2010 park women's soccer media guide

PARK2010 Women’s Soccer Media Guide

Ellen GhirardiFreshman • GK

Lisa BuzzottaSenior • MF

Cara LightleFreshman • D

Nichole HemmingsenSophomore • MF

J’Vonnelle SimpsonSophomore • D

Chelsie ShepardJunior • D

Nori GedeiJunior • F/MF

Dana HemmingsenSophomore • MF

Junielle WatkinsSophomore • F

Madeline SundFreshman • MF

Linn WesterdahlFreshman • MF

Melanie BrewerSophomore • D

Samantha GrossSenior • D

Haylee AllenFreshman • D

Anna MalmenFreshman • D

Ashley MaxwellJunior • F

Emilia ShefferSenior • MF

Monika StoiberSenior • GK

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2010 Park Women’s Soccer

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RIGHT TO KNOW: 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 receiving 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.

2009-10 NO BL WH OT HI UN AM BI TotalM. Baseball 1 1 20 0 7 0 2 0 31M. Basketball 1 13 7 0 0 0 0 1 22M. Soccer 15 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 22M. Spirit Squad 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 7M. Track & Field 4 4 14 1 0 0 0 0 23M. Volleyball 11 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 16W. Basketball 1 9 6 0 0 0 0 1 17W. Golf 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4W. Soccer 9 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 20W. Softball 0 0 19 0 1 0 0 0 20W. Spirit Squad 0 0 9 0 1 0 1 0 11W. Track & Field 6 1 7 1 0 2 0 0 17W. Volleyball 5 0 6 2 0 0 1 0 14Total 57 30 110 7 10 2 4 4 224

2010 WOMEN’S SOCCER MEDIA GUIDESeason Preview & Information .................................................2-3Opponents ................................................................................4-5AMC Composite Schedule .......................................................... 6Head Coach Ken Hefner ............................................................. 7Assistant Coach Kitti Katona ....................................................... 8Player Profiles ........................................................................9-172009 Season Recap & Statistics ............................................... 18Coaching Records, Individual Honors ....................................... 19Year-by-Year Results ............................................................20-21Series Records, NAIA Tournament ............................................ 22Park University .....................................................................23-25Dr. Michael H. Droge, President ................................................ 26Park Athletics Staff .................................................................... 27Claude W. English, Director of Athletics .................................... 28Staff Bios ..............................................................................29-30Media Information & Directory ................................................... 31Julian Field ................................................................................ 32

UNIVERSITY INFORMATIONLocation ....................................................................Parkville, Mo.Enrollment .......................................................................... 24,166Conference .......................................................American MidwestNickname (Colors) .................................. Pirates (Canary & Wine)President ................................................ Michael H. Droge, Ph.D.Director of Athletics................................................Claude EnglishAthletics Phone......................................................(816) 584-6425Athletics Fax ..........................................................(816) 505-5448Website ......................................................www.parkathletics.com

WOMEN’S SOCCER INFORMATIONHead Coach................................................ Ken Hefner (6th Year)Alma Mater ...................................................West Georgia (1987)Career Record (Record at Park)..................229-166-19 (60-28-9)Assistant Coach.......................................... Kitti Katona (1st Year)Stadium (Capacity) ..........................................Julian Field (1,500)2009 Record (AMC).................................................10-7-1 (6-4-0)First Women’s Soccer Season .............................................. 1988All-Time Women’s Soccer Record ...............................318-110-18

SPORTS INFORMATIONSports Information Director/Women’s Soccer .......... Steve WilsonE-Mail ...............................................................swilson@park.eduOffice Phone ..........................................................(816) 584-6490Mobile Phone.........................................................(913) 687-2663

Assistant Sports Information Director ........................... Tyler PriceE-Mail ........................................................... [email protected] Phone ..........................................................(816) 584-6751Mobile Phone......................................................... (913) 645-4111

CREDITSThe 2010 Park University Women’s Soccer Media Guide was de-signed, written and edited by Steve Wilson, Sports Information Director with editorial assistance from Tyler Price, Rita Weighill and Brad Biles. Photography by Park University, Kristen Hansen, Kelly Frey and Frank Hamilton. Printed by Multi-Ad Sports.

WEBSITEThe online home for Park Athletics is www.parkathletics.com, with complete player information, schedules, statistics and historical archives.

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2 With seven upper classmen on a Park University women’s soccer roster of 19 players, youth must produce for the Pirates to be successful in the

2010 season. The Pirates will look to build on a 2009 season that saw Park outscore its opponents 65-10. However, Park did not reach a conference tournament championship for the first time under head coach Ken Hefner, and the Pirates finished in third place in the conference with just six league wins and 10 overall victo-ries. Park shutout its first five opponents in 2009, and five games went into overtime. “Our main goal will always be to be conference champions,” Hefner said, leading into the 2010 season. “This is the first step in post season play. I do not think we failed greatly last year. We just did not have the continuity all year long. We will need to be more focused on winning this year. The games we lost last year were one-goal games. That is just a matter of forc-ing your will on your opponent. I expect us to go out this year and force our will for 90 minutes, not just 60 minutes. I expect us to be in the conference championship game.” Four seniors and three juniors make up the seven-member group of upperclassmen, of which just six are returners from the 2009 roster. The lone newcomer in the junior class, Chelsie Shepard, comes to Park from Johnson County Community College, where she helped the Cavaliers to a national tournament appear-ance in 2009. The two returning juniors – Ashley Max-well and Nori Gedei – were responsible for a chunk of Park’s offense in both the 2008 and 2009 seasons, with Maxwell leading the team in scoring during both her freshman and sophomore campaigns. As a freshman in 2008, Maxwell scored 13

goals and distributed three assists on the way to a Third-Team NAIA All-American designation, and in 2009, she was the leading scorer in the American Midwest Confer-ence, finding the back of the net 16 times with four assists to earn honorable mention all-conference honors in the AMC. Gedei has five goals and seven assists over the

last two seasons, bringing the scoring total for the ju-nior class to 34 goals and 14 assists in the last

two seasons. Park’s seniors are headlined by a staple between the posts over the last three sea-sons, as goalkeeper Monika Stoiber returns to the Pirate lineup with a career record of 21-12-4 in 41 games and 36 starts in the net for Park. Stoiber recorded all 10 wins for the

Pirates last season and nearly doubled her career saves total, stopping 60 shots to make 127 in her three-year goalkeeping career. She has played more

than 3,500 minutes for the Pirates with a goals-against average of 0.98, surrendering a career-low 10 scores to opponents with 11 shutouts in the 2009 season. A freshman will back up Stoiber, as Ellen Ghi-

rardi joins the Park roster in 2010 with ties to the Amer-ican Midwest Conference. Ghirardi’s sister, Chrissy, is

a goalkeeper for McKendree University, the 2009 AMC regular-season women’s soccer champion. Ghirardi is a product of O’Fallon, Mo., in the St. Louis area. Another St. Louis-area product, senior Lisa Buz-zotta, has provided the top offensive totals in the 2010 senior class, having her best season in a Pirate uniform

as a junior with four goals and an assist, bringing her ca-reer total to seven scores. In her three years, Buzzotta has eight assists, distributing the ball for five assists as a sophomore. The Pirates also expect contributions from senior midfielder Emilia Sheffer and senior defender Samantha Gross in the 2010 sea-son. Park’s sophomore class must complement its junior and senior

2010 ROSTERNo. Player Ht. Yr. Pos. Hometown Previous School1 Ellen Ghirardi 5’9 Fr. GK O’Fallon, Mo. Fort Zumwalt South HS3 Lisa Buzzota 5’7 Sr. MF Chesterfield, Mo. Parkway West HS4 Cara Lightle 5’6 Fr. D Shawnee, Kan. Shawnee Mission Northwest HS5 Nichole Hemmingsen 5’7 So. MF Prairie Village, Kan. Shawnee Mission East HS6 J’Vonelle Simpson 5’4 So. D Kingston, Jamaica Camperdown HS7 Chelsie Shepard 5’3 Jr. MF Topeka, Kan. Johnson County CC8 Nori Gedei 5’6 Jr. MF Szeged, Hungary Sacvari Endre HS9 Dana Hemmingsen 5’7 So. F Prairie Village, Kan. Shawnee Mission East HS10 Juneille Watkins 5’4 So. F St. Andrew, Jamaica St. Hugh’s HS11 Madeline Sund 5’7 Fr. MF Topasvagen, Sweden Borgarskolan HS12 Linn Westerdahl 5’7 Fr. MF Gaule, Sweden Borgarskolan HS13 Melanie Brewer 5’2 So. D Olathe, Kan. Olathe North HS14 Samantha Gross 5’3 Sr. D Adelaide, Australia Sacred Heart College15 Haylee Allen 5’6 Fr. D Shawnee, Kan. Shawnee Mission Northwest HS16 Anna Malmen 5’10 Fr. D Jarfalla, Sweden NT-Gymnasiet19 Ashley Maxwell 5’10 Jr. F Kansas City, Mo. Park Hill HS20 Alison Rausch 5’11 So. D Kansas City, Mo. Park Hill HS23 Emilia Sheffer 5’4 Sr. MF Kansas City, Mo. Park Hill South HS24 Monika Stoiber 5’5 Sr. GK Janossomorja, Hungary Szentgyorgyi Albert HS


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teammates in the 2010 season, with a position change headlining the Pirates’ second-year players in the form of Dana Hemming-sen, who will move from the midfield to forward in 2010. Hem-mingsen scored six goals with four assists last year, and her twin sister, Nichole, scored twice with one assist in her freshman sea-son. Nichole Hemmingsen will remain in the midfield in 2010. Melanie Brewer returns to the Pirates after a successful de-fensive showing in 2009, playing key roles in the team’s 11 shut-outs and 10-goal count by opponents. Brewer will step into one of the team’s lead defensive roles this season after the departure of 2009 starters Aliesha Cassie and Kitti Katona. Katona will remain with the program in 2010 as an assistant coach. Sophomore J’vonnelle Simpson is also expected to help the defense in 2010, while sophomore forward Juneille Watkins re-turns after an all-conference campaign in 2009, posting 10 goals and three assists in her first year in a Pirate uniform. A pair of Johnson County freshmen and three Swedish players complete the Park roster in 2010, as both Haylee Allen and Cara Lightle have joined the squad from Shawnee Mission Northwest, while Linn Westerdahl, Anna Malmen and Madeline Sund will get their first taste of American soccer after successful youth cam-paigns in Sweden. “There’s no doubt we need to determine who our leaders are early,” Hefner said. “And it doesn’t just come from the returners. They need to take the responsibility, but the newcomers are here for a reason. I want the newcomers to put pressure on the return-ers, and late in the year, I expect them all to play like veterans. Re-lationships play such an important part in the team and the game they play so the earlier we can conquer those hurdles, the better the team will be, and the more you can do with the team earlier.”

2010 SCHEDULEDate Opponent Location Time8/21 Sioux Falls Julian Field Noon8/31 MidAmerica Nazarene Julian Field 5:00 p.m.9/3 Midland Lutheran Julian Field 6:00 p.m.9/12 William Jewell Liberty, Mo. 5:30 p.m.9/15 Benedictine Atchison, Kan. 5:00 p.m.9/18 McKendree * Julian Field Noon9/22 Graceland Julian Field 5:00 p.m.9/25 Hannibal-LaGrange * Hannibal, Mo. 3:00 p.m.9/29 McKendree * Lebanon, Ill. 6:00 p.m.10/2 Harris-Stowe * Julian Field Noon10/6 William Woods * Fulton, Mo. 5:00 p.m.10/9 Missouri Baptist * St. Louis, Mo. Noon10/13 Baker Baldwin City, Kan. 5:00 p.m.10/16 Hannibal-LaGrange * Julian Field 1:00 p.m.10/20 Harris-Stowe * St. Louis, Mo. 1:00 p.m.10/23 William Woods * Julian Field Noon10/30 Missouri Baptist * Julian Field Noon11/5 AMC Quarterfinal Campus Sites TBA11/8 AMC Semifinal Campus Sites TBA11/11 AMC Championship Campus Sites TBA11/20 NAIA Opening Round Campus Sites TBA11/29 NAIA National Tournament Decatur, Ala. TBA11/30 NAIA National Tournament Decatur, Ala. TBA12/1 NAIA National Tournament Decatur, Ala. TBA12/2 NAIA National Tournament Decatur, Ala. TBA12/3 NAIA National Tournament Decatur, Ala. TBA12/4 NAIA National Tournament Decatur, Ala. TBA

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4 BAKERGame 13 • Oct. 13 • Away

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Baldwin City, Kan.Nickname: WildcatsColors: Orange & WhiteEnrollment: 3,000Conference: HAACStadium: Liston Stadium

SOCCER INFORMATIONHead Coach: Nate HouserAlma Mater: BakerOverall Record: 33-22-4Record at Baker: 33-22-42009 Record: 13-7-02009 HAAC Record: 7-3-0

MEDIA RELATIONSSoccer Contact: Kevin KundeOffice Phone: (785) 594-8495E-Mail: [email protected]: www.bakerwildcats.com

ALL-TIME SERIESLast Meeting: Oct. 13, 2009Result: Baker 1, Park 0 (2 OT)Series Record: 9-5-0

BENEDICTINEGame 5 • Sept. 15 • Away

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Atchison, Kan.Nickname: RavensColors: Red, Black & WhiteEnrollment: 1,350Conference: HAACStadium: BC Soccer Complex

SOCCER INFORMATIONHead Coach: Lincoln RobleeAlma Mater: ParkOverall Record: 63-21-12Record at Benedictine: 63-21-122009 Record: 13-4-22009 HAAC Record: 5-3-1

MEDIA RELATIONSSoccer Contact: Josh PoundOffice Phone: (913) 360-7634E-Mail: [email protected]: www.ravenathletics.com

ALL-TIME SERIESLast Meeting: Sept. 16, 2009Result: Park 0, Baker 0 (2 OT)Series Record: 13-4-1

GRACELANDGame 7 • Sept. 22 • Home

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Lamoni, IowaNickname: YellowjacketsColors: Blue & GoldEnrollment: 1,200Conference: HAACStadium: Rasmussen Field

SOCCER INFORMATIONHead Coach: Fred WagenaarAlma Mater: BrockOverall Record: 101-10-13Record at Graceland: 101-10-132009 Record: 19-2-22009 HAAC Record: 9-0-0

MEDIA RELATIONSSoccer Contact: Matt SheltonOffice Phone: (641) 784-5472E-Mail: [email protected]: www.graceland.edu/athletics

ALL-TIME SERIESLast Meeting: Sept. 22, 2009Result: Graceland 1, Park 0 (OT)Series Record: 3-5-0

HANNIBAL-LaGRANGEGame 8 • Sept. 25 • AwayGame 14 • Oct. 16 • Home

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Hannibal, Mo.Nickname: TrojansColors: Scarlet & BlueEnrollment: 1,100Conference: AMCStadium: Blackwell Field

SOCCER INFORMATIONHead Coach: Jason NichollsAlma Mater: WestmarOverall Record: 71-93-8Record at HLG: 71-93-82009 Record: 8-9-12009 AMC Record: 4-5-1

MEDIA RELATIONSSoccer Contact: Jordan ArgoOffice Phone: (573) 629-3212E-Mail: [email protected]: www.hlg.edu/athletics

ALL-TIME SERIESLast Meeting: Oct. 17, 2009Result: Park 2, HLG 0Series Record: 4-1-0

MIDAMERICA NAZARENEGame 2 • Aug. 31 • Home

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Olathe, Kan.Nickname: PioneersColors: Royal, Scarlet & WhiteEnrollment: 1,800Conference: HAACStadium: Pioneer Field

SOCCER INFORMATIONHead Coach: Rocky OrtonAlma Mater: MidAmerica NazareneOverall Record: 34-34-6Record at MNU: 34-34-62009 Record: 8-9-12009 HAAC Record: 4-5-0

MEDIA RELATIONSSoccer Contact: Chad JenkinsOffice Phone: (913) 971-3457E-Mail: [email protected]: www.mnusports.com

ALL-TIME SERIESLast Meeting: Oct. 21, 2008Result: Park 2, MNU 1Series Record: 3-0-0

MIDLAND LUTHERANGame 3 • Sept. 3 • Home

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Fremont, Neb.Nickname: WarriorsColors: Orange & BlackEnrollment: 608Conference: GPACStadium: Christensen Field

SOCCER INFORMATIONHead Coach: Blake ReynoldsAlma Mater: BakerOverall Record: 16-4-1Record at MLC: 16-4-12009 Record: 16-4-12009 GPAC Record: 10-2-0

MEDIA RELATIONSSoccer Contact: Rich RayOffice Phone: (402) 941-6074E-Mail: [email protected]: www.mlc.edu/athletics

ALL-TIME SERIESThe 2010 meeting between Mid-land Lutheran and Park will be the first-ever between the two schools.

MISSOURI BAPTISTGame 12 • Oct. 9 • Away

Game 17 • Oct. 30 • Home

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: St. Louis, Mo.Nickname: SpartansColors: Navy & WhiteEnrollment: 3,496Conference: AMCStadium: Soccer Park in Fenton

SOCCER INFORMATIONHead Coach: Deno MerrickAlma Mater: Missouri BaptistOverall Record: 31-25-2Record at MoBap: 31-25-22009 Record: 12-8-12009 AMC Record: 6-3-1

MEDIA RELATIONSSoccer Contact: Tiah WingateOffice Phone: (314) 323-0307E-Mail: [email protected]: www.mbuspartans.com

ALL-TIME SERIESLast Meeting: Nov. 9, 2009Result: Mo. Baptist 3, Park 1Series Record: 9-4-1

SIOUX FALLSGame 1 • Aug. 21 • Home

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Sioux Falls, S.D.Nickname: CougarsColors: Purple, Black & WhiteEnrollment: 1,275Conference: GPACStadium: Sanford Health Sports Complex

SOCCER INFORMATIONHead Coach: Mekonnen AfaAlma Mater: National AmericanOverall Record: 21-32-3Record at Sioux Falls: 21-32-32009 Record: 10-8-12009 GPAC Record: 7-4-1

MEDIA RELATIONSSoccer Contact: Matt StullOffice Phone: (605) 331-6695E-Mail: [email protected]: www.usiouxfalls.edu/sports

ALL-TIME SERIESThe 2010 meeting between Sioux Falls and Park will be the first-ever between the two schools.


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HARRIS-STOWEGame 10 • Oct. 2 • HomeGame 15 • Oct. 20 • Away

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: St. Louis, Mo.Nickname: HornetsColors: Brown & GoldEnrollment: 1,900Conference: AMCStadium: HSSU Field

SOCCER INFORMATIONHead Coach: John RyanAlma Mater: Harris-StoweOverall Record: 1-34-0Record at Harris-Stowe: 1-34-0 2009 Record: 0-18-02009 AMC Record: 0-10-0

MEDIA RELATIONSSoccer Contact: Phil HuntOffice Phone: (314) 340-5984E-Mail: [email protected]: athletics.hssu.edu

ALL-TIME SERIESLast Meeting: Nov. 6, 2009Result: Park 14, Harris-Stowe 0Series Record: 8-1-0

McKENDREEGame 6 • Sept. 18 • HomeGame 9 • Sept. 29 • Away

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Lebanon, Ill.Nickname: BearcatsColors: Purple & WhiteEnrollment: 3,000Conference: AMCStadium: Leemon Field

SOCCER INFORMATIONHead Coach: Tim StrangeAlma Mater: Saint LouisOverall Record: 169-42-16Record at McKendree: 169-42-162009 Record: 17-3-22009 AMC Record: 10-0-0

MEDIA RELATIONSSoccer Contact: Eric BuckOffice Phone: (618) 537-6565E-Mail: [email protected]: www.mckbearcats.com

ALL-TIME SERIESLast Meeting: Oct. 24, 2009Result: McKendree 1, Park 0Series Record: 10-3-0

WILLIAM WOODSGame 11 • Oct. 6 • Away

Game 16 • Oct. 23 • Home

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Fulton, Mo.Nickname: OwlsColors: Burgundy & Forest GreenEnrollment: 2,300Conference: AMCStadium: Firley Field

SOCCER INFORMATIONHead Coach: Randy HallAlma Mater: LincolnOverall Record: 6-43-2Record at William Woods: 4-14-02009 Record: 4-14-02009 AMC Record: 3-7-0

MEDIA RELATIONSSoccer Contact: Jason VittoneOffice Phone: (573) 592-1627E-Mail: [email protected]: www.williamwoods.edu/athletics

ALL-TIME SERIESLast Meeting: Oct. 28, 2009Result: William Woods 1, Park 0Series Record: 11-2-0

WILLIAM JEWELLGame 4 • Sept. 12 • Away

GENERAL INFORMATIONLocation: Liberty, Mo.Nickname: CardinalsColors: Cardinal Red & BlackEnrollment: 1,300Conference: HAACStadium: Greene Stadium

SOCCER INFORMATIONHead Coach: Chris CisselAlma Mater: William JewellOverall Record: 149-40-9Record at William Jewell: 149-40-12009 Record: 12-6-12009 HAAC Record: 6-4-1

MEDIA RELATIONSSoccer Contact: Paul WorstellOffice Phone: (816) 415-5959E-Mail: [email protected]: www.jewell.edu

ALL-TIME SERIESLast Meeting: Sept. 9, 20090Result: Park 1, Jewell 0 (ot)Series Record: 3-5-0

Park University is a second-year member in the American Midwest Conference, joining in the 2009-10 school year, rejoining the league after nine years of membership in the

MCAC and as an NAIA Independent in basketball. Park previously held membership in the AMC from 1993 to 2000, exiting the league following the spring semester in 2000. “This is a great partnership for Park University and the AMC,” said Park University Director of Athletics, Claude English. “In the ever-changing landscape of collegiate athletics, it is important to have strong alliances within a conference for all of our athletic programs. The AMC gives us one unified conference home for our programs, and it also provides a familiarity with our past history in the league.” Park is one of nine AMC member institutions, joining Columbia College, Hannibal-LaGrange College, Harris-Stowe State Univer-sity, McKendree University, Missouri Baptist University, Stephens College, William Woods University and Williams Baptist College. “The AMC looks forward to Park University rejoining the con-ference, and we know that Park will bring a lot to our league in the way of sponsored teams and quality conference competition,” Lowell Pitzer, AMC Commissioner, said. “Park’s location and proximity to the NAIA National Head-quarters will also provide a boost for our conference. This was a unanimous decision by our executive committee, and we are excited for Park to come in next year.” The AMC sponsors championships in 13 different sports: baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s soc-cer, softball, men’s and women’s track and field, and volleyball. The purpose of the American Midwest Conference is to pro-mote the positive ideals and objectives of athletics, to provide an organization of colleges and universities with similar foundations to engage in athletic contests on an equal basis, to serve as a forum to formulate and solve common problems, to enhance and preserve athletics in their true perspective and to promote athlet-ics in an academic environment. The American Midwest Conference also compiles a Presi-dents Cup, where schools earn points for conference finishes in all sports. McKendree captured the 2009-10 President’s Cup. Park finished fourth in the 2009-10 standings.

2009-10 AMC President’s CupSchool PointsMcKendree 387.5William Woods 325Missouri Baptist 265Park 222.5Hannibal-LaGrange 215Columbia 185Williams Baptist 107.5Harris-Stowe 97.5Stephens 30


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August 21Sioux Falls at Park, Noon

August 27Hannibal-LaGrange at Benedictine, 7:30 p.m.

August 28Lambut at Harris-Stowe, 1 p.m.

August 31Harris-Stowe at Missouri Valley, TBAWilliam Woods at Avila, 1 p.m.Mount Mercy at Hannibal-LaGrange, 5 p.m.MidAmerica Nazarene at Park, 5 p.m.Central Methodist at McKendree, 6 p.m.

September 3Doane at Harris-Stowe, 2 p.m.Midland Lutheran at Park, 6 p.m.

September 4William Woods vs. Bethel (Kan.), 2 p.m.Missouri Baptist at Missouri Valley, 2 p.m.Central Methodist at Hannibal-LaGrange, 3 p.m.

September 5William Woods at Saint Mary (Kan.), Noon

September 6Monmouth College at Hannibal-LaGrange, 4:30 p.m.

September 8Harris-Stowe at Central Methodist, 5 p.m.Iowa Wesleyan at William Woods, 5 p.m.

September 9Southern Nazarene at McKendree, 6 p.m.

September 10Missouri Baptist at Baker, 3 p.m.

September 11Culver-Stockton at Harris-Stowe, 1 p.m.Missouri Baptist at MidAmerica Nazarene, 1 p.m.Illinois Tech at McKendree, 3 p.m.* Hannibal-LaGrange at William Woods, 7 p.m.

September 12Park at William Jewell, 5:30 p.m.

September 13Greenville at Harris-Stowe, 3 p.m.

September 14* Missouri Baptist at McKendree, 7 p.m.

September 15Missouri Valley at William Woods, 5 p.m.Park at Benedictine, 5 p.m.* Harris-Stowe at McKendree, 7 p.m.

September 18* McKendree at Park, Noon

September 19William Woods at Culver-Stockton, 1 p.m.

September 21* McKendree at William Woods, 5 p.m.

September 22* Hannibal-LaGrange at Harris-Stowe, 2 p.m.Graceland at Park, 5 p.m.Central Methodist at Missouri Baptist, 7 p.m.

September 23Lindenwood at McKendree, 6 p.m.

September 25* Park at Hannibal-LaGrange, 3 p.m.* Missouri Baptist at William Woods, 4 p.m.McKendree at Avila, 6 p.m.

September 27Missouri Valley at McKendree, 6 p.m.

September 29* Missouri Baptist at Hannibal-LaGrange, 3 p.m.* Park at McKendree, 6 p.m.

October 1* McKendree at Missouri Baptist, 5 p.m.

October 2* Harris-Stowe at Park, Noon* William Woods at Hannibal-LaGrange, 1:30 p.m.

October 5Missouri Baptist at Oklahoma Wesleyan, 2 p.m.* Hannibal-LaGrange at McKendree, 6 p.m.

October 6* Park at William Woods, 5 p.m.

October 9* Park at Missouri Baptist, 1 p.m.Missouri Valley at Hannibal-LaGrange, 1 p.m.* Harris-Stowe at William Woods, 2 p.m.

October 12Hannibal-LaGrange at Culver-Stockton, 4 p.m.* Harris-Stowe at Missouri Baptist, 5 p.m.Park at Baker, 5 p.m.Central Methodist at William Woods, 7 p.m.

October 13Missouri Baptist at Lindenwood, 6 p.m.

October 16* Hannibal-LaGrange at Park, 1 p.m.Brescia at Missouri Baptist, 5 p.m.* William Woods at McKendree, 5 p.m.

October 18* William Woods at Harris-Stowe, 2 p.m.

October 19* Hannibal-LaGrange at Missouri Baptist, 5 p.m.

October 20* Park at Harris-Stowe, 1 p.m.Southern Indiana at McKendree, 6 p.m.

October 22* Missouri Baptist at Harris-Stowe, 1 p.m.

October 23* William Woods at Park, Noon* McKendree at Hannibal-LaGrange, 1 p.m.Missouri Baptist at Union (Ky.), 2 p.m.

October 25McKendree at Saint Ambrose, 3 p.m.

October 26* William Woods at Missouri Baptist, 7 p.m.

October 27* McKendree at Harris-Stowe, 1 p.m.

October 29* Harris-Stowe at Hannibal-LaGrange, 2 p.m.

October 30* Missouri Baptist at Park, NoonBenedictine-Springfield at Hannibal-LaGrange, 1 p.m.

November 5AMC Tournament Quarterfinals

November 8AMC Tournament Semifinals

November 11AMC Tournament Championship

November 20NAIA Opening Round

November 30 – December 4NAIA Tournament Final Site

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Ken Hefner enters his sixth season as the head coach of the Park University women’s soccer program, entering the season with a mark of 60-28-9 at Park, while his overall

record, including 29 wins as a men’s head coach, is 213-161-18. During the 2009 season, Hefner’s Pirates were within striking distance of an American Midwest Conference title throughout the regular season, scoring 63 goals on the year while using a smoth-ering defense that held opponents to just 10 scores on the year. Hefner guided the Pirates to 10 wins in 2009, marking the 20th winning season in 22 years of women’s soccer at Park. It was also the 19th season with at least 10 wins in the 22-year history of Park’s women’s soccer program. The 2009 season was also the fifth-straight under Hefner that saw the Pirates qualify for the postseason, ending the year in the 2010 American Midwest Conference Tournament semifinals at Missouri Baptist. Hefner led the Pirates to their eighth NAIA tournament appear-ance in 2008, earning an opening-round draw before advancing to the second round and final site on penalty kicks at Dordt College. Park finished the year with a 14-2-3 record, losing to NAIA na-tional champion Lee University in Daytona Beach, Fla. Park also claimed its third-straight MCAC regular-season champion-ship and fourth in the last five years, capping the con-ference season with a second-straight MCAC tourna-ment championship at Julian Field. At the conclusion of the 2008 season, Hefner gathered a pair of honors, being named NSCAA/adi-das NAIA Midwest Region Coach of the Year, as well as MCAC Co-Coach of the Year. He also coached nine all-conference players in 2008, two of which went on to be named NAIA All-Americans. Hefner had the Pirates within one win of a trip to Daytona Beach, Fla., and the NAIA tournament in the 2007 season, but a loss to Kansas Wesleyan in the Region IV final ended the season at 12-5-2. The Pi-rates were MCAC regular-season tri-champions and MCAC tournament champions, while also produc-ing an honorable mention All-American during the year. In 2006, Hefner led the Pirates to a regular season MCAC championship, going 5-0 in conference play. Park dropped the tourna-ment final to Bellevue, 1-0 but beat Kan-sas Wesleyan in the Region IV Tourna-ment, advancing to the school’s fifth consecutive appearance at the NAIA National Tournament. Hefner led the women past College of the South-west in Round One but then fell to No. 4 Houghton College out of New York in Round Two. Hefner was honored as the Region IV Coach of the Year and MCAC Co-Coach of the Year.

Hefner ranks as the eighth winningest coaches in NAIA his-tory, owning 174 ca-reer women’s wins in two seasons at Park, seven seasons at Lindsey Wilson Col-lege (1993-1999) and three seasons at Tennessee Wesleyan College (1990-93). Addi-tionally, Hefner posted 19 wins as the head coach at NCAA Divi-sion I Arkansas State, helping his career coaching wins total to eighth all-time among NAIA women’s coaches. He also has 29 men’s wins from his time at Tennessee Wes-leyan to push his overall career total to 189 wins. While at Lindsey Wilson, Hefner’s teams advanced to the na-tional tournament twice (1998, 1999) and achieved a final national ranking of fifth following the 1999 season. In seven seasons at Lindsey Wilson, he posted a 93-46-5 record and had 11 players earn NAIA All-America honors. In 1999, Hefner was tabbed to lead a start-up soccer program

at Arkansas State, which began play in 2000. His teams quali-fied for the Sun Belt Conference tournament four years in

a row under his guidance and had three players named to the all-conference team from 2000-2003. In addition to Hefner’s success on the field, his players have enjoyed success in the classroom. At Lindsey Wilson, he had 18 academic all-conference selections and eight NAIA Scholar-Athletes. During his time at Arkansas State, his team owned an overall GPA of 3.0 or better in six of seven semesters while he was at ASU.

Hefner has guided the women’s soccer program to three-straight NAIA Scholar Team

designations, and eight players have been named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes during his tenure at Park University.He has also coached second- and third-team NAIA All-Americans while at Park, with a handful of players also earning NAIA Honorable Mention All-America designations. In 2009, Hefner’s program had five all-conference honorees and

eight academic all-conference designa-tions. Hefner, who owns a United States Soccer Federation National “B” License, an Advanced National License and an NSCAA National Diploma, earned a bachelor of arts in psychology from West Georgia College in 1987. He and his wife,

Dawn, have three children, Matthew (24), Megan (23) and Mackenzie (19).

KEN HEFNERHEAD WOMEN’S SOCCER COACH • 6TH SEASONYear W-L-T PCT CONF PCT2005 8-9-3 .475 3-1-2 .6672006 16-5-0 .762 5-0-0 1.0002007 12-5-2 .684 4-1-0 .8002008 14-2-3 .816 5-0-0 1.0002009 10-7-1 .583 6-4-0 .600TOTAL 60-28-9 .665 23-6-2 .774


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2010-11 PIRATE CLUB MEMBERS

Kitti Katona begins her first season as an assistant coach in the program she helped build into a defensive power,

moving to the Park sideline after four years as a starting defender for the Pirates between

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

Kitti KatonaAssistant Coach • First Season


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PERSONAL – Haylee Renee Allen was born in Lexington, Kan., and is the daughter of Denise Fuentes and Jay Allen...Both parents are teachers...Has four siblings...Played high school soccer at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School in Shaw-nee, Kan., under head coach Todd Boren, in the Sunflower League...Was also recruited by Southwest Baptist University and chose Park for the opportunity to play soccer...Enjoys spending time with friends, soccer and art...Will major in criminal justice.

15Haylee Allen5-6 • Freshman • Defender

Shawnee, Kan. (Shawnee Mission NW HS

2009 - Started in all 18 games for the Pirate defense, reg-istering a pair of goals in games against Harris-Stowe

State University on Oct. 3 and Oct. 19...Helped the Park defense compile 11 shut outs, allowing just 10 goals on the year...Took 12 shots and placed six on goal...PERSONAL – Melanie Brewer was born in Olathe, Kan., and is the daughter of Dave and

Denise Brewer…Father is the Chief Operating Officer of the Culligan Corporation of Greater

Kansas City…Mother is a clerk…Has five siblings, including oldest brother Josh, the 1997 Simone Award winner and for-

mer Olathe North quarterback…Other siblings are Joe, Ricky, Haleigh and

John…High school coaches were Dave Glassman and Forest Miles

at Olathe North, where she was named honorable men-

tion All-Sunflower League as a junior in 2008…

Started every game in four years at Olathe

North and is also a captain for her club team,

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

CAREER STATISTICSYear GP-GS G A Pts. Sh Sh% SOG SOG% GW PK-AT2009 18-18 2 0 4 12 .167 6 .500 0 0-0Total 18-18 2 0 4 12 .167 6 .500 0 0-0

13Melanie Brewer5-2 • Sophomore • Defender

Olathe, Kan. (Olathe Northwest HS)


10 8Nori Gedei5-6 • Junior • Forward/Midfielder

Szeged, Hungary (Sacvari Endre HS)

2009 - Played in all 18 games and earned 17 starts, scoring four goals with an assist to total nine points...Took 18 shots, record-

ing 12 shots on goal...Scored her first goal of the season in the 2009 opener against Avila and registered single goals in each of the team’s games against Harris-Stowe...Also had assist against

HSSU in St. Louis...Took a sea-son-high five shots in the AMC

tournament quarterfinals against Harris-Stowe...2008 - Played and started in all 19 games for the Pirates as a sophomore, including two

national tournament starts...Scored two goals and shared

the team-lead in assists with five...Was named Second-Team

All-MCAC...Took 22 shots on the season, including six on goal, and

scored her goals against a pair of Oklahoma schools - Oklahoma Wesleyan and Oklahoma Christian...Had two assists against York...2007 - As a freshman, ap-

peared in 17 games and started in 16 as a outside wing…logged in 1,293 minutes…

scored one goal and had two assists for four points…took 15 shots and placed 6 on goal for a .400 shot-on-goal percentage...PER-

SONAL - Lisa Buzzotta was born in St. Louis, Mo. …daughter of Mike and Gail…has three sisters…

played soccer and graduated high school from Parkway West High School…team was conference champion all

four years…individual honors include Second-Team all-conference as a junior and First-Team all-con-ference as a senior…played for head coach Annie Wayland…chose to attend Park to play soccer…is a social work major.

CAREER STATISTICSYear GP-GS G A Pts. Sh Sh% SOG SOG% GW PK-AT2007 17-16 1 2 4 15 .067 6 .400 0 0-02008 19-19 2 5 9 22 .091 6 .273 0 0-02009 18-17 4 1 9 18 .222 12 .667 0 0-0Total 54-52 7 8 22 55 .127 24 .436 0 0-0

3Lisa Buzzotta5-7 • Senior • Midfielder

Chesterfield, Mo. (Parkway West HS)

2009 - Played in all 18 games, starting in 11, with three goals and five assists for 11 points...Took 25 shots and put 13 on goal...Scored all three of her goals in an Oct. 13 win over Harris-Stowe State University, helping the Pirates establish the eighth-best single game scoring total in NAIA women’s soccer history...Had her the first of her five assists in the season opener against Avila...Two of her three goals on the year were unassist-ed...2008 - Played in 19 games, making 17 starts with two goals scored...First goal came against NCAA Divi-sion I South Dakota, which also marked her only career col-legiate game-winning goal...Later scored at home against Central Christian...Also had two assists on the year, get-ting her first against Okla-homa Christian and her sec-ond at Benedictine...Took 20 shots on the year, including five at Oklahoma Wesleyan and four against Oklahoma Christian...Of her 20 shots, placed 14 on goal...PERSONAL - Nori Gedei was born in Szeged…chose Park for the soccer program…plans to major in international business.

CAREER STATISTICSYear GP-GS G A Pts. Sh Sh% SOG SOG% GW PK-AT2008 19-17 2 2 6 20 .100 14 .700 1 0-02009 18-11 3 5 11 25 .120 13 .520 0 0-0Total 37-28 5 7 17 45 .111 27 .600 1 0-0


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PERSONAL – Ellen Michelle Ghirardi was born in St. Louis, Mo., and is the daughter of Bob and Mary Jo Ghirardi...Father is a technical production manager, mother a research specialist...Has three siblings, including a sister - Chrissy - who plays soccer for AMC rival McKendree University...Also recruited by McKend-ree, Lindenwood, Greenville and Johnson County...Played high school soccer at Fort Zumwalt High School for head coach Vernon Gano...A four-year varsity performer, was the outstanding sports-manship award winner as well as an academic all-conference member...Chose Park for its campus and soccer program.

1Ellen Ghirardi5-9 • Freshman • Goalkeeper

O’Fallon, Mo. (Fort Zumwalt HS)

14Samantha Gross5-3 • Junior • Defender

Adelaide, Australia (Sacred Heart College

2009 - Earned nine starts and appeared in 15 games, going with-out a shot...Played a pivotal role in Park’s 11 shut-outs during the season, helping anchor a defense that surrendered just 10 goals...2008 - Saw action in eight games, making two starts...

Final appearance of the season was Oct. 18 against Oklahoma Wesleyan...Took

one shot against Benedictine...2007 - Appeared in 18 games, earning

the starting nod in 17...tallied over 1,400 minutes on the field…took two shots on the year...PER-

SONAL - Samantha Gross was born in Australia…parents are Christopher

and Karina Gross…has one brother, David (27) and two sisters Amy (25) and Hannah (23)…attended Sacred Heart College for high school…is majoring in psychology.

CAREER STATISTICSYear GP-GS G A Pts. Sh Sh% SOG SOG% GW PK-AT2007 18-17 0 0 0 2 .000 0 .000 0 0-02008 8-2 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0 0-02009 15-9 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-0Total 41-28 0 0 0 3 .000 0 .000 0 0-0

9Dana Hemmingsen5-7 • Sophomore • Forward

Prairie Village, Kan. (Shawnee Mission East HS)

2009 - Played in all 18 games with 17 starts, posting six goals and four assists to total 16 points...Took 44 shots, 21 of which were shots on goal...Had a career high four goals in the American Midwest Conference quarterfinals against Harris-Stowe State University...Also had scores against Harris-Stowe in the regular season...Had three assists in Park’s 19-0 win over the Hornets in Parkville...Made 10 consecutive starts to end the regular sea-son...PERSONAL - Dana Hemmingsen was born in Kansas City, Mo., and is the daughter of Connie and Neil Hemmingsen, who reside in Prai-rie Village, Kan...Father is an electrical engineer, mother a fraud specialist…Has two sisters, Amanda and a twin, Nichole, who is also on the Park women’s soccer roster…High school coaches at Shawnee Mis-sion East were Jim Ricker and Jamie Kelly…In 2009, was se-lected First-Team All-Sunflower League, First-Team Northeast Kansas Region and First-Team All-State in Kansas Class 6A...Named 2008 All-Sun honorable men-tion and honorable mention All-Sunflower League as a junior…Played on the Kansas Olympic Development Program team from 2002 to 2004…Chose Park University over Wayne State, Tennessee Tech and UMKC be-cause of its location…Will major in mathematics…Also enjoys reading and volleyball...Will switch numbers in 2010, going from No. 16 to No. 9.



12 5Nichole Hemmingsen5-7 • Sophomore • Midfielder

Prairie Village, Kan. (Shawnee Mission East HS)

2009 - Played in all 18 games with 15 starts, including seven-straight starts to end the season...Scored two goals and had an assist for five points...First goal came in the team’s season opening win over Avila...Also scored against Harris-Stowe in the 2009 AMC Tournament...Assist came at Harris-Stowe on Oct. 19...Took 31 shots and placed eight on goal...First career goal was Park’s game win-ner against Avila...PERSONAL - Nichole Hem-mingsen was born in Kansas City, Mo., and is the daughter of Connie and Neil Hemmingsen, who reside in Prairie Village, Kan….Father is an electrical engineer, mother a fraud special-ist… Has two sisters, Amanda and a twin, Dana, who is also on the Park women’s soccer roster…High school coaches at Shawnee Mission East were Jim Ricker and Jamie Kelly…Was named Second-Team All-Sunflower League as a senior in 2009…Named 2008 All-Sun honorable mention and All-Sun-flower League second-team in her junior season…Played on the Kansas Olympic Development Pro-gram team from 2002 to 2004…Chose Park University over Wayne State, Tennessee Tech and UMKC for its campus, proximity to home and coaching staff…Also enjoys reading and volleyball when away from the soccer field...Will wear No. 5 in 2010 after wearing No. 17 in 2009.


4Cara Lightle5-6 • Freshman • Defender

Shawnee, Kan. (Shawnee Mission NW HS)

PERSONAL - Cara Renee Lightle was born in Prairie Vil-lage, Kan., and is the daughter of Jon and Cindy Lightle...Has two siblings - Rebecca (21) and Brett (17)...Played high school soccer for coaches Todd Buren and Drew Perkins at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School where she was a four-year varsity letterwinner and starter for the Kansas Class 6A Cougars...Played club soccer for KC Comets Select where she was a mem-

ber of the ODP Regional Team in 2008 and 2009...Played in the National ODP Championship tourna-ment in Frisco, Texas, in 2009...Was also consid-ered Truman State and Southwest Baptist...Chose Park for its size, campus and proximity to home...Will major in business marketing and enjoys travel-ing and spending time with friends when away from

the soccer field.


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PERSONAL – Anna Kristina Elisabet Malmen was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and is the daughter of Monika Malmen and Anders Mal-men...Previously played at NT-Gymnasiet in Stockholm under coach Kjell Hammar-lund...Was the team’s Newcomer of the Year in 2006...Chose Park for an oppor-tunity to play soccer and will major in in-terior design...Has one sibling, Lotta (16)...Enjoys spending time with friends, watching movies and snowboard-ing in her free time.

16Anna Malmen5-10 • Freshman • Defender

Stockholm, Sweeden (NT-Gymnasiet)

Ashley Maxwell5-10 • Sophomore • Forward

Kansas City, Mo. (Park Hill HS)

2009 - Played in all 18 games for Park with 16 starts, earning an Hononrable Mention All-AMC designation as a sophomore...Led the American Midwest Conference with 16 goals and also added four assists for 36 points...Had a pair of three-goal games, scor-ing three times in the season-opener against Avila University and three more in a 19-0 win over Harris-Stowe State University on Oct. 3...Had two goals against Missouri Baptist University on Oct. 10 and two against HSSU in the AMC tournament on Nov. 6...In all, scored in 10 of her 18 games played...Took 70 shots and placed 47 on goal...Had four game-winning goals and scored four unassisted goals on the year...2008 - Named the MCAC’s Offen-sive Player of the Year after leading the Pirates through the regular season with 13 goals...Was named a Third-Team All-American by the NAIA…Added three assists for 29 points...Led the team with six game winning goals, 82 shots and 47 shots on goal...Made the final PK in the Pirates’ shoot-out advance over Dordt in the NAIA Opening Round...Had three multiple-goal games, scoring twice against South Dakota, York and Oklahoma Wesleyan…First ca-reer game-winner came in overtime at William Jewell, marking the first of six game-winners on the season...Had one post-season goal, scoring the game-winner in the Pirates’ first-round MCAC win over St. Mary (Neb.)...PERSONAL - Ashley Maxwell is the daughter of Connie and Terry Maxwell…played for head coaches Carl Calcara and Manny Catano…was first-team all-conference and all-district…likes to play soccer and run…chose to attend Park for the women’s soccer program…plans to major in education.

CAREER STATISTICSYear GP-GS G A Pts. Sh Sh% SOG SOG% GW PK-AT2008 19-19 13 3 29 82 .159 47 .573 6 0-02009 18-16 16 4 36 70 .229 47 .671 4 0-0Total 37-35 29 7 65 152 .191 94 .618 10 0-0

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14 20Alli Rausch5-10 • Sophomore • Defender

Kansas City, Mo. (Park Hill HS)

23Emilia Sheffer5-4 • Senior • Midfielder

Kansas City, Mo. (Park Hill South HS)

2009 - Played in 17 games and started in one, against Harris-Stowe State University, where she scored her only goal of the season on Oct. 3...Also had four assists, including two against HSSU, one against Avila and another against HSSU in the AMC tournament...Took six shots and had three shots on goal...2008 - Played in 11 games with two goals, scoring in back-to-back games on the road at Bellevue and Oklahoma Wesley-an...Took four shots on the year, three of which were placed on frame...2007 - Appeared in 14 games as a true freshman…Played in more than 200 minutes on the field…took three shots, placing all three on net. ..PERSONAL - Emilia Sheffer is the daughter of Richard and Nancy Shef-fer…has one sister, Elizabeth (17)…took college credit courses from Maple Woods Community College in high school…academically let-tered three years…played high school soccer for Joe Toigo…was Second-Team All-District in 2006, Honorable Mention All-Conference 2006, First-Team All-Conference in 2007 and Honorable Mention All-District…is majoring in elementary education.

CAREER STATISTICSYear GP-GS G A Pts. Sh Sh% SOG SOG% GW PK-AT2007 14-0 0 0 0 3 .000 3 1.000 0 0-02008 11-0 2 0 4 4 .500 3 .750 0 0-02009 17-1 1 4 6 6 .167 3 .500 0 0-0Total 42-1 3 4 10 13 .231 9 .692 0 0-0

2009 - Played in 10 games with one start, against Harris-Stowe State University on Oct. 3...Scored her first career goal against

HSSU on Oct. 19 and scored again against the Hornets in the AMC tour-nament on Nov. 6 at Julian Field...Took 10 shots and put five on goal...

Helped the Park defense to 11 shutouts...PERSONAL - Allison Kay Rausch was born in Lib-erty, Mo., and is the daughter of Wes and Lori Rausch…Has two brothers – Austin (22) and Tre (16)…Father is a carpenter and mother works as a nanny in Kansas City…

Was also recruited by Avila, Grace-land and MidAmerica Nazarene before deciding on Park for its loca-

tion and soccer program…A cousin, Kyle Rausch, played both football and

basketball at Missouri State University before playing for the Park University

men’s basketball team in 2009-10 and 2010-11…Played high school soccer at

Park Hill High School for coaches Carl Cal-cara and Manny Catano…Was named all-

conference and all-district in 2007, 2008 and 2009…Was the Trojans’ team MVP, captain and leading scorer as a senior…Also earned an aca-demic letter at Park Hill.



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PERSONAL – Chelsie Renae Shep-ard was born in Topeka, Kan., and is the daughter of Rodger and Cynthia Shepard...Has three siblings - Rachel (23), Jenny (26) and Chris (29)...Both sisters played college soccer - Rachel at Baker and Jenny at both Allen Coun-ty and the University of South Da-kota...Mother works for the State of Kansas...Father is a fire chief for the Tope-ka Fire De-partment...P l a y e d h i g h s c h o o l s o c c e r at Topeka West High School for head coach Chris McGinnis where she was the team MVP for the Class 5A Chargers in her senior season...Went on to play at John-son County Community College for head coach Jim Schwab where she was an All-Jayhawk Conference and all-region performer...Helped the team to the NJCAA national tournament in 2009 where she scored two of the team’s three goals in postseason play...Chose Park for its location...Also recruit-ed by Avila, MidAmerica Naza-rene and Graceland...Will major in business.

7Chelsie Shepard5-3 • Junior • Midfielder

Topeka, Kan. (Johnson County CC)

J’vonelle Simpson5-4 • Sophomore • Defender

Kingston, Jamaica (Camperdown HS)

62009 - Appeared in all 18 games with 12 starts without a goal, but did record four assists...Took 22 shots and put eight on goal...Helped Park’s defense hold opponents to 10 goals in 2009 and was part of a defense that recorded 11 shutouts...Picked up a pair of assists in a pair of games against Harris-Stowe State University (Oct. 19 and Nov. 6)...Had two shots on goal against Benedictine in September...PERSONAL - J’vonelle Patrice Simpson was born in Kingston, Jamaica and is the daughter of Patrick Simpson

and Megan Watson...Has one sibling, J’von Simpson (22)...Played for Jamaica’s U-20 national team...Chose Park

to further her education and play soccer...Comes to the Pirates from Camperdown High School in Kingston where she played for coaches Patrick Dunkley, Jan-ise Campbell-Lee and Vin Blaine...Helped the team

to five Knockout championships and the 2006 Premier League title...Was the Browns Town FC rookie of the year in 2003 and the most out-standing player for Camperdown in 2008...Has not decided on a major...Nickname is “Chin”...Off-the-field hobbies include listening to music and interacting with peers...A cousin, Wavel Hinds, played cricket for the West In-

dies Cricket Team.



16 24Monika Stoiber5-4 • Senior • Goalkeeper

Janossomorja, Hungary (Szentgyorgyi Albert HS)

2009 - Started in all 18 games for the Pirates, recording all 1,681-plus minutes between the pipes with a 10-7-1 re-cord...Posted 11 shutouts and allowed just 10 goals with a 0.54 goals-against average...Had 60 saves, including 10 in a double-overtime loss at Graceland...Was perfect between the posts for the first five games of the season before allowing her first goal against the Yellowjackets...Had eight saves at McKendree...Finished the year fac-ing 140 shots, posting a .857 saves percentage...2008 - Started the first six games of the season for Park, appearing in 11 with 10 total starts, including a start between the posts in Park’s second-round national tournament game...Allowed 12 goals with a 6-2-2 record, leading the team with 34 saves...Season high six saves came twice, in back-to-back games against William Jewell and Benedictine...Had two shut-outs against John Brown and William Jew-ell...2007 - Voted Region IV Player of the Week and MCAC De-fensive Player of the Week for the week end-ing Oct. 15…ap-peared in 12 games while starting in eight…out of 89 shots faced re-corded 33 saves for a .673 save percentage…allowed 16 goals for a 1.62 goals-against aver-age…finished the season at 5-3-1...PERSONAL - Monika Stoiber is the daughter of Stoiber Sandor and Fordos Anna…played high school soccer for head coach Liszkai Dezso and club soccer for Siska Atti-la…likes to watch movies and hang out with friends…nicknamed Moni...majoring in finance.

CAREER STATISTICSStats GP-GS Min GA Avg Sv Pct W L T SHO2007 12-8 890:00 16 1.62 33 .673 5 3 1 02008 11-10 928:25 12 1.16 34 .739 6 2 2 22009 18-18 1681:39 10 0.54 60 .857 10 7 1 11 Total 41-36 3500:04 38 0.98 127 .770 21 12 4 13

11Madeline Sund5-7 • Freshman • Midfielder

Gaule, Sweden (Borgarskolan HS)

PERSONAL - Madeline Maria Sund was born in Gaule, Swe-den...Parents are Lars-aka and Gunilla Sund...Father is a police officer, mother a teacher...Has two siblings...Played high school soccer at Borgasrkalan where she was an all-district performer in 2006 and helped the team to four state championships...An uncle played in Sweden’s high-

est professional league...Chose Park for its

soccer program and will major in business and

marketing...Nick-name is Maddi...Away from the

soccer field, enjoys spending time with friends.


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PERSONAL – Linn Victoria Westerdahl was born in Gaule, Sweden and has one sibling...Parents work as a bank officer and as chief of shore...Chose Park from a coach’s recom-mendation...Played on the Gaule city soccer team and was named top player at a camp in Gaule...Enjoys watching sports and spending time with friends away from the soccer field...Has not yet declared a ma-jor.

12Linn Westerdahl5-7 • Freshman • Midfielder

Gaule, Sweden (Borgarskolan HS)

Junielle Watkins5-4 • Sophomore • Forward

Kingston, Jamaica (Camperdown HS)

102009 - Made two starts while playing in all 18 games, earning

All-Conference honors in the AMC with 10 goals and three as-sists...Took 29 shots with 17 shots on goal...Registered two goals in the season-opener against Avila University and went on to post four games with two or more goals...Career high for scoring came at Harris-Stowe State University with three

goals scored...Had assists against William Jewell, William Woods and Harris-Stowe...Four of her 10 goals were unas-

sisted...Starts came against Benedictine College and Hannibal-LaGrange College...PERSONAL - Juneille Trisan Watkins was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and is the daughter of Andrea Reid and Albert Watkins...Has one sibling, Nashvil Orbouine (26)...Played high school soccer for St. Hugh’s High School in Kings-ton for coach Warren Atkinson...Helped the team finish second in ISSA Malta School Girls’ Football...Was the team’s leading scorer and away from the field, earned classroom awards in geography and music...Also competed for the Jamaican U-20 national team...Chose Park over Baker University to further her education and play soccer...Has not yet declared her major.



18 RECORD OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 10 - 7 - 1 7 - 3 - 1 3 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0CONFERENCE 6 - 4 - 0 3 - 2 - 0 3 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0NON-CONF. 4 - 3 - 1 4 - 1 - 1 0 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0

## Player GP G A PTS SH SH% SOG SOG% GW PK-AT2 Angelica Tovar 14 3 2 8 9 .333 7 .778 0 1-13 Lisa Buzzotta 18 4 1 9 18 .222 12 .667 0 0-04 Kitti Katona 11 1 0 2 3 .333 1 .333 0 0-05 Mallory King 10 0 1 1 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-06 J’vonelle Simpson 18 0 4 4 22 .000 8 .364 0 0-07 Natalie Parker 18 12 4 28 58 .207 29 .500 3 0-08 Nori Gedei 18 3 5 11 25 .120 13 .520 0 0-09 Aliesha Cassie 17 1 2 4 11 .091 8 .727 1 0-010 Juneille Watkins 18 10 3 23 29 .345 17 .586 0 0-011 Melanie Brewer 18 2 0 4 12 .167 6 .500 0 0-013 Ivy Chapin 6 0 0 0 4 .000 1 .250 0 0-014 Samantha Gross 15 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0-016 Dana Hemmingsen 18 6 4 16 44 .136 21 .477 1 0-017 Nichole Hemmingsen 18 2 1 5 31 .065 8 .258 1 0-018 MacKenzie Wilkins 16 0 3 3 3 .000 2 .667 0 0-019 Ashley Maxwell 18 16 4 36 70 .229 47 .671 4 0-020 Alli Rausch 10 2 0 4 10 .200 5 .500 0 0-022 Shea Brazill 18 0 4 4 11 .000 5 .455 0 0-023 Emilia Sheffer 17 1 4 6 6 .167 3 .500 0 0-0 TOTAL 18 63 42 168 366 .172 193 .527 10 1-1 OPPONENTS 18 10 9 29 161 .062 70 .435 7 0-0

## Goaltenders GP MINUTES GA AVG SV PCT W L T SHO24 Monika Stoiber 18 1681:39 10 0.54 60 .857 10 7 1 11 TOTAL 18 1681:39 10 0.54 60 .857 10 7 1 11 OPPONENTS 18 1681:39 63 3.37 130 .674 7 10 1 6

2009 SEASON NOTES• The 2009 season was the 19th in Park University’s 22-year women’s soccer history that saw the Pirates reach at least 10 wins and it was the 20th winning season since Park began women’s soccer in 1988. The Pirates missed the NAIA tournament, but did qualify for postsea-son play, making the conference semifinals for the fourth-consecutive year under head coach Ken Hefner.

• Park notched another All-American distinction in 2009, as Natalie Parker added Honorable Mention NAIA All-American to a resume that included her First-Team All-Conference honor in 2009. Parker was also a National Strength and Conditioning Association All-America Student-Athlete. In addition to Parker, four other Park women’s soccer players were named all-confer-ence honorees in the AMC, including first-team selections Aliesha Cassie and Juneille Watkins. Ashley Maxwell and Kitti Katona were named All-AMC Honorable Mention.

• Park had three Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athletes, including first-time honorees Emilia Shef-fer and Samantha Gross, as well as Angelica Tovar, who earned the NAIA’s highest academic honor for a second season. Eight women’s soccer players represented Park as academic all-conference honorees, including Shea Brazill, Ivy Chapin, Nori Gedei, Samantha Gross, Natalie Parker, Emilia Sheffer, Monika Stoiber and Angelica Tovar.

• Park started the year with five-straight shutouts, going 4-0-1 in the stretch of games, and on the year, the Pirates gave up just 10 goals to rank 14th all-time in the NAIA for fewest goals al-lowed. The mark also placed goalkeeper Monika Stoiber at 16th all-time in the NAIA for fewest goals allowed by a goalkeeper. Stoiber’s goals-against average finished at 0.54, which is tied for 20th all-time in the NAIA’s single-season records. Stoiber started all 18 games between the pipes for Park, anchoring a defense that pitched 11 shut-outs and helped the Pirates outscore opponents 63-11.

• The Pirates established a new program record for goals in a game on Oct. 3 against Harris-Stowe State University, finding the back of the net 19 times, tying for seventh all-time in the NAIA for goals in a game. Park also had 10 assists in the game, which tied a program record, and Nov. 6 in the AMC tournament, the Pirates beat HSSU 14-0, setting a new school record for postseason goals in a single game. Park also beat HSSU 10-0 during the regular season in St. Louis, outscoring the Hornets 43-0 on the year.

• Ashley Maxwell led the team for a second-straight season in scoring, netting 16 goals on the year to move her career total to 29. She also had four assists, marking seven career assists as a Pirate with 65 career points. Natalie Parker (12 goals, four assists) and Juneille Watkins (10 goals, three assists) each topped 10 goals and 20 points for the year, as Parker finished her Pirate career with 29 goals and 24 assists (82 points).

TEAM STATISTICS .................... PARK OPPSHOT STATISTICS .................... Goals-Shot Attempts .............. 63-366 10-161 Goals Scored Average ............ 3.37 0.54 Shot Percentage ..................... .172 .062 Shots On Goal-Attempts ........ 193-366 70-161 Shots On Goal Percentage .... .527 .435 Shots Per Game ..................... 20.3 8.9 Assists .................................... 42 9GOAL BREAKDOWN ................ Total Goals ............................. 63 10 Penalty Goals ......................... 1 0 Unassisted Goals ................... 23 2 Overtime Goals ...................... 1 2CORNER KICKS Goals Off Corners ................... 0 1PENALTY KICKS ....................... 1-1 0-0OFFSIDES .................................. 44 16PENALTIES Yellow Cards ........................... 4 5 Red Cards .............................. 1 0

SEASON RESULTSDate Opponent W/L ATTAug. 29 AVILA W, 7-0 552Sept. 9 WILLIAM JEWELL (ot) W, 1-0 602Sept. 12 JOHN BROWN W, 2-0 239Sept. 16 BENEDICTINE (2 ot) T, 0-0 709Sept. 19 * at William Woods W, 2-0 100Sept. 22 at Graceland (ot) L, 0-1 209Sept. 30 * McKENDREE (ot) L, 0-1 281Oct. 3 * HARRIS-STOWE W, 19-0 278Oct. 7 * HANNIBAL-LAGRANGE W, 1-0 413Oct. 10 * MISSOURI BAPTIST W, 3-0 138Oct. 13 BAKER (2 ot) L, 0-1 217Oct. 17 * at Hannibal-LaGrange W, 2-0 125Oct. 19 * at Harris-Stowe W, 10-0 121Oct. 24 * at McKendree L, 0-1 250Oct. 28 * WILLIAM WOODS L, 0-1 199Nov. 3 * at Missouri Baptist L, 1-2 120Nov. 6 ! HARRIS-STOWE W, 14-0 122Nov. 9 ! at Missouri Baptist L, 1-3 105 * American Midwest Conference Game! American Midwest Conference Tournament

ATTENDANCE SUMMARY##....................Dates ............. Total ..................Avg.Total ................18 ................... 4,780 .................266Home ..............11.................... 3,750 .................341Away ...............7 ..................... 1,030 .................147

AMERICAN MIDWEST CONFERENCESchool AMC PCT OverallMcKendree 10-0 1.000 17-3-2 .818Missouri Baptist 6-3-1 .650 12-8-1 .595Park 6-4 .600 10-7-1 .583Hannibal-LaGrange 4-5-1 .450 8-9-1 .472William Woods 3-7 .300 4-14 .222Harris-Stowe 0-10 .000 0-18 .000

American Midwest Conference TournamentQuarterfinal RoundNo. 3 Park 14, No. 6Harris-Stowe 0No. 4 Hannibal-LaGrange 2, No. 5 William Woods 0

Semifinal RoundNo. 1 McKendree 2, No. 4 Hannibal-LaGrange 0No. 2 Missouri Baptist 3, No. 3 Park 1

Championship RoundNo. 2 Missouri Baptist 3, No. 1 McKendree 2Missouri Baptist earned the AMC’s automatic bid to the NAIA Opening Round.


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COACH ...............................YEAR ................. W ..................L .................. T ...................PCTBen Popoola .........................1988 ................... 9 ...................5 .................. 0 ................... .643Ben Popoola .........................1989 .................. 10 ..................6 .................. 0 ................... .625Ben Popoola .........................1990 .................. 16 ..................3 .................. 1 ................... .800Ben Popoola .........................1991 .................. 17 ..................2 .................. 1 ................... .850Ben Popoola .........................1992 .................. 14 ..................4 .................. 0 ................... .778Ben Popoola .........................1993 .................. 17 ..................2 .................. 0 ................... .895Ben Popoola .........................1994 .................. 25 ..................4 .................. 0 ................... .862Ben Popoola .........................1995 .................. 22 ..................2 .................. 1 ................... .900Matt Clark .............................1996 .................. 16 ..................7 .................. 1 ................... .667Matt Clark .............................1997 .................. 18 ..................6 .................. 0 ................... .750Jamie Hemingway ................1998 .................. 16 ..................6 .................. 2 ................... .667Jamie Hemingway ................1999 ................... 7 ..................12 ................. 0 ................... .368Jamie Hemingway ................2000 .................. 10 ..................5 .................. 1 ................... .625Scott Bowen .........................2001 .................. 15 ..................3 .................. 0 ................... .833Scott Bowen .........................2002 .................. 18 ..................4 .................. 1 ................... .783Scott Bowen .........................2003 .................. 15 ..................5 .................. 1 ................... .714Scott Bowen / Wes Wade .....2004 .................. 13 ..................7 .................. 0 ................... .650Ken Hefner ...........................2005 ................... 8 ...................9 .................. 3 ................... .475Ken Hefner ...........................2006 .................. 16 ..................5 .................. 0 ................... .761Ken Hefner ...........................2007 .................. 12 ..................5 .................. 2 ................... .680Ken Hefner ..........................2008 .................. 14 ..................2 ................. 3 .................. .816Ken Hefner ...........................2009 .................. 10 ..................7 .................. 1 ................... .583TOTAL ............................. 1988-2009 ............. 318 ...............111 ................ 18 .................. .732

COACH ..............................YEARS ................ W ..................L .................. T ...................PCTBen Popoola ...................... 1988-95 ............... 130 ................28 ................. 3 ................... .817Matt Clark .......................... 1996-97 ................ 34 .................13 ................. 1 ................... .719Jamie Hemingway ............. 1998-00 ................ 33 .................23 ................. 3 ................... .585Scott Bowen ...................... 2001-04 ................ 49 .................15 ................. 2 ................... .758Wes Wade ............................2004 .................. 12 ..................4 .................. 0 ................... .750Ken Hefner ..........................2005 - ................. 60 .................28 ................. 9 ................... .665TOTAL ............................. 1988-2009 ............. 318 ...............111 ................ 18 .................. .732

Ben Popoola1988 - 1995

Matt Clark1996 - 1997

Jamie Hemingway1998 - 2000

Scott Bowen2001 - 2004

Wes Wade2004

Ken Hefner2005 -

PARK UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S SOCCER HISTORY

DAKTRONICS-NAIA SCHOLAR ATHLETESPlayer ...................................................................................YearsApril Felker ............................................................................ 1994Leah Snider ........................................................................... 1994Mishca Waliczek .................................................................... 1994Heidi Burton ........................................................................... 1994Julie Churchich ...................................................................... 1994Kristy Yegge................................................................. 1997, 1998Katie Lang ................................................................... 1997, 1998Danielle Oravecz ................................................................... 1999Nadia Balzevich ..................................................................... 1999Chrissy Angle......................................................................... 2000Janie Benoit ........................................................................... 2002Jennifer Greco ....................................................................... 2002Keri Buhrman......................................................................... 2002Marilyn Boucher..................................................................... 2002Haley Daniel .......................................................................... 2004Kesiann Francis ..................................................................... 2004Kathleen Johnson ........................................................ 2004, 2005Dena Pires ......................................................... 2006, 2007, 2008Melissa Gardner .......................................................... 2007, 2008Ivy Chapin.............................................................................. 2008Gabriela Sa Teles .................................................................. 2008Angelica Tovar ....................................................................... 2008Samantha Gross.................................................................... 2009Emilia Sheffer ........................................................................ 2009Angelica Tovar ....................................................................... 2009

NAIA ALL-AMERICANS *Player ...................................................................................YearsHeidi Schroeder ..................................................................... 1990Jennifer Harrell ........................................ 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994Laura Fox .............................................................................. 1991Jeni Moore ................................................................... 1991, 1992Leah Snider ....................................................... 1993, 1994, 1995Jaimie Luce ................................................................. 1994, 1995Shaun Riggins ....................................................................... 1996Leona Bass.................................................................. 1997, 1998Jennifer Miller ........................................................................ 2001Jenni Visala ........................................................................... 2002Maria Ruiz ............................................................................. 2006Ashley Maxwell ...................................................................... 2008* List does not include Honorable Mention All-Americans.

NAIA’S WINNINGEST WOMEN’S SOCCER PROGRAMS336, Westmont (Calif.), 1982-09330, Berry (Ga.), 1986-09323, Houghton (N.Y.), 1981-09318, Park (Mo.), 1988-09 300, Siena Heights (Mich.), 1986-09264, Azusa Pacific (Calif.), 1989-09262, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), 1992-09 238, Pacific Lutheran (Wash.), 1981-97232, Lee (Tenn.), 1992-09229, Oklahoma City, 1994-09199, Mobile (Ala.), 1992-09192, Southern Nazarene (Okla.), 1993-09


20 1994 • BEN POPOOLA (25-4-0) *Opponent ScoreMcKendree W, 5-1Nebraska L, 1-4 Drury W, 4-0Newman W, 6-0Friends W, 6-0William Woods W, 4-0Benedictine W, 6-0Westmar W, 5-0Missouri Baptist W, 6-0Oklahoma Christian W, 11-1Missouri Valley W, 1-0 (f)Baker W, 4-2Rockhurst W, 2-1Oklahoma City L, 1-2William Carey W, 4-0Truman State W, 5-0Southern Nazarene W, 5-0Huntingdon W, 3-0Lindenwood W, 3-0Avila W, 6-0Friends W, 5-0Saint Scholastica W, 8-1Lindenwood L, 0-1Berry * W, 2-1Lindenwood * W, 6-1Westmont * W, 2-1Lynn * L, 1-3

1995 • BEN POPOOLA (22-2-1)Opponent ScoreMcKendree W, 12-0Newman W, 3-0Benedictine W, 7-0Midway W, 1-0Rockhurst W, 3-1Oklahoma Christian W, 3-0Truman State W, 2-0Friends W, 1-0Westmar W, 3-0Oklahoma City W, 5-1Incarnate Word W, 5-1William Woods W, 8-0Baker W, 1-0Missouri Baptist W, 1-0Lindenwood L, 0-4Huntington W, 2-0Avila W, 10-0Southern Nazarene T, 0-0Harris-Stowe State W, 7-0Saint Mary (Neb.) W, 3-1Missouri Baptist W, 2-0Lindenwood W, 2-1Benedictine W, 3-0Rockhurst W, 1-0Lindenwood L, 1-3

1996 • MATT CLARK (16-7-1) *Date Opponent ScoreSept. 2 Newman W, 7-0Sept. 4 Truman State T, 4-4Sept. 6 Oklahoma City W, 2-1Sept. 7 Southern Nazarene L, 0-6Sept. 10 Saint Mary (Neb.) W, 3-2

Sept. 13 Westmar W, 4-1Sept. 21 Lindsey Wilson W, 3-0Sept. 25 Baker L, 3-5Sept. 28 McKendree W, 4-0Sept. 29 Central Missouri W, 3-0Oct. 2 William Woods W, 4-0Oct. 5 Lindenwood L, 0-2Oct. 8 Benedictine W, 2-0Oct. 10 Harris-Stowe State W, 7-0Oct. 12 Missouri Baptist W, 4-0Oct. 15 Friends W, 9-1Oct. 26 Incarnate Word W, 3-0Oct. 29 Rockhurst L, 0-3Nov. 7 McKendree W, 10-0Nov. 9 Missouri Baptist L, 0-1Nov. 14 Lindenwood W, 1-0Nov. 16 Rockhurst W, 3-1Nov. 21 Findlay * L, 1-4Nov. 22 Brewton-Parker * L, 0-4

1997 • MATT CLARK (18-6-0)Date Opponent ScoreAug. 30 Berry W, 3-0Aug. 31 Lindsey Wilson W, 4-2Sept. 5 McKendree W, 9-0Sept. 7 Saint Scholastica W, 6-0Sept. 13 Wisconsin Lutheran W, 8-0Sept. 14 Central Missouri W, 1-0Sept. 17 Rockhurst L, 0-1Sept. 21 Lindenwood L, 0-2Sept. 26 William Woods W, 3-1Sept. 27 Harris-Stowe State W, 5-0Oct. 1 Saint Mary (Neb.) W, 3-2Oct. 4 Bellevue L, 0-1Oct. 7 Oklahoma City L, 1-2Oct. 11 Westmar W, 2-1Oct. 14 Missouri Baptist L, 1-2Oct. 16 Benedictine W, 1-0Oct. 19 Truman State W, 2-1Oct. 22 Baker W, 2-0Oct. 24 Friends W, 5-1Nov. 1 Nebraska Wesleyan W, 1-0Nov. 5 William Woods W, 1-0Nov. 7 Missouri Baptist W, 1-0Nov. 10 Benedictine W, 1-0Nov. 12 Rockhurst L, 0-1

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

Oct. 20 Central Missouri W, 1-0Oct. 25 Nebraska Wesleyan L, 0-1Oct. 27 Graceland W, 5-0Oct. 30 William Woods W, 2-1Nov. 5 McKendree W, 9-1Nov. 7 William Woods W, 4-0Nov. 12 Benedictine W, 2-1Nov. 14 Lindenwood L, 0-3

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

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

2001 • SCOTT BOWEN (15-3-0)Date Opponent ScoreAug. 31 National American W, 3-1Sept. 1 Concordia (Neb.) W, 3-0Sept. 5 Baker W, 3-0Sept. 8 Bethany W, 3-0Sept. 15 Doane W, 6-0Sept. 16 Hastings W, 5-0Sept. 20 Avila W, 2-0Sept. 22 Bellevue W, 1-0Sept. 29 William Jewell L, 1-2Oct. 6 William Woods W, 1-0Oct. 7 McKendree W, 5-0Oct. 11 Lindsey Wilson W, 1-0Oct. 14 Saint Mary (Neb.) W, 2-1Oct. 17 Lindenwood L, 0-1


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Oct. 20 Rockhurst W, 2-1Oct. 21 Newman W, 2-1 Nov. 7 William Woods W, 3-2Nov. 9 Lindenwood L, 1-4

2002 • SCOTT BOWEN (18-4-1) *Date Opponent ScoreSept. 1 Hastings W, 5-1Sept. 6 Tabor W, 7-0Sept. 7 Concordia (Neb.) W, 13-0Sept. 10 Benedictine W, 4-0Sept. 13 Lindsey Wilson L, 2-4Sept. 14 Berry T, 0-0Sept. 17 Baker W, 1-0Sept. 21 York W, 5-0Sept. 24 William Jewell W, 2-1Sept. 28 Saint Mary (Neb.) W, 2-0Oct. 1 Oklahoma Wesleyan W, 1-0 (f)Oct. 9 Bellevue W, 4-0Oct. 16 Lindenwood W, 4-2Oct. 20 Newman L, 1-2Oct. 22 William Woods W, 2-0Oct. 24 Graceland W, 2-0Oct. 26 Central Christian W, 8-0Nov. 7 Saint Mary (Neb.) W, 3-2Nov. 8 Newman L, 1-2Nov. 15 Hastings W, 2-0Nov. 16 Saint Mary (Neb.) W, 3-0Nov. 22 Siena Heights * T, 1-1 (4-2)Nov. 23 Union (Ky.) * L, 2-4

2003 • SCOTT BOWEN (15-5-1) *Date Opponent ScoreAug. 29 Missouri Baptist W, 2-1Aug. 30 Lindsey Wilson L, 0-7Sept. 1 Graceland L, 2-8Sept. 4 William Jewell L, 0-6Sept. 6 Hastings L, 0-4Sept. 20 Central Christian W, 10-0Sept. 23 Benedictine W, 3-2Sept. 28 Bellevue W, 3-2Oct. 1 Newman W, 4-1Oct. 4 York W, 8-0Oct. 9 Morningside W, 4-1Oct. 12 Saint Mary (Neb.) W, 4-3Oct. 18 Oklahoma Wesleyan W, 5-1Oct. 22 Baker W, 3-2Oct. 25 Lindenwood T, 1-1Nov. 6 Bellevue W, 4-1Nov. 7 Saint Mary (Neb.) W, 2-1Nov. 11 Ottawa W, 4-3Nov. 14 Saint Mary (Neb.) W, 2-1Nov. 15 Hastings W, 2-1Nov. 19 Robert Morris (Ill.) * L, 0-6

2004 • WES WADE (13-7-0) *Date Opponent ScoreAug. 28 John Brown L, 1-2Sept. 1 Graceland L, 0-8Sept. 4 Doane L, 1-3Sept. 11 Lindenwood W, 3-2Sept. 16 Benedictine L, 0-3Sept. 19 Saint Mary (Neb.) L, 0-2Sept. 22 Central Christian W, 3-2Sept. 26 Bellevue W, 9-1

Oct. 1 William Jewell L, 1-6Oct. 5 Newman W, 3-1Oct. 8 Morningside W, 5-1Oct. 12 York W, 12-0Oct. 14 Oklahoma Wesleyan W, 18-1Oct. 23 Baker W, 6-2Oct. 29 Newman W, 2-1Oct. 30 Saint Mary (Neb.) W, 3-1Nov. 6 Hastings W, 2-0Nov. 9 Ottawa W, 3-1Nov. 10 Dordt W, 5-0Nov. 18 Bethel (Ind.) * L, 1-2

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

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

2007 • KEN HEFNER (12-5-2)Date Opponent ScoreSept. 1 John Brown W, 5-4Sept. 5 Baker L, 1-2Sept. 8 Missouri Western W, 2-1

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

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

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

* Denotes NAIA National Tournament Appearance. Due to incomplete records of seasons from 1988-1993, game scores are unavailable. If you can pro-vide information that will help complete our records, please contact Steve Wilson, SID at (816) 584-6490, or [email protected].


22 ALL-TIME RECORDS VS. OPPONENTSOpponent ........................ W-L-T .........Pct. .........Last ......ResultAvila .................................. 6-0-0 .........1.000 ........2009 ...... W, 7-0Baker .............................. 10-45-0 .........667 .........2009 ........L, 0-1Bellevue ........................... 11-2-2 ..........800 .........2008 ...... W, 2-1Bemidji State .................... 1-0-0 .........1.000 ........2000 ...... W, 5-0Benedictine ...................... 13-4-1 ..........750 .........2009 ........T, 0-0Berry ................................. 2-0-1 ...........833 .........2002 ........T, 0-0Bethany ............................ 2-0-0 .........1.000 ........2001 ...... W, 3-0Bethel (Tenn.) ................... 0-1-1 ...........333 .........2008 ........T, 2-2Brewton-Parker................. 0-1-0 ...........000 .........1996 ........L, 0-4Briar Cliff ........................... 1-0-1 ...........750 .........1999 ...... W, 4-1Central Christian ............... 9-0-0 .........1.000 ........2008 ...... W, 3-1Central Missouri................ 3-0-0 .........1.000 ........1998 ...... W, 1-0Coll. of the Southwest....... 1-0-0 .........1.000 ........2006 ...... W, 2-0Concordia (Neb.) .............. 2-0-0 .........1.000 ........2002 .... W, 13-0Doane ............................... 2-1-0 ...........667 .........2005 ...... W, 2-1Dordt ................................. 2-0-1 ...........833 .........2008 ........T, 1-1Drury ................................. 1-0-0 .........1.000 ........1994 ...... W, 4-0Findlay .............................. 0-1-0 ...........000 .........1996 ........L, 1-4Friends.............................. 5-0-0 .........1.000 ........1997 ...... W, 5-1Graceland ......................... 3-5-0 ...........375 .........2009 ........L, 0-1Hannibal-LaGrange .......... 4-1-0 ...........800 .........2009 ...... W, 1-0Hastings............................ 5-2-1 ...........688 .........2007 ........T, 1-1Harris-Stowe ..................... 8-1-0 ...........889 .........2009 .... W, 14-0Houghton .......................... 0-1-0 ...........000 .........2006 ........L, 1-2Huntingdon ....................... 1-0-0 .........1.000 ........1994 ...... W, 4-0Huntington ........................ 1-0-0 .........1.000 ........1995 ...... W, 2-0Incarnate Word ................. 2-0-0 .........1.000 ........1996 ...... W, 3-0Indiana Wesleyan ............. 0-1-0 ...........000 .........2005 ........L, 1-2John Brown....................... 3-2-0 ...........600 .........2009 ...... W, 2-0Kansas Wesleyan ............. 3-1-0 ...........750 .........2008 ...... W, 3-0Lee.................................... 0-1-0 ...........000 .........2008 ........L, 0-4Lindenwood ..................... 7-12-1 ..........375 .........2004 ...... W, 3-2Lindsey Wilson ................. 3-2-0 ...........600 .........2003 ........L, 0-7Lynn .................................. 0-1-0 ...........000 .........1994 ........L, 1-3McKendree ...................... 10-3-0 ..........769 .........2009 ........L, 0-1MidAmerica Nazarene ...... 3-0-0 .........1.000 ........2008 ...... W, 2-1Midway ............................. 1-0-0 .........1.000 ........1995 ...... W, 1-0

Opponent ........................ W-L-T .........Pct. .........Last ......ResultMissouri Baptist ................ 9-4-1 ...........679 .........2009 ........L, 1-3Missouri Southern............. 0-1-0 ...........000 .........2000 ........L, 1-3Missouri Valley .................. 1-0-0 .........1.000 ........1994 ...... W, 1-0Missouri Western .............. 1-1-0 ...........500 .........2007 ...... W, 2-1Morningside ...................... 2-1-0 ...........667 .........2005 ........L, 1-2National American ............ 2-1-0 ...........667 .........2001 ...... W, 3-1Nebraska .......................... 0-1-0 ...........000 .........1994 ........L, 1-4Nebraska Wesleyan ......... 1-2-0 ...........333 .........1999 ........L, 0-1Newman ........................... 8-2-1 ..........8773 ........2006 ...... W, 2-0North Dakota .................... 1-0-0 .........1.000 ........2008 ...... W, 1-0Northwest Missouri St....... 0-1-0 ...........000 .........1999 ........L, 0-3Northwestern (Iowa) ......... 2-0-0 .........1.000 ........2006 ...... W, 4-0Northwestern Okla. St. ..... 0-1-0 ...........000 .........2005 ........L, 1-3Oklahoma Christian .......... 2-0-2 ...........750 .........2008 ........T, 2-2Oklahoma City .................. 2-3-0 ...........400 .........1998 ........L, 2-3Oklahoma Wesleyan ........ 7-0-0 .........1.000 ........2008 ...... W, 7-0Ottawa .............................. 3-0-0 .........1.000 ........2006 ...... W, 7-0Robert Morris (Ill.) ............. 0-1-0 ...........000 .........2003 ........L, 0-6Rockhurst ......................... 6-5-0 ...........545 .........2001 ...... W, 2-1Saint Ambrose .................. 1-0-0 .........1.000 ........1998 ...... W, 2-0Saint Cloud State.............. 0-0-1 ...........500 .........1998 ........T, 1-1Saint Mary (Neb.) ............ 16-5-0 ..........762 .........2008 ...... W, 3-1Saint Scholastica .............. 4-0-0 .........1.000 ........2000 ...... W, 7-0Siena Heights ................... 0-0-1 ...........500 .........2002 ........T, 1-1South Dakota .................... 1-0-0 .........1.000 ........2008 ...... W, 3-1Southern Nazarene .......... 1-3-1 ...........300 .........1999 ........L, 2-3Sterling ............................. 1-0-0 .........1.000 ........2007 ...... W, 6-0Tabor................................. 1-0-0 .........1.000 ........2002 ...... W, 7-0Truman State .................... 3-0-1 ...........750 .........1997 ...... W, 2-1Union (Ky.) ........................ 0-1-0 ...........000 .........2002 ........L, 2-4Westmar ........................... 4-0-0 .........1.000 ........1997 ...... W, 2-1Westmont ......................... 1-0-0 .........1.000 ........1994 ...... W, 2-1William Carey ................... 1-0-0 .........1.000 ........1994 ...... W, 4-0William Jewell ................... 3-5-0 ...........375 .........2008 ...... W, 1-0William Woods ................. 11-2-0 ..........846 .........2002 ...... W, 2-0Wisconsin Lutheran .......... 1-0-0 .........1.000 ........1997 ...... W, 8-0York .................................. 7-0-0 .........1.000 ........2008 ...... W, 7-0

PARK IN THE NAIA TOURNAMENT (4-9-2, .333, in eight appearances)Year W-L-T (Tourn.) Coach Notes1994 25-4-0 (3-1-0) Ben Popoola Qualified for the championship game in first-ever tournament appearance1996 16-7-1 (0-2-0) Matt Clark Eliminated in pool play with losses to Findlay and Brewton-Parker2002 18-4-1 (0-1-1) Scott Bowen Recorded first-ever national tournament-draw and advanced to quarters on PK’s2003 15-5-1 (0-1-0) Scott Bowen Eliminated in tournament’s first round by Robert Morris (Ill.)2004 13-7-0 (0-1-0) Wes Wade Eliminated in tournament’s first round by Bethel (Tenn.)2005 8-9-3 (0-1-0) Ken Hefner Park serves as tournament’s host, receiving host bid to first round2006 16-5-0 (1-1-0) Ken Hefner Second year as tournament host, Pirates advance to second round2008 14-2-3 (0-1-1) Ken Hefner Park advances past opening round on PK’s, eliminated at final site by Lee (Tenn.)


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Park University calls Parkville, Mo., and the Greater Kansas City area home, offering students the features

of both small-town life and the flashing lights of a big city. With a population of more than 4,000, Parkville allows students the small-town lifestyle and tightly knit community often times associated with small college athlet-ics and the NAIA. Originally a trading post on the Mis-souri River, Parkville grew as Kansas City boomed in the late 1800s, which included 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 gives Park University students two great entertainment opportu-nities 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 lo-cally referred to as “north of the river.” Con-tained wholly within Missouri, it encom-passes portions of Clay County including the northern half of Kansas City, Mo., and the cities of Parkville, Liberty, North Kan-

sas City and Gladstone. Kansas City is situated at the conflu-ence of the Kansas and Missouri rivers, often referred to as Kaw Point, straddling the state border between the two states. The Kansas City Metropolitan Statistical Area, anchored by Kansas City, Mo., is the 29th largest in the United States, with an estimated population just over 2 million. A tradition-rich city known for its bar-becue and storied sports history, Kansas City is currently home to Major League Baseball’s Kansas City Royals, the Kan-sas City Chiefs of the National Football League, Major League Soccer’s Kansas City Wizards and the Kansas Speedway, which hosts two NASCAR and IRL events throughout the year including one Nextel Cup Series event in the fall. Kansas City is also home to the Kan-sas City T-Bones independent league baseball franchise and the Kansas City Ex-plorers of World Team Tennis. The Sprint Center and the Power & Light District in the downtown area is one of the region’s top entertainment areas. The Sprint Center also houses the College Basketball Experi-ence, which includes the College Basket-ball Hall of Fame. A few blocks away sits Municipal Auditorium, home to the Buf-falo Funds-NAIA Division I Men’s Basket-ball Tournament. In 2010, Park University

made its second appearance in four sea-sons and its fourth overall appearances in the Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I Men’s Basketball National Championship, beat-ing Georgetown (Ky.) College in the first round, 83-75, before falling to Biola (Calif.) University in the second round. Addition-ally, the National Association of Intercolle-giate Athletics moved its offices downtown in the summer of 2007. Kansas City is also known for its his-toric shopping districts, including Westport and the Country Club Plaza, which is one of the world’s largest outdoor shopping areas designed for motor-vehicle traffic. Commonly referred to as “The Plaza,” it is home to one of the nation’s largest holiday light displays between Thanksgiving and January. In the Northland, Zona Rosa has become a popular shopping district, while Town Center and The Legends at Village West keep shoppers occupied in Kansas.

BEST VALUE, NATIONWIDE Park University has been named as the top ranked value among private colleg-es and universities by Parents & Colleges, an online resource for parents of college-bound students. Park was ranked No. 1 in the category “Top 10 Best Value Private Colleges and Universities.” According to Parents & Colleges, insti-

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tutions included on this list offer a diversity of degrees, have affordable tuitions and/or offer generous financial aid, and report the highest SAT or ACT scores for this incom-ing class. Park was cited as offering “both proximity to big-city excitement and the safe, relaxed atmosphere of a small town. The 2,000-strong undergraduate stu-dent body represents 50 states and 100 countries, and the school prides itself on its diversity and global outlook. Tuition for full-time undergraduates is a fraction of other private institutions, and average class size and student-to-faculty ratio are low.”

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

PRESENT Park is a comprehensive, independent, institution, accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The University is a national leader in higher education and is a growing entrepreneur-ial institution with 43 campus centers in 21

states, including an extensive online program. Park continues to increase access to higher education by offer-ing the quality undergraduate and graduate degrees students desire at locations, times and delivery formats that best serve their needs.

LOCATION The flagship campus of Park Uni-versity 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 Air-port, and is part of the KCI Business Corridor. Park Distance Learning has established campus centers on military installations across the U.S. and online. PDL has also served the non-traditional, working adult student

LocationParkville, Mo. (Home Campus)

Founded1875

PresidentMichael H. Droge, PhD.

Enrollment24,157

Campus Centers43 (in 21 states)

Student:Faculty Ratio12:1 (Undergraduate)9:1 (Graduate)

AccreditationCommission on the Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

NicknamePirates

School ColorsCanary & Wine

Athletic ConferencesAmerican Midwest Conference (AMC)

Mid-America Men’s Volleyball Intercollegiate Conference (MAMVIC) West


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since 1972 by offering undergraduate pro-grams in an accelerated format. Park’s School of Graduate and Profes-sional Studies is located at our downtown 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 660 international stu-dents from 120 countries. Nearly 42 per-cent of Park’s students are represented by racial, ethnic and cultural groups typically underrepresented in colleges and univer-sities. The University has repeatedly been recognized as one of the top 100 American colleges/universities in the nation graduat-ing black, Hispanic and American-Indian students. In addition, approximately 60 percent of Park University students are ac-tive duty military, active duty dependents, retired military or members of the Depart-ment of Defense.

PARKVILLE CAMPUSFounded: 1875• Location: Parkville, Mo.• Tuition: Our fiscal initiatives provide • varying revenue streams which allow Park to maintain its tuition at approxi-mately the same level as students at-

tending state universities in Missouri (our tuition benchmark).First-time Freshmen: ACT is 22 with an • average grade point average of 3.386.Student/Faculty Ratio: Undergraduate • 12:1; Graduate 9:1.Diverse Population: Students represent • all 50 states and the District of Colum-bia, as well as 120 foreign countries.Athletics: Park University is a member • of the NAIA: Men’s and Women’s Bas-ketball, Track and Field, Cross Country, Soccer, Volleyball, Women’s Softball and Golf, and Men’s Baseball.Financial Aid: More than 85 percent of • undergraduate students who qualify re-ceive some form of financial aid. These include loans, grants and work-study positions.Accreditation: Commission on the In-• stitutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.Special Programs and Facilities: • Parkville Commercial Underground; Mabee Learning Center (academic underground, including the McAfee Memorial Library); limitless internship opportunities; Academic Support Cen-ter for tutoring, testing and writing labs; Career Development Center, Breckon Sports Center, state-of-the-art fitness facility; International Center for Music and the Youth Conservatory of Music; Campanella Art Gallery; David The-ater.

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 Education has officially approved the academic stan-dards of Park University for teacher educa-tion. The Department of Nursing is accred-ited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission and approved by the Missouri State Board of Nursing. The Department of Athletic Training is accred-ited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education. The Depart-ment of Social Work is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.

VISION STATEMENT Park University will be a renowned international leader in providing innova-tive 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 prepare learners to think criti-cally, communicate effectively and engage in lifelong learning while serving a global community.


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MICHAEL H. DROGE, Ph.D.UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

Michael Droge, Ph.D., was appointed president by the Park University Board of Trustees in 2009. He arrived at Park in September 2002 to serve as the

Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs. His role in that position gave him charge of all academic areas of the University, including acting as the liaison be-tween the academic and non-academic components. A nationally respected participant in higher education, Droge has a distinguished academic career of teaching, research and serving as principle investigator on feder-ally funded programs such as the Multiethnic Biomedical Research Support Program from the National Institutes for Health, the Bridges to the Future Program from the NIH and the McNair Scholars Program from the De-partment of Education. He has also served as a member of the Neurosci-ence and Physiology Panel for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Washington, D.C., and an ad hoc reviewer for the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, the National Science Foundation, and a journal reviewer for Brain Research and J. Neurosci-ence. His academic awards include the Beall Memorial Award for Outstanding Dissertation from the Uni-versity of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, the Mary Mason Lyon Award for Excellence in Schol-arship, Teaching and Service, and the President’s Award for Distinguished Service from Texas Wom-an’s University. Droge received his Bachelor of Arts degree in biology and German from the University of Kan-sas and he began graduate studies in Germany at the University of Bonn as a Fulbright Scholar. Upon receiving his Master of Science degree from Texas Tech University, Droge went on to earn a Ph.D. in physiology and biophysics from the University of Tex-as Medical Branch in Galveston. He came to Park University with 19 years of expe-rience in higher education as a faculty member and administrator, most recently as a professor of biology and dean of graduate studies and research.


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Darrell CooperAthletic Trainer

Claude EnglishDirector of Athletics

Pat FayardOffice Manager

Michael FreyHead Athletic Trainer

Kenneth CooperWomen’s Basketball

Ken HefnerWomen’s Soccer Coach

2010-11 PARK UNIVERSITY EXECUTIVE STAFFTop Row (L to R): Clarinda H. Creighton, Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Services; Bottom Row (L to R): Paul H. Gault, Special Assistant for Administration, and Assistant Secretary/Assistant Treasurer to the Board of Trustees; Roger Her-shey, Vice President and General Counsel, and Assistant Secretary to the Board of Trustees; Laurie D. McCormack, Vice President for University Advancement; Dorla Watkins, Vice President for Finance and Administration; Rita Weighill, Vice President for Com-munication; Thimios Zaharopoulos, Ph.D., Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Jason KlineMen’s Basketball Coach

Cary LundyBaseball Coach

Rick MischkaVolleyball Coach

Mike MuellerWomen’s Golf Coach

Frank KyteAthletic Trainer

Tyler PriceAssistant SID

Amy ReifSoftball Coach

Efrem ShimlisMen’s Soccer Coach

Krystal WebbSpirit Squad Coach

Don WilliamsFAR

Brian RenshawTrack & Field Coach

Steve WilsonSID

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CLAUDE W. ENGLISHDiRECTOR OF ATHLETiCS • 15TH yEAR

Claude English is in his 15th year as Park Universi-ty’s Director of Athletics, serving in the role since January of 1996.

Prior to 2010-11, English was honored for his ser-vice as an athletics administrator by being inducted into the McLendon Minority Athletics Administrators Hall of Fame, June 23, 2010, in Anaheim, Calif., representing the NAIA in a group of seven individuals honored by the John McLendon Minority Scholarship Foundation. The Foundation supports the John McLendon Memo-rial Minority Postgraduate Scholarship Awards and is presented to senior-level minority students who intend to pursue a graduate degree in athletics administration. English was joined in the 2010 McLendon Hall of Fame induction class by Percy Bates, Bernie Bickerstaff, Howard Gentry, Sr., Michael Haynes, Rafer Johnson and Don New-combe, while a second group of Pioneer Award winners was also honored. That group included Wisconsin AD Barry Al-varez, Ernie Davis, Mike Garrett, Tom Goss, Dan Guerrero, Charles Harris, Tommy Hawkins, Kim Ng, Fritz Pollard, Burl Toler and Tyrone Willingham. English began his affiliation with Park University in the 1992-93 men’s basketball season, coaching the Pirates through the end of the 2004-05 campaign. For his final 10 seasons at the helm of the Park men’s basketball program, English also assumed the duties of Director of Athletics, a position he will continue into his 15th year in the 2010-11 aca-demic year. During his tenure as Park’s Director of Athletics, English has guided the addition of two spring sports – baseball and women’s golf – in addition to facility upgrades throughout the department of athletics. Park’s facility upgrades under English’s watch be-gan with the 1,500-seat Julian Field, home to Park University men’s and women’s soccer, followed by the 1,200-seat Breckon Sports Center, constructed in 2000 to become the home of Park University’s men’s and women’s basketball programs, as well as its men’s and women’s volleyball programs. Breckon Sports Center houses administrative offices and two domes – one for competition and one for practice. Recent upgrades to Park’s softball and baseball facilities have also come under English’s watch, including new dugouts at the Park University Softball Complex, as well as new bleachers and

game-scoring facilities at Comfort Field, the home of Park University baseball. English is the winningest coach in Park University men’s basketball history, compiling 182 wins to push his overall win total to 227. From 1981 to 1984, English was the head men’s basketball coach at his alma mater, Rhode Island, where he was named Atlantic-10 Conference Coach of the Year in the 1981-82 season. His coaching tenure at Park was high-

lighted by the Pirates’ run to the NAIA Divi-sion I Men’s Basketball Tournament semifinal

round in 1997-98, which ended with a school-record mark of 27-8. English was honored at the national tournament with the Charles A. Krigel Award for outstanding sportsmanship, while his team was awarded the Dr. James Naismith-Emil

S. Liston Sportsmanship Award for the team rec-ognized as most sportsmanlike at the tourney. After a stellar collegiate playing career for Christian College in Dallas, Texas, and the Univer-sity of Rhode Island, English was selected in the NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers where he played the 1970-71 season. English also played in the Eastern Basketball Association for the Hart-ford Capitals, the affiliate team for the Philadel-phia 76ers. In 1973-74, English won the Eastern Basketball Association Championship with the Capitals. He was a three-year captain at Hart-ford. As Director of Athletics at Park, the Pirates have captured 47 conference championships, and in each of his 14 previous seasons as athletics

director, at least one Park program has advanced to NAIA postseason play each year. Also during his run as Director of Athletics, 77 student-athletes have been named NAIA All-Americans, and 161 student-athletes have earned Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete honors. In 2008-09, Park University’s department of athletics carried an overall grade point average better than 3.0, and the Pirates earned a school record seven NAIA scholar teams, marking more than half of the department’s programs posting a team GPA of 3.0 or better.


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Pat Fayard is in her 25th year at Park University, entering her seventh as the office manager for the department of

athletics. Fayard is responsible for coordinating

team travel and overall budgetary items for the department, as well as serving as an administrative assistant for director of athlet-ics, Claude English. She also coordinates many of Park’s gameday operations, in-cluding concession-stand management and student work-study employees. Fayard and her husband, Dennis, reside in Parkville.

Patricia FayardOffice Manager

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

Michael FreyHead Athletic Trainer

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

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

Cooper holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Akron, and he began his career as a graduate as-sistant 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 Unit-ed Hockey league, Iowa Central Community College and the Uni-versity of Missouri-Rolla (now Missouri S&T). Cooper is also an instructor for the American Red Cross’s Professional Rescuer Training and he is an accredited clinical in-structor.

Darrell CooperAssistant Athletic Trainer

Frank Kyte is in his second season at Park, bringing 34 years of experience, including 21 in professional baseball.

Kyte holds a bachelor’s degree in physical education from George Fox University and a

master’s degree in physical education from Portland State. He also completed graduate studies and was a graduate teach-ing fellow at the University of Oregon. His athletic training career in the collegiate ranks began at his alma mater, George Fox, where he was both head athletic trainer (1975-1984) and associate pro-fessor (beginning in 1979). Kyte then moved on to the Kansas City Royals baseball organi-zation after his post-graduate studies at Oregon, beginning in the 1989 season with the Royals’ Advanced-A and Short-Season-A clubs until 1992. From there, Kyte was an athletic trainer for the Royals AA and AAA teams from 1993 to 1998, and in 1999, he was named the organization’s rehabilitation coordinator, a position he held until 2002. In 2003, Kyte was named assistant Major League athletic trainer, working with the Royals Major League club through the 2009 season. He is an NATA certified athletic trainer and also holds a State of Missouri certification and American Red Cross CPR, AED and First-Aid certifications.

Frank KyteAssistant Athletic Trainer

PARK ATHLETICS STAFF DIRECTORYAdministration - Phone numbers begin with (816) 584- Dr. Michael Droge, 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 Rep. [email protected] 6516Eileen West, Registrar [email protected] 6270Greg Degener, Fields Supervisor [email protected] 6425Jay Wilson, Development Director [email protected] 6444Bret Silvis, Pirate Club Coordinator [email protected] 6406

Sports Medicine/Athletic TrainingMichael Frey, Head Trainer [email protected] 6353Darrell Cooper, Assistant Trainer [email protected] 6353Frank Kyte, Assistant Trainer [email protected] 6353

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

Head CoachesKenneth Cooper, W. Basketball [email protected] 6491Ken Hefner, W. Soccer [email protected] 6408Jason Kline, M. Basketball [email protected] 6438Cary Lundy, Baseball [email protected] 6746Rick Mischka, Volleyball [email protected] 6493Mike Mueller, W. Golf [email protected] 6238Amy Reif, Softball [email protected] 6443Brian Renshaw, Cross/Track [email protected] 6488Efrem Shimlis, M. Soccer [email protected] 6487Krystal Webb, Spirit Squad [email protected] 6425


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Steve Wilson begins his fourth year as Park’s Sports Information Director, over-seeing publicity, online and operational

efforts for all 15 athletic programs.Wilson is the primary contact for both wom-

en’s soccer and women’s volleyball in the fall, men’s basketball in the winter, and baseball and women’s golf in the spring, while also handling general administrative public relations efforts for the department and maintaining all of the department’s online efforts. He is also responsible for overseeing all printed and online publications within the department, including www.parkathletics.com, the official Web site of Pirate athletics, which was named the No. 1 in-house website in the NAIA by NAIA-SIDA in 2009-10. Additionally, Wilson supervises game-day staff at all home events and serves as the play-by-play voice of the Pirates during road contests and select home competitions. In 2009-10, he had four publications named top 10 in NAIA-SIDA publications contests, including the Park baseball media guide, which finished fourth among NAIA baseball guides. His men’s basketball guide placed sixth in CoSIDA Division B, earn-ing the highest finish of any NAIA publication in the competition. Wilson is an active CoSIDA and NAIA-SIDA member and has served as a publications contest judge three times, beginning with the 2007-08 CoSIDA women’s golf competition. He also co-ordinated the 2008-09 NAIA-SIDA women’s basketball brochure contest and the 2009-10 Walt McAlexander Baseball Brochure (NAIA-SIDA) contest. Currently, Wilson serves as the chair of the NAIA-SIDA statistical committee, producing a regular statistics newsletter and providing assistance to the NAIA sports informa-tion and media services staff regarding statistical matters. A 2004 graduate of Kansas State University, Wilson began his career in sports information at Kansas Wesleyan University during the 2004-05 school year, assisting with the Coyote football, men’s basketball, baseball and women’s basketball programs. In 2005, he joined the athletic media relations staff at Texas State University – San Marcos, where he was the primary contact for women’s volleyball, women’s basketball and baseball, while also assisting with publicity efforts in the Bobcat football program as the program’s secondary media contact. While at Texas State, Wilson also provided basketball and baseball play-by-play on KTSW-FM. Away from San Marcos, Wil-son assisted on the game-day staffs of the 2005 United States Basketball League Championship, the 2006 NCAA Women’s Bas-ketball Regional in San Antonio and the 2006 NCAA Baseball Re-gional 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 due to Hurricane Katrina. After his two-year stint with the Bobcats, he joined the sports information and media services staff at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), serving as primary media con-tact for 23 championship sports, producing championship media guides, weekly releases and generating online content at the as-sociation’s official website, www.naia.org. 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 Kansas Associa-tion of Broadcasters student-intern play-by-play category in 2003..Wilson and his wife, Sarah, reside in Roeland Park, Kan.

Steve WilsonSports information Director

Tyler Price enters his third year as the Assistant Sports Information Director at Park. Price is the primary contact for

both men’s soccer and cross country in the fall, women’s basketball and men’s volleyball

in the winter, as well as softball and track and field in the spring. Price joins SID Steve Wilson as the primary liaison between Park’s athletics programs and the public. The two are responsible for serving the needs of not only the media, but also coaches, student-athletes, supporters and fans. For the upcoming 2010-2011 men’s volleyball season, Price has been hired as the Mid-America Men’s Volleyball Intercolle-giate Conference (MAMVIC) Sports Information Director. In that capacity, Price will work closely with all 15 institutions and will look to launch a new website for the conference in his first season with the organization. Price is a proud member of NAIA-SIDA, as well as CoSIDA, and his 2009 Park men’s volleyball media guide earned sixth-place in the NAIA-SIDA publication contest for Indi-vidual Sport Brochure. A 2008 graduate of Kansas State University, Price spent three years in the Sports Information Department from 2005 to 2008 as a Student Assistant. Along with assisting in the promotion of all 12 varsity sports at K-State, Price’s main responsibility was serv-ing as the primary contact for the women’s equestrian program. After graduation, Price joined the Sports Information staff at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). After a few months promoting the NAIA, Price made the trek a few miles north to Parkville. The Overland Park, Kan., native also worked in sports broad-casting early in his career, spending two summers working at NBC KSHB-TV in Kansas City as an Associate Sports Producer for the 38 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 athletic events. Price and his wife, Jenny, also a graduate of K-State, re-side in Overland Park, Kan., with their daughter Maria.

COVERAGE INFORMATIONSport Media ResponsibilitiesSteve Wilson, Sports information DirectorWomen’s Soccer, Women’s Volleyball, Men’s Basketball, Base-ball, Women’s Golf, General Administration and Requests

Tyler Price, Assistant Sports information DirectorMen’s Soccer, Cross Country/Track & Field, Women’s Basketball, Men’s Volleyball, Softball

Game Coverage Plans for 2010-11 (Subject to change)Live Internet Video: Men’s & Women’s Volleyball, Men’s & Wom-en’s Basketball

Live Statistics: Men’s & Women’s Soccer, Men’s & Women’s Vol-leyball, Men’s & Women’s Basketball, Baseball, Softball

Live In-Game Blogs: Men’s & Women’s Soccer, Men’s & Wom-en’s Volleyball, Men’s & Women’s Basketball, Baseball, Softball

Live Audio (road games): Men’s & Women’s Basketball

Tyler PriceAssistant Sports information Director


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MEDIA INFORMATIONMedia Guides & Archived MaterialsMedia guides are produced for each sport and are will be mailed to media members on our distribution lists. All media guides are also available in PDF form, and are uploaded using www.issuu.com. Guides are also available in standard PDF form, and can be placed onto a CD or emailed upon request. Publications may also be ordered for purchase by fans by returning Park Athletics’ Pub-lications Order Form. In addition to in Park’s media guides, links to statistics and results from past seasons are available on each sport’s home page at www.parkathletics.com.

Weekly UpdatesWeekly updates with detailed information on our teams will be pro-duced during the season. All updates are available in PDF form, as well as at the sport venues on days of competition. They also may be emailed to media members upon request. To be added to a media email list, please contact the media relations contact for each sport.

InterviewsAll coach and student-athlete interview requests should be directed to the media relations contact for each sport. Coaches and play-ers are normally available for post-game interviews at a location arranged by the media relations contact approximately 10 min-utes after each contest. Media members should inform the media relations contact which players are requested for post-game inter-views. For post-game interviews with opponents, please contact the media relations contact representing the visiting team, if avail-able. If not on site at a game or match, a member of the Park me-dia relations staff will assist in arranging visiting-team interviews. For all other non-gameday interviews, please contact the media relations sports contact to arrange a convenient time for all par-ties. Additionally, all interviews for staff members not affiliated with a single sport should go through the sports information director.

Media CredentialsRequests for all media credentials should be addressed to the media relations contact for each sport via email, fax, or phone. Single-sport season credentials will be issued at the discretion of the media relations contact. Credentials are normally picked up at the front location at our various venues, unless otherwise specified. Credential requests may also be faxed to: (816) 505-5448. Please contact the media relations contact for each sport to find out policies for media attending practices for each specific team. Breckon Sports Center (basketball, volleyball) has full wire-less Internet access. No Internet access is currently available at Julian Field (soccer), Comfort Field (baseball) or the Park Softball Complex.

All mailed requests should be sent to:Park University Sports Information8700 NW River Park DrivePMB 123Parkville, MO 64152

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kansas City Sports & Fitness MagazineSteve [email protected]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


32 The home of Park University men’s and women’s soccer, Julian Field sits on the northwest side of cam-

pus, at the corner of Sixth and East streets in Parkville, Mo. The field’s grandstand, which was in-stalled prior to the 2001 season just be-low Missouri Highway No. 9, has seat-ing for 1,500 spectators, including two chair-backed seating sections. In 2009, Park posted seven home wins, going 7-3-1, including three wins in the team’s first season back in the American Midwest Conference since 2000. In addition to one of the finest natural-grass playing surfaces in the Midwest, Julian Field also offers a warm-up field to its east, which is contained within the track and adjacent to the softball com-plex. The facility also includes full-service restrooms and a fully stocked concession stand, as well as a picnic area between the south goal and the concession facilities. A new scoreboard was installed at Julian Field prior to the 2007 season, containing LED bulbs for easy viewing during both day and night games. In the southwest corner of the stadium, a plaque honors three members of the Park University family killed in an automobile ac-cident in 2000, returning from postseason play in the St. Louis area. The 2010 season marks the 10-year anniversary of the acci-dent, which forever changed the Park University women’s soccer program. Prior to the 2010 season, Julian Field hosted the world’s most popular soccer franchise, as Manchester United held a youth clin-ic for 48 Kansas City area youth soccer players prior to the club’s game against the Kansas City Wizards.

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

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

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

2010 SCHEDULEDate Opponent TimeAug. 21 University of Sioux Falls NoonAug. 31 MidAmerica Nazarene University 5 p.m.Sept. 3 Midland Lutheran College 6 p.m.Sept. 12 at William Jewell College 5:30 p.m.Sept. 15 at Benedictine College 5 p.m.Sept. 18 McKendree University * NoonSept. 22 Graceland University 5 p.m.Sept. 25 at Hannibal-LaGrange College * 3 p.m.Sept. 29 at McKendree University * 6 p.m.Oct. 2 Harris-Stowe State University * NoonOct. 6 at William Woods University * 5 p.m.Oct. 9 at Missouri Baptist University * NoonOct. 13 at Baker University * 5 p.m.Oct. 16 Hannibal-LaGrange College * 1 p.m.Oct. 20 at Harris-Stowe State University * 1 p.m.Oct. 23 William Woods University * NoonOct. 30 Missouri Baptist University * NoonNov. 5 AMC Tournament Quarterfinals ! TBANov. 8 AMC Tournament Semifinals ! TBANov. 11 AMC Tournament Championship ! TBANov. 20 NAIA Opening Round ^ TBANov. 29 NAIA National Tournament # TBANov. 30 NAIA National Tournament # TBADec. 1 NAIA National Tournament # TBADec. 2 NAIA National Tournament # TBADec. 3 NAIA National Tournament # TBADec. 4 NAIA National Tournament # TBA

* - American Midwest Conference Game! - AMC Tournament (Campus Sites)^ - NAIA Opening Round (Campus Sites)# - NAIA National Tournament Final Site (Decatur, Ala.) Home games in Bold.

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