2009 Printed Annual Report - UL Lafayette Foundation

U L L A F A Y E T T E A T H L E T I C SRAGINCAJUNS.COM | 337.482.258601.09 • TYRELL FENROY was named the 2008 Offensive Player of the Year by theLouisiana Sports Writers Association.01.09 • RAGIN’ CAJUNSOFTBALL team debutedat No. 6 in the 2009 NationalFastpitch Coaches Associationpreseason softball poll.03.09 • RAGIN’ CAJUN BASEBALLteam pulls off the upset win over the LSU Tigers.January – APRILTyrell Fenroy was named the 2008 Offensive Player of the Year by the Louisiana Sports WritersAssociation adding to a list of honors that included being named Sun Belt Conference Player ofthe Year. • The Ragin’ Cajuns softball team debuted at No. 6 in the 2009 National FastpitchCoaches Association preseason softball poll. Pitcher Ashley Brignac was named to the “WatchList” for the 8th annual USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Year Award. • Footballsigning day brought 18 young men to the University of Louisiana. National Letters of Intent werereceived from 14 preperatory and four junior college prospects. • The Ragin’ Cajuns baseballteam pulled off an upset win over the third ranked LSU Tigers. The Cajuns had not defeated anopponent ranked so highly since a 3-2 victory over South Carolina in 2000. • In the 1,300thgame of Tony Robichaux’s career as a head coach, the Ragin’ Cajuns topped UALR 11-1 tonotch the baseball program’s 700th win at M.L. “Tigue” Moore Field. • Alexis Green of thewomen’s basketball team was named Third Team 2009 All-Sun Belt Conference. • A muchanticipated Ragin’ Cajuns Athletic Foundation was unveiled to meet the immediate and longterm goals of the University’s Athletic Department. RCAF provides financial support for the 16intercollegiate varsity teams and its student-athletes. The funds come from generous individualsand corporations donating for endowments, scholarships, capital projects and many other needsthat arise. Within a four month period, RCAF raised over a half million dollars. • KylePritchard and Dustin Petit earned All-Sun Belt Conference accolades for the Cajuns golf team.True freshman Philipp Fendt was named SBC Freshman of the Year.MAY – AUGUSTChris Roy won the pole vault at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championshipsand broke the stadium record set in 2000. Roy won the event in every meet of the 2009 season. •The 2009 tennis season was one for the books on the men’s team, with the players racking up 16wins, the most wins since 1994. • Baseball Head Coach Tony Robichaux became a member of anelite group, after earning his 800th career victory. The win comes in his 23rd year as a head coachin NCAA Division I baseball, and his 15th year with the Ragin’ Cajuns. • The softball teamclaimed their 9th Sun Belt Conference tournament title in the past 10 years. They were also awardedtheir 19th NCAA Regionals berth in the past 20 seasons. • Karli Hubbard was named the SunBelt Conference Player of the Year and third team All-American by the National Fastpitch Coaches’Association (NFCA). • Lynn Williams, UL Lafayette’s co-equipment manager, was honored withthe 2009 Glenn Sharp Award, given to the National Equipment Manager of the Year. Williamsrecently celebrated his 25th year as the Ragin’ Cajuns equipment manager. • The All-StateSugar Bowl named football standout Tyrell Fenroy the 2008 Male Corbett Award winner and softballace Ashley Brignac the 2008 Female Corbett Award winner. • Golfers Kyle Pritchard, ThomasPetts and Andrew Noto qualified for the U.S. Amateur Public Links. • Former minor leagueplayer and Lafayette native, Brooks Badeaux joined the baseball coaching staff. Badeaux attendedTeurlings Catholic High School and spent 10 seasons in professional ball at the minor league level.• JockSmart, a fundraiser for the Ragin’ Cajuns Athletic Foundation, was held to benefit studentathletesacademically. Several thousand dollars were raised from the golf tournament and forum withfeatured 2009 Rhodes Scholar and 2010 NFL draft prospect Myron Rolle.SEPTEMBER – DECEMBERA record crowd of 41,357 was on hand to see the UL football team defeat Southern University.This was the first meeting between the two schools. • Volleyball’s Kendra Hall becamejust the third player in program history to earn 3,000 career assists. • Five softball playerswere named National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-America Scholar-Athletes. DonnaBourgeois, Ashley Brignac, Kelly Cormier, Shari Sigur and Courtney Trahan all earned at leasta 3.5 grade point average during the academic year. • The UL Lafayette men’s golf teamearned a first place finish at the Carter Plantation Intercollegiate. It was the Cajuns’ first winand third top-five finish of the year. Andrew Noto tied for second place and Kyle Pritchard andPhilipp Fendt both finished tied for fifth place. All three were named to the Carter PlantationIntercollegiate All-Tournament Team. • Football’s Hall Davis accepted an invitation toparticipate in the 4th Annual Texas vs. the Nation all-star bowl at Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso,Texas. • Senior defensive back Phillip Nevels and junior linebacker Grant Fleming werenamed to ESPN the Magazine’s Academic All-America® All-District Team. • Volleyball’sLindsay Brown reached 500 digs, making her the first player since Gina Calegari in 1997 toreach the mark. • University of Louisiana student-athletes took part in a bus tour to promoteliteracy and encourage elementary students to develop a well-balanced lifestyle that includesequal emphasis on academics and physical activity. The athletes visited schools in the Acadianaarea and read Jady Regard’s book Born to Be a Ragin’ Cajun. • With a 21-17 win over ULM, theRagin’ Cajuns football team posted its sixth win of the season and became bowl eligible for thefourth time in the last five seasons. • The natural grass playing surface at M.L. “Tigue” MooreField was removed to make way for a new artificial turf field. It will be a total field coveragemaking it more usable, consistent, aesthetically pleasing and require less maintenance. • Anew scoreboard was installed at Alfred and Helen Lamson Ragin’ Cajuns Softball Park, the firstof many upgrades planned for the facility in the near future. • The Ragin’ Cajuns had sevenplayers earn a spot on the 2009 All-Sun Belt football team. • Freshman Cayla Chatman earnedHonorable Mention honors for the Ragin’ Cajuns soccer team by the Louisiana Sports WritersAssociation.09.09 • KENDRA HALL became thethird player in the volleyball program’shistory to earn 3,000 career assists.05.09 • CHRIS ROY won thepole vault at the Outdoor Trackand Field Championships.12 13