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Contact: Angie Bullard
Office: 940-668-7731 ext. 347

LADY LIONS VOLLEYBALL – AN OVERVIEW

xxxxx North Central Texas College began intercollegiate women's volleyball in the fall of 1988. This was the first time the school fielded a volleyball team in the school's 75 year history.
xxx NCTC is a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association and plays in the North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference. This conference includes the following women's volleyball programs: Cisco Junior College located in Cisco, Collin County Community College located in Plano, Grayson County College located in Sherman, Hill College located in Hillsboro, Temple College located in Temple, and Vernon College located in Vernon. The Lions play in NJCAA Region V, which has historically been a very strong region for volleyball.
xxxxx NCTC attempts to play in an up-tempo style that emphasizes multiple hitting patterns. Team strengths include tenacious defense and an offense that is not geared to any one specific athlete. Synergy -- the concept that the whole is much greater than the sum of its individual parts -- is a team cornerstone. NCTC players realize that team goals supercede individual goals.
xxxxx The team's home court is Lion's Fieldhouse, which has become one of the loudest and most difficult venues to play in around the conference because of supportive friends, fans, family members and faculty who proudly support NCTC athletics.
xxxxx North Central Texas College is located in Gainesville, Texas, along Interstate 35, about one hour north of the Dallas- Fort Worth Metroplex.
xxxxx If you would like to learn more about playing intercollegiate volleyball at North Central Texas College, you can contact Head Coach Angie Bullard at abullard@nctc.edu. or at (940) 668-7731, Ext. 347. Click HERE for Coach Angie Bullard's Biography.

Fall 2002 Volleyball Roster

   

Name

Pos.

Class

High School

Hometown

Height
1

Christa Thompson

S

SO

Richland

Fort Worth

5'5"
4

Ashley Hadley

DS

SO

Santa Fe

Santa Fe

5'8"
11

Michelle Yarbrough

OH

SO

Richland

Fort Worth

5'7"
10

Courtney Foley

OH

SO

Leon

Jewett

5'8"
15

Katie Windham

OH

SO

Leakey

Leakey

6'1"
9

Jessica George

MB

FR

Springtown

Springtown

5'11"
5

Amber Broxson

OH

FR

Crandall

Combine

5'8"
7

Jessica Molberg

MB

FR

Lexington

Lexington

5'10"
14 Jennifer Fries MB FR Haltom Haltom City 6'0"
12 Christine Neyland OH FR Leon Marquez 5'11"
2 Morgan Woods S FR Santa Fe Santa Fe 5'4"
8 Lauren Bright MB FR Everman Fort Worth 5'10"
3 Nikka Garcia S FR Pace Brownsville 5'4"
6

Hilda Navarro

DS

FR

Lake Dallas

Corinth

5'4"
Head Coach: Angie Bullard / Manager: Stephanie Wood
 

Fall 2002 Volleyball Schedule

Date

Opponent

Time

Site

August

Friday, 23

Cedar Valley Tournament

TBA Lancaster

Tuesday, 27

Redlands 5:00

El Reno, OK

Friday, 30

Navarro Tournament TBA

Corsicana

Saturday, 31

Navarro Tournament TBA

Corsicana

September

Wednesday, 4

Navarro 6:00

Gainesville

Friday, 6

NCTC Tournament TBA

Gainesville

Saturday, 7

NCTC Tournament TBA

Gainesville

Monday, 9 Jacksonville 6:00 Gainesville

Friday, 13

Vernon Tournament TBA

Vernon

Saturday, 14 Vernon Tournament TBA Vernon
Tuesday, 17 Grayson 6:30 Gainesville
Thursday, 19 Collin 6:30 Plano
Thursday, 26 Hill 6:30 Gainesville
Saturday, 28 Seminole State Tri-match 12:00 / 2:00 Seminole, OK

October
Tuesday, 1
Temple 6:30 Temple
Thursday, 3
Cisco 6:30 Gainesville
Tuesday, 8
Vernon 6:30 Vernon
Thursday, 10
Grayson 6:30 Denison
Tuesday, 15
Collin 6:30 Gainesville
Friday, 18
Westark Tournament TBA Fort Smith, AR
Saturday, 19
Westark Tournament TBA Fort Smith, AR
Tuesday, 22
Hill 6:30 Hillsboro
Thursday, 24
Temple 6:30 Gainesville
Tuesday, 29
Cisco 6:30 Cisco
Thursday, 31 Vernon 6:30 Gainesville

November

Friday, 8

Regional Tournament TBA

Cisco

Saturday, 9
Regional Tournament TBA Cisco
25-27
National Tournament TBA West Plains, MO

Bold Face Denotes Conference Matches
Last Updated: Wednesday, July 9, 2003 4:11 PM

Head Coach: Angie Bullard / Manager: Stephanie Wood

Angie Bullard

LADY LIONS VOLLEYBALL COACH

As NCTC Head Volleyball Coach, Angie Bullard calls on successful career experiences as an athlete, student and high school coach.

A graduate of Gunter High School, Bullard attended Paris Junior College on a full basketball scholarship, winning Academic All-American honors in 1989-90 and 1990-91. She transferred to Tarleton State University helping lead the TexAnns to the National Tournament and twice more achieving Academic All American status. As a senior, she was named TexAnn of the Year in recognition of her prowess on the court, in the classroom and as a student leader.

Bullard earned bachelor’s of science and master's of education degrees from TSU, graduating cum laude. As a TSU graduate student, Bullard worked as the assistant women’s basketball coach.

After college, Bullard taught high school biology and served as head coach in volleyball, softball, basketball and cross country. In six years as a high school coach, she won several honors and awards. The Waco Tribune Herald named her Volleyball Coach of the Year after she coached Abbott to a 29-2 record, with both losses to state tournament-bound teams. She was also named district coach of the year in basketball and volleyball. She coached a high school all-star basketball team to victory in the Lubbock Tournament.

In her third year at NCTC, Coach Bullard is pushing for continued team improvement. In Bullard’s first season, the Lady Lions were ousted early in the regional tournament. In 2001-2002 her team bested New Mexico Military to reach the tournament semi-finals before falling to Hill College, eventual participant in the national tournament.

Besides solid on-court performance, Bullard is proud of the Lady Lions academic record. The team’s cumulative GPA last year was 3.32. “We expect our players to perform on the court and in the classroom,” says Bullard. “When we recruit, we go after players we believe will excel as students as well as athletes.”

Outside coaching, Bullard enjoys athletics and outdoor activities including golf and horseback riding. She is married to Joe Bullard, a teacher and coach at Gainesville High School. Together, they have a 2-year-old daughter named Lindsey.

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