Western State Basketball | Game Program vs. Regis and Metro State

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Western State Colorado University Profi le ................ 2Mountaineer Staff Directory ...................................... 5Paul Wright Gym ....................................................... 7Athletic Scholarship Awards ...................................... 8Mountaineer Coaching Staff ............................... 11-14RMAC Statistical leaders ......................................... 13Western men’s roster, schedule and stats ................. 16Regis men’s roster, schedule and stats ..................... 17MSUD men’s roster, schedule and stats ................... 18

RMAC Standings ..................................................... 21Western women’s roster, schedule and stats ............ 22Regis women’s roster, schedule and stats .....................23MSUD women’s roster, schedule and stats .............. 24Mountaineer Athletic Association .......................26-27Mountaineers - A John Nelson Poem ....................... 28By The Numbers ...................................................... 29 Fall Schedules .......................................................... 31Rules for Boosters .................................................... 32

The basketball game program for the Regis University and Metro State University Denver games was produced by the Western Sports Information Offi ce for the purpose of educat-ing and informing fans. Layout and content produced by Sports Information Director Garrett Finke. Photography by Finke, Sean Condon and Sandy Frankum. Regis information provided by Regis Sports Information Director Jeremy Phillips. MSU Den-ver information provided by MSUD Sports Information Director Andy Schlichting.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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WEEKEND’S OFFICIALSFriday Night

WomenRad Carter, Kirby Clock, Josh

RombachMen

Thomas Pontarelli, Jerome Yancey, Luke Dahlberg

Saturday NightWomen

John Haefeli, Michaela Fox, Donovan Briggans

MenRick Emerson, Jeff LaGrange,

Warren Smith

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The new $30 million Mountaineer Field House was opened in the spring of 2014.

Western State Colorado University, the highest four-year institution of higher learning in the United States at 7,703 feet above sea level, opened its doors to students 103 years ago this fall and celebrated a century of educating educators three academic years ago.

Western is located in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, with academic programs that take advantage of the natural laboratory that surrounds campus. The college has the only college-based Mountain Rescue Team in the nation and is consistently ranked by National Geographic and Fly Rod and Reel Magazine as one of the top colleges for students to experience outdoor recreation.

Crested Butte Mountain Resort and Monarch Mountain are both within an hour drive of campus for winter sports, and Hartman Rocks features a range of activites in the summer. The City of Gunnison hosted the start of the “Queen’s Stage” of the USA Pro Cycling Tour, which several international cycling experts called one of the toughest stages to receive certifi cation.

The Mountaineers have maintained one of the top small college athletic programs in the nation, with the fourth-highest average in the history of the Learfi eld Sports Directors’ Cup. With 90 RMAC championships, 107 individual national championships and 15 national team championships, the Mountaineers have been building “Champions Out of Thin Air” since the college opened in 1911. The programs have maintained one of the top graduation rates in Division II when compared to the student body, with several programs outpacing the national average many times over.

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BASKETBALLMOUNTAINEER STAFF

JEN MICHELHead Cross Country Coach(970) [email protected]

JAS BAINSHead Football Coach (970) [email protected]

CHRIS BRADFORDHead Track & Field Coach (970) [email protected]

KEVEN JOHNHead Volleyball Coach (970) [email protected]

JASON CARMICHAELDirector of Athletics

BRADD SCHAFERHead Men’s Basketball Coach(970) [email protected]

AdministrationJason Carmichael .....Director of AthleticsJill Mahoney .............Assistant Athletic DirectorGarrett Finke ............Sports Information DirectorLoretta Szallar ..........Administrative AssistantCindy Drexel ............Faculty Athletic Representative

Athletic TrainingDon Mundell ............Head Athletic TrainerJanine Pleau .............Assistant Athletic Trainer

Cross CountryJennifer Michel ........Head CoachTony Nicolosi ...........Assistant CoachJesse Chettle .............Assistant CoachJosh Eberly ...............Assistant Coach

FootballJas Bains...................Head CoachRyan McDonough ....Assistant CoachKelly Ledwith ..........Assistant CoachJT Haddan ................Assistant CoachQuad Sanders ...........Assistant CoachJeff Williamson ........Assistant CoachAarrhon Flores .........Assistant CoachSean Corcoran ..........Assistant Coach

Men’s BasketballBradd Schafer ...........Head CoachDonta Richardson .....Assistant CoachTanner Stillwell ........Assistant CoachJohn McCarthy .........Assistant Coach

Track and FieldChris Bradford .........Head CoachJosiah Norville .........Assistant CoachTony Nicolosi ...........Assistant CoachJosh Eberly ...............Assistant Coach

VolleyballKeven John ...............Head CoachColton Reinholtz ......Assisant Coach

Women’s BasketballVan Girard ................Head CoachMaylinn Smith .........Assistant Coach

Women’s SoccerJeremy Clevenger .....Head CoachDaniel Geu ...............Assistant CoachMolly Keating ..........Assistant Coach

Women’s Swimming & DivingGeoff Hanson ...........Head Coach

WrestlingMiles Van Hee ..........Head CoachCharlie Pipher ..........Assistant CoachJesse Cruz .................Assistant CoachDonovan McMahill ..Assistant CoachCraig Otto .................Assistant Coach

VAN GIRARDHead W. Basketball Coach(970) [email protected]

JEREMY CLEVENGERHead W. Soccer Coach(970) [email protected]

MILES VAN HEEHead Wrestling Coach(970) [email protected]

GEOFF HANSONHead Swim/Dive Coach(970) 943-2084

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BASKETBALLPAUL WRIGHT GYMBuilt in 1951 and renovated sev-eral times since, Paul Wright Gym boasts a capacity of 1,800 specta-tors. At 7,728 feet above sea level, the facility is the highest collegiate gym in the world.

In 1960, the current swimming pool was added to the facility. In 1965, the wrestling room was added on the east side to help sup-port the back-to-back college divi-sion national championship teams of 1963 and 1964.

In 1998, a major 40,000 square foot renovation was completed that added a 2,500 square foot weight room and a locker facility for visiting teams and the Western State stu-dent body. Along with the south addition, six class-rooms were included that allowed the Recreation and Exercise Science Department to conduct all its classes in one building.

During the 1998 renovation, the Mountaineer Sports Hall of Fame Room was completed with meeting facilities and trophy cases.

In 2008, a new gym fl oor and retractable baskets were installed. New bleachers were installed in 2005.

The Mountaineer Field House resides on the southwest portion of the building. The facility features a com-petition size 200-meter track for collegiate and high school meets, expanded offi ce areas for the Mountain-eer Athletic Department, a new weight training facil-ity, an additional training room, a new High Altitude Performance Lab and a student recreation facility on the south end of the building.

The building is named after Paul W. Wright, who spent 38 years as a professor, coach and administrator at Western State. He also served as judge and mayor in Gunnison and was instrumental in establishing skiing as an NCAA sport.

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PAUL W. WRIGHT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP:Kalvin Winter-Senior-Football-Business Administration-Conifer, COMorgan Stansberry-Senior-Volleyball-Business Administration/Accounting-Montrose, COAnna Marshall-Senior-Cross Country/Track-Biology-Pueblo, CO

WILLIAM CHARLESWORTH MEMORIAL (Math & Science)Corbin Bennetts-Senior-Wrestling-Biology-Buena Vista, CO

RALPH E. PORTER ATHLETIC:Bennie Kirkwood-Senior-Track-Exercise & Sports Science-Santa Barbara, CA

ED RANDALL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (Education)Chase Cline-Senior-Football-History-Elizabeth, CO

PEDERSON/WRIGHT/BORAH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPCorbin Bennetts-Senior-Wrestling-Biology-Buena Vista, CO

RMAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETES FOR 2009-10 (Scholarship is awarded for 2010-11)Anna Marshall- Senior-Cross Country/Track-Biology-Pueblo, COCorbin Bennetts-Senior-Wrestling-Biology-Buena Vista, CO

ETHEL M. RICE ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPMargaret Zimmerman-Junior-W.Basketball-Biology-Denver, CO

TRACY BORAH MEMORIAL WRESTLING SCHOLARSHIPKyle Piatt-Junior-Wrestling-History-Olathe, CO

BOB DECKER BASKETBALL SCHOLARSHIPJalen Thompson-Sophomore-Men’s Basketball-Exercise & Sports Science-Aurora, CO

MCCARTHY/TORPEY MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHOLARSHIPBen Schmidt-Senior-M.Basketball-Math-Severance, CO

BUS RIDERS FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIPVince Delmonico-Senior-Football-Business Administration-Morrison, CO

BUS MYERS MEMORIAL FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIPMichael Lopez-Senior-Football-Psychology/Sociology-Aurora, COCole Wadsworth-Senior-Football-English-Johnstown, CO

KELLY LONG MEMORIAL SCHOLARHSHIPAustin Harris-Senior-Wrestling-Business Administration/Accounting-Windsor, CO

OKIE MARK FOOTBALL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPChase Yaeger-Senior-Football-Geology-Riverview, FL

JOHN ROBERTS/JOHNNY SIEVERS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPElliot Copeland-Senior-Wrestling-Politics & Government-Bennett, CO

BRIAN KIEFER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPTBA

KAPPA DELTA MU SCHOLARSHIPHailey Rehage-Senior-Volleyball-Interdisciplinary Studies/LA-Longmont, COJared Mendicino-Junior-Football-Sociology-Pueblo, CO

KEN MACLENNAN SCHOLARSHIPDylan Nicholson-Senior-Football-Exercise & Sports Science/Psychology-Sterling, CO

MACALLISTER PRESIDENTIAL ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPHailey Rehage-Senior-Volleyball-Interdisciplinary Studies/LA-Longmont, CO

J.W. CAMPBELL MEMORIAL WRESTLING SCHOLARSHIPSam Mangum-Senior-Wrestling-Business Administration-McAllen, TX

DR. HERBERT J. AND MARIE H. KACZMAREK SCHOLARSHIPAnna Marshall- Senior-Cross Country/Track-Biology-Pueblo, COJake Engle-Junior-Football-Exercise & Sports Science-Eagle, CO

PAUL AND DOROTHY REID SCHOLARSHIPHailey Rehage-Senior-Volleyball-Interdisciplinary Studies/LA-Longmont, CO

CHAMPION LEADERSHIP & RESPONSIBILITY SCHOLARSHIPKatie Roos-Senior-Track-Biology/ESS-Centennial, CO

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Bradd Schafer takes the reins of the Western State Colorado University men’s basketball program for the fi rst time in 2014-15. Schafer was hired as the Mountaineers’ Head Coach on May 29, 2014 after a nation-wide search.

Schafer comes to Western after spending the past eight seasons, four of which as the Head Coach, at Black Hills State University. During those eight years at Black Hills, Schafer had an overall record of 133-105, and a head coaching record of 56-57. Schafer also led the Yellow Jackets during a transitional period as Black Hills State moved from the NAIA to the NCAA Division II and into the RMAC.

During the 2010-11 season, Schafer guided Black Hills State to a 27-6 overall record with a mark of 12-2 in the Dakota Athletic Conference (DAC). Black Hills State had three DAC All-Confer-ence players and two NAIA All-American selections. The Yellow Jackets won the DAC regular season title as well as the DAC Tournament Championship. Schafer then led the Yellow Jack-ets to the NAIA National Tournament Sweet Sixteen round and ended the season ranked fi fth in the nation.

From 2006 to 2010, Schafer assisted the Black Hills State Head Coach in all phases of the program, including daily operations, recruiting, practice, individual workouts and summer camps. In 2008-09, Schafer helped guide the Yellow Jackets to a 30-5 record and an appearance at the NAIA National Tournament Final Four.

Prior to Black Hills State, Schafer was an assistant coach at Colo-rado School of Mines in 2005-06. During his time in Golden, the Orediggers advanced to the fi nal four of the RMAC Shootout for the fi rst time in over a decade. They also ended Metro State’s 47 game home winning streak.

Before entering the college level, Schafer was an assistant coach for four years at Windsor High School in Windsor, Colorado,

where he helped guide the team to an 80-20 record including a trip to the state championship in 2002-03.

Originally from Gilcrest, Colorado, Schafer played his collegiate career at Western from 1996-01 under Bob Hofman, the win-ningest coach in Mountaineer men’s basketball history. He was a team captain in 2000-01, and led the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference in three-point fi eld goal percentage that same season. Schafer earned his bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology from West-ern in 2001, and a master’s degree in strategic leadership from Black Hills State in 2010.

BRADD SCHAFERHead Coach

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TANNER STILLWELLASSISTANT COACH

Tanner Stillwell begins his third year as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Western State in 2014.

Stillwell grew up in Steamboat Springs Colorado and played basketball for Coach Kelly Meek from 2003-2007 at Steamboat Springs High School. Upon high school graduation Tanner enrolled at Colorado State University and graduated in 2012 with a degree in history, a minor in business, and a Colorado teaching license.

During his last semester at CSU Stillwell student taught at Fort Collins High School where he was also an assistant with the basketball team. His responsibilities, this season with the basketball team, are numerous. As a second year coach he tries to bring energy and enthusiasm to everything he does and be an “energy giver” to the Western program.

JOHN McCARTHYASSISTANT COACH

John McCarthy is in his 23rd year as an assistant coach for the Mountaineers. A Western alumnus, “Coach Mac” began his time as an assistant to Hall of Fame Head Coach Jay Helman. During his tenure as an assistant, he has been on the bench for over 500 games and has been fortunate enough to have coached Western’s RMAC Championship team, 31 players that have garnered RMAC post season honors, and two players who have gone on to become members of the Western State Hall of Fame.

Prior to his involvement with Mountaineer basketball, McCarthy served as the basketball coach at Battle Mountain High School in Eagle-Vail, Colorado where he left as the Huskies all time winningest coach.

McCarthy is a retired history teacher from Gunnison High School where he was the department chair and taught Advanced Placement History courses. During his career, he was recognized on several occasions as an outstanding educator including as a recipient of the Dan Tredway Memorial Excellence in Teaching Award

and 2010 Colorado VFW Teacher of the Year Award.

McCarthy is married to Western alumna Melanie Torpey, a retired Physical Education teacher and gymnastics coach with the Gunnison Watershed School District.

DONTA RICHARDSONASSISTANT COACH

Donta Richardson enters his fi rst year as an assistant coach for the Mountaineer men’s basketball program in 2014-15.

Prior to Western, Richardson was an assistant for the men’s basketball program at Saint Martin’s University during the 2013-14 season.

Before starting his coaching career, Richardson played professional basketball in Europe for eight years (2003-11). He won three European Championships during that time and was a six-time all-star. He also played on the Detroit Pistons summer league team in 2003.

A graduate of the University of Wyoming, Richardson played for the Cowboys for two seasons (2001-03). During the 2001-02 season he earned third team All-Mountain West honors while guiding his team to a

conference championship. The Cowboys advanced to the second round of th NCAA Tournament that season. As a senior, he was a fi rst team All-Mountain West selection leading Wyoming to the quarterfi nals of the NIT.

Prior to his arrival at Wyoming, Richardson played two seasons a Sheridan College (1999-01). He earned fi rst team all-region honors and was named an All-American during in his fi nal season.

A native of Colorado Springs, Colorado and a 1999 graduate of Liberty High School, Richardson helped the Lancers to a 4A State Championship in 1999 and was named Mr. Basketball in his senior season.

Richardson received his bachelor’s of arts in social science from the University of Wyoming in 2013.

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BASKETBALLRMAC STATISTICSRMAC WOMEN’S STATSRMAC MEN’S STATS

R SCORING OFFENSE G W-L Pts Avg/G1. #18 UCCS 17 15-2 1516 89.22. Adams State University 14 9-5 1208 86.33. Fort Lewis 17 13-4 1409 82.94. CSU-Pueblo 17 11-6 1401 82.45. Colorado Mines 15 14-1 1160 77.3

R SCORING DEFENSE G W-L Pts Avg/G1. MSU Denver 17 14-3 1016 59.82. Colorado Mines 15 14-1 983 65.53. Colorado Christian 17 9-8 1151 67.74. Colorado Mesa 17 13-4 1205 70.95. #18 UCCS 17 15-2 1215 71.5

R SCORING MARGIN G OFF. DEF. MAR.1. #18 UCCS 17 89.2 71.5 17.72. MSU Denver 17 75.3 59.8 15.53. Adams State University 14 86.3 73.4 12.94. Colorado Mines 15 77.3 65.5 11.85. CSU-Pueblo 17 82.4 74.1 8.3

R SCORING POINTS AVG/G1. Ryan Stephan (Colorado Mesa) 385 25.72. Derrick White (#18 UCCS) 435 25.63. Alex Herrera (Fort Lewis) 393 23.14. Mitch McCarron (MSU Denver) 358 21.15. Nicholas Kay (MSU Denver) 344 20.26. Mason Biddle (Western State) 283 18.97. Kendrick Nichols (N.M. Highlands) 287 17.98. Michael Brown (Colorado Christian) 293 17.29. Alex Welsh (#18 UCCS) 267 15.710. Shakir Smith (Adams State University) 219 15.6

R REBOUNDING TOTAL AVG/G1. Alex Herrera (Fort Lewis) 179 10.52. Ryan Stephan (Colorado Mesa) 131 8.73. Caleb Waitsman (Colorado Mines) 124 8.34. Derrick White (#18 UCCS) 129 7.65. Alex Welsh (#18 UCCS) 128 7.5

R ASSISTS G No. AVG/G 1. Derrick White (#18 UCCS) 17 84 4.92. Trevor Ritchie (Colorado Mines) 15 72 4.83. Terrez Scott (Western N.M.) 14 66 4.74. Mitch McCarron (MSU Denver) 17 77 4.55. Mason Biddle (Western State) 15 66 4.4

R SCORING OFFENSE G W-L Pts Avg/G1. UCCS 17 15-2 1340 78.82. Regis University 15 9-6 1013 67.53. Colorado Mesa 15 12-3 999 66.64. Black Hills State 14 10-4 925 66.15. Western New Mexico 16 9-7 1046 65.4

R SCORING DEFENSE G W-L Pts Avg/G1. Western New Mexico 16 9-7 928 58.02. CSU-Pueblo 15 8-7 872 58.13. Fort Lewis 15 9-6 881 58.74. Colorado Mesa 15 12-3 891 59.45. Black Hills State 14 10-4 843 60.2

R SCORING MARGIN G OFF. DEF. MAR.1. UCCS 17 78.8 67.5 11.32. Western New Mexico 16 65.4 58.0 7.43. Colorado Mesa 15 66.6 59.4 7.24. Black Hills State 14 66.1 60.2 5.95. Fort Lewis 15 63.0 58.7 4.3

R SCORING POINTS AVG/G1. Abby Kirchoff (UCCS) 361 21.22. Brittany Hernandez (UCCS) 326 19.23. Erin Reichle (Colorado Mesa) 282 18.84. Bay’lee Purdy (Regis University) 255 17.05. Deni Jacobs (MSU Denver) 221 14.76. Anngelina Sanchez (N.M. Highlands) 222 13.97. Kate Louthan (Colo. Christian) 220 13.88. Jade McIntosh (Western State) 204 13.69. Courtney Martin (Colorado Mines) 217 13.610. Block,Emma (Chadron State) 162 13.5

R REBOUNDING TOTAL AVG/G1. Brittany Hernandez (UCCS) 170 10.02. Leanndra Gilbert (Colorado Mesa) 111 8.53. Katie Nehf (CSU-Pueblo) 125 8.34. Deni Jacobs (MSU Denver) 113 7.55. Ashley Piper (CSU-Pueblo) 112 7.5

R ASSISTS G No. AVG/G 1. RaTanya Newsome (Western N.M.) 16 101 6.32. Laura Tyree (Colorado Mines) 16 73 4.63. Giulia Simioni (N.M. Highlands) 16 71 4.44. Erin Reichle (Colorado Mesa) 15 60 4.05. Abby Kirchoff (UCCS) 17 66 3.9

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BASKETBALL VAN GIRARDHead CoachVan Girard begins his third season at Western State Colorado

University in 2014.

Before coming to Western, Girard spent 24 seasons at the helm of the Cal State Dominguez Hills women’s basketball program.

The winningest women’s basketball coach in the history of Cal State Dominguez Hills, Girard put his trademark stamp of hard-nosed pressure defense to go along with an up-tempo style of play on the Carson campus.

Girard took over the reigns at Cal State Dominguez Hills in 1988. He turned the Toros into one of the top NCAA Division II programs on the West Coast. He led CSUDH to three total CCAA titles including a 2009 title, three runner-up fi nishes (including the 2004-05 campaign) and fi ve 3rd-place fi nishes in one of the strongest conferences in the country.

He also guided the Toros to the CCAA Tournament 10 times while earning fi ve NCAA West Region playoff berths, including the 2008-09 season in which the Toros lost a 66-65 heartbreaking buzzer-beater to perennial power UC San Diego.

Girard’s record speaks for itself. He is atop CSUDH’s all-time coaching record list, compiling a 302-350 mark en route to being named the CCAA Coach of the Year fi ve times, including a stretch of three-consecutive years (1994-96). On March 3, 2007, Girard achieved his milestone 250th win in an 83-56 victory over Cal State Monterey Bay.

Girard likes to play a very up-tempo style of basketball while incorporating his trademark man-to-man pressure defense. The opposition knows to expect a swarming high-pressure defense and a creative offense when they face Girard’s squad. Known as a teacher of fundamentals, Girard has coached one All-American, seven All-West Region players, three CCAA Conference MVPs and 42 all-conference players.

Prior to Cal State Dominguez Hills, Girard served as Assistant Athletics Director at Lynwood High School and the girl’s varsity basketball coach for ten years. During that span, he compiled an incredible 230-48 career record for an amazing winning percentage of .827. In creating a dynasty at Lynwood, Girard led his team to 10-straight playoff berths, seven-consecutive San Gabriel Valley Conference championships, two CIF championship appearances and two Southern Regional State playoff championships, with 1986 culminating in a CIF title.

During his tenure at Lynwood HS, he twice was honored as the

Los Angeles Times “4A Coach of the Year.” Even more impressive, Girard was honored as the California and CIF “Coach of the Year” in 1986. Fifteen players under his tutelage earned NCAA Division I or Division II athletic scholarships at the col-legiate level.

In a March 5, 2004, ceremony held at the Pyramid on the campus of Cal State Long Beach, Girard forever was immortalized for his achievements at the prep level. Along with Southern California coaching notables Ron Palmer (LB Poly), Gary Prestesator (San Dimas HS) and Cliff Warren (El Segundo, Rolling Hills, Redondo and Peninsula High Schools), the CSULB alumnus was inducted into the Southern California Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association (SCIBCA) Hall of Fame for the legacy he left at Lynwood HS.

While at CSUDH, Girard worked closely with the local Boys & Girls clubs providing free coaches and team clinics. He also worked closely with the City of Carson Parks and Recreation Department, as well as the local Carson-Gardena YMCA in providing more opportunities for girls basketball.

Girard is a 1977 graduate of Long Beach State, earning his bachelor’s degree in History.

MAYLINN SMITHASSISTANT COACH

Maylinn Smith is in her fi rst year as the head assistant coach of the Western State women’s basketball team.

Smith fi nished a stellar playing career in 2014.

From 2010-13, Smith was a member of the Grand Canyon University women’s basketball team. While at GCU, Smith was named the

2012 PacWest Player of the Year, leading GCU and ranking among the

PacWest’s best in a number of categories. In 2012, Smith ranked fi rst in the conference and 11th among all Division II players with an 87.5 free throw percentage, was second in the PacWest with a 39.8 three-point percentage and third with 16.2 points per game. Smith garnered Daktronics Second-Team West Region honors as a sophomore and was named to the 2010-11 PacWest All-Conference honorable mention. Smith also helped lead GCU to three conference championships.

In 2013-14, Smith helped lead Southern Utah to a Big Sky Champion-ship.

A native of Mesa, Arizona, Smith graduated from Southern Utah in 2014.

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RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES........... (3-12) (2-2) (0-6) (1-4) CONFERENCE.......... (2-9) (2-2) (0-6) (0-1) NON-CONFERENCE...... (1-3) (0-0) (0-0) (1-3)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 05 Mason Biddle....... 15-15 513 34.2 75-207 .362 11-42 .262 122-154 .792 18 59 77 5.1 45 1 66 43 1 12 283 18.9 22 Danny Hopkins...... 15-15 518 34.5 68-169 .402 34-95 .358 30-45 .667 18 58 76 5.1 40 1 25 42 1 11 200 13.3 25 Alex Eddy.......... 15-10 365 24.3 37-97 .381 18-55 .327 24-39 .615 9 51 60 4.0 37 0 10 28 4 4 116 7.7 10 Dominique Wright... 15-10 379 25.3 41-99 .414 14-38 .368 16-27 .593 13 44 57 3.8 38 3 9 24 6 4 112 7.5 55 CJ Schutt.......... 15-7 295 19.7 43-71 .606 0-0 .000 25-37 .676 24 41 65 4.3 31 0 7 13 2 6 111 7.4 32 Devin Kastrup...... 9-8 206 22.9 30-89 .337 4-20 .200 25-29 .862 7 24 31 3.4 28 1 1 22 2 6 89 9.9 23 Keenan Prochazka... 10-3 114 11.4 12-22 .545 11-18 .611 0-0 .000 4 13 17 1.7 12 0 10 10 0 2 35 3.5 02 Jalen Thompson..... 8-2 59 7.4 8-17 .471 6-11 .545 3-4 .750 2 7 9 1.1 2 0 0 3 0 1 25 3.1 11 Lucas Adams........ 15-5 307 20.5 8-21 .381 3-11 .273 5-11 .455 2 25 27 1.8 27 1 23 9 0 7 24 1.6 45 Spencer Fair....... 12-0 114 9.5 7-16 .438 0-0 .000 4-12 .333 11 12 23 1.9 26 2 2 7 0 1 18 1.5 21 Chances Matlock.... 14-0 129 9.2 6-21 .286 1-11 .091 4-10 .400 6 16 22 1.6 14 0 9 5 1 3 17 1.2 33 Ben Schmidt........ 8-0 39 4.9 4-10 .400 1-4 .250 6-9 .667 1 5 6 0.8 10 0 1 2 1 3 15 1.9 20 Erik Damrell....... 5-0 30 6.0 2-3 .667 0-1 .000 1-3 .333 1 3 4 0.8 5 0 3 3 0 0 5 1.0 01 Sam Johnston....... 3-0 7 2.3 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.3 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0.7 TEAM............... 31 19 50 3.3 0 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total.............. 15 3075 342-844 .405 103-306 .337 265-380 .697 147 378 525 35.0 317 9 167 215 18 60 1052 70.1 Opponents.......... 15 3074 421-935 .450 90-317 .284 263-368 .715 186 417 603 40.2 341 8 222 178 44 106 1195 79.7

MEET THE MOUNTAINEER MEN

Date Opponent Time / Result11/8 at Weber State (exhib.) L, 63-7811/14 vs. Midwestern State L, 63-7711/15 vs. West Texas A&M W, 97-88 (2OT)11/18 at Wyoming (exhib.) L, 46-6111/22 at Air Force (exhib.) L, 60-9011/28 vs. Texas A&M Int. L, 67-7011/29 vs. Angelo State L, 73-8912/5 at Black Hills State* L, 57-64 (OT)12/6 at Chadron State* L, 57-7312/12 New Mexico Highlands* L, 68-7712/13 Western New Mexico* W, 63-5912/20 at Adams State* L, 67-10012/21 at Fort Lewis* L, 81-921/2 Colorado Mines* L, 73-881/3 Colorado Christian* W, 81-771/9 at UC-Colorado Springs* L, 72-861/10 at CSU-Pueblo* L, 61-731/17 at Colorado Mesa* L, 72-821/23 Regis* 7:30 p.m.1/24 Metro State* 7:30 p.m.1/30 at Colorado Christian* 8 p.m.1/31 at Colorado Mines* 7 p.m.2/6 Chadron State* 7:30 p.m.2/7 Black Hills State* 7:30 p.m.2/13 at Western New Mexico* 7:30 p.m.2/14 at New Mexico Highlands* 7 p.m.2/21 Colorado Mesa* 7:30 p.m.2/27 Fort Lewis* 7:30 p.m.2/28 Adams State* 7:30 p.m.

*RMAC Contest

SCHEDULE (3-12, 2-9 RMAC)

2014-15 Western State Statistics

No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown / High School (Previous School)1 Sam Johnston Sr. G 5-9 160 Melbourne, Australia / Waverly High School (Ohio) (Sinclair CC)2 Jalen Thompson R-So. G 5-10 160 Denver, Colo. / Denver East High School 5 Mason Biddle Sr. G 6-1 175 Riverside, Calif. / Arlington High School 10 Dominique Wright Sr. G/F 6-5 185 Colorado Springs, Colo. / Fountain Fort Carson HS (Minn. Crookston)11 Lucas Adams So. G 5-11 165 Firestone, Colo. / Frederick High School20 Erik Damrell R-So. G 6-4 190 Greeley, Colo. / Greeley Central High School21 Chances Matlock Fr. G 6-4 180 Colorado Springs, Colo. / Falcon High School22 Danny Hopkins Jr. G 6-4 185 Riverside, Cailf. (Mt. San Jacinto College)23 Keenan Prochazka Jr. G 6-3 175 Moose Pass, Alaska / Seward High School25 Alex Eddy Jr. G 6-5 185 Phoenix, Ariz. (South Mountain College)32 Devin Kastrup Sr. F 6-8 210 Colorado Springs, Colo. / Pinecreek High School33 Ben Schmidt Sr. G 6-3 180 Windsor, Colo. / Windsor High School45 Spencer Fair Fr. F 6-6 200 Fruita, Colo. / Fruita Monument High School55 C.J. Schutt Jr. F 6-6 250 Yorkville, Ill. (Aurora University) Pablo Barreiro Fr. G 6-1 170 Chandler, Ariz. / Dobson High School Michael Feng R-So. F/C 7-0 205 Denver, Colo. / George Washington High School Curtis Neely Jr. F 6-7 245 Windsor, Colo. / Windsor High School (Wayne State)

Head Coach: Bradd SchaferAssistant Coaches: Donta Richardson, Tanner Stillwell and John McCarthy

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RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 4-11 4-4 0-7 0-0CONFERENCE 2-9 2-4 0-5 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 2-2 2-0 0-2 0-0

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds

## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg

15 Brett Hartshorne 15-14 417 27.8 65-124 . 5 2 4 6-12 . 5 0 0 40-49 . 8 1 6 12 49 61 4.1 44 4 14 29 7 8 176 11.722 Dexter Sienko 15-13 360 24.0 62-95 . 6 5 3 0-0 . 0 0 0 22-33 . 6 6 7 40 69 109 7.3 45 4 21 22 21 8 146 9.702 Roberto Reyes 13-5 283 21.8 45-84 . 5 3 6 3-6 . 5 0 0 31-44 . 7 0 5 11 23 34 2.6 24 0 17 24 7 7 124 9.521 Dylan King 14-11 296 21.1 39-90 . 4 3 3 22-54 . 4 0 7 16-34 . 4 7 1 7 29 36 2.6 19 0 15 15 4 6 116 8.305 Kevin Marshall 15-15 506 33.7 41-120 . 3 4 2 12-33 . 3 6 4 22-38 . 5 7 9 2 31 33 2.2 34 0 59 51 2 7 116 7.711 Spenser Reeb 14-3 270 19.3 30-90 . 3 3 3 9-37 . 2 4 3 29-38 . 7 6 3 12 29 41 2.9 40 3 9 21 7 4 98 7.030 Bryan Siefker 15-11 335 22.3 27-73 . 3 7 0 10-37 . 2 7 0 8-12 . 6 6 7 5 34 39 2.6 32 1 16 18 1 5 72 4.803 Billy Hansen 13-0 120 9.2 12-40 . 3 0 0 9-30 . 3 0 0 16-20 . 8 0 0 3 9 12 0.9 7 0 3 10 1 0 49 3.842 Chris Snyder 14-1 102 7.3 8-17 . 4 7 1 2-2 1.000 11-19 . 5 7 9 4 14 18 1.3 16 0 2 8 4 2 29 2.104 Miikka Luosmaa 13-2 104 8.0 6-18 . 3 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 0 4-10 . 4 0 0 9 12 21 1.6 29 0 4 15 6 0 16 1.220 Tim Schulte 15-0 134 8.9 6-15 . 4 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-2 . 0 0 0 1 10 11 0.7 10 0 5 4 0 2 12 0.801 Will Duggan 14-0 123 8.8 2-13 . 1 5 4 1-8 . 1 2 5 0-1 . 0 0 0 1 7 8 0.6 15 0 10 10 0 8 5 0.4

Team 25 26 51 1Total.......... 15 3050 343-779 . 4 4 0 74-220 . 3 3 6 199-300 . 6 6 3 132 342 474 31.6 315 12 175 228 60 57 959 63.9Opponents...... 15 3050 406-854 . 4 7 5 97-242 . 4 0 1 237-349 . 6 7 9 163 359 522 34.8 297 4 189 165 39 120 1146 76.4

MEET THE RANGER MEN

Date Opponent Time / Result11/8 at Air Force (exhib.) L, 66-5111/14 at Chaminade L, 88-6311/15 at Hawaii Pacifi c L, 73-5811/19 Johnson & Wales W, 87-6411/25 Colorado College W, 80-6912/6 at Metro State* L, 82-5212/7 at Wyoming (exhib.) L, 70-3512/12 at CSU-Pueblo* L, 89-5312/13 at UC-Colorado Springs* L, 94-5312/19 Chadron State* W, 63-5812/20 Black Hills State* L, 80-781/2 Western New Mexico* L, 73-661/3 New Mexico Highlands* W, 75-611/9 at Colorado Mines* L, 82-521/10 at Colorado Christian* L, 81-491/16 Fort Lewis* L, 78-701/17 Adams State* L, 74-601/23 at Western State* 7:30 p.m.1/24 at Colorado Mesa* 7:30 p.m.1/30 at Black Hills State* 7:30 p.m.1/31 at Chadron State* 7:30 p.m.2/6 Colorado Christian* 7 p.m.2/7 Colorado Mines* 5 p.m.2/14 Metro State* 5 p.m.2/20 at Adams State* 5 p.m.2/21 at Fort Lewis* 7:30 p.m.2/27 UC-Colorado Springs* 7 p.m.2/28 CSU-Pueblo* 5 p.m.

*RMAC Contest


2014-15 Regis University Statistics

No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown / Previous School

1 Will Duggan Fr. G 5-10 150 Fort Collins, Colo./Fort Collins HS

2 Roberto Reyes Fr. G 6-3 180 Chandler, Ariz./Gilbert Christian HS

3 Billy Hansen Jr. G 6-3 185 Ashland, Ore./Ashland HS

4 Miikka Luosmaa Fr. F 6-9 222 Karkkila, Finland/Upper Secondary School of Karkkila

5 Kevin Marshall Jr. G 6-0 155 Wilsonville, Ore./Wilsonville HS

11 Spenser Reeb So. G/F 6-5 200 Broomfi eld, Colo./Broomfi eld HS

15 Brett Hartshorne Sr. F 6-6 225 Haacht, Belgium/Cuesta College (Redingenhoef HS)

20 Tim Schulte Jr. F 6-4 195 Omaha, Neb./Creighton Prep HS

21 Dylan King Jr. G 6-6 190 Pukalani, Hawaii/Seabury Hall HS

22 Dexter Sienko Fr. F 6-6 210 Spokane, Wash./Saint George’s School

30 Bryan Siefker So. G 6-3 185 Tempe, Ariz./Corona del Sol HS

42 Chris Snyder Fr. C 6-8 240 Cameron Park, Calif./Ponderosa HS

Head Coach: Lonnie Porter (38th season)

Assistant Coaches: Steve Ledesma, Jarrett Green

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Date Opponent Time / Result11/14 Rogers State W, 73-6811/15 Arkansas-Fort Smith W, 80-6711/21 S.D. Mines W, 79-5211/22 Langston W, 76-6811/28 vs. Armstrong State W, 73-5311/29 at Florida Southern L, 75-8012/6 Regis* W, 82-5212/12 at UC-Colorado Springs* L, 66-6912/14 at CSU-Pueblo* W, 75-7412/19 Black Hills State* W, 77-4512/20 Chadron State* W, 72-511/2 New Mexico Highlands* W, 78-471/3 Western New Mexico* W, 85-411/9 at Colorado Christian* W, 61-591/10 at Colorado Mines* L, 57-591/16 Adams State* W, 84-801/17 Fort Lewis* W, 87-511/23 at Colorado Mesa* 7:30 p.m.1/24 at Western State* 7:30 p.m.1/30 at Chadron State* 7:30 p.m.1/31 at Black Hills State* 7:30 p.m.2/6 Colorado Mines* 7 p.m.2/7 Colorado Christian* 7 p.m.2/14 at Regis* 5 p.m.2/20 at Fort Lewis* 7:30 p.m.2/21 at Adams State* 7:30 p.m.2/27 CSU-Pueblo* 7 p.m.2/28 UC-Colorado Springs* 7 p.m.

*RMAC Contest


2014-15 MSU Denver Statistics

No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown / High School (Previous School)2 Will Sinclair Sr. C 6-9 250 Lilydale, Australia/Utah Valley University (Lilydale Heights College)3 Dalante Dunklin Jr. G 6-0 185 San Diego, Calif./Saddleback (Calif.) College (Francis W. Parker H.S.)4 Nicholas Kay Sr. F/C 6-9 230 Tamworth, Australia/Newington College5 Andre Lane So. G 6-1 160 Evergreen, Colo./Evergreen H.S.10 Mitch McCarron Sr. G 6-3 215 Brisbane, Australia/Genesis Christian College11 DeShawn Phenix Jr. F 6-6 200 Fort Worth, Texas/North Crowley H.S.15 Eric Rayer Jr. G 6-1 170 Colorado Springs, Colo./Coronado H.S.22 Sam Porter Sr. F 6-5 205 Arvada, Colo./Arvada West H.S.23 Bounama Keita RFr. C 6-10 225 Saint-Louis, Senegal/Univ. of South Dakota (Impact Basketball Acad.)24 Zoran Arsenovic Jr. G 6-5 190 Mokena, Ill./Joliet (Ill.) J.C. (Lincoln-Way East H.S.)32 Jourdon Hunter Jr. G 6-1 165 Denver, Colo./Kennedy H.S.33 Obi Kyei So. F 6-8 185 Sydney, Australia/Sydney Secondary College44 Robbert Onwuachu Fr. F/C 6-10 225 Amsterdam, Netherlands/Canarius Basketball Academy

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MEN’S STANDINGS

WOMEN’S STANDINGS

School Conf. CPct. Overall Pct. StreakColorado Mines 10-1 0.909 14-1 0.933 L1UCCS 9-2 0.818 15-2 0.882 W1MSU Denver 9-2 0.818 14-3 0.824 W2Colorado Mesa 8-3 0.727 13-4 0.765 W2Fort Lewis 8-3 0.727 13-4 0.765 L1CSU-Pueblo 7-4 0.636 11-6 0.647 W1Adams State 6-5 0.545 9-5 0.643 W1Colorado Christian 6-5 0.545 9-8 0.529 L1Black Hills State 4-7 0.364 6-12 0.333 L1New Mexico Highlands 3-9 0.250 3-13 0.188 W2Regis 2-9 0.182 4-11 0.267 L4Chadron State 2-9 0.182 3-11 0.214 L9Western State 2-9 0.182 3-12 0.200 L3Western New Mexico 2-10 0.167 2-14 0.125 W1

School Conf. CPct. Overall Pct. StreakUCCS 10-1 0.909 15-2 0.882 W7Colorado Mesa 9-2 0.818 12-3 0.800 W1Black Hills State 8-3 0.727 10-5 0.667 W1MSU Denver 7-4 0.636 10-5 0.667 L1Regis 6-5 0.545 10-5 0.667 W2Fort Lewis 6-5 0.545 9-6 0.600 W1CSU-Pueblo 6-5 0.545 8-7 0.533 L2Colorado Christian 6-5 0.545 6-11 0.353 L1Western New Mexico 6-6 0.500 9-7 0.563 W3Colorado Mines 3-8 0.273 8-9 0.471 W1Western State 3-8 0.273 4-11 0.267 L4Chadron State 3-8 0.273 3-12 0.200 L1New Mexico Highlands 3-9 0.250 4-12 0.250 L6Adams State 2-9 0.182 2-13 0.133 L2

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RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES........... (4-11) (3-1) (0-6) (1-4) CONFERENCE.......... (3-8) (3-1) (0-6) (0-1) NON-CONFERENCE...... (1-3) (0-0) (0-0) (1-3)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 02 Margaret Zimmerman. 4-0 12 3.0 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 1 1 2 0.5 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.5 05 Carra Jackson-Brown 10-0 32 3.2 4-9 .444 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 1 3 4 0.4 1 0 0 5 0 2 9 0.9 10 Azia Lacy.......... 12-1 99 8.3 5-14 .357 0-1 .000 1-4 .250 3 6 9 0.8 13 0 1 9 0 4 11 0.9 11 Stephanie Williams. 15-10 262 17.5 26-81 .321 3-7 .429 26-39 .667 17 34 51 3.4 35 0 13 35 4 10 81 5.4 14 Taylor Long........ 15-6 327 21.8 33-120 .275 9-39 .231 28-38 .737 11 26 37 2.5 43 4 14 22 0 32 103 6.9 15 Maricel Medina..... 10-5 123 12.3 7-19 .368 0-7 .000 0-1 .000 4 13 17 1.7 21 0 12 14 0 8 14 1.4 20 Harlie Williams.... 15-10 301 20.1 21-65 .323 11-29 .379 8-14 .571 12 20 32 2.1 27 0 20 30 2 6 61 4.1 21 Madison Cruse...... 14-6 250 17.9 10-37 .270 6-20 .300 21-26 .808 3 32 35 2.5 28 0 18 26 0 8 47 3.4 23 Ajai Ford.......... 13-3 235 18.1 38-84 .452 2-8 .250 35-56 .625 3 34 37 2.8 38 1 16 30 1 4 113 8.7 24 Sadie Stroup....... 15-4 322 21.5 19-77 .247 6-33 .182 12-17 .706 15 27 42 2.8 31 0 14 19 0 10 56 3.7 30 Katie Najvar....... 11-0 69 6.3 8-16 .500 0-0 .000 2-8 .250 5 12 17 1.5 4 0 0 4 0 1 18 1.6 32 Kristi Vaninger.... 6-1 30 5.0 2-2 1.000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 4 5 0.8 0 0 3 2 0 0 4 0.7 33 Jade McIntosh...... 15-14 479 31.9 71-182 .390 8-32 .250 54-64 .844 24 79 103 6.9 41 0 25 45 2 22 204 13.6 42 Taylor Mayes....... 15-8 244 16.3 24-61 .393 0-1 .000 19-30 .633 16 23 39 2.6 37 0 6 17 8 3 67 4.5 44 Sydnie Lengyel..... 15-7 265 17.7 32-72 .444 0-0 .000 25-42 .595 15 35 50 3.3 34 1 11 23 3 6 89 5.9 TEAM............... 25 37 62 4.1 0 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total.............. 15 3050 301-841 .358 46-180 .256 231-340 .679 156 386 542 36.1 356 6 153 284 20 116 879 58.6 Opponents.......... 15 3050 328-821 .400 106-339 .313 316-451 .701 175 441 616 41.1 302 4 225 263 43 152 1078 71.9

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Date Opponent Time / Result11/14 vs. Upper Iowa L, 68-7711/15 vs. Montana St.-Billings L, 57-9511/17 at Wyoming (exhib.) L, 29-10411/19 at Grand Canyon (exhib.) L, 52-7611/24 at Northern Colorado (exhib.) L, 37-8511/28 vs. McMurry W, 70-6711/29 vs. Simon Fraser L, 42-8612/5 at Black Hills State* L, 49-6112/6 at Chadron State* L, 62-7512/12 N.M. Highlands* W, 76-66 (OT)12/13 Western New Mexico* W, 75-6412/20 at Adams State* L, 72-7712/21 at Fort Lewis* L, 67-741/2 Colorado Mines* W, 55-441/3 Colorado Christian* L, 49-801/9 at UC-Colorado Springs* L, 58-731/10 at CSU-Pueblo* L, 34-661/17 at Colorado Mesa* L, 45-731/23 Regis* 5:30 p.m.1/24 Metro State* 5:30 p.m.1/30 at Colorado Christian* 6 p.m.1/31 at Colorado Mines* 5 p.m.2/6 Chadron State* 5:30 p.m.2/7 Black Hills State* 5:30 p.m.2/13 at Western New Mexico* 5:30 p.m.2/14 at New Mexico Highlands* 5 p.m.2/21 Colorado Mesa* 5:30 p.m.2/27 Fort Lewis* 5:30 p.m.2/28 Adams State* 5:30 p.m.

*RMAC Contest


2014-15 Western State Statistics

No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Hometown / High School (Previous School)2 Margaret Zimmerman Sr. F 5-11 Denver, Colo. / Cherokee Trail5 Carra Jackson-Brown Fr. G 5-9 Denver, Colo. / Rangeview High School10 Azia Lacy Fr. G 5-10 Plano, Texas11 Stephanie Williams R-Fr. G 5-10 Cerritos, Calif. / St. Anthony High School14 Taylor Long Fr. G 5-8 Moreno Valley, Calif.15 Maricel Medina Sr. G 5-9 Albuquerque, N.M. / Del Norte HS (New Mexico State)20 Harlie Williams So. F 5-10 Norwood, Colo. / Norwood High School21 Madison Cruse R-Fr. G 5-7 Fullerton, Calif. / Sunny Hills High School22 Sydney Baker R-Fr. G 5-7 Montrose, Colo. / Delta Vision Charter Academy23 Ajai Ford Jr. G 5-7 Los Angeles, Calif.24 Sadie Stroup So. G 5-10 Foresthill, Calif. / Foresthill High School30 Katie Najvar Fr. F 6-1 Houston, Texas32 Kristi Vaninger So. F 5-10 Littleton, Colo. / Chatfi eld Senior High School33 Jade McIntosh Sr. F 5-10 Colorado Springs, Colo. / Sand Creek HS42 Taylor Mayes Jr. F 6-1 Hutchinson, Kan.44 Sydnie Lengyel So. F 6-1 Tempe, Ariz. / Marcos De Niza High School

Head Coach: Van Girard Assistant Coaches: Maylinn Smith

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Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds

## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg

25 Bay'lee Purdy 15-15 528 35.2 85-203 . 4 1 9 40-114 . 3 5 1 45-51 . 8 8 2 15 41 56 3.7 30 0 33 29 5 12 255 17.014 Caresse Williams 15-9 349 23.3 63-142 . 4 4 4 5-29 . 1 7 2 45-61 . 7 3 8 21 56 77 5.1 52 2 27 34 0 24 176 11.734 Karlyn Johnson 15-15 365 24.3 54-104 . 5 1 9 0-0 . 0 0 0 41-55 . 7 4 5 40 52 92 6.1 35 1 15 29 13 10 149 9.933 Kaycee Hert 15-6 356 23.7 43-102 . 4 2 2 1-3 . 3 3 3 38-57 . 6 6 7 36 58 94 6.3 42 1 20 23 3 22 125 8.345 Sarah Seefeldt 15-11 306 20.4 34-95 . 3 5 8 0-0 . 0 0 0 12-22 . 5 4 5 24 24 48 3.2 34 2 3 19 4 9 80 5.315 Erica Von Stein 15-15 485 32.3 22-83 . 2 6 5 20-73 . 2 7 4 10-13 . 7 6 9 7 56 63 4.2 19 1 51 25 3 15 74 4.920 Jessica Ramos 15-4 262 17.5 23-57 . 4 0 4 12-34 . 3 5 3 13-19 . 6 8 4 3 19 22 1.5 20 0 15 26 2 12 71 4.744 Mary Sigler 15-0 158 10.5 15-35 . 4 2 9 6-13 . 4 6 2 12-19 . 6 3 2 7 29 36 2.4 15 0 13 11 1 6 48 3.242 Jena Blasingame 14-0 128 9.1 12-33 . 3 6 4 3-10 . 3 0 0 8-13 . 6 1 5 11 16 27 1.9 12 0 3 18 0 2 35 2.531 Haley Grossman 7-0 38 5.4 6-9 . 6 6 7 0-0 . 0 0 0 3-8 . 3 7 5 4 6 10 1.4 3 0 0 4 2 1 15 2.132 Mackenzie McPhee 1-0 3 3.0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 2-2 1.000 1 1 2 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.024 Gabriela Vega 4-0 19 4.8 0-3 . 0 0 0 0-2 . 0 0 0 5-6 . 8 3 3 1 2 3 0.8 5 0 0 4 0 0 5 1.343 Josie Traberg 1-0 3 3.0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1.0

Team 31 32 63 11Total.......... 15 3000 357-866 . 4 1 2 87-278 . 3 1 3 235-328 . 7 1 6 201 393 594 39.6 271 7 180 234 33 113 1036 69.1Opponents...... 15 3000 321-849 . 3 7 8 73-243 . 3 0 0 212-301 . 7 0 4 191 354 545 36.3 296 - 139 253 39 91 927 61.8

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2014-15 Regis University Statistics

Date Opponent Time / Result11/7 vs. Southern Oregon (exhib.) L, 92-7211/8 vs. Baker (exhib.) W, 69-5711/14 at Western Oregon W, 69-5411/15 vs. St. Martin’s W, 68-6511/22 McMurry W, 77-5311/28 St. Olaf (exhib.) W, 65-4211/29 Notre Dame de Namur W, 78-6112/6 at Metro State* L, 73-6212/12 at CSU-Pueblo* L, 60-5612/13 at UC-Colorado Springs* W, 92-8912/19 Chadron State* W, 69-5912/20 Black Hills State* L, 75-651/2 Western New Mexico* W, 58-501/3 New Mexico Highlands* W, 78-481/9 at Colorado Mines* L, 68-621/10 at Colorado Christian* L, 67-631/16 Fort Lewis* W, 63-521/17 Adams State* W, 76-531/23 at Western State* 5:30 p.m.1/24 at Colorado Mesa* 5:30 p.m.1/30 at Black Hills State* 5:30 p.m.1/31 at Chadron State* 5:30 p.m.2/6 Colorado Christian* 5 p.m.2/7 Colorado Mines* 3 p.m.2/14 Metro State* 3 p.m.2/20 at Adams State* 3 p.m.2/21 at Fort Lewis* 5:30 p.m.2/27 UC-Colorado Springs* 5 p.m.2/28 CSU-Pueblo* 3 p.m.

*RMAC Contest

No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Hometown / Previous School14 Caresse Williams Jr. G 5-5 Citrus Heights, Calif./Chico St./American River College (Paradise HS)15 Erica Von Stein Sr. G 5-4 Trafalgar, Ind./Indian Creek HS20 Jessica Ramos Jr. G 5-5 Thornton, Colo./Horizon HS24 Gabriela Vega So. G 5-8 El Paso, Texas/Bel Air HS25 Bay’lee Purdy Jr. G 5-7 Agate, Colo./Northern Colorado (Deer Trail HS)31 Haley Grossman Jr. C 5-11 Battle Ground, Wash./New Mexico Highlands/Clark (Battle Ground HS)32 Mackenzie McPhee Fr. F 5-10 Spokane, Wash./Mead HS 33 Kaycee Hert So. F/C 5-10 Spokane, Wash./Shadle Park HS34 Karlyn Johnson So. F 5-11 Littleton, Colo./Arapahoe HS42 Jena Blasingame Sr. F/C 5-10 Stockton, Calif./San Joaquin Delta College (Galt HS)43 Josie Traberg Fr. G 5-8 Oslo, Norway/IMG Academy (Fla.)44 Mary Sigler Fr. G 5-9 Port Edwards, Wis./Assumption HS45 Sarah Seefeldt Sr. F 5-10 The Woodlands, Texas/The Woodlands HS Head Coach: Linda Raunig (25th season)Assistant Coaches: Vanessa Bain, Paul Jessup

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2014-15 MSU Denver Statistics

Date Opponent Time / Result10/30 at Colorado State (exhib.) L, 62-9011/7 Baker (exhib.) W, 85-5911/8 Southern Oregon (exhib.) L, 82-8811/15 at Soutwest Minn. State W, 67-6011/16 at Minnesota State L, 62-8411/28 vs. Texas A&M-Intl. W, 66-6211/29 vs. Montana Tech W, 79-7512/6 Regis* W, 73-6212/12 at UC-Colorado Springs* L, 58-8512/14 at CSU-Pueblo* L, 57-5812/19 Black Hills State* W, 63-4612/20 Chadron State* W, 67-471/2 New Mexico Highlands* W, 64-521/3 Western New Mexico* L, 47-591/9 at Colorado Christian* W, 67-531/10 at Colorado Mines* W, 79-561/16 Adams State* W, 62-471/17 Fort Lewis* L, 61-65 (OT)1/23 at Colorado Mesa* 5:30 p.m.1/24 at Western State* 5:30 p.m.1/30 at Chadron State* 5:30 p.m.1/31 at Black Hills State* 5:30 p.m.2/6 Colorado Mines* 5 p.m.2/7 Colorado Christian* 5 p.m.2/14 at Regis* 3 p.m.2/20 at Fort Lewis* 5:30 p.m.2/21 at Adams State* 5:30 p.m.2/27 CSU-Pueblo* 5 p.m.2/28 UC-Colorado Springs* 5 p.m.

*RMAC Contest

No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Hometown / Previous School1 Kaysha Fox So. G 5-6 Tacoma, Wash./Woodrow Wilson H.S.5 Deni Jacobs Sr. C 5-11 Plains, Kan./Garden City (Kan.) C.C. (Southwestern Heights H.S.)10 Raquel Torres Jr. G 5-6 Vallejo, Calif./City College of San Francisco (Jesse Bethel H.S.)12 Georgia Ohrdorf Fr. C 6-0 Wollongong, Australia/St. Mary Star of the Sea College14 Hannah Stipanovich Fr. F/C 6-1 St. Louis, Mo./Clayton H.S.22 Jenae Paine So. G/F 5-10 Oregon City, Ore./Oregon City H.S.24 Erin McClarie Fr. G 5-7 Highlands Ranch, Colo./Rock Canyon H.S.25 Hannah Sherry Fr. G 5-9 Fort Collins, Colo./Fort Collins H.S.35 Luisa Tago So. G/F 5-10 Medford, Ore./South Medford H.S.40 Kendra Jesik Fr. G 5-7 Pueblo, Colo./Pueblo South H.S.41 Emily Hartegan Fr. F 6-0 Frisco, Texas/Wylie East H.S.42 Brittany Curl So. F/C 6-1 Absarokee, Mont./Black Hills State University (Absarokee H.S.)44 Kaleigh Graham Fr. C 6-2 Farmington, N.M./Piedra Vista H.S.RS Kelli Sims Fr. C 6-7 Penrith, Australia/St. Claire H.S.

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$5,000 PARTNERSI Bar RanchMario’s Pizza & PastaMcDonald’sThe Paper ClipQuality InnSchmalz Construction and Gunnison ConstructionThe Sign Guys & GalSodexo Campus ServicesEconolodge

$2,500 PARTNERSBank of the WestComfort InnDays Inn & SuitesEmbroidered SportswearEquip CreativeFalcon Sports Shots - Sean

CondonGunnison Country TimesIsland Acres ResortPalisade’s RestaurantPower Stop / The HammerThe Inn at Tomichi VillageThree Rivers ResortWater Wheel InnWestern LumberWestern State BookstoreWet Grocer / Airport Self Storage

$1,000 PARTNERSB & B PrintersB & H SportsBank of Colorado - MontroseCastle Creek Guitar Company, LLCCliggett and Associates, P.C.Crested Butte Publishing and CreativeCritter Sitters and Gunnison Veterinary ClinicDove Graphics, Inc.Gene Taylor’s Sporting GoodsGentle Dental Care / Dr. Scott AndersonGreatLand Log HomesGunnison Bank & TrustGunnison Vitamin and Health Food StoreHoskin, Farina & Kampf, PC

John Roberts Motor WorksKBUT RadioLaw Of the RockiesMisty Mountain FloralMonty’s Auto Parts and Machine ShopMonarch Realty, Matt Robbins - BrokerO’Hayre, Dawson & Norris, PCParish Oil, Inc. / DBA Conoco Food Plaza & Car WashPat’s Screen PrintingRE/MAX Community BrokersRocky Mountain Frames and TrophiesScenic River ToursSherwin WilliamsShondeck Financial ServicesSpallone ConstructionSports WorldTrue Value HardwareWestern Music Department

HONORARY MEMBERSCamille BesseJan Borah Jean DeckerKaren Edstrom Ron FicklinRicky GlatiotisZeta Graham Clea Greenawalt Virginia L. Harris

Joyce HuntBetty Jardon Virginia JonesAnn Laguens Betty Light Sandra L. Mark Helen MarshallFrank OysterEthel RiceAnne Steinbeck

Nancy Tredway Nell WhitingNona Zahradka

MOUNTAINEER ($1,000 OR MORE)Rick D. BettgerBob DawsonBob & Cindy DrexelJeff & Laurie Garren

Carol Yanks GreenleeJim & Sue OatesGaar PotterTerry & Judy SweetJohn & Deanna ValadeWilliams Construction

2014-15 MAA CORPORATE PARTNERS

2013-14 MAA MEMBERS

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BASKETBALLMOUNTAINEER ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONSLATE ($500-$999)Anejo Bistro & Bar - Lesly OcampoBrad & Sonja BacaBerfi elds Stage Stop - Randy & Linda BostonTerry & Mary BraceBuff’s Collision SpecialistsDallas EverhartGunnison BreweryF. James HahnJay & Karen HillTravis JuhlJason & Jenny LainDale & Jodie McDonoughBud & Karen NajvarDan & Linda PierceGary & Shelly PiersonJerry PiquetteSandler Holdings - Mark Mc-DonoughTomichi TireDr.’s Todd & Marin Wendell

CRIMSON ($300-$499)Michael T. BorahDon, Gena & Chris ColemanCritter Sitters - Jamee & Heath SmithDrake Woods - Mike PetersonLiz FullerGunnison Savings & LoanGunnison Vet Clinic - Tom & Polly VenardGunsmoke Travel Plaza & CaféH & H TowingRalph I. & Marilyn A. JohnsonLenny & Michelle LiljegrenBrett McDonoughRichard MinotMountain Windows - Ted & Kim BemisMary Lou OgdenDes PennartzPhil & Joan PerkinsJohn & Colette PerusekJohn & Leslie RandallPaul ReidBradd & Jada SchaferShipp & Spear Builders The Turquoise Junction - Brad & Judy TutorTraders Rendezvous - Randy & Ellen ClarkFrank & Marlene Zanetell

WESTERN ($150-$299)Seth AdamsAce & Andrea ApodacaAuto CorralRyan & Amanda AllenPerry & Teresa AndersonArmando & Ranae AvilaJas & Sukhi BainsMohan & Daljeet BainsJim & Judy BarryJim & Bonnie BarilChris Benedetti & Gillian LieMary Jo Bennetts

Bryan & Dawn BernhardRick & Gloria BeseckerGeorge & Joy BesseMenon BillingsleyKen & Shirley BlairGlenn & Leila CalkinsJason & Erin CarmichaelRob & Kathie CaseKen & Tracey ColemanColorado Specialties - Mike & Jodi CaseyJane & Bill CornFrank & Sarah CutronaDail FarmsRachel Dando Steve & Sharon DorzweilerPete & Susan DundaDan & Jane EmichCarrie Esquibel & Todd ShawSpencer & Arlene FickelFullmer’s AceRobert & Alice FultonDale & Clarissa GaubatzPeter & Nancy GaussLucas & Logan GerlockZeta & Don GrahamGunnison Auto GlassGunnison County ShopperGunnison Shipping - Kirk MuellerGunnison Valley Family PhysiciansDonna GranereWill HartGene HillLee & Val HitchcockJay & Thelma JenkinsRon & Karen KiblerRick & Linda KiefferDr. Kathleen KinkemaLeo & Judy KlinkerKirk & Coie LorimerJohn MalensekBarbara MarkelyJohn McCarthy & Melanie TorpeyJim McDonaldRyan McDonoughMiller FurnitureJim & Shannon MillsMochas CoffeehouseJames L. MontgomeryKaren & Dick MorganTom & Kristi MurtaughJon & Layne NelsonScott & Monica NewmanNesbitt & Company, LLCScott & Linda PickertJames & Antionette PleauTom & Shaunalee PratherAl & Cathy PryorDean & Sue RodewaldRomero Drywall - Leroy & Sally RomeroAlbert & Angela RoperJon Rosas FamilyBob & Mary Ann RuslerSteph RuybalJarral & Anne RyterDon & Dorothy SammonsJody Sawdo

Terry & Laura SchliesmanGary & Diana ShermanSean & Jennifer StansberryGeorge & Ann StowellDoug & Stacey SwinehartRay & Loretta SzallarMiles & Tonya Van HeeVilla Beaute - Kristi MedinaJyle VossMilt & Celia VossMick & Stephanie WarthWest Slope Garage Door - Gary & Linda AppletonWestern Slope Fire & SafetyWestern Wildfl owers - Sharon MendoncaRob & Vicki WheelerFran & Diana WickenhauserJim & Cori Woytek

CENTURY ($100-$149)Jacob AccolaRichard Almgren Insurance Agency, IncAlmont ResortEd & Sue BartschJoAnn Arai-BrownSkip Bennett & Draxy BuckleyCamille BesseCandi BorahMarques & Melissa BravoEd & Sue BartschTom Burbank & Janeen BerberianKen & MaryBeth ByrdClarke Agency Real Estate - Cathie ElliottDr. Marta ColemanCasey, Sarah & RC CoonsCulligan - Paul Hatfi eldSid & Audrey DickinsonSally DuckEddie’s BarbershopEd Evans IIIPam FrenchDan & Doris GonzalesGothic Cricket ClubChris & Mariah GreenVirginia HarrisJames & Terri HartFred & Leta HaverlyGinny HayesHouse of ChinaJan’s PlaceJC Services LLCCarl JonesAnn LaguensKelly & Laura LedwithSandra L. MarkBill MatthewsJessica Mitchell-LakeyMountain Valley DistributorsRick Nelson Agency - American Family InsuranceScott & Mary NordbergScott & Jayna PettyAshwin PatelMark & Michelle RileySue Ruffe

Jayme & Duane SchroderSchumacher & O’Loughlin, LLCAjay SinghSarbjit SinghPari & Diya ShergillPat SmartDennis & Cheelone SpritzerAnne SteinbeckSue’s Place - Sue MundellTimberlin Henderson FamilyBrian TurnerMichael ViereggeAdam & Chere WasserRick & Tina WilsonJoe & Sheila WinegardnerDoug & Jean WinterHal & Peg Yale

TENDERFOOTAdams, JordanAdams, Lukas AllenAmsberry, Brian SAtwood, JuliaBallard, Steven JamesBecic, MelanieBenitez, JorgeBerling, GeorgeBraddy, JacobCooke, JonathanCool, KalleeCraighead, JeremyDardis, KelsieDolson, MollyElmore, ShelbyHarms, JamilynHaro Sipes, ReneHartner, JoshuaHopkins, JosetteKeith, TaylorKessler, HillarieKirkwood, BenjaminKreis, E.J.McGinn, ZacharyMilan, AshleyMullikin, ElisaMunoz, CollinOeffl er, ChelseyOrtiz, CassandraPayne, RyanPieper, JohnnyRichardson, TaraSabatka, JeffreyScheller, TylerSchmidt, DemosthenesSchmidt, MichaelShepherd, TravisStephens, BrandonStuht, LaneSuchecki, LukeSzabo, BarbaraSzczepinski, KrzysztofVandahl, MichaelWalderman, CaraWalker, HollyWalton, JustinWilson, GarrettWolpern, Ali

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Up to the peaks and the pinnacles, high above the Black Canyon’s fl oor,through passes on trails where the peregrine sails and huge hearted eagles soar,comes men and women made for the mountains, athletes of prowess and fl air,to a place with a school where the elements rule, and champions are made from thin air.

And here the strong must grow stronger, and the weakest must get tough or die.In nature’s rule the fi ttest pull through, in this land of the bull elk’s battle cry.And, the fi ttest and toughest will thrive here, to summit peaks and podiums in strideon a mountain’s supply of endurance and try, and the Mountaineer spirit and pride.

Western State Colorado University is the proud home of the Mountaineers.Where high achievers abound and champions crowned form a legacy passed through the years.And, you may join them if you are up to the challenge. But, cast off your fears and all doubt.When you learn to believe, you can “over achieve.” That’s what “Mountaineer Magic” is about.

Then when you’ve put out the work and the effort, and you are sweating at twenty below,but you don’t think twice of rare air and the ice, then fi tness is something you know.That’s when that magic consumes you. When you are winning at dreams that come true, look west to the sky and contemplate why. Then give the mountains and University their due!

Up among the peaks and the pinnacles, you’ll feel blessed that you came to be here.But, know from the start it takes a mountain of heart, for the honor to be called Mountaineer!

MOUNTAINEERS - A poem by John Nelson

John Nelson is an accomplished professional cowboy poet with many published pieces of work. John Nelson wrote “Mountaineers” in honor of the 50-year anniversary of the Mountaineer Athletic Association.

A Western State student-athlete from 1966-1970, John was a two-sport athlete, participating in football and wrestling. John Nelson is also the owner of Gunnison Country Guide and Outfi tting, a long-time Mountaineer Athletic Association Corporate Partner.

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BASKETBALLBY THE NUMBERS...

WOMEN’S STATISTICAL COMPARISON

MEN’S STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Category Western Regis MetroGames 15 15 15Points 58.6 69.1 64.8Points Allowed 71.9 61.8 60.7FG Percentage .358 .412 .449Opponent FG Percentage .400 .378 .352Three-Point FG Percentage .256 .313 .346Opponent Three-Point FG Percentage .313 .300 .255Free-Throw Percentage .679 .716 .691Rebounds 36.1 39.6 41.6Assists 10.2 12.0 12.4Turnovers 18.9 15.6 18.7

Blocks 1.3 2.2 1.9

Steals 7.7 7.5 5.1

Category Western Regis MetroGames 15 15 17Points 70.1 63.9 75.3Points Allowed 79.7 76.4 59.8FG Percentage .405 .440 .489Opponent FG Percentage .450 .475 .406Three-Point FG Percentage .337 .336 .385Opponent Three-Point FG Percentage .284 .401 .327Free-Throw Percentage .697 .663 .692Rebounds 35.0 31.6 35.4Assists 11.1 11.7 12.1Turnovers 14.3 15.2 10.2

Blocks 1.2 4.0 3.5

Steals 4.0 3.8 5.9

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2014-15 WESTERN WRESTLING DUAL SCHEDULE

DATE MEET LOCATION / RESULTS12/12 CSM Alumni Open NTS1/16 Western State Opener W - 2nd | M - 1st1/22 Air Force Invite Colorado Springs, Colo.1/30 The Shootout Gunnison, Colo.2/6 Western State Alumni Open Gunnison, Colo.2/13 Husky Invite Seattle, Wash.2/14 ASU Qualifi er Alamosa, Colo.2/20 CSM Last Chance Golden, Colo.2/27 RMAC Championships Gunnison, Colo.3/13 NCAA DII Championships Birmingham, Ala.

2014-15 WESTERN INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD SCHEDULE

DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME11/5 Crimson & Slate Slate 20 - Crimson 111/8 vs. San Francisco State* W, 31-61/10 ^California Baptist* W, 33-61/10 ^Air Force L, 7-331/10 ^Grand Canyon W, 32-121/17 vs. Fort Hays State# W, 25-121/17 vs. Northern State# W, 46-31/17 at Nebraska - Kearney# W, 25-241/22 at Adams State* 7 p.m.

DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME1/29 at CSU-Pueblo* 7 p.m.1/31 at Chadron State* 1 p.m.2/5 at Colorado Mesa* 7 p.m.2/12 New Mexico Highlands* 7 p.m.2/18 Colorado Mines* 7 p.m.2/27 RMAC/Region IV Championships Pueblo, Colo.3/13 NCAA DII Championships St. Louis, Mo.

*RMAC Dual

WINTER SPORT SCHEDULES

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BASKETBALLRULES FOR BOOSTERS

Everyone associated with the Western State Colorado University Athletics program (coaches, staff, student-athletes, boosters) has the responsibility to comply with NCAA rules involving pros-pects and student-athletes. Mountaineer athletic support groups are a very valuable part of the Western Athletic Department. All present and past members of these groups are considered boosters and therefore, are held to compliance with these standards. Please review the information on what boosters may or may not do, and ask before you act.

Recruiting GuidelinesA Booster may:• contact a prospect as long as the booster had an established relationship prior to the student becoming a prospect and as long as there is no attempt to recruit the prospect for Western;• watch a prospect’s athletic contest (but not have contact with that prospect or the prospect’s parents); and• provide names, statistics, newspaper articles, etc. of outstanding prospects from the booster’s local area to Western coaches and staff (but not contact that prospect’s coach or school offi cials in order to gather materials pertaining to the prospect’s athletic or academic abilities).

A Booster may not:• contact (telephone or in writing/e-mail) a prospect or his/her parents in person, for the purposes of recruiting the prospect;• make contact with a prospect or his/her parents on or off the Western campus for the purposes of recruiting his/her to Western;• mail anything to a prospect, including press releases, media guides, posters, schedule cards, etc.;• approach a Western coach who is with a prospect either on or off the Western campus;• contact or request anything (transcript, videotape) from a prospect’s counselor or coach in order to evaluate the athletic or academic ability of a prospect; and• provide any extra benefi t to a prospect or his/her family or friends.

Rules Regarding current Western Student-AthletesA Booster may:• provide an occasional family home meal to a student-athlete or an entire team. Such meal must take place in the home, not in a restaurant. The meal may be catered.• provide employment under certain circumstances to current student-athletes. Student-athletes must be paid the established rate (in the area for similar services) for work actually performed.

A Booster may not:• provide extra benefi ts to any student-athlete and his/her family;• use the name or picture of a student-athlete to directly or indi-rectly promote the sale or use of a commercial product or service;• provide free or reduced rate housing for a student-athlete or his/her family;

• hire a student-athlete to house-sit;• provide an honorarium to a student-athlete who has been ap-proved for a speaking engagement. Student-athletes may receive only actual and necessary travel expenses to pre-approved speak-ing engagements; and• provide any extra benefi t to a current student-athlete.

Student-Athlete EmploymentA student-athlete may be employed during or outside the academic year, provided:• The student-athlete’s compensation does not include any re-muneration for value or utility that the student-athlete may have for the employer because of the publicity, reputation, fame or personal following that he or she has obtained because of athlet-ics ability;• The student-athlete is compensated only for work actually performed;• The student-athlete is compensated at a rate commensurate with the going rate in that locality for similar services; and

Employer “Do’s” and “Don’ts”• The athletic department may arrange employment for prospects in the summer prior to their enrollment as freshmen and for enrolled student-athletes during all offi cial vacation periods (sum-mer, winter, spring) during the academic year.• Do not provide free transportation to and from jobs for student-athletes, unless such transportation is provided to all employees.• Do provide employment for prospective and currently enrolled student-athletes during permissible time periods and at regular pay rates for similarly qualifi ed non-athlete employees.

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