Eastern Washington University Athletics

Exner led Eastern's volleyball program to an amazing 46-12 record her final two seasons in 1997 and 1998. Both seasons Eastern was 13-3 in the Big Sky Conference as the Eagles won a Big Sky co-regular season title in 1997 and earned an at-large berth in the NCAA Tournament in 1998. A unanimous selection for 1998 Big Sky Conference MVP and first team All-Big Sky honors, she was also the 1997 Big Sky Conference co-MVP and was a three-time first team All-Big Sky selection. She also earned American Volleyball Coaches Association All-Region VIII accolades in both 1997 & 1998. She finished her four-year career (1995-98) with a Big Sky Conference record 1,860 kills (4.43 a game), and had 4,331 total attempts, 643 errors and a .281 hitting percentage. Exner became the first player in conference history to win the AVCA National Player of the Week award on Sept. 14, 1998. She won the Big Sky Conference Player of the Week award five times during the 1998 season, and was the first player in conference history to win the award in consecutive weeks. She accomplished that feat twice, and in her career Exner won the Player of the Week award 11 times. Among the seven school records she broke was the single-season kills mark with 561 in 1998. Also an outstanding student, she was a second team selection on the CoSIDA All-District VIII Academic team in 1998. She was also the 1998 Inland Northwest Amateur Athlete of the Year as selected by the Spokane Sportswriters and Broadcasters. The native of Vernon, B.C., went on to serve as an assistant coach in Eastern's volleyball program, play professionally for three years in Europe and play for the Canadian National Team two years. As part of the celebration for the 25th anniversary of the Big Sky Conference for women in the 2013-14 school year, she was selected as No. 12 on the list of the league’s 25 Greatest Women’s Athletes. She married former EWU offensive coordinator Timm Rosenbach. and they had their first child, a girl named Reece Tammy, on Feb. 6, 2007.