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ERICKSONHEAD COACH • FIFTH SEASON • WASHINGTON, 1996

Tara Erickson, a former All-Pac-10 player and the 2006 Pac-10 Coach of the Year, is entering her fifth season as head coach of the University of Oregon women’s soccer program, and ninth season overall as a head coach at the Division I level.

Erickson was hired in January of 2005 as just the second head coach in the history of the UO program. The Ducks went 9-9-2 last year, highlighted by seven consecutive matches without a loss where UO went 6-0-1 from Sept. 5 through Oct. 3. Six Oregon players were named to the Pac-10 Conference’s All-Academic First and Second teams, the most of any school. Senior defender Nicole Dobrzynski (Business Administration, 3.81 GPA) was named the Pac-10’s Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Sophomore forward Jen Stoltenberg was named honorable mention all-league, while freshman goalkeeper Cody Miles earned Pac-10 All-Freshman Team accolades.

The 2007 squad saw the Ducks post their highest goal total in six years. The team’s 0-0 tie with No. 5 Stanford was a highlight to an 8-8-4 mark as Erickson coached defender Dylann Tharp to all-league honors.

The 2006 season was a high mark in school history with the Ducks posting their best-ever finish in the Pac-10 -- second with a 6-1-2 re-cord. The team also established strong defensive marks in allowing just 17 goals (0.81 GAA) and going 12-6-2 overall. Oregon defeated

the highest-ranked program in school history -- No. 3 UCLA (2-1, 2OT) and toppled USC for the first time ever. Erickson also led the Ducks to its first Pac-10 road sweep (at Arizona and Arizona State) and men-tored Pac-10 Player of the Year Nicole Garbin, also the school’s first. Defender Danielle Sweeney was named to the Pac-10 All-Freshman Team, while Jessie Chatfield, Nicole Dobrzynski and Darcie Gardner were all honored on the Pac-10’s All-Academic Team.

Erickson’s first season, 2005, produced just the second non-losing record in program history (9-9-1) and the Ducks recorded their first wins ever over Washington and an Atlantic Coast Conference school (North Carolina State). The Ducks also posted an improvement of five games over the previous year’s 3-13-3 mark.

Erickson also helped Garbin earn All-Pac-10 Second Team honors and goalkeeper Chatfield pick up Pac-10 All-Freshman recognition.

Her student-athletes have done well in the classroom, with Caitlin Gamble earning the program’s first Academic All-America First Team award in 2005 -- becoming just the fifth UO woman to accomplish that feat. Gamble was also a District and Pac-10 All-Academic First Team honoree. In four years, Erickson has amassed 15 Pac-10 All-Aca-demic First and Second Team selections.

The native of Puyallup, Wash., took over in Eugene after guiding a zero-win Portland State Viking program to a 13-5-4 mark in 2002 and a share of the Big Sky regular season title in 2004.

Coaching Career• Oregonheadcoach (2005-present)• U.S.A.U-19NationalTeam (2009-present)• PortlandStateheadcoach (2001-04) • Washingtonassistantcoach (1996-98)• ODPRegionIVheadcoach (2004-08)• RegionIVassistantcoach (2001-03)

Personal• HusbandKraig,sonMaklain and daughter Taj• B.A.inCommunications, Washington, 1996

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Overall, she posted a 29-38-10 record in four seasons (2001-04) at PSU and was tabbed Big Sky coach of the year in 2002. Prior to that, she served as an assistant coach at Washington (1996-2000) follow-ing a decorated career as a Husky midfielder from 1992-96.

In her four seasons with the Vikings, Erickson transformed one of the Big Sky’s least successful teams into one of its best. She inher-ited a team that went 5-31-0 the previous two years (1999-2000) and two seasons later, had PSU in the Big Sky tournament championship game. Her squad led the league in scoring and allowed the fewest goals against in becoming only the second PSU coach in any sport to receive the leagues’ coach of the year award.

She coached the Vikings to a 13-5-4 record in 2002 and an 8-8-3 mark in 2004, when she shared the regular season title with a 4-1-1 conference record.

Individually, her players combined for 10 Big Sky First Team All-Conference honors (including five in 2002 and four in 2004), seven second team league honors, three newcomer of the year awards and 18 player of the week accolades (including a school record eight in 2004).

In2002,KatieMiyakebecamethefirstPSUplayertowintheBigSky Golden Boot Award as the leading conference point-scorer, and Jamie Blakesley took the honor in 2004. In the classroom, her Port-land State players were equally successful with 25 conference all-academic honors.

In Oregon and Washington soccer circles, Erickson is well-known asformerheadcoachfortheRegionIVOlympicDevelopmentPro-gram (ODP), and head coach of the Washington State ODP U-16 team in 1997 and ‘98. She also served as head girl’s soccer coach at The Northwest School in Seattle in 2000 and guided the team to the state playoffs.

As a player at Washington, the former Tara Bilanski was a three-time team MVP, four-year letterwinner and captain during her col-legiate career from 1992-95. As a junior and senior, she was tabbed to the Pac-10 All-Conference First Team and All-America West Team, while helping the Huskies to the first two NCAA Tournament appear-ances in school history.

She finished with school single-season records for goals (12), as-sists (6) and points (30), and notched a pair of hat tricks and three-assist games. She still ranks among the top five in school history in virtually every statistical category: third in goals (27), fourth in points (74), fifth in shots (175), assists (20), game-winning goals (7) and sixth in career starts (74).

After college, she was a player-coach for the Washington State Se-lect Women from 1997-99, and played professionally one season in Germany for FSV Frankfurt.

She graduated from Washington with a bachelor’s degree in com-munications in 1996.

Erickson(8-26-73)ismarriedtoKraigErickson.Thecouplehaveason Maklain and a daughter Taj.

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Coaching Career2001 Portland State 1-15-22002 Portland State 13-5-42003 Portland State 7-10-12004 Portland State 8-8-32005 Oregon 9-9-12006 Oregon 12-6-22007 Oregon 8-8-42008 Oregon 9-9-2

Total Eight years 67-70-19

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HANSONASSOCIATE HEAD COACH • FIRST SEASON • PORTLAND, 2003

Lauren Hanson is in her first season as associate head coach of the University of Oregon women’s soccer program. Hanson assists in player development, specifically with the defense, while serving as the program’s recruiting coordinator.

Hanson comes to UO after nine seasons as both a player and coach with the University of Portland women’s soccer program. Han-son spent the last five seasons as an assistant coach at her alma ma-ter, where she won NCAA National Championships as both a player (2002) and a coach (2005) with the Pilots.

Hanson was named the NSCAA Assistant Coach of the Year in 2006. She was part of the coaching staff that led the Pilots to a 23-0-2 record en route to winning the 2005 championship. The Pilots reached at least the third round of the playoffs in each of her seasons as an assistant.

During the summer of 2006, Hanson worked as an assistant coach with the91GirlsRegionalTeam in theOlympicDevelopmentPro-gram. She also assisted at the U-14 Girls National Team camp that year.Hansonservedonthecoachingstaffforthe92GirlsRegionalTeam in both 2007 and 2008.

Hanson, who has her “B” coaching license, has worked extensively with club teams in the Portland area. As a member of the FC Portland coaching staff, she assisted the U-16 Girls Maroon Team to both the 2005 and 2006 state championship, and then to the regional finals.

Hanson was the head coach of the girls U-14 FC Portland Sage Team. She also mentored the FC Portland Purple Team at the U-15 and U-16 levels, leading the squad to the state cup final as U-16s.

Hanson was a four-year starter for the Pilots at center back. She was a Hermann Trophy nominee in her senior season, a year she capped by winning a national title. She was named to Soccer Amer-ica’s 11-player MVP team as a senior, while also earning First Team NSCAA and Soccer Buzz All-American accolades that year. Hanson, who was a three-time All-West Coast Conference pick, was the WCC Defender of the Year in 2002.

She was also a First Team Soccer Buzz All-American and a NSCAA Second Team pick as a junior in 2001.

Hanson was selected ninth overall in the 2003 WUSA Draft by the New York Power. She also played at the highest level competitively as a member of the U.S. National Team (2001-02). She was with the U.S. U-21 National Team from 1999-00 and participated in the full team camp in 2000. She played on the U-18 National Team (1998), in the U-16NationalTeampool (1996) andon theFarWestRegionTeam(1995-98).

Hanson, formerly Lauren Orlandos, graduated from Portland in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary. She is married to Travis Hanson.

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Coaching Career • Oregonassistantcoach (2009-present)• Portlandassistantcoach (2003-08)• ‘92GirlsRegionalODPasst. (2007-08)• U-14NationalTeamCampasst. (2006)• ‘91GirlsRegionalODPasst. (2006)• “B”coachinglicense

Personal• HusbandTravisHanson• B.A.inInterdisciplinary, Portland, 2003

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WILSONASSISTANT COACH • FIRST SEASON • TAMPA, 1992

The 2009 season marks the first year for Mac Wilson as an assis-tant coach with the University of Oregon women’s soccer program. Wilson oversees the program’s academics, travel, and camps, while assisting with day-to-day operations and on-field coaching.

Prior to UO, Wilson spent 15 years working in the Eugene/Spring-field area, serving both as head coach and soccer pioneer.

Wilson started his club coaching career as Director of Coaching for the Irish FC from 1998-2001. Wilson then served first as a staff coach from 2001-2003 and then as the Director of Youth Development for Oregon United Soccer Academy (OUSA) from 2003-2005.

Wilson was the founder of the Eugene Metro Futbol Club where he served as both Director of Coaching and as a head coach from 2005-08. Wilson was recognized as the 2006 Oregon Youth Soccer Association (OYSA) Girls Coach of the Year for his work with the U-14 Eugene Metro FC squad.

He has also been a staff coach in Oregon’s Olympic Development Program for the last five years, working with both boy and girl play-ers fromaround the state.Wilson,whowasa2008Region IVODPstaff coach, is currently completing his duties as head coach of the Oregon ’95 girls team.

Wilson was head coach of the boys soccer team at Sheldon High School from 1997-2004, where 17 of his former players went on to compete at the NCAA Division I and II levels. In 2002, Wilson led the Fighting Irish to a 4A State Championship en route to earning Or-egon School Activities Association (OSAA) Coach of the Year honors. Wilson was also named Midwestern League Coach of the Year seven times during his tenure.

As a player, Wilson was a four-year starter (1988-91) at the Univer-sity of Tampa under legendary coach Tom Fitzgerald. Wilson helped lead the Spartans to four consecutive NCAA Division II Tournament berths, including an Elite Eight appearance as a senior. He graduated from Tampa in 1992 with a degree in business management.

Wilson, a native of Miami Beach, Fla., earned a master’s degree in special education from the University of Oregon in 1995. He and his wifeKerryhavetwosons,NicandBailey.WilsonhasaUnitedStatesSoccer Federation (USSF) “A” coaching license.

Coaching Career • Oregonassistantcoach (2009-present)• EugeneMetroFCDir.ofCoaching (2005-08) • OUSADir.ofYouthDevelopment (2003-05)• SheldonHSboysheadcoach (1997-04)• EugeneIrishFCDir.ofCoaching (1998-01)• “A”coachinglicense

Personal • WifeKerry,sonsNicandBailey• B.A.inBusinessManagement, Tampa, 1992• MastersinSpecialEducation Oregon, 1995

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ALEX DAKERS

TEAMMANAGER

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JOE BEELER

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CHRIS GERAGHTY

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ARTHUR TOLHURST

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JESSIE GOODELL

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SUPPORT STAFF

The academic support team (Services for Student-Athletes) acts as a bridge between the student-athlete and campus resources, ensuring that they are aware of and use the resources the university has to offer. Functions include:

• Adviseandassiststudent-athleteswithacademic, pre-professional and career situations.

• Organize andmonitor a structuredstudy hall. All first-year students are required to attend study sessions four nights each week.

• Traceacademicprogressusing infor-mation on attendance and performance submitted in mid-term grade reports by faculty.

• Provideindividualandgrouptutoringand other study sessions among students with similar needs, assuring questions are answered properly.

• Assistwithresumesandsharpeningjobinterview skills.

• Encourage students to approach itsmembers with problems and questions.

OREGON SOCCER ACADEMIC TEAM

LEANNE BROOKS

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JENNIFER JACKSON

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JOHN E. JAQUA ACADEMIC CENTER

This John E. Jacqua Academic Center for Student-Athletes is ex-pected to be completed by the winter of 2009. The first floor of the building, which is open to the public and academic community, will feature a coffee shop, auditorium, conference room and atrium space. The second and third floors are private space for the advising, instruc-tion and tutoring of Oregon’s student-athletes. The space is operated by Services for Student-Athletes (SSA).

OTHER SUPPORT STAFF (NO PIC AVAILABLE)

Grounds Maintenance: ........................................................................ Steve DiNataleGrounds Maintenance: ...................................................................... KennyHoffmanEquipment Manager: ....................................................................................KennyFarrSoccer Secretary: ..........................................................................................Janice Beck