIBA Americas Olympic Qualification Tournament and a third-place run at the 2009 FIBA Americas Tournament.
SHONA THORBURN A member of the Canadian Senior Women’s National Team from 2003-04. She competed at the FIBA Americas Olympic Qualification Tournament in 2003, where Canada finished third. Thorburn was also in the 2003 Pan American Games.
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TARYN WICIJOWSKI
MICHELLE PLOUFFE
Helped lead Canada to a ninth-place finish at the 2005 FIBA U19 World Championships. She was also with the Junior National Team in the 2004 L’International de Basketball de Quebec and an exhibition series in France.
Served as a team captain for Canada’s fourth-place run at the 2009 FIBA U19 World Championships, held in Bankok, Thailand. She averaged 8.3 points and 8.1 rebounds during the tournament. Wicijowski was also on the 2008 team that placed second at the FIBA Americas U18 Championships
Michelle Plouffe ranked among the tournament leaders at the 2010 FIBA Americas U18 Championship with 14.4 points and 9.4 rebounds per game, as Canada earned a bronze medal. She also competed at the 2009 FIBA World U19 Championship, averaging six points per game in nine games with a high of 14 points against Japan.
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UTAH WNBA DRAFT PICKS Shona Thorburn Kim Smith Leilani Mitchell Morgan Warburton
2006 2006 2008 2009
1st round 1st round 2nd round 3rd round
7th pick 13th pick 25th pick 33rd pick
Minnesota Lynx Sacramento Monarchs Phoenix Mercury Sacramento Monarchs
LEILANI MITCHELL Traded to the New York Liberty shortly after being drafted in 2008. She has been a regular in the Liberty’s roation the past two seasons.
SHONA THORBURN The highest draft pick in MWC history, She played for the Minnesota Lynx in 2006 and had a brief stint with the Seattle Storm in 2007. Thorburn is currently playing in Spain for PDV Ibiza.
UTES IN THE WNBA KIM SMITH Played in over 55 games over three years (2006-08) with the Sacramento Monarchs. Smith is currently playing in Spain for PDV Ibiza.
MORGAN WARBURTON Participated in preseason camp for the Sacramento Monarchs in 2009. She currently plays with FC Girona in Spain.
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TRAVELIN’ UTES Top Left: Hailey Sawyer (left) shares a jersey with an Italian player during Utah’s 2009 trip to Italy. Top Right: The team poses in from of the Panthenon in Rome during its 2009 Italy trip. Bottom Right: The Utes regularly travel accross the country to face top-notch competition. Highlighted on the map are the states Utah has visited.
HEY, LET’S GO! The Utes have made a tradition of taking an international trip every four years. Below is a list of places the Utes have traveled. 2009: Italy 2005: Spain and Portugal 2001: Denmark, Sweden and Norway 1997: France and Switzerland
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