Ed Garza
Volleyball Coach
Ed Garza joined the Austin
College staff in August of 1996, when he became the Lady
Kangaroos’ fifth all-time head volleyball coach. Garza has
brought a wealth of volleyball experience to Sherman, as the Lady
Kangaroos have posted a 27-32 overall record during his two-year
tenure, and they have steadily moved up the conference standings,
taking third in 1997. Before accepting the Austin College
position, he served as head coach at North Lake College for two
seasons. During his two seasons at North Lake, the Lady Blazers
compiled an impressive 48-24 overall mark.
Garza also served as an assistant coach at Henderson State University in 1989-90, plus he was an assistant coach at Ouachita Baptist University (his alma mater) from 1986-1989. During that period, the Lady Tigers were an outstanding 113-23 overall and 42-6 in Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference play. Ouachita Baptist appeared in the NAIA National Tournament in 1987 and 1988, along with winning the conference title during those two seasons and two NAIA District 17 crowns.
He is the head coach and co-founder of the Dallas Summit Volleyball Club. For the last five years, Dallas Summit Volleyball Club teams have qualified for the USA Juniors National Tournament. In 1998, Garza coached a team to an 84-13 mark and a berth in the National Tournament.
A 1979 graduate of Falfurrias High School, Garza earned a B.S.E. degree in physical education and a Master’s Degree from Ouachita Baptist University in 1986. While at Ouachita Baptist, he lettered in track and cross country for three years. In 1996, Garza coached the Austin College women to the ASC cross country title and was named ASC Coach of the Year. (top of page)
The 1998 Austin College volleyball team, under the direction of third year head coach Ed Garza, will look to continue the positive trend of moving up the conference standings. Over the past two seasons, the Lady Kangaroos have moved up to third place in the ASC standings, and last year’s win total of 18 was double the number of wins the team posted in 1996. This year’s team returns a solid group of veterans and should have a talented group of newcomers that will make a positive impact on the program. In fact, this year’s Austin College volleyball squad has been picked in a preseason poll of league Athletic Directors, Head Coaches and Sports Information Directors to win the American Southwest Conference’s east division title.
Four starters return to the 1998 Austin College Volleyball team led by 5-9, junior outside hitter Ginger Dunlap. Last season, Dunlap, who averaged over 3.2 kills per game, earned Second Team All-ASC honors. In 1996, she was named American Southwest Conference Freshman of the Year. An outstanding defense player, Ginger led the Lady Kangaroos in digs with 347 last season.
1997 American Southwest Conference Freshman of the Year and Second Team All-Conference performer, Michelle Alexander is back to direct the Austin College offense from the setter position. Alexander also led the team in service aces in 1997 with 69.
In the middle of the Lady Kangaroos, 5-11 senior Casey Harris returns to her starting spot. An Honorable Mention All-Conference pick in ‘97, Harris is the team’ returning leader in blocks. Last year, she averaged nearly one block per game.
Rounding out the returning starters for Austin College is 5-8 outside hitter Amity Overall.Head coach Garza will welcome his largest recruiting class this season, as ten new players will join his eight returning letterwinners when Austin College opens practice in late August.
The Austin College Volleyball team will open arguable the toughest schedule in the history of the program at the Southwestern University Tournament in Georgetown, Texas on Friday, September 4. The team’s home opener will be the following Friday, September 11 in the Second Annual Austin College Volleyball Classic. AC opens their difficult American Southwest Conference schedule at Mississippi College on September 26. (top of page)
1998 ResultsRECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES........... (21-10) (12-2 ) ( 4-5 ) ( 5-3 ) CONFERENCE.......... ( 9-2 ) ( 6-0 ) ( 3-2 ) ( 0-0 ) NON-CONFERENCE...... (12-8 ) ( 6-2 ) ( 1-3 ) ( 5-3 ) DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------------ -------------------- --- ----- ------ Sep 4, 1998 at Southwestern L 0-3 75 Sep 5, 1998 vs Howard Payne W 3-2 50 Sep 05, 1998 vs McMurry W 3-1 100 Sep 8, 1998 at SE Oklahoma State L 2-3 150 Sep 11, 1998 HENDRIX W 3-1 150 Sep 11, 1998 LETOURNEAU W 3-0 150 Sep 12, 1998 SOUTHWESTERN L 0-3 100 Sep 12, 1998 SUL ROSS STATE W 3-1 100 Sep 18, 1998 vs Houston Baptist L 0-3 40 Sep 18, 1998 vs Hendrix W 3-0 40 Sep 18, 1998 vs Bible Central Coll. W 3-1 40 Sep 19, 1998 vs Mid-America Bible W 3-0 50 Sep 19, 1998 vs John Brown U. L 1-3 50 Sep 24, 1998 at Arlington Baptist W 3-0 100 *Sep 26, 1998 at Mississippi College W 3-0 50 Sep 26, 1998 at East Texas Baptist L 1-3 50 *Oct 1, 1998 at LeTourneau W 3-1 60 *Oct 2, 1998 HOWARD PAYNE W 3-1 150 Oct 3, 1998 ARLINGTON BAPTIST W 3-0 50 *Oct 3, 1998 SUL ROSS STATE W 3-1 50 Oct 6, 1998 SE OKLAHOMA STATE W 3-2 50 *Oct 9, 1998 at McMurry University L 2-3 100 *Oct 10, 1998 at Hardin-Simmons L 0-3 60 *Oct 16, 1998 at University of Dallas W 3-0 50 *Oct 20, 1998 LETOURNEAU W 3-0 75 *Oct 23, 1998 MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR W 3-1 - Oct 24, 1998 SCHREINER COLLEGE L 2-3 - *Oct 28, 1998 UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS W 3-0 75 *Oct 30, 1998 MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE W 3-0 - Oct 31, 1998 EAST TEXAS BAPTIST W 3-2 - ^Nov 06, 1998 vs McMurry University L 0-3 - * Denotes ASC Match ^ Denotes ASC Tournament Match |
Overall record: 21-10 Conf: 9-2 Home: 12-2 Away: 4-5 Neutral: 5-3 TEAM STATISTICS AUSTIN OPP -------------------------------------------------------- ATTACK........................ Kills....................... 1419 626 Errors...................... 589 308 Total Attacks............... 3780 1960 Attack Pct.................. .220 .162 Kills/Game.................. 12.3 5.4 SET........................... Assists..................... 1347 536 Assists/Game................ 11.7 4.7 SERVE......................... Aces........................ 285 126 Errors...................... 204 142 Aces/Game................... 2.5 1.1 SERVE RECEPTIONS.............. Errors...................... 265 145 Errors/Game................. 2.3 1.3 DEFENSE....................... Digs........................ 1899 900 Digs/Game................... 16.5 7.8 BLOCKING...................... Block Solo.................. 131 67 Block Assist................ 224 172 Total Blocks................ 243.0 153.0 Blocks Per Game............. 2.1 1.3 Block Errors................ 88 124 BALL HANDLING ERRORS.......... 72 77 ATTENDANCE.................... Total....................... 950 695 Dates/Avg Per Date.......... 14/68 9/77 Neutral site #/Avg.......... 8/46 MATCH WINS BY #GAMES 1 2 3 4 5 Total ----------------------------------------------- Austin College...... 0 0 10 8 3 - 21 Opponents........... 0 0 5 2 3 - 10 GAMES WON BY GAME 1 2 3 4 5 Total ----------------------------------------------- Austin College...... 22 19 15 12 3 - 71 Opponents........... 9 12 16 4 3 - 44 POINTS BY GAME 1 2 3 4 5 Total ----------------------------------------------- Austin College...... 420 378 388 211 82 - 1479 Opponents........... 307 320 356 180 82 - 1245 |
|-----------ATTACK---------| |---------SET---------| |----------SERVE-----------|
## Name GP-MP K K/Game E TA Pct A A/Game TA Pct SA SA/Gm SE TA Pct
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1 Stephanie White 14- 0 0.00 1 2 -.500 0 0.00 - - 1 0.07 1 - -
2 Lesley McCrary 67- 63 0.94 22 164 .250 6 0.09 - - 12 0.18 10 - -
3 Jennifer Jackson 81- 114 1.41 58 303 .185 1 0.01 - - 1 0.01 2 - -
4 Stephanie Hennion 16- 20 1.25 10 58 .172 46 2.88 - - 8 0.50 5 - -
6 Casey Harris 106- 123 1.16 79 397 .111 26 0.25 - - 1 0.01 2 - -
7 Alana Hale 55- 99 1.80 56 232 .185 3 0.05 - - 3 0.05 2 - -
8 Martha De Leon 94- 2 0.02 5 13 -.231 3 0.03 - - 22 0.23 32 - -
9 Ginger Dunlap 94- 291 3.10 111 795 .226 18 0.19 - - 22 0.23 25 - -
10 Michelle Alexander 109- 55 0.50 10 178 .253 1151 10.56 - - 60 0.55 45 - -
11 Lindsey Young 104- 355 3.41 90 854 .310 7 0.07 - - 28 0.27 26 - -
12 Lindsay McFadden 105- 214 2.04 96 506 .233 13 0.12 - - 23 0.22 5 - -
13 Michella Davis 19- 24 1.26 18 68 .088 0 0.00 - - 2 0.11 4 - -
14 Krissy Czekaj 104- 37 0.36 15 128 .172 51 0.49 - - 44 0.42 16 - -
15 Amity Overall 107- 13 0.12 10 53 .057 19 0.18 - - 57 0.53 27 - -
16 Tamara Smith 11- 9 0.82 8 29 .034 3 0.27 - - 1 0.09 2 - -
Total............... 115- 1419 12.34 589 3780 .220 1347 11.71 - - 285 2.48 204 - -
Opponents........... 115- 626 5.44 308 1960 .162 536 4.66 - - 126 1.10 142 - -
|----RECEPT----| |---DIG---| |--------BLOCKING---------|
## Name G RE TA Pct DIG Dig/G BS BA Total B/Game BE BHE
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1 Stephanie White 14 4 - - 19 1.36 0 0 0 0.00 0 0
2 Lesley McCrary 67 27 - - 119 1.78 0 2 2 0.03 4 2
3 Jennifer Jackson 81 1 - - 31 0.38 42 42 84 1.04 23 3
4 Stephanie Hennion 16 3 - - 46 2.88 0 2 2 0.13 2 1
6 Casey Harris 106 14 - - 106 1.00 1 47 48 0.45 24 5
7 Alana Hale 55 0 - - 22 0.40 18 18 36 0.65 5 2
8 Martha De Leon 94 31 - - 99 1.05 5 1 6 0.06 0 1
9 Ginger Dunlap 94 53 - - 360 3.83 4 21 25 0.27 5 1
10 Michelle Alexander 109 1 - - 321 2.94 2 16 18 0.17 4 40
11 Lindsey Young 104 32 - - 198 1.90 7 23 30 0.29 3 3
12 Lindsay McFadden 105 20 - - 139 1.32 47 47 94 0.90 15 10
13 Michella Davis 19 3 - - 26 1.37 2 0 2 0.11 2 1
14 Krissy Czekaj 104 34 - - 164 1.58 2 4 6 0.06 1 3
15 Amity Overall 107 33 - - 244 2.28 1 0 1 0.01 0 0
16 Tamara Smith 11 3 - - 5 0.45 0 1 1 0.09 0 0
Team 6
Total............... 115 265 - - 1899 16.51 131 224 243.0 2.11 88 72
Opponents........... 115 145 - - 900 7.83 67 172 153.0 1.33 124 77
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