This Is Liberty - Liberty University

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PASSION
&
INTENSITY
• The Lady Flames ranked third nationally in
both rebounding margin (+10.6) and fieldgoal percentage defense (.347) a season
ago. Liberty was 18th in scoring defense
(55.8 ppg) and win-loss percentage (.806)
during the 2005-06 campaign.
• Liberty went 15-0 at the Vines Center last
season and enters 2006-07 on a 19-game
home winning streak.
• The Lady Flames own the 12th-best winning
percentage (.765) in the nation over the last
six seasons. Liberty is 143-44 over that
stretch.
• A 13-1 record in Big South Conference play
last year gave the Lady Flames their ninthstraight regular-season conference title.
Only UC Santa Barbara currently owns a
longer streak, having won the Big West title
11 seasons in a row.
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COACHING
Head Coach Carey Green ranks ninth among
the nation’s Division I women’s basketball
coaches in winning percentage. Here is a look
at the top 10.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Pat Summitt, Tennessee
Geno Auriemma, Connecticut
Gail Goestenkors, Duke
Tara VanDerveer, Stanford
Wes Moore, Chattanooga
Kristy Curry, Texas Tech
Kim Mulkey, Baylor
Robin Selvig, Montana
Carey Green, Liberty
Andy Landers, Georgia
.838
.835
.790
.787
.780
.778
.777
.774
.761
.760
The Lady Flames have won 20 or more games
in six of Carey Green’s seven seasons as head
coach. Liberty has enjoyed four 25-win seasons during that time.
Liberty is 112-7 (.941) against Big South opponents during Green’s tenure, including a perfect 21-0 in the conference tournament.
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SWEET 16
The 13th-seeded Lady Flames advanced to
the Sweet 16 of the 2005 NCAA Division I
Tournament, pulling upsets of fourth-seeded
Penn State and fifth-seeded DePaul along
the way. Here are a few photos, quotes and
facts that commemorate that memorable
March run.
• “Cinderella now resides at 1971 University
Blvd.” – Rece Davis, ESPN Studio Host
(3/22/05)
• “To the rest of the world they may be a
Cinderella team, but for women’s college
basketball coaches and our particular program, the way they’ve run through the tournament is not a surprise to us.” – LSU head
coach Pokey Chatman from ESPN.com
(3/25/05)
• Liberty became just the fourth No. 13 seed in
NCAA women’s basketball tournament his
tory to upset a No. 4 seed.
• The Lady Flames became just the second
team in NCAA women’s basketball tournament history to advance to the Sweet 16 as
a No. 13 seed and the first to do so on a
neutral floor.
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• Feenstra was selected No. 8 overall in the 2005
WNBA Draft by the Connecticut Sun.
voting and was a unanimous WNBA All-Rookie Team
selection.
ure in the league. She also ranked 12th in the WNBA
with 6.1 rpg.
• She became the highest draft pick in Liberty history
and only the second Liberty athlete taken in the first
round in school history.
• Feenstra led all rookies in rebounding (5.1 rpg) and
blocks (1.29 bpg) in 2005 and ranked eighth in the
WNBA in blocks.
• During the 2006 season, she set career highs for
points (24, Aug. 12 vs. Phoenix) and rebounds (18,
Aug. 1 vs. Charlotte).
• As a rookie with the San Antonio Silver Stars in
2005, Feenstra was second in Rookie of the Year
• In her second season with San Antonio, Feenstra
racked up six double-doubles, the seventh-best fig-
• In the WNBA’s offseason, Feenstra plays for
Samsung, a professional team based in South Korea.
Katie Feenstra’s WNBA Statistics
Year GP
2005 34
2006 34
TOTAL 68
GS
14
14
28
Min
673
636
1309
Avg
19.8
18.7
19.3
Total
FG FGA Pct
104 222 .468
100 214 .467
204 436 .468
3-Point
FG FGA Pct
0 0 .000
0 0 .000
0 0 .000
FT
90
65
155
FTA
128
105
233
Rebounds
Pct Off Def
.703 57 118
.619 74 135
.665 131 253
Tot
175
209
384
Avg
5.2
6.2
5.6
PF
90
104
194
Ast
6
14
20
TO
62
69
131
Blk
44
26
70
Stl
9
12
21
Pts
298
265
563
Avg
8.8
7.8
8.3
LADY
FLAMES IN
THE PROS
Name (Years at LU)
Irene Sloof
Susan Foreid
• Irene Sloof (1998-2001) was named the
face of the Year of Women’s Basketball by
the Netherlands Basketball Federation. She
plays on the Dutch National Team as well
as Dutch club CBV Binnenland.
• Ana Sousa (2001-03) and Susan Foreid
(2001-03) both play professionally in
Portugal. Sousa competes for CAB
Madeira and Foreid plays for Santarem.
• Kristina Palaimaite (2001-04) is a member of Spanish club CB Olesa.
• Daina Staugaitiene (2002-05) is not currently playing for Lithuanian club Arvi
because she recently gave birth to twins.
• Rima Margeviciute (2003-05) is playing
for DOB Calais in France’s Ligue Feminie
De Basket.
Rima Margeviciute
Kristina
Palaimaite
Ana Sousa
Daina
Staugaitiene
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Favorite Coach Green phrases:
Becca: “Where is north?”
Egle: “Ladies, listen with your eyes.”
Jamie: “What do you call a river with no banks?”
Leslie: “Is it a squirrel, or is it Jesus?”
Dream Car:
Alex: Brand new Saab
Moriah: X-terra
Courtney: Range Rover
Rachel: 4-door Dodge Ram truck
Molly: Land Rover
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Prized Possession:
Megan: My family
Roli: Pictures of my family and friends
KP: Camera
Michelle: Cell phone
Allyson: Stuffed elephant and my cross necklace
LIFE AS A
LADY
FLAME
According to the team,
who’s the …
• Cheeriest in the morning:
Leslie, Allyson
• Grumpiest in the morning:
KP, Jamie, Michelle
• Best Mafia player:
Alex
• Worst Mafia player:
Rachel, Becca
• Most likely to be President:
Rachel
• Best roommate on the road:
Molly, KP
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ACADEMIC
ACHIEVEMENT
WBCA NCAA Division I
Academic Top 25 Honor Roll
School
1.South Dakota State
2.Indiana State
3.Eastern Washington
4.Valparaiso
5.Montana State - Bozeman
6.New Mexico
7.Oakland
8.Northern Iowa
9.Northern Arizona
10.Wisconsin - Green Bay
11.DePaul
12.Canisius
13.Denver
T14.Liberty
T14.Lehigh
16.Central Florida
17.Texas A&M - Corpus Christi
18.Dartmouth
19.Oklahoma
20.Saint Bonaventure
21.Long Island
22.Villanova
23.Florida
T24.Bradley
T24.Fairleigh Dickinson
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GPA
3.730
3.612
3.474
3.468
3.459
3.424
3.402
3.399
3.364
3.362
3.361
3.344
3.343
3.338
3.338
3.335
3.330
3.323
3.315
3.307
3.301
3.300
3.299
3.298
3.298
Senior Karolina Piotrkiewicz with Dr. John George
of the School of Business
One year after advancing to the Sweet 16 for the first time in program history, the Liberty women’s basketball team reached the academic version of the “Sweet 16” for the third time, tying Lehigh for
the 14th-best grade-point-average among the nation’s Division I
women’s basketball teams.
Head Coach Carey Green’s Lady Flames accumulated a 3.338
team GPA during the 2005-06 academic year, earning a spot on the
Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Academic Top 25
Honor Roll for the first time since Green’s first season at Liberty,
1999-2000. That season, Liberty ranked 13th in America with a
3.302 GPA. The Lady Flames were 12th in 1998-99.
“I am proud of our team’s classroom achievement,” beamed
Green. “They have reached a standard that only a few teams reach.
Our team’s GPA, which ranks 14th in the nation out of 332 teams, is
a BIG DEAL. This is not an easy task. It is a great tribute to the discipline and character of each player in our program. It’s time to celebrate a ‘Sweet 16’ academic appearance!”
Seven Lady Flames recorded GPAs of 3.0 or higher, meriting
inclusion on the Big South Presidential Honor Roll. Those players
included junior Karolina Piotrkiewicz, sophomore Allyson Fasnacht
and freshmen Alexandria Bream, Megan Frazee, Molly Frazee,
Moriah Frazee and Rachel Hammond. Fasnacht was additionally
included on the Big South All-Academic team at season’s end.
“The big picture will reveal that our classroom performance will
impact our players’ future success in life more than any achievement on the basketball court,” stated Green. “The academic success of the Lady Flames exemplifies our mission statement:
‘Women of Excellence.’ It’s a pleasure to coach champions of the
classroom.”
Junior Allyson
Fasnacht with
Dr. Vicky Martin,
Chair of the Sport
Management
Department