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Bryana Holmes#5 mcKenzi edwards#10 Kim Hinton#12

laquetta Hairston#21 tyler GresHam#22

KeyanKa Bailey#25 danielle lee#30 diana owens#31 raH’niKa Jones#40

HeatHer wilsey#41

raven GreGory#13

Brittany BaKer#14 Kristen alford#24

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WeathersPoon GymnasiumThe home to Meredith’s basketball and volleyball teams. The facility

provides up-close seating for over 500 spectators. The complex also

includes locker rooms, athletics offices, a training room, a fitness

center, a 5,000 square-foot dance studio and a six-lane, indoor

swimming pool.

meredith athletic Field and track comPlexThe home to Meredith’s soccer, cross country and lacrosse teams. The

complex includes a lighted competition level track, a FieldTurf artificial

playing surface capable of supporting soccer and lacrosse games and a

storage facility. Future phases of the project will include a grandstand,

hospitality areas, support facilities, restrooms, brick arcade and locker

rooms. The cross country team uses the complex as well as the

College’s 225-acre campus and the Reedy Creek Greenway.

meredith soFtball comPlexThe home of Meredith softball has recently undergone several

renovations. The addition of irrigation to the Bermuda field and

infield improvements have stepped up the playing conditions to

make it one of the best fields in the area. New dugouts have also

been completed to increase comfort for the players and enhance

the game atmosphere.

meredith tennis comPlexThe home of the Meredith tennis program includes six lighted ten-

nis courts. Recently, the courts were resurfaced with a new color

scheme—a “US Open Blue” inner court surrounded by a green outer

court. This new color scheme helps to heighten the visibility of the

ball for players and fans.

athletic Facilities

Junior Kristen Alford surveys her options.

2012-13 basketball rosterno. name yr. pos. ht. hometown / high school

5 Bryana Holmes Sr. G 5’6 Cary, N.C. / Holly Springs

10 McKenzi Edwards So. G 5’7 Wilmington, N.C. / John T. Hoggard

12 Kim Hinton Fr. F 5’10 Raleigh, N.C. / Trinity Academy

13 Raven Gregory Fr. F 5’9 Phoenix, Ariz. / North

14 Brittany Baker Jr. G 5’7 Princeton, N.C. / Princeton

21 Laquetta Hairston Fr. G 5’5 Stafford, Va. / Mountain View

22 Tyler Gresham Jr. F / G 5’9 Charlotte, N.C. / Harding

24 Kristen Alford Jr. G 5’5 Clayton, N.C. / Clayton

25 Keyanka Bailey So. G 5’9 Brooklyn, N.Y. / Berkeley Carroll

30 Danielle Lee So. F 5’8 Smithfield, N.C. / Smithfield-Selma

31 Diana Owens So. G 5’6 Prince George, Va. / Prince George

40 Rah’nika Jones Jr. C / F 5’10 Miami, Fla. / Coral Reef Senior

41 Heather Wilsey Fr. F 5’10 Hubert, N.C. / Swansboro

44 Rebekah Cox So. F 5’9 Warrenton, N.C. / Warren New Tech

head Coach: Melinda Campbell

assistant Coaches: Judy Peel, Kevin Walker, Aileen Rossouw

student assistant Coach: Allyson Stephenson

team manager/scorekeeper: Kimberly Williams

Team Captains: Tyler Gresham, Bryana Holmes, Rah’nika Jones, Allyson Stephenson

keVin Walker

Kevin Walker enters his sixth season

as a volunteer assistant basketball

coach at Meredith College.

Walker offers the Avenging Angels

both playing and coaching experience

at a variety of competition levels. Most

recently, he served as the assistant

coach for the Neuse Baptist Church

team.

While pursuing a bachelor’s degree at East Carolina University from

1989-92, Walker coached for both recreational and AAU leagues. He

lettered four years with the varsity program at Matoaca High School

in Chesterfield, Virginia, and participated in Coach Morgan Wootten’s

basketball camp in Maryland.

Judy Peel

Judy Peel enters her fourth year as

volunteer assistant basketball coach.

Peel competed for two seasons at the

Division III level at MacMurray College

in Jacksonville, Illinois. She also let-

tered in volleyball, softball and tennis

with the Highlanders.

Prior to joining the Meredith staff,

Peel coached basketball at Illinois Col-

lege, also in Jacksonville, and William Woods University in Missouri.

She served one year as head volleyball coach at both the University

of North Carolina at Wilmington and Campbell University. In addition

to basketball and volleyball, Peel coached softball and tennis before

joining the Avenging Angels.

aileen rossouWAileen Rossouw enters her first year

with the Meredith College basketball

staff.

Auburn University recruited Rossouw

where she played two seasons as a

small forward before transferring to

Northern Illinois University to com-

plete her eligibility. She earned both

a bachelor’s and a master’s in Sport

and Exercise Psychology from NIU

and relocated to Raleigh to pursue a licensure in physical educa-

tion at Meredith.

coachinG staFFmelinda camPbell

Melinda Campbell enters her fourth

year as the Meredith College head

women’s basketball coach. During

her tenure with the Avenging Angels,

Campbell led Meredith to its first USA

South Conference Tournament berth

with a seventh-place finish during the

2009-10 season, the highest finish for

Meredith basketball since joining the

conference.

A member of the Meredith College faculty since 1992, Campbell

continues to teach full-time within the department of Nutrition,

Health and Human Performance. She served as the department chair

from 2000-09 and helped to develop the Exercise and Sports Sci-

ence academic major.

Campbell coached the Meredith tennis team from 1992-2000 earn-

ing the College’s first-ever NCAA tournament bid in 2000. While

head coach of the Meredith tennis program, the team reached a

national ranking three times (1995, 1998, 2000) and south regional

ranking on five occasions (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000).

Prior to her tenure at Meredith, Campbell was the head varsity bas-

ketball, volleyball and girl’s track coach in the Greater Clark County

School System in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Campbell also served as a

women’s basketball graduate coaching assistant at Division I Indiana

University.

Campbell was a standout student athlete at Gardner-Webb College.

She was a member of the women’s basketball and volleyball teams

and earned Most Valuable Player honors in both.

Campbell holds a Ph.D. in physical education teacher education

from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, a Master of Sci-

ence in physical education from Indiana University and a bachelor’s

in health and physical education from Gardner-Webb.

meredith record (years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-53 (3)

2011-12 record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19 (4-14 USA South)

home Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weatherspoon Gymnasium

alma mater/year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gardner-Webb/1981

phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (919) 760-8309

email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . campbellm@meredith.edu

usa south athletic conFerence

media inFormation

All inquiries about interviews, press credentials, broadcasting

requests, and other related sports information areas should be sent

to Wendy Jones, interim sports information director, at joneswen@

meredith.edu, (919) 760-8811.

broadcastinG inFormation

The 2012-13 sports season will feature most Meredith College

home athletics events to be broadcast live and archived on the

athletics web site. The schedule for athletics events can be found

on Meredith’s official athletics web site at goavengingangels.com.

GoaVenGinGanGels.comFollow the Avenging Angels on Meredith’s official athletics web site

at goavengingangels.com throughout the 2012-13 season. The site

features game notes, schedules, rosters, player and coach bios, game

recaps and special news related to the program.

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meredith colleGe Quick Facts

Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Raleigh, N.C.

Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1891

Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,947

Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Avenging Angels

Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maroon, Black and White

Affiliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NCAA Division III

Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . USA South Athletic Conference

President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jo Allen

Athletics Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jackie Myers (Elon/1978)

Interim Sports Information Director ................. Wendy Jones

Senior Woman Administrator/Athletic Trainer .... Sharon Malley

Athletics Department Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (919) 760-8205

Athletics Web Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . goavengingangels.com

Mailing Address .... 3800 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC 27607

SID Office Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (919) 760-8811

SID Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . joneswen@meredith.edu

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the Usa south athletic Conference is home to 13 institu-

tions, five in north Carolina, four in Virginia, three in geor-

gia and one in tennessee. beginning with the 2012-13 year,

lagrange, piedmont and maryville Colleges join averett

University, Christopher newport University, Ferrum College,

greensboro College, mary baldwin College, meredith Col-

lege, methodist University, north Carolina wesleyan College

and william peace University as full members. agnes scott

College became a competing member of the conference in

the fall of 2009 as a women’s lacrosse only member. the

2013-14 year will see the transition of Christopher new-

port into a football-only member, while Covenant College

of lookout mountain, georgia, and huntingdon College of

montgomery, alabama, join as full members.

Ohio

TennesseeNorth Carolina

South Carolina

Georgia

Florida

Alabama

Louisiana

Mississippi

Arkansas

Missouri

Indiana

Illinois

Wisconsin

Michigan

PennsylvaniaIowaNebraska

New York

VTNH

MA

CT RI

MD

NJ

Delaware

WestVirginia

VirginiaKansas

Texas

New Mexico

South Dakota

North Dakota

Minnesota

Wyoming

Colorado

Montana Maine

Utah

Arizona

Idaho

Oklahoma

meredith colleGe athletics historyAthletics at Meredith

College began in

1904 with the advent

of Meredith’s Athletic

Association. The first

competitive games

against other schools

were held in 1904 with two games against St. Mary’s College. In the

early years, Meredith athletic activities included swimming, soccer,

horseback riding, tennis, baseball, basketball, golf, football and field

hockey. The first events were primarily inter-class competitions. In

1937, Meredith became a part of the United States Conference.

In 1944, Meredith’s freshman-sophomore basketball team

defeated the team from what is now Peace College, marking the

beginning of a cross-town rivalry between the two Raleigh women’s

colleges. In 1952, the basketball team and the field hockey team

pulled out impressive victories against the University of North

Carolina and Duke.

In 1970, Meredith athletics took on a new life with the completion

of Weatherspoon Gymnasium. Volleyball and tennis saw their first

winning seasons during the 1970s. In 1980, the golf team won the

NCAIAW state championship while the tennis team took the confer-

ence title. The golf team finished second in the AIAW Division III

national tournament in 1981, in Meredith’s first bid for a national

championship. Softball was added as a varsity sport during the

1985-86 academic year. The most recent varsity sports to be

added were cross country in 2005 and lacrosse in 2012.

In recent years at Meredith, there has been an increase in the com-

petitiveness of the athletics programs on a regional and national level

in Division III. The program has had seven NCAA tournament bids

across three different sports since 2001 (basketball 2001, 2003;

tennis 2003, 2007, 2009; and soccer 2007, 2008). In 2007, Mer-

edith’s athletics identity became the “Avenging Angels” to emphasize

the prowess of Meredith athletes. The 2007-08 season marked the

first year of competition in the

USA South Athletic Confer-

ence. Meredith was the first

single gender institution to

win a conference title with

both tennis and soccer tour-

nament wins in 2008-09. The

soccer team added a regular

season title in 2009.

meredith colleGe athletics ProGramthe diVision iii exPerience

Meredith athletics teams participate in Division III of the National Colle-

giate Athletic Association. Meredith College fully supports the Division III

experience that allows the student athlete to enjoy competitive sports and

other activities throughout their college years. Division III athletics offers

student-athletes the opportunity to become well-rounded individuals who

successfully integrate athletics and academics while experiencing all

aspects of college life. Student-athletes who compete at this level can

receive academic and need-based financial assistance. The athletic de-

partment is staffed and funded like any other department in the College.

academics

Meredith College’s commitment to academics is exemplified by its ath-

letics teams. Each year, the USA South Athletic Conference recognizes

its student-athletes’ hard work in the classroom by naming an Academic

All-Conference team. A student-athlete must have earned a 3.0 GPA in

each of the two semesters of a given year to be eligible. The Meredith

athletics program extends its commitment to academic success by rec-

ognizing student-athletes who earn a 3.5 cumulative GPA as members of

the Athletics Director’s Club and those who earn a perfect 4.0 GPA with

the Vice-President’s Scholar-Athlete Award. During the 2011-12 season,

61.9% of Meredith’s student-athletes finished the year with a 3.0 or

higher GPA. Of those scholar athletes, 26.2% earned at least a 3.5 GPA,

and five student-athletes were recognized with a 4.0.

medical serVices

In addition to the academic and fitness programs available, the

athletic training staff provides excellent care for participants. The

athletic training support staff consists of head athletic trainer, Sharon

Malley, and Assistant Athletic Trainer Heidi Roach. Dr. Doug Martini

of Cary Orthopedic serves as the program’s team physician. In addi-

tion, Meredith College serves as a clinical site for the UNC-Chapel Hill

Undergraduate Athletic Training Program. Some of the services and

equipment provided in the Weatherspoon Gymnasium include a whirl-

pool, hydrocollator, ultrasound, injury ice and electrical stimulation.

community serVice

Members from each team are elected to the Student Athlete Advisory

Committee that organizes support for each sport and also coordinates

community service. Past volunteer work includes Special Olympics of Wake

County, Habitat for Humanity, Service Raleigh, and the USA South Athletic

Conference’s Cans Across the Conference and Pennies for a Purpose.

about meredith

academics and sPecial ProGrams• Meredith offers 32 majors.

• Meredith awards Bachelor of Arts; Bachelor of Science; Bachelor of

Music; Bachelor of Social Work; Master of Business Administration;

Master of Education; Master of Arts in Teaching; and Master of Sci-

ence in Nutrition degrees.

• The Undergraduate Research Program supports student/faculty

partnerships in the pursuit of research and creative activity in all

fields. College funds support these projects and underwrite travel

costs for students presenting their work at conferences. 48% of

Meredith students participate in undergraduate research with a

faculty member.

• Study abroad options include faculty-led summer programs in Italy,

Switzerland, Costa Rica, Iceland, France, Spain and the United

Kingdom. Meredith offers a semester study abroad program in San-

sepolcro, Italy; students can also choose from a variety of semester

and year-long travel opportunities throughout the world. Semester

programs at the United Nations in New York City or in Washington,

D.C. are also available.

• Post-baccalaureate certificate programs at Meredith include a

Paralegal Program, a Pre-Health Program, a Dietetic Internship

Program, and a Didactic Program in Dietetics.

Faculty• The undergraduate student-faculty ratio is approximately 12:1. The

average class size is 17.

• Of the 121 full-time faculty members, 93% have earned doctoral

or terminal degrees. Sixty-seven percent of the full-time faculty is

female and 33% is male.

camPus and Facilities• Meredith’s 225-acre campus includes a 1,200-seat amphitheater

on a lake, seven residence halls, a music library, art galleries, a

research greenhouse, music practice rooms, auditoriums, a theater,

concert halls, a student center, computer labs, a child care lab, a

learning center, an autism lab, an astronomy observation deck, an

indoor swimming pool, a fitness center, a dance studio, lighted ten-

nis courts, a putting green, an athletic field and track complex and

two miles of greenway connecting our campus to the community.

camPus liFe• Total enrollment for 2012-13 is 1,947, which includes 1,665

undergraduate students and 282 graduate-level students.

• Meredith sponsors juried student exhibitions, an active

concert schedule, visiting artists and exhibitions featuring

professional artists.

• Students participate in theatre and dance performance troupes and

a variety of vocal and instrumental ensembles.

• Meredith students advance their leadership skills in programs such

as the Emerging Leader Seminar Series, Officer and Advisor Train-

ing, Sophie Lanneau Women’s Leadership Development Program

and the LeaderShape® Institute.

tuition and Financial assistance• Tuition and fees for full-time undergraduate students in 2012-13 is

$29,186, with room and board at $8,348, for a total of $37,534.

Cost for part-time students is $763 per credit hour, with a gradu-

ated fee schedule.

• Meredith coordinates $42.5 million in financial aid annually.

about raleiGh• The capital city of North Carolina has a population of nearly

400,000

• Raleigh is located 150 miles west of the Atlantic Ocean

and 190 east of the Great Smoky Mountains

• Raleigh has an annual average high of 70 degrees and low

of 47

• Raleigh is a true college town; in addition to Meredith, it is

home to NC State University, St. Augustine’s College, Shaw

University and William Peace University. NC Central Univer-

sity, UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University are also located

within 30 minutes of Meredith’s campus.

• Area sports teams include Carolina Hurricanes (NHL), Caro-

lina Mudcats (AA baseball), Durham Bulls (AAA baseball)

and Carolina Railhawks (USL-1 soccer).

• Raleigh is home to entertainment venues including the PNC

Arena, Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion and the Progress

Energy Center for the Performing Arts. Some recent artists:

Dave Matthews Band, Coldplay and John Mayer.

• Raleigh’s active arts scene is supported by the N.C. Museum

of Art, which is connected to Meredith by a greenway that

runs through campus. Other museums include the North

Carolina Museum of History and the North Carolina Museum

of Natural Sciences.

2012-13 basketball schedule

* - Conference Gamehome games in bold

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Date opponent time

nov. 20 st. mary’s (md.) 7 p.m.

nov. 24 emory & henry 4 p.m.

Nov. 26 at Guilford 7 p.m.

Dec. 8 at Ferrum * 2 p.m.

Dec. 10 salem 7 p.m.

Dec. 15 at Maryville (Tenn.) * 2 p.m.

Dec. 29 at Randolph 2 p.m.

Dec. 30 hollins 2 p.m.

Jan. 4 mary baldwin * 7 p.m.

Jan. 5 averett * 4 p.m.

Jan. 11 at Piedmont * 7 p.m.

Jan. 12 at LaGrange * 4 p.m.

Jan. 16 at William Peace * 7 p.m.

Date opponent time

Jan. 19 methodist * 2 p.m.

Jan. 23 greensboro * 7 p.m.

Jan. 26 at N.C. Wesleyan * 2 p.m.

Jan. 27 at Chris. Newport * 2 p.m.

Jan. 31 southern Va. 7 p.m.

Feb. 2 maryville (tenn.) * 2 p.m.

Feb. 3 Ferrum * 2 p.m.

Feb. 6 william peace * 7 p.m.

Feb. 9 at Mary Baldwin * 2 p.m.

Feb. 10 at Averett * 2 p.m.

Feb. 15 piedmont * 7 p.m.

Feb. 16 lagrange * 4 p.m.