cwu wildcat football recruitment booklet
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Everything you need to know about why you should choose to come to CWU to play football and earn your degree.TRANSCRIPT
HEAD COACHRECORD AT CWU:
41-16 (.719), 5th year
OVERALL HEAD COACHING RECORD:
68-48 (.586), 11th year
ALMA MATER:
Whitworth, 1988; Washington State, 1990
BORN:
October 15, 1964 in Spokane, WA
BLAINE BENNETT
Through his first five seasons as the head football coach at Central Washington University, Blaine Bennett has established himself as one of the most successful gridiron coaches in school history. Bennett has compiled a record of 41-16 over his first five seasons as the Wildcats’ head coach, lead-ing CWU to Great Northwest Athletic Conference championships in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2012. He also guided the Wildcats to NCAA Division II playoff berths in each of his first two seasons in Ellensburg, including a national quarterfinal appearance in 2009. CWU has also won 80 percent of its GNAC games (32-8 record) during Bennett’s tenure, including the only 8-0 conference record in league history in 2008. Individually, CWU has had 43 first-team all-GNAC selections in Bennett’s five seasons at the helm, including 13 first-team picks in 2009 as the Wildcats climbed to the number one ranking in the NCAA Divi-sion II polls for the first time in school history. Bennett, a three-time GNAC Coach of the Year (2008, 2009, 2012), also mentored quarterback Mile Reilly to a run-ner-up finish in the Harlon Hill Trophy balloting in 2008 as the top Division II football player in the country. Since coming to CWU, Bennett has also be-come a voting member of the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) in its weekly Division II national polls and is the AFCA Division II All-American coordinator for Region Five. He also became a mem-ber of the NCAA Division II rating committee in 2011. Off the field, Bennett has been instrumen-tal in leading community service efforts by the Wildcat football program. He serves as a mem-ber of the United Way board and guides CWU stu-dent-athletes with an annual American Red Cross blood drive, an annual Yakima River cleanup, as well as contributions to the F.I.S.H. Food Bank and the Dr. Seuss reading program, in which Wild-cat players read to local elementary school classes. Bennett, 48, was hired on January 18, 2008 to guide the Wildcats following six years as an assistant coach in the Big Ten Conference. He returned to fa-miliar surroundings with his arrival at CWU, having been raised in both Ellensburg and Walla Walla. A 1983 graduate of Walla Walla High School in 1983, where he played football for his father, Shorty Ben-nett, Blaine Bennett embarked on a college foot-ball career at both the University of Idaho and
BENNETT YEAR-BY-YEAR
BENNETT VS. OPPONENTS
SCHOOLWetern Oregon
Wetern Oregon
Wetern Oregon
Wetern Oregon
Wetern Oregon
Wetern Oregon
WOU (6 years)
Central Washington
Central Washington
Central Washington
Central Washington
Central Washington
CWU (5 years)
OVERALL (11 years)
OPPONENTAzusa Pacific
UC Davis
Cal State Northridge
Carson-Newman
Central Washington
Chico State
Colorado Mesa
Dixie State
Eastern Oregon
Eastern Washington
Humboldt State
Idaho State
Lewis & Clark
Linefield
Minnesota Duluth
Montana
Northwest Missouri State
Pacific Lutheran
Puget Sound
Simon Fraser
Southern Oregon
Tarleton State
Texas A&M-Kingsville
West Texas A&M
Western Oregon
Western Washington
Whitworth
Willamette
ALL OPPONENTS
W-L2-7
3-7
7-3
4-5
5-5
6-5
27-32
10-2
12-1
8-3
4-6
7-4
41-16
68-48
WOUW-L1-1
0-4
0-1
0-1
4-2
0-1
1-0
0-0
2-3
0-1
3-1
0-0
1-1
1-3
0-0
0-0
0-0
1-1
1-0
4-2
3-3
0-0
0-0
0-0
—
2-4
2-0
1-3
27-32
CWUW-L3-1
0-0
0-0
0-0
—
0-0
2-0
8-0
0-0
0-1
6-4
1-0
0-0
0-0
1-1
0-1
0-1
0-0
0-0
5-1
1-0
1-0
0-2
1-1
9-1
2-0
0-0
0-0
41-16
ALLW-L4-2
0-4
0-1
0-1
4-2
0-1
3-0
8-0
2-3
0-2
9-5
1-0
1-1
1-3
1-1
0-1
0-1
1-1
1-0
9-3
4-3
1-0
0-2
1-1
9-1
4-4
2-0
1-3
68-48
CONF.1-4
2-3
4-1
2-3
3-1
2-2
14-14
8-0
6-0
7-1
4-4
7-3
32-8
46-22
FINISHt-5th
t-4th
1st
t-4th
2nd
3rd
1st
1st
1st
3rd
1st
Whitworth College. A 1988 graduate of Whitworth with a degree in secondary education and math, Bennett then spent two years as a graduate assis-tant coach at Washington State University, adding a Master’s degree in physical education from WSU in 1990. He also spent one season as the offensive co-ordinator at California State University, Chico (Chico State) and one year as wide receivers coach at Idaho. As a collegiate head coach, Bennett is quite fa-miliar with small college football in the Pacific North-west. He spent six seasons as the head coach at West-ern Oregon University in Monmouth, Ore., compiling a 27-32 record as the Wolves’ mentor from 1995-2000. During that time, he helped guide the school through a transition from the NAIA to NCAA Division II ranks, leading the Wolves to the NAIA playoffs and a Co-lumbia Football Association championship in 1997. Following his coaching stint at WOU, which had also included three seasons as an assistant coach, Bennett spent six years at the NCAA Division I level as an assistant coach. He was the quarterbacks coach and recruiting coordinator under Joe Tiller at Purdue University from 2001-05 before becoming the assis-tant head coach at Michigan State University under John L. Smith in 2006. While at Purdue, he coached current Denver Broncos quarterback Kyle Orton. Bennett has been married to wife Melissa for 25 years. The couple has three children, sons Blaine John (21) and Matthew (18), and daughter Brianne (20). Blaine John will be a sophomore wide receiver for the Wildcat football team in 2013, while Brianne will be a junior at Washington State University and Matthew will graduate from Ellensburg High School in 2013.
CWU ATHLETIC FACILITIES
BOWL GAME PARTICIPANTS
Joe SmithPUNTERMoses LewisWIDE RECEIVERJake RobertsWIDE RECEIVERJohnny LopezRUNNING BACKBret StrayLINEBACKERBrian PotucekWIDE RECEIVEREmilio IniguezRUNNING BACKDustin HawkinsDEFENSIVE LINEMANLance GibsonDEFENSIVE LINEMANJeremy JacobsDEFENSIVE BACK2010 NOMINEESAdam BighillLINEBACKEREugene GermanyDEFENSIVE LINEMANBryson KellyRUNNING BACK
Mike ReillyQUARTERBACKJared BronsonTIGHT END
Justin HelwegeWIDE RECEIVER
CACTUS BOWL SHRINE GAME
ALL-STAR GAME
2003-2010 2009
2012
EAST-WEST
CASINO DEL SOL
CWU IN THE NFL/CFL /AFL
NFL
Jon Kitna
Jared Bronson
Mike Reilly
Bryson Kelly
Courtney Smith
QUARTERBACK
TIGHT END
QUARTERBACK
RUNNING BACK
DEFENSIVE BACK
QUARTERBACK
LINEBACKER
DEFENSIVE BACKMike Reilly
Adam Bighill
Courtney Smith
CFL AFL
Central WashingtonUniversity VS. Western Oregon
University
Qwest Field • Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010 • Kickoff at 6 p.m. CW U WOU
VIIIVIIICWU VS. EWU
SEPT. 11, 2010 • QWEST FIELD
KICKOFF AT 6 P.M.TICKETS: $15, $25, AND $35 ON SALE NOW AT THE WILDCAT SHOP AT WWW.CWU.EDU/~STORE AND AT TICKETMASTER AT WWW.TICKETMASTER.COM
CWU is an AA/EEO/Title IX Institution. Persons with disabilities may request reasonable accommodation by calling the Center for Disability Services at
509-963-2171 or TDD 509-963-2143.
8/28/2010 MinnesotaDuluth1p.m.
9/18/2010 DixieState 1p.m.
10/9/2010 SouthernOregon 1p.m.
10/23/2010 Homecoming
HumboldtState 1p.m.
11/6/2010 SimonFraser Noon
11/13/2010 Senior Day
WesternOregon Noon
SEASON HOME GAME SCHEDULE
www.wildcatsports.com
CWU AT CENTURY LINK FIELD(FORMERLY QWEST FIELD)
POSTSEASON AND PRESEASON POLLS
American Football Coaches Association
2009 POSTSEASON POLL
2010 PRESEASON POLL
VS.
CWU VS. BIG SKY CONFERENCE
VS.9.11.2010 LOSS 32-35Eastern Washington
Idaho State
Montana
Eastern Washington
VS.9.26.2009 WIN 33-32
VS.9.27.2008 LOSS 35-38
VS.9.16.2006 WIN 21-14
CWU TRADITION
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COMMUNITY SERVICE
UNITED WAY
F.I.S.H. FOOD BANK
BLOOD DRIVE
DR. SEUSS READING PROGRAM
STRAW PICK-UP AT CLERF’S FARM
YAKIMA RIVER CLEAN-UP
TEAM BUILDING
ROPES COURSE
RIVER RAFTING
SPRING RIDGE
F a l l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 5 H, 4 9 LWinter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39H, 25LS p r i n g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 0 H, 4 2 LSummer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83H, 53L
Ellensburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 .1inSeattle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37.1inSpokane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16.7inPhoenix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7.3in
CWU SEASONS
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
AVERAGE YEARLY PRECIPITATION
300+ DAYS OF SUNSHINE PER YEAR!
To Seattle .............................1:35To Sea-Tac............................1:45To Yakima ............................0:30To Wenatchee .....................1:05To Spokane..........................2:40To Tri-Cities..........................1:55
DRIVE TIMES FROM ELLENSBURG:
At CWU, we have 20 residence halls offering a variety of attractive and complete housing and dining packages. Living on campus at CWU affords you many opportunities and has proven to be instrumental in the academic success of Central students. As an on-campus resident, you will have ample opportunity to grow and develop outside the classroom as you live with people who understand the educational process and can discuss classes, professors, homework, and exams with you. Living on campus enhances your overall education and is perhaps one of the best ways to develop friendships with peers that will be cherished for a lifetime.
CWU HOUSING
Wendell Hill Hall
New Barto Hall New Barto Hall Commons
The multi-million dollar remodel project of Hogue was just completed in September 2011, making it one of the nation’s most advanced facilities for industrial and engineering technology. The building recreates real-world engineering working conditions, features plug-ins for solar panels and wind turbines, and enables students to see into the structure to understand the “green” construction methods in the energy-efficient building. CWU’s Industrial and Engineering Technology program, which offers Washington’s only specialization in heavy civil construction, is housed in the new building.
The new hall opened fall quarter 2012. This four-level, state-of-the-art, energy efficient building is designed to house 362 first-year students. Some green features include energy efficient heating/cooling and lighting system, the use of alternative energy using solar energy to heat water, efficient air filters, and water use reduction.
NEWEST CWU BUILDINGS
HOGUE TECHNOLOGY CENTER
BARTO HALL FOR FIRST YEAR STUDENTS
380-ACRE CAMPUS
· 50-foot rock wall· Indoor jogging track· Four-court gymnasium· Strength training and cardiovascular areas and group exercise rooms· Outdoor equipment rentals· Locker rooms with saunas
· Market-style dining area with a large variety of food choices· Wildcat Shop Bookstore· Full-service U.S. Bank and ATM machines· Movie theatre· Large ballroom· Student radio station, 88.1 KCWU, the ‘Burg
STUDENT UNION
RECREATION CENTER
STUDENT UNION & RECREATION CENTER
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
Average class size: 25Majors offered: 100+Pre-professional programs: 11Clubs and organizations: 125+Colleges on campus: 4 (Arts and Humanities, Business, Education and Professional Studies, Sciences) Students enrolled: Approx. 10,000
· Northwest’s premier program.· Recognized regionally and nationally.· The only program in the nation to earn national recognition across the curriculum in a single year.
At CWU, students get to do what they’re studying in real-world settings.
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
· Northwest’s premier program.· Recognized regionally and nationally.· The only program in the nation to earn national recognition across the curriculum in a single year.
· One of only 5 percent in the world to earn national accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). · Only Sport Business Certificate Program in the state designed for undergraduate students in a school of business.· Best in the state for graduating job-ready students who are grounded in the practical and ethical aspects of public and industry accounting.
· CWU’s largest academic college with 1,300 students.· The sixth largest teacher education program in the nation. · Placed in the top 1 percent of education programs in the nation by a national review agency.
· One of less than a half-dozen in the nation that offers a bachelor’s degree in paramedicine.· Only program to offer a two-year concentration in the paramedicine major.· Job-placement rate is nearly 100 percent.
· Only public university in the Northwest that offers a Bachelor of Science in aviation.· Direct-hire agreements with Horizon Air, American Eagle, and Pinnacle Airlines.· Best training facilities on the West Coast.
BUSINESS
TEACHER EDUCATION
PARAMEDICS
AVIATION
CWU STUDENT LIFE
We know the foundations built during your first year of college are key to your success. Our First Year Experience (FYE) program provides you with a comprehensive guide to your first year, which is guaranteed to help increase your success at CWU.
CWU hosts art exhibits, music and theater productions, poetry slams, film screenings, academic workshops, faculty presentations, career fairs, and many other events throughout the year. CWU provides many opportunities for you to enhance your social life. You’ll find your niche among more than 125 clubs and associations.
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Some of the best Fly Fishing on the Yakima River
Great hiking andsight seeing
Amazing guest speakers: Sig Hansen of Deadliest catch
Beautiful trails and wildlife
Yakima River Rafting
TUITION AND FEES COMPARISON
CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$7,941 (RESIDENT)
WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY$20,934 (NON-RESIDENT)
$10,905 (WUE)
EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$7,933 (RESIDENT)
HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY$26,352 (NON-RESIDENT)
$10,606 (WUE)
GRANTS AND FINANCIAL AID
PELL GRANT: $5,550 (Maximum)
WASHINGTON STATE NEED GRANT: $7,630 (Maximum)
SEOG GRANT: $900 (Maximum)
FEDERAL WORK STUDY: $6,200 (Maximum)
*All numbers are based on the 2012-2013 school year and are based on an EFC (Estimated Family Contribution) of 00000
Considering CWU but not sure how you’re going to pay for it? Paying for college can be pretty intimidating, but there are many options available to make sure your financial experience at CWU is as easy as possible. In fact, every year CWU awards more than $80 million in financial aid in the form of grants, loans, and work-study. In addition to loans, there are also many grants and scholarships available. Go to www.cwu.edu/scholar/cms/ to browse and apply for scholarships and grants at CWU. You must complete the General Scholarship Application between October 1 and February 1.
THE PROCESS
APPLY FOR FINANCIAL AID
AFTER BEING ACCEPTED TO CWU
CONTACT THE FINANCIAL AID OFFICEPHONE: 509.963.1611, EXT. 3WEBSITE: www.cwu.edu/~finaid
· FAFSA website: www.fafsa.ed.gov.· Complete and mail as soon as possible after Jan. 1.· CWU School code: 003771.· You will then receive an Estimated Family Contribution (EFC), which determines the amount of aid you’re eligible for.
· You will receive a financial aid award letter informing you of the type of aid that is available to you.· Be sure to check your CWU e-mail regularly.· You must accept the amount listed on the award letter before the check will be awarded.
There are three qualifications that the NCAA has that help to determine your eligibility. Once you have registered for the clearinghouse they will let us and you know which of the following categories you fall into:
1. Qualifier: A qualifier is a student who, for purposes of determining eligibility for financial aid, practice, and completion in Division I or Division II Institutions, has met all the following requirements: A. Graduate form High School B. Successful completion of 16 core courses C. 2.0 Minimum GPA in the core courses curriculum D. Specified minimum 820 SAT or 17 ACT2. Partial-qualifier: A partial-qualifier is a student who does not meet the requirements for a qualifier but who, at the time of graduation from high school, presents one of the following requirements: A. 2.0 GPA in the core course curriculum B. Specified minimum 820 SAT or 17 ACT3. Non-qualifier: A non-qualifier is a student who has not graduated high school or who, presented neither the core curriculum GPA and SAT/ACT scorerequired for a qualifier.
QUALIFYING
Central Washington University
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