USD Women's Basketball 1996-1997

Torero Newcomers

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#20 Susie Erpelding

#34 Jessica Gray

Andrea Burns

Freshman Portland, OR/Catlin Gabel HS F

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Freshman G San Diego, CA/Lady of Peace HS

Freshman F Redwood City, CA/Woodside HS

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High School: All Northwest League First Team during junior and senior years... Honorable Men– tion All State selecti on... Averaged 12 points, six rebounds, 4 ass ists and 2 blocks per game in se– ni or year. .. Holds Oregon state record (2A) for blocked shots with 13 in three games... Named to Blue Star East All Star team... Four-year starter on varsity team and three-year co-captain .. . Al so played soccer and volleyball in high school. .. Soc– cer team was state champs in freshman year. Per– sonal: Undeclared major. .. Chose USD to stay on the west coast and liked the peopl e... Al so re- cruited by Colgate, Idaho State and St. John's.. . Father pl ayed bas ketball at Mi chi gan State ... Daughter of Donald and Lucinda Burns .. Born June I, 1978 in Portl and, OR.

1995-96: Sat out season due to torn ACL injury suffered during semifinals of C IF pl ayoffs. High School: Number has been retired at Our Lady of Peace... Named Cali forni a Scholar Ath– lete of the Year in '95... First Team AII -C IF se– lection for junior and seni or seasons... C IF Divi– sion Ill Pl ayer of the Year in seni or season... Se– lected to Di v. Ill All -State team... Two-time team MVP. .. Averaged 22. 2 points per game... Al so pl ayed volley ball and was an All Harbor League selecti on. Personal: Soc iology major with mi– nor in Politi cal Science... Has nine brothers and sisters... Brother Joey ran track at San Diego State and sister Heidi played vo lleyball at William & Mary.. . Chose USD because of great team atmo– sphere and size of school. .. Al so recruited by Pacific ... Parents are Tom and Gerda Erpelding... Born June I, 1977 in San Diego, CA.

High School: MVP of Woodside Team that was Peninsul a Athl etic League champs in senior sea– son... First Team All Metro League.. . First Team Central Coast secti on... San Jose Mercury Ath– lete of the Week... Al so pl ayed softball and vol– leyball and was team MVP of voll eyball. Per– sonal: Undec lared maj or. .. Daughter of Sue Gray.. . Born June 27, 1978 in Redwood City, CA.

Media Covering the Toreros

#42 Katie Trungale

TELEVISION

PRINT SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE Jess Kearney, Stan McNeal, Doug Willi ams Sports Editors Bill Center PO Box 19 1 San Diego, CA 921 12 (6 19) 293- 1343 Fax: 293-2443

KFMB-TV, Channel 8 Ted Leitner, Sports Director Rick Powers, Hank Bauer

7677 Engineer Road San Di ego, CA 92 111 (6 19) 495-7589

Fax: 560-0627

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Freshman

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KGTV-TV, Channel 10 Billy Ray Smith, Sports Director Dav id Ll oyd PO Box 85347 San Diego, CA 92 186 (6 19) 237-6314 Fax: 527-0369 KNSD-TV, Channel 39 Jim Laslav ic, Sports Director Jim Stone PO Box 11039 San Diego, CA 92 1I I (6 19) 467-7226 Fax: 492-9143

NORTH COUNTY TIMES Steve Schofi eld, Sports Editor Sean O'Neill PO Box 90 Oceanside, CA 92054 (619) 433-7333

Dallas, TX/Highland Park HS

High School: First Team All State and All Dis– trict during seni or year... MVP of Tex as Assoc ia– tion of Basketball Coaches.. . Averaged 13 points, 9.8 rebounds and 2.2 bl ocks per game... Team was Distri ct and Area Champions in seni or sea– son... Honorabl e Mention All District in junior year. Personal: Played in World Sports Ex– change in Austral ia in Summer of'96... Engineer– ing major. .. Chose USD because of weather, lo– cation and team atmosphere... Daughter of Jo– seph and Patricia Trungale .. . Born Jul y 27, 1978 in Chi cago, IL.

Fax: 757-2072

LOS ANGELES TIMES Bill Dwyre, Sports Editor Time Mirror Square Los Angeles, CA 90053 (800) 528-4637 ext. 77145 Fax: (213) 237-7876

DAILY CALIFORNIAN Bill Dickens, Sports Editor PO Drawer 1565 El Cajon, CA 92020 (6 19) 442-4408

KUSI-TV, Channel 51 Skip Baldwin, Sports Director

Curt Sandoval PO Box 71 9051 San Diego, CA 92 171 (6 19) 505-5014

Fax: 447-6165

Fax: 576-93 17