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GENERAL INFORMATIONName: University of Alaska AnchorageWebsite: www.GoSeawolves.comAddress: 3211 Providence Dr. Anchorage, AK 99508Founded: 1977Enrollment: 19,486Nickname: SeawolvesColors: Green & GoldWebsite: GoSeawolves.comHome Court: Wells Fargo Sports ComplexOpened: 1977Capacity: 1,250Affiliation: NCAA Division IIConference: Great Northwest Athletic ConferenceChancellor: Fran UlmerAthletics Director: Dr. Steve CobbAthletic Dept. Phone: 907-786-1250

BASKETBALL STAFFHead Coach: Rusty Osborne (Texas, ’88)UAA/Career Record: 78-43, 5th seasonOffice: 907-786-1042Email: coachoz@uaa.alaska.eduFax: 907-786-1142Associate Head Coach: Shane Rinner (Biola, ’94) Office: 907-786-4808 Email: rinner@uaa.alaska.eduAssistant Coach: Bryan Weakley (Biola, ’02) Office: 907-786-1286 Email: weaks@uaa.alaska.eduVolunteer Assistant Coach: Krehg Perez Office: 907-786-1562Sports Information: Nate Sagan Office: 907-786-1295 Email: nate@uaa.alaska.edu SID Fax: 907-563-4565

HISTORYFirst year of basketball: 1977-78All-time record: 554-341 (.624)NCAA Appearances: 14 (Last: 2008)NCAA Div. II Final Fours: 2 (1988, 2008)

TEAM INFORMATION2007-08 Record: 29-62007-08 GNAC Record: 16-2 (1st)2008 Postseason: NCAA Semifinals

Letterwinners Returning (4)NO PLAYER POs Ht YR PPG RPG OtHER25 JeremiahTrueman C 6-9 Sr. 5.5 2.8 62%FG 1 KevinWhite G 6-4 So. 3.7 1.9 43%3FG 3 LonnieRidgeway G 6-3 So. 2.3 1.3 9.1mpg32 ColinVoreis C 6-7 So. 0.7 0.9 16GP

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SEAWOLF BASKETBALLA Championship ProgramComing off perhaps the most successful season in school history, the Alaska Anchorage men’s basketball program has established itself as one of the top programs in NCAA Division II basketball. Over the years, UAA has become synonymous with success – 24 winning seasons, 14 NCAA Tournaments, and 45 victories over Division I teams. Last year’s Seawolves went 29-6, won the Great Northwest Athletic Conference with an all-time league-best mark of 16-2, and advanced to the NCAA Semifinals in Springfield, Mass. The Seawolves also produced a pair of All-Americans and broke 30 school records in the process. Although head coach Rusty Osborne and his staff face the challenge of replac-ing all five starters from that squad, this year’s squad should still be in contention for the program’s fourth straight NCAA Tournament bid. In their 31 seasons, the Seawolves have won at a 69 percent clip against Division II opponents, while also posting victories over such D-I powers as Wake Forest, Michigan (in its NCAA title season), Texas and Washington. Since 1984, UAA has produced 11 All-Americans and advanced as far as the 1988 NCAA Division II title game. And when the Seawolves take the court, Anchorage’s fans take notice, filling the 8,700-seat Sullivan Arena every Thanksgiving for theCarrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout, and packing the 1,250-seat Wells Fargo Sports Complex for regular-season games.

2008-09 Seawolf RosterNO NAME POs Ht Wt YREXP HOMEtOWN(HIGHsCHOOL/PREVIOUstEAM)

1KevinWhite G 6-4 195 So.1V* Manly,Australia(ScotsCollege/SanDiegoChristian) 2ChrisNeal G/F6-5 210 Jr. TR Sydney,Australia(WestfieldsSportsHS/S.D.Christian) 3LonnieRidgeway G 6-3 195 So.1V* Anchorage(HeritageChristianHS)14SteveWhite G 6-0 195 Fr. HS Manly,Australia(ScotsCollege)21DarrenNye G 6-1 175 Jr. TR Corning,Calif.(CHS/CollegeoftheRedwoods)22BrandonWalker G 6-3 195 So. TR Hayward,Calif.(BishopO’DowdHS/LMU)24KennyBarker G 6-3 210 Sr.TR* SanDiego,Calif.(ClairemontHS/AlaskaFairbanks)25JeremiahTrueman C 6-9 210 Sr.1V Stratford,NewZealand(NelsonCollege/S.D.Christian)30KyleDoerr F 6-7 215 Fr.RS* RapidCity,S.D.(St.ThomasMoreHS)32ColinVoreis F 6-7 230 So.1V Vermilion,Ohio(VHS)42GrantNiver G 6-4 185 Fr. HS Wasilla(ColonyHS)44CaseyRobinson F 6-6 235 Jr. TR Manila,Utah(MHS/EasternWyomingCollege)RSJamelHall G 5-6 150 So.HS Anchorage(EastHS)*utilizedredshirtseason

• 14 NCAA Tournaments• 1988 NCAA Runner-Up• 2008 NCAA Semifinalist

• 11 All-Americans• 24 winning seasons in 31 years

SophomoreguardandAnchoragenativeLonnieRidgewayisamongthemostathleticplayersintheGreatNorthwestAthleticConference.

2008-09 Alaska Anchorage Seawolf Men’s Basketball TeamStanding (left-to-right): Grant Niver, Chris Neal, Jeremiah Trueman, Colin Voreis, Kyle Doerr, Casey Robinson. Sitting (l-r): Darren Nye, Brandon Walker, Lonnie Ridgeway, Kenny Barker, Steve White, Kevin White, Jamel Hall.

Jeremiah Trueman - Sr.•Team’stop‘6thMan’asjunior•5.5ppg,2.8rpg•61.8FG%4th-besteveratUAA•InternationalexperiencewithNewZealandJr.Nat’lTeam

Colin Voreis - So.•16gamesplayedastruefrosh

for‘Final4’sqauad•RecoveredfromtornACLinFeb.•FirstcareerFGvsTexasTech

Seniors & Returning PlayersKenny Barker - Sr.•PreseasonhonorablementionAll-American(Street&Smith’s)•2006-072ndTeamAll-GNACatAlaskaFairbanks•16.0ppg,6.1rpgasjunior

Lonnie Ridgeway - So.•2.3ppg,1.3rpgin31gamesforUAA‘Final4’squadasfreshman•2006-07redshirt•20063AStatePlayerofYear

Kevin White - So.•3.7ppg,.4273FGin‘07-08•Twicescoreddouble-digits•Made6of7FGinUAA’sWestRegionTourneytitlerun

Kyle Doerr - Fr.•2007-08Redshirt•SouthDakota1st-TeamAll-Stateassenior(14.7ppg,11.5rpg)

Seawolf Newcomers

ChrisNeal

GrantNiver

DarrenNye

CaseyRobinson

BrandonWalker

SteveWhite

2008-09 ScheduleNOVEMBER 7-9 at Disney’s West Coast Tip-Off Classic% 7 vs Southwest Minnesota State 11 am 8 vs Fort Lewis 6:30 pm 9 vs Humboldt State 12:30 pm

26-29 CARRS/SAFEWAY GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT^ 26 HAMPTON 7:30 pm 28 PORTLAND ST. or N. ILLINOIS 12 or 5:30 pm 29 SEATTLE, LA. TECH, SAN DIEGO STATE or WESTERN CAROLINA 12, 2, 5:30 or 8 pm

DECEMBER 12-13 at Glacier Classic (Fairbanks) 12 vs Virginia State 5:30 pm 13 vs St. Thomas (Fla.) 5:30 pm

16 SAINT LEO 7 pm 17 SAINT LEO 7 pm

20-22 AT&T JAMBOREE 20 ROCKHURST 7:30 pm 21 Rockhurst vs Dowling 5 pm 22 DOWLING 7 pm

JANUARY 2 LINCOLN CHRISTIAN 7:30 pm 3 LINCOLN CHRISTIAN 7:30 pm 8 NORTHWEST NAZARENE* 7 pm 10 CENTRAL WASHINGTON* 7 pm 14 at Alaska Fairbanks* 7 pm 22 at Western Oregon* 6:30 pm 24 at Saint Martin’s* 6:30 pm 28 at Montana State Billings* 5 pm 31 ALASKA FAIRBANKS* 7:30 pm

FEBRUARY 5 WESTERN WASHINGTON* 7 pm 7 SEATTLE PACIFIC* 7 pm 12 MONTANA STATE BILLINGS* 7:30 pm 19 at Seattle Pacific* 6:30 pm 21 at Western Washington* 6:30 pm 26 at Central Washington* 6:30 pm 28 at Northwest Nazarene* 5 pm

MARCH 5 SAINT MARTIN’S* 7 pm 7 WESTERN OREGON* 7:30 pm

Home games in BOLD CAPSAll non-Shootout home games at Wells Fargo Sports Complex% at Anaheim, Calif. ^ at Sullivan Arena — Anchorage* Great Northwest Athletic Conference gameAll times Alaska

SeniorcenterJeremiahTruemanhelpedtheSeawolvesfinishamongthenationalleadersinseveralshootingpercentageand

defensivecategoriesin2007-08.

ASSOC. HEAD COACHShane RinnerEducation:B.A.,Education, BiolaUniversity,1994Phone:907-786-4808Email:rinner@uaa.alaska.edu

Anchorage native Shane Rinner is in his sixth year on the Seawolf men’s basketball staff in 2008-09, his fifth in the role of associate head coach. The program’s chief recruiter, Rinner came to UAA as an assistant in 2003-04 and has been instrumental in helping the Seawolves to four NCAA Tournaments and a .649 winning percentage since then. A former all-state high school player at Anchorage Christian, Rinner has previous coaching experience at the NCAA Division I, NAIA, junior college and professional levels. From 1994-96, he coached at his alma mater, Biola (Calif.) University, and returned to the NAIA school for a second stint from 2000-02. From 1996-98, he coached at Division I Liberty University in Virginia, before moving on to Marshalltown (Iowa) Junior College in 1998-99. In 1999-2000, he was the head coach for the Glostrup Giants in Copenhagen, Denmark. Rinner played two seasons at Biola, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in education in 1994. He also played two seasons at Southwestern (Calif.) Junior College. He and his wife Amanda, a former vol-leyball player at Fresno State, are the par-ents of one daughter, Tagan.

ASSISTANT COACHBryan WeakleyEducation:B.S.,Physical Education,Biola,2002Phone:907-786-1286Email:weaks@uaa.alaska.edu

Bryan Weakley enters his fifth season as an assistant coach with the Seawolf men’s bas-ketball staff in 2008-09. His duties include player development, recruiting, conditioning and weight training, monitoring academics and organizing camps and clinics. A former NAIA All-American at Biola (Calif.) University, Weakley spent the 2003-04 season in England, serving as head coach at Middlesex University and a devel-opmental coach with the London Towers of the British Basketball League. At Middlesex, he coached and played in 30 games, lead-ing the team to an undefeated record and the school’s first-ever BUSU National Tournament title. Weakley was a two-time team captain at Biola, where the Eagles made four straight NAIA national tournaments, including a 2000 Final Four appearance, and went 109-27 from 1998-2002. He scored 1,322 career points and left as BU’s all-time leader in three-pointers with 236. Weakley earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education from Biola in 2002, with a minor in Biblical studies. He hails from Columbus, Ohio, where he was an all-state player at Worthington Christian High. He and his wife Tara were married in 2008.

VOLUNTEER COACHKrehg PerezPhone:907-786-1562Email:krehg_24@hotmail.com

Lifelong Alaskan Krehg Perez returns for his second season as a volunteer assistant on Rusty Osborne’s staff. Perez’s primary duties include film exchange, computer technology and on-floor instruction. Perez is a 2000 graduate of Heritage Christian High School, where he played two years for the Eagles. He has since spent five years as an assistant at Heritage, helping the squad to two Class 3A state titles.

HEAD COACH

Rusty Osborne

Education:B.S.,Education, UniversityofTexas,1988; M.A.,EducationalAdmin. SWTexasState,1990Phone:907-786-1042Email:coachoz@uaa.alaska.edu

After leading UAA to three straight NCAA Tournament appearances – including a run to the 2008 Final Four – Rusty Osborne has clearly established himself among the top coaches in both Division II basketball and school history. Under Osborne’s leadership, UAA has gone 67-27 over the past three seasons, including victories over NCAA I power Southern Illinois and eight top-25 Div. II teams. In 2007-08, Osborned earned the GNAC Coach of the Year award as UAA posted the best record in school history (29-6), won its first GNAC title, and advanced to the NCAA Semifinals for the first time in 20 years. The Seawolves also produced a pair of All-Americans as they rose as high as No. 4 in the national polls and earned their first-ever No. 1 NCAA Tourney seed. In the last three campaigns, Osborne’s teams have finished among the top 10 in the NCAA Div. II national stats in both three-point and free-throw percentage. Last year UAA was 4th nationally in scoring defense, 5th in fewest turnovers and 10th in winning percentage. From 1991-2004, Osborne spent 13 seasons as an assistant at UAA, including 11 years as the top assistant. In that time, the Seawolves won more than 70 percent of their games against non-Division I competi-tion and made five trips to the NCAAs. He was responsible for the recruitment of five All-Americans, 12 All-West Region play-ers, 28 all-conference performers and five league Players of the Year. In addition, 16 of his players have gone on to play profes-sional basketball in the U.S. and abroad. During his tenure, players who complet-ed their eligibility at UAA have a graduation rate of over 85 percent and have earned numerous academic honors. Osborne and his wife Staci are the par-ents of five children – sons Sagan, Austin and Kylan, and daughters Jalyn and Kadyn.

Alaska Anchorage Coaching Staff2008-09 ScheduleNOVEMBER 7-9 at Disney’s West Coast Tip-Off Classic% 7 vs Southwest Minnesota State 11 am 8 vs Fort Lewis 6:30 pm 9 vs Humboldt State 12:30 pm

26-29 CARRS/SAFEWAY GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT^ 26 HAMPTON 7:30 pm 28 PORTLAND ST. or N. ILLINOIS 12 or 5:30 pm 29 SEATTLE, LA. TECH, SAN DIEGO STATE or WESTERN CAROLINA 12, 2, 5:30 or 8 pm

DECEMBER 12-13 at Glacier Classic (Fairbanks) 12 vs Virginia State 5:30 pm 13 vs St. Thomas (Fla.) 5:30 pm

16 SAINT LEO 7 pm 17 SAINT LEO 7 pm

20-22 AT&T JAMBOREE 20 ROCKHURST 7:30 pm 21 Rockhurst vs Dowling 5 pm 22 DOWLING 7 pm

JANUARY 2 LINCOLN CHRISTIAN 7:30 pm 3 LINCOLN CHRISTIAN 7:30 pm 8 NORTHWEST NAZARENE* 7 pm 10 CENTRAL WASHINGTON* 7 pm 14 at Alaska Fairbanks* 7 pm 22 at Western Oregon* 6:30 pm 24 at Saint Martin’s* 6:30 pm 28 at Montana State Billings* 5 pm 31 ALASKA FAIRBANKS* 7:30 pm

FEBRUARY 5 WESTERN WASHINGTON* 7 pm 7 SEATTLE PACIFIC* 7 pm 12 MONTANA STATE BILLINGS* 7:30 pm 19 at Seattle Pacific* 6:30 pm 21 at Western Washington* 6:30 pm 26 at Central Washington* 6:30 pm 28 at Northwest Nazarene* 5 pm

MARCH 5 SAINT MARTIN’S* 7 pm 7 WESTERN OREGON* 7:30 pm

Home games in BOLD CAPSAll non-Shootout home games at Wells Fargo Sports Complex% at Anaheim, Calif. ^ at Sullivan Arena — Anchorage* Great Northwest Athletic Conference gameAll times Alaska

TheSeawolves’veterancoachingstaffhashelpedtheprogramre-establishitselfamongthepowerhousesinDivisionIIbasketballinrecentyears.

Facilities

For the 2008 tournament, Nov. 26-29, the Seawolves welcome Hampton, Louisiana Tech, Northern Illinois, Portland State, San Diego State, Seattle and Western Carolina. UAA will open against Hampton to kick off the men’s tourney. In 30 Shootouts, the Seawolves have posted 28 wins against their Division I competition, including six victories in the past six years.

UAA hosts one of

college basketball’s

most prestigious

tournaments every

Thanksgiving week

when it brings seven

Division I teams north

for the Carrs/Safeway

Great Alaska Shootout.

KevinWhiteandtheSeawolvestookonBobKnight’sTexasTechsquadinthe2007Shootout.

The Seawolves open the season at the 8,700-seat Sullivan Arena in Midtown Anchorage before mov-ing to the comfortable confines of the on-cam-pus Wells Fargo Sports Complex for the regular season. The Sports Complex is a multi-use facility that also includes a complete fitness center, weight room, swimming pool and indoor jogging track.

Stretching from Alaska to Oregon to Montana, the Great Northwest Athletic Conference has quickly established itself as one of the most successful leagues in the NCAA Div. II ranks. Founded in 2001, the GNAC features nine institu-tions — Alaska Anchorage, Alaska Fairbanks, Central Washington, Montana State Billings, Northwest Nazarene, Saint Martin’s, Seattle Pacific, Western Oregon and Western Washington. The 2007-08 season was arguably the finest in league history, with three NCAA runner-up finishes and a pair of NCAA semifinals appearances for UAA’s basketball teams. The Seawolves sponsor seven of the GNAC’s 14 sports — volleyball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, and men’s and women’s outdoor track & field.

Giant KillersBeginning with a 79-60 victory over Penn State in 1978, the Seawolves have a strong tradition of success against the giants of Division I basketball. All-time UAA has a total of 45 wins over 39 D-I programs, including against such powers as Wake Forest, Texas, Missouri, and Michigan in its national championship season of 1988-89. Here is a complete list of the Division I teams UAA has beaten:

AuburnCaliforniaCanisiusDaytonDrexelEasternKentuckyGramblingStateHighPointHoustonIdahoIona

JacksonStateLafayetteMaineMiami,Fla.MichiganMissouriMissouri-KansasCityMontanaNewMexicoNichollsStateNotreDame

PacificPennStateRhodeIslandSamfordSanFranciscoSantaClaraSouthernIllinoisSouthernMethodistTennesseeTexasTexasChristianTexasStateTexasTechWakeForestWashingtonWeberStateWesternMichiganWilliam&Mary

FormerAll-AmericanLukeCooperandtheSeawolvesknockedoffSouthernIllinoisin2005andUMKC(pictured)in2006.

This is UAA!ACADEMICS

The University of Alaska Anchorage is the state’s largest, most comprehensive university, serving nearly 20,000 students through four primary campuses and numerous other sites in Southcentral Alaska and the Aleutian Chain. Situated in the heart of Alaska’s biggest city, UAA is nestled in the middle of a greenbelt, surrounded by ponds, lakes and wildlife, and is connected to a city-wide trail and transportation system. UAA is comprised of six teaching units at the Anchorage campus — the colleges of Education, Health & Social Welfare, Arts & Sciences, Business & Public Policy; the Community & Technical College; and the School of Engineering. Organized research units at UAA complement the academic programs and reflect the special character of the University’s mission in Alaska. Research units include the Alaska Center for International Business, the American Russian Center, the Environment and Natural Resources Institute, the Center of Alcohol and Addiction Studies, the Center for Economic Education, the Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies, the Center for Human Development, the Institute of Social and Economic Research and the Justice Center. UAA operates on a semester system. Fifteen semester credits are a normal class load and a minimum of 120 credits are required to complete a bachelor’s degree.

UAA’s Homecomingcelebration happensevery October.

Commencement ceremonies take

place in early May at Sullivan

Arena.

Opened in 2003, UAA’s new library building (above) is an architectural gem at the heart of campus. A new science building is currently under construction as well, helping UAA stay at the forefront of today’s research technology.

SEAWOLF ATHLETICSNicknamed the Seawolves, UAA’s athletic teams compete as members of NCAA Division I in men’s ice hockey and women’s gymnastics and NCAA Division II in all other sports, including men’s and women’s basketball, women’s volleyball, men’s and women’s skiing, men’s and women’s outdoor track & field, and women’s cross country.

UAA annually hosts the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout men’s and women’s basketball tournament — recognized as one of the top in-season tournaments in the nation — as well as the Kendall Hockey Classic and the Extended Stay Deluxe Invitational volleyball tournament.

Since joining the NCAA ranks in 1977, UAA has become a perennial national power in many of its sports. A total of 124 Seawolves have earned All-America honors, and UAA has produced 14 individual national champions since 1991.

The Seawolves are currently coming off perhaps the most successful year in program history, with NCAA Semifi-nals appearances for men’s and women’s basketball, strong NCAA team showings from men’s and women’s track & field and skiing, and the first individual NCAA track & field title in UAA history by long jumper David Registe.

UAA athletes have enjoyed unprecedented success in the classroom, compiling a cumulative GPA of 3.0+ in 11 of the last 14 years.

photo courtesy Michael Dinneen Photography

UAA became just the second school in NCAA Div. II history to qualify both its men’s and women’s basketball teams to the Final 4 when it pulled the trick in 2007-08.

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2008 NCAA Div. II Long Jump champion David Registe

UAA’s gymnastics squad joined the Seawolf hockey team with Div. I status in 2004. Both teams regularly take on the nation’s top teams.

UAA’s skiers have a long tradition of

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