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1 2008 redbird softball quick facts ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY School Illinois State University City Normal, Ill. Zip Code Founded 1857 Enrollment 20,104 Nickname Redbirds Colors Red (PMS 186) & White Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Facility Redbird Softball Complex Capacity 1,000 Dimensions President Dr. Al Bowman Director of Athletics Dr. Sheahon Zenger NCAA Faculty Representative Dr. Debbie Lindberg Senior Women s Administrator Leanna Bordner REDBIRD SOFTBALL HISTORY First Year of Softball 1965 All-time Record 1, All-time MVC Record NCAA Tournament Appearances Six (1988, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007) TEAM INFORMATION 2007 Overall Record (.709) 2007 MVC Record/Finish (.692)/2nd Home Record 15-4 Away Record Neutral Record Postseason NCAA Regional Participant Letterwinners Returning/Lost 11/5 Position Starters Returning/Lost 2/6 Pitchers Returning/Lost 1/2 Newcomers 9 Captains Tiffany Prgaer, Andrea Shifflet Jessie Buker, Amber Smith, Michelle Henderson SOFTBALL COACHING STAFF Head Coach Melinda Fischer (Illinois State, 72) Total Years Coaching 25 Career Record (.600) Years at ISU 2008 is 23rd season Record at ISU (.647) Assistant Coach Tina Kramos (Missouri State, 95) Pitching Coach Bill Kennedy (Illinois State, 68) Volunteer Asst. Coach Bill Dickson (Illinois State, 54) Student Assistant Coach Shannon Nicholson Softball Office 309/ Softball Fax 309/ KEY RETURNEES Pos. Name Ht. Cl. B/T GP-GS Avg.-HR-RBi notable 3B Kara Nelson 5-8 So. L/R MVC Player of the Year; 90 hits P/1B Amber Smith 6-0 Jr. R/R All-MVC First Team UT Jessie Buker 5-11 Jr. R/R All-MVC First Team 2B Tiffany Prager 5-8 Sr. L/R Led MVC in doubles (16) SS Kaprice Williams 5-10 Jr. R/R MVC All-Tournament Team C Casey Gorrell 5-7 Jr. R/R Led team in fielding pct. (.997) RETURNING PITCHERS name ht. CL. B/T APP.-GS W-L-S IP K-BB-ER ERA Amber Smith 6-0 Jr. R/R INCOMING FRESHMEN Pos. name ht. cl. b/t HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) P Chrissy Burton 5-9 Fr. L/R Mapleton, Ill. (Illini Bluffs) C Carly Billings 5-4 Fr. R/R Wheaton, Ill. (Wheaton-Warrenville South) 1B Kasey Martin 5-10 Fr. L/R Lenexa, Kan. (Shawnee Mission Northwest) P Brittany McElmury 5-9 Fr. R/R Mokena, Ill. (Lincoln-Way East ) UT Abby Olson 5-10 Fr. R/R Hartsburg, Ill. (Hartsburg-Emden) OF Jessica Roche 5-3 Fr. Orland Park, Ill. (Carl Sandburg) TRANSFERS/NEWCOMERS Pos. name ht. cl. b/t hometown (previous School) OF Katie Mathis 5-1 Jr. R/R Shawnee, Kan. (Johnson County CC) P Amy Mitchell 5-8 Fr. R/R Palatine, Ill. (Palatine HS) P Rachel Smith 5-5 Jr. R/R Williamsville, Ill. (Lincoln Land CC) KEY POSITION PLAYER DEPARTURES Pos. Name notable P/DP Stacy Birk 40 H;.301 AVG.; 19 BB;.391 OB% OF Kelsey Warning Set ISU single-season record for RBI (53); 15 HR; 52 H;.580 SLG% OF Jackie Williams 28 H; 4 HR; 18 BB KEY PITCHING DEPARTURES Name N Shannon Nicholson Stacy Birk notable 21-8; 1.53 ERA; 13 CG; 110 Ks; Easton Second-Team All-American 20-8; 2.21 ERA; 19 CG; 158 Ks;.240 opp. AVG.; MVC First Team MEDIA RELATIONS Softball Contact Keith Trivitt Trivitt s Office 309/ Trivitt s Cell 417/ Trivitt s katrivi@ilstu.edu Media Relations Office 309/ Media Relations Fax 309/ Mailing Address 201A Horton Field House Campus Box 7130, Normal, IL Softball Press Box Phone 309/ MEDIA INFORMATION Athletics Web site GoRedbirds.com Local Newspapers: Bloomington Pantagraph pantagraph.com Daily Vidette (Student Newspaper) dailyvidette.com

2 16 All-Americans 11 Missouri Valley Conference Championships 2008 redbird softball quick facts No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. B/T Hometown (PREVIOUS Schools) 00 Diciembre Vaca So. UT 5-10 R/R Fontana, Calif. (Kaiser) 2 Amber Smith Jr. P/1B 6-0 R/R Fairfield, Calif. (Fairfield) 4 Jessica Roche Fr. OF 5-3 R/R Orland Park, Ill. (Carl Sandburg) 5 Kara Nelson So. 3B 5-8 L/R Moline, Ill. (Moline) 6 Jennifer Brown Sr. C 5-6 R/R Rock Island, Ill. (Rock Island) 7 Casey Gorrell Jr. C 5-7 R/R Olathe, Kan. (Olathe East) 8 Tiffany Prager Sr. 2B 5-8 L/R Bloomington, Ill. (Olympia) 9 Vicki Klopf So. OF 5-5 L/R Wheaton, Ill. (Wheaton Warrenville South) 10 Rachel Smith Jr. P 5-5 R/R Williamsville, Ill. (Williamsville/Lincoln Land CC) 11 Brittany McElmury Fr. UT 5-9 R/R Mokena, Ill. (Lincoln-Way East) 12 Andrea Shifflet Sr. OF 5-6 R/R Waynesville, Ill. (Lewis & Clark) 13 Kasey Martin Fr. 1B 5-10 L/R Lenexa, Kan. (Shawnee Mission Northwest) 14 Katie Mathis Jr. OF 5-1 R/R Shawnee, Kan. (Shawnee Mission NW/Johnson County CC) 16 Abby Olson Fr. UT 5-10 R/R Hartsburg, Ill. (Hartsburg-Emden) 17 Amy Mitchell Fr. P 5-8 R/R Palatine, Ill. (Palatine) 18 Michelle Henderson So. IF 5-7 R/R Normal, Ill. (Normal West) 19 Carly Billings Fr. C 5-4 R/R Wheaton, Ill. (Wheaton Warrenville South) 20 Chrissy Burton Fr. P/OF 5-9 L/R Mapleton, Ill. (Illini Bluffs) 21 Kaprice Williams Jr. SS 5-10 R/R Portage, Mich. (Portage Northern) 22 Jessie Buker Jr. UT 5-11 R/R Macon, Ill. (Okaw Valley) 23 Katie Thoennes Jr. OF 5-10 R/R Normal, Ill. (Normal Community) HEAD COACH: Melinda Fischer (Illinois State, 72) ASSISTANT COACH: Tina Kramos (Missouri State, 95) ASSISTANT COACH: Bill Kennedy (Illinois State, 68) VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH: Bill Dickson (Illinois State, 54) ALPHABETICAL ROSTER NO. name pos. CL. 19 Carly Billings C Fr. 6 Jennifer Brown C Sr. 22 Jessie Buker UT Jr. 20 Chrissy Burton P/OF Fr. 7 Casey Gorrell C Jr. 18 Michelle Henderson IF So. 9 Vicki Klopf OF So. 13 Kasey Martin 1B Fr. 14 Katie Mathis OF Jr. 11 Brittany McElmury UT Fr. 17 Amy Mitchell P Fr. 5 Kara Nelson 3B So. 15 Abby Olson UT Fr. 8 Tiffany Prager 2B Sr. 4 Jessica Roche OF Fr. 12 Andrea Shifflet OF Sr. 2 Amber Smith P/1B Jr. 10 Rachel Smith P Jr. 23 Katie Thoennes OF Jr. 00 Diciembre Vaca UT So. 21 Kaprice Williams SS Jr. pronunciation guide Jessie Buker BEW-kur Casey Gorrell GOR-el Vicki Klopf KLOFF Tina Kramos KRAY-miss Brittany McElmury MAC-EL-murrey Tiffany Prager PRAY-gur Jessica Roche RŌSH Katie Thoennes TENNIS Diciembre Vaca DEE-CEE-em-bray Va-KUH Kaprice Williams kuh-prees By year Seniors Three Juniors Seven Sophomores Four Freshmen Seven by home state Illinois 15 Kansas 3 California 2 Michigan 1 by position Infielders 9 Outfielders 6 Utility 4 Pitchers 4 throws Right 22 Left 0 bats Right 16 Left 5

3 2008 redbird softball quick facts DATE DAY OPPONENT LOCATION TIME Central florida tournament orlando, fla. Feb. 8 Friday vs. Central Arkansas 10:30 a.m. Feb. 8 Friday at Central Florida 3 p.m. Feb. 9 Saturday vs. Kansas 8:30 a.m. Feb. 9 Saturday vs. Missouri-Kansas City 12:30 p.m. Feb. 10 Sunday vs. North Carolina State 8 a.m. florida international tournament miami, fla. Feb. 15 Friday vs. Providence 2 p.m. Feb. 15 Friday at Florida International 7 p.m. Feb. 16 Saturday vs. Georgia 11:30 a.m. Feb. 16 Saturday vs. Ohio State 2 p.m. Feb. 17 Sunday at Florida International 10:30 a.m. littlewood classic tempe, ariz. Feb. 22 Friday vs. Radford 2 p.m. Feb. 22 Friday at Arizona State 8:30 p.m. Feb. 23 Saturday vs. Iowa 2 p.m. Feb. 23 Saturday vs. Miami (Ohio) 8:30 p.m. Feb. 24 Sunday vs. Buffalo noon nfca leadoff classic columbus, ga. Feb. 29 Friday vs. Winthrop 10 a.m. Feb. 29 Friday vs. North Carolina-Charlotte 5:30 p.m. March 1 Saturday vs. Tennessee 3 p.m. March 1 Saturday vs. Hofstra 5:30 p.m. March 2 Sunday vs. North Carolina 9 a.m. March 8 Saturday at Western Kentucky (DH) Bowling Green, Ky. 1 p.m./3 p.m. March 9 Sunday at Western Kentucky Bowling Green, Ky. noon MARCH 11 TUESDAY northern ILLINOIS (DH) normal, ILL. 2 P.M./4 P.M. MARCH 15 SATURDAY creighton* (DH) normal, ILL. noon/2 p.m. MARCH 16 SUNDAY creighton* normal, ILL. 4 P.M. MARCH 18 TUESDAY illinois normal, ILL. 6:30 P.M. March 21 Friday at Missouri State* (DH) Springfield, Mo. 3 p.m./5 p.m. March 22 Saturday at Missouri State* Springfield, Mo. 1 p.m. March 25 Tuesday at DePaul Chicago, Ill. 2 p.m. March 29 Saturday at Southern Illinois* (DH) Carbondale, Ill. noon/2 p.m. March 30 Sunday at Southern Illinois* Carbondale, Ill. noon April 2 Wednesday at Indiana State* (DH) Terre Haute, Ind. 3 p.m./5 p.m. APRIL 5 SATURDAY evansville* (DH) normal, ILL. noon/2 P.M. APRIL 6 SUNDAY evansville* normal, ILL. noon April 9 Wednesday at Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 4 p.m. April 12 Saturday at Bradley* (DH) Peoria, Ill. noon/2 p.m. April 13 Sunday at Bradley* Peoria, Ill. noon April 16 Wednesday at Illinois Champaign, Ill. 6 p.m. APRIL 19 SATURDAY wichita STATE* (DH) normal, ILL. noon/2 P.M. APRIL 20 SUNDAY wichita STATE* normal, ILL. noon APRIL 23 WEDNESDAY indiana STATE* normal, ILL. 4 P.M. APRIL 26 SATURDAY DRAKE* (DH) normal, ILL. noon/2 P.M. APRIL 27 SUNDAY DRAKE* normal, ILL. noon May 3 Saturday at Northern Iowa* Cedar Falls, Iowa noon/2 p.m. May 4 Sunday at Northern Iowa* Cedar Falls, Iowa noon May 8 May 9 May 10 state farm missouri valley conference tournament carbondale, ill. First-Round Games Semifinals Championship home tournaments/games in BOLD CAPS All times are Central * indicates Missouri Valley Conference game

4 16 All-Americans 11 Missouri Valley Conference Championships 2008 redbird softball quick facts 2007 Statistics Record: Home: 15-4 Away: Neutral: 18-5 Missouri Valley Conference: hitting Player avg gp gs ab R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% NELSON, Kara SMITH, Amber BUKER, Jessie PRAGER, Tiffany BIRK, Stacy HENDERSON, Michelle WILLIAMS, Kaprice WARNING, Kelsey GORRELL, Casey COLGAN, Christy WILLIAMS, Jackie NICHOLSON, Shannon THOENNES, Katie VACA, Diciembre WALKER, Bailey TURNER KLOPF, Vicki SHIFFLET, Andrea Totals Opponents LOB - Team (364), Opp (391). DPs turned - Team (14), Opp (15). IBB - Team (5), SMITH 4, HENDERSON 1, Opp (2). Picked off - HENDERSON 1. pitching Player era w l app gs cg sho cbo SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA NICHOLSON, Shannon BIRK, Stacy SMITH, Amber Totals Opponents PB - Team (9), GORRELL 9, Opp (20). Pickoffs - Team (1), GORRELL 1, Opp (1). SBA/ATT - GORRELL (35-49), NICHOLSON (15-23), BIRK (13-19), SMITH (7-8).

5 2008 redbird softball quick facts 2007 results ILLINOIS STATE SOFTBALL Game date Opposing team score r-h-e r-h-e Inns Overall Valley Pitcher of record Attend Time # vsoklahoma 1-3 L NICHOLSON (L 0-1) 133 1:29 # at Fla. International W BIRK (W 1-0) 221 1:59 # vsillinois W BIRK (W 2-0) 179 2:00 # vslouisville W BIRK (W 3-0) 181 1:54 # vsoklahoma 2-4 L BIRK (L 3-1) 207 1:45 % vsidaho State W BIRK (W 4-1) 211 1:33 % at Arizona State 1-10 L NICHOLSON (L 0-2) 369 1:54 % vsuc Riverside W BIRK (W 5-1) 258 1:41 % vsiowa W NICHOLSON (W 1-2) 399 2:02 % vsnorth Carolina W NICHOLSON (W 2-2) 473 2:14 ^ vscoastal Carolina W NICHOLSON (W 3-2) :09 ^ vsgeorgia W NICHOLSON (W 4-2) :34 ^ vslehigh W NICHOLSON (W 5-2) :07 ^ vsvirginia Tech 1-3 L NICHOLSON (L 5-3) :55 ^ vsbaylor W NICHOLSON (W 6-3) 0 1:50 ~ vsflorida W NICHOLSON (W 7-3) 305 1:45 ~ at UCLA Bruins W BIRK (W 6-1) 305 1:41 ~ vslong Beach State 4-5 L BIRK (L 6-2) 704 1:56 ~ vsflorida W NICHOLSON (W 8-3) 0 1:40 ~ vslong Beach State W NICHOLSON (W 9-3) 0 2:14 & vsbradley W NICHOLSON (W 10-3) 0 1:23 & vsiupui W BIRK (W 7-2) 0 1:28 & at Southeast Mo. State W NICHOLSON (W 11-3) 0 2:08 & vsbelmont W BIRK (W 8-2) 0 1: LOYOLA 0-3 L BIRK (L 8-3) 194 1: LOYOLA W BIRK (W 9-3) 194 2:13 * NORTHERN IOWA W BIRK (W 10-3) 264 1:53 * NORTHERN IOWA W SMITH (W 1-0) 264 1:42 * NORTHERN IOWA W BIRK (W 11-3) 172 1: ILLINOIS W SMITH (W 2-0) 286 2: DEPAUL W SMITH (W 3-0) 142 1:38 * at Evansville W BIRK (W 12-3) - 1:59 * at Univ. of Evansville 3-4 L SMITH (L 3-1) 253 2:00 * at Evansville W BIRK (W 13-3) 187 1:50 * INDIANA STATE W BIRK (W 14-3) 128 1:02 * INDIANA STATE W BIRK (W 15-3) 87 1:45 * at Wichita State 1-5 L BIRK (L 15-4) - 2:00 * at Wichita State 3-4 L (12) NICHOLSON (L 11-4) 421 2:54 * at Wichita State W NICHOLSON (W 12-4) 279 1:57 * BRADLEY W NICHOLSON (W 13-4) - 1:34 * BRADLEY W BIRK (W 16-4) 97 1: at Western Illinois W BIRK (W 17-4) 110 1:34 * at Drake W BIRK (W 18-4) 157 1:50 * at Drake University W NICHOLSON (W 14-4) 165 1:33 * at Drake W NICHOLSON (W 15-4) 147 1: at Illinois W NICHOLSON (W 16-4) 458 2:22 * at Indiana State 7-8 L (11) BIRK (L 18-5) 58 2:45 * at Creighton 3-5 L NICHOLSON (L 16-5) - 1:41 * at Creighton 6-8 L BIRK (L 18-6) 231 2:02 * at Creighton 1-1 T None 130 1:01 * SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 2-4 L BIRK (L 18-7) 429 1:36 * SOUTHERN ILLINOIS W NICHOLSON (W 17-5) 429 1:35 * SOUTHERN ILLINOIS W NICHOLSON (W 18-5) 0 1: at Eastern Illinois 2-6 L BIRK (L 18-8) 164 1:48 * MISSOURI STATE W NICHOLSON (W 19-5) - 1:35 * MISSOURI STATE W BIRK (W 19-8) 223 1:30 * MISSOURI STATE W (12) NICHOLSON (W 20-5) 271 2:52? SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 0-3 L NICHOLSON (L 20-6) :45 $ vsnotre Dame W NICHOLSON (W 21-6) 0 1:29 $ vsnorthwestern 2-5 L NICHOLSON (L 21-7) 0 1:54 $ vsnotre Dame W BIRK (W 20-8) 653 1:26 $ NORTHWESTERN 1-4 L NICHOLSON (L 21-8) 474 2:00 * Missouri Valley Conference game # Diamond Fun & Sun Classic Game in Miami, Fla. % Littlewood Classic in Tempe, Ariz. ^ NFCA Leadoff Classic in Columbus, Ga. ~ Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament in Los Angeles, Calif. & Southeast Missouri State Spring Classic in Cape Girardeau, Mo.? State Farm MVC Tournament in Normal, Ill. $ NCAA Regional in Evanston, Ill. () extra inning game