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Chris Gobrecht, a veteran of 35 years head coaching experience at the Div. I level,
and the winningest coach in school history at Washington and Yale,
enters her first season as head coach at Air Force.
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United States Air Force Academy
Women’s Basketball 2015-16
Building leaders of character for our United States Air Force | @AF_WBB | Air ForceWBB | goAirForceFalcons.com
GENERAL INFORMATION TABLE OF CONTENTS
Location ........................................................ USAF Academy, Colo. Table of Contents/Quick Facts ..............................................................1
Founded ................................................................................1954 THE ACADEMY
Enrollment ............................................................................4,000 Scholar-Athletes ....................................................................................2
Nickname .......................................................................... Falcons Air Force Academy Academics ...............................................................3
Colors ..................................................................... Blue and Silver Clune Arena ..........................................................................................4
Affiliation ...............................................................NCAA Division I Falcon Facilities ....................................................................................5
Conference ............................................................. Mountain West HFaulmcoann A Ptehrlfeotricm Caenncete Lr a..b.. .......................................................................76
Arena (Capacity).............................................. Clune Arena (5,843) Colorado Springs ..................................................................................8
Superintendent ...................................Lt. Gen. Michelle D. Johnson Denver ..................................................................................................9
Athletic Director ........................................................Jim Knowlton The Air Force Academy .......................................................................10
Associate AD/SWA ...................................................................TBA USAFA Leadership ...............................................................................11
Ticket Office Phone .......................... 719.472.1895/800.666.USAF DAir eFcotrocre o Af tAhtlhetleictsic..s. ............................................................................132
ROSTER & SCHEDULE
COACHING STAFF Roster .................................................................................................14
Head Coach ............................................................Chris Gobrecht Schedule .............................................................................................15
Alma Mater ........................................................................USC ‘77 COACHING STAFF
Record at Air Force (Yrs.) ............................................First season Chris Gobrecht, Head Coach ..........................................................16-17
Overall Record (Yrs.) ..................................................542-473 (35) Stacy McIntyre, Assistant Coach ..........................................................18
Office Phone ........................................................... 719.333.0994 Erin Mills-Reid, Assistant Coach ..........................................................19
Best Time to Contact Coach ......................................... Contact SID Clare Fitzpatrick, Assistant Coach .......................................................20
Assistant Coaches .............................Stacy McIntyre (Kentucky ‘94) JCaanpeta. nD Jeurbeikc ,B Arososiksst,a nMti lCitoaaryc hC .o..a.c..h.. .....................................................221
..........................................Erin Mills-Reid (Fairleigh Dickinson ‘05) Support Staff..................................................................................23-25
.........................................................Clare Fitzpatrick (Cornell ‘13)
................................................................. Janean Jubic (UCCS, ‘11) MEET THE FALCONS
Military Coach ............................... Capt. Derek Brooks (USAFA ‘10) Returners .......................................................................................26-51
Athletic Trainer .............................................................. Tony Peck Newcomers ....................................................................................52-54
2014-15 SEASON REVIEW
2014-15 Review ..................................................................................55
TEAM INFORMATION 2014-15 Statistics ..........................................................................56-59
2014-15 Overall Record ..........................................................2-28 2014-15 Box Scores .......................................................................60-67
2014-15 Mountain West Record/Finish ..........................1-17 (11th) OPPONENTS
Starters R/L.............................................................................. 3/2 Non-Conference Opponents ...........................................................68-69
Letterwinners R/L .................................................................... 8/5 Mountain West Opponents .............................................................70-74
Newcomers ..................................................................................6 Series Records vs. Opponents ........................................................75-76
All-Time Series Records .......................................................................77
MOUNTAIN WEST
ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS The Mountain West Conference ...........................................................78
Associate AD, Communications .................................Troy Garnhart Mountain West Composite Schedule ...............................................79-80
Assistant AD, Media Relations .......................................Dave Toller MW Championship/NCAA Tournament ................................................81
Assistant Media Relations Directors ...............................................
............................ Nick Arseniak, Marcus Rodriguez, Valerie Perkin HAlIlS-TOimReY Results .............................................................................82-88
Graphics Coordinator ..........................................Madeline McGuire Yearly Records/Coaching History ........................................................89
Office Phone ............................................................719.333.2313 Season Leaders ...................................................................................90
Office Fax ................................................................719.333.3798 Honors and Awards........................................................................91-92
Mailing Address ............................................ 2169 Field House Dr. All-Time Letterwinners ........................................................................93
...................................................US Air Force Academy, CO 80840 TDhive. LIIo Hnigs tBolruye . .L..i.n..e.. .............................................................................954
Website ..............................................www.GoAirForceFalcons.com
Facebook .............................................facebook.com/AirForceWBB RECORD BOOK
Twitter ..................................................................... @AirForceWBB Team Records .....................................................................................96
Individual Records ..............................................................................97
WBB Contact .............................................................Nick Arseniak SCeaarseoern RReeccoorrddss ...........................................................................1..0.09-81-0919
Office Phone ............................................................719.333.9251 Top Scorers ...............................................................................102-103
Cell Phone ...............................................................719.510.2684 1,000 Point Scorers ...........................................................................104
E-mail address
SCHOLAR-ATHLETES
Knowledge
is Power
321
Academic All-American honors
earned by 218 cadet-athletes
94
Lt. Gen Michelle Johnson
(top), a 1981 graduate, is cur-
percent graduation
rently the USAFA Superin-
tendent. A Rhodes Scholar, rate for athletes
Johnson is second all-time in
scoring at USAFA and is also a
Academic All-America Hall of
Fame inductee.
Cadet-athletes in all sports
who have earned NCAA
72
postgraduate scholarships,
the second-most nationally in
12 Division I athletics
Cadet-athletes in
all sports who have
Academic
earned a Rhodes
All-America Hall of
Scholarship 6
Fame Inductees
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AIR FORCE ACADEMY ACADEMICS
U.S. News and World Report
#5 Best Undergraduate Engineering Program in the nation
#27 Best Liberal Arts College in the nation
#2 Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering
#2 Computer Engineering
#3 Electrical Engineering
#6 Mechanical Engineering
$445,000
Value of Academy education
8:1
Student to instructor ratio
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CLUNE ARENA
Rededicated on Dec. 6, 1993, Clune Arena, home of Falcon basketball, is
part of one of the most impressive buildings in the country -- the Cadet
Field House. The Field House is a modern, versatile structure with seem-
ingly endless uses. The $5.6 million building is five stories high and 396
feet by 426 feet -- the size of three football fields laid side by side.
The structure is divided into three areas -- basketball arena, ice hockey
arena and multipurpose area. The three sections have a combined seat-
ing capacity of over 9,000. The building provides space for competition
in basketball, volleyball, indoor track, wrestling, fencing, gymnastics, la-
crosse and ice hockey. Practice facilities are also available for football,
basketball, track, soccer, golf and tennis, as well as for intramural events.
Both tartan and FieldTurf surfaces are utilized in the building. The basket-
ball arena floor base and indoor track are covered with tartan surfaces.
Until 1982, basketball games were played on the tartan surface. Now the
Falcons play on a removable wooden floor placed over the tartan.
The one-sixth mile track is also covered with a tartan surface, but a
rougher version. It requires less maintenance than a normal track and
provides greater traction to the runners. Inside the track is a netted area,
119 feet by 125 feet, which includes a baseball infield and half a football
field.
Spectators for both ice hockey and basketball games are seated above the playing surface, with participants on the lower level. The arena’s lower level includes dress-
ing rooms, supply areas, medical rooms, laundry facilities and offices for the department of athletics.
The ice hockey arena seats 2,470 and was the site of one of the 1969 National Collegiate Championship games. The basketball arena seats 5,843 spectators. One
of the innovations is a press box located between the ice hockey and basketball arenas. It is 80 feet long and allows reporters to observe both areas from a single
vantage point.
The basketball arena was named in honor of former athletic director Col. John J. Clune. Clune served as the Academy’s athletic director from 1975-1991. He retired
in 1991 and succumbed to cancer the following year. In honor of his memory, the athletic department renamed the arena “Clune Arena” to remember his legacy in
Falcon athletics.
CLUNE ARENA RECORDS
CLUNE ARENA RECORDS
INDIVIDUAL
Rededicated ......................................................................Dec. 6, 1993
Points: 39, Amy Sutton, TCU, 1/21/99; (AF) 38, three times, last by LaToya
Capacity...................................................................................... 5,843
Howell vs. Minnesota, 11/30/02
All-time record ........................................................................ 257-244
FG Percentage (min. 10 att.): .928, Jennifer Patrick (AF) vs. Western State,
Div II record .............................................................................. 186-54
1/6/93
Div I record ............................................................................... 71-190
FTs Made: 17, LaToya Howell (AF) vs. Minnesota, 11/30/02
FT Attempts: 18, Stacey Goss (AF) vs. Alaska-Anchorage, 1/13/85; LaToya Winning Seasons .............................................................................. 21
Howell (AF) vs. Minnesota, 11/30/02 Losing Seasons ................................................................................ 16
FT Percentage (min. 8 att.): 1.000, several players, last by Raimee Beck (AF) Longest Win Streak .......................................................................... 11
(10-10) vs. UNLV, 2/16/11 Most Wins, Season ........................................................................... 12
3PT FG Percentage (min. 4 made): 1.000, Raimee Beck (AF) (8-8) vs. North
Carolina Central, 12/5/08
YEAR-BY-YEAR CLUNE ARENA RECORDS
Rebounds: 31, Mary Jo Wier (AF) vs. N.M. Highlands, 2/11/77
Assists: 16, Stacey Goss (AF) vs. Northern Colorado, 1/17/86
1976-77................................ 3-2 1996-97................................ 4-8
Steals: 10, Stacey Goss (AF) vs. Colorado College, 1/17/84
1977-78.............................. 10-0 1997-98.............................. 3-11
TEAM 1978-79................................ 9-1 1998-99................................ 2-9
Points: 130 vs. Incarnate Word, 12/17/89 1979-80................................ 8-3 1999-00.............................. 4-11
Points, First Half: 63 vs. Incarnate Word, 12/17/89
1980-81.............................. 10-4 2000-01.............................. 2-11
Points, Second Half: 67 vs. Incarnate Word, 12/17/89
1981-82.............................. 11-2 2001-02.............................. 3-10
Combined Points: 201 - AFA (130) vs. Incarnate Word (70), 12/17/89
Combined Points, First Half: 99 - AFA (63) vs. Incarnate Word (36), 12/17/89 1982-83.............................. 10-1 2002-03................................ 4-9
Combined Points, Second Half: 116 - AFA (49) vs. Denver (67), 2/14/89 1983-84................................ 5-4 2003-04.............................. 3-12
FG Attempts: 90 vs. Colorado College, 1/13/78
1984-85.............................. 11-3 2004-05.............................. 4-10
FG Percentage: .684 vs. Colorado Mines, 12/1/87
1985-86................................ 9-2 2005-06................................ 7-8
FT Made: 38 vs. Colorado State, 2/27/99
FT Attempts: 65 vs. Abilene Christian, 3/8/85 1986-87.............................. 11-2 2006-07................................ 3-9
FT Percentage (min. 15 att.): 1.000 (21-21) vs. Boise State, 2/20/13 1987-88.............................. 11-4 2007-08................................ 7-6
3PT FGs Made: 12, Utah, 2/21/98; (AF) 11, four times, last vs. North Carolina 1988-89................................ 9-4 2008-09.............................. 4-12
Central, 12/5/08
1989-90.............................. 12-4 2009-10.............................. 3-13
3PT FG Attempts: 35, Adams State, 11/18/95; (AF) 31 vs. Western Michigan,
1990-91.............................. 12-1 2010-11................................ 8-8
12/4/98; vs. UNLV, 1/20/01
Rebounds: 86 vs. New Mexico Highlands, 2/11/78 1991-92.............................. 13-2 2011-12.............................. 3-10
Assists: 30 vs Northern Colorado, 1/17/86 1992-93................................ 8-5 2012-13.............................. 4-10
Steals: 45 vs. Metro State, 2/13/90
1993-94................................ 8-2 2013-14.............................. 1-12
1994-95................................ 9-5 2014-15.............................. 2-11
1995-96................................ 7-3 TOTAL: 257-244
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FALCON FACILITIES
Clockwise from top: Views of the var-
sity weight room, located in the Falcon
Athletic Center; three different views
of the locker room for the women’s
basketball team.
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HUMAN PERFORMANCE LAB
HUMAN PERFORMANCE LAB
Ben Garland, a 2010 Academy graduate and four-year letterwinner on the
defensive line, working out in the newly-remodeled human performance
lab. Garland played in eight games for the Denver Broncos in 2014 as an
offensive lineman.
The Human Performance Lab, led by Lt. Col. Mike Zupan, enhances team
and individual performance. Educational workshops, performance assess-
ments and training sessions are given to coaches and athletes, which re-
sult in consistent high performances and outstanding achievements for
all the athletic programs at the Academy.
The sports vision branch of the human performance lab attempts to im-
prove a player’s performance through vision training, which helps players
work on certain visual aspects of the game. This training has been proven
to enhance visual skills critical to athletic performance, such as hand-eye
coordination, depth perception, and speed of eye movement, up to 150%.
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FALCON ATHLETIC CENTER
FALCON ATHLETIC CENTER
State of the art. Unmatched. Cutting-edge. training facilities, as well as new locker rooms, team meeting facili-
ties and equipment issue and storage. In addition, the athletic ad-
You choose. But one thing is unmistakable, the Falcon Athletic Cen- ministration and football program personnel have offices in the FAC.
ter (FAC) is one of the nation's best facilities. The facility was part of
a military construction project that not only built the new building, An example of how the athletic programs have been enhanced is that
but altered the existing Cadet Field House. The $30.3 million proj- the athletic training facilities went from 5,880 square feet to 16,175
ect included 161,000 total square feet, including the Falcon Athletic square feet. The weight rooms were expanded from 12,875 square
Center's 109,000 square feet and a 51,000 square foot renovation of feet to 36,840 square feet. With football moving to the new facility,
the Cadet Field House. The building opened in July 2003, while the the locker room in the Cadet Field House that housed the team has
Field House was completed in March 2004. been converted into locker room facilities for visiting teams of both
sexes. It also increases the square footage of use for both basket-
Student-athletes' schedules at the Academy are institutionally driv- ball programs and ice hockey. For example, the women’s basketball
en, unlike that of most civilian schools where student-athletes have team’s facility went from 1,170 square feet to 2,155 square feet with
much more free time. Student-athletes at the Academy are allotted the addition of the new building. The men’s and women’s basketball
from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. daily for athletic pursuits. programs also share 1,500 square feet of room.
That time must be used for practice, for transit to and from the dor- The first level of the building is for equipment storage and issue,
mitory area and the Cadet Gymnasium or Cadet Field House, medical football lockers and the medical and training facilities. The second
taping and treatment and conditioning in the weight room. In addi- level consists of a two-story weight room, coaches offices and a re-
tion, competition at the NCAA Division I level has become a year- ception area. This area gives guests and visitors the opportunity to
round proposition for all athletes, whether they are cadets or their visit the history of intercollegiate athletics and past greats, along
counterparts at civilian institutions. with the intramural programs. A spacious outdoor plaza area with
room for displays takes up the third level while the fourth level is for
Understanding that the Academy enrollment of 4,000 consists of athletic administration.
roughly 25 percent student-athletes (1,000), the existing athletic fa-
cilities were taxed. The same was true for the existing medical treat-
ment and weight room facilities. In addition to the student-athletes,
the Academy also uses these facilities for its massive intramural
sports program. The 3,000 cadets who are not intercollegiate ath-
letes participate in intramural activities adding about 1,200 to 1,500
cadets in the athletic facilities at the same time.
Title IX of the Equality in Education Act and the NCAA bylaws require
a commitment to gender equity in athletics. While adequate space
has always been provided, this new facility gives the Academy the
opportunity to give women equal space to fully support gender eq-
uity and follow Title IX.
The Falcon Athletic Center houses new sports medicine and weight
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COLORADO SPRINGS
COLORADO SPRINGS
THE NATION’S BEST PLACE TO LIVE
The immortal words of an eastern visitor in 1893 live perpetually at the base of Colorado’s Rocky
Mountains.
When teacher and poet Katherine Lee Bates took a wagon ride to the summit of Pikes Peak she was
inspired to write a song that is still recited today. Her view from atop the 14,110-foot peak was the
basis of her song “America the Beautiful”.
The history of Colorado Springs traverses back to 1870 when Gen. William Jackson Palmer first
visited the region and was captivated by its grandeur. A year later, he began designing his city of
dreams. From its beginning on the corner of Pikes Peak and Cascade Avenues in downtown Colo-
rado Springs, the city has grown more than 183 square miles and to nearly 400,000 people in the
city and 600,000 in the metro area.
Colorado Springs is known nationally for its natural attractions. The Garden of the Gods, the area’s
No. 1 natural attraction, is a majestic out-cropping of red sandstone rocks which are more than
300 million years old. Colorado Springs is also home to the Pikes Peak Highway, a 19-mile drive
up the world’s highest toll road. The area’s No. 1 man-made attraction is the Air Force Academy’s
Cadet Chapel.
Another major attraction is the Broadmoor Hotel and Resort. Built in the early 1900s, this five-star
resort, hosted the 1995 U.S. Women’s Open Golf Championship and the 2008 Senior U.S. Open,
and is nestled into the base of Cheyenne Mountain. The Pikes Peak region is home to the nation’s
only mountain zoo. The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, with an elevation of more than 6,800-feet, has
received several changes in the past two years.
For the outdoors enthusiast, the city and the state offer a plethora of recreational activities. A short
drive to the northwest features some of the nation’s finest ski resorts, including the cities of Vail
and Aspen. A short jaunt to the southwest or northwest will find some of the best white-water raft-
ing, fishing, hiking and cycling that the country has to offer.
Valuing its past with a vision for the future, Colorado Springs is truly a city with unparalleled cul-
ture, recreation, growth and opportunity in the 21st century.
(Photos on this page courtesy of GerMaine Photography)
(Lower right photo courtesy of the Colorado Springs Sky Sox)
AMERICA’S BEST
Colorado Springs was ranked as the No.
1 Best Big City in 2007 (over 300,000) to
Live by Money Magazine based on quality
of life, climate, social activities, cleanliness
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