matthew mitchell - University of Kentucky Athletics
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HONORS HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW<br />
STAFF<br />
WILDCATS OUTLOOK KENTUCKY UK HOOPS<br />
Stephanie<br />
Aschmann<br />
Administrative Support Associate<br />
Stephanie Aschmann enters<br />
her third year with the UK <strong>Athletics</strong><br />
Association as the administrative support<br />
associate for women’s basketball.<br />
Aschmann is responsible for the day-to-day<br />
schedules <strong>of</strong> the coaches, and their charitable activities<br />
and public appearances. She also develops and<br />
coordinates events for coaches, players, alumnae,<br />
boosters, and fans. Her duties also include maintaining<br />
the women’s basketball recruiting database<br />
and assisting with daily administrative operations<br />
in the basketball <strong>of</strong>fice.<br />
Aschmann, 27, came to UK in October 2006<br />
after serving as the Executive Director <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Makenna Foundation, a nonpr<strong>of</strong>it organization<br />
that helps raise funds to make the <strong>Kentucky</strong> Children’s<br />
Hospital a benchmark <strong>of</strong> children’s hospitals<br />
by providing the necessary equipment and assisting<br />
in hospital expansion.<br />
Prior to the Makenna Foundation, Aschmann<br />
was the Executive Director <strong>of</strong> the Bluegrass Tennis<br />
Association, where she promoted tennis in central<br />
<strong>Kentucky</strong> by coordinating fundraisers, programs,<br />
and tournaments.<br />
When not in the basketball <strong>of</strong>fice, the<br />
Abbeville, La., native enjoys tennis and volunteering<br />
in the community. Currently, Aschmann<br />
serves on the UK Women’s Forum Board <strong>of</strong><br />
Directors and on the Junior League <strong>of</strong> Lexington<br />
BASKETBALL SUPPORT STAFF<br />
THE STATS CREW<br />
League Board. Aschmann earned her bachelor’s<br />
degree at UK in 2003 in secondary education<br />
social studies and currently is working on a master’s<br />
degree in higher education.<br />
Susan Lax<br />
Associate Media Relations Director<br />
Susan Lax is in her 12th season<br />
with the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Kentucky</strong>,<br />
her eighth as Associate<br />
Director <strong>of</strong> Media Relations. In addition to coordinating<br />
all publicity efforts for the women’s basketball<br />
team, she assists with public relations duties<br />
for the Wildcat football team.<br />
Lax was promoted to associate director after<br />
serving as the department’s assistant director for<br />
four years. The Murray, Ky., native joined the UK<br />
staff in 1997 after spending two years as the assistant<br />
media relations director at Murray State while<br />
attending graduate school. Several <strong>of</strong> Lax’s publications<br />
have won awards from the College <strong>of</strong> Sports<br />
Information Directors Association (CoSIDA).<br />
Lax graduated from Freed-Hardeman <strong>University</strong><br />
in Henderson, Tenn., where she was a three-year<br />
letter winner for the Lady Lions tennis team. She<br />
graduated in 1995 with a bachelor’s degree in communications<br />
with an emphasis in public relations.<br />
She is a member <strong>of</strong> CoSIDA (College Sports<br />
Information Directors <strong>of</strong> America), FWA (Football<br />
Writers Association, and USBWA (United<br />
States Basketball Writers Association).<br />
Tricia Matysak<br />
Senior Athletic Trainer<br />
Tricia Matysak is in her fifth<br />
season at <strong>Kentucky</strong> as the<br />
women’s basketball athletic<br />
trainer. Her secondary responsibilities are women’s<br />
golf, rifle and volleyball. She also oversees all<br />
women’s health issues and protocols for all sports.<br />
A native <strong>of</strong> Knox, Ind., Matysak has over 11<br />
years <strong>of</strong> experience in the athletic training field.<br />
She came to the Bluegrass State from Notre Dame,<br />
where she spent four seasons as the men’s soccer<br />
and men’s and women’s lacrosse athletic trainer.<br />
She also assisted with the Fighting Irish football<br />
team and other Olympic sports while also performing<br />
administrative duties. Matysak supervised<br />
approximately 16 student athletic trainers at Notre<br />
Dame, directed continuing education programs<br />
and served as the Sports Medicine Correspondence<br />
Coordinator.<br />
Prior to Notre Dame, Matysak did post-graduate<br />
work at Auburn from 1999-2001, receiving a<br />
master’s <strong>of</strong> education in higher education administration<br />
with an emphasis in sport management.<br />
She also served as a graduate assistant trainer for<br />
the Tiger s<strong>of</strong>tball program and assisted with football,<br />
women’s soccer, swimming, golf and basketball<br />
events.<br />
Matysak graduated from Purdue in 1999 with<br />
a degree in athletic training. While pursuing her<br />
degree, she served as a student athletic trainer with<br />
primary responsibilities for s<strong>of</strong>tball, women’s soccer,<br />
volleyball and football.<br />
Matysak is a certified member <strong>of</strong> the National<br />
Athletic Trainers Association (NATA).<br />
Jamie Moberly<br />
Event Coordinator<br />
OPPONENTS<br />
MEDIA INFO<br />
Back row (L-R): Donnie Hart (public address announcer), Mike Zuckerman (in-game stats), Mike “Bear”<br />
Rogers (hustle board), Ken Bourne (<strong>of</strong>ficial scorer), Lee Ann Clark (in-game stats director), C.J. O’Banion (ingame<br />
stats). Front row (L-R): Christopher Montgomery (back-up stats), Jim Ingle (back-up shot chart), Sharon<br />
McCauley (scoreboard), Susan Montgomery (back-up stats), Don DeLuca (shot cart).<br />
Jamie Moberly begins his<br />
17th year with the UK <strong>Athletics</strong><br />
Association. He serves as the<br />
facilities and operations coordinator for women’s<br />
basketball and is responsible for all game-day setup<br />
for Memorial Coliseum. He also is the event manager<br />
for the volleyball and s<strong>of</strong>tball programs and<br />
manages other special events in the Coliseum as<br />
well as UK’s many other athletics facilities.<br />
Moberly, a native <strong>of</strong> Lexington, received his<br />
bachelor’s degree from <strong>Kentucky</strong> in 1991 and<br />
earned a master’s degree in sport management<br />
from UK in 1994.<br />
Moberly and his wife, Esther, have a six-yearold<br />
son, Ethan.<br />
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