2011-12 louisiana tech golf media guide

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Athletic MissionStatement

Embody excellence in everythingwe do.

Develop student-athletes to maximize their potential in mind, body and spirit.

Bring pride, admiration, and loyalty to the University family, community and state.

Win with integrity.

Athletic Vision

Louisiana Tech University will be a conference leader in perfor-mance by investing strategically in studentathletes’ development, providing superior facilities, and enhancing program support to achieve a local and national image of success and dominance.

Content

General Information ...............................................................2

Welcome to the Family ..........................................................3

Head Coach Jeff Parks .........................................................28

2011-12 Roster .....................................................................30

Jonathan Bale ......................................................................31

Cody Blankenship ................................................................32

Patrick Blunt .........................................................................33

Sam Forgan .........................................................................34

Jack Lempke ........................................................................35

Cody Santone ......................................................................36

Chandler Vilcheck .................................................................37

Travis Wilmore .....................................................................38

2010-11 Year in Review .........................................................39

Western Athletic Conference ..............................................41

All-Time Records .................................................................42

University President Dr. Dan Renaeau .................................44

Athletic Director Bruce Van De Velde ...................................45

Athletic Administation .........................................................46

Adminstrative Support .........................................................51

Athletics Council/Head & Assistant Coaches ......................52

The 2011-12 Louisiana Tech golf team informa-tion guide is a publica-tion of the Athletics Media Relations Office. It has been designed as a source of information for the news media and Bulldog golf fans. Every effort has been made to include pertinent and timely information. Should you need ad-ditional information such as feature material and/or statistics, please di-rect your inquiries to the media relations office.

News releases, photos and other services are available to accredited members of the news media. Current releases, statistics and photos can also be obtained at LATechSports.com.

Editors: Malcolm Butler

Contributors: Butler, Louisiana TechNews Bureau, Louisiana Tech Marketing and Pub-lic Relations Department

Covers, Layout andDesign:Donnie Bell Design

Photography: DonnyCrowe, Tom Morris,Darrell James, JamesGarner, Matt Lange,Donald Page.


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General School InformationLocation: Ruston, La.Founded: 1894Enrollment: 11,250Affiliation: NCAA Division INickname: BulldogsColors: Red and BlueHome Course: Squire Creek Country Club

(Choudrant, La.) Year Opened: 2002President: Dr. Dan ReneauAthletic Director: Bruce Van De VeldeAssociate AD/SWA: Mary Kay Hungate

Coaching StaffHead Coach: Jeff Parks Alma Mater: Mississippi State, 1993Volunteer Assistant Coach: Brad Pullin

Media RelationsAssociate AD: Malcolm ButlerGolf Contact: Malcolm ButlerSend all bowling requests to:Malcolm Butler, Associate AD – Media Relations E-Mail: [email protected] Office Phone: (318) 257-3144

Cell Phone:(318) 614-4513Athletics Web Site: LATechSports.comTwitter: @LATechMButlerMailing/Shipping Address: Thomas Assembly Center, Room 164 Ruston, La. 71270

Team InformationLetterwinners Returning/Lost: 7/2Newcomers: 1

Letterwinners Returning (7) Jonathan BaleCody BlankenshipPatrick BluntSam ForganJack LempkeCody SantoneTravis Wilmore

Letterwinners Lost (2)Clinton ShepardHayden Stephens

Newcomers (1)Chandler Vilcheck

Alphabetical Roster

Name Ht. Class Exp. Hometown (Previous School)Jonathan Bale 6-1 SR 3L Porthcawl, Wales, UK (Bridgend College)Cody Blankenship 5-8 RS SR 2L Rockwall, Texas (Tyler JC)Patrick Blunt 6-1 RS SR 3L Ruston, La./Cedar (Creek HS)Sam Forgan 6-2 JR 2L Stowmarket, England (Stowmarket HS)Jack Lempke 5-11 SO 1L Frisco, Texas (Frisco Wakeland HS)Cody Santone 5-7 SR 3L Haughton, La. (Parkway HS)Chandler Vilcheck 6-0 FR HS Bluffton, S.C. (Hilton Head Christian Academy)Travis Wilmore 6-1 SO 1L Alexandria, La. (Holy Savior Menard HS)

CoachesJeff Parks - Head CoachBrad Pullin - Volunteer Assistant Coach


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we are louisiana tech universityweLCoMe To The fAMILy

“ Louisiana Tech will be a top research university. And every top research university in the United States has a top athletic program. That’s our goal. We’re developing a road map for Tech athletics.”

-- Tech President Dr. Dan Reneau


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SQUIRe CReeK GoLf CoURSehoMe Facility oF the louisiana tech BullDoGs

Squire Creek Golf Course is the home to the Louisiana Tech golf team. It is a private, members-only facility, which features an 18-hole champi-onship golf course designed by Tom Fazio.

The course has twice been ranked number one in the state of Louisiana, and was ranked as one of the top 10 best new courses in America by Golf Digest.

Squire Creek Country Club features an 18-hole championship golf course designed by Tom Fazio. The 7,105 yard, par 72 course is ranked number one in Louisiana.

The magnificent Fazio design allows golfers to enjoy golf in its purest form, and challenges players at every hole. The layout features not only a rewarding golf experience, but also lush landscapes and beautiful scenery, for pictur-esque views around every turn.


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The Squire Creek course is designed to blend harmoniously with the surrounding natural terrain, subtly enhancing color and texture variations around each hole. By combining the aesthetic pleasures of an enjoyable game in an exquisite environ-ment, Squire Creek provides its members the ultimate living and golfing experience.

Squire Creek Golf Course host-ed the 2005 Western Athletic Conference championships, the US Open Qualifier in 2009, and the Southern Junior in 2011. It will host the Vicky Hurst Under Armour AJGA in April.


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TRAINING fACILITy

Squire Creek also offers a state of the art training facility, which features dual bays with retractable doors for indoor or outdoor use, motion analysis and launch monitor. The use of the training facility is a privilege that only Bulldog golf team members, Squire Creek golf members, or golf school trainees can enjoy.


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AMM3D Motion Analysis SystemWe utilize the Advanced Motion Measurement 3D Optical Analysis System to capture, mea-sure and display the 3 dimensional motion of your full golf swing. The AMM3D measures your hips, shoulders, arms, wrist, hands and head, and how far you move up and down and side to side, while capturing your tilts, bends, rotations, and speed. It defines your kinematics sequence, or the efficiency of your golf swing, and helps us to predict and prevent future inju-ries due to improper form.

V1 Pro Video Analysis System V1 video is used to show a 2 dimensional view of your swing faults. It is a very powerful tool that provides real-time visual feedback and the software tools to identify your technical flaws so that we can quickly correct them.

TRACKMAN TRACKMAN is a radar unit that measures both club delivery and the full trajectory of your golf shot. It measures ball spin, launch angle, and speeds of both the club and ball. It is a great tool to help with club fitting and yardage con-trol.

SAM Putting Lab This system analyzes your putting stroke in 28 different parameters from club path to face angles to the rhythem of your stroke. It has pa-rameters of the tour players to give guidance in a proper putting stroke.


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PRACTICe fACILITIeS

squire creek Golf course boasts some of the top practice facilities in the south.

It has a designated short game area with two greenside bunkers and up to 50-yards worth of pitching and chipping area. It has a fairway bunker practice area and several mounds for uneven lie practice.


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It has four putting surfaces to work on short game, two of which are Bermuda grass Tifeagle greens and two of which are Bent grass greens. The largest is a 12,000 square foot Bermuda grass sur-face. A bunker exists next to the 5,500 square foot Bent grass putting green which gives the Bulldogs another area of green side bunker practice. Typically the green speeds range from 10 to 13 on a st-imp meter.

It has a 10,000 square foot driving range tee which includes five target greens with bunkers to work on your accuracy. The Bulldogs have access to Pro-V1 range balls. The Bulldogs have use of a private practice tee at the opposite end of the driving range which is located adjacent to the training facility.


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AT LOUISIANA TECH YOU ARE NOT A NUmbER, YOU ARE fAmILY.

LOUISIANA TECHclassified as a National University, the only Carnegie Doctoral/Research University and the only SREB Doctoral Four-Year 2 Research University in north Louisiana; also the only university in north Louisiana to earn a spot on the 2011 Best Colleges National Universities list.

recognized by Small Times magazine as an industry leader in micro and nanotechnology for the third consecutive year, ranking Tech at No. 7 nationally for nanotechnology commer-cialization.

ranked as one of the 100 Best Values in Public Colleges in the nation by Kiplinger’s Magazine for the third consecutive year.

boasts a retention rate of 84.5, which tops the averages of both the LSU System (79.3) and the UL System (77.7).

ALL CLASSeS ARe TAUGHT By FULL PRO-FeSSORS, NOT TeACHING ASSISTANTS

this is LoUISIANA TeCh


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Louisiana Tech President Dr. Dan Reneau is known as one of the top collegiate presidents in the country and a staunch supporter of both academics and athletics.

“ Louisiana Tech University is a family of students, instructors, staff, friends and alumni. We are teach-ers, doctors, engineers and artists. We are moms and dads, newlyweds, retirees and rookies on the job. Let us help you realize your dreams as we con-tinue to realize the University’s dreams together. Join the family.”

-- Dr. Dan Reneau, University President

QUARTER SYSTEm – bIg AdVANTAgE fOR THE STUdENT-ATHLETE Louisiana Tech has a unique advantage of being on the quarter system as opposed to the semester system. The quarter system provides significant advantages for the students:

Lighter workload (take 3 classes instead of 5)

Shorter academic sessions (12 weeks instead of 18)

More frequent breaks during and between academic sessions

More opportunities to withdraw or drop a class and still remain TOPS eligible

MORe THAN 700 COMPANIeS WORLDWIDe TRAVeL TO CAMPUS eACH yeAR TO ReCRUIT LOUISIANA TeCH GRADUATeS


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PROgRAmS PROVIdEd bY bARC Tutoring and group help sessions in all subjects

Supplemental instruction from students who have already successfully completed a certain course

Writing assistance

Advising opportunities

Referral program for students needing additional assistance

Computer labs and study hall space

helpinG put the stuDent intoSTUDeNT-AThLeTe

THE bULLdOg ACHIEVEmENT RESOURCE CENTER (bARC) is committed to the success of Louisiana Tech’s student-athletes.

“At Louisiana Tech, the professors, administrators and coaches are very

supportive of us as student-athletes. There are so many wonderful

people at this University who understand the importance of our education. As a student-athlete, I really couldn’t ask

for more.”

– Jasmine Bendolph Lady Techster Basketball (Senior Guard)


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LiSA MERRiTT and BRAD HERMAN team up in the Louisiana Tech athletics academic center to help the University’s student-athletes excel in the classroom and ultimately earn their degrees, something that is the No. 1 goal for the administration and coaches at Tech.

Soccer standout Kiva Gresham was nomi-nated for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award following her outstanding career at Louisiana Tech. As a senior Gresham led the Lady Techsters to their best season in history while garnering numerous athletic and academic awards. She earned her bachelor’s degree in kinesiology.

KIVA GReShAM clInt ewINGLouisiana Tech baseball letterwinner Clint Ewing earned his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, graduating with a perfect 4.0 grade point average. Ewing was named Academic All-American and was one of four runner-ups for the 2011 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award which goes to the nation’s top senior who shows excellence in four areas – community, classroom, character and competition.

ReCeNT SUCCeSS SToRIeS

“One of the reasons I chose Louisiana Tech four years ago was because of its academic reputation, and it has more than lived up to my expectations. It’s a first-class institu-tion with first-class people.”

– Matt Broha Bulldog Football (Senior DE)


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saw more than 800 student-athletes earn Academic All-WAC hon-ors since joining the league in 2001, including more than 80 this past year.

recorded a student-athlete Graduation Success Rate (GSR) of 70 percent which was its highest ever and which ranked among the best in the nation (Federal Graduation Rate Report).

recorded its highest four-year graduation rate ever, which ranks No. 1 in the state of Louisiana among Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) public institutions and second among Western Athletic Conference schools (Federal Graduation Rate Report).

saw eight of its 16 NCAA sanctioned programs record their high-est multi-year APR rates ever while four of the programs reg-istered their highest single year APR score ever. All 16 of Tech’s athletic teams were penalty free.


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boasts the University of Louisiana System’s highest graduation rate at 53.2 percent.

boasts the ULS’ fastest time to completion for first time baccalau-reates at 4.7 years.

boasts the ULS’ highest average freshman ACT scores at 23.6.

The National Football Foundation and the College Football Hall of Fame honored former Bulldog football player Quin Harris as a National Scholar-Athlete. Harris, who was a finalist for the cov-eted Draddy Trophy - considered the academic Heisman - was the first LA Tech player ever to receive the prestigious accolade.


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louisiana tech CAMPUS LIfe

It’s a community of Tech students who want the convenience of on-campus living and the privacy and sophistication of high-tech, spacious apartments and townhouses with a signature Louisiana Tech view.

UNIVERSITY PARk AmENITIES 2- and 4-bedroom designs

Townhouse features a spiral staircase to a loft with two bedrooms and a bath

Private bedroom phone and cable television

Kitchen equipped with range and refrigerator

High speed internet access

A pedestrian bridge provides easy, direct access from UP to the heart of campus

WeLCOMe TO UNIVeRSITy PARKyOUR HOMe AWAy FROM HOMe


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TOLLIVER HALLa cyber café with plasma TVs, webcams and wireless internet

STUdENT CENTERa large cafeteria-style area that allows students to choose from a variety of eating establish-ments including Chick-Fil-A and Burger King as well as a cafeteria

LOCAL RESTAURANTSstudents get plenty of Louisiana flavor as Ruston is full of local restaurants that range from a little Cajun spice to southern down-home cooking

QUAdRANgLE one of the most frequented areas of campus where students hang out under century-old oak trees to study and socialize LAmbRIgHT INTRAmURAL CENTERa recreational facility complete with basket-ball courts, racquetball courts, a bowling alley, men’s and women’s weightrooms, an indoor track, saunas, steamrooms and plenty of cardio equipment. The brand new $12.5 million swim-ming complex will be completed this fall.

MORe THAN 11,000 STU-DeNTS CALL LOUISIANA TeCH HOMe AS THe UNIVeRSITy OFFeRS AN 18:1 STUDeNT-FACULTy RATIO. THe UNIVeRSITy IS COMPLeTING MORe THAN $250 MILLION IN ReNOVATIONS AND NeW CONSTRUCTION. SOMe OF THe TOP HOT SPOTS ON CAMPUS INCLUDe...


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STUDeNT ACTIVITIeSlouisiana tech

AfTER CLASS: Art exhibits Canoe excursions Camping trips Campus ministries Concerts Dances and cook-

outs Greek life Honor societies Intramurals

Live theatre Movie nights Poetry and music Rock climbing Sporting events Stomp shows Student organiza-

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The Miss Tech pageant is just one of many annual student events on campus, including unity step shows, Greek Week, Spring Fling, homecoming, tal-ent shows, theatri-cal and musical productions and more.


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STUDeNT ACTIVITIeS

Construction on the brand new $12.5 million recreational and competitive swimming pools is sched-uled for completion this fall. The facility connects to the existing Lambright Intramural Center and is the final phase of a $50 million recreational construction project on campus that included new tennis courts, a new track and a new bowling alley. The pool will include a 25-yard indoor competitive pool and an outdoor recreational pool. An atrium will connect the two facilities and will include a rock-climbing wall as well as an outdoor café complete with sandwiches, soups, smoothies and a variety of drinks.

Tech students are some of the best fans in the South as all of the University’s athletic teams have great followings on game days whether football, basketball or any of the 16 NCAA Division I sanc-tioned programs.


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SUCCeSSsuccess BreeDs

LOUISIANA TECH’S ATHLETIC dEPARTmENT:

recorded its highest finish ever in the Western Athletic Conference Commissioner’s Cup in its 10th year of membership in the league.

ranked sixth in the country in the Excellence in Management Cup, one of only four programs in the country to earn a top 10 spot in each of the past three years.

won the NCAA Pack the House Challenge for the WAC for the fourth straight year, the only school in the country to win it four straight years.

won the 2010 Turnkey PRISM Award, given to the college that best exemplifies development in the four categories of Marketing/Branding, Fan Development, Community Relations and Customer/Client Service.


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ON THE PLAYINg fIELdS:

Bulldog football set a single-season attendance record this year as 116,908 fans watched LA Tech in its six home games at Joe Aillet Stadium.

Lady Techsters soccer recorded its best season in program history with 15 wins, including five in WAC play, as it fin-ished third in the league and qualified for its first ever WAC Tournament.

Lady Techster volleyball saw a program-record four players earn spots on the all-state team voted on by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association.

Bulldog basketball saw the hiring of a new coach in highly-regarded Michael White, who spent the past seven years as an assistant in the Southeastern Conference at Ole Miss.

Lady Techster basketball became only the second women’s program to win 1,000 games while claiming the WAC regu-lar season title and its 27th trip to the NCAA Tournament.

Bulldog golf recorded its best season in more than two decades as it won two team titles during the year and earned its highest ranking ever.

Lady Techster tennis recorded its first winning season since the mid-90s as coach Quinton Yray’s squad took a big step forward.

Lady Techster bowling found themselves ranked in the top 20 in the country during the season for the second straight year.

Bulldog baseball recorded a winning season, saw three players selected in the MLB Draft and saw senior Clint Ewing named a finalist for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award.

Lady Techster softball qualified for its sixth straight WAC Tournament and upset NCAA participant Fresno State on its own field in the first round of the event.

Lady Techsters indoor and outdoor track won the WAC Championships, marking the sixth indoor title in seven years and the seventh straight outdoor title.

Bulldog track and field saw freshman Trey Hadnot earn WAC Freshman of the Year honors and earn a bronze medal in the 200-meters at the Pan Am Junior Championships.


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QUEST fOR ExCELLENCE – Meeting the Needs of Tech’s Student-AthletesThe construction of a 90,000-plus square-foot multipurpose facility in the south end zone of Joe Aillet Stadium will benefit every student-athlete at Louisiana Tech University.

STUdENT-ATHLETE bENEfITS INCLUdE: New academic center

New state-of-the-art sports medicine facility

New strength and conditioning complex

New coaches offices and locker rooms for football, baseball, soccer, tennis, softball, golf and track and field

Video room with state-of-the-art capabilities

New auditorium for team and departmental meetings


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“ Quest for Excellence is a watershed event in the history of our athletics pro-gram and, through the private contributions of our friends and supporters, will put our University shoulder-to-shoulder with some of the most progres-sive and respected programs in the nation.”

- Tech President Dr. Dan Reneau

LOUISIANA TECH already ranks among the state and conference leaders in student-athlete grad-uation rate and in Academic Progress Report rate, and the new academic center will further enhance and emphasize the University’s commitment to the classroom.

Since Louisiana Tech joined the WAC in 2001, its athletic programs have captured 28 team champion-ships and dozens of individual titles.

Louisiana Tech has contracted with renowned sports architectural firm Populous to develop a master facility plan. Populous has created some of the most recognizable professional sports venues in the country:

Yankee Stadium

Busch Stadium

AT&T Park

Pepsi Center

PNC Park

PETCO Park

Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Reliant Stadium

More than $12 million of the projected $20 million has already been committed as the project is moving forward and could break ground as soon as spring of 2012. Tech alums Steve Davison (pic-tured), Terry Bradshaw and Drake Mills form the Leadership Team that is spearheading the fundrais-ing for the facility, along with Tech Athletics Director Bruce Van De Velde.

“ This project addresses many of the needs of our student-athletes, enhances recruit-ing and provides a source of pride for our alumni and fans. Our vision is a quest for excellence and a desire, focus and com-mitment to be an institution that values academic and athletic excellence.”

– Tech Athletics Director Bruce Van De Velde


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dAN RENEAU is the President of Louisiana Tech University and a member of the Executive Com-mittee of the Commission on Col-leges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

Leon barmore: Winningest coach in history of NCAA women’s basketball; 5-time Hall of Famer

Albert bourland: President of Daimler-Benz Washington, Inc., manufacturers of Mercedez Benz

John Caruthers, Jr.: President of Caruthers Producing Co., Inc. and president of the Seven States I-69 Mid-Continent Highway Coalition

James davison: Developer of Squire Creek Country Club; Board of Directors for Genesis Energy; former Chairman of the Board of Supervisors for the Univer-sity of Louisiana System

Trace Adkins: Country music star; named Top New Male Vocalist in 1997 by the Academy of Country Music Award

guthrie Jarrell, m.d.: Physician for more than 40 years in local community

Rosemary Ellis: Executive Editor of Working Woman Magazine, editor of Prevention Magazine, and editor of Good Housekeeping Magazine

fAITH JENkINS was the first runner-up in the 2001 Miss Ameri-ca Pageant and now is an attorney at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy in New York.

Former Bulldog basketball All-American kARL mALONE is a two-time NBA MVP and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in August of 2010.

PRoMINeNT ALUMNIlouisiana tech’s

WHILE LOUISIANA TECH CONTINUES TO ExCEL on the playing fields, the University consistently turns out some of the world’s top politicians, busi-nessmen, entertainers and professional athletes. A degree from Louisiana Tech University is more than just a diploma to hang on the wall … it’s a door opening to a world of opportunities.

Angela Turner Johnson: Served as controller for Motown Records and Bellmark Records as well as senior ac-counting manager at Coca Cola


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PRoMINeNT ALUMNI

kIx bROOkS Kix Brooks was a member of the country music duo Brooks and Dunn which won more awards than any other duo in the his-tory of country music.

michael mcCallister: President/CEO of Humana Inc.

glen Post, III: Chief Executive Officer and President of CenturyLink

Charles Wyly: Vice Chairman of Sterling Software, Inc.; Founder of University Computing; Vice Chairman of Michael’s Stores; Chairman, Communities Foundation of Texas

Sam Wyly: Chairman of Sterling Software, Inc.; Chairman Michaels’s Stores; Co-Founder of Green Mountain Energy

max Watson, Jr.: Founder and President of BMC Software, Inc.; Forbes Magazine named him in Top 15 of 200 Best Small Companies

Jimmy Love: Secretary and Chairman of the Executive Committee, T. L. James & Company Inc.

Roy Adams: Chairman and CEO of Gulf Financial Companies of Bermuda

Robert Aillet: Principal and CEO of Aillet, Fenner, Jolly & McClelland Engineers

Former Bulldog All-American TERRY bRAdSHAW was the No. 1 pick of the 1970 NFL Draft, won four Super Bowls with the Pittsburgh Steelers and is a member of the Fox NFL Sunday broadcast team.

Current LA Tech head coach TERESA WEATHERSPOON won both a national champion-ship and an Olympic gold medal during her playing career and was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in June.

Lionel Alford: Corporate Vice President of the Boe-ing Company

milburn baker, Jr.: President of United Gas Pipe Line

george breazeal: Comptroller of Murphy Oil Corpo-ration and the director of Camp Fire Girls and United Way

John Cordaro: President of Louisiana Power & Light

James dennis: Associate Justice in the Supreme Court of Louisiana

kim gandy: President of the National Coalition of Women

marvin T. green, Jr., m.d.: Local surgeon who served on Boards of University Foundation, Lincoln General Hospital and Ruston State Bank

Elizabeth Haley, Ph.d.: Dean Emeritus, College of Human Sciences at Texas Tech University and As-sociate Vice Chancellor of Texas Tech University for College Development Programs

J.E. mitcham, Sr.: Owner and President of Mitcham Farms, Inc.

Edward moyers: President and CEO of Southern Pacific Rail Corporation, CEO Illinois Central Rail-road, CEO Mid-South Rail Corporation

Patricia Wells Schultz: widely acclaimed for per-formances in opera

Charles Spruell: President, Mobil Exploration and Producing, U.S. Inc.


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mORE THAN 3,800 SQUARE fEET Of ATHLETIC TRAININg fACILITY bUILT IN 2001.CONTAINS:

swimex therapy pool

cardiovascular equipment

training tables

private staff offices

physicians examination room

kEITH bUNCH is the head athletic trainer at Louisiana Tech University and is a certified member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association and the Louisiana Athletic Trainers’ Association. He is in charge of the Dr. William Bundrick Sports Medicine Center and taking care of the Bulldog football players.

Louisiana Tech football can claim one of the top orthopedic surgeons in the country as one of its own. Dr. William Bundrick lettered for the Bulldogs in the late 1950s before graduating and moving on to the LSU Medical School in New Orleans. Today, he is not only the Bulldogs team physician, but he is also the benefactor of the Sports Medicine Department located in the Charles Wyly Athletic Center – home of the Tech football program.

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NEW STATE-Of-THE-ART EQUIPmENT 8 powerlift nine-foot combo power

racks with platforms

8 powerlift glute ham machines

15 hammer strength machines

2 sets of iron grip GX dumb bells (5 to 150 lbs)

Louisiana Tech legend Karl Malone recently funded the new state-of-the-art equip-ment in the Karl Malone Weightroom. Malone was considered one of the most well-conditioned athletes in the history of the NBA.

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dAmON HARRINgTON is the head strength and conditioning coach at Louisiana Tech and is a certified member of the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association. During his six years at LA Tech, more than 25 of the Bulldogs strength and conditioning records have been bro-ken.


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Jeff PARKS Head Coach

Jeff Parks has already made his mark on the Louisiana Tech Bulldog golf program in just two short years at the helm after serving five years as an assistant coach prior to his promotion in the summer of 2009.

Although the ultimate goal of winning the Western Athletic Conference championship and competing in the NCAAs has not yet been reached, Parks and Co. have taken strides in that direction during his first two years at the helm.

This past season saw the Bulldogs capture two team titles – the Squire Creek Invitational in October and the Jim West Intercollegiate in April – marking the first time since 2004-05 a LA Tech team had accomplished the feat.

Tech also recorded its top finish ever in the Western Athletic Conference Championships as the Bulldogs finished fourth in the nine-team field, surpassing its previous best of fifth place on two previous occasions.

After opening the fall season with a pair of top five finishes, Parks and Co. also earned its highest ranking ever moving up as high as 59th in Golfstat.com. This ranking shattered the previous high of 98th achieved twice during the previous 20 years.

“I don’t look at (these achievements) as success yet,” Parks said. “It’s an outcome. I’m excited about it, but to me if we keep doing what we are doing, preparing, and getting better, I think we will continue to improve.

“I attribute a lot of (our success) to physical conditioning, the hard work the guys have put in off the course. I attribute a lot of it to improvement on the mental side, the confidence level we’ve reached by implementing some mental strategies. Bottom line is our guys have a lot of pride in their school and they want to represent the school just like any other team. It takes a mental toughness and fortitude to be successful.”

Along the way, freshman Jack Lempke became the first Bull-dog to ever earn the WAC Freshman of the Year honor – an im-pressive feat for Parks first signee since taking over the program. Senior Clinton Shepard also picked up some hardware, earning second team all-conference accolades following an impressive season that saw him record six top 20 finishes.

These accomplishments came just one year after Parks in-augural year on the job, a 2009-10 season that saw the Bulldogs open some eyes.

After defeating seven top 100 ranked teams at the Bancorp-South Intercollegiate hosted by Ole Miss in early April, the Loui-siana Tech golf team moved up into the top 100 in the Golfstat.com rankings.

In 11 tournaments during the fall and spring, the Bulldogs re-corded a mark of 78-76-3, including 23 wins over teams ranked in the Top 100 in the country. In the spring-only events, Tech was 49-34-1. Most of Tech’s damage against the Top 100 teams came towards the end of the year as the Bulldogs bested 15 ranked teams in its last four tournaments.

Finding just the right lineup was a challenge for Parks as he saw seven of the 10 players on his roster record at least one Top 12 finish each this year.

Parks and Co.’s most impressive performance might have come when they placed in a tie for fifth at the Bancorp-South Intercollegiate hosted by Ole Miss at Reunion Golf and Country Club.

In that event, all five of the Bulldogs placed in the Top 40 out of 75 golfers as Tech defeated a total of seven Top 100 ranked teams, including knocking off Southeastern for the first time this year while also besting 51st ranked UCF.

The Bald Knob, Ark. native was named one of the “Best Teachers in Louisiana” by Golf Digest. In 2001, he was


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recognized by the golf publication as one of the “Best Teachers in Colorado.” His awards do not stop there though as Parks was named the PGA Gulf States Teacher of the Year in 2006.

A devotee to modern technology, Parks has earned certifica-tion through the Titleist Performance Institute. He is a level three certified golf professional and a level two biomechanics profes-sional. He has tested over 100 touring professionals using special 3D technology.

During his lessons with the Bulldogs, Parks utilizes the AM-M3D motion analysis system and V1 video to dissect a golfer’s full swing. He uses TRACKMAN, a sonar radar, to measure a golf-er’s ball-flight characteristics and SAM Putting LAB to measure a golfer’s putting motion.

Parks, who has been a Class A PGA Professional for over 15 years, was the vice president of golf instruction at GolfTEC in Denver for five years. At GolfTEC, he helped develop the com-pany’s own video, motion and impact analysis software.

Tech’s first-year head coach played golf at Graceland College before graduating from the professional golf management pro-gram at Mississippi State in 1993.

After graduating from the school, he became the first assis-tant professional at Southern Trace Country Club in Shreveport, before moving on to Golf TEC in 1996.

Parks is a certified Titleist, Ping, Taylormade, Nike, Callaway, Mizuno, Cleaveland and Nakashima clubfitter. He has given over 8,000 golf lessons and has published numerous ar-ticles in GolfTips.

He is married to the former, Laurie Lawshe of Goodman, Mississippi, and the couple has a nine-year-old son Jack and a five-year-old daughter Emmie.

BrAd PULLIN Assistant Coach

Brad Pullin serves as the volunteer assistant coach for the Louisiana Tech Bulldog golf team.Pullin has been in the golf business for over 12 years and was elected to the PGA in 2007.Along with being a Level 2 certified TPI instructor, Brad is also certified in both Taylor Made, Titleist and Ping Fit-

ting.Among Brad’s many accomplishments, he won the Army National Guard Scholar Athlete Award in 1997 and the

Acushnet PGA Apprentice Scholarship Award in 2007.


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ALPhAbeTICAL RoSTeR Name Ht Class Exp Hometown (Previous School) Jonathan Bale 6-1 SR 3L Porthcawl, Wales, UK (Bridgend College) Cody Blankenship 5-8 RS SR 2L Rockwall, Texas (Tyler JC) Patrick Blunt 6-1 RS SR 3L Ruston, La./Cedar (Creek HS) Sam Forgan 6-2 JR 2L Stowmarket, England (Stowmarket HS) Jack Lempke 5-11 SO 1L Frisco, Texas (Frisco Wakeland HS) Cody Santone 5-7 SR 3L Haughton, La. (Parkway HS) Chandler Vilcheck 6-0 FR HS Bluffton, S.C. (Hilton Head Christian Acaemy) Travis Wilmore 6-1 SO 1L Alexandria, La. (Holy Savior Menard HS)

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2010-11: Competed in 10 of the 11 events during the year ... Helped lead Tech to two team titles during the season as the Bulldogs captured the Squire Creek Invitational and the Jim West Intercollegiate ... Record-ed a 74.55 stroke average in 29 rounds of golf ... Seven of his 29 rounds were par or better ... Had three Top 20 finishes during the year ... Led the Bulldogs at the 2011 WAC Championships with a seventh place finish (73-77-71=221) ... Tied for 12th at the Squire Creek Invitational hosted by the Bulldogs (74-78-71=223) ... Tied for 13th at the Jim West Intercol-legiate (73-76-72=221) ... Shot a low round of 70 in the season-opening Sam Hall Intercollegiate ... Summer 2010: Finished second in the St. David Holy Cross and repre-sented his country in the Home International in August in Wales ... The Home International consists of the 10 best players from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland who will all represent their countries while playing against each other in a series at an exclusive venue over the four-day event ... Finished 10th at the 2010 Louisiana Golf Association Amateur Championships held at Koasati Pines in Coushatta ... 2009-10: Competed in 10 of the 33 tournaments during the year for LA Tech … Recorded a 74.57 stroke average which ranked second best on the team out of golfers who played at least half of the events … Nine of his 30 rounds were at par or better … Shot a low round of 68 in the second round of the David Toms Intercollegiate hosted by LSU … Finished tied for eighth at the David Toms Intercollegiate after post-ing a three-under-par 210 … Also finished tied for ninth at three events, including the Rice Intercollegiate, UALR/First Tee Classic and the WAC Championships … 2008-09: Competed in six tournaments for the Bulldogs ... Averaged 78.33 strokes ... Shot low rounds of 72 twice; first in the second round of the Squire Creek Invitational and then in the first round of the 24th Annual Louisiana Classics ... Finished 29th at the 2009 WAC Champion-ships ...College (high School): Attended Bridgend College ... Won Student of the Year in 2007 ... Individual Golf Accomplishments (2008): Qualified for the finals of the Nick Faldo Series this August ... Member of the Glam-organ Elite Team ... Ranked as the 8th best amateur in the Golf Union of Wales Order of Merit ... Had two top 10 finishes in R&A World Golf Ama-teur ranking events ... (2007): Won the Glamorganshire Baffie ... Won the City and County of Swansea Championships, becoming the first player to ever repeat as champion ... Finished seventh at the West of England Open Strokeplay Championship ... Finished third at the Welsh Amateur Championship ... Finished third at the Welsh Golf Union of Order Merit competition ... (2006): Won the City and County of Swansea Champi-onship ... Won the Golf Illustrated Cup ... Finished fifth at the West of England Open Strokeplay Championship ... (2005): Won the Glamorgan Junior County Strokeplay Championship ... Finished second in the Glam-organ Youths (under 21s) County Championships ...Personal: Son of Martyn and Christine Bale ... Has one brother, James ... Born Dec. 13, 1987 in Newport, Wales.

year Rounds Strokes Average Low Round best finish2008-09 18 1410 78.33 72, twice T45th, LC2009-10 30 2237 74.57 68, DTI T8th, DTI2010-11 29 2162 74.55 70, SHI T7th, WACTotals 77 5809 75.44 68, DTI T7th, wAC

2008-0910/13-14 Squire Creek Invitational (Par 72) 77-72-81=230 T78th (88)3/8-10 24th Annual Louisiana Classics 72-74-78=224 T45th (84)3/22-24 Mobile Bay Intercollegiate (Par 72) 80-80-81=241 T71st (92)3/30-31 UALR/First Tee Collegiate (Par 72) 79-77-76=232 T60th (96)4/6-7 Reunion Intercollegiate (Par 72) 78-78-85=241 T62nd (75)4/27-29 WAC Championships (Par 72) 74-82-76=232 T29th (45)

2009-109/21-22 Waterchase Invitational (Par 72) 75-81-74=230 T60th (100)10/5-6 Squire Creek Invitational (Par 72) 77-75-74=226 T47th (84)10/19-20 Memphis Intercollegiate (Par 72) 80-76-81=237 T73rd (90)10/26-27 David Toms Intercollegiate (Par 71) 73-68-69=210 T8th (75)2/15-16 Rice Intercollegiate (Par 72) 75-79-72=226 T9th (81)2/22-23 UNO Mardi Gras Invite (Par 72) 79-77-74=230 T43rd (77)3/15-16 Bulldog Classic (Par 72) 79-77-72=228 T25th (87)3/29-30 UALR/First Tee Classic (Par 72) 72-69-76=217 T9th (96)4/6-7 BancorpSouth Intercollegiate (Par 72) 70-71-76=217 T17th (75)5/3-5 WAC Championships (Par 72) 70-73-73=216 T9th (45)

2010-119/13-14 Sam Hall Intercollegiate (Par 71) 70-76-77=223 T66th (86)10/4-5 Squire Creek Invitational (Par 72) 74-78-71=223 T12th (69)10/18-19 David Toms Intercollegiate (Par 72) 74-72-75=221 T43rd (78)10/25-26 Memphis Intercollegiate (Par 72) 76-77-75=228 T39th (80)2/21-22 Rice Intercollegiate (Par 72) 75-76-75=226 T58th (81)3/13-15 Bulldog Classic (Par 72) 72-77-76=225 T26th (68)3/28-29 UALR/First Team (Par 72) 75-74-76=225 T23rd (92)4/4-5 BancorpSouth Inter. (Par 72) 78-72=150 T46th (75)4/10-12 Jim West Intercollegiate (Par 72) 73-76-72=221 T13th (84)5/2-4 WAC Championships (Par 72) 73-77-71=221 T7th (44)

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2010-11: Played in two tournaments during the season missing the ma-jority of the year with an injury ... Helped lead Tech to two team titles during the season as the Bulldogs captured the Squire Creek Invitational and the Jim West Intercollegiate ... Saw action in the Squire Creek Invi-tational and the David Toms Intercollegiate ... Recorded a 73.16 scoring average in those two events ... Tied for 6th overall at the Squire Creek Invitational (77-73-70=220) ... Shot three straight rounds of 73 at the David Toms Intercollegiate to tie for 37th ... 2009-10: Played in five of the 11 tournaments during the year for LA Tech ... Recorded a 78.07 scoring averaging ... His best round was a 73 at the David Toms Intercollegiate hosted by LSU ... His best finish was 40th at the Bulldog Classic hosted by LA Tech at Squire Creek ... Junior College: Lettered two years at Tyler Junior College in Texas ... Won three tournaments including the 2008 Texas State Championships ... Recorded the lowest scoring average on the team both years ... Ended his junior college career with a 73.67 average ... Helped lead Tyler to six team titles, including the 2008 NJCAA National Championship ... high School: Lettered four years for Coach Billy Watkins at Rockwall High School in Texas ... Helped lead the Yellow Jackets to the 2005 and 2007 district team titles ... Advanced to the state tournament in 2005 ... Three-time first team all-district ... Two-time first team all-region ... Named team MVP as a junior and senior ... Won district medalist as a senior ... Personal: Full name is Cody Daniel Blankenship ... Son of Karen Sterry ... Has one brother, Chad, and one sister, Jordan ... Born Sept. 19, 1988 in Rockwall, Texas. l, Texas.

year Rounds Strokes Average Low Round best finish2009-10 15 1171 78.07 73, DTI T54th, DTI 2010-11 6 439 73.16 70, SCI T6th, SCITotals 21 1610 76.66 70, SCI T6th, SCI

2009-1010/5-6 Squire Creek Invitational (Par 72) 74-77-82=233 74th (84)10/26-27 David Toms Intercollegiate (Par 71) 73-75-74=222 T54th (75)2/15-16 Rice Intercollegiate (Par 72) 84-80-77=241 T58th (81)2/22-23 UNO Mardi Gras Invite (Par 72) 74-78-86=238 63rd (77)3/15-16 Bulldog Classic (Par 72) 81-80-76=237 T40th (87)

2010-1110/4-5 Squire Creek Invitational (Par 72) 77-73-70=220 T6th (69)10/18-19 David Toms Intercollegiate (Par 72) 73-73-73=219 T37th (78)

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PAtrIcKbLUNT Ruston, La. (Cedar Creek)

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2010-11: Played in four events during the season … Helped lead Tech to two team titles during the season as the Bulldogs captured the Squire Creek Invitational and the Jim West Intercollegiate … Recorded a 76.8 scoring average in 12 rounds during the year … Shot a 74 in the first round of the BancorpSouth Intercollegiate … His top finish was a tied for 31st at the Squire Creek Invitational (78-77-75=230) … Summer of 2010: Qualified for the 2010 Southern Amateur after firing a three-under-par 68 in a sectional qualifier in Madison, Mississippi ... 2009-10: Participated in two tournaments during the season for LA Tech ... Recorded a 73.83 scoring average in those two events which was tops on the team ... Recorded a low round of 68 at the Squire Creek Invitational hosted by the Bulldogs ... His best finish was tied for 11th at the Bulldog Classic hosted by LA Tech ... Also finished tied for 16th at the Squire Creek Intercollegiate ... 2008-09: Competed in five tournaments for the Bulldogs ... Averaged 77.00 strokes over 15 rounds played ... Shot lowest round of 72 in the first round of the All-American Golf Classic ... Finished season best 19th at the All-American Golf Classic in February ... 2007-08: Red-shirted ... high School: Played varsity golf for Cedar Creek since seventh grade ... helped lead the Cougars to the state tournament as a junior ... Won the Class 1A state title in spring of 2006 ... Won the Class 1A individual state title as a junior shooting 68 and 75 ... named all-state as a junior ... won the Tournament of Champions as a junior ... shot a 68 ... participated in the Westfield Junior PGA Championship held in Westfield Center, Ohio, in August of 2006 ... also a member of the Cedar Creek Cross Country team ... were the state Class 1A runner-up as a junior ... Personal: Son of Larry and Connie Blunt ... Has two sisters, Catie and Emma, both Tech students ... Born July 31, 1989, in West Monroe, La.

year Rounds Strokes Average Low Round best finish2008-09 26 1971 75.81 71, KCI T23rd, MBI2009-10 6 443 73.83 68, SCI T11th, BC2010-11 12 922 76.8 74, BS T31st, SCITotals 44 3336 75.81 68, SCI T11th, bC

2008-099/8-9 Scenic City Invitational (Par 71) 76-75-75=226 T67th (87)9/15-16 Palmer’s Toyota Inter. (Par 72) 72-75-78=225 T53rd (87)10/6 Memphis Intercollegiate (Par 72) 80-73=153 T44th (90)10/13-14 Squire Creek Invitational (Par 72) 79-75-74=228 T74th (88)11/4-6 Kauai Collegiate Invite (Par 72) 72-71-72=215 T27th (73)3/22-24 Mobile Bay Intercollegiate (Par 72) 77-76-75=228 T23rd (92)3/30-31 UALR/First Tee Collegiate (Par 72) 75-71-79=225 T27th (96)4/6-7 Reunion Intercollegiate (Par 72) 83-80-77=240 T58th (75)4/27-29 WAC Championships (Par 72) 78-78-75=231 T29th (45)

2009-1010/5-6 Squire Creek Invitational (Par 72) 78-68-72=218 T16th (84)3/15-16 Bulldog Classic (Par 72) 78-74-73=225 T11th (87)

2010-1110/4-5 Squire Creek Invitational (Par 72) 78-77-75=230 T31st (69)10/25-26 Memphis Intercollegiate (Par 72) 75-85-78=238 T67th (80)3/13-15 Bulldog Classic (Par 72) 0-76-0=76 NF3/28-29 UALR/First Team (Par 72) 76-75-78=229 T40th (92)4/4-5 BancorpSouth Inter. (Par 72) 74-75=149 T41st (75)


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2010-11: Competed in all 11 events during the year … Helped lead Tech to two team titles during the season as the Bulldogs captured the Squire Creek Invitational and the Jim West Intercollegiate …Recorded a 73.54 scoring average in 31 rounds of golf … Twelve of his 31 rounds were even par or better … Recorded six top 20 finishes during the year, including three top 10 finishes … Tied for third at the Bulldog Classic (69-78-70=217) … Tied for fifth at the Sam Hall Intercollegiate (71-67-70=208) … Fin-ished sixth at the Jim West Intercollegiate (70-68-78=216) … Also recorded top 20 finishes at the Rice Intercollegiate (71-74-71=216, T11th), WAC Championships (75-81-70=226, T13th) and BancorpSouth Intercollegiate (73-73=146, T17th) … 2009-10: Competed in three tournaments for the Bulldogs as a true freshman ... Recorded a 76.55 scoring average in those events ... Shot a 65 in the second round of the Squire Creek In-vitational, which ties for the third lowest round in recorded Bull-dog golf history ... His top finish was tied for 40th at the Bulldog Classic hosted by LA Tech ... Also tied for 44th at the Squire Creek Invitational ... high School: Did not compete in golf at Stowmarket High School ... Anglian League: Played five years, three years at the junior level and two at the men’s level ... In 2007, he won the Suffock Schools Championship ... One year later, his team won the league and he helped his team win the Suffock Junior Team Shield. Personal: Full name is Sam Louis Forgan ... Son of Andrew and Joanne Forgan ... Has two brothers, Ben and Jack ... Born May 15, 1990, in Kingslynn, England.

year Rounds Strokes Average Low Round best finish2009-10 9 689 76.55 65, SCI T40th, BC 2010-11 31 2280 73.55 67, SHI T3rd, BCTotals 40 2969 74.22 65, SCI T3rd, bC

2009-109/21-22 Waterchase Invitational (Par 72) 77-78-76=231 T68th (100)10/5-6 Squire Creek Invitational (Par 72) 77-65-83=225 T44th (84)3/15-16 Bulldog Classic (Par 72) 78-78-77=233 T40th (87)

2010-119/13-14 Sam Hall Intercollegiate (Par 71) 71-67-70=208 T5th (86)9/20-21 UTA/Waterchase Invitational (Par 72) 73-71-76=220 T30th (100)10/4-5 Squire Creek Invitational (Par 72) 76-68-DQ DQ10/18-19 David Toms Intercollegiate (Par 72) 73-78-75=226 T50th (78)10/25-26 Memphis Intercollegiate (Par 72) 75-77-77=229 T43rd (80)2/21-22 Rice Intercollegiate (Par 72) 71-74-71=216 T11 (81)3/13-15 Bulldog Classic (Par 72) 69-78-70=217 T3rd (68)3/28-29 UALR/First Team (Par 72) 73-78-81=232 T58th (92)4/4-5 BancorpSouth Inter. (Par 72) 73-73=146 T17th (75)4/10-12 Jim West Intercollegiate (Par 72) 70-68-78=216 6th (84)5/2-4 WAC Championships (Par 72) 75-81-70=226 T13th (44)

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2010-11: Became the first LA Tech golfer to ever be named the WAC Freshman of the Year … Com-pleted in eight of the 11 events during the year … Helped lead Tech to two team titles during the sea-son as the Bulldogs captured the Squire Creek Invi-tational and the Jim West Intercollegiate …Recorded a 74.54 scoring average in 24 rounds of golf … Six of his 24 rounds were even par or better … Registered three Top 20 finishes during the year … Opened his college career by shoot-ing a four-under-par 67 in the first round of the Sam Hall Intercol-legiate … Finished tied for 12th at the Squire Creek Invitaitonal (78-73-72=223) … Tied for 19th at the Jim West Intercollegiate (72-76-75=221) … Tied for 20th at the Sam Hall Intercollegiate (67-73-73=213) … high School: Lettered four years on the varsity golf team at Frisco Wakeland High School in Texas for coach Casey Wohlers ... Helped lead the Wolverines to the District 9-4A title in 2007 and 2008 ... Led the team to a runner-up finish at the State Preview 3A in 2008 ... Won six high school titles in just over three years ... In four fall tournaments this year, he recorded three top 5 finishes and one win ... Recorded seven top 10 finishes in 10 Legends Junior Tour Tournaments in 2009 ... Was the 2007 regional medalist (69-71) ... Was the 2008 State Preview runner up (72-76) ... Was the 2008 District 9-4A champion (71-67) ... Was the 2009 Big Burrito Challenge champion (75-69) ... Other Golf Experience: Was the 2005 Northern Texas Professional Golfer’s As-sociation (NTPGA) Tour Championship winner ... Named the 2005 NT-PGA Player of the Year ... Also captured the 2006 D.A. Weibring Junior Classic championship, the 2008 Texas Cup championships, the 2009 NT-PGA Tour championship and was named the 2009 NTPGA Masters Tour Player of the Year ... Personal: Full name is Jack Stuart Lempke II ... Son of Sara and Jack Lempke ... Has one sister, Maria ... Is ranked in the Top 5 percent of his class ... Is a National Honor Society member ... Born Dec. 10, 1991.

year Rounds Strokes Average Low Round best finish2010-11 24 1789 74.54 67, SHI T12th, SCI Totals 24 1789 74.54 67, ShI T12th, SCI

2010-119/13-14 Sam Hall Intercollegiate (Par 71) 67-73-73=213 T20th (86)9/20-21 UTA/Waterchase Invitational (Par 72) 75-76-71=222 T43rd (100)10/4-5 Squire Creek Invitational (Par 72) 78-73-72=223 T12th (69)10/18-19 David Toms Intercollegiate (Par 72) 77-79-77=233 T68th (78)2/21-22 Rice Intercollegiate (Par 72) 78-73-70=221 T37th (81)3/13-15 Bulldog Classic (Par 72) 70-80-74=224 T21st (68)4/10-12 Jim West Intercollegiate (Par 72) 72-76-75=221 T19th (84)5/2-4 WAC Championships (Par 72) 74-77-79=230 T22nd (44)

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2010-11: Competed in 10 of the 11 events during the season … Helped lead Tech to two team titles during the season as the Bulldogs captured the Squire Creek Invitational and the Jim West Intercollegiate … Re-corded a 74.41 scoring average in 29 rounds of golf … Eight of his 29 rounds were even par or better … Recorded four Top 20 finishes during the season … Shot a season low round of 68 in the second round of the Sam Hall Intercollegiate to open the year … Tied for seventh at the Jim West Intercollegiate (75-72-72=219) … Tied for eighth at the Memphis Intercollegiate (72-72-77=221) … Tied for 16th at the Squire Creek Invita-tional (83-71-71=225) … Tied for 18th at the UTA/Waterchase Invitational (73-71-74=218) … Summer of 2010: Won the Links on the Bayou to qualify for the USGA Amateur Public Links Championship ... 2009-10: One of two Bulldogs to play in all 11 events during the year ... Earned the Bulldog Award for the lowest scoring average of the year at 74.42 ... Shot a low round of 66 during the Sam Hall Intercollegiate, which tied for the eighth lowest round in recorded Bulldog history ... Six of his first nine rounds during the year were par or better ... 10 of his 33 rounds on the year were par or better - best on the team ... Finished in the Top 20 in four events during the year ... Tied for fifth at the Water-chase Invitational where he shot one-under-par 215 ... Tied for ninth at the Squire Creek Invitational ... Tied for 10th at the Sam Hall Intercolle-giate ... Also tied for 16th at the WAC Championships ... 2008-09: Earned Newcomer of the Year by the team ... Competed in nine tournaments for the Bulldogs ... Averaged 75.81 strokes over 26 rounds played ... Shot his lowest round of 71 at the Kauai Collegiate Invite ... Best finish of 23rd came at the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate in March ... Finished 29th at the 2009 WAC Championships ... high School: Lettered four years for coach Mike Meredith at Parkway High School ... Won the 2008 Louisiana Class 4A state title as a senior firing a 68 and 73 ... Won the 2008 regional qualifying tournament shoot-ing a 69 ... Won the 2008 Louisiana High School Tournament of Champi-ons (top 35 golfers in state) shooting three-under-par ... Finished second in the Louisiana Class 4A state tournament as a junior and fourth as a sophomore ... Won the 2006 Louisiana State junior amateur title ... Won the Southern Tradition Four-Ball championships in summer of 2007 ... Was also the individual champion of the 2007 Southern Tradition Four-Ball ... Led Parkway to three straight Louisiana Class 4A team titles ... Personal: Full name is Cody Andrew Santone ... Son of Brian and Diane Santone ... Has one sister, Carly ... Born Dec. 19, 1989, in Longview, Texas.

year Rounds Strokes Average Low Round best finish2008-09 26 1971 75.81 71, KCI T23rd, MBI2009-10 33 2456 74.42 66, SHI T5th, WI 2010-11 29 2158 74.41 68, SHI T7th, JWITotals 88 6585 74.83 66, ShI T5th, wI

2008-099/8-9 Scenic City Invitational (Par 71) 76-75-75=226 T67th (87)9/15-16 Palmer’s Toyota Inter. (Par 72) 72-75-78=225 T53rd (87)10/6 Memphis Intercollegiate (Par 72) 80-73=153 T44th (90)10/13-14 Squire Creek Invitational (Par 72) 79-75-74=228 T74th (88)11/4-6 Kauai Collegiate Invite (Par 72) 72-71-72=215 T27th (73)3/22-24 Mobile Bay Intercollegiate (Par 72) 77-76-75=228 T23rd (92)3/30-31 UALR/First Tee Collegiate (Par 72) 75-71-79=225 T27th (96)4/6-7 Reunion Intercollegiate (Par 72) 83-80-77=240 T58th (75)

4/27-29 WAC Championships (Par 72) 78-78-75=231 T29th (45)

2009-109/14-15 Sam Hall Intercollegiate (Par 71) 73-71-66=210 T10th (84)9/21-22 Waterchase Invitational (Par 72) 71-72-72=215 T5th (100)10/5-6 Squire Creek Invitational (Par 72) 70-73-73=216 T9th (84)10/19-20 Memphis Intercollegiate (Par 72) 81-75-72=228 T37th (90)10/26-27 David Toms Intercollegiate (Par 71) 74-76-78=228 T65th (75)2/15-16 Rice Intercollegiate (Par 72) 85-80-75=240 T54th (81)2/22-23 UNO Mardi Gras Invite (Par 72) 77-70-78=225 T25th (77)3/15-16 Bulldog Classic (Par 72) 77-77-75=229 T28th (87)3/29-30 UALR/First Tee Classic (Par 72) 73-75-77=225 T28th (96)4/6-7 BancorpSouth Intercollegiate (Par 72) 74-72-74=220 T28th (75)5/3-5 WAC Championships (Par 72) 72-69-79=220 T16th (45)

2010-119/13-14 Sam Hall Intercollegiate (Par 71) 74-68-73=215 T28th (86)9/20-21 UTA/Waterchase Invitational (Par 72) 73-71-74=218 T18th (100)10/4-5 Squire Creek Invitational (Par 72) 83-71-71=225 T16th (69)10/18-19 David Toms Intercollegiate (Par 72) 77-73-77=227 T54th (78)10/25-26 Memphis Intercollegiate (Par 72) 72-72-77=221 T8th (80)3/13-15 Bulldog Classic (Par 72) 74-78-73=225 T26th (68)3/28-29 UALR/First Team (Par 72) 74-76-78=228 T35th (92)4/4-5 BancorpSouth Inter. (Par 72) 76-73=149 T41st (75)4/10-12 Jim West Intercollegiate (Par 72) 75-72-72=219 T7th (84)5/2-4 WAC Championships (Par 72) 77-78-76=231 T26th (44)

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high School: Lettered five years for coach Doug Langhals at Hilton Head Christian Academy ... Helped lead the Eagles to the state tourna-ment where the program finished second in 2008 and third in 2010 ... Named all-region every year and was selected to the all-state team in 2010 ... Named to the all-tournament teams at the Lowcountry Classic and the Magnolia Invitational ... Also played basketball and football for the Eagles ... Other Golf Experience: Played in the Southern Junior at Squire Creek in June where he finished in the top 15 ... Won the Hurri-cane Junior Golf Tour Winter Championship ... Won the HJGT Fall Cham-pionship ... Finished second at the Hilton Head Island Amateur at the age of 15 ... Is ranked 21st in his class in the state of South Carolina ... Takes lessons from Todd Anderson, the PGA Teacher of the Year ... Currently ranks No. 1 in the HJGT, which is a regional tour that includes Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina ...

Personal: Full name is Chandler Marsh Vilcheck ... Son of Ken and Re-nee Vilcheck ... Has one brother, Garrett, and two sisters, Mary Katherine and Kendall ... Born Dec. 13, 1991 in Greenville, South Carolina ... Age 18.

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2010-11: Competed in three events during the season … Helped lead Tech to two team titles during the season as the Bulldogs captured the Squire Creek Invitational and the Jim West Intercollegiate … Recorded a 76.77 scoring average in nine rounds of golf … His best performance of the year was a 15th place finish at the Bulldog Classic (78-71-73=222) … Also shot a one-under-par 71 in the second round of the Squire Creek Invitational … high School: Lettered on the varsity for coach Randy Wilmore (father) for four years at Holy Savior Menard ... Was the state runner-up at the Class 2A level as a sophomore while leading the team to the state title ... Was the regional champion as a sophomore ... Finished in the top five at state as both a junior and senior ... Led the team to third in state as a junior and senior while being named team MVP ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Won the 2008 Louisiana Golf Association State Junior Tournament ... Qualified for the US Junior Amateur in the summer of 2009 ... Tied for 15th at the American Junior Golf Association Stars of Texas Junior Tournament in the summer of 2009 ... Won three tourna-ments on the Arrowhead Junior Golf Tour during the past few years ... Personal: Full name is Travis Hammett Wilmore ... Son of Randy and Susan Wilmore ... Has one brother, Thomas ... Born Nov. 15, 1991 in Alexandria, La.

year Rounds Strokes Average Low Round best finish2010-11 9 691 76.77 71, twice T15th, BC Totals 9 691 76.77 71, twice T15th, bC

2010-1110/4-5 Squire Creek Invitational (Par 72) 82-71-85=238 48th (69)2/21-22 Rice Intercollegiate (Par 72) 76-79-76=231 71st (81)3/13-15 Bulldog Classic (Par 72) 78-71-73=222 T15th (68)

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2010-11 Season ReviewLouisiana Tech continued to take steps in the right direction in 2010-11 as head coach Jeff Parks and the Bulldog golf team built on their success

of the previous season.Although the ultimate goal of winning the Western Athletic Conference championship and competing in the NCAAs has not yet been reached,

Parks and Co. have taken strides in that direction during the past two years. This past season saw the Bulldogs capture two team titles - the Squire Creek Invitational in October and the Jim West Intercollegiate in April -

marking the first time since 2004-05 a LA Tech team had accomplished the feat. The first victory of the season didn’t come easily.Trailing the 63rd ranked Lions by three strokes heading into the third and final round of the 2010 Squire Creek Invitational, no one could blame

Parks for feeling pretty frustrated as he watched his team shoot five over par on the very first hole under blue skies and cool October temperatures at Squire Creek Golf Course.

However, the Bulldogs were simply saving their best for last. Behind a strong team effort that saw six of the nine LA Tech players finish in the top 17 of the event, the Bulldogs captured their first team tournament title since winning the Hal Sutton Intercollegiate in the fall of 2007.

“It’s awesome,” said Parks. “It validates what we have been doing. I’m excited about where the program is headed. We are seeing some suc-cess, and I hope it is one of many to come. There are nine guys on this team, and they all have a role in what we do from qualifying to how we play in each tournament. Everyone is stepping up. It’s been an awesome team effort. It’s a lot of fun to see them grow and push each other.”

Six short months later, Tech was up to the challenge again … this time at the Jim West Intercollegiate hosted by Texas State. Senior Clinton Shepard shot a final round 68 and all five Louisiana Tech golfers finished in the Top 20 as the Bulldogs easily outdistanced the

competition to win the event at the Victoria Country Club. Tech held a slim two-shot lead over Southeastern Louisiana heading into the final round but responded with a team-low round of the day at one-

under-par 287 to pull away for its second tournament victory of the season. “The wind made the golf course tough the first two days, and the scores were high,” said Parks. “A lot of top 100 teams struggled. I’m just re-

ally excited about how we played and how we managed the wind this week. Today was a pressure cooker. We played in foursomes right alongside Southeastern Louisiana. Our guys stepped up and took care of business. Five guys in the top 20 is how you win tournaments.”

The season also saw the Bulldogs record their top finish ever in the Western Athletic Conference Championships as Tech finished fourth in the nine-team field, surpassing its previous best of fifth place on two previous occasions.

“We didn’t execute as well as needed to during the three days, but all in all, it was a good season,” said Parks. “I’m pleased with the success we showed during the year, but we know we are looking for even more. We will readjust our goals and set them even higher.

“We will look for more wins as we set our sights on next year. We will lose Clinton (Shepard) which will hurt but we have guys who will step up. We have four guys returning who have experienced the WAC Championships this year. I’m excited about what we did this year, and even more excited about our future starting next year.”

The success that the Bulldogs saw during 2010-11 also equated into some historical success in national rankings. After opening the fall season with a pair of top five finishes, Tech earned its highest ranking ever moving up as high as 59th in Golfstat.com. This ranking shattered the previous high of 98th achieved twice during the previous 20 years.

A number of individuals also earned well-deserved honors as freshman Jack Lempke became the first Bulldog to ever earn the WAC Freshman of the Year honor - an impressive feat for Parks first signee since taking over the program.

Lempke earned his honor after a rookie season that saw him record a scoring average of 74.24 through 21 rounds entering this week’s WAC Championships. The Frisco, Texas native registered three Top 20 finishes during the season, including a best of 12th place at the Squire Creek Invi-tational last October.

“Jack was one of three freshman nominated for the award, and the league coaches voted him as the top freshman,” said Parks. “He deserved it. He played great for us this year and really helped our team take it to another level.”

Senior Clinton Shepard also picked up some hardware, earning second team all-conference accolades following an impressive season that saw him record six top 20 finishes.

Shepard, the lone senior on this year’s team, earned his honor after leading the Bulldogs with a 73.13 scoring average this year. The West Mon-roe native recorded six top 20 finishes during the season, including four Top 10 finishes.

He wrapped up his career with a career-best third place finish at the Jim West Intercollegiate in San Marcos April 10-12 where he led the Bull-dogs to their second team title of the year - the most in the last two decades.

“Clinton is so deserving of this,” Parks said. “It’s a real tribute to him. We haven’t played the other eight teams in this league during the year so for the WAC coaches to nominate and vote him on the team says a lot. They did it based on his national ranking and what he did for us. He had a great year.”

As did the entire Louisiana Tech Bulldog golf team.

2010-11 overall ResultsDate tournament site team scores Finish9/14-15 Sam Hall Intercollegiate Hattiesburg, Miss. 291-285-284=860 9/159/21-22 UTA Waterchase Invitational Ft. Worth, Texas 294-297-297=888 9/1910/5-6 Squire Creek Invitational Choudrant, La. 287-299-296=882 6/1610/19-20 Memphis Intercollegiate Memphis, Tenn. 314-303-295=912 T13/1610/26-27 David Toms Intercollegiate Baton Rouge, La. 290-283-293=866 10/142/15-16 Rice Intercollegiate Houston, Texas 315-316-297=928 8/152/22-23 UNO Mardi Gras Invitational New Orleans, La. 303-302-304=909 11/153/15-16 Bulldog Classic Choudrant, La. 302-298-300=900 3/153/29-30 UALR/First Tee Classic Little Rock, Ark. 292-297-308=897 8/184/6-7 BancorpSouth Intercollegiate Oxford, Miss. 286-289-299=874 T5/155/3-5 WAC Championships Henderson, Nev. 293-287-296=876 5/9

Individual Season Statsname rounds total strokes average low round Best FinishCody Blankenship 6 439 73.16 70, 3rd SCI T6th, SCIClinton Shepard 32 2351 73.46 68, four times 3rd, JWISam Forgan 31 2280 73.54 67, 2nd SHI T3rd, BCCody Santone 29 2158 74.41 68, 2nd SHI T7th, JWIJack Lempke 24 1789 74.54 67, 1st SHI T12th, SCIJonathan Bale 29 2162 74.55 70, 1st SHI T7th, WACHayden Stephens 12 913 76.08 69, 3rd WI T38th, BCPatrick Blunt 12 922 76.8 74, 1st BS T31st, SCITravis Wilmore 9 691 76.77 71, twice T15th, BC


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Individual Tournament-by-Tournament StatsDate Tournament Scores FinishJonathan bale9/13-14 Sam Hall Intercollegiate (Par 71) 70-76-77=223 T66th (86)10/4-5 Squire Creek Invitational (Par 72) 74-78-71=223 T12th (69)10/18-19 David Toms Intercollegiate (Par 72) 74-72-75=221 T43rd (78)10/25-26 Memphis Intercollegiate (Par 72) 76-77-75=228 T39th (80)2/21-22 Rice Intercollegiate (Par 72) 75-76-75=226 T58th (81)3/13-15 Bulldog Classic (Par 72) 72-77-76=225 T26th (68)3/28-29 UALR/First Team (Par 72) 75-74-76=225 T23rd (92)4/4-5 BancorpSouth Inter. (Par 72) 78-72=150 T46th (75)4/10-12 Jim West Intercollegiate (Par 72) 73-76-72=221 T13th (84)5/2-4 WAC Championships (Par 72) 73-77-71=221 T7th (44)

Cody blankenship10/4-5 Squire Creek Invitational (Par 72) 77-73-70=220 T6th (69)10/18-19 David Toms Intercollegiate (Par 72) 73-73-73=219 T37th (78)

Patrick blunt10/4-5 Squire Creek Invitational (Par 72) 78-77-75=230 T31st (69)10/25-26 Memphis Intercollegiate (Par 72) 75-85-78=238 T67th (80)3/13-15 Bulldog Classic (Par 72) 0-76-0=76 NF3/28-29 UALR/First Team (Par 72) 76-75-78=229 T40th (92)4/4-5 BancorpSouth Inter. (Par 72) 74-75=149 T41st (75)

Sam forgan9/13-14 Sam Hall Intercollegiate (Par 71) 71-67-70=208 T5th (86)9/20-21 UTA/Waterchase Invitational (Par 72) 73-71-76=220 T30th (100)10/4-5 Squire Creek Invitational (Par 72) 76-68-DQ DQ10/18-19 David Toms Intercollegiate (Par 72) 73-78-75=226 T50th (78)10/25-26 Memphis Intercollegiate (Par 72) 75-77-77=229 T43rd (80)2/21-22 Rice Intercollegiate (Par 72) 71-74-71=216 T11 (81)3/13-15 Bulldog Classic (Par 72) 69-78-70=217 T3rd (68)3/28-29 UALR/First Team (Par 72) 73-78-81=232 T58th (92)4/4-5 BancorpSouth Inter. (Par 72) 73-73=146 T17th (75)4/10-12 Jim West Intercollegiate (Par 72) 70-68-78=216 6th (84)5/2-4 WAC Championships (Par 72) 75-81-70=226 T13th (44)

Jack Lempke9/13-14 Sam Hall Intercollegiate (Par 71) 67-73-73=213 T20th (86)9/20-21 UTA/Waterchase Invitational (Par 72) 75-76-71=222 T43rd (100)10/4-5 Squire Creek Invitational (Par 72) 78-73-72=223 T12th (69)10/18-19 David Toms Intercollegiate (Par 72) 77-79-77=233 T68th (78)2/21-22 Rice Intercollegiate (Par 72) 78-73-70=221 T37th (81)3/13-15 Bulldog Classic (Par 72) 70-80-74=224 T21st (68)4/10-12 Jim West Intercollegiate (Par 72) 72-76-75=221 T19th (84)5/2-4 WAC Championships (Par 72) 74-77-79=230 T22nd (44)

Cody Santone9/13-14 Sam Hall Intercollegiate (Par 71) 74-68-73=215 T28th (86)9/20-21 UTA/Waterchase Invitational (Par 72) 73-71-74=218 T18th (100)10/4-5 Squire Creek Invitational (Par 72) 83-71-71=225 T16th (69)10/18-19 David Toms Intercollegiate (Par 72) 77-73-77=227 T54th (78)10/25-26 Memphis Intercollegiate (Par 72) 72-72-77=221 T8th (80)3/13-15 Bulldog Classic (Par 72) 74-78-73=225 T26th (68)3/28-29 UALR/First Team (Par 72) 74-76-78=228 T35th (92)4/4-5 BancorpSouth Inter. (Par 72) 76-73=149 T41st (75)4/10-12 Jim West Intercollegiate (Par 72) 75-72-72=219 T7th (84)5/2-4 WAC Championships (Par 72) 77-78-76=231 T26th (44)

Clinton Shepard9/13-14 Sam Hall Intercollegiate (Par 71) 68-74-69=211 T12th (86)9/20-21 UTA/Waterchase Invitational (Par 72) 74-68-72=214 T7th (100)10/4-5 Squire Creek Invitational (Par 72) 69-75-76=220 T6th (69)10/18-19 David Toms Intercollegiate (Par 72) 70-68-76=214 T16th (78)10/25-26 Memphis Intercollegiate (Par 72) 79-72-78=229 T43rd (80)2/21-22 Rice Intercollegiate (Par 72) 75-75-73=223 T51st (81)3/13-15 Bulldog Classic (Par 72) 74-75-77=226 T30th (68)3/28-29 UALR/First Team (Par 72) 74-79-75=228 T35th (92)4/4-5 BancorpSouth Inter. (Par 72) 70-73=143 T9th (75)4/10-12 Jim West Intercollegiate (Par 72) 72-73-68=213 3rd (84)5/2-4 WAC Championships (Par 72) 73-78-79=230 T22nd (44)

hayden Stephens9/13-14 Sam Hall Intercollegiate (Par 71) 73-75-73=221 T58th (86)9/20-21 UTA/Waterchase Invitational (Par 72) 77-76-69=222 T43rd (100)10/4-5 Squire Creek Invitational (Par 72) 78-81-82=241 T54th (69)3/13-15 Bulldog Classic (Par 72) 72-77-80=229 T38th (68)

Travis wilmore10/4-5 Squire Creek Invitational (Par 72) 82-71-85=238 48th (69)2/21-22 Rice Intercollegiate (Par 72) 76-79-76=231 71st (81)3/13-15 Bulldog Classic (Par 72) 78-71-73=222 T15th (68)


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Now in its 50th year of existence, the Western Athletic Conference continues to evolve and feature some of the nation’s best intercol-legiate competition. One thing that remains unchanged is the persistent nature of the schools in the WAC to advance their programs to contend at the top levels of the NCAA.

The WAC provides its student-athletes the chance to travel to scenic destinations and gain exposure in some of the nation’s most diverse markets. In addition, the WAC’s student-athletes work to achieve the highest levels of success with the academic support of their respective institutions.

The WAC has experienced tremendous success over the past decade. The WAC has sent a total of 35 teams to bowl games since 2001, including more than half of its teams in 2008 with a record-tying five teams. The conference has sent teams to BCS bowl games in three of the last five seasons including Hawai‘i’s appearance in the 2008 Sugar Bowl. In men’s basketball, the WAC has sent at least two teams to the NCAA Tournament in 24 of the past 28 seasons. Every current school in the WAC has competed in the NCAA Tournament since 1990. In baseball, the WAC has boasted two national champions since 2003 including Fresno State’s College World Series victory in 2008. In women’s sports, Fresno State softball has competed in every NCAA Tournament ever held while Louisiana Tech basketball has played in all but three. In 2009, Hawai‘i made its fourth trip since 2000 to the NCAA Volleyball Final Four, and in 2010, the Rainbow Wahine earned a trip to the Softball College World Series.

Current WAC alums have made their presence felt as well. David Carr (Fresno State) was the first player selected in the 2002 NFL Draft. Cheryl Ford (Louisiana Tech) was named the WNBA Rookie of the Year and helped the Detroit Shock win the league’s championship in 2003. In 2004, the United States’ softball team won the Olympic gold medal with former Fresno State players Laura Berg and Lovie Jung. Jeff Weaver (Fresno State) earned the win in the St. Louis Cardinals’ World Series clinching victory in 2006. Quarterback Colt Brennan (Hawai‘i) finished third in the 2007 Heisman Trophy voting, and in 2008, Natasha Kai (Hawai‘i) helped the United States to a gold medal in soccer at the Olympics in Beijing.

In 2001, the WAC partnered with ESPN for coverage of football and basketball giving the conference national exposure from one of the most respected broadcast entities in the country. The WAC also officially added WAC.tv in 2006 to give fans streaming internet access to many of its postseason championships including volleyball, soccer, swimming and diving, basketball, gymnastics, softball and baseball.

The WAC is the sixth oldest among the nation’s 11 Division I-A conferences. Its history traces back to July 27, 1962, when the original six-team league of Arizona, Arizona State, Brigham Young, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming began competition.

The first championship was held in November 1962, when Arizona won the men’s cross country title and New Mexico followed with the first WAC football title. Arizona finished second in the NCAA College World Series and, less than three years later, Arizona State claimed the league’s first NCAA title when the Sun Devils won the College World Series trophy. Fresno State was the last WAC school to earn an NCAA team title when it won the College World Series in 2008.

Since 1962, several changes have occurred. UTEP and Colorado State became members in September 1967, while Arizona and Arizona State withdrew on June 30, 1978. The WAC then added San Diego State (1978), Hawai‘i (1979) and Air Force (1980). Before 1990, the WAC sponsored championships only in men’s sports. However, a merger with the High Country Athletic Conference formed a single conference under one administrative structure, and the 1990-91 athletic year was the first in which both men and women competed under the WAC name. Fresno State was added in 1992, and then in 1996, the women’s programs from Air Force and Hawai‘i along with six new schools (UNLV, Rice, San Jose State, SMU, TCU and Tulsa) came into the WAC. Air Force, Brigham Young, Colorado State, UNLV, New Mexico, San Diego State, Utah and Wyoming withdrew on June 30, 1999. Nevada (2000), Boise State (2001) and Louisiana Tech (2001) were added while TCU withdrew following the 2000-01 season. The current membership was established on July 1, 2005, when Idaho, New Mexico State and Utah State joined the WAC after Rice, SMU, UTEP and Tulsa withdrew. For the 2012-13 season, the WAC will add Denver, UTSA, Texas State and Seattle to replace withdrawing members Boise State (2011), Fresno State (2012), Hawai‘i (2012) and Nevada (2012).

The WAC has had just five commissioners in its history. Paul Brechler was named the first leader of the conference and held the position from 1962-1968. He was followed by Wiles Hallock (1968-71), Stan Bates (1971-80), Dr. Joe Kearney (1980-94) and Karl Benson (1994-present).

Presently, the WAC crowns team and individual champions in 19 sports – eight men’s and 11 women’s. For the men, there are cham-pionships in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, tennis, indoor track and field and outdoor track and field. Championships for women are held in basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field and volleyball.

The WAC office has been located in the Denver area since the conference’s inception with the exception of a two-year stay in Phoenix from 1964-66.


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Player Season: Scoring Avg (vs. Par) Minimum 15 Rounds Season Name Rounds Avg. Score Versus Par2007-08 Matthew Harvey 32.00 73.34 1.622010-11 Clinton Shepard 32.00 73.462010-11 Sam Forgan 31.00 73.542004-05 Preston Smith 31.00 73.65 1.741997-98 Andre Prejean 30.00 73.70 1.872006-07 Matthew Harvey 34.00 73.91 2.002004-05 Derek Busby 36.00 74.03 2.112006-07 Amrith de Soysa 34.00 74.15 2.241975 Ken Nicklas 74.301977 Billy Perot 74.302006-07 Derek Busby 31.00 74.32 2.472010-11 Cody Santone 29.00 74.412009-10 Cody Santone 32.00 74.42 2.612008-09 Matthew Harvey 32.00 74.47 2.472010-11 Jack Lempke 24.00 74.542010-11 Jonathon Bale 29.00 74.552009-10 Jonathon Bale 30.00 74.57 2.671997-98 Seane Richardson 30.00 74.63 2.802009-10 Matthew Harvey 33.00 74.73 2.912006-07 Trey McNeill 31.00 74.81 2.902008-09 Cody Santone 18.00 74.83 2.832008-09 Clinton Shepard 17.00 74.88 2.881975 Glen Rambin 74.901969 Frank Brame 17.00 74.901969 Rick Hollan 16.00 74.90 1969 Sid Moore 15.00 74.90

Player Career: wins Season Name Tournament RD 1 RD 2 RD 31962 Roy Pace Gulf States Conf 67 69 711975 Ken Nicklaus Indian Invitational 72 68 711976 Scott Morgan LA Tech Invitational 69 691977 Billy Perot NE LA Fall Golf Classic 72 70 1978 Billy Perot LA Tech Invitational 73 73 691980 John Dowdall Southland Conf 77 69 721983 Kirk Lauterbach UALR Spring Invit 1993-94 Chad Dunaway 1997-98 Andre Prejean LA Tech Invitational 1997-98 Seane Richardson UT Martin Tri State Classic 2000-01 Chris Baker Gulf Coast Collegiate Classic 2001-02 Jay Caserta 2004-05 Preston Smith LA Tech Invitational 2004-05 Preston Smith 2004-05 Derek Busby 2005-06 Trey McNeill Rice Intercollegiate 2007-08 Matthew Harvey LA Tech Invitational 64 2007-08 Amrith de Soysa Rice Intercollegiate Player Season: Par or better Rounds Season Name Rounds Par or Less2010-11 Sam Forgan 31.00 121997-98 Andre Prejean 30.00 122010-11 Clinton Shepard 32.00 111997-98 SeaneRichardson 30.00 11 2006-07 TreyMcNeill 31.00 11 2004-05 Preston Smith 31.00 112008-09 Matthew Harvey 32.00 112009-10 Cody Santone 33.00 112006-07 Amrith de Soysa 34.00 112006-07 Derek Busby 31.00 102009-10 Jonathon Bale 30.00 9 2007-08 Matthew Harvey 32.00 92003-04 Derek Busby 32.00 9

2006-07 Matthew Harvey 34.00 92004-05 Derek Busby 36.00 92006-07 Corey Bartlett 37.00 92010-11 Cody Santone 29.00 82003-04 Preston Smith 32.00 72007-08 Amrith de Soysa 33.00 72005-06 Trey McNeill 36.00 72010-11 Jonathon Bale 29.00 7 Player Career: Par or better Rounds Seasons Name Par or Less2006-10 Matthew Harvey 35 2002-07 Derek Busby 29 2005-09 Amrith de Soysa 28 2008- Cody Santone 24 2005-09 Corey Bartlett 21 2003-09 Preston Smith 21 2007-11 Clinton Shepard 20 2008- Jonathon Bale 18 2005-07 Trey McNeill 18 1996-99 Seane Richardson 16 1994-98 Andre Prejean 14 2009- Sam Forgan 13 1994-98 Matt Jordan 10 Team Season: wins Season Coach Tournaments Wins1975 Wallace Martin 8 61974 Wallace Martin 9 31976 Wallace Martin 9 21977 Wallace Martin 9 21990-91 Dick Huston 21997-98 Tom Stinson 11 21993-94 Tom Stinson 11 22004-05 Dr. Jean Hall 14 22010-11 Jeff Parks 11 22001-02 Tom Stinson 11 12006-07 Dr. Jean Hall 13 11995-96 Tom Stinson 13 1

Team Season: Par or better Rounds Season Coach Rounds Par or Less 2010-11 Jeff Parks 32.00 8 2006-07 Dr. Jean Hall 37.00 7 2009-10 Jeff Parks 33.00 5 2007-08 Dr. Jean Hall 33.00 4 1997-98 Tom Stinson 30.00 3 2004-05 Dr. Jean Hall 36.00 3 2005-06 Dr. Jean Hall 39.00 3 2008-09 Dr. Jean Hall 32.00 2 1993-94 Tom Stinson 27.00 1 2001-02 Tom Stinson 28.00 1 Player: Low Round Season Player Score 1962 Roy Pace 62 2007-08 Matthew Harvey 64 2000-01 Brad Wright 65 2003-04 Preston Smith 65 2007-08 Clinton Shepard 65 2008-09 Matthew Harvey 65 2009-10 Sam Forgan 65 2001-02 Brad Wright 66 2004-05 Derek Busby 66

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2007-08 Matthew Harvey 66 2009-10 Cody Santone 66 1962 Roy Pace 67 1977 Mark Powell 67 1997-98 Andre Prejean 67 2001-02 Jay Caserta 67 2005-06 Corey Bartlett 67 2008-09 Matthew Harvey 67 2009-10 Joel Thelen 67 2010-11 Jack Lempke 67 2010-11 Sam Forgan 67 Player: Low 36 hole Total Season Player Tournament Score 1997-98 Andre Prejean Hal Sutton Intercollegiate 135 1962 Roy Pace Gulf States Conf 136 1997-98 Seane Richardson Tri State Classic 136 2007-08 Matthew Harvey S AL Jaguar Intercollegiate 137 2004-05 Derek Busby Homewood Suites Inv 137 2000-01 Brad Wright Louisiana Tech Invitational 137 2009-10 Joel Thelen David Toms Intercollegiate 137 1976 Scott Morgan Indian Invitational Golf 138 1997-98 Andre Prejean Louisiana Tech Invitational 138 2010-11 Clinton Shepard David Toms Intercollegiate 138 2010-11 Sam Forgan Sam Hall Intercollegiate 138 2010-11 Sam Forgan Jim West Intercollegiate 138 2007-08 Timothy Byrd LaTech/ Squrie Creek Classic 140 2006-07 Trey McNeill WAC Conf Championship 1402002-03 Halli Heimisson Gulf Coast Collegiate Classic 1402006-07 Corey Bartlett Sam Hall Intercollegiate 1402006-07 Matthew Harvey Sam Hall Intercollegiate 1402010-11 Jack Lempke Sam Hall Intercollegiate 140

Player: Low 54 hole Total Season Player Tournament Score 1962 Roy Pace Gulf States Conf Tournament 207 2008-09 Matthew Harvey La Tech/Squire Creek Classic 208 2010-11 Sam Forgan Sam Hall Intercollegiate 208 2007-08 Matthew Harvey La Tech/Squire Creek Classic 209 1997-98 Andre Prejean Louisiana Tech Invitational 209 2009-10 Joel Thelen David Toms Intercollegiate 209 1997-98 Andre Prejean Hal Sutton Intercollegiate 209 2008-09 Matthew Harvey 2008 Kauai Collegiate Invite 210 2007-08 Matthew Harvey S AL Jaguar Intercollegiate 210 2004-05 Derek Busby Homewood Suites Intercollegiate 210 2009-10 Cody Santone Sam Hall Intercollegiate 210 2009-10 Jonathon Bale David Toms Intercollegiate 210 2006-07 Corey Bartlett Sam Hall Intercollegiate 210 1976 Ken Nicklas Louisiana Tech Invitational 211 2000-01 Brad Wright Louisiana Tech Invitational 211 2010-11 Clinton Shepard Sam Hall Intercollegiate 211 1962 Jerry Gutledge Gulf States Conf 212 2006-07 Amrith de Soysa ASU Indian Classic 212 2009-10 Matthew Harvey Sam Hall Intercollegiate 212 2009-10 Joel Thelen La Tech/Squire Creek Classic 213 2006-07 Trey McNeill 2006 Callis Communications 213 1997-98 Seane Richardson Sunbelt Conf 213 2006-07 Matthew Harvey Sam Hall Intercollegiate 213 2010-11 Jack Lempke Sam Hall Intercollegiate 213 2010-11 Clinton Shepard Jim West Intercollegiate 213

Team: Low Round vs. Par Season Coach Tournament Score 2008-09 Dr. Jean Hall 2008 Kauai Collegiate Invite 277 2006-07 Dr. Jean Hall WAC Conf Championship 280 2010-11 Jeff Parks Sam Hall Intercollegiate 279 2007-08 Dr. Jean Hall LaTech/ Squire Creek Classic 2822006-07 Dr. Jean Hall UALR/ First Tee Collegiate 282 1997-98 Tom Stinson Hal Sutton Intercollegiate 279 2007-08 Dr. Jean Hall LaTech/ Squire Creek Classic 283 2004-05 Dr. Jean Hall Hal Sutton Intercollegiate 283 1997-98 Tom Stinson Tri State Classic 283 2007-08 Dr. Jean Hall S AL Jaguar Intercollegiate 284 2006-07 Dr. Jean Hall ASU Indian Classic 284 2001-02 Tom Stinson Hal Sutton Intercollegiate 284 2010-11 Jeff Parks Sam Hall Intercollegiate 282

Team: Low 54 hole Total Season Coach Tournament Score 2010-11 Jeff Parks Sam Hall Invitational 846 2006-07 Dr. Jean Hall Sam Hall Invitational 855 2008-09 Dr. Jean Hall 2008 Kauai Collegiate Invite 859 2009-10 Jeff Parks Sam Hall Invitational 860 1997-98 Tom Stinson Hal Sutton Intercollegiate 860 2007-08 Dr. Jean Hall LaTech/ Squire Creek Classic 863 2010-11 Jeff Parks Jim West Intercollegiate 863 2006-07 Dr. Jean Hall ASU Indian Classic 864 2009-10 Jeff Parks David Toms Intercollegiate 866 2010-11 Jeff Parks UTA/ Waterchase Invitational 868 2006-07 Dr. Jean Hall UALR/ First Tee Collegiate 869 Player Career: Scoring Average (Min 45 Rounds)

Career Player Rounds Avg. Score2006-10 Matthew Harvey 131.00 74.11 2008- Cody Santone 80.00 74.512007-11 Clinton Shepard 82.00 74.56 2003-09 Preston Smith 81.00 75.07 2008- Jonathon Bale 77.00 75.292005-07 Trey McNeill 67.00 75.312002-07 Derek Busby 128.00 75.352005-09 Amrith de Soya 126.00 75.412001-03 Helli Hemisson 52.00 75.622004-06 Logan Riester 60.00 75.722005-09 Corey Bartlett 132.00 75.84

Team Conference Championships Season Conference Tournament Coach 1952 Gulf States Conference Tournament Joe Alliet 1953 Gulf States Conference Tournament Joe Alliet 1954 Gulf States Conference Tournament Joe Alliet 1955 Gulf States Conference Tournament Joe Alliet 1956 Gulf States Conference Tournament Joe Alliet 1957 Gulf States Conference Tournament Joe Alliet 1959 Gulf States Conference Tournament Joe Alliet 1960 Gulf States Conference Tournament Joe Alliet 1961 Gulf States Conference Tournament Joe Alliet 1962 Gulf States Conference Tournament Joe Alliet 1963 Gulf States Conference Tournament Joe Alliet 1970 Gulf States Conference Tournament Joe Alliet 1980 Southland Conference Tournament Richard Mulroy Player Conference Championships Season Champion Conference Tournament 1960 Roy Pace Gulf States Conf Tournament 1961 Roy Pace Gulf States Conf Tournament 1962 Roy Pace Gulf States Conf Tournament 1980 John Dowdall Southland Conf Tournament


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dr. dAn ReNeAU University President

For over half a century, President Dan Reneau and Louisiana Tech Uni-versity have shared a reputation for

higher education excellence, leadership and performance that is unrivaled anywhere in the State of Louisiana. With a passion for service and a commitment to his University and its constituents, Dr. Reneau has become one of the most respected and admired educational leaders in the history of Louisiana higher education.

Dr. Reneau’s many accomplishments at Louisiana Tech be-gan with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering in 1963. He also earned a master’s degree from Tech in chemical engi-neering in 1964, followed by a doctorate from Clemson Univer-sity in 1966. Dr. Reneau returned to Louisiana Tech in 1967 as an assistant professor of chemical engineering and quickly distinguished himself as a scholar and researcher. He has pub-lished over 80 technical papers in books and journals, edited five books, and attended over 100 international meetings and conferences.

In 1972, Dr. Reneau was responsible for establishing Loui-siana Tech’s Biomedical Engineering Department – one of the first of its kind in the United States. The department and its undergraduate curriculum became only the fifth program ac-credited in the nation. The Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. pro-gram was later awarded a Commendation of Excellence by the Louisiana Board of Regents.

Dr. Reneau’s continued vision and leadership resulted in his appointment as Louisiana Tech’s Vice President of Academic Affairs in 1980. In this capacity, he served as chief academic officer to some 400 faculty housed in six colleges and three pro-fessional schools, offering 160 different degree programs. Dur-ing his tenure, every major program with an accrediting agency was awarded accreditation. He was also instrumental in estab-lishing Louisiana Tech’s Center for Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation Science.

On February 20, 1987, the Board of Trustees for State Col-leges and Universities selected Dr. Reneau as the 13th Presi-dent of Louisiana Tech University.

While accomplishments have been many during Dr. Re-neau’s tenure as President of Louisiana Tech, some of the most notable include the implementation of selective admissions, achievement of Division I-A football status, establishment of the Institute for Micromanufacturing (IfM), construction of a new state-of-the-art Biomedical Engineering facility, attainment of the Carnegie Research University/High Research Activity clas-sification, and the establishment of a 50-acre research park be-tween the Tech campus and downtown Ruston called Enter-prise Campus.

In 1995, Dr. Reneau was awarded the Distinguished Arthur T. Prescott Professorship in Engineering. In 1999, the Clem-son Alumni Association, in conjunction with Clemson Univer-sity, installed Dr. Reneau as an inaugural Alumni Fellow of the University. The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering selected Dr. Reneau as a 2000 AIMBE Fellow. In 2002, he was awarded the Newell Perry Award by the National

Federation of the Blind – the highest honor that is given by the National Federation of the Blind.

In recent years, Dr. Reneau has led Louisiana Tech to the University of Louisiana System’s (ULS) highest graduation rate, highest retention rate, highest average freshman ACT score, and fastest time-to-completion rate for first-time baccalaureates as well as achieving record graduate enrollment and doctoral graduates.

Louisiana Tech has twice been ranked in the nation’s top ten for graduating students with the least amount of debt by U.S. News & World Report (2010 and 2011) and was the highest ranked Louisiana public university in mid-career median pay for graduates, according to PayScale.com (2010). Tech was also north Louisiana’s only public university to make the 2010 Presi-dent’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.

As he enters his 25th year as Louisiana Tech President, Dr. Dan Reneau continues to share his vision for moving Louisiana Tech forward and strengthen his commitment to serving the students and alumni of his University. Through Dr. Reneau’s leadership, Louisiana Tech University has transformed itself from an aspiring regional university into one of the state’s pre-mier research institutions.

Dr. Reneau is a native of Woodville, Mississippi and is mar-ried to the former Linda Digby of Bernice, whom he met as a student at Louisiana Tech. They have two children, John and Dana, who are also both Louisiana Tech alumni. John currently lives in Las Vegas and Dana lives in Baton Rouge with her hus-band, Jim Bernhard, and their two sons, Michael and Ben.


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BrUce VAN De VeLDe Athletics Director

Bruce Van De Velde begins his sec-ond full year as athletics director at Loui-siana Tech after being promoted in Febru-ary of 2010 by Louisiana Tech President

Dr. Dan Reneau.Van De Velde was originally hired at LA Tech in June of 2008 as

deputy athletics director and chief operating officer but took over full leadership of a department that fields 16 NCAA Division I sanctioned pro-grams, including nine women’s and seven men’s sports, that compete in the highly-competitive Western Athletic Conference.

“Bruce is well qualified by national standards to fill the position of athletics director at Louisiana Tech,” Reneau said. “I feel that we made an excellent choice in selecting him to lead Tech athletics to national promi-nence and to serve the needs of our student-athletes.”

Van De Velde came to Ruston with a long history of Division I ath-letic administration experience, including stints as athletics director at Iowa State and Utah State.

“It is an honor to be named as the director of athletics at Louisi-ana Tech University,” Van De Velde said. “I look forward to serving our student-athletes, faculty, staff, alumni and fans. Our vision is to build a program to a level where we can be associated with universities that aspire to academic and athletic excellence at the highest level.

“This goal is consistent with the vision President Reneau has es-tablished for the University which is to become north Louisiana’s premier national research university. In order to accomplish this vision we must engage all of our 80,000 alumni, fans and supporters and ask them for their participation. It takes resources to achieve our goal, and we need every one to support the program.”

During his tenure Van De Velde has been instrumental in a number of accomplishments that have helped further the advancement of the University’s athletic department, including:

• Developed and implemented the largest fundraising campaign in athletic department history in the Quest for Excellence, a $20 million capital campaign to upgrade facilities.

• Assisted with the development, negotiation and implementa-tion of a $6.75 million multi-media and marketing rights agreement with Learfield Communications. Contract more than doubled revenue derived from corporate sponsorships and created state-wide radio network for Louisiana Tech athletics.

• Negotiated and signed a partnership with the Aspire Group, forming a Fan Relationship Management Center which will include six sales consultants devoted to selling and serv-ing Louisiana Tech Athletics ticket holders..

• Negotiated a $3.6 million University and athletic department pour rights and corporate sponsorship agreement with Pepsi.

• Reorganized annual giving program doubling the number of donors and increased total annual contributions to the program by 75 percent. Developed marketing efforts to strengthen outreach and established an agen-da for growth.

• Led a national search in January of 2010 to hire head football coach Sonny Dykes from the University of Arizona. Also, led a national search in April of 2011 to hire head men’s bas-ketball coach Mike White from Ole Miss.

• Student-athlete graduation success rate of 70 percent in 2010 was the highest in the history of the University and one of the tops in the nation. All 16 sports programs were pen-alty free.

• In 2010, the Louisiana Tech athletic de-partment earned the PRISM Award for excel-lence in athletics management under Van De

Velde’s leadership. The department also won the NCAA Pack the House for the Western Athletic Conference all four years for its marketing and promotions effort for women’s basketball.

Tech has also seen plenty of success on the fields and courts since Van De Velde’s arrival at Tech as the Bulldog football team captured its first bowl victory in more than 30 years with the 2008 Independence Bowl title. The Lady Techster basketball team won the 2009 and 2011 regular season Western Athletic Conference titles, and the 2010 WAC Tournament title while the women’s indoor and outdoor track and field teams won the 2009, 2010 and 2011 league titles.

This past year Louisiana Tech recorded its best finish ever in the Western Athletic Conference’s Commissioner’s Cup, which is an all-sports award based on where each program finishes in the league stand-ings.

The University’s student-athletes have also seen success in the classroom since his arrival on campus as this past year saw Tech record a 70 percent student athlete graduation success rate, the highest in its history and one of the tops in the nation.

Numerous individual success stories have also occurred under his leadership including sprinter Antoinette Cobb earning the 2010 Honda Inspiration Award and catcher Clint Ewing becoming a finalist for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award for their work both on the field of comple-tion and in the classroom.

Van De Velde came to Tech with impressive credentials, having served as an administrator in intercollegiate athletics for over 20 years. Van De Velde served as athletics director at Iowa State University and Utah State University and as a senior administrator at the University of Oklahoma, University of Missouri and Kansas State University.

Van De Velde’s tenure at Iowa State University included an unprec-edented five bowl appearances in six years and the highest national AP football poll ranking (9th) in school history. Iowa State’s 2001 average football attendance of 45,172 reached its highest watermark in 18 years. In 2002 and 2003, total football attendance exceeded 300,000; the most at ISU in two decades.

The emergence of the Cyclone football program on a national stage with Van De Velde at the department helm was affirmed in 2002 when Iowa State was chosen to play No. 1 Florida State University in the Eddie


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Robinson Classic. During Van De Velde’s tenure at Iowa State, the men’s and women’s basketball teams won Big XII conference championships and participated in the 2001, 2002 and 2005 NCAA basketball tourna-ments.

Van De Velde, with a track record for generating revenue, increased the total annual operating revenues for the Cyclone athletic department from $19.6 million to $30 million dollars over a five year period. Revenue generated from fundraising, ticket sales, marketing and corporate spon-sorships, licensing, radio and television reached all-time highs during his tenure.

In 2005, total fundraising increased from $4.85 million to $8.6 mil-lion and the annual giving achieved the highest membership total in its history with more than 5,500 donors participating and a record $4 mil-lion dollars in annual contributions. Under Van De Velde’s leadership, over 2,000 new donors joined the National Cyclone Club. Including capital project gifts, scholarship endowments and annual contributions, over $40 million dollars was raised from 2001 through 2005.

Iowa State’s graduation rate of 89 percent for student-athletes who complete their eligibility was second in the Big XII Conference, and grad-uation rates for minority student-athletes more than tripled during Van De Velde’s tenure. In 2004-05, Iowa State was one of eight universities nationally to have its football team win a bowl game and have its men and women’s basketball teams participate in the NCAA tournament. The Sporting News in 2001 rated Iowa State as the seventh best athletic pro-gram among more than 115 NCAA Division I-A programs nationally. The ranking considered competitive success, graduation rates, fan support and NCAA compliance to determine national rank.

During his time as athletic director at Utah State University, Van De Velde made his mark by hiring Stew Morrill as the head men’s basketball coach. Morrill has guided Utah State to nine straight postseason tour-naments and is the winningest coach in the history of the Utah State program.

While serving as the associate athletic director for football opera-tions under head coach Bill Snyder at Kansas State University, Van De Velde was part of the resurrection of Wildcat football in Manhattan as the program became a national power participating in five bowl games. Van De Velde was recipient of the Admiral U.S. Grant Sharp Award at the 1997 Holiday Bowl for his contributions to the Kansas State football team when the nationally ranked Wildcats finished with a 10-2 record.

As the senior associate athletic for external affairs at the University of Oklahoma, Van De Velde served as the senior administrative officer for the athletic department and oversaw the areas of fundraising, marketing, corporate sponsorships, ticket sales, media relations and licensing. Van De Velde managed units that generated in excess of $35 million in annual revenues.

Van De Velde directed the Campaign for Sooner Sports, a $100 mil-lion dollar capital campaign to fund facility improvements and scholar-ships. As associate athletic director for development at the University of Missouri, Van De Velde planned and initiated a $50 million dollar capital campaign for facility improvements for the Sports Park at MU.

Van De Velde received the General Robert Neyland Award from the National Football Foundation in 2005 for his service and contributions as an athletic director.

Throughout his career in college athletics, Van De Velde has served on numerous NCAA committees including the Championships and Com-petition Cabinet, the Football Issues Committee, the Financial Aid Com-mittee and the Peer Review Committee for NCAA certification.

He and his wife Debbie, who is a Kansas State alum and who serves as the Development Officer in the LA Tech College of Business, are the proud parents of 11-year-old daughter, Ashley who is entering the fifth grade.

Deputy Athletics Director and Senior Woman Administrator Mary Kay Hungate returns for her 26th year as a member of the Louisiana Tech athletics department and has proven to be an integral part in the recent emergence of the Tech teams on the playing fields and in the classroom.

Not only does Hungate serve as the sports administrator for men’s and women’s basketball, women’s soccer, softball, women’s tennis, women’s bowl-ing and women’s volleyball, but she is also in charge of NCAA compliance for all of the university’s 16 NCAA sanctioned pro-grams.

As one of the top two ranking administrators in the Tech athletics department, Hungate is part of a senior staff that has been instrumen-tal in garnering a number of national awards, including the 2010 Turnkey PRISM Award - which recognizes colleges for managerial excellence across four areas: marketing/branding; fan development; community re-lations; and customer/client service.

The Tech athletics department has also finished in the Top 10 the past two years in the Excellence in Management Cup, which recognizes the most efficient athletic departments in the nation.

Hungate serves a vital role in the hiring of coaches. Hungate proved instrumental in the decision by former Tech Kodak All-American and WNBA All-Star Teresa Weatherspoon - who played for Hungate in the late-80s - to return to Louisiana Tech in June of 2008. Weatherspoon was promoted to head coach in February of 2009 where she led the Lady Techsters to the WAC regular season title and a berth in the WNIT. This past season, she led Tech to the 2010 WAC Tournament title and a return to the NCAA Tournament.

She also served as the point person in the hiring process of head women’s soccer coach Kevin Sherry and head women’s volleyball coach Matt Sonnichsen. Sherry led the Lady Techster soccer team to two straight winning seasons the past two years - the first in program history - and the program’s first ever WAC victory.

In only his second season at the helm, Sonnichsen, who was a three-time All-American and two-time National Champion during his play-ing days at UCLA, led the Lady Techsters to 15 wins - the most since 2005 - as well as a program record in WAC victories.

Another of Hungate’s responsibilities includes overseeing the ac-ademic side of the Tech athletics department, another area which has improved drastically as proven by the fact LA Tech’s graduation rate con-tinues to be one of the highest in the state (Federal Graduation Report), including ranking No. 1 in the state of Louisiana and the Western Athletic Conference in recent years.

This past year eight of the 16 NCAA sanctioned programs at LA Tech earn their highest multi-year APR score ever while 94 studentathletes earned Academic all-WAC honors.

Hungate also plays an important role in LA Tech’s NCAA Certification process. As a member of the Steering Committee and the liaison be-tween the athletic department and the University’s Self Study Commit-tees, she provides the information needed for the committees to write their reports. In 2006, LA Tech completed its second NCAA Certification cycle and once again was certified without conditions.

Hungate joined the Louisiana Tech staff in 1985 as an assistant women’s basketball coach and remained in that role for five years. Dur-ing that time, the Lady Techsters participated in four Final Fours and won the NCAA National Championship in 1988.

In 1990, Hungate made a move out of coaching and became as-sistant athletics director for academics and compliance as well as senior woman administrator. One of Hungate’s early accomplishments as assis-tant director of athletics was the creation of the Louisiana Tech Athletic Academic Center program.

Hungate has served terms on the NCAA Division I Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet, the NCAA Division I Interpretations/Leg-islative Review Subcommittee, the National Association of Collegiate

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Women Athletics Administrators Wade Trophy Selection Committee and as an NCAA Peer Reviewer. She has also served on the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Issues Committee since 2004.

She currently serves on the Western Athletic Conference Council, the Conferences’ Legislative Review Committee, the Finance Commit-tee and the Code Book Committee. In addition, along with Athletics Di-rector Bruce Van De Velde, she represents the athletics department as an ex-officio member of the LA Tech Athletics Council.

Hungate’s professional career began as Women’s Sports Coordina-tor and head volleyball, head basketball and head softball coach at Illinois’ Carl Sandburg Junior College. She spent four seasons at the college where she guided the basketball team to a mark of 80-22 which included an 11th place finish in the 1976 NJCAA national tournament.

In 1978 Hungate took over the head coaching position at Richwoods High School in Peoria, Ill., and quickly compiled one of the top prep coach-ing records in the nation.

During her seven seasons at Richwoods High School, Hungate’s team ran up an impressive record of 195-13, including a state-record 63 consecutive victories. Hungate was named the National Coach of the Year by USA Today in 1985. Before coming to Louisiana Tech, Hungate amassed a career coaching record of 275-35.

Malcolm Butler begins his 13th year in the Louisiana Tech athletics depart-ment, his fifth as the associate athletic director in charge of media relations.

A 1994 graduate of the Louisiana Tech journalism department, Butler joined the athletic department in July of 1999 as the assistant athletic media relations di-rector.

Butler was then promoted to direc-tor four months later and served in that capacity until the fall of 2007 when he was promoted to associate athletic direc-tor.

The Ruston native is in charge of media relations for women’s basketball, softball and men’s golf and also serves as the secondary contact for football while overseeing the daily operations for the entire department.

During his time at Louisiana Tech, Butler has been instrumental in promoting numerous high-profile student-athletes. He has also worked closely with a number of highly-successful head coaches, including 4-time Hall of Famer Leon Barmore, current Tennessee head football coach Derek Dooley and current Lady Techster women’s basketball coach Teresa Weatherspoon.

Over the course of his tenure, Louisiana Tech’s Media Relations De-partment has proven to be one of the best in the state of Louisiana. Over the past nine years, members of the Tech media relations department have won a total of 32 awards at the annual Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA) state SID contest -- the third most behind only LSU and Northwestern State (33).

During that same period of time, Butler has garnered 23 of those awards which is second most among all state SIDs behind only LSU As-sociate Athletics Director Michael Bonnette (24).

Butler is part of a senior staff at LA Tech that has been instrumen-tal in garnering a number of national awards, including the 2010 Turnkey PRISM Award - which recognizes colleges for managerial excellence across four areas: marketing/branding; fan development; community re-lations; and customer/client service.

The Tech athletics department has also finished in the Top 10 two of the past three years in the Excellence in Management Cup, which recog-nizes the most efficient athletic departments in the nation.

He was instrumental in the forming the partnership between Loui-siana Tech and CBS College Sports in the fall of 2007 in the redesign and hosting of the athletic departments website, www.latechsports.com. The website has undergone two redesigns since the inaugural release.

As part of the agreement with CBS College Sports, a new web-streaming platform - LA Tech All-Access was created - which allows fans from all over the world to watch live streams of almost all of the univer-sity’s home athletic events. LA Tech All-Access annually streams more than 125 live events.

Butler has served as the host media coordinator for three NCAA Women’s Basketball First- and Second-Round sites hosted by Louisiana Tech (2000, 2001 and 2003) while also serving as the host media coor-dinator for the 2008 WAC Baseball Championships hosted by Louisiana Tech at J.C. Love Field in Ruston.

In addition to his media relations responsibilities, Butler has served as the radio broadcaster for the nationally-prominent Louisiana Tech Lady Techster basketball team for the past 12 years, including the past 11 as the play-by-play announcer.

During that time, he has broadcast more than 350 women’s basket-ball games - including 15 NCAA Tournament games. He has also broad-cast in excess of 75 softball games, including four in the 2008 NCAA Tournament, and served as the color commentator on numerous Bulldog football broadcasts. Butler is also the host of Inside Tech Basketball with Teresa Weatherspoon, a 30-minute radio show.

Butler implemented a fundraising campaign for his department in the fall of 2007 and over the past five years he has raised over $30,000, which has been used to purchase additional equipment, software and other essentials within the media relations department.

He is a member of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA), United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) and Football Writers As-sociation of America (FWAA).

Marie Pipes will begin her 27th year at Louisiana Tech and her fourth as associ-ate athletics director - chief financial officer in the athletic department.

Pipes is responsible for the day-to-day business operations of the athletic depart-ment, including overseeing the individual budgets for 16 varsity sports, monitoring athletic funds of the Louisiana Tech Athletic Foundation, serving as liaison with the uni-versity’s business offices and supervising the athletic ticket office.

She is part of a senior staff at LA Tech that has been instrumental in garnering a number of national awards, including the

2010 Turnkey PRISM Award - which recognizes colleges for manage-rial excellence across four areas: marketing/branding; fan development; community relations; and customer/client service.

The Tech athletics department has also finished in the Top 10 two of the past three years in the Excellence in Management Cup, which recog-nizes the most efficient athletic departments in the nation.

This past year, Tech earned its highest finish ever in the Western Athletic Conference Commissioner’s Cup as its student-athletes contin-ued to excel on the playing fields.

Pipes previously served as the budget manager for the College of Engineering for six years where she had similar duties. She was also in the College of Liberal Arts as the dean’s assistant handling day-to-day business in the office while working with budget planning for the year.

In 2002, she received the Distinctive Professional Performance and Conduct Award from the Institute of Micromanufacturing at Louisiana Tech.

Pipes has earned two degrees from Louisiana Tech University and completed a master’s certificate in technical writing.

She is a current member of the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators (NACMA). She is also actively involved in the American Cancer Society and serves as the co-chair for the Relay for Life Survivor’s Dinner as well as on the Executive Committee for the ACS Relay for Life in Lincoln Parish.

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Leah Beasley enters her seventh year as a member of the Louisiana Tech athletics department staff, including her sixth as the assistant athletics director for marketing and game management.

Some of Beasley’s responsibilities include game management supervision, coordinating the booking of many of the halftime activities for Tech home events, serving as the main liaison between the Tech athletics department and the Tech student body and faculty and staff, as well as working closely with many of the coaches for marketing ideas for their pro-grams.

During her time at Louisiana Tech, Beasley has proven her merit as she has been directly and indirectly as-sociated with numerous department awards.

Since its inception by the NCAA in 2007, Beasley has taken the lead on Louisiana Tech’s participation in the NCAA’s Pack the House Challenge - a marketing promotion geared towards increasing the awareness of women’s basketball across the country.

Beasley’s creative marketing campaigns have helped LA Tech earn the top spot among the Western Athletic Conference schools for four straight years, making it the only program in the country to win it every time.

Her 2010 NCAA Pack the House marketing campaign of “Cage the Tigers” won the bronze award given out by NACDA for the Best Single Day Attendance Promotion.

This past year, Beasley’s 2011 NCAA Pack the House marketing campaign of “FAIR-well Fresno” drew a crowd of more than 7,000 fans to the Thomas Assembly Center as promotions included a real live Fair with carnival rides and food outside the Thomas Assembly Center.

Beasley has also been a part of a staff at LA Tech that has been in-strumental in garnering a number of national awards, including the 2010 Turnkey PRISM Award - which recognizes colleges for managerial excel-lence across four areas: marketing/branding; fan development; commu-nity relations; and customer/client service.

The Tech Athletics Department has also finished in the Top 10 the past two years in the Excellence in Management Cup, which recognizes the most efficient athletic departments in the nation.

Beasley also served as the athletic department’s point man for Bull-dogs Tackling Breast Cancer, a fundraiser started by Dr. Allison Dooley, wife of former LA Tech AD and head football coach Derek Dooley in 2007. During its four years, this fundraising campaign raised more than $50,000 for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Foundation in north-east Louisiana.

She also serves on several campus and conference committees, including the WAC’s Championships Committee and Game Management Committee, and the University’s Marketing Advisory Board, Spirit Squad Committee and Traditions Committee.

Beasley lettered for four years at Louisiana Tech as an outfielder on the Lady Techster softball team, earning Academic all-WAC honors every season and earning all-America Scholar Athlete awards two seasons.

The Ruston native earned her bachelor’s degree in marketing in May of 2005 and her master’s degree in marketing in August 2006.

She is a member of National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators (NACWA), National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators (NACMA), Who’s Who Among Executives and Profes-sional Women and the National Association of Professional Women.

Lisa Merritt enters her fifth year as a member of the Louisiana Tech athletics department staff serving as assistant ath-letics director for academics.

Merritt joined the athletics depart-ment after serving for 11 years in the LA Tech speech department with her hus-band Kevin where she taught speech classes while serving as an academic ad-visor for students majoring in speech com-munication.

Since joining the Tech athletics de-partment, Merritt has helped the Univer-sity’s student-athletes excel in the class-room. For the second consecutive year,

Tech saw eight of its 16 NCAA sanctioned programs earn their highest multi-year APR score ever with all 16 programs being penalty free. The Bulldog golf team and Lady Techster bowling team were both honored nationally by the NCAA with Public Recognition Awards, based on their most recent multi-year APR scores.

Tech student-athletes also recorded their highest Graduation Suc-cess Rate(GSR) and highest four-year graduation rate ever this past year as the University ranks No. 1 in the state of Louisiana among Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) public institutions and second among all WAC schools. Tech was one of only two WAC schools and one of only three state schools (LSU,Tulane) that had multiple teams honored.

LA Tech’s student-athletes continue to excel on an individual basis as well, including numerous individual success stories such as sprinter Antoinette Cobb earning the 2010 Honda Inspiration Award and catcher Clint Ewing becoming one of eight finalists nationally for the Lowe’s Se-nior CLASS Award (this one year after he earned a spot on the 2010 ESPN The Magazine Academic all-American Team).

Tech’s student-athletes also show incredible diversity when it comes to majors as each of the University’s five colleges and virtually ev-ery degree program on campus boast at least one Tech student-athlete.

In her current role, Merritt oversees the student-athletes’ academic progress and success while advising them regarding class schedules and degree plans, monitoring eligibility status and providing general aca-demic guidance.

Merritt also runs the athletic academic center, provides “Life Skills”seminars for student-athletes, meets with prospective recruits, and serves as faculty advisor for SAAC (Student-Athlete Advisory Com-mittee).

SAAC is a pro-active group of student-athletes communicating views or comments on WAC and NCAA rules and governance, which helps to ensure academic and athletic excellence for all student-athletes. Members of SAAC are also active in various community service projects such as hosting an annual Halloween carnival as well as serving as greet-ers for the annual St. Jude’s Radiothon, participating in the Big Event, and supporting the WAC’s charity of choice.

Merritt oversees and reviews the advising process to ensure com-pliance with both university and NCAA policies and serves as a liaison between faculty and coaches, as well as speaks at “New Faculty Orien-tation” each fall and during the year to the University Senate. She also meets recruits and their families to describe the college experience and how it will affect the student-athlete.

Merritt earned her bachelor’s degree in agricultural economics in 1991 and master’s in speech communication consultancy in 1994 both from Oklahoma State University.

She and her husband taught conversational English in Kyoto, Japan, for one year before coming to Louisiana Tech.

Outside of work, Merritt is a huge health and fitness buff who loves cycling (road and mountain), running and swimming. In 2002, Merritt and her husband completed the Florida Ironman Triathlon

Merritt and her husband Kevin reside in Ruston and have a seven-year old daughter named Maisie and an infant daughter named Ivy.

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Chance Snow returned to his alma mater in June as the Assistant AD for Ticketing in the Louisiana Tech Athletics Department.

Snow, who worked in the Tech Ath-letics Department as an undergraduate student, replaced Zach Williams, who ac-cepted a position in the comptroller’s of-fice on campus.

The longtime Louisiana resident is one of the youngest Division I ticket man-agers in the country at a Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) program after spending the past two years as the director of tick-eting at Louisiana-Monroe.

He was instrumental in streamlining office procedures in the ULM ticket office, helping ULM earn successful and finding-free audits. Snow, who also facilitated the process of con-verting ticket printing to a digital process at ULM, helped improve cus-tomer service while managing relationships with customers and donors.

Snow began his association with the Tech Athletics Department in August of 2007 as a student worker in the external affairs area. He then moved to the ticket office where he became an integral part of the daily operations of the department while also assisting with the implementa-tion of a number of systems and processes, including Ticketmaster.

He also assisted the athletics department in the selling efforts for the 2008 Independence Bowl, where LA Tech sold its full allotment. Snow was also interim ticket manager for a six month stint at LA Tech prior to the hiring of Zach Williams.

As an undergraduate student at LA Tech, Snow was actively in-volved in Student Government Association, Student Advancement Team, Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity, and FFA and was chosen as an Orientation Student Leader in 2008.

Snow earned his bachelor’s degree from Louisiana Tech in agricul-ture business with a minor in business in August of 2010.

Mason Ellenberger serves as general manager for “LA Tech Sports Properties”, the Ruston-based entity designed to over-see all aspects of the 10-year partnership between the University and the collegiate marketer Learfield Sports.

At LA Tech, Ellenberger is respon-sible for spearheading all elements of the relationship between LA Tech and Learfield Sports, which was announced in late July 2008 and includes managing and selling multimedia and sponsorship rights for the Bulldogs and Lady Techsters.

Ellenberger is also responsible for all aspects of the LA Tech Sports Network which broadcasts over 250 Loui-siana Tech games, daily shows and coach’s shows throughout the year.

During the 2009-10 athletic season, Ellenberger and his team at LA Tech Sports Properties were recognized as the #1 new growth property in the Learfield Sports portfolio.

In Ellenberger’s previous role as the Team Sports Marketing Man-ager for Alltel Wireless, he led Alltel’s strategic team sports marketing

efforts in the United States. He oversaw the national promotions and activation of the sponsorship stable owned by Alltel Wireless in the US including the professional and collegiate sponsorships.

Prior to his years at Alltel, Ellenberger spent the previous 13 years in strategic sales leadership, sports marketing and public relations roles in the telecommunications and entertainment industries.

The Birmingham, Ala. native has served on numerous endowment boards and board of directors for sports and education organizations including Pagnozzi Charities and the Arkansas Aeronautical Education Center.

He has been honored by White House Communications Agency for providing critical communications for the President of the Unites States and White House Staff. Ellenberger holds a BBA and MBA in Marketing both of which he graduated Summa cum Laude. Ellenberger is also an Eagle Scout and a long-time supporter of the Boy Scouts of America.

He is married to the former Wanda Jackson from Mobile, Ala., and the couple has two sons, James and Hunter.

Chris Brister enters his first full year serving as account executive for LA Tech Sports Properties, overseeing every as-pect of the Bulldogs and Lady Techsters rights, including certain television and ra-dio rights, hospitality, sponsorships, event marketing, official website advertising and venue signage.

Brister, who served as an intern with LA Tech Sports Properties before being promoted to account executive in Febru-ary, also assists General Manager Mason Ellenberger in all facets of LA Tech Sports Properties, including growing the LA Tech Sports Network which broadcasts over

250 games, daily shows and coaches shows throughout the year.The 26-year-old will also serve as the engineer for all broadcasts on

the LA Tech Sports Network, including traveling with the Bulldog football team.

Prior to coming to Tech Athletics, he served as an assistant golf pro for four years at the Country Club of Jackson, Frenchman’s Bend Country Club and most recently Squire Creek Golf Course.

Brister will earn his bachelor’s degree in speech communication with a sports marketing minor from Louisiana Tech in the spring of 2012.

He is married to former Tech cheerleader Tori Soto and the couple has a two-year-old son, Rhett.

chAnce SNow Assistant Athletics Director/ Ticket Operations

MASon eLLeNbeRGeR General Manager/ LA Tech Sports Properties

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Ryan Gottlieb joins Louisiana Tech as the manager of the Aspire Group’s Fan Relationship Management Center (FRMC) which services Louisiana Tech University Athletics.

Ryan’s responsibilities include over-seeing the FRMC, which is a third-party ticketing sales and service initiative whose primary objective is generating new ticket sales revenue and growth across all sec-tors, including full and partial season plans, group tickets, improved customer retention and ensuring excellent custom-er service.

Ryan joined the Aspire Group in the Georgia Tech FRMC in August of 2009 as a part-time sales consultant. By Thanksgiving of that year, the University of South Carolina graduate was already among the leaders in Men’s Basketball Season ticket sales and was therefore promoted to a full-time position.

In March of 2010, the Atlanta native was promoted again, this time to a Senior Sales Consultant where he led GA Tech in new season ticket sales for 2010-11 Men’s Basketball as well as 2011 Football.

As one of the leaders at the GA Tech Center over the past twelve months, Gottlieb has played an integral role in hiring, training and mentor-ing numerous team members, while maintaining his “top of the board” sales productivity.

Adam McGuirt begins his fifth year with the Louisiana Tech Athletics family as the director of the Louisiana Tech Athletic Club (LTAC), working in the Division of University Advancement.

At Louisiana Tech, McGuirt is respon-sible for all areas of athletic development, including donor relations and booster club administration.

During his previous four years at LA Tech, McGuirt has been instrumental in helping more than double the number of LTAC members which has resulted in a large increase in private donations.

McGuirt also works closely with the Alumni Association in the development and implementation of events for alumni and friends throughout the state of Louisiana and surrounding areas.

McGuirt has also been a part of a staff at LA Tech that has been in-strumental in garnering a number of national awards, including the 2010 Turnkey PRISM Award - which recognizes colleges for managerial excel-lence across four areas: marketing/branding; fan development; commu-nity relations; and customer/client service.

The Tech Athletics Department has also finished in the Top 10 two of the past three years in the Excellence in Management Cup, which recognizes the most efficient athletic departments in the nation.

This past year, Tech recorded its highest finish ever in the Western Athletic Conference’s Commissioners Cup as its student-athletes con-tinue to excel on the playing fields.

A native of Shreveport, McGuirt graduated from Louisiana Tech in 2003 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

McGuirt is married to the former April St. Andre, and the couple has three daughters: Lily, Sophie and Emily.

Tommy Sisemore is one of the lon-gest tenured employees in the Louisiana Tech Athletics Department beginning his 32nd year at the University, his 15th as di-rector of athletic facilities.

Some of Sisemore’s varied duties include serving as travel coordinator and business manager for the football team, handling all aspects of team travel, includ-ing hotel, food and travel arrangements.

Sisemore also handles all the finan-cial expenses incurred in the travel pro-cess. Sisemore is part of an administrative staff at LA Tech that has been instrumental in garnering a number of national awards,

including the 2010 Turnkey PRISM Award - which recognizes colleges for managerial excellence across four areas: marketing/branding; fan devel-opment; community relations; and customer/client service.

The Tech athletics department has also finished in the Top 10 two of the past years in the Excellence in Management Cup, which recognizes the most efficient athletic departments in the nation.

Prior to working in the athletic department, Sisemore spent 17 years working in the Louisiana Tech Physical Plant.

Sisemore and his wife Stephanie, who is a Louisiana Tech gradu-ate, are the proud parents of two daughters. Jessica is a Louisiana Tech graduate and currently working on her master’s degree while Anna-Claire is a sophomore at Louisiana Tech.

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Malcolm butler Associate A.d./

Media relations

Michael Calvin G.A./Sports Medicine

Brad Crowe G.A./Sports Medicine

Michele DummettAssoc. head

Athletic trainer

Mason ellenberger

G.M./ltSP

Brent Gallagher Aspire-Account

executive

Kelly Gayman Assistant

Athletic trainer

ryan Gottlieb Manager-frMc

Aspire

Madeline Allen Aspire-Account

executive

Justin Argenal director of ops. Men’s Basketball

tyson baldwin Aspire-Account

executive

leah beasley Assistant A.d./

Marketing

Josh blaum G.A./Sports Medicine

chris brister ltSP/Account

exec.

diane boyce G.A./Sports Medicine

Keith bunch head Athletic

trainer

Bill Graham coordinator/

Special events

thomas Graham G.A./defense

football

Bret Guice Intern/ticket

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lori hamilton Assitant to the

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damon harrington head Strength

coach

Bradly herman Student Success

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Mary Kay hungate Senior deputy

A.d./SWA

ed Jackson Assistant

Strength coach

Sandra Kane Assistant/ncAA

compliance

Priscilla Keller coordinator/lA tech Kids’ club

leslie Kiletico fB recruiting

office coordinator

clay Lewis head equipment

Manager

logan LewisAspire-Account

executive

nicholas Love director of ops.

Women’s Basketball

Kasey Mcbrearty Marketing &

Promotions Assoc.

Josh McDaniel Multimedia

Services Manager

Adam McGuirt ltAc director

hunter Mcwilliams director of football

operations

lisa Merritt Assistant A.d./

Academics

Brenda Milton office coordinator/

WBB & Soccer

Josh MorenzAspire-Account

executive

Aya Morioka G.A./Sports Medicine

Jacob Peeler Intern/Strength & conditioning

dana Pettit Accounting technician

Marie Pipes Associate A.d./

cfo

Phillip Pongratz Intern/Media

realtions

rene Puckett office coordinator/MBB & Volleyball

Kelvin QuelizIntern/Media

relations

Alex Rhodes Intern/ equipment

department

Jason Russell G.A./Strength &

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tommy Sisemore director

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david Snyder director of Video

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chance Snow Assistant A.d./

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Anna Kay Springer exec. Assistant/head fB coach

Kim Tanner office coordinator/facilities, SB, Bsbl

Kevin Tomaszek G.A./Video operations

chris Vaszily Intern/Strength & conditioning

christy waguespack Intern/Sports

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Patrick walsh Assoc. Media relations dir.

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heAD/ASSISTANT CoACheS

dr. les Guice Mary Kayhungateex-officio

dr. Guthrie Jarrell

Alumni rep.

dr. terriMcConathy

dr. Ken Rea Sam Speed dr. donna Thomas

Bruce Van De Velde

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Isaac brownMen’s

Basketball

larry Carmichaeltrack & field

david CaputoWomen’s

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Sara CarterWomen’s

Basketball

Kevin Curtis football

Sten eggen football

tony franklin football

Pierre Ingram football

Wade Simoneaux

Baseball

Gary Stanleytrack & field

teresaweatherspoon

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Mike whiteMen’s

Basketball

Quintin yraytennis

fran Anderman

Baseball

Shawn Jacksontrack & field

derrick JonesMen’s

Basketball

Binni Keleta Soccer

Brad KerrSoftball

rob Koonz football

rob Likens football

dusty MayMen’s

Basketball

Kat McCullough

Soccer

Amber MilesSoftball

Pete Perot football

Brad Pullin Golf

Brian RountreeBaseball

tommy Spangler football

christy StegallVolleyball

Mark Tommerdahl

football

Justin wickard track & field

Sarah DawsonSoftball

Sonny Dykesfootball

Shawn JacksonBowling

Jeff ParksGolf

Kevin SherrySoccer

dr. JamesLiberatoschairman

clint CarlisleSGA President

lisa Cole Steve Davison dr. Sean Dwyer dr. Marvin Green

Alumni rep.

AThLeTICS CoUNCIL

2010-11 BULLdOG A C C O m p L I S h m E n T S

• Captured the 2010 Squire Creek Invitational team title• Captured the 2011 Jim West Intercollegiate team title• The two team titles were the most since the 2004-05 season• Earned its highest ranking (59th) in more than two decades• Freshman Jack Lempke named WAC Freshman of the Year• Senior Clinton Shepard named 2nd team All-WAC• Recorded top finish ever in WAC Championships

Clinton Shepard2nd Team All-WAC

Jack LempkeWAC Freshman of the Year

2 0 1 1 - 1 2 B U L L d O G G O L F S C h E d U L Edate Event LocationSept. 12-13 Sam Hall Intercollegiate Hattiesburg, Miss.Sept. 19-20 UTA/Waterchase Invitational Arlington, TexasOct. 3-4 Squire Creek Invitational Choudrant, La.Oct. 17-18 David Toms Intercollegiate Shreveport, La.Feb. 13-14 UTSA/Oak Hills Invitational San Antonio, Texas (Oak Hills CC)Feb. 20-21 Rice Intercollegiate Houston, Texas (Westwood Golf Club)March 11-13 Argent Financial Classic Choudrant, La. (Squire Creek CC)March 16-17 Border Olympics Laredo, Texas (Laredo CC)March 31-April 1 LSU Invitational Baton Rouge, La. (Rio Secco Golf Club)April 9-10 Memphis Invitational Memphis, Tenn. (Colonial CC)April 30-May 2 WAC Championships Henderson, Nevada (Rio Secco Golf Club)May 17-19 2012 NCAA Regionals TBAMay 29-June 3 2012 NCAA Finals Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Riviera CC)

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