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2010 BLUE RAIDERS

COACHING STAFF

PROGRAM HISTORY

SUMMER CAMPS

DEAN A. HAYES STADIUM

THE UNIVERSITY

ACADEMICS

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

SPORTS MEDICINE

STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING

CAMPUS COMFORTS

OUR MASCOT, LIGHTNING

THE MIDSTATE

UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION

SUN BELT CONFERENCE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PRIDE. PASSION. PURPOSE.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

This 2010 Soccer Digital Information

Guide is a digital publication of the Middle

Tennessee Office of Athletic Communications.

Many pages include links to additional

online resources found on our official

websites and other third-party websites.

Photos provided by Athletic Communica-

tions, MTSU Photographic Services and the

Sun Belt Conference.

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2010 BLUE RAIDERS

FRONT ROW (Left to Right)Whitney Jorgenson, Regina Thomas, Greta Jochmann, Hope Suominen, Paige Goeglein, Shan Jones, Jessica Gilchrist, Rebecca Cushing, Lindsey Sisco, Emily Harris, Vanessa Mueggler, Fran Howells, Jaimee Cooper, Emily Snowdon, Charity Blair

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BACK ROW (Left to Right)Hilarie Buck (Athletic Trainer), Nathan Snell (Manager), Laura Lamberth, Maddie Harper, Elisabeth Sikes, Birgitte Hauge, Heidel Johannessen, Luisa Moscoso, Allison Stallard, Morgan Jones, Jessika Oseguera, Mike Baker (Asst. Coach), Aston Rhoden (Head Coach), Debs Brereton (GA)

COACHING STAFF

Already the all-time winningest

coach in program history with a

mark of 94-51-17, Rhoden has seen

his Blue Raider teams secure dou-

ble-figure victories in seven of the

previous eight seasons, including a

school-record 17 wins in 2006.

Under Rhoden’s direction, Middle Tennessee has

proven to be a record-setting program in all aspects of

the game. The single-season records for wins, shots,

goals, assists, points, least goals allowed, goals against

average and shutouts all have been established under

his watch.

The Jamaica native received his bachelor’s degree from

the University of Alabama-Huntsville in 1989 and holds

a National “A” Coaching License from the United States

Soccer Federation. Prior to his four-year playing career

at UAH, Rhoden played with the youth national team of

Jamaica as well as Real Mona FC.

Rhoden and his wife, Tara, live in Murfreesboro with

their daughter, Ashley.

ASTON RHODENHEAD COACH

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Michael Baker, a native of Louisville,

Ky., enters his second season at MT.

Baker began his collegiate career with

his hometown Cardinals before trans-

ferring and graduating from Western

Kentucky in 2004.

Baker holds a USSF “C” and Brazilian “D”

coaching licenses, as well as NSCAA Regional,

NSCAA National Youth, NSCAA National and

NSCAA Goalkeeper Level 1 and 2 diplomas.

MIKE BAKERASSISTANT COACH

Former Middle Tennessee standout

Debs Brereton returns for her third

season on the Blue Raider soccer staff

as a graduate assistant in 2010.

The Sun Belt Player of the Year in

2004, Brereton owns a UEFA Level Two

Coaching License, as well as a USSF National

“C” License.

DEBS BRERETONGRADUATE ASSISTANT

Middle Tennessee began

playing intercollegiate soccer in

1996, competing independently

before joining the Ohio Valley

Conference in 1998. The Blue

Raiders finished with double-

digit victories in two seasons as

members of the OVC.

In 2002, after two seasons in

the Sun Belt Conference, Aston

Rhoden took the helm of the

Blue Raider program.

Rhoden has led the team

to a share of the Sun Belt

regular-season champion-

ship in 2004 and seven dou-

ble-digit victory campaigns

in his eight seasons.

Many of the program’s

record holders and award

winners have played under

Rhoden’s watch, including

current graduate assistant Debs Brereton

who garnered Sun Belt Player of the Year

accolades in 2004.

PROGRAM HISTORYLAURA MIGUEZ2005 ALL-TIME SUN BELT TEAM

CLARIE WARDTHREE-TIME ALL-SBC

SELECTION

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2004 SUN BELT CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

DEBS BRERETON2004 SUN BELT PLAYER OF THE YEAR

LAURA MIGUEZ2005 ALL-TIME SUN BELT TEAM

The Middle Tennessee Soccer Camps are designed to

create the best possible environment for young players

to improve their skills and knowledge. Emphasis is

placed on giving individual instruction according to each

player’s skill level.

Middle Tennessee Head Soccer Coach Aston Rhoden

serves as the camp director at each camp. Instructors

will include Assistant Coach Michael Baker and Graduate

Assistant Debs Brereton, along with an array of outstand-

ing college and high school coaches and our Middle

Tennessee Blue Raiders each summer.

Aston Rhoden currently holds a National “A” License

from the United States Soccer Federation as well as a

Premier Diploma from the National Soccer Coaches

Association of America. In his eight seasons, the Blue

Raiders have compiled 94 victories, including a school-

record 17 wins in 2006.

All camps provide:

• Instruction from professional, international staff

• Top-quality skills demonstration

• Positive learning environment

• An official camp T-shirt

• Small group training

• Challenging and fun games

RHODEN SOCCER ACADEMY

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First Touch Camp, Ages 4-6 (Co-ed)

This camp is for the budding male and female soccer player who

may just have started playing the beautiful game.

Girls Camp, Ages 9-16 (Teams welcome)

If you are a female player looking for a challenge and wants to

fully develop your soccer skills, then this camp is for you.

Girls Team Camp, Ages 13-17

The Girls High School/Club Team Camp is several challenging

days of training, games and team building.

Boys Camp, Ages 9-16 (Teams welcome)

This camp is a week of fully demonstrated and challenging

training designed to the help every field player and goalkeeper

achieve new levels of expertise and tactical awareness.

Junior Raiders Camp Ages 6-9 (Co-ed)

This camp will focus on skills such as heading, dribbling,

shooting, receiving and receiving.

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DEAN A. HAYES STADIUM

Named after legendary Blue Raider

Hall of Fame member and current

track and field coach Dean Hayes,

Dean A. Hayes Stadium proudly stands

at the corner of Greenland Drive

and Champion Way on the Middle

Tennessee campus. The lighted, 1,500-

seat stadium gives the Blue Raiders an

excellent home field advantage.

The team has had tremendous

success at the facility since it opened

HOME PRINT SHAREDEAN A. HAYES STADIUMin 1998, owning a 75-23-7 record. Under

head coach Aston Rhoden, the record stands

at 55-12-6, including a pair of undefeated

home slates (2004 and 2006) over the last

eight seasons.

Middle Tennessee set a school single-game

attendance record when 1,309 attended the

Blue Raiders’ first game in the new stadium

and under the lights. The fans were rewarded

with a 3-1 victory against Southern Miss on

August 25, 2006.

Middle Tennessee will play host to

the 2011 Sun Belt Soccer Champion-

ships, the first time the tournament

has come to Murfreesboro.

One of the finest teacher preparation insti-

tutions in the southeast, Middle Tennessee

is a destination school and the No. 1 choice

of undergraduates in the state of Tennessee.

Nationally recognized programs in

aerospace, recording industry, and concrete

industry management attract students from

around the globe.

The University is home to the Center for

Popular Music, a nationally-recognized re-

THE UNIVERSITY

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pository with one of the largest sheet music

collections in the country.

Students enjoy numerous extracurricular

activities through more than 190 student

organizations, including honor societies,

service clubs, and an active Greek system of

fraternities and sororities.

The University Honors College offers

talented students the atmosphere of a

small, select college nestled within a major

university.

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The Student-Athlete

Enhancement Center

houses the academic

support system for all

17 Division I-A sports at

Middle Tennessee. The

mission of the center is

to help student-athletes

take skills learned on the

field and turn them into

positive preparation for

life after college.

Tutors in various

subjects are scheduled in the tutoring rooms

throughout all hours of

operation, and all tutoring

takes place at the center.

The SAEC staff monitors the

student-athletes progress,

providing daily reports to

coaches and meeting with

the entire coaching staff

weekly.

In addition to providing

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academic support, the center is committed

to meeting the needs of student-athletes

through the Blue Raider Athlete Skills for

Success (BRASS) Life Skills program. Blue

Raiders volunteer, when possible, to help

teachers and students at elementary and

middle schools throughout Rutherford

County during the academic year.

ACADEMIC SERVICES

� Student-Athlete Enhancement Center � University Library

IN THE COMMUNITY

HOME PRINT SHAREIN THE COMMUNITYForty Blue Raider athletes from the

Blue Raider Athletes’ Skills for Success

program volunteered at the annual

Special Olympics event, held this past

spring at Dean A. Hayes Stadium. The

athletes coordinated events and games

for the kids ranging from first grade

to high school seniors, as well as the

adults.

No university is more committed to keeping

athletes healthy than Middle Tennessee.

Head Athletic Trainer Drew Shea and the

Sports Medicine staff have set liberal hours

to make sure each student-athlete has her

needs met. The Sports Medicine facility opens

early each morning and doesn’t close until all

student-athletes have been treated.

The Sports Medicine facility contains a

complete injury rehabilitation center, new

SPORTS MEDICINE

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rehab equipment, two

full-size whirlpools, a

dressing area for athletes,

and a private office for

the team physicians.

One of the most recent

additions to the facility

is a $15,000 K-Laser

which helps speed up

the healing process and

a C-Arm portable X-Ray

machine is also on site.

The Sports Medicine staff employs a

computer software package that tracks

injuries, rehab protocols, medications, and

surgeries to help the athletic trainers keep

student-athlete rehabilitation programs

moving forward as rapidly as possible.

� Athletic Training Degree Program � Sports Medicine

SPORTS MEDICINE

Performance in the weight room has

become just as important as performance on

the field and Middle Tennessee has a staff

committed to making student-athletes the

best they can be in both these aspects.

The strength and conditioning staff, led by

Matt Riley, makes full use of the Blue Raiders’

10,000-plus square foot training facility

centrally located between the Buck Bouldin

Tennis Center, Murphy Athletic Center and

Floyd Stadium.

STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING

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The facility, which opened in January of

1999, greets student-athletes with over

20,000 pounds of plates and dumbbells and

is equipped with nine full power racks, nine

elevated platforms, and nine half-racks.

Cardiovascular equipment, such as

treadmills and stationary bikes are also

available as well as cable television and a

sound system for music to be played during

workouts.

Hammer strength equipment rounds out

the room with five ground-base jammers,

a dead lift, a leg press, a leg curl, and a

leg extension. Other Hammer strength

equipment in the

facility includes

a bench press, a

military press, a

rowing machine,

neck machine,

pull-up, and pull-

over.

STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING

Scarlett Commons provides apartment-style

living with on-campus convenience and is

home to many Blue Raider athletes.

Each apartment is fully furnished and

contains four private bedrooms and two

private bathrooms, a full kitchen, and a

comfortable living room. Each apartment

also includes cable and phone lines in the

living room and data lines with access to

the Internet for personal computers in each

bedroom.

Dining on campus is

definitely not plain.

Visit one of the five

on-campus dining

locations to find familiar

establishments such as

Pizza Hut, Quizno’s Subs,

Chick-Fil-A and Subway.

Another popular option

is the McCallie Dining

Hall with its all-you-can-

eat dining selections and

theme nights.

CAMPUS COMFORTS

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� MTDining.com � Campus Housing � Division of Student Affairs � Interactive Campus Tour

CAMPUS COMFORTS

In Greek mythology, the winged horse possessed superior

cunning and speed. The thundering horse of the gods was

entrusted to carry awesome

lightning bolts and could only

be harnessed by a noble being

with a pure heart. Character,

talent, and strength were

required to mount and ride the

fabled winged horse.

Today, this winged horse is

a fitting symbol of a univer-

sity that has earned its wings

and excels in many academic

arenas, including historic

preservation, teacher training,

aerospace, political science,

horse science, and recording

industry. But the winged

horse is more than a symbol

of physical accomplishment;

it’s also a symbol of character and the

responsible wielding of power.

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For its nobility and character, the winged

horse was immortalized in the stars. Now, with

breathtaking speed and thundering, unbridled

power, Lightning strikes, forevermore, fear in

the hearts of Blue Raider opponents and leads

Middle Tennessee to victory!

OUR MASCOT, LIGHTNING

� Blue Raider Sports Hall of Fame � Albert Gore Research Center � MTAlumni.com

A student-athlete’s life involves

more than academics and athletics.

Like most college students, student-

athletes need to enjoy themselves,

relax, and have a good time and

Murfreesboro fits the bill.

Despite being one of the fastest

growing cities in the south, Mur-

freesboro is a large city with a small-

town atmosphere. The city has been

named one of the top 100 places to

live by CNNMoney Magazine.

While some major metropolitan areas over-

shadow their neighbors, the nearby city of

Nashville provides unprecedented economic

and media support to Murfreesboro and Ruth-

erford County. Nashville and its outlying com-

munities make up a media market ranked 29th

in America.

The midstate boasts entertainment options

for all tastes. Several professional sports fran-

chises call Nashville home and are all located

near Nashville’s downtown and its many

nationally-known hot spots.

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The Ryman Auditorium, Country Music

Hall of Fame, the Tennessee Performing Arts

Center and Opry Mills with its IMAX theater

are all popular destinations.

The best part about all of these attractions

is that Middle Tennessee is located within a

few minutes of them all.

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THE MIDSTATE

Dr. Sidney A. McPhee is the tenth

president of Middle Tennessee State

University.

During McPhee’s tenure, the Uni-

versity has experienced consider-

able growth in many areas. Since

2001, five new Ph.D. programs have

been established and extramural

funding has increased from $6 million to

roughly $40 million. MTSU’s undergraduate

enrollment is now the largest in the state.

Not only are admission standards on the

rise under McPhee, but so are campus facil-

ities. Presently, the University is involved in

proposed or active capital projects totaling

nearly $400 million. Construction on a new

student center is currently underway and

a $70 million renovation of all student resi-

dential housing is scheduled for completion

by 2011, the University’s centennial year.

ADMINISTRATIONSIDNEY MCPHEEPRESIDENT

� President’s Greeting

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Proving to be a true visionary,

Massaro has helped revolutionize

the Blue Raiders’ athletic depart-

ment while helping pave the way for

even greater success in future years.

During his short reign, Massaro has

overseen unprecedented success

not only in the University’s athletic

programs but also in regard to academic

success, facility upgrades, and a proven

record of hiring coaches who have thrived

under his watch.

Under Massaro’s leadership, the Blue

Raiders have captured the Sun Belt’s all-

sports trophy three times in five years.

Massaro’s guidance has provided coaches

and student-athletes with the resources to

produce 20 conference titles and 21 NCAA

postseason appearances.

CHRIS MASSARODIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

ADMINISTRATION

While there are 31

NCAA conferences

that sponsor multiple

sports, the Sun Belt is

one of only eleven to

participate in the Bowl

Championship Series

(BCS) and Football Bowl

Subdivision.

The Sun Belt, formed

in 1976, comprises 12

institutions of higher

learning while sponsor-

ing 19 championship

sports for men and women.

The Sun Belt Conference has a permanent

seat on the NCAA’s 17-member Board of

Directors which gives the conference a crucial

voice on some of the most pressing issues in

college athletics.

Conference student-athletes have demon-

strated a commitment to education as they

have consistently raised the bar over the last

several years. In fact, a total of 1,700 Sun Belt

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student-athletes received a GPA above 3.0

for the 2008-09 academic year.

Member institutions and student-athletes

from the Sun Belt Conference have advanced

to NCAA National Championships, have

had College World Series appearances in

baseball and softball and have combined for

a winning bowl record over the last three

football seasons.

The conference continues to utilize tele-

vision to grow and promote the league.

Adding volleyball, baseball and softball to

the conference’s television package has

resulted in more national and regional

television exposure for the league than at

any time in its history. Additionally, ESPN

televised the conference’s men’s basketball

championship game for the 20th straight

season in 2010, marking its longest affiliation

with any conference in the country.

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SUN BELT CONFERENCE