2008-09 park basketball media guide

Jon MeriweatherSenior Forward

Meghan CummingsSenior Forward

PARK2008-09 OFFICIAL BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE

Brianne EdwardsSophomore Forward

2008-09 Women’s BasketBall scheduledate opponent location timeNov. 1 McKendree University Breckon Sports Center 2:00 pmNov. 4 MidAmerica Nazarene University Olathe, Kan. 7:00 pmNov. 6 Langston University Langston, Okla. 7:00 pmNov. 8 Avila University Breckon Sports Center 2:00 pmNov. 11 William Jewell College Liberty, Mo. 7:00 pmNov. 14 Baker University Atchison, Kan. 5;30 pmNov. 15 Benedictine College Atchison, Kan. 7:30 pmNov. 18 Columbia College Breckon Sports Center 7:00 pmNov. 22 Missouri Baptist University St. Louis, Mo. 2:00 pmNov. 24 William Jewell College Breckon Sports Center 5:00 pmDec. 2 MidAmerica Nazarene University Breckon Sports Center 7:00 pmDec. 5 McKendree University Lebanon, Ill. 7:00 pmDec. 6 Hannibal-LaGrange College Hannibal, Mo. 2:00 pmDec. 13 Missouri Valley College Marshall, Mo. 2:00 pmJan. 2 William Woods University Columbia, Mo. 2:00 pmjan. 3 Columbia College Columbia, Mo. 6:00 pmJan. 5 Ottawa University Ottawa, Kan. 7:00 pmJan. 8 Peru State College Peru, Neb. 6:00 pmjan. 10 College of the Ozarks Point Lookout, Mo. 1:00 pmJan. 19 Missouri Valley College Breckon Sports Center 7:00 pmFeb. 3 College of the Ozarks Breckon Sports Center 5:00 pmFeb. 7 Brescia University Breckon Sports Center 7:00 pmFeb. 10 Avila University Kansas City, Mo. 5:30 pmFeb. 14 Voorhees College Owensboro, Ky. 1:00 pmFeb. 15 Brescia University Owensboro, Ky. 1:00 pmFeb. 17 Missouri Western State University Breckon Sports Center 7:00 pmMar. 6-8 NAIA Independent Tournament Orangeburg, S.C. TBAMar. 18-24 NAIA National Tournament Kansas City, Mo. TBA

Joe C. MeriweatherHead Coach

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4EXPERIENCE PARK3Table of Contents 1Credits & Quick Facts 1Home of the Pirates 2-3The Park University Experience 4-6Right to Know 6University President 7Director of Athletics 8Head Coaches and Phone Directory 9Athletic Training & Sports Medicine 10Breckon Sports Center 11Athletic Media Relations 12Park University Spirit Squad 132008-09 Pirate Club 14

42008-09 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL32008-09 Preview & Opponents 16-18Women’s Basketball Staff 19-20Players 21-25 Akers, Covington, Cummings 21 Dean, Edwards 22 English, Ford, Hart, Hayes, D. Jones 23 S. Jones, Logan, Oden, Norman 24 Ramsey, Smith, Theus-Downey, White, Wilson 252007-08 In Review 262007-08 Statistics 27-29Women’s Basketball History 30

42008-09 MEN’S BASKETBALL32008-09 Preview & Opponents 32-34Men’s Basketball Staff 35-36Players 37-43 Anderson, Cherry 37 Duncan, Fields, Garnett 38 Hopper, Jackson, James 39 Jones, Langkamp, McKinney 40 Meriweather, Price 41 Quintero, Rodgers, Seidel 42 Susnjar, Voorhees, Zimmerman 432007-08 In Review 442007-08 Statistics 45-47Men’s Basketball History 48

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42008-09 BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE CREDITS3The 2008-09 Park University Basketball Media Guide is a product of the Park University De-partment of Athletics, which is under the direction of Claude W. English, Director of Athletics. Managing Editor & Designer: Steve Wilson, Sports Information Director. Contributing Edi-tors: Tyler Price, Assistant Sports Information Director; Brad Biles, University Communications Coordinator; Rita Weighill, Vice President for Communications. Photography: Park University, City of KCMO, Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City Royals, UMKC. Printing: Multi-Ad, Peoria, Ill.

42008-09 PARK BASKETBALL INFORMATION3Location ...............................................................................................................................................Parkville, Mo.Founded ..............................................................................................................................................................1875Enrollment .......................................................................................................................................................26,402Nickname (Colors) ......................................................................................................Pirates (Cardinal & Gold)Arena (Capacity).............................................................................................. Breckon Sports Center (1,200)Affiliation ..............................................................................................................NAIA Division I IndependentPresident ...........................................................................Dr. Beverley Byers-Pevitts (Kentucky Wesleyan)Vice President for Student Services ............................................... Clarinda Creighton (Emporia State)Athletics Director .......................................................................................Claude W. English (Rhode Island)Athletics Office Manager ............................................................................................... Patricia Fayard (Park)Athletics Phone .............................................................................................................................(816) 584-6425Athletics Fax ...................................................................................................................................(816) 505-5448Athletics Web site ........................................................................................................www.parkathletics.comHead Athletic Trainer ...........................................................................................Michael Frey (Kansas State)Training Room Phone .................................................................................................................(816) 584-6353Assistant Athletic Trainer ......................................................................Christy Grimes (Kansas Wesleyan)Assistant Athletic Trainer ............................................................................................Darrell Cooper (Akron)

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL QUICK FACTSHead Coach (Alma Mater) ............................................................ Joe C. Meriweather (Southern Illinois)Career Record (11 Seasons) ....................................................................................................... 118-123 (.490)Record at Park (11 Seasons) ....................................................................................................... 118-123 (.490)Assistant Coach ..............................................................................Bud Nelson (Northwest Missouri State)Sports Information (Alma Mater) .........................................................................Tyler Price (Kansas State)SID E-Mail .............................................................................................................................tyler.price@park.eduSID Phone ........................................................................................................................................(816) 584-6751First Year of Women’s Basketball ...........................................................................................................1979-80All-Time Record ...................................................................................................244-469 (.342) in 28 seasons20-Win Seasons .................................................................................................................................... 1 (2003-04)NAIA Tournament Appearances..................................................................................................... 1 (2005-06)2007-08 Record ................................................................................................................................... 15-15 (.500)2007-08 Postseason ..........................................................NAIA Independent Final (L, 66-62 vs. Brescia)Returning Letterwinners/Lost.......................................................................................................................4/10Returning Starters/Lost ..................................................................................................................................... 2/3

MEN’S BASKETBALL QUICK FACTSHead Coach (Alma Mater) ................................................................................... Jason Kline (Indiana Tech)Career Record (10 Seasons) ....................................................................................................... 192-125 (.606)Record at Park (3 Seasons) .............................................................................................................. 51-42 (.548)Assistant Coach (Alma Mater) ..........................................................Gordon Stubblefield (Indiana Tech)Assistant Coach (Alma Mater) ................................................................................ Antowin Edwards (Park)Sports Information (Alma Mater) ....................................................................Steve Wilson (Kansas State)SID E-Mail .................................................................................................................. [email protected] Phone ........................................................................................................................................(816) 584-6490SID Mobile Phone ........................................................................................................................(913) 687-2663SID Home Phone...........................................................................................................................(913) 671-7172First Year of Men’s Basketball ..................................................................................................................1961-62All-Time Record ...................................................................................................515-693 (.426) in 47 seasons20-Win Seasons ................................................................................................3 (1990-91, 1997-98, 2006-07)NAIA Tournament Appearances.................................................................3 (1990-91, 1997-98, 2006-07)2007-08 Record ................................................................................................................................... 16-13 (.552)2007-08 Postseason ................................ NAIA Independent Semifinal (L, 105-103 2ot to Voorhees)Returning Letterwinners/Lost......................................................................................................................... 8/6Returning Starters/Lost ..................................................................................................................................... 2/3

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HOME OF THE PIRATES

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 the big city.

With a popu-lation of just more than 4,000, Parkville allows students the small-town lifestyle and tightly knit com-munity often times associated with small college athletics and the NAIA. Originally a trad-ing post on the Mis-souri River, Parkville grew as Kansas City boomed in the late 1800s, which includ-ed the founding of Park University. Both the University and the city get their names from Col. George S. Park, who played a key role in the early development of the area.Today, Parkville’s historic downtown district coupled with new shopping areas to the north and east of Park University’s Parkville Campus gives Park University stu-dents two great entertainment opportunities within the area. Parkville sits within the Northland of the Greater

Kansas City Metropolitan Area, which encompasses 15 counties, nine of which are in Missouri and six across the state line in Kansas. The Northland is locally referred to as “north of the river”. Con-tained wholly within Missouri, it encompasses portions of Clay Coun-ty including the northern half of Kansas City, Mo., and the cities of Parkville, Liberty, North Kansas City and Gladstone. As a whole, the Kansas City Metropolitan Area is situated at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers, often referred to as Kaw Point, straddling the state border between Missouri and Kansas. The Kansas City Metropolitan Statistical Area, anchored by Kansas City, Mo., is the 27th largest in the United States, with an estimated popula-tion just shy of 2 million.

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PARKVILLE & KANSAS CITY

A tradition-rich city known for its barbecue and storied sports his-tory, Kansas City is currently home to Major League Baseball’s Kansas City Royals, the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL, Major League Soccer’s Kansas City Wizards, and the Kansas Speedway, which is host to sev-eral NASCAR events throughout the year including one Nextel Cup Series event in the fall. Kansas City is home to the Kansas City T-Bones minor league base-ball franchise, the Kansas City Brigade of the Arena Football League,

and the Kansas City Explorers of World Team Tennis. Kansas City is also home to the Sprint Center and

Kansas City Power & Light District, which opened last fall and has quickly turned into one of the region’s top entertainment districts.

The Sprint Center also houses the College Basketball Experience, which includes

the College Basketball Hall of Fame. Blocks from the Power & Light District

and the Sprint Center sits Municipal Auditorium,

home to the Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I

Men’s Basketball To u r n a m e n t .

Additionally, the National Association of Intercol-legiate Ath-

letics moved its offices downtown in the sum-mer of 2007.

In the 2006-07 season,

Park advanced to the tournament’s sweet 16, marking the deepest run in more than a decade by a Kansas City-area team. Kansas City is also known for its historic shopping districts, in-cluding 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”, the Country Club Plaza is home to one of the nation’s largest holiday light displays between the Thanksgiving Holiday and midway through January. In the Northland, Zona Rosa has become a popular shopping district, while Town Center and The Legends at Village West in Kansas keep shoppers occupied in the Sunflower State.

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PARK UNIVERSITY

FOUNDED Park University was founded in 1875 as an independent, liberal arts, four-year coeducational, residential Christian institution.

PRESENT Park has developed into a comprehensive, independent, insti-tution, accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The University is a national leader in higher education and

is a growing entrepreneurial institution with 43 campus centers in 21 states, including our extensive Online program. Park continues to in-crease access to higher education by offering the quality undergradu-ate and graduate degrees students desire at locations, times and de-livery formats that best serve their needs.

LOCATION The flagship campus of Park University is located on a historic

site in Parkville, Mo., situated on a bluff above the scenic Missouri 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. The School for Extended Learning has estab-lished campus centers on military installations across the United States and Online. The School for Extended Learning has served the non-tradi-tional, working adult student since 1972 by offer-ing undergraduate programs in an accelerated format. Our Graduate School is located at our Down-town Kansas City, Mo., Campus Center. Park also serves the Kansas City metropolitan area with campuses in Independence and Lexington, Mo. In addition to our military campus centers, Park also has a campus in Austin, Texas.

STUDENTS Park has developed considerable diversity among its student population, including more than 630 international students from 112 coun-

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tries. Nearly 42 percent of Park’s students are represented by racial, ethnic and cultural groups typically underrepresented in colleges and universities. The University has repeatedly been recognized as one of the top 100 American colleges/universities in the nation graduating black, Hispanic and American-Indian students. In addition, approxi-mately 60 percent of Park University students are active duty military, active duty dependents, retired military or members of the Depart-ment of Defense.

PARKvILLE CAMPUS• Founded: 1875• Location: Parkville, Mo., A historic town on the Missouri River, 10 min-utes from downtown Kansas City, Mo., and 15 minutes from Kansas City International Airport.• Tuition: Our fiscal initiatives provide varying revenue streams which allow Park to maintain our tuition at approximately the same level as students attending state universities in Missouri (our tuition bench-mark).• Freshman Class Average: GPA 3.09, ACT 19.3, 80% in top half of their senior class. • Student/Faculty Ratio: Undergraduate 15:1; Graduate 9:1.• Diverse Population: Students represent all 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as 112 foreign countries.• Athletics: Park University is a member of the NAIA: Men’s and Wom-en’s Basketball, Track and Field, Cross-Country, Soccer, Men’s & Wom-en’s Volleyball, Women’s Softball, and Men’s Baseball. • Financial Aid: More than 85 percent of undergraduate students who qualify receive some form of financial aid. These include loans, grants, and work-study positions. • Accreditation: Commission on the Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The National

League for Nursing Accrediting Commission and the Missouri State Board of Nursing have accred-ited the Nursing Department.• Special Programs and Facilities: Parkville Commercial Underground; Mabee Learning Center (academic underground, including the McAfee Memorial Library); limitless in-ternship opportunities; Academic Support Center for tutoring, testing, and writing labs; Career Development Center, Breck-on Sports Center, state-of-the-art fit-ness facility; International Center for Music and the Youth Conservatory of Music; Campanella Art Gallery; David Theatre.

ACCREDITATION Park University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, The State of Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Edu-cation has officially approved the academic standards of Park Uni-versity for teacher education. The Department of Nursing is accred-ited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commis-sion and approved by the Mis-souri State Board of Nursing. The Department of Athletic

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Training is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education. The Department of Social Work is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.

vISION STATEMENT Park University will be a renowned international leader in pro-viding innovative educational opportunities for learners within the

global society.

MISSION STATEMENT The mission of Park University, an entrepreneurial institution of learning, is to provide access to academic excellence which will pre-pare learners to think critically, communicate effectively and engage in lifelong learning while serving a global community.

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Right to Know -- Enrollment of Students Receiving Athletically-Related Aid in 2007-08 In accordance with the federal Right to Know Act, the following chart outlines the number of recipients of athletic grants in each program. The number of athletes is broken down by sex and race. The chart represents the number of students in each area; it does not reflect the dollar amounts of aid granted. Also, those receiv-ing grants for more than one sport are only counted once. NO: Non-resident Alien; BL: Black -- Non-Hispanic; WH: White -- Non-Hispanic; OT: Other; HI: Hispanic; UN: Unknown; AM: American Indian; BI: Bi-Racial.

2007-08 NO BL WH OT HI UN AM BI Total

Baseball 0 0 18 0 5 0 0 0 23

M. Basketball 2 13 8 0 1 0 0 0 24

M. Soccer 15 1 5 0 0 1 0 1 23

M. Track & Field 0 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 20

M. Volleyball 11 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 16

W. Basketball 2 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 18

W. Golf 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 8

W. Soccer 10 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 18

Softball 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 21

W. Track & Field 3 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 17

W. Volleyball 5 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 15

Total 48 43 100 0 8 2 1 1 203

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UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

Beverley Byers-Pevitts, Ph.D., is President and CEO of Park Uni-versity in Kansas City, Mo. and

the university’s first woman president in its 131-year history. Previous to coming to Park University in 2001, she served as Interim President and as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the Texas Woman’s University. Her previous administrative and faculty experiences include Dean of the College of Humani-ties and Fine Arts at the University of Northern Iowa; and as Chair and Director of Graduate Studies of the Department of Theatre Arts at the Univer-sity of Nevada. Dr. Byers-Pevitts is active locally and nationally. Her be-lief that the role of higher ed-ucation is to be an active par-ticipant and contributor to the community and the profes-sion is apparent in her activi-ties. She served as founding President of the Association for Theatre in Higher Educa-tion (ATHE); as President of the Women’s Program of the American Theatre Association, and as the first editor of the ATHE Journal, Theatre Topics. Dr. Byers-Pevitts founded the first national conference for Women in Theatre and co-co-ordinated the first three con-ferences with funding from the Ford Foundation. She serves on the Council of Presidents for the NAIA; the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Missouri Colleges Fund; the governing boards of the Liberty Memorial Association in which she chairs the Education Committee, KCPT (Kansas City Public Television) and KCREACHE (Kansas City Regional Access Consortium for Higher Education). She is a member of the Board of Directors for the Platte County Economic Development Council, a member of the Northland Regional Chamber of Commerce, the Greater Kansas City and Inde-pendence Chambers of Commerce and a Rotarian. In April 2005, Ingram’s Magazine named her one of the Power Elite of Kansas City in recognition of the results of her leadership at Park University. Nationally, she is on the board of the Women’s Museum, a mem-ber of the American Council on Education’s Leadership Network for International Education and a commissioner for the Office of Women in Higher Education for ACE. She is a member of the League of Profes-sional Theatre and the National Theatre Conference.

President Byers-Pevitts is a professionally produced and published playwright. Additionally, she has had numerous articles published in educational journals and books, and has lectured widely on leadership, access and equity in higher edu-cation, women’s health, academic restructuring, faculty roles, distance learning, and the future of universities. President Byers-Pevitts received her Ph.D., an interdisciplin-ary degree in English, Philosophy, Speech Communication and Theatre, and an M.A. in Theatre from Southern Illinois Univer-sity, Carbondale. She received a B.A. in English from Kentucky Wesleyan. Her postdoctoral study was conducted at the Insti-tutes for Higher Education at Harvard University. In May 2003,

Dr. Byers-Pevitts was presented the degree of Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Kentucky Wesleyan College. In the past four years at Park, under her leadership the University budget has doubled, the endowment has increased 54 percent, and enrollment has improved by 29 percent. Park is a leader in delivering education to the military, with campus centers in 23 states at 39 mili-tary installations, and has three campuses in Kansas City and one in Austin, Texas. Park also is a national leader in Online education, with students across the United States and overseas who are enrolled in Online courses. President Byers-Pevitts’ vision is to make the world a better place through education by maximizing individuals’ creative, educational, and entrepreneurial potential; to prepare global learners through cul-tural awareness to lead, to communicate, and to conduct business in a world marketplace. She is honored to represent Park University’s diverse community of learners and scholars.

Dr.BeverleyByers-PevittsUniversity President 6th Year at Park

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Claude W. English is in his 13th year as Park University’s Director of Athletics, serving as Park’s AD since January 1996. He is in his 18th year as a member of the athletics staff at Park Uni-

versity. English also coached the Pirate men’s basketball squad for 13 seasons, retiring from coaching at the end of the 2004-05 season. Through English’s tenure as athletics director, Park athletics has undergone vast improvements, including the addition of women’s golf and baseball as intercollegiate sports. Additionally, English has overseen numerous facility im-provements, including the 1,500-seat Julian Field, home to Park University men’s and women’s soccer, as well as Breckon Sports Center, which houses Park’s men’s and women’s bas-ketball, men’s and women’s volleyball and administrative of-fices. Breckon Sports Center, named after Dr. Donald J. Breck-on, also houses an indoor practice facility for fall and spring sports. As athletics director, English has seen 112 student-ath-letes earn All-America Scholar-Athlete honors, while 77 in-dividuals were named NAIA All-Americans. In addition, Park has won 26 conference championships, 14 region champion-ships, and the Pirates have advanced to 25 national tourna-ments since 2002. During the 2007-08 season, Park made history under English’s watch, winning its second men’s volleyball National

Invitational Tournament title in April, followed by the school’s first-ever regular-season conference championship in softball. Women’s golf also advanced to its first-ever national tournament after winning its first-ever Region IV championship, accomplishing the feat in the program’s fifth year of varsity status. In addition to the nine Park squads that advanced to national competition, three

more sports – women’s soc-cer, women’s basketball and baseball – were within one game of qualifying for na-tional tournaments. The winningest coach in Park men’s basketball his-tory with a record of 182-207, English’s coaching tenure was highlighted by the Pirates’ run to the NAIA Final Four in 1997-98, which ended with a school-record mark of 27-8. English was honored at the national tournament with the Charles A. Krigel Award for outstanding sportsmanship, while his team was awarded the Dr. James Naismith-Emil S. Liston Sportsmanship Award for the team recognized as most sportsmanlike at the tourney. After playing basketball for Christian College in Dallas,

Texas, and the University of Rhode Island, English was selected in the NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blaz-ers 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, English won the Eastern Basketball Association Champion-ship with the Capitals. He was a three-year captain at Hartford. He joined the coaching staff at the University of Rhode Island in 1972 where he remained for 12 years, including four seasons as the head coach from 1981-84. English was named Coach of the Year in the Atlantic 10 Conference in 1981. Overall, he owns a 227-277 com-bined career record in 17 seasons as a head coach at Park University and Rhode Island.

DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

ClaudeEnglishDirector of Athletics 18th Year at Park

The 1,500-seat Julian Field on the northwest corner of the Parkville Campus is one of two major facility upgrades made during Claude English’s 13-year tenure as Director of Athletics at Park University.

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PARK UNIVERSITY HEAD COACHES & STAFF

Darrell CooperAsst. Athletic Trainer

Kelly DefeoWomen’s Golf Coach

Pat FayardOffice Manager

Cory FrederickMen’s Volleyball Coach

Michael FreyHead Athletic Trainer

Christy GrimesAsst. Athletic Trainer

Ken HefnerWomen’s Soccer Coach

Jason KlineMen’s Basketball Coach

Cary LundyBaseball Coach

Joe C. MeriweatherWomen’s Basketball Coach

Tyler PriceAssistant SID

Amy ReifSoftball Coach

2008-09 PARK UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS STAFF DIRECTORYGeneral Contact InformationMain University Phone Line ............................................................................................. (816) 741-2000Main Athletics Phone Line ............................................................................................... (816) 584-6425Athletics Fax Line ................................................................................................................. (816) 505-5448Athletic Training Room ...................................................................................................... (816) 584-6353Julian Field Pressbox .......................................................................................................... (816) 746-6803Breckon Sports Center Courtesy Radio Line .............................................................. (816) 505-5112Breckon Sports Center Courtesy Radio Line .............................................................. (816) 505-5111University Web site ..............................................................................................................www.park.eduAthletics Web site ...............................................................................................www.parkathletics.com

Administration - Phone numbers begin with (816) 584- and are listed belowDr. Beverley Byers-Pevitts, President ........................ [email protected] .............................. 6202Clarinda Creighton, Vice President ............................ [email protected] ............. 6833Claude English, Athletics Director ............................. [email protected] ................................. 6492Pat Fayard, Office Manager .......................................... [email protected] .................................. 6425Dr. Don Williams, Faculty Athletics Rep. .................. [email protected] ........................ 6516Eileen West, Registrar ..................................................... [email protected] .................................. 6270Greg Degener, Fields Supervisor ............................... [email protected] ...................... 6425

Sports Medicine/Athletic TrainingMichael Frey, Head Athletic Trainer .......................... [email protected] ......................... 6353Darrell Cooper, Assistant Trainer ................................ [email protected]...................... 6353Christy Grimes, Assistant Trainer ................................ [email protected] ...................... 6353

Sports Information/Media RelationsSteve Wilson, Sports Information Director ............. [email protected] ................... 6490Tyler Price, Assistant SID ............................................... [email protected] .............................. 6751

Head CoachesKelly DeFeo, Women’s Golf ........................................... [email protected] ............................ 6238Cory Frederick, Men’s Volleyball ................................. [email protected] ...................... 6763Ken Hefner, Women’s Soccer ....................................... [email protected] ............................ 6408Jason Kline, Men’s Basketball ...................................... [email protected] ............................ 6438Cary Lundy, Baseball ...................................................... [email protected] ............................. 6746Joe C. Meriweather, Women’s Basketball ................ [email protected] ............ 6491Amy Reif, Softball ............................................................ [email protected] .................................. 6443Brian Renshaw, Cross Country/Track ........................ [email protected] ..................... 6488Efrem Shimlis, Men’s Soccer ......................................... [email protected] ................................. 6487Peggy Tuter, Women’s Volleyball ................................ [email protected] ..................................... 6493Krystal Webb, Spirit Squad ........................................... [email protected] ........................ 6425

Brian RenshawTrack & Field Coach

Efrem ShimlisMen’s Soccer Coach

Peggy TuterWomen’s Volleyball Coach

Krystal WebbSpirit Squad Coach

Dr. Don WilliamsFAR

Steve WilsonSID

Park Executive Staff: Marilyn Bartels, Clarinda Creighton, Michael Droge, Paul Gault, Roger Hershey, Laurie McCormack, Thomas Peterman, Dorla Watkins, Rita Weighill

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Michael Frey begins his sixth year as head athletic trainer at Park Uni-versity, 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 Univer-sity of Kansas. A native of Silver Lake, Kan., and member of Silver Lake’s 1989 Class 3A state champion football team, Frey began his career 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 set-ting, 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 University 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.

PARK SPORTS MEDICINE

Head Athletic Trainer

Michael Frey

Assistant Athletic Trainer

Darrell Cooper

Assistant Athletic Trainer

Christy Grimes

The sports medicine staff at Park University provides comprehensive and qual-

ity care to Pirate student-athletes through three full-time, certified athletic trainers and athletic training students from the Park Ath-letic Training Education Department. Park athletic training students also work on high school and college campuses throughout the Kansas City Area, assisting at of-ficial contests and at practices to fulfill required ATEP hours. Park certified athletic trainers provide care for more than 200 student-athletes at Park, providing the majority of its care from the central sports medicine facility in the Intramural Fieldhouse, which is adjacent to Breckon Sports Center. Head athletic trainer Michael Frey oversees the sports medi-cine staff, while certified trainers Darrell Cooper and Christy Grimes also provide care for student-athletes both on and off the field. In addition to caring for injuries that occur within the depart-ment, Park’s training staff provides education and preventative medical information to Park student-athletes.

Christy Grimes is in her third year as an assistant athletic trainer at Park, serv-ing the University in a dual role as an

athletic training instructor, a position she has held since the fall of 2005. Grimes is a gradu-

ate of Kansas Wesleyan, where she was a soccer letterwinner f the Coyotes in addition to her athletic training student duties. She began her career at Prism Rehab Services in St. Louis before moving on to Saint Louis University in the summer of 1998, and in August of the same year, she began at UMKC as an athletic training graduate assistant. From there, Grimes worked as a certified athletic trainer at Shawnee Mission Medical Center until coming to Park Uni-versity. While at Park, Grimes has also volunteered as a certified athlet-ic trainer for Kansas City Jazz Rugby. She received her master’s degree from the University of Kansas last May.

Darrell Cooper is entering his third season as assistant athletic trainer at Park University, coming to the Pi-

rates after a one-year stint at Henderson State University in Hot Springs, Ark.

Cooper holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Uni-versity of Akron, and he began his career as a graduate assistant at his alma mater, working with the Zips’ football and track programs from 1998 to 2000. He has also worked for the Adirondack Icehawks of the United Hockey league, Iowa Central Community College and the University of Missouri-Rolla (now Missouri S&T), prior to coming to Park Univer-sity. Cooper is also an instructor for the American Red Cross’s Profes-sional Rescuer Training and he is an accredited clinical instructor.

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BRECKON SPORTS CENTER

The 1,200-seat Breckon Sports Center enters its ninth season for the Park University basketball and volleyball

teams, providing a home court for both men’s and women’s squads since the fall of 2000. Breckon Sports Center, named after for-mer Park University president Dr. Donald J. Breckon, houses an additional auxiliary gym, in addition to office space for administrative staff, men’s and women’s basketball coaches and both volleyball coaches at Park. A two-dome facility, the West Dome houses the spectator court, while the East Dome is the home of the auxiliary court and indoor practice facility, which is also used by the Pirates’ baseball and softball squads, as well as men’s and women’s soccer and the Park spirit squad. When not in use by the Department of Athletics, the Breckon Sports Center is also home to many on-campus events for Park University, including convocations and as-semblies in the West Dome, with celebrations, banquets and other university functions tak-ing place on the facility’s east side. Since its inaugural season in 2000, Breck-on has provided the Pirates with one of the area’s top home-court advantages, with the men’s basketball team posting a 73-37 mark on its home court, while women’s basketball is 57-37 at home since moving into Breckon in 2000-01. Breckon Sports Center has helped pro-duce two NAIA basketball tournament teams – one on the men’s side and one for the wom-en – while the men’s volleyball has posted two National Invitational Tournament titles since moving into Breckon Sports Center, winning in 2003 and 2008. Since occupying the Sports Center in 2001, the men’s volleyball squad has produced a 184-50 overall mark (including away matches), and heading into the 2009 season, the Pirate men’s volleyball squad has won its last 29 matches at home, in-cluding five in the 2008 NAIA National Invitational. On the women’s side of the net, Park is 143-142 since calling Breckon home (also including road matches), and during the 2007 season, the Pirates posted a 6-2 mark on their home court. In the two years heading into the 2008-09 season, Park has also seen a pair of record crowds file in to the Sports Center, as a capacity 1,200 fans witnessed then No. 14 Park take down No. 1 MidAmeri-

ca Nazarene 78-75 on January 16, 2007, in Parkville. Breckon Sports Center’s second-best crowd – 1,033 – came during the NAIA Men’s Volleyball National Invitational Tournament Championship, when No. 1 Park beat No. 2 California Baptist 3-1 to earn the title. Park also topped the 900-fan mark two more times in the 2007-08 school year, once in men’s basketball against Philander Smith and again in the men’s volleyball regular sea-son against Cal Baptist. Park’s top women’s basketball crowd dur-ing the 2007-08 season came against Brescia when 717 were in attendance, while women’s volleyball drew more than 200 fans to the sea-son opener of the 2007 season against Kansas Wesleyan.

BRECKON MEN’S BASKETBALL YEAR-BY-YEAR Coach Year W L Pct.Claude English 2000-01 10 6 .625Claude English 2001-02 10 3 .769Claude English 2002-03 12 2 .857Claude English 2003-04 6 8 .429Claude English 2004-05 9 6 .600Jason Kline 2005-06 6 7 .462Jason Kline 2006-07 12 1 .923Jason Kline 2007-08 8 4 .667TOTALS 73 37 .664

Claude English in Breckon 47 25 .653Jason Kline in Breckon 26 12 .684

BRECKON WOMEN’S BASKETBALL YEAR-BY-YEAR Coach Year W L Pct.Joe C. Meriweather 2000-01 5 6 .455Joe C. Meriweather 2001-02 6 5 .546Joe C. Meriweather 2002-03 5 8 .385Joe C. Meriweather 2003-04 13 1 .929Joe C. Meriweather 2004-05 8 3 .727Joe C. Meriweather 2005-06 10 1 .909Joe C. Meriweather 2006-07 1 9 .100Joe C. Meriweather 2007-08 9 4 .629TOTALS 57 37 .606

MEDIA SERVICES Pregame packets including notes, statistics, media guides and gameday programs will be available prior to tip-off. Timeout, halftime and final statistics, plus a running play-by-play and post game notes will be provided on the media deck above press row. Final statistics will be faxed and e-mailed following the conclusion of the game.

MEDIA & PHOTO CREDENTIALS Credentials for Park home basketball games are issued for working media only and must be requested through the sports information office, preferably in advance. Cre-dentials are issued on a game-by-game basis. Credentialed media will be given sufficient work space either on press row or on the press deck above the Breckon Sports Center playing floor. Cheering is absolutely prohibited from both press row and the press deck. Only photographers on as-signment from an accredited media agency will be issued credentials, and are required to abide by NCAA shooting limitations and guidelines.

INTERVIEWS Following home games, Park head coaches Jason Kline and Joe C. Meriweather will return to the media deck for a post-game radio interview. They will remain in the arena for any further media questions, and players will also be available after a 10-minute cooling-off period.

TELEPHONES A limited number of telephone lines are available for use on press row and on the media deck. There will be one courtesy line available for visiting teams’ official broadcast station. Additionally, a second phone line is in use at all home games by KGSP, the official broadcast station of Park basketball. Stations and writers wishing to have another line installed should contact Park sports information at (816) 584-6490 to make arrangements.

‘PU’ & ‘PARK COLLEGE’ In editorial references to Park University Athletics, media outlets are asked to refrain from the use of the ‘PU’ acronym. Print and broadcast outlets are asked to use ‘Park University”, “Park” and “Pirates. Please do not use PU. Ad-ditionally, please do not use Park College.

GETTING TO BRECKON SPORTS CENTER Breckon Sports Center is accessible from Missouri Highway 9. If coming from Highway 45, take Highway 9 South to Sixth Street in Parkville, which leads to the Sports Center. From downtown and I-635, use Highway 9 North.

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Assistant Sports Information Director

Tyler Price

Sports Information Director

Steve Wilson

PARK ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS

Steve Wilson begins his second year as the Director of Sports Information, overseeing publicity and operational efforts for all 15 sports at Park University. Wilson is the pri-

mary contact for both women’s soccer and women’s volleyball in the fall, men’s basketball and men’s volleyball in the winter, and baseball and women’s golf in the spring. He is also responsible for overseeing all publications and online efforts within the department, including www.parkathletics.com, the official Web site of Pirate athletics. Ad-ditionally, Wilson supervises game-day staff at all home events as well as other adminis-trative duties within the Department of Athletics. He also serves as the play-by-play voice of the Pirates at select events. A 2004 graduate of Kansas State University, Wilson began his career in sports infor-mation as a Graduate Assistant at Kansas Wesleyan University during the 2004-05 school year, assisting with the Coyote football, men’s basketball, baseball and women’s basket-ball 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 bas-ketball and baseball, while also assisting with publicity efforts in the Bobcat football pro-gram. While at Texas State, Wilson also provided basketball and baseball play-by-play on KTSW-FM. Away from San Marcos, Wilson assisted on the game-day staffs of the 2005 United States Basketball League Championship, the 2006 NCAA Women’s Basketball Re-gional in San Antonio and the 2006 NCAA Baseball 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-intern play-by-play category by the Kansas Association of Broadcasters in 2003. Wilson and his wife, Sarah, reside in Roeland Park, Kan.

Tyler Price enters his first year as the Assistant Sports Infor-mation Director at Park. Price is the primary contact for both men’s soccer and cross country in the fall, women’s

basketball and indoor track and field in the winter, as well as softball and outdoor track and field in the spring. Price will join SID Steve Wilson as the primary liaison between Park’s athletics programs and the public. The two will be responsible for serving the needs of not only the media, but also coaches, student-athletes, supporters and fans. 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 respon-sibility was serving as the primary contact for the women’s equestrian program. After graduation, Price joined the Sports Information staff at the National Associa-tion of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). After a few months promoting the NAIA, Price made the trek a few miles north to Parkville. The Olathe, Kan. native also worked in sports broadcasting early in his career. Price spent two summers working at KSHB-TV in Kansas City as an Associate Sports Producer for the 38 Sport Spot television program and all evening newscasts. Price is an avid Kansas City sports fan and enjoys watching all Kansas City Chiefs, Kansas City Royals and Kansas State football games. Price and his wife, Jenny, also a graduate of K-State, reside in Olathe, Kan.

Associated Press 215 W. Pershing Rd., Suite 221 Kansas City, Mo. 64108-4300 T: 816.421.4844F: 816.421.3590

Kansas City StarDavid Boyce1729 Grand BlvdKansas City, Mo. 64108-1458T: 816.234.4355F: 816.234.4360www.kansascity.com

Independence ExaminerJeff Fox410 South Liberty Independence, Mo. 64050T: 816.350.6313www.examiner.net

Kansas City KansanJeremy Banks7815 Parallel ParkwayKansas City, Kan. 66112T: 913.371.4300F: 913.342.8620www.kansascitykansan.com

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

Olathe Daily NewsAndy Marso514 South Kansas Ave.Olathe, Kan. 66061T: 913.764.2211F: 913.764.2251www.theolathenews.com

Sun GazetteBill Knust963 West LibertyLiberty, MO 64068T: (816) 781-1044F: (816) [email protected]

TELEVISION & RADIO KSHB 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

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WDAF FOX 4Frank Boal3030 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 RadioKJ Turner7000 SquibbMission, Kan. 66222T: 913.744.3600www.61sports.net

NATIONAL MEDIAVictory Sports NetworkPO Box 5384Grand Island, NE 68802 T: (308) 383-1431E: [email protected]

NAIA Media ServicesChad Waller1200 Grand Ave.Kansas City, MO 64105T: (816) 595-8000F: (816) 595-8200E: [email protected]

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Lilona ByeCheerleader

Ambra CummingsCheerleader

Josh EvansYell Leader

Addie FloydCheerleader

Megan GoingsCheerleader

Charif HamidiYell Leader

Breena LawsonCheerleader

Hollianna LewisCheerleader

Tempest LinnCheerleader

Kirsten MannCheerleader

Michelle MilbournCheerleader

Davis NobleYell Leader

Ashley RichardsonCheerleader

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James WolfYell Leader

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Lawrence ButlerYell Leader

Emily CarmanCheerleader

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2008-09 PIRATE CLUB

Allen, Robert Ayoade, Fatai Baker, Larry Bankhead, PamelaBartels, TyroneBelton, Heidi Bennett, BettyBetsch, TedBlankenship, CharlesBlock, Allison Bloodgood, StephanieBobrowski, Frederick Brooks, William Bryant, Deborah Bryant, James Burnside, RoxanneBurton, Patricia Calder, Emily NiceeCatano, Christina Catano, Manuel Champney, Karla Chaves, Rafaella Cherry, FaithCohn, LoraCole, CrystalComfort, MarkCorigliano, VeruskaCreighton, ClarindaCross, Anteco Dahlgren, Jerod Dame, Beverly AnnDavis, Brian deSilva, Peter J.Dillingham, John Dollins, ShellyDowning, Oliver Droge, MichaelDroge, Molly Duddy, Daniel Dunson, Carrie Dusing, BettyEdwards, LevesterEdwards, WinifredEnglish, CharlotteEnglish, ClaudeEspinoza-Springfield, ConnieFaria, Carolina Farmer, Christopher Farmer, Gretchen Farr, Vincent

Fayard, PatriciaFields, BarbaraFields, JohnnieFox, Shari Fox, Todd Frankenfeld, BobFrankenfeld, Karen Freeman, J. W.French, AnthonyFrey, Michael Garcia, GabrielaGaroutte, OrlandaGault, PaulGault, SylviaGesenhues, ThomasGreenlee, JohnGriggs, MarkHarrell, Jennifer Hatamzade, Elvin Henderson, HaroldHodgdon, JanisHodges, Danita Hodges, James Hook, StephenHowell, John Hurley, MelissaImmele, ChristopherImmele, JoAnnIngraham, Jason Ingraham, Jennifer Jayne, DianeJester, RobertJohnson, MarquidaJustus, Kenneth Justus, RosaleeKiely, JenniferKline, DanKline, JolinaKline, NancyLawson, Dirk Lee, Robert E.Liberty Banking CenterLucas, HelenMartin, Jessica A.Matthews-Watson, CrystalMcCloud, JessicaMcCollum, JulianaMcCoy, Virginia McMillian, SpencerMurguia, Paulo

Murguia, RaulNation-Murdock, Andrea Newland, DonnaNgega, Emmanuel Oden, CharlesOden, LyndaOswald, DavidOyster, MichaelParsons, LeeAnnPearson, ScottPearson, TeresaPemberton, FeliciaPennington, WarleanaPittman, ReggiePlunkett, SusanPonder, BarbaraPopoola, BenPorter, CliffordQuitmeier, BillReeves, Vernon Reinert, AshleyRenshaw, BrianRiggins, ShaunRoberson, JenniferRodda, JoyceRodriguez, MichelleRoten, ChristinRust, PaulSanders, JenniferSchaefer, KarieSchupp, KarrySeidelman, Ray Jr.Shelton, Roland B.Slaughter, Rachel

Smith, KenSmith, Susan Snider, JuneSnider, LeahSnider, SamSouthworth, CarrollStanley, DamienStanley, JeffreyStanley, JessicaStanley, TeresaTaouil, MaxTaouil, WynonaTheus-Downey, ShareikkaTootle, Milton Jr.Tuter, PeggyVestal, BettyVieira, HelenaVogado, MarianaWade, Monica Waliczek, MishcaWaters, Margaret Watkins, DorlaWilliams, DonaldWilson, StephenWinston, JeffreyWolf, Richard Jr.Yost, PatrickZambrana, AudreyZimmerman, Joseph M.Zimmerman, Joseph P.Zlitni, AbdulhamidZschietzschmann, Fritz

PARK UNIVERSITY PIRATE CLUB

Support Park University Athletics by joining the Park University Pirate Club today. The Club promotes the rich tradition of Park Athletics and serves to increase necessary revenue to help support the athletics budget in areas of recruitment, enhancement and scholarship. For information, contact Roland Shelton at 816.584.6844 or e-mail [email protected].

www.park.edu • www.parkathletics.com

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

2008-09 SCHEDULE11/1 McKendree 2:00 p.m.

11/4 at MidAmerica nazarene 7:00 p.m.

11/6 at Langston 7:00 p.m.

11/8 Avila 2:00 p.m.

11/11 at William Jewell 7:00 p.m.

11/14 vs. Baker 5:30 p.m.

11/15 at Benedictine 7:30 p.m.

11/18 Columbia 7;00 p.m.

11/22 at Missouri Baptist 2:00 p.m.

11/24 William Jewell 5:00 p.m.

12/3 MidAmerica Nazarene 7:00 p.m.

12/5 at McKendree 7:00 p.m.

12/6 at Hannibal-LaGrange 2:00 p.m.

12/13 at missouri Valley 2:00 p.m.

1/2 vs. William Woods 2:00 p.m.

1/3 at Columbia 6:00 p.m.

1/5 at Ottawa 7:00 p.m.

1/8 at Peru State 6:00 p.m.

1/10 at Ozarks 1:00 p.m.

1/19 Missouri Valley 7:00 p.m.

2/3 Ozarks 5:00 p.m.

2/7 Brescia 7:00 p.m.

2/10 at Avila 5:30 p.m.

2/14 vs. Voorhees 1:00 p.m.

2/15 at Brescia 3:00 p.m.

2/17 Missouri Western 7:00 p.m.

3/6 - 3/8 NAIA Independent TBA

3/18 - 3/24 NAIA Tournament TBA

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With an incoming freshman class of 10 and only five return-ing players, the 2008-09 Park University women’s basket-ball team will depend on many new faces to bring success

to this year’s squad. After a 15-15 2007-08 season and a second place finish in the NAIA Independent Region Women’s Championship. Head coach Joe C. Meriweather has his hopes set high for his team full of new players. “This year with ten new freshmen it’s going to be challenging,” Meriweather said. “We are asking our newcomers to learn the system quickly, but my expec-tations are very high for them. They are athletic and in practice they have worked very hard.” The youth movement may test this year’s squad but the five players returning for the Pirates this year have loads of experi-ence to carry the team on its back. The Pirates return senior forward Meghan Cummings who last season appeared and started in all 30 games for the Pirates. Cummings led the team in minutes played with 986 and av-eraged 10.1 points per game along with 7.9 boards a game. The St. Joseph, Mo. product led all Pirates in rebounds with 237 on the season and also provided the Pi-rates with some range on the floor, shooting 33.0 percent from behind the arc. Park also returns sophomore Brianne Ed-wards to the squad. Ed-wards appeared in 19 games and started in 11 of those for the Pirates. The 5-10 forward averaged 9.3 points and 5.0 rebounds per game in 2007 and was the fourth leading scorer for Park last season. The Pirates will also get back senior Chante Dean this season. Dean missed all of the 2007 campaign due to in-jury. As a sophomore in 2006, Dean ap-peared in nine games and started in six averaging 7.9 points per game. The 5-10 forward from Kansas City, Mo. will look to play

a key role for Park down low this season. Sophomore Stefany Jones also returns for the Pirates this year, the 5-5 guard saw action in nine games for Park during the 2007-08 season. Jones played 74 minutes, averaging 8.2 minutes per game

and will fight for the starting point guard position on this year’s squad.

Along with Jones, junior Traci Oden returns for Park in 2008-09. Oden appeared in 14 games for the Pirates as a sophomore. The Richmond, Mo. native scored a season high 14 points against Allen University last season and

logged 105 minutes on the floor, averaging 7.5 minutes per game.

“Both Oden and Jones didn’t get a lot of playing time last year, but from what I can see right now they have both really

matured and I expect a lot from both of them this year,” Meri-weather said.

Along with the 10 freshman joining Park this sea-son, two transfer players are looking to step in and vie

for some playing time including, Katelyn Wilson, a 6-1 forward out of Alamogordo, N.M. Wilson comes to Park after one season at Cochise College, the sophomore looks to join Dean and Edwards as for-wards.

Brittney English, who transfers to Park from Ft. Scott Community College, will also look to join

Wilson down low as a post player. English is a 6-1 forward out of Kansas City, Mo.

A familiar face will also join the Pirates on the court this season, Shareikka Theus-Downey, who is currently the starting outside hitter of the women’s volleyball team will join Park’s women’s

basketball team after the conclusion of the volleyball season. Theus-Downey

will put away the knee pads for the winter and hit the hard wood for the Pirates as a for-

ward.

THE 2008-09 SCHEDULE

The Park University women’s basketball team unveiled its 2008-09 schedule, highlighted by seven 2007-08 nation-ally ranked opponents, ten games inside Breckon Sports

Center, for 27 total regular season contests. The Pirates are look-ing to build on their second place finish in the Independent Region

Tournament and a 15-15 record. Head coach Joe C. Meriweather has put together a schedule with NAIA nationally ranked Division I and Division II teams to prepare Park for Independent Region play and a shot at post season action. The Pirates open their season on Nov. 1 in Parkville, Mo., hosting McKendree College at 2:00 p.m. Park University will take on McKen-dree, who was receiving votes in the final 2007-08 NAIA Division I top-25, inside Breckon Sports to tip off the 2008-09 season. The Pirates head south to Olathe, Kan. to face MidAmerica Naza-

rene on Nov. 4 and will then travel to Langston, Okla. on Nov. 6 to take on Langston University at 7:00 p.m. Langston University will be

the Pirates third nationally ranked opponent in just three games. The Lions wrapped up last season at the No. 6 spot on the NAIA Division I top-25. Breckon Sports Center will welcome back the women’s team on

Nov. 8 to host Avila at 2:00 p.m. The home stint will be followed by three road games, two of

those will be against teams that ended their 2007-08 seasons in

2008-09 SEASON

Brianne Edwards returns to the Park University lineup as a sophomore in the 2008-09 season after playing in 19 games during the 2007-08 season, making 11 starts and averaging 9.3 points per game. She also grabbed 5.0 rebounds per contest as a freshman.

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the top-25 for NAIA division II. The Pirates head to Liberty, Mo. to play William Jewell, a Division II No. 19 ranked team in the final poll, and then travel to Atchison, Kan. on Nov. 15 to face Baker University. Fol-lowing the game against Baker, the Pirates will turn around and face Benedictine College on Nov. 15 in Atchison, Kan. Park University returns to Parkville, Mo. on Nov. 18 to host Colum-bia at 7:00 p.m. inside Breckon Sports Center. A Nov. 22 road game against Missouri Baptist will prepare the Pi-rates for their second shot at William Jewell in Breckon Sports Center on Nov. 24 at 5:00 p.m. Park will then host MidAmerica Nazarene for a second time in the 2008-09 season on Dec. 2 on campus. The Pirates then head out for a six-game road stretch, with back-to-back contests on Dec. 5 and 6. Park will face McKendree on Dec. 5 at 7:00 p.m. in Lebanon, Ill. and then head to Hannibal, Mo. for a game against Hannibal-LaGrange on the 6th at 2:00 p.m. Park will play on Dec. 13 against Missouri Valley in Marshall, Mo. for their last game in 2008. The Pirates open up the New Year with a pair of games against Columbia and William Woods in Columbia, Mo. on Jan 2nd and 3rd. Meriweather’s team wraps up the six-game road stretch on Jan. 5 in Ottawa, Kan. against Ottawa University. With no rest between games, the Pirates will host Hannibal-LaGrange on Jan. 6 inside Breckon Sports Center for a 7:00 p.m. tip off. Park will then head to Peru State for a 6:00 p.m. start on Jan. 8 and then face College of the Ozarks at their place in Point Lookout, Mo. on Jan. 10. College of the Ozarks will prove to be a tough test for the Pirates, as the Ozarks ended the final Division II rankings at the No. 1 spot. The Pirates will then play three games inside Breckon Sports Cen-ter, starting with Missouri Valley on Jan. 19 at 7:00 p.m. Park then wel-comes College of the Ozarks on Feb. 3 and will open up Independent Region play with Brescia University on Feb. 7. On Feb. 10, Park will play Avila for another Independent battle in Kansas City, Mo. on neutral territory. The Pirates continue on with Independent action in Owensboro, Ky. facing Voorhees on Feb. 14 and Brescia on Feb. 15.

Chante Dean will return to the Park University women’s basketball roster in 2008-09 after missing the entire 2007-08 season due to injury. In 2006-07, Dean played in nine games, making six starts and averaging 7.9 points per game. Dean is a trans-fer to the Park basketball program from State Fair Community College.

AVILAGame 4 (Home) • Nov. 8

Game 24 (Away) • Feb. 10

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Kansas City, Mo.Enrollment: 1,800Nickname: EaglesColors: Purple & GoldArena: Mabee FieldhouseConference: HAACAD: Anthony Hall

WOMEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Larry WilliamsAlma Mater: Central MissouriAt School: 3rd season2007-08 Record: 17-15Conf. (Finish): (4th)

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Eugene PeoplesPhone: (816)-501-2495Fax: (816)-941-4503E-Mail: [email protected]: www.avila.eduAddress:

11901 Wornall Road Kansas City, Mo. 64145

BAKERGame 6 (Neutral) • Nov. 14

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Baldwin City, KS Enrollment: 3000Nickname: WildcatsColors: Orange & White Arena: Collins CenterConference: HAACAD: Dan Harris

WOMEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Susan DeckerAlma Mater: Tabor CollegeRecord: 135 wins at BakerAt School: 135 wins2007-08 Record: 15-16Conf. (Finish): T-6th

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Kevin Kunde Phone: 785-594-8495Fax: 785-594-4025E-Mail: [email protected]: www.bakerwildcats.comAddress:

PO Box 65Baldwin City, KS 66006

BENEDICTINEGame 7 (Away) • Nov. 15

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Atchison, Kan.Enrollment: 1,350Nickname: RavensColors: Red, Black & WhiteArena: Ralph Nolan GymConference: HAACAD: Charlie Gartenmayer

WOMEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Chad FolsomAlma Mater: Grinnel Col., ‘94Record: 154-76 (7 yrs.)At School: Same2007-08 Record: 29-6Conf. (Finish): 18-2 (1st)

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Josh PoundPhone: (913) 360-7634Fax: (913) 360-7451E-Mail: [email protected]: www.ravenathletics.comAddress:

Amino Center1020 North 2nd Street

Atchison, KS 66002

BRESCIAGame 23 (Home) • Feb. 7Game 26 (Away) • Feb. 15

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Owensboro, Ky.Enrollment: 600Nickname: Bearcats Colors: Blue and WhiteArena: Campus CenterConference: IndependentAD: Jeff Falkner

WOMEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: John SwickrathAlma Mater: DenisonRecord: 0-0At School: 0-0 2007-08 Record: 18-13Conf. (Finish): N/A

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: John Swickrath Phone: 270-686-4317Fax: 270-663-0357E-Mail: [email protected] site: www.brescia.eduAddress:

717 Frederica St Owensboro, KY 42301

COLUMBIAGame 8 (Home) • Nov. 18Game 15 (Away) • Jan. 3

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Columbia, Mo.Enrollment: 1,100Nickname: CougarsColors: Navy & SilverArena: Southwell ComplexConference: AMCAD: Bob Burchard

WOMEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Mike DavisAlma Mater: Central Methodist Record: 435-221At School: 175-642007-08 Record: 17-15Conf. (Finish): 10-4 (Third)

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Cindy FottiPhone: (573) 875-7454Fax: (573) 875-7415E-Mail: [email protected]: www.columbiacougarscomAddress:

1001 Rogers StreetColumbia, Mo. 65216

HANNIBAL-LAGRANGEGame 13 (Away) • Dec. 6Game 18 (Home) • Jan. 6

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Hannibal, Mo.Enrollment: 2,100Nickname: TrojansColors: Scarlet and NavyArena: Mabee Sports CenterConference: AMCAD: Jason Nichols

WOMEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Delena WhiteAlma Mater: Hannibal-LaGrangeRecord: 0-0At School: 0-02007-08 Record: 1-29Conf. (Finish): 0-16

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Matt GordonPhone: (573) 629-3212Fax: (573) 629-3212E-Mail: [email protected]: www.hlg.eduAddress:

2800 Palmyra RoadHannibal, Mo. 63401

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LANGSTONGame 3 (Away) • Nov. 6

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Langston, Okla.Enrollment: 2700Nickname: Lady LionsColors: Orange & Navy BlueArena: C.F. Gayles FieldhouseConference: Red RiverAD: Patric Simon

WOMEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Jerome WillisAlma Mater: LangstonRecord: 0-0At School: 0-02007-08 Record: 31-2Conf. (Finish): 1st

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Crystal KelsoPhone: (405) 466-2945Fax: (405) 466-3480E-Mail: [email protected]: www.luathletics.comAddress:

P.O. Box 175 Langston, OK 73050

McKENDREEGame 1 (Home) • Nov. 1Game 12 (Away) • Dec. 5

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Lebanon, Ill.Enrollment: 3,000Nickname: BearcatsColors: Purple & WhiteArena: Melvin Price CenterConference: AMCAD: Harry Statham

WOMEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Melissa RinghausenAlma Mater: OttawaRecord: 232-137At School: 232-1372007-08 Record: 24-9Conf. (Finish): 13-1 (1st)

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Eric BuckPhone: (618) 537-6879Fax: (618) 537-6876E-Mail: [email protected]: athletics.mckendree.eduAddress:

McKendree Athletics - SID701 College RoadLebanon, IL 62254

MIDAMERICA NAZARENEGame 2 (Away) • Nov. 4

Game 11 (Home) • Dec. 2

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Olathe, Kan.Enrollment: 1,500Nickname: PioneersColors: Red, White and BlueArena: Cook CenterConference: HAACAD: Kevin Steele

WOMEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Bill OlinAlma Mater: Pasadena CollegeRecord: 463-345At School: 202-972007-08 Record: 25-11Conf. (Finish): 2nd

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Chad JenkinsPhone: (913)- 971-3457Fax: (913) 971-3456E-Mail: [email protected]: www.mnu.eduAddress:

2030 E. Collge WayOlathe, KS 66062

MISSOURI BAPTISTGame 9 (Away) • Nov. 22

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: St. Louis, Mo.Enrollment: 3,406Nickname: SpartansColors: Navy & WhiteArena: Muncy GymnasiumConference: AMCAD: Dr. Thomas Smith

WOMEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Danny WingateAlma Mater: Malone CollegeRecord: 124-117At School: 89-662007-08 Record: 14-15Conf. (Finish): 8-6 (4th)

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Tiah WingagePhone: (314) 744-5372Fax: (314) 392-2371E-Mail: [email protected]: www.mobap.edu/athleticsAddress:

Missouri Baptist AthleticsOne College Park Drive

St. Louis, MO 63141

MISSOURI VALLEYGame 14 (Away) • Dec. 13Game 21 (Home) • Jan. 19

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Marshall, Mo.Enrollment: 1,400Nickname: VikingsColors: Orange and PurpleArena: Ashford GymConference: HAACAD: Tom Fifer

WOMEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Jolene ChristensenAlma Mater: Huron Univ.Record: 0-0 (1st)At School: 0-02007-08 Record: 15-15Conf. (Finish): 6th

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Tom SandwithPhone: (660) 831-4230Fax: (660) 831-4038E-Mail: [email protected]: www.moval.eduAddress:

500 E. CollegeMarshall, Mo 65340

MISSOURI WESTERNGame 27 (Home) • Feb. 17

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: St. Joseph, Mo.Enrollment: 5,200Nickname: GriffonsColors: Black and GoldArena: MWSU FieldhouseConference: MIAAAD: Dave Williams

WOMEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Lynn PlettAlma Mater: TaborRecord: 197-193At School: 12-152007-08 Record: 7-11Conf. (Finish): 8th

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Trevor BernekingPhone: (816)-271-4257Fax: (816)-271-5901E-Mail: [email protected]: www.gogriffons.comAddress:

4525 Downs DriveSt. Joseph, MO 64507

OTTAWAGame 17 (Away) • Jan. 5

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Ottawa, Kan.Enrollment: 550Nickname: Lady BravesColors: Black and GoldArena: Wilson FieldhouseConference: KCACAD: Arabie Conner

WOMEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Bruce TateAlma Mater: Ottawa, ‘00Record: 7-23At School: 7-232007-08 Record: 7-23Conf. (Finish): 5-13 (8th)

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Katie TooleyPhone: (785)-242-5200 x 5401Fax: (785)-229-1028E-Mail: [email protected]: www.ottawabraves.comAddress:

1001 S. Cedar Box #7Ottawa, KS 66067

OZARKSGame 20 (Away) • Jan. 10Game 22 (Home) • Feb. 3

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Point Lookout, Mo.Enrollment: 1,500Nickname: BobcatsColors: Maroon & WhiteArena: Keeter GymnasiumConference: MCACAD: Al Waller

WOMEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: George WilsonAlma Mater: DruryRecord: 298-63At School: 298-63 2007-08 Record: 35-2 Conf. (Finish): 12-0

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Candace SullingerPhone: (417)-690-2565Fax: (417)-348-1432E-Mail: [email protected]: www.cofo.eduAddress:

C Of O AthleticsPoint Lookout, MO 65726

PERU STATEGame 19 (Away) • Jan. 8

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Peru, Neb.Enrollment: 2,100Nickname: BobcatsColors: Blue & WhiteArena: Al Wheeler CenterConference: MCACAD: Dr. Ellie Kunkel

WOMEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Maurtice IvyAlma Mater: NebraskaRecord: 8-22At School: 8-222007-08 Record: 8-22Conf. (Finish): 3-9 (6th)

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Troy KatenPhone: (402) 872-2344Fax: (402) 872-2302E-Mail: [email protected]: www.peru.eduAddress:

600 Hoyt Street; P.O. Box 10Peru, Neb. 68421-0010

VOORHEESGame 25 (Neutral) • Feb. 14

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Denmark, S.C.Enrollment: 700Nickname: Lady TigersColors: Royal Blue & WhiteArena: Leonard E. DawsonConference: NAIA IndependentAD: Willie Jefferson

WOMEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Edward J. GloverAlma Mater: ClaflinRecord: N/AAt School: N/A2007-08 Record: 15-17Conf. (Finish): N/A

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: N/APhone: N/AFax: N/AE-Mail: N/AWeb: www.voorhees.eduAddress:

PO Box 678 Denmark, SC 29042

WILLIAM JEWELLGame 5 (Away) • Nov. 11

Game 10 (Home) • Nov. 24

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Liberty, Mo.Enrollment: 1,200Nickname: CardinalsColors: Red & BlackArena: Mabee CenterConference: HAACAD: Dr. James C. Redd

WOMEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Jill CressAlma Mater: Northwestern Record: 261-155At School: 244-1442007-08 Record: 23-10Conf. (Finish): 15-5 (2nd)

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Paul WorstellPhone: (816) 415-5959Fax: (816) 415-5029E-Mail: [email protected]: www.jewell.eduAddress:

Jewell Athletics500 College Hill

Liberty, MO 64068

WILLIAM WOODSGame 16 (Neutral) • Jan. 3

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Fulton, Mo.Enrollment: 1,000Nickname: OwlsColors: Burgandy & GreenArena: Anderson ArenaConference: AMC AD: Larry York

WOMEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Dan ChaplaAlma Mater: OttawaRecord: 0-0At School: 0-02007-08 Record: 4-25Conf. (Finish): 4-12

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Jason VittonePhone: 573-592-1627Fax: 573-592-4386E-Mail: [email protected]: www.wwu.edu/athleticsAddress:

One University AvenueFulton, MO 65251

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joe C. Meriweather enters his 12th season as the head coach of the women’s basketball program at Park University.

Last season, Park finished 15-15 on the year. Meri-weather lead his 2007-08 squad to a 4-1 independent re-cord and a second place finish in the NAIA Independent Region Women’s Championship. Meriweather also helped guide Ashley Birch to a 2008 NAIA All-American Honorable Mention selec-tion. In 2005, Meriweather guided the Pirates to a 19-12 overall record as Park qualified for the NAIA Divi-sion I National Tournament for the first time in school history. For his efforts, he was named the 2005-06 NAIA Division I Independent Re-gion Coach of the Year. In his eleven-year career at Park, the 1998 AMC Coach of the Year has posted a 118-199 record, but over the last seven seasons his teams have won 93 games, including a school record 22 wins (3 losses) in 2003-04. His 118 career wins at Park represent half of the program’s all-time wins, making Meriweath-er Park’s all-time winningest head women’s basketball coach. Before taking the helm of the Pirate program, Meriweather en-joyed a long professional career in the NBA and overseas. Drafted in the first round by the Houston Rockets in 1975, he also played for the Atlanta Hawks,

HEAD COACH JOE C. MERIWEATHER

Joe C.MeriweatherHead Women’s Basketball Coach 12th Season

MERIWEATHER’S COACHING HISTORYKansas City Mustangs (WBB pro team)4General Manager & Head Coach41992-95Bishop Hogan High School41995-96Penn Valley Community College41996-97Park Head Women’s Basketball Coach41997-Present

MERIWEATHER’S PLAYING EXPERIENCESouthern Illinois University41973-75Houston Rockets (NBA)41975-76Atlanta Hawks (NBA)41976-77New Orleans Jazz (NBA)41977-79New York Knicks (NBA)41979-80Kansas City Kings (NBA)41980-85

MERIWEATHER’S COACHING RESUMEAMC Coach of the Year41998-99Independent Coach of the Year42005-06

YEAR SCHOOL W L PCT WORTH NOTING1997-98 Park 5 25 .167 AMC Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year1998-99 Park 7 24 .226 1999-00 Park 3 25 .1072000-01 Park 8 17 .3202001-02 Park 14 17 .416 First 10-win season as head coach at Park2002-03 Park 9 22 .2902003-04 Park 22 3 .880 School-record 22 wins2004-05 Park 13 15 .4642005-06 Park 19 12 .613 Independent Coach of the Year; NAIA Tournament First Round2006-07 Park 3 24 .111 2007-08 Park 15 15 .500 Independent Region Runner Up11 SEASONS PARK 118 199 .372

JOE C. MERIWEATHER’S YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING RECORD

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STAFF

Assistant Coach • 1st Season

Bud Nelson

bud Nelson enters his first season as assis-tant coach at Park University, joining the Pirates with 19 years of varsity high school

boys and girls basketball coaching experience. While coaching at the high school level, Coach

Nelson accumulated nearly 200 wins including a 3A State Champi-onship in 1993, State Quarter-Finalists in both 1999 and 2007, two District championships in 1999 and 2007 and two undefeated Confer-ence championships in 1999 and 2007. Nelson had the privilege of being named Media All-Area Coach of the Year in 1998 and in 1999. He was also awarded the 3A-4A Boys Coach of the Year for the Northeast District of the Missouri Sportswrit-ers and Sportscasters Association in 1999, as well as Basketball Coach of the Year presented by the Kirksville Daily Express in 1998-1999, the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association District Coach of the Year in 2007 and the KMZU Dream Team Coach of the Year in 2007. Nelson Earned his bachelor’s degree from Northwest Missouri State in Physi-cal Education in 1990 and earned a master’s degree in Teaching and Instruction from the St. Mary College in Leavenworth, Kan. In 2003.

New Orleans Jazz, New York Knicks and played his final five seasons with the Kansas City Kings from 1980-85. During his 10-year NBA ca-reer, he averaged 8.1 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. Following his time in the NBA, Meriweather played abroad in Badalona, Spain, and Bologna, Italy. Meriweather played collegiately at Southern Illinois University from 1973-75, where he still ranks sixth among the school’s all-time career scoring leaders (1,536). During his time at SIU, he played on the United States National Team that finished third at the 1974 World Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Following his playing career, Meriweather served as general man-ager and head coach of the Kansas City Mustangs women’s profes-sional team from 1992 to 1995. He has also coached in the Kansas City metro area at Bishop Hogan High School and Penn Valley Community College. Meriweather earned his bachelor’s degree from Southern Illinois in 1975 and earned a master’s degree in public administration from Park University in 2002.

No. Player Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown Previous School 4 Stefany Jones G 5-6 So. Pleasant Hill, Mo. Longview CC 10 Candice Akers G 5-9 Fr. Kansas City, Mo. Hickman Mills HS 11 Traci Oden G 5-6 Jr. Richmond, Mo. Richmond HS 12 Kiangela Smith G 5-6 Fr. St. Louis, Mo. Jennings HS 14 Robin Covington G 5-8 So. Sumter, S.C. Sumter HS 15 Rackel Norman G 5-7 Fr. Raymore, Mo. Ray-Pec HS 20 Dela Jones G 5-5 Fr. Las Vegas, Nev. Centennial HS 21 Emma Hart G 6-0 Fr. Essex, England Southend HS 23 Kiero Ford G 5-3 Fr. Kansas City, Mo. Hogan Prep 24 Oasha White G 5-8 Fr. Kansas City, Mo. Hickman Mills HS 25 Shareikka Theus-Downey F 5-10 Jr. Joplin, Mo. Independence CC 30 Katelyn Wilson F 6-1 So. Alamogordo, N.M. Alamogordo HS 32 Chante Dean F 5-10 Jr. Kansas City, Mo. State Fair CC 33 Meghan Cummings F 6-0 Sr. St. Joseph, Mo. Wathena HS 34 Halima Ramsey G 5-7 Fr. Kansas City, Mo. Lincoln Prep 40 Dominique Hayes F 6-1 Fr. Kansas City, Mo. Hickman Mills HS 45 Brook Logan F 6-1 Fr. Kansas City, Kan. Ruskin HS 50 Brittney English F 6-1 Jr. Kansas City, Mo. Ft. Scott CC 53 Brianne Edwards F 5-10 So. Warrensburg, Mo. Warrensburg HS

Head coach Joe C. Meriweather returns to Park University for his 12th season as the all-time winningest coach in Park women’s basketball history. His 118 wins have accounted for 49-percent of Park’’s all-time 239 wins. Meriweather also spent 10 seasons in the NBA, ending his career with the Kansas City Kings in 1985.

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2008-09 PIRATES

St. Joseph, Mo. (Wathena HS)

6-0 • Senior • Forward

Meghan Cummings

2007-08 - Appeared and started in all 30 games for the Pirates…led the team in minutes played with 986…averaged 10.1 points per game and 7.9 boards a game…led all Pirates in rebounds with 237…record-ed a team high 18 rebounds against Philander Smith on Feb…26…scored a season high 24 points against MidAmerica Nazarene on Nov. 6…recorded a double-double in five contests including at Mckendree (11/3), vs. MidAmerica Nazarene (11/6), vs. Hannibal-Lagrange (12/1), at Southern Nazarene (12/4) and at College of the Ozarks (2/5)….fin-ished the season with 37 assists…had three blocks and 34 steals…shot 66.2 percent from the free throw line…shot 33.0 percent from behind the three point line…played all 40 minutes against College of the Ozarks on Feb. 5…averaged 32.9 minutes a game...2006-07 — Was one-of-two players to start and appear in all 27 games…led the team with 340 points her sophomore outing…averaged 12.6 points a game…was one-of-two players to score a team high 23 points against John Brown University on Nov. 18…shot .500 percent from the field on two separate occasions…overall, was a .670 percent free throw shooter…was the leading scorer against McKendree Col-lege (11/2) (12/7),Missouri Baptist (11/14), Lyon College (11/17), John Brown University (11/18), Southern Nazarene (11/24), MidAmerica Nazarene (11/28), Peru State College (12/2), Missouri Western State (12/16), Avila University (1/15) and Brescia University (1/20)…put up double-digits in 19-of-27 games…had 14 rebounds against Southern Nazarene and finished the year with 211 total rebounds…led team in rebounds against 15 opponents…finished season with 31 assists…had two blocks and 24 steals…averaged 33.5 minutes...2005-06—Appeared in 31 games and earned the starting nod in four as a true freshman…scored 169 total points, averaging 5.5 a game…put up 14 points against Missouri Valley…shot .750 percent (3-for-4) from the three-point line against Central Methodist…finished season with 109 rebounds, four blocks and 17 steals…averaged 19.2 minutes a game and appeared in over 595 total minutes...PERSONAL — Meghan Cum-mings is daughter of Carol and Kevin Cummings…has one sister, Katie (20)…attended Wathena High School and was coached by Bryan Ad-kins…enjoys photography and writing…worked in basketball games featuring the Harlem Globetrotters and coach Joe C. Meriweather…majoring in photojournalism.

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5-9 • Freshman • Guard

Candice Akers 10

Cummings’ career statistics at parkYear FG PCT 3FG PCT FT PCT O-D-R AVG A BLK STL PTS PPG05-06 67-197 .340 18-65 .277 17-33 .515 39-70-109 3.5 30 4 17 169 5.506-07 122-356 .343 21-78 .269 75-112 .670 67-144-211 7.8 31 2 24 340 12.607-08 112-326 .344 31-94 .330 49-74 .662 89-148-237 7.9 37 3 34 304 10.1TOT 301-879 .342 70-237 .295 141-219 .644 195-362-557 6.3 98 9 75 813 9.2

PERSONAL – Candice Akers is the daughter of Derrick and Monica Ak-ers…has one younger sibling, Cierra (16)…enjoys playing sports and going to the movies…attended Hickman Mills High School…led the Cougars to a fourth place finish at State.

Sumter, S.C. (Sumter HS)

5-8 • Sophomore • Guard

Robin Covington 14

PERSONAL – Born on April 29, 1988 to Brenda Covington…has five siblings…enjoys listening to music and being with friends…majoring in psychology.

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Kansas City, Mo. (State Fair CC)

5-10 • Junior • Forward

Chante Dean

2007-08 - Sat out the 2007-08 season as a redshirt...2006-07 — As a sophomore, appeared in nine games and started in six…averaged 7.9 nine points in nine games…scored 13 points against Missouri Baptist on Jan. 4, went 5-for-6 (.833) and was high scorer…finished with 49 rebounds and ten assists…had six blocks and nine steals…in nine games played, aver-aged 18.5 minutes...2005-06 — Played for State Fair Community College...PERSONAL — Chante Dean is the daughter of Eraina Jones…has three siblings, Eraina Kennedy (14), Sarah Jones (18) and Noa Jones (7)…attended Raytown High School…was an athletic schol-ar and a member of the honor roll…played for head coaches Mike Cox and Darren Parvier…majoring in social studies…en-joys listening to music and drawing…also recruited by William Jewell, Mis-souri Baptist, Penn Valley CC.

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Dean’s career statistics at parkYear FG PCT 3FG PCT FT PCT O-D-R AVG A BLK STL PTS PPG06-07 28-55 .509 1-1 1.000 14-29 .483 21-28-49 5.4 16 6 9 71 7.9TOT 28-55 .509 1-1 1.000 14-29 .483 21-28-49 5.4 16 6 9 71 7.9

Warrensburg, Mo. (Warrensburg HS)

5-10 • Sophomore • Forward

Brianne Edwards

2007-08 - Saw action in 19 games and started 11 games for the Pirates…averaged 9.3 points per game and 5.0 rebounds per contest…fourth leading scorer for the Pirates…shot 63.5 percent from the free throw line…recorded 10 blocks and three steals on the season…played 467 minutes for an average of 24.6 minutes

a game…scored a season high 21 points against Voorhees on Mar. 8…recorded one double-double on the season with 14 points and 11 rebounds against McKendree, (11/3)...PERSON-

AL - Brianne Edwards is the daughter of Steve and Colleen Edwards…father is a detective and mother is a daycare

owner…has two siblings, Andrew (22) and Jordan (21)…attended Warrensburg High School…was an

academic letterman (4 years), a National Honor Society member, on the honor roll and re-

ceived the Academic of Excellence Award all four years…played for head coach

Russ Hough…during high school, was a Second-Team All-Conference

and First-Team All-Conference selec-tion…was voted to the KM2U Dream team, All-Johnson County and All-Area Sedalia Democrat…also played vol-

leyball in high school…earned Second and First-Team conference honors and Second and First-team all-dis-

trict honors…is majoring in biology.

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Edwards’ career statistics at parkYear FG PCT 3FG PCT FT PCT O-D-R AVG A BLK STL PTS PPG07-08 71-189 .376 2-7 .286 33-52 .635 30-65-95 5.0 12 2 10 177 9.3TOT 71-189 .376 2-7 .286 33-52 .635 30-65-95 5.0 12 2 10 177 9.3

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Kansas City, Mo. (Hogan Prep)


Kiero Ford

PERSONAL - Kiero Ford was born on February 20, 1990…attended Hogan Prep High Academy in Kansas City, Mo…awarded Team Cap-tain and MVP for the Rams under head coach Bruce Hensel…hobbies include shopping and talking on the phone with friends...majoring in accounting.

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Brittney English 50

PERSONAL – Brittney English was born on February 12, 1988…has three younger siblings…Attended Schlagle High School in Kansas City, Kan…enjoys shopping and playing basketball…also attended Fort Scott Community College…a psychology major.

Essex, England (Southend HS)


Emma Hart

PERSONAL - Emma Hart is the daughter of Paula and Paula Hart…has one younger brother, Joe (15)…majoring in Political Science...at-tended Southend High School in Southend, England.

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Kansas City, Mo. (Hickman Mills HS)

6-1 • Freshman • Forward

Dominique Hayes 40

PERSONAL – Born on January 10, 1990…has three younger siblings…enjoys dancing, singing and watching television…attended Hickman Mills High School in Kansas City, Mo…helped lead the Lady Cougars to a conference championship and a fourth placing at the state tour-nament...majoring in Criminal Justice.

Las Vegas, Nevada (Centennial HS)


Dela Jones

PERSONAL - Dela Jones is the daughter of Mike and Linda Jones…has two siblings, Troy, (23) and Nivea, (3)…nicknamed DJ…enjoys writ-ing poetry…attended Centennial High School, played under coach Weitz…majoring in Chemistry.

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Pleasant Hill, Mo. (Longview CC)

5-6 • Sophomore • Guard

Stefany Jones

2007-08 - Saw action in nine games for the Pirates…played a total of 74 minutes, averaging 8.2 a game…averaged 1.1 points and 0.4 rebounds a game…played a season high, 17 minutes against Mi-dAmerica Nazarene on Nov. 6, recording two assists in the game…Scored a season high three points against Columbia College, (11/1)…grabbed five steals on the season...PERSONAL — Stefany Jones is the daughter of Tom and Cindy Jones…father is an engineer, mother is a teacher…has three siblings, Sarah (26), Ryan (24) and Rachel (23)…favorite hobbies include playing basketball and exercising…also at-tended Longview Community College…attended high school at Pleasant Hill High…athletic honors include: first-team all-conference, first-team all-district and a part of the KMZU Dream Team…major is criminal justice.

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Jones’ career statistics at parkYear FG PCT 3FG PCT FT PCT O-D-R AVG A BLK STL PTS PPG07-08 3-13 .231 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-1-1 0.3 5 0 5 10 1.1TOT 3-13 .231 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-1-1 0.3 5 0 5 10 1.1

Kansas City, Kan. (Ruskin HS)

6-1 • Freshman • Forward

Brook Logan

PERSONAL - Brook Logan is the daughter of Deborah and Clarence Logan…born on April 17, 1990…has two older siblings, ages (28) and (32)…attended Ruskin High School…helped lead the Eagles to a Dis-trict title in 2006 and still holds the record for most points in a game with 31…a national honor society member…majoring in criminal jus-tice…enjoys watching movies and listening to music with friends.

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Kansas City, Kan. (Ruskin HS)


Rackel Norman

PERSONAL - Born on September 11, 1990…also recruited by North-west Missouri State, University of Nebraska and Arkansas Pine Bluff…enjoys reading, playing basketball and watching television…majoring in criminal justice.

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Richmond, Mo. (Richmond HS)

5-6 • Junior • Guard

Traci Oden

2007-08 - Appeared in 14 games for the Pirates as a sophomore…scored a season high 14 points against Allen University on February 2…also grabbed seven rebounds against Allen…averaged 1.9 points and 1.3 rebounds a game…logged 105 minutes on the season, av-eraging 7.5 minutes a game…collected four assists and three steals on the year…2006-07 — Appeared in all 27 games as a true fresh-man and started three games in a row against Missouri Baptist (11/14), Lyon College (11/17) and John Brown University (11/18)…scored ten points on Nov. 11 against Langston University and went 4-for-6 (.667) from the field…scored 88 total points, averaged 3.3 a game…had 65 total rebounds, getting six against Missouri Baptist...added 21 assists on the year, averaging 0.8 a game…defensively had two blocks and 16 steals…averaged 17.8 minutes a game...saw over 30 minutes of action on the floor in the John Brown University Classic...PERSONAL - Traci Oden is the daughter of Marty and Lynda Oden…born on November 13, 1987…attended Richmond High School, where she helped pro-

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Oden’s career statistics at parkYear FG PCT 3FG PCT FT PCT O-D-R AVG A BLK STL PTS PPG06-07 35-123 .285 7-40 .175 11-14 .786 29-39-68 2.5 21 2 16 88 3.307-08 8-26 .308 3-9 .333 8-16 .500 7-11-18 1.3 4 0 3 27 1.9TOT 43-159 .270 10-49 .204 19-30 .633 36-50-86 2.1 25 2 19 115 2.8

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duce the first winning season in Richmond High’s women’s basketball history…also a 4.0 student and National Honor Society recipient…majoring in Business Marketing…enjoys shopping, vacations and hanging out with friends.

Kansas City, Mo. (Lincoln Prep)


Halima Ramsey 34

PERSONAL – Halima Ramsey is the daughter of Reginald and Kim Ramsey…born on May 28, 1990…has one younger brother, Ibrahim, (16)…attended Lincoln Prep High School in Kansas City, Mo…lead the Tigers as a team captain…also a National Honor Society member…enjoys playing basketball and writing…majoring in Early Childhood Education.

St. Louis, Mo. (Jennings HS)


Kiangela Smith 12

PERSONAL – Kiangela Smith was born on May 22, 1990…attended Jennings High School in St. Louis, Mo…led the Warriors to three championship tournaments and lead the team in assists and steals…also recruited by Ottawa, Moberly and Lindenwood University…nick-named Kiki…majoring in Athletic Training.

Joplin, Mo. (Independence CC)


Shareikka Theus-Downey

PERSONAL - Shareikka Theus-Downey was born in Joplin, Mo., and is the daughter of Sherry and Dave Jackson…Father is a Union worker, mother is a nurse…Is a two-sport athlete for the Pirates, playing both volleyball and basketball…Chose to attend Park after being recruited by Emporia State, Texas College and Bacone…Was also a Pirate at In-dependence Community College in Independence, Kan., where she played both volleyball and basketball…In high school, lettered in volleyball, basketball and track, where she was a four-year qualifier in track and also the team’s newcomer of the year…On the basketball court, earned the team’s Hustle Award and was selected for the area All-Star game in 2006…Was named the volleyball team’s Offensive Player of the Year as a senior and helped the team to district and con-ference titles in 2006.

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Kansas City, Mo. (Hickman Mills HS)


Oasha White 24

PERSONAL – Born on March 12, 1990…has one younger sibling, age (16)…nicknamed Yoshie….attended Hickman Mills High School under coach Steve Cassity…helped lead the Cougars to a fourth place finish in the state tournament…majoring in Accounting.

Alamogordo, N.M. (Cochise CC)

6-1 • Sophomore • Forward

Katelyn Wilson 30

PERSONAL – Katelyn Louise Wilson is the daughter of Eric and San-dy Wilson…has two older siblings, Tracy (28) and Clifford (22)…also recruited by College of the Southwest and Bacone College…enjoys watching T.V. and movies, going to Wal-Mart and listening to music…also attended Cochise College.

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PIRATES REBOUND IN OPENING GAMES Despite a season-opening loss to Columbia College by six points on the road, Park University opened the season with a 3-2 record in its first five games of the year, including back-to-back wins after the 71-65 loss to Columbia. The Pirates turned around to beat McKendree 70-61 in Lebanon, Ill., and in its home opener, Park dispatched 2006-07 NAIA tournament qualifier MidAmerica Nazarene 69-60 at Breckon Sports Center. Attention then turned to the traveling classic that rotates between Baker, Benedictine, Ot-tawa and Park, where the Pirates took on Baker and Benedictine in Ottawa, Kan. Park suffered its second de-feat of the season to open the classic, falling by two to Bene-dictine before rebounding to beat Baker, 57-52. RIVAL LOSS STARTS 5-GAME SKID Park suffered its worst defeat of the season on Nov. 13 at the hands of William Jewell, falling 68-31, beginning a five-game losing streak against possi-bly the most fierce part of the season’s schedule. Park then traveled to Oklahoma Baptist for a two-game classic, opening the tournament with an 87-57 loss to OBU, followed by a 74-65 loss to Oklahoma Christian. The losing streak continued through loss-es at Southern Nazarene and Missouri Western, but on Nov. 27, the Pirates put the streak to bed with a 74-70 win over Missouri Baptist.

PARK SPLITS TOUGH DECEMBER Park University opened the month of December in a big way, beating Hannibal-LaGrange 62-43 before a pair of tough-luck losses, falling by nine on the road at nationally ranked Southern Nazarene before an 11-point home loss to another nationally ranked opponent, Oklahoma Baptist. Dec. 17 may have provided the most exciting finish of the 2007-08 season, as the Pirates beat Columbia by a point on a last-second

three by Katrena Richard. Richard put the ball up with 1.7 seconds on the clock and

splashed it, as Park trailed 68-66 prior to its final trip down the floor. That win sent Park to the break with a 6-9 record.

JANUARY BRINGS BIG HOMESTAND Out of the holiday break, the Pirates opened a five-game homestand with a 57-42 win over Ottawa on Jan. 3, starting a string of five games that saw the Pirates post a 4-1 record. Park did lose once, by nine to McKendree on Jan. 5, but the Pirates rebounded for three-straight big wins, beginning with a 68-42 win on Jan. 7 over Judson. The winning streak continued on Jan. 11 with a 67-51 win over Peru State, and on Jan. 19, the Pirates beat Inde-pendent Region rival Brescia by 10, 66-56. Park closed the month with back-to-back losses, post-ing a 4-3 record in the first month of 2008.

PIRATES SCORE 109 ON ALLEN After opening February with a loss on the road to NAIA Division II’s No. 2 team in College of the Ozarks, the Pirates put on their best offensive performance of the season, beating Allen University 109-45 in the Brescia Independent Classic at Owensboro, Ky. Park then beat Voorhees by five before another blow-out victory on the road, as Ashley Birch estab-lished her season-high for points with 31 in an 89-68 victory over Missouri Baptist. The Pirates split their

final two games in February, falling to Brescia before beating Philander Smith.

POSTSEASON HONORS One win stood between Park University and the NAIA Division I Women’s Basketball Tourna-ment. The Pirates beat Voorhees 70-44 in the Independent Region semifinal, but after lead-ing at the half in the championship game, Park fell by four to Brescia, 66-62, ending the season with a .500 record, 15-15. Birch was named to the All-Independent team, while Brianne Ed-wards was named to the All-Independent Tour-nament team for her 21-point effort in the title game. Birch was also awarded postseason honors by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, earning Honorable Mention All-America after leading the team in scoring at 16.1 points per game. Park University had two additional double-digit scorers on the season, as Cherrale Ricks averaged 10.0 points per game, while junior Meghan Cummings was second on the team in scoring with 10.1 points per contest. Cummings was also the team’s top rebounder, grabbing 7.9 rebounds per game, while Ricks averaged 7.6.

2007-08 REVIEW

2007-08 Senior Class: Katie Baker, Rachel Bankhead, Ashley Birch, Amanda Green, Jackie Greer, Katrena Richard, Cherrale Ricks, Jenicia Stephens.

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RECORD OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 15-15 9-4 2-8 4-3INDEPENDENT 4-1 1-0 0-0 3-1NON-CONFERENCE 11-14 8-4 2-8 1-2

OVERALL STATISTICS [-----TOTAL----] [-----3PT------] [-------FT-----] [-------REBOUNDS-------]PLAYER GP-GS MIN-AVG FG-FGA PCT 3FG-A PCT FT-A PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF A TO BLK STL PTS AVG04 Amy Andrews 3-0 5-1.7 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.010 Amanda Green 25-0 226-9.0 30-89 .337 10-37 .270 33-48 .688 17 15 32 1.3 32 20 40 0 17 103 4.111 Traci Oden 14-0 105-7.5 8-26 .308 3-9 .333 8-16 .500 7 11 18 1.3 11 4 10 0 3 27 1.912 Katrena Richard 25-0 369-14.8 23-83 .277 15-58 .259 21-29 .724 13 24 37 1.5 38 31 33 0 17 82 3.314 Rachel Bankhead 22-1 262-11.9 23-103 .223 8-48 .167 11-16 .688 13 16 29 1.3 25 10 16 0 17 65 3.015 Jenicia Stephens 30-30 803-26.8 32-109 .294 2-11 .182 29-56 .518 25 62 87 2.9 82 73 128 4 52 95 3.220 Katherine Baker 22-0 196-8.9 9-38 .237 0-2 .000 16-26 .615 15 21 36 1.6 31 7 23 1 6 34 1.521 Jessica Stanley 4-0 14-3.5 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.023 Ashley Birch 30-26 735-24.5 184-390 .472 33-96 .344 81-108 .750 88 119 207 6.9 95 47 106 15 110 482 16.124 Cherrale Ricks 27-20 730-27.0 85-226 .376 0-0 .000 101-162 .623 84 120 204 7.6 94 20 66 19 25 271 10.025 Jacqueline Greer 30-30 867-28.9 97-295 .329 11-44 .250 59-92 .641 104 88 192 6.4 53 54 74 17 83 264 8.830 Stefany Jones 9-0 74-8.2 3-13 .231 0-1 .000 4-8 .500 3 1 4 0.4 7 5 15 0 5 10 1.133 Meghan Cummings 30-30 986-32.9 112-326 .344 31-94 .330 49-74 .662 89 148 237 7.9 64 37 81 3 34 304 10.134 Ranae Brown 12-1 56-4.7 2-5 .400 0-0 .000 2-4 .500 2 4 6 0.5 7 0 6 1 1 6 0.540 Daniella Martins 11-1 44-4.0 0-10 .000 0-0 .000 4-6 .667 2 5 7 0.6 7 1 7 3 0 4 0.450 Lauren Peebles 5-0 61-12.2 7-19 .368 0-0 .000 6-15 .400 4 5 9 1.8 6 1 2 0 0 20 4.053 Brianne Edwards 19-11 467-24.6 71-189 .376 2-7 .286 33-52 .635 30 65 95 5.0 69 12 30 2 10 177 9.3 TEAM 58 70 128 4.3 1 5-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Park 30 6000 686-1924 .357 115-409 .281 457-712 .642 554 775 1329 44.3 626 322 644 65 380 1944 64.8Opponents 30 6000 663-1654 .401 143-461 .310 495-734 .674 365 769 1125 37.5 586 386 677 102 330 1964 65.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Score by Period 1st 2nd Total Deadball Reb. OFF DEF TOT Park 962 982 1944 Park 123 13 136 Opponent 895 1058 1953 Opponents 112 30 142------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GAME-BY-GAME RESULTSDATE OPPONENT RESULT ATTEND HIGH POINTS HIGH REBOUNDS Oct. 20 LIVIN’ THE DREAM (x) W, 69-40 133 Birch (16) Birch, Cummings (9) Nov. 1 at Columbia L, 65-71 211 Birch (25) Edwards (11) Nov. 3 at McKendree W, 70-61 123 Birch (18) Cummings, Edwards (11) Nov. 6 MIDAMERICA NAZARENE W, 69-60 235 Cummings (24) Cummings (14) Nov. 9 vs. Benedictine L, 64-66 101 Birch (25) Birch (10) Nov. 10 vs. Baker W, 57-52 102 Cummings (17) Cummings (9) Nov. 13 at William Jewell L, 31-68 213 Edwards (9) Cummings (7) Nov. 16 at Oklahoma Baptist L, 57-87 304 Greer (13) Birch (7) Nov. 17 vs. Oklahoma Christian L, 65-74 110 Cummings (18) Greer (7) Nov. 20 SOUTHERN NAZARENE L, 45-80 124 Cummings (10) Burch (8) Nov. 27 at Missouri Western L, 71-97 1002 Edwards (15) Ricks, Cummings (7) Nov. 29 MISSOURI BAPTIST W, 74-70 155 Birch (28) Greer (14) Dec. 1 HANNIBAL-LAGRANGE W, 62-43 116 Birch (19) Birch (14) Dec. 4 at Southern Nazarene L, 62-73 512 Greer (18) Cummings (12) Dec. 15 OKLAHOMA BAPTIST L, 55-66 176 Birch (13) Cummings, Birch (8) Dec. 17 COLUMBIA W, 69-68 118 Greer (14) Greer (8) Jan. 3 OTTAWA W, 57-42 338 Birch (18) Ricks, Birch (12) Jan. 5 McKENDREE L, 57-66 221 Birch (18) Ricks (7) Jan. 7 JUDSON W, 68-42 184 Greer (19) Ricks (11) Jan. 11 PERU STATE W, 67-51 449 Birch (27) Birch, Ricks, Greer (7) Jan. 19 BRESCIA W, 66-56 717 Birch (20) Greer (12) Jan. 23 LANGSTON L, 56-67 222 Ricks (13) Cummings (9) Jan. 29 at Philander Smith L, 75-79 311 Birch (24) Ricks (18) Feb. 5 at Ozarks L, 55-82 800 Birch (22) Cummings (10) Feb. 8 vs. Allen W, 109-45 109 Birch (23) Cummings (9) Feb. 9 vs. Voorhees W, 65-60 103 Ricks, Birch (170 Ricks (10) Feb. 14 at Missouri Baptist W, 89-68 140 Birch (31) Ricks (10) Feb. 23 at Brescia L, 54-75 168 Ricks (27) Ricks (8) Feb. 26 PHILANDER SMITH W, 78-74 594 Birch (24) Cummings (18) Mar. 8 vs. Voorhees W, 70-44 814 Edwards (21) Cummings (9) Mar. 9 vs. Brescia L, 62-66 534 Birch (16) Ricks (11)

ATTENDANCE SUMMARY GAMES TOTALS AVG Home ............................................................ 13 3649 281 Away .............................................................. 10 3784 378 Neutral ........................................................... 7 1873 310 Total ............................................................... 30 9306 310

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Score 1st-2nd FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-3GA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. OR DR TR PF-Dq A TO BL ST (Oct. 20) Park 69 25-44 29-61 .475 4-12 .333 7-19 .368 14 37 51 18-0 15 27 4 12Livin’ the Dream (x) 40 16-24 13-58 .224 0-9 .000 14-18 .778 15 23 38 15-0 7 26 2 15

(Nov. 1) Park 65 30-35 20-77 .260 2-13 .154 23-37 .622 24 24 48 24-1 2 20 0 14 at Columbia 71 32-39 24-53 .453 6-15 .400 17-28 .607 6 31 37 26-2 9 28 5 10

(Nov. 3) Park 70 27-43 26-63 .413 2-12 .167 16-21 .762 13 29 42 20-0 6 23 0 12at McKendree 61 24-37 21-61 .344 5-15 .333 14-28 .500 14 18 32 20-0 12 22 0 15

(Nov. 6) Park 69 29-40 27-75 .360 2-4 .500 13-20 .650 26 28 54 20-1 15 21 3 16MidAmerica Nazarene 60 20-40 19-63 .302 3-17 .176 19-25 .760 20 23 43 15-1 9 25 14 6

(Nov. 9) Park 64 32-32 24-64 .376 4-15 .267 12-14 .857 19 25 44 15-0 16 26 4 11vs. Benedictine 66 40-26 26-53 .491 7-20 .350 7-12 .583 5 23 28 17-0 21 23 1 11

(Nov. 10) Park 57 25-32 20-60 .333 3-14 .214 14-21 .667 15 30 45 19-0 13 20 4 15vs. Baker 52 17-35 15-47 .319 6-20 .300 16-23 .696 6 30 36 21-1 11 25 2 10

(Nov. 13) Park 31 15-16 12-36 .333 1-4 .250 6-14 .429 7 17 24 23-2 4 34 1 9 at William Jewell 68 37-31 22-52 .423 9-22 .409 15-23 .652 15 20 35 10-0 18 20 4 14

(Nov. 16) Park 57 28-29 19-53 .358 5-17 .294 14-22 .636 11 26 37 26-1 9 19 2 5at Oklahoma Baptist 87 40-47 26-61 .426 7-18 .389 28-35 .800 14 27 41 18-0 20 10 4 10

(Nov. 17) Park 65 36-29 24-61 .393 7-16 .438 10-18 .556 16 20 36 36-2 11 23 1 13 vs. Oklahoma Christian 74 31-43 18-46 .391 2-10 .200 36-51 .706 14 28 42 20-0 9 24 3 10

(Nov. 20) Park 45 28-17 14-57 .246 4-18 .222 13-26 .500 12 24 36 20-1 10 21 1 7 Southern Nazarene 80 30-50 26-59 .441 9-23 .391 19-25 .760 13 37 50 20-0 22 20 4 12

(Nov. 27) Park 71 41-30 26-65 .400 7-19 .368 12-18 .667 11 18 29 20-0 10 19 0 10at Missouri Western 97 50-47 37-64 .578 8-19 .421 15-20 .750 12 33 45 17-0 28 20 7 13

(Nov. 29) Park 74 36-38 31-82 .378 3-12 .250 9-17 .529 34 20 54 19-0 22 22 2 19Missouri Baptist 70 26-44 23-50 .460 12-30 .400 12-17 .706 9 20 29 18-0 15 28 1 10

(Dec. 1) Park 62 26-36 20-62 .323 4-18 .222 18-32 .563 16 31 47 14-0 14 15 3 16 Hannibal-LaGrange 43 18-25 16-52 .308 8-18 .444 3-13 .231 12 30 42 22-3 11 28 0 6

(Dec. 4) Park 62 38-24 23-63 .365 1-12 .083 15-23 .652 18 24 42 17-0 14 20 3 10 at Southern Nazarene 73 38-35 27-55 .491 6-13 .462 13-21 .619 9 24 33 15-1 20 16 5 13

(Dec. 15) Park 55 25-30 21-70 .300 4-9 .444 9-17 .529 14 29 43 21-0 8 19 1 11Oklahoma Baptist 66 30-36 25-56 .446 2-12 .167 14-25 .560 9 39 48 15-1 13 25 7 10

(Dec. 17) Park 69 31-38 23-61 .377 3-13 .231 20-31 .645 22 26 48 21-1 8 27 1 12Columbia 68 34-34 23-54 .426 4-9 .444 18-24 .750 9 21 90 26-1 17 26 3 16

(Jan. 3) Park 57 33-24 23-69 .333 2-13 .154 9-16 .563 24 24 48 14-0 10 24 1 24Ottawa 42 21-21 16-43 .372 4-12 .333 6-13 .462 9 22 31 11-0 11 35 1 10

INDIVIDUAL & TEAM GAME HIGHSPoints ........ 31, Ashley Birch at Mo. Baptist (2/14)Team .......... 109, vs. Allen (2/8)

FG Made ... 12, Cherrale Ricks at Brescia (2/23)Team .......... 37, vs. Allen (2/8)

FG Att. ....... 24, Ashley Birch vs. Mo. Baptist (11/29)Team .......... 83, vs. Philander Smith (2/26)

FG Pct ........ .750, Ashley Birch vs. Allen (2/8)Team .......... ..500 vs. Allen (2/8)

3PT FG ....... 4, Ashley Birch vs. Brescia (3/9)..................... 4, Ashley Birch vs. Allen (2/8)..................... 4, Ashley Birch vs. Brescia (1/19)..................... 4, Meghan Cummings vs. McK (1/5) Team .......... 10, vs. Allen (2/8)

3PT Att. ..... 7, Katrena Richard at Mo. Baptist (2/14)..................... 7, Meghan Cummings vs. McK (1/5) Team .......... 23, vs. Allen (2/8)

3PT Pct. ..... 1.000, 3 players on 3 occasionsTeam .......... .444, vs. Brescia (3/9)..................... .444, vs. Oklahoma Baptist (12/15)

FT Made ... 11, Cherrale Ricks vs. Phil. Smith (2/26)Team .......... 29, vs. Philander Smith (2/26)

FT Att. ........ 14, Cherrale Ricks vs. Phil. Smith (2/26)..................... 14, Cherrale Ricks vs. Brescia (1/19)Team .......... 41, vs. Philander Smith (2/26)

FT Pct......... 1.000, 5 players on 9 occasionsTeam .......... .917, vs. Langston (1/23)

Reb. ............ 18, Meghan Cummings vs. P. Sm. (2/26)..................... 18, Cherrale Ricks vs. Phil. Smith (1/29)Team .......... 68, vs. Philander Smith (2/26)

Assists ....... 7, Jenicia Stephens vs. Mo. Bap. (11/29)Team .......... 24, vs. Allen (2/8)

Steals ......... 11, Ashley Birch vs. Peru State (1/11)..................... 11, Ashley Birch vs. Mo. Baptist (11/29)Team .......... 24, vs. Ottawa (1/3)

Blocks ........ 4, Cherrale Ricks at Mo. Baptist (2/14)..................... 4, Cherrale Ricks vs. Voorhees (2/9)..................... 4, Cherrale Ricks vs. Allen (2/8)Team .......... 9, vs. Allen (2/8)

TO ............... 11, Jenicia Stephens at Jewell (11/13)Team .......... 34, at William Jewell (11/13)

Fouls .......... 5, 8 players on 16 occasionsTeam .......... 36, vs. Oklahoma Christian (11/17)

Attend. ...... (Home) 717, vs. Brescia (1/19)..................... (Away) 1,002, at Mo. Western (11/27)..................... (Neutral) 814, vs. Voorhees (3/8)

30-Point Scoring Games31 ................ Ashley Birch at Missouri Baptist (2/14)

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Score 1st-2nd FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-3GA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. OR DR TR PF-Dq A TO BL ST (Jan. 5) Park 57 33-24 21-55 .382 7-16 .438 8-14 .571 13 15 28 17-0 10 23 3 13McKendree 66 29-37 26-48 .542 2-6 .333 12-22 .545 11 24 35 15-1 15 22 1 15

(Jan. 7) Park 68 30-38 25-70 .357 3-12 .250 15-26 .577 25 29 54 18-0 11 16 2 18Judson 42 25-17 16-44 .364 0-9 .000 10-20 .500 5 27 32 21-0 8 28 3 5

(Jan. 11) Park 67 37-30 25-67 .373 2-10 .200 15-23 .652 18 29 47 20-0 9 25 4 17Peru State 51 24-27 15-55 .273 5-18 .278 16-26 .615 15 28 43 21-0 8 30 5 13

(Jan. 19) Park 66 22-44 20-74 .270 6-18 .333 20-34 .588 27 21 48 20-0 5 8 3 16Brescia 56 23-33 20-50 .400 2-16 .125 14-23 .609 13 34 47 28-1 11 24 9 5

(Jan. 23) Park 56 35-21 21-64 .328 3-12 .250 11-12 .917 18 23 41 15-0 6 22 4 13Langston 67 37-30 28-63 .444 0-4 .000 11-16 .688 16 24 40 11-0 11 18 2 17

(Jan. 29) Park 75 43-32 24-62 .387 5-15 .333 22-38 .579 24 33 57 29-2 16 20 2 7at Philander Smith 79 43-36 21-63 .333 3-18 .167 34-40 .850 13 19 32 27-1 10 12 3 11

(Feb. 5) Park 55 21-34 20-55 .364 2-11 .182 13-18 .722 14 26 40 28-2 5 32 0 10at Ozarks 82 38-44 28-68 .412 4-17 .235 22-30 .733 18 23 41 18-0 18 17 0 16

(Feb. 8) Park 109 54-55 37-74 .500 10-23 .435 25-34 .735 19 31 50 21-1 24 12 5 18vs. Allen 45 21-24 17-58 .293 1-7 .143 10-22 .455 18 20 38 26-2 10 27 2 6

(Feb. 9) Park 65 38-27 19-53 .358 2-8 .250 25-37 .676 16 26 42 15-0 10 27 6 18vs. Voorhees 60 23-37 22-55 .400 3-13 .231 13-16 .813 8 21 29 24-0 11 26 0 14

(Feb. 14) Park 89 43-46 33-68 .485 5-17 .294 18-23 .783 15 22 37 21-0 14 14 7 13at Missouri Baptist 68 34-34 24-52 .462 3-13 .231 17-25 .680 11 23 34 17-1 10 26 2 2

(Feb. 23) Park 54 21-33 23-67 .343 1-12 .083 7-13 .538 15 22 37 20-0 7 20 0 7at Brescia 75 32-43 26-50 .520 5-13 .385 18-26 .692 6 29 35 15-1 7 18 0 11

(Feb. 26) Park 78 34-44 23-83 .277 3-16 .188 29-41 .707 33 35 68 26-1 9 22 0 14Philander Smith 74 31-44 22-60 .367 5-14 .357 25-40 .625 11 27 38 28-3 10 20 8 14

(Mar. 8) Park 70 39-31 22-54 .407 4-12 .333 22-34 .647 19 38 57 21-0 13 31 0 7 vs. Voorhees 44 18-26 14-64 .219 2-18 .111 14-29 .483 20 18 38 26-0 4 19 3 19

(Mar. 9) Park 62 32-30 20-60 .333 8-18 .444 14-18 .778 16 30 46 26-1 11 19 2 5vs. Brescia 66 29-37 20-55 .364 10-22 .455 16-27 .593 15 26 41 18-0 7 15 3 6

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HISTORY

YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORDCoach Years W L PctJudy Milewski 1979-80 0 16 .000Ken Johnston 1980-81 -- -- .000Larry Hurshman 1981-82 1 12 .238Bob Peterson 1983-84 6 16 .278Bob Peterson 1984-85 15 10 .600Karl Butler 1985-86 12 12 .500Judy Vaughn 1986-87 9 15 .375Judy Vaughn 1987-88 8 17 .320Judy Vaughn 1988-89 15 10 .600Judy Vaughn 1989-90 7 20 .259Judy Vaughn 1990-91 14 14 .500Judy Vaughn 1991-92 13 15 .464Karl Butler 1992-93 3 25 .107C.C. Harris 93-94 -- -- .000Elaine Gonya 94-95 6 25 .194Elaine Gonya 95-96 4 26 .133Elaine Gonya 96-97 8 21 .276Joe C. Meriweather 97-98 5 25 .167Joe C. Meriweather 98-99 7 24 .226Joe C. Meriweather 99-00 3 25 .107Joe C. Meriweather 00-01 8 17 .320Joe C. Meriweather 01-02 14 17 .416Joe C. Meriweather 02-03 9 22 .290Joe C. Meriweather 03-04 22 3 .880Joe C. Meriweather 04-05 13 15 .464Joe C. Meriweather 05-06 19 12 .613Joe C. Meriweather 06-07 3 24 .111Joe C. Meriweather 07-08 15 15 .500TOTAL 239 453 .340

ALL-TIME COACHING RECORDSCoach Years W L PctJudy Milewski 1979-80 0 16 .000Ken Johnston 1980-81 0 0 .000Larry Hurshman 1981-82 1 12 .238Bob Peterson 1983-85 21 26 .447Karl Butler 1985-86, 1992-93 15 37 .288Judy Vaughn 1986-92 66 91 .420C.C. Harris 1993-94 0 0 .000Elaine Gonya 1994-97 18 72 .200Joe C. Meriweather 1997-08 118 199 .372TOTAL 1979-2008 239 453 .340

ALL-TIME ALL-AMERICANS2008 Ashley Birch NAIA Honorable Mention All-American

ALL-TIME ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS1991 Angela Adams Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete 1997 Heather Weers Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete 2002 Silya Siniawski Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete 2003 Jull Stauch Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete 2003 Crystal Bethel Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete 2005 Michelle Dean Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete 2006 Sarah Hopkins Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete

HISTORICAL SUPERLATIVESWomen’s Basketball Seasons ............................................................................ 28Head Coaches ...........................................................................................................9NAIA Tournament Appearances.........................................................................2.500 Seasons ..............................................................................................................3Winning Seasons (Above .500) ...........................................................................4.600 or Better .............................................................................................................4.700 or Better .............................................................................................................1Undefeated Seasons ..............................................................................................025+ Wins .....................................................................................................................0 20+ Wins .....................................................................................................................115+ Wins .....................................................................................................................410+ Wins .................................................................................................................. 10

Joe C. Meriweather is the all-time winningest women’s basketball coach at Park University, piling up 118 wins in 11 seasons at the helm of the Pirate program.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

2008-09 SCHEDULE11/1 at Oklahoma Christian 3:00 p.m.

11/4 Benedictine 7:00 p.m.

11/7 vs. Doane 3:00 p.m.

11/8 vs. Briar Cliff 5:00 p.m.

11/11 McKendree 7:00 p.m.

11/13 at William Jewell 7:30 p.m.

11/15 Southern Nazarene 3:00 p.m.

11/18 at Central Methodist 7:00 p.m.

11/20 MidAmerica Nazarene 7:00 p.m.

11/24 William Jewell 7:00 p.m.

11/28 vs. Missouri Western 2:00 p.m.

11/29 vs. Southwest Baptist 2:00 p.m.

12/3 at Missouri Baptist 7:00 p.m.

12/6 at McKendree 7:00 p.m.

12/13 Columbia 3:00 p.m.

1/3 Missouri Baptist 3:00 p.m.

1/7 Bellevue 7:00 p.m.

1/10 at Ozarks 3:00 p.m.

1/15 Illinois-Springfield 7:00 p.m.

1/20 at Peru State 7:00 p.m.

1/26 at MidAmerica Nazarene 7:30 p.m.

1/31 Rockhurst 2:00 p.m.

2/3 Ozarks 7:00 p.m.

2/7 at Columbia 4:00 p.m.

2/9 Peru State 7:00 p.m.

2/11 at Rockhurst 7:00 p.m.

2/17 at Illinois-Springfield 7:00 p.m.

2/20 at Bellevue 7:00 p.m.

3/6 - 3/8 NAIA Independent TBA

3/18 - 3/24 NAIA Tournament TBA

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2008-09 SEASON

Facing one of the toughest schedules in NAIA men’s basketball, Park University will look to experience to take the lead in the 2008-09 season, and with a roster that includes eight seniors

and four juniors plus one sophomore who saw time in 2007-08, the Pirates have a solid pool of candidates to lead this season. At the front of the Pirates’ eight-senior list is Sporting News Pre-season First-Team All-American Jon Meriweather, who averaged 20.3 points per game, earning NAIA second-team honors last year as well as third-team accolades by Victory Sports Network and Basketball Times. “We’ve got Michael Zimmerman coming back who is a two-year starter and obviously Jon will be a huge factor for us with the numbers he put up last year,” head coach Jason Kline said. “We are looking for both of them to take a large leadership role this season and help those younger guys learn the system and implement what we are trying to preach, which is defend and rebound.” Meriweather will be the catalyst to the Pirates maintaining last season’s rebounding edge over opponents, as his 9.9 rebounding av-erage was one of the deciding factors in the Pirates outrebounding opponents by nearly 100 rebounds. The Park offense will rely on Zimmerman to continue running the point in the same fashion as the 2007-08 season, when he finished with 121 assists, finishing in the NAIA’s Top 25 for assists per game at more than four through 29 contests. Zimmerman also averaged 8.7 points per game, while Marcus Seidel, who led the team in 3-point baskets, averaged 9.7. Meriweather was the only Pirate to average bet-ter than 20 points per game a year ago, and toward the end of the 2007-08 campaign, Deron Cherry II came on as a scoring threat for the Pirates, ending the season averaging 11.9 points per game. Cherry and Meriweather are the only two return-ing double-digit scorers to the 2008-09 roster, but the team will have to replace a pair of starters in Arturo Donzella and Donovan Williams, as well as Ben Wal-lis and Michael Koch who were lost to gradua-tion last season. “Arturo and Donovan are two guys that have left holes we’ve got to fill this year, but we have a lot of perimeter guys on this year’s squad that could step in. There will be a lot of competition for those perim-eter spots, now we just have to see who will step up and take advantage of that opportunity,” Kline said. “I thought Ben Wallis was also key for us last year. He real-ly knew his role on the floor and defended well for us, and Michael Koch also gave us some leadership off of the bench.” In addition to the three starters and primary scorers from last season’s squad, the Pirates will also look to get minutes in the paint from returning se-nior forwards Justin Hopper and Milan Sus-njar, while senior guards Nathan Duncan and Chris Jones will help add depth to the Park backcourt. “It all boils down to how we defend and rebound this season, that’s what we

tell the guys everyday in practice,” Kline said. “Defending well and crashing the boards will carry us even if we have a bad day offensive-ly.” Another player who joined the program midway through the 2007-08 season but did not play for the Pirates could fight for minutes and a starting spot early on, as Herschel Rodgers joins the 2008-09 roster after transferring from Lansing Community College. Nine newcomers help to fill out the 2008-09 squad, including Ball State sophomore transfer Phillip Garnett, and junior Clyde McKinney, who has played at both Ferris State and Indiana Tech during his col-legiate career. The Pirates also have four freshmen on the roster, while sophomores Eduardo Quintero and Patrick James will also compete for minutes in the post as newcomers this season. Park’s fierce schedule includes nine games against ranked NAIA opponents, six who made NAIA tournament appearances and six more contests against NCAA Division II teams. “Being an Independent team we have to be ready to play night in and night out from day one,” Kline said. “We will be going up against some of the best teams in the nation under this schedule, but we have a smart group of players that I think will come together as a unit and showcase their talents.”

THE OPPOSITION

Nine games against ranked NAIA opponents, six who made NAIA tournament appearances and six more against NCAA Division II squads have combined to again

make Park University’s men’s basketball schedule one of the NA-IA’s most challenging for the 2008-09 season. The Pirates will play 11 games inside Breckon Sports Center, in-cluding two against NCAA opponents and six against NAIA tour-nament teams.

The season gets an unofficial start on Oct. 18 in Parkville, when the Pirates play their only exhibition contest of the season, tak-

ing on Livin’ The Dream at 3 p.m. Livin’ The Dream is an exhibition team filled with former NAIA and NCAA student-athletes. LTD plays throughout the Kansas City area in the months of October and November.

Regular-season play begins Nov. 1 in the Sooner State, when Park travels to Oklahoma Christian for

a 3 p.m. start in Edmond, Okla., marking the sec-ond-straight year that the Pirates and Eagles

have locked up to open the season.

The home opener comes three days later when Benedictine visits Breckon at 7

p.m., followed by a pair of neutral-floor

games in Peru, Neb., Nov. 7-8 against Briar Cliff

and Doane. Briar Cliff finished the 2007-08 season receiving votes in the NAIA Division II Top 25.

A pair of annual rivalries renew to begin November’s second week in Kansas City, as

McKendree visits Park on Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. McKendree finished last season ranked

No. 10 in the NAIA before earning a bid to the NAIA tournament at Municipal

Auditorium. Nov. 13 sends Park to Townsend

Michael Zimmerman finished the 2007-08 season with 121 assists, landing in the NAIA’s top 25 for as-sists per game at 4.3. He returns for his senior season as the Pirates starting point guard.

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BELLEVUEGame 17 (Home) • Jan. 7Game 27 (Away) • Feb. 20

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Bellevue, Neb.Enrollment: 7,700Nickname: BruinsColors: Purple & GoldArena: Lozier CenterConference: MCACAD: Ed Lehotak (interim)

MEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Shane PabenAlma Mater: Nebraska WesleyanRecord: 0-0At School: 0-0 2007-08 Record: 33-4Conf. (Finish): 11-1 (1st)

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Brian DunnPhone: (402) 557-7052Fax: (402) 557-5408E-Mail: [email protected]: www.bellevue.edu/bruinsAddress:

Bellevue Athletics1000 Galvin Road South

Bellevue, NE 68005

BENEDICTINEGame 2 (Home) • Nov. 4

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Atchison, Kan.Enrollment: 1,350Nickname: RavensColors: Red & BlackArena: Ralph Nolan GymConference: HAACAD: Charlie Gartenmayer

MEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Joe BricknerAlma Mater: St. Benedict’s, ‘70Record: 134-168At School: 134-1682007-08 Record: 13-17Conf. (Finish): 8-12 (T-6th)

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Josh PoundPhone: (913) 360-7634Fax: (913) 360-7451E-Mail: [email protected]: www.ravenathletics.comAddress:

Student Union1020 North 2nd Street

Atchison, KS 66002

BRIAR CLIFFGame 3 (Neutral) • Nov. 7

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Sioux City, IowaEnrollment: 1,100Nickname: ChargersColors: Blue & GoldArena: Newman Flanagan CenterConference: GPACAD: Steve Gast

MEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Todd BarryAlma Mater: Northern IowaRecord: 245-143At School: 48-422007-08 Record: 22-12Conf. (Finish): 11-7 (5th)

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Jared BodammerPhone: (712) 279-1653Fax: (712) 279-5592E-Mail: [email protected]: www.bcuchargers.comAddress:

Briar Cliff Athletics3303 Rebecca St.

Sioux City, IA 51104

CENTRAL METHODISTGame 8 (Away) • Nov. 18

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Fayette, Mo.Enrollment: 1,030Nickname: EaglesColors: Green & BlackArena: Puckett FieldhouseConference: HAACAD: Kenneth Oliver

MEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Jeff ShermanAlma Mater: Central MethodistRecord: 413-341At School: 413-3412007-08 Record: 20-12Conf. (Finish): 14-6

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Kelcey ZutavernPhone: (660) 248-6358Fax: (660) 248-6266E-Mail: [email protected]: www.centralmethodist.eduAddress:

CMU Sports Information411 Central Methodist Square

Fayette, MO 65248-1198

COLUMBIAGame 15 (Home) • Dec. 13

Game 24 (Away) • Feb. 7

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Columbia, Mo.Enrollment: 1,100Nickname: CougarsColors: Navy & ColumbiaArena: Southwell ComplexConference: AMCAD: Bob Burchard

MEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Bob BurchardAlma Mater: Catawba Coll.Record: 520-193At School: 501-1852007-08 Record: 25-9Conf. (Finish): 11-3 (2nd)

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Cindy FottiPhone: (573) 875-7454Fax: (573) 875-7415E-Mail: [email protected]: www.columbiacougars.comAddress:

Columbia Athletics1005 Rogers Street

Columbia, MO 65216

DOANEGame 4 (Neutral) • Nov. 8

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Crete, Neb.Enrollment: 920Nickname: TigersColors: Orange & BlackArena: Fuhrer FieldhouseConference: GPACAD: Greg Heier

MEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Ian BrownAlma Mater: DoaneRecord: 83-93At School: 83-932007-08 Record: 12-16Conf. (Finish): 8-10 (T-7th)

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Rick SchmueckerPhone: (402) 826-8248Fax: (402) 826-8647E-Mail: [email protected]: www.doane.edu/athleticsAddress:

Doane Athletics1014 Boswell Avenue

Crete, NE 68333

Cup rival William Jewell, who finished its last season of NAIA Division II basketball receiving votes in the Top 25 poll. Jewell, along with the rest of the Heart of America Athletic Conference, will move to NAIA Division I basketball this season. A second NAIA Division I tournament participant, Southern Naz-arene, travels to Park on Nov. 15 at 3 p.m. after finishing last season ranked No. 9, followed by a trip to Central Methodist on Nov. 18. Park returns home Nov. 20 to take on MidAmerica Nazarene, who also makes the jump to NAIA Division I after finishing last season as the No. 1 team in the final Division II poll, ending the year in the NAIA Division II semifinals. Jewell returns the trip to Park on Nov. 24, and the challenging stretch continues through the Thanksgiving weekend when Park takes on a pair of MIAA teams at the Rock U Harvester’s Classic at Mason-Halpin Fieldhouse. Park opens the tourney with Missouri Western, fol-lowed by defending MIAA champion Southwest Baptist. Trips to Missouri Baptist (Dec. 3) and McKendree (Dec. 6) begin the month of December, and the Pirates host Columbia Dec. 13 to bring the 2008 portion of the schedule to a close prior to the holiday break. The Pirates come back Jan. 3 to host Missouri Baptist, and last sea-sons NAIA Division II runner up, Bellevue, visits Breckon Sports Center Jan. 7. A road game at College of the Ozarks follows on Jan. 10, fol-lowed by a home date Jan. 15 against Illinois-Springfield, who will be making the transition in 2008-09 to NCAA Division II from the Ameri-can Midwest Conference. A second trip to Peru, Neb., follows on Jan. 20 when Park travels to Peru State, and Jan. 26, the Pirates close the season series with MNU in Olathe, Kan. Rockhurst becomes the second NCAA Division II squad to visit Breckon Sports Center on Jan. 31 at 2 p.m., and the regular sea-son’s final month begins in Parkville on Feb. 3 when Ozarks returns the trip to Park at 7 p.m. A return game to Columbia follows on Feb. 7, and the Pirates will celebrate Senior Night on Feb. 9, entertaining Peru State at 7 p.m. Three road challenges bring the regular season to a close, as Park trav-els to Rockhurst Feb. 11, Illinois-Springfield on Feb. 17, and Bellevue on Feb. 20. The NAIA Independent Region Tournament will be played March 6-8 in South Carolina, with the winner of the tournament advancing to the 2009 Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament at Kansas City’s Municipal Auditorium in mid-March.

Senior Milan Susnjar, who made two starts in 26 games played last season, returns to the Park in 2008-09. Susnjar will provide minutes in the paint this season.

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ILLINOIS-SPRINGFIELDGame 19 (Home) • Jan. 19Game 27 (Away) • Feb. 17

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Springfield, Ill.Enrollment: 4,300Nickname: Prairie StarsColors: Navy & WhiteArena: TRACConference: GLVC/AMCAD: Dr. Roger Jehlicka

MEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Kevin GambleAlma Mater: IowaRecord: 99-87At School: 99-872007-08 Record: 22-10Conf. (Finish): 10-4 (3rd)

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Paul MacDonnaPhone: (217) 206-6752Fax: (217) 206-7706E-Mail: [email protected]: www.goprairiestars.comAddress:

UIS Sports InformationOne University PlazaSpringfield, IL 62703

McKENDREEGame 5 (Home) • Nov. 11Game 14 (Away) • Dec. 6

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Lebanon, Ill.Enrollment: 3,000Nickname: BearcatsColors: Purple & WhiteArena: Melvin Price CenterConference: AMCAD: Harry Statham

MEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Harry StathamAlma Mater: McKendree, ‘60Record: 965-375 At School: 965-3752007-08 Record: 27-7Conf. (Finish): 13-1 (1st)

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Scott CummingsPhone: (618) 537-6879Fax: (618) 537-6876E-Mail: [email protected]: athletics.mckendree.eduAddress:

McKendree SID701 College RoadLebanon, IL 62254

MIDAMERICA NAZARENEGame 9 (Home) • Nov. 20Game 21 (Away) • Jan. 26

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Olathe, Kan.Enrollment: 1,800Nickname: PioneersColors: Scarlet & RoyalArena: Cook CenterConference: HAACAD: Kevin Steele

MEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Rocky LamarAlma Mater: MidAmerica NazareneRecord: 526-263At School: 526-2632007-08 Record: 31-5Conf. (Finish): 17-3 (1st)

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Chad JenkinsPhone: (913) 971-3457Fax: (913) 971-3456E-Mail: [email protected]: www.mnu.edu/athleticsAddress:

MNU Athletics2030 E. College Way

Olathe, KS 66062

MISSOURI BAPTISTGame 13 (Away) • Dec. 3Game 16 (Home) • Jan. 3

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: St. Louis, Mo.Enrollment: 3,406Nickname: SpartansColors: Navy & WhiteArena: Muncy GymnasiumConference: AMCAD: Dr. Thomas Smith

MEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Ray FarrellAlma Mater: West ChesterRecord: 40-68At School: 6-252007-08 Record: 6-25Conf. (Finish): 4-10 (7th)

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Tiah WingagePhone: (314) 744-5372Fax: (314) 392-2371E-Mail: [email protected]: www.mobap.edu/athleticsAddress:

Missouri Baptist AthleticsOne College Park Drive

St. Louis, MO 63141

MISSOURI WESTERNGame 11 (Neutral) • Nov. 28

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: St. Joseph, Mo.Enrollment: 5,200Nickname: GriffonsColors: Black & GoldArena: MWSU FieldhouseConference: MIAAAD: Dave Williams

MEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Tom SmithAlma Mater: ValparaisoRecord: 554-385At School: 385-2012007-08 Record: 9-18Conf. (Finish): 3-15 (10th)

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Trevor BernekingPhone: (816) 271-4257Fax: (816) 271-5901E-Mail: [email protected]: www.gogriffons.comAddress:

MWSU Athletics - SID4525 Downs Drive

St. Joseph, MO 64507

OKLAHOMA CHRISTIANGame 1 (Away) • Nov. 1

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Oklahoma City, Okla.Enrollment: 2,200Nickname: EaglesColors: Maroon & SilverArena: Eagles’ NestConference: SoonerAD: Chuck White

MEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Dan HaysAlma Mater: Eastern New MexicoRecord: 597-356At School: 526-2882007-08 Record: 13-17Conf. (Finish): 10-12 (8th)

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Dave SeatPhone: 405-425-5363Fax: 405-425-5351E-Mail: [email protected]: www.oceagles.comAddress:

OC Sports InformationPO Box 11000

Oklahoma City, OK

OZARKSGame 18 (Away) • Jan. 10Game 23 (Home) • Feb. 3

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Point Lookout, Mo.Enrollment: 1,500Nickname: BobcatsColors: Maroon & WhiteArena: Keeter GrymnasiumConference: MCACAD: Al Waller

MEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Steve ShepherdAlma Mater: Northwest Missouri StateRecord: 27-6At School: 129-652007-08 Record: 27-6Conf. (Finish): 10-2 (2nd)

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Candace SullingerPhone: 417-690-2565Fax: 417-348-1432E-Mail: [email protected] site: www.cofo.eduAddress:

C of O AthleticsP.O. Box 17

Point Lookout, MO 65726

PERU STATEGame 20 (Away) • Jan. 20Game 25 (Home) • Feb. 9

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Peru, Neb.Enrollment: 2,100Nickname: BobcatsColors: Blue & WhiteArena: Al Wheeler Activity CenterConference: MCACAD: Dr. Ellie Kunkel

MEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Troy KatenAlma Mater: Kansas WesleyanRecord: 0-0At School: 0-02007-08 Record: 8-23Conf. (Finish): 4-8 (T-4th)

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Troy KatenPhone: (402) 872-2344Fax: (402) 872-2302E-Mail: [email protected]: www.peru.edu/athleticsAddress:

600 Hoyt StreetP.O. Box 10

Peru, NE 68421

ROCKHURSTGame 22 (Home) • Jan. 31Game 26 (Away) • Feb. 11

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Kansas City, Mo.Enrollment: 3,000Nickname: HawksColors: White & BlueArena: Mason-Halpin FHConference: GLVCAD: Richard Konzem

MEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Tom O’ConnorAlma Mater: Benedictine, ‘72Record: 202-197At School: 202-1972007-08 Record: 9-18Conf. (Finish): 5-14 (T-5th West)

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: John DodderidgePhone: (816) 501-4850Fax: (816) 501-4119E-Mail: [email protected]: www.rockhurst.edu/athleticsAddress:

Mason-Halpin Fieldhouse1100 Rockhurst Road

Kansas City, MO 64110

SOUTHERN NAZARENEGame 7 (Home) • Nov. 15

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Bethany, Okla.Enrollment: 2,300Nickname: Crimson StormColors: Crimson & BlackArena: Sawyer CenterConference: SoonerAD: Bobby Martin

MEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Adam BohacAlma Mater: NebraskaRecord: 0-0At School: 0-02007-08 Record: 23-9Conf. (Finish): 17-5 (2nd)

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Scott SecorPhone: (405) 491-6619Fax: (405) 491-6387E-Mail: [email protected]: sports.snu.eduAddress:

SNU Sports Information6729 NW 39th Expwy

Bethany, OK 73008

SOUTHWEST BAPTISTGame 12 (Neutral) • Nov. 29

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Bolivar, Mo.Enrollment: 3,500Nickname: BearcatsColors: Purple & WhiteArena: Meyer Sports Ctr.Conference: MIAAAD: Brent Good

MEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Jeff GuiotAlma Mater: Pittsburg StateRecord: 299-131At School: 299-1312007-08 Record: 22-8Conf. (Finish): 14-4 (1st)

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Mike PittsPhone: (417) 328-1799Fax: (417) 328-1745E-Mail: [email protected]: www.sbubearcats.comAddress:

SBU Athletics1600 University Avenue

Bolivar, MO 65613

WILLIAM JEWELLGame 6 (Away) • Nov. 13

Game 10 (Home) • Nov. 24

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Liberty, Mo.Enrollment: 1,300Nickname: CardinalsColors: Red & BlackArena: Mabee CenterConference: HAACAD: Jimm Redd

MEN’S BASKETBALLHead Coach: Larry HolleyAlma Mater: William JewellRecord: 752-425At School: 663-3062007-08 Record: 20-13Conf. (Finish): 14-6 (3rd)

SPORTS INFORMATIONContact: Paul WorstellPhone: (816) 415-5959Fax: (816) 415-5029E-Mail: [email protected]: www.jewell.eduAddress:

Jewell Athletics500 College Hill

Liberty, MO 64068

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jason Kline begins his fourth season as head men’s basketball coach at Park University, claiming two NAIA Division I Coach of the Year honors and one trip to the NAIA

Sweet 16 in the 2006-07 season. Kline posted 16 wins in the 2007-08 season, ad-vancing to the semifinals of the 2008 NAIA Inde-pendent Region Tournament in Orangeburg, S.C. Kline also coached an All-American who was also named NAIA Player of the Week at Park for the second-straight year in 2007-08, as Jon Meri-weather earned three All-America distinctions as well as two national weekly honors during the season. In 2006-07, Brandon Voorhees was named to the All-America squad in addition to earning national player of the week hon-ors, also being named Basketball Times Co-Player of the Year at the close of the season. Kline is 52-41 (.559) in three seasons with the Pirates, including a 26-6 mark in 2006-07, the same year he took the Pirates to the NAIA Sweet 16 at Kansas City’s Municipal Auditorium. The tournament trip was the third in school his-tory for the Pirates and marked the second-lon-gest run in the tournament for a Park University squad. Park also made it two-straight years with a win over NCAA Division II cross-town rival Rockhurst, beating the Hawks 68-67 in 2006-07, followed by a 76-73 win over Rock U. in the 2007-08 campaign. During the 2007-08 season, Park also had wins over metro-area rival William Jewell, which was preceded by a come-from-behind victory over nationally ranked McKend-ree at Breckon Sports Center. In addition to Meriweather’s All-American distinctions, Kline’s 2007-08 squad also produced three Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athletes, as Ben Wallis, Michael Zimmerman and Deron Cherry II were named Academic All-Americans by the NAIA, running his total at Park to six nationally recog-

JasonKlineHead Men’s Basketball Coach 4th Season

KLINE’S COACHING HISTORYPark Head Men’s Basketball Coach42005-PresentIndiana Tech Head Men’s Basketball Coach41998-2005Kansas Wesleyan Assistant Coach41995 -1998Indiana Tech Assistant Coach41993-1995

KLINE’S PLAYING EXPERIENCEIndiana Tech41990-94

KLINE’S COACHING RESUMEIndependent Coach of the Year42005-0642006-07Indiana Tech School Record 29 Wins42004-05WHAC Coach of the Year42003-04WHAC Regular Season Champion42003-04WHAC Tournament Champion42004-05Independent Region Champion42006-07Academic All-Americans415NAIA All-Americans412NAIA Tournament Appearances42003-0442004-0542006-07

YEAR SCHOOL W L PCT WORTH NOTING1998-99 Indiana Tech 17 11 .607 Kline’s 1st All-American (Gordon Stubblefield)1999-00 Indiana Tech 12 17 .414 Kline’s 1st Academic All-American (Lee Martin)2000-01 Indiana Tech 13 18 .419 1st Season w/ All-American & Acad. All-American2001-02 Indiana Tech 19 13 .594 1st Season w/ Two NAIA All-America performers2002-03 Indiana Tech 23 10 .697 Kline’s first 20-win season as a head coach2003-04 Indiana Tech 27 7 .794 NAIA Division II Men’s Tournament First Round2004-05 Indiana Tech 29 8 .784 ITU Record for Wins, NAIA Tournament Elite Eight2005-06 Park 10 22 .313 NAIA Independent Region Coach of the Year2006-07 Park 26 6 .813 NAIA Tournament Sweet 16, NAIA Independent Coach of the Year2007-08 Park 16 13 .552 Moves past 50-win mark and into 4th on Park’s all-time coaching wins list10 SEASONS 2 SCHOOLS 192 125 .606 52-41 at Park; 140-84 at Indiana Tech

JASON KLINE’S YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING RECORD

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Assistant Coach • 4th Season

Gordon Stubblefield

Assistant Coach • 7th Season

Antowin Edwards

2008-09 PIRATES

Antowin Edwards enters his seventh season as an assistant coach for the men’s basket-

ball program at Park University. Edwards began his stint with the Pirates under current Athletics Director Claude English

and remained on staff when Jason Kline took over the Park men’s bas-ketball program. A four-year letterwinner for the Pirates from 1992-96, Edwards works in the Grand View School District as a peer mediator and as an assistant coach for the boy’s basketball team. A native of Austin, Texas, Edwards earned his bachelor’s degree from Park in 1997.

gordon Stubblefield is in his fourth season as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Park

University after also playing a season for head coach Jason Kline at Indiana Tech. Stubblefield played one season under current

Park Head Coach Jason Kline at Indiana Tech University in 1998-99, earning All-America honors. A 1999 graduate of Indiana Tech with a bachelor’s degree in business management, Stubblefield currently works for the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependants.

nized student-athletes with academic honors. The 2006-07 season marked one of the greatest single-season turnarounds in NAIA Men’s Basketball history, as the Pirates went from a 10-22 record in 2005-06 to an .813 winning percentage during the NAIA tournament run. In addition to the turnaround and tournament appearance, Park also recorded its first win over an NCAA Division I school under Kline’s watch – a 103-99 exhibition triumph over UMKC in November. Kline came to Park after seven successful seasons at Indiana Tech University in Fort Wayne, Ind., where he led the Warriors to a 140-84 record during his tenure. In 2004-05, he guided Indiana Tech to a school record 29 wins (eight losses) and the school’s second straight NAIA Division II National Tournament ap-pearance, advancing to the Elite Eight. Over his last three seasons at Indiana Tech, Kline’s teams averaged over 26 wins per year. In each of the last four seasons, his teams finished the regular season in the top 35 of the final NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball ratings, including a ranking of eighth in 2003-04 and 15th in 2004-05. Academically, Kline’s players had

a graduation rate of 91.4 percent at ITU. Kline, who was named the WHAC (Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference) Coach of the Year in 2003-04, led Indiana Tech to a regu-lar season conference title in 2003-04 and to the WHAC Tournament Championship in 2004-05. Individually, Kline’s players have accumulated a multitude of honors. Fifteen student-athletes have been named NAIA All-America Scholar Athletes under Kline, while 12 have earned athletic All-Ameri-ca honors. Forty-four players have been tabbed Academic All-Confer-

ence honorees, along with 23 All-Confer-ence performers. Kline, who has an overall coach-ing record of 192-125 over 10 seasons, started his coaching career as an assis-tant at Indiana Tech from 1993-95, where he earned his undergraduate degree in business administration in 1994. Kline then spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Kansas Wesleyan Uni-versity, in Salina, Kan., which is where he completed his M.B.A. in 1998. He and his wife, Jolina, a former women’s basket-ball student-athlete at Kansas Wesleyan, have two sons, Jacob and Jackson.

No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown Previous School2 Nathan Duncan G 6’0” 195 Sr. Lansing, Mich. Lansing CC 3 Michael Zimmerman G 6’0” 175 Sr. Ft. Wright, Ky. Northern Kentucky4 Marcus Seidel G 6’0” 200 Sr. St. Charles, Mo. Meramec CC 5 Clyde McKinney G 6’0” 185 Jr. Lansing, Mich. Indiana Tech 10 Jamal Fields G 6’3” 180 Fr. Irondale, Ala. Shades Valley HS 11 Phillip Garnett G 6’1” 175 So. Peru, Ind. Ball State 12 Tyler Price G 6’0” 170 Fr. Crawfordsville, Ind. Southmont HS 13 Nigel Jackson G 6’2” 175 So. Chicago, Ill. Proviso West HS 20 Altorique Anderson G 6’4” 205 Fr. Sumter, S.C. MCI Prep 22 Jeremy Voorhees G/F 6’4 200 Jr. Grandville, Mich. Cornerstone 23 Deron Cherry II G 6’3” 190 Sr. Kansas City, Mo. UMKC 30 Herschel Rodgers G/F 6’1” 185 Jr. Lansing, Mich. Lansing CC 31 Chris Jones G 6’1” 180 Sr. Springfield, OH West Virginia Tech 32 Justin Hopper F 6’5” 205 Sr. El Paso, Texas Cochise CC 33 Milan Susnjar F 6’9” 220 Sr. Lansing, Mich. Lansing CC 34 Vince Langkamp F 6’7” 200 Fr. Independence, Mo. Fort Osage HS 35 Eduardo Quintero F 6’5” 205 So. Monterrey, Mexico Frank Phillips 44 Jon Meriweather F 6’8” 220 Sr. Kansas City, Mo. Morgan State 45 Patrick James F 6’7” 215 So. Kansas City, Kan. Coffeyville CC

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Sumter, S.C. (MCI Prep School)

6-4, 205 • Freshman • Guard

Reco Anderson

PERSONAL - Altorique “Reco” Anderson was born in Sumter, S.C., and is the son of JoAnn and Leander Anderson...Chose Park University to play basketball and chose the Pirates over Columbus College and South Carolina State...Father was a three-year player in the men’s bas-ketball program at Clemson...Brother (L.J.) played football at Central Florida...Attended Lee Central High School in Bishopville, S.C., where he helped the Stallions to state titles in 2006 and 2007 under head coach LaVern Knox...Was a high school classmate of current South Carolina forward Mike Holmes...High school is also the alma mater of LaTangela Atkinson, who played basketball at North Carolina and is currently a member of the WNBA’s Sacramento Monarchs...Enjoys playing basketball and video games as hobbies.

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6-3, 190 • Senior • Guard

Deron Cherry II

2007-08 – Came on late in his junior season to make six starts while playing in 13 games...Was named to the All-Independent Region team and was a Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete as well as All-Academic All-Independent Region...Registered his first collegiate points on Nov. 19, scoring four against John Brown...Saw his first significant action of the season on Jan. 16, helping the Pirates to a win over Rockhurst with

four 3-point baskets and 19 points, beginning a streak of six dou-ble-figure scoring games...Made his first start on Feb. 8 against Al-len, and remained in the starting five through the remainder of the season...Established a career high for points on Feb. 26 with

31 against Philander Smith, where he was 6-of-11 from beyond the 3-point arc in helping the Pirates to a 90-64 win...Finished

the season averaging 11.9 points and was 28-of-71 (.394) from beyond the 3-point stripe...Was also a 66-percent free throw

shooter and 47-percent from the floor (54-of-116)...Averaged 3.4 rebounds per game...PERSONAL

– Deron Cherry II is the son of Deron Cherry and Faith Cherry of Kansas City, Mo….Fa-ther was a six-time Pro Bowl safety with the Kansas City Chiefs, playing 11 years in the NFL, recording 50 interceptions and one touchdown and is now a business

owner…Did not play high school basketball but was a stand-out golfer at Rockhurst High

School before attending UMKC...High school golf coach was Michael O’Leary...Was a high school classmate of Tony

Temple, who played three seasons at running back for Missouri before signing a free-agent contract with the Cleveland Browns prior to the 2008 football season...Cherry enjoys video games in spare time and chose Park to pursue his degree and for a chance to play basketball.

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cherry’s career statistics at parkYear FG PCT 3FG PCT FT PCT O-D-R AVG A BLK STL PTS PPG07-08 54-116 .466 28-71 .394 19-29 .655 11-33-44 3.4 18 2 12 155 11.9TOT 54-116 .466 28-71 .394 19-29 .655 11-33-44 3.4 18 2 12 155 11.9

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Irondale, Ala. (Shades Valley HS)


Jamal Fields

PERSONAL – Jamal Akeem Fields was born in Birmingham, Ala., and is the son of Ruth and Willie Fields...Mother is a registered nurse, father a social worker...Father was a stand-out track athlete and mother was a high school basketball captain...Chose Park for the basketball program and opportunities to grow on and off the court...Was also recruited by Arkansas, Jacksonville State, Alcorn State, Shorter, Berry and Auburn Montgomery...Played his high school basketball at Shades Valley High School where he was an all-area player as a senior.

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Nathan Duncan

2007-08 – Averaged 1.9 points per game as a 37.2-percent shooter from the floor in 2007-08, appearing in 25 games without a start...Scored a career-best 10 points in a 13-point win over Brescia on Jan. 19...In the same game, hit 4-of-4 from the floor, including 2-of-2 3-point attempts...Logged a season-best 20 minutes Dec. 5 against Bellevue, which was the first of seven games on the year that saw double-digit minutes...Averaged 8.1 minutes, 0.8 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game while also grabbing seven steals on the season...Later in the year, ws 3-of-3 from the floor and 2-for-2 from the 3-point line in a nine-point outing against Allen in the Independent Region Quarterfinals...PER-SONAL – Nathan Lamar Duncan is the son of April Darden and Del Carlos Duncan, Sr., and has two siblings, Del Carlos Jr., and Cameron…Played two seasons at Lansing Community College for head coach Mike Ingram, averaging 10.5 points, four rebounds, three assists and three steals per game…Was a 78-percent foul shooter in junior col-lege, earning a third-team all-conference selection and was named to the Western Conference All-Star squad…Scored 28 points against Grand Rapids Community College, knocking down eight 3-point goals in the game... Played his high school basketball at Waverly High School in Lansing for head coach Craig Fields with teammate Herschel Rodgers, earning honorable mention all-league honors as a junior in 2003 and first-team honors as a senior...Team won the CAAC DII title in 2004...Was student-senate president as a senior in high school…Was also named to the 2004 All-Area Team by the Lansing State Journal...Enjoys listening to jazz, reading and poetry in his spare time...Also vol-unteers time to Habitat for Humanity, City-Wide Basketball Camps and as a tutor at his local church.

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Duncan’s career statistics at parkYear FG PCT 3FG PCT FT PCT O-D-R AVG A BLK STL PTS PPG07-08 16-43 .372 8-27 .296 7-9 .778 4-15-19 0.8 18 1 7 47 1.9TOT 16-43 .372 8-27 .296 7-9 .778 4-15-19 0.8 18 1 7 47 1.9

Peru, Ind. (Ball State)

6-1, 175 • Sophomore • Guard

Philip Garnett

PERSONAL – Philip Ryan Louis Garnett was born in Peru, Ind., and is the son of the late Lou Garnett...Has three siblings - Vanessa, Gina and Greg...Chose to transfer to Park from Ball State for its friendly environ-ment, small class sizes and accounting program...Played in one game during the 2006-07 season for the Cardinals under head coach Ronny Thompson, playing against Eastern Michigan during the second half of the season...Graduated in 2006 from Maconaquah High School for head coach Rick Clark...Won a conference title as a senior and was a four-year all-conference player, four-year all-county teamer and a three-year all-area performer...Was also an Indiana Junior All-Star...During his high school career, scored 1,132 points to average 15 per game, along with seven assists and seven rebounds per contest...On the football field, was his high school’s all-time leading rusher with 2,763 career yards...Spends his spare time volunteering for Habitat for Humanity, spending time with family and friends, watching sports and watching movies.

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Chicago, Ill. (Proviso West HS)

6-2, 175 • Sophomore • Guard

Nigel Jackson

2007-08 - Played in 10 games without a start, scoring 22 total points and grabbing 13 rebounds...Was 7-of-18 from the floor and 8-of-10 from the 3-point line...Had two assists and a steal...Scored a career-high five points in the Independent Region quarterfinal round against Allen...Also had four points against Midland Lutheran in November...Averaged 3.9 minutes per game and one free throw attempt per game played to go with 1.3 rebounds per game...PERSONAL – Nigel Jack-son is the son of Tanya Jackson, who resides in the Chicago area…Has one sibling, Raven McGee…Played at Proviso West High School in Hillsdale, Ill., just outside Chicago, where he averaged 18 points, six rebounds, two assists and two steals per game under head coach Tommy Miller…Was an 80-percent performer from the foul line and earned all-conference honors in addition to being named Third-Team All-Illinois...Was also recruited by Parkland University, Indiana State and College of Dupage.

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Jackson’s career statistics at parkYear FG PCT 3FG PCT FT PCT O-D-R AVG A BLK STL PTS PPG07-08 7-18 .389 0-3 .000 8-10 .800 6-7-13 1.3 2 0 2 22 2.2TOT 7-18 .389 0-3 .000 8-10 .800 6-7-13 1.3 2 0 2 22 2.2

El Paso, Texas (Cochise CC)

6-5, 205 • Senior • Forward

Justin Hopper

2007-08 - Appeared in 25 games and made 11 starts, averaging 4.6 points and 3.6 rebounds per game...Had three outings with 10 points, first at home against Missouri Baptist on Jan. 3, again at Bellevue on Jan. 10 and against Allen on March 7 in the Independent Region quar-terfinal round...Also had his career-high on the boards against Allen, grabbing nine rebounds...Was 43-of-78 from the floor (55.1 percent) without a 3-point attempt...Converted 30-of-49 free throw attempts, shooting 61.2-percent at the line...Went 4-for-4 at the foul line on Nov. 27 at Missouri Baptist and was 5-of-7 from the floor in the Indepen-dent Region Tournament against Allen...Finished the season with six blocked shots and 16 steals...Scored 116 total points…PERSONAL – Justin Hopper is the son of Wayne Hopper, who resides in El Paso, Texas…Has two siblings, Sarah and Garrett…Played in high school at El Paso’s Burges High School…Averaged 8.2 points and 8.7 rebounds per game, while also recording 2.1 assists per game...Was named first-team all-district and second-team All-El Paso…Shot 45 percent form the floor and 37 percent outside the 3-point arc…Was a 68 percent free-throw shooter...Was a two-year player at Cochise Community Col-lege, helping the Apaches to a No. 9 national ranking.

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Hopper’s career statistics at parkYear FG PCT 3FG PCT FT PCT O-D-R AVG A BLK STL PTS PPG07-08 43-78 .551 0-0 .000 30-49 .612 32-57-89 3.6 20 6 16 116 4.6TOT 43-78 .551 0-0 .000 30-49 .612 32-57-89 3.6 20 6 16 116 4.6

Kansas City, Kan. (Coffeyville CC)

6-7, 215 • Sophomore • Forward

Patrick James

PERSONAL – Patrick Anthony James was born in Kansas City, Kan., and is the son of Patrick James, a CAD Tech in KCK...Played his high school basketball at Schlagle High School for head coach J.J. Libal...Was the Stallion’s leading rebounder and second-leading scorer as a senior...Participated in the Mo-Kan All-Star Game in 2006 where he scored 39 points...Followed Schlagle with one year at Coffeyville Commu-nity College in Coffeyville, Kan., where he played for head coach Jay Hurkleman...Also played AAU basketball in the Kansas City area during his high school career...Chose Park for its basketball program and away from the court, enjoys art.

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Lansing, Mich. (Indiana Tech)

6-0, 185 • Junior • Guard

Clyde McKinney

PERSONAL – Clyde Louis McKinney, Jr., was born in Lansing, Mich., and is the son of Clyde McKinney and Sandra McKinney...Played high school basketball at Everett High School in Lansing, winning a Michi-gan state title in 2004...High school state championship team was the first at Everett since 1977, when Ervin “Magic” Johnson led the team to the Class A state championship...At Everett, was named first-team all-state, first-team all-conference and team MVP in 2004 and 2005...In ad-dition to the state title in 2004, team won two district championships and three conference championships...Was a high school teammate of Michigan State’s Goran Sutton...Scored 36 points in his final high school game...Later played one year at NCAA Division II Ferris State, playing in 13 games during the 2006-07 season, averaging 6.6 points per game and 2.2 rebounds...Scored 20 points against nationally ranked South-ern Indiana and dished out 10 assists at home against Lake Superior State...Against Southern Indiana, was 7-of-8 from the floor including 4-for-5 from 3-point range and 2-for-2 from the foul line...Finished the year a 44.3 percent shooter from the floor including 38.9 percent from 3-point range and 58.8 percent at the foul line...Played 2007-08 at In-diana Tech where he scored 13 points, had eight assists and five steals in the WHAC championship game...Averaged 7.44 points per game for the Warriors in 16 games played for head coach Jeff Parish, recording four double-figure games...Twice scored 13 points, both times coming against Cornerstone during the regular season...Had 11 points against Michigan-Dearborn and 10 against Davenport in February...Chose Park because of the coaching staff and friends in the program...Enjoys reading, disc jockeying and video games in his spare time.

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Independence, Mo. (Fort Osage HS)

6-4, 200 • Freshman • Forward

Vince Langkamp

PERSONAL – Vincent Thomas Langkamp was born in Independence, Mo., and is the son of Bob and Carolyn Langkamp...Father works for the United States Posal Service...Has one sibling, Lauren...Played high school basktball for head coach Josh Wilson at Fort Osage High School in Independence...Was on the same high school team with Northwest Missouri State’s Vernon Weddle...Also a high school classmate of Park cross country/track & field athlete Zack Smith...Shares an alma mater with St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols and Betty Lennox of the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream...Chose Park because of its scholarship program over Central Methodist, Westminster and Saint Mary.

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Chris Jones

2007-08 – Appeared in three games without a point, marking 10 minutes and 3.3 minutes per game...Only field goal attempt of the season came Jan. 19 against Brescia...2006-07 – Sat out 2006-07 as a red-shirt...2005-06 – Jones played in 32 games, making 27 starts and averaging 7.4 points per game as a sophomore transfer…Logged 712 minutes to average 22.2 minutes per game, while also recording 31 assists, 17 steals, five blocks and 64 rebounds…Had 46 defensive boards on the year to boost his average to 2.0 rebounds per game…Was a 34.3-percent shooter, going 27-of-82 from the floor, including 54-of-169 behind the arc, 32 percent…Hit 20-of-27 foul shot attempts to finish 74.1 percent at the line, posting four perfect games from the stripe, including outings of 5-for-5 and 4-for-4 in a home-and-home series with John Brown…Opened the year with five-straight double-figure games, including a career-high 22 in his first game in a Park uniform against Benedictine…Later scored 17 points in the stretch against MidAmerica…Finished the season with nine double-figure performances, including 20 points against John Brown…Posted a pair of back-to-back five-rebound games, starting the season against Benedictine and Evangel, later tying the mark against Rockhurst and Benedictine…Had three games with double-digit attempts from be-yond the 3-point arc, finishing the season-opener 4-of-11, going 5-of-12 against John Brown, and capping the streak with a 6-for-10 outing against Saint Mary…Recorded a career-high 18 attempts from the floor in the opener against Benedictine…PERSONAL – Christopher Todd Jones is the son of Todd and Cynthia Jones of Springfield, Ohio, and has one sister, Taylor…Father played basketball at Miami (Ohio)...Played one season at then-NCAA Division II West Virginia Tech, mak-ing 12 starts and 26 appearances, averaging 21.5 minutes, 10 points and 2.2 rebounds while shooting nearly 42 percent on 89-of-213 from the floor…Played high school basketball at North High in Springfield for Ed Ford, averaging 16 points, five rebounds and four assists while shooting 79 percent from the foul line…Was an honorable mention all-state honoree in Ohio and was named second-team all confer-ence...Chose Park to get a degree and play basketball.

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Jones’ career statistics at parkYear FG PCT 3FG PCT FT PCT O-D-R AVG A BLK STL PTS PPG05-06 82-239 .343 54-169 .320 20-27 .741 18-46-64 2.0 31 5 17 238 7.407-08 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0TOT 82-240 .342 54-169 .320 20-27 .741 18-46-64 1.8 31 5 17 238 6.8

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Crawfordsville, Ind. (Southmont HS)


Tyler Price

PERSONAL – Darin Tyler Price was born in Bloomington, Ind., and is the son of Jenny and Greg Rutledge and Darin Price...Has two siblings...Played high school basketball at Southmont High School in New Mar-ket, Ind., where he finished as the second-leading scorer in school his-tory...Was a two-year first-team all-conference performer and was an all-county player for two seasons...Was also on the school’s honor roll...Chose Park University over the University of Saint Francis and Indiana Tech for its business program and the basketball program...Enjoys mu-sic when away from the basketball floor.

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endree…Went 7-for-11 from the floor against USM and 6-of-8 later in the year against Columbia, and against Northwestern, established a season-high for attempts, going 5-of-13…Was 7-for-7 from the line against Southwest Baptist, topping a list of seven perfect games from the foul line…Also went 4-for-5 against Columbia, 5-for-6 against Northwestern and 4-for-6 against Allen in the NAIA Independent Re-gion Tournament Semifinals… Played 20 or more minutes five times, including 31 minutes against Columbia and 24 in the national tourna-ment against ONU…PERSONAL – Jonathan Meriweather is the son of Joe C. Meriweather and Gail Meriweather, both of Kansas City, Mo., and has one sister, Jill…Played high school basketball at St. Pius X in Kan-sas City alongside teammate Michael Koch, and Meriweather played two games for NCAA Division I Morgan State in 2004-05…Father, Joe C., is Park’s women’s basketball coach and spent 10 seasons in the NBA with Houston, Atlanta, New Orleans (Jazz), New York and Kansas City (Kings)…Head coach at Morgan State was Butch Beard.

Kansas City, Mo. (Morgan State)


Jon Meriweather

Meriweather’s career statistics at parkYear FG PCT 3FG PCT FT PCT O-D-R AVG A BLK STL PTS PPG06-07 55-101 .545 1-2 .500 41-50 .820 29-59-88 3.8 10 35 10 152 6.607-08 207-348 .595 0-1 .000 135-169 .799 89-179-268 9.9 20 55 16 549 20.3TOT 262-449 .584 1-3 .333 176-219 .804 118-238-356 7.1 30 90 26 701 14.0

2007-08 – Was an NAIA Second-Team All-American, Victory Sports Network Third-Team All-American and a Basketball Times Third-Team All-American in addition to being named to the All-Independent First-Team...Had the nation’s sixth-best scoring average at 20.3 points per game and was fourth in the NAIA in rebounding, grabbing 9.9 boards per game...Became the first player since 2005 to earn two NAIA Na-tional Player of the Week honors, getting one national award in Janu-ary and a second in February...Also won the NAIA Independent Re-gion Player of the Week award on four occasions, three times outright and once as a co-player of the week in the independent affiliation...Scored in double-figures in all but two games, going over 20 points 14 times and passed the 30-point barrier on three occasions...Was a 59.5-percent shooter from the floor, converting on 207-of-348 field-goal attempts...Was 135-of-169 from the foul line, good for 79.9-percent...Had 12 double-doubles on the season and grabbed a career-best 19 rebounds on Nov. 9 against William Jewell...Had his first 30-point out-ing in January at Rockhurst, helping the Pirates to a 76-73 win with 33 points and 12 rebounds...Had 38 points later in the year, pulling down 16 rebounds in a two-point loss to Voorhees...Scored 30 points in the team’s next game at Brescia, getting 10 rebounds in the game...Had four games with 10 or more made free throws, including a 12-for-13 game at the line against William Jewell, scoring 28 points in the Nov. 9 game against the Cardi-nals...In the 38-point outing against Voorhees, was a season-best 15-of-18 from the floor and 8-for-11 at the line...Led the team with 55 blocks on the season, including 43 in the last 15 games of the season...Averaged 2.0 blocks per game, including six blocks in the Indepen-dent Region semifinal round against Voorhees...Also had five blocks at Rockhurst and five against Allen...Finished the season with 549 total points and 268 rebounds...2006-07 - In his first season at Park, played in 23 games, making one start and averaging 6.6 points per game…Averaged 14.1 minutes per contest, pulling down 88 total rebounds to average 3.8 per game, including 29 on the offensive glass…Finished 82 percent at the foul line, converting on 41-of-50, while also shooting 54.5 percent on 55-of-101 from the floor…Attempted two 3-pointers during the year, making one against Saint Mary in the Harvesters Rock U Classic at Rockhurst…Recorded 35 blocked shots to lead Park in the paint, tallying six against USM…Posted three games with seven rebounds, accomplishing the feat against Columbia and Southwestern Christian in back-to-back games before a seven-rebound outing against Olivet Nazarene in the NAIA Tournament First Round…Found double figures scoring in eight games, establishing a season-high with 16 against Saint Mary and later tying the mark against Columbia…Also scored 11 points against Southwest Baptist and Central Methodist, 12 against William Jewell and Olivet Nazarene, 15 against Northwestern and 10 against McK-

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St. Charles, Mo. (Meramec CC)


Marcus Seidel

2007-08 - Played in all 29 games for the Pirates, making 11 starts and averaging 9.7 points per game...Attempted 160 shots from behind the 3-point arc, knocking down 56 for 35 percent...Scored 22 points in his first game as a Pirate, helping Park to a 15-point season-opening win over Central Methodist...Had 12 double-figure scoring outings, includ-ing five games with 20 or more points...Had a career-best 24 points on Nov. 10 against Benedictine...Knocked down five 3-poitn baskets at Southern Nazarene, scoring 21 points...Was an 86.4-percent foul shooter, making 38-of-44 attempts...Also had five 3-point baskets in the Independent Region semifinal, scoring 21 points against Voorhees on 8-of-13 shooting, including 5-of-9 from the 3-point line...Hit a sea-son-high 8-of-10 free throws against Benedictine...PERSONAL – Mar-cus Seidel is the son of Don and Maria Seidel of St. Charles, Mo., in the St. Louis area…Has two brothers, Michael and Matthew…Played high school basketball at Christian Brothers College High School in St. Louis where the team won a conference title in 2005 under head coach Bob McCormick...Was conference player of the year as a senior and is the school’s career assists leader...Record had belonged to Larry Hughes, who later played at Saint Louis University and currently plays for the Chicago Bulls…Attended Missouri-Rolla as a freshman, making 11 starts in 27 games played, averaging 23.6 minutes per game...Scored 20 points against Rockhurst in a Great Lakes Valley Conference game…

Hit 31 3-point baskets as a freshman, pushing his scoring average to 7.1 points per game…Averaged 2.5 rebounds…Played his sopho-more season at Meramec Community College, where he played in 31 games, averaging 13 points and 2.7 rebounds per game…Also had 31 steals and hit 64 three’s on the year...Team was ranked in the NJCAA Top 15...Top individual performance was a 32-point

outing in conference play...Enjoys working out and making music away from the basketball floor.

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Seidel’s Career Statistics at ParkYear FG PCT 3FG PCT FT PCT O-D-R AVG A BLK STL PTS PPG07-08 94-231 .407 56-160 .350 38-44 .864 15-33-48 1.7 37 0 21 282 9.7TOT 94-231 .407 56-160 .350 38-44 .864 15-33-48 1.7 37 0 21 282 9.7

Lansing, Mich. (Lansing CC)

6-1, 185 • Junior • Guard/Forward

Herschel Rodgers

PERSONAL – Herschel Rodgers was born in Lansing, Mich., and is the son of Denise Rodgers and Herschel Rodgers...Has three siblings and a son, Isaiah...Played high school basketball with teammate Nathan Duncan at Waverly High School for Craig Fields...Won the team de-fense award in 2004 and team MVP in 2005, when he was the squad’s leading rebounder...Was also first-team all-conference in 2005...Went on to play at Lansing Community College for head coach Mike Ingram, where the team won conference championships in 2006 and 2007, along with a region title in 2006...Was named to the NJCAA Region XII all-tournament team as well as all conference in 2007...Was the team’s MVP in 2007 and Mr. Hustle in 2006...Set the team’s consecutive free-throws made record, knocking down 17-straight during the 2006-07 season...Chose Park over Wayne State and Saginaw Valley

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Monterrey, Mexico (Frank Phillips)

6-5, 205 • Sophomore • Forward

Eduardo Quintero

PERSONAL – Eduardo Quintero was born in Monterrey, Mexico, and is the son of Eduardo and Adriana Quintero...Has one sibling, Sofia...Played high school basketball at O’Connel Consolidated High School in Galveston, Texas, for head coach Derek Martin...Was First-Team All-State (TAPPS) and was in National Honor Society in high school...At-tended Frank Phillips College in Borger, Texas...In his spare time, enjoys rock climbing, playing basketball and hanging out with friends and family.

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Ft. Wright, Ky. (Northern Kentucky)


Michael Zimmerman

2007-08 – Started in all 29 games for the Pirates, averaging 8.7 points per game and recording a team-best 121, pushing his career assists total to 223 with Park...Was 42.6-percent from the floor, converting on 81-of-190 including 26-of-75 from the 3-point arc, 34.7-percent...Was a 69.9-percent foul shooter, making 65-of-93 while also averaging 1.9 rebounds per game and coming up with 40 steals...Had nine double-digit scoring games, including a career-high 20 in the Independent Region semifinal against Voorhees...Had 18 points at Bellevue in Janu-ary and 15 in the season opener, a 15-point win over Central Method-ist...Season-high for rebounds also came at Bellevue, grabbing five, as well as a season-best six made field goals...Had 10 free throw attempts twice, converting seven at Rockhurst and eight against Voorhees...Produced eight assists on four occasions, against Central Methodist, Judson, Rockhurst and Philander Smith...Had back-to-back games with four steals against Brescia and Philander Smith...2006-07 - As a sophomore, Zimmerman averaged 4.3 points and 3.2 assists per game, starting in all 32 of Park’s games in his first year as a Pirate…Led Park with 102 assists…Scored 138 points on the season including two dou-ble-digit games, carding a dozen points against NCAA Division II New-man and 10 against Columbia…Had eight assists on two occasions, dishing out eight in national tournament play against Azusa Pacific as well as midway through the year against Missouri Baptist…Recorded seven assists against No. 1 Robert Morris and seven more against Bres-cia…Was a 43.7 percent shooter from the floor on 45-of-103, includ-ing 9-of-35 from the 3-point line, 25.7 percent…Canned 39-of-62 (62.9 percent) from the foul line…Had 37 rebounds on the year, averag-ing 1.2 and pulling 30 off of the defensive glass…Grabbed 31 steals on the season, including three in games against Bellevue, Southern Nazarene and Brescia with an assist-to-turnover ratio of nearly three…Went 7-for-8 against Columbia at the foul line and 4-of-6 against Mis-souri Baptist…Also went 3-of-4 at the stripe against William Jewell and in the NAIA tournament against Azusa Pacific…Played 756 minutes, averaging 23.6 per game…Established a season high for field goals against Newman, draining 4-of-6…Also went 3-for-4 against Midland Lutheran in the second game of the season…Grabbed a season-high four rebounds against Mountain State in the NAIA Independent Re-gion Final...PERSONAL - Michael Zimmerman is the son of Ketrina Aubrey and Joseph Zimmerman, both of Ft. Wright, Ky….Has two sib-lings, Jessica Zimmerman and Morgan Aubrey…Transferred to Park from Northern Kentucky University where he did not appear during the 2005-06 basketball season…Started his freshman year at Camp-bellsville University, playing in seven games and averaging 10 points per game, shooting 44-percent from the floor including eight 3-point baskets…Dished out 32 assists as a freshman to only 16 turnovers, av-eraging 2.29 assists per game…Played his high school basketball at Newport Central Catholic High School in Newport, Ky., where his team won a region championship and he was named the 2004 Division II Player of the Year and Honorable Mention All-State.

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Zimmerman’s career statistics at parkYear FG PCT 3FG PCT FT PCT O-D-R AVG A BLK STL PTS PPG06-07 45-103 .437 9-35 .257 39-62 .629 7-30-37 1.2 102 0 31 138 4.307-08 81-190 .426 26-75 .347 65-93 .699 6-50-56 1.9 121 0 40 253 8.7TOT 126-293 .430 35-110 .318 104-155 .671 13-80-93 1.5 223 0 71 391 6.4

Grandville, Mich. (Cornerstone)

6-4, 200 • Junior • Guard/Forward

Jeremy Voorhees

PERSONAL – Jeremy John Voorhees is the son of Harold and Lori Voor-hees and was born in Zeeland, Mich. ...Has three siblings, Brent, Jus-tin and Brandon, who played basketball for one season at Park...Brent (brother) played one season at Hope College and in addition to play-ing at Park, Brandon played two years at Central Michigan...Played high school basketball at Tri-Unity Christian High School for head coach Mark Keeler...Team was state runners-up in 2004 and a semifinalist in 2005...Was a two-year all-conference performer, one year all-area team member and earned all-state honors once...Other notable alumni of the school include Chris Kamman of the Los Angeles Clippers...Had three 28-point outings in high school career...Played two seasons at Cornerstone University for Kim Elders...Advanced in both season to the NAIA Division II Tournament, appearing in the first round in 2006 and making the Sweet 16 in 2007...In his first season at CU, played in 12 games, averaging a point a game and going 5-of-13 from the floor...In 2006-07, played in 21 games, knocking down 7-of-25 from the floor and scoring 1.48 points per game...Sat out the 2007-08 season as a red-shirt...Chose Park because his brother played at Park and he enjoys the coaching staff...Likes to spend time on the golf course.

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2007-08 - Made two starts in 26 games played with one double-digit scoring outing...Averaged 2.3 points and 2.6 rebounds per game...Had a season-best eight rebounds on Feb. 8 against Allen...Later in the year, had seven boards against Allen and posted a career-high 12 points in the Independent Region quarterfinal round...Was 20-for-36 from the floor on the year, shooting 55.6-percent...Was 20-of-31 from the foul line, shooting 64.5 percent, including 5-for-10 from the foul line against William Jewell on Nov. 15 and 6-of-9 against Allen in the Independent Tournament...Top field-goal shooting day came in December, going 4-for-5 from the floor against Columbia with eight points...Two starts came against Columbia and William Jewell...Finished the year with 67 rebounds, eight blocked shots and 60 total points...PERSONAL - Milan Susnjar is the son of Andy and Ivanka Susnjar, who reside in Lansing, Mich….Has two siblings, Frank and Angela…Played at Grand Ledge High School for head coach Tony Sweet before two seasons at Lansing Community College under Mike Ingrahm…Averaged eight points and 10 rebounds at Lansing, shooting 65 percent from the foul line and earning honorable mention All-CAAC honors while helping the team to the NJCAA national tournament.

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Susnjar’s Career Statistics at ParkYear FG PCT 3FG PCT FT PCT O-D-R AVG A BLK STL PTS PPG07-08 20-36 .556 0-0 .000 20-31 .645 15-52-67 2.6 7 8 7 60 2.3TOT 20-36 .556 0-0 .000 20-31 .645 15-52-67 2.6 7 8 7 60 2.3

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SOLID OPENING WEEKEND BEGINS 2007-08 The Pirates got off to a hot start in 2007-08, turning the first week-end in November into a 2-0 record with wins over Central Methodist and Oklahoma Christian. Junior transfer Marcus Seidel led the team in scoring during both games on opening weekend, burning the net for 22 against CMU and getting 16 against Oklahoma Christian. The Pirates sputtered a bit over the next three games, falling to Benedictine twice, first on the road and again in the William Jewell Classic. The Pirates also fell to Jewell in Liberty, by three in overtime.

COMEBACK SPARKS BIG END TO NOVEMBER Park came into the Nov. 13 contest with nationally ranked McK-endree reeling, having lost its last three games with a 2-3 record through five games. The Bearcats took a 13-point lead to the halftime locker room, but behind a career-high 19 points from senior Michael Koch, the Pirates completed the comeback, beating McKendree 75-71, sparking a 5-2 finish in the team’s last seven games dur-ing the month. Park atoned for an earlier loss to Jewell with a five-point overtime victory, and after losses to John Brown and Southern Nazarene, Park won three straight, beating Midland Lutheran, Saint Mary and Missouri Baptist to close out the month. The Pirates played two games in December, falling to Columbia and Bellevue.

NEW YEAR, NEW STREAK The 2008 New Year’s holiday brought on a three-game winning streak for the Pirates, posting wins over Missouri Bap-tist, Columbia and Judson to open the season’s second half. All-American forward Jon Meri-weather also began to break out in those three games, leading the team in scoring in all three contests by scoring 25, 26 and 25 points. He also had double-doubles in two of the first three games after the holi-day break. Park followed the three-game streak with a pair of hard-luck losses to nationally ranked Bellevue and College of the Ozarks, but on Jan. 16, Park rebounded with a statement win, beating Rockhurst 76-73 behind 33 points from Meriweather and another 19 from Deron Cherry II. Meriweather earned his first of two NAIA National Player of the Week honors after the

Rockhurst game. The Pirates closed out the month of January with a win and a loss, beating Brescia in Parkville and falling at Philander Smith.

MERIWEATHER CONTINUES BREAK-OUT Jon Meriweather’s big second half of the season wasn’t limited to January games, beginning the month of February with 20 points in a loss to Ozarks on Feb. 5, followed by 20 more in a Feb. 8 win over Allen, a game in which he produced another one of his 12 double-doubles, grabbing 13 rebounds. His true break-out performance came the next day, as the junior from Kansas City, Mo., went for 38 points and grabbed 16 rebounds in

a two-point loss to Voorhees. Meriweather would earn his second NAIA Player of the Week honor later in the month, becoming the first player since the

2004-05 season to earn the honor twice in a season in NAIA Division I Men’s Basketball. On Feb. 23, Meriweather had his third 30-point outing of the

season, scoring 30 points at Brescia, leading the Pirates to a 102-77 victory. Cherry got in on the 30-point scoring bar-

rage in the next game, leading the team with 31 points and nine rebounds on senior day in a 90-64 win over

Philander Smith. Park University ended its 2007-08 campaign with a 16-13 record, splitting in the NAIA Independent Region tournament with an opening-round win over Allen, followed by a double-overtime loss to Voorhees to end the year.

POST-SEASON HONORS Jon Meriweather capped one of the best individual performance seasons in Pirate his-tory with three All-America distinctions, earn-ing Second-Team All-America Honors from the

NAIA Coaches and third-team recognition from Basketball Times and Victory Sports Network.

Meriweather finished in the NAIA Top 10 for scoring (20.3 points per game), rebounding (9.9 rebounds per game) and blocked shots (55). He also knocked down 135-of-169 from the free throw line and finished with a team-high 207 made baskets in 348 attempts, also a team-

best. During the Independent tournament, Meri-

weather, Cherry and Michael Zimmerman were named to the All-Independent squad, while Koch, Cherry and Zimmerman were also joined on the All-Academic Independent team by Ben Wallis,

Admir Aljic, Donovan Williams and Milan Susnjar.

2007-08 REVIEW

2007-08 Senior Class: Admir Aljic, Nick Burton, Arturo Donzella, Michael Koch, Donovan Williams, Ben Wallis

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GAME-BY-GAME RESULTSDATE OPPONENT RESULT ATTEND HIGH POINTS HIGH REBOUNDS Oct. 20 LIVIN’ THE DREAM (x) W, 63-51 133 Burton (12) Burton (14) Nov. 2 CENTRAL METHODIST W, 91-76 170 Seidel (22) Burton (7) Nov. 3 OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN W, 61-57 199 Seidel (16) Burton (9) Nov. 6 at Benedictine L, 60-74 145 Meriweather (18) Meriweather (6) Nov. 9 at William Jewell L, 67-70 300 Meriweather (28) Meriweather (19) Nov. 10 vs. Benedictine L, 53-60 150 Seidel (24) Meriweather (8) Nov. 13 McKENDREE W, 75-71 262 Koch (19) Meriweather (15) Nov. 15 WILLIAM JEWELL W, 74-69 (ot) 411 Burton (24) Burton (11) Nov. 17 at Southern Nazarene L, 65-70 1,135 Seidel (21) Burton (12) Nov. 19 JOHN BROWN L, 52-81 132 Zimmerman (12) Wallis, Meriweather (4) Nov. 23 vs. Midland Lutheran W, 89-64 275 Burton (20) Meriweather (9) Nov. 24 vs. St. Mary W, 78-50 275 Meriweather (18) Meriweather, Burton (5)Nov. 27 at Missouri Baptist W, 72-68 164 Meriweather (26) Burton (9) Dec. 5 BELLEVUE L, 58-62 267 Meriweather (18) Burton (12) Dec. 15 COLUMBIA L, 49-62 176 Seidel (9) Burton (10) Jan. 3 MISSOURI BAPTIST W, 81-67 338 Meriweather (25) Meriweather (11) Jan. 5 at Columbia W, 64-57 258 Meriweather (26) Meriweather (15) Jan. 7 JUDSON W, 84-77 184 Meriweather (25) Meriweather (9) Jan. 9 at Bellevue L, 78-83 (2ot) 173 Donzella, Zimmerman, Seidel (18) Donzella (8) Jan. 12 OZARKS L, 78-83 461 Meriweather (27) Meriweather (16) Jan. 16 at Rockhurst W, 76-73 403 Meriweather (33) Meriweather (12) Jan. 19 BRESCIA W, 83-70 717 Meriweather (23) Meriweather (13) Jan. 29 at Philander Smith L, 83-86 311 Meriweather (26) Meriweather (8) Feb. 5 at Ozarks L, 67-87 800 Meriweather (20) Meriweather (8) Feb. 8 vs. Allen W, 86-61 129 Meriweather (20) Meriweather (13) Feb. 9 vs. Voorhees L, 79-81 116 Meriweather (38) Meriweather (16) Feb. 23 at Brescia W, 102-77 168 Meriweather (30) Meriweather (10) Feb. 26 PHILANDER SMITH W, 90-64 943 Cherry II (31) Cherry II (9) Mar. 7 vs. Allen W, 99-65 786 Meriweather, Cherry II (13) Hopper (9) Mar. 8 vs. Voorhees L, 103-105 (2ot) 1,006 Seidel (21) Meriweather (18)

ATTENDANCE SUMMARY GAMES TOTALS AVG Home ............................................................ 12 4,260 355 Away .............................................................. 10 3,857 386 Neutral ........................................................... 7 2,737 391 Total ............................................................... 29 10,854 374

RECORD OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 16-13 8-4 4-6 4-3INDEPENDENT 4-2 1-0 1-0 2-2NON-CONFERENCE 12-11 7-4 3-6 2-1

OVERALL STATISTICS [-----TOTAL----] [-----3PT------] [-------FT-----] [-------REBOUNDS-------]PLAYER GP-GS MIN-AVG FG-FGA PCT 3FG-A PCT FT-A PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF A TO BLK STL PTS AVG02 Duncan, Nathan 25-0 202-8.1 16-43 .372 8-27 .296 7-9 .778 4 15 19 0.8 8 18 25 1 7 47 1.903 Zimmerman, Michael 29-29 975-33.6 81-190 .426 26-75 .347 65-93 .699 6 50 56 1.9 53 121 107 0 40 253 8.704 Seidel, Marcus 29-11 536-18.5 94-231 .407 56-160 .350 38-44 .864 15 33 48 1.7 23 37 61 0 21 282 9.705 Jones, Chris 3-0 10-3.3 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.010 Donzella, Arturo 29-18 580-20.0 56-143 .392 15-46 .326 29-42 .690 33 56 89 3.1 46 41 34 2 38 156 5.411 Williams, Donovan 29-18 655-22.6 74-173 .428 25-77 .325 37-65 .569 28 67 95 3.3 65 42 54 0 32 210 7.213 Evans, Eric 5-0 13-2.6 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 2-3 .667 1 1 2 0.4 2 0 0 0 1 4 0.820 Jackson, Nigel 10-0 39-3.9 7-18 .389 0-3 .000 8-10 .800 6 7 13 1.3 0 2 2 0 1 22 2.222 Koch, Michael 22-5 212-9.6 22-52 .423 5-17 .294 7-12 .583 7 12 19 0.9 14 26 18 1 8 56 2.523 Cherry II, Deron 13-6 282-21.7 54-116 .466 28-71 .394 19-29 .655 11 33 44 3.4 15 18 19 2 12 155 11.930 Harvey, Joe 7-0 81-11.6 7-13 .538 2-3 .667 9-11 .818 6 11 17 2.4 8 3 4 2 3 25 3.631 Burton, Nick 14-14 423-30.2 68-133 .511 0-2 .000 25-43 .581 21 85 106 7.6 30 26 39 7 19 131 11.532 Hopper, Justin 25-11 459-18.4 43-78 .551 0-0 .000 30-49 .612 32 57 89 3.6 55 20 30 6 16 116 4.633 Susnjar, Milan 26-2 246-9.5 20-36 .556 0-0 .000 20-31 .645 15 52 67 2.6 33 7 17 8 7 60 2.335 Wallis, Ben 23-4 335-14.6 31-49 .633 0-1 .000 35-57 .614 17 35 52 2.3 48 10 21 4 8 97 4.244 Meriweather, Jon 27-27 840-31.1 207-348 .595 0-1 .000 135-169 .799 89 179 268 9.9 71 20 60 55 16 549 20.345 Aljic, Admir 6-0 37-6.2 2-7 .286 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 3 4 7 1.2 7 1 4 0 2 4 0.7 TEAM 48 49 97 3.3 1 8-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Park 29 5925 783-1633 .479 165-483 .342 466-667 .699 342 746 1088 37.5 479 392 505 88 231 2197 75.8Opponents 29 5925 768-1814 .423 207-611 .339 327-496 .659 377 621 998 34.4 573 389 455 82 228 2070 71.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Score by Period 1st 2nd OT OT2 Total Deadball Reb. OFF DEF TOT Park 1043 1104 32 18 2197 Park 86 12 98 Opponent 975 1043 27 25 2070 Opponents 80 5 85-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Score 1st-2nd FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-3GA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. OR DR TR PF-Dq A TO BL ST (Oct. 20) Park 63 32-31 24-71 .338 4-15 .267 11-19 .579 10 50 60 14-1 13 16 2 6 Livin’ the Dream (x) 51 23-28 19-76 .250 6-38 .158 7-12 .583 10 40 50 15-0 13 8 6 7

(Nov. 2) Park 91 35-56 32-51 .627 7-13 .538 20-23 .870 9 32 41 19-1 15 22 2 10Central Methodist 76 38-38 26-59 .441 11-28 .393 13-21 .619 9 15 24 19-0 18 18 1 9

(Nov. 3) Park 61 32-29 23-50 .460 8-20 .400 7-12 .583 9 19 28 13-0 15 15 3 11Oklahoma Christian 57 31-26 22-47 .468 8-21 .381 5-8 .625 8 19 27 13-0 13 20 0 5

(Nov. 6) Park 60 27-33 23-49 .469 4-15 .267 10-12 .883 9 15 24 14-0 10 19 3 7at Benedictine 74 38-36 29-57 .509 8-17 .471 8-10 .800 14 19 33 13-1 20 16 5 7

(Nov. 9) Park 67 38-29 22-53 .415 3-14 .214 20-28 .714 15 27 42 14-0 7 15 2 7 at William Jewell 70 42-28 29-67 .433 7-21 .333 5-12 .417 14 21 35 24-0 16 12 2 9

(Nov. 10) Park 53 29-24 18-48 .375 2-17 .118 15-18 .833 7 24 31 20-1 6 19 1 9vs. Benedictine 60 24-36 23-55 .418 3-18 .167 11-18 .611 11 24 35 16-0 17 15 2 7

(Nov. 13) Park 75 27-48 30-62 .484 3-12 .250 12-18 .667 10 29 39 11-0 14 12 2 4McKendree 71 40-31 28-70 .400 9-31 .290 6-9 .667 13 26 39 19-0 17 13 3 3

(Nov. 15) Park 74 (ot) 26-38-10 25-56 .464 4-17 .235 18-28 .643 10 32 42 16-1 10 22 4 9William Jewell 69 30-34-5 26-73 .356 6-20 .300 11-16 .688 16 25 41 21-0 13 15 3 10

(Nov. 17) Park 65 30-35 24-54 .444 7-16 .438 10-14 .714 9 30 39 16-1 15 21 0 2at Southern Nazarene 70 25-45 28-75 .373 3-15 .200 11-17 .647 20 24 44 18-0 16 9 5 7

(Nov. 19) Park 52 31-21 18-54 .333 5-21 .238 11-23 .478 12 12 24 12-0 8 14 1 11John Brown 81 52-29 30-53 .566 15-28 .536 6-7 .857 13 28 41 21-0 18 21 2 9

(Nov. 23) Park 89 45-44 34-63 .540 5-15 .333 16-21 .762 17 25 42 16-0 19 21 2 13vs. Midland Lutheran 64 36-28 25-55 .418 5-17 .294 13-18 .722 9 17 26 18-0 11 20 2 4

(Nov. 24) Park 78 41-37 26-45 .578 8-23 .348 18-27 .667 8 24 32 17-0 19 11 3 8vs. St. Mary 50 24-26 18-52 .346 3-11 .273 11-16 .688 13 18 31 24-1 8 16 0 5

(Nov. 27) Park 72 33-39 21-52 .404 2-12 .167 28-40 .700 18 30 48 18-0 11 18 3 4at Missouri Baptist 68 23-45 22-63 .349 11-34 .324 13-19 .684 12 16 28 27-1 14 15 3 6

(Dec. 5) Park 58 30-28 24-57 .421 4-18 .222 6-9 .667 9 25 34 14-0 12 20 2 8 Bellevue 62 36-26 25-57 .439 6-15 .400 6-14 .429 11 27 38 16-0 12 19 3 12

(Dec. 15) Park 49 27-22 21-53 .396 4-16 .250 3-15 .200 13 23 36 11-0 11 17 2 5Columbia 62 37-25 25-56 .446 6-10 .600 6-6 1.000 8 27 35 18-0 8 16 5 5

(Jan. 3) Park 81 39-42 28-52 .538 4-9 .444 21-30 .700 16 19 35 15-0 13 16 2 10Missouri Baptist 67 36-31 24-50 .480 7-24 .292 12-18 .667 10 13 23 21-1 10 17 3 9

(Jan. 5) Park 64 26-38 25-48 .521 3-7 .429 11-18 .611 9 25 34 12-0 9 13 2 6at Columbia 57 24-33 26-58 .448 4-16 .250 1-3 .333 8 19 27 18-0 16 12 5 11

(Jan. 7) Park 84 38-46 31-58 .534 7-25 .280 15-21 .714 11 25 36 15-0 22 15 4 8Judson 77 31-46 29-67 .433 8-26 .308 11-15 .733 15 19 34 14-0 14 13 1 11

INDIVIDUAL & TEAM GAME HIGHSPoints ........ 38, Jon Meriweather vs. Voorhees (2/9)Team .......... 103, vs. Voorhees (3/8)

FG Made ... 15, Jon Meriweather vs. Voorhees (2/9)Team .......... 39, vs. Allen (3/7)

FG Att. ....... 20, Jon Meriweather at Brescia (2/23)..................... 20, Jon Meriweather at Rockhurst (1/16)..................... 20, Nick Burton at Southern Naz. (11/17)Team .......... 72, vs. Voorhees (3/2)

FG Pct ........ .846, Jon Meriweather vs. Judson (1/7)Team .......... .627, vs. Central Methodist (11/2)

3PT FG ....... 6, Deron Cherry II vs. Phil. Smith (2/26) Team .......... 11, vs. Voorhees ( 3/8)

3PT Att. ..... 12, Marcus Seidel vs. Wm. Jewell (11/15)..................... 12, Marcus Seidel vs. Benedictine (11/10)

Team .......... 26, vs. Voorhees (3/8)3PT Pct. ..... 1.000, 3 players on 5 occasionsTeam .......... .538, vs. Central Methodist (11/2)

FT Made ... 12, Jon Meriweather at W. Jewell (11/9)Team .......... 30, vs. Philander Smith (2/26)

FT Att. ........ 15, Jon Meriweather at Mo. Bap. (11/27)Team .......... 46, vs. Philander Smith (2/26)

FT Pct......... 1.000, 11 players on 21 occasionsTeam .......... .913, at Brescia (2/23)

Reb. ............ 19, Jon Meriweather at W. Jewell (11/9)Team .......... 53, vs. Allen (2/8)

Assists ....... 8, Michael Zimmerman on 4 occasionsTeam .......... 22, vs. Voorhees (3/8)..................... 22, vs. Judson (1/7)

Steals ......... 4, 5 players on 11 occasionsTeam .......... 13, vs. Midland Lutheran (11/23)

Blocks ........ 6, Jon Meriweather vs. Voorhees (3/8)Team .......... 9, vs. Allen (2/8)

TO ............... 27, at Ozarks (2/5)

Fouls .......... 5, 7 players on 13 occasionsTeam .......... 27, vs. Voorhees (3/8)

Attend. ...... (Home) 943 vs. Philander Smith (2/26)..................... (Away) 1,135 at Southern Naz. (11/17)..................... (Neutral) 1,006 vs. Voorhees (3/8)

30-Point Scoring Games38 ................ Jon Meriweather vs. Voorhees (2/9)33 ................ Jon Meriweather at Rockhurst (1/16)31 ................ Deron Cherry II vs. Phil. Smith (2/26)30 ................ Jon Meriweather at Brescia (2/23)

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Score 1st-2nd FG-FGA Pct. 3FG-FGA Pct. FT-FTA Pct. OR DR TR PF-Dq A TO BL ST(Jan. 9) Park 78 36-26-7-9 26-60 .433 10-24 .417 16-25 .640 8 28 36 24-2 10 18 6 10at Bellevue 83 (2ot) 32-30-7-14 29-74 .392 4-21 .190 21-32 .656 20 32 52 22-0 17 17 1 5

(Jan. 12) Park 78 39-39 28-63 .444 8-18 .444 14-23 .609 13 27 40 15-1 12 15 4 10Ozarks 83 35-48 31-69 .449 13-28 .464 8-15 .533 14 26 40 18-1 18 15 6 12

(Jan. 16) Park 76 34-42 25-51 .490 5-11 .455 21-27 .778 9 26 35 16-1 18 12 5 5at Rockhurst 73 35-38 26-60 .433 9-21 .429 12-16 .750 10 19 29 19-0 21 10 7 9

(Jan. 19) Park 83 46-37 29-54 .537 8-18 .444 17-21 .810 12 23 35 20-0 15 16 4 9Brescia 70 27-43 21-51 .412 6-18 .333 22-28 .786 11 14 25 19-0 9 14 3 6

(Jan. 29) Park 83 42-41 30-62 .484 5-19 .263 18-23 .783 15 19 34 21-1 19 17 3 11at Philander Smith 86 36-50 27-58 .466 10-19 .526 22-27 .815 15 20 35 20-1 15 20 1 3

(Feb. 5) Park 67 40-27 23-55 .418 5-12 .417 16-19 .842 13 24 37 13-0 7 27 3 11at Ozarks 87 48-39 34-66 .515 13-28 .464 6-8 .750 8 21 29 18-1 13 17 7 19

(Feb. 8) Park 86 42-44 31-59 .525 6-14 .429 18-24 .750 15 38 53 19-0 21 24 9 6vs. Allen 61 31-30 22-72 .306 4-17 .235 13-22 .591 15 17 32 23-1 7 12 5 11 (Feb. 9) Park 79 43-36 31-55 .564 6-18 .333 11-16 .688 7 29 36 14-0 16 21 6 4vs. Voorhees 81 45-36 31-74 .419 7-22 .318 12-16 .750 16 19 35 17-0 7 11 1 8

(Feb. 23) Park 102 47-55 36-62 .581 9-18 .500 21-23 .913 10 22 32 16-0 11 14 0 7at Brescia 77 33-44 29-54 .537 6-17 .353 13-16 .813 3 17 20 19-0 15 18 2 5

(Feb. 26) Park 90 43-47 26-65 .400 8-22 .364 30-46 .652 18 32 50 22-0 15 15 1 7Philander Smith 64 25-39 24-70 .343 5-25 .200 11-27 .407 20 27 47 31-2 7 17 0 7

(Mar. 7) Park 99 40-59 39-70 .557 4-13 .308 17-28 .607 16 31 47 19-1 10 10 3 9vs. Allen 65 15-50 24-72 .333 4-18 .222 13-24 .542 22 23 45 22-0 3 13 2 4

(Mar. 8) Park 103 37-42-15-9 33-72 .458 11-26 .423 26-36 .722 15 31 46 27-3 22 26 6 10vs. Voorhees 105 (2ot) 46-33-15-11 37-80 .463 6-25 .240 25-38 .658 19 29 48 25-1 16 24 2 10

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MEN’S BASKETBALL HISTORY

YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORDCoach Years W L PctEd Nelson 1961-62 9 8 .529Ed Nelson 1962-63 3 13 .188Ed Nelson 1963-64 8 11 .421Ed Nelson 1964-65 5 12 .294Ed Nelson 1965-66 8 8 .500Ed Nelson 1966-67 8 13 .381Ed Nelson 1967-68 3 21 .125Ed Nelson 1968-69 4 14 .222Ed Nelson 1969-70 4 14 .222Ed Nelson 1970-71 7 11 .389Ed Nelson 1971-72 12 10 .546Ed Nelson 1972-73 9 13 .409Ed Nelson 1973-74 12 10 .546Ed Nelson 1974-75 15 13 .536Ed Nelson 1975-76 10 11 .476Ed Nelson 1976-77 11 14 .440Terry Dennis 1977-78 18 10 .643Terry Dennis 1978-79 11 11 .500Terry Dennis 1979-80 12 13 .480Hal Shaver 1980-81 9 16 .360Hal Shaver 1981-82 5 22 .185Hal Shaver 1982-83 6 23 .207Randy Farris 1983-84 14 12 .539Randy Farris 1984-85 7 19 .269Randy Farris 1985-86 5 18 .217Will Swoffer 1986-87 4 24 .143Will Swoffer 1987-88 0 26 .000David Francis 1988-89 9 17 .346David Francis 1989-90 15 14 .517David Francis 1990-91 26 7 .788David Francis 1991-92 12 17 .414Claude English 1992-93 8 19 .296Claude English 1993-94 14 17 .452Claude English 1994-95 14 15 .483Claude English 1995-96 19 13 .594Claude English 1996-97 19 13 .594Claude English 1997-98 27 8 .771Claude English 1998-99 10 17 .370Claude English 1999-00 4 24 .143Claude English 2000-01 16 15 .516Claude English 2001-02 15 12 .556Claude English 2002-03 14 16 .467Claude English 2003-04 10 20 .333Claude English 2004-05 12 18 .400Jason Kline 2005-06 10 22 .313Jason Kline 2006-07 26 6 .813Jason Kline 2007-08 16 13 .552TOTAL 47 Seasons 515 693 .426

ALL-TIME COACHING RECORDSCoach Years W L PctEd Nelson (16 Seasons) 1961-1977 128 196 .395Terry Dennis (3 Seasons) 1977-1980 41 34 .547Hal Shaver (3 Seasons) 1980-1983 20 61 .247Randy Farris (3 Seasons) 1983-1986 26 49 .347Will Swoffer (2 Seasons) 1986-1988 4 50 .074David Francis (4 Seasons) 1988-1992 62 55 .530Claude English (13 Seasons) 1992-2005 182 207 .468Jason Kline (3 Seasons) 2005- 52 41 .559TOTALS (47 Seasons) 1961-2008 515 693 .426

ALL-TIME ALL-AMERICANS1996 Beville Taitte NAIA Third Team All-American 1997 Walter Bethea NAIA Third Team All-American 1998 Walter Bethea NAIA Honorable Mention 2007 Kevin Nelson NAIA Third Team All-American 2007 Brandon Voorhees NAIA First Team All-American 2007 Brandon Voorhees* Basketball Times First Team All-American 2008 Jon Meriweather NAIA Second Team All-American 2008 Jon Meriweather VSN Third Team All-American 2008 Jon Meriweather Basketball Times Third Team All-American* Basketball Times Co-Player of the Year in 2006-07

ALL-TIME ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS1998 Jamal James Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete 1999 Jamal James Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete 2000 Fred Manyawu Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete 2003 Alex Santos Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete 2004 Damien Stanley Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete 2005 Damien Stanley Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete 2007 Brandon Voorhees Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete 2007 Ben Wallis Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete 2008 Deron Cherry II Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete 2008 Ben Wallis Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete 2008 Michael Zimmerman Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete

NAIA NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK1996 Beville Taitte January 1996 2007 Brandon Voorhees January 17, 2007 2008 Jon Meriweather January 23, 2008 2008 Jon Meriweather February 13, 2008

HISTORICAL SUPERLATIVESMen’s Basketball Seasons .................................................................................. 47Head Coaches ...........................................................................................................8NAIA Tournament Appearances.........................................................................3.500 Seasons ..............................................................................................................2Winning Seasons (Above .500) ........................................................................ 15.600 or Better .............................................................................................................4.700 or Better .............................................................................................................3Undefeated Seasons ..............................................................................................025+ Wins .....................................................................................................................3 20+ Wins .....................................................................................................................315+ Wins .................................................................................................................. 1110+ Wins .................................................................................................................. 26

Jason KlineHead Coach

2008-09 Men’s BasketBall scheduledate Opponent location timeNov. 1 Oklahoma Christian University Edmond, Okla. 3:00 pmNov. 4 Benedictitne College Breckon Sports Center 5:00 pmNov. 7 Briar Cliff University Peru, Neb. 5:00 pmNov. 8 Doane College Peru, Neb. 3:00 pmNov. 11 McKendree University Breckon Sports Center 7:00 pmNov. 13 William Jewell College Liberty, Mo. 7:30 pmNov. 15 Southern Nazarene University Breckon Sports Center 3:00 pmNov. 18 Central Methodist University Fayette, Mo. 7:00 pmNov. 20 MidAmerica Nazarene University Breckon Sports Center 7:00 pmNov. 24 William Jewell College Breckon Sports Center 7:00 pmNov. 28 Missouri Western State University Kansas City, Mo. 2:00 pmNov. 29 Southwest Baptist College Kansas City, Mo. 2:00 pmDec. 3 Missouri Baptist University St. Louis, Mo. 7:00 pmDec. 6 McKendree University Lebanon, Mo. 7:00 pmDec. 13 Columbia College Breckon Sports Center 3:00 pmJan. 3 Missouri Baptist University Breckon Sports Center 3:00 pmJan. 7 Bellevue University Breckon Sports Center 7:00 pmJan. 10 College of the Ozarks Point Lookout, Mo. 3:00 pmJan. 15 University of Illinois at Springfield Breckon Sports Center 7:00 pmJan. 20 Peru State College Peru, Neb. 7:00 pmJan. 26 MidAmerica Nazarene University Olathe, Kan. 7:00 pmJan. 31 Rockhurst University Breckon Sports Center 2:00 pmFeb. 3 College of the Ozarks Breckon Sports Center 7:00 pmFeb. 7 Columbia College Columbia, Mo. 4:00 pmFeb. 9 Peru State College Breckon Sports Center 7:00 pmFeb. 11 Rockhurst University Kansas City, Mo. 7:00 pmFeb. 17 University of Illinois at Springfield Springfield, Ill. 7:00 pmFeb. 20 Bellevue University Bellevue, Neb. 7:00 pmMar. 6-8 NAIA Independent Tournament Orangeburg, S.C. TBAMar. 18-24 NAIA National Tournament Kansas City, Mo. TBA

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