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ASHLEY MAXWELLSenior • Forward

AMC Player of the Year • Honorable Mention All-American

NORI GEDEISenior • Midfielder

Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete

CHELSIE SHEPARDSenior • Midfielder

AMC Newcomer of the Year

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KEN HEFNERHead Women’s Soccer Coach2010 AMC Coach of the Year

J’VONELLE SIMPSONJunior • Defender

MELANIE BREWERJunior • Defender

2010 AMC First-Team All-Conference

NICHOLE HEMMINGSENJunior • Midfielder


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2011 WOMEN’S SOCCER MEDIA GUIDEWhat’s Inside the 2011 Media Guide ..........................................1Staff & Media Directory ...............................................................2

2011 SEASON PREVIEWSeason Preview...................................................................... 4-5American Midwest Conference............................................... 6-72011 Opponent Information & Series Records ......................8-112011 Schedule & Roster ...........................................................12

MEET THE 2011 PIRATESHead Coach Ken Hefner ..........................................................142011 Coaching Staff Information ..............................................152011 Returning Letterwinners ............................................. 16-252011 Newcomers ......................................................................26

2010 SEASON RECAPRecapping the 2010 Championship Run ............................ 28-292010 Season Statistics .............................................................30

WOMEN’S SOCCER PROGRAM HISTORYProgram History, Individual Honors, NAIA Records ........... 34-38

THIS IS PARK UNIVERSITYPark University Profile ........................................................ 40-43University President..................................................................44Director of Athletics...................................................................45Park University Athletics Administration ............................. 46-49Park University Athletics Facilities ...................................... 50-51Julian Field, Home of the Pirates..............................................52

STAYING IN TOUCH...President’s Office ................................................ (816) 584-6202Clarinda Creighton, VP for Student Services ...... (816) 584-5833Claude English, Director of Athletics ................... (816) 584-6492Patricia Fayard, Office Manager .......................... (816) 584-6425Don Williams, Ph.D., Faculty Athletics Rep. ........ (816) 584-6516Steve Wilson, Sports Information Director........... (816) 584-6490Tyler Price, Asst. Sports Information Director ...... (816) 584-6751Michael Frey, Head Athletic Trainer ..................... (816) 584-6353Jennifer Jeffress, Assistant Athletic Trainer ......... (816) 584-6353Cary Lundy, Baseball ........................................... (816) 584-6746Jason Kline, Men’s Basketball ............................. (816) 584-6438Kenneth Cooper, Women’s Basketball ................ (816) 584-6491Brian Renshaw, Cross Country & Track .............. (816) 584-6488Mike Mueller, Women’s Golf ................................ (816) 584-6238Efrem Shimlis, Men’s Soccer ............................... (816) 584-6487Ken Hefner, Women’s Soccer ............................. (816) 584-6408Amy Reif, Softball ................................................ (816) 584-6443Rachel Allsbury, Spirit Squad .............................. (816) 584-6763Mike Talamantes, Volleyball ................................ (816) 584-6493

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MEDIA DIRECTORYPrint Mediaassociated Press215 W. Pershing Rd., Ste. 221Kansas City, Mo. 64108T: 816.421.4844F: 816.421.3590

Parkville LuminaryMark Vasto5215 NW Crooked RoadParkville, Mo. 64152T: 816.885.0504www.parkvilleluminary.com

Platte County Landmark252 Main Street PP.O. Box 410Platte City, Mo. 64079T: 816.858.0363F: 816.858.2313www.plattecountylandmark.com

Kansas City StarBlair Kerkhoff1729 Grand BlvdKansas City, Mo. 64108T: 816.234.4355F: 816.234.4360www.kansascity.com

independence examinerBill Althaus410 South LibertyIndependence, Mo. 64050T: 816.350.6313www.examiner.net

Lee’s Summit JournalSteve Bubalo415 South DouglasLee’s Summit, Mo. 64063T: 816.282.7015F: 816.524.5136www.lsjournal.com

Olathe daily newsTod Palmer514 South Kansas Ave.Olathe, Kan. 66061T: 913.764.2211F: 913.764.2251www.theolathenews.com

Lawson reviewR. Cress HewittP.O. Box 125Lawson, MO 64062T: 816.296.3412

Kansas City Sports & Fitness MagazineSteve [email protected]

BrOadCaStKSHB nBC 41Justin Unell4720 Oak StreetKansas City, Mo.T: 816.932.0716F: 816.932.4145www.nbcactionnews.com

Metro SportsShawn Beldin6550 Winchester Ave.Kansas City, Mo. 64133T: 816.358.5367F: 816.358.5479www.kcmetrosports.com

KMBC aBC 9John Crumley6455 Winchester Ave.Kansas City, Mo. 64133T: 816.221.9999F: 816.421.4163www.kmbc.com

WdaF FOX 4Al Wallace3030 SummitKansas City, Mo. 64108T: (816) 753-4567F: (816) 561-4181www.wdaftv4.com

Sports radio 810 WHBTodd LeaboUnion Broadcasting, Inc.6721 W. 121st StreetOverland Park, Kan. 66209T: 913.344.1500F: 913-469-8488www.810whb.com

610 Sports radioRyan Maguire7000 SquibbMission, Kan. 66222T: 913.744.3600www.61sports.net

SportsradioKC.comMatt Fulks14221 Metcalf Ave.Suite 128Overland Park, KS 66223T: [email protected]

Kenneth CooperW. Basketball

Claude englishDirector of Athletics

Patricia FayardOffice Manager

Michael FreyHead Athletic Trianer

Ken HefnerW. Soccer

Jennifer JeffressAsst. Athletic Trainer

Jason KlineM. Basketball

Cary LundyBaseball

Michael MuellerW. Golf

tyler PriceAssistant SID

amy reifSoftball

Brian renshawXC/Track & Field

efrem ShimlisM. Soccer

Mike talamantesVolleyball

don Williams, Ph.d.Faculty Athletics Rep.

Steve WilsonSports Information Director

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There’s unfinished business for the Park University women’s soccer program in 2011.

Penalty kicks, just 12 yards, separated Park from the 2010 NAIA Women’s Soccer National Championship Opening Round, falling to McKendree University in PK’s in the championship game of the AMC tour-nament after earning a draw in the game, finishing the year on a 10-game unbeaten streak (8-0-2) from Oct. 2 to Nov. 11. Park’s 2011 returners say this season will be different. “It was a horrible way to end the year, to be honest,” Ashley Maxwell said. Max-well was the AMC Women’s Soccer Player of the Year and an NAIA Honorable Men-tion All-American, but the end of her junior season has Maxwell, now a senior, moti-vated for 2011. “You never want it to go to (penalty kicks) and you especially don’t want to lose (on penalty kicks).” The Pirates return 10 from last year’s American Midwest Conference regular-season co-championship squad, including three seniors – Maxwell, Nori Gedei and Chelsie Shepard – and nine of 11 starters from last year’s team.

Five juniors also return, including twins in the midfield, Dana and Nichole Hem-mingsen, a defensive anchor in Melanie Brewer, and a pair of juniors from Jamaica – J’Vonelle Simpson and Juneille Wat-kins. Maxwell will anchor the team’s offense, bringing 51 career goals and another 13 assists, playing on 64 of Park’s 171 goals in the past three seasons. Maxwell led Park with 22 goals in 2011, followed by Watkins and Dana Hemmingsen, who each found the back of the net 13 times. “Our returners have to be leaders,” head coach Ken Hefner said. “I have a lot of expectations of them. We have put a lot on their plate and we need to get results from it. We are strong. We have nine of our 11 starters returning from last year. We have a good group coming in, so we expect to excel at a high level and we have to make that happen from day one.” The Pirates will have one key spot to fill right away in 2010, replacing Monika Stoiber, who was an on-and-off starter for Park in four seasons, from 2007 to 2010. Ellen Ghirardi, a returning letterwinner from 2010, will be the early on favorite for

time between the posts, and the Pirates signed a keeper, Alisha Hoskins, who comes to Parkville as a freshman from nearby Platte City and Platte County High School. “We lost some really valuable players, including a goalkeeper, but our defense is still going to be really strong and our midfield is strong,” said Shepard, who was named 2010 AMC Newcomer of the Year. Shepard is in her second year with the program, transferring from Johnson County Community College. “I think we have really good chemistry on this team and everybody fits in really well. We have a real opportunity to be very good this year and I’m ready for that challenge. It’s excit-ing and I’m looking forward to it a whole lot.” Cara Lightle, a defender, joins Ghi-rardi to round out the sophomore class, and eight newcomers, including Hoskins, will join the program when camp breaks in early August for an 18-player roster. “Every newcomer adds quality,” Hef-ner said. “Every one of them and at each position. We balanced this team with the newcomers, and they’re going to push the

Park returns all three of its leading scorers from the 2010 season, including honorable mention All-American and AMC Player of the Year Ashley Maxwell (above), who scored 22 goals and passed out six assists to help the Pirates tie for top spot in the AMC regular-season standings last season. The Pirates also bring back Dana Hemmingsen (facing page, left) and Juneille Watkins (facing page, right), who tied for the second-most goals in 2010, each finding the back of the net 13 times. Watkins had four assists, last season, and Hemmingsen finished with five, helping the Pirates outscore 2010 opponents, 60-22.



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returners for starting spots and that will only make us better. I expect a lot out of that group.” The returners see the 2011 season as an opportunity, including Gedei, who led the team with seven assists as a junior in 2010. “I think we have good chemistry com-ing into the year, and that can be a problem if you don’t have it,” Gedei said. “We’ve all played together for a couple of years, now, and we really know each other on theGo field.” Maxwell agreed, and added expecta-tions for the senior class. “Anyone going into their senior year wants it to be their best collegiate year,” Maxwell said. “We’ve been to nationals once since I’ve been here, so that’s obvi-ously a goal. But there’s a lot in front of that goal, and we have a lot of work to do to get there.” Park will need a fast start in 2011, beginning the season with a conference game for the first time in Hefner’s six-year run as the program’s head coach, when the Pirates travel to Benedictine Universi-ty-Springfield on Aug. 27. “Early on you are hoping the fitness base is high,” Hefner said. “If it is, we’ll last longer in sessions for technical and tactical things. We need to get off the mark quicker,

this year, and be consistent throughout the season. Preseason is critical. You don’t want to have to catch up and if we do have to, we’ll have to catch up more quickly than in past seasons so that we don’t miss the mark this year.” Park’s home opener is scheduled to begin Labor Day weekend, Friday, Sept. 2, at 5 p.m., against Baker University. The conference season resumes Sept. 14, at Missouri Baptist University, after four-straight nonconference games and a three-game homestand, and the regu-lar season ends with back-to-back games against Harris-Stowe State University in October, marking the first time the Pirates will end the regular season in back-to-back games against the same opponent. The AMC postseason will begin in ear-ly November, and finishing the job will be on the minds of the Pirates. “It was really frustrating,” Shepard said. “But this year, it’s going to be differ-ent.”

2011 PARK SOCCER QUICK FACTSFounded ...........................................1875Enrollment .....................................24,166Nickname.......................................PiratesColors ...............................Canary & WineConference ..................American MidwestHome Field .............................Julian FieldCapacity...........................................1,500President ........... Michael H. Droge, Ph.D.Director of Athletics......Claude W. EnglishSports Information ...............Steve WilsonPhone .............................. (816) 584-6490E-Mail ......................... [email protected] ................ www.parkathletics.comHead Coach............................Ken HefnerAlma Mater .........................West GeorgiaOverall Record........................241-166-20Record at Park............................72-33-112010 Record ...................................12-5-22010 AMC Finish .................. 8-2-0 (T-1st)First Year of Soccer ..........................1988All-Time Record ......................330-116-20Last NAIA Tournament ......................2008

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years of membership in the MCAC and as an NAIA Independent in basketball. Park previously held membership in the AMC from 1993 to 2000, exiting the league following the spring semester in 2000. Park is one of nine AMC member in-stitutions, joining Columbia College, Han-nibal-LaGrange College, Harris-Stowe State University, Missouri Baptist Univer-sity, Stephens College, William Woods University and Williams Baptist College as returning members. New in 2011-12, Benedictine University at Springfield joins the American Midwest Conference, re-placing McKendree University, which left at the end of the 2010-11 academic year. The AMC sponsors championships in 13 different sports: baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s track and field, and volleyball. The purpose of the American Mid-west Conference is to promote the posi-tive ideals and objectives of athletics, to provide an organization of colleges and universities with similar foundations to en-gage in athletic contests on an equal ba-sis, to serve as a forum to formulate and solve common problems, to enhance and preserve athletics in their true perspective and to promote athletics in an academic environment. The American Midwest Conference also compiles a Presidents Cup, where schools earn points for conference finish-es in all sports. McKendree captured the 2009-10 President’s Cup. Park finished fourth in the 2009-10 standings.

2010-11 AMC President’s CupSchool ..........................................PointsMcKendree University .....................377.5William Woods University ................310.0PArk UniversiTY ........................280.0Missouri Baptist University ..............245.0Hannibal-LaGrange University ........215.0Columbia College ............................197.5Williams Baptist College ..................112.5Harris-Stowe State University............70.0Stephens College ..............................27.5

2011-12 American Midwest Conference Member ProfilesBenedictine University at SpringfieldFounded: 1929President: Dr. William CarrollNickname: BulldogsColors: Red / BlackEnrollment: 900

BU-s Athletic DirectorNikki Bull-EguezPhone: 217-525-1420 [email protected]

Columbia CollegeFounded: 1851President: Dr. Gerald BrouderNickname: CougarsColors: Navy / SilverEnrollment: 1100

CC Athletic DirectorBob BurchardPhone: [email protected]

Hannibal-LaGrange UniversityFounded: 1858President: Dr. Woodrow BurtNickname: TrojansColors: Scarlet / BlueEnrollment: 1100

HLG Athletic DirectorJason NicholsPhone: [email protected]

Harris-Stowe State UniversityFounded: 1857President: Dr. Henry GivensNickname: HornetsColors: Brown / GoldEnrollment: 1900

HssU Athletic DirectorDon KavermanPhone: [email protected]

Missouri Baptist UniversityFounded: 1950President: Dr. R. Alton LaceyNickname: SpartansColors: Blue / WhiteEnrollment: 2800

MBU Athletic DirectorDr. Tom SmithPhone: [email protected]

Park UniversityFounded: 1875President: Dr. Michael DrogeNickname: PiratesColors: Canary / WineEnrollment: 24166

Park Athletic DirectorClaude EnglishPhone: [email protected]

Stephens CollegeFounded: 1833President: Dr. Dianne LynchNickname: StarsColors: Maroon / GoldEnrollment: 754

sC Athletic DirectorDeb DurenPhone: 573-876-7212Fax: 573-876-7170

William Woods UniversityFounded: 1870President: Dr. Jahnae H. BarnettNickname: OwlsColors: Burgundy / Forest GreenEnrollment: 2300

WWU Athletic DirectorAmber CoxPhone: [email protected]

Williams Baptist CollegeFounded: 1941President: Dr. Jerol SwaimNickname: EaglesColors: Blue / WhiteEnrollment: 700

WBC Athletic DirectorJeff RiderPhone: 870-759-4194Fax: 870-886-3924

2010 American Midwest Conference Women’s Soccer Standings

School AMC PCT Overall PCTMcK* 8-2 .800 15-4-2 .762Park 8-2 .800 12-5-2 .684MBU 5-5 .500 10-10 .500HLG 4-5-1 .450 7-7-3 .500WWU 4-5-1 .450 8-9-2 .474HSSU 0-10 .000 0-16 .000

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tuesday, august 23Quincy at Hannibal-LaGrange, 3 p.m.

thursday, august 25Harris-Stowe at Freed Hardeman, 7 p.m.

Friday, august 26Missouri Baptist at Cornerstone, 4 p.m.

Saturday, august 27Missouri Baptist at Roberts Wesleyan, 5 p.m.* Park at Benedictine-Springfield, 7 p.m.

tuesday, august 30Avila at William Woods, 5 p.m.Park at Midamerica Nazarene, 6 p.m.

thursday, September 1Blackburn at Benedictine-Springfield, 10 a.m.Missouri Baptist at Washington University, 7 p.m.

Friday, September 2Harris-Stowe at University of Saint Mary, 2 p.m.Taylor at Hannibal-LaGrange, 3 p.m.Baker at Park, 5 p.m.* Benedictine-Springfield at William Woods, 7 p.m.

Saturday, September 3Missouri Baptist at Central Methodist, 5 p.m.University of the Ozarks at William Woods, 7 p.m.

Monday, September 5Hannibal-LaGrange at Monmouth, 4 p.m.

tuesday, September 6Harris-Stowe at Fontbonne, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, September 7 Harris-Stowe at Greenville, 3 p.m.Benedictine (kan.) at Park, 6 p.m.Benedictine-Springfield at Grand View, 7 p.m.

thursday, September 8Culver-Stockton at William Woods, 7 p.m.

Friday, September 9Hannibal-LaGrange at MidAmerica Nazarene, 3 p.m.

Saturday, September 10* Benedictine-Springfield at Park, NoonMissouri Valley at William Woods, 1 p.m.Hannibal-LaGrange at Avila, 1 p.m.Union (Tenn.) at Missouri Baptist, 4 p.m.

Monday, September 12* Hannibal-LaGrange at Benedictine-Springfield, 7 p.m.

tuesday, September 13Harris-Stowe at Iowa Wesleyan, 2 p.m.

Wednesday, September 14William Woods at Central Methodist, 5 p.m.* Park at Missouri Baptist, 6 p.m.

thursday, September 15* Hannibal-LaGrange at Harris-Stowe, 4 p.m.

Friday, September 16Dordt at Missouri Baptist, 2 p.m.

Saturday, September 17Missouri Valley at Park, Noon Lindenwood-Belleville at Hannibal-LaGrange, 3 p.m.* Harris-Stowe at William Woods, 4 p.m.

tuesday, September 20* William Woods at Hannibal-LaGrange, 4 p.m.Park at Graceland, 5 p.m.

Wednesday, September 21Harris-Stowe at McKendree, 5 p.m.

thursday, September 22Benedictine-Springfield at Trnity International, 4 p.m.

Saturday, September 24* Hannibal-LaGrange at Park, NoonBenedictine Springfield at Illinois Tech, 2 p.m.

Monday, September 26McKendree at Benedictine-Springfield, 5 p.m.

tuesday, September 27* Harris-Stowe at Missouri Baptist, 1 p.m.

Wednesday, September 28Culver-Stockton at Hannibal-LaGrange, 3 p.m.* Park at William Woods, 6 p.m.

thursday, September 29Central Methodist at Harris-Stowe, 1 p.m.

Friday, September 30McKendree at Missouri Baptist, 7 p.m.

Saturday, October 1* Missouri Baptist at Park, noon* Harris-Stowe at Hannibal-LaGrange, 1 p.m.* William Woods at Benedictine-Springfield, 3 p.m.

Monday, October 3Benedictine-Springfield at Greenville, 2 p.m.

tuesday, October 4Harris-Stowe at MacMurray, 1 p.m.* Hannibal-LaGrange at William Woods, 5 p.m.

Wednesday, October 5Park at Lindenwood, 5:30 p.m.

Friday, October 7* Missouri Baptist at Harris-Stowe, 1 p.m.

Saturday, October 8* William Woods at Missouri Baptist, 2 p.m.* Benedictine-Springfield at Hannibal-LaGrange, 3 p.m.

Monday, October 10kansas Wesleyan at Park, 1 p.m.William Woods at McKendree, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, October 12* Missouri Baptist at Hannibal-LaGrange, 4 p.m.

thursday, October 13* Benedictine-Springfield at Harris-Stowe, 1 p.m.

Saturday, October 15* William Woods at Harris-Stowe, 1 p.m.* Park at Hannibal-LaGrange, 2 p.m.* Benedictine-Springfield at Missouri Baptist, 5 p.m.

Wednesday, October 19* William Woods at Park, 5 p.m.Hannibal-LaGrange at Iowa Wesleyan, 3 p.m.

thursday, October 20Missouri Baptist at McKendree, 5 p.m.

Saturday, October 22* Harris-stowe at Park, noon* Hannibal-LaGrange at Missouri Baptist, TBA

Monday, October 24* Harris-Stowe at Benedictine-Springfield, 7 p.m.

tuesday, October 25* Missouri Baptist at William Woods, 7 p.m.

thursday, October 27* Missouri Baptist at Benedictine-Springfield, 4 p.m.Hanninbal-LaGrange at McKendree

Saturday, October 29* Park at Harris-stowe, noonMcKendree at William Woods, 1 p.m.Benedictine-Springfield at Freed Hardeman, 7 p.m.

Monday, October 31Benedictine-Springfield at Union (Tenn.), 2 p.m.

tuesday, november 4American Midwest Conference Tournament(Quarterfinal Round, 1 p.m. unless otherwise noted)

Friday, november 7American Midwest Conference Tournament(Semifinal Round, 1 p.m. unless otherwise noted)

tuesday, november 11American Midwest Conference Tournament(Championship, 1 p.m. unless otherwise noted)

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BAKER UNIVERSITYSept. 2 • 5 p.m. • Parkville, Mo.www.bakerwildcats.com

Location: Baldwin City, Kan.Founded: 1858Enrollment: 4,000Conference: HAACNickname: WildcatsColors: Orange/WhitePresident: Dr. Pat LongAthletics Director: Theresa YetmarHome Field: Liston Stadium

MEDIA RELATIONSContact: Kevin Kunde Phone: 785-594-8495 E-Mail: [email protected] Mailing Address:618 Eighth StreetBaldwin City, KS 66006

WOMEN’S SOCCER STAFFHead Coach: Nate HouserAlma Mater: Baker UniversityOverall Coaching Record: 47-28-8Record at Baker: SameAssistant Coaches: Davy Phillips

SERIES OUTLOOK2010 Record: 14-6-4 HAAC Record (Finish): 4-3-2 (2nd)All-Time Series: Park leads, 10-5-1 Last Meeting: Oct. 12, 2010 Score: Park 1, Baker 1 (2 OT)

WOMEN’S SOCCER SCHEDULEDate Opponent TimeAug. 26 at Westminster (Utah) 1 p.m.Aug. 27 vs. Rocky Mountain 1 p.m.Sept. 2 at Park 5 p.m.Sept. 9 at John Brown 1 p.m.Sept. 16 Oklahoma Baptist 3 p.m.Sept. 18 Ottawa 4 p.m.Sept. 27 Oklahoma Wesleyan 5 p.m.Oct. 2 at Central Methodist * 3 p.m.Oct. 8 Graceland * 5 p.m.Oct. 12 at MidAmerica Naz. * 1 p.m.Oct. 15 Avila * 5 p.m.Oct. 18 at Hastings 3 p.m.Oct. 22 Benedictine * 5 p.m.Oct. 29 at Culver-Stockton * 1 p.m.Nov. 1 at Missouri Valley * 6 p.m.

BENEDICTINE COLLEGESept. 7 • 6 p.m. • Parkville, Mo.www.ravenathletics.com

Location: Atchison, Kan.Founded: 1858Enrollment: 1,300Conference: HAACNickname: RavensColors: Red/Black/WhitePresident: Stephen D. MinnisAthletics Director: Charlie GartenmayerHome Field: BC Soccer Complex

MEDIA RELATIONSContact: Josh Pound Phone: 913-360-7634 E-Mail: [email protected] Mailing Address:1020 N Second StreetAtchison, KS 66002

WOMEN’S SOCCER STAFFHead Coach: Lincoln RobleeAlma Mater: Park UniversityOverall Coaching Record: 76-23-18Record at Benedictine: SameAssistant Coaches: Anne Schaefer

SERIES OUTLOOK2010 Record: 13-2-6 HAAC Record (Finish): 6-1-3 (3rd)All-Time Series: Park leads, 13-5-1 Last Meeting: Sept. 15, 2010 Score: Benedictine 3, Park 2

WOMEN’S SOCCER SCHEDULEDate Opponent TimeAug. 27 at Hastings 7 p.m.Aug. 31 Concordia (Neb.) 6 p.m.Sept. 3 at Friends 5 p.m.Sept. 7 at Park 6 p.m.Sept. 9 Northwestern (Iowa) 5 p.m.Sept. 11 Dakota Wesleyan 1 p.m.Sept. 15 at Ottawa 6 p.m.Sept. 17 Doane 5 p.m.Sept. 21 at Briar Cliff 5 p.m.Sept. 24 Bethel (Kan.) 5 p.m.Sept. 28 Kansas Wesleyan 7 p.m.Oct. 1 Culver-Stockton * 5 p.m.Oct. 5 at Avila * 1 p.m.Oct. 8 Missouri Valley * 5 p.m.Oct. 15 at Central Methodist * 5 p.m.Oct. 22 at Baker * 5 p.m.Oct. 29 MidAmerica Naz. * 5 p.m.Nov. 2 Graceland * 5 p.m.

BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY AT SPRINGFIELDAug 27 • 6 p.m. • Springfield, Ill.Sept. 10 • Noon • Parkville, Mo.www.ben.edu/springfield

Location: Springfield, Ill.Founded: 1929Enrollment: 900Conference: AMCNickname: BulldogsColors: Red/BlackPresident: Dr. William CarrollAthletics Director: Nikki Bull-EguezHome Field: Springfield Soccer Complex

MEDIA RELATIONSContact: Nikki Bull-Eguez Phone: 217-525-1420 ext. 256 E-Mail: [email protected] Mailing Address:1500 N Fifth StreetSpringfield, IL 62702

WOMEN’S SOCCER STAFFHead Coach: Nikki Bull-EguezAlma Mater: Univ. of the CumberlandsOverall Coaching Record: 4-8-2note: Benedictine-Springfield is in its second year as a four-year institution.

SERIES OUTLOOK2010 Record: 4-8-2 (NAIA Independent) The 2011 meetings between Park and Benedictine-Springfield will be the first- ever games played between the two schools.

WOMEN’S SOCCER SCHEDULEDate Opponent TimeAug. 27 Park * 7 p.m.Sept. 1 Blackburn 10 a.m.Sept. 2 at William Woods * 5 p.m.Sept. 7 at Grand View 7 p.m.Sept. 10 at Park * NoonSept. 12 Hannibal-LaGrange * 7 p.m.Sept. 22 at Trinity International 4 p.m.Sept. 24 at Illinois Tech 2 p.m.Sept. 26 McKendree 5 p.m.Oct. 1 William Woods * 3 p.m.Oct. 3 at Greenville 2 p.m.Oct. 8 at Hannibal-LaGrange* 3 p.m.Oct. 13 at Harris-Stowe * 1 p.m.Oct. 15 at Missouri Baptist * 1 p.m.Oct. 24 Harris-Stowe * 7 p.m.Oct. 27 Missouri Baptist * 4 p.m.Oct. 29 at Freed Hardeman 7 p.m.Oct. 31 at Union (Tenn.) 2 p.m.



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GRACELAND UNIVERSITYSept. 20 • 5 p.m. • Lamoni, Iowawww.gujackets.com

Location: Lamoni, IowaFounded: 1895Enrollment: 1,200 Conference: HAACNickname: YellowjacketsColors: Blue/GoldPresident: Dr. John SellarsAthletics Director: Jeff FalknerHome Field: Rasmussen Field

MEDIA RELATIONSContact: Matt Shelton Phone: 641-784-5106 E-Mail: [email protected] Mailing Address:1 University PlaceLamoni, IA 50140

WOMEN’S SOCCER STAFFHead Coach: Fred WagenaarAlma Mater: Graceland UniversityOverall Coaching Record: 116-11-17Record at Graceland: SameAssistant Coaches: Alexandria Martinez, Josh Wagenaar

SERIES OUTLOOK2010 Record: 15-1-4 HAAC Record (Finish): 8-0-2 (1st)All-Time Series: Graceland leads, 6-3-0 Last Meeting: Sept. 22, 2010 Score: Graceland 1, Park 0

WOMEN’S SOCCER SCHEDULEDate Opponent TimeAug. 20 at Grand View 7 p.m.Aug. 27 vs. Robert Morris 10 a.m.Aug. 28 vs. Judson 5 p.m.Sept. 9 vs. Northwood (Fla.) 4 p.m.Sept. 11 at Embry-Riddle (Fla.) 3 p.m.Sept. 17 Midland 7 p.m.Sept. 20 Park 5 p.m.Sept. 23 at Trinity Christian 4 p.m.Sept. 25 at Saint Francis (Ill.) 1 p.m.Oct. 1 Avila * 5 p.m.Oct. 8 at Baker * 5 p.m.Oct. 11 at Culver-Stockton * 3 p.m.Oct. 15 MidAmerica Naz. * 5 p.m.Oct. 22 at Missouri Valley * 6 p.m.Oct. 25 Saint Ambrose 6 p.m.Oct. 29 Central Methodist * 5 p.m.Nov. 2 at Benedictine * 5 p.m.

HANNIBAL-LAGRANGE UNIV.Sept. 24 • 2 p.m. • Hannibal, Mo.Oct. 15 • Noon • Parkville, Mo.www.hlg.edu/athletics

Location: Hannibal, Mo.Founded: 1858Enrollment: 1,100Conference: AMCNickname: TrojansColors: Scarlet/BluePresident: Dr. Woodrow BurtAthletics Director: Jason NicholsHome Field: Blackwell Field

MEDIA RELATIONSContact: Jordan Argo Phone: 573-629-3227 E-Mail: [email protected] Mailing Address:2800 Palmyra RoadHannibal, MO 63401

WOMEN’S SOCCER STAFFHead Coach: Jason NicholsAlma Mater: Westmar UniversityOverall Coaching Record: 78-100-11Record at Hannibal-LaGrange: SameAssistant Coaches: Cody Smith

SERIES OUTLOOK2010 Record: 7-7-3 AMC Record (Finish): 4-5-1 (T-4th)All-Time Series: Park leads, 6-1-0 Last Meeting: Oct. 16, 2010 Score: Park 4, Hannibal-LaGrange 0

WOMEN’S SOCCER SCHEDULEDate Opponent TimeAug. 23 Quincy 3 p.m.Sept. 2 Taylor 3 p.m.Sept. 5 at Monmouth 4 p.m.Sept. 9 at MidAmerica Naz. 3 p.m.Sept. 10 at Avila 1 p.m.Sept. 12 at Ben U-Springfield * 7 p.m.Sept. 15 at Harris-Stowe * 4 p.m.Sept. 17 Lindenwood-Belleville 3 p.m.Sept. 20 William Woods * 4 p.m.Sept. 24 at Park NoonSept. 28 Culver-Stockton 3 p.m.Oct. 1 Harris-Stowe * 1 p.m.Oct. 4 at William Woods * 5 p.m.Oct. 8 Ben U-Springfield * 3 p.m.Oct. 12 Missouri Baptist * 4 p.m.Oct. 15 Park * 2 p.m.Oct. 19 at Iowa Wesleyan 3 p.m.Oct. 22 at Missouri Baptist * TBAOct. 27 at McKendree 6 p.m.

HARRIS-STOWE STATE UNIV.Oct. 22 • Noon • Parkville, Mo.Oct. 29 • 1 p.m. • St. Louis, Mo.www.hornetsathletics.com

Location: St. Louis, Mo.Founded:1857Enrollment: 1,900Conference: AMCNickname: HornetsColors: Brown/GoldPresident: Dr. Henry GivensAthletics Director: Don KavermanHome Field: HSSU Field

MEDIA RELATIONSContact: Phillip Hunt Phone: 314-340-5906 E-Mail: [email protected] Mailing Address:3026 Laclede StreetSt. Louis, MO 63103

WOMEN’S SOCCER STAFFHead Coach: John RyanAlma Mater: Harris-Stowe State Univ.Overall Coaching Record: 1-50-0Record at Harris-Stowe: Same

SERIES OUTLOOK2010 Record: 0-16-0 AMC Record (Finish): 0-10 (6th)All-Time Series: Park leads, 10-1-0 Last Meeting: Oct. 20, 2010 Score: Park 14, Harris-Stowe 0

WOMEN’S SOCCER SCHEDULEDate Opponent TimeAug. 25 at Freed Hardeman 7 p.m.Sept. 2 at Saint Mary (Kan.) 2 p.m.Sept. 6 at Fontbonne 7 p.m.Sept. 7 at Greenville 3 p.m.Sept. 13 at Iowa Wesleyan 2 p.m.Sept. 15 Hannibal-LaGrange * 4 p.m.Sept. 17 at William Woods * 4 p.m.Sept. 21 at McKendree 5 p.m.Sept. 27 at Missouri Baptist * 1 p.m.Sept. 29 Central Methodist 1 p.m.Oct. 1 at Hannibal-LaGrange* 1 p.m.Oct. 4 at MacMurray 1 p.m.Oct. 7 Missouri Baptist * 1 p.m.Oct. 13 Ben U-Springfield * 1 p.m.Oct. 15 William Woods * 1 p.m.Oct. 22 at Park * NoonOct. 24 at Ben U-Springfield * 7 p.m.Oct. 29 Park * Noon



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LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITYOct. 5 • 5:30 p.m. • St. Charles, Mo.www.lindenwoodlions.com

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: St. Charles, Mo.Founded: 1827Enrollment: 15,000Nickname: LionsColors: Black/GoldPresident: Dr. James D. EvansAthletics Director: John CreerHome Field: Harlin C. Hunter Stadium

MEDIA RELATIONSContact: Mike Morgan Phone: 636-949-4368 E-Mail: [email protected] Mailing Address:209 S. KingshighwaySt. Charles, MO 63301

WOMEN’S SOCCER STAFFHead Coach: Laurie KaminskiAlma Mater: Saint Louis UniversityOverall Coaching Record: 60-40-10Record at Lindenwood: SameAssistant Coaches: Greg Henson, Bryan Mancill, Jessica Bretana

SERIES OUTLOOK2010 Record: 7-11-1 HAAC Record (Finish): 4-4-1 (T-5th)All-Time Series: LU leads, 12-7-1 Last Meeting: Sept. 11, 2004 Score: Park 3, Lindenwood 2

WOMEN’S SOCCER SCHEDULEDate Opponent TimeAug. 20 Heartland CC (Exh.) 4 p.m.Aug. 27 Quincy (Exh.) 7 p.m.Sept. 4 at Missouri-St. Louis NoonSept. 6 Maryville 7 p.m.Sept. 13 McKendree 7 p.m.Sept. 16 Bethel (Tenn.) 4 p.m.Sept. 18 Newman 1 p.m.Sept. 21 at William Jewell 5 p.m.Sept. 24 at Emporia State 1 p.m.Sept. 27 Rockhurst 2 p.m.Oct. 1 at Notre Dame (Ohio) 1 p.m.Oct. 5 Park 5 p.m.Oct. 8 at Rogers State 2 p.m.Oct. 9 vs. Science & Arts 1 p.m.Oct. 13 at West Alabama 1 p.m.Oct. 16 Central Missouri 1 p.m.Oct. 19 at Harris-Stowe 3 p.m.Oct. 22 at NW Missouri State NoonOct. 25 at Missouri Valley 7 p.m.Oct. 30 at Missouri Southern Noon

MIDAMERICA NAZARENE UNIV.Aug. 30 • 6 p.m. • Olathe, Kan.www.mnusports.com

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Olathe, Kan.Founded: 1966Enrollment: 1,800Conference: HAACNickname: PioneersColors: Royal/Scarlet/WhitePresident: Dr. Ed RobinsonAthletics Director: Kevin SteeleHome Field: Pioneer Field

MEDIA RELATIONSContact: Chad Jenkins Phone: 913-971-3457 E-Mail: [email protected] Mailing Address:2030 E. College WayOlathe, KS 66062

WOMEN’S SOCCER STAFFHead Coach: Rocky OrtonAlma Mater: MidAmerica Nazarene Univ.Overall Coaching Record: 43-43-6Record at MNU: SameAssistant Coaches: Staci Eastman

SERIES OUTLOOK2010 Record: 9-9-0 HAAC Record (Finish): 3-6-0 (T-7th)All-Time Series: Park leads, 4-0-0 Last Meeting: Aug. 31, 2010 Score: Park 3, MNU 2 (OT)

WOMEN’S SOCCER SCHEDULEDate Opponent TimeAug. 30 Park 6 p.m.Sept. 2 vs. Northwood (Texas) 3 p.m.Sept. 3 vs. Texas Wesleyan 3 p.m.Sept. 9 Hannibal-LaGrange 3 p.m.Sept. 10 Mount Mercy 1 p.m.Sept. 13 at Bellevue 3 p.m.Sept. 16 Midland (Neb.) 3 p.m.Sept. 17 Oklahoma Baptist 1 p.m.Sept. 21 at Kansas Wesleyan 6 p.m.Sept. 27 Ottawa 2 p.m.Oct. 1 at Missouri Valley * 5 p.m.Oct. 8 Culver-Stockton * 1 p.m.Oct. 12 Baker * 1 p.m.Oct. 15 at Graceland * 5 p.m.Oct. 22 Central Methodist * 1 p.m.Oct. 25 at Central Christian 5 p.m.Oct. 29 at Benedictine * 5 p.m.Nov. 2 Avila * Noon

KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITYOct. 10 • 1 p.m. • Parkville, Mo.www.kwucoyotes.com

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Salina, Kan.Founded: 1886Enrollment: 825Conference: KCACNickname: CoyotesColors: Purple/GoldPresident: Dr. Fletcher LamkinAthletics Director: Dave DallasHome Field: Salina Stadium

MEDIA RELATIONSContact: David Toelle Phone: 785-827-5541 ext. 3146 E-Mail: [email protected] Mailing Address:100 E. Claflin RoadSalina, KS 67401

WOMEN’S SOCCER STAFFHead Coach: Mike DibbiniAlma Mater: Kansas Wesleyan UniversityOverall Coaching Record: 89-27-12Record at KWU: SameAssistant Coaches: Erik Garcia, Gabe Romo, Mike Padilla, Johnna Klohoker

SERIES OUTLOOK2010 Record: 10-7-3 KCAC Record (Finish): 8-1-0 (2nd)All-Time Series: Park leads, 3-1-0 Last Meeting: Oct. 1, 2008 Score: Park 3, Kansas Wesleyan 0

WOMEN’S SOCCER SCHEDULEDate Opponent TimeAug. 28 at Fort Hays State 5 p.m.Sept. 3 at Dakota Wesleyan 3 p.m.Sept. 7 Concordia (Neb.) 6 p.m.Sept. 10 Morningside 6 p.m.Sept. 16 at Westminster (Utah) 11 a.m.Sept. 17 vs. College of Idaho 11 a.m.Sept. 21 MidAmerica Nazarene 6 p.m.Sept. 23 at Oklahoma Baptist 3 p.m.Sept. 28 at Benedictine 7 p.m.Oct. 1 Bethany * 6 p.m.Oct. 5 at Bethel (Kan.) * 5 p.m.Oct. 8 Sterling * 6 p.m.Oct. 10 at Park 1 p.m.Oct. 12 Friends * 6 p.m.Oct. 15 at Univ. of St. Mary * 2 p.m.Oct. 19 at Tabor * 5 p.m.Oct. 22 Southwestern (Kan.) * 6 p.m.Oct. 26 Ottawa * 6 p.m.Oct. 29 at McPherson * 1 p.m.



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MISSOURI BAPTIST UNIVERSITYSept. 14 • 6 p.m. • St. Louis, Mo.Oct. 1 • Noon • Parkville, Mo.www.mbuspartans.com

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: St. Louis, Mo.Founded: 1950Enrollment: 2,800Conference: AMCNickname: SpartansColors: Blue/WhitePresident: Dr. R. Alton LaceyAthletics Director: Dr. Tom Smith

MEDIA RELATIONSContact: Brad Cygan Phone: 314-323-0307 E-Mail: TBA Mailing Address:One College Park DriveSt. Louis, MO 63141

WOMEN’S SOCCER STAFFHead Coach: Deno MerrickAlma Mater: Missouri Baptist UniversityOverall Coaching Record: 41-35-2Record at MoBap: SameAssistant Coaches: Kelly Prince

SERIES OUTLOOK2010 Record: 10-10-0 AMC Record (Finish): 5-5-0 (3rd)All-Time Series: Park leads, 12-4-1 Last Meeting: Nov. 8, 2011 Score: Park 4, Missouri Baptist 0

WOMEN’S SOCCER SCHEDULEDate Opponent TimeAug. 26 vs. Cornerstone 4 p.m.Aug. 27 at Roberts Wesleyan 5 p.m.Sept. 1 at Washington Univ. 7 p.m.Sept. 3 at Central Methodist 5 p.m.Sept. 10 Union (Tenn.) 4 p.m.Sept. 14 Park * 6 p.m.Sept. 16 Dordt 2 p.m.Sept. 27 Harris-Stowe * 1 p.m.Sept. 30 McKendree 7 p.m.Oct. 1 at Park * NoonOct. 7 at Harris-Stowe * 1 p.m.Oct. 8 William Woods * 2 p.m.Oct. 12 at Hannibal-LaGrange* 4 p.m.Oct. 15 Ben U-Springfield * 5 p.m.Oct. 20 at McKendree 5 p.m.Oct. 22 Hannibal-LaGrange * TBAOct. 25 at William Woods * 5 p.m.Oct. 27 at Ben U-Springfield * 4 p.m.

MISSOURI VALLEY COLLEGESept. 17 • Noon • Parkville, Mo.www.moval.edu/athletics

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Marshall, Mo.Founded: 1889Enrollment: 1,400Conference: HAACNickname: VikingsColors: Orange/PurplePresident: Dr. Bonnie HumphreyAthletics Director: Tom FiferHome Field: Reed Kepner Soccer Field

MEDIA RELATIONSContact: Danielle Carr Phone: 660-831-4230 E-Mail: [email protected] Mailing Address:500 E. College StreetMarshall, MO 65340

WOMEN’S SOCCER STAFFHead Coach: Drew HawkinsAlma Mater: Missouri Valley CollegeOverall Coaching Record: 20-29-3Record at MVC: SameAssistant Coaches: Ben Boehner

SERIES OUTLOOK2010 Record: 10-7-2 HAAC Record (Finish): 4-4-1 (T-5th)All-Time Series: Park leads, 1-0-0 Park and Missouri Valley have never met on the playing field. Park earned a 1-0 forfeit victory over the Vikings in 1994.

WOMEN’S SOCCER SCHEDULEDate Opponent TimeAug. 18 at St. Charles (Exh.) TBAAug. 27 at Ashford 11 a.m.Sept. 1 Rogers State 6 p.m.Sept. 4 at Oklahoma City NoonSept. 10 at William Woods 1 p.m.Sept. 17 at Park NoonSept. 18 Morningside 1 p.m.Sept. 24 at Missouri Baptist 5 p.m.Oct. 1 MidAmerica Naz.* 5 p.m.Oct. 3 McKendree 6 p.m.Oct. 8 at Benedictine * 5 p.m.Oct. 11 at Central Methodist * 5 p.m.Oct. 15 at Culver-Stockton * 1 p.m.Oct. 16 Spalding NoonOct. 22 Graceland * 6 p.m.Oct. 25 Lindenwood 7 p.m.Oct. 29 at Avila * NoonNov. 1 Baker * 6 p.m.

WILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITYSept. 28 • 6 p.m. • Fulton, Mo.Oct. 19 • 5 p.m. • Parkville, Mowww.wwuowls.com

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Fulton, Mo.Founded: 1870Enrollment: 2,300Conference: AMCNickname: OwlsColors: Burgundy/Forest GreenPresident: Dr. Jahnae H. BarnettAthletics Director: Amber CoxHome Field: Firley Field

MEDIA RELATIONSContact: Jason Vittone Phone: 573-592-1627 E-Mail: [email protected]

Mailing Address:One University AvenueFulton, MO 65251

WOMEN’S SOCCER STAFFHead Coach: Randy HallAlma Mater: Lincoln UniversityOverall Coaching Record: 14-52-3Record at Woods: 10-23-1Assistant Coaches: Paula Summers, Chris Kirkweg

SERIES OUTLOOK2010 Record: 8-9-2 AMC Record (Finish): 4-5-1 (5th)All-Time Series: Park leads, 15-2-0 Last Meeting: Oct. 23, 2010 Score: Park 3, William Woods 0

WOMEN’S SOCCER SCHEDULEDate Opponent TimeAug. 30 Avila 5 p.m.Sept. 2 Ben U-Springfield * 7 p.m.Sept. 3 Univ. of the Ozarks 7 p.m.Sept. 8 Culver-Stockton 7 p.m.Sept. 10 Missouri Valley 1 p.m.Sept. 14 at Central Methodist 5 p.m.Sept. 17 Harris-Stowe * 4 p.m.Sept. 20 at Hannibal-LaGrange* 4 p.m.Sept. 28 Park * 6 p.m.Oct. 1 at Ben U-Springfield * 1 p.m.Oct. 4 Hannibal-LaGrange * 5 p.m.Oct. 8 at Missouri Baptist * 2 p.m.Oct. 10 at McKendree 6 p.m.Oct. 15 at Harris-Stowe * 1 p.m.Oct. 19 at Park * 5 p.m.Oct. 25 Missouri Baptist * 7 p.m.Oct. 29 McKendree 1 p.m.

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2011 WOMEN’S SOCCER SCHEDULEDate Opponent Location TimeAug. 27 at Benedictine University-Springfield * Springfield, Ill. 6:00 p.m.Aug. 30 at MidAmerica Nazarene University Olathe, Kan. 6:00 p.m.SEPT. 2 BAKER UNIVERSITY JULIAN FIELD 5:00 P.M.SEPT. 7 BENEDICTINE COLLEGE JULIAN FIELD 6:00 P.M.SEPT. 10 BENEDICTINE UNIV.-SPRINGFIELD * JULIAN FIELD NOONSept. 14 Missouri Baptist University * St. Louis, Mo. 6:00 p.m.SEPT. 17 MISSOURI VALLEY COLLEGE JULIAN FIELD NOONSept. 20 Graceland University Lamoni, Iowa 5:00 p.m.Sept. 24 Hannibal-LaGrange University * Hannibal, Mo. 2:00 p.m.Sept. 28 William Woods University * Fulton, Mo. 6:00 p.m.OCT. 1 MISSOURI BAPTIST UNIVERSITY * JULIAN FIELD NOONOct. 5 Lindenwood University St. Charles, Mo. 5:30 p.m.OCT. 10 KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY JULIAN FIELD 1:00 P.M.OCT. 15 HANNIBAL-LAGRANGE UNIVERSITY * JULIAN FIELD NOONOCT. 19 WILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY * JULIAN FIELD 5:00 P.M.OCT. 22 HARRIS-STOWE STATE UNIVERSITY * JULIAN FIELD NOONOct. 29 Harris-Stowe State University * St. Louis, Mo. 1:00 p.m.Nov. 4 AMC Quarterfinal Round Campus Sites TBANov. 7 AMC Semifinal Round Campus Sites TBANov. 10 AMC Championship Round Campus Sites TBANov. 19 NAIA National Opening Round Campus Sites TBANov. 28 NAIA National Tournament Final Site Decatur, Ala. TBANov. 29 NAIA National Tournament Final Site Decatur, Ala. TBANov. 30 NAIA National Tournament Final Site Decatur, Ala. TBADec. 1 NAIA National Tournament Final Site Decatur, Ala. TBADec. 2 NAIA National Tournament Final Site Decatur, Ala. TBADec. 3 NAIA National Tournament Final Site Decatur, Ala. TBA* Denotes American Midwest Conference Game- Home games in BOLD played at Julian Field. All dates, times subject to change.

2011 NUMERICAL ROSTERNo. Player Ht. Yr. Pos. Hometown Previous School1 Ellen Ghirardi 5’9 So. GK O’Fallon, Mo. Fort Zumwalt South HS2 Alexandra Erickson 5’6 Fr. MF Harrisonville, Mo. Harrisonville HS3 Chelsie Shepard 5’3 Sr. MF Topeka, Kan. Johnson County CC4 Cara Lightle 5’6 So. D Shawnee, Kan. Shawnee Mission Northwest HS5 Nichole Hemmingsen 5’7 Jr. MF Prairie Village, Kan. Shawnee Mission East HS7 Shnell Briscoe 6’0 Fr. MF Clarendon, Jamaica Garvey Maceo HS8 Nori Gedei 5’6 Sr. MF Szeged, Hungary Sagvari Endre HS9 Dana Hemmingsen 5’7 Jr. MF Prairie Village, Kan. Shawnee Mission East HS10 Juneille Watkins 5’4 Jr. MF St. Andrew, Jamaica St. Hugh’s HS11 Christina Harold 5’4 Fr. D Harrisonville, Mo. Harrisonville HS13 Melanie Brewer 5’2 Jr. D Olathe, Kan. Olathe North HS14 Anja Collen 5’6 Fr. MF Umea, Sweden Ostra Gymnasiet16 Emma Soderlund 5’6 Fr. MF Sundsvall, Sweden Skvaderms Gymnasiekola17 J’Vonelle Simpson 5’4 Jr. D Kingston, Jamaica Camperdown HS19 Ashley Maxwell 5’10 Sr. F Kansas City, Mo. Park Hill HS23 Alisha Hoskins 5’7 Fr. GK Platte City, Mo. Platte County R-3 HS

2011 ALPHABETICAL ROSTERNo. Player Ht. Yr. Pos. 13 Melanie Brewer 5’2 Jr. D7 Shnell Briscoe 6’0 Fr. MF14 Anja Collen 5’6 Fr. MF2 Alexandria Erickson 5’6 Fr. MF8 Nori Gedei 5’6 Sr. MF1 Ellen Ghirardi 5’9 So. GK11 Christina Harold 5’4 Fr. D9 Dana Hemmingsen 5’7 Jr. MF5 Nichole Hemmingsen 5’7 Jr. MF2 Alisha Hoskins 5’7 Fr. GK4 Cara Lightle 5’6 So. D19 Ashley Maxwell 5’10 Sr. F3 Chelsie Shepard 5’3 Sr. MF17 J’Vonelle Simpson 5’4 Jr. D16 Emma Soderlund 5’6 Fr. MF10 Juneille Watkins 5’4 Jr. MF



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KEN HEFNERHead Women’s Soccer Coach (7th Season) • 241-166-20 (all time) • 72-33-11 (at Park)

Ken Hefner en-ters his sev-enth season

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women’s soccer program, entering the season with a mark of 72-33-11 at Park, while his overall record, including 29 wins as a men’s head coach, is 241-166-20. In women’s games, Hefner is 212-153-18, all time. In 2010, Hefner led Park to a share of the American Midwest Conference regular-season championship and was named AMC Coach of the Year, sharing the honor with two other league coaches, and his Pirates finished with an overall re-cord of 12-5-2, following an 8-2 mark in AMC games. Hefner took the Pirates to the AMC Tournament championship game where the team earned its 10th-straight decision without a defeat, drawing at McKendree University before ending the year on pen-alty kicks. His 2010 team set a school record for one-goal outcomes, as all five losses in 2010 came by a single tally, and in all, the team had eight one-goal decision dur-ing the year. Park was 8-0-2 in its last 10 games, and at the season’s end, Ashley Maxwell headlined Hefner’s all-conference selections by being named AMC player of the year. The 2010 season marked the 21st winning season in 23 years of Park wom-en’s soccer, and it was also the 20th with at least 10 wins in Park’s 23-season his-tory. In 2009, Hefner’s Pirates were within striking distance of an American Midwest Conference title throughout the regular season, scoring 63 goals on the year while using a smothering defense that held op-ponents to just 10 scores on the year. The 2009 season was also the fifth-straight under Hefner that saw the Pirates qualify for the postseason, ending the year in the 2009 American Midwest Con-ference Tournament semifinals at Missouri Baptist. Hefner led the Pirates to their eighth NAIA tournament appearance in 2008, earning an opening-round draw before advancing to the second round and final site on penalty kicks at Dordt College. Park finished the year with a 14-2-3 record, losing to NAIA national champion Lee University in Daytona Beach, Fla. Park also claimed its third-straight MCAC

regular-season championship and fourth in the last five years, capping the confer-ence season with a second-straight MCAC tournament championship at Julian Field. At the conclusion of the 2008 season, Hefner gathered a pair of honors, being named NSCAA/adidas NAIA Midwest Re-gion Coach of the Year, as well as MCAC Co-Coach of the Year. He also coached nine all-conference players in 2008, two of which went on to be named NAIA All-Americans. Hefner had the Pirates with-in one win of a trip to Daytona Beach, Fla., and the NAIA tour-nament in the 2007 season, but a loss to Kansas Wesleyan in the Region IV final ended the season at 12-5-2. The Pirates were MCAC regular-season tri-champions and MCAC tourna-ment champi-ons, while also producing an h o n o r a b l e mention All-A m e r i c a n during the year. In 2006, Hefner led the Pirates to a regu-lar season MCAC cham-pionship, go-ing 5-0 in con-ference play. Park dropped the tourna-ment final to Bel-levue, 1-0 but beat Kansas Wesleyan in the Region IV Tournament, ad-vancing to the school’s fifth consecu-tive appearance at the NAIA National Tournament. Hefner led the women past College of the Southwest in Round One but then fell to No. 4 Houghton College out of New York in Round Two. Hefner was honored as the Region IV Coach of the Year and MCAC Co-Coach of the Year. Hefner ranks as the eighth

winningest coaches in NAIA history, own-ing 174 career women’s wins in two sea-sons at Park, seven seasons at Lindsey Wilson College (1993-1999) and three seasons at Tennessee Wesleyan College (1990-93). Additionally, Hefner posted 19 wins as the head coach at NCAA Division I Arkansas State, helping his career coach-

ing wins total to eighth all-time among NAIA women’s coaches.While at Lindsey Wilson, Hef-ner’s teams advanced to the national tournament twice (1998, 1999) and achieved a final national ranking of fifth following the 1999 season. In

seven seasons at Lindsey Wilson, he posted a 93-

46-5 record and had 11 players earn NAIA All-America honors. In 1999, Hef-ner was tabbed to lead a start-up soccer program at A r k a n s a s State, which began play in 2000. His teams quali-fied for the Sun Belt Conference t o u r n a m e n t four years in a row under his guidance and had three play-

ers named to the all-conference

team from 2000-2003. In addition to Hefner’s success on the field, his players have enjoyed success in the classroom. At Lindsey Wilson, he had 18 academic all-con-ference selections and eight NAIA All-America Scholar-Athletes. Dur-ing his time at Arkansas State, his team owned an

overall GPA of 3.0 or bet-ter in six of seven semes-

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KITTI KATONAAssistant Women’s Soccer Coach (2nd Season)

Kitti Katona begins her second season as an assistant coach

in the program she helped build into a defensive pow-

er, moving to the Park sideline after four years as a starting defender for the Pirates between 2005 and 2009. She handles day-to-day operations in the women’s soccer program. Katona began her playing career at Park in 2005, earning 20 starts and scoring three of her five career goals as a freshman. In the 2006 sea-son, her second in a Pirate uniform, she helped orchestrate one of the nation’s top defensive turnarounds, as the Park defense held oppo-nents to just 10 goals after allowing 39 in 2005, her freshman season. She sat out with a knee injury in 2007, but bounced back in 2008, again anchoring a de-fense that held opponents to less than 20 goals, giving up 17 on the year. She also scored her fourth career goal during the 2008 campaign and helped the Pirates advance to the 2008 NAIA national tournament, marking her third appearance on the NAIA’s national stage in her four years on the field. In her senior season, 2009, the Pirates allowed 10 goals and compiled another 10 wins, falling in the second round of the 2009 AMC tournament to Missouri Baptist. She also scored her fifth career goal in 2009, ending her playing career with five goals and two assists, taking 24 shots and putting 10 shots on goal. Katona played and started in 11 games during her injury-shortened senior season, bringing her career totals to 71 games played with 70 starts in a Pirate uniform. She graduated in 2010 with a degree in international business and is currently at-tending graduate school at Park University.

MONIKA STOIBERStudent Manager/Goalkeepers (1st Season)

Monika Stoiber is in her fifth season with the Park Uni-

versity women’s soccer pro-gram but 2011 will be Stoi-

ber’s first not in uniform as she joins the team to assist the coaching staff as a student manager. Stoiber will work primarily with Park’s goalkeep-ers and assist the women’s soccer staff with day-to-day program operations. She finished her four-year playing career in 2010, amassing 161 career saves and a 22-5-4 record between the pipes. Stoiber played in 54 games over four sea-sons and had a career goals-against average of 1.05, compiling 13 career shutouts, including 11 as a junior in 2009.

four-straight NAIA Scholar Team designa-tions, and 11 players have been named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athletes during his tenure at Park University. He has also coached second- and third-team NAIA All-Americans while at Park, with a handful of players also earn-ing NAIA Honorable Mention All-America designations. Hefner, who owns a United States Soccer Federation National “B” License, an Advanced National License and an NSCAA National Diploma, earned a bachelor of arts in psychology from West Georgia College in 1987. He and his wife, Dawn, have three children, Matthew (25), Megan (24) and Mackenzie (20).

KEN HEFNER YEAR-BY-YEAR*Year School W-L-T1990-92 Tennessee Wesleyan 28-20-1

1993 Lindsey Wilson 13-6-01994 Lindsey Wilson 15-7-01995 Lindsey Wilson 11-8-11996 Lindsey Wilson 11-6-11997 Lindsey Wilson 15-4-11998 Lindsey Wilson 15-7-11999 Lindsey Wilson 13-8-11993-99 Lindsey Wilson 93-46-5

2000 Arkansas State 5-14-02001 Arkansas State 3-14-02002 Arkansas State 4-14-12003 Arkansas State 7-12-02000-03 Arkansas State 19-54-1

2005 PARK UNIVERSITY 8-9-32006 PARK UNIVERSITY 16-5-02007 PARK UNIVERSITY 12-5-22008 PARK UNIVERSITY 14-2-32009 PARK UNIVERSITY 10-7-12010 PARK UNIVERSITY 12-5-22005-10 PARK UNIVERSITY 72-33-8

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MELANIE BREWER5-2 • Junior • Defender • Olathe, Kan. (Olathe North High School)

Year GP-GS G A Pts. Shots Sh% SOG SOG% GW PK-Att.2009 18-18 2 0 4 12 .167 6 .500 0 0-02010 18-17 0 1 1 2 .000 1 .500 0 0-0Career 36-35 2 1 5 14 .143 7 .500 0 0-0

2010 – Played in 18 of Park’s 19 games, starting in 17, helping anchor a defense that allowed opponents 22 goals on 75 on-goal attempts…Took two shots, placing one on-frame without a goal…Had an assist, in Park’s 14-0 win at Harris-Stowe State University…Played a part in all eight defensive shutouts and helped Park finish the season on a 10-game unbeaten streak (8-0-2)…Defensive presence earned first-team all-conference accolades in the AMC…Shined in the classroom, as well, earning academic all-conference honors.

2009 - Started in all 18 games for the Pirate defense, registering a pair of goals in games against Harris-Stowe State University on Oct. 3 and Oct. 19...Helped the Park defense compile 11 shut outs, allowing just 10 goals on the year...Took 12 shots and placed six on goal.

PERSONAL – Melanie Brewer was born in Olathe, Kan., and is the daughter of Dave and Denise Brewer…Father is the Chief Operating Officer of the Culligan Corporation of Greater Kansas City…Mother is a clerk…Has five siblings, including oldest brother Josh, the 1997 Simone Award winner and former Olathe North quarterback…Other siblings are Joe, Ricky, Haleigh and John…High school coaches were Dave Glassman and Forest Miles at Olathe North, where she was named honorable mention All-Sunflower League as a junior in 2008…Started every game in four years at Olathe North and is also a captain for her club team, the Kansas City Legends…

Off the field service includes National Honor Society, Eagle Leadership Cadre and Link Crew …Shares her high school alma mater with current San Diego Charger and former Kansas State running back Darren Sproles…Chose Park over Notre Dame de Namur, Adams State and Buena Vista for its campus, proximity to home, coaching staff and friends involved in the program…Plans to major in legal studies…Away from the field, enjoys reading and playing golf.

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NORI GEDEI5-6 • Senior • Midfielder • Szeged, Hungary (Sagvari Endre High School)

Year GP-GS G A Pts. Shots Sh% SOG SOG% GW PK-Att.2008 19-17 2 2 6 20 .100 14 .700 1 0-02009 18-11 3 5 11 25 .120 13 .520 0 0-02010 19-16 2 7 11 17 .118 10 .588 1 0-0Career 56-44 7 14 28 62 .113 37 .597 2 0-0

2010 – One of three Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes for the Pirates in 2010, Gedei played in all 19 games and earned 16 starts, leading the team in assists with seven…Had back-to-back games with multiple assists, dishing out two in a win over Hannibal-LaGrange at Julian Field on Oct. 16, followed by a three-assist performance in Park’s 14-0 win over Harris-Stowe State University on Oct. 20…Also scored a pair of goals on the year, striking first at Hannibal-LaGrange on Sept. 25, helping Park to a 3-2 win with her only game-winning goal of the year, followed by another goal against HLG at home on Oct. 16…Took 17 shots and put 10 on frame for a .588 shot-on-goal percentage…Finished the year with 11 points and earned academic all-conference honors in the American Midwest Conference.

2009 - Played in all 18 games, starting in 11, with three goals and five assists for 11 points...Took 25 shots and put 13 on goal...Scored all three of her goals in an Oct. 13 win over Harris-Stowe

State University, helping the Pirates establish the eighth-best single game scoring total in NAIA women’s soccer history...Had her the first of her five assists in the season opener against Avila...Two of her three goals on the year were unassisted.

2008 - Played in 19 games, making 17 starts with two goals scored...First goal came against NCAA

Division I South Dakota, which also marked her only career collegiate game-winning goal...Later

scored at home against Central Christian...Also had two assists on the year, getting

her first against Oklahoma Christian and her second at Benedictine...Took

20 shots on the year, including five at Oklahoma Wesleyan and four against Oklahoma Christian...Of her

20 shots, placed 14 on goal.

PERSONAL - Nori Gedei was born in Szeged…chose Park for the soccer program…plans to major in international business.

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ELLEN GHIRARDI5-9 • Sophomore • Goalkeeper • O’Fallon, Mo. (Fort Zumwalt South High School)

Year GP-GS Min. GA GAA SV SV% W L T SHO2010 9-7 732:33 7 0.86 18 .720 5 1 1 4Career 9-7 732:33 7 0.86 18 .720 5 1 1 4

2010 – Earned seven starts in nine appearances, recording more than 732 minutes in goal…Surrendered seven goals for a 0.86 goals-against average and stopped 18 shots for saves…Was 5-1-1 between the pipes and had four shutouts, including a critical shutout in the AMC tournament against Missouri Baptist University…Recorded her first-career win against Harris-Stowe State U n i v e r s i t y on Oct. 2, beginning a five-game winning streak that included all four shutouts…Streak ended in the AMC championship game where she earned a 2-2 draw with McKendree University…Only relief

goalkeeping appearance came in the season opener, playing 19 minutes in the team’s 6-0 win over the University of Sioux Falls…Had 13 of her 18 saves in a pair of matches, stopping seven shots in a 3-2 win at Missouri Baptist on Oct. 9, and in the AMC title game, she picked up six saves…Was the AMC’s defensive

player of the week on Oct. 1.

PERSONAL – Ellen Michelle Ghirardi was born in St. Louis, Mo., and is the daughter of Bob and Mary Jo Ghirardi...Father is a technical production manager, mother

a research specialist...Has three siblings, including a sister - Chrissy - who plays soccer for McKendree University...Also recruited by McKendree, Lindenwood, Greenville and

Johnson County...Played high school soccer at Fort Zumwalt High School for head coach

Vernon Gano...A four-year varsity performer, was the outstanding sportsmanship award winner as

well as an academic all-conference member...Chose Park for its campus and soccer program.

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DANA HEMMINGSEN5-7 • Junior • Forward • Prairie Village, Kan. (Shawnee Mission East High School)

Year GP-GS G A Pts. Shots Sh% SOG SOG% GW PK-Att.2009 18-17 6 4 16 44 .136 21 .477 1 0-02010 19-19 13 5 31 59 .220 32 .542 2 0-0 Career 37-36 19 9 47 103 .184 53 .515 3 0-0

2010 – Started in all 19 games for the Pirates, earning honorable mention all-conference honors after checking in as the team’s second-leading scorer in the 2010 season…Scored 13 goals with five assists for 31 points…Recorded three multiple-goal games, including a four-score game at Harris-Stowe on Oct. 20, helping the Pirates to a 14-0 win…Also had two of the team’s three goals in a 3-2 win over MidAmerica Nazarene University and another pair of goals on Oct. 2 at home against Harris-Stowe…Also had two of her five assists on the year in the home win over the Hornets for six total points…Recorded Park’s game-winning goal at William Woods University, a 2-0 victory, and scored the lone goal in the regular-season finale against Missouri Baptist University, burying the ball in the back of the net in the 55th minute…Finished the year with a .220 shot percentage, taking 59 shots, and had 32 shots on goal for a .542 shot-on-goal average…Ended the year as an academic all-conference honoree and was the AMC’s offensive player of the week on Oct. 4.

2009 - Played in all 18 games with 17 starts, posting six goals and four assists to total 16 points...Took 44 shots, 21 of which were shots on goal...Had a career high four goals in the American Midwest Conference quarterfinals against Harris-Stowe State

University...Also had scores against Harris-Stowe in the regular season...Had three assists in Park’s 19-0 win over the Hornets in Parkville...Made 10 consecutive starts to end the regular season.

PERSONAL - Dana Hemmingsen was born in Kansas City, Mo., and is the

daughter of Connie and Neil Hemmingsen, who reside in Prairie Village, Kan...Father is an electrical engineer, mother a fraud specialist…Has two sisters, Amanda and a twin, Nichole, who is also on the Park women’s soccer roster…High school coaches at Shawnee Mission East were Jim Ricker and Jamie Kelly…In 2009, was selected First-Team All-Sunflower League, First-Team Northeast Kansas

Region and First-Team All-State in Kansas Class 6A...Named 2008 All-Sun honorable mention and honorable mention All-Sunflower League as a junior…Played on the Kansas Olympic

Development Program team from 2002 to 2004…Chose Park University over Wayne State,

Tennessee Tech and UMKC because of its location…Will major in mathematics…Also enjoys reading and volleyball.

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NICHOLE HEMMINGSEN5-7 • Junior • Midfielder • Prairie Village, Kan. (Shawnee Mission East High School)

Year GP-GS G A Pts. Shots Sh% SOG SOG% GW PK-Att.2009 18-15 2 1 5 31 .065 8 .258 1 0-02010 19-18 3 1 7 33 .091 10 .303 0 0-0Career 37-33 5 2 12 64 18 1 0-0

2010 – An academic all-conference selection, played in all 19 games for the Pirates, starting in 18…Was one of five midfielders in the American Midwest Conference to earn first-team all-conference consideration at the position…Found the back of the net three times, all in conference games, including Park’s lone score in a 2-1 loss at home to McKendree on Sept. 18…Also scored in road games at Missouri Baptist University and Harris-Stowe State University…Lone assist came in the AMC tournament championship game, setting up her sister, Dana, for the game’s first goal…Took 33 shots, putting 10 on frame for a .303 shot-on-goal percentage…Closed the year with 14-consecutive starts.

2009 - Played in all 18 games with 15 starts, including seven-straight starts to end the season...Scored two goals and had an assist for five points...First goal came in the team’s season opening win over Avila...Also scored against Harris-Stowe in the 2009 AMC Tournament...Assist came at Harris-Stowe on Oct. 19...Took 31 shots and placed eight on goal...First career goal was Park’s game winner against Avila.

PERSONAL - Nichole Hemmingsen was born in Kansas City, Mo., and is the daughter of Connie and Neil Hemmingsen, who reside in Prairie Village, Kan….Father is an electrical engineer, mother a fraud specialist… Has two sisters, Amanda and a twin,

Dana, who is also on the Park women’s soccer roster…High school coaches at Shawnee Mission East were Jim Ricker and Jamie Kelly…Was named Second-Team All-Sunflower League as a senior in 2009…Named 2008 All-Sun honorable mention

and All-Sunflower League second-team in her junior season…Played on the Kansas Olympic Development Program team from 2002 to 2004…Chose Park University over Wayne State, Tennessee Tech and UMKC for its campus, proximity to home and coaching staff…

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CARA LIGHTLE5-6 • Sophomore • Defender • Shawnee, Kan. (Shawnee Mission Northwest High School)

Year GP-GS G A Pts. Shots Sh% SOG SOG% GW PK-Att.2010 19-15 1 1 3 6 .167 3 .500 0 0-0 Career 19-15 1 1 3 6 .167 3 .500 0 0-0

2010 – Played in 19 games with 15 appearances in the starting lineup as a defender…Helped limit opponents to 22 goals on the year, including eight shutouts…Was part of a defense that shut out five-straight opponents between Oct. 16 and Nov. 8…Scored her only goal of the season in a one-score loss at McKendree University, Park’s only tally in the game…Also had an assist, Sept. 25, at Hannibal-LaGrange…Compiled a .167 shot percentage, scoring on one of her six shots on the year…Had a .500 shots-on-goal percentage, putting three of her six shots on frame…Finished the year with three points and did not have a multiple-shot game.

PERSONAL - Cara Renee Lightle was born in Prairie Village, Kan., and is the daughter of Jon and Cindy Lightle...Has

two siblings - Rebecca (22) and Brett (18)...Played high school soccer for coaches Todd Buren and Drew Perkins at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School where she was a four-year varsity letterwinner and starter for the Kansas Class 6A Cougars...

Played club soccer for KC Comets Select where she was a member of the ODP Regional Team in

2008 and 2009...Played in the National ODP Championship tournament in Frisco, Texas, in 2009...Was also considered Truman State and Southwest Baptist...Chose Park for its size, campus and proximity to home...Will major in business marketing and enjoys traveling and spending time with friends when away from the soccer field.

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ASHLEY MAXWELL5-10 • Senior • Forward • Kansas City, Mo. (Park Hill High School)

Year GP-GS G A Pts. Shots Sh% SOG SOG% GW PK-Att.2008 19-19 13 3 29 82 .159 47 .573 6 0-02009 18-16 16 4 36 70 .229 47 .671 4 0-02010 19-18 22 6 50 112 .196 65 .580 5 1-3Career 56-53 51 13 95 264 .193 159 .602 15 1-3

2010 – Named AMC Player of the Year and an NAIA Honorable Mention All-American, led Park in scoring with 22 goals and six assists, piling up 50 points and producing five game-winning goals…Was a three-time AMC player of the week, first earning the league’s offensive nod on Sept. 6 after leading Park to a pair of wins with five goals in her first three games…Also earned the award Oct. 11 and Oct. 18…Had seven multiple-goal games including three hat tricks, producing her first three-score performance on Oct. 2 against Harris-Stowe State University, burying three of Park’s five goals on the day…Also had three goals in the Pirates’ 14-0 win at Harris-Stowe, and in the AMC tournament, led the Pirates to a 4-0 win with three goals, including the game winner, to advance to the league title game…First two game winners in 2010 were in back-to-back games against MidAmerica Nazarene and Midland Lutheran…Also had game-winning goals against Harris-Stowe and Hannibal-LaGrange…Led the AMC in goals scored and shots on goal per game…Took 112 shots and put 65 on-frame…Also made Park’s only penalty kick of the 2010 season, on Oct. 9 at Missouri Baptist…In addition to All-America and player of the year honors, was a first-team all-conference performer in the AMC.

2009 - Played in all 18 games for Park with 16 starts, earning an Honorable Mention All-AMC designation as a sophomore...

Led the American Midwest Conference with 16 goals and also added four assists for 36 points...Had a pair of three-goal games, scoring three times in the season-opener against Avila University and three more in a 19-0 win over Harris-Stowe State University

on Oct. 3...Had two goals against Missouri Baptist University on Oct. 10 and two against HSSU in the

AMC tournament on Nov. 6...In all, scored in 10 of her 18 games played...Took 70 shots and placed 47 on goal...Had four game-winning goals and scored four unassisted goals on the year.

2008 - Named the MCAC’s Offensive Player of the Year after leading the Pirates through the regular season with

13 goals...Was named a Third-Team All-American by the NAIA…Added three assists for 29 points...Led the team with six game winning goals, 82 shots and 47 shots on goal...Made

the final PK in the Pirates’ shoot-out advance over Dordt in the NAIA Opening Round...Had three multiple-goal games,

scoring twice against South Dakota, York and Oklahoma Wesleyan…First career game-winner came in overtime at William Jewell, marking the first of six game-winners on the season...Had one post-season goal, scoring the game-winner in the Pirates’ first-round MCAC win over St. Mary (Neb.).

PERSONAL - Ashley Maxwell is the daughter of Connie and Terry Maxwell…played for head coaches Carl Calcara and Manny Catano…was first-team all-conference and all-district…likes to play soccer and run…chose to attend Park for the women’s soccer program…plans to major in education.

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CHELSIE SHEPARD5-3 • Senior • Midfielder • Topeka, Kan. (Johnson County Community College)

Year GP-GS G A Pts. Shots Sh% SOG SOG% GW PK-Att.2010 16-1 2 3 7 18 .111 6 .333 0 0-0 Career 16-1 2 3 7 18 .111 6 .333 0 0-0

2010 – Named AMC Newcomer of the Year in 2010, Shepard played in 16 games for Park’s defensive back line, earning one start and helping the Pirates outscore opponents 60-22 on the year…Had two goals, both at Harris-Stowe State University in a 14-0 win over the Hornets…Also had an assist in the 14-goal victory, one of three on the year to total seven points…Had an assist in her first appearance of the season, a 3-2 win over MidAmerica Nazarene University, and set up another goal against William Woods, helping the Pirates to a shutout win on senior day…Took 18 shots on the year, placing six on frame.

PERSONAL – Chelsie Renae Shepard was born in Topeka, Kan., and is the daughter of Rodger and Cynthia Shepard...Has three siblings - Rachel, Jenny and Chris...Both sisters played college soccer - Rachel at Baker and Jenny at both Allen County and the University of South Dakota...Mother works for the State of Kansas...Father is a fire chief for the Topeka Fire Department...Played high school soccer at Topeka West for head coach Chris McGinnis where she was the team MVP for the Class 5A Chargers in her senior season...Went on to play at Johnson County Community College for head coach Jim Schwab where she was an All-Jayhawk Conference and all-region performer...

Helped the team to the NJCAA national tournament in 2009 where she scored two of the team’s three goals in postseason play...Chose Park for its location...

Also recruited by Avila, MidAmerica Nazarene and Graceland...Is a

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J’VONELLE SIMPSON5-4 • Junior • Defender • Kingston, Jamaica (Camperdown High School)

Year GP-GS G A Pts. Shots Sh% SOG SOG% GW PK-Att.2009 18-12 0 4 4 22 .000 8 .364 0 0-02010 19-10 1 2 4 19 .053 8 .421 0 0-0 Career 37-22 1 6 8 41 .024 16 .390 0 0-0

2010 – Played in all 19 games, staring in 10, with a goal and two assists while primarily contributing to the Pirates’ defensive efforts in the 2010 season…Helped Park hold opponents to 22 goals on the year, outscoring the opposition 60-22…Registered her only goal in the season’s third game,

helping the Pirates overcome an upset bid from Midland Lutheran College, 3-2…Assisted on a goal that helped Park earn a 1-1 draw at Baker University and had another assist in conference play, at

Harris-Stowe State University in October…Took 19 shots and placed eight on goal…Was an academic all-conference honoree and earned the AMC’s defensive player of the week nod on Oct.

18 following a 1-0-1 week with a shutout win over Hannibal-LaGrange.

2009 - Appeared in all 18 games with 12 starts without a goal, but did record four assists...Took 22 shots and put eight on goal...Helped Park’s defense hold opponents to 10 goals in 2009 and was part of a defense that

recorded 11 shutouts...Picked up a pair of assists in a pair of games against Harris-Stowe State

University (Oct. 19 and Nov. 6)...Had two shots on goal against Benedictine in September.

PERSONAL - J’vonelle Patrice Simpson was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and is the daughter of Megan Watson, a cosmetologist in Kingston...Has sven siblings..Played for

Jamaica’s U-20 national team, advancing to the 2008 U-20 World Cup Qualifying Round...Comes to the Pirates from Camperdown High School in Kingston where she played for coaches Patrick Dunkley, Janise Campbell-Lee and Vin Blaine...Helped the team to five

Knockout championships and the 2006 Premier League title...Was the Browns Town Dynamo FC

rookie of the year in 2003 and the most outstanding player for Camperdown in 2008...Will majorin biology with a minor in chemistry...Nickname is “Chin”...Off-the-field hobbies include listening to music and interacting with peers...A cousin, Wavel Hinds, played cricket for the West Indies Cricket Team...

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JUNEILLE WATKINS5-4 • Sophomore • Forward • St. Andrew, Jamaica (St. Hugh’s High School)

Year GP-GS G A Pts. Shots Sh% SOG SOG% GW PK-Att.2009 18-2 10 3 23 29 .345 17 .586 0 0-02010 19-18 13 4 30 51 .255 29 .569 3 0-0Career 37-20 23 7 53 80 .288 46 .579 3 0-0

2010 – Tied for second on the team in goals scored, finding the back of the net 13 times, adding four assists for 30 points…Started in 18 games and played in 19, taking 51 shots and placing 29 on goal…Had three game-winning goals, including back-to-back first goals in conference shutouts over William Woods University and Harris-Stowe State University…Also had the game-winner at Missouri Baptist in a 3-2 victory on Oct. 9…Posted three multiple-score outings, including a hat trick on Oct. 20 at Harris-Stowe…Scored two goals in her only non-start, helping the Pirates to a 6-0 season-opening win over the University of Sioux Falls, and had two more goals on Sept. 12 in a one-score loss to Northland rival William Jewell College…Had four assists on the year, including one assist in the AMC tournament championship game at McKendree University, where she also scored a goal…Scored goals in five of Park’s final six games.

2009 - Made two starts while playing in all 18 games, earning All-Conference honors in the AMC with 10 goals and three assists...Took 29 shots with 17 shots on goal...Registered two goals in the season-opener against Avila University and went on to post four games with two or more goals...Career high for scoring came at Harris-Stowe State University with three goals scored...Had assists against

William Jewell, William Woods and Harris-Stowe...Four of her 10 goals were unassisted...Starts came against

Benedictine College and Hannibal-LaGrange College.

PERSONAL - Juneille Trisan Watkins was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and is the daughter of Andrea Reid and Albert Watkins...Has one sibling, Nashvil Orbouine (26)...Played high school soccer for St. Hugh’s High School in Kingston for coach Warren Atkinson...Helped the team finish second in ISSA Malta School Girls’ Football...Was the team’s leading scorer and away from the field, earned classroom awards in

geography and music...Also competed for the Jamaican U-20 national team...Chose Park over Baker University to further her education and play soccer...

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SHNELL BRISCOE6-0 • Freshman • MidfielderClarendon, JamiacaGarvey Maceo High School

Shnell Shakquala Towanda Briscoe was born in Lionel Town, Ja-maica, and is the daughter of Ann-Marie Briscoe...Chose Park for the opportunity to play soccer after graduating from Garvey Maceo High School in 2010...Will major in athletic training.

ALISHA HOSKINS5-6 • Freshman • GoalkeeperPlatte City, Mo.Platte County R-3 High School

Alisha Lauren Hoskins was born in Kansas City, Mo., and is the daughter of Terry and Jeanne Hoskins…Has two siblings – Dan-iel (22) and William (15)…Chose Park for its athletics program and educational opportunities…Played high school soccer at Platte County High School for coach Ashlyn Brantly, helping the team to a fourth-place state-tournament finish while also earn-ing first-team all-conference and first-team all-district honors…Also played basketball for the Pirates under head coach Chris Stubbs…Played club soccer for Polaris KC, for head coach Kev-in Kelley, KC Comments, under coach Gino Schiraldi and Blue Valley Soccer Club, for coach Nacole Neuendorf…Was involved in National Honor Society, Recycling Club, Peer Helping and Honor Band…Will major in athletic training at Park.

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EMMA SODERLUND5-6 • Freshman • MidfielderSundsvall, SwedenSkvaderms Gymnasiekola

Emma Josefine Soderlund is the daughter of Pia and Eric Soder-lund and has one sibling…Was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and resides in Sundsvall, Sweden…Attended Skvaderms Gym-nasiekola, where she played high school soccer…Chose Park for its soccer program and educational opportunities…Will major in biology.

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ANJA COLLEN5-6 • Freshman • MidfielderUmea, SwedenOstra Gymnasiet

Anja Petra Berith Collen was born in Umea, Sweden, and is the daughter of Jens and Annika Collen…Chose Park for the op-portunity to “play soccer on a great team and graduate from a school in a great city”…Has four siblings – Anna, Andrea, Os-kar and Niclas…Attended Ostra Gymnasiet, in Umea, Sweden, where she was named Player of the Year in her district…Off the field, enjoys spending time with friends and baking.

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ALEXANDRIA ERICKSON5-6 • Freshman • MidfielderHarrisonville, Mo.Harrisonville High School

Alexandria Jae Erickson was born in Kansas City, Mo., and is the daughter of Tony and Julie Erickson…Has a sister, Stephanie…Played high school soccer at Harrisonville for coach Dan Cole-man, helping the Wildcats to three conference championships, a pair of district titles and a state tournament appearance…Was a four-time first-team all-conference and first-team all-district honoree…Stood out in the classroom, as well, finishing in the top 15-percent of her graduating class in grade point average…Chose Park over Baker University and William Jewell College and will major in chemistry…Nickname is “Alex” and enjoys wakeboarding when away from the soccer field.

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CHRISTINA HAROLD5-4 • Freshman • DefenderHarrisonville, Mo. Harrisonville High School

Christina Morgan Harold was born in Lee’s Summit, Mo., and is the daughter of Rob and Paige McLellan…Has three siblings – Lillianne (12), Kacie (20) and Josh (23)…Played high school soccer at Harrisonville High School for coach Dan Coleman, helping the team to MRVCV championships in 2010 and 2011…Was an all-conference and all-district performer in all four high school seasons, including landing on the first team in both her junior and senior years…Was an all-region performer as a senior and was named second-team all-state…Chose Park for its size and soccer program over Benedictine College and William Jew-ell…Will major in secondary education…Nickname is “Tina” and enjoys volleyball when away from the soccer field.

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• Park shot out of the gate in 2010, earning a 6-0 win over the University of Sioux Falls on a blazing-hot Saturday afternoon at Julian Field on Aug. 21. The game was the first of three-straight wins to begin the year for the Pirates.

• The Pirates’ next two wins were both hard-fought, beginning with an Aug. 31 win in overtime, at Julian Field, against crosstown rival MidAmerica Nazarene University. Park beat the Pioneers, 3-2, on Ashley Maxwell’s game-winning goal, and Maxwell produced another game-winner on a Friday night at Julian Field, scoring in the final minute of the second overtime period against Midland Lutheran College, pushing the Pirates to 3-0 with a second-straight 3-2 victory.

• Park fell on hard times for the remainder of the month of September, recording all five of the team’s losses during the 2010 season. All five of Park’s notches in the loss column came by one-goal, and Park set a school record with eight-straight one-goal decisions, going 3-5 in the stretch of one-goal games. The losing streak began with a heartbreaking 3-2 loss at William Jewell College, a game that saw Park tie the game early before taking a late lead, only to give the lead back to Jewell as the Cardinals finished with two unanswered goals. Benedictine beat Park by a goal in overtime on Sept. 14 in Atchison, and Park fell to a pair of ranked opponents to end the losing streak, falling 2-1 to McKendree and 1-0 to Graceland, making the Yellowjackets the only opponent in 2010 to hold Park without a goal over a 90-minute period.

• The winless streak stopped on Sept. 25 when the Pirates escaped Hannibal, Mo., defeating Hannibal-LaGrange, 3-2, and on Sept. 29, Park lost for the final time in 2010, another 2-1 loss at McKendree, which also brought a close to the eight-game string of one-goal decisions.

• Park posted its first shutout since the season opener when Harris-Stowe State University visited Julian Field to begin the month of October, beating HSSU 5-0, marking the first of two conference shutouts. Park beat William Woods University, in Fulton, 2-0, on Oct. 6, and the Pirates won their third-straight game in conference play on Oct. 9, beating Missouri Baptist University, in St. Louis, 3-2.

• One of only two ties in the season-ending 10-game unbeaten streak came at Baker University on Oct. 12, when the Pirates and Wildcats each managed one goal over 110 minutes, ending in a 1-1 draw.

• Park finished the regular season with four-straight shutouts and added another to begin postseason play, beginning with a 4-0 win at home over Hannibal-LaGrange on Oct. 16. On Oct. 20, Park had its fourth-best scoring performance on record at Harris-Stowe, beating the Hornets 14-0 followed by a 3-0 win at William Woods and a 1-0 victory over Missouri Baptist on Senior Day at Julian Field.

RECAPPING 2010’S RUN THROUGH THE REGULAR SEASON PARK SINGLE-GAME SCORINGGoals....Opponent ......................... Year19..........Harris-stowe state .......... 200918..........Central Methodist ............ 199318..........Oklahoma Wesleyan ....... 200414..........Harris-stowe state ......... 201014..........Harris-stowe state .......... 200912..........Mckendree ....................... 199512..........York .................................. 200411 ..........Oklahoma Christian ........ 199511 ..........York .................................. 200710..........Avila.................................. 199510..........Mckendree ....................... 199610..........Central Christian ............. 200310..........Oklahoma Wesleyan ....... 200510..........Harris-stowe state .......... 2009



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• The postseason began for Park in the 2010 AMC Tournament Semifinals, when Park earned a 4-0 win over Missouri Baptist, a week after beating the Spartans on the same field to close the regular season. The year ended, though, on Nov. 11 at McKendree in the AMC tournament championship. Despite earning a share of the AMC regular-season championship with McKendree University, Park was the No. 2 seed in the AMC tournament, and for the second-straight year, the Pirates were forced to play away from home in their final game of the season during the postseason, drawing with McKendree in the championship game of the tournament before falling on penalty kicks, 3-1.

• Ashley Maxwell was named AMC Player of the Year and a first-team all-conference selection, earning her way onto the NAIA’s Honorable Mention All-America team. Chelsie Shepard also earned AMC honors, being named AMC Newcomer of the Year, and in all, Park had five first-team all-conference selections, another on the honorable mention squad, and nine academic all-conference honorees.

• Senior defender Samantha Gross became the first player in school history to land on the ESPN/CoSIDA Academic All-District Team, earning Third-Team consideration while also being named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete, joining goalkeeper Monika Stoiber and midfielder Nori Gedei on the list.

• At season’s end, head coach Ken Hefner, who is in the NAIA’s top 10 for active career coaching wins, was named AMC Tri-Coach of the Year.

• Park’s senior class finished its four-year term in Parkville with an overall record of 48-19-8, including conference tournament championship game appearances in three of four years, three regular-season championships and an appearance in the 2008 NAIA National Championship second round. The senior class also went 29-8-2 on its home field, Julian Field, in four seasons.

• Lisa Buzzotta wrapped up her four-year career with nine goals and 10 assists, including two in each category during her senior year. As a junior, Buzzotta found hte back of the net four times.

• Emilia Sheffer took four shots as a senior, placing two on goal, and was an academic all-conference selection, ending her career with three goals - one as a sophomore, two as a junior. She also had four assists, all in her junior season.

• Samantha Gross was Park University’s first-ever ESPN/CoSIDA

Academic All-District honoree, being named to the third team in CoSIDA District 7. Gross helped anchor a defense that allowed opponents just 22 goals in 19 games, and in 2009, she was a junior member of

a defense that allowed just 10 opponent scores.

• Monika Stoiber concluded her career in goal by playing in 13 of Park’s 16 games, and she was also one of three Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes in her senior season. She finished with a career goals-against

average just above 1.00 and finished with a 22-5-4 record in

54 games during her four years at Park. Stoiber finished with 161 career saves, including 60 in her junior season and 34 as a senior

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2010 POSTSEASON SENIOR CLASS NOTES

nori Gedei (facing page) was one of three Daktronics-nAiA scholar-Athletes for Park in 2010 and led the team in assists, aiding on seven goals during the 2010 campaign. Melanie Brewer (above) and nichole Hemmingsen (right) were two of Park’s first-team all-conference selections.



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2010 PARK WOMEN’S SOCCER RECORD HOME AWAY NEUTRALOVERALL 12 - 5 - 2 8 - 2 - 0 4 - 3 - 2 0 - 0 - 0AMERICAN MIDWEST CONFERENCE 8 - 2 - 0 4 - 1 - 0 4 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0NON-CONFERENCE 4 - 3 - 2 4 - 1 - 0 0 - 2 - 2 0 - 0 - 0

DATE OPPONENT SCORE ATT # PLAYER GP G A PTS SH SH% SOG SOG% GW PK-ATAug. 21 UNIVERSITY OF SIOUX FALLS W, 6-0 271 1 Ellen Ghirardi 9 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0Aug. 31 MIDAMERICA NAZARENE UNIV. W, 3-2 (ot) 186 3 Lisa Buzzotta 19 2 2 6 34 .059 19 .559 1 0-0Sept. 3 MIDLAND LUTHERAN COLLEGE W, 3-2 (2ot) 236 4 Cara Lightle 19 1 1 3 6 .167 3 .500 0 0-0Sept. 12 at William Jewell College L, 2-3 812 5 Nichole Hemmingsen 19 3 1 7 33 .091 10 .303 0 0-0Sept. 15 at Benedictine College L, 2-3 (2ot) 245 7 Chelsie Shepard 16 2 3 7 18 .111 6 .333 0 0-0Sept. 18 McKENDREE UNIVERSITY * L, 1-2 202 8 Nori Gedei 19 2 7 11 17 .118 10 .588 1 0-0Sept. 22 GRACELAND UNIVERSITY L, 0-1 459 9 Dana Hemmingsen 19 13 5 31 59 .220 32 .542 2 0-0Sept. 25 at Hannibal-LaGrange University * W, 3-2 166 10 Juneille Watkins 19 13 4 30 51 .255 29 .569 3 0-0Sept. 29 at McKendree University * L, 1-2 (ot) 200 11 Madeline Sund 19 1 0 2 9 .111 5 .556 0 0-0Oct. 2 HARRIS-STOWE STATE UNIV. * W, 5-0 244 12 Linn Westerdahl 16 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0Oct. 6 at William Woods University * W, 2-0 132 13 Melanie Brewer 18 0 1 1 6 .000 2 .333 0 0-0Oct. 9 at Missouri Baptist University * W, 3-2 117 14 Samantha Gross 16 0 0 0 4 .000 0 .000 0 0-0Oct. 12 at Baker University T, 1-1 (2ot) 156 15 Haylee Allen 13 0 1 1 2 .000 1 .500 0 0-0Oct. 16 HANNIBAL-LaGRANGE UNIV. * W, 4-0 233 16 Anna Malmen 19 0 1 1 6 .000 2 .333 0 0-0Oct. 20 at Harris-Stowe State University * W, 14-0 110 17 J’Vonelle Simpson 19 1 2 4 19 .053 8 .421 0 0-0Oct. 23 WILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY * W, 3-0 408 19 Ashley Maxwell 19 22 6 50 112 .196 65 .580 5 1-3Oct. 30 MISSOURI BAPTIST UNIVERSITY * W, 1-0 211 23 Emilia Sheffer 11 0 0 0 4 .000 2 .500 0 0-0Nov. 8 MISSOURI BAPTIST UNIVERSITY ! W, 4-0 162 24 Monika Stoiber 13 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0Nov. 11 at McKendree University ! T, 2-2 (3ot) 240 TEAM TOTALS 19 60 34 154 376 .160 193 .513 12 1-3 (McKendree Advanced to NAIA Tournament on PK’s, 2-1) OPPONENTS 19 22 10 54 172 .128 75 .436 5 2-2

* - American Midwest Conference Regular-Season Game! - American Midwest Conference Tournament Game # GOALTENDER GP MIN GA AVG SV PCT W-L-T SHO 1 Ellen Ghirardi 9 732:33 7 0.86 18 .720 5-1-1 4TEAM STATISTICS ................................ PARK OPP 24 Monika Stoiber 13 1066:15 15 1.27 34 .694 7-4-1 2SHOT STATISTICS ................................ GOALTENDING TOTALS 19 1798:48 22 1.10 52 .703 12-5-2 8 Goals-Shot Attempts .......................... 60-376 22-172 OPPONENTS 19 1798:48 60 3.00 133 .689 5-12-2 1 Goals scored Average ........................ 3.00 1.10 Shot Percentage ................................ .160 .128 GOALS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 OT3 - TOT Shots on Goal-Attempts ..................... 193-376 75-172 PARK 31 27 1 1 0 - 60 Shots on Goal Percentage ................. .513 .436 OPPONENTS 6 14 1 1 0 - 22 Shots per Game ................................. 19.8 9.1 Assists................................................ 34 10 SHOTS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 OT3 - TOTCORNER KICKS .................................... 75 74 PARK 177 189 3 7 0 - 376PENALTY KICKS ................................... 1-3 2-2 OPPONENTS 64 94 6 8 0 - 172PENALTIES ............................................ Yellow Cards ...................................... 10 11 SAVES BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 OT3 - TOT Red Cards .......................................... 0 0 PARK 17 31 1 3 0 - 52ATTENDANCE ....................................... 2612 2178 OPPONENTS 60 70 0 3 0 - 133 Home/Away Dates/Average ............... 10/261 9/242 Total Home+Away Attendance ........... 4790 CORNER KICKS BY PRD 1st 2nd OT OT2 OT3 - TOT Home+Away Dates/Average .............. 19/252 PARK 36 36 2 1 0 - 75 OPPONENTS 33 37 2 2 0 - 74

FOULS BY PERIOD 1st 2nd OT OT2 OT3 - TOT PARK 60 86 8 2 0 - 156 OPPONENTS 85 74 6 2 0 - 167



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STUDENT-ATHLETE GEOGRAPHICAL BREAKDOWN IN 2010-11Sport TOTAL INT %INT DOM %DOMBaseball 26 3 12% 23 88%Men’s Basketball 18 2 11% 16 89%Men’s Cross Country / Track 16 3 19% 13 81%Men’s Soccer 24 15 63% 9 38%Men’s Volleyball 13 8 62% 5 38%Softball 17 0 0% 17 100%Women’s Basketball 12 0 0% 12 100%Women’s Cross Country / Track 16 4 25% 12 75%Women’s Golf 5 1 20% 4 80%Women’s Volleyball 13 3 23% 10 77%Women’s Soccer 18 8 44% 10 56%TOTAL 178 47 26% 131 74%

INT denotes International Student-AthletesDOM denotes Domestic United States Student-Athletes

Gender # % Men 97 54%Women 81 46%

Kansas City # %Metro KC 70 39%Outside 108 61%

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT-ATHLETES Country # %Australia 1 2%Bahamas 1 2%Brazil 7 15%Cameroon 1 2%Canada 4 9%Ecuador 1 2%Ethiopia 3 6%France 1 2%Germany 1 2%Honduras 1 2%Hungary 2 4%Jamaica 8 17%Kenya 4 9%Mexico 1 2%Serbia 1 2%South Africa 1 2%Sweden 3 6%Thailand 1 2%Trinidad & Tobago 2 4%Uganda 2 4%Venezuela 1 2%TOTAL 47 100%

DOMESTIC STUDENT-ATHLETESState # %Arizona 4 3%Arkansas 1 1%California 9 7%Colorado 1 1%Delaware 1 1%Florida 1 1%Georgia 1 1%Illinois 2 2%Indiana 5 4%Iowa 1 1%Kansas 23 18%Louisiana 2 2%Michigan 1 1%Minnesota 1 1%Missouri 71 54%Nebraska 1 1%Ohio 1 1%Oklahoma 2 2%South Carolina 1 1%Wisconsin 2 2%TOTAL 131 100%

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YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORDSCOACH YEAR W L T PCTBen Popoola 1988 9 5 0 .643Ben Popoola 1989 10 6 0 .625Ben Popoola 1990 16 3 1 .800Ben Popoola 1991 17 2 1 .850Ben Popoola 1992 14 4 0 .778Ben Popoola 1993 17 2 0 .895Ben Popoola 1994 25 4 0 .862Ben Popoola (130-28-3) 1995 22 2 1 .900Matt Clark 1996 16 7 1 .667Matt Clark (34-13-1) 1997 18 6 0 .750Jamie Hemingway 1998 16 6 2 .667Jamie Hemingway 1999 7 12 0 .368Jamie Hemingway (33-23-3) 2000 10 5 1 .625Scott Bowen 2001 15 3 0 .833Scott Bowen 2002 18 4 1 .783Scott Bowen (49-15-2) 2003 15 5 1 .714^ Wes Wade (12-4-0) 2004 13 7 0 .650Ken Hefner 2005 8 9 3 .475Ken Hefner 2006 16 5 0 .761Ken Hefner 2007 12 5 2 .680Ken Hefner 2008 14 2 3 .816Ken Hefner 2009 10 7 1 .561Ken Hefner (72-33-1) 2010 12 5 2 .684 TOTAL 330 116 20 .730* With 330 wins, Park is the second-winningest program in NAIA history.

ALL-TIME ALL-AMERICANSPlayer YearsHeidi Schroeder ‘90Jennifer Harrell ‘91, ‘92, ‘93, ‘94Laura Fox ‘91Jeni Moore ‘91, ‘92Leah Snider ‘93, ‘94, ‘95Jaimie Luce ‘94, ‘95Shaun Riggins ‘96Leona Bass ‘97, ‘98Jennifer Miller ‘01Jenni Visala ‘02Maria Ruiz ‘06Ashley Maxwell ‘08* List does not include Honorable Mention All-Americans.

ALL-TIME NAIA SCHOLAR-ATHLETESPlayer YearsApril Felker ‘94Leah Snider ‘94Mishca Waliczek ‘94Heidi Burton ‘94Julie Churchich ‘94Kristy Yegge ‘97, ‘98Katie Lang ‘97, ‘98Danielle Oravecz ‘99Nadia Balzevich ‘99Chrissy Angle ‘00Janie Benoit ‘02Jennifer Greco ‘02Keri Buhrman ‘02Marilyn Boucher ‘02Haley Daniel ‘04Kesiann Francis ‘04Kathleen Johnson ‘04, ‘05Dena Pires ‘06, ‘07, ‘08Melissa Gardner ‘07, ‘08Ivy Chapin ‘08Gabriela Sa Teles ‘08Angelica Tovar ’08, ‘09Samantha Gross ‘09Emilia Sheffer ‘09Nori Gedei ‘10Samantha Gross ‘10Monika Stoiber ‘10

CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICTPlayer YearsSamantha Gross ‘10

Ben Popoola1988 - 1995

Matt Clark1996 - 1997

Jamie Hemingway1998 - 2000

Scott Bowen2001 - 2004

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NAIA OFFENSIVE RECORDSSingle-Game Goals2. Leah Snider, 10 (1993)Single-Game Points2. Leah Snider, 21 (1993)Single-Season Goals8. Leah Snider, 42 (1993)Career Goals Scored5. Leah Snider, 119 (1992-1995)10. Maria Ruiz, 109 (2004-2007)16. Shaun Riggins, 93 (1993-1996)22. Jaimie Luce, 80 (1993-1995, 1998)Career Assists4. Shaun Riggins, 68 (1993-1996)12. Leah Snider, 57 (1992-1995)20. Jaimie Luce, 50 (1993-1995, 1998)24. Leire Arruabarrena, 46 (1994-1997)Career Points3. Leah Snider, 295 (1992-1995)9. Maria Ruiz, 256 (2004-2007)10. Shaun Riggins, 254 (1993-1996)20. Jaimie Luce, 210 (1993-1995,1998)

NAIA DEFENSIVE RECORDSSingle-Season Shutouts4. April Felker, 16 (1994 and 1995)Single-Season Goals-Against Avg.22. Monika Stoiber, 0.54 (2009)Single-Season Goals Allowed17. Monika Stoiber, 10 (2009)Career Shutouts1. April Felker, 58 (1992-1995)Career Goals-Against Average5. April Felker, 0.55 (1992-1995)8. Megan Newland, 0.60 (2006-2008)

NAIA TEAM RECORDSSingle-Game Goals7. 19 vs. Harris-Stowe (2009)9. 18 vs. Central Methodist (1993)9. 18 vs. Oklahoma Wesleyan (2004)Single-Season Goals10. 120 (1994)Single-Season Shutouts5. 18 (1995)



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1994 • BEN POPOOLA (25-4-0) *Opponent ScoreMcKendree W, 5-1Nebraska L, 1-4 Drury W, 4-0Newman W, 6-0Friends W, 6-0William Woods W, 4-0Benedictine W, 6-0Westmar W, 5-0Missouri Baptist W, 6-0Oklahoma Christian W, 11-1Missouri Valley W, 1-0 (f)Baker W, 4-2Rockhurst W, 2-1Oklahoma City L, 1-2William Carey W, 4-0Truman State W, 5-0Southern Nazarene W, 5-0Huntingdon W, 3-0Lindenwood W, 3-0Avila W, 6-0Friends W, 5-0Saint Scholastica W, 8-1Lindenwood L, 0-1Berry * W, 2-1Lindenwood * W, 6-1Westmont * W, 2-1Lynn * L, 1-3

1995 • BEN POPOOLA (22-2-1)Opponent ScoreMcKendree W, 12-0Newman W, 3-0Benedictine W, 7-0Midway W, 1-0Rockhurst W, 3-1Oklahoma Christian W, 3-0Truman State W, 2-0Friends W, 1-0Westmar W, 3-0Oklahoma City W, 5-1Incarnate Word W, 5-1William Woods W, 8-0Baker W, 1-0Missouri Baptist W, 1-0

Lindenwood L, 0-4Huntington W, 2-0Avila W, 10-0Southern Nazarene T, 0-0Harris-Stowe W, 7-0Saint Mary (Neb.) W, 3-1Missouri Baptist W, 2-0Lindenwood W, 2-1Benedictine W, 3-0Rockhurst W, 1-0Lindenwood L, 1-3

1996 • MATT CLARK (16-7-1) *Date Opponent ScoreSept. 2 Newman W, 7-0Sept. 4 Truman State T, 4-4Sept. 6 Oklahoma City W, 2-1Sept. 7 Southern Nazarene L, 0-6Sept. 10 Saint Mary (Neb.) W, 3-2Sept. 13 Westmar W, 4-1Sept. 21 Lindsey Wilson W, 3-0Sept. 25 Baker L, 3-5Sept. 28 McKendree W, 4-0Sept. 29 Central Missouri W, 3-0Oct. 2 William Woods W, 4-0Oct. 5 Lindenwood L, 0-2Oct. 8 Benedictine W, 2-0Oct. 10 Harris-Stowe W, 7-0Oct. 12 Missouri Baptist W, 4-0Oct. 15 Friends W, 9-1Oct. 26 Incarnate Word W, 3-0Oct. 29 Rockhurst L, 0-3Nov. 7 McKendree W, 10-0Nov. 9 Missouri Baptist L, 0-1Nov. 14 Lindenwood W, 1-0Nov. 16 Rockhurst W, 3-1Nov. 21 Findlay * L, 1-4Nov. 22 Brewton-Parker * L, 0-4

1997 • MATT CLARK (18-6-0)Date Opponent ScoreAug. 30 Berry W, 3-0Aug. 31 Lindsey Wilson W, 4-2Sept. 5 McKendree W, 9-0Sept. 7 Saint Scholastica W, 6-0Sept. 13 Wisconsin Lutheran W, 8-0

Sept. 14 Central Missouri W, 1-0Sept. 17 Rockhurst L, 0-1Sept. 21 Lindenwood L, 0-2Sept. 26 William Woods W, 3-1Sept. 27 Harris-Stowe W, 5-0Oct. 1 Saint Mary (Neb.) W, 3-2Oct. 4 Bellevue L, 0-1Oct. 7 Oklahoma City L, 1-2Oct. 11 Westmar W, 2-1Oct. 14 Missouri Baptist L, 1-2Oct. 16 Benedictine W, 1-0Oct. 19 Truman State W, 2-1Oct. 22 Baker W, 2-0Oct. 24 Friends W, 5-1Nov. 1 Nebraska Wesleyan W, 1-0Nov. 5 William Woods W, 1-0Nov. 7 Missouri Baptist W, 1-0Nov. 10 Benedictine W, 1-0Nov. 12 Rockhurst L, 0-1

1998 • JAMIE HEMINGWAY (16-6-2)Date Opponent ScoreSept. 4 Southern Nazarene L, 1-2Sept. 7 Saint Mary (Neb.) W, 2-1Sept. 9 Baker W, 3-0Sept. 12 Saint Ambrose W, 2-0Sept. 16 Lindenwood W, 2-0Sept. 19 Dordt W, 2-1Sept. 20 Briar Cliff T, 1-1Sept. 22 Rockhurst L, 2-4Sept. 26 Saint Cloud State T, 1-1Sept. 27 Saint Scholastica W, 6-0Oct. 3 Hannibal-LaGrange W, 5-0Oct. 4 McKendree W, 2-0Oct. 6 Oklahoma City L, 2-3Oct. 10 Missouri Baptist W, 2-1Oct. 15 Benedictine W, 2-1Oct. 17 Harris-Stowe W, 3-0Oct. 20 Central Missouri W, 1-0Oct. 25 Nebraska Wesleyan L, 0-1Oct. 27 Graceland W, 5-0Oct. 30 William Woods W, 2-1Nov. 5 McKendree W, 9-1Nov. 7 William Woods W, 4-0Nov. 12 Benedictine W, 2-1Nov. 14 Lindenwood L, 0-3

The 1994 women’s soccer team, including its head coach, Ben Popoola, was honored during the 2007 season at Julian Field. The 1994 team is the only Park women’s soccer team to advance to a national championship game, and Popoola is still the Pirates’ career coaching wins leader with 130.



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1999 • JAMIE HEMINGWAY (7-12-0)Date Opponent ScoreSept. 3 Graceland W, 4-3Sept. 4 Baker L, 0-1Sept. 7 Benedictine W, 1-0Sept. 11 Nebraska Wesleyan L, 0-1Sept. 12 Saint Mary (Neb.) L, 1-3Sept. 19 Rockhurst W, 2-1Sept. 25 Southern Nazarene L, 2-3Oct. 3 McKendree L, 0-2Oct. 6 Missouri Baptist W, 3-0Oct. 10 Harris-Stowe L, 1-2Oct. 12 William Woods L, 1-4Oct. 16 National American L, 2-3Oct. 17 Lindenwood L, 0-2Oct. 23 Hannibal-LaGrange L, 1-2Oct. 24 Briar Cliff W, 4-1Oct. 27 NW Missouri State L, 0-3Nov. 1 McKendree W, 1-0Nov. 3 William Woods L, 0-3

2000 • JAMIE HEMINGWAY (11-5-1)Date Opponent ScoreSept. 1 Bemidji State W, 5-0Sept. 2 Saint Scholastica W, 7-0Sept. 7 Bethany W, 6-0Sept. 9 Avila W, 2-0Sept. 14 Rockhurst L, 0-1 Sept. 16 Missouri Baptist T, 2-2 Sept. 21 Benedictine L, 0-1Sept. 24 Baker W, 2-0Sept. 26 Missouri Southern L, 1-3Oct. 1 McKendree W, 2-1Oct. 4 William Woods W, 1-0Oct. 7 Hannibal-LaGrange W, 3-0Oct. 13 Lindenwood L. 0-1Oct. 15 National American W, 3-2Oct. 21 Harris-Stowe W, 1-0Nov. 11 Lindenwood L, 3-0

2001 • SCOTT BOWEN (15-3-0)Date Opponent ScoreAug. 31 National American W, 3-1Sept. 1 Concordia (Neb.) W, 3-0Sept. 5 Baker W, 3-0Sept. 8 Bethany W, 3-0

Sept. 15 Doane W, 6-0Sept. 16 Hastings W, 5-0Sept. 20 Avila W, 2-0Sept. 22 Bellevue W, 1-0Sept. 29 William Jewell L, 1-2Oct. 6 William Woods W, 1-0Oct. 7 McKendree W, 5-0Oct. 11 Lindsey Wilson W, 1-0Oct. 14 Saint Mary (Neb.) W, 2-1Oct. 17 Lindenwood L, 0-1Oct. 20 Rockhurst W, 2-1Oct. 21 Newman W, 2-1 Nov. 7 William Woods W, 3-2Nov. 9 Lindenwood L, 1-4

2002 • SCOTT BOWEN (18-4-1) *Date Opponent ScoreSept. 1 Hastings W, 5-1Sept. 6 Tabor W, 7-0Sept. 7 Concordia (Neb.) W, 13-0Sept. 10 Benedictine W, 4-0Sept. 13 Lindsey Wilson L, 2-4Sept. 14 Berry T, 0-0Sept. 17 Baker W, 1-0Sept. 21 York W, 5-0Sept. 24 William Jewell W, 2-1Sept. 28 Saint Mary (Neb.) W, 2-0Oct. 1 Oklahoma Wesleyan W, 1-0 (f)Oct. 9 Bellevue W, 4-0Oct. 16 Lindenwood W, 4-2Oct. 20 Newman L, 1-2Oct. 22 William Woods W, 2-0Oct. 24 Graceland W, 2-0Oct. 26 Central Christian W, 8-0Nov. 7 Saint Mary (Neb.) W, 3-2Nov. 8 Newman L, 1-2Nov. 15 Hastings W, 2-0Nov. 16 Saint Mary (Neb.) W, 3-0Nov. 22 Siena Heights * T, 1-1 (Park advanced on PK’s, 4-2)Nov. 23 Union (Ky.) * L, 2-4

2003 • SCOTT BOWEN (15-5-1) *Date Opponent ScoreAug. 29 Missouri Baptist W, 2-1Aug. 30 Lindsey Wilson L, 0-7

Sept. 1 Graceland L, 2-8Sept. 4 William Jewell L, 0-6Sept. 6 Hastings L, 0-4Sept. 20 Central Christian W, 10-0Sept. 23 Benedictine W, 3-2Sept. 28 Bellevue W, 3-2Oct. 1 Newman W, 4-1Oct. 4 York W, 8-0Oct. 9 Morningside W, 4-1Oct. 12 Saint Mary (Neb.) W, 4-3Oct. 18 Oklahoma Wesleyan W, 5-1Oct. 22 Baker W, 3-2Oct. 25 Lindenwood T, 1-1Nov. 6 Bellevue W, 4-1Nov. 7 Saint Mary (Neb.) W, 2-1Nov. 11 Ottawa W, 4-3Nov. 14 Saint Mary (Neb.) W, 2-1Nov. 15 Hastings W, 2-1Nov. 19 Robert Morris (Ill.) * L, 0-6

2004 ^ • SCOTT BOWEN / WES WADE (13-7-0) *Date Opponent ScoreAug. 28 John Brown L, 1-2Sept. 1 Graceland L, 0-8Sept. 4 Doane L, 1-3Sept. 11 Lindenwood W, 3-2Sept. 16 Benedictine L, 0-3Sept. 19 Saint Mary (Neb.) L, 0-2Sept. 22 Central Christian W, 3-2Sept. 26 Bellevue W, 9-1Oct. 1 William Jewell L, 1-6Oct. 5 Newman W, 3-1Oct. 8 Morningside W, 5-1Oct. 12 York W, 12-0Oct. 14 Oklahoma Wesleyan W, 18-1Oct. 23 Baker W, 6-2Oct. 29 Newman W, 2-1Oct. 30 Saint Mary (Neb.) W, 3-1Nov. 6 Hastings W, 2-0Nov. 9 Ottawa W, 3-1Nov. 10 Dordt W, 5-0Nov. 18 Bethel (Ind.) * L, 1-2^ Scott Bowen coached the first four games of the 2004 season before Wes Wade be-gan Sept. 16 against Benedictine.

Maria ruiz (19) is one of only two Park University women’s soccer players to reach 100 career goals, scoring 109 in four years. she is the Pirates’ second all-time leading scorer, behind Leah Snider, who scored 119 from 1992 to 1995. ruiz helped Park to the 2004 and 2006 NaIa region iv championship.



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2005 • KEN HEFNER (8-9-3) *Date Opponent ScoreAug. 27 Hastings L, 1-3Aug. 30 Baker W, 3-1Sept. 2 Morningside L, 1-2Sept. 6 Doane W, 2-1Sept. 8 Saint Mary (Neb.) L, 0-5Sept. 10 Northwestern (Iowa) W, 4-1Sept. 14 William Jewell W, 3-2Sept. 20 Northwestern Okla. St. L, 1-3Sept. 24 John Brown L, 1-3Sept. 28 Newman T, 2-2Sept. 30 Bellevue T, 0-0Oct. 1 York W, 5-0Oct. 3 Oklahoma Wesleyan W, 10-0Oct. 8 Central Christian W, 5-1Oct. 12 Benedictine L, 1-2Oct. 21 Missouri Western L, 1-2Oct. 28 Bellevue T, 3-3Nov. 2 Kansas Wesleyan W, 5-0Nov. 5 Saint Mary (Neb.) L, 0-6Nov. 16 Indiana Wesleyan * L, 1-2

2006 • KEN HEFNER (16-5-0) *Date Opponent ScoreAug. 26 Northwestern (Iowa) W, 4-0Aug. 29 MidAmerica Nazarene W, 7-1Sept. 2 Avila W, 2-0Sept. 6 Baker L, 0-1Sept. 9 Hastings W, 1-0Sept. 13 William Jewell L, 0-1Sept. 20 Benedictine L, 1-2Sept. 27 Central Christian W, 1-0Sept. 30 Saint Mary (Neb.) W, 4-0Oct. 4 Missouri Baptist W, 2-0Oct. 7 Ottawa W, 7-0Oct. 11 Oklahoma Wesleyan W, 9-0Oct. 14 Newman W, 2-0Oct. 17 York W, 3-0Oct. 19 Bellevue W, 2-0Oct. 27 Central Christian W, 3-0Oct. 28 Bellevue L, 0-1Nov. 3 Saint Mary (Neb.) W, 2-1Nov. 4 Kansas Wesleyan W, 3-1Nov. 15 Coll. of Southwest * W, 2-0Nov. 16 Houghton * L, 1-2

2007 • KEN HEFNER (12-5-2)Date Opponent ScoreSept. 1 John Brown W, 5-4Sept. 5 Baker L, 1-2Sept. 8 Missouri Western W, 2-1Sept. 12 William Jewell L, 1-3Sept. 15 Hastings T, 1-1Sept. 19 Benedictine W, 2-1Sept. 22 Graceland L, 2-3Sept. 25 MidAmerica Nazarene W, 3-0Sept. 29 Oklahoma Christian T, 1-1Oct. 3 Oklahoma Wesleyan W, 7-0Oct. 6 Sterling W, 6-0Oct. 10 Central Christian W, 8-0Oct. 16 York W, 11-0Oct. 20 Bellevue W, 4-2Oct. 22 Saint Mary (Neb.) L, 2-3Oct. 26 Central Christian W, 5-0Oct. 27 Bellevue W, 2-0Nov. 2 Bellevue W, 4-0Nov. 3 Kansas Wesleyan L, 0-3

2008 – KEN HEFNER (14-2-3) *Date Opponent ScoreAug. 29 John Brown W, 1-0Aug. 30 Bethel (Tenn.) T, 2-2Sept. 6 Oklahoma Christian T, 2-2Sept. 10 William Jewell W, 1-0Sept. 17 Benedictine W, 3-1Sept. 22 Graceland L, 1-2Sept. 26 North Dakota W, 1-0Sept. 28 South Dakota W, 3-1Oct. 1 Kansas Wesleyan W, 3-0Oct. 4 York W, 7-0Oct. 11 Bellevue W, 3-0Oct. 18 Oklahoma Wesleyan W, 7-0Oct. 25 Central Christian W, 3-1Oct. 29 MidAmerica Nazarene W, 2-1Nov. 1 Saint Mary (Neb.) W, 3-0Nov. 7 Saint Mary (Neb.) W, 3-1Nov. 8 Bellevue W, 2-1Nov. 22 Dordt * T, 1-1Dec. 1 Lee * L, 0-4

2009 – KEN HEFNER (10-7-1)Date Opponent ScoreAug. 29 Avila W, 7-0Sept. 9 William Jewell W, 1-0Sept. 12 John Brown W, 2-0Sept. 16 Benedictine T, 0-0Sept. 19 William Woods W, 2-0Sept. 22 Graceland L, 0-1Sept. 30 McKendree L, 0-1Oct. 3 Harris-Stowe W, 19-0Oct. 7 Hannibal-LaGrange W, 1-0Oct. 10 Missouri Baptist W, 3-0Oct. 13 Baker L, 0-1Oct. 17 Hannibal-LaGrange W, 2-0Oct. 19 Harris-Stowe W, 10-0Oct. 24 McKendree L, 0-1Oct. 28 William Woods L, 0-1Nov. 3 Missouri Baptist L, 1-2Nov. 6 Harris-Stowe W, 14-0Nov. 9 Missouri Baptist L, 1-3

2010 – KEN HEFNER (12-5-2)Date Opponent ScoreAug. 21 Sioux Falls W, 6-0Aug. 31 MidAmerica Nazarene W, 3-2Sept. 3 Midland Lutheran W, 3-2Sept. 12 William Jewell L, 2-3Sept. 15 Benedictine L, 2-3Sept. 18 McKendree L, 1-2Sept. 22 Graceland L, 0-1Sept. 25 Hannibal-LaGrange W, 3-2Sept. 29 McKendree L, 1-2Oct. 2 Harris-Stowe W, 5-0Oct. 6 William Woods W, 2-0Oct. 9 Missouri Baptist W, 3-2Oct. 12 Baker T, 1-1Oct. 16 Hannibal-LaGrange W, 4-0Oct. 20 Harris-Stowe W, 14-0Oct. 23 William Woods W, 3-0Oct. 30 Missouri Baptist W, 1-0Nov. 8 Missouri Baptist W, 4-0Nov. 11 McKendree T, 2-2 (McK advanced on PK’s, 3-1)

Due to incomplete records of seasons between 1988 and 1993, game-by-game results are unavailable. If you can provide information that will better help us in completing our records, please contact Steve Wilson, SID at (816) 584-6490, or [email protected].

Park’s last nAiA national tournament appearance came in the 2008 season, when Park earned an opening-round draw-and-advance over Dordt College, followed by a second round loss in Daytona Beach, Fla., to the 2008 NaIa women’s soccer national champion, Lee Univer-sity.



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ALL-TIME SERIES RECORDS W-L-T PCT LAST GAME RESULTAvila University 6-0-0 1.000 2009 W, 7-0Baker University 10-5-1 .656 2010 T, 1-1 Bellevue University 11-2-2 .800 2008 W, 2-1Bemidji State University 1-0-0 1.000 2000 W, 5-0Benedictine College 13-5-1 .711 2010 L, 2-3Berry College 2-0-1 .833 2002 T, 0-0Bethany College 2-0-0 1.000 2001 W, 3-0Bethel College (Tenn.) 0-1-1 .333 2008 T, 2-2Brewton-Parker College 0-1-0 .000 1996 L, 0-4Briar Cliff University 1-0-1 .750 1999 W, 4-1Central Christian College 9-0-0 1.000 2008 W, 3-1College of Saint Mary (Neb.) 16-5-0 .762 2008 W, 3-1College of Saint Scholastica 4-0-0 1.000 2000 W, 7-0College of the Southwest 1-0-0 1.000 2006 W, 2-0Concordia University (Neb.) 2-0-0 1.000 2002 W, 13-0Doane College 2-1-0 .667 2005 W, 2-1Dordt College 2-0-1 .833 2008 T, 1-1Drury University 1-0-0 1.000 1994 W, 4-0Findlay University 0-1-0 .000 1996 L, 1-4Friends University 5-0-0 1.000 1997 W, 5-1Graceland University 3-6-0 .333 2010 L, 0-1 Hannibal-LaGrange University 6-1-0 .857 2010 W, 4-0 Harris-Stowe State University 10-1-0 .909 2010 W, 14-0Hastings College 5-2-1 .688 2007 T, 1-1Houghton College 0-1-0 .000 2006 L, 1-2Huntingdon College 1-0-0 1.000 1994 W, 4-0Huntington University 1-0-0 1.000 1995 W, 2-0Indiana Wesleyan University 0-1-0 .000 2005 L, 1-2John Brown University 3-2-0 .600 2009 W, 2-0Kansas Wesleyan University 3-1-0 .750 2008 W, 3-0Lee University 0-1-0 .000 2008 L, 0-4Lindenwood University 7-12-1 .375 2004 W, 3-2Lindsey Wilson College 3-2-0 .600 2003 L, 0-7Lynn University 0-1-0 .000 1994 L, 1-3McKendree University 10-5-1 .656 2010 T, 2-2 MidAmerica Nazarene University 4-0-0 1.000 2010 W, 3-2Midland University 1-0-0 1.000 2010 W, 3-2 Midway College 1-0-0 1.000 1995 W, 1-0Missouri Baptist University 12-4-1 .735 2010 W, 4-0 Missouri Southern State University 0-1-0 .000 2000 L, 1-3Missouri Valley College 1-0-0 1.000 1994 W, 1-0Missouri Western State University 1-1-0 .500 2007 W, 2-1Morningside College 2-1-0 .667 2005 L, 1-2National American University 2-1-0 .667 2001 W, 3-1Nebraska Wesleyan University 1-2-0 .333 1999 L, 0-1Newman University 8-2-1 .873 2006 W, 2-0Northwest Missouri State University 0-1-0 .000 1999 L, 0-3Northwestern College (Iowa) 2-0-0 1.000 2006 W, 4-0Northwestern Oklahoma State University 0-1-0 .000 2005 L, 1-3Oklahoma Christian University 2-0-2 .750 2008 T, 2-2Oklahoma City University 2-3-0 .400 1998 L, 2-3Oklahoma Wesleyan University 7-0-0 1.000 2008 W, 7-0Ottawa University 3-0-0 1.000 2006 W, 7-0Robert Morris University (Ill.) 0-1-0 .000 2003 L, 0-6Rockhurst University 6-5-0 .545 2001 W, 2-1Saint Ambrose University 1-0-0 1.000 1998 W, 2-0Saint Cloud State University 0-0-1 .500 1998 T, 1-1Siena Heights University 0-0-1 .500 2002 T, 1-1Southern Nazarene University 1-3-1 .300 1999 L, 2-3Sterling College 1-0-0 1.000 2007 W, 6-0Tabor College 1-0-0 1.000 2002 W, 7-0Truman State University 3-0-1 .750 1997 W, 2-1Union College (Ky.) 0-1-0 .000 2002 L, 2-4University of Central Missouri 3-0-0 1.000 1998 W, 1-0University of Nebraska 0-1-0 .000 1994 L, 1-4University of North Dakota 1-0-0 1.000 2008 W, 1-0University of Sioux Falls 1-0-0 1.000 2010 W, 6-0University of South Dakota 1-0-0 1.000 2008 W, 3-1University of the Incarnate Word 2-0-0 1.000 1996 W, 3-0Westmar University 4-0-0 1.000 1997 W, 2-1Westmont College 1-0-0 1.000 1994 W, 2-1William Carey University 1-0-0 1.000 1994 W, 4-0William Jewell College 3-6-0 .333 2010 L, 2-3 William Woods University 13-2-0 .867 2010 W, 3-0 Wisconsin Lutheran College 1-0-0 1.000 1997 W, 8-0York College 7-0-0 1.000 2008 W, 7-0

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Park University calls Parkville, Mo., and the Greater Kansas

City area home, offering students the features of both small-town life and the flashing lights of a big city. With a population of more than 4,000, Parkville allows students the small-town lifestyle and tightly knit community often times as-sociated with small college athletics and the NAIA. Originally a trading post on the Missouri River, Parkville grew as Kansas City boomed in the late 1800s, which included the founding of Park Univer-sity. Both the University and the city get their names from Col. George S. Park, who played a key role in the early de-velopment of the area. Today, Parkville’s historic downtown district, coupled with new shopping areas to the north and east, gives Park University students multiple entertainment opportunities within the area. Parkville sits within the Northland area of metropolitan Kansas City, which encompasses 15 counties, nine of which are in Missouri and six across the state line in Kansas. The Northland is locally re-ferred to as “north of the river.” Contained wholly within Missouri, it encompasses portions of Platte and Clay counties, in-cluding the northern half of Kansas City, Mo., and the cities of Parkville, Gladstone, Liberty and North Kansas City. Kansas City is situated at the conflu-ence of the Kansas and Missouri rivers, often referred to as Kaw Point, straddling the border between the two states.

The Kansas City Metropolitan Statisti-cal Area, anchored by Kansas City, Mo., is the 29th largest in the United States, with an estimated population just over 2 mil-lion. A tradition-rich city known for its bar-becue and storied sports history, Kansas City is currently home to Major League Baseball’s Kansas City Royals, the Kan-sas City Chiefs of the National Football League, Major League Soccer’s Sport-ing Kansas City and the Kansas Speed-way, which hosts multiple NASCAR and IRL events throughout the year, including two Sprint Cup Series event in the spring and fall. Kansas City is also home to the Kansas City T-Bones independent league baseball franchise and the Kansas City Explorers of World TeamTennis. The Sprint Center and the Power & Light District in the downtown area is one of the region’s top entertainment areas. The Sprint Center also houses the College Basketball Experience, which includes the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. A few blocks away sits historic Mu-

nicipal Auditorium, home to the Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament. In 2011, Park University made its third appearance in five sea-sons, and its fifth overall, in the national tournament. Additionally, the National Association of Intercolle-giate Athletics moved its offices downtown in 2007. Kansas City is also known for its historic shop-ping districts, including Westport and the Country Club Plaza, which is one of the world’s largest outdoor shopping areas designed for motor-vehicle traffic.

Commonly referred to as “The Plaza,” it is home to one of the nation’s largest holiday light displays between Thanksgiving and January. In the Northland, Zona Rosa has become a popular shopping district, while Leawood Town Center and The Legends at Village West in Kansas City, Kan., keep shoppers occupied in Kansas.

BEST VALUE, NATIONWIDEPark continues to increase access to higher education by offering the quality undergraduate and graduate degrees stu-dents desire at locations, times and deliv-ery formats that best serve their needs. In 2010, the University was ranked as the No. 1 value among private colleges and universities by Parents & Colleges, an on-line resource for parents of college-bound students. According to Parents & Colleges, in-stitutions included on this list offer a diver-sity of degrees, have affordable tuitions and/or offer generous financial aid, and

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report the highest SAT or ACT scores for the incom-ing class. Park was cited as offering “both proximity to big-city excitement and the safe, relaxed atmosphere of a small town… the stu-dent body represents 50 states and 100 countries, and the school prides itself on its diversity and global outlook. Tuition for full-time undergraduates is a frac-tion of other private insti-tutions, and average class size and student-to-faculty ratio are low.”

FOUNDEDFounded in 1875 in Parkville, Mo., Park University has devel-oped into a comprehensive, independent institution that is a national leader in high-er education. In 2000, Park achieved uni-versity status and now serves more than 24,000 students annually at 40 campus centers in 21 states and online. Serving an ethnically diverse student population and non-traditional adult learn-ers has, for many years, been central to Park’s educational mission. Even in its first year, Park University enrolled women stu-dents as well as men, something that was unusual at the time; and two of the original 17 students were Native Americans. Park was also an early integrator when it wel-comed African-American students to live in Park’s residence halls in the 1950s.

PRESENTProviding such access has developed considerable diversity among the student population, with more than 650 interna-tional students from 110 countries, and a 42 percent student representation from racial, ethnic and cultural groups typi-cally underrepresented in colleges and universities. The University has repeat-edly been recognized as one of the top 100 American colleges/universities in the nation graduating Hispanic, Afri-can-American and American-Indian students. In addition, extracurricu-lar activities and championship-caliber athletic programs comple-ment Park’s outstanding scholastic programs. Park offers numerous degree programs online, and it maintains a long-standing relationship with the U.S. military for which it has been recognized as one of the largest providers of online undergradu-ate education to military learners worldwide. Park has received inter-

national recognition by Military Advanced Education magazine as one of its “Top 20 Military-Friendly Colleges and Universi-ties,” citing Park’s “innovative academic degree programs steeped in excellence.”

LOCATIONThe flagship campus of Park University is located on a historic site in Parkville, Mo., situated on a bluff above the scenic Mis-souri River. The Parkville Campus is 10 minutes from downtown Kansas City, 15 minutes from Kansas City International Airport, and is part of the KCI Business Corridor. In addition, Park Distance Learn-ing has established campus centers on military installations across the U.S. and online. Park’s School of Graduate and Pro-fessional Studies is located at our down-town Kansas City, Mo., Campus Center. Park also serves the Kansas City metro-politan area with campuses in Indepen-dence and Lexington, Mo. In addition to our military campus centers throughout the country, Park also has a campus in Austin, Texas.

PARKVILLE CAMPUSFounded: 1875

Location: Parkville, Mo.

Tuition: Our fiscal initiatives provide varying revenue streams which allow Park to maintain its tuition at ap-

proximately the same level as students attending state

universities in Missouri (our tuition benchmark).

First-time Freshmen: ACT is 22 with an av-

erage grade point average of 3.386.

Student/Faculty ratio: Undergraduate 12:1; Grad-uate 9:1.

Diverse Population: Stu-dents represent all 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as 110 foreign countries.

Financial aid: More than 85 percent of undergradu-ate students who qualify receive some form of fi-nancial aid. These include loans, grants and work-study positions.

Special Programs, Fa-cilities: Parkville Commer-cial Underground; Mabee Learning Center (academic

underground, including the McAfee Me-morial Library); limitless internship op-portunities; Academic Support Center for tutoring, testing and writing labs; Career Development Center; Breckon Sports Center; state-of-the-art fitness facility; In-ternational Center for Music; Campanella Art Gallery; David Theater.

ACCREDITATIONPark University is regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, a mem-ber of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The State of Mis-souri Department of Elementary and Sec-ondary Education has officially approved the academic standards of Park Univer-sity for teacher education. The Ellen Finley Earhart Nursing pro-gram is accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission and approved by the Missouri State Board of Nursing. The Department of Athletic Training is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Edu-cation. The Department of Social Work is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.

VISION STATEMENTPark University, a pioneering institution of higher learning since 1875, will provide leadership in quality, innovative education for a diversity of learners who will excel in their professional and personal service to the global community.

MISSION STATEMENTPark University provides access to a qual-ity higher education experience that pre-pares a diverse community of learners to think critically, communicate effectively, demonstrate a global perspective, and engage in lifelong learning and service to others.

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MICHAEL H. DROGE, Ph.D.University President

Michael Droge, Ph.D., was ap-pointed president by the Park University Board of Trustees in

2009. He arrived at Park in September 2002 to serve as the Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs. His role in that position gave him

charge of all academic areas of the Uni-versity, including acting as the liaison be-tween the academic and non-academic components of the University. A nationally respected participant in higher education, Droge has a distin-guished academic career of teaching, research and serving as principle investi-gator on federally funded programs such as the Multiethnic Biomedical Research Support Program from the National Insti-tutes for Health, the Bridges to the Future Program from the NIH and the McNair Scholars Program from the Department of Education. He has also served as a member of the Neuroscience and Physiology Panel

for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Washington, D.C., and an ad hoc re-viewer for the National Institute of Gen-eral Medical Sciences, the National Sci-ence Foundation, and a journal reviewer for Brain Research and J. Neuroscience.

His academic awards include the Beall Memorial Award for Outstanding Disser-tation from the University of Texas Medi-cal Branch at Galveston, the Mary Mason Lyon Award for Excellence in Scholarship, Teaching and Service, and the President’s Award for Distinguished Service from Tex-as Woman’s University. Droge received his Bachelor of Arts degree in biology and German from the University of Kansas and he began gradu-ate studies in Germany at the University of Bonn as a Fulbright Scholar. Upon receiving his Master of Sci-ence degree from Texas Tech University, Droge went on to earn a Ph.D. in physi-ology and biophysics from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. He came to Park University with 19 years of experience in higher education as a fac-ulty member and administrator, most re-cently as a professor of biology and dean of graduate studies and research.



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Claude English is in his 16th year as Park University’s Director of Athletics, serving in the role since

January of 1996. Throughout English’s 15-year ten-ure as Director of Athletics, Park Univer-sity has steadily improved its athletics facilities, enhancing an already first-rate student-athlete experience. The 2011-12 academic year will add to the list of facil-ity improvements under English’s watch, when the Park University cross country and track and field squads will begin the season with a new track adjacent to Julian Field, a 1,500-seat soccer stadium also built under English’s watch in 2001. Breckon Sports Center, home to Park’s volleyball and basketball programs, as well as the baseball and softball com-plexes, have continued to see playing-surface and aesthetic upgrades in Eng-lish’s 15 years as Athletics Director. In 2010-11, English was honored for his service as an athletics administra-tor by being inducted into the McLendon Minority Athletics Administrators Hall of Fame, June 23, 2010, in Anaheim, Calif., representing the NAIA in a group of seven individuals honored by the John McLen-don Minority Scholarship Foundation. The Foundation supports the John McLendon Memorial Minority Postgraduate Scholar-ship Awards is presented to senior-level minority students who intend to pursue a graduate degree in athletics administra-tion. English was joined in the 2010 McLen-don Hall of Fame induction class by Percy Bates, Bernie Bickerstaff, Howard Gentry, Sr., Michael Haynes, Rafer Johnson and Don Newcombe, while a second group of Pioneer Award winners was also honored. That group included Wisconsin AD Barry Alvarez, Ernie Davis, USC AD Mike Gar-rett, Tom Goss, UCLA AD Dan Guerrero, Charles Harris, Tommy Hawkins, Kim Ng,

Fritz Pollard, Burl Toler and former Wash-ington and Notre Dame head football coach Tyrone Willingham. Later in the 2010-11 academic year, he added a second hall-of-fame induc-tion, earning a spot in the Chattahoochee Valley Sports Hall of Fame in his home town of Columbia, Ga. English began his affiliation with Park University in the 1992-93 men’s basketball season, coaching the Pirates through the end of the 2004-05 cam-paign. For his final 10 sea-sons at the helm of the Park

men’s basketball program, Eng-lish also assumed the duties of Director of Athletics, a position he will continue into his 15th year in the 2011-12 academic year. English is the winningest coach in Park Univer-sity men’s bas-ketball history, compiling 182 wins to push his overall win total to 227. From 1981 to 1984, English was the head men’s basketball coach at his alma mater, Rhode Island, where he was named Atlantic-10 Conference Coach of the Year in the 1981-82 season. His coaching tenure at Park was highlighted by the Pirates’ run to the NAIA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament semifinal round in 1997-98, which ended with a school-record mark of 27-8. English was honored at the national tournament with the Charles A. Kri-gel Award for outstanding sportsmanship, while his team was awarded the Dr. James Naismith-Emil S. Liston Sportsmanship Award for the team rec-ognized as most sports-manlike at the tour-ney.

After a stellar collegiate playing ca-reer for Christian College in Dallas, Texas, and the University of Rhode Island, Eng-lish was selected in the NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers where he played the 1970-71 season. English also played in the Eastern Basketball Association for the Hartford Capitals, the affiliate team for the Philadelphia 76ers. In 1973-74, Eng-lish won the Eastern Basketball Associa-

tion Championship with the Capitals. He was a three-year captain at Hartford. As Director of Athletics at Park, the Pirates have captured 50 conference

championships, and in each of his 15 previous seasons as athletics di-

rector, at least one Park pro-gram has advanced to NAIA postseason play each year. Also during his run as Direc-tor of Athletics, 86 student-athletes have been named NAIA All-Ameri-cans, including a track and field national cham-pion in the NAIA

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honors. In 2008-09, Park Uni-versity’s department of athletics carried an overall grade point average better than 3.0, and the Pirates

earned a school record seven NAIA scholar teams, marking more than half of the department’s programs posting a team GPA of 3.0 or better. In 2010-11, Park narrowly missed its school record for scholar teams, landing six on the list, in-cluding first-time honorees as the baseball and men’s basketball teams achieved better than 3.0 team GPAs.

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CLARINIDA CREIGHTONAssociate Vice President for Student Affairs

Clarinda H. Creighton is associate vice president for student affairs at Park Univer-sity. Creighton has held various roles since coming to Park in 1986, formerly serving as vice president for enrollment management and student services, assistant vice presi-

dent for academic support services and director of student sup-port services. Her professional experience began in the social work and mental health field, shifting to the higher education arena upon completion of her master’s degree. She is a skilled workshop facilitator and program presenter, has provided consultative ser-vices to higher education institutions, and developed and imple-mented training programs for staff and non-profit organizations. Prior to coming to Park University, Mrs. Creighton held positions in the Student Services area at Saint Mary’s College and at Iowa State University. Creighton received her M.S. in Counselor Education/Stu-dent Personnel, and her B.A. in Psychology at Emporia State University. In addition to her professional roles, she has extended her services to community groups and agency boards who are pro-viding services to children, youth and adults in transition.

PAUL GAULTSpecial Assistant for Administration

Paul H. Gault has the record for longevity among the current administration, having worked at the University (with the exception of two years in the U.S. Army) since earn-ing his undergraduate degree in 1961. He served as Vice President for Business and

Finance from 1981 until 2001. In his current position, Gault serves as an advisor to the Pres-ident, Vice Presidents, and to members of the University Board of Trustees. He is a staff member on all the standing committees of the Board and serves as Assistant Treasurer and Assistant Secretary for the Board of Trustees and for its two subsidiary corporations, Park McAfee Inc. and Park University Enterprises. Gault is a member of the National Association of College and University Business Officers and the Central Association of that organization. He served as advisor at the U.S. Department of Education’s “The Endowment Program Mini-Summit” in March 1996. He received his M.P.A. degree and a B.A. degree from Park University, and attended the College Business Management In-stitutes at both the University of Nebraska and the University of Kentucky. In addition to his duties at Park, Gault is president of the His-panic Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City and a member of the Park Hill School District Education Foundation Council. He also serves as treasurer for the Synod of Mid-Amer-ica of the Presbyterian Church USA, the Church Development Corporation and the Civil War Round Table of Kansas City.

ROGER HERSHEYVice President and General Counsel

Roger Hershey, Vice President & General Counsel for Park University, assumed this position with more than 30 years of legal experience. He previously served as presi-dent, shareholder and director of King Her-shey, PC, a law firm established in 1988 in

Kansas City, Mo. The firm is noted for its work in local govern-ment law, commercial real estate development, complex finan-cial transactions, and bond law. Hershey was a member of the Park University Board of Trust-ees from 1995 to 2004, serving as Board Chair for two years, a member the Executive Committee, and as Chair of the Business and Endowment Committee. He served as the President of Park University Enterprises, Inc., a subsidiary corporation of the Uni-versity, and served on its Board of Directors from 2002 to 2006. Hershey received a B.A. from Graceland University, and a LL.M. and a J.D. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He also graduated from the United States Naval Justice School in Newport, R.I., and served four years active duty as a Lieutenant, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, United States Naval Reserve. Hershey received the 2003 Distinguished Citizen Award from the Independence, Missouri. Chamber of Commerce for community service and leadership in the passage of Indepen-dence Streets and Parks Sales Taxes in 1997, 1998 and 2003, and the City’s Street Excise Tax in 2000. Hershey also received the 2002 Civic Leadership Award presented by the Missouri Mu-nicipal League and the mayor of Independence for business and civic leadership in the development of Independence, Mo. An active participant in civic and nonprofit groups, Hershey serves and has served in various leadership roles with the Inde-pendence Enhanced Enterprise Zone Board of Directors, the In-dependence, MO License Surcharge Annual Review Committee, the Parkville, MO Economic Development Committee, the Inde-pendence Chamber of Commerce; Independence Citizens for Streets and Parks; Independence Council on Economic Devel-opment; Independence Missouri Park Commission; Mid-America Regional Council Metro Green Civic Leadership Board; Rotary International; Scandinavian Association of Greater Kansas City; Sierra Club; The Jackson County Historical Society; and, The Sierra Club Foundation.

JERRY JORGENSEN, Ph.D.Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Jerry D. Jorgensen, Ph.D., was appointed as provost and vice president for academic affairs in June 2011. He joined Park after 10 years of administrative experience as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at South Dakota State University, where he super-

vised 150 full-time faculty members and provided oversight for undergraduate and graduate programs, including two doctoral programs. Jorgensen has considerable strategic planning experience, as well as institutional and program accreditation experience, and has coordinated multiple successful fundraising campaigns. Prior to his years as dean, he served as director of the In-structional Technologies Center in the Office of Academic Affairs and as professor/coordinator in the Department of Communica-tion Studies and Theatre at SDSU.



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Jorgensen received his bachelor’s degree and master’s de-gree, both in journalism and mass communications, from South Dakota State University. He earned his doctorate degree in com-munications studies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is an honors graduate of the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and is a retired colonel with the U.S. Army Reserve. During his time with the military, he was called to active duty as the deputy director of the Army Reserve Communication (Public Affairs) at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

RITA WEIGHILLVice President for Communication

Rita Weighill, vice president for communi-cation, has been at Park University since 1995. She is responsible for overseeing the marketing, media, publications, web design, public relations, and telecommunication ef-forts for the University.

She is a member of the Greater Kansas City Council on Philanthropy, Association of Fundraising Professionals, Platte County Economic Development Council (Marketing Committee), KCI Rotary (officer), Riverside Chamber of Commerce, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Parkville Chamber of Commerce, Asso-ciation for Non-Traditional Students in Higher Education (charter member), Association for Information Communications Technol-ogy Professionals in Higher Education, Public Relations Society of America and PRSA’s Greater Kansas City Chapter. In 1999, she earned the Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) award, a nationally recognized credential for profession-al fundraisers. Before coming to Park University, she was employed at Mid-western Baptist Seminary in Kansas City, Mo., where she was the director of seminary relations at that master’s- and doctorate-level institution. She received a B.A. from Park University and a M.Ed. in higher education administration from Vanderbilt Univer-sity in Nashville, Tenn.

LAURIE McCORMACKVice President for University Advancement

Laurie D. McCormack began her duties as vice president for university advancement at Park University in January 2008. Prior to ar-riving at Park, McCormack was the assistant vice chancellor of advancement for develop-ment at the University of Missouri-Kansas

City where she directed the University’s first-ever nine-figure capital campaign, raising $202.6 million. McCormack’s career in fundraising began with the Heart of America United Way as the campaign assistant director, where she raised more than $3.8 million through targeted efforts. Mc-Cormack has also served as director of marketing and client ser-vices at the law firm of Polsinelli, White, Vardeman and Shalton, P.C., in Kansas City, Mo., and as the manager of community and public relations at Gateway 2000 in Kansas City. McCormack has been an active volunteer for several organi-zations. She currently serves on the board of the Truman Medical Centers Foundation and is a board member and vice president of Nonprofit Connect: Learn, Network, Grow. She is a former president of the Southtown Council and its Foundation, and a former treasurer and board member of Safe-home, has served on the United Negro College Fund Kansas City Board of Advisors, the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education conference committee, and the Safehome Capital Campaign Steering Committee. McCormack received her bachelor’s degree in communica-tion studies from UMKC, is a member of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce’s Centurion Leadership Program Class of 2001 and the Greater Missouri Leadership Challenge Class of 2010.

DORLA WATKINSVice President for Finance & Administration

Dorla Watkins, Vice President of Finance and Administration, supervises all University financial business actions, making neces-sary decisions for day-to-day operations and for long-range University economic de-velopment.

She joined Park University’s administrative staff in 1979 as a staff accountant. Her most recent position has been Associate Vice President for Business and Finance. Prior to that Watkins has served as a consultant and controller for the University, as well as serving on the Board of Trustees. She also oversaw the partnership with Xerox Global Ser-vices and the document management system at Park as well as served as chair of the strategic plan Explorations and Transfor-mations Committee 2012: Access to Excellence. In her various positions, she has accumulated 20 years of su-pervisory, management, accounting and consulting experience, including six years as director of Business Affairs for Kromm, Ri-kimaru & Johansen, Inc. She has acted as a liaison to financial, legal and auditing institutions and negotiated and implemented contractual agree-ments as well as developing office accounting and policy proce-dures including overseeing fiscal budgets. Watkins earned both her bachelor’s degree in business administration and master’s degree in public affairs from Park University.



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STEVE WILSONSports Information Director

Steve Wilson enters his fifth year as the Director of Sports Information at Park Uni-versity, overseeing publicity and gameday operations for all 15 sports. Wilson is the primary media liaison for the entire Park University athletics department, as well as

both women’s soccer and women’s volleyball in the fall, men’s basketball in the winter, and baseball and golf in the spring. He is also responsible for overseeing all publications and online efforts within the department, including www.parkathlet-ics.com, which was named the best in-house NAIA website in 2009-10 and placed third in 2010-11, and serves as the official online home for Pirate athletics. Additionally, Wilson supervises game-day staff at all home events as well as other administrative duties within the Department of Athletics. He also serves as Park University’s play-by-play voice when the Pirates are on the road. In 2011-12, he will oversee an enhanced social media experi-ence for Park University fans, as well as a renewed commitment to quality online video broadcasting. The 2011-12 season will also bring on a new role, when Wilson splits duties as American Midwest Conference Sports Information Director with Columbia College Associate Director of Athletics Cindy Fotti. Fotti and Wilson will coordinate all pro-motional aspects for the conference, including weekly and post-season awards, preseason polls, social media efforts and the conference’s online home, www.amcsportsonline.com. An active CoSIDA and NAIA-SIDA member, Wilson is in-volved in several national committees, and in 2011 he was named to an at-large position on the NAIA-SIDA Board of Directors. He is also involved in publications committees, serving as a contest coordinator of the NAIA-SIDA Walt McAlexander Baseball Bro-chure Contest as well as a judge in various CoSIDA competi-tions. In 2010-11, he produced a pair of top-billing media guides in NAIA-SIDA publications contests, winning the Walt McAlexan-der Baseball Brochure Contest and the NAIA-SIDA single-sport brochure contest for his women’s golf media guide. In all, 2010-11 produced five top 10 finishes in publications contests, for Wil-son, bringing his career total to 13 top 10 NAIA-SIDA finishes. A 2004 graduate of Kansas State University, Wilson began his career in sports information as a Graduate Assistant at Kan-sas Wesleyan University during the 2004-05 school year, as-sisting with the Coyote football, men’s basketball, baseball and women’s basketball programs. In 2005, he joined the athletic media relations staff at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, where he was the primary contact for women’s volleyball, women’s basketball and baseball, while also assisting with pub-licity efforts in the Bobcat football program. While at Texas State, Wilson also provided basketball and baseball play-by-play on KTSW-FM. Away from San Marcos, Wil-son assisted on the game-day staffs of the 2005 United States Basketball League Championship, the 2006 NCAA Women’s Basketball Regional in San Antonio and the 2006 NCAA Base-ball Regional in Austin, Texas. During the 2005 football season, he also assisted the game-day efforts of the New Orleans Saints, who were relocated to San Antonio by Hurricane Katrina. Prior to his work in sports information, Wilson was a play-by-play voice and account manager for KSAL-AM in Salina, Kan., as well as a contributing writer and assistant editor for Rivals.com College Baseball. He received top honors in the student play-by-play category by the Kansas Association of Broadcasters in 2003. Wilson and his wife, Sarah, reside in Roeland Park, Kan.

TYLER PRICEAssistant Sports Information Director

Tyler Price enters his fourth year as the As-sistant Sports Information Director at Park. Price is the primary contact for both men’s soccer and cross country in the fall, wom-en’s basketball and men’s volleyball in the winter, as well as softball and track and field

in the spring. Price joins SID Steve Wilson as the primary liaison between Park’s athletics programs and the public. The two are responsi-ble for serving the needs of not only the media, but also coaches, student-athletes, supporters and fans. For the second straight men’s volleyball season, Price will work as the Mid-America Men’s Volleyball Intercollegiate Confer-ence (MAMVIC) Sports Information Director. In that capacity Price will work closely with all 18 institutions and will continue to monitor the conference’s new website and work with institutional media relations personnel. Price will coordinate the NAIA Men’s Volleyball National Player’s of the Week along with the NAIA Men’s Volleyball Na-tional Top 10 Poll. Price is a proud member of NAIA-SIDA as well as CoSIDA. Price and Wilson produce 10 media guide publications each year for the Park University athletic department and Price has been awarded with five NAIA-SIDA Top 10 in the Nation awards for his publications, including a second-place finish for his 2011 Men’s Volleyball Media Guide. A 2008 graduate of Kansas State University, Price spent three years in the Sports Information Department from 2005-08 as a Student Assistant. Along with assisting in the promotion of all 12 varsity sports at K-State, Price’s main responsibility was serving as the primary contact for the women’s equestrian program. After graduation, Price joined the Sports Information staff at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). After a few months promoting the NAIA, Price made the trek a few miles north to Parkville. The Overland Park, Kan., native also worked in sports broad-casting early in his career, spending two summers working at NBC KSHB-TV in Kansas City as an Associate Sports Producer for the 38 Sports Spot television program and all evening KSHB-TV newscasts. Price is an avid Kansas City sports fan and enjoys watching all Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City Royals and Kansas State athletic events. Price and his wife, Jenny, also a graduate of K-State, reside in Overland Park, Kan., with their daughter Maria.

PATRICIA FAYARDOffice Manager

Pat Fayard is in her 26th year at Park Uni-versity, entering her eighth as the office manager for the department of athletics. Fayard is responsible for coordinating team travel and overall budgetary items for the department, as well as serving as an admin-

istrative assistant for director of athletics, Claude English. She also coordinates many of Park’s gameday operations, including concession-stand management and student work-study employees. Fayard and her husband, Dennis, reside in Parkville.



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MICHAEL FREYHead Athletic Trainer

Michael Frey begins his ninth year as head athletic trainer at Park University, coming to the Pirates after a one-year stint as the head athletic trainer at Centennial High School in Peoria, Ariz. Frey owns a bachelor’s degree from Kansas State University in 1994, and

he completed his master’s degree in 2002 from the University of Kansas. A native of Silver Lake, Kan., and member of Silver Lake’s 1989 Class 3A state champion football team, Frey began his ca-reer in sports medicine as the Industrial Program Director at the Rehability Center in Kansas City, Kan., staying in that role from 1994 to 1998. In 1998, Frey landed his first position in a collegiate athletics setting, serving as athletic trainer at Avila University from 1998-2000. Frey returned to his alma mater in 2000, where he served as the Intramural Sports Medicine Director at Kansas State Univer-sity until 2002, prior to going to Centennial High. Frey resides in Lee’s Summit, Mo., with his wife, Kelly, and two daughters Lorien and Natalie. He also has one son, Talin.

BRIAN CIOLEKWellness, Strength & Conditioning Coordinator

Brian Ciolek enters his fourth year as Well-ness, Strength and Conditioning Coordina-tor at Park University. He has been in the fitness industry for more than seven years, and most recently comes from Life Time Fit-ness as a master level personal trainer and

metabolic technician. He obtained his Masters of Science in Exercise Science with an emphasis in performance enhancement and injury prevention from California University of Pennsylvania in 2008. He also attended the University of Central Missouri where he graduated with a BS in Exercise Science with an emphasis in athletic training and 1,200 hours of experience with the univer-sity’s football, basketball, and baseball teams. Brian is Strength and Conditioning Coach-Certified through the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association by completing his practicum with the Mid-America Nazarene Uni-versity football team. He is certified by the National Strength and Conditioning As-sociation as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and is a Registered Strength and Conditioning Coach. In addition, he has the certifications of Performance Enhance-ment Specialist and Corrective Exercise Specialist by the Na-tional Academy of Sports Medicine and Speed/Agility/Quickness Specialist from National Exercise and Sports Training Associa-tion. Brian has coaching certifications by USA Weightlifting- Sports Performance Coach, USA Track and Field-Level 1, US Soccer-D License, and NSCAA-Advance Regional Diploma. He has been published in Tennis Talk and Fitness Magazine and has been a presenter at the NSCA Kansas Strength and Conditioning State Clinic. He enjoys the sports of soccer, moun-tain biking, kayaking, adventure racing and is a multiple mara-thon/ultra-marathon finisher.

JENNIFER JEFFRESSAssistant Athletic Trainer

Jennifer Jeffress begins her first season with the Park University sports medicine department, coming to the Pirates after two seasons at her alma mater, Missouri Valley College. At Missouri Valley, Jeffress handled injury prevention, evaluation, treatment, re-

habilitation and physician referrals for women’s volleyball, wres-tling and baseball. She was also an instructor for athletic training and exercise science courses. Prior to Missouri Valley, Jeffress served as a graduate assistant at the University of Tennessee, working pri-marily with the women’s tennis team. She was also a member of Team EN-HANCE, a premier comprehensive, proactive program established to iden-tify, counsel, support, monitor, refer an follow up with student-athletes strug-gling with emotional and mental health issues. She also managed and maintained hydrotherapy equipment at UT, and her masters’ project at Tennessee was an assessment of female athletes to determine increased risk of anterior cruciate ligament injury during jump landing. While at Tennessee, she also assisted with preparations in order to host NCAA tournament events. Jeffress has a bachelor’s degree in athletic training and exercise science with an emphasis in health and fitness from Missouri Valley College, with a masters in exer-cise science (emphasis in biomechanics) from the University of Tennessee.

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The home of Park Uni-versity men’s and women’s soccer, Ju-

lian Field sits on the north-west side of campus, at the corner of Sixth and East streets in Parkville, Mo. The field’s grandstand, which was installed prior to the 2001 season just below Missouri Highway 9, has seating for 1,500 spectators, including two chair-backed seating sections. In 2010, Park’s men’s and women’s soccer teams com-bined for 15 wins on their home field, going 15-3-2 at Julian Field. The men’s team earned an outright regular-season championship, thanks to its home record, and Park’s women tied for the regular-season crown with McKendree University. In addition to one of the finest natural-grass playing surfaces in the Midwest, Julian Field also offers a warm-up field to its east, which is contained within the track and adjacent to the softball complex. The facility also includes full-service restrooms and a fully stocked concession stand, as well as a picnic area between the south goal and the concession facilities. A new scoreboard was installed at Julian Field prior to the 2007 season, containing LED bulbs for easy viewing during both day and night games. In the southwest corner of the stadium, a plaque honors three members of the Park University family killed in an automobile ac-

cident in 2000, returning from postseason play in the St. Louis area. The 2010 season marked the 10-year anniver-sary of the accident, which forever changed the Park University women’s soccer program. Prior to the 2010 season, Julian Field hosted the world’s most popular soc-cer franchise, as Manchester United held a youth clinic for 48 Kansas City area youth soccer players prior to the club’s game against the Kan-sas City Wizards.

GETTING TO PARK FROM KCI AIRPORTTake I-29 South to the MO-45/NW 64th Street/Tom Watson Parkway Exit. Turn right and travel two miles to MO-9. Turn left and follow to the intersection of 6th and East. Make a left to enter Park University’s campus.

GETTING TO PARK FROM DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITYTake US-169 North to MO-9 and exit toward Riverside/Parkville. Continue on MO-9 past Park’s front entrance to the intersection of 6th and East. Turn right to enter Park University’s campus.

GETTING TO PARK FROM JOHNSON COUNTY, KAN.Take I-635 North to MO-9 and exit toward Riverside/Parkville. Continue on MO-9 past Park’s front entrance to the intersection of 6th and East. Turn right to enter Park University’s campus.



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JUNIELLE WATKINSJunior • Midfielder


ELLEN GHIRARDISophomore • Goalkeeper

CARA LIGHTLESophomore • Defender

DANA HEMMINGSENJunior • Midfielder

2010 AMC Honorable Mention

2011 Women’s soccer scHeDULe

Aug. 27 Benedictine University at Springfield * Springfield, Ill. 7:00 p.m.Aug. 30 MidAmerica Nazarene University Olathe, Kan. 6:00 p.m.Sept. 2 BAKER UNIVERSITY JULIAN FIELD 5:00 p.m.Sept. 7 BENEDICTINE COLLEGE JULIAN FIELD 6:00 p.m.Sept. 10 BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY AT SPRINGFIELD * JULIAN FIELD NoonSept. 14 Missouri Baptist University * St. Louis, Mo. 6:00 p.m.Sept. 17 MISSOURI VALLEY COLLEGE JULIAN FIELD NoonSept. 20 Graceland University Lamoni, Iowa 5:00 p.m.Sept. 24 HANNIBAL-LaGRANGE UNIVERSITY * JULIAN FIELD NoonSept. 28 William Woods University * Fulton, Mo. 6:00 p.m.Oct. 1 MISSOURI BAPTIST UNIVERSITY * JULIAN FIELD NoonOct. 5 Lindenwood University St. Charles, Mo. 5:30 p.m.Oct. 10 KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY JULIAN FIELD 1:00 p.m.Oct. 15 Hannibal-LaGrange University * Hannibal, Mo. 2:00 p.m.Oct. 19 WILLIAM WOODS UNIVERSITY * JULIAN FIELD 5:00 p.m.Oct. 22 HARRIS-STOWE STATE UNIVERSITY * JULIAN FIELD NoonOct. 29 Harris-Stowe State University * St. Louis, Mo. NoonNov. 4-10 American Midwest Conference Tournament Campus Sites TBANov. 20 NAIA National Championship Opening Round Campus Sites TBANov. 29 - Dec. 4 NAIA National Championship Tournament Decatur, Ala. TBA

* Denotes American Midwest Conference gameHome games in GOLD played at Julian Field. All dates and times Central and subject to change.

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