gvsports monthly magazine

August 2011

WHERE ARE THEY NOW - THE GVSU FOOTBALL COACHING TREE

IN THIS ISSUE

11Volleyball

Scanlon Leads Young,

Talented Team in 2011

10Cross CountryMen’s and Women’s

Season Previews

7Soccer

Defending the Title, Part 2

8Football Season Preview

FootballMatt Mitchell begins his second year at the helm of the program.

By: Tim Nott editor in chief

August 2011

Volume 3, Issue 2

Tim Nott

Doug LipinskiDoug Witte

Courtney ZudwegDJ Foster,

Amanda Murphy

Kyle Schwerin

Jenison PrintingJanine Freeman,

Sandra Jennings,

Sharon Kowalczyk,

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EDITOR IN CHIEF

MANAGING EDITOR

EXECUTIVE EDITOR

ADVERTISING DIRECTOR

STAFF WRITERS

PRINTER

CONTRIBUTORS

2 Q&A with GVSU SportsProperties

4 News in Brief4 Coaching Tree12 The Green Zone13 Player Profiles14 Fall Promotions15 The Grid16 Sandra’s

Snapshot

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-Q-

Tell us what you do for GVSU Sports

Properties?

-Doug Lipinski- I oversee the directionof GVSU Sports Properties.

-Doug Witte- I am the Athletic Web andGraphic Designer. I oversee the athletics

website and work with both the marketing

department and sports information depart-

ments for content on the web. I design

most of the print and web materials, in-

cluding this magazine, to promote

GVSU’s varsity sports. I am also the pho-

tographer for the athletic department.

-Charlie Read- In a nutshell I am incharge of selling our fans tickets to our

athletic events and merchandise to wear

while they are at the games. My official

duties are overseeing the operation of the

athletic ticket office and our merchandise

operation, Louie’s Locker Room.

-Courtney Zudweg- My job is to man-age and fulfill all corporate sponsorships

as well as handling in-game and event pro-

motions from creation to implementation.

I also serve as the liaison to athletic spirit

groups.

-Q-

Describe the journey that brought

you to your current position?

-DW- After I finished college, I worked inthe sports information office and volun-

teered with the football team doing video.

I eventually learned more about design

and photography and became a GA in the

sports information office. After I finished

my masters here at GVSU, I was hired

full-time.

-CR- My journey began my third year ofcollege when I took CAP 305 – Sports Pro-

motion. I had an excellent teacher for that

class in Doug Lipinski. I always loved

sports and wanted to work in sports, but had

no idea of the potential opportunities that

existed in administration and the business

sides of sports. So I emailed him about

doing an internship the following year and

the rest is history.

-CZ- I began as an intern with GVSU in themarketing department the same year as

Charlie. Doug asked me to continue work-

ing in the athletic department after my in-

ternship concluded and I accepted. I

worked my way up the ladder and this is my

fifth year at GVSU.

-Q-

What is the biggest challenge of

your job?

-DL- There are two challenges. The first,is managing multiple events and deadlines

through-out the year. The second is creat-

ing a balance personal life. This job is 8-5

plus your events, during the fall 60 hour

weeks are normal.

-DW- We have 20 varsity sports, so it’s achallenge to cover everything good that is

happening with them. It’s probably less of

a challenge and more an impossible task.

There are so many different things that

could be done; it’s difficult to come up

with a plan for what is possible. At the Di-

vision II level, we don’t have a massive

athletic budget or department, so a lot of

times it comes down to just doing as much

as you can. In dealing with the website and

social media, there’s always something

more than can be done to get news out, or

to improve the pages we have. Sometimes

I look at schools like Oklahoma and I want

to do as much as they do, but I also have

to realize they have three or four people

doing my job (and that doesn’t even count

how many people they have in marketing

or sports information).

-CZ- It can definitely by a challenge tostay on top of everything going on and to

manage projects and deadlines. There is

always something more that could be done

and multiple items going on at once. It is

difficult to maintain balance personally

with a job that is very demanding.

-Q-

Of all the tasks you have had for

your job, what has been the most

interesting?

-DW- It’s always fun to drive by a billboardand think, “I made that.” It might not seem

like much, but it amuses me.

-CZ- I would have to say the 131 Show-down was the most interesting. We took our

men’s and women’s basketball double-

header against Ferris downtown to the Van

Andel Arena last year and it was such a

great event. The crowd was electric and the

event itself was unforgettable. It was also

memorable for me because I got to sit at the

scorer’s table directing the event next to

Mason, the Pistons PA announcer who we

had brought in to announce the event.

-CR- Honestly, every day is interesting be-cause I am doing something new and differ-

ent every day. If I had to choose what would

be the most interesting it would be launch-

ing Louie’s Locker Room. The creation and

launch of Louie’s Locker Room was really

no different than starting my own clothing

business and being there from the start was

an awesome learning experience.

-Q-

What does a typical football game

day look like for you?

-DL- Busy. I arrive on campus at about10:00am for a regular season home game

(7:00pm kickoff). We try to have our event

set up done by 4:00pm. During the game I

just try not to get run over on the sideline.

-DW- I usually get into the office around11 am to make sure everything on the

website is ready on the backend, like the

online audio and video links for the game.

After that, I go out to the press box with

Tim Nott, the sports information director,

and set up the stat computers while he gets

the press box ready for the night. There’s

usually a little down time before the game,

which is intentional, just in case something

goes wrong (usually computer problems).

Since I am the photographer, I take photos

during the game. After the game, I edit and

upload photos to get them on the website

along with the recap of the game. Last

year we did more with video, so I would

also edit some short clips from the post

game press conference. Once I get the

photos and video loaded onto the website,

I would add the links to the release. Then

I’m usually out of the office around 12:30

am.

-CR- This upcoming year, a typical foot-ball game day will be very untypical for

me. With the addition of the ticket office

to my responsibilities and the expansion of

Louie’s Locker Room, I’m sure I’ll be a

busy guy on game days, but that is what

makes this job so much fun. The day will

start with setup of our retail locations in

and outside the stadium and prepping the

staff for the day. Once tailgating starts I’ll

be meeting with groups/partners, and en-

suring that the ticket operation and Louie’s

Locker Room are operating smoothly up

until the end of the game (and hopefully a

Laker victory).

-Q-

Why did you change the name from

GVSU Sports Marketing to GVSU

Sports Properties?

-DL- We changed our name to better reflectthe scope of our work and integrate that bet-

QUESTION

& ANSWERwith GVSU Sports Properties

(L-R) Doug Witte, Courtney Zudweg, Charlie Read, Doug Lipinski

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ter in our name. We handle marketing for

all 20 varsity sports but we also handle

other elements in our department. GVSU

Sports Properties is responsible for market-

ing, promotions, corporate sponsorship

sales, and hospitality opportunities, GVSN

broadcasts, multimedia, ticketing, licensing

and branding.

-CR- That’s a good question. I think that“GVSU Sports Marketing” doesn’t accu-

rately reflect what we do. We do more than

simply marketing our teams, events, and de-

partment. We sell tickets, we sell merchan-

dise, we coordinate special events, etc. The

title GVSU Sports Properties doesn’t limit

us to selling sponsorships and gives us a

more broad definition in what we do.

-Q-

With so many different things going

on, how do you work with other de-

partments?

-DL- First, hire a great staff. Second, wehave to work with other departments and

offices to get things done. We rely on

many other departments to collaborate

with us to accomplish our goals. We work

very closely with our Sports Information

office. Our Associate Director of Athletics

for Media Relations, Tim Nott, does a

wonderful job in creating an environment

of inclusion. His staff handles the content

on our website and we oversee the “look”

of the site.

-CR- This question goes right back to thegreatest challenge in my position. My po-

sition requires that I work with all kinds of

different departments on campus: facili-

ties, institutional marketing, IT, UBS, ac-

counting, etc. In order to work with these

departments, I almost have to become a

member of that department. If I have an

intimate understanding of the department

I’m working with and how it operates,

then our relationship will work efficiently.

-DW- My job is split between marketingand sports information, so I am work with

both departments on a regular basis.

-Q-

What are some of the challenges of

marketing in an athletic depart-

ments with 20 sports?

-CR- The challenge is that we have 20different sports to market and promote.

Each sport has its own unique audience

and its own story to tell. Unlike a pro

team, which has one team and one sport to

focus on, we have to adapt our messages

to fit the different markets 20 times.

-CZ- It’s difficult to keep all the events,games and deadlines straight throughout

the year because there is so much going

on. There are often numerous sports over-

lapping because so many GVSU teams

make it to the postseason.

-Q-

What is the busiest time of the year

for you?

-DL- It is probably easier to answer thatquestion by telling you the times of the

year that are more flexible for us. The

months of December and June allow us

the most “free” time. We are pretty busy

doing something all year long.

-DW- The summer and fall stay prettybusy. The summer is slower in the sense

that everything doesn’t need to be done

right away, but there’s more to do in the

summer to get ready for the fall. In terms

of workload, the summer is the busiest

time of the year. The fall is the busiest in

terms of hours worked because there are

always events on weekends and some

nights. From September through Novem-

ber, it’s pretty rare to get a weekend off.

Sometimes that’s a good sign though, be-

cause if you’re working weekends in No-

vember it means our teams are still in the

playoffs.

-CZ- The fall is the busiest time of year;we have football, soccer and volleyball in

the heat of their competition season as

well as basketball beginning. Usually all

three fall sports are still in session when

the winter sports begin which makes it a

very busy time of year. We typically have

things going on year round though.

-Q-

Outside of Laker Athletics, what

could we find you doing?

-DL- You will find me with my family,my beautiful wife Carrie and two sons

Adam (3) and Lukas (1).

-DW- I’ve been known to dabble withsome team trivia on Wednesday nights

with a few other people from the depart-

ment.

-CR- You can find me with my wife,Sarah, or playing basketball. My wife and

I are expecting our first child at the end of

August so I am looking forward to being a

father.

-CZ- I am very close to my family so I’mtypically with them, especially my hus-

band of three months, Brian.

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GVSU Hires Becker

Tim Selgo, the Director of Athletics at Grand

Valley State, announced the hiring of Keri

Becker as Associate Director of Athletics/Se-

nior Woman Administrator. Becker will offi-

cially begin her duties at Grand Valley State on

August 8, 2011.

2011 Hall of Fame Class Announced

Grand Valley State will induct six new mem-

bers into the Athletic Hall of Fame this year.

The Hall of Fame dinner and induction cere-

mony will take place during Homecoming

weekend on Oct. 28. Reservations for the din-

ner can be made by calling (616) 331-3200. The

newest members of the GVSU Athletics Hall of

Fame are:

Amber Castonguay

Softball

Eric Cowles

Men’s Golf

Reggie Spearmon

Football

Mirela Tutundzic

Women’s Soccer

Matt Thornton

Baseball

Jason VanElstTrack & Field

The Laker Walk

The football team will continue the new game

day tradition that began last season with the

Laker Walk. Before each game the team will

walk from the Fieldhouse through Lot C to

Lubbers Stadium. Fans are encouraged to greet

the team and cheer them on as they prepare for

the game. See the map below for the route.

N E W S I N B R I E F THE GVSU FOOTBALL

COACHING TREEMiami (OH) is known as the Cradle of Coaches for producingsuccessful football coaches. GVSU’s tradition has been building itsown legacy and here are some current big-name coaches with rootsthat extend back to Allendale.

Photo courtesy U-M Photo Services

BRADY HOKENow:

Head Coachat Michigan

In 1983:Defensive Line Coach

at GVSU

BRIAN KELLYNow:

Head Coachat Notre Dame

From 1992-03:Head Coach

at GVSU

JEFF QUINNNow:

Head Coachat Buffalo

From 1989-03:Assistant Coach

at GVSU

BRIAN VANGORDERNow:

Defensive Coordinatorfor the Atlanta Falcons


at GVSU

DALE CARLSONNow:

Head Coachat Valparaiso

From 1985-86:Defensive Line Coach

at GVSU

TODD MONKENNow:

Offensive Coordinatorat Oklahoma State


at GVSU

JOHN JANCEKNow:

Co-Defensive Coordinatorat Cincinnati

From 1999-02:Defensive Line Coach

at GVSU

JOE WOODSNow:

Defensive Backs Coachfor the Minnesota Vikings

From 1994-96:Defensive Backs Coach

at GVSU

RON BURTONNow:

Defensive Line Coachat Air Force

In 2002:Defensive Line Coach

at GVSU

WILLIE MARTINEZNow:

Defensive Backs Coachat Oklahoma


at GVSU

CHUCK MARTINNow:

Defensive Backs Coachat Notre Dame

From 2004-2009:Head Coach

at GVSU

MIKE DENBROCKNow:

Tight Ends Coachat Notre Dame


at GVSU

LAKER ATHLETICS

GRAND VALLEY STATE

2011 FALL PREVIEW EDITION - SOCCER

Two-time defending NCAA cham-

pion Grand Valley State wel-

comes the 2011 season with high

hopes of a repeat visit to the Women’s

Soccer Championship held at the Ashton

Brosnaham Soccer Complex in Pen-

sacola, Fla., this season. Under the direc-

tion of the 2010 NSCAA National Coach

of the Year, head coach David DiIanni

and the Lakers look to become the first

team to win three straight national

crowns since Franklin Pierce won its

fourth in a row in 1997.

Grand Valley State, who will be

bidding for its sixth straight GLIAC title

and third tournament championship, re-

turns 22 players including eight starters

from a squad that matched the school

record with 22 wins. The group has

plenty of potential to make another deep

journey through the postseason as the

Lakers compiled a 22-1-2 record en

route to becoming the first Division II

women’s soccer program to repeat as

champions in nine years.

The 2010 squad set a school and

NCAA Division II record for shutouts in

a season with 21 and held opponents to

a microscopic five goals on the year. The

tough GVSU backline also played the

entire home schedule without giving up

a goal and did not allow a goal in all

seven postseason contests. The team

recorded a goal in 24 of its 25 matches

and had 16 student-athletes notch at least

one goal. The Lakers outscored oppo-

nents by a 92-5 margin and set an NCAA

tournament record with 17 goals scored.

GVSU extended its unbeaten

streak to 65 regular season games last

season before having the streak snapped

in September by GLIAC foe Northern

Michigan. The Lakers now open the fall

with an 18-game unbeaten streak and 17-

game winning streak.

Trying to make up for the loss of

five seniors, the Lakers welcome fresh-

man Jamie Mastromatteo, Juane Oden-

daal, Kelsey Rothermel, Jenny Shaba,

Charlie Socia, Alyssa Wesley and Cas-

sandra Wiltshire for the 2011 campaign.

The class, which consists of five from

Michigan and two Canada residents,

adds all around depth to the roster.

"This class is an example of how

hard our coaching staff works to bring in

quality people who will be successful

student-athletes at Grand Valley State

University," stated DiIanni. "In addition

to two recruits from Ontario, Canada,

our 2011 class is comprised of players

from high schools or clubs that we have

recruited from in our past classes and we

have seen that pay off."

The Lakers return four seniors

this year, Megan Brown, Kayla Kloster-

man, Erin Mruz and Jessica Trost, whose

championship experience and leadership

will be called upon for the team’s contin-

ued success.

OFFENSE

A season in which it set a school

record with 92 goals scored, GVSU wel-

comes back 83 percent of its scoring in-

cluding the team’s point leaders

All-Americans Mruz and junior Kayla

Addison. Opposing defenses can expect

to see a force coming from the feet of

Addison, Mruz and junior Ashley Botts

as the trio combined for 47 of the Lakers’

goals and tallied 30 helpers. Botts was

named the NCAA Tournament Offensive

MVP after recording 12 points (4 G, 4 A)

in five postseason games. Addison (76),

Mruz (72) and Botts (71) round out the

eight through 10 spots, respectively, in

the GVSU record book for career points.

“The play of our offense in the

past couple of years has been outstand-

ing,” said the ninth-year head coach Di-

Ianni. “Kayla, Erin and Ashley will be

relied on heavily to find the back of the

net. Erin will also be utilized to motivate

the midfield and get the ball to the oppo-

site side of the field.”

Corralling the Grand Valley

State attack was no easy feat last season

as GVSU outscored its opponents by

3.68 goals per game, but the Lakers will

have to make up the goals scored by

graduated All-American Honorable

Mention Jaleen Dingledine and her

classmates Kristen Eible and Erika

Pitroff. Dingledine finished her career

ranked seventh in points with 82 (30 G,

22 A).

“The team will have to pick up

goals lost by Jaleen, but we have so

many talented players who are extremely

talented getting past defenses and mak-

ing plays.”

DEFENSE

What was even more difficult

was cracking the GVSU back line - own-

ers of 21 shutouts -with NSCAA Player

of the Year and two-time NCAA Defen-

sive MVP Jenna Wenglinski anchoring

the back line during 2010. The gradu-

ated senior led a defensive unit that only

allowed five goals on the season.

“Our defense last season was

fantastic. They were the reason we were

so successful and led us to the National

Championship,” said DiIanni. “Tayler

and Megan will definitely be utilized to

beef up the backfield .”

The Lakers will have to replace

Wenglinski, but thanks to the return of

Klosterman, 2009 GLIAC Defensive

Player of the Year Brown and 2010

GLIAC Freshman of the Year Tayler

Ward, the GVSU back line retains both

knowledge and skill.

“It is hard to replace an All-

American defender like Jenna. She was

an impact player in the backfield, but our

seniors and underclassmen have the abil-

ity to step up and make the line as hard

to break as possible,” said DiIanni. “Our

defense is the best bet to win the GLIAC

and back to the title game. If the other

team can’t score it pushes your offense

to make plays to win the game.”

GOALKEEPER

After two seasons between the

pipes, All-American junior keeper

Chelsea Parise will continue to hold her

spot in the net. Parise, whose minuscule

0.21 goals against average and 17 solo

shutouts set school records, relied on

help from sophomore Erin Rappleye and

freshmen Michelle Marcus and Abbey

Miller to hold onto shutouts.

“In just two years, Chelsea has

become a star in the net,” said DiIanni.

“She is definitely aided by the defense,

but she commands the ball like a pro.

Erin, Michelle and Abbey have also been

fantastic in goal, keeping shutouts intact.

Even though her save count is low,

Chelsea makes the saves she is supposed

to and needs to make.”

GET READY TO WATCH

A change for the Lakers is that

they will play 11 games away from the

friendly confines of the GVSU Soccer

Field compared to eight last season.

GVSU begins with a trip to Minnesota

against Winona State (Sept. 2) and Min-

nesota-Mankato (Sept. 4). GVSU opens

its home schedule with three straight

GLIAC games beginning with in-state

foe Saginaw Valley State on Sunday,

Sept. 11 at noon.

Junior Chelsea Parise will anchor the Laker defense as she enters her thirdseason as the starting keeper.

GVSU Soccer Set to Defend

the National Championship

for the Second Yearby Amanda Murphy staff writer

2010 RecapRecord: 21-1-2

Won National ChampionshipFun Fact:

GVSU did not allow a goal at homein 15 games last season.

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At no point since 2000 has an up-

coming football season been so

anticipated by those surrounding

the Laker football program. Fresh in the

mind of all associated with GVSU foot-

ball is the final result of the 2010 cam-

paign. A season-ending loss at Augustana

in the second round of the NCAA DII

playoffs did not sit well with the coach-

ing staff and players. An energetic spring

practice served as therapeutic resolve,

but did not erase the memory of the long

walk to the locker room in Sioux Falls,

S.D.. Second-year head coach Matt

Mitchell welcomes back 48 letterwinners

and 23 players that have started games

the last three years at Grand Valley State.

Another key in looking forward to the

2011 season is that Mitchell was able to

keep his entire coaching staff together.

“We accomplished a great deal

during our 15 spring practices and I felt

our upper classmen showed a lot of lead-

ership during our summer workouts.

When you look back at the 2010 season

as a whole we did some really good

things, however, the sting of that last

game lingers and I know the 2011 Laker

football team is chomping at the bit to

get back on the field,” said Mitchell.

The first order of business dur-

ing spring practice was to find a quarter-

back and it did not take long for

sophomore Heath Parling (6-2, 210) to

solidify his spot at the top of the list. Par-

ling was impressive in all facets of the

position during the 15 spring practices.

Parling completed 20-of-30 passes for

251 yards and two TDs, while running

for 69 yards and three TDs on 10 carries

in limited time under center as a redshirt

freshman. Redshirt freshmen Taylor Co-

pacia (6-4, 195), Brandon Beitzel (6-3,

223) and Isiah Grimes (6-6, 223) battled

it out for the number two spot and each

showed flashes of being able to handle

the starting job.

GVSU will have its pick of run-

ning backs in 2011, along with the op-

portunity to put different combinations

on the field. Junior Norman Shuford (5-

9, 196) rushed for 661 yards and five

TDs on just 93 carries (7.1 ypc), while

sophomore Hersey Jackson toted the ball

34 times for 140 yards. Fellow sopho-

more Michael Ratay (5-10, 198), who is

returning from off season ankle surgery,

rushed 18 times for 143 yards (7.9 ypc).

Jake Aberg (5-11, 205), a junior transfer

from Minnesota State, was a 1,000-yard

rusher in 2009, while sophomores red-

shirt freshmen Chris Robinson (6-1, 212)

was the co-offensive scout team player

of the year in 2010 for the Lakers.

“We obviously feel really good

about our stable of running backs head-

ing into the 2011 season. Our running

backs give us the ability to have multiple

combinations within our offense. The en-

tire group is interchangeable and affords

us to run our entire offense with any of

them in the game,” added Mitchell.

The Lakers will have no short-

age of options at wide receiver. Versatile

senior Greg Gay (6-1, 205) led the

GVSU in receptions (50) and receiving

yards (769) a year ago. Fellow senior

Jovonne Augustus (6-6, 230) hauled in

28 catches for 590 yards and a team-high

nine TDs. Junior Israel Woolfork (6-4,

210) and sophomore Brandan Green (5-

9, 175) are expected to make significant

contributions. The Lakers will also have

the services of four receivers who red-

shirted in 2010. Junior transfer Charles

Johnson (6-3, 205) from Eastern Ken-

tucky turned heads during spring prac-

tice, while freshmen Jordan Beachnau

(6-0, 177), Keontre Miskel (6-1, 183)

and Darryl Pitts (6-2, 185) made a num-

ber of plays versus the Lakers’ starting

defense. Senior tight ends Tony Carreri

(6-3, 245) and Andrew Lorman (6-2,

225) caught a combined 23 passes for

344 yards and four TDs last season. Sen-

ior Blair Hollis (6-1, 235) will see action

as an H-Back (fullback/tight end).

“We do not have a shortage of

skill players,” said Mitchell. “Like the

running backs, our core group of wide

receivers have a great deal of versatility

and allows us the opportunity to

play a number of combinations

that will not change our offense.”

Three starters and seven letter-

winners will join a talented group

of redshirt freshmen and sopho-

mores on the offensive front. Jun-

ior Tim Lelito (6-4, 315) and

seniors James Hardy (6-5, 290) and Ian

Evans (6-3, 285) have logged the most

amount of time in the trenches. Seniors

Alex Ahee (6-5, 310) and Mark Morrison

(6-5, 315), along with juniors Dominic

Cundari (6-2, 290), Andrew Biedenben-

der (6-5, 305) and Tyler Moran (6-6,

270) have game experience. Redshirt

freshmen Austin Green (6-3, 285) and

Eric LaBuhn (6-5, 315) are coming off

solid springs. Junior preseason All-

American candidate Matt Armstrong (6-

3, 290) will redshirt after having off

season knee surgery.

“We have some talented offen-

sive linemen that we will build around,

but it is time for some of our younger

players to step up and get in the mix,”

said Mitchell.

The 2011 defensive line will

have a vastly different look than the 2010

edition. A quick glance at the depth chart

shows 10 letterwinners, eight starters and

13 players that will be relied on for the

2011 season. Senior All-American

Danny Richard (6-4, 265) looks to return

after suffering two ACL injuries. Richard

ranks among the all-time leaders in DII

career tackles for loss (52.0/224 yards)

and QB sacks (30.0/176). Juniors Ryan

Pettis (6-2, 225), Ricky Thomas (6-1,

At no point since 2000 has anupcoming football season beenso anticipated by thosesurrounding the Laker footballprogram.

2011 FALL PREVIEW EDITION - FOOTBALL

Sophomore Heath Parling (12)earned some experience last year,but enters his first season as the

starter.

Laker Football Looks for

Redemption in 2011by Tim Nott editor in chief

2010 RecapRecord: 11-2Advanced to:

Second Round NCAA PlayoffsFun Fact:

GVSU has won six straight GLIACChampionships

285), Denzel Rogers (6-4, 255), Brandon

Allen (6-5, 240) and sophomores Hunter

Charneski (6-2, 245) and Lucas Kozuch

(6-3, 245) all started games or played a

significant amount of time in 2010. As

a group they combined for 93 total tack-

les and 19 tackles for loss. Seniors Andre

Thomas (6-3, 255) and Ryan Wheat (6-

5, 310) return after sitting out the 2010

season. Thomas recorded 47 total tack-

les, 13 tackles for loss (-69) and 7.5 QB

sacks (-54) in 2009. GVSU will also get

three redshirt freshmen in the rotation

with the likes of Matt Judon (6-3, 255),

Craig Wilson (6-2, 280) and Isiah Dun-

ning (6-2. 240) joining the Lakers up

front.

“We lacked depth and experi-

ence a year ago on the defensive line and

it really showed at certain times of the

season. However, those players gained a

great deal of experience and we will get

two potential All-Americans candidates

back Danny Richard and Andre

Thomas,” said Mitchell.

Sophomore Luther Ware (6-0,

220) tallied 77 total tackles and led the

team in tackles for loss (13.5) and QB

sacks (8.0) in 2010 en route to earning

All-GLIAC honors. Senior Brad Howard

(6-2, 235) has had maybe his best off-

season and is ready for a big senior year.

Sophomores Zach Galloway (6-3, 215)

and Jordan Kaufman (6-3, 217) saw a

great deal of playing time in 2010, while

redshirt freshmen Adam Koning (6-1,

215) and Antonio Hutchins (6-0, 210)

will push for playing time. Western Illi-

nois transfer Sam Power (6-3, 235) will

also be in the mix for playing time.

“We like linebackers that are

physical and can run and we really feel

like that is what we have in this group,”

said Mitchell.

GVSU has a group of 10 players

that will be in the hunt for playing time

in the defensive secondary, including six

that have started games for the Lakers.

Seniors Zach Breen (5-10, 200) and

Chris Huley (6-0, 205) have over four

years of combined starting experience,

while sophomore Michael Hatcher (5-10,

173) was a regular in the starting rotation

at cornerback in 2010. Breen, a two-time

First-Team All-GLIAC honoree, tallied

101 tackles, while Huley added 59 and

Hatcher 41. Junior Kenny Veal (6-0, 195)

started at cornerback as a true freshman

at the University of Toledo and will start

opposite Hatcher at corner. Junior Jarrod

Cox (6-1, 205) tallied 45 tackles, while

sophomore Erik Thompson (6-1, 200)

notched 53 tackles and picked off two

passes despite dealing with a shoulder in-

jury midway through the season. Sopho-

more Charles Hill (6-1, 200) was an

outstanding special teams player and will

push for more playing time at safety. Jun-

iors Chad O’Shell (5-10, 205) returns

and West Virginia transfer Derek Knight

(5-11, 203) is expected to make an im-

mediate push for playing time.

“We have some great leadership

in our secondary and I really like the

playmakers that will take the field,” said

Mitchell. “I also like the fact that we

have a number of positions on our roster,

this group has a lot of versatility.”

Sophomore Ryan Stokes and

redshirt freshman Chris Picano will bat-

tle for the punting duties, while Stokes

and redshirt freshman Marco Iaderosa

will handle place kicking duties.

The Lakers open a six-game

home slate with a Black Out non-confer-

ence game at home versus Western

Washington, followed by tough road

games at Hillsdale and Indianapolis.

Three home games in October are high-

lighted by Ferris State (10/22) and a

homecoming tilt versus Michigan Tech

(10/29).

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2011 FALL PREVIEW EDITION - CROSS COUNTRY

For the first time in school history,

the GVSU women’s cross coun-

try team will be looking to de-

fend their Division II National

Championship this fall. The 2010 squad

kicked off an unprecedented run for the

women’s running programs at GVSU in

the 2010-11 school year, winning the

first of three national championships

that the squad claimed during the year.

The women’s track and field teams

went on to win both the indoor and out-

door national titles, giving the Lakers

the first ever sweep of running national

titles by a female squad in NCAA his-

tory in one year.

Returning from the national

champion cross country team last sea-

son are four of the seven runners who

competed at the championship meet.

Senior Rebecca Winchester finished

22nd (21:50.9) while senior Julia

Nowak was 27th (22:01.0). The other

two returners this season placed 30th

and 32nd in the title race as junior Mon-

ica Kinney finished in a time of 22:03.6

and senior Jessie Vickers crossed the

line in 22:09.0.

“Coming off the championship

season we need to stay grounded and

focused on doing what we did to get

here,” said head coach Jerry Baltes

about the upcoming season. “We feel if

we keep progressing and keep getting a

little bit better every step of the way we

should have another great

year.”

In addition to the re-

turners from the national

championship meet, the Lak-

ers will welcome back senior

Shaylee Vanderbaan who was 11th at

the GLIAC Championships and junior

Karie McDonald who finished 13th. In

the 2010 GLIAC Championship meet,

the Lakers dominated en route to plac-

ing nine runners in the top 13 of the

event.

After the season, Baltes was

named the National Women’s Coach of

the Year by the United States Track &

Field and Cross Country Coaches Asso-

ciation while Kinney was named the

2010-11 GLIAC Female Scholar Ath-

lete of the Year.

Baltes knows that just standing

pat after a championship season won’t

be enough to repeat. “We must under-

stand that we will need to work hard

everyday and get better just as we have

in the past,” Baltes commented. “Noth-

ing will be handed to us and we will

need to stay focused on the day-to-day

process.”

The cross country season starts

on September 10 for GVSU as they

head to Big Rapids, Mich. to compete

in the Bulldog Invitational. The Lakers

will compete in three Division-I hosted

events when they run in the Spartan In-

vitational (9/16), Notre Dame Invita-

tional (9/30) and Penn State National

Invitational (10/15). The Michigan In-

tercollegiate Championships will take

place in Hillsdale on October 7. The

2011 GLIAC Championships will be in

Ashland, Ohio on October 22 before the

Lakers get in to the NCAA Midwest

Regional (11/5) in Big Rapids and the

Division II Nationals (11/19) in

Spokane, Wash.“Coming off the championship seasonwe need to stay grounded and focusedon doing what we did to get here.”-Jerry Baltes

The 2011 men’s cross country

team has some high expectations

going into the new school year

after collecting a program-best third-

place finish at last fall’s NCAA Divi-

sion II National Championship in

Louisville, Ky. All seven runners who

competed in that event will return for

head coach Jerry Baltes and the Lakers.

The top returner will be senior

Tyler Emmorey, who was named the

Midwest Region Men’s Athlete of the

Year by the United States Track & Field

and Cross Country Coaches Association

in 2010. Emmorey was the top Division

II runner at the Michigan State Invita-

tional, finishing fourth with a time of

24:44. He set the fastest time in GVSU

history at the Greater Louisville Classic

with a time of 24:10 and finished sec-

ond at the GLIAC Championships with

a time of 24:51.3. Emmorey claimed the

Midwest Regional individual trophy

with a time of 30:58.72 before finishing

17th at the Division II National Cham-

pionship in a time of 31:13.9.

Senior Anthony Witt was the

highest finishing Laker at nationals last

fall, placing 15th with a time of 31:13.0.

Witt also claimed the GLIAC Champi-

onship individual trophy by recording a

time of 24:47.4.

The other five members who

competed for GVSU at the national

championships in 2010 are returning as

seniors; Paul Zielinski (29th; 31:29.9),

Ryan Toth (39th; 31:38.0) and Jeff

Nordquist (61st; 31:59.0) all come

back. Junior Stephen Fuelling (41st;

31:39.9) and sophomore Larry Julson

(76th; 32:16.0) will also be returning for

the Lakers.

Witt, Emmorey, Toth, Zielinski

and Julson took the top five spots at the

GLIAC Championships in Hillsdale,

Mich. in November while Fuelling was

seventh and Nordquist was ninth. Also

returning for the Lakers will be junior

Jake Isaacson, who finished 11th at the

GLIAC Championships, and senior

Aaron Denner, who placed 13th.

“One thing we need to be able

to do is close the gap between our

front guys in Witt and Emmorey

back to the rest of our pack,” said

Baltes about one of the things the

Lakers need to improve upon to take

the next step. “One of our strengths

should be our leadership. We have a

group of fifth-year seniors who have

been through a lot in the last few years.

They have trained hard, learned from

mistakes and had many great results

along the way. We will need their lead-

ership to help lead us throughout the en-

tire season.”

The cross country campaign

starts on September 10 for GVSU as

they head to Big Rapids, Mich. to com-

pete in the Bulldog Invitational. The

Lakers will compete in three Division-I

hosted events when they run in the

Spartan Invitational (9/16), Notre Dame

Invitational (9/30) and Penn State Na-

tional Invitational (10/15). The Michi-

gan Intercollegiate Championships will

take place in Hillsdale on October 7th.

The 2011 GLIAC Championships will

be in Ashland, Ohio on October 22nd

before the Lakers get in to the NCAA

Midwest Regional (11/5) in Big Rapids

and the Division II Nationals (11/19) in

Spokane, Wash.

Women’s Cross Country Readies for Title Defenseby Kyle Schwerin Staff Writer

Men’s Cross Country

Sets the Bar Highby Kyle Schwerin Staff Writer

It has been nine years since any school other than GVSU has won either amen’s or women’s GLIAC Championship in cross country.

GVSU Returns all sevenrunners that competed to athird place finish at theNCAA Championships lastyear.

• 11

Defense is the name of the game.

The Grand Valley State volley-

ball program is consistently one

of the top defensive teams in the confer-

ence, region, and the country. In fact, the

2010 Lakers finished the year as the top

blocking team in all of Division II, lead-

ing the nation in both blocks per set

(2.78) and block assists (488). Some of

the characters on this year’s team may be

different, but the script stays the same.

Last season, head coach Deanne

Scanlon led GVSU to its eighth Elite

Eight berth since 2000 and finished the

year with a 26-7 record. As is the norm

for Scanlon-coached squads, she did so

with a stellar senior class. The Lakers

will have to rebound from the loss of

middle blocker Rebeccah Rapin, one of

the top players in school history. A 2010

AVCA First Team All-American, Rapin

finished her career with the most total

blocks (525) and block assists (437) in

the history of Laker volleyball.

Paired in the middle with Rapin

was First Team All-GLIAC performer

Krysta Kornack and Honorable Mention

setter Meghan Scanlon. Along with out-

side hitter Leslie Curtis, the foursome

ended their careers with a 108-28 overall

record and three Elite Eight appearances.

This year, however, GVSU’s

senior class is limited to middle blocker

Nicole Whiddon and outside hitter

Courtney McCotter. Add in just three

juniors and those five upperclassmen are

vastly outnumbered by the 14 combined

freshmen and sophomores, one of Scan-

lon’s youngest teams during her tenure.

The owner of the 10th-best win-

ning percentage in Division II among ac-

tive coaches, Scanlon doesn’t see this as

a problem; just the opposite, actually.

What the team may lack in experience

and leadership (it is her first team in re-

cent memory that does not have a return-

ing captain), it more than makes up for

in depth and talent.

Back to the incredible blocking

numbers the Laker frontline put up last

season. Rapin (140 total blocks) and Ko-

rnack (83) are graduated, but Scanlon

still has Whiddon (77) and junior Eno

Umoh. A 5-11 blocking machine, Umoh

tallied 135 total blocks in 2010,

which led the team and was

third-best in the GLIAC, while

her 116 block assists were the

most in the entire league. She

has led Grand Valley State each

of the past two years in block

assists. Whiddon and Umoh

team up regularly along the net (Whid-

don recorded 76 block assists), but

Umoh can certainly put down a solo

block, as demonstrated by her 19 solo re-

jections last season.

If the ball gets past Whiddon and

Umoh, a pair of sophomores will proba-

bly be ready to dig it and get the Lakers

in their offense. Libero Sacha Gill was

seventh in the GLIAC last year with 439

digs, which is tied for 10th-most in

school history. Gill was also the team’s

top server, finishing with 23 aces, and

one of just two players to tally more

service aces than errors.

As good of a year as Gill had,

classmate Stacey Catalano emerged as

perhaps the best overall player on the

team. An All-GLIAC Second Team hon-

oree and a Daktronics All-Midwest Re-

gion Second Team member, Catalano

tallied the most attacks (994) of any

GVSU player in 2010 and finished with

the second-most kills (323). The outside

hitter was also second in aces (22), third

in digs (336), fourth in hitting percentage

(.188), and fifth in blocks (61). Expect to

see plenty of the same contributions from

Gill and Catalano in 2011.

Joining Umoh, Whiddon, Gill,

and Catalano as the five returning Lakers

who played in all 33 matches last season

is junior Olivia Kohler. The 5-5 setter

was one of just three players (along with

Catalano and Meghan Scanlon) to play

in all 116 sets. She ended the season sec-

ond on the team in assists (521) and aces

(22) and fifth in digs (193).

Kohler’s experience in running

GVSU’s 6-2 offense (six hitters, two ro-

tating setters) will be a big help, as she

ran the offense during each of her first

two seasons. Scanlon will again utilize

this formation, pairing Kohler with Clair

Ruhenkamp, a 5-11 freshman.

Rapin and Kornack were each

First Team All-GLIAC selections last

year and replacing their production will

be tough, but Scanlon looks to a few

players to attempt to fill the void left be-

hind. Sophomore middle blocker Abby

Ebels appears to have the upper hand in

taking over the middle of the court and

played well in limited duty in 2010, in-

cluding a key solo block late in the Mid-

west Regional championship victory

over Indianapolis. Sophomore Sam

Phillips also is looking to crack the

lineup in 2011 and may see more time

after a solid spring camp.

Loyal followers of the Laker

volleyball team may see more production

from the outside hitters this year than

perhaps any season dating all the way

back to the Carly Miller era, circa the

early 2000’s. Along with Catalano’s

strong efforts last year, Scanlon brought

in a pair of 6-1 sophomore transfers that

should contribute immediately. Outside

hitter Lyndsey Holt comes to GVSU

from Division I Samford, while right side

Megan Schroeder joins the Laker pro-

gram after a year at Kishwaukee Junior

College. Both newcomers appear to be

six-rotation players and should step on

the floor right away and contribute.

Along with Ruhenkamp, two

other freshmen look to work their way

into Scanlon’s rotation. 5-11 outside hit-

ter Abby Aiken could see time on the left

side, while 6-0 middle blocker Ally Sim-

mons is expected to make a smooth tran-

sition after playing competitive club

volleyball in Chicago.

As long as the 14 freshmen and

sophomores can get through the opening

part of the schedule, Grand Valley State

should enjoy a nice stretch in Fieldhouse

Arena in September. The Lakers open up

with four winnable matches in Florida

against Shippensburg, Saint Leo, Rollins,

and Florida Southern and play three road

conference matches before returning to

Allendale in the middle of the month.

Seven straight home GLIAC

matches follow the seven consecutive

road contests to get the Lakers prepared

for the rest of the year. If Scanlon can

mix the talented youngsters with a good

group of upperclassmen, Grand Valley

State could again be playing important

postseason matches deep into November.Eno Umoh (20) is a key to the Lakers

defensive success.

The 2010 Lakers finished theyear as the top blocking team inall of Division II, leading the nation in both blocks per setand block assists.

2011 FALL PREVIEW EDITION - VOLLEYBALL

Deanne Scanlon Leads a

Young, Talented Team

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PLAYER PROFILESWhy did you choose to

become a Laker?

Who has had the

biggest impact on your

sports career?

What has been your

most memorable

moment at GVSU so far?

Which do you prefer,

fall or winter semester?

Who is going to win the

World Series?

What will you be doing

in 5 years?

DANIEL

VANEKNICOLE

WHIDDONyear

JUNIORmajor

International Relations

hometown

Dolna Streda, Slovakia

sport

TRACK & FIELD

year

SENIORmajor

Biomedical Science

hometown

Saline, Mich.

sport

VOLLEYBALL

FAVORITE...

Food

Movie

Song

Sports Team

I really liked the coaching staffand it felt like a home away

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My family has always supportedme and encouraged me to

pursue throwing.

Steak and Sushi

Don’t have one

Don’t have one

GVSU Lakers

Ribs

Love Actually

“Just a Kiss” Lady Antebellum

Chicago Cubs

Winning the outdoor national championship in

the shot put this past spring.

Winter

No idea

I’ll be done with school hereand hopefully I’ll be competing

in the Olymics.

Because Lakers are the best!

My parents. They have been110% supportive my whole life,always supportive of my desci-sions.

Beating Concordia in 2010.They had won the nationalchampionship three years in arow and we ended their winningstreak.

Fall

San Francisco Giants

Hopefully done with gradschool with a good job. Married,and at least one kid.

• 14

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Game day sponsor PNC Bank

First 1,000 fans receive bam-bam sticks courtesy of PNC Bank

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• 15

They will pick up where they left offfor another entertaining season

Drinking lots of water, running

every day, and trying to get

back into a routine

10-6Hopefully they willkeep impro ving and

reach .500 this year.Gotta be optimistic

All the girls on the team are moving back to Allendale and the

season is about to begin

I know summer is

over because ...

Favorite movie of the

summer?

What are you doing

to prepare for the

season?

What is your favorite

part about tailgating?

How do you think the Lions

will do this year?

Megan Brown

SoccerJenison, Mich.Aug

ust

Just being aroundfamily, friends, and

other fans having fun

Weightlifting and running with my

teammates

Seeing so many people Idon’t normally see

because I’m so busy

I’m entering

football camp

Our season is in the fall, sotailgating at football games is

still a mystery to me

HARRY POTTER AND THEDEATHLY HALLOWS

PART 2!!!Winnie the PoohFast Five

Running throughthem during arecovery run

Thor

Not nearly as goodas the Colts!

Eating as much as possibleand giving my legs a breakby doing very little running

Workouts during the weekand getting to know my new

teammates

I’m trying to cram everything Iwanted to do into a week

The sickle cell tests are due

Israel Woolfork

FootballLivonia, Mich.

Olivia Kohler

VolleyballNorth Branch, Mich.

Anthony Witt

Cross Country Jasonville, Ind.

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